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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 2 The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING 00. tfa Street 131 Wayaesville, North Carolina The Ctuniy Seat f Haywood Cunty tf. CWRTIS RUSS Hditar MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Ooxtis Rush and Marion T. Bridges, Pabliahors PUBLISHED EVrJRY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES ae Year, la Haywood County $1.7 Si Meatoa, la Haywood County ae Tear, Outside Hajrwood County Sot Moatbu. OuUide Haywood Conaty 1.60 AH Saosoriptions Payable In Asvaace fcti at tie roat M it WayiMwrille. N. O.. aa liln .law Mill IfaUrr, an pmM aider lae Act of Harak I, ItTt, vcaafcer BO. 1VH. Qlwain aatiaea, rewlatiau of rmrert, cart af Mnata. aa' tU Mauai af enterta iuiaeat tor profit. will be 'barred tar at u mke af ane ant ar warC NATIONAL DITOr .IAI mrtli Carolina iJ, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1914 (One Day Nearer Victory) Mrs. W. T. Bost We feel that there in deep regret over the resignation of Mrs. W. T. Boat aa state wel fare commissioner throughout North Caro lina. Mrs. Bost has done an exceptionally fine piece of work over a long period of years. Welfare work and its vision of service has undergone many changes during that period, and the addition of federal activities has also lent its share to the expansion. We have not heard much about the work, but we all know that it has been a case of "no news" is "good news", because through the reflection of well organized county wel fare units under Mrs. Bost's supervision, we have known what is being done. There has been little, if any political furor, over the personnel of the department, but the merit of the workers has come foremost. We trust that the commissioner who follows Mrs. Bost will also be able to hold the office with the same well balanced supervision with which she directed its activities. Looking To the Future Lumber has been and still is in great de mand. The United States is now growing only about half enough timber to meet the post war needs, according to Chief Forester Lyle F. Watts. Europe will also be in great need of lumber after the war is over. Reforesting and conservation of our for ests with the increasing need should not be overlooked at this time. We have been ex travagant so long in this country with our natural resources that even in this day of rationing we have not yet realized there are many more items that will be limited and scarce before the war is over. The chief forester believes that federal and state governments will have to acquire some 150,000,000 acres of cut over forest land requiring reforestation. This may be a serious problem in North Carolina, so it .should be included in the post war planning for the state. With the shortage of labor the reforestation of our depleted forests will not be an easy task just at this time. Simplified Income Forms The following from the State Magazine editorial page will no doubt find a response not only with Tar Heel readers, but those throughout the U. S. A.: JTrank II. Warren, of San Diego, Calif., was working on his income tax return a short time ago. Mr. Warren figured and figured and figured. He finally gave up the job in disgust and wrote his Senator the following note : " 'Dear Senator Downey : I hope you roast a thousand years in hell for each minute I put in on this Federal income report'. "Maybe most of us won't go quite that far, but we certainly can sympathize with Mr. Warren. "As we've said before, the principal rea son why the income tax reports are of such a complicated nature is due to the fact that they are prepared by lawyers. The gentle men of the bar have a phraseology all their own. So far as the average layman is con cerned, however, it's so much Greek. "It's all right to let the lawyers prepare the forms, but before they are printed they should be turned over to somebody else in order that they might be put Into words which the rest of us can understand." Outlook For Motorists Both governmental and private agencies continue to urge upon the motorist the neces sity of conserving his car and his tires. This lesson is again emphasized sharply by a study made by the American Automobile Associa tion, which shows that there is little hope for a lifting of the milage ceiling during the first half of the year. The problem of translating petroleum supplies to the East is again causing con cern. There have been breaks in pipelines. Tank car movements are hampered due to railroad congestion. Tank truck operation is restricted because of tire shortage, man power trouble and a paucity of spare parts. The tire situation, it was found, has de teriorated in the last sixty days, with pro duction schedules on synthetic tires at least two months behind. Further restrictions on tires are entirely possible. As to the problem of maintenance, it is believed that the short age of mechanics may be somewhat relieved