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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
Official Organ of Chattooga County
Summerville. Ga.
O. J. Espy Editor-Manager, 1911-1938
D. T. Espy Editor and Manager
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL—
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YOU ARE THE RED CROSS
This is the heart of the people . . . the emblem
of humanity . . . the hand stretched out ip com
fort to the homeless and the hungry, the lonely
and the troubled all over the world today.
Here come the children, without shoes, who are
hungry. Here come the destitute, the people with
out shelter. Here come the lonely and the cold
without comfort. Here come the men and women
who are troubled.
If you would seek them, look about you. Hear
them speak.
It’s lonely here in Germany. It’s very cold. We
worry here in Germany about how it is at home
. . . the wives who may be ill, the child we haven’t
seen, the sweetheart who could be remembering—
maybe not. But there’s a man here with us who
can get in touch, straighten out the worry, a kind
of trouble-shooting guy who wears a small red cross
in his cap. That man is you.
*****
In the hospital the days-take a very long time to
go. The hours are all the same. But there’s a girl
who comes through the wards with magazines and
books and cigarettes and stops to talk. She’ll write
a letter for you when Vour hands are hurt. She’ll
read a book or play a game. There’s’ a small red
cross pinned on her collar. That girl is you.
*****
I came home from Tarawa, Saipan, the islands
where we fought. I was discharged. And I was
lonely and discouraged, bewildered, without funds.
But there was someone here to talk to, who loaned
me money, told me where to go for help. On his
desk a small cross stood. That man was you.
*****
The wind swept through our town one night,
leveling the buildings. It destroyed our homes.
That night was very cold, full of the cries of the
homeless and the hurt. But among us moved men
and women providing shelter, food and warmth.
On their uniforms a small red cross shone. They
were you.
*****
We are the lonely, and the anxious, and the lost.
We are the cold and hungry peop'e, the children
who have no shoes, the people without shelter.
But everywhere among us is the sign of hope . . .
stamped on a sack of flour, a crate of medicine or
milk, worn on a uniform, painted on a building
fresh and red. It is the emblem of comfort. Lt is
the sign of hope. It is you.
FORD’S SENSIBLE VIEWS
The solution of our industrial disorders, recon
version delays and inflation, in the opinion of
Henry Ford. 11. president of the Ford Motor Com
pany, is work and vastly increased production.
Mr. Ford says that his company “has taken all
of its war earnings and is plowing them back into
the business.” The money is being used to im
prove and expand the plants, to buy machinery
and provide facilities for the comfort and conven
ience of employes. He assumes that the price ceil
ing problem will be solved but admits that he does
not know how big the gamble the company is tak
ing, remarking, “We may lose very substantially
in 1946, but we will be on the way.”
On the subject of labor and management, the
young executive thinks there is a held for “sound”
labor legislation, but that such legislation should
“not be written to coerce any group.” He points
out that the principal thing which government can
bring to bear on the problem is “the legislative
club” and says that “it doesn’t work.”
Pointing out that “inflation exists when there
are too few products for people to buy with the
money they have,” he says that the country faces
“a very great danger unless the production of goods
can be vastly increased.” Mr. Ford knows that the
“people have money” and that it “can rush hither
and yon pushing up prices, creating black markets,
blowing up the whirlwind of uncontrollable infla
tion.”
The automobile executive thinks that production
of automobiles is the greatest contribution that his
company can make to “help meet the national
threat in inflation which exists in free money that
wants to buy but can’t find the things to buy which
the people want and need.”
We think we should also call attention to his re
port that an opinion poll shows that less than
forty-five per cent of factory workers belonging to
unions think they should turn out as much work
as they are able on any job and forty-four per cent
of them say a man should do about what the aver
age of his group does. The percentage among non
union factory workers is sixty per cent and thirty
three per cent, respectively.
With these figures in mind. Mr. Ford suggests that
“our friends among the union leaders have a big
educational job if labor and management working
together expect to do a real job of work for the
American people.”
The views expressed by Mr. Ford, in various
speeches throughout the country, reflect sound
judgment and should carry considerable weight,
especially in view of the fact that his company
expresses faith in the future by plowing war profits
into a program of production which, in his judg
ment, is necessary to assist the country in working
out present economic problems.
