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For the last two weeks I have
mentioned strikes or threatened
strikes when writing this column.
Believing that being one of the
very little people does not prevent
me from holding opinions, I said
what I think. Several have told
me they agree, and from Wash
ington Berdon Bell of the Civil
Aeronautics Board sent me the
clipping which follows. I hope all
of you read it.
Author of the article below is a
sailor aboard a warship some
where in the South Pacific. The
story teas first published in his
home-town newspaper. The Mun
eie. Ind.. Press and now has been
distributed nationally by NEA
Service.
By KENNETH WALSH
I want to show you a bit of
hallowed ground—it is the Arting- j
ton Cemetery of the South Paci
fic; it is the Valhalla of American
servicemen. I’m going to show you
this bit of ground, but it will be
done the hard way. Come with me
up Sealark Channel at dawn of
a day in August.
Yes, Mr. Striker. T want you to
stand at the rail with these men.
nerves drawn as taut ps a violin
string—mouths dry. eves strained
to the breaking point, breath com
ing in short gasps of fear—that
awful feeling of nothingness in
the pits of their stomachs. The
objective comes into view, the
time has come for these men to
step out on the stage, and they
know fidl well that death plays !
the leading role in this theater.
There they go over the side of
the big transport—Tom Jones
Dick Brown. Harry Smith. Hand
over-hand they crawl down the
cargo nets into their small craft i
that is to take them to a ren
dezvous with that death. You
know it’s death—it is in the des
tinv of these men.
The first objective is reached— !
the eocoanut grove at the water’s
edge. Men are down never to ri.se
again, other men move up to take !
the places of the fallen. The mai l
obiectiye is an airfield beyond
that fnnee of eocoanut trees, and
as the God himself has nulled the j
curtain on this brutal stage, their
movements become vague and fi
nallv obliterated and th<"*so move- '
ments become lost to vou. The un
certainty. the utter' feeling of
helplessness leaves the element
of time supendod in the hellish 1
hot sun of the tropics.
JUST SEVEN ACRES
Close your eye<= Mr. Railroad
Worker, close them tight; it is an
other day. in another month:
vour hands are Tripping another
rail the inevitable eocoanut tree
rad that the living from
t'm dord in these areas of war
v °u cm open your eyes now. Mr
Toni M : ~er open them wide. Yrs.
the seeds that have'been plant
ed have grown into bloom; the I
bloom is the nr upon row of 1
white crosses that meet the eye, ’
These men have paid the price '
in’ full for fust seven small acres
of ground, but seven of the ,r, os t
important acrc= of ground ever
owned bv Uncle Sam.
Restful, isn’t it. pe-mpful and
ouiet—ves. ouiet with eternal
peace. Road the epitaphs. Mr.
Labor Loader they tell a story in
t^rrso] V e= A ->r : ca. ■‘he Land rs
Ihe There's a Star of Da
vd hes'de a pa : r of rosary beads
owned bv some Irishman. A ~ap
tain of Mar ; nes and a colored boy
from Georgia sleep side by side—
a lieutenant from Indiana, a sail
or from North Dakota, an aviator
from Ohio, from here, from there
from every star in the flag, a cross
in the ground. Tom Jones. Dick
Brown. Harry Smith. It’s their
home now. some 7000 miles from
home. These men were making
SSO a month. Mr. Striker, SSO a
month, room and board.
When you were a kid, Mr.
Striker, you studied about the
American heritage of “life, liber
ty and the pursuit of happiness.’*
Well, read it again and then
again: study it; delve back into
the pages of American history
and show me anything in the
American creed of living that will
justify your wartime strikes Gome
out here with us in these th
Pacific waters and stay a while.
Eat our chow, sleep in our sacks,
watch us work, help us fight these
jungle flies, help us kill malaria -
(Continued on Page Four)
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 20. No. 23
A Message f o
Local Farmers
If you are a woodland owner,
here’s a special message to you.
American forests and farms
! have a vital job to do in this war.
