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HI |by tt ■W^meim&a'mrfiUmcs" M^’Tkvrsdajrt «t' ^.. Ilwtii WiMNicbw^ N. C. Ik Xr CASTER and XDUUS G. HUBBARD , 3 * PuWiritert SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year |1.50 Six Months- .76 Four Months 60 Out of the State $2.00 per Year ■Bt«r«d at the poA office at North WUkaa* boro, N. C., ae eecoad class matter oBdar Act Ml MMch 4, 18T9. MONDAY, MAY 4th, 1942 ! 1 War Bond Week This week is war bond week, when a de termined effort will be made throughout the nation to get people to buy bonds in pufficient quantities to finance the war, along with higher taxes to be levied. People are being asked to pledge a por tion of their income, ten per cent is the amount asked. It may be that some can buy bonds up to 50 per cent of their in pome, while some will find it hard to put only a small part of their income into bonds because of cost of living, debts, etc. But bond buying is something that must be done and in large amounts, collectively apeaking. Buying bonds is on the must list just as much as groceries and rents, clothing and other expenses. The essence of the problem is that the government will enforce a bond buying campaign or levy much higher taxes unless the voluntary buying of bonds reaches tho amount needed. It can be readily seen that the American people will be better off to buy bonds freely and voluntarily. It takes money, vast amounts of money, to win the war just as it takes many men and materials. The bond buyer is a sol dier. This paper carries the picture of a Wilkes man now on the fighting front in the navy, who has purchased about $1,000 bonds. If he can do his part in the armed services, risking his life for ours, certainly we who are in the comparative security of our own land and homes can do ours. To Graduates At this season of the year it again be comes our privilege to write especially to those boys and girls who are completing the prescribed course in Wilkes high schools, and to other high school seniors who may read it. Not qualified to offer any advice, we had rather express our congratulations to you for your accompli.shment. Completing the high school course is no easy task, judging by the number who en ter the first grade in school and w'ho fall by the wayside before getting the coverted diplomas. In contrast to the belief which existed several years ago, the high school graduate today knows that the diploma is no ticket to immediate success in life. The grad uate today knows that a high school foun dation i.s but the foundation to build on with additional training and study. Unless you are an exception, your high school education has not fitted you to per form any particular job well. But it has given you a base from which to operate in getting additional training, whether it be in institutions of higher learning, in trade school, or in practical experience in what ever type of job you obtain. Thus it becomes necessary to use a high school education as a foundation upon -w’hich to build, rather than .to consider it as a completed accomplishment. |r Higher And Higher The miracle men are still at work on America’s factory front, and industry is on the job. Our country needs planes and tanks and sjiips—needs a lot of needs them quickly. So our industries roll, up their sleeves and go to work. They cut production corners, ■ work hard, long hours, and deliver the goods. It takes time for them to do it, of course, but it takes less time than most t people dreamed it would a year or two i^go. Pearl Harbor blew the lid off American war production. Since that Sunday pro duction has soared to new highs, and more is yet to come. In the last four months one ’ company has doubled its output of one tepor^: teat t- QAa'im of thp airplane .. , ahead of scii^iHa%on their cohtxacte. Span the biggest bPmber plant in the world will ' be finished a month ahead of schedule and will start turning out vast numters of huj^ planes to carry the war home to the Axis. A shipbuilding company has completed plans to use a secret method of assembly line production which should make it pos-‘ sible to send a merchant ship down the ways in about l-30th of the time now re quired. , Examples like that, spectacular as they are, by no means tell the whole story. There are plenty of others in the news re ports, and they are plenty more that never break into print because of censorship Whether we see them or not doesn’t change the fact that production is going up fast. Perhaps we haven’t caught up with the Axis yet, but we’re certainly well on our way. a»rt«r,t ^ fotniw poiwl er bl Ik! Borrowed Comment ONE WAY TO SAVE CAPITALISM (Marion Progress) Every American is expected to support the nations war effort by buying War eng. uen. j. van c. metis. Bonds and Stamps, in accordance with fin- Raleigh, state adjutant general, ancial ability. The best way to preserve our institu- x..., tions including private property, the the court to exercise leniency American business way and individual in- jt® judgment and commented^! j ^ “big one