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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-25
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Sardinia Undereoes
MerciIess Pounding
by Flying For+resses

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA. May Is INS)
The bomb-battered Italian Medic
terranean island of Sardinia re.
ceived its heaviest pummelling OF
the war yesterday when more than
300 American bombers and fighters
laid waste 10 nine important areas
on the island. Gen. Eisenhower's
headquarters announced to day.
Naval installations and airfields
were attacked.
The raids were carried out by
Mai. Gen. Doolittle's strategic air
/ force. The attack was made by
Flying Fortresses, Marauder and
Mitchell bombers and Lightning
and Warhawk fighters.
HIT THROUGHOUT DAY
They hit at the targets through
out the day in intensified fury To
Iimmobilize the Axis bases there.
United Press said the For :
tresses concentrated on the naval
base at La Madeleine, at the
northern tip of Sardinia)
Twelve Axis vessels were hit az
the planes bombed and strafed
dock and shipping facilities.
Four of the ships were sunk. q
fifth was blown up and the re-
mainder set on fire.
German interceptor planes chal.
Ilenged the raiding force, and nine
enemy craft were shot down in
1d0gffghtS. Others were destroyed
on the ground.
NAILS ON SARDINIA
The great sweep against Sar.
dina came on the heels of Beriin's
announcement that German troops
had arrived there.
In the same raid pattern, Gen.
Doolittle's filters smashed twice at
the tiny, much-bombed island Of
Pantelleria. As miles east of Cape
Bon. Tunisia.
United States heavy bomberx
and Raj planes also hammered
at the Italian mainland and the
island of Sicily yesterday. -
Middle East headquarters said
ferry terminals and railway
yards at San Giovanni and Reggie
Idi Calabria were blasted by the
American craft while the Raj
sent bombers into a further at
tack on the Messina ferry ter
minal on Sicily.
Direct hits were scored on the
target at San Giovanni and Reg
gio di Calabria, on the toe of the
Italian boot. At least one Of q
group of Axis fighters which tried
10 intercept was shot down. All
L. S. craft returned to base.
The British craft hit ferry
berths and oil storage facilities at
MesSina Seven fires broke out
during the bombing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-25
The Weather
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

The sun wit co. A. SIS n tadsy.
and slsf tomorrow az 6". N
The moon piI sef A. 49, n
today and rise tomorrow az - a. m
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-25
SENSIBLE STYLES

G. r. Macdonald. chief OF the
clothing branch Of the textile,
clothing and leather division OF
WIPE. said
1T is our honest conviction
that women and girls will have
attractive, sensible wa r-time
fashions which will differ in no
major detail from peacetime
fashions"
WPB took a tuck in maternity
gowns a Junior miss size Is and
size Is can havs an S0-inch sweep,
womanS size 40 can have a
sweep Of 81 inches The full trim
ming allowance may be used even
when the hip measurements OK
coed the body basic hip meas
uTemcNt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-25

Our planes had few dog
fights with Jap Zero fighters
One Of our planes shot dowr
four Of the Zeros.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-25
ARTICLES BANNED

Banned were: Double-breasted
suits and Jackets mot sui I
dreSye), culottes. reversible
skirts lined skirts quilted skirts
and skating skirts, dresses with BIZ
swing backs, vent or Norfolk
lA-pe hacks PatfAetS- or tabs on
the shoulders Of dresses. suits,
jackets and coats, double-Collars
on dresses. coats and Jackets.
The WPB limited the sweep for
evening gowns and skirts-eve-
ming dresses Of transparent ma
tcrials 10 2SS inches. taffeta eve
ming dresses. IA. all other. go
The sweep Of norwood skirts Of
dresses and those wool skirts in
nine ounce weights and less was
reduced SIX inches.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-25

Todoy's War Map
Shows the Fronts
In lndia, Burma,Chino
Page 2, Columns ; and 4
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
LEGION LEADER. HENRY
INGRAM DIES SUDDENLY

Asheboro - Henry L. Ingram,
46. commander of the North Car
DINA Department of the Ameri-
can Legion. died suddenly of
heart disease Sunday at $50 a.
m. at his residence here.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 p. M. at the First
Methodist church. with the Le-
gion in charge. Department
Chaplain L. A. Watts of Raleigh
was assisted by the church pas
tor, the Rev. Paul Martin, and
past department commander R.
l.. Mcmillan, of Raleigh.
Long prominent in business,
civic and political affairs of Ran
dolph County, Ingram was COM
pleting the eighth month of his
One-year term as commander of
the American Legion's North
Carolina department. Only last
week he was commended by ma
tional headquarters for his part
in giving the State Department
the largest enrolment in it's his
tory.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
BRITISH PURCHASE MEAT
FROM S. A. FOR u. S. A.

