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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02
WAR

The greatest hell that's known to
:. man,
Is war that RACES DER our land.
This strife of greed for power to
claim, ...l.
Shall bow the world in humble
shame.
So fruitless is the fight that rules,
It's undertaken but by fools,
Who seek to gain the powers Of
others
By sacrificing lives of brothers.
Not only men in war must die,
But homeless children hungry
lie,
With poisoned minds and bodies
sore,
With rags and filth and moth
ing more.
The mothers there in ruins tread
In search of theirs among the
dead.
Their hopes are gone, their homes
aflame,
Their doom is misery, pain and
shame.
Our brothers there in battle brave
Await some ditch to be their
grave.
The boys once we loved so well
Will never live their fight to
tell.
For home and freedom now they
fight.
They give their all for what is
right.
Of self they have no thought, but
others,
Of fathers, sisters, wives, and
mothers.
Are we the same they left behind?
The same that they shall wish
to find,
When they return from battle,
: brave,
Those who escape that treach-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02

equipment, with the depreciation
rate of new plants and facilities
accelerated for tax purposes.
Amplifying his point that this
is the strangest of political cam
paigns, Mr.. Roosevelt asserted he
had listened to various Republic
can orators urge the people to
throw out the present admins
tration and put in the Republi-
cans. In effect, he said, they say
just this:
'Those incompetent bunglers
in Washington have passed lot
of excellent laws about Social
Security and Labor and farm re-
lief and soil conservation-and
many others-and we promise if
elected not to change any of
them"
"And they go on to say: ''These
same quarrelsome, tired old men
have built the greatest military
machine the world has ever
known, which is fighting its way
to victory, and if you elect us. we
promise not to change any of that,
either.
Therefore, say these Repub-
lican orators, 1T is time for a
change
''They also say in effect: Those
inefficient and wornout crack
pots have really begun to lay the
foundation of a lasting world
peace. If you elect us, we will
not change any of that either, but
they whisper, we'll do it in such
Ia way that we won't lose the sup
port even of Gerald Nye or Ger
aid Smith-and-and this is very
important-we won't lose the sup
port of any isolationist campaign
contributors. We will even be
able to justify the Chicago Tri-
bune."
The Chief Executive repeated
and Reimbursed an economic bill
of rights" which he first laid be-
fore Congress last January, and
added:
TO assure the full realization
of the right to a useful and re-
munerative employment, an ade-
quate program must provide
America with close to 100000
productive jobs"
He proposed that Government
do its part in helping private en-
terprise finance plant expansion
through normal investment chan
nels.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02

while others begin. manufacture
ing civilian goods. This, he pro-
lposes, could be accomplished by
a group of industrialists taking
over the plants which are closing
up and moving into them the
machinery and work which is in
terfering with others turning to
civilian production. Mr.. Kaiser
says that we now have plenty of
steel and aluminium, as well as
other materials, to take care Of
all war needs and have plenty
left over for normal manufacture
ing. The main thing MIR. Kaiser
asks from the government is that
it relax it's controls over machine
tools so that industry can go
ahead with sound plan to pro-
duce all the war goods that are
needed plus a gradually increas-
ing supply of civilian goods.
Any action on actual approval
of a reconversion plan of this
kind must, of course, wait until
the routine of government gets
back to normal after the election.
There is no doubt that having an
election at this time has seriously
interferred with the progress of
government postwar planning.
In the opinion of many govern
ment heads and war leaders there
couldn't have been worse time
to have an election. But it is hop
ed that the congressional COM
mittees, the government bureaus
and the cabinet officers who are
formulating these all important
plans will make up for the delays
as soon as the election fight is
over.
Government workers, in gen.
eral, do not seem to anticipate a
change in administration on jan
uary 20, although most anyone
you talk to here will admit that
it is going to be a close election.
With most congressman and poll
teal workers out of the city, how
ever, and many of the govern
ment employees going home to
vote, there seems to be strange
1ull in political activity here this
week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02
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Washington, D. C.-The Presi-
dent is believed to be very much
impressed by a plan for gradual
reconversion to peacetime indus
try which was presented to him
recently by Henry Kaiser, the
miracle man of shipbuilding and
prefabrication.
Because of Mr.. Kaiser's accom-
piishments, plus his ability to cut
through Washington red tape in
getting needed action, he has won
the respect of members of both
political parties and has become
one of the men Washington Off
Gals naturally listen to. He has
gained the reputation of talking
only when he has something
worthwhile to say. In addition
to his ability to get along with
Washington officials he is also
understood to have the respect of
labor and of most other indus
trialists-although few are
known to be jealous of the publ
city his work has received when
they consider their accomplish
ments to be as great as his.
But in general, a plan present
ed by Mr.. Kaiser is apt to be CIV
en- more consideration than most
Of the many plans with which
Washington is being deluged.
Although the details of Mr.. Kai-
ser's plan have not been revealed,
the important things about it are:
(O It calls for the immediate
start of reconversion, instead of
waiting for final victory in Eu-
rope; (2) it calls for keeping alive
those war production companies
which now are finishing their
wartime contracts, and (3) it pro-
vides for the major part of the
reconversion job to be done by
industry itself rather than by gov
eminent.
In brief, Mr.. Kaiser has sug-
gested that some manufacturers
remain in full war production
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02
Little Laurel News

