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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-07

freedom, we want to be free to
speak and free to worship God
according to the dictates of our
conscience. So let's all do what
we can to end this war soon."
B. B. Farmer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-07

Dairy machinery and equip
ment may now be manufactured
in greater number of sizes than
heretofore, the WPB announces,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-07
Wagner News

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hubbard,
of Taylorsville, spent the week
end with her mother, Mrs. G. H.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-07

the enemy 10ith equipment only equal to
that of the enemy We are determined.
to proUide our troops 7Oith oUerp070ering
superiority of quality and quantity of =
arms and ornaments. 90" -- -~-
Our fighting men will do their job-it's up to
you, personally, to keep their victories safe by
buying War Bonds NOW with every dollar you
cannot with what you'd ordinarily save or in
vest, but n1ore-every bit more you can manage.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-07
RatiOning Power

Some people must think the
rationing board the most powerful
agency in the country This week
a letter came to the local board
from an Ashe citizen complaining
about neighbours dog and want
ing something done about it. It
seems that this particular dog has
several descendants and that they
all howl in unison and are annoy
ing in many other ways. While
all dogs except ''hot dogs" are
beyond the power of the rationing
board, there might be an idea in
the suggestion after all. Perhaps
the number of dogs one owns
should be limited or rationed.
Still that would not go so good
with the fox hunters and others
engaged in hunting. And any
way, we believe the ration board
has enough worries without dogs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-07
In The Mail Bag!

w. E. Spencer, of Lancaster,
Pa, writes that he would like to
say Hello" to his many friends
here and to keep the good work
going by buying more and more
war bonds:
From Elgin Field, Florida,
comes fine letter from Miss Beu-
lah Osborne, former Ashe county
teacher and Jr. Red Cross Chair
man. Beulah writes that she
likes the place and the work, but
that the weather is not so warm
there.
B. B. Farmer, of Edgewood,
Md, writes an interesting letter,
most of which we are printing
here:
Dear Editor:
1--WE are one of Ashe county's
families who have gone to war.
My wife and myself and step
daughter, Miss Lake Tucker, are
employed at the B. F. Goodrich
Tire and Rubber Company. I
have a son, Douglas w. Farmer,
who is in the Navy, stationed
somewhere in the Mediterranean,
and writes that everything is 60
ing fine. I also have a daughter
in the WAC's, Mrs. Julia Oat-
man. Her husband is with the
U. S. Army. We are all doing our
bit and hoping that the war will
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-07

Italy has fallen-but the war is not over and
you know it! Think of Berlin and Tokyo
think of the men dying at this moment
Can zee, you and |, afford to let them down.
to turn their battlefront victory into home
front defeat? Let's buy more War Bonds than
ever. let's back up their victory with ours
the success of the 3rd War Loan!
There are battles coming tough, bloody,
hard-to-win battles-before this war is over
And it's the last battle that counts. We've got
to back up our fighting men :. we've got to
buy War Bonds with every dollar, every dime
we can scrape up.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT said it, as Commander
in-Chief
II say that 1ve Americans 0UiH not be sat-
isfied to send our troops into the fire of
This County Made A Fine
Drive But We Must NJ
FAucErrEs & loo STORE
FUNERAL
BURGESS FURNITURE CO. CARo1h
REns sTuRDvANr DR.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12
Axis Troops
Also Flee
kaIFOuaEa
Final or Siege Phase
Of Tunisian Campaign
Nears as Eonnrnel
Prepares Last Stand

(By TIE i%$ociotcd Pr,S%)
Powerful allied forces drove
at Il lightnin" pace toward th2
final or siege phase Of the Tu-
nissan campaign today a. Cen
cral Sir Il. l.. Npntgomcry'S
eighth army warriors captured
SousSc. only 10 miles north of
TuniS, and axis troops fled irom
kairOuan To the southwest be
fore other columns.
Destroying stores as they cvac-
uatcd KairOuan, the .irab holy
city and an important air base.
and leaving ruined ana aban-
dOncd equipment litlcring the
roadSideS. Marshal Erwin Rom
mclS badly pu!nmCi"G men were
being forced rapidly into mar
row square behind the noun
tains of Tunis and BizCrtc where
il was believed they WOuld AT
tempt a final stand
The italian mad German radios.
in annruncang the evacuation OF
Kairou;n. 81 miles southwest of
SuuSsc. indicated thai city WI ubun-
doncd shortly after American. H.l-
fish ard French .p"uncads had
thrust through the m.u1la.. barrier
nj Fundouk and begun .uCu toward
the coast
\ second eighth army column adj
vanc!ng on kuT0U,n from ,aC south
had by-pa .scd FIid Pa. scene Of
the !iI;t American dctCu' I'm TwslL.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12
Large Scale
Attack Made
On Orc Bay
Twenty-Three of As
Japanese Planes
Shot Down; Hit
Scored on Ship

