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THE ELK IN TRIBUNE Published Every Thursday by ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. • Elkin, N. C. Thursday, May 30, 1940 Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as second-class matter. C. S. FOSTER - President H. F. LAFFOON Secretary - Treasurer SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER YEAR In the State, 51.50 Out of the State, $2.00 NAT ONAL 6DITORIAL- Ifl/in-^ASSOCIATION Member North Carolina Press Association It is not recorded that when the German troops took charge at Doom, Kaiser Bill greeted them with a "heil Hitler." We wouldn't think of saying there isn't any hell, because there would have to be to take care of such fellows as Hitler. There's always something to be thankful for: We won't have to be pestered with Sen ator Rush Holt much longer. It is hard on Mexico that right when she has acquired some oil properties at a bar gain the tank ships were mostly busy at other ports. Age is a state of mind and not a lapse of time as any woman who can see to use a curling iron and wield a powder puff can tell you. Hitler staged his blitzkrieg inopportune ly: Republican leaders will never be able to forgive him for messing up their campaign plans to meet a third-term issue. Now that the registration books are closed and if you. failed to qualify, don't growl if the politicians sell you down the river. President Roosevelt, they say, has in vited Jack Garner to come along with him when he comes to dedicate the parkway. Taking the devil up on a high mountain, as it were. If we are as unprepared as we say, all that gold in that hole in the ground in Ken tucky would be a big temptation to Hitler, when He gets through with his other little jobs over there. The Tobacco Gamble Agricultural authorities in Washington are urging all flue cured tobacco growers to reduce their acreage below allotments for this year. They point out that as a result of the huge 1939 crop, there is' now a sur plus of flue cured tobacco which could not be reduced to normal size in less than two years, or even longer, at the normal rate of world consumption, to say nothing of the curtailed consumption due to war condi tions. As it looks from this distance, North Carolina tobacco growers would be standing in their own light if they ignore this advice. England has been the best customer for American flue cured tobacco. But England not only is consuming less tobacco but has put a tax of approximately 18 cents on each package of 20 cigarettes and that is calcu lated to discourage smoking, especially in the face of the need to practice every possi ble economy. And it is not certain that be fore this year's crop is harvested England will not be in more serious trouble, and trou ble that would affect the American tobacco farmer. And even if the Allies win Europe will be impoverished and there will be no buying of anything except actual necessities, and if Germany is the victor it is certain that Hit ler, drunk with power, would take pleasure in boycotting everything American. Right now a group of Southern farm leaders, including Dr. Clarence Poe, are un dertaking to map a ten-year program of planned prosperity for this entire section. They are straight thinkers and sincerely en gaged in an effort to lift Southern agricul ture to higher ground. But planning won't get them anywhere if there is not co-opera tion from the farmers themselves. And this matter of tobacco curtailment would be es sential aside from any ten-year or any other sort of program. It must be remembered that in addition to the loss of much of the British market, the consumption in the Netherlands, Bel gium and France will be drastically curtail ed, nor can the federal government be ex pected to continue to prime the tobacco in dustry along with its new preparedness bur dens. Nor should it have to. If the tobac co farmer deliberately ignores official ad vice and the dictates of common sense, then - he need not be surprised if sympathy for him is thus' undermined. It resolves itself into a business propo sition for the tobacco farmer. He must make his choice between gambling his sum mer's work against the impossible chance that world conditions will be stabilized be fore marketing time, or divert his efforts to the production of other marketable crops to bridge the gap for the present. The ques tion now is will he do it. He must make his decision soon. Our Immediate Problems 4t took the sudden push of Nazi killers in Europe to wake up this country to the point where the President and Congress suddenly fling a billion-dollar arms program at the head of American industry, and to put both our business and political life into a foaming state of attempted solution of whatever it is that ails us. We come suddenly upon the realization that we are totally unprepared for war. And this is quite understandable inasmuch as war is not our specialty, heretofore has not been our necessity. Not in all our his tory has the far-flung border between the United States and Canada been punctuated with a single fort with guns pointing either way, and to the