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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-24

The Scandinavian Fraternity viii
join "Wednesday evening. April II,
to welcome new members into thr
lodge. The meeting will start nj
s at the Odd Fellows hall. Men,
hers are asked 10 have their candi-
dates for membership 1t the hall
before Q o'clock.
A delegation from Tacoma liar
mony lodge Ii expected. At the
close of the meeting an excellent
program will be given by the
Ladies' Musical club. Refresh
ments will be served BY the men
of the lodge. Dancing and = social
time will follow.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
Nettle Knob News

Jack Frost visited this commu-
nifty in big style and all of the
farmers are very busy cutting
their frost-bitten corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Gaskin, OF
Winston-Salem, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. George Phillips last Sunday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Dough-
ton Sheets, an eleven pound ba-
by boy, Sept. %.
Mrs. J. D. Baker is visiting her
sister, Mrs. E. c. Phillips at
Pares Knob, Wilkes county, this
week.
Mr.. Earnest Walters, of Ports
mouth, Va, is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Ira Phillips, this week.
Mr.. Floyd Jones and sister, Mrs.
Nellie Bailey, of West Va, visited
their mother, Mrs. Arvilla JONES'
last week end.
The WPA workers have
patched up the road leading from
South Beaver Creek to North
Beaver Creek as far as Joe Phil
lips, so it's passable now.
Rev. Levi Greene, pastor, as
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
Brief Review OF State National And World News During The Week

of the weather and furnace being
out of commission, and not for
the lack of warm welcome.
Flowers and Flowers
Jack Frost staged killing last
week. Among the many casual
ties we hated to see moved down
were the beautiful dahlias at Mrs.
j. N. Hulbert's.
Mrs. r. c. Eller also had many
that everyone hated to see des-
troyed. Mrs. Eller is slightly
ahead of the weather at the pre-
sent, however, for she is protect
ing some prize plants under COW
er each night. Whether she or
Jack Frost will win remains to
be seen. We hope it is Mrs. Ell
Ter, for like Keats we too think
"a thing of beauty is a JOY for
ever" even if flowers last but a
little while.
Speaking Spanish
In most schools where there is
only one foreign modern Ian
guage taught, it is Fench. Today,
due to changing world conditions
and our future relations with
South America, there is a move
ment started to replace French
with Spanish, to teach it in the
schools and to encourage every
one to study it. This movement
was one of the many things en-
dorsed by the N. c. clubwomen
at the recent meeting. For the
benefit of those doing home study
work lessons in Spanish are Civ
en- on various radio programs,
which reminds me that it is time
to sign off . to say, "Adios" or
''Beunos Noche."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
Pact Aimed
! At America But US.
. Holds Present Plan
Germany, Italy and Japan To
Fight Any New Entry In
European Wars.

Berlin. = Germany, Japan end
Italy banded together their total
itarian arms and the energies of
their quarter billion people this
week in a 10-year pact of mill
tary and economic character
which means plainly that all
three will help each other against
the United States if any one of
them becomes involved with
America.
This thunderbolt of authoritar-
ian diplomacy, conceived and
stage-managed down to the
names on the dotted lines by
Adolf Hitler, was signed last Sat-
rday in Berlin's sumptuous new
chancellory by the Foreign Min
listers of Germany and Italy and
the Ambassador of Japan.
Doesn't Mention u. S.
The treaty itself does not men
ton the United States.
But this much is clear: No
European power, save Soviet
Russia, can ever think of attack
ing the signatories.
Soviet Russia, however, is spe-
officially named in the treaty's
Article S, which says carefully
that the political status which
exists now" between each of the
contracting powers and the Sow
let Union is in nowise affected.
Germany now has a non-aggres-
sion pact with Russia.
Article 3
Therefore, the United States is
the only other power envisaged
by Article 8 of the pact, as fol-
lows:
Germany, Italy and japan . . &.
undertake to assist one another
with all political, economic and
military means when one of the
three powers is attacked by a
power at present not involved in
the European war or in the Chin
ese-Japanese conflict"
AS for Russia, however, and de-
spite the treaty provision, she
still may find herself between
two fires: Japan and Germany,
with Italy on the sidelines.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
FSA Is Helping
Flood Victims
Low Income Farm Families
Are Asked to Make
Applications.

