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God's Blessing I'pon Camden Say Soldiers; w?l <l-~r i ) .J -lir ("So i.J'f ' . >?J "i.'-nn .iUi-lff: ' Tho**- ?<rff M" * >r<|.? >( ? "iu?4 a fj v of!.< ? r * 1<> # '1 .1 . <>'. J?? XTi?-ri fl >. .< " i ' . 'lit f i.i*-#'. i (rt-aiir:?- ?:mon-i.' vt.id ??' <'? nad-.-n h';*pra.."> * 'I"h- off^ rf a.c-j 1% xx.?r> afii cd in < "am den U; * il night jft?-r being ' 3k hour* on ti??- road Trouble with <>ri?- of >ht r bi^ ?.ru<k* t/*-*?-f them upon arn.val for. Taklog p:ty upon hi# ixi? ii 'he off.M-r inquired as tg the per?onf>? 1 of 'he I'SO here and upon being put i" < oinmuiilcatlon with Mr* John Mullen, explained that he would like If ponsible to ?e< ure shelter for ht* ih-h even ,f they had to sleep on the floor of ag armory Mr* Mullen ?omxnunw ared with A Sam Kartsh. < hair man of the Ui>o ?I*MA oiid lh.-n i ailed Manager Arthur slade of the f'ourt Inn Mr Slade made pat rioth response and offered to take tare of the ent.re < oftUiigeni at the Court Inn the only expense. and a very low item being' the actual expense Incurred for laun- j drying of bed ftnen A northern gue?i at the Inn seeing the t.r?d boys in khaki come in'o the hotel, inquired as to w hat was taking place and upon being informed, dei lared that she would see that every soldier w a* given a hearty breakfast an her guest the next morning Guests of the hotel declared that the sparkle that came Into the eye* of the soldiers an they carne into the Court Inn lobby and noted the roaring fire In the huge fireplace, the comfortable chairs and davenports and above all and the fine spirit of hospitality in evidence. All of the soldiers were eager for a hot bath and then a grand and glorious snooxe in the soft comfortable beds of the Inn. It was a happy, bright-eyed group of Uncle Sam's boyn who pulled out of Camden on their way to Camp, Gordon the next morning The officer In charge wan almost speechless with happiness and hln words when he called up Mm Mullen before leaving were an stated above, God bless you, God bless the USO and God bless Camden. 9ierta When Irene got home from the air- ' plaiifc factory she was good and tired This was the hour, after work ! and before dinner, that she always looked forward to Her private name for it was "My sissy hour " Into it, ' these days, she packed all the lazy, luxurious little things she loved? things that used to take up a lot more than an hour of her peace-time days. She sat down at the little desk in ! her room You could tell quite a lot about Irene from that desk The i water-glass filled with the small bou- , quet of flow ers she sometimes bought j on the w ay home. The paper-weight ; of pink marble The thin, crackly blue air-mail stationery. And the big, , framed p Holograph of a young man in a corporal'? uniform?as good-looking a man as Irene was I pretty. On the Klr>tt*r nad lav the telegram that had come that morning Just as she was leaving lor work. With those long, well-shaped Angers she reached for a sheet ol paper. She nibbled the end ol her pen lor a bit, and then she wrinkled up her nose at the picture ol the soldier and began to write, "Dear Mr. Morgenthau", but the corporal's name was ' Jackson and she called him Pete. , Her round handwriting spread across the page. "My boy friend is with the A.E.F, in Ireland. He has 5 cabled me ftfty dollars with which to I buy a diamond ring. I've been think i ing it over and decided to buy a War I Bond to help Uncle Sam instead. This , may help to bring my boy Iriend i home sooner, and then he can help | me select my ring." Slowly she began to sign her name. "Irene " (Letter Irom an actual communication in the Ales ol the Treasury Department.) Let's all sacrifice as Irene has doae. Bring final victory closer with the money yon pat into War Bonds. Make certain roar family budget taps It percent bv New Year's. C. 5. 7 renrury Department Seaboard Railway Making Record As a rasf history of "A Railroad At War" and as a part In relation to i the whole, the activities of the Seaboard railway, the mainline between New York and Florida, which passes throtiKh Camden will be of much Jnj trest to ('amd'-n residents I'aul J I Ryrne writing In the January Issue I i of 'he " Spectator" gives a most iniierestinr description of "A Railroad! i jA< War" In part he says. "A railmight be said to look pretty i I much 'he same no matter when >ou ( see ;r However rhere is a difference 1 of day and nigh: between Its pe.ne. { time op'-ratlon and wartime a< romp- } li-hmen'- j Seaboard trains ar>. a- popular as! %'r. although it might be termed a' ' a form of popular!'; Now. instead; ? .' touri-'- gi7.r?' out off window- a the r f.r-' -ight of f ; )- aiunolitv or palms, we I '.vo of yoii'h of \ rn -ri? .i in ' ! Sam - un.for:n.- Som.- are Kav, -i 'in- -oie-r but all are alight with the1 <! ' -rru :na ? >n to do their par' in winr.ii.g 'hi- war .n the shortest time po-- ibb- Wi'h the building of bases boy. < oiiie from all sections of the our.'rv 'o get the Carolina and H-.ovoi -ft?;d to their rhocs for the tune. i i "With forty-five hundred miles of ra.!road serving the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina and (Jrorg;a. th? re arc naturally a lot of ramps around the Seaboard's right of wav 'M'c* of th?