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Friday StpJrnrJCi. 1 7 t-KifSHt ft S Naa8Ec5E&;h fjEszhi-Of Victory . In UorM V'ar The Duplin Times 4 I 4 4 4 4 4 4 a a a a a a a o o a a a a o a . a a I 0 ) o a , o a a a a a a a a . a a a . , a o o a o o o o o t o o o o o u; o: ::. : : ; Published each Friday la Kentonm XI. C county teat of Duplin County. - Editorial law aa prtattag plant, BeTills, If. 0 - I. BOBEBT GBADT, EDITOB OWNEB Entered at the Post Office, Kenaoavilla N. C as second da maflmattafc Telephone Baaaawina Warsaw SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $1.5 per year la Duplin County; XM par year outside of Dnplia County la North Carolina; $1.50 per year outside North. Carolina. aavertaung rate faralahed ea raanast. A Democratic Journal, devoted to the material, educational, economic and agricultural lateral ta of Duplin County. WOOD 12,000,000 XABS OLD The average person thinks thai wood to a temporary substance certain to decay in the course of time. Experts of the United States Fores t Service, however, say that such a conclusion is not UTime or age, they assert, has nothing to do with the decay of the wooa. xi w j - attacks of fungus and there will Nazi. R tract- In;: tnia Manocovr Of Led WzrWlan Defect Loomsd Ahssd- thoroughly saturated, or too dry for the fungus to grow. point to a frame house, in Dedham glass, wmcn u ""Si. iTi three hundred years. They tell of a log, seven feet in diameter, found in a tunnel under the bed of the Yakima River, in the State of Washington. The log was ident ified by the experts as an extinct . species of sequoia, of an age est imated at 12,000,000 years. FACTS FOR THE FILE Of 22,000,000 men in the draft ages, between 18 and 37, 13.700, 000 have been deferred from mil itary service. This has a bearing uponthe Imminent necessity to draft some fathers. While 8,500,000 men were taken iato the armed services, 7,800,000 were deferred for reasons of de pendents, 3,300,000 were physical ly unfit and 2,600,000 had essent ial jobs. Of the unfit nearly a million were illiterate and about 400,000 suffered from venereal disease. Certainly, the diseased can be eured and the illiterates are able to serve in limited capacities. Of the occupationally deferred 1,000,000 had Jobs in war indus tries, about 1,300,000 were engag ed in farming and about 300,000 were in necessary civilian activity. Among the farmers deferred, nearly half have no dependents. WHO WILL GET OIL AND OAS CIVILIANS OR SOLDIERS? itii imnlv not be Dossible to sustain our sir armadaa In the tides over Germany ana iwr .u. .iiJmU Islands of the Pacific, or provide our mechan ised ground forces whu i they require, u, at um the demands of an unrestrained civilian consumption have to be met at home . Gn main, Rnlnh K. D&vieg. DeP- UV VJ m I r - uty Petroleum Administrator, who adds that it is going to uuu: un liw nMana nt 1(YWvtnn and oth- IWJ wvv ip er highly-specialized engine fuels to light this war to a vu.-iur.uus conclusion. , There is no American, worthy of the name, who will hesitate a minute in making a decision if the conclusion of Mr. Davies Is cor rect. Consequently, figures as to the needs of our armed forces and our production are interest ing. Although he does not state them in gallons, Jhe official gives us percentages, showing the propor tion of our production, east of the Rocky Mountains, required by the armed forces. In 1942 it was only 12.5 per cent but it increased to 21.4 per cent in the first quar ter of this year and to 23.1 per cent In the second quarter. For the last half of this year it is estimated that our armed for ces will require 30.6 per cent and in 1944, 37.6 per cent While these figures are not in gallons they Indicate the vital importance of oil in warfare. Experts say that a heavy bomb ing raid on the Ruhr uses 600,000 gallons of fuel, that an armored division burns 18,000 gallons an hour and that a battleship requir eesl.000,000 gallons for a short cruise. While it is true that completion of the "Big Inch" pipeline delivers 300,000 barrels of crude, about 12,000,000 gallons a day, this re lieves traffic congestion but it can not solve the problem of demand that exceeds supply. Bv Horn B. .The Kussian Summer offensive has already scored gains . suffl dent to rank It as a great mili tary success but It is difficult to determine whether the retirement of the Germans has been altogeth-i er compulsory or somewhat stra getic. X'r Undoubtedly, the Nazis were an xious to deliver a heavy blow to the Red army and the drive from Orel was Intended to upset Rus sian plans for seizing the inittia tive. The Nazis were not pre pared for the vigorous counter thrust of the Soviet force and suffered serious setbacks. Since the Russian offensive be can. however, there has been a steady deterioration of ; the Ger man position. This has been es pecially noticeable in the south but it has been apparent else