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Friday, November 24, 1944.
THIS THANKSGIVING DAY (1944)
Who built this nation, fine and strong?
Our pioneer parents who loved no wrong.
Where are those parents on this ConfusccbDay?
Their Spirits are about us showing us the way.
Must we listleswly turn a deaf ear?
In our state of Confusion resort to fear?
There was no fear in those hearts so true.
Why should there be for you and you?
God’s given pleasures will not pass away
”ril we ourselves wish for that day.
Thoughtless greed, wordly goods to gain
Will bring Mankinds’ beat to woe and pain.
If we start saying “I” when we must say God
On these saints gone before as we ruthlessly trod.
Taunted by doubts, restricted by fear
'Those dear ones before us their hearts to tear?
God forbid it ever and show us the way
Love^} ones gone would have us live today.
Calm angered spirits and broken hearts heal, /
Bind us ever Father, that to Thee we may^cipg^l.
Lily white hands tarnished must be
As things not permanent from us fl<
T^at purest of hearts purge from the deep
And cast out evils no longer to seep.
This Thanksgiving Day, we have no fear!
Teach us patience Fathcf, and our burdens to bear.
May we ever look onv^rd and upward to Thee
Where complete loVe abounds we shall ever be Free!
—Betty Hoffman Cooper,
Among^llers at Quebec was the young Habsburg, Otto,
still pretending to the throne of Austria, ^mehow, of late,
this has^eem^ even idler than straight un-employinent.
The great victory that was accomplished in France was
an Allied triumph, not an American demon^ation, regard
less of what you read in the newspapers and hear over the
air.
Paris Impraaaioiw
Washlnston, Nor.—^After laarlng
Qenerah BUenbower’s headquarters
4iear-VeraaiUds, we drove Into Paris.
The outaklrU of the cltjr, where most
of the industries were Ideated, had
been sfstematically bombed by our
planes. Many motor works, such as
the Durant plant, employed in the
manufacture df motor vehiclee for the
German army, bad been almost com
pletely wlhed out, but the main part
of die city Itself had been little dam
aged.
We first went to the Majestic Hotel,
former headquarters of General Run-
stedt, the German commander. The
whole magnificent place had been
taken over by the American Army
General staff. There we spent three
hours listening to a general explana
tion of the military situation by Gen.
Littlejohn, of the Quartermaster corps,
Gen. Hawley, Surgeon General of the
European area, and hi^b officials of
the Infantry, Artillery and Air force.
Many things were revealed to us
which lack of space prevents my re
peating here.
Twenty-six years had passed since I
had seen Paris, and as we set out on
a tour of the city, my first startled
impression was that it looked cleaner
and brighter, witli the buildings in
better state of repair than in 1918.
On secontl thought 1 realized that in
1918 Prance had been in the war for
about four years, her manpower was
mainly on the battle fronts and her
war expenditures then had prohibited
building and repair in the city Itself.
Although a few of the buildings, such
as the administration building on the
place de la Concorde, had been dam
aged by the fighting between German
officials and French underground
forces, most of buildings and all of
the great monuments seemed undam
aged. The Chamber of Deputies, the
Egyptian Monument, tomb of Na
poleon, the place des Invalldes, the
Bridges over the ^ SelnOr the Opera
building, and the Arc de Trloiuphe
were all there intact and well kept.
I walked' under the great Triumphal
Arch again and passed by the tomb
of the unknown soldier, beside the
flame that has never gone out since
1918. . It was all like a dream.
It seemed that the Germans while
dealing out ruthless death to those
who opposed them were studiously
carqful not to offend France further
by defacing her monuments. The
French themselves appeared very hap
py over allied redemption of their
country. The clothing and luxury
stores seemed well filled with goods
as compared to London, but there was
everywhere an evident shortage of
food and prices were high. In 1918
the franc was valued at 20 cents, but
its present value is only two cents.
I talked with many Frenchmen
about the plight of Prance. Although
probably 80 per cent of the people
expressed themselves as supporters of
the De Gaulle regime, there seemed
to be no general unanimity of opinion
in regard to plans for the recotbsfruc*
tjon and rebirth of Fr|nce as a great
power.
I gained the impression that the
Communist faction is very strong,
which fact. I am Informed, cans^
many Frenchmen of the wealthy dmss
to smile on German occupation and
support a policy of collaboration with
Gernoany. There are about 2(1 politi
cal parties in France which was re
sponsible, more than any one thing,
for Frjmce’s fall without a real strug
gle. Unless the people of Prance bury
some of their political differences and
get together soon under a strong man
like De Gaulle, it is hard to tell what
the future will bring for that un
fortunate nation. I do not want to
give the impression that there are
not thousands of true French patriots
Found in a foxhole, on scratch paper, by Capt. Kornegy, in France—Author unknown.
LITTLE TOWNS
I like the atmosphere of little towns
WJxereJkno-tB Qi jieople gather on the-Btreet
Where old men sun themselves on steps and stare
And call you by your first name when you meet.
The shade trees reach across the narrow way
And whisper secrets to .the othei sjde; i
And ever tend their, premises with pride.
When sorrow comes to anyone housed there
' The whole town beats a pathway to that door
To offer solace, food and home-grown blooms,
Though those in trouble were not known before.
I like the atmosphere of little towns
I never think of heaven's streets as gold;
Just hometown streets behind a gate that leads
To scenes more beautiful as years unfold.
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willing to die for their country. Tkeee,
however, have been undemdnded hy
extremisU on both the extreme left
and extreme right There it • leestm
for the United^ State* In thi* French
situation.
As we left Paris* the next morning
to Qy hack to London, I looked down
at the beautiful city and the enchant
ing rolling lands of the countryside
and I couldn't help bat compare the
France of 100 years ago—looked up ot
and respected by all the world—to
the France of tod^, uneerlian and
afraid.
Mercury Sinks To 26
According to H. -A. Brown, local
weather observer and recorder of the
temperature reading early Wednesday
morning was 26 degrees. This is the
lowest reading recorded so far this
fall.
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