a THE POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1542 SECOND THOUGHTS By javie aiche At first I thought ‘it was a oné-hundred-percent job that Judge Harold Flannery had done in releasing from the flag salute those Witnesses of Jehovah who consider it a form of interpretation of the Holy Bible. As idolatry forbidden by their especial far as it went, the Flannery decision was good in the sight of God and within the sanction of just men. ~ But, along comes the junior jurist of the Luzerne bench with a second- ary decree in which he upholds an alderman’s ruling to fine agents of ~ the same religious group for distri- buting handbills without first re- ceiving a license beneficial to only ‘the public treasury. Which made it appear that Judge Flannery ruled for freedom of conscience but in opposition to freedom of the press. The two must go together or neither one goes at all. Does the Salvation Army pay li- cense for the right to sell from door to door the magazine known as “The War Cry ?” It does not. Nor has any congregation of any valley community been compelled to take out, at a price, a permit for drop- ping onto the household front porch a coaxing invitation to help along | a box party, bingo, oyster supper or visiting evangelist. So, controversy simmers down to the idea that in one or another manner the Witness- es of Jehovah have come to be alone and apart adherents of all other biblical formats, not alone in their religious discipline but. also in their status under the law. The most patriotic man I ever knew was a Mennonite lay preacher. He answered the call of Abraham Lincoln for his first one hundred thousand soldiers; then when his enlistment ran out and he found the pastor of his church under draft he promptly assumed the pastor's obligation and served for the rest of the Civil War. Substitutions were permitted then, you know. Yet, it is only a while back that the Men- nonites of Pennsylvania were facing jail as an alternative to sending their children to a kind of public school of which they did not ap- prove. Governor George H. Earle came to their rescue. Getting back to freedom of con- science and freedom of the press, a question or two might be posed: Of what spiritual value is the salute 3 given only as a means to evade jail or ignorance ? Members of Jehovah's Witnesses have made it clear that they love their homeland, America. And why bother them with formal salute when time and again they have given testimony to willingness ‘to die for both the cause of the Uni- ted Nations and their inbred con- victions? Especially, why should effort be made to force their chil- dren into flag salutes that are nega- tions of home teachings? Consider only a few of the facts by which the United States crusaders are winning victories in a war that pre- viously was only a record of defeats. Savages in the Solomon Islands have a religious conviction on the spiritual and physical strength they get from decapitating their enemies, partaking of their flesh and then making keepsakes of the grisly ‘heads. ; United States Marines are ‘rewarding each native for cannibal- | istic prowess. They recognize the inestimable value of having allies who know how to clean the Japs out ‘of the jungles. Likewise in Africa there has been set up a military trading arrangement that under our civil law would be illegal and pun- _ishable by imprisonment because it is based on the gold standard buried deep in the terrain of Kentucky. The Koran, the Talmud and all ‘that can be produced of the teach- ngs of the major and minor proph- ets are variously brought into the picture of war to lure races and tribes to the belief that their con- cepts of heaven as well as their de- sire for life's enjoyments rest wholly with victory for the cause of America. No one has made a secret of the plain statements in Australia and elsewhere that it is only the United States in this conflict that has no gain at stake but only costs vastly beyond its responsibilities. An Australian high official may be quoted in his people’s preference to join their future to this land of the free rather than go on with the British Empire that failed in the crisis. A literate people may be trusted with anything they can read and with every conviction they can voice. Let freedom ring us around with all the creeds that satisfy in- dividual needs. After all, the breach in the walls of Fascism and Nazi overlordism was made by the victims of brutal compulsion inside the afflicted and conquered coun- tries long before American courage and resources began the polishing- off of the job. Do You Like To Sew? Maybe you can thread a needle just as easily as ever if your eyes ‘are properly fitted with glasses Dr. Abe Finkelstein OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Luzerne = THE LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE I see where the War Production Board is clamping down on things we don’t need and which interferes with supplies, like copper, etc., that is needed for bullets. It is | about time, says Henry. And the dams and power- houses not needed make a list as long as your arm. And furthermore, he says, most of ‘em were out in the sage brush. A jack-rabbit, I says, should mot have much use for electric lights, trying to keep Henry wound up. When he is wound up he talks without frills. Jose- phus, he says, the buddies of this mation who are making a drive for Social- ism and a mice lifetime job, are the gents in the- wood pile. And put this in your pipe, he says, and smoke it—if those Bureau Boys