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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
Local Dairy Industry Shows Big Increase
Johnson Resigns
AS Mgr. Of Kraft
Cheese Plant Here
Will Be Succeeded By Brad
shaw; Others Are Added
To Organization

Levern Johnson, who for the
past 10 years has efficiently serv-
ed as manager of the Kraft cheese
plant here, has resigned to enter
the cheese business for himself,
in Pulaski, Tennessee, effective
January I, and J. E. Bradshaw
has been named to replace him.
Working with Manager Brad
shaw will be Couch Brown, of
Bonneville, Mississippi, as gener-
al plant supervisor, and Harvey
Payne, as field man.
Bradshaw and his wife arrived
from New Orleans, where he was
previously associated with the
Kraft cheese company for a num-
Der of years before entering mil
itary service. Brown has also
been associated with the company
before coming here. Harvey
Payne has been serving as assis-
tant county agent since H. D.
Quessenberry resigned to enter
service.
In making public his resigna-
ton, Mr.. Johnson said that both
he and Mrs. Johnson had enjoyed
living here and working with the
people of this section. eve ap-
preciate the fine cooperation we
Continued on Page 81
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
Is A. C.. Walters
Has Re-enlisted

rs Avery C. Walters, of JET
ferson, a member of the '333rd
Ordnance Depot Co., stationed at
Fort Jackson, S. c., under the
18th Headquarters and Headquar-
tiers Detachment, Special Troops,
First Army, has reenlisted for one
year in the Regular Army.
T-5 Walters, who is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Walters,
who live at Jefferson, has been
in the army fifteen months. He
served overseas four and one
half months with the 333rd Ord
nance Depot Co., and wears the
ETO ribbon with one battle star
for Central Europe Campaign.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
Truman Named
Man OF Year By
Time Magazine
Cited For His Service In Con
nectiOn With Use OF Atom
ic Bomb

New York-President Harry S.
Truman has been named by Time
Magazine as it's man of the year.
for 1915.
In selecting the president, Time
said in its Dec. 81 issue, released
that "the greatest of all 1945's
great events was the atom bomb. -
The president, the magazine
said, somewhat unwittingly,
somewhat against his own will,
became more than any other man
responsible for the bomb, its use
in 1945 and its future"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
WANTS PLAYGROUND
FOR CHILDREN HERE

J. II. Myers, prominent lum-
herman, this week pointed out
to q representative Of The
Post, the need for a play
ground for children i'm order
to keep them off Of the streets
and announced that he would
start a fund of $10O for this
cause, providing others would
fall in with the movement
Mr.. Myers stated that there
had often been some develop
ments suggested for adults,
but that he believed that the
need for children was greater.
II do wish that some safe,
happy place i'm which children
could play could be establish
ed here" he said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
Will Complete
Parkway Soon;
To Let Contracts
Work On Several Stretches
Expected To Begin Early
Next Year

Of much interest to this entire
section is the announcement from
Paleigh that the Blue Ridge
PARKWAY will be finished at an
early date.
Contracts for the most difficult
stretches of the highway between
Asheville and the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park are
scheduled to be let shortly after
January l, the State News Bureau
has disclosed here.
Over half of the 500-mile
Continued on Page 81
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
Baptist Group
Meets Saturday

The Baptist ministers and
church workers of the Ashe AS
ISOLATION will meet in regular
conference Saturday, Dec. 20, for
the closing meeting of the year
The meeting will open at ten o.
clock ard continue for an after
noon session.
Several speakers will appear
on the program and plans for the
coming year will be made. Gall
Christian workers are urged to
be present." R. c. Ashley, secre-
tary, said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
C.. C.. Shatley, 81,
Buried Saturday

Funeral service was held Sat
urdav or Charles C. Shatley, 81
of Jefferson, who died at his home
December 81. Burial took place
in the Poe cemetery. The Rev
w. o. Mullis was in charge of the
service.
He is survived by his wife and
three sons, Roy Dean, Carlee and
Larry Dale, all of jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
METHODIST GROUP
TO HAVE SERVICE

