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■ocßl Event $ ;«Tea and Topic Club oiSthe most active organizations t^Bh e city - is composed of twelve I with Mrs. George Molloy ' a<%resident. Other officers are Mrs. I I T . White vice-president, Mrs. Janes Northcott, secretary, Mrs. ' jjgß Green treasurer, Miss Eliza jjJgi Parker parliamentarian, Mrs. ■ ttjj Taylor reporter. I meetings are held once a , one business and literary thfi other sociay. The Club par tßpates in many altruistic ac- Among those have been ■pthly ward parties held at Moore Hospital they were for bed Bjents.Games were played and were served by the H>. Also the Club edits a month- letter IT is sent to approx- ninety young men ajnd, from this section who are ■ti - armed service. News of others ill service and local events and ■ipenings furnish the material this letter. have come from all parts dm ttie world telling what it has in cheering the boys and liTTkeTo;>^ BY JANE CALLISON Brittle Town Square lias progressed many ways since it was first Young people have proved jftftir interest in the organization BB their co-operativness and at- Members may bring their as guests and summer res- BBnts are included by approved Kt a recent meeting, officers were from the Junior Council. are: Irvin Willis- Mayor, *j|te Britton- Secretary, and Jane Treasurer. The other mem- Brs making up the junior council Sara McDougle, Martha Davis, Jjacy Fortune, and Garland Bryson. ■Young people between the ages pf 14 and IS wishing to become may submit their ap plication to the junior council and hr. approved by the council. Our hats come off and our heads bow in tribute to those courageous men and women on the fighting fronts . . . and to those on the production front . . . Working together they have brought Victory to the United Nations and peace to a troubled world . .. * * M 'iM J4MIBBBBI ! - '■ "Mm mmm FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MONTREAT RD. ' BLACK MOUNTAIN N.C. I* H. W. Baucom Pastor. Services each Sunday 11:00 A.M and 8:00 P.M. WELCOME TO ALL VISITORS YOU ARE INVITED TO THE METHODIST CHURCH STATE STREET AT CHURCH STREET H. Grady Hardin Pastor. SUNDAY SERVICES 10:00 A. M. Church School 11:00 A. M. Morning Worship 6:30 P. M. Young Adult Fellowship girls on and in keeping them in touch with what in taking place back home. Any relatives or friends whose service men are not receiving the letters may give the address to any member of the club and their names will be put on the mailing list. Recent contributions have been made to the Pencillin fund, the Polio fund, the Colored Hospital^ 1 the Orthopedic home, the Cancer Con trol clinic, and to the Grammer School for installation of lighting facilities. During the great need for bandages the club donated two room for preparing bandages. Members of the club are— Mrs. S. S. Cooly, Mrs. R. T. Green, Mrs. Frank Grove, Mrs. O. E. Leeman nights a month in the Red Cross Mrs. George Malloy, Mrs. James Northcott, Miss Elizabeth. Parker Mrs. A. P. Perley, Mrs. W. W. Phillips, Mrs. Roy Taylor, Mrs. A. F. Tyson Jr, Mrs. W. W. White. Over Half Os Our People Have No Church Home Over hall the people in America have no church home. Is this so in Black mountain? Os course its eas ier to stand aside and condem than to conteract and overcome. You .might say "I will not be wel come”, do you believe this? Christ did not wait to be welcome. He is our sample and your challenge. But you will be welcome Your place is waiting to be filled, your work is waiting to be done. If you are finding God on the out side, bring Him with you to help those inside. Be liberal enough to give the Church a chance to help you, and yourself a chance to help the Church. Surely you can find one church in Black Mountain where you can feel at home. FYom the pulpit of any of our Churches you can hear the gospel of social justice and the message of a liberal Christ preached. If you have any doubts, come often enough to judge with knowledge. Next Sunday our ministers will be making this same plea in the name of Christ. Daniel Webster once said that he went to church not as a statesman but as a man and a sinner. Let us all apply this truth, and see what follows. Next Sunday and eve>-y Sunday is go-to-church-day lets all go. COMPLETE VICTORY! Japs Agree to All Terms Os Potsdam Declaration; MacArthur Gets High Post By AL JEDLICKA Forty years after its armies marched into Korea to estab lish a foothold on the Asiatic mainland, Japan’s course of imperial conquest came to a dramatic end on the evening of August 14 with the unqualified acceptance of the Potsdam declaration subscribed to by the U. S., Britain, China and Russia. Announced to an anxious nation by President Harry S. Truman, the Jap surrender came three years, eight months and one week after the attack on Pearl Harbor. With the Allied powers consenting to his retention on the throne to assure the surrender of Japanese armies scattered throughout Asia and the submission of the homeland to the stiff terms imposed, Emperor Hirohito ordered the na tion to lay down its arms as the Tokyo radio reported thou sands of downcast subjects bowed in grief before the gates of the imperial palace lamenting their defeat. Having led American ground forces back over the vast tracts of the Pacific to the doorstep of Japan following the crippling blow at Pearl Harbor, General MacArthur was