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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-24

government officioI) sold to
the Chinese ambassador? No?
He sold, We'll lick 'hese yell
low devils yet"
Item - Navy orders ore Of
two kinds - confidential and
secret. Navy wives who play
bridge together poss q o n 9
the confidential orders the
doy otter they're issued, but
il takes about three or four
doys for the secret ones to get
into general circulation.
Item
Oh, thot's enough.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-24
FLASHES
OF
LIFE

BY the Associates Press
NO HURRY
INDIANAPOLIS - Mrs. Dor
othy Moffett of near indianapolis
wrote Municipal Judge John L.
Niblack to ask If speeding
charge against her couldn't be
disposed of by mail.
She said she'd been to town
to get her daughter vaccinated
and bought shoes for her son
and was hurrying home to cook
dinner when a policeman stop
ped her and told her she'd been
driving AZ miles an hour.
Life becomes more difficult
as tires get thinner" she wrote
in arguing that trial by mail
would save "25 miles worth of
rubber"
drop into my court next
time you come to town." tn e
judge wrote back, land we'll set
a trial date"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-24

and cheerfuIy poyine the biggest in
come tax in history.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
Busy California Mayor
Has Little Time To Eat

BERKLEW, Cal.-INS-Find 1t
hard these days of wartime to get
bite of lunch?
So does Mayor Frank s. Gaines,
of Berkeley, Cal. Before leaving
home in the morning Mayor Gaines
slows away in his brief case a
couple OF coffee rolls or other
breakfast pastry.
His duties as mayor OF Berkeley
president OF the Berkeley Defense
Council and assistant regional di-
rector OF the u. S. Office of Civil
ian Defense keep him busy shut
Ting back and forth between
Berkeley and San Francisco.
He commutes between the two
cities via electric trains over the
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge,
and while enjoying the scenery OF
San Francisco Bay unwraps the
pastry and has his lunch. thus
solving the problem of how to eat
lunch while holding down three
| jobs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
SaIvaged British Sub
Has Brilliant Record

LONDON ms The British
submarine Thunderbolt, formerly
the Thetis, which sank and car
Fied 80 men to death during its
trial runs in Liverpool Bay in
1889, has Just returned to Brit
ish port after more than year or
successful actions at sea.
Five months after she went to
the bottom in 1889 the Thetis was
salvaged. Later she was put into
service under her new name.
At the end of her most recent
voyage, the Thunderbolt's Jolly
Roger" recorded destruction OF
two enemy u-boats and five sup
ply ships. Its markings also told
the story of six bombardments
and gun actions against enemy POI
sitions-one of which was an ltal-
ian fortress.
In addition, the Thunderbolt
saved 40 merchant seamen from
death in the Mediterranean.
The submarine is commanded
by Lieut.. Commander Cecil b..
Crouch. Men of the British Navy
call him Lucky" Crouch.
He left the British submarines
Seahorse and Swordfish shortly
before each was lost.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
Illinois Tech Trains
Men, Women For War Jobs

CHICAGO-UP-With test tubes,
tools, gauges, and mathematics,
$4,000 civilians are being trained
for war jobs at Illinois Institute OF
Technology, says John I. Yellott, d.
rector OF the institutes defense
training courses.
The school is training women at
the request of the government, and
1876 are now enrolled. One hundred
and eight students are enrolled in
the synthetic rubber course OF the
institute which was the first course
of its kind, according to Yellott.
The institute furnished 300
young men at a moments notice at
the outset OF the war to be ordnance
inspectors, says Yellot.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
Fall of 1000 Feet
>sw Fails To Kill Filler

LONDON-INS- Raj. Flight
Sergeant Harry Gill. OF Fitton Park,
Southampton, Hampshire, England.
considers himself to be one of the
luckiest men alive in Britain today.
Returning to Britain from raid
on Germany Gih fell out OF a plano
without a parachute.
He dropped headlong 1000 feet
and landed in a flax field.
British doctors think that being
unconscious, Gil fell with all his
muscles relaxed, and thai this saved
him from being killed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
"coNcHIEs" TO FIGHT FIRE

SANTA BARBARA, Gallup -
Three groups OF conscientious objec.
tors. each containing 80 men, have
been organized into fire-fighting
companies for fire protection in the
Los Padres National Forest.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
SCRAP OLD STEEL FENCE

