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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

BOSTON, Nov. ! (UP)-The
complete tert Of President Roose-
velfs speech at Fenwoy Park here
Aollows:
" This is not my first visit 10
Boston. shall not review all my
previous visits. / should have TO
60 on talking for several days to
do that-and radio time costs a
lot OF money.
But / want TO recall one visit
back in October. 1928, when
came here TO urge you TO vote for
a great American named Al
Smith.
And you did vote for that eter-
nally Happy Warrior"
The commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts-and your good neighbor,
Rhode Island-went Democratic
in 1928-four years before the
rest of the nation did.
This year-and am making
no predictions-this year we would
like to welcome into the fold
Maine and Vermont.
NOMINATED SMITH TWICE
And while I am speaking Of that
campaign Of 1923. let me remind
you that. having nominated Al
Smith for the second time for the
presidency, / was then running al
his request for the governorship
OF New York. And people were
then--even then--saying that my
health would not permit me 10
discharge the duties OF public Of
flee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05
TIME FOR CHANGES"

I think 1 heard some campaign
orator say that Secretary Hull
and the rest of us had done such
a fine job with the good neighbor
policy and our plans for world
peace-that il is time for a
change.
believe I heard some campaign
orator say that this incompetent
administration had developed a
program which was so good for
the farmers and the businessmen
and the workers on the nation
that IL is time for a change.
/ think / heard some campaign
orator say that we have so thor
oughly shifted the control of our
banks from Wall Street and State
street 10 the capital of the United
States-that IL is time for a
change.
And / am quite sure ! heard
somebody say that this chaotic"
administration has done such an
amazing job OF war production
that II is time for a change.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05
MUST STAY on JOB

You and all Of us who are
war workers-must stay on the
job.
Although victory over the Nazis
and the Japanese is certain and
inevitable for one have never
had one moments doubt OF our
ultimate victory--the war is still
far from over. There is tough.
hard and bloody fighting ahead
of us.
We got into this war because
we were attacked by the Japa-
nese-and because they and their
Axis partners. Hitler's Germany
and Musolini's Italy declared war
on US.
l am sure that any real Ameri-
can would have chosen, as this
government did. 10 fight when our
own soil was made. the object of a
sneak attack. AS for myself.
under the same circumstances. /
would choose 10 do the same thing
again and again and again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05
OBLIGATIONS OBSERVED
ing toward the gigantic volume Of
output that has been achieved.

But our mistakes have been
honestly made during sincere ef-
forts 10 help the great mass OF
citizens. Never have we made the
inexcusable mistake OF substitu-
ting talk for action when farms
were being foreclosed. homes were
being sold at auction. and people
were standing in breadlines.
I thank God that il cannot he
charged that any time, under any
circumstances. have we made the
mistake Of forgetting our sacred
obligation TO the American people.
And. l might add. never will we
make that kind Of mistake.
Is II conceivable to you that this
administration with its record OF
very deep concern for human well
fare could ever be guilty of neglect
OF the welfare Of our fighting
men?
When your sons. and my sons.
come home from the bsttlefronts
and they are coming home Just
as quickly as they are no longer
needed for the essential job OF
this war--we are going to see
that they have work-honest.
self-respecting Jobs.
We are going 10 see To IL that
those of them seeking farms get
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Continued on Page 2. Col. 81
Germany and Mussolini's Italy,
declared war on us.
II am sure" he declared.
"that any American would have
chosen. ~ this government did,
to fight when our own soil was
made the object Of . sneak at
tack.
AS for myself. under the
same circumstances, would
choose to do the same-again
and again and again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05
RED CONTROL MENTIONED

Speaking here in Boston, a Re-
publican candidate said--and par
don me If I quote him correctly
he said that "the Communists are
Selling control Of the New Deal.
through which they aim to con-
troll the government Of the United
States"
However, on that very same day
that very same candidate had
spoken in Worcester and he said
that with Republican victory in
November I'VE can end one-man
government. we can forever re-
move the threat of monarchy in
the United States"
Now. really-which is it-com-
munism or monarchy?
! do not think we could have
both in this country. even if we
wanted either-which we do not.
We want neither communism
nor monarchy. We want TO live
under our Constitution-which
has served pretty well for l55
years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

