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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Parcels For War
Prisoners Must
Be Mailed By Fri,

Parcels to be sent to prisoners
of war and civilian internees in
the Philippine and elsewhere in
the Far East by the exchange
ship "Gripsholm" will not be &C.
cepted after August 81, 1943, &C
cording to instructions received
at the local post office.
Since the "Gripsholm'' is ex-
pected to sail next month, par
GELS accepted after August q
might not make connection.
Therefore, no parcels will be &C
copied after that date.
The Provost Marshal Generals
Office has sent labels to the next
of kin of the prisoners and in
ternees to be used on parcels they
may mail for dispatch by that
vessel. The post office does not
have these labels, but has been
notified to accept parcels with
such labels before the deadline
date.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Plan Governing Of Europe
AS War 2 Farley Ends At Quebec

Quebec, Que, - Disclosure that
the Anglo-American conference
here laid plans for the govern
ment of reconquered European
territories, plus the issuance of a
virtual invitation to Russia to
join the next war meeting, made
it apparent this week that the
pattern for invasion of Europe
was nearly complete.
Ringing down the curtain on
the Quebec war council earlier
Tuesday, President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Winston Chur-
chill had projected the question
of European invasion into the
forefront of conference specula-
ton by failing completely to
make any reference to the state
ment on their deliberations.
They had, nonetheless, openly
suggested the possibility that Rus
STA would attend three-power
conference with them, knowing
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Bean Market Is
Making A Record
In Sales, Prices

Sales continue unusually good
on the Farmers Bean and Vege-
table Market, here, this week,
officials point out.
Because of the dry weather,
bean sales have dropped off
slightly, but are expected to pick
up again soon.
During the past week. pole
beans sold as high as $500 per
bushel while the bunch type
brought as high as $3.50 per bush
ell. The quality of the beans is
unusually good, market officials
declare.
The market expects to begin
buying potatoes at an early date
and an announcement will be
made about this soon, it was ex-
planned.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Duty OF All Is To Hasten
Victory, Doughton Declares

There are substitutes for fuel,
clothing transportation and even
food; but for honesty, frugality,
industry, patience, kindness, in
tegrity and courage, there can be
no substitute" Congressman R.
L. Doughton told the graduating
class at Appalachian State Teach
ers' College, last Thursday even
ing, when he delivered the liter
airy address.
The speaker stressed the i'm
portance of knowledge, but point
ed out that knowledge, alone, is
not sufficient for success. Greed,
selfishness, cowardice, dishonesty,
neglect or carelessness can I'M
dermine or destroy the most in
telligent and best informed in
dividuals," he declared.
"The goal of every person is
success and the only criterion of
success is usefulness, he said
He pointed out that material
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26

quite we'll that Russia's main con-
Germ is an allied invasion to
draw maximum of German
ground pressure off the Soviet
front.
Tuesdays statement on the
government of reconquered terri
tories took invasion for granted.
1t was issued by a British official
to press conference. He asked
that he be not otherwise identi-
fled but it was obvious that his
information had come from the
highest sources and was issued
belatedly for some purpose not
Immediately explained.
apart from strictly military
questions" the statement said
''the conference was able to de-
vote its attention to the princi-
pies which should be observed in
the administration of territories
in Europe liberated by our forces
CONTINUED on Page Al
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Daley Speaks To
MidWestern Press
Group Here Sat.
o. C.. McQuage Is Chosen
President Of The Group To
Succeed LOWrance

Around so members of the
MidWestern press association and
friends attended the meeting at
Shatley Springs, near here, on
Saturday evening, when W. L.
Daley, Washington Representa-
tive of the NEA, was the guest
speaker.
Mr.. Daley discussed war prob
lens, shortage of manpower,
newsprint and loss Of revenue.
He advised publishers not to over
look women. use them in your
front office and in your shops
where you cam, he said. He
pointed out that many industries
had already beat newspapers to
the job of training women and
that they were proving to be the
solution of manpower problems
in many cases.
In discussing new sources of
revenue, he said that since Britain
declared war over three years ago
that British advertising has be-
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Ashe High School
Principals Heard
Miss Parrot, Fri
Plans Are Underway To Raise
Standards OF Elementary
Schools Of County

