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JUNE 4, 1942 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Face S Society I, : H Mrs. rioiu. j jounce Marriage )f Their is""-1 Mrs Frank Guy hare the marriage of their Miss Frankie Guy, to MiU:T'uZe of Wilmington. The 'S'Sllace at Clayton, sam 2ist. on holds a position with Shipbuilding fee t at Wilmington, where J, bib, g,t ot Wend., Good Qufyment ,Kould induce you to pro tect your possession! now ...id Dossible seizure In cist of an automobile mli- hap Call N. Davis & Co. leal Estate Rentals Insurance Satisfaction With Safety" fhone 77 Main Street Miss Harris Weds Corp, Frank Brookshire Mr. and Mrs. W. I.. Harris announced the marriage of their aaugnter, miss Margaret Harris, to Corp. Frank Brookshire nf Lei cester, Buncombe county. The marriage took place on Sunday with Rev. H. W r chaDain of the Good Samaritan i Asheville, and former pastor of the rim Baptist church of Way nesville, officiating. The bride is a- nurs at Rf T seph's Hospital in Asheville, and tne nridegroom is stationed at Fort Eustis. ' ' Weaver H. McCrackenj Jr., has arrived from the University of Alabama, where he has recently received a B. S. degree. Young McCracken enlisted in the Naval Reserve and expects to be called for duty in the near future. Mrs. Bill Cole left Monday for Portsmouth, Va., where she joined her husband for an extended visit ."- Miss Cleta Bryson left Saturday for Chicago. She was joined there by her mother. Mrs. Ben Brvson. and from there they went to their home in Michigan City, Ind. Mrs. Humes Harte has returned from Cincinnati, where she joined her husband for a visit. Tommy Hill, who is attending Georgia Tech, was the guest of his grandmother, Mrs. Chas. R. Thom as, during the week. Mrs. B. Frank Davis and son, Carroll, have recently returned from a two weeks' visit with the former's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miles, of Hamp ton, Va. Miss Ruby Frances Brown, who has been a student at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina for the past year, return ed home on Tuesday and will spend the summer here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brown. -; Misses Polly Lou and Elizabeth Curtis Clements, of Asheville, at tended the funeral here Sunday of their aunt, Mrs. P. E. Hyatt. t NOW Is the Right Time To Buy Your ... Merit Clothing jr Medium Priced Made of Virgin Wool Styled the same as higher priced suits We also feature the famous Gulf Tone Suits Cool ..Comfortable Men's Dress Shirts 790 l0 $2.00 National Park Department Store Main Street WHEN YOU NEED Legal Blanks - - -Chattel Mortgages Warrants Warranty Deeds -Deed Of Trust -State Warrants -Claim-Delivery Proceedings No Trespassing Signs No Hunting Signs Leases -Ejection Blanks -Transcript Of Judgment -"Civil Summons Ve Have Them! The Mountaineer ."Quality Office Supplies" -PHONE 137 i MAIN STREET A Weelt Off The War Army Air Force Commander Ar nold told a press conference in London that United States fight ter and bomber planes will soon join the British. Air Force in bombing Germany. U. S, pilots will have their own air fields and ground crews, he said. "We shall hit the enemy hard and relentless ly until his military power has been broken," Gen. Arnold said. It is obvious that no offensive against Nazi occupied Europe can succeed without air .' superi ority and we mean to have it." Army Service of SuDDly Chief Somervell, also in London, said U. S. and British officials are work ing on a program to standardise military equipment, including tanks and planes, so such equipment may be exchanged freely. Chief of Staff Marshall said American troops are "landing in England and they will land in France." opportunity. They need to be helped through improved nutri tion and possibly through a man ual vocational training process. he said. The' President asked Compress for an additional $600 million for expansion of naval aviation and of warship tonnage. The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill authorizing the navv to ac quire 24 nonrigid blimps, raising the present limit on the number of ships to 72. . PRODUCTION Under Secretary of War Patter son reported the President' goal of 60,000 planes in 1942 will be surpassed "by a substantial mar gin," and tank and ammunition production are keeeping pace with schedules. He said army ordi- nace monthly deliveries are 458 times as great as two years ago. The WPB said production of new machine tools is 72 per cent above last year. The House passed and returned to the Senate legislation setting up a smaller war plants corpora tion Which would make loans to small firms to enable them to ob tain war contracts. ARMY EXPANSION AND TRAINING Chief of Staff Marshall an nounced there will be