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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-12
w. lief. Grade
School News

The third grade children have
been studying about Holland for
the last few weeks. They have
read books, stories, and poems,
and learned many things about
Holland. Some of the children
have written poems of their own.
A few are given below:
In Holland
In Holland amid the dykes and
flowers,
I'd like to walk for hours and
hours,
The poppy seed cakes I'd learn to
make,
And on the ice I'd skate and skate.
The sizes and colors of creamy
cheese,
Are as many as hive of honey
bees.
The houses so spotlesS and so
clean,
There isn't any cleaner to be seen.
Come 60 with me to the land OF
flowers,
Where we will sit amid the sun
ny bowers,
And on the water we will float,
In every size of a river boat.
By Byard Houck
IN HOLLAND
Far away, across the sea,
Lies land as neat as neat can be,
The wooden shoes 60 cloppety
clop,
The little rabbits 60 hoppety hop
The big arms of the windmills 60
round and round,
And the little canal makes rip
ping sound.
I would like to Holland, wouldn't
you?
And look out over the waters
blue.
BY Colleen Taylor
MY WIND MILL
I had a little windmill setting on
a hill,
And if it hasn't been moved, il
sets there still.
That little windmill sets so still,
When the wind blows, it turns the
wheels.
BY Jimmy Wyatt
HOLLAND
Way out and over the sea,
How pretty Holland must be.
It's pretty streams with ice,
I'm sure it all would be nice,
Lots and lots of windmills,
And lots of high, big hills,
And lots of skating too.
I wish I could be there. DOM
you?
BY Ivan Bevins
5th GRADE RAISED $12.35
The fifth grade raised $12.35 fol
''The March of Dimes"
Much interest in safety is being
shown in the fifth grade. They are
making booklets, writing poem:
and clipping items from the news
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NOTICE OF SALE


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
COUNTY OF ASHE
VS..
CARTER PRODUCE COMPANY
Under decree of the Court made
in the above-entitled cause, I, w.
B. Austin, Commissioner, will, on
the 18th day of February, 1912, at
one o'clock P. NJ, at the court
house door in Jefferson, North
Carolina, sell for cash, to the
highest bidder, to satisfy judy
ment lien for taxes, the following
described real estate, to-wit:
Being one lot of land lying and
and being in Piney Creek Town
ship, Ashe County, North Caro-
lima, North Carolina, and for a
more specific description of same
reference is hereby made to the
title deeds of Carter Produce
Company of record in the Office
of the Register of Deeds for Ashe
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CHAPTER iii
SYNOPSIS

Harley L0ngstreet of Dewitt &
LOngstreet, brokers, invites eight
friends to celebrate his engage
ment to Cherry Browne, actress.
On a CrosstOwn trolley Long
street dies suddenly by poison
scratched into his hand by a
needle-pierced cork. The party
consists of LOngstreets partner
Dewitt and his wife Fern and
daughter Jeanne, her fiance
Christopher Lord, erry's
vaudeville friend POllux, Ahearn,
friend Of Dewitt, Imperiale, mid
dle-aged Latin, and Michael Col
Inns; brawny Irishman at the
carbarn Inspector Thumm ex-
amineS them. He is convinced the
poisoned cork entered Long
streets pocket after the party
had boarded the trolley. Long
street always read the evening
paper ON the trolley, Cherry
Browne says, for the stock mar
ket news, especially about Inter-
national Metals. That's why he
had reached for his glasses. Sud-
denly hysterical, Cherry rushes
forward to Dewitt: "YOu did il"
she Shrieks. "YOu hated him.
Drury Lane, retired Shakespear-
can actor, offers his aid to the
police. He has solved other crimes
for them before.
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EXECUTRX,S NOTICE

