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^r«ss SPEAKING OF FLOODS —— by a. b. cv*
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The Next War
'T'nK only certain thing about the next great war
is that it will be different from any previous
war. That is the way with wars. General staffs
and strategists study the latest war in preparation
for the next one, and then the enemy springs a
sur{)rise on them that changes the whole situation.
The British and French high commands had a
great contemi)t for machine guns in the beginning
of the World War. They were going to march
right into Germany—until the German machine
guns stopi)cd them and they had to “dig in” and
fight from fixed positions until they could spring
their own surprise—the “tanks.” The Germans
were contemi)tuous of tanks, until they found they
couldn’t stop them with machine guns. It w’as the
British tanks, as much as any one thing, that w'on
the war.
Lord Kitchener, the great English general,
couldn’t see the value of high exjjlosives. l-lesult,
Britain went into the war w’ith only shraj)nel shells,
such as they had found effective against the Boers
in South Africa. Nobody pinned much faith on
airplanes in war, at the start. Even when the
United States came in, nearly three years after
hostilities began, this country had only a couple of
dozen or so of military airi>lanes.
France and Britain sneered at the sBibmarine,
until the U-boats began to sink their ships in the
•\orth Sea and the British Channel. Poison gas
was another surprise sprung by the Germans, for
which the Allies were not jjrepared. Just now all
military experts are figuring on much greater use
of airj)lanes in the coming war, two or three or a
dozen years hence.
it does not follow, however, that either ’planes
or gas w^ill be the principal weapons when the
“civilized” nations go to war again, though air
planes enabled Japan to win Manchukuo from the
unarmed Chinese and have enabled Italy to get
farther in luhiopia than anyone had exjjected.
it is probable that the next war wdll introduce
new weapons and new' horrors of which we have
scarcely dreamed as yet, and for wdiich the profes
sional fighting men of the non-military nations,
such as the United States and Great Britain, wdll
be as unprepared as they were in the last war.
—Selected.
The Red Cross on tho Job
^ALAMITIP'S such as the disastrous fioc/ds wliich have swept
over the .northeastern part of the United States are in the par
ticular field in which the American Red Cross functions. Hardly
had the first news of the first of these flood disasters appeared in
print before the Red Cross was on the job. It is an army of relief
that is always mobilized.
The duties of the Red Cross in emergencies like this cover every
means of relieving human suffering. It provides shelter for the
homeless. It feeds the hungry. -It furnishes medical care and nurs
ing aid for the sick. It looks especially after the welfare of the
child victims of disaster. It finds clothing for those who need it
financial help to tide over the crisis for those whose resources have
been suddenly swept away. It fills a place into which no other
agentfy quite fits, in a spirit of helpfulness as broad and as free
as humanity itself.
To meet such calls, always sudden, the Red Cross tnust keep its
resources for relief always liquid. When the need for its help
covers such a broad area as the present need does, it has to draw
heavily upon its stores of supplies and of cash, and to c;Ul upon
all men and women of kindly spirit toward their flow-beings in
distress to contribute in money what all cannot give in service
The Red Cross is a voluntary organization. Its work in the field
is almost entirely done by unpaid workers. It has no subsidy or
appropriation from the Government, but carries on entirely bv the
aid of contriibutions.
The Red Cross is calling now for contributions to meet the cry
for aid from the flood-stricken regions. It is the part of good
citizenship as well as of goodwill toward those who suffer for
everybody to respond to the call, and give all he can.—Selected.
Ml
Public
ICVIAPIU
Bruce-
Barton
TWO SIDES
TO A STORY
The publisher of a newspaper got
from Washington the salaries of
some of the local commuters and
published them on his front page.
I he wife of one of these publicized
gentlemen telephoned the druggist
a few days later to order some
soap. She was offered an imported
product at a fancy price. She said
she did not want to pay any such
lirice, whereupon the merchant ans
wered : “With a salary as big as
your husband draws, what do you
care what you pay?”
Ihe lady replied in no uncertain
terms that her husband’s salary
was none of the merchant’s busi
ness, and that one more wise crack
along those lines would cause her
to close her account which has
been profitable to him for fifteen
years.
thousands of stories could be told
about the broadcasting of salaries
as disclosed on income tax returns.
Some of them are humorou,, many
tragic. Whether the practice will be
coutmued, no one can tell but it
should not be.
