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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-11

HONOLULU. March 11.-Thrcc
navy filters whose bomber was
forced down at sea and who
floated "a days on a rubber life
raft told today how they had
stabbed fish and sharks with their
pocket knives and eaten them raw
to keep alive
The hierS are chief machiniSt' :
mate Harold r. Dixon, Al. LameSa
Cal. the pilot and Seamen Tony
J. PaStula. "a. Youngstown. O..
and Gene d. Aldrich, p, Skies
ton. Mo
The South Seas sun burned
them almost black and they were
weak and gaunt from lack of food
and sleep.
They were on n scouting mission
January IS. but. when they haC
completed il, were unable TO To-
cate the ship from which they had
taken off. The bomber crashed
and they were able 10 save only
the life raft, not a pound of food
or a drop of water.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-11
DEFENSE OF INDIA

These units were pushing into
central Burma 10 JOIN the masscd
Chinese forces gathered tor a
supreme stand IN defense Of India
Japanese patrols were reported
pushing north and west from thu
Rangoon and pcGu districts, sup
ported by tank, one Japanc,c
P1trol Was >aid 10 hale rcachcd
Tharawaddy. ~ mules north OF
Rangnun on ihr Prone highway
before IL Was amb4snnd and
moppcd up by ErI>h forces.
Fierce fighting was reported "a
have occurred m the Pcgu zone
after the British broke out 10 thc
north and west. WITH heavy casual
ties on both sides
"The Wishing Weir has
message in cipher for You. Daily
and sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-11
Americans Still
Fighting in Java,
Van Nook Says
Estimates 1000 English
Speaking Troops Battling
Beside Dutch Against Japs

MELB OURN Australia.
March il (UP).-Lieut. Coy. HUI
bertuS j. Van Nook of the
Netherlands East Indies said to-
day that he was confident that
Dutch. American and Australian
troops were still fighting in posi-
ltionS east and west of Banding in
Central Java.
He 7safc-thA tho remainder Of
the Dutch feet was still at sea and
estimated il would take the Japa-
.neSe at least six months TO restore
the Java oil wells. destroyed under
the sCorched earth policy
Dutch quarters in London
received word that Netherlands
forces still held Medan. capital
of Sumatra. at the northern end
of the island.
In the first specific mention Of
the strength Of the Allied troops
lighting with the Dutch in Java.
Van Nook estimated that 1900 or
a 600 English speaking troops
were still fighting alongside the
Dutch.
OPERATE SEPARATELY
All Dutch forces, he said had
instructions 10 operate indie
pendently as long as possible.
He expressed belief that Allied
troops also were still fighting wit
the Dutch in other Netherlands
East Indies islands, especially in
middle and northern Sumatr
which the japanese had rot oc-
lcupied
EDITORS NOTE 49, Robert
Jordan, International News
Service correspondent with the
United Nations forces in the
South Pacific, reported yester-
day that all American and
British troops had been evacu-
ated from Java. The American
force, Jordan said. consisted of
only 500 men, all air force
members
I'VE do not blame our allies
IbT our StiDdtks, dn NOOK
said This II not the time for
determinations. name calling and
blame-placing.
L. s. TOOK LEAD
Those Americans and Aus
tralians who aided us fought
we'll and unhesitatingly.
There was no lack Of inten-
tion by the United States. which
did all that was possible. We
re e IN Der that the United
States took the lead when il
froze Japanese credits.
THE Allies must now scrap
politics and utilize their advan-
tages to coordinate their power
against the overriding japanese
supply lines, which are the
weakest japanese point.
81 certainly believe that the
japanese will attack northern
and western Australia, whether
or not they intend to turn their
main drive toward India"
Van Nook said fifth column
activity in Java was negligible be-
fore the Japanese invasion but
that he feared the natives might
readily submit to the japanese
rule.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-11
SHARKS BIT THEM

Both Aldrich and PaStula were
bitten on the hands by shark!
while they roWcd.
The sun made uS feel like
We were being cooked like
Thanksgiving turkey" DIXON
said
1T was on the thirty-third
day We were about Ia give up,
hut talked the situation over
and decided to take whatever
was coming like real men OF
war. 80 We shook hands.
about $3.50 a. m, the next
day Aldrich said. Chief, think
! see n field of corn
II thought the boy was gone
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-11
REACHED TINY ATOLL

