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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09
1874 YOUTHS WERE
REGISTERED LAST WK.
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cluded all young men born on or
after Jan. l, 1922 and on or before
June 80, 1924. And according to
the ruling, the registrant under
each local board who was born
nearest to January l, 1922 will be
given serial number Nj and so
forth for all of the 18-19-year-old
registrants.
After the serial numbers are
assigned, these registrants will be
placed after those who registered
in the third registration. AS soon
as a registrant reaches the age of
20, he will get selective service
QUESTIONABLE and thereafter he
will be liable to military service.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09

future of our country is at stake,
it's those isolationist states which
are really doing a job and the
"big-talk" cities are merely talk
ing louder.
As I write this column, the
latest scrap figures show the peo-
pie of Kansas have turned in 20
times as much rubber per person
as the people of New York, and
the people of Montana Isolation
list Wheeler's state) have turned
in 80 times as much per person
as the people of Pennsylvania.
If the figures were broken down
further, they would probably
show rural New York and Penn
sylvania doing their share. But
so far a lot of the city people
seem to be just standing on the
sidelines cheering as the rest of
the country goes to war.
RUBBER facts
A lot of this talk about our "a
cute rubber situation is apt to 60
in one ear and out the other. If
it does, it's time every one of us
plugged up that other ear and
absorbed the facts.
I decided to look over the gov
ernment's figures on rubber pri-
marily for my personal benefit in
order to get to the bottom of con-
fusing reports to determine what
was the patriotic thing to do a.
bout driving my own car. AT
ter getting the dope, there is no
question in my mind but that it
is a definitely disloyal act to use
our cars for any but the most
necessary purposes.
Here are a few of the facts
which stand out:
l. The governments reserve
supply of rubber will be pretty
we'll used up this year. After
that, nobody seems to know
where our rubber, even for vital
war needs, will come from.
2. All of the talk about synthe-
tic rubber and growing guayule
rubber in this country doesn't
mean a thing, so far as supplies
for the next two or three years
are concerned. Synthetic rubber
may meet many of our needs by
1914, but for the next two years
it will amount to little. AS for
guayule rubber grown here and
in Mexico-it will be 1916 before
the crop will be stable enough to
count
3. About SO per cent of the rub
Der we import in peacetime comes
from lands which are now over
rum with japanese, so practically
our entire source of natural rub
Der is cut off.
4. The biggest stock-pile of rub
Der in the world is on the wheels
of our nations 34,0O0,000 auto
mobiles.
5. Unless something is done
soon, hundreds of thousands of
workers in vital war industries
will not be able to 60 to work
when their tires wear. out.
Buy War Savings Stamps
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09
NEWER WILL HEAD
NEW SOIL OFFICE
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the Food For Freedom" policy
of American agricultural plans.
j. T. McLaurin, who has been
assisting McIver here will con-
tinue here and will be in charge
of the local office. Mr.. McIver is
not planning to move his family
to North Wilkesboro until later in
the year.
Miss Grace Roland who has
done the secretarial work here is
also being transferred to the Of
flee at North Wilkesboro.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09
Time To Strike!

To us, the most significant and i'm
pressive feature of our independence day
celebration last Saturday was the bombing
of Nazi Europe by United States airmen.
Of course we were impressed by and
gratified over the Victory activities on the
home front, but we were cheered and CIV
en- new hope by the destructive raid which
American bombers, flown by our own pi
lots, carried out for the first time over
Western Europe.
1t was a modest beginning and surely
it is the forerunner of the opening of the
second front against Germany. The soon
er we can open up that front, the better;
in fact, it is regrettable that we have not
been prepared to attempt it before now.
With the view of knocking out Russia
before another winter comes, Hitler is al
most recklessly throwing his entire
strength against the Red armies. After
sustaining very heavy losses, he has cap
tured the great base port of Sevastopol
and is now piercing the other Russian
fronts savagely trying to drive to the rich
oil fields in the Caucasus. It is comforting
to know that he is suffering great losses,
but the bitter fact remains that he is max
ing progress. It is also comforting that
while the Russians lose ground they are
so far, not losing their spirit.
However, we should not rely on this
too much or too long. In addition to the
help that we are sending to Russia we
should and must give them some relief by
opening second front. Germany will
never be licked by defensive action. Sue
cess in this highly mechanical modern
warfare is dependent upon swift, co-or-
dinated striking and the sooner we strike
and strike hard, the better will be our
chanches of licking the Axis and of pre-
venting the struggle from dragging out
over number of years. The more terri
tory the enemy gets the longer it will take
us to regain it.
While we are striking on the Western
European front, we should also be sure
that the Germans are defeated in Egypt
and not allowed to get possession of the
rich Nile Valley and the lifeline of Eu
rope, the Suez Canal
In this important sector of the war
theatre, the startling drive of Marshal
Rommel has looked dangerously bad and
as this is being written, the British, even
with our aid, are still in grave danger.
Surely England and America can and will
drive the Germans out of Egypt and elm
mate any possibility of losing this vital
lifeline. To lose it would enable Hitler to
drive through India and unite his forces
with Japan and then the war would GER
tainly last for many years.
We have been at war seven months and
we want to see some offensive action.
Rarely ever does fighter win who does
not deliver some hard blows.
The time to strike is now! The people
of England, Canada and the United States
want it now! Let's hope we are ready to
stop retreating and to start marching for
ward!
+bol ;yoo L1;eL,o no
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09

