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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14

idle since the WPA was discon-
tinued. For the japanese who
declare themselves loyal TO
America. it would be a monu-
ment for ages to come.
But when it is built. let us
honor the pioneers Of 1883 who
first thought of the road and
tried to build it by naming it,
the Citizens road"
NELS BAJARKE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14

2. Has the College of Yale
been mensced by enemy gun
fire?
3. II you met a native of EN-
mahaven, would you embrace
him as an ally. or call the FIJI
10 arrest him as an enemy
alien
Answers on Page I
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
Todey's Common Error

II is possible IN use something
that is preventive, as TO use
preventive medicine. but there
is no such word as preventative
II you intend to 20 on a jour
ney. that Is not a proposal, and
IL is wrong 10 say, y propose
TO go on a journey" The right
word IS purpose.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14

ton OF the enemies old strategy
of divide and rule"
The American system Of edu-
cation may never be the ssme
again a. q result of the havoc
which mobilization of millions Of
our youth In factories and the
armed forces will work. Edu-
Gators are deeply concerned for
the shape of things TO come in
the little red schoolhouses and
higher institutions.
Youngsters are quitting cam
puses and classrooms In droyes
because Of the lowering of the
draft requirement TO 20 years
and army navy acceptance Of
boys below that age. College
registration already has fallen
about 10 per cent. and viii drop
lower a. the sixe of our fight
ing branches doubles or quad
ruplea.
Kids are leaving because of an
understandable patriotic urge.
But another reason unearthed
BY professors and monitors IL
more disturbing. Many are
walking out because. unless they
are specializing In law, medi-
cine. or engineering. they fear
that what they are learning now
VIII prove Of no benefit when
the world again settles down.
II these apprehension are borne
out. few will return 10 complete
their courses.
The nations which endured
great losses In the last conflict
England. France. Germany
suffered socially. economically
and politically from the holo-
eaust Of their youthful, educated
and experienced groups. There
vanished from public and private
service almost q generation of
their best eitizenry.
II il no accident that great
affairs of state. economics and
politics have been .mismanaged
by the elderly. unprogressive
Balwins. Chamberlains, Lavsls
and Blums during the last quar-
ter Of a century--or that Ger
msny's disillusioned young turn
ed to a Hitler for deliversnce.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
BARBS

London dispatch saws soap
rationing has brought no hard
ships 10 England. Almost any
s-year-old could tell you that
Nostrsdamus predicted the
fall Of Hitler in April. 1912.
Which would 10 the best fall we
ever had IN the spring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
, japanese Are Tough

Americans have had some funny ideas
They went around saying The bigger they
come the harder they fall" at the same time
they were telling each other that America
couldn't be licked because she was too big
and powerful; that man for man the Japan
csc didn't have chance because they were
ANAL and Americans were big guys.
They declared that America never could
lose war because America never had lost
war.
OF course they didn't mention the fact
that Japan also was an undefeated cham
pion. And they forgot Japan never had
been invaded. which is more than can be
said for the United States.
These ilIusory ideas have now been
pretty we'll disabused. Let's hope we
haven't lost them too late We should
have lost them long time ago.
Writing in the current Industry Journal
Mai. Harold Doud, L. s A.. tells of the
training that has made the Japanese such
tough soldiers. Major Doud spent six
months in l934-35 as a guest officer of
the second company. seventh regular in
fantry, of the imperial Japanese army.
That autumn the company held its dog
days training" Quoting from Major
Doud's article:
The I2-day autumn exercises were
divided into three four-day exercises =.
One day we marched 81 miles.
Twice the troops went three days and
two nights without sleep. except what could
be snatched during 10-minute .halts and
brief lulls in the situation.
''The last four-day period was the most
strenuous. We started out ut in the
morning and marched almost continuously
until 10 the next morning.
In that time We covered ffty-six miles.
The same night everyone was occupied with
outpost duty and patrol =.
"'Why not let some Of them Sleep
asked the captain. oh, no. he said. That
In not necessary. They already know how
to sleep. They need training in how to
stay awake"
These tough little yellow men were even
then getting ready to fight US fat and
sassy Americans. While we were calling
them soft touches" they were driving TO
make themselves so hard that in due time
we would turn out to be the soft touches"
Major Doud saw the japanese toughen-
ing up in 1934-35. The question can fairly
be asked Has his story been told before?
II not, why not?
The Infantry Journal might have rem
dered a service to the army and to the
nation by carrying this story in every issue
of the past seven or eight years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
. WAR QUIZ

