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Evening star., 1941-01-09
Construction Awards
Up 145 Per Cent
From Year Ago
Third Highest Totol
Of Defense Period
Is Recorded
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. s.-Engineerins
construction awards this week to.
tailed Sl57,S23,Oo0, the third highes
volume since the start Of the de.
fense program, Engineering News.
Record reported today. The tota
was AS per cent greater than the
same week year ago.
An increase in industrial build
ing boosted private awards to leve
119 per cent above the corresponding
week of 1910. A big volume of pub.
lie building contracts, including sew
eral large munitions plants for the
War Department, lifted public
awards 154 per cent above a year
ago.
Biggest awards of the week were
a S23 100000 smokeless powder plant
at Charlestown, Ind, and a $15,-
100000 ammunition loading plant at
Milan, Tenn.
Comparisons follow:
'st Week. Prev Week. Year AGO
tDays0 a DaysD Days.
S34,iS4,oO0 S3l ,395 900 S15,59l ,00C
state and Municipal.
35354,OOO 21.446,O00 40,3S5, 00O
Federal.
ss,2s5,ooo 29,7O3 900 s,4o2, ,OOO
Total.
$751; $4,000 ss@,544,OOO S64,37s,OOO
Record Set in South.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 9 (P).-South-
ern construction rose to an unparal-
leled peak in 1910 through contracts
totaling 1884, $50 900, the Manufac-
turers Record reported.
Industrial construction alone rose
from $162,874 900 to S4l2 2,743,0 900,
with Government contracts for fac
tories. and vast expansions in IA
cilities in aircraft manufacturing,
steel production, oil refining and
power generation" contributing
heavily to the advancement.
Under the defense program for
factories and military camps the
South bids well to make still further
industrial construction gains dur
inc 1941." the publication added.
IL pOlllCtu OuI lIIdI IllOI Z llIdI1 l"O
billion dollars of Federal funds are
earmarked for construction purposes
this year. and congressional action
may substantially augment this
fund"
Further Rise Forecast.
The Record said further rise in
home construction is forecast, and
"it is reasonable to predict that
large numbers of these will be erect
ed in the South. where the need is
tremendous. especially at the giant
munitions plants being established"
Industrial construction in Is
Southern States rose from So, ,765 900
in January, 1910, to a peak Of
S89, ,321 900 in November, the pub
hcation said. December's total was
s69,030,000, second only to Novem-
ber.
The f1rst-quarter peak came in
February, with S23,767000, but in
the next three months newly initi-
ated industrial expansion in the
South Jagged through the low point
Of the year." with only S4,969,00 in
May.
This picture changed sharply in
the last half of the year after the
fall Of France, the Record said, as
industrialists rushed new and ex-
panding projects, "Federally financed
in most instances"
Evening star., 1941-01-09
Dividend Is Ordered

NEW YORK, Jan. . (SpeciaD -
Directors Of the First Boston Corp.
yesterday declared a dividend OF
sl.60 per share, payable January
20, 1941 to stockholders Of record
January 10, 1941. Last year the
company paid dividends Of 81 per
share on January 20 and so cents
per share on July 23.
Evening star., 1941-01-09

Quotations furnished by National As
sociation Of Securities Dealers, Inc, which
transactions or Arm bids or offers but
should indicate approximate prices, and
unless otherwise indicated, are as quoted
by the sponsors or isSuers.
mot quoted BY sponsors or issuers.
Evening star., 1941-01-09
London Bar Silver

LONDON, Jan. 9 (R.-Bar silver, 23atd
up Il. equivalent 42.39 cents) Bar
gold. 1855, UNCHANGED. SautvaIent S33.o6.)
2GchAnGe, u .03.
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Strong, New Safety Glass
Reported Developed

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9.-Develop-
ment of a new safety glass with 10
or more times the strength OF ordi-
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Baltimore Stocks
special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Jan. g.
Sales STOCKS. High. Low. Close.
9 Baltimore Transit ,.2s ,.2s ,.2s
Is Consol P 4laes pfd 11s lis 11s
,S3 SS3 Dawson Dawson sTa Chem VI ~. y. Il.
is.9 Eastern Eastern sus s pf vt 1sR 1sE 1sH
Is Fidelity & Deposit 100. 12O 1c0
$50 New Arster Cas- 17N II 17L
90 U S Fidel & Guar 21s4 21s4 2124
BONDS.
$4,000 BALTIC TT deb As A IS 35 35
200 BALTIC Trans 5s A 401a 4OHa 4O12
Evening star., 1941-01-09
STOCKS

