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MONDAY, MAR. 16, 1942
U. S. Coast May Be Attacked!
The people who live on the coasts of the
United States understand the danger of
enemy sneak-attacks, even if they are un
able to visualize hostile action as an imme
diate threat.
We, who live in Wilkes county, cannot
imagine an invading army of foreign men
sweeping through the land, destroying
property, executing civilians and attacking
women without regard to the morality that
is expressed in our civilization.
We might as well face the hard truth
that slaps us in the face as we slowly rec
ognize the stern fact that Japan has
marched fast and far along the road to vic
tory in this war.
The loss of the Far East is not a death
blow to the United States—not yet. Tt is
the breath of life to Japan, whose military
machine will grow stronger as it feeds up
on the rich resources of conquered lands.
The Fifth Column Danger
Almost every day one reads of the ar
rest of Japanese or Germans, long resident
in this country, accused of possessing con
traband, including ammunition, short-wave
radios and binoculars.
Americans should not overlook the pos-
sibibity that there are large numbers of
Japanese and German people in this coun
try, ready to act in concert with any force
that approaches our shores with hostile in
tent.
The situation on the Vv^est Coast, where
thousands of Japanese reside, is reported
serious. Our little brown brothers have
been adept in espionage and there is rea
son to believe that they are well provided
for fifth column activities.
The behavior of the Japanese and Ger
mans in the present war has been so
treacherous and dangerous to the countries
in which they reside that other countrie.s
.are justified in excluding them from resi
dence altogether. This would undoubtedly
work a hardship on certain good people
but there is no way for another nation to
distinguish between the good members and
the bad.
# In calling attention to the possible dan
ger that may exist in this country from
Japanese and Germans,’ now in our midst,
ype do not wish to arouse undue public
anxiety. Certainly, we do not intend to in
stigate any persecution against the mem
bers of thees races wherever they may re
side. It is just as well, however, for us to
recognize the potentialities of the facts in
the case.
Borrowed Comment
3
FIGURES SURPRISE
(Statesville Daily)
The one wholesale liquor concern which
has been obliging enough to make report
of its shippings to dry territory in North
Carolina, presents some very interesting
ftgures covering its December business
with bootleggers in this state.
There are some three to four thousand
of these Wholesale concerns in the United
States, and doubtless many of them do
- some business in North Carolina, but this
^ single cpncem reporting reveals that it-
" shipped 59,975. gallons of liquor into this
Rtste in December, every gallon of which
4»me to what is supposed to be dry terri-
North Wilkesboro handled more than a
fifth of all, that came to the state—12,981
R^fidlons to be exact—and this volume went
>1^ to, just two liquor dealers over
ET Hiore. PurlearJ a little cross-roads post-
offiee setttegaettt with a population of only
BC^jPOWred 2^gsllons,
.iniose jrarpriaing, becauii» ;
eeuBtr is sPPRMed^o be setf-stt!^ ^
TBUMEt'of the li(|ip*ca
their supply of ^
hay^'ttheaird anyjihortaie offs# ms-|
.terisl ^ch as #oulA hamp^ the styje of
Ihe mowshiner*. ^1^, 6 kave
beeii in ordef, and wholesale grocers i*av®
continued to ordl» sugar in carload fotA
Just w^'the native hpotleggers shrfuld
Iwve^W jfgU back on imports isait plaip to
the'aal^ieye. But there are the figufM,
upd thirteen thousand gallons of li*
qtio^B one mouth, is some liquor, ^ you-iie
ai9cing us-'v^'*^''^’
The two Wilkes dealers handling lUbrt
of the 12,981 gallons in Dec^bes, are
l^ve carried bigger stocks thatt Of
the ABC stores in counties whicli hate le
galized the sale under-. special legfelative
action. ' It is reasonable toT’^assuiue thal;
this liquor is not stored for a raihy d§y» It
is being sold, and«in the selling the laiw is
broken, for while the containers bear a
federal label, it is not supposed to be rec
ognized in dry territory.
We confess that we haven’t seen the re-
pcfrt from this obliging wholesaler. We get
these figures from Tom Boat’s comment,
and (don’t know what gallonage was ad
dressed to Statesville in December, but in
asmuch as we were not mentioned we as
sume that the shipments were smaller than
our drunks would indicate. Maybe Wilkes,
as usual is our source of supply
ChmitlUna, Mawai _
acrocftfiaP'WijA- dunged
Uie Japutte today Brthe
ia a eaainiaiifqne'iutwd oD
told Phylll* sTaim
#HCky fcnrerniiioQt-
fl«d Hoag Kottg- aad arriVed It
ChuBgWn* Wedg^iday nl^"
MT waa JBiepwi
liiiy off Hoail; koBg oh
lannary « and It
Rd&fffie
r.aU kSMC a donbte ’ aqd
'n'-UttieaN^ aenrice to Ma.
