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he could. hunting food at night. Finally. to save face, the Japs declared George Tweed officially dead last April.
 The world roared away from George Tweed on December II, l94l. All that remained for him was the fight to exist and to win his private war with the Japs. lie knew of the Pearl Harbor disaster. He had seen the JapS overrun the pitifully small garrison on Guam. For all he knew, they might have kept right on to the American mainland. But he never doubted that the Americans would come back to Guam. It would be a very good idea if all of us would remember George Tweed. Even though this advice may sound little trite or Sunday schoolish, it still would be well tn remember him the next time we're tempted to howl about the toughneSs of beef and the high price Of artichokes, or predict doom if the man we don't vote for gets elected president.
 We average Americans can be pretty bi- goted and petty and belligerent We can be extravagantly pessimistic, solemnly as- surfing one another that the country is go- ing to the dogs, now or later. But we're talking about the country that also pro- duces George TweedS. Tweed is a great hero and an average American. The dou- ble distinction is not uncommon. Scores and hundreds of men in our Army and Navy fit that description. And since they do, maybe the country will pull through.
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chance of being released from service at their own request.
 NOTE-No criticism of Gable or Vallee is intended. Gable entered the service as a buck private. went through officer candidate school. and won his commission the hard day. While on duty. he made num- erous bombing trips over Germany and France. winning the respect Of all his companions. Vallee went into the service with a specific job to do and has done it.
 GERMAN COMMUNI-
 CATIONS SHATTERED
 German prisoners captured in France now reveal the terrific handicaps faced by the Nazis in attempting to defend the crumb- ling walls of the European conti- nent.
 These prisoners say 1t took the Nazis five days to move five diyis- ions the few hundred miles be- tween Berlin and Paris immedi" ately after D-Day. The delay re- suited from the great damage to railroads and highways caused by underground units and Allied air power.
 Just north of Paris. eommuni- cations were SO badly destroyed that the Nazis had to disemhark their five full divisions from trains. and take anime additional days to move the divisions by foot and motor transport to the Nor- mandy battlefront.
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
Ice Cream and Reducing

zee NJehm eNu WenuelHs
 ! am on a diet as you suggest m pamphlet How to Lose Weight" but I am so fond of ice cream. If [ exclude an sweets and take only two dishes of ice cream a week will I still reduce at all? Mrs. P. V. A Answer - Certainly. Difficulty is that if We give an inch you'll take a nlile-you girls who have such craving and tolerance for sweets. But better reduce at modefate pace and stick to the regimen than go at 1t hammer and tongs for a few days than of on q chocolate double- fudge binge, Pamphlet How to Lose Weight" mailed on request (but do not send clipping to any reader oyer eighteen who provides self stamped addressed envelope.
 Ivy Poisoning
 Please tell us 8 good remedy for poison ivy, We gre going to the mountains and want to be prepared.
 Mrs Q. G. O.)
 Answer-Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for pamphlet on Ivy Poisoning.
 Insanity
 Husband argues dementia is one form of insanity, ! say dementla, insanity and mania are three forms Of disorders of the mind and are not the same. Please settle the argu- Raent, Mrs, E, HD
 AnsweF-EnsaHlty means not sane, not sound of mind, Dementia means mental deterioration or weakening, Mania means frenzy,
 (C0pyTigbt i9ls, John ?. Dllle Col
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POPULAR CARICATURE oF

