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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
SAYS ALLIED
 STRENGTH IS
 ON UPGRADE
Nations Leader Says We Must Ration Manpower
 10 Win War
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he. said. The Axis leaders, on the other hand, know by now that they already have reached their full strength and that their steadily mounting losses in men and material cannot be replaced fully.
 Germany and Japan already are realizing what the inevitable result will be when the total strength of the United Nations hits them in additional places on the earths sur face"
 President Roosevelt added: T be- lieve it will be necessary to lower the present minimum age limit for Selective Service from 20 years down to Is.
 ManpOwer Objective
 We have learned how inevitable this is and how important it is to speeding up victory"
 Turning to the manpower prob lem, he said that the nation is learning how to ration materials and must also learn to ration man. power.
 The President outlined two ob- jectives:
 First-"To select and train men of the highest fighting efficiency needed for our armed forces in the achievement of victory over ou enemies in combat"
 Second-"To man our war indus tries and farms with workers needed to produce arms, munitions and food required by ourselves and our fight ing Allies to win this war"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
TIGHTEN up ON USED TIRE
 SALE, PURCHASE
Same Eligibility Now Re. quired as for New Tires
 by Ration Boards

Eligibility for the purchase of used tires is now the same as that re- quired for the purchase of new tires according to new regulations re- ceived by wire today by Mrs. M o. Johnson, Ration Administrator for the Territory, from Washington, D. c.
 Used tires include all those that have been driven 1000 miles or over
 All Ration Boards throughout the Territory have been notified by wire of the new regulations covering sale or purchase of used tires, Mrs. John son said today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
TOO ALER!

PORT WASHINGTON, u, Oct 13-When air raid signals sound- ed here the other night, one mother got busy
 She whisked her children to the basement. She unlatched the front door so the air raid warden would have easy access if necessary. She filled pails with water.
 She was so busy she failed to hear the all-clear signal 5 min- utes after the alarm. So for two hours she and her children sat in the basement, listening to trucks and things that sounded suspici- ously like approaching planes.
 It was nearly am. when she got back to bed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
Turkey GobbIe
 Coming

The annual Turkey Gobble Of the Elks will be held on Tuesday, November 10, according to an- nouncement made today. The Cob ble will be on the eve of general holiday, Armistice Day, which will be observed on November II.
 Floyd Fagerson has been named by Exalted Ruler Arthur Adams to have charge of the big event on November 10 and it is also an- nounced that the general public will be admitted
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
ARREST ANCHORAGE MAN ON DRAFT ACT
 VIOLATION CHARGE

Arrested on a warrant issued in Juneau, Allen o. Holley, now in Anchorage, was charged with failure to report for induction to his Juneau draft board, a violation of the Se- lective Service Act.
 Holley has been released after posting a $2,500 on bond, and must report at Juneau as soon as possible for preliminary hearing in the case
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
LEGION AUXILIARY
 SALE ON TOMORROW

The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor rummage sale tomor- row in the Dugout, according to Mrs. Ray G. Day, AuXuiliary Pres ident.
 The sale will open at 10 a. m. Mrs. Day said today that one spec ialty at the sale will be a number of fruit jars.
 Anyone having anything to do- nate for the sale is asked to leave it at the Dugout tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
SITKA MAN JAILED

Simon Didrickson, charged in U. s. Commissioner w. w. Knights Court in Sitka with being drunk and disorderly in conduct, was sen fenced to serve ITS days in the Federal Jail, the U. s. Marshals Office in Juneau announced today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
JUNEAU COUPLE WED

Alfredo Tony Fajardo, and Kath- erine Joseph, both of Juneau, were married in Juneau yesterday after noon by US. Commissioner Felix Gray. Witnesses were Phyllis Nal com and Gordon Gray.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
JOHN BRILLHART MAKES
 TRIP TO SITKA AREA

John Brilliant of the Admiralty Division of the US. Forest Serv- ice, left today on the Ranger VII for Sitka and White Water Bay with Capt. Ottar Johnson, skipper of the Ranger VII.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
HERB WENDLING JOINS
 STAFF AT BROWNIES

