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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-01
Mazis Accused of Abusing Girls

LONDON, Dec. 1-UP-The Ger
mans were ny tae Inter
Allied Information Committee to
day OF enslaving thousands OF teen
age girls from all occupied Europe
for soldiers brothels.
In Poland alone, hundreds OF the
most attractive girls in many towns
were seized on the subterfuge that
they were needed for factory work.
but six months later they straggl-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-01

ed home. diseased and pregnant
the committee charged in a pamph-
let Women Under Axis Rule.
A German gauleiter in Luxem-
burg bluntly informed a trainload
OF girls leaving for Germany that
You'll be proud to return as Ger
man mothers" the pamphlet said.
The mayor OF Piraeus. Greece,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-12-02
Bonnie Mullins
Killed In Italy

A telegram from the War De-
partment, Washington, was re-
ceived by Elder Sherman Null
ms of .ClintWood last Sunday, in
forming him of the death of his
son. Pvt. Bonnie Mullins. The
message stated that he was kill
ed in action in Italy on Nov. 9th
A letter that followed stated that
no details of his death were
known other than that he died
in action fighting for his coun-
try.
Bonnie Mullins, "a, youngest
son Of Elder P. S. Mullins, en-
listed in the army in July, 1941.
He was in the fighting in Sicily
and Italy, and was awarded the
Purple Heart medal given to SOL
diers wounded in action, some
weeks ago.
Two more sons of Elder Null
ms are serving in the armed for
ces. These are Pvt Coy Mullins,
now in India, and Pvt. Troy Null
Inns, still in the States.
Surviving are: the father, two
brothers and four sisters. These
are Coy and Troy Mullins, Mrs.
Agnes Vanover, Mrs. Vassa NJ.
Phipps, Mrs. Lekie Price, and
Mrs. Palestine Mullins.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-12-02
ROY CARSON COUNTS DIES
OF INJURIES RECEIVED
IN AUTO WRECK

Roy Carson Counts, II, SON OF
David Counts of Lick Creek, died
Wednesday night in the Dante
hospital from injuries received
in a highway accident on the
Lick Creek road sometime We'd
nesday.
Few details were learned, but
it was said that the car, occupied
by Counts and another youth,
turned over in the middle of the
narrow road near the mouth of
Dog Branch. Counts was taken to
the Dante hospital shortly after
the accident, where he passed
away. Extent of injuries of the
other occupant of the car was not
learned.
Funeral and burial will be Sat-
urday near the Counts home. The
body was brought to the Clint
wood Funeral Home here where
it will be prepared for burial.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-12-02
NEWSPAPER FROM ICELAND
RECEIVED

We have just received copy
of "The White Falcon, a news
paper printed for and by the
American forces in Iceland, and
sent by Sgt. James Counts, son
of Supervisor Grady Counts of
Nealy Ridge.
The paper is filled with news
of the activities of the forces in
that chilly cline, news of the war
and the home front, and lots of
pictures mostly of wimmen of
the Hollywood type, dressed in
little more than a smile.
Sgt. Counts has been stationed
in Iceland for the past few
months. Other Dickinson county
men are reported to be there, in
Guiding Arcemus Anderson Of
Clintwood.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-12-02
WEDDING BELLS RING FOR
TEN COUPLES

Ten couples appeared at the
Clerks office here during the
month of November for marriage
licenses. The names follow.
Lenie Whitaker, 38, and Sarah
Conley, % both of Norland.
Roy ]. Taylor, 81, to Inez Jones
H.. both of Steinman.
Fred w. Funk, %, to BERTHE
Hutchinson %, both of Coeburn
Rt. 2.
Lynn CLEARWATER, 33, to Do
rothy Mccall, both of Clinchco.
Trigg M. Dotson, 81, to Rosa
Whisenhunt, AZ both of Darwin,
O'Hara Kennedy, 21, Coeburn
Rt. 2, to Leona Lester, Mcclure.
Albert Hassel Ratliff, Fl to
Maize Della Hilton, 20, both of
Mcclure.
Charles E. Meade, 18, to Willett
Hanover, 10 both Of Clintwood.
Charlie O. Hale, 10, Trammel,
to Mamie Hammonds, II, Wa
kenVa.
James D. Yates, 10, Georges
Fork to Colleen Hill, II, Clint
wood.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-12-02
FORMER LOCAL WOMAN
SHOOTS HUSBAND IN
FRACAS

