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Evening star., 1944-02-27
Driver Was Grateful
For Free Concert

Nan Merriman has sung for her
supper, for noted conductors, for
just about anybody who's asked her
to sing, but here was the first time
she sang for her cab fare. Taxing
to the studio the other day, the
vocalist decided to rehearse two Of
her songs, confident the traffic would
muffle her voice. She plunged into
a full-voiced rendition of Drink
to Me Only with Thine Eyes" and
Kiss in the Dark"
Arriving at the studio just at
the finish of her song, she dug into
her purse and asked the driver what
the fare was. "Oh, no, no, lady"
he burst out in broken English, his
face shining. For that can't charge
Evening star., 1944-02-27

you. No, no! On the house, on the
houSe!"
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Tinfoil to Foil
Radio LOcators
By the Associated Press.

Current dispatches, telling Of
strips of metalized paper being
dropped by German flyers raiding
England just as the Allied bombers
have done over the continent for 4
long time. point out that the purpose
is to liam" radio location apparatus.
BY dropping these pieces Of paper
by the thousands so that the air is
literally filled with them, 1t is hoped
so to interfere with ground spotting
equipment as to make 1t give a con-
fused response and not permit ac-
curate recording of the approach
ing planes.
This theory is based on the fact
that the location apparatus relies on
the principle of reflected. waves
Thus, If the emitted wave should
strike some rejecting surface other
than an enemy air weapon, it would
come back to the, receiving recorder
all right, but with results that might
indicate a plane where there was
none.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
For RadioL isteners
By Ben Kaplan.

what is radio2" The youngster
who had come to talk about his
career book" and had begun to
take on the outline Of a huge ques-
ton mark, startled me with the
query. What is this thing called
radio? started to tell him it was a
magical box of wood and wire and
tubes and dials. Perhaps, I thought.
This is chance to stem the tide OF
interrogation which is threatening
to engulf me and delay my schedule
But something made me hesitate
made me think that the question
was too big for such an answer.
Radio, of course, is magical box
Of wood and wire, but radio is more
much more Radio is the farmer
ut eventide, his eyes glancing ap-
prehensively to the sky. 1t is the
mother, with V-mail overdue, every
dber of her being eagerly awaiting
word of the 5th Army. Radio is
music at the close of a hard-pressed
day. 1t is the speech in the town
hall-with national audience.
My thoughts raced on and on, as
had the stream of questions which
] had begun to resent a trifle. Why,
I pondered, radio is. song and litera-
ture and Observation-Disclosures and
manifestoes brought to the intimacy
of your living room for you to hear,
digest, accept or reject. It is the
plant of people who are suffering
and tine glorious voices of free men
released from slavery. 1t is the cry
of hunger across the seas and the
song of plenty in America.
Radio is life. 1t is. around the
corner. 1t is nationai-yea, global
Fadio is America-with sound!
Listen, son, and I'll give you your
answer. Radio is bridge All the
talents and skills and facilities of
every station in our land are dedi-
Gated to one single, impelling task
10 furnish a bridge between the
world and you. For you are the
compelling power of the world You
cause world leaders to sit through
long hours putting thoughts into
ringing words for radio. You impel
writer's to work with words that will
make you laugh. You are the rea-
son actors step to the microphone
and pour out every ounce of their
talent.
Yes-every second of radio broad
tasting from every spot on earth is
directed at you. And so you are the
power that gives inspiration for the
building of the bridges called radio.
X X X
Of Mikes and Men 10 Staf-
ford, feminine soloist with the Pied
P1pers vocal foursome on the Bob
Crosby alrshoW, has lost Is pounds
IN the past few weeks Joe won't
reveal her poundage-melting secret,
but her new silhouette is mighty be-
coming When Director Earle
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Mite Had Troubles

The Youngest petitioner ever to
ask advice Of John J. Anthony on
his Good Will Hour" heard ove:
WOL-Mutual on Sundays, was a
wee miss only ~ years old. Her
problem-she had lost her dog.
Anthony helped her find it within
an hour.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Material Their Own

W1ttrlAI IneIf OWN.
No matter how they work 1t, the
folks back in Arkansas can be sure
that Lauck and Goff got what they
wanted in a story because they still
control their material for both air
and fllm. When the boys were
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Pidgeon' n's"GrlFriday" !"

