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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, MAY ? ,
Japs Are Writing
Blackest History In
World's History
Chicago Detail? of t(.e ma-sa-cre
of 250,000 Chinese riviT ;, ! v
Jap troops hunting Mij. Gen, Jim
my Doolittle's Tokyo niiders w-re
revealed by Rev. 'hx;; Daniel
Smith.
The HB-yoar-ulil mi-- ; -;.:ry aid
the wanton slitughtp- ' th- Chin
ese men, hi.iiht ad children
"promise? tn 1 ne in uikind'
blackest story."
Father Smith, a member of the
Vincent ian order, said he and three
other American priests lied to the
coastal hills of China a year ago
to escape the vengeful J..;1-.
They hid in the hills fur 10
weeks," while the Jap troops wreak
ed their vengeance on the helpless
and hapless Chinese of Kiangsi.
He received almost daily reports
of the massacre and pillaging, he
said.
"Even as a priest I cannot tell
the full story of the brutalities in
flicted On these helpless people, on
men, women and children and even
babies," Father Smith said.
"No civilized mind can conceive
the tortures which were inflicted.
To die by a bullet was merciful.
"Entire communities of from
15,000 to 20,000 people were wiped
cut, the populace killed and their
homes and places of business set
afire.
This was the fate of 30 or 40
towns of such size in Kiangsi prov
ince. "Only the handful of people who
fled to the hills escaped the Jap
marauders."
With the withdrawal of the
Japs, the priests returned to their
missions.
Father Humbert Verdini had re
mained at the main mission at
Yukiang, along with 20 orphaned
children and more than 20 aged
men and women. Father Smith
described the scene of horror that
greeted the returning missionaries.
"We found nothing but death.
In a pond in the garden, we found
Father Verdini's body. Nearby
were the charred bones of the or
phans and the aged men and wo
men. Few met the merciful death
that a bullet gives."
At least 50,000 and perhaps
100,000 Chinese were slaughtered
in Kiangsi province, alone, Father
Smith said. He added:
"What befell the coastal pro
vinces of Chekiang and Fukien,
where the Japs remained per
manently, we do not know. There
the slaughtered was twice as great.
His estimated death toll of 250,
000 Father Smith said, is conserva
tive.
The wholesale torture and mur
der of Chinese in the provinces
where many of General Doolittle's
raiders landed their planes, was
first revealed by Father Smith in
an exclusive interview with In
ternational News service last week.
The young missionary told the
further details, following the re
velation of Secretary of the Treas
ury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., in San
Francisco, and nearly every Chi
nese resident of the coastal areas
where the United States pilots
abandoned their planes was put to
death by the Japs.
In Jacksonville At Camp Phillips At Camp Mackall
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In Alabama
JACK WORTHINGTON, sea
man 2nd class, who is attending
the Aviation Radioman School in
Jacksonville.
PVT. JOHN It. GLANCE, who PFP JOKFPH C. WARREN,
has been in the service since Sep- j n()W stationed at Camp Mackall,
tember, 1942. He is now stationed who recently visited his relatives
at Camp Phillips, Kan. ( here.
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Jack Worthington, U. S.
Navy, In Jacksonville
Lee Frank Worthington (Jack),
Seaman Second Class, is now sta
tioned in Jacksonville, Fla., where
he is attending the Aviation Radio
man School.
Seaman Worthington volunteer
ed in the service at the Asheville
Recruiting station and was sent to
Bainbridge, Md., for his boot train
ing, which he completed in April.
He is a member of the student band
at the Jacksonville base.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Worthington, of Waynesville
and Tryon. He graduated from the
local high school in the class of
1942, and at the time he volunteered
he was employed at ('. E. Ray's
Sons Department Store.
Pfc. Burgess Edwards
Transferred To Texas
Private First Class Burgess Ed
wards has been transferred from
Camp Polk, La., to Fort Ranggland,
Texas where he is attending an ad
vanced cooking and baking school.
Pfc. Edwards entered the service
on March 9th, 1942. Prior to his
service in the armed forces he was
employed by the Beacon Manufac
turing Company of Swannanoa.
Mrs. Edwards is the former Miss
Laverene Sorrells and she is re
siding in Hazelwood while her hus
band is in the service.
Pvt. John R. Glance
At Camp In Kansas
Private John R. Glance has re
turned to his post at Camp Phillips,
after spending a 15-day furlough
with his mocher, Mrs. W. A. Fender,
of East Marion and relatives in
Clyde.
Pvt. Glance was inducted in the
service at Camp Croft in Sept.,
1942, and took his basic training at
Camp Wolters, Tex. From Camp
Wolters he was transferred to his
present post.
