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The Paducah Post
Friday, July 5, 1940
The PADUCAH POST
Serving Cottle County for 34 Years
Published Every Friday by
The Post Publishing Co.
Corner of Eighth and Richards Streets
E. A. Carlock........................Owner and Publisher
E. D. Fyke..............................Managing Editor.
Mrs. E.*D. Fyke........................Secretary-treasurer.
Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Paducah,
Texas, under the Act of March 30, 1879.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Farnham F. Dudgeon
‘Dark Horse’ Willkie Named
G.O.P. Presidential Candidate;
McNary for Vice President
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German Historic Ambitions
The premier argument of extreme pacifists in accounting'
for the present war is the unfairness of the Versailles
Tready of 1919. The hard terms of that document, they
say, had their reaction in the German people, who, longing
for revenge, produced Adolf Hitler, who in turn came to
symbolize the Teuton resentment against a colossal in-
justice. For the sake of argument let us admit without
further parley that there were injustices in the treaty,
though in the interest of straight thinking let us not admit
that these exactions compare for one moment in severity
with the’paganism of the Nazis’ philosophy or the terrors of
their unspeakable methods of warfare.
But is “resentment against injustice” the whole story?
We think not. Those who hang everything on this argu-
ment are guilty of loose thinking. Apparently they have no
knowledge of history. If the present war is due one fourth
to “resentment against injustice,” it is due three fourths
to the frustration in 1918 of German’s “blood and iron”
ambition to dominate the world. Hilter’s ruthless aims as
expresed in “Mein Kampf” and in his roaring speeches are
not new.' Those same purposes have been woven into the
very warp and woof of German leadership for nearly two
hundred years. If anyone should doubt this assertion, let
him read with care “A Survey of International Relations
Between the United States and Germany,” by James Brown
Scott, who holds a doctor of jurisprudence degree from the
University of Heidelberg, Germany. We are indebted to
that book for most of the quotations that follow in this
discussion.
First of all, listen to Frederick the Great of Prussia
(1712-1786). He says: “Know once and for all that in. the
matter of kingcraft we take when we can, and that we
are never wrong unless we have to give back what we have
taken.
“If there is-anything; to be gained by it, we will be hon-
est ; if deception is necessary, let us be cheats.
“Never blush for making alliances with a view to your
being the only one to draw advantage from them.
“If we are desirous of entering into a treaty with other
powers and we remember that we are Christians—we are
undone!
“When our interests change, we must change our actions
accordingly.
“When Prussia shall have made her fortune, she will
then be able to assume an air of good faith and of con-
stancy.
“Unreservedly the King of Prussia must make war his
principal study.
“Religion is absolutely necessary to the state. ... A
king is very foolish to permit his subjects to make ill use
of it ; on the other hand, a king is unwise an having any
religion.
“The politics of invasion has established as its principle
that the first step for the conquest of a country is to get
a footing in it.”
Said Frederick William IV, king of Prussia (1795-1861),
in a speech from the throne on April 11, 1847: “All writ-
ten constitution are only scraps of paper.”
Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) declared: “Trea-
ties are scraps of paper. All depends upon the manner of
turning them to account. Even an excellent weapon, in in-
experienced hands, may cause more damage than good.”
Bismarck’s unscrupulousness is further illustrated in the
incident of the famous “Ems telegram.” Sir Charles W.
Dilke in discussing that incident wrote: “Bismarck told me
when I was staying with him in September, ’89, that he
deliberately altered the telegram (from the King of Prus-
sia to France) by cutting it down ‘from a telegram of two
hundred words which meant peace to a telegram of twenty
words which meant war,’ and in this form it was placarded
through North Germany in every village.”
Count Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891) likewise joined
the German clamor for war. “Eternal peace,” he said, “is
a dream, not even a beautiful dream. War is part of God’s
cosmic system,” Again he declared: “Without the state,
man cannot be man; without war, the state would not be
a state. \
“A small state has no honor because it has no mis-
sion. .
“It is mere idiocy to preach against wars as such.
“The highest right, the last right, depends upon the
sword.
“Machiavelli is indeed right when he asserts that the
standard of the outward activity of the state is not con-
trolled by morality, not by right, but by shrewdness.”
What is the meaning of the following sentences from
Friedrich A. J. von Bernhard! (1849-1930) : “World power
or ruin is the decisive question which calls for an answer.
