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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-22
EXCLUSIVE
Carried in No Other
Paper in the State.
tom menace" which they have
evolved by their conjuration.

tom menace" which they have
evolved by their conjuration.
The call sent out by the organiza-
ton read as follows:
Butte, Montana,
September 8, 1914
MANY farmers and businessmen OF
the state, after investigating the pro
gram of the C. l. o. Political Action
Committee have requested me as Man
ager of the Associated Industries of
Montana to advise you that in their
opinion it is a serious menace to all
Montana agriculture, business and in
dustry In fact they believe Mon
tanans are confronted with the most
critical situation in several decades,
and they feel we must call on all
Montanans to solve these current
pressing problems.
"In view of this urgent condition,
a meeting has been called at the
Placer Hotel in Helena, on Monday,
September 18th, at 1870 p. m. This
session will be devoted to measures
necessary to insure preservation of
our interests, and will be strictly non
partisan.
while the initial meeting is spon-
sored by this Organization, we expect
a Statewide organization will grow out
of the session embracing every citizen
and every organization interested in
conducting their affairs without die
tation.
This communication is being sent
to leaders in each County of the State
of Montana, and we cannot here i'm
press you too strongly with the nee
essity that you attend the Helena
We shall greatly appreciate
your immediate attention to plans you
may need to make to come to Helena |
"PIease telegraph or telephone me
collect, that you can and will attend.
Telephone No. 1674-Helena. Tele-
graph, care of Associated Industries
Helena.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) GEO. l. MARTIN,
State Manager.
am familiar with this
believe it to be
and recommend
your attendance.
,Signed) L. r. KNOX.
Free Water" Simpson
One of the principal speakers at the
Meeting was George Gree Water |
Simpson who, presumably was sup
posed to represent agricultural inter
ssts. According to reports he stated
hat he had 30 hired hands whom he
had registered and that he was going
o see that they went to the polls and
yOted the Way he told them When ]
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-22

story that Sidney Hillman or his Po-
litical Action Committee had contrib
uted $4,000 to my campaign in the
primary, when in fact neither he nor
his committee contributed a dime
Evidently they pattern their stuff on
the Hitlerian theory that if you re-
peat lie often enough people will
believe it.
1--WE can expect them to continue
their campaign of confusion, distor-
ton and misrepresentation so as to
CONTINUED on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-22

In his first public speech the radio since the primary
election campaign Judge Left Erickson democratic candidate
for governor called attention to the apparent desperate
iet of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and the Mon
Company reelec Ford by employing it's daily
papers campaign of departures from the truth and by
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-22

Apparently the leaders of the Associated Industries notor
antabor organization must be gifted with form
Second sight" having found non-exsent c. l. 0. Political
Action Committee in Montana knowledge of the existence of
which the c. o. organizations in the state have been de-
prved and September 9th issued call for meeting of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-22
'ANTI-LAB0R ORGANIZATION
HOLDS Meeting TO Save
State FOR REPUBLICANS

Call Issued by State Manager of Associated
Industries, Renegade Labor Leader
c.. O. Political Action Is Menace to
Agriculture, Business and Industry.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-22

representatives of agriculture,
business and industry to organ
ize for opposition to the phan-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-22
JUDGE ERICKSON SAYS HE
ISPR0UD TO HAVE BACKING
OF C0mMOSs;' ~ re- s. ''''=' FOLKS

In First Speech After Primaries Democratic
Candidate for Governor, Left Erickson
Declares Distortion of Facts - by the
Corporation Press, Is Evidence of
Desperate Anxiety" to Re-elect Ford.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-22

months THE VOICE will
articles
Missouri Valley Authority written by Jerome G. Locke For
years familiar with development
Montana basic
Chief Obspo
in ona s
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Roosevelt And Churchill Plan
Utter Destruction OF Japan

