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MARION PROGRESS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE Mcdowell publishing co., MARION, N. C. TELEPHONE 64 S. E. WHITTEN, Editor and Prop. Entered at the Postoffice at Marion, N. C., as second class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months .75 MARION, N. C. JUNE 4, 1942 A SUBSTITUTE FOR HOME Everyone would like to do some thing to show our appreciation of the men in the fighting services. Most of us are not situated so that we can extend them our hospitality or do them some other friendly turn. But there is a medium through which all of us can do these things. It is the USO — United Service Organizations — one of the bright spots in this war for the men in uniform. The USO is co-operatively oper ated by national welfare agencies representing all faiths. It has set up service clubhouses near Army camps and naval posts, lounges in railway stations and other gather ing places and mobile units in the field. The USO provides a center of entertainment, a comfortable place to relax when off duty and friendly helpers in meeting the many personal needs of men away from home. It follows the Amer ican soldier and sailor wherever they are called and its clubhouses are found in all of our overseas bases. Its mobile units carry food snacks, smokes and other comforts to the men in the field. The USO is a substitute for home. It is able to perform all its welcome services only through the support of the folks at home. A campaign is now under way to raise the funds needed to carry on its work, which must be expanded with the increase in our fighting forces. Helping it along is the one way we can all do for those in uniform some of the things we would like to do directly if we could. WHEN IT PAYS TO BE SOLID Here is more news about the Solid South, the provincial South, or whatever South your own particu lar prejudice, pro or con, has made most acceptable to you. It is told by The Chapel Hill Weekly after that journal had made a careful examination of the chart published by the magazine New Re public showing how each member -of the House of Representatives voted on war measures over the past three years. The Chapel Hill paper thus sums up: Neutrality revision, lend - lease, draft extension — it can be truly said that the South saved all these and the other measures affecting the country's foreign policy, for, if the South had split on them as oth er sections did, they would have been lost. Had there come defeat for lend lease, for neutrality revision, for lend-lease appropriation — not to mention any of the other measures —there would have been no help going to the democracies from the United States, and the war against Hitler would have been lost before now. So, if the world is saved, the saving of it will be in large, part due to the fact, that in the crisis, through all the storm of contro versy, the South voted unanimously and steadily on the right side. When one has explained fully why these Southern House members saved the day, and civilization, say also why the men of the South have led those of other sections in enlist ment for fighting the war which their representatives saw coming. -—Asheville Times. Every American should strive to prevent waste during the war emer gency; the outcome of the struggle may depend upon the scrap material that becomes available. When you say good things about people, -tell it to their faces. There's already too much behind the-back talk. Buy your goods from the mer chants of Marion. When you need help, you won't get it by mail. Going to church may not be your habit, but it would be a good habit ior you to have. GERMANY KILLS AND STEALS European official and private sources estimate that the Nazi pro cess of looting conquered areas ha; I produced $36,000,000,000 in cash | and goods, and Glen M. Stadler, 'United Press correspondent recently ! returned from Germany, says that I this is equal to the whole cost of ! Germany's .seven years of rearma ment. Under Hitler's "New Order" a I gigantic squeeze is being applied to ithe 175,000,000 persons in the oc j cupied countries. The Germans re jsolutelv seized supplies of all kinds jand managed to acquire quasi-legal ! title to industrial facilities. With j the standard of living down to a ' subsistence level, the Nazis do not (hesitate to rob the conquered peo | pie of their food resources, blandly asserting that it is not the duty of the conquerer to feed the conquer ed. ; In connection with this process, : Hitler's firing squads have been ; busy since the fighting began in Po land. Mr. Stadler estimates that nearly 400,000 Europeans have been executed. He says that 80, 000 Poles were slaughtered after the fall of Warsaw in reprisal for the alleged murder of 56,000 mi j nority Germans by the Poles. The Yugo-Slav Government in j London charges that Hungarian | soldiers have killed more than 100, i 000 persons in Northern Yugo-Slav ■ ia, that Germans have killed more than 65,000 in Serbia and that