Back at his trade, Herb Wend- ing has joined the staff of Brown ie's Barber Shop on Franklin street.
 Vending, whose home is at Aux Bay, has been employed at the Alaska Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-After a one-day holiday, Columbus Day yes terday, the New York Stock Ex- change opened this morning with trading good
 Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- neau mine stock today is 17s. Am erican Can 65B, Anaconda 27A Bethlehem Steel 581a, Common wealth and Southern 9l30, Curtiss Wright 8A, International Harvester 51. Kennecott 32, New York Central l2A, Northern Pacific 71a, United States Steel 501s, Pound $404.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13

Tortoises found on the Galapagos Islands weigh up to 400 pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13
DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are todays Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 115.01; rails, 2898; utilities, 1871.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
An 'E" For The Farmer

Any charges that the farmers of the
United States are not patriotic, based on
the fracas in Congress over parity prices
should be nipped in the bud right now.
For the American farmer is probably
the most patriotic species of citizen we
have in this country-and ever since the
war started he has been putting in man
killing hours to bring food production to
an all-time high.
In spite of labor shortages, resulting
from selective service and from farm help
going to the cities for easier and more lu
crative work, the farmer has achieved
notable record this year-and he probably
is much more deserving of wearing an
Army-Navy "E' than are many of the war
factory workers who drop their tools the
minute the whistle blows unless they are
assured of time and a half for overtime.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
They Shall Not Want

Ashe county, North Carolina and the
rest of the nation have been assigned a
gigantic task of collecting scrap metal.
MANY citizens think that this is merely TOR
Junk dealers, used car dealers and other
n1aces of business which ordinarily &C
cunulate large amounts of scrap metal
This drive is not for this special group
alone or any other particular Glass; but
for every patriotic American citizen; Tor
all available scrap metal is needed.
Nothing should be discounted. II you
think that the amount Of scrap metal you
have is too little to help, remember the
Jingle from Poor Richards Almanac:
"For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was
lost,
For the want of rider the battle was
lost,
For the want of battle the kingdom
was lost ~"
And all for the want of horseshoe nail"
Every day ships are being made -
and sunk; shots are being tlred that truly
resound round the world, and lives are
being lost Let us resolve that those men
on the fighting fronts of the world who
are giving their all for Democracy our
wav of life, shall not suffer from the lack
of materials when we can SO easily help
bv giving our scrap that more guns, more
planes, more tanks and more ships can be
made.
To this county as we'll as to others IN
N C.. has been thrown a challenge. The
youth of this county is answering the chal-
lenge of Uncle Sam for manpoWer. Ana
we believe that here on the home front
our people can and will answer the chal-
lenge by collecting their scrap. Let's go
on record as being one hundred percent
behind our boys in this scrap collection
and prove to the state and nation that this
county can and will do its part
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
INITIATION BILL is
SIGNED INTO LAW

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cept in the case of promotions to
more difficult or responsible
work, until Byrnes determines
otherwise" And no salaries may
be reduced except to correct gross
inequities or to prosecute the war
more efficiently.
Ordered prices of raw and pro-
cessed agricultural commodities
Stabilized, so far as practicable, "
at September Is levels and in
conformity with the standards
laid down in the new law. Price
Administrator Henderson was di-
rected to establish price ceilings
on foods not previously controlled
and promptly did so.
Directed Henderson to freeze
all rents throughout the nation,
instead of only those in defense
areas as at present, and to order
reductions Gin such areas as you
deem appropriate"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
Cardinals. Win
World Series

Yankee Stadium, New York
The uncomfortable st. Louis Car
dinals swept over the New York
Yankees, 4 to 2, Monday and in
to the worlds championship of
baseball as George (Whitey) Ku-
rowski capitalized their indomi-
table spirit with two-run ninth
inning homer for their fourth
straight victory in the five-game
1912 world series.
It took a mighty battle to make
the renowned Yankees drop their
first world series since another
Cardinal club turned the trick in
1926, but the ripping, roaring
Redbirds convinced a great crowd
of 69,052 fans that they were
made of the stuff of champions.
After winning three consecutive
games with show of dazzling
speed, the Cardinals crushed the
Bronx Bombers Monday at their
own game - homer hitting - al
though they also continued their
reckless running and received a
wonderfully pitched SEVENTH
game from lean and confident
Johnny Beazley, the 23-year-old
rookie who also won the second
game of the series at St. Louis.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
Library Now Has
Many New Books