Quebec-President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill in
conference with the highest mill
tary experts of their nations, got
down to the real business" of the
Quebec war CONTEMPLATING the
utter destruction of Japan's
dwindlipg power.
For the second successive day
all possible official stress was
laid on the idea that the delibera-
tibns here are predominantly mill
tary and directed chiefly at crush
ing Japan.
But Mr.. Roosevelt's map room
in the Governor Generals resi-
dence mirrored the march of AL
lied armies everywhere and was
not confined to the Pacific theater.
The President and Prime Min
lister talked privately during the
morning. They posed for pictures
and Churchill watched Mrs.
Roosevelt put Fala, the White
House Scottie, through some ty-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Ashe AAA Farmers Make Good
Record In Soil Conservation

tablished each year for the past
seven years would not have been
possible if our land hadn't been
in shape for about production
when we needed it most. When
the war came, American farmers
were ready for peak production,
and results of past conservation
measures can be seen in the great
ly increased per acre yields we
have harvested in recent years"
The biggest increase in conser-
walton practices carried out in
the county, Mr.. GRAPHICAL said, is
noted in the application of fertili-
ger materials. AS shown in the
report farmers of Ashe county in
1943 applied 5,427.5 tons of super
phosphate, in terms of Is percent
material, to hay and pastureland,
compared with 2,546 tons in 1912,
and an average of 982.5 tons per
year during 1936-1939. Appli-
cation of ground limestone in
1913 was listed as 6,633 tons COM
pared with 1895 tons in 1912 and
Continued on Page Four)
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Farmers of Ashe county carried
out approved soil-building prac-
tees encouraged under the con-
servation program of the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Agency on
80 percent of the county's crop
land during 1913, according to a
report received today by T. ].
GRAPHICAL, chairman of the county
AAA committee. "
The report, forwarded to Mr..
GRAPHICAL by the State AAA office
at Raleigh, showed that percen-
tage of the county's cropland in
the program in 1943 was percent
above that in 1912, but was 20
percent greater than the average
during the four years, 1936-1939.
"a steady increase in the con-
servation practices carried out in
this county under the AAA pro-
gram shows that farmers realize
the Importance of preserving the
productivity of their SOIL" Mr..
GRAPHICAL. said. '"The new records
for total agricultural production
farmers of this nation have es-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14

pical dog tricks. Then they called
in their army, navy and air COM
manders for an afternoon session
with maps and papers behind the
thick, stone walls of Quebec's old
citadel. Afterward the Chiefs of
Staff returned to their Chateau
Frontenac headquarters to pre-
pare specific recommendations for
action.
The strategy Of the Central Pa
cific apparently was' perfected
long ago. Evidence that it is in
operation may be seen in the in
creased tempo of softening-up
aerial assaults on the Philippines.
With Formosa and the eastern
bulge of China perhaps the next
detectives, there was reason to
suspect that the conference here
was devoted largely to working
out arrangements for two things:
Closing the gap between Allied
forces in the Netherlands East
Continued on Page ~
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r. L. Doughton
On Committee
For Inaugural
Committee Will Make Plans For
Ceremonies AT Capitol
On January 20

- Washington, - Representative
Robert L. Doughton has been Sc
lectsd as a member of a six -s2sn
Congressional committee to make
preliminary preparations for the
presidential Inauguration cere-
monies at the Capitol on January
20, 1945.
Senator Harry F. Byrd (D-Vir)
was appointed chairman of the
committee on which Senators
Arthur H. Vandenberg, (R-Mich)
and Kenneth Mcclellan (D-Tenn)
will also serve.
In addition to Doughton, the
House will be represented by
Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex),
and Minority Leader Joseph w.
Martin Jr. of Massachusetts.
Doughton has been instructed to
confer with the President as to
IContinued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Ashe Man Thinks
County Is Finest

Luther Woodie, prominent
farmer of the Glendale Springs
community and a member of the
county war board, has recently
returned from an extended trip
in West Virginia and Ohio, where
circumstances stressed anew to
him that "Ashe county is the fin
est place in the world"
Mr.. Woodie went first to Clarks-
burg, West Virginia, to visit his
daughter, Mrs. Claude Stinson
Afterwards, she and her husband
joined him in a trip through West
Virginia and Ohio. Mr.. Woodie
pointed out that the ravages OF
last years tornado could still
plainly be seen in West Virginia
''In some sections in Ohio the
streams were totally dried up, and
so were the crops" he declared.
eve really don't realize how
fortunate we are here in Ashe
county until we begin to compare
it with other Places" he declared
Mr.. Woodie visited President
President McKinley's tomb and
other points of historical interest
while away
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Annual Feeder Calf
Sale Will Be Held
Here September q
Expected To Draw Many Buy
ers; Beef Specialists Will
Attend

