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Highlights Of War For Past Two Years Given; Dates Are Announced I Two-Year Chronology Since Pearl Harbor Good For Scrap Book. Two years ago Pearl Harbor oc curred. Two years ago the United States declared War on Japan, then on Germany and Italy. Here are the highlights of the two years of the war arranged by dates: 1941 Dec. 7 ? Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Guam and Phillipines. Dec. 8 ? U. S. declares war on Japan. Dec. 11 ? Germany and Italy declare war on U. S. Dec.r 24 ? U. S. garrison at Wake falls to Japanese. 1942 Jan. 1 ? United Nations pact signed by 26 governments. Jan. 2 ? Manila falls; Ameri cans retire to Bataan. Jan. 26 ? First U. S. troops land in Northern Ireland. Feb. 15 ? Singapore falls. March 5 ? Japanese take Java. March 17 ? General MacArthur arrives in Australia. April 9 ? Bataan capitulates. April 18 ? Doolittle's flyers bomb Tokyo. May 8 ? U. S. navy rips Jap fleet in Coral Sea. May 6 ? Corregidor falls. June 4 ? U. S. navy routs Jap anese at Midway. June 12 ? Japan gains toehold in Aleutians. June 21 ? Tobruk falls; Ger mans push into Egypt. July 3 ? Russia admits Sevas topol falls ? after 8-month seige. July 4 ? U. S. Army bombers stage^first raid in Western Europe. /^July 5 ? British stall Rommel's drive before Alexandria. Aug. 8 ? U. S. forces land on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Aug. 9 ? Germans push into Caucasus. Aug. 19 ? Commandos stage raid on Dieppe. Sept. 17 ? Nazis penetrate Stal fcigrad. Sept. 26 ? Japanese retreat in New Guinea. Oct. 25 ? British smash Rom mel's lines at El Alamein. Nov. 8 ? U. S. and British forces invade North Africa. Nov. 11 ? Amaricans capture Casablanca and Oran, end French resistance; Nazis invade unoccu pied France. Nov. 19 ? Russians open winter offensive at Rzhev and Stalingrad. Nov. 27 ? Most of French fleet scuttled at Toulon. Dec. 1 ? Darlan becomes chief of state in French Africa. , Dec. 24 ? Darlan assassinated; Giraud takes over. 1943 Jan. 13 ? Russians advance in Caucasus. Jan. 18 ? Reds break siege of Stalingrad. Jan. 24 ? British take Tripoli. Jan. 26 ? Roosevelt and Chur chill end 10-day meeting at Casa blanca, vow "unconditional surren der" of Axis. Jan. 27 ? First all-American aerial assault on Germany made by U. S. heavy bombers. Feb. 10 ? Guadalcanal cleared of Japs. March 29 ? Axis defenses at Mareth line in Tunisia collapse. May 7 ? Tunis and Bizerte fall. May 14 ? Americans gain foot hold on Attu. May 30 ? Jap garrison on Attu wiped out. June 3 ? Provisional govern ment set up for French empire. June 11 ? Pantalleria surrend- 1 ?rs after aerial blasting. July 1 ? Allies take Rendova island. July 5 ? U. S. wins naval battle Every Day . . . We Have People Come Into Our Office and Say .... "I didn't know yon could do work like that" We Do Every Kind ?of? PRINTING Why not see us before sending that order out of town. The Print Shop MRS. E. E. BROWN Owner Still At The Sams Looatio*. 7 with Japs in Kula Gulf. July 7 ? Americans land on Munda. July 9 ? Allies invade Sicily. July 12' ? Russians open sum mer offensive. July 19 ? Allies bomb Rome. Jufr 25 ? Mussolini is putsched; Badoglio becomes new prime min ister. Aug. 1 ? U. S. heavy bombers make 2,400-mile round trip to raid oil fields at Ploesti. Aug 15 ? U. S. forces occupy Kiska. Aug. 17 ? Allies complete con quest of Sicily. 0 Aug. 28 ? Jap resistance ends on New Georgia island. Sept. 1 ? U. S. naval force blasts Marcus Island. Sept. 3 ? British invade Italy. Sept. 8 ? Italy surrenders. Sept. 9 ? Americans fend near Salerno. Sept. 12 ? Mussolini freed by^ Sept. 16 ? Lae falls to Ameri cans. Oct. 1 ? Allies capture Naples. Oct. 5 ? U. S. navy pounds Wake Island. Oct. 7 ? Red Army crosses Dnieper. Oct. 12 ? Portugal gives Allies use of Azores. Oct. 13 ? Italy declares war on Germany. Nov. 1 ? Americans invade Bou gainville. Nov. 1 ? U. S., Britain and Rus sia announce pact. Nov. 6 ? Russians take Kiev. Nov. 7 ? Reds take Rastov, 35 miles beynod Kiev. Nov. 8 ? Hitler calls on Ger man armed forces, people for fight to the finish. Nov. 9 ? Churchill cautions Al lies against hopes of early peace, predicts climax of European war in 1944. Nov. 11 ? U. S. navy planes sink three, damage 12 Jap warships at Rabaul. Nov. 13 ? Reds take Zhitomir. Nov. 19 ? Reds lose Zhitomir in first major reverse in 4 