THS FE3QUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N, C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1950
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PEOPLE EHNG SOAKED,
SAYS MAY3ANK , i
Sienator Eurnet MaybanlL of South
Cavolina, complaining that some vital
"items are costing the armed services
three times "what they uost earlier this
year, declares, that "only immediate
passage of controls legislation will end
the'pnce spiral." 'M .t v.
The South Carolinian began work
in July upon the passage of a meas
ure to halt the surge of war profiteer
ing "but has encountered numerous de
, lay a,. He points out that, when prices
go up unreasonably, "it's the people"
who get soaked.
The mounting costs of warfare make
it plain as day that even the wealth
of the United States will not be able
to finance successive wars unless the
Congress is able to develop a plan to
curb the greedy profiteers who fatten
their sank accounts while young men
die in battle. . For some strange rea
son, business men, in too many cases,
look, upon the nation's belligerency as
an opportunity to get rich.
We repeat our suggestion of a few
days ago, that it is high time that
, I frasinesB, including little operators
I vlndj large corporations,; show some
I patriotism by servintr the cause of the
nation without profits. There is no
reason in the world why a young man
married and with little children,
'should give up his life and business
be' allowed to rob the people of this
nation through taking advantage of its
extremity.
So" far as' we. know, no business or-
. ganieation in the nation has ever of
fered to turn over any part of its fa
cilities for war production without
Saturday, September 2S
' Whip Wilson and
Andy Clyde in
r' "ARIZONA TERRITORY
Sunday, September 24. '
John Ireland and
Ann Dvorak in
t "THE RETURN OF JESSE
JAMES"
BAYLOR THEATRE
, EDENTON, N. C.
Week Day Shows Continuous
t 1 . From S:S0 . .
Saturday Continuous From 1:30
Sunday 2:15, 4:15 and 9:15
Thursday and Friday,
September 21-22 ,1,
Lena Turner and
Ray Milland in
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"A LIFE OF HER OWN"
Monday and Tuesday,
September 25-2S ,
Tyrone Power and . :
Orson Welles in
"THE BLACK ROSE"
Wednesday, September 27
Double Feature
Buster Crabbe in
"MARS ATTACKS THE WORLD"
"WOMAN FROM
'HEADQUARTERS"
Eden -Theatre
EDENTON, N. C.
Friday and Saturday,
September 22-23
- Pat O'Brien and '
Robert Ryan in
I "MARINE RAIDERS"
t Hi-Way 17
Drive-in Theatre
yt Mile North of Edenton, N. G
, Two Shows Each Kisbt, '
In-Car Speakers .
Modern Rest Rooms. Snack Bar
Admission 40c
CbHdren Under 12 Free In Can
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Thursday, September" 21 .
Last Showing "
' Dana Andrews and t ;
k Marta"Toren in
"SWORD IN THE DESERT"
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Friday and Saturday,
SeDtember 22-23 . ,
if- Abbott and Costello in
v . "It AINT HAY"
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:unday, September 24
i Marie Wilson and
.'', Matin ft Lewis In
"MY IFRISND,
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sy and Tuesday,"
uber 25-26 -
Glenn Ford and
Ellen Drew in
'AN FUOM COLORADO" "
!ay and Thursday,
'zr 27-28
; -i KacJIurray and .
iie V.Hrt la
Vf UOXSYKQON"
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There have been loud-mouth
ed proclamations of loyalty and pa
triotism, with considerable bragging
about converting to war production at
maximum profits," but no genuine of
fer to serve the nation on a basis com
parable to that of the man who fights
the enemy. .-'.i--xi '.;ip
REVIEWING OUR .
PLANNING FOR WAR
The people of the United States, in
connection with national defense, have
been somewhat disturbed by the bitter
dispute between officers of the ser
vices, who have been unable to agree
as to the relative roles to be played
by their branches of our armed forces.
