(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, JANUARY o, J
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1944
COne Day Nearer Victory)
The Michigan Plan
The state of Michigan is reported to be
preparing a postwar vocational program
which will train potential workers in the
.skills that will be required in manufacturing
industries during peacetime. It's main pur
pose is the vocational training of youth of
secondary school age, veterans and present
war workers, who wish to remain in indus
try, but who must learn new skills or per
fect present ones.
The program is said to be a flexible one,
and is based on the fact that secondary
schools must have a revision of programs
that will meet the changing economic condi
tions in which vocational training would
have an equal place with the accepted cul
tural education.
If this plan could be worked out in every
state in the union it would no doubt fill an
urgent need in swinging the great economic
transition period of war production to peace
production, with a supply of trained workers
ready to take over when the demand came.
Congratulations ,
Neighbor
Last week The Franklin Press published
an interesting 22-page edition dedicated to
the men in service from Macon County.
The highlight df the splendid edition was
the number of pictures used, and the com
plete list of Maconians now under arms.
Such an edition will be preserved for gen
erations, and the publisher, Mrs. J. W. C.
Johnson, should feel proud of the product
turned out.
The issuance of the edition was well timed
to come out just ahead of the Fourth War
Loan Drive. We'll stake our reputation for
making predictions that Macon reaches her
quota again this time.
"ON THE CARPET'
Necessary-Sacrifice
This week the Fourth War Loan Cam
paign opened in this county as it did
throughout the nation. The government has
asked every individual who can possibly do
so to invest in War Bonds. It makes no
difference how many you may have to your
credit, if you can still raise some cash, you
are expected to buy bonds or rather lend
your money to the government to use for
your benefit.
We are all drafted to make this invest
ment just as surely as the men who are
called up each month by the local draft
board serving our area and are told to re
port on such and such a day for active duty
in the armed forces. It is true the orders
are not given to us in such clear-cut and de
manding terms, but nevertheless we are
expected to obey them.
When we consider the large number of
men from this county now in the various
branches of the service, and we stop to
realize what they are sacrificing, even lend
ing our money seems small in comparison
to what they are doing.
Maybe we had planned to spend that extra
money in another way. Maybe we have been
wanting to buy a certain thing for a long
time. We might have the money in hand,
perhaps we could do without the article a
while longer, but when we see what our
money could do for the good of our country,
we will have to forget our wants and wishes,
that is, if we want to help win the war.
It is imperative that we keep buying
bonds regularly until the war is over, but
during the special War Loan Campaign we
must buy more than our ten per cent, that
many are laying aside each week and month
for this purpose.
Don't wait until some member of the
committee has to ask you to buy bonds in
the Fourth War Bond drive. You know
just as well as they do how vital the pur
chase of these bonds is at this time.
We all want the war to end as soon as pos
sible. If we fail to bring the quota of our
county up to that given us, we will be hin
dering' the cause. We will be delaying our
prospects of peace. We will be guilty of
betraying those men now on the battle
fronts. If necessary make a personal sacri
fice to buy that extra bond in the Fourth
War Bond Drive.
Stars
In view of the fact that we have for sale
in our office service flags, it might sound like
a commercial note to write of our reaction
when we see them in the windows of homes
here in our county. But we feel sure that
when you consider them you will forgive us
for speaking of them.
The vast number of these small flags bor
dered in red and centered with white bear
ing a star for each man in service from the
home in which it hangs gives the passer
by an interest in that home. The house may
be pretentious. It may be surrounded by
immaculate grounds. The house may be
small and close to the street, bare of shrub
bery. These material things count for little.
The flag and what it means is the thing that
counts today. We see that flag and we
know there is a vacant place in that home.
We know somewhere in the armed forces of
our nation that a boy is serving, and that
day and night he is in the hearts of the
members of the family who live in that home.
We know that the flag was hung, and
rightly so, with pride by that mother, father
or that wife. It makes for world kinship.
It makes us want to go in and talk about
that boy and listen as his family tell with
pride of his last letter, of the things he
writes from his combat duty or his training
camp.
I the xtl vs. (JUICES 1
lndiMoli$ti Speeomg evotuotio, I
Plant for Reconversion Of Big Bave at about I
Specitl t Centttl Press i
ft WASHINGTON The possibility thai the German iarmy ,nay m
7ender some time In 1944 Is causing leading Industrialists to ,tre,
the necessity for speeding up plan for reconversion of industry ta
civilian goods production.
... imitative estimates are that from 40 to 75 pr cent of m...
standing war contracts will be canceled after the collapse of cj
many ..
