THE DANBURY
Established 1872 Volume 71
Editorial
EASTER LILIES
By Easter in the year of Our Lord Nineteen
Hundred Forty-three, the war will be won by
the United Nations.
f Eight months from today twenty armies will
be converging 1 on Berlin —the armies of Russia,
England and America. The air will roar witn the (
■*rush of steel wings. The mighty hosts will march J
to the music of bands playing the glad notes of
.victory and peace.
How appropriate then on the anniversary of
that Resurrection 20 centuries ago when man
kind was offered the gift of eternal life, that the
enslaved populations of Europe shall be made
free, and the threatened peoples of North Ameri
ca be made secure in their rights to live in peace
enjoying the blessings of democracy.
You smile at this happy vision of wishful think
ing. You shake your head and say it can't happen.
r We present the proof.
i In March, 1918, the first world war had been
four years and every battle a German
victory. In that month of March, 1918, the Great
German Push began. Russia had made peace.
England and France fought side by side, their
backs to the wall, their resources all but spent,
their manpower depleted, their hearts bowed
down with despair.
The German armies under Ludendorf and Hin-
Idenburg thundered at the gates of Paris. The
British sth army under Robinson was destroyed.
The foe reached Amiens, reaching for the chaiv
Mel ports, reaching to divide the British and
French armies. , , . „
Just then the fresh splendid divisions from
America began pouring in. Foch was made gen
eralissimo. The American marines stormed and
captured Belleau wood. The salient at St. Mehiel
was established. Soon the Old Hickory division
from North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia
smashed the Hindenburg line, while the Rain
bow division under Mac Arthur was crashing
through the forest of Argonne.
The Germans were checked, held, and began
the retreat. Foch retained the offensive on all
fronts. This was July, 1918.
On November 11 the Kaiser asked for an armis
tice and escaped into Holland.
The war was over.
History repeats itself.
/ The Bigns now are in many respects identical
with those of 1918.
The Russians are sorely beset but not defeated,
Bear's'head is bloody but unbowed.
The Russian resistance, the Russian defense,
the Russian resources are beyond even the con
ception of Hitler.
Pierre Von Paassen, the most eminent of the
European military annalists, says that only two
divisions of Russian production areas lie in
European Russia, the Leningrad district and
the Donetz basin.
Neither of these districts has yet been cap
tured.
f Paassen says six other areas, representing two
thirds of Greater Russia's total industrial capac
ity are SAFELY BEYOND THE URAL MOUN
TAINS IN ASIATIC RUSSIA.
When Hitler touches the Urals, the sinister
jrrasp of winter, now but a few weeks distant,
will lay its scourging haiid on him.
Paassen avers that hundreds of divisions of
Russians are being trained and equipped back
. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, August
Slant
of the Urals.
The proofs that Hitler will be :
er, 1943, are many and unmistak
And Japan—Japan will cru
smashing of Hitler. Japan can!
the stupendous crush of Russiar
Brazilian, Chinese, Mexican, Ai
powers. Japan will fold.
The Nazis have yet had practi
except in Russia. The various c*
folded when they saw the invad
Russia has exacted an appallin
mand and German manpower is
decline.
Can Germany successfully res
armies of from four to eight n'
and Americans, while her divis ;
ing their strength in vast an
Russia?
We frankly do not think so.
The signs are pregnant now
front is soon to develop. When
must withdraw heavily from
moment will the Russians retu
sive.
Can the Huns meet the vast i
and England successfully when
they have not vet captured Mo
A child knows they cannot.
Since the last issue of the Rep
td a new foe, Brazil with its 5'
tion, has been added to the ene
{British and American air po\
umphant over the North Sea ar
The latest improved America
the B-17, is now the acknowlec'
air. These giant machnies are
the air bases of England and w
inevitably soon beging the sy
tion of the cities and war fact
softening the route to Berlin,
most lethal weapon ever conce!
Flying at 40,000 feet it hits the
!y, is heavily armored and has
all other planes.
The curve of the U-boat sink
ly on the decline. British and P
are learning U-boat ways, ;
hounding it to its death. The d
submarines have all but cease.
States coastal waters.
When the great invasion s
countries will rise to help th
Norway, Holland, Czechoslov;
Greece—these suffering people
opportunity, and with arms ai
them, will present a vast powc
tion of Nazism.
