WATCH An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? ErtabliaKed in the Year 1 668, BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT?, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1946 VOTVLVITI, NO. 1 $1.50 A COUNTY SCHOOLS TO OPEN TERMS o ON AUGUST 27TH Principals to Begin Duties Two Weeks Earlier Under the New Uw; Heating and Well Drill ing Contracts Let by Board of Education ? The sc?ols of Watauga county will open their 1945-46 terms on Monday, August 27 th, according to the action of the county board of education, at its regular meeting last Monday. Under the new law, it is explained, all classified principals will receive their salaries for two weeks previous to the opening of school and two weeks after the term Sds. Principals will, therefore, be 1 their work on Monday, Aug. 13. Contracts were let to the Noland Company of Winston-Salem, for fur nishing materials for a steam heat ing unit in the Mabel school. R. L. Collins was the low bidder for the installation of this unit. Contracts were also let with ' the Townsend Brothers of Valle Crucis, for drilling wells at Mabel, Cove Creek and Bethel schools. The board recommendad that Castle school be*discontinued and that the children in that neighbor hood be transported to the schools at Boone and Deep Gap. Resolutions 6t respect were offer ed in memory of Dr. W. A. Deaton, a loyal and faithful member of the board of education rtly afterwards they moved to Watauga county where he and his brothers operated a general merchantile store at Sweetwater." Months of illness followed, and on the advice of physicians he re turned to Lenoir and became asso ciated with Mrs. J. C. Seehom, Mrs. Farthing's mother, in the operation of the Commercial Hotel, which was located where the Mutual Building and Loan Association and the Lenoir Hardware St Furniture Company now stand. After a few years they leased and operated the Jones House on the present location at Am Lenoir Stationery Company. {CONTXMVaD OR FA0C TEMPO OF RAIDS ON JAPAN BEING j INCREASED DAIT.Y Five Hundred Superfortresses Bain Fire Bombs on Indus trial Areas 'on Two Home Is lands; Ground Succeses Re ported in China and Borneo The tempo of the American aerial offensive against the Jap homeland reached a new high Tuesday as nearly 500 night-flying Superfort resses spilled about 3,000 tons of fire bombs on industrial targets on Hon shu and Shikoku ilsands. . Striking for the third time in three days, the B-29s ushered in July 4, Japanese time, by hitting Himeji, a big railroad terminal on Honshu, and Tokushima, Takamatsu and Kochi, on Shikoku. War industries were the targets. On Pacific-Asiatic ground fronts Mlied successes were reported from bqfh Borneo and China. On oil rich Borneo, Australian invasion forces were reported by Melbourne radio to have captured two airfields as they punched northward from flaming Balikpapan. * Gen. Douglas MacArthur's July 4 communique said the Aussies had advanced three miles to take the Speinggan airfield which will place allied fighter planes within- range of tne heart of Java for the first time in more than three years. The general made no mention of the Manggar airfield, six miles north ward, the second drome Melbourne reported captured. The Japanese held ridge positions behind Balikpapan. American warships and carrier based planes blasted the Nipponese while other allied airmen made neutralizing strikes against airfields within range of Balikpapan and Lashed bridges, barracks and troop concentrations in the battle area. On Borneo's northwest coast the Aussies, supported by navy rocket fire, advanced to within 6? miirs -of the big Japanese base at Jesselton. Senate Gives Quick Approval to Byrnes Washington, July 2 ? The senate | today paid James F. Byrnes the tribute 'of confirmation as secre tary of state without hearings, with out debate and without dissent. The nomination arrived from the White House at 12 noon, and in less than half an hour approval was granted. ? This was the way the senate ? Republicans along with Democrats ? chose * to illustrate their confi dence in the South Carolinian who servtd in the house, in the senate, as associate justice of the supreme court and as war mobilizatyn di rector. ? The unanimous confirmation made Byrnes next in line of succession to the