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li THE BJORLD or RELIC IV UMU REID Captain Sheldon O. Hall, form er football star of Findley, Ohio, writes from the South Pacific that ),e owes his life to the work cf British Methodist missionaries who years ago converted the na tives of some Solomon Island out posts from cannibalism to Christ ianity Some weeks ago he was <h0t' down while flying near a Japanese held island, but manag ed to got into his rubber raft out in the Pacific. For 366 hours j,e drifted helplessly, and then was washed ashore on jungly Clioiseul Island (in the Solomons) ■phis island was once the home of headhunters and cannibals. After some hours ashore, he was found hv a group of natives, some of whom spoke English, and all of whom were Christians. They min istered to him for eleven days, and then led him to an American out post and safety. Through Polish church circles in London comes word that the pro eessof beatification, or declaration of sainthood, for Father Raphael Ralinowski, Polish patriot, is now taking place in Rome. Once a Russia nanny instructor, Father Ralinowski joined the Polish in surgents in 1863 and when it fail ed he was arrested and sentenced to death by the Russians. Howev er. they feared to execute him be cause of his popularity, and he was exiled to Siberia. There he continued and advanced his char itable works, forming cooperatives and 'religious organizations 'a-j niong exiled Poles. Upon his re lease ten years later, he became the tutor of the Polish hero. Prin ce August Czartoryski, whose bea tification is also under way at the present time. Later heentered the Carmeliite Order and spent the rest of his days at a priest. Of him it is said; Father Ralinowski was so virtuous and exemplary in life, and the graces received thru his intercession were so numerous that even during his lifetime he was looked upon as a saint by all who knew him.” The United States Army needs more than 800 additional chaplains according to a recent statemetn by Chief of Chaplains William R. Arnold. Of these, 350 are needed by the Air Rorce and 500 by ground forces and service forces. He lists the Methodists, Luther an, Presbyterians, Catholic and Negro Methodist communions as especially lagging in furnishing the quotas assigned to them for filling chaplaincy vacancies. Sin ce Pearl Harbor, General Arnold points out, 33 army chaplains have made the supreme sacrifice — in dicating the fact that they are serving close to the active fight ing forces. “These are times which demand the finest in churchmanship and call for the church’s most ade quate ministry,” says Director James C. Flint, of the Service Committee of the Congregational Christian Church. “All the agen cies of the church -- those newly created to meet the peculiar needs of the day and the oldest ones carrying on programs of long standing — must unite their ef forts to present the fullest pos sible Christian ministry to a world which awaits it. Service has al ways been Christianity’s most ef fective instrument. In these days with service requests on every hand the church must be alert, to its opportunities and responsibil ities, and it must find especially trained people to meet the urgent needs which they day presents. In more than one hundred cit ies across the United States, the “Christian Mission on World Or der” have now been concluded.. They were sponsored by most of the Protestant interdenomination al and national agencies of the country, and under the immediate direction of Dr. Walter \ anKirk and Dr. Paul G. Macy of the Fed eral Council of the Churches of Christ. Now these leaders are planning a “follow-up” of the in spiration of the Mission, suggest ing that participants be given a chance to express themselves on world order by writing their con gressmen, discussing the matter in clubs, etc; and that local com I munities be organized to study and keep fresh the need for a | Christian point of view in settling world affairs. I Just before his recent unexpect-1 ed death, in London, the Rev. Dr. William Paton, secretary of the j International Missionary Council, had completed the last of a seiieS| of broadcasts on world reconstruc tion. His family permitted this THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE Abstract of address of the Hon. Cordell Hull, Secretary of Statej to a joint meeting of Congress on November 16th., 1913. The Moscow Conference is be lieved to have been an important step in the direction both of short neing the war and of making pro vision for the future. It has never been my fortune to attend an in ternational conference at which j thtre wae greater determination on the part of all the participants t to move forward in a spirit of mutual understanding and confi dence. Important agreements were reached but there were no