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(One Day Nearer Victory)
A Mighty Band
The announcement that Argentina has
joined the other 2() countries in this hemis
phere in opposition to the Nazi forces .should
be received with ureal rejoicing. 'I his
makes a solid foundation mi which to battle
against totalitarian ism.
Argentina seemed to have trouble mak
ing up her mind to join the Pan American
councils, but now that her decision has been
made the entire safety of the hemisphere
is strengthened. It has been gratifying to
see the Spanish-speaking people on this
side of the globe follow the lead of .Mexico.
Day Of Prayer
An appeal to observe Sunday, April '2'2,
as a special day of prayer for the success
of the United Nations Conference in San
Francisco has been ollicially made by the
heads of 31 National Church bodies to more
than 110,000 local churches throughout the
nation. Special services have also been re
quested for Wednesday, April 2-", the open
ing day of the conference.
The churchmen have pointed out that the
conference may well be a turning point in
the history of our time. The success of
the conference can oiler reasonable hope for
the development of a just and durable
peace. Its failure would mark a long step
toward a third world war. Our churches
are profoundly concerned in the outcome of
these deliberations. Kasic conditions of
human welfare and basic Christian purposes
are at stake.
We feei sure that every church in Amer
ica would be glad to give the time to the
obnerva-nee of this day and lend their every
effort to the peace parley.
A Little Early
Don't You Think?
We see where the recent General Assem
bly seta new record for bringing out poten
tial gubernatorial candidates, according to
the Raleigh News and Observer. The paper
recently listed a total of ten possible candi
dates for this high ollice.
They are all familiar names to North
Carolinians, even to us up here in the West,
but strictly between us we would not rate
them all as gubernatorial timber. A lot
will happen before the next campign will
fire up, so we guess many will drop out.
The list follows and we invite you to
judge for yourself:
William B. Umstead. of Durham, chair
man of the State Democratic Executive
Committee and campaign manager for Gov
ernor Cherry.
State Treasurer Charlie Johnson, of Ral
eigh. Superior Court Judge Henry Stevens, of
Warsaw, a former national president of the
American Legion.
General Kenneth Royal, of Goldsboro, a
former State Senator.
Representative John Kerr, of Warrenton,
speaker of the House in 11)43.
Senator Libby Ward, of New Bern, also
a former speaker of the House.
Senator Edwin Pate, of Laurinburg, spon
sor of. the State selinsurance bill passed by
the 1945 Assembly.
Lt. Gov. L. Y. (Stag) Ballentine, of Wake
County, who served in the State Senate
for a number of sessions.
Representative Thomas Pearsall, of Nash
County, chairman of the house appropria
tions committee this year. .,,.,,... .
1 Senator Willie Lee Lumpkin, of Franklin,
County, a member of the General Assem
bly since 1929.
Welcome Here
LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, POWERFUL PEACE "ARGUMENT
We have noticed during the past week
two Northern plants that are going to move
South and are leaving congested areas in
big cities. A concern in Brooklyn which
makes pre-fabricated houses has bought
property in Raleigh and will move there.
The Gaylord Container Corporation has
bought a 12-acre site in Hickory and plans
to build a factory there.
We would weleome another manufactur
ing plant in this community. We have A
well balanced county with both agriculture
niul manufacturing, but we need more in
dustries. With the return of the men from
the armed forces, more jobs will have to
be created, and we want our men to remain I
here in Haywood County and not seek their
fortunes elsewhere.
Ambitious Program
A couple of weeks ago the members of
the First Baptist Church announced an ex
pansion program that would call for an
expenditure of $100,000. This is an ambi
tious program for a church of its size in a
community of our population.
On the other hand the record of the local
Baptists shows that they have never set a
goal they did not reach, so we feel confident
that in launching this program success is
assured.
Since the program cannot get underway
at once the members will have' time before
actual construction starts to get in pledges
and have a large amount of the money in
hand.
