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Evening star., 1941-04-29
Canadians Warned
To Dig Deeper
For War Money
Non -EssentioI Spending
Must Be CurtoiIed,
Commons Informed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Ontario. April 2e-
Canadians will have to dig deeper
into their pockets for war purposes
and curtail more sharply their nom
essential expenditures, Finance Min
lister j. L. Ilsley said today in pre-
senting the government third war
budget to the House of Commons.
Mr.. 1lsley disclosed that Dominion
revenues for the fiscal year which
ended March 81 had reached the
record total OF S87l ST. 900 an in
crease of 5000 900 900 over the 1882
40 fiscal year. but said that still
more must now be forthcoming
Gross liabilities OF the Dominion
on March 81, he said, were S4,744,-
057 900, compared with assets of ST.
077,741 600, leaving a net national
debt OF So, $3.50, $4,000 as against So
70,9S0 900 year ago.
Income Tax Revenue Up.
Total tax revenues were s778 290,-
600, as compared with S468 600 900 in
the previous year. OF this total.
income taxation produced 1920 OOO.-
Evening star., 1941-04-29

tional councillor: James E. Colli-
flower; Edward F Colladay, John
Saul, Francis G. Addison. jr.: Law
renee E. Williams, Lloyd B. Will
son. B. M McKelway, Fred A
Smith and William P. MacCrack.
en-. jr.
Substitute delegates are: L. P
McLachlen, substitute national
councillor, George Pitt. sr; John
A. Remon, Claude w. owen. Fred
erick P. H. Siddons. Granville Guide,
w. Crosdale Wits E Barrett Pret-
lyman, H. L. Rust, jr., and Bruce
R. Allen.
Evening star., 1941-04-29
Heavy Loss Inflicted
On British al SaIum,
Italians Declare
Axis Forces Are Checked
Beyond Frontier Post,
London Sources Soy
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press
ROME, April 29.-Italian and Ger
man scouting forces inflicted heavy
losses on the British in fighting
around Salum, just inside Egypt
from Libya, the Fascist high COM
mand announced today
Axis planes continued to hammer
British-held Tobruk, 80 miles west
Of the Egyptian border, the daily war
bulletin said.
German planes raiding Malta were
declared to have scored direct hit
on q British cruiser Monday night
and caused fires and explosions at
the air and naval base. Other axis
planes, 1t was added. destroyed a
supply dump and machine-gunned
two flying boats there early yester-
day
Evening star., 1941-04-29

900, which was more than 80 per
cent greater than in any previous
year. The largest single source of
revenue was excise taxes, which
produced 1924 000.0 900, as compared
with s166 100000 in the 1939-40 year.
Ways and means of raising
revenues in the coming year will
not differ radically from previous
budget principles, Ilsley said, but
there will be no disappointment for
those who believe that the financial
burden of war should be distributed
on a basis of equality of sacrifice"
Canada's foreign exchange prob
lens have been lightened somewhat
by the Canadian United States
economic cooperation agreement
announced April 20 by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister w. l..
Mackenzie King, Mr. Ilsley said. but
he emphasized that ii should be
regarded as "a magnificent con-
tributiOn to the success of our COM
mon struggle-not to the ease and
convenience of the Canadian
people
Tourists a Disappointment.
United States tourist travel In
Canada, he added, was a disappolnt-
ment in the last year. He expressed
hope for more this year. but said
1T is probably not safe TO count on
net receipts from this source Of
more than $3.50 900 .0OO.'
He estimated Canadas trade def
icit with the United States March
81 at $478 100000.
Canadas war costs for the cur
rent fiscal year will be about 81. l.450.-
600 900, Mr.. Ilslev said ard he en-
vlsloned the possibility Of having In
finance the bulk of the United King
dom purchases in Canada in addi-
ton.
Evening star., 1941-04-29

looking any shortcomings which We
may have during this springtime OF
danger and difficulty because you
have sufficient faith to realize that
by the turn of the year, with your
help in the provision of equipment
we intend TO be in a far better posi-
ton than we are now, coming ur
toward the crest of the wave as our
enemy starts to go down"
Evening star., 1941-04-29
Italians to Garry On
Campaign for Nice
7s tie Associated Press

" Ire Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 29.-The Ital.
ian radio said today that Italy'i
campaign for annexation of Nice
from France would be carried for.
ward tomorrow in Campaign Day
for Nice" with prominent person.
ages of the state, party and tht
press" delivering addresses at nu-
merous Italian towns.
Evening star., 1941-04-29
Tourists a Disappointment.