EXECUTREX'S NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
Having qualified as Executrix
of the estate or Mary Miller Jer-
rel, deceased, late of Ashe County,
North Carolina, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased to ex-
hibit them to the undersigned at
West Jefferson, North Carolina,
on or before the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1913, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate
payment.
This the 4th day of February
1912.
VENIE SEVERT,
EXecutrix of
Mary Miller Terrell, deceased
2-12-6T
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"Then why, if you both sue
cessful and had fortunes to begin
with, did Longstreet borrow mon
ey from you continually?"
"ThiS is ridiculous. loaned him
money occasionally, but these
were trivial sums"
Dewitt" said Thumm, you're
lying. You've been paying Long
street great deal of money. You
probably never expected to see
your money again. I want to
know why"
Dewitt sprang from the chair,
his face purplish-white. you're
exceeding your authority! This
thing had nothing to do with
Longstreet's death! f"
"No melodramatics. Wait out
side"
Dewitt shook himself and left
the room. .
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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HAIL TO THE VICTOR

HAIL TO THE VICTOR
Hail to the victor, the United
49,. States. =, 6. =.
Hitler has asked for his very own
fater rks t.~ ];
Italy and Japan have done the
same thing
And old fate is coming to them
j by fast express train.
When Hitler thinks he'll capture
the United States,
He's got another think a coming
with that very old fate,
And when Japan gets through
with the isles of PHILIPPINES,
We're going to show her some
thing that she never has
seen.
Well show her our air-planes and
our tanks and our guns.
Well show her our soldiers a job
they never shun.
And then we'll start with what
we had planned,
And in this world there will be
no Japan.
BY Carlton Miller,
9Th grade
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PAGE SEVEN

one o'clock p. NJ, at the court
house door in jefferson. North
Carolina, sell for cash, to the
highest bidder, to satisfy judg-
ment lien for taxes, the following
described real estate, to-wit:
Being one lot of land lying and
being in Harrigan Township, Ashe
County, North Carolina, and for
a more specific description Of
same reference is hereby made to
the title deeds of B. F. Dolinger
and wife, of record in the Office
of the Register of Deeds for Ashe
County in Book , Page
This January IL, 1912.
w. B. AUSTIN,
1-22-4T Commissioner
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as the admin
istrator of the estate of w. E.
Blackburn, deceased, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to pre-
sent them to me for payment
within IL months of date hereof,
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to the estate are asked
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to make immediate payment.
This December 10th, 1941.
E. M. BLACKBURN,
:, - Administrator of Estate of
w. e. BLACKBURN,
'1-s+etp Deceased.
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RA 1! ~ -.
By EIIery.Queen


Mr.. Lord came in and saw what
was happening and knocked him
down. Then Mr.: Dewitt came in
quickly and they sent me away. |
don't know what happened later,
but it semmed to be- patched up"
'Do you think Longstreet had
some sort of hold on DEWITT"
"I'm not sure. Every once in a.
while Mr.. Longstreet demanded
large sums of money from Mr.. De-
Witt, personal loans,' he'd say
with a nasty laugh, and he'd get
them. In fact, only week ago he
asked Mr.. Dewitt for a loan of
twenty-five thousand dollars. Mr..
Dewitt was awfully mad; I
thought he'd have apoplexy !. :"
81 shouldn't WONDER muir
INJURED Thumm.
'They had quite fuss, but he
gave in, as usual"
"What did Longstreet do with
all that dough? This office alone
must have given him a big in
come"
Anna Platt's brown eyes flash
ed. "Mr. Longstreet could spend
money faster than anyone you
ever saw. He lived high, played
the races, the market-and lost
nearly all the time. He cashed
his bonds and real estate securi-
ties long; I'll be the hasn't left
a penny"
Thumm drummed thoughtfully
on the glass-topped desk. ''Miss
Plat, we're both grown people.
Was there anything between you
and Longstreet?"
She jumped up angrily. 'What
doyou: mean! Just because you're
a cop, do I have to be insulted?"
est down, Sister" Thumm
grinned as she sank back into the
chair. II suppose he promised
to marry you, too? Threw you
over for Mrs. DEWITT"
"We-' she was studying the
tiled floor, eyes"
When Thumm spoke again, it
was on different matters. He
learned that on Friday afternoon,
before Longstreet had left the Of
flee for Cherry Brownies apart
ment. Collins had dashed in, pur-
pie with rage, and accuse him OF
double-crossing. Dewitt had been
out at the time. Collins had de-
manded that Longstreet make
good the fifty thousand dollars
Collins had lost on International
Metals. Longstreet had pacified
Collins by saving: ''Don't worry,
Mike. I'll see that Dewitt pulls
you through" He had invited
Collins to the engagement party,
promising to speak to Dewitt
there.
Inspector Thumm summoned
Dewitt, who was chalky but
self-possessed. Thumm said d.
rectly: ''I'm going to repeat
question I asked you last night,
and insist on an answer. why
did you hate your partner"
81 refuse to be bullied, 1nspec-
tor Thumm.
every well" said Thumm, "but
you're making the biggest mistake
of your life How did Mrs.
Dewitt and Longstreet get along
good friends were they?"
"Look here!" shouted Dewitt.
''What the devil are you driving
at?"
The Inspector smiled. "Take it
easy. Were you and Longstreet
equal partners?"
eyes,. said Dewitt in a smoth-
cred voice.
"How long were you in business
together?"
Twelve years."
"How did you two happen to
team up?"
1--WE made our fortunes in
South America before the last
war. Mining venture. We return
ed and continued our affiliation in
the brokerage business"
you've been successful"
ttQuite."
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18th GRADE HONOR ROLL

