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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, mat age 2 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER ft.. i t I. The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publisher! PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES 0e Year, In Haywood County J 1.75 Six Months, In Haywood County 90c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.60 Six Months, Outside Haywood County 1.60 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance frUred t the port office at WaynesTille. N. 0.. u Secoad CTUaa Kail Matter, aa provided under the Act of March t, lTt, November JO, 1S14. Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, card of thank, ud all noticea of entertainment for profit, will ke caara;ed for t toe rate of one cent per word. NATIONAL DITOM A! ASSOCIATION Nona Carolina i ' FUSS ASSOC1ATK THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory) We Will Have To Grow We see where the Public Buildings Ad ministration has brought to Congress plans to put airports on the roofs or land adjacent to all new post office buildings in cities of more than 25,000 population. The idea is that such airports located in the centers of population, with roofs fash ioned somewhat after the flattops of air craft carriers, would facilitate the move ments of air mail and encourage greater use of air transportation. The new plans which would be included in a post-war construction program were advanced by PBA Commissioner W. E. Rey nolds. If we get in under such a program we will have to grow in population and ex tend city limits. Most of us would be con tent, however, with an airport on the edge of town. Praise With Reservations Col. William S. Pritchard, of Fort Bragg, in charge of internal security in North Car olina, who inspected the local unit of the State Guard, which is headquarters and service company for the Second North Car olina Regiment, was high in his praise of the fine showing the company made on Fri day night but the guard which should be fifty men strong, now has only 23 members. They did fine in the colonel's eyes for a half company, but why such depleted ranks, he asked. "You have a commander who made a name for himself in World War number 1, Colonel J. Harden Howell, an outstanding leader in the State Guard in the Southeast ern states. You have a major, who made the highest rating at the State Guard school held at Fort Benning last year, making 100 on his examinations Major M. H. Bowles the highest grade ever made in the South eastern states guards," said Col. Prichard. "With the showing this unit has made in the past and present, I cannot understand why the people of Waynesville do not sup port the State Guard. A town like Waynes ville should be proud of its State Guard company, which with similar units, is wholly responsible for security in the state because the men in the regular army are now else where," he continued. "You carry now a rifle instead of a shot gun, and soon you will have a bayonet and other equipment to go with it. This is be ing supplied by the government. If they did not think it was necessary for a safety measure they would not supply you with this equipment," said the Colonel. The local State Guard unit, as those over the State has served as a training center for the younger men going into the service. This in a measure explains why the ranks are so thinned at present, but it does not explain why the men between 30 and 50, many of whom will not be called for active duty in the army, are failing to volunteer in the State Guard. For the tired business man the training is said to serve as a tonic, aside from the fact that in hard cold facts, it is his patriotic duty. We hope that by next week we can write on the stirring response received by 4 the appeal to bring the local company which has had such a high rating in the past, to its required number. Only with a personnel df fifty men can the company maintain its "standard rating. Among Post War Plans Realizing the splendid work done by the district health department along the lines of checking syphilis in this area during the past few years, it is gratifying to learn that the Army-Public Health Service plan includes a drastic check. Every soldier will be given a Wassermann test at the time of his demobilization, ac cording to Surgeon General Thomas Parren. If he has syphilis he will be treated by the Army. After discharge, treatment will be continued if necessary. The work will be done at rapid treatment centers of which there are now forty-seven. These have a bed capacity of 6,100 and serve twenty states, the District of Columbia, Panama, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. This should be insurance against the spread of syphilis, which so often follows a war. Morale Booster We have often commented that we did not envy the members of a draft board. All