HITLER
and the
DEVIL
Hitler arul the Devil met upon
a hill:
Said Hitler to the Devil,
‘T in going to make a great big
kill.
This world needs a man—
A man of my type
To keep it moving
And moving just right.
I want you for a partner,
One that 1 can trust
We’ll set up a new Kingdom
That no one will bust.
Vou have been too merciful
To both Black and White;
It will make you shudder
When I display my might.”
The Devil 'did not answer.
For it made him sad
To think that anyone coul d
Could be quite so bad.
‘‘I’ve tackled many jobs, both
great and small,
But a dream like this I can t re
call.
A partner in this I will not be,
For you will land in the bottom
of the sea.”
“Get out if my way.
For to oppose me does not pay.”
The Dev'il said, “Have your way.
Sir.
Your race you must run;
To set up your kingdom
Won't be any fun."
“111 first get the Czech
And next will be the Foie.
These are my first victims
In reaching my goal.
I'll offer my appeasement
To France and John Bull
To this they will agree
T’will give me another pull
My promise to them I failed to
keep,
So they did oppose
My harvest to reap.
The tight was hard;
The trail was bloody;
To my rescue there came
Mussolini, my buddy.
His heart was greedy;
•His conscience was black;
And with a sudden stroke
He knifed France in the back."
To all of this did Hitler O. K.,
‘‘I’ll see to it that you get good
pay."
To all of this. Uncle Sam did
But Hitler called him just a great
big clown.
Says “Mr. Sam. my dear little
sonny,
You won't tight, for it will cost
you money '
But courage in Sammy he failed
On land, in the sky, and on the
To meet this threat the Jap he
CANADA'S "WAR HARVEST"
1 ; l
THIS year's Canadian grain har
vest was the largest la the
country's entire agricultural his
tory Stx hundred and fifteen mil
lion bushels of wheat were reaped
from the great western plains and
the farms of eastern Canada. „
The record-breaking harvest
caught Canada at a time when
heavy demands of the fighting
forces and war Industry had
created an acute shortage «f man
power on the farms.
The patriotic spirit and ingenu
ity of the farmers came to the
rescue, however, and the harvest
was quite successful. People left
the towns and went to the country
to help with the harvest on week
ends and holidays. Partners shared
their equipment and planned their
work In an orderly and co-operative
way Old-tiraers and youngsters
toiled side by side. The sight of a
twelve-year-old driving a tractor
was not an unusual one. Women
worked beside the men.
As a result of this combined
effort, the storage bins of the na
tion are now filled to overflowing
and the surplus grain has been
stored in temporary buildings.
This was not the flr6t time that the
wheat fields of the country had in
creased production to fulfill the
needs of war. During the last war
Canada also experienced a record
harvest. Just as the methods of
warfare have changed between this
did seek.
And upon Pearl Harbor he did
sneak.
And to Satan this gave such an
awful smell
He dived right back to the bot
tom of Hell.
•‘X'» more a partner of you I’ll
be.
And to the bottomless pit I'll
give you the key
You’ve made me ashamed;
You’ve saddened my heart.
So good-bye, Mr. Hitler,
Forever we will part.’’
",V. W. Dickson
Silas Creek, N. C. '
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conflict and the last, so have the
methods of harvesting. In the
upper photo the modern “mecha
nized forces’’ are shown at work
on the prairies.
As fast as the heavily burdened
shipping of the United Nations can
handle it, Canada is pouring the
food from her granaries into tin
storage bins of her allies. Th
finished product, in the form o
flour, is also going abroad Scene
such as the one shown in the lowo
photo are bning duplicated a
Canadian ports on both the Atlar
tic and Pacific coasts
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Assure Farmers
Egg Prices
Raleigh, (’., Feb. 10- "'in
ers will be assured 34 cei.' - per
dozen for best egg's by the Food
Distribution Administration un
til further notice in order to as
sure fair prices during thv flush,
egg season, (1 Hillman .Moody,
state supervisor of FDA, s..ul to-[
nght.
Starting this week, and con j
tinning as long as necessary, FDA
will buy fresh eggs in lots as
small as 10 cases at prices of 34
cents at, Raleigh and Asheville
for Grade “A" large eggs; Grade
“li". 32 cents; and Grade
20 cents. Medium prices will be
Twenty three official buying
stations have been contracted
with to be named soon. Moody
said. Local buying stations are
now located in Raleigh. Oxford.
Henderson. Warrenton, Creed
Navy Needs More
Lubricators For Work
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 10—Admin
istrators to lubricate the gears
of stalled civilian government ma
chinery in newly occupied coun
ties are needed by the United
States Navy.
