Home From Five Major Battles In The Pacific Grady L Ramsey A. R M. 2/c, son of Mr and Mrs J. M. Ramsey of Orandnew. who was attached tl. Air Group 16. of the Naval Air Corps returned to the States the lat er part of July for a thirty day leave after having spent ten months of duty in the Pacific and Asiatic Theater of War. He was a radioman and gunner on a Douglas Dauntless Dive Bomber. Carrier based. During the last few months he engaged in five major battles, including Palau, Tru*. Saipan. Guam and Tinian. He will return to Norfolk. Va., for further training with his Squadron. Tennessee Man In Jail For Hotel Thefts Robert Cook of Jamestown. Tenn . is in jail on a charge of breaking and entering, following a hearing Saturday before Mayor W. M. Fain. He was given privi lege of $500 bond for appearance at the November term of Superior court tut had not made bond Tuesday. Cook is charged with entering the room of Rev. W. T. Medlin, Jr.. at Regal hotel and taking a foun tain pen and $26.15 in cash. He was arrested by Chief of Police Frank Crawford, and $24 was found on him. and the fountain pen was found in his room, accord ing to Crawford. WAC Film To Be Shown Sept 11 I The work of the WACS will be j shown on the screen at the Came- J pie Lib! iry Monday evening . Sep tember 11, at 8 o'clock, according; to S' ? Gladys Pellerin and Sgt. Jule Yates of the Asheville Recruit ing station, who will have charge of the .showing. The picture will las: about 30 minutes, and every body is invited to attend. As the supply lines of the army continue to lengthen and the tat tle casualties become heavier, the need for WACS in much larger r umber is apparent. Sergeant Pellerin says: "This is j the time when our brave fighting men need your help. The army w ill train women for skilled tech nical jobs, such as medical, surgi cal and X-ray teclinicians. who v.ill !>? capable of caring for the enormous battle casualties." The recruiters will be in Mur phy the week of September 11 and every other <*eek thereafter. Girls interested in joining are asked to leave their names and addresses ai the local post office so that the recruiters may interview them for giving further particulars. J. C. Parker Is Taken By Death Jonathan Cecil Parker. 67, died Saturday at 11 p. m. at his homo in Marble after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at 3 o'clock at Marble Baptist church with the Rev. Al^ie West officiating. Bur ial was in the Marble cemetery. Pallbearers were: Wilburn Griggs. Bill Dockery. Willaixi Hedden, Wayne Lovingood, Jack Roberts and Jack Davis. He is survived by one son. A. P. Parker, and four grandchildren, Mary Anne. Cecil Dean. Billy Sam uel and Veronica Gail Parker. Ivie funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Willix Called ToTuskeegee Rev. Edgar Willix has been call W for fun time pastor at Tuskee See Baptist Church. He will Blove from Andrews to this com munity. and will begin his past orate around September 15th. RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS ? Zeb W. Chastain, petty officer first class, has returned to the U. S. after serving almost eight months in England. He was one of the group who participated in the Invasion of Prance on D-Day He recently visited his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Chastain of Mur phy, and has reported back to New York to receive further orders. Late News Bulletins Germany is believed preparing to use poise n gas on a mass scale, the London Daily Mail reported yesterday, and Swedish press dis 1. at dies reported that the Nazis are boasting of a new mystery weapon which they a: sert will win the war for Hitler -.vithin the next six mcnths. ? A new command ciganization in France Riving Lt. Gen. Omar V Bradley equal statu?- with (?en. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery as an army group rommand r was re ported to be nearly ?J; for fomal announcement. President Roosevelt has chos en a dinner to '?e t iven in Wash ington o:: tlie night of Sept. 23 by a group of labor leaders as the scene of his first outright politi cal speech in his fourth term campaign, but he ruled out a nationwide tour because he has too much to do. The Red Army has captured the city of Ploesti and all its rich sur rounding oil fields and are now within 1? miles of Bucharest. Ploesti has long been the greatest single source of oil for the Ger mans. The fourth heavy raid in less than two weeks on Halmahera. gateway to the Philippines was announced yesterday. The base was pounded with 113 tons of bombs. Allied armies have driven into the Nazi robot launching area; the j American first army is within 36 miles of Belgium after capturing Laon. ? Davis Asks Tools For Fighters Speaking by radio from Hono lulu. Hawaii, after his