human beings may be cut in the same pat tern, yet each life holds different combina tions of responsibility, and we would hate to sit in judgment on some of the cases that come up. We see that the Selective Service head quarters in New York have a morale booster hanging on their walls for distracted of ficials to gaze upon when they feel the urge to read a simple regulation. It is the mobili zation order issued by the Government of Ethiopia back in 1935 and leaves no doubt about how to handle cases. The order reads as follows: "When this order is received, all men and boys able to carry a spear will go to Addis Ababa. Every married man will bring his wife to cook and wash for him. Every unmarried man will bring any woman he can find to cook and wash for him. Women with babies, the blind and those too aged or infirm to carry a spear are excused. Anyone found at home after receiving this order will be hanged." (Council for Democracy's 'Briefs' for Broadcaster). High Cost of Living We hear on all sides complaints about the high cost of living, which seems to be still raising. The following editorial from the New York Times giving facts about what is happening in England should serve as a lesson to America : For three years the British have stabiliz ed their cost-of-living index at a level be tween 28 and 30 per cent above that in the pre-war period. This achievement was made possible by the combination of a heavy tax program, compulsory and voluntary savings, effective price fixing, extensive rationing of food products, complete control over supplies and comprehensive subsidy payments. As the pressure for price rises has increased, the subsidy program has been broadened to cover more products. From an annual rate of $234,000,000 early in 1940, total subsidy payments were expanded to $580,000,000 early in 1942 and to $760,000,000 last year. Many persons have cited the British ex perience as support for the adoption of a comprehensive subsidy program in this coun try. In many cases it has been assumed that subsidies could be used to prevent any general price rise. Now this myth concerning subsidies is about to be punctured. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has just announced that despite the payment of subsidies it will be necessary to permit the cost-of-living index to rise from the 1943 level of 28 per cent above the pre-war level to a new level 30 to 35 per cent above the pre-war period. This revision in policy has been made necessary because wages have continued to increase. In other words, the pressure upon prices has become so great that they can no longer be rigidly stabilized despite the large-scale use of subsidies. A major lesson may be drawn from this latest British development There are limits beyond which subsidies cannot be used to stabilize prices. Those persons who have become convinced of the virtues of unlimit ed subsidies and the desirability of further general wage increases would do well to ponder this latest development in Great Britain's battle to hold the line. There's a place for the knocker but it's on the outside. If a price level is ever established it will be on a plateau. A person is left handed because his right hand is on the wrong side. GROWING TIME IN EUROPE. T . mtr mi 1 1 fllr ,! .1 F.-.L-tTr' HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN We hope that Mother's Day was as perfect from the standpoint of weather and growing things in other parts of the country as it was in this area. We liked to think of the beauty of the day as a spec ial gift this year from Mother Na ture and the Weather Man to mothers on Their Day, when they were needing something extra with their sons away. In fact there came to mind the poem, "What is so rare as a day in June, and we felt like challanging the poet for certainly May 14 was equal to any we have ever seen in June. We happened to have breakfast earlier than usual, for Sunday morning, around 7:30, and the freshness of the morning air coming in on a breeze that barely stirred the cur tains brought the dewey freshness of the night that still lingered even atfer the rising sun. It made one glad to be alive, and grateful for the privilege of living. . . We like assignments that take us to a school. Children have al ways interested us. We like all age groups, for each has their own points of charms. We went to the high school last Thursday to inter view ten boys and ten girls in the current graduating class. Most young people are so confident of life. We were impressed with this quality more than ever, because under present conditions most adults are somewhat uncertain of the future, but youth has made its plans and they seem to have few doubts about life denying them the privilege of carrying them out. Of course all the boys took it as a mat ter of fact that they would serve their time in the armed forces, for they are between 17 and 18 and