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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 Strictly in Advance MARION, N. C„ APRIL 27, 1944 ANOTHER WEEK AHEAD National Family Week, scheduled for May 7-14, joins the ever-expand ing list of special weeks that are to be observed by the American people. Certainly, it is highly proper for the churches and the public to em phasize the value of the family and the home and it is to be hoped that the observance of a special week will lead to greater appreciation of this institution. We sometimes doubt the useful ness of special programs, allocated on the calendar to advertise worth while projects. The energy and en thusiasm concentrated in a few days jnight accomplish more good if ex pended regularly throughout the year. This is not meant to criticize those who sponsor special occasions. Human nature is infinite in its var iety and, consequently, there must be many efforts if all persons are to be reached. The special weeks prob ably stir up some individuals. Cer tainly, they can hardly do harm. ACCIDENTS KILL PEOPLE It may be useful to tell you again ; that accidents have killed twice as many people in the United States as J the war since Pearl Harbor. The National Safety Council says j that accidents have reduced 350,000 ] war-time workers to industrial 4-Fs' with permanent disabilities. In ad dition, 102,000 workers have been killed and 9,500,000 injured. This is a terrible indictment of modern man and his carelessness. While some of the accidents were inevitable, the great majority of them could have been avoided by more intelligent action on the part of those killed and injured. The figures show that 61,000 per sons have been killed in ti-affic acci dents since Pearl Harbor and that gome 2,100,000 have been injured. Certainly, there is no necessity for j the death of approximately 2,000 persons a month in highway acci dents. These casualties provide un answerable argument for the string ent enforcement of traffic regula- j tions and the inexorable punishment ■of those guilty of endangering the lives of their fellowmen on the high- ] ways. SPEED IN THE AIR Even in this day of familiarity with speed in the air. it is amazing to read that the Lockheed Constell ation, a giant, four-engine transport plane, crossed the Continent from Burbank, California, to Washington, in six hours and fifty-eight minutes. This means an average speed of around 350 miles an hour and sets a new record for transcontinental aviation. The Constellation carried seventeen persons and had room for forty additional passengers with lux ury accommodations. Experts say that, as a troop transport, it can car ry 100 soldiers with full equipment. UP TO CONGRESS It is well known that pressure groups hold the lives of many Cong ressmen in their hands and that it is political suicide to oppose their de mands. This being the facts it might be well for Congress to consider steps to drive the lobyists out of the na tional capital. President Wilson did the job during the first World War and it is not too much to expect Congress to do it in 1944. Every citizen can, and should, contribute to the ' spiritual growth and development of McDowell coun ty, which is more important than many people think. The victory that beckons the United Nations depends upon the production of food, as well as muni tions, and our farmers will deliver the stuff as usual. Pulpwood continues to be a prime necessity of the war program and it is up to fanners to remember it. The Hot Bed Politics! j j§ .^Wlteik4 | BRITAIN'S WAR AGAINST JAPAN i Prime Minister Churchill, in his | recent radio address, pledged the I British Empire and Commonwealth I of Nations to "fight side by side with the United States against Ja pan, no matter what it costs or how long it lasts." No responsible British statesman omits the opportunity to reiterate this pledge which has been made upon numerous occasions in the past. Every time the statement is made, the news cqmes from Wash ingto that the "assurance" is "en couraging." Americans seem • to overlook the additional fact s t a t e d by Mr. Churchill, when he said, "Actually we have suffered from Japan injur ies even greater than those which have roused the armed wrath of the American Union." This is a truth apparent to any body who has a kindergarten know ledge of what has occurred in the Far East. If the British Govern ment, for any reason, should take such injuries from Japan without making war, the British Empire would come to an end in short ord er. WHAT MAKES IT EASY The national income of the people of the United States in 1943 has been estimated at $147,000,000,000 by the Department of Commerce. This is one-fifth larger than in 1942, double that of 1939 and four times the depression low of 1932. It is explained that three-fourths of the increase over 1942 is due to larger industrial wages and salaries, J Federal payrolls including the arm ed forces and farm income. With this national income the people find it easier to carry a much heavier tax schedule. The taxes of 1943 are severe but they would be impossible under the $40,000,000, 000 income of 1932. The average American should un derstand that the greater part of the increased national income re-! suits from the activity of govern ment, not free enterprise or individ ual initiative. They will likely wonder why the government can stimulate production, during war, without economic disaaster and be unable to accomplish the same end in years of peace. The welfare of the average citi zen depends very largely upon the ability of the American system to maintain a large national income, which will enable the people to bear heavy loads to take care of the na tional debt. ACCURATE BOMBING A party of newspaper writers, on a tour of our training camps, re veal that the Air Corps has "devel j oped bombing with the accuracy of | rifle fire and at almost the same (angle." This is interesting in view of the I great build-up that has been given I our pre-war bomb-sights, which are i said to be able to drop bombs from I high altitudes "into a barrel." The probability is that the accur acy of bombing has improved with practice just like anything else un dertaken