The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 26, 1941, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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OBLIGATION OF AN AMERICAN
The Chronicle bus been asked to teprlnt
a portion of the speech of
Secretary of War Henry L. Stlm?on.
made to the soldiers of the United
States army last August.
UlKht now, the words of the war
secretary are timely. Thoy can be
printed under the caption "The First
Obligation of An American".
"I have served In the Army and I
know the soldier's point of view both
while In the service and In later life ,
said the secretary of War." You may
take It from me that your service to
the nation In its hour of need will not
ho a waste of your time and effort. In
the years that lie ahoad you will hold
your heads high In the thought that
you gave honest and faithful service
us soldiers when your country called.
"Remember that you are the chosen
fighting men of thy nation. Others
throughout tho land are working to
supply you with equipment and the
weapons with which you are to act In
our defense. Hut however earnestly
and effectively they may labor, no
man who contributes to tho common
cause only work or money can ever
stand on the level of you w ho are asked
to risk life Itself for your country
mid your countrymen.
"Tills nation was founded in tho
bond of blood and sacrifice by men
who pledged their fortunes and their
sacred honor. They reached their
goul. Now you men of a new geuoration
are called upon to preserve tho
freedoms which thoy so bravely won.
To serve in tho common defense, for
the general welfare. Is the llrst obligation
of an American citizen. You will
not falter. You cannot fall."
THE HOLE IN YOUR SOCK
"Hidden around this country In private
purses now Is the astounding
total of more than |6,000,000,000,"
writes Paul Mallon. "Much of It Is
lu mattresses, socks and private safes.
The evidence Is clear that a hoarding
era has reached suspicious proportions
since the first of this year."
Many of these hoarders believe that
they are protecting themselves against
either inflation or a government fiscal
policy which might force them to
Invest their money. But. as Paul F.
Cadman. economist of the American
Bankers Association, points out. they
have small chance of success. "Hoarded
currency is a practically useless j
method of protecting the holders of i
property against the arbitrary acta of
Kovernmeut," say* Dr. Cad man.
"Early attempts to hoard money In
continental Europe to avoid governmental
levies during and after the
first world war were met by block lug
bank account* and suspending trun*
actlons on the exchange*. Outstanding
currency ceased to be legal tender
or to have any validity unlet** It was
presented to u government agency and
Htamped to indicate that a tux had
been paid or Imposed condition* had
been met. The holder* of currency
found themselves in exactly the *ume
poHition a* the owner* of bank
deposit*."
The hoarding of currency I* about
100 per cent futile?and, on top of
thut, hidden currency I* always in
danger of being burned, stolen or
otherwise lost to j,Tre owner. Put your
money In the bank or Invent It. You
will *lnk or swim with the rest.
OUR COUNTRY AT LA8T IN WAR
It took a nhock like that of Japan
Jast Sunduy to unify our people and
to blot out ull bickering* und difference*
of opinion. With indignation
and righteous anger the entire people
oi our country demand reparation* for
the dustardly and underhanded uttack
upon an un*u*pectlng poople at a time
when their representative* were in
"conversation*" with our government
looking to continued peace. Every
man. woman and child old enough to
know uhout it, became electrified and
united a* the now* of this infamous
act wuh flashed over the country, and
now demand that there shall be no
peace till the guilty country shall have
been eliminated from the world as a
power. Japan could hardly have pluyed
a worse hand uor have played it
I oh* UHtutoly. It was the committal of
what that country calls "hari-kari"?
suicide. It might have been a long
while before the man power of America
would have been marshalled
against Japan, or have been actively
eilgaged in the war of all nations, but
this act of treachery plunged our
country Into the war with the determination,
unified and powerful, to
avenge those who died in this unwarranted
und ghoulish attack, shocking
alike to all right thinking peoples
the world over.
It will cost In man power and materials.
Many lives, wo fear, will he
sacrificed. Our young men and our
resources will be utilized in waging
Jhis war, nor will it end with the defeat
of Japan, but, once In, the United
States will continue till again the
world hails the Democracies aB winners.
We have not the slightest
doubt us to the outcome. Victory will
he ours. Japan will be defeated and
then on to a world-wide conquest for
.freedom and liberty-loving peoples
over the entire world.
Let us take pride In being a citizen
of the greatest nation In the world,
and let us dedicate ourselves, our all
to victory. We must and shall win.?
Walterboro Press and Standard.
8TRANQE8T MAN IN POLITIC8
To pollticalns the most extraordinary.
the craziest man In the United
States is Joseph F. O'Neill of Westchester
County, New York. Mr.
O'Neill was nominated by the Democrats
for a |2.4O0 Job as tux receiver
for a township. Tile work would not
ha\e been too hard. Hut this strange
man did not want the job. He asked
that his name be removed from the
ballot. The request was refused. He
went to court with his fight to got
out*of the race. The court said ho
had slept on his rights, or something,
and could not withdraw at that time.
