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kroz Partiju i federaciju.

i
te su drugovi nalozili vatru, oko-
10 ME posedali, razgovarali sa-
lili Sc, a drugarica Stanic donela
jabuka, naticali smo in ma "raznje"
pekli jeli. Nije falilo nj krumpi-
! ra, "a one koji su zelili pecene
JEST il zeravice. Tako jedna gru-
pa ostala je do kasno u noe, na-
kon tako zadovoljnog izleta i pos
! lednja grupa otisla je svojim ku-
CANA, sa zeljom da sto pre- jos
| takav izlet naprave.
Nacionalni Organizator S. L. P,
drug J. Pirincin, sada Sc nalazi u
drzavi Ohio ma svome agitacionom
putu. U Clevelandu Akronu "a
| drzace Sc do g. augusta. U Cleve-
landu odrzaje diva puta nedeljno
poulicne skupstine utorkom
cetvrtkom, "a po mogucnosti
sredom. Skupstine Sc odrzaju Ii
sred grada - Public Square.
Do sada je odrzao tri skupsti-
ne, sve tri behu uspesne. Dobar
dec prisutnih slusaoca O. tanu
Cd pocetka pa do kraja skupstine.
Prodaje sc prilicna kolicina nase
literature j Weekly People-a. Ma
jednoj skupstini jedna radnica
kupila je cd sviju nasih knjiga
po jedan primerak. Ovo je dobar
znak, znak da Sc radnice i radni-
ci sve wise interesuju progra-
mu S. l.. P, to Sc moze primeti-
ii IL postavljenih pitanja nasem
govorniku.
Drug Pirintin u Akronu odr-
zaya dve skole, jednu "a sprema-
NJ. nasih clanova "a govornike,
drugu "a pocetnike. U skoli Ia
pocetnike prijavilo Sc 26 djaka.
Cd ovih 26 djaka, samo su diva
diaka preko dvadeset godina sta
rosti, ostali su svi ispod dvade-
set godina. Ovo je odusevlJavaJu-
ca pojava "a mas pokret, koja mo
"a da mas odusevljava. / ovo je
dokaz da Sc mladja nasa genera
CHA nezadovoljava sa svojim sta
mem pod kapitalizmom, nego ira
Ii promenu, bolji j sigurniji zivot,
bolji sigurniji zivot mogu do
biti samo pod Socijalizmom.
Kada owl mladi momci devoj-
ke prodju kroz nasu skolu, oni ce
tada biti Il stanju da valjano svo-
je steceno znanje nasim skola-
ma, Sire medju ostalim radnicima
i radnicama owe zemlje. Zato je
nalozno da svi nasi stariji clano-
vi i simpaticari, koji imaju sino-
We kceri, da ih nastoje ubediti
da Sc oni upisuju u nase skole,
te ma tai nacin da sebe osposobe
"a dobre agitatore i govornike, pa
da Sire jevandjelje proleterskog
oslobodjenja.
Skole Sc odrzavaju zajednic-
kom lokalu mesnih subdivizija, Fl
N. Main St. (Medford Bldg.) Sko-
la "a govornike odrzava Sc sva-
kog ponedeljka, a "a pocetnike
svakog petka uvece.
Odredjena kampanja "a pret-
plate ma Weekly People jeste
punom jeku. Ova kampanja niJe
iskljucivo kampanja partijskih
Sekcija, nego je ona opSta kam
panja, kampanja svih partijskih
subdivizija. A da bi ova kampa-
MIA bila uspesna onako, kako Sc
ocekuje, tada trebamo svi zaied-
nicki poduzeti sve moguce mere
da postignemo sto veci broj novih
citaoca nasem glavnom organu
Weekly People-u.
Do sada su nasi Ogranci malo
-ucinili ma ovom narocitom polju
nase delatnosti. Cd svih nasih O.
sgranaka, Ogranak Akron najvise
je do danas sakupio novih pref
plata ma Weekly People kada O.
granak Akron moze da sakupi pri-
lican broj novih pretplata ma mas
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-06-12