A large crowd attended the
singing convention at Little Lau-
rel, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Mccoy, Fred
Key and J. I. Mccoy, who are en-
ployed in the lumber business at
Clayton, Ga, are visiting home
folks this week.
Mrs. Watson GRAPHICAL, of Shell
Creek, Tenn, is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Joe. Sutherland, who
continues very i'll.
Miss Mary Lee Brown and it-
tie niece, Patsy Lou, of Creston,
spent the week end with Mrs. H.
&c. Carpenter.
Miss Kate GRAPHICAL, of Lees
McRae College, spent the week
end with her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. A. C. GRAPHICAL.
Mrs. Raymond Mahaffey spent
a few days last week with her
husband, who is stationed at Fort
Mcclellan, Ala.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Osborne
and children and Mr.. Lundy Ell
lott, of Sly, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Osborne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Oliver
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs: A. C. GRAPHICAL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Osborne and
family, of Ashland, spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. J. 1.
Mccoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Weaver, of
Winston-Salem, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Mock, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. GRAPHICAL
had as their dinner guests, Satur-
day, Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Gentry
and grandson, of Clifton; Misses
Mary Lee and Patsy Brown, Of
Creston, and Mrs. H. c. Carpen-
ter.
Mrs. Willard Elliott and chill
dren spent the week end with her
sister, Mrs. Clarence Osborne.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02
Conservation
Farming News
Weekly Items OF Interest To
ASlbe Farmers
Ry j. T. McLAURIN

Pastures afford one of the most
effective and economical means
of holding and enriching the soil,
provided they are managed prop
erly. Many pastures are on
land which was continued in
cultivation for several years af-
ter most Of the fertile soil had
washed away and profitable crop
production had ceased. The soil
is sour, with to many weeds and
brush, too little grass and almost
no legumes. The cattle do not
get enough to eat and what they
get is of poor quality. The pro-
ductivity of such pastures can be
doubled or tribbled by renova-
ton, including the use of barn
yard manure on the thin spots,
lime, superphosphate and leg
umeS.
Jim Hudler, of Chestnut Hill
community, is keeping up milk
production, before starting
feeding on his winter feed, by
turning his cows on a three acre
field of Korean Lespedeza which
was not cut for hay.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02

Nne of the reasons why l read so
~ many state extension bulletins
is because I always find way to do
a job with less effort. If there's any
way Of making more money with less
work, | want to know about it. And
l usually find lot of good sugges-
tons and reminders in the bulletins.
Take the matter of cleaning cows.
The extension folks point out that it
is well nigh impossible to produce
good milk if the cows are dirty at
milking time. And then they come
up with labor-saving idea that
appeals to me.
They suggest turning barber
every so often and giving the cows
a"hair-cut" around the flanks
and udder. That means a little
extra work once in a while, but
look at all the hard work it saves.
For you know from experience
what a lot of elbow grease it takes
to brush dirt out of long hair.
Naturally, clipping and brushing
should be done far enough ahead of
milking time to permit the dust and
hair to settle. If you like the sugges-
ton and need a couple of good
bulletins on it, write Purdue Univer-
sity, Lafayette, Ind, for copy of
Leaflet 1876, and Mississippi State
College, State College, Miss, for
Extension Circular 1857
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02

