North Carolina Newspapers

jffijjRl ^? Jbs ED B H ? Sift (?hr rpkpr Hwirt l>A3' VICTORY ?UV STAMPS L ions VOLUME 54 ? NO. St. MI HI'IIV NORTH t'AKOI.INA THURSDAY. FEB. 11. 1M) (, fOPY?*1.5? HKH VI AK Murphy Red Cross' Quota Is $3,900.00 s The Murphy Red Cross chapter has been given a quota of $3900 for the war fund drive Um t is to bo conducted ouuiik tin* unntvl of March The annual meeting of the chapter was held Friday even ing ttt the home of Mrs. T. A. Case, chairman, and officers were dec ted. Reports from committee heads were made, t lie war fund discuss ed. and remarks were made by: Mine Catherine M. Stewart of Asheviiic. field representative. New oficers elected were: Chairman. Mrs. T. A. Case: Vice-Chairman. Mrs. W. M. Ax ley; Secretary. Mrs. C. W. Savage: and Treasurer. Frank Forsythe. First Aid Committee ? Chair man. Mrs. Julian Pitzer: mem ber. Linnetta Dean and Miss Ad dle Leather* ood Home Nursing Committee ? Chairman. Mrs. W. D. K_ing: members. Mrs. Peyton I vie. Mrs. B. W. Whitfield. Mrs. W. A. Hoo ver. Miss Wleden. and Mrs. Wil liam Hamilton. Nutrition Committee ? Chair man, Mrs. Carl Whiteside, and Miss Ruth Qnory. Production Committee ? Chair man, Mrs. Dale Lee: Pro-Pro ducing Committee. Sewing. Chair man. Mrs. R. C. Mattox; Knitting. Chairman, Mrs. Dale Lee; Pack ing and Shipping. Chairman. Mrs. H. Bueck. Surgical Dressing Committee? Chairman. Mrs. H. A. Mattox; Co Chairman, Mrs. C. C. Richardson; Vice-Chairman of Instruction, Miss Addie Leather wood: Vice Chairman of Cutting. Mrs. M. W. Bell; Vice Chairman of Packing. Mrs. R. S. Parker. Vice Chairman ol Rt cords, Mrs. Harry Miller. Disaster Preparedness Commit tee ? Chairman. Mr. H. Bueck. -Junior Red Cross ? Chairman Mrs. H. Bueck. Kit Committee ? Chairman. Mrs. Hary Miller: members. Mrs. E. S. Miller. Mrs. J. W. Davidson, and Mrs. B. W. Whitfield. War Fund ? Chairman. Rev. Amos B. Cash; Vice Chairman. Joe E. Ray. Publicity ? Chairman. Miss Adie Mae Cook. t Home Service ? Chairman. Mrs. H. G. Elkins; members. Rev. Ralph Taylor and Duke Whitley. Advisory Committee ? Dr. H. L. Paisley and W. M. Fain. Newspaper Article Food For War "Latest, reports coming to us through our Canncrs' Association and other sources indicates that the Food Administration h as set up a price#of 4c per pound, or $1.20 per bushel, for snap beans in the area comprising (he South eastern states," says J. E. Barr. reneral manager of Canneries in this area. Canners will be per mitted to pay more than this price providing the ceiling set on canned foods will permit. This in formation is supposed to be hand ed to us some time within the next week, at which time we will prepare our contracts and vc ready to make acreage contracts with growers." Leatherwood Visits Home Bill Leatherwood. Radioman. 3rd class, who is stationed in Jacksonville. Fla.. comunication U.S.N.8.. spent several days here last week with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Leatherwood. Leaving Sunday for Macon. Ga.. Mrtiere he will visit his sister. Mrs. C. E. Talley and Lt. Talley. He joined the navy in June. 1941. and received his boot training in Norfolk. Va. Prom there he was sent to Jacksonville. Fla. PRISONER Thomas B. Bruce of Culberson, route 1. has received a telegram from the war department, that hts ?on. Private Reed Bruce, of the artillery division, to a prisoner of war of the Japanese government in the Philippine?. Private Bruce m reported miming several months ago. To Help With Income Taxes Rt prr*riitati\?