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Show Words, Slogans, Played Important Role During lleclie War Years of 1914-191- 8 look its plate a the During the l.erman blitzkrieg the lank If htle America land in u canons fighting. most deadly of military has the best tanks in the uorld. ue haunt enough of them, at in gross lots though ue are industrially equipjwd to tarn them out Sn lei us give oar army tanks -- so many tanks that not eien all the us armies of the rest of the uorld combined would dare atttuk lltese photos ttere taken at Fort (ieorge Meade, Maryland. ,, SlMSlElt SU ilHHf . . es. it may be . 1 ,m, sinister, but ue could use a lot more of these ' thadout on our side of the fence. This nedie tank is climbing a sleep grade. i - JMI S K. MOCK and CEDRIC LARSON tKeleased by Western Newapapei Union I . We had fone to war World war I. We had decided to MR. FIRMER send our boys over to France to save democracy. But even as indignation against Germany had surged higher and higher in those last tense days before 3:12 a. in., April C, 1917, no one could say just what the American people would do after their eloquent leader had urged them into war. The great majority of Americans, it seemed, wanted to fight, but people wondered anxiously how large ancLhow - hot plated a prka of $2 20 on wheat Thh mwth The Government um-siz- . Blot it Out BIIP TIE 0VMNHUIT. Y0V with LIBERTY BONDS. BUY LIBERTY BONDS out lion of the booh, Words 7 inf If on the liar point out the tivo above example of information uork done in the as appeals that are not ton academic Iforbl tear of I'll Ident of this type apieal rhrectly and do their selling lesson quickly uilhont any subtle reasoning. We had pledged "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor," but could we fulfill that pledge? When a peaceful nation, jealous of individual liberty and proud of its freedom from militarism, attempted to mobilise Its men, money, resources, and emotions for one mighty effort even a rather srn .11 minority could bring disaster. "Widespread was not good enough when the nation's life was at stake. Nothing less than complete solidarity determined the minor'ty might be. Minorities are dan- gerous when the fate of civil- would do D. S. .Not raided. ization is hanging in the balwas not unified when war America ance. How could we count on was declared The necessary rethe millions of Germans, Aus- versal of opinion was too great to trians, Hungarians, Holes, be achieved overnight The agonizRussians and other aliens ing question in ellleial Washington, question on which hung the fate in our midst? Wasnt there the of the countrys entire wartime efsomething very disquieting in fort, was whether tiie inner lines at the widely quoted opinion of home would hold as elfeetively as Dr. Airs Ilrdlicka th.it the Melting Dot had failed to melt? How many people still believed there was such thing as being too proud to fight? How many remembered the President's statement that there was no essential difference in the expressed war aims of the belligerents? VVliat cf enemy spies, of whom thore weie said to be 100,000 or more at large, and their alius, the pacifists, Socialists and labor agitators? What about the success of Wilson's campaign slogan, He kept us out of war"? What about warnings against entanglement In Europe's quarrels which still eelioed in countless homes? And what, above all, about the unknown thousands of Americans who might not fcol very strongly one way or the other but thought Europe was a long wav off and might find it too much bother to make the sacrifices which a modern war demands of the entire population? the lines in France. The committee on public information was assigned the staggering task of holding fast the inner lines. The story of how it fulfilled that mission is a dramatic record of vigor, effectiveness, and creative The committee was imagination. Amet tea's "propaganda ministry during the Woild war, charged with encouraging and then consolidating the revolution of opinion which changed the United States from democracy to an organTins work ized war machine. touched the pnvate life of virtually every man, woman, and child; it reflected the thoughts of the American people under the leadership of Wood-roWilson; and it popularized what was for us a new idea of the individual's relation to the state. Committee's Creation. President Wilson created the committee on public information hy executive order dated April 13, 1917, ic Every Citizen Holds High Public ORiee In Dellview, Nation's Smallest Town xV . Xoi' 'tv's h's ' s$ XX.V-V- s AxNNfr $ This Is Main street of Dellview, N. C.. a duly ineot porated town with a total population of eight. The building houses the towns one industry, Henry Dellinger's woodwork shop, which is also used as the town hall. At the left Chief of Police Tom Dellinger nuv be giving a parking ticket to the towns only male resident who doesn't hold ollicc although that is unlikely as it is his son. DELLVIEW, N C. with a taste for chicken are responsible for the existence cf this duly incoi porated town, the smallest census enumerators have found anywhere in the United States Its city d.ri ctory contains only one sirname. Its population. which Dellinger. has not varied during the 15 years of its existence, is eig t. Dellview was created hy act of At the state legislature in 1925. that time tl.ue Dilhnger hictheis operated a large chicken farm Put due to the inadequacy of the county dog laws or. at least, to the of the r enfoi cement dogs from nearby farms played havoc v -- Persons of Voting Age Show Large Increase The number of persons of vitmg ege in the country has increased by in the last decade, 11,234.376 to the figuies of tie U. S Census bureau, although the total pu ulation gain was only 8,034 835 The reasons for th s. census expirts believe, are a declaring birth rate end a