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VOL. 54, NO. 36
WPALABORIS I
NOW AVAILABLE
FOR FARM WORK
McGinnis States That Anyone
Needing Farm Labor Should
Apply to Employment Office
or To Any WPA Official
Raleigh, March 1.?"The North
Carolina WPA has always tried to
work itself out of a job by returning
certified workers to private employment
as rapidly as possible,"
stated WPA Administrator C. C.
McGinnis. "Through the years and
this year we have informed farmers
and all kinds of employers of labor
that workers on WPA projects are
always available when needed for
farm work or any other kind of
work in any given locality."
From July 1, 1941, to February 1.
1942, 24,126 workers either le?t
WPA or had their employment terminated
with WPA for various reasons.
The average WPA employment
for that period was 24,670. This
shows almost a 100 per cent .
turnover in WPA workers. It is |
definitely known that 7,376 of those
were placed in private employment, f
McGinnis reported that last week
837 workers left WPA.
During the month of January, 963 i
WPA workers were placed in pri- 1
vate jobs by the recently created
WPA division of training and reemployment.
This division has recently
instituted a farm placement
section. All farm agents in the
several counties of North Carolina c
have been informed of the WPA c
policy and they have been urged to a
co-operate in placing WPA workers f
in farm jobs wherever they are i<
needed. The new section co-ordinates
its efforts with the farm place- v
ment unit of the U. S. employment d
service. s
In order that all farmers, or any s
employer needing workers, be again a
Informed of the WPA policy, Mc- d
Ginnis issued tile following state- a
ment: t
"Anyone needing farm labor who jj
is unable to obtain it at the prevail- c
ing farm wage, is advised to apply
at the nearest U. S. employment of- v
fice or to any local WPA official. ,
urn A 1st ?-i- - >- * ' '
m rt win matte uvauuuie any quail- r
tied workers under its jurisdiction.
Employers should also feel free to
offer a job to any qualified person
whom they know is working on; 1
WPA. If anyone working on WPA
is offered a job, whether through
the U. S. employment service, a
WPA official, or directly by the person
who wishes to hire him, and refuses
to accept the offer, he will be
immediately terminated from WPA. ^
This is providing, of course, that the *
wage offered is the prevailing one
for similar work in the community, 1
and til at he is able to do the work 11
offered, and that working conditions E
are reasonable. t:
"Citizens are requested to co-ope- 8
rate by advising W. C. Wilson, direc- F
tor of training and re-employment ll
at the WPA Raleigh office of any E
instance where a WPA official fails w
to co-operate in attempting to fill s:
their labor requirements, or where a
WPA project worker refuses to ac- t:
cept a bona fide offer of private em- c
pioyment. Prompt investigation will c
be made and appropriate action
taken in each such instance re- F
ported. v
"It is the purpose of WPA to pro- f
vide useful public work for needy
unemployed citizens who are unable ?
to secure private employment. It is
not the intention of the WPA to
keep anyone employed on a project
who is offered fair and reasonable
nrivatp pmnlovmpnt " rr
WPA has caused 1,395 workers to a
receive training in skills needed by ?
the war effort. Of these, 1,048 were s
found jobs by the re-employment di- t
vision. "This is one phase of the t
WPA effort to move our employees
into private industry," Wilson ex- r
plained. I
New Truck Ration 1
To Begin March 9
Washington, March 1.?Rationing t
of new trucks, truck-tractors ahd t
trailers will begin March 9, the war f
production board announced last r
night. t
Persons desiring to purchase such d
vehicles should file applications for f
purchase certificates with field of- v
fices of the interstate commerce
commission's bureau of motor car- t
riers. The applications then will be j
relayed to Washington and approv- 1
ed or rejected by defense transpor- t
tation officials and the WPB.