Freezing, Dec. Grant Null
ms. the faithful mail carrier on
this route, and often the purveyor
of rare and interesting bits OF
news, says that upon the occas-
ion of a recent visit to Jenkins,
KY. that he learned that Sarah
Baker Reed had just plentifully
sprinkled her husband, Walter
Reed. about the legs and body
with blast from shot gun. The
wounds were not considered
necessarily serious, but were suf-
ficient to render him hors de
combat disabled or out of the
combat as in fighting) for the
present.
He did not learn the cause OF
the trouble or whether Sarah
would be prosecuted for the shoot
ing or not.
Both parties were former we'll
known residents of Freezing.
Both have lived at and about
Jenkins for more than 20 years
past. Older residents here recall
that Walter Reed was better
known as Brown Sugar. He
was a brave soldier in World War
l, serving at least two years over
seas, but according to Grant, he
proved a poor match for his
bitter-half in close combat the
other day.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-12-02
DESERTER FOUND WHILE
ON 'POSSUM HUNT

Roy O'Quinn, absent from the
army without leave for the past
six months was arrested by dep
uties c. S. Colley, Howard Long
and Dallas Mullins on Suther-
land Branch one night this week.
1t was related that the officers
learned that O'Quinn was pos
sum hunting on that night and
tracked him down in the hills.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-12-02
FOR YOUR PROTECTION USE
COMMUNITY PRICE LISTS

What are Community Price
Lists?
/. They are official lists of the
top legal prices that can be
charged for food items.
2. There are two lists, one for
small No. and stores, and an
other for large No. 3 and stores
8. The lists show top legal
prices by brand name, and by
pound or container size.
4. Food dealers may not charge
any price higher than those print
ed on the lists. They may charge
less.
The new Community Price
lists protect you:
/. They tell you what top legal
food prices are.
2. They protect you from illegal
ly high Black Market prices.
Where you can see Community
Price Lists:
l. Wartime law requires that
official lists be posted where GUS
toners can see them in every
store that sells food.
2. They are posted in your
war price and rationing board.
How you should use COmmun-
ity Price Lists:
/. Compare the prices you pay
with the official prices on the
list. Never pay more.
8. If a merchant insists on sell
ing at prices higher than those
on the Community Price Lists, he
is violating a wartime law. Re-
port such violations to the Price
Panel of your war price and ra-
tioning board.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-12-02
Counter-clains
Are Filed By
Democrats

Successful Democratic candi-
dates in the election of Nov. End
filed an answer to the complaint
of the Republican candidates VINO
allege that the election was won
through various illegal prictices
on the part of their opponents.
The Democrats make a general
denial of all the preferred charg-
es and alleges the Republicans
with the same practices and ire
gularities of which they are
charged.
The counter complaint prepar-
ed by NJ. M. Long. Fred B. Gree
ar and E. J. Sutherland, counsel
for the defendants, was filed late
last week before Judge Alfred A.
Skeen, who is expected to dis
qualify himself and ask the court
of appeals for another circuit
judge to hear the proceedings. S.
H. Sutherland, local attorney, is
representing the compliments,
namely: A. M. Phipps, A. A.
Fleming, S. H. Sutherland, Enoch
M. Rose and Stewart McFall.
Democratic would-be office
holders allege in their counter
complaint that they were support
ed in part by voters who split
their tickets and that joint ac-
ton on the part Of the defeated
candidates could not file a joint
complaint These same parties
maintain in their answer that the
election was legally conducted
and that the returns of the cleo
ton were canvassed by an cleo
ton commission composed Of two
Republicans and one Democrat.
There was an emphatic denial of
any violation of a pure elections
law.
The reply further alleges that
many voters were inundated at
the polls by friends of the con-
testants and prevented from cast
ing legal ballots.
The counter complaint outlines
that there was a conspiracy on
the part of contestants to dis
franchise several hundred voters
by leaving their names off the
certified list of voters. This in
Guided members of the armed
forces. The purpose of this con-
spiracy, it is alleged, was to seize
and retain control of the political
offices of said county for their
own benefit and enrichment This,
they claim, prevented several
hundred citizens from the privi-
lege of voting.
In the counter charges the
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-12-02
Many Fathers
In Last Draft
Calls