THE FtCGNME VF uEA9ln
 Ii you publish any part of this letter writes a reader. seeking ad- vice. for goodness sake don't use my name)
 The reader gives a history of pneumonia at the age of forty. and of two attacks of pneumonia in childhood, complains of a sore spot in chest under one shoulderblade, which is noticeable when she calls the COWS. Recent x-ray and medi- cal examinations reveal no lung trouble. Friend husband, as all hus- bands must or should, tries to get her mind on more cheerful mat ters by asseverating. the heartless wretch, that no one who has lung trouble could put as much volume in calling the COWS as the reader does.
 Putting on my high-power specs and peering searchingly through the two thousand miles of atmosphere from behind my lush whiskers l go Into a brief trance and come up with this tiny but genius pearl: Soreness or pain felt in the chest is rarely a symptom or sign of lung trouble.
 That's as far as VIC go on that line, folks.
 The reader complains further that no one believes she can have much wrong with her. and especi- ally not with her lungs. for she fs feet two inches tall and weighs I60 pounds.
 Tn other words the reader im- plies. a person who carries thirty odd pounds of stacker flesh, excess weight. chain and anchor, sack Of fuel, every step he or she takes. is that much healthier than 6 person who has good nutrition.
 How this quaint notion became so firmly fixed in popular conscious ness is a puzzle. Perhaps old tin1- CTS observed victims of advanced tuberculosis c'consumption") vast ing away and inferred that they developed the disease because they had become thin. From that pre- mise 1t was easy to conclude that obesity. corpulence, overweight. sue perfiuous adipose, stacker flesh. reserve fuel tank makes it impos- sible or unlikely for "lung trouble" to develop
 Odhand I could name a score of fairly common ailments or diseases an overweight person of forty or thereabOuts is more likely to have than is a person of that age who weight is nearer what 1t should be. Also have in mind half a dozen fairly common ailments or diseases other than lung trouble that might account for the sore spot under the shoulderblade-bu this is a health column and We leave further details about these things to the readers physician.
 Anyway it Is high time to scrap the caTieature which too many re- gard as the picture Of health. In actuality a corpulent, obese or for i'd person has a poor chance of en- toying good health after forty and a poorer one of living long enough to draw q retirement pension or so- cial security.
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In Today's Mail
CAAgBIGUE FORAgER q. o. ?. COMMISSIONER AVOWs
 LOYALTY TO ROOSEVELT


 After many years of strict ad- beFenee to Republican party regu, laTity, ] propose supporting Presl- dent Roosevelt for reelection in the fall election tn accordance with the dictates of my ,9nseienee,
 ! believe that our failure to Fev elect MT, Roosevelt would give suf- ficieDt comfort to our enemies, both, 0eFmaDle and Japanese to pr0l0ng h0stilltles and cost more American and Allied soldiers lives than should be necessary,
 It would be peFVeFt loyalty for anyone to vote against MT, R00seS welt merely for the sake Of party loyalty with the thought that the life or limb of RD American soldier miRbt be in the balance,
 The general inconvenience and hardship that warstiNe conditions have brought to the civilian p0pulaS ton are serious but are e0mpaFav lively insignlfleant Rnd hardly proper political Issues, There are, however, isolated instances Of reals " maj0r tragedies on the home front which should be almost as great compelling motive to end the wag as gre the casualties Of the battlefront,
 There seems to me to Dc DO cause for alaTm over the lengthy tenure Of the presidential office in war time, The ultimate authority Of our govs eFnment lies ln . congress that We ean dictate 10 and change over every two years v we choose,
 The will Of the American people, or lack Of t, VII alwRys be reflect, ed in the congressional branch 0f our government and ! am sure that we will have good government f we deserve lt and want it, This may be true Of most people but t ls pRFs tieulaFly so with ns,
 ME, Roosevelt Is in theory and iB fact the commander nsehlef Of our armed forces, He's done q good job Of thls war in . civil and military sense and the American people have done aH excellent Job of their part Of lt without regards to political paFtisanGhlp. Tt seems that DO class or political parties have a m0nop' 0ly on genuine patriotism, ", L, GAnlbiguo, August "A, Ses4,
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cd by our enemies As well ae by our own boys. The contention that modern life has corrupted youth, and especially that the boys os America have grown weak because Of comforts enjoyed from birth, has nov Eeen shown tO be fallaeiouS, Tbs courage Of 0liT boys today is causing the exploits Of the age Of chlyalTy to Look like stilted stage play
 What is e0uFage7, someone
 remarked that t Is fear which has said It's prayers. It Is never fO0l- hardness. It never 0veFlooks dans ger. In faet it is always mixed with cIreumGpecti0D, The true hero is the man who can carry plenty of fear Into the battle but never ais
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been killed Actually" re- minded CuneO, "there were only s0y0oo American men killed in World War !.
 "Yeu also have Wilson re- ceiying word that he has just carried twenty-two counties in New Jersey. That Is . real tFi- umph, because therle are only % counties im New Jersey"
 Finally" qu0th Cameo, you have Senator Glass seeiDg WO0d- roy Wilson in 1913. In that year Glass was only a representa- tive"
 OVER-AGE OFFICERS
 Enlisted men over 38 in the armed services are pressuring au- thorities to permit them the same right of resignation enjoyed by oyer-age officers. AS things stand now, their chances of getting out Of uniform are generally poor. If they have an essential job in in- dustry waiting for them, their chances are about 50-50.
 The recent retirement of Major Clark Gable and Coast Guard Lieutenant Rudy Vallee. both widely publicized, has added fuel to the fire. Gable is returning to movie acting - never considered essential. although some camera jobs are. Vallee wanted to get himself set for a new radio band contract, with the next season coming up fast.
 The Army explains that Gable has completed his assignment and that there is no other similar work to be done. "If he were a sergeant and could turn a camera, said an Army spokesman, i've wouldn't let him go. We need eameramen. But he's a major and is not per- mitted to turn a camera"
 "ssn't rank supposed 10 be e0mmensurate with value 10 the Army" The War Department spokesman was asked,
 "Y0u just don't understand the Army" was tle reply,
 The Coast Guard admits, with equal frankness. that it's oyer-age enlisted men have almost no
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Views Of The Press
"wILs0N"
Christian Science Monllorl

