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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-12
Enteredby
.Japs: Macarthur Now
Battles Against Odds
Submarines Continue Active
In Both Atlatnic And
Pacific :

In spite of heavy losses in man.
power, the japanese made gains
in the Pacific this week and sub
marines continued active through
out both the Atlantic and the
Pacific. .a r -
Following contnueasa elevsnS
day seige Of Singapore the Japs
continued their merciless assault
on this British possession which
they entered early Wednesday
morning. Tuesday the Japs drop
ped leaflets on this city threaten
ing to reduce it to ashes if it did
not surrender.
The Japs also continued with
increasing pressure on Batan
pressing forward toward Batavia,
the Dutch East Indies capital.
Grave concern was expressed for
Macassar, which, if captured,
would give the enemy another
key base to work from.
In all Of the Pacific, the enemy
appears to be held in check, only
by the American Filipino line at
Luzon. A 24-hour period of vio-
lent fighting Tuesday, left the
japanese hard hit with heavy
casualties and the American posi-
ton standing firm.
Realizing the grave danger in
which Singapore now lies, the
Governor said, 1--WE are in the
hands of God, from whom we can
get comfort in our anxieties and
strength to play the man and help
one another"
Ship losses in the Atlantic con-
tinue. The sinking of the tanker
China Arrow, Sunday brought
the total of sinkings to % in the
Axis submarine drive against At
lantic shipping. Last week the
big Swedish vessel Americiklano
was torpedoed and sunk 80 miles
off of Cape Hatteras.
The world was again startled
by the death of another high COM
Continued on Page Four)
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hours for operation.
The merchants also voted to
close at 9 p. m. on Saturday
nights until March IS.
At the meeting it was pointed
out that small percentage of To-
cal stores have been following a
practice of keeping their stores
open on Sunday.
All merchants present voted
against such practice and a COM
mittee was named to draw up
petitions to be presented at the
next meeting of the town board,
requesting that an ordinance be
passed to prevent various retail
establishments from remaining
open for business on Sundays. OF
course this resolution did not ap-
ply to drug stores, cafes and fill
ing stations.
The merchants unanimously
Continued on Page Four)
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ALI Men Between
Ages 20 And "A
Must Register
Registrars To Meet Saturday
Morning. Time Is From
Z A. M. To 9 P. M.
REGISTRARS ANNOUNCED

Plans for registering next Mon
day all men in Ashe county be-
tween the ages of 20 and A, in
elusive, who are not already reg
istered, have been completed and
it is estimated that there will be
approximately 1900 included in
this registration under the Selec-
tive Service act. If so, this will
bring the county's total registra-
ton up to nearly 1000
Registration will be held in
each township. The registration
places and the list of township
registrars were announced yes
terday by the draft board. The
places are printed elsewhere on
this page.
The registration will start at z
A. M. and close at 9 P. M. The
law requires all men 20 and A,
inclusive, to register. Severe pen
atty are imposed upon those
who fail to register and who do
not have exceptionally good rea-
sons.
A meeting of the registrars and
their committees will be held at
the draft board office in Jeffer-
son Saturday morning. At that
time these registrars will receive
final instructions and supplies.
They will also be sworn in and
sign an oath This service is pure
ly voluntary and without pay
Chairman Luke said yesterday
that members of registration COM
mittees could bring any others
along with them to the meeting,
who might assist in the work
The registrars are: Chestnut
Continued on Page Four)
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Strip Farming
Popular In Ashe
Many Farmers Cooperating
With Work Of Soil Con-
servatiOn District

Station McIver, district conserv-
ationist of the New River soil
conservation district said today
that strip farming was becoming
increasingly popular with farmers
in Ashe and Allegheny counties.
The district is stalking strips on
farms having a conservation plan
already prepared, but due to wea-
Their conditions and the large
number of farmers making appli-
cation for cooperation with the
district it will be impossible to
prepare all these plans before
spring. In these cases the district
supervisors have suggested that
farmers having a problem of ar
ranging their crops in contour
strips notify the district office and
all possible effort will be made
to reach them before spring. If
this is done the strip cropping
system may be started this year
rather than waiting until next
year thus beginning a year ear
lier to conserve the maximum
amount of soil on the farm.
Mr.. McIver said that he be-
lieved the popularity of strip
farming in the district was due
to a sound improvement in me-
thods of farming steep land and
to the success of few farmers
who have been practicing strip
farming for number of years.
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Ashe Teachers
Are To Help In
Sugar Rationing
HOarders Are Warned; L.
Ounces Allotted Weekly
To Individual

