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i mmm McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 30, 1940 « \ ml* ^ WcCORMICK MESSENGER { Fobllstaed Every Thursday established June 5. 1901 l EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of ■ the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 Washington, May 27.—Washing ton woke up to a realization of the length and strength of the Ger man arms when the news came of the surrender of Holland, the in vasion of Belgium and the great thrust into France. Because there had been so much advance publicity about Hitler’s proposed “blitzkrieg” or “lightning war,” and so much delay in get ting it started, the feeling had grown in Washington that there was a good deal of bluff about the whole thing. Now the most com plete and rapid change in official sentiment that has ever occurred has taken place. No one now speaks of a “phoney” war. Congress has, until now, refused to take seriously the warnings of Administration leaders and mili tary and naval men that the United States is not prepared to defend itself against a world-con quering enemy. The events in Europe have changed that attitude completely. For the first time since the World War political partisanship has been buried, or at least shoved into the back ground, in the face of a general realization that the nation has not been giving sufficient attention to our defenses. The President’s appeal for the enactment of a comprehensive de fense program to cost an estimated $1,182,000,000 above what has al ready been appropriated for the Navy, the Army and the Air Ser vice has met with substantially unanimous approval, in and out of Congress. Republican leaders like former President Hoover, Alfred M. Landon and Thomas E. Dewey have given their hearty approval to the President’s proposal. Col. 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FORD DEALER PHONE 64 ... MAIN STREET ... McCORMICK, S. C. the Navy, is generally recognized as the air force. The President’s proposal to build military planes at the rate of 50,000 aircraft a year is not regarded as impossible, with facilities now available which can be speedily expanded. Germany is producing planes at the rate of 3,000 a month, or 36,000 a year. The program is to enlarge existing plants, which are mostly located on the two coasts, and to set up new plants in the Middle West, out of range of sudden raids by air on cither coast. tractors for hauling field artillery. The day of the horse and mule in war has practically passed. Great factories for turning out trucks and tractors, as well as tanks, are contemplated, most of them, nat urally, operated by existing motor manufacturers. In short, the United States is getting ready for war as if war were already at our doors. We are abandoning reliance upon the width of the Atlantic Ocean and the strength of the British Navy to protect us. But in all of the war The whole Army program looks j talk there ^ " ot a word or hint of to concentrating the production of; u that a wir-ji , Nobody has even suggested that a munitions in the Midland region, ^ V? . between the Rockies and the AUe-i ^/tneriean sold er be sent ghenies. Next to aircraft the abroad, that a single American, greatest need is anti-aircraft guns. wa ^‘ ^ e , ^ ace . The few which our Army now has cf Germany s enemies. are practically obsoletes. Congress Time Necessary is now in a mood to grant funds ’ , . . . . . , . - . • Q , , . , it is going to take a lot of time for modern weapons of that type. j ^ f, . ° . , to get this new enlarged program Speeding up of naval construe-; Qf defense into full operation; tion now in progress is part of the probably thre e or four years. In program, and the President is con- | that pei . iod t he European picture sidering authorizing the recom- i may have chan o e d. missioning of some fifty naval de- | stroyers which have been rusting in port because they are not up to date. The idea of a “two-ocean” , Navy is now generally accepted. An essential part of the plans for defense is speeding up the pur chase of quantities of strategic and vital supplies which are not pro duced in the United States, such ' I as rubber, manganese and various other essentials in time of war. I Refrigerators Buy a Westinghouse Refrigerator from us for $5.00 down and balance on small monthly pay ments. J. S. STROM PHONE NO. 76 McCORMICK, S. C. Improved Equipment Not only does the President’s program contemplate the enlarge ment of the Regular Army from its Just now Germany has the best of it, as the Kaiser’s forces had for the first three years of the last great war. If Hitler fails to win speedily the belief here is that he will eventually lose. In that case the enthusiasm in Washington for ■ defense is likely to fade. However, it will be a long time before the Allies will win, and in the meantime the temper of all parties in Washington is to help them in every way short of actual war. The proposal is being considered seriously to repeal the Johnson , 0 «,d THROUGH 9 Enjoy extra sightseeing and extra saving en route to New York . . . and inside the Fair Grounds ... go by Greyhound, the low-cost, comfortable way to see America and the Fair! present 230,000 to 280,000 men, but 1 Act, which forbids loans of private the rapid improvement of its capital by Americans to a nation equipment. The European war has at war. Nobody thinks of a Gov- demonstrated conclusively the su-! eminent loan; we never made any periority of a complete mechan- except when we were actually in ized army, equipped with tanks of the war, but private investors lent different sizes and with trucks for money to the allied nations before the transportation of infantry and we got in—and got their money New York, One Way S9.10 Rd. Trip $16.40 STROM S CUT RATE DRUG STORE Phone No. 95 McCormick, S. C. back with interest. What will be the political effect of this sudden awakening of de fense sentiment is anybody’s guess. The President has intimated that he will call Republicans as well as Democrats into whatever defense councils may be set up, and there is a general feeling in both parties that partisanship should be drop- oed. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership consisting of W. M. Strom and C. R. Strom, known as the Strom Drug Company, lo cated in the Town of McCormick, S. C., has been dissolved; that C. R. Strom is no longer connected with said business and that W. M. Strom is now the sole owner of said Strom Drug Company. C. R. STROM, W. M. STROM. Dated at McCormick, S. C., April 10, 1940 —13t. .