nearly 4,' 500,000 soldiers under arms by the end of 1942 rather than 3,600,000 as originally planned at the start of the war. During the past four weeks alone the army strength has been increased 309,000 men, he said. The Civil Aeronautics Administration called for volun teers to be trained as glider pilots in the Army Air Forces. SELECTIVE SERVICE U. S. Commissioner of Educa tion ' Studebaker reported about 430,000 are rejected for army ser vice so far because of illiteracy, Of these, 250,000 are physically fit; He said a program is being worked out to give the "function ally illiterate" basic training in reading, : writing and ' arithmetic The President told a press con- ferenc such rejects have a low mental level because of lack of NAVY THE WAR FRONT A navy communique reported U. S. submarines' in Far Eastern waters sank two Japanese cargo ships, probably sank a third, and damaged one heavy crusier. The navy also announced the U. S. De stroyer Blakely reached an undis closed port with 10 of her crew fnissing and six injuried after be ing torpedoed in the Caribbean area.. ' During the week the navy re ported one large, 11 medium-sized and four small United Nations merchant vessels (11 of U. S. registry), and a U. S. trawler were torpedoed or sunk by shellfire in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas. Survivors were landed at East Coast and Caribbean ports. The State Department said the U. S. in abiding by the rules of the Geneva Prisoners of War Conven tion, and the German, Italian and Japanese governments are ap parently doing the same. Bobbie Breese, who has been a student at Christ School during the past year, spent R few days here with his mother, after which he went to Jacksonville, Fla., where he will visit his aunt, Mrs! Wil liam Clark. '. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lane had as their guests Monday, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Sawyer, of Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Sawyer is Mrs. Lane's aunt. ,. Miss Mattie K. and Earnestine Clark, of Arlington, Va., arrived Saturday for two weeks visit with their mother, Mrs. Seymore Clark. Mrs. Cecil Benfield and daughter, Barbara, have arrived for an ex tended visit with Mrs. Benfield's parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Mc Elroy. '. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Young have as the guests this week, Mrs. Wil fred Reece and two children, the latter's sister-in-law, of Travelers Rest, S. C. Richard Bradlev. who has been attending Davidson College, ar rived Wednesday to spend the sum mer vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bradley. Sam McCrarv. who has been lo cated near Detroit for the past year, arrived on Sunday night for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings McCrary, at their home in the Crabtree section. -.. pt' H. G. Hammett. castor of the First Baptist church, is at tending the summer camp of the Royal Ambassadors of the Baptist church at Ridgecrest He is serv ing as one of the councillors. CIVILIAN SUPPLY The WPB reported more than 400,000 scrapped automobiles from auto graveyards yielded 350,000 tons of scrap metal during April, approximately 200,000 tons more than the average monthly yield lor 1941. The board said Amer ican motorists have in the tires and the works of their automobiles rubber reserve of about 1,000,000 tons. .- The WPB said a Victory Safety razor with a plastic handle, a zinc cap, and a sine or plastic guard will go into production in a few months and will be offered to the public when the present supply is used up. The board announced it invites specific inquiries from manufacturers as to how they may employ casein, a basic chem ical made from skimmed milk, as a substitute product for scarce chemicals. Production of all mu sical instruments except violins cellos and some guitars was halt ed. Piano manufacturers will turn out gliders, organ factories will make blowers for link gliders us ed in ground training of pilots, and factories which made French horns, trombones, trumpets, etc., will manufacture precision iptru ments lor airplanes. 