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NATIONAL EDITORIAL.
inlJSSOCIATION
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North Carolina :
pn ASWCIATI
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1944
(One Day Nearer Victory)
Both Good Men
We note with interest the promotion of
R. B. Davenport and Fred Yearout of the
Pet Dairy Products Company. Mr. Daven
port has been made district supervisor and
will have charge of the plant here and in
Greenville.
Mr. Yearout, who was former manager of
the local plant, has been made director of
public relations for the entire company.
We offer our congratulations to the com
pany in their recognition of the merits of the
two men and to congratulate Mr. Davenport
and Mr. Yearout on the success in their
chosen fields of work.
Add Your Bit
Shopping in a local store during the past
week we saw a customer hand back the paper
bag and remark, "I can carry this without
a bag, and maybe you will need it again."
The clerk beamed on the woman and said,
"I doubt if wo have any bags at all by the
end of the week."
Shortly after hearing the foregoing we
read where the paper shortage has become
so critical that the Army is planning to sal
vage waste paper from North African and
South Pacific combat zones and ship it home.
On the other hand the Department of
Commerce claims that America has enough
paper waste paper in the homes to meet
the need. It looks like we might be falling
down on our job in salvaging paper, if the
army is going to have to add collecting paper
to their combat duties.
There Musi Be A Reason
The government has moved up the dates
of mailing packages to the men in service
overseas. There must be good reasons for
this, some of them obvious. In view of this
we should all try to cooperate and start
mailing early so that the last week of the
designated month will not put a burden on
the mails and shipping facilities.
, We have the feeling that this year we
civilians should go light on our own Christ
mas and give it to the boys in service. We
realize that they will have little use for
many of the things we would give them if
they were at home, but the list of articles
"they need and want is still large enough to
make a sizeable selection from which to re
member them at Christmas.
We understand the local bakery is cooper
ating by having a large supply of fruit cakes,
(which seem to be an item planned in every
box destined for Christmas cheer outside
the States), on hand on the opening date,
September 15 for mailing.
We are all hoping that the European situ
ation will be in hand and Victory proclaimed
before time for Santa Claus to come this
year, but we need not kid ourselves, if our
hopes are realized, the men will not be home
for Yuletide celebrations in 1944. So let's
get ready ahead of time, and feed our boxes
to the post office in a steady stream instead
of overloading and overworking the clerks
the last minute before the deadline.
An Army survey shows that Army nurses,
who number 40,000, are marrying at the rate
of 19 per day.
The Americaa Spirit
We are much interested in the government
started by the Department of Commerce in
enlisting the Army's aid in interesting war
veterans in establishing their own enter
prises. The campaign is based on instruction
of the soldier in conduct of a small business.
This country was founded on the very prin
cipal of small business and its independence
has been the backbone of this nation.
A series of textbooks on small enterprises
are ready to be distributed among the sol
diers. These are being prepared by the Com
merce Department in cooperation with trade
papers and associations, covering 20 fields
ranging from sawmills and laundries to drug
stores and beauty shops.
Back To School
In 1940-41 the high school enrollment of
the United States reached its all-time high
record, with 7,244,000 students. Our local
and county high schools also reached a rec
ord peak of enrollment at that time. Then
the tide of students started flowing out of
school between 1941 and 1942 in the United
States. What happened throughout the na
tion happened right here at home.
Each year of the war has seen fewer
boys and girls in high school. We are back
now to the high school enrollment we had
in 1934. There is danger ahead for them
and the country if this drop in high school
enrollment continues.
During the past summer it is reported
that more than five million of these teen-age
young people had jobs. That is more than
half of all our 14- through 17-year-old youths.
The question now comes: How many of these
boys and girl will return to school?
The teen-agers have done a magnificent
job in the emergency. They have sold mil
lions of war stamps and bonds. They have
been eager and ready to help. They have
gathered millions of pounds of scrap. They
have taken on home duties so mothers and
fathers could fight and work for Victory.
Now the time has come when all of us
must look facts in the face. We adults need
to realize ourselves and make the boys and
girls see the immense importance to them,
their community and to the nations of school.
Formal schooling is not to be sure, the
only avenue to education. But it is the one
instrument which we, as a society, have
established to give our maturing citizens
some familiarity with our history, with the
meaning of the democratic process. In
grade school they are generally too young
to learn things well. Without high school
education they are very likely indeed to be
deficient in any true understanding of what
we call the American way of life, recently
wrote one of the editors of the Washington
Post.
