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swer. It must be that the brokers
have good reason to believe that
initiation is on it's way, and that
no matter what may be done to
try to prevent it, prices are 60
ing to go up and the value of the
dollar is going to 60 down.
INITIATION reasons
Chester (Hold-the-price-line)
Bowles, head of the Office of
Price Administration, is still
fighting initiation for all he is
worth, but the bankers have evil
IDENTIFY decided to place their bets
on his attackers. Here are some
of the more obvious reasons:
CD They have evidently inter-
preted President Truman's recent
speech on wages and prices as
Indicating that he will not be
nearly as adamant as Mr.. Bowles
mas been in refusing to permit
price increases.
(2) They think that labor's in
slstence on higher wages will
force price increases as neces-
sary requirement for meeting
higher wages.
(3) They realize that the pent-
up buying power in our country
is so terrific that it will gradually
force its way through the price
llne-that no matter what OPA
does about prices, when the mer-
chandise everybody wants begins
to become available, people will
60 dollarwild in their bids to GET
mold of that merchandise.
The financiers may have a lot
OF other good reasons for anti
clpating initiation. Those are sim
pie ones that a greenhorn can see
But in spite of the sharp trend
toward Initiation, and in spite of
the bets" of the brokers, 1 am
still optimistic enough to think
that initiation could still be stav-
ed off if the people would recog-
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leigh for a few days.

leigh for a few days.
Mrs. Gene Smith, Don Warden
and Isaac Webb, of Bluefield. ".
Va, are visiting relatives here.
this week.
Mrs. Roy Campbell visited
friends here last Sunday.
Mrs. Earl Martin, of Green
Valley, was a visitor here last
week.
Due to a shortage of fuel to heat
the educational building of the
M. E. Church, no regular Sabbath
School was possible last Sunday.
The Beginner and Primary
classes met at the home of their
teacher. If wood is not obtain
able this week, the entire Sun
day School will meet at the home
of Mrs. Claudia Johnson.
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Warrensville News

Mrs Ernest Segraves and Mrs.
Walter Jones were business visi-
tors in North Wilkesboro, last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Johnson and
son, of Valdese, were guests of
homefolks Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmer Jones and
family and J. Elmo Jones, all of
Elon College, were week end
guests of Mrs. Denton Jones.
S.-Sgt. Eura Weaver and Sgt.
Ruth Weaver spent Thanksgiv-
ing with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. J. Weaver.
Mrs. w. H. Jones continues
very i'll.
Mrs. Lucille J. Deese, who has
been employed at Spartanburg,
S. c., spent the week end at home.
Buddy" King, now a student
at Mars Hill, spent Thanksgiving
at home.
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TODAY
and
TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
BROKERS
prophets

BROKERS prophets
The brokers and bankers who
buy and sell large quantities OF
stocks seem able to foresee the
future more accurately than any
fortune teller. They may not be
able to tell you that you are 60
ing to meet a dark-haired man
who will alter your whole life
but in the field of business and
economics they are uncanny IN
their ability to get the correct
answers.
Therefore, when the stock mar
ket prices start rising by leaps
and bounds, as they have recent
IN. it means that the financiers
have seen some handwriting on
the\ wall and are convinced that
inv, .stment in industrial con-
Germ s are worth more money.
(B, .fore 60 any further, I want
Z o ma Ike it clear to readers that
T, am not recommending buying
std cks. don't know anything
oh, ut them. Tomorrow some
thin may happen that will send
them diving to new lows.)
But I am very much interested
in why they have been going up
and up and up, in spite of the
fact that labor difficulties and
shortages Of material make the
re for industry look
worse evers day.
There seen IS to be only one an
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-11-29
Great Christmas
Carols Work of
Inspired Clergy

