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Four Years More

Four years more it is, with another in
auguration of President Roosevelt on January
TO- Or is it more than that? Democratic Cam
paign Manager Hannegan said he was in IA
vor Of a fifth term and there are millions
of others who would make it indefinite.
But the prospect is for only four more
years. BY that time the war will have been
won or the country stalemated with the world
and new hands called to the helm. Even
President Roosevelt's vigor can't last always.
Age has a way of creeping up on a man.
The spirit may be willing but the flesh be-
comes worn out. One gets to living in the
past, in the shadows, while world of new
humanity sweeps on, new replacing the old.
But never think that the nation will slip
into old, accustomed ways after the last four
years of the Roosevelt administration. Old
parties cannot resume where he leaves off.
The Old Guard, Democratic or Republican,
will be through.
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Another Sergeant York

Every war has many individual heroes. One
of these is the Private from Mount Olive who
wore out a machine gun. Leon Outlaw, Jr.,
killed 100 Germans during a six-day seige
when his outfit was cut off from help. He took
six prisoners and the count of wounded was
rot completed. This young fellow fired about
5000 rounds of ammunition.
If anybody is nominated for the Sergeant
York of this war; let's put up this man, for
a man he is, no matter how youthful. Offhand,
it seems that he outdid Sergeant York bit,
but never mind about that. There is enough
glory for both. Young Outlaw did this under
considerable difficulty, too. He was under con-
slant enemy fire. One burst of artillery blast
ed his last K-ration out of his hand.
His record may be beaten before the war
ends but if so it will have to be by some
soldier wearing out two machine guns He has
put Mount Olive on the map so far as World
war II is concerned.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

duty; submissive to law as Soc
rates; and grand in battle a:
Achilles.
Here is another beautiful tribute
paid to the peerless Lee, this time
from across the Atlantic: etc
General R. E. Lee, the most stain
less of living commanders, and,
except in fortune, the greatest
this volume is presented with the
writer's sympathy, and respectful
admiration:
The grand old bard that never dies
Receive him in our English
tongue!
I send thee but with weeping eyes,
The story that is sung.
Thy Troy is fallen, thy dear lane
Is marred beneath the spoiler' S
heel;
I cannot trust my trembling hand
To write the things / feel.
An, realm of ombs!-but let her
bear
This hlazon to the last of time:
No nation rose so white and fair,
Or fell so pure of crime.
The widows moan, the orphan
wall,
Come round thee, yet in truth
be strong!
Eternal right, though all else fail,
Can never be made wrong.
An angels heart, an angels mouth,
No Homer's, could alone for me
Hymn well the great Confederate
South,
Virginia firsts and Lee. P.S.B.
The above inscription and poem
accompanied the presentation of
perfect copy of the ''Translation
of the Ilaid Of Homer into Spen-
serian Stanza" by Philip Stanhope
Worsley, Fellow of Corpus Christi
College, Oxford-a scholar and
poet whose untimely death, MOTTO
ed with deepest regret throughout
the literary world of England, cut
short a career of the brightest
promise.
Robert E. Lee and George Wash
ington were both born in West
moreland County. Here is what
Rev. B. M. Palmer, D. D., emf
nent Presbyterian preacher of
New Orleans, said about them:
THE influence of George Wash
ington and Robert E. Lee as the
representatives of the highest ira
ditions of the South is like the
radiance of those binary stars
which open their glory and shed
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Purchased With Blood

Casualty lists increase. Some months ago,
military authorities warned that the gold star
would be placed on many an American home
Their forecast has come through.
Every village, every little town, has its
dead, wounded and missing Many families
have two or more gold stars in the window.
Some parents have lost all their sons. And
the worst is yet to come. The American ar
mics haven't yet fought inside Germany ex-
cept on the edges Of that dreadful, hated land.
We are still far from Berlin
Have you ever noticed the trains carrying
soldiers? There are no cheering, laughing
crowds as they pass. The men do not wave
and laugh and joke from the cars as they
did in the First World war. They know and
people know that many will not return or
will return manned for the remainder of their
lives.
It's a grim business, a deadly business
this war. There was never another like it
in scope, in cruelty and in wholesale DEATH
When you read of American victories do it
soberly-in thankfulness, of course. But just
remember that these victories were purchas-
ed at price that being good American
blood new graves by the battlefield, men
gone forever.
Don't celebrate with merriment. This is no
time for anybody in America to devote him
self to gaiety with unseemly behavior. The
world is in agony and America shares it.
We look forward to the time when the men
will return homes
Some will not return. Their brief lives were
cut short before they got started in life.
Some went as striplings from home into this
world carnage, never to return. 1t behooves
US to Live wisely. think and act soberly.
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Finer Psychiatric Screening