* railroads have Military Bureau.- to arrange the handling of organized p.i--etjger movements .Hid sp(-( ia! trains As an example of'hnW a nioxormnt of troop.- would be accomplished. w < will say that the S--ahoard's Military Bureau at Norfolk. Virgin.a. receives advice of a special mo\i nictit It then arranges to secure he net t-ssary equipment ? I'ullni in. diai ht's dining or kitchen cars, and a< ( ompan;.mi: Hat or box cars as required. and has the cars moved to . i r i a i t - p< 11 m t The, ltur. .-.n .iDn arranges for a coordinated schedule for prompt movement through to destination regardless of how many railroads are concerned", through i's own and other railroad's Operating Departments and Military Bureaus. "The railroads are moving about a million soldiers a month. On the Searxaard alone, during a recent month, enough men in organized movements were transported to take 2S0 soldiers on a round-trip to the moon, or 2250 sailors for a trip around the earth nt the equator, or to have taken 1300 Marines for a one-mile ride during -very minute of tlie month." American hull elks of the Wapiti spe. ! ?? often weigh as much as 1.000 pounds. PLAN TO SALVAGE !STE?L FROM RIVER 1 (Continued lrom first page) ! st'-el t<1 nn.*?tw* may he recovered. Th<- bride's referred to in 'his story ar- the structures that w< r<washed out in the 1910 flood. If the! I , plan to salvage th.- steel now in the j . riv. r carried to a successful roth j j elusion th?- total tonnage w ill he a* j much as all the scrap drives of the : county could ever hop" to total. ! Prom statements made by the WI'R joffiiials who were in Camd'-n this j J week investigating the salvaging of! , the s'eel. it appears that the claim of title to the steel in the river is made, by th" Camden Metal and Iron com-1 pany, operated by Coon and Carl Schlosburg. It is said that their contention is that their father purchased the steel of the two bridges many years ago. The WPB officials declare that a search of the records at the court house have so far failed to reveal any record of this claim. WPB officials are of the opinion that the claim will be relinquished by the Schlosburg brothers, who have been outstandnlg in their cooperation with the government in the salvage program. The silk that would normally make 100 pairs of silk stockings ia required for one parachute. "la Congress Accepting Its Full Mfifltnu of War Responsibilities? A? irlulrJ l?? T. V. Suiib J .Norman TVomu furmr/ ( on(rrum?? from* I Ckmirmmm. Knviilivr i umntille* lllinoi* Port W mr Ma* IJ Comncii Ml. SMITH UffcNH. 1 believe Congr?ru Is doing all any Congress can do tn wartime Congress cannot be responsible for leadership More than Ove hundred exhibitionists, orators and egoists lend, when they lead, to lead us in all directions with great noise When we want quiet, direct action, it pays to remember that responsibility bas Its quality no less than it. quantity Congress. I'm sure, honors its responsibility more In doing leas belter rather than in doing f more toorse Congress gets more done. I think, by prodding Presidential inaction and by criticizing executive and Judicial m:taction, than by undertaking in* , heroic action itself All talk Is a sort . of a temporary filibuster against energetic performances This is no discredit to Congress All credit must come from its function. Congress is composed under the Constitution, for criticism snd compromise, that double dose of duty Is s man-size Job? Let Congress do whatever it can do well Its effective power limits its responsibility The question put here Is two-fold First* gan Congress cooperate closely with the President who must lead us In war and take the Initiative in peace, secondly, can Congress adopt, then actually implement. such proposals for streamlining as hava been made. MR. THOMAS CHALLENGES: j Must Congress follow and never lead? Congress had no opportunity for "criticizing" and "prodding" In the framing of the Atlantic Charter! The making of the peace will affect the whole people. Therefore, It is the ( duty of Congress now to assume more responsibility in the making of the peace I fear a long executiveInspired armistice, which, however well Intended leads to dictatorship at home, costly policing of the world, mounting resentment among the policed and increasing rivalries among the victors Because I want to prevent that I demand Congress have a voice tn the making of tha peace MR. SMITH REPLIES: Congress is Investigating and discussing openly plans and proposals every day of every week of every month of every year A look through the Congressional Record will prove that There Lc not a movement in this nation sponsored by anyone, including my opponent's, that isn't debated day ! after da/ In both Houses of Congress ! This is the continuous, normal, j chronic, magnificent performance our public servants render us Congress doesn't need more responsibility It ! is doing a magnificent Job for what j it is constituted to do Congress is j much better thin its critics allow, j better than its friends ordinarily see | NK THOMAS OflSS: A Congress | which cannot or will not perform it? 1 own