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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
Haire Writes OF
Life On LIE Shirna
%p. Haire Describes Expert
Reaces With Japs In The
Pacific

Cpl. Robert Garland Haire. son
OF MIR. James Hare, ST., of West
jefferson, in his first uncensored
letter to his father, told of the
ane on LIE Shima. He landed on
Na0nawa and was assigned to set
GIp communications and control
bowers for air fields on Okinawa.
He writes: "Our camp was six
miles south of Naho, and was in
2esfed with Japs. We had to car
rs sS0r guns everywhere we went;
never d day passed but what we
bumped off a Jap or captured one.
Our camp was we'll lighted and
yards were kept on duty every
fn0gh1. They soon found out that
even the Air Corps was good.
/ was going to work one day at
noon and just as I walked across
the hill behind our camp, a Jap
pumped up and ran around be-
Rar1d an old shack. I yelled to
falEn and he came out with his
bands up. / don't know who was
scared the most-he or I. I made
him strip off his clothes and
marched him back to camp. On
the way back, he asked me for a
cigarette and asked me about
New York. Then I wished l had
shot him, The boys really RACED
me for not drilling him. He told
us there were more Japs hiding
in a cave SO we went up and
BLASTED them out. We took only
oane alive, as the rest chose to die
for HiGohito."
Cpl. Hare also wrote that he
was on duty the day the Jap
Peace envoy flew in. He picked
tap the first transmission that
came to his tower. He said that
the pilots all spoke English and
that the planes were painted
white with green crosses. IT
WISH, he continued, that every
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

S.-Sgt. James Bower Walters
has returned to Camp Lee, Va,
after spending a 3O-day furlough
with his parents and other rela-
tives in Glendale Springs. S.
Sgt. Walters has returned from
serving Is months overseas.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
Sgt. Elmo Jones Makes Record
While In Service; Is Discharged
By Staff Writer

S-Sgt. James Elmo Jones re-
cieved his honorable discharge
from the army, at Fort Bragg,
August 81 and is now at his home
at Warrensville.
He had a total of 108 points for
his discharge having taken an
active part in the invasions of N.
Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Hol-
land and Germany, serving also
in Ireland and England.
He wears four stars on his
parachutists wings signifying his
active participation in four air
borne invasions.
His decorations include tn e
Good Conduct medal, Presidential
Unit Citation, Silver Star, Bronze
Star medal with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Combat Infantryman's badge and
European Theatre of Operations
ribbon with six battle stars.
He received the Bronze Star
medal for voluntary performance
on D-Day, June 6, 1914, in Nor
mandy, France.
Their voluntary performance of
this especially hazardous mission
was superb demonstration of the
qualities which brought victory
to the allies.
The Oak Leaf Cluster was
awarded for knocking out a Ger
man machine gun nest near Hol-
land. Leading his patrol in the
assault and eliminating the enemy
force in that section even though
he knew that he and his patrol
were outnumbered. In fact his
patrol and the right flank of his
platoon were pinned down by fire
from 2OMM guns.
Award of the Silver Star came
as a result of his wiping out a
machine gun position in Germany.
Singlehanded, he killed and cap
tured the entire gun crew. "Sgt.
Jones's iniative and courage were
in keeping with the highest ira
ditions of the U. S. airbourne
forces"
The Fourragere Franchise was
awarded for voluntary perform
ance also, when he led his patrol
at night, into a French town 40
miles behind the lines, capturing
and eliminating over 500 Ger
mans. In a surprise attack thus
liberating an entire French village
from German occupation and OBJ
tanning a much needed vantage
point for the allies.
S-Sgt. Jones served as assistant
chaplain while overseas.
Before entering the army he
was employed at the "Ossipie"
plant of the Burlington Mills and,
after a brief rest, he plans to
return to his former occupation.
He is the son of Mrs. Denton
Jones and the late Prof. Wade H.
Jones, of Warrensville, and volun-
teered for service in Feb, 1912
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
EXECUTORS NOTICE TO
CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor
of the estate of w. C. Dixon, de-
ceased, late of Ashe County,
North Carolina, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased to ex-
hibit them to the undersigned at
Nathan's Creek, North Carolina,
on or before the 30th day of Au-
gust. 1946. or this notice will be
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