ing published on the door on the
town hall for five days. AS this
has been done, all the new or
dinances| are now effective.
The tax rate was tentatively set
at $1.25, the same as last year and
an estimated budget and financial
statement is being worked out
and should be available for pub
LEGATION next week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09
Mrs. McCarrOll
Buried Friday

Funeral service was held last
Friday for Mrs. Alice McCarroll,
of Bina, wife of Wade McCarroll,
with the Revs. Walter Hash and
Cicero Ashley in charge of the
service;
The deceased, who was 81 years
old at the time of her death is
survived by her husband and one
son, Carl Greer, by former hus-
band,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09

The 100000 motor vehicles
in the United States, serving 1870,
100000 people, are riding them
selves off the road at the rate of
312 percent a month.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09

Know your neighbors. Call on
them to meet together, in your
home to exchange information.
This friendly association, this
neighborliness, will create cour-
age and confidence - the morale
so necessary for Victory.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09

The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture has announced that the
Southern egg marketing program
was resumed July 6 and will be
available through August. in
seven Southern states, including
North Carolina.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09

A compliment is usually &C
companied with a bow, as If to
beg pardon for paying it.
j. G.. and A. w. HARE
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-09

Whom the Lord loveth He
chasteneth.
HEBREWS 1916
Animals killed in England dur
ing bombing raids are butchered
as soon as they are found, in
some cases even before the "all
clear" signal has been sounded.
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09

our boys In the air force. hope
that this plane will be one OF
the first TO bomb Japan
IT, s. Munroe, Laingsburg
Mich
What wonderful thing YOU
are sponsoring. God bless our
boys"
John A MicaIlcy 1886 Green.
lawn avenue:
II wish could contribute
more than this 81 for such
grand cause, hut I can't right
now since I'm out Of work
Beatrice Fox, 3030 Sturtevan'
avenue.
You will find my dollar en-
closed. It's a contribution 10 the
Buy Bomber fund. It's r swell
venture
Mrs. Fred Reid, 1858 Markese
Allen Park
II am very anxious To con
tribute what / can toward the
Buy Bomber fund inaSmuch a.
hope that the bomber which
the people of Detroit and Michi-
gan purchase will In some way
aVenge the deaths OF my sister
and her husband. son and daugh-
ter and SOn-in-law killed In
London during the last blitz in
May. y
"a also lost n brother I'm South
ampton; another sister and SON
in-law died In the hospital, and
another relative was blinded in
one eve and had his face
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09
Fighting Comments
Accompany 0l'ts
Forwarded 10 Fund

