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Evening star., 1950-07-30

formation was one OF the most
decisive political acts in the his
tory of the Western Christian
world. Although it gave rise tc
Wnat history recorded as religious
wars, it was nevertheless a poll
tical revolution. Except perhaps
in England there was no full vic
tory for either side. In Germany,
the peace of Augsburg Q555 was
a compromise, while the defeat of
the movement in France, ulti-
mately gave rise to the French
Revolution. Indeed, Hitler claimed
that >Naziism, which was commit
ted to the destruction of Chris
tianity, was merely continuation
of the Reformation. But this is
not true, for the Reformation did
not aim at destroying the Chris
tian philosophy and ethic while
Naziism did.
Under the peace of Augsburg
the ideal of universally in the
cultural (religious) sphere was
destroyed by substitution of the
"godly prince" for the Holy
Father" as the Supreme Head of
the church and state in geo.
graphically limited principalities.
Those who refused to subscribe to
the religion which the prince
established for his particular
principally were compelled to
migrate. Thereafter, the prince
ruled by divine right" In order
fully to comprehend the power of
this divine right" idea, we might
recall that Bismarck once re-
marked that take my King from
me and you take away my God"
Indeed, had the Allied leaders
understood this in 1918 the Ger
man monarchy may not have been
destroyed. Truly, we now know
that it was the loss of this au-
thoritarian rule of a king, which
Germans require even today, that
gave rise to Hitler and Naziism.
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At any rate, the peace of Augs-
burg fully enthroned nationalism,
and gradually new religion-the
religion of patriotism-began to
impose itself on society. In time
wars ceased to be the sport of
kings" which might be settled
profltably to the victor by the
vanquished ceding a province or
by a marriage among members of
the families of the contending
princes. AS the prince was re-
placed by the President as chief
of state, man ceased to be a Sub
Ject" who hired himself for pay
to fight in the wars for the
prince, and became a citizen"
who, fired by patriotism, fought
and died for the fatherland. VAL
halla and heaven no longer lured
him; he was now content with a
hero's medal as his reward.
Ultimately. these nations be-
came small universes which radi-
ated their political and economic
philosophy throughout the world
each contending for leadership.
Thereafter, wars became peoples"
wars-that is nothing more or less
than tribal Wars-instead of wars
between princes. Thus monarchy
and feudalism in Western christ
endom yielded to the impact of
the new social forces of repre-
sentative government and capt.
talism.
In the end, the struggle between
these Westfn nations which,
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Crime and
Mystery
By Miriam Gutenberg
Elephants Work by E. C. Bentley;
(Alfred A. Knopf. Inc S2.75)

(Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, S2.75)
The author of the classic
"Trent's Last Case" dedicateS this
self styled enigma to the memory
Of John Buchan, whom he quotes
as saying that "in writing a
shocker one need not bother about
probabilities, hardly even about
possibilities all that mattered
was the shock" Certainly, this
one is as wildly improbable as
they come but much too easy
going to be labeled an English
shocker, much less an American
thriller. Nevertheless, the idea
of doubtful identity in the wake
of amnesia has it's charm as Mr..
Bentley purveys it and one never
can be quite sure just who is the
villain of the piece.
The Hundredth Door, by Rae
Foley; tDodd, Mead g. Co.,
$3.50. Red Badge.
Meredith's mother was executed
for the murder of Meredith's
father. Now. 20 years later,
Meredith seemed to be attracting
corpses and having a hard time
explaining herself. John Harland.
detective extraordinary. had to
work his way through a maze Of
family ties to make sure nobody
would get the idea a taste for
murder could be inherited.
*A
The Cudgel, by Thomas Polsky;
tE. P. Dutton & Co., Inc; $3.50.
Some one had Dashed in Stella
Colton'S head with Gran Colton'S
black-thorn cane and, Of course.
no Cotton would do such thing
even if the Cotton clan turned
out to be lot more neurotic than
surface appearances. 1t had to be
an outsider. DR.. May Shoemaker.
determined that her beloved
nephew was not going to get the
nod as the guilty outsider. sue
ceeded in rattling enough family
skeletons to shift the blame.
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with reason and opinion, but
rather something which aims at
anchoring the mind Of man on
certainties which are felt emo
tionally and not arrived at
through a reasoning process. The
one develops intelligence and
creates the reasonable man while
the other produces fanatics who
are "unscrupulous precisely be-
cause they are sincere upon a mar
row issue"
Power of Idea
If Western civilization is to be
preserved. leaders in the United
States must realize that there is
no power on earth like an idea
unless it is a better idea. And
they must honestly recognize that
today the idea. ideal and promise
of communism, directed to the
faith, and not to the reason, of
man. has powerful appeal. Con-
sequently, any new Voice of
America" legislation which the
Congress might consider should
contemplate building a propa-
ganda machine that would employ
only those who possess Cd the
technique of the writer's of mod
ern advertising copy, CD the wis
dom Of the philosopher, 90 the
skill of a Machiavellian political
scientist and "a the intuition of
the mystic. Through such a ma
chine we may hope to capture the
mind and persuade him away from
the Communist idea, ideal and
promise.
The alternative. it would seem,
is the introduction of "the worship
of the terrible and the ethic of
fear" into the world-which means
using the atomic bomb.
Freedom or Slavery?
Today. the Anglo-Saxon world
the United States and the Brit
ish Commonwealth of Nations
hold the determining political,
economic and military power of
the Western world. if not of the
whole world. And peoples every
where are holding their breath,
awaiting to see just how that
world will decide to use this great
power, for they know that upon
this decision hangs their fate
whether they shall be free or
slave.
Like the ancient Greeks who
admired only themselves, and the
ancient Romans who admired only
the Greeks and themselves, during
the period of disintegration of the
Greco-Roman civilization; mod
ern day Englishmen appear only
to admire themselves, while we
Americans seem to admire only
the English and ourselves. The
English word native" has ugly
connotations for millions of people
in the world today, while, on the
other hand. the word "commu-
nisn, which is vicious thing in
action, pleasantly disturbs the
minds of men throughout the
world. To destroy this psychology
ical disequilibrium Is a mammoth
task for the "Voice Of America"
which should be seriously under
taken. for the magic of words con-
stitute the ammunition which
men use in any war for the cap
ture Of the mind Of man, and
this war is first a war for the
capture of the mind Of man.
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Always Short of Food

There is another side to the
food question, namely, meat.
The total tonnage of edible live
stock on the foot has decreased
from 10 tons per 100 persons in
1918 to IA tons today. (The
United States has 29) The
decline has been marked in
cattle and hogs. Sheep alone
have increased sharply. Sheep
Craze on Semi-arid land and
hasten the spread of the desert
since they kill grass by close
cropping it.
The diversity of sources used
by military intelligence experts
today is reflected in the inter-
est taken in a 17th century pub
lication fairly recently uncover
ed in the Morgan Library in
New York. It is a report, in
Latin, made to the Austrian
Emperor by his first spy-am-
bassador sent into Russia.
The report is filled with eco
nomic, details of value. Per-
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emerged out of the Roman
Christian Western world during
the period of the Reformation
found one group fighting another
in alliance with the mortal enemy
of the whole of Western Christian
civilization. 1t was not until vic
tory was won that leaders of the
Western world realized this salient
fact. AS result, we became con-
fused, and we are still confused.
So today we find ourselves max
ing rather desperate efforts to
reunite Western christendom in
order to preserve Western civiliza-
ton. Since unity in the cultural
sphere has been irreparably
broken, thus making it impossible
for us successfully to compete with
the Communists in any struggle
for the capture of mind of man
through faith, we are striving,
with all our might, to convince
the peoples of the world through
reason that the good life
through industrialism and demo-
cratic nationalisrn is the goal to-
ward which they should strive.
Way of Life Differs
True. Western civilization has
"cast a net Of its economic sys-
tenn round the world" Too,
this economic unification (of the
World) on a Western basis has
(to some extent) been followed by
political uniflcation on the same
basis" However, this unif1cation
does not represent unity. In that
sphere which deals with the mind
of man there is not even unifica-
ton, much less unity, among our
selves. Our military establishment
is designed only to preserve the
territorial integrity of the Nation
and protect our political and eco
nomic interests throughout the
world. We are not attempting to
spread out either geographically
or ideologically. Ours is a defensive
and not an offensive position in
all SphereS-the cultural, the po-
litical and the economic spheres.
Therefore, unity" with other
peoples cannot be considered as
likely export product of our
propaganda. In short, the Western
world does not have a way of
life" in all spheres-the cultural,
political and economic - upon
which there is complete unity as
is the case with Russia, although
in Russia this may be imposed
with an iron fist. Moreover, there
is no likelihood, or even possibility,
of such unity being developed
except as it might arise from a
breakdown through disintegra-
ton into dissolution" such as
Toynbe describes-and no Ameri-
can believes that that day is at
hand. Therein lies the Achilles
heel of Western civilization, the
preservation of which the United
States is today responsible.
Superpropaganda Urged
Our propaganda. which is lin
tied to the politica1 and economic
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Much Land Worthless

