The Transylvania Times
Published Every Thursday by
TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY
Brevard, N. C.
THE NEWS THE TIMES
Estab. 1896 Estab. 1931
Consolidated 1932
Entered as second class matter, October 29,
1931, at the Post Office in Brevard, N. C.,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
ED M. ANDERSON__Publisher
HENRY HENDERSON.Ass’t. Publisher
MISS ALMA TROWBRIDGE-.-Associate
IRA B. ARMFIELD-Business Manager
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PRIZES AWARDED TO THE TIMES
Winner of 1943 Awards for Best Large
Non-Daily in North Carolina and Second Best
in Nation.
Happy Birthday To You!
We are proud of the progress that the
Boy Scout movement has made in Tran
sylvania county during the past year and
on this the 34th anniversary of Scouting
we take pleasure in saluting Scouts and
Scout leaders everywhere.
This is one of the finest organizations
in the world for making men out of boys.
Its program challenges and develops the
best in a boy and at the same time he is
fascinated by it. Scouts learn to do by do
ing. They learn to become good citizens.
Extending birthday greeting to the
Scouts, President Roosevelt aptly stated :
that from “facts placed before me I know
what a superb record of war service you
have achieved since Pearl Harbor.” Then
he urged, “Keep up the good work. But
carry on your normal Scouting, too. It will
be of lasting value to you as you grow into
manhood. Live democracy in your troop
*nd in your home. Get out-of-doors. Camp.
And above all, live the Scout Oath and
Law.”
The President highly praised the Scout
masters for the great service they are ren
dering and asked for continued public
support of this organization.
A review of the activities in this Scout
district during the past year reveals that
three new troops have been started in the
past twelve months and that membership
has now increased to 120.
We urge that other boys join a Scout
troop and that a new troop be formed in
Rosman.
Again we say, “Happy Birthday,. Boy r
Scouts.”
See What Germans Use
Of course every man, woman and child*
in Brevard and Transylvania county will
want to see and inspect the captured Ger
man equipment which will arrive here late
‘this afternoon.
With this and other equipment, the
Germans startled the world by their blitzs
and successful rapid invasion of most all
of Europe. They expected to lick Russia
•and our men in North Africa, Sicily and
Italy, but so far they have failed; but they
;are still far from being defeated.
dDome to Brevard tonight and see what
•our men on the front lines are facing. See
what they have to capture in order to win
and those of us back home may continue
to enjoy freedom and democracy.
We also insist that you attend the
countyAwide Fourth War Loan drive rally
ithat will be held in the Brevard high school
.auditorium. You will enjoy the entertain
ment and a speech by Judge Will Pless.
We likewise insist that you come pre
pared to buy extra war bonds. Transyl
“vania is still running behind its quota and
'.the drive is slated to end next Tuesday.
•Surely we aren’t going to fall down now.
We can’t. We have too much at stake. Our
iboys can’t quit. If they did there would be
no allied victory.
Just think of how those Japs treated
our prisoners of Bataan ... of how they
made them “March to Death” ... of how
they tortured, starved and killed them
for no reason whatever. Certainly such
thoughts should make your blood boil . . .
should make you want to get a gun and
kill Japs.
That may not be possible, but you can
help kill them by buying War Bonds. Do
it today! That is our duty!
They Know Now!
After the treacherous attack on Pearl
Harbor, the Jap radio jeered: “Where is
the American fleet?”
The Jap warlords are fully aware of
where the American fleet is today. A pow
erful segment of it (plus, we guess, many
British ships) is anchored in Kwajalein
atoll, in the Marshall islands. Practically
all of the 30-odd islands forming the atoll
are now in American hands.
The Marshalls constitute the first terri
tory taken from the Japs which they held
prior to the outbreak of World War H,
and a number of them had been strongly
fortified in violation of the mandate under
which the Nips received them from the
League of Nations after World War I.
With the Allies firmly established in
the Marshalls the security of the Japs’
great naval base at Truk is gravely men
aced. The drive with overwhelming force
into the Marshalls is plainly pointed at this
bastion. The time is fast approaching when
the wary Jap fleet must give battle or per
mit the seizure of one key point after an
other guarding the Japanese mainland.
