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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17
Brief Review OF World During The Past Week
Bic Flats News

The Rev. G. c. Burkett filled
his regular appointment at Big
Flats church Saturday evening
and Sunday, delivering interest
ing sermons,
Mrs. R. c. Parsons visited her
daughter, Mrs. Nora Nelson at
Fleetwood, Sunday afternoon.
Miss Virginia Parsons spent the
week end at home, attending both
church services.
Mrs. E. H. Parsons and daugh-
ter, Miss Lorraine, were guests Of
Mrs. Grady Jordan Saturday
afternoon.
Odell Jordan, who holds a po-
sition in Wilkes county, spent the
week end with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Burl Jordan
Mrs. Cynthia Parsons an
daughter, Miss Virginia, visited
West Jefferson for shopping Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Parsons Wis
tied Mrs. Parsons parents in Vir-
ginia last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quincy Walker
and little Bobby Walker visited
Bobby's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o.
car Walker, at Othello, Sunday
afternoon.
Grady Jordan had the misfor-
tune to lose some money last Fri
day, and so far has had no infor-
nation which might lead to its
recovery
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17
KEY MEN CANNOT
VOLUNTEER NOW

Washington - The army and
navy have formally announced
they would refuse to accept vol
unteers who were deemed of
greater use in their jobs in es-
sential war industries and in fed
eral agencies.
The army-navy statement OF
policy said:
"Civilians occupying key po-
sitions in, federal agencies and
in a list of other occupations in
war industry will not be accepted
for commission or e n Iii S t m n
without first obtaining written
release from the head of the
agency or war industry concern
ed"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17
TEXAN is SELECTED
AS "MISS AMERICA"

Atlantic City-A copper-haired
girl from Tyler, Texas, wears the
Miss America" crown of the
annual Atlantic City beauty pa
gent. She is 18-year-old Jo-Car-
roll Dennison, five feet, five
inches tall, weight, 118 pounds.
She was born in Florence, Ariz.,
but reared in Tyler and she en-
tered the beauty pageant as miss
Texas"
Miss Chicago, blonde Betty
Brunk, Is, was second. Next in
order in the judges favor were:
Miss Michigan, Patricia Hill of
Detroit; Miss New Jersey, Made
line Layton of haywood, and Miss
California, Lucille Lambert of
Hollywood.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17

kan revolt" private advices from
tho continent said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17
Increase In War
Production Is
Urged By Pres

Washington - President Roose-
welt said Monday the nation has
little more than passed the half
way mark" in the drive for max
imum war production and that
"only by stripping our civilian
economy to the bone" can this
goal and certain victory be
achieved.
He foresaw greater and greater
material sacrifices by civilians in
transmitting to Congress his sixth
quarterly report on lend-lease op-
erations. The report placed at
IS, 100000 the vaue of war
materials delivered to allied ma
tions during the last 18 months.
"Not until we have reached the
maximum-and we can do this
only by stripping our civilian e.
economy to the bone-can our
fighters and those of our allies be
assured of the vastly greater
quantities of weapons required to
turn the tide" Mr.. Roosevelt said.
mot until then can the United
Nations march forward together
to certain victory"
He paid high tribute to the
stubborn fighting spirit of Great
Britain. China and Russia, all of
whom 'from the beginning e.
have carried on without enough
guns or tanks or planes"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17
AYRSHIRE STOCK SALE

The Ayrshire cattle sale to be
held Friday, Sept. Is at Claude.
Doughton farm near N. Wilkes
boro, is supported by the Dairy
extension department of the
North Carolina State College, and
is expected to attract large
number of buyers. Both heifer
and bull calves will be auctioned,
among them stock from the
states finest herds.
Movement of orchard grass
seed from farms continued active
during the first two weeks of
August. and by the middle of the
month SO percent of the CONNER
cial 1912 crop had been sold.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17
UPRISING STAGED BY
PATRIOTS IN BULGARIA

London-An attempt to asassi-
nate Bulgarian Interior Minister
Peter Gabrovisky, and the arrest
of more than 100 of the suspected
plotters, has touched off a cam
paign of wild violence throughout
Bulgarian Macedonia, it was re-
ported Sunday.
The Macedonian patriots are CO.
operating with the forces of Yu-
goslav War Minister Gen. Draja
Mikhailovitch in an effort to
Tight the fuse Of a general Bal
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17
Blevins Funeral
Held On Monday.