MISCELLANEOUS
Ter RI g. w Cp 1st 4As 1e4S 100
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Investing Companies

NEW YORK Jan 9 t4,.-National As
socistion Securities Dealers. Inc.
1CInSinE QuotAtionkl
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Washington Exchange
SALES

SALES.
Washington Gas Light common-2O
at 23l2.
Evening star., 1941-01-09
London Tin Prices

LONDON, Jan tPi-Tin steady: spot
f25o los bid. f251 asked; future, 1853 15s
bid, 1850 asked.
Evening star., 1941-01-09

New York Bar Silver
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 QP.-Bar sill
yer, 3434, unchanged.
Evening star., 1941-01-09

MEMORANDA.
81. Pledsed assets and Sc
curities loaned (book
valuel:
(cI Assets pledged to
qualify for exercise
of hduciary or cor
porate powers. and
for purposes other
than 10 secure la
bilities - $500. .O62 so
e Total --- s5oo.Oe so
District of Columbia. IS:
/, c. H POPE president OF the above
named bank do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
c. H POPE President
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
1th day OF January. l941.
tseaD MARY D. BATSoN,
Notary Public, D. c.
Ny commission expires Sept. 16. I945.
Correct-AtteSt:
A HARDING PAUL,
r. H YEATMAN
ARTHUR G. LAMBERT,
LOUIS B. MONTFORT,
P. J. MCMAHON
c. d. RATCLIFFE,
A L. THOMPSON.
ALFRED P. THOM Jr.
Directors.
Evening star., 1941-01-09
U. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK. Jan. q G1.-Prices quoted
In dollars and thirty seconds:
Evening star., 1941-01-09

Reserve District No. B.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
Munsey Trust Company
bia. at the close Of business on December
3l, 1870 Published in response to can
made by Comptroller of the currency
under section 5211 U. s. Revised Statutes.
Evening star., 1941-01-09
BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1941-01-09
Federal Land Banks

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 O1.-Federal Land
Evening star., 1941-01-09
Reserve District No. 5
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
Bank of Commerce and Saving,

OF washington in the District of Columbia
1910. A'
Published in response to call made by
Comptroller of the Currency under section
5211, q. S. Revised Statutes
Evening star., 1941-01-09
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
The East Washington Savings
Bank

In the District of Columbia at the close OF
business Oh December 81, 1910, published
in response to call made by Comptroller OF
the Currency under Section 521l, U. 8.
Revised Statutes.
Evening star., 1941-01-09

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS.
25 Capital stock:
(c) Common
Evening star., 1941-01-09
United Stutes Treasury Position

BY the Associated Press.
The position Of the Treasury January Z co
Evening star., 1941-01-09

PUBLIC UTILITY.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Ashe Hospital
Is Given Funds

Roy r. Badger, treasurer of the
Ashe county hospital reported this
week that number of contribu-
tons had recently been received
but that other funds are needed
at once in order to get the hos
pital ready for the opening.
Rev. r. H. Stone sent a check
for 500 from ]. B. Ivey and one
for $25 from H. M. Wade, both of
Charlotte.
Other contributions received
this week include $40 from Mr..
and Mrs. Allen Mcneil, Creston;
Mrs. Jack Rhodes, West Jefferson,
SIS; Mrs. T. M. Calhoun, SIS; Miss
Mae Calhoun, SIS; Elkland high
school, $40; Nathan's Creek high
school $30.62; Brown high school,
$3.50.
The colored people of Ashe
county are making splendid pro-
gress toward contributing money
for the purpose of furnishing one
room in the Ashe county hospital.
The contributions are as follows:
Jefferson colored people, $4,000;
Crumpler, $14.5O; Grassy Creek,
$7.25; West Jefferson, $3.50;
Fleetwood, $500, making a total
of $57.25.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Ashe Man Has Tax Receipts
For 90 Years; Big Increase