Christian Science Monitor)
 "Wileon," the screen story Of the World War One President ot the United States. Is, undeFstapdably' being called 6 great motion picture It derives It's importance from US relation to events today. For the words Of the man who was not listened to by the majority 0f the people when he sought to ensure peace by means Of an organization of world powers are being ap' plauded by the spectators Of his fllp biography, Here is history repeat Ing itself with . difference, for who in the free ma ti0ns today would not second Wilson's demand that another world war be made impos. slble by some form Of international organization for peaee9
 That Woodrow Wilson was Warnv ing against the very World War which now eoDVnlses the heml' spheres, and that We are still talks ing about making a Third World War impossible, Is tFagieally ir0nleal, This picture shows Wilson flnally going to the people with his plea for support of the proposed member. slllp of the United States in the Laague Of Nations, The response was not strong enougb to in' flueDee the opposition lD washing ton,
 Enforced by events Of the present war, this picture has Rn extFaS 0TdlnaFy effect upon its spectators For they are seeing made the very history Of which they are Q part, It Is doubtful C any theateF pFesenta' ton has ever had such an eDf0reeE Inent of aetuallly as has thls film, f0y nearly every person who looks at t on the screen Is In the armed forces or has 8 Felative who Is flghts Ing for the establishment of the democracy for which Woodrow Wtls son gave hls all, His speeches for the rights Of mln0Flties made 2b years ago are eheeFed today and have become Q part Of the thoughts
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Selected Poem
TRANSITION

TRANSITION iSgt Harold Applebaum lD The New York fJDlesl Life holds time to end, a time tO start, A time for love, for all the blessed joys That run like music through the human heart, And now and then time for eager boys To leave their schools and turn Co battle-gaNes Oi do or die 4 time for all, in fact Save questiDg for the greater things, the flames Up close to truth, the high and holy tracts, But ere the games are won or lost before our lives begin or end, there Is a flash of some immortal flame, and iE the glow We read the meaning Of all else ge saw AS f God let us see before the last, The only truths that man shall eyer know
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Aabl1y and ill~ siDuatAd that he was lacking in courage,
 But there ilas probably never been 8 time in history " en m ore bravery has been DpaniT tested than Is being maBifestv ed today, H Is being manifest
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L, DOUGLASS, Q, Q,

COURAGE
 Before the war broke out, many people said that the dem0craeies could never stand up against the t0talitariaD powers, It vas assumed that our boys had grown soft amid the eOguptlng inGueDees Of modern life. Hitler openly derided the Eng lisb-speaklng youth, called him
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Your Health By Dr. William Brady

signed letters pertaining Co peE- sonal health and hygiene, not Co disease, diagnosis of treatment. win be answered by DF. Brady iR a stamped seil-addressed envelope ls enclosed. Letter. should be brief and written tn ink. 70 reply can he made Co queries not conform. ing Co instructions. Address pr. William Brady. National News. paper Service. 32o West Madison Street, Chicago. lll.
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Current Comment