Everl bocy i8 '9c v1cfto' area
is helping 20 F4, Eorh. " .".
Detroit Twc> r5re. .1-r. -g
10 Help : mp
Here are tee @Irfa- e.t.r
with which >3vD. ..r .
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their donations
Philip kp.m n.o. "i
Of Keshcnc, ,er a Ee--a arw tu-
terO'i1UncS NCT~
Well do ANYTHING Vc>cau 90
help take care ot those Iap>--
and 20 help the american cause.
II may be- that before long Wc
can even add to This conirihu-
fion. This - g hnc WAY 10 do
the ioh w must AN do cNerN
thing wr can 90 lick the enemy
Mrs A B hDap. p.wH l'Ih lH.-
mount avenue"
Naturally. Wc all feel that
we want to do all that Wc can
10 bring about a quick victory.
This can be done only hy getting
behind such efforts ~ the BUY
Bomber campaign the Rcd
Gross, etc. think u - q fine
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09

smashed. He II now cOnvn-
lescing. only wish that 1 could
fly the bomber myself"
George o. SHUTTER, 1926 Lake
wood avenue:
Here's to bombing the Jappy
slap happy"
r a. DeLongI 102 Wlnona ave
nue.. Highland Park
Hope my check will help
check the Japs Il should say
'SapsD o"
Arthur w Micr, 1864 Tullcl
avenue:
"YOu will find my contribution
all i'm dimes because il was taken
from my dime bank, which I
was saving toward our deer
hunting trip this year. But
owing to the urgent cause l am
only too glad 10 part with my
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09
All Detroit Cheers .HBuv "a Bomber Campaign

contribute 81 from our funds to
'BuN Bomber and Help Scrap
the Jap>. -
Mrs r DcmctS. 20i72 Revere
avenue, N
MY husband has been III and
has not been able 90 work for
some time. However. when we
read OF your campaign Ia buy
bomber we felt that even though
we could not afford very much
we wanted tO have some part i'm
purchasing the bomber, 80 l
came down aS soon a. | could Ia
make my contribution. We were
both in France during the last
war; was a nurse and my huS-
band was in the Belgian army
and we know the grim reality 0f
war. / hope your campaign will
he "A great success and j shall
urge my neighborS and friends
10 contribute and get behind
your fine campaign as soon as
possible"
Harry G Brown. 1850 Wood
ward avenue.
please accept my check for
$40. This il my contribution To
your Buy Bomber fund. ! CON
slider II highly commendable
idea"
Matt Xlnich:
II am contributing 81 to build
the army warpIane In send To
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09

Cop,ueh' b., De',or T,me' hil 'pm' reserved
MRS. \. Il. kNOPPON
do an we can
raising group, are all active In
Rcd Cross work and want TO do
whatever We can 10 help our
boys obtain victory. We want Ia
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09

savings. My only regret II that
I don't have more.
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09

-. Wc want 20 clVC ~ -.
thing and hope the people of De
troit viii respond generously.
lds ~cM.fl. 13l6 Su'cNW
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09

as soon as I touId =.
avenue. treasurer of tho EN,
Springer Club:
I'VE are a social club of H.
women aud. although not a fund
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-09
Xl6uHre2.M55,z II OMe
~ ADELAIDE HUMPHREYS
wmTv:To FOR M HaEErr aNaL rkEsA ASSOCIATION
r. about those living lessons. She

about those fving lessons She
knew darneG well he would not like
it. her learning to fly Which was
worse than this hostess angle, al
though. apparently what he liked
or didn't. made no impression upon
her. but rather served an opposite
purpose.
In this he a right, as it was
because he would not have liked It
that libby had not told him about
the lessons. She guessed now that
her rot telling had something to 20
with his taking sides, as it We're.
with Steena, but Tommy had
proved anything but helpful all
evening. And after libby had given
him such a royal welcome, 100.
She said coolly, You needn't
have STAYED. And since the mes
sage has been delivered-Whjch vas
what we all were waiting for, and
which turned out, fortunately. to be
cOod news, instead of bad, as it so
easily might have been, l expect
you'd better go" Maybe that was
putting it a bit bluntlv, but libby
felt it was deserved. They all
should be filled with gratitude for
Mare's safety instead of being sus-
p.cious and mocking and evasive.
Oh, had no intention of keep
inc you girls up any later, or
earlier" Tommy still used his
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-09

Wayne here long o" We n
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-09

Mrs. Richard Beck admires a poo-
tograph of her husband, -
Richard Beck, flying veteran y,
Java and the New Guinea aGrlaI
campaigns. He was a slqau.oodd
leader in the devastating oh'ITu
Nations raid against Ce!ebes. Up
to a year ago Mrs. Beck was 1W ~,
number one hostess of the lnn
lines and has more than a m,!li0'
miles air travel to her credit.
central Pfes')
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16
PROTESTS
 ON BUS STOPS
Traffic Committee of PO- lice Board to Study Com
 pIaints Filed

