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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04
Congratulations Valdese

We have long thought, from many
standpoints, Valdese to be one Of the most
interesting towns in North Carolina. Lo
Gated in Burke county, this unique town
celebrated it's Golden Jubilee last week.
On this occasion, the Valdese News,
Usher, Miss Beatrice Cobb, portrayed the
history and development Of the town in a
very unusual edition.
: From the viewpoint of history and hui
man interest, the edition is one of the most
readable we have seen in many day. The
effective use of photography, as we'll as
excellent makeup of the paper, add to its
appearance. The town is to be congratu-
lated on having such splendid newspaper
depicting it's growth and development
The edition shows the principles on
which the town was founded the spirit Of
fellowship and friendliness shown the peo-
pie since they first settled there fifty
years ago There is something very typi-
cal American about their wanting to come,
their reception here and the spirit of good
neighborliness that has characterized the
growth of the town.
With this thought in mind, we are
particularly impressed with the greetings
from President Roosevelt, published in the
edition.
cit is one of the glories of our nation
that it is made up of many blood strains
that peoples from many lands and diverse
bloods settled here and made each his own
contribution to America
1T is of happy significance, therefore,
that when Valdese was founded fifty years
ago. fine group of Waldenses came to the
community and became pioneers in new
venture. They brought with them the
culture of the Homeland, their own parti
cular skills and aptitudes and thereby
made distinct contribution to the up
building of new town.
The President concludes by extending
hearty greetings to the people of Valdese
on the celebration of their Golden Jubilee.
We, too, send greetings to the town and
congratulations to the paper.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04
GOOD RESPONSE TO
SCRAP RALLY DAY

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it for the success of this scrap
drive. They volunteered the use
of their trucks in hauling their
neighbors scrap to the central
scrap pile in West Jefferson.
Many farmers quit their work
Saturday to bring the scrap in
because they felt that it was their
patriotic duty to pool the use of
their trucks in this effort, and are
to be praised for it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04
ED M. ANDERSON is
PRAISED BY BANKHEAD

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given the bill, the ''out' vote by
the committee being II to S. If it
passes the Senate, the House com
mittee will be the next battle
line"
At a meeting Of the advisory
council of the National Editorial
Association in Chicago, Mr.. An
derson was also highly commend
ed for his work on the advisory
committee of the printing and
publishing division of the War
Production Board.
Mr.. Anderson is publisher of
this newspaper.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04
BOOST IN POSTAL
RATES IS CHANGED
Continued from Page Onel


tain present rates instead of
doubling them as previously vot-
ed.
By reversing prior actions, it
reduced the revenue in the new
bill by S148,000,000, leaving a net
total of $2,O35,OOO ,OOO-just a
fraction of the $1O,5OO,OOO,OOO re-
quested by the administration.
The loss on the out-of- town let
ter cut-back was $120,0OO,OOO and
on cigars $28,000,0OO.
Chairman Doughton, Democrat
of North Carolina, said he knew
of no further changes planned
for the postal rates and excuses.
and predicted the bill would be
reported to the House later this
week.
The first class ut-of-toWn pos
tai rate was raised during the
First World war from two to three
cents, and put back to two cents
when the war ended. Both local
and out-of-toWn mail was raised
to three cents in 1882, but the
following year the local rate was
cut back to two cents.
The committee, which previous
ly jumped the local letter rate
from two to three cents, also:
l. Put the airmail rate at eight
cents instead of 10 cents as ap-
proved earlier. The present rate
is six cents.
2. Doubled second class postal
rates, but exempted newspapers
and religious and church papers
which retain present charges.
3. Cut-back to 20 per cent the
previously approved 80 per cent
rate against general admissions
to amusement places. The rate
is 10 per cent.
4. Passed through the excise
list without reconsidering it's pre-
vious refusal to put new excuses
on soft drinks, candy and chew
ing gum, through which the
treasury hoped to bring in $685.
100000.
5. Sustained it's approval of a
boost from 10 per cent to Is in
the rate against local telephone
bills.
6. Decided that individuals
could not use excuses, such as
sums paid in general admissions,
tobacco and liquor taxes, as ex-
emptions in making out personal
income tax returns. This would
mean $140,O0O,OOO added federal
revenue annually The commit
tee agreed to terminate all excise
increass within six months after
the war emergency. It voted to
remove the excise exemptions
now accorded the federal govern
ment, meaning the government
would have to pay excuses to it.
self.
7. Extended to synthetic rub
Der the present taxes on natural
rubber.
No effective date for either the
proposed new postal or excise
rates has been decided upon. This
would depend upon the time re-
quired for the bill to clear the
Legislative processes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04

sufficient to pay the extra, if such plan
is adopted.
Of course congress could pass sales
tax and, along with it, pass legislation to
prevent wage increases and to forbid
strikes for higher wages, but that would
prove disastrous on election day.
The only solution we can see, when
would be agreeable to all congressman, IS
to tax babies aliens and cOnVicts who are
not allowed to vote anyway.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04
PUBLIC is URGED
TO SHOP EARLY