l where. Whether the Nazis are I attempting to withdraw to pre pared positions, along a shorter . front, in anticipation of an Anglo American drive, or the German army has been beaten to the pro blem. Nad Withdraw! to New Lima As much as we would like to We call attention to these facts because it is about time that mot orists throughout . the United States end their grumbling about gasoline restrictions. The nation has millions of men, engaged in war against brutal enemies, and oil is the produce that mikes pos sible modernized war.' The only question la whether we should give preference to snea la battle or motorists at koine, nasi there is only one answer. Of course, there are "loyal" cit izens who will tell you that the are for the war, that they would not do anything to delay delivery of oil to men in battle and that if it became necessary they would willingly park their motor vehic les for the duration. At the same time these pseudo patriots will tell you that there to plenty of oil and gasoline, that the shortage to due to Inefficient administration and, more likely than not, they will regale you with tales of soldiers who use gasoline carelessly, even to the driving of automobiles in North Africa.. This a sorry effort to cover up their determination to use gaso line and oil. Such assertion should not blind average Ameri cans to the facts, that modern warfare requires oil for transpor tation, that the absence of oil. to the difference between life and death for thousands of our soldiers and might be the difference be tween victory and defeat believe that the Red Army, Jias proven its mastery over me w man invader the evidence of re cent wnka tnt the Nazis are slowly retiring They., aret repeating la the east the manoru vre of the first world war, when they retired to the., rnnoennurg line, Tbei cbaneea are that they are doing It for the same reasons. This - wittidrawav unoar. pres sure, is dangerous. - It nas not been successfully cotnnleted. The Red. Army has, proved its fighting heart ana everywhere tne Russians preaa their foes.. How ever, it should be noted that there ha been no disaster, comparable to Stalingrad, and Russian com muniques do not claim the capture ot vast booty. ' The purpose of the fighting in Russia. IK us repeat, is not the re capture of territory., but. the. de structlon of aimlea. Just as the Russians utilized territory to avoid a oecuve oatue la tne early years of the wax it. to. possible for. the War Agaat Japan Ptoajeseea The war against Japan contin ues to develop favorably, with American forces moving aggres sively In the South Pacific. Our aircraft are ranging long distances to disturb Japanese , , possessions and the fleet moves In to bomb ard scattered islands that bulwark Japanese defenses. ' Back of. this changed picture, sa vividly contrasting with the sweep of Japan -through the area a year ago, is the steadly growing loss of Japanese planes, cargo ves sels and warhips. Nothing else can explain the dwindling power of the empire to reinforce some of its isolated garrisons. - There to solid comfort- in the war-score of the past few months and the expectation of heavier blows is based upon solid preara tion and the tough test of reality. Increasing pressure threatens the circle of Japanese power and whenever the rings breaks the deluge will pour through. 7 Enemy's Power' Grows Weaker Generally, the war effort of the United Nations to growing strong er day by day. On land, on wat er and in the air then power in creases. . Gradually the vast po- : L3:tn SlcdtaHs for !feb Trcc3 Germans to -wwwrif-h , the same tential of war contracts the enemy . A K " , Ban sVsVh S 4 i.TBtpSVTi Nearly every wax expert hasJl not in doubt Only indiffer- predicted the eventual retirement of the Germans to the , Dnieper line. This wa certain, whenever Anglo-American . preasura on the west threatened disaster. Ap parently, the situation has reached that stage and. the. German are taking steps now to apportion their strength bebveen , the two fronts. ' 4snaasB Covers Mss-at. Moeai : Whueu no direct. land. invasion of western . Europe has bee -attempted the Germans are already feeling the effects of the - aerial wwihardment. Thrournout con quered Europe the population se- etnes. everywhere there to the peril of a new front The Nazis must guard the Balkins, Italy and the entire western coast of Europe and dispositions must be made now la order to avert disaster. The suggestion that the German retreat in Russia is somewhat strategical does not detract from the glory of the Red army. In essence, the soldiers of the Soviet have produced the present crisis for '.their enemies. Hard and courageous fighting has blunted the edge-of German invincibility and heavy losses in Russia have drained Nazi manpower. As the war enters its fifth year the possibility exists that the po sition of Germany to equally as bad as it was when the