months. Nov. 20 ? Allies announce record 12-hour aerial attack on Germany. Nov. 20 ? Marines, soldiers launch new Pacific offensive with invasion of Gilbert Islands. Nov. 24 ? Gilberts captured. Nov. 25 ? British cross Sangro River line near Adriatic coast. Nov. 26 ? Soviets announce new major drive north of Gomel. Nov. 26 ? Sattelberg taken by Australians. Nov. 27 ? Colombia recognizes "state of belligerency" against Has Bright Future DIMPLED, curvaceous Gale Kobbinj has a good reason for that very be coming smile She is one of a select group chosen by a big movie mogul as one of Hollywood's stars of the near future. After looking her over from head to toe (Just as you're doing) we more than agree that the cinema producer is a man of excel lent judgment. ( International ) Relief At Last ForYour Cough Creomulsion relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, ln flamed bronchial mucous mem branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the un derstanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis Nazis. Dec. 1 ? Cairo conference plans annr>uncpd. Gay News Sgt.- Jes^e Buchanan left last Sunday for his post in Indiana. He has spent a fifteen day furlough with his wife and parents and other j relatives. Pfc. Taylor Ca|n*, wht> is station ed in New YorTf; is Spending a ten- ' day furlough with his wife and | little daughter, Shirley Ann, and j his father, H. IX Cabe. i Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Herrin, of j Manor, Georgia, arrived last week to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Buchanan. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Price, of Highlands, sp-nt the week-end with j her father, H. D. Cagle and her sis- j ter, Mrs. Paul Buchanan. Mrs. Vester Morgan, of Canton, spent the week end with her par anan. Sgt. Cash Clark is spending the Christmas holidays with his par ents. Sgt. Clark is now- stationed in Boston. Mrs. Ralph Davis, of Candler, spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barron. Miss Marjorie Beck of Sylva, spent the week-end here with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jones an Baptist Starting Radio Programs DR* W. K, WHITE The Southern Baptist Conven tion is sponsoring a new series of religious broadcasts {or the first thirteen Sundays of 1944 from eight thirty to nine o'clock EWT. A similar broadcast last year had an estimated average audience of 2,300,000 and this year's broad casts are expected to build up an unprecedented audience for a re nounce the birth of a daughter on December fifth. Youf;cup'?>nd/ BcftParhof tkeTDcal ligious broadcasFT Stations carrying the broadcasts that can be hiard in Sylva are WNOX, Knuxvilje, _^FrnTiessee; i WSB, Atlanta; WSM. Nashville, and WSPA, Spartanburg. The programs will originate in the stu- j dios of WSB, Atlanta. The first program in the series will be broadcast Sunday morning, January second, and the speaker will be Dr. W. R. White, Editorial Secretary of the Baptist Sunday , School Board. His subject will be,' "The Shaking of the Nations." FOR SALE Approximately 65 acres good timber and wood, several acres suitable for cultivation. Near Speedwell, N. C., known as the Hoyle Bryson Farm. Pr^e $3,? 000. Write Ray V. BrysoOj 745 Trust Company of Geor gia. Atlanta, Ga. RITZ THEATRE MATINEE ? Saturday 12:45 and 2:15 ? LATE SHOW 10:30 ? NIGHT SHOWS 6:45 and 9:15 ? ADMISSIONS Adults 30c Tax Included ? Children Under 12, 11c Tax lag, Wednesday ? December 22 "Alaska Highway" With Richard Arlen and J. Parker. _) Thursday ? December 23 "This Land Is Mine" Starring C. Laughton and M. O'Hara. Friday ? December 24 "Buckskin Frontier" With Richard Dix Saturday ? December 25 "Undercover Man" With William Boyd and Andy Clyde. LATE SHOW ? 10:30 P. M. - "She Has What It Takes" Starring Jinx Falkenberg. Monday-Tuesday ? December 27-28 "The Human Comedy" With Veronica Lake and F. Tone. ? , Wednesday ? December 29 "Submarine Alert" With Richard Arlen and Wendie Barrie. <QP mm / MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL Never before has the spirit of our own American Christmas symboliz ed such far-flung hopes and dreams . . . traversed five other continents, reached to countless other climes. Never before has the significance / of Christmas been so deep, for so many here at home. CANNON BROTHERS 0AS???ND CANNON BROS. 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