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// ? "i ? . >>? & WATCH the LABEL OB yoa> pwMr M X ikm Oka 4tN am** aSTt^JCi WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper?Established in the Year 1888. VOL. LVH. NO. 36 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1945 . $1.50 A YEAR?5c A COPY' LATIN AMERICA TALKS BOOKED AT APPALACHIAN Dr. Samuel lnman to Open Se ries of Lectures in State at Appalachian College Today; To Speak at University, Wake Forest and Others Dr. Samuel Guy lnman, adviser to the State Department on Latin American affairs, and a member of the United States delegation to the Mexico City conference of Ameri can republics, took a plane to North Carolina immediately upon conclusion of the conference to give a series of addresses in 21 colleges and universities in the state during the two-weks period March 8-22, it was announced in Chapel Hill by Dr. Eugene E. Pfaff, director of the Southern Council on International Relations. Dr. lnman will begin his series of lectures at Appalachian College in Boone Thursday evening, March 8, at 9 o'clock. Other colleges in his itinerary include: University of North Carolina, Women's College of the University, Wake Forest and Davidson Colleges. Dr. Inman's series of addresses is being sponsored by the Southern Council as a part of its program of public information in North Caro lina last fall. This state will, as a result of Dr. Inman's appearance, be the first in the country to get from a State Department official a first hand analysis of the results of the Mexico City conference. MARCH 15 MEANS THREE-WAY SOCK FOR TAXPAYERS Some Musi Par On 1943 and 1944 and Incomn For the Cur rent Year 'Washington?March 15 means a three-way sock for some income tax payers. They will have to pay: (1) Tax still owed on 1944 income; (2) the portion of 1943 tax postponed last March and (3) the first installment of estimated tax on their 1945 in come. Collectors of internal revenue have been sending out bills to all taxpayers who postponed part of their 1943 tax. (Remember the "un forgiyen" tax when the change-over was made to pay-as-you-go?) Per sons who make declarations of esti mated tax for 1945 must pay at least one-fourth of their estimated tax. Separate Transactions The payment of postponed tax, of estimated 1945 tax and of tax due on 1944 income are separate trans actions. You must file a declaration of estimated tax on or before March 15: If you expect to receive in 1945 wages subject to withholding in ex cess of $5,000 plus $500 for each surtax exemption except your own. (For example, a single person with no dependents who expects wages of more than $5,000 must file; a married person with no dependents and a single person with one depen dent must file if they expect wages of more than $5,500.) 2. Or you expect income of more than $100 from all sources other than withholding wages, provided your total income is expected to amount to $500 or more. Single persons who receive only wages subject to withholding do not have to file declarations unless they expect to earn more than $96.15 a week or $410.86 a month. Married persons with no dependents or sin gle persons with one dependent need not file a declaration unless they expect to get more than $105.76 a week or $458.33 a month. Estimates May Be Amended Because estimating taxes a year in advance is more or less guess work, the law allows a taxpayer to amend his estimates when he pays quarterly tax installments June 15, Sept 15 and January 15. Farmers who receive more than two-thirds of their income from farming may postpone (if they wish) the filing of of declarations until Jan. 15. 1946. Declarations of estimated tax are made on form 1040-ES. There are no special work sheets this year for stimating your tax. If you made your income tax teturn for 1944 on form 1040, either the long or short return, you can use that form as a guide in figuring your estimated tax for 1945. MARINES OPEN NEW ASSAULT ON IWO JIMA Guam, March 7?Preceded by the most Intense artillery bombardment of the Iwo campaign, three marine divisions resumed the offensive on the north end of the tiny island Tuesday and engaged the Japa in "heavy fighting." Small gains were scored. The marines were sup ported for the first time by land based army fighter planes flying from the captured Motoyama air field No. 1 on the south end of the island. More than 