British Honduras shipped 81 O35
feet of mahogany to the United
States in 1910.
Evening star., 1941-04-29

With advent of spring. the curfeW
hour in Brussels was extended to
1890 am.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06

passage of the bill. Many of them want it
amended, but they realize that if we are
going to help Great Britain win the war,
we've got to act NOW and not argue
around until Hitler decides to launch his
great drive.
We believe in our great democratic sys-
tenn of open and full debate before passage
of laws and concede to every man the right
to express his thoughts if he has any to ex-
press, but with public sentiment so strong
ly in favor of the bill and with serious
danger involved in further delay of en-
actment, we are getting sick and tired of
the more or less useless debate that has
been taking place in the United States Sem
ate for the past few weeks. Wheeler, Clark,
Holt, Reynolds and the other senators who
are bitterly opposing the bill have per-
feet right to their opinions, but they are
decidedly in the minority and their speech
es, instead of being logical and construc-
tive, are too filled with personal bitterness
and prejudice.
1t would be an American tragedy of first
rank if they undertake to filibuster and
thereby prevent the majority from ruling.
This would be cause for one sure break
down in the democratic system of govern
ment. We grant Senator Robert Reynolds
the right to oppose the bill if he desires to
do so in spite of the fact that the majority
of the people whom he represents wish to
have the bill passed, but we condemn him
if he undertakes to prevent the rule of the
majority.
Hitler and all that he stands for is wrong.
1t is contrary to all lessons of history and
the sooner we help "stop him., the better
off we will be and the rest of the world,
too. It is time for action and not for idle,
bitter words
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
Contest Offers
Purebred Calves

John A. Arey, extension dairy
man of N. C. State College, has
announced an essay contest for
farm boys and girls, the winners
of which will receive purebred
dairy animals and a possible trip
to the National Dairy Show.
The contest is being sponsored
by the Five purebred dairy cat
tie associations and the Southern
magazine of Richmond, Va. The
competition is being announced
formally in the March issue of the
magazine.
Boys and girls between the
ages of Is and 20, inclusive, are
eligible to compete. The contest
began on March l and will close
May 81.
The dairy breed associations
cooperating are: The Ayrshire
Breeders Association of Brandon,
Vermont; the Brown Swiss
Breeders Association of Beloit,
Wise; the American Guernsey
Cattle Club of Peterborough,
New Hampshire; the Holstein-
Friesian Association of Brattle-
boro, Vermont; and the American
Jersey Cattle Club of New York
City.
Contestants may choose any
one of the five breeds to write
about on the following subject:
''Why Dad Should Keep Pure
breds, and Why He Should Keep
-." The last word of
the title may be either Ayrshire,
Brown Swiss, Guernseys, Jerseys,
or Holstein- Friesians.
Winning essays in the circula-
ton area of the Southern Plan
ter will be entered in a national
contest, and the national winner
will receive, in addition to his or
her registered bull calf, an all-ex-
pense trip to the National Dairy
Show to be held at Memphis this
fall.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
Ass The Bill!

