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I / 1 i PAGE TWO iarkaon (Eminty ilnurttal ? Entered as second class matter J at the Post Office SylVL, N. C j Published Weekly By j DAN TOMPKINS \ man TOMPKINS, Editor f 2 North Carolina ^PRESS^ASSOCIATION^) \? j ( 1 I | ji ? I PATRONIZE NURSERY SCHOOL i1 It has been suggested to The Journal by a good , friend, that the people of this community are not patronizing the pre-school work as they should. This ^ lady pointed out the great advantage to the younger children in this training they can receive, without cost to the parents, and which is provided by the WPA j as a community service. Children trained here are j more ready to enter school and do their school work better than do those who have not had kindergarten training. This lady is correct. People with small child- ( ren should send them to the pre-school. j NO HALF WAY MEASURES J ( In order to really understand this war one must i be somewhat acquainted with the background. The 1 Germans have deeply imbedded in their^ minds an i idea that the German people are a superior people, 1 made of a little finer clay than the rest of us, and en- ] dued with a higher degree of intellect; and that, i therefore, they are destined to rule the world; that Germany should be the ruling nation and the rest of < us, as lesser breeds, should be under their domina- j t.on. That was the basic cause of World War No. 1. < It is the basic cause of World War No. 2; that and a i hatred of the democratic nations and democratic j people, who thwarted the German ambitions td be- ] come the ruling nation. To arrogance, was added i hatred. ' The Japanese believe their Mikado to be the Son 1 of Heaven, and that under his leadership they are i destined to march to domination of the Orient and < the oceans that touch it. They, like the Germans, i have exalted military grandeur and conquest by force. They, like the Germans, believe when they < bomb helpless cities, attack unsuspecting peoples, ! and overrun helpless countries, with all the miseries ; that these actions entail, that such activities are for * the ultimate good of their own country, and, hence, ] * " ' - l? S A th? entire world, as tney are moving iorwara tu the ultimate and manifest destiny of their race. "Whom the gods destroy they first make mad". ] Such ideas, such ideals, as are so cherished by the peo- < pies with whom we are at war, are utter madness, the madness of arrogance, the madness of pride, the mad- : ness of contempt for others and for the rights, the ; lives, the properties, of others. Such ideals firmly established in the minds of < peoples, and inculcated from birth by careful education, cannot be eradicated by education alone, it must i !: tinted from its strongholds by superior and over- 1 Timing force, else it will consume the civilization : that we enjoy. There is no way to make the Japanese | understand the horrors and miseries to which they i have subjected the Chinese for nearly four years, ex- 1 c pt to bring it home to them with bombs. There is ; no way to bring the German people to their senses to make them understand the feelings of the peoples of Poland, and Holland, of Belgium and the Balkan countries, except to bring the message in flying fortresses. There is no way to make the people of either country understand that the world will never submit to their domination, except to force that facedown their throats at the point of the bayonet. A des- * troyed Berlin, can understand a ravaged Rotterdam. A flaming Tokyo may be able to sympathize with a Chinese city that Has been mercilessly and wantonly bombed. No measures short of these.most drastic ones will suffice in the premises. We tried Germany once. We defeated Germany. We saw that a representative eov * ? ernment was set up, of the choosing of the German people. But we left Berlin intact, became sorry for the German people and loosened up on the more drastic provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. And, the present conflict is the result. We can speak to the peoples in, no language they will understand except the language of force. "They who live by the sword will perish by the sword", and warfare has been exalted as the highC '..a . I j ; I 1 * THE JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAI jst end of man by the German and Japanese peoples, intil they believe it to be so. When war is carried to ;heir own doors, when their own towns and cities are eft as stinking heaps of debris, when their own coun/rysides are but monuments to the horrors of war, ;hen, perhaps, they can understand that the rest of ;he world loves the ways of peace, of justice, of civilisation, and of a decent respect for the rights of all nankind to live out their lives in security. To accomplish these things will take a flood of measure, a monumental quantity of sacrifice, a high ievotion to the common cause, a united nation of inited people, pulling together as one man to supply the raw materials, to build the ships of the air and the ships of the seas, the tanks, the guns, to manufacture the bombs and the bullets, all in such overwhelming numbers that when we begin to knock at the doors of Berlin and Tokyo, the would-be-masters of the world will recognize that the day of retribu " ^ fUof bion has come, and that ail tne woes 01 tne wunu mau fchey have imposed must be paid for with compound interest. ASININE STUPIDITY So far as we know, The Journal was the first paper in the United States to speak out with the coniriction that there must have been something wrong it Pearl Harbor, and to insist that the people be told ;he truth. In the next issue of this paper, following the Pearl Harbor assault, our leading editorial was headid: "Tell Us The Truth". To quote from that editorial: "Tell the American people the truth of what happened at Pearl Harbor 3n Sunday and Monday. The Journal is not one that feels that just or constructive criticism of the Naval 3r Army officers should be withheld in wartime. Suppressed feeling do not make for morale. The Journal has a feeling that somebody was not on the job at Honolulu on Sunday. 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 :ame 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 bo the skies to drive off the enemy craft? Where were the officers who should have been on amy to give me 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. They are questions that must be answered, sooner 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, rhen, the American people have a right to criticize. Exercising that right, 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." Now, the Roberts report has answered every one Df those questions. The intelligence force was evidently on the job, and due warning of what might be expected was sent to Washington. Washington, in turn, sent seven different messages to the commanders at * * A. *7-1 Pearl Harbor, each more urgent man me last. xet, there was no preparation made to meet treachery, such as the Japanese are historically capable of perpetrating. There was no consultation between the commanding general and the admiral in command of the fleet, no cooperation between army and navy, no effort made to coordinate the two branches of the armed forces charged with the defense of the harbor. Even after the attack had begun, those in charge could hardly believe that it had happened. A sergeant at a listening post heard the approach of a large number 'of planes, and reported it to a lieutenant, who was officer of the day. The lieutenant failed to pass on the intelligence, assuming that the planes heard were American. A naval detachment sank a Japanese submarine within the forbidden waters of the harbor, an hour and a half before the air attack began, and did not report the incident. It is almost incredible that such stupidity could have existed, unless one is acquainted with some of the brass hats and stuffed shirts in army and navy. One lesson was learned, and that may | prove worth all that Pearl HSrbor cost. That lesson is that there must be supreme command of all correlated forces in each zone of war activity. Thus and thus only can a repetition of the Pearl Harbor stupidity be prevented. Stupidity just as costly may have existed in OPM and other government agencies in civilian life. To reduce that, one man has been charged with the responsibility of getting the munitions manufactured. On the other side of the picture, are the marines at Wake, and Douglas MacArthur, and Admiral Harte and uncounted thousands of wide-awake, conscientious, and capable people in army, navy, marine corps, and civil life. They will overcome the results of the stupidity of others, and will bring America through to final victory. . .The people have been told the truth, and that has boosted the morale throughout the country, tremendously. I ! S r V ...... . ,< - :t I . I I IT 15 FITTING THA" LIGHTHOUSE SERV SnB OLOEST PART OF 1 I COAST GUARD, W/ FATHERED BY GE< I WASHINGTON HIM m ALWAYS BE PREPARED* WASHINGTON WAS A REALIS1 WITH VISION,.HE THEREFORf COUNSELLED PREPAREDNESS and PERSONAL THRIFT. ^^3hhSRkm^B|^^BSRR ^jWMWjBgSwpsfft&j^r Individual ameri^ans have pra 0evond any people. for exam two-thirds of all the life ins as a nation amer/cans toda coast guard princ/pi.e of bt Legal Notices Administrator's Notice The undersigned having qualified as administrator of the estate of Boone Barnes, deceased, late of the County of Jackson, State of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to ex- ! hibit them to the undersigned j at his home at Tuckaseigee, North Carolina on or before the 8th day of January, 1943, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said \ estate will please make immediate settlement. This January 8, 1942. WILLIE BARNES, Administrator of the estate of i Boone Barnes, deceased. (2-12) Land Exchange Notice J. A. Taylor has applied for exchange under Act of March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1215) offering that tract of land lying on the waters of Pumpkintown Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, being fully described in deeds from R. P. Hyatt, J. C. Stiles, A. C. j Haskins, and J. A. Franks to J.: i A. Taylor, recorded in Deed j Book 99, pages 349 and 110; Book 97, page 59; Book 110, page 124; , I Book 89, page 266 in Jackson \ r* *... in av_ IsUUIlty, iiuitii uaiuiuia m wvchange for $951.20 worth of stumpage on 455 acres of national forest land known as the Holden Cove Unit, Clay County, North Carolina. Persons claiming said properties or having bona fide objections