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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-04
J. o. Stansberry
Buried On Friday

Funeral service was held at the
Sabbath Home church on Friday,
| for Joseph o. Stansberry, II, of
Lansing, who died at his home
on Thursday, December %. Rev.
Thomas Farmer conducted the
service and burial followed at
the Goss cemetery.
Mr.. Stansberry, the son of John
Stansberry and Cynthia Goss
Stansberry, was a well-known
farmer in this county, He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice
Stansberry and the following
children: Mrs. Myrtle Miller, of
Port Deposit, Md; Mrs. Bertha
barker and Edd Stansberry, of
Lansing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-04
Apple Grove Man
Seriously Hurt

Denver Coldiron 17-year-old
youth of the Apple Grove section
who was painfully stabbed in the
head last week, is still undergo
ing treatment in the Ashe. hos
pital. Several pieces of the blade
of the knife were removed by an
operation and Coldiron later de-
veloped meningitis.
Officers are still looking for
his assailant reported to be a
Greer youth related to him. No
arrest had been made yesterday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-04
Ashe Man Home
From Overseas

Asheville - George w. Blew
ms. son of the Rev. J. C.. Blevins,
of Grassy Creek, has arrived at
the Army Ground and Service
Forces here to await reassignment
to duty. After going overseas
with the Americal division he
served with Anti-Aircraft on
Guadalcanal and Bouganville.
While in Asheville he is stay
ing at the Battery Park hotel.
Following his classification he will
have a vacation of several days.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-04
Tax Listing Is
Now Underway

H. H. Burgess, tax supervisor
met with listers on Monday and
tax listing got underway in the
county.
Because of the severe weather
some of the listers did not show
up and there are still some to be
appoined this week, Mr.. Burgess
said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-04
PRICE PANELS WILL
MEET THIS AFTERNOON

There will be meeting of all
of the price panels at the office
of the ration board this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, when the duties
of the various members will be
outlined, Mrs. Earl Davidson,
chief price clerk, said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
u. 5. Corr, Yield
Holds Bright;
Recod on Wheat

WASHINGTON. Aug. il. up
The department Of agriculture said
Saturday prospects for the 1915
corn crop have improved dluino
the past month.
The department also reported thai
wheat is expected to reach nm ALL
time peak Of 1,1462@3 0G0 bushels
Corn estimates as OF Aug l. made
public in Saturdays final report.
forecast q harvest Of 2,844,416,00J
bushels.
Corn last year produced record
high Of 3,228,361 900 bushels. Tie
average annual yield from 1894
through 1913 was 2,433.0600OO BUSH
els.
July wheat forecasts had indi-
Gated 1.l28.690 600 bushels. The an
nual average from 1884 through l943
was 739 9,080,000 bushels.
Last year the nation harvested
1,078,647 900 bushels of wheat.
National crop prospects now are
nearly q per cent above the 1929
80 average.
Generally favorable growing con-
ditionS over most Of the country
during July accounted for the
brighter prospects.
However, the report stated that
the outcome of the corn crop is
still uncertain" and that large
quantities may be soft if frost comes
earN'."
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12

WASHINGTON, AUo III, up
Text Of U. S. reply 10 tdC Swiss
government:
August II, 1915.
Sir:
] have the honor to acknowledge
receipt Of your note oi AUG. 10. and
III reply to inform you that til"
President of the United States has
directed me to send TO you for IN"
transmission by your government y
the Japanese government the jol-
lowing message Oh behalf Of the
governments OF the United state
jhe United Kingdom. the Union O..
Soviet SOciali9t Iicpubllta. an&
China:
with regard 10 the japanese
governments message accepting t4e
terms OF the pOtsdam proclamation
but containing the statement, With
the understanding that the said
declaration does not comprise any
demand which prejudices TIL" pre-
negatives Of His Majesty as SOW
ereign ruler our position is as
follows:
From the moment OF surrender
the authority Of the emperor ana
The Japanese government TO rule
the state shall be aubjcc, 10 the
supreme commander Of the Allied
powers who will take such steps rs
he deems proper to ciltctuate jhe
surrender terms.
1.-The emperor will be required To
authorize and insure the SI4naUn.
by the government Of Japan and
The japanese Imperial Genera.
Headquarters of the surrender terms
necessary to carry out the provisions
Of the Potsdam declaration. ana
shall issue his commands to all the
Japanese military, naval and ali
authorities and to all the forces un-
der their control wherever located to
cease active operations and to sun
render their arms, and TO issue such
other orders as the supreme COM
mander may require to give effect
to the surrender terms.
Immediately upon the surrender
the japanese government shall tram
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOll0Uing edit
Oridis are presented as interesting Opin-
ions UOiced by editors elsewhere. They
dO not necessarily reflect the opinion Of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
PLANES AND MYTHS
{ (Riverside Daily Press)