POLITICAL ADVERTIsEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05
BIG VOTE URGED

/ think I even heard somebody
say that those tired, quarrel
some old WeH-sre- wagiHg such
a victorious war-that il is time
for change.
Well--if il is time for a change
the way TO get il in this democ-
racy is by means OF votes. Whether
l win or lose, l want TO see a
turnout next Tuesday of the big
gest vote in our American history.
And that means at least 10000
900 votes.
We could not find a better way
10 tell our boys overseas that the
country they are fighting for is
still going strong.
Just the other day you people
here in Boston witnessed an
amazing demonstration Of talking
out of both sides of the mouth.
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limitations of his understanding of the
mysteries of human conduct
Modern Ben Franklins

In the days of Benjamin Franklin,
bucket Of water was the principal antidote
for accidental fire. Since Franklin's day,
the industrial revolution has greatly COM
plicated the problem of fire. Fire in the
twentieth century strikes in varied and
deadly forms. Fire prevention has become
a lethal race between the fire prevention
authorities and industrial growth. AS in
dustry developed, so new fire hazards in
unexpected forms developed ons"F' ~~s-,s I'd.
It has been the task of the prevention
experts to keep Jump ahead of fire. They
have had to devise modern methods to
fight modern fire hazards. They have had
to educate the general public to the fact
that the common enemy, fire, has grown
terrifyingly in stature in the last century.
During the last few decades methods of ap-
plying water or other agents to extinguish
fire have improved rapidly, especially in
industry. Automatic extinguishing systems
have assumed three general FORMS First,
automatic sprinklers which produce rain
of water, wetting down the ceiling and all
material W1C01n a RADIUS Ol LGl1 Leu VI GdSI1
head Such systems are examined by ex-
perts maintained by state fire insurance
bureaus Insurance companies have
special sprinkler risk underwriting dept.
The second form of automatic extinguish-
ing device makes use of carbon dioxide to
dilute the oxygen content of the air. It's
use is still in the pioneer stage.
The third form of extinguishment is the
exclusion of oxygen-smothering- and
may be accomplished by several methods.
This form is valuable in connection with
oil fats and greases and alcohol, all of which
burn violently and react unfavorably to
water.
. The science of fire prevention has more
than kept pace with the growth in fire
hazards But public education has Jagged,
and therein lies the secret of the staggering
fire losses that ravage the nation annually.
Many people know no more about modern
fire prevention that did Ben Franklin.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-23
COUNTY BOARD OF,
ELECTIONS is NAMED

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men mail ballots to service per-
sonnet with in the Continental
United States as soon as possible
after an application is in hand.
The mailing of ballots to address,
es beyond the United States shall
not await the receipt of ballots
for local Offices
A resolution passed by the
board provides that presidential
approval or disapproval of the
present congressional service
vote bill would not make neces-
sary any changes in the North
Carolina boards rules and regula-
tions," and that absentee regis
tration and voting Con the part of
North Carolina service personneD
of the personnel of the United
States Army shall remain in eff
feet and shall be carried out
whether or not the said bill be-
comes law"
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Seeds For Victory
And After

Most essential spring planting in 1914 is
the sowing of seeds for the greatest crop OF
jobs this nation will ever have enjoyed.
Certainly no American can quarrel with
this objective, or with it's parallel-that we
must continue to wage unrelenting war to
the total defeat of our enemies.
A second postulate is also generally con-
coded: that high postwar employment can
be brought about only as all groups recog-
nize their joint responsibility and oppor-
tunity in the solution of problems confront
ing our nation.
It is even more encouraging that these
two steps toward job planning have now
been followed by third formation of the
National Postwar Conference by represen-
tatives of management, labor and agricul-
ture. 1t was agreed that the groups en-
deavor to find economic solutions to
economic problems" and to apply the solu-
lions through democratic and representa-
tive processes"
We may we'll draw breath of courage
and hope for the future, in the spring of this
tortured year, when we see such frank &C
acknowledgement that no differences which
divide men are as great as the common
cause which unites them
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A Letter A Day

