Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-14
It's News
To Me
By o. J. Pecud
EVOLUTION OF WAR

In the beginning of human warfare, two met the
field of combat and with their bare hands teeth and nails sought
to kill each other. sf. ~
Eventually there appeared who possessing more
ingenuity than those about him. contrved crude with
which ne vanquhed his enemies Men covered in fear and
the hope and opinion that the weapon
forever eliminate war between men
Peace short lived for of those the
OF the first weapon had booded and pondere
the problem From the dark thoughts and inventive genius
the bow and Possessing weapon
had speed and could be aimed there nothing
to
other fought bloody wars in which
the tribe which possessed the bow killed off the
riors who fought with stone hammers and javelins.
The bow and such revolutionary weapon that
men stood in fear and Wise men shook their heads and
surely not again
WAR AGAIN
But did again. for mans progress continuous
and in his constant unearh the nature
eventually discovered gunpowder energy
could be fashioned to direct bullets of lead
accuracy ships and towns
Realizing that the new discovery him advantage
nations which then beginning FORM
possessing gunpoWder grew ambitious This weapon they told
each other advantage neghborng
Let to lay eige to these people, for
surely defeat them Then seize their ships and lands
and and cities and become the most powerful nation
earth"
again the frenzied cries of
bent killing and being killed Cities taken Ships
sunk Murder and rapne the order of the times and
gunpowder the day.
When the horrible and the fought
with each other position determine
get the lions share of the spos took the situation
and ana declared na there must never I be another war War they
treasure besides had
would eventually bring about world chaos
UNEASY PEACE
Peace uneasy, vulnerable peace, sat upon the
with scientific turn of mind went into their abora
ways kill They invented new types
swte deadler
powerful explosive of the bullets
straight to the heart of the enemy.
And man went with each becoming hor-
rbe than the which proceeded it. And usual the
and nations PROSTATE people
dying cold and disease the
ligous hopeful declared there would
other war, because had become too destructive.
FLYING WAR
When the Wright brothers perfected flying machine
at last able TO mount wings
the declared that this machine
end With this machine found remarkably
efficient of destruction and make
the world democracy and for the Freedoms
the wars became more destructive.
The aftermath of the first war in which the flying machine
played important found the peoples world telling
other There be another will
ally destroy the human race"
And then the atomic bomb greatest of
energy discovered by instrument
ton which aggerS the imagination of minds
Surely will have Never again
the elemental forces of the universe destroy
wealth bring the world the played
their in the actual origin of the earth planet
Don't be miSlead and don't be hopeful
long fearful of the forces with which
Even today preparing for the with
bigger and better instruments of destruction Man
pared to utterly destroy himself Perhaps it is just WELL