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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY and woodruff county
VOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, DECEMBER 20, 1918.
NUMBER 22
hunger draws the map
Famine Conditions'
gggH Food Shortage approchmg Tknsine Point
Serious Food Shortage
M SUffident Pres'ent Food Supply
But future Serious1
praPeoples already receiving
American aid°
PJ| Unclassified
DECEMBER, 1. 191 e
A food map of Europe today shows
not a single country in which the fu
ture does not hold threat of serious
difficulties and only a small part which
is not rapidly approaching the famine
point. With the exception of the
Ukraine only those countries whlcfc
have maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next harvest, and
even in the Ukraine, with stores accu
mulated on the fanrns, there Is famine
in the large centers of population.
Belgium and northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest of Europe
because they stand in a different rela
tion from the other nations to the peo
ple of the United States. America has
for four years maintained the small |
"ar rations of Belgium and northern
France and is already making special
efforts to care for their increased
after-the-war needs, which, with those j
of Serbia, must be included in this j
plan, are urgent ip the extreme and I
must have immediate relief.
1 The gratitude of the Belgian nation I
or the help America has extended to j
ler during the war constitutes the
strongest appeal for us to continue our
"ork there. The moment the German
armies withdrew from her soil and she
-*** established once more 1b her own
What would be a more ap
Pl0Priate gift than an East
Jlan kodak? Red Cross Dru
kStore* adv. 1
Second Lieut. Charley Cook
tin J^sbeen stationed at Cas
ieights, Tenn., in the S. A.
dav 'L ar.rived home Wednes
oraKi received an hon
vice e ^lscharge from the ser
r t
seat of government the little nation’s
first thought was to express her grati
tude to the Commission for Relief in
Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure in such a map for Ameri
cans because there is no present indi
cation that we shall be called on at all
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem if she is
given access to shipping and is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
cfbnse populations, which are the trou-1
ble centers.
England, France, the Netherlands!
and Portugal, all of which have been
maintained from American supplies,
have sufficient food to meet Immediate
needs, but their fututre presents seri
ous difficulties. The same is true of
Spain and the northern neutral coun
tries—Norway, Sweden and Denmark
—whose ports have been open and who
have been able to draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia is already in the
throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people
there are beyond the possibility of
help. Before another spring thou
sands of them inevitably must die.
This applies as well to Poland and
practically throughout the Baltic re
Miss Grace Burkette, who
s attending Galloway .College
it Searcy, arrived Wednesday
;o spend the holidays at home.
W. T. Duncan of the 130th
Ordinance Depot Company of
lamp Beauregard, La., came j
n Saturday at noon and re- |
nained until Monday night. :
While here he was the guest
3f Miss Mary Louise Kyle.
gions, with conditions most serious in
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Roumania and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering a heavy
toll of death. . The Armenian popula
tion is falling each vceek as hunger
takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Roumania so serious are the food
shortages that famine is near. Al
though starvation is not yet imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur
key are in the throes of serious strin
gencies.
In order to fulfill America’s pledge
in world relief wre will have to export
every ton of food which can be han
dled through our ports. This means at
the very least a minimum of 20,000,000
tons compared with 6,000,000 tons pre
war exports and 11,820,000 tons ex
ported last year, when we were bound
by the ties of war to the European
allies.
If we fail to lighten the black spots
on the hunger map or if we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy
Inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will see in other parts of
Europe a repetition of the Russian d
bade and our fight for world pe
will have been In vain.
Mr. Ed Ethridge of Milling
ton, Tenn., arrived Sunday for
a visit with his cousins, H. P.
and C. E. Riggs.
Miss Esther Thompson, who
is attending Galloway College
at Searcy this term, came in
Wednesday to spend the holi
days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. S. Thompson of
DeView.
THE JEWEL THEATRE
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
Ed Sullivan of The Home News
Has Purchased This Popu
Theatre and Will Make
Many Improvements
The Jewel Theatre owned'
by Messrs Jack Dixon and
Price Ford, was purchased
this, Friday, morning by Mr.
J. Edward Sullivan of Lonoke,
who has been operating a
linotype machine in The Home
News office since last March,
with the exception of the three
months he served with the
colors at Camp Martin, Tulane
University, at New Orleans,
ua.
Mr. Sullivan will move the
show into the Raney building,
one door north of The Home
News office, which is now be
ing remodeled, papered and
painted in first class theatre
style. The building will be
well seated and electrically
lighted and the use of gas for
the picture machine will be
replaced by electricity.
The new proprietor has had
former experience in the thea
tre business and promises to
give the show going people of
McCrory and surroundng ter
ritory the best show we have
ever had and with his former
experience, the new improve
ments being made as to the
building and equipment, to
gether with his personal tact
and energy and his popularity
with both young and old, we
know that the New Jewel
Theatre will be a great suc
cess.
as a ±eaiure snow ior ine
new place Mr. Sullivan will
present to the people here the
well known and extremely
oopular war story, “Ov^r The
Top” by Sgt. Guy Empey.
This is by far the costliest pic
ture show that has ever been
billed for McCrory and our
people will be eager to see the
thrilling war story as it will be
told on the screen Saturday,
December 28. Because of the
great cost of securing this
high class war picture consist
ing of nine reels, the admis
sion fee will be 50 and 75 cents
There will be two shows, one
at 2:30 o’clock in the after
noon and another at 7:00 p.
m. Seats will be on sale at
the printing office. Get yours
early.
-Buy W.S.S.
A complete line of candies
and cigars. Red Cross Drug
Store.
David Arnof arrived Tues
day from Fayetteville, where
he has been in the S. A. T. C.
He has received an honorable
discharge from the service.
Mrs. Homer Robinson re
ceived a card Saturday from
her sister, Miss Dozzie Bow
den of Russellville, Ark., who
enlisted as a Red Cross nurse
that she had arrived safely
overseas. She sailed on Thanks
giving day.