secret. agreements, and none were sug gested. | The attention of the Conference] was centered upon the task of making sure that the nations up on whose armed forces and civil ian efforts rests the main respon sibility for defeating the enemy will, along with other peacefully minded nations, continue to per form their full part in solving the numerous and vexatious problems of the future. From the outset, the dominant thought at the Con ference was that, after the attain ment of victory, cooperaions a mong peace loving nations in sup port of certain paramount mutual interests will he almost as com pelling in importance and neces sity as it is today in support of the war effort. To this end, the four govern ments declared that they 1 recog nize the necessity of establishing at the earliest practicable date a general international organization, based on the principle of 'he sov ereign equality of all peace-loving last broadcast to be read by an other, and these were Its closing words; “As we look at all these gigantic tasks, we need to remem ber that God has set us in this particullr historic mo\nent, and j that we are in the hands of his] providence. What nations can do for good and evel, in moden con ditions of organized power, is greater than in past ages. But wel are not in a world of chance, we are in our Father's house, and wej need to risse to the height ot the historic moment in which we are' set, not trusting only to our own cleverness and skill in devising, but far more to his love and guid-, ance.” __ ..tat*'., and open to nmtnbm'ship by all such states, large and small." I should like to lay par ticcuar stre s on this provision of the Declaration, The principle of sovereign equality of all peace loving states, irrespective of si/.c and strength, as partner- in a fu ture system of general ecurity will lie the foundation stcnc upon which the future international ■ r ganization will he cmr-1 rowed. The adoption of this principle was particularly welcome to u . Nowhere has the concep' mi of sovereign equality been applied more widely in recent, year.; than in the American family of nm'cn wliose contribution to the common effort in wartime will now be t'"l lowed by representation in build ing the institutions of peace. As the provisions of the four nation declaration are Carrie dinto effect there will no longer be 'tee 1 for spheres of influence, for alliance, for balance of power or any other of the special arrangement' thru which, in the unhappy past, the nations strove to safeguard then security or to promote their inter ests. The Conference also served as an occassion for a solemn public declaration by the heads of me three governments with regard to the perpetrators of the bestiai and abominable crimes committed by the Nazi leaders against the har assed and persecuted inhabitants of occupied territories - against people of all races and rebgions, among whom Hitler has r'sewed for the Pews his most 'trial wrath. Due punishment will be ad ministered for all these crane.'. These were among the outstand ing devolpments at the M iscow Conference. The intensive uiscus sion, lasting two weeks, did not and was not intended to bring a bout the solution of all the prob lems that are before us. Much less could we anticipate the problems that are bound to arise from day to day and from year to year. There were other problem- such, for example, as questions relating to boundaries, which must, by their very nature, be left, in abey ance until the ttermination of hos tilities. This is la accordance with the position maintained for some time by our Government. The Conference thus launched a forward movement which, 1 am firmly convinced, will steadily ex tend in scope and eflectivencss. Within the framework of t tat movement, in the atmosphere of mutual understanding and c uii dence which fade possible its oe ginning in Moscow, many ol me problems which are difficult today N. Carolina Weekly War Journal - liy - OIJVKR CRAWLEY Depart me nl of Information Oltice of Price Administration SHOES-Cntler a new ruling, ru tomers must give dealers ration payment for shoes bought under luy-away or will-call orders v. 1 thin id days of the order. On special orileis. they must give up ration coupons within 30 days of the time the lines become available for de livery. formerly, the deadline for pay ing shoe ration stamps for shoes on these types of orders w; . the end of the current ration period. Now. with shoe stamps vail 1 in definitely. OI’A had to set a spec ific time limit for ration pa; cent. This continues the original pur pose. which is to keep shoes from being taken out of circular n by customers who might select them and have them set aside u nil a new ration stamp becomes v. lid. MORE STOVES AVAIL'RLE - Dealers and distributors t. rat ioned stoves in Eastern \orth