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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
Permits, Fees
Not Required
For Hog killing

Farmers can kill their hogs
just like they have slaughtered
them at home for years-desplte
some rumors that are going a.
round about permits and fee re-
quirements-I. o. Schaub, direc-
tor of the cooperative extension
work in agriculture and home e.
economies in North Carolina, said.
Home and Farm Agents are urg-
ed to do everything possible to
spike the rumors.
Reports from the field indi-
cate that much misinfermation
and gossip is going around as re-
CARDS the share-the-meat pro-
gram" Schaub said in his letter.
The letter said:
Reports from a number of
counties indicate that many peo-
pie believe they will need per-
nit before thy can kill any ami
NAL. Some reports say these per-
mits cost from So to $5-or more.
Others are to the effect that
farmers will have to have their
hogs weighed before killing them.
Such reports are entirely err
roneous and hope that you will
do everything possible to stop
such rumors. There is a posi-
bility that they are being cir
culated deliberately. If you can
get track of any definite sources
of such rumors, l hope you will
advise.
"The share-the-meat program
is purely a voluntary one at the
present time, and while the
farmers will be asked to limit
their consumption to an allow
ance set up for the country as a
whole, I doubt if it will affect
but very few on the basis of av-
erage yearly consumption.
Comparatively few OF our
farmers average more than the
consumption allotment requested
for all of the people,"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
Small Christmas Shoppers

There is no limit to age when
it comes to Christmas shopping,
particularly window shopping.
Recently we noticed Tommy Lit
tie, who has just passed his first
birthday, looking at some of the
toys with much interest. Ronnie
Goodman is only two, but he is
not too little to be particularly
attracted by the gay bells in
Graybeals.
We saw some small first-graders
tracing the shiny VS. with their
finger tips in Rays the other day
and one of them remarked 'This
means we will have victory at
Christmas" Certainly was a nice
thought, and of course we all
hope how soon it may come!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
President Endorses Dec. Is
AS Universal Bible Sunday

in the image of beasts Of the
field. We are defending humanl-
ty against systematic and calcu-
lated EQUALIZATION. We are fight
ing to make the future safe for
decency and brotherhood.
"More than any single work,
the Bible is the repository of the
moral and religious teachings of
our western tradition. 1t is a
book not for a day or a week but
for eternity. In the great moral
crisis of ancient Isreal the pro-
phet Isaiah cried out, "They that
wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength; they shall mount
up with wings as eagles; they
shall run, and not be weary; and
they shall walk, and not faint"
"In that spirit we shall fortify
our souls for the uncertainties of
the future. With that spirit sus-
tanning us, we shall not falter and
we shall not fall"
For over two decades the A
merican Bible Society has spon-
sored the annual observance of a
Sunday in December as Univer-
sal Bile Sunday, supplying ma
terial to over 100000 pastors to
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
Duplicate Names
In Army Making
Numbers Vital

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 8-You=,'re in
the Army now, Mr.. Jones. But
=. which Mr.. Jones?, For there
of a cathode raytube on which a
small beam of electrons contin-
uously paint on. the thin coating
of a fluorescent mineral a pic
ture of what is happening. When
there is a flash, this device picks
up the picture, retains the image
long enough for a thyratron tube
automatically to trip the camera
for $50 second exposure.
''Just as the human eye re-
tains the image of what it sees
for a fraction of a second, until
the nerve system relays it to the
brain, so this memory oscillo-
graph holds the image long e.
nough to be photographed" DR..
A. w. Hull, assistant director of
General Electric's research lab
oratory, who developed the de-
vice, explained.
The device will be used in the
study of unpredictable flashes or
surges on electrical equipment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
Hog Killing Weather

There is always a lot of salts
faction in killing your own hog
and knowing that you have a
sufficient amount of meat to last
through the winter. And this year
with the meat about to be ration
ed there is more satisfaction than
ever.
J. E. Johnson, of Oval, was by
the office Saturday and reported
than on Dec. 3, he killed a little
pig which lacked one day be-
ing nine months old, but that it
weighed $40 pounds. Mr.. Johnson
said that it was an I. o. c. pig
and that he fed it on milk all of
the summer. He not only has
plenty Of meat, but good supply
of shortening from the hog. Mrs.
Johnson rendered around 10 gal
Ions of lard from it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10