y new Japanese aerial often
sivc which may attain conSid-
cradle scale of effort" has been
launched in the southwest Ia
c.f!c. General Douglas Mac Ar
thur : headquarters announced
today.
The announcement was based
on an attack by 10 japanese
raiders on Ora Bay, south Of
Buma in New Guinea, the SecohC;
large scale aerial effort the Jap
ancSc have attempted in five
day.
Twcnty-thrcc of the planes
were shot Down i'll Il Sub-StratoS-
plcrc battle with LightningS and
Kitty Hawks. il was announced,
and Tie Japanese did little dam
age except TO score two direct
hits on Il 2,0OO-tun allied mcr-
chant ship which was bcachcd.
Allied aerial losses were deScrib-
I'd as insignificant.
~ i'm the attack by % Japanese
planes last Thursday. in the Guadal-
canal area. United Nations an"ouncc-
mcuts said III" japanese objective,
were allied shipping.
There was no allied announce
mrnt. however. concerning the sir
q! the allied shipping concentration.
The japanese have claimed to have
sunk ion transports among other
shin. in the GUadalCanal action.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12
Virtually Every
Physically Able Man
Otherwise Eligible
Will be Drafted

Washington. April 12-(AP--
Major rcvi>ionS in draft cIaSSifi-
cations were made today to fla
cilitatc the task of providing the
armed forces this year with vir-
tuIlly every physically able man
between Is and So years old WHO
has no cause for individual de-
icrmcnt.
SclcCtNr Service Director Levi
l. Hershey and War Ma"powcr Com
missioner Paul Y. NcNuti told
r.r-~ conference that drafting 81
.Jyu a scale would be necessary /,
meet IN" goal OF l0.800.00O men II
"..iuIu before next January !.
The only grounds for defer
mcnt after the ban against call
ing fathers * liftcd--poSsihIy
some time around july will
ne farm work. individual c.
SCnliIll:N in non agricultural
work. and tho possibility that in
duCtinn would mean "CXtrcmc
privaiion and hardship" Her
Nhry and NcNutt said.
Iary Jidrd that tine uati0n has
~ ItnOn00U physically TT men II
'mu rs 'nnHGh.%1 bracket. with abnu
H.. ODD. that Number already in Il,
@wci .orCcS.
p' 'nc remaining 7.nGn0no. they
SAID %.@uO.0OU viii bc deferred foi
occupation u- hardship NY The 80,
ID. '.C vcyr and th" rect will -,
drafted tHuc the ncNf urnc month,
Al,NUt sdld that 4. = rC.ulf al
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12
Draft Regulations
Followed by Bill
Proposing Deferment;
Debt Limit Increased

Washington. April l2-(APD
The accent WAS on father in
the capital today.
y new ,cicciivc service order
was issued giving thousands -.
dad; their first draft dcfcrmcn'
Status and Il Measure 80 defer
ell of them opened what may
be- the last week of Congress he
core Easter.
Nr.trwhiIc. 4 new Law lifted
Tire national debt lid nearly Il
hundred billion dolilr>-ilI>t i'll
tinc Ia i,i in the funds irnir
t'ir greatest war bond drive i'll
hr."r>--Lnd initiation. postwar
trade pact, ana taxes posed new
Problems on Capitol Hill.
! %. national draft headquarters
o.Gc.s We out - local boards
:. ..a lily H- fathers aIl ihv.c whose
c'rIlrn were born before iIst Sep
'c.u". ID 'uu. removing 'Hcm '".#
military service call W''.! mr''c'
'.'."n F.. .r'n IN nc boards. Tu"
i.r' 'n.' many ut them acquired o.
N.'Jrr' un.n Induction was ."."i-
''H 'N j.. gc. keeps them uW O..
TIE ..'.-.-e.;-- t..c1t.ou.
THE ..r:~g a'-u Oh eliminated '"n
y o'... ra'.uu. t3p i,rrsu-rd t.'
Ia r'. ."a'irn. CD reserved CT-
.utoiy .nr fathers the &-N rja-s.
- c"u.''d new group. I'D. Tor
d''"g."u' CO. Hardship cases" J'rd
O') c..D1r.'Iut the preferred dr..'
t'.'U. o. iuiuors whose &C and . {
i,'.n.. were left iwtaCt.
Going even further than that.
The hrait drfcrmcnt bill of Rep
rCNrntiiivc Ki!day. Texas Dem
nrrat. which would prevent ~
ductinn Of fathers until all child
less men of draft age in tho same
STATE lad been called. was slated
Ia start eff what congressional
leaders hoped was their last
business week before y scheduled
two-wrck Easter recess.
Apart rom the draft icyc' .pw"U's
There was considerable interest ~
PrCsidc"' Hu1.cyc'"- aruptrec~cn'
On the csc of I'm" Treasury, s''
unO.Vnn.1"n w1r loan cawDaige --''.u'
u" had pom nni wur.frrC rai..ue
he national drr. lrf' fnnu' Sl25.
onOnhn.UDD a. SHluUUO UuO 900 ~ hc
COW" law without his signature
~" did not sign If hccars" il CO.
l'rd rider which repealed his cv"r-
I'Nc order limiting salaries to So.
"'o Alter tnN"-. but in order 80 rvr.
embarrassment to oar war finance.
('on'.nucd on Page FiyC)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12
Two Trainnen
Die In Crash

