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Germany and Italy declared
war on the United States, this
morning, asserting that America
has attacked Japan. Hitler
announced the-state of war in a
speech before the Reichstag, and
the Italian government made *
I simultaneous announcement,.
Hitler's declaration was handed
to the State department in
Washington by German emissaries;
but Secretary Hull refused
to see the Germans. Hitler,
in announcing the German decnation.
stated that Germany,
Italy and Japan have agreed not
to make separate peace ,with
either the United Sta es or Britain.
and to fight the war
firough to the establishment of
"new and just order in the
rorld".
Observers take the view that
the German and Italian declarations
while not unexpected,
clarify the situation in the
minds of all the people, and
I show conclusively that the United
States was included as one
of the victims in the conspiracy
against a peaceful world, by
Germany, Italy and Japan, from
the very beginning; and that
America, while caught not as
unprepared as some of the other
nations, is much in the position
that every other nation that
was attacked found itself.
' Nobody is in the least fooled
about the attack. It was apparent
from the first moment that
this new hell was "Made In
Germany", that Germany,is the
principal enemy of the United
States, and that Germany must
be forever defeated. The slogan
that has been suggested now is.
"On To Berlin via Tokyo."
F, D. R. Predicts
Long, Ha d War
And Sure etory
President Roosevelt, speaking
directly to the American people,
Tuesday night predicted
certain victory after a long hard
war. He cautioned the American
People against accepting rumor
I ana propaganda instead of waiting
for facts, which he solemnly
promised them would be given to
the people of the United States
as fast as they are ascertained
and so long as they do not contain
information that will tfe of
T*lue to the enemy.
The President stated that JaP&n
had been induced to make
the attack upon the United
States by Hitler, who had warned
Japan that she would not
share in the spoils of war when
P^ce comes unless such an atwas
made,' and that by
making war upon the United
Staies. the Japanese would be
Biven complete control of the
pttific area, including the west
coasts of North and South
America.
Asserting that our theory of
isolation has been forever exDlnHa^i
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Ir~?Cu uy me attack upon us,
to asserted that we must now
fight through to absolute victory,
in which we will win the
*ar and also win the peace.
luther baker, jr.,
enlists in ii. s. ARivrx
L. H.. Baker, Jr., arrived home
Wednesday to visit his mother,
^rs- L- H. Baker ,and his siskfs,
Mrs. l. t. Reed and Miss
Baker, and to enlist in the
United Spates Army from the
^sheville recruiting office. Mr
a^er has been employed as aslant
manager by the Delchamps
Company, in Mobile
I Ala- lor the past year. He formI
^rved two years with th*
I artnV in the Canal Zone.
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HOLD ANNUAL
CHURCH PARTY
The annual Waynesville Dis- I
; trict Christmas party will be )
held at Cullowhee Methodist!
church on Monday. December 15,
j beginning at 11 o'clock. The
j meeting will be in charge of Mrs.
! W. L. Hutchins, wife of the Disj
trict Superintendent. All minisr
ters, wives .of ministers and
workers in the children's departments
from every Methodist
church in the district are ex- j
I pected to be present. Dinner will j
be served by the* women of Cullo- j
i who? church.
The program will consist of a j
discussion of the plans for cele- '
brating Christmas in several
i churches, led by Mrs. Hutchins. 1
j Then there will be three group
I a; "rill V-vo fr?r minis
mceinrgs. unc win k/u -iv*
ters, one for ministers' wives,
! and one for the workers with
.children.
The meeting will adjourn at
3 o'clock. During the day an of- I
fering of clothing, money, and
commodities will be taken for
the children of the district who
j are at the Children's Home in
Winston-Salem.
4 OFFER SERVICES AT
DRAFT BOARD OFFICE
HERE FIRST OF WEEK
Three white men and one Indian
have volunteered at the local
selective service board office
since the beginning of the war
! with Japan, and many ; others
i have gone to naval and army reI
cruiting offices.
The three who volunteered before
the local board are Merrill
' Johnson, William Rogers Cogar,
(and David Ernest Henry, all
white, and Wilson Hunter Reed,
Cherokee Indian.
; j Congress Will Lift Ban On
i Use Of Selectees Overseas
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. j A bill pending in Congress and
which, will undoubtedly be
passed,- repeals all sections of
, the Selective Service' Act that
would prohibit the use of the
J | selectees outside the Western
Hemisphere.
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RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG.;, . . , j
(An Editorial)
America is at war. The Congress has so declared, j
and has pledged the entire resources of the United t
States to the successful prosecution of the war. That
resolution means just exactly what it says. Every
man, every woman, every dollar, every bit of food, j
everything we possess in physical wealth is pledged
United States is fighting for the very existence of
United States if fighting for the very existence of
our country.,If we should lose, there will be no more j I
United States of America as we have known them. i i
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tviovo Viae novpr hppn a t.imp in the entire historv !'
