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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
Wants Selectees To
Be Certain OF Jobs

Washington. - Brigadier Gene
raj Lewis B. Hershey directed 10
cal draft officials to make certain
that citizen soldiers soon to be re-
leased from military service are
protected in their legal right to
unemployment in civilian occupa-
TONS"
National selective service head
quarters, Hershey said, has al
ready planned that each local
draft board should appoint re-
employment committeeman to see
that returning soldiers get their
old jobs back or get new ones if
the old are for some legal reason
unavailable.
The army announced last week
that barring any change for the
worse in the international situa-
ton approximately 100000 men
would be out of uniform by
Christmas. They will include men
over % years Of age, men on
whom military service is a dem
onstratable economic hardship,
and married men.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
SEVEN ARE KILLED IN
BUS ACCIDENT S A T.

Waldwick, N. J.-At least seven
persons were killed and an unde-
termined number injured Sunday
night when a southbound Albany
New York Greyhound bus collid-
ed with five cars and burst into
flames at the Route TWo-Sheri-
dan avenue traffic light.
Acting Bergen County Physi-
clan Arthur w. Greenfield said
six of the bodies were so badly
charred it was impossible to de-
termine their sex, but added that
the victims appeared to be three
adults and three children.
Hackensack hospital identified
the other dead person as Joseph
Bason, 38, of 10 Grand avenue,
Jersey City, believed to be the
driver of the bus.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
REQUIREMENTS ON NAVY
TRAINING ARE LOWERED

Aviation-minded young men
who can pass the Navy's Intelli-
gence Test with a grade of 1870
can qualify for entrance to one of
the many mechanical courses Of
fered by the Naval Aviation Ser
vice.
Men having seventh grade edu-
cation, or better, can qualify and
be enrolled in the Naval Reserve.
Class w, to serve during the ex-
tent of the present national emer-
gency. Men not making the neces-
sary qualifying grade for avia-
ton, will be assigned to other
trade schools such as, electrical,
clerical, mechanical, radio, phar-
macy, etc.
Young men between the ages
of II and % are urged to visit
the Navy Recruiting Station at
Salisbury, N. c., where informa-
ton and literature may be OBJ
tanned.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
DEPRESSION WARNING
GIVEN BY BROUGHTON

misunderstanding of the posi-
bility of a depression OF unpre-
cedented scope, Gov. Broughton
urged heads of state departments
and institutions to plan now for
Improvement projects w tic n
would take up the unemployment
slack at the conclusion of the
current era of defense spending.
Speaking here at a meeting
called by the public works re-
serve, Governor Broughton said
the projects should be blueprint
ed and filed away, for use as soon
at the postwar depression threa-
tens.
81 have only one suggestion
that your needs and projects be
reasonable and not fantastic" he
said. Remember that someone
will have to pay for these pro-
jects, and that someone will be
the taxpayer. This isn't going to
be a Christmas party.
"And I ask you to remember
too, that this is a paper plan. 1t
may be 10 years before the pro-
gram mapped now will bear
fruit"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
:
Defense
Bond
QUIZ

Q. Can my children buy Defense Savings Stamps?
Yes Hundreds of thousands of American children are
buying Stamps regularly their share in the national
savings program
O. Why should children be encouraged to buy Savings
Stamps?
A. Because by buying Stamps they write their names
Roll of Honor of Americans who doing their part to
show the dctaors that united America will never finch
to preserve her sacred liberty
O. my child has collected enough Stamps to exchange
for Bond the Bond be registered in the chlds name?
Yes minor may own Defense Savings Bond Many pa
rents registering Bonds in their chdrens names to
prepare for future educational needs.
NOTTo buy Bonds and Stamps to the nearest
post office bank savings and loan association; or
the Treasurer of the United States, Washing
ton D. c., for a maorder FORM
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28

withdrew.
The story of their exploits,
vouched for by Major General
Sir Iven Mackay, who recently
left the Middle East to command
the Australian home army, is a
favorite topic of conversation
among empire military men.
Some advocating that the RAJ
send an expedition to drop am
munition and supplies to those
lean, hard men who refuse to call
it quits in Crete.
In withdrawing from Crete, the
British left behind 1870 men,
many of them unquestionably
dead or captured. An undeter-
mined number Of others, how
ever, eluded the Nazis.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
DUKE OF KENT is A
WHITE HOUSE VISITOR