There Is nothing to fear lD the future. there Is plenty Of work foF everybody, automobiles and alrplapes vii Joe improved and farming is due for it's greatest expansion, All We gant to do Is get along with the rest of the w0Fld-pleDty of trade on equal terms Is the answer,
 Henry Ford,
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Don't Expect
 Him Back Soon
ny THOMAS e. JOHNSON NEA Military Writer

As the United Nations progress from victory to victory. the word goes round that The warn be over Ga Europe by Labor Day and the boysn be home for Christmas" but the truth seems io be that whenever the war ends. it will be many months, perhaps well over i2. before
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Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 2:64 R m. fwaT tlme)
 Sun rises at 6;02 a, m., sets at 7;50 D. m fwRT tlme)
 The change Of the moon will presently bring a change in the weather und0ubted- D. However. thus far the summer moons have effected hot weather Of an unusual degree.
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even the bulk of the boys get home from Europe. One authority thinks n win be l6 months.
 The question is now lDeing studied here. Its students are experts in several govern ments. but their teachers won't let them talk much. for well they know how strong will be the de- mannl from nnhlic
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Thought for Today

Sweet mercy is nobilitys true badge.-shake- epeare.
 without faith h Is impossible Co please Him: for he that cOmeth Co God must believe that He is. and that He is a rewarded of them that diligently seek uim.-fiebrews ll:6.
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low t to make any difference wIth him,
 Any0ne gh0 talks with soldiers gh0 have passed through battle gets the impression that considerable good may be distilled 0ut Of the evil Of this WaT, Men who have faced battle with courage will faee the troubles Of later life with eouFs age also.
 AlI nights Reserved nabs0n
 Newzpaper Syndicate
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eWhad 8 fresh eggs for suppel last Dgiht, We got I7 for breakfast this morning, It amt 2 bad war except on occasion,
 -U, s, sergeant iB Normandy
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and convictions af people Whe eee and hear him as 2 character in this motion picture,
 Such g presentation transeenee Rll ordinary Limitations Of the stage and screen, for lt becomes q part of the times ge live ia, such 6 film Is DWils0n,"
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Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW PEARSON PS

PeosOn Sees BOwup Brewing Inside Jopon Against Mto Clique; Fleet rOntne Troops Will Probably Fight Bitter End; Gurney Exto Women War but Return Home Atewod Enlisted Men Over 30 Want Some chonee Officers Quit Service
 l5 howup brewing counnt right military
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BRITISH TRAPPING
BIG NAZI FORCES

CONTINUED from Page Onel
ing out on partly-flooded Walch-
eren island at the entrance to the
lSchelde estuary. Yesterday they
were within rs yards of gaining
a foothold on Walcheren, and a
dispatch declared the position of
the Nazi garrison was hopeless.
Carrier planes wiped out 1854
enemy aircraft and perhaps 252
more in the two months dating
from the time task forces opened
up Aug. 30 with Philippines pre-
invasion raids and extending
through the trio of naval battles
in the Philippines sea.
In the same period-dating
from the big task force assault
on the Bonins, on through strikes
at Palau, the Ryukyus, Formosa
and the Philippines and up to
Oct. 31-attacking planes of the
seventh and third fleets lost ap-
proximately 300 planes, Adm.
Chester w. Nimitz announced
yesterday. Many American pi-
lots and crews of the downed
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UNITED WAR FUND
DRIVE is GAINING
VContinusd from Page u


