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It PAGE FOUR THE JOHNSTONIAN . SUN, SELMA. N, C. THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1943. THE JOHNSTONIAN-SUN M. L. STANCIL, Editor Published every Thursday At Selma, N. C. Phone 205 Entered at the postoffiee at Selma, K. C. as second class matter under Act of Congress, March 8, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE CASH IN ADVANCE Anywhere in North Carolina: One Year . Six Months .... Three Months $1.50 . 75c 50c Outside of North Carolina: One Year . ........... Six Months ... $2.00 1.00 " 60c Three Months THE NEW TAX BILL Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Com mittee promises that the next tax bill will be passed by Con gress before the end of the year. The Treasury estimates that 12 billion more taxes "must" be provided for in the new bill and Chairman George of the Senate Finance Committee has a 'must' of his own he insists that six billion dollars will be the limit. NEW DEAL LANGUAGE Vice President Wallace is con spicuous because he is about the only New Dealer who is making speaches in the old language. Aristotle observed that "man is by nature a political animal." Some of them are gentle animals according to old philosophers who lived in the first centuries. AMERICA'S FASTEST TRAIN The Congressional Limited between Washington and New York was said to be the fastest train in the world. But one day recently, an old-type coach was put in the middle of the train because of the tremendous bur dens of war transportation im posed upon the carrier. The train on that day did not finish its trip because of a "hot box" that burned out its bearings and that great train was wrecked with a terrible loss of life. The best thing about Govern ment control of rubber and gas has been the conviction impres sed upon the American public that a speed limit of 35 miles an hour is the safest and most satisfactory way to drive an automobile. Two fearful wrecks on Eastern railroads on the same day furnish rather conclu sive evidence that it would be better not to run the trains so fast. A POSTWAR PROBLEM Some day the war will be over and when it is the Government will have vast war plants and . tremendous stocks of unused goods and materials. Then what is going to happen? Jesse. H. Jones, Secretary of Commerce and the head of a lot of Govern ment agencies told a committee of Congress that he did not believe that these plants should be sacrificed as junk and that in his opinion preference to ac quire these plants and proper ties should be given to local people. Secretary Jones has indicated the trend among high officials, by telling Congress "I don't think we should permit the war i o iunner concentrate our economy in big units. We're better off with small units." WINSTON CHURCHILL Newsmen who have met Mr. Churchill at the White House or exchanged views with him at press conferences praise him highly. Walter Lippmann, au thor of the book "U. S. Foreign Policy," describes Churchill's special gift as "his moral quali ty, which "draws men out of their meaner selves and fasci nates them. Churchill has creat ed a distincive place for himself in Washington. He gets along with the press, which is impor tant as Washington is the news center of the World. i Washington, D. C. QUEZON ON THE JOB It's bad news for the Japs that President Quezon of the Philippines is back in Washington. They knew though it was not generally real ized in Washington that Quezon had suffered a relapse of his old illness, tuberculosis, which has plagued him off and on for 20 years. Quezon was a well man at the time of Pearl Harbor. But confine ment in the dampness of Corregidor, during the Jap attack, brought the illness back again. That was one reason MacArthur urged him to re turn to the U. S. in a submarine. When he came to Washington, Que zon was advised to take things easy. Instead he rushed into the of ficial activities of Philippine Com monwealth affairs, not sparing him self. His physicians advised him not to remain in Washington during the summer of 1942, nor last winter. But he remained nevertheless. Re sult was that last spring he suffered a further relapse. Specialists were summoned, and Quezon was given the stern advice that he would have to get out of the humid climate of Washington imme diately, if he wanted to live. Yield ing to pressure, he went to Saranac, N. Y., and submitted himself to a rigid discipline during most of the past summer. , Quezon led the life of an invalid, sitting in the sunshine in a wheel chair, listening to the radio, or to his nurses as they read to him. Re sult of this regime was that the tu berculosis was arrested, and Quezon gained 12 pounds. When the Japs heard of his re lapse, they were ready to say to the people of the Philippines, where Quezon is