The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship of the Jefferson Methodist
Church will have Watch Night
service, December 81 at 7:3O. DR..
]. S. Hiatt, Executive Secretary
of College Advance of the Meth
odist Church, and the Rev. A. E.
I,ackey will be speakers for the
evening. The purpose of the serv-
ice is to emphasize the program of
education and evangelism.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
]. M. Edwards, 81,
Buried Monday

Funeral service was held Mon
day evening for James Mack Ed
wards, 81, of West Jefferson, who
died at Stony Point on Sun
day. Burial took place in the
Baldwin cemetery.
Revs. Joe Taylor and T. J.
Houck were in charge of the
service.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and one son, c. r. Edwards,
OF West jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
COUNTY ANIMAL TO BE
IN HEREFORD SALE

Toward Stamey, Extension
Animal Husbandry Specialist. and
Cecil Jackson, of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway, were in the
county last week, inspecting cat
tie for the N. G. Hereford sale to
be held in March.
They selected year-old heifer
from C. D. Cox's herd at Grassy
Creek. No other cattle were chos-
en- from this county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
Mrs. Greer, 20,
Buried Monday

Funeral service was held We'd
nesday at two p. m. for Mrs. Luz
ellie Greer, %, of Todd, who died
at her home on Monday. Burial
took place in the family cemetery,
She is survived by her husband
and five children, Larry. Jerry,
Linda, Walter and Perry Joyce.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-27
Schools Will Open
InCounty Monday

Unless weather should make
roads impossible, all schools in
the county are expected to open
on schedule Monday. as far as it
could be learned this week.
Both students and teachers have
had extended holidays because of
severe winter weather.
Evening star., 1945-05-18
Nozi Plot to Kill Eisenhower
Durinq Ardennes Crisis Barred

German military hierarchy probably
would be reached at the commits
sion's conference May 81. He said
the blacklist was about complete.
Skorzeny, 6-foot-4 leader of the
raiding party which freed Benito
Mussolini from Allied custody in
Italy in September, 1943, was taken
by the 18th Regiment, United States
Sd Division, in the Arl Valley.
Other developments reported:
1. War Correspondent Henry
Standish of the London News
Chronicle said in a dispatch from
Lueneberg that Himmler had been
traced but not yet arrested, and
that the British I'd Army could take
him into custody at any time.
2. The London Daily Mails Paris
correspondent said Pierre Laval,
Vichy chief OF government, was
brought back from Spain to France
in a British warship and was on
his way to prison.
3. A dispatch from Kitzbuhel,
Austria, said the 42d Division of the
United States 7th Army had cap
(See WAR CRIMINALS, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1945-05-18
| Navy Air Score
Is Nearly 70-7
Over Jops in as

Naval and Marine Corps flyers
destroyed 1882 Japanese aircraft
during the three-month period end
ing March 81, 1945, as against a loss
of 1873 American combat aircraft,
the Navy announced today. These
figures brought the total of Japa-
nese aircraft losses for the entire
war to II Sol, as against 2,070 Amer
ican aircraft-a loss ratio Of Sc to /.
The combat loss ratio was 81 in
1912, 6.3 to / in 1888 and 81 to In
1914. It was 9.4 to / up to April /
of this year.
"Of the 1882 Jap planes de-
stroyed in the first three months of
this year, nearly 800 were shot out
of the air by our aviators," Vice Ad-
miral Aubrey W.. Fitch, deputy
chief of Noval Operations for Air,
said. "It is doubttu If the enemy's
aircraft production and pilot train
ing can keep up with such a NOR
tality rate"
Evening star., 1945-05-18
t0MiIIion More
Annual Revenue
For DC. Sought
Committee of Seven
Headed by Keeeh to
Study Tax Structure
By CAMBRIDGE CRIST.