Would you be more likely to
be serving on this American
warship II you had studied at
Navy schools at Pensacola, Fla,
or New London. Conn.,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
After Many
Years
Good Reading For
Lent or Any Time
Also Tips On
SsIsemsnship
Bible Christians
Tops in Business
~ Z. 7. Snort

IN this lsnten season when
Il thoughts turn IN things re-
hgious there is recalled a series
Of articles on the use Of the
Bible in every dsy life. One OF
them which seems appropriate
AZ this time concerns a young
man who had been advanced in
few wears from office boy to
sales manager and was anxious
to 60 further.
He had the good sense to real
lie that he did not know IL all
and was searching for informa-
ton that would enable him 10
attain his ambition. One day he
went to his employer and asked
him If he could recommend a
course Of reading that would
help him in his business career.
When the employer recon-
mended the Bible the young man
was disappointed and said so.
Il know the Bible i a good
hook and I intend IN read u
more, but what l want now IL
good treatise on business,
said he. 81 never thought Of
the Bible as being very prac-
teal. I particularly want some
thing on craftsmanship"
At think I understand what
you mean" the employer re-
piled. Suppose you come out TO
the house tonight and well talk
1t over"
The two spent the evening to-
gether. What follows is a digest
Of what the employer said:
Everybody who does anything
worthwhile in this world is
salesman. The doctor is sales
man of better ways of living.
The president OF the United
States is a salesman and he is
popular in proportion to the ex-
tent to which he is able to sell
his ideas to the people. Every
thing must be sold.
1 recommend the Bible In
you because IL il record Of
the greatest statesmen who ever
lived. Ideas are harder TO sell
than things. The Hebrew proph-
cts sold their people the greatest
idea II is possible for the human
mind to entertain. They sold
the idea of God so well and so
securely that the world has
scarcely been able to improve
on their craftsmanship from that
day to this.
Everything else has altered
since the days of Moses but the
idea of God among us is pretty
much the same as the idea
moses gave MS people.
What a salesman he must
have been No man ever went
up against such stiff COMPETE
ton. The world was full Of gods
male gods and female gods;
gods Of wood and iron; human
goes and animal gods. 1t was
a poverty stricken tribe that
couldn't boast at least hundred.
His craftsmanship transformed
the II slave tribes into nation.
After Moses came a splendid
succession of statesmen, each
with the one big idea. BY and
by there came Amos who added
TO Moses one God doctrine the
idea that God is a God of justice.
That was a hard idea to sell,
because the Israelites had the
belief that the favor of God had
to be bought with sacrifices and
the folks who made the biggest
Continued on Page I, Column u
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14

Famine. The cask is attached
by a chain to a pole set in the
rock, and is almost oyertopped
by the waters of the sea. In
the lid of the cask is a hinged
door never locked. Ships pass
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
CAsk POST OFFICE

The cask used for exchanging
letters Of ships passing around
Cape Horn, on the extreme
southern tip of South America,
is about half way through the
Straits of Magellan, near Point
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14

In this hour. when the very existence
of our nation as a free people is at stake,
We cannot afford to indulge in the promo
ton of selfish nterests.-President Roose-
Welt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14

Wars change ways of living. national
boundaries and hundreds of other big and
little things which in SNUG times We accept
as casually as Junior losing his front teeth.
Take names and figures of speech. Strong
as Gibraltar. lmpregnable as Singapore.
Stubborn as the British. America-safe
from invasion.
Gibraltar still stands. or did when this
was written. but never again can we
refer to Singapore as that "bastion of the
Pacific
As for America we actually are in
danger of attack although only few
months ago many prominent and loud
voices insisted otherwise.
We lose such phrases, but we have
gained new one-MacArthurize Quisling
now denotes the lowest type of treachery.
but MacArthurize should become verb
used only with respect And it will always
mean doing more with so much less than
the other fellow that the referee gives you
the decision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
. Mr.. Fixit