Ashe county teachers, along
with the rest of the public school
teachers throughout the nation
will assist in the gigantic pro-
gram of issuing sugar rationing
books, emitting each Individual
approximately IL ounces per
week.
Details of the handling of the
Issuance of books have not been
received by county school Of
ficials, but are expected soon.
Local merchants have not receiv-
ed definite dates on which to
begin rationing, but it is expected
to be started around March /.
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson announced details of the
rationing program under which
books containing stamps will be
distributed emitting each indi-
vidual to a strictly limited guam
tity Of sugar - probably II
ounces a week.
When the 130,000,000 copies of
'War Ration Book No. l" are
distributed within a few weeks
persons who have built up
boards of sugar will have stamps
torn from their books at the
time Of issuance, to prohibit pur-
chases by them until stocks in
their cupboards are exhausted.
Only one person in each fam
lily will have to apply for the
stamp books. He will be required
to sign an application stating the
amount of sugar in his house
hold. All supplies over two
pounds per person will be con-
sidered boarded sugar, Hender-
son said.
AS a Encouragement to dis
honest reporting of family sugar
supplies, the application will
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New Telephone
Circuit Finished

The West Jefferson exchange
of the Central Electric and Tele-
phone company now has two long
distance toll lines to Mort h
Wilkesboro.
Installation of the new circuit,
which is known as the carrier
circuit and which operates on the
other line in accordance with a
radio principle, was completed
yesterday and the circuit put in
to use this morning, Mrs. Wyrick
states.
The addition of this circuit will
speed up the service on long dis
lance calls.
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Bible Conference
WinOpen Here On Monday
Public Invited. Noted Leaders
Will Appear On Program
At Baptist Church

Baptist ministers as we'll as the
general public will have an op-
portunity to hear some Of the
leading ministers and Baptist lay
leaders here next week at the BIZ
bic Conference and Ministers Re-
vival to be held at the West JEFF
ferson Baptist church, beginning
on Monday and continuing
through Friday.
Speakers for the meeting will
include DR.. Smith Hagaman, and
Rev. c. E. Parker, of the Baptist
hospital in Winston-Salem; DR.. I
C Greer, of the Mills Home or
phanage; Rev. J. c. Kanipe, pas
tor of the Boone Baptist church
and Rev. Samuel Edwards of
Johnson City, Tenn.
Rev: w. E. Denney, president of
the Baptist pastors association
of Ashe county said that he want
ed to extend a cordial invitation
to the public to attend.
It was announced that the
meetings would open promptly
at $50 A. M. daylight Savings
War time), adjourn at IL noon
for lunch, reconvene at 1870 and
conclude the afternoon sessions al
$3.50. The evening sessions will
open promptly at z P. M.
Rev. w. E. Denney will be ir
charge. These meetings are be.
ing held under the auspices Of
the Missionary Baptist Minister:
association of Ashe county
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w. I'll. Jones Was
Buried Wednesday
Many At Funeral
Well :Knewn A S h e County
Man. Had Served AS
Supt. OF Schools

Funeral service was held yes
terday afternoon at the Warrens-
vile Methodist church for w. H
Jones, II, one of Ashe county's
best known citizens, who died al
his home on Tuesday following
a long period of serious illness.
Rev. A. c. Gibbs, Supt. of the
Elkin district was in charge of
the service and burial followed in
the Warrensville cemetery.
A large crowd attended the fu-
neral service.
The deceased, who was native
of this county, was the son OF
Mrs. Martha Weaver Jones and
John E. Jones. He was born at
Bina, June q, 1870.
For the most of his life he was
keenly interested in civic, relig-
ious and education affairs. He
was at one time superintendent
of Ashe county schools, and
taught school, in the county for
a great many years. He is loved
and respected by hundreds
throughout the county, whom he
taught. He served as postmaster
at Warrensvills for a great many
years and also operated a mer-
chantile business.
Mr.. Jones always took an ac-
tive interest in the church and
for many years attended annual
conferences.
He is survived by his wife, one
daughter, Mrs. A. G. Johnson, two
sons, Paul Jones and Howard
Jones.
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JOHNSTON rs CHAIRMAN

Ira T. Johnson has been appoin-
ted Ashe county chairman of the
Washington day dinner celebra-
ton. A dinner will be held in
Winston-Salem on Saturday, jan
uary 21,. This county's minimum
quota is four plates at $25 per
plate.
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r. E. A. OFFICIALS IN
COUNTY ON TUESDAY

