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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
Big Crol, OF Grads

A great deal Has been said about the
splendid progress that has been made in
Ashe county if1Srecent years in the i'm
provement of school buildings and grounds,
equipment, transportation and other ply
steal features Bit too little has been said
or done about the small number of our
students who enter the first grades, but
who do not remain lin school until they
have finished5 the eleventh grade.
This year we are delighted over the fact
that progress is also being made along this
line. AS our anfglal commencement edi-
ton shows, grand total of 1875 seniors will
graduate from our nine high schools dur
ing the next few. days. This number in
cludes 80 boys and lis girls. It is record
crop of grads-32 more than in 1910 and 40
more than in 1889. "a
Of course Improvement in physical pro-
perties and equipment is playing def
mite part in this increase in education and
knowledge, but there is still too small
percentage of the eleventh graders as COM
pared with the first.
The health of the children and the lack
of interest in education on the part of the
children and parents are two additional
factors which enter the picture. Some
children enjoy going to school, while 9TH
ers do not and it is or should be the duty
of the parents to send them anyway, to
convince them that they must go for their
own good If parents give child good
made it possible for that child to make his
or her way in this world. knowledge is
something that no one can take away from
the child. 1t is power with which he or she
can make better living and be OF more
service to humanity.
But there is still a third factor which
should be corrected Immediately. We need
to be teaching our boys and girls some
thing in which they are more vitality in
terested than they are in foreign languages,
higher mathematics, chemistry, and so on.
We need to be teaching them how to make
a better living on the farms OF Ashe coun-
ty, We must establish vocational depart
ments in all of our high schools and teach
agriculture, home economics more extern
sively, woodworking, auto mechanics and
commercial courses.
When we do that, the sizes of our grad
uating classes will jump by leaps and
bounds When we do that, Ashe will be
better livestock and farming county more
of our boys and girls will live at home.
In the publication of this annual school
edition, we wish to thank the principals
teachers, students and advertisers for their
fine cooperation, We are proud of every
one of the 1875 graduates and take pleasure
in congratulating them and hoping for
them much success in life.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24

survey to determine the loss sus-
tanned by floods last August and
to see if any action can be taken
to prevent floods in the future.
Several meetings were held
among leading farmers and what
Mr.. Rose will recommend is not
announced.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24

"ISMS"

Socialism - You have two
COWS. You give one to your
neighbor.
Communism-You have two
cows. You give both to the gov
eminent and the government
gives you the milk.
Fascism-You keep the COWS,
give the milk to the govern
ment, and the government sells
it back to you.
Nazism - The government
shoots you and takes the COWS.
New Dealism-The govern
ment shoots one of the COWS,
milks the other one and pours
the milk down the sewer.
Capitalism - You have two
COWS. You sell one cow and buy
a bull.
Totalitarianism - You have
two cows. The gangsters steal
both and peddle the bull.
Americanism-You keep both
cows. Drink some of the milk,
eat the butter from some OF 1t
and sell the balance to buy new
clothes and other luxuries. You
raise your own bull and more
COWS, stay at home, mind your
own business, and enjoy the
benefits from deserved share
of the wealth you help to pro-
duce.
"Your Friendly Neighbor"
WINFIELD WOODIE
Division Manager
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165 WILL GRADUATE
FROM ASHE SCHOOLS

Continued from Page One)
will deliver the address.
Finals at Healing Springs high
school will be concluded next
Wednesday evening when Rev.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
ROSE MAKES FLOOD
CONTROL STUDY HERE

Walter Rose, of Washington, D.