The Commissioners announced
today the appointment of a COM
mittee of seven District officials
to review the entire tax structure
of the District with a view to
raising additional revenues of
$10,00o,00o a year.
Budget Officer Walter L. Fowler
recommended the step because Of
the "ever increasing maintenance
and operation costs of the munich
pality and to the possibility that we
will be confronted with some de-
crease in our revenue in the near
future"
The chairman of the committee
will be Corporation Counsel Rich
mond B. Keech.
In his recommendation to the
Commissioners Mr.. Fowler declared:
THE constant demand for in
creased service in the Health De-
partment and Board of Public Wei
fare with the Standardization Of
salaries program and other pro-
grams and projects leads to the
conclusion that we should have ad-
ditional revenue of approximately
$40 900, ,0O0."
Mr. Fowler said it was the opinion
of the budget Office that the time
has arrived for a review of the tax
structure Of the District of Co
lumbia."
Other members of the committee
are Col. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., as
|sistant engineer commissioner; Tax
Assessor Edward A. Dent, Mr.. Fow-
Ter, A. W. Heinmiller, an assistant
superintendent Of schools; District
Auditor A. r. Pilkerton and Capt.
H. C. Whitehurst, director of high
ways.
During the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1914, the report of the
assessors Office showed that s45,-
000, 900 had been levied in taxes and
fees by that office. OF the total
amount levied s23, 3,7oo, 900 was by the
real estate division; s1,700, 900 was
from inheritance and State taxes.
S9, ,000, ,0000 was from the income tax
division, 100000 was levied on
tangible property and $4,000 on
gasoline
Evening star., 1945-05-18
By JOSEPH H. BAIRD.

The British Admiralty's official an
nouncement that the Queen Mary
late in 1912 sank the light cruiser
Curacao OF the Scottish coast with
the loss OF 1898 officers and men
makes 1t possible for the first time
to describe one OF the wars most
spectacular sea tragedies.
Along with . group Of other
American correspondents en- route
to Great Britain, witnessed the
sinking, which remains indelibly i'm
pressed in my mind two and one
half years later. The picture is a
vivid one-the two halves Of what
a few minutes earlier had been a
proud warship standing end-up In
water, one on the port, the other on
the starboard side of the great liner
belching tall clouds of thick yellow
smoke. Within five minutes each
had disappeared beneath the waves
Evening star., 1945-05-18
u. S. Carrier Prepares to Fight
Again Despite ! 100 Casualties
Franklin Battered and Fired, but Survives
Attack Only 63 Miles From japan

war. It is tale replete with hero
ism. But in the galaxy of brave
men the ships officers have singled
out for signal honor a Boston Cath
olic chaplain, 1t. Comdr. Joseph
Timothy O'Callahan.
The ships padre" according to
Navy accounts, fought fires, en-
tered a blazing magazine in search
of men, and helped heave hot bombs
overheard. Somehow he found time
along with all this to administer
last rites to dying men and comfort
the wounded.
The Franklin's commander, Capt.
l.. E. Gehres of Coronado, Calf :,
bestowed on the chaplain this acco-
lade-"The bravest man I've ever
known"
Father O'Callahan told reporters
in New York, according to the Asso-
ciated Press:
Il remember the sense of RESPONSE
bility I felt in talking some Of the
boys into going into the magazine
to take out the ammunition. For
from purely religious view
point, I felt no fear-but do not
Evening star., 1945-05-18
Stor Reporter Saw Queen Mary
Slice Cruiser in Two in 1912

The 81,000-ton British liner, speed
ing at 80 knots, cut the trim 1900
ton cruiser in two as cleanly and
quickly as a timers shears might
rip through light metal. So unex-
pected was the tragedy to the men
aboard the warship and so quickly
did she sink, that it seemed incred-
ible to the newspapermen on the
Queen Mary that any one could
be saved.
However, Immediately after the
tragedy one of the destroyers con-
voying the Queen Mary signaled by
blnker lights to the liners bridge
that she intended to put about and
try to pick up survivors, which she
did under forced draft, cutting
through the Atlantic like speed
boat. About 20 minutes later, a
big British seaplane also circled
the spot where the Curacao had
(See BAIRD, Page Aid
Evening star., 1945-05-18
District f Bond Sales
Increase S1,200,000;
Biggest Jump in Drive
$4,000 900 Reported Is
1880 Of City's Quote
For individual Buying