He is a graduate of the Crabtree
high school in the class of 1940.
Prior to his entering the service
he was employed by the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company.
Lt. Samuel A. Carswell
Receives Promotion
Second Lieutenant Samuel A.
Carswell who is now serving with
the armed forces overseas has re
cently been promoted to First
Lieutenant, according to a message
received by his mother, Mrs. Anna
Carswell, of Waynesville.
His father was the late John R.
Carswell, of Waynesville.
Called Into Service
Miss Beulah K. Bristol, of Wal
nut Street, has been called to active
duty and will report to the second
WAAC Training Center, Daytona
Beach, Fla., in the near future.
Eyes Examined For Appointment
Glasses Fitted Telephone 2483
C O .V SVLT
DR. R. KING HARPE
OPTOMETRIST
125 Main Street Wells Bldg. Canton, N. C.
PLANNING ISN'T NEW
THE way a lot of people are talking these days, you'd
think planning is something new.
But anybody who's ever run a farm or a factory knows
that if you don't plan, you can't get the most out of
what you have to work with.
To plan properly, the farmer has to know about crops,
soils, seasons, tools, and stock; and the man operating a
factory has to know about machines, markets, science,
and engineering.
Yet for all this specialized knowledge which each of
these activities requires, the managers of both farm and
factory have much in common in their planning. They
have the same problems to mention a few of em
ployment and taxes, of costs and a fair profit, of setting
side reserves for a "rainy day."
And they have the same objective in their planning
to do everything they can for their country today,
and, tomorrow, to make a fair living through greater
service to their fellow Americans. General Electric Com
pany, Schenedaiy. N. Y.
GENERAL W ELECTRIC
Pvt. Chas. (i. Miller, Jr.,
Now At Fort lielvoir, Va.
Pvt. Chas. G. Miller, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. G. Miller, of
Waynesville, is now stationed at
Fort Belvoir, where he is attached
to the Engineers Replacement
Corps.
Pvt. Miller has been in the ser
vice since April 14th. He was
with the enlisted reserves when
called to active duty and was a
member of the sophomore class at
State College.
Stevenson Taking Course
Radio Operator-Mechanic
Pfc. Lloyd H. Stevenson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stevenson, of
route two, has been promoted to
private first class and assigned to
the Technical School, Army Air
Force, at Sioux Falls, S. D., for
training as a radio-operator me
chanic. He was a welder at the Newport
News Shipbuilding Company be
fore entering the service. He at
tended h-prh rehool here and entered
the service at I'anin Croft in Jan
uary of this year, later going to
Keesler Field, Miss.
Pfc. Frank Kirkpatrick
Spends eek-Knd Here
Private First Class V. Frank
K ir'.;pati ick, who is stationed at
Furt Jackson, spent the past week
tid with his wife and parents at
i heir home on Fines Creek.
Prior to being stationed at Fort
Jackson, Pfc. Kirkpatrick was on
duty at Fort Sill, Okla.
Before entering the armed forces,
Pfc. Kirkpatrick was a teacher in
the Fines Creek school.
PVT VINSON H. DVKR, i-on
,of Mr. and Mrs. John Dyer, of
' Camp Dellwood, who is now sta
! tioned at Albuquerque, New Mex.
Pvt. Vinson H. Dyer Is
Stationed In Albuquerque
Private Vinson H. Dyer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Dyer, of Camp
Dellwood, who is serving with the
armed forces, is now stationed at
Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has
been in service since July, 1941,
having volunteered.
PVT. ARTHUR W. CORBIN,
who is stationed at Camp Sibert,
Ala.
Most DHvAi-o iJ
Staying Under J
There are f,-w ., .
35-mile per hou-' 5
ing to Pariuiii,:.'; , : 5
this district. "
During f::t. ;, .. .
six or tight l,,it- ,
the patrol fr -1 ... , ' ,
every instMu-i-, '. . r ,
own the vehic:'. . ' j. 1 '
mercial vehiele-. -
delivery cars
that break -: . ,f
was pointed i,a- . . "'
have no f,.a,. , : -c
privileges, since , , " '
vehicle is ti- . .
up the rationing r .. ; 0 """
The aveiH).', :z, ," ; ,
importance of s::,v.
speed limits, it '
a-- a
tuuyciauiig in tVtrv
Jarvis Cordell Chambers
Now In Newport, R. I.
Private Jarvis Cordell Chambers,
U. S. Marines, is now stationed at
Newport, R. 1. He has been in the
service for around eight weeks.
After volunteering, Pvt. Cham
bers was sent to Parris Island for
his boot training and from there to
his present post.
Pvt. Chambers is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Chambers, of Clyde,
and was engaged in farming prior
to his entering the service.