Thomas H. Sears, County RR
Supervisor, of Ashe and Allegha-
nv counties announced this week
that the Farm Security Admins
tration has been notified to assist
in the rehabilitation of low-in-
come farm families who are IN
distress because of the flood.
These families will be accep-
ted and assisted on the same ba-
sis as other FSA clients and will
be given assistance in planning
their farming operations in such
a way as to rebuild their farms
and provide food for their fami-
lies and feed for their livestock.
The plan will also provide the
necessary financial assistance to
carry it out. Farmers who can
provide their own finances from
other sources cannot be assisted
by FSA.
All low income farm families
who are needing the assistance
offered by the Farm Security
Administration are requested to
make application at the FSA Of
flee in West Jefferson, on Satur-
day morning or Monday morn
ing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
ROLE OF u. S. NAVY
STILL REMAINS SAME

Washington.-The new Berlin
Rome-Tokyo. agreement h
sharply altered the worlds naval
balance but will not materially
affect the role of the United
States Navy as the mistress of
the Pacific, well-informed naval
circles said last night.
Japan's action undoubtedly has
lent some potential strength to
the axis cause, but it has weak
ened Japan's naval prestige by
tying her fate to that of two non
naval powers, they said.
Experts said that even with
Japan's fleet thrown into the
axis cause, Britain would remain
dominant on the seas. japan,
they said, now must consider the
certainty that any navaf action
against Britain would leave the
United States in a dominant po-
sition.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
WOnan's Club
Awarded Prize

The Ashe County Woman's
Club, won the attendance prize
at the annual meeting of the
third district of the N. c. Fedora
ted Women's clubs, held in
Boone, on Saturday, when the
new district president Mrs. Clyde
Price, of Hickory, presided.
Reports from clubs of the dis
trict were read and Mrs. R. c.
Boyce,. president, gave report
of the activities of the junior de-
partment. Mrs. Robinson and Mrs.
c. K. Proctor, End vice president
of N. c. Federated Women's
clubs, made the principal ad-
dresses. Mrs. Proctor urged
American women to stand fast to
their American principles, to not
be excited by propaganda, and to
continue thinking straight.
Resolutions were read and
adopted and the clubs voted to
put safety books in the schools.
Mrs. Clarence Beach, of Le-
noir, was elected to serve as vice
president for 1941. The A Capped
la choir of Appalachian college,
under the direction of Miss Vlr-
einia Wary, gave special music
and a luncheon was served:
Hickory was voted as the place OF
meeting for 1941.
Those attending from West JET
ferson were Mrs. John Hoyle,
Mrs. Mary Sue White, Miss Eve
Ign White, Mrs. P. G. Virgin
Mrs. Glenn GRAPHICAL and Mrs
Ed M. Anderson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03

only Russia and the United States
are not engaged in one or the
other of those conflicts, and since
Russia is tied to Germany by
treaty, many thought the conclu-
sion unacceptable that the new
pact was aimed directly at this
country.
It was motivated, a prevailing
opinion ran, by desire on the
part of the axis powers to stop
or retard American help to Great
Britain and, in the same way, to
end such anti-Japanese actions as
, the recent loan to China and the
banning of scrap iron and steel
sales to Japan.
The only apprehension appar-
emily felt by state department Of
ficials, who received word of the
conclusion of the treaty with a
noticeable lack of surprise or ex-
citement, was that it might en-
courage the extremist group of
the japanese military clique to
some aggrevation of the situation
at Shanghai. There Japan and the
United States have been engaged
in a dispute as to who should pa
troll a section which was former
lily held by the British and in
which the American consulate
and other interests are located.
In a speech, Sumner Wells,
undersecretary, declared that
America is preparing for call
eventualities" and limited at ex-
tension of the Pan-American de-
!fense.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
Hull Reaffirms Policies, In
Guiding Full Aid To Eng
land. Is Warned.

