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THE DADE COUNTY TIMES
Trenton, Georgia
Entered at the Postofflce at Trenton, Georgia,
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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944.
PREVENTS MEASLES
If you have not had the measles, you
will be interested in gamma globulin,
a by-product of blood plasma, which
will protect children and grown-ups a-
gainst the disease.
Gamma globulin results from the ef¬
fort of the Navy’s Bui'feau of Medicine
and Surgery to secure a concentrated
serum albumin for saving lives threat¬
en by shock. The process of separating
the protein factions of blood plasma
leaves a by-product which is now be¬
ing distributed through the American
Red Cross to state and local health au¬
thorities for the use in preventing
measles or modifying the attack.
MORE TANKS
One of the first reactions of our mili¬
tary leaders to the results of the oper¬
ations in Normandy has been to order
increased production of tanks and mili¬
tary vehicles.
The loss of these essential tools of
warfare has been greater than expcet-
ed. As seaborne operations were rather
successful it must be plain that the re¬
duction of German strongpoints, and
the resistance of German armor, has
been a heavier job than expected.
The matter illustrates the danger of
cutting back the production of any
weapon of war. New developments, in
future campaigns, may make it impera¬
tive to have larger quantities of items
that, at this time, seem unnecessary.
BEACH DEFENSES POWERFUL
The successful establishment of an
adequate beachhead on the Cherbourg
peninsula has led many Americans to
conclude that the German defenses
were not as strong as expected.
This conclusion seems to be erron¬
eous and, in a measure, detracts from
the magnificent accomplishments of our
ships, planes, and men.
Henry T. Gorrell, United Press cor¬
respondent, who inspected the Cher¬
bourg area a week after the landing op¬
erations, says that the German fortifi¬
cations “theoretically would have been
capable of repelling any invasion force
with tremendous casualties.”
He tells of hidden sites for rocket
batteries, concrete and steel emplace¬
ments six feet thick for guns and mor¬
tars, machinegun pill boxes and anti¬
tank positions.
Mr. Gorrell says that the Germans
were so confident that their defenses,
based uPon waves of massed fire power,
would kill or maim our infantry by
thousands as they lay pinned on the
beaches that they installed.
The newspaper correspondent says
that the German plan collapsed under
the pulverizing barrage of our war¬
ships, the bombing of our aircraft and
the splendid work of our airborne sol¬
diers.
The human race includes people who
want to have their own way and their
ancestors.
Housewives who think they have la¬
bor probelms should try publishing a
newspaper.
Can you imagine the recation of
grandpa if he could come back and visit
a modern bathing beach?
DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 29,1944,
FRENCH OFFICERS DID NOT GO
It is difficult to understand the mo¬
tive behind the order of General De
Gaulle, prohibiting several hundred
French officers from accompanying
British and American soldiers on their
invasion of Normandy.
The Free French deny that they can¬
celled “any agreement” but state that
no agreement was reached in negotia¬
tions with Allied commanders in regard
to sending liasion officers with the in¬
vasion forces.
While the Free French admit that
co-operation between the French popu¬
lation and Allied armies may have been
impaired they insist that this result is
“not our fault.”
The behavior of General De Gaulle
provides ample evidence for the sus¬
picion that he is more concerned with
securing power for himself than he is
with the liberation of his country. It is,
indeed, incredible that French soldiers
should refuse to accompany fighting
men of other nations who have under¬
taken the task of freeing their pros¬
trate and helpless nation.
It is plain that only an Allied victory
will give the French people an oppor¬
tunity to govern themselves $gain. It
is also true that American material a-
lone enables French soldiers to fight in
Italy and that our lend-lease supplies
permit the French to reorganize a
nucleus of a future army.
SECURITY VIA WAR BONDS
The purchase of a War Bond does
not establish the patriotism of any
citizen of Dade County, but failure to
participate in the Fifth War Bond
Drive, when financially able to buy a
bond, certainly suggests a lack of loy¬
alty.
It would not be essentially wrong
for the nation to insist that the owners
of capial make a direct contribution to
the cost of the war, especially when we
know that capital reserves-of all kinds
would become worthless in the event
that our enemies triumph. A man worth
$1,OCX),000 stands to lose ten times as
much as a man worth $100,000 in the
unlikely event of our defeat.