c., who is connected with the fed
eral flood control office, was in
Ashe county this week making a
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of War
rant for collection of Inheritance
Tax issued by the Department OF
Revenue of the State of North
Carolina to the undersigned oil
rected, I, J. E. Roland, Sheriff of
Ashe County, North Carolina,
will sell to the highest bidder for
cash at the Courthouse door in
Jefferson. North Carolina, at one
o'clock P. M. on Monday the 10Th
day of May, 1941, all the right,
title and interest which James
Burchett, deceased, had at the
time of his death in and to the
following described land lying
and being in Chestnut Hill Town
ship, said County and State, to-
wit:
Bounded on the North by the
lands of J. C. Pierce; on the East
by the lands of C. K. Caldwell; on
the South by the lands of Tom
Vaught and Mary Vaught and on
the West by the lands OF Tom
Vaught and fully described in a
Deed from J. c. Pierce and wife
to James Burchett, ct al, which
is recorded in the office OF the
Register of Deeds of Ashe County
in Book J-2, page 103, to which
Deed and record reference is
hereby made for full and COM
plete description, said tract OF
land containing Is acres, more OF
less.
This April %, 1941.
J. E. ROLAND,
Sheriff of Ashe County.
A "a AHO p.
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NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF C. P.
WOOD. ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE ESTATE OF JAMES BUR-
CHETT AND THE HEIRS OF
SAID ESTATE
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with Rumania and let it be known that
rich Rumanian Oil fields now under Nazi
domination may soon be targets for
aerial bombardment.
For weeks past German troops have
been occupying strategic positions in
Rumania and similar suspected infiltra-
ton into Bulgaria leads to conviction
that NaziS are preparing for southwark
thrust at important Greek port of
Salonika, from which offensive might
later be launched at British in Suez
sector
Although Sofia persistently denied
presence Of German forces, more than
half million men we're reported moved
through Hungary by rail and transport
plane from the Reich into Rumania and
probably Bulgaria
Late in week. Hitler turned heat on
Yugoslavia, calling officials of Belgrade
government to Berchtes-
Boiling garden for consultation on
BoIkons role which may be imposed
on this nation. If German
strategy is to take over Italian failure
against Greece, Nazis presumably are
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demanding freeway through Yugoslavia
as we'll as Bulgaria.
To this point best -belligerent
friend of Britain in Southeastern Eu-
rope has been Turkey, already fully
modified and on record as intending TO
resist Nazi encroachment. Whether this
potential resistance will become actual
in any eventuality short of actual in
vasion of Turkey itself is questionable
at present and seemingly dependent upon
British-Turkish efforts to obtain COL
liberation from Yugoslavs and Bulgars.
Unless some such joint front, imple-
mented by British and American ma
teriel, can be formed, observers fear that
German thrust WOULD compel Greek
capitulation within few weeks and leave
British dangerously vulnerable in East
ern Mediterranean.
Meanwhile, at western end of this land
locked sea, axis was squeezing Spains
Franco for his cooperation in drive
against Gibraltar.
For five hours on Wednesday, Franco
and Mussolini conferred at Bordighera,
Italy, with II Duce Believed demanding
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Americas Sen-loDinq ENJOY is
bringing his influence to bear on
Vichy. -HarriS-E -ElOing Photo.
possibility the Germans now are attempt
ing to consolidate a strong defensive line
south of the Balkan mountains to the
Observation-Disclosures border. The second
line of defense would be the Danube and
the Carpathian mountains. German
troops-less we'll trained than those in
the west-and mountains of defensive
war materiel are being rushed to the
Danube.
Every conceivable pressure is being
brought to bear on Bulgaria to throw in
her fate with the axis. King Boris still
is resisting, but adviceS from Sofia in
dicate that his position is precarlous.
There are thousands of German tour
lists" arriving in Bulgaria every week,
while the airdromes of the country are
practically under German control. A
Bulgarian Quisling has been found in the
person of Bagrianoff, the former cabinet
minister OF King Boris. Ihls bulgarian
politician has just resigned from the
cabinet in order to devote all his energy
to a closer cooperation with Germany.
He has made several pilgrimages to Ber-
lin and to Rome, and it was only after
his last trip to Berlin that he decided
to resign his position in the cabinet in
order to become head of the pro-Nazi
Bulgarians.