Ind annapolis. April l2-(AP)--Nr
cHsl1nrud. Big Four Railroad pas
scugcr train CollidCd with an indian
apnlis Union Railway locomotive end
c1hoo-C Ii 4 west side crossing here
today and iwo railway employees
wCsc k!,lCd and third was believed
dc1d uEd"r nc rcCkagn.
-Four 0i1C" men were injured No
Passengers or the Big -Four trau
were hurt.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12
WEAT Tier
FOR NORTH CAROLINA

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
showers aud thundcrSlorniS
this afternoon aud cNtrcmc cast
crr portion rarl' tonight; cooler
i'm eastern and western portions
tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12
BRITISH CARGO SHIP
is SUNK IN ATLANTIC

nj II. APP
ID today that u
1Hnt vessel was
. by - submarine
the Atlantic or
of South Amer
been landed at
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12
Hull Pleads
For Pacts
Secretary Of State
Urges Trade Treaties
To Demonstrate u. S.
Postwar Cooperation

WI hiHgton. april l!-(An-
Secretary ~: State Hull t0da'
urged renewal of the reciprocal
trade agreements law i'll order.
fc said. to demonstrate that the
United States will cooperate with
nations not only i'll war hui i'll
the peace To come.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-12

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Evening star., 1943-04-25
Clothing Conservation
Training Course Started

A training course for clothes con-
servation, designed to enable women
to prolong the life of the family
wardrobe, has been started by the
production department of the Dis
trict Red Cross.
Under the leadership of Mrs. Paul
Appleby, wife of the Undersecretary
of Agriculture, and Mrs M. L. Will
son, wife of the head of the Agri-
culture Departments extension di-
vision, the first trainees were in
structed at Beltsville, Md.
Clothing donated to the home
service department. for men in the
armed forces, eX-servicemen and
their families is put in good condi-
tion by a group of experts. If cloth
ing is soiled, it must be cleaned be-
fore it is repaired.
For the past year the District
chapter has maintained sewing
unit at an Army recreational GEN.
ter. Twice each week this group
is on duty making repairs, altera-
tions, or sewing on chevrons, but
tons and service stripes for men sta
toned nearby. Requests from Army
personnel for an expansion of this
service has not been complied with
because of the lack of trained VOL
unteers. The clothing conservation
training course has in mind the
ultimate provision of this needed
service for every Army and Navy
center within the District area.
Evening star., 1943-04-25
I Am an American Day
To Be Observed MAY Is

The Americanization School Asso-
citation will conduct the Districts
celebration of II Am an American
Day" at pm, May is, in the Inter-
departmental Auditorium.
Nearly 40 other civic organizations
are cooperating with the associa-
ton in planning the ceremonies,
according to Souren H. Hanessian.
vice president and chairman in
charge Of arrangements. Military
and judiciary ofiicials have been In
vited to attend, he said. Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle, president Of the
Board Of Education, will preside.
Evening star., 1943-04-25