Private Jack Rabb
Arrives Safely Overseas
Private Jack Rabb, son of Mr,
and Mrs. C. L. Rabb has arrived
safely in Northern Africa, accord
ing to a recent communication by
his parents.
Pvt. Rabb has been in service
since September, 1!)42. He was in
ducted at Camp Croft and from
there was transferred to Fort Mc
Clellan, Ala., and from the latter
to Camp Edwards, Mass. From
Camp Edwards he was sent over
seas. Prior to his entering the service
Pvt. Rabb was employed by the A.
C. Lawrence Leather Company.
Ted H. Chambers, 18,
Apprentice Seaman Here
Ted H. Chambers, Apprentice
Seaman, spent a nine-day leave
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. K. Chambers on Allen's Creek.
Young Chambers has recently
completed his boot training at Bain
bridge, Md. He volunteered and
was inducted at Camp Croft a few
weeks ago. Upon his return he
will be assigned to a cooking and
baking school for a sixteen weeks
course.
At the time he vounteered he
was a member of the senior class
of the local high school.
He has an older brother, Guy
Chambers, who is in the U. S. Air
Corps, stationed at Chanute Field,
111. He was inducted in the service
at Camp Croft and from there sent
to Keesler Field and then to his
present post. He was employed by
J. M. English Sons and Co., in
Asheville before entering the service.
Lawrence H. Arrington
Returns After Leave
Lawrence Hugh Arrington, sec
ond class storekeeper, U. S. Navy,
has returned to Norfolk, Va., after
spending a several days leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Arrington here and his brother,
Fred Arrington at Enka.
Sergeant Lee Sharpe
Returns After Furlough
Sergeant Lee Sharpe has return
ed to his post of duty at Camp
Cooke, Calif., after spending a
seven-day furlouirh with his wifp
and his brother, who resides at
ford Sharpe, Tenn.
Mrs. Sharpe is the former Miss
Gladys Burress, of Waynesville.
Private Ed Bright. Ouarte minst
er Corps, who has been the guest of
his mother, Mrs. Ed Bright, during
his 14-day furough, has returned
to his post of duty at Charleston,
S. C.
WANTED
Male Industrial Laborers
needed in large local ESSEN
TIAL plant, manufacturing
important war material. Mini
mum age 23 years. Draft
classifications 3-A or 4-F.
Handicapped applicants will
be considered. An excellent
opportunity for workers un
able to leave the Western part
of the State. Those now en
gaged in essential work should
not apply. Apply at the Unit
ed States Employment Ser
vice, 114 N. Main St., Way
nesville, any week day. At
Canton, on Thursday of each
week, at the Y. M. C. A. from
9:00 A. M. to 12:3a P. M.
Jonathan Creek
News
Mrs. W. R. Boyd entertained the
members of the Jonathan Creek
Home Demonstration Club on the
occasion of the May meeting. Mrs.
Troy Leatherwood, president, pre
sided. Eleven members were pres
ent. After the project leaders gave
their reports, the demonstration on
"Milk for Strong Bodies," was
given by Miss Mary Margaret
Smith, county home demonstration
agent.
It was announced during the
meeting that the club had almost
enough money to buy a war bond.
Mrs. Jule Boyd invited the mem
bers to hold the June meeting with
her.
Special guests were, Miss Belle
McCracken, Miss Lou Belle Boyd.
Mrs. Sallie Duckett and Miss Mar
garet Boyd.
During the social hour the hos
tess served pineapple cake, coffee
and grape juice.
War Production
Board Sets Up
Canning Program
The Rural War Pr iducMon can
'ning program is getting underway
in the Waynt sville school district,
according to J. C. Brown, voca
tional sup rvisor of the training of
the rural war production,
i Classes at Francis Cove, Allen's
( reek and Crabtree are now in ope
ration. Other classes in the var
ious communities will lie organiz
ed wh', n and if the communities ex
I press a desire for the canning pro
gram, points out Mr. liiown.
Meetings were held some weeks
ago in all the communities to de
termine the needs. Some have re
sponded 100 per cent, while others
have not expressed any interest.
The plans are for the canning
program for the lunch rooms of
the various schools to be carried
out in connection with the coopera
tive canneries being established at
the schools. It is not compulsory
that members of the classes can
for the school lunch rooms of their
section, but unless it is done at
that time it will work a hardship
on the operation of the lunch rooms
of the district.
The Federal government is sup
plying sufficient equipment for the
cooperative school canneries and is
also supplying teachers and super
visors for the work. There is no
expense to the individuals enrolled
in the courses, according to Mr.
Brown.