NATIONAL GUARD PLANNED
The revelation that the Army plans a post-war
National Guard of 425,000 enlisted men, with the
intention of increasing the force to 750,000, indi
cates that an effort will be made to make the Na
tional Guard a well-trained force, equipped and
ready to participate in any and all operations of
the Army, whether at home or abroad.
In explaining the program to the House Military
Affairs Committee, Army officials declared that
the “pride and traditions of the old organizations
will be utilized as far as practicable” but priority
will be given to air units and divisions, infantry
regmental combat teams, anti-aircraft artillery,
signal aircraft warning units and units needed to
facilitate training. It is distinctly explained that
the units of the Guard will perform their normal
task of maintaining law and order “under constant
orders of the State authorities.”
When the National Guard was mustered into fed
eral service in September, 1940, its strength was
about 300,000 men. Subsequently, when war came,
the strength of the Guard was down to around
250.000 men and 20.000 officers. When federalized,
the guardsmen were exempt from overseas service
but many enlisted for such service before the
exemption was removed and some Guard units took
part in the earliest fighting in the Pacific areas.
The fact that the Army now recommends the
permanent creation of a National Guard, with the
idea of having a force much larger than our pre
war organization, indicates that the record of the
guardsmen was acceptable and that they rendered
good service. This is what one would naturally ex
pect and it is safe to count on the expanded Guard
to add materially to the defense forces of the na
tion.
PRICE CONTROLS UPHELD
The report that comes from Washington indi
cates that Price Administrator Chester Bowles has
managed to hold his own in the battle over price
control and that he will emerge as something of
the head-man in connection with present economic
issues.
This is an encouraging sign. If there is one
thing vital to the welfare of most Americans it is
continued control over prices until an abundant
supply justifies a free market. Before production
promises to equal demand it would invite inflation
to permit sellers to take all that the market af
fords.
DENOUNCES UNIFORMITY
“No one is born human,” declares Prof. I. A. Rich
ards, of Harvard University, pointing out that
“through an incredibly complicated process, the
child is made human.”
The professor is against the all-prevailing efforts
to secure “uniformity” and says that if the manip
ulation of mass public opinion reaches the ap
proach to unanimity, we would be better off with
the atomic bomb.
’ The professor, who has written a number of
books, points out that the superficial type of edu
cation tends to produce a “run to uniformity” but
he asserts that part of the goal of a general educa
tion is to get the individual “out of the tramway of
uniformity.”
MIDGET RADIOS
By using silver and carbon “inks” on a tiny sliver
of ceramic plate, scientists have developed a radio
circuit that makes practical a radio set with re
ception equal to present-day receivers twenty times
as large. The suggestion is made that the devel
opment will make possible miniature radars to de
tect obstructions ahead for the blind.
The process was developed by Dr. Cledo Brunetti
and Harry Diamond, of the Bureau of Standards,
and Col. C. H. N. Roberts, of the Army Ordnance
Department. They call the printed circuit quicker
and more uniform than hand-wired layouts, in
creasing sturdiness and reducing cost. The “ink”
is applied to the plate by means of a stencil.
We have no idea whether the miniature sets will
be commercially manufactured, or not. Not every
discovery is promptly incorporated into products
for sale.
The money you spend won’t take care of you in
your old age.
* * * * *
People who keep appointments punctually are
not as many as you might believe.
• * * * *
Most public speeches involve a tremendous waste
of time on the part of audiences.
*****
Even a poor man can run an old automobile with
out suffering loss of prestige.
*****
Veterans, unable to get home or clothing or jobs,
may well wonder who won the war.
*****
Talk of a farmers’ strike overlooks the fact that
the tillers of the soil are not tightly organized.
*****
The money spent on education and religion
would seem to entitle the human race to greater
returns.
*****
Hard work rarely interferes with the amusement
of what one considers the big business executives.
* * * * *
The human race includes a variety of specimens
and it is a mistake to try to make them live and
grow alike.
*****
Financial Advice: Pay your debts now, while
money is easy; there may come a time when money
will be harder to get.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1946.
FREE RED CROSS
PLASMA NOW GOING
TO HOSPITALS
Atlanta, Ga.—The State De
partment of Public Health is be
ginning the distribution of dried
blood plasma to hospitals all over
Georgia. This plasma was made
available through the American
Red Cross for free civilian use now
that it is no longer required by the
army.
