THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 Volume 71
STOKES MAN SAW |]
'-•THE JAPS COME |
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Homer L. Campbell Was At Dutch
Harbor In June When Attack ;
On U. S. Position Began—Saw (
Fourteen Planes Of The Rail!- j
ers Shot Down.
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Homer L. Campbell of Lawscn
ville, Stokes county, who was in
Danbury Thursday, was at Dutch
Harbor, in the Aleutian islands
off Alaska, when the Japanese at-1
tacked that port June 3.
. Homer, who is a son of Mr. and 1
Mrs. R. M. Campbell, of Lawson- j
vilie, left his home in Stokes coun-1
ty two years ago and went from
Great Falls, Mont., to Dutch Har- 1
bor in May, 1942, arriving there |
May 23. He took a position as i
tractor operator on the American
defenße works.
, He says on June 3 at 10 min
utes to 6 in the morning the Japs
attacked, killing 59 persons. U.
S. planes were soon in action and
knocked dow n 14 Jap planes. Th*
attack lasted one hour and 40
minutes.
*A few days later, Homer says,
the Americans landed 25,000 men
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, at # k
Horned, who is in his 20'b ex
pects to be inducted here in De
cember.
He is quite anxious to get back
to the job at helping whip the
Japs.
r All Passenarer Cars
To Be Registered
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Local Rationing Board is now
registering all passenger cars in
the county. Blanks may be secur
ed at the board's office or from
any filling station and most
stores. Every owner of a car is
required to register before Nov.
1, and must have hie tires ins
pected before Dec. 12, otherwise,
no ga« will be rationed for the
oar. The serial number of eacr
tire must be set out on the blanL
y and it must be mailed direct tc
Ration Board, Danb ur y. Th«
board's clerks do not fill then it
but aid may be secured frotr
/
teachers, students and others
Every person holding tires in ex
cess of five for each car iB requir
ed before Nov. 22 to turn then
over to the nearest railway ex
press station. No tire may b
kept, loaned, sold or mutilated
This ruling so far applies only it
passenger cars and not to trucks
No gas allotment will be issuei
i n future to any truck if the own
er has not secured a War Necessi
ty Certificate.
Nelson Funeral
Home Modernizing
The Nelson Funeral Home nea
Danbury has recently recondition
its show room, and has adde
•dottier automobile to its rollini
•took.
Funeral Of
J J. G. Moorefield:
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•' Funeral services for John G.
Moorefield, of Rural Hall, who
died unexpectedly Thursday aft-!
jernoon, at Winston-Salem, and
| whose death was noted in last
j week's Reporter, were held Sat-.
urday afternoon at the home at
2:40 o'clock and at the Rural Hall
Baptist Church at 3 o'clock.
Officiating were Rev. Guy S.
I Cain and Rev. E. L. Smoak. Inter
ment was in the Rural Hall Luthe
ran Church Graveyard.
Active pallbearers were: O. T.
Redwine, W. G. Tuttle, Harley
Hartgrove, Julius Hart, Carl Bak
er and Milton Payne.
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Honorary pallbearers were: N.
0. Covington, W. H. Black, T. H.
Gwyn, O. M. Riser, T. O. Pepper,
R. J. Ledford, H. G. Petree, W.
E. Stauber, C. R. Helsabetk, Reu- 1
ben Wilson, J. A. Gwyn, J. F. Led- '
ford, D. C. Mathis and Bam Tut
tle.
Mr. Moorefield was born in
Stokes county, March 5, 1883, son
of J. R. and Elizabeth Watkins
Moorefield. He moved to Rural
Hall in 1917 from Danbury, where
be the position of Reg
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ister of Deeds for Stokes county.
He and his brother, W. E. Moore
field operated the Moorefield
Brothers' Store in Rural Hall'
from 1917 until 1921, at which ]
time he accepted the position of
buyer for the Brown-Williamson
| Tobacco Company, which he held I
for several years.
' In 1929, he was appointed poet
-1 master of Rural Hall, serving for
■ four years. Since that time be -has
i been in the tobacco business for
I
t himself.