after the expiration of an even tighter pe riod within the next few weeks, but only if there is close co-operation between those who need the manpower and the Government agencies involved. Registration figures show that the public is holding on to its automobiles. For 1943 the drop in registration was only 6.4 per cent. The total number of passenger cars registered was 25,847,000. While this rep resents a remaining cushion above the 20, 000,000 vehicles deemed absolutely essential as a minimum requirement, the age of ve hicles on the road is going up, and the core of the problem for every motorist is to con serve and save his transportation. New York Times. North Carolina Timber and War North Carolina timber owners and lumber producers must make available to the war effort a total of 1,656,000,000 board feet of lumber and 600,000 cords of pulpwood dur ing the present calendar year if the state's prorata share of national production and need is met, Governor Broughton said in a proclamation issued today. The proclamation called upon labor, tim ber owners and producers to "work without stint in making available greater timber and lumber supplies for the war effort." The Governor said the need for lumber and pulp wood was critical. In his proclamation, Governor Broughton said that a recent United States forestry service survey estimated that there is a stand of 43,610,000,000 board feet of timber in the state at the present time. "If this stand of timber is conservatively managed, it is sufficient to produce a cut of 1,656,000,000 board feet of lumber and the required 600,000 cords of pulpwood annually during the war emergency, and will not im pair the future productivity of this vital re source within the state," he said. National requirements for lumber and pulpwood for the successful prosecution of the war, he said, are estimated by the war production board to exceed 36,000,000,000 board feet of lumber and 13,000,000 cords of pulpwood during the present calendar year. He said that recently the central procur ing agency, an office set up to secure supplies for federal construction, was unable to place orders for 712,000,000 board feet of lumber for immediate government use. "It is suggested that all citizens who own timber land select those kinds and sizes of trees useful in the war effort which can be removed without impairing the future pro ductivity of such lands and to make these trees or the products thereof available for purchase by manufacturers of lumber and timber products," he said. News and Observer. The experts predict a reduction in the number of synthetic blondes but the assur ance is given that there is some doubt as to accuracy of the idea that gentlemen prefer them. LAND OF THE SETTING SUN t"t HERE and THERE HILDA By WAY GWYN WASHINGTO Welch for "Accidents" to Another f. o. R.-CKJ Hoppen Co Jop Big Shot Mooting in Near f, Special to Central Press in sutciues or rnyoi-ci im ....u..g japar tary and naval leaders. . 4u. t ro nAtnlp have been fooled thmnv w . .1 1 rt I . nic C i. r i - x" UTDLlM.. false victories Into believing the Jap forces atM dominat th. J wt Pacific Even If the Japs evacuate Rabaul. thoa J home-front would be tow it was a strategic J But as Allied forces strike closer and cloaJVl Japanese home islands, the Nipponese hleh J will no longer be able to conceal 1U blunder, Zj "Honorable suicide" wiU be the only w J these leaders, If American guns and bombs do not get theaa l Indications are that startling developments may be expects, . Pacific in the near future. The United States Pacific fleet ha such strength that It soon should be able to move almost any in the vast war theater, provided supply lines can keep up iti a u ANOTHER MEETING between F. D. R. and Churchill may be scheduled for the near future the end of February er u,, , a a. . J M ( ". . l of March. They said at me enu m meir yucw conference thJ was their intention to get together at least one every three nJ sooner, if events warrant. ea. Events now may warrant It. Messrs. Roosevelt and Churchill their military staffs might desire a huddle to perfect the tnai hour invasion plans. Also future relations with Russia at rtmM the Soviet-r'oasn ooraer aispuie ouera wpic icr aiscttaiioa. Should the meeting have as Its main purpose second front cussions, it Is distinctly possible that Russian military teadJ possibly Premier Josef Stalin himseir would participate. It bai inferred, following the Teheran talks among the "Big Three" any second-front operation would be accompanied by coined hammer blows on Germany from in easi. a a Startling Developments Expected Soon Next to the word War, we would say that Peace is more often on the lips of not only Am' ricans, but citizens of the world at large. Those of us old enough to recall the days following World War I, when Woodrow Wilson was trying to convince world powers that his solution might end wars, are per haps a bit cynical on the subject. With all our hopes we fear that