Canada Is Training Qround For Number Of Army Air Pilots ??? Britisher*, Canuck* and Many American* Are Preparing For War Service ? Canada is now the vital link be tween the raw recruit and the war itself, in that it is receiving thous ands of men each month from Brit ain. the United States and from its own provinces for training and fair ly immediate action in the war. Americans continue to go to Can ada as volunteers for the Air Force. Among those recently accepted was Peter G. Lehman, eldest son of Gov ernor Lehman, of New York State He will shortly report for training Canadian pilots, who have recent ly been taken an increasingly ac tive part in the air war overseas, are included in the R.A.F. wing now in action against the Nazis on the Russian front. This was revealed on September 19 by Wing Commander Roy McGregor. D.R.C . who recent ly commanded a Canadian fighter squadron in Britain He is now in Ottawa reporting to R.C.A.F. head quarters "I haven't yet seen an R A F. squadron in which there are no Canadians," said Wing Com mander McGregor, "and with the pilots coming from Canada at such a fast rate there will be more and more " American pilots are also taking an increasingly active part in the air war. according to Wing Commander McGregor He said that, in addition to the American "Eagle" squadron in action in Britain, a second Amer ican squadron is now active over seas. "The Eagle squadron and Can adian squadrons often fly together." hi stated in addition to some sixty training centers which absorb about 10,000 recruits and "draftees" monthly, the Canadian Army is now turning out maintenance men from some 125 mil itary and civilian trade-training schools at the average rate of 20, 000 a year This rapid expansion in industrial soldier-education has tak en place in the past year and has been carried out with the assistance of some 100 vocational and technical schools and Youth Training Center in various parts of the country. Most important of the trades schools op erated by the army itself is the Army Trades School at Hamilton Ontario, where advanced courses are given. Recently Prime Minister King, in his first public address since his re Iturn from Britain, urged Canadians to participate fully and unselfishly I in the war effort of their country, which, he emphasized, is but a part of a struggle in which "all free men' | must work together "if human free dom is to survive." Mr King said his trip to Britain had confirmed ( his conviction that the peril is world ! wide and strips at the very basis of our civilization. He asserted, "Two years of war have served not to les sen but to increase the magnitude of | the conflict " He told Canadians bluntly that, though their country is so situated as to be "still removed from the heart of the struggle," they must put forth their utmost effort.' Mr. King also stated that so pow erful and malevolent are the forces now arrayed against the free nations of the world that "nothing less than one vast brotherhood of freedom will suffice today to preserve the world's freedom." He added, "I said in London, that nothing in recent months had been more significant than the recognition of the deepen ing interdependence of the British Commonwealth and the United States . . This growing sense of interdependence has arisen because, i while, albeit, at the sacrifice of as sistance to other nations, the British Commonwealth and the United States might each for itself be able to resist invasion and conquest, each is coming to realize that neither act ing alone could destroy a military machine such as Germany already possesses and is in a position further to strengthen Without the common action of both, the present war might well drag on for years, and the world be reduced to a 'condition of chaos which will make decisive vic tory, not to mention reconstruction, impossible." Transportation The nation's entire surface trans portation system, including railroads, water and motor carriers, is being studied by.a Congressional board to determine future possibilities in de fense. ' \KW AINU SECOND-HANI) PEANUT BAGS See I * He fore } on Hoy! PKICK KM; HI Farmers Supply Co. MONDAY OCTOBER 6th IS THE BIG DAY At The Adldns& Bailey Warehouse Kobersonville WE HAVE FIRST Sale! It may nut be the largest sale of the year, but we'll guarantee you one thing ? IT'LL BE THE HIGHEST SALE OF THE YEAR! Savp a load to sell with us Monday. When it sells higher, iff'// sell it ami please you on every pouml ami pile Adldns & Bailey Warehouse Robersonville W. H. ADKINS, MAYO LITTI ,E And ROBERT ADKINS, Props. Carlyle Langley, Ass't Sales Mgr. Blowing Up a Spitsbergen Coal Mine Newi of the Day New*reel Photo Out of the British raiders who recently landed on the island of Spitsbergen north of Norway ii ahown as he blew up one of the coal mines there to prevent the fuel from falling into German hands. The concussion was so great that it knocked him off his feet. Seven hundred inhabitants were taken back to England. Fellowship Meeting Macedonia Tuesday The Churches of Disciples of Christ in this area will hold their annual one day Fellowship meeting at Macedonia Christian Church On Tuesday, October 7, 1941. from 10:30 a m. until 2:00 p. m. A team of speakers from Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, and Mrs. Settle, of Greenville, leader in women's work, will lead the audience in an inter esting conference. Man Fatally Stricken At Lumber Mili Thursday Mack Guilford, faithful employee of the Saunders and Cox Lumber Company, was fatally stricken while working at the firm's plant on low er Main