Washington - The British min
istry of food has been designated
the sole purchaser of meat and
meat products for the United
States from Argentina, Brazil,
Paraguay and Uruguay.
In announcing this, the COM
bined food board said the minis
try of food also would be the
exclusive South American buyer
for the United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia. New Zealand. South
Africa, Newfoundland and India.
''This unified buying plan was
adopted to provide more efficient
use of shipping, to make possible
the orderly ALLEGATION of a war
commodity vital to the united
nations throughout the world, and
to utilize tin more fully for mill
tary purposes" the announce
ment said.
The plan, the board also said,
will lessen somewhat 1end-lease
and military demands upon Unit
ed States production.
Make your plans early for a
Victory Garden.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
PREDICTS WAR WILL
END IN 1914 OR 1915

New York - Undersecretary
of War Patterson declared this
week it was likely that the war
would end in 1914 or 1915, and
added:
'"This estimate does not rest on
a mere guess. It is based on the
best information we have been
able to gather on the waning
strength of the Nazis and on the
growing strength Of the United
Nations"
In speech before the Ameri-
can Labor Press Association con-
ference, Patterson predicted that
never again in this war will the
Nazis launch an offensive in Rus
STA on the scale of those in 1941
and 1912 They have not the
manpower."
He said the Nazis "and their
satellites have lost at least A.
100000 soldiers. dead, captured
and permanently disabled"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25

wheels. All! I said to myself,
Little bird, you are ground into
the dust by careless men but God
knows of your fall and He cares.
How many people these days
are in fear for self and for their
loved ones, but surely God, who
watches for the fall of bird,
will take care of a living soul.
Fear We not therefore," Yes
perfect love lasteth out fear"
l am persuaded we do not know
of the infinite care and love God
has for the human soul. We do
not know of this great love in
God and his care, consequently,
we fear. The more we love God,
the less we shall fear.
I read of a little girl who was
afraid to go into dark attic to
find her doll. This little girl
went to Sunday School and learn
ed that the Heavenly Father low
her. When she came home she
was no longer afraid to enter the
darkest corner of the attic to find
her doll, because she had learned
to love God. So it is with us.
"Perfect love casteth out fear"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
LARGEST SUBMARINE is
BELIEVED TO BE SUNK

Washington - The submarine
Argonaut, largest in the Ameri-
can navy and possibly the largest
In the world, is presumed to be
lost on patrol operations, the navy
announced this week.
A navy communique also iden-
titled an American destroyer sunk
in the January 29-February 4
battle in the Solomon islands as
the 2,1OO ton Dehaven, one of
Americas newest and greatest
destroyer types. The ship was
sunk by Jap dive bombers.
The navy did not give the 1oca-
ton of the mine-laying Argonaut,
a 2,71O-ton vessel, at the time it
was last heard from. Presumably
it was lost in the Pacific.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25

sparrow is worthless and cheap
in the sight of man, yet God, in
His wisdom, watches over every
little sparrow that falls to the
ground. Gear we not therefore,
We are of more value than many
SparroWs."
Last summer, as I was driving
along a road, I came across a
pathetic sight. A little yellow
bird lay dead in the road, per-
haps, struck by a car. By the
side of the dead bird another yell
low bird, perhaps it's mate, hop
ped about trying to arouse the
little dead one. How sad the
sight was! Man hardly notices
a dead bird in the road, yet from
the truth of our text, God knew
of the fall of this little gold finch.
| am persuaded He knew also of
the disappointment and sorrow
of its little mate that tried so
frantically to arouse it from
death.
Several years ago I noticed in
a dusty road, the form of a dead
sparrow with wings spread,
ground flat into the dust by car
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
Sp'gs News
Mrs. Gladys Thompson,
Correspondent

