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WATAUGA WATCH the LABEL An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year I 888. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, U DEMOCRATS URGE FOURTH TERM AT STATE MEETING Delegates to National Conven tion Arc Pledged to Roosevelt and Broughton: Two -third;. Senate Rule in Peace Treaties] Condemned in Platform '.rtaleigh ? North Carolina's 30 vctes in the national Democratic convention were pledged last Thurs day to a fourth term for President Rcoeevelt and to Governor J. M. Broughtfcn for the vice-presidency by a state convention which vigor ously upheld the party's record in the last 12 years of Democratic ad ministration. The delegates were instructed to support Mr. Roosevelt as long as his name is before the convention and to "place the name of your gov ernor before the convention and work in his behalf until his nomina tion is secured." The platform, adopted with a minimum of debate , included a piank declaring that "the provision in the federal constitution requiring a two-thirds majority of the sena tors present for the ratification of treaties has enabled a minority of the senators to thwart the will of a great majority of their colleagues, to disregard the considered opinion of the American people and to de feat the best interests of the United States. "We strongly approve and urge an amendment to the federal con stitution that will inake the process of ratification more democratic in nature." More than 3,500 delegates from the states 100 counties filled the tloor of the convention hall and thunderously applauded Mr, Roose velt and Governor Broughton when the resolutions were presented. The convention was harmonious, includiiii1, the congressional district meetings, where delegates to the na tional convention in July were chosen and various committees nam ed. Most of the districts endorsed .Mr. Roosevelt and Governor Brough ton before the convention proper, of which fjieut. Gov. R. L. Harris was permanent chairman. HIGHLIGHTS OF STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM Jhaleigh ? Highlights of the 1044 platform adopted by the state Dem ocratic convention here Thursday: "We endorse the magnificent rcc cit - of :he national administration in meeting and mastering the un pi-ecedented problems ef war . . . and applauded the truly notable achievements of organizing the hu man and material resources of this pcace-lovistg couotry for the de mands and dangers of modem war." "We piedge unwavering support ior any effective means looking to preservation of the world's peace by (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Ration Calendar for Week of May 8th Processed Foods Blue Ati through Q8 (Book 4) ?ow valid ;;i iO points each, for Use with token. Good indefinitely Meats and Fats Red B through TS (Book 4) now valid at 1(1 points each, for use with tokens. Good indefinitely. Sugar Sugar stamps 30 and 31 (Book 4) gcod for five pounds indefinitely. CatuQiug Sugar Sugar stamp No. 40, good for five pounds of canning sugar until Feb. 23. 1945. Shoes Airplane stamps 1 and 2 (Book 3) valid indefinitely. - 'Gasoline A-9 coupons expired May 8. A-10 coupons valid May J.0 in North Caro lina. Rationing rules now require that every car owner write his license number and state in advance on all gasoline coupons in his possession. In England Pfc. Exile W. N orris. ton of Robert L. N orris. of Boon* Route 1, it with the may somewhere in He receired Ui training at Tort Bel voir. Ve. Carries On for Knox James J. Forreslal. underscore- j Sary of the navy, leaves the home of Secretary ot the Navy Frank Knox after calling to pay his re spects on learning that Knox had passed away. Forreslal is now acting secretary cf lho navy. TWO LOCAL MEN ~ GO TO CHICAGO Rob Rivers Delegate and Pat Mc Guire Alternate to Democratic National Convention Rob Rivers, of Boone, was named i a delegate to the national conven tion in Chicago in July at the ninth congressional meeting held prior to the state convention in Raieigh last Thursday. Pat McGuire, another Boone man, was named alternate delegate to the national pow-wow. The ninth district gathering which was largely attended, unanimously endorsed a resolution tendered by Grady Moretz. of Boone, pledging [support to a fourth term for Presi dent Roosevelt, the document being much the same as that recently car ried by the Watauga county con vention. Mrs. Mae Mi Her, of Boone, was named as a member of the state ex ecutive committee; Sam Horton, congressional; Wade E. Brown, ju dicial,. while Kidd Brewer was re named a member of the senatorial committee. JAP ATTACKS THROWN BACK Allied Forces in India Crush At tacks of Nips With Stupen dous Losses Southeast Asia Headquarters, Kan dy, Ceylon, May 10 ? A series of Japanese counterattacks have been crushed with heavy losses and the full-powered Allied offensive to de stroy enemy invasion forces in East ern India is going forward success fully 111 every sector. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's headquarters said yesterday. Allied infantry, strongly support ed by tanks, artillery- and planes, mowed down at least 750 Japanese in the fighting around Kohima alone over the past week-end, the bulle tin announced, and has inflicted similarly heavy casualties since. A British officer reported that an Allied column had cut through rough liill country west of Kohima, completely outflanking Japanese foices in that area, and now was driving into Kohima from the south along the highway which leads to the sister Allied base of Imphal, 60 airline miles away. The move threatened to trap all Japanese troops west of Kohima. Evidence of Allied optimism that the enemy invasion of India had failed, was an announcement thai a corps of canteen girls had return ed to Dimapur Station on the Ben gal-Assam railroad 35 miles from Kohima. They were evacuated hastily six wr.cjis ago when the in vasion threatened to cut the vital Allied rail line. County Singing to Be Held in Boone The Watauga County Singing Convention will be held in Boone on the first Sunday in June, it is announced today. All singers of sacred songs in Watauga and sur rounding counties are cordially in vited to attend. NAZIS DEPRIVED OF 75 PER CENT OF BALKAN OIL Allied Headquarters, Naples, May 8 ? The German war machine, hard pressed by the Russians, facing im minent allied invasion and possible new blows from the south, has been deprived of three-fourth of the out put of its main oil source by allied bombings of Romanian fields. This was announced today by Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, allied air com mander in the Mediterranean thea tre, in a summary of results of the Mediterranean air force's spring of fensive. Not only have air attacks cut production of the Ploesti fields by 75 per cent, but they have dis rupted all lines of German com munication to the Russian front, he said. RUSSIAN ARMIES SEIZE WAR TORN CITY SEVASTOPOL Liberation of the Crimea by Troops of Stalin Completed in 32 Days; Army of Capturing Important Base Falls to So viet Ukrainian Army London. May 10. ? Russian troops under the personal command of the chief of the Soviet general staff. Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevsky. captured the war-torn city of Sevas topol late lost night, completing the liberation of the Crimea in 32 days, Moscow announced early today. An order of the day l'rom Premier r Josef Stalin. broadcast at midnight, announced that Red army veterans, some of v. horn had defended Scvas i topol during the 250-day siege of 19-! 1-32. crushed enemy resistance in the prize port "several hours ago" after a throe-day battle through three powerful German defense belts. To salute the smashing triumph which eliminated the last center of enemy resistance in pre-1939 South ern Russia, Premier Stalin order ed Moscow's 324 guns to fire a 24 salvo salute early this morning. The honor of storming and cap turing ine ancient fortress city, which had been besieged three times in the space of 87 years, fell to troops of the crack Fourth Ukranian Army, commanded by Gen. Fender 1. Tolbuklyn. Stalin's order, his 53th to announce a major Russian victory this year, was ad dressed both to Gen. Tolbukhin. who commanded troops in the field, and Marshal Vasilevsky, who directed the overall strategy. The final Russian drive began Sunday morning and in three days the Red Army took a city which the Germans needed 27 days to win in the final push of June-July, 1942, a! a cost of 150, 000 men killed and wounded. The capture of Sevastopol, "Pearl of the Crimea." which had a peace time population of 130,000, released powerful Soviet forces for action eisewhere along the eastern front where the Russians have been re ported preparing for a mighty sum mer offensive. Testifying to the sire oi' the forces the Russians used to crush the remnants of a German and Romanian army which was esti mated to have numbered 100,000 men at the start of the campaign on April U. Appalachian High School Finals To Be Held on Friday Night On Friday night of this week at 8 o'clock at the local high school auditorium, the senior class of Ap palachian High will take part in the annual graduation exercises. The program will start promptly at eight o'clock and all parents are urged to be in their seats at that time. The program itself will be en tirely in charge of the seniors and speeches; will be made by members of the senior class. Final at Blowing Rock High School The baccalaureate sermon for the senior class of the Blowing Rock High School will l>e held in the Rumple Memorial Church on Sun day night. May 13. at 8 o'clock. Rev. Walter K. Keys, assisted by Rev. B. L. Ray, 'will conduct the- service. Mr. W. W. Williams, former prin cipal of the school, will deliver the commencement address at the grad uating exercises on Thursday night. May 18, at 8 o'clock. Miss Clara Bolick is valedictorian of the class, and Allen Craig will be the salutatorian. They have made the highest scholastic averages in their class for four years. Overseas Training Our Crepese Allies Ctipt. Joseph Naviochick, U.S.A., of Cleveland, Ohio, instructs Chinese students in the art of machine gunnery at a targes range of the 5,315th infantry training center in KwangsL Here Chinese troops are trained in the use of modern weapons by American officers. In structions are usually given through interpreters. Watauga Woman Gets Air Medal For Son Missing in Action Mi's. Carrie S. Harmon, of Beech Creek, received ai air medal and two oak loaf clusters last v.