Rosalind Russell will have radio
listeners laughing out loud tonight
when she repeats her madcap role
in His Girl Friday" with host
Walter Pidgeon as her fellow news
hawk. Tune in The Star and the
Story" the great new series OF
radio dramas presented by The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany. Station WTOP at 8 P.M.i
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Candles in the Dark

Fulton Oursler, who serves as
'"T'he Peoples Reporter" over VOL
Mutual reveals that his listeners
send him more queries about Rus
sia than about any other country
in the world.
Evening star., 1944-02-27

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
on Sunset boulevard but still in
the heart Of the towns radio row is
a little ONCE labeled "Jot En- Down
Store-Lum and Abner, Props" Or
dinarily quiet and peaceful, the spot
today is in the throes Of change, not
outwardly apparent but tremendous
in portent to two young men named
Chet Lauck and Norris Goff.
Messrs. Lauck and Goff, it seems,
have suddenly become successful.
That sounds funny when you con-
slider that for more than 10 years
Lauck and Goff have been in the
ether chips and lately have been
dragging in substantial spending
money from their movies. But Lum
and Abner's latest picture, 80 This
Is Washington" has done some-
thing none Of their three others did.
1t hit f1rst-run theaters, it clicked in
cities as well as In villages and
small towns. In Hollywood that's
success-and success is likely to
throw anybody into a throe.
Out Of the Ozarks.
In the Washington movie, Lum
and Abner left the Ozarks for the
first time, and now they're planning
to do 1t again. Country Boys" will
bring them to Hollywood and-if
they don't change their minds
they'll appear both as Lum and Alb
ner and as themselves, minus
whiskers, the dapper Goff and the
somewhat Gable-ish Lauck.
In the throes, they're still not de-
serting Pine Ridge entirely. That
town. which changed its name from
Waters, Ark, in their honor, has to
be in every film, If only at the be-
ginning and end.
And some Of the people we've
had in all the pictures and the radio
show" says Chet Num) Lauck, I'VE
couldn't leave them behind, either"
That's right" agreed Goff. Some
Of 'em, like Dick Huddleston, are
real-life folks, you know. Friends of
ours"
Material Their Own.
No matter how they work 1t, the
folks back in Arkansas can be sure
that Lauck and Goff got what they
wanted in a story because they still
control their material for both air
Evening star., 1944-02-27
THE AIR To-Day

WT0P, it30-"Ihe NibeIungenlied," dis.
tused by literary experts.
WRc, i:30-"The Problem Of Argentina" {"
topic. Allen Haden. foreign correspondent; J..
Martin Kloetthe, and Jerome 6. Kerwin, pro.
fessors, are the guests.
WT0P. 2:O0-Joseph Gotten in Comes the
Devil"
WINK. 7:05-StrauH Gypsy Baron Over.
ture" and Bizets Carmen Suite"
WToP, 3:oO-WitoId hsIeuzynski, piano
soIoist
W0l, 3;30-" Ghost Town Mystery"
VOL, 4;00-NH, hinna Marlin, S0.yesr.
old mother, joins her son. Glenn Martin,
WTop, 4:3o-Albst spsIding makes his
final radio appearance.
VOL, 5;00-Wendy Barrie and Santos 0deos
in the premiere broadcast
WRc, 5;0o-LsopoId sfokow,ki features
Brahms and Bach music.
VOL, 5;30-"Dsdih Ride"
VOL. 6:00-"Penty Of Room"
WhAl, 6;0o-Hsaded by The Aldrith
Family"
WT0P. 6:OO-Bettis Davis in "one Day
After Another"
WRC, 7:00-Jaek Benny and Eddie Cantor
from the Hollywood Canteen
WkAl, 7:30-Fred Allen is the quiz.master.
WRC. 7:30-BandIeader Mitchell AWes and
The Andrew Sisters.
WT0P. S:00-RosaIind Russell in His Girl
Friday"
WRC, S:00-Dottie Lamour. guest
W0l, 9:O0-Joseph Knitzer. vioIinist, guest.
W10P, 9:00-"Desd Men on Leave"
WMAL, 9:t5-En1io Pima and Mary Lou
Williams visitors.
WDc, i0:00-The story Of St. Charles
Bonomeo.
W0p, t0:30-"The Case Of The Red Riding
Hoods"
WRc, ii;05-"The Closed Door,"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
GREGG CHERRY TAKING
NO STAND IN RACE

Gastonia Governor-Elect
r. Gregg Cherry declared that
he would express no preference
Between the two candidates for
the speakership of the 1945 session
OF the state legislature.
Cherry, issued statement say
ing that he had decided to main
tain his prediction policy of neu-
traHty towards the rival candi-
7daxdes of Oscar Richardson of
Monroe and George Uzzell of
Salisbury.
Both candidates are friends of
tOng-standing, Cherry said, and
both have pledged their support
OF the legislation of the new adj
ADMINISTRATION. Each is personally
satisfactory to me-" he declared.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
SENATOR SMITH WAS
BURIED ON SUNDAY