CHICAGO-UP-The old steel
fence around Ogden Field at Illinois
Institute of Technology, made OF
Is tons of 8-foot spikes, is being
scrapped for war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
INTOXICATED PILOT is FINED

INDIANAPOMS-UP - Everett
C. Winnings, Indianapolis. was con-
victed and fined 5000 in federal
court-for flying an airplane while
intoxicated.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
NOW IT'S M,ARrHuR ROSE

NOW IT'S M'ARTHUR ROSE
PASADENA. CAL UP-Pasa-
dena's famous rose industry has
launched an entirely new rose to
be known as the Douglas Macarthur
Rose.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
Timely Hints
For HOinemakers
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent
N. C. State College

A hobby is valuable in war
time and peace time. Did you
know all great inventions have
been the result of an avocation,
plaything during rest time and a.
way from regular employment.
The father of photography was
an army officer; of the electric
motor, a bookbinder's clerk; The
inventor of the telegraph was a
portrait painter; and of the JAG
guard loom, a dreSsmaker. A
farmer tinkered up the typewriter;
poet, the sewing machine "a cab
met maker, the cotton gin; and
coal miner, the locomotive. The
telephone was the "after-s school"
work of a teacher Of the deaf;
the disk talking machine, the
night work of a clothing sales
man; the wax-cylinder phono-
graph of a lawyers clerk; the
typecasting machine, a grocery
man.
A physician made the first
pneumatic tire, because his little
son was a wheeI-chair invalid.
The hand camera was invented
by bank clerk; the film roll, by
a country preacher; the motion
picture, by a stenographer. The
steam automobile was the play
thing of photo-dryplate marker;
the dry-blast steel process, the
brain child of a preachers son;
the tunneling shield, of an editor;
the stock ticker, a dentist. The
long distance telephone loading
coils were figured out by a pro-
fessor of mathematics. Bicycle
repairmen made the first man.
carrying airplane; a soldier, the
wireless telegraph; and drug
gist's clerk, the loud-speaker.
Why not have a hobby-and
ride it hard?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
Navy Recruiters
To Be Here Sat.

A monthly schedule of recruit
ing visits has been worked out
by the Salisbury Navy Recruiting
Station, stating definitely what
date recruiting officers will be in
Ashe county.
Recruiters F. A. Yarbrough and
T. H. Cation will be in West Jeff
erson on Saturday, June 10th, at
the Community Building, from
nine o'clock until twelve, to &C.
cept enlistments in the United
States Navy and Naval Reserve
All applicants accepted will be
provided free transportation to in
duction centers.
The officers were here last
Thursday and were high in their
praise of the type of men already
accepted from Ashe county, ane
expressed the belief that others
similarly qualified will join tt
assist the millions now engaged
in the program of avenging Pear
Harbor.
The dates on their July seized.
ule will be announced later.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
20 SCHOLARSHIPS
OFFERED AT STATE

Raleigh, June 10 - Twenty
scholarships worth $500 each are
available at State College to aid
worthy and needy farm youths
of North Carolina to enter the
colleges School of Agriculture,
DR.. z. P. Metcalf, director of in
struction, announced today.
The scholarships are provided
by Sears, Roebuck and Company,
which began the annual practice
in 1899. In addition, the firm is
providing 5000 sophomore
scholarship for the freshman max
ing the best record among the
group which rereived help dur
ing the last school year.
DR.. Metcalf will select the
youths to receive the scholarships
I for next year, and application
blanks may be secured by writ
ing to him. The firm requires
that the money should 60 tc
needy youths ''who have made
the most of their opportunities in
high school and on the farm"
The rising sophomore recipient
of the 5000 scholarship for next
year will be selected within few
days, DR.. Metcalf said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
Permanent Gas Rationing
Plans Delayed Until 18th
From June Is To July Is,
Motorists To Be Given
Six Gallons Per Unit

