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at tba boM offiea at Nortli;,f?inMa^^ m ’ttMid data aiMtar aaMc AM THUKSDAY, mar. 12,1942 Keep The Green Wood* Green The protection of America demands also the protection of her forests. Of our to tal continental land area of about 2,977.- >000 square miles, nearly 31 percent (911.- OOO square miles) represents area where on organized forest fire protection is necessary. In this country as a whole about 76 per cent of this area-needing-protection is how receiving some measure of organiz ed protection; for the State of North Caro lina alone this figure is about 70 per cent. Much of this present protection, however, cannot be considered adequate; in North Carolina, for example, available funds for State protection of non-Federal lands now average about' 1 3-4 cents per forest acre per year whereas adequate protection re quires about 4 1-2 cents. During the past ten years forest fires in North Carolina have caused average an nual damage estimated at about $1,325,- 000, according to State and Federal Forest Service data. This tremendous annual waste is preventable. It is a matter of grave concern in normal times; in these times of national crisis it is vital. The Forest Production Industries—abso lutely dependent upon the forest—play a vital role in National Defense. Twenty- two'items on the Critical List are made of wood or wood porducts. Such items qs b.mleship decking, motor torpedo boats, atructioaal sections for training planes, boxes and crates for bombs and shells, are made of wood. Timber products provide most of the defense and defense industry housing. One of the bigge.st carpentry jobs of all time was begun in September. 1940, when the. U. S. Army called upon the building industry to supply housing for 1 1-2 mil lion men. The lubber industry delivered more than 2 billion board feet of lumber to over 60 Army Camps in 6 months. The State Forest Service now owns and operates about 90 forest fire lookout tow ers and some 900 miles of telephone line in its fire detection system. Most ©f these towers, and particularly those within 75 miles of the coast, are already actively in- cloded in the growing network of Aircraft Warning Observation Posts. Such towers represent ideal “spotting” posts for air craft, whether friendly or hostile. Forest Service ’phone lines, being largely in isolat ed areas, or along secondary roads, are of ten subjected to more than their share of >*'insulator-shooting.” Such vandalism now i^igbt easily represent the difference be tween prompt telephoning reporting of sus picious aircraft over our coast and untold delay in such reporting. During these times of alertness along our Atlantic seaboard we cannot afford to ^tolerate the dense canoply of forest fire smoke which has afflicted those coastal areas so often in the past. Such a smoke screen, extending as it often has even for some miles out to sea, might well consti tute an invitation to some hostile action. iWest fires—and their smoke—must be fidiOilished. * The finding of the U. S. Forest Survey i^ow conclusively that the South’s timber- lands are understocked. “With adequate •fire protection and good forest manage ment, the growing stock in many localities •|b the South could be doubled in two or >e decades,” say officials connected Surrey. Oarolina has become the leading in the nation in the manufacture of furniture, and the leading State in and South in the manufacture of (f. But in order to retain and capi- upon this position we'must protect of supply—the forest. We must ^ fira e^ and see to cutting pn^tfces on our teensM the iavstiablt rale. i ■ -s'- ■ O' witinf ^ the wglP^#’>^^e '5dieraQi ^ whose usefulheM disappears with ijragres- gi'?#“8UeEg-up”. Recent infomatioii indi cates that 88 per ceitt of the existing reser voirs of tie U. will have a useful li^ lpf otdy 1 toUd yearsj iid per^t a life of 60 to 100 years; 2Upercent a life ctf more _ _ __ than 200 years. Woodi? burnii^ and Silas' wise fwest cutting powerful contribu^ people tbink tbSt« eS- ting factors towat-d thfe dark piettoe One of the outstMdii^ deyelopflaentslir fectiug forestry In the Rdutt durihg the:pe- riod, about of neufl capital of new pulp mills or adrti(^^ bid oute.:’ Notrb” CawHna has shared in this develop ment. Obviously, these pulp mills are every bit as dependent upon an adequate and lasting wood supply as are the sawmills. The answer lies in forest protection and wise and scientific forest management. Since 1776 we, the American people, have logged, manufactured and shipped enough forest products to build 60 million homes, 12 million farms, 2 million schools and libraries, 600,000 churchy. 