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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

Pvt. Dean Hodges, son of David
w. Hodges, who lives in West
Jefferson, has been promoted to
private first class. He is a rifle
man with the 18th Infantry Di-
vision of the Fifth Army in Italy.
Aviation Cadet Joseph Phipps
Worth, son of Mrs. Ina P. Worth,
of Jefferson, and the late Mr.. Joe
Worth, was recently awarded a
sharpshooter's medal for profit
cheney in firing the As Caliber
Automatic pistol, at Maxwell
Field, Alabama, an installation of
the lAAF Training Command. He
is receiving nine weeks of inten-
sive military, physical and aca-
demo training at Maxwell Field.
Sic Carol Dean Shatley, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ounce Shatley,
of Jefferson, writes the following:
Dear Dad and all: Will write you
a letter tonight, as I have a
chance. I am sorry I haven't
written sooner, but you see l
have been pretty busy and didn't
have chance, for as you have al
ready guessed, was in the invas-
ion of Southern France. came
through without a scratch. I can
tell you a place or two I have
seen. I have seen several places
in Italy, and had leave in Rome.
It sure is a beautiful city, but the
people are pitiful. Little chill
dren running around naked, etc.
I have some souvenirs from TIA
ly. Will send them home soon.
I saw Winston Churchill the 9TH
er day. He watched the invasion
from a British Destroyer"
James C. Blevins, A. S. &c,
son of Mrs. Ernest Phipps, of Ma
than's Creek, who has been in
service for the past nine months,
recently spent a leave at his home.
He is now stationed at Long Is
land, N. Y.
Pvt. Gene Bare, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jess Bare, of Jefferson, who
has been in service since April,
1943, is now stationed somewhere
in England. He is with truck
company, with the Quartermas-
ter Corps and writes that he is
liking his work very much.
T.-Sgt. william Ford Bare, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Bare, of JET
ferson, is now stationed at Fort
George C. Meade, Md. He has
been in service for four years and
spent three years at Fort Knox,
KY. His wife, the former Miss
Edith Lee, is also making her
home in Maryland.
AS Bradley Goodman, who re-
Gently completed boot training at
Camp Peary, Va, is visiting his
family this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

Cpl. Clyde Greene, of Rose
burg, Oregon, who is now station
ed at Langley Field, Va, is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Scott.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
NOTICE OF TAX SALE
TOWN OF w. JEFFERSON

I, T. E. Parker, tax collector and
town clerk of the town of West
Jefferson, under and by virtue of
the power vested in me by the
laws of North Carolina, will on
October 2, 1914, at 1000 o'clock
A. M, at the town hall, sell to the
highest bidder, the following real
estate to satisfy delinquent taxes
for the year 1913:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

Pvt. Richard Waugh Lemly, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H., Lemly, of
Fleetwood, recently graduated
from the Department of Arma-
ment of Lowry Field, Denver,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

Pvt. Joseph HI. Garvey, and his
mother, Mrs. Constance Garvey,
spent several days at their home
here, this week. Pvt. Garvey, who
recently graduated from radio
school, at Scott Field, Ill, has
been made an instructor, there.
His wife, the former Miss Myrtle
Little, and daughter, did not ac-
company them home at this time,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

Cpl. Walter Turnmire, of the
us, Army, is now home on fur
Tough. Cpl. Turnmire has almost
recovered from injuries sustained
when the ship he was on was tor
-pedoed last year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

Paul Frank Miller, S &c, son
OF Mrs. Ida Foster Miller, of West
Jefferson, has recently complet-
ed the course of training in the
Aviation Ordnanceman school at
the Naval Air Technical Training
Center, Memphis, Tennessee. He
received boot training at Balm
bridge, Md, after entering service
in January. Seaman Miller for
merly taught school in this county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

Cpl. Glenn G. Dickson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. @. N. Dickson, of
West Jefferson, who is now sta
toned at Fort Jackson, S. c.,
spent the past week with his pa
rents.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

@ 1884, BREWING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION Committee
Edgar Director, BIdq RoIeeh NJ c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