Hyde Park, N. Y. President
Roosevelt and member of Bri-
tain's ruling family met here Sat-
urday night and the very fact of
their meeting served to cement
more firmly the bonds of Anglo
American friendship.
Following so closely the dra-
matte conference at sea between
the chief executive and British
Prime Minister Winston Chur-
chill, the visit of the Duke of
Kent at the Roosevelt home could
not help but take on a measure
of significance.
The temporary White House in
sisted, however, that the duke,
youngest brother of King George
vi, was here primarily on an in
formal, social visit. The presi-
dent himself also had sought to
minimize the Importance of his
having a royal guest.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
Construction OF Pipe Line
Is Ordered By Roosevelt

Hyde Park, N. President
Roosevelt has authorized the
Plantation Pipe Line Company to
construct a line from Baton
Rough, La, to Greensboro, N. c.,
for national defense purposes"
The temporary White House an
nounced that the Chief Execu-
tive, using for the first time au-
thority granted him by a pipe
line act less than a month old, had
issued a proclamation allowing
the private corporation to exer-
else the right of eminent domain
to acquire rights of way for the
line.
Federal Petroleum Co-ordina-
tor Harold L. Ickes had recon-
mended this step as a means OF
alternating an oil and gasoline
shortage in the East.
The line would run northeast
from Louisiana through portions
of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
South Carolina and North Caro-
lima, and it was understood that
if it were used solely to handle
gasoline, its base capacity would
be sufficient to transport more
than half the gas requirements of
the states through which it will
pass.
Branches would extend to
Montgomery and Birmingham,
Ala; Columbus and Macon, Ga;
Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn.
The Plantation Pipe Line Com
pany was incorporated in Della
ware in July, 1910 and originally
planned to build line with a
base capacity of $4,000 barrels of
day. But national emergency and
defense requirements resulted in
subsequent increases in h e
planned capacity to $4,000 and
then $4,000 barrels. The addition
of more pumping stations could
increase the potential capacity to
10000 barrels daily.
In Atlanta, headquarters for
the Plantation company, spokes-
man for the concern said it was
probable that construction of the
line would be completed by Jan
uary l. The gasoline main is ex-
pected to cost between $20,O0O,-
900 and $25,OOO,OOO.
The company already has &C
quired most of the rights of way
for the line. Opposition by rail-
roads prevented construction Of
this and completion Of another
line planned by the Southeastern
Pipe Line Company from Port St.
Joe, Fla, to Chattanooga, Tenn.
The latter concern completed a
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
TENN, MAN ELECTED TO
HEAD YOUNG DEMOCRATS

Louisville, KY. Carr, of
Tennessee, elected president OF
the Young Democrats Of Ameri-
ca by reclamation declared the
organization shall be mobolized
to the full strength of its man
power behind the president of the
United States" in the national
emergency.
The youthful Tennessee secre-
tary of state in his acceptance
speech said the first considera-
ton of the organization was the
national welfare, adding:
"Wherever it takes up - from
Dakar to the Orient; whatever
duties it may impose upon us;
our reply is that we are not only
ready, but on our way"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
REED BOY DIES

Funeral service was conducted
by Rev. Roy Gentry for Donald
Keith Reed, at the Woodford
cemetery, Thursday, Aug. 81.
Donald the small son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Reed. of Brentwood,
died in the hospital at Elkin on
Thursday following an attack OF
meningitis.
He is survived by his father
and mother.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
& PERSONAL PROPERTY
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

At the request of the heirs of
David GRAPHICAL, deceased, I will
offer for sale at auction on the
premises of the deceased at 900
a. M, Sept. IL, 1871, a tract of
land containing 81 So acres, sub
divided into three smaller tracts;
four COWS, four calves, three heif-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
WARFARE STILL RACED
ON THE ISLE OF CRETE