In fact, Russia, while perilously
close to the North Pole, is at the
same time being slowly dried up
by the sun. Despite the i'm
mensity of her land and the
richness of some of it. most of 1t
is worthless. Too cold, too dry.
too wet, too barren or too iso-
lated. The really usable land
amounts to barely a million
square miles in the triangle be-
tween the Baltic, the Black Sea
and Lake Baikal. Measured in
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Superpropaganda Urged

Our propaganda. which is linn
tied to the political and economic
sphere, is an appeal to reason with
the view of creating favorable
opinion. On the other hand, Rus
sian propaganda, which knows no
such limitation as ours but ex-
tends to all spheres, is directed
primarily toward converting man
kind to the Communist faith
something which Is not concerned
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Russia's Parched Land Drives Her to Aggression

Once again the desert pre-
pares to send its hungry hordes
against the well-watered lands.
These outpourings always have
had about them a fanatical
fury which has dismayed their
victims. What the short, snout-
faced, saddle e-legged barbarians
of Tamerlane lacked in equip
ment and numbers they more
than made up for in speed.
The modern Mongol invasion,
now forming up, introduces a
few new elements. The raiders
have been equipped, partly at
least, by their intended victims.
They have copied techniques
which they pretend to despise.
Nevertheless, the basic urge is
the Same-they are IN snort sup
ply and they plan to take what
they cannot create.
At first it may seem far
fetched to treat Russia as the
personifled desert raider of 1850.
She appears to lack neither
space nor resources. Her total
area is 812 million square miles.
three times that of the United
States. She holds one-sixth of
the earth's land surface. But it
is lean land. To be sure, much
of it is chernozem, or black land,
richest to be found anywhere.
However, there is joker even in
that. 1t is rich because of its
quick-seeding vegetation which
fourishes briefly then dries up.
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a fully Automatic Electric
"FIavo-Perk" PercoIator
at a low '9's'

Once you plug it in, you need not give II q
second thought. The six-to-eight-cup EIec-
trio FIovo-Perk storts to perk in less than
minute. When your coffee is done, it
shuts automatically. But the heat
comes back on oeoin outonoticoly-jus
enough TO keep the coffee at the right
serving temperature indefinitely Nothing
to woteh-nothine to adjust The coffee
mode right at the toble-is so delicious.
And you get more cups of good coffee per
pound. See this beouty now !. complete
with cord.
w&r-Eiectrical Appliances Down Stairs store
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

