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Page 2 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER (One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, OCTOBER I II The Mountaineer' Published By THE WAYNES VILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 13? 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, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County $1.76 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 Ebtarwl t th port offlc at Waynewlll. N. 0.. u Soom4 Jlua Mail Hatter, as provided under the Act of March I, 17, NoTtmber SO, 1814. Obituary notice, resolutions ill notices of entertainment for the rate of one cent per word. of respect, card of thank, tad profit, will be charred for at NATIONAL DITOMAL jmss assocwtioJJ) The Community Joins We feel sure the community at large will add their appreciation to that of the congre gation of the First Methodist Church to the donors of the carillonic bells and the ampli fying unit recently presented to the church by S. C. Safterthwaite and Mr. and Mrs. James E. Massie, honoring members of their families. There will be many times when they will be played that will give significance to special occasions. Due to the fact that they will be heard within a radius of two miles, hun dreds of our people will get to enjoy them and especially will those whose lives have left the road of activity and have become confined to the four walls of a room find comfort and enjoyment in the beauty of the music. We look forward to hearing them when they are installed, and hope that on that Kreat day we are all looking toward they may be played with humble thanksgiving. It is an impressive manner in which to honor the living and keep fresh the memory of those who have gone ahead. DRAGON'S TEETH -1944 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory) Hot News We notice that late in October 2,000,000 electric irons for civilian use will be put in the retail dealers hands. This will be welcome news to the housewives of Amer ica, but what a scramble there will be for a "new iron." Future Farmers We again offer our congratulations to Haywood County boys for the fine showing their calves made at the Western North Car olina Fat Calf Show in Asheville. These shows for the rising generation offer the means of teaching the boys early the merits of good cattle, and the advantages in breed ing the best. CaWes from eight counties in this section were entered in the show. The boys of Hay wood had an opportunity to find out what the boys in Buncombe, Madison, Cherokee, Macon, Graham, Transylvania and Watauga are doing to raise better livestock. They get new ideas that are reflected in the ensuing year, with the result that the livestock are steadily being improved in Haywood County. National Insurance On all sides we hear discussions regarding the wisdom of having compulsory military training for American youth in our post war plans. While many hold that it should be included in the program, others like to feel that the present conflict will insure peace for all time. We see signs of the same sen timents that prevailed during the days of World War I. Just what type of training there should be, we do not lay claim to knowing, but that there should be some definite kind of mili tary instruction to every male child, we are confident. We have found that this country is not as isolated as we once considered it. and that we are going to be compelled to have some assurance of safety. This week's Collier's Magazine carried an editorial pertinent to the subject from which we quote the following: "This military training discussion is about how best to insure the safety of the United States in whatever kind of world the post war world may turn out to be. "Well, then, isn't it only common sense to prepare for the worst, while hoping for the best? To prepare for the worst we obvious ly need to adopt a plan for real universal military training, and to go through with that plan until it becomes plain that there is no danger of major wars. When that hap pens, if it ever does, we can safely water down the training system to the glorified WPA-plus NYA which the yesr but crowd wants though we must say we 'had a long standing impression that the public schools were doing a pretty good job of teaching American boys and girls what democracy means. "The object is to get our national house insured and fireproofed to the best of our ability against such fires as the Japs tried to light at Pearl Harbor. What happens to the inmates and all the hopes for their im provement if the house happens to burn down?" Sizing Up the Situation It is interesting how we are all more or less thinking alike these days. The people up in Wisconsin, and those down in Texas are reacting to