THE
Roanoke Beacon
and
Washington County News
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY
In Plymouth. Washington County.
North Carolina
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ington County's only newspaper.
It was established in 1889, consoli
dated with the Washington County
News in 1929 and with The Sun
in 1937.__
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PPESS ASSOCIATION))
Thursday, July 16, 1942.
A I. M A N AC
"Hr flint complies neninst his u i/l is of
Ins 'irn opinion still’—Samuel Uutler
16—Robert Bridges becomes
poet laureate, 1913.
-'S* 17—Drawing held for droll
of 21-year-olds, 1941.
18—First mail coach from
San Francisco rea~i.es
Kansas. 1861.
IS—First Woman's Rights
convention, Seneca
Falls, N. Y.. 18-1
, 1848.
20—First special train with
_ fruit for London leaves
"California, 1892.
21— John Scopes convicted of
''—teaching evolution in
Tennessee, 1926.
22— Pilgrims sail for America
from Holland in Speed
IAS
We Haven't Begun To
Fight—But It's Time
"As a nation. Americans haven't
been fighting thi-- war—not by a long
•hot, said Life recently "A compa
rative handful of boys and officers j
have been fighting bravely and eager-1
ly But at home the lighting hasn't I
even begun. Most of America is;
earning big money, eating well, roll- j
ing up new betting records at the i
horse races, dashing around the
country on rubber that is absolutely
irreplaceable. . . The only battle
the l S. citizens have won so far is
the battle of the newspaper head
lines. . . Meamvhile the \xis pushes
in rings us with steel, accumulates
real bases ali over the world.
that is a pretty tough statement,
but the facts certainly bear it out.
The incredible optimism concerning
the war that still seems to prevail in
some quarters is not shared by real
military men. As General Somer
vell, the Army's chief of supply, said
in a 4th of July speech at Detroit,
the United Nations have taken a
terrific shellacking in every corner of
the world. And most of us, he add
ed, have no idea of the magnitude
and difficulty of the job that lies
ahead. The hard truth is that Hit
ler and his brother dictators have
done more to change the map of the
world than any conquers in modern
history.
The Russians showed great valor
in the defense of Sevastopol. They
were hopelessly outnumbered in both
men and equipment, and after the
first few days the Luftwaffe had com
mand of the skies. The Red Army
made the (lermans pay tremendous
ly for their victory, and according to
the Moscow account, Sevastopol was
left a pile of useless ruins. But Se
vastopol was a vital position, and its
loss is extremely important. Now
Germany can release many battle
trained soldiers for service elsewhere.
Sevastopol is a key point in Hitler's
drive to seize the oil resources of
the Caucasus, and to shatter the C
s supply line to Russia. That is win
the German commanders figured it
must he taken, no matter how great
the cost.
At this time, it is impossible to
explain the British defeat in Libya
the facts are not available, and the
[Cairo censorship has been complete.
As Mr. Churchill frankly admitted,
the British had the edge in numbers
and in arms l'he fate of Libya was
settled on a single day—when 300
heavy British tanks went into action,
and only 70 were left at night-fall.
No comparable losses, Mr. Church
ill said, were inflicted on the enemy.
Rommel seems to have lured the
British into a trap. The British
commanders seemed confident that
Rommel could not fight an offensive
action in the desert heat. But Rom
mel did.
As yet, we have not fully appre
ciated the extraordinary fanaticism
of Axis leaders and troops. With them
it i ‘‘win or die. They take incred
ible chances. They fight under the
worst clamqtic and geographical con
ditions They violate classic rules of
warfare. The commanders are, ap
parently. completely callous when it
comes to shedding the blood of their
compatriots. These Axis hordes can
be compared in many respects to the
brutal hordes of Ghenghis Khan. To
stop them, to defeat them, will re
quire a comparable fanticisni, held
in a very different cause, on the part
of all the United Nations.
From the V. S. point of view, the
Jap landings in the Aleutians cannot
be passed off casually, as some opti
mists have tried to do. It is true
that a few rock islands, shrouded in
fog. off the tip of Alaska, aren't im
portant in themselves. It is also true
that Aleutian and Alaskan outposts
could be used for devasting raids on
the U. S. proper. (Jeneral Billy
Mitchell once said, in effect, that
whoever controls Alaska would win
the next war. There is no reason to
suppose that the Japs raided Dutch
Harbor and seized remote Attu and
Kiska just for the sake of what mili
tary men call a diversion. The Jap
commanders have shown, all along,
that everything they do is part of a
carefully-prepared plan, and that
everything has a bearing on their
grand strategy, ft will be hard to
drive the Japs out of their Aleutian
footholds. I'he Axis is seeking to en
circle this country now, and it has
made gigantic progress. That circle
must be broken.