Next, the desperate Mr. O'Neill began
an active campaign against hJs own
candidacy, and Jn favor of his Republican
opponent, a woman, and no
doubt a worthy woman. But in spito
of all he could do, he won, 766 to 721.
If wo had a man like that in South
Carolina we would pay admission to
see him.?The State.
JAPAN'S FATAL MISTAKE
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The- Japanese have made a fatal
mistake. They have imagined that
they can cause fear and panic in the
United States. They are ignorant of
American character. They have
dreamed that by striking the first blow
and striking hard, which they have
done, and that by display of force in
the air over American cities and soil,
they could scare the Americans.
The Japanese might bomb a hundred
American cities and towns, they
might do ln9alculable damage. They
might bring the Nazis and the Italians
into the war. The war would go on.
The Japanese have done a great
favor to the United States. They
have attacked first. They have used
(ho proverbial Oriental cunning. They
have struck the first blow. They have
welded the Americans and rpnde them
One Man. If may be that nothing
else would have done it.
The Japanese have threatened the
United States, the whole Western
Hemisphere, with Asiatic domination.
More than half the Inhabitants of the
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earth are Asiatic. The Japanese
have proclaimed a "New Order In
Asia. It Is not the first time In history
that Asiatics have threatened
the Western world.
The Japanese have erred. They
have failed to measure the Americans
? even as their present friends the
Nazis erred in their guess of the
British character when they bombed
London, Coventry and scores of
British cities.
The Japanese have made a fatal,
and foolish mistake.
There will be no Asiatic domination.
The Nazis don't want it. Japan's New
| Order for Asia may yet bring Nazis
to their senses.?Charleston News and
Courier.
THE SOUTH PATRIOTIC
I discovered on my tour that the
civilian morale needs some stimulation.
The veil must be pulled back
and the light of truth permitted to
penetrate. The people, as well as the
pountry, are In a very serious situation.
Sofnebody who enjoys the confidence
of the public should begin to tell
the truth as it appears, so that the
people will finally realize that there
ia' no choice; and that aggressors
never cease their aggressions until
they either obtain what they are after
or they are defeated thoroughly and
completely.
There Is apathy in the Middle West
and there is lethargy in the Rocky
Mountain country.
Peculiarly enough, the finest morale
and response to patriotic obligations
are to be found in the South; what we
used to think of as the deep, dark
South.?Lieutenant Commander James
J. "Gene" Tunney.
Ben W. Heath Is
Sent To Shaw Field
Lieutenant Men W. Heath, who re.
colved hie commission uh an officer
lu the air corps at Chanute Field,
Hantoul, III.; laat Saturday lia? been
temporarily assigned to Shaw field at
Sumter us engineering technician.
Mr. Heath, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank If. Heath of this city la a grg^-i
uate of Marquette University, graduating
from the eug!ueejrlug course ,
there us au honor student. For two
years he waa engaged In publicity and
advertising work the former with his
father iu the Camden publicity bureau
and the latter with the Morrison advertising
agency In Milwaukee.
A year ago Mr. Heath was one of
500 university engineering graduates
to be selected by the war department
to specialize in the technical phase of
aviation activities and was sent to
the Ouggenheim school of aeronautlcal
engineering at New York University
and upon completion of that
course he was assigned to Chanute
field for the practical phase of his
training.
Chanute field was formerly Champaign
Field and today has a student
enrollment of 17,000.
Conferring of the commissions on
the members of the group Mr. Heath
is with took place Saturday, after
which he was Informed he would clear
from that Held to Shaw field at Sumter.
Relatives here look for him to
report at Shaw field the later part of
the month.
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Grace Episcopal Church
The services for Sunday, December.
28 will be as follows: Holy commuiJ^
Ion, 8:00 a. m.; church school, 9:45
a. m.; morning prayer and sermon
ut 11:15; Young People at 7:00 p. m.
New Year's Day, January 1?The
President of the United States has
set aside this day as a Day of Prayer
for Victory. The church will be open
all day and there will be a short service
of Corporate Intercession at 12
Noon, lasting until 12:15. All citizens
of our community are Invited to attend.
Announces Drawings
For Cage Tourney
(Continued from first page)
girls teams from Camden and Blaney
will take the floor and at 8:30 the
boys teams of Baron DeKalb and
Antioch highs clash.
Thursday afternoon the Bethune and
Midway girls teams play at 4 o'clock
and this game will be followed at 6
o'clock by a game between Blaney and
Mt. Plsgah boys' teams.
Thursday night at 7:30, finds the
Antioch and Baron DeKalb girls playing
while at 8:30 the boys' teams from
Camden and Bethune will go into
action.
On Friday afternoon the tenth game
of the tournament will find the winner
of gametflve playing the winner of
game seven at 4 o'clock and the winner
of game two playing the winner
of game six at 5 o'clock. In the evening
at 7:30, the winners of the No'S
1 and 5 games play and at 8:30 the
winners of numbers four and eight
games meet.