The soldier who confessed to the murder
of Sir Eric Teichman, British diplomat, was,
according to an Army psychiatrist "a men
tally defective homicidal degenerate
After examination, the psychiatrist found his
mental age to be about years, and that he
suffered from "a constitutional psychopathic
condition of emotional instability and explosive
and primitive sadistic aggressiveness."
Psychiatric tests are part of induction ply
steal examinations. There are psychiatrists
attached to camps in this country whose job
is to weed out the obviously unfit who passed
the initial mental test. There are other psy-
chiatrists near the combat areas who assist
in the treatment of combat neuroses.
It seems odd that such an obvious degener-
ate as this killer should have gone through in
duction and training and spent some time in
England without his deficiencies being dis
covered and acted upon Of course, he is only
one among almost 100000 servicemen, so
perhaps the psychiatrists should not be judged
too harshly But one might also wonder how
many more like him have slipped through ex-
aminations unnoticed.
check-ups would seem to be in order, if crimes
perhaps of even greater international conse-
quence than the Teichman murder are to be
averted.
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is friendly but able to throw his weight about
in case anybody mistakes his 1rlenollness 1or
timidity.
Never again should we 60 through with such
idiotic proceedings as scrapping navy, dis
arming; becoming a big fat lamb lying down
with bunch of hungry lions. Stay strong and
we will probably stay peaceful and the rest OF
the world with us.
A peace council OF any nature will have to
have measures to enforce the peace. A sheriff
is sort of peace council all by himself but
he doesn't rely only on soft words. You will
notice that members Of the police department
carry weapons
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SO THEY SAY

The need of more men by the Army will
mean further squeeze on the supply of ci-
william workers. with the real effects to show
up in late January or February. -Frank S.
Whiting, WPB official.
feel that the German offensive has already
done what my trip was intended to achieve
to make the home front realize the danger OF
planning a return to civilian jobs prematureiy
and the absolute necessity of continuing a big
war effort-War Manpower Commissioner
Paul " McNutt in Paris.
AS far as I can determine, controls on pres
ent production seem tighter than at any time
within the last two years.. with every effort
being made to hold production OF civilian
goods at levels to meet minimum civilian
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES S. whiting WPb OIL
cal.
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ROBERT EDWARD LEE
To The Editor:

To The Editor:
Today is the 10th anniversary
of the birth of the immortal Lee.
General Robert Edward Lee was
born in Westmoreland County,
Va, January l, 1905. The youth
of today ought to know the life
of this great man that they may
be inbued with his noble spirit.
He is the pride of Westmoreland,
the idol of Virginia, the peerless
hero of the South, the growing
ideal of America, the flower of
the Anglo-Sa1on race, and the
glory of the whole world. Out
side of Jesus Christ there is no
character in all the tides of time
that can compare with him.
Robert E. Lee was born a SOL
der. He was the fourth son of
Light Horse Harry Lee, who won
the sobriquet by which he is known
to the world because of his rapid
and daring movements in scout
ing and foraging for Washington's
army during the American Revo-
luton. He was descended from
Richard Lee, tine emigrant, scion
of an old English family ancient
enough to have followed Richard
the Lion-hearted to the Holy Land.
Robert E. Lee was born with the
military passion of many gener-
ations beating in his blood and the
heroic traditions of military an
cestors on horseback and on foot
blowing their bugles in his soul.
He was educated at West Point
where he graduated second in his
cass and without a single dement,
against him. He lived and died
without a blur on his name or
stain on his shield.
Here is an eloquent tribute paid
General Lee by Senator Ben H.
Hill of Georgia: when the fu-.
ture historian comes to survey the
character of Lee, he will find it
rising like a huge mountain above
the undulating plain of humanity,
and he will have to lift his eyes
toward heaven to catch it's sum-
NIT. He possessed every virtue
of the great commanders without
their vices. He was a foe with
out hate; a friend without treach-
cry; private citizen without
wrong; neighbor without re-
proach; Christian without nypoc-
risy; and man without guile. He
was a Caesar without ambition;
a Frederick without his tyranny;
q Napoleon without his selfishness;
and Washington without his re-
ward. He was obedient to au-
thority as servant and royal in
authority as a true king. He was
gentle as a woman in life; modest
and pure as a virgin in thought;
Watchful as a Roman vestal in
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Peaceful But Armed