history will repeat itself. We have seen peace contradicted in our own generation. Yet the world has grown smaller through trasporta tion and affiliations since the rJ18's and 1919's and we have a more extended vision of the meaning of world peace. We are no longer an isolated country, neither are other nations of the earth. This should help us get together after this ter rific onslaughter of life and mater ial wealth and settle things with reason, before the flame starts again and blinds men to the rights of others. One of the most interesting things we have read in some time was an article entitled, "Can We Find The True Path to Peace?", by Emery Keves which is an analy sis of the factors involved in choos ing the road that will lead us into a better world The writer points out that if ever since the construc tion of the Tower of Babel, there was titter confusion in this world it is today--confusion generated by the growing and heated discussion of the meaning of this war and the conditions of a lasting peace. Thousands of persons are assum ing the roles of peace planners and each seem to feel that their plan offers the magic formula. The au thor after slating that we all want peace, asks, "but do we know what we really want when we say we want peace? What is peace? We are advised to come down from the dizzy heights of the Tower of Babel and make sure that the 'foundation is strong enough for the new and mighty structure we must build'.'' first of all is raised the ques tion, what caused this war? Again and again we must put this ques tion, we are told, until we find the answer, because only by accurate diagnosis can we find a cure and arrive at a healthier international life. We are likewise reminded that we cannot accept Hitler or Mussolini, or fascism or Japanese militarism, or French corruption or British appeasement, or Ameri can isolation. This war, the writer states, came because our demo cratic institutions, our principles, as we interpret them today are in total contradiction to the eco nomic technical and scientific real ities of the twentieth century in which we live. technical progress; or we continue to worship at the shrine of na tionalism. If we do the latter, na tions may be independent and sov ereign in the bastract, but indus trial progress will be throttled and we shall face a steady lowering of the standard of living." We shall never have eternal peace, according to the writer in the sense that each nation will behave itself and never do any thing that might hurt the other nations or harm them. What we can do is to realize that when we talk about international peace we mean exactly the same thing as when we talk about keeping the peace within a nation in other words based on law. The criterion of peace is not the absence of ag gression but the existence of law. Once we realize that it will not be it cannot be impossible to arouse public opinion in the democracies and to start anew by introducing into international life the concept of law with all its concommitant institutions, international legisla tion, international courts and in ternational force. Nobody knows whether it will be a world federation the writer stat es, o- a federation of democracies, an English-speaking union or a regional group like the Pan-America, Pan-Europe, Greater Aisia. The essential thing will be that it will make clear the fundamental principles and start the operation of the world on a law abiding basis. ONE WELL-INFORMED United States authority InsUU uj Russia had not, been drawn into me war. or nao been knocked according to Hitler's original timetable, the United States now tj be fighting a two-front war within Its own Doraers. Although declining to be named, this authority gloomily loned the evacuation of Washington; establishment of a cut front along the Alleghenles; a western front at the Rockies; th3 in possession of Hawaii and Alaska. "' '-. speaker, whose sources of information are very good, uJ th. Aithout the soviet, the urutea states wouia d nghunr for life now to hold apart the closing Jaws of a mighty pincer nJ ment. The worries of Americans would be far more terrlMa J strikes. Inflation and the 1944 elections, he said. a a AMERICAN HOUSEWIVES have given the Office of Price ministration midnight jitters with their huge purchases of olwJ garine. Long partial to butter, Americana had a per capita consumption of 3.2 pounds of margarine in 1943. In 1932, the figure was 1.3 pounds. So great has been the demand that consumers have been buying more margarine than OPA had on hand- to ration, notwithstanding the fact that the point value was Increased from four to six points a pound la j vember. The reason for the margarine "run" was due to the fact Out! had a lower point value than butter and, In addition, has been u widely available as a bread spread. OPA authorities have taken steps to head off a threatened u garine shortage. The Food Distribution Administration will soot crease civilian allotments