postoje dive Grupe De Leonovih
sledbenika u Juznoj America, jed
ma u Buenos Aires, Argentina i
druga u Montevideo, Uruguay.
ODE owe grupe vec godinama rade
u tim dvema drzavama ma sirenju
De Leonizma, u koliko je to mogu-
&c da Sc primeni ma tamosnje po-
liticke ekonomske uslove. One
poglavito rade medju jugoslaven-
skim radnicima, Street Radnicku
Borbu nasu literaturu.
Dugujuci tamosnjim reakcio-
narnim zakonima, NINA su ogra-
nicena po1iticka prava, te su 81
lom okolnosti prisiljeni da odrza-
vaju uze sastanke. Nije i'm dozvo-
ljeno da odrzavaju JAYNE skupsti-
ne, predavanja druge JAYNE a.
fere. Ali uprkos svih zakonskih
zabrana, oni vremena ma vreme
odrze, kao sto rekosmo, uze sa-
stanke, prodaju nasu iteraturu i
kupe pretplate ma Radnicku Bor-
bu, te vrse licnu agitaciju.
Ovih dana primili smo diva pis-
ma cd gornje dve grupe, il kojih
Sc dade razumeti, da tamosnji ma
81 drugovi odlueno rade ma prosi-
renju nase ideje medju tamosnjim
radnicima. U ime Grupe De Leo
novih sledbenika Buenos Aires,
drug A. Naglic, pise radu njiho-
We grupe j poslao je eek cd $685.
rs. Ia pretplate ma Radnicku Bor-
bu $500, "a potporu Radniekoj
Borbi $2.75 "a literaturu $3.50.
Ovo dokazuje da tamosnji nasi
drugovi, u prkos raznih politickih
zapreka, odano vrse svoju zadacu
"a nasu oslobodilacku ideiu. Ia
kodJer ovo dokazuje, da ne posto-
Je nikakvi reakcionarni zakoni.
koji &c potpuno onemoguciti re-
Volucionarima rad ma prosiren iu
svoje ideje.
U ime Grupe De Leonovih sled
benika Montevideo, pise nam drug
P. Centner poslao je eek Cd $685.
SO. Ia pretplate ma Radnicku Bor-
bu $500, "a potporu RadnickoJ
Borbi $31.48 i "a literaturu 81
SO. Pored ostalog, drug Centner
nam pise da su odrzali jednu (dve
zjedno) proslavu, ma kojoj su odr-
zani govori izvrsena kolekcija "a
Radnicku Borbu cd S31.4S. (Fidl.
posebni dopis sa gornje proslave
na drugom mestu ovom broju.)
ovo je dokaz koliko su nasi ta--
mosnji drugovi odano predati "a
prosirenje nase ideje. Nj Jednu
priliku oni ne propustaju, a da je.
neiskoriste "a nasu ideju, te ma
terijalno pomazu Radnicku Bor-
bu.
Rad nasih drugova u Juznoj A
merici mas odusevljava potkrep-
ljuie mama nadu, da &c oni sa-
takvim odanim neumornim ra-.
dom zapoznati tamosnje radnike
nasom idejom, idejom koja u Sc
bi nosi slobodu Ia radnicku klasus
ostali radni narod citavog sve-.
ia!
U proslom broju rekli smo O.
uspesnim piknicima kroz nasu Fe-'
deraciju, koji su odrzani ma l. jul.
ma, te smo rekli da nismo primi-.
Ii izvestaj ishodu piknika o.
granka Akron. Docnije mas lives.
cuje drug ,Stefanovic, organizator
Ogranka Akron, da ie njihov pix
mix bio prilicno uspesan. Cist pri-.
hod je bio preko $100, ali IL nil
hova dopisa, koga je poslao drug
Bozic, vidimo da je 'cist prihod
sa reeenog piknika bio preko $3.50.
Ovo je wise nego 'prilicno', kako
pise drug Stefanovic.
Ogranak Steubenville odrzao je
zajednicki piknik sa mesnom Sex
cijom, koji je takodjer bio dosta
uspesan. Cist prihod i'm je blizu
$50. A u nedelju 8. juna Ogra-
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-06-12
S. |. Pie bredyideIa cru kapi~
taistiGkeg haosa.

