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a former foreign correspondent on Col. McCormick's 0 hi cago Tri- hune, now broadcasting on the Berlin radio for Hitler, has been parroting the same thing, and NaZi Propaganda Minister Goeb- belS made the same charge In a lengthy article in the leading German propaganda organ, "Das Reich"
 q. l., K. SMITHS
 DRAWING POWER
 Senator Homer Ferguson, astllte Michigan Republican, Is one man who doesn't underestimate rootin tootin' Gerald L. K. Smith.
 During a recent locked.door meeting of the SenRtes Campaign Expenditures Committee, Fergu- son told colleagues this story about this primary campaign for the Senate in l942 against the rabble-rouser.
 T never took smiths opposi. ton seriously until one day when I visited county fair, greeted some friends and then began to stroll down the midway, which was crowded with folks from nearby towns and farms. l passed the grille show with four scantily clad dancing girls on the platform, and noticed there weren't half a dozen men watching the display,
 "Then ! saw, across the mid. way, . huge crowd gathered around speaker. He was showing two synthetic rubber tires. The speaker was smith, and he was promising those farmers that, lf they elected him to the Senate, they could have these tires by Christmas and two more by March.
 Let me tell you, took Mir Smith more seriously after that!"
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Views Of The Press

at any time, but which was actually made at Q time when it coincided with his acceptance of the Demo. cratic nonainet ton. This IS Q business meeting. For with the unforeseen suddenneSs resulting from the swift success of Allied arms in France and Belgium a point has been reached in the war at which whoever hap pened to be President of the Uni- ted States would find 1t necessary to consult with whoever happened to be Prime Minister of Britain.
 The question requiring consulta- ton now Is nothing less than how to shift the main attack of Allied arms from Europe to the Pacific, This is not a question that can be decided by the generals and the admirals on their own responsibil- fly. The generals and the admirals can give advice. They can say that 1t Is wiser to fight a hard, short war against Japan, even though thh may involve tremendous casu. alties, or they can say that 1t is wiser to fight slower war of block ade, attrition and air bombardment, But the generals and the admirals cannot make the final decision about the kind of war that 1t Is best to fight and the kind of war for which, plans must now be made, months in advance. Tn Q democracy only the civilian heads of govern. ment can make this decision. For theirs is the ultimate responsibil- ity and It is theirs to determine which of the plans of the generals and the admirals best conforms with the material resources avail. able for the task at hand, with the
 state of public morale, with the
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ways had large crowds, but lost the election Dewey is bank ing heavily on radio to carry his message to the country Dur ing the Philadelphia speech, Penn. Sylvania's COP machine bosses Joe Pew and Joe Grundy stayed carefully in the background, were not seen with Dewey, They were not even listed on any Of the committees scheduled to meet with him Dewey's efforts to ate tract labor's support are still a flop. Labor officials who have met with him thus far are go-betweens for John L. Lewis, or old-line Republican A, P, Of L. repreSen- tatives of small union locals haV- Ing relatively few members ', Just before Dewey opened his cam paign, his advisers were con- cerned, thought they had a Roose- welt spy In their ranks. Reason was that FDR released his Army demobilization plan, approved by thousands of c. I,'s, just one day before Dewey charged Roosevelt with wanting to keep the boys in the Army for fear of unemploy- ment,
 pr, F. F. Kung, brother-in-law of Chians Kei-Shek, has been smuggling up to the Dewey camp. The eanny Chinese apparently want to play both horses, whether In mldStream or not During the first week In August, the Sen. ate Campaign Expenditures Com. mittee asked all Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates to submit a list of their expenditures and contributions. Five weeks have now passed. To date all have
 compiled - except Thomas E, Dewey, Gov. Brieker and Gerald L. K. Smith .. Dewey may run into trouble If he continues the argument that Roosevelt got us into the war to relieve the unem- plOyment situation" Donald Day,
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Intelligent DemobiIization