Deep down in the worst part oi
human nature is a love of peeking
through key-holes, spying under
shades, and readmg other folks’
mail.
If salaries are going to be pub-
nnhr I Business
publish them first, and publish
tMes with them? A salary of $100,-
^ evokes the widespread comment
that no man can possibly be
worth so much.” But the filnires
take on a different aspect if they
are published in this form •
J.OOOT, Federal, 4,e Td
taxes, $65,000, net to
$35,000.
president,
steady rise of a seemingly slow-
ininded man we botli know.
“The case hinged on the testi
mony of one witness, a weather
beaten country doctor. The smart
young lawyer on the other side
questioned him briskly about an
obscure point of physiology, and
the poor old fellow floundered,
ihe smooth lawyer could not hide
his pleasure. It was obvious that
he expected the doctor’s halting
performance to cast doubt on all
the claims of his opponent. He
rubbed his hands, and made it
clear that he had the verdict in
the bag.
But in the jury room,” niy
friend said, “our very first vote
showed that the smart lawyer had
ost. Isot one of us jurors said a
word but here is what we thought.
nu-'. worn
away his life, driving through .bliz
zards to attend sick mothers and
braving f oods to bring babies into
toileroft' has
tolled, often with no hope of any
Somt knowledge on the
century, maybe. The
edlv*^ had undoubt
edly been boning uo nn tiio k
ject the night before
lawyer h-id k! ? ’ ‘^at the
‘he doctor anTpuirtl
the jurors’ eyes Th.
probably never 'knp
the c^L D '^hy he lost
a thing as being so’smL?V\
outsmart ®*^art that you
CHURCj
Announcement!
ou^mart yourself.”
I ,,,^5 . , =^dded:‘‘TefhLs ‘hen
^frsiSr:-js
rfoesn t send each of them a R^n
Royce. “But when I havf ®
'Z‘ h“»Td'
tWrty"|„“ *Knd‘etr f"'
was
DO WE OUT-SMART
OURSELVES’
We
were
chatting about the
'f °ne reason
in our twenties fnd
toboggan when we ousrht“fn‘‘
on our way ,up^ ^ ‘ ‘o be
Copyright, 1936, K.F.S.
i\r
Malta, Mont—T r
America on a ° tmance seeing
on_ a horse, William Hen
— wn no:
Person founH u
show America the
‘“■-ned from a trin t m
the farmers siM h'*
and his he i_;_
sets of°sToVs') eluding
pictures. ^ selling their
said he paid his
selling their
PRESBYTERM^
i
Rev. J. A. Flanagan, Pat
Franklin \
10:00 a. m.—Sunday sckj
Lancaster, superintendent, \
11:00 a, m.—Communion
Lord’s Supper, and a cos
meditation by the pastor,
7:30 p. m.—Christian i
prayer meeting.
Morrison Chapel
2 :30 p. m.—Sunday seta
ant McClure, superintends
3 :30 p. m.—Preaching
sermon by the pastor.
EPISCOPAL
St. Agnes’, Franklin
(Sunday, Ap*"*! 5)
11 :00 a. m.—Holy comniE
sermon by the rector,
(Friday, Ap”! 3)
4 :(X) p. m.—Lenten servici
Incamjatiion, Highlands
(Sunday, April 5)
10:00 a. m,—Church seta
4:00 p. m.—Evening pBi
sermon.
(Wednesday, April 8)
7:30 p. in.—Bible class,
(Thursday, April 9)
3 :30 p. m.—Lenten servto
CATHOLIC
Catholic services are ttl*
second and fourth Sundaj
ing at 8 o’clock at the I*
John Wasilik in the Orlani
ments, the Rev. H. J- ^
Waynesville, officiating.
franklin method
Chesley C. Herbert, Jf'
(Each Sunday) ^
9:45 a. m.—Sunday schofs
11:00 a. m,—Morning "'O!
7:15 p. m.—EpWiorth
meeting.
8:00 p. m.—Evening
Carson’s Chapel
(Each Sunday)
2 :30 p. m.—Sunday scli«*-
(2nd and 4th Sundays)
3:15 p. m.—Preaching
f
sei
FIRST baptise
Rev. William Marshall
Pastor
Sunday
9:45 a. m.—Bible scho«‘'
11:00 a. m.—-Morning
6:30 p. m.—B. T. U' ,
7 :30 p. m.—Evening
Wednesday
7 ;30 p. m.—Mid-week pf*
praise service.