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INDBHENMNT IN POLITICS
S. CABTER and JUUUS C. HUBBARD
Publishers
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $1.50
Six Months .75
Four Months 50
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
Entered at the. post office at North Wilkes-
boro, North Carolina, as secom: class matter
under Act of March 4,1879.
THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1942
Junk Rally Day
In accordance with the national scrap
salvage *)lan, a day has been set aside as
Junk Rally Day for Wilkes county.
Saturday .of this week is the date, and
North Wilkesboro is the place to bring
your scrap metals, rubber, etc.
This salvage program is very important
to the progress of the national war effort.
Elvery person is earnestly urged to have
a part in the Junk Rally Day by bringing
in to the dealers here all the scrap metals
possible.
This event has a priority importance. It
will be worth making an extra trip to town
and using gasoline and tires to bring in
substantial quantities of scrap metals.
In Europe Hitler is taking metal from
its owners, regardless of how useful it may
be to them, and is paying them nothing.
In America you are asked to voluntarily
bring in your scrap metals which have
served their usefulness and TO SELL them
for cash.
‘ ..-All out support of the war effort means
we can keep our free way of living and do
ing things.
Non-support of the war program could
mean that we would lose our way of life
and be subservient as are the people in
conquered Europe.
The way we support the salvage cam
paign will have a definite bearing on the
length of time and the number of lives to
be spent in banishing Hitlerism from the
earth.
Please Treat East Fairly
Piecemeal gasoline rationing in this na
tion is not satisfactorv- because it makes 17
states bear the entire burden while the
other 31 states get all the gasoline they
want to use or wa.ste.
The national authorities tried at first to
make the people believe that rationing of
gasoline in 17 states was necessary and
was not nece.ssary in others.
But “you can’t fool all the people all the
time” and after some thought the people
of the ea.stern seaboard states are turning
over some very important questions in their
minds.
Rationing on the eastern seaboard is
nece.ssary' because of .ship losses on the At
lantic. It .seems that Hitler particularly
wanted to put us to walking and his sub.“
picked on tankers for months.
But tankers are not the only means of
transporting gasoline and fuel oil. If ship.--
were the only means of hauling gasoline,
the midwest would be in the middle of a
bad fix.
So the adm.inistrators ration the eastern
states severely and let the remainder of
the states have all they want. After all,
you know, there will be an election in No
vember, so they reason: “Why antagoni:^e
the people in 31 states by gasoline ration
ing as long as we can get by with ration
ing in only 17 ?4’
Thus we have severe rationing on the
eastern seaboard, while railway tank cars
are used in abundance in the middle west.
What we are trying to get at is this:
With a mild rationing program throughout
the country, more equipment to haul gaso
line and fuel oil could be used for the 17
eastern seaboard states, thus relieving the.
shortage.
But instead, what do we have?
We have very limited supplies of gaso
line for the eastern states and abundance
of gasoline for the othersi because little of
their equipment has been moved eastward.
Rationing has taken traveling salesmen
off the roads in the 17 rationed states. A
man in the same type of work a short dis
tance away in non-rationed area can go
ahead with his business and can also go
over into the rationed areas to some extent
And take business from those who have
hem shoved off the' road hy fi
oning. '
American people are willing to make
whatever sacrifices are nece^ry. But
they want to be certain that democracy
works in our country and .that the people
will be asked to share their proportionate
share of the war burden, however great it
may be.
Now there arc some healthy signs that
the gasoline rationing' program will be
spread out all over th« country as it should
be. but the policy makers are altogether
too slow in gel ting around to working out
a fair policy.
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Meeting The Challenge
The major part of the conversion of
America’s peacetime industries to an all-
out war production basis has been accom
plished. Schedules set for the manufac
ture of planes, tanks, guns, ships, rifles,
shells have been met and passed.