still highly popular "Look, this is the skeleton you pin your hopes to." But today Quezon is back on his feet and back at his desk, still hoping to realize his one great ambition, to see U. S. and Philippine forces march into Manila. SEVEN MINUTES TO WAR Every day now, pictures are ar riving in a little room in Washing ton which seven minutes before were in Algiers, 3,400 miles away. One day, just after the landing in Italy, 41 pictures came through the air and landed safely on top of the Pentagon building, in a little room marked "Confidential Keep Out." Inside that room is a little ma chine not as big as a typewriter, with a little cylinder on it. The cyl- j inder spins aroand, exposing a nega tive to dots and dashes of light, and after seven minutes, the exposure is complete. From there on, it's mere ly a matter of developing the nega tive, and the U. S. public has a pic ture of the landings in Italy, or the surrender of the Italian fleet. And ditto for the South Pacific. It is farther away, but the seven min ute requirement still holds. From an unmentionable post in Australia, the dots of light flash into the little room, and you have a picture of General MacArthur flying in a bomber over New Guinea. The pictures may have been taken by any one of the four photo syndi catesAcme, AP, LNP, or Life or they may have been taken by the Army Signal service. In any case, they can be telephotoed only by the official airwaves. What would be a highly expensive daily transmission cost for the photo agencies is thus fully borne byvthe war department. Officials justify the cost in terms of keeping the public abreast of the war in fact, only sev en minutes away from the war. v:- ,. : ! MERRY-GO-ROUND Ex-Congressman Joe Casey of Massachusetts, now doing various inside jobs for the White House, re cently made a political survey of New England, reported that Maine was so strong for Roosevelt's war policies that the only Republican who could beat him was Wendell ' Willkie . . . Admiral Standley, U. S. ambassador to Russia, has cleared with the state department a significant speech in which, after praising Russian victories plus those of England and the United States, he says: "A victory for one is a victory for all" . . . Highly inflam matory remarks in Negro newspa pers, some of them close to sedition, are being studied by the army . . . Lew Douglas, war shipping admin istrator, was personally thanked by the President for the job he did in helping to smooth British and Amer ican general staff feelings at Quebec. There have been some very vigorous differences between them, and thanks partly to Douglas, things were smoothed out consid erably at Quebec. CAPITAL CHAFF L Winsome Molly Flynn of OCD re calls that on the day before Pearl I Harbor she drove up to the White j House door, on invitation to Mrs. I Roosevelt's tea, and was told by I guards, "We don't see your name on ' the list, but it's all right if you say so." Today, you can't get near the White House. ! C Among ine canniest officials of OCD is Stanley McCandless, on leave from Yale university. At Yale, he was a stage-lighting expert. With OCD, he is a black-out expert. watcn tne label on tout na- a a mm m, Der your subscription mav ha 1 about out. 1 1 " - J Wait Acfel The Johnstonian Classified Want Adv. Rates Cash must accompany all orders unless you have an open account with us. All keyed ads are confidential. No information about same will be given. Ther only way to reach these is by letter, v We reserve the right to revise or reject any copy. All ads must be in this office by 6 P. M, Wednesday. 25c Minimum Charge, each insertion. One Cent a word (this type) Cards of Thanks 50c The Johnstonian-Sun Phone 205 WANTED IF YOU HAVE A farm for sale, see me. I have customers for several farms. C. E. Bingham, Smithfield, N. C. COAL HEATER FOR SALE In good condition. This heater is practically new, having had new parts just installed. If interested, see F. L. Pittman, Selma,N. C. ltp. W A N T E D 120 DOZE fresh eggs at 50c per dozen. Brock's Diner, near the Union Station. Selma, N. C, ltc FRESH OYSTERS NEW shipment just received at Brock's Dinner, Selma, N. C. '.ltc CORN WANTED WILL PAY $1.30 per bushel if delivered at mill, shelled or in ear, new or old corn. Airport Milling Company, Selma, N C. ltp What OUR country nttJt on the firing line. At home in the fight to the cost of living, What can you do? You can make the Home Front Pledge. Make it today and make it work every day thereafter. We can lose this fight, and suffer a major defeat on the home front, unless you unless all who malt the pledge look upon it as an individual respon sibility. ? Your government has given you the meant to keep your cost of living down. Now it's up to you to do hi Watch for the published lists of top legal prices for your