There are several amendments which
we should Ike to see Incorporated in the
lend-lease bill to give the United States
something more tangible in return for its
proposed enormous investment in num-
tons and arms for England than the posi-
BILE saving of@the world for Democracy, but
to get themsapproved and inserted therein
now would take days and perhaps weeks
of argument and debate.
An overwhelming majority of the men,
bers of Congress, as well as the people of
the United States, favor the immediate
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
Open Forum
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
To the Good People of West JEFF
ferson and Ashe County:

To the Good People of West JEFF
ferson and Ashe County:
This is to notify the good peo-
pie of Ashe county and of West
Jefferson that I have voluntari-
ly surrendered my beer license
and that l henceforth aim to do
all within my power to discour-
age the act of imbibing and in
dulging in this. dreadful habit Of
Iintoxication. I come to this con-
clusion for the following reasons:
I have, since beer and wine
were legalized been directly or
indirectly involved in it's dispen-
sation. think that I can truth
fully say that I have been in the
position to witness the terrible
effect that drink has on the pub
lie both adult and adolescent. To
say the least the effect is the
most terrible and devastating
thing that have ever witnessed.
1 often see men and women with
families indulging in the most OBJ
noxious behaviour imaginable.
They seem to have completely
lost all idea of human values or
responsibilities. I wonder what
can be this end in life!
The effects seem to be the more
devastating with the young gen.
Grafton. I know boys and girls
| who only a year or so ago were
highly esteemed. They had poise
and self-respect. They now sat-
uarate themselves with beer or
wine and appear to only live in
the apprehension of night of
revelry and pleasures! Can this
but destroy them in the end?
I appeal to the county commits
sioners, the law enforcement ag-
encies of Ashe county, and to the
good citizens, the school teachers,
and church workers of this town.
Let's all get behind a crusade to
rid this town and county of alco-
hol. Let's check up on ourselves,
our husbands our daughters and
wives. If such conditions exist in
our homes, let's clean up! Let's
make King Liquor, Madame Wine
and Sir Beer outlaws and drive
them away from this good land!
ARTHUR HURLEY
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06

Rotarian Lester Segraves made an ex-
cellent suggestion at recent meeting of
the Rotary club when he suggested the ex-
tensive sponsorship of farm and home
paint-up campaign. AS one flapper said to
another, "a little paint makes lot of DIFF
ference, so it is with paint on the inside
and outside of buildings. When a farmer
paints-up and cleans-up, he is bound to
have more pride in his home and farm and
in time this pride will cause him and his
family to have better and more prosper
Gus farm. Let's follow up the suggestion
with real campaign next month.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
Good Soil For
Good Pastures

Although the 1910 census show
ed 100000 acres of open pasture
land in North Carolina, much of
this area is providing but little
grazing, says F. R. Farnham, ex-
tension dairyman of N. c. State
College.
Generally, from four to six &C.
res are required to furnish suffi-
Gent pasture for one cow. Yet,
the State College man pointed
cut, one acre Of good pasture is
ample.
For the most part, the low qua
lily of the average North Caro-
lima pasture is due to poor soil,
made por by continuous cropping
with soil-depleting crops such as
corn and tobacco before the pas
ture was started. A good growth
of pasture crops cannot be Sc
cured on this soil.
The best pasture sods in the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
ASHE, ALLEGHANY
MAY GET PROJECT