The British are using their successes in
Greece as a club to prevent Bulgaria
from joining the axis. King Boris has
been definitely informed that at the
slightest sign of Bulgaria's going over
to Hitler, Greek and British planes will
treat that Balkan kingdom as an enemy
country and will pour tons of bombs on
its principal military centers.
The race Is on In the Balkans.
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ton of air and other transportation serv-
ices will be demanded and the right to
build airportS where the Germans con-
slider them desirable 1t means that
without any military action, by the mere
use of economic pressure. Latin America
will be forced to submit to the same
economic. political and strategic pene-
tration that has weakened the countries
of Southeastern Europe.
Thus a Nazi victory may bring the
forces that are destroying democracy
in Europe to our very back door. Even
at considerable sacrifice we must attempt
to combat this possible menace. 1t is
no simple task. We have little in our
favor. Historically and culturally, the
Latin American countries are linked with
Spain and the other countries of the
Mediterranean. Fascist Italy and Spain
dominated by the Falange party would
constitute a link with Nazi-Fascist Eu-
rope. Economically, Latin America de-
pends upon the markets of Europe for
the sale of much it produces. More than
81 per cent of all exports go to Europe.
All these are inescapable facts. What
then can we hope to accomplish in Off
setting these conditions?
Friendship Not Enough.
An important step has been made in
creating better understanding among
the countries of the Americas. In the
last eight years the policy of the United
States has changed from one of pre-
dominance in the affairs of the hemi-
sphere to one of friendly cooperation
Important though this changed atti-
tude may be, it is not enough AS long
as economic forces pull Latin America
away from North America and toward
Europe feeling of friendship cannot be
enough. The building of closer eco
nomic ties between North and South
America is no easy matter. Many of the
products produced south of the Equator
are similar to those produced north of
that line. We cannot buy the wheat of
Argentina because we ourselves produce
more wheat than we can consume our
selves; neither can we buy the cotton
from Brazil
If we are to establish strong economic
ties we must together develop products
that we are willing and able to take in
payment for the manufactured goods
that we can send to Latin America
There are large number of products
that the United States needs to import
Such products are vanadium, tin, rubber
and manganese. These we now buy from
China, British Malaga, the Dutch East
Indies and Russia. But Latin American
countries can produce these products;
they are in fact producing them today II
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BRITAIN SEEKING SOUTH EUROPEAN FRONT
English Plans Rushed While Noz Prepare for Attack Isles
BY Constantine Broapn.

mander will be free agent. The rela-
tions between the Germans and Marshal
Petain are going from bad to worse.
Pierre Laval has refused to accept the
invitation to play second fiddle at Vichy.
When Admiral Darlan, in response to the
German pressure, in the name of Mar
shall Petain offered him an important
role in the cabinet, the former heir to
the marshal refused. He wanted COM
plete control of the policies of France,
with Petain reduced to the role of
rubber stamp. This Petain refused. The
leaders at Vichy-that is to say Petain
and Darlan-have begun to look at the
situation from a slightly different angle
since early last fall. The new American
Ambassador to France Admiral William
Leahy, is partly responsible for this
change.
When Ambassador Leahy arrived in
Vichy he found the French leaders in
most detected frame of mind They did
not believe in the possibility of Britain's
standing up against the Germans, and
they were prepared to accede to almost
any request Berlin was making of them.
Furthermore, both Petain and Darlan
we're strongly anti-British.
Admiral Leahy found both French
leaders to be kindred spirits. He abjured
diplomacy. In his long fireside conversa-
tions with Darlan they found lot in
common The Ambassador is said to
have told Darlan he himself, more
than once in the past, has been irked
with the selfish policies of the British,
and his trust in their cooperation in
time of peace was only limited But no
longer is it a question whether or not
one likes the British. 1t is question of
whether they are the best tools to curb
the German domination of the world.
Leahy Cuts Red Tape.
Admiral Leahy made it clear to Darlan
that surrender of the French North
African naval bases and of the French
fleet would be stabbing the British in
the back at time when they we're fight
ing for their national life and for the
existence of France.
The American envoy cut short the red
tape which prevented the United States
from sending food to starving France.