munity who was born 1862 and
has lived on the farm adjoining
the Stuart place all of his life af-
firms the statement that there has
never been a mortgage, deed of
trust or any obligation against
the Stuart tract since it was first
settled by Washington Stuart.
The tax receipts in most cases
are signed by the sheriff who
was also the tax collector. A
number of them over period of
years which give an interesting
record of the taxes paid and the
tax collector for those years are
as follows: 1880, 76c, John Baker;
1887, $3.17, Thomas K. Miller;
1892, $4.O2, Bryon Sturgill; 1894,
1898. John L. Harte; 1895, $3.40,
B. Sturgill; 1898, $4.O9, M. G. Nc
CURE; 1901, 1923, Ambrose Clark;
1908, $500, G. B. Austin; 1915,
$4.89, w. A. Mcmillan; 1917, $685.,
Chas. R. Latham; 1921, $2O.14, J.
w. Hampton; 1923, $31.94, Henry
M. Miller; 1880, $27.79, Carl B.
GRAPHICAL; 1881, $18.27, Henry M.
Miller. 1882 $22.O5 Henry NJ
Miller; 1882, $22.O5, Henry M.
Miller; 1888, $500, Henry M.
Miller; 1885, $8.19, Henry M.
Miller; 1888, $685., Ed Miller,
Continued on Page Eighty
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
To Hold Defense
Meeting Sunday
Public Invited to Attend COun-
ty-Wide Meeting. Speak
erS Announced.

A countrywide general defense
meeting will be held at the court
house Sunday afternoon at 2 o.
clock for the purpose of discus
sing the present war outlook in
Europe and Asia, the progress
that is being made in the national
preparedness program, and posi-
bic steps that should be taken
here in Ashe county.
Upton Blevins, of Crumpler,
who has been a leader in this
section to arouse public interest
and sentiment for preparedness,
has called the meeting. Several
prominent speakers are scheduled
to make 10 minute talks. These in
clude Ira T. Johnston, DR.. Robin
son, W. B. Austin, P. G. Wright,
Levern Johnston, Mrs. Ed M. An
derson and c. J. Rich.
The public is cordially invit-
ed to attend and a special invi-
tation has been extended to all
ex-service men, preachers, and
teachers.
"This is the most serious mat
ter that has ever confronted the
United States and we must be-
come more conscious of the great
dangers that lie across the wa
tiers and threaten to come to our
Shores" Mr.. Blevins declared.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Forms For Birth
Certificate Are
Available Here
Can Be Secured at Register OF
Deeds Office. Record
Must be Authentic.
IN DEMAND

The question of the time or
place of birth of an individual is
something he usually knows, but
it is becoming more and more i'm
portant that he have the proper
credentials to prove this.
The birth of the fifth columnist
and the extensive defense work
as well as military training has
made citizens of Ashe county as
we'll as those throughout the state
and nation realize the Importance
of having a registered birth certi-
ficate, for Uncle Sam wants the
proof of all American citizens.
Larry P. Coward, register OF
deeds announced, yesterday that
he now has a complete supply
of forms to be filled out by those
who want to secure birth GER
tificate. These forms may be Sc
cured from his office and when
properly filled out sent to RAJ
leigh for registration where a
birth certificate will be issued.
Most North Carolinians born
since 1913 had their births reg
istered and have birth certifi-
Gates. when the assembly passed
a law requiring this. Those born
previous to this date can secure
birth certificate after getting
the. blanks at the register of deeds
office and having them filled out
properly. Records supplying the
dates and places must be anthem
tic. They include family bible re-
cords, baptismal date, insurance
policy, physicians record and
others that can be established.
Two definite records of this type
made before the individual
reached the age of four must be
submitted, or three if made after
the age of four.
The 1941 general assembly
amended the original act requir-
ing immediate registration of
births. House bill 1874 now pro-
vides. that "any birth may be reg
istered more than five days and
less than four years after birth. ="
The bill further provided plan
for the registration of birth GER
tificates four years or more after
birth.
Forms for these delayed regis
tration available at L. P. Col
wards office will make it possible
for all those desiring official reg
istration of their birth to have
same provided they can supply
authentic records.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Many Are Sent
OuestiOnnaires
Every Day Now
COunty's Next Quota for Men
to Enter Service Is 10
On May Is.
WANT VOLUNTEERS

Starting today questionnaires
will be mailed out at the rate Of
about Is per day and this mail
ing will be continued until these
questionnaires have been sent to
all registrants under the Selective
Service Act in Ashe county, Sam
Davis, local draft board clerk,
stated yesterday.
To date only 375 questionnaires
have been sent, which means
that there are around 1000 yet to
be mailed.
The county's next quota of
draftees is 10 white and these will
have to report for duty on May
Is. At the present time, the draft
board only has 5 volunteers list
ed. Others who would like to en-
roll are urged to see Mr.. Davis
Immediately.
In connection with the ques-
tionnaires, members of the board
requested all registrants to- read
directions carefully before filling
out the forms.
':.Be sure to use pen and ink or
typewriter in filling them out,
too," Mr.. Davis cautioned "And
fill them out fully so that it will
not be necessary for us to write
you concerning vital unanswered
questions"
Postmasters, justices Of peace
and school principals will no
doubt be glad to assist registrants
in filling out the. questionnaires,
it was explained.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01