400,000 factories, and to create billions of news papers, magazines and books. These insti tutions we have fashioned from our trees. The forest will continue to provide the raw materials for this American sort of pro gram—if we will give it adequate protec tion and wise treatment. tmr ■ juMistairMauwr l»4l. I{ brX.B. Sireetttr. SeoUt V** t 'cAsrfo^, exMi^p. of tho A»- peopl* ■»’to uiy perMn bat wbiebtito facorpo«tal: rlfht to espyett il* optelon .aad aonnon-prolli, bgbMe HWte al^t tbroagb fUtWev or«ani»ibn» abowt ISTJ- tha ballot: farothw %o»dt. byr»td to elatati darhut tho has beeft Invested m tjia tba«*a bv _M,. ..1^ dotemfiiair^'riJSr be ;)• apo* Caxc^w "«ood\or a "bad” eltlwa.,A ’membWa,^ Orw good alttsen ip one wbo .it to Nt^h OMpUp* to bto eommnnity, , tbw>asbS ■ tbaao' gttt' Ralph Morrbi mUbaU eetineiiw^ of; , tkeoaatra, vidi n biufontr olSiW «Wee8 aeatbern toor Jwfftonl^t. i^ervf^, wko'neooi^ and his ac- Keep It Clean! We’ve got to fight more than the Axis today. We must even fight a part of our selves—^the part that believes rumors, for example, and passes them on to others. For unfounded stories can sometimes be as de structive as fifth columns. Recently we’ve heard a lot about short ages. Aluminum, rubber, sugar—^the list is growing, and some of us see shortages all around us. Like the traditional old maid, we even look under the bed at night to see what isn’t there. We must remem ber that we still have more than enough of many products. And we must stop believ ing and spreading rumors about imagined scarcities. Here’s a, case in point. A short time ago many women began to believe that American soap companies wouldn’t be able to supply us with enough soap. Some who live in rural areas began hunting up the old iron soap buckets their mothers had used years ago. They started to make their own soap. In doing so they began to hamper America’s war effort, and the War Production Board is now ask ing them to stop, because valuable glyce^-- ine is lost when soap is made at home. Glycerine, it seems, is a by-product of commercial soap manufacturies doing wa’- work, the soap companies are stepping up their production. They’re working so hard tbouebts, his wordi. tiona. .... You bear a ^reat d^. about '‘freedom", "my' country’’, “d«m- 5Q?racy*’, and so on. . Poyhaya yOu eoji'.d think of "froedoin"^, In the United State* 1n. this sim ple way — as though you were speaking ot a troop instead ^ a country. In a troop, freedom should, mean that the members are free to give opinions, make suggestions, and to take responst- blllty; to vote for or against plans that are considered troop affairs ... No girl should be held back by other glrla and not giv en a chance to advance In troop activities. Bach girl should under stand that the majority opinion is the one to abide by In doing things the democratic way, but she should also remember the fact that minority Ideas must have consideration and respect. sfMe jrxnniinr,^19IC, the report stated,^ ' Nsition^iy approved by^^e Araerfean Hospital AMoefa^Qff .iRi I the basis of htriet staudir^ dt commnqity iwpppsorshlp, ec6iu»m-| Ic souirfn^ and admiaktnttive ■ etneieney, the local plan is one] ot 71rin the nation permltfisd to identify itself by using the seal of fbat body superimposed on a blue cross. These 71 blue cross plans, which practice reciprocal transfers of membership and oth er cooperative courtesies, have now enrolled nearly 9,009,000 persons. They paid a total of $34,493,015.25 in hospital bills for their subscribers In 1941, ac cording to figures furnished by the hospital association. ‘‘The tremendous popular ^owth of the blue cross plans in general and of our local plans in j particular," said Crawford, punled thelB oh i^four fn tfeor- fig and rioT«ijht,^h part bathe progrnffl,. --'SP ' Officials stresaed preeent Har st|nat^ ahd nrged thgt-Ju- flfir Ord^ mSmllek* de *11 Ih'tficdr l»wir to/guppoit the. w*r bfoft-, phia, national aeenUry, dtoeusf- #d th#5 immilfrhiien antf SPolated’ .but that the Junior Or^ dier Iw ■ BPbnvredj^-SBauy snch such'' ’ >,CaySb F. wiimeth,J.PtiUa«iel pw, aaltitant natiow. aecreta- ry, atao'addreisaed^th*-session. ’Tore* Linda Karin,' the infant dattgh- ter of ,Mr, and Mrs. Landras Fru- ette, of- MooreevUle, died Sunday morning at the Mooreevtlle hospl- Ul. She was their only child, The funeral was held at Walnut Ofdva church Monday afternoon at 2:30 and bnrial followed In the church cemetery. , Mrs. Pruette was • the former j Mlm Mildred Wallace, daughter j of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Wallace who lived In 'Wllkesboro before moving to Mooresvllle several years 8go. "leaves little doubt of the com- In all the ways mentioned , i, above you may find freedom andjnninlty value of the work ae In the'bove been accompltehlbK- During the last war more than 200,000 meals were served j aboard the Leviathan on a single voyage. ' "The success of bur own op erations has recently- made it possible to make some slight In creases in our contract benefits and additional retroactive bene fits for all members will be an- , nounced within the next few ' weeks,’’ he added. I Dr. I. H. Manning, dean emerl- of North Carolina Medical School, who has served as president continuously since the organization