fat. Averages for cows which fresh
ened at other seasons were: Spring,
1872 lbs. of milk, 313 lbs. of fat;
summer 7,618 lbs. of milk, 306 lbs.
of fat; winter 1890 lbs. of milk,
1926 lbs. of fat.
A COW which calves in the fall
usually will produce we'll during
the winter. While the tendency
is for these cows to drop i'm pro-
duction in the spring, at that
time spring pastures increase
milk flow.
Fall calves seem to get off to
better start in life, They are easier
to raise and usually less subject to
disease. So if you want to give your
calves a good start and take advan-
tage of best production possible
ties, it would be a good idea now
to locate the best available bull in
your neighborhood, with a view to
breeding in January or February.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02
Roosevelt Outlines Program
For 6O,OOO,O 900 Postwar Jobs

Chicago-President Roosevelt,
declaring he was giving Republic
can orators more opportunities to
say "me too," enunciated Satur-
day night a postwar economic
program with a goal of close to
"6O,000,000 productive jobs" in
an America no longer subject to
price, production and wage con-
trolls.
From Soldier Field, a tremen-
dous stadium on Chicago's wind
swept lake front, he delivered his
fifth major address in a campaign
he termed the strangest he had
ever seen. And, almost entirely,
it, was an exposition of his eco
nomic thoughts for his country
after the war, spiced with stabs
at his Republican opposition.
He proposed:
Congressional creation of a
permanent fair employment prac-
tees committee.
A genuine crop insurance pro-
gram" for farmers and continual
ton of a policy of giving them a
chance to own their own land
with veterans growing apples in
stead of selling them on street
corners.
Expansion Of the. Tennessee
Valley Authority idea into similar
developments for the Missouri,
Arkansas, and Columbia River
basins.
Special capital and credit for
small business, with every facili-
ty to buy aforementioned
plants, equipment and invento-
rieS.
For business large and small,
encouragement of plant expan-
sion and replacement of obsolete
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02

There isn't much point in putting
out hard-earned cash for a fine piece
of machinery if you don't get the full
benefit from it. Milking machines
are great labor savers and are the
most sanitary way to produce milk,
but you can make trouble for your
self by neglecting them.
A milking machine will pay divi-
dends on your investment if you give
it thorough cleaning. If you don't,
it may result in some of your milk
being rejected. Milk which is allowed
to cling to parts of the machine
provides a breeding place for bac-
terra, and you know what that means.
Idaho University offers a good
booklet on the proper cleaning of
milking machines. 1t is War Circular
No. l, which you can get from the
Extension Service, at Moscow,
Idaho Another source of informa-
ton on the same subject is the book
which came with the machine.
To get rid of the milk which clings
to surfaces in the machine after each
milking, thorough rinsing. brushing
and sterilning is needed for all the
parts. Teat cups require special care,
these booklets point out. Once you
set up a regular habit of following
through on the advice Idaho gives
you in its booklet, know you'll
find the job has become easier.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02

L he Extension Service at the
University of Minnesota pub
1ished a 1eaflet recently on
Easter Milking, which explains
in pictures and brief discussions,
how and why you should get into
this a1!-ir2portant method. !
suggest You write fer copy of
Extension Folder IzG.*
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02
erous grave?

erous grave?
The lucky ones are battle slain.
Their lives are lost but not in
vain.
We carry on with grateful pride,
The things for which they bled
and died.
The wounded ones are left in pain
To fight a million wars again.
Shall we for them make life
worthwhile
BY giving them a hand and
smile?
Our soldiers there in silence
sleep
In trenches dark and oceans
deep.
Should we our tear drops seek to
hide
For countless millions that have
died?
Shall we forget prayer to make?
For them, to God, for Freedoms
sake,
For mothers who have lost son,
For battles lost and victories
won?
This prayer, My God, l make to
Thee,
That nations may as brothers
be,
That hate and strife and war shall
cease
To end in everlasting peace.
BY Helen Waddell,
Grassy Creek, N. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02
,SignaI Corps Photo

