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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established m the Year 1 888. VOL. Lm NO. 14 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1944 WATCH the LABEL on your pspor as it *ho-w* th9 date your subscription will expix? and the daio your paper -will few stopped unless sooner renewed- riie Democrat In operating xtridly cua a casfci In ad vance basis. Thore axe no exception* to this rule. SI .50 A YEAR? 5c A COPY WAR FUND DRIVE GETS UNDER WAY IN THIS COUNTY Effort to Rats? $4,500 in Wat auga County Gets Under Way as intensive Campaign is Plan ned; Organization in T<nvn of Boone is Formed The National War Fund campaign gets under way in Watauga county October 9. with a goal of $4 500, tor the benefit of the federation of 22 leading war-related appeals to pro vide essential wartime service to our armed forces, merchant marine, and prisoners r>f war. and to supply essentia! wartime relief to our Al lies ifncl to the refugees from occu pied countries. Mr. H. M. Hamilton. Jr., is the chairman of the Watauga county phase of the campaign, and is or ganizing the county in such a man ner that each township will have its individual quota, and so that every person in the county will actually have an opportunity of giving to this tunc! for the relief of our own fighting men in every part of the world. Need Continues Great Early ending of hostilities in Eu rope cannot result in any immediate, reduction in the services of Nation al War Fund agencies, according to a statement by Winthrop VV. I tdrich, president of the fund, received to day by Chairman Hamilton. Victory ill the European theatre may, c.n the contrary, ' increase rath er than diminish (he need fcr help '1 Mr. Aldrich advised Mr. Hamilton. The Aldrich statement anticipates increased demands on War Fund agencies arising from the morale needs of o-jr forces when they become occupation forces, from the complicated problems in the repatriation of war prisoners, from the need of prompt aid to civilian populations in the newly liberated countries to supplement the relief] programs of the XJ2tfR.fi A. and other (CONTINUED ON PAGE EICUTI -. 4 Boone Demonstration School To Organize Beginners' Band Sixty boys and girls on musical instruments by the middle of Octo ber, is the ambitious goal aimed at by the Room' Demonstration school in its intensive campaign to re-or ganize and make permanent the in strumental music program in the public schools. In the pu-.l when parents had to assume the heavy burden of out right purchase of expensive instru ments. we have had as many as 40 pupils on instruments." said Ganiett [ F. Felts, band director of the Boone Demonstration schools. "Now that we are planning a rental program on moderately priced instruments, a goal of 65 young musicians is not visionary.'" Mr. Felts states also that used instruments may he purchased at reasonably low prices. Complete details of the proposed plan will be made public as soon as the plan has been approved in de tail by the directors of the Boone Demonstration schools. Debt Is Lifted From Presbyterian Church The recent campaign to raise S4, 500 to liquidate the debt on the James I. Vance Memorial Presby terian Church has been completed, and it is announced that the dedi catory service will be held on Oct. 22nd. Rev. Louis J. Yelanjian will preach his last sermon Sunday mom ning at 11, and the pastor-elect, Rev. J. Kenton Parker, Jr., and family ?will move to Boone on the tenth. A large congregation was present ed last Sunday at the Communion service. Miss Virginia Wary ren dered a solo, and T/S Blan Miller, of the U. S. Army, who has been in the Pacific was present for the serv ices. Miss Helen Foster of Appa lachian music department will be guest violin soloist Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service. Meeting C. of C. Group Postponed to Oct. 12 The meeting of the members of the ipecial committees appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, to pre pare material for an advertising booklet, which was to have been held Thursday evening of this week, has been postponed to the regular meeting time of the organization on Oct. 12, it is announced by H. W. Wilcox, president of the organiza tion. The postponement came as a re sult of a number of conflicts with the original date. Succumbs Former New York Governor and Presidential Aspirant Diss Wednesday Morning Alfred E. Smith, 70. former Ne-v York governor .ir-.d unsuccessful Democratic aspirant for the Presi dency in 1928, died in a New York hospital early Wednesday morning, j following Mi illness of several weeks. A few hours prior to his death it had been thought that his ! condition was slightly improved. Smith, whose meteoric career in I | New York politics brought him thei Democrsrtie party's nomination for the Presidency in 1928, and precipi tated perhaps the bitterest battle in the political history o.s the nation, served in the state assembly, as sheriff of New York county, and four times elected governor of the Empire State. In his presidential bid. however, he was engulfed in a landslide for President Hoover, be ing the worst defeated candidate from n point of electoral votes up to- tharitme. - Smith