Washington - Funeral services
*fhr Sen. Ellison D. Cotton Ed)
Smith (D-SC,) 8O-year-old dean
GEthe Senate. who died of a heart
attack at his Lynchburg, S. c.,
plantation last week, were held
Hhere Sunday.
a delegation of his Senate col
leagues attended. Burial was in
the family plot at st. Luke's
Cemetery.
Senator Smith died six weeks
before he was to yield the Senate
sent he had held for So years.
Death ended a tempestuous ca
Teer devoted to liking cotton,
Numbering tributes to the sancity
Df south n womanhood and
States rights, and vitriolic attacks
against President Roosevelt's Ad-
ADMINISTRATION.
Defeat at the polls already had
snapped his span of So continuous
years in the Senate-longer than
amy other member in history. He
Nas bested in the South Carolina
culinary election last July by for
mer Gov. Olin D. Johnson and
was serving out the current ses-
SION as a flame duck"
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OAA4NC4 CAJ1
Mrs. Robert Nye.
ABUSING FREE SPEECH"

ABUSING FREE SPEECH"
The constitutional right to crit
icize the American Government
and it's President does not sane
ton the sin of evil speaking. One
can no more SANDER the President
without guilt than ones nearest
neighbor. In fact, it is a double
wrong to speak evil of the Pres
ident of our country, for the BIZ
BILE says, ''Thou shalt not speak
evil of the ruler of thy people"
The rulers of Israel when Paul
quoted that scripture, was the
wicked and murderous High
Priest Ananias and the licentious
and drunken Caesar. And they
were probably in office through
bribery and murder and not by
the free choice of the people.
:. No one can hate his fellow man
and be good at the same time.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
myself" What shall we say then
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
LANSING All CLUB
HOLDS MEETING

The lansing All Club met at
the High School building, re-
Gently. The meeting was open
ed with the president, Billie Ash
ley in the chair. The club pledge
was repeated and the song Amer
lea" was sung by the group. y
The meeting was then turned
over to Mr.. Harvey Payne and
Miss Doris Whitesides, after
which several All club songs
were sung and officers were ele-
cted as follows: Billie Ashley,
president, Mildred Elliott, vice
president; Helen WEIGH, secret
airy and treasurer; Gladys eau
dill, program chairman; Margaret
Howell, reporter; Geraldin e
Wyatt and Ralph Graham, song
leaders.
Plans and projects for the COM
ing year were discussed and ap-
plications for new members were
distributed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
BISHOP SAYS PEACE
MUST BE MORAL ONE

Washington,-Catholic bishops
OF the United States called this
week for an international peace
organization founded on moral
law and repudiating power poll
-ttic$
They said in statement the
serarity council planned at Dunn
h=E1on Oaks smust not be an in
SHm11e1it for imperialistic dom
irafion zby "a few powerful ma.
lfHns."
1T must not allow any nation
to *sit in Judgment in it's own
case"
The Soviet Union has been in.
Sisting that major powers should
Sill and vote with the council, ever
If themselves accused of aggres'
SION. This would permit a major
power to vote international col.
KNc1Tve~action against itself since
1T rs proposed that no action be
HAen with out a unanimous de.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
GOVERNOR TO DISCUSS
CHANGE IN MICA TRADE

! Raleigh - Governor Broughton
said he had called a conference
of congressional representatives
from North Carolina Mica Pro-
ducing areas in an effort to have
|rescinded an order prohibiting the
purchase of all types Of mica with
the exception of ruby"
The Governor said he had asked
the Congressman to meet with
him in Washington this week
when the matter will be discussed
at length with officials of the War
Production Board and other agen-
cieS.
The order, to become effective
January /, 1914, and remain until
March 81, virtually would put
North Cardinals approximately
TOO mica mines out of business
the Governor said, since only a
small portion of the mica mines
in this State produce the ruby
type.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23