Pvt. Dean Hodges, son of David
w. Hodges, who lives in West
Jefferson, has been promoted to
private first class. He is a rifle
man with the 18th Infantry Di-
vision of the Fifth Army in Italy.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Woman and Driver Choroe
Kidnapping by Robbers Here

the couple with his gun. When
the car reached Brooklyn at 7:45
am. today, Miss Platt and German
were put out on 18th street between
Third and Fourth avenues and
warned against summoning police.
German told the police the bandits
took $48, his watch, ring and gas
rationing coupons, while Miss Platt
said she was robbed of $l1 and her
watch and ring.
A report that German and his
car, owned by the Washington Ma
tional Airport Transportation Co..
were missing had been broadcast
from Washington throughout the
night. Police called the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and Miss
Platt and German were taken to
FBI headquarters for further ques-
tioning.
The men, sought by the FBI, were
described by Miss Platt and Cor
man as both being between % and
30 years old, about S feet S inches
tall and weighing about 14O pounds
Both wore riding pants and boots
they said, but one wore a suede
jacket and a light hat, while the
other wore brown cloth jacket and
was hatless.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
President Near Recovery
From Attack Of Grippe

President Roosevelt is pretty we'll
over the grippe" Stephen T. Early,
presidential secretary, said today,
but he is remaining in his quarters
at the White House instead of
coming to his Office, and the custo-
mary Friday press conference was
cancelled.
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire,
the Presidents personal physician,
"is not taking any chances because
he doesn't want a bareback" of the
illness which has kept the President
confined for the last 10 days, Mr..
Early said.
Mr.. Roosevelt is continuing to
work on his message, but is not ex-
pected to decide when he will pre-
sent it to Congress until after he
confers with congressional leaders.
Ordinarily this message would go up
Tuesday, the day after Congress re-
convenes.
The President conferred today
with Budget Director Smith. The
budget message also will go to Con-
gress next week.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Balkan Londinqs
ByCrock Troops
Denied by Allies
Specialist Forces
Sent to YugosIovio,
Stockholm Hears
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated IreSS.
LONDON, Jan. 7.-Roundabout
reports reached Stockholm to-
day that Allied specialist troops
had landed at several strategic
points on the coast of Yugo-
slavia.
Meanwhile, dispatches from Allied
headquarters in Algiers called COM
pletely erroneous" a report that
crack Allied divisions" had landed
in Yugoslavia. This account was
carried by Reuters. quoting the
Stockholms Tidningen, which in
turn was said to have credited it's
information to reports from Zagreb,
capital of puppet Croatia.
A qualified, but unofficial source
in London, said the report probably
was planted by the Germans as a
feeler."
One highly placed British observer
said, however, that there undoubt-
edly was considerable passage of
Allied officers across the Adriatic as
part of the close liaison with Mar
shal Josip Broz (Tito), but dis
counted the idea that there had
been any troop landings in force.
The story that Allied specialists
had reached Yugoslavia also was
rundabout, reaching Stockholm
from Zagreb by way of Budapest,
(See RAI,KANS pace AL
Evening star., 1944-01-07
By the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Jan. IA woman
who identified herself as an en-
ploye of the United States EN-
basSy at Havana and the driver
of the limousine she engaged at
the National Airport in Washing
ton told police here today they
were kidnapped and robbed by
two men who released them in
Brooklyn this morning and drove
away in the car.
The couple told police at the
Fifth avenue station in Brooklyn
they were Miss Mercedes Platt,
Is, employe of the embassy in Ha-
vana, and Herman German, %, of
Washington.
Police said they told this story:
Miss Platt entered Corman's car
at the airport on her arrival by
plane from Buffalo early last night.
Two men clad in riding breeches
followed her into the rear seat.
When the car was about a mile
from Washington, both men pro-
duced guns and ordered German
into the rear with Miss Platt.
Threatening them repeatedly, one
man drove while the other covered
Evening star., 1944-01-07
9O-Day Jail Sentence
Imposed on Publisher
For Contempt Of Court
Douglas Stewart, Witness
In Sedition Cose, Won't
Change Story Of $4,000

