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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-23
ABE STANLEY KILLED
IN MINE ACCIDENT


Abe Stanley, son of George
Stanley of Road Branch in the
lower end of the county, was in
stantly killed Saturday by mo-
tor in the mines at Clinchco.
The body was kept up until
Wednesday awaiting the coming.
of brother in the army. Burial
was in the Martha Gap cemetery.
Stanley was not married and
is survived by his parents and
several brothers and sisters.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-23
F armers May
Have Egg
Marketing Center

Dickinson county farmers and
housewives are going to have
market for all eggs produced, &C
cording to a report from the Of
flee of the County Agent.
The Dickinson County USDA
GU. S. Dept Of Agricultural War
Board met April Is and set up
two egg marketing centers in the
county. One of these is at Cowan
Edwards store at Birchleaf and
the other at j. H. Bakers store
down Flemingtown way. Eggs
will be graded according to gov
eminent specifications and ship
ped unless a local market can be
secured.
This board also requests ali
farmers to move scrap iron (if
any remains that the Japs have
not already got) as fast as pos
sible. Garages that have Odds cars
must salvage the parts disable for
repair and turn over the other to
the scrap dealers by May /.
Anyone who fails to move scrap
iron by that date will be report
ed by the chairman of the War
Board Salvage Committee. it was
said.
Used rubber in the farm screp
drive will also be a vital aid to-
ward keeping rubber retaining
plants operating on the scale
need. chairman Baker said. We
are now confronted with a scrap
rubber shortage much like the
crisis that developed in the waste
paper field some months ago. It
is essential that the public con-
centrate its most intensive efforts
at h i S time t o salvaging
every possible pound of old rub
Der. Old tires and inner tubes,
hot water bottles, rubber bath
mats, old raincoats, rubber ia.
rings and similar items can be
found in nearly every home.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-23
Forest Fires
Burn In Many
Sections

Destructive and widespread
fires, thought to be of incendiary
origion, have ragged all week in
the lower end Of Cumberland
Mountain on the Jefferson Nation
al Forest lands, with hevy loss
of young timber and considerable
expense to the government. The
first fires broke out near the
Towers in the Breaks on Sunday,
and up to this time have burned
over an area some five or six
miles wide. A heavy blanket 0.
smoke hangs over the entire
county, and it is said that this is
the largest fire to hit the county
in years.
Some forty or fifty men were
gathered up the first Of the week
by forestry officials and the
county fire warden and these
have been fighting fire day and
night, with supplies being taken
in daily by trucks.
One of the fire-fighters, out o.
the mountains today, says that
after the fire had been brought
under control one night early in
the week, a fire-bug appeared
near them and began resetting
fires. He. was plainly visible ana
kept right on after the men be-
gan shouting at him. Rocks were
thrown and names called but
they were afraid to crowd the
bug too close, as they thought
Cndt anyone mat mean WOulQ
doubtless be dangerous.
T w o stills w e n found.
one of them being operated by d
man and young boy, but it was
not thought that the fires had
originated from these plants. The
cool beer was described as very
refreshing after a hot day in the
blazing woods, and the size of
the run" was cut down consid-
erably by visiting firemen.
Large fires have been burning
at other points in the county and
around Pound Gap in Wise.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-23
LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON

Clyde Remines, manager of the
local ABC store since it was in
stalled here several years ago,
has resigned his position and left
for Washington, D. c., where he
will be employed.
A. A. Skeen, Jr., is the new
clerk in the store.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-23
The
Home Front

Vi SOIIlC A1llCl lCollo tllctI We IL 81
ing to win this war simply be-
cause of our supriOrity in natur-
al resources and industrial capac
ity. We're going to win the war!
But we're going to win it not
simply because of our superio.
natural resources and industrial
capacity Victory will come event
ually because Of our intelligent
use of those things.
1t is the determination Of the
war production board to use
these things intelligently that lies
behind it's action in Slicing away
at civilian manufacture. This
necessarily precedes the funnel
ing of vastly increasing quaint
ties of materials into war produc
ton.
Rejecting this determination
of the war production board are
two orders, one prohibiting the
further use of iron and steel in
a long list of products and the
other calling a halt to all con-
struction not eseitial to the war
purpose. Those two orders call
for sacrifice. But let us keep al
ways in mind that sacrifice alone
will not win the war. 1t is not
Just doing without something
which will vanquish our enemies,
rather victory will come as a re-
suit of positive, aggressive ac-
tion-both on the home front
and on the fighting front.
We are now producing Weap-
ems for our armed forces and for
our allies at the rate Of 80 billion
dollars a year. It's not enough of
course, but it's three times what
we were doing last year-and our
pace is picking up. Let Hitler and
Hirohito and Mussolini think that
over!
Three Problems Face Us.
The most important problem
we face on the home front today
is that of production, but there
are three other problems to be
solved if we are to get produc-
ton to the fullest. These are a.
shortages of material vital to the
war e11Ort, ~ lnIldtlon, WHICH
means that prices are getting
higher and higher and that UNI
less something is done we won't
get our full value in planes and
weapons and ships for our mon
ey; and 90 transportation.
Transportation, both for pas
sengers and freight, is going to
become more Difficult teach day.
Because of increasing demands
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Nozis Using Up
5 prin9 Reserves