return from Saipan and Guam. Elmer Davis. Director of the Office of War In formation. cautioned the Ameri can people that while American generals and admirals "have out thought the Japs as our rank and file have outfought them afloat and ashore and in the air . . . our fighting men need stuff to fight with, stuff we must go on produc ing at home in ample quantity no matter what may happen else where. no matter how we might like to get back to the familiar ways of peace . . Our fighting men out here have written a record of which every American ought to be proud Give them tools and see that the tools get to them over thousands of miles of land and sea and they'll finish the job." .CAKE IN STORE If there is a couple in Chero kee county who have been married 75 years, the SCOUT is interested in finding them. A 75th anni versary Mike is in store for such e couple if they can be found. Clark Is Killed In Auto Accident Noliva Napoleon Clark. 56. died * a. Murphy General hospital about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon from injuries received when the truck | in which he was li'dirg with four c.her men overturned just out s.cie the city limits of East Murphy | about 1 o'clock officers reported. His brother. Robert Clark, and I nephew, Patton Clark, were taken | to the hospital where their condi tion is reported to be fair. Arnold Stiles, said to be the diiver of the truck, ana Oscar Ballew, the other occupant, were not hurt, it was reported. The five men had started to a field to cut corn for silage for Nolan Wells, when the truck skidded across the road and overturned, going down an embankment, it was reported. Stiles is under bond of $1000 for appearance at a preliminary hearing on Septem ber 28. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at Hangingdog Baptist church with the Rev. Pat Elliott officiat ing. Pallbearers were: Cyrus White. John E. McClure, Cephas White. Leonard McClure. O. W. Hensley | and Paul McClure. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Amy Clark two daughters. Mrs. M. L. Hall and Miss Elva Clark. J and three sons. Ralph and Narvin | all of Murphy, and Waco of Englewood. Tenn. Ivie funeral home was in charge j of arrangements. Mauney Home And Auto Supply Store Opens Mauney Home and Auto Supply, a store carrying Firestone pro ducts of various types, has open ed in the Thompson building on Peachtree street. Grove r Mauney and C. E. Joyner are partners in the busi ness and the latter is manager of the store. The Thompson building has been remodeled with partitions taken out, making a spacious and attractive store for the new firm. Many local people already have visited the store. Smokehouse Is Closed The Smokehouse in Murphy was closed on August 22 by temp orary injunction signed by Judge Felix E. Alley. A hearing is set for Wednesday. September 6. in Waynesville, to determine wheth er or not it is to be closed perma nently. The place of business was clos ed because of affidavits alledging the establishment a public nuis ance, signed by H. E. Dickey. W. S. Dickey and Everett Nichols. Pfc. Venson Queen Killed In France Pfc. Venson Queen was killed in action in Fiance July 30. ac cording to word received by his wift . Mrs. Venson Queen of Mar ble. Pfc. Queen was inducted into the army in November. 1943. and received his training at Camp Wheeler. Ga. He was sent over seas. and served for five months before his death. Pfc. Queen served with the Fourth Division cf the Infantry. Before entering the service he was employed in Charleston. W. Va. Queen was a member of Mount Zion Baptist 1 Church. He is survived by his widow, the former Luzinia Palmer, and a daughter, his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Queen, one brother. Vernon Queen, four sisters. Miss Edith Queen. Mrs. Astor Aogers, Mrs. Arthur Barnett, all of Marble, and Mrs. Hubert Hall of Akron. Ohio. "Save The Food You Store" Is The Subject Of Home Club Programs "Save the Food You Store" is the subject of the lessons of Chero kee county home demonstration c lubs for September, as announc ed by Miss Mary Cornwell. agent. Following is the schedule: Sept. 1. Postell. with Mrs. E. C. Suit, at 1:30 o'clock; Sept. 2, of ! fice: Sept. 4, office; Sept. 5. Mace donia. with Mrs. Teenie Rhodes, at 1 o'clock; Sept. 6. Violet, with Mrs. Stan Hamby at 1:30 o'clock: i Sept. 7. Peachtree, with Mrs. Mor ris Moore, at 1:30 o'clock: Sept. C. Sunny Point, with Mrs. Flor ence Tilson. at 1 o'clock; Sept. 9. office. Sept. 11. Bellview, with Mrs. Maude Hatchett, at 1 o'clock; Sept. 12. Grandview. with Mrs. r Prepare "Mess, Dewey Kephart. at 1 o'clock: Sept. j 13. Liberty and Wehutty, with Mrs. Leonard Jones at 1:30 o'clock; Sept. 14. Slow Creek, with Mrs. Homer Nations, at 1 o'clock: Sept. 