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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
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
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They enjoy 1t just as much as I do.
THE OUTPOST
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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”
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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
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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-
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