Perhaps no one will better appreciate kl1e Arnny'S demobilization plan than eorie of the overseas veterans of the last war. For they can remember that many If flae first men who got to France were khe last to return, that too often the AEF veteran who had done some of the hard. est fighting came back to find most Of khe jobs already snapped up.
 These and many other inequities of world War l are corrected in the new Nlan. Eta proKlsl0ne pK0ulea falIpess as
 8| ss f'fof0ut pFoeeuI|en ol e war
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v NAA w
 what his knowl- ledge and train- ing may be. The man who really loves flowers is made uneasy as long aS he can see Q single weed in his flower beds.
 Because weeds grow ct the ex- pense of flowers and grow without cultivation, eVery-
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one who has Q garden has to choose between weeds and good flowers. He cannot have both.
 It Is with the same diligence that man who aspire to goodness must watch over the growth of their souls. They must choose between weeds and flowers; they cannot have both. Some people think that the truly religious arc insuHerably Elar- TOW They seem to magnify oil the little aniiable indulgencee into vices and gFumblc feargqliy about things that most Of fIIe world leeIs are anlts aH SlGhf. npt the man truly
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purposes and obligations of nations d foreign policy,
 It was MT. Churchill and MT. Roosevelt who made the first great crucial decision of this war: the des cision, despite divided military opin. ionon the subject and divided opin' ion in Congress and elsewhere, to throw the main bulk of Anglo~ American strength straight inN Europe, rather than split in be- tween Europe and the Pacific. The second great crucial decision-how to fight the war in the Pacific is now in the making. MT. Churchs III and MT. Roosevelt have theiA ton commanders with them.
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Selected Poem
END OF A VOYAGE

END OF VOYAOE (E-sgt Frederick Albright in The New YorK TlmeN This is the promised dream; the silver towers rSing
 in the sun , . Under cold wheel Of gulls and damp familiar har-
 bor smell ., And the voice hushed and expectant With quiet
 land swell. This is the shoreline long unseen, rememnerea ana
 yet strange, The known face altered but speaking yet the re-
 membered phrase; This Is the country of the mind now actual at last The engines stilled, bright windows plank III mosn'
 ing haze. Such is homecoming: the recollection of time gone The moment charged with promise Of time 70 pc. It s here the dumb heart cries because " cannO' sing, ..v And in loud happiness the unvoiced teal" fall
 secretly.
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You can Appre- ciaee this now as you read about the new preSlden- tial directive which aholishes the ofnce of rub her director, In its place will he Q Rubber Bureau In WIPE, with all the production Q n d research handed back to Secretary of c 0 m ni cree Jesse Jones' Rub- bor Reserve Coni- pNny,
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 T0nSlIS


 Since my son was eisht the Is lJ noW) the school nurses have inc sisted that we should have his tom sils removed, But our doctor says the boys tonsilS are swollen, not diseased Tho boy has repeated at' taeHs of tonSillitis during the win' ter, GA r Rl Answer-Disregard grotuitous Nd- vice and follow only your doctors advice, Repeated attacks Of SOTO throat may warrant simple tonSillo. tony tnot radical tonsillectomv or an attempt to remove every Dit or tonsll tissue from the throao, But in general. if there is any doubt as to the treatment, I'd say let the tonsilS alone. Send a stempod en. velope bearing your kddreSS, and ask for pamphlet "TonSilS and AGenoids,"
 Chronic Appendicitis?
 Doctor told my son t2sl he has chronic inflammation Of appendix, Is there any other treatment than operation for thls9 co, Wo Answer-A diagnosis Of Chrohie appendicitis or chronic infiamma' ton of the appendix is a blind guess in my opinion, I don't mind en or. dinary appendicitis operation oE anything of the sort, but I'd hate to be opened for inspection on any such tentative ground as that,
 Poor Kid
 Two years ago our boy had acute nephritls. He made 0 fine recovery, but the doctor eaid he must never catch cold or get his feet wet
 (S. r. P.) Answer If he were my boy he could get his feet wet and 90 swim ming and go as nearly naked aS he liked whenever he liked Copyright i944, John F, .Dille Col
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SOME PRACTICAL USES FOR
 LIME