All motorists holding A and B
gasoline rationing cards are now
allowed six instead of three gal
Ions per unit, but their ration
ing cards are going to have to
last until July Is, instead of July
l.
This announcement was made
last Thursday night in Washing
ton and became effective Monday
morning, June Is.
mother words, the current tenn.
porary rationing system will be
continued until July Is, when c
permanent plan will be put into
effect. w.
The extension of. the time was
given in order to train registrars
and supply local rationing boards
with Instructions and materials
it was tsated.
eve are making every effor'
to eliminate all confusion in is.
suing the new coupon books anc
to make it as convenient as pos.
sible for the car owners to OBJ
tain their ration" Leon Hender.
son, OPA chief, stated.
Card holders who have ex.
hausted the units on their present
cards may apply to the loca
board for an extra ration.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
Respo1ilsiljlility,
To Conserve

Farmers of Ashe County have
a definite responsibility to- con-
serve their tires, passenger auto
mobiles, and trucks in the inter-
est of wartime food production,
according to J. w. IGambill, Chair
man of the county USDA War
Board. s~sp-e.ss.,>rs,.'sse.s.s.S.,.
Pointing out that. ''before we
realize it, both tires and repair
parts for farm autos and. trucks
will be impossible to Obtain
Chairman Gambill urged farmers
I'D do as little driving as possible,
and to share travel and hauling
with their neighbors.
While it is true that farmers
have been able to obtain automo-
bile and truck repair parts, and
have certain preference ratings
with local tire rationing boards,
this won't mean a thing when re-
pair parts and recap tires are I'M
obtainable," he said.
Citing the responsibility OF
North Carolina farmers in trans
portation problems Chairman
Gambill pointed out that the 1910
census listed 127,476 passenger
automobiles and 20,621 trucks on
farms of the State. Each of these,
he said, is vital link in the
movement of wartime agricul-
1ura1 products.
at would be tragic, he said,
If there should be breakdown
In the wartime farm production
program because of transportation
trouble. We must make our au-
tos and trucks last for the dura-
ton of the war. This means US
ing them as little as possible and
special care of both tires and We
hicIes."
Chairman Gambill pointed out
that the japanese now occupy Far
Eastern areas from which this
nation formerly obtained SO per-
cent of its rubber supply. The
stockpile of rubber on hand Is be-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
OF Farmers
Travel is Cited
DIR. Edgar Tufts,
Lees-McRae Pres,
Died There Mon.

Banner Elk-Edgar H. Tufts,
head of the foundation which op-
crates Lees-McRae Junior Col
lege, the Grandfather Home for
Children, and Grace Hospital,
died in the hospital early Monday.
He was AZ years old.
Tufts had been ill for month,
and his condition had been criti-
cal for the last week. The 'exact
cause of death remained obscure,
it was said at the hospital.
Since the foundation of the Ed
gar Tufts Foundation, Inc, NAM
ed in honor of his father who was
a pioneer missionary to North
Carolina, Tufts had served as its
president.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
LEGION HERE VOTES
TO ACCEPT VETERANS
OF WORLD WAR TWO

Members of the Ashe county
post of the American LegiOn
have unanimously voted to as
cept veterans of the World War
Number Two as members of
their organization.
This timely question was
brought up at the June post
meeting last Saturday night in
response to a request from ma
tiOnal Legion headquarters to
determine the attitude of World
War Numer / LegiOnnaires.
1t was pointed out that the
same issues are involved in this
war as there were in the last
war and that the boys should
be entitled to membership in
the Legion.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
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BY JANET CUpAER

WOMAN of the Week: The ma
tional president of American War
Mothers" is Mrs. Elizabeth Martin
of Milwaukee, Wis. American
War Mothers" is an organization
composed of mothers whose sons
served in the armed forces in the
nation during World War l. Two
of Mrs. Martins sons served in
the navy; another was two young
to join. The present members OF
the organization hope to amend its
charter to include the mothers of
men serving in. this war.
WEATHER FAIR: At several
colleges and universities, from
New York to California, girls are
studying meteorology. Trained by
the government, they must first
pass civil service examinations.
Then they will be eligible for pos
itions as junior meteorlogists. In
some of the larger cities, women
are already being employed by
the weather bureau as observers
CEILING UNLIMITED: Louise
Powell, stationed at the Pan A
merican International airport in
Miami, is the first woman to be-
come an air traffic tower control
Ter. She is 26, has a private pill
OTIS license.
TO NEW HEIGHTS: A nurse
in a United States naval ordinance
plant will soar to new heights as
instructor of army glider pilots
at Lamesa, Texas. She is Mrs.
Helen Montgomery, and in addi-
ton to being a nurse she is also
the proud holder of two women's
records in gliding.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Does
your family have to get along
with three gallons of gas a week?
In Germany it is almost impos-
sible to buy a pair of shoes =.
Did you have to- go without new
dress to help balance the family
budget? In Germany a woman
may buy, in a year, either one
dress (of poor materially or one
set of lingerie Do you find
ratiOning a nuisance? In Ger
many women must keep clean
with one tiny cake of soap a
month.
Buy War Savings Bonds
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
EAGLE

