Moodajr* and Thundays at
' Nmth WilkatboTO, North Cardina
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». J. CASTER and JULIUS C. HUBBARD
Pobiishan
SUBSCRIPTION RATES;
One Year $1.50
Six Months .- .75
R>ur Months .50
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
.Entered at the post office at North Wilkes-
horo. North Carolina, as second class matte;
under Act of March 4,1879.
MONDAY, AUG. 10th, 1942
Putting First Things First
Representative R. L. Doughton in his ad
dress Friday before the North. Wilkesboro
Kiwanis club said in choosing his subject
that he was giving consideration to the
most important subject today—^the war.
Representative Doughton as chairman
of the Ways and Means committee which
has just formulated a big war time tax bill
in Congress is in position to know some
thing about the magnitude of the present
war and the aw'fulness of the world situa
tion in general.
He stated the issue in the war for Amer
leans as being victory or slavery.
It is just that, and the sooner the mil
lions of individuals who make up the citi
zenship of America realize that fact the
better it will be for the people of the na
tion, collectively and individually.
There may be objectives on the part of
some individuals which take precedence
over victory in the war.
If there remain such selfish people or
groups, why can’t they realize that without
victory in this war no objective will be
any good?
The more concentrated the war effort,
th^ sooner the victory, and with fewer
lives lost and less money and materials ex
pended. . .w, -
Therefore, it is concluded that It will bo
less costly in every respect to .sacrifice ev
erything necessary' now for the cause of
early victory' in the war.
United China Relief
No people on earth have suffered more
in the present war than the Chinese. For
the past five years they have been resisting
Japanese aggression.
Until December, 1941, China was alone
in the fight against Japan. Against seem
ingly impossible odds, the Chinese people
have through the years resisted valiantly
without a suggestion of surrender. Thou-
sanejs of Chinese soldiers have died rather
than surrender to the Japs.
“Now China is our valuable ally in the
war against Japan. China still has mil
lions of men, many in poor condition and
poorly' equipped, but China is also a logical
jumping off place for our ultimate offen
sive against the Japanese home country.
The United China Relief organization
offers the people in this country an oppor
tunity to help the Chinese in their great
fight. Millions of Chinese are ,'uffer^g
for want of food, clothing and medical sup
plies, and the greater part of that suffering
is the result of the war with Japan. The
relief organization also gives us a chance
to show our appreciation to the Chinese as
a people for the help they are giving in the
war against the common foe.
havW hamane will
geatapo, black sbiiia anA* other
gioupa whose policies would be
by Hitler.
Now we must_Mcrifice many things for
the cause of victory, in order to malre su|||
that we in later years, and that genera- |
tions after us, may have the prit^ege of
living an abundant life, replete with free
dom and opportunity.
Borrowed Comment
Studying Inflation
(Statesville Daily Record)
President Roosevelt is making a study of
inflation. This supposed to be in prepa
ration for action in some form or other,
perhaps a new executive order, perhaps
recommendations to Congress, perhaps
both.
With the fact-finding facilities at his dis
posal, the President will not have to rely .
upon what every man knows. And yet,'
we wonder what his researchers will pro
duce other than elaborate upon a few fun
damental sets of facts?
First, ^the factories that used to make
consumer goods now are making arma
to the. farmers In WillMie cototy
for Urn year 1»4». Thte wheW W,
from imlnt-'ot reWdencej
fwmen acalntt Iom ‘a ^ to the
GOOD NBWft! WAli WILL
1> SIX MONTHS'
We hadn’t beUered it until
Friday, but there can be no mis
take about It now. The war Is to
be over in six, months!
A certain Foung man was
dratted last month, and that cer
tain young man had never been
on a job more than Six months
In hl's life.. Being drafted means
being in the army for the dura
tion of the war.
If that does not mean that the
war will bei.over In six months,
what, does?