was a life-long friend of President Roosevelt, but broke with the chief executive several gears' ???.go, at times taking the stump against Roosevelt. Failing in his desire to unseat the President, Smith had not beer, mentioned late ly in the political news, and had made no pronouncements concern ing the present campaign. Farm Machinery Is Taken From Ration List, Say3 Triple-A According to information received coday by Mr. W. W. Mast, chairman of the county Triple-A committee from the- stale Triple-A committee in Raleigh, the following pieces of machinery and equipment have been removed from WFA rationing and distribution control: Combines, com binders, manure spreaders, mowers, side delivery rakes, hay loaders, pickup hay balers, wheel iractors. garden tractors, well water systems, power pumps, farm milk coolers, sheet metal, water well casing, farm scales, grain drills, potato planters, | potato diggers, silo fillers, irrigation pumps and power sprayers. The only piece of machinery re maining on the ration list is the corn picker, Mr. Mast advised. "The action now announced is in accord with the War Food Adminis tration's policy to lift war-time re strictions as quickly as possible," Mr. Mast stated. District Democratic Meeting Set for Oct. 12 State Chairman William B. Um stead has given out the informa tion that the ninth district Demo cratic meeting will be held at Statesville on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 11 a. m. W. R. Winkler, chairman of the Watauga County Democratic Ex ecutive Committee, states that a large delegation will likely attend the meeting from Watauga county, 3nd asks that those interested in going leave word of their intentions at the 'ocal Democratic headquar ters. Sgt. Lloyd R. Morris Is Wounded in Italy Sgt. Lloyd R. Norris. son of Mr. and Mrs. Conley Norris, of Sugar Grove, was wounded in action on the Italian front recently, it was re vealed in a message received by the family Monday. The seriousness of his wounds was not disclosed. Sgt. Norris, who has been in the army for about two years, has been in overseas service for the past six months. YANKEES DRIVE FOUR MILES IN MAIN NAZI LINE! _/ - J First Army in Big Break; Through of Seigi'ried Lin?: At- 1 lack Continues as More Men j ant! Armor Drive to Out flank Ituined Nazi Stronghold ; Supremo Allied Headquarters, : i Oct. 3 ? Powerful elements of the United States Firsl army have smashed a four-mile gup through the Siegfried line north of Aachen. 12 miles north of the first Allied wedge driven into the massive German fortifications, and tonight more men aria armor Were driving to outflank the ruined stronghold of Aachen. "The attack continues and ad-i vances are being made against vary- j ing resistance," supreme lieadquar- ? tors said late tonight. The twin penetrations of the Sieg fried line were 31) miles from Co logne at one point and 32 milt's from Dutseldow at the other. "We are definitely through the old .Siegfried line," declared an I American officcr. "We have our j second major breach. There still ! are fortifications and antitank de- ! fenses ahead of us which the Cer- ' .?nans built recently," he added. i In a spectacular 36-hour drive the i doughboys? virtually Without air j support ? captured Ubnch, nine miles! north of Aachen and three; below ' Giclenkiichen, and drove the Ger | mans from the moated 12th century castle ot Rim berg on the German Dutch border. Thirty-nine enemy pillboxes were knocked out ar.ri be tween 400 and 500 prisoners cap tured in furious fighting. The first gap in the Siegfried de fenses war, driven just below I Aachen at the cutset of the inva sion of Germany. Today's break through placed Lt. Gen. Hedges' troops almost astride a main high way running north from Aachc-n, to Geilenkirchen. All along the Aachen front tab j battle flamed bitterly, with (he j Nazis trying desperately to close the ' breaches in the defenses of the j Rhineland. For the past two days | the enemy was purely on the de- 1 tensive, despite the fact that Allied j air support was being hampered by the weather. P.-T.A. Will Meet Monday, October 9 The Parent- Teacher Association of the Boone schools will hold its first meeting on Monday night, Oct. 9, at 7:30, at the high school building. Mrs. F. E. Wurman, president of the ;isseciation, has announced that the firsl meeting will be in the form of a "pitch-in" supper. This type of meeting was held last year at the close of school and proved to be very successful. The new tcachers of the two ! schools will be guests of the P.T.A. ? on this night. All parents are asked to bring ! r. covered dish for supper. The P.