of the As sociation, was elected chairman and medical director at the an nual meeting of the board of trustees, it was further announ- democracy in a troop, same way you must help your country to be a real demo;racy with freedom tor all who live In It. In the expression, “my coun try”, the word "my’’ Is- a posses sive pronoun ... It Is generally understood that you can take care of a thing that belongs to University you. You do not take off a dress and throw it on the floor . . ■ If you have a little animal that you call “my dog’’ you do your best to give it good care. When you say "my country’’, you should understand that It Is yours and deserves your care and protection. Remember that “my country" is not., some great figure that stands over you with a stick and tells you what to do. This la slmiply a way of referring to a certain part ot a continent with people. trees, flowers, birds, moun'ains, and lakes whose lU- ture Is In the hands of every per son living In It. Some people have more chanc» Or greater ability to help this- country to grow to usefulness than others, but everyone has some chgnee to help, no matter how small it Is. With the fundamentals of good citizenship so simply and yet so forcefully and elopently ex it is easy to understand ced. Robert Lassiter ot Charlo’te, industrialist and chairman of the Federal Reserve' Bank of Rich mond, was named as president to succeed him. SERVICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE North Carolina, Wilkes County. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Lexie Shaver vs. Ivan Shaver The . defendant, above-named, i will take notice that an actfon fen-1 titled as above has been commenc- j ed in the Superior Court of Wilkes' County, North Carolina, to obtain POWER CO. Hours 9 to 5 Ninth Street pressed, why Girl Scouts are good citizens, to make glycerine that the tables are turn- congratulations to them on the ed and soap is almost a by-product of their thirUoth anniversary of Girl efforts now. The cart’s before the horse. Scouting, and long life to them. .i this time, and it’s even helping to pull! Winning the war is going to be a huge job, and we mu.st all do our part. As this' i ^ A U *!■ I story shows, we can sometimes do that in, lH vOdSi IlOSpilal simple ways—just by not making soap, for Tom Mooney Dies example, and by saying mors. no soap to ru- Borrowed Comment HELP THE SALVATION ARMY (Baltimore News-Post) 5?an Francisco, March 6.—Thom- a.s J. Mooney, veteran labor fig ure, who served 23 years in prison on charges of dynamiting the Preparfedness Day parade at San * Francisco in 1916, died at St. j Luke's Hospital today after a Ion** illness. ’ Mooney, fifty-eight, underwent a major abdoriunal operation last Monday, his fourth since his Veterans of the first World War recall lease from San Quentin Prison on with admiration the services which The i oalvation Army performed for the men in since he was pardwied uniform “over theme.” by Gov. Culbert L. Olson. Every person who appreciates the obli- „,ent-5he*AmericS*F5S^UW gations of philanthropy here at home just- Labor, the Congress of IndustrinJi its ly admires The Salvation Army for many years of humane activities. With the country again involved in world warfare 'The Salvation Army again must stand prepared for multiple tasks; and the rendition of these tasks require help from the public. Unlike many philanthropies, The Salva tion Army is self-sustaining in a large de gree. ’ •' ' '.X- Considering whai- The Salvation Amny Organizations and the brotherhoods—will make railroad, arranf^ ments for the funeral, to be within the next two or three days.*^* Mooney and his companion, War-j ren K. Billings, were regarded as “labor martyrs”, to millions throughout the world. ' f They were convicted of first-de gree murder for allegedly throw ing a bomb into the Preparednese Day Ipjasde. ; Tw pers^ killed''and 49 ware-hurt, i First s«)iteQtt4 ^ Bfooney was daiiit, does within itself, the assistance that it asks from the public is modest; and it Billijjgs, wiio would be most deplorable if The Sel'y^tion Army,, being "let down,” were compiled to ‘let down” those who need Its tolnic^a- stm, wju aentmeed to life ai tions. The Sslys^ ‘five as much as yoo Isth.” ' ' y- !3^,hiii onnMni '/ For many yasip 8m eese” mm buforentiM Wttimfei' l«sd,,l»t Slfsjatj ' Htflljpg* y| leu DID YOU SAVE THE PENALTY — On Your— Taxes? Those who paid their 1941 Taxes before March 3rd, Were 1942, saved the additional penalty of 1 per cent. you among the thrifty to aave this penalty? If not, you fjin save an additional 1 per cent penalty if you make payment on or before WediiBSilay, April 1st, 1942 Tax eoUectiona were good last month, Many taxpayers saved the penalty. Be among those saving the extra pmwky montii by pxying your County Tax before the above date. A 3% penalty will be added to all Coon- ty Taxes not paid on or before April 1st, 1942.
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