London. - Three months after
the Germans seized Crete, deadly
and stealthy warfare still is be-
ing ragged on that rugged Medi-
terranean island by a lost legion
Of Australians, New Zealanders
and Britons - men who didn't
catch the boats when the British
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28

pipe line from Florida to Balm
bridge, Ga, where work was hal
ted because of litigation institu-
ted by railroads.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-08-28
ef OF National And World News During The Past Week

fer yearlings, one hog: some
chickens and all household and
kitchen furniture and other items
too numerous to mention.
Terms and conditions of sale
will be announced before the sale
begins.
This Aug. %, 1941.
8-28-2t EDWARD OSBORNE
Evening star., 1941-08-17

lives than the bombs themselves People rushing out the
Open Citizens dsregardng orders Uncertainty and confusion
All three of these to bring about concentration of
people exposed to enemy fire Now all this is changed first
because of the semposed discipline by the population ITSELF
and second because of the training and experience of the
volunteer Civilian Defense Force.
In America have the advantage of not being compelled
to start from scratch benefit from the experience and
lesson of the people of England.
We cannot fully appreciate this without keeping constantly
in mind what the British have gone through andconrast
ing their behavior with that of people in the cities that fell
Eyewnesses say that modern air raid like hundred
earthquakes in rapid succession joined with cyclone and
great conagaton Conespondentshave graphically described
the buildings pouring avalanches of masonry into the streets
fires breaking out by the hundred - air thick with clouds
of throat scrapng dust and choking smoke earth hak
ing from wacking explosions waterspouts and COL
of flame roaring from ruptured mains and lines
Take Our Cue From London
4Hs bad enough But is nothing what follows when
the totterng buildings begin to dsgorge stricken
populace milling about in frantic mobs; trampng themselves
to death in panic; fighting friend and neghbor for any
veyance with wheels and dropping like flies from whsng
bomb splinters and tumbling debris.
Report after report tells of the wounded bleeding DEATH
unattended = of traffic. snared to standst that
trucks fire fighters military mired in
hopeless oass of motioness vehicles And through this en
zied wer of death and devastation stalks the crafty saboter
tanning this panic of gbberng people into sweeping
fagration of insanity.
This is what happened in Poland, in Holland in Belgium
That is what the Nazis thought would happen London
But didn't happen there because London prepared
And that is cue.
We must take that realizing that task is gigantic
This cambake pnochle party. but matter of life
DEATH And matter how much detest and seek
to avoid it, must to work Civilian Defense the
plain doctrine that if need what learn. we lose
nothing if learn what need, lose everything
Defense against bombing falls into two caegores: Military
and Civil The former begins with reports of the invaders
approach either from the Air Patrol. operating 600 miles
off shore through radio detectors along the coast
which spot approaching planes 200 miles distant
These warnings 60 to the Control Center of the Air Defense
Command which Immediately puts all defense units involved,
military and civil the alert Soon additional reports
in from land listening posts of the Aircraft Warning Net
now we'll organized by the Army with trained personnel
from Veterans organizations the United States Forestry
Service farmers gasonestaon employees and many others
from regular walks of life all the country informing the
Control Center of the invaders direction estimated altitude
(Coniinvsd page 12j
Evening star., 1941-08-17

efforts we're somewhat amateursh the and we'll
,co-ordinated And the loss of life was terrific.
Under the hard school of necessity efficient we'll dsci
pned and trained Civilian Defense Force has been developed
and the loss of life comparatively small The
that well disciplined and trained Civilian Force prevent
fear confusion disorder and panic Panic destroyed
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-01-10
sV-79.ECnE1 G2.DI B7GI:? STUDY OF
CIVICS ~ F2OEL..- I-3TIOO

2a2 soVoath --rct1o class hcvo
Finished his tor Tor th3 yoar, end
ave nov stcrtod tho 5u6y Of Civics.
Q ere aoinG Civics By the problem
[lo thoG.
Our first lesson has boon to
EntorVlow 1ooplo about somo things
c42c they .lcvc noticed that show
F3o 12c,- OF ciVica or .oo5 ci5izon-
E1i2. % Acvo 'oooa Drcc ticirc, our
hntorvicwiaG. Vi t. ot'.or pulls in
20 Sls IS. -1oro arc so2o Of the
pfo5lo1ls We plcA to unGortal,o as
F result OF tn intcrviows: Caro-
pr property, .c7ur t. sv, con2uct in
Po0I1c places, solf control, safety,
(Con'6 on Ic~o s.
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Plans arc being r2olo to servo
ovor 500 poopla. Cakes will be
Furnished by oGcla OF tho fol owinr
LoI2o2cllora Clubs.
Trilltop---G CAKES
oourdonrh 6 callos
Glacier view cakes
Rivorb ne c5lzos
It. view s calz5s
Spruce Grove Cakes
Six pounds OF coff3o Will be
fur.-1sh23 ey tho Butte Or: ontc1zors
Club. Butts ....or.9r.a,zors viii mako
ai2G, sorvo t12o coffoo.
C1'5cr and SUGAR will DO fur
ais32oo 5y 5Ao Civic Con5or u. Club
Zach club is to appoint q
cor12itt2 Of two to help Wi tn the
serving enc to- cloe..1i2- up.
J, :caUs Woro plcnno2 by tho
ft.c oenus,1c valley z@o:.o;aa11ors Council
On January G.
IT Further infor@,a ion is
PSI re-, please S. y7ur club pros
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RS. swoboda, rros. OF =. Council
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
Fire Bre oks Out
I'm Liner Bremen