Attractive homespun draperies, par
ticularly effective in an informal set
ting :. with your maple furniture or
summer wickers. Heavy cotton homespun
in bright striped patterns or floral de-
signs. 100 inches wide and 212 yards
long. Many color combinations!
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-06
Coal Wages Said
On Ro pid Increase

tors, said that living costs in the
average mining town increased 242
pei cent from January, 194l, to
January, 1943 Average weekly
earnings increased 73 per cent
from October, 1910, to February,
1o43, he said.
FIGURES DISPUTED
ONeill conceded that the figures
had been disputed by the mine
workers during negotiations in New
York.
Morris L. Cooke, chairman of the
panel, opened the first public
hearing ever held by a war labor
board panel by expressing his re-
etet that Mr.. John l.. Lewis
and his colleagues have not been
able to attend these sessions and
aid lis by presenting to MS the
miners side of this important con-
troversy."
Cooke said he hoped that repre-
sentativeS of the miners would at
tend later. To use a Quaker eX-
preston" he said, 1.-The latchstring
is on the outside of our door"
O'Neill presented figures taken
from III company stores in the
Appalachian area in computing av-
erage living costs for family of
four having an annual income of
So, 800 a year.
The total for all the living cost
itemS-on annual basis-waS $l,l42,
in January 194l, and $1,370 in
January, 1943, an increase of 24.2
pei cent, O'Neill said.
O'Neill said a survey of weekly
earnings of miners in 252 btu
minous mines in the Appalachian
area showed that workers received
an average income of $26.19 a week
in October, 1910, $3730 in October,
1912, and $45.34 in February, 1943,
an increase of 73 per cent over
October, 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-06
Wife. SON OF Rudolf HESS SAID TO
BE NOW RESIDING IN GREAT BRITAIN

: LONDON, May 6. CUP)-Laborite
William Thorne, in giving notice OF
a question to be asked in parlia-
ment, implied today that the fam
lily of Rudolph Hess, former depu-
ty fuehrer of Germany and now a
British prisoner, was in Great Brit
ain.
Thorne gave notice of intention
to ask Prime Minister Winston
Churchill whether the 100000
worth of securities which Hess
brought to Britain is being used to
pay for the keep of himself and
family now in this country"
The question will probably be
answered at the next series of sit
tingS.
Hess 43-year-old wife Ilse and
their -year-old son have been
reported variously in Germany and
Italy since the former No. 3 Nazi
landed in Scotland the night of
May 10, 194l with an abortive peace
proposal.
Thorne said last October that
Fran Hess had asked the British
government for permission to join
her husband in England.
A spokesman for the government
subsequently told Thorne that Frau
Hess was not in Britain at that
time and there was no questioning
of granting her facilities to come
here.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-06

"shook" is used in Imperial Valley
every year in boxes and crates for
cantaloupes, lettuce, carrots, toma-
toes, squash, beans, brocolli, celery,
peas, onions, grapefruit, oranges,
and tangerines.
The lumber restricted includes all
Ponderosa pine, sugar pine, Idaho
white pine, white fir, Lodgerpole
pine, Englemann spruce, and West
ern white spruce, except shingles,
lath, or railroad ties, produced
in the states of Washington, oregon,
fCalifornia, Idaho, Montana, Wyom-
ing, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizo-
ma, New Mexico, and South Dakota.
Among the far reaching effects
of this WPB order, if it is as draS-
tic as it appeared at first reading,
is the labor angle
1t was estimated that 25 per cent
of the shed help would not be nee
essary if the products are packed
in sacks, baskets, or shipped in
bulk The packers, the greatest
money makers in the vegetable
Continued on page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-06
WeILes Tears up
Draft Deferment

HOLLYWOOD, May 6.-UP)
-Orson Welles, "bOy wonder" of
the movies, stage and radio,
celebrated his 28th birthday to-
day by tearing up card noti-
flying him NJ six month draft
deferment and reported for
induction i'm the army.
Army doctors gave him
three hour physical examina-
ton and then declined to reveal
the result.
Welles said he tore up 2-B
notice, which would have
granted him deferment for six
months, until November.
II said to hell with it," Welles
told reporters as he reported at
the army's induction center for
the second time within two
months.
People have been talking so
much about me and the whole
idea of deferment for actors
and entertainers that decided
to go into the army. That's
where l wanted to be anyway"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-06
Navy Lieutenant
Tells Daring Raid
On Villa AirfieId
us. Force Silenced 2
jap DestrOyers in Run
Through Narrow Channel

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 6.
(UP) = A m eri lean naval
forces had to travel II miles
through a narrow patrolled
channel to lombard the Jap
airfield at Villa last March, 1t. (JG)
Leroy w. Vance. %, disclosed to-
day from his bed at the naval hos
pital.
The U. S. force blasted two Jap
destroyers out of their path.
Vance, who contracted an illness
in the South Pacific, said he was
on board the first ship to enter the
channel, which was only five miles
wide
I'VE saw two Jap ships hiding
near shore. 1t was pitch dark. and
we figured they we're waiting for
all the ships to enter the channel
before moving into firing position.
l think now they probably planned
Continued on Page 8, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-06
0PA Makes First
'HoId-Line' Break

