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It- He News-Joomal Hm btele of FmI DMsod KAEPOKD, N. C, SLM pw (iB Aivaace) bi Memoriam PAUL DICKSON 188S • 1935 Nsttoml AdvertisiiiK Bepresentattvo WOODTABB ASSOCIATES New dtp as second-class mail matter at ttie post office at Raeford, N. C, under act of March 3, 1870. BETTER THAN OUR BEST. The young man Aext door went away to camp today. For a long time he and his family had been helping the Red Cross, saving war materials and waste paper, and putting every available cent into defense stamps. But that was not enough for him; not when he knew that other men were enduring greater hardships, were toiling and fighting and perhaps dy ing for him and for others like him who had not yet done everything that they could. His rank is private and his name is already legion. Will he be a good soldier? As good a soldier as those cast in the mold of the^Axis machine? There will be this difference: He will not only do what is expected of him, but always more than is asked; and in hours of crisis, when even a man’s best may not be enough, he will do more than that too, more, perhaps, than appears humanly possible. He has been at Wake Island with MacArthur, on the sea and in the air. For us at home he is an as surance of what must surely come to pass, but he is also a chSllenge that those who must back him up cannot fail to meet with even better than their supposed best. — Christian Science Monitor. MAINTAINING A FREE PRESS. your weddy papa:, on whose support in turn these organizations and insti tutions depoid for their very life. This is worthy of deep thought The high degree of effectiveness of this community as an active and de fense-minded unit working for a vic tory again^ the dictatorships would be greatly affected by the loss of this medium of dissemination of news of your activities. THE HOME FRONT. ' Just because Axis warplanes have not yet raided American cities, don’t make the mistake of thinking the Axis is ignoring our home front. Remember the Axis method — divide and conquer? Night and day, Joe Goebbel’s radio-ranters have been telling us'the British were try ing to get us to fight their war. meanwhile, they were telling the British we were trying to steal their markets and make Washington the capital of the world. How success ful they have been in selling their wares? Well, the measure of their success lies in the amoiSnt of sus picion, grumbling and mistrust which they can produce among the United Nations. Instead of falling victim to such obvious propaganda, let’s inject into our conversations some of the facts and figures about our war program. Instead of fuming about what the British are doing, or not doing, in Burma or Libya, let’s keep posted on what we, as civilians, can do to help America reach her maximum war effort. Economic Highlights Few men have any precise know ledge of the extent of American arms production today. And none can or will describe it except in general terms. Facts and figures which could be of any service whatsoever to the enemy are not released or published. It is to the credit of the American press that it has accepted and made workable a “voluntary censorship” system which keeps the American people the. best informed an the world, and still makes public noth ing which could be used to advantage by the intelligence and espionage services of the Axis powers. But non-statistical reports are be ing printed, written by men wfio have been permitted to see what in dustry is doing for the war effort. At long last, those reports are be coming encouraging. This country is, of course, still far away from the goal of maximum war production. But it is approaching that goal, and in some instances' schedules are be ing exceeded. Industry, big and lit tle. is making the complex change from peace-production to war-pro duction with far greater clerity and economy of motion than many ex pected. And in Washington, Defense Head Donald Nelson is making use of the unprecedented powers recently Ne;v Army Meal Ticket Good News for Restaurant Owners j A Ll««1ra Afid tnailB What may prove a bV m to restauraiit owners is the Army’s new practice of issuing m tickets instead of eaidi to soldiers for the purchase of meals while traveling. These tickets allow a s^dier to spend a maximum of 75 cents a meal in restaurants and 3i a meal in railroad dining cars—rin many ihstames more than he would spend if he were paying cash. The tickets (one of which is reproduced helow) are slightly larger than a currency note, are white and must be filled out by the issuing officer. When a restaurant operator receives one in tender Siuiiie. o«e«c th. po.* ta>m “SSr lh« *1»“ a„ m»i ad*..«. md^ t " immediate attention once. Now that the United States is at war, ® meal tickets wiU he used. Restaurant wil^ the task of feeding the soldiers will acquaint toemselves meal tickets and be prepared to honor them. m new TUi lictcr ikMiM S* arafItS yitm I is Gca *1 «uh kf CMWMW » I- .kw,. - Wi- ^ Ofcw. ^ (Sieb.) (MM Wrestwi — N^M.T. UNITED STATES ARMY MEAL TICKET fi074|l1 (Cowl for OOd‘tWX .