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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-06-28

Secretary Woodring was busted
simply because he gagged at
the policy of giving away our
arms when there is a very real
chance we will need them vary
badly forHOME DEFENSE ere
long. From an absolutely nom
partisan viewpoint we fail to
see why Mr.. Roosevelt should
not be retired to private life at
the earliest possible moment, or
If ne is determined for a third
term try, to inform the country
why ne thinks he deserves it.
1t is hardly more than a case
OF a politician who has caught
popular fancy and is determin-
ed to get the most out of it
for himself and his followers as
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istance when the French were

sistance when the French were
fighting desperately and near
defeat the English did a magni-
ficent thing, they sent men and
arms resered for home defense
to the field of battle where they
were cut to pieces along with
the forces of France. With home
land defense.s more or less out
of shape to repcl invaders the
navy has the job OF saving the
homeland, and how well it can
handle this job probably will
be the turning point for either
democracy or totalitarianism.
Conquering the entire world is
a large job for any one nation
and it is hardly to be expected
the Germans can do it - even
the aid of Italy.
Successful or near-SuceSsful
invasion ST England may well be
the signal for Americas entry
into the war, for already we are
practically involved as we have
all along given every material
aid to the allies and naturally be
next on the list.
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Realism
N q.

(Scripps-Howard Papers)
Full-page newspaper adertise-
ments appearing in many cities
yesterday (June ~ blazoned
the line "STOP HITLER NOW. s.
They were signed by the Com
mittee to Defend America by
Eiding the Allies" president Of
which is William Allen White II
Emporia, Kansas, great editor
and great citizen.
The appeal, like the prohibition
experiment, was mobile in pur-
pose" Otherwise it was not 50
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Legal
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

