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FEWWAR CASUALTIES Babson Says Statisticians Are Optimists By Roger W. Babson Babson Park, Florida, Feb. 18. ? Well, I am back again In Flor iuu; ? x nope to be here tor the remainder of the Winter. I am more and more convinced If we followed the ha bits of the birds instead of men, we all would be better off. This is one reason why I have a Bird Sanctuary at Babson Park, Massachuse t t s, BABSON and gladly support the John Wil lison Bird Museum there. Well ? among other good things ? ^Thirds know when to go South and when to return North. DON'T GET EXCITED As soon as I can get some gas oline to get about (it's awful tight here) I'm going to write a column about Florida. It rather looks now that Florida is getting all set for another boom. At any rate it makes me cheerful to be here. The low figures for the number of our boys who are be ing k'llled in the war are also encouraging. Statistics indicate they are almost as safe in tho army as at home. They enjoy better health, have no joy riding and are frpe from industrial ac cidents. In fact ? based upon an average of 5,000,000 in the arm ed forces since Pearl Harbor ? only 1 man ont of every 140 has been killed; while an even small er proportion have been wounded severely enough not to return to active duty. Having nothing to do today but sit in the sunshine, pick flowers, drink orange juice and listen to the birds sing, I had time to study my maps! Now, I am not a m'ilitary man; but only a humble statistician. During World War I, I was an Assistant to the Sec retary of Labor in Washington in charge of heading off industrial strikes and did a pretty good job of it. During that war I learned that the big things really going on are not talked about. Hence, we should "prove all things" as t!-e Bible says, before getting ex cited. THERE WILL BE FOUR "INVASIONS" With this thought in mind and a deep interest in future war cas ualties, I am now wondering about this much heralded and pre-digested Second Front. This is prom'lsed to start In Northern France wh^re the Channel is' nar rowest. Without doubt there will be a landing on the shores of Northern France; but whether it will come before Germany shows more definite signs of col lapsing is a debatable question. Certainly, such a landing will be. only a part of the Second Front 'invasion. A careful study of maps will convince anyone that if the Allies institute an effective invasion against the will of Germany, land ings will be made at four differ ent points: ? (1) At the Balkans aimed to destroy the Rumanian oil fields if Russia has not al ready taken them. Watch General Patton's army. (2) At Southern France by moving troops in from the Island of Corsica where they are now assembling. (3) At Northern France, Bel gium and Holland by mov ing troops in from En gland. (4) At Norway where the Germans have the fewest troops and where it would be very difficult to bring re-enforcenMnts. I feel very sure that Norway will be a part of the pro gram. There are excellent airfields just south of Stavanger which is only about 400 to 500 miles to Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin. Futhermore, se curing such Norwegian air bases should enable the Allies to get a foothold in Denmark. From Northern Denmark it is only 250 miles to the Industrial cit ies and seaports of - Ger many. WEATHER AN IMPORT ANT FACTOR In view of weather conditions in Norway and elsewhere, this may mean a delay of the real in vasion of Europe until Spr'ing or Summer although men are now being rapidly sent to England and elsewhere. Delay is in favor of the Allies because (1) - Ger many is being systematically des troyed by continued bombing; and (2) because the Allies can be better prepared with more - troops and armaments the greater the delay. Then there is always the hope that the German array leaders wMl dethrone Hitler. They surely had rather let us march triumphantly Into Ger many than have Russia. This thought was the reason for the Pravda article about German and English peace talks which created each excitement lMt month. Certainly, the Allies are not L To the People of this Comtminity YOU CAN AFFORD IT You can afford to buy Extra War Bonds during this Fourth War Loan Drive. Everyone in this community knows incomes are higher than ever before? that both work ers and farmers have more cash than ever be fore. Everyone knows that more than one member of hundreds of families are income earners? and everyone knows that increases in wages and salaries have far outstripped rising prices, and increas&i taxes. You can afford to buy Extra War Bonds. As a tnatter of fact, you can't afford NOT to buy Extra War Bonds. If you spend your money for needless, scarce goods, you are increasing prices ... if you want to help win die war you can't afford NOT to buy War Bonds. If you want to help that boy in the service, you can't afford NOT to buy Extra Bonds and if you want a gilt-edged in vestment for your own future security, you can't afford NOT to buy Extra War Bonds. Don't just do the expected? buy All the Bonds you