Plans are now completed for
the second annual feeder calf
sale to be held at the West Jeffer-
son Livestock Market on Wednes-
day, September q, which is ex-
pected to attract a. nllnbefsszoi
buyers. Fisfai z
Beef spec n
Department. iclltute win
attend and assist in the grading OF
the calves, it was announced. Roy
H. Grouse, county agent, pointed
out that only good grade beef
calves should be entered for this
sale and that they should be
brought to the grounds in the
morning in preparation for the
sale which will open at two o.
clock in the afternoon.
Buyers from Eastern N. c. as
well as nearby counties are ex-
pected to attend as the sale is be-
ing widely advertised, Mr.. Grouse
explained.
He pointed out that it would be
helpful for all All club boys in
terested in beef cattle to attend,
Continued on Page Four)
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Ashe Teachers
Are Announced:
Some Vacancies
Few Changes In. Principals;
Lansing List Is Still
Incomplete

While there are still few
more vacancies to be filled, most
of the teachers of Ashe county
schools have been named, Supt.
A. B. Hurt said yesterday.
The principal of Lansing high
school is yet to be chosen as are
several Lansing teachers. It is
hoped, however, by authorities,
that these can be secured before
Monday in time for the school
opening. They will be announc-
ed next week.
With the exception of Lansing,
all other high schools of the coun-
ty will have the same principals,
who completed the school term
last year. There were some
changes during the year due to
the fact that two principals were
celled into service.
With the exception of Lansing
\ other principals and teachers are
listed below:
Jefferson district - J. B. Hash
Continued on Page Eighty
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SEPT. 20 is TO BE
'HONOR ROLL DAY"

Next Wednesday, September
20 has been designated by the
AShe Post of the American Le-
giOn as Honor Roll Day" in
the waste paper drive and ev-
eryOne is asked to turn in
waste paper on that day in
honor of the Ashe county men
in service.
The American Legion has
been asked by the War Produc-
ton Board to lead the local
waste paper drive. Waste pa
per is the No. 1 critical war
material. 1t makes or wraps
thousands of war items To
make this years 5000, 600 ton
goal is going to take a lot OF
cooperation from every patri-
otto citizen!
Those who live in the rural
sections are remindeW that the
milk trucks will pick up paper
and bring it into headquarters,
provided it is tied in bundles
and left by the milk cans.
Others who cannot arrange
transportation are asked to get
i'm touch with members of the
American. Legion.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Mrs. Mcclure Was
Buried Tuesday

Funeral service was held on
Tuesday at the Bristol Baptist
church for Mrs. Ada D. Mcclure,
&c, wife of Arthur Mcclure, of
West Jefferson. Rev. w. E. Den
ney was in charge of the service
and burial followed in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are the husband and
nine children: Paul, Robert, Wal
ter, Scott and Harley Mcclure,
Mrs. Leola Riley, Mrs. Virginia
Gentry, Mrs. Dorothy Galloway
and Mrs. Iona Jordan.
The deceased, who was a ma
tive of this county, was the daugh-
ter of Erwin Dixon and Mrs. Mary
Blevins Dixon. She had been in
ill health for sometime before
her death on Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Mrs. Baker Will
Be Buried Today

Funeral service will be held
this afternoon at two o'clock at
Healing Springs for Mrs. Sallie
T. Baker, wife of L. w. Baker, of
Crumpler. Mrs. Baker, 40, died
in the Baptist Hospital in Wins
ton-Salem on Tuesday, following
a long period of serious illness.
The service will be conducted
by Revs. w. E. Denney, Jesse
Shumate and Frank Heffner. Blu
rial will follow in the church
cemetery.
The deceased was a native of
South Carolina but had made her
her here for many years. In ad-
dition to her husband, she is sur
vived by three children, Earl
Senter Baker, Mrs. T. B. Phipps
and William Lewis Baker.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Officers OF Red
Cross Named At
Annual Meeting
Mrs. Vannoy Again Chairman;
Reports From Departments
Are Heard

