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paos rotm iUW FRIDAY, JULY SI. 1942 1818 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publiaher One Year .. . One Dollar Published every Friday Entered aa second-cleaa matter December C, 1987, at the poet office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of March S, 1879. Both here and in England, millions of people seem to consider themselves completely qualified experts on mili tary tactics and strategy. They know precisely what is wrong with the United Nations’ High Commands, and they are convinced that they could remedy matters in short order if they were put in charge. That widespread attitude underlies the ag gressive demand that the British and the Americans immediately open a second front in Europe. In theory, the second front would be of immense benefit to the Allied cause. It would divert men and ma chines and supplies from Hitler’s Bussian and African offensives. It would give the conquered people of France their opportunity to rise up against their conqueror and help de- stroy TiTm. It would mark the start of a real effort to break Axis power at home—where Axis Ipower must eventually be broken. So much for the theory. In actual fact, opening the second front now would be one of the most hazardous operations in all military history. Ac cording it> all reports, the Germans have done wonders in fortifying their continental positions. In France alone, they have about 300,000 sea soned troops which have been rigor ously trained in preparation for an AJlied invasion. These troops have abundant equipment of the first qual- ityY'and they have plenty of a(r sup port, Their supply^ lines are secure, and they lie across land, not across water. The Germans have massed a gigantic amount of heavy artillery, much of it taken from the Maginot Line, along the French Coast, and every possible invasion point is a fortress. As military history proves again and again, an over-water invasion of enemy-held territory is the most dif ficult of all material operations— even after their complete victory at Dunkirk, when British military pow er was all but destroyed, the Nazi generals didn’t feel confident enough of success to make the attempt. The enemy positions must be “softened” first by days and perhaps weeks of artillery fire—and guns do not exist which can adequately shell the Ger man positions from the British side of the Channel. As a substitute for artillery, dive bombers would have to be used—end their losses would be enormous. _ _The losses in men which would fol low when the stage of landing opera tions was reached, is also staggering. Without artillery support, the land- ing”troops would have to advance against completely shielded defenders with a vast superiority in firepow er. Writing in Collier’s, Quentin Reynolds, one of the best informed of war correspondents, draws a vivid and probably accurate picture when he says: “Let those who shout loud est for the immediate establishment of a second front in France . . . vis ualize for a moment the cost, in equipment and life. Let them visualize the waters of the Chan nel running blood red under a white moon, and let them visual ize the bodies of thousands of Brit ish and American soldiers floating in those waters. If the persuasive elo quence of the second-front brigade is followed, no other result is possible,” This does not mean that a second front is impossible. To tne contrary, every really informed military man is convinced that one will be opened in time. But it cannot be opened until Everything is ready. That means that, first, there must be many more bombings of Germany and the Conti nent on the Cologne scale. It means that Allied troops must be given more and better equipment than they now possess. And it means that ways must be found of causing distracting trouble for Germany at home. Some experts believe that airpower alone may create a secondHFront. They look forward to a time when three, four, five thousand major bombers will be used nightly in raids against the Axis. Major de Seversky is the most eloquent exponent of this doc trine and his recent best seller, “Vic tory Through Air Power,” is a con vincing work. The problems involved here are those of production, supply and coordination—and the last two are even more important than the first. We are producing planes on an ever-increasing scale. We have not yet solved the difficulties that lie in taking them, their fuel, their crews and their parts to the battle- fronts and keeping them flying. In any event, many of those who demand a second front at once are terribly uninformed. The High Com mand has not opened a secondTront simply because it knows that the time is not yet ripe—and because It also knows that the United Nations must not be subjected to another de feat of the Dunkirk, Singapore, Phil ippines, and East Indies variety. A great amount of groundwork lies ahead before we can really start a sustained offensive drive of any kind against either Germany or Japan. Before long, definite action to im pose a ceiling on wages is likely to be taken, either by congress or by presidential directive. Washington is really worried about inflation. It is obviously impossible to control and fix prices so long as wages rise. In addition, wages must be limited it purchasing power is to be held down. More and rigorous controls over the nation’s man power in all direc tions is also to anticipated. The time may come when workers will not be peritted to change jobs—amT when employers will not be permitted to bid competitively fo rmen. This isn’t pleasant. But the exigencies of war may make it inevitable. A SCRAP OF PAPER Will the unions be permitted to ex ploit war needs to force concessions from management without arbitra tion by proper governmental bodies? That is not an academic question. It is an extremely practical one, and it was made so by the heads of the United Mine Workers. Some time ago, the southern coal operators, under the terms of their contract with the_union, fined work ers for taking part in what they be lieved to be an illegal strike last Nov. ember. The operators planned to give the money to charity. Then it ap peared that union workers could nbt take their scheduled ten-day July va cation without imperiling production of coal which was vitally needed by war industry. The highest govern ment officials requested that the va-< cation period be reduced to three days. The union bosses would agree to this only on condition that the fines be returned to the workers—without arbitration of any kind. The operators agreed. As the Huntington, W. Va., Herald Adver tiser said, they made this concession of principle “to insure the nation’s war production machine against any serious stoppage of the flow of fuel. For that, the operators are to be commended.” And now the nation is entitled to know whether unions, in the future, will be permitted to blackjack Indus, try into similar concessions. If they are, we will have rule by force, in stead of by law, contract and arbi tration—with the union bosses the dictators. FATHER OF CIGARET IS DEAD Cleveland, July 25.