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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22

lows sticking together as we used
to do long time ago.
''In the same way they take me
back to the days of defensive base
ball. They only ask run or two,
as a rule and then they're hard to
handle. This means high class
pitching and fine fielding. They are
fast and aggressive on defense. They
actually turn a defense into an of
tense. Baseball has been ruled by
pluggers for many years. The Car
dinals turned back the clock in the
games I saw them play"
There isn't any question but that
the Cardinals finished the season
with one of the best pitching stats
in baseball history.
This list includes Mort Cooper,
Ernie White, Pollet, Beazley and
Max Lanier.
Starting Pitchers
l can't recall team with so many
good starting pitchers.
White and Pollet were, afflicted
with sore arms most of the season.
If they had been in shape all year
there is no telling how many games
the Cardinals might have won. They
might even have passed the old 1906
Cub mark of 116 wins. They had all
these men ready for the main series
especially White who needed shut
out to win. Only brilliant pitching
could have stopped Spld Chandler
in that third game.
To allow one clean hit in eight
innings is working job that de-
served something better than defeat.
One of the outstanding stars in this
past series was Bill Dickey. This is
Bills 18th season with the Yankees.
He has been suffering from heavy
cold, with touch of allergic nose
poisoning from rug carpets or any
thing that has a fuzz. He has been
physically low. Yet he caught bril-
liantly and after the first three
games was hitting around AS.
Bill Dickey didn't need this series
to prove his place. He has caught
more than 80 Yankee World Series
games, and has never shown flaw
in all that time.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

Consolidated Features.-WNU Release.
NEW YORK.-The major football
= outfits couldn't keep going with
out their preliminary breathers, as
they now call the practice games.
Gen. Vandergrift v w - n ~ e % !
Knows Way Round navy have
In Strange Places mao hra pt 81 : o. o
this war is their first big workout
since 1918. Returns are coming in
which indicate the effectiveness of
this preliminary training. Maj. Gen:
A. A. Vandergrift of the marines,
commanding the Guadalcanal ac-
ton which destroyed 80 Japanese
planes without the loss of a single
U. S. A. fighter, is veteran of 33
years of remote brush and jungle
fighting, with no world-pennant at
stake.
His performance is compare
BILE to a 90-yard run by new
man in the big-time lineup, and
so recognized by his chiefs of
The Pacific high command. The
encouraging thing is that it isn't
exceptional. We couldn't start
laboratory wars like the oppO-
sition, but we made the most of
our limited and casual schedule.
General Vandergrift has seen
action in Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua,
Mexico, Haiti and China and has
annexed the Nicaragua and Haiti
Campaign medals, the Marine Corps
Expeditionary medal and the Mexi-
can and Yangtze Service medals.
He was upped to the rank of major
general on March 80 of last year,
and it was revealed six months ago
that he had been given the marines
command in the Solomon islands.
He was born in Charlottesville,
Va, March IS, 1887, was gradu-
ated from the University of Vir-
ginia and joined the marines
January 20, 1909. He was first
under gunfire in the assault on
Coyotepe, Nicaragua, in Octo-
Der, 1912, took part in the occu-
patton of Vera Cruz in April,
1914, and fought against the hos
tile Cacos in Haiti in 1915. In
China, off and on for many
years, he commanded the ma
rine barracks at Tientsin and
the marine guards at the U. S.
embassy at Picking. He is an
outstanding reminder of the fact
that the marines never were
h0mebOdies.
General Vandergrift was married
in 1909 to Mildred Strobe. They have
one son, serving in the marines.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22
The Hrepressible