„QQM^.Eca±.j:hurcliait41afeaiaa ^ Any concern (or person) serving meals to the public, on presentstioa rf tut request, tiqw by the lisuiiig Officer, is authorized to furnish ..JPXlct..and i Iq enlisted men of the Army ca route from .{el..OKtird8LLfis..AlSI2dlBB.......— to..CJElSato.,j^Or.g3La .„_,with.3..mp^iloeortilstflee: "' ^ M nilmd lraiu,titd not lo eieted 75t eltooitre. Ippropialioo }P T. R. Nos. 3693391.—, issued for transporUtion.^ajL.iLJMr.C-fr, br"* ? I c-rtify that ..3.... meaI(s){JJjJfumished by ..Unlt£d.llIatiQllS.JCa£e S g at ..Up.t«.QaYillR,..Alahana Jlehiagg^ ^ at a total cost of $..?.• 19.——.... — W. D. Q. M. C. Form No. 4«S yorm apptovaa by Comptroller Ooneral, V. & January 13.1941 I ro ih- Int THIS ME»L nCKET SHMl. BE USED FOB THE PROOmEMENT OP POOD AND NONAW^UC BEVERAGES ONUT (Uso typowritar, taka or tndoUbU prndl only to 6U In thl# tickot) Soldier’s Meal Ticket • • # Take,.a Good Look At It, Mr. Restaurant Man Business houses, industrial institu tions and plain John and Kate Citi zen should consider the words of Albert S. Johnson, president of the, . ... j . j Southern Gas Union System, before S»ven him to weed out bureau heads cutting their advertising and printing f^o threatened to appropriations out of their operation I smother the defense drive in red- budgets. Mr. Johnson stated last week: “The , ^he main empha^s is.on airplanes most serious mistake industry could ^ime writes, “The world has not make would be to curtail or eUminate P®* seen, felt nor imagined the full newspaper advertising . . . news- *"*8?!* What papers mbre than ever need the sup- Gerinans did with plaries in con- port of our advertising program. Quering Europe is regarded as mere- Their advertising revenue is dropping I the beginning. Ships of almost off sharply, and I think we wiU fire.power and load well advised to do whatever we can I capacity are planned. Today the to keep the press from being seriously |i.»feest_a^irplane_engine in^actua^l_^^^ crippled. “We have a free press in this na tion only because the newspapers, thanks to our advertising, are able to operate wifliout governmental or par tisan subsidy,” he said. “We shall have a free pres^ only as long as this condition continues. And in this war period the press has an impor- "If ersky said: “Research is. proceeding successfully on airplane engines that develop as much as 8,000 horsepow er! .. . '. The super bombers of to morrow will fly from 50 to 100 tons of explosives . . . ; A thousand such craft will accomplish as much de struction in a single action as Ger many has been able to score in six months of continuous bombings , . . . At least 200 Coventries could be de stroyed.” * In the meantime, this country is building planes which reliable experts say are unsurpassed anywhere. The war has made it plain that the bomber is the most effective offensive wea pon any nation can use, if it is ade quately supported with sea and land power. The United States ahrplane production schedule involves a very high proportion of giant four-engine ships of the Flying Fortress and Con solidated B-24 types. It is those ships which the Dutch have used so “It has already been established that in building the heavy bombers with which air power strikes, the U. S. is far and away ahead of the rest of the world.” And the rest of the world combined cannot equal our potential bomber production capacity. > The grave disasters we and our Al lies. have suffered in the Pacific can be laid to but one ^ing: lack of sup plied and equipment, and a terrible inferiority in airpower. In the Phil ippines and Malayan campaigns Jap an’s control of the air has been al most unquestioned. Mere handfuls of ^ Allied planes have gone into action against veritable swarms of enemy planes. The Allied pilots and ships have given a magnificient account of themselves, but in the long run the very weight of numbers wins the day. That is what we are working for now—to gain for ourselves and the United Nations the vital weight of effectively to harry and destroy Jap- numbers—in planes, in ships, in guns anese shipping and military concen-; eryone who has actually seen action trations. To quote Time once again, ‘—^which^is essential to victory. Ev- duction has an output of 2,200 horse power. Designers say that such en gines will seem almost tiny by com parison with ggantic ones of the fu ture. Writing some months ago in the Atlantic Monthly, Major de Sev- WART ADS izens to the seriousness of the war and the need for personal sacrifice by all. If we want to win this war.” Johnson asserted, “the press must continue to publish the news so vit ally needed by the public.” These statements are as true of the country weeklies as they are of the big city papers. Perhaps more so, for the small papers are freer of any type of control than any other publi cation Too, the country press reaches the solid citizenry of this nation in a way that the larger papets cannot hope to cover them. Without