boy in the service could have
seen them coming in here that
day. There were two of them
and they were called 'Bataan T.
and Bataan IL. They were twin
engine Jap Bettys, not a hot
looking ship, but they looked
something like our C-47."
He also wrote that he had TAX
en- some pictures of Ernie Pyle's
grave there on Okinawa.
While on the island, Cpl. Hare
saw another Ashe county boy,
Joe johnson, who is now flying a
GAG. He had promised to fly
Hare to Manila sometime soon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

S.-Sgt. ARA Richardson, who
is stationed at Wala Wala, Wash
ington, is spending a furlough
here with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. c. Richardson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said es-
tate will please make immediate
payment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
Men In Service

Colonel Blevins, cox, whose
wife, Ola, lives in Tuckerdale, is
now serving with a repair and
training base, which supplied
troops and landing craft for ma
jor invasions in the Marshalls, the
Gilberts and at Okinawa. The
base also trained personnel in am
phibious communications, mine
sweeping and camouflage opera
tons.
S.-Sgt. James Bower Walters
has returned to Camp Lee, Va,
after spending a 30-day furlough
with his parents and other rela-
tives in Glendale Springs. S.
Sgt. Walters has returned from
serving Is months overseas.
John X. Cannon, Yeoman, first
class, son of Mrs. Ellen Cannon,
of Ashland, is a member of the
Naval Construction Battalion at
tached to service force, Pacific
Fleet, which was engaged in
building a huge staging area for
U. S. military forces when news
of Japan's surrender was receiv-
ed.
His battalion landed with in
vasion forces and fought its way
through Jap snipers and mortar
fire for its share in the successful
Philippine conquest.
S.-Sgt. Garland L. Porter, of
West Jefferson, a veteran of the
European theater, after he stop
ped at an ATC base in the South
Atlantic Division at Natal, Bra
zil on his airborne journey home,
said, '"The trip was wonderful"
HObert Sheets, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. c. Sheets, of Glendale
Springs, has recently been dis
charged, after spending five years
in the armed service, four of
which were spent on overseas du-
ty, somewhere in the Pacific the
alter of operations. He is now
visiting his parents and stated,
I'm hoping to spend sometime
at home and maybe settle in the
county,"
T.-Sgt. Henry M. Shatley son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Shatley of
Jefferson, has been discharged
under the army's redeployment
program, after serving Is months
in the Pacific theater of opera
tons with the 77th infantry di-
vision. T.-Sgt. Shatley entered
the service in September, 1910.
He wears the Asiatic Pacific rib
bon, the Philippine liberation
ribbon, the American defense rib
bon for duty before Pearl Har-
Dor, the combat infantryman
badge, six battle stars and the
Bronze star.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

This the 10th day of August
1915.
c. c. Dixon, Executor.
8-3O-6T
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after three years of service with
the Army Air Forces. Cpl. Miller
arrived home last week, after
serving Is months in England.
Sgt. Eugene Robert is spending
a 3O-day leave here with his wife,
the former Miss Mary Frances
Cook. Sgt. Robert has just re-
turned from the European theater
of operations, after spending sew
eral months there.
Pfc. George Ray Rector has
returned to Fort Jackson, S. c.,
after spending a furlough at his
home here and visiting friends
and relatives in Virginia and
Maryland. Pfc. Rector recently
returned from several months
duty overseas in the European
theater of operations.
Cpl. Elmer Jarvis recently no.
titled his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
K. G. Jarvis, of Sparta, that he
had landed in Japan. Before
going to the Pacific, Cpl. Jarvis
spent six months in the Euro
pean theater of operations, re-
turning to the States for a 30
day furlough between the trans
ferS. He is married to the former
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