lengthening of the l.fe span due to medical advances and mod- ern sanitation practices. Hardly a night passed that squawks from the hen houses did not disturb the DellinHardly a morning gers sleep. dawned that feathers were not found scattered over the Dellingers' farm. It was then that brother Davis P. Dellinger, who practiced law m nearby Cherry v file but owned an mtirest in the farm, came to the rescue. As a member of the legislature he did not want to impose on his rural constituents stricter dog laws than they desit ed but as a chicken raiser he wanted rel.ef. So he conceived the idea of incorporating the farm as s town and the bill passed the legislature without a with the business. Stray dogs lnnde-q.iac- & 7 Up im-in- jy sVvC (Bell Syndicate i In the orhl war of IVH III, worth uml sogunr phn - an role in the ttrunule of the nation! for ti ctory. Juit how hmt that role nut, hut been the mbjeit of a hook, I forth 'I hut I fori the irnr," written hy James 'Ilte . Mink amt Cedric I arum. acrommm mg artiile ii a ronden-nitroof that book and it presented became of interest now centering around another I uropeun uar. K hen oflintoni are expressed they are the opinion of the million anil not necettanly of tint nrutpuper. & paign rolls . . . Preparations for Hemisphere defense under nay. hitch. All WNU Hill CHIUS THIS YEARr Service.) Crciilimi Cm ef-fu- ii YOU! If . Johnson , Farlcy and Glass in unusual cam- One of the curiWASHINGTON ous angles of the recent presidenwas the desperate tial camo-ig- n of both parties to get certain men to come out in the open and men to speak, and of getting other keep quiet Of course, in each instance one party tried to get the man to speak. and the other party tried to persuade him to keep quiet, ellun-hisMa- rk has helped RevitwtJ by CARTER FIELD j your prosperity. The Government NATIONAL AFFAIRS that was necessary then was to pass tiwn ordinances against dogs running at large, make the farming Dellingers town officers ar.d arm them with shotguns. Ten yetrs ago tire destroyed the ch.ckcn business and the Dellinger farm was put hack in crops. Put Dellview remains an incorporated town, complete with municipal government even if it d'esn't contain hut two families -- Mr and Mrs Tom Dellmger and their son Robert, an- - Mr. and Mrs Honrv Dellmger ana their daughters Viinia. Mane and Gladys I S y .J .? . dLt, 7r ' . i ? that Unalil Air Brush (I Li ml R, Pair,,, ('ilettej Steel Die 1 ngraq DeLuxe Ik. ' Designed md J in: u (.ow ns are See Uour jr CPrinl jfreslirr In 1936 Johnson said nothing, either for or against He had soured quite a bit on Roosevelt after ois But he first blush of enthusiasm. was not particularly keen about Alf So he just kept quiet M. Landon. DISREGARDS PARTIES fs on 1tes. " 31 t rre!iikgood Although seve listed as the t dent of the Un ted L Johnson has been almost as un men have actually impressed by the notion of party The discrepancy is regularity as the late William E the fact that G i o er Borah, probably due to his battles down in Amor can . life-bloo- d Press George Creel and many other people have repeatedly emphasized, with the CPI and press its support of the war rested on a voluntary basis, but with impressive legal authority behind it. This authority was gradually extended, by congression.il and presidential action, as the war progressed, and by the time of the Armistice the government's potential control of the press was nearly complete. A ordinance by Mr Wilson and Mr. Creel was all that stood in the way of an attempt to impose a harsh, rigorous, and thoroughgoing censorship. Even hi fore the CPI, an agreement for voluntary censorship had been reached hy representatives of the pi ess and of the departments of state, war and navy Then, on April 16. 1917, 10 days after declaration of war and three days after creation of the CPI, Mr. Wilson backed this up with a warning procTreason and lamation regarding stating, Misprision of Treason. among other things, that the courts The had found to be treasonable performance of any act or publication of statements or information which will give or supply, in any way, aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States. President Wilson had favored adequate censorshp power all along, but for the first 53 days of the war (that is, from April 6 to May 23) selection of news was very largely a matter of the editor's individual disHe was subject to laws cretion. and his good sense treason against normally told him vvliat m.ght and what might not he published. Then on May 23 came the "Preliminary in which the CPI codi-fu- d Statement, rules but st.ll depended upon existing laws for its authority. News Classifications. ' "Dangs l oils news included stories of naval and military opcia-tionin progress; movement of official m.ssions; threats and plots against the life of the President; news regai ding secret service and confidential agents; movements of alien labor. Naval information in the foi bidden category included the position, number, or identification of Allied or American warsh ps; certain data pertaining to l'ghts and buoys; ment on of poits of arrival or departure; any details of mines or mine traps; sigrals. orders, or wireless messages to or from any warship; all phases of submarine warfare; facts regarding dry docks. Forbidden military information included any relating to fixed land defenses; movements ef American or Canadian troops; assgnment of small detachments, concentration at ports; aircraft and equ pment that was. or might be, in the process of exp cruventation. In genet al, editors were warned against feeling that because facts were generally known in a local district it was therefore safe to give them publ cation Ed. tors were also charged to examine, with the same cart that they devoted to news, the contents ef adverts ng copy, and even paid reading net ees And ef course t