Funeral services for John F.
Blevins, u, who died early Sun
day morning, were held at Shell
ter at 2 O'Clock Monday after
noon. The Rev. A. B. Meek was
in charge of the service.
Mr.. Blevins is survived by
James E. Blevins and Isaac M.
Blevins, sons. both of West Jeff
erson; and a daughter, Mrs. Nina
Jones, Of North Wilkesboro, as.
well as by 16 grandchildren and.
one great-grandchild.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17

Lend-lease deliveries to these
allies, he added, are growing, but
they must grow much larger
still. 1t is through their uphill
fight that the war has not been
lost. Only by strengthening our
allies and combining their
strength with ours can we surely
win
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-17

Revival of interest in Ameri-
can hog bristles for use in brush
es is reported, since manufacture
ers are no longer able to secure
the imported bristles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

as am example of jumping 10 conclusions.
r,c boy only eight came howc from
school one day very ragged and dirty. Some
thing had happened, but the boy said nothing
about IT, When Dr. Reilly came home he
asked his son
How was school today? Have fun ."
Yes Dad Jack and went out at noon
recess 20 the woods and built a shack
It's made of limbs and haseeaves on IT and
I'll bet the rain won't come in -
That's fine" said DR.. Reilly everyone
ought 10 have good shack in the woods.
But what about school this afternoon o."
Vol ! didn't behave right this morning
in school and was supposed TO stay after
school for an hour So Jack and / decided TO
skip school and build shack"
Yes ~ bet the shacks fine Son and I'll
como over Sauday and see how 1t looks whcn
its dom, Egt what about the teacher Mont
she uc mad tomorrow morning? What about
that
Geo that's night Dad ! never thought
Of that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

just this point with the earths Or. Goeb-
bells setting up easy to see-BUT FALSE
conclusions
Colleges and high schools ought to teach
you how TO think. But the sad truth is that
colleges supply all sorts of random nforma-
ton and then LET II clutter up your mnd They
never give you the ABCs Of how TO use prop
erly the information you get
In New York City however, there is a
force that's trying TO battle this national
inability to think properly. 1t is called the
National Institute for Straight Thinking and
is headed by William J. Reilly, Phi. u,
from the University of Chicago who has spent
his adult lifetime trying TO find out how TO
think and how to apply this knowledge to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
We'll, do you have any IDEAS


yea got a swell idea. Let's move"
Yes, we could move Son In a lot of
ways I'd like that myself too But if we
moved you couldn't play with Jack and Frank
and the other kids down the street And
Mother and Daddy have a lot of friends
around here, too. Another trouble is that at
the new school maybe you wouldn't get as
good teacher you have now"
That's right, Dad we can't move. Jack
and l have to finish shack and it won't
be done till next week. And anyway my
teacher isn't so bad She's swell except when
don't behave. But what would you do,
Dad? She's really going TO be mad in the
morning"
We'll I don't know Son It's your prob
lem. But do know that when | make mis-
take downtown and have 10 see a fellow the
next day who is going to be mad at me, l sit
down and write out what I'm going to say to
him and start it off by saying I made a
mistake Then when l see him and admit I
made a mistake, he's usually ready to talk
and we can worl, out some deal
Maybe if you told your teacher how you
practice football every day after school and
that an hour after school would cut into the
practice, maybe she would let you stay only
a half hour and do it on several days. That
ought to be fair"
And so the boy got pencil and wrote a
letter to his teacher that began with I made
a mistake The sequel that he stayed
after school for one half hour but did it for
a whole week.
But the boy was pleased, the teacher was
pleased and another experience IN human
thinking added to the ledger of "a small
human mind just trying to find out how to
get along in the world.
Everyone has heard about jumping to con
illusions but did you what such a
Job looks like when you make simple dia-
gram of IT on paper on this page is picture
of one-tracli mind jumping at conclusion
and landing falsely, and about roughly.
did Humpty Dumpty when he fell off the wall.
This important diagram, that everyone
ought to have embedded in his mind is
adapted from Or Reillv's book How TO Use
Your Head" Illustrated by George Westcott
(Harpers), 81 90.
Every decision you have TO make every
day of your life rs about like the man who
stands on high cliff overlooking beautiful
and fruitful valley. There are a lot of ways
to get down the cliff to the fna conclusion
represented by the fertile valley
one way and the easy and FAST ways
Just TO jump off the cliff. That is jumping
TO conclusions and landing all too often. on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
to Conclusion.