Mr.. Fixit: II a wife diving
with husband and both working.
with taxable incomes) makes a
separate income tax return and
the husband fails TO file his re-
turn. 10 the wife held responsible
in any way when the husband
spends his money foolishly. or
what IL the outcome of such
cases. Returns were made
jointly in the past but since the
husband has not contributed 10
the wife for taxes there il proof
of this last year. the wife will
turn in a separate return.
VI. J. h.
It's a little hard to picture a
situation like that. but If il
exists. the wife can protect her
self by adding the incomes to-
gether and reporting upon half
of the total. The incomes
couldn't be considered strictly in
dependent when the two are liv-
ing together. The husband would
have the privilege of filing his
return on the other half, or of
looking at the inside of prison
bars.
Mr.. Fixit: Why is IL that our
Tacoma high schools don't have
air raid drills like the other
schools and colleges in the city,
have two children going TO Lin
coin and they didn't take part
In the evacuation Tuesday.
AS was explained Tuesday, the
high schools did have drills to
the extent of clearing the build
ings and waiting for trsnsporta-
ton of those living at distances.
Since the sll-clesr signal arrived
before the transportation. the
pupils didn't go home. Another
was held Thursday morning at
Lincoln. so you should feel res-
sonably secure now.
Mr.. Fixit: Recently heard
that girls without nurses train
Ing could become United Air
Lines stewardesses. Il this true
Would n married girl whose hns-
band Was serving IN the army In
Alaska be eligible for that and
where would she 20 10 apply for
that position: Also, what are
some OF the things you must
know 10 he eligible for the wo-
mems auxiliary motor corps and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14

To correspondents; Because OF
the lack of space, letters for publ
cation must not exceed zoe words.
This rule will he strictly enforced
except In some possibly rare In
stances when In the Judgment of
the editor the public interest VIII
be served by a longer letter.
Letters exceeding the limit NAV
be rejected entirely or excerpts may
be used when In the Judgment of
the editor 10 NAV he done Without
impairinr the meaning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
MRS. l.. r.

True, a Norwegian birth certi-
ficate could not be issued in this
country. but you could get the
next best evidence, an affidavit
from your father of the place
and date of your birth. If you
haven't obtained from the I'M
migration and Naturalization ser
vice certificate of derivstiye
citizenship. you should do that.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
He Knows or Finds
The Answers

where would you 60 To join that ::
MRS. r. II.
II was announced recently that
two years college education,
without training as a nurse, will
be the basic requirement for
airline stewardesses. There ap-
appears to be no change in the
other qualifications, which in
cluded being unmarried. You
could write to United Air Lines,
Oakland Municipal Airport, Oak
land. Calf. There isn't any spe-
cial knowledge necessary for the
women's motor corps. You could
inquire about it at the civilian
defense office at the state ar
mory, back OF the courthouse.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14

ing westward send out a small
boat which carries letters. Lat
er ships travelling east stop. pick
them up, and leave missives
which in turn are picked up by
the next ship heading for the
Pacific.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14

Mr.. FiNit: I would like Ia
know II there Is any possible
way for me to get certificate
or affidavit of birth. was born
In Norway In 1913. became
citizen through my father hut
have no way of showing my
birth. Was told at the city
hall that I couldn't get any. My
father IL stil1 living.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-26
Jefferson Sind.
HadGOOd Year.
Paul Perkins, Local Agent For
Insurance Co. Report In
creasing Popularity

GREENSBORO.-Re-election of
all officers declaration of a divid-
end of 40 cents per share, the at
tendance of every member of the
board of directors, all of whom
were reelected, and the report
of President Julian Price featured
the recent annual meeting of the
Jefferson Standard Life Insur-
ance company.
President Price, in submitting
his report, touched briefly on the
national situation, declaring that
the country's defense program
had been responsible for less I'M
employment and that unpreceden-
ted industrial activity had caused
the national income to 60 above
95 billions.
The company's asset increased
during 1941 by $10,0O0,O00 and
now total about sos, 100000. Dur
ing the year, the company placed
about $15,OOO,OOO in first mort
cages, the largest amount in any
previous year of the company's
history, and made a net increase
of 100000 in first mortgages.
In addition there was an increase
of over $5,OOO,O0O in bonds. The
foreclosed real estate holdings of
the company decreased from a
peak of about 100000 in the
depression years of 1892 and 1888
to less than $1,OOO,OOO and ample
reserve, President Price report
ed, has been set aside to take
care of any losses in these pro-
perties.
Paul Perkins, A sh e county
agent, said he always felt that
the Jefferson Standard was one
of the strongest and the most
popular agencies in the country
and that its continuous growth
was proof that the American pub
lie also felt this way.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-26
Obituary
MRS. J. M. ASHLEY

