AUGUST 29, 1940
j The Week in
I Washington
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A RESUME OF GOVERNMKNTAL,
HAPPENINGS IN THE
NATION AX CAPITAL
Washington, Aug. 28?It's to be a
fighting presidential campaign. That
is tlie chief reaction of seasoned
Washington observers to Wendell
Willkie's challenge to President
Roosevelt to meet him face to face
in public debate on the issues of the
campaign Especially calculated to
get under Mr. Roosevelt's skin is
Mr. Willkie's challenge to him to
stale the grounds for his assumption
that in seeking a third term he
is entitled to greater public confidence
than any of tile long list of
his great predecessors.
The candidate's speech of acceptance.
rather than the parly's official
platform, is considered to be tile
real statement of the issues upon
which the voters will pass judgment
on November 5. It is now clear that
there is no divergence between the
parties on the necessity for strengthening
our national defense. Mr.
Willkie put the menace of Hitler
6 and our reliance upon Britain's 11a-1
C val strength in the Atlantic into
plainer language than others have
done. Beyond doubt the international
situation will figure largely
in the election returns.
Draft Endoised
The endorsement of the selective
draft, method of providing trained
military manpower, as stated by
Mr. Willkie, is taken here as insuring
the early enactment of a measure
to that end. which may not
follow precisely any of the proposals
originally made, but which will
net leave much reliance on volunteer
service.
Secretary oi War Stimson was j
able to report faster progress in the ;
rearmament program than he did a;
week or two ago. Out of the -4.000
planes for which appropriations!
were made in May. contracts have
been let for 1.200. mostlv 1i-uiiii?n I
planes but including SO of Iho lnrg-1
est ar.rl most modern bombing;
pianos Work has begun in dredging
the channel for the "secondstring"
Panama canal.
The work of enlarging the navy
is proceeding faster than army preparations.
which are still held up by
the delay in congress in amending j
the tax laws to give manufacturers i
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Coiled Bed Springs, now be
New Inncrspring Mattresses.
24.75 Innespring Mattresses.
New Cook Stoves and Rang
New Bedroom Suites. $69.01
New Cook Ranges. S65.00 \
Bedroom Suites, slightly us
Kitchen Cabinets, new. S16.5
China Closets, a real bargai
DINING ROOM SXJ
Three-piece Living Room S
New Chairs, only
I New Mattresses
Odd Dressers, special
Odd Buffets, special
BOOK CASES
Pianos, real good
Banjos and Guitars real che;
Sewing Machines, goo
Antiques and Victorian Fur
of Drawers, solid cherry a
torian Sofas and Gents' Ch
Chairs and Mirrors cheap .
ware at new low prices.
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South Boston. Va,?Miss Mar- 1
tha Scott, who has accepted the
invitation of the National Tobacco
Festival to serve as queen on
September 5 and 6. There will
be over 100 pretty girls who will
make up the queen's court.
a chance to break even. The pre- ,
liminary work of preparing plans
and blue prints in expectation of
munitions contracts is going on in .
hundreds of plants, however.
Henry Ford has agreed to build
4,000 of the most modern and pow- j
crful type of airplane engines, and (
is preparing to go into plane pro- ,
duction. The Packard company is ,
about ready to start on the production
of 6.000 British-type RollsRoyce
airplane engines. Every other
motor manufacturer in the
country is in a similar state of
readiness to go ahead once the bars
are let down.
Announcement Surprises
T h e President's announcement
that he is in negotiation with Great <
Britain for the establishment of ]
naval bases on British territory is: j
the Western Hemisphere came as a ,
surprise. Nothing lias been dis- <
closed as lo how payment would i
be made for such cities in the West ,
Indies or Canada. The proposal to ;
deliver 50 of our antiquated destroyers
to Britain still hangs fire. Eitli- .
or some such "swap" or the reduc ]
tion cancellation of Britain's \
war debt to this country might be
our payment for the right to estab- (
ish naval bases on the islands of (
Barbados and Trinidad, and in j
Newfoundland and possibly Nova
Scotia, as well as Bermuda. j
All such plans depend largely
upon the final outcome of the GerBl
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a Very Cheap Price
:1 $4.00 lip
in? offered as low as 84.00
S39.S5 value 819.95 & S24.95
while the last 810.95
;es S24.00 up
) values, now 847.50
'alue, on sale at 842.50
ed SI 5.00
0 up; slightly used 815.00 up
n S8.50 up
ITS REAL CHEAP j
luites S15.00 up
81.00 up
85.00
86.00 up
$7.50 tip
REAL CHEAP
842.50 up
ip . . . Rocking Chairs cheap
id as new, real cheap,
niture real cheap . . . Chest
nd mahogannv wood; Vicairs
at low prices . . . Side
. . Pictures. Books, Glass:r
and see for yourself,
ns are sold. We sell
ell on easy terms. New
ntiques a Specialty.
tique Shop
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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EV.
nan attack on the British Islands.