you that story, but tonight ! am
telling you about the snakes.
You know that the sun goes
early to bed AID the moon most
always leaves before he gets to
the lodge. Sometimes this is not 50,
but that, is part oil another story,
The big snake used to crawl
up a high hill and watch the moo
in the sky. He was in love with
her. and she knew it; but she
paid no attention TO him. She Ink
ed his looks, for his clothes were
fine, and he was always slick and
smooth. This W.T. on for a long
time, but she neVe.' talked to him
at all. The snake thought maybe
the hill wasn't high enough, so
he found a higher one, and watch
ed the moon pass, from the top.
Every night he climbed this high
hill and motioned to her She be-
gan to pay more attention to the
big snake. and one morning early,
she loafed at her work a little
and spoke to him. He was flatter-
ed, and so was she. because he
said many nice things to her, but
she went on to the suns lodge,
and left the snake.
The next morning very early
she saw the snake again, and this
time she stopped long time so
long that the sun had started out
from the lodge before she reached
home. He wondered what kept her
so long. and became suspicious o.
the snake. He made up his mind
to watch and Try to catch them
together So every morning the
sun left the lodge a little earlier
than before; and one morning,
Just as he climbed a mountain, he
saw the big snake talking to The
moon. That made him angry. and
YOU can't blame him because his
wife was spending her time loaf
ing with a snake.
She ran away; ran to the suns
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

Little Djuana Phae Burns cele-
brated her sixth birthday with
party on October at the YWCA.
Thirty-six of her little friends
helped her celebrate the gala af-
fair. Games were played both in
doors and outdoors. Recordings of
ehldren's favorite stories and
nursery rhymes were played and
enjoyed. by the group Diuana
Phae's birthday cake which was
beautifully displayed on table
covered with lace cloth between
two vases of pink and red velvet
dahlias, was in the shape of an
open book with sprays of pink
roses and rosebuds with her name
on one side and verse Of poetry
written in chocolate on the other
Arthur and Joyce Lyons, Theessa
Cheatham, Curtis Reed, Jacquelyn
side Guests present were, Gaines
and Herbert Denton. Bonnie Lou
and Harry Bass, Tonic Millspaeh,
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

johnson of Capital Hill school,
who received second place and
Shirley Phillips of Gibbs school
who won third place award. Hats
off to these youngsters Tor the
splendid work. done in revealing
their artistic abilities in this eff
fort. These children received their
prizes at the kickoff dinner at the
YWCA Wednesday night. Congrat-
ulations are also in order for the
following persons who received
honorable mention for posters SUBJ
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

lodge and left the snake On the
hill. In no time the sun had
grabbed him. My, the sun was an
gryi The big snake begged. and
promised never to speak to the
moon again, but the sun had him;
and he smashed him into thou
sands of little pieces, all of diff
ferent colors from the differen
parts of his painted body. The little
pieces eacl turned into a little
snake just as you see them now,
cut they were all too small ,or
the moon to notice after that.
That is haW so many snakes came
into the world; and that is why
they arc ali small nowadays.
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

The rain had passed; the moon
looked down from a clear sky, and
the bushes and dead grass smeiled
wet, after the heavy storm. A cot
tontail rabbit ran into clump Of
wild-rose bushes rear the Indian
Chiefs lodge, and some dogs
were close behind the frightened
animal. as he gained cover. A lit
tie Indian boy threw stone into
the bushes, soaring the RABBIT
from his hiding place and away
went bunny followed by the yelp-
ing pack of dogs. As the noise OF
the chase died away the great In
dian chief SIN oked. as usual, but
tonight the children knew a story
would follow because he smok I'd
with greater ceremony. Finally
he said, "You have seen many
snakes, | suppose YES replied
the children he was relating the
story to. I'VE have seen a great
many. In the summer we see
them every dass" Well continu-
ed the story-teller, "once there
was only one snake on the whole
world. and he was big one, tell
you. He was pretty to look at and
was painted with all the colors we
know. This snake was proud OF
his clothes and had wicbcd
heart. Most snakes are wicked be-
cause they are his relations
Nov, have not told you all a.
bout il yet nor will | tell you
tonight. but the moon is the suns
wife. and some day | shall tell
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13
Using Your Bible
Lesson for October Is, 1850

THE BIBLE must be approached
1 In three ways. with the head.
with the heart and with the will
With the head for understanding, the
heart for appreciation and rever-
enee. and the will for obedience.
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13
By lvie Wesley