EAGLE victory
Although the Stars and Stripes
constitute our official national
emblem, the symbol of the Amer
lean eagle has almost as much
historical significance. The eagle
appeared on one of our coins in the
same year that Betsy Ross made
the first flag and, at the battle of
Yorktown, in 1777, it was on the
field of blue as, part of our ma
tons flag.
Describing the symbolic i'm
portance of both the flag and the
eagle, Senator Bailey of North
Carolina recently said:
1--WE have two syinbols-one the
flag which represents the whole
country, it's might and its power
and its character, its service and
it's destiny. We have the other
symbol, the symbol of the eagle;
and the eagle speaks to us now
as the eagle spoke to us in the
beginning-not just of victory,
but of faith in ourselves, of our
confidence in our own cause, in
our own power. The eagle is Sc
rene in storm and confident in the
presence of any or all of his enc
miles,"
With aviation now playing such
a major part in war, the symbol
of the eagle seems to speak more
than ever for the strength of our
nation.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
Tire Approvals
Are Announced

A number of tire applications
were considered and approved by
the rationing board, last week.
Approvals for new tires for cars
include w. c. Smith, two; R. E.
Wilmington, two tires and one
tube; H. H. Burgess, one tube.
Approvals for re-caps for car
tires went to J. H. Graves, two;
Grady Watson, one tire, one tube;
A. L. Cox, Roy Ray, w. w. Gen
try, two tires and two tubes, each;
M. C. Worley, one tire. Truck re-
treads were approved for G. w.
Wheeler, one; w. M. Lewis, Rich
Hill farm, Burt Bard, G. w. Tay-
lor, R. D. Houck, D. R. Jones, and
B. B. GRAPHICAL, two each.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
BILL CARNEY FINISHES
NAVAL TRAINING COURSE

Naval Training Station, Nor
folk, Va. June 15-William Char
les Garvey, of West Jefferson, was
among those who have just COM
pleted their recruit training at the
United States Naval Training Sta
ton in Norfolk.
Garvey is the son of Mrs. Con-
stance r. Garvey, of West Jeffer-
son, and enlisted in the Navy at
Raleigh on April q. He attend
ed Appalachian State Teachers
College at Boone.
His, hobbies are stamp collect
ing and photography.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18

ing used so rapidly that some
army tanks will be manufactured
with steel treads instead of rub
Der. It will be many months be-
fore any large supply of synthet-
ic rubber is available, and most
of this will 60 for military pur-
poses. There will be some crude
rubber from Brazil and the Quay
ule plant, as well as some re-
claimed rubber, but these sup
plies will be used in fighting the
war.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
Officers Look
For WOOdie Cox

Ashe officers are still looking
for Woodie Cox, who apparently
left the county after an assault
on Lee Hart, in the Whitetop
section, ten days ago. A warrant
for his arrest has been issued and
it is believed he is in West Vir-
ginia.
Hart, who received a compound
fracture of the skull is still un-
dergoing treatment in the Ashe
hospital. His condition is re-
ported to be improving.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
ANIMALS KILLED BY
STORM LAST WEEK

The heavy rainfall and fire.
quent thunder storms of the past
ten days not only did considera-
BILE damage in the meadow lands
next to the creeks and river, but
also caused the death of a number
Of animals, according to reports
this week.
Lightning killed a nice calf and
steer belonging to Richard How
ell in the Rich Hill section. Les
ter Holman, of the same commun-
ity, also lost cow.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
Classified Ads

LOST, STRAYED or STOLEN
One swapping turtle with pc
culiar markings on back, weigh
ing about 10 pounds, belonging tc
Lem Hafer. Big reward if cap
tured and returned to Hotel
Tucker, West Jefferson, N. c.
6-18-1Tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18
TROUT 4-H CLUB MET

