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Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office Sylva, N. C.
Published Weekly By
DAN TOMPKINS
t)AN TOMPKINS, Editor
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x^Nonh Carolina
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FDI1QRTAI,
"U. S. on Road to Inflation, Wickard Warns".
Well, it is some relief to know where us is headed.
Fifty French hostages, innocent in every way of
the crime, if it be a crime, were executed before a
firing squad to avenge the death of a German officer
of the Army of Occupation at Nantes, who was assassinated.
Fifty more are to be shot unless the guilty
persons are brought to justice before midnight, tonight.
And prior to 1914, Germany was numbered
among the civilized nations.
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Speaking ol roaas, inis is just to rernuiu hum
Highway 19 from Buncombe west must be widened,
straightened, and made ready for heavy traffic. It is
the most important road to all of us, once referred to
as "The Main Street of North Carolina." Yet, there
are intimations that there is a movement afoot to
do something else first. The Journal's advice, based
on sound common sense, is to spend what money we
have for road building on improving the present
highways, with much attention being given to the
secondary, or country roads. This, we are sure would
best serve the interests of all the people.
MAGNESIUM: CAN IT BE DONE?
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Can magnesium be produced on a large and continuous
scale from the North Carolina olivine? Mr.
Arthur H. Bunker, Chief of Aluminum and Magnes*
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lum ?>railCIl, WlllUC ui nuuui/tiuii anu
at ordinary times an official of the Aluminum Company
of America, expresses considerable doubt about
it. He says: "We have given considerable attention
and thought to the possibilities latent in the olivine
deposits of North Carolina in the manufacture of
magnesium'' (We'll wager he has) "I can assure you
that the difficulties in this regard are by no means
confined to the availability of power but stem also
from the technical prob^ms involved in the conversion
of magnesium silicate into the chloride on a
large and continuous scale."
While Mr. Bunker has his expressed doubts, there
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die utiicio wiiw uavc guiic tAiiouowyv/ij uiiv miv vvakj
ject in laboratory tests, and they are convinced that
there is no great difficulty about it. For more than
two years efforts have been made to induce OPM to
send experts here in order that it may de demonstrated
that it can be done; but these experts have not
yet arrived. The Tennessee Valley Authority has also
conducted experiments along this line, and those experiments
are reported, unofficially, to be most successful.
So, it would appear that there are at least
two known methods of producing the magnesium
chloride from which magnesium metal is made, from
the olivine deposits of North Caroilna. A ton and a
half of magnesium sulphate is being produced daily
at Webster, from olivine.
If these two methods are practical, and we believe
they are, it opens up to the United States a supply of
magnesium that is staggering in its proportions, and
which would upset all present calculations of supply
in the magnesium and aluminum production
fields. The implications are plain. The Journal does
not believe that there would be any serious objection
to the establishment of one plant to produce
30,000,000 pounds of metallic magnesium per year
from olivine. That would not be sufficient to affect
present magnesium or aluminum producing units.
But, should such a plant lead to the exploitation of
the entire immense and inexhaustable olivine deposits
for the production of magnesium, that would be
an entirely different story, with implications that
are stupendous.
But, the government needs magnesium. Plants
have been approved by the OPM and the RFC in other
states; and some of those plants have been calling for
olivine magnesium with which to operate. This m
itself is an admission of shortage of raw materials
there, and also that olivine is possibly a practical
source of supply.
All that Mr. Bunker has been asked to do at this
time, is to send honest experts here in order that they
may be shown that it can be done; that it is practical;
that it is feasible; that the deposits are here in huge
quantities; and that every natural setting is present
for the production of metallic magnesium in this
county, where the largest deposits of the mineral occur.
.The ^T0llr^e *s here- The government needs magnesium.
North Carolina, we are convinced, can supply
it. Is it unreasonable to request, Mr. Bunker that
We ?Wnd t0 d strate the practicability of our
proposal? Or, is the North Carolina source ofZ
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production of the metal has been allocated elsewhere,
with the possibility that other sources will be inadequate
to meet the needs of the government?