tied with killing 400 Germans and
taking II guns.
On the central front the Ger
mans. with the aid of their reserve
forces, were said to be clinging to
their fortified lines while substan-
tial cOunterattacks were being
thrown at Russian forces trying to
isolate the NaZi strong points.
After one engagement the Rus
slams found 200 Germans who were
killed by Soviet artillery fire. In
another battle the Germans lost
500 men, 10 tanks, 26 cannon and
40 machine guns.
The Soviet army newspaper Red
Star reported THAI the German
command of the cncirClCd 10th Ger
man army at StaraYa Russa has
distributed a circular forbiddin3
militarT honors and burial for Of
ficcrS and men who commit suicide
The circula-' Or-2red that men WHO
take their own lives be buried sep
aratcly in a special cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
KILL THE BlDDLE BILL
[ milwaukee, Journan

tMilWaukee JournaD
Congress should throw out Attorney
General Biddle'S censorship" bill. The
bill. if it became law, might stop certain
Leaks" which occur from time to time
but it might also lead to grave abuses.
This is admitted by Mr.. Biddle himself.
No good American wants to help the
enemy. On the other hand. no good Am
erican wants the press hamstrung IN
printing the essential news by giving gov
ernment departments the poWe" to with
hold arbitrarily information which the
nation should and can safely have.
Americans are not simpletons They
know that in these days certain material
must be kept confidential but they also
know that a bureaucracy. given the pow
er, might clamp the lid down ON much
other material-perhapS to save its own
hide for mistakes made
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
CHEAPER FOR PUBLIC

!. Travellers would not have to buy
pullman berthS Being cheaper. the ser,
vice would receive more patronage. and
so prove more successful from the rail
roads standpoint Our interest is IN the
welfare of the whole public, not purely
in that of those with sufficient means to
afford pullman accommodations. The
night sleeper plan would benefit only
those who can afford the more costly
means Of travel The 3 pm. to pm.
service would make the train service
avqi' able to persons in all financial brack-
cts. In a matter of this kind, where
widespread use of the service must be
shown if it is to be established, too much
stress cannot be laid on protecting the
interests Of every financial bracket.
). The afternoon schedule would place
important mail in San Francisco. Sacra-
mentO and other northern points at least
- hours ahead Of the present schedule.
The same applies to passenger travel
to northern points.
g. The afternoon service would reopen
Imperial Valley as an important market
a position it has been in danger Of losing
because many statesmen. saving tires,
have found travel in this territory too
inconvenient and costly.
I. Routing through the valley of such
a train as the Golden State Limited, car
rying hundreds Of passengers daily and
a hundred thousand yearly, would give
that many people chance to see this
valley of ours first hand. We would no
longer be only dot on the map.
We have the chance. If We do not
seize this opportunity, the fault will be
our own.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Burma Stabilized
Along NewLine,
British Declare

LCNDCN, Harch IS CUP, a
NV Drlhi communiquo published
- the ministry Of information, said
.cday that the military situation in
Blrma was stabilized around Thar
"add",' about 70 miles north
v Il OF Raneoon on tie road to
p.'eac
Opcr fonS also are proceeding" in
tie arc o NsalmgIa9n. - nIlc5
north tf tie Rmgoon-to-M Manda-
lay railroad junction andC&--h
and in the area OF 5HWc-Gvm. On
tf" cast baDH Vi The &lUanl rIycg
about 10 mile. 'tat Of Ngauuplrbin,
tEc communiqur Of I'll" British IN
= an command SAID
TGarraWaddy i aDout % miles
northwest Of Prgu
Tho cOmnuullquc indicated that
thr British now bad piVotod their
eli uorfh-coutn defense line on tho
lCWor Gi'tanp to on" running rough
L. nor'hcaStWard Wlth the RIGHT
nank SWlr@ine the % miles from
Frp4 10 TharraWaddy
Nyaunglcbiu is about hallway to
IJmpoo, which is approximately
fal the R3hpoon railroad Burma
/ ~ alstlf - 90 Mandalay
Ihrrawaddy. To lhe west e, near
l. hallway to PRONE on another
route to Mandalay.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Russians Hold TO
Charge vichy Will
Give Nazis Ships