War Prisoners Cut Logs
An order recently issued by General j
George C. Marshall, chief of staff, allows !
| the use of properly trained prisoners of
war in the production of logs, chemical
wood and other forest products.
The idea of using enemy war prisoners
in forestry operations originated last sum
mer, when an acute shortage of pulpwood
appeared to be imminent. The war depart
ment, thinking such occupation contrary
to the Geneva convention, declined to per
mit the prisoners to work in the forests.
However, the department finally agreed
for the forest service to try an experiment.
Twenty-five German non-coms agreed to
work on a pulpwood project in Texas and
they in turn trained groups of privates.
After several hundred of them had been
trained, several logging contractors and
timberland owners were taken into the ,
woods1 to observe the men at work. They
apparently were satisfied that the men
were capable and industrious. A report on
the work to the German government by
the International Bed Cross brought no
protest, and General Marshall’s order fol
lowed.
The War Majapower commission per
mits the use of prisoners only where other (
labor is not available.
I
They May Accept FDR
Opposition among Old Guard Demo
crats to a fourth term, for FDR is abating,
according to Drew Pierson,, who knows a
lot about political goings-on in Washing
ton.
President Roosevelt is, of course, fully
aware of the strength of his adversaries in.
his own party and realizes the need of
placating them if this can be done. So,
Pierson says, the word has gone out, that if
they will support FDR. for another term,
he will accept a. man of their choosing as
a running mate..
Pierson also, states that the Old. Guard
knows that Mr. Roosevelt is eager to set
up a world peace organization, which, he
might head. In.that event, their man. would,
i become president.
There is another consideration that is,
| tempering the attitude of the OLd. Guard •;
| They are of the opinibn that only Roosevelt
| can win against a Republican. They dislike
[ FDR, it is true, but they relish defeat even,
less. Pierson, even hints that Jim Farley
may return to the Democratic, ranks.
Ani Avalanche Of News
From time to time the government has
been criticised for withholding vital war
news or presenting it in fragmentary form.
The gruesome aspects of the Sicilian in
vasion were suppressed at the time. Ameri
cans first learned of the Teheran confer
ence from the Moscow radio. Nearly a year
was permitted to lapse before they learned
of the atrocities practiced upon American
and Filipino soldiers after the fall of the
Phillipines.
However, the people have suffered
from no dearth of war news. During th§
calendar year 1943, 11,000 news releases
were issued through the OWI. This did not
include army and navy publicity, which
would boost the total to 15,000 or more
items handed out to the papers, not count
ing speeches, pamphlets and posters. To
this should be added the news made by
congress, the White House and that dug up
by reporters numbering more than 1,000.
"PIN UP GIRL’
By Paul Mal lon
Washington, Feb. 9—Two news
papers publishing my column have
complained strongly (threatening
to quit) because I have paid too
much attention to juvenile delin
quency.
They thought it a problem to be
guided ai'one by physician writers
who advised parents, and I suspect
that behind their complaints is the
common notion that “freedom of
expression” will continue to be
the song of this era instead of
discipline in home, school and
church.
In fact, a Pennsylvania reform
school superintendent observed
that my efforts to swim against a
surface tide would await a reward
in heaven, as none was possible
on this earth. I disagree
This juvenile delinquency deca
dence <s£ our nation is not a child
problem or a medical problem. It
is a national symptom of a social
degeneration involving adults more
than children, the first crack that
is widening before our eyes in a
break of our established culture.
If it is not cured in the right
way. we will fall down the abyss
forecast by the philosophers
i Spengler and Sorokin, who sur
mised that Western culture was
going fast and would result in the
rise of a new leadership, possibly
oriental. (Since Leadership in world,
culture has traveled Westward.)
Certainly, no nation is stronger
than the character of its women
and children, no matter how many
hattleships and planes it may have.
No less an. experienced expert
than inspector Walter M. Germain,
crime prevention police at Sagi
i uaw, Mich., has recognized juve
nile delinquency as a character
^defect.
• For some years, he has been
► speaking and writing of his ex
perience, saying the only alterna
tives are the building of character
or more prisons. He even joins a
physician writer in prophesying “a
psychopathic breakdown of civiliza
tion” unless the current march of
crime by adolescents is reversed.
