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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-11
Jefferson Honor
Roll Announced
Several Students On Citizen.
ship And Scholastic Honor

The following pupils have re-
ceived a grade of A from each
teacher under whom they work:
Citizenship-3rd Month-Paul-
inc Barker, Virginia Blevins,
Ruth billiard, Ethel Badger, Iva
Grace Bare, Orlean Barker,
Madge Bare, June Lewis, Evelyn
Dare Vannoy, Earcel Sheets, Lora
May Ashley, Louise Miller, Clara
Sheets, Grayce Shepherd, Rober-
ia Austin. Doris Bare, Charles
Cockerham, Frances billiard, IL
enc Dixon, Howard Elliott, Ever
EFT Lyle, Junior Miller, Clairene
Oliver, Will Worth.
Citizenship-4th Month-Paul-
inc Barker, Ruth billiard, Opal
Sheets, Ethel Badger, Iva Grace
Bare, Orlean Barker, Madge Bare,
June Lewis, Evelyn Dare Vannoy,
Lora May Ashley, Louise Miller,
Clara Sheets, Grayce Shepherd,
Dean Bare, Ralph Little. Otis
Shepherd, Polly Austin, Roberta
Austin, Doris Bare, Charles
Cockerham, Frances billiard
Ilene Dixon, Everett Lyles, Junior
Miller, Clairene Oliver, Will
Worth.
Scholastic-3rd Month-Evelyn
Dare Vannoy, Betty Jean Crepps,
Lora May Ashley, Louise Miller
Roberta Austin, Frances billiard
Ilene Dixon, Clairene Oliver, Will
Worth.
Scholastic, 4th Month-Evelyn
Dare Vannoy, Lora May Ashley
Frances billiard, nene Dixon, Will
Worth.
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PAGE SEVEN

must not only produce food for
themselves but for families work.
ing in factories, food for our
fighting men and the allies.
The necessity of careful plan
ming was also brought out.
with more cash in our pock-
cts, we face an unusual predica-
ment-have to spend more and
at the same time get along on
less. AS there are many things
out for the duration, we will
have to give special thoughts and
plans of a Give at home" in Or
der to get the best out of our in
come" she said.
Then members of the club took
active parts in the following dis
cussions: Mrs. Virgie Pierce,
"Why is producing foods, fats
and fibre such an important
job?"; Mrs. R. P. Huddler, How
farm families can provide ade-
quate food supply for themselves
by planning a year-around food
supply" Conserve the food by
drying, canning, sharing tools,
labor and machinery with neigh
bors, cooperative buying or en-
changing of foods not raised or
raised.
Sound business for the farm
was discussed by Mrs. w. F. Gam
BILE and the labor situation fac
ing farmers, by Mrs. Howard
Vaught.
why we should buy war
bonds, was discussed by Mrs. r
L. Haynes. The February meet
ing will be at the home of Mrs.
J. E. V. Pierce, February 16.
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Richardson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. L. Cooper, this week.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Bane Jones were: Mr..
and Mrs. G. o. Jones, Breeze
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Reece Jones
and daughters, Kay and Sue, Mrs.
Genetia Blevins, and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. A. Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted E. B1evins,
of Oxford, Pa, spent few days
the first of this week visiting
relatives and attending to bust
ness here. Two of their children,
Leroy and Helen, were with
them.
Mr.. Kyle FISHERMAN, of Forest
Hill, Md, spent the week end
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
c. FISHERMAN. His small son,
Mickey" returned home with
him after having spent some time
with his grandmother, Mrs. Joe
Mikel, Of Rugby, Va.
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And it was such fun!"

