the eagle_ ^ss««S±S=SSSS5t;SSS3SSSSS=S=SBS ^^^^^E7erTThursday ito the Merest of Cherryrille and surrounding Community. __ Vntpred as Second Class Mail matter August 16th, 1906. in the Post Office at Cherryville, N. C„ under the Act of Congress March 3rd, 18T9 FIRED K. HOUSER - —-Edit0* *nd Publisher MRS. CREOLA HOUSER , (Local and Society Editor,) Telephones: Office, 2101 — Residence, 2501_ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in Advance Six months Four months Three months Mrttwul Aiv«ctte4«f Rif.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2:1. 1943 buy war bonds and stamps Have you purchased your War Bond or Stamps during this third War Kurd diive? It' you have not. we urge you to go today and Buy all the Bonds you can afford. Our country and boy* need your support here at home in order for them to gain the peace and \iclorv that we are compelled to tight fot. We all want freedom ami liberty, and we can only achieve this, by buying ail tin* bon.Ps and >iamps wt* can Let us urge all tiie people in this section not to cash the bonds you how. havV. Keep theni and you will receive gooti in terest and it will al>o help otfr. fighting men across the sea. Buy more war > \ * 11 \ i > a mi > ta in p's. ami keep them. It is high time that the Alexandria ration board investigat ed the automobile’ 'mo ot If.:; 1.. Lewis tu Illinois last August 11th. It has been mure than >i.\ weeks since the much talked of visit occurred and nothing has been done about it. Mr. Lewis made the trip in a big Cadillac limousine. It is understood that the main purpose of his visit was to visit his mother. If such be the case, the Virginia board >aVs the trip violated the rules of the f a! no.: •. -boards. It will be interesting to see the reply of Lewr ami m w hr- rxpia-iio the trip—Gastonia Gazette. MORE DOCTORS IN UNIFORM Reprcsentat. V" >•: tr.e medical proiession oi conference with military .t’itn< ■ y.t**. have announced that 0.000 moie doctors .ire nee c ; tr.e immediau future to serve the armed forces. The American Medical Journal, in explanation of the damaftd for nt-ve doctors, say>: "As the war continues and intensifies, new needs for the services of the medical pro fession become apparent! An army in motion and one en gaged in tile knot of aggressive combat that now concerns our armed forces needs physicians in even greater numbers than have h'e.retufo:e been' demanded. Many thousands of inter ned aliens and prisoners aie now the burden ol the United States and must be given medical care. It is up to c:\mans more than ever before to cooperate with the remaining, medical men to the end tha* everyone will releive the best that can be given to them under the circum stances. If t'r.i- cooperation is given there need by little hard ship. Remem he:. if you want to consult your doctor—first do it by telephone, and follow iiis advice to tile letter. WHAT WILL YOU BUY? In at. eft": ' to a Vi", ill a major depression alter the War, mar.u fact . - a..; -m want to line up their potential custo mers f"f a refrigerators, washing machines, home equipment a: : numerous other things—including airplanes. It is going 'o he a difficult job for industry to shift from making of war equipment to manufacturing the civilian goods tefore the war. tie d I. Unless they plan way ahead, it hat they would he forced to eur 1 ift period ami put millions of r a‘ least .1 few months. And that would t a majui depression. can be assured of immediate customers I tie public to shift to civilian manufactur aster than it shifted to war work in 11*41. a depres sion may be prevented. The surest way lor us to do that is to put in our orders now—or at least to co-operate on all studies which will be made to determine what we are actually going to buy. It would undoubtedly be of great help if each family would hold a conference and determine now what they can afford to buy and what they have full intention of buying during the first year following the war. they made would seem tail opera*; be enough But if ing ever, fa WRECKS AND JOBS The dire need for manpower—for every man and wom an to take the most essential job possible—is tragically em phasized by the recent train wrecks which have shocked the nation There is no question but that the railroads are short of men. They are carrying the heaviest, biggest loads in their history—and they are doing it despite equipment shortages and with not as many skilled and unskilled men as they should The railroads of this nation have lung thought of safety •before most anything else, and they have done a remarkable job during the war of handling record traffic with a minimum of casualties. But in spite of their caution, a wreck like the recent one near Philadelphia, in which the dead and injured ran into the hundreds, shows the need for even greater cau tion. Probably that is only possible if the railroads can get more help. It may seem a far cry toward aiding the railroad situa tion if a girl takes a job as a clerk in a store, but there ac tually is a definite relationship. It means that a man can be relieved front the job. he can take a semi-skilled job in a war plant and a man needed by the railroads who is in a war plant now can go back to railroading. If all of us do the best we can at an essential job it will help prevent disasters in our country as well as speed the winning of the war. WASHINGTON, D. C.