Washington, Sept. 81. - The
Washington government made it
more than plain today that it in
tends to follow it's present foreign
policies-including that of assist
ance to Great Britain-regardless
of the thinly disguised warning to
this country contained in the
German italian japanese. military
alliance.
In the first place, the pact was
scarcely two hours old before
Secretary Hull had issued a for
NAL statement, saying that it had
been fully expected, and fully
taken into account by the govern
nent Of the United States in the
determining Of this country's po-
HcieS'.
Since, of all the great powers,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
APPOINTED
DRAFT BOARD CHIEF

Washington.-President Roose-
welt has signed an executive or
der giving Lieutenant Colonel
Lewis B. Hershey power to carry
on administration of the selectlve
service system pending resigna-
ton of a draft director, it was
learned last night.
Hershey, executive officer OF
the joint army-navy selective SER
vice committee which has been
drawing plans for the draft, has
been mentioned frequently as a
possible choice for the post OF
draft director, as has Major Gen
eral Allen w. Gullion, judge ad-
vocate general.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
TURKEY POPULATION
IN STATE ESTIMATED

Washington. - North CAROLYN
ians should be we'll taken care
of on Thanksgiving if the num-
Der of turkeys flourishing in the
state is significant.
For there are now $4,000 tur-
keys being raised in North Caro-
lima where last year saw only
100000, according to a report is
sued today by the agricultural
marketing service.
It is also expected that market
ing of the turkeys will begin ear
lier in the state than usual. APP
proximately IL per cent. will
have been marketed by the end
of October, it was said.
Throughout the nation 33, 1885,
900 gobblers are being grown,
compared with 32,732,OO0 last
year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03

How patriotic are you? This
may sound slightly Fictitious,
but it is something every individ-
ual should ask himself at the pre-
sent time. Do we love our coun-
try enough to give of time or
money, or do we merely take it
for granted? It isn't how loud
we sing God Bless America,
that determines whether or not
we are good Americans, but ra-
Their how much we are willing
and ready to do for the Gem of
the Ocean," We agree with DR..
Harry Wooburn Chase, one-time
President of the University of
N. c., now Chancellor of New
York University, who recently
said that Americans have long
been accepting the privileges of
democracy, but the time has now
come when they must seriously
consider it's responsibilities. All
this may sound a bit serious for
Ashe Gas, but so are the times.
At any rate it is worth serious
thought.
Ups and Downs
Football, like everything else,
has its ups and downs, and Sat-
urday seemed to have been Caro-
lina's day to be downed by Wake
Forest: AS a matter of record,
Carolina scarcely made any first
downs. There were a few thous-
and Tar Heel fans who were
downhearted, after the game, but
this was not the case with Hon.
Ira T. Johnston who was among
the spectators. Perhaps he saw
bright side to the defeat. After
all he is also an alumnus of Wake
Forest!
Breaking In To Print
Saturday at the annual meet
ing of the third district of N. c.
Federated Women's clubs, Ashe
county was so we'll represented
that this group won the attend
ance prize. This, of course, was
an honor. But here is an oddity.
The prize which the district pres
ident presented to the writer of
this column, for the club, was a
book entitled, ''How to Break In
to the Newspaper. Having been
in the newspaper profession for
more years than we can recall at
the present, we were struck with
the humor of the situation.
We take our hats off to Boone
for the splendid program and en-
tertainment, food, etc., for the
visiting club women. Among the
many other interesting and
worthwhile things, we were told
was that one of the most typical
and truly American institution is
the American Woman's club.
Getting Warm
Rev. Hoyt Wood promised his
congregation that he would lit
orally make it hot for them next
Sunday. But this should encour-
age them all to come rather than
to stay away; for he was refer
ring to the question of heating
the church. Last Sunday some Of
those present shivered in their
seats, all of which was because
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03

suited in several conversions who
were baptized in New River at
the low water bridge near Arthur
Phillips Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03

sisted by Rev. MIR. Cook, of East
ern North Carolina, conducted a
revival at Blue Ridge Baptist
church the past week, which re-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03

any new enemy in either of the
worlds two wars, it has reached
it's height amid the world reac-
ton to the pact of Berlin.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
AMERICAS TO WORK
TOGETHER ON DEFENSE

Buenos Aires - Military note
comparing on an unprecedented
scale is in progress among the
Americas.
Although this was started
weeks before Berlin, Rome and
Tokyo bound themselves to fight
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
Tire Prevention
Week Oct. 64l2