S1gHd VU1PS EUUIV
Bonds for mercy! Bandaging a
wounded comrade in Italy is COM
monplace scene on every fighting
front. Much Of the money you lend
your government by buying Bonds
goes into medical aid for your fight
ing relatives and friends. Keep up
your Bond buying. Buy an extra
Bond today. U.S.. Treasury Department
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-02

1t doesn't make much difference
to most of us just what time of year
our birthday comes around, but it
seems to be important to calf, and
to its mother. Records kept by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture in Washington, show that
the fall is the best time for a calf to
have its birthday.
There's good discussion of this
in Farmers Bulletin 1870. The
USDA got together records from
10000 cows, to find out the differ
ences in production which resulted
when cows freshened at different
times of the year..
More milk and more butterfat was
produced by cows which freshened
in the fall. Such cows averaged 1888
pounds of milk and $50 pounds of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-20
Seek 400 Donors
al Blood Bank
East Detroit Residents
Aidino Red Cross

EAST DETROIT-Red Cross
Chapter officials of this COM
munity were hopeful today that
the Red Cross blood bank now
being conducted here will result
in close to 400 donations of
blood for the armed forces.
The bank is being conducted
Wednesday and Thursday at the
American Legion hall. and IT
was hoped that 200 donors
would appear on each day. A
high percentage of rundown"
was expected due to the recent
Incidence of colds and flu.
Frank Reid is local Red Cross
chairman, and has been assisted
greatly by Norbert Wegner. of
Weg's Pharmacy. Miss Rose
hamburger is in charge of
nurses aides at the b. cd bank
Mrs. Walter Love, motor corps;
Mrs. Hayden and ladies, canteen
serv ce; Mrs. Fred Wunderlich,
student nurses, and Mrs. Clara
PetoWsky, committee on ar
rangements.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-20
Iy HENRY j. TAYLOR
NEA staff Correspondent

MARRAKECH. French Mo
pcco-(by wireless) America
ot some friendly caution and
traight from the shoulder a d.
ice today from Hadj THANH FL
;laoui, the Pasha of Marrakech
nd potentate of this vital At
antic section of the Moslem
sorld. He gave it in terms of
asic Moslem viewpoints re-
arding events on this fiery
lobe, which contains more Mo-
ammedans than Christians, and
i a time when so many eyes
ire looking toward the East.
The talk was plain, but the
circumstances were somewhat
bore formal. In receiving me as
representative of NEA, Ell
;laoui, as he is called every
where in Islam, was granting
he first interview given by any
Moroccan pasha to any United
Fations or Axis publications
ince the outbreak Of war.
The palace is in the restricted
Medina section of the beautiful,
nountain-rimmed city of Mar
|akech. | was escorted to Ell
;laoui who, as is customary,
TODD with his retinue in full
Arab raiment and fingered a
arge bunch of keys. Following
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-20

campaigns suggesting a new day
everywhere and undertaking to
implant American CO ncepts
MORE MORE mwuo other
globally, Ell Gaoui said: IF il
does not seem impertinent, COM
ing from what l realize you re-
gard as backward people, my
VIE is that in these current,
worldwide guarantees, America
either must omit the Moslem
world, which is the largest bloc,
or else it must take over the re-
sponsibility for French, British,
Belgian, Portuguese and Span
ish positions throughout the
Moslem world.
IDEAS AND ACTION DIFFER
The radio talk from distant
America is contrary to the act
ual performance of America S
allies, and such a position is OBJ
viously untenable if not danger
Gus in the extreme. America Ell
Their must assume the bewilder-
ing economic, social and mill
tary responsibilities inherent in
her dramatic words or else per-
nit others TO do the best they
can on the spot-including the
French here and the British
elsewhere.
American policy today stirs
up everything and settles moth
ing. The result is that it creates
a void opening the way to new
tyrannies instead Of new free
doms. At the bottom Of Ameri-
cas- attitude Is the assumption
that all the world wishes to be
American. And this assumption
is false.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-20
Sewer Job
Gains Support.
Undertaking Would
be u. s. Financed