There is an old saying that "what man
can imagine, man can do" And indeed
i seems 50. The "jet plane which
travels $50 miles an hour under its own
power, named the P-8O Shooting Star"
IS good example.
1t IS at the same time very modern and
very ancient A Greek myth, orignat-
ing thousands Of years ago, told Of an
adventurous fellow named Icarus who
built himself pair of wings and flap
ped 50 nightly that he scared up into
the sky. But he got too near the sum- so
that the wax on his wings melted, and
the aerOnaut fell to the earth on Lem
nos, an island in the Aegean Sea, and
that was the end Of him.
Milton tells in "Paradise Lost" how
the rash flier fell from the zenith "1ike
q falling STAR 1t was long wait be-
tween imagination and execution, but the
time came.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
LABOR SPEAKS IN BRITAIN
(Christian Science Monitor)


The chief impression left by the La
Dor Party's acts and utterances since
coming to power in Britain is that Labor
was unprepared for quite so sweeping
a victory.
In view Of the tasks that lie ahead for
Labor, there is some surprise that the
new government has not been ushered in
in fear and trembling. Indeed Labor
leadership might understandably have
preferred not to have responsibility
thrust so definitely on its shoulders at a
time when l-but-insurmountable prob
iems lie ahead for Britain.
There is however, no lack of enthus-
iasm in the manner in which British
IabOrites have "taken over" The sing
ing Of the British Socialist song, "The
Red Flag in the House of Commons is
evidently being put down by Conserva-
tive members to an eXuberance for which
words and music are an excellent safety
,SalVe-and for which political respon-
sibility is an effective remedy. But some
OF Prof Harold LaSki's statements have
caused deeper concern both in Britain
and in the United States.
Against these relatively high-voltage
impulses must be put the more m0der-
ate statement by Sir Stafford Cripps.
which was broadcast to the United
States Now it is true that Professor
LaSk stressed the preservation of dem
Ocratlc processes, but without achieving
the calming tone Of the Cripps state
ment. And it is this difference of tone
in LabOr'S statement that suggests that
the party's leadership is not fully pre-
pared to present its program in its best
light.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
ST.. Area Shows
Polio Increase

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. II. DUP
Seasonal increase in mlautl.
paralysis cases has hit the san
Francisco BAY area hardest. the rt-
moindtr ut California registrnu.
only sli2At increase Of cases. Dr
Wilton /. Ha.Eerson. state director
OF public health. announced Satw-
day.
OF I+8 cases reported since Man n.
62 per cent NJ.e been III .IX J.g
area counties. Number ol cases 1y
counties are Alameda. 20. Couua
Costa. II: Marin. 26. san Frau
cisco, j.. San Muteu. 4. S,lano. a.
Imperial, 3. Kclu. 2. Lua Auac,.
2l. San Diego. 4 san lWe OUsp5.
=; Sacramento ,. san Joaquin
,: StanlslaUs 2. Tularc. e. amt
Riverside, Eldorado. Lake. Santa
Clara. Siskiyou 5onoma. ana su-
ter. one each
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
TNIC CONTROLS

1t was expected tie War Man
power Commission would remove
controls which during the war have
channeled manpOWtr into vital
plants. VINO officials decided it
was too early" to make any pre-
dictlOnS.
1t was pointed out. however that
sailors, soldiers ANA mun"e in the
Pacific still had tu br supplied ana
equipped war or no war If the
war ends today, tomorrow or next
week, freight still Will IT ON its way
to and through Wrs, coast ports.
Materials for the Pu,iIic viii have
to be handled somehow.
The War Production Board wa
instructed by President Truman
yesterday to continue i program of
material and inventory controls
The program is designed ID allow
the small ana loW-pliced manufac-
tlWer access to materials on the
same basis as the large manufac-
tWer 1t will prevent boarding OF
as yet scarce materials and give
priority assistance to break bottle
neCkS.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
Full Text Of Allied Powers
Reply on EIiroilito Status

sport prisoners Of war ana civilian
utunecS TO places Of safely. as di-
placed aboard Allied transports.
the ultimate form Of severn
ment Of Japan SHAH in accordance
with the Potsdam declaration, be
established by the freely expressed
will OF the Japanese people.
The armed forces Of the Allied
powers will remain in Japan until
the purposes set forth in the Pots
dam declaration are achieved
Accept. sir. the renewed assur-
Incca ul my highest consideration,
JAMES f.. BYRNES,
Secretary Of State.
ITO MI. Max Grassli, charge
d'afl1ires al interim 0! SWitzer-
land" -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
Hearings Slated
On Health Plan

