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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-28
UNITED WAR FUND
DRIVE UNDERWAY

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mittee: Rhodes Furniture Com
pany, $500; w. B. Todd, 1000;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira T. Johnston, TO-
90; Thomas S. Johnston, 500;
West jefferson Methodist Church,
$500; B. H. Duncan, 500; DR.. D.
G.. Jones, 1000; DR.. and Mrs. c.
Pardue Bunch, $500; R. H. Grouse,
1000; Rocco Curt, Carolina Briar,
5000; DR.. J. K. Hunter, 500; West
ern Auto Associate Store, 500;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed M. Anderson,
$500; Belk's Dept. Store, $500;
Mr.. and Mrs. Sharpe S. Shoe
maker, 1000; Mr. and Mrs. John
Reeves, 500; T. J. James, 800;
A. B. Hurt, 1000; L. L. Scott, 500;
R. w. Hardin, 500; J. o. Blevins,
1000; w. B. Austin, $500; w. B.
Oliver, 500; James Allen, 1000;
Dean Mcmillan, 1900; Gale Nc
MILAN, 1900; G.. D. Sturgill, 1000.
CHI arm n Austin said that
severe food shortages, approach
ing actual starvation conditions,
coupled with lack of food, promise
a grim winter of suffering for
millions in xis-dominated coun-
tries. A summary of reports on
living conditions in some of the
European countries, made by the
National War Fund, follows:
Greece faces actual famine con-
ditions, according to reports from
the Greek War Relief Association.
Meats sell for as much as $40 a
pound and rice for sos a pound,
with almost none able to buy.
Wood fuel sells for $3.50 a pound.
The death rate far exceeds the
birth rate.
Belgium, too, faces famine, the
Belgian War Relief Society, states.
Barley oats, rye, vegetables and
sugar are not available. The pres
ent calorie allotment per day is
900 per person, compared with
1900 calories necessary for bare
sustenance. The fuel shortage is
great
Poles receive practically no
meat, animal fats or sugar, as the
result Of German restrictions, Po-
lish War Relief reports. Poles may
buy food stuffs only late in the
day after Germans have complet-
ed their marketing. Secret market
prices for bread range as high as
$1.10 a pound, while the average
wage in Poland is S25 a month.
The average monthly death rate
is twice that Of the birth rate.
This should make everyone
want to give to their relief.
Chairman Austin, said.
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Peace Practices Support
War Effort

When one thinks about the war effort
it is generally along lines of production of
Ships airplanes, tanks, guns and munitions.
Most of us know little of the peacetime
practices that are indispensable to the
smooth functioning of our war machine.
No better example can be offered than
the trained engineers made available by
the fire insurance companies for fire pre-
vention work. They cooperate with the
Army, the Navy and the Coast Guard to
prevent fire destruction in Army canton
ments, training centers, hospitals, supply
depots, Navy shore establishments, private
shipyards, industrial plants wharves, and
war supplies throughout the country
awaiting Shipment
The service rendered to the government
will never be fully known to the general
public The lives and dollars they have
saved by preventing fires which would
have interrupted the flow Of critical sup
plies, are beyond estimate. They receive no
citations, but final victory will be fastened
or delayed depending upon the success Of
their efforts in blocking one of our enemy's
greatest allies, fire
Life saving and property saving en-
deavors of this kind have long been foster
ed by the fire insurance companies through
the coordinated activities of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters.
In planning for peacetime efficiency and
safety it is we'll to remember the invalua-
BILE contribution of private enterprise to
our war production effort. It enabled the
United States to break all records in build
ing war materials almost overnight, to the
utter CONSERVATION and dismay of our enc
miles,
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Keep Children In School