BERLIN, March L. (UP)-Fir =
of undisclosed origin broke out yes
terday in Germany's 51,731 ton
$20,000.000 super-liner Bremen and
was still burning today, it was
officially announced
It was not disclosed where the
Bremen was now lying.
The Bremen escaped capture by
the British in a run from New
York to Rusiia's artic port of
Murmansk after the war started
and made her way back to German
water in safety
There had been many reports
that she had been sunk at various
times and places.
It's band playing Deutschland
Uber Allies the Bremen sailed from
New York Aug 80, 1875, just before
the war started. after a 40 hour
delay occasioned by a United States
search for arms. Germans pro
tested angrily.
The next news from the Bremen
was that it was at Murmansk
There had been reports meantime
that the British had captured tlae
Bremen on the high seas. but the
admiralty denied them as silly.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17

ISTANBUL, Turkey, March H.
(UP)-Reliable informants said to-
,day that nearly all British troops
landed at PiraeuS, the port of Ath-
ems, had been transported to Salo-
nika and other key points by rail-
road
Diplomatic sources estimated that
between 10000 and 100000 British
troops had landed in Greece, in
cluding veterans of the Libyan and
FLANDERS campaign.
British sources had finally adj
mitted that some British troops had
been disembarked in Greece, and
had suggested that they would aid
the Greeks to defend the Salonika
line and, if necessary, would be pre-
pared to fall back with Greek
Varmy intimately to defend the Pei
oponnesus, the southwest area of
Greece which is connected with the
main Greek peninsula only by
narrow ithmus.
Usually reliable informants said
today that a Turkish courier was
on the way to Berlin with a reply
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
Nile Army Seals
Fate ofItuIiuns

the Italians still hold OUT
Naval, land and air forces CO.
operated in the recapture of Ber-
bera which has been in italian
hands since last August 10 when
Fascist drive forced the Brit
ish to withdraw from British So
maitland
The sensational action gives the
British major port. Berbera lies
only 100 miles from Djbouti, the
terminus of The Adds Ababa rail
road and only 24O miles from Dire
eaWa and Harar, the key south
eastern approach to Ethiopia which
is the objective of British column
moving up rapidly from italian So
maitland.
Middle eastern headquarters re-
ported British and Indian troops
besieging Keren, the key to Asmara
capital of Italian Eritrea, have cap
tlred an important heights on the
positions covering Keren.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
By j. w. T. MASON
United Press War Expert

In his memorial address Sunday
| Hitler declared Italy bore the whole
brunt of the British attack during
the winter but he did not explain
why Germany allowed that tragedy
to the Axis to occur The fuehrer
asserted Germany henceforth will
resume its share of the load, with
out saying why the Nazis have per-
mitted the winter to pass before
coming to 1taly's help.
AS matter of military fact,
Hitler permitted Great Britain and
Greece to gain a great strategic
advance in the last three months
which does not speak we'll for the
fuehrer's conceptions of policy. In
war such as the present, where
the British are faced with two
enemies it is of primary Importance
that the enemies fight together
and try to prevent their war ef
forts from being separated.
Germany, however, failed in this
essential teaching of strategy. The
Axis permitted itself to be divided
and allowed Great Britain and
her small Greek ally to retain the
offensive both in southern Europe
and northern Africa.
Hitler Sunday boasted that the
German army now is the strongest
military instrument in Germans
history 1t was equally as strong
throughout the winter, but it did
not offer battle while Italy was
being defeated week after week
The more the fuehrer emphasizes
the invincibility of his war ma
chine, the more must the Italian
people ask themselves why they
were left to fight without winter
help from their invincible ally. The
fuehrer said that Italy's objectiveS
are the same as Germany's. They
cannot have been diSsimilar during
the winter, when the German army
did no more than watch the Italians
retreat and surrender.
The paramount fact of the winter
warfare, which ends this week with
the coming of spring, is that Hit
Ter allowed the Axis to be split,
militarily. He committed the blund-
er of permitting italy to receive
one of the worst defeats IN italian
history without making even ges-
ure of help.
Military science is supposed to
have been developed in Germany
more intensively and persistently
than in any other country. 1t is
elementary in every school of STRAIT
egy that allies in warfare maintain
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
Hitler ConfesSes
Strategic Error

