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IGETWO; 1). i. CABTEB mnd JTJLIUS C. HITBBABD PnbUahAn L ; INDKPSNDBNT IN POLITICS td Mondays and Thursdajra at North WUkeaboro, N. C SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1,60 ^ Months .76 muz Months .60 Out of the State $2.00 per Year ^ lamKi at >the post otfiee-at North WOkea- boro. N, C.J u sacond cImi matter imder Act 4. 18TO. r MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1940 _ a v©^ Dangerous Enemies Now that the world knows that the United States is definitely on the side of the Allies in the second World War, al though we are not in the w^ar, this nation may expect trouble from enemy sympa thizers within our borders. While we build a great navy, a big ar my and a powerful air force to prevent or repeal an invasion from abroad, we must continually keep alert as a nation to pre vent dirty work within. In this nation are millions of Italians and thousands of German sympathizers. There are also an alarmingly large number of communists, among whom are paid work ers of Stalin’s Russian government. In ad dition to building armaments second to none, this government must keep check on the whole collections of Wops, Dagoes, ffaps, Stalin’s hired men and various oth er kinds of aliens. Every one of them who shows any indi cations of wanting to start trouble should be given a one-way ticket to one of the dic tator countries. Just imagine the danger that one . per son could do in an airplane or munitions "(ir^^hgt a-group could do to our vast system of communications should this nation be really threatened from abroad. The situation is so critical that this na tion cannot take chances on having spie within and even if it should make a few mistakes and deport some w'ho may be all right, there should be no leniency and tender hearted dealing with suspicious characters. Too much is at stake. The very foundations of freedom and iibert’ may hang on the balance in a few short years or months and we cannot afford to make the mistake of allowing enemies of freedom any liberty to carry out their das tardly machinations. Protection of liberty for a nation or race of people may depend upon extermination of enemies of liberty. Yo»-«e-^e oae man in more iron mi^es, steel'mills, bpaM^^o ^ ■rivers and machine shopa’-thai^^iB^^j^et man. " ' You are the ontf man in America with research laboratories,' scientists, chemists, metallurgists and other experts capable of turning almost over-night your gigantic in dustrial empire into a tank, anti-aircraft or airplane factory or all three. Your soft voice speaks with quicker authority, brings speedier action than any other man, in the land; any other man, including the president, who, at the best, merely proposes action. Your plant is Henry Ford. Your stock holders are Henry Ford. You can close it, leave it open, divert it to war-material or give it away. The nation today needs a Horatius to seize the bridge. Everybody is willing to help; ready to turn all facilities into war needs; every body waits for M-Day, when our entire re sources would go to military production. But, as we wait for signs of further danger, the enemy bores deeper and deep er into our first lines of defense. You, Mr. Ford, could set America to work in a frenzy of preparedness to c6n- tinue our peace, by suddenly turning your gigantic factories for the manufacture of ve’aicles and articles of peace until such a time that the danger can be assimilated by other agencies. Your life, Mr. Ford, is a life of peace and contentment. You cherish the simple little things; the abundant prosperity that goes with the good, old-fashioned Ameri- PAlmOT, NORTH N. C. ,.o MONDAY, JUNE 17, 184fr Ralei|^h.—lA view ot tbe imt- ly movi^ eventB ot tM paat te« days, Dr. Carl V. Reyeolda, State Health Officer, who recently is sued an appeal for a pfayalcal pre paredness program In North Car olina to back np President Roose- Telt’s military preparedness pol icy, declared tonight: “ ‘Don’t mias the hns!” “History teaches us that In forflier wars more people died from preventable diseases than from bullets. That could hardly be true, however,'with the pres ent means ot human slanghter that are sending thousands into eternity every hour. “But whatever our material re sources may b'e, we cannot prop erly utilize them unless they are placed In charge of those who are mentally and yiepid^dm.ConvaitiimPraws^N Borrowed Comment but who is NOMINATED? (Christian Science Monitor) All but eight of the 1,000 delegates to the Republican National Convention have been chosen, yet no one knows who is to be the nominee. Of the 992 selected, 672 are uninstructed, and no candidate has more than 200 instructed or publicly pledged. If this instead were a Presidential elec tion and the membership of the Electoral College had been chosen, the country would know’ immediately w’ho the next President would be. If Presidential pri mary laws were more wide-spread and binding, the composition of the conven tion would tell immediately who the party nominees are to be. The farmers of the Constitution contem plated that the Presidential electors should be chosen without previous com mitments to meet and select a chief execu tive. A political party convention, they contemplated not at all. How does it hap pen that the political convention now leaves the designation of a Presidential nominee to a coterie of insiders while prac tice has made the electoral college a rub ber stamp for the ordinary voter? physically fit, and there Is but one way to deter mine physical fitness, and that is by medical examination—first, to determine what Impairment there is, if any, and then to effect a restoration. “Upon whom does the respon sibility for this physical prepared ness rest? This question has been put to me, and in reply I should say that It rests’primarily upon: ‘(a) The