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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
Target Shortage

One of the most popular war production
shortages is the one recently announced by
the navy Departmental great shortage Of
targets for U. S. submarines in the Pacific.
Because of the lack of Japanese ships to
shoot at, the navy has ordered cutback in
the production of torpedoes.
We hope to hear of an increasing num-
Der of shortages of this kind. We are look
ing forward to an announcement of cur
tailment of anti-aircraft guns because of a
serious shortage of German planes, de-
crease in the need for anti-tank guns be-
cause of shortage of German tanks and a
decrease in the need for parachutes because
of scarcity of places which remain to be
invaded.
And most of all we are looking forward
to the coming shortage of targets for our
iinfantry-a shortage of Nazi resistanc and
the clearing Of the road to Berlin.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
DIR. b. E.. REEVES
DIED HERE YESTERDAY

CONTINUED from Page One)
appointive honorary positions,
having served on the Commission
for the State School for the Blind
under Governor Hoey.
He was president of the First
National Bank here at the time
of his death and had been active
in this institution for many years
He was the son of the late An
drew and Mahala Reeves and was
born at Lamar, Ashe county, Sep
TENDER 81, 1866. He graduated
from Baltimore College of Medi-
cine and Surgery in 1891 and had
continued to practice medicine
since that time until short time
before his death. For a great
many years he had made his home
in West Jefferson.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Pauline Welborne;
one daughter, Mrs. Samuel P
Wilson, of Cascade, Virginia, and
two grandchildren, Harriet Eliz-
abeth Wilson and Edwin Duncan
Jr. One daughter, Mrs. Kath-
crime Reeves Duncan, died in
1886. Both Mrs. Reeves and Mrs
Wilson were with him at the time
of his death.
He is also survived by four
brothers, J. F. and w. B. Reeves
of West Jefferson; M. E. Reeves
of Laurel Springs; Rev. G. M
Reeves, of Spartanburg; and one
sister, Mrs. j. N. Tulbert, of Yves
Jefferson. Surviving, also, are
a number Of nieces and nephews
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
ALLIES MARCHING ON
TOWARD BELGIUM PORTS

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and their homeland.
Turning northward from their
positions east of Paris and advanc-
ing at a rate of better than mile
an hour, the third army threaten
ed to flank the Nazis' rocket bomb
installations to the northwest.
Russian forces in a daring COM
bined land and sea operation yes
terday captured Constanta, Ro-
mania's great Black sea port and
for three years the main German
naval base in those waters.
Seizure of the city of 60,O0
represented an 85-mi1e advance
by sea from the port of Sulina,
taken Monday, and Of 70 miles
by land from Tulcea on the Dan
ube, and it put Russian troops on
lily % miles. from the Bulgarian
border. a
Constanta, terminus of the oils
pipeline from P1oesti, has at least
81 huge petroleum storage tanks
and special tanker basin.
In announcing its fall, Premier
Stain credited fast-moving mo-
torized and tank formations Of
Cen Feofor- + Tolbnkhin's third
Ukrainian army and naval forces
under Admiral E., s. 0lrtNahrslky.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
Save Scrap Paper

Beginning next week, the Ashe Post of
the American Legion, along with others
throughout the country will conduct an in
tensive drive to collect scrap paper for the
war effort. Let's all cooperate to make
this drive success Remember, when you
save paper you are saving it for men in
service; for waste paper is the raw material
for shell containers, supply parachutes ra-
ton and blood plasma boxes and thousands
of other absolutely essential war items.
There is as most people now realize, an
acute shortage of paper. Basically, the
scarcity is due to the lack of supply of labor
in Canda and the diversion of electrical
power from pulp mills to munition plants.
But part of the scarcity is due to wasteful
habits of the public. And this can be stop
ped if every patriotic citizen will cooper
ate.
Statistics show that total paper and
pasteboard production in this country is
around 20 million tons a year. OF this, is
million tons are salvable; yet at the pres
emit we are salvaging only 100000 tons
monthly only 40 percent of the possibilities.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31