south we have only had to turn occasionally to function more as a po liceman than in any other capacity. But we come too to the realization that no matter how dire and dreadful and imme diate the threat to our friends over the seas we cannot even supply them with the wea pons they need to defend us, much less aid them with manpower. We have discouraged the war industry, and rightly so, therefore we cannot build for our own defense, much less take care of the needs of others. But this huge preparedness program is not without its threat either. President Roosevelt has said that no millionaires should be created as a result of this pro gram, yet it will surprise if there is not a general feathering of nests with somebody else's fur. In rushing preparations to pre pare our industrialists will be taking a long shot, and it will be argued that their profits should be reasonably long because 6f the gamble. , Thirty days ago few of us would have entertained the idea that Hitler would turn in a victory. And now lookit! It is not only a possibility but a probability. And if he it is who will dictate peace conditions, his first demand will be the turning over of the British fleet. And we all know what that would mean to us. It has been the main factor in our own enforcement of the Mon roe doctrine, and with it in German hands the challenge would be definite and im mediate. All seems to be terror, hope and flux, and in the confusion America is in danger of losing its balance. This spending means that somebody must pay, and the American people are in no humor for any monkey busi ness that looks like profiteering, yet if maker and worker must speed up produc tion there must be adequate reward. The trouble is going to be to determine where legitimate profits end and racketeering be gins. And that little matter is next in impor tance to the need to take "fifth columnists" for a long, long ride. And that need be comes more important each day. Should Find the Way It is significant that in the stress of war and its threat against any nation, it becomes necessary to adopt the identical practice and system employed by the totalitarian countries whose set-up the democracies pro fess to despise. Britain last week, in a desperate effort to save the British empire, took the most drastic effort of her history. Parliament quickly passed a law, bringing every man and woman, high or low, under th# direction of the government, and every property, big and, little, is subject to government control. In other words personal freedom and prop erty rights are all thrown on the altar, much in the same manner as in Germany, Italy, Russia, or Japan—but with this difference: men and property are to be exploited for righteousness sake; to preserve the place in the sun that England through the centuries has deserved, and not to pay the cost of ac quiring by armed might the professed need for living room; and plus the further differ ence that when emergency has gone, this freedom of men and property will be re stored—will be restored, that is, only if the Hitler threat to civilization is definitely and permanently abolished. That is the painful thought that comes to Americans as they contemplate the pos sible involvement of this country in this or any other war. Having reveled in our free dom, the mere thought of restraint is re pulsive, yet we know that war calls for re straint, even to our appetites—to the amount of sugar that goes into our coffee. And above all there is the fear that when war has gone, this governmental supervi sion will not go with it, or that it will linger for awhile at least. If then, we turn to dictatorial practices in war, is that not in some measure acknowl edgment that a dictatorial government has its virtues? Germany gets things done be cause one man has the power to order it, and none has the power to say him nay. No one who has tasted the sweetness of freedom wants it that way—but the fact remains that there is accomplishment. Must .it be said that a democracy is in capable of accomplishment except when it becomes dictatorial? Is inefficiency and slothfulness the price we must pay for democratic freedom? To watch our Con gress hem and haw and split political hai?s indicates that it is. But there must be some way to make democracy work, and in recent days when there has been talk of adjourn ing politics and forming a coalition govern ment, there is indication that, forced by emergency, we may yet set about to find such a way. The most welcome news that could come from the war front would be that telling of the tortuous death of Germany's "first soldier." THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA WASHINGTON Washington, May 27 Wash ington woke up to a realization of the length and strength of the German arms when the news came of the surrender of Holland, j the invasion of Belgium and the great thrust into France. Because there had been so much advance publicity about Hitler's "blitzkrieg" or "lightning war," and so much delay in get ting it started, the feeling had grown in Washington that fhere was a good deal of bluff about the whole thing. Now the most complete