ALLIED INVASION STARTS TUESDAY MORNING
Fifth War Loan Drive Starts In Nation On June 12
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Iherokee s t|uota
jn This Drive
Is $237,000
The Fifth War Loan, with a
goal of Sixteen billion dollars
starts June 12 and ends July 8.
C. erokee county's qu m in this
drive is $237,000. announces P.
B. Ferebee, chairman o/ the spec
ial drive. Six billion .f the na
tional quota is to be raised direct
ly from individuals.
Commenting on the Fifth War
Loan. Lowell Thomas says: "I
think we should regard the Fifth
War Loan drive as a part of the
Second Front invasion. Over
there American soldiers have the
military task to be done with
steel and explosive, bitter com
bat and unflinching heroism.
Over here we are confronted with
the financial phase, which is a
necessary part of the critical and
perilous effort for final victory. . .
If we buy bonds to the utmost of
our means, we are good citizens
backing the best of soldiers. If
we fail, we are unworthy citizens,
letting down the bravest of the
brave.*'
Bible School
Commencement
Is Friday Night
The commencement progrrm of
t' e Daily Vacation Bible school
which has been in session at
First Baptist church here for the
past two weeks, will be held at
the church Friday evening at ;
7:45 o'clock. The public is cord
ially invited.
Wednesday morning. 194 had
been enrolled at the school, and j
enrollment is expected to pass the :
200 mark this week.
The Rev. R. Lane Akins. pastor
of Hayesville Baptist church di- i
rector of the school, has been as- j
sis ted by a competent faculty.
Murphy First church. Calvary. ;
and Pleasant Valley churches
have cooperated in the school.
Rev. P. W. Helton !
To Hold Services
The Rev. P. W. Helton will hold j
resular ervices at Simonds Chap
el Baptist church every first and
third Sunday at two o'clock and
Sunday School every Sunday at j
two o'clock. Prayer services will
be held every Thursday night at
7 30. Everyone is invited to at
tend.
RESIGNS ? The. Rev. A. B.
Cash, pastor of First Baptist
church, who on Sunday morning
tendered his resignation as pas
tor here, to become Superintend
ent of City Missions in Columbus,
Ga. His resigntion is to become
effective August 1, at which time
he will have completed three
years as pastor of the local church.
HOME -".0 DAYS
Pvt. Harold Thomas Lance who
spent 11 months overseas, has re
turned to the United States and
recently spent 30 days here wrth
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. A
Lance. Private Lance entered
service in 1942 and took his train
ing for a Radio Gunner at Madi
son. Wis.
Cyclone Strikes
Murphy, Doing
Much Damage
A small cyclone struck Beal
town Tuesday morning, blow
ing down some large walnut
trees in the yard of Burton
Cornwell and several fruit trees
in his field. Several shingles
were torn from the roof of his
home, and some tin roofing off
his stables.
In addition to the damage
done at the Cornwell place, a
tree was blown on the roof of j
the home of YV. D. Ragsdale.
Near the new house being built
by the Forest Service, the wind
tore a canvas roof from a por
able saw which was against a
telephone pole, and broke the
pole off. Several 2x8 timbers
were broken in two. Other re
sults of the storm included the
of lumber at Bond-Wolfe and
Townson Lumber companies, j
the automobile of Chief of
Police Frank Crawford was al
most blown off the road.
Andre ws'Citizens
Worship On D-Day
ANDREWS ? D-Day or In
vasion Day Program was observed
for the Town of Andrews and the
surrounding communities at! the
Methodist church here Tuesday,
June 6. from 10 to 11 o'clock.
It was attended by a large
crowd of people that overflowed
the main aditorium of the church.
Noticeable was the large number
of workmen from the Andrews
tannery who attended. These
were preceded by Aaron Chilewich
and Maksymillian Aleksandrow
icz. officials of the company.
The program had orginally
been scheduled to be presided
over by the Rev. C. C. Washam.
Also, Rev. L. P. Smith was on the
Progrm for a prominent part. In
the absence of these gentlemen,
I B. Hudson presided and made
the principal talk. As a scrip
ture text Mr. Hudson read the
'37th Psalm, the first verse of
?hich is: "By the rivers of
?Continued on page four)
Rev. W. R. Crowder
To Help Pastors
The Rev. William R. Crowder
of Greensboro and Duke Divinity
School has arrived in Murphy to
assist the pastors of the Hiwassee
and Murphy circuits of the Meth
odist church for the summer. An
nouncement concerning the Va
cation Bible Schools for Ranger,
Rogers. Bellview Reeds, Culber
son and Unaka will be made just
as soon as the plans are com
pleted.