Cpl. Avery w. Miller son of Mr..
and Mrs. Colvord Miller, of JEFF
ferson, has just been discharged,
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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21
BITTER HOMECOMING

Probably not many return
ing soldiers ,ciH find as unhap-
Ply a situation at home as Bates
McVaye did, but there is a lot
Of heartbreak ahead for many
poor teHows. His ,Uite mas
wrong, of course, to live ,Uith
another man whae her hus-
band was auay fighting, but
she is trying to make amends.
It's his mother and sisters ,Uho
are making a bad situation
worse. They haze told Bates
that they ,UiH never speak to
him again if he takes his uite
back!
There's a little daughter in
the picture, too. Bates would
like to haze her, in any case.
She Uas only a te,o days old
when he left, and does not re-
member her father, of course.
Then there is the other man.
He ,Cants Bates to give Mary
lin a divorce, and to pay for it
too! This maddening mess is
q soldiers Homecoming "pres.
ent." 81 feel" Bates turtles,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21

for a tired soldier! I am advising
Bates to wait; to get hold of his
little girl and take her to his mother
for a long visit, this without antag.
onizing Marylin or anyone else.
Under the circumstances he will
have no trouble in getting hold OF
the child. His sisters will probably
be especially gracious with this ar.
rangement, and time to cool off and
view the situation dispassionately
will be given everyone.
Such Women Are No Help.
But what takers these FIVE wom-
en- are, and how far from their con.
ception Of things is the idea Of
giving! Giving help, hospitality,
friendship, giving service, coopera-
ton. comfort. Their letters to Bates
might have been family chronicles
full Of content, family gossip. cheer
ing reports, hopeful plans. They
might have made it impossible for
him to forget that he is loved,
needed, missed every hour. Instead
they have RECALLED him on petty
suspicious, quarrels. scandals, law
suits. He has been tormented by
anxieties for his child, regret for
his mothers distress, resentment at
the infdelity of his wife.
If America and the world are
ever to emerge from today's ter
rible shadow of war, it will not be
through women like these that they
will be saved. We never can solve
national and international problems
while Jul own lives are a confusion
Of discontents. debts, doubts, idle
ness, Indifference, selfshness. We
need strong doses of the old-fash-
Toned virtues of faith, hope and
charity. Charity toward starving
China. of course, stricken Europe,
of course. the claims of the Red
Cross, the War Chests, the homes
and aides and drives and institu-
tons, Of course. But faith and hope
and charity first Of all for our own
people-the people with whom we
have breakfast, and for whom we
set the dinner table at night. If each
of US plants the three cardinal vir-
tues in the home circle, the world
will one day become n great
home circle and very close to the
Kingdom of God.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21
Artist Had Made Constant
Companion of Overdue Bill

A certain famous illustrator re-
fused to concern himself with
financial matters, a fact which
caused creditors considerable con-
Germ. At one time he was being
bounded by his tailor for failing to
pay his bill.
Said the tailor upon meeting up
with the delinquent fellow: "For
more than two years I have wait
ed. I fail to understand why you
pay no attention to this bill"
"How can you say anything so
inconsiderate?" cried the artist, a
painted expression on his face. IT
have shown your bill every atten-
ton. Why last week I took it to
luncheon at the Astor, tea at the
Colony and dinner at the Waldorf.
And this weekend I was planning
to take it with me to the sea-
shore!"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21
Just and Speedy
Trials for Nazi Bigwigs
Allied Commission to Handle Cases of High
Leaders; Local Officials to Prosecute
Minor Offenders.
WNU Service, Union Trust Building
Washington, d. C.
BY BAUKHAGE
Ne,Us ANALYST and Commentator,