LONDON, March 13 cUPp
Russia, peroisfine in It's charge that
the Vichr Government j. handing
over French Marahips to Germany.
sad today the Germans "Crc OPP
Grazing special naval schools at ru-
nerous French port to tram Ger
nan Seamcn to operate the ships.
1t was asserted that several thou
sand German SCameu were now at
ToulOn. the great Mediterranean
naval base in unocclpied France. to
form crews for the 2G509-ton battle
ship Dumkerquo
Further. it said, Grand Admiral
Erich Racdcr. German naval COM
mandcr in chief had issued a sec
rot order for formation OF German
crews for ships hanG d nyc. by the
French, to be ready by April 70.
Russia broadcast its charge over
TIE Moscow radio quoting a Cairo
dispatch of the official news agency
TASS.
IN its original ciIar"o Russia said
Vlchy was handing oycr to thc Orr
nans about 70 shius which had not
bCcn completed at thc tlme France
collapsed, includng the 35G0O-ton
h&ttloship Clemcnccau. The Dun
kcrque was in service before the col-
|. psc. 1t wa hc2vily damaged, and
boachcd, as the result of British
naval and aerial bomhaYdmcnt Of
re French llenl Oft North Africa in
JUlY 1910
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Reds Open Onslaught.

LONDON. March 49, up Dis
aIsuts ,ram Stockholm and othe.
continental news ccntcrS Indicated
.t4} 1aat Russia had opened a new
a.... at Its winter offensive. throw
r.. powerful new forces INTO the
,ah III key areas all the WAY
"o@ Lauingrad To Jne Sea of A2o}.
he'1etS that the Russians were
...t.u4 ON 25O-nllo southern front
una Il total OF 90 divisions totallNS
~ a. I.750.OO0 men remained UNI
11raImed
Tl.o Germans themselves, however.
a,a.ed heavy and continuing Rus
.... attacks all the way from OreI
so1 u4lcs south OF Moscow ana
sut mixes north OF Kharkov, u
l.aau.eL on the SEA- of Azov. il
.a..lon 10 attacks in the Crimca.
MN OFFENSIVE
E.ylinG in importance the re
f.Y.td offensive in the Ukraine was
e. ~ and powerful attack on the
.rou. west of Moscow, reported il
zI>Natches this morning.
IL was asserted that within the
1as, y hours. fresh Russian diyi-
>luN had been driving down from
The Wolokonski forest. south of tue
Euldai hills. in an attempt to rol.
ap the entire German army in the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
BEST TRAIN SERVICE
IS VALLEYS DESIRE

At long last. there appears to be
chance that Imperial Valley may obtain
improved railroad passenger service to
Los Angeles The Southern Pacific is
considering the possibilities The out
come. we believe, will depend upon the
ability of the chambers Of commerce Of
the valley to present impressive facts
demonstrating the need of such improve
ment.
One issue arises. Does the public want
night sleeper on the present time Sched-
ule. or does it prefer re-ro'ltinE OF
transcOntinental trail-probably the fam
Gus Golden State Limited-through the
valley?
1t is important that the expression OF
a choice by the community be made ON the
basis of what is best for the entire valley
not for this group or that one. Per
sonal preference should have no part IN
this matter.
Our vote. for what il may be WORTH
FavorS re-routing of the tranScOntlnentaI
train. Our reasons:
/. Re-routing of the line would extend
the time Of the train between Yuma and
Los Angeles by only 40 minuteS-40 MN
uteS which would place Imperial Valley
on tranScontinental service-and would
not require additional equipment which
the railroad might better use in wartime
traffic elsewhere.
, This plus-40 minute routing would
be less expensive to the Southern Pacific,
allowing better showing of return upon
investment. and so would lessen the val
ley'S lob of proving that the additional
service is justified by use. There would
be less chance that it would be with
drawn if a short trial failed to SHOW
immodiata big returns to the railroad.
9. / ,-oalG} = the fastest, quickest and
mos. ce1.-aieat service in the valleys
historr eliminating tiring stops at Nj
vouiG bring t.lo train through here at
3 an I'D get it into Los Angeles at s
pm. Tlg trip would take no longer than
by motor al something that has never
before been possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Americans Strike
At Jap Positions