Douglas M. Stewart, former CO.
publisher of Scribner's Commen-
tator, was sentenced in District
Court today to 80 days in jail for
contempt after he refused to
change his story to the grand
jury investigating sedition
charges concerning the source of
$36, 900 he claimed he found in
his home under mysterious cir
cumStances.
Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher
imposed the sentence in a crowded
courtroom after he was informed by
O. John Rogge. special assistant to
the Attorney General, that it was
the wish of the grand jury, after
hearing Mr. Stewart testify before it
this morning, that he be cited for
contempt.
In imposing sentence. Justice
Eicher said the Jail term would be
suspended If Mr. Stewart within the
next 10 days would tell "a fortnight
and true story" concerning the
source Of the money to the grand
jury.
Contempt proceedings were brought
against the publisher this week after
he told the jurors that he did not
know who had sent him the s36 900
found in the hallway of his Lake
Geneva, Wis, home.
Justice Eicher yesterday ordered
Mr.. Stewart to give the grand jurors
true answers" regarding the money.
Warren Magee, counsel for the
publisher, asked that bond be set,
but the request was denied, and Mr..
Stewart was ordered to begin serv-
ing his sentence immediately.
Mr.. Magee told the court that Mr..
Stewart had told the truth. To sup
port his contention, he said that his
client had told the same story to
the grand jury that investigated
sedition two years ago. The current
grand jury has indicted 80 persons
on sedition charges.
Mr.. Rogge has charged that the
S36 900 was used in 1941 to finance
the Herald, Lake Geneva wis
publication described by the Justice
Department as being isolationist,
anti-British and nti-Russian. The
newspaper has since ceased publica-
tiOn.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Army to Examine SeIectees
Three Weeks Before Induction
Draft Board Examinations Eliminated
Except for Those Obviously Defective

quest his draft board to send him
for the advance examination.
That carries out the provision
in the new draft measure in which
Congress tried to provide for men
who want to know we'll in advance
whether or not they are acceptable
for service so they will have time
to wind up their civilian affairs.
The new procedure also authorizes
a draft board to order any registrant
to take the new pre-induction physi-
cal when the board determines he
will be indicted soon, although at
the time he takes the physical he Is
still in deferred class. That could
apply to men whose occupational
deferments are running out.
While, for the time being, men
may be inducted 81 days after takinp
their pre-induction physical exami-
nation. selective service emphasized
that this period will be extended a:
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Rhodes Is Attacked
BY RAF Bombers
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CAIRO, Jan. 7.-RAF heavy
bombers attacked the port of
Rhodes. Nazi-held island in the
Eastern Mediterranean, during Jan
uary SIS, an Allied Middle East
communique said today, and RAF
and American long-range fighters
have sunk a number of loaded sail
ing ships, "a type of shipping on
which the enemy is now forced
largely to depend" in supplying the
occupied Aegean islands.
The attack on Rhodes damaged
harbor facilities, the communique
said, adding that the bombing was
well concentrated"
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Checkoff Ruled Illegal
In Michigan Utility Case
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Jan. T.
One Of the most provocative issues
in Michigan labor history-the
union dues checkoff against nom
union employees Of the Consumers
Power Co.-has brought a Circuit
Court ruling that the check-off as
applied to these workers was illegal.
Judge Dale Souter, in a decree
signed yesterday held that non-
union employees protesting a s1.50
monthly checkoff were entitledsto
refunds of their money from the
CLOS Utility Workers Organizing
Committee.
This was a paramount issue in
the unions threatened strike in
March of last year in the 81 Michi-
gan counties served by Consumers
Power. Production in many war
plants would have been affected
by a strike
In his ruling, Judge Souter found
that the UWOC's contract with the
company was mot a union or a
closed-shop contract but rather a
maintenance of membership con-
tract" He held that, on that basis,
che checkof was improper.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Service Vote Bill
Passed in Georqia
Stute Becomes First
To Provide for BuIIot

