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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
HELTON NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Francis have
moved to our community. We
are very glad to have them with
us.
Mr.. Breeze was carried to the
Wilkes hospital last week where
he underwent an operation for
appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves Galloway
of Pennsylvania have been visit
ing their mother Mrs. Joe Wad-
dell and Mrs. Mary Hurley.
Mrs. R. c. FISHERMAN and son,
Lacy, spent last week visiting re-
letives at Troutdale, Va.
Mr.. Oscar FISHERMAN, who has
been working in Maryland for
the past few years is spending
some time with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. D. FISHERMAN.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. L. Cooper
were called to Rugby, Va, Sun
day because of the death of the
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Richardson. Mrs. Richardson was
the former Miss Leola Cooper of
Helton.
Funeral services were held
Saturday for the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sid Pennington. In
terment followed in the Ball ia
mily cemetery.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
BAILEY OPPOSED TO
u. S. LOAN TO FINLAND

Washington. - Senator Josiah
w. Bailey, Friday expressed his
opposition to government loan
to Finland.
Il am sympathetic with Fin
land but after reading the consti-
tuition for the 15Oth time can
find no authority for Congress
to tax the people to loan money
to fight a foreign war;" he de-
clared.
Bailey said if the $6O,OOO,OOO
loan. was made it would mean a
tax on North Carolina of $780,
900.
Il am still neutral but I am
getting lot of partisan letters
from North Carolinians who were
neutrals last October"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
MUSSOLINPS CABINET
APPROVES BIG BUDGET

Rome. - Premier Mussolini's
cabinet Saturday approved a war
swollen budget of about $1745,-
600 for the 1940-41 fiscal year
with more than $4,000, 1000 or
81 per cent, to be spent on the
armed forces.
The government cited the dan
ger of the current Euporean war
spreading to Italy as justifying
the country's largest military
budget since the world war.
With deficit of nearly $780,
100000 in sight the cabinet stimuli
taneously announced that a new
loan would be floated February
IS as a first measure to keep the
treasury in funds.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
BRITAIN SUFFERS 21ST
FLEET LOSS IN WAR

ONDON-Brltaln'S list acK-
now1edged fleet loss Of the war
with Germany was disclosed this
week with an admiralty an
nouncement that the destroyer
GrenvilIe had been sunk in the
North Sea by a mine or torpedo
with the probable loss Of 81 lives.
Elsewhere, ten merchant YES
sells were reported sunk or dam
aged by mines, explosions, col
lision and fire in one of the
worst Sundays for shipping in
weeks.
Eight of the crew of the 1895
ton destroyer were known to
have been killed, 70 were given
up for dead, and 118 were saved.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
CLIFTON NEWS

Rev. J. G. Wooten, Jr., is hold
ing a revival meeting at Mill
Creek church.
Miss Pauline Jenkins, of Fig,
spent Thursday night with Miss
Ruth Ashley of Clifton.
Mr.. B. Harsog, of Mill Creek
who has been in bed for some
time is not improving any.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Roland of
Clifton, has been ill for the past
two weeks but are improving.
Mrs. Nancy Richardson of
Clifton has been ill for the past
eight months. We are glad to say
that she is improving.
Miss Esther Mccoy and Miss
Nell Mack, both of Hemlock,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Hartsoe Wednesday night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
ITALIAN PASSENGER
LINE BURNED MONDAY

Tou1on, France. - The 1869
ton Italian passenger liner Ora
zio was sinking in flames early
Monday in the Mediterranean
about 100 miles off Toulon while
French warships and other YES
sells picked up lifeboats contain
ing the vessels 1000 passengers
and crew members.
Of the $50 passengers and $50
crew members, many of whom
were said to have been badly
burned and otherwise injured,
about 200 were taken aboard
French ships and a half dozen
other vessels searched in the
darkness for other lifeboats.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
SENATE SLASHES ARMS
APPROPRIATION BILL

Washington. = Outdoing h e
house in efforts to economic, the
senate appropriations committee
Saturday Topped $12,788,664 off
a deficiency bill being hurried
through Congress to meet the cost
of President Rcosevelt's emergen-
cy expansion of the nations arm
ed forces.
Approving total expenditures
of S251, 1922, 588, the senate group
gave notice that economy was to
be its watchword in considera-
ten of the regular appropriations
measures.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
HORSE. CREEK NEWS