their days outside the service "are numbered." But they seemd to know what they want when the war is over. Of course we realize they may change their ideas, for the training they will receive in the armed forces will give them a new slant on things and develop new talents. Most of them are enter ing the service, or rather plan ning to volunteer and get the niche they want, if possible. mented one morning: "I had a dream last night. I dreamed that the war was over and that I was elected president of the League of Nations." Churchill spoke up and said, "That is strange, I too, had a dream last night. I dreamed that the war was over and I was elected Prime Minister of the League of Nations.'' It was Stalin's time to speak and he said, "I didn't dream last night and I don't remember appointing anyone to anything." We have heard a number of mothers discussing why some boys in the service get home so much more often than their own. They have asked us if we knew why there should be such partiality. Our answer is usually that we are not in on such military secrets. In fact we have never been able to give a satisfactory answer. In the May issue of the Ladies Home Journal in the feature, "If you ask me," edited by Mrs. Roosevelt, she was asked this month the following question: "Why is a serviceman allowed a fifteen-day furlough a year but three quarters of them don't get it?" . . . and her answer; "Soldiers may receive thirty days furlough time a year, but no more than fifteen days at any one period. Granting of a furlough is a privilege granted the soldier which is granted provided that the train ing schedule of the unit and the in dividual state of training permits it. "Furloughs are granted upon the decision of the commanding officer who knows whether a furlough will disrupt training of either the unit or the individual. The War De partment does not believe that the statement that three quarters of the men do not get their furlough is correct." We were pleased with the hon esty of the girls. Now back in our "green and salad days," we doubt if they were as honest on the sub ject of matrimony. We loved the graduates of 1944 for their matter of fact way of speaking of a home of their own and getting married. It seemed to be just the natural thing for a girl to do. We liked their attitude about wanting to make something of their lives and try their talents out before taking on domestic responsibilities. We liked their picture of life in bal anced values. If their attitude is typical, those pessimists who are bemoaning the fact that women are leaving homes for careers need have no fears for the rising gene ration. They all, boys and girls, seemed so young and their spirits so gay, yet coming to the surface was a surprsing maturity. We felt that much of this was due to the fact that they are having to grow tip fast to meet new conditions. We started our interviews with a kind of poignant sympathy (of course unexpressed), but we left them with quite a different reaction. They have many hurdles to make before careers are over for the girls and they are secure in their established homes of their own making, and the boys will be tested through fire and blood, before they begin their "life work." We wish them the best of luck and hope that life brings their present dreams to maturity. A . story going the rounds . . If your have read it, skip it . During a history making Roose velt - Churchill Stalin conference, TRANSACTIONS IN Real Estate (As Recorded to Monday Noon Of This Wek) Fines Creek Township R. H. Ferguson, et ux to J. V. Ferguson. Z. V. Ferguson to Joe Kirkpat- rick, et ux. Waynesville Township Howard Moore, et ux to J. Ruff, et ux. H. L. Liner, Sr., et ux to L. Sims. V. E. Clarice (motoring) I said you could kiss me, but I did not say you could hug me. Henry Oh, that's all right; I just threw in the clutch. Breakup of Solid South I Antf-PoTI Tax j.. Seen Remote Possibility May Hold Up Special to Central Press WASHINGTON The most optimistic Republican tvjih era are predicting intermittent chinks, then wide break. south this November, chasms which may make the marJ" 0,1 1 presidential candidate even greater than thev hnn. , "f0 , !.i v.. . ij . r. 'or. i 1 licjr are !uuiiui5 uwwii uis wiruiurs or tUTlS t6 th I 1928. when Al Smith lost North Carolina and other so tt,"0 in the uuf sweep that sent Herbert Horn " Anti Group Not Strong Enough White House. More cautious observers, however .wo, uuwever are nn larly sanguine over anti-New Deal treZwP''l soumern suites, They feel that if i. ... ." will have little effect on th. "TWi They point out that several factors would raise GOP ho I Among these are the nomination of Governor Thom. New York for president, and the bitter feellne eno-olt . 9 the New Deal in Texas by the supreme court's in.n.,Yr state's "white sunremacv" Drlmarv law 11 " Other political observers, however, agree that Texas . m the supreme court decision as a purely leral mov. .