The government, however, does not
ask its people, whether capitalists or
wage-earners, to give any part of their
protected property. Instead, it seeks a
loan, promising to pay reasonable in¬
terest for all money that it borrows. To
permit us to guarantee the safety of our
stake in American capitalism, without
exacting a toll, represents a distinct bar¬
gain to those who possess anything.
Nations have financed wars by the
process of confiscation, either of the
goods of an enemy people or of their
own nationals. Germany has ruthlessly
exploited conquered peoples in order to
secure necssary materials and the Nazi
regime has been high-handed in regard
to its own citizens.
The Russians have managed to wage
a remarkable war without stupendous
borrowings. It would be possible for the
United States to seize any property
necessary to war-making and to confis¬
cate plants and capital in in order to
successfully defend this country.
The fact that the nation seeks to bor¬
row from its people and assumes the
tremendous burden of interest that in¬
evitably follows is substantial insur¬
ance for the continued existence of our
capitalistic system. The insurance, how¬
ever, will be void if those who enjoy the
fruits of capitalism are unwilling to
lend some of their financial strength to
the support of the nation.
The purchase of a War Bond offers
every citizen the opportunity to effect
some savings, which is advisable dur¬
ing an era of lush profits and high
wages. Every dollar invested in a War
Bond represents a capital reserve, set
aside as financial protection in the ad¬
vent of adversity. That is a wise pre¬
caution for every individual and every
business and should be undertaken re¬
gardless of the war-necessity.
The quota for Dade County in the
Fifth War Bond drive is $21,000.
This amount is not excessive in com¬
parison with the wealth and resources
of this county. Prompt investment of
excess capital will not only “back the
attack” but go a long way to fortify us
against possible depression after the
war.
Invest in the future—buy a War
Bond today!
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON fe
ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND
International Sunday School Lesson for July 2, 1944
GOLDEN TEXT: “Be ye strong and of good cour¬
age; be not,affrighted, neither be thou dismayed;
for the Lord thy God is with thee withersoever
thou goest.”—Joshua 1:9.
This lesson begins a new course
consisting of thirteen lessons,
each one of which takes up some
outstanding leader of Israel,
whose life was successful or a
failure insofar as he followed the
commands of God and had fel¬
lowship with him. The aim of
this series is to furnish guidance
and enrichment for present-day
living by.following the examples
or avoiding the pitfalls of these
leaders as the case may be.
Our lesson for this week is a
study of the life of Joshua, Sig¬
nificant is the fact that the
name “Joshua” means “God’s
salvation” and in the Greek
language it was spelled “Jesus”,
the name of our Saviour. Joshua
in many ways is a type of Christ.
He led God’s chosen people out
of the wilderness in to the Land
of Promise, defeating their ene¬
mies; Jesus leads those who will
follow him out of the wanderings
of a life of sin, out of bondage,
out of the darkness, out of the
death that comes as a conse¬
quence, into a life of plenty and
peace and joy and freedom as
provided by God in Christ Jesus.
Because of Moses, rebellion a-
gainst God in the Wilderness of
Zin, God directed that Moses
would not be allowed to actually
lead the Children of Israel into
the Promised Land. Instead of
pleading with God for him to
change his mind, Moses prays for
a worthy successor and God
points out Joshua, who had been
born in Egypt, had followed
Moses’ leading throughout the
wilderness journey and was one
of the two spies who had been
sent to spy out the land of Ca¬
naan, to bring back a true report
of conditions.
After the death of Moses,
Joshua heard the words of the
Lord, saying: “Moses, my servant
is dead; now therefore arise, go
over this Jordan, thou, and all
this people unto the land which
I do give to them, even to the
children of Israel.” It was no
easy task to lead so great a
throng of people to try to take
the place of so great a leader
as Moses, and to go up to fight
against so great an enemy as the
Canaanites required all the
courage a man could possess. But
Joshua was not afraid, for had
not God declared: “There shall
not any man be able to stand
before thee all the days of thy
life; as I was with Moses, so I
will be with thee: I will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong
and of good courage; for thou
shall cause this people to in¬
herit the land which I sware
unto their fathers to give them.”
(Joshua 1:5-6.).
Three times in four verses Je¬
hovah exhorts Joshua to stand
firmly and courageously on his
part. “Be strong and of good
courage,” Jehovah says to Joshua
because as their leader he would
cause his people to possess the
promised land. Immediately
thereafter, Jehovah reiterates
“only be strong and very coura¬
geous,” to observe the law so
that Jehovah’s goodness to them
could be continued. Finally, Je¬
hovah repeats again this injunc¬
tion for strength and faith, jus¬
tified by the fact that Joshua
would be executing the divine
commandments. Our modern age
sometimes forgets the strength
and faith wnich any man may
have if he submits his life to
the guidance and direction of
God.
As Margaret Sangster says:
Whatever may happen, whatever
may come,
Whether things go right, whe¬
ther things go wrong,
There is just one duty, abroad,
at home,
It is told in the order; be-brave,
be strong. '
Be strong to suffer, be strong to
dare, •
Be strong to speak, let your
words ring true;
Be strong the burdens of life to
bear,
Be strong to wait and be strong
to do.
While Joshua was very unlike
his predeessor, Moses, he knew
that he had a God-given task to
perform and he went about to
accomplish it. It was Joshua’s lot
to be a religious warrior, to make
a conquest for God’s chosen
people and to provide for them
a permanent place of abode
where they might grow into a
united God-loving and God¬
serving nation. It was his ambi¬
tion to get the people of Israel to
submit themselves deeply and
irrevocably to a position of un¬
qualified loyalty and obedience
to-Jehovah, their God.
After about twenty-five years
of leadership, Joshua who was
about 110 years old, realized
that he was about to die. Before
going, however, he was anxious
to give a farewell charge to the
children of Israel. First, he sum¬
moned the elders of the people
to his home at Timnath-serah,
where he recounted to them the
protection and care which God
had proided his people ever since
the time of Abraham, and be¬
cause of this they owed him their
service, their loyalty and their
love, putting away from them
the thought of worshipping any
other gods, as did the people a-
round them. Joshua reminded
them that the people must make
a choice—they could either serve
Jehovah, or they could serve the
gods of the Amorites, in whose
land they dwelled, but they must
make a choice.
As for himself, Joshua an-
FINLAND
JUNE 23, 1944.—A budding
columnist, or a budding am.„
thing else, can’t do much bet-Jer
for a while than immitate his
“betters.”
Walter Lippman today has a
column on Finland In The Chat¬
tanooga Daily Times, so I’ll write
one.
I have often asked my asso¬
ciates why they were fond of
Finland. “Because they pay
their debts,” is the unvarying
answer. But it is not that, else
we should also love Red Russia,
who has always paid every dime
—usually before the date due.
Really, to understand the Fin¬
nish thing, it is only necessary
to recall that for the twenty
years following the Bolshevist
revolution it was the heart of
British and American policy to
isolate and discredit the Reds.
This failing to keep Russia from
grownig strong, the Rightists be¬
gan to plan their attack—the
instrument of which was to be
the “anti-Comitern axis.”
Now Leningrad, not only Rus¬
sia’s best port, was also the
craddle of Communism. This
great city lies at the head of the
gulf of Finland. Wasn’t it lucky,
then, that along both shores of
this gulf lived the “Finns,” real¬
ly aristocrats of Sweedish ex¬
traction, who could be depend¬
ed on to be eternally and violent¬
ly anti-Russian, and ready to
turn the Axis Baltic Fleet right
into Leningrad?
So we love the “Finns”—the
Little Finns, because we were
taught to do so. We'really know
none of them, and but faintly re¬
member Paavo Nurmi, a realy
great athlete, whose greatness
had nothing to do with politics.
British and American Tories
have seen to it that YOU be
very fond of the Finns. But if
Finland had always gotten along
with the Reds as we have with
the Canadians, and had tied
their policies in with Russia, as
they will eventually HAVE to do,
the grin would have been on. the
other side of the Tory face.
Where she is, Finland cannot
be anti-Russian; and the world
will be obliged to accomodate
its philo&phy to this fact.
—W. C. SKAGGS.
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nounced his choice, in words
which come down to us in ring¬
ing tones. “But as for me and
my house, we will serve Jeho¬
vah.” He realized, as we should
realize, that he could not ask
others to do what he was not
willing to do himself. He had
long before made his choice, had
remained true to it during his
long lifetime and was satisfied
with the choice he had made.
Therefore, he could counsel oth¬
to do likewise.
“Choose you this day whom
will serve.” As your choice is
so will your destiny be
Will you choose for time
for eternity?
