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.,^1 .r1 4'. V THURSDAY. SEPT. 11th, 19^ ^ER THERE, AS HERE^ THE COMPANIES ARE PRUDENTLY GEARED TO WITHSTAND PANICS. EPIDEMICS [In BRITAIN, despite THE WAR, THE COMPANIES SHOW AN ACTUAL /2 MONTHS tNCREASE. IN ASSETS, PREMIUM i tNCOME AND PAYMENT TO POUCY HOLDERS. A TAR HEEL IN NEW YORK By BOB COVINGTON There were four of us sitting at the table in the restaurant and when you have to work all weekend, there’s nothing like a good argument at lunch on Saturday to ease the tension. We had just seen the headlines about some unknown submarine letting slip a torpedo in the general direction of an American destroyer. Two of us were saying that it pould have been a British torpedo calculated to get the U. S. into a shooting war. Two of us contended the British wouldn’t do it. Tom said, “You kno%, if the British wanted to do it, they could get us into the war that way. Why couldn’t they take a Messerschmidt they’d brought down over England and some how it landed in fair ccmdition, patch it up, get a couple of suicide minded R. A. F. pilots, fly over to Iceland and drop maybe twenty or thirty bombs? These pilots could be Eng lish boys who had lived or studied in Germany, they’d have German uniforms from the skin out, they’d have German papers, so if the plane landed they’d be taken for German pilots. Everything could be planned so that the Americans would think the Germans had bombed our men in Iceland, America would be in the war and everybody would be happy.” “It couldn’t be done” said Dick downing a large forkful of savory ham loaf with mushrooms in cream dressing. “Suppose the plane was brought down and not burned up. Don’t you think they could tell that it was a German plane patched up in England. Experts could probably tell the original German metal and fabric from the English repair metals and fabric.” Tom was really warming up to an argument which is his favorite In door or outdoor sport. “These Eng lish fighters, posing as Nazis could make sure the plane was burned or blown to bits. They could have dynamite or a bomlj in the plane to b«’ set off .if they saw they were Alcohol’s plan of assault on man kind may easily have been the prim er in which Hitler learned blitz krieg methods! , It isn’t far-fetched to compare Hit ler’s attacks on civilization with liq uor’s all-out fight against the indi vidual or the nationj in the opinion of such social welfare groups as the W.C.T.U. The Nazis’ propaganda divides’ the ranks of- opponents, the Fifth Col umn weakens them and wms them over, then the shock troops move ih to smash re sistance — and seize another na tion. Wine is liquor’s propaganda army. With mil lions to spend and cafe society as its mouthpiece it se duces with talk of moderation and enthralls with promises of “sparkling” fun. Disclaiming any connections with liquor’s other ar mies, it uses its high alcoholic con tent to enslave those it contacts. Wine is high on the list of causes for the high enrollment of alcoholics in mental hospitals. Beer is the true Fifth Column. It’s a hard core of alcohol camou flaged with suds—and fools a lot of people. “Why, I’m just a soft drink,” it tells the boys and girls. “Drink beer and you can have fim without paying a price.” Those who live near taverns, the records of ju venile, traffic, and criminal courts all show that 3.2 beer will intoxi cate but beer is so slick that even tongue - in - cheek lawmakers have ruled it officially noii-intoxicating. Wine and beer do their work. They win the ad dicts, students of temperance 'de clare, then come the dive bombers, the shock troops, the heavy tanks-^such as whisky, gin, and rum. There’s nothing se cret about this army, it just moves in and takes over. No matter what its disguise, any liquor is just another alcoholic bev erage and a division of the liquor traffic, interested solely in proflte Cotton Fanners To Get New U. S. Test Service North Carolina cotton growers are getting “another good break” in the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s cotton testing service, designed to improve the quality of Southern cotton, says Tom Cornwell, Cleveland County cotton farmer and member of the state AAA committee. The Cotton Service Testing Act, passed by the 77th Congress last April, provides that the department’ shall begin immediately a program of testing the various qualities of fibers and yams submitted by farmer grower and breeders of co^n. Fees for the tests, which will be Conducted at Clemson College, S. C., Texas A and M, and in Washington, D. C., will range from 20 cents per sample for fiber length analyses to $40 for a complete fiber-yarn spinning test of