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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19
Useful Crop

Coconut is the only great crop
which from a common source sup
plies mans needs for food, clothes,
and housing. With the possible ex-
ception of rubber and timber no
other harvest meets so great a va
riety of mortal needs.
Throughout Middle America, both
green and mature coconuts are an
essential food providing an invalu-
able vegetable milk as well as a
staple protein and oil.
Leaves and trunks of the coconut
palms are still among the most used
housing materials in the American
tropics, and the mature coconut is
mans foremost source Of vegetable
fat. United States consumption of
copra, the dried meat Of the nut, is
approximately a billion pounds q
year.
Coconut oils are used by the mil
lions of tons for the manufacture of
soaps, oleomargarines, candy, can
dies, perfumes, cosmetics, various
pharmaceuticals, and dozens of 9TH
er uses, which find their way into
our daily lives.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19
CHINA:
In Crisis

News from China recently has
been none too rosy, with the coun-
try's armies falling back before the
Japs' drive to seal off the whole
eastern coast to counter an attempt
ed American landing, and the U. S.
air force compelled to abandon four
advanced bases before the enemy's
push.
In an effort to help China help her.
self, President Roosevelt dispatched
ex-War Production Board Car Dom
aid Nelson to confer with General
issimo Chang Kai-shek in the build
ing Of an integrated industry to
exploit the country's vast resources.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19

The first Bog Superfortress cost
$780,, 5000. Current production mod.
els are costing 100000.
Into the cost OF the first model Of
any ,oarptane go all the years of engi-
neering, experiments, tests and changes.
The very time it takes costs money
and the minimum, time from, the first
design of a ne,U plane to the compile
ton of the first production model is
about three years. Sometimes it takes
fUe years.
Since Pearl Harbor, more than
425,000 sick and wounded patients
of the United States and Allied
forces have been evacuated by air.
To what degree air evacuation has
been accepted for the movement of
the sick and wounded may be judged
from the fact that, since D-Day of
the Normandy invasion, 5000 pa
tients have been evacuated from
France. Although the most critical
cases were given air priority. the
death rate after admission to hos
pitfalls in England was only four
tenths of per cent.
Paris's first fashion show since the
Liberation featured plaids. chocolate
browns, ggays and mNch black--snd
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19
Weekly News
Naz Resistance Grows in West Chinese War in Critical Stage

cording to III. r. Tolley Of the
u. S. bureau Of agricultural
economics.
At the same time, Tolley said,
the accumulation of $12, 900, 900, 900 of
cash or liquid assets gives the farm
ers stable nest-egg with which
to readjust operations in the post
war period.
Future equities will be greatly in
fuenced by prevailing price levels.
the amount of debt incurred and
the uses made Of accumulated war
time assets, Tolley asserted.
Under the impetus of wartime
conditions, Tolley said, agriculture
grew into $4,000, 900, 900 industry
in 1914 from $49, 900, OOO, 900 in 1910.
II cash, deposits and savings bonds
were added, the total value of the
farm plant would approximate $685.
600, 900, 900, he said.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19

aj..Gen. Patrick Hurley Oeft) and
Donald Nelson (right) confer with Chang
Kai-shek (center).
With Chinese industry largely unde-
veloped, the Japs blockading the
eastern ports, and mountainous ter
rain and primitive roads handicap
ping the overland route from Bur-
ma, valiant Chinese armies have
been sorely ill-equipped.
With Chiang's regime losing
much face as a result of successive
military defeats, the Chinese politi-
cal situation also has been blurred,
with the Communists pressing for
greater power in government.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19

food crisis. Flood and drought were
other factors mentioned,
Tokyo admitted the critical ship
ping situation as the destruction Of
81 more vessels by U. S. war
planes and subs was revealed, and
as army fiers intensified their at
tacks on enemy craft plying in the
Philippine area.
One of the principal U. S. tar
gets was the great oil storage CEN
ter of Balikpapan, on Borneo.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19
FARM INCOME:
High Level

