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Page Two THE DADE COUNTY TIMES Trenton, Georgia Entered at the Postofflce at Trenton, Georgia, second class mail matter. ELBERT FORESTER Editor and Publisher Member Georgia Press Association Subscription Rates (In Advance): 12 Months_____________________$1.50 6 Months______________________'—75c 3 Months________________________40c Advertising rates furnished upon application. Legal advertisements payable in advance. Parties writing to the paper for publication are requested to furnish their names, otherwise the communication will not bepublished. It will be withheld on request, but the name must be given. All communications and news items are received for publication subject to being re-edited, re¬ written and changed. Such are printed as a mat¬ ter of news, and do not necessaril reflect the views or ideas of The Times. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1944. BREAKING UP INVASIONS Prime Minister Winston Churchill reveals that a German attempt to in¬ vade Great Britain in 1940 was smash¬ ed in continental ports before a “very heavy concentration of troops and ships” could put to sea. The British Lader confirms an earli er statement about about “the enemy’s preparation for invasion in 1940“ and that the Germans were “frustrated by the Royal Air Force.” He made it clear that enemy ships did not emerge from ports but that many of them were sunk and that the Nazis “changed their minds.” WHERE IS HITLER? We see where some newspaper men are wondering what happened to Adolf Hitler who for many months has not appeared in public or issued a state¬ ment on the course of the war. From this fact some imaginative brethren have concluded that Der Fuehrer has lost his appeal to the peo¬ ple of Germany and that the German army, a very realistic organization, is gradually acquiring control of the Reich. A year or so ago there were similar speculations based on the failure of Hitler to appear on certain important Nazi anniversaries. The report was widely circulated that he had been kill¬ ed on the Russian front but, as quent events prove, the stories were erroneous. The probability ,is that the present speculation is equally erroneous. MAY SHORTEN THE WAR The British Ministry of Economic Warfare says that five years of eco¬ nomic warfare and bombing may crip pie the operational mobility of the man armies this summer and quently shorten the war. The shortage of oil is said to alrcadv affected traffic in Germany and * * recent military developments. German-occupied areas are ing less than half of the Reich’s oil re quirements and the recent bombing tacks upon oil plants have intensified the shortage. While the Germans expected to make strenuous efforts repair refineries, Allied bombers will continue to bomb the plants as fast as they are put back into operation. THE RUSSIANS KEEP FAITH Some months ago we read the opin ion of some “experts” that the Russians would wait for the opening of the ern front and then sit down and let whip the Germans. This idea, basically along the line familiar German propaganda, seems have had had no basis of fact, even it did fool some Americans whose red for Russia overbalances their dinary judgement. Now that the Russians have ed their offensive moves against Hitlerites the suspicion ought to but it won’t. In a few weeks you hear other suggestions that all is well between the British and the ericans, on one hand, and the on the other. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, FRENCH HELP ALLIES While the news available from the battle front in Normandy is confined to the barest outlines, with an occasion¬ al dispatch describing the exploit of a particular group, there are indications that the French people have rendered considerable assistance to the Anglo-! American soldiers. A special Allied communique 1y reported that German armored di¬ visions had been “seriously delayed”, and that French resistance and sabo¬ tage in the rear of the German forces reached such proportions in many re¬ gions that the enemv has been forced to send “considerable forces against the French who have risked their lives to aid the invasion. GOEBBELS FOOLS THE NAZIS Dr. Joseph Goebbels, German Propa¬ ganda Minister, is using all his inge¬ nuity’ to persuade the people of the Reich that the pilotless bomber has de¬ vastated much of England and the com¬ plete annihilation of the British Isles awaits the use of neyv weapons which Hitler has in his armory. The German people have been skill¬ fully prepared to believe this nonsense. For a long time the Nazi propagandists have buoyed the hopes of their people by boasting of secret weapons. Natural¬ ly, in the present period of adversity, the German people are anxious to dis- covr a miracle that will avert their final defeat. Herr Goebbels is telling them that the robot bomber is such a miracle. Obviously, if Dr. Goebbels can per¬ suade his people to believe his exag¬ gerations, he will not have to explain the retreats in Italy and Finland, or the dangerous situation that is developing in Normandy. Moreover, he will not be bothered by Russian offensive in the East. BLOOD, BONDS AND FREEDOM The nation that celebrated the Dec¬ laration of Independence Tuesday should not forget that it is worth only what our fighting men make it mean as they battle the enemies of this re¬ public. No words, written by eminent men of the past, give us liberty or guarantee us against becoming the serfs of bar¬ baric foes. Neither