Chestnut Hill home demonstra-
6cn club contributed by the fol-
&uw1ng: Mrs. Maude Pierce, Mrs.
Leila Hash and Mrs. Eli Francis,
500 each; Grassy Creek home
demonstration club contributed
by the following: Mrs. Irene Cox,
Mrs S o. Osborne, $1.00 each and
Mrs j. C. Pierce, $500. Glendale
Springs home demonstration
club contributed by the follow
ing: Mrs. J. F. Severt, Mrs. E. H.
Baker, Mrs. w. F. Church, Mrs.
D. W. LyaM, Mrs. Kenneth Miller,
$I-O each; Mrs. E. T. Woodie,
$500; Mr.. and Mrs. o. S. Wilcox,
$500, Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Luke,
$1,000; Mr.. and Mrs. Delmer
Rose, $500; D. C. Bare, $500; and
sMr.aand Mrs. L. F. Woodie, 600;
Miscellaneous, SOC.
Ashe Post of the American Leg
ion, Number I'll, contributed by
the following: L. P. Coward, $500,
and Fred Coward, $4,000.
Burgess, Furniture Co., $4,000;
DE.'L- L.Long, $500; G. P. Houck
$20Oo; Cash Wholesale Grocery,
$75>00; Jefferson Methodist Sun
dizzy Srhool, $1,000; Northwestern
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Wurley, $500; Smithey's Store,
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Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Sheets,
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$500 each. Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
~Dollinger, c. E. Hartsog, Borden
Osborne, and Mrs. Mae Lidd1e,
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INTEREST IN ELECTION
is ON THE INCREASE
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
ing the names of the candidates
for the U. S. senate, for governor,
and the various state offices, is
next on the list.
This will be following by the
county ballot and the ballot on
the five proposed amendments to
the constitution of North Caro-
lima.
The Federal and state ticket
lists the following candidates:
United States senator-Clyde
r. Hoey (D); and A. I. Ferree (R).
Governor-R. Gregg Cherry
Cd; Frank G. Patton (R).
Lieutenant governo-L. Y.
Ballentine (D); George L. Greene
(R).
Secretary Of state-Thad Eure
(D); w. H.. Gragg (R).
State auditor - George Ross
(D); J. M. Van Hoy (R).
State treasurer-Charles M.
Johnson (D); S. B. Roberts (R).
Attorney general-Harry Nc
Mullan CD; Sam J. Morris (R).
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RECORD OF PARTY
CITED BY DOUGHTON

-(Continued from Page One)
years and urged the support Of
Cherry for Governor as well as
ExRde R. Hoey for the U. S. SEN
ate ..
Congressman Doughton was in
Srcduced by B. H. Duncan, chair
man ofathe Democratic executive
committee of Ashe county, who
fauded him for his distinguished
service to this section, state and
HatiOn.
In prefacing his remarks, Con-
Il gsessnan Doughton mentioned
the fact that it was Ashe county
that first started him in public
life by sending him to the state
senate in 1908. ''You supported
me then and have been most gen.
erous in your support since that
tune, for which I am deeply ap-
spreciative," he declared.
He was modest in referring to
his long record of outstanding
service in Congress but asserted
that he would, as long as he was
elected, do everything in his pow
-r to serve the needs of the peo-
pie
Speaking before Congressman
Doughton were local Democratic
candidates, w. G. Thomas, for the
state senate and Todd. H. Gentry,
for the house of representatives.
Both of these also received much
applause from the audience. Mr.
Thomas, who said that it was an
honor to appear on the program
with Congressman Doughton,
pointed out the Importance of
Ashe county falling in line with
the state and nation by going
Democratic. He said that he would
appreciate the support of the
voters and, if elected, would to
the best of his ability serve the
needs Of the people of this sec
dion and the state.
Todd H. Gentry said, IT am
Z running on the record of the
Democratic party, which has long
s.ssto0d for wise, progressive and
"ascHnomic government and if elect
ed, I will do my best to carry on
Gh1s record" he declared. He cit
ed the record of the party in both
Ehe state and county. He also
aUdnted out that he would be
grafeful for the support of the
voters. Both he and Mr.. Thomas
were introduced by Chairman
Wuncan.
Special string music was also
- Feature of the program.
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Superintendent of public In
struction-Cl Clyde A. Erwin CD;
B. Carl Russell (R).
Commissioner of insurance
William P. Hodges CD; Halsey
B. Leavitt (R).
Commissioner of labor-ForreSt
H. Shuford (D); James E. Spence
Jr. (R).
Associated justice of the SUI
preme William A. Devin
(D); Algernon L. Butler (R).
Member of congress from the
ninth congressional district
Congressman r. L. Doughton (D);
Emory c. Mccall (R).
The official ballot of Democrat
ic and Republican nominees for
the county is as follows:
State senate, 10Th district in
Guiding Ashe, Allegheny and Wa
tauga counties-W. Carlos Thorn
as Cd; Edison M. Thomas (R).
House of representatives-Todd
H. Gentry CD; M. Donnelly Hart
(R).
WAR BONDS will assure your
voc% xxyor fSronoso1 coO11TS%xy