Mr.. R. L. Austin, who holds a
position with the Glenn L. Mar
tin airplane factory in Baltimore,
spent a few days with friends and
relatives here and at jefferson
recently. He was accompanied
back to Maryland, Wednesday, by
his daughter, Miss Mary, who
has been attending school at
Glade Valley. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bruce Shepherd have moved to
his home here, while he is away.
Mr.. Joshua Shepherd, of Nor
canton, was in this section last
week on business.
Mrs. Lola Bare, who has been
working in the Glenn L. Martin
airplane factory for quite a while,
has returned home.
Mrs. Chester Shepherd spent
last week with her mother, Mrs.
Eulala Sheets, who is i'll.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
PAY AS YOU GO TAX
PLAN HAS BEEN KILLED

Washington All proposed
pay-as-you-go tax plans, includ-
ing one that would have cancel
led out one income tax year COM
pletely, were rejected by the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee and Subcommittee appoint
ed to draft an acceptable COM
promise.
The plans voted down includ-
ed a modified form of one sub
mitted by Beardsley Ruml, chair
man of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, which would by
pass one tax year.
However, the Ruml plan sup
porters were not downcast, and
privately expressed confidence
because of the support it received
in the committee. The Ways and
Means members were pledged to
secrecy as 10 the number of votes
each plan received.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
1000 DAY PLANE RAIDS
PLANNED AGAINST NAZIS

London - Competent British
and American air observers pre-
dicted that the American aerial
offensive against Germany and
its occupied territories would ex-
pand within the next few months
to include 1,00O-plane daylight
attacks by Flying Fortresses and
Liberators.
American attacks in such
strength, succeeding raids by
formations of perhaps 100 planes
used in the heaviest sorties to
date, will smash German fighter
plane strength from the skies and
open the way for precise day
light bombing of enemy targets
on a scale previously impossible.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
NAZI-FRENCH LINES
TO BE ABOLISHED

London - Pierre Laval's pro-
Axis Vichy government announc-
ed that the line of demarcation
between the former occupied and
unoccupied zones of France
would be abolished after March
l and unlimited postal communi-
cation would be permitted
throughout all of France.
The decree, announced by ra-
dio Vichy, apparently was an i'm
fermentation of decisions reached
several weeks ago at a Berchtes-
gaden conference among Laval,
Adolf Hitler and Count Galeazzo
Ciano, then Italian foreign min
lister.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
Chestnut Hill
Club Held Meet

The Chestnut Hill H. D. club
met at the home of Mrs. Virgle
Pierce, which was we'll attended
by both men and women.
In the absence of the president
and vice president, Mrs. w. F.
Gambill was in charge of the
meeting. Devotionals were led
by Mrs. Gamble. All members
joined in singing "America, The
BeautifuT', and pledged allegl-
ence to the flag. The meeting was
then turned over to Mrs. Boney.
When Mrs. Boney started off
on the importance of three we'll
planned meals a day this brought
on lively interest and some dis
cussiOn from the men. Mrs. Bon
ey stressed the Importance OF
Victory Gardens for 1943, because
Of war demands. She gave lists
of vegetables as natures best
foods for building and regulating
the body and maintaining health
and growth.
Mrs. Boney also exhibited some
poultry equipment, told Of the
need to increase on flocks, for
meat and egg production as our
patriotic duty, and would also be
a family income.
After a short business session,
the hostess served delicious re-
freshments assisted by Mr.. T. c.
Vaught and Mrs. Eli Francis. The
next meeting will be with Mrs.
w F Gambill March 16.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
MRS. LEWIS is HOSTESS
TO GREEN VALLEY CLUB

The Green Valley Home Dem
onstration club met at the home
of Mrs. E. B. Lewis.
After a short devotional, the
club members sang, forward
Christian Soldiers, then read the
Collect in unison.
The meeting was then turned
over to the home demonstration
agent, Mrs. Gorda Boney. A
very interesting discussion was
carried out on Food and Nutrl-
ton, how war demands more
food for home use and fighting
men.
The government will take a
larger part of commercially can
ned foods in 1913 than 1912. Meat
will be rationed, this will require
more vegetables for a balanced
diet, it was explained.
The assistant county agent,
Mr.. Payne, was also present and
gave a very interesting demon
stration on how to build a baby
chick brooder and urged that all
farm families grow more chicks
and produce more eggs for the
market.
He also gave a very interesting
talk on how to grow more and
a better variety of potatoes.
Showing the kind of seed to use
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
AIRCRAFT REPRESENTATIVE
COMING TO N. WILKESBORO

