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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-03-14
Ken Oyerlin in
Local Debut at
Armory Tonight

Armory tonight and time for
one of the greatest fighters in
the world-Ken Overlin-to
make his bow in a local ring.
For it'll be Overlin VS.. Joe
Lynch of Plain6eld, N. j., in
the 10.round feature bout of
his latest Maus- Y ankelevitz
iistic venture. And what more
could ring lovers ask?
Here's Ovcrlin. ready TO battle
Cefcrino Garcia in May for the
middlcwcight championship. gam.
bling tonight against an oppon-
cnt. who while not rated ON par
with his more distinguished adj
versary, is by no means a breath
cr." Anything can happen in
boxing. There's always the dam
ger of lucky punch and Ovcrlin.
to be sure. will be trying" all tho
way. or as long as the fight lasts.
in order not TO ruin his chances
OF facing Garcia in the merry
May month.
Lost Close One
Don't think for ono moment
that MeSSrS. Ovcrlln and Lynch
arc total strangers to each other.
Far from 1t. They met twice be-
fore. In 1887 Ovcrlin won on a
technical knockout In the seventh
round. But in 1888 il was almost
a different story. for Mr.. Oycrlin
was forced 10 go the full route OF
ten rounds. Not only that. but
when he finally did .ct the verdict
II came through the medium of
split decision. Which means that
the scrap was just shy of draw.
/ But its the present and not the
past that We boxing bugs are
thinking about. And III this third
meeting OF the two tonight. local
fans will have one consolation.
They know that in seeing Overlin
they Will be cycling a fighter good
enough to take on Garcia for the
title. and IN Lynch they'll be pop
ping lad who rates high among
the roped arena eladlatorS.
Brant's Master Here
With the main 20 culogizcd. let S
peruse the rest OF the card. In
the semi-final we have two daz-
cling light heayies IN the persons
Of Ray Hughes and Irv Sarlin.
two slammers from the Pittsburgh
district. Hughes. n negro. is good.
He proved that By beating Charley
Brant Of Somerset. Pa. on four
different occasions. But his white
opponent tonight Is lust as good
If not better. Why? Because Sar-
lin holds two needle decisions over
his Pittsburgh rival SO look for
some action here.
The third affair features six
rounds with Bill INLAND running
up against tough nut in Carl
Turner. 1is-pcund champion OF
West Virginia. Two four.rOund-
crs start off the show. Dclton
Parker "crashcs" the pro ranks
against Fcrdy Franchi and
"Bucky" Albert getting paid for
the first time. also dcbu:s
against "Stony" Jackson. of
Frostburg. All in all. II looks
like night of some plain and
fancy chuciSing.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-03-14

1900 JOu"A' iONN'Ni' ~ ""' 'b'N
decision. Thus. Lynch. the lar
rupcr from Plainncld. will be seek
Ing sweet revenge when the two
knights OF the ring meet again
tonight.
CABS AND CUISINES
All that elittcrS isn't gold and
when tho soccer StalwartS of Bar
ton Local 1874 and the local Gel
ancsc romp hithcr and yon over
the Barton field Sunday afternoon
for tho Western Maryland soccer
league headgcr They'll be clashing
for glory and nothing else
Baskctballcrs. wearing the apparel
Of the Cumberland Collcgians. will
be favored to retain their title
when they defend it Sunday after
noon in SIS. Peter d Paul arena
They have the experience. foI
ono thing. and experience goes a
long way.
The Ciarksburs Oilers might
he big shots" in this vicinity
bu: they're soft potatoes" in
the big timc--That 52-to-39
crushing they took nj the hands
of the Troy. y. u. Five recently
convinced mc more than that
that their early season win over
the Philly Sphas was rank
fiukc. Past events have proved
that-Thc SphaS sunk the
Washington Brewers. Troy. Bal
timOrc. New York Jewels and
other professional teams ON
more than ono occasion.
In other words. the Philly He.
brcws beat better ball clubs thar
Clarksburg. yet lost to the Oilers
Some local sport sages arc
trying to soothc the ClarkSburl
defeat by wagins The argument
that the Oilers were on the roac
all night before meeting the Troy.
ties Hush. hush, il doesn't take
that long to drive to Philadelphia
--Bennic Mccoy. the AS brano
new second sacker. is shining like
diamond in spring training anc
Philly writers say Connie Mack /.
smiling broadly these days-ThC
Cumberland CollcgianS haven't
won every game they have playec
this season. but they can look witt
satisfaction upon the great per
formanceS of Melvin Newt
Henry. By far the best player or
the Remember the days
when Henry served as mascot fol
the Penn Avenue High Guint Of
Gamer. Huffman. Dickcn. Hamil-
ton and Gerard say Time
marches on---Let's hoof II dowI
TO the Armory tonitc. Be secin
yah.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-03-14