Old Irrepressible, better known
as Ole Dir, is still one of the most
colorful parties concerned with base
ball.
In the years I've known him Dizzy
Dean hasn't changed a leopard's
spot. He never will.
Except for tough break, an in
jury to his shoulder, he might have
been one of the all-time greats.
I've never heard Dean complain
about this tough luck. Nothing that
can happen ever will wipe that quick
grin off his face. And there is no
mental expert who can make him
quite sane.
Looking Back
Ole Dir is still around broadcast
ing and advising the players. Here
are some of his forgotten classics:
l. The day in St. Louis with the
thermometer at 108 when Dir, sit
ting on the Cardinal bench, built a
fire and wrapped big blanket
around his shoulders.
2. The day in Florida when
went fishing with him and he over
stayed his time six hours.
"What will Frank Frisch do about
this?" I asked him.
cole Frank can't do nothing, !"
Dizzy said, except ball me out and
fine me $500. What's $1,000"
8. The day he walked into the
Tiger ball park in 1884 before the
World Series-wearing, among 9TH
er details, a gray felt hat and a
blue overcoat, he grabbed the bat
from Mickey Cochrane's hands and
hit one on the line-much to Mickey's
establishment.
"That's the way we do it," Dizzy
said as he walked away.
4. Warming up before the Tiger
game that year someone told Dizzy
the odds were to l on the Cardi-
nails when he was pitching.
"Them gamblers" he said, care
pretty smart people. They don't
miss no sure thing"
5. The day he was warming up,
as Cub, to face the Yankees.
'tHow do you feel, Diz?" I asked.
"Well," he said, warming up a
sore arm, II amt what I used to
be. But who in hell ISL"
Mort Cooper, as pitcher, is the
closest approach to Dean that the
Cardinals ever have known. Mort
hasn't Deans color, but as Ole Dir
almost said: "WhO haS?"
Cooper is big, powerful fellow
who only came along this season as
one of the best in the game. He
still has to prove he is another Dizzy
Dean.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22

than any in base
ball. At the age of
80 there is much to
remember.
"I'll tell you what
I mean," Connie
said. During the
series I noticed
them all hanging
around the front of
their hotel, looking
at the sights. No
motion pictures-no
nightclubs - just a
h,,roh 0f xyo,,rr fol
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22
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Washington, d. C.
WICKARD FEARS FOOD CRISIS
1REw 1EARsON

WICKARD FEARS FOOD CRISIS
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
has made it very clear in private
conferences that he takes vigorous
exception to Donald Nelson's recent
statement: eve are going to have
enough to eat throughout this war
and we probably will not have to
put any very drastic limitations on
our range of choice in that regard.
On the contrary, Wickard says
that we are going to be more and
more up against it for food-unless
we give the farmer more machinery
and more labor.
Briefly here are the reasons why:
l. An army uses twice as much
food as civilians, (a) because lot
is lost at sea, (b) lot is lost in the
field of battle, and (c) soldiers eat
more than civilians.
2. We have to feed our allies
more and more.
3. We will also have to feed the
occupied regions when they are set
free.
But meanwhile, farmers actually
are killing good dairy cows for beef
because they cannot get labor or
machinery to keep up their dairy
herds. In the Chicago milk shed
alone, LOO dairy farmers have sold
their herds and gone out of bust
ness.
I'm one specific case, dairy farm
err lost the use of his litter-carrier
when the tub went bad, The car
rier, complete with trolley and hoist,
had cost him $3.50. A new tub to
replace the rusted one would cost
only So But he couldn't buy new
tub. And he couldn't find addi-
tional hands to do the work of the
machine.
So he sold his cattle and closed
the dairy.
Foreseeing this machinery short
age, Secretary Wickard asked WPB
to permit manufacture of agricul-
tural machinery up to 80 per cent
of normal. The request was made
July %. He did not get reply
until this week.
Principal log-jammer is WPB's
civilian supply committee, headed
by Joseph L. Wiener, which has to
act on a great variety of civilian
problems and does not pretend to
be expert in agriculture.
Its lack of experiences was indi-
Gated by two questions asked by
members of this committee, in dis
cussing farm problems:
IF there is labor shortage on
the farms, why can't farmers work
overtime, just as factory workers
do?"
what is the difference between
a wheel type tractor and a crawler
type?"
So the United States may fail as
the larder of democracy if a farmer
can't have new pillow point or some
other itenl-and the necessary farm
labor.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22

OFFICERS and men of the mer-
- chant marine dedicate in New
York their new four-story club as a
memorial to Andrew Furuseth, for
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22

more than so
We ars head
of the sail
ors' union of
the Pacific.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22
.sslG ON THE
HAS OME FRONTis!
A.ATS RvTHNyETH SPEARS YM

IT IS not necessary to make our
1 economies so dull and dreary
that they depress every one. Let S
make them so gay and attractive
that they give us lift and bit of
a challenge too. This old rocker
is an example.
A saw and a wood chisel were
used for removing projections and
rockers. An old quilt was found
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22
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CONNIE MACK was talking about
~ the Cardinals. "They take me
back long way" he said, and
Connie can go back "a longer way
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22
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\S9nEn)WuRlvs LARGEST SELLER At TO-
COMPARING Taxes