henceforth no war material would
be allowed to cross her territory.
Germany is reported to have re-
ceived considerable war mater
ials from Japen via the Trans
siberian railway. Britons also
have been disturbed by reports
that U. S. supplies shipped on or
der to Russia eventually found
their way into Germany.
President Roosevelt said Tues
day that American naval vessels
were not barred from entering
combat zones and strongly reite-
rated tn at American patrols
would 60 as far as may be neces-
sary for the defense of the West
ern' Hemisphere.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Soil Conservation District
Supervisors Met On Monday
Wade Eller Elected Chmn. and
Alton Thompson, Sec'y.
Get Charter.

The five newly appointed and
elected members of the board of
supervisors of the New River
Soil Conservation district held
their first meeting in Sparta Mon
day afternoon, selected officers
and drafted a suggested work
plan.
Wade Eller, principal of the
Riverview high school, and Alton
Thompson, cashier of the North
western Bank in Sparta, were ap-
pointed by the state committee
as members of the board. Last
week Jake Little, of Creston and
J. w. Gambill, of West Jefferson,
were elected as two additional
members of the supervisors board
in Ashe county and D. M. Ed
wards. of Ennice, was elected in
Allegheny county. All of these
men serve without compensation.
The initial meeting was held
in County Agent Blacks office.
County Agent c. j. Rich, w. D.
Lee, state extension soil conserva-
ZIONIST and E. M. Manchester, of
the U. S. Forestry service in Lee
noir, were present.
Mr.. Eller was elected chairman
of the board of supervisors and
Mr.. Thompson secretary. A char
ter for the new district has been
granted by the secretary of state,
it was announced. >.
Mr.. Lee assisted the board in
drawing up a suggested program
and work plan for the district.
Costs will be sent to the state
and federal agricultural depart
ments for approval and formal
request was also made that a soil
conservation worker be sent to
each county.
The suggested program drawn
up included brief outline of
the general physical conditions
and problems of soil erosion in
the area and pointed out broad
Continued on Page Eight)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Defensible Zone
Is Moved Nearer
To States Lines
Defense Industries Can Be LO-
Gated Only in the Noun
tain Areas.
CONFERENCE HELD

The line designating the So
called "defensible zone" in North
Carolina has been relocated by
the war department and instead
of extending from Mt. Airy to
Gastonia, it has been moved
and now virtually follows the
Blue Ridge Parkway, this paper
learned yesterday.
In other words, according to
present plans defense industries
can only be located in sections ly-
ing west of the Parkway, which
of course still includes West JEFF
ferson. ..-
The imaginary line running
across the state is said to extend
now from Sparta to Brevard and
BOSNIAN. s
Recently a half dozen gov
errors, representing the Southern
Governors Conference, laid facts
and figures before President
Roosevelt in an effort to prove
that dangerous and unwarran-
ted Capitalization of national de-
tense production exists in older
and more congested areas"
Coincident with arrival of the
governors at the White House,
Washington newspapers carried
advertisements by the Southern
Governors Conference pointing
out that up to January 81, ST.
500,000,000 in defense contracts
Exclusive of shipbuilding) only
7per cent had gone to II southern
states. The advertisement further
said that of 3O2 new plants, only
"a had been built in the south
and urged that there was plenty
of raw material and loyal labor"
available below the Mason-DiXon
line.
eve called attention to these
figures" Gov. Dixon said, mot to
try to get more money but to I'M
dertake to prove that they are
Symptomatic of a dangerous eco
nonic condition.
Continued OF Page E;sfh
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
WOMEN TO MEET AT
COURTHOUSE MON.

Announcement was m a d e
this week by Miss Lenna Gam
bill that there would be a
meeting next Monday after
noon at the courthouse at 200
O'clock for the purpose of
making further plans for Sc
curing a home demonstration
agent.
Miss Gambill said that a
number of cards had been sent
out to women throughout the
county asking that they attend
and urged all others interested
In the movement to be there.
Representatives from various
women's organizations will be
present and help with the
plans.
'There is a definite need for
a home agent in this county
but it is also necessary that we
work to secure one" Miss
Gambill said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Nazis End Balkan BliZkrieo:
England Is Heavily Bombed