-eek on behalf of he-r son, Sgi. Albert Harmon, who was re cently reported missing in ac tion. The presentation was made at Morris Field. Charlotte. Lieut. Col. E. M. Fairfield, base com- I mander. and Lieut. Col. S. Douglas Gibson, base executive officer, j made the award io the local j woman. MOTHERS DAY IS j SET BY GOVERNOR! Approaching Invasion, Says Exe- j cutive, M?l?s Mother's Day More Significant Raleigh, May 1ft ? Gov. Broughtcn issued a proclamation yesterday designating Sunday, May 14, as ; Mother's Day in North Carolina- j Said tin: governor's proclama- i tion "Indications arc that the ex- 1 peeled invasion of Europe may oe- j cur at any time, and this :circum- ] stance will tend to make Mother's Day an event even more worthy of j prayerful observation. "It is particularly hoped that all churches will suitably observe the event and that special considera tion will be given to mothers whose sons are in the armed services, and that our people will not be unmind ful of that growing list of North Carolina mothers whose sons have already made the supreme sacrificc in this war." Mayor Calls Attention To Sanitary Ordinances Mayor Gordon H. Winkler calls attention to the fact that many citi zens of Boone persist in placing loose papers and other rubbish tm vacant lots, and on the streets of the town, making the job of keeping the town clean extremely difficult The may or is asking for the full co-operation of ihe people in placing this rub bish in containers and calling city hall, so that it may be picked up. Otherwise the ordinances governing such violations must be enforced. The city authorities are making every effort to clean up the town and keep it clean. The streets have been cleaned, parking spaces re marked, and it is the purpose of the administration to have the town spick and span before summer visi tors begin to arrive. He asks every one to collect trash and notify city hall so that it may be hauled away. Appalachian High To Have Summer Term Eight weeks of summer school wiil be offered again this year by the Appalachian High School for students who want to get ahead and for those students who wish to make up work who failed. The term will start on June 20 and run for eight weeks. During this time, a student may take as much as one and one-half units of work. Regular high school teachers will teach and students will be required to put in the same amount of time in the eight weeks as he would during the regular term. Such subjects as geometry, ad vanced algebra, physics, general science, English and typing will be offered. DR. McDONALD DECLARES HIMSELF ON MORAL ISSUES "I will do everything within my power to promote sobriety, decency, and law enforcement, and to make North Carolina a better state in which to rear our children." ? Dr. Ralph W. McDonald. ASHE MEN MEET VIOLENT DEATHS Quince McCoy Dies in Cave-in ot Mica Mine: Lansing Man Commits Suicide West Jefferson ? Two Asne Coun ty men met violent deaths within a tew hours of each other early yes terday. Quince McCoy. 30. of Jefferson, dieel of injuries received in a cave in in a mica mine in the South Beaver Creek section, and Henry Stike. 67. of the Lansing communi ty, died of a se!f-inf!icled bullet wound. McCoy was at work in the mine when the cave-in occurred late Monday afternoon. He was brought to a local hospital, where lie died early yesterday morning. He is survived by Die widow, his parents and three children. In the Stike death, authorities re ported the farmer shot himself in the head and died instantly. His action was attributed to ill health, He is survived by tile widow and one son. AIR W AR GROWS LN INTENSITY Record 5.000 British and American Planes Pounce Upon Targets on Continent London. May 10 ? A record-break ing 5,000 American and British war planes, including Royal Navy Sea fires, pounded at least 29 nnti-in vasion targets in France, Belgium and Luxembourg yesterday in what was officially described as an "all out aerial assault" to cripple Nazi rail communications, front line air fields and coastal fortifications be fore D-Day. Some 2,000 U. S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators and escorting fighters paced the thundering assault, at tacking 11 targets? three freight as sembly yards