oni moraju nastaviti MEGA va
rati mace te ida upotrebin1o
zgodnu Hitlerovu frazu) Sc njih-
/ owe glave odkuturati u pesak!
lima takvih koji mole, da bl
/ opravdali Stalinovu izdaju, da je
| ''Stalinizam logicna posledica ru-
skin uslova"; da je Sovjetska
Rusija opkoljena "sa neprijatelj
| skim kapitalistitkim a j j :
MAJ; i "zbog toga sto je ruska
misao 'orijentalna' =. Machi-
avellianska taktika je neizbezna
u Rusiji'; da "ekonomski uslovi
Rusije teraju Staliniste da Cine
mnoge stvari koje mi Cd S. L. P.
strogo proklinjemo"; 'da su
Stalinisticki metodi u interesu
ruske radnGke klase," tako da-
lie ad nauseam (do gadjenja), i
jezuitizma ad 1ibitum! edo mile
volje). O d gov ovom siste-
matskom varanju jeste: Pa Sta
onda? Molenje je priznanje kri-
vice izbegavanje teze kane. Is
tovetni argument Sc mogu upo-
trebGavati i upotrebljavaju Sc
Cd strane britanske i nacistitko-
fasistickih vlada. One Sc takodjer
TUE da sebi ne mogu pomoci!
Hitlerizam je logieni rezultat ne
mackih uslova! Churchillizam i
Rooseveltijanizam su logicni re-
zultati britanskih americkih u.s.
Iowa! Svaka kapitalistNka naci-
ia je opkoljena 'sa neprijatelj-
skim kapitalistickim nacijama";
i prica "orijentalnonf" ruskom
misljenju da je ono odgovorno Ia
Machiavelliansku taktiku II Rusi-
ju jeste cisto "humbug." Ear nj
su Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, i
ostali, jednako vesti u Machia
vellianskoj igri? Ear oni svi ne
tvrde da narociti metodi pojedi-
nog ''fuehrera" G zar nisu oni
svi "fuehreri" - "fuehrer" mi
Sc opet secamo ma Nemackom
znaci '@vodja") - da su owl meto-
di u Interest," njihovih respektiv
nih "masa"? citajte o>y yor e
svih njih necete naci nj jed
noga a da ga srce ne boil "a
njegov ''narod"! A sta je sa hi
ljadama zivota radnicke k as e.
koji Sc izgubise kriminalnom
napadu protiv Finske? Hocemo
Ii i krv ovih proletera svaliti ma
racun Sovjetske potrebe? Iii ne
bi Ii Sc to trebalo radje pripisati
Stalinizmu kao O { ciji ce
smrad uvek proklinjati kriminale
ocima svih istinitih boraca "a
stvar oslobodjenja radnicke kla-
Sc?
sto su owl plitki kriticari
Marksistickog stanovnistva SIP.
uspeli dokazati to je presto da su
Stalinizam, njegovi metodi, ME
govo rezonovanje, njegove objek-
tive jednake u swim sustastvenim
stvarima sa Hitlerizmom, Chur-
chillizmom, Rooseveltizmom it'd.
Ostaje cinjenica da je Marksi-
zam razoren Rusij cd strane
Stalinistickih bandita, planira-
ma ekonomija drustvo bez kon-
kurencije, beg Marksistickog du-
ha svrhe, sacinjavaju Industri-
jalni Feudalizam i ekonomsko
kmetstvo "a radnike - iii tako sc
nesto tamo razvija. / kao sto smo
takodjer videli, Hitleri i Ultra
montanci su isto toliki vikaci
napadanju "kapitalizma" kapi-
talistickih plutokrata," kao sto
su dvolicni / c m i, anti
Marksisti Stalinistitki birokrati! l
svo blagosiljanje svih Deansa Of
Canterbury ne mogu unistiti zlo-
cine Stalinizma koje on ucini pro
tiv radnickog pokreta celog sve-
ia! Sve tvrdnje koje su do sada
ucinjene u korist navedene teh-
noloske poboljsice u Rusiji, "a
navedeno javno blagostanje rus
kin maSa. one same M sehi NO
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
DALE WADDELL

Age 17-Born August 81, 1923
Grassy Creek Perfect attendance
194O-'41. President of the voca-
tional agriculture class 1941. Bias
ketball and baseball teams 1889
'4O-'41. Voted best boy athlete.
JUNE BOYD YOUNG
Age 15-Born June l, 1925, Rug
by. Honor grades four years. Good
attendance. President of junior
class and Library club. Friendly
disposition. Hobbies, horseback
riding. Ambition, attend business
college, Voted most popular. Sa-
lutatorian Of class.
PAULINE FRANCIS YOUNG
Age II - Born Nov. 20, 1924
Good attendance, quiet student
Hobbies, reading, hiking and roll
Ter skating. Ambition, to be a
trained nurse.
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Age 19-Born February 16, 1922,
Sturgills. Honor grades. Friend
ly disposition. President of Eng
dish club 1941. Hobbies, roller
skating and hiking. Ambition, to
be secretary. Voted prettiest
girl.
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old servant, Marie Blevins; How
ard Nutz, boy friend, Delmar
Du Vail.
The exercises will end Sunday
morning 11:00 a. M, with the bac-
calaureate sermon by Rev. j. O.
Spencer, pastor of Oak Grove
Baptist church, Bel Air Md.
The grammar grade program
will be presented the last of May
as the grade department under
the sponsorship of the state of
Virginia has a nine months school
term. Definite plans will be an
nounced later.
Everyone in the Grassy Creek
community and in Ashe and
Grayson counties is cordially in
vited to attend these exercises,
marking the close of a most
successful year at Virginia-Caro-
lima, students and members of the
faculty. pointed out.
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Girls Outnu1nber
Boys 10 To 5; All
Good Students