Mr.. Forster Eldreth, who has
been in the Wilkes hospital, has
returned home and is improving
fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rash Miller spent
last Thursday night with their
sister Mrs. Della Wiles.
Mrs. Watt Miller visited Mrs.
Mae Tucker who is ill.
Mr.. Cecil Ham, who has been
i'll for some time, is improving.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
Brief Review OF The State,
Nation, Worldwide News
Senate Sashes Arms Appropriations Senator Borah Dies Sud
denly Britain Has More Shipping Losses; Italy In
Budget; Dean To Run for Congress.

The cause of the fire, which
swept the 12-year-old liner Mon
day as she was one day out of
Genoa for South America, was
not revealed.
The $50 passengers included e
number of prominent diplomats
and an Italian military mission.
There were many women end
children.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
Attention Members!

Since the Badgers Mutual Burial AssO-
citation, Inc, was organized we are glad to
say that the members have saved $22,-
6O5.O5, by only being assessed four single
assessments each year. You will be doing
your neighbor personal favor if you will
urge him to join with you in this AssOcia-
ton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
Join Now!

A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to everyone who is
not a member to join the
Association. Everyone in
good health between ages
of 1 and IS years is eligible
to join.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25

Badgers Mutual Burial Association, is growing
institution Since it's establishment Oct H. 1885, it
has enjoyed unusual growth, and now it is one OF the
largest single units in North Carolina.
Each year the association has shown steady
growth with an increased membership of several
thousand since the organization. During 1889 more
than 1900 new members added.
We are happy to state that we are still operating
on the SINGLE ASSESSMENT basis, which is quite
savings to our members as DOUBLE ASSESSMENTS
run just twice high, and hope that we can con-
tinue this basis without finding it necessary to
make DOUBLE ASSESSMENTS to meet all expenses.
We are proud of the fact that even though
have only made the SINGLE ASSESSMENTS, that
our Surplus Account has increased each year.
Badgers Mutual Burial Association is gratified
that it has continued to successfully operate the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
Important Facts

Single Investment basis because of the savings the
members. One reason this is being done is be-
its founders and officers born and raised
fare and its people, The Badgers Funeral Home was
established in 1853 and has been serving the funeral
needs of the county for the past IS years. with three
generations of the family operating the burial estab
lShment
Members of the staff of Badgers Funeral Home
duty all of the time to provide Ambulance and
Funeral Service and since they keenly interested
in the Burial Association and the county, they have
been willing to devote their spare time to handling
the amount of detail work relative to the
Association, at very minimum cost
The commissions paid to solicitors for securing
members in the Association have been held down to
the very minimum.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
WHEN KNIGHTHOOD
WAS IN FLOWER

First of a series of stirring tales
about exciting events in the days
when "Knighthood Was in Flow
err" told by a famous American
Author, appears February 18th in
The American Weekly
the big magazine distributed with
THE
BALTIMORE AMERICAN
On sale at all newsstands
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25

Pay Assessments
/ First assessments are now
due. Be sure and pay yours
at once and continue to be
entitled to all benefits Of
the Association.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25

Big Savings in Operation is Passed on to Members
During the h were less than per eard
the sproidh rsc@tm hghas members
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05
7 VESSELS UNDER FIRE
 OF GERMANS
Biz Nazi Baitleship Shells 19,000-ton Refugee Lin-
 CT, Freighfer- r-AiIantiG

NEW YORK. Ncv. 5.-A Brit sh passenger liner and freighter are repeatedly being shelled by an ene- my ship midway in the North At lantic
 Messages from the ships were intercepted by Mckay Radio
 One message said the passenger liner Rangitiki. 16,00o ton ship lately used as transport to re- move British children from war zones, was being gunned by an enemy ship of the Graf Spec class, about half way between Ireland ard New Foundland.
 An hour and half later, an- ether nossage was heard reporting sn attack cn the Cornish City, A. coo ton freighter which has been plying be, ween England and the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05
CHURCHILL ! AL KS FOR
 r0MM0NER5
Death Toll Is Now 14,OOO Civilians : British Es-
 tabIished on Crete
tRy Associated Press)

