MARION PROGRESS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY j BY THE Mcdowell publishing co., MARION, N. C. TELEPHONE 64 S. E. WHITTEN, Editor and Prop. Entered at the Postoffice at Marion, j N. C., as second class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50! Six Months .75 j Strictly in Advance , 'North Carolina vJk PBESS ASSOCIATION^ MARION, N. C., JAN. 20, 1944 LET'S BACK THE ATTACK! BUY WAR BONDS We are now called upon to take an active part in the Fourth War Loan which was officially launched January 18, by purchasing war bonds of this series. The quota for McDowell county is $380,000. This goal can and will be reached by the good citizens of this county. This request is the largest of all war loans in terms of individual par ticipation, and is perhaps the most important of all war loans. Our lighting men have their eyes upon lis, the 2200 men of McDowell coun ty, now in the armed service of our nation, do not expect us to fail; them; our successes on foreign fields are just beginning, and more ; fighting equipment is needed; our enemies are watching and hoping and waiting for some signs of weak ness, but ahead of us, and in the outcome of this war bond drive, lies the hope of the future. We have entered a crucial year, a year that' ought to be a year of destiny, and ; m year that may decide the type ot world that we and our children will live in for years to come; with this being the case, there is little else that we can do other than back this drive to the limit. We must keep on buying war j bonds regularly until the war is! over, but during this drive we must! buy EXTRA BONDS. The home j front is facing its first big test of this new and vital year. We dare not fail. It may be a sacrifice for some of us to buy extra bonds dur- j ing this drive, but we have not for- \ gotten that every soldier, sailor and ! marine—every man and woman in ; the armed service of our nation j from McDowell county, is making a ; sacrifice, in order that we may have those things which appear funda- j mental to our way of living and j ■which do not belie libertv and free I dom. The citizens of McDowell county ■will BACK THE ATTACK, and with the thorough cooperation of every | one, with complete unity, with har- j mony and with love and devotion to j those of our numbers who have gone ' forth, and who are actually engaged in the mighty conflict, we will secri- ! fice to the extent that our quota of j bonds will be purchased. We will do our part on the home 1 front. We will buy war bonds. Our j quota of $380,000 will be reached. EISENHOWER'S APPRAISAL j In leaving1 his Mediterranean j troops to take his new post as Com mander-in-Chief of Allied Invasion Forces in the West, General Dwightj D. Eisenhower gave his soliders an j easy method of appraising the, course of the war. The General told them: "Com-j pare your present position and pros-1 pect in this great conflict with your position and outlook in the late fall of 1942." | All that anyone has to do, to un- j derstand the progress of the war,! is to follow the suggestion of Gen- j eral Eisenhower. "I have designs on one of those ^rmy jeeps after the war," a local farmer said yesterday. "I can fig ure out a lot of ways that a jeep would be mighty useful on the farm," he said. In all probability' after the war is over thousands of jeeps, who, in their younger days | lived dangerously on the front battle line on far away shores, will be; spending their declining years ini the sheltered security of American farms continuing a life of useful ness in the program of rehabilita-. tion. Stalin is not the real name of the Russian leader. It is a name used by him in place of his family name as writers and movie stars use names other than their own. Stalin means steel. How apt the name has proven. In Russia's crisis, with a -well prepared enemy threatening to lay waste the great Russian empire sand enslave its people, Joseph Stalin The Knockout Blow has stood like a tower of steel in spiring his people to fight on, and on, and to never give up. He has been truly named, Stalin. TURN WARTIME WASTE TO PROFITS "Christmas Tree Waste Deplored by WPB, Thousands Burned." This headline came out of Washington the other day, and it adds a sombre note to the nation's pulpwood drive for 14,000,000 cords in 1944. Waste is deplorable at any time; it is nothing short of tragic at this time. The tragedy lies not in the burn ing of the trees so much as in the waste of manpower, of time, and of transportation equipment. Christ mas trees could not be used for pulpwood; they are too small. They were too green for fuel. The over-supply came about be :ause