proposal to hasten international handling of
world political questions by creating United
Nations provisional peace council Is proposed
bv Senator Connally Of Texas.
It is not new idea. The Hague world
court was an example; SO was the League Of
Nations. Tennyson sang of the parliament OF
man the federation of the world. 1t is dream
but reasonable dream. unfortunately rea-
son flies out the window when quarrels come.
Instead of a dream, the world goes again
through hideous nightmare.
America wCuld have to play Dig part IN
r,ch peace council. That is now generally
GRANTED One way would be to maintain
strong military, naval and air power Noo'lis
50 helps to keep the peace as neigh0or VINO
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World Riddle

Bestiality shows itself no matter how thick
the veneer Of civilization. In German OR in
Jap, the true manor is it man?-comes
to the top in time of stress.
Murder of 100 American soldiers after cap
ture in battle moved down by machine gun
and rifle fire after they had been stripped and
robbed by Germans on the Western Front
seems incredible But there were the bodies,
found in the snow, many with their hands up
lifted. It isn't incredible. 1t happened.
What curious quirk is it in the German peo-
pie that makes them do such things? 1t is only
one incident in thousands of similar b. utalities
throuehout Europe where the German has
stamped where he strobe with gun and torch.
Here is people regarded as highly civilized,
once leaders in science, in medicine, music
and manv of the arts, surrounded by civilized
people. Yet they revert to savagery in a few
brief years.
The French don't do it, nor the Dutch nor
Poles nor Russians; nor the Swiss nor Italians
nor Austrians The Czechs are free from it. 1t
is world riddle They are like tigers which,
tasting blood, kill for the fun of it.
A great many of these tigers will have to be
DESTROYED. If not they will stink into the liars
after defeat, lick their wounds and bide an
other time for efforts at world destruction
mass murder, orgies of savagery.
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Euerbee, N. c.
January 10, 1914
BY w. G. ROGERS
"WITHIN THE CIRCLE" by
Evelyn Stefansson (Scribner'S;
EnN

THIS portrait OF the Attic is an
unpretentious book. Its author stays
so modestly out of the way that
it's hard to say whether she her
self has actually been in the north
lands so familiar to her explorer
husband, Vilhjalnlur But she takes
you there, with text and photo
graph. You travel along the land
rim OF the Polar Mediterranean
the present is emphasized, but there
are exciting glinpses into the dis
tant past and reasonable guesses
at the future. It's 100 pages of i'll
formation served up agreeably for
young and old both to enjoy.
chow TO READ BETTER
AND FASTER" by Norman
Lewis Thomas Y. Croweli;
2.50).
Here's a 5-week assignment for
you, and though I haven't been able
to spend the required time on it,
it looks as though it would perform
all it promises. Most peoples read
ing habits are slovenly; they don't
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nv KENNETH L. DIXON

ON THE BELGIAN FRONT,
Jan IT, (DelayeO-(P)- Things
always were bad enough for the
frontline litter bearers, and when
between ten and 20 inches of snow
blanketed this Belgian bulge, it
was almost impossible to remove
the wounded with any speed.
But the boys of the second bat
talon of the 333rd Infantry Regi-
ment are getting deluxe sleigh
service where the ambulances
won't run. 1t was the idea of S-Sgt.
James Ivy of Pine Bluff, Ark. who
has seen plenty of snow covered
hills back home.
When the ambulances were get
ting farther and farther behind the
combat lines, due to impossible
drifts, and the litter bearers were
unable to get the wounded out
with any speed because of the long
err hauls, Jim dug up a discarded
sleigh.
Pvt. Marvin J. HUT of Shelley,
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their splendor on the darkness of
the world
John Temple Graves joins in the
praise of Lee in these words:
For if in major or in minor key
l could to the end of ages reach,
I'd whisper the name of Lee"
General Grant never returned
the sword of Lee at Appomatox
for the simple reason that Lee
never rendered it to him. Many
Northern people err at this point
and not a few Southerners also.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt made this
mistake in her daily column few
years ago. Historians refer to
this story as myth. General
Grants Memoirs explode this
myth, as does General Marshall,
General Horace Porter, and
host of others. John Randolph
Tucker quotes Lee as saying:
mo, sir, he had no opportunity
of doing so. By the terms of the
surrender the side arms of Off
GERS were exempt from surrender,
and did not violate those terms
by rendering him my sword. All
that was said about swords was
that General Grant apologized for
not wearing his sword. saying it
had gone off in his baggage, and
he had not been able to get it in
time
THE REV. c. T. THRIFT.
Ellerbee, N. c.
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Daily Prayer