proper duties degenerate* tn itself and Ld public estimation This j meant a decline In democracy Cooj great betray* democracy wbeo ?t turns over its proper functions tc the executive Congress has signed too many blank checks. That road leads to personal authoritarian gov, erbment and dictatorship! Congress should assume greater responsibility for the prosecution of the war. for the winning of the peace, and engage far more earnestly than tt has. In domestic and foreign affairs Congress should extend, systems tire and coordinate its function, of Investigation The work of committees like the Truman and Toian committees has been epormously valuable in bringing constructive criticism to bear Committees should not overlap, tieafl on each other's toes scatter their fire and consume the valuable time of important men needlessly The failure of Congress to have s proper joint committee on peace and post-war planning threatens us with a worse disaster than that which followed World War L In no way would this valuable function of Congress Interfere with the President's treatymaking powers In no other way ar? we to be saved from an imperialistic peace! MR. SMITH CHALLENGES: Mr Thomas seems to forget that the Senate and the House both have Foreign Affairs Committees The problem is not one of setting up new machinery of government in Washington. Ws are discussing Congressional responsibility. The point here Is that the President can. in or out of office, promise the people he will or will oot do certain things A Congressman cannot make promises He knows [ he can't keep them Congress is not in s position itself to lead Id national policy It is always in the position as a matter of power, not of right, of having generally to follow and compromise its own disagreements MR THOMAS REPLIES: Compromise and criticism are not enough. The problems of war and the making of the peace call for more aggressive leadership than these allow. I insist 1 disapprove of the Atlantic Charter being drawn up by two men before we mere at war without consulting Congress. Congress should make every use of its right and duty to investigate and criticize If these two prerogatives are properly exercised it may be the safeguard we need against an arrogant inefficient bureaucracy II might even cut away the red tape that binds our American g:an: captive. Congress must be consulted it. war and in peace! Camden People Are j Urged To See Film I ( i I By The Skipper . I I Y<?nk?-r ftoodie Dundy the life story 1 I of George M Cohan, and one of the 1 [finest motion pictures e*er offered I to the Ainvr.caa public ts coming to I the ( nmd-r th?at/e *i an early dale. 1 [ a . day run. j This i# a puture that eien the 4 I crank est and grout hiewt of men or 1 (women will see and be entertained by. lit Ls a panorama of Colorful American I life It i? spread t^r-fore you with two , outs .andir.g and brilliant features? first? the attrr.ng Cohan music, and K4c\ood. the magnificent acting of Jittitny who appmar* in Lite.* I role of Cohan himself. I Cagney looks like Cohan, he act* ' like Cohan he sings like him and ha. 1 dances perhaps better than did the beloved Irish showman. Cagney's B work in this film has gone down aa a movie high spot ? Yankee Doodle IMndy is top flight * entertainment. Even JItterburg youth ' feels the tug of the old songs. '"Mary * Is A Grand Old Name," "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway." which s brings real tears to those who saw J (George Cohan and now see him pic- 1 'tured on the screen. * And when Cagney sings "Over 1 There," those of us who heard Cohan sing it back in 11*18 want to stand up * and cheer. Those stirring days of the I first world war, with the stirring I tunes of the time, all come back with I a rush of memories. There is plenty of flag-waving in I Yankee Doodle Dandy. We know all I Camden movie fans will like It. The I numbers in which the Stars and I Stripes are displayed lavishly a re ! I magnificent and the best of it is, they I do not seem silly or artificial. I1 Joan Leslie, a talented young ac- I tress is seen as Cohan's wife, Mary, I for whom the song "Mary Is A Grand:! Old Name" was written. | For tears and laughter, for sheer j| human appeal, Yankee Doodle Dandy || is a picture that will never be sur- I passed in the opinion of this writer. I Camden theater fans are going to love'l it. Manager Lee Little of the Cam-jj den theatre is .to be congratulated 'I upon being able to offer the public'I such an outstanding feature. 1 Lieut. W. F. Caston Now In Maryland I.ifutenant W. Frank Caston. bon I of the Rpv. and Mis J. B. Caston I of this city, who has been stationed at I Colorado Springs since last August I has been transferred to Fort Wash- I ington. Maryland. j| Lieutenant Caston attended the Of- I ficers Candidates school at Miami. I Florida, and was given his comtnis- I sion as second lieutenant on August I wiit-n he was sent to Colorado I Springs. Inmate Mr. 1*5*ut Collin*, who with M|? 1 'oilIn* 1* mi the Ktrkw ood. vlai*, W is ifct when he was quit*; a yo^ j nan. thirty live yearn ago. he o Camden and the Kirk wood, with hfc i notbe^ who at the time ww? suffej. 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