can. THE EDITOR. advertising in advance their plans. Rather, their leaders are talking publicly about the very opposite of what they actually will do. Note that 90% of our European war news comes from London and every word of it must pass the English censors. It also should be remembered that more news is put out for German con sumption and to mislead our ene mies than to Inform our own peo ple. This 1b no criticism of our government. It does, however, suggest that most time spent lis tening to radio war commentators Is wasted. We had better use this time figuring how our return ing soldiers will get jobs when World War II 'is over. OUR BOYS NOT IN GREAT DANGER My real reason for writing of these things this week is to cheer up parents, sister and wives who now have boys in England and elsewhere awaiting the invasion War is almost wholly a question of mathematics and spirit. The Great Invasion will not start un til the Allies are 100% ready, Russia notwithstanding. Hence, mathematics and spirit will be greatly in favor of our boys. Thus, our casualties should con tinue low. In addition, the in vasion will not be confined to Northern France where we might expect heavy casualties. Wash ington may be justified in scaring us; but statisticians and geogra phers are not frightened. The invasion w'lll come simul taneously at about four places These will reduce the striking power of the German Army 75%. "But why will this division not also reduce our striking power?" you ask. The answer again is one of statistics. The Allies can choose where to place each of their men. A man properly pla ced is worth four men hunting aimlessly for Intruders. The old comparison between defense and offense no longer applies In this day of airplanes and radio. There fore, let us not worry about our boys just yet- There will be no massacre of our men in Europe. o R. N. Shearon of Franklin County produced a ton of pork a day for every day in 1943, except Sundays and holidays, reports Assistant County Agent Walter Fuller. Shearon's two sons are in the armed services. ? ] n phone asa-i FOR FIRST OliAtU r*;lNTmG Army-Navy Chiefs Cite Role of Pa per In Invasion paper and paper-board ? the ?o?e in preparations for the lnvas Ion of western Europe, accord ng to two top-ranking officers of the Army and Navy who are concern ed with equipping the men who will batter Hitler s Forti e8Bo Lieut. Gen. Brehon B. Somer veil, commanding general ?' Army Service Forces, recently sooke of the importance of paper Tan outline of the work involv ed in preparing an army for bat tleDescribing the coming i?va8l?n as "probably the most difficult flat that has ever been conceived of by man," General Somervell said: "There are some several hundred thousand different arti cles that we in the Army have to handle. There are probably al most as many in the Navy, may be more. jt?i. "Let's take the case of a divis ion going to England. That di vision will require about 15 ship loads of material. Fifteen ship loads of material means about 150,000 tons. . . ? f "There Is hardly an article of these hundreds of thousands of articles that isn't wrapped up in paper or has a paper tag attacl)' ed to it or in some way doesn t require some paper in its hand ling and manipulation. I "You have to have cartons foi your shells, for everything in short from shells down to blood plasma. You have to have It for rations. You have to have it for clothes; you have to have it for practically everything w% use And we can't send over 100 per cent of the things that are want ed unless we have 100 per cent of the materials here." Rear Admiral Henry L. Brin ser Inspector of Navy Material, spoke of the necessity of paper wrapping for both shells ?y big naval guns and more delicate Instruments of naval machinery. "The deadly explosives fired from out battleships he explain ed "must be handled with the same care that eggs are trans ferred" else they may Jam the guns or. due to irregularities, miss their target. | "It has been definitely estab-j lished in many instances," he j said "that our paper containers, are far superior to wooden con-, tainers because of their | ing effect as against the rigidity | of wood which might act a j damaging agent to the ?aterlals Card board containers aPP1? as well to all precision navigation, ordnance, radio- and optical in struments. "In the case of air shipments, cardboard containers are used around the product which in tuin is protected by a water-proof wrapping and then only a mini mum of wood crating is neces Sa In the case ot air shipments, where weight and space are all essential, the use of paper and cardboard containers is practical ly universal. ThiB allows ap proximately 100 per cent greater carrying capacity due to weight and space." . Rear Admiral Brinser pointed out that in the construction of the gigantic U. S. Missouri, recently launched, 175 tons of paper were used in the preparation, .plans, and blueprints. This Is equiva lent to 700,000 newspapers of ap proximately 64 pages each, he Ba'"That is just one battleship," he added. "And I think I am not saying anything off