When using lime to diSintect it 70 necessary to use it liberally, Ore dlnary lime, unslaked lime, livelime, Qulckllme is cheap enough SO that there Is no reason for spartng use on the ground of expense.
 For dlsinfectlng eXcreta an amount of freshly prepared milk of lime about equal to the bulk or matter to be diSlnfected should Do mixed with the matter. Tn using lime to dislnfect matter containing typhoid bacllll, the material thus treated should be allowed to stand two hours,
 Milk of lime is made by putting 1 part of qulcklime in ( parts or water - about two pounds In the gallon, It should have the conSiSt- ency of thick cream. Use an amount of this about equal to the amount of matter to be diSinfected, and let the mixture sand at least two hours before final disposal.
 This is the most practical agent for disinfectlng privies, latrines, or trenches in camp, Only enough milk of lime should be prepared to last for three or four days at most, for on standing it changes Into inerG carbonate of lime, which has no tllsinfectant value; neither has air- slaked lime any value as Q disin" fectant,
 We are talking about ordinary lime, such as 1t used for whitewaShs ing, It Is not to be confused with the very pungent chloride of lime" chlorinated lime. phypochlorite Of lime, calcium hypochlorite that comes in sealed tins and gives oh the characteristic odor of chlorine,
 Freauent application of white" wash--a mixture of . few pounds of uuicklime with Q bucket of water toy the walls of cellars barns, animal pens and the like keeps such places clean, disinfeetS, prevents dampness and mould,
 Dry lime Is of little value for these purposes,
 Prepered chalk Is the purified calcium carbonate used As an an- taeid In various kinds of sYperacid- ity or sour stomach and often ss Q mild Astringent for relief Of acute diarrhea, in the booklet "so Yeu Have Indlgestion9" (eopy for the cents and stamped self addressed envelope) I recommend the use or flve grains to ten grains of calcium carbonate es preferable to either sodium biearbonate (snleratus, baE. Ing soda) or magnesia tmilk Of magneSial Co neutralize excessive stomach acid,ty and reltvc such symptoms as heartburn. watcrbrash and gas" One such dose gives re- lief for hours, md unlike soda this antacid does not itself generate much gas tcarhon dloSide) on rec acting with acid in the stomach, nor doesit form purgative salts.
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Current Comment

The fact that c group of German generals d!Slikes Hitler Is ell grlst erai stan and the bunker mind arc no less antlpathetic to us than Hits for our mill, but the German gen. Ter.
 Secretary of War Henry L. stin.
 son,
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intersted in the growth of the soul has the same impulses as the man truly interested in the growth Of flowers, His fingers fairly itch to pull out the weeds lest they grow up and choke the flowers. He knows that in fife as in horticulture he must choose between weeds and flowers: no cannot have both Al Rights Reserved Del bsoa News
 paper Syndicate
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Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Slgnoa letters pertaining Co per. eonal health aud hygiene. not Co disease. diagnosis of treatment, win ho answered hy Dr. Brady w d stamped self-addressed envelope ls enclosed. Letters should Do brief and written In ink. sSO reply can % made Co queries not conform lnR Co instructions. Address Dr. william BrAdy. National Newe' paper Service, Sa0 West MadisoA Street. Chicago. IlL
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
WE MUST CHOOSE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

WE MUST CHOOSE
 It has been said that . true horti. culturist Is always pulling weeds The man who can walk through . cultivated area day after day and endure the sight of weeds Is not a hoytio,,itiiriat at heart, no matter
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sNATlONAl
 SPOTLIGHT
Rubber Program
 Checkup Coming
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 CNFroxnonfNmN

Here on the home front, this Is the war when you can begin to laugh at Q lot of the somewhat needless frenzy that people worked themselves Into, worrying about crises that never quite developed,
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WASHINGTON September A. Re publican big not advertising the sailed into Roosevelt Ad minstraNon.
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A Thought for Today

Let ell the earth fear the LOrd let all tho lnhabltants Of the world stand In awe of him, s-Psalms 33;S.
 Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the wear of dod,-sSamuel Johnson.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW PEARSON M

Dewey Avoid Wke Error of Firing Self With Little Speeches. Will Skip BoekPotfom Toks Saving Strength for Mass Meetinss British Boost Good W Fly BPorison consressmen to london
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Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 3:34 Q. m twar tinte)
 Sun rises ta 0:Si Q, n1g sets ct T;OS ?. m. (war tin1e) u, Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 There were hurricane warnings taig week off ffin aenthaagf eonNt. A good Tainfall Wng Appreciated bes|nnIHs Ka1saeg n'sllt
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
|LEND-LEASE:
Aid Mounts

