THE SYLVA HERALD
AND KURAL1TE
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1944
It Must Be True
We have been sure for sometime that the
cruelty of the Japs was beyond all doubt a
very inhuman type of treatment, but we
did not quite realize the extent of their utter
savagery until we learned that they had not
even deigned to reply to the plans of the
American Red Cross when they offered ships
of supplies for the Americans in the enemy's
hands.
The conditions on which they would ac
cept the supplies and then their deception
shows how hard it will be to deal with such
a people. It shows that we can have no
half way measures, no consideration, it will
have to be victory to the finish. They could
not be trusted on a basis of compromise.
They will have to beaten to the ground.
Inspiration
The record that the Jackson County men
are making ort the battle fronts all over the
world should serve as an inspiration to us
here at home to carry on with every civilian
aid that is within our power.
The citation of Lt. Galloway and his part
in two invasions and the men in which Rus
sell Hamilton, aviation machinist's mate,
second class, lost his life should spur us on
to greater activity.
The latter's parents were notified that the
sacrifice their son and his shipmates made it
possible' for the successful completion of a
most important mission. We should be
humble in spirit and appreciation. This is
the price of war. We should bend every
effort here at home to end this sacrifice of
our men.
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A Good Selection
We notice that the State Planning Board
headquarters will be established in Chapel
Hill, the home town of Collier Cobb, Jr.,
ehairman of the board recently appointed by
Governor Broughton. The selection of
Chapel Hill was made by Governor Brough
ton and approved by the board.
Louis Graves in the Chapel Hill Weekly
points out other advantages of having the
headquarters in the home town of the chair
man. He states that Chapel Hill as a state
planning center will be near University ex
perts in various fields and of Albert Coates,
director of the Institute of Government, and
his staff.
It is the purpose of the group to have
plans ready for the post-war period. The
committee is particularly anxious to make
stare that the post-war construction enter
prises launched in North Carolina are really
worth while, according to Mr. Cobb, who
stresses the fact that they do not want to
see projects that are really not worth while
put under way just for the sake of giving
jobs just for the sake of idle men.
In years not so distant we liave seen
works carried on for the sake of giving
employment to those who needed it that
~~ was not always as eonstructTve'aa it might
have been, and we trust that as most of
as recall those days, we will profit in the
post-war era by our mistakes, which are
?till fresh in the memory of the majority.
Save the grease in the frying pan,
Don't put paper in the garbage can,
Flatten all tins and remove the label,
Buy more War Bonds, if you're able.
Pompadours, fascinators, snoods ? what
did the "good old days" have that we
fcftfentr
Looking Toward The Sun
, I
This time of the year wo tmd ourselves i
look i toward the sun and to the day when
we can get up by the light in the East. WV
have often wondered what the actual sav
ing is in this setting up of the clock one
hour earlier, when we burn as much elec
tricity as we do in the early hours of the
morning.
Even though the winds of March will blow
in all their fury month after next, we are
looking to that month, when daylight will
stream across the room when we get out
of bed in the morning.
In All Fairness
Even when the war is the major topic of
conversation the New Deal still comes in for
a lot of talk. It gets both praise and hard
knocks. Maybe it rates both. Yet there
have been some inovations made under the
sponsorship of the New Deal, that even the
opposing party might hesitate to abolish.
Recently the Greer Citizen, of Greer, S. C.,
listed a number of reforms instituted by the
New Deal that have contributed more than
the critics of Mr. Roosevelt have taken time
to consider. Among the list were the fol
lowing:
Soundest banking policy in the . nation's
history;
Federal Housing Administration;
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ;
Rural Electrification Administration;
Farm Credit Administration ;
Crop Insurance;
Old-Age Insurance;
Food and Drought Insurance;
Unemployment Insurance ;
Tennessee Valley Authority;
Aid to Blind and Crippled Children ;
Slum Clearance Program;
Minimum Wage and Hours Act;
The Abolition of Child Labor;
Reciprocal Trade Agreements.
The Week In War
Last week on every front in the war thea
tres military operations seemed to have step
ped up. We recall that about a year ago
th^re was the triumph of Stalingrad and the
Guadalcanal affair and we were wondering
what was going to take place in Africa.
Russia was asking for more help. A lot has
taken place since then, but a great deal will
have to happen in the year ahead before4
Victory will be ours.
As one commentator pointed out the gains
of the past we?k are important and grati
fying in themselves, but in the perspective
of the whole war they are still merely the
overtures of the climactic events that are
to come ? the Allied mass invasion of Europe
from the west and a gigantic sea battle be
tween the American and Japanese Navies.
Both of these will have to be part of
victory for the Allies and according to some
authorities might possibly come at approxi
mately the same time, though most of us
have been expecting the climax in Europe
before that in the Pacific.
We note that the Allied invasion prepara
tions are mounting steadily and that there
are increasing number of our local boys be
ing reported as arriving safely in England,
we also note that there is a steady outpour
ing of men in the Pacific area.