“ ‘Security and enlargement of power;’ in these two
words we may summarize our international political tasks. ’ ’
What was the dream of the Kaiser, Williams II, German
emperor and king of Prussia (1859-) ? Said he: “From
childhood I have been influenced by five great men—Alex-
ander the Great, Julius Caesar, Theodoric II, Frederick the
Great, and Napoleon. Each dreamed of world empire. They
failed. I have dreamed of German world domination, and
my mailed fist shall succeed.
“Looking upon myself as the instrument of the Lord,
without regard for daily opinions and intentions I go my
way. ’ ’
The Kaiser’s “mailed fist” did not “succeed,” but
Adolf Hitler is now dreaming the same dream and at
this writing, with a far crueler “mailed fist,” is making
considerable progress in turning that dream into a ghastly
reality. Let us learn to think twice before we declare that
the present world war is simply an effort on the part of
Germany to “right the wrongs of the Versailles Treaty.
Southwestern Advocate.
“All Gaul is divided into three parts,” said Caesar, and now modern
France, covering most of ancient Gaul, is again divided into three parts.
The two most important segments will be occupied by the Axis powers,
Germany and Italy. Germany received the black area in the above map
according to armistice terms which ended the fighting. Italy now controls
the dotted area on the map. The white area remains under French control.
POLITICS:
G.O.P. ‘Oomph9
From the opening session of the
Republican national convention in
Philadelphia, there was little doubt
as to what presidential nominee
aspirant was the “gallery’s choice.”
For each time the name of Wen-
dell Willkie was mentioned on the
convention floor a sally of cheers
swept down from the onlookers.
The New York lawyer and utili-
ties executive in a decidedly brief
(two months) period of time had
risen from the political unknown to
the pinnacle of popular G. O. P.
favor.
Entering the convention balloting
with a mere handful of pledged dele-
gates, Willkie’s dynamic super-
salesmanship started its telling ef-
fect in the form of a definite trend
toward him as the second roll call
of states was called. On the first
ballot he had 105 delegate votes
cast in his favor and ranked third
while Thomas E. Dewey held first
place with 360 votes and Robert A.
Taft of Ohio was second with 189.
On successive ballots Willkie then
gained 65, 86, 47, 123, and finally on
the sixth roll call he went over the
top with a net gain of 204 votes,
giving him a total of 633—501 being
necessary for the nomination. Will-
kie having won, all state delegations
then made the nomination unani-
mous.
Next day, on the first balloting
for the vice presidential nominee,
Senator Charles L. McNary of Ore-
gon was elected as the party’s over-
whelming choice for Mr. Willkie’s
running mate.
Tagged as a “peace, preparedness
and prosperity” platform, the G. O.
P. 1940 statement of party policy
straddled most important national
issues but packed plenty of anti-New
Deal and anti-Third term punch.
Unanimously approved, the plat-
form contained a keep-out-of-war
declaration; a plan of Republican-
inspired national defense; a'slap at
President Roosevelt’s “provocative”
speeches; and a demand to limit
presidential service to two terms.
Willkie’s political rise stands out
as one of the most dramatic, in
American history. Coupled with the
fact that he started his campaign a
short two months ago, is the fact
that up until the last few years he
has been a Democrat. Many politi-
cal experts thought this would spell
political doom in a Republican con-
vention. But it didn’t.
NAMES
... in the news
C. Secretary of State Cordell Hull
announced that he had ordered An-
thony J. Drexel Biddle, U. S. am-
bassador to Poland, to follow the ex-
iled Polish government from its tem-
porary capital at Bordeaux, France,
to London, England.
C. Earl Browder, general secretary
of the Communist party in the Unit-
ed States, lost another court battle
when the Circuit Court of Appeals
in New York upheld his conviction of
wilfully using a passport obtained
by false statements.
C, Chairman of the now very import
tant senate foreign relations commit-
tee, Key Pittman (D., Nev.) ex-
pressed hope that British plans “to
fight from the New world” (Can-
ada) with its navy would not be de-
layed “too long.” London cracked
back that no such move was be-
ing considered currently.
Other experts were sure that his
connection with the public utilities
industry would carry a political
curse that could end nowhere but in
oblivion. But his winning personality
added to the fact that among all the
candidates he stood out as the one
having the most political “oomph”
appeared to be the determining fac-.
tors in his favor.
