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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-12-02

written from England, was hand
ed us by his sister, Mrs. c. D.
Neal and we pass it on to the
readers because of it's interest:
'The weather is cool and damp,
with plenty of fog. Complete
black-out each night, as business
can pick up quickly if a light is
shown. Don't think we will be
here long, one of these days the
big push will start Most of
our food comes out of cans. We
eat powdered eggs and things
like that, no one going hungry,
plenty of what there is. But you
must eat all that you take out on
your plate or the remains will be
served cold the next meal. Or
ders are take all you want, but
eat all you take" Most of the
food is shipped from the U. S.
and good men are dying every
day to get it over here to us.
Il recently went through a
castle built in 1850 A. D., in Nor
witch. Edith Cavell, English
nurse, executed by Germans in
World War I, is buried in the
church here. Heard London
Symphony Orchestra while in
London. Too high brow for me.
AS we are restricted in what we
write, there is little to say, but
Won can write . LOT from hOYoa "
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-12-02
REINDEER GOOD MEAT

Reindeer are hard to get, even
in normal times. But it's good to
think that they make sizzling,
brown roasts.
Reindeer meat has flavor OF
its own, but it tastes lot Like
beef or veal.
Usually, the round is preferred
for roasting or steaks. The low
er end of the round, being less
tender, can serve as a pot roast.
Being thinner than beef, the loin
and rib cuts make satisfactory
small steaks. These cuts also
may be used as chops.
Double loin may be prepared
either boned or unboned and then
roasted as a saddle. The Shout
der also makes a fine roast.
The big problem, of course, is
getting the reindeer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-12-02
MOTORISTS WARNED
ABOUT ANTI-FREEZE

Motorists are urged by OPA to
buy anti-freeze with great care
as certain types of anti-freeze
have been found to be highly de-
structive.
The types motorists are warned
againt purchasing are those with
magnesium chloride base, calci-
UNI base, chloride base, sodium
chloride base, or mixed salt base.
These bases have proven very
destructive to radiators and mo-
florists are warned against placing
such solutions in their automo-
biles, it was announced by the To-
cal OPA office this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-12-02

have heard quite a few grown
ups, as we'll as children, talking
about him.
While in B. F. Cooks store, a
young man, who had at least
reached the age of five or six,
was telling me how much he
wanted some leather boots this
year, but could not find any at
any of the stores. II am going
to ask Santa and I'll bet he
brings them," be said. AS the
saying goes, 'Tll bet your boots
he does, too!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-12-02

AS well as we like to, we have
been too busy to gas lately, and
some of the readers have been
KIND enough to remark that they
have missed this column.
Thanksgiving passed quietly
with more people probably eat
ing turkey at home than usual.
And l am sure they not only
Sound the turkey good, but home,
"A pretty good place to be after
=aQ-
Speaking Of turkeys, we learn
ed something new about tur-
key pen. A short time ago we
1ried to house a turkey in a chick
can pen and of course we realized
Immediately just how tall tur-
KEY pen ought to be. But here
is d new use of the turkey pen
we had not heard of before and
we were so interested in it we
will pass it on to you. Rev. Carl
II Stark. who leaves this week
foT Florida prior to entering the
army as a chaplain, reports that
he bought a new turkey pen,
took the top off. sanded it down
smooth and 10, has a brand new
baby pen for his young daughter,
Elizabeth Louise. Quite an idea,
IaSn>t it?
Christmas Cards Are Coming
There is nothing we enjoy more
han Christmas cards and last
week we received two from men
IN service in PARKWAY Iceland
There is something about that
,S.nc which always reminds us
OF Santa and the time, when we
used to look up his home at the
North Pole on our map.
SCR. Willard Goss, formerly of
AShe county, sends one illustra-
ted bv soldier and printed by
u S army engineers. On the
cover IS The face Of a U. S. soldier
IN the uniform worn in Iceland
Inside IS a map Of Iceland with
The following verse:
From Iceland to our homeland,
Wt1err the war keeps us
=; ~ral9c,rt.
l send you seasons greetings
From the bottom of my
sQfjsart.'
Another shows the Red Cross
recreation center with its group
ii buildings with semi-circle
roofs. we take this occasion to
frank Sergeant Goss and extend
,oa4r best wishes for "a Merry
Christmas.
>AAMeSsage From England
TIE following excerpt from
letter from Major Roger Barr,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-12-02
Forgotten Herb