This was one of the subjects dearest to
Marshal Petains heart. 1t was arranged
for ships carrying 5000 tons of food each
to begin travelling to Marseille. The Brit
ish agreed to permit the shipments on
the theory that the Germans would not
trouble to confscate such small guam
titles.
These things changed the situation in
France to remarkable degree. Darlan
continues to dislike the British, but he
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AS entire Balkans holds its breath for
what may be eruption of war for all of
Southeast Europe, action was relatively
quiet last week on Greek-Italian front
In early part of week. most of fighting
seems to have been in air. Several times,
italian, Greek and British flyers clashed
over Tepelini-Klisura sector in Central
Albania. but with both sides claiming
approximately equal success engagements
apparently were not decisive. Ranging
farther than in earlier months of this
particular war, Fascist bombers raided
Salonika and Athens during week.
After nearly month of vigorous Ital-
ian counterattacks. none of which re-
gained any of ground lost previously to
Greeks, latter returned to offensive on
Thursday to move 3 miles closer to
Valona along Adriatic coastal highway
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On Fighting Fronts

These seven days opened in spectacular
fashion last Sunday morning when
squadron of Britain's Mediterranean
fleet swept boldly to very top of Italian
boot for bombardment of Genoa impor-
tant Fascist naval base.
Contemptuous of Italian mine pre-
cautions and even of risk of retaIiatory
bombing from air, British ships poured
an estimated 300 tons of explosives into
power plants, warehouses, oil tanks and
docks. At same time, busy light bombers
from Ark Royal plagued Pisa and Leg
horn railroad ard oil centers.
Disclosure of this daring and effective
attack was made that afternoon by
Churchill
If the cannonade of Genoa, rolling
along the coast, reverberating in the
mountains, has reached the
Genoo ears of our French COM
Assault rades in their grief and
misery" this master of
words declared in worldwide broadcast,
1T may cheer them with the feeling
that friends, active friends are near
and that Britannia rules the waves"
And continuing aggressive tactics
which had been marking their strategy
for past three weeks, British air force
on Monday made daring daylight swing
along German-held French-Belgian coast
to blast at Dunkerque, Boulogne, Calais,
potential invasion ports. Observers along
Dover cliffs reported seeing fires at
Calais.
That night, other R. A. F. raiders
ranged from Cherbourg on French coast
to Hanover, railroad junction we'll within
Germany. For six hours this latter city
was pounded by British bombs.
On Tuesday morning, another invasion
port was marked for attention. as British
warships stood off Ostend in early hours
of dawn and banged away at Nazi con-
centrationS there. Again that night
British bombers roared over Holland,
Denmark, Norway and Northwestern
Germany. Rotterdam, Amsterdam. Jut-
land Kristiansand, Bremen and Ham,
over all accepted their share of punish
ment.
But this was not to be an an-British
week.
Claiming that R. A. F. attacking
strategy had cost nearly 40 planes in one
span of "a hours, Berlin
Convoy countered on Thursday by
Losses announcing spectacular vic
tory at sea in sinking of IA
armed and loaded merchantmen pro-
ceeding en- route to England in convoy
IubiIaptlv German Admiralty deScrihed
engagement as probably the most sue
cessful attack on convoy in naval his
tory" Presumably, submarines. air.
planes and perhaps surface raiders par
ticipated jointly.
Total tonnage lost was estimated by
Berlin at $4,000, London admitted con-
voy attacked but disclaimed knowledge
of losses.
On Friday, Nazi spokesman claimed
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that surface raiders have sunk $4,000
tons of British shipping, then announced
second convoy attack and damaging of
six cargo carriers off Scottish coast.
On Friday. too, Berlin claimed dam
aging air raids throughout England and
Scotland including direct hit on power
plant at Glasgow. Earlier in week, Ger
man flyers had cracked headlines only
by straf1ng British airport at Reykjavik,
taken over by British when Nazis moved
into Denmark; Germans said port is
being used as transshipment point for
Atlantic transport
Meanwhile, Britain'S victorious North
African army spent week of comparative
rest, mopping up south of Bengasi and
Tobruk while War Office anXiously
waited Balkan developments to deter
mine whether to continue Libyan offen-
sive or to divert manpower to southeast
European sector.
