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MONDAY, MAR. 13, 1944
Red Cross Appeal
As the Red Cross War Fund campaign
progresses, we take this opportunity to
make a request to the workers and to all
the people of Wilkes county.
As you should know, Wilkes is asked to
raise $18,200, and any amount less than
the quota will not be our full share. Any
amount over the quota will be another evi
dence of the patriotism of our people.
To the workers we ask that you put
forth extra effort to reach every person in
the territories assigned. Your reward will
be the knowledge of a noble task well
done.
And to all the people we ask that you
give, and give as liberally as you can. The
men overseas are giving their lives.
And if some worker does not contact
you, you are not released from the solemn
obligation to do your part to help your
son, your husband, your brother, kinsman
or friend on the fighting fronts in this
global war.
You should contact the Red Cross work
er for your community, or bring or send
your contribution to the office of the
Wilkes chapter of the Red Cross, which is
located over Tomlinson’s department store
on B street in North Wilkesboro.
Save the worker for your community
some additional work by taking or send
ing your contribution to him or her. The
workers are soliciting the people, giving
freely of their time and efforts. Anything
you can do to assist them will be appreciat
ed.
“Your Red Cross is at his side”. Your
contributions will keep the Red Cross at his
side through all the war.
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Give Instruments
Distributing facilities of the Coca-Cola
Bottling company will be used to gather
musical instruments for men in the armed
forces.
Music is a wonderful morale builder, es
pecially for the fighting man in faraway
places.
If the soldiers, sailors and marines could
get the instruments, they could make their
own music.
Those who have musical instruments
which they can give are asked to take
them to the nearest Coca-Cola dealer.
There the Coca-Cola truck will pick them
up and they will be hurried off to fighting
men.
The musical instrument campaign be
gins today and continues for two weeks.
For the sake of the men who are giving
their all, don’t neglect this small matter.
If you have a musical instrument you are
not using, get it out now and carry it to
your nearest Coca-Cola dealer.
^ life aid HeiOth recentl/ discussed ow
bl^e |nost difficult "health*’ problemsjr
the ‘ coutotry—^how to'' keep from
burned alive in your own home. It arfew
readers: "Will your home catch fire to
morrow? ‘Certainly notl you will say.
;“But tomorrow a thousand totally un*-
expected fires will break out in American
homtes, destro3dng property valued at
about' a quarter of a million dollars and
killing more than ten people, mostly wom
en and children. This happens day after
day, year after year, with the,regulariiy
of clockwork. Why should not your home
be one of the next thousand to bum?
“Very likely, there is no good reason
The average American home is all set for
a fire, and only a favorable combination of
circumstances is required to start one.
“But, by taking intelligent care, you can
make your home an exceptionally safe one,
because, though some home fires are due
to carelessness or ignorant home manage
ment.
“Here are some of the principal steps
that should be taken in order to safeguard
the* lives of your family and your property
from fire: Put hot ashes in metal, not
wooden containers, be sure electrical
equipment is in good condition, keep
available suitable fire extinguishing equip
ment, get proper instruction on using fire
extinguishers, keep matches out of reach
of small children, never let combustible
rubbish accumulate in the home’’.
These are “health” tips that no one can
afford to neglect.
Get Paper Ready
Boy Scouts will collect scrap paper again
on Saturday of this week.
This is to remind the people of North
Wilkesboro to gather and save scrap paper
during the week and on Saturday tie the
paper in bundles and place it on the front
porch.
Paper is jbadly needed in the war effort.
The Scouts will derive some financial help
for their Scouting program, and you can be
getting rid of paper which clutters up the
place and creates fir^ hazards.
War isn’t all st^I and aluminum and
oil. It takes billions of board ^feet of
lumber, 4oo, and mllUons of coi^ qfdpul^
wood » you are a farmer or Other wood-
.tond owner, aak your coi^ a^t w a
^ ITT federal or mrteiMdoB forOi^ about
pulpwood, MdAP IenvO
Willing to Die—For What*
A news release from Pearl Harbor tell
ing of the attack on the Marshall Islands,
said: “ . . . The troops must make landings
through machine gun and artillery fire,
must secure the beachheads and push for
ward, often yard by yard ... It will be ...
willingness to die which will capture the
Marshalls ...” j
A news release from Detroit of approxi
mately the same dateline reported that:
■‘A sit-down of more than 1,000 workers in
support of demands for a 10-cent an hour
wage increase , . , threatened production
in the Ford Willow Run bombe^ plant”.