Sacrifice Freedom
To Preserve Liberty
All of us these days are sacrificing
temporarily a measure of freedom in
order that we may preserve liberty.
This surface paradox is as old as the
concept of liberty, it emerged when
the first group of freemen banded
together and pledged their all to re
sist despotism. It is only a surface
paradox, of course, because the sac
rifice of fredom is a free and volun
tary sacrifice.
Today, as individuals, we are
hedged about increasingly by all
manner of restrictions. We cannot
live as we did in the days of peace
because the things which went to
make that full life of peace are need
ed now for the work of war. And
what is true of individuals is equal
ly true of all the governments within
the united framework of the United
States—true of town and village and
city and county and state.
just as we aren't wasting the met
als and materials we need for guns
! and ships and planes on the non
essentials and luxuries of normal
i living, so we aren’t wasting these
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r NUMEROUS MID-WESTERN CITIES WHEN COMPLETED
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THfc STEEL REOUlRciT
TO BUILD ONE
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WOULD BE ENOUGH TO
MAKE 30 OOO
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Wax paper hoses are being used to fight forest
fires in the northwest, although thev can be used only ' ' ^ '
ONCE THEy ARE INEXPENSIVE. LIGHT AND REQUIRE NO RUBBER THESE HOSES
ARE HART or THE ULTRA-MODERN FIF.E-FI6HTJNG EQUIPMENT BEING USED IN THE
FOREST OWNERS $10.000 000 FOREST FlRE CONTROL PROGRAM TO HELP _
ASSURE PERPETUAL FORESTS Q°
materials on unnecssary construction
or other projects by governments.
The decision as to what is or isn’t
essential rests with the War Pro
duction Board's Bureau of Govern
mental Requirements and the Bu
reau, deciding upon the needs of
some 130,000 governmental units—
needs varying from a few dollars’
worth of r-aper clips to a $300,000,
000 aqueduct for the U. S. As great
estcity—is saving thousands of tons
of steel. coo|ier, rubber aluminum,
concrete, and other materials for the
war effort.
Home and
club News
By Mrs. Mary F. Darden
Monday night; County Bridge club.
Tuesday night; Pleasant Grove club.
Wednesday; Swain club.
Thursday; Creswell club.
Friday; Alba club.
Saturday; curb market in base
ment of courthouse.
Poultry Report
Hoke club: chickens sold $191.10,
eggs $144.75.
Roper club: chickens sold $15, eggs
$95.
Chapel Hill club; chickenp sold
$20, eggs $45.30.
Scuppernong club: chickens sold
$125, eggs $164.95.
Canning Report
Hoke club: 141 quarts. Roper club:
170 quarts. Chapel Hill club: 202
quarts. Scuppernong club 86 quarts.
Dairy Report
Hoke. $8.40. Roper. $72. Chapel
Hill. $35.86. Scupernong, $4.
House Furnishing
Hoke club—One room wall paper
ed, wood work painted, new rug.
Roper club—Two rooms painted,
cabinet, 2 rugs, 3 pairs curtains,
painted porch, one room and hall
papered, new glider and hammock,
slip covered a chair.
Chapel Hill—Papered and painted
living room and hall, new fire place,
screen door, covered one chair.
Scuppernong — Painted 2 tables,
front porch painted, one glider, cof
fee table, and two foot stools made.
Home Beautification
Suggestions for July by Mr. Harris,
Religious News
„ and Views
By Rev. W. B. Daniels, Jr.
The Last Supper—
Perhaps no painting in the history
of art is so well known as Leonardo
de Vinci's painting of The Last Sup
per which was painted on the refec
tory wall of a monastery in Milan,
Italy. This painting, which depicts
the last meal of Our Lord with His
disciples, took some years to com
plete and was finished by the great
artist in 1497.
The story is told that de Vinci
Extension Landscape Specialist:
Remove seed pods from shrubs and
flowers unless you are saving the
seed. Crepe myrtle, pink spirea,
roses and many others will continue
to bloom if their flowers are remov
ed before seeds are produced.
Dust with sulphur to control red
spiders.
Fertilize azaleas and camellits with
cotton seed meal and keep them
well mulched.
Make summer cuttings now. Use
only new growth (but not the extreme
! tips>. Cut into 4 to 6 inch lengths.
Keep in shaded place and provide
plenty of moisture.
Spray or dust evergreens with
j arsenate of lead to control bag
worms. Hand picking is best if the
plant is small. I
38 Men in Service
From Rose Stores
Thirty-eight men have gone from i
Rose's 5-10-25c stores in the military '
service, it was stated this week by
H. P. Butcher, personnel manager of
the organization. Each weeks sees
an increase in the number of em
ployees who have left civilian life to
enter the Army, Navy, and Marine
Corps.
