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t I. ; J. . . . . PAGE TWO - ~ " 1 t ^ 3Jarksnu bounty ifiiurual Entered as second class matter I at the Post Office Sylvc, N. C - I Published Weekly B? I ?\N TOIVTPKINS * . \N TOMPKINS, Editor "*TTss5S^^r^ ' * ^North Carolina ? PPL US ASSOCIATION^). I - . ' ' ' ' . ' ' . ' Old Oliver Cromwell had the right idea: "Trust j in God and keep the powder dry". From the beginning the war was directed as much at us as at anybody. Sunday's acts again proved that the "Yellow Bellies" are 'yellow all over. y-t, A thing to remember: Although there has been! no such declaration, we are at war with Germany j and Italy as much as we are with Japan, for this whole hellish business was, "Made In Germany".. w - -1~>T of retribution is coming. It may be a long I Aixght through which we may have to pass may be long and dark; but the day when Germany and Japan must face the righteous indignation . of a world is at hand. Then, indeed, they may call upon the mountains to hide them, for pay day will be here. Pay day, when all the miseries, all the heartaches, all the destruction of life and property they have brought to the world will have to be paid for, with interest. The ghosts of the mutilated millions in China, in Korea, in Manchuria, in Czecho-Slavokia, in Holland, in Belgium, in France, Bulgaria, in Greece, in Norway, in Denmark, in Russia, in the waste lands of Africa, and in the endless stretches of the seven seas, call forth to a righteous God, and to those of us who still survive, for justice to be meted , out, and please God, it shall. 1 WISDOM BECOMES APPARENT - . i The wisdom of the government of the United k States, since the invasion of Poland by the Nazis, becomes now apparent to the most dense. Even Col. Lindberg, Senator Wheeler, and Senator Reynolds must now have the scales lifted from their eyes. ' The far-seeing government has planned and exe-1 cuted the training of an army, the building of a greater navy, the establishment of bases in the Atlantic | and the Pacific, all for the defense of the United j States and in anticipation of the very situation that has now arisen. , The government has gone further than that, it has seen to it that the British navy has been kept on guard in the Atlantic, by furnishing supplies and munitions to the British Empire. The same policy has kept the British forces alive in the Far East, where today, as our allies, they are rendering valuable service. Without the British navy in the Atlantic, and the British forces in the East, America would indeed be in a most precarious spot. The Lend-Lease activities have held the forces opposed to our enemies together, ' ' - ' * ?- i - 11 a. *n : ana nave maae us menas mat win cuine m guuu | stead in our hour of fiery trial. In addition to that, with the wisdom accorded to few mortals, Secretary Hull has been putting in the past nine years in carefully cultivating the friendship of the Latin American countries. With a new diplomacy, based upon President Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor Policy", the hatred and suspicion of the "Collosus of the North", that had been growing in Latin America, has been largely dissipated, and in its place has grown up a feeling of mutual friendship and mutual trust. The agencies of the Federal government, such as the W. P. A., the N. Y. A., the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the others, have demonstfated to the less fortunate, and the youth of our nation the fact that this is their government and that it is interested in them. These agencies have made democracy work, and have brought to the people a feeling that this is indeed their government. They have thus builded a morale that will be difficult for our enemies to undermine. There is left no neglected class in America, upon which foreign agents and foreign propaganda can prey. It all fits into a pattern of National Defense, that will stand the test of fire. It demonstrates the wisdom oi the government in a long distance plan to meet the emergency that arose with such swift audacity \ \ % ^* I . # * ? ? i L j; . ...I, THE JACKSON COUNTY JOtTENAl and cowardly attack, on a peaceful Sunday. It all also proves the unwisdom of those who have tried .to hinder the Administration in all theSe preparations and precautions against the coming storm. While the Administration and the informed press I kept telling of the u, gers that threatened our