the current situation pretty much as we are right here in Haywood County. We noted the following editorial in the Christian Science Monitor which summed it all up, the three objectives of the American today. "Stop Mr. John A. (for Average Ameri can) in front of Bankers Life, Des Moines, or in the lobby of the Palace in San Francisco, the corner of Fifth and 42nd, or where you will and ask him what's ahead. He'll reply, we suspect, in this order "1 Win the war. "2 Win the peace. "3 Win prosperity. "These seem like three separate objectives. History suggests they may be one. '"This war began long before the shooting began. It is hard to say when it began. Perhaps it began at that precise moment when the United States became for the first time a creditor nation. Perhaps it began when, ignoring its new' fiscal position, the United States blocked out many foreign im ports with tariffs, preventing some nations from buying the agricultural surpluses, caus ing said surpluses to pile up or to be plowed under, and setting in motion a long story of subsidies and payments. "Perhaps it started when European na tions, denied American grains, began trying to be self-sufficient. Perhaps it began when needing lands and resources to sustain popu lations, some aggressors started seizing it. ",,u nKjn vYiH it, eini vvun victory on the battlefields and with troops and police forces left to sit on the lid ? Or in a rational provision for the fair sharing of surpluses throughout the world, and with hopes en couraged that free men everywhere through exercise of their God-given intelligenc can attain improved living? "Winning the war, and enforcing the peace may seem like hollow victories unless we look at what all the shooting is about. Winning war, peace and prosperity requires step-by-step procedure, and historical process but we cannot win wars without bringing peace. We cannot have continued peace without prosperity. "The problems and the objectives are one 1 J B mm i Hous Seeks for Vole In Passing on Treaties Fore, Unr Co rJtion. j . wearrs Press WASHINGTON The Constitution left tho w lives out in uie cold u far aa the ratification, p. iciucu oupuimuig mar. me president was lca"ej i aummaie uiese agreements provided two-third t re4 t em concurred. uie ent concurred But as the war aeulnat Cmnv and cry in the lower chamber for n ore n!VU clun4. government function ls increasX ,Jl Action Added to the voice of ReDre.in, After (Dt ?' NW York' airmaf , committee, la the demand bv rJLs? foreiS Election? sett (D.) of Texas, timr ,h; n:av. given constitutional nower t ."P" fori (Jossett predicts that many of the resolution. . 111 trJ the House Judiciary committee calling for a simm pPiiR houses for treaty ratification will be given serin,,! "'"W'tyi. the November elections. oration HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN "If I could have. I would liked to have kissed the soil, when I land ed back in America, for it is the finest country in the world," said Staff Sgt. William Swan Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver B. Jenkins of Cove Creek, who is the first casualty from the invasion forces of France to return home for this area. We have heard much about the wonderful spirit of the men overseas; how they take it when they are wounded, and bear up without complaint; how their sense of humor and their good sportsmanship carry them through physical pain and discomfort. We did not understand just how fine this spirit could be until we talked to Sgt. Jenkins during the week. You may have seen him on the street. He is walking on two cruches and has lost a foot just above the ankle, but he thinks he's mighty lucky and he is grateful. You see, as he explains it, an artil lery shell struck him and it might have been much worse. thetic. I was a patient in five hos pitals before I reached this coun try and in every one I have had the same cheerful attention. Since arriving in the States I have been at the Starke Hospital in Charles ton and later I will be sent to the Lawson General Hospital, in At lanta," he continued. "I don't believe it is possible for the folks back home to know what we go through in combat. In fact you just couldn't know, unless you have been under fire yourself. I wisn mat i could tell you more about it, but you know how they warn us in the army not to talk," he said. Sgt. Jenkins' brother was the second reported casualty in Hay wood. He was Private Richard Clem Jenkins, only 17, who was serving in the U. S. Air Forces when he was killed in an airplane crash in Africa on August 2, 1942. The last letter his family had from him was dated July 24, of that year. He was one of those boys who felt the call for duty to his country and volunteered with spec ial permission from his parents be fore he