unified plans of campaign.
They never should allow a con-
dition to develop where one ally is
ATTACKED separately while the other
holds back its effors. They should
try to distract the enemy and
make his task more difficult by
never forgetting TO combine their
striking power
Htler'S memorial address admits
this was not done, as. of course. all
the world has known an actual fact.
II is incredible that the head of the
German military state should have
to confess that Italy alone has
carried on the land fighting for
more than three tragic months and
that only now is Germany pre-
pairing to take over her share of
the battle.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
HohenIohe Appeals
ToFree France

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. II tUP)
- Prince franz Hohenlohe, 26 year
old son of Princess Stefanie, said
today his appeal to the free
French" government that he and
his mother be permitted to join
the forces of Gen. Charles De
Gaulle is being seriously consid-
Cred
Franz offered his services as a
soldier, and the services of his
mother as a nurse. Although he
communicated with Jacques De
Sieyes. American representative Of
De Gaulle, without the knowledge
of the princess, he said his mother
has been Informed and has sent
Him word she approves the action.
Princess Stefanie, if accepted by
the French forces, presumably
would avoid deportation by the
United States government.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
Pheasant Pens TO
Be Started Sunday

The pheasant pen building prof.
ect. postponed from last Sunday
because of the threat of rain, will
take place next Sunday, members
of the Imperial Valley Fish and
Game Conservation association an
nounced Monday.
A Dutch lunch will be served to
association members who work
building the rearing pens for the
baby pheaSants to be released in
Imperial Valley by the hundreds
every year.
With a construction crew of be-
tween 40 and SO men the associa-
ton expected to have 10 pens COM
pleted by sundoWn Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
Oakland Labor
Formula Sought

OAKLAND, Calf, Mar. II GUP)
Negotiators for the United Au-
tomobile Workers union today
looked to DR.. John r. Steelman,
director of the u. S. conciliation
service, to aid in reaching a settle
ment with the General Motors
management and forestall possible
strike action against four Oakland
plants
Frank Slaby, president of the
CIO union local, said that pending
reply from DR.. Steelman the next
move is up to employers
The union, by a vote of $50 to
43, voted Saturday to authorize its
negotiating committee to take
strike action if necessary. Trouble
started in the Fisher body plant
when a welder who complained
over asserted "speed-up" was su-
spended and 25 others left their
jobs demanding his reinstatement.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17

CAIRO. March II (UP) - Gen.
Sir Archibald Wavell's armies have
recaptured Berbera, capital of Brit
ish S0maliland, and key heights
commanding Kerea IN Eritrea, Writ
ually sealing the fate of Italy's
East African empire.
1t appeared doubtful that any
possible maneuVer by Italy could
prevent her entire East African
possessions-land covering 1.725, 300
square miles and with a population
of 12,l00,0 0,000-from falling under
the successive blows struck by the
imperial forces.
The occupation of Berbera, yes
terday, understood to have been
effected with slight opposition, Writ
ually completes the encirclement of
Ethiopia and Eritrea. italian Soma
liland is already in British hands.
The recapturc of Berbera, taken
by the Italians last August 10, in
their quick, sharp drive against
tiny British garrison forces, was
effected by troops landed by war
ships and protected by royal air
force planes.
On London it was said that the
British landing was opposed by
machine gun and artillery fire from
the shore but that italian resis-
tance was quickly smashed by sal
wees from British naval guns
About 100 prisoners have been
counted SO far and more are said
to be coming in. British casualties
were reported negligible. London
authorities said that Italian forces
in East Africa are almost ringeo
since the coastal waters of Eritrea