A 11V/1 V ilUU AAV T VX K/VVAA vw yn _
of our country when our peoples were so solidly united 1
in one purpose. The very character of the attack upon .
us is such that it solidified every shade of opinion in!;
America. Henceforth we have but one common purpose,
the winning of the war, the perpetuity of our |!]
country, the safety of our institutions. And, it may J
be said that never before have they been placed in j
such jeopardy as they are at present. j i
, This is a war to the death. A war between two 1
ideals of government, between two ways of life. One (
or the other must perish. Arrayed on one side are the \
Axis powers, Japan, Germany, Italy, and their sat- i
ellite^. On the other is the British Empire, the United <
States of America, China, Russia, The Dutch East (
Indies, the Dutch government in exile, the Greek x
exile government, and the republics of Latin Amer- }
' ica. There will be no quarter asked and none given. ]
The war must be prosecuted until Japan is forever ,i
blasted from her place in the sun as a world power.!'
She must be left with no larger craft than a row boat. |]
She must be stripped of her military, air and naval!!
power. She must restore the independence of Korea,
of Manchuria, of Manchukio, and of China. She must
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be reduced to the point where she can never again oe j
a menace to her neighbors in Asia or on this side of j
the Atlantic. !
Germany and Italy must be soundly thrashed r
until the German menace that has hung over the |
world like a nightmare for the past century is for-! i
ever removed. - ;<
Then must come a new world, made orderly and l!
founded upon law and humanitarianism, backed by 11
the armed force of the United States and the British j
Empire, strong enough to patrol the world and en-n
force the peace. Isolation is forever in the discard in
the American mind. We have learned that we cannot
isolate ourselves from the rest of the world. Pacifism
is dead in the American mind, except that pacifism
that is backed fcjy the might of the English-speaking;
peoples, pledged to see that the peace is maintained.
In the an time, we ha* a a job to do. IThere must i!
be no hystc L no rushing to do this and that. There1
is a place fi '*ach of us in America's mighty scheme
of war-mat jj. Some can serve best in the air, some I
on the ship i some in the various branches of the '
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HONOLULU FROM
COUNTY LISTED
A number of Jackson County
people are known to have been
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at nonoiuiu ana x'ean naiuvi
on Sunday, when the Japanese
attack was made. A partial list
of these from this county stationed
at Honolulu are John
and George McLain, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred N. McLain, who
ire in the Navy; Charles Deitz, I
son of Rev. and Mrs. Thad P.
Deitz, also in the Navy; Charles
Dsborne, son of Mrs. Myrtle Osborne
of Dillsboro, in the Navy;
Mrs. H. S. Parry, daughter of
Mrs. Dora Collins, whose home
is in Honolulu; Sterling T. Eliers,
of Barker's in the 8th Field
Artillery, at Schofield Barracks;
Ralph Buchanan, a son of John
Wesley Buchanan, of Savannah;
Fesse Bishop, a son of Neil Bish)p,
of Cullowhee; Talmadge
iValter Middleton, son of Ferry
Vliddleton, Tuckaseigee* Halls
Reed, of Caney Fork; Thomas C.
Bumgarner, at Schofield ^ Barracks;
and Frank EnsleyffKM^of
rolvin Ensley. There are doubtless
other Jackson county people
on the scene of the Japanese
attack, but The Journal has been
unable to obtain their names.
ARMY ASKS THAT AGE
EXTEND FROM 18 TO 44
FOR ARMY DRAFTEES
The United States Army authorities
has askejl Congress to
change the selective service act
so that all men between the ages
18 and 44 will be subject to
selection, thus adding twenty
million men to ftie potential
man power of the Army.
JAPANESE TROOPS
EFFECT LANDING
ON LUZON ISLAND
The first land battle in which
American soldiers take part is
forming on the Island of Luzon,
some distance from Manila,
where Japanese had effected a
landing. This is the first invassion
of American soil by foreign
troops since the war of 1812.
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Treacherous
Attack Rv I:
America Intc
Launching a surprise
and the barracks and airfi<
anese initiated a war agair
Sunday, and set the whole <
with the war that has no
world. Even while the envc
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w li/ii t/iic utavc 1/1
dent, expressing a desire foi
Japaiiese forces were on the
Midway Island, the Philipp
attacks against Thialand a
the east.