Ital ian and German soldiers and Croa tian terrorists have killed 300,000 ; persons throughout Yugo-Slavia. ; With these reports in mind, and j allowing for the exaggeration of - war, the American people have a j clear-cut pattern of what a Nazi vic tory will mean to the world. The Germans will be the masters and other peoples will have no right to property or life itself. "FOR A BETTER WORLD" An audience of bankers was re cently warned by Walter D. Fuller, president of the Curtiss Publishing Company and chairman of the Board of the National Association | of Manufacturers, that "the people of this country are fighting this war for a better world in which to : live." Mr. Fuller says that "they would like it through democracy, liberty and free enterprise," and he adds that "they are determined to have this' better world of greater security : one way or another, and if they don't get it through present princi ples, they will look elsewhere." This is what we call a realistic appraisal of the present situation, j The people of the United States are f interested in a "better world" and not in worn out phrases about prin ; ciples which do not bring them the liberty, security and opportunities they are entitled to. Mr. Fuller's conclusions approxi mate a considerable advance over j the ideas of many big business men at the time of the great depression. ' When millions of people of the i United States were willing to work [and unable to find employment, it was utterly foolish to remind them of the virtues of individual initia jtive and private enterprise. Never | theless, the principles were thor I oughly exhibited for years, with the : result that the nation experienced 1 one of its greatest political and so cial upheavels. i Mr. Fuller says that this county • cannot return to "the good old days" after the war, because those 'days "just weren't good enough." They were the days, he adds, of idle money, idle men and idle plants, when 28,000,000 people were re ceiving some form of public assist ance, when there were 10,000,000 unemployed and when there was ;want amidst plenty. i Mr. Fuller continued by pointing out that even in 1929 there were more than 6,000,000 families — twenty-one per cent of the popula tion—with incomes of less than $20 a week, and more than forty-two | per cent with incomes of less than j $25.00 a week. He warned the bankers that "the handwriting is on the wall" and said, "We either must cut the cloth to that pattern or the i reformers and demagogues will." I 1 j While there are« some people who j refuse to pay their debts when they jhave the money, the vast majority iof citizens gladly pay when the cash is available. . A visitor said the other day that Marion was the friendliest place he had ever been in. This is a nice compliment to our people. Unfortunately, the average school child does not mind the closing of ] schools for vacation days. Before the war ends, you will be doing without more than sugar and gasoline and liking it. Buy coal now or be cold later. Class of '42 I WHAT AMERICA MEANS TO ME | i i ,In America there is no Gestapo j to suddenly appear, destroying peo-, pie's property and sending them to | concentration camps or before fir- j ing squads merely for being a Christian or Jew, or maybe saying j jthe wrong thing at the wrong time.] j Here they can worship as they j ! please—no one can take this privi- j ! lege from them. In Germany in-1 j stead of the Bible, Hitler'9 "Mein, ! Kamp," is substituted. In America there are public j schools in which all children, no! matter how poor, can attend. In j American schools, instead of the; j children drilling with toy guns, | | saluting, or marching around in dull; j uniforms, they study history, math-j i ematics, civics, geography — almost ] anything which is needed through; I life. Then, after completing high !school, the boys can join the U. S.J Marine Corps and enlist in the Ma-j 1 rine Corps Institute, selecting the j ! subject or subjects they want to ! study— aviation, automobile, radio, t 'engineering, and many others. In America the people can vote J as they please, without a gun in ; back forcing them to say "yes." The government of the United i States is for the common good of all people. They won't be arrest i ed because they disagree with the I party in power. They do not have ! to belong to any certain political! party, whether Democrat or Repub lican. In America the people can dial any station on the radio, see any j ; movie, and read any newspaper, j book or magazine. The freedom! , of press, speech, and assembly en I able us to hear all sides of a ques- j i tion. I America means freedom, justice, j I education prosperity, cooperation — j i America, means everything! — By! ; Archie Miller, in North Wilkesborol 9 | Newsworld. j i { I AAA PROGRAM INCREASES YIELDS FOR WAR NEEDS; ' The widespread use of winter le- J i gume and grasses, use of green j | manure and cover crops; application j i of lime and phosphate, and other; | soil-building practices of the