Continued from Page One)
farmer to cast his vote. Mr.. Rich
asked that all farmers avail
themselves of the opportunity OF
voting at their nearest designated
voting place.
The following schedule OF
meetings was announced yester-
day by Mr.. Rich.
Friday, March IA
1000 a. M, Chestnut Hill Bap-
fist Church; 200 p. M, Grassy
Creek School; 1880 night, Heal
ing Springs High School.
Saturday, March Is
1000 a. M, Landmark Church;
200 o. M, Bethany Church at
Baldwin; 7:3O night, Elkland High
School.
Thursday, March 20
1000 a, M, Obids Presbyterian
Church; 200 p. m, Glendale
School or Church; 1880 night, Ro-
tary Club, West Jefferson.
Friday, March FL
1000 a. M, Church at J. E. Oil
ver's; 200 p. M, Green Valley
Church; 1880 night, Riverview
High School.
Saturday, March 22
1000 a. M, Lansing School;
200 p. M, Low Gap Church; 7:3O
night, Nathan's Creek School.
Mr.. Rich pointed out that the
meetings were scheduled where
electricity could be used in or
der to show the motion pictures.
Voting Places
Ballot boxes will be placed in
the following locations, March "a
to enable the farmers to vote:
jefferson, court house; West
jefferson, West Jefferson Pro-
duce Co., Ashe Hardware Co.,
Cash Hardware Co., Central
Hardware Co.; Baldwin, Baldwin
Filling Station; Todd, store at
Todd; Obids J. H. edwards store;
Glendale, Glendale Filling Sta
ton; Crumpler, Riverside store
at Crumpler; Grassy Creek, Stur-
gill's store at Grassy Creek;
Chestnut Hill, A. H. McMillan's
store; Silas Creek, J. R. Phipps'
store; Mouth of Laurel, Farmers
Filling Station; North Fork, ]. S.
Stevens store; Riverview School,
Osborne's store; Transou, Shell
Filling Station; Nathan's Creek,
store at Nathan's Creek; Lansing,
Parsons Bros. store; Tuckerdale,
store at Tuckerdale; Sturgills,
Glenn Kilby's store.
The advantages of a soil con-
servation district for Ashe and
Allegheny cannot be overestima-
ted. The whole movement which
is purely voluntary is designed to
help the farmer really get conser-
walton measures established so
that he himself can carry on with
some technical assistance and
guidance.
Among the many other advan-
tages an established district
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
Paragraphs

Another successful basketball season has
ended in Ashe and this Saturday night the
seasons best players will be seen in action
here in this papers annual "all-star'' games.
We congratulate the players who were
chosen on the "all-star' teams, as we'll as
those teams that won championship hon.
ors, and invite every one to see the games
in the West Jefferson gymnasium Satur-
day night. Who will win, the first or Sec
ond teams? Come and see for YOURSELF
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
Paging Mr.. Austin

Judging by reports from Raleigh, Rep
resentative w. B. Austin is making good
record in~the 1941 session of the General
Assembly and we commend him.
We never have favored the passage of
large number of local bills, but there are
three things in particular which we would
like to see Representative Austin do for
Ashe county before the present session ad
journs. Briefly they are as follows:
First, the separation Of the sheriff's and
tax collectors office by legislative act and
providing for the appointment of tax col
lector by the county board of commission
ers with his term of office to be at least
four years unless he fails to discharge his
duties properly; that the sheriff and tax
collector be placed on fixed salary basis.
GA large number of the progressive coun-
ties in the state operate on this basis and
find it more satisfactory from all angles)
Second, that some means be worked out
whereby one or more agricultural depart
ments can be established in our high
schools without special taxation in the dis
trlct or county,
Third, that an agreement be reached for
the state department of Conservation and
Development to take over Negro Mountain,
Ashe county's prize tourist attraction, de-
velop it into state park and maintain
good hard surfaced road to it's crest.
We are glad to note his interest in i'm
proving general educational facilities and
highways, and we urge that he give serious
consideration Immediately to the sugges-
tons above offered All three of them will
benefit sall of the people of our county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06

State are found on rather heavy
soils that are fertile and we'll
supplied with moisture. Such
soils are dark in color, indicating
high content or organic matter.
Usually, it is waste of time
and money to see pasture on
poor land, Farnham said. Unless
the old land is of medium to good
fertility, it would be advisable to
clear up new land.
For best results, the seeding of
permanent pasture should be
completed around the first OF
March in the Coastal Plain and
Piedmont areas and by March Is
in the mountain section.
Lining and fertilizing are ne
cessary as well as 80 to 40 pounds
of seed to the acre.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
BALANCING BUDGET
is BIG PROBLEM