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Jan. THE Georgia
Legislature completed action today
on law to facilitate voting in the
1914 elections by the States quarter
million men and women in the
armed services.
The Senate approved the bill 80
to 0. 1t had already received unani-
nous approval OF the House of Rep
resentatives.
The bill becomes law on approval
by Gov. Ellis Arnall.
The Senate vote signalized the
completion of the object for which
the special session was called-to
amend the State law.
The special five-day session ad-
journed Immediately thereafter.
Administration leaders claimed
the swift action made Georgia the
first State in the Union to enact a
soldier vote statute.
Before adopting the bill, the SEN
ate rejected for the second time an
amendment seeking to include a
provision for a presidential primary
in Georgia in 1914.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
u. 5. Patrol Ship Believed
Sunk in Atlantic Collision

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IA Navy
patrol ship is believed to have been
sunk in the Atlantic 60 miles south
east of Cape May, N. j., after a COL
lision with merchant ship, the
4th Naval District announced today.
The ships collided shortly before
midnight last night and it is not
known whether any of the crew
members were lost or injured, a
naval spokesman said.
Two Coast Guard patrol boats
were dispatched to the scene follow
ing radio distress signal from the
merchant ship, the naval district
said. Six other vessels were sent out
from various Coast Guard stations
a short time later. Survivors will be
landed at Coast Guard stations in
the area, the 4th Naval District
said.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
1,174 U. S. Prisoners in japan
Without Mail for 10 Months

Owing to high cost of conmodi-
ties and difficulties of securing sup
plies, the celebration will be on a
smaller scale than last year. Plan
ming dinner, consisting of good soup
pot roast with vegetables, pies, fruit,
coffee and cigarettes"
Conditions generally very salts
factory ." health good" said the
Shanghai report. remarking that
while winter clothing was needed, it
probably would be available in the
January relief shipments. Heating
the report said, will be limited, but
the condition is shared by all resi-
dents of Shanghai. An effort was
being made to compensate by in
creasing hot meals and hot tea.
A report from the Haiphongroad
camp also described conditions as
highly satisfactory in every re-
spect."
Conditions at the Hoten (Mukden)
Manchukuo camp, where there are
Is American officers, 511 noncom-
missioned officers and CAT privates,
(See PRISONERS, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Second Family Here
Hoaxed by Report Of
Serviceman's S Safety
Woman Caller Uses
Same Name, Follows
Same Procedure

A second case of the meanest
OF all hoaxes-a false report of
the safety of a missing service
man-Was reported here today as
a Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tlon spokesman disclosed that
other instances of the same kind
have occurred elsewhere in the
country.
The FBI declined to say whether
or not it was investigating the
spread of false information about
the fate of loved ones in the armed
forces.
The War Department. meanwhile,
said it was up to the FBI to make
any investigation necessary and de-
clined to comment on whether wide
spread complaints had been received
Various War and Navy officials
said they knew of other cases. One
Navy Department informant said
several had occurred in Norfolk, Va
1t was emphasized that no fam
lily need be hoodwinked if the next
of kin" will believe only what comes
from official sources by telegram.
There is regular routine for noti-
flying the next of kin. No messages
are given over the telephone.
Hoax Details Given.
The second family victimized here
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Mueller, Brent
wood, Md, whose son, 1t Edward T.
Mueller was reported missing in the
Star Wednesday, apparently received
a call from the same person who in
formed Miss Ruth Benner Hall We'd
nesday night that her fiance, 1t.
Gg) A. B. Hanson, reported missing
from the destroyer Leary, was
safe"
On the basis of these two cases,
the informant" operates in this
way:
She telephones the home of the
family and Identifies herself as Miss
Wainwright" In the case of the
missing naval officer, she said she
was calling from the Navy Depart
ment. In 1t. Mueller's case, she was
Evening star., 1944-01-07
By the Associated Press

by tne Associated Press.
In one japanese prisoner camp
where LIZA American soldiers are
interned, there has been no mail
since May, 1912.
But the International Red Cross,
reporting on the visits of it's repre-
sentatives to this and two other
camps, describes conditions as sat
isfactory."
The reports were made public to-
day by Senator Thomas, Democrat,
of Utah, chairman of a special Sen
ate Committee on War Prisoner
Treatment, to whom they were sent
by Secretary of War Stimson.
Undoubtedly" said the Secretary
"the camps reported on = are
show camps. Nevertheless, there is
some comfort to be derived from the
fact that at least a few of our men
are faring no worse"
Christmas dinner for the prisoners
was being planned at the Shanghai
camp when the report was made
December IS. 1t said:
Evening star., 1944-01-07
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