NJ who got his exercise RON mp.n2 to
W. conclusions.
It's still good Joke. t.veryon,. laughs at
It because nobody ever thinks it applies to
him
Yet everyone is guilty of jumping to con.
illusions at some time or another
That is because most of us only think
Wc think.
Everyone has eyes TO see c rs to hear,
nose TO smell and fingers to ,uch things
with And have a brain tlat sorts out
all the evidence of the five senses.
Our brain is supposed to take the evidence.
arrange IT into problem and then our mind
Is supposed 10 work out the best particular
solution for the problem at hand
The big trouble with most folks is that
they mistake a quick solution as the best
solution whereas a quick solution is all too
often poor one and may often be The wrong
one.
Remember the time you had "A sore throat
when you were small and they rubbed your
neck with that foul snake oil that Aunt Min
ME recommended And how You got we'll?
Aunt Minnie and "A lot of other onc-track
mind KIND of people would use their com
mon sense as they put it, and say that the
snake oil cured the sore throat You can
see the wheels IN their minds working.
/. You had "A sore throat
. They put snake oil on it.
3 The throat was cured
Therefore the snake on cured the sore
throat
Only tins kind of jumping to conclusions
doesn't explain anything. All that is cx-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

everyday living.
When DR.. Reilly
started his virtually
onc-man crusade he
toured the leading
Universities talking
TO their presidents
and professors try
ing 10 got them to
teach their students
how 20 think. All
these m en- agreed
that this was the
first job of any edu-
cation but all adj
mitted that no coll
lcge or university
was doing the job.
Or Reilly likes to
tell the story about
his own small bow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18


erroneous reasoning.
The other ways, the
correct ways, are to explore any of several
different pathways for trails which lead down
the steep cliff. The going is slower but the
arrival Is safe.
Even some of these are steep, risky and
dangerous. Others slow and gradual
What has TO be done is to select the best
pathway balancing safety against speed-to
the bottom and TO the conclusion.
But if you really do have a problem the
first thing is TO assemble all the facts about
1t. You have TO have facts you can trust, and
that takes a lot Of digging. You must even
guard against your prejudices.
ON every question there three sides:
Your side
other fellows side.
Tia truth
a lot Of people like the three small
boys who went fishing and decided to split
their total catch three ways among them
During the day one boy had good luck and
Tho c''"r boys could catch few fish When
~ ;ttl split Up came. the lucky boy was
al, against the original agreement He argued
that a good fisherman should not be penazed
because of the incompetence and bad luck of
his associates
Boys are like that says Or. Reilly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18


snake oil happened
20 he around when
the sore throa I
came along
This is the kind Of
logic the old tribal
medicine mon used
10 use.
indeed the whole
foundation OF a lot
Of medical quackery
even today is based
on just this false
kind Of reasoning ou
,hc ratt rf thc VIC
TINS you o,U hard
~ call them patients
who get tangled
SO, - r,tg, tI,t.,,..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

the dentist you are really deciding 20 let your
teeth become worse. Anyone with "A tooth
ache would say that you crazy. And SO
you are. But most of rs are like that
When woman puts off dong anything
about her figure" she really means that she
has decided 10 be fat She wouldn't hike II If
you told her that and you would have 10
duck if you said it but that is the truth OF
the matter.
One big help in straight thinking i. tho
ability to decide what is important and what
is unimportant
For unmportant things you can decide
quickly (even jump 10 conclusions If you still
like that habit with the knowledge that il
doesn't make much difference anyway
You have 10 have some standard Of What
is important DIR, Reilly himself asks
What difference will it make year from
now"
II the answer is no difference" the prob
lem really is unimportant
Try this one year rule and a lot of your
ever-present troubles may vanish quickly
Many of the petty arguments that you get
into with other people will evaporate
You will find that your life is a lot better
when these annoyanccs are removed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