(NWNS) —Goaded on by union leaders ; who threaten to demand higher i wages in war plants unless the I cost of living is decreased, sev eral government agencies are now busy carrying on programs which they promise will bring the cost of living back to the lev el of September 15, 1942. Although the plans for doing this will cost the taxpayers hun dreds of millions of dollars, it is not likely that the housewife, who does the family buying, will note any major price relief. The tost of butter may be reduced a cent a pound, oranges may cost her a cent or two less and there are apt to^be other reductions of a penny or so in products she buys. But since prices now vary I considerably from store to store and from day to day the only evi : idence of the reduction in the I cost of living will show up in ov erall national figures. Already the government has j spent many billions to roll back ! prices on meat, but the expected ! benefits to the consumer have not ' materialized because of black market operations in meat. John D. Miller, president emeritus of the National Council of Farm Cooperatives, at a lecent meet ing of farm cooperatives here, ! said that the meat situation could not be cleared up until farmers get a better price for meat and are no longer encouraged to seek higher prices by dealing with the 1 black market operators Mr. Miller called for repeal of the Price Control Act saying that the prices farmers receive must be established by supply and demand and not by artificial manipulations by the govern ment. "While the price adminis tration is one of the most distur bing anil dangerous of all govern mental agencies, ' said Mr. Miller "it lias inadvertently performed one public service This because its operations have been such as to cal} attention of the people to the danger of a planned econo my toward which this country is so rapidly moving.” Whether it is meat or other farm products, spokesmen at the farm meeting said, prices to the fanner must be enough to pay for the cost of production, plus a reasonable profit, or farmers are forced to disregard ceiling prices and sell at higher prices through the black market. The new roll-back plan for fruits and vegetables to be carri ed out under the direction of Marvin Jones, War Food admin istrator, aims at an immediate reduction of 4 per cent in the cost of living. Separate plans to be operated by the WFA and by the Office of Price Administra tion, are now in operation to low er the cost to consumer of apples oranges, onions, lard potatoes, peanut butter and edible Vegeta ble oils. The plans include direct subsidies to farmers as well as transportation subsidies. The new program was started the day before Congress opened without authority from congress. Mr. Jones said congressional ap proval was not needed, but it seems likely that Congress will investigate these plans to deter mine whether the cost, which will -probably be at least 100 million dollars, is a worthwhile expendi tures. Many congressmen are op posed to subsidies and do not think prices can or should be maintained by this method. They also feel that the launching of the .program on the day before congress re-convened was a de liberate effort to sidestep con gressional opposition. It is likely, however, that the plan will get a thorough test be fore congress has time to do any thing about it for the new session of congress is loaded with prob lems which demand immediate consideration. Food prices and subsidies are high on the list of subjects for consideration, hut immediate action is also called for on new taxes, on the man power problem, on the complica ted subject of post-war planning and on more effective anti-strike legislation. ABOVE ^ HULLABALOO ^ ^>><>V '"N. ^ POST-WAR ARMY, NAVY AIR FORCE It is possible to do anything — ] even to avoid unemployment af ter the war; though no one has ever discovered jusi how that is . to be done. Wars always cause dislocations in the economic machinery of the nations invol ved, and world wars upset the rhythm of the whole human race No one has yet devised a method ! by which we can come crashing out of the turbulent waters ui war and float smoothly into a placid haven of economical sta bility. There just isn’t any sta bility left lying around after na tions get through chewing each 1 other’s ears off. But tnei'e are various ways ul taking -lip some of the slack be tween lull employment and seri ous unemployment—such as car rying on puouc works ol all kimis —road uuilding, slum clearance, reforestation and the like. Aim when this particular war is o'ei our country could probably re tain tnree or lour million poten tially unemployed in the army, navy and air force. It is all right to believe we are going to devise a scheme to; stop wars for all time. Maybe we are— but people hav e been I trying to ffci that same thing lor 5,000 years that we know ul, and they have not been very suc cessful. Maybe this time we will “put it over’’—but let s keep a nice fat fighting force in readin ess just in case we do not. Don’t let’s always get caught with our nether gaiments in their prover bial location. Americans will be glad to pay the taxes for this sort of insurance. A big fleet on each coast; an air force to cover them and to certify that no en emy fleets can reach our shores; and a mechanized army of. two million husky young Americans —would have been very nice things to hav’e had around upon certain occasions—and may come j in handy again some time. But transcending even this 1 protective insurance, and also 1 the tremendous aid to the post ; war unemployment situation ! which would result from the de ; letion of three or four million potential job seekers—would be the establishment of a permanent r*‘flnishing school” for young Americans. War has few advan tages. but at least it does make "he-men” out of all who are drawn into its v’ortex. Think of the glaring change in the charac ter of the boys who used to hang 1 around the soda fountain and i these same boys after a year in 'camp! A circulating "finishing i school” of three or four million I students would change the whole character of the