Sale of E Bonds in the Dis
trict's Mighty Seventh" War
Loan jumped 81 200, 900 today,
the heaviest increase since the
start of the drive. Called most
gratifying" by officials, the in
crease brings total E Bond sales
to $4,000, 900, or 80 per cent of
the $4,000. 900 quota.
The total of individual bond sales
has now gone to s17,7Oo,OOO an
increase of 81 300 900 since yesterday
and 25.3 per cent of the $4,000, 900
individual bond quota. The E Bond
sales are part of this figure. but are
singled out for praise by officials
because the appeal of the Mighty
Seventh" is primarily to individual
buyers and their response is con-
sidered the measure of the success
Of the drive.
According to yesterdays figures,
Washington was third among COM
parable cities and slightly above the
national average in E Bond sales.
Now officials say they believe Wash
ington will move to second place
among the comparable cities and
considerably above the national
average when complete reports come
In tonight.
Postpone Bomber Exhibit.
Meanwhile, the exhibition of a
B-29 bomber at National Airport
scheduled for tomorrow and Sunday
has been postponed because ice or
the wings delayed its flight today
from Colorado Springs, Colo. Drive
headquarters announced that nc
new date had been set for the ap-
pearance, but that the B-29 un-
doubtedly will be exhibited before
the end of the drive.
The merchant ship American Sea-
man docked today at the Coast
Guard dock, $50 Maine avenue S.W.
and will 60 on exhibition to bond
buyers tomorrow Sunday and Mon
day. The public will be admitted to
the ship without purchase of bonds
on Tuesday, Maritime Day.
Two other exhibitions-one the
(See WAR LOAN. Page A-14l
Evening star., 1945-05-18

FIRST RAcE-Purse,. S1.so0; maiden
Trojan Fleet iclsrk) 1880 $40 40
b Finckney (Wshier> $50
Also ran--b Maid Of the Moon, Navy
Relief, Black Knisht, Teddy Lass, Soma
bW. p. wetheran and H. L. straus
SECOND RAcE-Purse, $1,000; claim
saaiiyIsssy syeafaSsaS Roo and up fprlsnss sSo $50
Noslsn t1letssseksrI 4.4o
Also % ran1Bombs snaiss AVA away Rs Refreshment,
Wee Laird, Sea Again.
THIRD RAcE-Purse, $1,000; maiden 2
: ZEE Snack ,ssssshorn, ssaoi $50 go $50
ARTILLERY 4lsr aiasiIs 5oS isIsnellinsO 2.eo
rs4nl.t Alss r.na and ae,r.nb.st q Lady 'Ramo'ae
= N. Wexler entry.
FOURTH RAcE-.Purse. $500; claim
1af e. Rfs and up sio tYrlsnss sse
wee Bart 1shelhamsr, 7.io 4.ss
Also % ran@Ponteh.rtrain. c.ulkneld
FIFTH RAcE-Purse, s1,7oo; claiming;
Lord vatout lTammsro) $40 SEQ $50
s:is:G s:i;:.a : ,7ssssj lssssss' 800 S:iS S:iS
Also ' rsn-Fsiieete.t, rlyins Ned. partido
Evening star., 1945-05-18
laps Force Chinese
To Quit Foochow>
BY the Associated Press.