Since that first Christmas when
the angels sang GLORY to God in the
Highest" music has been a vital
part of the holiday season, schools.
churches and homes ring with joy
Gus hymns and songs. The first
singing of carols in the streets. we
are told, was in the year 1924.
When we think of Christmas we
think of the pictures you see on
Christmas cards of houses almost
buried in snow, candles burning in
windows, and carolers grouped
around a doorway, singing with all
their hearts to the distant peal Of
church bells. Christmas must have
been picturesque in those days, no
automobiles whizzing by. just the
merry jingle Of sleigh bells.
''Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
was written in 1880 by Charles Wes-
ley, younger brother of John Wesley,
who founded the Methodist denomi-
nation, but was not published until
1856. Inspiration for the poem came
to Wesley as he walked to church
one Christmas morning.
Bishop Phillip Brooks, rector Of
the Holy Trinity church in Philadel-
phia, was asked by his Sunday
school children to write a Christmas
song, so in 1868 he produced ''Oh Lit
tie Town of Bethlehem" After writ
ing the hymn, he went to the church
organist and asked him to furnish a
tune. The organist, Lewis H. Red
ner, says the air came to him in a
Christmas dream, and it was finished
for the next days services.
Origin of Silent Night
But most beloved of all Christmas
music is ''Silent Night, Holy Night,
written, we are told, by Father Jo-
SET Mohr, who found himself without
means of music for the Christmas
services because mice had eaten the
bellows of the church organ. Father
Josef was greatly troubled over the
calamity, and as he returned from
administering rites to dying wom-
an he stood on a hilltop, at mid
night, and it came to him that it
must have been just such silent
night that the Christ child was born,
so he went home and composed the
words to our famous Christmas
hymn.
Then, of course, it needed music,
so he went to his old schoolmaster,
Franz Gruber. And so Franz played
his guitar and Father Josef sang a
Christmas hymn that will never die.
Few think of this lovely hymn
without remembering how we
watched our radio dial at Christmas
time for fs rendition by one of the
most beloved of singers, Madame
Schumann-H eink.
Oh, those were days of simplicity,
when rectors casting about for suit
able Christmas programs turned po-
cts, and organists turned composers
to furnish the music, music that
goes on forever.
They would, indeed, be gratified if
they could hear our present Christ
mas day programs. pouring out of
little cabinet in the corner, their
labors of love have come long way
from that steel guitar and a gentle
voice replacing nibbled bellows.
they'd be surprised to learn their
flock now does it's Christmas shop
ping to their inspira tional tunes.
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Those attending the Wake For
est-South Carolina game this
Thursday were: Rachel RAIDER,
Juanita Weaver, Thomas S. john
Ston and Morris Eller.
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Loud Welcome

Spanish settlers brought the Gus.
ON of hailing Christmas with fire
hackers and bonfires, a procedure
1'at astounds northerners in Louisi
a:sa..
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Don't let the boys down-buy
Victory Bonds NOW!
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Jap Suicide
Attack Fails

GUAM, May 5 (INS)-SmaSh-
ing of a suicidal japanese counter
attack against American forces on
Okinawa was reported today by
Admiral Nimitz.
The enemy counterblow was
launched yesterday morning when
more than 600 Japs In landing
vessels attempted to attack be-
hind the American lines on Oki-
nawa. At the same time enemy
aircraft attacked American ship
ping in coordination with sorties
BY Jap suicide surface craft.
The communique listed at least
154 Jap aircraft destroyed in yes
terday's operations in and around
Okinawa area and ID enemy sui
eide boats sunk.
japanese air attacks cost the
American sea forces five light
surface units sunk and an undis-
closed number of others damaged.
Personnel losses to the japanese
in the abortive sneak landing at
tack were not disclosed by Nj
mitz, but international News
Service correspondent Julia n
Hartt, in a frontline dispatch, said
that more than 200 bodies of bull
let riddled Japs were counted on
coral reef off the west coast of
the island.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
33 Mines


WASHINGTON, May 5 (INS)
Solid Fuels Administrators Ickes
has taken possession of 33 more
soft coal mines i'm which work
Stoppages have tied up produc-
ton since April 80, despite gov
ernment approval Of a new wage
contract drafted by owners and
union officials.
The latest mine seizures brought
the total number of soft coal
pits under government control to
272. Ickes took over 236 mines
April 10--the same day that the
United Mine Workers Union and
the operators reached agreement
on terms of the new contract.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Hit Jap
Plane
Plant

GUAM. May S 1NS)-Mseo
than 1s0 Superforts from Mart
anas bases today attacked Japans
vital Hiro naval aircraft factory,
five miles east of Kure and south-
eastern Honshu.
It was the first Superfort at.
tack Of the war against the kurs
area. The B.2os struck shortly
before noon from medium altitu6e
after an earlier strike By q
smaller Supsrfort force against
two airfisIds on kSOashu.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
LET US HELP YOU...