Ashe county high school princi-
pals heard Miss Hattie Parrot,
Supervisor of Elementary Edu-
cation of the N. c. Department of
Education, at meeting at the
courthouse, last Friday, when
plans were discussed toward
raising the standards of elemen-
tary schools of the county.
At the present, there is but one
standard elementary school in
the county, at Nathan's Creek,
and Miss Parrot pointed out that
with a little extra effort and mon
ey, several others could be
standardized.
In order to have a standard ele-
mentary school, according to the
rating of the state, there must be
a teacher for every grade and the
schools must have the required
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
County Has Quota
Of $4,000. For
Third War Loan
North Carolina Has A Quota
Of $145,OOO,OeO; Drive
Opens Sept 9

Ashe county has been assigned
a quota of $4,000 in the Third
War Loan Campaign of last April,
Chairman c. T. Leinbach, chair
man of the State War Finance
Committee announced this week
in disclosing goals for North Car
DINA. This is around one-fourth
more than was raised here in
April.
The Third War Loan Quota for
the State is $145,OOO,O00, more
than double the $62,OOO,OOO quota
for the April program, and con-
stitutes a real challenge to the
people of North Carolina" Lem
bach said.
The Third War Loan effort will
run from Sept. 9 through Sept.
80.
Each person can invest accord
ing to his means, buying any
thing from SIS war saving stamp
up to a $1,00O,OOO Treasury bond,
Fain pointed out. eve all know
the work will have to be thorough
and intensive to reach our quota -
Fain said. Il firmly believe that
every individual citizen, every
firm, corporation and organiza-
ton will do it's part. We all must
realize that this money is being
loaned to the United States Gov
eminent, and that every purchas-
er of a bond is getting an income
earning investment of the best
government bonds on the face OF
the earth. This sale is our part
toward winning the war"
Ira T. Johnston is county
chairman of the drive and definite
plans for the campaign in Ashe
will be announced at an early
date.
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
China Is Subject
For Rotary Club

Members of the jefferson Ro-
tary Club were given an inter
esting picture of the Chinese ma
ton last Thursday evening when
Rev. T. L. Blalock was the speak
er. He was introduced by Rev.
w. T. Wilmington, special visitor.
Levern Johnson, club chair
man of the international service
committee, was in charge of the
program and pointed out that he
was happy to bring the club a
program on one of our allies in
this struggle for democracy. The
, speaker stated that he had spent
so years in China and that he
was ''homesick to go back. He
was accompanied by his wife,
who was also a guest of the club.
The club had one of its men,
bers now in service, present, Capt.
H. D. QuessenDerry, who spoke
briefly.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
3rd War Loan Drive Meeting To Be Held Tonight
w. I'll. Neal Is To
Speak To Group;
Plan Organization
Meeting Will Be Held At The
Community Building At
8:15; Public Invited

w. H. Neal, area director of the
Third War Loan Drive, will be
the guest of the Rotary club to-
night and will speak to the pub
lie in the community building at
8:15 o'clock, when county lead
ers and all others interested
in helping in the drive have been
invited to attend.
At this time some definite or
ganization plans will be made to
cover the entire county, Ira T.
Johnston, county chairman, said.
Ashe county has a quota Of
$193,000.00 to reach during the
Third War Loan Drive which
opens on Thursday, September 9.
'"The men in service need the
help of every individual here on
the homefront," Mr.. Neal said,
and pointed out that he believed
the response would be good here
Teachers, schools and all in
dividuals will be asked to CO.
operate in the drive.
The women's organization is
expected to take an active part.
Mrs. P. C Wright is county chair
man of the women's division and
Mrs. Gorda Boney is assistant.
All home demonstration club
presidents are community leaders
and will work in their respective
communities. A list of these will
be published next week.
Among the other plans which
the women are working on in
clude booth at the bean market.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Frank Scott
Buried Sunday