Fifty-six new books have been
added to the Ashe county libra
ry recently, with monthly adj
ditions to follow. twenty-five
juvenile and children's books
were also added. Among the adj
ult books relating to the war are:
"The Commandos", Assignment
in Brittany" Defense Will Not
Win the War, ''Youth Must Fly,
EARNS and the Aftermath.
Listed among the mystery stor-
les are: Murder in the OPM'',
"The Black Tanker" Sheridan
Road, and "Blood ON Her Shoe"
Other novels are ''The Just and
the Unjust, Small Town South"
"Drivin' Woman, 'The Young
Man From Maine," and others.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
Farmer And The Mule

Mr. Fitzgerald, of Atlanta, Georgia is
credited with this story of farmer talking
to his mule while blowing.
"Well lighting, you're just mule and
I'm man and made in the image of God.
But here we work hitched up together,
year in and year out, and I often wonder
if you work for me or if I work for you?
eve cover the same distance, but | do
it on two legs and you do it on four, so
I do twice as much work per leg as you
do. Soon we'll be putting in our corn crop.
When we harvest the corn, I'll give one
third to the landlord and one-third to you,
and the balance is mine. You'll eat all but
the cob. [ have to share mine with my
wife and six children, six hogs, sixty hens,
two ducks, bantam rooster and banker.
If you and both need shoes, you get 'em.
Yes sir, Lighting you're getting the best
of me.
II ask you now is it fair for mule, the
son of jackass, to- swindle man, the lord
of creation, the most intelligent of all ami
mails? You only help me plough and Guilt
vate. I must cut, shock and husk the corn
while you hee-haw at me over the pasture
fence. All the year the whole family has
to help scratch enough money together to
pay taxes and interest on the mortgage on
you, you old ornery critter. The only time
I've got any thing on you is on election
day. can vote and you can't. But after
election day realize have been as big
jackass as your papa ever was. And I
begin to wonder whether politics was made
for men or jackasses, or, just to make jack
asses out of men. Honest now lighting,
when you know all these things, how can
you keep straight face and look so dumb
and innocent? (The Newsworld)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
More Good News

AS the result of an investigation IN
which Gov. Broughton and Congressman
Doughton gave their full cooperation, we
are delighted to learn that is no immediate
danger whatever of the abandonment OF
the West Abingdon branch OF the
Norfolk & Western Railway.
AS previously announced in this paper,
N & w officials have made no request and
anparentlv are not even contemplating
such thing. In the interest of economy
of materials, the War Production Board
has conducted a survey throughout the
nation and this branch line was included
in that survey.
After finding out the vast territory
served by this. line and the volume OF
business done, we now feel certain that
it will be listed on the WPB sheet as an
Essential railroad branch to the war effort
and to the general welfare"
The people of Ashe and adjoining coun-
ties appreciate the value of "their railroad''
and we appreciate the interest of the Nor
folk g. Western officials in this great noun
tain section.
We are also grateful to Gov. Broughton
and to Congressman Doughton for their CO.
operation in emphasizing the importance
of this line to our section
Let's renew our pledge to "ship and
travel by rail- The only thing that could
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
NEW TROOPS LANDED
BY JAPS ON SOLOMONS
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liza, it was announced yesterday.
A communique from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquart-
ers said the Australians had adj
vanced northward beyond Kagl,
which is about five miles south
of the gap, without encountering
any enemy move Of resistance"
It was the seventh consecutive
day in which no sign of japanese
opposition to the allied counter
drive was recorded.
An "all-out armed offensive
everywhere by all the united ma
tons" was advocated by Wendell
Willkie yesterday in a vigorous
statement demanding also more
arms, especially for Russia and
China, and a clear-cut renuncla-
ton of any imperialistic designs
by the western nations in Asia.
His statement, issued after his
fourth conversation with Gener-
alissimo Chang Kai-shek, was in
the same unvarnished style as the
one he gave in Moscow appeal
ing for a second front Eat the
earliest possible moment which
our military leaders will ap-
prove"
The United States and Britain
pledged anew to continue giving
aid to Russia in the form of mill
tary supplies and raw materials,
but both President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill refrain
ed from any public discussion of
second front possibilities.
Whether this meant that a Sc
cond front was imminent or
would not be. opened until the
somewhat distant future was a
question that remained unans-
Wered.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
SCRAP DRIVE BEING
PUSHED IN COUNTY