yestei^. WMte h^pect-
aoirie tiiCber on a tem'iH Caa-
waa bejlpired ,well a com
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who were
Brooili
farjttla-
bar, Ao&ji so itn
pofgc fiero 'iwHeif mils of iK ab
kM>odled penona "who refaM t¥
^-w- ■ ■ -aeeept ettidoyaiaBt. -
‘‘Allen Gwy^ ^ g 4«pi«»e,ble ftiet that
while'tl^e lSiand^j|( oryt&g said
for 'habof on ik* dui
whanrit 4t ihU! troa Isrip
numW of ahlarOfidied
'ihfto a'n43!Ojl.5fidi*fiiPlfr 'ti
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tad Smw aabmorioa. Mi«
OFFENSE AND DEFENSE
(Lenoir News-Topic)
By this time the people of the United
States ought to know that successful de
fense requires much more than sitting at
home and waiting the onslaught of the
enemy.
If the present war has taught anything,
thi.s is the lesson. Everywhere the enemy,
on the offensive, scores gains. While the
United Nations seek to protect their land.s,
they permit the enemy to select points of
attack for overwhelming assault.
Sensible defense plans include prepara
tions for offensive action and it is encour
aging to believe that this spirit will be ap
parent in the early future.
Courage alone justifies survival of a peo
ple, a nation or an individual.
Singapore.was a bitter loss but the Far
Eastern situation can become worse.
Newspapers are rarely thanked for pub
lic services; they should not expect thanks.
Your own opinion is the most valuable
thing you have but it is not as valuable to
other persons.
This time next year millions of Ameri
cans will become interested in gardens for
food. Wait and see!
When the young swain calls his aweetie
“sugar” nowadays he is certainly paying
her a compliment.
pm iuua.
Xffled l)Y “
MiM
doBi to death W t h« J*pa-
BdH, Imt died ° da f the ends of
bayoaeiii.' .j
"*Gliliiestt «■ well V Shiwmh*
ere the victfals ahoeldaf atro
cities,” MisB Harrop'sald, 5" "My
own honeeboy wu killed. ^ was
bayoneted in. the stomach- for
no apparent reason.’’,
‘‘Fonrteen Chinese were .killed
In the same house.
“My own amah was attacked
three or tour times and Was ih a
very serious condition when I last
heard from her
Slashed with Knife
ilef tod aj^iMJPaitiy
rw whto they htordiv ha was esa#
Aftor doii« his rellpf 'to
^ Btndy thM'r roll* earefhily a^ tp
hit torned ft over khe
^ysjii commitim to be n^
sceap;to .beat Japs.
i as
H«rd^ Of
,ga}d'ItHo%ed
Washington.—'The disttng^sb
reqnseted tft|^^^^mmis8iQiMt#of
paroles to tepUfiar the’^pardon
of mkhy prisoners whose oapes
arh: mentoripns and who nave
dednite dpportnnitios tor farm
employment,, when paroled.
ed serrlce medal, was yestey|tsy
received by Staff Sergeant Jo4ph
L. Lockard, who delivered tho
unheeded warning of the ap
“Foreign women also Were at-jproaoh Of plane* to Pearl ,. Har-
tackald, including an English; bor shortly before the Japaneee
woman of my acquaintance, who
flr|t was slashed In the face with
a soldier’s knife. Her husband
attack December 7.
Undersecretary of W’ar Patter
son presented the medal to Lock-
was found alongside her body 1 ard tor 'exceptionally meritorl-
wlth a bayonet wound in his | ous service to your coun'ry” with
stomach,” the communique j the declaration, “May the wara-
quoted Miss Harrop as saying.
Misis Harrop said that civilian
women and children — Dutch,
American and British—were In
terned at S'anley. War prisoners
are at Shan Sliuto and' Ardley
Street, Ko'-wloon, she said..
Ing of danger to your country
never go unheeded'' again.’’
I Lockiard, who will enter the
! Officers’ Training School at Fort
Monmouth, N. J., today, accepted
! the medal with a modest, “Thank
; you. Judge Patterson.”
, ,, i Parents Present >
The communique estimated
that approximately 3,700 civill-1 Lockard« father-a mechanic
ans-3,000 British ftOO Amerl- ; f " ’
cans and 70 Dutch are held in
buildings which were formerly
were used for schools and res',
dences.
sister, Ethel Mae, 16, and broth
er, Daniel, 11, accompanied the
j 19-year-oId soldier from their
home at Williamsport Pa., to
, witness the awadd.