and rapid change in of ficial sentiment that has ever oc curred has taken place. No one now speaks of a "phoney" war. Congress has, until now, re fused to take seriously the warn ings of Administration leaders and military and naval men that the United States is not prepar ed to defend itself against a world-conquering enemy. The events in Europe have changed that attitude completely. For the first time since the World' War political partisanship has been buried, or at least shoved into the background, in the face of a general realization that the na tion has not been giving suffi cient attention to our defenses. The President's appeal for the enactment of a comprehensive defense program to cost an esti mated $1,182,000,000 above what has already been appropriated for the Navy, the- Army and the Air Service has met with substan tially unanimous approval, in and out of Congress. Republican leaders like former President Hoover, Alfred M. London and Thomas E. Dewey have given their hearty approval to the President's proposal. Col. Frank Knox, Republican candidate for vice-president in 1936, has vol unteered to organize training camps for student flyers, and his offer has been accepted. First Line of Defense The first line of defense, next to the Navy, is generally recog nized as the air force. The Pres ident's proposal to build military planes at the rate of 50,000 air craft a year is not regarded as impossible, with facilities now available which can be speedily expanded. Germany is producing planes at the rate of 3,000 a month, or 36,000 a year. The pro gram is to enlarge existing plants which are mostly located on the two coasts, and to set up new plants in the Middle West, out of range of sudden raids by air on either coast. The whole Army program looks to concentrating the production of munitions in the Midland re gion, between the Rockies and the Alleghanies. Next to aircraft the greatest need is anti-aircraft guns. The few which the Army now has are practically ohsoletes. Congress is now in a mood to grant funds for modern weapons of that type. Speeding up of naval, construc tion now in progress is part of the program, and the President is considering authorizing the re commissioning of some fifty naval destroyers which have been rusting in port because they are not up to date. The idea of a "two-ocean" Navy is now gen erally accepted. An essential part of the plans for defense is speeding up the purchase of quantities of stra tegic and vital supplies which are not produced in the * united States, Such as rubber, mangan ese and various other essentials in time of war. Improved Equipment Not only does the President's program contemplate the en largement of the Regular Army from its present 230,000 to 280,- 000 men, but the rapid improve ment of its equipment. The Eu ropean war has demonstrated conclusively the superiority of a completely mechanized army, equipped with tanks of different sizes and with trucks for the transportation of infantry and tractors for hauling field artil lery. The day of the horse and mule in war has practically passed. Great factories for turn ing out trucks and tractors, as well as tanks, are contemplated, most of them, naturally, operated by existing motor manufacturers. In short, the United States is getting ready for war as if war were already at our doors. We are abandoning reliance upon the width of the Atlantic Ocean and the strength of the British Navy to protect us. But in all of the war talk there is not a word or hint of anything but national de fense. Nobody has even suggest ed that a single American soldier be sent abroad, that a single American warship be placed at the service of Germany's ene mies. Time Necessary It is going to take, a lot of time to get this new enlarged program of defense Into full op eration; probably three or four | years. In that period the Euro pean picture may have changed. Just now Germany has the best of It, as the Kaiser's forces had for the first three ye&rs of the last great war. If Hitler fails to win speedily the belief here is that he will eventually lose. In that case the enthusiasm in Washington for defense is likely to fade. However, it will be a long time before there can be any assurance that the Allies will win, and in the meantime the temper of all parties in Washington is to help them in every way short of actual war. The proposal is being consider ;ed seriously to repeal the John son Act, which forbids loans of private capital by Americans to a nation at war. Nobody thinks of a Government loan; we never made any except when we were actually in the war, but private investors lent money to the allied nations before we got in—and got their money back with interest. What will be the political ef fect of this sudden awakening of defense sentiment is anybody's guess. The President has inti mated that he will call Republi can as well as Democrats into whatever defense councils may be set up, and there is a general feeling in both parties that par tisanship should be dropped. BOONVILLE Miss Minnie Hatcher and S. R. Matthews of Winston-Salem spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Matthews. Dwight Brendle and Hugh Transou, graduates of Mars Hill College are spending the holidays here with their parents. Mrs. B. S. Matthews of East Bend is confined to her bed at the home of her son F. R. Matthews here. Mrs. Chapell ■ Wilson and chil dren of Boone, are visiting Mrs. Wilson's mother Mrs. Emma Reece. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reece have recently moved into their new home in West Boonville. Miss Myrtle Bolick of Winston- Salem visited Miss Sadie Fleming here Monday. Rev. and Mrs. Raymond Con nell and C. R. Transou visited friends and relatives in Kannap olis Monday. Mrs. Albert Martin spent last week with her parents at Sugar Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Steelman spent the week-end in Clemmons visiting relatives. Miss Sadie Hobson spent the past week-end in Charlotte and Taylorsville visiting relatives. Capt. E. E. Hood spent the j week-end with his family here. He | is located at Wortburg, Tennessee. ' Mrs. Hood and children Edward, ! Jr., and C. W., accompanied him to Wortburg where they will spend i some time. Mr. Lodiska Matthews of Lake View is spending several weeks i visiting relatives in Yadkin. At ; the present time she is 'with Mr. ; and Mrs. A. C. Stinson. Mrs. A. B. Hobson, Curtis, Bob . by and Wade Hobson and Mrs. i Thad Reece and son Joe spent i Sunday in Taylorsville. i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poindexter, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Fleming and Sadie Fleming were guests of Mr. ; and Mrs. Allen Dudley at Byllesby, Va., Sunday. Mrs. Cornelia Burch is much ; improved recently. She has been ill for some time. Mrs. F. R. Matthews Entertains Little Miss Janet Matthews was ' honored at a party given by her mother, Mrs. F. R. Matthews, , Saturday afternoon, celebrating i her seventh birthday. About twenty-five of her little friends gathered at her home to share the honor. Outdoor games and contests i were played on the lawn. Prizes were awarded Arlis Nell Steelman, Helen Coe, Bobby Jane Shore and Billy Matthews. After the games the hostess as sisted by Mrs. Arlie Steelman, served ice cream and cake. Favors consisting of bright colored wind mills and balloons were given each child. Misses Ruby Winkler, Frances Thomas, Amanda Hallman, and Mrs. Ralph Coram and Mrs. Thad Reece called in for refreshments. Miss Arlis Nell Steelman Honored Mrs. Arlie Steelman entertained Monday afternoon honoring her daughter, Arlis Nell, on her eighth birthday. Games and contests were played under the direction of Mrs. Arlie Steelman assisted by Mrs. Ray mond Johnson of Elkin. Little Nancy Sue Johnson was the win ner in the doll contest. Ice cream and cake were served by Mrs. Steelman assisted by Mrs. Johnson. Snow-white balloons were given each child as a favor. The guests were: Arlis Nell Steelman, honoree, Nancy Sue and Jerrell Johnson, Mary Ann Holt, Faye Baity, Nancy Caudle, Bar bara Jean Combs, Bennett Steel-' man. Clothing is being made from | fish skins in Germany. Celebrate Golden Wedding MUK^, , ||H| .ssm - MP Mr i JyfifttW^ - -j| .j||m ||H^H (';* • .jiv ~ - iS^tfnwNnPlH I H W - I K 9 Sr - ■' Pi ■ S Mr. and Mrs. S. E. (Bahnson) Shugart, of Boonville, pictured above, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last Sunday by having four of their five children and nine of their 10 grandchil dren with them for dinner. In addition they had quite a number of friends and neighbors present and all enjoyed z fine dinner which was spread on the lawn of the home. Mrs. Shugart before marriage was Miss Lillie York. Their children are Zet, Vaughan and Foy Shugart, of Boonville; Otho Shugart, of Maryland; and Mrs. A. L. Wall, of Walkertown. — (Ripple Photo.) WITH THE SICK The following patients have been admitted to the local hospi tal during the past week: Nell Brown, Creston; Mrs. Jennie Sutherland, Creston; D. C. Spry, Mocksville; Corbitt Lowe, Elkin; Susie Grace Hemric, Elkin; Ken neth Freeman, Elkin; J. R. Pom dexter, State Road; Mrs. Ellen Gilispie, Dobson; Mrs. Lizzie Hodges, Mt. Airy; Melvin Rich ard Boyd, Elkin; J. T. Riggan, Dobson; Wade Riggan, Dobson; Mrs. Fannie Mae Wallace, Moun tain Park; Mrs. Claire Layell, Elkin; Kenneth Freeman, Elkin; James Kingsbury, Mt. Airy; Lil lian Mickle, Elkin; Odell Church, Elkin; Cora Wilmoth, Thurmond; Mrs. Sam Neaves, Elkin. Patients dismissed during the week were: Mrs. Ida Johnson, Elkin; Tom Green, Glade Valley; Mrs. Myrtle Moser, Elkin; Ruby Mitchell, Elkin; Mrs. Nona North, East Bend; Mrs. Lula Mae Nor man, State Road; Mrs. Sybil Wagoner, State Road; Mrs. Sarah Hanes, Jonesville; Russell Smith, Elkin; Loyd Dudley, Elkin; Ruby Carolyn Stokes, Cycle; Mrs. Nell Brown, Creston; D. C. Spry, Mocksville; Corbitt Lowe, Elkin; Susie Grace Hemric, Elkin; Ken neth Freeman, Elkin; Mrs. Ellen GilDspie, Dobson; Lizzie Hodges, Mt. Airy; Melvin Richard Boyd, Elkin; J. T. Riggan, Dobson; Wade Riggan, Dobson; Mrs. Fan • NOTICE North Carolina, Surry County Before the Clerk Woodrow Park and wile, Mar varenne Park, vs. Mrs. Gertha Park Hatcher and husband, J. O. 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