The November draft call for
the armed forces was answered
in Dickinson county last week
and were examined at Abingdon.
Thirty-two were accepted for
service in the army, navy, mar
inc corps and coast guard. The
army claimed II of the boys, the
navy Is and the coast guard and
marines one each. The list fol-
lows.
A R M Y
Melvin Anvil Robinson
Anold Joseph Swindall
Wiley Henry Wright
Grady Bert Tiller
Richard Carlton Frazier
Ronnie Mullins
Gaines C. Sutherland
Herman Hayette Edwards
Donald Deel
Sidney Allen Deel
Bernard Gibbs Sutherland
Ernest Perrigan
Junior Emory Atkins
Adam M. Stanley
Orval E. Perry
NAVY
Robert Hassel Mullins
Willie Mullins
Sidney Cecil Stanley
Edward Ray Dixon
James Adron Viers
James Arthur Hensley
Troy Lee Hanover
Fred E. Robinson
Clarence Bay
Evans Preston Phipps
Wayne Gerald Burnett
James Sykes Barrett
MARINES
Arlette Lincoln Phipps
COAST GUARD
Charles Carter Selfe
Another call-two bus loads
but number unknoWn-Went to
Abingdon on Wednesday for ex-
animation. Few were turned
down, it was said, but the list
has not been returned to the To-
cal board and we are unable to
publish the names. The call was
filled to a great extent with mar
ried men, some OF them having
as many as six children, it was
reported.
The army's draft call for jan
uary is to be twice the figure the
war manpower commission had
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24

platoon, made his way forward in
advance of the unit until he was in
line with and in company with Pri-
vate Wilkerson, Company B, Second
engineers, were the first soldiers to
enter Jaulny, then infested with
snipers, and swept with wicked ma
chine gunfire, being occupied by
rearguard deta chments of the en-
envy. They alone captured 63 Ger
man prisoners after searching the
caves of hospital with persistence
and courage. This at Jaulny,
France, on September IL, 1918.
Corporal Thomas D. Saunders,
Company A, Second engineers; at
St. Etienne-a-Armes, on October 8,
1918, he bravely conducted patrol
under heavy fire. During the night,
he made a reconnaissance close to
the enemy, Of the position which his
section was to occupy in the front,
and returning, conducted it to that
position"
0duluSIS SS1VSO WILL VdASI az
Chateau Thierry and was evacuated
from there. He served at St. Mihiel;
Blanc Mont (Champagne), where
again he was evacuated wounded,
and in Germany during the occupa-
ton of the Second division.
"He received the Distinguished
Service Cross for his valorous con-
duct on October 8, 1918, and the
Croix de Guerre with Palm for his
valorous conduct on September IL.
1913"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24
Indian of Today, Like His Forefathers,
Proves He's 'First-Class Fighting Man

French government sought mod
ell American soldier" of whom an
oil painting was to be made to hang
on the walls of the French federal
building, where types of all the AL
lied races were to be represented,
Sergt. Odis N. Leader was chosen
for that honor!
Another ChoctaW from Oklahoma,
Joseph Oklahombi, was awarded the
Croix de Guerre by the French and
this was his citation:
Under violent barrage, dashed
to the attack of the enemy position
covering about 201 yards through
barbed wire entanglements. He
rushed on machine gun nests, cap
turing III prisoners. He stormed
strongly held position containing
more than SO machine guns and
number of trench mortars. Turned
the captured guns on the enemy,
and held the position for four days
in spite of constant barrage OF
large projectiles and gas shells.
Crossed No Mans Land many times
to get information concerning the
enemy, and to assist his wounded
comrades"
Other Indians who received the
Croix de Guerre included Sergt.
James NJ Gordon, Chippewa, who
braved shell fire to rescue wound
ed French officer; Chester Arm
strong Fourbear. Sioux, cited for
his bravery as a messenger at Belli-
court; John M. Harper, Ute; Mar
ty Beaver, Creek; Bert Hayman,
a Seneca-Modoc; Gus Gertiez, a
Pueblo bugler; Joseph Oglohombi,
a Choctaw; and Corp. Nicholas E.
Brown, another Choctaw, who was
killed in action and received the
award posthumously.
Winners of DISC and Croix de Guerre
Among those who received the
Distinguished Service Cross Of their
own United States, as well as the
Croix de Guerre of France, were
Joe Schenderleon, Crow and Ma
Hiv-A-Ta, Hopi; and Thomas D.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24
Axis Loses Its Richest
Source Of Phosphate