night, to capitalistic attitude
Another barrier 10 straight think
ing is a single point Of view Every
one agrees that two and t,o makes
four, but how about the proposition
that; The farther north you 20, the
colder it gets"
Everyone in the United States
would agree, generally. with this. but
did you ever stop 70 think what
native Of the Argentine. or Australia
or Africa would say about i To
think right you have 10 see the broad
picture.
Some people get in trouble by
jumping at conclusions. but others get
in trouble by postponing important
decisions
DR. Reilly says that every time
you postpone decision you are really
making one II Won puf off "a trir, 70
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

You'll Want to Know
How You Measure Up
On Your Thinking Ap-
poro+us. and Dr.. Reilly
Tells How to Use
Your n e q d to Get
What You Want
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

by American weekiy Ia, Great Britain EsHts Reserved,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-03
COMMANDO RAID:
'OHciaI Success

AS Allied service chiefs studied
the results Of the Commando raid
on Dieppe, official sources declared
that the operation fulfilled it's objec-
tive. Valuable information on Nazi
defenses was secured.
The raid, employing British and
Canadian Commands supported by
American Rangers, was nine-hour
battle on the Nazi-fortiied coastal
defenses at Dieppe, midway between
Calais and LIE Havre. Initial Ger
man estimates placed the invader
force at $4,000, but the exact num-
Der remained an Allied secret. The
force carried tanks and artillery
with them.
GAS the result of heavy fighting
our casualties were high but
not unduly so in view of the opera
tion," the British communique said
1.-THE navy lost fairly large num-
Der of landing craft because naval
craft did not leave the French coast
until it was known that every posi-
BILE man had been taken off,"
The raiders were reported to have
destroyed ammunition dumps, SIX
gun shore artillery battery, a large
anti-aircraft battery and radio To-.
cation station.
Reports from Vichy placed British
dead at 500.
Later reports indicated that an
unlucky break cost the Allied troops
heavy losses. Raiding craft carry
ing Commando troops were inter-
copied by an enemy patrol boat just
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-03
MISCELLANY:

COMMANDER: An ace of World
War I, Brig. Gen. Clayton L. Bis
sell, was appointed commander of
U. S. army air forces in China. Bur-
ma and India.
IMPROVED: Returning from an
official tour of Alaska, Sen. Mon C..
Walgren of Washington announced
himself much improved by the i'm
proved military situation" in the
Aleutians.
SUNK: American submarines,
hammerlng at Japan's extended Pa
cific communication lines, sank four
and damaged two more enemy ships.
Two cargo ships and a large trans
port were sunk in the western Pa
cific. A large merchant ship was
sunk off the Aleutians.
TEAM: Henry Kaiser, western
shipbuilding wizard, and Howard
Hughes, noted round the-world flier,
have announced they are joining in a
program to build a fleet of 500 ely
ing freighters" to carry important
war supplies to the fighting fronts
in all parts of the world.
RECORD: A swarm of American
Curtiss P-40 fighters set a record at
Darwin, Australia, by downing IS
Jap bombers and Zero fighters as
the enemy launched it's first attack
since July 30, on that important port.
Twenty-seven bombers and their
escort of 20 Zero fighters made the
attack. Score: Jap losses, IS out of
At; u. S. losses, none.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-03
WAR PRODUCTION:
An Important Date