PALO ALTO, Cal. Aug. H. CUPJ
A state senate committee will
hold public hearings in October on
the need for health insurance legis-
lati0n, Sen. Byrl r. Salsman, PalO
Alto, has announced.
Members Of the committee are
Senators jock Shelley tDp, San
Francisco; Arthur Breed tDD, Ala
media; Louis Sutton (RD, Maxwell,
and Chris JespersOn tRl, san Luis
ObiSpO.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
THE NATIONS CHIEF
REPORTS ON WORLD

President Truman made a fortnight re-
port on the conference Of powers at Pots
dam. He spoke earnestly and cOnVnclngly,
with no question Of his deep wish to take
the people into his confidence. ReaSSurlng
was his statement that no secret agree
ments had been made among the Big Three,
save on strictly military matters connected
with the war. He revealed that Stain had
agreed to enter the war against Japan
before he knew Of the atomic bomb.
That the American delegation he headed
led in proposals for maintaining world
peace also was related by the President. He
emphasized the stand the United States
took on the establishment Of free water
ways in Europe and that he and his aides
had told the parley very bluntly that self
ish policies concerning control Of the sea
and inland channels was one of the causes
for recurrence of wars. The other powers
were told also that the United States will
insist on the matter at the final peace con-
ference.
The nation was attuned for full and
frank report. And that is what it got. The
President inferentially revealed that he had
not been in accord with the ban on the
press at POtsdam when he declared that
there must be a free press and that the
eventual peace terms must guarantee that
to all nations
The President took occasion to advise
and warn Of the destructive force of the
atomic bomb and how its control must re-
main with nations who will not build for
another war; that its use must be for the
good Of mankind after the war has ended.
He voiced the thanks of the nation when
he spoke of the discovery having been
withheld by Providence from the Germans
and the japanese. He gave out for the first
time the information that only three ma
tons share in the secret formula and in the
knowledge Of cOnstructiOn-United States,
Britain and Canda.
It's present use, said the President will
be continued until the last Axis power has
beer destroyed; that despite Japans
charges Of our violating the articles Of
war, it is our right to use it.
He gave his impressions of the devas-
tated areas in EurOpe-the nations occu-
pea by Germany and in Germany itself
ard in this phase Of his report recognized
the gravity Of the situation as to food
for the starving peoples and Of its in
creased gravity as winter comes on He left
an appeal for America to go far in helping
alleviate the suffering, but made it plain
that the nations in need must draw help
from their people
No doubt the President soon will present
an overall plan for this nation to under
take in supplying foods and other things
soreIy needed. There have been indications
thathe is not satisfied with the present set
up and that he will move to eliminate agen-
cics now without purpose or program and
name a single commission and director for
this task
He set at rest any notion that he did not
intend that the United States shall retain
all the necessary ocean bases by declaring
that these bases shall be under the Ameri-
can flag for "Our protection" and for the
guarantee of peace in the world
It was honest, straightforward and en-
coUraging report.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
QUICK ARREST

CLEVELAND Aug. u UP
Two Cleveland Heights puJromrn
were cruising u.oua in. thc suburb
when their ruuIo anuouncrd Inc u-
censc number % a r@r tAut had been
stolen shor, ru. before
They looked . ANA there was
the can mmrul..." uhrud M them
They stopped !. .uG mrrred uwo
17-vear-oIds @. admitted rh-s
also had Ju- '...ed mu.arJ.ne
a drug tor.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
Officials Study
Reconyersion
In Coastal Areas
UNITED PRESS

West coast government officials
Saturday hesitated to predict the
effects OF the end Of the war with
Japan on The vests new industries
but business Jubiliantly prepared 70
pour out an unprecedented torrent
Of civilian goods and services.
The end OF the war was expected
to touch off a struggle between gov
ernment and industry mostly large
industry-Over releasing manpoWer
and materials controls
Behind al the thinking and plan
ming for expansion Was the fear Of
Unemployment Shipyard workers
in the Portland Vancouver areas
were reported steadily quitting
leaving no doubt they would quit
wholesale when peace comes Work
erS III California who came from
the middle west 10 easy money
war plants have been returning
bac'r to their homes But many Of
he vests new residents Viii stay
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
CIVILIAN PRODUCTION