Every American citizen should realize
as never before, what a real opportunity
the children of this land have, in school.
In many countries they are not even al
lowed to attend.
Parents should be particularly aware
of this, and make every effort to keep
their children in school, Certainly they
should never encourage them to stay out.
1t should never be necessary for an at
tendance officer to force children to go to
school, But, of course, if they are not in
school we are strongly in favor Of this as
a last resort. = Il q<l-s
Let's stop to see why some children are
not interested in attending school. Stats
tics show that many of them are not really
sick. but just do not feel well. The pa
rents should look into this. Often such
feeling can be corrected by diet or some
slight medical attention OF perhaps in the
sleeping and resting habits of the child.
Another reason given is that they do not
like schools, or the teachers. Parents can
do much to correct this attitude. | am
sure that every real teacher does all posi-
BILE to make the child like school and get
something out Of it. If a teacher fails in
this, he or she should drop out of the pro-
fesson.
There are many other trivial reasons
for a child not attending school, but we
urge parents to overcome these and see
that their children take advantage Of Am
erica's public schools, by attending regu-
larly, unless some serious matter prevents
it.
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A Salute To The NAVY

This is Navy Week and it is particularly
fitting that we pause to pay tribute to the
men of the Navy The deeds of the u. S.
Navy of this war, as in wars OF the past,
will go down in history. But this present
conflict is perhaps more the Navy's war
than any other this nation has ever before
experienced. Theirs is the task, not only
of guarding our shores, transporting men
and materials, but freeing the high seas
and distant ports of the enemies of liberty
and democracy, those who would destroy
our way of life.
October II "'as designated as Navy Day
and the entire week as Navy Week: that
we might honor our fighting men Of the
sea. Ashe county has hundreds Of men IN
the Navy, to them and all others we pay
tribute and hail them as our first line OF
defense in this crisis.
In thinking of the men of the Navy let
us remember that above all else, they must
have ships, guns and other necessary ma
terial and while they are fighting on the
far-flung battle lines of the world, here on
the home front we must do our part by
buying War Bonds, collecting scrap, con-
serving vital materials and aiding in the
war effort in all possible ways.
To the Navy proper and its coordinated
sea powers, the Marine Corps, Coast
Guard, Naval Aviation and Merchant Ma
rines, we extend special greetings dur
ing Navy Week.
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Medicated Political Candy

Along with numerous other measures
which fall into the sweeping classification
of social progress legislation, is the Wag-
ner-Murray Senate Bill 1161. The fact that
it makes provision for free general medi-
cal, special madical, laboratory and hospi-
talization benefits for 100000 people in
the United States, makes it popular politi-
cal candy
The measure is just another step in the
totalitarian government theory of cradle
to-the-grave domination of the individual.
It would give the Surgeon General of the
Public Health Service the power to hire
doctors and establish rates of pay; to es-
tablish fee schedules for services; to estab-
lish qualifications for specialists; to de-
termine the number of individuals for
whom any physician may provide service;
and to determine arbitrarily what hospi-
tails or clinics may provide service for pa
tents.
The bill provides that employers pay
a tax on wages paid to individuals up to
$4,000 per year, of 6 per cent; that en-
ployes pay a tax deducted from wages on
earned income up to $4,000 year, of 6
percent (total Of II per cent on payrolls);
that self-employed individuals pay tax
on value of services up to $4,000 year, of
z percent; that Federal, state and munich
pal employees under certain conditions, pay
3h per cent.
The Surgeon General of the Public
Health Service would have the expendi-
ture of some $3,OOO,OOO,OOO annually, which
sum would, in reality, be nothing more nor
less than $3,OOO,OOO,OOO of new taxes for
system of socialized medicine to displace
the present American medical system
which has developed the most effective and
the most widely distributed medical care
ever provided for any comparable number
of people anywhere at any time.
State medicine for the masses will mean
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BIG SCRAP RALLY
HERE ON SATURDAY

