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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY. HERTFORD, N. C, FRIIM.V, APRIL 27, 1945
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LOOiiG AT WASHINGTON
By HtGO S. SIMS, Washington Correspondent
Uninvited Nations Anxious About
San Francisco Parley
' While the forty-six nations are
working at San Francisco in an ef
fort to effect an organization, along
the lines of the Dumbarton Oaks
'agreement, which will tend to guar
antee the future peace of the world,
" it is interesting to note the nations
which have not been invited to at
tend. The liBt includes Italy, Argentina,
Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Eire,
Denmark and Poland. The latter na
tion, through failure to organize the
government along the lines of the
Yalta ' agreement, is not participat
ing. The other nations, for obvious
re"asons, have not been invited.
While most of the omitted govern
ments' have recognized the futility
of a hasty conversion to the Allied
i cause, the friends pf Italy in this
country have made a well-organized
""attempt to secure the reinstatement
kof Italy into the family of the Uni-
"cP Jtatiana. They conveniently over
took tSe'ftd.of Italy, the co-founder
of the Axis, in Ethiopia, in Spain,
i in Russia, in Albania and in the
Lighting across North Africa.
The Spanish Government, which
is thoroughly informed as to the
precarious position Spain will occupy
in international affairs, would like
I to have an invitation, but General
Franco knows that none will arrive.
Nevertheless, the Spanish have bro
i ken' diplomatic relations with Japan
; upon .the theory that the present ,
conference is the beginning of many
to be held and that it is still possible
for Spain to get in line for future
representation.
"V In South America, .where the Ar
gentine Government has had what
might be called death-bed repent
ance, the Farel regime would like
an invitation which the Bntisn ana
Americans might be willing to ex
tend, but Russia is very much alive
to the course pursued by Argentina
in connection with the Axis and ap
parently blocks any consideration of
Argentina.
V While the Poles would have been
invited, if a reconstructed govern
ment had been installed into office,
there seems to be little prospect of
their participation in the conference.
This is due, according to some re
ports, to reticence on the part of
Moscow to agree upon the composi
tion of the government, the United
States and Great Britain rejected
the idea that the Lublin Poles should
Ibe invited to represent their coun
try. The Engfohapeaking nations
want the Yalta agreement carried
out in full, with a revised and re
vamped government in Warsaw.
U. S. Prisoners In Germany Suffer
As Nazis Collapse
A joint statement issued by Secre
tary of State Stettinius and Secretary
f War Stimson recently discussed
ithe treatment of American prisoners
n Germany, describing it as "de-
lorable."
The statement points out that Al-
ied offensives overran twenty-seven
f the seventy-eight prisoner-of-war
amps and hospitals. Some 15,000
Americans have been liberated, but
pie Germans hastily evacuated ap
proximately 36,000 Americans into
nterior - of Germany, where 34,000
fothers are being-held.
The condition of these 70,000
PVmericans, compressed into an ever-
narrowing area, represents extreme
wrasnipe, wnn iooa ana sanitary
provisions that are insufficient, due
n part to the disrupted transport fa-
ilities of the Reich. Of course, the
whole situation stems from the fa
natical resistance of the Nazis.
The American officials point out
hat large central supply depots of
ed Cross stocks have been establish-
in areas for delivery to Ameri-
ans now held as war prisoners.
oreoyer, in Sweden and Switzer-
nd, ample stocks are available to
eep the depots provided 'and a total
163.680 tons of Red Cross sun-
JJies, including millions of individ
ual food parcels, are awaiting de
ivery to. the prisoners of war.
I The principal- problem, report the
jfficials, is that of transporting the
applies after - they reach Germany,
ruck convoys have been used, op
rated by the Red Cross, with fuel
rom. Allied governmental and mil
iary sources. Non, German sources
ave- supplied 525 railroad cars to
irry the supplies and Germany, it
i reported,, provided forty-four, cars
i the first twelve days of March for
ie shipment of 500 tons of supplies
om Switzerland. .
The report is made public in order
lat the American people may have
uthoritative information alxrat pils
ners of war in Jefmany. Assurance
I made that efforts will continue to
et supplies to the camps- and that
jspite chaotic conditions inside Gef
'any, there is evidence that some of
'ie camps, are getting shipments.
The. two officials recognise . that in
Jdition to; the suffering caused by
i, chaotic condition in Germany,
fieriarSiS instances deliberate
Mect indifference;; anot cruelty in
treatment of American prisoners.
iese atrocities, are being document
1 and the' "perpetrators of the hen
ma crimes' against Americans will
. Drought 4oi Justice,, declares the
says that war criminals must be pun- but it has served as a breeding place
as to sending men overseas to re
place veterans has been plainly stat
ed by Secretary of War Stimson.
The "Secretary of War says that in
f February there were approximately
8,050,000 men in the Army, 5,150,000
of- whom were overseas. About half
of the 2,900,000 on duty in the Unit
ed States have been earmarked for
overseas duty and are being trained
accordingly.
The remainder include 180,(00 in
Army hospitals and 1,365,000 in es
sential administrative and service
jobs, concerned with overseas supply,
plan maintenance, cargo-loading,
communications or transportation.
Every one, "except those who have
already seen overseas service or who
are physically disqualified" is "ear
marked fpr foreign ' service as soon
as he can be replaced by an overseas
returnee or a limited-service man."