With an increased volume of crops
marketed as the harvesting season
advanced, September farm income
jumped up "a per cent from the
preceding month to approximate
1880, 100000 and total $13, 848, 000,-
600 since the first of the year, 6 per
cent over 1913.
The per cent increase in income
for the first nine months Of the year
Appropriated the boost in farm pro-
duction, with crops up per cent
and livestock 6 per cent.
Gains in cash receipts from
tobacco and cotton were especially
pronounced while substantial in
creases also were shown in oil-bear-
ing crops, with only faxseed falling
to keep pace. With greater sales of
meat animals anticipated, the sea-
sonal decreases in marketings of
dairy products was expected to be
offset.
Rejecting q boost I'm valu-
atoms of real estate arising from
higher prices, farmers equities
have increased by $50, 00O, 000,0
since the start of the war, &C
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19

ton promises to de-
velop into an old
fashioned political
dogfight.
AS both candi-
dates warmed up,
President Roosevelt
declared: E" l..
"Some political
propagandists are
now dragging red
herrings across the
trail of this national
election. For exam
pie. labor baiterS
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19

sonal exemption so
that the man who
makes Sill a week
no longer has an in
come tax taken out
of his envelope :.
Reduce personal in
come tax rates
Change and lower
the income tax on
Incorporated bust
ness companies so
that it no longer
acts as a drag upon
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19

and bigots and some politicians use
the term communism loosely, and
apply it to every progressive social
measure and to the views of every
foreign born citizen with whom they
disagree ="
The same week, Governor Dewey
proposed to GO. Revise the per-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19
OIL WELLS:
Coal $1,000 in 1915

With %, 300 new oil wells expect
ed to be drilled this year. the Petro-
leum Administration for War called
for goal of q, 900 in 1945.
Although government officials de-
clared more drillings were desirable
to decrease the load on present
wells, they said manpower, materi-
ais and facilities shorta ges blocked
the attainment OF a higher goal next
year.
Sslsasss by Western Newspaper vnipa.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19
WAR PRODUCTION:
Labor SHORTAGES

AS result Of the War Manpower
commissions system of referring
job applicants to important war in
dustries, employment problems in
the heavy-tire, artillery, ammuni-
ton. rayon, aviation gas, rockets
and mica plants throughout the
country have been relieved.
On the other hand. the VINO re-
ported, radar, tire cord, explosives
and ammunition loading plants, and
certain critical shipyards, lost work.
ers despite the need for additional
numbers.
VINO reported smaller labor turn
over In recent months in essential
industries, with 40 per cent of the
total now quitting compared with
Sc per cent last June.
With employment in the ma
tion's mines falling to the low
est level in years, domestic and
industrial coal consumers were
warned to continue fuel con-
servation and buy whatever kind
of coal was available instead of
waiting for preferred grades.
With one man out of every six
having left the mines since Pearl
Harbor, employment in the industry
has dropped from $50, ZOO to 1853, 900.
with shortage of $4,000 men ex-
pected by the end of the present co,I
year.
AS result of labor losses, en-
ployment in anthracite mines is the
lowest since the 1870s, while the
number of workers in the bituminous
pits is the smallest since 1902.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19
EUROPE:
Nazis Fight Back

Long famed for artillery fire, U. S.
army units brought their big guns
into full play as logged doughboys
slugged their way through the Sieg-
fried line above Aachen in the face
of mounting German resistance.
Although the main fighting focused
above Aachen, action remained
heavy along the whole $50 mile front,
with the Germans seeking to unset
tie Allied advances with strong ar
mored counterattacks.
With an array of IS to 240-rnm. field
pieces laying a creeping barrage be-
fore advancing doughboys, and with
squads of tanks rumbling over the
countryside to blast enemy strong
points at short range, Lieut.. Gen.
Courtney Hodges Third American
army tore big hole through the
Wanted Siegfried line, finding sta
tionary defenses manned by inferior
German troops, with the best saved
as reserves for concentrating.
Equally bitter fighting ragged on
either side of the Third army sector,
with the Nazis communicating
strongly around Nijmegen in Hol-
land to blunt the British Second
army's end run around the Siegfried
line in the north, and elite enemy
troops putting up stiff resistance to
doughboys flushing them out of the
great underground Notifications
guarding Metz, key to the coal-laden
Saar basin.
On the southern anchor of the
western front, the enemy fought
back viciously from prepared de-
lenses in the rolling countryside in
an effort to stop the U. S. Seventh
army's thrust toward passes in the
Vosges mountains and the wide Bel
fort Gap leading into southern Ger
many.
In Italy, the u. S. Fifth army
pushed closer to the great COM
municatiOns center of Bologna,
through which the enemy has
been routing achievements to
his sagging Pc Valley front.
AS the Russians increased their
pressure against Hungary, and other
Red forces drove across Yugoslavia
for junction with U. S. and British
units, the Germans were put to it
to plug up the Balkan gateway to
southern Germany.
Although the Nazis repeatedly sue
ceeded in withdrawing the bulk of
100000 men from the southern Bal
kans before the British invasion of
Greece and the Russian drive to
sever communicati lines along
their escape route, the Reds pressed
to nip off the struggling remnants.
In driving across eastern Yugo-
slavia, the Russians overran rich
metal deposits around Dor, which
the Germans had been working ex-
tensively, and enveloped the capital
of Belgrade. With Romanian troops
fighting by their side, the Reds adj
'vanced to within 1875 miles of Buda-
pest, heart of Hungary.
CATTLE MARKET:
N @.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19
PACIFIC:
Jap Ship Shortage