In his campaign Willkie was quot-
ed as saying that he sincerely hoped
President Roosevelt would accept
the Democratic nomination for a
third term as he would be happy to
campaign against him. This atti-
tude seemed to please Republican
party leaders, who realize that a
vigorous, energetic personality like
Wendell Willkie’s will be needed in
the coming political battle.
UNEASY WORLD:
Europe
As the Nazi war machine con-
tinued to push its military occupa-
tion of France’s entire Atlantic sea
coast and German bombers contin-
ued scattered raids over an uneasy
England, the power of the Soviet
Union was being felt in Rumania.
Word from Bucharest indicated
that the Rumanian grand council,
headed by King Carol had decided to
agree to Russian demands for the
cession of Bessarabia—long a dis-
puted territory. Bessarabia belonged
to Russia before the World war and
the Soviet has for many years fumed
about its control by Rumania. Up
until a few months ago it seemed
that Rumania would fight Russia
rather than accede to demands for
the province.
But of late King Carol has had an
uneasy time attempting to keep his
nation at peace with both Germany
and Russia. With collapse of French
forces it appeared that the small
nation was not willing to force the
hand of its powerful neighbor by
refusing this demand. Late dis-
patches indicated that a portion of
the province of Bucovina was in-
cluded in the grab.
U. S. DEFENSE:
Activity Plus
In the Brooklyn navy yard, the
new construction program which
will add four huge capital ships to
the U. S. fleet, got under way with
the laying down of the keel of the
45,000-ton super-dreadnaught, the
Iowa. Contrary to the usual practice
very little ceremony surrounded the
event and only officials were on
hand to watch the beginning of what
will be the largest battleship ever
built for America’s navy.
Less dramatic perhaps but vital-
ly important was the announcement
that the Reconstruction Finance cor-
poration had started bargaining to
obtain reserve supplies of rubber
and tin. Under a new bill signed
by the President the corporation is
authorized to finance purchases of
strategic material so that “in any
eventuality” supplies will be on
hand.
First major snag hit by the de-
fense program was the decision of
Henry Ford to discontinue his plans
to start mass production of air-
planes for the federal government.
Now both deals are off.
For Ford has now announced that
he would be able to turn out 1,000
fight planes a day in his automo-
bile factory, the government author-
ized the purchase of 3,000 Rolls-
Royce motors from him. At about
the same time the British air min-
istry announced it was negotiating
an order for 6,000 motors of the
same type with the Ford company.
‘Socks’.That Count
7t’s better to drop bombs
on an invader than to knit
socks for young soldiers in the
opinion of Mrs. Lorene Hollo-
way, able Jackson Heights, N.
Y., air pilot. If war strikes
' this country, she wants to join
U. S. defense forces and or-
ganize young women fliers in-
to a fighting corps.
AVIATION:
Spreading Wings
Three new air routes mark cur-
rent developments in America’s
ever-expanding aviation industry.
Hailed by Alaska’s governor, Er-
nest Gruening, as a stride toward
national defense, the 20-ton Alaska
Clipper began regular pay-passenger
service between Seattle and the ter-
mory. On the first flight the Clip-
per made V trip that usually takes
four days by boat in slightly over
five hours. Twenty passengers were
aboard.
This initial flight called attention
to Alaska’s ai” defenses which are
in the process cf being strengthened
oy the U. S. navy Two new flying
bases at Sitka and Kodiak are un-
der construction at the present time
and the naval expansion program
calls for further bolstering of Uncle
Sam’s air arm in the area.
Pan American Airways is starting
transoceanic service over 8,000
miles of the South Pacific to New
Zealand and a new flight schedule
with daily plane service to Argen-
tina is slated to get under way July
12. On the New Zealand route, four
and a half day service will be pro-
vided between Los Angeles and
Auckland, New Zealand,
INDUSTRY:
Change of Pace
Current reports of Federal Re-
serve banks plus other commercial
indices reveal that a downward
trend of industrial activity which
has marked U. S. business since last
December has now been reversed.
Expanding production is noted in
many key industries.
With much of such increasing ac-
tivity centered directly or indirectly
in war and defense materials, non-
military industries are also register-
ing important gains.
