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n: Patriot '^%iini0Ein>iiiT m politics , - lloiidajrB aad Tkandaya at liootk Wilkaobo^ North. Carolina P-1- CARTER and JULIUS C. HUBBARD, Pobliubcn — --A-1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year j |1.60 Six Months 76 Four Months 60 Ont of the State ?2.00 per Year tetarad at the post office at North WUkoa- North Carouna, as second class matter ander Act of March A 1879. THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1943 Red Cross Sends Relief To War Prisoners Between January 1,1941, and December 31, 1942, the American Red Cross shipped 1879,698 worth of supplies to prisoners of war and American civilian internees in Europe. Shipment consisted of 61,600 food parcels, 113,379 pieces of clothing, 528,- 900 bars of soap and eight tons of insecti cide. The American Red Cross also ar ranged for the purchase and transport to the United Nations’ prisoners of war of over $6,000,000 worth of food parcels, clothing, canned meat, soap, cigarettes and other articles as gifts from other sources. Since December 7, 1941, the American Red Cross—working through the Inter national Red Cross Committee—has at tempted to find a way to bring relief to American prisoners of war and civilian in ternees in the Far East. The United States government supported these efforts by parallel negotiations with the Japanese Government through Switzerland — the Protecting Power, and as.surance was re ceived that supplementary aid would be permitted. In the spring of 1942, a Swed ish vessel was located to transport the sup plies, but was not permitted to leave the Baltic by the German authorities. A sec ond Swedish boat, the M. S. Kanangoora, was~fihany obtained through the War Shipping Administration and the Swedish Red Cross. It was loaded with supplie.s for prisoners of war, but after several weeks’ delay the Japanese Government re fused to permit passage for .strategic rea sons, and the ship was unloaded and re turned to its owner. Meanwhile all available cargo space on the diplomatic exchange ship Gripsholn., which has completed one trip and is ex pected to leave shortly on its “second, was granted the American Red Cross for relief supplies. On its first trip to the Far Ea.st, the Gripsholm carried $50,000 worth of medical supplies, 1,000,000 cigarettes and 10,000 cans of tobacco given by the .Ameri can Red Cross for American pri.soners of war in the Far East. Twenty thou.sand American Red Cross food parcel.'-:. 10,000 articles of clothes and $15,000 worth of toilet articles from the United State.s army and navy also were transported in this way by the American Red Cross. All of these supplies have arrived in Japan and a part have been di.stributed to .Americans in pris on camps in Japan. Hong Kong and Shang- h.ai. The Internationa! Red Cross Commit tee Delegates wa.s instructed to reship -tho greater part of the supplies to the Ameri can prisoners of war in Philippines. Relief supplies to the value of almost $1,000,000 were loaded on the S. S. Gripsholm for its second trip which had not begun at the end of the year. These supplies includa $35,000 worth of medical supplies and 10,- 000,000 cigarettes donated by the Ameri can Red Cro.ss and 70,000 American Red Cross food parcels, 543,100 pieces of cloth ing and approximately $100,000 worth of soap, towels, razors, blankets, mosquito bars, toilet and sewing k'its, etc., provided by the army and navy. V Thv »hn»8tr frank admisaioiia ^ diaester in Busa^a is »ot at all like Hitler. Retreat of Germans from Rostov and Kharkov without fighting to the bitter end does not coincide with Hitler’s war polmy. Because we mention the possibility that Hitler may be dead, do not get too optilhis- tic and tell it for a fact. We mentiop the possibility because it is something encouraging to think about. We do not have to be fed on prapaganda to blame the world’s troubles on Hitler, His every act for the past nine years shows plainly enough for any fool to see that his leadership brought the war on the world m Groui^ed Vultoe rmmwkY,rm t$, Absnrditm Bj DWIG^NICSOIA.'^^ Borrowed Comment WAR PRODUCTION (Charlotte Observer) “German production in the entire Euro pean continent, completely undisturbed by alien influence or military operations, is being extended every day systeinaticallj and according to plan.’’ That is what the German people were told by Hitler propagandists a year ago, February 24, 1942, to be exact. Would they dare repeat the statement to the Ger man people today ? They ought to rebroadcast that inspiring bit of propaganda now for the benefit of the people of Cologne, Dunkerque, Essen, Emden, Wilhelmshaven, Dusseldorff, Duis burg, and numerous other cities that have been visited by British and American bombers dropping tons of explosives on their production plants. And, in view of the American record of the past year in the production of war planes, tanks, ships, guns and munitions, the Hitler propagandists ought to pick up and rebroadcast this further statement they gave the German people a year ago: “This production, according to the Fuehrer's own statement, surpasses the en tire Anglo-American production even now, by a considerable margin, and is being fur ther increased.” LIFE’S BETTER WAY WALTER E. ISENHOUR, Hiddenite, N. C. JUST RAMBLING Sometimes we sit down to get this column together and we clip Jokes Jrom other publications. That is hecauae we do not have time to write our own stuff, too 'Jasy to write, or have nothing to write, so take your choice. Since we have just heard it, maybe we are a jump ahead of our readers, which is going some. Anyway we are going to tell you an instance where a couple re ceived a letter from their son who had sailed with army forces to faraway places. He told his par ents that he had arrived safely and was all right, but that he could not tell where he was. His mother said: “I knew that crazy boy was bound to get himself lost some time”. There has been much talk about controlling liquor, but from wtot we have learned from observation the only vray to control it is to never let it get out of the_ bottle, jug, fruit jar or whatever it is in.. Recently we read some literature put out especially for editors about a book a certain company had to sell. “It will do half your work for yon", the advertisement said. We ordered two. A niarried soldier received three emergency furloughs on the grounds that his wife was “ex pecting.” Finally the officer m Th« foUdWftiglfrd sdfl|« .9f jobr UrtMi srtm ' lafomuttloo''/eali at tXa Hoiptor* ment Office over the Dake Pow- •r company bnUdlng. Cost accountant, industrial ineer, Marino, drafstman, t • draftsman, production machinist, engine-lathe operator, ing'pector, sheet metal worker, arc welder, bonermaker, electrical M- sembler, ship carpenter, plumber, fingerprint classifier, oarpanlter helpers, bricklayers, stenograph- era, asphalt makers, ^utoaMMle mechanic, electrical engineer, au tomobile mechanic, electrical engi neer, automobile body repairman (metal), building laborers (c*n- struction).’ V 1 This bird of prey Just didn’t get out of Its nest quickly enongb. United States army officers are shown inspeeting an intact Heinkel HM3 ^aae which was captured when tbe Allied forces took an African airport. An 82-year-old Galeeville, WIs., mechanic, with a single machine In bis home, turns out parm lor naval.ordnance as a war prodae- tion subcontractor. V- , Delay In receiving allocated ag- ^ rlcultural implementa from the United States is handicap Panama’s new agricultural you as follows, hiding nothing from our sev^n dear readers who doubtless want the truth: Our secretive service coordina tor has a friend, who has a conain who heard a friend of his say that he talked with a traveling man who stopped at a certain hoarding house where a negro servant friend of his said that she heard from her 'boy friend who is BUY MORE WAR BONDS 'slon program in the army that he had heard asked him whom his wife was ex- .f^om a buddy who knew a certain pecting. “Myself, sir”, was the sergeant who had returned prompt reply. [ from Africa say that he had heard We have heard that a Wilkes Casablanca'that one man who father wanted so badly to see his another who had come from Where Is Hitler? This question is interesting; so very in teresting that some learned authoritieg and diplomats advance the idea that Hit ler may be dead. When be did not speak at the nazi an niversary a few weeks ago, the possibility that he is dead e itered many minds. • Also significant is the change in German propaganda, which does not sound like Hitler talking. Hie four days mourning which was pxoelaimed in Germany for the lost army at does' not sound like Hitler poliOF» STAGGERING UNBELIEF Unbelief staggers at the promises of God and fails to obtain the blessing* of God. It i.s unknown what men lose through unbelief, while others accomplish great and wonderful things through faith in God and His Promises. If the great in fidels and atheists of the past had had as much faith in God and his blessed Word and promises, according as they had doubts and unbelief, they could have lived such lives that the world would have been blessed equally as much by them as it ha.s been cursed. Yes, perhaps more so. However, they were doubters and un believers, therefore lived and died without God, lost their precious souls and maybe cau.sed multitudes of others to be lost. How' fearful! I wouldn’t be in the place of an athei.st and infidel in eternity for ten bil lion worlds. They staggered at