*> from the internal revenue Mjrvirc of <irrensboro will be in the ruunty on February 15* 16. and 1? to assist taxpayers with filing their income ta\ return*. They will be at the post office in Andrews on the 15tb, and at Regal hotel in Murphy on 16th and 17th. 55,200 Sponges Shipped By Red Cross Chapter The Murphy chapter of Ameri can Red Cross has shipped 55.200 sponges made in the surgical dressings room here since Sep tember. Many others have been made and will be shipped soon. Women are urgently needed for work in the surgical dressing room and are requested to spend as much time at the work as pos sible . Those who worked las* week were: Mesdames J. H. Gibbs. Myron Jenson. Don Witherspoon. Easley. O. K. Erhart. J. H. Dillard, R. S. Parker. J. W. Bailey. M. W. Bell. Harry Miller. Ben Vaught. Prank Justice. C .W. Savage. J. H. Wilson. B. L. Padgett. Gillie Mar tin. T. J. Mauney. J. C. Ammons, Evelyn Patton. J. H. Hampton, W. A. Hoover. C. C. Richardson. K. C. Wright, L. T. Russell. J. W. David son. John Donley. R. 6. Bault, Walter Ooleman and Alvin Bu chanan. and Misses Dora Ruth Parks. Adella Meroney. Margaret Curd. Talitha Moore. Nina De Har.t. Geraldine Shields. Mildred Farrow and Addle Mae Cooke. New Army Food Is Fresh Frozen Vegetables ATLANTA. Ga.. Feb. 9. Growers in the southwest will have the opportunity to partici pate in the Army's program this year of procuring 50.000.000 pounds of fresh frown vegetables. | the Quartermaster Branch Fourth Service Command disclosed today. This compartively new type of Army food Is to be used at posts and camps in Continental United Slates. The tentative requirements for 1943 Include 23.000.000 pounds of green peas. 10.000.000 pounds of spinach. 10.000.000 pounds of lima beans. 6.000.000 pounds of snap beans and 4.000.000 pounds of cut corn. This produce will reach the commercial processing plants from the farms through the regular market trade chan nel?* NEW DI TCH PRINCESS : OTTAWA. CANADA Prince Bernhard proudlv post's with his third daughter. Princess Marjrriet Fraficiscn. l?orn to frown Princess Juliana of the Net L -rlnnds at the Civic Hospital in Ottawa, the first royalty over born in N ?rth America. Thr? Hosoital room .n which the little princess was torn m? clared Netherlands Vrritory for the occasion by the Cinadian Gov ernment. February 6-12 is bring observed as Boy Scout week, and special a', ten t ion" ls bcuig directed to the activities of the local Scouts. The Murphy troop Ls active at present in selling war bonds and stamps*. In the past few weeks they have sold a total of $3500 and have a Koal of $25.000 before school eloses. Recently at a council meeting the scoutmaster. Rev. Alfred | Smith was presented for the troop a service poster with 12 stamps representing special services rendered by the scouts The troop was commended by A. W. Allen, scout executive, on its work. Scoutmaster Smith announced that a special Scout program was being held in Murphy school <oday ?TYiursday- as the paper went to press. Among the activities of the kuu'm in the pact few months h*v* been: cooperation in the scrap drive, county fair, messenger service. President's birthday ball, painting back of Episcopal church, collect ing paper, delivering baskets to needy for Lions club, scrap rubber and aluminum drives. USO. war poster distribution, civilian defense, victory book campaign, food for victory campaign, and American Red Cross activities. The scouts shown above are: Left to right. front row. Pred Brendle. Doyle Burch. Harry Mauney. Ralph Pickelslmer. Amos NlMr Wnwell. Gordon Schmittou. Richard Collins. Bobby Craw ford; back row: Mack McGuffln. William Portwood. J. B. Decker. Jean Slmonds. Preston Henn. Jr.. Rev. Alfred Smith, scoutmaster. ? Prankle Alexander. Pred Parrish. Prank Calhoun, and William Moore. Members not in the picture are: Bobby Alexander, Jerry Beatty. Carl Meroney, Buddy Taylor. Howard Lovingood. and Kenneth Parmer. New Air Raid Rules Announced New uniform air raid protec-1 t ion regulations have been an- j nounced by Headquarters of the | Easte.n Defense Command and First Army for sixteen Atlantic Seaboard States and the District of Columbia, effective 12:01 A.M.. February 17. Under tihe new set up anyone breaking -the rules and regulations are subject to federal prosecution, slates Dr. L. T. Russell, chief of the county auxiliary police. He states that a section of the U. S. code provides for a penalty for a fine of not more than $5000 or imprisonment for not more than ?. year or both for tach offense. Those desiring additional in-1 formation may get in touch with j air raid wardens. The principal] features of the new regulations which were approved by the