WNU Service, Union Trust Building.
Washington, d. C.
The legal profession is about to
meet the greatest challenge it has
ever faced.
The Moscow declaration, pub
lished November /, 1913. and signed
by President Roosevelt, Prime Min
lister Churchill and Premier Stain,
declares that those German officers
and men and members Of the Nazi
party" who are responsible for or
who have taken a c%onsenting part n
atrocities, evidence Of which has
been received from authoritative
quarters in many countries" will be
tried. judged and punished" accord
ing to the laws of those countries.
This same declaration also de-
clares in its final paragraph that
major criminals whose offenses
have no particular geographical To-
c%alization" will be tried and dealt
with by Joint decision Of the Gov
ernments Of the Allies"
That Is where the United States
and the challenge of its legal profess
sion comes in.
The body which will try these "big
shots" is an International military
tribunal, to be designated by an Of
fetal title. probably by the time
these lines are printed, and it is be-
fore this court that a member of the
Supreme court of the United States.
Associate Justice Robert H. Jack
son. chosen as American chief Of
counsel, will appear as prosecutor.
He will act jointly, it is presumed,
with the counsels of the United King
dom and the Union Of Soviet Social
list Republics.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21
Legal Body
Without Precedent

Never in history has such a legal
body been convened. Never has such
a task as the one it has before it
been Of such potential significance to
the social and political well-being Of
the peoples Of the e~arth-never. at
least. since the day Of a certain Ro-
nan procurator of Judea in Pales-
tine. Pontius PLATE was unable to
face his responsibility, and finding
that he could prevail nothing. but
rather that a tumult was made, he
took water. and washed his
hands. . :"
The United States does not intend
to wash its hands of the responsible
ity before it.
There seems to be a weller Of con-
fusion as to just what the function
Of this military tribunal" is; as to
just what, If any. policy has been
established by the "Ofice of the
Chief Counsel for the Prosecution Of
Axis Criminality." which is the title
on the letterhead before me The
permanent address Of this Office is,
at this writing. a little uncertain, but
it can be reached care Of the Penta-
gon in Washington. Soon it will es-
tablish foreign headquarters.
Despite the confusion. this institu-
ton has a definite policy and I shall
interpret it informally hereunder:
~ We shall avoid 1.-The laws de-
lay" which so annoyed Hamlet.
My reason for this assumption is
the fact that Justice Jackson did
not retire from. the Supreme court.
The fall term Of the court begins in
October. Already he has made one
trip to Europe for the purpose Of
rounding up key witnesses and doc
uments and is now beginning final
preparation for the prosecution. His
staff has been assembled for several
weeks and he has coordinated the
other government agencies interest
ed in war crimes (war department.,
navy department, Office of Strate-
gic Services. and others). Authority
for this action is vested in Execu-
tive Order 9547 of May 2, 1945. which
named Justice Jackson as Amer
lean prosecutor.
Jackson himself said when he was
appointed: There will be no delay
on the part of the United States, and
we think undue delay is itself a fail
ure."
(2) There is no confusion as to
United States policy with respect to
the type Of offender to be tried. Many
individual cases have already been
prepared, though not yet announced.
AS l mentioned earlier, what the
United States is concerned with is
the big shots, that is Jackson's job
to try the men whose offenses are
broader than those committed in and
against members of any single
community. To put it broadly. those
charged with crimes against human
ity as a whole.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21

This rules out the persons brought
back to the scene Of their crimes,
the trials Of spies and saboteurs
which are coming up daily. offenses
against American nationals or
against Germans. or individual acts
Of persecution against Jews or 9TH
ers.
In other words, Jackson is after
big game and he will not be content
to fiddle with minor offenses even if
committed by major criminals. His
job will be to nail those leaders who
are responsible for engineering the
whole general criminality of the
Nazi-Fascist program. The smaller
fry will be taken care of by other
legal authorities at the scene Of the
individual crimes or elsewhere.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21
Berry Season Is Here