Mr.. Hunter, of the r.. E. A. in
Washington and State Chairman
Gwyn Price, were in the county
yesterday, making a final survey
on the proposed Blue Ridge Cold
Storage plans
Mr.. Hunter said that this Sec
ton was ideally suited for such q
plant.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-12

Federation of Home Demonstration clubs seated
left to right Mrs. Ceve Pierce PRESIDENT Mrs H. Black
vice PRESIDENT Mrs Ward Ray secretary Mrs.
treasurer Second Miss Anna Rowe district home agent
SUPERVISOR Mrs John w. Luke, Mrs. r. Phipps members
of program committees Mrs A. Martin, pianist Mrs j. A.
Reeves reporter Mrs GOrda Boney Ashe home
ton agent Third row, Mrs. E. Fender Mrs. Walter
lips, members of the program committee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-12

Reading from left to right front Willie Bare assist
ant reporter Owen member of the program committee
Dick Leoo secretary back Daphne Eler, assistant
secretary Christina Eer, treasurer Elizabeth Rowe, chair
of program committee; EvOnne Dixon PRESIDENT James
Baldwin reporter d. Grogan leader The vicepres
dent David Bukett and the girls song leader Cynthia Cen
try absent when this picture made.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-12

Mr.. Oscar Burgess, who has
been ill for several days, is now
able to be out again.
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Township Registration Places

Chestnut Hill Township acknowledgements Voting Place
Clifton Toxnshin Riverview School
Creston Township - Creston Methodist Church
Elk Township Elkland School
Grassy Greek Township ----------------- VIC School
Hurricane Township ----------- Voting Place
Horse Creek Township ----------- White Oak School
Heton Township ----------.------ Big Helton School
Jefferson Township ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Courthouse
Laurel Township ------- Roaring Fork Voting Place
NORTH, Fork - Sutherland School
Obids Township -------------- Presbyterian Church
Old Fields --------------- Baldwin Voting Place
Peak Greek Township Transou Filling Station
Pine SWAMP Township -- School or Church
Piney Creek Township Lansing School
Pond Mountain ------------------- Rye Cove School
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26
JERSEY WITNESSES" FACE
RE-ARREST ON NEW CHARGES

Jersey City, n. Upon their re-
lease from the Hudson county jail
following dismissal of cases against
tavern owners several of the ten
Negro women who had been held
incommunicado for a period of six
months as witnesses" without
charges, were ~re-arested Dec. 18th
by Bayonne police on charges of
prostitution and disorderly conduct.
Donald Crichton, NAACP counsel
announced this week.
Intimidated by reports that Bar
oness De Wirth, white, who while
under duress gave a statement con-
corning the case and later repud-
lated that statement was sentenced
for 3 years for perjury. the Negro
women did not retract their stories
concerning the operation of vice
houses by the tavern keepers when
they testified at the recent trial,
and on the basis Of their own fore
ed testimony now face sentences
on disorderly conduct charges.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26
LAWYERS GUILD
URGE LYNCH PROS
ECUTION BY GOVT

washington. D. c. Attorney
General Francis Biddle met this
week with a committee OF the Ma
tional Lawyers Guild who demand
ed a more vigorous prosecution BY
the Department Of Justice against
persons and State Officers respon-
sible for lynching and the denial Of
the franchise to Negroes in Texas,
South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama
and Mississippi. Present at the
Conference were Eugene Compton,
Martin Pepper. Wendell Byrd. Vic
tor Rotnem, Chief of Civil Libert-
les Section. Dept. of Justice and
William H. HASTE. civilian aide to
the Secretary of War and Thurgood
Marshall Special Counsel for the
NAACP. Robert Kenny, president
of the National Lawyers Guild IS
the recently elected attorney Gen
eral of California.
The Committee sought the filing
OF a brief amicus specifically in the
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26
NEGRO LEADERS OFFER RAG
IAL PLAN TO DEVELOP SOUTH;

Contlnued from page Il
South to the extent that they were
equally capable. Labor unions
which bar Negroes from member
ship or otherwise discriminate a.
gainst them are working against
the best interest Of the labor move
ment,' the group declared. 1t
urged that service workers be o.
ganized into unions.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26
OPEN NEW LUCY ID. SLOWE
RESIDENCE HOTEL