Ida Eta Weaver, daughter of
Elihu and Nancy J. Weaver was
born Sept. II, 1872 and departed
this life Feb. 10, 1912, her age be-
ing SO years and 4 months. She
was joined in wedlock with John
Monroe Ashley and to this happy
union were born fifteen children,
nine of which are living whose
names are as follows: Bessie,
Flossie, Pearl, James, Virginia,
Paul, Clyde, Fulton and Pansy.
At the tender age OF eleven she
Welded her young heart in chill
dish faith to her Lord Jesus
Christ at GraybeaPs chapel, Lam
sing. N. c., For many years she
has been a most loyal and faith
full member IF the Ashley Meth
odist church, Amy, N. c.
Mrs. Ashley was a good neigh
Dor in the finest sense of the
term-forgiving in wrong, patient
in trouble, and always ready to
lend a helping hand to those in
need.
She was appreciated and loved
most by her own, those with
whom she had lived midst the
sunshine and the shadows of this
earthly pilgrimage, those for
whom she had prayed, those to
whom she had read Gods word,
and before whom mama" had so
walked as to inspire the following
words of praise, written, and CIV
en- to her in life, by her youngest
daughter, Pansy:
IF there ever was a Christian
true,
We know dear mother it was you,
We have worked by your side for
many long days,
And never one time did you
leave the right way.
You taught us to live right and
trust to prayer
To guide our steps and take away
every care.
You've always been so loving and
kind,
Ready to help at troubled mind.
The respect is great that we have
for you,
We love you for all you taught us
to do.
We know our prayers will help
us each day,
To follow your foot steps in the
heavenly way"
She is survived by her husband,
Monroe Ashley, nine children
Mrs. G. c. Stamper, Emory, Va;
Mrs. L. P. Van Hoy, Piney Creek;
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-26
Annual Report
Shows Extensive
Work In Ashe Co.
BY DIR. ROBERT KING,
District Health Officer

Editors note: The following
TepUrt of the activities of the Ashe
county health written by DIR. Rob-
wrt King shows how thousands OF
1ndIviduals have been reached
and aided by this department.)
Ashe County having an area of
TT square miles with total popu-
Nation OF 22,664 has only ATS citi-
-zens of the negro race. Of this to-
tai population, 1854 are under
five years of age, loops are be-
tween five and 'twenty-four years
of age, $3.50 are from twenty
HIve to sixty-four, and LAOS are
sixty five and over. Slightly
more than 1914 per cent of our
population live on farms.
The work of the Health Depart
"Nnenf is to render service of pre-
vention Of disease, and an educa-
tiona1 program concerning health
matters. Our staff being the very
minimum allowed by the CO.
operating agencies, such as the
United States Public Health Ser
vice, ChiIdren's Bureau, and State
Board of Health, does not permit
of as intensive a service as should
he rendered our citizens.
A large portion of our work
concerns itself with communica-
b1e diseases where guarantees
are necessary, and irnmunizations
offered. There were 159 individ-
uals registered under commune
cable disease control during 1941.
These cases cover chicken pox,
diphtheria, m e sizes, infantile
paralysis, scarlet fever, an d
whooping cough. Of these dis
eases, poliomyelitis, Chicken pox,
and whooping cough led the list
with 5, IS, and 81 cases respec-
lively Scarlet fever was respon-
ssible for 5 reports. We were fort
innate to have only 5 cases of
polionyelitis in Ashe county,, al
though, some of our neighbors re-
ported many more. Diphtheria
was reported in individuals with
no deaths.
We are not doing as many
Schick, or skin, tests to find
whether children are protected
against diphtheria as we did pre-
vio1Bly, for the reason that we
are now giving two doses Of tox-
old preferably some eight weeks
apart, and this gives us a much
RurT protection against diphtheria
that the Schick test is not con-
-sidered necessity. A total 40 of
these tests were given during the
year; liza tests were made to
determine previous exposure to
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-26
S. C. F. Group Held
Meeting Saturday