WEST VIRGINIA: in the
Clerks Office of the Circuit court
of Mcdowell County, w. Va,
June Ia, 1910. ~ W
MILDRED Katherine TIALE1
Plaintiff
VS.. In Chancery
BASIL TILLEY
Defendant
Pending In the Circuit Court OF
Said Mcdowell County
The object of this suit is to
obtain from the defendant by
the plaintiff a divorce from the
bonds of matrimony and for
general relief.
And it appearing from an affi-
davit now on file with the papers
in this cause, that the defendant
is a non resident of the state of
West Va; 1T Is therefore order
ed that the said defendant do
appear at the office of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Mcdowell
County within one month from
the date of the first publication
of this order and do what is ne
cessary to protect his interest
herein.
And it is further ordered that
a copy of this order be publish
ed once a week for three success,
Slve weeks in some newspaper of
general circulation in said Nc
Dowell County. ,.,-,-,,,
A Copy, Teste: -.----
ALEX ID. CYPHERS, Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Mcdowell
County, West Virginia.
CAPEHART and MILLER. Pc
Date of first publication June
IA, 1910. -. 4,ss -. ..n~
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good. The Committee, for whose
personnel and high purpose we
have the greatest respect, might
better be called the Committee
to get America into the war by
the back door"
Some Americans with every
fright to an opinion honestly be-
lieve that we should now be ut
war in Europe. This is not to de-
bate that point. 1t is rather a
plea for realism instead of emo
ton, and for consideration of tn
fact that all of the armed demo
cracies Off urope combined have
not been able to stop Hitler's
mechanical military might even
with equipment ten years ahead
of anything we possess n guam
tity. Stop Hitler Now with
what? Our bare hands and the
barred breasts of our youth?
Though the fact is not gener-
ally realized, Hitler has already
determined the broad lines of
cur national life for at least an
other generation. Even with an
ocean intervening, European
totalitarianism has made obso-
lete our American way of life
temporarily at least; permanent
ly. unles we modernize our think
ing and our national planning.
Our country at present is not,
as Mr.. Whites committee states,
Still the most powerful nation
on earth" To continue to think
in terms which ignore the reali-
ties is to invite the disaster
which has befallen European
democracy.
We do not agree. but we re-
Spcct the right Of opinion OF |
those who believe that we should /
be fighting with the European
dcmOcracies today. Time may
alter the situation, but today it |
seems unacceptable that the sur
est way to help our friends in |
the European democracies is LIST !
to demonstrate to the dictators
that we can help ourselves. Our
Job is production for
war, not participation i'm it. Wei
must neither NEEDLE nor muddlc
Safety for, and service to, demo-
cracy, like charity, must begin
at home. Mobilization of our ma
tional resources, our genius for
mass production and our man
power, to insure a safe haven |
for democracy in America, will |
be the surest means of guaran-
teeing its ultimate revival in |
E"Iope' - ksa q Giske g.
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senting groups of the Demo-
cratic party into line. The Demo
cratic party today has surrender
ed all independence of thought
and action. 1t is under the heel
and spur of the White House in
exactly the same way that a
Hitler and Mussolini perform
in Europe
There are admirers of Mr..
Roosevelt in this country who
will insist that he will not &C
cept third term. They cannot
believe that their hero would be
a party to so bold a perversion
|of Americanism. Such a one,
was surprisingly enough, Rex
ford G.. Tugwell, in the last
several weeks.
Still other Democrats are
sickened by the thought that
MIR. Roosevelt will accept the
nomination. They do not think
he should. They want to believe
that he will not. But they cannot
disabuse their minds of the
evidence brought to them by
their eyes and ears. They have
given up the fight within the
party, believing it hopeless and
futile.
We do not know whether Mr..
Roosevelt will accept a third
term nomination. We believe,
however, he will. For several
years he has acted day in and
day out, exactly as a candidate
acts. We believe he has used the
European crisis to further his.
plans and ambitions. We believe
TIC NdllIS " Dlcdh Tic one ull-
breakable American precedent
= the tradition that no man
shall serve more than two terms
in the White House.
But we are confident that if
Mr.. Roosevelt accepts the nomi-
nation which now is his for the
taking, this country will face a
crisis as great as that which HI
confronted the French and the
British.
Likewise we are confident that
the ballot which Americans cast
in November will be, by far, the
most important ever cast in this
country, for on the outcome of
that election may hang the
future course of this land for an
other hundred years. This, now
thta we have entered the season
Of aggressive political campaign
ing, is a cold SOLDERING thought
which well may be pondered.
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Third Term Dangerous
(by Franklin Waltman)

Shocked though we have been
by the tragic events which have
swept over Europe this spring,
many of us still refuse to ad-
NIT the humiliation of liberty
loving nations of free men over
the seas possesses any real
meaning for US. We are inclined
to regard it all as a nightmare.
We insist it can not happen here.
But it can happen here. Re-
preventative republican govern
ment Is confronted with as great
a challenge in this country AS
it has been in Europe. Even
though we are in no immediate
danger from totalitarian blit-
zerkrieg from abroad, our form
of government and our way of
life is now fighting for survival.
This is the meaning of the
Roosevelt third term ambitions.
1t can have no other meaning.
If Mr.. Roosevelt accepts the
nomination for third term and
is reelected, then the first step
will have been taken toward the
end of our system of govern
ment as we have known it now
for more than $50 years.
Orators frequently have warn
ed against fatal disaster for the
American system of govern
ment. Never has there been
greater justification for such
warnings than today. Once be-
fore such warnings were almost
as jusifiable. That was three
years ago when Mr.. Roosevelt
proposed his Supreme Court
packing bill.
If that measure had been en-
acted by Congress, the nose OF
the camel of totalitarian dicts
torship would have been under
this country's tent. Had that
movement succeeded the under
lying theory of American gov
eminent the separation of the
judicial from the executive and
legislative powers would have
become a myth and legend.
So revolving was the Supreme
Court packing bill that tn
American people in all sections
vigorously displayed their OPP
position. Many Democrats in
House and Senate refused toI
permit partisan ties to hold
their support for such a propos-
al. 1t was defeated ANONYMOUSLY
as it deserved to be.
But the Roosevelt third term
aspirations constitute a far more
revolving and dangerous depar-
ture from Americanism than
did the Supreme Court packing
measure. Here we have the very |
essence-not subtle, not indirect :
but positive and direct one
man government, of an in
trenched dictatorship.
Everyone has seen in the last |
two months how the power of
the White House through pat
ronage and the rain-check over
the expenditure Of billions of
dollars can be used to whip dis
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long as possible, entirely without
regard to the accepted and tried
rules Of the game and possible
harmful effects to the country's
form of government - letting
such trivalities be the worry of
successors.
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Our immediate task is