Steel production is now booming
along at capacity speeds and new
orders from foreign and domestic
buyers which are currently pour-
ing in should keep blast furnaces
roaring for many months to come.
Automobile tire shipments have
shown large increases and leading
rubber companies say these more
than offset a seasonal decline in
sales to car manufacturers. South-
ern Pacific railroad is negotiating
for the purchase of some 2,500 new
freight cars.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS:
Business Report
Eighty-nine employees of the
league of nations—the last 89 to be
exact—were given notice to resign
for business appeared to be at a
standstill. Secretary General Joseph
Avenol started closing up shop
about May 16 when Germany
launched its blitzkrieg against the
low countries. It was then he gave
205 league officials and employees
a chance to resign or have their
contracts suspended upon any
notice.
Two decades a|b the league was
created to aid in the settlement of
international disputes, but business
was dull until two years ago, when
aggressors started to work in ear-
nest and things began to hum in the
great marble building that housed
the delegations.
But this activity began to slow
down as one by one, Austria, Po-
land, Czecho-Slovakia, Albania, Fin-
land, Denmark, Norway, The Neth-
erlands, Belgium and then France
wilted under the pressure of more
powerful nations.
Starting out as a noble bid for
peace and world understanding, an
idealistic institution is closing its
books in a world where force holds
the balance in the ledger.
MISCELLANY:
Fortune magazine announced re-
sults of a nationwide poll it had
conducted which revealed that 49
per cent of the voters believed they
would support President Roosevelt
for a third term. The survey was
taken after the war reached its crit-
ical stage, magazine officials point-
ed out.
Justice department officials are
preparing for registration and fin-
gerprinting of some 3y2 million ali-
ens in this country as a result of
legislation passed by congress.
Denizens of the Forests
Can Grow New Coats, Legs
Many creatures of the wild have
the power of changing their coats,
for when they get too fat for their
skin it bursts open and there is a
shining new dress underneath. Oth-
er animals are able to grow limbs
or tails when they lose them.
If a spider has an accident which
deprives it of a couple of legs, it
soon gets two more in their place.
Certain lizards when attacked shed
their tails, and as these continue to
wiggle after they have left the body,
a bird or other enemy usually at-
tacks the tail, while the lizard es-
capes. Snakes shed their skins, and
in places where reptiles are com-
mon we often come across these
shriveled remains, notes a writer in
London Tit-Bits Magazine.
All insects grow in the "larva
stage. Grubs and caterpillars in-
crease in size by shedding their
skins and it is not until they reach
full size that they change into the
chrysalis stage to emerge eventual-
ly as the perfect insect. We
sometimes see undersized bees or
flies which will not grow larger, be-
cause in the larva stage they were
probably underfed, or came from a
stock which was not robust.
The rattlesnake, a denizen of
tropical South America, has a
number of cups at the end of its
long body. These fit into each oth-
er, and the curious rattle is made
by their striking together.
When the snake is ready to shed
its old coat a new rattle is added
with the new dress, but as the older
cups fall off when they become
worn, the number of rattles does
not increase to any great extent.
If this snake loses one or more of
its main fangs, which are really
miniature hypodermic syringes,
others grow in their place.
Conestoga Wagon Drivers
Preferred Turn to Right
The drivers of the early Conestoga
wagons rode the left wheel horse.
Turning out to the right when meet-
ing another vehicle was more con-
venient in spite of the fact that it
was the custom to pass to the left,
as in England. Drivers riding the
“lazy board” of the wagon—a board
between the two left-side wheels
that pulled out and could be ridden
when driving from the side of the
wagon—preferred turning out to the
right when meeting oncoming traf-
fic.
The deep wagon ruts in the single-
track roads made by the Conestoga
drivers were also followed by other
traffic. This explains why vehicles
now pass to the right of the road
when meeting in the United States,
notes a writer in the Indianapolis
News. The Conestoga trail was the
road from Philadelphia to Pitts-
burgh where, in 1830, more than
3,000 of these wagons were con-
stantly running. They conveyed
families and their possessions west-
ward to their western homes, hence
it would seem certain that Conestoga
wagons were in use in some places
as early as 1826.