Comparing Taxes
Today in the United States,
married man with two dependents
pays tax of SIP on an income Of
$4,000. In England, man, SIM
ilarly situated, pays $3.50, or A
times as much.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22
This Man Lived
For What Sailors
OF Today Die For

~ ID Cdll0u ny lllS lldlllG.
Andrew Furuseth, "The Sailors
Lincoln" died January %, 1888, at
the age of "a. That is no reason
why he shouldn't be news on any
later day. When we knew him, he
had finished his battle against the
crimps, in San Francisco, a lean,
gaunt old man with a Viking face,
still living in his tiny cubicle on the
Embarcadero, still accepting only
seaman's wages, as head of his
union-still fighting for better con-
ditions in the forecastle. In his fight
against the crimps-kidnapers of
seamen-a judge had threatened
him with a fine for contempt of
court He said:
"YOu can't make. me any
more lonely than 1 always have
been. You can't give me food
worse than I always have had.
My sleeping quarters will be no
more cramped than they have
been at any time"
1t was true. He had no vested
interest in unionisrn. For many
years he besieged Washington, put
ting forward his -seamen's act, Win
ming in 1915 after a battle of dec
AIDES. He was born in Norway,
gained little formal schooling, went
to sea at the age of 10, and came
to this country in 1880. I asked him
once why he lived SO meagerly. !
had tried to put the question tact
fully, but it plainly was an affront.
"To live better than the man
represent would be dishonest"
he said coldly. There could be
no better solvent of labOr-indus-
try troubles than true and I'M
Outstanding invocation of his
memory.
IN MARCH, 1918, Thomas Hitch
cock Jr., 18-year-old member OF
the Lafayette Escadrille, fighting r.
France, got bullet through the
thigh and was downed behind the
German lines. En- route to prison
camp, he jumped from speeding
train and made his way to the Swiss
border-to live and fight again.
This last is the news today, witt
word from England that Thomas
Hitchcock Jr., the polo player, anc
seven other Americans formerly
with the Lafayette Escadrille, are
serving with the A. E. F.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22

Assistant Manager Harriet Dan
ielson has to hurry back to the
shop in Albert City. Here Fore
man august Rebhuhn gets final
instructions from, Miss Danielson
before she leaves the 'tarm."
Right: Ann Johnson, foreman
of inspection, inspecting bomb
percussion primers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-11-12

Buy with foresight - with wisdom - with
assurance that you're getting the best coat
values available. Such beautiful styles, such
thrilling variety, you're eyes will open in
amazement and you'll wonder how we do it,
But we're accomplishing great things fOlI
our 18th Anniversary Celebration.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30

1t is expected that a two-weeks'
warning notice will be given.
TO ALASKA, HAWAII: Passed
by the house and then amended
by the senate, the bill authorizing
a women's naval auxiliary pro-
vides that its members may not
serve outside the continental
boundaries of the United States.
But delegate King of Hawaii and
Representative uson of
Washington have urged that the
corps be allowed to have branches
in Alaska and Hawaii.
SUNNY SIDE UP: One of the
nations largest life insurance COM
panies appears to consider the
modern American marriage good
'risk" The average couple
today, says a company report, has
twice as good chance as a couple
of SO years ago of celebrating
their 50th wedding university.
(That's interesting, because the
report also says that the American
marriage rate is among the high
est in the worldly
Buy War Savings Bonds
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30

herd owned by R. w. Hardin at
Beaver Creek. Jack now has one
purebred Guernsey heifer and
this high grade Guernsey cow
both of which he is keeping for
his All dairy project.
Two All club boys, John Little
and Hugh Blevins of the River
view and Nathan's Creek clubs,
respectively, both have purebred
Guernsey bull calves that they
purpose to raise to use in their
communities. John Titles calf
was purchased from Gwyn Price
and Hugh Blevin's calf came from
Charles Collins in Sparta. Sew
eral other members, who have
dairy projects agree that the bet
ter type dairy animals are more
profitable than the beef-dairy
cross for milk production.
w. B. Austin has just recently
made an outstanding addition to
his fine herd of Milking Short
horns. Mr.. Austin contends as all
good cattle breeders do, that the
essential feature of herd building
progress is the securing of top
bulls.
The July issue of the Milking
Shorthorn Journal gave consider
able recognition to Mr.. Austin for
the purchase of Hillview Darling
ton Robin from D. z. Gibson and
Son of Caledonia, Ontario, Can
ada. The article states, concerning
Robin" that he is a November,
1910 bull by Robin Adair, sire OF
Is Record of Production daughters
out of Hillview Darlington Maude,
record 1921 lbs. milk $40 lbs.
butter fat, first place cow in the
1889 international Livestock
Show. She is also credited with
the highest record, recorded for a
native born Canadian Milking
in 1910.
From a production standpoint
this young bull is hard to beat.
Also in the latest issue OF the
Milking Shorthorn Journal was a
list of all. Milking Shorthorn Cows
in the United States, that pro-
luced over 40 lbs. of butterfat in
the month of May, 1912. Mr.. Aus
tins Burnt Hill Farms has two
cows in the List. These we're Stella
and Roberta producing A and
1875 lbs. of butter fat respectively,
hey were the only two Milking
in North Carolina that
we're listed.
Mr.. Austin extends a cordial
welcome to all who would like to
visit Burnt Hill Farms.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30