We provide our customers. who
are leaving Detroit, with intro
ductions to the banks in the
communities to which they are
going, send identifics ton cards
and sample signatures, and
cither send or provide them with
q check which they alone can
cash. Thus, their money 10 pro-
tected, they are saved much
time and inconvenicnco in es-
tablishins new banking rels-
tionships and the good record
they established with us here i'm
Detroit II carried on by the new
banks.
This Il part OF our policy Of "no
ceiling on service at the National
Bank Of Detroit, whether your
account 10 large or small, new or
old"
Leo D. Heaphy, Vios President
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07

for their troubles and the remark
that was made most often to me
was:
I'VE are victims OF our lead
ership."
One day last November I wal
taken into the office OF DR.. Pau
Schmidt. head of the press sec.
tion of the German foreign Office
He said quite frankly that
Germany had no chance to drive
the Americans and British back
out of France and into the sea.
But he insisted that the German
army could keep the western Al
lies out of Germany through the
winter and, in the spring, start q
tremendous offensive against the
Russians.
SOUGHT COMPROMIsE
"This offensive" he said,
"will shatter the Russians' prop
uganda front line and roll up
their last-ditch army. Then we
Will force England and the
United States into . compro-
misc peace"
They clung to that hope until
January. Then the Russians made
their great breakthrough and
threw all Of eastern Germany into
chaos. The German propaganda
lists made one last attempt. They
circulated a story that Marshal
Timoshenko had led q revolt
against Marshal Stain and had
seized the great military base Of
Smolensk.
This coup, the German propa-
gandists told their people, had
split the Russians eastern front
and deprived the northern end Of
it of supplies.
The onrushing Red army gave
the lie to such propaganda.
FLEE RED ARMY
Now, the German panic is on.
The fear of the Russians has
caused groups of armed Germans,
numbering as many as 100. to try
to surrender to American prison
ers of war who still were deep
inside Russian-occupied Germany
Today the woods of Germany
are full of German soldiers who
are sneaking westward - away
from the Russians and toward
surrender TO the western Allies.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
usetoHedr


WASHINGTON. May 5with
the previous invitation TO Sister
Elizabeth Kenny to appear before
the House rules committee re-
scinded by Chairman SABBATH CD
Of Illinois. Rep. O'Tools tD) Of
New York has announced that he
will address the House Monday
regarding obstacles placed In the
way Of the famous Kenny treat.
ment for infantile paralysis.
OToole, author Of q resolution
calling for a congressional probe
into interference with the efforts
OF the Australian nurse TO pro.
mulgate her remarkable methods
In this country, said hs would
bring out the whole story on the
floor d the House.
DOCTORS ACCUSED
O'Toole charged that certain
medical leaders had attempted 70
belittle the results obtained by the
Kenny treatment, despite the In
disputable evidence that her
methods had brought about re
coveries without dsformitiss In
virtually all cases of infantils
paralysis undergoing II.
He further charged that certain
groups were attempting to de-
velop a boycott Of Sister Ksnnys
efforts to spread her treatment
despite the fact that at least q
modified form OF her methods now
was being used In the medical
world for the treatment Of polio
O'TOoLE SURPASSED
O'Toole expressed amazsmsnt
that Sister Kenny. In Washington
ready to appear before the corn.
mittee, was not to be called.
He referred to previous pub
lished statements from Chairman
SABBATH In which SABBATH had as
serted he would invite Sister
Kenny before the committee.
Sister Kenny, here In connsc.
ton with the preparation Of q
documentary Aim OF her methods
for the Australian legation. Will
leave for New York City Monday.
She had planned TO show the
film, demonstrating the results of
her treatment, before the rules
committee.
Chairman SABBATH declared that
the committee had decided Con-
gress had no jurisdiction over Sis.
ter Kenny's controversy with the
medical profession and that. fur.
thermore. il was customary for
the committee to hear only mem
bers of Congress.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Caragennan
Loses $500

Anthony Nihra. II. operator q
the A 4 3 Garage. 1854 Tfvmbull,
reported hs was robbed q 800
early today by an armed Negro
who forced himself into his auts.
mobile when he stopped at LAfay.
etts and Chsne.
Nibra, who was en- route to his
home at 1426 Helen. said the BAN
dit forced him to drive 70 L. Fort
and Jos. Campeu, and then flsd.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
SLAP AT vANDENBERG

In some quarters the British
declaration was regarded as a
counterattack on the Vandenberg
amendment.
The Vandenberg plan as finally
approved by Britain and China
makes no reference TO treaties
but provides a review of any
situation arising anywhere in the
world"
The French were lining up sol
idly with Britain. They were
hitherto a little nervous over the
fate OF 1ndo-China. New Gale
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Jap Mine Fields
S|owAussieP Push