The $4,000 Lucy D. Stowe Resi-
dence Hall, first government con
structed hotel for Negro women.
this week was helping to relieve the
crowded housing conditions occas-
toned BY the influx of war workers
to the Nations capital. opened less
than 10 months after ground break
ing ceremonies, it is in one of WASH
ington's quietest residential sect
ions at Third and [ streets. n. w.
Built by the Defense Homes Cor
poration and named for the FIRST
Negro dean of women at Howard
University, the Lucy D.. Slowa r IL
dence Hall offers modern and con-
Portable Accommodations TO 322 Negro
women. Within ten days Of its Old
ening on December 5. more than
two score war workers had ALREADY
taken up residence there and more
were moving in daily.
Occupancy Of the 299 outside
rooms, p of which are double, is
confined to Negro women war wor-
kers who have come to Washington
nee July l. 1871. Each room is
completely furnished and maid ser
vice is provided once a week.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26
THREE GIFTS"
by RUTH TAYLOR

Three were the gifts of the wise
men Of the East bore to the manger
where lay the Prince of Peace.
Three We're the gifts-gold, frank
incense and myrrh.
His birthday dawns today in va
+orn world where the forces of vfo-
lence are waging relentless War.
Desolate are lands that o7cn wei
coined His day wit hthe Ginning o.
bells and the caroling Of voices.
Only in the British Commonwealth
OF Nations and in Our own beloved
land are men free to lebrate 5ho
birthday Of the Prince Of Peace.
only on this continent will the
sound of ringing bells mean the Gel
ebration of the great holiday Of the
world, which for centuries had
brought JOY and ~gladness to all PEG
pie, even to the humblest homes.
Three are the gifts we must Of
fer on this Christmas Day if the
forces Of right are to prevail and
peace reign on earth. AS they
were centuries ago the gifts are
still gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Gold is the gift Of material things
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26
Is

One young Negro woman i EN-
ployed as a rivet sorter. This.
means that she must distinguish.
So eddy and accurately on sight BET
tween small pieces Of metal that Of
ten vary no more than one 32d Of
an inch, and distribute them prop
erly. A mistake in this job means
. slowing down of production and
possible injury to critical materials
when the ~riveter attempts to Use
the wrong rivet.
One Of the VALUED Negro employ
ees is Harriet McAllister matron
in charge of women's facilities at
the plant. A graduate Of Illinois
State Normal college, Miss McAllls-
ter also is working on her masters
degree at the University Of Chicago.
She has helped integrate women in
the aircraft division when company
officials decided to add them last
January. Another Negro I'M in
this department. is Eulah Reese.
There also r several janiJors
and window washers on the payroll.
Some Of th~ese-have been sent to
fschooland are expectedtO graduate
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26

ion and is accepted, he takes a spec
ial course and or passing, is assign
ed to work at the plant. All Of this
Is Necessary because the material
used Is both expensive and Scarce.
Officials can take no chances Oh
workers running these vital mater
ials.
Currently there are Is Negroes on
technical jobs in the aircraft plant,
all of them having graduated from
the training school to skilled produc-
ton Jobs since the plant opened.
They r at work on wing tips. all
erons, wing assembly. welding, riv-
citing Of doublers on the root end Of
main wings, riveting on trailing
edge of main wing, sub assembly.
sheet metal fabrication, etc. All
draw pay commensurate with their
classification. with some of them
in the highest paid jobs available
on the production lines
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26
HARMONY

Since it's no novelty for Negroes
to work at Pullman and white en-
ployees realize this. there have
been no ~interracial incidents. Intc-
grated throughout the plant md
using the cafeteria and other fac
ilities without segregation Or dis
elimination, hey are accepted ~
the white employees at face value.
As for tbs unions, plan Officials
say this is a personal letter Win
each employee whether he belongs
and the company has adopted a
strictly hands-off policy.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26

money Possessions. luXurles, a
way of life that we once held essen
tai to our happiness.
Frankincense is the gift Of toll. Of
unending labor. Of effort sustained
beyond our strength because it IS
for the common welfare.
Myrrh is the gift of sacrifice -
the immolation of self, the free CIV
ing UP Of our " desires in the
one burning aspiration to attain
freedom Of soul and spirit for all
mankind.
These are the gifts called for at
this Christmas season. We are call
ed upon to fight for Him whose
name is Emmanuel-"God With
Us"-to see that men r free still
to worship Him according to the
dictates of their own consciences.
Gifts we bring-in His honor-gold
of ambition, frankincense Of work,
and myrrh Of sacrifice. So may His
Kingdom reign over US from ever
lasting to everlasting-and, accord
ing to the promise given unto the
Prophet Isaiah, with righteous
mass shall He iIIdpa 4ha moor and
reprove with equity for the meek
Of the earth; they shall not hurt
nor destroy in all my holy mount
ain for the earth shall be full Of
the knowledge Of the oLrd."
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26