for the first quarter of 1944 and, mil unforeseen developments arise, the ration point value is not expedl to be Increased. Heavy Sohj Oleoma roJ Of A HeeJ All of which according to our vision which we grant limited, sounds like a very large order, with the present state of chaos, yet we know that as individuals we must account to each other through certain rules, so why not nations, with world-wide laws. Voice OF THE People Jtw,' by Eugene Sue It is ill as vou know, as one of the I I greatest novels of all time " If you were a member of the armed forces ready to go overseas what book, in addition to the Bible, would you like to take with you? J. E. Barr "Probably a book on military tactics." W. C. Allen " The Wandering YOU'RE TELLING ME! "College students are apparently no better and no worse than the country's population at large." We will refrain from comparing them with the country population that isn't at large. Boston Leader. Dignity is when you're hit in the neck with a snowball and you can look as if you didn't know it Toronto Star. If the police only knew it, the quickest way to disperse a mob is to pass around the hat. Guelph Mercury (Canada) . It stacks up about like this: An optimist has no money, and a pessimist won't lend you any. Thomas ton Times. It is pointed out in the article that during the past 160 years two deep currents have engulfed the Western World and dominated our existence. One was industrialism, a force driving toward universa lism, toward ever wider coopera tion and collaboration. About the same time the industrial revolu tion began at the end of the 18th century, the other dominating cur rent of the last 150 years started to flow nationalism. For about a whole century it was possible for these two conflicting currents to flow side by side. But since the beginning of the twentieth century these two powerful currents have clashed with cosmic force. This is the real cause, according to the writer, of the convulsion that for 30 years has shaken the world and will continue to shake it unless a remedy can be found. By WILLIAM RITT - Central Press Writer WHAT'S HTING ToJo down these J..., is the fact that no matter what the destination of Jap supply ships may be they nearly always wind up at the same place Davy Jones Lock er. Key West is said to be the only frost free city in the U. S. Makes it tough for the natives when they try to put the chJU on visiting relatives. I I I Hitler's storm troop ra, despite their nam, don't teem to do to good in Russian blizzards and Italian cloudbursts. I ! I Incidentally. Italy la said to bo too first European nation to have soap factories. Any Tank plowing through Italy's knee deep mud need not be told the reason why. 1 ! ! TAtfre are S27 muscles in th human body and each one of his, says Zadok Dumkopf, seems to wince at the very thought of clearing the sidewalk of snow. 1 ! ! ! Vibrations of strlngod Musical Insrrumonts, according to Facto graphs, radiate In all directions. Too many of thorn, however, ra diate over to the neighbors', II! Statistics show that then aro only 600 grizzly bears In the) United States. "Only COO"? that isn't a shortage, that's aa overabundance! Mrs. Jimmy Neal David Copperfield." C. E. Weatherby a geography." wnulol "1 would I Herbert Braren 'i ltu.-ss 1 of the complete work uf Sm peare." Clyde H. Ray I such Bible would be enough. It wI a mighty fine time t catch it the Bible reading." R. L. Coin "I woul.l liU- ifj on the laneruaee of thi omntrf which T was eoinz to !' "tjtiorJ Rev. S. R. Crockett--1 th nil Bible would be sufficient Itfj supply both literary awl ifvosf material." Mrs. W. T. Crawford-"! 'I sav a copy of Shakespe'f works." THE OLD HOME TOWN Dv STANLEY The conflict between industria lism and nationalism is titanic we are told. It can be solved only in one of two ways: "Either we over come our deep rooted nationalism and create a political framework for this world that will again open the gates of Industrialism and )omlya gas mask: outfit v I I " " - ( THAT FELLOW N (900M 17 ( A ' '. I f ) IS SOUS TO SHOW ME I sTN Z&oC s II x Imowitwobks- u ( w ll&rmfi, 1 lJl AT TttfcT CErTTRyW - iii mm rm.Tr, mr.i m. mmvm wtm I 1 ' ' I Rev. W. L. Hutchin-1 i like an anthology of Terse. NOTICE OF SUMMONS B' PUBLICATION STATE OP NORTH CAROL' COUNTY OF HAYW00P CALVIN RATHBONK vs. r nwi i? a TTiTtfiMVl The defendant abor nuil take notice that an action m in tVio Snriprior l V.lllllUtlll.CU 11 -.''- - . of Haywood County by the Pu tiff above named for the purpos! securing an absolute diroree B i:-- I IV I two vears Beoaranon. will further take M .L.l V : ..nnirtll tn hf SMI bUtlb BUG 19 " " , i I pear at the office of the Clmj tV QteTsvrinr Pnurt of Hn Uter than thirty from the 28th day of Pebr 1944, and answer or demur complaint herein filed or the demanded in said compi tu: OTtk Hat 01 la J J C. H. LEATHERW00D, rioi-v nf Snnenor ton" 1342 Feb. 8-10-17 24- KEEP 'EM FLVI
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