Physicians have been notified of
these plasma reservoirs in their
nearest hospitals. No charge is to
be made for the plasma either by
the hospital or the physician, re
gardless of the patient’s ability w
pay. This does not apply to usual
charges for administration but
simply means that the plasma it
self must be furnished free.
Every effort is being made to
send each hospital a supply suffi
cient to take care of the demands
of nearby physicians. The hos
pital, therefore, should not refuse
the request of any physician
whether or not he is affiliated with
the hospital. Hospitals whose names
do not appear in the directories of
the American Hospital Association
or the American Medical Associa
tion should apply for their allot
ments directly to the State Depart
ment of public Health in Atlanta.
First quantities of the plasma be
ing sent out are regarded as a 3
month’s supply. Additional ship
ments will be made as needed.
Plasma is used chiefly in the
treatment for shock and severe
burns. It is not a substitute for
whole blood as it contains none of
the life-giving red corpuscles so
necessary to replace blood lost from
the body through severe hemor
rhage. Consequently, whole blood
donor centers in hospitals should
be maintained and further devel
oped if possible. Also, the plasma
distribution by the American Red
Cross is only temporary. When the
present supply is exhausted, there
will be no more free plasma.
CAMPAIGN TO CONTROL
CANCER IMPORTANT TO
GEORGIA AND NATION
A campaign to control cancer un
doubtedly is the next important
business of health authorities of
Georgia and the nation.
This is the opinion of Mrs. Stew
art Colley, state commander, Field
Army of the American Cancer So
ciety, who is urging all Georgians
to focus their attention and inter
est on the research work now be
ing done to conquer the dread dis
ease.
“We have means to control can
cer in as good a proportion of cases
as, for example, we can control
pneumonia,” she pointed out. “But
this is impossible unless the pub-
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lie is educated to get over its fear
of cancer and unless it is prepared
to take proper steps for early treat
ment.”
Cancer control is difficult be
cause education of the public must
be widespread enough that each
afflicted person will recognize the
danger and seek treatment when
the first symptoms are noticed.
This disease is entirely different
from sickness resulting from infec
tions, Mrs. Colley said. No germs
are involved, at least none have
been identified, and we cannot turn
off some central force, like water
pollution, which will protect all pos
sible victims.
“We know that cancer, if diag
nosed in its early stages, is curable,”
she emphasized. “Thus the Field
Army is commissioned to make all
America realize that knowledge is
the best combatant for this dis
ease.”
BANKING RESOURCES
OF GEORGIA REVEAL
BIG 1945 INCREASE
The bank resources of Georgia,
always an excellent indication of
its wealth, took an upward spurt
last year, increasing by one hun
dred and fifty-six million dollars,
according to the State Department
of Banking.
On the last day of 1944, the
state’s 258 banks and seven branch
es reported resources totaling
$615,094,698, but bn December 31,
1945, they reported at $771,660,796,
a gain of $156,556,097.
Deposits by Georgia residents last
year increased one hundred and
forty-nine million dollars, the de
partment said. A decrease in es
tate holdings of $370,517 was
shown. Government securities own-
ed by Georgians increased approxi
mately ninety-three million dollars
in 1945.
Increase in capital, surplus, un
divided profits and reserves stood
at $6,682,520, with loans and dis
counts increasing $34,649,770, it
was also announced by State Su
perintendent of Banks John C.
Beasley.
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adding machines. Roytype Clean
er for typewriters.—Summerville
News.
MRS. JESS GRAHAM
The News received word just be
fore going to press of the death of
Mrs. Jess Graham in the Trion hos
pital.
SULT FOR DIVORCE
Daugherty Lee Chandler vs. Nel
lie Stephenson Chandler.
Suit for Divorce—Chattooga Su
perior Court—May Term, 1946.
To the defendant, Nellie Stephen
son Chandler, you are hereby com
manded to be and appear at the
next term of the Superior Court of
Chattooga County, Georgia, to an
swer the complaint of the plaintiff
mentioned in the caption in his
suit against you for divorce.
Witness the Honorable Claude H.
Porter, Judge of said Court.
JNO. S. JONES,
Clerk Superior Court
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