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Brief Review Of State, National And World News During The Past Week U. S. WAR CASUALTIES ARE OVER A MILLION Washington—Combat casual ties reported by the army and navy reached 1,070,138 last week, a rise of 1,922 since the previous report. The navy casualty report ac counted for 1,304 of the increase and the army the remainder. The War Department said the army casualties, as received in Washington through Aug. 14, to taled 922,757. The navy total is 147,381. The services will continue to issue casualty reports until the final figures have been received. A breakdown on army casual ties and corresponding figures for last week: Killed, 199,183 and 198,222; wounded, 570,997 an-i 570.870; missing, 33,653 and 33,975; pris oners, 118,924 and 118,302. The decline in missing appar ently represented sliiits to other classifications. The War Depart ment said that 356,331 of the wounded have returned to duty and 96,337 of the prisoners have been exchanged or returned to military control. Similar figurin'for the navy: Killed, 52,963 and 52,432; wounded, 80,171 and 78.935; mis sing 10,553 and 10,li85; prisoners 3,694 and 3,725. FIRE TAKES SEVEN LIVES IN ALABAMA Birmingham — Seven persons died in two residential fires Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Levio and three children were unable to escape from their burning home because of heavy bars over the windows. The bodies of all five victims, burned beyond rec ognition, were found beside the windows. The children were Sara Ann PRESIDENT OBSERVES VICTORY PRAYER DAY Washington — President and Mrs. Truman Sunday led the na tion in prayers of thanksgiving for the Allied victory at impres sive nondenominational religious services at 10 a. m., e.w.t., in the East Room of the White House. The half-hour service, attend ed by 200 high-ranking military, government and congressional leaders, was conducted by Brig. Gen. Luther D. Miller and Rear Adm. William N. Thomas, Chiefs of Chaplains of the army and na vy. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wi dow of the World War I President, and Mrs. Frank Knox, widow of the late Secretary of the Navy, were among those present by spe cial invitation. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was unable to attend. A mixed service choir, compos ed of soldiers, sailors, marines, WACs and WAVES led the con gregation in hymns, and sang the “Recessional” anthem with WAC T-4 Nancy Waugh, Trenton, N. J., singing the solo part. A gold cross over dark red draperies with white candles and white chrysanthemums decorated the altar, and gladioli decorated the back of the room. President Truman had pro claimed Sunday as a national day of prayer of thanksgiving for the Allied victory which ended World War II. «r' Mr. and Mrs. Truman, sitting in the front row at the service, join ed the choir and congregation in singing hymns and reading re sponsive selections. and Joe Anne Levio, 10, twins, and Rosemary Levio, 8. Tom Oglesby, 55, and Mrs. Ba zil Oglesby, 87, his mother, died when their home was destroyed. Auction Sale AT MY HOME ONE-HALF MILE FROM SPARTA ON Thursday, August 30 , 2:00 P.M. Household and Kitchen Furniture Canned Goods Mrs, Lelia Phipps 5 Good Country Tricks for Saving More Used Fats Right now, the country is facing the worst fat shortage since the war began. To help make up the deficit, the government is depending on the women of America and particularly our women on farms and in smaller cities. Every drop of fat is needed to help make battlefield and homefront essentials. So roll up your sleeves and do an all-out job, won’t you? Clip this checklist as a reminder. .i i i.... 1. nuio SALT PORK—with milk gravy. Salt pork yield* 90 much grease, you won’t need it all for gravy. , Pour the rest into the salvage can. 2. DM» TAT TRYING—use the fat over and over, but when it’s too dark and smelly to use any more, don’t forget Uncle Sam wants itl ) J. ROASTS AND CHOPS—save all trimmings (scrap* ' from the plates, too.) Keep Them in a small bowl; once a week melt than down. > 4. SAUSAOIS—they’re better if you parboil them first. Skim the fat off the cooking water—scrape the fat from the frying pan. 1 5. CHICKSN SOUP—chill it before you use it. Sqoop off f the hardened grease (soup tastes better, tool) i i When the naivete can im full, take it to your butcher promptly. He will give you 3 red points and up to 4c ior every pound oi used tat you turn in. IMUmunO Mora Pounds of Used Fits Are NmM This Yur Approved Iy XTPAaud OPA. Paid jerky hrdmttry. 1 ! \ i (i ■i New Council to Write Peace Terms A council was set up at the Potsdam conference to write the final peace terms governing the defeated Germans as well as the Japs. Onter shows James F. Byrnes, U. S. secretary of state; upper left, Ernest Bevin, English foreign minister; upper right, Vyacheslav Molotov, Rus sian foreign minister; lower left, George Bidault, French foreign min ister, and lower right, Wang Shik-chieh, Chinese representative. Many War Agencies Are Soon To Be Liquidated Or Changed Washington—Nearly all the government’s emergency war agencies will be chopped off soon. Their days are numbered. President Truman is known to lave given the word they should oe liquidated as rapidly as possi-! ale. He wants the old-line Fed-! ;ral departments to take over any af the agencies’ functions needed n peacetime. And to absorb others Mr. Tru- j man may create a new Depart ment of Welfare with Cabinet status. A few of the many emergency! agencies set up to handle com plex wartime problems already have folded, or are about to. Others are expected to go in a few weeks. A handful—such as the War Production Board and the OP A— have an important reconversion role and will be on the scene long er. But there was evidence aplenty in Mr. Truman’s executive order of Saturday that no agency born of the war will continue a day longer than absolutely necessary. In a broad directive he told them to get rid of all controls— wage, price, production and ev ery other kind—as soon as it can be done “without endangering the stability of the economy.” When the war agencies have done that their job is done. The Chief Executive’s order mainly put into formal effect the transition period