Elimination of the bus-stop on the north side of East Main street between Phoenix avenue and North Main street is protested in a letter received by the board of police commissioners from Mrs. Mary Luddy of Highland avenue. The let- ter was read at yesterdays meeting of the board.
 Mrs. Luddy asserts that undue hardship is caused bus passengers who now are forced to walk to the new stop on the south side of the Green. The letter was referred to the committee on traffic.
 A request was received from the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co. for permission to install bus stop in front of the Hamilton Lunch on East Main street to relieve the congestion at the Welton street bus stop where Scovill Co. workers board or are discharged from bus ses.
 This request and a request that two parking meters on West Main street near Prospect street, cite of a new bus stand, be removed, was referred to the traffic committee.
 A petition signed by Arthur Cary of 1445 FSst Main street urged the erection of a traffic light at East Main street and Silver street. May or Scully advised the board that the state traffic commission has jurisdiction and the request was re- ferred to the traf1c committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16
En TIhe LOcaI TheGteS:s
POLI'S

Today is your last opportunity to seo Martha Kaye, whose cOEttedy and To0unce" singing have sky- reelected her to fame. She will ap- pear for four performances today on the stage of the famous LOew's Poll thsAter.
 in her series of personal appear ances during the last year, Miss Kaye broke all records for attend- ance at key vaudeville theaters from coast to coast, making her tour one of the most successful ever undertaken by any personal fly.
 On the screen is the thrilling picture ''Thru Different Eyes. with Mary Howard and Prank Cra- ven. The picture will hold you spellbound during it's entire show ing. So make plans now to attend one of these performances to see Miss Rave and the other big acts along with this big show.
 Starting Friday for 2 flve-day engagement is '"TarZan's New York Adventure" with Johnny Weissmul- Ter and Maureen O'Sullivan. Rich ard Thorpe directed the picture, with a cast that includes Virginia Grey, Paul Kelly, Charles Bickford, Cyrus ". Kendall and Russel Hicks.
 Hundreds of natives, lions. ele- phants, and other jungle beasts provide excitement in the wilder ness sequences in Africa. Cheeta, the chimpanzee comedian, creates laughs both in the jungle and in civilization, as do Weissmuller' conical struggles with the conn., plexities of civilized customs in a great city.
 The picture comes Friday to the Loew's Pon theater. Among its comical highlights are Weissmul- ler,s walking into a running shower which he calls "big rain", with his clothes on, Chetta's disruption of a jungle" dance in swank night club, the antics of Chill Wills as a broken-down animal trainer.
 On the same progrma is the pie ture ''The Magnificent Dope" with Don Ameche, Lynn Bari and Henry Fonda.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16
STATE

Capacity attendance at the air conditioned State theater yesterday marked the opening performances of the new Ann Sheridan hit wings For The Eagle" which also presents Dennis Morgan in a CO., starring role.
 Telling its story not through the soldiers and sailors on the warning front but through the men and wo- men who turn out our planes, "Wings For The Eagle" is must see for everyone as 1t is packed with action, drama and excitement.
 Lovely Ann Sheridan and de- bonair Dennis Morgan have the leading roles with Jack Carson and George Tobias in the supporting cast. The film is set, for the most part, in the huge Lockheed Aircraft Plant. Ann and Jack play the role of married couple who split up when Jack becomes irritated over having wasted his money on Q .phony engineering course.
 Morgan portrays care-free char acter who lands a job at the Lock heed plant in the hope that his draft board would consider his job "essential.". But Pearl Harbor changes his mind in hurry and he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16
In Hollywood v;

all veterans of active service, on . tour of the lot. With a short leave from a remote field in Canada, they had driven down to see some glam- or. And they'd found 1t mostly on the set of Arabian Nights" where six Bagdad beauties in cos- tunes grudgingly okayed by the Hays Office reclined in harem.
 It was g long scene to light for the color camera, but the flyers were anxious to meet the girls. They'd stand and stare while, go to meet some real stars, then return to eye the Caliph's cuties.
 Nigel Bruce was patient and un- derstanding. He said, When was a Tommy, back in 1914, we had to walk six miles and back for beer. And there weren't any beautiful ladies to talk to or look at."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16
STRAND