Blackberries and ~dewberries are
in season now. Plump, full berries
with a bright solid color are the
choice ones. Since even good
quality berries keep only a short
time, the housewife should plan to
can them or use them otherwise,
very soon after the berries reach
the home kitchen. Three-fourths cup
Of the berries is about equal to a
medium sized apple in food value.
The juice Of the berries makes ex.
cellent summer beverages and is
equally as good in winter.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21
Famous Paintings Were
Halved and Sold as Two

Unknown even to most artists,
many of the worlds famous oil
paintings were long ago cut in two
and sold as separate pictures,
chiefly by greedy dealers, to col
lectors who had not seen the entire
work, says Golfers.
One CASE came to light a short
time ago when the two sections Of
The Finding of Moses by Tiepolo
happened to be displayed side by
side at an exhibition in London.
Masterpieces of sculpture have
likewise been separated, one Of
which is the Lehman Athena
whose head is at Bologna while her
body is at Dresden.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21

The government has sold the camp
In New Jersey seized from the Ger.
man-American Bund. It will be
made into a boys camp-not a con.
centration camp.
Some German business men re-
Gently asked the American military
governor Of one Of their cities how
to make out an application for a loan
to rebuild the town.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21
By NORRIS

VERY woman, in the
n next tremendous years
- of our country's history,
is going to be either a taker
or a giver. Every old, old
woman, with the end of her
labors and the quiet of death
in sight, and every very young
woman - ten, twelve, seven
teen years old, must put her
self into the class of the takers
or that of the givers.
We have come of age in the last
terrible years, we Americans. We
begin to e the great future that
opens before U.s., a future in which
the nations of the world shall all be
friends, shall be speaking, as it
were, the same language. shall
solve together the age-old problems
of want and excess, bitter need and
extravaganza, inflated currency, de-
pressed currency, overproduction,
interpretation.
But this glorious future, that shall
remake the whole history Of man,
will not be reached without acts of
separate and individual heroism on
your part and mine. It cannot be
reached without our determination
to achieve it. It is there-the glori-
tomorrow, without fear. with
out poverty, without val But the
statesman and diplomats and SOL
diers who are at the top Of all our
governments cannot accomplish it.
It is only the people, ourselves, who
can do that.
Hence it is needful for every
woman in the world this summer
morning to look her own circum-
stances, her W conduct. severely
in the eye, and decide just where
she falls short. Just how much is
she helping her neighbors to be-
come loyal and useful Americans?
Just what sun of happiness, Sc
curity, service is she rendering to
GSA O"i pSoP1S
Devil of a Mess
Here is a letter that gives the
dark side Of the picture, I quote it
only in part.
I've come home" writes Pvt.
Bates McVayne, Ito a devil of a
mess. Maybe my nerves are still
shaken from a pretty rotten time in
the Pacific. Well, anyway. when I
left two years ago our kid was
three days old. 1t was like death
to part with them, but the arrange
ment was that Marylin and the
baby were to live with my mother
and sisters, and everything Wal CO.
ing to be swell.
"Marylin and the girls quarrelled.
and Marylin took the baby and went
and lived with a woman friend.
Here the baby was so neglected that
my mother went and got her one
day and brought charges against
my wife, in court. Marylin then
went to live with a man she'd
met and fallen in love with, and
is still there. and the baby too. The
baby seems happy, and doesn't
know me, Of course, and Marylin
wants a divorce, but the man she
is with wants me to pay for it as he
thinks charges of completely or
alienation Of affection could be
brought against him if he pays for
it. Marylin says she will come back
to me if I say so, as she feels she
treated me badly. My mother and
sisters say they will not see me
again if Marylin and I are recon
ciled. What shall I do? I feel like
l have no home, no family and no
friends"
Trharo 10 a ,,,r- ,ro1o4-- Lo-~
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-06-21
80. BY Baukhage

Field Marshal Mannerheim, COM
mander Of the Firms in their wars
with Russia, congratulated Stain on
his victory over Germany in 70
words. Stain replied in 10.
The British Broadcasting company
says 1t has proved during the var
that telling the truth can be more
effective than calculated lying. May.
be Goebbels was wrong after all