Our immediate task is to
show that our democracy can
profit by the mistakes of others,
and that the fire of liberty will
be kept burning here. Our job
is to start thinking. Thinking
in terms of our service to our
country rather than service
from it. Our job today is not to
stop Hitler. Thinking in terms
of defense and self-protection
rather than of comfort and per-
sonal privilege; thinking in
terms of increased production
rather than decreased working
hours; thinking in terms of the
sacrifices that democracy is
worthr in terms Of man-hours,
dollars and capital; thinking OF
two related sentences in Premier
Reynaud's remarkable inter
view yesterday with William P.
Simms in which he said: "In re-
cent years especially, France has
tended to speed social advances
to the neglect of her national
tlefenses." And, "the spirit
which makes a people seek So
cial progress in times of peace
also makes crusaders of them
and their soldiers in times like
these"
Let's have a truce on bluff and
buster. Let's avoid being edged
via the back door, into any fight
until, if we ever must go in, we
will be prepared to finish it.
And the foregoing expresses
our sentiments about the belli-I
gerent tone that characterized
the Presidents address a few
nights ago ait Charlottesville, Va.
This is no time to be talking
loudly while carrying featherI
buster.
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
BOY INJURED IN
FALL FROM SWING

Jimmy Lambert, the fourteen
year old son of Mrs. Kama Lam
bert, suffered dislocated Shout
der when he fell from a grape
vine swing in the hollow above
the Charles Chase farm. Young
Lambert and some schoolmates
were playing in the hollow when
the boy slipped from the vine on
which he was swinging and crash
ed to the ground several feet be-
low. One of his companions came
for aid and the boy was brought
out for medical attention. No per-
manent injuries will result from
the accident, although the painful
effects of the dislocation will keep
the lad confined for some time.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
MRS. LOU FLEMING
SUTHERLAND DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Mrs. Lou Fleming Sutherland,
48, wife Of Noah Sutherland, died
at her home at Stratton Wednes-
day after an illness of two years.
She was a patient at the Dante
hospital for about two months,
returning to her home but short
time before death.
Burial was at Stratton Friday.
Funeral services were conducted
by ministers of the Freewill Bap-
fist church, Of which the deceas-
ed had been devout and faith
full member for three years.
Mrs. Sutherland is survived by
her husband and three children
and by the following brothers and
sisters: Columbus, Kenus a n d
Hilbert, of near Clintwood; EN-
cry, of West Virginia; Cleveland
of Coeburn; and Mrs. Rosa Rose
and Della Stanley, of the Mcclure
section.
She was daughter of the late
Sol and Sarah Fleming, who were
we'll known and respected citi-
zens of Flemingtown.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
PICK YOUR TICKET

$ The 366 voters qualified to -
s. vote in the ClintWood Corpor- *
i alton election on June II will s.
s. have a multitude Of candi- s.
g dates to choose from. Leroy s.
$ Phillips, Sylvester (Buster) Is
g Mullins, John Hughes, Jeff $
Minton, and Eugene Damron .
s. have filed their names for the s.
$ post of town sergeant. Only =
one of these stalwarts has an s.
nounced a platform. Leroy =
Is Phillips is running on single s.
3 plank platform of liberal con- s.
struction Of all ordinances and s.
laws.
$ Byron Stanley, Clarence :
Stone, Earl Speer, RI. Wright, 8
s. J. K. Colley, John Gillian, =
Howard Clark, and Stephen 3
Adkins seek seats on the 8
Town Council. Of these only =
8 r. L. Wright is a member of y
the present council. =
s. w. G.. D. Rush has filed for as
g Mayor, and is without oppo- *
$ sition. .:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
The Herald, $1.00 a year.