ex- itiative, is to make it unnecessary lor characters involved government to resort, to drastic measures and that newspaper headlines had in order to wage .successful war. Yates jWebb aftesTrtfaey pleaded opl^^ntendere to charge at vlo-' iathlif a feeral lav saluting to jpo lltiei^ activity. Jadge WeJ* fined Yottnti ^ Crpft 1600, and Girt dJta' * ani Ta Talbert, J?., fSW. I%e court after a brief heamg quashod counts of the indktnibht alleg^ rabematkm of per|i^ , Jnt^e Webb, iniasi«ning the fin^> estimated^ that they -vould approximate the Cost of the lit! gation. The government presented only one witness, Postal Inspector R. B, Beatson, who gave a brief digest of evidence he said had been as sembled in the case. Character Witnesses He was followed by' several character witnesses for the defen. dants. These included First As sistant Postmaster General Am brose O'Connell, who termed Younts’ record as postmaster “very splendid”; Major General Hesry D Rusell, commander of the 30th di vision, of which Younts is chief of staff; former Governor Cameron Morrison of Charlotte;' and Fran cis O. Clarkson, Charlotte le'wyer. Former Governor Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, chief of the defense counsel, offered to send a^large number of other witnesses includ ing Brig. Gen. J. Van B. Metis, of "a half dozen other army officers, and many Charlotte citizens. After the testimony, Hoey asked made it big. - _ XV u • r former governor said it was We are fighting this war on the basis Ot j,q£ illegal for federal employees American capitalism. Property owners to engage in politics but only for protect their investmeiite when they asenre the stability and financial strength of the American government If we want our system to survive war, we must prove that it is not only a peace time method of accumulation profits but the source of adequately financing a total war. A HALF-HEARTED APOLOGY (The Chatham News) Mr. Schickelgruber is afraid. He is mak ing apologies to the German people for some of the lies he has told them. He’s ad mitting that the Russian campaign has sapped his manpower. He is promising re taliation against Britain for the bombings the RAF has been inflicting on his own ter ritory. And he’s going to clip fatty Goer- ing’s wings because he couldn’t make good his boast that never a bomb would fall on Germ.tn soil. Mr. Schickelgruber is afraid. He’.s afraid of his own bosom companions. So much so that he’s railroaded an edict through his yes-men to the effect that he alone is the supreme power in Germany to day. He sees the handwriting on the wall. The United Nations are getting stronger by the hour and Germany can’t keep pace. Mr* Shickelgruber is afraid. Daily he can gaze at the skies and see American .'^hips flying over his domains and leaving their lethal calling cards. And he finds nq consolation in the fact that “there’s more where them come from.” He knows, too, that Russia is being .supplied in increasing (luantities of raw materials. He knows, too, that the “second front” has always keen afraid of is now becoming a reality. Yes, Mr. Schickelgruber is afraid ... be cause the tide is running out on him. He doesn’t know how long it will be . . . but one thing he is now certain. He’s going to take a licking so vast and so complete that he and his like will be destroyed forever. Mr. Schickelgruber can find no con\fort in what the future holds for him. H^ is now trying every device to reestablish his own pomposity. We wonder now what he thinks of the man he sees in his own shav ing mirror ... we wonder how strong are now bis delusions of grandeur ... the sat isfaction of which plunged this world into the bloodiest and costliest war in history. Mr. Schickelgruber, of course, is Hitler, the mouse turned rat. Pieces of scrap ipetal from Japanese bombs used in Philippine were found to have “Ford” stamped on them. What was it someone said about casting your scrap iron upon the waters?—Winston-Salem Journal. fim dtotiiMd toi attenftcBA ol^V. to need |nd ) of gfvlnx ii4 .Ho ;CH^r worlttri. add D^ettlac y to •World Wr*r l-j- \\ Sponeo^- by • the AneiidGK LiOgion and snpported by the dis abled Veterans ot the eWorld War, Veterans of Forelgn''Wa^^ and Women’s Anxiliariea, this servaneevie for the purpose ^ seeing that all World War ! vet-_ erans have jobs at which they can render service in the-all-out war^ effort now and also support their families at this tlqie of in creased living costs. t In North Caro ina, approxi mately 2,300 World War veterans are now actively seeking employ ment, R. C. Godwin, Veterans’ Placement Representative of the U. S. Employment Service for North Carolina, reports. “Their aibl ity, stability and skill should be ot great value in suitable jobs in this period of Increasing labor shortages,” Mr. Godwin said. As a feature of the observance Roy L. McMillan, commander. North Carolina Department of the American Legion, interviewed R. Mayne Albright, director, U. .S. Employment Service for North Carolina, over station WPTF, ^Raleigh, Monday at 2 p. m. Mr. Albright promised