“Equol treatment Is being giv-1 ,pjjgy arrived too late for u
en Chinese and Europeans,” Miss ^ engagement with Rep-
Kairop said. Iresentative Harness (R) Indiana,
Internees are given two bowls! p„j,uc the name
of rice each day, to which is •'ad-“pj soldier after he had
ded a little vegetable.” Occasion.mentioned anonyhiously in
ally they are given Ush, but never ; Rober's commission's report
meat. No foreign food is avalla- | H^rbar. •
ble. ■ j They also were late arriving
No visitors sto elldvred In jiie war Depai^tment, but
Intommeiit catoW'' Fronds *1'** j jjafness obtained a police escort
permitted to bring food .purch- j ,1,^ gtaion and
ased on streets, but are not al- j patterson held up some appolnt-
lowed to converse with the in-1 ^ents so he could make the pre-
ternees. ' gentatlon.
All metal In Hong Kong, even, Logj^arj admitted thrt he had
lamp posts, bridge rails and stat- I ^ sweetheart In Williamsport,
ues, has been shipped to Japan. j,p^^ Seidell, but his mother said
The bronze lamps at tne entrance j come because she
to the Hong Kong Bank and au-1 bashful.”
tomoblles from the s'reets have
gone Into metal salvage.
“The colony, now under the
control of gendarmes, lies been
thoroughly looted,’’, the commu
nique said. ^‘‘Living conditions
are extremely difficult.
It’s mighty hard to fool yourself in the
morning when the war-time clock says its
time to get up.
LIFE’S BEHER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR,
Hiddenite, N. C.
Officially Dead,
Soldier Turns Up
Plan Watauga Fair
For Next September
Boone.—Stockholders of the Blue
Ridge Fair association met this
week and decided that, notwith
standing the war, the Watauga
County Agricultural fair will be
held again next September, on a
bigger and better scale than last
year, when the event was describ
ed as being very successful. The
initial exhibition showed a small
profit, it was said, whereas most
countv fairs are a losing proposi
tion the first year of th erixsei
tion the first year of their exis-
Ssve Lunch
The picnlcfm were obliged to
cross a nsilroad track in reaching
the place wbwe they were to have
lunch,' and 'little Bobby going
ahead, saw a train approaching.
Eagerly he ihouted to his father,
who was still on the track: ‘‘Hur-| |
ry, daddy, or else give me the!
lunch.”
f|
THE eMARCTTE OT
CQSTLIEII TOBACCOS
EMPTY LIVES
We see so many empty lives
Throughout the land today,
Where nothing great and noble thrives,
Nor goodness seems to stay,
Untij we wonder what to do
To help the sinful throngs,
That they might have a higher view
And overcome their wrongs.
Sumter, S. C.—Sergeant Pat
rick MiGuinness, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., and recently of Pearl Harbor,
who is visiting Charles A. Mur
phy, S. C. 0. director, at Sumter ^
ha.*: the unique distinction of being, fence,
officially dead, although he is tall I
and very active in the flesh. . C.*S InCOmC
Recently when he walked in on ■ ' n ii i
his family, his mother fainted, the | 1&X6S Koll In
hired girl became hysterical and; Raleigh.—Record-breaking State
his bother could only gasp: 'Man, jm-ome tax receipts were given an
you’re dead.” A few hours before unprecedented boost Tuesday with
Pearl Harbor Sergeant McGuinness collection of ?2,409,703.42, the lar-
They’re empty of the love of God,
Of grace that is Divine,
And so the path of sin they trod
Where glories never shine;
Nor where true values fill the soul,
Nor beauty’s found the most,
But where the gems of life are stole
By Satan and his host.
and other soldiers left on a trans
port for San Francisco and were
well out at sea when Japanese
planes Hew over and gave them a
fe.w burst from their machine guns.
The soldiers did not return the
fire, but they did not understand
about it and were not informed
until just before they landed in
gest sum received in a single day
ini'* \eai.
The total collected this month is
$3,3&1,960.14, compared to $719,-
1 71.78 received during the same
period last year.
A Idltty bag is a small canvas
bae used by yjilors to stowsmall
Chlifomia.
meantime the articles.
They’re empty of the finest traits,
Of righteousness and truth,
But take the way our Master hates
That wrecks them in their youth.
They’re en\pty of uplifting aims,
Of purposes m'ast gi'eat,
Who oft resort to idle games .
That bring them to their fate,
^T, might be in your basement, in the attic, in
that dark closet, or over those seldom used back
stairs. Proper lighting cosu little, so why jeopard
ize your life-and limbs because of negligence?
A dark room or staircase is an .OCCIDENT TRAP.
Don't bumble about in the dark.
O empty soul and heart and mind,
There is a pathway bright, •
And if you’ll seek you’ll surely find
The road t) some great height,
Where i^ou’ll be filled with noblt^|l^!
^ bauds wf^Ylteasinflili^
That whigi life’s j^attl^ y^lb^fi
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This
IS A SYMBOL OF
UNPREPAREDNESS