This week the Germans added
Athens to their list of conquered
capitols. Just three weeks after
launching the Balkan blitzkrieg
the Nazi swastika was hoisted
over the crumbling columns of
the Acropolis.
After pushing on to the ex-
treme end of the Peloponnesus in
completing their Balkan cam
paign, the Germans yesterday
turned to the Mediterranean and
Atlantic.
In the meantime they continued
to pound at the English coast.
The wars heaviest cross-chan-
mel bombardment in the Calais
Dover area began Tuesday morn
ing and continued internationally
until some time after p. m. It
was the sort of barrage to be ex-
pected with any invasion attempt.
Axis mechanical forces in
north Africa were stalled near
Sa1um, in Egypt just across the
Libyan frontier, the British said.
A furious sandstone aided Brit
ish troops and planes to halt
three German Italian columns
there, Cairo dispatches said.
Russia, in a move which may
be of great significance, was re-
ported to have decreed that
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
ASHE COUNTY MAN
WILL HEAD RURAL
ELECTRIFICATION

Raleigh. Governor Broughton
announced yesterday that Gwyn
b. Price of West Jefferson, who
has long been associated with CO.
operative movements, would be
the new chairman of the North
Carolina rural identification au-
thority.
At the same time the Chief Ex-
ecutive RELEASED the reappOint-
ments of Ed. F. Allen, of Lenoir,
DIR. Jane s. McKimmon, of Ra-
leigh, and w. M. Shrard of Hen
derSOn to the REA board. They
and Price will serve Agar terms
beginning June S.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Defense Bonds
And StampsC
On Sale Today
Good Response Expected. Rep
resent Good Investment
And Defense Aid.

Today United States Defense
Savings Bonds and Postal Saw
ings Stamps will go on sale in
the post offices of Ashe as we'll
as throughout the country as a
part of the national effort to de-
fend America.
A big response is expected as
these bonds and stamps not only
present a good investment but
will be a great help in the nat
iona1 defense movement.
The new Defense Savings Bond
is similar to the familiar "Baby
Bond, of which more than five
billion dollars worth have been
bought by more than two and a
half million Americans since 1925.
A Defense Bond may be pur-
chased May l, or thereafter, for
$18.75. In ten years, this bond
will be worth $500. This is an
increase of 80 1-3 per cent, equal
to an interest return of 2.9 per
cent, compounded semi-annually.
Any time after sixty days from
the date of purchase, the bond
may be redeemed for cash, in &C
cordance with table Of redemp-
ton values printed on the face of
the bond.
To spread investments widely
among all the people in America,
a limit of $4,000 has been set on
the amount of these bonds to be
bought by any one person in
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Check Is Raised
From $lOTo $500

A get-rich-quick scheme was
reported enacted here last week
when a check drawn on the ac-
count of Doc Harris, of Creston,
was raised from $40 to $500.
Ann Combs, of Smethport, re-
ported to have cashed the check
was arrested by officers and
placed in the county Jail.
Officers reported that the act
was discovered after an exami-
nation by Harris of his bank &C
count to find out why he was ap-
parently over-drawn.
Dates for the hearing had not
been set yesterday and the de-
PENDANT is still being held in Jail.
Her bond was set at $1,000.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01
Urge That Boxes
Be Reconditioned
Postmasters and Carriers Plan
/ Improvement of County
Mail Boxes.

The post office department In
Washington has designated May
l to May 10 as rural mail box
improvement" week and carriers
in this county are requesting all
rural mail boxholders to co-ope-
rate.
This campaign is intended to
include the erection of new posts
on more convenient locations, re-
placement of old, worn out boxes
with newer models and painting
names and numbers on these box
es.
If the patrons will do their
part, it is understood that a num-
Der of carriers are planning to
paint names and numbers on
boxes located on their routes.
At the close of the campaign,
postmasters will be required to
inspect each route and mail box.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-01

The Stuarts of Ashe county not
only realize that death and tax
es are a certainty but have kept
an accurate record of the latter
on the same piece of land for
more than 80 years.
Barnett Stuart, of Graccy Creek
recently sold a tract of land
which had belonged to the Stuarts
for than 100 years and discovered
that he had tax receipt for ev-
cry year since 1880 with the ex-
ception of the years of 1883 and
1889.
These receipts beginning with
1880 show that the tax on this
58-acre farm which ammounted
76c at that time of later climbed
to peak of $31.94 and them
dropped to the low 1881 within
the period of go years.
This farm was first settled dur
ing the first half of the nine
teenth century by Washington
Stuart who lived on it until his
death when it then passed into
the hands of his son, Jackson
Stuart and later to his son, Bar
nett who this month sold it to
Carl Circero Mullis, and moved
to Wythe county, Virginia.
Bart Hurley, well known cit
izen of the Grassy Creek COM