war i Department and concurred in by the Office of Civilian defense are: 1. A preliminary aud'ble public "Blue" warning signal is prescrib ed. consisting of a steady bla^t lasting approximately two ?2) minutes on air mid horns sirens 01 whistles. This signal, which or dinarily will be the iuat public audible warning, means "Proba bility of enemy air raid ? Enemy planes apear to be headed in your direction ? Get ready.'' Civilian Defense Forces Mobilize. Lights in homes, business houses, certain industrial firms, and all but cer tain street lights and traffic sig nals will be blacked < ut. Pedes - trains may proceed Automobiles may move with lights on low beam. War production and trans portation may continue provided certain precautionary steps have been taken. 2. An audible public "Red" air raid signal is prescribed consist ing of a series of short blasts on j air raid horns or whistles or the! warbling notes of the siren. This signal, which corresponds in gen- ? eral to the present air laid alarm, means "Enemy planes are prac-' (continued on page eight) Three Pairs Shoes A Year Rationing of shoi-s was or di'rrd Sunday. aiul reJu*I sales of slntcs ua?> susirmknl for one day. Monday. On T ursday morning people eould buy shoes u it h stamp ??. ?? irvm i??nin iiwuk 1. the same used for MJtai and eolfee. .Aeeording to prt - sent plans, eaeh person in the nation will be permitted to pureltase a maximum 01' three pairs of shoes a year. Stamp No. 17 may l?e used from now until June 15. Rationing of shoes resulted from a shortage of sole lea ther. more than one-third < f the nation's total supply already being in use for mili tary and lend-lease purposes. 1 People were urged not to i buy shoes until they actu ' ally need them, and to get i maximum wear out of the j ones they now have. Dr. Hoover Is Speaker At Pastors' Meet T lie Cherokee - Clay county ministerial association met at tne First Baptist church here Mon day morning, with the Rev. A. B.' Cash, chairman, presiding. A discussion of the subject. "The Minister in the Sick Room." was led by Dr. W. A. Hoover, of tlie Petrie hospital. Dr. Hoover pointed out that the patient sometime? suffered more from a mental and spiritual condition. Mian from the physical condition, and the minister could do as much as the ephysicion. The next meeting, will be held on the first day of March, at which time plans for the Red Cross War Fund Hrtvp will be dis cussed. Mr. Cash, chairman of the ministerial association, is also chairman of the War fund drive. It is planned to have some mem ber of the Red Cross cliapter pre sent to talk at this meeting. Ministers present were: Mr. Cash, the Rev. H. L. Paisley, the Rev. Ralph Taylor, the Rev. Fred Stiles, and the Rev. E. F. Baker and the Rev. E. A. Frlker of i Andrews. Ohio Man Dies At Local Hospital C. A. WaKerenberger of Hicks- j ville. Ohio, died at a local hospl- , :al Wednesday night. He Miffcred a heart attack earlier in the week, as he and his wife and daughter were enroute through here to Florida Town And Farm In Wartime RATIONING BEGINS MARCH 1 Rationing of canned, diied. and frozen fruits and vegetables will brein March 1. and retail sales of the more than 200 items to be lationed will be ? frozen" on Feb mary 2D. Beginning Monday. Feb. 22. housewives will register for War Ration Book No. 2. which will allow a total of 48 "points" for each member of the family fc. the month of March. Stamps will have values of 8. 5. 2. and 1. If a family has more than 5 cans per person on hand, stamps will be removed from the book in pro portion to their excess holdings, i Official point values will be made public as soon as stocks are 'fro zen." Registration probably will j be held in local school houses and one member may register for the whole family. Some foods need not be count ed. They include canned olives, canned meat and fish, pick els. re lish. jellies, jams, preserves spag hetti. macaroni, noodles and all home-canned foods. "NON-DEFERABLE" OCCUPATIONS Twenty-nine occupations were announced as "non-deferable" for any reason by the Bureau of Se lective Service or tne WMC on Feb. 2. All occupations in an addi tional 19 manufacturing. 