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off its escape.
The British Admiralty an
nounced that the Mediterranean
fleet early yesterday turned its
15-inch guns on Tripoli, Axis base
in western Libya whence the
drive toward Suez was launched,
and carried out a devastating A.
minute bombardment. Docks and
harbor installations were blasted
and observers said at least seven
vessels in port were hit. Concen-
trating on choking off shipment
of Axis supplies to Tripoli for the
sweep eastward against the Bri-
fish, naval aircraft also torpedoed
three ammunition and supply
ships totaling $4,000 tons.
Gravely confident in the face of
Allied reverses in the Balkans,
President Roosevelt said Tuesday
Continued on Page Four)
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New NYA Projects For Ashe
AreAPProved; $50 EMPLOYED

Announcement was made this
week by Mrs. w. c. Thomas, NYA
supervisor for Ashe county, that
there are now around $50 in NYA
work in the county and that a
number of new projects have been
recently approved for the group.
The sum Of $3.50 has recently
been approved for the hospital at
tendant project to aid in the ope-
ration of the Ashe county hospital
as soon as it is opened.
The NYA will start on a book
mending project for the schools
and Ashe county library within
the near future, Mrs. Thomas said.
NYA has around 16 boys en-
ployed on a school bus and ga
rage project under the supervision
of Harry Koontz. The school bus
es and county garages are to be
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24

There are around 40 boys now
employed in the woodworking
shop at Crumpler and an equal
number of girls in the homemak-
ing project. Here the girls are
busy with sewing at this time.
Mattress covers and uniforms are
being made.
A number of girls are employed
in clerical work in offices in the
county.
Several boys are assisting with
the sanitary project in connection
with the West Jefferson school.
There are other building pro-
jects now under consideration for
NYA work in the county which
are expected to be approved with
in the near future. Among these
is a new agricultural building for
Riverview high school, it was an
nounced.
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Jury List For
May-June Term
Court Announced
Two Weeks Term. Total of
FOrty-Eight Jurors Are
Drawn for Term.

The jury list for the May-June
term of Ashe superior court is as
follows:
Q. C. Worley, Elk; George w.
Bow1in, Peak Creek; Fields Alb
sher, Chestnut Hill; Clarence
Wilmington, Pine Swamp; J. ].
Allen, Laurel, C. c. Robinson,
Pond Mountain; R. E. Lewis, Cliff
ton; James South, West Jeffer-
son; D. T. Dolinger, Hurricane;
G. E. Graham, Elk.
w. F. Poe, Horse Creek; A. M.
Cheek, Pine Swamp; Joe Parsons,
West Jefferson; Thomas Penning7
ton, Peak Creek; Dale Ward,
Chestnut Hill; Earnest Bumgard-
ner, West jefferson; Edgar FL
dreth, Hurricane; o. P. Miller,
Pine Swamp; c. H. Shatley, JEFF
ferson; A. L. Cox, Walnut Hill;
w. L. Mcmillan, Chestnut Hill;
A. A. Jones, West Jefferson; Jas.
c. Houck, Old Fields; ]. Sid Mil
Ter, Peak Creek.
Second Week
Fred Blevins, Hurricane; G. F.
Roberts, Creston; Fred Miller,
Clifton; Rosco Brooks, Piney
Creek; A. H. Elliott, West Jeffer-
son; Smith Eggers, North Fork;
T. r. Little, Hurricane; Russell
Barr, West Jefferson; Otis Price,
North Fork; F. c. Worley, Elk;
D. H. Goodman, Pine Swamp; w.
B. R. Allen, West Jefferson; Joe
King, Pine Swamp; r. Q. Bare,
jefferson; Nathan Richardson,
Clifton; Fred S. Jones, Grassy
Creek; w. T. Little, Grassy Creek;
Vince Waddell, Chestnut Hill;
George Miller, Obids; S. c. Rich
ardson, Peak Creek; Troy Doug
las, Chestnut Hill; John Penning-
ton, Peak Creek; H. c. Sheets,
Horse Creek; R. C. Hartsog, Cliff
ton.
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Defense Saving
Bonds & Stamps
On Sale May LIST
Defense Saving Bonds, Stamps
Will Be Sold by Most
All POStmaSterS.
STAMPS ARRIVE HERE