14,000 enemy dead harve been counted. Killed in Action PFC. WILLIAM H. VINES PFC. WM. a VINES KILLED IN ACTION Sugar Grove Man Reported Miss ing. Ii Killed in Fighting in France Pfc. William ti. Vines, of Sugar Grove, who was reported last week to have been missing in action in the European war theatre, is re vealed to have been killed in action in France on January 29. The infor mation came to the family last week in a telegram from the office of the Adjutant General. Pfc. Vines, who was 19 years old, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Roby Vines, of Sugar Grove, and had been in the army almost a year and on active duty since last December 1. He was a graduate of Bethel High School, and had driven a school bus for a short time before going into the service. Besides the parents he is survived by four brothers and one sister: Pfc. James Vines, in the Pacific; Thomas, Vance, Johnny Vines, and Miss Ruby Vines, of the home. COLEMAN ADVISES BURLEY GROWERS Warehouseman Insists That Plenty of Tobacco Seed Be Sown By Farmers Mr. R. C. Coleman, of Tabor City, operator of the Mountain Burley Warehouses here, has been in town for a few days looking after plans of the warehouse corporation to to build a new warehouse here. Mr. Coleman takes occasion to in sist that burley growers of the belt sow plenty of tobacco seed this year, in onier that there may be no shortage of plants at setting time. Early sowing is also suggested so that if there is a failure the first try, there will still be time to pro duce plants. It is revealed that plans are going forward for the construction of the new warehouse but that govern ment priority for the structure has been once denied. It is felt, how ever, that by altering the plans, and perhaps reducing the size of the building to some extent that approv al can be secured soon. Stores To Start Observance of Half Holiday Next Week Local retailers will again observe a half-holiday this year, closing their places of business each Thurs day afternoon, beginning March 15, it has been decided by the member ship of the local Merchants Associa tion. Last year the holiday was observ ed on Wednesday afternoons and at tention is called to the changed date. Everyone should own a comfort able bed and comfortable shoes be cause he's in one or the other all his life. B. G. Leake Dies After Liberation Mr*. B. a. Leak*, of ValJe Cra cis. has h?*t received word from an array none recently returned from Manila, that her husband pasead away about Feb. ?. IMS. ?erne three days after Imiritui forces had effected his liberation from a Jap Internment camp. The nurse. Lieut. OmkOtd Hlnshaw. was letuiued to Lot l? ffetes, Calif, from Santa T? internment cat she had been _ since the fan of _ where Mr. Leake had hald hy^the^Jape. la * long dis UaahMr indicated thrtlfeLMlte died of starvation wvi So far. no official from the government hi calved by Mr*. Leak*. COUNTY FARMERS HOLD MEETING IN BOONESATURDAY Large Number of Men, Women and Children Gather to Dis cuss Farm Problems and to Participate in Program; Best Meeting Ever Held Test demonstration farmers of Watauga county and their families held a county-wide meeting at the courthouse in Boone on last Satur day at "2 p. m. The meeting was well attended by men, women and children from all sections of the county. The program consisted of talks by demonstration . farmers and their wives. Hard Thomas and George Farthing entertained the crowd with several string music numbers. It was the opinion of a number of the farmers that this was the best meeting the demonstration farmers have ever held in the county. Th following farmers were elected to serve as members of the county committee on the demonstration farm program: Howard Edmisten, Sugar Grove, chairman; Wade F. Norris, Todd, vice-chairman; Henry Taylor, Valle Crucis, regular mem ber; Stuart J. Barnes, Boone, secre tary and treasurer. Program for the meeting was as follows, with Howard Edmisten, president of the test demonstration farmers organization, presiding: Remarks, L. E. Tucwiller, assistant county agent. Progress reports: What the Test Demonstration Program Has Meant to My Farm and Home, Bert Farth ing and Mrs. Bun A. Hodges. What the Test Demonstration Pro gram has Meant to my Community, D. G. Greene and Mrs. Henry Tay lor. What the Test Demonstration Pro gram has Meant to my County, Siewart J. Barnes. What the