This year the girls far outnum-
Der the boys who are to graduate
from VIC high school as there are
is of the former and five of the
latter.
A large number of the senior
class are honor roll students and
outstanding athletes as well. From
the plans and ambitions of the
members of the graduating class
they will be heard from as flu
ture citizens.
The graduates are:
HAZEL BLACKBURN
Age II - Born May 2, 1923
Grassy Creek. On honor roll most
of the time. Good attendance
Scrapbook committee for the Ii
brary club 1941. Basketball team
1888, '39, 40, Al. Keeps every
body laughing. Hobbies - roller
skating and hiking. Ambition, to
work in a department store. Voted
most comical.
MARIE BLEVINS
Age 20 Born March 2, 1921.
Grassy Creek. Vice-president OF
the senior class Member of the
English and Library clubs. Friend
" disposition. Ambition, to be a
trained nurse. Hobbies, skating
and corresponding. Voted best
sport.
LUCILLE BROWN
Age II - Born July 3, 1928,
Weaversford. Honor student four
years in high school. Perfect at
tendance 1940-'41. Member of has
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Bows And Girls
Make Records In
Basketball VIC

In athletics the Virginia-Caro-
lima boys were hit hard by grad
uation. Only one letter-man was
left from last years basketball
team. With this difficulty to face
the team has met with fair sue
cess. 20. -. .s-
In the early part of the season
the boys won the Grayson, County
tournament by debating Trout
dale, Elk Creek and Mount
A. tournament which was played
Rogers. They also won the F. F.
at Fries, Va.
But when the Virginia-Caro-
lima team opened the conference
in Ashe County it found more
competition. In the conference the
team won two and lost six games.
During the entire season twenty
games were played of this num-
Der thirteen were won and seven
lost.
Prospects for the coming season
will be brighter. Practically all
the squad is expected to return
and with a years experience
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Graduation Exercises FRIDAY:
Rev. Hoyt Wood Will Speak

Plans are nearing completion
for the commencement program
at the Virginia-Carolina high
school, which will begin on Fri
day night, April rs, 800 p. m, the
high school graduation exercises
will be given in the Grassy Creek
Baptist church, as the school does
not 3, have an auditorium. Rev.
Hoyt Wood will deliver the ad-
dress. =
. Saturday night; April 26, 800
p. m.,. the Senior. Class play will
be presented in the Grassy Creek
Methodist church. ''Boots and
Her Buddies," or "When A. Man
Plays Maiden" which promises to
furnish laughter, surprise, sus-
pense and enjoyment throughout
the entire play. The cast of char
acters is as follows:
Boots Boyd, a pretty girl of Is,
June Young; Prof; Ned Boyd, her
Aather,: Dale Waddell; Albert
Stevens, a bachelor friend, John
Stump; Mrs. Stevens, who likes
to show off, Hazel Blackburn; Jed
Harding. the widower, Joe Tho
mas; Bill Thompson, a veritable
clown, Sam Jones; Percival Man
ners, an Englishman, Dale Sage
Jane Nelson, Boots friend, Iva
Ruth Dickson: Mary Roland, an
other friend, Zelda Spencer Mrs
Audrey Hemingway, Prof's fl
ance, Norman Halsey; Mandy, the
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should make a better record.


