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Thursday, June 20, 1940 Washington, June 18 The United States is going ahead to help the Allies against Germany "by every means short of war," in dead earnest. Whether Hitler, if Germany wins the war against England and France, will consid er that our efforts have been "short of war" is a question which is giving official Washing ton little concern. If Germany wins, we'll eventually have to fight the Nazis anyway, is the feeling here. Authority was found in an old law for the Government to "trade in" military airplanes to the makers, against contracts for new and more up-to-date planes. So somewhere around 300 of our best fighting planes, the kind that France and England need most, have been flown to the Curtiss- Wright plant at Buffalo, taken over by the manufacturers, over hauled and made ready to ship by the quickest possible means to the other side. These are being sold to the Allied governments not by our Government but by the plane jV// i ! 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C. manufacturers, for cash, so the transaction does not violate the neutrality law. American manufacturers have been working for some time on an order from the Swedish gov ernment for 200 fighting planes. The Allied purchasing agency ex pects to arrange with Sweden to take those off that nation's hands. A Thousand Planes a Day The War Department has tak en seriously Henry Ford's pro posal to build a thousand planes a day, and has sent one of the newest model pursuit planes to Dearborn so that the Ford engi neers can figure out how they can do the trick. William Knudsen, head of the Advisory Commission in charge of manufacturing military supplies, has set Army and Navy men to work, along with expert construc tion engineers, to try to reduce the number of types of planes re quired from fourteen to a very much smaller number, to simpli fy and speed up construction. The new planes which the Government will get in exchange for the ones traded in at Buffalo will have armored protection for the pilot, and leak-proof gasoline tanks, two improvements that both the Army and Navy have been asking for. The ones turn ed in are "surplus" only because such a large number of Army and Navy pilots have been taken off active service to become instruc tors at the greatly enlarged flying school at Pensacola. Next to planes, the Allied forces need small-caliber field ar tillery. The French have made unexpectedly good use of their famous "75's" against German tanks, according to reports reach ing here. The United States Army has on hand several thou sands of those effective cannons, made during the World from French speficiations, which we never got across the ocean. The term "75" signifies the diameter of the bore, 75 millimeters, or substantially three inches. Ammunition Plentiful Our Army also has a very large supply of shells and ammunition for these field guns. The pro posal to turn all these in to the makers, the Bethlehem Steel Company, as a credit against fu ture purchases of new and larger guns, has been submitted by the President to Congress. It would be a profitable deal, as the stock of 75's on hand cost only about $200,000,000 and the credit to the Government would be $400,'- 000,000. But the Bethlehem Steel Tailoring Dress Making All Kinds of Sewing Mrs. C. W. Laffoon Phone 249-W Elk Spur St. Mattie Mae Powell NOTARY PUBLIC Building & Loan Office Main Street THE ELB3N TRIBUNE, ELKZN, NORTH CAROLINA Company could sell them to France for whatever they could get. / The Advisory Commission sys tem is working out better than most observers expected it would, so far. The assurances given by the President to its members of a free hand in their respective fields have been taken so serious ly that Mr. Stettinius, in charge of assembling raw materials, has resigned his SIIO,OOO a year job as Chairman of the U. S. Steel Corporation to give his whole tirwp to the nation's defense needs, and Mr. Knudsen has taken an indefinite leave of ab sence without pay from the presi dency of General Motors, and an other official has taken over his job in Detroit. Serious consideration is being given in Congress and other Gov ernment circles to the proposal to enact a compulsory conscription law, similar to the selective draft under which the army of four million men was enlisted during the last World War. The new law would be operative in peace as well as in war, and would re quire of every American from 18 years old upward a year of mili tary training. Considerable sup port for this plan has come from both Republicans and Democrats in both Houses. A. F. of L. Victory The action of the House in vot- I ing drastic amendments to the | National Labor Relations Act is regarded here as being a victory " for the Federation of Labor over the C. I. 0., but it is at base a war measure. It could not have gained the support it received but for the feeling that in the prep arations for national defense ev ery possible legal cause of fric tion between employers and workers must be removed. While there is no real antici pation of an early attack upon the United States by Germany if that nation is victorious in Eu rope, the feeling is almost unani mous that sooner or later we shall have to fight Nazi-Fascism, both on our own territory and in Latin-American countries. The first stages of that war will be against "fifth column," the anti-democracy forces which are known to be boring from within from Canada to Cape Horn. Two first-rate American cruisers have been sent on an un disclosed mission to visit South American countries, presumably to carry reassurances that we in tend to stand by the Monroe Doctrine and help the nations to the south of us protect them selves against domination by Eu ropean powers. PLEASANT HILL With eleven candidates to be baptized a large number gathered at the creek Sunday morning for the baptismal service. The pas tor, Rev. D. W. Day, N was in charge. Dr. Abernethy, of Elkin, was a special guest of the men's class Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller, of North Elkin, and Mrs. Lily Bur cham, of Benham, were the Sun day guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Day. Mrs. Joseph Cockerham has re turned to her home from the hos pital. An inspiring children's day program was given at the church Sunday night by the Junior, pri mary and beginners classes. Miss Bernice Welborn, teacher of the junior class, was in charge of the program. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mastin and daughter, of North Wllkes boro, were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Transou. Mr. and Mrs. William Ellis and son, of Winston-Salem, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Couch. Miss Claudia Pearson, of Le noir, was the gue6t last week of Miss Marie Hutchlns. Mrs. Clarence Darnell and son and daughter spent the week-end at Traphill with Mrs. Darnell's parents. Miss Ruby Day, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Day, who is a patient in the Davis hospital, Statesville, is seriously ill, her friends will regret to know. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Darnell and small daughter, of 1 Cool Springs, were the Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Casey. Miss Edwina Harris, of North Elkin, has been visiting in this community for the 'past two weeks. | Mrs. David Day, Miss Gertha Collins and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Casey motored to Winston-Salem Friday night where they visited Mrs. Ida Howell and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howell, formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y. David L. Day, Jr., and Richard Collins motored to Salisbury Sun day. Rev. D. W. Day filled his reg ular appointment Saturday night and Sunday. 'His Sunday sermon was on "The Assurance of Salva tion." Hie Pleasant Hill choir will at tend the fifth Sunday singing at New Hope Sunday week. All members are requested to go. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Carter an nounce the birth of a son at the To Lead Country's Biggest Maneuvers fcs $ tWms Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, Commanding General of the Ist army, shown with 75 mm. gun crew. General Drum will lead the biggest army maneuvers ever held in this country when over 100,000 soldiers assemble in northern New York in August. Hugh Chatham Memorial hospi tal. . • Patronize Tribune Advertisers. They Offer Real Values. / How Does Your Advertising Investment Compare With The Average .... Competent business men scale their adver tising investment in proportion to gross sales ft §\ .. Then they use their advertising on a pro • J J gram basis so as to follow a systematic plan. *The following percentage of gross sales usually are followed, ® ® according to surveys made by recognized authorities: Department Stores 2.5 Men's Stores 3.3 fif fT7 Women's Wear Shops 3.1 Furniture Stores 6.3 Drug Stores ...... . -2.9 General Merchandise 1.5 Jewelry Stores 3.1 of all failures in business are Grocery Stores I*o from the ranks of non-adver- Meat Markets I*o tisers . . . Only 5 per cent, of Specialty Shops 3.8 those that fail are adver- Dry Cleaners and Dyeing ...3.3 tisers. According to Brad- Hardware Stores T .l«0 street. Other Businesses 2.0 What About YOUR Firm, Mr. Business Man? "7 Check your gross sales and your advertising percentage can easily be fig ured ... Your business cannot differ much from the average in your line, and if you wish to improve it—or even hold it where it is today then you cannot ignore your duty to yourself ... And maybe we can help you. The advertising medium that for more than 25 years has produced the greatest results for business men who have desired to reach homes in this trade territory with their messages is— The Elkin Tribune NORTH CAROLINA'S BEST WEEKLY * ' i * ♦Figures compiled by Harvard Bureau of Business Research and Northwestern University Bureau of Business Research. * " X , • ■ ■ r> ■ _ . • "v"•-" 4 - ' » ■ gBBSB9BBSBSSSBBB9BS9BBSSBHBBBBBBB9SBBBB99BBBBSSB9SSB Not Pleased "I've just shot a dog." "Was he mad?" "Well, he wasn't very pleased." F-W Chevrole Company Unusual E The P-W Chevrolet Company is today announcing a sale of used cars at wholesale prices, the event to begin today (Thursday), and continue through Friday and Saturday. It is explained that "wholesal ing to the retail buyer usually means selling to used car deal ers." However, in this case, the local firm prefers to have these savings to go to its customers and friends, and is therefore offering its entire stock of used cars at wholesale prices. However, it is pointed out, no cars will be sold to used car dealers. Prices are advertised as having been cut as much as $l5O on many models. In addition, a 1940 license plate will be furnish ed with each car sold. Full details of this sale may be obtained from the F-W Chevrolet Company advertisement printed elsewhere in this issue. Read Tribune Advertisements! ZEPHYR Mr. Ford and Grady Snow, of Winston-Salem, spent the week end with their father, Mr. W. T. Snow. Messrs. Paul and Wendell El dridge, of Mt. Airy, spent a while Sunday afternoon here with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Haston Laster spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Riley Simmons, of the Salem Fork community. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Oehman and family, of Winston-Salem, and Mr. Richard Spainhour, of Bethania, were the guests of Mrs. Ellen Laster and family Sunday. Mrs. Oehman and son, Billy, will spend the summer here. Messrs. Andrew and Pholia Snow made a business trip to Eikin Monday. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR PREVETTE CHILD Funeral services were held Sat urday for Grady Prevette, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Farris Pre vette, who died Friday at the home in Jonesville. Interment was in the Jonesville cemetery.
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