The United States Defense Saw
ing Bonds and Postal Savings
Stamps will be placed on sale in
the West Jefferson and other post
offices in the county at the open
ing of business on Thursday, May
/, as part Of the national effort to
make America impregnable.
Postmaster B. d. Barr an
nounced today that plans are
nearly completed for this commu-
nifty, along with thousands of 9TH
ers from coast to coast, to do its
full part at the opening of the
savings program. It is expected
that the Mayor and other civic
leaders will be among the first
purchasers of savings bonds and
stamps here.
Postmaster General Frank C..
Walker, in a letter to Postmasters
throughout the country, said that
the help of local postmasters
would be "a real service to the
country. He transmitted til e
thanks of Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau for the help that
local postmasters had already CIV
en- in the sale of United States Sc
curities, and also Mr.. Morgen-
thau's thanks in advance "for the
cooperation which he knows you
will give to this new effort.
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 1885.
A Defense Bond may be pur-
chased May 1, or thereafter, for
$18.75. In ten years, this bond will
be worth $500. This is an in
crease of 33 1-3 pei. cent, equal
to an iRterest, ra dK:y;1 Sa 20 per
cent, compounded sem1-annually.
Any time after sixty days from
the date of purchase, the bond
may be redeemed for cash, in ac-
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 one
year. The bonds are in denomi-
nations of $25, $50, 500, $500 and
$1,000, all of which are sold for
rs per cent of their maturity val
ue and all of which mature in
ten years.
For the smaller investor who
Continued on Page Four)
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Forces Moving Near
Athens; Tripoli Is Shelled

The valiant Greek forces con-
tinue to fight against their might
Ter German foes who according to
the latest reports are nearing Ath-
ems.
A graphic report of the Allied
disaster in Greece came from an
Associated Press correspondent.
Daniel DEUCE, who crossed to
neutral Turkey from Athens. He
reported that Greek troops fought
German might, knowing that the
British expeditionary force was
too small to be of enduring aid
to them.
In western Greece the Greek
army which once threw Italy's
troops out of Greece into Albania
was trapped, Berlin said. Capture
of strategic Ioannina on the Greek
path of retreat from the north cut
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To Seek Bids On
Blue Ridge Cold
Storage Plant

Within the next few days a call
will be issued for bids on the con-
struction of the Blue Ridge cold
storage plant that will be erec-
ted on the Wayman site between
the Jeffersons this spring and
summer, Gwyn Price, president of
the cooperative, stated yesterday.
II have just received a wire
from our engineer, B. o. Vannort,
of Charlotte, stating that every
thing is now in readiness to Sc
cure bids and that construction
should commence in the near fu-
ture," Mr.. Price said.
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Baby Is Injured
In Auto Wreck

A baby was slightly injured in
an automobile accident which oc-
Cured last Saturday at the inter-
section of the Smethport and
number SO highways when car
driven by Roby Payne, of Tree
Top and another driven by Mr..
Carpenter, Of Tennessee, collided.
The baby was sitting on the
front seat of the Carpenter car
and was badly bruised, it was re-
ported. Both cars were damaged
and it is understood that Payne
took responsibility for the acct
dent and has made full settle
ment.
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Club Admitted Into League
Last Thurs. Night. Ander-
derson League Se'cy.
Especial to The Post)