was the drafting age. "Yet our division had trained so long and been on such hard maneu vers back home that actual combat seemed easier than we had expected when we were back in America in training," he added. "The boys are fighting with a good spirit, but one thing I would like to say is how they feel about strikes back home, when they read about them in our paper, 'The Stars and Stripes.' It really hurts us," he commented. s THE MEN IN THE ARMED FORCES have the , for thpm an far aa milirnrv oanri. ( lr ... .v,..c u concerned Arn v n Gen. George C. Marshall has recommended a smaii Ull;' and a vast army reserve, "ultionail But what about the WACS? Army circles are hush-hush about such a rja v.... sentiment for the retention of a small nucleus of tr.in I' H a future WAC unit along the lines outlined in Gen"r, H "professional arrav" Droerum 11 rJ Military authorities point out that some of rh the WACS would like to make the Armv thi,.:.. . " orous discipline. Citing the fact that 9.00n wirov. aesPM seas from France to Aunt rutin th .j ... e rvedl uuu uiai Wor d iv. , ahnwn that wompn hnv nrAu. "&H r v... ...euie in the Army THE POSSIBILITY that the Nazis may be holdine hick crack troops to pounce on the Allied supply lines in France! suggested Dy ttepresemauve martin or Iowa, a meaibera House military affairs committee. Martin pointed out that it was in this manner that the Rm beat back the Germans so successfully in the Soviet home! waiting for the Nazis to weaken themselves by an overxtl supply line. Although Martin thinks the war should end in Europe at ii any time, he Insists that it could also last for a year if the O decided to fight as a nation to the last ditch. SOME RATIONING SOURCES BELIEVE that canned fruij juices will be forced off rationing shortly because of the act. nr ri.:i: T wj ' . 1 war mounter jamcs r . Djriuca in iiiiwiiig must, cannej veg-'I from the ration cnarts. Rather tnan decrease me numrjer or blue points availaM processed foods, OPA recently raised point values on fruitil juices so high as to make it unlikely that consumers will be al buy more than one No. 2Vi can of most fruits every six or weeks. Rationing experts are fearful that it will be impossible to r fruits on this basis. It is reported that OPA rationing officials, with exception of I Boss Chester Bowles, opposed removal of the vegetables fronj processed foods program. CAN A PIGEON WHO HAS KNOWN tke glory of war t pected to retire to unobtrusive civilian life and pea nut eating in the park? That's what the war department is wondering, especially in the case of "Little Girl," an Army car rier pigeon, due to get the Purple Heart for bringing her message In despite a shrapnel 'wound whereby she lost two toes of the left foot. No. It looks as though the war department will have to I a better future for "Little Girl" than just releasing her tail "Another thing, a letter to a soldier from home means more to him when he is overseas than any other thing. I mean this for wives, mothers and sweethearts as well as friends. Just getting mail brings home closer and makes you fight better," he said. Mother doesn't make the dough in the kitchen now. She makes it in the war plant. Youth Looks Ahead A poll of eight questions of grave interest and concern to the American people was re cently made by the International Relations Club at the University of North Carolina. We wondered as we read the results which follow if youth does see clearly ahead. They believe that there will be another war in thirty years, which we regret to learn they anticipate. They belieye that the United States will be the strongest nation at the end of the war with Russia coming in for second place, and that Great Britain will be the weakest nation; that India will be . given complete independence ; that we should adopt a stronger policy toward Ar gentina ; that Germany should not be broken up into smaller independent states. They believe that President Roosevelt is the best equipped American to handle the foreign affairs of the United States after the war; they are in favor of a revised League of Nations over any other proposed plan for world organization; they think that Japan should be occupied for more than five years after peace has been made in the Pacific area. Sgt. Jenkins entered the service on Sept. 24. 