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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Established 1908
Circulation over Forsyth, Fulton, Cherokee, Dawson
Lumpkin, Hall and Gwinnett Counties
The Paper That Appreciates
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Published Every Thursday at Cumming, Georgia.
Roy P. Otwell ....Editor and Owner
James L. Reeves.... Associate Editor
A. L. Henderson ....Associate Editor
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Entered at the Post Office at Cummlng, Ga., August 10,
1910, as mail matter of the second class.
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Official Organ of Forsyth County
and City of Gumming
Only an intelligent man recognizes his own
vices.
An astute politician can see a chance at least
four years ahead.
An ignorant individual seeks only the facts
to bolster his prejudices.
Successful family life depends upon team
work, rather than joy-rides.
The Nazi military technique might be explain
ed as matter over mind.
We see where the author of a very popular
novel made a million dollars. Why don't you
write a book?
Is there anybody in Cumming who can re
member when Big Bill Tilden started to play
tennis
Anyone who has ever seen a modem miss
step out of an automobile can testify that cus
toms change.
Under the stress of defense, “business as us
ual" is about to disappear; if Hitler defeats
Great Britain, “life as usual" will end.
If you hear something good about your neigh
bor, do a friendly service and tell our reporter.
Let's spread the good news.
It is time for you to revise upward your esti
mates as to the industrial output of the United
States for the purposes of defense.
There is no political rancor in the world
worst than that of the investor whose returns
have been reduced by two per cent.
We wonder if there are any Polish patriots
left who believe that it was no business of
Poland when Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia.
Wisdom is the art of listening to the soft
voice of truth rather than the incessant babble
of selfishness, ignorance and superstition.
Now that the United States has adopted a
foreign policy, designed to protect American
interests, the Isolationists will probably be iso
lated.
The worker who has to labor an extra week
before taking his vacation and an extra week
to catch up after his vacation might as well
stay home.
Modern advertising would produce greater
results if every advertiser made it his business
to know how many pople see his advertisments
One hundred American flying-fortresses, de
livered to Chinese aviators, would produce more
peace-talk in Japan than the Japs have heard
in years.
There are business men in Cumming whose
success depends upon the income of agriculture
but they do not understand what “parity"
nffeans.
Sea-power may not fe important but it is in
teresting to observe that Germany, Italy and
Japan are rushing to completion some new and
larger warships.
Tbp Foi’svtb Countv News
THE WAR IN EUROPE
CHURCHILL EXPLAINS WHY CRETE WAS
DEFENDED BY BRITISH FITHOUT
AIR SUPPORT
In his statement to the House of Commons,
Prime Minister Winston Churchill dwelt upon
the Battle of Crete, giving the government’s ex
planation of the course of the fighting on the
island, which was recently occupied by the Ger
mans through air-borne invasion.
The British Prime Minister discussed the dif
ficulties faced by the British and answered the
questions of those who wondered why, in the
six months before the attack, the Brtish failed
to prepare -for the Nazi attack which, Mr.
Churchill admits, was clearly foreseen.
Why Airfields Were Few
Mr. Churchill said it would have been a mis
take to build a large number of airfields in
Crete unless the British had the anti-aircraft
guns and aircraft to protect them. Otherwise,
they would simply have facilitated the descent
of the enemy upon the island.
As to guns to serve the airfields in Crete, the
Prime Minister said that it was necessary to de
cide whether the guns could be spared for that
purpose. A good number of guns are being used
to assist merchant vessels in beating off the at
tacks of German aircraft and the airfields, fac
tories, ports and cities of England must be pro
tected.
Transport of Planes a Problem
As to the shortage of airplanes for the de
fense of Crete, Mr. Churchill said that the Bri
tish have not been hampered in this matter, as
in the case of the anti-aircraft guns, but that
the problem has been to transport the airplanes.
Mr. Churchill made it plain that everything
“we send to the Middle East is out of action for
the best part of three months if it has to go
around the Cape.” This applies to guns and
airplanes, as well.
When one considers that the planes must be
packed in crates, put upon ships and sent thru
great ocean spaces until they reach the Cape,
then unpacked, set up and flown to various
fighting areas, and compare this method with
the simple process available to the Germans,
who can make use of permanent airfields thr
out Europe and send their services, personnel
and stores, by continental express, the advant
age of interior lines is appreciated.
Comparison of these processes, -says Mr.