A news release from Edgewater Beach,
New Jersey, also of the same approximate
date, gave an account of how two union
men had been expelled from the union for
conduct “unbecomming to union men”.
Their offense was testing 22 to 24 trucks
a day instead of the union decreed aver
age of 10 or 12.
How long can we expect our men in the
armed forces to be willing to die for the
nation, if these criminal abuses of freedom
are continued?
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Forest fires are one of our enemies in
this war. There were 208,000 forest fire.s
in the United States last year. Fires which
delayed victory by destroying timber need
ed to win the war, and which took men
away from war jobs to fight fire. Let’s
all help speed victory by being careful
with fire in the woods.
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9 LIFE’S BETTER WAY €
WALTER £. ISENHOUR
Hiddlenite, N. C.
THE MAN WHO WINS
A man may win the laurels of fame.
Or hang a rainbow in the sky.
But through misconduct lose his name
And die unhonored by and by;
But he who lives a godly life.
Although he may not famous be.
And helps to rid the world of strife.
Will shine through all eternity.
It’s not the man who does the most
To make a big display and show;
It’s not the man who likes to boast
That has within his soul a go
To run the races and win the crown
And of his best to others give.
That he may bless the world around
By helping men for God to live.
The man that wins is he who wills
To do the will of God above.
Whose heart and soul our Savior fills
With grace and peace and joy and love;
And from his life there shines a light
To help sqme struggling soul along
The path that leads to-Heaven bright
Where he may join the saintly throng.
To win is not an idle game
That simple little children play;
It isn’t doing thinim for fame
That fade and ^ie at alose of day;
It is to do what means the most J
To help a tdnfnl worldfio 6ip(d, y ^
That bse-may help to,jhwMiia^r
the read thht aaints
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UfinA OKUAMIKD—
ve don‘t b«ii« together ire’ll
ell heiig MpereM]^ M jiut es
true u ever. tVeh|^ reedera
of this colnmu hero gotti or-
ganlM. By organisaUon we inl^t
erea'set to bo e preesore group
and demand a pension, or the
risdit to a sit-down strike.
First of all, ire gotta have
name. We have leveral names In
mind, Inclndlng Liocal Number
437*Z Neurasthenic Nitwits, Nut
ty Numbaknlls, or Dirty Dozen,
and the last mentioned name has
certain propensltl^ 'which lends
Itself appropriate to the subject at
hand.
In spite of any and all claims to
the contrary, the number of
readers of this column remains at
twelve, which is the maximum
capacity, or load limit.
On the contrary, there have
been certain claims to the notori
ous distinction of being the 13th
reader. Some of them have been
as follows: Sgt. Harold Prof fit,
Panama—“I read your column be
cause I have nothing else to
read"; Rev. A. C. Waggoner,
North Wilkesboro — "You can
count me as one of your readers
hut I don’t know why. Your
Jokes won’t fit In my line of
work”: Redhead, somewhere in
Wilkes—"I’m the 13th reader of
your column but don’t want every
body to know It. Most people think
I’m crazy anyway, and that would
finish convincing them”; Cpl. C.
D. Wiles, Kngland—“I like to get
The Journal-Patriot. I even read
column three on page two”;
Aviation Cadet Paul W. Hervel,
Jr., Jefferson Barracks, Mo.—
"When you get away from home
you’ll read anything from the
home town. I even read your
scribbling"; and from an Uniden
tified Blonde, address unknown—
"Itstlnksbutlreadlt”.
SIMPLIFIED BLANK—
We are heartily In sympathy
with Representative Bob Dough-
ton’s aim to simplify methods of
making l:|cpme .tax returns, and
we think ■ tils Ways and Means
Committee should also find a
simplified way of getting the
money with vrhlch to pay the tax.
The group of experts on the
staff of Abnormal Absurdities
have held a caucus, out of which
has come a suggestion for a sim
plified Income tax form. Assuming
that congress will adopt our sug
gested form, we are giving you
some sample questions from the
form In order that you may fa
miliarize yourself with them be
fore March, 1945:
In the top right hand comer of
the hfcink will be a blank squam
with these Instructions: “Write
all you want to here”.
Were you bora If so, why?
Give at least two good reasons.
How much income did you have
from borrowing from friends?
Which one, If any, of your pfer-
ents were present at your birth?
Give names and address of per
sons, other than congressman and
your mother-in-law, who were
present when you were 'born?
Do you have one foot? Two? Or
more? And which one la in the
grave, if any?
Is there any sugar under the
bed in the guest room? (This
question applies to cane sugar, not
honies).