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to receive the scrap and that the
truck would be there until noon.
eve can send this truck around
town during the morning if any
one has more scrap than they can
move" he said.
Rotarians Collect Friday
Through the cooperation of the
town of West Jefferson, the Ro-
tary club members will canvass
the town on Friday for scrap and
everyone who has any, is asked
to assemble it in order that it
can be picked up by the Rotarians
in their rounds. Serving on this
committee are Levern Johnson,
Hoyt Wood and w. C. Vannoy.
School Children Busy
The scrap piles at the various
schools are growing daily, with
practically all of the school chill
dren showing much enthusiasm.
West Jefferson high school
children secured a horse and wa
gon and collected several loads
around town yesterday.
Lansing High School has a
large collection which can readi-
ly be seen from the highway. No
official reports have come in but
it is believed that all schools are
doing a good job.
Speed Is Necessary
The drive which opened on
October l, ends on October Fl,
and all counties in the state are
urged to speed up their drives as
much as possible. Reports from
Raleigh yesterday indicated that
only Is of the states 100 coun-
ties had turned in any official re-
ports. All of them, however, are
in the contest for the $4,000 in
prizes offered by the newspapers
of North Carolina.
Mr.. Jones asked that all col
lection points throughout the
county get in touch with him just
as soon as they have a truck load
assembled and the WPA truck
will be sent after the scrap.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
Amateur Show.
Great Success
Prizes Awarded To Winners;
To Have Contest Twice
Yearly; Drill Held

Amateur contests held at the
Lansing school gymnasium last
Friday afternoon attracted a paid
attendance of 454, according to
Principal Joseph H. Martin.
Twenty pupils entered the three
separate contests, winners in the
primary contests being Juanita
Ashley, first prize, and Mary
Elizabeth Wright second, gram
mar grade winners were Dale Ell
dreth, first, and a tie between
Volree Ham and Marlene Jones,
for second. High school winners
were Billy Patton and Darrell
Johnson, first, and tie for second
place between Daphne Eller and
Gilbert Barker.
Due to the interest shown, two
contests year will be held, the
next one to be staged in April
next year. Winners in the con-
tests Of last week will not be
eligible for future performances.
To promote interest in the
schools new program of physical
education, the 10th grade boys
put on a military drill and calls
themes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
Unfair And Unpatriotic

One of the finest traffic laws that North
Carolina has on it's statute book today is
the Drivers License law and by requiring
all persons to take actual examinations be-
fore awarding drivers licenses to motorists
is making this law more effective. /. IL, .n
However, apparently in the interest of
economy, the Motor Vehicle Department
is now working a serious hardship on the
people of this county who do not have driv-
er's license, and in their behalf, as we'll as
in behalf of the continued success of and
respect for this law we wish to lodge Bit
ter protest with the state department.
Patrolmen are no longer given authori-
ty to accept applications or to give exam
nations for drivers licenses. This work
is being handled by special trained exam
liners of the Motor Vehicle Department.
At the present time, people in this coun-
ty who do not have their licenses have to
90 either to North Wilkesboro or Boone to
see an examiner. He is in North Wilkes
boro every Thursday morning and in
Boone every Thursday afternoon.
To take the examination, an applicant
has to have a car with him or her at the
time and to demonstrate his or her ability
to operate it. Consequently, the applicant
has to drive from this county to one Of
those points to find the Examiner.
With the acute shortage of tires and
gasoline this is grossly unfair to the peo-
pie of our county and we urge the Motor
Vehicle Department to send an Examiner
here at least every other week. Until this
is done, we do not see how the state could
expect the Patrolmen to enforce the law.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
lansing Jr.lChoir
Begins ]. 2: End Y ear

