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CMdnkwa U Bloodiest ) Of Battles in Pacific Guam ? The Japs put forth a su pgam effort to bold Okinawa and m the "sacred aoU" of their home land front Invasion and catastrophe. Bat their beat was not gh and the victorious U. S. 10th amy won a 66-mile-long baaa US miles torn Kyushu, where the final Pa cific offensives can be generated. Japan's inner defenses are now mad i id wide open. From a logistic standpoint, the Okinawa operation ? on paper? anotdd have baaa finished in 40 to 40 days. But battles aren't fought on paper, and the Japs used every trick they could to delay American victory. They held on for 82 days ? almost twice the original estimate. Japanese suicide warfare reached a peak of fury. Flying through con-r centra tions of anti-aircraft fire, ka mikaze pilots crashed bomb-laden aircraft into U. S. naval warcraft standing offshore. The navy suf fered its heaviest casualties of any Pacific campaign off Okinawa. The late Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., hero -of Alaska, led the lOth army ashore at Hagushi beaches on the west shore of Okinawa Eas ter Sunday, after establishing bases in the Kerata group to the west Initial resistance was negligible. The Jap garrison of 89,000 concen trated in the southern end of the it? land, while Yanks walked upright across Okinawa's wafct. The enemy bided his time. He chose to make his stand on a line extending from the capital city of Naha on the west, to Shurt on the center and Yoaabaru on the east coast. In bitter, bloody fighting from April 5 to May 29, the U. 8. 7th, 77th, 98th, 37th army divisions and marine 1st and 9th divisions hammered alternately at this defense system. They seared, blasted, bom barded, bombed, sniped snd strafed their tortuous way over a barren, rock terrain laced with Jap breast work*, pillboxes and caves. They dug out individual Japs at bayonet point, blew them to bits with gren ades, and roasted them to death with special 800-foot fire-hoses at tached to flame-thrower tanks. When the Jap line finally broke under the combined might of four divisions, Shuri and its ancient castle was a ghost town, Naha was a deserted nibble, and the port of Yonabaru gave the U. S. navy a new and valuable base. - The Japs fell back to the Yaeju Dake escrapement, but BucknerY men scaled the cliffs on rope lad den and smashed these defenses, too. They herded the beaten Japs to the southern tip of the island. There Sittf a song of dairymen With pastures full of ryt. Lot i and Mi of greenfead Seeded in July " When the rye is pastured , The milk hegiiu and horn! Note isn't that a payini fart Tp sit before a cam? ('Poetic license. Seed it in August in matt states ? but August don't rkyme.) An increasing number of dairy men each year include rye in their grazing program, lor several vary good reasons. Every spring, I set an urge to get out and get into the open. Cow* get a hankering (or grata forage. Ry* U tb? answer, tine* It glvas ?boat th? first possible good for age in early spring. Rye should be seeded in late summer, so I bring it up now to remind you to Include rye as you make your late planting plans Rye works in perfectly in a rota tion grazing program. It gives forage in the {all, when your native pasture rests. After the spring grazing, the plot can be seeded to Sudan grass, for mid-summer grazing. In Indiana, they figure this system is worth tlOO per acre ? which tempts me to add "and that aint hay." Check with your county agent on the best rye variety for your county. Balbo is the most popular kind in many sections, but some other may be preferred in your ana. There are some fine new varieties available which are proving much better than the Hdf quicker. Maybe It la because the proiram **i callad "faater tanking" at one time. The folks who worked out this better way of milking did not intend to weed up the actual rate of opera tion. Monetae and washing udder* with warn water starts the milk flowing. This means you 11 get the same amount of milk in kss time M ?( U* MM milker spttd. If you speed up the milker you may injure ? teat. Such injury can lead to mastitis and create a lot of trouble. Your county agent protably has a leaflet giving complete instruc tions on the steps to follow in the "correct milking'/ process. "Mowing" your hair may not pro duce better brain work, but clipping your pastures will surely bring more dollars in milk. The Mississippi Experiment Sta tion has jast reported on a test which showed conclusively that a pasture which is mowed win produce more food per acre than pastures in which weeds are permitted to grow without check. Weeds do their best to get the food out of the ground before grass can get it. Mississippi mowad only part PUBLISHED MOW AND THIN BY THE KltAPY CHIItl COMPANY 1'W ; in Hawaii m of Mr. Hd Mrs. A. O. of Doop Gap. who ?alar ad th* navy last July, and who is In Hawaii, whoro this piotura Ho la a mamber of a Oie battle ended in a whirlwind of i ?uicide, surrender and slaughter Every counter-attack, every banazi charge was crushed. ' aS"? oui*- Ev*'n M Nimita announced victory, Tokyo reported that 15 Ammcan ?drtWda were built or building in the Okinawa area, and that a ere at SS^wtrMMPOTt" - ? ? t? Jr"P!u!.i5? 10 Ulk lr> baseball ssr-b Woods Workers Are Seriously Needed ,n?r?L Z! American combat Eur?Pe the far-flung fighting fronts in the Pacific will St^i^i^,**1 problem ^ lo giatics in the history of warfare, ? Schaub- state ex tension director at State College !