Effect of the heavy u. S. aerial
and naval campaign against Japa-
nese shipping in far Pacific waters
was reflected In. the Tokyo radios
announcement that shortage In
oceaa tonnage had contributes to o
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts. and not necessarily of
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19

introduced bright color note with
reds and royal blue, especially as
trimming or color contrasts.
s'Miss Birmingham Of 1914"
17-year-old Betty Jane Rase, be-
came Mrs. Mickey Rooney after
a courtship of one week.
Imports of cattle from Mexico to
the United States total about one
fifth to one-fourth of all cattle pro-
duced in the nation to the south, &C.
cording to department of agriculture
reports. Most of the animals are
young bulls, usually between one
and two years of age, with weight
of 200 to TOO pounds. The export
quota of 100000 head imposed by
Mexico last year will hold for 1914,
it is announced, compared with the
annual average of 465, 900 during the
1939-42 period.
Angered over the poor quality
of wartime corsets, British wom-
en- have urged the board of trade
to permit greater use q rubber
and steel to produce . better
article
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19
Battle Royal

Even in the excitement Of war
time, this years presidential cleo
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-19

production Shorten the present
endless list of nuisance taxes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-05
Camera Glimpse

All OF the pictures on this page, exclusive
with King Features Syndicate, were snapped by
Nat Dallinger, widely known photographer who
has made Hollywood his special beat. Here are
imposed pictures of famous movie stars as they
attend Hollywood premiere, appear at night
clubs with less photographed members of their
families. Here are for instance, the lovely
daughter of Joan Bennett, the wife of Edward
c. Robinson the husband of Loretta Young
Evening star., 1944-11-14
Citizens Head Charge,
Injustice in Mobile
Housing Units Here

"T!he mobile units being built to
ease the shortage of proper housing
for Negroes are doing the Negroes
an injustice, besides being unsani-
tary, unsightly and q detriment to
the District" Jerome r. Lynch,
president of the Brentwood Citi-
zerfs' Association, said last night
at the associations monthly meet
ing.
A project of 50 mobile houses
planned for erection by the FPHA
on site bordered by Third and T
streets and Brentwood road, is
strongly opposed by the association.
Norman Murray, president Of the
National Gateway Association, who
spoke about similar project rap
idly nearing completion at West
Virginia and Montana avenues
NE, asked the support Of all as
sociations for the prevention of
dwellings Of a similar type.
This project is supposed to last
only six months after the war"
he asserted, "but sidewalks and
Evening star., 1944-11-14

streets are being laid out. We feel
1t may become a permanent fea-
ture," he added, although the
units have been made mobile so it
will be possible to move them to
other areas where housing may be-
come acute. However, q temporary
Government building was erected
on the Mall for the duration dur
ing the World War. and It's still
there.Y
A plan proposed by Mr.. Murray
calling for the president and one
other member from each Of the as-
sociations to meet In an effort to
Evening star., 1944-11-14
Commercial Radio Link
10 Philippines Reopened

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IA Conn
mercial radio facilities for the trans-
nnission Of news between the Philip
pines and the United States were
re-established today for the first
time In nearly three years.
Evening star., 1944-11-14

A civilian crew employed by Press
Wireless reopened commercial service
for news from Leyte Island. Press
Wireless planned to take over the
bulk Of news transmission from the
Evening star., 1944-11-14
From our Collection