REGISTER BICYCLES
Chief of Police Prank Craw
ford states that several bicycles
have been reported stolen in Mur
phy recently and requests that
all bicycles owners please register
with him Che serial numbers so
that future thefts may be check
ed.
People Stream To j
Churches Here On
The Invasion Day j
Murphy citizens received the
news of the invasion in the early
hours Tuesday in a quiet and
prayerful spirit. Many learned
the news before day, but as the
siren sounded the signal of the
invasion at 8 o'clock Tuesday
morning, business houses closed,
flags were put up, and people
streamed to the churches.
At First Methodist, First Bap
tist and Calvary Baptist, where
directed services were held, the
auditoriums were filled and over
flowing. At each church, prayers
were uttered as the congregations
knelt around the altar and down
tfhe isles.
The Rev. M. L. Hall conducted
the service at Calvary; the Rev.
Ralph Taylor at First Methodist;
and the Rev. R. Lane Akins, at
First Baptist. Other churches in
the town and vicinity were open
' and many went to them for an
hour of silent prayer.
At the directed services, there
were many re -dedications and
some professions of faith.
It was observed by many that
more people entered churches on
Invasion Day than at any other
one time in many years.
Elbert Campbell Is
Killed In Plane Crash
Aviation Cadet Elbert Mayfield 1
Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy T. Campbell of Newport, i
Tenn . was killed in an airplane
craish in Columbus, Mississippi, |
May 31. according to information
received here last week. Funeral
services were held in Newport j
Saturday. He had been in ser- j
vice about a year.
Surviving are his parents and ,
one brother. Roy T. Campbell, j
Jr. His mother is the former Miss
Polly Brittain, daughter of Mrs, j
A M Brittain of Murphy.
Relatives from Murphy at
tending the funeral wer: Mrs.
Bessie Dickson and daughter. Miss
Prances Dickson, and Mr. and
Mrs. Quay Ketner.
George Atkinson
Taking Course
At Chapel Hill
George P. Atkinson, district
sanitarian with the Cherokee
Clay-Graham health department,
is enrolled in a course in public
health at the department of sani
tary engineer, at the University
of North Carolina, Chalep Hill.
The course will be for one
month. Two weeks will be spent
at the University studying typhus
control, malarial control, public
and private water supplies, in
stitutional sewage disposal, priv
ies, "health education, sanitation
bacteriology, industrial hygiene,
common insects, milk sanitation
and its relation to public health,
laboratory work in milk and wat
er analysis; types of tests of milk,
pas turiza (ion plants: food hand
lers' course, food and restuarant
sanitation and meat inspection.
The last two weeks will be
spent, in Raleigh and vicinity put
ting into practical use the sub
jects studied.
Lions Club Hears
Report On Work
At City Park
Murphy Lions club at a meet
ing held Tuesday evening heard
a report from Doyle Burch and
Mercer Fain that one tennis
court at the park will be made
ready for use within a few days
and that six picnic tables are be
ing built.
Prank Crawford, chief of I
police, who has just returned
from a two- weeks' course in Chap- 1
el Hill, told of attending a fing
erprint school, to make it possi
ble to prepare a permanent fing
erprint file of criminals in this |
county. He passed the test and j
is qualified to do fingerprinting.
Robert Weaver and Mercer
Pain reported that plans are un
derway for starting a two-way
central radio station to aid in
the prevention and control of
crime in this area.
Bobbie Pittallo of Franklin was 1
the guest of his brother-in-law. j
Roger Amnions. The Rev. R.
Lane Akins was the guest of P. |
G. Ivie; and Chief Crawford was 1
the guest of Mercer Fain.
President Frank Forsyth an- '
nounced the state convention of
Lions clubs to be held in Char- 1
lotte June 11-13 and urged a large 1
number of the members to attend, j
J. D. Elrod. local manager of !
Southern Dairies, was welcomed I
as a new member of the club.
President Forsyth called upon
the The Rev. Ralph Taylor to lead
a prayer during the closing mo- \
ments of the meeting for the men
taking part in the invasion.
SINGING
The Cherokee County annual i
singing convention will be held j
Sunday at Martins Creek school ?
house beginning at 9:30.