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causes and thus serve a dual pur-
pose, it was pointed out by lead
ers in the drive.
1t was explained that the fol-
lowing could use such funds to
advantage: The United War
Fund, All Clubs-for promotion
of club work, Boy Scouts, Home
Demonstration Clubs, churches
schools, etc.
Boy Scouts of West Jefferson
where there is no All club, are
particularly urged to assist in the
drive and donate their collection
to the United War fund of which
the Boy Scouts are part.
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Open Forum
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF TIL
PEOPLE
Editor of The Skyland Post:

| Editor OF Inc SKylalQ FOSI:
l would like to express through
your paper, my appreciation of
the splendid work done by the
members of the Woman's Club
and the Library Board, in secur-
ing and maintaining a library for
our county. The reading public
owes a debt of gratitude to them,
and especially to Mrs. Ed NJ
Anderson, Mrs. Chessie Neal, and
the former Miss Ruth Reeves. I
understand that the county COM
missioners are also giving their
support to the library. This is
very fitting, in as much as some
of our biggest tax payers, ordi-
narily, receive no direct benefit
from the money they pay out in
taxes. AS readers Of books pro-
vided by the library, they get
some direct returns from their
money.
I have been informed that our
share of the funds, appropriated
by the state government for the
support of libraries, in the state,
is being withheld. suppose the
lady responsible for this takes the
position that she is acting within
the law. Evidently she chooses to
ignore the fact that the spirit of
the law is often sacrificed in fol-
lowing the letter of the law too
closely. No matter what reason
she may assign for her action, in
my opinion her real reason is to
show us that she has the power
to do as she pleases about the
matter. Such an attitude is very
characteristic of persons vested
with little brief authority"
1t seems to me that other men,
bers of the North Carolina Libra
ry commission might take little
interest in the efforts being made
to maintain a library here Ever
since I can remember candidates
for office have been coming up
here, from below the mountains, )"
to make flowery speeches about
"the great county Of Ashe," and
the "splendid people of Ashe
county" They love us like
brothers until they are elected.
Then they repair to their offices,
station secretaries at strategic
points to intercept us if we try
to enter, and forget all about us
until the next election rolls
around.
It won't be long now until they
show up again, and when they do
I think it would be a good idea
to ask them to cut out the gilt
tering generalities and come down
to cases, and one Of the commite-
ments I would ask them to make
would be to adopt a policy Of
North Carolina for North Caro-
linians. Surely this state has
enough native talent and ability
to run it's affairs, without going
across the Mason and Dixon line
for it, or any other line, for that
matter.
MRS. r. P. BAKER.
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FORMER ASHE MAN
GETS JAP ZERO

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gun turret The pilot evaded the
other Zeros and brought the
bomber safely to its base.
Sergeant Brown has been in
the Army since November, 1885
serving in the infantry, artillery
Signal corps and light tank divi-
sion at various times. He is a
graduate of aerial gunnery school
at Tyndall Field, Fla. His wife,
Nellie, and one child, live on
Eightstreet in Belmont.
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ALLIES GO FORWARD
TOWARDS ROME

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permanent" stand. The position
has natural advantages of noun
tains extending right across the
peninsula and running several
ridges deep.
Tens of thousands of Germans
fled for their lives from the Dnie-
per bend yesterday as powerful
Russian armies crumbled h e
whole Axis southern Ukrainian
front and smashed forward at a
pace that gave promise of rolling
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air bases in the Northern Solo
mons.
In the latest two raids on Ka-
hill, biggest airdrome left to the
Nipponese airforce in that sector,
and on the nearby Kara field,
Yesterdays communique reported
that heavy bombers, torpedo
bombers and dive bombers carried
out their methodical destruction
without a single japanese fighter
intercepting.
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Chestnut Hill News

Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Richard
son spent last week in West Vir-
ginia, visiting relatives.
Mrs. Mary Vaught spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. Jake
Eller at Warrensville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Moore
are moving to Mrs. Della Wards
place, this week.
Mrs. Ward left on Sunday for
Portsmouth, Va, to spend the
winter with her daughter. She
is also planning on visiting in
Washington, D. c.
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the enemy back to Rumania and
Poland by the end of the year.

the enemy pack 10 huLnanla ana
Poland by the end of the year.
The German retreat in some
sectors became panicky as de-
mora1ized troops abandoned tanks,
guns and other arms in wholesale
lots in their haste to escape
through the steadily-closing jaws
of Soviet pincers that already
was slashing through the mining
center of Krivoi Rog in the north
and probing to approaches to the
Crimea in the south.
Constant bombings by hundreds
of American planes apparently
have compelled the Japanese to
quit using their most important
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-28

