FINE DIAMONDS
B. W. STALLINGS
BOONE. N. C.
The Weekln
Washington
A Resume of Governmental Hap
penings in the National Capital
Washington. April 10 ? The 3,500,
000 men who have been immuniz
ed against mandatory participation
in the war program by being classi
fied as "4F." will soon be drafted
into war job?, it is expected here.
This can be done either by direc
tive from General Hc-rshey, head oi
the selective service system, or by
congressional legislation.
Both the war and navy depart
ments believe that immediate action
should be taken to make 4F's avail
able for war work, spokesmen lor
those departments pointing out !he
unfairness of the present, exerap- i
tion pian and also stressing the fact !
'.hat putting these men into war in - j
dvstries will K- leave physically fit j
men for the armed forces.
Rcliert I-\ Patterson, under-sccre- I
tary of war giving his. views on this j
subject to the house military af- .
fairs committee, said that it would;
correct z basically wrong situation ,
whereby one man. is drafted into
combat duty while another of the
same age. because he is physically
disqualified, "is permitted to engage 1
in ar. occupation that will contribute j
nothing to the war."
In the committee discussion it was
pointed out that perhaps 2,500,000
of the 4F group are in war work
but that there are at least a million 1
who are not.
It seems likely that the new regu- !
lations covering 4Fs will be put into
legislation in order to strengthen !
ana clarify the conditions under
?vhich these men would be called. I
There are two bills now before con- j
gress which could be revised to cov- i
er this ? one being the Austin- Wads
worth national service bill and the j
other a bili introduced by Repre- !
sentntive Clare Luce of Connecii- j
cut which would rcjuire all 4F's to ;
participate in war work.
Under the plan which is now cx
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Mrs. Arvell L. Perry has re
ceived word from her husband.
Pvt. Arvell L. Perry, who has re
turned io the States, after being
in the hospital in England ?or
about two months. He has been
ill since he landed there.
peeled to be adopted, -IF s would be
assigned to war jobs when called
upon by their local draft board. If
the industry to which they are as
signed operates a closed union shop
they would probably be required to
join the union if they want to work
at the civilian wages paid to others
in that, industry. If they refused
to take the job assigned to them
they would then probably be draft
ed into work armies where they
would receive regular army pay.
It is expccted that if this plan
goes through 4F's will also be as
signed to farms, not only to help
take care of emergency situations
where our food supply is; threaten
ed by the shortage of help, but also
to make it possible to draft more
physically fit men now deferred be
cause of necessary farm work.
Because of complaints from farm
ers over th? automatic drafting of
farm laborers, -?'ho do not produce
16 units of food, this regulation is
now being revised to leave the de
cisions on the necessity of drafting
farm help up to the local draft
board. It had been pointed out that
the 16 unit production goal could
only bo achieved on highly mechan
ized farms and that the unmec'na
nized farms would lose practically
all of their help unless the ruling
was changed.
Farmers may benefit in another
way from the proposed drafting of
4Fs oy a regulation already sug
gested to prevent farm workers, aft
?r being classified as 4F, from leav
ing their farm jobs without getting
permission from the local draft
board.
Secretary of War Stimson said
that the war effort is suffering se
riously because there is no control
over 4Fs. but he opposed drafting
them into the array for limited work.
He prefers legislation which would
make it essential civilian work.
PLANT LICE
Use nicotine spray or dust in the
control of aphids. or plant lice, is
the recommendation of J. M. Max
well, extension entomologist at
State College.
Jfrmgufs
BIG CROP
FERTILIZER
I now have a complete stock of Fertilizer
on hand, and can fill your orders any day
If you don't believe I'm ready to trade,
come and see me.
. C. Hollar
Main Street
Boone, N. C.
It would be a good idea to buy while there
is plenty of it. Getting this fertilizer haul"
ed in is getting more serious every day.
The sure way to avoid disappointment is
to buy now.
I also have plenty of loose garden seeds of
all types, and plenty of bean seeds at good
prices. I have grass seed and seed oats.
