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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 25, 1940 TODAY and DANGER serious I’ve been talking lately with a :number of military and naval men, two or three of whom know enough about international rela tions to be classed as statesmen, rnd one who is among the most * impetent authorities on aviation To all I have put the same ques- on: “How serious is the danger to the United States if Germany defeats the British?” From what they said and what I have gathered from other sources, I have come to some pretty clear conclusions. The first cf them is that the Nazi-Fascist program of world expansion will not end with the conquest of Britain. Hitler, Mussolini and rtalin—all are already working in the Western Hemisphere to pre pare the road for the conquest, ilrst of South America, then of the United States. If Hitler succeeds in defeating Britain, our turn may come very quickly. As I write it seems not i-t all unlikely that the British can be beaten. That would mean that the British navy would fall into German hands and Germany 'would become master of the seas. And that would make our own j osition pretty serious. Nickel-A-Bale War Chest For Cotton On Way Indignant Claimant Finds He Could Have Avoided Delay Council President Calls For Uni versal Service In Battle For Increased Consumption. EEAPOWER essential One of my friends pointed out, ahd the others agreed, that Brit ain’s development into a mighty empire in the past 200 years has been due to her control of the teas. With a great navy to rely Lpon, England and the dominions l ave not had to drain their re sources in maintaining great armies, as other nations have cone. A nation which could con- • uer England could conquer the '..orid. A navy man showed me some figures. The combined fleets of Germany, Italy and Japan, if the British fleet and what is left of the French navy, were added, would be almost three times as powerful as the American navy. That would leave the United States wide open to attack by sea. it would be difficult, probably im possible, to protect the heart of cur entire naval strategy, which is Panama Canal. 1 We have two great seacoasts to defend and a navy hardly ade quate to protect one of them. Our foreign policy for half a century has been based on reliance upon the British navy to guard our At lantic shores while we watched the Pacific. Whether we could build a two-ocean navy fast, enough my naval friends doubted. AIRPLANES crippling The military aviation experts with whom I talked agreed that we haven't anything to worry a- bout in the way of attack from the air unless and until an enemy obtains air bases much nearer to our shores than any which any potential enemy now has. The ef fective range of fighting planes is not more than 500 miles from the home base, probably less. But within 500 miles of our coasts are outpost? like Bermuda, ;he Bahamas, Newfoundland and islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific which an enemy with a strong navy might take and use as fuel depots and airplane basks. With planes launched from car rier ships they could cripple most of our coastwise and ocean mer chant fleets. Our answer to that sort of threat would be in the air, the flying men assured me and the naval men partly agreed. It takes a lot of time to build a navy. Planes by the tens of thousands can be built quickly. It takes longer to train pilots than to build he planes. But if worst comes to worst, those I talked with a- greed that we’ve got a year or more to get ready—in case. ARMY inadequate Without exception, all of the experts I have talked with agree that there is no chance whatever that the United States will be called upon to send soldiers over seas to fight on foreign soil. There was general agreement, however, that our present army is inade quate in numbers and in equip- icnt and out of date at many points. / The time when an army will be needed to defend this country will be when some enemy power gets control of the seas and can Cotton firms and cotton farmers of McCormick and surrounding area were called on today by President Oscar Johnston of the National Cotton Council for “100 •^er cent allegiance in cotton’s to tal war for increased consump tion.” In a message addressed to local oroducers throughout the county "^resident Johnston declared that the raw cotton industry is arm ing as never before in its history to smash down the blitzkrieg of substitutes, surplus, and foreign competition.” The message came simultane ously with the National Cotton Council’s announcement ' of a “universal service” plan to provide funds with which to carry on the fight during the coming year. The new plan, to go into effect August 1, calls for a defense fund of five cents on every bale of lint and three cents on every ton of seed, mobilized with the help of each of the five primary raw cotton inter ests, Under the new plan, arrange ments have been perfected en abling the producer to make his nickel-a-bale contribution at the first point of sale, either to the cotton merchant, large or small, or the ginner or warehouseman acting as merchant.» This con tribution is carried on from mer chant to compressor, who remits the accumulated funds to the Council when the bale is first compressed, or from merchant to textile mill which remits on un compressed cotton. Similarly, contributions on seed, which are made by the ginner and crusher, are assembled and re mitted to the war chest by the oil mills. “For fifty years we cotton farmers have been talking about an organization like the National Cotton Council to defend our markets and find new ones through judicious advertising, in telligent research, and organized opposition to restrictive legislation. At last we have it, and in two years, equipped with modem weapons, it has accomplished more than any of us thought was possi ble in so short a period. “Domestic consumption has been brought back virtually to the all- time high, with every indication that a new record can be set in 1941. Plans are ready for a vigor ous attack on the acute problem of foreign trade. Council scien tists are on the trail of new uses. A united cotton industry has gone to war.” force its way past our navy and aircraft to land fighting men by the millions from convoyed mer chant ships. That attack might come from Canada or from