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THE EAGLE Published Every Thursday in the interest of CherryviRe end surrounding Community. \ ~~ Entered as Second Class Mail matter August 16th,l0O6, in the Post Office at Cherryville, N. C.» under the Act of Congress March 3rd, 1879. rfeED K. HOUSER-J-Editor and Publisher MRS. CREOLA HOUSER (Local and Society Editor) Telephones Office, 2101 — Resilence, 2601 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One year_____ Six months ___ Four months _ Three months _ Nstfeael Advertising Representative American Press Association New York • Chicoao • Detroit • Philadelohla THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1945 $1.60 .86 .60 .60 LOOKING AT BOTH SIDES W ith the recent successes of our forces in the Far East, vrhat is Happening m China is becoming more and more impor tant to the Unitea states. Uniortunaiely, our advances coin cide with increasing dilticulties and discouraging defeats in China. The loss of air bases, the* recall of General Stilwell, and the much publicized Communist issue have given rise to widespread American criticism. The tendency is to say that everything is China s fault. There are many factors in the Chinese situation which are ignored. China has resisted a seven-year large-scale Japanese attack. Her consistent refusal to be daunted by Japan's attack i* spite of a great shortage of supplies and well trained troops, has thwarted Japan’s plan to consolidate her position in Asia and conduct a vast racial war uniting the Asiatics against the Western world. Repeatedly Japan has offered China peace on condition of joining the great aggression, but China has refused to listen. In our country, this situation must be met with under standing and not mere fault finding. Public opinion needs to be more generous on the Chinese issue. L«t u» get the record straight and not be too quick to condemn. THE CIGARETTE SHORTAGE Like their breakfast coffee and their newspaper many Americans want their cigarettes and are grumnnng over pres ent shortages. They want to know why it occurred and who is getting the vast quantity of cigarettes being manufactured. Estimates show that the United States armed forces over seas smoked about one-sixth of America's total cigarette pro duction during 11*43; and during the seven-month period from January 1, 11*44, to July 31, 1944, our soldiers and sailor# . smoked slightly more than one-fourth of the supply. In actual figures, during the first seven months of 1944, civilians and soldiers in the United States smoked 6.94 billion packs and the remaining 2.66 billion packs went overseas. Actually the number of cigarettes being manufactured for civilian and soldier consumption is the greatest in the his tory of the tobacco industry. Rut war jobs and abnormal strains have caused more civilians than ever to smoke. Also as dgurouc iuuiiuiuciure is not an essential industry, it sutlers a lack of manpower. Black markets may have some effect too, but many investigations are under way to quell these activities. The shortage puzzle is still partly unsolved. But, although civilians are having difficulties in buying cigarettes, we at least are reasonably sure that the men abroad are getting all they need. Knowledge of this fact should compensate for at least some of our inconveniences. THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME The record-breaking; flight of the Lockheed Constellation from coast to coast in less than seven hours i6 not only historic, but is a portent of things to come. The performance graphi cally illustrates that we will have a more closey knit world and that we must think in terms of time rather than space. Furthermore, it proves that the United States must be ready with the planes and with the fliers, for what we can do, others will do. According to an analysis published by The Index, quarterly publication of the New York Trust Co., aviation, a 20-billion dollar industry last year and ranking as the largest in the country, is due for an additional 60 per cent increase in 1944. “In 1934 passenger transportation for the first time represen ted the source of more than half the total revenue of the air lines—55.2 per cent, compared with 42 per cent for the mail and 2.8 per cent for express. Seven years later, the break down showed passenger revenues contributing 76 per cent, mail about 21 per cent and express approximately 3 per cent.” Total revenues of the air transport companies in 1943 were es timated at 125 million ollare, of which 72 per cent was passen ger traffic, 21 per cent mail and 7 per cent express. “These figures reveal a story of unusuil progress. Aviation face* a future in which millions of individuals in this country and abroad will have personal knowledge of what airplanes can do as a transport agency; a vast number will know how to fly and repair them, and the general public is convinced that new improvements will soon provide safer, cheaper, more comfort able and more dependable air transportation for a peace-time world. Few industries face such an expansive outlook with a legacy and such an obligation.” Tha companies responsible for developing the Constella tion deserve the highest praise for achieving another milestone on the roads of the sky. Again private enterprise biases the way. BUY MORE WAR BONDS AND STAMPS - ifii Drifting Menace * & WASHINGTON, D. C- (NWNS) —With the opening’ of the new congress—the 79tr—much inter congress^—the 79th—much inter ments which will have :i lot to do with the creating of a world sc curity organization in addition to its task of ratifying treaties with foreign countries. There are five vacancies on that committee—three of which are Democratic vacancies and two Ke publican. The Republican commit tee on committees, which will make the Republican appoint ments, has received many appli cations. If the choice is made on the basis of seniority, as would usually be the case, iSenator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire is cer tain to get one place. The