Prominent Baptist
j Leader Is Supporter
Of Dr. McDonald
Raleigh. April 10. ? R. N. Simms.
Sr. prominent Baptist layman and
strong supporter of Clyde R. Hcey
in the 1938 primaries, today an
nounced his support of Ralph W.
McDonald in the current guberna
torial campaign in a statement
which praised McDonald as a
?"safe, sane and sober" leader with
"fine fitness" for the office of gov
ernor.
Simms made his statement in ac
cepting appointment as a member of
McDonald's campaign advisory com
mittee. atri the statement was re
leased by E. D. Broadhurst. Mc
Donald's state campiiign mannget.
"As 1 have watched Dr. McDon
ald's career. 1 huv formed a rca!
admiration for him. ' declared
Simms, formir president of the
Stat? Biiotist Convention. Simms
organized the first Br.raca elass in
the South 44 years ago. in Raleigh's
Tabernacle Baptist Church, and has
been teaching the class since. He
has been a Tabernacle deacon for
40 years and a trustee of Meredith
College for a like period. A prac
ticing attorney, he was licensed at
the bar iri 1897. the year he gradu
ated from Wake Foregt College. He
is active as a Mason and in the
Knights of Pythias lodges here,
was a member of the legislature in
1S01 and Presidential elector in
1904,
Simms. who n'as selected b)
Hopv io make the final address for
the Shelby candidate over a state
wide radio network on the eve of
the last primary in declared of
McDonald: "Bo has statesmanlike
thoughts as to what our state should
be and do. He has made declara
tions ol the planks of his platform^
or the principles for which he
stands, without waiting lor anybody
else to do so."
APPALACHIAN
HI SCHOOL NEWS
HIGH SCHOOL WINS APPROVAL
The Southern Association com
mittee. led by Dr. J. Henry High
srnith, found Appalachian High
Sciiooi very satisfactory in every
way. The committee, composed of
such outstanding educators as Dr.
Tioy Morrison, Prof. Henry Grady
Owen and Mr. R. S. Haltiwanger,
and many others spent last Thurs
day and Friday at Appalachian High
School, evaluating the curriculum,
tcarhing staff, student body and the
school plant.
Dr. Highsmith staled that the
school met the requirements cf the
association and as far as lie could
se-e there was nothing that would
keep us from getting into the asso
ciation next fall.
The evaluating committee com
piimented the school on its fine
teaching starf and the splendid stu
dent body morale. The adminis
tration, teachers and students are
proud of this fine showing we have
made with the evaluating commit
tee and hope to continue to make
Appalachian High an even better
school in the future.
DRAMATICS CLASS PRESENTS
PHANTOM GENTLEMEN"
In chapel last Friday, the dram
atics class presented "Phantom
Gentlemen," their plasi presentation
of the year. The play wn'i under
the student direction of Joan Lovill
and starred Miss I-ovili. Blanton
Miller, Opal Phillips, Kenneth Clay
and Joan Wilson.
Mr. Williams is now devoting his
ixtra time to the direction of the
senior play which will be given in
the near tuture. The student body
as a whole appreciates the fine en
tertainment the dramatics class, un
der the direction of Mr." Williams,
has given them this year.
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GYM CLASS TO PERFORM
The chapel program on Friday of
this week will consist of tumbling
and acrobatic stunts put on by Mr.
Quincy's gym class. Some of the
oustanding members who will per
form are Stanley South, Davis Ed
minsten and Billy Aldridge.
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SCHOOL TO OPEN AT 8:30
Beginning Monday, April 17,
school will take up at 8:30 and dis
miss at 3 in the afternoon. This is
being done so that the students can
get home in time to help with the
farm work and Victory gardens. This
schedule will last for the remain
der of the school year, until May 12.
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PERFECT ATTENDANCE
CONTEST
During next weelc, the home
rooms will compete in a perfect at
tendance contest. The homeroom
having the highest percentage of
attendance for the week will be
given a half holiday. We are ask
ing the co-operation of all the par
ents in helping to make this contest
a success.