presidency if Mr. Truman should not complete his term. Robertson Urges Buying Of Federal Auto Stamps Collector of Internal Revenue C. H. Robertson has announced that auto use tax stamps In the denomi nation of $5 were placed on sale in all poet offices and offices of col lectors of internal revenue on June 9. The stamps will evidence pay ment of the tax for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1949, and mCt be purchased on or before that date. The stamps will be serially number ed, and will be gummed on the face, and will have provision on the back for entry of the make, model, serial number and state license number of the vehicle. Every owner of a motor vehicle which is used upon the highway* at M8 ^ or the office of the internal reve nue collector and secure a fS use tax stamp and affix it to his vehicle at once. The various post offices arc selling the stamps of the coun ter tor cash only aad no mail order busfaerts with respect thereto > ill be conducted by the post offices. Col lectors of internal revenue are au thorized to accept cash, post office money orders, certified and catihks's checks in payment of the use tax stamp. Personal checks will not be accepted. Mr. Robertson stressed the fact that the use tax lsw has not beep repealed and cautioned motor ve hicle owners that failure to purchase and display the new use tax stamps on vehicles using the public high ways after July 1, will subject the vioLUon to severe penalties imposed Truman at San Francisco -v^USt; Stattinius. Virginia CHldar YANK TROOPS IN GERMAN CAPITAL Occupation Troop* Roll Into Berlin; Mixed Emotions From the Brnd Linet Berlin, July 3 ? American occupa tion tropos rolled into Berlin today, speeding through the beaten capi tal's mammoth wreckage to the ac companiment of scattered waves and tears from bread lines and work chains of women and girls. The American veterans of Worlcl War two entered as conquerors and returned the crisp salutes of Red army women traffic police. There were tears of joy and cries of "God be thanked" from some Berliners, but others?were silent and sullen. Vanguards of * vaiit 4^)00- vehicle convoy reached- suburban Zehlen dof this afternoon after leaving Halle at 4 a. m., crossing the Elbe river and driving through R^sian occupied Germany west of th" capi tal. "Bridge trouble," however, delay ed the combat veterans of the U. S. Second armored (Hell on Wheels) division and Uie prospects were that the division's main strength might not arrive before midnight ? making them at least eight hours late in ful filling a pledge they took three years ago to bivouac in Berlin. A red-skinned hero of the U. S. army was the first American soldier "to enter the Russian-held center of Berlin as a veteran of the 2nd ar mored division, which will take up positions in the American occupa tion zone in the southwestern part of the capital. He was Pfc. Harvey Natchees of the Ute Indian reservation in Utah, a 29-year-old veteran due to return home on points after a few more days. He drove the Associated Press correspondent to Adolf Hitler's reichschancellery. Girls in freshly-ironed frocks worked in lines along the route, re moving the debris from great piles of ruined buildings. In an eight mile drive through the center of Berlin, not a single block was seen intact. Hundreds of women, children and old men queued up in front of bread stores. In Zehlendorf a German child complained of hunger and got part of Matchee's K ration. An old woman said nhe got only 200 grams of bread daily and no meat or fat She went off with the rest of Nat ehee's lunch. department of history, Appalachian College, has been selected as the pa triotic speaker before the summer school student body at the College today. Or. Whitener is a specialist in international relations. Mix Lmdau Die* A ' ?' M.