The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-11-12
ARMISTICE RITES
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the boundaries of the State OF
North Carolina" R. Gregg Cherry
of Gastonia, prominent legislator
and projected gubernatorial can
didate, and principal speaker tolo
his large audience.
Warning his hearers OF the dan
ger couched in the trend of pass
ing local and state problems to
Washington, Major Cherry asked
for the cooperation of North Caro-
lina's postwar government and
the assistance of labor and capt.
tai in the effort to discipline gov
eminent to the point where it will
become "a helper and an advisor,
not a master determined to domi-
nate the postwar field of recon
struction and reconversion."
IF we are 10 avoid a repetition
of the postwar economic chaos
we knew a quarter of a century
ago, we must provide jobs and
security for our servicemen when
they come home, and we must
do it without impairing our sys'
tenn of free, individual enterprise.
It must be done!" Cherry empha-
sized. He decried the procedure
of handing ex-soldiers expressions
of appreciation in the form OF
medals and praise and of neglect
ing them in the fashioning of bust
ness and industrial patterns after
the war.
From four high ranking officials
of Camp Davis came these Ar
mistice Day comments, issued to
their men:
Brig. Gen. James R. Townsend,
commanding general of the Anti
Aircraft Artillery Training Center
Exactly twenty-five years age
tomorrow at the stroke of II a. M,
the last volleys were fired in World
War l.
'Now we are again engaged in
c conflict which is destined to
make the world safe and livable
for the civilized and the decent.
We are fighting for the same cause
the elimination of tyranny from
the face of the earth and all traces
of its evil traits, tn freedom OF the
suppressed and above all. the reell'
cation of the Four Freedoms, the
BE- ckbone of this country's lnde'
pendence.
in our brief remembrance OF
the war gone past, let us not 1or'
get the. huge task we now have be-
fore us. Each and every one OF us
must do his job with the winning
of the peace as our ultimate goal,
las the commanding general o.
the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Train
ing Center, l urge you to pursue
YOUR duties more and more dill
gently. In closing, I say to you
men. our job is big, our goal Is ye'
far distant, and victory is our only
end.
Colonel Adam E. Potts., camT
commander - 1.-The tree OF liberty
is nourished with the blood OF pa
triots: it is it's natural manure
wrote Thomas Jefferson over
century ago. ~,
1.-The 25th Anniversary OF ths
cessation of hostilities in a war u
end all wars finds us still fightln&
for liberty in a global war. Ioday
the sun never sets on our fighting
forces. To keep them fighting ths
home front is producing on roune
the clock schedule training new
troops, providing the munitions O
war and keeping open lines OF com
munication.
I'VE celebrate this Armistlct
Day with accelerated efforts tt
shorten the war md restore peace
through victory.
Brigadier General Clare H. Arm
strong, mmanding general OF the
5Oth AA Brigade - To-day we
pause for moment in our pro
gram of training to remember
those who gave their lives. in the
first great war. This is our SECOND
the Schweinfurt ball-bearing works
in Germany. :,