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MONDAY, JULY 22, 1940
e^T In defense of their eot
should It^come necessair. **
>0»e of the^Moet effective methods of
^keepinr a bsd'ihan Or ^ Yoen
pre^ea iato pi^vide w Impresi^e srnu^
guiw'an^^^ let the,bad|hii^ .ha^i^^
know guard is bn duly.f So |t
the United States and the bid tnen or ha-
jif tibna of the world.’^ Japan and Germany
are likely to adp^ a more friendly atU|^
.and to enter more cordial rela^ns^ v^th
this country it it is known that thisj|o^
try is armed and prepared to offeree;
€. Officuds
' Raleigh,T-'iew eaferecfaMld of
ficen of North CaroliBa praised
the inddatiT’r “clean n# or
efoae^'w’* rthipaigh viHch haa ra>
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snn^^de^able heer ontlrti^,^^
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1940-tl je4 (rte Job as an oraaaieidal,^’
warkettii^ aeaaoa bhie heea ap^lhas ip^ea saUrtaotory' f^ hiU-
prmad hr a«ae£iirr of Agrlcnl- f enKnre to prerent eroetap'da/thla
t^ Henry Wallaea eoatt^. !ii ’ ir-
This Year 1940
So many things have already happened
in'1940 with the year silghtly more than
half gone that we are prone to wonder
what is going to take place next.
It has been a year of surprises and dis
appointments a^l over the globe.
Bitier’s war machine rose up in terrible
might, overrun Holland, Belgium and
Pkance before the experts who said it
couldn’t be done knew what it was all
about.
Now we find the mighty British Ehnpire
fighting for dear life, and, to say the least,
does not have rosy chances of ultimate
victory over Germany.
In the United States we have had many
things to happen that have been very unu-
aual. Congress has appropriated over five
billion dollars to bolster defenses and is
going to allot that much more.
President Roosevelt appointed two very
tiye resigtance to their threats.
If these’ who are cterged with the re^
’sponsibilijy for ^the safety of the Uultodj
States feel that training for the NatibnaT
Guards is essential to an adequate sdlL
tary program', if they feel that a program also CTiwneBded the jSrt*-
of conscription is necessary, we much pi^ ^’ «nd North CaroJihs Beer DM-
fer . rtat. of ■toW def^B.0- th.n ooe Of ^
inadequate defense. outlets.
Jimmie Harues, chief of Cram-
ertQn's 'police department and
pfeeident of the Asaociatlon" of
taw Ehiforcement Officers of the
Carolines, said reaults in all parts
of the state justified the year-old
campaign
Asherllle’s Police Chief Charles
W." Dermld thanked State Direc
tor Kdgar H.’ Bain for the "com
mittee’s help in closing undesir
able places,’’ and Judge J. P.
Kltchln of Buncombe’s general
county court, said that "it is
gratifying to obserre that since
your committee has been func
tioning . . . there has been a
steady improrement in cleaning
up conditions.’’
Sheriff E. C. Belvln of Durham
said the com.mittee has been a
"great help to my office In en
forcing the laws.’’
YOUTH
(Baltimore News-Post)
'The American Youth Congress perform
ed exactly as was expected of it in its re
cent sessions at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
With the help of the Young Communist
League, it compiled another public rec
ord off slavishly following the Communist
“party line.”
It REJJEX7TED a resolution condemning
dictatorships—and MENTIONING Soviet
Russia as among these. >
But it APPROVED another resolution,
similar to the one written and supported
by the Young Communist League last year,
which merely “condemned” dictatorships
WITHOUT naming Russia.
Still more revealing, the Congress adopt
ed a report denouncing the “persecution”
of Communists in this extraordinary lan
guage:
“We are gravely concerned for the lib
erties of all American people when we see
the launching of a drive against the Com
munist party.”
The same report attacked the Dies com
mittee, criticized the efforts at Washing-
ed and then the Republicans nominated
Wendall Willkie, a Democrat until four
years ago, for president.
President Roosevelt accepted the nomi
nation for a third term, something no oth
er president had ever done.
And then to add another precedent
shattering item the Democrats nominated
Henry Wallace, a Republican until only a
few years ago, as vice president.
All of which makes us want to stick
around to see what is going to happen
next.
Wonder what the “dyed-in-the-wool”
party men are going to do this fall with a
Democrat running for president on the Re
publican ticket and a Republican for vice
president on the Democratic ticket. If you
vote for a presidential candidate you must
also vote for bis vice presidential running
mate, and vice versa.
Borrowed Conunent
JUST SHOW MORE
Boogy—Do you think women
have more backbone than men?
Woogy—No, they just display
more.
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Bt In l^enLMBBty,;
MB of .tl^ MCtloB
dttcins j
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TRY IT
Tubby—What la the best way
to make a girl believe you have
good judgment?