o Eternal God, Maker and Ruiz
of all things, Thou hast creatt
our Nation a democracy, under
the Impulse of Thy teachings. For
all the blessings that have been
ours, we humbly and heartily thank
The. Now we pray that Thou wilt
intensity in every heart the sense
of liberty and brotherhood and Of
personal responsibility. In these dlfs
days. when confusion beclouds the
mind of mankind, wilt Thou
strengthen us every one to bear
witness to our national heritage
and hope Each in his own place
may we stand steadfastly and NIL
itantly for those great Christian
truths which have shaped us as
nation. Give US courage 10 reou@
the perverters of our nefltagS
And may we testify with unSAa"
able faith, to our confidence III
Thy care and leadership. Hep "
10 be true to Thee, thai we may
therefore be true to our counI!
and to the world. Amen. WIFE,
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interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War aHo,

The mighty Russian stesr1
er attack across the Polish r rl.
rolled on unchecked for tha S- t.3
day, overshadowing even pr INN
Minister ChurchilPs IntInlatiaa r'4e
Parliament that Nazi retres ,t't. 70
all Italy also might be jm1 1sY.q
ing. F'''0
There was no other sugoo..
of that and Mr.. Churchill d iJ Nv!
elaborate on it. But the Gu ~ nv.
Army flight from Poland w5a
full swing, Berlin limited At an =. III
cape evacuation of the Carpatbie~s ~
Slovakian bulge to the s ,,-at,'
Above the Vistula northwps t0'l i;
Russian captured Warsaw Red NJ W
umns were striking heavily N W
ward Danzig in an effor. IN ~.
late all East Prussia and its NsV;
garrison. 'S''
The Churchill intimation tba,
German flight from Italy into ~
Alps was to be expected soon nroS '
ably was based on Allied eSS
mates of Nazi forces available ;,
meet the synchronized Allied nro,
sure in the west and the Rusg.r
break-throughs in Poland. Church,,
noted that Allied troops in ItalS
were pinning down some q ton
notch German combat division,
desperately needed elsewhere now
The Prime Minister APPARENT
shares the known conclusion IN
Washington that the battle Of III.
Belgian bulge will go far to Short.
en- rather than to lengthen the war
in Europe. In that violent and
costly sortie" he said the foe had
expended forces they cannot re.
place against an enemy which has
more than replaced every loss Thai
l. he has sustained. The Nazi Of
fensive Sin no wise DELAYED nor
even less averted, the doom that
is closing in upon them" he add
ed.
There was evidence supporting
that in West Front progress bulle
tins coming in as he spoke. III,
limited purpose British second ar.
my attack between the Mas and
the Roer south of Roermond, was
moving ahead. Field M arshal
Montgomery appeared to be intent
on Strengthening his own front az
a direct extension of the Amer.
can Line along the Roer farther
south.
By every sign, that is move
preliminary to resumption Of full
scale Allied offensive in the north.
ChurchilPs disclosure that only
corps of British troops were en-.
ployed in the Belgian bulge bat
tie is highly significant. It means
that Montgomery's British and
Canadian armies north Of their
junction with American lines on
the Roer are intact and ready for
offensive action when other con.
ditions permit.
Unquestionably the most vulner.
able and critical sector Of the
whole West Front for the foe still
is the Anthem corner on the Neder
Rhine. 1t is there on MontgomeryS
British-Canadian front that an Al.
lied break-through in any depth
could turn the whole German West
Wall Siegfried Line, and restore
fluidity even in winter time 10
the battle in the west.
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The Literary Guidepost