material submitted. The service is scheduled to begin immediately but necessary prepara tions for the new work may cause some delay in full-schedule opera tions, Mr. Cornwell says. In the past cotton breeders have had little or no information of a technical nature'€ relating to the quality of the cottons they have developed. Years of commerical use have been required in the past to show definitely whether the cot tons had qualities asked for by manu facturers. The new testing service will be set up to give growers and breeders the desired information quickly through the use of small samples of lint. The service also is expected to be open to cotton mills for testing, yarns in the future. Several mills already have asked permission to subjnit cotton samples, the AAA itteeman adds. jorrected as arms output increases. Troops are getting more and better equipment and by next year many divifflons should possess,' everything that is needed for modem battle. 4. Most general casse of comp laint, say many, is the pay given the soldiers. Conscripts get $21 a month for the first three months, and $30 thereafter. Under a new congressional bill, pay at the end of year’s service will advance to $40. Tl^t amounts to next tft nothing. The soldiers must pay for Haircuts, razor blades, clothes pressing, etc. By the time necessary expenses are met, there is little left for recreation or even the simplest luxuries of life. As a result, soldiers have an- extremely difficult time find ing amusement. The cost of giving the privates a fair wage—$50 to $75 a month—would amount to relatively little, in the light of the gigantic costs the defense program involves. It is probable that laws to substantially raise the Army’s wages will be in troduced in Congress. 5. Tied in with inadequate pay is the lack of organized recreational facilities. Many major Army camps are located in areas where there are few communities. 'The United Ser-i vice Organizations (USO) has raised considerable money through public subscription, but the total produced is far from being sufficient to provide amusement on anything near the desired scale. All the reporters who have investigated Army conditions, tell of finding groups of soldiers loit ering on street corners on their evenings off, broke, and with nothing to do. It should be emphasized, in the interest of fairness, that a high pro portion of the Army’s enlisted per sonnel has excellent morale. Further, in the Navy, air corps and marine corps there is no morale problem CO “No Subterlage Here” f oing^ ^ -TOUght destroy the) aifd,p^t.;,atiqnal weUjbdmg, the WX. evidence.' “Arid themselves too?” “Spre.- They could get a couple of boys to, do it After all, they say the actual fighting life of an R. A. F. pilot is an hour and forty-five minutes.” “Why couldn’t the Americans exa mine the bomb fragments and see they were English?” “They’d use German bombs. They’ve got plenty of German duds that are duds on account of faulty fuses. They could put new fuses in ’em.” “English fuses? Suppose the plane came down with unexploded bombs, German bombs with English fuses? Aw, Tom you.can’t argue with me that the English would do a thing like that. There are too many ways it could be discovered and the Eng lish have too much to lose if it were discovered. Leaving out the prin ciple of the thing. It’s too crazy.” “Well, the English probablv wouldn’t do it, I grant you” said Tom. But don’t tell me anything is too crazy for this war. What about the Number Three Nazi flying to Eng land? You haven’t explained that yet.” T.U. points out. The above article is printed vrith- ont charge at the request of local per sons who contributed the costs of plate manufacture.—Editor. UPHOLSTERING - - REFINISHING MARTIN’S DIAL 3611-9 P. O. Box 482 Fayetteville, N. C. W. M. MARTIN whatsoever, as these branches of the fighting forces have no conscripts.^,, Most of the conscripts h^e,'gone,; into the infantry, and it is flfcre toat. the morale problem exis^pfcopress. is being made in bettering the lot of the men, but it looks as if a deal more mu^ be done if the largest peace-time American Army in oim history is to have the morale that is essential to an A-1 fighting force. A short time ago, in fee beautiful, historic French town of Fountain- bleau, squads of workmen went to work on a wrecking job. That job involved the tearing down of two huge statues. One statue was of a great Frenchman who had fought for democracy—Marshal Lafayette. The other statue was of a great American who led a victorious dem ocratic army—General John J. Per shing. ... There is a tragic symbolism in this. For it indicates how completely France has deserted the democratic way of life, and embraced the doctrines of the total state as laid down and enforced y Hitler.. It is generally felt that the great bulk of the French people hate» Hitler, and pray for allied victory. But, so long as the present Vichy government exists, there seems no other course than to regard modern France as an ally of Germany. The hope feat General Weygand^ would eventually refuse to use hii.