Rosemary with its aromatic laven-
der flowers, after a Christmas asso-
citation of many centuries, fell into
disuse during Victorian days. Its
traditional coupling with the Holy
Family was long and imaginative.
The swaddling dress of the Infant
was hung to dry on the rosemary,
imparting a sweet scent to the
hitherto odorless flower.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-12-02

Sgt. Archie Speaks, QefD, is somewhere in the
North African with the Air Corps, radio operator
He is the of w F. Speaks of West Jefferson Pvt
L. Wilcox (rght), of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilcox of
BrOwnwood, is somewhere i'm England, where he has
been for with the Field Artillery Both write
that thew getting along fine.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Ndzis Reported
RuiningCorsi(d

NEW YORK, Oct. A (INS)-
German depredations in Corsica
have left a mark no Corsican
will ever forget" the London
radio said last night, quoting a
dispatch from British COR
respondent on the island.
1.-THE Germans have laid waste
by fire and wanton destruction
TO a thousand acres of crop
and forest country and many
hundreds OF houses" the dis
patch said. "As the Germans
withdrew they set fire to the
hills and valleys by dropping
incendiary bombs. Not only
crops. but cattle, pigs and goats
were destroyed in the flames"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Eisenhower Boosted
For Presidency

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 GNS)-
The candidacy of Gen. Eisenhower
for president of the United States
is being sought by Tank Corps
Post No. 7l5 Of the American Le-
gion Of New York City
The Legionnaires passed a reso-
luton stating they had no knowl-
edge or concern as TO EiSenhow-
er's political affiliations" but be-
lieved he was we'll qualified for
the post Of chief executive by
reason Of his leadership quail
tics.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
New BdttIeship
Called Greatest
After Battle Test

WASHINGTON, Oct A GNS)-
Rear Admiral Thomas Leigh
Catch. who commanded the bat
tleShip Solhtb Dakota in two sue
cessful engagements in the Solo
mon Islands, paid tribute last
night TO the 80, 000-ton dread
nought as the greatest in the
world"
The South Dakota is one of six
ships of the North Carolina class,
which includes the Washington,
Indiana, Massachusetts and Ala
bama. The North Carolina and
Washington were commissioned
early in 1871, but the other four
were not completed until after the
outbreak of the war,
Maneuvering at better than 30
miles per hour while eScorting an
aircraft carrier, the South Da-
kota, heretofore known only as
battleship *" shot down 80 Japa-
neSe dive bomberS in the battle of
/ the Santa Cruz Islands last Oct.
% and took part three weeks later
in the Savo Island battle, in which
: five japanese warships were sunk.
Asked whether the performance
of the South Dakota at Santa
Cruz had changed the opinion of
some so-called experts about the
value of the battleship," Admiral
Catch replied
II hope II will give them
something 10 think about.
hlnk the first action-when the
Japs tried to relieve Guadal-
canal by superior air power in
the daytime proved that the bat
tleship-with proper air cO-ordi-
nation-rules the sea.
And the Savo Island fight
with the air force out Of it
demonstrated that there IL no
match for the battleship except
equally good battleships."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Ndzis Execute
100000 in France

ALGIERS. Oct. 4 (UP)-The
French information commissariat
reported today that more than
10000 persons had been executed
in France between June, 1910, and
March. 1913. that about $4,000
now were detained by the Ger
mans and that more than 100000
had been deported 10 Germany.
More than 100000 French pa
triots have escaped deportation by
hiding in the Alps and Pyrenees
and Nazi recruiting schedules are
so far behind schedule that 200
German civil servants in Paris
alone are devoting all their time
trying to mobilize more workers,
the report said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
GOeblDeIS Tells Reich
OF More Sacrifices

LONDON. Oct 1 1NS)-
Joseph GoebbclS, Nazi minister of
propaganda yesterday eXhorted
the German people TO still greater
sacrifices and warned that the
nation which does not make the
most extensive efforts for It's
total war aims VIII run the risk
of losing the war.
In his speech, delivered at the
annual harvest festival in the
Berlin SportspalaSt and broadcast
throughout Germany, GocbbelS
said the Reich government is pre-
pared TO Cut off tho head Of any
German attempting 10 under
mine the belief in victory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