CHUNGKING, May 1s.-Fighting
continued outside the, East China
coast city of Foochow today after
japanese reinforcements, rushed in
from the nearby coastal towns of
Lienkong and Mamoi, had forced the
withdrawal of Chinese assault forces
which entered the city a week ago.
The Chinese high command, an
nouncing the withdrawal, said more
than 400 Japanese troops had been
killed in street fighting In Foochow.
former treaty port of 322, ,725, situat-
ed just across Formosa Strait from
the northern tip of Formosa in the
area where the japanese fear Amer
ican landings.
In the Human Province fighting,
the Chinese said, organized enemy
resistance northwest of Shanmen
and southeast of Kaosha, highway
town IS miles west of Paoching, has
been crushed and japanese units
have suffered 1000 casualties.
In the maritime province of Che
kiang, Chinese troops captured the
town of Wuyi, less than 20 miles
southeast of the important Japa-
nese bastion Of Kinhwa on the Che
kiang- g-Kiangsi railway. Three hun
dred enemy troops were killed in the
battle for Wuyi, the Chinese said.
Evening star., 1945-05-18
1O,0OO-Ton Jap Cruiser
Sunk by British Ships
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May ia force of
British destroyers and an aircraft
carrier, striking boldly into narrow
Malacca Strait, between Sumatra
and Malaga, on the approaches to
Singapore, sank a 10,000-top Jap
anese cruiser of the Natl Class on
Wednesday, the Admiralty an
anounced today.
The enemy cruiser, carrying 8-inch
guns, was sighted by planes from the
escort carrier Shah so miles south
west of Panang, Malaga, the Ad-
miralty said. The carrier had a de-
stroyer in escort.
The carriers planes succeeded in
scoring a bomb hit, while a force of
at least five destroyers steamed in
pursuit. The enemy cruiser was pol
ished of in a night torpedo attack.
The Admiralty said the destroyer
Saumarez, flagship of Capt. N. L.
Powers destroyer force, suffered cas-
r ualties, but the rest of the force suf-
fered neither casualties nor damage.
The japanese previously had re-
. ported the clash without announcing
+. their losses.
Evening star., 1945-05-18
Artillery Parts Contracts
OF "A Firms Cancelled
~ the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, May decentralization
of contracts held by "a firms for
production of medium and heavy
artillery components and inrnedi-
ate cuts of between SO and so per
cent on current production of 9TH
er firms similarly engaged was
ordered yesterday after a confer
ence between 8S contractors. Army
officers, the War Production Board
and War Manpower Commission.
The adjustments, rejecting shift
ing to a one-front war, affect pro-
duction of boosters, time train rings
and three different types of ammu-
milton fuses. The WPB Readjust-
ment Committee approved the
changes
The "a complete cancellations, the
Chicago ordnance district an
nounced, were at the request Of
manufacturers who wished to con-
vert to civilian production. They
were not named specifically Most Of
the plants, however, will be kept op-
Grating on the reduced basis to safe
guard against future needs.
Evening star., 1945-05-18
Fritz Kuhn Ordered
Deported 10 Germany;
Army 10 Decide Fate
Former Head of Bund
Will Be Turned Over to
U. S. Military Chiefs
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Fritz Kuhn, former German
American Bund leader, has been
ordered 'deported to Germany as
an undesirable alien, the Justice
Department announced today.
The order was issued by the
Board of immigration Appeals.
The Justice Department said
Kuhn. 49-year-old native of Munich
who was convicted in 1899 of larceny
and forgery involving bund funds,
will be placed on boat at a time
to be determined by American mill
tary authorities in Germany.
After being paroled from DAN
nemora IN. " Prison, where he
was serving a two-and-one-half to-
flve-year term on the larceny and
forgery charges, Kuhn was interned
as an enemy alien and sent to Crys-
tai City, Tex. July 8, 1943.
In "Troublemakers'" Stockade.
On February 81, 1914, he was
transferred to a camp at Kennedy,
Tex, and in August, 1914, was sent
to Fort Stanton, N. Mex, where he
and a number Of other aliens still
occupy a special "troublemakers' "
stockade.
The department said the one
time German American fuehrer
probably will be returned to Ger
many on a repatriation ship along
with other Germans
All of them then will be turned
over to American military author
tiles to be dealt with as the Army
sees fit.
Kuhn's deportation order follows
series of involved legal proceed
ings.
Obtained Citizenship Fraudulently.
He was admitted to the United
States for permanent residence in
1928. He was naturalized in 1884
but eight years later he was de-
naturalized because, the Govern
ment said, he had obtained his
citizenship fraudulently by taking
the oath of allegiance to the United
States with certain mental reser-
vations.
Having obtained his citizenship
fraudulently, therefore, he is con-
sidered by immigration authorities
as never having been a citizen.
On this premise his last entry into
the United States, when he returned
from visit to Germany in 1888, was
as an alien. His subsequent convic-
ton made him subject to deporta-
ton.
Kuhn's wife and son were interned
with him at Crystal City, but were
sent back to Germany on February
Is. 1914, aboard the Gripsholm
Evening star., 1945-05-18
House Inquiry Holds
Reporter in CONTEMPT
Over Veteran Stories
Deutsch of PM Won't
Tell Source Of Articles
Critieizine Agency
, the Associated Press.