Mex ico. We have no defenses along those borders. It takes a long time to train and equip a modem army, longer to build effective border fortifica tions, still longer to build battle ships. I found my friends agree ing that the quickest and surest defense we can set up against in vasion is airplanes first, then submarines and destroyers. In the meantime we ought to build cruisers and battleships to match any possible combination of naval forces which could be sent against us. ENGLAND periled I have been setting down some serious and gloomy possibilities, mostly conclusions of men who know more about the whole mat ter than I do. But let me point out here again the “if” behind it all. The danger to the United States is imminent only if Hitler defeats England. Even then, there is a possible out. That is, if Britain succeeds in keeping its navy, removing it to bases on this side of the ocean, out of reach of German planes. Britain’s peril is from the air. Her naval bases are within air range of the enemy. The only place this side of the Atlantic where adequate naval bases are available is the United States. If the British Isles are lost, I would be in favor, for our own safety, of giving England the Delay in receiving his old-age and survivors insurance benefits recently prompted a claimant to write an indignant letter to the Social Security Board in Washing ton. He learned from the reply he received that the delay could have been avoided if he had been able to furnish proof of his age when he filed his claim. Miss Martha Pressly, manager of the Social Security Board field office at Greenwood, S. C., who reported this, said that the claim ant complained because he had applied for benefits at the local field office of the Board in De cember and did not receive a de cision until April. Officials of the Board looked into the case, Miss Pressly said, and found from the records that when the claimant filed in December he had no birth certificate, family Bible entry, or other record which would satis factorily prove him to be 65 years of age. The claimant said he be- ieved the church where he was baptized, in a distant city, would have a record. According to Miss Pressly, a let ter was written to the church on the dav the applicant visited the field office. Despite two follow up letters, no reply was received to these inquiries until early in April. Diligent search was un doubtedly necessary in the church records gbing back nearly two- thirds of a century. On the day the reply was re ceived from the church, the com pleted .claim was forwarded to Washington for adjudication. Within 10 days after the proof of age was received the applicant got a letter stating that he had been awarded regular monthly benefits. 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And cool ^ sv l mm ^ r Use vegetables > usuall y a morc satisfactory way and more vegetables! ; for handling the crop inasmuch as New cabbage is a splendid vege- i the Plants take up less room and table to include in summer meals.! therp is lem danger of the fruit You know that “new” in the case as It begins to ripeix. Fob of cabbage doesn’t mean immature staking set out three feet between like new potatoes. The heads are roW8 with the plants eighteen, full grown but green almost all Inches apart, the way through. It’s this green- # * ness that is so desirable since it Vaccinate PtllletS bespeaks extra nutrition in vita mins. All cabbage contains vita mins B and C, too, but it’s new cabbage that’s richest in the i elusive C vitamin. Since it’s low in calories it’s ideal for hot days because it won’t increase the body-temperature. 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The most desira- he shall see Jesus face to face, and There are innumerable ways to We time to vaccinat e pullets is hear from Jesus those precious serve this zestful new cabbage. w j ien t ^ey are two to three words, “Well done thou good and Shred it very fine and serve it raw, mon ths old he adds faithful servant; enter thou into | dressed with lemon juice and a Four precautions in vaccinating the joy of thy Lord.” Yes, there’s dash of salt. Combine it with are named by the county agent: a pot of gold for those who will chopped mint and you have some- j Use fresh scab material in follow through to the end of the thing else again. Grapefruit sec- making virus. Scabs that have spiritual rainbow. tions, orange sections and pine- b e removed from heads of apple wedges-one or all-added chicke ns over 10 days and not to finely shredded cabbage, make ke p t ^ a refrigerator may not give a delicious stuffing for tomatoes. | goo< j : - esu it s . All mixed vegetable salads gain j 2. Thoroughly mix powdered interest when cabbage is included scab mat erial with water about in their make-up, whether they be one bour before using and! do not “tossed” or molded. • keep mor e than 10 hours. If you cook it, use as little water 3 no f. confine pullets after as possible and cook it covered for vaC cinating. Give them a range not more than fifteen minutes. Of witb lots of ghade. course it must be very finely 4 dq n ot vaccinate birds suffer- shredded for this quick cooking. ing from diseases or parasitic in- * * * festation, or heavy losses may oc- Guard against using too hot an cur. Delay vaccination until the iron when you do up summer silks birds have completely recovered If you follow the sun around the ant l synthetic fabrics. It’s advis- j from the disease or are free from house you can keep the rooms a ^ e to ironing on the the paiasitic infestation, quite comfortably cool although wrong 'side; but if you must iron you haven’t installed a modern on right side, use a press cloth, air-conditioning system. Close A * ron yellows and stiffens windows and pull down shades on silks and actually melts certain the sunny side to keep the sun out synthetic materials. The new and open windows on the shady irons equipped with temperatu c side of the house to allow circula- controls take away all the guess tion of fresh air. • work and preclude any danger oundl o (Autkor of SiXcr Mary’* Kitchen P .muuBii DO your sprinkling of porches, ^° hlg ^ £ "-' most beautiful life. It will bring steps, walks and house foundation IaD lc you ma J ® ^ use of our own naval bases in ex-1 about unlimited happiness. In after the sun goes down. 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