Street here yesterday morn ing Removed to his shanty, near the mill, he died a few minutes later. About 50 years of age, Guilford was piling lumber in the mill shed when he suffered a heart attack. He I had been with the company between ten and fifteen years, coming here j from Washington. Pershing Tui. America's World War commander, Gen. John J. Pershing, is pictured at he celebrated hia Slat birthday In Washington, I). C. In a measage to the army he declared, "There la 110 nation in the world whose citiienry affords better soldiera than the ?V United States." Farmers (jet Busy Within the next month, North Carolina farmers will seed their small grain fur the 1942 harvest. Whrthcr individual yields will be better than the far-too-low average will depend io a lurge extent on the practices which the farmer himself uses, says W H. Rankin, agronom ist of file N. C State College Exper iment Station. The average wheal yield in North Carolina is 12 bushels and the aver age income $12 per acre; average oat yield is 22 bushels and income $11 per acre; and average rye yield is eight bushels and Income $8 per acre. Barley stands in a better position since it is grown on a smaller acre age and receives better treatment The State College agronomist pointed out that the average fanner seeds less than 14 acres of small grain, yet there are about 150,000 in dividual farmers growing these crops each year. When the grower attempts to in crease his grain yields, he should remember that his harvest will be no better than The condition he pro vides Small grains ran be grown on almost any oT the well-drained soils of the State if proper preparation and treatment are given. The best yields of small grains, Rankin explained, are produced when they follow sods of red clover and lespedt-/a turned or disced in to the soil during the summer and disced again a week to two weeks before seeding time. - Oats and barley respond best to early ncedings, that is, around the first of October, while wheat should be planted about three weeks later. Complete fertilizers, such as 4-10-6 on the average soil following row cultivated crops, and 2-10-6 or 2-12-6 for soils where u good legume sod has been returned, are an important part of small grain production. Bamboo The tropical bamboo tree is tha most versatile of all world plants, being used in production of food, weapons, shelter, implements, furni ture, clothes, baskets, containers, bridges, pipes, cable, paper, orna ments and other article*. Rejectees Should Be Reinstated In Their Former Jobs Selective Service registrants who | are rejected at Army induction cen ters because they do not meet Army physical standards should be rein stated in their former jobs, General J. Van B. Metis, state director of Se lective Service, declared today, in structing all local boards to utilize every facility at their disposal to aid these men. Pointing out that the Selective Training and Service Act requires former employers to reinstate men inducted into the nation's armed forces who satisfactorily complete their military training. Director Metts asserted that employers like wise have a moral obligation to re instate former employees who were not actually inducted but who had patriotically answered a call for service. He said: "A man who responds to the call for military training is fulfilling his obligation to his country. When, for some reason beyond his control, he cannot be inducted into the nation's armed forces, he must be consider ed as having discharged his respon sibility under the law and should be protected in doing so. Every effort must be made to prevent hardships in such cases." Director Metts emphasized that the mere fact that a selectee has been re jected by the Army does not mean that he is physically unfitted for his civilian occupation. Army standards. Tie pointed out, are very exacting due to requirements of the training pro gram and the possible hospitaliza tion or pensions for those who break down. For those reasons, he iterat ed, only a comparatively small per centage of eligibles can qualify for induction. While State Selective Service headquarters is advised that most North Carolina employers are rein stating rejected selectees in their former jobs, the director said, the Selective Service system wants to make certain that none are treated unjustly. Reemployment committee men affiliated with North Carolina local boards, he announced, will aid rejected selectees as assiduously as they are assisting returning soldiers to obtain employment. North Carolina local boards also were instructed by the director to warn all registrants ordered to re port for induction to arrange their affairs so as to prevent undue per sonal hardship should they be re jected at Army induction centers. Local boards, he said, should ad vise registrants that when they are notified of their call they should point out to their employers the pos sibility that they may not be accept ed at the induction center. "The em ployer can then be prepared to re place the man if he is accepted," Di rector Metts asserted, "or to continue his employment if he is rejected." The director also suggested that any selectee who is rejected by the Army immediately notify his employer of the rejection. _.??? ! / Km Pt*. Qt?. Jf7T f / 4 f/r * V ! i?*f , PREWENVIDM Oct. 5 TO OCT '/ FIKE TAKES ITS TOLL IN LOSS OF \ LIFE AS WELL AS PROPERTY! DO ALL YOU CAN TO PREVENT FIRE! Don't fool uroiuul with cleaning fluids; don't leave oil soaked rugs, to aeenmulate in closets or garage; don't throw lit mutches or cigarette hulls around; don't smoke in he