Hitler’s Nightmare
In the last war the, Kaiser was afraid
American manpower. In this war Hit
ler is even more afraid of American indus
trial power, according to reports from the
American correspondents who were in
terned in Germany after Pearl Harbor and
who were recently exchanged for Axis
cit'zens.
Of ail the obstacles in his drive for world
conquest. Hitler fears most Ajnerican war
production—and no amount of propagan
da can dispel that fear from the minds of
the German people. They have been sold
on the idea that this is a war on wheels, a
battle of machines.
And they kfaow that no nation can match
the industrial genius of America. They
and Hitler fear our mass production tech
niques, our, engineering skill, our ingenuity
and enterprise. They know that these
have given this country the highest peace
time living standards in the world.
Today they realize that our gigantic as
sembly lines have stopped turning out au
tomobiles, radios, and a thousand and ore
peacetime products. They’ve learned that
those assembly lines are running now with
accelerated speed, gaining momentum,
concentrating on a single bbjective—build
ing the tool| we need for victory. "
The job is far from finished. There is a
lot of hard work ahead; we dare not let
up for a moment. But we’re off to a good
start, and w'e’re going strong. Our ene
mies are frightened, for today they know
that we’re beating them in the battle of
war production.
There And Here
Fighting men of our armed forces are
doing more than fighting to win this war.
They are helping pay for it.
On the Philippines before those islands
were finally overrun by the Japs American
soldiers almost in the jaws of death bought
thousands and thousands of dollars worth
of war bonds.
In this connection, we quote here some
paragraphs from the editorial page of the
^‘Caribbean Breeze”, a news magazine
publication of the Sixth Air Force at Pan
ama:
“The goal of the drive is to sell $12,000,-
000,000 dollars of war bonds during the
fiscal year beginning July 1. The billion
a month pace will not be sought until July.
'“The Sixth Air Force is solidly behind
this great effort with the first honors going
to three outfits stationed with a local field.
“Lt. Buechner’s sq. of the Paratroops
was the first organization to come through
with a 100 per cent war bond sale with ev
erybody in the* outfit buying anywhere
from a $25 bond up to a $200.00 bond. On
the same day in the matter of just a few
hours Captain Ford’s Squadron was the
first Sixth Air Corps unit to submit a per
fect score, and was closely followed by Lt.
Padgett’s sq. also of the Paratroops.
“These organizations have started the
ball rolling, why don’t we follow? Each
Squadron Commander and the men of his
command are urged to push forward this
great cause which will inevitably help us
win this war. This money which gives us
a security in later life as well as now. It
is l^eing used in the making of planes, am
munition, guns, clothing, and other vital
war materials that are essential for our
welfare.
“That means you, you, and you, soldier,
, so let’s make each and every Squadron a
iundred percenter . . . and
—BUY A BOND—”
X,et us analyze some of this comment.
Paratroops are as nearly the classification
of suicide squad as any branch of the U|. S.
.service. It is the duty of these men to
^rop behind the enemy, lines and cut com-
WHY SUGAR IS RATIONED
(Winston-Salem Journal)'
Every now and then somebody says, “1
don’t see why they have to ration sugar.”
If you are among those who don’t under
stand the necessity of rationing sugar in
the United States now, we commend the
following for your careful reading:
Every time a 16-inch gun is fired, it eats
up the distilled products of a fifth of an
acre of sugar cane.
A thousand field pieces in an hour’s fir
ing bum up as much sugar as could be re
fined from a field two-thirds of a mile
square.
When you have saved nine-tenth of a
pound of sugar, you have saved the equiva
lent of enough alcohol to make, together
with nitric acid and ordinary guncotton, a
whole pound of smokeless powder.
Sugar is refined from cane sugar mo
lasses. Cane sugar molasses is one of the
best sources of first class ethyl alcohol. We
make smokeless powder from ethyl alco
hol.
Sugar alcohol is used for other military
purposes, too. It’s used in compounding
“dope” f(fi- use on airplane with fabric-
covered wings. A very important use is in
making “detonating agents.” A detonat
ing agent is supersensitive and explodes
very easily. It is used to light the, bulk of
less explosixe powder which forms the
shell’s bursting charge.