Thirty-four days later. after
sailing hundreds of miles IN then
dOughnut-Shaped raft they were
washed up on a tiny atoll.
1T was like Dorothy La
mour South Seas picture-only
better. II was "A dream when We
reached that island" Dixon SAID.
His companions said his re-
SourcefulneSS had kept them alive
Dixon said he was not disturbed
the first night. but the next day
when searching planes failed tC
spot them. he realized that they
must do the best they could under
the circumstances.
IL knew our best bet was TO
go south where possibly we
could locate one of the many
islands in that particular area"
he said. I'VE rugged up "A sea
anchor from a life jacket and
began the voyage"
Pushed by changing winds anc
rowing with their hands and a pan
of shoes when they Were-be.
Gained, they Travelled hundreds OF
miles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-11
STABBED FISH. SHARK

They took off their underwear.
let the ram soak IL, and then
Wrung tout in their mouths te
get water.
On the fourth day. Aldricf
luckily stabbed a fish with hi,
pocket knife. Later, they got Z
small shark They ate It's liver
heart and flesh raw.
1T was like chewing gum. but
we were too hungry to mind"
Aldrich said.
They also shot an albatros'
which was also consumed raw. anC
on the thirteenth day caught an.
other fish which Dixon "juS'
grabbed off the back of the boat
Before their Odyssey was half
over they were completely naked
Rough seas tipped the boat over q
dozen times and their clothing
which they had removed TO catch
rain. fell into the sea. They began
10 suffer Sunburn and lost three
or four layers of skin.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-04

Mily krajane:-
Kazdym dnem bl1z1me Sc k
Primarn1m volbam, ktere Sc bu-
dou konati v 1tery,8. zaT1 1912
Jake Vas krajan nechci Yam
porouceti, jak byste NELL voliti,
ponevadz nejsem zadnym poll
tickym dozorcem. Chci Yam
pouze pripomenouti dobro a u
znan1, ktere Sc nam Cechoslo-
vak1m dostalo nasledkem du-
verive prace pana senatora
John c.. Callana. Nechci zde
vypoc1tavati vsechny dobre
skutky konane pro mas panem
Callanem, ponevadz JIM pisa
tele chill tax v TELEGRAPH" pc
Il tydn1. Mohu vsak rici, re
zadny ivy 81 mrtvy clovek ne
ucinil pro mas baltimorske &C.
choslovaky tolik, CO pan Callan
Mohu to pravdive potvrditi,
|.jelikoz ziji v Baltimore "a let.
A je tez pravdou, re Sc najdou
nekterf Tide kterf mluv1 proti
panu Callanovi a jsou Tide, KITE
re nikdy neuspokojite, at pro
ne cin1te jakekoli dobro. A tu-
diz zalezf to ma mas, ktef1 vde-
cine "a dobre ciny ucinene v
nasem zajmu, abychom znovu-
zvolili pana Callana do Statnl-
no Senatu ma dals1 4 roxy.
Krajane, nezahalejte! Pro
mluvte S Vasemi pr1buznymi a
znamymi a reknete jim tez, by
81 oni promluvili S jejich INA
mymi a pax hlasovanlm doka-
zeme panu Callanovi, re 81 va
Zine jeho dobre prace.
S krajanskym pozdravem,
EMIL E. MYNAR
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-04

stem why, kdyz Sc ukazalo, re
Sc ma skryvan1 pr1buzneho ne
pod1leli.
Morbette byl zatcen v bytu
svobodne Jeanette Lescakove,
1914 Clybourn ave., a byl do
praven do okresnfho vezeni.
Nyni prot nemu Dude vznese-
no sest novych zalob pro poru-
SEMI alkoholovych zakonG, TAX
re k tenn peti rokIm dostane
Imozna nekolik dalSlch rokH.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-04
Skryvala manzela.

Mary Morbette-ova, 3Oleta v
Chicago byla odkazana spoil
kove velkoporote ma obvinenl,
re skryvala 39leteho manzela
Tonyho, ktery byl pc diva roxy
hledan, ably 81 odslouzil trest
petit rok1 "a porusen1 alkoho-
lovych< zakon1, Gill pro prodej
nebo vyrobu mGnsajnu. Stejna
obzaloba byla vznesena ma
manzele Burdovi, sestru a sva-
kra Morbette-a, ale byli spro.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-04
Pan HARVEY C.. BICKEI
kandidat ma misto
Associate Judge of
Supreme Bench
aHc%~ D@I2-
mesta Baltimore