With Greece reported holding fat against Italys invasion ma chine, Winston Churchill today pledged Great Britain's utmost aid to Greece and served notice of impending British campaigns in l943 and 1914
 Addressing the House of Com mons. Churchill disclosed the Brit ish death toll from the Rome Der lin Axis air raids so far has reached l4.C00 civilians and 800 soldiers.
 Britain, he said, is more in fear of the mounting U-boat campaign than of aerial siege.
 Churchill declared vigilance has changed the danger of invasion to an invasion scare following sys- tematic RAF bombing of Nazi channel bases, but he said that amid the rising toll of ship sink ings and the inabilities to use neu- tral Irish ports to fight the Ger man blockade constitute a heavy grievous burden" on the Navy.
 As for Greece, Churchill said the British have already established 8 naval and air base on the Isle Of Crete and added, T can only say we will do our best
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05

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ELECTRA} AND
 CLIPPER DUE

Fifteen passengers are due here today by Electra from Fairbanks and five are due in from Seattle on the Alaska Clipper.
 Clipper passengers are Capt. Pat Nolan, R. I. Congdon, Mrs. John Gilwee, John w. White, Col E. M. George.
 Electra passengers are Tony Bany. Manley Carroll, Ralph Saathof1 J s. Robbins, Alfred Ghezzi, Wal ter Crcssman. w. R. Hinckley Berry Keown, Bert Noble, F. zenna, A. Siorick, E. Mattchatag, H. Halto F Weinard and Leon Curtis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05

portunity to speak through the ballot. There has oeen oratory, and all sorts of electioneering literature.
 Campaign to End
 Neither Roosevelt nor Willk e abandoned their active campaign for one hour and kept their work up to the eve of election.
 President Roosevelt confined him. self to a motor tour yesterday of the Hudson River Valley talking to his neghbors, telling them in impromptu talks he was making his last appear ance as a candidate for office"
 Urges Voters to Vote
 Last evening, the President, from Hyde Park, spoke to the nation dur ing a two-hour radio broadcast ar
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05

Lake Superior is the largest c the Great Lakes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05

The Burmese consider tatooing a fine art.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05

ranged by the Democratic National Committee and urged the voters to vote i,
 The President declared that after the ballots are counted America will still be united"
 Willkie took to the air three times during the day. closing with an address to the women that T prom ise I will not send your husbands, sons or brothers to death on Euro pean or Asiatic air fields"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05
V0TEpLEA5 END HEAVY
 CAMPAIGN
All Nominees Finish Ballot Battle with Non -P0Iit-
 iedI Speeches

Subscribe for The Emplre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05

Empire ciasafleoe p11ng results
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05
CANADA GETTING
 INTO HIGH GEAR
Great Increases in Output of War Munitions Re-
 ported by Official

OTTAWA, Nov 5.-Canada, in the production of war supplies, is getting into high gear, Hon. c. D. Howe states. He told of a huge munitions plant being established in Quebec and the turning out of all sizes and types of bombs. He mentioned some which will have a weight of 500 pounds.
 There will also be production of trench mortars, depth charges, thousands of tanks, as well as anti-tank guns and numerous other goods necessary in field operation, defense and attack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05
GIRL SCOUT TEA
 Is POSTPONED

Because of the death of Charles w. HaWkesworth, the Girl Scout tea, which was to have been held Thurs day afternoon, has been postponed until November 13.
 Announcement was made today by Mrs Earle McGinty, leader of Troop 3, who are sponsoring the affair.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05
|ssss f0a' Its Success UpOls tlae Tarfsey! |.