Gary got up impulsively, and
put his arm around her. He kissed
her swiftly on the forhead. And
then he walked away. quickly,
his face very red and confused.
He lay awake a long time that
hight, wondering if she were flu
rious The next morning they
sat together on the tool box and
watched the soldering of the
cuttings into the slush pit.
1T looks lovely, doesn't it?"
sighed Adelaide. Then she look
ed off toward the horizon and
flushed a little. Gary" she
began.
Gary jerked alert. about
last night" he said, abruptly,
I'm sorry-Tll try to remember
who I am and who you are "
"And who am II" she demand
ed furiously. ''Tm a rancher's
daughter :"
Gary had lunch with the drill
crew and at dusk relunctly start
ed toward the house, wishing
himself far, far away.
A car parked in the drive and
he took himself upstairs the back
way, decided that if there was
company for supper he would ask
Maria for something on a tray.
He was splashing in the shower
when someone tapped at his
door.
He wrapped himself in a bath
robe and opened the door a crack.
Mona Lee stood there, looking
worried.
Gary, come down as soon as
you're dressed Gary, divers
here-and Grace"
Gosh - what now" Gary
thought, as he squirmed into a
shirt and jerked necktie
through his collar. He smacked
his hair flat and went down
quickly. The Mason family were
all sitting in the living room
looking solemn.
Oliver was walking up and
down, looking pompous and in
jured and belliberent. II came
out here, Tallman, because I've
been hearing these ridiculous
stories that have been going
around out here about me-" he
said in his sneering voice. did
you work for the Republic peo-
pie last winter?" he asked.
Certainly I worked for them.
l was rigger on their pay roll
for a while"
Its the Republic people who've
been after me-so Oliver says"
Harvey said duly.
"This," said Gary grimly, puts
me in spot where it's going to
be necessary for me to prove
something-as you probably rea-
lie, Klmball. And if I happen
to establish something that isn't
credltable to you-well, you
started this business, please re-
member"
He walked out of the room with
his head up and his face tingling
with wild, angry blood.
Mona Lees eyes had followed
him, and he had seen loyalty in
them and unbelief. She was not
standing with Oliver. But AIDE.
lalde had sat silent-and Harvey
had kept his eyes averted and hac
not said a word.
Tingling with wild anger, Gary
went up to his room. He began
throwing things into his suitcase
and then stopped long enough tt
sit down at the desk and dash of
a letter to the Republic Oil Com
pany. Fortunately, he remem-
bered the name of the man who
had hired him last fall. He stated
his case bluntly and asked fo1
a collect telegram in reply, re-
futing divers absurd accusa-
tons.
Harvey, Gary suspected, was g
little too sensible to believe Oil
/ yer entirely-and yet, he was not
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Chestnut Hill III.
ID. Club Meets

The Chestnut Hill home dem
onstration club held their jan
uary meeting at the home of Mrs.
J. B. Pierce. After leading the
devotionals, and a short business
session, Mrs. Pierce turned the
meeting over to Mrs. Boney. Her
subject for discussion was "The
Farm Family Plans for Action. "
She stressed that farm families
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CHAPTER XII
Synopsis

Gary Tallman, a young petro-
leum engineer on his way to a
job in Mexico, gets as far as Tex
as, where he is given a ride by
Mona Lee Mason. They have an
accident, and Gary is seriously
injured. Mona Lee takes him to
her home. There he finds two
reasons for not going on to Mexi-
co-Mona Lees daughter, AIDE
laide, and evidence of oil on the
Mason ranch Harvey Mason,
Mona Lees husband, is going
ahead with his plans for a we'll
despite Gary's protest that they
may not find oil and the efforts
of Mason's son-in-law, Oliver
Kimball, to keep Mason's crew
from getting a well down. Now,
just as things are going better for
Mason, Gary has run into diff
culties. Kimball has told Mason
that he is an agent working for
Republic, a large oil company.
Gary leaves with the warning
that he will get to the bottom of
the story regardless of who has
to suffer for it.
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1t was an odd group arranged
in Slide Ellis office a little af-
ter five. Harvey Mason was
there, grinning. Gary held tight
to old Hugey Fothergilps arm
Gary had bought him a bright
blue shirt and the most brilliant
pair of red suspenders to be
found in town, but the suspend
ers still supported old Hughey'S
ancient and lanky pants. He had
refused to 60 farther in the work
of modernization, after his hair
was trimmed and his beard tanned
somewhat.
Hobson did the talking. "You
weren't quite slick enough, FL
lis" he said blandly. "You can
take your case against Mason in
to court if you want to-but when
you do, Hughey Fothergill here,
will 60 into court and swear that
Maggie Williams is still his legal
wife. He married her in 1917; he
was never divorced from her
Here's a photostatic copy of the
marriage record. And this boy,
Purdy Williams, whom you claim
to represent, was born in we'd
lock, no matter whose son he
may be-in law he's Hughey
Fothergilrs son, and consequent
ly can have no legal claim what
ever to any estate left by Elihu
Plummer. We're giving you till
nine o'clock tomorrow morning
Ellis, to get your clients together
and get this injunction removed
from Mason's drilling opera
tons"
They laughed all the way
home.
Harvey went sound asleep al
dinner. Adelaide came around
the table and squeezed Gary's
hand. ooh, Gary-we did it!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-23