Straight from the source that
should know-the War Production
board-the nation learned how it
was doing in the battle of the as
sembly lines. Donald Nelson, WPB
chief, told the U. S. frankly where
it stood. It amounted to this: War
production is ahead in some catego-
ries, behind schedule in others. Big
gest problems are shortages Of ma
terials and balancing of output
among various agencies and service
branches. These, he said, are get
ting vigorous attention.
No longer is war production a
vague and generalized objective.
Factories are no longer just turning
out ''planes, tanks, ships and guns. ="
Rather such production is now of
specific numbers of specific items
aimed to fit into the broad general
plan of strategy as devised by the
chiefs of staff.
Such production also now has a
date OBJECTIVE. Nelson SAID that
U. S. war production is being
planned to provide the maximum
impact on the enemy by July l.,
1943. This does not mean that our
offensive will necessarily reach it's
peak by that date but this is the
definite strategic goal of production
and all production will be gagged
by the one question: 'How much
will it contribute to the war effort by
July /, 1882" Thus the sights are
leveled and it will be easier for
Americas production experts to de-
termine what materials should be
diverted to particular war produc-
tons to allow for this au-important
maximum impact" on July l, 1913.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-03
COFFEE, OVERALLS:
One DoaUn: the Other Tn

The possibilities of coffee ration
ing appeared more imminent with
the government order to restrict
deliveries to dealers to IS per cent
of last years deliveries as COM
pared with the present monthly quo
ia of rs per cent.
The decrease in coffee deliveries
was but one of several actions which
will bring the war ever closer to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Public.
Increased employment has result
ed in steps by the War Production
board to make cotton looms turn
out more rugged fabrics needed for
serviceable work clothes.
The theater-going public may have
reduced fare in the not so distant
future. Operators of movie and
stage theaters were warned by WPB
that shortages of materials would
make it increasingly difficult to keen
all show houses open.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-03
ELECTRIC POWER:
Less for Civilians

In move to readjust it's war
time power expansion program the
War Production board has halted or
suspended work on IS public and
private power projects. In addition,
the WPB assigned such low priority
ratings to % federal projects that
completion probably will be post
poned until after the war, unless
new demands arise. The WPB said
that civilian inconvenience and
sacrifice must be expected"
The move is expected to lead to
widespread curtailment of civilian
consumption of electricity and pow
er service after this year. Materi-
ais saved by hating construction
will be used to complete more vital
utility construction jobs.
Under the readjusted program,
WPB gave the green light only to
enough power projects to assure
electricity for war and indirect
war production as now planned"
However, a "smal margin has
been included to care for possible
additions to the present munitions
program.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-03
RUSSIA:
Bloody Battle

Good news resulting from Allied
offensives in the Pacific was offset
by continued reversals on the Rus
sian front. AS the Nazi pincer move
ment drove relentlessly toward
Stalingrad, the official Soviet COM
munlque admitted new crossings of
the Don river.
In the area northeast of Kotel-
n1kovo," the communique said, "our
troops fought intensive battles with
large tank and infantry forces. On
various sectors the Germans, at the
cost of tremendous losses, managed
to advance"
Fresh 3 Nazi ments
brought out of the reserve pool or
shifted from other sectors, were
thrown into the bloody battle for
Stalingrad. The reckless disregard
of losses gave evidence of Nazi des-
peration for knockout blow to the
Red army.
Stallngrad is rich prize. It's
prime Importance is in it's location
on the Volga river, along which the
oil Of Baku and Allied supplies
shipped through the Persian gulf
reach central Russia. In addition,
the city's huge plants produce tanks
and war supplies, and its oil re-
fineries add to its strategic value.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-03
BRAZIL AT WAR:
First in South america

Angered by months of Axis aggres-
sion, Brazil became the first South
American nation to declare war
upon Germany and Italy, thus SWELL
ing the ranks of the United Nations
to 20. Brazi1s declaration of state
of war climaxed a week filled with
mass demonstrations against the
Axis sinking of five Brazilian ships
with the loss Of approximately 600
lives.
The state of war did not include
Japan, although Brazil broke diplo-
matte relations with all three Axis
nations last January.
The declaration of war cleared the
way for immediate measures to
secure the protection of what has
been termed the most vulnerable
land area on the Atlantic side of
the Western hemisphere-the Natal
bulge only 1000 miles from Dakar
in Africa. Military men long have
pointed to this sector as the place
where Axis forces would strike first
If they were able to consolidate their
African and European positions.
Brig. Gen. Amaro Soares Bitten
court, Brazilian military attache to
the United States, said that Brazil