This war will end, as all wars must, and
the coming of peace will confront the Amer
ican people with a staggering task of re
building. From every part of the globe will
come a cry for help, and we here in America
will be leaders not only at home but abroad
in working out our own and world problems.
When there are jobs for everyone we real
ize that it is a temptation for the boys and
girls to quit school and make some money
and have a good time, while they have a
chance. It is a very human impulse, but that
does not mean it is a wise policy.
General H. H. Arnold, commander of the
Army Air Forces, recently gave out this
message to the young people of America:
"We of the armed forces urge every young
man and woman of preliminary ago who has
been filling a summer war job to return to
school this autumn. Such war work is im
portant, but your education has top priority.
You will serve your country best by making
the most of your educational opportunities,
for this is not only a brave man's war it
is also a smart man's war.
"If you plan to enter military service you
will find that a good education, offers the
best assurance of progress and recognition.
In all branches of service we need trained
leaders, engineers, scientists, and specialists.
And in the years to follow Vivtory. we will
need them even more as our nation charts
its progress in the post-war world."
Young people should stop to realize that
the army has taken the best we had to of
fer. Many of them will not come home.
Who will take their place in rebuilding back
this country?
The business and educational leaders of
Waynesville, of Haywood county are up in
arms and should be over this serious prob
lem. Let each of us appoint ourselves a
truant officer and make it our business to
use all our influence to see that every high
school boy and girl in our section goes back
to school this fall.
"WAR EVERY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS"
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m WASHINGTON. Most Washington aw .
the contrary, look for something very much alone thfu deiU1
tary domination of the world by the "big four" nL. . ot
of the Dumbarton Oaks conference in historic oiri
The form of the post-war organization, it is believed J
tated by the realities of the world situation anri . lU K
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with some Idealistic programs wmm. l cori
nested, wherein th imallnr
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equal voice in determining "aggressoir 1
ine outcome prooaoiy win be diseuiid ,, J
coated, but authority to invok- J,.. 4" 1
maintain peace will rest Drim.Mi .7 ,KWI
the United States. Great Britain. Russia anH rv,i, . hint
nf smaller Dowers will not be able to hlnrir tv, j lC0M
Idealistic
Programs
Seen Out
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
We have nothing against the
Clyde high school In fact on the
contrary we are great boosters for
education in general and Haywood
county in particular. We want to
see our schools have the best teach
ers possible. We want every child
of school age in Haywood county
to be there next Monday morning
when their schools open. But we
do wish that Clyde high school had
not chosen Mrs. Lillian Allen Hart
for their Home Economics teacher.
Our reasons are not entirely selfish.
We wish that Mrs. Hart had not ac
cepted the position, but had contin
ued her work here for the sake of
our own community. Mrs. Hart has
had excellent training for the post
at Clyde. She is a graduate of
Meredith college, has done special
work at both Cornell and Colum
bia Universities. She has taught
in the Wilmington high school,
Hood College, Fredericksburg, Md.,
the University of Tennessee and
other places.
On the other hand Mrs. Hart
has been training in crafts and is
an exceptionlly expert weaver of
mountain arts and a worker of
crafts of various kinds. She has
the only shop in town where you
may watch the arts of hand weav
ing in the process of weaving. This
form of handicraft is becoming
more and more recognized and ap
preciated. If you doubt our word
take a trip to Gatlinburg. Home
crafts have helped make Gatlin
burg what is is today. This week
we contacted some visitors from
Florida and Georgia, who had just
come from this popular Tennessee
village and they had trouble in
getting a room, while over on this
side of the ridge the season is
having its last fling and we are on
the verge of settling down to our
winter routine.
If we are to continue to deserve
to use the triangle of "Industry,
Agriculture and Tourists," adopted
a few years ago as a kind of motto
or insignia, we are going to have
to step up and make a few changes
and additions. The development of
weaving and home crafts is more
important than might appear. We
heard Mrs. Hart say not long ago
that everything she wove this sum
mer was sold before she could get
it off the loom. People like to buy
things when they go away from
home. Shopping is part of a trip.
They like to take something back
with them that is typical of the
section they visited. They like na
tive gifts. So we want to think of
Mrs. Hart as being merely a loan
to the Clyde school, and that when
the summer vaction comes around
next year, we will find her back in
her shop, with three or four good
helpers weaving to meet the tourist
trade and that she remains on
the job in her shop and is not
tempted to return to the school
room.