say Il 49, tell you there's q new
kind Of peoplel Tell that
Rochester lady that the article at
lacking "Under Cover" Is the bunk.
The author Is no comnly. The pro-
Nazis over here always use that
when they can't think up an an
swer.
Tell the desk I hear Gov. Dewey
may appoint George Mintzer CHS
old boss) to the bench vacated by
Judge Roseman And that AM
bassador to Chile Claude @. Bow
ers is being doomed for Welles'
State Dept post Esquire fea-
lures a full page picture (and she's
lovely Of Ursula Usher, accom-
panied by box called vital Sta
tistics". But they omit one vital
fact. She's married. Save that
Obs page ad alibing their ban on
"opinionated Commentators. It'll
make them all ashamed two years
hence. 1t was all right for Obs to
let Hitler and Goebbels scream at
us all over their net work before
they declared war on us. I tell you
there's a story behind the whole
thing, and some reporter can get a
rep digging 1t up Tell Paul
White Of CHS that his lengthy let
ter Is practically the page ad he
gave to the Times and Tribune, and
If he wants 1t to appear in the Mir
ror to take 1t to the Advertising
Dept,
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CONTINUED from Page u
front, mopping up q wide area OF
the valley east Of the Dnieper and
pushing through Lest, Is miles
northeast Of Kiev.
He thrust speadheads to within
10 miles Of the Dnieper north OF
Kiev and five miles below the city,
posing q thanking threat even while
q frontal assault was aimed at 1t.
Some sources believed the fall
Of Kiev was only matter Of days,
with the consequent Infringing OF
the German line and q possibly
disastrous effect on 1t.
Other forces closing in on KieV
along an 85-mile arc captured more
than $50 localities in advances OF
UP to IS Ia miles, including Yablov-
ka, 20 miles to the east, and PEREZ
yaslav, Al miles to the southeast and
five miles from the Dnieped River.
More than 1900 Germans were
killed in fighting on the Kiev front
alone yesterday and 16 tanks were
captured intact. At the railway
junction Of zolontonosha, Is miles
southeast Of Kiev and only IA miles
north Of Cherkassy on the west
bank Of the Dnieper. the Russians
seized scores Of guns and much other
booty.
$4,000 Germans Killed
Altogether, Red Armies liberated
nearly $50 towns and villages In ad-
vances Of up to Is Ia miles along
the 750-mile front from Srnolensk
to the Sea Of Azog. Nearly $4,000
Germans were killed.
The threat to Smolensk was In
creased by the fall Of Demidov. AZ
miles to the northwest, to q Rus
sian thanking column. The cap
ture Of Demidov was announced by
Premier Marshal Josef Stain IN
a SPECIAL order Of the day that re-
ferred to 1t "a powerful German
defense base"
The Germans put UP q fierce but
futile battle to hold Demidov and
in "A hours launched IL counter.
attacks in an attempt to stem the
Soviet tide. More than 5000
enemy troops were killed, 800 pris-
oners were taken and q large guam
tity Of booty captured.
Southeast Of Kiev, the Russians
drove down the railroad from Khar-
kov and captured Novo MoskovSk
IL miles from the big industrial GEN.
ter Of Dnepropetrovsk, ~ miles
from the big industrial center Of
Dnepropetrovsk on tn big bnd Of the
Dnieper River.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-23


II feel that I've made an impress
sion on Baruch," Wheeler said. II
hope that he will give the matter
further study. II he does I'm sure
that 1t will be extremely helpful"
Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D., N.
Y, believed instead that wheeler
was losing his own case by his
discrimination.
II think Wheeler did more to con-
vince the Senate that the Wheeler
bill should be defeated than any
one or anything else," Wagner said.
Rep. Andrew j. May, D., KY,
chairman Of the house military af-
fairs committee and opponent OF the
father draft, said, however, that Ba-
ruch had ruined his (Barucho)
case"
HE never did get down to the
basic facts; whether by making Full
Ter use Of men already in service
and by rescreening men in civilian
life, 1t would be necessary to draft
fathers" May said.
Wheeler has commended that man.
power requirements could be met
by ending labor boarding in war
plants and by freeing single men
employed In those factories for mil
itary duty He also has advocated
using single men over 80 for limit
ed service.
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Docks Are Blocked,
Shipping Area Blasted
Continued from Page ~