nation. That certain "softness,” which is one of the few disadvantages of peace, would disappear.. Those who have spent a year or two in this brain and brawn building institution would start out in life with a handicap in their fa |vor which American youths have seldom had the means of acquir ing—except during war time. It loesn’t require a war to bring >ut the "he-man’ inherent in oui American youth. It only needs a short course in discipline and a •ealizatior. of what life is all ibout, and what this country neans—outside tlie home town. This "post graduate ’ school is ilready founded and is now in operation. Don’t let’s give it up is-hen the var is over just be :ause we can get along without t—it has too many advantages. I SIX INCH SERMON , REV. ROBERT H. HARPER Abiding Values from Israel’s Lesson for September 26 Deuteronomy 11:13-25. Golden Text: Proverbs 14:34. Having 1'ullnwcd Israel's histo ry in the Exodus, may now consider its abiding values. For the purpose we study a portion of Deuteronomy, which contains the farewell addresses of Moses and repeats much found in pre ceding books. Men should be good not pri marily for reward, but the Bible is filled with assurances that God will care for those who do His will—that they have all to gain and nothing to lose. Moses prom ised his people material blessings but solemnly warned them of disaster if they should turn from God to idols. They were told to lay up the words of God in their hearts, to talk of them with their children —in their homes and when they walked abroad. In simpler days of our country parents and their children were together more and Christian parents did talk with their children of the things of God. It would be well for us to return, in this respect, to the customs of other days. In the time of Christ the Pharisees were Another 4Wave of the ruture 44000000 Headaches Millions of citizens are just (tediumtie to wake up — witn a shock — to the realization that the 20 per cent deduction that is being taken from fnetr pay en velopes and turned over to the L'. S. Treasury is not all they will have to pay on their KM'! Federal income tax account On die contrary, they will owe the government considerably more when the year is over “While Lhere is a general impression among taxpayers that they are automatically cuneilt in theii tax payment actually in tale instances only will this he the case,” writes Harley* I- Lutz. Professor of Public Finance at Princeton University, in The Tax Review, a publication of the Tax Foundation. The impression that the with holding tax is all that the trea sury will demand from taxpayers lor 1 it-13 is not the only erron eous notion that exists regarding the law enacted in June and which was supposed to be so simple*. As Professoi Lutz stress es, very few people know that the “pay-as-you-go” law did not repeal, modify or replace the es sentials of the 11*42 income tax law; neither did it do away with fhe nuisance of filing a tax re turn next March; nor did it re lieve the taxpayer of the obliga tion to pay the Victory Tax. al though its collection by withhold ing was discontinued after July 1st. What people are going to hate just as much -as paying niory taxes than they expected to have to pay on their 1H4J incomes, is the making out of the .March 15 return—that perennial headache which nearly everyone thought had been obviated. The average taxpaying citizen—and there are about 44,000,000 of them—will have a worse time of it> then than ev’er in filling out the return ilex* year due to the innumerable com plexities, inconsistencies and ab surdities with which he must jug gle in his attempt to comply with ihe law. Professor Lutz predicts a revolt “against the foolish and needless leporting, computing and other paper work involved and against the deception invol ved in implying that the tax at its source had put a large num ber of persons on a current basis The headache has already star ted for about 15,000,000 persons who must file an estimate of in come for 1943 by September 15v Another such declaration re carrying out the command of Moses literally—wearing front lets and else. The important thing is that the words of God he writ ten in the heart. Further, Moses promised na tional blessing — nations would be driven out before the Israel ites, not a man would be able to stand against them. But this greater promise depended upon their cleaving unto God. Oft times the Israelites departed from God and in all their history they never attained unto the full scope of the promise. For our nation the great lesson of abiding value is well expressed in the words of the Golden Text. PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT Houser Drug Co. WE DEL iVER PHONE 4771 lating to income for lb-l-l will be due on .March 15. It means that the taxpayer is only on an "esti mated" current tax basis He can pay as lie earns only to tlu* ex tent that he is go-m at' gtu ssing what his income will he aist equally good at ligating the tax on his “gunss-tinyated" income. Congress could sinipiHy the whole liLisiness ac.cotuiug to i'li. lessor Lutz, by uemg three tilings, namely: til atsorb the Vietoiy 'lax into the wnnholoin., late; (-) ire*igiiatc toe v.kIi holdmg rate as the normal rate; and f’l eiimiha.e the lepuiic ment to hie a year ( lid return ny the average w a-ge-i nriiei or sal at ied person. "There is every teasoti to be lieve* that the few simple saggo led changes wouhl sustain and consolidate the good will towaid the iiieonu tax which Was gellei - ated by the iltauifutation ol' the pay-as-yoti go principle,” write's Professor Lutz. "On the other hand, the obvious complications of the existing tax structure must inevitably product* ill will. In a time when all citizens must he asked repeatedly