THE DANBURY REPORTER
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THIS WEEK
IN DEFENSE
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President Roosevelt informed
Congress .he had ordered a navy
force to IcelAnd to "forestall any
p.ncers movement . by Germany
against the Western Hemisphere."
He said German occupation of
that country wo,'ld threaten the
North American continent, ship-'
ping in the North Atlantic, and
the flow of munitions to Britinn.
The President said the Navy had
been ordered to take "all neces
sary steps" to insure safety of
communications "hi the approach
es between Iceland and the United
States, as well as on the MM bet
ween the U. S. and all etherstra
tegtc outposts."
The President later told his
press conference that whether
Iceland lies outside the Western
Hemisphere is an academic quest
lon. He said their are points out
side the commonly aecepted Hem
isphere limits which are of im
portance to U. S. defence, and
that in occuping Iceland be acted:
to forestall a hostile a move
which strategists considered log
ical or linely.
Selective Service
Selective Service Headquarters
announced that 21-yea-rolds who
registered July 1 will be given
draft numbers so they will be
called in proportion to previous
registrants rather than ahead of
or after older men. Order num
bft-s will be determined by nat
ional lottery on July 17.
Headquarters advised local
boards to defer men who have
vounteered for civilian or mili
tary duty with Canadian or Brit
ish forces. The House passed
legislation to permit deferment
of all men who were 28 on July 1.
Alien Education
The President allocated $14,000
000 of WHA f unds for a program
to educa*e 1 000,000 oncns in tl»«
duties and responsibilities ot
citieensship. More than 11,000
teachers on WPA rolls wll con
duct classes for aliens who wisn
to become citizens.
WPA announced 11. at m re than
200,000 national, sita e nuti local
civilian orgar izatlor.* wi'h f/;.
000,000 members will be catalog
ued within the next GO days
determine the part* the organ
izations and individuals can play
in home defence so the office of
Civilian Defence can find quali
fied persons for new programs.
All except purely social dubs will
be indexed.
t Civilian Supply
OPM conservation officials an
nounced that "our purchases, our
habits our daily lives, perhaps
even our styles, will be controlled
by the requirements of national
defence." Some of the changes
facing the public, according to
OPM: No corks in bottle tops;
beverages in bottles rather than
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Volume 66
OFF FOR BRAGG !
IN EARLY MORN
ELEVEN STOKES COUNT V
BOYS RESPOND TO THEIR
COUNTRY'S CALL NINE
TEEN THEN LISTED FOR
AUGUST 11.
In the early morn eleven husky
Stokes county boys responded to
their country's call and boarded
the bus at Walnut Cove for Fori
Bragg
The list leaving as follows: ,
Clyde Lester Goin, Francisco,
Posey Edwwd Nelson, Lawaon-.
vflle. ,
Jennings Theodore Montgom »
ery, Walnut Cove. ,- t .
Clyde Ta Image Dillon, Sandy
RMge. /, .
Robert Albert George, Francis
00.
Louie Jackson Hennis, Sandy
Ridge.
John Pescud Hanes, Pine Hall.
Paul Jones Hawkins, Sandy
Ridge.
James Leonard Mabe, Danburv.
Cazzie Bullin, Danbury.
Edward Walace Flynt, King.
The local draft board this week
| received an additional call for 19
| men who will be summoned for
departure to same station August
11, all white men. j
Red Cross Meeting
At Walnut Cove
Last Week
The members of the local I
branch of the Red Cross met atl
trTt> hotel at Walnut Cove Thurs-fl
day night of last week. Mr»
Winfred Black, executive secret
tary of the Winston-Salem chap-u
; ter, assisted in the meeting.
Plans were discussed for the
funds now existing in the treas-
I ury, which is something over j
I
SIOO.OO. Among the various j
ways named for spending these !
funds were the following: Refil- j
I ling First Aid kits which were
i! previously donated to the public |
; schools by the Red Cross; fur-;
: nishing yeast and other foods for
) undernourished children; buying
■ glasses for needy children who3a 1
i parents are not able to buy for'
them;and to send a delegate to a |
i training camp at Brevard for the
1 purpose of learning instructions
. in teaching First Aid, and who
; will upon his return organize a
. group or class for those who are
- interested in First Aid training.
' Those attending the meeting
f were the chairman, Leonard Van
- Noppen, Mrs. Sallie F. Pepper,
. Miss Grace Taylor, Miss Pauline
1 Craft, fyme DeinonsCratiiun
Agent, Miss Virginia Fulton, Miss
Marjorie Pepper, and Mrs. Black,
- of Winston-Salem.
r
3 Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Nelson
1 and family of Danbury, Route 1
1 Mr. and Mrs. Burke Smith and
3 family, Mrs. Jim Flinchum and
i son, Junior, and Mr. and Mrs. El
; bert Flinchum and two children
i spent the week-end at Myrtle
i Beach, S. C.
WHEELER AND HIS BILGE PALS
It now develops, as reported by Washington j
news columnists, that the reason Senator Wheel
jer has fought preparedness and defense so bit -
jterly and so long, is because of a personal differ
| ence between the Senator of Montana and the
President, dating back several years ago, over
some silver legislation, and because MRS.
| WHEELER DOES NOT LIKE THE PRESI
DENT.
Thus Wheeler is willing to jeopardize the safe
ty of his country to gratify his personal malice
'and his wife's against President Roosevelt.
| No doubt German propaganda long since has
heard of this feud. And no doubt (in the minds I
of many people) that the German Bund has add
ed fuel to the sneaking, fire with checks direct
from Berlin.
When the F. B. I made its roundup the other
day of spies, saboteurs and sth columnists it
missed its greatest game.