The demand for paper has reached un-
heard of tonnages. Paper has gone to war
by the hundreds of thousands of tons, in
the form of containers for foods, medicines
blood plasma, and similar packaged sup
plies More than 100000 different items
are shipped to the Army in paper wrap
pings or boxes. That's why SO much is
needed and needed so urgently. And that's
why each individual home front American,
each family, has definite immediate re-
sponsibility.
Here are some simple suggestions that
everyone should follow:
l. Save every kind of paper and paper
board except waxed and oiled paper.
2. Place newspapers flat Press paper
board boxes flat. Tie up in separate bun
dies about Is inches high.
3. Pack waste-basket scraps in ordinary
store bags.
4. Before your collection grows too
large, deliver it to local collection point
If you can't deliver it yourself, get in touch
with a member of the American Legion,
sponsors of the current drive.
5. Remember, the paper you save may
be the means of saving life of some Ashe
county boy in service. Save all you can.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
DEAN SHEPHERD is
HONORED AT PARTY

Dean Shepherd, youngest son
of Mrs. Ella Shepherd, of Laurel
Springs, was honored at fare
we'll party before entering the ma
Wy, recently, when the following
guests enjoyed informal enter
tainment at the home of his mo-
Their: Mrs. Bessie Sheets and chill
dren, Doris, Gathel and Dean;
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Shepherd
and daughters; Mr.. and Mrs
Bruce Shepherd and son; Ralph
Gerry; MIR. Ben Shepherd; Misses
Rebecca, Ona and Magdalene
Darnell; Mrs. Wayne Church;
Misses Sue Atwood and Helen
McGrady, Messrs. Mont, Hugh
and Frank Darne1l and Mr.. Max
Shepherd.
Delicious refreshments and
homemade candy were served by
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
A New Industry

New industries are the inevitable after
math of the tremendous human effort in
volved in modern war. After the last war
it was the automobile. After this war,
which has hinged on air power it will be
the airplane. The aviation industry, in
Guiding commercial air transportation, has
future that literally staggers the magma
ton. The Administrator of Civil Aeronau-
tics, Charles l. Stanton, predicts 100000
civil aircraft three years after the war, and
100000 by the end of the first postwar
decade. He believes that there will be
need for double the existing 5000 airports.
Even during the present war, the COM
mercial air carriers have turned in per-
Torrance little short of miraculous. By
nearly doubling the number of hours aloft
for each aircraft, they were able with half
the equipment to fly 1870 more revenue
passenger miles in 1943 than in 1912, $40
more express pound-miles, and 1919 more
mail pound-niles. Yet stepped up service
was not attained at the sacrifice of safety.
Number of miles flown per fatal accident
in domestic air carriers operations reached
an all-time high of 46,56o,835 in 1943,
against 22,O2O572 in 1912.
Coincident with the growth of the air
carriers to the stature of full fledged serv-
ice industry, has risen the problem of reg
ulation AS the close of war draws nearer
and as further expansion of aviation i'm
ponds, this problem becomes increasingly
serious. There is danger that conflict be-
tween the states and the Federal govern
ment will hamper efficient airline service
An example of such conflict threatens in
Colorado which has under consideration
a set of airline regulations which, if put in
force, would contradict and overlap exist
ing Federal laws, making airline operation
through Colorado virtually impossible.
Unquestionably, regulation of the air.
lines must be unified. How it is to be done
is the immediate concern of Congress. The
fate of vast new industry hangs in the
balance.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
RATION BOARD is
NAMED FOR COUNTY

Continued from Page One)
members Aave been appointed by
Mr.. Driscoll to serve on the Ashe
county war price and rationing
board at this time: Chas. o. Par
sons, C. o. Burgess, T. J. Gray
beal, C. w. Edwards and G. w.
Little.
Mr. Driscoll explained that these
panel members were nominated
by the civilian defense council
and the present panel members.
1t was explained that they were
selected to serve on the various
panels by virtue of qualifications
of patriotism and ability to in
terpret the program of the OPA
in Ashe county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
WASTE PAPER DRIVE
OPENS NEXT WEEK

Continued from Page One)
own paper are asked to bring
this to the produce department of
Smithey's store, the central col
lection point for the county.
It was pointed out that maya
zines and newspapers should be
tied in separate bundles.
The slogan of the drive is
Save Waste Paper For Your Boy
In Service, and with the hum
dreds Of men from this county
now in service, the collection OF
waste paper should be entered
into Fundamentally, members OF
the legion point out.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
FLETCHER IS SPEAKER
TO PRESS GROUP SAT.