and eight airfields ? with the loss of six bombers and seven fighters. Almost never-ending fleets of Al lied medium, light and fighter boni *bers took part in the ceaseless shut tle service over Adolf Hitler's At lantic wall. More than 8000 U. S. Thunderbolt fighters and fighter bombers took part, losing one plane. More than 450 U. S. Medium Marau der and light Havoc bombers drop ped 800 tons of bombs for the loss of one Marauder and one Havoc. Royal Navy Seafires, operating from land bases, joined the offen sive in an unprecedented p re-in vasion development, attacking grounded enemy planes at Garl and an airfield and truck concentrations at Vannes, both in Brittany. U. S. Ninth Air Force medium light light er bombers and fighters went out together for the first time in anoth er spectacular innovation. By 10 p. m. Allied planes had flown 5,000 sorties since Monday midnight on the third successive day that more than 4,000 Allied planes had invaded the European skies, and late last night RAF night bomb ers apparently took up the air bom bardment, the German radio warn ing that planes were over Ger many. The Paris radio also left the air. N. C. ASSIGNED WAR BOND GOAL OF $148,000,000 Winston-Salem, May 8. ? A quota of $148,000,000, larger than the goal in any previous war bond campaign, has been assigned North Carolina for the fifth war loan, Clarence T. Leinbach, state war finance chair man, announced today. The amount the state ha? been asked to raise in the new drive opening June 1 for types of bonds bought by individuals exceeds by close to one-fifth .the $126,000,000 objective in the January-February fourth war loan. "Yankee Doodle" was first suns by American troops in the Revolu tionary war. LAWS RELATING TO PRIMARIES ARE CITED BY GREER Voters Must Change Party Af filiation if Such is Desired on Saturday, Which is the Last Day to Register. Says Election Board Chairman Some points regarding who may vote in the primaries of May 27th ha vr boon brought out by Rubv T. Greer. chairman of the Watauga County Board of Elections, who has just received additional instructions from Raleigh concerning the admin istration of the primary law. Persons registered as Republicans must vote ir. the Republican primary if they \ote, he says, and likewise those registered as Democrats must vote a Democratic ballot in the pri mary balloting. Mr. Greer further states that persons who desire to vote in an opposite primary must change their party affiliation and have their name properly registered in the primary book on next Satur day, the last day the registration books are open. Party affiliation, he says, cannot be changed on the day of the primary. Saturday is the lust day. Likewise, for persons to register for the May 27 th primary. Those becoming of age since the last election must reg ister, as well us those becoming qualified by length of residence here and who have never voted. Those who have previously voted in county elections do not have to reg ister. The books will be open ir. the different precincts of the county Saturday .and all persons who have net registered are asked to get their names on the books. Satuiday, May 20th, will be observed as challenge day. while the following Saturday is the yrimary. Sheepmen of County To Be Assisted in Shearing Their Flocks To assist sheepmen of the county, the vocational agriculture depart ments of Boone and Cove Creek nigh schools are being equipped with electric shears and power grinders for sharpening combs and cutters and men are being trained in using this equipment. Jack Kerley, of Blowing Rock R. F. D., will use the equipment of the Boone sehool in the east end of (he county. Any farmer in this area wishing to have sneep sheared on a custom basis should contact him. In the west end of the county the service will be available to farmers through Ernest Hillard, vocational agriculture instructor at Cove Creek High Sehool. Many Wataugans At Democratic Convention Perhaps a record number of Wat augans were in Raleigh last Thurs day for the Democratic State con vention. among those going being: Sam F. Horton, Gordon K. Wink ler, W. R. Winkler, Wade E. Brown. W. T. Payne, Paul Walsh. Pat Mc Guire, Willard Beach. Grady Mo retz, Raleigh Cottretl, Mrs. Mae Miller, Kidtl Brewer. Roby Greer Grady Farthing and Dr. R. K. Bing ham. Vacation Bible School Plans Are Being Made Plans are under way for the an nual Daily Vacation Bible School at Grace Lutheran Church. The school will be held from May 29th to Juno 2nd. The general theme for study will be "The Church," as it teaches Faith, Obedience, Peace, Service and Love. Classes will be offered for children of all ages in all departments. Returns to Camp Corporal Hoyle S. Hayes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Torn Hayes, of Vilas, has returned to camp after spend ing a tun-day furlough with his ^arsote. Ha is statteond at Camp
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