Two are in the Army Air Corps,
two in the Navy Air Corps, one in
the Marine Corps, one went into serv
ice when the National Guard was
mobilized in 1940, and others are in
various branches of the armed serv
ices.
“We are proud of these men,” said i
Mr. Butcher, "and we hope to have i
all of them back in the Rose's or
ganization when peace is won—and
may that be soon.”
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Park your car in the shade when |
you can—gasoline evaporates much i
quicker in the sun. _
SAVE YOUR TIRES
SHOP AT HOME
In these days of war-time measures
your home-town stores are more important
than ever to you and your country. The
government is fixing prices and is asking
you to limit your purchases to real necessi
ties, buying War Savings Stamps and
Bonds with every surplus dime. Plymouth
merchants are prepared to supply all your
needs, at prices that represent economy
with complete satisfaction. They are ren
dering the service that present conditions
require, and it is your patriotic duty now
to save tires by making your purchases in
your home town.
And, regardless of where you go, you
will not find a group more willing to ex
tend you every service and accomodation
than members of the Plymouth Merchants
Association.
PLYMOUTH
MERCHAMTS ASSOCIATION
chose a splendid young man to pose
as his model when he painted in the
chief figure of the painting, that, of
Jesus Christ, After finishing the
picture of Our Lord, the artist work
ed for several yea:- painting in the
other figures of the scene, St. James.
St. John, S( | . the other
apostles. Finally came the time for
de Vinci to paint th> picture of Ju
das, the membei uf the twelve who
betrayed Jesus The painter had
great difficulty hovu-vei in finding
a model who m< ■ h: conception of
how Judas should look Hr search
ed the slums and brothels of Milan
constantly on the aii rt for an ex
ample of human i;a n md degra
dation which wo . ■■■■ a model
for the figure of Judas Iscariot.
At last the gr< : Aind his
man. While vi-itimi 'he criminal
court of the city, di Vinci saw one
of the prisoners at the bar whose face
showed so deep irks of sin
ful living, whose eyes were so fur
tive in their ti< ai 1 deceit, and
whose every manner displayed his
complete degradation of character.
The artist, an important personage in
Italy, persuaded the judge to release
the criminal to him for use as a model
for his painting of Judas. Taking
the prisoner with him. de Vinci went
immediately to the monastery upon
the wall of which he was painting the
picture of The Last Supper. The
criminal took one look at the paint
ing and fell sobbing to his knees.
When the artist asked the man the
reason for his sudden grief, he could
only reply brokenly through his
racking sobs. "I was the man . . . 1
was the man who posed for your
painting of Our Lord.”
Camp Leachcrs—•
Eleven residents of Plymouth are
enjoying the refreshing breezes and
stimulating program offered at Camp
Leach, the Episcopal Camp and Con
ference center of the Diocese of East
Carolina, located on the Pamlico
River, 14 miles below Washington.
Campers include Constance Williford,
Ann Cahoon. Ross Ayers. Jane Polk.
Wilmet. Johnson. Shelton Owens,
Rene Bassinger, and Betty Riddle.
Miss Becky Ward, Miss Cornelia Ed
mondson. and the Rev. W. B Dan
iels are also attending the Camp as
members of the staff. Miss Elaine
Barnes will leave next Monday to at
tend the second week of the Midget
Camp period.
A Prayer—
"Revive Th.v Church, O Lord, be
binning with me.”
In 175 John Hancock signed a com
mission making Samuel Nicholas a
Marine captain, the first commission
of the U. S. Navy.
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THE IMPORTANCE of vegetables rates
* them three places in our government's nu
tritional guide, which says:
Every member of your family, every day,
needs green, leafy, or yellow vegetables; one
or more servings of potatoes; one additional
vegetable or fruit—raw, cooked, dried,
canned, quick-frozen, or as juice.
Here are a few ways to get the most out of
vegetable values:
—-Don't add soda. It lessens vitamins.
—For maximum flavor and food value, cook
vegetables in a tightly cover saucepan, In
only I" boiling salted water.
—The water left on washed leaves of spinach,
or other greens, is enough to cook them In.
—SAVE the water in which vegetables are
cooked, and from canned vegetables; use
it in sauces, soups, stews, and gravies.
—Use left-overs in salads. Reheating de
creases Vitamin C.
—Don't overlook RAW vegetables; carrot
sticks, celery, radishes, cucumbers, lettuce,
cabbage, cauliflower, peppers, turnips, etc.,
are richer in Vitamin C than when cooked.
Electric cookery, with its easily controlled, ac
curate heat, is helpful in saving vitamin and
mineral values. Eat your vegetables, folks . . .
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