The Allied front south Of Naples
was Strengthening out slowly as the
Germans fought to hold hill posi-
tons north Of Salerno but fell back
in the sector "a miles east Of Sal
emo and in the southern part Of
Italy.
Take Towns
The towns of Acerno and Contursi,
"a miles east OF Salerno, were
brought into the Allied advance de-
spite Nazi rear guard and tank OPP
position and the 9th Army took Avn
glieno and pushed two miles east Of
Auletta, to Caggiono. The 9th Army
front now extends through Ginosa,
Gioia and Bari and Is being advance
ed northward.
On Corsica, the Allied air and
naval forces were tightly blockading
the north and eastern coasts to pre-
vent Nazi evacuation from the is
land, where French, American and
Italian patriot forces have smashed
the enemy back toward the north
eastern corner after an important
victory at SolenZaro. about 20 miles
north of Port Vecchio on the east
coast. The Germans suffered heavy
losses in men and material.
Reports said the enemy did not
appear to be at empting large scale
evacuation from Corsica now al
though some air evacuation has
been reported and one convoy was
heavily bombed by Allied planes.
30 Ships
At least 30 ships lay on the bot
tom, sunk either by German scut-
ting squads or Allied bombs, when
the reconnaissance aircraft swept
over Naples, 1taly's biggest port.
Fires were seen burning all along
the quays and demolition charges
were being set off among the docks.
The Germans appeared to be do
ing their utmost to make one Of
the largest and best peace-time har-
bors of Europe useless for Allied &C.
cupation troops. Allied raids pre-
viously had wrecked much Of the in
dustrial portion of the city north OF
the docks and the railway yards
have been unable to carry more
than light traffic for weeks.
The Allied fifth and eighth arm
les south Of Naples, gathering mo-
mentum as the Germans withdraw
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Continued from Page y
ian armies In North Africa until he
was beaten and withdrawn.
The trans-ocean dispatch said
that other members Of the Musso-
lini cabinet were:
Minister Of MISUNDERSTANDING
Guidi.
Minister OF Finance-Pellegrini.
Minister Of northumberland
Moroni.
Minister of Economies Silvio
Gray.
Undersecretary Of the Council
Francesca Maria Barracu.
Home Minister-Guido Buffarini-
Guidi.
Justice - Antonio Tringali- Casa
nova.
Finance - Domenico Pellegrini-
Gianpietro.
Defense - Marshal Rodolfo Ora
Nani.
Navy - Admiral Legnani.
Air - Commander Botto.
Economy - Cal.
Education - Professor Briggini or
DR.. Mezzasoma.
communications - Arce Diacono.
Public Works - Peverelli.
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Continued from Page u
Imposition Of penalties In all Of
the cases, as well as In that Of Abe
Gottlieb, ~, Of 26 Albert place, who
previously pleaded guilty. was set
for Oct. 5. Disposition Of the case
Of the Western Union Telegraph
Co., which pleaded nolo contendere
to IS counts Of transmitting wagers,
alo has been scheduled for that
time.
A hearing on the Jurisdiction mo-
ton Of Attorney Edward MaScolo,
counsel for the other FIVE men,
opened yesterday afternoon before
Judge Cornell, but was terminated
abruptly when the lawyer asked for
more time to incorporate suggested
changes In the motion. The new
hearing will follow the criminal case
now on trial. probably next week.
Attorney Herman J. Weisman,
counsel for the four men who ad-
mitted their guilt today, appeared
before the jurist at the opening OF
court to inform him a change would
be made In the cases Of his clients,
Each Of the accused then appeared
and pleaded guilty to all Of the al
legged counts againts them, Karno
to eight and the others to four
each.
Only the cases Of Frank Tesla,
Joseph Teller, John Pisani, Thomas
Coppetto, and william DeLillo, OF
the original ~, now remain for trial
the date to be set following DISPOSE
ton Of the motion contesting the
courts jurisdiction. Four others OF
the IS men arrested following a
series of spectacular gambling raids
conducted Aug. 20 have received
continuances in city court to Oct
II and no indication has been made
as to what action the states attor-
ney, who directed the gambling
probe, may take against them.
Alfred fiesta, who was fined 81 ,00C
and given q sentence Of six months
In jail, and Ben Rutstein, who re-
ceived a three-month Jail sentence
and a $500 fine, are free under bonds
until next Tuesday, Sept. %. when
they are scheduled to begin their
sentences.
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Continued from Page y
Il agreed, provided a Judge Of the
appellate division would select such
a one-man board and providing he
were without economic prediction
or a person with past connections
with any organized labor group"
Ferkin said.
The operators staged the strike,
the second in three months, at
4:30 p. m. yesterday, leaving most
of the $1,000 persons employed in
the u buildings marooned on upper
levels. Many were forced to walk
down to the street, some from as
high as the Goth floor Of the tower
ing RCA building.
A skeleton staff Of supervisors
kept IL elevators running-one In
each building-and the building
maintenance craftsmen union
(AFL) which has a contract with
the center. was attempting to re-
place the strikers with other work.
ers.
The insurgent workers left the
elevators in protest over the dis
missal of seven charwomen. They
also demanded the removal of the
director OF the cleaning women. who
was accused Of being "a female ST.
mon Legree,"
During the morning Hobbies be-
came packed with milling, showing
crowds. Lines formed before the few
working elevators and extended into
the streets. Thousands filled neigh
borhood bars and soda fountains
and sat on curbstoneS reading news
papers. Girl workers went shopping
In the small stores that line the
miles OF underground concourses
Of the center. Some stood In the
streets and snrieked up to their
bosses on upper floors:
Were here. boss; we're here"
One girl met her boss on the side
walk, took dictation on a borrowed
sheet Of paper, and went to a type
writer store to type 1t.
Some workers climbed 30 and
more flights of stairs. Others gave
up and went home. At one time the
crowds became so thick police bar
red traffic on a street running
through the center.
BY 1890 a. m. the building main
tenance Union (AFL), which holds
a contract with the management
and Is not responsible for the strike,
had succeeded In getting about 30
elevators In operation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-23