Both of these war efforts will mean many
sacrifices for us here at home and on the
battle fronts. But we all feel that the last
two years preparation have given us the
land, air, and naval power to bring us suc
cess in the long run. We have hope as we
fact the future, but we must remember
constantly that the war is not yet over, and
until then, no one must leave undone one
thing that will aid the war strength.
This much ftiight be remembered in favor
of the Tuesday Ladies' Bridge Clubs, re
marked the Lady Next Door: They haven't
asked Congress to reduce the tax on play
ing cards.
Come to think of it, it's not always fair,
and often embarrassing, no doubt, to wish
a Vice-Presidential boom on a loyal party
man without his consent,
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To begin to deal with the problem child,
says a psychologist, discover his interest in
life. If it's setting fire to the cat, try another
psychologist. ? Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The miners' lunch period has been cut to
15 minutes despite the fact that it isn't con
sidered polite to eat and run.
An actress, touring the camps, says officers
took all her time, in other words kept her
private.
THEY THAT TAKE THE SWQRD-i"
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
We hear so much about the vital
part that mail plays in the life of
the men in service . . . and on all
sides we hear the Red Cross and
the officers urging that folks at
borne write to keep up the morale
of the fighting men . . . Now let us
look at the picture in reverse. . .
Boys, if you could just take a peep
into the post office, which we know
is typical of those throughout
Am'rica, you might think the shoe
could fit on the other foot. . . You
see wives, sisters, sweathearts, fa
thers, sisters, and friends literally
hanging over their boxes looking
for those envelopes that often have
airmails, or "Free" and in the
upper left hand corner bear a com
plicated address. . . Wd wi?h y&J*
could watch the expressions oh
their faces when they take those
letters out of the boxes . . . the
look' of expectancy . . . and they
simply can't wait until they get
home to open them . . . you have
to watch your step, for they are so
intent on reading that they are
likely to run right into you. . .
And don't forget that everything
in that letter is impoi^ant ... it
might be some trivial thing you
wrote about . . . Maybe it was the
weather in North Africa . . . the
mud . . . maybe it was about the
strange sights ... it makes no
difference that Utter from you sup
plies the chief topics of conversa
tion until your next letter comes
through . . . and you have no idea
how dates on those letters are
watched . . . and if that letter came
from overseas you will hear, "Yes,
I know he was alright on the 25th,
because that was the date of his
last letter. . . " Then if he is in
camp in this country you hear,
"Well, I know he has not been
transferred yU, for his last letter
came from his old address". . . So
boys, while we folks back home are
being urged to write, please don't
forget that everything that con
cerns you is of vital importance to
help the morale of the home fronts.
It so happens that we have talk
ed to a number of men recently dis
charged from the army ... we have
been worried about their attitude
toward being out of the army . . .
they seem to feel that they should
be back . . . and that they have left
a job unfinished. . . Just last week
we talked to a man who had been
in a hospital in Africa for several
weeks . . . and then sent to the
U. S. A., and was a patient for
two months before he received his
discharge. . . We suppose it is na
tural for these men to want to be
back in the thick of things, and to
want to help until Victory is de
clared, but you men with honora
ble discharges, don't you worry, we
civilians back home don't feel that
way . . To us, you are veteran
heroes . . . and we welcome you
back to civilian life . . . your
records of service are shining ex
amples to us ... . you have had a
share in making history and we
are eternally grateful to you for
every hour of service you have
given your country. . .
Wartime depletion in teaching
ranks is becoming alarming . . .
according 16 recent fi pro re a
Teachers College, Columbia Uni
versity, there were 5,252 students
in 1940-41 and this year there are
3,512. . . On the University of
California campuses thrre were
.1,393 students in education three
vears ago and now there are 325. . .
Five years ago there were 34,662
freshm:n entering college courses
with education as their major . . .
in 124 institutions . . . and this year
there were only 18,802 freshmen
enrolled in education in 174 col
leges. . . A recrnt survey showed
that 68,000 teachers had left their
schools for military service, 62,000
for war industries or other non
teaching employment . . < eduea
tors we are told are concerned at
the possible teacher shortage that
will occur as a result of the grow
ing lack of adequately trained
teachers . . . which all added up, it
looks lik we might face a serious
problem in our educational system,
at a time when the education of out
children has never been more vital.
We would like to pay a last tri
bute to Raymond Clapper, widely
known newspaper columnist who
was killed in a plane crash in the
invasion of the Marshall Islands. . .
Clapper had been in the Pacific
since last month. . . The historians
will have to honor the reports along
battle fronts in World War II with
the fighting heroes, because of the
part they have had in relaying the
news back home. . ,. The foreign
correspondent has been right in the
thick of the fighting that we back
home might know what is hap
pening at the earliest possiple mo
ment . . . they have rendered us a
great service . . . the quick report
ing has given us the last word from
the front . . . and we have been in
formed of conditions that we would
never have known about had our re
porters not b:en on the firing lines.
