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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945.
“Unto the Mountain of Nebo”
And the Lord said anta him, this is
the hind . . . I have caused thee to see
it with thin eyes, but thou shalt not
go over thither—So Mdses the Servant
of the Lord died there . . . and. He
bailed him in the land of Moab . . .
Deuteronomy, 34: 4-6.
Thus simply did the historian of old
chronicle the death of one who had led the
Children of Abraham out of the bondage
of Egypt, and as simply might we set down
the death of President Roosevelt and with
out any laboring of the analogy. But yes
terday he stood on the mountain top of his
tory, looking backward across events that
have not any parallel in the history of the
World.
Behind him lay the,most eventful years,
the most terrible and the most magnificent
through which the human race has come
in its long journeying. Beyond him, in the
dawning tomorrows, lay a fairer world,
lighted by the sun of peace and security
of all peoples, a world of his own fashion
ing, in a very real sense, as the Promised
Land was the dream and the labor of Mos
es, who went up into a quiet mountain to
look back and beyond . . .
Tomorrow may bring the crumbling of
the last bastion against which President
Roosevelt marshalled the forces of decency
in the world. Even now armies that called
him Commander move implacably against
Berlin and across the world other armies
that went at his bidding move nearer the
victory. And, nearer at hand, a table on
the western shores of this land is made
ready for men of good will to sit down and
fashion.a. world that men may live in with
out fear and without want, little people
and liig people, white and yellow and black
and red . . .
These things Mr. Roosevelt could see as
he rested on the hilltop in Georgia yester
day. girding his strength for this final test
ing of the vision that was his, the vision
he hod made real to the world. Weariness
was*upon him, weariness of the flesh, but
his spirit was as eager yesterday, on the
hill top, as ever it had been. His shoulders
had hmm burdens that had not before
Weighted the shoulders of a man. He had
led tiie world out of bondage.
“And the Lord said unto him, this is the
land ... 1 have caused thee to see it with
thine eyes . . . “So Moses, the servant of
the Lord died there . . . and He buried him
in a valley . . .”
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source came speedy help some months ago
when one of the dredges on the Camden
causeway was foundering.
This spirit of willing helpfulness on the
part of the services based here in the Albe-
ai'le may not be too readily appreciated.
They happen more often, very likely, than
we hear about and perhaps we don’t hear
about them because of the unnatural reti-
cence of authority to divulge anything
about service operations . . . Surely it could
be no comfort to any enemy to discover
that civilian and service communities in
America live together in mutually helpful
neighborliness. Anyhow, thanks are due to
Chief Anderson for this healthy reminder
that after all there is no dividing line be
tween civilian and service communites.
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At Last—Our War
In its first impact it may appear that
Pasquotank County has been given a colos
sal task, an insurmountable task, in the
quota of E bonds allocated to the county
in the coming Seventh War Loan cam
paign. The county is asked to invest $621,-
000 of money out of its own personal pock
et which is twice the amount that has ever
been asked of them before. It amounts to
about $30 per person, taking the popula
tion as you come to it.
To most of us $30 is not a great deal of
money, perhaps, but there are a lot of peo-
ple in the county who have never had,
have not now, thirty dollars that they
call their very own. It means that it
have to be averaged up, in a measure,
it means, too, that now the weight of
and
can
will
but
the
war has become a personal thing for every
man, every woman, every boy, every girl
in the county.
j It is a tremendous task, to be sure, and
Tor Holland Webster, who has been desig-
i naled by the County War Finance Comrnit-
I Ice to lead the campaign, it presents a chal
lenge that will take his enthusiasm, his eh-
jergy, and his ingenuity. But it is not Mr.
I Webster’s task, it is not his war loan—it
belongs to all of us and Mr. Webster is our
leader. It will take the lifting hands of all
of us to bear the weight of this responsi
bility.
A full month intervenes between now
and the formal opening of the campaign.
It will give everybody time to get organ
ized for it—not the organization of com
mittees and the planning of strategies, but
he organization of every individual of us,
planning ahead toward the campaign when
each one of us, with egg money and errand-
tunning money, any sort of money that
jan be turned in for a bond when the time
comes. This campaign comes out of our
pockets and not out of the banks and the
rollers of corporations.
Today it may look like a stupendous task
—but when it is over and the quota is
reached, it will not have seemed so diffi-
icult, provided we look now ahead and plan
[for something that must now touch all of
Jus. This is, at last, our war.
National Whirligig
By KAY HICK EK
No Dividing Line
Infrequent and too little emphasis is ac
corded such items as our little piece about
the mobile crane from the Naval Air Sta
tion, completely managed by Chief Boat
swain’s Mate Anderson when it rumbled
the length of the county to lend a colossal
hand al salvaging a truck and its cargo of
gasoline which had happened upon disas
ter at the crossing of the upper Pasquotank
River. '
It is important, of course, that owners
of property involved were saved a great
many thousands of dollars. It is more im
portant that a potential menace was speed
ily removed from the roadside. The expo
sure of some 3,200 gallons of inflammable
matter beside the highway might have
caused a major tragedy, and we would
have been reporting a conflagration that
fortunately this region has been spared the
like of.