country, these men were so blinded by partisan or personal prejudice that they would not see. # Now the day has come, and all America is united linHpr fVlD "floor onrl linear /"Inrl in oc T*1 OrVltPOl 1S a CAiXVC UllUV/i VIUU^ U1 UU x * ?," ? cause as ever men went forth to do battle "for the ashes of their fathers arid the temples of their gods". TELL US THE TRUTH! i ? Tell the American people the truth of what happened on Sunday and Monday. We can take it on the chin. We are not children. We are made of heroic stuff. We are the descendents of our fathers. No matter how great the set-back that was received by our air-force and our fleet in the cowardly attack, that, as President Roosevelt said, "Wil^ live forever in infamy", we want to know it. The Journal, knowing somewhat of actual warfare, and being a patriotic newspaper, can readily understand that information of Value to the enemy should not be divulged; and that there is danger, in taking the American people completely into the confidence of the Army and Navy, that such informarv-> i rrV> f nrc?+ fn f o on am "17 "Rllf fho JoTVflnPSP fl.l- I WUU 11110111/ gV/l IU l/l 1^ t UUV, I/11V/ U? ready know pretty well what damage they did. If they know it, their friends also know. And the time is here for the full truth to be told the people of the United States. The Journal is not one that feels that just or constructive criticism of the Naval or Army officials should be witheld in wartime. Such is not the practice of the people and press of the other great Democracy, that of England. Suppressed feeling does not make for morale. The Journal has a feeling that somebody was not on the job at Honolulu on Sunday, and that the extent of the damage inflicted upon the defenses in ! the Pacific may have been much greater than has been revealed. If one or the other, Or both of those things is so, the American people are entitled to know it. :j J 1 If, as may be surmised, the officers of Navy and Army were away from their posts for the week end, ( leaving only a skeleton force aboard ship or on the ] airfields, with a few soldiers and sailors walking j post, when the Japanese slipped up in their stealthy < manner and struck, then those in command of the i principal defense forces of the nation in the, Pacific 1 are guilty of gross negligency, td say the least of it, and should be dealt with accordingly. ' Where was our intelligence force, during the days, and possibly weeks, in which this attack was in the making? Where were the planes that should have been scouting the skies about Hawaii and the Philippines? Where were the men who should have manned the anti-aircraft guns, when the Japanese came over the harbor and the airfield, dropped their bombs, and escaped without a shot being fired upon them? Where were the fliers who should have taken to the skies to drive off the enemy craft? Where were the officers who should ft^vp been on duty to give the necessary orders for the protection of the greatest defense that America has in the Pacific? These are some of the questions that naturally occur to our minds, "hey are questions that must be answered, sboner or later. The commanding officers of the Army and Navy have our defense intrusted to them by the American people. It is from the American people that they hold their commissions. They plan, they execute, they command men and munitions and ships, in the name of the American people. Then, the American people have a right to criticize. F.xemisinp that rierht. The Journal wants to know whether the debacle at Pearl Harbor was due to blundering or neglect of stuffed shirts? If it was they should be kicked out of the Army and the Navy. RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG (Continued from front page) army, or in the marines. Others can serve best in the school room, in the pulpit, in the shops, on the farms, in the mines, the wood^, the fields, the factories. It will take all of us, and anyone who is willing to work, to sacrifice, to dare, is doing his part. In and through it all, be the struggle short or long, we must keep our chins up, our feet j on the ground, our faith strong. ""11 tl% ? ft# nM/1 dlinnlinn xiilid win uie iingiity uiuc ui men aiiu ouppuco for us and for our allies continue to grow, until the dark night has passed, and the sun again shines. Keep tight hold on our faith. Work and smile our way through. "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. He hath