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J*?SM X X ' UNITED STATES m M WAR %/%/ BONOS V STAMPS ^ 111' An Ini > VOL. 54, NO. 50 j?ry decides ~1 DAMAGE SUIT IN SHERIFFS FAVOR Conley Eggers Brings Suit for $20,000 Against Sheriff Edinisten and Deputy Alleging False Arrest; Judge Blackstuck Presides at Special Term The first two days of the special civil term of Watauga superior court were taken for the trial of the action in which Conley Eggers sought a verdict of .$20,000 against Sheriff A. J. Fdmisten and Fred fTorris, a t deputy, alleging false imprisonment, and late Tuesday afternoon the jury in the case returned a verdict in favor of the officers, the opinion being that there was no grounds for the action ; jme suu originated wnen snerut Edmisten arrested the stepfather of the plaintiff, Floss Eggers, on charges of driving drunk. Conley Eggers is said to have accompanied the officers and his relative to Boone, and ? upon arrival at the jail, according to 1 the testimony, interferred with the { officers in the performance of their duty. It was staled that Conley Eg- f gers struck at Deputy Fred Norris. \ who in turn wielded a blackjack, and placed Eggers in jail. Both the plaintiff and the defend- ' ants were ably represented, and the case aroused considerable interest during the two days of its progress. The jury was composed of Clyde Mast, Perry Farthing, Geo. Hayes, Don J. Horton, Hayes Wellborn, W. a C. McNeil, Grant Greene, Albert si Thomas, Dale Vannoy, J. C. Brook- 1! shire. Dave Hockeday and Carl O] Farthing. ir The special civil term convened tl Monday morning with Judge Clar- ti ence E. Blackstock of Asheville, pre-1 tl siding, and about 40 more cases are n to be tried. Clerk Austin E. South d expects the term to last for the two c, full weeks. c JNO. MILLER DIES \ FROM DROWNING. c I v Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Miller | f Believed to Have Had Heart |e Attack in Watauga River |( John Elmer Miller, son of Mr. and C Mrs. A. C. Miller of Shawneeliaw n township, was drowned Sunday aft- a ernoon while swimming with a com- t< panion in Watauga River near Valle Crucis. Young Mr. Miller and a ? friend, Elon Yates, were returning home from the county singing which was held at Cove Creek, when they decided to swim in Watauga River. Since the water was comparatively g shallow at the place, it is believed p that the deceased suffered a heart at- g tack. The body was recovered about n one hour after the drowning. He t. was 21 years old. g. Funeral services were conducted ^ Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from ?| Liberty Methodist church at Matney, by the Rev. Mr. Allen, Baptist min- a, ister, and interment was in the cemetery near the church. The bereaved parents, together ^ with the following brothers and sis- ^ ters survive: A. C. Miller, Jr.. Fort Benning, Ga.; J. F. Miller, Vilas; W. S. Miller, Banner Elk; Mrs. Frank . Wilson, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. Jake V Lookabill, Zionville, and Mrs. Homer Wallace, Banner Elk. RATIONING LIKELY SOON OF TEA. COFFEE. COCOA b h Washington, June 8.?Rationing of " coffee, tea and cocoa is "likely," a P high war production official said " today, but clothing rationing will not be necessary this year. ( J. L. Weiner, deputy director of WFB's division of civilian supply, reported to a press conference thai "some of our eathig habits may have to be revised" because of shipping y shortages and lend-lease demands, d and that wartime problems will y bring about far-reaching changes in o clothing, housing and transportation. o At the same time he gave assur- ii ance that Americans need fear t< nothing but the sacrifice of some S comforts which other nations have o not enjoyed even in times of peace. S EDGAR H. TUFTS REPORTED TO BE CRITICALLY ILL Banner Elk, June 9.?Edgar H. Tufts, president of Lees-McRae col- o lege here, is critically ill in Grace c hospital, Banner Elk, it was re- r ported Tuesday . v Mr. Tufts has been a patient in b the hospital two weeks, but hospital r attaches said today that it was only t within the past day or so that his t condition became critical. t rATAl iependent Weekly BOONE, W. Sub Training School S'i $7. . filled with water, this lower represents a deep body of water trom which future underseas crews of the British navy