The dispute between the Navy and
Air Force, for example, has been
somewhat prolonged. On one side, the
contention has been that strategic
bombing would make obsolete all form
er conceptions of warfare. On the
other has been a steady reliance upon
earners as the means of onensive
strikes. In broad terms, both ser
vices want to establish a priority in
connection with defense preparations
and war planning.
Without attempting to determine
the proper strategy for this nation to
adopt, we call attention to the import
ance of public opinion in deciding the
issue. Consequently, the average
American should attempt to keep up
with the broad issues involved bo as
to wisely exert the pressure that pop
ular opinion always puts upon legis
lators. Before the fighting in Korea began,
the defense plans of the United States
undoubtedly leaned strongly upon the
Air Force policy which emphasized
strategic bombing. In fact, there was
considerable opinion to the effect that
ground troops were never to be used
in lafge quantities again and that
theouticome of campaigns would de
pend entirely upon aerial superiority.
The fighting in Korea has seriously
shaken this theory ana nas raisea
some doubts concerning the ability
of air forces to stop a determined at
tacking around force.
In Korea, the United States has
practically had no air opposition. Our
aircraft have operated almost witn
Impunity, although some anti-aircraft
has inflicted some losses, involving rei
ativelv few nlanes. While flying 20,
000 sorties, our: losses, in the first
two months, were only 58 planes lost
in action, 26 airmen killed, 23 wound
ed and 45 missing.
It is admitted by ground troops that
close, support of jfighter bombers has
often been a decisive factor in clashes
between North Korean and united
Nation troops. Nevertheless, despite
the fact that airplanes have fired ten
million rounds of ammunition, 3d,0OO
rockets and dropped 1700 tons of
bombs, the enemy presses forward,
annarentlv able tomaintain his. am
munition supply and to send material
to the front in sufficient quantities
to sustain offensive operations.
The Air Force's contention that
long-term , attrition, in the enemy s
rear, will perhaps prove a decisive fac
tor is not generally disputed. How
everj even airpower proponents are
taking a second look at modern war,
with the knowledge that the push
button age 'has not reached the
Korean battlefront. Our B-29's, in
two months of operations, dropped 11,-
500 tons of high explosive bombs on
industrial targets, freight yards and
rail and highway bridges. This cam
paign, it is confidently asserted, will
eventually -cripple facilities and, in
time, cause a complete collapse of the
North Kowaniwarortf. -
It 'seems reasonable to assume, on
the basis of the f Korean campaign,
that long-range strategic bombing will
not play a decisive role m tne eariy
days of any conflict unless atomicor
hydrogen bombs make a knock-out
blow possible. It is also, probable that
the :. destruction of ;'industrial v, and
transportation facilities will, - when
carried far enough,- make it impossi
ble . for a iiation to ' support its ar
mies in battle. , While this process b
underway, It will be necessary to use
ground troops to prevent enemy trodps
from running wild,. "'.. - -
No conclusive answer can be gjvin
in regard to the "contention of some
strategists -who hold that airpower, if
used overwhelmingly m tactical sup
port of ground troops,;wiU accomplish
decisive results taster man any ouv
er form of operational "Admittedly,
in North Korea, we did not have, in
the eaJrlv davl of the campaign, suf
ficient airpower, for tactical use.' Even
so, one may. doubt, in- the ; clrcum
stances where , the enemy had over
whelmingly numerical superiority;, that
tactical air operations would 1 nave
been, an . adequate substitute for
grouna woopa.iv- .":.,
SERTICE. NOT TRAINING,
NEI3)ra NOW! : yi--
1.1n discussing the proposed adoption
of a universal military, training bill,
which is onposed at this time by the
President, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
Jr., of Massachusetts, took' the view
that the more pressing", requirement
now was universal f military Service,
emphasizing the world "service," , as
distinguished, from the word "train
ing." ;. : -,iv--fV-" ry: J; ';v'j ,
Mr. Lodge contended that the pres
sure for universal training is an ex-
ample" of insu''oient , measures ui iS
time of world -crisis. While larger
estimates have been made, he asserted
that. all. the appropriations made and
in sight would provide by next June
an army of only 834,000 men, with
a total armed force of 2,120,000.