very one was to guard against indiscriminate publ cation of maps, chatts, and pictures So the fighting with printer's ink was carried on vigorously on many fronts during the war. w.th Georg chief Creel as editor-iAs Left: Medium tank in action in uooded terrain. Small trees are no obstacles to the juggernauts. They mow them down like grass, litis one has a mat liine gun and a small cannon, light: This V. S. tank soldier received the gash on his face during a practice run. Tankers near special helmets to prevent head injuries when tossed about n the steel juggernaut. self-denyi- with the old Republican machine in the days of W. H. Crocker in Cali In 1912, showing his disfornia regard of party regularity, he was the nominee for vice president on the Progressive ticket with Theodore Roosevelt, at which time, by the way, Franklin Roosevelt voted for him. In 1916, Johnson became an abom ination to all regular Republicans because so many of them blamed him for the defeat of Charles E. Hughes for the presidency. This had lots of interesting repercussions There is scarcely a doubt that if Johnson had made a few speeches for Hughes in 1916, he would have been nominated at some later time for the presidency by the Republi- can party. In 1920, it was bitter recollection of what had happened in 1916 that kept Johnson from having a chance for the nomination, though he had made a much better showing than any other Republican in the presi- dential primaries. It was at that same convention, by the way, that he twice refused a chance which would have made him president by He declined to run for succession. vice president with Philander C. Knox, and then again with Warren G. Harding. Both men died well within the four years. GLASS CAUSED ANXIETY But Johnson was only one of many men who have been subject to much pulling and hauling to get them on the stump or to keep them quiet this year. Outstanding in the group was James A. Farley, the man who organized the campaign which nominated Roosevelt in 1932, and who ran the successful Roosevelt campaigns of 1932 and 1936. Farley was violently against the third ly i Xs 'X l '! , iVv.vNv, x ' ' v'fWv i H I x ' If N N x 'x V Top: This tank, armed with machine guns and small cannon, spots a scouting plane during maneuvers. Tanks have been found vulnerable to a rplane fire in the European war. Center: Turning at high speed, this tank tossed the real estate sk)hizh. This tank can hit better than 30 miles per hour in term. . irh-f- ard twenty-secon- d President the only served two non sue Benjamin Harrison, vening. Pathfinder. Helves Cl Relief Atir: ForYouii Creomulsion roller!, cause It goes right to. trouble to help Iocs germ laden phlegm, to soothe and heal r. flamed bronchial c s branes. Tell your dm-- . j a bottle of Creomuk derstanding you must 1 quickly allays the txi to have your money 3 . u e - I CREOMUlf For Coughs, Chest Ccf " I Lttad a with ' sauce No entertainmer.' potato Pltf Lasting , reading, nor any f ing. Lady M. W. I ediun DON'T BE ibices t BY YOUR LAXATNfpiediun CONSTIPATION THISI-hl- esp w When you feel gasrl V p bouf due to clogged-u- do -t- ake F teatpoc een-A-M- thorough, cct teaspc morning helping you ttart the and normal energy million! Feen-A-Mia- pf--r if ormtcl your nightsrestFeen-Anext day. Try gum laxative, yoursell J handy and economical -- FEEN-A-- N! But he is tremendous- regular. Sen. s n and The latest development was the decision of Hiram W. Johnson to make a radio speech against the third term. It may be recalled that in 1932 the California senator actually advocated the election of Roosevelt. Johnsons caustic disapproval of Herbert Hoover had a good deal to do with and appointed George Creel as civilian cliairman, with the secretaries of state, war, and navy as the other Mr. Creel assembled as members. brilliant and talented a group of journalists, scholars, press agents, editors, artists, and other manipulators of the symbols of public opinion as America had ever seen united for a single purpose. It was a gargantuan ndveitising agency the like of which the country had never known, and the breathtaking scope of its activities was not to be equalled until the rise of totalitarian dictatorships after the war. of the News was the committee on public information (CPI) news from the front, from training camps, from the White House, from farms and factories, from workers homes, from every place that had a story to tell regarding the American people in the war. Uixlincti Carter Glass of Virginia was another whose silence caused a great deal of anxiety. Right after the Chicago convention, where the great Virginian opposed the third term in placing Farley in nomination, Senator Glass announced that he would vote for Roosevelt. But he explained that he felt an obligation to vote for the nominee because he had been a delegate to the convention which nominated him. TREPARE FOR DEFENSE With an eye to an impregnable hemisphere defense, Washington officials are seeking to establish a network of New world army, navy and air force bases strengthened by diplomatic and military agree- ments. Such a system of air. sea and land defenses is being discussed by diplomats representing nations on both continents. The United States is seeking to convince its neighbors that any agreement would be entirely voluntary. Use of the bases would not affect original sovereignty, and the whole affair would be rather than one-side- d. line with this plan, the United States invited collaboration in the use of the eight Atlantic bases offered this country by Great Britain. According to present plans, the United States would provide the money and, in the beginmrg, the land, sea and air equipment D.plomats deny that any specific bases have been mentioned in the discussions or that negotiations have reached any definite stage. 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