His theories of what should be
done only partly coincide with
mine, yet police are furnishing ex
cellent leadership in some locali
ties like Saginaw. In Morristown,
N. J., for instance, Detective Lieu
tenant Valerin went to, the mayor
with the old familiar story that
there was not much, police could
do about juvenile deliiiqjients un
til crime was committed except to
notify parents of damages, due, etc.
The mayor suggested a plan of
police action leadership.
Lieutenant Valerin called in 20
boys and their parents. They
founded an organization known as
th> Junior Legion of Honor. The
kids like it. A playground has
been set aside for them, and char
acter leadership has been estab
lished under older hoys.
As a result of this alone, the lo
cal paper says Morristown now
has no juvenile delinquency prob
When yowr doctor asks where you
prefer to have your prescription
filled, say: VARNER’S, because:
Filled only by registered pharma
cist, as written and at reasonable
prices. (Advt.) tfc
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Mass every Sunday and
Holy Day in W.O.W. hall,
38 % S. Broad St. For time
of mass, phone 352.
lems which face other communi
ties. Here discipline was obtained
by wise leadership and example.
How the foolish theorists can
continue to advocate the free
dom of expression in the face of
such obvious evidence of the crit
ical necessity for the establish
ment of national youth character
is more than I can understand.
Adults must practice repressions
and restraints against animal in
clinations and appetites in their
own lives, although some do it
little better than the juveniles.
Until the child mind can devel
op to the point of similar practice,
obviously he must have leadership
by example and discipline through
a renewal of the waning re
sponsibilities of home, school and
church, to which may now be
added, police.
The two editors can quit if
they want to. My desk will con
tinue to be a clearing house for
such information as long as there
is the slightest chance it may be
helpful in transmitting informa
tion to serve as a guidance for new
understanding of and action on
the problem.
A New York City poultry show,
we read, has proven highly popu
lar with the denizens of Manhat
tan. Broadwayites, naturally would
be very curious to see what the
original type of chicken looks like.
Zadok Dumkopf attended the
fowl display under the mistaken
impression that they were giving
away eggs for souvenirs.
Grandpappy Jenkins says he
knows a fellow who figures he’s
done his share for the waste paper
drive by turning in his 1943 calen
dars.
Mankind, according to an as
tronomer, will disappear from
the earth a billion years from
now. However, the way the
world is getting knocked around
it will probably vanish long be
fore that.
Nervous, indeed, must be the
post-war planner who fears the
war may end before he finishes
his post-war planning.
Another thing that irks Hitler
is that the Allies seem to have
a monopoly on highly-snccessfol
“military idiots."
The news t that General Sultan
has been named deputy to General
Stilwell must have come as a fear
ful shock" to those Nazis who are
scared blue the Turks are going
to get into this war.
The exercise the cook gives the
dough affects both the shape and
texture of baking powder biscuits,
report research scientists. A little
kneading usually produces the
best biscuits.
Bny U. S. Government Bonds
and Stamps regularly.
|.Ef5 MAKE
-HinWAlK ,
THE FUNK/
• Little Tojo and his inhumanly militaristic cohorts have a debt
to pay. For the Allied parachutists they’ve shot down: for the
prisoners of war they assassinated: for the horrors they have
inflicted upon the peoples of China. We wonder how heroic Tojo
will be when he faces paying the penalty for his misdeeds. You
will find out quicker by buying all the War Bonds you possibly
can.
BURRELL MOTOR CO.
24-HOUR WRECKER SERVICE
Brevard, N. C.
Phone 27
A successful Victory garden begins with good seed—the kind that have
been bred to give good yields. We have a good stock in both packages
and bulk.
The Victory garden campaign in Transylvania county last year was a
pronounced success. Only a slight increase in acreage has been asked,
but all urged to get the maximum production from their plots. Consider
carefully your anticipated requirement of fresh vegetables, the varieties
best suited to your needs and come to us for the seed . . . otherwise
you may want for them this summer. An adequate supply is the first
table requirement for wholesome and nourishing meals.
Order Fertilizer Now!
There is ample fertilizer for all gardeners in the country,
but they should fill their requirements at once to avoid
congestion later. We recommend the improved Victory
garden fertilizer for use on Victory gardens in Transyl
vania county.
B & B Feed & Seed Co.
Brevard, N. C
1
Gaston Street