The snow and freeze of last
Friday and Saturday left a spot
ty trail of destruction thru the
fruit crop of Dickinson County.
Peaches, pears, cherries and plums
were ruined entirely. Apples were
seriously injured, if not wiped out
in the higher ridges. However, the
apple buds were so tardy in low
err areas that little damage was
done.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
SERVICES AT SWINDALL
CEMETERY MAY 26

Special services at the Swindal
family cemetery at Osborns Gap
have been announced for the last
Sunday in May-the 26th. A bas-
ket dinner will be set on the
grounds, and q lound speaker
will be installed. Elders Compton,
Sherd Rife and Hurst Fleming
will have charge of the services.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
WALDEN PHIPPS INJURED
BY FALLING TREE

freezing, April Is. = Walden
Fnlpps, former citizen Of this sec
ton, who has resided near Hyl-
ton, KY, for many years, was
critically injured a few days ago
while cutting timber near his
home. A falling tree kicked back,
striking him about the body. He
was rushed to- the Methodist Hos
pital at Pikeville, where he lin
gers in a precarious condition.
Latest reports say that he is weak
,ning, unable to eat and barely
able to speak above a whisper.
Phipps is a son of the late Eli
Phipps, and a brother of Andy
Phipps, Freezing citizen.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
Recent Freezing Weather
Destroys Fruit Prospects

The Sandy Ridge section, par
ticularly, will feel the effects of
the freezing weather. On that
ridge and it's various spurs fruit
is the main crop. In that section
the wintry weather was most Sc
we're. 1t is reported that over the
ridges ice was frozen two inches
thick. Some fruit growers esti-
mate that the damage to their
fruit crop was a thousand dollars.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
ALICE GIBSON STANLEY

Alice Stanley, wife of Henry
Stanley, of the Raney Flats Sec
ton, died early this week, and
was buried near her home there.
She is survived by her husband
and one child.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
PAY YOUR OWN POLL
TAX SAYS THE LAW
May 4th Last Day ON Which To
Pay If You Expect to VOt
In November

Everybody wanting to vote in
Dickinson County this year must
pay his poll tax in a manner set
forth by the Virginia laws, that
is, either in person or through a
member Of the household, says
Treasurer Bill McFall. No more
payments by blocks or through
means of a written order, accord
ing to this official. This warning
was issued in signed statement
by the treasurer through the COL
umns of The Herald last week
and has been confirmed by inter-
view this week.
The Southwest Virginia custom
of paying poll tax in huge blocks
at the last hour was noticed in
the spring of 1899 by Comptroll-
er Leroy Hodges and Gov. Price
For several years leaders of both
political parties have simply
dumped whatever sums they could
raise into the Treasurer's office
with list of names to be placed
on the certified list of those who
were qualified to vote in the com
ing election. 1t has been estimat-
ed that not more than half of the
voters in Dickinson County have
paid their own poll taxes. A large
number of people became accus-
toned to expect the party to take
care of poll taxes for them.
This situation in the Southwest
counties attracted such notice that
there grew some demand for re-
peal of the poll tax law entirely.
In place of doing away with it,
however, the last session of the
legislature tried to tighten up on
the law so as to do away with
block and proxy payments.
On Thursday morning, Treas
urer McFall said that a total of
zoos persons had paid poll
taxes in the county. Payment must
be made on or before May to
qualify for voting in November.
Only eight states in the Union
require the payment of poll taxes
and most of them are in the
South.