The proposed plans will not only help
further the work of the church, but will
be an asset to the community.
America Leads The Way
One of the great casualties of the war
in Kurope has been destruction of public
libraries. Air raids in F.ngland have either
destroyed or damaged thousands of volumes.
It is reported that the British Museum alone
lost lfiO.OOO books.
Strange to say the American Library in
Paris is said to be functioning today with
its nearly 100,000 volumes unharmed. The
library is crowded each day by readers, with
the French in greater numbers than the
Americans. This is remarkable in that Ger
many has not approved of the American
books, for -many of them gained disfavor
with Nazi ideals, but the library has been
allowed to stay open even during German
occupation.
One of the first acts of the Japanese when
Manila fell into their hands in 1912 was
the burning of the Library of the Philp
pines. The Library of the Royal Society of
Naples was destroyed by the Germans in
October, 1!)13.
Maybe there was some unseen jMiwer
that saved the American Library in Paris,
which will no doubt become more and more
a center for the obtaining reading material
in the bidding back of a new world. We
like to think that this library was saved
for a purpose or means to aid in bringing
Americans ideals to Europeans.
Army Day
Tomorrow is Army Day. Authorized by
Congress, and invoked each year by Presi
dential Proclamation, Army Day, April 6, in
this Spring of 1945 is a day for great re
joicing, even as it is a day of heavy-hearted
sadness and solemnity.
It is fitting that Americans should rejoice
on this (lay in the knowledge that our vic
torious armies are sweeping relentlessly for
ward to a glorious peace. And it is with a
special sort of pride that we reflect upon
the young men and women of Haywood
County and America who constitute the mili
tary and naval might of this nation, and
whose valor and unflinching devotion are
making a victorious peace possible.
Yet we must pause, sadly, to reflect upon
the thousands upon thousands of our own
sons who have died, and will die to make
victory possible.
We must give thought to the millions of
our troops suffering untold privations on
foreign fields, defending our land and our
spiritual heritage unto death if need be.
In every community in our nation there
is a home front job to be done. From the
roaring foundries and blast furnaces in our
cities to the broad sweep of farm woodlands
that link them, there is a job for every
man to do.
One of our special jobs in Haywood Coun
ty outside of our industrial productions is
to produce the peeled pulpwood from our for
est that keep our men supplied with am
munition, clothing, food in fact 700,000
tools of warfare.
Although we're hoping for an early spring,
it must be remembered that the groundhog
?aw his shadow and like Hitler, no doubt has
a secret weapon tucked up his sleeve.
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
We have n break for nr readers
this week. We wish In introduce
you to Gentry Nyland. editor pro
tein of "Thorobrcd Activities",
Dayton Rubber employes paper.
Mis. Nyland lias whiten many
short stories for popular maga
zines; reviewed hundreds of books;
worked on newspapers in various
capacities; bandied church publi
city; operated retail book shops;
lias one full length detective story,
"Mr. South lliiiiit His Mouth'
which has sold more than Kil'.OllO
copies, to her credit. She has re
cently finished another detective
story which will be published dur
ing 1941). one of a series with her
first book She i;uis back to New
York this wecli to join her hus
band, Henry Nyland, who is willi
an eastern newspaper syndicate,
and will shortly leave the States
for an interesting assignment. If
you have had the pleasure of meet
ing Gentry Nyland, native of Ala
bama, who has become a cosmopoli
tan, yet has never lost her values
of small town life, yon know her
charm and in case you have not.
the following will show you her
ability to write and her under
standing of people.