- :
''The Lansing Junior Choir has
been most useful to the Presby-
terian church,, the pastor, Rev.
Carl H. Stark said this week. He
pointed out that this active or
ganization which is vested and
sings each Sunday morning at
the regular worship service is
now entering its second year of
continuous service.
"The faithfulness and interest
of this group of boys and girls
have been an inspiration to the
whole church,, he declared.
The choir is composed Of:
President, Dawes GRAPHICAL; sec
rotary, Staley Powers; James Ed
ward Barr, Ray Shepherd, Paul
Sutherland, Carl Childers, Eliza
beth Ann Barr, Anita Childers,
Allene Powers, Ruth Campbell,
Reba Mae Baldwin, Daphne Bald
win, Clara Shepherd, Helen
Greer, Geneva Greer, Lily Barr,
bona Jones, Gwendolyn Dixon,
David Dixon, Charles Weaver,
Jewel Key, Ruth Goss, and Alma
Jean Barker.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
Mrs. Boyd Dies
At Johnson City

Funeral services for Mrs
Ralph S. Boyd prominent John
son City woman, who died Thurs
day, October l, in a Johnson City
hospital, were held from the Nor
ris Funeral home last Sunday af-
ternoon at three o'clock.
Services were conducted by DR.
Robert King, Rev. w. H. Harri-
son and Rev. John, Hendrix, OF
Herndon, Va. Burial was in
Monte Vista Burial Park.
Pallbears were r. P. London
ST., Grover Summers. 0. E. Kiser
Joe P. Mccormick, Don Parsons
John F. Wiley, Jack Brinkley and
Joseph Neal. ..-..
Flowerbearers were members
Of the John Sewer chapter of the
OAR and Mesdames V. A. Terry
E. c. Offinger, Lula Divine, Dora
Sproles, J. A. Denton, J. w. Card
we'll, c. E. King and Misses Jane
Setter, Louise Summers and Ber-
nice Wampler.
Mrs. Boyd was the past regent
of the John Sewer chapter of the
OAR, the past president of the
Wednesday Morning Music club
a member of the First Presbyter-
ian Church and a former member
of the Monday club.
Mrs. Boyd was native of Ashe
county, a daughter of J. B. Meal
and Ada Neal, and sister Of the
late Frank H. Neal. She was the
widow of R. S. Boyd, who died
fourteen years ago. The couple
had no children. Surviving are
two sisters, Mrs. Norman Masen-
gill, of Britol, Tenn, and Mrs
Berta McFerren, Of Houston, Tex
as
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
Open Forum
COLUMN ].
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
HERE is SCRAP

To the Editor
Ever since the 1910 flood a huge
partly dismantled dredging ma
chine has been standing on the
bank of Helton Creek opposite
the Sturgills Post Office. Appar-
rently it belongs to the State
Department. abntsseits~is
obviously not in working order
and appears to be good for moth
ing at this pint but scrap iron. I
have called the County Agents
office twice in the last three
months and reported this to that
it could be collected by the scrap
collectors. So far nothing has
been done about it. This letter is
written in the hope that someone
connected with the Highway de-
partment will see that this huge
mass of several tons is made a.
valuable for making munitions to
help beat the axis. If nothing is
done in the next few weeks by
the Highway Department, they
should not be surprised if citizens
of the community take the matter
in their own, hands and finish
tearing apart the old wreck and
sending it in for scrap. =. 49,.
Yours for more "scrap to lick
the Japf]2' 10Y = II ;
-... q Pardue Bunch. M. D.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
Trash Collected
Here Wednesday

Mayor F. B. Jones again called
the attention of West Jefferson
citizens to the fact that the town
furnishes a truck for the collec-
ton of garbage on Wednesday Of
each week, and urged that a
suitable container be provided
for the garbage collector to load
on the truck without scattering
the contents.
"A regular garbage can is to be
desired, but if this is not available
some other metal or wood con-
tainer placed in a convenient spot
for loading will aid greatly in
keeping the town clean," Mr.
Jones said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-08
Patients Now In
Ashe Hospital

Patients now in Ashe County
Memorial Hospital are Mrs Ruth
D. Schmitt, Aberdeen, Md, Mrs.
Maude Wyatt, Laurel Springs;
Miss Betty Kirby, Emory, Va;
Annie Ruth Barnes, Rugby, Va;
Lee Goodman, Nathan's Creek;
Everett Pennington, Apple Grove;
Ruby Lyalls, w. jefferson; Mrs
Raymond Francis and baby,
Smethport; Ed Caldwell, Crump-
Ter; Mrs. Robert Davis and baby,
West Jefferson; Helen Stump,
Grassy Creek; and Mrs. Ray
Younce and baby, West Jefferson.