J j He was a charter member of
. the Rural Hail liuptist ChurcVi,
- and a membe • of tiie boai-l ot
i
I,'deacons. v>
E | In 1914 he wa* marie dto Miss
[i Annie King, who survives him,
It with one son, il.iore
t> field, of Baltimore, Md.; tw»
i daughters, Mrs. Rnbeit Ciawscn
u of Rural Hall, a.vl Mis.i '/'.litbeili
n Moorefield, of
i. ters, Mrs. Stn Ilii.tanif, Mrs.
Eugene Marshall, and IJrs. Braoks
>- Cook, all of Westfield, and Mrs
D Dillard Marshall, of J^ik.Hv.le;
two brothers, W. 15. M'»or "field
e and Dr. R. H. Moorefield, of Dan
-1.1 fcury, and one grandchild,
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» R. S. Marshall Enters
Navy As Lieutenant
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: Reginal S. Marshall has enter
!ed the U. S. Navy and is tempo
rarily stationed at Howard Uni
versity, Cambridge, Mass.
r Due to his administrative ex
perience with the Social Security
ir at Washington, D. C., Mr. Mar
i- shall wag given a commission as
d lieutenant (j. g.). Mrs. Marsha'l
g | and young "cliild reside at Dan-
Ibury.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, November 12, 1942
UNEXPLAINING EXPLANATIONS
Dorothy Thompson is one ol the most .brilliant j
and able women of America. She is one of the ,
most accomplished writers of America. Her col- j
limn in the daily papers is always read with in-1
;terest, pleasure or profit—maybe all three.
But ofttimes as we see it, the Thompsonian
logic is very difficult to follow. She has that fine j
faculty of so diffusing her meaning that you are;
almost able to eonstiue it Loth ways—feeling like
the fellow who could not tell whether the snake!
that made the track was going in or coming back, j
In last Sunday's papers Miss Thompson was
true to form. She was in her finest fettle. That is j
when she is obscure and murky. She was explain
ing why 40 Republicans misted 40 Democrats in
the late congressional erections. She explained
that the reason was because the people want a
"tough" government, meaning they want to do
away with our present national war policy of
weakness, and put on a strong one.
She averred that when the people feel humani
tarian and "tender" they vote Democratic, but
that when they feel "tough" they go Republican.
Now the people feel "tough," she adds. Hence
the 40.
Now this is an assumption that the gang who
did everything in their power to delay, retard
and obstruct the administration in its efforts
to avoid war by becoming ready, have now be
come exceedingly patriotic, and are blaming the
powers that be for our comparatively weak
prosecution of the war—the tragedy which they
themselves indirectly precipitated, and which
comparative weakness they are responsible for.
Continuing, Dorothy said: "There is also a pop
jular tendency to believe that the Republican;
1 iare the more efficient part of our set-up." She die
• jnot cite instances.
1 The Reporter is very much enlightened not to 1
i say surprised that "the people," who are the con -!
stituents of the 40 new Republicans, should turn
. to themselves to find that toughness which they
r have not possessed.
3 If we examine the congressional record of the
r Republican Congressmen at Washington, whose
constituents are no doubt the constituents of
f many of the new 40 Republicans, we shall find
, 'surely not "toughness."
1 We shall find a record of obstruction, supine
ness, indifference, and hostility to the admin
istration which is a chapter of shame to the
people, and the No. 1 cause of the dis
" tress which has overtaken our country because
* of the unpatriotic conduct of many of the con
-1 gressional law-making body.
b . For instance—(listen Miss Thompson)—why
' wiien Roosevelt was trying so hard to get Guam
fortified so that we might have a base to check
b the danger of a Jap raid, did 135 Republican con-
Igressmen vote against the bill ?
j And again—Why when the army asked for the
h building of at least 5,500 airplanes with which to
protect our coasts, 147 out of 155 Republican con
gressmen voted against the bill ?
' And again—Why when a law was on the books
j'to prohibit selling arms to European nations
'fighting Hitler, and when all intelligent people,
knew that Hitler would attack this nation, and
J when the President was trying to get arms em
bargo repealed, did 141 Republican congressmen
out of 159 vote against the bill ?
.. And yet again—Why when war was seen inev
y itably approaching, and it was decided by the
r _ army and the administration in defense of our
m country that the army should be built up by con
,, scription, did 112 Republican congressmen vote
against the bill ?
And yet again—Why when 4 months before
Published Thursdays
High Lights
Of The Late
Stokes Election
[ Biggest Democratic townshi j
'vote—Sauratown, 534.
