THE FRANKLIN TIMES Issued Every Friday a 1 5 Court Street TVIe phone A. P. JOHNwON, Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION KATKS Oie Tear fl-dO Klght Month# .... l.OO Six Months ' .70 Foar Month* 50 Fureigm Ad?ertlaiag IUpn>M'ii(*llie AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York City Entered ?t the Poatofftce M Louisburg, M. C. as set-oud Mil matter. "Progressive socialism, once under way, results in an increasing momentum down hill for all surviving pri vate economy. That is, it. feeds upon itself, and, as we have seen, seeks to grow and become permanent, even though it may have started out purely as a temporary or emergency measure." ? Albert W. Atwood. 0O0 (hie ot' the worst problems Britain faces is her mount ing loss of merchant shipping. Axis surface raiders and submarines are doing a tremendous amount of dam age, as Churchill recently admitted in Parliament, and* the convoy system is not working well. Reason for that is lack of warships to use as convoys, inasmuch as En gland must keep great forces in the Mediterranean and in home waters. Also, German destruction of British destroyers has been exceedingly great. Some think that before long Britain may appeal to this country for still more ships ? principally destroyers and small eruis ers of modern, high-speed types. Whether we'd agree is anybody's guess. Certainly public opinion developed with incredible speed in favor of more and more help to Britain during the last year. There is no apparent rea son why it slionld not continue to do so. particularly in the light of Mr. Roosevelt's extremely pro-British stand. ooo WHAT COURSE ? Most of the columnists have been busy as bird dogs in forecasting what course the Administration will now take. And all of them seem to have different ideas. Some think the President will pursue a conservative pol icy; others that lie will go in for experiment 011 a bigger scale than ever. For the time being, discount all of .those forecasts con siderably. Only one man, the President, knows what he plans to do, and he hasn't talked about it publicly. The speeches and statements he has made since the elec tion have been moderate in tone and have not indicated any startling new departures. It is obvious that the demands of rearmament come first in government now. Whatever the Administration thinks is necessary to expanding production with maxi mum speed, will be done, but 110 one yet knows what that will entail. 0O0 "GO FORWARD IN PEACE" In the opinion of a number of the commentators, the President's Madison Square Garden speech of October 28th was one of the most effective of his campaign. It had much to do, they feel, in turning the tide in his fav or. In that speech, the President declared that his pol icy was one that would safeguard our country's peace in a torn and warring world. His last two sentences were these: "We shall continue to go forward in firm faith. We shall continue to go forward in peace." The issue that confronts us today, is the issue of peace or war. That is the most terrible issue that any Presi dent, any government, any nation, can face. Those polls which proved so accurate in forecasting the result of the election, indicate that an overwhelming majority of Americans arc opposed to war. The Con gress is a peace Congress, with almost every member committed to the principle that we shall not again par ticipate in a foreign war. The President has said he is a peace president. We can stay at peace if we set ourselves dead against aggression and make ourselves so strong that no aggres sor will dare attack us. That must be the American policy. That must be the ideal in which all Americans share, from the President to the lowliest among us. ooo ? THE WAR The Axis' spokesman continues to boast of the dread ful doom that is about to befall Britain and all other powers which dare to oppose German-Italian-Japanese ambitions to create a new and revolutionary "world or der." But in much of the present boasting there is a hollow and discordant note. For it is a plain fact that today the dictators are winning most of their battles on paper instead of the field of action. The war, in other words, is not going well, from the Nazi-Fascist point of view. Germany has a'pparently abandoned hope of invading England ? a move which, 1 according to Hitler's original calendar, was to have been completed months ago. Her air attacks go on, and they do much damage. But there is no evidence tcj in dicate that the plane can win a war or break the morale of a proud and determined people. In the meantime, English plane production, buttressed by imports from this country, moves steadily forward toward the day when Britain will be Germnn's equal in the air. Nazi raiders and submarines have sunk an immense amount of British shipping. But Britain's merchant marine is still Vast, and is being added to almost daily. And new British warships, including one or two 35, 000-ten super dreadnaughts, have lately been commissioned. '/ Greatest fiasco has been that of Italy. One expat r. Air Express Spreads Its Wings < .. j- s.r c.?.es8 snipment in history of transportation ..-oncisti.ig ot five -cits cf silk weighing 50 pounds was flown 65 miles in 71 minutes from Daylon to Columbus. Ohio, in November 1910. lashed to frame of Wright plane. Today. 