Miss Lenna Gambill has re-
turned, after visiting friends and
relatives in independence, Win
ston-Salem and Cascade, Va. At
Cascade, she was the guests of
Mrs. Samuel P. Wilson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-28

Miss Ola Mae Dickson, who is
a student at WCUNC, at Green's
boro, spent the week end with
Mrs. Darwin Walker.
Evening star., 1943-01-05
Stock Market Turns
|rregu|ar|ylower
In Light Selling
Declines of Fractions
To More Than Point
Rule at Close
BY VICTOR EUBANK.
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 5-Profit cash.
ing in a number Of last months
prominent climbers gave the stock
market an irregularly lower ap-
pearance today although pressure
was relatively light.
Continuance of a hopeful inter-
national picture, combined with
further mild investment demand,
put prices up generally at the start.
Trends soon wavered, however, and,
at the close declines of fractions
to point or so predominated.
While slow intervals were plentiful
throughout. sizable trades in low and
medium quoted issues lifted the turn
over to around 100000 shares. A
special offering of a 150OO-share
block OF Deere at 81 was oversub-
scribed in IS minutes. Kelsey-Hayes
Wheel "a rose 1s to a new years
top on single deal Of 1886 shares
but failed to follow through.
Many customers trimmed or
liquidated commitments on the idea
the market, after touching it's best
lever for the industrials in about Is
months, was entitled to a reasonable
correction. Others stood aside to
await the Presidents budget message
to Congress. Imitation thinking per-
sisted to some extent and was an
anti-selling argument for certain
issues.
Oils and tobaccos were given mild
support without getting far out in
front.
Leaning to the offside the greater
part of the time were United States
Steel, Bethlehem, Santa Fe. South
ern Railway. Western Union, Amer
lean Telephone, Goodrich, Sears
Roebuck, American Airlines, Doug
las Aircraft, United Aircraft, United
States Rubber, Du Pont, Philip Nor
ris and Chrysler.
Moderate resistance was exhibited
by Texas Co, Chesapeake e. Ohio,
International Harvester and West
inghouse.
Evening star., 1943-01-05
Auto Firms Likely 10 Make
1942 Models After War
Hy tie Associated Press,

ny IRE Associated Press,
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The Amer
lean Machinist says in it's current
Issue that all that talk about a Won
der car in the postwar era NAV be
true. but the car the public first
Will buy after the wars end will be
duplicate of the 1912 model.
AT first blush" the publicatil
says, This may seem odd. But on
examination, this statement is we'll
founded. To design a completely
new car, departing radically from
previous models, would REQUIRE at
least two full years of preparation.
1T will not be possible to wait that
long to get into production of auto
MOBILES. 1t would be fatal to anv
chance OF postwar prosperity to
have the motor car industry vir-
tually idle that length of time. .. !.
The impatient public. deprived of
the privilege of purchasing new cars
over considerable period, will be
eager to get new cars as quickly as
the industry can toolup to build
them.
The only logical thing to do in
such a situation is for carmakers to
begin turning out 1942 models
again.
Evening star., 1943-01-05
Steel Employees
| Show Decline
| In Month
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The Ameri-
can Iron and Steel Institute said to-
day steel industry employees con-
tinued to decline in November, total
ing $4,000, drop of 5000 from
October's 635, 900 employees and COM
pared with 645,000 in November,
1941.
The industry's payrolls totaled
2,8l6 900 in November compared
with $l26, ,627 900 in the longer month
of October and $109 1856 900 in No
vember, 1941.
Wage-earning employees received
an average of 1898 cents an hour in
November against 1917 cents in
October and 80 cents in November
of the previous year. Average hours
worked per week were 1874, 1913 and
37.6 for the three respective months.
Evening star., 1943-01-05
Lee Rubber Reveals
Decline in Earnings
By The Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The Lee
Rubber & Tire Corp and subsid-
larles reported today net profit for
the fiscal year ended October 81 was
81 IA, ,765. equal to $474 share,
against 81 l,482,9 1854 or s614 share in
the preceding year.
The company said that renegotia-
ton proceedings had been conducted
with the Navy on the basis of war
business to July 81, 1912, and that no
refund request was expected as to
the remaining period of the fiscal
year.
Evening star., 1943-01-05
Advertising Chief Named