The regular meeting of the S.
c. F. met Saturday at the S. c. F.
headquarters here. The meeting
was called to order by Mr.. Black,
vice chairman, after which Mrs.
White gave a very interesting re-
port of her visit to Washington,
D. c. and New York. Among the
high lights of her visit was her
meeting with Mrs. Roosevelt. She
also broadcasted talk on demon
stration schools of the mountain
county, for over NBC.
Several business matters were
brought before the committee.
The demonstration schools re-
ceived their first aid kits and
were asked to send their month
ly reports to the local office.
The Baldwin school was voted on
by the committee to receive help
from the S. c. F.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-26
Moving Pictures
Are To Be Shown
In Ashe Churches
Presbyterians Will Feature
A Series Of Pictures.
Public Invited

From the office of the Foreign
Mission Executive Committee, a
number of moving picture films
have been secured for use in the
Presbyterian churches of Ashe
county.
They will be shown according
to the following schedules:
Light Shines in Bakaubaland,
Obids-Sunday, March 10; Jeffer-
son-Wednesday, March 4; West
Extraordinarily, March S.
"Ngnona and Her People"
(Story of an African GirD, Obids
Sunday, March 8; Jefferson
Wednesday, March II; West JEFF
ferson-T Thursday, March IL.
"Bamba," (Story of an African
Boy), Obids-Sunday, March Is;
Extraordinarily, March 10;
West Extraordinarily, March
10.
"What A Missionary Does in
Africa" Obids-Sunday, March
%; Jefferson-Wednesday, March
Is; West Jefferson - Thursday,
March 26.
Japan and Her Problems"
Sunday, March %; Jeffer-
son - Wednesday, April l.; West
Extraordinarily, April 2.
The public is most cordially in
vited. The time will be 8 P. M
Eastern Wartime.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-02-26
Thousands Are Reached By Ashe County Health Department

tuberculosis; 142 of these indicat-
ed that they had been infected at
some time.
Pre-SchOOl Care
Preparation of the child for
school should commence as early
as possible, and they receive SER
vices from the Health Department
from their first month on. 81 ba-
bies were admitted to medical
service and so to nursing service.
There were Al conferences, while
the nurse made 66 home visits as
we'll as having 81 office visits paid
her. In the next age group, "a
children under 6 years Of age
were admitted to the medical serv-
ice with 81 conferences with them
107 were under the nursing service
and 1875 home visits were paid
them as well as "a office visits.
961 school children were inspect
ed and 1T were examined by
physicians, Is with the parents
present. Our school dentist ex-
amined 1865 children and found
it necessary to clean, fill, and ex-
tract teeth for 1854 of them. An
other 1899 were referred to their
family dentist fur further SER
vices. 81 lectures and classroom
health talks were given with at
tendance of more than 5000. Be-
sides the dental work done, several
children were fitted with glasses
during the year 1871.
Our crippled childen's service
is carried on during the warmer
months of the year through local
clinics, and when the weather
gets too bad, we have to carry
them to adjoining counties. This
past year, we had 81 individuals
receiving service through these
clinics, 1877 visits being made. The
nursing staff made 38 visits on "a
individuals. Several children were
carried to the hospital in Char
lotte for special treatment. This
work is a very encouraging one
and seems to be much appreciat-
ed by the parents.
Work With Adults
Adults come in for their fair
share of the health work, and
over those who are
working with foods, accounts for
many of them. Medical examina-
tons were made on 81 food-han-
dlers. Many others totaling 1853
were examined for other groups,
or reasons specified above. so of
these were admitted to some form
Of medical service, making III
clinic visits, 81 field visits also
being made. The nursing service
admitted SO individuals, and "a
field visits and SIS office visits
were made. Hospital admission
was necessary for "a cases with
total of 100 days spent in these
instances. Is adults were fitted
with glasses.
The state requires certain ex-
to be made on expect