But there is an even more inviting con
sideration, and that is the spirit of neigh
borly helpfulness shown between the civil
mid service people. Here was a situation
lluit was quite beyond the rectifying reach
of any of the facilities available from civil
sources. Recourse was had to the neighbor
ing Air Station, which is equipped espe
cially to deal with ponderous salvage mat
ters, We recall, too, that from this same
Daily Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Washington—It happened be
hind closed doors, but a lot of
housewives would have relished
being present when Congressman
Clinton Anderson's special food
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I SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Scripture: Genesis: Chapters 12 to | helpfulness and kindness.
1 50; Acts 7:2-8; Hebrews 11:8-27
j By WILLIAM E. GILROY, D. D.
Here in our western world the
pioneer is near to our life today.
Great railroads cross the contin
ent where the oxen-drawn covered
wagon once toiled slowjy^ and
broad splendid highways have now
been added to the railways. The
Abraham, father of the
people, is the true type
pioneer. He was a pioneer
Jewish
of the
in the
WASHINGTON—Japanese tactics in re
cent engagements with American forces
convinces expert;: here that .the war and
navy parties in Tokyo are locked in a fu
rious clash that will lend to shorten the
Pacific conflict. Although such a disagree
ment in time of crisis seems incredible, the
only other logical explanation appears to
be the existence of a panic stale of mind
among trained and disciplined fighters.
The Jap military has been complaining
for a long time that the navy has not given
it proper support in the archipelago stage
of the battling. Ground units have not re
ceived the necessary supplies because we
commanded the surrounding waters. Naval
carriers have afforded almost no umbrella
against our aerial power.
Under pressure of this criticism, apparently,
the navy decided to unveil a portion of its fleet,
including the great and sacred battleship Yama
to. But, for some reason, that dreadnaught was
sent to sea without any plane protection, and be
came an easy target for our flyers. It seems un
believable that any coordinated defense ministry
could make such a mistake.
SCHEMES—Meanwhile, most of the fighting
in the skies has been done by Japanese army
groups, who have had the advantage of land bas
es ever since Pearl Harbor. They have suffered
severely in engagements with our better trained
and equipped aviators, but it is n9t believed that
they have been destroyed utterly. So, the question
that arises is whether they refused to provide
cover for the'Yamato and her escorting warships!
The Jap navy’s execrable showing may also af
fect diplomatic and cabinet maneuvering behind
the Tokyo scenes. In prewar days the generals
were the moderates; it was the admirals who ex
pressed confidence that Tokyo could defeat the
United States. It may be that, as ultimate defeat
approaches from the water and air, the military
bigwigs are scheming to save their skins and
survive in any domestic reorganization by sac
rificing the sea-dogs.
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Spring and Transfusions
The best sign of spring—sign up for a blood
donation to the Red Cross!
committee quizzed an array of
Washington bigwigs.
A lot of star witnesses were
present, but the Army, represent- 1
cd by Maj. Gen. Carl Hardigg of |
the Quartermaster Corps, chiefly
took it on the chin.
War Food Chief Marvin Jones
started the ball rolling when he
produced figures showing that last
year, when meat was plentiful,
the Army gummed up the works
by failing to take anywhere near
the quantity allocated to it. In the
fourth quarter of 1944, the Army
had asked for one and a quarter
billion pounds of meat. Actually,
the Army took half a billion
pounds less.
That, according to the closed-
door testimony, was the chief rea
son why ration points on meat
were dropped last year and the
housewives got a windfall. The
public then got back to the habit
of eating meat. But today, with
meat far less plentiful, the Army
has ordered even more than was
allocated to it last year.
General Hardigg was unable to
satisfy the Congressmen as to why
the Army failed to take up its
meat last year, or at least failed
to put it in cold storage for later
use. Had 'this been done, Army
demands would now be much
smaller. General Hardigg also was
asked to report to Congress on
meat consumption per soldier in
the British Army, also in the Rus
sian Army. Congressmen also ask
ed Hardigg to report on how much
meat was consumed by U. S. troops
overseas, as compared with that
consumed by troops in the United
States.
Relaxed Meat Inspection
One proposal to ease the meat
shortage is to abolish federal in
spection in small local slaughter
bouses. These slaugherers have to
pass State inspection anyway, and
most of them are thoroughly repu
table. But to sell inter-state they
must pass federal inspection, so
many now sell only within state
limits. This is one reason why cat
tle-raising states are experiencing
no meat shortage today.