Biggest Republican townshi;)
jvote —Yadkin, 812.
j Biggest Democratic precinct
; vote-East Walnut Cove. 401.
; Biggest Republican precinct
vote—Knig, 256.
j Biggest Democratic township
majority Sauratown. 597.
Biggest Republican township
majority—Yadkin, 188.
Biggest Democratic precinct
majority—East Walnut Cove, 310.
Biggest Republican precinct
majority—Lawsonville, 93.
Highest Democratic candidate
vote —John Taylor, 4042.
Highest Republican candidate
vote—W. J. Erown, 2505.
Highest Democratic candidate
' majority—John Taylor, 1592.
Smallest Democratic townshij
I vote —Quaker Gap, 207.
[ Smallest Republican townshi;
vote —Beaver Island, 98.
' Smallest Democratic precinc
vote —Hartman, 57.
' Smallest Republican precinc
t vote —Freeman, 32; Frans. 32-
y' a tie.
1 Democrats carried 6 township
■ t —Danbury, Meadows, Big Creel
Snow Creek, Sauratown, Beave
Island.
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Republicans carried three towr
j ships—Yadkin, Quaker Gap. Pe
'Pearl Harbor it was decided by our military lead-
It rs that the nation was imperilled and that it
was necessary to extend the services of selectees,
lid 133 Republican congressmen vote against
the bill ? '
And still again—Why, three weeks before
Pearl Harbor, when the President asked that oui
sailors be allowed to arm their vessels in protec
tion of our shipping, did 137 Republican con
gressmen vote against the bill ?
We are constrained to believe that Miss Thomp
son will have to conjure up a more palpable alibi
for the congressional shake-up last week than
weak Democrats losing to ' tough Republicans.
Now here is what the brilliant lady colu n list
has to say about Fish, who, among the "tough",
40, was overwhelmingly elected in spite of the
foul smudges on his escutcheon: •v'• • \\
"Fish was re-elected "not because of his prev
ious stand on foreign policy." (Now doesn't this
sound like a concession that Fish's previous
"stand" became one of his assets in the late con
test?) "Rather since most of his constituents
once shared his opinions" (don't they still share
jthem?) ''and now, nevertheless wish victory, be
cause a certain sense of fairness PLUS SATIS
FACTION WITH HIS PREVIOUS SERVICES
FOR THEIR DISTRICT" (this PLUS satisfac
tion, did it not put him back ? > "led them to for
give him as they forgive themselves."
If anyone can see through this Thompsonian
i'og, this scramble of meaningless and conflict
ing sentence h« is invited to come forward. We
can't. The only hunch we get is that Dorothy
wants to delineate that Fish's come-back is due
to his former record PLUS—that baleful record
of belief in Hitler, friendship for Hitler and ex
pressed sentiment that Hitler's claims were
n>ht. Neither did his dark connections with the
iVierick spys think hurt him—seemed to help him.
Number 5.(577
EYE CLIMC j
TO BE HELD
AT DANBURYi
An eye clinic sponsored by ths
Stokes county welfare department
ar.d the State bzlind commission
for needy school children, will he
conducted next Thursday, Nov.
19, r.t the court house here.
Mrs. H. H. Todd is visiting Mr.
, Todd at Miami, Fla.. where he ?3
an officer candidate in the Army
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Air Corps. Mr-. Todd plans to
stay there until he graduates,
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which will be in the mar future.
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N. C. Liquor Bill
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U. S. Commissioner C. E. Ader
and Alcohol Tax Unit Official
I John Sweeney, of Winston-Salem,
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i visited Danbury Tuesday. Com
|missioner Ader says North Caro
lina is now spending $100,000,-
C'OO a year for liquor, beer and
,wine, not counting bootleg trai
fic.
er's Creek.
t Democrats carried 13 precincts
Danbury, Wilson Store, Ger
t manton, Moir, Fra ns, Tilley's
_ West Sandy Ridge, East Sandy
Ridge, Mitchell's. Pine Hall, West
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lS Walnut Cove. East Walnut Cove,
, Freeman.
r Republicans carried' 8 precincts
Hartman, King, Mizpah, Pin
i- nac'.e, Mt. Olive, Reynolds, Flin
•- ty Knoll, Lawsonville.