other would go to any one of three ap plicants who all have been in the senate for the same length of time —Robert A. Taft of Oluo, Chan Gurney of South Dakota and Al exander Wiley of Wisconsin. All of these men, including Senator Bridges, are known to be critical of many of the President’s foreign policies. However, through the Dem ocratic appointments, the Pres ident hopes to have a com mittee as a whole which will support his policies more strongly than did last year’s committee, since none of the three Democrats being re placed were strong supporters of the President. The admin istration would like to see the Democratic appointments go to Senator Lucas of Illinois, Hatch of New Mexico and Lister Hill of Alabama, and it is expected that at least two of these men will be named. Many Senators are still distur bed over the farewell speech of Sen. Gerald Nye at the closing session of the last congress. In that speech the pacifist senator of North Dakota predicted that we would have a war with Russia within the next 10 to 20 years Pointing to the danger of such a remark, one senator asked how the American people would react if a responsible official of the Rus sian government made a similar prediction. He pointed out, as did others who commented on the Nye speech, that all it could do would be to breed suspicion and distrust among the allies. Senator Nye was a member of the foreign relations committee and is one of those who is now to be replaced. The fight between Montgomery Ward and the National War Labor board will probably result in a final determination of the power of the NWLB to enforce its or der*. Montgomery Ward was or dered to have a closed shop in its retail stores. The company claims that such an order is illegal and also that the NWLB does not have I the authority to enforce its rulings —that such authority was not given to it by congress. The union more or less agreeing that the NWLB may not have this power specifically points out that the President does have the power to enforce NWLB rulings. It is ex pected that Montgomery Ward will force a clear decision on just what power the board doer have. The army service forces have released preliminary results of a survey of plans of soldiers for af ter the w«r. It reveals that less than 10% are definitely planning -go on with full-time education af ter they tret bark, although many more are considering it. Replies to the survey indicate that a lot ol' the derisions on this point will de- j pend upon economic conditions [ when the soldiers return. It jobs j are hard to find, in my men in the armed forces will take advantage of the educational benefits availa ble in the til bill of rights. On the other hand, if jobs are plentiful and pay is good, indications aie that many who had not completed ] their education will he anxious to go to work instead. TODAY tad TOMORROW Bj DON ROBINSON WORKING . security Tlie American people w> ; have j to decide within tin ne :1 tevv ; years whether a man is entitled to j a living’ if he doesn't Will n. Social security plan.-. uuomploy- j meat plans and pul die works pio grams all revolve around he ques ti< n of how far we are we rug to ^ go in supporting 'hose vi.", thru unavoidable handicap or through shiftlessness are unable to support themselves. Most of us favor charity, < it he.- i through private agencies or thru government, to help those v ho are too old to work, too sick to work j or who are physically op mental iy handicapped. The present social , security law, which guarantees subsistence to those over *>»j years j old, seems to have many support ers,. Unemployment laws, which.j. provide a bare living for people temporarily out. of work, have been approved by the majurity ot people m a large number ot states There appear to be an increasing number of supporter of. soeiali- I zed medicine which would provide! for the payment of doctor hills through government insuru.,ce These recent developments in dicate a delinite Uotid ot so ail thinking—a trend toward having society, represented by the govern ment, accept more and mope rev sponsibiliiy for seeing to n mat Americans are provided«w.th loud shelter and other necessities The thing we must decide \s — how far we want government to go in accepting such fesponsiniUties. HELP .... necessities Suppose we should agree for 'he moment that society .should feel an obligation to take care of those who definitely are unable .o work. The next decision must be. are we willing to support those who are physically and mentally able to work but won't accept wort, that i is offered to them. I don’t think the majority of ! people in this country would sym pathize with such a program, hut there are an increasing number who would. The “the world owes i me a living” philosophy has defin itely gained ground in ilie last few years and several plans nave been suggested to give security to all. Advocates of that philosophy j will try to explain that it is the next step in civilization—that we have reached a point where all bare necessities of life no matter what—and the question of work ing should he concerned only >v.ni li man's ambition to have more Liian would he granted him under such a guarantee. They will argue that a man who is willing' to exist on a mere subsistence level shows by that willingness, that he is physically or mentally weak and thus entitled to government sup liut most of the proponents ot such plans seem to think ol trie government as something distinct mil apart from the people—op as least they avoid suggesting that die huge cost of the guaranteed wage plan be paid for out of your pocket and mine and, instead, in dicate that the money could be provided by digging into Uncle un’s bottomless pockets. , ,,bT.taxei ere are dozens of dilierent mat the cost to each of us .olially can be hgured, but one . ruling way is to assume that ■ lOximately the same number ol lilies would take advantage of e pian as pay income taxes. That .cunts a. fair assumption. Koi in Unid, lur example, 14,000,000 paid taxes and it