Declaring that continuation Of
lend-1ease was essential for speedy
victory until both Germany and ia
pan were brought to their knees,
President Roosevelt revealed that
the U. S. share Of such assistance
appropriated % billion dollars up to
July /, while other countries con-
tributed in excess Of billion.
OF the Is billion dollars, Britain
received over billion; Australia
and New Zealand, billion; Africa,
the Middle East and Mediterranean,
8 billion; Russia, almost 6 billion;
China and India, III billion. and
Latin America. 172 million.
AS an indication of the gigantic
contribution U. S. industry has made
to the war, figures showed that this
country lend-leased 11,000 planes
and 100000 trucks and other vehi-
cles to Russia; 5000 planes and 5000
tanks to Great Britain, and 1890
planes, 51,100 tanks and $4,000
trucks and other vehicles to the
Mediterranean area.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14

TEA STOCKS: The nations sup
ply Of tea Is about double that of a
year ago at this time, being Is. 1884,
900 pounds, according to the Tea
bureau. Annual consumption at U.s.
100000 pounds is $4,000, 900 pounds
below normal.
ALL OUT IN JAPAN: A story
from Tokyo radio states that wom-
ans draft has been decreed. requir-
ing every healthy unmarried wom-
an to work for the country" Students
also are being forced to spend part
of the day in war work.
HEELS: The War Production
board has lifted certain restrictions
on shoe manufacture. These will
permit introduction of new designs
without employing any additional
help. Higher heels will be allowed.
Bows may be used, if made Of scrap
leather.
ACCIDENT: In the worst accident
of its type that Britain has suffered,
81 persons died when an American
Liberator bomber crashed and
burned on a school in Freckleton,
England. Thirty-four of the victims
were kindergarten children who had
been removed to the country to es-
cape the robot bombs in London.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14

USE OF AUTOS: A recent survey
discloses that "a per cent of car
owners are driving their autos less
than half the peacetine mileage.
This reduction has come about
through shorter and fewer trips rath-
err than the laying up Of cars for
the duration. Gasoline and tire ra
tioning have combined with patri
otto motives to lessen car use. the
survey continued.
TRAP SHOOTING: Capt. Joseph
Hiestand of Hillsboro, Ohio, has once
again won the North American clay
target championship in the 18th
Grand American Trapshooting tour
nament held at Vandalia, Ohio. This
is the fourth time he has captured
the award, the previous occasions
being in 1885, '36, and '38. He broke
200 straight targets to lead the field
of entrants.
PEPPER: A shortage Of black
pepper and some other imported
spices is developing in the country.
Industry leaders say that the cell
ing prices are so low that sales can
not be made without loss. The cell
ing on black pepper is now 61z cents
a pound. Stocks sufficient for two
years are on hand.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
PACIFIC:
BOmbers Actiue

With thousands of Japanese troops
stranded on the enemy's string Of
outer defense islands from the
Solomons down to New Guinea, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur air command
concentrated on tn. bombardment
of shipping lanes through which sup
plies might seep to bolster the sag
ging garrisons.
At the same time, Adm. Chester
Nimitz revealed that navy planes
continued their attack upon the stra-
tegic BONN. islands, which lie ap-
proximately 600 miles from the
Japanese mainland and just above
the U. S. occupied Marianas, in an
effort to soften up these stepping
stones to Tokyo.
In pressing their bonbardments.
General MacArthur's airmen ranged
over Mindanao, important basing
point for enemy shipping in the
southern Philippines.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14

houses of J. P. Morgan and Com
pany and Kuhn, Loeb and Company.
Focusing it's attention on western
rail operations, the government de-
clared that establishment of higher
rates in that territory than in the
east placed it at a competitive dis
advantage, retarding it's economic
growth. The government also
claimed that movement of perish
able commodities has been delayed
by unwillingness to speed up sched-
ules, and efforts have been made
to stunt the development Of truck
and water transport
In naming j. P. Morgan and Com
pany and Kuhn, Loeb and Company
in the suit, the government charged
that they controlled major railroad
financing and possessed substantial
industrial interests in the East.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
WAGES:
AFL Wants Boost

