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DAILY MEDITATIONS
Blessed is the man that
i endureth temptation, for
when he is tried, he shall re
ceive the crown of life, which
the Lord hath promised to
them that love him.—James 1:12,
Have you a ravorite Bible verse? Malil o
A. F. Pledgez, Holly Heights Chapel
lurkey Works Desperately
To Speed Medernization
BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
ANKARA, Turkey. — (NEA) — You can't heip
likzing the Turks. They are so poor, and so earnest.
Such rags and tatters on the poor beggars who carry
such impossible loads on their backs. Patch-on
patch-on-patch in such unbelievable combinations
of colors and materials as to make Joseph's coat of
many colors look as conservative as an undertak
er's Prince Albert.
Standard footgear of the peasants along the 25-
mile drive fromr Ankara’s big airport to the hill
towp capital seems to be rubbers worn over heavy
hand-knit wool socks into which the pants were
tucked.
By contrast, there are more taxicabs along An
kara’s main stem, Ataturk Boulevard, than in any
city of comparable size.
The hardware stores offer good lines of tools,
heavy machinery, technic_al and scientific equip=
ment. The cars are modern American makes and
not the midget French and Italian models, even
though gasoline costs 56 cents a gallon. Electric
refrigerators, vacuum cleaners and washing ma
chine models are in the store windows for those
who can afford to buy, which would seem to be
few.
" The standard wage for the best mechanics, coal
miners and industrial workers is around 100 Italian
lira @ month, which is the equivalent of $1 a day in
U. S. money. There are practically no labor unions,
but a bill is now before Parliament which would
grant workers the right to strike, now denied. This
is just another of the many indications which hit
even the 24-hour visitors in the face, to show how
desperately hard Turkey is trying to become mod
ern.
TURKS WELCOME AMERICAN INFLUENCE
Every place else in Europe, the educated people
pass out the line that theirs is an old culture, an
established civilization and way of life which they
want to keep. They resent American influence to
do things in a more modern way, to change.
In Turkey it’s the exact opposite. Anything that
happened before 1922, when the new Turkey was
born, they want to forget. Ataturk, founder of the
new Turkey, realized that his country had lost its
empire because it was behind the times. He set out
deliberately to westernize Turkey and to make it a
part of Europe, not Asia. His people are still try
ing.
They have a long way to go, perhaps, but the
progress they have made in 28 years breaks a
world record. They modernized their alphabet.
Their women discarded the veil for hats and make
up. Literacy was increased from 20 to 50 percent.
The first white flour ever to be milled in Tur=
kev will be put on the market soon from this year’s
bumper wheat crop. It will be an event.
A modern democratic constitution was adopted
and old Premier Inonu, who succeeded Ataturk,
lived to have his wish to see his party defeated in
a free democratic election which would make him
leader of the opposition,
Though Turkey's revolution began five years
after Russia’s, the new Turkey is way in the lead of
Russia in its democracy, and it is still forging
ahead.
ATAERICANS ARE RIDING POPULARITY WAVE
There are some 3,000 Americans and their fami
lies in Ankara now, under Ambassador George
Wadsworth, Major-General William H. Arnold,
head of the military mission, and Orren H. Mac-
Junkens, head of the Marshall Plan mission. Their
. jobs are to help Turkey to go forward. ' They are
riding high on the crest of a wave of popularity for
all things American. In conference, U. S. and Turk=-
ish offticals talk about what “we” are doing, not
what “they” or “you” are doing,
All the Americans and their wives who meet at
the inevitable round of cocktail parties where they
see each other over and over again, say they love
the place. Plenty of baby sitters, for one thing.
Help is cheap—sls a month average.
For fun, there is what has been conservatively
described as the world’s worst golf course, with
sheep as extra hazards. The two principal restau
rants have been Americanized even to the extent
- of serving what passes for American coffee, on re
quest. -
Then there is the opera, The stars are imported
from Italy and sing in Italian or French. The cho
rus sings in Turkish and everybody has a fine time,
Yes, the Turks have gone modern, in spite of the
contrast between the old town of Ankara on the
hills and the beautiful new capital city still grow=
ing around a lake and a magnificent park in the
valley. Give it time.