II Alfred Fleming, chairman OF the
National Fire Protection Association
committee on fire prevention anu
cleanup campaign, holds that fire pre-
ventiOn week, To be observed natloh-
wide. October & To II. inclusive, Sh0lAd
include both fire prevention and fire
protection. He further holds that III
dfvidual citizens and the various civic
and business organizations should CO.
operate whole hea rtedly in the actlvl-
TICS incident to the observance OF lire
prevention week. and urges that local
committees be formed early in the var
ions communities, 10 the end that an
effective campaign may be planned
and carried out.
Mr.. Fleming points out that the
members of fire departments, paid ana
volunteer alike. risk their lives day
and night in protecting the lives OF
citizens and the conservation OF pro-
perty against the hazard OF fire. lndi-
yidual citizens can show their appre-
ciation of the work carried on by the
firemen by helping them TO do a great
lob for the direct benefit Of the COM
munity as a whole He emphasizes the
fact that every fire prevented may
save human lives. rs Wen as conserve
property.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
Human Inertia

Though inertia is an undesirable
characteristic in human being, in
ert chemicals are the aristocrats Of
science, being able to "play possum"
scientifically and resist the zorro
sion of even the king Of liquids,
aqua regia-a mixture of nitric and
hydrochloric acids. One of the most
inert substances yet noted by sci
ence is compound Of coke, lime
stone and salt which scientists call
koroseal. 1t is so unresponsive to
acids that it is used to line tank
cars which transport huge quanti-
ties of hydrofluoric acid used to
pickle stainless steel.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
Giant Catfish and
Sheep in Struggle
Battle to the Death, Says
This Strange Tale.

BOULDER DAM, ARIZ. - Out
here in the West where everything
is the best and the biggest or it
isn't recognized, they're telling the
story of catfish so gigantic it swal-
lowed the head of live bighorn
sheep and hung on so tenaciously
that both died in the struggle.
And to prove it, they point to the
whitened bones of the bighorn, with
the jaws of the catfish clamped firm.
ly over its skull
Any good Arizonan will say the
story is true. And in particular.
John Edwards, deputy game war
den, because he's the one who found
the evidence of the historic battle
unto-death along a cove in Lake
Mead, the 15-mile long body of wa
ter impounded by Boulder dam.
II was walking along the edge Of
the lake." Edwards said, when /
noticed Cummings in the sand such
as would be made by the struggles
of an animal with sharp hoofs.
"Well, sir I got interested and fol-
lowed the tracks. There, in shallow
water, were the whitening bones Of
a bighorn sheep, picked clean by the
vultures. And, by golly, clamped
around the sleeps skull was the
mouth of the largest doggone cat
fish I've ever SEEN"
Judging from the jaws Of the fish.
Edwards said. II must have been
four or FIVE feet long.
1.-THE way I reconstruct it is this, J"
explained the deputy warden. 1.-THE
bighorn went down into the shallow
water to get drink. The sound Of
his hoofs churning the water awoke
this granddaddy of a catfish and
he decided to have a look at the
intruder.
well, he saw the sleeps head in
the water and shot for it, straighter
and harder than an arrow, his
mouth wide open. He got such a
terrific hold on the sleeps nose and
fore skull that the bighorn couldn't
shake loose and the catfish couldn't
even let 60 if it wanted to-"
A group of Arizona sportsmen are
going to look for that catfish's mate,
using a submarine instead of a row.
boat and a torpedo instead of rod
and reel.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
ACTIVITIES OF LOCAL
ODDFEI4LOW LODGE

WyandOtte lodge, No. Az, I.O.O.F.,
the IO.O.F Of Michigan, ut Ann Ar
Dor Monday, October ii, 1T 5 pm.
The lodge is honOred TO be able 10 con
fer this degree and the invitation
stamps WyandOtte lodge as having the
best initiafOry degree staff i'll the
state Practice in this degree is being
held each week after the regular lodge
meeting and il is hoped that the lodge
will be able TO present degree at Ann
ArbOr that will be the talk OF every
OddfellOw in Michigan.
The entertainment committee of the
OddfellOws are to hold a series OF card
parties and dances. The first of these
will be held Friday, October IL. The
card party Will start at pm, and
will be followed by dance. II the
parties held this season prove 10 be as
successful as those held last year. the
lodge will continue 10 sponsor them
every two weeks during the winter.
Many local OddfellOws jOnrneEed to
Lambertvine last Friday To attend a
meeting OF district ola. The button
busters degree was conferred on them
by the Lincoln Park OddfellOws.
OddfellOws and Rebekahs are pre-
pairing TO present joint minstrel
show
The I.O.O.F. conferred the initiatOry
degree on three candidates Last We'd
nesday evening. The first degree Will
be presented October Ii.
Many members of Indian encamp-
ment went TO Pontiac Saturday even
ing. where they conferred the patri-
archal degree. Among those present
was the chief patriarch Of Michigan.
The encampment was cOmplimented
for the excellent manner in which they
put on the degree. Ii is fast becoming
an outstanding lodge and lis degree
teams are being invited tO all parts OF
the state 10 confer degrees.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
This Ought to Be News:
Man Bitten by Bookends