WASHINGTON, May 6. (UP)-
Price Administrator Prentiss M
Brown said today that economic
Sterilization Director James F.
Byrnes personally had approved a
breach in President Roosevelt's S
hold the line" order against infla-
ton.
The breach, said to be the first
since the Presidents executive order
of April 8, occurred when OPA au-
thorized cent-a-loaf increase in
bread prices to all bakeries in Utah
and to bakeries in Fargo, N. D., and
Moorhead, MINI.
The action, it was said, followed
a warning by the bakeries that they
could not longer operate at an
alleged loss.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-06
Full Scale Drive
Now in Progress
On German Base
BY UNITED PRESS

American columns lunged
toward BizerIe from the west
and southwest THURSDAY in
a full scale concerted offens-
i've aimed at hurting the Axis
garrison out of the big naval
base keying the defense of
northeastern Tunisia.
In a big break-through AL
lied armies penetrated deep
ly into the main Axis defense
lines, capturing the village
Of Massicault. only 16 miles
from Tunis. The armies con-
tinued eastward.
Artillery fire already had set the
harbor area of Bizerte ablaze, and
the Germans were yielding outpost
after outpost in the path of the
American drive, steadily whiting
down the last dozen miles to their
goal.
NEARS CLIMAX
AS the Iun1Slan campaign
whirled toward climax, there we're
signs that ali Allied invasion of
Europe might not await it's close.
War Secretary Henry I. Stimson re-
ported that Allied preparations for
the greater venture were in their
final phase.
A front dispatch from United
Press Correspondent C. r. Cunning
ham revealing the start of the all
out American offensive against BIZ
zerte said United States infantry
captured the last high ground west
of the naval base above Lake Ach-
kel, while armored units struck
from the southwest toward Ferry
vile, on the southwest shore of
Lake Bizerte.
Front dispatches said Allied ar
tillery kindled roaring blazes amidst
military installations in Bizerte,
while air forces smashing at the big
naval base and the Tunisian capital
left a wake of flames leaping
Continued on page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-06
Americans Close
In on Bizerte;
Hdrbor Area Hit
ExiIed Premier
Welcomes Stain
Alliance Plan

LONDON, May 6. (UP)-
Premier Wladislaw Sikorski
of the Polish exiled govern
ment today welcomed a pro-
pOsal from Premier Josef
Stain for a POLISH Russian pact
directed against Germany and Al
lied quarters believed prospects were
Frightening for resumption of rela-
tionS between the two governments.
THE Polish nation wants, of
course, to continue friendly rela-
tions with Soviet Russia and base
them on an alliance directed against
Germany" Sikorski said
FOLLOWS LETTER
His statement followed release in
Moscow of letter replying to ques-
tions on the Soviet Polish dispute
posed by the Moscow correspondent
of the New York Times.
Stain said Russia ''unqueStion-
ably" wished to see a strong and
independent Poland after the wal
and suggested, should the Polish
people SO desire" an alliance pro.
viding for mutual assistance against
the Germans as the chief enemies
of the Soviet Union and Poland.
Sikorski agreed with Stain that
the Germans have been for ages
the common and implacable enemy
of both Poles and Russians and
said his government stood ready to
give a positive answer to any Soviet
initiative which will coincide with
the interests of the Polish repub-
lie
AT SAME TIME
At the same time, however, Sikor-
ski added:
1T is . difficult for me not to
be restrained, even in the face of
such a favorable declaration by
Premier Stain, at the very mo-
ment when the Polish ambassador
has left Russia and masses of the
1olish populations in the USSR are
left without the care and assistance
of their government
1t was regarded as noteworthy
that Stain in his answers to the
TimreS' QUESTIONABLE avoided the
biggest sore spots in the Polish
Russian imbroglio, namely postwar
frontiers and the German propa-
ganda charge that the Soviets mur-
dered 10000 Polish army officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-06

to stop in pile of dirt 6eyono
the bridge without overturning.
Four passengers and the bus
driver, Charles Franklin Call, "a,
Phoenix, suffered minor injuries,
highway patrolmen said. Romby
Hugh Blackley, 7, Long Beach, suf-
fered a cut mouth; Herman Cooper,
35, Crandall, Texas, has possible
fractured ribs, and bruises; Walter
L. Lynch, SO, Bakersfield, bruises;
and Lucy Saenz, 90, Phoenix, bruis-
es. Call also suffered bruises.
The bus travelled 200 feet between
the moment it went out of control
and came to stop with the front
wheels and aXles knocked loose and
the chassis damaged, highway pa
trolmen said. The bus went out of
control on a curve where the pave
ment is slightly rough, the driver
told officers, and the rear began
to bounce. Call said this was his
first trip over the run.