-T.A. committees have been working on the canned food proj ect and their efforts are meeting With great success. Receives Souvenirs of Italian War Theatre Mr. Dave Hodges, of Boone, has; received from his son, Pfc. Dean B. Hodges, a package containing a, number of souvenirs from the cam-! paigns in which he has been en gaged on the Italian front. Included in the collection is a German swasticka from an enemy uniform, a couple of watches, appar ently of German make, a large spoon with the name of the Grand Hotel, Rome, stamped thereon, a change purse with a quantity of foreign currency, beads and numerous oth er items. Pfc. Hodges participated in the taking of Rome and has been en gaged in the fighting in Italy since that time. Feed Wheat Available To Farmers Saturday Two carloads of feed wheat v/ill be available to the farmers of the county at the bins in Boone on Sat urday, it is announced from the of fice of the Watauga County Agri cultural Conservation Association. County-Wide Teachers Meeting Next Saturday \ county-wide teachers meeting will be held at the Boone High School building on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 2 o'clock p. m. All the teachers in the county are expected to attend thi3 meeting. Tank Goes Through Siegfried Li: Following a path blested by U. S. Army engineers, an American lank passes through a bell or concrete ar.d sleel dragon's teeth ob stacles in the Siegfried line near Aachen Nazis Last March RECONVERSION RILL SS SIGNED Attend Political Meet In Raleigh on Tuesday Mr. W. R. Winkler, local Demo cratic chairman; Mrs. Mae Miller, member of the state executive com mittee; Mr. Pat McGuire and Mrs. Jessie MfcGuire were in Raleigh Tuesday attending a political rally called by State Chairman Umstead, and which was attended by county chairmen and other leading figures from each of the 100 counties of the The purpose of the gathering was to institute a campaign in the state, which would turn out the largest possible number of votes for the Democratic ticket in the November election. Mrs. McGuire went from Raleigh to Wilmington, where she will visit with a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Hol land. When 20,000 Germans surren dered lo 25 Yanks v/ithoui loss oS a ningle American, ihey were al lowed i.o march under arms io pvUon camp. Thoy carried the Nasi flag until ihey entered the prison pen. President Heluctsnily Accepts Ma chinery For Getting Nation on Foacotimo Fooling Washington, Oct. 3 ? President Roosevelt accepted today the con cession ally-designed machinery for getting the nation back from a war time to a peacetime basis, bul de clared it would uoL run satisfactori ly without further tinkering. He announced at a news confer ence that he had signed with re luctance the surplus war property disposal bill and had also signed the biil to establish an office of war mobilization and reconversion, Both measures, sharply varying from ad ministration recommendations, were enacted by congress just b -fore it took a recess until after the national elections. That ereaiing the office of war mobilization and reconversion was "quite satisfactory'' so far as it went. Mr. Roosevelt said in a statement, but it did not "adequately deal with the human side of reecnve.-sipn."t He observed thai the bill as fin ally enacted failed to provide for transportation of migratory war workers back home or to places of new employment, failed to provide unemployment compensation for federal employees, and failed to es tablish nation-wide minimum stan dards for unemployment benefits. The measure leaves unemploy ment compensation to the state. Mr. Roosevelt said he was glad to know that the house ways and means committee planned further study of these matters. "I hope that the differences which I have point ed out in the bill before me will be promptly "rectified," he said. Local China Relief Organization io Commernofal? Founding of Chinese Republic | w'x yvf M. Burweil, county chair man of the United CHiba Kelirf. has called upcn alt co-chairmen in the county to ask !he schools; and churches (o join in the commemora tion of the 33rd anniversary of the Chinese republic, which occurs on Octejher J Oth. The churches are asked to give recognition to this important anni \ ersaiy at services next Sunday, whiic schools use urged to prepaid suitable programs in r presentation on the 10th. This is in line with re cent requests of Governor Brough ion that the people ot the state thus recognize the long friendship exist ing between the people of America and China Mrs. Bur well says*. 'Lfn the great, crusade to liberate the oppressed peoples ef A5ia. the battle flags of the United Stats and China fly side by side . Our fighting men ar.d j China's march shoulder to shoulder ! with the same weapons, under the I same leaders, for the same cause, | the freedom of all men. Out of this comradeship of arms | and aspiration;-, grow an understand i ing and an appreciation of East for | west and West for East that might I j never have been achieved in many I uecades of peacetime relations.