1 This would mean, declared Senator
Lodge, 'a grand total of eighteen'
U. S. divisions, which, in his opinion,
does not look 'terribly impressive!
against a grand total of 175 Soviet
divisions.'' He suggested that Con
gress stay in Washington until pro
visions had been made, for an aggre
gate of at least thirty-divisions and
a total military force, in all services,
of three million men.
The Massachusetts Senator said that
the people of this country "are in a
struggle for existence." Senator Scott
H. Lucas, the Democratic leader,
agreed in principle that the problem
involved "national survival."
In this connection, the President's
objection to immediate passage of
universal training legislation is based
on present military demands, which,
he says, would make it impossible
to supply the trained military man
power necessary to put universal train
ing into operation. Moreover, there
would not 'be available the camps and
installations necessary to implement
the program. Mr. Truman, who point
ed to his record of the past five years
in recommending a program of this
character, suggested that final ac
tion be taken in January.
munion, Rosary at 7 in Edenton. ' -'
. Thursday; September 21, -7:30 P. M,
meeting of St. 'Ann's Study, and, Dis
cussion Club; 8 P. M.," meeting of
North Carolina Catholic Laymenjs As
sociation, both in. Edenton Rectory.
HERTFORD (BEARS
SLOWLY REBUILDING
After a slow start, the Hertford
Bears are beeinninir to look like a
football, team. Only seven veterans
showed up, when Coach "Nick" Nich
ols issued the first call. They were
Bobby Welch, Johnnie Copeland, Fred
Sutton, uurtis h. Felton, William Alex
ander, along with Joe Forehand and
Pete Winslow who saw limited action
MASSES NEXT SUNDAY IN
COLUMBIA AND EDENTON
The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
will be offered Sunday, September 24,
Catechetical Sunday, at 8 A. M., in
Poor Souls Catholic Mission Building,
Columbia, and at 11 A. M., in St. Ann's
Catholic Church, Edenton, each includ
ing sermon on "The Duties of Catho
lic Education," Holy Communion, fol
lowed by Rosary for Peace, Sunday
School, with confessions in Columbia
7:30 to 7:55, Edenton 1030 to 10:55
A. M., stated Father F. J. McCourt,
rector, who invites everybody to all
.Services. Week-mornings: Mass, Com-
NOTICE
During the remainder of
1950 I will not observe office
hours on Wednesdays.
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DEPENDABILITY
C OArTOW-Ut. N.
ONE quarter of all Holland is
beneath the level of the tea
. . . protected from the inrush
ing waters by. 1500 milet of
dykes. It is the dependability
of the dyke that has made that
land habitable.
It is fhe unswerving depend
ability of our cganization'
that has won for us public con
fidence. Each ceremony is a
tribute of memorial dignity.
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Bim-iiiiv-jii'
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El!L!.iIlH-JCa
win oe ugm, aim inexperienced, DUt
feels that the men. will give good' ac
count of themselves when put under
pressure. The schedule will probably
include two homes, with four away.
We do not think much of the policy
of our news services in hiring foreign
ers to represent them in foreign coun
tries, even if they write under assumed
and Americanized names.
last season. Newcomers who are help
ing the squad, by their hard work and
interest : are Preston Mack. Rntwrr.
Harvey, Preston Ervin, Norman Har-
reu, narry jones, jonn Gregory, Les
ter NewHnme. T.iiVa .Tnmeo. Ptwatnn
James, Don Jones, Lefty Burnett, Mor
ns Welch, Koland Jones, James Jones,
Gaylord and Bernard James and Sher
man Hill.
Coach Nichols admits that the squad
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