seems reasonable i,o assume 111at. 14,000,000 families might take advantage of a govepn m. nt wage-for-anyone-who-wants If that were the case it would ibally amount to each taxpaying family agreeing to support one government pension family. If toe minimum payment was set at $lb a week,- each taxpayer would have to pay an average of $780 extra a year to keep the plan on a pny These days, when billions ot dollfps are poken of as it liH-y Acre peanuts, a lot of people might listen sympothetieally if >ome plan such as this were talked about as one which would cost only about ten billion a year, bil lions of government money dm t mean much to an individual. Whai lie must estimate is how mm h the c ;T iditures are going to cost him personally. RATION GUIDE Meats, Fats, Etc. — Book four re stamps Q5 tdrough A5 nr.v good. No termination nates have been set- OPA says noth will be invalidated before March i. New red point values now in effect. Nest series of stamps will be vali dated January 2S. Process" 1 tood —book four blue stamps A5 thru 7,5 and A2 thru (12 now goon. OPA says none will be invalula'oti before March 1. New point values for fruits as well as vegetables now in effect. Next senes of stamps will be validated t'eb. 1. Sugar — Hook four stamp *1, good for five' pounds, is the only sugar coupon still valid, letmina •ion date has not been set. A new stamp for 5 pounds will be valid Feb. 1 ; must last three months in stead of two and a half months. Shoes — Book three airplane stamps 1, 2, and 2 valid indefinite ly. Gasoline— 14—A coupons valid everywhere, for four gallon- each through March 21. B-5, v'-b, !!-<>, and ('-(> coupons good everyvvlieie for five gallons each. Fuel Oil— Old period four and live coupons and new period one and two coupons good throughout current heating season. In mid west and south, period three cou uons also good now and valid for throughout heating year. Period three coupons became vai.d in Pa liftc northwest Jan. 8; in the East January 15th. February 1 is the final date for filing requests for “new grower" tobacco allotments for 1946, anj AAA officials. V Author of 'mrubkz pconr ADJUSTMENT TO A NEW LIFE If a woman suddenly becomes a widow, how can she adjust herself to a new life? Well, here is how one woman did it. And a very inspiring story it is. She is Mrs. Goldye Jacobs, Los Angeles, California. Life was flowing quietly along for Mrs. Jacobs until April, 1940, when disaster swept down on her and took away her husband, and left her no insurance, or any means of support. And she hud two children. It was enough to crush an ordinary woman, but Mrs. Jacobs is no ordinary woman. This is the way she went about the situation. She found there was a night school in Los Angeles giving instruction in real estate. So she entered it. In California there is a state law which requires, a person to pass an examination before collecting brokerage fees. So Mrs. Jacobs prepared for this examination. In addition to going to class she got books from the library and stud ied the real estate laws, every phase and aspect—in addi tion to her regular class work. There were 25 in the class. When examinations came Mrs. Jacobs stood third from the ton. Now she knew a little about real estate and its prob lems. Before her husband had died they had taken a lease on an apartment. So now she went to the managers she had prepared herself for the real estate work. They of the apartment house and told them her story and how were impressed by her way of going about it and decided to give her a try. She found that I.ns Angeles was filled with real estate brokers, but she determined to make good anyway. She made friends among the clients and often suggested to them that they buy little homes instead of renting. Many did. j Her business began to prosper. They had bought a car just before her husband died; now Mrs- Jacobs was able to pay for it. Here is the climax: Mrs. Jacobs now maintains a five room apartment, sends her children to school and is living as well as she did before her husband died. Her health is excellent, and she is free from worry. The good thing about this is that Mrs. Jacobs did it all herself. She adjusted herself to a new life. First, she prepared herself by going to night school and study ing the thing she wanted to go into. Then when she had asked to he taken op. CJuVMtttfwil ^AVEKU1 JL. Complete with Permanent ojur Kg'S* . , Wave Solution, curlers, A Hr shampoo and ware act - nothing ” •Jae to buy. Requires no heet, electricity or ma chines. Safe for every type ol hair Over 8 mil KurlKit today’' t*°* gu*r*“t**- u,t * Charm ALLEN DRUG CO at first SIGH OF A 666 USE Cold Preporntirina as directed BUY BONDS There’s • crisis in the making! If stocks pile up in fertilizer plants and agents* ware* houses, the stream of supply will choke up.,They must move fast or the lack of man-power will cause a para* lyzing shortage. Take the Chilean Nitrate situation for example. To supply the quantity needed for 1945 crops, many car goes must be unloaded each month at each port, then moved out by train and truck far immediate allocation. It must move out of agents’ hands as fast as it moves in. If not, the choke-up starts and works back to the ports, even back to the ships. Already there’s a threatened shortage of nitrogen. due to sharply increased war needs. Unless you help ■mash the bottle-neck by taking your nitrate as toon as it is offered, the shortage will become acute. Thous ands of tons will pile up at U.S. ports or on the docks in Chile. The only place Chil ean Nitrate does you any good is on your crops. Get yours now ... while you can. Storage Tips Pill aH materials on dry boards In bam or shod. HU materials separately. Keep piles dose together. Destroy tho bags when you use tho contents. Buy Yovr fertilize NOW ...Taira It NOW...Stora It Till lt'« Natdad fWi mMHt» la publithad to <n/i( tha War Foott Admin}ttration and tha tartUiaar induatry ... to halp you gat tha iattiliaar you naad.
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