Knowledge of customs, lan
guage, and character of the peo
ple in the areas of the Far East
and Southeast Asia is esseneial,
''apt. M. C. Robertson, Director
■ Naval Officer Procurment for
the Sixth NaVal District, said.
Vvnnyjence in these areas sho
uht include knowledge of busi
ness. shipping, transportation or
engineering but educational ex
perience with state and federal
governments, university adminis
: inters, or college and university
teachers in the fields of geo
graphy, economics or interna
tional relations may be accepted.
Those who meet the Navy's
qualifications for these important
positions. Captain Robertson
said, will undergo an intensive
14-month training course at Dart
mouth College and Columbia Uni
versity after which they will be
assigned to duty on the staffs of
military or naval authorities in
foreign countries occupied by the
United States.
The Navy is training these
men to serve as administrators in
those countries freed by the es
tablishment of new fronts. They
will stop ashore behind the Navy's
landing boats after a country or
island has been reduced by the
Navy’s guns, and will begin set
ting things in order.
Trained men, picked for the
job will quiet the ciyilian popu
lation. They will turn to our use
such plants as are adapted to con
version. They will take ov'er
power plants and public utilities,
reestablish riddlfcd communica
tion lines, care for suddenly freed
prisoners and route them back to
their homes; clear away health
menaces, and start the economy
of the nation moving again.
Age limits are 29 to 45 and
candidates should meet the basic
physical and educational require
ments for appointment in the U.
S. Naval Reserve. Full informa
tion may be obtained at Offices
of Naval Officer Procurment in
Atlanta. Ga., Raleigh, N C . Col
umbia, S. C., Charleston, S C.,
and Jacksonville, Fla.
more. Wake Forest. Asheville,
Fletcher. Hendersonbille. Fortst
City. Morganton. Canton, Way
nesville. Rutherfordton, Sylva.
Franklin. Marion, Murphy. Bre
vard Lenoir. Bryson City, Burns
ville, and Spruce Pine.
Dealers cooperating: in this
program may sell the eggs to
army camps, defense plants and
local trade, hut in any event FDA
stands ready to buy eggs at the
announced ! rice, plus four cents
per dozen for handling, Moody
Dine at the Ritz Cafe.
You are welcome and
the food is good.
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WILLIAM POWELL & HEDY LAMARR IN “CROSSROADS”
-MORE AfcOUT
‘SCHOOL AT WAR’
(Continued from page D
property to prevent buying new.
We have been saving our crayons,
pencile, paste and paper so that
we will not have to buy new.
We have been writing on both
sides of our paper to save it. \V e
have tried not to bteak our cray
ons so that we wont have to buy
more. We have tried not to
paste more than we have to. We
are trying not to make mistakes,
so that we will not have to erase
so much. All of these things are
hard to get and we try to save
To win this vvnr we must all
pitch in and tight by buying de
fense stamps, collecting scrap,
planting Victory Gardens and be
ing careful with sichool prop
ert-V By CATHERINE MAYHUE,
5th Grade.
THIRD PRIZE
"Our School At War”
At the beginning of school we
had a scrap diive. Each person
that brought twenty live pounds
or more got a badge. On the
badge there was a “V” for Vic
tory. We had Privates, Corpor
als, Sergeants, Lieutenants and
Captains. Our building. Ele
mentary No. 2, won the prize. We
had 16,82 pounds.
We gathered up old clothes,
shoes, and blankets for the child
nnen in the mountains. Now they
can go to school and learn to read
and write like we can. We also
fixed Red Cross Boxes of toys
for.the small children.
Now we are buying United
States War Bonds and stamps.
We all try to buy at least one
stamp every week. We have sold
four bonds already, and want to
sell more. We have sold a lot
of stamps and hope to sell a lot
more. One week we sold $U0.00
of bonds and stamps
We save all the food we can.
and put what we don’t want in
boxes after we finish eating and
feed it to the animals that can
get it. We all satisfied with
the food rationing and I think we
nav'e all we need. We will all do
our part and let the soldiers have
everything they need to help us
win this terrible war.
We have patrols at our school
to help keep us from getting hurt.
You know we want to keep all the
hospitals that we can for our
wounded soldiers.
The healthier we keen our bod
ies. the more bonds and stamps
we buy, and the more we help our
soldiers in this way, the sooner
this war will be over. I think
all the children in our school are
doing the very best we can. We
are willing to do anything we
can to help our soldiers win this
terrible war.
By NEVA CAROL HARRELSON,
’ 5th Grade.