. wheat caused by dronght, flood,
' halt, wind, frost, winter-kill,
lightning. Am, ibmedo. storm, In
sect infestation, animal pests,
All QnilifiMl woriiersr in good
health, no# iMdriotlcally give
their skililM e^ces to the War
Aroly to the Secretary,
plant diseased, excess or deficient [
molstui'e. Incursions of animals,'
Local Board of United States Civ-
. . II Service Elxaminers. or the
and other unavold^lecaimes not United Stated'
specifically mentionett herein, Watrlet. 9S0 F Bt„
and guarantees 75 per cent of the ^ ^ Washington, D.^C.
nornkj yield. /
lit is the understanding that the
Nazis can buy only bread that
cost of this insurance will' be on- jg {om. days old — beoause the
merit and munitions and supplies for the rationing of f
fighting forces. To do this, they are em- human family, we are
ploying every worker they can get
Therefore we have more money but few
er consumer goods. This year, as a n.ation,
we shall have close to 110 biljion dollars
of income, but not more than 70 billion'dol
lars’ worth of goods on which to spend it.
That leaves 40 billions for savings, in
cluding war bonds, for taxes and for infla
tion. Out of that 40 billions we can and
will pay excessive prices for anything we
want and can buy, unless Leon Henderson
can keep prices down. That will not lead
to inflation. That will be inflation.
Second, Mr. Henderson has imposed
ceiling on almost everything. But not on
farm products and not on wages.
Third, prices already are very high
Paced by rtie sprint in agricultural commo
dities, the most recent basic commodity
price index of the Labor Department
shows that prices generally have risen
more than two-thirds since August, 1939.
Fourth, the wages paid to workers—
whether computed hourly, daily, weekly
or yearly—are at an alLtime high. Almost
no group has failed to profit from this. The
War Labor Board has set 15 per cent above
the level of January 1, 1941, as the point
at which wages are to be pegged.
Fifth, all these and other economic de
velopments are based upon efforts to main
tain the American standard of living, and
if possible to improve it. But we can’t do
that until we have beaten Hitler. The
standard of living depends upon usable
goods, not on paper or metal bearing mys
tic symbols imprinted by the Treasury.
The goods with which to maintain our
standard of living do not exist, and cannot
be manufactured so long as we are fighting
the Axis.
In the words of a man who should\know;
“Our standard of living will have toV^ome
down.’’ Who said that? President Roose
velt.
we are
not only complying with our na-1
tion’8 rulings, but, have resorted
to the raising of iron-clad pota- j
toes, allowing nature to assist in i
our efforts to comnly with the
rulings of our country’s leaders. |
“I enclose herewith specimen
of our product that you may see j
that I am not trying to hand you |
fish, but the real potato es proof
of nature’s help in our efforts.
"Should you want seed of this
special potato^ kindly notify me
at this place ’and I will he glad
to help you out in potatoes, raised
in my garden, hut no tires or gas
or sugar as yet as I have not com
pleted harvesting my crops. I
am living in hopes that I may find
all that I am looking for.
‘Now Dwight, you tell one and
prove it, this is the very liest I
can do this time.’’
“P.S. This is an Ashe coiin y
product, (exclusive)”
The enclosure with the letter
was a sure enough ironclad pota
to. An irish potato had grown
within a coil of heavy wire.
TRANSPORT PLANES
IHONOLAD POTATOES
The Inimitable W. G. Harrispn,
who formerly fixed typewriters,
adding machines, etc., and did
some magistratlng here and who
now Uvea at Lansing In Ashe
county, haa written us that he is
growing ironclad potatoes, pre
sumably for national defense.
We quote his letter:
‘‘Owing to existing circumstan
ces over which I have no control,
under our present crisis and the
ly approximately 0.4 bushel per
acre, or about 60c per acre, at
the present, price of wheat. This
can he deducted from the soil-
building payment.
Wheat growers who are inter
ested in this insurance are urged
to contact their local committee
man or the County AAA office.
V
Panama Canal Call
For Skilled Workers
harveet Is uncertain.