Test Demonstration Pro gram has Meant to the Young Peo ple, Aud L. Ward and Mrs. J. W. Norris. Poem, Emie Creston Triplett. Report on Brushy Fork Water shed, Tom Lawrance and Grady Bradley. Farm Record Book, W. W. Mast, Vaughn Tugman. Report on Muscle Shoals Trip, Howard Edmisten and H. M. Ham ilton, Jr. Remarks, George Robinson, San ford Creed and W. J. Farthing. Financial Report, Stewart J. Barnes, treasurer. Election of Officers. Red Cross Emblem To Go Up in Home Windows Over U. S. Washington?Alongside the blue and gold service stars in millions of windows throughout the United States this month, another symbol of service will be displayed?the Red Cross contributor's emblem. Signifying families' participation in the 1945 Red Cross War Fund drive, the crimson cross will be dis tributed by more than 3,000,000 volunteers who will go from home to home, pushing toward this year's goal of $180,000,000. These solici tors will remind 1944 participants in the drive of what their contribu tions did last year, and will famili arize the newcomers to the commu nity with the job that lies ahead for Red Cross this year. When the Red Cross solicitor leaves each home, he hopes to have another contributor signed "on the dotted line" of the national mem bership card. Then the contributor's emblem will go up in the window, and another family will have done its part to help put the 1945 drive over the top. Each volunteer will carry with him credentials indicat ing his official connection with the drive. Contributors to the 1945 Red Cross War Fund will also receive the little lapel flag, symbolic of their alliance with the organization which now has more than 10,000 workers over seas helping to maintain the comfort and morale of our men and women on the fighting fronts and in battle zones. As usual, the Red Cross War Fund will be conducted, national of ficials said, without any lines of dis tinction as to race, creed or faith. Every American will have an equal opportunity with every other Ameri can to do his part in the drive. Men overseas with the military are becoming daily more aware of the good that Red Cross is doing, and are writing home to remind their parents to donate to the Red Cross, many chapters have reported. Not only the parents, sisters, broth ers, wives and sweethearts of fight ing men will want to have the Red Cross service emblem in the win dows of their homes?their fighting men want it there, too. REDS TAKE 500 TOWNS London, March 7?The first White Russian army reached the Oder river's northeastern outlet to the Baltic yesterday in a slashing 25 mile advance that took 500 German towns and extinguished the stag* gered enemy's hopes of any effec tive counterattack against the north flank of the Soviet spearhead aim ed at Berlin from the east Inter-American" Session Held Photo abcrre showi Dr. Exvquil Padilla, Mexican minister of for eign affain. and president of the Inter-American conference on prob lems of war and peace, u he spoke at session of the conference In Mexico City. 434 STUDENTS AT APPALACHIAN Sixteen Percent Increase In Collage Enrollment is Shown In Registration Registration at Appalachian Col lege for the spring quarter shows that 434 students are now enrolled, representing an increase of 16 per cent over the number at a compar able figure in 1944. Of the total number 380 students live on the campus?more than the total registration of last year. Eighteen students graduated last quarter and eight withdrew to en ter military service. To help bal ance the loss five new students have entered the college. They are: Billy Alexander, a freshman from Sher rill's Mills; Louise Upchurch, a re turned student from Mt. Gilead; Willie Mae Callihan, of Ruther fordton, a transfer from Woman's College; Katherine Varinoy, a fresh man from Wilkesboro, and Annerl Blevins, a freshman from Hickory. "This indicates that we are hold ing our own," states Mr. H. R. Eg gers, the registrar. Three Are Accepted, One Rejected by Navy Of four men who left Boone Mon- | day for Raleigh to undergo physical examinations for the navy, three1 were accepted. They are: Donal Clyde Storie, Shulls Mills; Willis Augustine Moretz, Boone, and David Franklin Mast, Valle Crucis. Letcher Teague, of Boone, the fourth man in the group, was re jected. Mr. Teague, who has two sons in the service, volunteered for navy duty, and was rejected by Re cruiting Officer