I a job just as important as seed
and copper and aluminum and
| tin. Food is essential, lots of it,
; and the farmers are certainly do
! ing a wonderful job providing it
for soldiers and civilians. But
wood forest productions must < o
to war. More than 1,200 differ
ent items of military equipment
j and materials to box and ship
j them in come from wood. Nearly
every farm has woodlot or swamp
j land covered with all kinds ol
j wood. Carefully culled they will
j supply several cords of pulpwood
| and remain in better condition to
supply the farmer’s needs in years
to come.
So. u you have suitable wood
land that hasn’t gone to war, get
out your saw and axe and put t
in uniform. It will earn a good re
turn to you now and bigger divi
dends later. Just have" a State,
Federal or Extension forester to
I check it over u ith you—let him
| tell you how to make your tim
ber fight, and keep your wood -
land productive. You can possi
| bly supply several cords of pulp
wood and be the richer thereby.
At the same time, you will con
tribute very materially to win
ning the war. Think it over. Then
shoulder you axe and saw and go
to it, thus adding your bit to win
i the war quickly.
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Stormy Weather
Because of the snow and sleet
which fell on Saturday and Sun
day Wake County schools were
| closed on Monday. Raleigh schools
had classes as usual, the difficul
ty in the country being transpor
tation. Roads were considered un
| safe and bus schedules were can
celed for Sunday and Monday.
Snow at Zebulon was not sa
deep as in some sections. Louis
burg. however, reported a seven
inch fall, which wns about as deep
as that in the western part of the
state.
Clayton Whitley In
Maritine Service
Clayton Ow’en Whitley whose
| parenL reside at Route No. 2 Zcb
: ulon. N. C. is now enrolled in the
U. S. Maritime Service Training
Station at St. Petersburg, Fiu.
Prior to enrolling he was a Rig
ger Helper in Norfolk Navy Yard.
PowerToßeCutOfi
Electric service will be discon
nected throughout Zebulon and
surrounding territory with the ex
ception of tw r o feeders on the two
following Sunday afternoons, ac
cording to an announcement made
today by J. D. Sumner, local man
ager of the Carolina Power &
Light Company.
Service will be off from 1:00 P.
M. to 3:30 P. M. on January 16
and January 23.
“These interruptions,” said Mr.
Sumner, “are to permit important
changes in our distribution system,
which could not be done with
safety without disconnecting ser
vice. We sincerely hope that it is
planned for hours when a mini
mum of inconvenience will be
caused customers in the area af
fected.”
Mr. Sumner said, “We regret
the necessity of disconnecting ser
; vice for even a short period of
! time, but it is essential that chang
es be made from time to time in
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 1 I, 1944
Methodist Meet
At Raleigh
Bishop Clare Purcell, resident
bishop of the Charlotte Area of
The Methodist Church, has an
nounced from his office here a se
ries of three one-day meetings to
be held in North Carolina in the
interest of the Christian’s relation
to the postwar world. The gather
ings are an important phase of the
denomination’s Crusade for a Now
World. Nearly 100 similar mass
meetings in as many key cities of
America will be held this month
A team of four, ,'hree distin
guished bishops and a world
known mission board secretarv,
v ill assist Bishop Purcell in each
of the meetings. The schedule is:
Raleigh. Fdenton St. Methodist
Church. Friday, Jan. 14.
Speakers and their subjects will
be as follows: Bishop Edwin Holt
Hughes of Washington. D. C. “The
Prince of Peace.” Dr. Ralph E
Diffendorfer, secretary of the div
ision of Foreign Missions New 1
York. “The Coming Peace,”; Bish
on Raymond J. Wade of Detroit.
“A Christian World.” Bishop
Ralnh S. Cushman of St. Paul.
“A Christian America.” Represen
tatives of other boards and 00-0 0 -
operating agencies of the Church
will address the afternoon scs
j sions.
Addresses dealing with tae
coming peace, the post war mis
sionary task and the evangeliza
tion of the world will be made at
morning, afternoon and evening
sessions. The closing feature of
■ bo a her noon nrogram will be a
dramatic, spiritual dedication to
the accompaniment of nraver and !
