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llifEilTN ATIIONS"
AGREE ON WAR,
PEACE IN EUROPE
United Nations Determined to
Crush Enemies Into Unconditional
Surrender, and Then
Work For International Peace
and Security: Meet at Moscow.
"Washington. Nov. 1.?America,
Britain. Russia and China told the
world tod a;.- they are jointly determined
to crush their enemies into unconditional
surrender and then, as
peace-time partners, work together
for '"international peace and secur- j
ity |
III solemn words, the historic
Moscow conference?the first of its'
kir.d?thus set the tone for the grea-i
test allied effort in history: Insistence
on full victory, a lasting organization
of peace-loving nations and
cold vengeance for those of the enemy
who have bloodied their hands
with barbarism.
The account of what was decided
by the governments represented in
conference by Secretary of State
Hull of the United States. Foreign
Minister Eden of Britain and Foreign
Commissar Molotov of Russia,
and joined in by Ambassador FooTing-Shciing
for China, was announced
simultaneously in their capitals.
On present and future matters, the
following decisions stood out:
1. There shall be unity of action
and consul fation between powers
with a common enemy (Russia is not
at war with Japan and there was no
intimation she should be) until the
day of unconditional surrender.
2. There shall be established as
soon as possible "a general international
organization, based on the
pft-incip!e of the sovereign equality
of all peace-loving states, and open
to membership by all such states,
large and small, for (he maintenance
of international peace and security."
3. There shall be cooperation by
alt nancls to bring about a practicable
general agreement with respect
to the regulation of armaments in
the post-war period.''
4 There shall be swift and sure
justice for those Gentians guilty of
atrocities in occupied lands. America.
Britain and Russia joined in this
Japs of this type have already been
promised punishment by President
Roosevelt The German slaughterers
of helpless people will be tried in
their victims' homelands and if necessary
will be pursued "to the uttermost
ttnds of the earth" for delivery
to their accusers.
Further Meetings
The conferees pledged to have further
meetings, to provide ways of
conferring through diplomatic channel?.
to set up an advisory commission
in London on European affairs
and another advisory council to deal
with Italy.
It was assumed that President
Roosevelt. Prime Minister Churchill
and Premier Stalin will meet soon
now that the foundation for intimate
interchanges of opinion has been
laid.
War Criminals
The means of pnishing war criminals
were announced in a statement
by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stalin,
settling one of the questions on
which Russia has shown great concern.
The ruling that those responsible
for and participating in atrocities
will be returned tt^ the scenes of
their crimes to be punished according
to the laws of their victims, is a
distinct departure from practice fol-j
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Italian Problem
Seven measures which may be the
eventual pattern for Germany, were
set down for banning every touch of
fascism for Italy and setting up a
democracy:
1. The Italian government should
be made more democratic by including
representatives of the sections
of the Italian people who have always
opposed Fascism.
2. Freedom of speech, religious
worship, political belief, press and
public meeting shall be fully restored.
The Italian people shall be entitled
to form anti-Fascist poltical
groups.
3. All institutions and organizations
created by the Fascist regime
shall be suppressed.
4. All Fascist or pro-Fascist elements
shall be removed from the
administration and from institutions
and organizations of a public character.
5. All political prisoners of the
Fascist regime shall be released and
be accorded full amnesty.
6. Democratic organs of local government
shall be created.
7. Fascist chiefs and army generals
known or suspected to be war
criminals shall be arrested and handed
over to juGen.
Bwigh
ing on instruc
BOONE, WA
Survivor of Three Y<
ueki
From Axis-occupied .Greece t
survivor of three years of*near
mark but the Greek children 1
signs of recovery under daily fi
i oiblc by shipments from North
ed by the Greek War Relief A:
lied governments. When you i
I War Relief Fund you will have
are aiding these destitute peopl
WAR FUND DRIVE
M A I/PC nDA^DTOO
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Bad Weather Delays Start Of Solicitation
for Fund Here Initial
Reports Show Progress.
Due to the bad weather last week
the drive for the National War Fund
in this locality was considerably hindered.
but with lietter conditions this
week, the solicitors are now making
their rounds, and the response
so far is encouraging to the chairman
of the campaign, Mrs. M. R.
Maddux.
Watauga County is to raise $2,600
for the Relief Fund which not
only aids Amerifcan soldiers,'but administers
to the relief of the starving
millions throughout the war lorn
areas.
It is to be pointed out that this is,
in no sense a Red Cross campaign, or
a drive for the sale nf bonds; but I
strictly a war relief proposition.
Some misunderstanding has developed
along this line.
Mrs. Maddux and her entire organization"
ask that the people res-;
pond promptly and generously, so
that Watauga county may do her
share in taking care of the urgent
war relief needs as quickly as possible.
Mrs. C. C. Wright
Dies On Friday
[ Mrs. C. C. Wright, 75. died at the
home of a son, Dr. J. T. C. Wright
in Boone last Friday after.. an illness
of about a month.
Funeral services and interment
were in the Hunting Creek- section of
I Wilkes county.
1 Mrs. Wright was the widow of
|Prof. C. C. Wright, who was for 30
'years superintendent of the county
schools in Wilkes county and was
widely known throughout the state
as 3n educator.
Her son with whom she lived is
an instructor at Apalachian State
Teachers College.
Survivors include four sons, J. T.
C. Wright, Clyde Wright, teacher of
vocational education at West Yadkin
high school, Calvin Wright, the
principal of Farmington high school
in Davie county, and Capt. David
R. Wright of the army, stationed at
The Citadel, Charleston, S. C.
the combined chiefs of staff, was
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TAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAR
;ars Near-Starvation
:omts the picture of this chiltistarvation.
Hunger has left its
ike this lad already show first
Dod and milk rations made pssAmerica
to Greece inauguratisoeiation
and approved by Alnake
your contribution to the
the satisfaction of knowing you
le. Contribute today.
BOONE TO BE ON
WBT NEXT FRIDAY
\ Watauga County Soldier Is Expected
to Be Featured on Novel
Radio Program.
A Watauga County soldier from
| Morris Field, Charlotte, is expected
; to feature a Boone broadcast during
the "What's" Your Home Town"
; hour, over Station WBT., Charlotte,
, N. C.. according to Wade E. Brown,
| secretary of the Chamber of Com;
merce who has just finished making
; the arrangements.
The broadcast, it is said, is a var|
iely quiz show that is something
| brand new and gives a soldier someI
thing to talk about that they really
| love?their home town.
A Watauga soldier will be selectjed
for the program and will be quizzed
for about 4 ft minutes about his
home city. The publicity value of
this sort of program is great, and besides,
it gives the town a novel opportunity
to do something for the
I soldier who appears on the program.
Near the end of the broadcast he
will be given a gift card which will
entitle him to a number of gifts from
Boone merchants and other business
men next time he's on furlough. Mr.
Brown has secured ton gifts of which
any soldier would be proud for this
purpose,, and the name of each donor
will be mentioned on the program.
Besides he has furnished the
radio station with certain pertinent
information about this city to aid in
| tile conduct of the quiz.
! Deep Gap Store Robbed
On Last Friday Evening
The general store of Mr. A. G. Miller
of Deep Gap was entered sometime
during last Friday night, and a
large amount of merchandise and ration
stamps stolen,
Mr. Miller says about 14,000 cigarettes
were taken, 5 Douglas batteries.
$50.00 in small change, a number
of blankets, a .22 Remington rifle,
about 400 gallons of gas ration
stamps of the R series, and 200 to
300 gallons of the T series; a number
of sugar ration stamps, and all the
sugar in the store, about 100 pounds,
together with numerous other articles.
Mr. Miller asks that anyone learning
about any of the missing goods,
or getting any other information on
the robbery, please notify the au
DEM(
>er?Established in the Ye
OLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBEi
COMMISSIONERS TO"
CONSIDER DIVISION
BOONE TOWNSHIP
Group of Citizens Give Notice
of intention to Petition County
on First Monday in December
For Division of Boone
Township Into Three Units.
A group of citizens of Boone township
have given notice through the
column of this newspaper today that
on Monday December fith, they will
appiy to ana petition the Board of j
Commissioners of Watauga County
to divide Boone Township into three,
distinct and separate townships.
According to the legal publication
the petitioners will ask that Boone
township henceforth shall include
corporate limits of the town of Boone
as now established.
That portion of the present township
lying east of the town itself '
i would be known as New River .
I Township and roughly speaking, that .
I portion of the present township 1
west of the town of Boone would
be known as Brushy Fork township.
The exact lines to be followed in
laying out the proposed new town- ships
are in the advertisement ap- 1
pearing for the first time today. *
The signers give notice that they _
will ask for their application to be |
heard by the Commissioners at their *
regular meeting on December 6th. j
and request that all those wishing to J[
be heard in regard to the proposal be
present.
The formal notice of the action F:
to be taken is signed by the following
citizens of this township:
G. C. Greene, W. H. Gragg. W. L.
Cook. Ralph G. Greer, S. C. Eggers.
M. C. Hollar, W. C. Carroll, J. F.
Cook. Grady Hayes and I-. M. Trivett.
SCOUTING GROWS 5
IN THIS COUNTY ;
Movement Shows Marked Expansion
Throughout Old Hickory "
Council. 2
Since the organization of the- Old 13
Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America,
which is composed of Forsyth, '
Stokes, Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes, Alle- '
ghany, Ashe and Watauga Counties, s
Scouting has had a remarkable '
growth in the entire Council, says
Clyde R. Greene. Parkway District "
Chairman who releases the following
statement concerning the work 11
ot the organization:
During the twenty months that the a
Council Iras been organized the f
Scout movement has developed into 2
an efficient organization. We not on- v
ly have a Council organization with '
a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treas- '
urer and an Executive Committee. 1
and various other officers who hold *
regular quarterly meetings hut the C
Council is also woken up into Dis- 1
tricts with a smiliar organization ^
which meets each month to report T
c.n work done and to make plans fhr ^
the future work. c
The Parkway District is composed
of Ashe and Watauga Counties, g
and the monthly meetings are held ii
alternately at West Jefferson and at 1<
Boone. Watauga County is well represented
on the list of district offi- a
cials, having the following mem bet-s: g
Clyde R. Greene, Chairman: Dr. R. e
R. King, chairman of the health and
safety committee; A. R. Smith, chair- j
man of advancement; Dr D. J. Whitener.
chairman of leadership training,
and Dr. Robert Busteed, district ^
commissioner. Dr. King is also vice- ?
chairman of the Council. The follow- j
ing men are also serving on the district
committee: .
Dr. Amos Abrams, Lee Stout, J. C. J
Canipe, W. M. Cook, H. P. Holshouser
and G. C. Robbins
In Watauga County we now have
six Scout units as follows:
Troop 40, A. S. T. C? 16 boys; E. I
E. Garbee Scoutmaster. v
Troop 41, Boone: 22 bovs. B. W. e
Stallings. Scoutmaster. e
Troop 41. Cub Pack. Boone: 14 v
boys. J. E. Holshouser, Scoutmaster, i
Troop 42. Blowing Rock; 18 boys: f
Rev. W. K. Keys, Scoutmaster.
, Troop 71, Cove Creek School, 21 c
boys. Paul Bingham. Scoutmaster. i
Troop 80. Bethel School, lO^boys; t
Ivan Farthing, Scoutmaster. t
This represents a growth of 90%
in twenty months and 100% in units c
in our county during the same per- i
iod. i
The annual district rally will be
held at Cove Creek School Saturday <
November 6th, in the afternoon and t
night. In the afternoon the boys will ;
cook out, and at night various contests
will be staged with judges from "
the Scouters of Ashe and Watauga.
The annual district meeting will be
held on December 6th, at West Jefferson.
At that time officers for the :
3CRA
ar 1888.
t 4. 1943.
80-Year-Old Groom ;
David Lloyd George. 80. Britain's
premier during ihe first
woild war. is shown with his bride
Miss Frances L. Stevenson, who
has been his secretary since 1913.
This is the second marriage lor
the "Welch" wizard^' His first wife
died in 1941.
VATAIGA LOSES 13
>ER CENT PEOPLE
N PAST TWO YEARS
liircau of Census Shows that 2,415
Watauga County People ;
Were Away From Home As
Of March 1, 1942: State As a
Whole Has Loss of 3.9%.
Watauga County lost 2.415 in pop-1
lation between April 1. 1940 and
larch 1. 1943. or more than 800 a
ear. based on the number of regisrations
for war ration hook 2, it is
even led by the Bureau or the Conns,
Department of Commerce.
The county's population in 1940
.as 18,114. and on March 1. 1943 it
. as 15,699, thus showing, .a. Ipss of
,415, or 13.2 per cent of its entire
opulation.
The slate of North Carolina sufered
a loss of 3.9 per cent of its
ivilian poulation. or 13V,638 porous.
the census figure showed. The
otal estimated population of 3,502,92
on April 1, 1040, hud shrunk to
,424.954 by March 1 this year.
Four North. Carolina counties lost
nore than 20 per cent of their civilans.
Dare county led the list, with!
, loss of 24.6 per cent of its civilians i
allowed by Hyde and Madison with
0.8 each and Avery with 20-5. There
wore 29 other counties which lost
rotr. 10 to 20 per cent of tiieir civilan
inhabitants?Anson, Ashe. 3eauort.
Buncombe, Chatham, Clay, Cur
ituck. Davie, Edgecombe, Gates,
Jreene. Haywood, Henderson, Hertord,
Jackson. Johnston, Jones, Maori.
Mitchell, Northampton. Pitt,
'oik Rowan, Rutherford Tyrrell,
Vatauga. Wilkes, Yadkin and Yaney.
Of the 100 counties 81 lost and 13
ained in population Four showed
".creased over 25 per cent, Graham
fading with 66.5 per cent.
New Hanover gained 61.8 per cent
nri Cumberland 26.2. Pasquotank
ained 11.5 per cent while the 14 othr
counties showing gains had inreases
of less than 10 per cer.t, such
/fecklenburg with 2.2 per cer.t.
New Hanover, with large numbers
if shipworkers, showed an increase
if 20.627 persons. Buncombe sustaind
the biggest loss in numbers with
2,203.
hosiery Mill Executive
Well Pleased With Help
Mr. J. E. Baker, president of the
3aker-Commack Co.. of Burlington,
vas in town a tew days ago, looking
ifter his interests here, and express- j
d tumseU as being highly pleased
eith the quality of the help being
ised in the small plant now in opration
here.
Mr. Baker says that the girls are
lager to learn, and anxious to get
nto actual production of hose, and
hat he is greatly pleased with the
[eneral labor outlook here.
He states that the small plant can
lo little except train workers, pendng
the opening of the^big mill late
n the year.
Mr. Baker also expresses appreciition
for the fine spirit of cooperaion
on the part, of the buiness men
ind other residents of the city.
[-AKES POSITION WITH SAVE
THE CHILDREN FEDERATION
Mrs. Clara P. Simpson--" - -v ken
31 position untv? >il.
$1.50 a year?dc a copy
ijMEOOMING DAY7
M APPALACHIAN
fa SATURDAY
CampriS o Be Elaborately Deeoratevt
lor Annual Homecoming
Celebration; Playcrafters
Program to Be Feature of Event:
E'veryone Invited.
The annual homecoming day exercises
will be held at Appalachian
College next Saturday November 6,
and an interesting day's program has
been planned by the Alumni Association.
Although it is riot expected
(hat the celebration will be accompanied
by the spectacular features
1 pre-war days, the campus will be
elaborately decorated by the- various
campus organizations. Work is now
being done on the usual projects
which create interest and competition.
From 10:30 to 12:00 the president
of the college and an outstanding
alumnus will annpnr .m til.,
v .The
morning session will culminate
with the unveiling of a service roil
of those who are in the armed forces
of the nation.
There will be a luncheon and business
meeting from 12:00 to 12:30 in
the college cafeteria. The afternoon
will be taken up with intra-mural
athletic events and teas for English
history. French, home economics,
majors and YWCA members.
Playcrafters, the dramatic organization
on the campus, is d"viating
from the usual homecoming play by
giving a new type of program which
is to include several one-act plays,
music, humorous skits, and special
rythmical numbers. This program
should prove to excel any performonce
given in the past.
This program will be given at
8:15 p. m. Saturday night.
It is hoped by the sponsors of the
Homecoming day event that not only
the alumni and students will attend
but that, the many friends of
the college in Boone and adjoining
communities will come to the campus
and enjoy the entertainment
which has been arranged for their
pleasure.
EDWARD LAMKIN
IS FATALLY SHOT
JMiwara i-amKin, as, well-known
Lenoir groceryman, died almost instantly
when he was mistaken for a
deer and shot by a fellow hunter
near Mortimer early Tuesday morning.
The shot from the .41 calibre
rifle entered his left chest.
According to testimony submitted
at an investigation conducted by the
coroner Tuesday afternoon, Mr Lamkin
and a group of friends from Lenoir
went on the deer hunt early
Tuesday morning and took up stations
for their hunt. Mr. Lomkin,
according, to the testimony, was shot
by H. Bart Sudderth of Lenoir, as
Mr. Lamkin crawled through a clump
of ivy. Mr. Sudderth, the coroner
said, had heard a shot a short time
before and thought Mr. Lamkin was
a deer. The death was termed accidental
by the coroner.
Mr. Lamkin is survived by his
widow-; three daughters, Mrs. J. W.
Bailey of Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Howard
O. White and Miss Dorothy
Lamktn of Lenoir; three sons, James
A., Clarence R. (a son-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. ,J. Allen Gragg of Boone);
and Carrol S. Lamkin of Lenoir.
funeral services will be held on
Thursday at an hour to be decided
later.
Boone Lions Entertained
By The Lenoir Club
The Boone Lions Club, meeting at
nit: uiiieway waie mesaay evening,
was entertained by a group o? ten
Lions from the Lenoir Club. After
the regular meeting was over, the
visiting Lions, under the supervision
of Cullen Johnson, former member
of the Boone Club, entertained
with forty minutes of skits, songs
and humor.
Those participating in the program
were: Katherine Mooney. Dandelion:
Bruce Johnson. Zone Chairman
for District 31-A; Cullen Johnson.
master of ceremonies; Kiehard
Herman; Harper Beall, Jr.; Dr. W.
J. Miller, Frank DayvouU, T. W. Shu|
ford. Ira Triplett, and Jimmy Bost.
A plaque from Lions International
for progress made in membership
drives during the past year was presented
to ex-president. Lion D. J.
Whitener by District Governor Abrams.
Lion Whitener then presented
a plaque to Lion President Frank
Payne.
Guesis were Pvt. John T. King,
home from his base in California;
Mr. Jake Caudill, Boone funeral director.
and Mr. Carlton Trotter of