The basketball squad this year
was composed of the following:
Dale Sage. Dale Waddell, Cole
Spencer, Rodney Brown, Char
les Sexton, Clyde Reedy, Earl
Phipps, Burl Phipps, Sam Jones,
Ted GRAPHICAL, Delmar Du Vail,
John Stump and Joe Thomas.
Mr.. Bruce Bowlin, coach, is a
graduate of Elon college. He
coached athletics basketball and
basebalD at the Green Valley
high schol for two years and
served as principal and athletic
coach of Elkland high school for
six years. He taught mathematics
and coached baseball and basket
ball in Bridgeton high school,
Craven County, for three years.
He has taught and coached in the
Virginia-Carolina high school for
the past three years, and also has
played summer baseball with
Ashe County teams for several
summers.
The Virginia-Carolina girls
have made a better record than
the boys this year, however, this
has not been as good as in pre-
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vious years. Five members of the
team will be lost through grad
uation this year.
The Virginia Carolina girls won
the Grayson County tournament
by defeating Troutdale, Elk
Creek, independence, and Fries.
From eight Ashe Conference
games five were won and three
lost. Out Of a total of fifteen
games played twelve were won
and three lost.
Members of the girls basketball
squad are: Evelyn Woods, Hazel
Blackburn, Iva Ruth Dickson,
Edith Paisley, Shirley Spencer,
Ola Mae Dickson, Madeline Pas
ley, Villa Mae Roupe, Mabel Col
ward, Wilma Lou Handy, Mary
Lou Du Vail, Madge Blevins,
Carrie Mae Parsons and Norma
Halsey.
Softball, relays, singing games
and various athletics are offered
to the students and most of the
students participate in some form.
Mrs. Irene Dickson Cox, coach,
is a graduate of Appalachian
State Teachers college.
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Twenty Seniors To Receive Diplomas At Virginia Carroll

ketball team 1938-'39. Member of
the Library and English clubs
1940-'41. Debating club 1941. Hob
bies, travelling and skating. Am
bition, to be a trained nurse
MABEL COWARD
Age 17-Born February Is, 1924,
Grassy Creek. Honor student.
Friendly disposition. Member of
the Library and English clubs
194O-41. Basketball team 1888,
80, 1939-'4O, 194O-'41. Hobbies,
roller skating and petting child
rem. Ambition, to be a home eco
Monies teacher. She loves to have
a good time even though it rains.
She never sees a stranger and is
always ready to make more
friends. Voted best dressed girl.
Motto: "a gutter never wins; a
winner never quits.
IVA RUTH DICKSON
Age 17-Born April 6, 1924,
Grassy Creek. On honor roll most
of the time. Very good attendance.
Secretary of English club 194O-'41.
Outstanding basketball player of
1888 '39, 40, Al. Hobbies, basket
ball and kodaking. Ambition, to
be a secretary.
DELMAR E. DU VAIL
Age 17-Born November %,
1923, Grassy Creek. Good atten-
dance. Basketball team 194O-'4l.,
baseball and hunting. Ambition,
Baseball team 1940-'41. Hobbies,
to be an electrician.
HOPE EMERSON
Age 20 - Born April ID, 1921.
Rugby, always made good grades.
Has friendly disposition. Ambition,
to be a home economics teacher.
Hobbies, playing the guitar, col
lecting folk ballads, roller-skating
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and reading.

| Age lS-6Orn OSCCl4AOCA 81"
1921, Fox. Has friendly disposition
and a host of friends. She has g
smile for everyone. Perfect at
tendance 194O-'41. Hobbies, sew
ling and rollerskating. Voted
"Most Original"
NORMA HALSEY
Age 18-Born November g.
1922, Mouth. of Wilson. Perfect
attendance 194e-'41. Ambition, to
be a housewife or trained nurse
Hobbies, hiking -roller-skating'
softball and basketball.
WILMA LOU HANDY
Age 16-Born May g., 1924
Weaverford. She has a beautiful
smile and makes friends wherever
she goes. Member of the English
and Library clubs 194O'41. Mem
Der of basketball team 1898
1939'4O, 1940-'41. Hobbies, roller
skating and eating peanuts. Am.
bition, to be q trained nurse. and
good cook. Motto: "Why take
life so seriously, you will never
get out of it alive"
MARGIE LOUISE MIKEL.
Age 16-Born March 49,, 1925
Rugby, on honor roll four years
Good attendance. Secretary =: o.
Junior class. Treasurer of English
club first half and President las
half. Hobbies, roller, skating
reading and playing softball. Am
bition, to take a business course
Voted "Most Intellectual" Vale
dictorian of class.
MADELINE Nj. PAISLEY
Age 10 - Born April 2, 1923
Grassy Creek. Honor student
Good attendance. Friendly dis
position. Member of English anc
Library clubs 194O-'41. Basketball
squad 1938-'39, 40, Al. Hobbies
card collecting, and basketball
Ambition. to be a trained nurse
or clerk in a department store.
ANNA HELEN ROSE
AGE 18-Born December %
1923, Bride Creek. Perfect at
tendance 1878. Has friendly
disposition and keeps everyone
laughing. Hobbies, roller-skating
fishing and movies. Ambition. tc
train for "a nurse in Pittsburg
Pennsylvania.
VILLA MAE ROUPE
Age 2O-Born June 10, 1921
Mullins, West Virginia. She has
beautiful red hair and is known
by all as Red" Friendly dis
position. She likes to go places
and is always out for a big time
Member of basketball team 1888
'39, 40, Al. First all-star team
1941. Hobbies, roller skating and
reading letters. Ambition, to be
a beauty parlor operator, and
make her home in Washington
D. C. Voted ''Most Athletic Girl
Motto: "Why not smile; you will
always get them back"
DALE SAGE
Age 18- Born June Is, 1922
Rugby. Steady as a clock. Presi-
dent of the senior class. Vice
president of the vocational agri-
culture class 1941. Basketball
team 1940-'41.
ZELDA MAXINE SPENCER
Age 19-Born February Is, 1922
Sturgills. Honor grades. Friend,
ly disposition. President of Eng.
dish club 1941. Hobbies, roller
skating and hiking. Ambition, tc
be secretary. Voted prettiest
girl.
|
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John w. STUMP