TRAINED SKILL is required for fabricating wings
for Z. S, Army cargo and troop carrying ~airplanes,
Riveting the bottom skin on a wing tip in the aircraft
plant of Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing c..
are Mitchell Johnson Cleft, 1915 Prairie ave, and Ro-
bert Hughes, 1926 Indiana ave., both graduates from
a special school the company has established for pros
pective aircraft workers.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26
FOR BETTER TENACY SYSTEM

Recognizing the fact that the
South is economically handicapp-
ed,and that emany Of its disabiIis-
les r deeply rooted in AGRICULTURAL
maladjustments", the group propos-
ed establishment Of sufficient safe
guards in the system OF tenancy 10
promote the development Of land
an dhome ownership and more Sc
curity BY written contracts, long
er lease terms, higher farm wages
for day laborers, and balanced farm
programs, as Wen as adequate Ted
eral assistance on an equitable bas-
is.
Minimum healthsmeasures, it was
stated, would include mandatory
provisions that a proportion of the
facilities in all public hospitals be
available for Negro patients.
OF the friction that arises where
Negroes are in training for the arm
ed forces, the statement said: Ne
gro soldiers, in line Of military duty
an din training in the South. en-
counter particularly acute racial
problems in transportation and re-
creation and leave areas. They
are frequently ~mistreated BY the
police. We regard these problems
as unnecessary and destructive 10
morale"
In addition to d.. Johnson, chair
man, the other members of the com
mittee who signed the statement
were DR.. Gordon B. Hancock, Vir-
GINA Union University: DR.. f. ..
Patterson, Tuskegee Institute; DR..
Benjamin E.. Mays, Morehouse Col
lege; Ernest Delpit, president, Car
penters' Local AFL), New orleans;
Dr. Rufus z. Clemnet, Atlanta Uni
verslty; DR.. Horace Mann Bond,
Fort Valley State College, (Ga.j:
James f. Jackson. executive secre-
tary, Southern congress; william
NJ. Cooper, extension work, Hamp-
ton Institute and Dr. P.B- Young.
publisher, Norfolk Journal and
Guide.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26

TRENTON, N. PLANES, tanks and guns are used to carry the
war dlrectly 70 the enemy, but the conservation Of wool is important,
too. Snowfall, chosen as queen of the nations lambs" at the recent
New Jersey state fair, plans to use her cedar chest to safeguard her
wool shearlngs from destructive moths. 1t requires shearings from
fifteen lambs like SNOWFALL to make one of the laskin-lamb flying
suits worn by army and navy pilots and bombarders and shown
with her in the chest
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-26
Accepted On Merits
At Pullman Works
from the Chicago SUM

Of all industries devoted to the
war effort aircraft production prob
ably has been the most difficult Tor
Negro workers to get into.
The Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice has held
hearings on the matter. the now de
funct OPM took up the problem,
and there have been delegations Of
Negroes descending upon Washing
ton for the sole purpose of Obtain
ing federal support in the fight to
get qualified Negroes into jobs at
certain aircraft factories.
However. there has been a bright
side to the picture. Some plants
have gone ahead hiring personnel
on the basis Of ability instead Of
race. Among them is the Aircraft
Division of Pullman-Standard Car
MAJ ufacturing Co., in Chicago. In
normal times, Pullman officials hire
many Negroes in the construction
Of luxurious railroad coaches on
which still other Negroes work as
porters. It was only natural, there
fore, that Negro workers be includ-
ed as the company turned its i'm
mense facilities to the manufacture
Of instruments of war.
TURNS OUT PLANES WINGS
The aircraft division is separate
and distinct from other Pullman
Standard activities. Operated only
a few months, this plant-physicaIly
apart from other company works
and as such a complete unit of its
own-turns out nothing except
plane wings for L. S. Army aircraft.
Nearly all workmen here must be
highly skilled. The demands are SO
exacting, in fact, that Pullman puts
applicants through a special course
Of training at the Chicago Vocation
al School Annex. Since this is a
project of the Chicago Board of Ed
ucation, trainees learn without cost
to themselves If an applicant ap-
plies for work at the aircraft divis-