d tiit AsooCidtcu Ffess.
The House Veterans Commit
tee today cited for contempt a
newSpaperman who refused to
divulge the source of informa-
ton on which he based a series
of articles criticizing the Vet
erans' Administration.
The newspaperman, Albert
Deutsch, 80, an employe of the New
York newspaper PM, based his re-
fusal on professional ethics"
The committee voted, l3 to S, in
executive session to take the con-
tempt action, but Chairman Rankin
refused to say how individual men,
bers voted.
Il consider myself bound by my
personal integrity and professional
ethics not to reveal" the names of
Veterans Administration officers
who gave him the information, Mr..
Deutsch replied when Mr.. Rankin
insisted he reveal the names.
Stands on Free Press.
Mr.. Deutsch emphasized that the
articles he wrote were based on in
formation obtained from many peo-
pie outside the Veterans Admins
tration, as well as those in it.
Told by Mr.. Rankin that the oath
he took as a witness was superior
to any journalistic ethics" Mr.
Deutsch said
Il stand on the freedom of the
press
There is no freedom of the press
that permits man to go in and
gather information that is destruc-
tive to the public welfare and spread
it before the public" Mr.. Rankin
said.
When Representative Domengeaux
Democrat, of Louisiana suggested
that the committee inquire further
into the articles that Mr.. Deutsch
had written before determining
whether or not they were destruc-
tive, Mr.. Rankin overruled him and
the committee went into executive
session.
Again Refuses Names.
An hour later Mr.. Deutsch wa.
recalled in public session and agair
refused to give the names the com.
mittee sought. Again the committe.
went into closed session and votee
the contempt proceedings.
Mr.. Deutsch contended the article,
he wrote were not destructive. They
were constructive, he argued.
OF about 100 persons in the Vet,
erans' Administration with whom
he conferred before writing tn,
articles criticizing medical prac
tices In veterans facilities, Mr.
Deutsch said, he was free to dis
close the names of all but "abou
five"
The names of those five, he said
he could not divulge in either oper
or closed session.
After voting to take action against
Mr.. Deutsch, the committee ad.
journed until next Tuesday. Today
(See CONTEMPT, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1945-05-18
Irish Setter, Gift
|OfHonnegon,
Replaces FoIo

Mike, an Irish setter, has taken
over Fala's spot at the White House
The pup, between and months
old, was presented to Miss Mar
garet Truman by Robert E. Hanne-
gan, Postmaster General designate,
Charles G. Ross. White House press
secretary, said today. Mr. Hanne-
gan wanted to call the dog Casey,
but Miss Truman held out for
Mike
1t is the first dog the Presidents S
daughter has owned in several
years, according to Mr.. Ross.
Fala, the late President Roose-
velt's famous scottie, now is with
Mrs. Roosevelt at Hyde Park.