Carolina have been permitt i to increase their inventories by ORA to meet the greater demand result ing from larger stove quota as signed to local rationing hoards. SEED POTATO PRICES- To correct inequalities which existed last spring in seed potato prices. OPA lias set maximum prices which were frozen last spring. Both “certified’ and "war approved” seed potatoes are covered by OPA’s action. The latter classification is will as time gaes on undoubtedly become more possible of satisfact ory solution through frank and friendly discussion. We of today shall lie judged in the future by the manner in which we meet the unprecedented re sponsibilities that rest upon us — not alone in winning the wai, but also in making certain that the opportunities for future peace and security shall not be lost. Only by carrying forward such a pro gram with common determination and united notional support can we expect, in the long range of the fulut o to avoid becoming victims of ib structive forces ol‘ internat ional anarchy which in the absen ce ol organized international rela tions will t ale ti.e world. By the, proce lure of cooperation with other nations likewise intent upon, security we can and will remain, masters of our own fate, now established by tin U ■ I • I Administration in conjuncti > ' i state certification agencii FERTILIZER PRICES OPA has set dollers-and-cent" top |<n •i--> for every grade of mixed fertilize! whose manufacture and ale i- per* mitted by the War Food Admini tration, but not changes of great importance are involved. At the same time. OPA .'.dpi : out inequalities between varbvii grades and between various .-elk" of fertilizer. In preparing it ■ reg ulation, OPA representative.- in ducted nationwide oousulwn.; with fertilizer manufacturer make sure that the new cv; ng prices would be fair and cqi'i': . THE GASOLINE PROBLEM EDITOR’S NOTE: The Roanoke j News presents today the first j four articles prepared in cooper ation with the Department of In formation of the Office of Prici Administration on the gasiiine it nation as it affects civilian r . ioning. The articles are based e authoritative information summn! ized from official report,- iw id vet government agencies dealing with the gasoline problem and are pre sented so the public may the true facts. Civilian motorists need vie c\ poet to “drive as usual’’ a- long : j the war lasts. This prediction, drawn fr->m d compiled by five government an. . j cies, is made plain in a frank and j authoritative summary of fa civilian gasoline supply and ,>'• sented by OPA to give th ■ miblic a clear and comprehensive pi, tui'e of the gasoline situation. Upraise of the need of keeping certain m’.li tary secrets, this has not always been possible in I lie past. For one thing, OPAV - man., disclosed that the sinking i f 1-1 tankers bound for Nor' Africa was responsible for last v. ntci - fuel oil and gasoline shortage n the eastern area. This gasoline was vital to the Mediterrn ai campaign which had reached a •> it* ieal stage and replacenten; had to be found and shipped at once. The only supplies wilhit; quick r, .tch were the Atlantic .oa t r ocks built up for civilian n-e. The government had tl c altcrna ti\e of taking these stocks lm im mediate overseas shipmer. a- ! thereby causing a severe shoeing" for civilians, or to seek replace ments farther afield and ' > run grave risk of disaster in X . aj Africa. It decided on the farmer! I till the fuel nil mil! fr.-g, i i'll !t'i ii moto11 • 'Ini cvith • it I arrived in time to contribute to victory. . . udden military demands ami withdrawals will occur again” OP A' summary elec lare i. “but facts concerning: them can not al way- be made available to t lie pub lic. There may be more I -boat .-in kings anil swift adjustments may 1 nee i ■ In made a- t! ■" were last winter." The drai: on American gasoline supplic is increasing, tea sum mar;.' di.--closes candidly, ami the basic shortage is certain to be coma more acute as the war g its on. VICTORY GARDENS Uncle Sam is asking that the num t-r of Victory Garden; be in crease.i to 22 million in 1944, or 2 million more gardens than this year. Ii - estimated that Victory Gardens produced * million tons of food in 1943. KOTEXONK I ■■ ■ :one can be used tor the control of any insect attacking the home garden and also for cat tle u1- and lire, av the W P. A. I ROTK1X MEAL Vi r i-■ A ii ilnistrat r Marv is announced a propoa c.. i '•... c Jan iary 1st., designed to oring ab< . a better d siributinu of protein n-:il among livestock and poultry feeders, and feed mixers. SAVE “Take all you want, but eat all you take’ is the slogan ol' the Clean Platers. Watch that garbage can, say the home economists. AT FIRST SION Or A ®666 666 TABLETS, SALVE. NOSE DROPS 0 U. A. M. 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