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Thur*<ky. November 21,1940 T b O a B H fl Analysis of Election ' Statistic* Produce Highly Interesting Fact* STUDEBAKER INVITES YOU See The Champion MARTIN BROTHERS TRANSPORTATION 710 So. 6th St. Phone 146-J Grant* Pa** NASH SEE THEM AT THE Grants Pass AUTO SHOW Del Rogue Garage South 6 th St. Phone 113 YOU’LL SAY IT’S “First Because It’s Finest” When at the Grant* Pat* Auto Show Thi* Friday and Saturday evenings, Nov. 22 and 23, give special notice to these feature* on the New 1941 Chevrolet Longer Wheelbase 90 H. P. Valve* in head engine Longer, Larger, Wider Fisher Body Original Vacuum-Power shift (a t no e x tra cost) Safe-T-Special Hydraulic Brake* Concealed Running Board* DeLuxe Knee Action on all model* Eye it at the Show . . . . Try it on the Road Buy it at W.S. Maxwell Chevrolet Co. ’’Again Chevrolet is the Leader” An analysis ot the election »latis- tirH produce* some highly interest ing fuel*. Most obvious of those fact* is that Mr. Boosevelt’s tremen dous Electorul College m ajority give* no indication whatsoever of the closeness of the contest. .Meas ured in popular votes, this was the closest election since 1910, when Wilson anil Hughes were the stand ard bearers. W ith a total vote of dose Io 50, (MM),(MM), the President's p lu rality was under 5, (M M) ,000. The vote cust for Mr. W illk ie was the largest ever given a Republican candidate. The President’s percent age of the total vote was about 54.5 per rent — which is a comparative ly slim margin, inasmuch as he needed 52 per cent to win, because of the excessively heavy majorities the Democratic ticket always rolls up in the south. W hat this meuns is that fo r the first time the President met real opposition. As Tim e puts it, "Beside a greul victory, Roosevelt also had the greatest vote of no confidence that any President ever received." That is not a carping, spoil-sport observation — it is simply the fact. The President won a clean-cut vic tory, but he didn’t win in anything resembling a landslide. Indeed, if only about one m illion votes had been cast the other way in the big key states it would have been pos sible for Mr. W illk ie to have obtain ed a two-vote Electoral college ma jo rity , even though the President would still have had a popular ma jo rity . The big cities of the country did much to give the President his win. lie carried New York State by less than 250, (M M) .votes — yet his p lu ral ity in New York city was 730,000. He curried Illin ois by a margin of 95,000, w hile Chicago gave him a l most a 300,(MX) lead. W hile he had an edge of 73, (MM ) in Milwaukee, his net m ajority in Wisconsin was but 20, (MM). Mr. W illk ie ran very w ell in the rural districts and the small towns all over the country, except for the south. On the other hand, Mr. Koosevelt’s strength in some England areas which are die-hard Republican, by tradition, was great er than before. Mr. Roosevelt’s tremendous ma jorities in the big industrial towns indicates thut labor was pretty close to solid behind him, and that John L. Lew is’ endorsemen* of W il lkie did little if any good for the Republican candidate. The farm vote went Republican by a consider able m ajority, which indicates that : Mr. W allace was less effectice as a I campaigner than Senator McNary. ; The two vice-presidential candidat- ’ es did most of the campaigning in i the farm belt. W hat effect Mr. W illk ie ’s total of almost 22,(MM),(MX) votes w ill have on Congress is now a subject of great discussion. The Republicans lost , seats in the House, and made small gains in the Senate, and the set-up 1 in both branches w ill be a little d if ferent next January than it is now. However, it may be that some of tht ; old line Democrats who have disa- ! pproved of part of the New’ Deal program w ill become more aggres sive. And the Republicans have cer tainly been cheered by the size of their vote and, despite the small ness of th eir numbers in Congress, are in the best position in eight years to form an intelligent and ef fective opposition. SEE THE LATEST IN MODERN TRANSPORTATION GRANTS PASS AUTO SMOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22 and 23 HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM — DOORS OPEN AT 7 P. M. In the meantime, few look lo r blizzards in the mountain states, any surprises. There w ill probably and forest fire * in the west have be some cabinet changes before been the occasion fo r b rillia n t res long — Stimson and P erkin * arc cue work by Boy Scouts, whose Supposed to be on the way out. long training had prepared them Foreign policy w ill very likely in fo r emergency service. F a r less dangerous,' but. no less volve still more aid to B ritain. Next session there may be a movement useful, was the work done by scout to repeal the Johnson Act, which troops in collecting clothes, fu rn i forbids this country giving credit ture, food and supplies for needy to nations which are behind in w ar families during the depression. The debt payments to us. If England job was begun in 1934 in response starts to run short of cash, and ob to a suggestion from President viously is in need ot credit, it is Roosevelt, and it continued for sev probably that a m ajority can be eral years. found In favor of letting the bars down. Only one person in every ten of Tlie urms program w ill be pushed New York C ity ’s 7.649.