The Importance of the work of
the Ashe county chapter of the
American Red Cross was empha-
sized Tuesday night when the
reports of the various departments
were presented at the annual
meeting.
At this time, officers for the
coming year were also named.
Mrs. w. G. Vannoy will again
serve as chapter chairman. 9th
ers who will serve with her, in
clude the following: First vice
chairman Mrs. Ward Ray; second
vice-chairman, Mrs. ]. c. Pierce;
secretary, Miss Edith Pierce;
treasurer, L. P. Coward; office
secretary, Mrs. John Hardin;
home service chairman, John S.
Jordan; first aid chairman, Mrs.
Gertrude Vaught; Jr. Red Cross
chairman, R. G. Wagner; pro-
duction chairman, Mrs. Levern
Johnson; publicity chairman, Mrs.
Ed M. Anderson; nutrition chair
man, Miss Doris Whitesides; home
nurse chairman, Miss Helen
Ghormley.
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Jr. Calf Show Is
To Be Held Again
Some Ashe County Boys Are
Now Making Plans To
Enter Show, Sept. 20

The second annual Junior Dali
ry Cattle Show sponsored by the
Coble Dairy Co., is to be conduc-
ted this year at Lexington on
on September %. Boys and girls
between the ages of 10 and 81 in
elusive living in Ashe county are
eligible to exhibit their animals in
this show. All animals shown
must b oWuEli EIId tered n
lie "A IS The ELI f;oi -
Dan NJ sIsar vii 81
hsed % fhat 80 81 VIII win, ]
prize, Harvey Payne, assistant
county agent, said.
The calf show is an educational
feature of the junior dairy pro-
gram that teaches the selection.
fitting, training, and showing of
dairy animals. The progress of
the dairy industry in North Caro-
lima has been made in relationship
to the educational program in
dairying sponsored by the North
Carolina State College of Agri-
Continued On Page Fourl
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More Ashe Boys
Join Navy Here
Recruiter Comes To West
Jefferson Post Office Twice
Each Month

Six more 17-year-old Ashe coun-
ty boys have been accepted and
sworn into the u. S. Naval Re-
serve according to Information
released this week by J. E. Huff
man, navy recruiter, who comes
to West Jefferson post office on
alternate Tuesdays.
The young men accepted in
clude Henry Ford Rash, Smeth-
port; Ralph Conley Lyle, West
Jefferson; Fred Dennis Bard,
Wagner; James Earl Weaver,
Smethport; Donald Sanford
Wyatt, West Jefferson; and John
Quincy Poe, Lansing.
The recruiter will next be in
Ashe county on Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 26, at the West Jefferson
post office.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Americans Move Into
Germany; Big Battle
Now Expected Soon
Macarthur Blasts Anew AT
Enemy In Path Of The
Philippine Islands

The American first army car
ried the war onto the "holy soil''
of Hitler's reich for the second
time in "a hours Tuesday, driving
at least six miles eastward beyond
the Belgian border city of Eupen
and plunging into the Nazi home
land against relatively minor re-
sistance.
This second penetration of Ger
many was IS miles north and
slightly west of the invasion path
way northwest of Trier which
other first army units blasted in
to Germany Monday evening from
Luxembourg.
Other American forces were at
the Germany border at a third
point, massed in Luxembourg
within mile of the Siegfried
line, and Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, advising inhabitants of
the Nazis' Rhur and Rhineland
border regions to evacuate i'm
mediately, announced that "the
battle of Germany is about to be-
gin"
The embattled luftwaffe rose
up again yesterday for another
fierce battle with almost 1000
strongly escorted U. S. heavy
bombers, striking at oil and in
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
$1,465.OO IS COLLECTED
IN ASHE POLIO DRIVE

A total of S1,465.OO was col
lected in the recent infantile
paralysis fund drive and sent
to the center at Hickory, where
SO many of the Ashe county
patients were carried, many of
whom are still receiving treat
ment there. ~
Letters of appreciation have
been received from health au-
thorities for the funds that
were badly needed.
A letter received last week,
following the final check of
$465.O0, sent i'm from Ashe
county, contained the following
message:
Dear Friends:
We wish to take this oppor-
tunity to thank you for your
generous contribution of $465.
Everyone has been very kind
and it is deeply appreciated.
You can rest assured that
your gift will be used to the
best of its advantage and has
helped when the need was
great -"
A total of 81, 10000 had pre-
viOusly been sent i'm for this
county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
COOPERATIVE ELECTED
SAME DIRECTORS, SAT