CONTINUED tropn PAGE OneJ
cred long years of public service
to North Carolina and the nation.
Colonel Fletcher referred to the
fact that he had returned from
four wars. He described briefly,
for the purpose of the background
Of his speech, his personal ex-
perience in the Spanish American
War, the Mexican Border, World
War I and the present World War.
He told how little; returning We
terans from other wars had been
considered and how different it
would be for those, who return
from this war, because of the &c.
I. Bill of Rights. II thank God
for a Congress that has seen fit
to pass such bill" the speaker
declared and pointed out that all
that could reasonably be done for
veterans was none too good.
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, president
of the Midwestern Press Assoca-
ton, division of the N. c. Press
Association, was in charge of ar
engagements and presided over the
meeting, which was attended by
so members and guests
In addition to Colonel F1etcher's
address other feathers of the pro-
gram included special music by
Miss Rachel RAIDER, reading
by Miss Nena Belle Barr and
string music by Clifton Evans
and his band.
L. P. Coward, mayer Of Jeffer-
son and Floyd Creuse, mayor Of
Sparta extended an official well
come to the group to which Miss
Beatrice Cobb responded.
During a brief business session
it was decided that the next meet
ing would be held in Charlotte
in October.
A number of those attending
spent the week end at Shatley
Springs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31

Eat eggs every day because
eggs have protein in the top class
with such foods as meat and milk
for building and repairing body
tissues. They also carry three OF
the B MISUNDERSTANDING, ribo-
flavih, niacin-plus vitamins A
and d, to help protect health. The
egg yolk holds a rich store OF
iron for red blood cells and has
phosphorus and other minerals
needed by the body.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
SERVICE ANNOUNCED

Rev. George w. Cooper, who
is conducting a series of revival
meetings in West Jefferson, will
preach at the Buffalo church,
Sunday morning, September 3,
at HOO o'clock.
The public is cordially invited
to hear Rev. Mr.. Cooper.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31

Mfs. Bruce and Mrs. Chester
Shepherd, assisted by Miss Doris
Dean, who graduated from Ma
than's Creek high school, is now
stationed at the Naval Training
Station. cambridge, Md.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31
SCHOOL FOR BUS
DRIVERS NEXT WEEK

Continued from Page One)
Mr.. Hurt said that there would,
also be a meeting of school prin-
cipals at the courthouse, next
Thursday to discuss plans rela-
tive to the opening of the schools.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31

Reduce mortgage indebtedness
rather than invest in highly in
flated lands, say farm economists.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31

The enrichment of bread and
the increased use of milk are i'm
proving the diet in important vita
minis and minerals.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-04
RuSSia.S False CHARGE
AGAINST Vatican

and dcspot. TO speak for liberty and demoe-
racY as Stain presumed 10 speak when he
allowed his sefviiie fzrestid TO declare:
"The Vatican has now changed its course
and breaches impartial love to alt peoples but
the fact remains that in the great historic
battle of freedom loving people against the
enemy of mankind, the Vatican has adopted
an attitude of direct support of fascism'
"The term fascism has never been defined
except by Communists" Monsignor Sheen
said. by it, they mean anything that is anti
Communist
As matter of fact there are no essen-
tial differences in theology between commu-
nism. fascsm and nazism. ALL THREE
ABSORB THE INDIVIDUAL INTO coll
LECTIVITY THE COLLECTIVELY OF
THE CLASS; THE COLLECTIVELY OF
THE NATION AND THE COLLECTIVELY
OF THE RACE; WITH VIOLENCE ASSO-
GATED WITH ALL THREE.
"Fascism is really communism in its
dotage That is, communism hampered or
distorted in some way by its contact with
western civilization. COMMUNISM Is FAS-
CISM IN ITS ASIATIC FORM"
MONsIGNOR SHEEN is right and his
Nl timely warning should open the-eyes of
the millions in the United States and United
Nations whom Soviet propaganda seeks to
blind
With the sclfsame oriental wcs and
contempt for decency by which he tricked
and butchered mighty nation into submits
sion, Stain is now setting the stage-or
rigging the galows-for another master
stroke.
He has struck at the politics Of war
partner by accusing Britain of negotiating
with Germany.
He has aimed an equally dastardly blow
al the Vatican, universal champion of honor
and integrity among nations
Next may come Stains own independent
treaty Of friendship and collaboration with
Germany for has he not said on many occa-
sions that he was not opposed to the German
military staff but only opposed to Hitler
Perhaps, in the words Of Monsignor
Sheen, the Al4es, therefore had better pre-
pare themselves Tor Russlas making a sep
arate peace with German fascism as soon as
Hitler is overthrOwn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-04