Continued from page one)
vember, and to mark gifts, DO
not open until Christmas" postal
authorities said.
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Hensley, act
ing postmaster of West Jefferson,
said that she wished to announce
that the one and one-half cent
stamps for cards were here and
urged people to buy these early.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04

The VIA has announced that
an individual may slaughter meat
for home consumption without a
license or permit if he is entitled
to consume the meat point-free.
Stocks of wheat in interior
mills, elevators and warehouses
are about % percent lower than
the holdings of last year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04

Be certain that each acre, each
head of livestock, and each flock
produces to maximum capacity
consistent with available labor
and materials, suggests Director
I. 0. Schaub of the State College.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04

Extra feed will help shorten
the war, save American lives, and
help write the peace. Food
fights along with guns and tanks,
with ships and planes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04

About SO percent of all repair
costs on farm machinery are due
to the machinery being left out
in the weather, says J. D. Blickle,
Extension specialist, Agricultural
Engineering at State College.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-04

The armed forces have suffi-
cient turkey for holiday dinners
and the sale of turkey to civilians
has now been resumed.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-29
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2e, 1s43.
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

A leading industrial spokesman recently declared that Unless the tax laws are modified to take into ac count rehabilitation needs and creation of reserves then when the is over there going to be many dis tressed plants" The opinion has been repeated time and again. But the who have expressed it in variaby make one grave mistake They expect the pub lice be concerned over distressed plants before they hammer home the eternal truth that the public actually has greater interest in the plants than the owners for the very simple that such plants contribute to private employment stable prosperity, and are essential to the operation of representative government
 No one cares particularly what happens to industry itself But everyone should care immensely what hap pens to industry once 1t is clearly understood the part hdustry-free, private ndustry-plays in maintaining economic and political system which guarantees lib erty and equal opportunity to the individual citizen
 Private industry is the primary source of jobs It keeps the door of opportunity open to millions of Aer can citizens. regards those who work and produce It does not interfere with political convictions As result our people are the most independent people in tn world They will retain their independence only if they retain private industry
 Due to the war; nearly oneffth of the productive paety of this country is owned outright by the gov ernent In plain words fifth of industry is already socialized When the is this of socialism will either expand be gradually replaced by private ownership If it is not replaced by private ownership the American people will eventually lose their freedom They will work for single monopostic employer the government gang of bureaucrats will demand politi- cal allegiance as the price of job.
 The public must eventually recognize these truths,
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-29
GETS HIS IN HEAVEN (By Allen M. Trout)

A child is born in the neigh borhood; the attending physician gets $40. The editor gives the loud-mouthed youngster and the happy parents and send-on and gets 30.
 When it is christened, the clergy gets SIS, and the editor gets 800.
 He grows up and marries. The editor publishes another long winded article and tells a dozen lies about the Sbeaufiful and ac- complished bride" The clergy man gets $l0 and a piece of cake, and the editor gets 5000.
 In course of time he dies. The doctor gets from $25 to $1oo,. and
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-29

the undertaken gets from $50 to $200. The editor publishes a no- tice of his death and an obituary two columns long, lodge and society resolution, a lot of poet ry, a free card of thanks, and gets $0,O00.
 No wonder so many editors get rich.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-29
DRUNKS ENRICH CITY TREASURY

Police court did close to a $1 ,000 business Last week as the cops rounded up drunks and ran them through Magistrate J. c. FRivers' mill for fine extraction.- (Jessen's Weekly.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-29
THE NOME NUGGET

just it must recognize that when plea is made by business in favor of postwar rehabilitation reserve, he is talking about something that involves the future of the nation-not just the industry bank book
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-29

Tell them you saw il adver- tised in The Nueeet.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-29

Over there they pay with their lives The least we can do over here is Buy More War Bonds
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-18
Nazi Prisoners
Help Harvest
State Beet

