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About The Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1936-195? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1940)
c PAGE TWO TnniüDAY. AUGUST 1, 1840 CEKTItAI^ POINT AMO1KAX CENTRAL POINT, OREQON iJ-JP I THE CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN B i L Re-entabHabcd, September 13, 1V2S. Entered as second class matter at ►be post office. Central Point, Ora* gon, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Published weekly at Centrai Point, Jackson County, Oregon and devoted to tbe best interests of the city and vicinity. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Six Month* ............... —........... $1.0<> One Year ................. ........ 81.60 Payable in advance Advertising rates on application Office—Second Street, off Main baiting extremist generalizing on scattered abuses by industry, the pathetic picture of thousands of com munities and millions of individuals vying for "free” public money—each striving to get a share of the loot. Meanwhile the voters have had a curiously defiled feeling toward an nual government deficits running Into billions of dollars. These are the thing« that destroy nations, and make rich pasturage for fifth columnists. They destroyed France. If we go back to work now. a nation of free men Under a system of free enterprise, they will not des troy us—we will not be caught "out to lunch." to determine the eligible candidates in the First Oregon District. Any young unmarried man. nut less than sixteen years of age n<>r more than twenty yeurs years of ago on April 1, 1941, may compete, In order to make the required ai - rangenientM it is necessary that ap- plicants notify Congressman J a mes W. Mott, 15S2 House Office Building, Washington. D. C., not later than September 1. 1940 of their desire to participate in the examination. My Soldier Boy Yew. he’s a Soldier Roy but he's If»’ Boy still; No one can change that, nothing ever .MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK will. Tlie Aniercan people, fully awake And I'm proud to say ■'He's my son' ARTHUR EDWARD POWELL to the menace to our institutions, are For already many's the battle he’i Editor and Proprietor won. willing to make any conceivable economic sacrifice in the name of For he's tall, he’s straight and he’s clean. liberty and security. But that doesn’t mean that the American people are The very best that manhood could mean. going to be satisfied with mere bills appropriating money and raising He answered the call his country “OUT TO LUNCH” gave. France perished still observing a taxes, They are going to make sure government enforced “two hour noon that tux money spent produces re- To do his part that liberty's flag still may wave. hour.” Her people were “out to suits—that bureaucratic red tape is And to Uncle Sam he's just a spoke 1 educed — delay avoided, cut — waste lunch” socially, economically, politi in the wheel of power. It is one thing to appropriate bll- cally and militarily when the Germ I lions. It is another thing to translate That will help keep peace in this ans marched in. This is the only land of ours. possible conclusion to be drawn from those billions Into airplanes and artil news reports, and In them lies an lery and fighting ships. Any run-of- But to God he's another precious soul, the-mill politician can vote to spend eternal warning for America. A sheep that must not wander from taxes — but it will be a dark day for Franco carried “social reform” to the fold. the point of national decay, Politic- this country if politics is permitted To his mother he's just a little boy, to dominate the actual job of making ally we have been following a pa Hillel A little boy who filix her life with path. We too have been chasing our needed weupons. The wisest in Joy. dustrial mid economic statesmanship rainbows of unreasoned reform sur- So to Uncle Sam we ask that he is vital. Speed, efficiency and eco rounded by burgeoning bureauerucy, would skyrocketing debt, and crumbling In- nomy are the essentials. He good to him and help him keep This is the time to make democracy itiative. his manhood. work. America's capacity to produce The world owes no one a living. To God, a Mother's earnest prayer is limitless—the American genius foi Hitler, The impact of realtem, not achievement has proven itself too of Guard him, Guide him, and help him destroyed France. There is no secur- hear ten in other crises to bo doubted for it) except that attained by constant His eevr care a single second now. And that labor. This is not theory. It is a genius must be freed of the political basic law which will ultimately de shackles that have been welded onto cide our future individually and as a It In recent years. nation, as It did that of France. be of a new design, more legihlo and more attractive. It was said. In these plates, the word “Oregon” will ap pear between the figures “18” and “41“ at the bottom of the plate. which Is a now idea in design, The color scheme will be white numerals and letters on a dark green background. While the Oregon plate colors will be the same as in Washington, it is thought that there will be no confu- while In Oregon it will be below In addition, the Washington plates wlll bear an alphabetical prefix to the be numerals and their plate« will larger than those of this state. LOCALS Mrs. Horace Root of Wolf Creek is in the Community Hospital, following an emergency operation performed Friday evening. Mr. Chet Hale of Phoenix and his mother Mrs. Clarence Hale of Grand Forks. No. Dakota were callers on Thursday at the Edw. Jones and J. H. Territt homes. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin accom panied by Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Root NOTICE and children of Grants Pass spent The annual Iowa picnic will be sion as the Washington plate varied Sunday at Diamond and Crater Lake. held in the upper picnic grounds in considerably in appearance. In the Little Hobby Root, who has been Lithia Park at Ashland. August 11. state to the north, the state name and visiting his grandparent« for a week Bring well filled gaskets and table date will appear above the numerals returned home with his parents. service. Coffee and cream furnished. EDITORIALS ’41 License Plates Follow New Design For long years we have acted on the belief that by arbitrarily short ening hours of work, penalizing am bition and profit, and curtailing pro ductive enterprise wo could, some The First Congressional District of I how, someday, lose ourselves in the Oregon will have one vacancy at the distant blue haze of collective secur f. 8. Naval Acadmey at Annapolis, ity, We have been gyrating in a .Maryland in 1941 and Congressman vicious, futile circle, labor against Janies W. Mott Is anxious that all capital, politician against business ambitious young men In his District mun, community against community, have an opportunity to try for this with professional "reformers” stand- coveted appointment. ing in the center of the circle like At the request of Congress« Mott circus ringmasters cracking the whip the Civil Service Commission on Sat of discontent. Witness the sitdown urday, October 5, 1940 will hold a strikfv«, provocative, business- | preliminary qualifying examination One Vacancy to Be Filled at Academy A New Modern Deposit Plan to save your Time Quick - Easy - Safe Our Service A REAIs QUALITY We clean and Straighten your rims and properly mount new tires. AFTER WE SELT, WE SERVE LONG LIFE BATTERY HORACE W. THOMPSON Lion Auto Supplies Il N. 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