MONSIGNOR FULTON J. SHEEN, dis
Vl tinguished Catholic educator and radio
speaker. has effectively answered the utterly
false statement Of the Russian governments
official newspaper, Izvestia, that the "serviGty
Of the Vatican towards fascism has not been
confined to Italy"
In an interview with the Boston Record
American, Monsignor Sheen recently said:
Only a dictatorship like Russia which
allows no freedom of press and, therefore
did not permit to he circulated within its
borders statements issued from the Vatican.
could be 80 ignorant of the NatiCan's position
In respect to fascism
"All other nations are quite iamar-with
the Vatican's condemnation Of ltaly's acts Of
aggression in the papaI encyclical Non
Abbiamo BisoGno; of HitIer's nazism in Nit
Brcnncndcr Sorgc; as well a. the condemna-
ton of communism in Dirina Rcdembtoris.
This attack on religion is merely an
item in the pattern of Russa's attitude
toward the western world. II belongs TO the
same plane as the false condemnation of the
British for having attempted an alleged sep
arate peace with Germany.
THE psychology at work here was to
prepare for infdelity by accusing a spouse Of
infidelity. Having accused politics of court
ing the enemy, il now accuses religion
1T thus puts itself into the position of
justifying separate peace with Germany,
politically and religiously."
MONSIGNOR SHEEN went on to remind
Nl Dictator Stain and his slave press that
no other nation has contributed to the spread
of fascism as much as Russia. He said
First of ALL it was the treaty of Russia
with Germany that allowed German fasciSm
to oVerrun Europe.
Furthermore. those who have memories
will recall that at the time the treaty was
signed between Russia and Germany. the
papers of the United States carried a picture
Of Stain shaking hands with Ribbentrop and
underneath the picture were the following
words:
"FASCISM Il 4 MATTER OF TASTE
OUR FRIENDSHIP IL SEALED IN
BLOOD"
Monsignor Sheen also challenged The
right Of Dictator Stain, tyran' opprcssor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-04

How many of The last 1870
Years has Poland been an ir
dependent nation tHl 81
tb) "a tc) - years %
History tells US 10 was go
years ago today q samson
equivalent 10 81 500 600 Ma
demanded for an English
king captured hv German
vhile 2 soldier iD 2 war at
liberation ijls name Flch-
aid ! Lear, GcorECNTIL Ar
thur
This Is tne hfrt hda s. of
Charles a LindbefE VINO fs-
80. 80 A. or 500
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-04