designated to accept the Nipponese surrender along with representatives of the other Allied nations. Coming four days after Tokyo’s first offer to give up the fight provided the emper or’s sovereignty were respect ed, and three months after V-E day, Japan’s surrender was greeted with wild enthu siasm throughout the U. S. which joyously celebrated the end of the most destructive and costly war in history without waiting for President Harry S. Truman’s official V-J day proclamation. In accepting the Allied terms, Japan agreed to the total reduction of its once proud empire, with hope for the future based upon the or ganization of a free democracy within the home islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido and Shikoku. Under the Potsdam ultimatum, Japan must eliminate the influence of those elements which have en couraged conquest; give up Man churia, Korea and other overseas acquisitions; disarm all armed forces; permit the revival of de mocracy and freedom of speech, religion and thought; and submit to Allied occupation of designated points in the homeland until post war security has been established. At the same time, Japan was promised an opportunity for orderly development once a peaceful gov ernment had been created, with re tention of such industries as would maintain its internal economy and eventual access to raw materials and world trade. The war ended just as the atomic bomb threatened the obliteration of Japan’s sprawling industrial settle ments, with Hiroshima and Naga saki already badly mangled by the terrific blasts. Packing an explosive force 20,000 times greater than TNT, the atomic ■m- : w. t f ■ -v- • -.jMMNKmm >■ <BBKBgWBB.jy>: ' _________ v ' Mi '***' Gen.- Douglas MacArthur Accepts Surrender. bomb’s destructive capacity so far exceeded that of ordinary missiles that it brought a quick .reaction from a government that had planned continuation of the conflict from underground bastions despite in creasing B-29 attacks. Besides threatening to lay Japan waste, the atomic bomb also was credited with blowing Russia into the conflict, thus bringing the total Allied weight to bear against the Nipponese. In all, these two events served to climax the growing tem po of the Allied drive in the Pacific, which saw U. S. forces virtually sit ting on Japan’s doorstep at the ces sation of hostilities. Japan's Imperial Ambitions Led to War Before the Twentieth century Ja pan’s imperial ambitions were re stricted to Korea, the coast of China and some neighboring islands in the Japanese sea. Japanese leaders suddenly realized the power of west ern armament. During the next half century Japan was modernized so successfully that the Japanese vic tories over China in 1894, and Russia in 1905 were swift and conclusive. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS With the navy and air force car rying the fight to the enemy, and with army and marine troops slash ing forward in island to island fighting, the war in the Pacific rates as one of the bloodiest in history. From the very beginning the U. S. encountered a bitter and fanatical foe, ardent and well disciplined, willing to fight to the last cartridge even when completely enveloped. All through the war, the toll of Jap killed far surpassed the number captured, indicating the nature of their defense. Because of the close teamwork re quired in the over-all operations, it would be difficult to single out one outstanding hero, though General MacArthur’s fiery stand against the enemy in the early stages of the con flict and his later redemption of lost territories made him the sym bol of the American spirit. Beside the name of MacArthur must be added those of Admiral Nimitz, who directed U. S. naval operations in the vast Pacific thea ter, and General Le May, whose B-29s seriously reduced Japan’s in i It- 'li 5 - - ?Sgjgaßg jjjftf&lllk TawßLafr • r ■. .. Ox 0 Emperor Hirohito Surrenders to Allies. dustrial potential in repeated heavy raids. Recovering quickly from the black days immediately after Pearl Har bor, when the Nipponese overran much of the Pacific, the U. S. checked the enemy tide in the spring of 1942, when the American fleet stopped the Japs’ southeastward drive in the battle of the Coral sea and then thwarted their eastward surge at Midway. From then on, the U. S., building up tremendous military and mate rial strength under a unified front at home, was on the march, with the Japanese seeking time to con solidate their newly won position as the overruling Asiatic power by bit ter delaying action in their outposts. With the navy severing vital Japa nese supply lines to these outpost* and with the ground force* isolating enemy units into disorganized resist , nee pockets on invaded islands, the American advance in the Pacific far exceeded expectations, with the end of the European war finding U. S. sea, land and air forces perched right on Nippon’s doorstep. Though the main body of Japa nese troops had not been touched by the steady U. S. advances westward, the American navy’s mastery of the sea lanes as far as the Chinese coast interrupted the shipment of vital ma terial to the home islands for in dustrial processing, and the B-29s’ 1 terrific bombardment of manufactur ing centers greatly curtailed output. With deliveries of materials cut, and output dwindling, the effectiveness of an estimated 4,000,000 remaining enemy troops