Approximately 196,000 trucks and
trailers will be available for ration- f
ing the next 22 months, officials es- f
timated. f
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iependent Weekly N
BOONE, WA
In Philippines
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This picture of Mrs. Douglas
MacArihur was made by the U. S.
army signal corps shortly before
the attack on Pearl Harbor. It
shows her watching the Napa festival
in the Philippines. Mrs.
MacArthur and their son are still
in the Bataan Peninsula, it is believed.
G. 0. P. CONVENTION
TO MEET IN LENOIR
3r. Kcphart is Touted as Next
Congressional Nominee of
Republican Party
The Republicans of the ninth
ongressional district will hold their
onvention in Lenoir on March 18,
t 2 o'clock p. m., according to inormation
given out by Republican
jaders here Tuesday.
The principal business of the conention,
it "is stated, is to form a
istrict organization, and at the
Bine time to elect members of the
tate executive committee. It is;
lso stated that a Republican canidate
for copgress will be selected
t this time/and grapevine informaion
is that Dr. A. P. Kephart will
ikely be named to oppose veteran
Congressman Robert L. Doughton in
exl fail's election. Dr. Kephart,
rho ran for the legislature last elecion,
is well known throughout this
egion, and may be expected to wage
vigorous congressional campaign.
iVatauga Teacher to
Hold Dinner Meeting
Monday, March 9th
The annual dinner meeting of the
Vatauga County Teachers Associaion
will be held Monday. March 9,
:30 p. m., in the dining room of the
ioone Baptist church, it was anounced
Tuesday. Mrs. Dessie Mae
Cdmisten, president of the associalon,
will be in charge of the proram.
The feature speaker will be
'red W. Greene of Raleigh, secrciry-treasurer
of the North Carolina
education Association, and music
rill be furnished by the college
ymphony orchestra.
Those desiring additional reservaions
for the dinner may do so by
ontacling their district school prinipal.
Prof. W. W. Williams of Blowing
lock, is chairman of the committee
/hich has charge of arrangements
or the event.
Association To Be
i v l * T" l * *
neia i lmoerea Kidge
The executive committee of the
'hree Forks Baptist Association met
t the Boone Baptist church last
lunday, and it was decided that the
pring session of the association will
>e held at the Timbered Ridge Bapist
church on Friday, May 1.
The program details will be anlounced
in a later edition of The
lemocrat.
-EADERS HOPE THAT
ARMS LAG IS OVER
Washington, March 1.?Adminlsration
leaders, having weathered
he worst storm of attack since
earl Harbor on new deal social legslation,
were hopeful yesterday
here would be no lag in arms proluction
that might bring a new efort
to suspend the 40-hour work
veek.
The house refused by a vote of 226
o 62 to suspend the overtime pay
(revisions of the wage-hour law and
6 other federal statutes governing
he hours of American workers.
All but 48 of the 10,812 passen;er
cars imported into Brazil in the
irst 10 months of last year were
rom the United States.
UGA :
ewspaper-Established
TAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAR<
MOLLYCODLINGOF
PEOPLE OF NATION
HAS BEEN STOPPED
i "Defeat is Impossible" Theme
Replaces That of "Victory is
i Sure"; Government Officials,
However, Are Still Confident
That United States Will Win
I
Washington, March 3.?President
Roosevelt, his cabinet members and
other leading government officials
seem to be through mollycoddling
the people of the nation.
Until recently messages to the
public have carried more or less of a
"victory is sure" theme?with accompanying
qualifications vaguely
citing the need for sacrifice, hard
work and unity.
Now the theme has become mo?e
frightening?a "defeat is possibld"
theme accompanied by explanations
of the power of the enemy and the
absolute necessity of our performing
the "miracle of production" if we
hope to win.
Government officials are still un
animous in the conviction that the I
war will be won by the United Nai
tions, but they realize it is going to
> call for a lot more effort by the peo!
pie than lias been demonstrated so 1
j far. They arc no longer in a mood I
j to tolerate labor troubles, self-ccnI
lered activities of pressure groups,
etc., which slow up production. And
they will no longer give consumer
interests much consideration when
they conflict with the interests of 1
the war program.