The main load formerly carried by the
larger units is now being shouldered to a
greater extent by smaller plants through
sub-contracting and through outright
changes from so-called luxuries to imple-^.^yjjyjj j,g.
ments of war. Typical is the fact that
small machine gun parts, gun sights and
gun mounts on througli heavy tank parts,
are now being manufactured by plants
which formerly made home laundering ap
pliances.
“Overnight, the face of American indus
try has changed almost beyond recogni
tion,” Mr. William P. Witherow, President
of the National Association of Manufac
turers, said in a recent magazine article de-
.scribing the all out conversion of industry
from peacetime to wartime production.
“A factory that made orange sqeezers
before Pearl Harbor is now turning out
bullet pouches. A peacetime manufacturer
of roller coasters is now producing signal
towers for the army. A firm that used to
make bra.ssiers is fabricating mosquito net
ting for our soldiei-s in the tropics. A wall
paper company is filling incendiary bombs.
A plant that made footballs is today pro
ducing gas masks.”
Ye.s, industry with typical American in
genuity is meeting the challenge.. A.-; Mr.
Witherow says, “Lock, stock and barrel,
American industrial and business manage
ment has moved to the firing line, to turn
out the wherewithal of warfare. It is prov
ing its world leadership not only with
techniques and ingenuity that blaze new
trails but with record-shattering output.
In making decisions, industrial executives
use only one yard.stick:‘Will it help win
the war?’
This Is official. You are sup
posed to turn the hose on an, in
cendiary bomb and douse it good
instead of spraying, es perhaps
you were formerly instructed.
Being on the civilian defense
council, we had it drilled Into us
plenty that an incendiary bomb
should be sprayed with water
from a hose hut under no circumr
s'ances were we ever to turn the
hose on full blast.
Now comes to our desk an offi
cial bulletin which says donee
’em and douse 'em good.
A1ML.E88 WONDERINGS .
The furniture salesman had
shown the would - be customer
every piece of linoleum in the
house but still she had not
bought. Thinking he would make
a special effort to please, he told
her that they would send to the
factory for more. She said It
good Idea, because
she did want something neat for
her bird cage.
People who believe In fre'
speech are those who make long
distance calls over your telephone
without paying.
A man received a black eye for
kissing the bride after the cere
mony—two years after
The Stingiest man bought a
nickel’s worth of mints and took
his new bride on a nickel bus
honeymoon. When they got off
the bus he told her that they
would keep the rest of the candy
for their children.
A big tough looking guy sat
down on the train beside the
preacher and after looking the
parson over said "Where in the
hell have I seen you before?
The minister came back with a |
question, "What part of hell are j
you from?”
God may furnish even the
birds their food, but he does not
furnish them ^eady-mode nests.
The same Bible which says rest
On the seventh day says "Six
days shall thou labor*’.
One day while trying to And
place way back in the hills we
asked a man as we passed his
de chine; and when sh«,-^llced monia^f'-Father was taking part ini She^I dJn’t reciJT YOtF
upon the scene you saw iitOTT'a the plat- but your breath is fandliii^.
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IN AN EMERGHNCY-—anywhere on the road within a twenty-five mile radius, phone
60. Before you know it, we’ll be on the job, ready to tow you back—or whenever pos-
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sibie, to make repairs right on the spot, so your car can keep rolling. We care for
your car so that it can give you more mileage and enjoy a longer life. For regular ser
vice—our prices are moderate for labor, parts, and all “services rendered."
MOTOR OVERHAULING
VALVE AND CARBON JOB
IGNITION AND CARBURETOR
BODY AND FENDERS
WHEEL ALIGNING
BRAKES AND BATTERY
GOOD VALUES IN USED CARS AND TRUCKS
Yadkin Valley Motor Co.
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IF YOU RUN OUT OF GAS
(Winston-Salem Journal)
That filling station operator in the Dis-
;rict of Columbia was all wrong when he
refused to let Leon Henderson have’ gaso
line in a can, after the price administrator
had run out of gas on his way to work the
other morning.
Finding himself stranded, Mr. Hender
son walked to the neare.st station with a
-an in hand. “No gas in a can,” said the
service man. When Mr. Henderson remon
strated, the operator cited him to the last
paragraph in his ration book. He read it
ind here is what it said.