Last Sunday, in churches
.throughout the world, Easter was
commemorated. Chaplains at the
front held services in foxholes, hi
trenches, on gun mounts and in
crudely constructed chapels. The
fugitive solemnity of this hallowed
day lingers for a brief time in our
hearts, even while in the back
ground bombs and big !;uns sound
a grim refrain. We are not to for
get too soon our spiritual obliga
tions to our fighting, men, our
selves and our country! There are
those, perhaps, who have heard
this admonition so often that its
meaning is horoinim; obscured by
familiarity. Tragedies nearer home
may easily cease to dismay us
through constant intimacy with dis
aster. How closely it elTccts us
then when we open a telegram
to read. "The War Department re
grets . . ." only those of us wlio
have had this message can know.
Since (ho reverberations of Pearl
Harbor subsided to the grim busi
ness of war. and the just wrath of
such songs as "Praise the Lord
and I'ass the Ammunition'' follow
ed their echo across the nation in
waves of patriotic zeal, many lips
of many creeds and colors have
formed a silent Amen. "We pray
for your safe return" has winged
its way in many tongues over seas
and tangled jungles to reach the'
tired eyes and lonely hearts of all
types of fighting men from the
lowliest coolie to the most exalt
ed officer -and still we wonder
how much we are really willing
to sacrifice to make that sale re
turn a benediction rather than a
lasting bitterness.
Sacrifice does not always mean
a prodigal consumption of materi
al possessions. We should live
daily in that deep courtesy and
consideration for our fellow men
that we wish for ourselves. Hu
man beings have a natural bent
for selfishness, particularly in
times of stress and danger when
the first law of nature is self
preservation. Courtesy is the most
provident commodity on the spir
itual and physical market selfish
ness the most costly in the final
analysis. A kindly gesture, a warm
smile, diffidence, consideration
these things generate in our daily
association the epitome of the
democracy for which our nation
stands.
We have unconsciously realized,
through letters from our Armed
Forces, what the American influ
ence has done for people in far,
unfamiliar places. Our boys, espe
cially those in the South Pacific
and the Philippines, are seeing
with their own eyes what civiliza
tion and culture can make of na
tive people. Not even three years
of Japanese terror could change
these people. Filipinos helped
them in countless ways, digging
foxholes, filling sandbags, guiding
and ministering to them through
unknown jungles and strange ill-
- I
nesses. These hill folk, who know
only the guerilla way of war, have
been unbelievably helpful. They
are poor, but as proud as ever,
in spite of endless humiliations at
the hands of the .lapaness and their
love for Americans is not just a
slogan. They are intelligent
kindly and polite.
We must do our utmost to live
up to this humanity when our boys
come back. We would be less
than worthy, if in our eagerness
to supply physical comforts, we
forgot their Spiritual need-;.
The South lias always been a
symbol for' courtesy and grace of
manner. It still lives in spite
of the machine age, the fast tempo
of living ' ih' " strange, unnatural
times, and the bleak atmosphere
of broken homes. Those of us who
have lived in far places for a
lime have returned with humble
gratitude for its unchanging char
ity and humanity. The heart
warming generosity of even the
lowliest revives our hope. As long
as such benevolence exists with
out personal preferment or thought
of gain, distated purely by the
Golden Hule of Christianity, just
so long will the tenuous banner
of freedom emlirare our exi .lencp.
This is the meaning of civili
zation and culture; the meaning
of Kaster and for all its stands;
the fruit of our anxiety and hope
for the future. This is the acco
lade with which we shrill touch
the hearts and spirits of our tired
men when (hey return.
There is hardly an elf so de
void of imagination as not to' have
supposed for himself a solitary
island in which he could act Hob
inson Crusoe, were it but in a
corner of the nursery," wrote Sir
Walter Scott, a century ago.
With the fust approach of
spring our slothful spirits, like a
great shaggy bear, groan and strain
out of winter's hibernation. Wp
sniff the fresh fragrance of warm
earth, lift out faces to wind and
rain and sigh lor the solitude of
mystic lands. Our thoughts turn
to romance and wild freedom. The
confines of an office; the drudgery
of domestic duties; the fetid odor
of closed-in city streets sicken us
with their mockery. But we can
always seek escape in books. Low
ell, it was. when asked on his
dentil bed how he felt, answered,
"I don't know, and I don't care.