Letters, according to an army officer
who is in the thick of the fighting in Italy,
do more to keep up the morale of our sold
iers than do good food, victories in battle
or any other one thing.
That's something everyone of us should
think about when we postpone writing to
soldier because we want to listen to radio
program or because we don't happen to feel
in the mood for writing letter,
Writing letters to soldiers is something
which everyone of us can do toward help
ing to win the war; It is little thing to us
but it is so important to the men in the field
that the army sees to it that mail is deliv-
cred even during the most heated battles.
The one thing every soldier wants most
is to get this war over with and to return
home. But until that happy day arrives, the
closest he can come to it is to get personal
letters from the, people who are home let
ting him know that they are thinking OF
him and praying for him.
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RED CROSS SUNDAY
TO BE OBSERVED

Continued from Page One)
week end when the schools turn
in their collections. This week is
Red Cross week in the schools of
the county.
1--WE still have a long way to
60, but I believe we can make it
if those who have not made liber-
al contributions will do so at
once" Mr.. Shoemaker said.
A list of contributors not pre-
viously published, include the
following:
Coble Dairy Products Co., Mrs.
H. Littlewood, John Littlewood,
$500 each.
Vannoy Furniture Store, $4,000;
Mrs. r. F. Barr, $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Bare, Mr..
and Mrs. c. M. Dickson, Hazel
Dolinger, Mr.. and Mrs. A. D.
Goodman, r. E. L. Plummer, Mr..
and Mrs. w. L. Dent, A Friend
$1,000 each.
j. c. Atwood and family, 5000;
Mrs. Ed Roe and Family, $500;
Mrs. C. P. Mcmillan and Doris
$3.50.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lanier, Mrs.
Beatrice Mcneil, Mrs. Everett
Church, Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Egg
ers, Eagle Printing Co., Wade E.
Eller, Mrs. Elnor B. Reeves, J. F.
Phipps, Mrs. Ruby R. Mcmillan,
$500 each.
Hobert Roark, Mrs. Hobert
Roark, J. M. Barlow, T. w. Roark
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Stuart, Mrs
Mamie Donnelly, Mr.. and Mrs
Earl Martin, Larkin Powers, Mrs
D. w. Brooks, Mrs. Callie Brooks
w. Lee Jones, $500 each.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-23
DIR. Robert King

Dr. Robert King will leave soon to
take up his work as medical missionary in
the Belgian Congo. Since laboring in Afri-
ca, he has long felt the desire to go back,
and his return is the fulfillment of an am
bition. g
DR.. King has ably served as health off,
Ger of Ashe, Allegheny and Watauga coun-
ties since this .tri-county public health de-
partment was established in 1888, and has
rendered an outstanding service. 1t is with
regret that we see him 60.
We believe however, that DR.. King and
his associates have done much to prove the
Importance of the health department and
we hope that it can continue to grow and
expand. We hope that some able successor
to DR.. King can soon be secured to take up
the work where he leaves off. A public
health nurse is also needed to fill the vacan-
cy now existing in this field. The health
department has grown to mean so much to
the county, that*We hate to see its services
interrupted, even for short time.
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The Need OF The Red
Crol:,''s;'s;.5;IlIs''z Is