the influence of the couatry papers defense activi ties. such as Red Cross Drives, USO also peas, top prices paid. Clarence Lyteh. tf BABY CHICKS—BARRED ROCKS New Hampshire Reds and Rock Red Crosses from blood-tested flocks. / Also good quality tobacco plant bed cloth 4 l-2c per yard, limited to 300 yards to customer. Franklinville Hatchery, Franklin' viUe, N. C. 36-S9-C FOR SALE — DIRECT SALE OF pianos from factory. Hardman and Peck; Starr; Jesse Fkcnch; Baldwin. Special prices to churches, schooto, mnsic teadbers. See or write W. H. Ivey ai Rae- . , ford Furniture Co., or box-481. Caiqpaigns, Local Civilian Pefunse I (35.3g.Q) programs, and even the Defense Sav- [ FASHION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN YOUR DEFEHSE PROGR AM.... Choose lasting fashions of good quality from our store. NEW THINGS ARRIVING DAILY FOR WOMEN in thjs war reports that the Jap planes are slower, frailer, poorer- armed than^ours. The British report that, plane for plane, they have no doubt of the R. A. F.’s ability to outdo Germany’s Luftwaffe. The task is simply to produce enough equipment and transport it to the fighting fronts, to overcome the great .numerical su premacy the enemy possesses. That will not be»done in a hurry. Churchill has said at least another year must pass before it will be pos sible for the Allies to effectively take the offensive. Other authorities plan on a three to five-year war. It will be hard and costly to regain positions the enemy has seized—in the Far East, in Europe, in Africa. The fac tories of America have been given a production job which is unprecedent ed in world history. They have a cepted that job without reservatiol WE ARE STILL ABLE TO MAKE prompt deliveries. Our trucks are at your service. If not convenient to visit our store call us tor your needs—2171. — Raeford Furniture Company. * ’ Political Announcement NOTICE I wish to announce that in the coming primary I will be a candi date for the position’ of Court of Hoke County. Clerk of ROLAND COVINGTON. ings Stamps and Bonds campaigns IFOR SALE—Baby Chidts. Up- would fall far short of their goals. I church Milling and Storage Co. Hoke county has been an outstand- [ ing example of tins power of a coun- j WANTED; WHITE BAGS WiT'UOVT ty paper, in inaugurating the “Scrap I BUTTONS. 5 CENTS PER LB. the Japs with Scrap” campaign which I THE N^WS-JOURNAL (IFITCE. is sweeping the nation. Without the I ■ . assistance of your county paper, thisiREUABLE PERSON WANTED: Stjdish Togs For The Chilidren campaign would prdiably have fallen far below the 1,000,000 pounds of scrap iron collected in Hdke. The weekly papers are supported both through your advertising- and through the job printing which done in their shops. Already they have lost much revenue from the re- stricthms placed upon the automo bile, tire, refrigeration and radio in dustries. Other national advertls- 'ing wUl be lost as industries convert from civilian to defense products. The loss at this revenue has already caused a number of papers of .the coua^ to suspend publication for the duration. The loss of experienc ed help has made it necessary for flthen to close. Should the local buiin— houses, industries, religious dvie institutions ramove their ttoiu the local paper and r 4t JPi/El raiiilt in the loss of Steady Woik - Good Pay to call on fanners In H^e Coant|k''No ex perience or capital required. Some making flM.(Hl In a week. Write McNESS CO., Candler Bldg., Balti. more, Md. IFOR SALE — GOOD SEED OATS and Stump Ligfatwood.—4/larencc Lyteh. 38-48-c JUST ARRIVED SEED IRISH PO- TATOES AND OTHER GARDEN SEED.—THE JOHNSON CO. FOR RENT—T. B. LESTER, Jr.’s, brick home, heat and aU other conveniences. Has been renovated, furnace greatly improved and can now be had at a very reasonable price. Both electric refrigerator and electric range furnished if de sired. Call T. B. Lester or Inquire at NewB-JoHrnal. Ite Suite For The Well Dressed Man MANY OTHER ITEMS FOR SPRING Hate, Shoes, Hosiery Having been on the New York Market in. , person I was able to get the best values ‘9 and I can share the savings with you. Come In and See For Yourself ISRAEL MANN ti Where Price and Quality MeeP* Make Your Tires LAST! HERE’S HOW WE WILL HELP YOU GET MORE MILEAGE Switch Wheels Every 5,000 Miles. Don’t let your spaLre go to waste. We will change your tires the way they should be changed. The charge is small compared to the addi tional mileage. ’Keep Tires Properly Inflated. ^Our air standards are checked for accuracy. Let us check your tires at least once a week. We Also Carry a Complete Line of— Mufflers, Tailpipes, Seat Covers, Spark Plugs, Oil Filters, Fan Belts, Aeeessories of All Kinds. Too, Don*t Forget Your Battery.—It is just as important as your tires. We have a large stock of Batteries, Cables, etc., on hand now. Have yours inspected now. Esso DEALEH CARE SAVES WEAR MCDONALD'S ESSO STATION 4B Washing — Polishing — . Greasing Telephone 5411 Raeford, N. C. * I I* M I
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