Funeral service was held Sun
day morning for Mr.. Frank Scott,
who died at the Baptist Hospital,
at Winston-Salem, on Saturday,
August 81, after an attack of
paralysis. The service was held
at the Mill Creek Methodist
Church with Rev. Thomas Houck
in charge. Burial followed at the
MID Creek cemetery.
Nj. Scott, who was a native of
,jthis county, was well-known
farmer, an9 is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mamie Scott and the
following children: Mrs. Fay
Scott, Rayner Scott, Mrs. Daph-
ma Houck, Mrs. Iris Norris, Reeves
ION 'spIou6eH 4oeW SIM '11ooS
ma Lee Scott, and Jeral Dean
Scott.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Berlin Is Blasted By
The Allies; Wewak Is
Hard Hit From Air
Russians Continue To Ad-
vance; Many Germans
Abandon Arms

The allies continue to make
gains this week with the biggest
battles being carried on from the
air while Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and President Roose-
welt met in Quebec to discuss in
vasion of Europe and other plans.
American Flying Fortresses
which made the first daylight
shuttle raid on Germany Aug. II,
blasted an aircraft assembly
plant in Bordeaux, France, on
the return leg of their journey
which brought them from North
Africa to their home bases in
Britain, it was officially announc-
ed.
This latest demonstration of
our increasing range of Ameri-
can air power conceded with the
opening of the major allied air
drive against Berlin Monday
night when approximately 700
Raj bombers ''hamburged" the
German capital.
In Mondays raid on Berlin
the allied command fashioned a
scale of destruction twice the
weight of any ever heaped on any
capital, and not far short of the
weight of the attacks which swept
Hamburg from the war in 10
days. More than 1000 tons of
bombs were dropped.
Artillery has opened up for the
first time on Japanese making a
last ditch stand at Bairoko, New
Georgia, in the Solomons after
American troops succeeded in
scoring substantial advances
northward from the captured
Munda airfield.
This success in moving up the
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Robert L. Dixon
Buried On Friday

Funeral service was held on
Friday for Robert Lee Dixon, 70,
near Jefferson, who died on We'd
nesday, August Is. The service
was held at the Senter church
with Rev. Bynum Blevins and
Rev. Dewey Rotten in charge and
burial was held at Senter ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Dixon, who was a native
of this county, leaves many
friends and relatives all over the
county. Surviving are the fol-
lowing sisters and brothers: Mrs.
Callie J. Walters, Forest Hill,
Md; Miss Luida Dixon, Jefferson;
Mrs. Mary Anna Tilley, Bel Air,
Md; John E. Dixon, and Jess w.
Dixon, of Jefferson; and James
Dixon, of WEIGH, w. Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Sale OF Feeder
Calves, Sept. 81
Dept. Of Agriculture Will As
Sist w. Jefferson Livestock
Market

The N. c. Department of Ag-
riculture has announced that it
will assist in conducting feeder
calf sale at West jefferson stock
yards on September 81. This
will be a good opportunity for
farm ers of Ashe, Watauga and
Allegheny to bring their good
bee. calves and yearlings to the
sale as this sale will be widely
adv ertised.
Those who are in need of good
p'urebred sires, either beef or dali
ry, should contact the County
Agents office. ''The livestock OF
Ashe county can continue to i'm
prove by increasing the number
of good sires," Roy H. Grouse,
county agent, said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Ashe Missionary
Baptist Assn To
Open On Friday
To Convene At Bald Mt.
Church On Friday, Sat-
urday And Sunday

In spite of hampered travel
conditions, a good attendance is
expected for the fifty-seventh an
nual session of the Ashe Mission
airy Baptist Association which
opens at Bald Mountain Baptist
church near here Friday morning.
The meeting will open Friday
morning with the Moderator,
]. G. Goodman, presiding, and
will be concluded on Sunday
morning.
In addition to the usual bust
ness, an interesting program has
been planned for the entire ses-
sion.
According to the program
scheduled, Rev. G.. L. Denney, of
Grassy Creek, will open the de-
Votionals on Friday morning.
/ The sermon will be preached by
Rev. G. c. Burkett.
Rev. George Cooper, radio
evangelist, will speak Friday at
ternoon at three o'clock.
Other officers of the association
in addition to the moderator, are:
H. A. Eller, vice-president and
c. L. Blevins, clerk and treasur-
er.
Last years report shows a to-
tai of 81 churches in the associa-
ton with a combined member
ship of 4,214.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Schools OF Ashe County
Opened Monday Morning;
Good Attendance Reported
Lansing, Helton And Graham
To Open Aug. 30; VIC On
September 8