CLEVELAND.-John Donnelly,
chief clerk of the municipal court,
explained that his nose, strangely
bruised and swollen, had been bit
ten by a pair of bookends."
The accident, Donnelly told skep-
teal friends, occurred while he was
moving bookends and books from
one table to another.
Il picked 'em up. bookends and
all" Donnelly said. ''Then the books
began to slip and ] tried to push
them back between the bookends
with my chin. They fell TO the
floor anyhow and ] guess ] didn't
get my nose out fast enoushp p
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
consolidoted F.ofvr,,. Inc--WNU Service,

THE theater is made up of Shake
= speare, experimental groups,
modern playwrights who are said to
have surpassed all who have writ
ten before them, experimental
groups, and Shakespeare.
Theatervgoers are able to recog-
nize the fine points of a play better
than formerly. This is shown by
the fact that whereas formerly they
coughed all during a play, now they
cough only I during the crucial
scenes.
A play is divided into three acts.
In the first act is the hero. In the
second act, he gets a dirty deal. In
the third act, he gets his innings or
the show folds UP in a couple of
weeks.
The theater has come to have
more meaning than it used to, to be
more thought-provoking. People find
this very attractive phase to dis
cuss in-between the feature picture
and the newsreeis.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
Elected as Joke, Woman
Makes Good Police Chief

WARREN, N. H.-Elected last
year as joke, Mrs. Dorothy Clark
made good to such a degree as
New England's only woman chief
OF police that she was reelected
on the first ballot by a wide ma.
jority at today's town meeting. Mrs.
Clark surprised the..voters by &C.
cepting her first term and immedi.
ately began strict enforcement Of
the law. She made many arrests,
but uetained the admiration and re.
spect of the townspeople, who to.
day also elected her overseer of the
~0or.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
New Type TORPEDO Boat

Hubert Scott-Paine, the Canadian
speedboat racer and designer, has in
vented new type Of torpedo boat
which is said to be mine proof and
torpedo proof. The boat has &C.
commodations for a crew of eight
and carries four 18-inch torpedoes.
1t has a top speed of slightly more
than 40 knots and can cruise at %
knots for one thousand miles with
out refueling. 1t draws not more
than three feet of water and is said
to be quite seaworthy.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
Kills Himself as Science
Battles to Save His Life

DENVER, COLO.-A man facing
death while lying in an oxygen tent
used his waning strength to stab
and kill himself with a pocket knife
kept by his bed to open letters.
Calvin Campbell, 48 years old, twice
drove the two inch blade into his
chest after nurse stepped out of
the room. Death came two hours
later. Physicians told of Campbell's
successive illnesses: Chronic stom.
ach ulcers, pneumonia, heart attack
nine major operations in recent
years.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04

J. Richardson. ii. W. Burke, Joseph
PekOwski. w. j. RushlOw, Thomas La
Rue, Carroll A. Thomas. John Vierk,
Jesse Kreger, Fred Sumpt, e. NJ Nc
Carly, Henry MellOche, ]. II. Bishop,
Jr., Thomas Balm. George e. Gentle,
K 5. Dennis, Steve Pesecki, Alex.
Szydlowski. Leo NeStOr, John VI.
Benin. Otto Weipe, Zeph Lauffer,
Henry A. Getting, Elmer Fountain,
Joe Wise, Frank Suvici, E. Bauer,
Earl Lutz. John Hockey, Clarence Bax-
ter. Ford Wagar, Hazen Tucker.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-04
$4,000 Judgment
Against Coache.

In federal count at Detroit on We'd
nesday. Mrs. Anna Gegich of IL Ruth
street, ElOrSe. WAS awarded a judg
ment of $500 against WyandOttt
Coaches, Inc She had asked for So.
00o
The suit was based Oh injuries re
ceived when. on July l, 1899, the
plaintiff was Il passenger III a Nyan
dOtte bus which was struck by New
York Central switch engine at the
SOlvay crossing on West jefferson ave
nue. in Detroit.
Mrs Gegich. Il citizen of IugoSlavia
Is the mother of six children.