CARO- oct IS Approximately
rs Naki War prisoners stationed
m the Midwest. were here today
&c volunteers 10 help harvest
sugar bcctS after completing their
work m the vineyards and grape
canneries in southwest Michigan.
The war department and Mlchl-
gan Beet Growers Employment
Association last week signed a
contract by which The Germans
viii he allowed 10 harvest me
crop in tins area. The employers
viii pay The prevailing scale of
wages 70 The government which
In Turn VIII give The prisoners 50
cents a day for thr,r work
The prisoners who under inter-
national law are not required 70
work. grabbed The chance to earn
money by volunteering Arriving
here over the weekend they
were quartered in the merchants
exhibit building and vegetable nall
AZ Tho fair grounds under military
guard
They replace several hundred
.TamaicanS who nave returned
home due 10 the cold weather.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-18
Vital Statistics
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Ni.au D sl5viuskt g. N'e'ons ? Ma
,sn. clover. ~ Mary Jurski 20
Dr,Ile sneU % MARY GietTen ~
Water p Poc,ssk - AngeHne 7 JORDAN
ptrrv Psrsay. A. M,r'ic lstregsn, 80
WIusm Nurr u, heItu miller -
William Washhgton Il porPth N mar
Uuaaph InraH,H 20 csrmeis car
lax Keen ~ Berths o Sell 81
Theodore e. Moeler 81 CeclA IafsVe
So %.
-rs.mss Pmford a. Margaret Harris, 81
firiair FAys0n. 80 Hrman MAY a.
peuf HNusfr0m - Cardie Ashhlrni x
1-rr sharks q Seriia Banks. n
Richard r Waite 81 Helen JfNnNl ~
srhsideus , Flowers % Dorothy Mona
psrie n Thompson IS Anna NJ smith
ncr-i. ruou q Margaret Alien y
Junior . Williams. % Adehns y. h''h''
r..fs- Hsrersve 20 Arlene press. ~
ta..is Lewis - CIaudire EarlsN ~
Nnrtra Ragar - Mary EhaN -
II,rth Rsusef 81 Mary y S'oll. 20
prgert Fe'tar 2o Opnshs Dunbar. 20
t,.Naw " Andrews - Jean fosN ~
clarence Pisuls ~ Wanda , koiAsinsN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-18
DEATHS

Minnie Hart. 1910 Michigan. 80
Lula McGhes, 1854 Theodore T.
Anna hunter. 5sis Mortified, -
Tanay r hester. % Psrson. 81
'NAmis Miner So r. Garfield. 30
Mary Ann Perkins siti Vaughn u
Teresa Dohsr,y 2At w. Forest. II
months
Charles a Cshu $3.50 " Jefferson IS.
Leonard Richard Kuznis, 3e3s Belmont.
HAmtgamck. months
Mary Ella KING 1874 Lafaysits, -.
Geraldine Werner 1901 Harper ~.
Kari HAmel. i2siS Kilbourns 81
Edward Ysget 2032 Chsns. ~
wimam Hatch 22s7 Lelsnd 81
Laura Alexandra CarTotnefs, 1929 Prsfi
90
Joseph Du Bev 1919 Monica. 81
James " RocddinE i0253 Prairie, mos
Margaret Gshnas 3247 Ninewood. 30.
John York 3765 cas- Is
Theodors Curt 5lt7 Russell. ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-18
DIVORCES

Nsr..frH Jackson from enrN Russell
.,e.ts i-,sre'ts from william
Hazel BUCK from James
Virginia NJ Esghi from Maynard
R.-rics Miller from Arthur Joseph can
rulmerfI.
sads Cook from Thomas '
Alice Wood from Grenviils
Mary J knight from Virgil r
Alice Copley from william Arnold
Catherine purelka from sam
Poet DAVIS from Frnestn.
Barbsrs Mary Bondy from Francis George
Bsrnlre G Bacon from Charles J..
Beatrice Holland from Burt Monroe
Gwendolyn A Carlisle from Coy
Ionnie Mae Cunningham from Judge
Ce~na kellogg from l.Yls Arthur
RITA Kathleen Mu'vany Nerhage from
clare r
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-18
IOHNsON-see Hegrestet