of those processing to be good
Americans and church members
who hate the president and even
desire his death, even expressing
such desire. "He that hateth his
brother is a murderer" said Christ.
Such people must share the guilt
of those who try to carry out such
wishes. Are these slanderers
like the Christ whose condemna-
tory words were not for the au-
thorities, but for those processing
goodness and yet living in sin?
We hear on every hand that
we would have had no war had
it not been for Roosevelt. When
an informed person makes that
statement, he simply utters a
falsehood, and an uniformed
person has no right to talk about
it. The fact is Japan has been
preparing for war on us ever
since 1923 when the Isolationist
Republicans passed the ''Exclu-
sion Law" which forbid single
person of Japanese or Chinese
birth to enter America, and at the
same time let in tens of thousands
of Germans every year. Japan
had helped us against Germany
and no wonder such law in IA
vor of a common enemy angered
them. They Immediately over
threw their peaceful government
and the militarists took over. Our
Ambassador to Japan said at the
time that this law robs the world
of peace for Is years.
The trouble with many of our
people they read only one side of
the news. They take papers
which are not purveyors Of news
as it happens, but are really jour-.
nails for the propagation of preju-
dice.
ALI should heed Mr.. Dewey's
admonition: that all good Amer
leans will support the choice of
the people. Surely, we will not
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
Interest In Air Fields May
Cause A Postwar Land Boom

New York,-It's sign Of the
times that real estate operators
are expecting that the airplane
will revolutionize postwar land
values.
They saw how the automobile
and the bus changed farmland in
to suburban home sites; they re-
call the role of the railroads in
making industrial centers out OF
rural towns. Now they are antici-
pating the effects of projected
municipal airports and airparks,
and national chains of utility land
ing fields.
The interest of real estate men
lies not only in commercial avia-
ton but in private flying.
Says Lee Thompson Smith,
president of the lawyers title cor
portion of New York and former
-eroosse Ieuo!4eu eq4 10 4u7p!s71d
ton of building owners and man.
ayers: approximately 100000
young men in the nations air
forces, plus more than 100000
in the aircraft industry, will mean
more enthusiasts for personal
flying after this war than were
familiar with automobile driving
at the end of the last war;"
Questions that might have SEEM
ed fantastic a few years ago are
being asked in seriousness today
in such pratical precincts as the
mortgage departments of banks:
How will private aircraft affect
population shifts? Will air travel
mean new airport business centers
such as have developed around
railroad terminals?
There have been plenty of hints
as to where the airplane may
push the suburbs of the postwar
city. Filene's department store
in downtown Boston will make
daily deliveries by helicopter from
it's roof to Springfield, 80 miles
distant. Arthur w. Hill of the
Atlantic Greyhound corporation
says bus interests are planning
helicopter service between the
downtown districts of 1000 towns
and cities.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
FIRE SWEEPS BELK'S
STORE AT BOONE, SAT.

Boone-Belk's department store
situated in the heart of the bust
ness district here was destroyed
by fire of undetermined origin
which was discovered about $3.50
o'clock Saturday night. Loss
was estimated unofficially at $751;
600 to 100000.
The blaze was prevented from
spreading to the Crest 5 and 10
cent store on one side and the A.
and P. store on the other by the
Boone and Blowing Rock fire de-
partment, but both establishments
suffered smoke damage.
The Belk store closed at Z p. m
and clerks left at 1880. About an
hour later the blaze was discover
ed and at that time tables contain
ing merchandise on the main
floor were ablaze. The building
contained a basement and two
floors.
Patients were moved from the
Hagaman clinic a few doors away
from the fire and spectators at
tracted by the spectacular blaze
filled the streets. The store was
opened here about eight years
ago.
The fire is the second in the
Boone business district in a month
Hunts department store having
been damaged several weeks ago
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
let hate and prejudice keep us
from being good Americans.
E. L. Stuart

Editor of The Skyland Post:
I hope the Democrats who help
ed the Republican party elect its
ticket last Tuesday, derived
great pleasure from it's publically
expressed thanks, because ! can
assure them that they would not
be pleased if they knew what
their own party thinks about it.
I have nothing against the Re-
publican party, or its candidates.
In fact, it has some traits I great
ly admire, and one of these is
party loyalty. When a man gets
on the Republican ticket, in this
county, he knows exactly where
he stands, as far as his own party
is concerned. He knows that ev-
cry man and woman in it will
stand by him, and that is the way
it should be. People who can
not vote with their party should
get out of it, and people who vote
with a party, and, at the same
time, work against it, are not fit
to belong to any.
Yes, I hope these Democrats
were pleased with the thanks
they received because thanks are
all they will ever get. The Re-
publicans will never betray their
party to help them elect their
ticket, if they ever happen to get
one they want to be elected.
AS I see it, one party was de-
feated, one elected it's ticket, and
both were double-crossed. Time
will show whether I am right orr
wrong.
Mrs. R. P. Baker.
Nov. IS, 1914.
WAR BONDS will assure your
postwar financial security.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23