agri- j | cultural conservation program have ' i helped prepare North Carolina! j farms for wartime production, ac i cording to G. T. Scott, chairman of j the AAA Committee. Pointing to results of the pro- i gram, Mr. Scott said the state aver- j age yield for cotton had been in-j 'creased from about 250 pounds per: acre during the 1928-32 period to; more than 350 pounds during the' j past three years. Tobacco yields j jwere increased from 685 to 980 j [* *1 h/hat y&u Buy With, WAR BUNDS ! I* *J The 155-millimeter gun is the mod- j em version of the old "GPF" of, World War I days. It has a range ; fifty percent greater than the old \ gun, heaving a 95-pound projectile j approximately 15 miles. It is capa- j ble of high road speed and each one costs $50,000, ) Arsenals of America are working at terrific speed turning out this long range, effective weapon for ouri armed forces. You and your neigh bor working hand-in-hand in unity' can make possible the purchase of an adequate number of these guns by buying War Bonds. Put 10 per cent of your income in War Bonds to help reach your county quota, every pay day. pounds per acre. Corn, oat, wheat, and hay yields per acre have been increased 15 to 20 percent, and the , grazing capacity of pastures also j has been improved greatly. "High production yields cannot | be overemphasized during this im- \ portant agricultural year," Mr.1 Scott said. "Every acre of crop-j land must produce to its maximum J capacity for our farmers to con- j tribute their full share to the na- ] tion's war effort." The 400,000 tons of limestone' used by North Carolina farmers j last year under the agricultural con-j servation program was about four and one-half times the 1936-39: average, and the amount of super- j phosphate was about six times the' 1936-39 average. Both are furn-j Lshed as conservation materials un-1 = 3er the AAA program without an I immediate outlay of cash. ! \ < 25 Years Ago In Marion And McDowell : ^ - Marion Progress, May 31, 1917 We are delighted to see the tan-i nery at Old Fort fast regaining form and to know that the entire plant will soon be back in opera tion, which means much to Old Fort and McDowell county. The Western North Carolina! Weekly Press Association held a pleasant and profitable meeting in Marion last Friday and Saturday. A distressing accident occurred at the home of John Wilson here last Sunday morning when his daughter, Eula Wilson, aged 14, ac cidentally shot and seriously, if not fatally, injured her cousin, Lizzie Presnell, aged 16, with a 38-calibre pistol. Work on the highway between' Ridgecrest and Old Fort is making satisfactory progress. . i Secretary of Labor Wilsoii an nounced today that he had decided to lease the Mountain Park hotel at Hot Springs for the use of some 5, 000 or more interned Germans and that the first consignment of the prisoners of war will be sent to Hot Springs within ten days. Miles P. Flack of Vein Mountain,' who represented McDowell county! at the recent session of the Legis- j [ature, was in town Tuesday. Since returning from Raleigh he has been j confined home with rheumatism. j NORTH CAROLINA BIRD i| BOOK WILL BE ISSUED I Raleigh, June 2.—An official, au-: thentic and comprehensive book on birds of North Carolina—. the i first to be issued since 1919—will be ready for delivery in June, Com-; missioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott announced today. I Authors of the book, "Birds of North Carolina," are C. S. Brimley,; H. H. Brimley and T. Gilbert Pear son, nationally - known ornitholo gists. ; The publication, sponsored by the State Department of Agriculture, will cover 440 pages, including 20 full-page color plates, 17 full-page black and white plates and 140 text figures of individual species. j "The issuance of this book will be ® welcome news to the bird and na-!| ture lovers of North Carolina and I other States," Commissioner Scott I said. 11 We Fill Any Doctor's Prescription STREETMAN DRUG CO. Night Phone 15—Day 57 A Word of Thanks I take this means now of personally thanking every Democrat in the county who supported my candidacy for sheriff. For all the consideration, influence and support given me during the campaign and for your vote in my behalf in Saturday's Democratic pri mary, I desire to offer a sin cere expression of my grati tude. Grady Nichols Don't Take Chances on a Cold House There is no shortage of coal in the mines, and Stanley's Coal and Wood Yard has all the coal you want right now. However, if you wait until the peak sea son to order, delivery ma]/ be delayed due to transportation tie-ups. Industrial loads on the freight systems will be extra heavy, so do your part by filling your coal bin now and keeping it filled. Headquarters For "Salvage For Vic tory" Program in McDowell County. Buy Coal .. Buy Defense Bonds Stamey's T ransf er, COAL and WOOD YARD Phone 3 FIRST NATIONAL MAI2ION, N.C. W. R. CHAMBERS, Preeident W. L. MORRIS, Vice-President J. N. 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