15. Ogreeta. with Mrs. A. W. Chambers, at 1:30 o'clock: Sept. 16. office. Sept. 20. Unaka. to be announc 1 ed; Sept. 21. Toinotla. place to be announced: Sept. 22. Wolf Creek, with Mrs. G. A. Sti.es. at 1 o'clock: Sept. 23. office: Sept. 25. Marble, 'with Mr.?, Jack Roberts at 1:30 o'clock; Sept. 26 Martin's Creek, with Mrs. Lon >talcup, at 1 ' o'clock: Sept. 27. Andrews, with Mrs. Joe Smith at 2 o'clock: Sept. ; 28. Ranger, with Mrs. W. W. Hall I at 1:30 o'clock: Sept. 29, 30. office. age" for Nazis OWI PHOTO PROM SIGNAL coin. Three American gunners in Frante get lrailv io 5re a I raillimeler howitzer at the German positions. Pointers For Victory Day The Rev. Ralph Taylor, pas tor of Frist Methodist <-hurf Abington. Va., will take Mr. Wright's work, according to Supt. r Bueck. > Henry R Harris. South Carolina state representative o? the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Inc.. was here Wednes day and met with th:j Cherokee County chapter of the foundation Wednesday evening to discuss the work of the foundation and what it will do in cases of epidemic. No cases of polio have been re ported in Cherokee county, but Mr. Harris told the members what the chapter should do in case of an epidemic. He stated that any victim may be sent to the hospital at Hickory for treatment. Point ing out that his work is mostly with South Carolina, he stated that he came here at the request of C. H Crab tree of Raleigh, state representative for North Carolina, who has been working night and day since the epidemic started in the state. He said that Mr. Crab tree had done a splendid job. The Cherokee chapter is direct ed by the following officers: Dr. W. A Hoover, chairman. J. B. Gray, vice-chairman; Mrs. Wini I fred Townson Wells, treasurer; Mrs Martha Adams, secretary; Mrs. C. W. Savage, chairman of women -, division: and I B. Hud son and L. B. Nichols, members ol the executive committee. The chapter agreed to put on an educational program, by distri buting literature on polio to people in the county. Mr. Harris suggested that the chapter send a doctor or nurse to a center to study the disea.se. The meeting was held at the courthouse and was attended by a representative group of leaders of county civic activities. Those Coming From Counties With Five Cases Polio Quarantined Dr. C. P. Stevick, acting direc tor of the Division of Epidemio logy of the State Board of Health, has written Dr. M. P. Whichard, in answer to an inquicy. that for 1 the purposes of quarantine he be lieves it would be satisfactory to consider any county reporting five or more case to be an infected county. This suggestion is being I followed in quarantines in this | county. Missing In France Cpl Bart Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Jones of Robbins ulle lias been reported as miss ing in Prance by the War Depart ment. since July 28th. Cpl. Jones has been in the service about 24 months. He has been across for 20 months. Fontarsa Completes First 1 wo Stages The Tennessee Valley Authority is now entering tlx* third of four major stages of construction in its race to complete Fontana Dam on a wartime schedule, G. E. Murphey. construction superin tendent at Fontana. said in a talk to employees. Mr. Murphy said Fontana con struction crews have practically finished the first two major jobs ? < 1 ) preparing the site, excavat ing. and erecting the concrete mixing plant, shops, etc.: and '2) Quarrying and crushing rock, mix ing concrete, and concreting the dam itself. Though work remains on the second phase, the time has come to switch the emphasis on to the third and. later, the fourth phase <3> building the appur tenant features such as power house spillway, tunnels, etc.; and < 4 > cleaning and dressing up the site, landscaping, plant dismantl ing and removal of construction equipment and facilities. Commending the men for com pleting the first phase in the j lace of "extremely difficult con ! ditions" and for placing concrete | during the second phase in re j cord-breaking time. Mr. Murpfhey I emphasized that many activities | lie ahead before the job is com | pleted. The powerhouse, which initial I ly will house two big generators capable of producing 135.000 kilo j watts of electric power, has been : well started but the turbines, I generating facilities, control works, , transmission facilities and operat ing equipment must be installed, | properly protected, tested and ? made ready for service. Mr. Mur j phey said. Later a third 67,500 kilowatt generator will be added. Another big job to be finished before the dam is ready to join , TV As water control system is the ( spillways. On the east end of ; the dam will be a section about 250 feet wide where water from the reservoir, when it is high (Continued on page four)