are training to escape by use of the Momsen lung and oiher escape devices. The tower is at New London, England. i)CAL SCHOOLSTO )PEN ONJONDAY ligh and Elementary Demon slration Schools Scheduled to Open Summer Term The demonstration schools, higl nd elementary, will open for tin intmer session on Monday, Jun< 5th, at 9 a. m? war time. Th( pening date of the schools has beer loved up one week in order to give re children a longer vacation be veen the closing of the summer anc te opening of the fall term. The ew opening date will give the chil ren approximately four weeks va ation after the summer schoo loses. The schools will operate five day; week for eight weeks. They wil perate on Saturday instead of Mon ay after the first week. Thf* mflfprifllfi foo fr\r nViiWron it he elementary school will be 51 ents. A registration fee of $2.01 /ill be charged in the high school lo tuition fee will be charged it ither school. The number of chil ren in the first grade will be lim ed to 30. The bus will be operated in the lak Grove and Poplar Grove com lunities. All children desiring t< ttend the summer school should en ?r at the opening. lailey's Majority Reaches 116,457 Raleigh, June 8.?A total of 305, 19 persons voted in the Democratic rimary of May 30, and Unite< tates Senator J. W. Bailey won re omination over Richard T. Foun tin of Rocky Mount, by 211.038 t( 1,581, unofficial figures compiler y the state board of elections showJ today. It was the lightest vote in years s was evidenced by returns fron le Republican primary. The G.O.P allots totaled 15,136, and Sam J lorris of Raleigh, defeated Stonei J. Kluttz of Salisbury, for the Re ublican nomination 11,343 to 3,793 Crippled Children's Clinic On June 18tl Dr. J. S. Gaul of Charlotte, wil e in the health department office ere on Thursday. June 18th. 2:00 p i? to hold his regular monthly crip led children's clinic. All who an iterested may see him at that time bounty Singing Is Held at Cove Creel The county singing conventioi <as held at Cove Creek last Sun ay. a large crowd attended, and i las a most enjoyaBle and inspirini ccasion. Mr. Marion Thomas took a voti n the question of having more sing igs, and it was unanimously agreet j hold another session on the thir< unday in July at 1 o'clock. Every ne has a cordial invitation. IT ATE CLOSES ITS PRISON CAMP IN AVERY COUNT'" Newland, June 8.?The state pris n camp near Ingalls in Aver; ounty has been closed for the du ation of the war. The prisoner irho have been kept there hav ieen transferred to Kinston. Thes nen, all negroes, were used to wori he Avery county roads, both farm o-market and highways, and wil ie replaced by local labor. UGA Newspaper-Establish* AT AUG A COUNTY, NORTH C/ I MORE THAN 350 REGISTER FOR SUMMER SCH00I Enrollments Continue at App: lachian College, and Official Are Pleased With the Outlool Dr. McDonald is Member < the Faculty The first summer term at App; lachian State Teachers College star* ed Tuesday, and Wednesday tnorr ing information from the registrar office is to the effect that a fei more than 350 teachers have regi: tered. in addition to 25 graduate stt dents. Registrar Eggers states th: when registrations are complete : 1 least 400 ,wiil have been enrolled. In view of the effect war condi tions have had upon the education: institutions of the country, colleg officials feel that the number com ing to Appalachian this summer i very large. For tile first time in the histor . of the institution, Appalachian is ol fering courses enabling students t I complete worn on their master's de grees. This arrangement is mad r possible through co-operative actio by the University of North Carolin and the local institution. Dr Ralph W. McDonald of th . University extension division, an Dr. Dorothy McCuskey, of the Texa School of Mines. El Paso, Texas, ar among those giving instruction i the graduate courses. Late War News The Germans appeared Tuesda > night to have begun a supreme el fort to reduce the Russian navt - base of Sevastopol, the one import I ant island of resistance yet remain - ing in the Crimea, and the Sovic front thus again returned to a domi - nant position in the whole of tl1 1 world struggle. In North Africa the allied pos: s tion in Libya showed continued iir 1 provement, the Free French force - holding the southern andror of th imperial line at Bir Hachcim, ha'vin i beaten off the most violent Axis a: 1 sault yet launched in that secto 1 British forces to the west were sue cessfully harrying the enemy's reai i ward communications. In the Europeun theatre, word c - new overnight British raids on th arms plants of Germany's Ruhr Vai ! ley and on docks, railways and aii - dromes in France and the Nethei J lands was accompanied by an autl - oritative prediction that 10,000 ban bers a night might be cast at th Nazis. All accounts from the Russian bai tleline indicated that the battle fc r Sevastopol was hourly rising i fury. The Russians reniSrted that i . the resumed fighting?whose earlie , phases cost the Nazis more than 50 1 000 troops since last fall?the ap . proaches to the city were heavy wit . German dead in the fifth day of th , new campaign. Charge after charg I by the Germans, said Soviet ac counts, was being broken on th rim of Sevastopol's fortifications. ] was made plain, however, that th | German air force was in powerft offensive action and that the civilia population had been forced into th 1 catacombs under the city ^ In the far Pacific, there were ur official reports from Chungking th? British and American air fore units had arrived to aid the embal tied Chinese in the one arm whet they are weakest. The America ' units presumably were aside froi those of the American voluntet 1 group which long has been brillian 5 ly operating in behalf of the Ch nese. They perhaps came froi " Major General Brereton's U. S. a : force in India. On the most critic; of China's various fronts, Chian Kai-Sheck's high command annoum ed that Chuhsein in Chekiang pr< vince still was in Chinese hanc ? and that 7.000 more Japanese ha fallen in the violent fighting of tl i past three days. There is no Chines - claim, however, to the possession < t the airdrome near the city?a majc I Japanese objective because of tl fact that it lies within bombir i reach of Tokyo. Tuesday brought interesting ind I cations that the Japanese goveri i ment was obliquely preparing tl - people for the bad news, or son of the bad news, of Japan's nav; defeat off Midway island. The Ge man radio announced from Tokj { that an unidentified Japanese a< miral had given an interview in tl - newspaper Asahi in which he sail y "One cannot always expect victo - ies, but must also 'be able to star s losses." e e Warning signs on all North Can k lina highways are now being mat - entirely of wood, due to a recei II WPB order forbidding the use < critical materials. DEM id in the Year Eightee LROLINA, THURSDAY. JUNE Safe Passage , I _ " 6" ( ' . ; .. i- . : _ . it Guaranteed and granted saf l~ infested waters, the Swedish-.fi against New York's skyline as 1 _ charge diplomats, newspaper me ;s Nine hundred and eight persons children. ? I Editor. Comnarinn e Tour Mountain Area With Aid of Cycles e Barclay Acheson, one of the edfi ilors of the Readers Digest. and s S. A. March of the U. S budgel e bureau, arrived at the Daniel n Boone hotel Friday evening, the well-known figures using bicycles for a tour of the mountain region of Carolina. The distinguished visitors, whc had expected to stop over in Y Boone only for a brief rest, were so favorably impressed with the locality that they spent the weekend at the Daniel Boone, leaving l~ here in the direction of Blowing :t Rock, te ~~ : MRS. DOUGHERTY : DIES SATURDAY t, r. Aged Boone Woman Succunil to Long Illness; Funeral Services Held Monday ,f| e I Mrs H. P. Dougherty, aged t ] vpaK Hied nt Wninim. C urday afternoon from an extendc illness. Funeral services were conductc from the Boone Baptist church Moi c day afternoon at 2 o'clock, by Re B. R. Page, and interment was in tl r community cemetery. n Active pallbearers were: Manic n Clark, Clyde Greene, D. J. Cottrel r Sam Norris, Russell D. Hodge _ Councill Cooke. Honorary pal bearers: \V. C. Greer, Herman Wi h cox, Clyde Eggers, W. D. Farthin c Kelly Osborne, A. J. Edmisten, j e E. South, A. W. Smith, Rob Rivet .. J. E. Clay. W. M. Cook, Dr. J. ( e Farthing, G. K. Moose,, R. I [t Greene, A. L. Cooke, Joe Cooke, ar e J. A. Williams. il Mrs. Dougherty, who was befoi n her marriage Miss Nancy Loui: e Hayes, was born in Johnson count Tenn., but had resided in Watauj i- county for more than 75 years, mo' it ing to Boone from Beaver Da :e township about fifteen years ag t- She had been a member of the Ba e tist church for 71 years and as lot n as lier health permitted, took : n active interest in religious activ sr. ties. She was a splendid Christi: t- iady, a kind neighbor, and had lari i- numbers of friends throughout tl n countv 11 Surviving are two sons and 01 daughter: Arthur of Boone; Chas. of R. F. D. 2, and Miss Fann -- Dougherty of Boone. ) is RUBBER SALVAGE DRIVE d ORDERED BY PRESIDEK ie Washington, June 9.?Preside of Roosevelt today disclosed he is wor )r ing on plans to determine exact le how much scrap rubber is availab 'g through a nation-wide "pickup-th rubber" salvage drive?the result i- which may decide whether gener gasoline rationing must be invoked ,e Emphasizing that the princip te transportation problem now is tl al lack of rubber, rather than gasolir r" Mr. Roosevelt told his press confe 'o ence that he has sought at length i- leam just how much scrap rubber >e available, but that no two peop have agreed. The lowest estimai r" he said, would make the situatii >d serious. But if the highest a found to be true, the situation, f military purposes, is not so gra\ o- The best way to get the corrc Je answer, he said, is to start a sho nt quick and snappy campaign to bri: of in all the scrap rubber in the cou try. OQ1A n H uncLre rid Eighty 11. 1942 ;? Was Guaranteed " ' -?e? I J '''I?1 [ DROTTN!N(iHOlMBSVERI6? J e passage from Lisbon through subimerican liner Drotlingholm looms ugs dock her at Jersey City to disn and refugees from Axis countries, were aboard, including women and 1 SOLDIER S PAY SET I X m fnm* r\ x ns/\?TnriTV AT A MONTH Senate Votes to Concur With House in Setting Scale For Privates and Seamen Washington. June :>?Enlisted men in all the armed services?army, i navy, marine corps and coast j guard?were assured last night of ' I getting their minimum base pay 1 | raised to $50 a month when the sen' i ate rejected the $46 compromise figure approved by house and sen-1 ate conferees. By a vote of 58 to 20, the senate adopted a motion by Senator LaFollette instructing its conferees to ac? cept the house version of the mili? tary pay bill calling for $50 a month. The senate originally favored $42, and the $46 compromise was readied after weeks of bickering among the / conferees. I The vote on LaFollette's motion left no doubt that the $50 figure >s will prevail since the house on two separate occasions has strongly proclaimed its approval of that amount. Final approval of the $50 minimum will make American fighting men the best paid in the world. The $50 minimum applies to men , who are now receiving $30 a month. : LaFollette's motion also called for approval of a house Dionosal to 'li boost the pay of first class privates 1_ and seamen second class to S54 a v month. The senate favored $48 and le the conferees approved a compromise of $52. '' Mrs. Joe Hardin is s, Injured in Accident Meager information reaching rela' tives here Saturday told of the injury of Mrs. Joe Hardin in an automobile accident near Reno, Nevada, ^ and she is a patient in a hospital in that city, where she is being treated for a slight concussion and other inre juries. ia Mrs. Hardin, who only recently y> spent several weeks with relatives !a in this community, was en route v~ from Glendale, Calif., where the m family formerly lived, to some point ?- in Nevada, where Mr. Hardin is now P" employed, when the accident occurl? red. No further particulars are m available ri m APPALACHIAN DAIRY HERD ?e RECEIVES HIGH RATINGS re Brattleboro, Vt? June 8.?Appane lachian State Teachers College. P. Boone, has been awarded a dairy ie herd classification certificate?certificate No. 444?by the HolsteinFriesian Association of America, 17, .1-- l -7 I ^.utuuuuiu, VI... KJl I UIC Uddi2> Ui U1C IT i recent type classification of their I registered Holstein cattle by T. E. nt I Elder of Alton, N. H k- | Mr. Elder is one of the seven ofly ficial inspectors for the Holsteinle Friesian Association of America. The e- classification of Holsteins by one of of ! these inspectors is recognized by the al association as providing the most I. useful certificate of type comparisons al available. The ratings are recorded he in the Advanced Registrar and the le, Herd Improvement Register when r ever any classified Holsteins have to records reported in these