community. Clip them out of your newspaper and carry them with you when you shop. Of course, you know your R. H. GRIFFIN, WANTED 500 MEN to visit our store Saturday and see our line of shirts, socks and other articles suitable for them. Norton's 5c to $5 Store, Sel ma, N. C. WANT TO RENT A TWO horse farm with 8 acres of tobacco, 8 acres of cotton and corn and feed land. John A. Dail, Route 1, Selma, N. C. 9-16-2tp. WE HAVE A FEW Re-liners left. Also Patching Rubber and Blowout Shoes. F. & P. Auto Parts Co., Selma, N. C. WE HAVE THREE hot water Car Heaters left. All we will be able to get this season. Better come now. F. & P. Auto Parts Co., Selma. N. C. FOR SALE PLENTY OF feeder and barbecue pigs ; also registered Duroc breeding stock; one fresh and several springing heifers. Rudolph Howell, Selma, N. C, WANTED 500 LADIES to visit our store Saturday and see what we have to offer them. We can save you money. Nor ton's 5c to $5 Store, Selma. N. C. ;, WANTED PULPWOOD. CAN use both pine and gum at a good price. Preston Woodall, Smithfield, N. C. PLENTY OF WATER MAY BE obtained from drilled wells. We still have some pipe left, write for estimate on a well. Give location when writiner. Heater Well Co., Raleigh, N. C. . JUST A FEW HOT SHOT Elec tric Fence Batteries Left. Better come Early. F. & P. Auto Parts Co., Selma, N. C. LADIES, HAVE YOU seen our line of New Hosiery ? Drop in and let us show them to you. Norton's 5c to $5 Store, Sel ma, is. can II do to help win the war? you I In your own quiet way you're keep down MAKE THIS MID6I IWJIP.yNaMoraTkMTop UealMcM I Will Accapt No RaKoMd Goodt Without GtvUa Us Ratios Stamp SPONSORED BY The Branch Banking St Trust Cashier BJETTER BUY ANTI-FREEZE Early. We have DuPont's 5 Parts Co., Selma, N. C. Star at $1.45 Per Gallon, in cluding tax. F. & P. Auto AT OUR STORE You will find many articles that children need. See us for school sup plies etc. Norton's 5c to $5 Store, Selma, N. C. DUPONT'S 5-Star Anti-Freeze. Guaranteed not to harm your car in any way. F. & P. Auto Parts Co., Selma, N. C. UNITED STATES FLAGS FOR sale we have a few more U. S. Flags, size 3x5 feet which we will sell for $1.25 each. Get one and keep it flying. The . Johnstonian-Sun. FOR SALE 1938 Chrysler Automobile in good condition, excellent tires. See Mrs. J. T. Hughes, Selma, N. C. ltc DILEMMAS OF A MODERN KING SOLOMON Would you be willing to swap jobs with the allocator of ' life-saving drugs, who decides whether one per son must die so that another can live? Read of the dilemma of physicians in a tragic story in the October 17th is sue of' "' The American Weekly the big magazine distributed with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN Order From Your Newsdealer Buy War Bonds Today! torn jy a4 GrandmaHoeJdn8 knows a lot about history - but when we asked her where the first brew ery was built In America, she wouldn't take sides. "Yoa see," says Grandma, "wherever the colonists settled, one of the first things tin y thought about was food an1 b:ir ... In fact, one reason why t" - Pilgrims landed at Plj n Rock was because the M.t er was runntn' short of br Well, that was a new . us, but Graiidma show u . E IMS, BREVltO j. - .... cdow H. Spin, S . 3gp food dealer must post his telling price. And it's year respon sibility to check this against the top legal prices, on the official list. Call your retailer's attention to any errors. If he is unwilling to correct them, report the violation to the Price Panel of your War Price and Rationing Board (in writing.) Your name will never be used without your permission. The konat retailer is anxious to cooperate with the government price control program; for it's his protection against the d'ukonttt dealer. It's up to you and to every housewife in America to "hold the line" to hold it until our boys come back to jobs, homes, and oppor tunity for all to a sound economic system for the future. . v That's what joa can do. That's four war job I SELMA, N. C. MR. MERCHANT The EYES of THE r . r 5V ' COMMUNITY WOL BE ON YOUR AD IF IT HAD BEEN vatMo IN THIS ISSUE DISGUISING LEFT - OVERS TO MAKE TASTY DISHES How thrifty housewives are learn ing to make use of every bit of food to meet shortages and high ration point requirements. Don't miss this timely article for home-makers in the October 17th issue of The American Weekly the big magazine distributed with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN "where I sit joc Marsh. -Just m It was written In the Mayflower's log. And it seems that all through, our early American history beer sort of tempered the hardships and helped to make us a toler ant, moderate people. From where I sit, beer Is the American drink off moderation friendliness kind of a synv LA our personal liberty, O. Of th Carolina Commhtae ', Saltish, N. C. lo Co. ;,t .... . J '