FouANNON-Sef HehErsAtb
kKOLIK-Oct is, is43. Joseph Nelson
husband OF Kathleen father OF Thayer
Kronk. Mrs. William T. Harper and Mrs
Robert n Rodger. Funeral service ~
chapel OF the Vim. r. Hamilton Co, Csss
Ave, at Alexandrine Notice OF time later
MAtRY-Oct l6 Louise C.. age rs. OF
$3.50 DeVonshire beloved wife OF David
dear mother OF George, Mrs Emily lhrie,
oliver Mrs Freds Wis and Albert, grand
mother OF Arthur Wis. Paul Maury Her
bert ana Louis Ihrig Funeral from the
Verheyden Funeral Home. 1890 Mack. 81
outer drive Wednesday al 2. and 10
Faith Lutheran Church Jefferson, 81
Phillip. ~ 2:36. Burial Forest Lawn.
IHOMFSON-Lt. William b. Oct. II, Al
Fort Lewis Washington Beloved hus
hand Of Patricia. dear father OF Patricia
Helen, son of Mr. and Mrs Frank l..
Thompson, brother OF Frank l.. Jr. and
Richard. Funeral Wednesday $50. from
residence. l6t3 Longfellow, 10 30 IS Peter
and Pau Jesuit Church.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-18
EXPERT SERVICE DIRECTORY
AND BUYERS GUIDE
PAINTING AND DECORATING

Al ACCURATE decorating rooms papered
S. 90 up. Immediate service Temple
EpOs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-18
Death lotlres

CHAPMAN Suddenly. Clarence l., 1875
Jane beloved husband of Emma. dear
fsthsf ~ Cpl. Charles p Chapman Of
Hawaii Il $ Army son ~ Mrs Grace
Chapman Csmilius. New YORK brother 81
RAYMOND uf Fulton y. y Funeral service
TUESDAY % m al A. u Peters Funeral
Home i2dai Grsuot
~, k>oN oct II. Ray s beloved nus
band 81 Beryl. dear brother Of jane,
Mrs James plummer. Mrs. r. q, swirl,
Mrs \ swift ana Mrs. VIM Hunnicuil
Funeral from chapel Of ~. r Hackeu a
sons 56lS " Vernon. Tuesday Al . NJ
tRl-Edus v oct. L. at her home
1888 CioNerlawn. beloved wife OF kn-
and dear mother Mrs Martha Mtlhken.
Mrs Jean Galley also leaves her mother.
father and four grandchildren. Funeral
services from above residence, WedneA
day. $50 u m 81. Bridgd's Church al
q Kittsnning Pa. papers please copy
HAMIiN-oct Is. william. age rs. 81
residence. l647 Lillibridge. beloved nus
Harry, Mrs. Edna Moran. William and
Mrs Lillian dc Buscher Funeral from me
Verheyden Funeral Home. 5000 MACK a.
outer drive. Tuesday at $40. ana ~
Rose Church At 80
HARRIs-John r.. Oct rs, 1913, al resi-
dence fla Mckinley Road. Crosse Point'
Farms beloved husband OF May Harris
dear father OF John II. OF Il. S. AT Corp
ana Frances NAV, also two brothers snc
Two sisters. all OF Canada In state a. th'
Van Deweghe Funeral Chapel i37es EaS
Warren corner Rerkshite until o'clocl
MONDAY evening. Interment Kitchener ont
HFGRESTED Oct 10. Lotte. beloved
wife OF John Johnson. dear mother q
Mrs Robert B1erkseth, Margaret and Sgt
Justein Hegrested OF Paris Island s c
Service al Burrill Funeral Home s73'
Eenkell. Tuesday a. !
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-08

Kibei, who were removed en-
masse, Unfortunately, on short
notice, from their homes in dan
ger zones, regardless of the con-
stitutional rights of the tWo-thirds
who are citizens.
SOME OPENLY DISLOYAL
They were brought here first to
be checked and sorted. The ma
jority, who have been found
trustworthy, are to be relocated
outside the military prescribed
zones so that they can pick up
their interrupted lives again.
Some $500 of those here will be
put back into circulation as quick
ly as possible. The remaining
1900 will be put under guard as
internees, AMI then the relocation
camp will be closed up.
l have tailed with many of the
evacuees, ranging from some of
proven loyalty to one who is the
suspected ring-leader of the pro-
Japanese element, and who says
he wants to go to Nippon and
fight for the land of his fore
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-08

fathers.
Those talks, and the experience
of Caucasian officials here, indi-
cate that most of the more intel
ligent citizen evacuees are bitter
about what happened to them.
Bitterness has made pro-Japan-
ese, or at least anti-Americans,
out Of some 40 apparently were
at least passlyely good Americans
before Pearl Harbor.
But in most instances 1t has left
the Nisei hurt, beWildered, dis
couraged, though still mistaken
in their loyalty to the United
States and to democratic prin-
ciples.
An outstanding example of the
good" Nisei is Hugh M. Kiino,
second generation American Cit
izen of japanese ancestry, who
has just left the Jerome Reloca-
ton Camp to look for a job in
Jackson, Mich. He could be work.
ing for the Justice Department if
he were able to read and write
Japanese. He Is as American as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-08

