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MARION, N. C„ FEB. 17, 1944
FORCE TO PROVIDE STABILITY
Royal Arch Gunnison, American
newspaper man, interned by the !
Japanese after the fall of Manila, i
warns the people of this country not j
to plan for a permanent peace but;
rather to look for and work for a
one-hundred-year-period of enforc- ;
ed stability throughout the world. j
Mr. Gunnison recognizes the nec
essity of an adequate police power
to maintain world stability. He has
sense enough to know that treaties
and pacts, unsupported by military!
and naval strength, will become!
scraps of paper whenever aggressor
nations get ready for another thrust!
at world control.
It ought to be obvious, regardless'
of what form of world organization
is established after the present war, i
that maintenance of the peace of.
the world will depend upon the fight-!
ing strength of the United States, i
Great Britain, Russia and China.
These governments must be ready
.and willing to use forqe to restrain
war-makers whenever and where-,
ever the peace of the world is
threatened. >
This does not mean, necessarily, j
that the four great powers should
attempt to stamp out war every
where, regardless of causes. It!
means that they should be prepar- j
ed to use their full power to pre- !
vent an belligerent from becoming
a menace to the orderly processes
of civilization.
BLOOD PLASMA SAVING LIVES
Modern warfare is bloody busi
ness with dead and wounded men
marking the progress of battle.
It ought to be comforting, how-1
ever, to Americans that, thanks to
the courage and skill of our doctors, i
the finest techniques of surgery and
medicine are available to wounded
men right up to the battle line.
Reports from Italy indicate that
the doctors and their helpers have
done a splendid job. Approximaely,
half of all the men wounded are re
stored to front-line condition and
the others are receiving the best of
care.
It is impossible to go into much !
detail as to the practice involved in
surgery on the chest, brain and ab
domen, but it should be pleasing to .
blood donors to know that the ef-'
f-ectiveness of blood plasma enables i
eurgeons to save many more of the !
seriously wounded than they did in ,
the last war.
I
WORTH CONSIDERATION
These Royal Resolutions tabulated
by J. S. Engle, Westervile, Ohio are \
well worth our thinking over, wheth-!
er we have the wisdom to adopt
them or not:
I will study the language of gen-'
tleness, and refuse to use words that
bite and tones that crush.
I will practice patience at home, j
lest my testy temper break through ;
unexpectedly and disgrace me.
I will remember that my neigh
bors have troubles enough to carry j
without unloading mine on them. i
I will excuse others' faults and ;
failures as often and as fully as I j
expect others to be lenient with
mine. 1
I will cure criticism with commen
dation, close up against gossip, and
build healthy lives by service.
I will love boys and girls so that
old age will not find me soured and
sullen, but fresh and free.
I will gladde'n my nature by smil- J
ing out loud on every fair occasion, |
and by outlooking optimistically. :
I will pray frequently, think good i
thing's, believe in men, and so do a
full day's work without fear or fav
or.
If Great Britain, the United Stat- j
es, Russian and China are smart
there won't be another World War j
for quite awhile; nobody will be
able to fight.
Victory Gardens will be the vogue
in 1944 and it should be everybody's
business.
HEAVIER TAXATION FOR WAR
There is no doubt whatever of the
ability of the nation to stand heavier
taxes. It is admitted, however, that
certain taxpayers carry more than
their proportion of the burden.
The difficulty, in connection with
new taxes, is that every individual
and corporation, likely to be affect
ed, attempts to shunt the increase
upon other classes.
• A recent study, made by R. A.
Musgrove and H. L. Seligman, of
the Federal Reserve Board's re
search staff", concludes that Ameri
cans are let off more lightly than
British and Canadians. Moreover,
corporation profits have doubled in
wartime whlie British corporate pro
fits have been restricted to 1938
peace-time levels.
The study of the tax situation re
veals that Great Britain is absorbing
fifty per cent of its national income
in taxes, Canada, thirty-six per cent
and the United States only thirty
two per cent. This estimate includes
State and local, as well as Federal
taxes. Individual income taxes in
Great Britain and Canada are sub
stantially higher than in this coun-!
try.
The experts call attention to one j
exception, the large American fami- j
ly with income less than $1,500. At j
this level, according to the survey, j
the American taxpayer carries a j
heavier burden and they note that j
the weight of the frequently advo-1
cated sales tax would fall most heav-1
ily upon this group.
NOTICE TO JAPAN
With the offensive in the Marsh
alls under way, it is significant that
American nava units have had the
temerity to bombard Japanese shore
positions on Paramushiro, one of
the Kurile islands north of, but a
part of Japan.
Apparently, the attack was made
by a small task force but the fact
that it was attempted serves notice
on the Japanese that their home \
lands are fast facing the threat af .
active hostilities.
The Tokyo war loards are given
notice that the Navy is strong;
enough to approach the sacred is- .
lands from two sides and that it is j
not safe to presume that, since we j
are active in the Marshalls, we are
necessarily idle in other theatres. i
It will mean that the Japanese
fleet must, more than ever, stick
close to home bases and be avail
able for the defense of the home is- j
lands, not the far flung empire con
quered in the first six months of I
the war.