Dayton, 10, Ohio
Dear Mr.. Anderson,
Will you please renew my sub
scription to the Post for a year.
I enjoy so much getting it each
week. ..
A few weeks ago my young son,
Mickey, five years old, who is in
kindergarten was looking through
the house for papers for the pa
per sale at school. He ran across
a copy of the Post in the magazine
rack. He said, MON, may have
your Down South Paper?'" So
you see, even he knows its i'm
portance to me. He didn't want
to take it until he was sure was
through with it.
Here's wishing you continued
success.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Robert Nye.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
Brief OF National And World During Week

cision by the major powers.
Without mentioning any nation
by name, the bishops gave this ex-
preston on their views on mem
bership in the international or
ganiZation.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
Ali Clubs
Hold Meetings
Mill Creek

Mill Greek
The following officers were
elected for the coming year by
the Mill Creek All Club at a re-
cent meeting: Bryan Houck, presi-
dent; Margie Grub, vice-presi-
dent; Ruth Allen Scott, secretary;
Ellis Wilcox, reporter; Violet
Houck, program chairman, and
Jack Scott, song leader.
Mr.. Harvey Payne and Miss
Doris Whitesides, county leaders,
were in charge of the meeting.
Riverview
The Riverview All Club met on
November 6, when several new
members were enrolled. New club
officers were elected as follows:
Virginia Ruth Price, president;
Iva Dean Lewis, vice-president;
Mary 10 Cole, secretary and treas
urer; Ocie Farmer, program chair
man; Ruthel Wilson, reporter and
Gene Lewis, song leader.
Miss Doris Whitesides, home
demonstration agent, gave an in
teresting talk to the girls on pro-
jects for the coming year and Mr..
Harvey Payne discussed plans for
the club with the boys.
Nathan's Greek
The Nathan's Creek All Club
met at the school building recent
ly for the purpose of electing
i officers for the coming year. The
following members were chosen:
Doris Blevins, president; Helen
Jones, vice-president; Maxine Dix
on, secretary and treasurer; Hugh
Blevins, program chairman; Alma
Lea Jones, reporter, and Doris
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23

Blevins, song leader.
MIR. Harvey Payne and Miss
Doris Whitesides, leaders, were in
charge of the meeting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23

Camp Berkeley, Tex
Nov. 6, 1914
Dear Mrs. Anderson:
I have been assigned to the
''Medics", and am in the fourth
week of my basic training.
I shall appreciate it if you will
mail The Skyland Post to my new
address.
In your publications of The
Skyland Post and the Allegheny
News, you are loyal to and consid-
crate of the servicemen by not
only individual sketches in each
issue but also by promoting leg
islation and sponsoring activities
pertaining to their welfare. I ap-
preciate each issue of The Post.
Sincerely yours,
Swanson Edwards
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23
NO AGREEMENT FOR
ARGENTINA is REACHED

Washington,-A new round of
conferences between Unit d
States officials and representa-
tives of friendly Latin American
nations began this week., but it
appeared unlikely they would
lead to any early rapprochement
with virtually friendless Argen-
tina.
Primary purpose of the confer
ences is to determine whether a
formula may be agreed upon for
convocation of a consultative
meeting of foreign ministers" un-
der procedure established by the
Lima conference of American
states in December, 1888. =
Argentina Took Initiative
Initiative for such a meeting
was taken on Oct. 81 by Argen-
tine Foreign Minister Gen. Or
lando Peluffo, who proposed a
of all 81 republics to
iron out differences on the "Arg-
entine question"
The Argentine request was
among all governments
by the Pan American union, but
the union disclosed tonight that
no replies had been received. It
that the Argentine re-
quest had become virtually a
dead letter."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23

AC Joseph P. Worth, son of
Mrs. J. C.. Worth, of Jefferson,
is shown in this picture on the
flight line at Carlstrom Field,
Arcadia, Fla, where he is re-
ceiving primary flight train
ing with the Army Air Forces.
Cadet Worth completed G. I.
ID. training at WOfford Col
lege, Spartanbufg, S. c.
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Open Forum
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE

Germany
Oct. Is, 1914
Skyland Publishing Co.
West Jefferson, N. c.
Dear Editor:
Just a line to tell you that The
Skyland Post is a swell paper and
l enjoy it very much.
Here's wishing you and your
paper lots of luck and best of ev-
erything.
Sincerely,
John Winkler
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-23

WAR BONDS buy them
first-then buy what you need.