Galax, April pat a meeting
of managers and directors of
teams in the New River semi-pro
baseball league, held here in the
home of President Mike Crabill
last Thursday night. definite
plans for the 1911 season were
made
There will be eight teams in
the league this season, including
a new club, West Jefferson,
which was represented at the
meeting by Paul Perkins and Ed
Anderson, of West Jefferson. The
other teams are: Sparta, Indepen-
dence, Galax, Fries, Ivanhoe,
Austinville and Hillsville is ex-
pected to make the eighth club.
It was decided that the season
will open on Wednesday, May IA
andaclose on Saturday, August
16, with the series being played
off before September l. The play
ing season will last ii weeks.
Games will be played on We'd
nesday and Saturday afternoons,
giving each team a total of %
games, half of which will be
home games. A complete schedule
is now being made up by the
league secretary.
Mr.. Crabill, publisher of the
Galax Post-Herald, was reflect
ed president of the league and
Mr.. Anderson, of West Jefferson
and Sparta, was elected secretary
to succeed Charlie Moore, of
Fries. Raymond Lowery, of Spar
ia, has been appointed assistant
secretary.
Rules and regulations will re-
main about the same as of last
season. Starting time for games
played on Wednesday afternoons
will be 5 o'clock and $3.50 o'clock
on Saturdays. If team is de-
layed more than 80 minutes in
arriving, the home team can
claim the game via forfeit. Seven
inning games are played on We'd
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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REPORTS OF EASTER
SEALS EXCEED S1OO

With five high schools still I'M
reported, the sale of Easter seals
to carry on crippled children's
work in the county has produced
a total of $1O5.85, Chairman Gale
Mcmillan stated yesterday.
Reports submitted thus far are:
Riverview school, $26.5O; Nathan's
Creek, $16.29; West Jefferson,
$14.25; Fleetwood, 1851 and raised
in the Jeffersons by the Rotary
club solicitors, $500.
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Fulton Fletcher.
20, Shot Himself
Last Thursday
Ill Health Cause OF Action.
Death Occurred Immedi-
ately After Shooting.
BURIED FRIDAY

Fulton Fletcher, 20, young Ashe
county farmer who met instant
death at his own hands last
Thursday morning was buried at
Old Fields Baptist church on Fri
day afternoon, following the serv-
ice conducted by the pastor Rev.
Mr.. Watts, of Wilkes county and
Rev. w. T. Wilmington, pastor
of the West. Jefferson Baptist
church. -
The deceased who was critical
ly injured when he received a
hard blow on the head last Dec
ember had practically recovered
but was still subject to severe
headaches. His action was attri-
buted to ill health. He is reported
to have told his wife that he
wanted the shot gun to shoot a
fish in a nearby stream and after
walking a short distance from the
house placed the weapon in his
mouth and pulled the trigger, re-
sulting in his immediate death.
The day previous to the shoot
ing, Johnny Lambert was sent
enced Is mofaths by Judge Rous-
seau, in connection to the injury
Fletcher received in December.
Surviving Fletcher are his wife,
three brothers, Grady, Greedy,
and P. Fletcher, one sister, Mrs.
Howell and his mother, Mrs.
Maryann Fletcher, all of Ashe
county.
Pail bearers were young men
of the Idlewild community where
the deceased lived.
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SINGING CONVENTION SUN.

The April singing convention of
the Ashe association will be held
here at the Baptist church this
Sunday afternoon, starting at l
o'clock, Coleman Payne an
nounced. Two visiting choirs from
Wilkes county are scheduled to at
tend. The public is cordially in
vited.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Six New Members
Will Be Pledged
To Phi Delta Delta

Six new members will be pledged
by Alpha Lambda Chapter, Phi
Delta Delta International Legal
Sorority, at luncheon tomorrow at
the Parrot Tea Room. They are
Mrs. Florence Richardson, Miss
Dorothea Leatherberry, Miss Frances
Algy, Mrs. Dollie Smith, Miss
Dorothy Nicholson and Miss Verle
J. Maloy.
Miss Katherine L. Vaux, national
vice president, will be guest speaker
and Representative Jeannette Ran
kin of Montana, member of the
sorority, has been invited to attend.
Other honor guests will be Mrs.
Mabel Benson Sakis, Mrs. Vashti
Burr Wilmington, former national
president and chairman of the
Womens Professional Pan-Hellenic
Association, and Mrs. Elisabeth
Prender Buchanan, honorary pres
tdent of Alpha Lambda.
Mrs. Kathryn Masco SchwarZ,
chapter president, is in charge of the
reception. Mrs. Martha Simpson
Settle is chairman of the Committee
on Arrangements, assisted by Mrs.
Sarah Perrin, Mrs. Winifred Grant,
Mrs. Marion Gilmore Strawn, Mrs.
Elsie Carver and Miss Nina Bolk-
hardt.
Alpha Lambda Chapter was in
stalled at National University School
of Law 13 years ago under the super
vision of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willie
brandt, honorary national president
of the fraternity.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
World Y. w. Group
Renews Its War
Emergency Appeal