individual—self pres ervation is the first law of na ture. (.b) The physician—the guar dian of health. (cl The employer—the major source of intelligent group at tack. It is the duty of the individu al to see that he Is immunized a- can way. (gainst diseases which can be pre- War disturbed you 26 years ago, when rented and to ^ , t j tarily, a physical examinatioii you were a much younger man. You tried ^ check-up and boldly then, with your peace venture, correct the correcta/bie. if sending emissaries into the neighborhood the examination shows the pres- , ,, , , . ence of some maludy which could of the harking guns. prevented, the pa- You failed to stop that war because should place himself under war lords would not listen to your prayers the care of a competent physician, of peace anv more than today’s war lords immediately, for ^ - well for the layman to understand will listen. But they will hear your machines, Mr. Ford. You can, if you so desire, speak the lan guage all dictators everywhere under stand. That is the language of steel fashioned into airplanes, tanks, guns. Of ail the men, in all the world, you, Mr. Ford, are perhaps the one man able to stop Adolph Hitler. You can stop Hitler in his tracks in Eur ope by suddenly transforming your fac tories from producers of pleasure cars to producers of protective cars. Hitler may go on and conquer England, destroy it, along with France. But Hitler won’t go much further if Henry Ford, America’s largest industralist, begins the manufacture of half a million airplane mo tors, half a million tanks, and half a mil lion guns. Next to the president, Mr. Ford, you’re America’s greatest hero. You represent the wholesome tradition of American business. The poor boy who made good by doing something for his fel low man. Your name is linked with the first news of an eight-hour work-day: of a $5 pay day when $3 was thought to be just about tops. You picked up the little red school house, the blue-back speller and Mary’sjures. No one enjoys more Little Lamb and preserved their place in the confidence of those whom he deals than does well for the layman the devastating potentialitUs of many maladies which, within themselves, appear easily curable. It Is neglect that gives them their fatal aspects. “It is well for the individual to have himself checked for syph ilis, remembering that, untreated, the ‘Great Imitator’ not only ren ders him unfit for military duty but is the cause of from 10 to 12 per cent of all heart trouble, 15 per cent of all blindness and more than 10 per cent of the total insanity. “It is also important to check for various other diseases, as welt as their symptoms, including, for example, latent and early tubercu losis. hoo.kwonn, malaria, dia betes, nephritis, (Bright’s) heart and compensatory channels. “We have realized for a long time that medical science and la’o- oratory research are far in ad vance of the public’s willingness to take advantage of them. A cur sory examination is both insuffi cient and misleading and should he abandoned. Instead, there should be a careful physical ex amination, coupled with labora tory findings, to discover not on ly the apparent but the incipient diseases, bearing in mind always that the whole truth is not ascer tained in every instance. “There rests with the physici an the responsibility of encour aging physical examinations with a view to the administration of preventive and correctional meaa- fully with j VV IIUIU lie UC«.IO Lliail vjv/co the our Die. ^physician. There is a sacred re- Fortune Magazine this current month lationship between the physician like that be- discovers the American working man be lieves you have done more for labor than John L Lewis, William Green or Senator W'agner. and his patient- tween the pastor and the parish ioner. In this crisis, then, the physician does now, as he has in the past, hold himself in readi- Of all cur industrial leaders, past and letter to henry ford Will He Ught The Spark For Peace? (Macon Evening News) , Henry Ford arbors, Michigan. IT Mr. Ford; jye the w»« “ America to meet the nation’s lailttary present, the people really love you. You are more than a manufacturer of an auto mobile. You are a part of America’s mod ern tradition. You are Henry Ford. You can set off the spark that will burn a torch of liberty so big it will be seen ’round the world. All this country needs is a little inspira tion. You have the money, you have the ma chinery, you have the heart and the desire to do that kind of a job. Rockerfeller finally turned his wealth to medical research; Carnegie put his in books and marble particos bearing his name; Frank left beautiful pictures. But what value books or pictures or med ical cures in the face of an invader who levels all these things before him? Y»u, Mr. Ford, have the answer to Hit ler and the answer to liberty. Yours is a greater heritage to America than all the books or pictures or medical science any of your industrial predecessors gave before you. Very sincerely yours. MACOTTEVENING NEWS. ness to perform a distinct service Brawny, ’ two-flat«4 Wendell LevU WURUe Is perbaes tbe most colorful flcttT') that America’s vast indastrlal life has produced since the turn oC-the centsfy. Aa head of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation he is an important utilities executive, but as a member of the Republican party he Is a leading Preeidentlal candidate. "Darlr horse,” may be the usual name for snch a can didate, bbt this hardly seems ade quate for Wlllkie who in ' the last two months has risen from comparative Inconspicuooenees to third piace in the Callup poll of Republican possibilities for the Prei.idtncy. Recent months have seen a boom unprecedented in political history for this Indiana farmer who has made good in the busi ness world. Percy Waxman, in the July Issue of Cosmopolitan Mag