Nazi-held Europe must eat and
have it's raw materials Of war.
These Axis axioms suffered Sc
verely with the complete victory
over Germans and Italians in North
Africa. The Atlas mountains held
the only ample source of phosphates
urgently needed for Axis crops and
munitions, says the National Geo
graphic society.
Compelled by dense population to
raise large crops from its over
worked soil, Europe long has been
heavy consumer Of farm chemi-
carbohydrates, nitrates and pot
ash. The latter two are available
on the continent. Phosphates are
Woefully lacking.
Phosphorus, produced from phos-
plate rock, goes to war in smoke
screens, incendiary missiles and
shells that burst with a smoke puff
to reveal accuracy Of fire. It also
serves as metal preservative, wa
ter softener, and in various foods
and medicines.
Phosphate rock ranges from hard
rock and pebbles to soft, earthly
loan. Europe normally consumes
half the annual world production of
10 million tons. Workable reserves
all over the world total 26 billion
tons, enough for $500 years at the
present rate of consumption, but
Germany and Italy each year re-
quire far more phosphate than is
known to exist within their borders.
With captive France, they get some
phosphorus from Stag left in the
Bessemer steel-making process, and
use almost one-third of the worlds
phosphate rock production besides.
Now they must survive without for
eign supply.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24

Coups of the Crows. To the latter
fell the honor of placing on the mar
BILE tomb war bonnet and a coup
stick-appropriate gifts for a dead
warrior.
AS Plenty Coups placed them on
the tomb he said:
II feel it an honor to the red man
that he has taken part in this great
event today because it shows that
the thousands of Indian soldiers who
fought in the great war are appre-
ciated by the white man. I am glad
to represent the Indians of the Unit
ed States in placing on the grave
Of this noble unknown warrior this
coup stick and war bonnet, every
eagle feather of which represents
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24

forces was Kiutus Tecumseh, a de-
scendant of the great Shawnee lead
err. He was rejected for military
service, however, because he was
partially disabled by wounds he re-
ceived while serving aboard a navy
submarine chaser during World
War I.
There was time when the name
of Geronimo was name of hatred
and terror in the great Southwest,
for this Apache leader blazed trail
of death and destruction through
New Mexico and Arizona. Run to
earth at last in 1886 by soldiers I'm.
der the command of Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, the APACHE Devil was held
as a prisoner of war in Florida,
Alabama and finally at Fort Sill,
Okla, until his death in 1911. Thirty
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24

''Here rests in honored glory an
American soldier known but to
God"
Such is the inscription on marble
tomb in Arlington rational ceme-
terry.
Is the Unknown Soldier" who
sleeps there an American Indian?
He might well be!
When that American soldier was
enshrined there on November II,
1922, four Indian chieftains were
present as official representatives of
the red men who had given their
lives for their country. They were
Red Owl Of the Oglala Sioux,
Stranger Horse Of the Brule Sioux,
Lone Wolf of the Kiowas and Plenty
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24

years later, Homer Yahnozha,
Mescalero Apache and a direct de-
scendant of Geronimo, was one of
the heroes who fought at Bataan and
Corregidor.
Out in Nevada a county and
city perpetuate the name and fame
of Winnemucca, great chief of the
Piutes, who in his day was 'tfirst-
class fighting man" Today that
fighting tradition is carried on by his
great-great-grandson, Stanley Win
nemucca, who is Fighting Ma
rine." Although more Indians have
gone into the army than into the
marines or the navy, there is at least
one who holds high rank in our sea
forces. He is Francis J. Nee,
Chippewa, born in Detroit Lakes,
Mimi, who is commander in the
navy.
The Model American SOLDIER
If the Indians in World War II
follow the precedent of those who
fought in World War I, then some
Of our greatest heroes Of the pres
ent conflict may be copper-skinned
soldiers, sailors or marines. For
more than $1,000 Indians heard the
call to arms in 1917 and among
them was ODDS N. Leader, a Choc-
taw, who was foreman of a cattle
ranch in Oklahoma. 1t is an ironical
fact that, soon after we declared
war on Germany, this First Amer
lean" was the victim of runors that
he was German spy! To prove
his loyalty, he gave up his business
and enlisted. He saw action at Can
tigny, at scissors, at st. Mihiel and
in the Argonne. He was twice
wounded and gassed and when the
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24