Since SANITARY MEAT co. ntpduced OVENREADY TURKEYS to uneou they have been marvellous seller The price per pound higher thun for the ordinary turkey p chase but the NET COST IS REALLY LESS, When you buy q turkey in the old woy. is first weighed as s then the head. feet en1uis etc, removed. When you buy dn "OVEN-READY' TURKEY. ull these operations have been made and the bird is weighed in ovenIeddy condition You pay only for the usuble ports o the turkey Not only hu but you ore assured hd your ceophane wrapped turkey is of select young stock, chosen uloer c0oohS which h1ve eimnoed rush" and inspected for uniform quaty The dozens of Juneau housewives who d ready have tried them unoniInols ln hel decision ho ihis is THE WAY TO BUY A TURKEY
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-05
AIRLINE WRECK B0DIE5C0M
 OUT ON HORSES
Company Official BIames Crash on Failure of Di-
 reCtiondI Control

SALT LAKE CITY, Ntah. Nov. 5 A pack train carrying the bodies of 10 persons killed in an airliner accident, ambled out of the silence of the majestice Wasatch Moun- tains today in darkness.
 Yesterday, early in the morning, ten men and women, seven paSseng- CTS and the crew of three, died as the big bi-motored pla ne struck against a mountainside in a heavy storm.
 A United Air Lines official 5aid first evidence indicated the prime contribution to the cause of the crackup was temporary failure, par tial or complete. of the Federal air ways radio directional control 5ys- tenn.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

10. The dumny's Q covered it, so
did East's X and declarer ducked,
since he now held a "fourchette"
of the AS over the ia.
East returned a heart, which
declarer won with the A. South
then led a club to East's K, and
the latter exited with another
club to the A. West could now
nave set the contract with heart
lead to the K; declarer, after two
spades, would have had to lead
from his last two diamonds, CIV
ing East the setting trick. But
West, having another diamond,
thought East wanted the suit led
again, expecting him to have the
jos. This bad bridge gave South
two tricks in the suit and game.
If East, instead of signaling with
mis- diamond 9, had tossed off the
club 2 and then the s, West could
not have gone wrong, as East
would have had the diamond j
and 9 after the first trick in the
suit.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
HofWeutherMGs.
fruit, Vegetables Ideal Summer ses>:,
By LOGAN CLENDENING. Nj. D.

. SALADS are good dishes to de-
pend on in not weather, and to
build up your resistance for the
fall and winter season. Salads
alone make q good hot weather
meal.
The foods which 90 into salads
are unadultcrable and not easily
spoiled, and contain many neces-
sary nutritious ingredients.
All nutrition experts empha-
size the necessity Of q generous
supply of vegetables and fruits.
The vegetables and fruits are the
most important sources of iron to
the body and if we limit them we
cause q certain sluggishness of
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
NO SIGNAL EXPENSIVE

YOU CANNOT afford 70 use for
signaling purposes 4 card which
probably will Is needed later to
take a trick. Ear then there is al
most never any reed to 10 such a
thing. A low GiscouraGiNg card in
some other suit vii ..'G,rally tell
your partner you r-,'t ~,,ls that
suit LED. and by i:...!-c,i-r cc:.rey
to him the idea 49, y'oI p>:fer
something else An. II OH set a
chance for iow-car! - as IL two
suits. he has 70 a't-,w1t!ve left
but to feed you the suit y.3u de
sire,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09

blood formation and an entire lack
of reserve iron Slrn as is normal
~ found IL the liver, spleen and
bone marrow Of healthy, well
nourished individuals,
Extra Iron
In a study of an experimental
dietary reported by DR.. H. C..
Sherman, of Columbia University,
New York City, found that a free
use of vegetables, whole wheat
bread and the cheaper sorts of
fruits with milk and eggs resulted
in d gain o. thirty per cent in the
iron content Of the diet, while the
protein and fuel value remained
practically the same as in the
mixed and more expensive diets
obtained under the same market
conditions.
The effect of apples on the alb
pance oil the medical profession is
No mere superstition. Growth
ploG:oting %itanin A is abund-
IN. in certain vegctables-such
~ sHnach. carrots, corn, cabbage,
bru"Gr:.; sprouts, peas and water
cres$. Ia their raw state they con-
tsIo ~ scurvy-preventlng vita
miu {, Vegetables and fruits tend
t. cnunterart acidity. Calcium
us,.l N bono building is abundant
In tess arr Deans and the leaves
CT r;ants., Sodium, potassium.
iron. p!.osrGosas aud sulphur -
r,s. eSsarv minerals for the body
arc tu..n: IN n. &c. vegetables.
Sine rc.:ip3> for summer vcgc-
tables containing al the nutri-
eut ingredients ale:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09