At meeting of the Blue Ridge
Electric Membership Cooperative
at Lenoir on Saturday the follow
ing directors were reelected:
A. C. Beach, Lenoir; D. R.
Moore, Granite Falls; G. w. Sui
livan, Yadkin Valley; C. c. Poov-
ey, Granite Falls; Clyde Perry,
Sugar Grove; Bert Mast, Mabel;
R. E. L. Plummer, Crumpler; c.
B. GRAPHICAL, West Jefferson; A.
B. Hurt, Nathan's Creek; R. c.
Halsey, Sparta; c. C. Collins,
Sparta; A. w. Greene, Boone;
J. c. Goodman, West Jefferson;
D. M. Edwards, Ennice; Clarence
Newton, Skulls Mills.
Only small percentage of the
members were present for the
meeting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
All Ready For
School :lhLlot''o1'll. Opening
Monday Morning
Most Positions Are Filled.
Countrywide Teachers
Meeting Today
OPENING is LATE

Thousands of school children
will go back to school in Ashe
county next Monday, September
IL, when practically all of the
county's 81 schools will open for
the 1944-45 school year.
This is the latest date Ashe
county schools have opened on
for some years. The delay, how
ever, was caused by the infantile
paralysis epidemic in the county
this summer AS far as it can be
learned, no cases have been re-
ported for several weeks and au-
thorities believe all danger has
passed. The ban on children at
tending public gatherings was
lifted last week.
In spite of a drop in attendance.
brought about by wartime condi-
Continued on Page 81
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DIR. Caul To Hold
Clinic Wednesday

It was announced this week that
a crippled children's clinic would
be held in the health department
at the Ashe county hospital next
Wednesday, September 20, when
DR.. John S. Gaul, specialist of
Charlotte, will be in charge.
All victims of infantile paraly-
sis as we'll as all other crippled
children are invited to attend.
The clinic is expected to open
around 900 o'clock.
1t is being held by the health
and welfare departments, togeth-
er with the sponsorship of the
Jeffersons Rotary club.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Many Absentee
Ballots Sent Out

H. H. Lemly, chairman of Ashe
county board of elections an
nounced this week that more than
600 absentee ballots had been
mailed out to Ashe county men
in service and that number of
requests were still coming in.
GAS long as we have properly
signed applications for these bal
lots we will continue to mail them
OUT, Mr.. Lemly said. He pointed
out that it was too far ahead OF
the election to estimate just how
many of them would get back
here.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
E.. w. Powers Is
Rotary Speaker

Rev. E. w. Powers, pastor of
the West Jefferson Baptist church,
made an interesting talk to the
Jeffersons Rotary club last
Thursday evening on "The Ne
cessity of Knowing God In Bust
ness" He was introduced by Ira
T. Johnston. Tom Duncan was in
charge of the program.
Basil Duke Barr, Jr., was Sc
lected for the Jr. Rotarian during
the month of September and was
present for his first meeting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Legion Seeking
More Members
Held Joint Meeting With The
Auxiliary On Saturday
Night

Plans for inernastTlg the mem
bership of the Asli st of the
American Legi6f were dtscussed
at the meeting on Saturday night
at the community building. Il
was explained that the member.
ship drive was already off to g
good beginning, but more will be
added.
The waste paper drive, now un-
derway under the sponsorship of
the legion was discussed and
members were reminded that next
Wednesday, September 20, will
be Honor Roll Day."
Continued on Page 81
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Friday, Last Day
To Register For
Canning Sugar

The public is again reminded
that Friday September Is is the
final date to register for the Sec
ond allotment of canning sugar
1t was explained that those who
have already registered for their
second allotment, need not apply
again as they have already secur-
ed their quota for canning sugar
this year.
Persons are again reminded that
the office of the board has been
moved to the first floor across
from the J. and J. store.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14
Senter Baptist
Association Met

The ninety-first annual session
of the Senter District Primitive
Association, was held at the
Beaver Creek Primitive Baptist
church on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, with good attendance.
The moderator, Elder Ed Davis,
preached the opening sermon and
number of visiting elders also
took part on the program. G. E.
Kilby, clerk of the association,
was reelected as was. the moder-
atOr,