were only 28.O50 Mr.. Jones' in the
last war, so, who knows how
many in this one? John Jones
dosen't help too much, for there
were thousands of Johns, and
hundreds of those Johns had
wives named Mary, which wasn't
much of a help when the War
Department tried tracing down a
Jones.
If you think there were a lot
of Jones', consider then the John
stons, $4,000 strong, 200 of whom
were named William. And the
Smiths with $1,000, among whom
were 3,412 Willies; the Browns
with $4,000; the Williams, $4,000;
the Andersons, $4,000; the Walk
ers, 1880 and the Mf1Ters 2 $500.
What's in a name? Not Much,
according to the Army records,
if it isn't accompanied by a serial
number. And the War Depart
ment continues to stress the i'm
portance of remembering those
serial numbers. When you think
of that man in the service, think
of his serial number, too, for
without it he might not get his
mail and you might not get your
allotment, according to Colonel
John H. Bush, Army Emergency
Relief Officer, headquarters,
Fourth Service Command.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10

Santa is on the way and how
the children are talking about
him! His ears are surely burning.
West Jefferson stores h av e
plentiful stocks for his selections.
1t is probably more of a girls
Christmas than a boys this year,
as there is some shortage of wheel
goods, but no rationing on dolls.
What beautiful dolls are here,
large ones, small ones in fact
every kind you can think of. And
some of them are walking and
talking. Gwyn Little, who was
looking at some at Parker's the
other day remarked that one had
to use his imagination however
to tell when the dolls said ''Ma-
ma and Papa" isn't that what
we have to do with very young
babies too?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
Santa Claus Sweetheart

The other day a group of chill
dren were playing that age-old
game Ring Around The Roses
and when it came her turn of
having to tell who her sweetheart
was, who do you think Mary Joe
said? Santa Claus.
This l believe is a very wise
selection for this season of the
year, particularly for seven year
Odds.
Several children who have al
ready been W-shopping in
order to make suggestions for ST.
have among the other
things been fascinated by the
giant felt mule in the window
of McNeills.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10

few quail. Mr.. Parker reports
that among the other things they
kill, is time, which, after all is
not such a bad idea since it is
open-air recreation for most of
those who spend many of their
working hours indoors. Hunting
in the cool mountain air is pleas
ant compared to fighting mosqui-
toes and using furniture polish"
as some of the local hunters were
forced to during a recent trip to
the coast
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
Tell 1t To The Marines

It is an old, old saying, but
perhaps there are more reasons
than one for it. Paul Hopkins,
who has been in the Marines for
several months was home during
the past week end. Paul appeared
to have lost some surplus weight
and gained some in height. Some
one told him he looked different
the answer was he had been
in the Marines"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
G. r. Develops
Memory Machine

Schenectady - A memory de-
vice, which will retain the image
of an electric flash for LIS of a
second, long enough to open au-
tomatically the lens of camera
and make picture of it, has been
developed in General Electric's
laboratory.
This electronic robot consists
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
Hunting Here and There

A number of the champion
hunters of West Jefferson includ-
ing Gale Mcmillan, DR.. Hunter,
Reid Sturdivant, T. E. Parker,
and Don Blackburn report an
abundance of rabbits and some
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
DECEMBER 7

LET us have faith that right
makes might; and in that faith
let US to the end, dare to do
our duty as we understand it. "
Abraham Lincoln.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10

aid in this celebration. The
theme chosen this year is Watch
Your Scripture Reading"
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Berlin Says u. S. PIones
Aooin Flew Over Turkey

NEW YORK, June 20 lP.-The
Berlin radio broadcast an Ankara re-
port yesterday that l3 or IA United
States warplanes few over Turkey
again Thursday night on their way
to the Black Sea coast and that they
were fired on by Turkish anti-air-
craft batteries.
The Berlin broadcast, heard here
by CHS, said:
According to information from
Ankara, American planes have again
flown over Turkish territory on their
way to the northern cost of the
Black Sea
There were Is or IA machines,
which were fired at by Turkish
anti-aircraft batteries. According
to the latest reports the shooting
took place in the coast district dur
ing the evening of Thursday.
AN ofiicial Turkish communique
has not yet been received"
United States bombers visited the
Black Sea region a week ago yester-
day and were reported to have
bombed the Rumanian oil fields at
Ploesti and the German occupied
Russian ports of Nikolaev and
Odessa Four of the raiding craft
made forced landings in Turkey.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Priests Speed in Chase Leads
To Theft Suspects Capture