LINVILLE LODGE IS LEASED
FOR SUMMER SEASON
Pinehurst ? Richard S, Tufts, pres
ident of Pinehurst, Inc., announced
last week that the Pinehurst organi
ation has leased Kseola Lodge at
Linville, from the LinviUe Com
pany, owners. The lease, which in
cludes the lodge with cottages, the
golf course and riding facilities, is
for the summer of 1944.
SEEDS
There is an acute shortage of most
of the important legume and grass
seeds. Any farmer who can pro
duce these seeds is sure to be able
to make a profit from their sale.
The need is gTeat for hay and pas
ture for increased livestock
population and many farmers are
harvesting crops that should be left
to produce seeds.
Arrives In Italy
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PROPHET
''And it came to pass, as ho
interpreU'd to u.-\ sco it was."
Genesis 11:13.
"... I car predict with absolute :
ct-rtainty that within another gen
eration there will be another n*erld
nar if the nations or the >vorJrl do
not concert (he method by which ??
to prevent it . . " ? (Address of ;
Woodrow Wilson, at auditorium, I
Omaha. Neb.. Sept. H. 1919, .-peak- i
ing tor the Treaty of Versailles !
82.BOO WOMEN IN WAVES
Washington. April 1G ? The navy
revealed today that as of April 6.
the personnel n( the Waves totaled
62.800.
Women have been enlisting, the
r.avy said, at an average rate of
more than 1.000 a week since the
middle of January
Jean Bartel, 1943's Miss America,
recently got home from a bond
selling tour. She reported that she
had sold $2,500,000 worth of bonds
with her clothes on. and was now
convinced that the "bubble- booth
and cheesecake" era was over With.
? Time.
Mr. and Mrs. Henley Gieer
have received word that their ton.
Pvt. Vaughen Greer, has arrived
safely in Italy. Pvt. Greer's :
friend. Pvt. Arthur E. Higgins. !
who has been with him for two
years is slill with him. Pvt. Greer i
writes thai they axe getting along :
fine and that they would like to
be back lo attend the little coun- ,
try church again at Pleasant
Grove.
More Farm Timber
Must Go To Warj
Smokeless powder, blood plasma i
containers, cargo parachute?, avia
tor vests, shell casings, first-aid
kits and commando bags are just a
few of the many hundreds of things
for which pulpwood is needed in the
prosecution of the wai;
Timber and pulpwood needs far
outstrip the supply and K. VP. Grae
bei. extension forester at State Col
lege. appeals to North Carolina far
mers to do everything possible to
help supply the wood products need
ed to meet military and essential
civilian requirements.
He warns that unless fanners do
more in supplying Umber products
there may be a serious, shortage of
containers, packing and wrappings !
for farm crops.
"Lumber and pulpwnod produc
tion cun be increased without strip
ping our woodland?. Selective cut
ting v/itl assure greater returns lor
less time and labor, and will im
prove the stands for fuluiv timber
crop." Graeber says.
At present about 25,000,000 pieces
of mail art- being dispatched over
spas /rom the United States every
week.
Women Who
m Suffer
from SIMPLE
Ktre't One Of the 6?tt Rsme W?y?
To Hsl{> Build Up R?t Bl*
Von ptrts who suffer Jrcta t!aip!? ?n
tiria or "Who lose bo much during
monthly periods that toxi fcoJ tlrei,
tv vuk, "dragged out" ? due to low blood
Iron ? start today ? try Lvdiit Piok-.
hnm'3 TABLETS ? one of the krreito*t
bicvxi-iron tonica you can buy to help
build up red blood to get more utreagtL
and energy ? in such caw*.
Tafccn as directed ? PlnXhjvm'n Tab
lets is one of t be rrry besf liome trays
to i,*et preciotie Iroo Into fJ\e blood
Just f ry them for 30 days ? fchcr? ace if
you, too, den't remarkably bene at. Po|.
low label directions. Worth trying!
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WHAT'S THE IDEA OF HIDING
THESE pr. PEPPERS Ihi HERE?
THEY SHOULD BE L?A!D?R
^ v D OR P/ j "
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