Many people have good intentions about
what they are to do but never seem to get
around to it. Don't let this be your atti-
tude toward the Red Cross. The need is
urgent The Red Cross is saving the lives
of many, many boys in service. When you
stop to think about this, surely you will not
hesitate.
Many people have responded generous
ly, still there are many others who have not
made a contribution to this fund. Our goal
is $6,6OOOO and we are just little over the
halfway mark. Let's 60 over the top in
the time designated for the drive. The
drive is scheduled to end the latter part of
this month, so let's end it on top.
Sunday has been designated as Red
Cross Day in the churches and the cooper
alton of all the churc les is asked. The Red
Cross is surely an angel Of mercy in times
of war and it is indeed fitting that the
churches cooperate in the drive. Several
have already sent in collections and all 9TH
ers are asked to help out.
This week, the schools of the county are
working on the drive and the schools are
always big help. But in order to put the
drive across the help of every individual
is needed. If you have not made your con-
tribution do so NOW.
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5 FILE IN SENATE ~
RACE; CANDIDATES
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CAM for major State offices:
Governor: r. Gregg Cherry
(D), Ola Ray Boyd (D), Ralph
Mcdonald (D), and Frank c. Pat
ton (R).
U. S. Senate: Marvin L. Ritch
(D), Charlotte; Clyde R. Hoey
(D), Shelby; Cameron Morrison
(D), Charlotte; Arthur Simmons
E(D), Burlington; Giles Y. New
ton (D), Gibson; and A. I. Fer
rec (R), Asheboro.
Lieutenant governor: w. I.
Halstead (D), Elizabeth City; L.
Y. Ballentine (D), Fuquay; Jamie
T. LYDIA (D), Greensboro; George
L. Greene (R), Marshall; Robert
L. Lovelace (R) Elkin; and A.
Harold Morgan (R) Smithfield.
Secretary of state: Thad Eure
(D), Winston; w. N. Crawford
(D), Greensboro; w. H. Gragg (R)
Boone. -. -:
Auditor: George Ross Pou (D),
Raleigh; Fred S. Hunter (D),
Huntersville; J. M. Van Hoy (R),
Charlotte.
Treasurer: Charles M. johnson
CD, Raleigh; L. J: Phipps (D),
Chapel Hill; Hiram B. Worth (R),
Greensboro; S. B. Roberts (R),
Marshall. . .....s >
Attorney general: Harry Nc
Mullan (D), Raleigh; Sam ]. Nor
ris (R), Raleigh.
Superintendent of public in
struction: Clyde A. Erwin (D),
Raleigh, and B. Carl Russell (R),
Wilmington.
Commissioner of agriculture:
w. Kerr Scott (D), Raleigh, and
Clarence T. Allen (R), Aurora.
Commissioner of insurance:
William P. Hodges CD, Raleigh,
and Halsey B. Leavitt (R), Ashe-
vile.
Commissioner of labor: Forrest
H. Shuford CD, High Point, and
James E. Spence, Jr., (R), Siler
City.
Associate Justice Supreme
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-23
News From England

During the recent coal strikes in this
country, we heard number Of people say
that it would be almost worthwhile to have
a few bombs dropped over here in order to
make the miners realize that there is a war
going on.
But the news from England indicates
that even bringing the war to our own
front yards wouldn't alter the situation.
For the English miners have seen plenty of
bombs fall on their homeland. They have
seen homes ruined and friends killed dur
ing the ,blitz. They also know that the great
est battle in history will soon be fought.
When hundreds of thousands of men in
both this country and England are willing
to show such callous disinterest in their
war role, even when their own sons and
brothers are fighting at the front, it makes
any patriotic American keenly aware of the
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than, Edd Ramona Severt, Viii
lie Oscar Taylor, Clarence. G. Ly-
all.
Joseph Denny, Carl Lester
Barr, Woodrow F. Hurley, Garvis
Miller, Ralph D.. Marsh, Glen w
Williams, Jesse William Jones'
Fritz A. Howell.
Carl D. Pennington, Burles NJ
Roark, Leonard Teaster, Exelin
]. Hampton, Charles c. Edwards
Arvel Wayne Hartsog, Howard
Rufus Riley, Edgar Haskell Wea-
yer, Roy Huston Bare.
Cecil Wade Yates, Robert
Doyle Hartsoe, Carl Warner Tes-
terman, Earl K. Hairless, Bruce
James Little, Mack Blackburn.
James F. Lafever, Robert
Ralph Ashley, Eula Osborne,
Douglas Jones, Edgar Gwyn Rash,
John Clifford Little, Robert
Coolidge Miller, Ira Miller, Will
liam Lee Stansberry, Carl Free
man billiard.
Ronda Lee Adams, James Ed
ward Eldreth, Howard Jason
Blevins, Arnold Edgar Severt,
James Blaine Tomlinson, Paul
Severt.
Frank H. Edwards, Major
Fieldon Brown, Raymond Basil
Powers, John Wiley Cox, Rudy
Roscoe Miller, Bruce Charles
Woods, Vance Elihu Ham, Hor-
ton Herman Mash, Thomas B.
Goodman.
James William Taylor, Wiley
John Ashley, Ambrose Clayton
Little, Chester Lee Shepherd, Coy
Albert Rash, Frank Ray Sawyer,
Charles William Lyall, Lendoft
Lyalls.
William E. Francis, Stacy Ell
bert Osborne, John Stanley Pot
ter, Paul Bennett, Joseph Todd
Eller, Carson Pearl Wingler,
Charlie Mccoy. s..
Claude w. Brown, Warner M.
Mcmillan, Golden C. Eastridge
Claude Emory WEIGH, Guy Sam
mic Hartsog, Robert Clint Lyles
Thomas Preston Bare, Noah R.
Bennett, Joseph Porter Edwards
Charlie Oscar Sheets, Worth Ell
Zie Gentry. ~.
Lee Roy Watson, Leonard
Greer, Jr., John Henry Payne
Dennis Breeze Church, Rex Ed
win Mcclure. 4,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-23
Open Forum
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
Central Africa
March 9, 1914