Il was not winded," he empha-
sized. On the other hand, this
fellow 1 was chasing had a great
deal more experience at running
than l."
But the priests effort had won
the race. The spectacle OF cleric
chasing q man had so aroused spec
tators that they took up the pur-
suit, which continued for eight more
blocks.
1t was a small crowd and an angry
one which brought down the fugi-
tive, at Eighth and H streets NE.
When Police 1t. William T. Murphy
arrived on the scene he found 1t
necessary to take the suspected thief
to Casualty Hospital for treatment
of cuts and bruises.
The suspect, 50, was armed with
knife, according to police. Today
he was in o ninth precinct cell. In
vestigation Of the poor box showed
signs of tampering. but no funds
missing. it was reported.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Russia
Continued From First Page.

have been repulsed, Russian artil-
lerymen dispoSing of the Nazi tanks
while mortar batteries blasted the
infantry.
In the course of one day only
the heroic defenders of Sevastopol
annihilated over a regiment of
enemy infantry and destroyed 20
German tanks" a communique
said. Ten planes were brought
down by anti-aircraft fire"
1,500 Reported Slain.
A 48-hour fight on the Kalinin
front. northwest of Moscow, was
said to have led to the death Of
about 1900 Germans and damaging
of eight tanks.
More than TOO were reported killed
In another two-day fight in the same
region during futile attacks which
also cost the invaders three tanks
and three field guns.
"One Soviet air force unit made
a number of raids on enemy troop
concentrations and defense works,
destroyed seven German block
houses, three field guns and II other
motor vehicles and partly annihi-
lated a battalion of German in
fantry," it was said.
Russian warships in the Barents
Sea sank a 15,OO0-ton Axis trans
port and Russian flyers, in addition
to other work, destroyed an enemy
torpedo boat, the communique re-
ported,
Evening star., 1942-06-20

The Rev. J. Lawrence Kilkenny,
who, according to ecclesiastical COL
leagues, doesn't know the first thing
about athletics" proved speedy
enough on an 11-block foot race last
night to effect the capture of man
suspected of being church poor
box robber.
Father Kilkenny, medium size and
in his 40s, leaped into action about
10 pm. when burglar alarm at
st. Joseph's Catholic Church went
of. The poor box was being
tampered with.
Sprinting from the rectory, the
assistant pastor saw a man running
outside the church. The race began.
with the suspect lengths ahead, at
Second and C streets, and Father
Kilkenny stood the pace, he re-
called today, "for at least three
blocks"
Just why Father Kilkenny aban-
doned the sport at this point he was
reluctant to disclose.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Nozis Report Red Division
Almost Annihiloted

BERLIN (from German Broad
casts, June 20 lP.-Bitter fighting
is in progress for the last remaining
coastal fort on the north part of
Sevastopol's defenses, the German
high command asserted today. while
on the Ukraine front northeast of
Kharkov a Soviet division was de-
clared surrounded and almost an
initiated.
Soviet remnants north of Sewer
naja Bay, near besieged Sevastopol,
are being annihilated." the COM
munique said, while an artillery po-
sition and an area on both sides of
a drydock were captured by the Ger
mans.
German and Rumanian troops on
the south were credited with storm
ing several fortified heights, and
German bombers continued to rain
their heaviest explosives on Sevas-
topols Notifications.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Harlan Drys Awarded
Election by Trial JUDGE
p TIT Associated Press.