ever get a firm grip on the electric business, they are gomna branch out. Do you think we will ever have Govt. barbers, I says, and if so, how about guys without excess hair, I says. Can the Socialists grow hair? On a dome like yours, he says, they could grow anything — and he headed for home. Yours with the low-down; POET'S CORNER Sugar And Spice 1 Little girls, so poets say, In their ruffled, starched array, Are made of%ligar and of spice And everything both sweet and nice. In these days of sugar ration, The stork must suffer consternation. Where is he to find the stuff Little girls are fashioned of ? Spices from a far off land, Too, are hard to keep on hand. If priority him annoys, Maybe he will stick to boys! The Blood Donor This pint of blood that I donate Carries all my love and hate, It has circled through my viens, "Neath summer’s suns and winter's rains. With a most unseemly haste, Through my arteries it raced, When my lover came to me, Courting on his bended knee. It has carried food and air To my toes and to my hair. It has flowed uneven, slow, When I suffered sorrow’s blow. In this blood there may be found Bits of sea and sky and ground, Bits of our United States, Rogues and robbers, reprobates, Conquering heroes, pioneers, Preachers, doctors, sonneteers, Men who sailed the seven seas, Ladies whose dimples tempt and tease. Now reduced to saving plasma, Sent to battle, a phantasma, It will enter foreign veins, Ease another’s wounds and pains. He and I, then pledged by blood, I in comfort, he in mud, Shall fight on in Freedom's name, To keep her heart and torch aflame. My Man Hush, my child, don’t be a-feared! It’s only Dad behind that beard! He's still the same sweet, loving man, He was before the razor ban. First he had a time to find Shaving cream of any kind. Razor metal was its need. Then the government decreed. Now your Dad has sworn off shav- ing. Think of all the time he’s saving! Though he looks like bum or scree- ver, When you see him holler “Beaver!” Three offerings from the pen of Rives Matthew's Carra taken from a recent edition of his always en- tertaining Somerset News.—Editor. 15 SHER Here Comes Another Blitz / Released by Keystone Features, Inc. é ’ TT Pen LASS out the world. aa” 8 Send Them Mail | Dear Editor: You are giving a real service to the fellows in the U. S. Service | through the columns of your paper, and by giving them free subscrip- tions. I am always interested in knowing where my Back Mountain friends in the service are, what they are doing, and how they are get- ting along. I like to hear from my friends on the home front, too. The Dallas Post gives me this service, and I write these few lines to give you my appreciation. I enjoy the Outpost column and the Contact for Service Men column. And then, too, there is the Script Club. This is not the least impor- tant corner of the triangle. the quickest way to get the boys out of the barracks is to let the mail clerk announce the mail call. I have seen a lot of boys go to the mail call, and I have seen a lot of them go away, but let them go away without a letter; that is the best way to wipe the smile off their faces. Well, the Dallas Post is like a letter from home, so please find enclosed my subscription application form. A Very truly yours, j Pvt. Paul Montross 900 Guard Sqdn. Columbia Army Air Base Columbia, South Carolina Paul: It would be nice if the people from Noxen and Monroe township would send in more news that would be of interest to you fellows from that region. It seems to be the hardest thing in the world to get people to appreciate how much one single item means to a chap when he is away from home.—Editor. § yr Really Like It Dear Editor: Just a few lines to yet you know { I am grateful to you for sending me the news from back home. I really enjoy it. We are in the best camp in the It's just like a little town. and their families live. They have the men can go when they are off duty. We also have a large Post Ex- change where there is a large gym and bowling alleys. I play with the battery bowling team and we are leading the league with four wins and two losses to our credit. The boys in this battery come mostly from Pennsylvania. They are from Scranton, West Pittston, Exe- ter, Wyoming and three of us are from Shavertown. The other two boys are Cpl. Howard H. Carey and About ! P.F.C. George K. Straw. read it w They enjoy 1t just as much as I do. THE OUTPOST 7 Cs LR Where those at home and the men and women in the armed ; services from the Back Mountain Region—in camps and on the fighting fronts—keep contact with their fellows through- They all seem to pick the Dallas Post up and I get through with it. Thank you again for sending me the Dallas Post, hoping to receive it wherever I go. Cpl. Robert J. Pritchard ¢/ Battery B, 406th Sep. C. A. Bn. Fort Sheriden, Ill. There's not much excitement in Shavertown right now, so the folks down there are seeing things nights. They claim a gor- rilla man is haunting the quiet streets and lanes at night. “More than a newspaper, a community institution” THE DALLAS POST ESTABLISHED 1899 A non-partisan liberal progressive mewspaper pub- lished every Friday morning at its plant on Lehman Ave- nue, Dallas, Penna., by the Dallas Post. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Dallas, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: $2.00 a year; $1.25 six months. No subscrip- tions accepted for less than six months. Out-of-state subscrip- tions, $2.50 a year; $1.75 six months or less. Back issues, more than one week old, 10c each. Single copies, at a rate of 5c each, can be obtained every Fri- day morning at the following newsstands: Dallas—T ally-Ho Grille; Shavertown—Evans’ Drug Store; Trucksville—Leonard’s Store; Huntsville—Frantz Fair- lawn Store. When requesting a change of address on mail copies subscrib- ers are asked to give the old as well as new address in order to prevent delay. We will not be responsible for the return of unsolicited manu- scripts, photographs and editor- country, from my point of view. | They | have brick buildings where officers | many little stores in the camp where | ial matter unless self-addressed, stamped envelope is enclosed, and in no case will we be re- sponsible for this material for more than 30 days. Editor and Publisher HOWARD W. RISLEY Associate Editor MYRA ZEISER RISLEY Contributing Editors JOHN V. HEFFERNAN FRED M. KIEFER MRS. T. M. B. HICKS EDITH BLEZ DR. F. B. SCHOOLEY MARTHA HADSEL Mechanical Superintendent HARRY E. POST : 4 _— &KY =e v/ We'll have more about that in our news columns. Bob will you fill out the complete Sol- dier’s Mail coupon in this week's post and send it in to us? We haven't a complete one in file for you.—Editor. Ready For Japs Dear Editor: Just a note to say I'm not lost. In fact, we're feeling pretty good. We're just back from eight horrible days at the firing range in northern Massachusetts. Why we're feeling good is this. On the 40mm Anti-Aircraft guns, on which I'm chief of the Range Sec- tion, out of the 79th Regiment we are the high scorers. We beat every battery in it. My platoon beat the first platoon of our battery and my section was tops in our platoon. Hence the good feeling. We're ready for the Japs, but it’s up to Uncle Sam to send us over. We want to go and we're hoping it’s | soon. Enclosed is my Script Club cou- pon. If Martha can do anything with it, she'll be eligible for mem- bership to the “International Broth- erhood of Magicians.” Well, hope to see you all soon. Best of luck. As ever, Cpl. Herb betlye Battery F Manchester, Conn. You'd be surprised what Mar- tha can do, especially for guys who are sure they can hit Japs. Herb fill out one of those Free Posts for Soldiers Coupons so that we can have complete in- formation on you for our files. —Editor. Finishes School Dear Editor: This probably won't be much of a letter, but it may serve the dual purpose of letting you know that I am receiving the Post here at my new station, and thanking you for being good enough to send it to me. The fact that this is the first letter I have written doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate every issue. On the contrary, I hope that you realize how much it means to a fel- low to have a contact with his friends back of the mountains. Not to mention ‘The OQutpost,” which receives special attention. I have finally finished my school- ing, after six months, and am as- signed as an ope¥ator in the Army Airways Radio Station here at Will Rogers Field. The work is interest- ing’ and we learn something new every day, so there is little chance of getting bored or restless. The country down here is all right I guess, but I prefer a few hills to By EDITH B BLEZ Thanksgiving Day 1942! Health Topics By F. B. Schooley, M. D. Ba - BS Child Hygiene Children of today are the adult leaders of tomorrow. Protection of the child's health forms part of the general program of protection of public health. An all-year program of immunization of infants and pre- school children is a sound commun- ity health procedure and will save time and money. Every student in the grade schools and the high school group should have a thorough physical examination as soon as pos- sible after the school term begins. Careful records must be kept in all cases for observation and study, and for a comprehensive understanding of present and future needs. These records should be open for local, county and state inspection at all times. The co-operative support of the school board, municipal author- ities, local board of health and the parent-teacher’s association is nec- essary for a successful public health program. A complete course in | personal hygiene should be given to {the high school students, and ac- credited by the State Department of Public Instruction. This should in- clude the essential facts in proper language concerning venereal dis- eases, especially gonorrhea and syphilis. The effects of alcoholic in- toxicants on the mind and body should be presented in detail. Stu- dents who have recently enrolled should be checked immediately for history of innoculations against contagious diseases and should be examined as soon as possible for any physical or mental defects. Combined tetanus and diphtheria immunization is a valuable proce- dure for infants and children. The duration of immunity to tetanus or lockjaw as measured by the level of protective antitoxin in the blood serum has been found to be as good as the immunity to diphtheria dur- ing a perid® of #ree years of obser- vation. When a child or adult is injured and tetanus serum would ordinarily be given, the individual may be given a stimulating dose of tetanus toxoid as an additional pre- caution and the usual reactions pro- duced by the serum are avoided. Education in better health habits and wider utilization of known pre- ventive methods now available are essential in a successful community health program. Health supervision means a complete medical examina- tion for detection of any abnormal physical condition and guidance into | a manner of living which will