NEW YORK. Jan. P.-B. F
Few, vice president and director OF
Liggett g. Myers Tobacco Co.. today
was named to succeed w. D. Car
michael, director and vice president
in charge Of advertising, who retired
January l in accordance with the
company's employe retirement plan
Evening star., 1943-01-05

tUnit Of trading. 10 shares: sales print
ed in full. r In bankruptcy or receivership
or being reorganlzed under Bankruptcy
panies. Rates of dividend in the foregoing
table. are annual disbursement based on
the last quarterly or seml-annual decla-
ration. Unless otherwise noted special or
extra dividends are not included I'd Ex
dividend xr EX rights Exclusive OF ex-
ira or extras. d Cash or stock ePsid
last year. Payable in stock De
clared or paid so far this year Payable
IN Canadian funds. Accumulated dvi-
dens paid or declared this year
Evening star., 1943-01-05
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Jan. 5-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index OF 35
commodities today advanced to lO3. "A,
new 1898 high
Previous day. 1o3 -: week ago. 1O311;
month aso. 100 IS: year ago, o6..7
1923 1871 $40. '33-3a
High ---- 1924 a5l2 1925 asl4
Low 1854 77.03 $3.50 4l.44
O926 average equals 1909
Evening star., 1943-01-05
BY Private Wire Direct to The Star.

Stock and Add Net
Dividend Rate. 90 High Low Close Chee
Abb'tt Lab o0a 2 52l: 521a 52ls Il
fAbb'tt Lab pt lao 112 112 112
Evening star., 1943-01-05
Freight Loudinqs

NEW YORK Jan. 5 Up, Revenue freight
cars handled by railroads reporting today
for the week ended January . included:
Evening star., 1943-12-16

show the works" Water drips from
a tank into jar. AS the Jar slowly
fills. float inside it rises toward
the top.
A strong thread passes from tho
float up to spool After being
wrapped around the spool just once
the thread goes a short distance
over peg. A small weight is FAST
ened to the end of the thread which
hangs over the peg. As the float
slowly rises in the water, or oil, the
movement of the spool makes a hand
turn slowly. The hand passes by
the numbers of the hours, and in
that way tells time.
There is no minute hand" on
a clock of this kind. When the
Greeks used it, they had to esti-
mate the minutes by the position Of
the hand between the hours.
1t is no wonder If such a clock
does not keep perfect time. People
of long ago had trouble when they
used water clocks It was hard to
make a standard rate for the drip
ping Of the water A clock which
had fast drip might be an hour
or two ahead Of scme other clock.
Mr.. Wing also tells Of seeing a
great comet in the northern ky
when he was a small boy. Possibly
he is thinking of Donati's Genet,
which appeared in 1858. when he
was six years old. Another fine
comet, the Great Comet Of 1861. ap-
peared when he was nine years Of
ape
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Uncle Roy's Corner

There are people who keep the
spirit Of youth, no matter how many
years pass them by. Take, for In
stance, John F. Wing, 81. He has
written to tell me that, with his own
hands, he has built q Greek style
water clock"
1T was made from your descrip-
ton Of q water clock" he says, and
it works. 1t does not keep perfect
time because, I think, Of changes
In the air and temperature, but it
works very well. I have found that
it will work best when fine oil Is
used instead of water"
Two or three years have passed
since wrote about the clock which
has the Greek name "clepsydra. I"
When told about it, had no idea
that any one would try to make one.
I am pleased that this reader was
able to figure out the. way to make
1t from what / said.
With his letter, Mr.. Wing sent
q sketch of the clock as 1t looked
when finished, also q diagram to
Evening star., 1943-12-16
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