to such application must file their protests with the Regional Forester, Glenn Building, Atlanta, Georgia within 10 days of last publicatien hereof. L. L. BISHOP, Acting Regional Forester (Exp. 1:29-42) Administrator's Notice Having qualified as executor of the estate of Mrs. Ida Rhinehart, deceased, late of Jackson County, North Carolina; under her last will and testament, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at his residence in Webster, on or before December 31, 1942, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 3rd day of January, 1942. FRANK T. RHINEHART, Executor of the estate of Mrs. Ida Rhinehart, deceased. (2-12) Legal Notice In accordance with authority vested in the North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development by Chapter Thirtyfive, Public Laws of 1935, the said Board in Regular Session on Tflnnoni 01 ef 1019 of T7 a lolrrVi ??UUt J ?*OV, *?/?., ?.w "U.V.fjW, North Carolina, adopted the following regulation: It shall be unlawful to fish in Olenville Lake except between the hours of sunrise and onehalf hour after sunset (time of sunrise and sunset to be in accordance with the U. 8. Weather Bureau Time for each day); and, it shall also be unlawful to use gang or treble hpoks while fishing in this lake and not more than two single hooks may be 1 B IsELF. ICTICEO PERSONAL FORESIGHT PLE.THEY OWN TOGETHER URANCE IN THE WORLD** AND y CONCENTRATE ON T///S -JN6 PREPARED. attached to a line or leader." PAUL KELLY, Secretary N. C. Board of Conservation and Development. (2:19-42) Administrator's Notice Having Qualified as the ad- | ministralor of the ' estate of Thomas Barrett, late of the county of Jackson, State of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at his home at Dillsboro, on or before the 21st day of January 1943, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This January 21, 1942. J. E. BARRETT, Administrator of the estate of Thomas Barrett, deceased. (2:26) State College Answers Timely Farm Questions QUESTION: Can clay brick be made at home for a farm building? ANSWER: According to A. F. Greaves-Walker, professor of Ceramic Engineering at State College, the manufacture of > building brick on a small scale is almost out of the question under present conditions. In the first place, he says, the clays in J most sections of North Carolina i are not suited for brick manu- ! facture, and in the second place, ! brick of excellent quality can usually be bought at a lower | PAVE T> c , # I 1 ?1 ' J AN VARY 29, price than the cost of manufat. I ture, considering thr investment I in equipment. QUESTION: If commercial m. I trates continue to becomi scarce I what can a farmer do t0 0VPN come this shortage? ANSWER: G. Tom Scott I Johnston County farmer and, chairman of the State \JSD.\ I War Board, says farmers c;tn grow and turn under lespede/^ 1 and other legume crops to add nitrogen to the soil. He suggests I that farmers buy lespedeza seed I for spring planting as early I possible. Because of the war emergency, he urges that farir.. I ers who have a surplus of ie$. pedeza seed place them on th? market as soon as possible Planting lespedeza will earn on?. half unit, or 75 cents per acre toward AAA snil minium" for the farm. NITRATE FIRM OFFERS $820 IN FARM CONTEST I Farm boys and girls, under I 19 years of age, have a chance I to win prizes ranging from $250 I to $1 in Defense Bonds and Stamps, in a Food for Victory I contest announced by the Ex- I tension Service of N. c. Sta'e I College. The contest is sponsored by the Chilean Nitrate Educa- I tional Bureau, Inc. A. G. Floyd, State director ..f the Chilean Nitrate Bureau, wh0 I made the prizes available, has always been a strong support^ of 4-H Club and other v;or*hwhile agricultural programs. Extension officials pointed out. "The North Carolina Farm Family 'Food for Victory' Con- I test" is the name given the 1<H? I contest, for which 209 priz-? fl totaling $820 in Defense Boni fl and Stamps are offered TJ State and County USDA Wa Ejoards will administer the cor. test locally. XTrk onmllrnpnt nftnnctor I W VAtA VAAAA1V** V A O 1 I V. ^ C .">0?i i I Boys and girls under 19 years u! age who are members of a farm I family living on a farm f>r which a 1942 Farm Defense Plan Sheet has been executed at the County AAA office, are eligible to compete. The awards will be I based on the records of farm- I home food production and con- I servation, submitted on or be- B fore next November 1, 1942. A maximum of 500 points are H allowed in the scoring for live- 1 stock production, divided as fol- I lows: Cows milked, 100 points: Milk production, 100 points: hogs marketed or slaughtered on the farm, 100; egg production. 100; and beef cattle (excluding I calves) marketed, 100 points Seven hundred points are offered for gardens sufficient to I meet family needs, with 200 I points for variety, 200 for fresh vegetables, 200 for conserved M vegetables, and 100 points fur I imnfAoco in orarripn nrreaiie AliUl CUUV/ All WILDLIFE Durham County farmers have been asked to distribute feed for wildlife, where possible, during periods of extreme cold, report* Assistant Farm Agent James L Huff. I I v ? - _ o^yss^" ^fc> Vr^s*; ___ rtMV Oi ?/ WUUrt c^mbm ^u>o? oo^^
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