D. D. Stine of St. Petersburg,
who sang for the Masons at their
Oxford Orphanage program at
their meeting recently, made quite
a hit, according to all reports. Mr.
Stine, Waynesville visitor, native'
of Pennsylvania, resident of Ashe
ville for 15 years, who has made
his home in St. Petersburg for the
past several years, claims to be
eighty-one years of age. He looks
ten years younger. He is a popular
member of the Three Quarter Cen
tury Club of St. Petersburg, which
is composed of members from
most of the States in the U. S. and
from Canada. All members are
over 75 years of age. They have
12 members between 90 and 100
years old, and last year they cele
brated the 100th birthday anniver
sary of a member. The 100-year-old
member is a graceful dancer
and when there is a waltz played
cannot resist joining the throng
of dancers.
The club holds weekly meetings
with an average attendance of 150.
From their group they have orga
nized a chorus of 50 mixed voices,
all between the ages of 75 and 97.
It is said to be the only chorus of
its kind in the world, and is direct
ed by John B. Shivley, composer
of "My Country's Flag." Last
winter the chorus gave 18 concerts
in St. Petersburg. Mr. Stine is one
of the soloists of the chorus. No
wonder St. Petersburg is called a
paradise for those who have count
ed many pages of the calendar.
The invitation to come to St. Pet
ersburg and grow young is a fact,
not a fancy. Mr. Stine incidentally
was at Wayside Lodge this sum
mer, which his daughter operated.
Did you ever stop to think how
the headlines describing the war
sound so much alike, day in and day
out. We did not until one night
last week. An Eastern Carolinian
dropped by to call and we have a
secret notion that they wanted to
read our Raleigh News and Ob
server as much as to see the family.
At any rate there was a big batch
of papers piled up and he picked
up one of a Sunday issue. He said
he wanted to check on his home
news. We were talking about the
war, and when he was scanning
the front page he contributed head
lines to the group, which sounded
most encouraging. . . "138 Jap
Planes downed," etc. . . We were
all properly impressed and encour
aged. Then he turned the papers
and read to himself. He began to
have a funny look on his face. He
had just read where Prof. Kotch
was going to read Dickens "Christ
mas Carol" in Raleigh, and he
well knew that the Prof, he had
known at Chapel Hill had passed
away, and then he took time out
to observe the date Yes, it was
Sunday, but not one in September,
1944, but in December, 1943. As
we recall the war news he read,
no wonder there were so many
people last year who thought the
war would be over by Christmas.
For that news in 1943 sounded so
good as he read it that we all took
heart, even a year later.
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Briefs . . . Our loss will be Dur
ham's gain when Rev. and Mrs.
Hammett take up their residence
there. We hate to see them leave
us, for they have made a place
for themselves in our community.
Charles Ray certainly made a
home run with the REA superin
tendents and officials at their gath
ering here last week. He told them
a joke in his welcomning speech
in the morning session and that
night at the social meeting which
followed the barbecue at the Coun
try Club, they made him tell the
story again. If you haven't heard
it, you might get Charles to tell
In the case of Russia, she is ODDosed tn an .
ytan whfaij
Small republics In Latin America will be able to veto the thnJ
of the large powers at a conference table. Russia, fighting fraJ
for neace in the old leae-ue. saw all her wnrir
i w , fev lv( nau?ht
tA inortia nnrl lACk nf forceful Hirprti
w.w .. pari o the
rnaw ui utc league ucKgaiw.
Ti4 ematlAr "npnr'a-lnvjno'" nallnn will km.. - . .
........... r a , piace at th.
ell table, and will have ample machinery for submission
ances of an international character, but suppression o( anJ
V.,, rnii will Ho rh rlnmain nt th "hlor rV.,.-" '""I
wj v. ..... - - -b puwers.
THE WISDOM of American strategy in the Pacific u
more evident daily with hundreds of thousands of Japs
aa uguiuig uiiii.3 ai w ui v i-yot ui American lives.
So far, at least 250.000 Nipponese warriors have been cut off
ineir suppuca a.iu icn w am vc un unpruuueuve islands throor
Eventually, it is expected that a handful of Marines m J
asnore ai suuii uw ai uuu nuiie in uie Marshallimd
ably Truk, to mdp up the remnants of once-powerful earrami
By taking key islands and then cutting off nearby Jap-held p(
irom ineir tuurte ui ouppiy, American lurces nave oeen able tt
tremendous victories wiuioui nswng me lives or many U. 5
ing men.