Age II - Born May IS, 1923,
Grassy Creek. A good and de-
pendable student. Basketball team
1941. Baseball team 1871. Hob
bies, movies and fishing. Ambi-
ton, to do honest work. '.-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
ZOE THOMAS

Age 2O-Born Feb. Is, 1921,
Grant. Friendly disposition. Good
attendance. Basketball 1889, 40,
Al. Secretary Of Library club
1941. Hobbies, radioing, hunting
and reading. Ambition, to be a
mechanic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-03
THE -FOUR HORSEMEN RIDE
AGAIN

again the four horsemen OF the
apocalypse are riding, says the
Journal of the American Medical AS
sociation. "Once more war, disease,
hunger. and death destroy mankind.
The horsemen of today travel with
the increased speed of mechanical
transportation. Today the possibill-
ties for sudden and widespread out
breaks of disease arising far from
their endemic foci are more likely
than ever previously.
News dispatches and other reports
from Europe are not comforting.
Typhus is being held in check only
with the greatest difficulty, and in
some areas, notably Poland and the
Battles, this killer is rumored to
have reached serious epidemic pro-
portions. Other potentially murder
GUS endemic diseases are malaria,
yellow fever and plague. And the
fact that we are far from the battle
fields and the stricken, starving ma
tions does not give us assured pro-
lection.
AS the Journal also says: CLEARLY
the insulation of this country from
the disease consequences OF war Will
provide a colossal task and will re-
uuire the most careful planning and
effort. Fortunately for the United
States, we have the finest medical
service in the world to act as our
main line of defense against the bac-
terial killers. Nowhere else in the
world has medical research pro-
crossed so far. Nowhere else in the
world is the average doctor so well
fitted to perform the dual tasks OF
preventing and curing disease.
The scientists are working to pro-
tect you from the four horsemen. All
of the 13O,000,00O people in this
country will benefit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-03
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK

Each year in October, Fire Pre-
vention Week is observed by procla-
nation of the President of the
United States. 1t is a call on the CT
tizens of this country to reduce loss
of life and property by fire.
That Week is always important.
This year, with the country engaged
in the greatest defense drive in all
history--a drive which means that a
large part of the human and mater
ial resources of this country must be
turned to the gigantic task of max
ing us militarily impregnable--the
Week is a hundred times more i'm
portant still. 1t has been said many
times, and it should be said many
times again, that fire is the enemy
of defense. Fire is the waster, the
implacable destroyer of time, of hu-
man effort, or life, of resources.
Fire fights against the swift produc-
ton of airplanes and cannons and
battleships and tanks. Fire fights
against the nations safety.
In the past years, it has often hap
pened that fire losses have gone
down during the Week and the per-
iod Immediately following, only to
rise sharply thereafter. In other
words, we Americans have had short
memories. The lessons learned dur
ing the Week were quickly forgot
ten, and we relapsed into our old
careless, thoughtless habits.
That must not happen now. We
must regard every week as a fire
prevention week. We must regard
every day as day in which to keep
in mind the hazards that breed fire,
and the means of eliminating them.
Only If that is done, can fire, our
ever-present foe, be beaten. The war
against fire is war for American
safety in which every one of us can
play am aggressive part.