All of Ashe county's 81 schools,
with the exception of four or five,
opened on Monday morning for
the new school year, with good
attendances and much interest
reported.
There were a few teachers alb
sent, some due to sickness, but
as a whole, the schools got off to
a good start and have in most
cases established routines of work
already. %
Many of the schools had public
openings and a large number of
the parents attended the opening
exercises.
Among the schools which did
not open on Monday were Lam
sing, Helton, Graham and Virgin
ia-Carolina.
Virginia Carolina, which is
operated in connection with the
state of Virginia, will not open
until September 8.
Lansing high school is not to
open until next Monday, August
80, due to the fact that several of
the teachers are now in school
and will not complete their work
before that time. Due to this de-
lay, Helton and Graham, served
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Red Cross Praised
By Ashe Soldier
Garland Porter Writes From
North Africa About Service
Rendered By Red Cross

S.-Sgt. Garland Porter, former
ly Of this county, but now in
North Africa, has written an in
teresting letter about the service
the Red Cross is rendering to
men in service.
Since Sgt. Porter is anxious for
the people back home to know
about this, his letter is being
printed here:
II have been receiving my cop
les of The Skyland Post about as
regular as can be expected over
here in North Africa and certain
ly have been glad to get the news
of what is going on back home.
I have been asked by number
of friends back in the states about
the services rendered by the
American Red Cross and am TAX
ing this opportunity of giving my
personal opinion of their service
to the members of the armed
forces. Since coming overseas, l
have found out more than ever
what a fine service they are per-
forming for our benefit during
the war.
'They operate service clubs in
the cities, in and near which ma
ny of our fellows are located.
They also have field groups who
visit many of our outlying biv-
ouac areas and give the boys
doughnuts and coffee Then
there are the special workers who
visit the hospital twice a week
and give the patients cigarettes,
chewing gum, numerous toilet
articles and stationary. They pro-
vide practically the only place
where we can go and enjoy the
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Large Crowd OF
Ashe County Men
Leave For Army

Around 60 Ashe county men
left early this morning to enter
military service. Around 20 COL
ored youths left on Wednesday
morning. This is the largest
group that has left Ashe in some
time.
Members of the Legion and
Rotary were present to give the
group a send off as we'll as a large
number of the general public. A
brief farewell service was held
and the men leaving were pre-
Sented with service manuals and
refreshments.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Stoves Are Now
Rationed; Rules
Explained Here
Dealers Are To Register With
OPA Office; Purchase
Certificates Required

Stove rationing went into effect
on Tuesday in Ashe county as
we'll as throughout the nation and
all dealers must now collect pur-
chase certificates from customers.
All orders accepted by manu-
facturers, distributors or dealers
on or after September l, 1913
must be accompanied by certifi-
Gates, or Acknowledgements, and
must be filled in order of receipt,
OPA officials said.
Dealers and distributors will be
required to register with the To-
cal OPA office through the period
of September l, 2 and 3. Regis
tration must be completed and
filed with this office by close of
office September 3, 1943 in order
to continue sale of rationed
stoves, it was explained.
No rationed stoves may be
transferred on certificate credit
by manufacturers and distributors
after September is, 1943. All
orders on the books of manufac-
turers and distributors received
before September l must have
been shipped, covered by certifi-
Gates or acknowledgements, or
cancelled by the above date, it
was stated.
September 80, 1913 is to be the
CONTINUED On Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Two Injured In
Car Wreck, Sun,

Carl Jackson and Johnny Ash
ley, of West Jefferson, were
slightly injured Sunday after
noon when the car in which they
were riding overturned on the
Glendale Springs highway near
Ed Jenkins home, following a
tire blowout.
The youths were taken to the
Ashe Hospital for treatment,
where it was found that Carl suf-
fered broken wrist They were
dismissed after first-aid treat
ment was rendered.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
ASHE SCHOOL SUPT. IN
RALEIGH THIS WEEK