A representative of Fairchild
Aircraft Corporation of Burling-
ton will be in North Wilkesboro
Friday, February 26, to interview
applicants with the following oc-
cupations: Maintenance mechanic,
Machinist, Stenographer, Secre-
tary, Expediter. Heat Treater.
Aircraft Sheet Metal Worker. If
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
HEALING SPRINGS All
CLUB HELD MEETING,

The Healing Springs All club
met recently and made plans for
raising more food, poultry and
livestock. Sheets were distribu~
ted with lists of different things
to be done to help the boys in the
armed forces.
Mrs .Gorda Boney and Harvey
Payne were present and gave in
teresting talks.
The club wishes to do all they
can for Victory.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
BIRTH ANNOUNCED,

Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Sturdivant
announce the birth of a son, En-
NETT Reid, born on February Is,
at the Ashe Counyt Hospital. The
baby was named for his grand
fathers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
World During

'Fear we not, therefore, We are.
of more value than many spar
rows.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25

interested, call at the United
States Employment Service at
200 P. M.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25

to produce more per acre.
At the close of the meeting, the
club members voted to meet
again at Mrs. Lewis home in
March.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25

Fear We not therefore, We are
of more value than many spar
rows" Matt. 1921.
''Are not two sparrows sold
for a farthing? And one of them
shall not fall on the ground with
out your Father" Matt. 1929
How worthless a sparrow is to-
day! How cheap the sparrow
was in the days of Christ! Two
of them could be bought for a
farthing (1c). Although the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
SPIRITU AL
DE E. N S E.

Committee:
Rev. J. w. Luke, Chmn., Rev.
Clayton b. Miller; Rev. w L.
Wilmington, Rev. HOyt Wood,
Elder Ed Davis.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-02-25
Interest EARNING MAINTAINED


TAINED-Poid SO interest in 1912 on policy
proceeds held in trust for poIcyhoIders and bene
fciories. This rote has been paid continuously
since the Componys organization in 1907 an
other reason why Jefferson Standard POLICY
DOLLARS ARE LARGER
Evening star., 1943-05-25
Doctors Denied Extra Gasoline:
Many Patients Deprived of Aid

Blocked in all efforts to get gaso-
line for doctors cars. the District
Medical Society today warned the
public many physicians are being
deprived of transportation.
Theodore Wiprud, secretary of the
Medical Society. announced today
that District OPA authorities had
been unable to respond to repeated
requests to provide gasoline neces-
sary for doctors cars.
Several appeals to local head
quarters met only with statements
that OPA had no authority to set
aside any fuel, even for the vital
purpose of sending doctors to the
bedsides of the sick.
There is danger" said Mr.. WI
prud, because many doctors already
have run completely out of gaso-
line and can get no more.
I'VE want the public to know we
have done everything in our power
to help solve the problem. We dis
cussed the matter at length at q
meeting Of the executive board Of
the society last night. We realize
the seriousness of the situation and
If there Is anything further We can
do We viii do IT,
Evening star., 1943-05-25
10000 Homeless,
II Dead in Flood;
Crop Loss Huge
Still More Devastation
Feared in Wide Areas of
Missouri and Illinois
BY the Associated Press.

bS lpe ASSOCIATED Press.
The turbulent Mississippi and
the smaller but unruly Illinois
Rivers-continuing their devas-
tating course over a wide sec
tlon-today threatened further
disaster to an already flood
stricken section of Illinois and
Missouri.
The two seething streams poured
out fresh torrents of water over
man-built protective walls and there
was no immediate indica ton they
had spent their fury.
The concentration point in the
six-State Midwest flood zone was
along a 125-mile front of the Mis-
sissippi from St. Louis to Cape
Girardeau and along a lOO-mile
stretch of the Illinois from below
Peoria to the junction with the Mis-
sissippi.
Crop Loss Is Huge.
Damage to crops, property and
livestock, already in the millions OF
dollars. mounted hourly as the wa
terS from the two rivers laid waste
new areas of rich farm lands. seri-
ously lnterfered with industry and
transportation and drove hundreds
from their homes. The number OF
persons homeless in the flood zone
was estimated by the Red Cross at
about 100000, while the death toll
stood at II.
Throughout the six-State area II
was estimated nearly 100000 acres
of land have been inundated.
AS an army of soldiers, engineers
and civilian defense workers pro-
ceeded with their rescue, relief and
other duties. a call was issued in
Washington by War Food Admins
traitor Chester Davis for confer
ence of Governors and commission
ers OF agriculture in the flood States
to formulate a program for State
and Federal action to provide for
food production in the harassed
areas. The meeting will be held in
st. Louis tomorrow
Beardstown, Ill. remained one of
the several river towns described bv
the Army engineers Office at st
Louis as critical. With an esti-
mated 4500 of the Illinois River
towns $500 already removed. there
was danger the town would be COM
pletely abandoned should the river
continue to rise. A 30-foot river
crest was predicted for tomorrow or
Thursday and last night reached
29.e. Workmen erected a temporary
barricade on the mile-long seawalI
raising its height to 80 feet inches.
Soldiers Sent to Area.
The chief concern along the Mis-
slssippi today. said the Army engi
neers' office. was at Nameoki, Venice
and Chouteau, on the Illinois side.
The levees have been strengthened
and $50 additional soldiers were sent
to the area last night.
Every levee on the Illinois side
(See FLOODS, Page A-161
Evening star., 1943-05-25
Seven More Jap Bombers Added
To u. S. Flyers Toll ON Attu
Army Forces Continue Advance Despite
Handicap of SIeet, Snow and Rain