pious proclamation of principles nor patriotic enunciation of loyalty and devotion maintain Am¬ erican independence in the year of 1944. Once again the nation is in a period of stress and strfe, exerting its full strength to ay r ert defeat. In times like these the only thing that counts is the number, valor and service of brave men, willing to risk their lives that the na¬ tion may survive. The purchase of bonds represents the loan of a part of your money to the government in order that it may com¬ pel other men to protect what you pos¬ sess. The return that a home-front pa¬ triot receives is measured in per cent interest but there is no monetary value placed upon the risks that fighting men take. Certainly, a nation of people have no right to enjoy the fruits of a great revo¬ lution if in the present era here is delay and confusion in support of those on the battlefront, whose efforts alone make the famous declaration a reality. The nation asks a loan from those at home; it asks and, often receives, the lives of its fighting sons. We do not honor our soldiers and sailors and air¬ men by purchasing war bonds; we merelv give a token to signify that we are not traitors and ingrates. Dade County boys, now overseas, enjoy reading The Dade County Times and we consider it a privilege to send it to them. There are any number of persons who have elected themselves to be spokesmen for the men in the armed forces; our boys will speak for them¬ selves when they come home. Buy More Bonds Than Before! THErt’tE'gSa Run. Hallos Ry Released bv Western Newspaper Union. CURRENT PICTURE OF CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES WASHINGTON — The average curbstone opinion around here seems to be that Mr. Roosevelt can beat Governor Dewey, but anyone who would wager more than a nickel before September would be far from a wise man. No one who seeks truth pays much attention to the polls any more, in view of their record of straying far off until the eve of election, then hastily getting as right as possible. Nor is the prospect that Mr. Roose¬ velt may campaign from the midst of world peace dealings a conclusive expectation, politically. The facts of the matter to date are that the Republicans are holding back their campaign, building up their file cases, while the Democrats are having inner difficulties getting their campaign started, or even de¬ ciding its definite lines. For instance, the Republicans said not a revealing wor*’ when Demo¬ cratic National Chairman Hannegan blamed Dewey for having held in 1940 that Mr. Roosevelt could not produce 50,000 planes. ♦ * * NO DENTAL OFFERED No denial was offered, but the rec¬ ord will show that Dewey (Dallas, Texas, May 27, 1940) charged the government then did not have a plan for such production, that the initial Morgenthau conference with the in¬ dustry had been a fiasco, that if 50,000 planes were to be produced the government would have to let industry take the leadership in pro¬ duction, appropriate $7,000,000,000 as a starter, raise 750,000 men for the air corps. In short he told exactly how the production could be reached and indeed government policy later fol¬ lowed that line, so Dewey, far from being in the position to which Hannegan assigned him, can claim credit for having helped in the achievement. (Look it up, if you doubt me.) This, no doubt, has been put in the file cabinet for use when the Repub¬ licans open up. ♦ • * ASKED FOR STATEMENTS Recently, likewise, a press syndi¬ cate (not this one) and a broadcast¬ ing-movie campaign asked advance statements from Republican Chair¬ man Spangler and Democratic Chairman Hannegan outlining the is¬ sues of the campaign from their re¬ spective viewpoints, Spangler ac¬ cepted and prepared his outlines, but Hannegan, after first accepting, then delaying, finally declined both invitations. Both Hannegan and Senator Bark¬ ley have been offering outlines which are supposed to be official, but which are at variance, and per¬ haps this accounts for the declina¬ tion of a statement now for future newspaper and radio use. Hannegan did not mention the new deal in his New York outline, but presented the theory of Mr. Roosevelt only as the indispensable man internationally. * • * SOME BELATED MENTIONS In later talks Hannegan be¬ latedly mentioned the new deal (with which he is presumably not well acquainted, being ac¬ counted a conservative St. Louis politician without intense ideological views), but Bark¬ ley has been running on the straight new deal platform al¬ most entirely, saying Mr. Roose¬ velt is indispensable because of social gains domestically accom¬ plished. This is the same new deal tha.t Mr. Roosevelt an¬ nounced dead, in favor of “Dr. Win - the - War” some months back. The CIO political action favors the Barkley technique even if it re¬ quires some resurrection from the dead, and is trying to enflame the old new deal reform interest, telling workers Mr. R. is indispensable to their security (see their magazine May 19 issue), wholly ignoring the conservative coterie with which Mr. Roosevelt is surrounded—the jaunty anti-CIO-ers Jesse Jones, James Byrnes, Judges Fred Vlnscn, Mar¬ vin Jones, Patterson, Forrestal, Stimson, Hull and who not—in fact all the men who are running the war government. To make it even more embar¬ rassing to these men or to the com¬ munists who are in the same camp with them, Earl Browder is sharing with the CIO's Hillman the leader¬ ship of the fourth term campaign. ♦ • • HANNEGAN NEEDS TIME A convincing outline for a paign satisfactory to all gentlemen will have to run the gamut of the imagination from most extreme radical to the extreme conservative, or continue be conducted on opposite planes, with conflicting campaigns at and at bottom, opposite stories ing circulated by the classes of men involved. A meleon could not do it. Two be required. Mr. Hannegan tainly needs more time. TSIS POCKCTBOOK or KNOWLEDGE TOfW r at & SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON TAKING POSSESSION OF CANAAN Internationai Sunday School Lesson for July 9, 1944 GOLDEN TEXT: “Thou hast wholly followed the Lord.”