To impress the public with the
size of the job we have to do, the
fact is being stressed that we must
think of winning the war in terms
of offensive action and not defense. (
This was made clear when, in reply
to criticism that our coast lines
arc not well protected, Secretary of
War Stimson said:
"The only way to end the war is
to take the offensive and to take it
as vigorously as possible. We are
building an offensive force on. the
land and in the air, and we shall
seize every opportunity for attack,
and utilize every opportunity for
surprise.
"Wo have got to be prepared
also," he said, "for thoughtless pressure
by our public to string out our
defense?a pressure which if yielded
to would be the surest way of
losing the war that I know of.
"We have got to be prepared to
take sporadic attacks, and the only
way to end them is to mass our
forces to take effective action
against the enemy.
"You must remember that in this
ww*. ?c ncivc uui, g,ui anyouuy m EjUrope
holding Germany behind a 1
front line. We cannot produce our
way out of the war. We cannot buy '
our way out. We can only fight out !
by hard, intelligent fighting. :
' This does not mean that defen- j
sive efforts will not be made to pro- \
tect the country as far as they can
be made without destroying our
striking forces." :
By shifting our thinking toward !
offensive action?and by emphasiz- '
ing that we may have "to take
sporadic attacks" until such action is ]
effective, Mr. Simson, and other i
government spokesmen are believ- '
ed to have done much to give the
public a new realization of the task
that lies before us. I
In addition to showing us the ab- <
solute need for faster and faster '
production, it has also been made i
clear that there is going to be no
more fooling about the sacrifices <
which the people of this country i
will have to make in the near fu- 5
ture. i
Last year an effort was being s
made to do two jobs?fulfill consum- i
er needs and produce qualities of '
war supplies. That didn't work.
This year all possible production fa- I
cilities are being turned over to war 1
production?and the production of f
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PARTY DINNERS NET
$24,000 IN N. CAROLINA
I
AT J_t_ <"? i: TV ?
iiuiui i^aruima uemotraia came s
to the aid of their party on George e
Washington's birthday by paying s
more than $24,000 to eat 1,000 din- f
ners. 1
Colonel William T. Joyner, state s
chairman of the dinners, said the
sum, which will be used to wipe out i
the national Democratic party's l
1940 deficit, was approximately one- \
third larger than that donated on
arty of the previous Jackson day 1
dinners. f
Dinners vere held in Raleigh, I
Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Asheville,
Edenton and Lumberton. J
The northern Piedmont dinner 1
held at Winston-Salem netted $6,927.72,
Senator Gordon Gray announced.
The quota for this din- 1
ner was $3,575. i
DEM'
in the Year Eighteei
DLINA, THURSDAY, MARCf
Chief Executive Oi
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President Roosevelt declared
the United Nations will "soon h
President said that if we withd;
the United States it would mal
easier in Europe and Asia and tl
strategy to win the war. He is
his momentous talk to the worl
MRS. WINKLER IS
TAKEN BY DEATI
Well-known Citizen Succumbs t
Long Illness; Was Daughter
of Col. W- T. Horton
Mrs. J. S. Winkler, highly esteem
;d citizen of this community, die
it the home of a son, Mr. W. B
Winkler, early Monday, after an ill
less of several months. She was 7
rears of age.
Mrs. Winkler was a daughter o
he late Col. W. T. and Rebecca Blai
lorton. and had made her home ii
3oone for more than forty years
>he had been a member of the Bap
ist church for many years and s
ong as her health permitted, wa
ictivc in religious activities. Mr:
Winkler was widely known through
iut this area and held in th
lighest regard by all of her ac
juaintances.
At noon Wednesday funeral de
ails had not been arranged, due t
he extreme weather conditions, bu
t was stated by Iteins-Sturdivan
Tuneral Home that the service
l^ mi 1
>UUIU 1 irvcijr UC I1C1U J. llUl'?>Uil,
norning from the Boone Baptis
;hurch, and that interment would b
n the city cemetery.