In order to have the use of the
pressure cookers, retorts and other
equipment, a person must be reg
ularly enrolled in a course. Classes
usually meet once each week for
a period of two hours for ten
meetings, but any number of hours
or meetings per week may be held,
depending on the desire of the ma
jority of the class members.
The following tentative schedule
has been worked out for the dis
trict: Dellwood, May 28; Crabtree,
May 21; Allen's Creek, May 18;
East Waynesville, June 2 (includes
Ratcliff Cove); Maggie, May 26;
and Hazelwood, May 27.
In all cases classes will be held
in the schools, using the facilities
of the school lunch room. The
initial meeting will be held at 8
o'clock in the evening, after which
the individual groups will set their
own hour of meeting.
Some of the communities listed
have made arrangements for the
courses, while others have not con
cluded definite plans. Any com
munity wishing to share in the
courses are asked to report through
their PTA, Home Department Club
or other organizations to J. C.
Brown or Miss Mary Margaret
Smith.
Pvt. Arthur W. Corbin
Sent To Camp Sibert
Private Arthur W. Corbin, son of
I Mr: and Mrs. Bill Corbin, of Way
nesville, route 1, who volunteered
in tne service in reoruary ox mis
year, is now stationed at Camp
Sibert, Ala.
Pvt. Corbin was inducted at Fort
Bragg and from there he was sent
to his present post of duty. Be
fore entering the service, Pvt. Cor
bin was employed at Barber Or
chard. He was a student at the
Waynesville high school at the time
he volunteered.
Auntie But what has your boy
friend's army career got to do with
him staling at every pretty girl
he sets?
Girl Oh, he's in the observa
tion corps.
wav
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-ti h . , "rH
week, never stopping, 'hf . a
warte matter fr " to
II more people ere ,
he h.f,,; rJ,,'V".D'. tker,
-r.oittIltInn Of IfM
whole ytem upset when Jl
to function properly.
Burning. aniy r too lnm J
tlOn lOtnp imui a .,
be using a medicine recoame,J
countrv over. Uoan, itimulat, ,
.. . .... i.unejB ana belp
nusn out polaonoui waste
if ' tod,,y- L'M wilh 1
Handle With
Care"
Your clothes are precious to
be entrusted to the tender
mercies of any but an EX
PERT Cleaning Establish
ment. We HANDLE WITH
CARE. That is one reason
we have so many satisfied
customers.
Central
Cleaners
Main Street
Phone 113
om "where I sit . . .
6y Joe Marsh
Friday nights, a bunch of us
fellows all get together over at
Bill Webster's place.
We don't play cards; we don't
ing or carry on.
W just sit quietly over a glass
or two of beer and talk about
world affairs and local politics,
and what not.
You mightn't think that just
setting and talking would be so
much fun. But it is.
And it's wonderful how friendly
talk over a glass or two of beer
can bring out the best in pej
good sense, for instance,
good fellowship, and tokra
From where I sit, therein
to be more of this quiet
over a glass of beer. Help I
understand each other-w
more friendly to each otii
these trying times.
1 4. Brcwtnf Indnstrv Foundation North arollna ComI
Edtfar H. Bain. Slate Director. SOS-7 Insurance Rid. RalrlA
STOP EGG SHORTAGE
Xo more shell eggs can be kept
in storage after June 15, the War
Food Administration says, except
to fill Government contracts, or
for a small "working inventory."
Putting eggs in storage has been
prohibited since May 20, when all
eggs in storage were reserved for
Government purchases.
PARK T H EATR
WAYNESVILLE, N. C.
Thursday-Friday - May 27-28
A Vacation Bible School will be
held at the Shady Grove Baptist
Church, beginning next Monday.
Private anH Mrs. Lawrence
Leatherwood have been visiting the
former's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Leatherwood.
Most of the farmers in the Jona
than Creek section have finished
their planting of corn and setting
out tobacco plants. The farm wo
men of the area are proud of the
appearance of their Victory gar
dens.
cftifc's iaxalive
your child should
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pnbablr.uiioy tofcia-plau.
DnnghL Gjt.b dlictd,
n ia anally mild la action.
7t aifactiTa.
TTrSZ'b'1 Dlrapoaa
'Slightly Dangerous"
With Lana Turner and Robert Yminp.
Saturday -May 29
Valley Of Hunted Men"
With the Three Mesquiteer?.
LATE SHOW 10:30 P. M.
"Quiet Please, Murder'
With Gail Patrick and George Sander.
Sunday May 30
"Silver Skates"
With Patricia Morrison and Kenny Raker.
Monday-Tuesday May 31-June
"Cabin In The Sky'
With "Rochester" and Ethel Waters.
Wednesday June 2
Heart Of The Golden West
With Roy Rogers and Gabby n-