Don Meher, acting WIPE regional
director in San Francisco. said
civilian production will show q very
tine development by the first Of the
year if the war ends now"
No indusuialiSt would make an
estimate on how cancellations or
cut-backs would specifically aGfec
. given industry. AS Clay Bedford
vice president i'll charge Of Kaiser "
four Richmond, Cal, shipyarus. put
it:
Until the surrender is official
we consider it another dirty JAP
trick. Our 10000 workers are goimo
to keep going full blast here until
we hear differently"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
FILES OLD DEED

GETTYSBURG. Pa, Aug. II. up
A 97-year-old deed executed by for
mer Congressman Thaddeus Stey-i
ems, father" Of PENNSYLVANIA free
school system, was filed here by
Attorney William L. Means.
The deed transferred Il tract of
land in Cumberland township to
Gabriel Meals, great-grandfather Of
the attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
CHEAP LAND

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. Aug. IL
CUPJ State OF Connecticut
sold the land that now is Brattle-
boro to private citizens for a farth-
ing an acre in 17l6.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

To meet the challenge Of a world
struggling With unrest, beWilderment
and heathenism is the task set the Chris
tan Church today, - Montreal Daily
Star.
The (American) women who have not
been true are driving their men into the
arms Of European women. - Grace
Moore, opera singer
The real test Of whether there is going
to be Initiation in this country is whether
the American people have faith in the
American dollar.-Sen. Walter f. George
Of Georgia.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12

The Jap is tough, determined sol
der. Japs will not surrender in masses
like the Germans. We must even count
on fanatical opposition from the civilian
population.-Gen. Joseph w. StilWelI.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-12

1t looks like Japan is going to have
corner on the scrap iron supply in the
Orient as the pressure on the air war
continues. 1t IS a corner no one cOvets.-
Danville, Va, Register.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-31
Bv ROSEMARIE MULLANY

WASHINGTON, July 81, up
Republican 1t. Gov. Frederick F.
Houser was the only man on record
rs tentatively planning to be a cam
didate for 79-year-old Hiram john
sons seat in the U. S. senate next
year. but Democratic ontestants
were plentiful on the n, hington
rumor market.
Houser said recently it is MS
present inclination to run again
for the senate. He was defeated last
November in a race against Sen.
Sheridan Downey.
Names of three Democratic con-
gressmen were most frequently men
toned here-Reps. Cecil r. King.
George Outland and jerry Voorhis
Reports from California told Of 9TH
CT possible Democratic candidates.
They included Rep. Ellis E. Patter-
son, former Rep. Will Rogers, Jr.,
Attorney General Robert ". Ken
ny, and an outside possibility, James
Roosevelt, son of the late president
Since last year when Johnson was
reported to have said he would seek
reelection in l946, he has declined
TO confirm or deny that statement.
His position, on which equally re-
liable authorities conflict, remains
an enigma.
The five-timc Republican winner
has chosen a course running against
the present internationalist tide in
public affairs by casting the sole
one of the three votes against the
world security charter Ncverthc-
less his record Of taking both Dem
ocratic and Republican nominations
in the primary without q campaign
is not fact to be passed over light
lv by any of the men mentioned
by their colleagues in connection
with the senate race.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-31
GOODS BY PARACHUTE
New York Times)

Successful experiments in dropping
goods of wide variety by parachute were
reported at the recent air-cargo packag-
ing forum Of the aviation section of the
New York Board of Trade. With the CO.
operation Of the Manhattan Storage
Warehouse Company and Pennsylvania
Central AlrllneS, AS we'll as on its own
behalf, the SWitlik Parachute Company
has developed methods of discharging
containers in flight, carrying merchan-
disc Of many sorts from machine parts
to fragile antique china. These deliveries
have been made to date without interfer-
ence with the operation of the plane or
any damage to the goods. Special pack
aging in cartons and special harnesses
which enable one or more small 'chutes
TO set the load down gently and handle
different shaped packages in one drOp
have been developed for this method of
quick delivery It may we'll open up a
wide field Of rapid service to farmers
and other citizens off the beaten airline
or express truck routes and suggests in
tcreSting vistaS Of broader areas of de-
livery for department stores.
Parachute delivery is only one of the
several new aspects of the handling of
air cargo which have been stimulated by
the necessities Of war. 1t is closely allied
with air pickup, SO successfully demon
strated in pre-war and present-day mail
and express service by All American
Aviation, operating in many eastern
states and serving today 1T cities. The
glider pickup equipment by which the
"Shangri-La" air crash survivors were
rescued the other day from hidden
valley in New Guinea was designed and
manufactured for the Army Air Forces
by this air service company, originated
by the late Richard c. Du Pont. 1t is
altogether probable that to a growing
extent cargo gliders as we'll as packages
OF various types will be snatched aloft
by planes in flight.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-31