secure for the individual a full develop- ment of his physical and mental capacities so that he may live a more effective and happy life. break the monotony. I would cer- tainly enjoy climbing North Moun- tain again, but realize that such things must be put off ’till some time in the not-too-far-off future. I have been trying to write this letter while on duty in the station, and have made very slow progress, so I had better close and try again later. Thanking you again, I re- [ main. Yours for Victory, Pvt. Don Roberts __3rd-Comm. Sqdn. ~ Will Rogers Field Oklahoma Sounds to me as though you like army radio work better than managing the Acme Mar- ket on Union street. Enjoyed your letter a lot. Write often. —Editor. One Of Our Boys Dear Editor: You certainly keep up to the dif- ferent places the Army sends me now and then. To my great sur- prise the Dallas Post came directly to this school. Why, I don’t believe the larger newspapers could do a job as well. This letter will probably be a surprise to you as I find little time to write these days. It just seems my time isn’t mine any more. Back at Camp Bowie we were starting up a new baking outfit, and it cer- tainly kept me plenty busy. Now I'm up here in Chicago tak- ing an advanced Baking Course at one of the largest baking schools in the country. Before the Army took it over it was an advanced civilian bakery school. Today the Army has full charge and they are using the same civilian instruction the school has always had. And, let me tell (Continued on Page Three) have a great many things to be thankful for. be rather silly to enumerate all our blessings — they are too numerous. It would be the same old repetition of words which really mean very little, because, it isn’t possible for us to realize how fortunate we are— You and I and all the other Americans Frankly, I think it would but I do think there is one thing we could stop and think about on this Thanksgiving Day. It amazes me that we are so ungrateful for what we do have. I am continually shocked that people like you and me are so reluctant to We believe—I am convinced—that someone else should do the sacrific- ing. We seem to feel that our lives should go on the same as usual while the rest of the world does without. Don’t you hear this constant com- plaining. It is so difficult to get coffee. Have you watched the peo- ple rush to stores when coffee goes on sale? Have you listened to all the grumbling about the prospect of meat rationing ? What are we to do without our nice juicy roasts? Evidently lack of bacon can put the average household in a terrible state of gloom. very difficult for well-fed—well-shod —well-clothed Americans to be de- prived of anything. How do you think our boys like the conditions under which they must live on the far flung islands of the Pacific? Do you think they will get Turkey for Thanksgiving? Do you think they will have plenty of coffee? those boys will be thinking about when Thanksgiving Day arrives? They will be thinking about us here at home. They will have the smell of roasting turkey in their nostrils, they will remember the laden table they sat down to this time last year. Certainly, they will be homesick, but they won’t com- plain. They won’t grumble and com- plain like you and I do. How do you think the boys from Minnesota, from Oklahoma, Califor- nia and Maine and all the other states will enjoy having Thanksgiv- ing dinner in Northern Africa ? They will be thinking about us, too. They will be wondering about football scores, what their families are do- ing. All of them will be remem- bering how marvelous the good old U. S. A. can be on Thanksgiving Day—but they won't They will joke about it! Just last week I witnessed a little scene which gave me a small ink- ling of what war might be like. Up at the Community Service at Point- ville, just as we were ready to close the Coffee Bar for the evening, we noticed a large group of boys stand- ing around the bar. ing, rather faintly, I thought, for coffee. We told them we didn’t have anymore. They turned away and started for the door. Suddenly it dawned on us that those boys had just come in. They were in their fatigue clothes with helmets on their heads. We called them back and asked them where they had been. They said they had been hiking since six o'clock, and it was eleven then. We told them to sit down and we would make them more coffee. There were about fif- teen of them. Never have I seen such weary boys. When we passed the coffee they had a little trouble holding the cups. One boy had trouble keeping awake. They were so grateful we were ashamed that we had dared to refuse them. We located some cookies and some stale cake. They didn’t realize it was stale. They “dunked” it and held out their cups for more coffee. They didn’t say very much but they were exceedingly grateful. As they filed out the door on their way back to their barracks they were very cheerful. Those boys didn’t com- plain. They had been walking for five hours. If we had refused them coffee they wouldn't have said any- thing. And you and I complain be- cause we must make a few small sacrifices. give up much to help win the war. I realize that it is What do you suppose heavily complain. - They were ask- JOHN LEIDLINGER (“Red,” formerly with Frey Bros.) All Kinds Of LEATHER WORK REPAIRING Very Neatly Done. Harness, Collars and Horse Supplies Dog Supplies and LUGGAGE 117 SO. WASHINGTON ST, Dial 3-9459 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 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