(M)0 popula hard. Report* have it that business tion owns a passenger car a* com or labor groups which are slow to I pared w ith more than one out of cooperate w ill be given sharp every three o f Los Angeles’ 1,400,- prodding. O rdinary needs w ill be secondary to m ilita ry needs, but 000 population. steps w ill be taken, most think, to make necessary adjustments as easy to swallow as possible. SC O U T L E A D E R S A V E S B O Y ON H U R R IC A N E JO B One of the worst problems B rit ain faces is her mounting loss of merchant shipping. Axis surface raiders and submarines are doing a ■ » H. J. DeVauent, Boy Scout lead- e r o f T oled o, I Ohio, believe* tin being ready I fo r emergen cies. As a result he was able to save one of hi* tremendous amount of damage, as Churchill recently admitted in P ar liament, and the convoy system is not w orking w ell. Reasons fur that is lack of warships to use as con voys, inasmuch as England must keep great forces in the M editerran ean and in home waters. Also, G er man destruction of British destroy ers has been exceedingly great. Some think that before long B rit ain may appeal to this country for still more ships - principally de stroyers and small cruisers of modern, high speed types. W hether w e’d agree is anybody’s guess. Cer tainly public opinion developed w ith incredible speed in favor of more and more help to B ritain dur ing the last year. There is no ap parent reason w h y it should not continue to do so, p articularly in the light of Mr. Roosevelt’s extreme ly pro-B ritish stand. ■ ./.D .P « ,« u DeVauent’s troup was doing res cue work in the wake of a cyclone. The storm hit Toledo with full force. I t cut a path 500 feet wide through a densely populated area, uprooting trees and overturning cars. The en tire neighborhood was thrown into panic. “The storm knocked down the power lines,” DeVauent said, “and scattered live wires over the ground. That made it dangerous to move about because, of course, all lights were out The only illumination we had to work with was a flashlight I kept in my ear. Scouts are taught to be prepared, and fortunately I ’d loaded the light with fresh batteries. As a result, we were able to use it throughout the rescue work. "That light was the only thing that saved the boy’s life. He started off on an errand, and I threw the beam in front of him. It disclosed a high-voltage wire — 5,500 volta — hanging directly in his path. He’d have been burned to death if he’d taken another step. After that none of us went beyond the radius of my light.”« DeVauent said his troup helped a family to escape from a house that was cut in two by a falling tree. Later, the Scouts assisted in other emergency work in the vicinity. Boy Scouts Have Good Service Record Members of the Boy Scouts of America pride themselves that there are no softies in Scouting. Citing their record as aides to rescue workers, first aid men and mes sage bearers in time of disaster, they are equally proud that they are prepared to serve th eir community in hundreds of less spectacular ways. T h e ir day-to day program . Scouts insist, keeps them ready and eager to help in any manner that is needed. Some idea of the service render ed in the past 30 years is available in the records of the National Coun cil o f the Boy Scouts of America. A quick survey shows thut the kha ki- clad youngsters sold L ib erty bonds worth 0147,000 j (K) have saved many lives, delivered half a n :llion Thanksgiving baskets to needy families, participated in hundreds of searches fo r lost per sons, guarded school crossings, fought fires, cleaned up unsightly vacant lots, acted as color guards, assisted in controlling tra ffic , ush ered at public and private cere monies, aided in bring-out the vot ers campaign. - even helped rescue a parachute jum per caught in a tree. Scouts do not, however, so licit money fo r anyone. Between good turns, Scouts keep fit by practice and competition in first aid, signaling and simple en gineering, by extensive hiking and camping, and by constant adher ence to the fundamentals of A m eri canism. T ypical of the spectacular side of Scout w o rk is the record o f the 1938 N ew England hurricane. A l most without exception, every dam aged community praised the w o rk of the khaki-clad youngsters. They helped clear streets, carried mes sages fo r the police and fire de partments, rescued h a lf a dozen ma rooned persons, collected clothes for those left homeless, and when unable to complete rescues them selves, guided better-equipped adul ts to the scene. S im ilar stories have been told re peatedly from every part of the country. Tornadoes in the south, floods in the Mississippi valley. 45 MINUTES OF PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINMENT EACH NIGHT. 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The grass withereth, and the flow er thereof falleth away. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever” (1 Peter 1:24, 25). The Lesson-Sermon also included the following correlative passages from the Christian Science text book, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “In Science we are children of God: but whatever is of material sense, or mortal, be longs not to His children, for ma teriality is the Inverted image of spirituality (p. 572). I Lots of Entertainment . . . N EW T IL L E R S A W M ILL TO C U T DOUGLAS F IB STAND GRANTS PASS, OREGON Now Showing — “Cherokee Strip” Richard D ix - Andy Clyde - Plus “Saga of Death Valley” With Roy Rogers Sunday, Monday, Nov. 24-25 “OUR TOWN” Fay Bainter and Guy Kibbee Plus “MARGIE” Tues., W ed; Pal N ites! “Swanee River” W ith Don Ameche. and A1 Jolson “The Villian Still Pursued Her” Hugh H erbert 4 Alan M ow bray I