The regular May meeting of the
Trout All club was held with 16
members present.
Mr.. H. Payne, the assistant
county agent, gave instructions
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-18

on keeping All garden records
and also records on other All
projects.
One boy has potato project,
four boys have poultry projects
and Junior Anderson, a poultry
project.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28

versity, Fisk, Hampton institute.
Lincoln, Talladega college, Rutgers,
Wesleyan. Mortified seminary;
lecturer at Mortified and Biairs-
town Summer conference
He is also author Of the mono
graph Free Negroes and Slaves
in Tennessee" published in 1918
by Journal OF Negro History; CO.
author of numerous books; Best
Sermons Book -Four" (edited by
Joseph Fort Newton) The Music
Of the Gospel" tediied by Stanley
A. Hunter) why l believe in
Immortality" Cby sydney Strong
and many others) He also has
been a frequent contributor 10
religious and racial magazines
Published Integrity: Meditations
on the Book Of job 1889, a de-
votional study. He is co-chairman
Of Job-Finding committee in New
York for new areas Of racial en-
ployment and member OF Ma
tional Preaching mission.
Because Of previous commit
ments DR., lines will not be able
to assume office until April /, 1913.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
By John Wood

ton, What can be done about OIL
problem" II is the consensus OF
opinion that the first thing we
must do about any problem is 10
face that problem. II we are
faced with the problem OF send
ing our children to the same
schools with a number OF preju-
diced southerners, then We must
teach our children tolerance; teach
them 10 thoroughly understand
these prejudices and that they. too.
must play an. important part in
Riding their avowed enemies of
their warped ideas about race. But
TO successfully put this idea across
to the younger people we must
first get the idea deeply rooted in
our own minds. We, too. must
practice tolerance and understand
that only through patience with
those who object TO working with
US in factories. and associatlng
with US in public places, can we
gradually break down the inherent
preju5ices that warp the minds of
so many southerners, both white
and black. And we must practice
this tolerance if we want the
southerner 10 teach his children
tolerance. for whatever ideas the
parent has about race ara duly re-
Elected by the child.
Our greatest concern now should
be shaping the life Of the younger
generation. and TO do so, it may be
necessary for a number of parents
TO make some adjustments them
selves. II we are extreme in our
oelliserency we can expect no more
Of the youth, II we are lax in our
morals We can expect the same OF
our children. for there is no deny
ing the fact that all the filthy
language used by youth comes
from the mouths Of many of their
el3ers; and they think it rather
smart to make suggestive re-
marks to girls ard women on the
streets because they have heard
the same remarks made by adults.
Young people OF certain age like
to appear grown up" and they
believe they can grow up" quicker
by emulating their elders. e.
Finally, if We expect the church
as an organization TO lead the way
in correcting many of the evils
that affect the lives of our young
er people, We must make it our
duty TO help the church develop
the needed leadership. We may
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
RECENT VISITOR

Corporal Love Hudson was a re-
cent visitor TO the home Of his Sis
Ter, Mrs. j. H. Clark OF 63ll Wood
row street. He was indicted into
the army service January 20, 1912
and enjoyed a welcomed furlough.
Corporal Hudson is now stationed
at the Desert Training Center, Rice,
Calf. While in Detroit a lovely
reception was given in his honor by
his family at the home OF Mrs.
Clark, where he met his girl friend,
Miss Edna Jones. He was also
entertained with supper by Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Hill of 50l2 Till
man. With him was Miss Grace
Mapp, and later a grand party was
given in his honor by Miss Eursella
Mapp Of Scotch avenue. A fare
well party was given by his brother,
Oscar Hudson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Hunter of Hazelett avenue.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
Dr.. William lines,
Head OF College

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - CAMP -
Knoxville college board announces
that DR., William Lloyd lines has
been elected president Of the in
stitution. He succeeds DR.. John A.
Cotton, who because Of a break
down in health gave up his work
with the close OF the college year
in June.
The president-eleot has been, for
a number Of years, pastor Of the 81.
James Presbyterian church Of
New York City. He was born in
Memphis in 1889, and is son Of
Benjamin A. and Elizabeth W.
lines, congregational missionary
and wife who went south in 1880
from Oberlin, Ohio.
One year Of collegiate education