North Carolina does not want to furnish the raw
materials for plants in other States, when all the
argument is in favor of its conversion into the metal
at the source of the mineral supply. North Carolina,
especially this part of it, has been passed up long
enough in defense effort. Here, we believe is a proposal
that is fair and jiist, and that would contribute
greatly to the needs of the Nation. But, we want the
plants here. "North Carolina", as Governor Broughton
said, "has been feeding the cow too long already,
while somebody else has been milking her."
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THE FRUITS OF THE FLESH
I Mrs. Roosevelt is shocked beyond measure at the
German government's moral turpitude in encouraging,
nay, practically ordering German girls to produce
babies for the Fatherland, without benefit of
clergy or even civil marriage rites. But what of the
Polish and girls of other conquered countries being
forced into brothels for German officers and men!
And Germany was numbered among the civilized nations
of the world, prior to 1914. Can this indeed be
the same Germany that in times past produced some
of the great souls of the earth? Can, indeed, a whole
nation go mad? Can the teachings of Christianity be
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entirely wipea irom tne minus ui a oncu oiinatmii
nation in so short a time? Can leadership such as
Germany has had, entirely change the character of
a nation in a few decades? Or, had the change been
taking place for several generatings? Had not
the Prussian idea of a super race, destined to rule the
rest of mankind, inferiors such as we, and the worship
of Pagan gods of force, been bringing forth its
fruits of corruption for many years? Poor Germany!
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stilled into your people have brought a terrible condemnation
upon you. How hardly will you be able to :
stand before the fierce wrath of God and man that is i
being stored up against you: "Vengeance is mine,
saith the Lord. I will repay."
TIMING HER BLOWS AT US j
Timed to an exact nicety, for full impression
upon the Oriental Japanese minds, came the dastardly
attack upon the American destroyer, Kearney, off
Iceland, with the loss of eleven men. The full force
of the German drive toward Moscow was moving, Japan
was wavering in the balance, and then, the inviolability
of American Naval ships was struck a
mighty blow by a German submarine, The meaning
was clear. Germany was saying to Japan, "You see,
American ships can be attacked successfully. The
American Navy is vulnerable. You needn't be afraid
to try any move we may desire you to make in the ,
Pacific. Between us in the Atlantic and you in the
Pacific, Uncle Sam can be kept in hot water long
enough for the two of us to finish up our jobs of ag- 1
nrroccirm onri then we'll all team un on the Ameri
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cans," Quickly following that came the torpedoing of
the empty freighter, American owned and flying the
American flag, Sunday night. The Lehigh w|is far i
from any combat zone. She was in the South Atlan- 1
tic, off the coast of Africa, minding her own business, 1
when this additional and particularly atrocious act ,
of piracy was perpetrated. Then the Bonne Venture, <
American-owned, but with the flag of our sister Re- i
public of Panama upon her, was sent to the bottom
in the North Atlantic. j 1
It all adds up to the same thing. Germany i? try- \
ing to impress Japanese so as to strengthen their ]
resolution to move upon Russia through Siberia or i
upon the Dutch East Indies. It is assurance that Ja- j
panese can understand, that Germany, if the Nipponese
will move, will keep a large part of the Amer- {
ican navy occupied in the Atlantic. s
, And still Japan vacillates. There is but one thing t
that she understands, and that is force; and the Jap- e
anese have a nightmare of Tokyo being bombarded *
from the air by Russian, British, and American
planes. 1 c
' But, with all, the tribe of isolationists diminishes s
in and out of Congress every time a torpedo strikes an s
American ship, or every time the Japanese appear ?
to be about ready to go on the rampage in the Pa- g
cific area. Those who live by the sword understand f
that they can perish by the sword, and force is the k
only persuasion that they can comprehend in this
mad world. I
The time may and will come, when men can turn i
to reason again; but so long as mad nations run
cent of neighbor countries, just so long will force be
the only method of dealing with them, b
America must repeal the so-called Neutrality Act. t]
It should never have been enacted. Btit it was the ^
outgrowth of the false thinking that the American n
people did during the period between World War No. s
1 and World War No. 2. It was virtually a voluntary a
surrender of all the rights of the Freedom of the Seas ?
for tvhich we had contended since we became a nation.