The Automotive tuncn tor war Production t
other industrial groups are warning government o&
clals that plans should be under way iow t0 me
the unemployment crisis that will fOiVw 9Uch ,
colossal cancellation or comracis. i
rnHn.trtalists feel that they have mad some headway) in convint,
ng officials of the urgency of the situation, but they still
that government post-war reconversion planning is not orgar.:
properly and that responsible officials lack an adequate apfpreciatioi
Of the problem
A, s result of their prodding, prospects are that more .and mon
attention will be riven to problems related to contract caoeliatio,
and a host of other reconversion tasks.
This is a field that is expected to engage the Increasing attentio,
of congress since reconversion will necessitate a great deal! of legi
Urinn )
Insist
lon Be
Mad Now
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
Monkey On A Carrousel
A good way to get that old merry-go-round
feeing is to try to follow statistics on
the cost of living. Miss Perkins has just
announced Department of Labor figures
showing these costs have ascended only 3Vj
per cent in 1943, which is pretty good for
the anti-inflation controls, the gain having
been nine per cent in '42 and ten per cent
in '41.
But the Department of Commerce's sur
vey a short time ago indicated a seven per
cent rise for 1943.
So, starts now the interminable argument
whether the Labor Department's figures
aren't weighed too much by the no doubt
completely stable price on bustles, while
Commerce's reflect too much attention to
button top shoes.
The President has a committee exploring
the accuracy of the Labor Department's
index, but we question whether the findings
will finally resolve the acceptability of the
figures. In all such charts there are too
many variables and too many imponderables
to give anything more than general impres
sions. As one worker recently pointed out,
his family's living costs have been quite
sharply affected because his wife was parti
cularly adept at buying during bargain sales.
There aren't so many bargain sales these
days.
The answer, of course, is that each family
has a different story. Some have had to
move to more expensive quarters nearer
jobs, others have had to buy houses in order
to get a place to live; some have had to
buy new and expensive types of work cloth
ing, others have not; so it goes.
Food prices have been the big factor.
They have risen about 40 per cent since
outbreak of the war in Europe, and about
seven per cent in the last year, according
to A. F. of L. figures. This is a realistic
and ponderable factor in every family's bud
get. Christian Science Monitor.
We read with keen interest re
cently that President Roosevelt has
given his Hyde Park home on the
Hudson to the Federal Government
as a historical monument. . He
as reserved the use of the house
which has been in his family since
1866, for himself, wife and chil-
ren during their life time . . .
with the family paying the taxes
while they occupy it. . . You recall
that previously Mr. Roosevelt had
given the government 16.31 acres
on which is located the Franklin
D. Roosevelt Memorial Library . . .
we can just hear those who do not
admire the President start on a
perfect tirade and accuse him of
trying to keep green his memory
. we heard one explode on tne
subject. . . But personally we teel
that is a very short-sighted view
to take. . . We must not forget
that the storm and stress of his
days as president of our country
represent one of the most dramatic
and important ereas this nation
has ever known. . . There have
come changes undreamed of, even
n a decade, before they began to
happen so thick and fast. . . It
would be difficult to properly esti
mate what the future historian
will give Roosevelt . . . but we do
know that he will have a large
spot in the history of the years to
come. . . His home, as one writer
nointed out, will rank with inte
rest with other American historical
hrines. . . Mount Vernon. . .
Hermitage . . . Monticello, Lin
coln's Springfield home ... for
certainly Roosevelt will stand be
side Washington, Jackson, Jeffer
son and Lincoln in the great Ameri
can pageant. . .
More than 2,500 different items are need
ed by the U. S. Army Medical Corps in
overseas hospitals and dressing stations to
provide our men in service with the "best
medical care on earth." Pulpwood products
are invaluable in getting those supplies
where and when, they are needed, in perfect
condition.
Even Hitler must now be realizing that
the Russian Bear has no intention of hiber
nating this winter.
there, who are willing to fight, If
we can keep 'em supplied with
firearms . . . and the boys are still
leaving here, a group each month,
with volunteers scattered along,
potential soldiers and sailors. .
Speaking of the changing times
. . we have noticed of late that a
number of those left behind, while
their husbands and sons have gone
into the service, are getting stead
ier nerves . . . they seem to have
been given the strength to carry
on . . . they have a different look
in their eyes ... a type of bravery
that we feel sure is matched by
the man in service . . . from their
family. . . They can have no idea
how their courage helps the rest of
us. . .