-' ; In urging complete support of the National War Fund campaign as we'.i as an observance of the Chi nese anniversary. Mrs. Burwcli; quotes the following from President ! Roosevelt: -What China has done! for the American people and for the j cause to which the American peo ple are dedicated is written large across ihe pages of our common his tory. China has paid in blood, tears and treasure as high a price I as a people car, pay for the freedom | m which it believes " j Claims Under G.I. Bill of Rights Paid Vets of War Through U.S.E.S. I T. ? j K you are a veteran of World War i 2 and need money to tide you over j during your readjustment to civilian . life and a suitable job, you can file a claim for readjustment allowance J at your U. S. Employment Service j office. The following length of serv ] ice m the armed forces will qualify I you to draw $20 a week: I o 91 cia.y'' servic? ?ny time from j Sept. 16, 1940, -anti! peace is de I Ci"ed? ?r less time, if injury or dis , ability was incurred in line of duty. If your service was for only 90 days you would draw $20 a week for 24 weeks; and for four weeks addition al for each additional month of serv ice up to 52 weeks. Thus, in order lo draw $20 a week for 52 weeks you would hav& had to be in the service for a period of 10 months. Illness or disability which occurs during a period of unemployment tor which allowances have already started will not disqualify you If you are a veteran and want to a claim for readjustment allow ance, call at the U.S.E.S. office at the courthouse at any time from 8:30 to 12:30 from Monday through Sat urday, "bringing your discharge with you. Cub Scout Meeting To Be Held Friday A Cub Scout pack meeting, for the purpose of reorganizing or disband ing the iocal organization will be held Friday evening" at 8 o'clock at the Presbyterian Church. All Cub Scouts in the community together with their parents, are ask ed to attend. HIGHWAY POSTAL COACHES SEEN FOR THIS TOWN Postmaster Brown Reveals That Plans Arc Progressing For the Establishment of New Type Postal Service Between Here and Greensboro Postmaster John E Brown. Jr., yesterday r c v pale o preliminary >ian:- {>?r the establishment oi ?') highway postal service, that will in clude a direct route between Boone and Greensboro. and has received a Setter from W. U Cornelius, chief clerk oC the railway mail service in Greensboro, outlining the- plan for the new type of service. Mr. Brown, who has been work ling wi*h officials for several months on ih?f proposed new sen-ice, by way of explanation, stales that a highway postoffice is a. coach type vehicle, about 33 feet long designed to speed up mail service, and operat ing in the same manner as railway poslotfices. The mobile post off ice, Mr. Brown says, carries a mail clerk, and from ISO to 200 sacks of mail. The post offices on wheels are made with parcel post storage space and equip ped with pouch racks and sorting cases in order that postal clerks may receive, dispatch and separate mails as in a railway postoffice. The prospective service for Boone, which Mr. Brown is very hopeful m 1 y l>e instituted soon, calls for c-nc of the units leaving Greensboro no later than 2 a. m. daily, arriving here six hours later; to leave Boone daily at 2 p. m., arriving in Greens boro by 8 o'clock. Winston-Salem, Elkirt, North Wilkesboro and the smaller offices on or near the pro posed line would be served en route. In view of the fact, says Postmas ter Brown, that numbers of trains have been discontinued in this coun try in recent years and that star route service has not been entire ly satisfactory over heavier trunk lines, the Postoffice Department has established at least six highway routes in the United States, which have been satisfactory. Boone is one of the points under serious con sideration for the expansion of this new and improved type of service, looking toward permanent estab lishment of 'he highway postoffiecs. Local Employment Office Secures Large j Number War Workers i The U. S. Employment Service, I since opening an office in Boone on July -0, has been successful in se curing a large number of workers from this area for defense plants and has assisted hundreds of applicants in finding suitable employment. The local olfice has sent direct to defense work, 45 persons, including 25 machinists, helpers and laborers to the Norfolk navy yard; 17 car penters, waitresses and laborers to Fontana Dam; one machinist to the Washington. D. C., navy yard; one electrician to Consolidated \ultee Aircraft Corporation at Elizabeth City, and one radio technician trai nee to Holbaird Signal Depot in Bal timore. In addition others have been placed at various positions throughout the state. Fifteen veterans have registered at the office since mid-July and 10 veterans have been placed in work. Eight handicapped persons have been assisted in finding work. More than 100 callers have desired infor mation regarding employment in Watauga county and half of this number were hired locally. The of fice has also been able to direct a few laborers to the lumber industry in the county. Charles C. Love, in charge of the local office, states that the co-opera tion of local job-seekers and em ployers with the U. S. Employment Service has been commendable. The Boone office, located in the courthouse, will continue to be open daily from 8:30 a. m. to 1 p. m. It has been advised that representa tives from Glenn L. Martin Com pany will visit Boone on Oct. 6 and Oct. 13 in the interest of securing aircraft workers. There are many well paying jobs open with this es tablishment. Boone Cannery Quits Operation Next Friday Friday, Oct. 6, will be the last day of operation of the Boone communi ty cannery until sometime in No vember, Dr. Orby Southard, super visor, has announced. Plans are being made to can meat on two or three days in November, and anyone wishing to do meat can ning at the cannery should contact Dr. Southard.
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