their inland flank, advanced up to
IA miles along a zig-Zag front
stretching from q point slightly
north of Salerno on the west coast
to Bari on the east.
Fierce Resistance
However, the Germans were re-
sisting fiercely north Of Salerno to
cop the withdrawal Of their troops
to the east and southeast and ad-
vance Allied forces still were 20
to rs miles from Naples itself.
The Americans, British and Cana
dams were forced to pick their way
through thick minefields and over
blown-up roads as they pressed
steadily northward.
"a German communicate broad
cast by the Berlin radio said the
Allies had brought up fresh forces
In the eastern sector Of the italian
front, bit had not yet begun fur
ther offensive operations0
Dispatches said that the fight
ing north of Salerno was unusual
" bitter because Of the rough, hilly
countryside, but along the rest Of
the line there were mostly patrol
skirmishes. In the area "a miles
east of Salerno, the Fifth Army
reached Contursi.
Few Tanks
The Germans sent a n tanks
into the area where Qntir rear
guard is covering withdrNRal on the
left flank.
The battle line on Wednesday
started on the west at the heights
Of Sorrento peninsula, north Of Sal
emo, and ran eastward to San
Cipriano, six miles northeast Of
Salerno; and thence eastward t.
Acerno, where 1t turns southeast
ward IA miles to Contursi.
From Contursi, 1t continues
southeastward IS miles to Caggiono
which is two miles east Of Auletta
Then 1t swerves sharply northeast
ward to Avigliano and back to Po-
tenza and thence southeastward to
Albano and thence through Ginosa
where 1t turns northeaStward again
to Gioia and Bari, on the east coast,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-23
133,OOOLbs. Of Fury
Fall Every Minute
CONTINUED from Page ~

/ tackled AZ times.
Though the Raj bomber cone
mand had not attacked Axis Eu-
rope In force for q week, large forces
Of bombers were out several nights
on training exercises believed de-
signed TO give untried crews exper.
fence In night flyign and naviga-
ton and practice In working In con-
junction with ground units.
Still others Of the bomber crews
practiced low-level flying In dark.
ness. such as might be necessary
to cover o bridgehead on enemy
shores In the eventual invasion Of
western Europe.
Military observers said there was
little doubt that the intensified
training program fitted In with Q
general speeding-up Of preparations
for the opening Of what Prime Min
lister Churchill told commons this
week would be O second front In
the west.
Enemy planes dropped incendiary
bombs In Q northwest England coast
town last night but later were driv.
en- off.