a few persons tried to reap quick, high profits. They suffered Prom their own greed. How much better for everyone concerned, especially for the war jffort, if this wasted manpower and equipment had been used to cut pulpwootl. For pulpwood production is not only essential to our military success; it pays reasonable and de pendable profits. And its largest return will be Victory. Let's back the boys at the front in '44 with extra cords of pulpwood. RUSSIA TO DOMINATE EUROPE The people of the United States might just as well begin to learn some of the simple ABC's that re late to the settlement of affairs in Europe, including the Polish ques tion. We have considerable sympathy for the aspirations and ambitions of the Poles. Out of the settlement of this war there should arise, no doubt, a new Poland. But, this does not necessarily require that it should contain every square mile of territory that was Polish in 1939. The supreme fact, to be recogniz ed is considering every European settlement, is the might and power ol Soviet Kussia. wnen uermany is defeated, Joseph Stalin will have ample force at his disposal to apply a Russian settlement to all questions arising in East Europe. This fundamental power is the No. 1 fact affecting the determina tion of the boundaries and the exist ence of smaller states. It can be erased only by the mobilization of greater power, able to operate ef fectively in Eastern Europe. We hope that the Soviet Govern ment will conclude that its interests suggest a policy of cooperation with Great Britain, the United States and other nations but it is also pos sible that the Russians will decide to make their own disposals, with an eye to the future security of their country. If Russia puts no faith in inter national cooperation, the cold fact is that the entire area of Eastern Europe will be completely dominat ed by the Soviet. This includes Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czecho slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Ru mania. These states can expect no armed assistance from the United States or Great Britain if they elect to make war against Russia. The quicker their friends understand this, the sooner and safer will become their independent existence. The Russians, as nearly as we can make out, are not yet sure that a reordered world will follow the de feat of Hitler. They are probably doubtful of the effectiveness of any understanding with the Western Democracies. Even if Stalin and his advisers are ready to consider the possibility of mutual cooperation, they seem in clined to create conditions which will safeguard Russia in the event that the new collaboration collapses. Buy V^ar Bonds and buy them now. 'governor urges people TO SUPPORT LOAN DRIVE Raleigh, Jan. 15. — Governor! Broughton today urged North Caro-j linians to "dedicate « themselves; wholeheartedly in a successful pros-; ecution of the Fourth War Loan drive" which begins Jan. 18. North Carolina's quota in the drive is $126,000,000 of the nation al goal for fourteen billion. The drive ends Feb. 15. Asserting that "North Carolin ians always have responded to ur gent pleas issued by state and fed eral governments during past war loan drives," the governor declared in a proclamation that: "This is a tremendous undertak ing. This campaign is a challenge to the entire nation. The response j will indicate the strength and depth j of our national spirit. I m The World war in which our na tion has now been engaged for more than two years is approaching its climax," the governor said. Our highest military authorities predict complete victory in the European J phase of the conflict this year, pro- j vided the American people stand j firm and united in their purpose and j unstinting in sacrifice." A successful conclusion of the | drive, he said, "will give our more than 250,000 North Carolinians in the service a further assurance of our unflagging support of their ef forts to bring us victory." The governor said that the state 1 had gone over the top in each of the three war loan drives. Only a few counties, he said, failed to meet their quotas in the last drive. He urged civic clubs, educational, community, religious, and govern mental agencies in the state to give the campaign "whole-hearted sup port." TRANSPORTATION The War Food Administration ur ges farmers to keep their trucks, pickups, trailers, and automobiles in | the best possible condition. It re ports that recapping of tires must be employed extensively. ACTS 2 WAYS TO RELIEVE MISERIES OF CHESTCOLDS Now get grand relief from colds' symptoms this home-proved double-action way that actually ^ 1 *IAYS flT ONc* ».