OUR SUBMARINE HEROES
The announcement that two
American submarines are overdue
and presumably lost brings to 19 the ;
number of undersea boats that we j
have lost since the war with Japan j
began.
The operations of our submarines j
have been highly successful. They j
are credited with 572 Japanese ves- |
sels sunk, probably sunk or damag
ed. The war of attrition against
enemy shipping, however, has taken
a heavy toll, including many brave j
men and officers who have taken to
the sea, never to return.
.When the history of the war is
finally written greater credit will be j
given to the crews of the submarin- j
es. They assume risks to strike the I
enemy in vital areas and they have i
performed outstanding deeds.
MATHEMATICS MAY GET YOU
The toll of accidents in the Unit
ed States in 1943, according to the
National Safety Council, was 94,500
killed; 9,700,000 injured; and .a
monetary loss of of $5,000,000,000.
This includes wage losses, medical ]
expenses, production delays and
damage to equipment and other
property.
The fatalities were just a shade
under the 1942 toll but the number
of injuries was three per cent high- j
er. One of every fourteen Ameri-,
cans suffered a disabling injury.
The statistics reveal that motor
vehicle accidents caused 23,300
deaths; occupational accidents, 18,- j
000; and public accidents, exclus
ive of motor vehicles, 15,500. It is
noted that falls caused 27,000
deaths; burns, 9,600 and drownings,
7,500.
The average reader will not be I
impressed by these figures. Some- j
how all of us expect to escape injur
ies through accidents, regardless of
mathematics and personal careless-•
ness.
I
In the light of the sacrifices
made by our fighting men the na-;
tion's complaints over gasoline ra-'
tioning will make foolish reading in |
a few years.
One of th£se days the nation
will discover that it has a need for
men and women of character, not j
interested solely in money-grabbing.
Buying War Bonds helps stops
Japanese atrocities.
Good Americans are buying an
extra War Bond.
OUR DEMOCRACY— by Mat
cHis foresi^t,
fiis courage, inis
perseverance
are today and for
alftime to come,
an inspiration "to
alf who Gelieue in
and f i^fit for
democracy.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
FEBRUARY 22, 1732 - DECEMBER I7J799,
DISTANCE AND OBSTACLE
"The major obstacle in the Paci
fic is not so much the Japanese as
distance," declares Admiral Chester
W. Nimitz.
This statement ought to give
Americans a better understanding j
of the problems that have been ov- j
ercome to carry the war to the Japa- j
nese. The Pacific is a vast ocean, j
much larger than the Atlantic. When j
the war began we were far from the |
scene of action and had no bases
anywhere in the main theatre of op
erations.
Not only have we had to transport
men, material and ships enormous
| distances, under adverse conditions,
but we have had to build port facili
ties and set up installations to serve
the Army, Navy and Air Forces as
operating bases.
WORK AT ASHE TEST FARM
TO BEGIN ABOUT MARCH 1
West Jefferson. — Work on the
new mountain test farm in Ashe |
county probably will get under way j
about March 1 by the extension ser-'
vice of North Carolina State col-!
legt, it has been learned here.
The W. M. Transou farm, which j
was purchased the last week will be j
used as a state test farm devoted |
chiefly to beef cattlee, sheep and or- j
chard experiments.
According to initial plans for the !
425 ace farm, 250 acres will be de- j
voted to pasture; 100 to crops; 17 I
to orchard and the remainder to
timber.
Dean Co,lvard, a native of Ashe
county, will have supervision of this
farm as well as the other new test
farm to be established in Western
North Carolina. The two new units
will take the pace of the test farm
operated at Swannanoa for a numb
er of years. Most of the property
of this farm was sold to the federal
government for the site of the
Moore General hospital.
Mr. Colvard who graduated with i
honors from N. C. State college has j
been in charge of the Swannanoa [
test farm several years. I
WHO KNOWS?
1. What is the O. W. I.?
2. What is the distance to Tokyo
from the Marshall Islands?
3. Who is Nikola Vatutin?
4. How many tons of bombs
have been dropped on Berlin?
5. Estonia, set up after the first
World War, was carved out of the
territory of what country?
6. Would you expect Robert E.
Hannegan and Harrison E. Spangled
to work together?
7. What would a Navy man mean
by saying his ship had lost a lot of
braid?
8. What is the job of the path-!
finder group of the RAF?
9. How did Germany acquire j
the Marshall Islands?
10. What is the underground,
army? i
(See "The Answers" on Page 7) \
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The Army needs all kinds
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a chance for you—to improve
a skill you already have, or
learn one you'll find useful
all your life.
Today find out about the
opportunities that await you
in the WAC the important
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chance to serve your country
in a vital way.
Apply at the nearest U. S.
Army Recruiting Station
(your local post office will
give you the address.) Or
write: The Adjutant Gen
eral, Room 4415, Munitions
Building, Washington, D. C.
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