Impressive woInut highboy with eight drawers
-. exquistely fashioned circo l75Oa. pains
tokinely restored to serve you todoy and nony
years from now. Its excellent design. Its beout-
fu veneers are the distinguishing notes.-the
w&1--1ivms Room Furniture. sixth Floor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-06
BITTINGER

While at work in the woods with
his father, Herbert Brenneman, a
young man Of this community. was
struck in the eye by small piece Of
steel which had Clipped off a wedge
which he was driving. The young man
was taken to a physician Immediately
who removed the particle Of steel and
it is believed that no serious results
will follow.
Allen Stanton made business trip
to Oakland on Friday Of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Buckle announce
the arrival of a son, born to them at
Memorial Hospital, Cumberland one
day last week.
Earl Beachy, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Beachy, arrived here one day
early last week, having been honor
ably discharged from the USA. He
will be in charge Of his brothers farm.
The first considerable snowfall of
the winter came upon this community
last Monday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-06

Chief radioman Lewis, aboard one
Of the USN's heavy cruisers, is spend
ing a furlough Of some days with his
mother, Mrs. May Lewis, near Oak
land.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-06
WHAT YOUR SCORE IN
THE KITCHEN?

AS help in getting good from food,
Department Of Agriculture home econ
omists suggests this rhyming rule:
Heat, air, water take their toll; keep
all three under control" A help in
Judging how well under control these
three are in your kitchen, check the
twenty-question quiz below. Score five
points for each Eyes" If the score is
less than 100, let the mos" and the
rhyming rule help you get more good
from food.
l. When you must keep green veg
etables day or two, do you keep them
cold and fairly moist? ......
2. Do you use fruit juice fresh or,
if it must stand, keep it cold and COW
cred? ....
3. Do you leave peas and lima beans
in pod until cooking time? ......
i, Do you cut fruits and vegeta-
bles for salad just before serving ?....
5. Do you wash green vegetables
quickly, not soak out the good" ?..,.
s. Do you cook fruits and vegeta-
bles in their skins as first choice"
when practical? .....
7. Do you boil potatoes in Jackets
often? Boiling is best way to con-
serve potato food value, and baking
comes next. .....
8. When peel you must do you peel
thin? .,....
9, Do you start vegetables boiling
in briskly bubbling sailed water
just enough to prevent sticking-cover
to speed cooking and cook until just
tender and no more? ......
10. Do you put frozen vegetables
on to cook while frozen? ,....
II. Do you serve vegetables in
their juice or use the juice in soup,
sauce or gravy? .....
- Do you heat canned foods quick
ly (they're already cooked) and use
all the juice? .....
-. Do you wipe meat with a cloth
wrung out in cold water, and never
soak unless there's some special rea-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-06

Union Memorial hospital, Baltimore,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton B. Miller.
Jack Stowell, seaman first class, is
visiting friends and relatives here and
at Mt. Savage
Mack Stowell returned to Mt.
Savage after visiting friends here.
Miss Betty Jane Beachy has re-
turned to Washington, D. c., after
spending the holidays with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs Marshall Beachy.
Harry VanSickle, Uniontown, Pa,
spent several days with his sister,
Mrs. W. f. Stanton.
Apprentice Seaman Kenneth Bucket,
who has been visiting his parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. O. c.. Bucket, Bittinger, has
returned to Naval Training station at
cambridge.
Mrs. Walter Price and daughter,
Margie, have returned to their home
at BreeZeWood, Pa, after spending
the Christmas holidays here with her
mother, Mrs. Eta Kingsinger.
Miss Ruthalene Curran, student at
the University of Maryland, College
Park, is spending several days with
her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. A c.
Curran, Bttinger.
Miss Bernice Broadwater, Wash
ington, D. c., has been visiting
friends in Grantsville.
Mrs. Stanton Funk and daughter
Helen, Washington, Pa, have been
here with her mother, Mrs. Rebecca
Stanton, and sister, Mrs. Lena Stan
ton Bender.
Miss Helen Beachy, Washington
D. c., is home visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs Forest Beachy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-06