azine, writes that thousands of letters and telegrams poured in daily to the hastily set-up office of his managers, urging him to throw his hat in the ring. The nomination without any strings attached, he would be delighted to accept, but as Willkie himself says, “I wouldn’t spend a dollar or permit any friend of mine to spend a dollar for a delegate to the National Ckmvention, and I refuse to go around making two- way promises, kissing baibies or dressing up like a cowboy. I am distinctly not a professional poli tician. I am a businessman. Born some - forty-eight years ago in Elwood, Indiana, Willkie in all probability owes a debt to heredity for his great ability, for his father was one of Indiana’s most successful trial lawyers, his mother the first woman ever ad mitted to the bar in that state, and his grandmother a well- known preacher. At college he was singled out for his willing ness to fight others’ battles, and for his outspoken disregard of the “joe-college’’ attitude. Grad uated at the head of his class he went on to law school where a- galn he won all top honors. With bhr exams out of the way he settled down to practice with his father, but America's declara tion of war abruptly ended his first law attempts, and he promptly enlisted, seeing action overseas. Little time elapsed after the Armistice before Willkie had be come a leading figure in legal circles in Ohio. Among his clients watehnd Wlllkla’ir irork convinced^ that hnj^vMld b« an Abi^ eantpaigo#, a^ ft th« HnUopal CtfowMoa oima m ^ d^ldek, he would be an exeal* lent bet for the nomination. were several ntilities companies, and he «»»,.soon known as an ontstandiBg authority on matters pertaining to the creation and sale ot irieetrio iwwer. This led in 1938 to the presidency of the CoBunonw^th and ..fiontbem Corporation whose deDcit of fl,- 600,000 he converted into a profH of $10,000,000 In ths short course of three years. Dur ing all' the years of depression. Instead of letting men go, he in creased the sales force, and dou bled the use ot electricity in rur al communities by cutting, the rate in half. Though a utllltiea executive himself, Willkie has long advo cated the regulation of holding companies, and originally sup ported President Roosevelt on that score. That regulation, he believes, has gone too far. “To day,*’ he says, “the abuses which corrupted the 1920’s seem to have been transferred from Wall Street to Washington. It Is no longer Big Basiness we have to fear. It Is Big Government.” Shrewd Republican scouts who Two Cows and Sis Isms ^ 1. SOCIALISM—If yen hav* two cows, yon give one to your neighbor. 2. iCOMMUNISM—Ton give, both cows to the government, which gives yon back some milk. 3. FASCISSf—Ton keep the cows, hut give the milk to the government, which gives yon back some of it. 4. NAZISM—Ton keep the cows, hnt give the milk to the government, which gives you back a little of the skhnmed milk. 6. NEW DBALISM—Tou shoot one cow and the government pays you not to milk the other. 6. CAPITALISM—Tou keep both cows, milk them, sell the milk and buy a bull. LOUCKY BRIDE How lucky is the modern Bride! Though cooking may be strange She still can serve an epic feast From her electric range. 2% Discount On 1940 County Taxes During MonA Ot Jone Be sure to take advsmtage of this saving on your county taxes. Make payment at my office. C. G. Poindeiter, WILKES COUNTY ACCOUNTANT to humanity and to his country. “There is yet another responsi-1 hility In the present crisis, the j fulfillment of which will result, in enhancing the physical pre- j paredness program which ought I to mark this period, when we may be on the verge of having to ac tively defend our~ land against foes from without, and perhaps from within. This is the respon sibility of our employers for the millions in Industry who. wheth er in war or peace, should be physically fit. It should he insist ed upon that these millions under go physical tests. There need he no fears on the part of those to he examined. To be physically im paired doee not necessarily mean inability to work, but for one to know his weaknesses helps him to overcome them. “Let each of us realize and bear in mind his own personal respohsiblllty in this hour when the nation needs men and women “It 1l truly a momentous hour!” die, Husband: If I were to would you marry again?" - Modern wife: Tou tunny man{ Whnt gives you the. ldak I’ll tknt long. BURGIN VOTED FOR Farm Parity Payments False statements circulated over the Eighth District dur ing the past few days claiming that Representative W. O. Burgin had voted against PARITY PAYMENTS to the FAR MERS are positively refuted by the record: / MR. FARMER READ THIS! C. Washington, D. June 14, 1940. The Honorable W. O. Burgin House of Representatives My dear Mr. Burgin: In accordance with your request, I have verified your record on the Agricultural Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5269) of the Seventy-sixth Congress, First Section, regarding the item of parity payments, which shows that you voted “Yes”. This vote occurred in the House of Rep resentatives on March 28, 1939, being Roll Call No. 44. On the Agricultural Appropriations Bill of the Seventy-sixth Con gress, Third Session, you are recorded as having an active pair with Mr Thomas of New Jersey, favoring the item of parity payments, which means that Mr. Thomas was against the bill and you were for it. This vote occurred in the House of Representatives on May 9, 1940, being Roll Call No. 103. I hope this is the information you desire. With kindest regards, I am Sincerely yours, SOUTH TRIMBLE Clerk of the House of Representatives. Every fair-minded Democratic farmer in the Eighth Dis trict should repudiate the effort of Mr. Burgin’s opponent to deluse them by false propaganda, and Vde Fir ^ip Ob Juie 2Ziil
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