the re cord when I cite thM we are go ing to build more ships in 1944 than any year 'in history. ' Military boxing, crating, and ! shipping used some 15 billion board feet of lumber in 1943 Figuring on a basis of 25,000 board feet needed to build a five room residence, that lumber used for military purposes is enough to build 600,000 houses. WE HAVE 1HEM NOW DUNCAN FIFE MAHOGANY SOFAS SPRING CUSHIONS OCCASIONAL CHAIRS HONE FURNITURE COMPANY LOU1SBUBO, NO. ;' Blood for the Armed Forces Hi1linr"iii ?? ??????? < _ ? , Pictured here are American Red Cross volunteers delivering blood plasma to an Army plane ? destination unknown. But this much is known ? the blood of patriotic American citizens is saving the lives of many of the nation's valiant defenders. Nearly 55.#00 persons have donated blood at Red Cross blood donor centers since Pearl Harbor. We think of steel when we! View one of our mighty battle ships like the U. S. S. Missouri, j which was launched in late Jan-, uary. But plenty of wood is1 needed to send their ships on these missions. Besides the wooden construction of the ship yard way,, IB tons of paper were needed to plan her on paper ? and about 300.000board feet of wood were needed to lay her decking. ?a The final test of a good provid er is to have spare shoe strings in the house. neuralgia To quickly allay neuralgia or simple headache, take Capudine. It brings such soothing comfort ? and so speedily. Being liquid, Cap udlne acts fast. Use only as directed. 10c, 30c, 60c sizes. CAPUDINE Patronize TIMES Advertiser* LEGGETT'S SPRING FABRIC CARNIVAL ^ Sew Now! Reap for Spring FKOM 48c to 97' Home sewers' carnival! Yards and yards of Spring freshness ready for your "pin-up" job. Pick yours now to needle into the "just what-you-want" fashions for Spring. Gay new prints, stripes, checks, solids. Rayon crepes, wool, novelties. Yours for minimum "output," maximum returns:. Buy More and More War Bonds ! HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT Nobody can bake a cake like our Aunt Sally. We don't care If Mrs. Jones does use the same ingredients, in the same 'propor tions. bakes it at the same temp erature. It still isn't as good as Aunt Sally's. When we have a party at our house we want a cake Aunt Sally baked because we know exactly how good it will 6e7T"r!3he never fails. What is this mysterious in gredient that makes us like one cake, or soup, or automobile bet ter than another ? regardless of the fact that according to the la bel, competing articles are made of the same things? One manu facturer advertises: "The price less ingredient of any product is the honor and 'integrity of the maker." That seems to be the right answer. That is why the movement that's afoot to eliminate trade marks leaves us cold. Supposedly, "some new government-supervised method of specifications would guarantee us better value for our money. We don't believe it. We think that manufacturers who did not have to identify their products with their trade marks could easily slip one over on ua. because with no trade mark to tell ub, we wouldn't know whom to blame. Contrariwise, we know that when we ask for an article by brand name or trade mark, we are going to get that "priceless ingredient" that satisfies us. We wouldn't know how to describe the taste we like about Camp bell's tomato soup ? we just know we like that particular taste and the simple way to be sure of get ting it is to ask for Campbell's * tomato soup. You won't catch us buying any "Grade A Sedan, specifications 16F9" when the war's over. We want a Ford. Furthermore, we'd like to see the Fcfrd trade mark stamped on our car In a con spicuous place. We've got faith in Henry. Fire is responsible for the greater part of all damage to both young growth and mature timber, according to the D. S. Forest Service. Fire damages and weakens trees, making them easy prey for insects and wood rotting fungi. / &0&0.P /bss/if/i /b/- ^ Cfap/te/ Facing the biggest food production job of all time, you will need every pound of soda you can get. It is coming in faster and, while ships are still the big problem, there is reason to believe thereiwill be enough for every essential requirement. 1,000,000 tons of natural Chilean nitrate? the tonnage U. S. farmers used last year ?properly applied, would produce 250, 000,000 bu. of oats or 100,000,000 bu. of wheat; 125,000,000 bu. of corn or 4,800,000 tons of forage crops; 6,000,000 tons of vegetables, or 2,500,000 bales of cotton and 1,100,000 tons of cotton seed. These figures show why farmers need all the Chilean Soda they can get to smash '44 goals and help make Victory sure! ? CHILEAN NITRATE of SODA We Still Have A Few ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Lamps, Light Sockets, Iron Cords and Plugs. Hot Plates. Wire to Wire Your Home. JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF JEWELRY Stretcher Braclets. Stretcher Watch Bands For Ladies and Men, also Lockets, Rings and Crosses. R A YNOR'S Radio & Jewelry Shop "We Sell the Best and Service the Best" > Louiaburg, N. 0.
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