Air action was reported from this
front, however, as British announced
successful raid upon Fascist supply
depots and landing fields at Tripoh and
five-hour raid on Italian airdromes in
Sicily.
And for three nights in succession,
naval flyers from Britain's Mediter-
ranean fleet blasted relentlessly at Ital-
ian concentration harbor of Rhodes in
Dodecanese Islands.
On Friday came disclosure from Rome
that detachment of British parachute
troops had been captured
Porochutes on night of February 10
In ItoIy on Italian mainland.
Equipped with dynamite,
grenades and machine guns force was
believed attempting to destroy or cripple
power plants and water supply services.
Rome claimed expedition failed to ac-
complish serious damage" but later
admitted rail tie-ups
Axis spokesmen a,so reported pres
ence of German planes and damaging
attacks upon British air bases in Libya,
on British shipping through Suez Canal
and on heavily fortified British base at
Malta.
Closing giant pincerS on Italys East
African Empire. columns of British-In-
dian and British-Boer units were push
ing steadily ahead from Sudan and
Kenya Objectives of column moving
southwark out of Sudan were Asmara
and Red Sea port of Massua; caught
first early last week was port city of
Mersa Taclai, later in week Elgena,
threatened was Cheren. Progress of
British-Boer unit moving eastward from
Kenya was measured by capture of
Afmadu in Italian Somaliland, 100 miles
beyond frontier
On remaining African front, French
Free Forces from Chad were reported
occupying several oases in Southern
Libya. Indication of strength of these
forces might be found in announcement
that they are operating 900 miles from
nominally French territory, and that
very successful bombing raid had been
conducted by air squadron.
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has followed Leahys prescription IN
German Ambassador to France. He
yields to minor requests of the Germans
and remains adamant regarding the ma
val bases and the fleet.
He and Petain realize that in the
near future the marshal may be placed
by Hitler with his back against the wall
and handed an ultimatum. Both are
reported to have decided that in such
an eventuality they will allow the Ger
mans to place Laval-or any other pup
pet-at the head of the French govern
ment, and they will retire from public
life If this should happen Weygand
would have his hands free, and no longer
would feel constrained to obey orders
from Vichy unless it suits his con-
venience.
The Germans know we'll what is going
on at Vichy. They are aware of the
plans for formation of a South Euro
pean front For the time being, the
pressure on Petain and his cabinet is
light Berlin knows that at present the
axis has no means of forcing either
Petain or Weygand With the italian
Army reduced to impotence, the totali-
tarians have no club to hold over the
head of the French commander in chief
in Africa. The season is not sufficiently
advanced to begin operations from Span
ish Morocco.
Turks Strengthen Position.
The plan of the British, as far as
Berlin can gather, is to send large forces
of imperial troops, which will soon be
available from Africa, into Greece and
Turkey. Since the italian fiasco in AL
bania, the Greek British Army operating
in that war zone could send at least
half of its strength across the Rodopi
Mountains to the Danube.
Meanwhile the Turks, who have been
strengthening their effectiveness in Eu-
rope, will be reinforced by imperial troops
we'll provided with tanks and airplanes.
In the event of a break between North
Africa and the Vichy government, Gen.
Henri Dentz-a close friend and COL
laborator of Weygand, who commands
the French colonials in Syria-in all
likelihood will not oppose the passage
of British troops from Palestine and
Egypt to Turkey. Military observers es-
innate that the combined forces of these
two countries-even if the Syrian Army
did not become active-would exceed
100000 men with adequate equipment.
Thus, at a time when the Germans
might be striking powerful blows at
the British Isles, combined Balkan
imperial force might forge its way
through Bulgaria and Rumania into
the rear of the Reich.
In order 70 ward OF such q dangerous