MANILA. May s tUP)--AllisA
bombers and warships blasted =
path today for Australian troops
driving toward the heart q Tara.
kan City on Tarakan Island OF
the east coast Of Bornso.
Japanese gun emplacssnenta,
ammunition dumps and numerous
buildings were destroyed.
Front reports said the Auo.
tralian drive on the Islands Air.
field, northeast Of the LinskAa
bsachhead, wa being hampersl
by an extensive system of eloctxt-
cally controlled land minss.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07

COLDWATER, May 5-George
f. Kershaw, local manufacturer,
has just been elected president of
the Coldwater Rotary Club, How
ard Teeter. an insurance broker,
was named vice president, and
Norman G. Kohl, a banker, as
treasurer.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Million Eggs Make
Old Monty Ca(kIe

MARSHAL MONTGOMERY'S
HQ., May 5 (UP)-Field Marshal
Montgomery said today that over
a million men were involved in the
German surrender to his forces.
"It's a good egg," remarked
Montgomery with a smile.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Axis Loses 8,03I Planes

WASHINGTON, May 5 (UP)-
The u. s. Army airforces de-
stroyed a total of 8,031 German
and Japanese planes during the
first four months Of 1945. il was
learned today at the war depart
ment
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
REMlTTANCES 70 FREED
COUNTRIES

The situation changes rapidly
in Europe, with many Detroiters
anxious to send money to their
relatives. Up-to-date, thoroughly
reliable information il Of utmost
Importance and our Foreign De
partment Is In closest possible
contact with government author
tiles and approved banks overseas.
BELGIUM, We are now
able To transfer money by
cable to Belgium. Hereto
fore, only ordinary mail
service has boon advisable.
ITALY; We have completed
arrange IN ents to have
money paid through the
banks nearest to- the homes
of those To whom it IL sent.
GREECE, Remittances to
East Macedonia and Thrace
arc subject to indefinite de-
lay duo to the disruption Of
com munication facilities.
Remittances to other prov
inces are being made with
only moderate delay.
Watch this column for the most
reliable, up-to-date information
on remittances to liberated coun-
tries-or. for that matter. any
part OF the world where banking
business can be transacted.
George II. Zimmerman, Assis-
tant Vice President, Foreign De-
partment.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
2 MAJOR DEFENsEs

The unconditional surrender OF
an estimated 100000 Germans
iu Holland, Denmark and north
west Germany was officially an
nounced by Gen. Eisenhower to-
day.
The announcement from Su-
preme Allied Headquarters de-
clared the official capitulation
took place at the prearranged
deadline Of 8 a. m. t2 a. m. EWT)
at which time all hostilities
ceased.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
$4,000 Animals Aided

PHIL ELPHIA, May 5
(INS)-Animal ampul anc e
Changed through Philadelphia
streets more than $4,000 times last
year in answer to calls for sick,
stray or unwanted cats and dogs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Gas PUMPS Freed

WASHINGTON. May S tUP)-
PAW today released gasoline
pumps and storage tanks for
civilian use because those held in
storage are no longer needed for
military purposes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07

If you do not have nm account
with us, We can protect your
money when travelling by CASH
ier's Checks or through Ameri-
can Express Travellers Checks,
both of which afford you conn
plete protection at the lowest
possible cost.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Germans
Continue Fight
CONTINUED from Page One)

the executive offices at S:35
there was nothing to report.
In a broadcast over an unidenti-
fed station, DoentiZ called on the
German armies in Austria, Czecho-
Slovakia and Yugoslavia TO fight
on and save as many Germans as
possible from "enslavement" by
the Russians.
The new fuehrer told the Ger
man armies still holding out that
they were mot only protecting
yourselves at this time, but also
many millions of German men,
women and children who are east
OF the area under control OF the
Americans"
(Reports from Copenhagen,
received by the United Press,
said that Danish patriots and
German army trOops-whO only
"a hours ago were sworn enc
mies-were fighting side by side
I'm an attempt TO subdue 1000
Danish Nazi police entrenched
In buildings and behind street
barricades.)
COPENHAGEN sHELLED
German warships standing in
the harbor shelled parts of Co
penhagen for 25 minutes early
today. Ten persons were re-
ported killed.
(Patriots were reported patrol
ing the premises OF DIR. Werner
Best, Nazi minister to Denmark,
after he appealed for prOtec-
tion.)
Meanwhile, many Danish col
laborators were being rounded up
and some were being shot on the
Spot by patriots,
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Oetroiter Wounded