Inaugural of First President
On April 30, 1789, George Wash-
ington was inaugurated at New
York as the first President of the
United States. Elected on Febru-
ary 4, he was not officially notified
of this fact until April 14, and left
his home, Mount Vernon, Va., two
days later. Although he wrote that
he made the journey “dispatch as
possible,” he did not reach New
York until April 23. Li his inaug-
ural address he gave thanks for
“the tranquil deliberations and vol-
untary consent of so many distinct
communities,” which had brought
the new government into being by
the ratification of the federal Con-
stitution. The crystallization of
public opinion which resulted in this
“voluntary consent” was made
doubly difficult by the slowness ' of
communication between widely sep-
arated parts of the country.
Printing His First Bible
The first Bible printed in the
United States in any language was
that of John Eliot, the Indian apos-
tle, who in 1661 printed the New
Testament and in 1663 the whole
Bible with the Psalms in meter,
and a cathechism, in the Algonquin
language. The first complete Eng-
lish Bible printed in America and
bearing an American imprint, was
the Aitken Bible. The title page
reads: “The Holy Bible, newly
translated out of the original
tongues and with the former trans-
lations intelligently compared and
revised, Philadelphia, printed and
sold by R. Aitken at Popes Head,
three doors above the Coffee house
in Market street, 1782, approved and
recommended by the U. S. Con-
gress, assembled, September 12,
1782.”
True Patriotism
Some years ago a Chinese living
in Shanghai, finding his indigenous
Japanese plants taking unkindly to
the soil and climate of Shanghai,
sent to Japan for enough soil to
cover all the flower beds in his
garden. Some 300 bags filled with
rich Japanese earth was duly
packed by his agents in Japan, but
refused clearance by the customs
officials. “But, why?” the agent
indignantly asked. “Why, don’t you
see,” said one of the officers, “if
you once begin exporting Japanese
soil, and the foreigners find out
how good it is, in a very few years
we shall not have anything left of
Japan.”
Political
Announcements
The Paducah Post is Authorized to
announce the following as candi-
dates for the respective offices listed
below, subject to the Democratic
primaries to be held in 1940.
For State Senate, 30th Senatorial
District:
ALVIN R. ALLISON OF
LEVELLAND
MARSHALL FORMBY O F
DICKENS COUNTY
For Congress, 18th Congressional
District:
ALLEN HARP OF CHIL-
DRESS COUNTY
TOM ELLZEY OF PERRY-
TON
lee McConnell of gray
COUNTY
E. T. (Dusty) MILLER OF
AMARILLO
For State Representative, 121st
District:
PAUL EUBANK OF MOTLEY
COUNTY
E. E. (RED) WALKER OF
MEMPHIS, HALL COUNTY
STANSELL CLEMENT O F
CHILDRESS COUNTY
For District Judge:
L. M. (Lewis) WILLIAMS OF
KNOX COUNTY
J. DONNELL DICKSON
OF BAYLOR COUNTY
For District Attorney:
C. E. BLOUNT OF COTTLE
COUNTY
ROLLIE FANCHER
OF BAYLOR COUNTY
For County Judge:
JOHN H. DAVIS, Jr.
0. J. (JEFF) RILEY
J. P. STURDIVANT
For County Attorney:
ROY A. JONES
For Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Colloo*
tor:
C. A. BROOKS
(Re-election)
A. A. PAYNE
For County Treasurer:
MRS. M. REDWINE
(Re-election)
For County and District Clerk:
W. A. BISHOP
MRS. C. C. (LUM) MC-
ARTHUR
R. B. MERRILL
GUS HARPER
For Commissioner, Precinct 1:
C. C. (CLIFF) HILL
NATHAN S. MORRIS
N. S. (NED) GALLOWAY
For Commissioner, Precinct 2:
OSCAR L. STOKES
G. I. (INIS) LEE
R. M. (MARVIN) TOWNLEY
L. A. (Lewis) DETWILER
J. E. RODGERS
G. H. (GEORGE) BROWN-
LOW
For Commissioner, Precinct 3:
C. N. WILLINGHAM
(Re-election)
G. R. (GROVER) WILSON
1. R. HARRISON
For Commissioner, Precinct 4:
DALLAS LOVE
(Re-election)
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct
1
W. F. WIMBERLY
(Re-election)
J. M. BARRON
For Constable, Precinct No. 1:
LUTHER RUSSELL
GROVER C. BEARDEN
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