General Hardigg, however, sat
on the idea of relaxing federal in
spection. He argued that federal
inspection must continue. War
Food Chief Jones and War Mobil-
izer Vinson were not impressed
with Hardigg's argument,
produced figures growing trat last
ed meat until I was in my
twenties,” scoffed Texas-bred
Jones. „
“Out in Kentucky we did all
right without federally inspected
meat," Vinson agreed. “I never
had it until I was out of my
Locris '
Representative Anderson of Al
buquerque, New Mex., Chairman
of the Committee, then took Gen,
oral Hardigg to task for the Ar
my’s system of poultry buying.
“Out my way, where we’ve got
plenty of meat,” Anderson said,
“the Army isn’t interested in buy
ing poultry. Here in the East,
where meat is scarce, you’re tak
ing all the poultry. Why not spread
your poultry buying so that in
areas where the public has a hard
time getting meat it can at least
get. a little poultry?”
He pointed out that Army is
taking 100 per cent of the poul
try in the Delmarva area Dela
ware, Maryland and Virginia.
Vinson supported Anderson, tell
ing Hardigg: “Try to work that
out with the War Food Adminis
tration. General.”
Alarm Clock Hanuegan
Democratic Chairman Bob Han-
negan, tired of listening to stuff
ed shirt speakers at late Demo
cratic dihners, sent his secretary
out to buy an alarm clock before
tonight’s Jefferson Day dinner.
He has allotted every speaker
a certain amount of time, and will
William
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By John peele
Sarpyan. The Human Comedy. Published by World
Co., 1 2231 West 110th St., Cleveland, Ohio, by ar-
wit’ti Harcourt, Brace. & Co. Price $1. Forum Books
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It was in 11X13 that The Human Comedy was first pub
lished and appeared as a Book-of-the-Month Club selection.
Now it is reprinted at a much lower price.
It has the same illustrations by Don Freeman that so
helped to make) the book en
joyable when ih first appear
ed, and the saline delightful
outside cover.
“Perceptive, [humorous,
imaginative, original,” said
the critic, Plenty Seidel Can
by, of the book when it first
appeared. “I should vote for this
story of an Armenian boyhood as
the most truly American book of
the year.”
And Christopher Morley said:
“Mr. Saroyan justifies all the
promise we, predicted for him and
shows himself the grown and
many-colored artist, the genuine
poet in prose, and spokesman for
the youth of- the world."
There is comedy in this book,
and there is pathos, there is the
war and its effect on the home
front, there :s youth and age, and
life in an every day world. It is
so neighborly, so real, that it ap
peals to the reader instantly and
also lastingly.
At such a low price, The Hu
man Comedy is certainly worth
buying for one’s own library or
as a gift to a friend.
The World Publishing Company
made an excellent selection when
Cherry to Inspect
Veterans Hospitals
Raleigh, April 12
automobile traveler call
from
when
across
coast to coast—or
speed
could
he could get gasoline—
the great plains and
prairies, and through the passes,
and even over the summits of the
high mountains.
It was my privilege to make the
coast-to-coast auto trip three
times, there and back, in four
years; and I know how difficult
it is, even with the “best inten-
it is,
tions,
even
day,
to visualize in the easy,
luxurious conditions of
the toils, and perils,
sacrifices, and hardships of
pioneers who went westward
and
to-
and
the
and
physical sense, going out not
knowing whither he was going, to
find a new home and to establish
a new lineage. But he was a spir
itual pioneer as well, and un
doubtedly the story of Abraham
has inspired pioneers, of later
days. They have felt their kinship
with him, and the finest type of
pioneer in our immediate history
has carried the Bible with him
along with the plow. As he has
cast new furrows for his country,
he lias cast new furrows for God.
God grant that we might all be
such pioneers! For though the
physical frontiers are closed there
are great sniritual frontiers, to
challenge the faith and courage
of those who would follow the
pioneer way.
Governor
Cherry left Tuesday night by
train for Asheville where he
join a party for an inspection
of veterans’ hospitals, power
jects and other facilities in
will
tour
pro-
the
it chose The Human Comedy
present as a reprint.
to
mountains. The trip is sponsored
by the Asheville chamber of com
merce, and its purpose is to bring
more industry and better tourist
accommodations to the area.
Although the trip is official, the
governor is not using the big. No.
1 car. Bill Sharpe, State News
Bureau Director, will join the par
ty at Asheville, after a couple of
days travel and picture taking
along the way, accumulating ad
ditional evidence that North Car
olina is the best State in the un
ion. (If you don’t hear much from
your Capitol Square reporter the
rest of this week, it will be be
cause I’m going along with Bill,
to gather for my readers some
material different from purely
capitol political news.)