Work done on legal holidays and
Sundays, is to be paid at the rate
OF time and onc-half Properly in
dentured apprentices may be en-
plOyed upon the work contemplate
cd by the specifications, such en-
ployment to be in accordance with
the provisions Of Section l777.5 Of
the Labor Code of the State Of Cali
fOrnia.
The foregoing schedule Of per diem
wages is based upon a working day
OF eight (8l hours. The hourly wage
rate prescribed hereinabove is the
per diem rate divided by the afore-
mentioned number of hours con-
stituting a working day; it being
understood that in the, event that
workmen are employed less than
eight 49, hours per day, the per
diem wages shall be deemed to be
that fraction of the per diem wages
herein established that the number
of hours of employment bears to
eight 81 hours.
The rates of overtime wages for
each of the various classes Of work
shall be one and one-half times
the prevailing hourly rates for each
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-31

None Of that trio has committed
himself. None was believed to be
such a Jealous aspirant as to jump
into the race ulaSSured Of consider
able support. They all have been
successful candidates for congress
at least twice and at this point
have nothing to gain financially.
They would lose the $500 expense
money the house voted itself this
year.
King. senior member Of the trio
at II. stands we'll with national par
ty leaders as we'll as those in Cali
fornia. While most California del
egates supported Henry Wallace for
vice president at the Democratic
convention. King was stumping for
the nOW-President Truman. From
Los Angeles. he was elected to con-
gress after serving 10 years in the
state legislature.
Youngest Of the three is Outland
39-year-oId former Santa Barbara
school teacher. energetic repreSen-
tatiye Of his district and author Of
a Widely-read article of congress
si0nal reorganization. Outland sup
ported most party measures, except
the so-called work or Jail" bill, op-
posed depriving the War Labor
board Of jurisdiction over packing
shed workers and is taking the lead
in boosting the full employment bill.
NoorhiS mas been described by a
Republican colleague as the most
sincere and hardest working man
III congress" At A, he holds a mas
tcr'S degree. has worked in an auto
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-31
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE 10 CREDITORS
No. 37lS

ESTATE OF WALLACE COFFEE
BRADFORD, DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersiqned, M. D. ZTNN, as admins
TRAITOR with VIII annexed of the
estate Of Wallace Coffee Bradford
deceased, TO the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased. that within six
months after the first publication
Of this notice they either file them
with the necessary vouchers in the
office Of the Clerk Of the Superior
Court Of the State of California. in
and for the County of Imperial, or
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers to the said M D. Zinn, as
administrator of said estate, at the
office of D. B. Roberts, 207 Bank
Of America Bldg, El Centro, Cali
fornia, the same being the place
for the transaction Of the business
Of the said estate in the County Of
Imperial. State of California.
Dated at FL Centre, California,
this IG day Of July, 1945.
M y. ZINN,
Administrator with Will
annexed of the Estate Of
WALLACE COFFEE
BRADFORD. Deceased.
mo 20 (J17-24-31; AL
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-31
Oregon Forest
Fires Slowed
By Cloudy Skies

PORTLAND, Ore, July 81. tUPD
Cool and overcast skies helped
western Oregon firefightcra keep
the Tillamook burn under control
Tuesday.
The three-county fire will have
been burning three weeks Wednc5-
day. but state forestry officials were
hopeful the weather would hold long
enough to finish Strengthening Of
bulldozer fire lines and bottle up
the fire in its present 100000 acre
area. There are green islands
within the area which weary crews
hope to save.
The watersheds of Forest Grove
and Hillsboro, largest cities IN Wash
ington county. appeared safe after
being threatened over the week end.
Light rains and reduced wind stop
ped the fires long enough to rtsN
protective trails in front Of the
flames