narodil Sc roku 1885 v jiho-
vychodn1 Pennsylvania, kde
Sc Jeho predkove usadili v
roce 1875. Jeho otec byl pc
vice jak 40 rok6 ucitelem.
Pan Bickel byl zamestnan V
Department. Obchodu We
Washingtonu a vystudoval z
George Washington Univer-
sity. Pc % rokG provad1
pravnickou prakci v nasem
meste, byl cinnym v hostel
Mich a obcanskych skupi-
mach a pc 10 let byl clenem
reditelstva Y. NJ. G.. A.
Ia administrace zemTele-
no g~uvernera Alberta Rit-
chic byl sudim Lidoveho Sou
du cd roku 1920 do 1885.
Pan Bickel navstevoval zvla-
stn1 kursy ma Johns Hopkins
Universite We kterych sc pro-
blrala historic filosofie, po-
liticke hospodafstv1, mravo-
uka, socialn1 duseznalstv1,
modern1 evropska historic a
americke dejiny. Jest Gle
mem pravnf spolecnosti sta
tn Maryland a mesta Balti-
more. Pan Bickel jest take
clenem rady dGvern1kG anne
ricke skoly pro chlapce V
Bagdadu; rady regentu V
Mercesburg Akademii a ra-
dy dGvern1k6 George Wash
ington University.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04
Labor Supply Important

Uncle Sam is not taking any chances
of running into any permanent shortage
of labor needed to build the worlds great
est war machine, to keep the wheels of
commerce turning on the home front and
to raise ample food and feed.
When the registration of all young men
who are 10 and 10 years old, plus those
who have become 20 years of age since the
first of the year, is held on June 80, our
government will have complete survey
of the nations manpower from 18 to IS in
elusive.
It is estimated that there are around
three million youths who are to register
the latter part of this month and this fl
cure will bring the total registration under
the selective service act up to nearly 49,
100000 men,
Of this huge pool of manpower, the
armed force will require around two mil
lion more this year and perhaps an equal
number next year. It is also estimated
that approximately 100000 war work.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04

ers will be needed this year and 100000
by the end of 1913.
To have complete record of labor a
valuable for all needs, occupational ques-
tionnaires have been or will be sent to all
men over 35 years of age who have regis
tered and to those under 20 years of age.
This information is deemed just as essen
tial as the military questionnaires. The
armed forces must have airplanes, tanks,
ships, guns and food and men may have
to be drafted to supply these essentials.
At the outbreak of the war, there
were 100000 people in our country's la
Dor forces. In addition, there were 3OOO,-
900 unemployed the majority of whom
could work, and millions of young women.
Other surveys indicate that we have
almost 100000 available workers in re-
serve who can be enlisted in the produc-
ton army if it should become necessary.
On the other hand, it is quite evident
that Germany and Italy are now encount-
ering a serious shortage of labor. They
have lost millions of men on the battle
fields and this shortage may be the deter
mining factor in the Victory for the Allies.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04
CANNING SUGAR QUOTA
RAISED; GET CARDS
CONTINUED from Page y

at home remaining in the posses
sion of the individual or family
unit applying, the availability in
the locality of fruit suitable for
home canning, and such other
circumstances of the applicant or
other criteria as the board deems
pertinent to the particular re-
quest.
Application for canning allot-
ments of sugar must be made to
the rationing board office here by
an adult member of the family
who should bling the No. of his
war rationing book. He should
also make a check on the num-
Der of cans of fruit used last year,
amount on hand and the amount
used for canning purposes prior
to May 20, this year. This nfor-
nation is essential before certifi-
Gates for canning allotments can
be issued, it wa sexplained.
Sugar allowed, pursuant to this
section shall be used only In the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04

quantities, during the period and
for the purposes for which it was
allowed, it is stated.
If any sugar allowed is not u
sed during the period for which
it was allowed, the individual
making the application therefor
shall within 80 days after the ex-
piration of such period notify the
board to that effect; in the case
of a family unit such notification
may be made by any person who
could make an application pur-
suant to this section on behalf of
such family unit.
If certificate for such sugar
was issued but not used, it shall
be returned to the board for can
collation.. If a certificate for such
sugar was issued and used, the
war ration book or books of the
individual or of the members Of
the family unit shall be returned
to the board by the person who
made the application for such SUI
gar and the board shall detach
therefrom stamps having weight
value equal to the amount of such
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04