Frequent references to severe
penalties for treachery and eXhor-
tatlonS not 10 stab soldiers in
the back bore out reports of a
new and intensive campaign to
bolster cracking morale along the
German home front.
Gocbbels referred often to 1918.
Hitler, he said could not he pres
cnt because Our feuhrer is AT his
headquarters directing this war
for the life and future Of the
Reich"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
SEEN AS NAZI THREAT


WASHINGTON. Oct. 4 QNS)-
Elmer Davis announced today the
appointment of historian Allan
Nevins as special Owl represent
ative in New Zealand. DR.. Nevins
will interpret the American war
effort 10 audiences in New
Zealand
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Asks Permanent Stockpie

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (INS)
Legislation 10 build a govern
ment stockpile of strate C
and critical materials after the
war will be introduced in the
Senate by James G. Scrughan
ID of Nevada.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Japs Claim B Subs

LONDON. oct 4 INS)-A
japanese high command COM
munique broadcast by the Tokyo
radio today claimed that six AL
lied submarines were sunk near
Japan and in other Pacific areas
during September
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Mothers Use Center

EASTPORT, Me, Oct. 4 CUP)
The old Shea homestead, which
quartered British troops during
the War of 1912, has been trans
formed into 4 maternity center.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Ydnks in China
Raid Jap Ships

CHUNGKING. Oct ( ms
Tt. Gen. Sulweu, American COM
nander in China, announced today
that American LIherstor bombcrs
and Poo Wsrhswk fighters dam
aged a Jap gunboat and bombed a
freighter on two missions against
enemy shipping.
The announcement followed =
report Of one Of the heaviest raids
ever staged IN this theatcr when
American airmen dropped 81 tons
of bombs on the Jap-held port Of
Haiph6pg Friday and shot down
% Zero fighters. Another 10
ZeroS were listed as probably do
stroyed for a possible total bag OF
A enemy planes
The gunboat a 150-foot craft
wss damaged In a raid Sept. 30
near ForbavArd GEM Stilwell s.
comn1unique said All planes Of
the 14th L 6 Air Force returned
safely from tho mission
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
.gnp TMsE Force Destroyed by Ola u. s. W0rship

What else happened conjecture but it is believed that
the Jap warsh commander took off for home right through
the mine field.
American planes viewed crippled ships and oil sticks from
sunken vessels How many went down-some day maybe
known on bridge of the outmoded destroyer four
Jap flags paihedone for each stack of the de-
stroyer back.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

Somewhere in the Pacific she laid mines by pattern where
Toos ships might Then she started home. American
planes swooped down and dipped their wings salute When
the mine LAYER reached port she learned why.
large Jap warshp possibly an aircraft carrier fell
victim to one the mines. Jap desroyers rushed to the
thinking the big ship had been orpedoed The mine field
DESTROYED the destroyers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct GNS)-Destruction of an
entire japanese task by the eggs Of American
mine laying destroyer revealed San Francisco today in
a story passed without comment by navy eensors.
No official announcement has been made of the exploits
Of an Old ouoded four,stacker destroyer The old can"
wasn't fast enough first line combat 50 they made mine
LAYER out of her.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
10 Troop Trains an Hour

WASHINGTON oct. 4 GNS
Every six minutes troop train
starts on journey somewhere IN
the United States.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
KAssEL VITAL CENTER

KaSsel. 90 miles east Of the
Ruhr city Of Dortmund, is the site
OF extensive railroad marshaling
yards and factories turning out
locomotives and aircraft parts.
KasSel was one Of the German
towns flooded when Raj Lam
casters preached the Eder dam,
35 miles 10 the southwest. last
May.
The assault on Kassel. city
OF 2l70O0 population. was the
fifth hurled against Germany IN
seven nights.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

Abe Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Partisans Battle
Germans AIonQ
DaImdtidn Coast
layer out ot her