Merger of Armed Forces Coming
But With Doubts
The post-war merger of the Army
and Navy will be facilitated, no
doubt, by the endorsement of the
proposal by Secretary of War Henry
L. Stimson.
It should be recalled that James
F. Byrnes, recently Director of War
Mobilization, urged Congress to con
sider legislation to merge the Army,
Navy and Air Forces, after the war,
on the ground that the present divi
sion of authority has caused waste ,
and the duplication of authority.
These matters are entitled to seri-!
ous consideration but, despite our
lack of technical information, we be-
lieve that there is some danger at-1
tached to any merger of the nation's
defense forces. Obviously, economies
can be effected through consolida
tion of certain agencies now dupli- i
cated in both outfits. )
At the same time, a single head,
with complete power over tnt Army,
the Navy and the Air Fo rce would
tend to create and establish a single 1
policy in matters pertaining to de-'.
fence. The danger exists that such '
control would diminish initiative and
tend to stereotype defense plans, !
which, in some future war, might
prove disastrous. I
While economy is to
whenever possible and
fiwjf justice,., u
atement'e MWirf SSifti
Orenwar Setvtce ' v"
The policy of the War Department
Han To Send All Soldiers Into
ished and that our military strategy
will continue under the Admirals and
Generals now in command.
The new President advocates a
world organization, to prevent future
wars and says that the great nations
must not attempt to establish domin
ation in the new world order. He
asks for the continued cooperation
of the great powers in facing the
responsibilities connected with the
peace.
On the domestic front, the new
President reported that "tremendous
progress has been made toward a
really democratic way of life" and
assured America that there will be
no relaxation in our efforts to im
prove the lot of the common people."
While the passage was not stres
sed in the news summaries that we
read, attention is directed to the
statement that the United States
"has become one of the most power
ful forces for good on earth" having
learned "to fight with other nations
in common defense of our freedom'
and the assertion that "we must now
learn to live with other nations for
our mutual good."
President Truman seemed to have
in mind some development of inter
national commerce because he added:
"We mUst learn to trade more with
other nations so that there may be
for our mutual advantage increased
production, increased employment ,
and better standards of living
throughout the world."
Altogether, the first utterance of
the new Chief Executive is extreme
ly reassuring. Undoubtedly, it out
lines the basic principles upon which
he will attempt to build a successful
administration and to maintain for
the people of the United States the
way of life that was the goal of his
predecessor.
for infesting later seeded wheat.
Some farmers seeded wheat at dif
ferent dates and the early wheat has
only been a means of distributing
the Hessian Fly in all of the later
plantings. Maxwell has collected
samples all over the State showing
the little bugs down under the sheaf
of the wheat leaves.
The Chinch Bug also is appearing
and will be ready to move from the
small grain into early corn unless
the barrier of dinitro dust is pre
pared. "We need to consider insect dam
age in all of our farming plans,"
Maxwell said. "The wise farmer is
the man who takes this into careful
consideration."
SOIL CONSERVATION NOTES
with tractor and bush and bog disc.
After reeds and gum roots were cut
up and ditch filled in with disc he
used a small road grader to construct
sloped ditches, according to F. A.
McGoogan, local SCO official.
Sloped ditches have the following
advantages over straight tided
ditches:
1 Less land taken out of cultiva
tion. 2 More easily cleaned and main
tained. 3 No uncultivated ditch border on
which reeds and bushes can grow.
W. S. JollilT and S. W. Morgan on
Whiteston road have also construct
ed several sloped ditches this spring.
Several farmers in Perquimans
County are doing pasture improve
ment work this spring. H. L. Wil-
Fight Against Insects
Is Continuous Process
North Carolina farmers must face
the fact that the fight against in
sects for profitable crop production
is a continuous and never-ending
process.
This past week reports have come
to State College telling of attacks by
army worms on the best growth of
small grain in eastern Carolina. J.
Myron Maxwell, extension entom-
ologist, says the reports came from
be achieved counties as far apart as Camden and
conflicting Pamlico and that there must be dam-
01 ulnruy should be avoided, age to other fields between these two
neroner ot these objectives, however counties.
worthy, can justify a scheme of reor-j He has recommended the scatter
au7u wnlcn might cripple the . ing of poison bran mash in fields
development of the defense forces of affected by this worm. Make up the
the nation for maximum efficiency
I bran, five pounds of paris green, in
I 9 to 10 gallons of water and mixed
thoroughly, " The mash should be
in their respective fields of operation
Truman Outlines Policy; Plans To
. Follow FJ.R.
President Harry S. Truman, in
his first address to Congress, made
it clear that in the main he intends
to follow the policies laid down by
President Roosevelt.
Accordingly, he supports the de
mand for unconditional surrender,
iams in Whiteston community had
A. T. Lane on Center Hill road has his pasture soil analyzed and is ap
constructed sloped ditches on ap- plying fertilizer treatment recom
proximatoly fifty acres. Mr. Lane mended. Oscar Ray Winslow is seed
cut in his old straight-sided ditches ing a permanent pasture mixture
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scattered late in the evening.
Added to this new pest of small
grain is the Hessian fly. This in
sect is causing damage all over the
State, particularly where there was
any wheat seeded early last fall. Not
only has this wheat been infested,
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consisting of lespedeza and Dallia
grass. S. W. Morgan has applied
phosphate to his pasture this spring.
John Q. Hurdle in New Hope
community is seeding Dallis grass on
his pasture, where he already has
lespedeza and clover.
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