SOLDIERSCOME
TO GUARD DAMS,!,
POWERHOUSES
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The first taste of the seriousness
of the war that was brought
home to Sylva, Tuesday morning,
less than twenty-four hours
after' the declaration of war,
when a detachment of infantry
from Fort Bragg, under Captain
Ervin, arrived in Sylva enroute
to the sites of the various power
dams and power houses in Western
North Carolina, Theae men.
will be temporarily at least,
charged with the responsibility
of guarding the vital power lines
from Western North Carolina
into the defense industries in
Tennessee.
Guards will be placed at the
dams and at tjtie power houses
and the lines will be patroled
by armed soldiers.
The headquarters of the detachment
will be at Robbinsville
at present, the commanding
officer stated.
There will be close cooperation
between the armed forces
in this vicinity and the civilian
defenses, including the activities ,
of the American Legion.
Army trucks transported the
soldiers to Sylva, and there ,
were small armored cars for pa- i
troi purposes. ]
Home onH nnwpr i
AlilUilg V4C*AAAkJ MUM ?f whouses
placed under the pro- ]
tection of Captain Ervin and his i
men will be the dam and Lake ]
Glenville power house, some. 1
twenty miles from Sylva. , i
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Volunteers Crowxi (
Offices In This j
Part Of Country j
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The declaration of war by Ja- (
pan on the United States ]
brought a flood for enlistments <
in the army and navy, accord- <
ing to recruiting offices, who 1
have been forced to keep open ,
far into the night in attempt to i
care for the long lines of men j
seeking to enlist in the army, |
the navy, and the marine corps.
The navy immediately an
nounced that it would accept j
men from 17 to 50.
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BATTLE IS BELIEVED
TO BE RAGING IN THE ;
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA >
Nothing having been heard {
from the American fleet since it 1
steamed out of Pearl Harbor, :
Sunday night, and it is believed '
that a major naval battle is '
raging between our forces and '
the Japanese in the Pacific. Ber- 1
lin news sources report that one
of the greatest naval battles of <
history is raging in the Pacific. '
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Dr. Charlotte Boatner has dis- 1
covered an allergy preventive to i
relieve hay fever and astpuu '
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attack on Pearl Harbor
>ld at Honolulu, the Japist
the United States, on
}f the Pacific area aflame
w virtually engulfed the
>ys from Japan were still
apartment and the Presir
peace in the Pacific, the
i way to Honolulu, Guam,
ines, and were launching
nd British possessions in
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Without the slightest warning
Dne or more aircraft carriers
stealthily approached Honuiuiu,
released their planes and began
the bombing of the city, the
fleet anchored in Pearl harbor, (
and the airfields, of a nation
then at peace with all the world.
The treacherous attack included
the Philippines, and other island
possessions of the United
States; but its greatest force was
spent against Pearl harbor and
the airfield at Honuiuiu, where
the main body of the Pacific
fleet lay at anchor, and where
the principal part of our Pacific
aircraft was in the hangars.
An estimate from the War and
Navy Departments places the
casualties in the American
armed forces at around 3,000,
with about half of that number
listed as dead.
President Roosevelt summoned
Congress into session at noon
on Monday, when he related the
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attack, and within an hour both
houses of Congress had passed
the resolution, declaring that a
state of war exists between the
United States and the Japanese
^mpire.
./'There was but one vote cast
against the declaration, and that
was of Congresswoman Jeanette
Rankin of Montana.
Never before has such a resolution
been passed with such
unanimity. The declaration of
war against Germany on April
2, 1917, passed the House by' only
three-fourths of the votes. The
solid vote in Congress indicates
that the country is solidly behind
the prosecution of the war
3n Japan. Not a voice of protest
lias been raised, for the circumstances
are such that it is apparent
to everybody in America
that there was nothing left for
js to do except fight our way
through to vicory, in the defense
Df our country.
Even before the United States
ieclared war, Canada, Costa
Rica, Nicaragua, and Great Britain
had declared war upon the
Nipponese for their unprovoked
and cowardly act. Cuba, the
Dominican Republic, Panama,
Colombia, Australia, South Africa,
the Dutch East Indies,
Greece, and Mexico quickly declared
war on the side of the .
United States. Other Latin
American countries are expected
to follow the lead of America,
and the war will probably en
gqlf the entire world, before
the end of the week.
LEGION SENDS LETTER
TO GOV. BROUGHTON
William E. Dillard Post, American
Legion, meeting Tuesday
night unanimously adopted a
resolution directed to the Governor
of North Carolina tendering
the services of the Post and
Its members to him, and through
him to the State and Nation, to
be used in any way that service
jan be rendered in the present
war.
The resolution, drafted by a
committee composed of Dan
rompkins, Dr. Grover Wilkes,
and H. P. Cathey, was signed
by Commander Edward Bryson
and Adjutant Walter Ashe, and
forwarded to the Governor,
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