Announcing a complete revi-
sion of its medical procedure,
National Selective Service said
today that after February l all
selectees will be given a prein-
duction physical examination at
least three weeks before being
sworn into the armed forces and
the furloughs after induction
will be eliminated.
At the same time, it was an
nounced that the present screen
ing" examinations given by local
boards will be eliminated except for
registrants with obvious physical
defects who can request a local
board examination.
Generally, only registrants classed
in la will be ordered to report for
pre-induction physical examina-
tlons, but any registrant may re-
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Midwest Senators
Renew Demand for
Pork Ration HOLIDAY
Threaten to Force Step
By Legislation Unless
OPA Yields Quickly
BY the Associated Press.

Hy tne AtSOCldleQ fTeSS.
Congressional demands for a
tWo-Week suspension of pork ra-
tloning to relieve hog -glutted
livestock markets were under
scored today by a threat from
Midwestern Senators to force
that step by legislation if it be-
comes necessary.
On the other hand, War Food Ad-
mlnistration officials say that reduc-
ton of pork ration point values is
aggravating the butter shortage,
since ration stamps are interchange
able between meats and butter and
some consumers are using points
formerly spent for pork to buy but
ter.
And, although they are still seek
ing to remedy the pork surplus sit
uation, Government food officials
have refused to order a pork ration
Ing holiday on the ground that it
would result IN maldistribution of
available supplies and might lead to
a shortage later.
Senators Renew Demands.
But congressional demands have
been renewed with Senators Reed,
Republican, of Kansas: Wherry. Re-
publican, Of Nebraska; johnson.
Democrat, of Colorado, and Thomas.
Republican, of Idaho, leading the
move for rationing recess.
Asserting that if relief isn't forth
coming from the Office of Price Ad-
ministration and VIA next week, he
would introduce legislation to force
pork off the ration list temporarily
Senator Reed said some Widwestern
livestock markets have clamped en-
bargoes on hogs because packing
house storage facilities are now
overburdened.
AS result, he said. farmers are
forced to take losses because they
(See PORK. Page A-1fD
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Martial Law Reported
Proclaimed in Warsaw
Ey the ASsociateS press

By The ASsociated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 7.-Tass, Soviet
news agency, said in a Moscow
broadcast today that German au-
thorities have proclaimed martial
law in Warsaw, Lublin, Radon,
Jaroslaw and other Polish towns
near the Soviet frontier"
The broadcast said the informa-
ton came from Geneva, Switzer-
land.
Warsaw and Lublin are about SO
miles west of the German Soviet
frontier established across Poland
IN September, 1889. Radon is about
100 miles west of the line. Jaroslaw
is only few miles west of it.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Man Gets Two-Year Term
In Training Course Fraud
BY the Associated Press,

os tHe hsSOCldLeQ frcSS.
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. Con
victed Of using the mails to defraud,
Edward Dempsey, 81, author of a
training course for prospective civil
service employees, has been sentenced
by Judge Isaac Meekins to two years
in the Atlanta Penitentiary.
Testimony was presented by wit
nesses who said they had paid for
territorial rights to Dempsey's
course, for marketing locally.
Llewellyn S. Richardson, court
appointed defense counsel, argued
they were not defrauded of the
money they had invested and at
tributed their financial loss to lack
of business ingenuity in pushing the
project.
Assistant United States District
Attorney Walkley E. Johnson, in his
prosecution, attempted to show that
in two instances there had been an
Overlapping of territory sold.