The expanding program at
Panama Canal has created an ev
en greater demand for skilled
workers, the Fourth United
States^ Civil Service District an
nounced today. Once again the
call has been issued for Boat-
builders, Boilermakers, Copper
smiths, Machinists, Rive'ers^
Shlpu'ters and Shipwrights to
fill important vacancies in the ca
nal zone. I
The pay ranges from $1.48 -Oj
$1.52 per hour with time and a
half for overtime. Healthful llv-
ILIBERTY
I • NOW SHOWING •
wKMOiN RUTH
CA.PROLI- HUSSEY
BKUCE Cabot
-Comin? Soon-
SUMMER HOLIDAY
HITS
An unobstrusive gentleman in
the museum was gazing rapturous
ly at a huge oil painting of a
shapely girl dressed in only a few
strategically arranged leaves. The
title of the picture was “Spring.”
Suddenly the voice of his wife,
snapped “Well, what are you wait
ing for: Autumn?”
IS A FRIEND OF YOURS
GETTING MARRIED?
Instead of the aluminum, kitch
en, or various other showers in
vogue before the war, the “smart”
event today is a war savings bond
or stamp shower. Actually you’ll
be giving two gifts—one for the
shower and one that will net the
couple dividends on their ‘‘tin an
niversary.” Ten years from now
they can cash in their bonds.
The steel in a''one hand corn-
sheller would make three six-inch
shells.
“TOMBSTONE”
“THE AFFAIRS
OF MARTHA”
“ARE HUSBANDS
NECESSARY”
IRVING BERLIN’S
“HOLIDAY INN”
CECIL B. DeMILLE’S
“REAP THE
WILD WIND”
Your Utilities Company
Is Pioud to Have A Fort
In Forwarding War Pro-
dnetioR and More Eificient,
More Economical Living!
You ran help insure better service and help to conserve
vital war materials by calling our service men only
when it is unavoidable.
Do you have spare fuses on hand? In
many cases you can quickly restore
your service by testlsg and replacing
a blown-out fuse.
For continued satisfactory service, take
doubly good care of your cords and
applimiecs these days.
eDUKE
TDWErar
HOUK5 y lu ^
NINTH STREET
Government Spending
Congress has surprisingly made some
progress in elimination of une.ssesntial gov
ernment spending.
The CCC has been abolished. Although
many believe that the CCC was the out
standing endeavor among all the new gov
ernment agencies, it was found necessary
to abolish it because of the lack of men to
man the camps and the need to use money
in the war program.
The WPA has been drastically reduced
for the same reasons. Many believe that
it should have gone the way of the CCC.
With the exception of training for war
-work, the NYA has been laid aside.
No one ^argues that these agencies did
not do beneficial work.
Bat the point is: The money and men
needed to man these agenci4ft are needed
in the drive for early victory over the axis
H we do not win this war, mstead of
(Oxford Public Ledger)
Ranking militai^’ and aircraft authori
ties are advocating the construction of
large transport planes for use in ferrying
.supplies to troops in outlying posts.
The airplane, developed to its present
usefulness in the field of transportation
and as a combai machine in less than 35
years, has possibilities in cutting distances
and bringing the w’orld closer together
than yet has been imagined.
Airplanes are faster, they can deliver
their loads quicker than trains or ships and
they have been perfected to the point that
they are relatively safe and dependable.
Their range has been increased until the
destination is almo.st a matter of choice.
Initial tests of planes designed and c -n-
structed for use in carrying military sup
plies of all varieties have demonstrated
their worth, and so the next major under
taking is preparing the ractories and secur
ing the material for the construction of
these sky-giants.
As Tokyo’s warehouses bulge with silk
./fhe shoddy uniforms of the soldiery are
hard to explain. One would expect Japan
to be the best dressed pauper in the war.—
Detroit News.
According to a current writer thousands
are engaged in trying to solve the trans
portation problem. In some cases, no
doubt, it may be worked out by rule of
thumb.—Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch.