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The World’* Smallest daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 17. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON, N. C., TUESDAY, OCT. 10, 1944
CURB REPORTER
Weather Monday: High 72, low
54 . . . The St. Louis National
League Cardinals are the new
world champions in baseball. They
defeated the St. Louis Browns of
the American League in the final
game of the series Monday 3-1.
It was one of the closest and most
interesting world series ever play
ed and the first time the St. Louis
American’s team had ever played
in a world series. . . . Pvt. George
Lott, Jr., world famous tennis star
who has played on the Rogers’
tennis court and the Tryon Coun
try club court along with Bill
Tilden, Lieut. Col. Wilmer Alli
son and Dick Covington, is playing
with Allison today at Grove Park
Inn courts. All the men have
played on the Tryon. Country club
courts . . . Churchill is visiting
Jofe Stalin in Moscow. Americans
pushing Germans back around
Aachen. Canadians making prog
ress, too. Russians gain 19 miles
in Hungary .... Tryon High
School lost to Christ School in
football Friday by three touch
downs to one. The local team,
short of reserves put up an ex
cellent fight against their larger
an.d more numerous opponents.
The score was 6-0 at the half . . .
Thanks to W. E. Spangle for a
copy of the August 20th issue of
the Knoxville, Tenn., News-Sen
tinel. Its magazine section has a
story about the old and new com
bined in reconstruction of the
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LETTER FROM SWEDEN
People from over 20 countries
have come to Tryon in recent years
to make their home. Sorhe are
natives of the countries from which
they came. Others are Americans
who have lived in many parts of
the.world and finally decided that
Tryon is the best place for them—
| best in uniformity of climate, alti
j tude and quality of citizenship.
I Miss Anna Riis, a native of Nor
i way, an artist in leathercraft, is
j one of those who has made her
home in Tryon. She received an
interesting letter recently from her
nephew, Theodore Roscher, who is
now in Sweden. It is interesting
to note the reactions of a citizen
of an occupied country living in
a neutral nation. On August 18,
! he wrote: “In the way of meat,
butter and sugar we have been
| very fortunate here. Where we are
I hard put is coffee, tea, rice, spices,
cocoa, etc. I sent some spices to
my father and he was delighted.
I do my best to get together what
he wants, but my best is not al
ways good enough. One thing to
get it, another thing to get it
away to him. Restrictions, export
prohibited, etc., etc. All these
I nuisances of red tape we are sub
jected to!—But now we are look
1 ing forward to peace within a
I couple of months, at the utmost
| by the end of October! That is,
peace here in Europe. The Ameri
cans are certainly putting up a
wonderful show. We always seem
i to see what the Americans are
j doing, and doing fast too! Oh, we
' have a lot to be thankful to you
j for! You certainly have saved us.
you and the other big fellows.
What could we small nations do.
We have a good report on the
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