WOMAN of the We.k: The at
tractive, 37-year-old director Of
the new Women's Army Auxili-
airy corps is a career woman who
has successfully combined work
and marriage. She is the wife
of William P. Hobby, former gov
ernor of Texas, and the mother
of two children. With her hus-
band she is co-publishec of the
Huston Post. She is a lawyer, too,
and was formerly parlimentarian
of the Texas legislature. For the
past eight months she has worked
closely with the army officers as
of the women's interests section
of the war department bureau of
public relations. AS director of
the WAC she will hold a rank
corresponding to that of major in
the army.
ALPHABET WAR: Do you
find the WAC a little confusing?
Do you have a hard time remem-
boring the initials? Then you will
sympathize with the British wom-
en- English, Canadian, Austria
ian) who have to remember the
ciffernce between the WAAF, the
CWAAF, the WARAAF, the VAD,
WRNS, the ATS and the CWAC!
NAVY CORPS: Sen. David I.
Walsh of Massachusetts, is the man
behind the bill to create a naval
auxiliary. The corps will prob
obly have the initials WANR and
will differ from the WAC in that
the women will serve in the navy
rather than with it. The WAC,
you know, is not part of the army.
BOTTLED LUXURY: You will
be glad to know that you really
can buy liquid stockings" Com
paratively new, they were deve-
loped by a nurse. She knew that
the liquid used would have to be
pure and something that would
Mt irritate a sensitive skin.
SUNNY SIDE UP: The women
who operate a filling station in
Chattanooga, Tenn, offer a u
nique type of service to their GUS
TONER'S hanges' for the baby!
The OPA caused a mild SenSa-
ton recently by telling women
how to put on a girdle. The SEN
sation was caused, not by the adj
vice, but by the revelation that
a shocking number of women
pull 'em on. Do you?
Buy War Savings Stamps
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04
Merchandising Today

Everything on the civilian front has
been affected by the war and no one real
ICES this any better than do our local mer-
chants.
Because of priorities on many items
which have made them scarce instead OF
as plentiful as the air we breathe, because
of maximum price regulations and numer-
GUS other limitations and restrictions, the
merchants job has become increasingly
complex and difficult since Pearl Harbor.
Fortunately for the public, however,
our merchants haven't thrown up their
hands and quit. Instead, most of them &C
cepted the new regulations in truly pa
triotic spirit of cooperation and have re-
garded each new problem as presenting an
opportunity to render public service, both
to their customers and to the nation.
In all fields, our merchants are taking
every practical step to inform the public
through the media of advertising and to
help people adjust themselves to the total
war conditions.
Retail merchandising was among the
first industries to set aggressively to work
to meet new and unprecedented problems.
It is doing big and vital job for all of us.
This is true of the automobile dealer, dry
goods merchant, groceryman, druggist and
so on, and to them go our concentrations.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04
Strength OF Character
(Religious EditOriaD

To have the best and strongest char
acter poss:b BILE should be the aim and de-
sire of all mankind. This is life's better
way. No one ever regrets possessing a
great and strong character. It means no.
BILE manhood and noble womanhood. It
indeed means strength that the moral
weakling knows nothing about although
he has the privilege of knowing such
strength if he will but seek God, obey His
holy Word, love and Serve Him and walk
uprightly before Him and before all man.
kind as he goes through life.
To have strong character means that
one does not stoop to the low and mean,
the vile and degrading evils and sins of
the world; that he does not become enslav-
ed with bad and ruinous habits; that he
guards we'll his mind, heart soul and
spirit that he may not become contaminat-
ed inwardly by those moral and spiritual
evils that defeat multitudes of mankind
It is absolutely necessary, on the one hand,
to avoid and abstrain from all that is down
pulling and degrading depraving and de-
moralizing, and on the other hand, to ac-
cept all that is uplifting, ennobling,
strength;ng to life and should in order to
have strong character
The cheap things of life by way of
worldly pleasures, amusements lustful
qualifications, low moral principles and
standards, never make strength of char
acter, but they do make weak and feeble
character. They so undermine the moral
and spiritual strength of manhood and wo-
manhood and character that they produce
criminals. mental and physical wrecks.
moral and spiritual failures. We behold
this among people of all walks and pro-
LESSONS of life.
To have strong character means that
we must build our lives upon the solid
foundation of Bible truth; that we must
pray much; that we must shun evils of all
kinds; that we must obey, serve and wor-
ship God all the way through life; that we
must have moral courage to stand for the
right and against the wrong, even though
sometimes we may seem largely and al
most to stand alone. However, we are not
alone. God is with us and the very best
people are with us. That is the beauty and
blessedness of it ALL Then we 90 forth
with strength of character that conquors
the world and crowns us as Victors, both
before God and man. Yes, this is life's bet
ter way.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04
FARMERS TOLD HOW
TO HELP WIN WAR