.-. Marcn y, 1874
Dear Editor:
Your paper sure is a great help
to me and want to say thanks"
to you for the good work you are
doing for the men in service,
from Ashe county.
1 am now in Central Africa and
am getting along okey. Of course
being a Military Police isn't an
easy job anywhere, no matter how
nice the set-up is, but I've man.
aged to get along okey so far, and
hope Il can continue to do the
same.
I am hoping this war will end
some time soon so I can 60 back
to land of freedom once more.
The main purpose of my letter
is, though, to give you my new adj
dress.
I guess you think I sure do
move around a lot, don't you?
Well, I do. I've been in Pales-
tine, and different parts of Egypt,
and now I'm down where it's
really hot, in Central Africa.
That's the trouble with the M.
Ps. They don't stay any place
long. Well, I kinder like it that
way, if it wouldn't mess my mail
UP each time we move. That
can't be helped, though. =.
Well, I'll say $50 long,, and
close for this. time.
Your friend,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-23
cox is AWARDED
A PURPLE HEART

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sevently-five percent of his body
was burned, and he was in hospi-
tails in Auckland, New Zealand,
and San Diego. Calf, for ten
months before recovering.
He reported at MAS, Beaufort,
on the 18th of June, 1912, the day
before the stationed was commits
stoned, and received the Purple
Heart from Commander Grover
B. Turner, in an impressive cere-
mony last August.
Chief Tender Cox, who was
formerly of Ashe county, has ma
ny friends and relatives here.
He is the brother of the late
John Cox, who was killed in &C
ton in the South Pacific last Sep
TENDER.
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EMIRAU ISLAND is
CAPTURED BY YANKS

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wage desperate struggle for vi
tai heights behind the stronghold,
it was announced yesterday.
German forces were reported
last night to have taken over COM
munications centers in Sofia, cap
ital of Bulgaria, even while Ma
ri army of 100000 men developed
their occupation of Hungary,
while Adolf Hitler was said to be
maneuvering to set up Quisling
regime. 80
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-23
N. *. HEGE'S FATHER
PASSED AWAY MONDAY

News was received here this
week of the death of K. F. Hege,
IS, of Advance, on Monday,
March 20. He was the father OF
Norman K. Hege, of West Jeffer-
son. Funeral service was held
yesterday afternoon at the Elba-
vile Methodist church, in Davie
county, with Rev. Mr.. Allgood
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-23
From where | sit q. by Joe Marsh;
How to make q
real post-wor plan

they can think of-and it's still
up to the people themselves to-
see to it that the world is ruled
by tolerance and understanding.
Unless we make up our minds
to respect the other fellows
rights and Observation-Disclosures
it's the right to enjoy a glass of
beer occasionally or the right to
vote according to our conscience
all our postwar planning won't
be worth the paper that it's
printed on,
9e M~'&'