Wheeler, Nye and ex-"Col." Lindbergh consti
tuted a quarry that escaped, but which sooner or
later will not escape the indignation and the
vengeance of Americans who do not believe in
tolerance when it comes to dealing with those
who have shown they are enemies to their own
country.
When our boys are going and going and going,
and when the American people are accepting
their sacrifices, the time has come to show short
shrift to yellow appeasers. and defeatists like
Wheeler, Nye and Lindbergh.
Let this bilge-water trio be catapulted to a
bourne whence their friendship and efforts for
Hitler may not longer be dangerous.
Published Thursdays
DRAFT LOTTERY
SELECTS 196 FIRST
THE NEW DRAWING FOR TH I
BOYS WHO REGISTERED
LAST
Washington.—Number 196 was".;
the first drawn from the big I
Gold-Fish bowl last night in the
selective service lottery to ctL.i i
mine the order in Which 750,000
young Americans, just turned 21, 1
Bhall be subject to conscription. : c
Men holding this number will 1
be the first of the 21-year- olds , 1
to be mustered into the selective !
service, provided 'they are phys- 1
ioally fit and not deferred because (
of dependents or other causes. *
Secretary of the Navy ' Knox *
had been designated to draw tho (
first number but he stepped aside 1
in favor'of Staff Sergant Robert 1
W. Shackleton of Fort Dix, N. J.. |
a selectee from New York city. |'
Knox then diew the second 1
number, 98. 1
The third number, drawn by
Undersecretary of War Robert P.
Patterson, was 451. '
Major General E. S. Adams, ad
jutant genera) of the army drew
the fourth—247.
HERSHEY MAKES TALK
Just a few minutes before
Brigadier General Lewis B. Her- '
shey deputy director of selective
service, had made a little speech
in which §e said that the cere- {
mony was "symbolic of American
democracy'' and that the draft
registrants, new and old, consti- 1
i
tuted America's hope "for pro- j
, tection now and security for the ,
future".
The 750,0C0 men involved wero 1
young to be eligible foi tin-'
j draft's first registration Un'
j drawing last fall. They reached
their majority between that time
and July 1, and registered on tho
lattr date.
To integrate them with thoso
whose numbers were drawn in
October,, but who have not yet
been called to the colors, army
officials heaped 800 pinKisn,
opaque capsules, each containing
a numbered slip, into a famous!
4
gold-fish bowl.
Then, they arranged for a series i
of officials and others to extract j
the pellets from the bowl, and for f
a battery of assistants to record
the order of their appearance.
Eacfi" of the men who register
ed on July 1 was assigned a dis-1
, trict registration number. In i
l
some of the smaller districts. 1
, i ,
I these registration numbers rang
| ed, say, from 1 to 100. In the lar- j
j gest district, an area near Bait:-1
more, Md., the numbers ranged j
from 1 to 661.
139 "SAFETY NUMBERS"
Therefore there were 661 cap
sule-encased numbers in the gold
fish bowl last night to cover the
men who registered July 1, plus
j 139 "safety numbers" to cover j
- any late registrants. Thus there |
were a total of 800 in the bowl.
These numbers are technically
known as serial numbers.
The men holding the first serin'
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* * * Number 3,593.
ALUMINIUM WEEK
JULY 21-29
People Urged T«» Donate Alumi
nium To Further Defense Pro
gram Collection Centers
Named By Defense Chairman
Dear Defense Cooperators:
July 21-29 is National Defense
Aluminium Collection
Week. Naturally, farm and home
leaders are being asked to step
out in front and contribute alumi
nium and time in the furtherance
of the cause of national defense.
You are urged to spend a day,
or as much time as possible, in
explaining to your neighbors the
importance of the campaign and
get them to contribute Kbe rally
of their aluminium to be made in
to aeroplanes and other defease
weapons.
The following places have been
designated for aluminium collec
tion centers by our County De
fense Chairman, Jacob Fulton:
Danbury—Sheriff's Office.
Walnut Cove Harry Davis'
Store.
Pine Hall—Preston Bros. Store.
Sandy Ridge—Ziglar's Store.
Francisco — Priddy's Store.
Johnstown—Smith's Store. •
Reynolds Simmons' Filling
Station.
Collinstown —Gray's Store.
Pinancle—Boles' Store.
King—King Drug Store.
Haw Pond—Rt dding's Store. •
1 Germanton—Holland & Wag
oner Store.
Meadows—Neal & Forest Store.
Prestonville Phil Dunlap h
Store.
| Ross' Store—Ross' Store.
' M. O. Stephens—M. O. SU'i>hen ■>'
Store.
Lawsonvillc- Hart's Store.
Yours truly, »
L. F. BRUMFIELD,
County Agent.
E. S. STOKES,
Assistant County Agent.
PAULINE CRAFT,
Home Dem. Agent.
Aluminium Week
Endorsed By
Paul Fulton
| National Defense and materials
|
for defense weapons are foremost
I.
in our minds. We are being ask
'ed by our President, State and lo
' cal leaders to produce and con
|
serve products in order that our
j liberty may be made secure. In
this connection we have a period
set aside for aluminium campaign,
I July 21-29—a period for people
Ito donate to the government
! aluminium ware to be made into
'aeroplanes and other defense
weapons. i > •
On behalf of members of the
American Legion and ex-service
men of Stokes county, I heartily
indorse the Aliuninium f o r Na
j tional Defense Program and en-
I courage all citizens to give freely
of their pots, pans, and other
ware.
PAUL FULTON, Commander
Neal Bennelt Post 197,
\
Walnut Cove, N. C.