*iJ||)nring RocfcHn imt Miss Clementine Lindau died Tuesday, June 36th, at th* rsa&dence at her sister, Mrs. MoM H. Cone, flat. Top Manor, Blowing Rock Burial was on the estate. Mrs. Tech Linney and son, Romiu lus Z. Linney, V, of Washington, D. C, are visiting at the home of Mrs. .Delivers ly Address -? i*| 'g| head of the Mm BOONE LIONS CLUB INSTALLS OFFICERS Dr. R. C. Busteed la PinUmiI for Next Ywr: in Ctnmoar Hold Tuesday E Toning In its annual installation banquet and ladies night, the Boone Lions Club installed officers for next year at the Gateway Cafe Tuesday eve ning. ? Lion D. J. Whltener, zone chair man in district 31-A of Lions Int-r national, conducted the installation ceremony. The following officers were installed; President, Dr. Robert tint Viens and 114 crip pled children have jeen helped dur ing the past yoar. Committor Were appointed for next year. A list of the committees, thetr membership, and their chain ?neiT~wttt appeoc - in this paper at ? future date. T*?o complete program wis: Wel come, President G. K. Moooe; Lions Gt^; Invoca Hi Oroup Sing "fcuens. Lionesses and guesU; Awmr6*' Robert C J^KSnST* of Officers, D. Guests far the evening were Mr wjt Winkler, Mr. and Mrs. John Greer, Mr. end Mrs- W. R. CottreiL Sffeas w wJtSET*!?' Un- R - n&fm Mr- and Mrs. A- K. C- A Hay w%Poagherty.Mr. andMrs. W. W. MANY VISITORS IN |1 MOUNTAINS FOR GLORIOUS FOURTH Blowing Bock Am CmrM With Vacationists as Fourth Brings Cooler Weather; Busi ness Houses of Boone Close Doors for the Day An unusually large number of visitors are celebrating the Fourth of July in the mountains today, and reports coming from Blowing Rock ? indicate that the mountain-top as sort is crowded with those spending the Independence Day period in the hill country. The heat wave of several days hss been broken, and the Fourth dawns with lower temperature*, overcast skies and threatened rain, with pros pects that many outdoor picnics will be interferred with before the dajr ends. In Boone the business houses, ai mcwt without exception, have closed for the day, and the management and employees are being privileged to spend the day at home. In all parts of the world soldiers and sailors are celebrating the Fourth, aided by tfoe hospitality and homage of their allies, and all army personnel in the United Kingdom were granted a day-long holiday, but the navy went about its business as usual. Military and naval service men are being invited to dances and parties ' throughout the world ar ranged by different units and Red Cross clubs, and the Ind pendente day celebration in Soviet Russia be gan Tuesday evening with a concert of American music by the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra. In Chins and in Australia and in most of the countries of the world note was taken of Independence Day and many of tho rulers messaged greet ings to President Truman on this oc casion. ? E BOND SALES YET COUNT ON QUOTA Watauga Y?i Behind On Salsa of Bond* to Individual*; Period Ends Saturday ~ Watauga county la (till falling be hind in her purchases of "E" aeries war bonds, and Chairman Clyde R. Greene, in pointing out that fell sales this week will be credited against the local quota, renews his appeal for accelerated purchases in order that the county may raise it* $130, 000 "E" bond quota. While the overall quota has bam subscribed some time since* Uiiuty? vtflUal purchases of "E" bonds has been lagging during the Seventh War Loan, and with the unprece dented amount of money in the hands of the people at this timo^it is felt that he quota could be easily reached during $he remaining days of the campaign. The war is reaching the period df decision, vast Quantities of men Mil materials are being amassed for the big drive against the Jap home is lands, and local people should be glad of the opportunity of ' their surplift funds at good interest, to be used to equip the men who are offering their lives for us. Slaughterers Given Their Monthly Quot?? Charlotte, July 3 ? Permanent monthly quota bases have been as signed to all group two slaughterers in Western North Carolina served by the Charlotte OPA district, A. M. Holllngsv/orth, district rationing executive, announced today. The national OPA office released the figures on the percentages of assigned quota bases that slaughter* era may kill in live weight during July. These quotas are established at 8S percent on cattle, 75 percent Mk.WMML'MA peter ' ? < sheep and lambs and 90 percent on hogs. To Speak Here Friday Hon. R. Flake Shaw, executive secretary of the State Farm Bureau, will be the principal speaker at a ? ? ?~?'~ ? - mass meeting of Watauga county farmers to be held at the courthouse Friday evening, July In making tho Clyde R. Greon Watauga Farm 3 all farmers 1 to promote a I if ESa / ' ? ' '