- ., have little effect on the state political situation. Thr " Texas is safely in the Roosevelt column if the president cW. make a fourth term bid. North Carolina, despite dissatisfaction over the New Deal li J to remain Democratic, barring unforeseen events. And th. T true of Virginia and the other Piedmont and south central star I J ,17. . jsioiy TmimJ THE CHANGE IN LOCAL POSTAL RATES from two to J cents an ounce had a familiar ring. 1 In 1932. both the local and non-local rate went ud to rh. for letters, but a year later local rates were changed back taJ During World War I, the non-local rate was upped tmm tw three cents, but changed back in 1919. And away lone again it cost three cents per half ounce for out-of-town letters and twgf per half ounce for local mail. Not until 1885 did Uncle Sam 3 THE HALLS OF CONGRESS are reverberating th charges that a "deal" is on the fire to hold up the vitaUy-imwrt, Price Control Act, which expires June 30, in return for special tn ment on the pending anti-poll tax bill In the Senate. Hearings are now being held In the Senate and House on the if posed extension of the OPA for one year after June 30. MoM servers agree that neither chamber will receive a bill until thetf ler pan. or may. With southern Senate forces set for an all-out' filibuster n House-passed anti-poll tax bill, sponsored by Representatm If aiarcaniomo (A. u.) or ew xorK, a nuge log-jam is developinj the upper chamber's legislative calendar. Consumer representatives who haunt the interminable corrtt of Congress see in the filibuster an attempt to block Senate cons eration or tne price control law. They are fearful that any delay would open the floodgates of Inflation and make it too late to recapture present advantages of the act. Southern anti-poll jkax leaders, however, contend that they are willing to yield to any legislation which is "vital to the welfare of the nation" provided that when the m iion is msposea or tney wiu regain the floor. c a procedure, however, calls for first things first and the d sal of business. Thus, some observers wonder whetheti c ix bill hangs as a possible threat over Important lejii Delay tU Bring U Inflotiei The Voice Of The Peopl What is your main ambition in life? (Ed Note The following ans wers were given by girls of the graduating class of the Waynesville Township high school. Next week a similar question will be answered by a group of boys in the class). Dorothy Greer I guess every girl's ambition is to get married. I do not want to get married how ever, before I have a career. I want to get out in the world and see things before I settle down." Louella Hall "First, I would like to have a good college educa tion and then a home of my own." Mimi Gosline "A four year col lege education and then I would like a home and a family."- Dorothy Leatherwood "I want a business career as long as the present emergency lasts, then I want to travel some and then I would like to settle down at least that's what I hope that I'll get to do." Mildred Price "When I am old enough I would like to join the Woman's Ferry Command. Until that time I hope to work. After the war I guess I will work at some thing else and some day I guess I'll get married." Velda Ross "I have always wanted to be a secretary. Lately I THE OLD HOME TOWN l?mw4 V 1 Pram Offt Bv STANLEY f&y ( "J WASCANVAS BACK J DUC , CW5lSINAl PKJEAVAffc ir!? CaiX have been wanting to take ing for Ferry Command. Of later on when the war is m and everything is settled In get married." Mildred Carswell-iwj join the Woman's Ferry W Then when the war is over to become a trained nurse IK that my life's work, but lib some day to get married. Margaret Palmer "I wui a private secretary to a m business man and I hope am not going to be an old Louise Rollins "I wanttrf Drivate secretary. I An that awhile and maybe trj! thing else. Of course after is over I would like to getitf Mildred Morrow "In run I want to get married is mv mama some grandchild!" the onlv girl i"t!li on1 miT mrvfJlPr IllVPS chlldf- before that I am poir.s to into civil service." into cicil service." Oleta Bryson "I want cadet nurse until after Well of course every ffirl: to get married someday. Rosemary Herman-i1 ing and I would like to scientific work. It does not much so I can help people- A book agent at a door cross, middle-aged Book Agent Can I spe lady of the houst ? Woman You are look Do you think I am the mat n0USe- T V,,ltfH Book Agent - I hfl mignt do u -Woman-Oh, well come He sold her a book. not Cross-Examinmp j:j r Hid 5'OU sir, uiu - - t date in question o time, say w - anyone else that the , imputed to you and den plaintiff was a matter : n ntherwiseT yes or no! J Witness res - Caller is r' terT Junior Yes, sir. Caller-And who co Junior xou - Roosevelt is reported y have com Buy war
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