The Executive Committee of the
World Y w. C. A. urged renewal
Of its war emergency appeal as it
concluded a six-day meeting in the
N. E. 4. Building here yesterday.
The committee reported, according
TO records now available, 27 coun-
tries have sent gifts of money in the
past 18 months for the emergency
program of the organization.
Even in the face of overwhelming
new responsibilities, due to actual
warfare within their borders, many
associations have answered this ap-
peal for help with generosity
beyond any expectation" according
to a statement issued by the COM
mittee. Others, free from actual
participation in the struggle, have
responded literally"
Aid to IA countries has been given
either directly or through the
world Office of the Y. w. c. A., it was
reported.
This assistance, through gifts of
money and personnel, accompanied
by an ever stronger outreaching of
spiritual fellowship, has found ex-
preston in the life of all the asso-
cations through emergency pro-
grams reaching refugees, evacuees,
internees and countless troubled
people" the statement said.
Recognizing the unabated ur-
gency of these recurring needs and
the Importance of continuing a
vigorous prosecution of the emer-
gency program, and believing that a
movement bearing the name of
Christ must emulate His life of love
and service, the renewal of the war
emergency appeal is urged"
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Legal Sorority
To Install Officers

New officers of Eta Alumnae
Chapter of Kappa Beta Pi, interna-
national legal sorority, will be in
stalled at meeting tomorrow to be
followed by a garden party at the
home of Mrs. Clare Trick Wilson
In Arlington, Va.
Mrs. Sara Nero Williams, the new
dean, will receive the gavel from
Miss Mary M. Connolly.
Other officers to be installed are
Miss Margaret Farmer, associate
dean; Miss M. That's Spencer,
recording registrar; Miss Helen
Goodner, corresponding registrar;
Miss Georgia Alexander, chancellor;
Miss Margaret Hunt, historian; Miss
Cecilia Thornton, marshal, and Mrs.
Williams, delegate, and Miss Georgia
Alexander. alternate delegate to ma
tional convention at White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, in August.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Mexican Tour Draws
Many Reservations

Many reservations for the official
goodwill pilgrimage to Mexico, to be
sponsored by the District Daughters
of the American Revolution next
month, are announced by Mrs.
Harry c. Oberholser, general trans
portation chairman.
The special train will leave here
at $40 pm. July 10. The complete
tour will take % days. The Mexi-
can government is arranging a
special reception and entertainment
for those participating in the pill
erimage, Mrs. Oberholser said
The itinerary will include visits to
Chicago, Ell Paso, Carlsbad Caverns,
Juarez, Tucson, Nogales, Guadala-
jara, Toluca. Mexico City, Acolman
Orizaba, Taxco, Cuernavaca, Guada-
lupe Shrine, Portin, Pyramids of the
Sun, Puebla Tehuacan, Temple of
the Quetzalcopal, Floating Gardens,
San Antonio, Houston and New
Orleans.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Miss Marion Martin
To Address Meeting

Miss Marion E. Martin, director of
the women's division of the Repub-
lican National Committee, who is
in New York today, expects to fly
to Des Moines, Iowa, tonight to ad-
dress a Flag Day meeting of the
Iowa Federation of Women's Re-
publican clubs.
Miss Martin is attending the
conference arranged by the General
Federation of Women's clubs to
mobilize women volunteers for the
civilian defense program. Mrs.
Ann Scott Wilson, of Huntington,
w. Va, third vice president of the
National Federation of Women's
Republican Clubs, also is attending
the conference.
Evening star., 1941-06-13