DR.. ClcndcninG will answer
questions of general interest
only. and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
Raw Vegetable SAtSs


Carrots, beetroot, lettuce ~'ess'.
cress, celery, onion, minced pas-
sley.
Prepare ingredients carefully.
scrubbing with hard brush. Dry
and CRATE in separate heaps with
vegetable crater. Place on lettuce
leaves as desired, garnish with
sliced celery, parsley and water
cress. Serve with oil, olives, lem
on juice, olive oil, dressing, etc.
to taste.
Green Salad
Lettuce, watercress, somato,
celery, cabbage.
Prepare carefully, wash and dry
ingredients. Place lettuce in III
dividual dishes in circle, CRATE o.
finely chop cabbage, cot tomatoes
in slices with saw-cdge stainless
knife, slice celery, ssrrish with
watercress. Add oil Or dressing
and two dessertspoonsful Of miiIe1
nuts and serve.
Stuffed Baked Apples
Eating apples, too hard to re
eaten raw may be cored and
stuffed with stoned muscat raisins
and baked in oven till tender.
Serve with cream and milled nuts.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CIR. H.-"How much salt water
should the average individual
drink to compensate for the loss
of salt through perspiration?'
Answer-Except in special &C.
equations where there is great loss
by perspiration drinking salt
water is not indicated. The salt
used in cooking is sufficient re-
placement for ordinary perspira-
ton loss. Thirst is the best guide
to the amount of water needed.
W. A. CAN X-ray shows a
wisdom tooth grown fssts to my
jaw bone. 1t is perfect toSthiht1d
does not bother me. Should l have
it taken out?" n
Answer-If it does not bothc3
you-by this l mean if there is no
facial neuralgia or infection -
leave it alone.
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Evening star., 1940-03-22


and then giving me salutes with .
grin. As he first raised his right
hand his fist would be clenched,
but about the time he had got it
to the level with his chin he would
open the fingers straight out until
1t was then a Nazi salute, not
Communist one. The whole gesture
was done quickly. Then the drunken
man would laugh, drink some more
beer and stare around the room.
The pinched-faced man next to
my German guide was a freight
handler and he said he now got Is
marks week. We asked him hcw
much he got under the republic, ard
he said SO or go and that then you
could buy things with your money"
A man with a fiattened nose was
pushing toward our tables through
the crowded room. He also was
Evening star., 1940-03-22


already drunk and sat down heavily.
Waiter" he said. bring me some
schnapps and . woman" As the
waiter went to get the schnapps he
beckoned across the room to one
Of the women along the wall. When
he came back with the schnapps he
helped her drag chair up to our
table beside the man with the
fattened nose.
This man did not look up at us,
but sat staring heavily at the table.
until the schnapps was on the table
and the woman was seated, Then
he drank the schnapps, looked at
the woman, who smiled with thick
fat lips, and after a few words with
her began to kiss her.
We looked around the room.
"You won't see party button in
this whole place." said my German
friend
Evening star., 1940-03-22
STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY MARCH a. 1s4o

One was already drunk. He looked
at my clothes which were Of wool
and asked loudly II I were q new
spy. The German who was with
me grinned at him and I grinned
at him. The German told him I
was not spy, but an American
who had come here for q real Ger
man evening.
american Spy" OK.
The drunken man said, well, If
I was only an American spy, he
didn't mind so much, but he really
didn't like any kind OF spy. But
If was q spy he wanted me to
know he was big party man, very
loyal, and here he gave a. mock
NaM salute and then q raspberry
with his pursed lips.
He was very drunk and all during
the evening he kept staring at men
Evening star., 1940-03-22

"How many Of them are SYM
pathizers-how many would vote
for Hitler In free, secret election?"
mot per cent"
"Bug what are their politics?"
Keeping out Of the hands Of the
police and making q living. II they
could have any politics, they'd still
be Communist, like they were before
1888. This was the big Communist
district, you know"
"But what do they think of Hit
Ter alliance with Stalin?"
They think it's great. It's the
one thing Hitler's done that they
like"
"Why?"
Because they say that when he
loses this war he has got into. then
the Russians will come in and help
them! They're all for the alliance" !"
The man who had been kissing