loosed the lightning of His terrible swift sword. His truth is marching on. "In the beauty of the lillies, Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me. As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on." ' I* ' : :)-* ' ' j . t . ?511 . __ t c. f- 9 OUR DEMOCRACY?' AID V .v I L\Ulr ^KmSVK - ! X \ I MPi ^V State College Answers 0 P?ultry specialists of th ^ ~ x. State College Extension Service Timely Farm Questions They say, however, that alfaif, leaf meal should not constiQUESTION: What is the best tute more than jq per cent o * ' * 11 _L . . _ _ r jreen ieea iur puunry m wic ^ mash. All the nays should b winter? jfed in racks since the birds wil ANSWER: Cured alfalfa Hay, 1only the leaves and thi :lover hay, or lespedeza hay stems can be thrown in the lit make good greens for winter use ter. is a poultry feed provided the QUESTION: What is the AAJ ?reen color is retained. Another payment forr planting an acri satisfactory feed is alfalfa leaf [ 0f trees? ~ meal, and aga,in it is important ANSWER: Under the 1942 Ag to retain the color, according ricultural Conservation Progran Get one that's i ANY way you look at it, there's a long, sturdy steel xx. long trail ahead of the next car cased all the you buy. " axle in a stou So in spite of all the sleek gootf^lboks Buick spring: and trim beauty this Buick has to rec- lose their live ommend it, we frankly say: Better look r? . i r~i i f u Buick conne a little deeper than sheer appearance. Buick main I The type of engine your next car has under equal 1 will have a lot to do with how efficiently. help get maxi you use the gasoline you buy. jn a word. hei And Buick's engine is not only more car or out"? efficient because it is a valve-in-head, don't be sa but also because it's, a FIREBALL be content to straight-eight that squeezes extra power thoroughly! from every rationing of fuel. -I- , 1 These days > | Here's a drive-shaft that is a simple, buy?and the HOOPER MOTOR COMPAP Main Street ?:? MM WHIN BITTER AUTOMOBIUS AM BUILT BUICK Will WU'.MItt'.K W. \\\\ r\a farmer may cam three of H \ \ soil building units, or $4.50. tot M I \ each acre o! trees planted. How- M 1 lever, the trees must be one ol M \ \ the following approved species: M \ \Loblolly, longleaf, shortleat, 1 \ s\ash, white and pitch pines; B \ \ black locust, white ash. red ced- M 1 1 ar cypress, Norway spruce, and M I \yellow poplar. M 1 \ QUESTION: What is the best M I \ fertilizer mixture lor a tobacco M I \plant bed, and what amount \ \ should he used? M \ ANSWER: Two hundred I l pounds Of a 4-8-3 mixture te \ leach 10? square yards ot bed ^ \ pee has proven ma? otuis- |^| factory, says L. T. Weeks, Exten- H sion tobacco specialist. That B means, two pounds of a 4-8-3 B per square yard. The potash in the plant bed fertilizer should I be derived from sulphate 0[ potash magnesia. H LARGER I The October volume of gener- I al merchandise sales in small towns and rural areas was I larger than for any previous I month on record, except Decern- I ber of last year. 1 [MIDIM] I I 38-5255 I JJ&fil Suffer Distress ^ At This TimeIf this period in a woman's life I - makes you cranky, nervous, blue _ at times, suffer weakness, dizziness, hot flashes, distress of "lrregulariJ. ties" ? a Try Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ? made especially Jot women?famous for helping relieve f distress due to this functional disturbance. Taken reguhrly ? Lydia Pink 1 ham's Compound helps build up reB sistance against such annoying symptoms which may betray your * age faster than anything. Also very | effective for younger women to re. j lieve monthly cramps. Thousands of women report re3 i markable benefits! Get a bottle of ! Lydla Pinkham's Compound today from your druggist. Follow label - j directions. WCRTH TRYING! l 9 /p to I he Jeh I ^ w iyi 5 BUICK BUILDS I FOR DEFENSE ? i . I [ Our iixnifinmriit' <! | Hiiiiiiiitft i ^ |: Pratt & Whim#? | ! x-alvr-in-hwtl | , j aircraft en^itx-l ^ \ for defrntr ??' .f rod, enway from transmission to it torque tube. s ? all -coil springs ?never ?liness. I cting rods are sturdier. )earings go twice as long oads. Even Buick wheels imurn mileage out of tires. re's an out-of-the-ordinary the-ordinary times. < tisfied to look?don't even listen; go try this Buick ? rou need the best you can se days that's Buick. H of / f y7J llcilKMl MOTORS V ir valuc Sylva, N. C. . I THEM I
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