Application by M o m q
County to the Federal Works
Agency for S3,500,000 for con-
struction of a giant relief sewer
to benefit East Detroit and War
rem Township, was endorsed by
the st. Clair Shores village COM
mission Tuesday night, complet-
ing the municipal applications
necessary to initiate such pro-
ject.
The project, which would
dwarf the now overloaded l6
year-old Nine Mile-Halfway
drain, would be built outright
through Federal funds under
war necessity provisions, Drain
Commissioner William c. Harp
er states.
Approval of Warren Town
ship and East Detroit officials
whose areas have been hard-hit
when storms caused an overflow
of the Nine Mile drain was
registered months ago. These
two communities, populated by
more than $4,000 persons,
would directly benefit.
ST. Clair Shores, which would
be merely an outlet for the COM
bined storm and sanitary sewer,
would receive no drainage ben
eft. Officials, mindful of their
unsatisfactory experience with
the Nine Mile drain, hesitated
until last night regarding en-
dorsement of the new project.
Their decision to back it Cat
least for the preliminary appli-
Cation) originated at joint
Shores-East Detroit meeting last
Wednesday, at which Drain
Commissioner Harper was in
terrogated by community offic-
ials.
Shores officials point out that
their approval covers only the
preliminaries. Before the pro-
ject could be launched further
favorable decisions would have
to be made by the Lake Shore
council.
The drain, to be known as
the 8ia Mile Road relief sewer
would run from Dequindre road
to the lake. 1t would be con-
structed under the Lanham Act,
providing federal funds for war
necessity projects.
The resolutions passed by
Warren Township, East Detroit
and st. Clair Shores request the
Board of Supervisors TO instruct
Harper to proceed with applica-
ticns for the project.
Harper explained at the re-
cent East Detroit meeting that
the $2,700,0O0 Nine Mile Half
way drain, which has an 11-foot
diameter, is now overtaXed by
the many war plants using it.
During storms last May, man.
hole covers popped up in the
streets in eastern East Detroit;
900 Easements were flooded TO
a depth of several feet, and ex-
tensive damage was done to
property in that city. Similarly,
the Warren Township area
south of Center Line was badly
affected. Furnaces. stoker in
stallations and stocks in bust
ness places were damaged by
the insanitary overflow, Harper
said.
The drain commissioner states
that the Ga Mile Road drain is
part Of a master plan created
some IS years ago by the Ma
comb County Drain Commission
which would throw large drains
from west to east across the
county to the lake at 8lz, gig,
101a and other cross roads up
to the 14-Milc road.
Harper unearthed forgotten
engineering surveys from aban-
doned files recently, and among
them were valuable blueprints
and records of the 8la Mile
Road project. These old prints
will furnish the basis for 1914
surveys, he said, and saving of
at least $4,000 in preliminary
survey costs will be affected.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-20
47,00O FEET, TOO HIGH

1t is impossible for a pilot 10
remain conscious at 47,000 feet.
even with extra oxygen, and,
unless the pressure is adjusted,
his blood would begin to boil at
$1,000 feet.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-20
EASY

EASY
RALEIGH, N. CA Guilford
county woman wrote Gov. j.
NJ. Broughton that she had
plucked a magnolia blossom
from a park here some years
ago, and asked the governor
what she could do to ease her
conscience.
Buy a war bond, the governor
replied.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-21
From New Orleans

u. and Mr.. *. y. McIyrr and
.. .. r..ldrcu arrived today from
S.. Orleans o. visit with Mr.. VII,
- ...u~. ur'Hr. %: Mr.. McI.r..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-21
DlIIrhtrrS 0I America

w.. Vance Council No. 81 pt the
n...u'er> u' America VIII meet
Thursday might at . pan. lu the Red
N... hall.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-21
Go tp New York

-'.- Il. G. =. Davis. M.>~ Eleanor
S..n and MI~s N".mI Evans have
.... e. New Yurk to buy tall NOR
,...G.~,.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-21
Returns from I.uui>buT.

H..-r- Shirley Bass uuG H,,yu
U....,y have returned humr after
...#r"G eight day at LoUl~bur4
C....g' attending the Mc'npd.s'
N.r. C.HtUgyuCC.