With what appears to be effort less grace, Eleanor Powell cracks all dancing records in a group of strik- ing new routines in her latest Metro Goldwyn- Mayor picture, Ship Ahoy," now playing at the Strand theater.
 She invariably brings a new dance novelty to every picture, but this time there are five. She has a lovely chorus of Hollywood loveli- ness to aid and abet her.
 Dancing, however, is not all that makes this picture highly enter taining. Red Skelton's comedy, with that of Virginia O,Brien and Bert Lahr, combine with the Hitting mu- sic of Tommy Dorseys famous or chestra. First rate supporting roles are played by William Post, Jr., Stu art Crawford and Bernard Nedell.
 The story carries Miss Powell as an innocent victim of soboteurs into a colorful atin-American atmos- phere, where Red Skelton promptly falls in love with her. The plot is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16

realizes he had wrong slant on things.
 Dennis also takes advantage of Ann's quarrel with Carson and goes all-out in his attempt to be pleasing but he soon learns that her heart is still with Carson. Tobias, as usual gives splendid performance as the shop foreman whose whole life is wrapped up in Lockheed and the patriotic fervor to speed up the work.
 On the same big program is "Bul- let Scars" with Regis Toomey and Adele Longmire in featured roles.
 Remember, this swell show posi- lively ends Saturday evening to make way for the double header thrill program due at the State starting Sunday" Men Of Texas" with star-studded cast will top the bill and Atlantic Convoy, thrill ling tale as timely as today's news paper, will be teh second big hit.
 Don't forget Reap The Wild Wind" is on its way to the State.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16

explanation of and an apology for British hospitality.
 welcome" makes interesting reading. It tells AE.F. members:
 You are about to land at a British port. If you expect white cliffs and matched cottages, you will be disappointed. It will be like most other ports in the world busy, dingy, and, if the day is grey, probably a little depressing.
 'The real England = the England of placid villages and sleepy towns-lies behind it. So do the Welsh mountains and the Scottish moors. The people will be very glad to see you, but their enthu- siasm is usually of a rather shy sort and you may not be aware, at first, of the warm friendliness they feel towards you"
 Pointing out that the 1917 A. E.. P. were the first Americans many Englishmen had ever seen, "Wel- come" says i've were a little dis appointed that they were not wearing ten-gallon hats and cow boy pants. We know great deal more about you today.
 "A word or two about condi- tions here. Nearly three years of war have made us pretty realistic in our outlook. The gayer side of British life has been subordinated to theg rim business of war. Nearly everybody who is physically able is doing a war job of some sort. THERE'S A WAR
 GOING ON"
 You may find some of our re- Strictions irksome; we find them so ourselves. If our trains are sometimes delayed, if there are few porters in the darkened sta- tion, or the coaches are not as clean as they might be, we shrug our shoulders and use a formula which has saved our tetmper in the most exasperating circumstances: There's war on.' You will hear the phrase until you're sick of 1t. We are.
 There is little more to be said except that we are very glad to see you"
 Besides tipping Johnny Dough- boy on how to get along with the English, the booklet also includes specific information on various subjects such as what to do in air raids, what official papers U. s. service man should carry, Britain's involved money system. Of the lst. the booklet apologetically says:
 "One of our quaint English cus-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
YOUR GANG, COMIC ROOK

M-G-M officials have been in- formed that the first issue of "Our Gang" Comics, published by Dell Publishing Company in cooperation with M-G-M studio, has been placed on newsstands. Copies of the first number of the magazine, which is similar to funny" books so popular with juveniles, total 300,000.
 In addition to a Gang" feature story in pictures, the magazine con- tains carton stories of the popular M-G-M animated series, From and Jerry" and Barney Bear."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16
INDUSTRIOUS sTARLET

It will be a real victory wardrobe for prety Jean Rogers come the Fall. The starlet is making last years dresses and ensembles over. No new materials will be used, and she is even redesigning her hats. Jean is skilled seamstress and de- signer so is doing the work herself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-16

SlSter Eileen. LII the story are six Braz lila n navy officers who can't speak a word of English and who follow Rosalind R u ssell to the apart m e n t she shares with Janet Blair. The gals h ave an awful time getting rid of them.
 The c a s tin g
 Rn I1i AnAVN