Numerous Men
Are Reclassified
By Local Board
The following 67 men have
been classified by the Cherokee
county draft board. Three were ,
placed in 1-A. Those classified
are:
1-A, Thomas S. Williams,
Prank G. Clouse, James W. Goins.
2-A, Thomas C. Moore. 2-B, Hu
bert Y. Williams, Dowe P. Simp
son, Jr. 2-C, March M. Coker,
Harold M. Hall.
1-C, Major S. Goins, Henry
Clayton. John H. Webb. George
L. Hughes, Otis A. West, Prank
V. King. A. V. West Claude H.
Payne. Wade Martin. Charlie G.
Davis, Glen McLean. Kcrmit P.
Reece. Alvin Beaver. Giles T.
Truett, Aude Garland William
D. Blaylock. Claude Garrett. Lloyd
G. West, Ben W. Mintz, Fred
Crawford. Clinton F. Stalcup,
Judd F. Stiles. Loster L. Love
Howard V. Martin. Garland
Graves. Burton B. Killian, Clar
ence V. Postell, Hoyt P. Mull. Ar
thur W. Coleman. Aaron Salmon. ,
William B. Fish Jr.. Clyde Davis. ,
James E. Rich. Walden A. Hatch- ,
ett. John W. Green. Clyde B.
Davis, Hoyt Jenkins. Hollis V. | (
Crisp. Thomas C. King. Harold
W. Jenkins. Thomas C. Beaver
Ralph Payne, Bascomb B. Mc
Clure, Wayne Lance. Albert A.
Simpson. Gaston W. Clark. Hugh |
T. Penland, Ernest Floyd. Harvey
G. Stalcup Russel Sims. Samuel 1
H. Wilson. Robert J. McMahan,
Loyd Cochran, Grover Chastain.
John C. Moore. Emmet R. Hed
rick. Earl M. Payne, Percival R.
Collins. Prank R. Taylor.
Workers Are
Badly Needed
To Make Sponges
Forty-two different women. |
working a total of 271 hours at
the Red Cross Surgical dressings j
room, made 8.400 sponges during i
May. Tli is was quite a drop off
from last month, and the need
for workers is very great. Mrs. J.
H. Wilson, chairman, announces.
The quota for May, June and
July is 64,800. and the April quota
is not yet finished. All women
who can spare a few hours each
week are urged to come to the
surgical dressings rooms in the j
afternoon or evening for work, i
Women working 30 hours dur- .
ing the month ? Mrs. J. M. Am- j
mons: 24 hours ? Mrs. R. S. i
Parker: 15 hours ? Mrs. W. M.
Axley and Mrs. C. D. Mayfield: j
13 hours ? Mrs. J. W. Thomp- 1
son; 10 hours ? Mrs. L. E. Bay
less. Mrs. D. Wit.herspoon . Mrs.
B. W. Whitfield. Mrs. Tom Maun- 1
ey, Miss Jean Murray. Mrs. J. L. j
Savage: 9 hours ? Mrs. E. J.
Darnell, Mrs. Henry Hyatt: 7 ,
hours ? Mrs. S. D. Akin. Miss
Peggy Savage: 6 hours ? Mrs. A.
J. Burns.
Others working were: Mrs.
Dale Lee. Mrs. Leonard Johnson.
Mrs. B. B. Comwell, Mrs. Neil
Davidson. Mrs. C. R. English, Mrs.
C. C. Richardson, Mrs. Myron
Jensen, Miss Adella Meroney.
Mrs. Prank Morse, Mrs. Buell
Adams. Miss Prances Dickson,
Miss Mertha Mayfield, Mrs. M.
Bow-les, Mrs. A. B. Cash, Mrs.
Holder. Mrs. T. H. Kent, Mrs. O.
K. Erhart. Mrs. W. C. Kinney.
Mrs. W. H. Murray, Mrs. Jim '
Baker, Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix, Miss I
Gillie Martin. Mrs. H. S. Web- 1
ster, Mrs. C. A. Beatty. Mrs. J. j
W. Davidson, Miss Mary Comwell, .
Mrs. J. H. Wilson.
SERMON SUBJECT
"Preparedness" will be the sub
ject of the sermon by the Rev.
Ralph Taylor, at the First Metho
dist church Sunday at 11 o'clock.
LT. COL. J. W. DAVIDSON
Jerry Davidson
Gets Promotion
To Lt. Colonel
Pueblo Army Air Base. Pueblo.