The following pupils of the
seventh grade made the honor
roll for the 4th and 5th months:
Doris Wayman, Clara Yates,
Francis Ann Todd, Mary Bur-
kett, Mary Nell Miller, Dorothy
Dean Campbell, Ruth Myers,
Mary Logena Hatley, Bobby Ray,
Glen Poe, Billy Woodie, Dean
Basil Duke Barr, Paul
Ray Bare, John Payne, Max
Payne, Ralph Lyle, Marshall Nc
Neill, Alton Weaver.
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tine was extremely methodical.
Particularly" added Dewitt acid
1y, "about the time he left the Of
flee. Frankly, he wasn't much in
terested in long hours or hard
work; he left most of the plug
ging to me. Our main offices are
downtown, but we've always
made habit of returning to our
branch at Times Square Wall
Street closing, and leave there for
West Englewood. Longstreet
generally quit the branch at the
same time every day, little be-
fore six. He always made the
same train on the Jersey side.
When I didn't stay late at the Of
flee, I often went back to West
Englewood with him."
Lets be frank about this thing,
Mr.. Dewitt. You heard Miss
Browne accuse you of killing
Longstreet. Of course that's non
sense. But she said you hated him.
Did your"
81 am innocent of my partners
murder, if that is what you mean
by frankness.'
Thumm stared into DeWitt's
clear eyes, then shrugged and
turned to the rest of the party.
Everybody here will please meet
me at the Times Square office of
Dewitt & Longstreet tomorrow at
nine A. NJ. for further question
ing. There will be no exceptions.
And one thing more. Naturally
I'm sorry, but you'll all have to
submit to a personal search. Duff
fly, get one of the matrons for the
ladies here"
The procedure in the other
room was now repeated, with
the same result.
AS Inspector Thumm crossed
the branch office of Dewitt &
Longstreet on Saturday morning,
apparently business was being
conducted in the normal way.
Thumm's men, already on the
scene, interfered with nothing.
Thumm looked them over with
out enthusiasm, then entered the
Longstreet sanctum. There he
found, nervously perched on the
edge of a chair, a we1l-cuShioned
brunette, good-looking in a vag-
uely cheap way.
II suppose you're Longstreet's
secretary?" said Thumm.
eyes, sir. Ann Plat. I worked
for Mr.. Longstreet for four and
half years as sort of confidential
secretary"
"Tell mellow did Longstreet
and Dewitt get along?"
"They didn't. They were always
squabbling Mr.. Dewitt always
objected when he thought Mr..
Longstreet wrong, but always
gave in finally"
"What was Longstreet's attitude
toward DEWITT"
Anna Plat twisted her fingers
ssHe knew Mr. Dewitt was the bet
ter business man and he didn't
like it. So he just bore down and
got things his own way, even if it
cost the. firm money"
Inspector Thumm's eyes wan
dered up and down the girls fig
ure. you're smart, Miss Plat.
We're going to get along. Did De-
Witt hate Longstreet?"
She lowered her eyes. eyes, I
think he did. I think I know why,
too. It's an open scandal that Mr..
Longstreet'- her voice hardened
-s'had been having an affair with
Mrs. Dewitt. I'm sure Mr.. De-
Witt knew, although I never
heard him refer to it,
eff Longstreet loved DeWitt's
wife how is it he became engaged
to Miss Browne?"
''Mr. Longstreet didn't love
anyone but himself. He had af-
fairs all the time, and I suppose
Mrs. Dewitt thought he was crazy
about her and no one else A
couple Of months ago Mr.. Long
street made advances to Jeanne
Dewitt in this room and there
was an awful argument, because
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NOTICE OF SALE