DELLINGER INTRO
DUCES COUNTY DRY
Bill Would Prohibit
Sale Of Beer And
Wine Anywhere In
4 County 'From 6 P.
M., Saturday To 7
A. M. Monday.
A bill to dry up week-end beer
and wine sales throughout Gas
ton county, from 6 p. m., on Sat
urday to 7 a. I'.., Monday, has
been introduced by Representa
tive Dav'id P. Dellinger of Cher
ryville in the present session of
the North Carolina legislature.
The bill was introduced last
Friday by Representaive Dell
inger, and was referred to the
House committee on {finance.
No expression on their views
of this piece of legislation has
been made as yet by the other
members of the Gaston coun
ty legislative delegation in Ral
eigh—State Senator R. Gregg
Cherry and Representative S.
B Dolley, both of Gastonia
In introducing a bill to ban
week-end wine and beer sales
throughout the county Represen
tative Dellinger was carrying out
a recommendation made by the
Gaston county grand jury last
October. L. A. Anthony was fore
man of the grand jury at the
time
It was not intmediately learn
ed here whether Representaitve
Dellinger’s bill also included an
other recommendation made by
the giand jury in the same re
port—a recommendation that all
Gaston county roadhouses be re
quired to close at 11 o’clock night
ly.
Also not known here today
was just when Representative
Dellinger’s newly-introduced bill
is to be considered by the fi
nance committee. Customary leg
islative procedure requires that
all bills introduced be first con
sisted by the committee to which
they are referred, and then re
ported out either favorably or
unfavorably by the committee to
the general legislative bod'-.
Three Gaston county munici
palities already ban week-end
wine and beer sales, two of them
for the long week-end period
from 6 p. m., Saturday to 7 a.
m., Monday. Both Gastonia and
Bessemer City have dry ordinan
ces covering this long week-end
period. Cherryville has passed
an ordinance that no beer or
wine shall be sold here after
11:00 p. m., Saturday night until
6:00 a. m., Monday morning.
Farmers Of State
Sure To Cooperate
In Food Campaign
•'1 have worked with farmer* all
my -life, i have obeerved them la
action and X have yet to a** them
fail to meet any emergency they
were called on to face."
Thus epoke Claud* T. „
farmer of Roxboro and a director —
the Farm Credit Administration of
Columbia. Mr. Hall was discussing
the nation's food-for-freedom pro
gram and the 1»43 food production
icy rney
'Hal# ^
rector of
CLAUDE T. HALL
• important job can be done,"
he au.u, it tariuers will bear la
luma iuul they are Just as much
put ucipuins oil the lureign front a»
tney u.e on me Iiome tronL Light
on then own minis, ng.nt in their
own nunns, witn the'Will to sacrl
nut; Una tneif ability to produce,
uiey ate uouit as much lor treeuom
us it they weie ail messed up In
unitoi'ins. boiuieis have to eat and
tney nave to eat plenty it Uiey are
to UO men best utainsl the uicta
tois. ana when tanners produce
ior thuso sotaicrs and our civ mane
\, 1,o a.e nianutacturiiig arm* and
amuiuuiiio.n they uie doing tully ae
luucii as tlie army men, me aaiiore
unu tile niarines. mere is no uues
liuii about n—tanners have a treat
part to play in winning this war.
i_et » not look at it as only the gov
ernment s job. .May we think oil the
greater sacrifices our boys are mak
ing m the prime o£ their iives com
pared to muse we are sustaining.'’
Air. Hall spoke highly ot the
members ot tne county war boards
In .North Carolina, declaring that
they were doint an unselnsh service
in helping tanners to reach the IMS
production goals and in advising
these tarmers as to what crops to
plant that are most necessary to
America and her allies.
The Farm Credit Administra
tion, he sain, win lurnlsh larmsrs
ample tunds it their Harms ars con
ducted on a nasim ss-llke basis. VVe
have the Feuerai Land Lank, the
Federal intermediate Credit Jdank,
the Froduction Credit Corporation
and the Lank tor Cooperatives, ail
ready and at the farmers' command
to serve any type of agriculture.”
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WAR BONDS
•k k
Save now to buy later, after the
War. That's good common sense
because if you spend now, you help
to drive prices up for everything
you buy. Durable goods are scarce
so invest in War Bonds today and
do that house remodeling when Vlo
torv is won.
If you have not done to, join a
Payroll Saving* Plan at your
office or factory. II you ara not In
vesting at least ten percent In War
Bonds, Increase your regular deduc
tions on your Payroll Saving* Plan.
Let’s “Top that ten percent.*'
U. S. 7 reatury Dl/MIrntmi
—Buy War Savings ll
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