full coopera tion from the 56 employment of fices in the state. Churches are esked to observe "National Employment Day,” May 3, and all civic, patriotic, industrial, and other organiza tions are asked to help the cause during the week ot observance. ; *f« abdirtag mtich tetersat '' bMf k ot faadsr •W or tM eeH&tr, .fioijt map., HOW ^ THOIUV^NI^ ■'-’'can THEiirioF *Vor sortra thootands of mSM of depandabla .oporatioD put and keep your car in tiptop condi- tion. I«t ut renew iti beauty, parformance, economy, and LOW DOWN PAYMINT safety.' Under our tpeeU pep- : ment plan you can gat_ d ad - your car naada at one tim^ rt one place, with one purchaao... and Pay-Aa-You-DriTel ...MONTHLY TIRMS 47^ CHECK THE THINGS YOU NEED . . . BRING THiS LIST WITH YOU FOR A FREE ESTIMATE Repaint Car (cbalcc ot celoTi) aeaa UphaMary Enfine Tnne-op Adjnst Steer ing Gear New Seat Covert Encine OverhanI Adjoit Brakes Radio Bcpalrs Lirhtinr Sya- tem Checknp RcUne Brakes New Battery Conplete Sprlns Chassis Lubrlcatien New Radio □ Generator Repairs Tighten Body Mts Bolt BmapOnt Fendm and Sheet Metal Change Transmission and Bear Axle Lubricants (to spring and summer grade) Realign and I I Balance Wheels I—I VICTORY OUtlITT (ONDITIONINC WILKES AUTO SALES, Inc. —BUY WAR BONDS— DODGE—PLYMOUTH- Forester Avenue • -DODGE JOB-RATED TRI CKS ’Phone 51 Hoey said that Younts now was “giving to his country all he has, and I know the United States Gov ernment Is not insisting on his paying a heavy fine.” Judge Webb then turned to Dis trict Attorney Lamar Caudle, ‘‘Do you suggest that I seicd them to prison, Mr. District .^.tlomey?’ “No,” Caudle repl.ed, “your honor, I do not.” The judge then made a menial calculation and assesed the fines. ‘‘Do you find any fault in the judgment, Mr. District Attorney?” Judge Webb asked, gnd Caudle re plied that he did not. OPA Aims to Help The Average Man Up AU Night. QJoi'- Cl (DaiAi^l Washington. — Mr. Average American will have $646 to s:pcnd this year, but there will be only $518 worth of goods that he can buy. In effect, that is the way Leon Henderson, price administrator, ex plained the reason for his order preezing prices. He reasoned that with the $128 that Mr. Average American had left over, he might try to bid up- prices in an effort to get more than his share of the things that civilians can buy. Hence, Hender son has forbidden any increase in prices, lest the next-door neighbor, whose spending money is below average, might not get enough of the necessities of life. Monday, the President proposed taxes and bond selling campaigns to cake care of that extra $128. Here is the way Henderson figured: He estimated that individual in comes this year will total $117,- 000,000,000, or an average of $879 per person. Out of this, an esti mated $31,000,000,000 will go for taxes and normal savings, or an average of $233 per person. This leaves $86,000,000,000, or an aver age of $646 to be spent on shoes and sodas and doctor bills and other things. But because most factories are engaged in war production instead of making things that civilians could buy, there will be only $69,- 000,000,000 or an average of $518 of goods and services which can be purchased. Thus, there would be $17,000,000,000 or an average of $128, left over which people might be tempted to use to bid up prices if prices were not frozen and if tax and bond programs were not designed to dispose of this extra money. —BUY WAR BONDS— The U. S. Savings Bond Pledge Cam paign is a privilege and an opportunity for every income earner to stand shoulder to shoulder with our fighting men, by backing them up with guns and tanks, ships and planes. MOVED To Second Floor _Dr. W. A. Taylor’s Building Ninth Street Specializing in Servicing Type writers, Office Machines, Bi cycles, Photo-Equipment, Guns, Locks and Keys. M.H. Meade Co. TRUWAY SERVICE ;AYBE you never give a thought to the planning and doing that go on behind the scenes to supply your Electrical Service. It takes a mammoth system and careful control, it takes management and money—and above all, it takes the loyal service of an army of workers. If you were to take a month off to see what your Utilities company is and how it functions, you could spend all of that time in visiting the pro gressive towns and the scores of marvelous industries served by the great ste.im and hydro-electric plants on the system. Then, if it were peacetime, you might "go through a plant” and learn ninety-ninj new things about the job of manufactur ing Kilowatts and conveying them to you. Or you might listen in on some of the thousands of telephone calls we have during the year ... or walk a few hundred miles with some of our meter-readers. . . or lend a hand on a few thousand service jobs. You’d see then why some of our men stay up all night—why we work every minute of every day and night to give you the safe, low-cost service that has become an indispensible part of Modern American Life and ? strong right arm in meeting the enemy’s challenge. POWEB C0MPAHYAh4'
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