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MONDAY, OCT. 21, 1940
Registration
Wilkes county men answered the na
tion’s call to registration Wednesday as
they have always done. There was no
shirking the duty to register and they reg
istered cheerfully.
Few, if any, places in the entire nation
has a better record than Wilkes county
when it comes to patriotism and backing
up patriotic spirit with service.
Wilkes has a glorious military record
all the way from the days of Indian fight
ing to the World War.
Our people have not been a race to stir
up trouble, but they have been valiant
fighters in whatever side of a controversy
they believed to be right.
The early settlers of Wilkes were among
the foremost ranks of the victorious col
onists in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
In the war Between the States some of
the Confederate army’s best men were
from Willies, and quite a number of men
from Wilkes fought valiantly in the Union
army.
This country also furnished many sol
diers for the Spanish-American war.
The present generation can remember
the country’s good record in the world
war.
We are justly proud of such a great
record-
If national security is again threatened
Wilkes will be a banner county in the na
tion. Our people don’t want war but if
war comes as a necessity to preserve the
^American way of living, Wilkes county
men will be in there doing their part and
some extra for good measure.
A historian who spoke here a few years
ago reviewed Wilkes county’s military rec
ord as a basis for his statement that peo
ple here loved independence better than
any people he knew anything about.
Should a dictator ever try to conquer
America, the people of Wilkes would be
the last to give up, he said.
We do not believe that our men have
grown soft to the point where they would
sell their freedom for promises of econo
mic gain. On the other hand, we believe
they would sacrifice all to keep freedom.
You see,' there^hAve bben
that the XJuited S^tes is becoming a li^e
bit tbo recalcitrant. We*ve been shouting
cheering wo^ds to the Britons. We’ve been
using omr nabral influence to hoep Hiitler
from quietly sinking the British Isles. That
has been noticed in totalitarian capitals,
and there has been no end of frowmng and
viewing with alarm.
So Italy thought maybe we ought to be
warned. ^ .
Okay, we’ve been warned. The invita
tion to join the Axis has been received and
placed on file. We’ve not quite sure yet
whether it’s a compliment to our strength
in the world or an insult to our collective
intelligence.
At any rate, there’s one thing Mussolini
ought to know. Preserved in Washington,
under a glass case, are two documents.
They are yellow with the years, nearly il
legible. Millions of persons have seen
them. Thousands of school children can
recite parts of them by heart.
They’re called the Declaration of Inde
pendence and the Constitution of the Unit
ed States.
If II Duce insists on an answer, he will
find it there.
Oct 17.—Th«
produced an alI-ttB|.e high
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afaiirfWM. |t®coiber j|fO, bid Traa^njy be-
reported today that
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Borrowed Comment
JOHN PAUL LUCAS
(State Magazine)
North Carolina lost a valuable citizen
recently in the death of John Paul Lucas,
of Charlotte.
Mr. Lucas was an official with the Duke
Power company and was well known all
over North Carolina. During the past
week, in glancing through the editorial
columns of the many newspaper that
have paid a tribute to this distinguished
citizens. Even more impressive has been
their obvious sincerity.
Paul was a close personal friend to
scores of newspapermen in North Caro
lina. We all loved him and we’ll all miss
him. He was a true North Carolinian, in
terested in everything that pertained to the
welfare and progress erf the state.
HITLER’S TROUBLE.S BEGIN
Our Position
We know that the United States is the
greatest nation on earth, the richest
country and as such would be the greatest
prize for a namb'tious dictator.
The alliance among Germany Italy and
Japan, generally considered to have been
aimed indirectly at the United States, is
well answered in the following comment
from the Reidsville Review:
The United states has at last been offer
ed a way out of the international dilemma.
- About all w’e have to do is to set up a
dictator, kick out the Constitution, reject
the fundamental principles of liberty on
which the nation was founded, set up con
centration camps, persecute racial minori
ties and religious sects, swoop down on
I (Salisbury Post)
! No emperor ever patched together a
more prearious empire than that over
which Hitler now rules.
I It is an empire held only by force of
arms. The subjects outside of Germany
proper have only one thing in common—
hatred for the Nazis. Minor revolts are
already bursting like the little bubbles that
rise to the top before the whole pan boils
i over. Most recent rebellion was reported
in Oslo where students rioted against the
Norwegian Nazi leader. Major Vidrum
Quisling.
i No dynasty so constructed can endure
for long. It will fall some day. Hardly
! anyone doubts that. The only que.stion is:
Will Britain become part of this regime be
fore the final blowup?
The answer, to Americans at least, is
pretty obvious.
Rwpondi^ to th* ’ rMbg de-
mand stlmDlated by factory and
Ipslnatt expanalou, prodnctlon of
hornet at a rrtatirely Ugh Uvel
thponghont the Fall and Winter
la foreseen bjr Federal Hohsing
Admlnhdrator Stewart
Bven in ntany aorthm %tlea
builders are thiotrlng/^ off tiie
habit of Winter Inaoi^ty aal are
planning a busy season, he said,
Ottes^ Reasawr':3%'^!''
Sereral reasons were advanced
by Administrator McDonald for
this continuation of bnllding ac
tivity:
Unprecedented favorable fi
nancing available Under the FHA
program.
Production of more attractive
and saleable small bouses by
builders all over the country.
General stability of business
conditions.
Relative stability of prices.