“The station attendant is permitted to
deliver gasoline only into the tank of the
vehicle described on the front cover of
this book. Do not ask him to violate the
' Thereupon, the Price Administrator call
ed a taxi and proceeded to his office. He
ivasn’t satisfied, however, that the last
paragraph in the ration book contained
the last word on the subject under debate
between himself and the station attendant.
When he found time, Mr. Henderson
searched diligently through the seventy
pages of the “Gasoline Rationing Instruc
tions.” On page forty he found a para
graph which provides that, by giving the
station attendant his ration book as a sort
of hostage, the stranded motorist can got
“one unit” of gas in a can to keep his car
rolling to the source of supply.
Since Mr. Henderson, himself, had over
looked this provision, certainly the station
operator can be pardoned for his display
of ignorance of the law on this occasion.
H anybody had to walk because of the
paragraph in the ration book to which the
station'attendant referred his would-be
customer, we are glad it was the top offi
cial of the whole price administration set
up in the United States.
If it had been an ordinary private citi
zen who was stranded and forced to walk
pr call a taxi, probably that would have
been the last of it. But the publicity which
this incident was given, due to the promin
ence of the man with the can in this in
stance, means that in future all stranded
motorists in this country will be able to
get gasoline, car or no car.
needed for War
*‘What’s it good for?**
**Guns, tanks, and maybe
part of a plane**
In the barnyards and gullies
of farms and in the basements
and attics of homes is a lot of
Junk which is doing no good
where it is, but which is needed
once to help smash the
at
Japs and Nazis.
Scrap iron and steel, for example.
Even in peacetime, scrap provided
about 50 of the raw material for steel.
It may be rusty, old “scrap” to you,
but it is actually refined steel—with
most impurities removei^,and can be
quickly melted with new metal in the
form of pig iron to produce highest
quality steel for OUT War maclunes.
The production of steel has gone
up, up, UP, until today America is
turning out as much steel as all the rest
of the world combined. But unless at
least 6,000,000 additional tons of scrap
steel is uncovered promptly, the full
rate of production cannot be attained
or increased; the necessary tanks, guns
and ships cannot be produced.
The rubber situation is also critical.
In spite of the recent rubber drive,
there is a continuing need for large
quantities of semp rubber. Also for othei
waste materials and metals like brass,
copper, zinc, lead and tin.
The Junk which you collect is bought
by industry from scrap dealers at estab
lished, government-controlled prices.
Wm you help?
First—collect all of your waste ma
terial and pile it up.
Then—sell it to a Junk dealer, give
it to a charity, take it yourself to the
nearest collection point, or get in touch
with your Local Salvage Committee.
If you live on a farm, consult your
County War Board or your farm imple
ment dealer.
Throw YOUR icrap into the fight!
This message approved by Conservation Division
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD
Thh ttdvrtisemmia paid for by tha American Indvrirhs Salvage Committe*
(representing and wHh funds provided by groups of leading industrkd concerns}.
LOCAL SALVAGE COMMITTEE
Phone: Wilkesboro 21-J
J. B. SNIPES, Chairman^ ,
JUNK MAKES
FIGHTING WEAPONS
One oid plow will help make
one hundred 75-fnm. armor-
piercing projectiles.
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Oneusclcssold 5=. »
tireprovidesas ^ ^ ^ ^
much rubber * ^ ^ '
as is used in 12
gas masks.
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One old shovel will help
make 4 hand grenades.
MATERIALS NEEDED
Scrap iron and steel.
Other metals of all kinds.
Old rubber.
Rags, Manila rope, burlap bags.
Waste Cooking Fats — When you get
a pound or more, strain into a large tin can and
Bell to your meat dealer.
NEEDED ONLY IN CERTAIN LOCAUTI
Waste paper and tin cans—wanted only in certain
areas, as announced locally. NOT NEEDED
.(at tint time) :Raxor blades—glass.
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