IISGTON
Washington, Oct. 24 The
complications of the European
war with American politics are
bringing about a situation in
Washington which can only be
described as one of running
around in circles.
There are more amateur
prophets on the lob than ever be
fore, most of them predicting
dire things ahead for this coun
try unless we adopt courses of
policy which are in total dis
agreement with each other.
There is more confused think
ing finding expression in and out
RALPH CULDAHL—I937 and 1938 win
ner of the U. S. Open golf championship
1 CAMELS
BURN SLOWER
4PJP A! ANP C-I\E ME EXTRA ■
I ijgjl SMOKING PER WCK_^H
MILDER,
L WITH A BETTER
TASTE!
mm'
Whatever price you pay per pack, it's im
portant to remember this fact: By bum
ping V>% slower than the average of the 15
other of the largest-selling brands tested
slower than any of them —CAMELS
give a smoking plus equal to
is
PENNY FOR "
PENNY
YOUR BEST OIGARETTE BUY
I WANTED! I
I APARTMENTS, HOUSES AND I
ROOMS FOR CHATHAM EM
| PLOYEES ABOUT THE FIRST OF I
I WILL WANT THESE FOR ALL I
PRICES IN ELKIN, JONESVILLE,
ARLINGTON, BOONVILLE. STATE
ROAD, RONDA, OR WITHIN 10 I
MILES OF ELKIN CITY LIMITS.
I CALL OR WRITE 1
I Dick Chatham 1
Box No. 704
Chatham Manufacturing Co.
Elkin, N. C. \
SB
WM . w
• 4 2
of Congress and official circles
than the oldest observer of af
fairs in the National Capitol can
remember since before the war
with Spain.
There is only one point upon
which everybody is in substantial
agreement. That is that this
country must keep out of the
war.
Nobody here believes, as some
seemed to think a few weeks
ago, that there are Americans in
high place who would plunge the
nation into war for the sake of
their own personal glory or po
litical futures. But the fear that
events may make it a matter of
self-preservation for the United
States to take a hand is definite
ly increasing.
To Aid Allies
There is no longer any attempt
to conceal the fact that the pur
pose behind the efforts to amend
the neutrality is to enable this
country to give aid to the Allies
against Hitler. That is not en
tirely because of especial friend
liness for the British and the
French people, but arises from
the growing belief that Germany
is getting the best of the strug
gle, so far, and that if Germany
wins a victory over the Allies our
turn will eome next.
Talk of victory is, of course,
premature, but the events of the
first few weeks of the war, with
the tremendous loss of British
shipping and especially the tor
pedoing of two capital ships, a
battleship and an aircraft car
rier, have aroused much anxiety
to Britain's ability to retain
control of the seas and maintain
the blockade of the Baltic.
If the British cannot maintain
l the "life-line of the Empire" and
protect their outlying colonies
and dominions, from Canada to
Australia, the prophets here are
j envisioning the gradual nibbling
| away by Germany of one out
; post after another and the even
! tual seizure of territory on the
! American continent.
This defeatist attitude in re
l.spect of the Allied Powers may
I account for many otherwise inex
l plicable acts and utterances in
official Washington. Nobody can
tell you what the final form of
the amendments to the neutrality
I laws will be, but it is certain that
it will reflect the best judgment
of Congress and the White House
as to how we can keep out of the
war and still help our friends.
Two unofficial advisers have
offered suggestions as to the best
way to revise the arms embargo.
Both are men who are generally
listened to by the public and by
men in office with a considerable
degree of respect. They are
Herbert Hoover and Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh.
Both Mr. Hoover and Col.
Lindbergh, in radio addresses to
j which millions listened, have rec
j ommended the lifting of the em
! bargo on "defensive" weapons,
but retaining it on "offensive"
weapons. Both class bombing
planes and their death-dealing
"eggs" as "offensive" arms, but
regard such things as pursuit
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
planes and anti-aircraft guns as
purely "defensive." The distinc
tion is a close one, and it may
safely be said that little attention
will be given to it in the final act
of Congress.