Continued from Page One)
years ago a balanced budget
was passed, based on the posi-
bility that as much as 100000
would be transferred from the
highway to the general fund, anc
no money has been so diverted
this biennium.
Now, state officials expect 6
general fund balance of about
$4.5OO,0O0 when this fiscal year
ends. This years recommends
ton of the advisory budget COM
mission included a provision that
$2200,000 in highway moneys
might be used by the general
fund, if needed.
The school machinery bill is
still to be COMPLETED as are the
reapportionment and judiciary
measures.
Improved labor legislation does
not look very favorable at this
time in the face of the strike at
Holly Ridge. This. however, was
settled last night.
Of much interest is the high
way bill introduced by Stone and
Garrett to require the highway
commission to adopt a uniform
wage scale for all it's employees.
Representative Rogers of Ma
con has introduced a measure to
make the flame azalea the Off
cial flower Of North Carolina.
This general assembly has set
a record for local bills as well as
speed.
Five senators Ballentine. of
Wake, Alexander, of Transyl-
vania Wilson, of Davidson, Cher
ry, of CASTOR, and Transou, OF
Allegheny averaged making a To-
cal law minute in the Saturday
morning session. Twenty-seven
local bills were passed in as
many minutes as the senate sat.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
We're Awake Now!

Northwestern and Western North Caro-
lima, located in a protected mountain reg
ion $50 to 500 miles from the coast, is an
ideal section in which to establish national
defense industries.
This section has unlimited natural re-
sources of timber, minerals, and pure wa
ter; adequate electric power and good
transportation facilities; an abundant sup
ply of native labor; fine schools, churches,
and hospitals; healthy and invigorating
climate and ample recreational activities.
A number of large private industries
have already discovered that it is the best
location area that they could find in the
south, and they are delighted that they
established their manufacturing enterpr;s-
es in this mountain region.
AS yet no national defense industries
have been located in this section, but this
does not mean that we are not ideally sit
uated for them. It may mean that each
town and county of the th;rty-one coun-
ties in this region which has been desig-
mated by the National Defense Council as
a "defensible zone', as we'll as the states
congressional delegation, have been slow
to point out the advantages of the section
to the war department and defense coun-
cil's locating selection, committee.
The organization of the Western North
Carolina Industrial Council and the two
hour conference held in Washington last
Friday by representatives of this council
with the congressman and senators from
this state, however, will correct this sit
uation.
Through the newly formed industrial
council, attention of the war department
has already been focused on our region
and industrial survey data of each town
and county in the thirty-one counties will
be furnished to the National Defense Coun-
ell, the states bureau of industry and COM
merce in Washington, our congressman
and senators.
The counties in the area have united
their efforts to "sell Northwestern North
Carolina to national defense industries and
sentatives in Congress have assured us
that they will unite their efforts to assist
in getting these industries to locate in this
region.
The question of location is left up en-
tirely to the war department in order that
they may push the preparedness program
as rapidly as possible and members of
Congress are not interfering with this en-
deavor, which is as it should be.
On the other hand, though, if North
Carolina has location of equal merit to
some in other states, we want to insist and
want our Congressman to insist that the
plant be established in the Tar Heel state.
Our section is famous for agriculture,
livestock and tourists, but we are also suit
ed for industry and need industrial plants.
All of our people do not desire to live on
farms and yet they want to Give at home'.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06
To Furnish Surveys


One of the purposes of the in
dustrial council, it was pointed
out, is to furnish members of the
congressional delegation, sena-
tors, and the National Defense
Council with complete industrial
survey data of each town and
county in the area and to suggest
various and sundry sites for the
possible location of defense in
dustries. Copies of these surveys
which included ones made for
Ashe and Allegheny counties
were submitted.
The many industrial, advantage
es of this sectional protected re-
gion, abundant native labor, low
taxes, electric power, good trans
portation facilities, invigorating
climate, etc-were stressed by the
speakers who also included Fred
Allen, of Hendersonville, general
chairman of the industrial coun-
Gil.
Colonel F. H. Kohloss, native
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-06

would offer would be a technical
worker who is trained along agri-
cultural lines, who is in many
respects like a county agent and
who will assist and advise on soil
conservation problems.
In order to establish district
in the New River valley ma
jority of the farmers must favor
it, and for this reason all farm
ers are urged to attend the meet
ings in order to understand the
project before voting.