WASHINGTON, Mar. l3 tUPD -
Give American flying fortrCsseS have
luck more blows at the SpcarheadS
u an impending japanese drive
AGAINST Australia, destroying air
ONE buildings and WrccHing run
vays at Salamaua and Lac in Now
>;Inca. tho war department. an
nounccd today.
The Departments csmmlnique
,lso said that the lull III the pataan
rsninsula in Tie Philippines was
continuing.
The Flying Fortress attack on
IaDanese- held points in Nov Guinea
occurred two days ago, They were
=. the same areas where American
bombcrs sank two japanese ships
ma get four others aiirr.
IN addition TO hitting ardromc5
E. ihc latest action the American
onn1nCr. again struck ii Japanese
aiming facilities, scoring d direct
hit on a pier at Lac, capital Of New
Guinea
TI. American bOmbcra were at
cks1 by formation Of enemy
.onIrr planes Dut escaped mlocdth-
~ after downing tive OF the Jap
aacSe craft,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
IS IT A VERY GOOD HOUSE?
CRiyerSide PreSS)

(RiverSide Press)
Having heard considerable criticism Of
his fathers government Of Britain while
ON leave from the Middle East Army,
Major Randolph Churchill was moved
to ask this question Of his fellow-mem-
berS of the House of Commons:
"Although this might not be very
good government. ought we not ask our
selves is it very good House of Com
mons"
There's thought in that While our
own House Of Representatives very prop
erly exercises its right and duty to in
vestigate the conduct of the war. it might
give an occasional thought to the con-
duct Of the House. and of the Senate, too.
but especially of their individual mem
berS.
For there is an investigatory body
which is also watching the conduct of
members OF Congress. weighing some of
the ilI-conSidtled statements that have
been pouring out on all occasions or on
no OCCASION That is the entire elector
ate. which is going to weigh those indiVid-
ual records in the House and IN a third
of the Senate this year. The public IS
going to insist not merely that We have
effective administrative conduct of the
war. but wise legislative conduct as well.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
LABOR REGROUPED

The government issued new o.
derS tOda" fer men in reserved
occupations who mi 2ht be exempted
from military service because thoJ
arc working on css. ntial war prod
uctS
Industries wcro dI'idcd into three
groups. Ii WAS intended to re-
group labor 50 that oHly such m,n
cf military age rs were essential
far the supply et laod stuffs mun:-
tiona and civilian services to TIRE
armed forces would be exempt.
It was made puDu, that a total
Of 1890 women and 400 men hat
been evacuated from New Guinea
since Jan. l.
Lady McNichol wife OF Brig. Gen.
Sir Waltcr McNic..)!, adminislr2~
.or CT New Guinea nG today tha;
all vital utilities llke.y to be useful
to the Japanese had been destroyed
when Lac and Salamaua were cvac-
uated. including the -reat air field
at SalDnaua.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
BY HAROLD GUARD

SYDNEY. Australia, March Is
#UPl - Australia ~ preparing 4
ssorched earth program i'll the be-
uef that the Japanese will soon
spread their invasion area to the
Islands off the east coast and thea
attack the east coast itself, it wa5
said today in reliable quarters.
II was feared that after their
conquest of Java, the japanese
m!gAt find New Guinea, off the
northeast coast. a relatively easy
objective.
From New Guinea it was fore
cast, the japanese would spread
down to the island chain in the
New Caledonia-NeW Hebrides-Fili
4roup
Wlth bases il this area, it was
.5l+. the japanese would then
launch offensives against the Aus
t.auin east coast.
Determined to make any attar@
on Australia a fight to a finl,'.
TIE Government is completing de-
u.cd plans for destruction OF
E,lytnn9 which the japanese mlgHt
b. bic to use in invasion areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13

sCemcd no dOubIs sthaI IN tNlS eli
tire great area, Marshal Semyon
Timoshcnko. hero Of the recaptLra
of Rcstov which ended the German
fan offensive. had stepped up pres
sure on all southern sectors.
Bittcr fighting was mentioned
not only in the Oiel area bit
northeast and south of KharkoV'
the great Ukrainian industrial cen
ter and it was indicated that the
Russians were attacking directly III
the Kharkov. Stalino and TaganrCg
areas, the three key points at the
southern end Of the line.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Rv NJ. s. HANDLER

MOSCOW. March l3. Front
line dispatches reported today thai
Germany is sending great numbers
Of reserve troops into counter
attacks designed to hold strong
points on the long 'front.' and to try
to recapture strategic positions lost
in the Russian counteroffensiv'.
Soviet correspondents reported an
increasing number of German pris-
oners assert they ale members of
regiments and divisions which had
been stationed for long periods in
France and in other occupied areas.
They revealed many Nazi units
are now being rushed from west
to east and going into battle al
most Immediately upon arrival in
Russia Some divisions transferred
to Russia we're said to have spent
almost two years in france.
On the southern front the Rus
slams were said to have destroyed
the 4-7th German infantry reei-
ment in :. struggle for town ana
to have beaten off strong German
counterattacks on their lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13