Pvt. George Edward Reid q
Detroit, brother of Ernest Raid
of A60 Lillibridge. has suffered
minor wounds overseas. the Cana
dian army headquarters at ct.
tawa announced today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Chase National Cleared

NEW YORK, May 5 (UP)-The
Chase National Bank was acquit-
ted in federal court today OF
charges OF conspiracy and vio-
lation OF government orders freez-
ing foreign deposits.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE JR.
(Cepyrisht. ts4s, hy Unises PrsssI

1hey thlnk the DornD plot against
Hitler, hatched by German army
officers, succeeded. They think
Heinrich Himmler and small
group of his henchmen seized con-
troll of Germany after July 20 and
kept IL in the war.
Few Germans believe the story
their own propagandists put out
that Hitler died in battle as the
Russians closed in against the
heart of Berlin. The ones who do
believe that are Nazi fanatics who
also believe they can 60 under
ground and continue the fight
against the Allies for years.
PLANNED SURRENDER
For the last few weeks no Ger
mans with whom l talked cared
where Hitler was. They didn't
care whether he was dead or
alive. The only thing they cared
about was getting themselves into
position to surrender to the Amer
ttdttS tile I3t tttStt.
At the Luckenwald camp, where
1 was a prisoner. the German
guards talked frankly about what
they intended to do when the
Russians came storming up to
the gates.
They said oi1ey intended to fire
one token volley and then run.
Actually, they didn't wait to do
that. They fled before the Rus
SLAMS ever got there and turned
the camp over to those of US who
were prisoners.
KNEW CAUSE LOST
The average German soldier
seems to have realized as early as
last fall that he was fighting in
a lost cause. / say that because
there were two weeks after was
captured that 1 was forced to live
in the battlefield with a unit of
the German army.
We were surrounded by Allied
troops southwest of Epinal on the
western approaches to the Vosges.
For transportation, we had a
strange convoy of French civilian
automobiles and, most OF the day
light hours, we were strafed by
Allied planes. l jumped into
bitches with my captors.
TOOK ALLIED MONEY
1 talked with staff officers, SER
geants and privates. Sometimes,
they gave me sausages and Gig
arets. One day. L tried TO buy
a bottle of schnapps from French
distiller and offered him Allied
occupation money in payment. He
finally took it when some of my
German captors told him:
"The Americans will be here
In two days or sO."
knew then that the Germans
knew they were beaten.
My captors finally broke out OF
the Allied trap and then I was
shuttled from place to place. In
these travels, l came into contact
with all types of Germans, from
officials Of the foreign office TO
victims of gestapo torture.
BLAME LEADERSHIP
Almost all of them were blam-
inc Hitler and the Na1i repirne
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
6,4I2 Planes in April

WASHINGTON, May 5 (UP)-
The nations aircraft factories pro-
duced 6.4l2 military planes during
April, WPB announced today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
Hitler Believed
Dead Since July

EDITORS NOTE-Mr Beottie, United Press tCdr
correspondent, has Just been released from German
prison camp. He eW back to Paris and is reporting to
Gen Eisenhower today.
BY EDWARD BEATTIE
PARIS, May 81 do not know the answer to the
mystery of Adolf Hitler but tell you what good pro-
portion of the German peope-from frontine troops to
village housewives-think about il.
They think he has been dead since July 20, 1914.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-07
British. Americans
Split Over Islands
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the japanese in the Pacific under
world security rules. The British
position would give all United Ma
tions voice in ruling the Jap
islands, captured by American sol
diers, sailors and marines.
The British also would deny the
new world security order any po-
wer to review old League of Ma
tions mandates without their con-
sent. They also declined to give
the security order any authority
over their colonial empire.
BRITAIN FIRM ON INDIA
The British stand would block
any review of the British mandate
in Palestine without Britain's con-
sent. 1t would deny the security
order all authority to sift India's
problems, without British consent.
This British position is regarded
by American statesmen as di-
rect blow TO the United States in
several ways. Aside from the
Pacific situation, it would prevent
any future review of the colonial
situation in the Caribbean, where
European nations have fortified
outposts at Americas door, with
out the consent of the European
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