I'm reading Hoy Hoy."
Which proves the contention that
there is a book for every occa
sion, granting, of course, that you
are a lover of books. Happily for
authors and publishers tastes run
in different channels. Some people
are ardent devotees of so-called
best sellers; others read only the
penny thriller of current fiction.
One man of our acquaintan 'e ias
never read but one book in his
life. Once a year, however, he
reads this book. When asked the
title, his answer was simple. "Why,
Don Quixote, of course." Don
Voice
OF THE
People
To what do you attribute the
lasting power of the Nails after
live years of war?
Capital Letters
By THOMPSON GREENWOOD
I.inwood (irabl
fence. "
'Pure brute
M. H. Bowles "Nazism fanaticism."
Mrs. J. C. Brown "The average
German bad rather be led than to
lead. This and fear of the Ges
tapo have held them checked for
five years. Since the time of the
historian Tacitus, the domineering
German leaders bad rather go as
conquerors, somewhat on the order
of a superinan.tban do humble hon
est hard work. "
T. L. Green "It is something I
couldn't explain."
Mrs. J. Rufus McOracken
Stubborness. They know they are
beaten, but they have nothing to
loose."
R. V. Welch "I honestly don't
understand."
Alvln Ward "Twenty-five years
of preparation."
M. (i. Stamey "Fanaticism and
fear."
Walter Crawford "A desperate
elfoii to save themselves from
themselves."
G. C. Plott "Loot from other
countries and organization."
Quixote, it must be confessed, sat
isfies the longings in many rest
less hearts. Romance, adventure,
the spirit of crusade and gallantry
aplenty. It is difficult, however,
to imagine it as a choice for a
foxhole or after a trying day with
English majors.
For the most part reading is an
escape. The following list is rec
ommended to cover a variety of
tastes:
Alexander Woollcott's Letters;
Clarence Darrow, try Irving Stone;
The Late George Apley, by John
P. Marquand; Of Time and the
River, by Thomas Wolfe, (because
it's his best); Archie and Mchit
abel, by Don Marquis; Some of
My Best Friends Are Soldiers, by
Margaret Ilalsey; The Importance
of Living, by Lin Yutang. For the
mystery fan who chooses his au
thors instead of titles, Dana Cham
bers. Dorothy Sayers, Margery Al
lingham, Cleve Adams and Earl
Stanley Gardiner are a few choice
selections.
Of the Old Masters there are
too many opinions by abler critics,
but perhaps the majority will
agree that Plutarch's Lives should
bead almost any list. Plato's Re
public goes without saying. Broth
ers Karamazov is first class detec
tive diet for any period, and Oedi
pus fine melodrama. Dicken's own
contribution to the shilling shocker
is one of the mast fascinating puz
zles of all time. The Mystery of
Kdwin Drood. Intriguing chiefly
because he never gave us a solu
tion. Wllkie Collins, his son-in
law. produced two of the finest de
tective yarns of that day. The
Woman In White and The Moon
stone.
But if you choose Byron's Childe
Harold, Melville's Moby Dick, the
ephemeral beauty of Rupert
Brook s immortal poems and Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein, lie down
under a tree, preferably near a
stream, 'and spend a week reading
them from cover to cover, that
vision of Robinson Crusoe paradise
will recede momentarily. The ro
mance of spring will remain, but
you'll feel that but to touch the
solitary island will dispel the
ecstasy of dreaming. And what,
after all, is spring more fashioned
for?
Marriage Licenses
Rov M. Davis, of Wavnesvitlp tn
hara Jane istone, of Inman. S. C
Chester C. Mitchell nf Wavnoc
ville, to Marie King, of Canton.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
By STANLEY
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' -. , SORRY TO WAKE YOU UP MRS
TWITCH LEY BUT AS I SAlDWHEM) - '
I came HEtec ib rvc you nWL-
' Tl) PLENTY Of NOTJCE IF T LEFT J&z&S
- rx I SfOU - WELL , It LEAVN inCI
ON THS HOME SWEETT HOMf fJROKT , ffMNU?.