Rrhev already approXlmated that
Of the 10th army which is bciug
lounded to pieces at Staraya Russa
midway between Rzhev and Lenin-
rad.
MAY CUT ROAD
The possibility was foreSeen that
thc Russians might encircle both
Rlhev and wanna and cut the
Moscow Vyazma SmOlenSk rah-
road
Though military experts main
tliued reserve on the reported gI-
.mtic southern offensive, insofar
- figures of troops went, there
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Australia Reody
10 Scorch Earth

ties worked out to NICE an attack.
In both countries men up to 60
years OF ace have been made sub
jcct to military or auxiliary duty
All eastern Australia had firmly
in mind now the tragedies Of Nal
aya and Java, and there is a mark
ed squirt in the var effort.
Mai. Gen. Henry Gordon Ben-
nett, who escaped from SingapOr'
after commauding Australian troops
in }Ialaya, said III a luncheon speech
this week:
we must train and work ha"d,
Australia will never surrender tC
the japanese but will fight to the
last man and will win through
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foIlolClng edit
OriqiS are presented as interesting Opin-
ions rOiced bY editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Skin Sufferers

FTCN N00K by INCTNC aVT70TS TVWI1E
lpW simple use of IA product from the
misery uf Psoriasis. Eczema. Athletes
Foot, Acne. NaIicosc Ulcers. Itch. Poison
Oak. Address T.. Q, Bon 80, Berkeley
Cali. tAdN'
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
Jap Naval Force
Reported Sighted
At Solomon Isles

MELBOURNE. Australia, Mar 10
CUPD - Air >.niSter Arthur S.
Drakeford announced today that a
Japanese naval force had been re-
ported off Buka Island. at the north
oad of the Solomon troops.
Australian planes sighted tho fleet
II the vicinity OF th" island, Drake
ford revealed
Buka lies 1,0eG m.ics nor;hea"t of
Australia and 90 miles est OF the
Huon Gulf invasion area III New
Guinea.
Durng the first phase of lap
aresc invasion operations in tic
Australian defense zone the govern
ment reported landings in the Sol
1mOns. but found later that the re-
.0rts had been incorrect.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13

We are told there is too much com
placency in the country. There must be
none in the goyernment.-Senator Arthur
II. Nandenborg Of Michigan.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13

Today those great qualities born in
the young people Of Russia have come
to the rescue Of the whole "orld.-Sir
Stafford Cripps, former British ambas-
sddOr to Moscow
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
TWO POINTS TAKEN

In the course of the fighting the
Russians repeatedly occupied two
important points, one a railroad
center. The Soviet troops we're cred
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13

I'm not an alarmist but if we should
have an air raid the confusion would be
terrific-Moran McConihe, Washington,
D. c., air raid warden.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13

Vyazma- -SmolenSk sector southwest
Of Moscow. and had already Sue
eecded IN mnltrating to the hcallls
fortified Nikitinka area, lie ntll
west of MOSCOW.
Dispatches said tht Garmaa, W.
taken entirely by surprise uE IN :
new attark aud hal h2sa .ss ~
out of their advanced lines, lvat@s
hundreds OF dead en- the lIyiu
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13

There have been tWo-fisted males IN
th, office and strikes were never pre-
vented - Secretary Of Labor Frances
Perkins.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13

Many of the opponents of civilian de-
fense plans wele kind Of favoring Hitler
and the dictators and some We're intimate
LaGuardia
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13

America is too great and too powerful
to be vanquished in this conflict | kNow
she will not fail uS-Manucl Quezon,
president of the Philippines.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-13
ATRDROME ATTACKED

An air ministry communiquc said
Australian planes, in 4 heavy attack
on the Japanese-hcld airdromc at
Casmata. in New Britain Island
9ortheaSt Of the continent, had
lropped all their bombs in the tar
Get area and the crews saw columns
# smoke arising.
It was not specified whether US.
planes took part in the attack,
which was made Yesterday.
One Of the Australian planes, at
tackled by several japanese NaVy-O
fighters, damaged one of them and
ccmc safe home, the communique
aid, with nearly al its ammunition
one
ReconnoissaL"r flights were made
over the NcW Guinea and New Brit
ain Islands invaslOna areas the COM
sid, despite extremely bad
weather and all planes returned
5afe