In a northern port yesterd
45,000-ton battleship slid int
more of the same class are bu
days marks the launching of •
ers or submarines, part of the i
ing in scores of shipyards.
In our plants nearly 5,000 pla
the assembly lines every mont
tanks are completed every wet
• The output of steel -without v
proceed, is more than 90 milli
which is twice the capacity of
of the earth combined.
On the African front the Ge:
forces have been stopped, wh
of the British are daily receivin
the American air power.
stopped by East-1
able.
' mble with the
lot hold against;
ij British, Dutch,
nerican military
cally no fighting
mquered nations
er coming,
g toll of the Ger
i seriously on the
Ist the new fresh
lillions of British
ons are exhaust
\ unconquerable
thai the second
it develops Hitler
Russia. At tliat
rn to their oflen
tower oi America
after 14 months
scow?
>rter was publish
) million pcpnla
mies of Hitler.
ver now files tri
td ove>* Fiance.
n flying fortress,
ged queen oi the
steadily crowding
ith the ItAF must
stem a tic demoli
>ries of Germany
The B-.17 is tht
ved by -engineers
targets uneering
superior range te
is row rapid
iinerican sea-dog:
and are steadil>
spjandaiJons of tht
i in the Unitet
tarts all enslaver
* allies. Belgium
ikia, Yugoslavia
ar> waiting thei)
id food fuiTiishec
t in the destruc
ay a giant new
o the water. Si>
ilding. Every few
2ruisers, destroy •
!-*■ ean navy rush
nes are rolling ofJ
h e . Great fleets o1
l k.
/hich wars cannot
on tons a year
all other nations
rman and Italian
ile the air forces
gtaccessions fronn
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And in the meantime our aimed forces now are
probably numbering four and a half mi l lion men,
and there is a steady flow of men and material
to England. These divisions are the finest in the
world, highly trained, well paid and well fed and
shouting to go and get the job finished.
Maybe we are wrong, maybe the war will con
tinue for years. By all the rules of evidence, we
!do not see that it can.
Six months ago we prophesied the war would
end by the spring of 1943. We are more confident
in our opinion today.
Beautiful lilies, emblem of peace—may they
bloom profusely in the early spring to come, and
may they be a token even as the rainbow of
promise. , ,
Come peace, Easter 1943.
BLEST BE THE TIES ' i
Mrs. Helsabeck's candid and sensible explana
tion and her graceful gesture of friendship and
good will—so becoming to the lady of generous
I impulses and fine qualities which she is—are
met more than half way cordially and sincerely
by the Reporter. At the same time we blushing
, ly disclaim the justice of. *hei kindly compli
ments, while enjoying them.
Mrs. Helsabeck's position is thoroughly under-,
stood when we remember her mother-love for a
. fine boy in the air service whose reputation she
.momentarily believed involved along with that
!of other gallant birdmen.
i The Reporter's skit pulled at the expense of
ithe low-flying drivers was very naturally mis
> construed, and its serio-comic vein overlooked.
;l This newspaper yields to none in its unalloyed
j. respect and admiration, not only for the boys
" who are risking their lives in the air but on land
and sea.
; Blest h.e the tie that I inds our hearts to them,
jand blest be the unbreakable bonds that exist
. between the peoples of Danburv and Walnut
.. c °ve. ,
BANKS AND BANKERS T ,
® A bank is a place where people who don't need
'/money may obtain loans.
L I
1' Jesse F. Jones is a successful banker, but if the
| Washington Merry-Go-Round's tales about this
] Texas financier are half true, he is a tragic mis
fit as head of one of the nation's most important
» war supply departments. We who are riding on
J' thin tires or walking may attribute our diseom
-1 fiture largely to his refusal to grant help to do*
serving manufacturers of synthetic rubber.
j As head of the Reconstruction Finance Cor
i poration Jesse holds the keys to the nation's
v biggest reservoir of cash, and in some respects
- has more power than the President.
A successful banker may not be a success when
f the goal is victory in the war. y
f The ideal banker is a thin-lipped guy with a
strong chin, gold-rimmed spectacles and a heart
t of gold.
> On Sundays he is usually found teaching the
5 men's Bible class. At church he sits in the front
pew looking sanctimonious.
J He is suave, smooth, sweet, being Dr. Jekyll.
i Someone of the congregation watching him, is
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