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ADVICE
Man, witli his short three score
years and ten, is always trying
to understand the past and to
control the future. ”
The failure of humanity to
profit by the experience of pre-
vious generations is lamentable
and the effort to control the
world to come is ludicrous.
The reader is familiar with
several “time capsules” which
have been buried in' the United
States for the purpose of giving
a message to the people who
will live some thousands of years
from this time. One of these cap-
sules was buried below the site
of the New York World’s Fair.
The futility of seeking to write
a message for people to read fif-
ty centuries rom now is illus-
trated hv the experience of Dr.
Robert A. Millikan, physicist and
Nobel Prize winer.
Dr. Millikan, jin his ..original
message, warned of the menace
of despotism to representative
governments. He now writes a
postscript, saying that the ex-
ternal threat is not likely to
succeed, but that an internal
threat, in the form of two great
a centralization of power, may
destroy a large republic like the
United States.
There is truth in the fear of
Dr. Millikan but it has bearing
for the people of today, not for
those of 6943! They will be so
far ahe" 1 of 11 s in intelligence
and wb lorn, that onr messages
will on"" make plain the rela-
tive barbarism of our proud civ-
ilization.
Advertise whatever you have
to sell in a classified ad in The
Mirror and we won’t have to
argue with you about using
them later.
TIME TO PREVENT FIRES
Fire Prevention Ween, one of
the many special weeks to be
“observed” by Americans, is
scheduled for the period Octob-
er 3-9, aeording to a proclama-
tion issued- by the President a
few weeks ago.
Unfortunately, it is extremely
difficult to stir up people about
the danger of fire, when they
have had no fire and there is
nothing much to be gained by
talking about the subject to
those who have been burned
out. ,
Some 395,000 dwellings were
destroyed by fire in 1942 and
experts assert that most of the
losses could have been preveut-
ecl. The same observation applies
to industrial fires, which show
a decided increase this year.
Secretary Wickard of the' De-
partment of Agricuulture, re-
minds us that a farm burns in
America every fifteen minutes,
destroying crops, equipment and
buildings. Eighty - five out of
every hundred result from care-
lessness and could be avoided.
It is said that forest fires, in
1942, destroyed enough timber
to build 20,000 Liberty ships or
2,000,000 army truck bodies. And
throughout the nation, at times,
smoke from forest fires is visible
on almost any trip through the
country.
To prevent fires it is necessary
for us to he impressed with the
great loss than can be avoided
by the exercise of
care. Common fire
the home such as chimneys, in-
flamable fluids, etc., become a
menace when not properly in-
spected and safeguarded.
The same observation applies to
all types of fires. It is no more
than common sense to prevent
fires today, when the nation is
at war, and requires the full
output of its industries and all
farms. Every American under-
stands the danger of fire and it
is time for us to put into prac-
tice the methods of protection
that are well known.
This is not a ope - week ob-
i lightion. It is a matter that real-
ly should be attended to every
week but especially at this time
of the year when the cold weath-
er makes it necessary for us to
use heat. Furnaces, chimneys,
stoves and all equipment used,
after a summer layoff, should
be inspected.
eeption of democratic govern-
ment and are without the intel-
ligence and training that is ne-
cessary to any effort to estab-
lish a democracy. Consequently,
neither their experience nor the j
intelligence will be increased as j
a result of our warfare.
The easy assumption that all ‘
the peoples of the world are cla-
moring for self-government and
a waiting the opportunity to es-
tablish democratic governments
should not mislead us. The dev-1
astation of Germany- Italy and
Japan will not, of itself, produce
democracy in Africa, India, or
South America.
Victory over the Axis will se-
cure the liberty and freedom /of
the peoples of the United States'
and Great Britain, encourage
the development of democracy
that is under way in China and
Russia and lay the foundation
of a world order which will fos-
ter and permit the unfolding of
freedom throughout the world.
Democracy will not spring in-
to being everywhere just be-
cause the war is ended with a
peace which provides for the
secuurity, the welfare, the free-
doms and rights of the common
man. Democracy is a growth that
must he nourished and suppor-
ted by the people before it will
bloom anywhere.
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Your first introduction
should tell you
WHY
black-
fraught
IS a
BEST
all over the South
Caution, Use Only as Directed_
NO INSTANT DEMOCRACY.
It is constantly reiterated that
the present war is designed to
“strengthen the cause of demo-
cracy throughout the world. ”
In a sense, this is true but one
should understand that no war
can possibly create democratic
instincts among people. Our vic-
tory can remove from the world
the autocratic aggressors and
thus protect the development of
democracy everywhere. This is
about, all that can be accomplish-
ed by the war.
The vast majority of the peo-
ple of the world have no eon-
U-BOATS HAVE FAILED
Prime Minister Churchill, in
his review of the war, asserts
reasonable ■ that during the four months, end-
hazards in ing September 18th, not a sin-
gle Allied merchant vessel was
lost by enemy action in the
North Atlantic.”
This is reassuring information,
even if limited to the North At-
lantic. It is supplemented by the
fact that during the first two
weeks of the present month no
Allied ship was sunk by a U-
boat anywhere in the world.
The defeat of the Nazi U-boat
campaign ranks as one of the
greatest victories of the war. It
is not as spectacular as success
upon the field but its importance
in the prosecution of the war
cannot he overestimated.
There were loud alarms less
than a year ago that the sub-
marines were sinking more than
a million tons of shipping a
month and that the Allied naval
leaders had gone to sleep. The
critics, unfortunately, have not
disappeared, even temporarily,
nor have the U-boats. They are
now harping upon something
else that “is wrong”.
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APPARENTLY
The announcement is made by
the National Confectioners’ As-
sociation that an extensive pro-
gram will seek formulas to use
“ingredients foreign to present
candy prdouction methods.”
It is stated that “among food
which will be studied as possible
candy ingredients are peanuts,
soy and corn products, cereals,
wheat, cotton seed flour and also
sweet potatoes.”
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The McGregor Mirror and Herald-Observer (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1943, newspaper, October 8, 1943; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883777/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.