first World War entered its fifth year. This implies the possibility of a . Ger man, collape, within . a hundred days and while, the odds are a- gainst it the debacle, to not impos- siblsv. ence and stupidity can now lose the war far the allies and there is little danger of either. The end of the war rests upon two factors: (1) the will of the people of the United Nations to press hard (or victory ana w tne willingness or tne axis aggressors to take punishment Our right ing men are trained, they are rap idly taking position, they are get ting the tools of war and they will more than match the best that the Axis has to offer on the fields of battle. V. 8- Army SifBtl Car ft Pbt Captured Italian prisoners of war in Sicily rounded np.prepira tory to their transfer to prison ships, which will earry them to per Bianent prisoner-of-war camps. In Sicily alone about 75,60 Italian and German prisoners nave now been captured. And 110,809 are presumed to be among missing, killed or wounded. Our fighters, backed by your War Bonds, win bring victory Keep our men con stantly supplied for the tough fight ahead, U.S. TrttwyDtfnmm Fertilize Grain Crop At Planting Tests by the N. C Experiment Station show that small grains should be fertilized at the time of planting to obtain larger yields and extra profits. Growers should use 300 pounds of a 3-9-6 or. 4-10-6 per acre in the Coastal Plain and the same amount of 3-12-6 or 4-12-4 in the Piedmont and Mountains. On fertile soils, where less nitrogen to required, use 300 pounds of an 0-14-1 9 CiftQI WOAYf Jce 666 LiqaM tot Malarial Sysaytos, Where small grains are to furn ish fall grazing, the. agronmist recomends the use of a complete fertilizer carrying about 5 to 6 nitjpgen lor quick growm. Small grains should receive a tondressine durinff late Feb. or early March. Applications of 100 to 200 pounds oi nitrate oi soaa per acre or its equivalent in sul phate of ammonia or ammonium nitrate give -good results. On potash deficient soils, he re commends the use of 150 pounds of 10-0-10 per acre or in addition of 50 nounds of muriate of potash per acre to the nitrogen which is used. Other important factors besides fertilization in successfully .grow ing small grains, are thorough preparation of the soil before plan-, ting, the use of treated seed of the proper varieties, and sowing the crop early enough to make good growth before the winter freezes strikes. ; ...v..; "It costs no more to combine a large crop than a small crop," was the comment on increased yields. ; No Sale " I see your husband has a new stenographer,'' - remarked Mrs. Busybody to the lady , on whom she was calling. "Yes, and she to very pretty., "1 know, she's our daughter." PULPWOOD OPERATORS WANTED . flood work sad good pay Pulpwood work classified by War Prodmctien Board as essential Industry. . j - . . . -.. ... For further Information, write er eall oat J- P. CASEY Warsaw, N. O. x f ii -, t U II i i ri f at ! " F 4. 1 -9 linunr's ever there sf new, fighting our enemies to keep the Stars and Stripes Hying. "Before he left, he told me Uiot are go ing to need more equipment, more ammu nition and more food for INVASION of' enemy lands. " 'The snore bonds the folk at hem buy the nor they'll be helping us tighten to winThat's what Jlmavr said," : The Srd War Loan el 15 billion dollars snuff preduee the money to pay lor these essentials to victory. ' ; .',.''" lay at halt one EXTRA $100 Bond besides youf A t. - A i Y ft ' r f I. - ' d . regular bond puxohass---saaay will havv to Invest thousands I ' - ' Don't think that what you do Isn't lasoav tant. It will tak all every ladlvldaat law America can nils to put this Srd Wat Lean over th top. So buy mere bond emk ei year pay -eut of extra lnoosae -eul ol "rainy-day" funds! "t ; The quicker yon da , that th . saese help Jimmy and ear other bey smash . through to Victory. ' What do yon say? If the safest, soundest InveatnMsU youll over snakel Lefsgel J- 1 H - . , (! ' y,, j U U i i Li LL. w aj i u i we W) eawsJ W-rf W. - J Pot a circle around the dateThursdsy, - Bond la September. That's im mdMlh to ' Cana o,ti Vw liaa tha Amw th rA nni Mratas War BonJ barchssas. InTCIt ,Wsr losa. Drive starts; .' ' " ,, v aver than$100 a lot more Ufoa pos? - "Oa that day, yoa will be asked to go' me :.. "U '?.:. ' i . limit to back our valiant fighting men. You Tha Job Is big; Eftrymt must do his fuU will be asked to do your shire in the great-' $brt If we jar to put this drive over the to?, est invssion the world hsa ever seen. Answer : 'Tsr Bonds arti safest investment la " ' , your country's foUcsllI ,V; , , - , ' world. For your own sake, for your Conr a. Your parti to back this invasion by in- aak, put evrjrpar dim and dollsr la V veatlnc la at least on EXTRA 1 100 War ' onds during th 3rd War Loan Drive. ( DAC1C THE ATTACK WITH WAR BONDS vr.-l GOLUfjs tipt: n. v - - -tfj STG 'i yi ;j . DS?Te'-- SllL.. f. .... j (