^^ rm*n of ^ Chen's emergency committee on forest pro SST ^UCtl0n' . '7? do this job . ?Peed wid efficiency we will applies of containers, made ftwi pulpwood and millions of board feet of lumber for cratin;' and diuinage," he explains. ' magnitude of the task is in dicated by figures relating to the shipment of supplies to the war S?me 42,000'000 con tainers made from pulpwood went forward every month cirS ?2 SSST "vipplie^etSS: TTiat to more than a million contain h^LJJ ? *?" umber 1,1 millions of Seiri??.enLint0 ,h,ps' b"*-. engineering timbers, as well as dun ???te8' 10 enable our t?K>P? tQ fight on to victory with nojetup ,n supplies of vital mate . "Pr?duction of pulpwood and saw North r "^i1 behind schedule in unu co^? '"a- ,?ur 8oal is 850,000 OOOOM^ o' P^PWood and 1,600, mS Tn^JM 0t timber ^ men ar* H"? Production, more men are needed in the woods right now to cut, haul and load pulpwood saw logs. Anyone e?5dta a nonessential job should Lrkmslv ?o?f S BCCeptance ot one of these app,J: at the local office of m?? ~ ?? employment service. Th* man cutting pulpwood and saw loss dVoVffna", """"I eff?rt to Dean ScSb s.^ ^ 0,6 Jap" On REUI*IO* . . of Mr a^ayMJuneT 17' at the home r John Wilson, of Meat Camp, was held a delightful lhiiJy re"nion' consisting of nine children, 13 grandchildren, a total of 31 being present. 1 hePf w^y ,A Wi"?n- or Alex as daw ft.ni .known' 18 'Pending 60 7gr ?*, ??> ?"? .ix month, to I -rsrjsr&sr- " w?" Pvt James Frank Wilson the JOH* nwDLKr zs mw" GAME COMMISSlpyEH Raleigh ? John D. rind ley for many year* connected with the' state it of conservation and de 't, will succeed Hinton inJ*nd fisheries io?>er, R. Bruce Ethridge, de 't director, announced iMt Try BISMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist rafBM ethtr ao-caOad Anti acid Powdars, tp> "Just as go od." aqjitf bq%%SS%?Q Farm Slaughterers Face Disappointment y Many farmers in the Charlotte dis trict, which include* this area, who have slaughtered meat to sell In previous yean have so far failed to register for new slaughtering per mits now required by OP A, District Director L. W. Driscoll said this weefr. The deadline for registering is June 3& Farmers who have not applied to the local War Price and Rationing Board for permits by that time will not be allowed to slaughter meat for sola, nor have such meat slaughter ed for them for sale, Driscoll ex plained Any resident farmer who sold or transferred no meat, or not more than 400 pounds during the 1944 base period may secure a permit to slaughter and sell up to 400 pounds during the next year. Those who slaughter for sale or transfer more than 400 pounds but less than 6,000 pounds will be given a quota based on last year's record. GUARANTEED ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR HOW OR MARKET Recently an all-purpose flour with an unprecedented guarantee has ap peared in local stores, according to an announcement by the Thomas & Howard Company, local distributors. World famous as makers of Qua ker and Mother's oats, Aunt Jemima Ready Mix pancakes arfQ other foods, the Quaker Oats Company now offers Aunt Jemima Enriched Family flour. Already popular with home bak ers in other parts of the country, the flour is backed by a double guarantee that no other miller to date has offered ? full purchase price of the product and double the cost of all other ingredients used in making any baked item that is un successful because of the flour. Well known is the legend of Aunt Jemima. Famed throughout the Old South in the golden days "befo' the wah," Aunt Jemima Was a culi nary genius given that land of ex cellent cooks. Her master was Col. Higbee, owner of a vast plan tation on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. And Col. Higbee's hos pitality was peerless even in that hospitable era ? especially because of Aunt Jemima's famous cookery. \ The present sugar shortage is ex plained by a short Cuban crop, by already large allocations, and by an urgent need for sugar in the libe rated countries of Europe. LAMB SALE f 7 ? 4 -SikS fU '* ? 'j We will hold our first lamb sale on WEDNESDAY, JULY ?k 1 We will have same Packing Companj^ representative! there to do the baying. ? Be sore to hold your lambs for this pale, and receive top market price*. Oar charge is only 26 cents per head. Be sure to bring them early and avoid the rush. ROONE LIVESTOCK MARKET USKI CARROLL, Hp. BOONE, N. C. ' ? 1 WANTED Chestnut Woiod and Tanbark > .. ; A *?f| ,? ? - ?? -V"'. ? OPA CEILING PRICES PAID WILKES EXTRACT WOHKS North WQkesboro, N. C. WANTED Dogwood and Hickory Blocks - We are always in the market for any quantity Highest price and spot cash on delivery. For specifications and price call at mill or write. Malheson and Pangle f P. O. BOX 5S5. BOONE, N. C. t ' : " ' ?" . %>?, * > V/-N * We Are Happy To Announce ihe opening of our ... ? . " Modern Autombile Repair Shop \ which we hafle equipped with the most modern equip menPthat can be bought, including ... ? Motor Reboring Machine, Battery Charger, Acetylene and Electric Welding Equipment, Brake Lin ? . ing Machine, all Other Up-to-Date j m ' v / ELouiDmenL / ^ ' / We have new factory Ford Motors, a complete line of Genuine Ford Parts, Heavy Duty Ford Batteries, and a new supply of Prestone. . *? / Hc.y * t ?? , Yours for better service, r I * \ ? 1 - ' ? . -f. ' ,m - r>i .
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