them all.
Why all this vcrbiaec about
baseball? That's easy! For un-
like most professional sports II Is
not tainted with much crooked
ness" It's true that a few sur
rcptitious deals have been made
and its true. too. that the 1919
world series left an odious aroma
in Our mind. But in all instances
OF framing" the guilty parties
were detected and punished ac-
cordingly. As witness the recent
shake down" OF the Detroit Tie-
crs. But everything considered.
baseball as whole. is far more
on tho level than all other profcs-
sional sports combined. That's
ono biz reason why baseball fans
the country over eagerly await
tho coming OF every season and /,
for ono. am no exception
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-03-14

Giants. Eddie Yount Pittsburgh
Pirates. Pee Wee Reese Brook :
Ign Dodgesl. Barney Olson Chi
cago Cubs and Butch Moran
Cincinnati Reds.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-03-14
HERE AND THERE ALONG
THE RIALTO OF SPORT
BY JACK GALLEN

fifteenth Of reminded that IL
pupils Of the Hot Stove League their
already spring exhibitions glide into their
their baseball tobacco
hopcus drcamych man-Swcct
there's that
i'm heart It's bascbalthc King Of
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-03-14
FRISCH'S NERVE TONIC


With that cpilOguc out Of our
system let's go ON with our
story. When Patrick Henry de-
livcrcd those famous words.
Give me liberty or give me
DEATH" he achieved immortal
ity. And the other day when
frankie Frisch clarioncd. II
like the pep being shown By my
Pirates" he stunned baseball
fars throughout the land. For
the Pirates have been long no
torious rs a lazy. indOlcnt bunch
Of ball players. What did
Frisch do? Did hc give the
Bucs shot Of DIR. Smiths nerve
tonic" Or was he merely feel
ing balmy over the approaching
signs of spring? The answer is
simple.
Just as the Pirates have beer
known for their lackadaisical atti,
tudc. so also has Frisch been notice
for his fiery. aggressive tactics
Here's a manager VINO brooks nj
interference from the front Office
and to be sure the Pirate front Of
fee in recent years has been som,
times criticized for meddling. 81
when FriSch signed his contrac
1t probably contained this clause
Il am THE manager" So there
you have 1t. Frisch won't tolerate
any loaflng and If the Pirates cam
come oft of the wilderness under
his leadership then their case /,
a homeless one
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21
FARM BOYS OFFERED SIX
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Six scholarships to N. c. State
College, one a four-year scholar
ship and the others one-year
scholarships, are offered to All
Club boys of North Carolina, L.
R. Harrill, State All Club lead
er, announces. The closing date
for entries in the contests which
carry the scholarship awards is
December /.
The four-year scholarship, val
ued at $500, is awarded to the
club boy selected as the outstand-
ing club member in the State.
The winner will be determined
on the basis of: (1) the club
members project records; (2)
participation in club and COM
munity activities; (3) leadership;
(4) club members story of his
All experiences; 50 club mem
ber's high school record as shown
by his principals report.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21
More Ashe Order Numbers
Are Announced This Week

