Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-12
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the Philippines.
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The world picture is black today,
but it was black in 1778, when Phil
adelphia and New York were in the
hands of an enemy. 1t was blacker
still when the capital was burned
in 1874
There were only 100000 Ameri-
cans then. But they taught Europe
that though it could invade Ameri-
can territory it could never invade
the American Spirit; that their ar
tillery could crack an American fort,
but never the unity of the Republic.
The American people have won ev-
cry war because they have contin-
ued to fight the enemy, not to ques-
ton their own leadership. Five mil
lion Americans stood off the world
because deep defeat could not di-
vide them.
That tradition is worth more
than all the gold in Fort Knox.
Our schools can truthfully teach
that there were no hOarders at
Valley FOrge-and the captain of
the U. S. S. Constitution never
had to ration Loyalty.
Today the tides of Manila Bay are
ebbing and flowing, but not the pa
triotisrn of the surrounded Ameri-
cans. Tokyo hopes they will soon
run out of ammunition. Because
even Tokyo admits that Macarthur
men will never run out of courage.
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The stilettO mob didn't waste a
second hopping on the Raj when
the Navy ships slid through Dover
strait. All right, it was blow that
hurt. Hitler got his ships home.
But who tied them up for months?
The Raj. Who fought off
the invasion of England, and
changed Germany's whole plan of
the war? The Huns are on the Rus
sian front today, taking bloody
beating, because the Raj. sent
them there. But one setback is sup
posed to rub out all their glories.
The toughest outfit of the war, with a
record full of glory, is being cruel
fled for losing one skirmish. The
idea is not being promoted here,
however, that everybody has to shut
up. Blunders must not be excused,
or inefficiency and plundering con-
cealed. The chief thing is to no
tice who's doing the loudest yelling,
and check back on his record. Lots
of the mouthpieces aren't speaking
in Americas interest. You dom
have to be slant-eyed to be a good
Jap, or to have an accent to deliver
message from Berlin. Sure, Amer
lea can be licked. But fevvensakes,
don't let's lick ourselves.
This little anecdOte about prime
minister. and reporter tells more
about the stupid, short-sighted think
ing that was almost fatal to democ-
racies than all the intellectual es-
says ever written . Stanley Bald
win told a reporter: 81 want it to
be said. of me that l never sent a
single Englishman to die on a for
eign battlefield "But, Prime
Minister" he was reminded, "don't
you see you are piling up trouble
that will kill million Englishmen
in the next WARP" ''That,
said Baldwin calmly, lis a problem
for my successor.
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Book publishers are cutting one.
eighth of an inch on tones already
to conserve paper The best
book publishers (five) are standard
izing the jackets on non-iction
A Los Angeles lawyer has com.
planned to authorities that Japs are
using spot" announcements on
West coast high-powered stations to
relay code messages to Tokyo
The N. Y. Times is prepared for an
air raid. In it's annex lobby (where
the paper is printed) there's a Dis
aster Wagon equipped with helmets,
first aid kits, etc.