Surviving, besides Mr. Winklei
ire the following sons and daugh
ers: Carl H. Winkler, Durham
VIrs. E. W. Moore, Greensboro; V
it. Winkler, Gordon H. Winkler an
Stewart Winkler of Boone; Par
Winkler of Morganton, and Mrs. .
?. Davis of Leaksville. A1 s
surviving are one brother and on
sister, H. W. Horton, Miami, Fla
ind Mrs. Emma H. Moore of Booni
High Point College Win
North State Cage Crowi
High Point, Feb. 28?In a drivin
'inish, High Point's Purpe Panther
iefeated Appalachian, 50 to 34, tc
light and won the North State cor
lerence basketball crown.
The Mountaineers, dcfendin
:hampions, staged a furious battl
n an effort to retain the champion
ihip but Bill Keene, six-foot cighl
nch center, came through with fou
iuccessive baskets in the final si
ninutes to put the winners aheac
16 to 34, with two minutes to go.
The lead changed hands fou
imes in the first five minutes bu
High Point forged out in front, 8 t
i, at that point. The Panthers le
he rest of the game, with margin
anging from 4 to 9 points.
APPS DEFEAT W. C. T. C.
The Appalachian Mountaineer
>ut on a goal-shooting show in th
econd half to pull away from West
im Carolina Teachers and enter th
emi-finals of the North State cor.
eienue oasKeioaii loumamcnt ?
ligh Point Thursday night. Th
core was 54-45.
Starting early in the second hal
ind sparked by John Novotny, Ap
lalachian swept out in front, 45-3:
vith seven minutes left in the gami
Franklin Gudger, W. C. T. C., an
Novotny, Appalachian's sparkin
!uard, were standouts. The Boons
nen led at the half, 19-17.
In the semi-finals Friday nigh
Appalachian defeated Catawba Co!
ege by the score of 48 to 39.
The first naval officer to receiv
he thanks of congress or a gol
nedal was John Paul Jones.
OCR A
i Hundred and EightyI
5, 1942
ntlines U. S. Strategy
in a world-wide radio address that
ave the offensive" in the war. The
rew our forces from the outposts of
ce the course of the Axis powers
>al we would not follow an "ostrich"
shown pointing to map as he made
d.
MRS. EDNA HODGES
I DIES ON TUESDAY
0 Brief Illness is Fatal to Wellknown
School Teacher; Rites
at Boone's Fork Church
Mrs. Edna Coffey Hodges, aged
d 59, died at Watauga Hospital Tuesday
after a brief illness. Cancer was
1 given as the cause of her death.
Funeral services are to be conf
ducted from the Boone's Fork Bapr
tist church and burial will be in
1 that section when the weather permits.
0 Mrs. Hodges was a daughter of
s the late Filmore and Mrs. Coffey
; and was reared in the vicinity of
_ ] Foscoe. She had taught in the pube
: lie schools of Watauga and adjacent
._ ! counties for a number of vears. and
I was well known and held in the
_ j highest regard by her many ac0
| quainlanees.
t | Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
it j Louise Aldridge, and the following
s j brothers and sisters: Mrs. Eva Cofy
i fey, Jesse Coffey, Mrs. H. H. Berry,
it' Sanford Coffey, Shulls Mills; Mrs.
e George Williams, Johnson City,
iTenn.; Mrs. Blaine Aldridge, Tacop,
j ma. Wash.
Draftees Soon Go
^ To Army Same Day
r. j They Are Examined
o
e !
Washington.?The new system of
i inducting selective service recruits
' | the same day they receive their
jarmy physical examinations will be
S J effective as soon as instructions now
_ | in the mails reach the local boards,
selective service officials have ani
nounced.
