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Brief Review Of State, National And World News During. The Past Week I .....—! ' ■ ■■■-"■ :......— " — ■ U. S. AIR FORCE DOWNS 384 JAP PLANES TO 54 Washington — The Army Air Mtorces shot down 384 Japanese gdan.es during the last three cnonths, the War Department an nounced, while losing 54 of their own planes. The tabulation of enemy air craft was confined to those known 4o be destroyed, the department *aid, but the American losses in cluded all planes listed as miss sing a well as those known to have fbeen destroyed in combat “The tabulation does not in clude enemy aircraft probably de stroyed, those damaged in com «bat and which may or may not ttiave been able to return to base, Whose which were shot down by amti-aircraft fire, or those which •nay have been lost because of Waechanical failure,’ said the an nouncement ALLIED SUCCESS IS IKELPING FRENCH SPIRIT Allied Headcuarters, North Af rica — Opposition to Axis oppres sion in France is increasing in di ced proportion to the Allied suc cesses n Tunisia. The definite granteets of an early union be tween General Henri Honore Gi nud and General Charles De <3tkulle, the smashing aerial blows against Germany and the Rus san successes, reports from me tropolitan France said. French saboteurs were said to have wrecked many more trains, brakes and power stations dur ing March than in any two pre ’vious months combined. Nazi ■jguards had to be doubled at most places, especially at night. They were reported patrolling in twos and threes as a, precaution against gashed throats and smashed -skulls. MEAT SUPPLIES ARE CATCHING THE DEMAND -'Chicago — The first week of meat rationing brought supply in line with demand again. For the first time since the pre-rationing ifauyinjz ,sol urge. butchers’ shelves 'with few exceptions were amply Stacked, a United Press survey ^showed Saturday. t -Meat dealers reported that the Cheaper tfks <£.ma*ig were moy ing"well, *but expressed fear th^t unwanted supplies of cook«l meats isuch as sausages may .'spoil unless the OPA lowers point "values on them to stimulate pur "TAYLOR APPOINTED TO HEAD FARM LABOR l - 'Washington—Food Administra ' tor Chester C. Davis last week appointed Lieut. CoL Jay L.-Tay lor -as deputy administrator in " charge of Sam labor, apparently assigning him the task of recuit -Mg a land, army of 3,500,000 to 'help produpe 1943 crops. Ihylori lgaa detailed to the food administration,; from the army, 'where he has been serving as a liaison officer in the fiscal divi aion, of the services of supply at law Angeles. He assumes his new ipoA «t once. 'The appointment was Davis? ®ntt major aetion since he sup planted Secretary of Agriculture Wickard as food administrator. It represented a concrete_ step to ward swift assembling of'a farm labor force as demanded by Presi dent Roosevelt when Davis took "over. UNEMPLOYMENT IN U. S. DROPS TO 1,000,000 'Washington—Recalling the days "when the United States had more than 10,000,000 unemployed, the Bureau reported a total est only 1,000,000 jobless persons —approaching what the bureau -^called “the irreducible minimum.” The near -figure, based on a ^nationwide cross-section survey : ia mid-March, showed a decline WfiMBC' mid-February of 400,000 in :'<h» intervening month 1001)00 of 'These joined the labor force and '3>0,000 went into the armed 1st FRENCH OFFICERS ARE AT FT. BENNING Ft. Benning, Ga.—Major Ettien ne Caminade and Lieutenant Henri Barbeau, first members of a group of 100 French officers and 50 French officer candidates j who will begin a special course of instruction at the Fort Bennlhg Infantry School arrived here Sat urday. The remainder of the group arrived Sunday and started training April 5. The soldiers, many of whom ■ saw acton in World War I, and | all of whom have been on combat 1 duty in this war, are volunteers for the North African Army. They will take an eight-week course familiarizing themselves with American weapons and American methods -of training. They come to Benning from New York. Piney Creek News Wayne Hash, who will enter service next Monday, is spending his furlough visiting relatives in 1 the county. He spent the week end in Winston-Salem visiting his sisters, Mesdames Gaston Blevins and Garrett Searcy. , Pvt. Eugene McGuire spent the past few days visiting his parents here. Eugene has been in a Miss, training camp. Mesdames John Covey, Blanche Reed and Miss Mildred Halsey, of Wytheville, spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Victoria Hal sey. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown and family, and Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves and daughter, of Strat ford, and Mrs. J. F. Halsey, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hash. Tom Black visited in the com munity last Friday evening. Wolf Branch News Mrs. Elmer Andrews and Miss Wilma Crouse visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl Andrews, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Crouse’s mother, Mrs. Nancy Jane Hollo way, visited Mrs. Elvira Caudill recently. Those visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Holloway Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. John Choate, Mrs. IL. V. Tedder and Mrs. Robert Taylo£|(*?-'“**' * Mr. Harold Chote spent Satur day night with Mrs. L. V. Tedder. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wyatt were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hoppers, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fowler and daughter, Mary Lou, of Dayton, Ohio, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Crouse and other relatives here last week. Mrs. Fowler was for merly Miss Eva Holloway, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Holloway of Oxford, Ohio. James Lee Crouse, Seaman Sec ond Class, spent a short leave with his parents here, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Crouse. Mr. Neal Harris and Frank Jr., spent the week end with relatives here. • • i.. ' “ Turkey Knob News MRS. ANNICE LANDRETH Staff Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown and daughters, Susie: and Dorothy, spent Saturday -in Galax. Mr, and Mrs. C. A. Hungate and ‘children, : Misses Agnes and Izetta Osborne, of Roanoke, Va., Corporal Clement Osborne, of Fort Bragg, Mr. and> Mrs. Herbert Osborne and children, of Piney Creek, and Mrs. and Mrs. Lee Finney were Sunday guests of Mrs. Byrd Osborne. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown and children, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie ★ ★ Whaty<U4.&u*f, 'With WAR BONDS •k _★ That new cooking range, whether it bo gas, electric or otherwise, is something to look forward to when the War m won. But you can start saving now to buy it. Put a definite amount, every payday, tea percent •f your pay check . . . into War When yow Bends mature you will :i'have the money ready lor that new range. You win have made a good investment, getting back ft for ev ery $1 And your purchase at War : BBate k helping that boy,, husband Lor sweetheart on the fighting front U.S. lirmutK] Bftmrn* Ceiling Prices Are Pul On Beef, Veal, Lamb By OPA Washington — This week OPA put specific cents-per-pound ceil ing prices on retail skies of beef, veal, lamb and mutton effective April 15, and said housewives would find them “in most cases less than the prices which con sumers have been paying recent ly.” Similar prices on retail pork cuts went into effect on April 1. Today’s standardization of top prices by zones was designated by the Office of Price Adminis tration to help restore order in retail meat distribution, upset for months by shortages, price rules that varied from store to store, alleged black-markets for sale of illegal meat at illegal prices, and other difficulties. Wiping out the store-by-store meat price maxim urns which formerly permitted any estab lishment to charge its highest price of March, 1942, the new ac tion set down in cents-per-pound the price of sirloin in Detroit, hamburger in New York, veal cutlets in San Francisco, and so on for each grade of 102 cuts of Reeves and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hash, Sunday. Mrs.- Clinton Young visited Mrs. Fred Osborne, Monday. Miss Betty Jean Landreth, of Gary, W. Va., spent the week end with Wanzaleen Landreth. Miss Evelyn Brown spent Sat urday in Sparta. beef, veal, lamb and mutton in each of 12 zones. These zpnes are identical with the park zones, except that the Midwestern 4 and 4-A zones' are combined for other cuts. The meat cuts are all the ordinary types and correspond with ration lists. As in the case of pork, small in dependent stores will be permit ted to charge one to three cents a pound more than chains or large independents (defined as stores that did more than $260,000 busi ness last year). Since the prices could be com pared only on a store-by-store basis, officials said they coud not estimate the amount of the re duction in prices, on the average. But they said that, in the North east, hamburger has been selling lately up to 50 cents per pound and will be cut to 32 or 33 cents per pound tender the new order. North Carolna was fourth in peanut production last year, with 402 million pounds. Georgfe led with a billion pounds, and then came Alabama and Texas. WANTED! IV* and LAUREL BURLS — HARD MAPLE CLEAR DOGWOOD — DIAMETER 4Vi” & UP I HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID! '■ I Carolina Briar Corporation MAIN OFFICE: West Jefferson, N. C. SAW MILL'S: West Jefferson, N. C. Galax, Virginia Cranberry, N. C. BUY WAK BONDS! * —! Cross Ties Wanted This is to advise our friends and customers that we are in position to pay the following prices for Cross Ties, having received authority from the Lumber Branch, Washington, D. C., to act as tie agent under Pro visions Section 1226.2(B) of revised maximum price regulation No. 216. T A TIES: (h"0 No. 5 Ties_$1.16 No. 4 Ties „_ 1.01 No. 3 Ties _ .87 No. 2 Ties_' .77 No. 1 Ties_ .67 This includes all kinds of OAK, ASH, HICKORY and BLACK WALNUT. T C TIES: o—o No. 5 Ties-.... $1.06 No. 4 Ties ...,_* .91 No. 3 Ties_! No. 2 Ties_ No. 1 Ties —;~ This includes BIRCH, GUM, BEECH, CHERRY and HARD MAPJ.E. These are cash prices unloaded on our yard In West Jefferson. N. C. For other ties cut from other woods, please see us. We pay celling prices for Export as well as Bridge and Switch Ties and will give you the best we can under present regulations. J. H. Myers & Sons f WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. HOW much courage it takes to dive a plane down the funnel of a Jap aircraft carrier most of us will never know. Men like Major Anderson don’t come back to tell us. How much courage it takes to jfight in a deadly jungle crawling with Japs . . . how much courage it takes to battle beat and sand and thirst and Germans in the Af*$ean deserts most of us cap only guess at. Such courage staggers the mind. It is the same kind of courage that has that neighbor boy of yours waging at the hospital in uni form to see hia new-born son. * Some day soon that young father may have to dive his plane down the funnel of a Jap carrier. He knows tha£3d does his wife. They are the unafraid. They make the fears and doubts of the rest of us seem mean and small. They make us see some of their vision of the magnificent future of our country... a country which can be entrusted with the ( sons of men who may never see them. 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