8 whole I sale and retail, and 9 service acti vities were also callcd non-de j ferablc. Any man in these occu pations is advised to get into a war job immtx!lately. Aiici 1 he will not be deferred if he stays in his present job. Even if ! he has depi ndants. he will still be drafted unless his work con ributes to the war effort. Amone the non-deferable oc cupations are everything from bootblacks to agmblers. bartend ers. bar boys, beauty operators, i i bell boys, bus boys, butlers, char men and cleaners, comseticlans. custom tailors and furriers, danc ing teachers, dish washers, door men. elevator operators and start ers. errand boys, fortune tellers, gardeners. *rreen keepers, house men. hairdressers, newsboys. ni?ht managers and employees, porters, private chauffeurs, soda dispen-1 sers. ushers, valets, and waiters, with few excep<ions. are non-de ferable regardless of where the activity is found. GASOLINE CREDIT CARI>S Credits cards may now be used at gasoline stations by vehicles carrying a "Certificate of War Necessity" or "T" ration stickers. Most, other vehicles cannot use such credit cards. Formerly, sta- i tions operating 24 hours a day could sell gasoline to all vehicles | only during 12 hours a day and j r.fter that only to those with "T" ' stickers. Anyone who has applied for tificat-p of War Necessity" may get gasoline pending the ar rival of the Certificate by notify- j ing his local war price and ration ing board. Coupons sufficient for his needs will be issued for the first and second three-month I period at the same time. MORE FUEL FOR FARM MACHINERY Farm and mining machinery ; and equipment producers will hereafter be given more fuel oil for their production. Petroleum Distribution Order No. 3. which originally imposed a 40 percent cut on fuel oils for uses other than space heating and hot water heating, has been amended to leave out farm and mining ma- I chine ry. NEED MORE COTTON FABRICS Every major cotton mill in the country has been urged to pro duce more cotton fabrics and yarns in 1943. Military require- | mcnts come firs', but there must also be enough cotton fabrics to j supply all essential civilian needs. Producers of wool have also been j urged to increase production by; every means at their command. | (continued on page eight) 84 Men To Leave Tuesday For Army Mrs. Holt Is Library Clerk FOHT SHERIDAN III . Frb. 5 Auxilia .. Neva A. Ho! . Mur ph>. is * member of the lir* ccntint'cn of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps to Arrive at Fort Sheridan She* is a libarary clerk ai the pest library. Lt. Adeline Sears Says Women Badly Needed In WAAC Lt. Adeline C. Sears, third ol licc . Woman's Army Auxiliary corps from ChRrlotn? rrcruit inn and induction headquarters, and Private Bill Mitcham were in tihe county Friday, interviewing wom en for the WAAC Lieutenant Sears says. "Women are needed ? desperately needed in the WAAC. They have proved they can do some Jobs as well as men and certain jobs better than j men. Every woman who goes into the WAACS relieves some man so that he can take his rightful place on the front." Murphy Opens Ball Season With Three Victories The Murpliy boys opened the hardwood season last week by lackt)^ up three victories in t*?o nights. In a fourth game on Mon tiajr wic- !gc*w Extended their winning streak to four games at the expense of the W.C.T.C. 'B" team. Hiwassee Dam high school fell before the Buldogs in the open ing fray at the Dam when Jack Crawford dropped in 20 points in leading his mates to a 36-32 triumph. Two nights later the locals in vaded Robbinsvillc for a double header attraction. The Jenkins boys of Stccoah fell in the curtain .aiser by a 23 to 16 count. In the evening's finale Murphy eked out a close 19-17 conquest over Rob binsville. Monday afternoon the Bulldogs trekked to Cullowhee where they downed the "B" team of the col lege in another close affair. 