Ashe School Superintendent A.
8. Hurt was in Raleigh on Mon
day on business.
While there, he attended a
close out sale of books and pur-
chased a number of supplement
tary books for the school libraries.
w. B. Austin, Jr., accompanied
him as far as Chapel Hill and is
attending Boys State, this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
FEW RE-CLASSIFIED BY
LOCAL DRAFT BOARD

The following group of men
have been reclassified by the To-
cal draft board, this week: Ia:
Charles Sullivan, Jones B. Eller,
William A. Thompson, Arnold
Bare and Woodrow Cox. IA:
Beldon B. Bare; &c: Cecil w.
Yates; and &c: Robert F. Blevins.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-08
Giraud.Ends
Jewish Curbs
General NuIIifies
Viehy DEGREES

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORH AFRICA, March 8-(P)
Another lingering hangover of
Vichy influence in French North
Africa was wiped out over the
weekend when Gen. Henri Gil
raud liquidated government
bureau which has been admins
tering an i-Jewish measures
originally inspired by the Nazis.
Political observers predicted
the action would be followed in
a few days by a series of de-
crees eliminating one by one
other Vichy laws which still are
on the books in the territory
under Giraud's jurisdiction.
Many of these, such as the
law forbidding French citizens
to listen to foreign radio broad
casts, have not been enforced
since the Allied landings in
North Africa, but they have
never been repealed and Gil
laud's failure to repudiate them
has been a source of sharp criti-
cism in some quarters.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-08

WASHINGTON, March "a
job in the army or behind a
plow doomed as a possibility to-
day for thousands of men 38
years old or more.
President Roosevelt was ex-
pected to receive recommends
tons soon from a special man.
power survey committee headed
by James F. Byrnes, the eco
nomic sterilization director.
Byrnes' group is reviewing
the farm labor shortage, one of
the most pressing problems on
the domestic front. The commit
tee, which includes Bernard M.
Baruch, Harry Hopkins, Admir-
al William D. Leahy and Jus
tice Samuel I. Rosenman of the
New York supreme court, is
repeatedly ready to advise Mr..
Roosevelt that the 1913 military
goals Of 10000, 900 men be main-
tanned.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-08
May Permit @-Day
Income Tax Delay
speeiol Coses TO Be
Given Extensions

WASHINGTON, March 8-(R)
Extensions up to so days in
filing income tax returns be-
cause of 1.-The unusual situation
due to the war conditions and
the uncertainties as to revenue
bills in Congress" will be grant
ed in justifiable cases. Senator
Gillette (D.-Iowa) said he had
been advised today.
Gillette said Guy T. Helver-
ing, commissioner of internal
revenue. informed him q memoir
andum had been sent all collec-
tors authorizing them to. con-
slider those facts when specific
requests for extensions are
made.
This step was taken, Gillette
said he was informed. because
Of confusion in the minds Of
See DkLAY-PaSe 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-08
AeriaI.Gas
Attack Seen
Detroit Possible
Target for Spring

DETROIT, March 8 - R -
DR.. John S. Coulter, of Chicago,
regional medical officer of the
Sixth Civilian Defense region,
told a regional conference of the
American College of Surgeons
today that air gas attacks on De-
troit, Sault Ste. Marie and
Chicago this spring are entirely
possible.
He urged physicians to get
all available literature dealing
with lewisite and mustard gases
and suggested that local hos
pitfalls take immediate steps to
arrange for decentralization
and cleansing rooms.
DR.. Coulter said lewisite and
mustard gases produce blisters
which spread infection over the
body as they break. "A person
infected by these gases must
See GAS-Page z
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-08
County Relief Load
Hits AII-Time Low
But 200 UnemployebIes
Now Receiving Aid

Macomb county's direct relief
load stood at an all time low
today with only 200 families re-
ceiving assistance in contrast
to the record high of $500 fam
lilies early in 1919.
I. A. Hartung, of the Macomb
County Social Welfare commits
sion, said today that only unem-
ployables are now receiving di-
rect relief in the county. He said
the value of welfare orders was
increased go per cent March 1
because of the rising cost of liv-
ing.
Hartung said a wave of strikes
In the fall of 1897 resulted in
the record high in 1888. He said
the case load during depression
years closely approached the
record.