Have you looked recently at the
shelves in your storeroom . . .
especially that section devoted to
sweets ... to jams, jellies and pre
serves . . . and been shocked at the
vacant spots . . . that is what
happened to us during the week
. . . at Christmas most of us used
our supplies with a lavish hand,
"Christmas comestbut once a year"
attitude. . . If such was your ex
perience we recommend the fol
lowing economical recipe from the
home economists of the U. S. T--
nartment of Agriculture which
inoirwallv. ble-wlBS in the War Production Board fekr thai.
unless more rapid headway U made In preparing reconversion pUm
the Army and Navy wlU assume direction oi reconversion oy aerauU
They want to avoid such an eventuality If possible.
ft DYERS AND CaJSAlNBiTUJ aron win .nm. - .iMjain.
to collect surplus clothes hangers from housewives. Both vkrt 4
wooden hangers are needed by the Industry, which recently turn
to cardboard substitutes. Cardboard is hard to get. however, ecaus
U is used for packing purposes by me Army u.a rnvy.
INSIDERS WHO KNOW the latest on foods predict that cKvniml
within the next two ot three years will be using dried milk JpowdJ
m.to.rl of the fluid milk now delivered 10 weir uoor- i
rovfcdertj
Mill It
On (Way
Researchers assert the new powdered milk, when
mixed with water. wlU have all the properties of
fluid milk and add that It win take a trained expert
A 4i.ii.niih it from the natural product.
This, they say. Is Just one of the major new rood development!
which will become popular after the war. One of the many gooj
features about the powdered milk Is that It can be kept much) lorgtf
w !,i4 mllV without srollln .
uian . . . . .v. ....... - -
lemon and a grapefruit, and no
pectin . . . except what's in the
fruit, yet it makes 8 to 10 glasses
of delicious amber-colored marma
lade. . .
"Select your fruit Bmooth,
thick-skinned, and free from blem
ishes. . . Remove the p:el, slice it
very thin, add a quart of cold
water, and parboil for 6 minutes.
Drain off the water . . . add a quart
of fresh water . . . parboil again
. . . and drain. . . Add water a
third time and parboil. . . Cut
the fruit pulp into slices and re
move seeds and rag . . . Combine
the sliced pulp with the drained
parboiled peel. . . To each pressed
measure of this mixture of pulp
and peel, add twice that quantity
of water and boil rapidly about 40
minutes. . . Then weigh or meas
ure this mixture and add an equal
wEight or measure of sugar. . . Add
just an eighth of a teaspoon of
salt to bring out the flavor. . .
Boil fruit mixture and sugar
calls for only one orange, one i rapidly 25 minutes, or until
From the first year of his presi
dency and on continuously . . .
momentous evfnts have been con
nected wi!h his Hyde Park home.
The New Dealers will be recorded
as having their origin in the study
-f the president there . . . and
iust think of the Kings and Queens
who have been guests there . . .
if the many countries who have
ent representatives for conier-
nces there . . . and by no means
least, the frequent visits of Chur
chill alone have given the place
great significance . . . Who knows
. a hundred years from now . . .
Hyde Park may be the major his
torical shrine of America ... it
"11 depends on how the biggest
chapter in our nations history
turns out . .
Ds'inquency on Sncreas
We picked up an old copy of
he Reader's Digest the other day.
You know it is amazing how they
have no time value to diminish the
interest of their articles . . . for
regardless of the date, they hold
vour interest. . . We found this
quotation. . . "One man with cour
age makes a majority". . . (Andrew
Jackson-. . . We thought how appli
cable, both to the home front and
the battle lines. . . One person
with courage stands head and
shoulders above the common run
of folks . . . and without even
'rying they become natural lead
ers . . . for it is instinct to ioiiow
another who dares and is not
afraid. . .
R CARRY CLEVELAND MYLHS. Pk D
WIT. I MORE and more mothers
pntL-iir.pr war ind'jst rU-s ami em
rlnyed on other juls away from
hme, it is the rhil.1 from 0 to 15
v ho is must neglerte'l. This is the
P'.-c rnn(,e in which juvenile de
I ivjuency is growing fastest.
While not so many you.iirsters
f . ,m f to 8 come into the clutches
of the law. many who are neglected
nt this apre are getting ready to
acquire ollicial labels of delin
quency. It was relatively easy to get the
p.il-lic aroused over the need of
nursery scools for the pre-school
child and to create social pressure
on th ' working moth?r to place her
baby or tot in one of these schools,
ir case she hai1 no mother-substitute
for him at home. But even it
that, onl" a very small number of
the nursery schools are wail
able. In some communities where the
public schools have provided an
cxten : I schoo. service for chil
dren of working mothers, to care
for the child from six to 15 after
the regular school -lay. very few
children of working mothers are
using this service, ani practicallv
no children of the ai;es from 10
to 15 are availing themselves of
these facilities.