LONDON. oct 4 GNS)-Cap-
Wrc of the town o. koiaSln. 100
miles southeast of Saraicvo, by
Partisan forces was announced
today I'M Free YugoSlav radio
commuu,quc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Battle
For Cos
Raging

CAIRO, Oct. 4 (UP)-British
troops were reported battling des-
perately today to hold Cos Island,
in the Dodecanese, against Ger
man forces who landed by air
and sea yesterday in an effort TO
wipe out the Allied wedge in the
southeastern defenses of Axis Eu-
rope.
No official word of the fight
ing-the first in this area since
the Allied evacuation of Crete in
the summer of l940-had been re-
ceived since yesterdays British
communique stating that the nee
essary coun ter measures had
been taken.
DEFENDED BY Raj
The island. valuable chiefly as
fighter base for attacks on
Crete, Rhodes and Greece. was
believed defended by Royal Air
Force regiment and it was
possible that the Italian garrison
had joined in combating the Nazi
assault.
The German paratroop and sea-
borne force was not as large as
/ that which wrested Crete from
the Allies in 1910.
SEEN AS NAZI THREAT
Allied sources interpreted the
attack as a German warning that
/ the Nazis intend 10 contest every
penetration of their southeastern
flank.
/ Cos. also known as Coo and
Kos, lies only a few miles of the
southwestern tip OF Turkey, sc
miles north of Rhodes, 100 miles
northeast of Crete and 200 miles
southeast of Athens. It's occupa-
ton advanced the Allied line 40C
miles north from Egypt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
NAILS DESTROY VILLAGES

Incendiary bombs were dropped
on villages in the area. Rcd Star
said. and 81 were RACED near
Scbezh, west Of Nclikie Luki, Ger
man troops harvested the crops
wherever possible, but destroyed
them with incendiary bombs near
the fighting front. All able-bodied
Russian men were deported from
the border regions
Russian ground forces Stormed
across the Pronya River % miles
southeast of Mogilev and within
u miles Of The highway linking
Mogilev with Gomel 10 the south.
Advancing up 10 six miles in
neighboring sectors. the Russians
liberated so towns
The Russians gained up TO six
miles on the approaches to Co
mel. key 10 the southeastern de-
lenses Of White Russia Twenty
towns and villages were captured
and 1900 Germans were killed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

LONDON oct 1 CUP)-Yugo-
slav Partisan troops, repeatedly
supplied hv Allied naval forces
operating IN the Adriatic, are
locked in largc-scale battles with
German regulars IN Dalmatia and
are bomhardtnc AXIS positions in
Fiumc, Yugoslav sources said to-
day.
A communiquo broadcast by the
YugoSlav army OF liberation last
night conceded h German
troops had forced their way back
INTO Suoak suburb OF tlume,
after 2O.day battle.
Partisan forces still were firmly
entrcnChed in the outskirts of the
town. however. and the COM
muniQuc said their artillery was
pounding enemy lines in Fiume,
particularly the harbor installa-
lions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
CRIMEA ATTACK LOOMS

Russian ground forces swept
across the last marShy land east
Of the Kerch strait Saturday and
captured Starotitarovskaya =
miles east of Taman. Final
liquidation Of the enemy beach
head in the Caucasus would pave
the way for an offensive 10 liber-
ate the Crimea
On the central front, German
planes were revealed by the Red
army organ Red Star to have ear
Iried out a Scorched earth offensive
against territory between the
Lithuanian and Latvian borders
and the Nclilic Luki-VTcbSk-
OrSha-MoGilev fighting line, 100
10 200 miles TO the east possibly
in preparation for a withdrawal
westward
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
ALLIES LAND SUPPLIES

A Swiss radio broadcast heard
in London quoted the communicate
as saying that Allied naval units
had landed food supplies and
weapons for the patriot forces at
an undiScloSed point on the Dial
matlan coast.
YuCOSlav quarters indicated
that the Germans were rushing
reinforccmcntS to the coastal
areas in an effort 10 dislodge the
PartiSanS and prevent the use OF
the long Dalmation shoreline as
a possible Allied invasion point.
BATTLE EAST OF SPLIT
Three YugoSlav guerilla divi-
sionS were said 70 he engaged in
a violent battle with the German
Prince Eugen Division just east
of Split, which was recaptured by
the NaZiS last week.
Bloody fighting was said 10 be
raging in Slovcnia, where the
PartiSanS had cut the railway be-
tween Trieste and Liubljana, The
Germans have thrown in tanks
at many points along this sector,
particularly near the guerilla
held Italian town of Goriza, YugO-
SlaV sources said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