The annual decoration service
at the Chapel cemetery will be
held Saturday, August at III
a. m.
John Porter has returned home
after spending week in Mary
land.
Mrs. Carl Sexton and son, Bill
ly, of Philadelphia, are visiting
relatives here.
Mrs. Savanna Halsey has re-
turned home from West Virginia.
Her son, Bryant, was buried Mon
day of last week.
Mr.. John FISHERMAN, who has a
position at Radford, Va, spent
last week end with his family,
here.
Rev. Arthur Ashley was rec
lected pastor of the Little Helton
Baptist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Jones and
small daughter, Zelda, left Sun
| day to spend a few days at Mouth
of Wilson, Va, before going to
Maryland.
Mr.. Clip Campbell spent the
week end in Boone.
Mr.. Lee Walker spent the week
end with his family here.
Mr.. Lundy FISHERMAN, of Rad
ford, spent the week end with
relatives.
Mr.. Lewis Segraves, who has
been working in Pennsylvania
has returned home.
Mrs. Notra Porter and daugh.
ter, Zenna Lee, and Mr.. Ed Blew.
ms spent one day last week II
North Wilkesboro.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30
Need Waste Fats
For Explosives

Fats make glycerine and glyc-
crime makes explosives to down
Axis planes, stop Axis tanks and
sink Axis ships. Dean I. 0. SchauE
director of the State College Elk
tension Service, says housewives
can help supply the vital war
material.
Dean Schaub has accepted the
post as Chairman of the Consum-
er Division of the State Salvage
Committee. Mrs. Estelle T. Smith,
assistant to the State home dem
onstration agent, is chairman OF
the Women's Division of the Sal
wage Committee.
These two State College leaders
have united in an appeal to all
North Carolina housewives to
save waste fats. Don't throw a
way a single drop of used cooking
fats" they urged. 'This includes
bacon grease, meat drippings, fry
ing fats - every kind you use.
After you've got all the cook
ing good from them, pour them
through a kitchen strainer into
a clean, wide-mouthed can. Store
in a cool dark place"
Dean Schaub explained that
meat dealers are periodically SER
wing as collectors of the waste
fats. They have asked that waste
fats be brought to them in one
pound lots, preferably early in
the week. They will weigh the
fats, pay the housewife for them,
and start them on the way to the
war industries.
Mrs. Smith lists four things
mot to do" % Don't take less
than one pound at time to your
meat dealer; (2) Don't take your
fats in glass containers or paper
bags; 90 Don't allow fats to
stand so long that they become
rancid because, if they do the gly-
cerine content is reduced; and
"a Don't take your fats to the
meat dealer on weekends when
he is usually the busiest.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30
WAAC RECRUITING

Recruiting for auxiliaries (pri-
vateS) in the rWomen's Army Aux
iliary corps is now being conduct
ed at all army recruiting stations.
Specialists in a wide variety of
occupations eventually will be en-
listed, but for the present the fol-
lowing are sought: clerks, cooks,
bakers, bookkeepers, stenograph-
ers, switchboard operators and
supervisors, chauffeurs, cafeteria
dieticians and cashiers, hostess
aides, receptionists, library aides,
machine record operators and mo-
ton picture projectionists.
The waiting period between ap-
plication and notification of ac-
ceptance or rejection may be as
long as three to six weeks, corps
authorities indicated, and even
after acceptance you may not be
called to duty for several months.
Therefore, you are urged not to
give up your civilian position un-
til actually ordered to Des Moines.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30
Silas Greek News

Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson FISHERMAN
are visiting their son, Melvin, OF
Clinchburg, Virginia.
DR.. and Mrs. Bryan A. Dickson
and their small son, Charles Bry-
an, of Marion, N. c., spent few
days last week with Bryan's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Dickson.
Misses Bonnie and Cleo Dick
son, who have spent the last six
weeks in the summer school at
Duke University, returned home
Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. J. w. Hunneycutt, who has
been working as an inspector in
Glenn L. Martins defense plant
in Baltimore, Maryland, came
home Saturday evening for his
wife and little daughter, Midgie.
They returned the same day, &C
companied by Misses Bonnie and
Cleo Dickson, sisters of Mrs. Hun
neycutt.
The Harless-Cook quartet &C
companied by Rev, Mr. Rich, Of
Burke county, held singing ex-
ercise at Landmark Church Sun
day evening. Rev. Mr.. Rich is
leading the singing for the Rev
Harvey Phillips, who is holding
a revival at Lansing. A large
crowd was present at the singing
and enjoyed the program very
much.
Mrs. Ballard Hairless and chill.
dren, of West Jefferson, are visit,
ing her brother, w. A. Campbell
for few days.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30
Az JANET CUplER

OLD WIVES TALES: Probably
no aspect of the war is more sub
ject to prediction, superstition and
fearful expectation than ration
ing. The latest "old wives tales"
about rationing are concerned
with the possibility of an immed-
late shortage of cosmetics, and
they're just plain silly. In most
cases the WPB will allow manu-
facturers at least 80 per cent of
the quantity they produced in
1941. And some items, like tooth
paste, eye wash, talcum powder
and shaving cream, are almost
entirely unrestricted. However,
cosmetics will be put up in fewer
containers, thereby saving both
materials and transportation.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30
Victory Farm
- NEWS ~
BY ROY H. GROUSE, Agent
J. HARVEY PAYNE, Asst. Agt.

Billy Patton, of the Lansing All
Club started his dairy project
with a Guernsey-Hereford cross
ed heifer. After considering the
advantages of keeping a strictly
dairy type cow, Billy sold his half
dairy calf for $500 and with a
little additional cash that he had,
he bought a fine grade Guernsey
yearling heifer. This heifer was
picked from a group of yearlings
owned by Lynch Dent, who has
one of Ashe county's outstanding
dairy herds. Mr.. Dent has shown
considerable interest in getting
Al club boys started in dairy
projects.
Billy Ashley, also of the Lans-
ing All cub, just recently bought
an excellent grade cow from the
Gwyn Price herd of Guernseys.
Billy bought this cow for his All
Dairy project, he plans to sell her
milk and pay for her within the
next IL months. This will require
him to keep an accurate record
ON all income and expenses on
his cow which is good training
and viii give him a good idea on
a small scale of the value of keep
ing good dairy cow.
Jack Miller, who is a member
of the Nathan's Creek All club,
has just purchased a very fine
grade Guernsey cow from the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30

You can prevent mildew much
more easily than you can get it
out. So keep your clothes in a
well-ventilated, dry, light place.
Rust gives a lot of trouble in
summer, too rust stains on
clothes and rust on valuable met
al. Prevent rust by painting me-
tai or by covering it with oil.
Keep metal pieces dry. AS for
rust stains in clothes, grandma
ther took them out of white goods
by the use of salt, lemon juice,
and sunshine. Or she moistened
the rust stain with lemon juice
and then steamed it. Many drug
stores now sell an iron-rust soap
which is easy to use.
Here's tip about saving color
in summer clothes. Textile scien-
lists say never to soak colored
clothes unless you're dead sure
that the color is entirely fast.
And they say when you wash
colored clothes, wash as fast as
you can, use mild soap; no strong
washing powder unless the clothes
are awfully dirty. You know
that colored garments-that in
cludes your husbands socks and
colored shirts-should hang in the
shade to dry. And did you know
that you can save color often by
hanging them to dry wrong side
out and taking them indoors when
they're just dry enough to iron?
The right care counts so much on
this war time saving job in the
home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-07-30
Laurel Fork News

Mrs. Monroe Wyatt, of Wilkes,
recently visited her daughter,
Mrs. Ross Bateman, near Piney
Creek.
Quite few people from this
vicinity attended the big meeting
at Roan's Creek, Sunday.
Mrs. Bill Stone, from Dublin,
Va, visited relatives here during
the week end.
There will be preaching ser
vices at the Laurel Fork school
house, Saturday night.
Mr.. Thomas Cox, who has been
working in Baltimore, Md, re-
turned to his home last week.