117 Killed In State In April There were 125 fewer births in North Carolina during April, 1942, than during the corresponding month last year, but a decline of 315 deaths also noted, according to reports compiled by the State Board of Halth. The infant mortality rate con tinued its downward trend. The total for the month dropped from 421 to 338 deaths per 1,000 live births in the state, which brought the rate from 60.7 to 49.7. The number of maternal deaths for the month fell from 30 to 25, reduc ing the April rate from 4.3 to S.7. Deaths from preventable acci dents for April, this year, totaled 116, as compared with 147 the corresponding month last : year. The heaviest drop was in automo bile fatalities, while deaths re sulting from railroad accidents fell from 11 in April last year to 2 the corresponding month this year. There were four deaths from air plane accidents in April, this year, while none occurred in North Car olina in April, 1941. Influenza deaths, which have shown a de cline this year, were cut in half, that is, from 85 last year to 43 this year. RATIONING Price Administrator Henderson said there will be more rationing of essential articles, but the coun try is a long way from a complete rationing system. He said there will be additional shortages in power, fuel reserves and transpor tation. WPB Automotive Divl s ion Chief Kanzler reported na tion wide rationing of gasoline would help relieve potential rub ber and ' automotive replacement parts shortages. Board Chair man Nelson said administrative difficulties will make it impossi ble to institute such gasoline ra tional before July 1. The OPA reported the June ration quota for new passenger automobiles will be 40,000 plus carryover of unused quotas from March, April or May. WAR BOND SALES The Treasury said war bond sales from May 1 to May 29 to taled $615 million, while the quota for the month was $600 million April sales were $536 million. The June quota is $800 million, and the goal will be raised to $1,000 million in July. The Treasury said 1,000,000 retailers- throughout the country are being asked to sell war bonds ana stamps equaling tne value of four per cent of total merchandise sales in July, or ap proximately $160 millon worth. Navv enlists the first Negroes for combat on June ist. YOU'RE TELLING ME! By WILLIAM EITT- Central Press Writer THE JAPANESE hav an nounced they will give thotdetaila xf the capture of Hong Kong to 'the International Red Crow at Geneva, Switzerland. As If any one aver again would listen to, nd believe, Toklo! ! ! ! '-. Valuable paintings, sculptures, ate, are being sent from the east teast to the middlewest tor safe keeping. The art el war has temporarily triumphed orer all the ethers. i t Zadok Dnmbkopf still hasn't flgnrM out whether that-"Hose ODay" nam ber U a bow hit song or secret military message written la oodo. ! ! ! The Germans Invented the name throwers. But they never thought they'd see the day when they would have to use 'em to burn a road homeward through a forest of Russian Icicles. .-,.! !.:! ' The Swiss are indeed a very lucky people. Just imagine what would have happened to 'em it mountains became ovtr-age o obsoletef : ! It cost $1.69 to stop a stream lined train, testa show. Gonh, soppooo the railroads start charging us for getting off as well as getting aboard! i i i A chemist has been awarded a medal for the remarkable feat of extracting soap from gasoline. But what moat of uae want to know la can he extract rubber tires from soap ONE SHOT; THREE WOUNDS Hutchinson, Kan. When the gun Raymond Rutman, 17, was examining discharged accidentally, Raymond was wounded three times by the one bullet. (The back of his left hand was creased by the bullet which plowed a small furrow through his right breast and lodged in his right arm. Nature's "Spring offensive" the worst in Red Cross's 61 years. National banks' net profits in 1941 reported as $269,295,000. CUPID MAKES A HIT t Newark, N. J. On January 19, Mary Kica was struck by an auto mobile at an intersection and spent a week recovering in St. Michael's Hospital The driver of the ear, Harry Gawdun, visited her often at the hospital and, as you may have expected, they were married on May 24th. Washington announces that 8, 616 fled by air from Burma. Ferry pilots put emphasis on the safe delivery of warplanes. No Sabotage Is Seen In Forest Fires Of Section RALEIGH. Not the slightest hint of sabotage has been uneov ered in the state bureau of in vestigation's probe of a series of disastrous forest fires in North Carolina, Director Fred Handy said yesterday. Natives of the affected areas, he said, were responsible for most of them, although one or two were ac cidentally started. Handy made the assertion as Lewis W. Tappon prepared to leave for Henderson ville to complete the department's investigation. Eight arrests were made by the SBI in connection With the fires, which Tappon said, apparently were started by persons who had grievances against the forestry service or wanted jobs fighting the blazes for 85 cents an hour. H. B. Bosworth, forest supervi sor of the U. S. department of agriculture, wrote Handy that Agents Tappon and Guy L. Scott had "carried out the most effi cient' and effective series Of law enforcement investigations that I have ever witnessed." 92 YEARS IN LIQUIDS Plainview, Neb. 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