IA. Do you cook meat at moderate
heat, so it will HE evenly done, hold its
juice, and shrink the least? $500.
Is. Do you pot roast tough cuts
this way: Brown for flavor add water
sparingly, cover and cook slowly until
tender all through, adding vegetables
for last hour and making gravy Of
drippings? ......
Is. Do you use bony meat to ad-
vantage for savory soup, stew, or
scrapple- cracking bones and cook
ing slowly to draw out the good? ......
II. Do you always use moderate,
even heat when cooking eggs? ......
Is. Do you go easy with heat when
cooking cheese, so it won't get tough
and stringy? .....
10. Do you keep heat moderate for
fats, so they won't smoke or burn?
20. When melting table fat for
sauce, do you keep heat so low the fat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-06
Charles Dewitt Sends
Letter From Africa

Sgt Charles Dewitt, aerial gunner,
in letter to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitfield Dewitt. Of the Hoyes
community, tells about some Of the
things ne is seeing. He says:
YOU'D think there would be lots to
write about at a time like this. (there
is if | were allowed to write it,, but
there certainly will be lots of inter
esting stories to tell when get home.
at didn't seem at all like Christmas
to me yet know it was one I'll never
forget. | came over here by water
and certainly was glad to get my feet
on the good old dirt again.
"The country here is quite differ
ent to what | expected to find. Really
it's lot better for had it pictured
as | had studied in history as really
the dark continent" Of course it
can't in any way compare with our
good old L. S. A., yet it could be
lot worse as far as the country is
concerned. The grass is green and
flowers are in bloom everywhere.
had expected, nothing but sand and
more sand. The soil is sandy but seems
rather fertile
yesterday | really saw a sight-a
native blowing with a small OK and a
very large camel, but he seemed to
be getting along all right. Later
noticed another man blowing with a
camel and donkey. They barely
moved along.
"The natives are Arabs and they
appear to be rather shiftless lot.
Most of them are ragged and dirty,
some with, some without boards.
However, most of them wear robes
and go barefoot Some can speak a
smattering of English, but for the
most part they know very few words.
Maybe smokee, meaning Of course,
one Of our cigarettes.
"The weather is warm, very nice in
the daytime but cold at night as I'd
always heard. Don't worry about me
one bit. I'm feeling fine and am get
ting enough to eat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-06
EVANSVILLE
Bach-Durst Wedding

Miss Elsie burst, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Asa burst, of near Grants
vile, and Corp. George Bach, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bach, Of Acct
dent, were married on December %
in the Lutheran parsonage by the
Rev. J. Wilson Harner.
The attendants were Mrs. Walter
Ritcher, sister of the bridegroom, and
James George. Corp. Bach is stationed
at Richmond, Va.
Briefs and Personals
Guy Frickey, Baltimore, visited his
parents during the holidays.
Miss Bernice Broadwater, cadet
nursing corps, Garfield Memorial hos
pital, Washington, D. c., visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Broad
water, Pocahontas.
Cadet Franklin Beamer, St. Vim
cents college, Latrobe, Pa, visited his
wife
Mrs. Sidney Setter, of near here,
received broken arm in fall
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Faith and
son have returned to Davidsville, Pa,
after visiting Mrs. Faiths parents, DR.,
and Mrs. N. R. Davis.
The Grantsville Community club
met at the home Of Mrs. C. C. Beachy,
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Ethel Butler Baltimore, spent
the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Layman, Jennings.
Mrs. Thomas Younkin returned
from Baltimore, where she visited her
son, Clarence, and family.
William Grimm returned home after
visiting his mother at Buckhannon,
West Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Norris, Ali
quippa, Pa, visited Mr. and Mrs Ira
Huff.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stanton returned
to Baltimore after visiting Mr. Stan
tons parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. U. Stan
ton.
Miss Eva Miller, student nurse at
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-06

Word was received from Alaska
that Richard P. Turney, son of Mr..
and Mrs. II. c. Turney, Mt. Lake Park,
has been promoted to private first
class. Dutch, as he is known, is a
member Of quartet known as the
"Northernaires' who put on shows at
the USO and broadcast over the local
station several times week. They
also sing in the local church every
Sunday evening
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-06

Warren c. Groves, first class sea-
man, USN., now attached to a fight
ing ship, spent the Christmas holidays
with his wife and son at Swanton.
Seaman Groves had just returned
from a voyage to England and Ire
land.