How many pounds of sorry cof
fee were you stuck with when
»BORO, N. C
epnMietiisinn
ForSenforlStli
: . Sisniotial'
^ YndlMfeJIiaaday ^
of tho S4th
torMo AMiiet will moot iirflli
la YadklnvlUe iioater
Marob lSth, eight».
.AOBloato • candidate fer gtata
WBiator aad perfect the diatrtot
oiipuiiiatknu/ .• ■
tbe d^ttriot, vttb' a:
RepBbitaa^nyijoi^, i» conqwMd
of .WUkeft' Taadn and .
eonntiea. Aceordtag to the
of na^ng oaadldwtea I for atate
senate^’ the nominee Bila year wUl
he toom WUkaa ooTintjr.* Attorney
B.^0. Brook, of MoekavUle, la the
hrewnt iiate aenator.
The call for the Repulriican
senatorial convmtlon as isaned by
Thomas L. Bardlng, of Yadkin-
vllle, district ctialrman, mailed on
March 1, was as follows:
"Notice Is hereby given to the
Republican voters of the 24th
Senatorial District consisting of
Yadidn, Davie, and Wilkes coun
ties, that a convention will be held
On the 13th day of March, 8:00
p. m., 1944, at Yadklnvllle, N. C.,
to nominate a Remhlican candi
date for the Senlate from the 24 th
District, and for perfecting of a
permanent organization and for
any other buadnm the con
vention may see ‘fit to transact".
Approximately 60 .per cent of
Australia's national Income is be
ing spent on war.
rationing ended?
Where were you on the night of
April 31st, 1942? If BO, why and
for what reason? Answer this
question yes, or no.
Is this a Joint questionnaire? If
answer is "yes”, where is the
joint?
Do you eat bananas? If so,
will you have a banana split?
Check whether you are living
with husband or wife, or do you
suffer alone?
Have you ever eaten horse
meat?
Will you solemnly swear (cuss)
■that this is a true and correct
statement of your affairs, both
personal and 'public, and that you
Ore sick and tired of the whole
mess and don’t know what it is
about?
A 'blank apace Is left at the 'bot
tom with the following Instruc
tions: "This space left for any
suggestions which will add to. the
general confusion”.
How To Relieve
Bronchitis
Creqmulsion relieves promptly be
cause ngoes right to the seat of the
trouble to h^ loosen and ex-pel
g erm laden tMegm, emd aid natme
} sCotbe and hral raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your dru^ist to sell you
a bottle of OreoinulMon wlto the un-
derltanding yotf must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Couelfs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
1
WILLIAMS
• MOTOR CO. «
T. H. WlIUaM, Manager
BEAR
Fran* Serme
;GOOD U8BD;CAB9> TRITCKB:
and TBACTORS
T^r.mp
'Boclif
■HIPS SBTURNiNO from Other miasiona, are brinipng
natural aoda £ran Chile—for thia yeaFa biggeat of all
S
food production joba. It is aoda you know all about-
can store and handle easily—can depend on for top
aide dressing. How much will there be? That’s hard to
but last year Chile sent 1,000,000 tons to U. S. fannera
and think what that would mean this year.
• ProperlY cq>pll«d. 1J)00,000 tons ol Chllaan
Nitrate would produce 250,000,000 bu. of oats or
100,000,000 bu. of wheoL* 125X00,000 bu, of com
or 4,800X00 tons of forage crops; 6,000,000 tons
of Tegetables or 2X00,000 bales of cotton ond
1,100X00 ions of cotton seed.
Natural Chilean Nitrate, always a big factor in food pro
duction, is absolutely vital this year—enough and in time
for all essential needs.
CHILEAN NITRATE of SODA
Our Boys Need Musical Instruments
on the Battlefront and in Camp
You con help send them this easy way;
That fbrgoften musical instrument in your storeroom is wanted! Some boy in wiform;
halfway ’round the world, is asking for it now. Harmonicas, accordions, ocarinas, flutes,
bazookas. In cooperation with the United States (Sovemment we hove worked out a
plan to speed these gifts on to their destinations without trouble or expense to you.
All you hove to do is deliver them to your neighborhood Coca-Cola dealer. We'll
do the rest. Here’s how it works:
^ You take your instrument to your nearest
Coca-Cola dealer.
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2 The Coca-Cola truck picks it up and
sends It to tho U. S. Government.
3 They send it to the boys in comp and
overseos.
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4 Yoer gift bifost toiMi lonely solder
ley. Thank yofc
Don't delay. IXg out oil your old muricol
instnmients today ond start them on their
{oumeys to our homesick men.
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