—Joshua 14:9. Lesson Text: Joshua 14:6-14; J udges 1:20, 21. Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, belonged to the tribe of Judah, which was also David’s tribe, and Christ’s tribe. As the representa¬ tive of his tribe, he went with the eleven representatives of the other tribes to spy out the land of Canaan and report on both its resources and its facilities for 'resisting conquest. After a forty-day investigation the twelve returned, all bringing enthusiastic reports of the pro¬ ductivity of the land, but an¬ nounced dhat the cities were walled, the natives were physicial giants, so towering and so strong that, by comparison, the Israel¬ ites looked like grasshoppers. Only two of the twelve, however, believed that they could go over an possess the land. They insist¬ ed that God warded to give Canaan to Israel and would help them, if they would not rebel against him. The ringing chai- enge of Caleb’s words, should have been sufficient to persuade the people, but, instead, to the advice of the ten who were a- fraid to go into Canaan and thus condemned themselves to destruction and their children to another generation of wandering- before entering the promised and. For their valiant and courage¬ ous stand before before the ang¬ er of the frenzied mob, God promised Joshua and Caleb that they should inherit certain por¬ tions of the land of Canaan. During the rest of his days, Caleb served his assistaant to Joshua, Moses’ successor. He ac¬ cepted Joshua’s leadership and served him faithfully and loyal¬ ly. Caleb was a great joy to Joshua and to God because he “wholly followed the Lord.” After the additional forty years of wandering and the five years of conquest, Caleb, now eighty-five years of age, makes a request of Joshua for the land which God and Moses had prom¬ ised him. To reinforce his re¬ quest, he recalls the promise that God made through Moses to Joshua and to him that day forty five years before, that the land on which his feet had trodden should be his inheritance and his children’s forever; he re¬ views the evidence of God’s con¬ tinued favor upon him as wit¬ nessed by his advanced age but very vigorous years, even be¬ ing strong enough for a war of conquest to defeat the inhabi¬ tants of the land promised him —the strongest and fiercest in the land. He did not shirk the hard tasks, he rather courted them. He believed that God. who had been with him all through the years would not forsake him now, but would help him. The Lesson •SUCCESSES AND We read that when Caleb fin¬ ished his speech, Johua blessed him. He, too, remembered t? j experiences recounted by Cai^ and recalled the promises mauc to them, by Moses, and, im¬ mediately designated Hebron as Caleb’s inheritance. Thus do we see that God’s best gifts come to those who trust, and work, and wait. There are several outstanding characteristics of Caleb’s which wo would do well to consider. He was certainly courageous, daring to speak the truth although he was in the minority, remaining resolute in the time of defeat, awaiting his opportunity, and courageous enough to attempt a eemingly impossible task in his old age. Another quality which Caleb possessed to an extreme degree was loyalty. He was loyal to his people, seeking their best in¬ terests always; he was loyal to his superiors, Moses and Joshua, carefully and efficiently exe¬ cuting every commission given him: he was loyal to his God, following him faithfully through out his long life. Caleb was also a man of in¬ tegrity. He could be trusted; there were no question marks about him, no compromise; he was an honest man—honest with his fellowmen, honest with God and honest with himself. Before we close this lesson, we want to make one more obser¬ vation. Caleb credited his longe¬ vity to the fact that he had “wholly followed the Lord.” This is not surprising, for, as Joseph Parker declared, “The religious man ought to be strong. The re¬ ligious man is bound for the heaven of God, for immortality. Herein I would not hesitate to preach the religion of Jesus Christ in what may be termed its spiritually sanitary aspects. Christianity keeps the soul clean, pure and healthy.” Or, as Alexander McLaren said: “Christianity with its self-re¬ straint and its exhortions to^’d, and especially o the young’, u £ chaste and temperate and to subdue the animal passions, has a direct tendency to conserve physical vigor; and Christianity, by the inspiration that it im¬ parts, the stimulus that it gives and he hopes that it permits us to cherish, has a direct tendency to keep alive in old age all the best of the characteristics of youth. One of the greatest and most blessed of the character¬ istics of youth is the conscious¬ ness that the most of life lies before us; and to a Christian man, in any stage of his earth¬ ly life, that consciousness is possible.” Next Week OF ISRAEL"