16-14 Crawford again led the scoring parade by dropping in five field goals for 10 points. After the Cullowhee contest the players were the guests of the college as Appalachian Teachers College swamped Cullowhee by a 77 to 33 count. ar soon as the new goals arrive Home games will be scheduled and are installed. TRANSFUSION IN NEW GUINEA JINCLE NKW GUINEA- Itchind Ihc fight? ing line in the Huna see tor of New Guinea. a transfusion of Kctl Cross blood plasm:? is being given to a wounded fishier by I.t. Robert .1. Gilardt. of Pittsburgh, ami Cap tain Arnohl Ne us tad ter (right) of Flushing. NY.. in a portable - mer gene v hospital. The container of stcrilr water ami plasma in solu tion hang.? from the tent roof. Many men ha<lly wounded in haltle have been saved through this method of transfusion practically on tin- spot. Th. army ?ml nary harp requested the Tied Croi.-. Is secarc four mil lion pints of blood in 1943. Sixty-seven whit** and 17 color a' men %ill leave Tuesday aiorn inir at 6:30 o'clock for army \.t munition. Tiny art* a follows: IRUte men: ncnnetu Due!: worth. Charles Drib?-: t St .!-??. Floyd Dockery. Neal Sam Sad derth. Frank Charlt^s Black well. Oeorge Morrow. Jamr Sheridan Mori o A Earl Glenn Bryson. War ren O'Dell. Wilbuin Dailey. Leo nard Ramsey. Hom.r Haden Jones. James Carl Simonds. Jr.. George Wa" -en Rowland. Amak>l Harding Bam*. Alon/.o Hardin Sharp. Steilmt; Johnson. Ernest Treniham Flank Clifford Me Mdlian. Jack Calvin O'Dell. Rus ; sell. Xenas Collins. Charles S. .Garland. Paul Gilbert. Willis Cla 'b :n Davis. John Hoirton. Car lis Her she 1 Allen. Elvin Monroe Dil (lard. J. B Green. Marvin Floyd Plt-mmoas. Jack Cabe. Don Fran kum. Huey Houston Roberts. , Warren Arises. Ray Hurley Glad son. Claude Lewis Matnis. John , Reid McGuire. Winfred Br&nce i, Taylor. Rufus William Hughes, t Verlin Frank Kephart. Henry Lee Martin. Earl Young Baine. Carl ? Herman Hickey. Elvin McKinley I Led ford. Charles Emory Anderson. James Elmo M os teller Will lam Julius Pavne Robert Fulton Hass. j Ned Chase Piercy. Homer Hard ' ing Prmce. Robert Lee Phillips. I Frank Taylor. Robert West. Gene Homer Berry. Hobert Claton Ware. Austin Boyd Nichols. Cecil ; BoL Hedrick. Jimmy Pratt. John j Oplirey Kllpatrick. Herbert Hoo ver Wilson. I Transferred Men: Virgil Wil liam Kear. George Clinton Getty. Thomas Lee Lucas. Windell. Bre vard Raper. Eulis Allen Dills. J. E. Campbell. Raymond Edward Mc t'ormack. Oran Witt. Colored Men: Charles TTiomas. KitivAniel Robert Carter.' Wlham Henry Thomas. Edward William Carter. Kexiiy Wesley Moore. Roy Austin. Harvey James Kinc&id. Willard Jones. Ralph Raymond Hyatt. Daniel Hyatt. Ward law Wilson. McKinney. William Hard ing Kincard. Purele Miller, FVlix Black. Fred Junior Colbert. Owyn Felix Dorsey Five Members Join Lions Club Five new members were wel comed into the Lions club at the meet in p held Tuesday evening. Patrolman Prttchard Smith was introduced by Prank Ellis: the Rev. F. V. Taylor by W. M. Pain: Forest Warden Sohapp by Joe Ray: and Policeman Fred John son by Dr. T. L. Hussell. The Rev. Alfred Smith is a new mem ber but was not present. President W. A Hoover announ ced that Lions International con vention will be held in Cleveland in the summer. He read a ruling on driving automobiles to Lions club meeting, from Lions Inter national. stating that it is per missable to drive if there is no other means of transportation available. Frank Forsythe announced that more than $50 was cleared on the i ("resident's SIfrfiSa5jy SsU Jake Harrill Is Made Coropral I Pvt. Jake W. Harrill. of the 1550th Service Unit. Headquaters 'Section. Fort, Knox. Kentucky, ha* ! been recently promoted to the lank of Corporal. i In civilian life. Coporal Harrill ! was a teacher in Andrews high ] school. He was sri actuated from 1 the Wake Forest College at Wake Forest. North Carolina, and took a post graduate co\irse at the same college. I Corporal Harrill has been in the Army for nine months. INJURED Mrs. J. H. Wilson fell M. the 1 door of Citizens Bank and Trust company Monday and fractured ' her left arm Just above Hie wrist She was taken to Murphy Genera) i hospital where the bone was set. sha was sfcle to be out the next 1 day.