use their eyes efficiently. nor Yn NV,
brains. This book is full OIL e@ '.
cises and tests. 1t takes ' na,.
but it ought to save time nv
commended especially Tor ''''
reviewers.
SEA LANGUAGE COVE.
ASHORE" by Joanna carve.
ColCord Cornell MarI'i'"'
Press; S2.25). u.
II is surprising, as you VIII ut u,
cover in this book, how many wa, w.,
and phrases the landlubber ., o.r
&c the sea; railroad men, 1!s O.,
motorists, baseball players' e M,
,2wSpapermen have picked up 'J W..
+ their vocabulary from the sa- NJ;
This is really glossary, Mi.
Miss Colcord so smartly turns i ,,ot
cisms into witticisms thai .', IN.
people will not be able to "a-' HI,
til they need it for reference mt,
will sit down and read 1t d, ,,sot
from clew to caring. he au."
comes from five generation. -,
seafarers and was born :. ,.,Ea
Sailors, she says, are Nice N'L n.
when women are about, oo. q
managed to overhear eho. -,5iiss
that this work is far from pi
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WITH THE AEF:
SLEIGH Rides For The Wounded

It was dark when 1t. William
Bowling of Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
walked up the road to meet a
couple of G.. 1. guides who were
to take him to a road block his
platoon was guarding.
Seeing two figures in front of
him, he walked up and said Il
am 1t. Downing
Throwing up their hands, the
two figures replied: "Kamerad!
We are your prisoners.
Then there was Sgt. Darnell
Stringer of Willow Springs, Me-,
who was standing in street in
Malrois, Belgium, talking with a
couple of other Railsplitters.' I'm
consciously he shifted his rifle
from one shoulder to another.
Don't shoot!'' cried a young
German dressed in civilian cloth
es who was riding by on a bicycle.
II am only II. Capture me-
He jumped off his bike and show
ed paybook proving he was a
German soldier.
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NOMINATION CONFIRMED

WASHINGTON, Jan. lo-lUP'-
The Senate today ccnfnmed In
nomination of Adolf A. BeIle' d.,
of New York as ambassaooi .
Brazil. Berle was assistant Se'."
tary of state until the Stat deps. 4,
ment was recently reor2anlzea y
the new secretary, Edward "
Stettinius. Jr.
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Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star accepts no re-
sponsibility for the personal views of Mr..
Pegler, and often disagrees with them as
much as many of his readers. His articles
serve the good purpose of making people
Think
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Within this ample volume lies
The mystery of mysteries.
Happiest they of human race
To whom their God has given grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,
To lift the latch, to force the way;
But better had they ne'er been born
Than read to doubt or read to scOrn.
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
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STRONG HOOKS

. A swarm of bees may WelgA
much as 10 pounds, yet 1t is wy
ported only by the tiny hooAS .'
the feet of the insects themSeN-"
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Measured in terms of effectiveness. the
Army is under strength. What we need are
100000 highly effective men-Secretary of
War Henry L. Stimson.
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The loss of one or two islands does not
matter. The Philippines have an extensive
area and we can fight freely to our hearts
content. l shall write brilliant history OF
the Greater East Asia War on the Philippine
1slands.-Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, Jap Phil
ippines comm ander.
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German soldier.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-22
MANY ARRIVE ON
 N0RTHB0UND BOAT ON SAT. AFTERNOON

A northbound steamer brought the following passengers to Juneau late Saturday afternoon: MT. and Mrs. Al Anderson, Charles Berg strom, Archie Betts, Glenn Collins Dorothy Collins, Hather Commet Myrtle Converse, Mrs. Mary Cory Elizabeth Cross.
 Florence Devenny, Catherine De- venny Joseph Diamond, Mrs. Verr Donohoe, MT and Mrs. Gus Brick son, Mrs. Elma High, Harrison Kincaid, Howard Lyng, Alexander Mcdonald, Mrs. Selma Mcdonald M. - Meyers, Tolbert Scott, Sver ISwenson,. IF. sE. Welch, Frank Whaley, Meva Whaley, Nina Whaley.
 Leaving Juneau were the follow ing: " R. Farrell, E. H. Tooth aker, Herbert Vinberg, John Lin- thicum, Keorge A. Merrill, Carl L. Ristine, Arthur J. Burke, Alen M. Dalziel, Leo Fillien, J. G. Lin- l thicum