God’s holy Word and promi.se.s through unbelief, therefore left the mark of atheism and infi delity upon the world to mark their path way through life, and to cau.se others to live likewise. It is indeed a fearful thing to live a life of unbelief in God and His Word, yield an influence for the devil to curse others, then die and meet God. Suppose the great and mighty men of God about whom we read in the Bible had been atheists and infidels, what might have been the effect of their lives upon the world? They would have cursed thousands and perhaps millions and multiplied mil lions of souls instead of blessing them. Sup pose great and powerful preachers of the Gospel and soul-winners had staggered at God’s promises instead of accepting them, living by them, and blessing mankind in a marvelous way as they did, what might have been the result of their lives and in fluence otherwise? They might have been just as great a hinderance and curse to the world as they were a blessing. Thank God for every faithful, true believer in (3od and His promises that has ever lived on earth to bless humanity. Praise the Lord. We are told that Abraham “staggered not at the promise of God through un belief but was strong in faith, g.’ving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, w’hat he had promised, he was also able to perform.” (Romans 4:20, 21). This hasi reference to the promise God made him ii| his old age, and Sarah’s old age. that sh4 should bring forth a child, and that in him^ or through him, the nations of the earth should be blessed. This child was Isaac. So Abraham’s faith “was imputed unto him for righteousness.” Then faith in God and His promises is life’s better way. son, who is in the army that he sent him a wire saying that his mother was dead! When he ar rived home his mother met him at the door. Put us in the soldier’s .shoes and father would soon have been very near the condition he said in the wire that his .nother was. And there was another instance where a soldier received an em ergency furlough on the grounds tiiat his mother was dead. After the furlough was over, it was as- Cf-rtained that his mother had been dead for two years. A bunch of recruits were lined up for inspection. “'Why didn’t you .shave this moming?”, the captain a.sked Pvt. Jones. “I Berlin through France to Africa | .say that he had heard the ques tion, “Is Hitler Dead” rnd that he knew a man who said “I do not know.” Now, we hope you are satisfied. A MAIDEN’S PRAYER O. Lord, I ask nothing for myself. Nor for my older brother, Bui please, Kind Heaven, won't you send A son-in-law to my mother! BOTH AN OTOCE A so-called philosopher was telling a group of .young men to get the most out of life $y ta.ckl- ing some great problem or falling in love with a beautiful woman. thought I did, sir, but there were' One smart young fellow said 12 of us using the same mirror! choose the latter and have both at and I must have shaved somebody ♦Isp”. To the fan dancer who asked ttie doctor to be vaccinated where it would not show;' “Stick out your tongue”. IS HITLER DEAD? While snooping around in the sanctum sanctorlum of the edi tor’s desk, we found that he has i written on editorial on the siil)- ject, “Where Is Hitler?” Immediately after learning that the editor was perplexed about the question and had no answer, this column put its Z13 secretive cooperator on the case to find out the facts, and we present them to t!ie same time. Wluii'lf0uBu4f- Wiilt WAR BONDS IMAGINE HIS PLIGHT A lecturer of some reno-wn was asked to speak at a nudist camp. He wns greeted by the ladies and gentlemen with no more on than nature saw fit to bestow upon them. The.v suggested that he would probably like lo get reaiy for dinner. He went upstairs realizing that he must disrobe like the rest of them. He paced tho floor to an agonized panic of in decision. The dinner bell rang. With the courage of utter desper ation he stripped, and in Adamite splendor descended the staircase- only to find that all of the guests had put on evening clothes to do him honor. V . A high school^ Hazleton!*^ started a tin collection test between fooms ond woimd ★ - up the week,%lth 29,000 cans. That new cooking range, whether It be gas, clectr'C or otherwise, is something to look forward to when the War is won. But you can start saving now to buy it. Put a definite amount, every payday, ten percent of your pay check . . into War Bonds today. Duke Po Are On Th To Serve Thei When your Bonds mature you wiU have the money re’ady for that new range. You wiU have made a good investment, getting back M for ev ery $3. And your purchase of War Bonds is helping that boy, husband or sweetheart on the fighting front. rreem'y UepartHunt
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