Two Bays Save Gas
For Kaleigh Cabdriver
Raleigh, Apr. 13—L'P)- -Turning
back the calendar, Raleigh offi
cials yesterday issued the first
horse-drawn hack license request
ed of them in 20 years.
Grady H. Norton obtained the
license for a refurnished four-
passenger surrey and a pair of bay
horses, saying he would use the
vehicle to transport persons to
suburban golf courses.
From Raleigh Io Hyde
Goes John D. Findlay
Raleigh, N. C., April, 13 —CZP)
Jphn D. Findlay, assistant com
missioner of game and inland fish
eries has resigned, effective. April
30, to take the job with the fed
eral fish and wildlife service.
Findlay, who has been with the
state about eight years, will be
located at Lake Mattamuskeet, in
conquered the west so recently as
to be within the memory of many
still living.
Now the point I wish to make
is that we are apt also to take
the heritage of our religious faith
and freedom for granted, without
adequately realizing that here, too,
pioneers have blazed the way, en
during, suffering and sacrificing
in obedience to that inner urge
that drove them forward, and in
conscious purpose to fulfill their
destiny in preparing the way for
the generations that would follow
them.
The eleventh chapter of He
brews reminds us of what the
pioneers of faith have endured,
and of haw much we owe to
them. To that chapter might be
added the records of pioneers
throughout the ages, for genera
tion after generation has added
to the honor roll of those who
have suffered to preserve the faith
or to extend the spiritual bound
aries. Just at present we have rea
son to think of those pioneer mis
sionaries who went a century and
half a century ago to the islands
of the Pacific, facing dangers from
cannibalistic tribes, and otherwise,
enduring great privations and
hardships.
It might have looked at times
as if the labors of these pioneer
missionaries were in vain. But
what a heritage there has been
in these war years! American
boys escaping from Jap savagery
to the jungle, or cast up on island
Liberty Ship Explosion
In Bari Harbor Mond ay
Listed Major Disaster
Rome, April 13-
of Italian civilians
of American and :
men were killed
Monday by the
American liberty
—(AN—Hundreds
i and a number
British service-
in Bari harbor
munitions, an Italian
explosion of an
ship load-’1 v ith
’an
announecd. More than 1,000 'mr
persons were injured.
The cause, of the explosion, one
of the major disasteris
war in the Mediterranean th a
was not yet known, the si""
of the
cs-
V
personnel casualties also was not
known.
Authorities did not disclose the
identity of the ship.
Earlier the government spokes
man had placed the toll of Italian
dead at 267 and the injured at
about 1,600.
beaches, have found
lives, speaking the
Hyde County, jointly operated by
the State and Federal govern. Christianity,
ment. [Christians in
and
the
friendly na-
language of
acting like
ministry of
Into New Parsonage
Plymouth, Apr. 13 ’ 111 1 ■ ’ 1 ” r
of the Plymouth Methodist Chui ' h
the Rev. T. R. Jenkins and fam
ily recently moved into the m v
brick parsonage which was nc - >y
furnished.
On Faster Sunday mornim; the
largest crowd on record all Td
the service. Twenty new meml" is
were received into the church. The
Sunday prior to Easter several in
fants were baptized.
The Crusade for Christ qu sa
for the church has been subwiib-
ed.
set off the alarm when they ex
ceed their quota. Hannegan bets
that the dinner will be over by 11
p.m.—or else.
Note—At the Electors dinner in
January, Senator Tom Connally
got up’ at 11 p.m. delivered a 30-
minute major foreign policy ad
dress, while 1,000 people twisted
in their seats waiting to hear Bob
Hope.
Capital Chaff
Censorship of newspaper com-
mefit on the possibility of war be
tween Russia and Japan was or
dered by the State Department.
’Byron Price’s Office of Censor
ship had nothing to do with it ex
cept carry out instructions. This
is the first time news comment
has been barred on the relations
between two countries. . -. Loy
Henderson, able U. S. Minister to
Iraq, is returning to Washington
to head the State Department’s
Near Eastern Division. . . Shortly
before returning to China, Ambas
sador Pat Hurley got Roosevelt’s
OK on arming several divisions
of Chiang Kai-Shek’s troops. U. S.
British trouble with Russia over
Romania appears in a new light
when you learn the hitherto hush-
ed-up'fact that U. S.-British oil
men secured highly important
technical documents regarding the
Romanian oil wells and removed
them from the country. It was
only after this that the Russians
barred U. S.-British oil men from
the oil fields.
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Exploded by Airmen
Manila, Apr. 13—lAn—Fifth Air
Force Liberators ranging far from
their Philippine base over Indo
China exploded a 14-car Japanese
troop train with direct bomb hits
Monday, Gen. Douglas MacArth
ur announced Thursday.
Fellow pilots bombed Hong
Kong’s Victoria docks, two radio
stations and rail installations on
Hainan Island and sank six small
freighters on the China. Sea,
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