Continued from Page One)
scarce and, 7. Discourage Install
ment buying and encourage pay
ment of all debts.
This 7-point program is design
ed to: prevent a few from getting
rich at the expense of many, per-
NIT all to share alike in goods,
help prevent a serious depression
after the war such as that which
paralyzed America following
World War 1, maintain insofar as
possible, desirable living condi-
tions to which our soldiers can
return after winning the fight for
Americas freedom, cause much
of the war debt to be paid as we
go and help control the cost of
living.
What Initiation Does
The local committee also eX-
plains that initiation makes farm
ers think they have more buying
power than they really have, that
initiation tends to get the farm
ers into debt for things they can
not pay for quickly, that infla-
ton gets farmers into the habit
of living above their income, that
initiation increases taxes and pub
lie debt, reduces tendencies to
save, means higher prices that
makes it hard on low income
groups, makes the dollar cheaper
and so on.
Each farm family is being urg-
ed to raise more of it's own. food
and feed and buy less because
one-half of certain food commod-
tiles such as meat, lard and can
ned goods are now required by
the armed forces.
What farmers Can Do
Farmers are being urged to pay
cash as much as possible, to re-
pair and improve home equip
ment, to save as much rubber and
gasoline as possible by eliminat-
ing unnecessary driving and get
ting together with neighbors in
coming to town, to save scrap
metal, rubber and waste paper,
and to encourage neighborhood
recreation such as baseball, plays.
etc., as we'll as to increase church
and school attendance.
Farmers are being asked to help
pay for the war by buying war
bonds and stamps and reducing
their own debts also to raise
more eggs, produce more milk
and meats.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04
DEFEAT OF AXIS
SEEN DURING 1913

Bronxville, - Ignatius Donnel-
ly Taubeneck, a mild-mannered
schoolteacher by profession and
a one-man Gallup poll and anna
teur prognosticator in his spare
time, predicted:
/. The war will be over by the
end of 1913, with the axis sound
ly beaten.
2. There is a $3.50 chance of a
world repression after the war
which will make the 1929 debacle
look like child's play.
mo tea leaves, no stars, just
facts are the basis Of my predic-
tions," Taubeneck, so, said, rub
bling his semibald head and set
ting aside a batch of history stu
dents term papers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04
BAILEY DEFEATS DICK
FOUNTAIN HERE, 81
Continued from Page y

\NO11L1I1OSO age ~
he tied with Fountain. Fountain
received no votes in Creston, Elk,
Pine Swamp, Pond Mt. and Wal
nut. The heaviest vote was cast
at Jefferson with IS going to the
poles and registering their choice,
Only seven voted at both Horse
Creek and Pond Mountain. Klutz
received his highest vote, 4, in
Walnut Hill township.
Throughout the state, unofficl-
al returns gave Bailey 1873, 1O7;
Fountain, 1854; Morris, 1875;
Klutz, 743.
In Allegheny, so keen was the
interest and close the vote that
a second primary has been call
ed. In the race for sheriff, the
top ranking candidates were
Jess Monkey with 947 votes and
D. T. Bryan, with 842. In the
contest for clerk of the court
where there were four candidates,
S. o. Gambill led with 671, with
w. B. Richardson coming in Sc
cond with 629. c. L. Hash was
high man in the race for the
board of Education with 1913
votes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04
ASHE SUPERIOR COURT
ADJOURNED WEDNESDAY
Continued from Page y

\OOI1L1Ilutu 11OIll rage
ed jury verdict of $114.O9 a.
gainst R. B. Brown.
The court held that REQ Miller
owes w. w. Miller the sum of
$427.5O.
In the case of Jesse Severt,
Bland Severt, Dean Severt, etc.
VS.. Nellie Severt Lyall and 9TH
ers, the court ruled that the
younger children had no interest
in the inheritance in question.
Mrs. Ollie Burgess was ordered
to turn over to r. F. Parsons, exc
cutor of her husbands estate, ST.
200 which she had drawn out of
a joint savings account in two
banks and ordered Parsons to
give Mrs. Burgess, from time to
time, what money she needs for
her support.
A divorce was granted in the
case of Willie Poe VS.. Effie Poe.
Non-suits were ordered in the
following cases: C. c. Ellis VS.
Ennis Ellis, Arthur Bare VS.. Co.
die Bare, John Roop VS.. Jack Da-
Wis and wife.
Compromise agreements were
reached in the cases of Grover
Weaver VS.. T. R. Miller and Stur-
gill Yearick VS.. Lee Woodie.
A number of cases were contin-
ued.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-06-04

Let us restore to social inter-
course that harmony and affec-
ton without which liberty and
even life itself are but dreary
things. And let us reflect that,
having banished from our land
that religious intolerance under
which mankind has so long bled
and suffered, we have yet gained
little if we countenance a politi-
cal intolerance as despotic as
wicked, and capable of as bitter
and bloody prosecutions.
THOMAS JEFFERSON