The isolated Jap garrisons will never have the opportunity 4
gloriously in oaciie ror me emperor.
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WORLD WAR II Is following almost Identically the
table In France. But the Allied military high command is aJ
every effort to avoid one pitfall which cost the British, Amerij
Canadians and ranee dearly zo years ago.
This is the massive, attritional battles east of Paris which
such a heavy toll of men and materiel. Among these, as World
veterans recall, were the Meuse-Argonne, the Somme, the Mi
veraun ana tseueau wooa.
General Eisenhower has overwhelming air supremacy, last nl
units and superior artillery to keep the Germans on the ran.
Allies hope to keep the offensive in France as fluid as possiti
avoid World War I's stand-up-and-fight battles.
Military experts compare the fluidity of General EisenhoJ
strategy in France with the same movement In the U. 3, Civil?
when sharp, decisive encounters took the place of prolonged baj
THE ARMY-NAVY INVESTIGATION Into the Pearl Harbol
aster, which began In Washington about a month ago,
is expected to be completed in about a week.
Information to this effect has been given Senator
Homer Ferguson (R.), Mich., who is withholding in
troduction of a resolution for a congressional inves
tigation pending completion of the current probe.
Ferguson says he doesn't know whether the Army and Navv
noia sessions outsiae wasningxon wnen iney nave compieiea
work here, but contends that this is unnecessary.
YOU MAY LOOK for WPB to start downhill soon In the ml
o( Importance and rank among Washington war agencies
WPB probably will sink from a first-line organization to a
ordinate place under a demobilization setup co-ordinating all
necessary activities incident to converting to peace
Army-I
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The
Voice Of The PeojA
Do you think that generally
speaking people are too optimistic
about the European situation, and
that there will be more hard fight
ing before Germany falls than we
realize from the rapidity of the
campaign in France?
John M. Queen "There is no
doubt about people being too optim
istic. In fact, most of us do not
understand what it is all about."
Tom Blalock "Absolutely. Time
will tell that the people are too
optimistic."
Tom Rainer"l believe that we
are a bit too optimistic and that
it may be Spring before Germany
finally falls."
W. A. Bradley "I think people
are too optimistic at present. A
lot of them seem to think that the
war will be over in a day or two.
I feel that Germany will not fall
you but we warn
time.
you ahead of
THE OLD HOME TOWN -I-.
COME, COMB boys, Tnd?e must be
SOME OTHER WAY TO SETTLE VOUB
By STANLEY
(come, come boys, rueke must be) f
(some other way to settle youb y (THEee s
POLITICAL OlFFESigacES ( BUT, THEY A
ALON$ MAM -t STREET- ffmr
. """"" "'"-..-. ..ff!,(rf.t,.:
until at least the first, of the
Jerry Liner ,-I believe thai
are too optimistic, for in my
ion we have a long way to
Henry Davis ''l certainly
Chris George "In my oj
Germany mieht blow up
time, and vpt on the other
there is a chance that it wiM
out lone-er. I feel that li
as Hitler is in Dower the Gel
will fight, yet I think it 4
over in rJurope tnis .
Mrs. William Hanmk-'t
lv. I r.hink there is too much
ism amone' people generally.
iude-e bv the statements i
generals in charge and thee
ists who write about the
I T) JTmiliJ. Jr. "I
i not twin.? to be much
fighting in Europe, and
would be over by TM'
with Germany."
W. L. Lampkin "Yes.
tUl nonnlp are tw
lot of them feel that it 1
over in thirty day?- DUl
that we will do well to
by the end of the year.
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A man an" , u
and leu tne u "
man called out:
Fat Man: "Shut th. -you
brought up m 8 '
The man closed the dj.
oKlo ant down. a
cry. At' which the fat
sorrowing one.
Fat. Man: "I'm
intend to hurt your
just wanted you to c,oj J
Man: "I'm not cry!
sorry
feelinl
f the
you hurt my
feeling?.
bam.
mi
brought up in a
tjime I hear a jacka bia.
me ieei nunm"-'"
m,- i.u lav an
had uvea an '" -...
puzzled his W'f"V'hiJI
door. ne' I .n!dth1
uolucicu.. i-. . . rne
reckon it's the g'P-'