of happy married life, Fannie
Wall Duval passed away on Sept.
IA, 1915, in Colorado. Six years
later, on August 8, 1921, he was
married to Miss Nell Elizabeth
Wright, who since that time has
been a most faithful companion.
At the age of nine he professed
faith in Christ and was united
by S. M. c., of Bina and for n
years has remained a member of
this church in excellent stand
ing. ,-.. .-~,---,.s.s..........r.-.. 1870.
Words fail us and deep emo
tons of love, appreciation and
devotion overwhelm us, when we
seek to express what we know
and feel in regard to the blessed
life of Uncle Johnny, as we all
called him. He was a sanity
Christian; lover of God and man,
devoted husband, loving IA
Their, a congenial and cooperative
neighbor and a citizen of heaven.
Even when words failed him, his
hand went out in a warm, friend
ly handclasp to his fellows and
his fingers always pointed up
ward toward his heavenly home.
Of him it can truly be said, "the
memory of the just is sweet" and
again, "Well done, thou good and
faithful servant, enter thou into
the joys Of thy Lord"
He is survived by his wife, 3
sons, James Avery Duval, of
Long Beach, Calf; Elijah Duval,
Hamilton, Oregon; Rufus Duval,
Cozard, Nebraska, and a host of
friends. To these we extend our
heartfelt sympathy and love in
an hour like this.
BY Rev. J. G. Wootton, Jr., and
Rev. Cicero Ashley
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21
To Publish Complete List AS
Soon AS it is Available.
Mailing Forms.

The big task of assigning draft
order numbers to the 1854 men
registered with the Ashe county
draft board is about completed
and questionnaires are being
mailed out regularly, starting
with number one and going down
the list.
. When the questionnaires are re-
turned, the board classifies each
registrant. A QUESTIONABLE will
eventually be mailed to every one
registered.
The first so order numbers
were published last week. Printed
below are the next several hum
dred. The remainder will be pub
ished next week.
51-Claude T. Goodman
52-Samuel Thomas Worley
53-Gilmer Loval Bledsoe
54-Lee Andrew Roop
55-Elbert Lee Roark
56-Lee Marvin Roark
57-George Rascoe Oliver
58-Edgar Lee Eldreth
59-Bill Hall
60-Conley Bruce Cheek
Chichester Carl Elliott
62-Clarence Dent Baldwin
63-Frank Winston Atwood
65-Luther Wayne Blevins
66-William Wintfred Dickson -
Civilian Howard South
68-Clint Earl Church
69-Arthur Elliott
70-William Garland Baldwin
Continued on Page Three)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21

When Secretary Morgenthau of
the Treasury said a couple of
days after election "We have only
just begun to rearm," he said a
mouthful. To carry out the de-
tense program already started
and generally agreed upon will
call, Mr.. Morgenthau said, for an
increase in the national debt to
at least so billion dollars and per-
haps even more.
Policy Established
The Hull policy of strengthen
ing the ties between the nations
of North and South America is
regarded now in Washington as
so firmly established, as a per-
manent national principle, that
the whole defense program calls
for material enlargement. Recog-
milton that we have taken on the
job of defending everything from
Cape Horn to Greenland is only
now beginning to be considered
in terms of cost.
The delicate task of avoiding
wounding the sensibilities of La
tin Americans while at the same
time lending them a helpful hand
is one which Secretary Hull
would be glad to relinquish, Cos
sips say, to anybody but his logi-
cal successor, Under-Secretary
Sumner Welles.
There is a whisper circulating
that the President himself may
take exclusive charge of foreign
relations and delegate domestic
executive authority to Vice
President Wallace. It's anybody's
guess.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21
Elkland School
And Local News