APPROACH Although this ses
sion of the Legislature was often
pretty dry, there were moments
of humor. For instance, when
Governor Cherry went into the
House to make bis hospital speech
to the joint session
The galleries were full, the
whole place crowded and quiet,
waiting for the Governor. House
members and Senators bad been
ci.ni ti f-senrt His Excellency. On
the dais sat Speaker of the House
Oscar Richardson and i.i. iov.
L. Y. Ballentine, with the latter
presiding.
Finallv at the door there was
a little jostling of the crowd. The
sergeant-at-arnis didn't know just
what to sa'-', but felt he should
make some little comment, so he
intoned in royal voice: "The Gov
ernor and his escorts are now ap
proaching." Everything was quiet for a sec
ond And then Ballentine banged
the table with his mallet, thought
for an instant while the Governor
halted. "Let him approach!" said
Ballentine. That seemed to every
one the best tiling to say, and after
that, with Cherry grinning, things
got down to an even keel.
PAUL Dr. Frank Graham, pres
ident of the Greater University of
North Carolina, is a dead ringer
for Paul Yelverton. Raleigh under
taker. Dr. Frank spoke very nicely
to one of the State oilicials during
the last week of the Legislature.
Without a moment's pause, the of
ficial: "Why. hello, Paul? What
are you doing up here?"
Dr. Graham muttered something,
and to rid the official of embarrass
ment made a hasty departure.
"Why didn't Paul answer me?"
asked the official. Told of bis mis
take, he thought of going and cor
recting the error, but decided that
would make matters worse.
through our ConKles
ators. Out best ,,?
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'll,sjdeu
APRIL - By May 1 many of the
appointments to be made by Gov
ernor Cherry (he will have around
30 big-paying positions to filli will
have been taken care of. By that
time if the present pace continues
virtually all the legislators will
have been back to Raleigh at least
once regarding some local appoint
ment. Funny thing, those who visited
the Governor last week left in ex
tremely good humor, feeling that
they had struck good blows for
their favorites. Itis fine that they
left in a happy mood, but many
are doomed for disappointment, of
course .
JONATHAN Appointment of
Jonathan Daniels as FDR's Good
Man Friday gives this State an ex
cellent entree into the sacred halls
of the White House. In fact, we
have not had better since Jona
than's father was Secretary of the
Navy in the other World War.
For a long time now we have
been forced to go to the President
gressman R. i.
..II A '
""OlUS, Ultv llail1
no influeneo ' i
...... iaicjji in j,n
possibly.
MftUf it it. Atx
,o uuieient. Jc
innank anH i .
oai S .
Senator Clyde K Hw.y'
ll A wm .
..v.wn.- ri Jllk m i
snulhur M. ,. . '"ll
the President u i, ....
Security Adn. imst, ali0n J
uniriincr t. I
Wit I milll'.rOl . .
t re(llt
Hon, he is one of the ,
ful men in the nation i
years ago he was ,'
than representative frwnCj
i., mi- Legislature
remember, he lost out as d
man wiicu ue ran against
Reynolds in 193a.
Comptroller Lindsay J
diso legaraeu as one of tj
men to the President.
So if you want su,ww
in Washington, contact, J
gressman as usual, but
in on the big bovs riani.i.'
ner, Hancock, and U'J
menus 01 uiese gentler,
SHINDIG-There is gojj.
a real shindig here in foj,
April 15 when Jue Bl
Charlotte, puts on the J
Day Dinner. Present will j
rresiuent Hairy Truma
cratic Chairman Steve Ha
UFC Chairman Fred Vins
Mae Oliver, North Caroli
is a high official in the fc
National Executive Comrii;
DIGEST Glenn Tucku.l
cai ot me liolivia High St
Brunswick County, has tils J
want ad printed in the rJ
sue of Reader's Digest. W
Wilkes County native art
uate of Wake forest C'oIIm,
ran this ail in several Ski
pers. He will probably
around $100 for it from d
gest.