Churchill, shows that the Germans can do “in
days what it takes the British weeks, or more,”
and he adds a significant warning that there is
the possibility of a German movement back
from East to West, which would be executed
very swiftly if the Nazis decided to assault Eng
land.
Fight Against Odds, or Surrender
The Prime Minister says that those respon
sible for the defense of Crete knew that it had
to be attempted with only the most meager air
support and that the choice was whether Crete
should be defended without effective air sup
port or whether the Germans should be permit
ted to occupy it without opposition.
He stresses the importance and necessity of
offering stubborn resistance to the enemy, even
at times under disadvantages, and suggests that
the defense of Crete, even though it resulted in
a defeat, inflicted heavy losses upon the enemy
and may have prevented the Germans from
being already the “masters of Syria and Iraq
and preparing themselves for an advance into
Persia.”
British Hopes Were Vain
'in regard to the fighting around Crete, the
Prime Minister said that the British hoped that
30,000 good troops, with artillery and a propor
tion of tanks, aided by Greek forces, would be
able to destroy parachute and glider landings
of the enemy and prevent him from using air
fields or harbors w'hile the Navy held off or
destroyed the sea attack. There was a time lim
if, however, and the Navy, without adequate
aid defense, could only maintain the northern
sea guard for a limited period before certain
losses would require the withdrawal of the fleet
Consequently, “the moment it was proved we
could not crush air-borne landing before fleet
losses became too heavy to keep of seaborne
landings Crete was lost.” There was no surprise
in the methods used by the Germans in Crete.
Losses and Lessons in Crete
British losses, in killed, wounded and missing
were set at about 15,000 men, not counting the
loss of Greeks ad Creteans. The Germans lost
about 5,000 drowned in trying to cross the sea,
and at least 12,000 of the Nazis were killed or
wounded on Crete. In addition, the German air
force lost above 180 fighter and bomber air
craft and at least 150 troop-carrying airplanes.
In conclusion, the Prime Minister said, that
this “somber, ferocious battle which was lost i
and lost, I think, by no important margin—was
a battle well worth fighting." It will play an
extremely important partin the whole defense
of the Nile Valley throughout the whole year.
SOLDIERS END STRIKE
Few Americans fail to approve the resolute
action of the United States government in order
ing soldiers to take possession of the strike
bound North American Aviation Company in
California, where a small minority of striking
workers tied up the production of airplanes.
The cause of labor has suffered serious dam
age in the past few months through the ill-ad
vised action of various labor organizations,
most of which have been local groups. It will
take time to erase from the public mind the evil
picture that has been spread throughout the
nation, sometimes by those inimical to the cause
of labor.
Nevertheless, one should remember that lab
orers themselves, through improper action,
have done their own organizations and their
fellow-workmen a serious injury. After all, even
labor leaders will understand the power of pub
lic opinion, once the people of this nation are
aroused. They might as well get busy immedi
ately and see that some of these senseless strikes
are ended.
The picture of grim-faced American soldiers,
slowly advancing upon a massed picket line,
may not be to the liking ot strikkers but thej
will be utterly dense if they do not realize that
the people of the United States are standing
behind the men in uniform when they take
such action. Laborers have only themselves to
blame for what they do not like.
Tne production of airplanes is viral to the
safety of this country. The sentiment our
people is against any tie-ups in the plane pro
duction line They do not believe that any just
complaint of the laborers will be ignored by
strike mediation bodies and, consequently, they
have turned against strikes in plane factories
and almost every defense production plant.
Lindbergh's statement that this country needs
new leadership is either a statement in favor
of revolution or an announcement of his own
candidacy.
Now that the college students of Forsyth
County have their vacations, we wonder what
they will do with their time.
Lady Halifax Inspects Bundles Shop
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IN WASHINGTON, D. C., the wife of the new British Ambassador to the.
United States paid her first visit to an American agency sending relief!
materials to Britain when she called at the Bundles for Britain workroom
on Connecticut Avenue recently, inspecting contributed clothing for civilians,
knitted articles for the armed forces and hospital garments. Photo shows
LadysH a]ifax at one the work tables flanked by Mrs. V. T. Givotovsky
and S. J. B. Hinds, who recently came to America from England. Shipments
are made from this branch twice a week by 73 volunteer workers to the
central warehouse of “Bundles” in New York City.
Thursday, June 26, 1941.