! mi,s; ic Reproductions of the How- !
ard Chandler Christy Crusade
nainting, “Tho Coming Peace s ]
sh ePrince or Peace.” on stamped
pos cards will be distributed. Faoh i
attendant will address one to p j
person in the armed forces, plode- |
mg devotion at home to the cause
for whi>h the recipient is fi»ht
in the field.
While of special interest to th~
Leahies where they are held
■ o H,,h OP po-nted out that sinc«
mass meetings are centers of
instruction in the ohjeefives - ?
.techniques of the Crusade, it s
expected fVt evnry parish in the
Aso-i will be represenmd at one or
another of th« meetings by both
pastor -md laitv.
A rer'os of radio transcription
on the P-usade using such speak
ers as Madame Chi arm Kai-Shek
M ondell Willkie. Branch Rickey
\ 1,1 bp Presented on about 200 m
denender< stations. Even- un-tor
“-dl preach on the Crusade theme
on Sunday. January 30. The whole
o fort is to encourage individuals
V, register through letters 1 0 th- T
representatives in the legislative
and executive branches the sud
nort of their writers of such post
v.i international collaboration as
n riv be essential to insure future
peace.
Debnam Reports
Cadet Wilbur Dehnnm. son of
Mr and Mrs. M. T Debnam of
Zebulon. North Carolina, recently
! reported to Greenwood Army Air
Field. AAF Flying Training Com
mand. Greenwood. Miss., as a stu
dent in basic flight training. He
was graduated from Wakelon
High School and attended North
Carolina State College at Raleigh.
N. C„ where he was in R. O. T. C
December 11, 1942, was the date of
his acceptance as Aviation Cadet.
Cadet Wilbur Debnam has a
brother in service, Lt. Edward
Debnam of the U. S. M. C.
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. order to take care of the increase
i in demand for electricity.”
Credit Association
To Meet
The stockholders of the Raleigh
Production Credit Association will
hold their tenth annual meeting
in the Wake County Court House
in Raleigh on Saturday morning,
January 15th at eleven o’clock,
according to announcement of E.
P. Warner, Secretary-Treasurer.
The Raleigh association was or
ganized in January 1934 and re
ceived their charter on January
15th, which will make the asoo- ‘
ciation exactly ten years old on
that date. At this meeting com
plete and detailed reports of its
operations for the past year will
be given to the stockholders and
other important business wall be
transacted.
Since organization 9200 loans
in the amount of $4,200,000 have
been made to Wake County farm
ers and losses have been less than
1-35 of 1 per cent.
The present directors of the as
sociation are George D. Richard
son, J. H. Akins, C. S. Chamblee,
Obe Tingen and J. T. Shearon.
Daniel To Speak
To Junior Club
Mrs. John Barrow, Jr.,
wishes to call attention to
the regular meeting of the
Junior Woman’s Club Tues- ; I
day night. January 18, at 8
o’clock. E. C. Daniel, Jr., ;
will address the club and all ;
; senior Woman’s Club mem
; bers, as well as the public
generally, are invited to at- ;
tend. ;
bookmobile Notes
New fiction on the bookmobde:
Survival by Phyllis Bottomo.
Here we have a character study
of n Viennese refugee psychiatri-t
! who escapes to England. Among
Ihe Plymouth, who are
victims of the blitz, he builds a
new life and comes to appreciate
ih<- innate qualities of Ihe British
which enabled them to hang on
through the bombs and blasts
of <he early part of the war.
The Turnbulls by Janet Taylor
Caldwell Tricked into a marriage
with a barmaid, John Turnbull
lands in America motivated v. h
but one desire that of revenge.
His terrible hate and ironic clash
es between members of his fam
ily make this book an exciting
one.
Georgia Boy by Erskine Crdd
well. Here is a collection of short
stories about a Georgia family,
consisting of the bov. Willi ; n. i
his hard-working r.ri r ] b; s
. shiftless father, and Handsome
Brown. ’he colored house-bov.