would have an army of nearly four
million volunteers in addition to the
millions who are in the army
through selective service.
incidentally, an interesting situa-
ton in regard to the enrolment OF
Indians in Uncle Sans service arose
soon after the Selective Service act
of 1910 was passed. Into federal
court in New York city one autumn
day in 1941 marched five brilliantly
dressed Indians to watch white
man fight for their rights according
to the white mans rules. They
were descendants of the warriors
who. away back in 1884, made a
treaty with the United States by
which the young and struggling fed
eral government recognized the 1ro-
quois Indian Confederacy as SOW
ereign and independent nation.
Independent, Unconquered Nation
They had come into court to main
tain by legal means their identity as
members of that corlfederacy which,
as San independent, unconquered ma
tion," was subject only to its own
lawmakers and not to the congress
of the United States. On the rec
ords of the court the case appears
as a writ of habeas corpus for one
Warren Eldreth Green, 2l-year-
old Cnondaga Indian, who had been
drafted into military service the pre-
vious May. Young Green had no
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24

Battle of Midway.
Interesting, too, is the fact
that the Thinkers, father and
son, were North American
Indians and, at the time of his
death, General Tinker was
called "the greatest Indian
fighter in the present war"
But although they are out
standing examples of the
fighting red man." modern
version, they are only two of
an estimated II 900 Indians in
the armed forces of the United
States and most of them didn't
wait to be drafted for service
but enlisted voluntarily.
Taken by itself, that number does
not seem large. But in proportion
to the total number of native
Americans in the United States to-
day, it is more imposing record.
If an equal proportion of white men
had likewise voluntarily enlisted we
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24
War Takes Steel
prayer.

For military reasons, shipments
of steel for direct war purposes in
1912 cannot be revealed separately
and are largely Jumped under the
heading miscellaneous industries
and export" That category covered
shipments of 14,S4S,oo tons of steel
products in 1912, or almost Is per
cent of total shipments.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24

particular objection to entering the
army-as a matter Of fact num-
Der Of his acknowledgment had al
ready voluntarily enlisted-but he
was being used as a test case to
challenge the right Of the United
States government to conscript the
young men of an independent, I'M
conquered nation"
White counsel for the Indians ar
gued that the Iroquois Confederacy
had been treated as foreign ma
ton until 1924 when a law was
passed comforting United States cit
izenship on Indians. No such law,
he contended, could apply to mem
bers of the Six Nations without their
consent. On this premise he argued
that the law was unconstitutional
and therefore members of the Onon-
daga, Cayuga, Seneca, Mohawk,
Oneida and Tuscarora tribes could
not be numbered among the "citi-
zens" who might be drafted under
the Selective Service act.
The case was taken under advise
ment by the judges who heard the
arguments. That was late in Octo-
Der, 1941. Then came Pearl Har-
bor After that fateful day, nothing
more was heard of the case. The
tribesmen of the Six Nations may
have regarded themselves as mem
bers of an independent, uncon-
quered nation" living within the
United States but they were Amer
leans first, as we'll as ''First Amer
leans"
In that respect they were like
the majority of the red men who
had not waited for Pearl Harbor
to join up to fight for their cOun-
try. Even before the Japs' at
tack on Hawaii it was estimated
that one out of every ten eligible
Indians between the ages of FL
and IS were already serving in
the armed forces.
Descendants of Noted Chiefs.
Among them were descendants of
many a famous Indian leader whose
name has come down in history be-
cause he was patriot who rallied
his warriors to defend their lands
against the encroachments of the
white men. One of the greatest of
these was Tecumseh of the Shaw
nees, who tried to organize con-
federacy of all the Indian tribes in
the Ohio valley in the early 1905
but whose plans were upset when
his brother, the Prophet, launched
his surprise attack upon the soldiers
of Gen. William Henry Harrison and
was badly defeated at the Battle of
Tippecanoe in 1911.
One of the first of the fighting
red men, of today who attempted
to enlist in Uncle Sans armed
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24
Is the unknown Soldier in Arlington an American Indian

deed of valor by my race. I hope
that the Great Spirit will grant that
these noble warriors have not given
up their lives in vain and that there
will be peace to all men hereafter.
This is the Indians hope and
prayer"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-06-24

Saunders, a scion Of the most for
midable fighters the United States
army ever encountered in the days
of the old frontier-the Cheyennes.
Here is his glowing record, as given
General Orders of the Second
division.
Corporal Thomas D. Saunders,
Company A, Second engineers, while
a member of the first wire cutting