To make detonating agents, sugar alco
hoi is combined with mercury to make ful
minate of mercury.
We used a 16t*bf *
pounds) to make fulminate of mercury
during the last war, but the absolutely vi
tal use of alcohol then, as now, was in the
manufacture of smokeless powder.
LIFE’S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR,
Hiddenite, N. C.
OLD AGE
Old age is fine and grand indtied
If love Divine has been our creed;
If we have stood for right and truth
From childhood through the years of
youth;
If we have had a purpose good
. That’s blessed our friends and neigh
borhood ;
If we have lived to do God’s will.
Ascending sainthood’s wonderful hill.
“Remember Pearl Harbor**
KEEP IT FLYING
KEEP ON BUYING
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War Savings Bonds and Stamps
Old age has charms that are sublime
If we for God have spent our time;
If we have spent a sober life
Apart from wrong and hate and strife;
A life to bless our fellowman
And help him live the best he can;
A life that leads to Christ the Lord
And brings men heaven’s sweet reward.
Too many of u* have long taken our flag too mu(h for granted! These
are times in which it* true significance and all the freedom, spirH, faith
and hope for mankind it symbolize* must stand clear in our minds, as
reaffirmation of all that we are fighting for: and of the worthwhileness
of our fighting to the-’ lasV fibre of our being.
Keep it fijring! Brave red, gallsmt blue, unsullied white! Keep
it flying—the flag of America’s frontiersmen; the flag of 165 year* of
pioneers in the name of liberty; the flag of America—for freedmn—
forever!
Keep it flying! There’s only one way! And that is by keeping on
buying the War Savings Bondsland Stamps which can supply the funds
which supply our fighting! men with every piece of equipment and
every item of apparel they n^d—fast—in order to win this war!
Old age is crowned with beauty rare
If through the years we’ve paid the fare
That brings God’s-blessings from His
thrcne
Till we can claim them as our own;
That helps men to look to God and pray.
Then walks the glorious, heavenly way;
That helps the dying smile and sing
And praise the great eternal King.
Old age may wear its laurels grand
Because we give a helping hand
To those in need—the" sick and weak—
And souls that hunger, thirst and seek
For mercy, pardon, grace and love, -v
And God’s rich bluings from above,
K we have found his riches true
He has for all but owned by few.
BUY
The “Flag Speaks’’ Now Showing At Liherty
SPECIAL FLAG DAY SUBJECT
^WAR
BONDS
AND
SUNK
PON
SURVIVAU
GRACE’S BEAUTY SALON
(SPECIAlfi OK PKRMANHNTS
^ L^ATED OVER DB. R-' P. CASEY’S OFFICE) •
OBSERVE FLAG DAY, JUNE 144h, by making another purchase of a
United States War Savings Bond, and by starting a new book of United
Stales War Savings Stamps! Every man, wcmian and child who knows
the rtory of our flag—^1 the constant struggle for liberty which it
represents—must realize that if that same liberty is to be ours in the
future ... if its ben^its are to shine on all the people of all the world,
NOW—not later—is the tirale to KEEP ON BUYING the War Bonds
and Stamps that will guarantee the United N-ztions winning this War
of Survival!
wiLkes hatchery
(C. C. GAMBILL, Prop.)
Old age is honorable we know, -
When in the heart there is a glow
That brings a shine upon the face
And testifies ol: inward grace;
When saints have laid their armor down
That points the way to heaven’s crown
Where thesr may dwell forever there
CITY BLACKSMITH SHOP
(CARL 8. BUMGARNER, Prop.)
TAL J. PEARSON
(WHOLESALE GROCERIES AND FEEDS).
WILKES TIE & FEED STO|E
(WHOLEBALB GROCERXEB. PljOUR AND FEED)
LINEBERRX FOUNDRY AND
. MACHINE CO.
PARKWAY BUS CO.
(ECONOMICAL ’TRANSPORTA’nDN)
LIBiERTY THEATRE ,
REMEMpat PEARL BARBDiT^OWlNG
WDAY sad TUESDAY)
And rest from all their tml and ^care.
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