stood to he severely limited. On top of it ail, Russia’s invasion of Manchuria and threat to Jap held China promised to tap the only remaining important enemy indus trial source outside the homeland. During the twenties Japan ex panded her commercial influence deep into Chinese territory. By 1931 a formidable boycott developed. Jap anese troo js were used to crush this organized protest. This violation of treaty rights aroused the world. Japan defiantly resigned from the League of Nations in 1933, when trou ble in the “truce area”, of China was again the oqjcas.on fair battllwfc Improved | SUNDAY Uniform prTTr\/YT International || SC.HOQL LESSON -:- _ By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Os The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for September 9 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education: used by permission. A NATION GOD USED LESSON TEXT—Genesis 41:46-57. GOLDEN TEXT—He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.—Psalm 111:5. Conservation of natural resources —that phrase has a modern touch to it, and yet we would do well to turn back to the story of Joseph in Egypt and learn anew the importance of not wasting what we have if we are to be fed in the days of shortage. Certain it is that we should face at once the shameful record of waste in the manufacture and sale of intoxicants. This is temperance Sunday. Let us not fail to stress this truth. Joseph recognized the provision of God and made use of it for His glory and the good of the people. I. Food—God’s Provision (w. 46- 49). As men work with God in the cul tivation of the land they are apt to begin to think of themselves as producers, when they are actually only the servants of the Lord in the orderly care of that which He pro vides. We need to renew our sense of complete dependence upon God lest we become proud of our own sup posed attainments and forget Him. Then He will have to withhold His bountiful hand and we shall stand with empty measures. Remember, too, that what God has given to feed the nations cannot with impunity be used for the manu facture of intoxicating beverages which are designed and used for no good purpose—only for destruction. Let’s not forget that God could send us a famine, too! The manner in which Joseph cared for the gathering of the grain is worth noting. He did not sit in his royal office and send out an edict. He went throughout the land build ing storehouses, seeing that the grain was properly conserved. We need more of that personal touch in government. Too much of life is controlled by “directives” and “rules” with too little of the touch of human kindness and a personal knowledge of the needs of the peo ple. Observe also the wisdom of stor ing the food in the place where it was raised and where it would eventually be needed. No shipping and re-shipping, no undue centraliza tion, and no temptation to form a special “grain bureaucracy.” 11. Family—God’s Gift (vv. 50 52). From among the Gentiles, Joseph took himself a bride. While it is not indicated, we have reason to as sume that she was a believer in the true God. One cannot imagine a man of Joseph’s character and spir itual integrity marrying an unbe liever. The sons which came into the home were recognized as God’s gift. Note how God was counted into the life of these boys and of the home. We spoke above about the need of conserving grain. Think now of the infinitely more important con servation of boys and girls. The liquor interests have used this war to create a taste for beer on the part of millions of young men and women, both in the armed serv ices and in our war plants. They have broken down the objections and the religious principles of many and we are almost at the point where one who objects is regarded as a foolish fanatic. If America cannot with impunity use her grain to make booze, do you think God will hold us guiltless if we stanu idly by and let the rapacious breweries and distilleries take our boys and girls? It is high time that we awakened to our re sponsibility and stood up for our con victions, come what may! 111. Famine God’s Opportunity (vv. 53-57). Now the time had come when God’s word to Joseph was proved to be true. When His loyal servant stood before the world as the one who was in touch with the infinite One, he had the food to give out because he had obeyed God’s com mand. It is in the crises of life that the things of God prove themselves. When man’s hand drops in weak ness and despair, God steps in and does the abundant thing; that is, if we are willing to recognize Him. There is another sense in which the coming of famine was God’s op portunity, for it gave Him the chance He wanted te speak to men. In the days of plenty and prosperity mankind is self-sufficient and too busy to listen to God, but when there is no food to eat, he has time to hear God. One wonders, with a wonder that is almost agonizing at times, wheth er America is going to force God to bring hunger of body to her children in order to make their hearts hun ger for Him. Will we wait to cry out to God until we have felt the sharp pangs of hunger, or will we by our obedience and gratitude of heart encourage Him to continue His abundance toward us? Reader, how do you feel in your own heart? Service your car RIG HT— I or you may have no car LEFT— 1 ■ HERE AT ! 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