—Marcus Feder, often called the “Father of the Amer ican Cigaret” because he invented Sweet Caporals, died today only a few months before his ninetieth birthday. He had been ill eight weeks. Feder, who retired ten years ago, came to the United States from Posen (then East Prussia) when he was seventeeen and settled at Titus ville-, Pa., which was enjoying a boom due to the discovery of oil there. He went broke in the wholesale cigar and tobacco business at Titus ville. Later, he moved to New York and became interested in cigarets, then a novelty. He became a sales man and on his first six months on the road sold a million cigarets. Feder later convinced Kinney bro thers, tobacco wholesalers making a cigaret for foreign markets, to make a cigaret for domestic smokers and compounded a sample of what he meant with a blend of some Turkish and some domestic tobacco. He sug gested the name Sweet Coporals. 44 Fight! Work! and SAVE!” A War Message on WAR BONDS from the President of the United States ,f .... The American people know that if we would raise the billions which we now need to pay for the war and at the same time prevent a disastrous rise in the cost of liv ing, we shall have to double and more than double the scale of our savings. "Every dime and dollar not vitally needed for absolute necessities should go into WAR BONDS and STAMPS to add to the strikiug power of our armed forces. "If these purchases are to have a material effect in restraining price increases they must be made •ut of current income. "In almost every individual case they should be big enough to mean rigid self-denial, a substan tial reduction for most of us in the scale of ex penditure that is comfortable and easy for us. "We cannot fight this war, we cannot exert our maximum effort, on a spend-as-usual basis. ^ ^ "We cannot have all we want if our soldiers and sailors are to have all they need.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt, i —i Classified Ads | i i ILLNESS CAUSES VACANCY of Newberry Raleigh route. Splendid opportunity for man or woman to continue established route service. Write at once. Rawleigh’s, Dept. SCF-162-203, Richmond, Va. FOR SALE!—Three C’s for killing insects on vegetables, flowers and fruit trees, is not a poison. Johnson- McCrackin Co. 3tc COTTON SHEETS—For the best Cotton Sheets see Johnson-McCrack- in company. 4tc BITS O’ BUSINESS IN UNCLE SAM’S DOMAIN General Electric booked more busi ness in the three months ending June 30 than in any full year prior to 1940 . . . Talk about sizzling war production! A plant of Inland steel turned out 3,515 net tons of ship- plate steel in one day recently afid the plates were hustled aboard a train of 73 gondola cars for ship ment while stillat a temperature of 600 to 700 degrees Fahrenheit! . . . . The farm labor shortage is credited with boosting sales of milking mach ines in Ohio .... The telepraph com. panics agree that girl messengers, on the average, are more dependable than boys .... So well-publicised is Leon Henderson’s hankering for cig ars he’s getting a flood of them from grateful persons whose rents ORA has “rolled back.” ★ * What you Buy With WAR BONDS^ ★ *1 Tractors and motors will never wholly replace the Army Mule as a factor in the mobile units of our army. The Army Mule is a tradi tion and the “mule skinner” is a breed unto himself. Army Mules are used by the Field Artillery and the Cavalry in areas where the terrain is rough and tractors cannot operate. , Pack trains in mountainous sec tors are often necessary and here the mule, slow but sure-footed, plays an important role. Our Army buys thousands of mules paying from $175 to $190 for each. The mule eats less, carries more, and some de clare is smarter than the horse. Your purchase of War Bonds and Stamps helps pay for these Army Mules. Invest at least ten percent of your income in War Bonds every pay day. U.S. Treasury Dtpartmtnl JoRelievt If tPM66 ^^^UOUBiTASUTS. SALVE. MOM MOTS Announcements I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the House of Representatives and agree to abide the results of the Democratic pri mary election. J. KESS DERRICK I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the House of Representatives -nd agree to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. R. AUBREY HARLEY COUNTY COMMISSIONER I hereby announce myself a candi date fo re-election as Commissioner for District No. 1 and agree to abide the results of the elections. WILBUR EPPS I hereby announce myself a candidate for election as commissioner for Dis trict No. 1 and agree to abide the re sults of the election. HOMER W. BOWLES I hereby announce myself a candi date for Commissioner of District No. 1 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary. J. HORACE CROMER COMMISSIONER DISTRICT NO. 2 I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Commissioner from District No. 2 and agree to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. S. W. SHEALY I hereby announce myself a candi date for Commissioner District No. 2 and pledge myself to abide the results of the democratic primary election. JOE N. WILSON MAGISTRATE DISTRICT NO. 2 I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Magistrate for District No. 2, for re-election and agree to abide the results of the Democratic election. BEN F. DAWKINS MAGISTRATE AT POMARIA I herey announce that I am a can didate to succeed myself as Magis trate for District No. 4 (Pomaria) and agree to abide the results of the elections. W. D. HATTON FOR CONGRESS I hereby announce that I am a can didate to represent the THIRD C6N- GRESSIONAL DISTRICT of South Carolina in the Congress of the United States and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic Party. 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