Joe Doakes.
Kiino was graduated from the
University of California in 1886
with a degree in political science,
remained for a year to study law,
and then joined his brother in the
strawberry and grape shipping
business in Flioria, CAL, where he
was born.
In 1888, he was married to Ruth
Dekuzaku, who majored in bac-
teriology for her degree at the
University of California. Mrs.
Kiino has obtained a position as
housekeeper with a family which
is willing for her husband and
their child to live with them.
RESENTFUL NOW
The day they left here, T had a
talk with Kiino about how he and
other loyal Japanese-Americans
feel about what was done to them
after Pearl Harbor. He said:
"At first we felt no real bitter
ness. We were told that our evac-
uation was a military necessity,
and we understood and were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-08

willing to make a sacrifice for oln
country. But now we have learned
Or have come to believe-that we
are being oppressed.
There no longer is any danger
of a japanese invasion of ouI
west coast. We are permitted to
make new homes anywhere in tho
country except where our home,
and farms and businesses are. We
feel that the government has had
ample time to investigate us, to
put those who are dangerous into
confinement and permit the rest
of us to go home.
I'VE are not bitter toward the
United States government. We are
bitter toward the people of Cali
fornia. We feel that there Is lot
of politics in our being kept from
our own state. After all, we are
citizens and are supposed to have
the rights of citizens unless we do
something wrong"
NEXT: Japs are not pampered,
writer finds,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-08
BY S. BURTON HEATH
NEA Staff Correspondent

Jerome, Ark, June 8-Just outside
the stagnatinS remains of this once
thriving numbering town is located
one Of the ten centers in which
100000 of the $4,000 persons of
japanese ancestry in the United
States have been brought together,
to remove them from military zones
and especially to get them out Of
the Pacific coastal area where, if
anywhere, the Japs might try to
stage an invasion.
There are 5000 Issei, Nisei and
Kibei here. The ISsei are Japan
ese, born in the Orient, who mi
grated to this country and were
not permitted to become citizens.
The jisei were born and educated
in this country, and most of them
are loyal Amer eans. The Kibel
also were born here and 50 are
citizens, but returned to Japan
to be educated.
The Nisei call the Kibei draft
dodgers" They say the Wibei were
sufficiently japanese to go back
for their education, but not
enough to remain there and serve
their term in the Jap army. And
now, the Nisei say, the Kibei are
trying to get into internment
camps over here SO that they can
avoid service for either country.
MANY SEEK JOBS
The fact is that out of 5000
Japanese Americans in this camp,
ISIS have asked to be sent to
Japan, though they know well
that this won't happen until the
fighting is over. Only SO volun-
tcorcd for the Japanese American
combat unit The sale of war
bonds has been very small. In
these respects the camp here and
that at Rohwer, about 80 miles
away, make a poor showing by
comparison with those in the
westerly states.
There is a great deal of misun-
derstanding about the Japanese
Americans in this and similar
CAMPS. They are not criminals,
spies, saboteurs or suspects. The
FBI put all suspected people OF
Japanese descent into internment
camps, behind barbed wire under
armed guard, right after Pearl
Harbor.
Those here are the remainder
of the Issei, the Issei and the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-08

The Town Crer Tells. Recently fires were dis
covered in a Naugatuck park among the honeysucle
patches. Officials stated prosecution will follow if
the cuIprits are caught. Some folks who wanted
to 90 avstin the holiday hired horses and wagons
and went their merry way leaving the old gas buggy
behind in the stable where it seems to belong lately.
One such was to pass through Exchange Place in
city in broad daylight. In Durham, N. H., High
School students are picking neighborng strawberry
crops and following the berry picking they expect to
start in helping with the haying. Rudy Vallee's
fathers drug store outside of Portland Me- is said to
be fourishng these days MIR. Vaee (Pere) appearing
person every day that everything goes along
all right in this up and coming moderny decorated en-
porium. Most of neighboring towns and little
towns reported very quiet Fourths in fact the quetest
on record, and Ye OIde Inns along the road
boarded up the only vehicle passing according to ye
town correspondent occasional loads of horse-draWn
loads of hay.