Appeal to Canadians
Great attention, however, has
been given, both here and abroad,
to the further suggestion of Col.
Lindbergh, that the safety of the
United States is imperilled by the
participation of Canada in the
war. What amounted to an ap
apeal to Canadians to further re
assert their independence of
Great Britain and to throw in
their lot wholly with the rest of
the American nations, so as not
to involve any part of this conti
nent in the war, was badly re
ceived in Canada and Great Bri
tain and has revived here the
talk about "Lindy" being a Nazi
sympathizer, especially as he
coupled with it some cutting re
marks about the failure of Bri
tain and Prance to pay their war
debts or even to offer to recom
pense this country by the offer
of a single Caribbean island.
Those who are closest to Col.
Lindbergh say that sort of talk is
nonsense; that he is the most pa
triotic of Americans and the most
ardent opponent of Naziism or
any other form of dictatorship
and feels only that it is vital to
our nation and to democracy that
we should not become entangled
with either side in this war.
No public report has been
made of the facts about German
air power which "Lindy" report
ed to the War Department, but
the gossip is that he believes, af
ter personal investigation abroad,
that Hitler's air force is im
mensely superior, in numbers and
efficiency, to that oT any other
two powers.
Washington Rumors
The Washington air is full of
rumors that Mr. Roosevelt is
merely biding his time to an
nounce that he will not run for
a third term. Meantime, recent
polls of public sentiment are giv
ing the Democratic party a great
er "edge" for 1940 than at any
time since the elections of 1938.
That is partly due, observers here
believe, to the general satisfac
tion with the present foreign pol
icy of the Administration, but is
also largely due to the fact that
up to now the only Republican
who has captured any great mea
sure of popular enthusiasm has
not yet declared himself a candi
date or talked in public on the
issues now uppermost in the
public mind. He is Thomas E.
Dewey. When he gets under way,
many here believe, the 1940 pic
ture may change materially.
Elect Only One
"What do you think of our two
candidates for mayor?"
"Well, I'm glad that only one
can be elected."
Some Flatterer
Doctor—Hm-m. You certainly
have acute appendicitis.
Sally—Oh, Doctor; you flatter
me.
Looking Ahead
Mrs. Newlywed sighed: "Darl
ing," she said, "when did we get
married?"
"Why, on Tuesday, pet," he re
plied.
"And this is Thursday," she
murmured.
"Only think, precious only
twenty-five years from the day
ALWAYS cunw AT
COMFORTABLE tMIUTT rtl
TODAY ONLY—(THURSDAY)— FRIDAY— SATURDAY—
Midnight
PM Show Spa
"Mad j||y
* J' l
THE GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE
With Grade Allen, Warren William, Kent Friday
Taylor - Ellen Drew Get Yours! I Cartoon - Serial - Comedy
News Admission 10c-25c —— Adm. 10c-30c t
FRIDAY ONLY— MONDAY-TUESDAY—NEXT WEEK—
W l V Cartoon Admission 10c-30c
C=2
*Q H „ ___ WEDNESDAY—FAMILY SHOW—
I "Inside Information"
j
Shorts Admission 10c-25c Shorts Admission 10c to All
ii
Coming November 6-7 November 9-10— November 11—
"Lady of the Tropics" "I Stole A Million" "Frontier Marshal"
before yesterday it will be our
silver wedding. I do hope we get
a lot or lovely presents!"
Got Tongue Left
Mrs. Fogmore Have you
nothing else you can show me,
young man?
Clerk (nettled) Nothing, but
my tongue, madam!
Eyes Examined Office;
GIMM Fitted The Bank of Elkln Boilding
DR. P. W. GREEN
OPTOMETRIBT
Offices open dally for optical repairs and adjustments of all kinds.
Examinations MI Tuesdays and Fridays from 1 to 5 pjn.
By Appointment Phone 149
TRIBUNE ADVERTISING GETS RESULTS!
Thursday, October 26. 1039