NUIICE UF SALE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NORTH CAROLINA
ASEE COUNTY
COUNTY OF ASEIE
VS..
B. F. DOLINGER AND WIFE.
DOLINGER
Under decree of the Court made
in the above-entitled cause, I, w.
B. Austin, Commissioner, will, on
the 10th day of February, 1912, at
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County in Book -, Page
This January IL, 1912.
w. B. AUSTIN,
1-22-4T Commissioner
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-07

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U. S. CLIVEDEN SET

Immediately they were sum- moned before Hamilton, the chief of the Far Eastern Division Ham ilton and his wife both are Buch manites, and like many of the British Buchmanites who belong 10 the Cliveden Set, they were strong for appeasement.
 Hamilton baWled out his sub ordinates and told them they had no business interfering. But they insisted that their memorandum be taken direct to Secretary Hull. And Cabot Coville, in protest against appeasement, resigned. When his resignation came to the attention of Assistant Secretary Berle, however, Berle refused 10 accept it, and Coville was trans ferred to the Philippines where he is today. The chief results of his efforts to oppose appeasement are that today he is being sub jected to the bombing attacks which he, himself, warned were coming.
 Frank Schuler, another of the rebels, was shortly transferred to tiny post in the British Virgin Islands.
 These men were all hardened experts on the Far East who had lived there and who knew Japan. They were not younsters. How ever, their warning memoran- dunn, though it finally reached the hands of Secretary Hull, made no impression. A few weeks later, special envoy Kuru- su was sent to Washington with a big blare of Tokyo trumpets about peace, and the negotiations continued.
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Tragic Inside Story Of Diplomatic Negotiations with Japan CIimaxed
 By Attack On U. s. In Pacific

plete the mounting of guns and rush supplies 10 the Marshall and Caroline group by November l94l. Hirota and others in the meeting freely expressed the most suitable time 10 wage war with America as December 1941 or February 1942."
 MT. Haan was introduced to Secretary Hull by Senator Gil cite of Iowa, so his letter did not come from an unknown crack pot. In fact, Gillette thought so highly of the Koreans informa- tion that he proposed Senate in- Vestigation of Japanese activities but was discouraged by the State Department.
 Despite this, Secretary HulFs conversations with Envoy Kuru su began shortly thereafter, and continued in very earnest vein. MT. Hull apparently believed that something could be worked out with the Japanese. and at one time he and his State Depart ment advisers actually thought that an agreement was just around the corner.
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CHURCHILL OBJECTS

This was on November 24 and 25. MT. Kurusu suddenly seemed willing to talk a three month commercial truce, and the State Department worked out an in- VolVed formula whereby no more Japanese troops were 10 enter lndo-China, but were 10 remain in China, and we were to resume the sale of gasoline, oil, scrap iron and other raw materials for civilian use"
 At the very time Mir Hull was discussing this plan with Kurusu, his Government in Tokyo is now revealed as even then already launching it's plans for attacking Hawaii.
 However, Secretary Hull was so anxious to rush this truce to a conclusion that he did not want to give Lord Halifax time to cable the plan to London for ChurchilPs approval = even though the British and Austral- ians were sitting in on the con- versations.
 Lord Halifax insisted. however and when Churchill got cabled report on the plan he hit the cell ing. He did not think the Japan csc would keep faith, and argued that 1t merely gave the Japanese more time to increase thir arm ament. Simultaneously the plan leaked out to the Chinese. and the Chinese Ambassador deliver ed a personal protest from Gen eral Chiang Kai-Shek 10 the President.
 In view of the Churchill and Chinese objections, Secretary Hull suddenly withdrew his pro posal of a three-month truce and fell back on the traditional Am
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WATER
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SPRING WATER Always At Your Service Phone Black A