Declaring that the President pos
sessed the power to raise wages,
and that the sterilization act call
ing for a balance in the nations
economy afforded him the grounds
for such a move, the executive
council of the American Federation
Of Labor asked for abandonment of
the Little Steel'' formula, limit
ing pay increases to Is per cent of
the January, 1871, level.
At the same time, the council char
tered the International Office Work.
ers union, which would embrace a
vast number Of white-collar en-
ployees, who, as class, have felt
the squeeze of rising living costs
more than any other group, since
most wage increases have been en-
joyed in the heavier war-boomed
industries.
In appealing for higher wages,
AFL President William Green de-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
VFW ENCAMPMENT:
Want Strong U.S..

Holding their 45th annual encamp-
ment in Chicago, the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars heard Mai. Gen.
Norman T. Kirk, surgeon general of
the army, tell Of the development
of modern medicine to the extent
that more soldiers now survive
battle injury than ever before.
During business sessions, the
VIEW approved compulsory military
training; a strong army and navy
to protect U. S. coastlines and pre-
vent repetition Of Pearl Harbor;
discharge priorities based on length
and type of service for vets of this
war, and voted to bar service
women from their organization.
In revealing that at present the
army has six amputation centers,
10 for neurosurgery, S for thoracic
surgery, for vascular surgery, 8
for plastic and opthalmologic sur
gerry and each for the rehabilita-
ton of the deaf and blind, General
Kirk said wounded soldiers are sent
to those institutions closest to their
homes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
ANTITRUST:
Railroads Named

Charging maintenance Of nom
competitive rates, prevention of i'm
provements and facilities of west
ern lines. and SURPRISING develop.
ment of other forms of transporta-
ton, the government fled an anti
trust suit against the Association of
American railroads; the Western
Association Of Railway Executives;
IL railroads; and the investment
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14

Foster Dulles, his advisor on for
eign affairs, to the capital to con-
suit on the conferences. Hull issued
his invitation after Dewey expressed
concern that the major powers
might overlook the interests Of the
smaller nations.
Although the conferees were said
to agree on the principle of employ
ing force to suppress future agrees
sion, plans under discussion called
for the use of force only after meas
ures for peaceful settlement had
failed.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
AGRICULTURE:
Seek to AuOid CLut

Looking forward into the postwar
world with all of it's economic prob
lens, the War Food administration
has sought to develop a procedure
designed to avoid the accumulation
Of vast stores Of surplus foods which
might constitute a market threat
when hostilities cease.
Under VIA plans, the agency now
buys food only for foreseeable de-
mands, and declares that any COM
modities required for relief in iber-
ated countries will first be with
drawn from surplus army and lend
lease stocks before purchases are
made in the domestic market.
In establishing a surplus sales
division, which is to sell current
food stocks when demand is high to
make room for fresh supplies, the
VIA has set UP machinery for fu-
ture disposals.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
u. S. LAND:
$4,000 900 Acres ACQUIRED

More than "a million acres have
been acquired by the federal gov
eminent for war purposes, exclusive
of land taken over by the Defense
plant corporation. according to Sem
ator O'Mahoney Of Wyoming.
The war and navy departments
have stated that 6,750,000 acres of
their holdings are surplus for post
war purposes. OF this, 1876, 600 acres
are tentatively classified as good ag-
ricultural land, 2,197 600 acres as
grazing land, and 2,107, 900 as forest
tracts.
More than one-third Of the "a, 000,-
600 acres held by government COR
porations has been taken from the
public domain, the senator said.
About 25,00O,000 acres Of the total
holdings are being employed for di-
rect war purposes. The figures do
not include land leased by the gov
eminent for use of the army, navy
or any federal war corporation it
was pointed out.
The total cost of land acquired 10
not known, but so far the govern
ment has paid out $685., 1926, 816 for
it's various properties figures re-
leased revealed.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14

tn cir talks, since
Russia is not at war
with the Japanese
and is unwilling to
discuss repressive
measures again s t
them.
Accepting the in
vitation of Secre-
tary of Sta tie Cor
dell Hull to discuss
p o S t w ar pea ce
plans, Gov. Thomas
IN t.