GOLDEN WEDDING-Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel I. Cohen, 3545
Thirteenth street NV, who
will celebrate their 50th we'd
ding anniversary Sunday at
the Admiral Club. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cohen, both 72 years old,
have lived in Washington
since 1900. They have four
children and six grandchil-
dren.-Harris g. Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1941-06-13

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Want Union
Scale Paid

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lace NaFriss~tts 81 ths Tacoma
building traces council. ~ho asksd
that ~hen contracts for the dam
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Voluminous Case
Heard by Mallery
Consolidation OF
3 Suits in Trial

The voluminous case Of Port
land-Seattle Auto Freight Inc
Va. Virnetts Jones. both for her
self and a. administrator for her
deceased husband. Virgil L. Jones
ard Carl Pardue went on trial
Wednesday before Judge Joseph A.
Nsllery.
The trial is a consolidation Of
three suits filed during the last
nine months as an outgrowth Of a
collision on Aug. 30. 1910. between
coupe and an auto freight truck
a. the intersection Of 18th and
Pacific ave. about IL p. m.
Jones, driver Of the coupe owned
by Pardue. was killed in the col
hsion between the car and the
truck loaded with % tons of
freight His wife, who was serious
~ injured in the accident. and two
small children. both less than two
years old at the time Of the acct
dent, survived him.
Riding with Jones in the front
seat were James and Helen Ber-
nard. husband and wife. Both were
injured in the accident.
Mrs. Jones filed suit against the
auto freight company asking for
S50.447 damages as administrator
for her husbands estate. $1,000
for her injuries and $3.50 for dam
ages TO Pardue's car. The Ber-
nards filed suit asking for $4,000
In damages.
In cross-complaint, the auto
freight company asked for dam
ages of S2,559,12. The three suits
were consolidated on Nov. Q. 1910.
with the auto freight company
designated as plaintiffs.
In January, 1941. Judge Fred G.
Remain rendered a memorandum
decision which washed the Ber-
nards out of the cases with judg-
ment of s5,013.50. This decision
was appealed by the motor freight
company who asked for a new trial
on Feb. l while the Bernards asked
for additional judgment of s135.
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1895; umbrella tables, 7.95 TO 1880. Schoen-
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
PARTICULARS
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

ton to pay the $4,000 salary sup
posed TO be paid the director
or the IS a day for the council
members.
1t also requires that APP
prentices must have 1000
hours of reasonably cOntinu-
Gus employment" before they
can be graduated"
Some opponents of the bill OBJ
jected many trades could be mas
tered in far less than 1000 hours,
especially in present rush times
when trained national defense
workers are needed Immediately.
When the state general fund
gets out of the red in July, wiping
out the years-old $4,000, 900 deficit
1t will have done so without
cent of help from the three per
cent sales tax.
None of the states tax Of
ficiais, however, are suggest
ing repeal Of the three per
cent tax as unnecessary. Al
though the two per cent tax
revenue was sufficient TO erase
the deficit, which dates back
10 1897, claims on the treas
ury during the next FL months
probably will take all OF the
extra $4,000, 900 the extra
cent of sales tax will bring In.
The old age pension program.
now costing taxpayers S33
month average for some 10000
oldsters checks, will have TO be
increased to cover more than So
900 before the end Of the biennium.
This extra cost will eat up most
of the increased revenue.
The three per cent sales tax
went into effect May /, but
merchants who are collecting
n do not turn in their first
payments under Il until dur
INK July WIN AhaA AhNh'"'
stream Of incoming dollars,
the treasury will be able to
Law away a surplus for the
"rainy day" later in the BIZ
ennium when mounting pen
sion costs will catch up with
income or the war boom drops
oSS - r.xauuas fall
II the pension program could be
frozen at its present level, the
state might be able 10 get by with
only the two per cent sales tax,
since the boom made that levy
net more and more revenue as
business transactions went up.
Initiative al, however. re-
ouires that pension costs increase
making the three per cent tax nee
.sssry later in the biennium, even
n II is not needed now.