THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 Votom« 72 Danbury, N. C., Thursday, March 4, 1943 Published Thursdays
WHEN THE TERRIBLE CHICKENS COME
HOME TO ROOST
V bestiny holds for evil souls a certain terrible
compensation or retribution. This fact is best ex-
Y pressed by Scripture thus:
"Be sure your sins will find you out."
Once the proud people of Berlin laughed and
strutted when German airplanes were raining
fire and death OTI the cities of England.
It was after the great retreat from Dunkirk,
when 30,000 Englishmen died, and the Britons:
were almost beaten to their knees.
On London the clouds of Hun planes swept
over and over. Many thousands of British,
among them helpless women, old men and little
children were buried beneath piles of masonry.
The city of Coventry was almost effaced from
the landscape.
J The terror and suffering throughout England
y was beyond compare.
The people of Germany smug behind their pan
zer divisions, sheltered by great aerial fleets,
were assured by Goering that no bombs should
ever be dropped on the Fatherland.
The Huns danced And feasted, and Hitler
sent Word to England: "Surrender or be de
stroyed." » « •
The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they
grind exceedingly fine.
Now the terrible chickens of destiny come
home to roost.
The capital of Germany, proud Berlin, hig as
Chicago, no longer laughs and dances and struts
and feasts. There is mourning everywhere. Im
mense conceited Berlin is being daily and nightly
pulverized by English and American bombs. A
large part of the city has been wiped out
Countless thousands are dead and maimed,
|fl countless thousands are homeless.
p The invincible air power of the allied democra
cies—England and America —is there in its fury
% and its vengeance.
And the terrible chickens of destiny are roost
ing over the streets, the homes, the great public
buildings, the parks and the boulevards—the
terrible chickens of destiny flapping their black
wings in the widespread terror and death.
•
Ah, proud city of the Fuehrer, home .of the "su
perior race," citadel of the evil of Hitlerism, nest
bed of unprecedented international crime, is
slowly being destroyed.
WATCH YOUR FIRES
Fire is not only a constant danger to property
but offers a very serious hazard to life as well.
The last week-end in North Carolina eleven
persons died by violence according to a survey
made by the Associated Press, and out of these
seven perished from burns as follows:
At Kannapolis, three colored burned in their
home, which was destroyed. •
In Winston-Salem, 2-year-old white baby burn
ed to death.
In Charlotte, 4-month-old negro baby ,burned
to death in home. ' ,
Near Charlotte, 53-year-old ladv perished in
flames when her clothing caught Are.
Near HteyetteYilte lady diefl in Hospital from
Current Comment
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THE TWO-OCEAN NAVY LOOMS
The world begins to see the almost unbeliev- :
able productive power of America, as the 2-
ocean navy looms. It is greater than that of all
other nations combined, including England and
Russia. • -
Besides merchant ships, planes, tanks, cannon
and machine guns, the war factories of the Unit
ed States are building the most stupendous ag
gregation of battleships ever dreamed of by his
tory.
The other day the greatest battleship afloat
was commissioned ready for fighting, when the
lowa steamed out to sea, destination a secret,
and then we are told its sister ship the New Jer
sey will be launched in six weeks.
At Camden, N. J., last Monday the Monterey,
the fifth aircraft carrier to be launched by £he
New York Shipbuilding Corporation in six
months, slid down the ways. This yard has aver
aged one carrier every 26 days since August.
From the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Co. at Kearny, N. J., five destroyers were launch
ed in February.
The above figures are records from just two or
three yards. Many others are at work with
equally amazing records.
Secretary Knox declared this week before a
Senate Committee 1
"We shall utterly destroy the Japanese fleet."
IS THE CHURCH LAGGING?
In another column of this newspaper the Rev.
Ralph L. Buchanan, pastor of the Presbyterian
churches of Danbury, Pine Hall and Sandy
Ridge, presents' some very interesting and en
lightening figures with reference to the prog
ress of the church (we speak of all churches) in
the United States.
Mr. Buchanan used the statistics in his Sundav
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'morning sermon of February 21 at Danbury,
Lind at the Reporters request gave us the statis
tics which may well cause concern to the differ
ent religious denominations throughout the na
ition.
| Of immediate and special import to the readers
!of the Reporter in Stokes county are these facts:
j Otit of a population of 22,656, there are 16,744
•persons in Stokes who do not belong to any
church. The church membership in the county
is divided as follows:
Baptist __ 2,415
Methodist - 1,380
| Presbyterian 891
! Episcopal ' 77
| Lutherans 12
All others? 2,20!
burns received at an open grate.
Near Danbury a narrow escape was made
jwhen the Frank Christian home was burned Sat
| urday night.
It will pay everybody to watch the fire. "
The damage of property from fire is enormous,
the fatalities from burning are appalling.
EDITORIALS
WAR NEWS IS FINE
On all fronts the Axis is meeting defeats this
week.
The Japs met the worst licking- in the South
west Pacific they have yet received, and they
have received some mighty bad ones.
I A huge Jap convoy bound for New Guinea was
completely destroyed. Twenty-two Jap warships
'and transports, loaded with troops were sunk by
General Mac Arthur's Flying Fortresses and
'fighters. Of the Japs aboard, more than 15.000
'now lie at the bottom of the ocean food for the
! fishes. Fifty-five Jap plane.- were shot down. The
American loss was only 3 planes.
In Russia the Germans have been beaten back
from their attempted offensive, are now flying
;in full retreat with the Russians armies in pur
suit.
In Tunisia the Americans, British and French
continue to press Rommel's men back and have
■regained most of the ground lost in the late ac
jtion. The great tough British Bth army is ap
roaching closely now to Rommel. A big battle
is soon to begin. The allies claim around 500.000
men, the Huns and Italians 250,000.
There is no question about the result.
The U-boat toll of ships is being steadily re
duced. 4 , ~ . ,
VICTORY IS IN THE AIR
The brilliant and overwhelming victory of Mac-
Arthur's planes over the huge Jap convoy this
week, when added to all other plane victories of
the Americans in the South Pacific as wpll as in
Europe, demonstrates conclusively, unmistak
ably that victory over the Japs and victory over
Ifirlor is in the air.
Naval power is very essential, and Lir.d armies
will in the long run, if of sufficient power and ef
ficiency, win the war. But these are slow and
costly in manpower.
Only by pre-eminence in the skies can the allies
win the upperhand quickly and effectively and
decisively.
When once America and England are furnish
ed with bases in China and Russia for our giant
and ever increasing Flying Fortresses and light
er planes, the doom of the yellow rats of the yel
low seas will be determined.
Remembering Pearl Harbor, the destruction on
cities and manufacturing plants of Japan must
be super-powerful, constant, unrelenting and
deadly.
Then let the fleet headed by such engines of
chaos as the lowa and the New Jersey,'move in
on the scene.
The consummation of the destruction of Jap
power will be preceded by the air forces.
All Americans hope for this early fruition.
BAN ON JOY-RIDING MAY BE
ABOLISHED SOON
The gas situation must be improving when the
head authorities decide to stop hounding motor
ists by patrolmen an dother State and countv of
ficers.
The policy of an "honor svstem" is being estab
lished instead of the hounding.
It is hinted that the ban can be eliminated by-
March 22, when new gasoline coupons go into
effect.
But remember, this is only a suggestion. Bet
ter be careful.
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