Huffman here, be cause of the loss of some fingers on the right hand. Mr. Huffman, how ever, commended Teague for his persistence in paying his own way to Raleigh in a final effort to get into the service. He was rejected there for the same cause. John Thomas Winkler Gets Bronze Star Award John Thomas Winkler, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Winkler, of Boone, has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in the Philippines. A letter to the par ents from Major General Leonard F. Wing states; "By direction of the President, I have had the privilege of awarding your son, John Thomas, a Bronze Star medal for meritorious service in connection with military opera tions against the army on Jan. 19, 1945, 'in the Philippine Islands. "I deem it a privilege to serve in the same command with your son who typifies the finest in the Amer ican army, a brave and gallant sol dier. I join with you in the prayer for his safe return when this war is won." Charter Granted To New Boone Business Among the certificates of incorpo ration filed with the secretary of state Tuesday was one to the Wat auga Hardware of Boone, to operate a general hardware business. The authorized capital stock is $50,000, subscribed stock M.000 by J. H. Doughton of Statesvllle, Amos Wagner of Sparta, and J. G. Gam bill of North Wilkesboro. VINSON GIVEN APPROVAL AS NEW U. S. LOAN CHIEF Washington, March S?'The senate confirmed today President Boo? velt's nomination of Frad If. Vin son to be federal loan administrator. Acting with unusual speed, the senate approved the appointment of the SS-year-old Kentuckian to head the $40,000,000,000 Reconstruction Finance corporation and allied agen cies. i hurn?niUri^'^?tJ^1*lfkh ^ Uh. W? SSS* SUNDAY DELIVERY OF SOLDIER MAIL Boone Posioffice Establishes Ntw Service For Benefit of Rela tives of Servicemen Postmaster John E. Brown, Jr., ever on the alert in finding ways and means of improving the local postal service, has announced an innova tion in mail delivery service. For the past two Sundays all air mail and V-mail letters from soldiers and sailors, addressed to the residents of the city, have been delivered by postal employees, even though no special delivery stamps were at tached. Mr. Brown states that this serv ice, which is performed patriotically by members of the local postoffice organization, without cost to the government, has-elicited a spontane ous expression of approval from the patrons of the office, and that the practice will be continued. He points out that parents of soldiers are par ticularly anxious for their mail on Sundays, and that besides an oppor tunity is permitted to answer the mail during the long afternoon, and thus bring tidings to the service men quicker. BAS1CBURLEY ALLOTMENTS TO BE UNCHANGED Individual farm acreage allot ments for burley tobacco in 1945-46 will be the same as for 1944-45, which totaled 588,000 acres, it has been announced by the War Food administration. In addition to the acreage allot ments, an amount equal to two per cent of the total burley acreage al lotted to all farms in 1940 will be made available for increasing in dividual farm acreage found by the local agricultural adjustment ad ministration committee to be essen tial. This means that if a county had an allotment of 1,000 acres in 1940, the AAA can, at its discretian, al locate two percent or 20 additional acres in the county this year. Pfc. Dean B. Hodges Receives Purple Heart Pfc. Dean B. Hodges, son of Mr. fend Mrs. David Hodges, of Boone, has received the Purple Heart award on account of wounds pre sumably received in action in Italy where he has been for the past several months. Mr. and Mrs. Hodges had not been appraised of his injuries, their first information being the receipt of the award. An accompanying letter from their son referred to sending the medal, but gave no further de tails. Ration Guide PROCESSED FOODS ? Blue stamps X5, Y5, Z5, A2 and B2, now valid, expire March 31. C2, D2, E2, F2, G2, now valid, expire April 28. H2, J2, K2, L2, M2, now valid, expire June 2. MEATS, FATS?Red stamps QS, RS , S5, now valid expire March 31. T5, U5, V5, XS, now valid, expire April 28. Y8, Z5, A2, B2, C2, D2, now valid, expire June 2. SUGAR?Sugar stamp 35 good for five pounds, expires June 2. SHOES?Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 in Book 3, good indefinitely. FUEL OIL.?Period 4 and 5 cou pons from last season. Periods 1, 2, 3, 4 and ft from this season?all valid for 10 gallons each. GASOLINE?A-14 coupons valid through March 21. Rationing rules require that Nch car omam write his license number and state on each coupon in his possession as socn as it is issued to him by his local rationing board. Your mileage rationing record must be presented to the board when applying for sup plemental B and C gasoline rations. RED CROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY HERE Mayor Winkler Issues Proclama tion as Campaign Starts; Ini tial Survey Indicates People fa Generous Mood; County ts Thoroughly Organized The Red Cross War Fund cam paign has started off in Boone and the county with indications that the response of the people will be lib eral, as the effort to raise M 700 here is intensified. Canvassers haw already begun to make their rounds and most persons are reported m nfY'"8 B'ven or subscribed mora than was the case in last year's campaign. yiars In line with the opening of the campaign. Mayor Gordon H. Wink lfnw'fi? 8 proclamation today out lining _ the urgent needs of the or ganization and insisting that the people of the community rally to the support of the Red CrosTJhap ter in the current campaign. The W*"1"1'0" 0t lllC mayor 13 fol .? ^^hereas, American fighting men the world over are giving to the last m?L ?h s^ren?th in the effort aJid W? dictatorships, ?t*le American home ^lvuig through its war in ^^5?'. manpower and its moral the Whereas, the American Red Crass is serving our fighting men at home ^ M wel? as by means of understanding, rriendly men and duties^ and'ned e#pecia,1y for their 0,0 Ar?er,can Red Cross *?ZiEmea8 'amilies in the United StaUs as well as serving those in uniform, and Whereai, the American n^nnlp the Red Cro^ve^ 10,000,000 Dints of blood to our formin? a veritable art between us and them, and Whereas, the American Red Cross is ready to give assistance in the event of any natural or man-made on the home front, Therefore, 1, Gordon H. Winkler mayor of the city of Boone, in ac cordwice _with the proclamation of the President of the United States "ar"ln? March as American Red ? .4"on^' do here and now urge "t^ns this community to J?"tribute without reservation to the 1945 Red Cross War Fund through the local chapter; X fur ther urge that they remember that the war is not yet won, and that when the peace comes the Red Cross must, through its war fund maintain itself to work for the bet ter interests of the American people in the post-war world. PRODU CTIONOF RED CROSS AID TO WAR VICTIMS Output of Volucteers Hal pa Fill Civilian Needs In Twenty Nations Clothing and articles made by uf u Crow volunteers since World War n began have helped to serve the needs of United States servicemen and war-stricken civi lian populations around the world, Mrs. W. M. Burwell, chairman of the production corps of the Boone Red cross chapter, said this week. Civilian war victims in any of 20 nations may be wearing garments sewn by Watauga county women, according to Mrs. Burwell. Soldiers and sailors departing for overseas duty receive kit bags filled here- Patients in army and navy hospitals, as well as able-bodied are issued supplemen ^ LP 6? which our volunteers make. The local Red Cross chapter m. an output of millions of sewn and knitted garments and ss^tagsr " M Women who can sew or otherwise participate should apply at the Red ^ at ite rooms in the ?ng adjoining the Democrat build Cologne Falls To American First Army Paris, March 7--Cologne fell SH iU? U" S Fint army in the climax of its e**'ward drive as Genial Eisenhower lifted the news blackout on opera tions of the American Third army and revealed that its armor wm facing toward the Rhine in a break two^Jn cover"d 33 in Thaee dramatic developments, coming when the Ninth army and British and Canadian allies had virtually completed occupation of all German territory west of the Rhur, shifted the big punches to the middle Rhine fa&?^oSha? I opePel tb? way for the allies to puah the enemy out of the are* wwt ofthe Rhine and north of the Mo selle. The supreme allied hrorlnnariai. announcement of the capture ?? u? bomb-hlackened Rhineland c^ST said that only sporadic fighting tinued last night in Cologne's* ern outskirts.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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