Colo. ? Major Jerry W. Davidson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. David
son. of Murphy, was recently pro
moted to the rank of lieutenant
colonel at Pueblo Army Air Base.
A. graduate of North Carolina
State College, where he belonged
to Delta Sigma, Col. Davidson has
been in the -service four years.
He is a deputy commander of
the army air base at Pueblo, in
structor in heavy bombardment
and air inspector for the unit.
Col. Davidson received his
wings and commission in the
army air corps at Barksdale Field,
La., April 25. 1941. He was ad
vanced to the rank of captain
in August 1942. and promoted to
major May 1, 1943.
IN PACIFIC WAR ZONE ?
Seaman 2/C Charles Gerald Amos,
son of C. N. Amos of Murphy,
who has been with the navy for
a year and is now serving on a
submarine in the Pacific.
Casualties Are
Lighter Than
Expected: Bayeux
First City Taken
The invasion of Europe got
under way early Tuesday morn
ing.
Starting from English bases,
Allied forces swarmed across the
English channel to land on the
Normandy coast of Prance. More
than 4,000 ships, British and
American, ferried thousands of
troops across the choppy chan
nel. English skies were filled
with bombers, fighters, and trans
: port planes. The invasion coast,
1 German airfields, and communi
cations centers in the invasion
area were bombed as a prelude
to the landing.
Airborne parachute troops were
reported to have landed inland,
behind the beachhead lines.
Hundreds of naval guns, rang
ing from four to 16-inchers. bom
barded the beaches before the in
fantry landed.
Airplane pilots returning from
the scene of landings reported
that beachheads had been secur
ed and that the infantry was
youring inland.
The big armada of ships, which
included everything from big
transports to tiny boats, was said
to be the greatest array of ship
ping ever assembled. Both British
and American naval vessels shep
herded and projected the invas
ion vessel, wl*. formed a vast
stream from English ports to the
coast of northern France.
, On Thursday morning < today)
; the capture of the French city,
Bayeux. five miles inshore, was
! announced. Caen. 18 miles south
, east of Bayeus and nine miles
j from the sea. was the scene of a
German armored counter-attack
! which has been hurld back, head
| quarters disclosed, and the allied
forces were said to be doing "bet
ter than expected".
Invasion casualties were light
er than expected.
Troops and supplies continued
to reinforce units storming inland.
Allied airforce maintained solid
cover over invasion beaches:
planes hammered at German gun
emplacements. communications
and troop movements. Nazi air
| force offered slightly stronger re
sistance. Fifty-three German
planes were destroyed Wednesday
and 23 allied planes failed to re
turn.
The weather improved with
wind moderating and seas calm
er than on Tuesday.
Axis radios report additional
I allied landings on French coast,.
I but all were unconfirmed by aL
; lied sources. ?
Naval forces continued bom
bardment of coast and escorting
? of troop and supply vessels.
George Mauney Is
Legion Commander
George Mauney was elected
commander of the Joe Miller El
kins Post. No. 96, of the American
Legion at a meeting held Friday
night at the Cherokee county
court house. Other officers elec
ted were:
W. R. Dockery, vice command
er: Edwin Hensley. vice command
er: Harry Walton, vice command
er; J. W. Franklin, adjutant: J.
W. Franklin, finance officer; John
O'Dcll. service officer: Dr. M P.
Which and. guardianship officer;
H. H. Davidson, sergeant-at-arms;
Rev. Fred Stiles, chaplain; A. W.
Mclver. historian: Allen W. Lov
iryrood, athletics officer: T. J.
Mauney. child welfare officer; W.
P. Odom, Americanism officer;
Jake Jordon, national defense of
ficer; McKinley Stiles, graves
resitration officer; W. E. Stud
still. employment officer: J. L.
Hall. Boys' state officer: Lon
Howard. Boy Scout officer; John
ODell. membership chairman;
Fred O. Christopher, publicity of
ficer.
J. W. Franklin was elected
I chairman, and T. J. Mauney, sec
| retary of delegation to the 26th
annual convention, the American
| Legion, department of North
| Carolina, to be held In Asheville,
I June 19 and 20. Delegates elect
ed were: A. W. Mclver, A. W.
Lovingood, Harry Walton and
| Paul McClure. Alternates:
George Mauney. C. L. Dallis. Bob
1 Graves and J. L. Hall.