1940, leaving here a few days after the National Guard Unit. He volunteered and enlisted at the Asheville recruiting office and from th, re was sent to Fort Jackson, where he remained for two years. Then upon being trans ferred from there he was stationed at the following camps before be insr sent ov, rseas: Key West, Fla., Camp Forrest, Tenn., Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., live months on maneu vers at Yuma, Ariz., and then back to Camp Forrest and to Kilmer, N. J. He landed in Northern Ireland on Dec. 1, 1943 and was stationed there until he was sent to France on July 1. He was serving with the 8th Infantry Division with whom he had been for the four years he had been in the armv. Sgt. Jenkins is entitled to wear a four-year Kod conduct ribbon; Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon; European War Theater ribbon; a star for participation in a major battle; and has been awarded the Purple Heart. "But I didn't last but eleven days in combat before I got this." he said with an apologetic smile, as he pointed to his leg with the dress ing on it, "but it was fine while it lasted and I felt I was really help ing out." "I would like to tell you what a wonderful thing the blood plasma is. Those people who donate blood are doing a big job. I had a blood transfusion when I was carried to the evacuation hospital, and what it did for me would be hard to say,' he said with feeling. The Voice Of The Peopl Do you feel that with the expan sion of agricultural agencies in the lasl few years there is need for a I county building to house the offices ! and would you aDnrove the erection of such a building by the county when materials are available? here in Havwood county.' Sirt. Jenkins will be discharged sometime during the coming year from the army. He has done his part. In the meantime the govern ment will fix him up with an arti ficial limb, and see that he is as fit as medical science can make him, before he is turned back into civilian life. W. '. Whitesides "Yes, I cer tainly would. I am for all improve ments that are for the best inte rests and the welfare, of our people see them," he said. "What do you plan to do after ! you are discharged," we asked, for I we felt that the Sergeant would' not po back to his old occupation of farming down on Cove Creek as he did before the C.erman shrll struck him. We wish that you ' could have seen the look on his ! face when he answered. "Why I've got a job waiting for me. I am going to work for the Wtlleo Shoe Company. Thev have already sent for me to come out and They have what it takes. The realization came to us as never before what a morale build er, " job back home," must be to the men in service. It made us understand as never before how vital this program is in our post war planning: WTe started our in terview with sympathy that was perhaps akin to pity for the boy so young who had lost his foot. We left the interview filled with ad miration and respect, for his fight ing spirit and his fine normal out look on life. It gave us respect anew for the American men in ser vice in general. No wonder they are making such crack fisrhters. Frank L. Reiner "There J of ways at looking at the It seems to me that the first! iner nroblem that faces this I is that of homes for pcipl other things can follow. THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY "If you do your part they treat you well in the army. You get a square deal, if you do not break the rules. I guess life is like that anywhere. I cannot say too much for the nurses and the doctors who are serving in this war," he said. "I was shot around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I am sorry that I cannot tell you at what place or some of the circumstances. I was hit by artillery shell and in 20 minutes I was given first aid, and that shows you what quick atten tion we get in combat. Then in a few hours I was rushed to an evac uation hospital and on that same night I was operated upon. The hospital 'was twenty miles away from the front lines on which I was serving. You might not know it, but that is fast and good atten tion. The nurses and the doctors do everything in their power for you. ' They are cheerful and sympa- ifW 1 1 T4 OH .maw! I Wfe- ,ifMmVLjt V BEAR -A BKJ 0B, Jim Rovd ' We don't km is going to happen aftr t'l We might n.it have any aerents or agricultural ae wl then again we might have! est if nri 11 nil Hpnend on cm at the time, whether or nit j need such a Iniilfline. Walter Crawford-" Yes. I aDDrove such a nuiiums x i ,r,,l their 1 necessary to this coun'y. Theodore McCrarken- lJ j ,..w th? L'ovenq going to do. and 'ha! knows." I.. Hramlett hen able 1 w Mrs. W. D. Ketner- , , , nf i: would a'l"l'e . . i.j'J T teriAls are aval wicr ing by the county. of a farm because I feel tha ed." i, ! would M. k ro"c' of such a building - "T think !.., Anne a SP1?M'3 01 wo.k "'".,, wlwlJ prove anytnuiK , them further their work .... r,.nri "I'l Mrs. Henrj , r the farm agents- - j tv u-hat it i 3 ... n aH that tne CUllurany, - ,11 i ffiip5 ami 'll 1 tneir wi"""7"1 . UH. Michael 'T;n5on, Pa. to Dorothy RoM ton. -f E11 IoWilmaHeatbcJ Kaipn M Myrl Elizabeth t' 1 Canton. I
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