Jimmy—Propose to her.
prominent Republicans to his cabinet just
before the Republican convention conven- ton to deport Harry Bridges, and protested
the exclusion of Communists and Nazi
bundists from WPA payrolls.
Most appropriately, these pro-Com-
munist proceedings were accompanied by
the refusal of two affiliated organizations
—^the National Council of Methodist Youth
and the National Counncil of Jewish Juni-,
ors?-to "accept representation in the “cabi
net” of the Congress as its ruling cabal is
called.
FYesumably,, these two dissident organi
zations are about to follow the example of
other groups which have withdrawn en
tirely from the Congress, these including
the Young People’s League of the United
Synagogues, Junior Hadassah, Young Ju
dea and various Protestant denominational
groups.
Currently, it is reported, several other
“youth groups” will join the exodus.
Apparently, therefore, the Lake Geneva
Congress may be the last of its kind.
Before another year rolls by, all non-
Communist youth organizations will ap
parently have quitted, thereby properly
leaving the American Youth Congress to
those to whom it actually belongs—its
Communist members and a few adult sym
pathizers whose patronage and prestige
have-given it a respectability which it hai
never deserved.
Wardie—You used to say I was
all the world to you.
Jackie—Yes, but I’ve learned
my geography since then.
RET IN PAR’THER
Mrs. Whifflebotham—How do
I look in my new evening gown,
dear? Does it fit all right?
-WhiftlebothAm—Not so bad,
hut can’t yM get into ft a Uftie
■ fartMT?
U^e '
OVER A M IILION
1940
CHEVR01E1S
built to date
/T" TPY rr-BUY tr !
GADDY MOTOR CO.
TENTH STREET
NORTH WIUCESBORO,, jW.
MILITARY TRAINING
(0.xford Public Ledger)
The attitude Congress will take upon a
request presented by President Roosevelt
that the National Guard be called out im
mediately for active military training will
be determined in a large measure by
events in Chicago this week.
As this is prepared for publication, it is
not definitely known that Preside'^it Roose-
j^lt will be the nominee, nor is it known
definitely that he will accept the nomina
tion when it is tendered by his party. If,
Ipwever, Mr. Roosevelt is nominated and
a.^epts the nomination, it may be expect
ed that the Congress will continue without
intemiption he srengthening of military
forces of the United States.
Unexpected collapse of nations and de
struction of democratic processes which
were a part of the nationalism of those na
tions; the bridging of the Atlantic ocean
by airplanes, radio, and the use of faster
ships and specifically, the infiltration of
Germans into South American countries
and their efforts to influence social econo
mic and political conditions there, make it
prudent and wise for the United States to
tighten its military girdle and compare its
strength with possible demands.
This latter step already has been taken.
An alarming shortage of military planes,
tanks and other equipment has been
found. The nation has less than'a strong
framework for a defensive military ma
chine. As a result of discovery of that conr
dition, new equipment is being ordered to
replace obsolete. The Army and the
Havj are beingi^nlarged by recruiting ac
tivities and these new men are being
’’ Moipped and trained as rapidly as poasi-
COUNTIES
W'
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(News and Observer)
There are all kinds of counties in this
country ranging in size from New York
County, New York, to San Bernardino
County, California, with the enormous area
of 20,175 square miles. The important
fact for North Carolina, however, is that
the average size of its counties is 487.4
square miles, as compared with a national
average of 913 square miles. There would
be only half as many counties in North
Carolina if the units were made the nati
onal size.
Consolidation of counties in this age of
good roads and swift transportation has so
many obvious merits in terms of economy
in government that it is hardly necessary
to argue them. But power of local pride
is So great that little or no progress has
been made or seems in prospect in this di
rection through the governmental func
tions of all the counties have been much re
duced by State assumption of functions
they once possessed. Nevertheless,^ those
in this State who complain of the cost of
local government ought not to forget that
on the basis of the national average North
Carolina has twice as many counties in
proportion to its area as the country as s
whole. . f '
Checks are coming back in saite this
summer. ^ the material, however, n^ #
the pocketB.~^reenvdle Piedmoni
Claude Pearson
Broadcasting!
To all Farmers, Poulirymen,
and Grocery Bayers ... no
matter where yen live:
In the beginning, let me say that business is four times
better than I had expected. Now what does that mean
to YOU? It simply means that in order to make my
business good, MY PRICES HAD TO BE RIGHT to
my customers . . . and they HAVE BEEN from the
very beginning. Farmers, poultrymen and grocerj'
buyers appreciate savings on their purchase of Flour,
Feeds, Fertilizers and Groceries, and the big volume of
business now being given me enables me to “whittle”
profits to a low figure, effecting worthwhile savings to
my customers. If you are not now among those trad
ing here, may I suggest that you come in, do some buy
ing, and prove for yourself that there is' a reason why
' so many others have found the door to my place of bus
iness. It has PAID THEM ... IT WILL PAY YOU,
Too!
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