Mama's Bank Accoui 1 W »<
hv Kathryn Forbes Ihis : s rl
about a family of Norwegian im
migrants settled in 9an Francisco
These sketches about mama
feud with the doctor. Dag’ ar
first day at school, and m- g v
i bank account reveal courage,
honesty, and straight thinking of
these Norwegians, qualities that
wo like to think are common to
all Amo'-jcaos.
The Little Prince by Antoine Dc
Saint-Exupery. A modern fairy
tale, a fabulous fable, about a
mysterious little prince who ap
nears on the African desert. Told
by a French airman, this book was
written for adults, but we will
find that the children will ma*e
it their own as they have all great
fairy stories.
Non-fiction on the bookmobile:
The F. B. I. in peace and war
by Frederick L. Collins with an
i introduction by J. Edgar Hoover.
The author has been a personal
friend of Mr. Hoover for many
years and has been permitted en
tree into the secrets of the F. B.
.1 In these times Americans are
interested in what goes on be
> mind the scenes of this great law
enforcement agency and here is
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Church Maws
BAPTIST CHURCH
10:00 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship. Sermon
topic: “Hearing The Still Voice’
7:00 Young people meet
7:30 Evening Service. Topic:
"Facing Choice.”
MEETINGS POSTPONED
Because of bad w’eather the
Northside and Central Circles of
the Baptist W. M. S. postponed
their meetings from Monday to a
date to be decided later.
Rotary
Prof. E. H. Moser was the speak
er. Prof. Moser stated that one
must work steadily to keep the re
spect of his fellowman and to hold
on to his influence. One cannot
throw himself away and expect
ms influence to be erwsidered.
rhe Rotary Club can only exist to
the interest of its members. It is
not the aristocracy or the loafers
that keep the state going, but the
middle class who work and are
not afraid of toil.
Prof. Moser stated that every
one can find many things to claim
their attention and time, but to
succeed in life, one must single
out the most important things to
do and then do them well. The
i one who does this will succeed,
but when one tries to do every
thing he sees that needs doing, he
can’t do anything well. He does
not have the time.
Prof. Moser’s talk was good ad
vice to the Rotary Club and all
the rest.
the true story.
At Home with Children, by
Charlotte Gano Garrison and Em
ma Diskson Sheehv. The authors
have produced a guide to pre
school children’s plnv and train
ing. consisting of concrete sugges
tions to parents about types o!
nlaythings and proper toys for
various ages. Also discussions of
creative urge and recognition of
| rhythms.
Excuse my Dust by Bellamy Par
-I’"dge. When the first automo
biles came limning down the Main
Street of the home town of tne
Country Lawyer. scaring ihe
hor«nc j n to runaways and cover
ing all inhabitants with dust,
1 hey produced an upheaval in the
iM order of country life. This
h’larious book will take you back
*o the time when you owned your
fir* t car,
Atlantic Meeting by T T . V. Mor
i 4 on. An eyewitness account of Mr
Churchill’s voyage in H. M. S.
r, rince of Wales in August. 1041
■od the conference with Presi
dent Roosevelt which resulted in
ihe Atlantic Charter. The author
be'’in*- with a description of the
■meat battleshin. her crew and of
,;eers. the Prime Minister and his
4 aff and actual happenings
aboard the Prince of Wales and
’he Crusier Augusta. The Atlantic
Charter text is included.
Mv Native Land by Louis Ada
mic. The authpr. bom in Yugosla
via. but now a resident of the
United States, returned to his na
tive land for a visit in 1932. It
is from this visit that his book
stems. He sees the beginning of
the insidious Nazi thrust into Yu
goslavia and after he returns to
this country he is kept informed
of inside events as they happen
ed by friends and relatives. The
last is an appeal to America to
help the downtrodden countries
j of Europe to re-attain their demo
eartic status after the war.
Bookmobile Schedule Jan. 14
Stations Arrive Leave
Rolesville School 9:30 10:30
Honk ins X Roads 11:15 11:30
Rolesville 10:35 10:45
Wakelon School 12:15 1:15
Zebulon Wo. Club. 1:15 I:4S
i! Lake Myra Store 2:15 2:35