erican policy of the Open Door in China plus withdrawal of all Japanese troops.
 If President Roosevelt is right that the Japanese had begun pre- pairing for the Hawaiian attack well in advance, there seems no question that none of Hr. Hull's proposals, whether appeasement or the Open Door policy, would have changed the course of the Japanese war lords.
 (The Washington Merry Go Round, by Drew Pearson and Robert s. Allen).
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KOREANS WARN HULL

About this time, Secretary Hull was receiving letters from Koreans in the United States warning that Japan was prepar- ing to attack the United States. Koreans, being a subject race, hate their Japanese servants, they have maintained as conquer ors. Frequently operating an ann azing underground intelligence system in Japan.
 On October 28, 1941, Kilsoo K. Haan, Korean who had been a member of the Japanese consular service, wrote MT. Hull, report ing a meeting of the Black Ora gon Society Secret fascist order of the JaJpanese military on August 26 in which Foreign Min ister Hirota revealed "a total war preparation to meet the arm ed forces of the United States"
 He (Hirota) also spoke of Pre- mer Tojo giving orders to com-
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-07

WASHINGTON-It is now pos sible to tell the tragic inside story of the diplomatic negotia- ton which Secretary Hull was conducting while the Japanese were preparing their secret at tack on Pearl Harbor and the United States.
 The real story goes back to early August when Prince Kon- eye sent cable to the President asking that they meet at con ference to discuss Pacific prob lens. When this was received in the State Department, Maxwell Hamilton, chief of the Depart ment's Far Eastern Division, pro- posed that the United States neg otiate.
 However, a group of his adVis- CTS in the Far Eastern Division. who had been in Japan recently, were convinced that everything Japan was doing pointed to war against the United States: They were convinced that any Japan csc diplomatic negotiations were mere bluff for the purpose of con sum;ng time hile Japan finished preparations.
 This group of nonappeasers, however, was not consulted re- garding appeasement conversa- tions. So finally they drafted tWo-page memorandum warning that diplomatic negotiations would lead to disaster. For the sake of their own records, they wanted it made clear that they were opposed to appeasement. Also they wanted to go over Max Hamilton's head to Secretary Hull.
 Those who signed this warning were Cabot Coville, Joseph N. Jones, Frank A. Schuler, John R. Davies, Herbert Fales and E. Paul Penney.
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Might Go to Orient

Reynolds suggested that Am erican troops might be sent to Honolulu, Hongkong, Thailand or the Dutch East Indies.
 At the same time, the House passed unanimously and sent to the White House a bill permit ting the Navy 10 hold all enlist cd personnel for the duration of the war emergency. Under the measure any enlisted member of the naval forces could be retain ed indefinitely beyond his enlist ment period provided that he be released within six month after the end of the present war. A similar bill passed the Senate.
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Draftees Might Co Anywhere

WASHINGTON, Dec. = Con gress moved rap dly 10 grant 2 War Department request for leg- islat.an permitting the sending Of draftees in eXpedit.onary forces 10 any part of the world. The leaislation would abolish draft daferment of men over 28 years old ard permit the Army to call up men who have been deferred because they are more than 28.
 Sent to House Floor
 The House Military Affairs Committee approved the bill and sent t 10 the House floor. Senate consideration was held over for a day or two by Senator Charles L. McNary, who said there was hardly any reason for such haste. T. introducing the bill in the Senate, Seaa aator Robert R. Key ndlls, Democrat of North Caro- Ina, chairman of the Military Affa.rs Committee. sad.
 "This country cannot bring about that absolute and complete victory to which 1t is entitled merely by air and naval action. The bill would permit the Presi- dent as commander-in-chief to use the land forces in any part of the world where 1t is deemed necessary
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26

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