mind or what he VIII do tomorrow.
OF one thing, though, ! do fell sure
IF Stain SHOULD make peace with
Germany, the American Communists,
who were loyal to Hitler when Stain was
his ally, the American Communists who
were false to our interests then, WILL
BE FALSE TO Us AGAIN
If Stain reneWs his alliance with our
enemy, they may once more picket the
White House. sabotage our defense, re-
vile our true patriots. Their idol is Stain,
their ideal is communism.
Paste that in your calendar and see
how it comes out.
The British have great numbers Of
British. Communists among them and,
believing as they do in free speech and
free press, they tolerate the Communist
Party and the Communist press. BUT
THEY HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED
THAT THEY WILL NOT PERMIT A
COMMUNIST CORRESPONDENT TO
GO TO THE HOSTILE FRONT THEY
SAY THEY COULD NOT TRUST HIM.
Yet zoe haze given our American Com.
munists the keys to our country. Thou
sands of them haze occupied and still
occupy high places in our gouernme,N
and publish their doctrines to proseiytizs
our citizens from, government bureaus,
from the lecture platform, from book.
stalls, magazines, screen.. radio.
They haze usurped control of the or
carnations of many professions and in
dustries.
They haze tried to seize all the labor
unions.
| haze had letters from Clio and ALL
organizers telling me of their bitter fights
to retain Americonism.
The American Labor Party in New
York is having a life and death fight
with communism.
A FEW weeks ago | spoke of Valley
"A Forge and the bleeding footprints
the naked feet of our forefathers left for
our advantage on the bitter SHOWS The
ground about Valley Forge is a sanctuary
to all true Americans; the ideals they
fought for are still the very definition Of
Americanism.
Only lately learned that the Commu-
nists had twice invaded that holy land of
our patriotism.
The first invasion was made almost a
hundred years before the bolshevikiJ
broke up Czarist Russia The Commit
nists at Valley Forge dared to use Wash
ington's headquarters for their own.
From there they issued a proclamation
that reads like our contemporary Com
munists sounding off.
They said, America is founded on
hypocrisy and corruption. This state of
society is not worth supporting. The very
name soldier is disgrace to human
nature"
The farmers Of Valley Forge organ
lied vigilante movement and drove the
Communists away.
Twenty years later another group
came to Valley Forge and called them.
selves the Battle-Axes They won some
converts in a secluded region known AS
Hell's Hinges" They lasted three years.
The movement lost some prestige when
the founder attempted aviation ahead Of
time. He fastened light shingles to his
arms for wings and jumped off the roof,
expecting to soar to the clouds.
That old devil, the force of gravity,
brought him to the ground with bang.
He said his failure was due to the pres
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-04
CanniIDaIS and Communists
Head hunters Ought Send Missionaries U.s. Says Rupert Hughes
Writer Wonders Which Way American Reds Will Jump Next and Sug
gests They Follow Historic Example.
radio broadcast Hughes delivered Saturday, Jan %:

rupert Hughes, deHUered saturday,
CTALIN speaks for Russia so far as we
- know, with the full consent of the
Russians. He has lately dealt one fatal
blow after another to the hopes of those
among his allies who counted on mutual
consultation before any final steps were
taken as to postwar agreements.
He has made an alliance with Czecho-
Slovakia. He has announced that, though
Russia now occupies sixth of the globe,
he will add to it Latvia, Estonia, Lithu-
ania and large slice of Poland.
Poor, brave Poland is like a land over
which a tidal wave has roared and regur-
gitated, and come again and again.
When Hitler invaded from the west,
the Russians poured in from the east.
The Germans drove the Russians out of
Poland and almost out of European
F. Russia
Now the Germans are rolling back
ward, and the Russians rolling in again,
this time to stay, thesE-saB.- ---
After an Immortality brave struggle
against both Russia and Germany the
Poles shifted their capital from Warsaw
to London. So the Russians and our
American Communists call them towards
who have no rights against any invader
or pretender to their native land.
In October, 1911, the Russian capital at
Moscow was emptied of al bat the armed
bo ciIyi 70 &c
defense. The Russian capital was moved
far east to Kuibyshev-700 miles away.
1t was the right thing to do, but it ROBS
THE RUSSIANS OF THE RIGHT TO
CALL CAPlTAL-REMONERS COW
ARDS.
And neUer forget these tremendous
facts. Russia has an area so times as big
as that of Poland and a population nearly
s to L. Russia has an area 30 times as big
as that of Germany and population
nearly 3 to I.
ECENTLY listened to an American
~ Communist commentator to whom
everything Russian is sacred and every
thing else is Fascist. heard him speak
with repeated derision of the Polish gen
tlemen in London
This Russian patriot in exile ON THE
FIRING LINE OF Los ANGELES, did
not mention the thousands Of fugitive
Poles who have fought with the Allies in
the air, in the armies, in their own subA
marines and other naval vessels, Norway,
also in North Africa-everywhere.
He did not mention the fact that during
our American Revolution two Poles, Kos
ciuszko and Pulaski, were of immense
help to this nation - BOTH WERE
FUGITIVES.
The Polish commander in chief in exile,
Gen. Sikorski, was killed returning to
England from a second conference with
Stain. His book, Modern Warfare" is
just published with an introduction by
our chief of staff, Gen. Marshall, who
says:
1T was my good fortune to have known
Gen. SikOrski during those years of
tragic adversely when he was the symbol
of hope for the liberation of Poland.
Through his leadership an army of
$4,000 Poles was transported to England
in the dark days of Dunkirk and then
built up into an effective fighting force
SO says Gen. Marshall.
find it very hard to endure either the
outrageous insolence of our American