It showed how far fallacious and wishful think- a!
ing can carry men and nations astray from the paths t<
of truth. It has now been clearly demonstrated that dl
it served none of the good purposes for which it was J
intended. . J * m
America must now stand up as she did of old, and g<
sound the trumpet blast of Freedom, for herself and a
all others who desire it; and be willing to back up the ai
sail with the full force of her arms, if it is necessary. ^
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yourself and developing leadership?
THE ARMY'S TEACHING THAT TO A MILUON AND A HALF ?~=
YOUNG MEN.t SAYS LIEUTENANT GENERAL HUGH A. DRUM,
"the corporal of today requires the leadership
qualifications of the lieutenant of yesterday."
HU6H A. DRUM METSJTUAT/ONS I SO DID
KARL TRUESDELL.
BORN IN MICHIGAN,COMMISSIONED BORN IN MINNESOTA.
SECOND LIEUTENANT FROM CIVIL PRIVATE SOLDIER, 1901.
LIFE IN I8?8. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MAJOR GENERAL TODAY,
TODAY, IN COMMAND OF THE 6 ARMY CORPS
THE WHOLE F/RSTARMY? IS HIS COMMAND.
MAINE TO 6EORGJA.
^ T~i* x t 01 carefully with AAA fieldmen and !
Quality First In Sale , ...
^ J committeemen In setting up L
Of Surplus Vegetables 1942 farm defense plans which
will provide the requested food 1
Quality is *he first essential in ?
ihe sale of surplus vegetables, a
says H. R. Niswonger, Extension
horticulturist of N. C State Col- ' ^B*
purchaser has ^I
more taste for inferior vegetables
than the gardener, him- M I
self," Niswonger declared, "and.
the buying public will protest KKKKK/KHKKKKM
inferiority by limiting or re- ||J||TIIR
fraining from purchasing them. H4in|||ljXUUa|ftlX|ai|lJ
After high quality, the horticon
in marketing surplus
vegetables, is attractive appear- |J
If an appeals to the |'
eye, the sale is half made. This I
idea involves the grading of I If
Droduce. with reference to size, _ 5
color, shape, ripeness, soundness ONE likes to ll? awafe
and method of display, packing v J3I 4088 tumble, count
and nackaelnff , J ,caus? they 0311 * ** to
^ ? . dull, logy, headachey and irr
Third conies honesty in pack- 1 __ . ; . . .
ing or bunching. Too frequently , .. ever taPP?ned
Niswonger stated the imperfect, to spS thrift "
specked, unclean specimens temper try'
have a habit of hiding them- JI;. .
selves within the-* package or Dr. Miles Effenresct
bunch of good products. , The
evil of this practice is readily ; ?F'
annarent he declared ^ P*0^
apparent, he declared. aid in quieting jumpy, overAs
a fourth consideration, the - ^ ^ rtlrrirfioil, ?
State College specialist said the fa
package OF bunch should be of economical large pa
convenient and desirable size. ffipjjjf fSSteitee^S^oS1
3e suggested that asparagus be ' ?f p*cka*?
narketed in bunches of 2 to 3 'j
o iy2 pounds; lettuce in bunch- ?
ts of 3 to ^0, depending upon s0
:ize; and turnips in bunches of '-\j j / /
! to 5, y eight iy4 pounds, llf J) if $ Ll I L ( I I
"Remember," Niswonger conluded,
"the aim of the gardener
hould be to fully satisy the con- 200,
umer. Observance of this prin- PLAC
iple secures good prices, quicker I v 0PEf
ale, and increased demand, re- I IS
ardless of the quanity of in- E11 ' v erior
vegetables on the mar- ^ ,^y p
ural leaders to us* their nre- fl
f? ? 1 , y LJHCREASING THE AVERAGE LOADING
snt farm equipment and chop- tda?./ ?w ind
in the united effort to raise Z" ? " BY ?NE ?"'