f1 tft Associated Press.
HARLAN, KY, June 20.-Victory
in the local option election held here
March % has been awarded to the
drys by Judge Robert Friend of
Irvine, who threw out contested
ballots in four precints.
The vets on the basis OF unofiicial
returns last March won by GA votes,
but when the contested ballots were
ruled out yesterday by Judge Friend
the drys had a majority of 1890
votes.
The contest suit was filed by the
dry forces.
Referring to the voting in the pre-
cincts questioned by the drys, Judge
Friend said: 1T was fraud of the
grosseSt sort 1t was as bold and as
crude and clumsy an attempt as /
have ever seen 1t did not even have
the virtue OF originality"
Nearly 400 persons, whose names
were said to have been contained on
ballot stubs in the four precincts,
testified they did not vote.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Allies Hear Bombers
Missed Oil City, Hit
Rumanian Rail Center
PIoesti installations
CIeverIy Comoufloeed,
Reports Indicate
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Turkey. June 10 de-
laye6 IA report reaching Allied
authorities today indicated the
United States four-motored bomb
ers which raided Rumania June IL
had missed the refinery center OF
Ploesti. but hit another nearby town
of similar typographical features.
Ploesti is said to be SO cleverly
camouf1aged that some Russian
pilots who tried to hit the reflneries
last year are reported to have
missed them.
This report said the United
States Army pilots very badly dam
aged" Buzau, about so miles north
east of Ploesti Like Buzau, Floesti
lies at a railway junction and a
small river runs near the town.
Buzau has no important oil installa-
tions. but is an important rail
junction.
The report also said Plassi, a port
and Oil storage town connected with
ConStanta, Rumania's most impor-
tant port. was attacked, but there
was no information on the damage
done.
An effective raid there might dis
organize Axis plans for embarka-
ton of troops and supplies for a
Black Sea expedition.
Evening star., 1942-06-20

have right to know how we lost it."
In broad terms. the unconsoling
analysis of British military critics
was that the British 9th Army
lacked what it needed to stem
Marshal Rommel's thrust-foresight
to gauge the enemys strength cor
rectly, adequate armored equipment
and the skill to use what it had to
best advantage.
More Tanks Needed.
Specifically, they said the lessons
of the Libyan campaign were that
the British needed more of the
United States 28-ton tanks and
that even superior air strength over
desert battlefields cannot be made
dominant factor.
Quite simply and bluntly," the
Evening News summed up Britain's
repeated Illustrations in Libya, "the
reason is that from the begin
ming we have underestimated the
strength, cunning, resources and
recuperative power of the enemy.
I'VE did not believe he could have
better tanks than ours, but he did.
I'VE did not imagine he could
have a deadlier anti-tank gun.
THE volume of our transport was
fantastic but we did not calculate
that Rommel's would be even more
fantastic. 80 1t is I. bitter lesson"
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Fy the Associated Press.


The Army Air Forces, from its COM
mander, 1t. Gen. Henry H. Arnold
to the specialists in charge of the
various divisions, finally have let
down their hair for the benefit of
the Aviation Writers Association.
Much of what these experts said
was of necessity of the record, but
from lectures and discussions. which
began early yesterday and ran on
through the day, emerged the pic
ture of an air force which. operating
on all the worlds continents, today
can boast that:
1t has combat planes now which
have stood up notably under enemy
fire and is nearing, completion on
new types which may revolutioniZe
aerial warfare.
1t has supply service-the ferry
ing command-which soon will be
spanning 10 times the number of
miles covered by all the worlds air
lines at the start of the war and
which rapidly is bringing the AAF
to a state of self sufficiency inde-
pendent Of land or sea transport.
Vast Training Program.
1t has the largest air training
program ever undertaken by any
country one whose scope by 1943
will be of astronomical dimen-
sions.
1t is manned by youngsters who,
In the words OF Maj. Gen. Barton
K. Yount, head of the flying train
ing command, are the cream of the
land-if We can't train them, we
couldn't train anybody"
While it was caught short by the
Nazis in the use of gliders for troop
and cargo carrying, it has under a
full head of steam program that
is making up ground at satisfying
pace.
In it's striking arm-bombard-
ment-it is working on the prin-
ciple that the United States has
the worlds best bombsight, and that
this bombsight should be used for
highly selective attacks on the
enemy's most strategic centers,
rather than in indiscriminate bomb
ing
1t has, in the Boeing Bit Fort
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Army Air Forces Pictured
As Capable of Huge Tasks
Planes Have Stood Up Under Fire,
With Better Ones Coming, OfficioIs Soy