Previously, men classified by their
s local board as acceptable for service
have been given their army physil'
cal examinations about ten days before
they received orders to report
? for induction,
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l" TRAFFIC TOLL SHADES
GUAM, WAKE DEATHS
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j Chicago, March 1.?The nation
sacrificed three times as many lives
lr in January traffic accidents as in resisting
Japanese assaults on Wake
0 Island and Guam, the National Safety
Council reported yesterday.
lS While Americans were reading
wartime casualty lists, 3,140 of them
iosi ineir lives near home m traffic
s mishaps, the council said. The fige
ure, recorded in the face of tire and
automobile rationing, represented a
e 7 per cent increase over the January
[_ total for 1941, 22 per cent over 1940
,t and 26 per cent over 1939.
C PROBE IS CALLED IN
f, LENOIR SCHOOL BLAZE
2, Lenoir, March 1.?An investiga;.
tion was started in an effort to learn
d the origin of the fire that destroyed
g the newly constructed Hudson elei
mentary and high school and caused
damages estimated at $125,000.
t, Only a month ago students began
I- attending classes in the structure,
which was rebuilt after the other
was swept by fire in December,
e 1940. The blaze broke out about
d 11:30 o'clock last night in front of
the building.
Eight
$1.50 A YEAR
lEAVICTsiMW
QUARTER CENTURY
ISOLATES BOONE
No Mails Arc Expected For Day
or So; Last Bus Service Monday
Afternoon; No Motor Vehicles
Have Operated Since
Start of Snowfall
King winter descended upon
Boone and Watauga county early
Monday morning, and brought along
the heaviest snowfall experienced in
I this region since 193G. and some rcsi|
dentcrs are inclined to the belief
J that not since 1918 has so much
-snow fell in in this area.
Tuesday afternoon the total depth
of the snow was estimated at 18
inches. A strong west wind swirled
the snow into drifts, and no motor
vehicle has Vinon soon In wocc
-v t/HM aiyji i5
| the main street during the day. A
| large number of business houses of
i the town did not open Tuesday
morning, and no bus has arrived in
: the city since 2 o'clock Monday aft- '
! crnoon. Herman W. Wilcox, manaI
ger of the Union Bus Terminal,
I states that information is that no
bus service will be available for
perhaps two or three days. There
has been no mail service since the
snow started, and the community
and county are completely isolated.
Clearing skies this (Wednesday)
morning indicated a break in the
worst snowstorm this section has
seen in many years. Highway forces
are making an effort to open the
main thoroughfares of this area to
traffic.
SCHOOLS CLOSED
ON ACCOUNT SNOW
If Weather Permits Schools
Will Reopen Tuesday
Morning
The schools in Boone and throughout
the county, closed Tuesday,
when all means of transportation
were abandoned due to a recordbreaking
snow which blankets the
county.
Mr. Herbert Wey, principal of
Appalachian high school, stated this
niornimr ths?t it u-oe unlil-oh. u.**
i?mo uniin.vij' mat
the Boone schools would operate before
next Tuesday. Mr. Wey said
that information from the highway
department was to the effect that
bus lines could not be in full operation
before that time.
Mr. W. H. Walker, superintendent
| of the Watauga county schools,
could not be reached at his home
this morning, but there is little likelihood
that any of the county schools
will reopen before Tuesday of next
week.
Court Clerk to Issue
Dynamite Permits
Austin E. South, clerk of the superior
court for Watauga county,
has been designated to issue licenses
to anyone wishing to purchase dynamite
or other explosives. Mr South
explains that dealers have to be
licensed, and are not permitted to
sell explosives to anyone unless the
official permit has been issued.
[~T " m\I
want. . .
FICUTIN/! nnilADC
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& !
America moat be Mr oog. |
Every man and woman must
contribute their strength to the
strength of America at war.
Some are carrying guns?
some are flying planes?some
are giving their blood on ships
at sea. YOU
on the home front must
buy those guns?those planes?
those ships. That must be your
contribution to freedom under
Are! BUY DEFENSE
STAMPS AND BONDS TODAY?buy
them with every
penny you have to spare 1
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