Last month, John Hardfi
secretary to Governor Chen
one of his squibs carried
Digest. Written while b
with the Greensboro Dillv
It was picked up by a It)
sent to the Digest. It is sui
Harden received $25 for tkt
the News, $25; and the Hi
sent iit in, $25.
PROESCHEU S - m
wanting to have a bit; rawl
eigh often went to Pnw
place out near Carv. Thenj
could drink a little beet.
good meal, and watch soliii
dance with the girls. It; it
nearest thing to a nifji:
around Raleigh, lt burmd
days ago at a loss of arouJ
000 to the owner.
WASHINGTO
See Congressional "No"
For Government Auctions
t Predict Civilian
Quality to Bi H
Senator Mead
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON- Capitol Hill is expected to turn thumbsM
government auctions as a means of disposing of the hugen
property which will be left over after tha war. The surpium
elude everythine from soup to battleships, and it is esUrasw
the vast stocks of goods will be worm up
billion dollars
A Senate committee has been looking M
auction method of selling some of the Mfl
which already have been declared surpiw
according to members, the committee W
like what it hA.s found.
Star witness at th hearings was J!uS)ll
berg of New York, who said he was tl 1
auctioneer in the country." Senator J"
Mead (D ) of New York, committee enmrw
pressed amazement at what he said loop
"irregularities." and what Goldberg sm
"customarv" at auctions.
The Irregularities which Mead pitrtestfi
eluded a practice of Drofessional auction Wl4
.... ........
t rigging tne show" and controlling the prices. I
Consequently, the committee Is expected to recommends
general use of auctions although it probably will endorse leium
machinery go on sale in that manner, in view of the success of
farm auctions.
The committee also is expected to demand that a central H
house be established so that nn hrnnr-h nf tho government
be selling as surplus the same materials which another W
frantically seeking to purchase.
t WPB SOURCESFREELY PREDICT that' the quality "of j
' shortage coupled with tremendous demands for footwear W
' armed fnrooa
Nearly all top-grade leather has already been taken by the
for heavy boots; shoe and other items. Current stocks j
shoes have lower-grade leather soles and uppers than in Fi
days. And this decline is due to become progressively wuw
DONT BE STTRPRTKF.n If civilian meat nhortSCeS redi.''l
me" nroDortinna hv mM.cnmmai
This is the gloomy picture painted by War Food Adminijn
omciais. wfa underscored its dire predictions by tncreas"' -
u per cent all utility beef set aside for the armei i"1""
Tha mllaniu r CAMn.h.. :ii.. tf-A WCttffl.
- fr.-1- w4ii.cuijr iiiajr yvxuwy - j
from the way it looks now a juicy steak will really be
uus summer.
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IT NOW nmrtrt rto .i.vi i k tftD-roO
saloons were one of the chief objectives In War MobUizer J"I
oymes minnigflt curfew order on amusement places. . .
Behind the Byrnes "request" was his frank con- Curfe
cern over absenteeism In war plants. This same .
reason prompted issuance of the ban on all racing. ,
Despite Its widely-publicized effect on metropolitan Bart
"snc ciuds, the order Is hitting the bars just around
the corner with a greater Impact than the Stork club.
- " vrr ounaiun tuuuAN J. uuiw . H
BOUtn Dakota Hrv an ... .u. ttwetlollt 1
Charmer Lana Turner in the opinion of the senator!
vT.ututcu woea uuia iiuicnea si u -t"
o. iruman. Asm. wnuam tr. tiaisey w- - - j
senators who declined to tear themselves away from TJ
.wi ssar a soeaca law
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