Mae Iris Williford, Carmelita Ca
ruth, Curtis Hold, Linda Moore
Linda Ann Sharpe, Scott Green,
William Holt, Percy and VIM
Brown, Leslie and Sybil Jordan,
You're Kay and Gary Martin,
james Alvin Barnes, George Allen
Foster, Elizabeth and Anna Eek
ford, Wadena Dillard, b. +. Tho
mas, Eddie Turner, Sandra Gain
ey. Connie and Billy Piggee, job.
Dickey, Bragerdine Thomas and
Yvonne Sharpe. Diuana Phae is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
f. Burns. 1904 S Pine, and Is
first grade student at Stephens
Her birthday was October a.
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

That was the first
question P h iii p
asked the Ethio-
plan: Do you I'M
dsrstand what you
are reading? Not
do you enjoy II, or
do you believe II.
but do you under
stand 1t? II not.
then tn Q reader
can neither fully
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13
The King James Version

Inc king James version
THE BEST and simples, help in
: understanding the Bible is to
read II In the language we speak.
Now unfortunately 1t was not writ.
ten In that tongue. but in Hebrew
and Greek. We have to read II In
translations. There are scores Of
translations In English alone
The most widely sold Of these
II the one known by various
names: the King James. or the
Authorized, or the 1911, version.
This was first published In 1911.
being essentially revision OF the
Bishops Bible, still earlier trans
lation The name authorized is
misleading. however. for II never
was authorized by church or state.
II Is noble example of nth cen
fury English and has had wide
influence wherever nglish-speak-
Ing people have gone.
The fact Is. however. that
people today do not speak 18th
century English any more, and
very few Of Us even read 1t.
Consequently the Bible. in this
King James version, has
quaint Shakespearian sound.
and the difficulty Of the lam
guage Is one Of the main rea-
sons why the average Ameri.
can today finds II hard 10 read.
furthermore. the King James
Is Inaccurate In many places A,
the time 1t was published. the
translators were working from
Greek manuscripts which are now
known not to be either the earliest
or the best available. For these
reasons. fresh translations of the
Bible were greatly needed.
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

mitted; Harold Joyner D.
famine Pruitt, Booker = ~, ~
ton ton; Mary Alice DENIM, w '
Hlll' Jesse Abernathy ~ y
and Fairfield Abner c,ts SFn
field is a STATE pRE Ss' !
boy. 's y
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

The Riddle Korner congratulates
Artholia Smith, a fourth grade stu
dent at Bush school, who won the
grand prize in the Red Feather
poster contest and Norma Jean
Gee of Stephens school, who re-
ceived first place award Jerine
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13
BY Emily Dickinson

The morns are meeker than they
were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper
The rose is out Of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
'lhe field a scarlet gown.
Lest | should be old-fashi1ned
III put a trinket on.
Following is a very short story
that was taken from a group Of
Indian why stories by Frank B.
Eindcrman. The title Of the story
his week that is being told by an
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13
-. the kiddie korner...

LAUGH OF THE WEEK: When
two little boys were discussing the
profession their fathers followed
and the advantages, one said to
the other, MY fat-ct is doctor,
| can be sick for nothing" The
other little bay replied, well
mines a preacher-so l can be
good for nothing"
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

DID YOU KNOW a..
worlds biggest animal S !, !.
friean elephant. He is bis,' " |.
the Indian elephant and -, :,
identified by his very ls,. ~ !.
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

CUTE. dUH?-The sons o. fr.
and Mrs. Edward Moore. sr. o.
2l03 Pulaski took time OF. from
their schooling and play TO psse
brctherly for our photograp er.
Edward, jr. is in school for The
first time and is very happy about
II all. lie attends st. Bartholomew.
He will be six years old February
&. Chris, on the other hand, was
only two years old August Ii and
can't go TO school as yet but he
stays home to take care of mother
while his father is away managing
the Arkansas Pawn Shop. Favorite
past time of both of these young
sters is playing train.
Press toto by Davy
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-13

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