plans he and other administration leaders had outlined when Japan quit. He made these principal points in calling fort “vigorous, concert ed and uniform action” on the part of the entire Government: Any civilian production bottle necks should be cracked promptly through use of priorities assist ance. Prices should be increased on ly to correct inequities or allevi ate hardship. The cost of living and the general level of prices must not be allowed to rise. The whole program toward a secure economy will be co-ordi nated by John W. Snyder direc tor of the Office of War Mobiliza tion and Reconversion. That’s an agency with statutory 'asis, created by Congress not only to co-ordinate the war ef fort but to direct the huge task of shifting the nation from war to a firm peacetime footing. JAPANESE ARE GIVEN TERMS FROM AUSSIES Melborne — Surrendi tiations affecting more 300 Japanese troops in gainville, Solomons area about 8,000 around Wewak New Guinea have been started, Australian headquarters and press dispatches said. The Japanese surrender envoy for Lieutnant General Kanda, commander of Nipponese troops on Bougainville, has returned to his headquarters after receiving terms from the Australian com mander, Lieut. Gen. S. S. Savige, said news reports from the Solo mons. QUISLING IS NOW ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE Oslo—Vidkun Quisling, whose name became another word for traitor in all languages, on trial for his life before a court sitting in the hall of the Masonic Lodge from which Quisling stole $2, 000,000 while he was Nazi pup pet ruler of Norway. The case—set forth in a de tailed 3,500-word indictment— will be heard by a court of four citizens and three judges. If Mt. Zion News By MRS. S. E. SMITH Staff Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. George Pugh and George Black visited Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Edwards, Sunday. Those visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lee Black were: Mrs. E. Left Ed wards, of Morganton; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heitz and two s >ns of Wilmington: Miss Bettie.Church of North Wilkesboro; Mrs. R. E. Black and daughter, Ida Maude, of Sparta; and Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Moxley, Tonia. Mrs. W. F. Pugh and Mrs. J. Roy Cox spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Mary Wyatt. ' Mrs. T. E. Pugh and little niece, convicted of treason Quisling will be shot to death by a ten-man fir ing squad. Special Prosecutor Annaeus Schjoedt collated new evidence just obtained from former high Nazi officials. Investigators Re turned from Germany with state ments from former Nazi officials and stenographers and were hur riedly summoned to prepare docu ments covering the findings. The Norwegian investigators were accompanied here by Maj. Arnew Brogger, observer for As sociate U. S. Supreme Court Jus tice Robert H. Jackson, chief counsel for the United States in the preparation and prosecution of charges against war criminals. i Here’s a SENSIBLE way ^ ! to relieve MONTHLY £ sjinMiE mm) Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound la famotis not only to relieve periodic pain but also accompanying nervous, tired, hlghstrung leelings— when due to functional monthly dis turbances. Taken regularly—It helps build up resistance against such symp- 1 toms. Pinkham's Compound helps ture! Follow label directions. Try ii Jjjdut,£.(PuH&hzMCa C0MPO1: ! Shirley Maxwell, Mr. ana Mrs. Blake Hampton arid daughter, Ella Ruth, visited Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Cmith, Thursday afternoon. Zack Runtherf ord had the mis fortune to fall and break his arm, Saturday. Mrs. Barnett Reeves and daugh ter, Frances Anne, Maiden, spent last week with Rev. and Mrs, Ben Williams, at Peden. Mr. and Mrs. David Van Dyke and son, Pfc, Ben C. Van Dyke, are visiting relatives in Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry and children were shopping in Spar ta, Saturday. The Rocky Ridge H. D. duo's annual picnic will be at Rocky Ridge church on August 27 at' 7:30 p. m. All members, their] families and friends, and 4-H club members, their families and friends are invited to attend. r-Y^r KI^LTS /§& h^l qnr*o£ /^~'i SAVfMONEYB^ READING THE ADS An Appeal To The Farmers THE WAR IS OVER, THANK GOD. Now let us win the PEACE with the same determination, courage and unanimous effort. Difficulties and some hardships must be faced and overcome during the Reconversion Period. Competition will be keener and prices of many commodities are bound to be lower and quality better. We will get more value for our dollar. Our industry will not be an exception to the rule. In the near future, more shipping facilities will be available and Briarwood from Europe will arrive in ever increasing quantity. This may force a downward trend of prices for Ivy and Laurel. We are not afraid of competition. We have produced pipe blocks all of our lives and will continue to produce them. But we have no control over prices. Therefore, we suggest that you dig your Ivy and Laurel NOW while prices are at their peak. We ask your cooperation to dig good and solid burls. We have no use for stumpy or dead wood. Help us avoid the unpleasant task of cutting bad stools. Carolina Briar Corporation West Jefferson, North Carolina Won't You Join Us In Thanking Our Almighty God That Victory HasjCome i 1 i i and our boys will soon be home and we can get back to that good old peacetime way of doing business ... ? i In the rush of those preceding days, we wonder sometimes if we have made you truly aware of our deep appre ciation for your patronage . . . We have had problems of man-power, government limitations or restrictions and therefore we were unable to serve you as we would have liked to serve you. Your patience and consideration has been most helpful to us. Loyal customers are, of course^the very founda tion of our business. We sincerely thank you for that patronage, and assure you that we have enjoyed serving you, and pledge ourselves to continue to serve you to the best of our ability. Carload Sheet Rock Just Received ... Better Hurry! Farmer’s Hdw. & Impl. fH SPARTA, “HOME OF QUALITY HARDWARE”
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