They have shown the same bravery
that our fighting men have . . .
and we should honor them accord
ingly. . . Raymond Clapper had a
unique place in the field of jour
nalism and his articles will be
greatly missed. . .
Voice
- OP THE
People
Question: In your opinion what
ia Sylva's greatest need?
J. C. Allison ? "I think that one
of the greatest needs in Sylva and
Jackson county is a Warrant Offi
cer. The number of children not
attending school is appalling."
, Mrs. Herbert Bryson ? "I think
that Sylva's greatest need is
'Broadening of our Outlook'."
a
Jane Coward ? "I think that
something should be done to keep
children who are riding bicycles
and skating off the streets."
Everette Harris ? "I think that
Sylva should have a real Spiritual
Revival; this would take care of all
our needs."
T. N. Massie ? "I think that
Sylva needs a water wagon or some
means of washing the streets."
T. B. Reed ? "Sylva needs more
folks and better folks to make
Sylva a bigger and better town."
Edwin Allison ? "I think that
Sylva'g greatest need just now is
a Baptist minister."
A thoughtless remark can set
the spark, let's keep the enemy in
the dark!
Wife Preservers
If th? ItffcUnt of your hom* on'l
factory conoder t h* pooBbilitMt of rtax*
ranftnf th? furnitnr* to that mm lamp
may fivt light for two
?^^WASHINGTON
Nazi Surrtnd?r in Italy
Improbabl# but PossibU
Army, Novy Airmtn Pondtf
Who'll Sock Tokyo NoxtT
Spec/a/ to Central Press
? WASHINGTON ? Rumors swarm like phantom bombers In the
wake of the forthcoming cross-channel offensive to smash Hitler la
1944 and end the war in Europe.
Fundamentally, the forthcoming blow is perhaps the most widely
publicized projected military operation in history.
There Is no doubt In the minds of most Washington observers that
the Allied armies of liberation will sweep across the English chan
nel when the stage is set for the mammoth drama
When Good of blood, sweat and tears ? and, incidentally, ths
w #K weather Is right.
That was the commitment made to Marshal Jose#
Arrives? 1 Stalin at the Teheran conferencs.
The attendant armada of rumors Includes one thai
the Germans may permit their front In Italy to collapse In order te
bring the Anglo-American armies into Berlin before the Russians
arrive.
It is no secret that the Germans would go to almost any extreme
to keep the Red armies off the soil of the Reich.
However, any such German desire is doomed to be frustrated by
the unity of the Allied ? American. British, Russian ? forces.
Therefore, the dopesters and arm chair generals in Washington
say. Germany's only alternative would be to collapse the Italian front
and possibly the cross-channel front when it is opened.
There is just enough logic, from the Teutonic point of view, la
the rumor to make it not impossible in a warring, topsy-turvy world
of impossible developments.
Spring and summer will tell the story.
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? AIRMEN IN WASHINGTON are wondering whether the Army
Air Corps or the Navy will be the first to carry out the long-prom*
ised bombing of the Japanese mainland? expected sometime this
year.
Both the Army and Navy, bombsites cocked for Tokyo, shared
honors for the original bombing of the Japanese capital in April.
1942.
The twin-engined Army B-25 (Mitchell) bombers that carried out
the raid were ferried within striking distance of Hirohito's palaos
aboard the aircraft carrier Hornet.
Since the Navy has been rushing to completion mighty aircraft
carriers, and from their decks are flying long-range fighters, tor
pedo bombers and dive bombers.
Meanwhile, the Army has pinned .Its hopes on the B-29, s new
super bomber version of the Flying Fortress, which Gen. H. H.
Arnold, Air Corps commander, said would get into action this year.
The Japanese radio has offered no answer to this question. Re
cently it warned its listeners that they could be bombed by carrier
based planes.
Later it warned that Japanese cities would be bombed from the
Aleutians by long-range planes.
Army and Navy airmen don't care which branch of the service
gets the next crack at Tokyo.
Their attitude is "the more the merrier? the sooner the better."
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? POLITICAL OBSE RS SEE LITTLE CHANCE that congress
will grant President evelt's , state- of -the-Unlon
request for a national , vice law. Small Chance
The chances seem pretiy strong that the Austin .
national service bill will die In the senate military w<,t 0001
committee, where hearings have been begun. Service Bill
Foreshadowing the doom of the measure offered
by Senator Warren R. Austin (R.) of Vermont, is Chairman Robert
R. Reynolds (D ). North Carolina, of the committee.
Reynolds is an ajgji foe of the bill, which he says "would give us
here in America what Hitler and Stalin have got.**
If th<* r^asure ever reaches the floor, one of the bitterest legis
lative 'U time will be precipitated.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
LAFF-A-DAY
"Heavens, Tom! According to this test I took, I'm not
happily married!"