by man. Moreover, the probability is that our Air Force, J undoubtedly as efficient as any in ithe world, has developed equipment and techniques that are equal to or | better than those available to other | nations. | There is much isolationist senti ment in the United States and it ! crops out at times, in the Congress, j where members make absurd state J ments. Let's make Marion such an at tractively friendly place in which to live that we won't have to hunt peo i pie to live here. | Plant a Victory Garden, even if you fail to get half of what the seed .catalogue lead you to expect. COCKROACHES KILLED BY SODIUM FLUORIDE j Sodium fluoride has been recom | mended for cockroach control for I many years and is still the most ef fective material available for this purpose, says J. Myron Maxwell, Extension entomologist at N. C. State College. The effectiveness of the sodium fluoride treatment depends upon the method of application. Maxwell re commends that the powder be dust- j ed very thinly over the surfaces ] where the cockroaches may run j through it. The pests lick the mate-, rial which sticks to their feet and ; thus they are poisoned. If the i powder is left in piles, the cock roach will avoid walking through it. j A small garden duster may be us- j ed for applying sodium floride. If. a duster is not available, Maxwell recommends that about M teacupful i of powder be placed in the center of a piece of cloth about 12 by 18 inch es. Sift the powder through a j cloth by striking with a stick. The powder should be applied around baseboards, under the kitch-. en sink, and on cabinet shelves. It is f not effective when applied to wet j surfaces. The material acts rather slowly but in about five days many j dead cockroaches should be found, i "Sodium fluoride is poisonous,' but there is little or no danger of the cockroaches carrying sufficient j sodium fluoride to any food product j to be harmful for human consump-; tion. It should not be sifted directs j ly on any food product which is to ; be eaten," Maxwell says. j i CHERRY OUTLINES 20-PLANK PLATFORM Raleigh, April 21.—Gregg Cherry! a candidate for the Democratic j gubernatorial nomination, has out- ! lined a 20-plank campaign platform. And high on the list is a state-j planned program for medical care and hospitalization, with special pro- i visions for care of school children.; Cherry's platform also emphasizes j adequate state provision for educa- j tion and vocational training of re-1 turned war veterans, and a post-1 war construction program to sup port the rehabilitation program. The candidate said that the neg lect of health in the young people has caused a grevious loss in the state's manpower. One of these days the world may be peopled with folks who always do right, but we're afraid we won't live to see it. 1 Over the top in Italy! One more I ridge, one more mile on the road i to Berlin. | As in victorious military cam i paigns, people on the home front i must sacrifice to provide all the sinews of war. One of these is the ' regular purchase of War Bonds. U. 5". Treasury Department TO BUY SURPLUS WHITE POTATOES IN W. N. C. Raleigh, April 22. — Randall B. Etheridge, chief of the marketing division of the state department of agriculture, announces that a large surplus of Irish potatoes exists in Western North Carolina. He said that the Commodity Credit Corpora tion will purchase almost four mil lion pounds of these potatoes in the next few weeks to alleviate the sur plus. Etheridge says the total purchase will amount to 79 carloads of U. S. No. 1 grade potatoes at $2.20 a hundred pounds. The sale will bring a return of more than $75,000 to potato growers in the area. Guy W. Capps of Creeds, Va., will be in charge of the purchasing pro gram for the CCC. Four state de partment of agriculture inspectors will be on hand to assist the grow ers in grading, packing, inspecting and loading the crop. The people of McDowell County deserve commendation for their sup port of the Red Cross but one con tribution is not the individual's share in this war. Chaplains are not provided on U. S. war ships smaller than heavy cruisers. Cherry-For-Governor To My Friends: No doubt you are familiar with the fact that R. Gregg Cherry of Gastonia is a candidate for Gover nor of North Carolina, subject to the Democratic primary, May 27th. I was bojn and reared in McDow ell county, but have lived in Gaston county for tne past 27 years. Dur ing my residence here I have known R. Gregg Cherry and I consider it a privilege to recommend him to you. I can attest to the fact that he is a i good citizen, a successful business j man, an able legislator and, in fact,, he possesses the qualifications neces sary to make us a good governor. : Through his experience as a legisla- j tor in Raleigh for the past s<jven terms Gregg has intimate know ledge of the affairs of the state and will, I believe, when elected con-! tinue to practice good business in I government. He is a man who can | be trusted to give us a just, impar- j tial and honest administration of the affairs of the state. I consider it a j duty to my state and my friends to do anything I can to assist him in ' winning the nomination. During the first World war R. j Gregg Cherry saw active service in | France as captain in the 115th ma-, chine gun battalion, 30th division.; By reason of his work with the j American Legion and veterans since that time, he is able to lead the ( State in the solution of service men and women's problems when they come home. i Gaston county is backing Gregg Cherry to the limit and I can vouch for the fact that his training, ex-1 perience and qualifications merit your confidence and support, so I seek your vote for CHERRY-FOR- i GOVERNOR. Yours very truly, W. P. GILLIAM, ! Adv. Gastonia, N. C. j Save Food! Save Points! <TAj.1 *e<4 CANAAN! Apply NOW t* your Ration Board for th« extra sugar allotted you, $o that you can can as much of this season's fruit and ber ry crop as possiblt. Let Us Help You Own Your Home . . . We can lend you money to protect and conserve your home by making needed re pairs, buying homes, refinancing homes. Loans available immediately. 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