Last Wednesday night Elkland
high school played Fleetwood at
Todd. A large crowd attended.
Mr.. Paul Miller coaches the
girls at Fleetwood and Mr.. Robert
Davis coaches the boys. Mr.. Glen
MCGUIRE coaches both and girls
at Elkland. Boys who have gone
out for basketball are: Buster
Cooper, John Winkler, Willard
Trivette, Sherman Norris, L. D.
Graham, John Cox, Charles
Blackburn, John Mikeal. and Coy
Mikeal. Girls who have been &C.
tive participants in the sports are:
Evelyn Winkler, Annie Norris,
Madeline Bledsoe, Edith Winkler,
Anna Mae Cooke, Frances Scott,
Kathleen Howell, Goldie Grogan,
Irene Krider, Lucille Houck, and
Bobbie Scott.
There are several of last years
players back, so Elkland is ex-
pecting a very successful year.
Elkland Honor Roll
The names of students making
the honor roll for the month of
September were released recent
ly by the principal of Elkland
high school.
There are two honor rolls used
in the high school: The scholar
ship honor roll and the citizen
ship onor roll. The scholarship
honor roll is composed of those
students who have made an
average on all subjects. There
were three students in this group:
Annie Norris, Kathleen Raglan,
and Thelma Winebarger.
Since many of the students do
not make the scholarship honor
roll, and their behavior in the
class room and on the school
ground has been worthy of
honorable mention, it has been
considered wise to recognise such
students by means of a citizen
ship honor roll. To be included
in this group a student must have
an A on conduct, effort, and at
titude.
Those who made the citizenship
honor toll are: Charles Black
burn, Imogene Bledsoe. Anna Mae
Cooke, Sue Greene, Pete Greer,
Frances Grogan, Dewey Houck,
Milt Houck, Howard Holman,
Ashley Howell, Lucille Houck,
James Lookabill, Margaret Lu-
Their, Handsford Miller, Lovely
Miller, Bernard Moretz, Kath-
crime Moretz, Edward Moretz,
Elizabeth Moretz, Eula Moretz,
Junior Moretz, Vernon Moretz,
Annie Norris, Merrill Norris, Ru-
by Norris, Kathleen Ragan, Celia
Ragan, Osa Lee Reid, Bobbie
Scott, Frances Scott, Fred Van
noy, Virginia Vannoy, Thelma
Winebarger, and Donley Worley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Widner and
Mrs. Bill Holman were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roby Seatz, Of
Todd. Mrs. Holman is the former
Miss Seatz, of Todd, now of
Marion, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Blackburn
announce the birth of daughter,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21
JOHN DUVAL

John Duval was born in Ashe
county near Warrensville on APP
ril 20, 1854, being the son of Sam
uel Duval and Lizzie Rope Duval,
and died Oct. 81, 1910, near the
place of his birth. He was Sc
years, 6 months and II days old.
During the year 1873 he mar
ried Miss Fannie Wall, of Elkin,
N. c., and to this union were born
three children: James Avery, Eli
jah and Rufus. After AZ wears
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21

Jessie Ruby, born November 9.
Mr.. Rex Mcclure, of Kentucky,
visited his parents this weekend.
Mrs. Emory Roland is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Ennis Davis.
Roger Moretz, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raleigh Moretz, has pneu-
monia.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21

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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21
MARGARET ANN STOUT


Margaret Ann Stout (colored)
was born Sept. 80, 1910 and de-
parted this life Nov. l, 1910, max
ing her stay on earth / month
and 2 days. Her death was due
to strangulation. She leaves to
mourn her loss her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Stout, one sister,
Betty Jean Stout, her grandpa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Boy
den, her paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Ethel Stout, her great-grand-
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Gam
bill, several uncles and aunts.
Burial took place in the Creston
cemetery.
Written by her Mother
Myrtle Boyden Stout
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21

H-You have something to sell,
want to buy, Or have lost some
thing, advertise in the classified
columns of The Post and you'll
get real results.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21

FOR SALE-Genuine engraved
calling cards. 100 cards and plate,
only $1.75. The Skyland Post.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21

OPPORTUNITY Available for
good live-wire man who has au-
tomoblle to take over established
grocery route in Ashe county. For
FULL information, contact Worth
Davis, West Jefferson. 11-14-1t
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HEADQUARTERS for Office
Supplies. We carry cardboard for
schools and a good many office
supplies. The Skyland Post.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21

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M. Dickson's first book called
F1RESIDE PHILOSOPHY. Only
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Quality guaranteed as we'll as
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21

FOR SALE Merchants Sales
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-21

FOR RENT-A house on the
highway at Baldwin. If interested
see or write Mrs. w. r. Houck,
Baldwin, N. G. 10-17-4t
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FOR SALE-A good typewriter
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Skyland Post GIFT
Evening star., 1940-04-11
200 Attend Open House
OF Goodwill Industries