lore food in 1942, says G. Tom R0UGH SUCH 'M^MENTS AS
cott, Johnston County farmer BETTER PLANN,N6 0F SHIPMENTS
nH nholr^on fUK . OR IMPROVED PACKAGE DFOfiM
iiiuii \jx tuc dtctur u oua
f the state USDA Defense ADDS THE E^u,yALENT 0F 4?.?00 aRS
oard to the nation's freight car supply.
The Tar Heel delegation of ' ' '
gricultural leaders which atrnded
a 13-state food-for-free- ioia
am conference at Memphis, TON MILES-5 Months 1916
enn., last week agreed that 150.572,516,000 revenue ton fmles
orth Carolina farmers could '
ieet their share of the nation's
TON MllES-5Months I
id farm equipment." i 169.766.757,000 revenue ton mii
Chairman Scott declares, howler,
that farmers will work
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OCTOBERS, ^
National Forest
For Sale ^B
Sealed owls will be received
the Forest Supervisor, Franklin, ^B
North Carolina, up to and ^ ^B
eluding November 1,1941, tot all H
the live timber marked tot cutting
and 3.11 thof merchantable
dead timoer located on an area ^B
embracing about 1200 acres ^ ^B
the White Rock Creek-Dod^
Creek watersheds, Jackson ^B
County, "Nantahali National
Forests, North Carolina, estimated
to be 2500 units u*
cubic feet per unit) ot chestnut ^B
extractwood and 100 M teet, *. ^B
Hi. of chestnut saw timber, mote
or less. In addition there are on
the area unestimated. amounts
of hemlock pulpwood, hemloct^B
sawtimber, and hemlock tau- B
bark the removal ot which
? ".u
oe optional with the purchaser |
No bid of less than $1.00 per ^
for hemlock sawtimber, $3.00 per
M for chestnut sawtimber. $0.65
per unit (160 cubic feet) for
chestnut cxtractwood and hemlock
pulpwood and $1.50 per ton H
(2000 pounds) for hemlock tan- H
bark will be considered. $100
must be deposited with each bid, H
to be applied on the purchase
price, refunded, or retained in
part as liquidated damages, ac- H
cording to the conditions of sale. H
ine rignt to reject any. and all I
bids reserved. Before bids are I
submitted, full information concerning
the timber, the condi- H
tions of sale, and the submission
of bids should be obtained H
from the Forest Supervisor,
Frankin, North Carplina. H
increases?increases brought on I
by the government's pledge to H
feed 10,000,000 more Britons I
next year and to feed its own
people better. fl
It Pays To Advertise
:e; yet every night thousands
; sheep, worry and fret, besleep.
Next day many feel
itable.
to you? When it does, why
r people do when Nerves
work, enjoyment, and good
ent Nervine Tablets I
rvine Tablets are a combinauseful
for generations as an
strained nerves.
ill be glad to sell you Dr. Miles
i Tablets in convenient small or
ckages. Why not get a package
en over-taxed nerves threaten to
work or spoil your pleasure.
75# Small Package 35*
000 REFUGEES WIRE CARRIED TO
ES OF SAFETY ON RESCUE TRAINS
IATED FREE OF CHARGE BY THE
??R# nunilic TUC ItlUT 1
IUN KAILKVMl/i VUKinw -?
OHIO RIVER FLOOD OF 1937./// /
| T?HE AMERICAN RAILROAD* j ^
' W MOW MOVING, SMOOTHLY
J' AND SWIFTLY, HOtETOHS
Of FREI6HT MORE MILES
oJl | I TKA* THEY DID IN THE
| PtAK WAR-YEAR OF l9'& I
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