I didn’t have enough confidence in my driving
ability.—Mrs, Doris Tatro, of Connecticut, explain=-
ing to policeman why she never got a driver's
license, -
The Yugoslavs are . . good-looking people .. .
proud . . . courageous (and) Tito is in all those
raopects representative. — Aneurin Bevan, British
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Churchill Statesmanship Sags
On Question Of A-Bomb Bases
Prime Minister Churchill seems to be worried
over the issue whether U. S. Air Force bases in
Britain are planned as potential jump-offs for
planes to deliver atomic bombs against Russia.
He contends the predecessor Labor government,
by a 1948 agreement with this country, granted
America permrission to prepare the bases for such
possible use. Former Prime Minister Clement Attlee
says this was “never suggested.” But Churchill in
sists that is the impression we have gained, and it
puts Britain in the “front line should there be a
third world war.”
For the eminent Churchill this is pretty strange
talk. He well understands the importance of Am
erica’s big sotckpile of atomic bombs. It is the great
deterrent to Russian ambition for conquest.
As he well knows, the only thing that counts with
the Soviet Union is power — power which is not
merely potential but can be applied. In the case of
atomic weapons, that means bombs which can be
delivered.
The military experts are agreed that our capacity
to deliver atomic bombs against Russia depends
partly on long-range strategic aircraft, namely, the
B-36; and partly upon intermediate bombers like
the B-29 and the coming jet B-47. As has often
been stressed, these latter must operate from bases
in Europe or North Africa to be effective.
The whole concept of Western air defense is
founded on this fact. Because of it, we are in pro
cess of erecting a string of bases around the perim
eter of the Continent, and in France, It is for this
reason we desire bases in Spain. And the fields we
now operate in Britain fit logically into this pat
tern.
How does Churchill expect our economic strength
to deter the Russians if we are denied opportunity
to prepare bases so the bombs can be delivered? He
seemrs to be saying he wants Britain to have the
protection these bombs give, but does not wish his
country to share the risks that go with sound pre
paration for that purpose.
It is not any dubious Labor government “per
mission” for use of basess by A-bomb-carrying
planes which has put Britain in the front lines.
Geography has done that. Where could the-British
Isles be but in the fore-front, should another war
come?
Inevitably, the islands would be hit and hit hard
by a ruthless enemy bent on crushing its opponent
swiftly enough to prevent eifective retaliation. But
Britain and the other nations of Europe are mis
taken if they imagine they would bear the full
brunt this time. That would fall upon America, not
the outposts. For Russia knows it would have slim
chance to win if it could net knock us flat at the
start.
The charitable view is to assume that Churchill
must have been talking for honre consumption, try
ing to appease the neutralists and fear-mongers
who today find so ready an audience among a peo
ple wearied by two great wars, Certainly these
statements cannot reflect his considered thought.
For there is neither sense nor statesmanship in“
them. |
Typically American
Brigadier-General Julius Holmes, now U. 8.
Minister-Counselor at the U. 8. Embassy in Lon
don, tells the story of how the United States got
info the field of military government during World
War 11. It has an important bearing on one of the.
major U, S. responsibilities today, which is in find
ing good and competent men who can work with
foreign governments in developing their rearma
ment programs. .
The United States has no West Point for training
diplomats. And such “pro-consuls” as it does de
velop have to learn their lessons the hard way, by
bitter experience. .
It was like that in World War 11, according to
General Holmes, After the conclusion of the Afri
can campaign, General Eisenhower received a di
rective from the Chiefs of Staff to take Sicily. The
plan for the military campaign was all worked out
in detail. And then General Holmes, who was on
Eisenhower’s staff, raised the question, “What are
we going to do with it after we get it?”
Everybody looked up in amazement and asked
General Holmes what he meant, Well, he explained,
here was a good-sized island with a lot of people
on it. They had to be fed, the police and fire de
partments had to be run, and so on,
“You do that,” said General Eisenhower,
“In addition to my other duties?” asked General
Holmes. :
“Yeh,” said Ike. “
And so the idea of military government was born.
General Holmes sent scouts into the African town
to see if they could buy copies of Baedecker's guide
tc Italy, and any other books on Sicily. They came
back with two. They served as the basis for seeing
what the geography of the place was, and how it
had been governed, '
When General Holmes had figured out what the
Army would do with Sicily after it was taken, he
flew to Washington with plans and got them ‘ap—
proved. Two days later Major-General John M.
Hildring was assigned by General Marshall, then
Chief of Staff, to open & military government school
at University of Virginia. And so the U. S. got into
the business.
At the end of the war, however, the school was
allowed to die, and all the civilians who had been
recruited as military governors were mustered out
of the Armv. So now the job has to be done all over
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Future Plans
By 808 THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14—(AP) !
Victor Moore, nearing his 75th
birthday, is full of plans for his
career, which already has spanned
54 years of entertainment history.
The veteran comedian is cur
rently acting in his first picture in
two years. He is the pivotal char
acter in “We’re Not Married,” in
which he plays a confused Justice
of the Peace who has been marry
ing people without the proper
authority. :
Despite his screen inactivity,
Moore has not been idle. He has
appeared on many television pro
grams and has done stage work,
too. What’s.more, he has big plans
for the future. They include a
return to Broadway and his own
TV show.
“1 did ‘On Borrowed Time’ at
‘the La Jolla Playhouse last sum
mer,” he remarked. “It’s a won
derful play and I enjoyed doing it
very much. Now I have plans to
take it to Broadway, and I be
lieve it would Be may last play
there.”
Would he mind a long run?
“Not over two years,” he re
marked with a wry smile.
Moore’s swan song on Broadway
would mark the end of a long and
distinguished career on the stage.
For 18 years, he and William Gax
ton starred on the big stem in such
hits as “Of Thee I Sing,” “Any
thing Goes,” “Louisiana Pur
chase,” ‘Leave It To Me.”
“During our partnership, Billy
and I had only two flops,” he re
called. “Oddly enough, they were
by the two men who provided our
biggest hit—‘Of Thee I Sing.’ The
shows were ‘Hollywood: Pinafore’
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More likes to do TV, finding it
much like vaudvilie. But he feels
the medium will be best presented
on film, instead of live shows.
Boy Scouts Hold
Annual Banquet
Cherokee District Boy Scouts of
America are holding their annual
banquet at 7:30 tonight at the Ath
ens First Baptist Church Annex,
it was announced today by Fred
Snell, district Scout executive.
Highlight of the year for volun
teer Scouters, Den Mothers, and
parents of boys in Scouting, the
program will feature recognition
ceremonies for 1951 Eagle Scouts
and .for outstanding Scout leaders,
committee reports on the year’s
activities, and election of officers
for 1952, Rev. Frank Crawley,
Elberton, will be guest speaker.
Tickets are available at the tAh
ens Scout office.
An accumulation of gas in the
stomach forms pressure, crowds
the heart and results in bloating,
“gassy” catches, paliptation and
‘shortness of breath. This condition
may frequently be mistaken for
heart trouble.
CERTA-VIN is helping such gas
“yictims” all over Athens. This
new medicine is taken before
meals, so it works with your food
—helps you digest food faster and
better. Gas pains go! Bloat van
ishes! Contalns Herbs and Vitamin
‘B-1 with Iron to enrich the blood
and make nerves stronger. Weak,
miserable people soon feel differ
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Drug Store.
The annual capacity of Yugosl
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believed te be between 400,000 and
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Appreciation
May we express our deep appreciation
to all of our customers for your patron
age and loyalty in shopping in Athens
throughout the year. We wish for all of
you a Christmas filled with joy and
happiness and a New Year of prosper
ity. _
Athens Retail Merchants
For your convenience retail stores in
Athens will remain open until 9 P. M.
Friday and Saturday nights, December
21 and 22. |
We offer the following cars at prices far beloy
the quality and usefulness represented:
1951 Pontiac 6, green, deluxe four door, fully
equipped, 900 miles, S2OO discount.
1949 Pontiac 8, green, deluxe two door, hydr,.
matic, radio, heater.
1948 Pontiac 6, two tone grey, streamliner, hy
dramatic, radio, heater.
1948 Pontiac 8, deluxe convertible, red, hydra.
matic, radio, heater.
1950 Chevrolet, black, styleline two door, heat.
er, radio.
1949 Chevrolet, black, fleetline two door, heat.
er, other accessories.
1949 Chevrolet, two tone green, styleline, four.
door, heater, radio.
1948 Chevrolet, black, fleetline two door, heat.
v er, radio.
1949 Plymouth, black, four door special deluxe,
heater, new W. W, tires.
1951 Dodge, V 2 ton pickup.
1948 Dodge, 1 ton pickup, low mileage, good
tires.
1948 Dodge, four door, blue, radio, heater,
1946 Dodge, four door, blue, radio, heater.
1949 Nash Ambassador 6, four door, brown, ra
dio, heater, overdrive.
1941 Mercury, four door, black, heater.
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Phone 34 Athens, Georgia
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