There is .a strong belief here among
nihtary experts that Britain is cerain
to lose. That ts offset by the
cmurkable exhibition of courage
tnd unity by the British people, and
heir apparent success in their air
aids on strategic German centers
md ir. fighting off the Nazi air
Hacks.
The President, in the course of his
nspection of the army and national
uard forces engaged in training
maneuvers in northern New Yor.:
tate. met Premier MacKenzie King
Canada at Ogdensburg. and he
promised that the United States
.vculd enter into ar. agreement tor
.he joint defense of Canada, should
3errnany conquer the United Kingdom
The expectation that Ambassador
Cludahy, recalled front his Belgian
post "for consultation" would either
be reprimanded or fired or both because
of what he was quoted by
London papers as saying about the
effect of the British blockade on
Starving Belgians, and nartirnHrlv
because he was reported to have
said that the German soldiers in
Belgium behaved "better tha.i
American tropos in the same circumstances."
did not come true. Mr.
pudahy apparently convinced the
state department tl?.u he had been
misquoted.
Blockade Handicap
The British attitude on the blockade
of continental Europe, however,
is proving a handicap to efforts to
get American Red Cross and relief
supplies to the civilian populations
af the countries taken over by tncGermans.
All reports which the
state department is able to get
point to the probability cf a famine
spreading ail over Europe before
spring and millions of persons dying
of starvation.
BERMUDA BAY TO BE LEASED
FOR U. S. USE AS AIR BASE
Hamilton, Bermuda. Aug. 26?The
Great Sound of Bermuda wili be
made available to the United States
for an air base and possibly lor a
naval base, on a 99-year lease, Maj.
Gen. Denis Bernard, governor of
Bermuda, informed a special session
if litis British colony's assembly
Saturday.
The legislature first had received
assurances that the unprecedented
itep would have no effect on Bermuda's
status in the British empire.
This was the first specitic indi:ation
ot where United States bases
m British territory in the western
emispherc might be established.
VIARR1AGE LICENSE BUREAUS
STORMED BY 1.500 COUPLES
New York. Aug. 25?Extra police
vere called in to keep order yesterity
as more than 1.500 altar-bound
foutig couples stormed the five
marriage license bureaus of New
York city.
The current rush to marry has
kept pace with congressional action
:n the selective service bill, but
prospective bridegrooms questioned
yesterday denied they were hurrying
into wedlock to escape the
trait.
Cuba. Jamaica. Haiti, Puerto Rico
lid the Virgin Islands make up the
Greater Antilles.
SHOES ^
The famous Star
Brand, Wolverinc.
Ball Band
A Shoe for every member of the
family, and new low prices are
now prevailing.
Bare's Fair Store
BOONE. N. C.
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Optometrist
Specialist in the Examination of
the Eyes and tho Fitting of
Olaaaes.
Complete Modern Examination
Room over Farmers State Bank
Mountain City, Tens.
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Wednesday and Thursday
Each Week
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Bicycle Is Utilized
By Mail Carrier
North Wilkesboro. Aug. 24.?Burvin
Shi']], tnail carrier on the Hendrix-Stony
Fork star route in western
Wilkes, hasn't reverted to the
j horse-and-buggv days, but h i s
! means of transportation is more
i reminiscent of the gay nineties?nc|
is riding a bicycle.
When the flood last week took
out practically every bridge in that
I art of Wilkes county and seriously
damaged the roads between the
bridges, he promptly borrowed a
boy's bicycle and that is the way
the mail is being transported.
than on a horse, and he ran carry
the bicycle over the roughest spots,
but a horse?well, it would be quite
a burden.
Speed was a major factor in 93
accidents on North Carolina highways
during January to July. 1940.
The price of one truck bought in
1939 would buy approximately two
and one-half trucks today.
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JAP BOMBS DESTROY
BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN CHINA s
Chungking. China. Aug. 25?Jap- ?
anese bombs destroyed the Ameri- ?
tar. Southern Baptist mission hos- _
pital yesterday at Wweilan. capital
of Kwangsi province. Centra! News,
official agency of the central Chinese
government, reported today.
Eleven native patients and servants
were reported injured. The
building had been occupied temporarily
bv the mission since its original
plant was destroyed in a Japanese
air raid in December. 1938.
END OF "BLACK EMPEROR'S"
DREAM OF AFRICAN THRONE
Remarkable story telling of spec - ;
prtllar ritn ? * ?"*?! "
??."v u??u ton ui i ne vjreai g
Liberator" who collected millions. I
made carls and dukes of his con 1
tributors and complained that Mus- I
solini and Hitler had stolen his |
ideas. One of many features in the
September 1st issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magrjsine distributed
with the
BALTIMORE SUNDAY
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Out-of-state drivers were responible
for approximately 10 per cent
f all fatal accidents in this state
urintj the first six months or 3940.
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