The German hla command
said In a communlquc that
Taman. vestornmoSt town con-
the peninsula of the same name
and only q few miles from the
KerCh Strait had been cyacu-
atcd by Na2 troops "ai'er The
destruction of an War-important
installations At last reports.
there were 10000 Germans and
Rumanian. ON the Tam7n pen
lnSuia.D
,FFAfae-s speedy landing hapgcS. and
a number of molorhoats loaded
with troops were sunk, an enemy
infantry battalion 900 men
dispersed and partly wiped out
and so trucks smashed by The feet
air arm planes. the Russian com
mumquc said II was presumed
that the harcc> and mOtOrhOats
were ferryine Nazi troops across
the narrow Kcrch Strait 10 the
CUmea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
NAZIS MAKE BOAST

The Nazi DNB agency claimed
so planes. most OF them four-en-
gined bombers. were downed by
anti-arcraft over kasSel.
". s. and British bombers and
fighters attacked four Nazi air
fields in Holland and France and
blasted two power plants supply
ing electricity 10 French war
plants in a series of raids yes
terday.
The Nazis lost u fighters, a
record for a single day in The
western theater, while the British
lost II fighters and four bombers.
There were no l.. S. losses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
.FOrtresses Raid
Frankfort; Raj
Blasts KdsseI

LONDON. Oct. 4 (INS)-Amer-
lean Flying FortreSScS smashed al
the German chemical and NUM-
tions center of Frankfort today in
the wake OF a devastating Raj
night assault on kassel, 90 miles
TO the northeast.
Ameri'ca n P-47 Thunderbolts
escorted the four-enGined raiders
TO their target, an Eighth u. s.
Army Air Force communique said.
The air ministry said prelmi-
nary reports indicated heavy dam
age 10 KaSSel. The British lost -
OF the raiders.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
st. Paul's Methodist Church
North Potomac Street

The guest speaker at the Sunday
morning service at II o'clock, will
be Rev. Lavely d. Gruber, pastor Of
Carnovan Methodist Church, near
Baltimore. Reverend Gruber is
we'll known in Hagerstown, having
formerly lived here and entered the
ministry from st. Paul's.
Miss Frances Cottrill will be. at
the organ, and there will be a duet
by Mr.. and Mrs. Herschel Thur
mond
The pulpit supply committee has
secured guest speakers for each
Sunday in August while the pastor,
Rev. Harry c, Marsh, is On vacation.
Mr. James l.. McClain, the organ
list, is also on vacation this month
and special music has been planned
for each Sunday.
The evening services will be dis
continued for the month.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
Christian Science Services
235 North Potomac Street

Spirit will be the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, August
8.
The Golden Text will be from
Psalms 142:10-"Teach me to do thy
will for thou art my God; thy spir-
it is good; lead me into the land of
uprightness"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible-Matt. 10:1-
And when he had called unto him
his twelve disciples, he gave them
power against unclean spirits, to
cast them out, and to heal all man
ner of sickness and all manner of
disease"
The Lesson Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures, -
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 138-"The SUI
premacy Of Spirit was the founda-
ton on which Jesus built"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

II am surrounded by hundred German
tanks. l am destroying them one by one"
Thus wrote General Henri Honore Giraud,
as the French nation crumbled before the on
slaught of the once mighty German army in
l940 Giraud was captured and, as is his
custom, he escaped The tall French General
has become famous for his numerous escapes
from the Germans and for his intense hatred
of Frances enemies.
In World War l, as a captain he was cap
tured and recaptured before he managed to
return to France.
AS commander in chief of 100000 French
troops in Africa and co-president of the
French committee on national liberation,
Giraud appears to be clear headed French
hero whose main objective is to rout the Axis
During recent visit to America he told
press conference that:
II can give you the pledge that France
will be at your side to liberate the Pacific
from Japanese domination even as she will
remain with you to, build peace that will
be lasting and just but also realistic
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