ress), the best daylight bomber in
the world today In the words OF
Maj. Gen. o. p. Echols, chief of
the materiel command. and in the
consolidated B-24 Uiberator) an
other four -motored job which,
while slower, can carry more bombs
greater distance and which I'VE
hope and expect will be almost as
good. just as good or better" than
the Bit, according to the gauge
OF comparison employed.
1t is striving for the goal of being
not only the worlds largest and
the worlds best air force, but also
the worlds safest.
With two exceptions-the Lock
heed P-38 and Republic PA-47, both
high-altitude flghters-the AAF's
warplanes have been tested in bat
tie Curtiss P-40s and Bell P-39s
have been baptized in enemy fire
over the Southwest Pacific, Burma
Russia and North Africa; Douglas
A-20s have proved themselves in
Libya; North American B-25s bombed
Toxic without a loss; Martin B-26s
raised havoc with the Japanese feet
off Midway; B-27s now make the
enemy keep g. respectful distance
wherever they appear, and B-24s
have swung into triumphant action
over the Mediterranean.
In addition to Gems. Arnold,
Yount and Echols, these were the
men who helped put together COM
posite picture of an air force which
has unshakable confidence in Its
ability to handle its tremendous
task:
Maj. Gen. M. F. Harmon, chief of
the air staff; Mai. Gen. Alexander
Surles, chief of Army public rela-
tions; Brig. Gen. Harold L. George,
boss of the ferrying command; Col.
Luke Smith, director of individual
training; Col. D. NJ Schlatter, di-
rector of ground air support; Col.
S. r. Harris, director of flying
safety; Col. E. P. Sorenson. director
of bombardment: 1t Col. w. F. Nc
Kee, chief of anti-aircraft, and Col.
Wentworth Goss, chief OF the fight
er division.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Senator'S May Probe
Rubber Plant Offer
Laid 10 WPB Aides
Texon Says He Didn't
Hire U. S. Expert Who
Wishes to Quit
b, the Associated Press.

b, the Associated Press.
A Texas businessman who had
proposed to erect a rubber reclaim
ing plant testified to Senate sub
committee Yesterday that an official
of the War Production Board offered
to take two weeks off from his regu-
lar work and redraft the plant plans
for . half price" fee of $25, ZOO.
Furthermore. Harold A. Simms of
Fort Worth, vice president of the
Southwest Rubber Co., testified, it
was suggested to him by WPBs
rubber chief that the SIS 900 might
be added to commitments from the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Simms Gives Testimony.
Mr.. Simms, a witness before the
agriculture subcommittee investi-
eating methods of producing syn
thetic rubber from grain alcohol,
related this story:
He had plans for the plant pre-
pared and went to see Dr. Harry A.
Rogers, first assistant to Arthur B.
Newhall, WPB rubber co-ordinator,
to ask authority to buy the materials
needed for the plant.
DR.. Rogers, whom Mr.. Simms also
described as president of Brooklyn
Polytechnic Institute, told him the
plans would have to be revised so
they could be "digested" and sum-
moned j. H. Davidson, an industrial
specialist, who also disapproved the
plans.
Mr.. Simms testified that DR.. Rog-
ers said there were only three or
four rubber engineers qualified to
redraft the plans and that the fee
probably would be $4,000. Mr.. Da-
wilson then asked DR.. Rogers for a
two-week leave to revise the plans
'for half the price" the witness
added, and DR.. Rogers consented.
When Mr.. Newhall was informed
Of this situation, the Texan told the
committee, he suggested Mr.. Simms
should attempt to add this amount
to his previous commitments with
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
However. Mr.. Newhall also declared,
the witness added, that no more
rubber retaining plants were
needed.
Says He Didn't Proceed.
While it was not brought out in
the testimony, Mr.. Simms told re-
porters after leaving the witness
stand that he had not employed
Mr.. Davidson or gone ahead with
his plans.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana, committee vice chairman.
asserted after the hearing that the
group would consider some sort of
inquiry" into the matter.
WPB officials said Mr.. Davidson
took leave without pay last May 8
and had not returned to his Office.
His resignation, undated, was sub
mitted subsequently but has not
been acted on. Mr. Rogers was re-
ported out OF town.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
IneersoII Will Be Drafted;
Fields Appeal Is Ignored
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 20-Ralph M.
Ingersoll, editor of the Newspaper
PM, has been called for induction
into the Army Wednesday despite
an appeal for deferment by Mar
shall Field, owner OF the paper.
Explaining his appeal, Mr.. Field
said he told the draft board in
effect that he (Mr IngersolD was
indispensable, although ! don't
think used exactly that word. .. I.
consider him as near Indispensable
as any man could be in a newspaper.
Il suppose there is nothing more
that I can do about it. /" 3" It's the
first time have made such an ap-
peal for any one in either the Chi
cago Sun (also owned by Mr.. Field
or PM"
Mr.. Ingersoll, who is Al, and has
no dependents, has indicated he
will not appeal the board decision.