Wornout and broken articles do
mated to the Goodwill Industries and
remade by their workers into sale
able merchandise furnished chief in
terest for nearly 200 visitors to the
organizations headquarters at 1914
New Hampshire avenue NV. yes
terday.
Ohdcials were preparing for more
visitors today in the last day of the
industries open-house celebration,
marking the fifth anniversary Of its
establishment in Washington.
Final event of the celebration will
be . dinner at Barker Hall at $50
pm. tomorrow, at which Albert w.
Atwood. author and lecturer, is to
speak.
w. Harold Shape. director Of, the
Goodwill Industries, yesterday led
visitors through the four-story
building and pointed out the shops
where more than 100 otherwise UNI
employable persons are aided in re-
habilitating themselves.
OF considerable interest was the
toy shop, where brokendown and
discarded toys are made over, paint
ed and then sold. Ofncials said
Wilma and Buddy Ebsen, dancers,
were 70 attend tbs opeu house today.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Center's Job Placements
Increase 81 Per Cent

Jobs filled by the District En-
ployment Center during March in
creased 81 per cent over the corre-
spending period in 1889, Edwin w.
Jones, acting director, reported to-
day.
Placements in private industry
totaled 2,917 last month, as COM
pared with 1858 a year ago, while
public placements decreased from
300 to 286.
The largest increase in Job place
ments was reported by the COM
mercial and professional Office, with
total of 284 during March of this
year, as compared with 236 last year
an increase of 20.3 per cent. Hotel
and restaurant placements mum.
bered 40, up IA per cent; domestic
service placements totaled l543, ur
81 per cent. Building trades ano
industrial placements totaled 936. q
drop of 1.8 per cent.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Census Toker
Loses Reports
To Bandit

Arlington (va) police today con-
tinued their search for q courteous
but firm white man who robbed
a census enumerator Of her reports
near Glebe road and South Ninth
street.
Mrs. Maud N. Dove. 4713 South
Eighth road, Arlington, told police
that while walking near the inter-
section Tuesday night to obtain q
report from a party whom she had
been unable to interview during the
day, q car occupied by two men,
drew up to the curb. One man
stepped from the machine and was
quoted as saying:
Lady, I Will relieve you Of those
papers,"
The man then grabbed her census
reports, stepped back into the car
and drove oil. Aspurse, held In the
same hand, was untouched, she de-
clarsd.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
D. {. Income Tax Receipts
Near 100000 Mark

District income tax collections to-
day were expected to go we'll over
the 100000 mark, as returns sent in
by mail continued to pour in, but the
50 100000 early estimate Of total
revenue was still far from attain
ment. The deadline for personal
property returns is Monday mid
night.
Yesterdays returns brought in
S.; ;373, of which $4,000 was in check
payments. This brought the total,
up to last night, to $896,595. Tax
Assessor Edward A. Dent anticipates
many large returns from corpora
tions and other business houses at
the eleventh hour
Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers
reported collections In March totaled
$685. ,720, which he said was largest
March figure on record. Apparently,
business about town is pretty good, u
he said.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
|ckes Defends Dr.. Sayers
From Conqress Critics

Secretary of the Interior Ickes
today defended "the technical quail
if1cations" of DR.. R. R. Sayers,
Public Health Service surgeon,
whose recent appointment as acting
director of the Bureau of Mines
has drawn some criticism from con-
gressional circles.
"Dr. Sayers is a very competent,
thorough. high-class man." Mr..
Ickes said. "He is technically quail
fed" His statement was intended
as reply chiefly to Representative
Case, Republican, of South Dakota,
who said the new appointee was a
good DOCTOR" but otherwise was
not very well qualified to deal with
the technical problems concerned
with the industry.
Mr.. Ickes disclosed that DR.. SayerA
was recommended by the National
Academy of Sciences.
II sent all the names submitted
to me and selected by myself and
the Academy of Sciences picked out
DR.. Sayers," he explained.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
School Broadcast System
Inauqurated at Mckinley

Mckinley High School today cele-
brated the installation of new
school-wide broadcasting system.
Supt. Frank w. Ballou, Asst. Supt
Chester w. Holmes and Principal
Frank c. Daniel all had a few words
to say. Principal John Paul Collins
of Anacostia and Assistant Principal
Thomas Holmes of Eastern added
their congratulations.
The school orchestra, the COM
bined boys and girls glee Clubs and
those participating were introduced
by Barnett Broughton and Patricia
Rhine.
Other students in their classrooms
heard the broadcast, which included
q 15-minute program over Station
WMAL.
The sound system will be used fol
announcements and music of edu-
cational value to the students. Two
other schools have similar systems
Woodrow Wilson High School and
Garrison Elementary School.