The finals get under way Saturday
evening with the winners of games
two and twelve meeting for the boys
title at 8:30 o'clock.
The interest in this tournament Is
wide-spread and record turn outs of
fans are looked for when the tournaments
gets under way.
Appeal U Made
For Registration
(continued from first page)
Taxi and Truck Drivers?Become
ambulance drivers, drive messenger
cars, drive trucks with supplies; help
in traffic control. /
Lawyer?Oive patriotic talks; work
on committees to safeguard civil liberties.
Teacher and Librarian--Help prepare
courses of training: catalog end
distribute books; do interviewing,
clerical and office work.
Restaurant worker and person In
the food bi^lness?Assist In plans for
emergency mass feeding.
Person with entertalnmeut talentGive
programs to keep morale high?
singers, pianists, accordion players,
actors.
Athletes, men and women?Help
with recreation programs.
Boys and girls IB to 21 years of ago
?Do special messenger service.
"I do not believe the general public
realizes the seriousness of the war
situation" said an official of the county
defense council Wednesday.
"In the first place, we are uot enrolling
civilian defense workers Just as a
gesture, or game. We are playing for
keeps this time and it means thut each
and every one of us must work and
work hard. We must be prepared to
make sacrifices.
"Any time any one tries to tell you
that this preparation of the clviliau
group Is hysteria, pay no hqed. It Is
very real, Just as real as the possibility
of an enemy attack upon our eastern
seaboard.
"We are fighting an enemy that has
made a virtue out of treachery. We
ipre fighting an unscrupulous nation,
a nation without honor in the common
decencies of warfare.
Do you remember how surprised we
all were when this yellow horde
descended upon Pearl Harbor. We regarded
Pearl harbor as impregnable.
Pearl harbor was a long way from the
Japanese naval bases, but the Japs
staged the fantastic, the unreal and It
was a success because It was treacherous.
"How do we know just where the
next blow may fall? There Is always
the possibility of an attack on the
east coast, on Charleston and if the
South Carolina port city Is hit, the attack
may extend to Fort Jackson, to
the Camden and Sumter air ports. We
hope it never happens, but never the
less, it could happen and that Is why
we should have our civllfkn defense
organized.
"We must forget the complaceny of
the past years. We cannot . continue
a community, where mention of an air
raid causes many to raise their eyebrows
in amusement and snicker.
Pearl Harbor did not expect that costly
attack.
"We cannot afford to be half-hearted.
We cannot sit on the sidelines
any more. We have to get into the
game and be prepared.
"It Is the solemn duty of every man
and woman, every grown boy and girl,
to register for civilian defense."
The bridge of Varolius is located In
the brain and Is a band of nerve matter
connecting the right and left parts
of the cerebellum.
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ry'toQod in the highest,and on |
-^2, \X^a earth peace, good will toward men
/ //fr ^nt^u^Kout our Ianth^cChristmastide ring
//11 fl \t*W5cNyordfcsqf the heavenly nostr^Th^ysoar
/ / I ?OI\ cnbpel belfry: they echo in hail-fellow
/ /tj? / shoutfc down Manhattans canyons and across
/ deep wateKbetween snips at sea.
/ / ^ | Country ftme and\rossroads set th^m to the
/ musl\ ?f tinkling sleigh bells or the whisper of
I At last\they pulte with eveiVheart beat, for
f \ Christmas, after all, dwells witnin the breast.
I is not too frailfco keep this sorig surging
/ jp y through thV year. Yet\n his lesser moments,
/ the Spirit ofAChristmas nuist seek shelter frpm
I V N and deecta \
I ^ut so 'on^ as\he Spirit canVush forth again
at this most saVred season, man has yet the
^^^ourage^nd faith to hear the Heavenly host.
]^JJ^^We extencRhgarmst, most sincere ^Christmas
greetings! \
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HAPPY NtlU 1
-'1942
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... more sunny hours
... more joy mid <*l<idness
... more peore of spirit
...more true friendships
...more opportunities
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...more health and happiness
j ...new joy in living
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Arul now we're ready to sponge
off the slate and start a spotless
page. May that page of 1942 be
the red letter page of all your
lives . . . may the records which
are to be written thereon become
more glowing and successful as
the year advances, and may the
chief entries of Auditor Time be
Health, Happiness and Prosperity.
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A TOAST TO OUR FRIENDS
Now?when that priceless
thing called Time
occupies the spotlight,
i we pause to consider
I 1 that priceless thing
called Friendship. In our
business we could not be
without it, and because
we value it so V
highly we are de- ^
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termined, during 1942,
to take still further
steps to merit your continued
friendship and
loyalty to us.
May the sands of the
hourglass bring you
==? many golden hours
\ I of happiness in the
year to come.
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