30 years later. Railway Express Agrncy reports hundreds of packages weighing tons are speeded daily ir^ ciirc,o compartments of giant transport plar-s for over-isht- delivery 2.300 miles away. recently observed that Germany alone is stronger than Germany and Italy together, and that may very well be true ? Italy is one of the least self-contained of na tions, and Hitler must keep supplying het- with materials which lie could use to advantage sit home. On top of that, the military experts are shaking their heads in amazement over what they regard as the almost incredi ble stupidity of Mussolini's much-bemedaled general staff. The Invasion of small, poorly-armed Greece is a vivid example. Italy attempted to use blitzkrieg tactics in a rugged, mountainous country in which there are few roads, and she started in the worst possible season. It was inevitable that her losses would be tre mendous. No authority believes that Greece can hold out indefinitely, but Italy's victory will be won at great cost, in prestige 110 less than in men and material. And in the meantime, England has been, able to establish air and naval bases 011 the U reek islands which are of im mense importance in cementing hcrViold 011 the Medi terranean. \ The British ay* attack which disabled three Italian battleships and a number of lesser craft is, if English reports of the action are true, one of tit* major victories of this war. It means that the Italian . fleet has lost close to half its effectiveness so far as the surface Vessels are concerned. And that, in turn means that Britain can now release ships from the Mediterranean to other places where they are badly needed for purposes of con voy, and to hunt down and engage the German raiders which are operating in the mid-Atlantic. Watch Africa now ? the next showdown will probably come there. More and more of French Africa has dis avowed the German-dominated Vichy government and is throwing in with the "free French" cause led" by General De Gaulle. Mysterious General Weygand is now in Africa. He was sent there by the Vichy authori ties to hold the colonies. Hut reports leak out that Weygand may have an entirely different plan in mind ? that he may join De Gaulle or, at least, keep the part of Africa he controls out of an alliance of any kind with Germany. If he does that, it will be a blow to the Axis, which must conquer Africa as a main step in its program for destroying the life-line of the British Empire. Also watch the Far East. There is quiet on the sur face there at the moment, but there is turbulence under neath. Japan has been withdrawing great quantities of troops from China. Some fear she will use them in a foray against French Indo-China and the Dutch East Indies ? or, if worst comes to worst, against the Philip pines. Ray of hope is provided by Far Eastern experts who insist that Japan knows she is far too weak to pro voke us into war, and that she will back down if we maintain a stronir and unyielding policy. ' TO MAP PLAN FOR '41 Raleigh, Nov. 25. ? The Execu- ? live Committee of the Brewers | and North Carolina Beer Dls-i trlbutora committee will meet in* Ralelgb, Thursday. December 12.! to map Mie beer industry's 1941 "clean up or close up" campnlgni In this state. The United Brewers Industrial Foundation, the oponsorng organ ization, recently authorized con tinuation of the self-regulatlop program In North Carolina, and the December 12 meeting will be1 devoted to consideration of the 1941 campaign. * State Director Bdgar H. Bain, of Ooldaboro, will address the committee which la composed of: '?4. ot Oroxnahoro chairman; J. W. Jackson, of Wil mington: K. .1. Jenkins, of Kin ston; Frank E. Barnard, of Ashe-, vllle; and W. S. Burrus, of Ral eigh, representing the beer dis tributors; and. L. E. Wheeler, of Ashevllle; C. M. Wright, of New ark. N. J ; S. A. Cash, of Louis ville. Ky.; Walter Bartlett, of Norfolk. Va.; and. David T. Gallo. of Norfolk. A successor will be named to Mr. Wheeler who was reccfetljp transferred to Milwau kee.' The "clean up or close up" rattypOgn was launched in North Carolina in Ma j. 1939, ^nd has resulted In the elimination of 1S5 undesirable beer outlets. ?_ FOR FUN* QUM PK1STTNO >- PMUft H I ALL 'ROUND 4-H'ER l ? i NOKTH CAROLINA'S "all-around" 4-H Club girl, Willie Mae Daniel. IT, of Oxford, Granville county is named by Frances MacQregor, assls state club leader, to receive an all expense trip to the 19th National 4-11 Club Congress In Chicago Nov. 2ft-Pee. 7. ? ? ? She has a superior four year record In homemaklng projects, which comprise making 25 home beautiflcation improvements, raising' 2:?3 chickens, sewing 34 gar ments and canning 1662 pints of fruits ai:d vegetables. Willie Mae wen tluve scholarship trips for out standing project work. Prize money tvirninsrs of $30 and sale of products totalling $712.30 raise the value of lu-r 4- II work to Jl.001.10. * * ? A champion for each of the four ex tension sections and for two at large will l?e announced at the Chicago t ( 'i>'l:tve. where they will be awarded scholarships giv.en by Mont is* ncty Ward. donor also of trips for state winners. ? ' ? The cm test. held for the !Stn year, Is con ducted in1 conpcra* ion with the ex trusion service to broaden the in terest ar.d knowledge of 4-H girls, in home arts. COKN SHOW : Joseph Earl Smith, Clem mon Nelms, Baxter Harris, Clyde Thome, Wilson Clay, William Boone, Ben Layton, Boyce Col ling, T. O. Nelms, James Barthol omew, Sam F. Sledge, Fredric Perry, Preston Green; Hickory Rock-White Level: Samuel Col lins, J. 11. Bartholomew, George Burnette, Weldon Spencer Wood, David House, Billy Check, Joseph Earl Wheeler, Maurice Collins, Vann Champion, Clifford Davis, Julian Leon Champion, Bert Gil liam, Wilson Sykes. RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! AOMIN ISTHATOK'S NOTICE Having Qualified as Administra I tor of the estate of S. G. Griffin, deceased, late of Franklin Coun ty, North Carolina, this is to noti fy all persons having claims against) the estate of said deceas ed to exhibit them to the under signed on or before the 29th day of November, 1941, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make im mediate payment. This 28tli day of November, 1940. ll-29-6t R. S. GRIFFIN, Adm'r. For Bargains In USED CARS See J. L. GUPTON or M. M. REYNOLDS Prices anil terms arc right. 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