books, is Forty-six of the Teachers College >le animals were classified and received te, the folloing ratings: I "excellent", 2 on "very good", 15 "good plus", 20 re "good", 8 "fair." or 7e. LIGHTNING HITS COW ict Mr. W. S. Christian of Boone R. rt, F. D. 2, on last Thursday suffered ng the loss of a fine milk cow. The n- animal was struck by lightning while grazing. -Eight $1.50 A YEAR HOME CAiNNERS TO i REGISTER NEXT WEEK FOR SUGAR local Rationing Board Given Dates for Registering Users of Sugar for Home Canning Needs; One Pound Allotted for i Each Four Quarts The Watauga rationing board has given out a schedule of registration dates for the registration of those desiring sugar for heme canning purposes. Mr. Gordon H. Winkler, ration board chairman, states that houseI wives will be allowed one pound of sugar for each four quarts of finished fruits canned, and that an additional one pound of sugar per person will be allotted for preserves and jellies for the entire year. When registering, it is asked that the number of the war ration stamp book held by the registrant be furnished. The schedule of registration dates follows: Monday. June 15?Cove Creek high school. Tuesday, June 16?Mabel schoolhouse. Wednesday, June 17?Bethel high I school. Thursday. June IS?Vaile Crucis I school building. Friday, June 19?Deep Gap consolidated school. Saturday, June 20?Green Valley schoolhouse. | Monday, June 22?Boone Demonstration school building. THOSE IN ARMED FORCES TO GIVE UP SUGAR BOOKS Persons inducted into the armed forces of the United States or those leaving the U. S. for a period of more than thirty days must surrender them war ration books to thenlocal boards, says Gordon H. Winkler, chairman of the Watauga county rationing board. Rationing books must also be returned to the board within ten days after the death of a person for whom the book was issued. Persons who become confined to an institution for a period likely to exceed ten days must surrender to the administrative head of the institution their ration books, which will be returned to them upon discharge (from the institution. The OPA has received reports that some people who registered excess amounts of sugar think they can obtain war ration books as soon as the excess is gone regardless of the length of time in which it was consumed. Families who do not restrict their use of sugar to the prescribed allotments will only be penalizing themselves since a time may come when they have no sugar and will not be permitted to purchase auy. The OPA, according to Mr. Winkler, has also issued a warning concerning lost war ration books. In the even; a book is lost, a person may make application to his local rationing board for a new one but it cannot be issued to him until two j months after the date of his applij cation. Consumers are asked to exercise the utmost care of their war ration books, inasmuch as no exception will be made to the lost book rule. Persons claiming special hardship because of illness or other conditions beyond their control may take their cases up with their local rationing boards. While the boards cannot issue new books until the two month period has elapsed, they may in a deserving case permit a person to file a special purpose application for a suear mirrhac#* r/*rtifirva+?* I Regarding boarding houses, the local rationing board chairman points out that a boarding house is supposed to register as an institution and obtain their sugar through that procedure. If the boarders eat more than 12 meals a week in the house, they are supposed to turn their books over to the proprietor of the house, who should detach the stamps which have been designated as being valid for the purchase of sugar, and turn the stamps over to the local rationing board. GERMANS UNABLE TO RETALIATE FOR AIR RAIDS Bern, Switzerland, June 9.?The editor of the Frankrurter Zeitung in his June 7 issue, declared Germany "at present" is unable to strike back at British for the air-raids on towns and industrial areas. He said the reason was that "at present the luftwaffe is engaged on many fronts from northern Norway to northern Africa." He expressed the conviction that meanwhile the German people would not "bend down" under Brit; ish air-raids even though they are numerous and heavy.
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