^1 great African army to help the Ger- | [ mans is, in the view of most experts, futile. The recent appointment, of Admiral Darlan as head of French defense shows the way- fee wind blows. Darlan is anti-democratic, and pro-Nazi. It will not come as any great surprise if the French fleet is iiji time placed at Hitler’s disposal. RENEW TOUR SUBSCRIPTION! MILK Frank Randolph of the Little Rock township in Mitchell County sold milk from five cows over a 15-day period ending August 1 for a net profit of $52.09. The milk was pro duced entirely on pasture. I SELL The News and Observer The Charlotte Observer Curtis Publications • -AND- Stark Bros. Nursery Firalt Trees and Onuunentals iloBvemery and Moore coan- if orchardisto testify tliejr nave net nined a crop of jtmlt tiBce dieir Stark trees %eean bearing. SCOTT POOLE ■ Merit Examinations To Be Conducted By Merit System Council Applications for merit examina tions for clerical positions in fee County Welfare Departments, Local Health Units, State Board of Health, the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, State Commissirai for The Blind, and Unemployment Comp ensation must be mailed by Septem ber 15th to Dr. Frank T. de Vyver, Merit System Supervisor, Durham, North Carolina. The positions have been divided into fee following series: General Clerical, Stenographic Clerical Steno- type. File Clerk, Calculating Machine, Bookkeeping Machine, Addresso- graph, and Tabulating Machine. Sa laries range from $600 to $2,110. Applications may compete for posi tions in more than one series, but a separate application must be filed lor each series. The time and place of the examination will be announced when applicants receive cards ad mitting feem to fee tests. Notices have been posted is Hoke County Office Building 'and Post Office. CONSTIPATED? PRUNOL tastes 0000 ACTS EASILY Pninel has an old-fashioned “prune whip” taste which children and adults like. Scientifically pre pared from mineral oU, phenolph- thalein and prune juice, Prunel produces comfortable elimination —410 S'ipios or irritation. 'Cuaran- taed to satisfy or your money re funded. In 60c or $1.00 sizes. Spld and guarcr.SccJ by Reaves Drug Store, Raeford, N. C. ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS According to a number of res ponsible authorities, there is a de finite morale problem in the American Army. Such magazines as Life have sent qualified reporters into Army camps and they have returned to ■v^rite that a substantial percentage of the conscripts now under arms don’t like fee Army and are eager to get out of it. It is inevitebl^ than , when hund reds of thousands of men are drafted, a portion of feem will remain per- manenty dissatisfied. However, the reporters state that at fee present time there is a comparatively low state of morale among many men who entered the service in the expecta tion of benefiting from it and enjoying it. The principal causes of unrest are these: 1. There is a lack of martial spirit, due to the fact that we are not at wqp, and our emotions have not been stirred to the boiling point. As Ernest Lindley puts it, “It is like trying to infuse morale into a football team that has no games sche duled.” Unless we actually go to war, this phase of the morale problem will probably remain unsolved. 2. Many conscript soldiers lack confidence in their officers. The Army has on its roles many officers who have no concept of modem war fare, and who have little capacity for leadership or for instilling res pect and admiration in fee men they command. The General Staff, headed by energetic General Marshall, is said to recognize this, and is grad ually weeding out incompetents in the commissioned personnel.' 3. Lack of adequate weapons and other materials has been a sore point. Conscripts couldn’t make sense out of maneuver in which broom sticks were used for cannons, cans for shells, and in which ancient trucks were painted, “Tank.” Now, however, this deficiency is being MEBANEaRoy;^ KINGSDOWiv RAEFORD FURNITURE COMPANY EXCLUSIVE DEALERS RAEFORD, N. C. Land Posted Notices WOOD With the rising price of coal and fuel oil fee market for more wood in Durham County is expected to be unusually good this year, says James L. 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