Why? Because most working;
moLhcrs 'i'her don't suppose chil
dren of this age-range need pro
tection, or don't have sufficient con
trol to make them stay at the
school-center when they should.
After all, these mothers leflect the
general sentiment and practice of
parents.
If this war continues a few more
years and the public grows aware
of the national disgrace of uncon
trolled anil neg'.ected children, -e-sulting
in a leaning rate of ju
venile delinquency, there will be
local state and federal action to
requi,':- children, not otherwise
cared for, t be in the child-caring
centers, while the mother is away
from home. Moreover, mothers
who can't guarantor a-iuate pro
tection of her child under 15 will
net be permitted to work until all
available women who are childless
or have children who are practi
cally grown shall have been em
ployed. Thi latter group of wom
en have an opportunity Uj be really
patriotic, but they have not, as a
rule, given much evidence of their
patriotism.
Even with adequate orotection
during the time the mother fe
working, many problems in rela
tion to his best upbringing arise.
I discuss some o' these problems
and offer some concrete procedures
in my bulletin, "Suggestions To
Working Mothers," to Se had for
postage by writing me in care of
this paper enclosing a self-addressed
envelope with a 'h xe-cent
stamp on i.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
By STANLE
Have yon noticed how often you
hear the word invasion these days?
It seems to be in everyone's mind
and heart . . . and along with the
nearing of the invasion, which can
not be far away with General
Eisenhower In England ... we
have noticed an increasing num
ber of boys from this area who
have been reported as "arriving
safely in England" ... or Africa.
We are going to pay a big price
for that onsweep of our troops
over Europe . . . both in life and
money . . . and the one way the
civilian here at home can help is
with the financing ... it hares us
without an argument when the
bond committee comes to us . . .
we simply have to hand tha runs
and ammunition to those bora over
(avc
FUEL
MOT
TOM
OUT
tvar
GET SET-- READY THAT NEW MAN
IN ROOM 3 WANTED A HOT BATH- - tA
'GIVING HlMTWO MINUTES -HE'S BEEN.
IN TH'TUB ONE MIMUTff-. VYITH ONE.
TO SO THEN RUN LJKE
EVERYTHING AN& TURN OfP
HOT WATER HEATER !j
TiSSSs,
WARTIME SCHFDUI.ES AT THE
CSMTRAU HOTEL
Voice
op the (
Peoplk
Do you think it necessary A
tinue having blackout practices'!
Grayden C. Ferguson-t-"I ii
think it necessary this .far lit
the coastal areas."
C. N.
section."
Allen "No, not
Joe Bose "No, I do rot in
area, it may te necessary i
the coast."
C. V. Bell "I don't thirik so
in Waynesville. I have just
turned from Norfolk and , I w
think it necessary there.",
Mrs. Stanley F. BradiriR
wnnlH aav nossiblv not black
i i
practices, but we should keep 1
Civilian Defense organization
tact."
Henry Davis "No,
think so."
I do
Mrs. S. E. Connstser "Yal
think w; should continue them I
keep people on the alert.
Guv Massie "No, I do not
I believe the danger from
attack on this country is over,
Dr. N. M. Medford "1 do i
think it necessary."
Mm MaImI Brown Ab&
can't se that it is necessary I
have hlaekout Dractices ns tkf
are no sierns vet of any posi
air raids over this country.
In Passing
By FRANCES FRAZIEI
Staff Writer
In life there's many a slip-1
most of them show.
The man who laughs last
heard the joke before.
Real grief never parade f
spection.
The little school-boy, asked
rlofino a clrnlprnn. replii'0-
something with its inside outj
its outsides off."
MARRIAGES
Winifred R. Cox, to Helen Hrf
both of Leicester.
Jesse G. Mauck to Mary
vv r.1wrfp route
Tf !. froutnm of speec" A
we need but freedom from l
: vi.v.n. j KaMmes
colored. . . Stir as it cooks do
prevent scorching-. Let tne
malade stand in the kettle '
slightly cooled so that the
of peel will distribute the,
well through the Jellied JuWy
and pour inte hot tenlwf' D
and seal ... or pour inU ihot
lixed jelly glasses ana
paraffin.