“The war In Europe .has failed
to slow down home construction,
as some feared when bostlllties
broke out,” Mr. McDonald said.
'Also the announcement that
there would be no discrimination
by FHA against persons called by
the Selective Service Act will
lead those who are thinking a-
bout home building to go ahead
with their plans.
Homes Are Better
"The home-bulldlng trend in
creases as families of moderate
income see the attractive small
homes now being offered at pric
es and on terms well within their
means. Builders are to be con
gratulated on the progress they
have made in producing good
houses for buyers of modest In
come. especially during the past
few years.
“Lenders generally are coope
rating fully with the PHA home-
building program. In nearly eve
ry section of the country there
is an abundance of money avail
able to home builders at the four
and one-half per cent FHA maxi
mum Interest rate, and in some
places it is available at even
less.”
Chevrolet Sales
Continue Gains
Detroit. — Immediate sales
gains registered by tht enw 1941
Chevrolet, Introduced September
21, increased during the second
ten days of the new model sea
son, it was announced here today
by W. E. Holler, general saler
manager. Chevrolet dealers re
ported a total of 30,066 new pas
senger and commercial car sales
during the first ten days of Oc
tober, he said. This represents an
Increase of 32,699 units over the
same period last year lor a gain
of 308 per cent.
Used car sales likewise held to
the upward course that has char
acterized the Chevrolet sales pic
ture, with a^ total of 41,207 re
ported by dealers. This Is an in-
crea.=e of 11,813 units over thr
first ten days of October last
year, and is an increase of 40.2
per cent.
In the final ten days of Sep
tember the preceding period this
year, Mr. Holler said, dealers re
tailed 26,163 cars and trucks.
SFr^ li^&v«ral ctAierwIll b«i
PltirH at ik* fljtd1er» opnvwtloo
|U> h« held in, Rowtgg R|V«r
■liff
lOWlKwai pd sign of a-letup in
ddinanda.
•I%e July l-Seotemher 8(1 "pro-
doetion, repreHMOtliig a.,^ptaf h of
f i5,7f7,880.S7 In. cwita, pidtem.
tfaaee, unartenuand halvaa, waa
an Increase of 155 per cent over
the comparable 1989 peglQd.
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and best tap daneer will reeelve
valnabSe jxerta.
Admission e&erges ff' 16 and
t$ eenlaWill be:nad« had a large
gttejiiDfaLace Is anrielpsted. Pro-
eeedS'-’of tlm admlsaions- will be
ns^ tor the benefit of the 8ch»d.
oaMPuensD jos
Jitterbug: May I have the last
dance with yon?
Girl Friend: Big boy, yon^ jni'
bdSii. t - ;
Ai^roximately one driver out of
ten ihvdved in fatal accidents in
this ' State are from out of the
state. ' ’
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SENDING ENGLAND FLYING
FORTRESSES
(Charlotte Observer)
Information from Washington is that the
President is about to give the executive or
der consigning a goodly number of Ameri
ca’s flying fortresses to Great Britain.
These are great cruising ships of the air
that England vitally and immediately
needs to extend its otffensive over the long
distances to eastern and southeastern Ger
many where the latter’s main armament
factories are located.
There are no ships of such dimensions in
HE KNEW
Visitor to Museum (apitroach-
ing statue): “Alabaster?”
Keeper (raising his eyebrows):
“No, Venus.’’
Low Prices Eve
Europe. Only America has been building
our neighbors on both American contin- | this particular type of longdistance planes
ents, scuttle our pro-British sentiments and that carry heavy cannon as well as ma-
agree that Hitler, Mussolini and the Jap
anese are pretty good guys after all.
That’s all. ’Then we shall be eligible to
become part of the bloody Axis.
The invitation comes from Mussolini’s
newspaper, Popolo d’ltalia. It is a slight
ly left-handed invitation. It carries with
it the threat that if we are so silly as to
prefer our democratic way of life and if
we insist on shouting loudly across the At
lantic how much each of us is enjoying our
liberties, then the Axis—Germany, Italy
and Japan—will have to beat a little sense
into our heads.
America must recognize the fact the pa-
chine guns and have a cruising radius of
thousands of miles.
The President may justly feel that if he
turns some of these great ships over to
England, he will have acted in consonance
with the sentiment of a vast majority of
his fellow-countrymen.
The paple of the United States want
England to be provided with everything in
the way of war equipment and materials
from America that can possibly be-spared
without the impairment of our own de
fenses.
Can You Afford
to be Sick?
Few of us can afford the
expense and loss of time
that serioua illness
entaUs. Yet rarely do we
take the simple precau
tions to forestall a “sick
spell.’’ Consider your own
case. If you are not feel
ing quite up to par, don’t
delay or d^t along. Go
at once to a trusted phy
sician. Get hia diagnosis.
Be guided by his compe
tent and experienced
counsel. Not emy is delay
dangerous, but it usually
results in adding sub-
atantially to your bill.
And then—bring his pro-
I to.
scnption to us for aecu-
rate compounding.
It takes a lot of dniKs to be am
ply stocked for any Prescriptioii,
but we always give you what
yonr doctor orders. And volume
business keeps prices down here.
PRESCRiUlOHS
HORTON’S
Maybe Russia’s been, wooed so much by
per there’s a new world order. ! the same suitors lately she has decided to
We most concede the fact that the planed | wait until a
is under new management, with main of. cornea along.
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