despite sleet, snow. and rain which
handicapped operations.
"(b) Further details received re-
lating to the attack of six Army
Lightning Lockheed P-38) fighters
on Is Japanese twin engine bombers
previously reported in Navy De-
partment communique number 388D
reveal that five of the enemy bomb
ers were definitely destroyed and
seven additional bombers were prob
ably destroyed. The remaining four
Japanese bombers fed to the west.
When sighted by United States
Army fighters. the bombers unload
ed their bombs. but did not attack
any of the United States positions.
"(c) United States Army planes
bombed the japanese man camp
area at Kiska.
South Pacific (all dates are east
longitude:
q. On May % three japanese
cargo vessels in the Shorthand
tSee KNOX. Page A-5D
Evening star., 1943-05-25
Daily Radio Talks on Food
Proposed by Mrs. Roosevelt
Gasoline SHORTAGE
Cuts Activities of
Mrs. Roosevelt

The gasoline shortage is
"complicating" Mrs. Roosevelt's
life as much as anybody else's
she said today.
Miss Melvina Thompson. Mrs.
Roosevelt's secretary, started
to tell press conference today
about a tour planned for the
Presidents wife on Sunday.
"Oh, no." Mrs. Roosevelt in
terrupted. Il may not be able
to drive. I have to see about
the gas
She finds it disconcerting to
promise to be some place and
then not be able to be there,
she added. but imagines that
she will soon get used to it.
Evening star., 1943-05-25
Strike Cuts Supply
OF Baltimore Gas
Bethlehem Coke Plant
Crippled by WoIkout
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press,
BALTIMORE. MAY 25.--A strike
of approximately 1870 coke oven
workers at the Sparrows Point plant
of the Bethlehem Steel Co. crippled
three operating units at the plant
today and reduced Baltimores sup
ply of artificial gas by 100000
cubic feet
H. R. Cook, vice president of the
Consolidated Gas & Electric Co.,
said the cut in the gas flow was
about half the normal output
However, he added the company
had ample capacity for additional
gas production and steps would be
taken to keep the supply at normal
levels.
S. j. Cort. manager of the Spar
rows Point plant, said the strikers,
members of the CIO-United Steel
Workers, had demanded a general
increase of 100 per cent in incentive
pay, an increase of more than Is
per cent in their total earnings. The
incentive pay is in addition to the
employees basic wage.
Mr.. Cort said names and addresse,
Of the strikers would be sent to their
draft boards for Redistribution.
Evening star., 1943-05-25

But, explained the society secre-
tary, many doctors are not making
any more calls to homes, many sick
people are going without medical
attention and several operations
have had to be postponed.
The most dangerous situation
confronts expectant mothers, said
Mr.. Wiprud. Many obstretricians
cannot respond to emergency calls
to these homes where a child is
about to be born.
While some of the ambulances of
the city. especially at Emergency
Hospital, expect to have suflcient
gasoline for real emergency calls, it
was learned that some other private
ambulance companies are COM
pletely out of fuel.
One doctor reported to the Medi-
cal Society that he had run out
Of gasoline on the streets this morn
ing attempting to make calls and
could not even get enough gasoline
to take his car back home.
Some doctors were attempting to
make calls on streetcars and buses,
but could not even get around to
all their regular patients-let alone
(See DOCNOR9 Pa0e An