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fl in advance out
6ommittee
m Effect OfPr,
On Counti
Dl W. p. McGuue, chairman
J of the Committee on Transports^'""
and Highways . 0f the
Jjuckson County Chamber 0f
J Commerce, called a meeting 0f j
jjjS committee, Tuesday even
iut,'. at which the present sit'
Taclrson I
|| nation as n ax.
| ?01111 ty and Western North
| Carolina was discussed. .
I The members of the commit|
tee look with considerable misI
aivings and apprehension at the
I plans, recently announced in |
I Seville papers for the construction
of a wide highway
from Asheville, via Soco Gap,
I to the Great Smoky Mountains
national park. The committee
lwjs unanimous in its opinion
I that the construction of this
I road would adversely affect
I practically all of Jackson Coun|
(v, Lake Junaluska, Waynesville,
uzel wood, Babam, Macon
I County, Henderson and Tran
sjivjnia counties, and would
I be cf no appreciable benefit to
county, Cherokee coun jx
or Graham county. In fact,
Ifc committee was of the opin- j
[ion that it would benefit nobody
except possibly Buncombe
'county, and that the widening
of the present highway from
Asheville, via Canton, Waynesville.
Sylva, and Cherokee to the
I park would be of as great benefit
to Buncombe as the proposed
new highway.
With this in view, the committee
authorised sub-committees
to get in contact with people
and organizations in the
other counties affected; and
with Highway Commissioner
Percy B. Ferrebe?, and Chairman,
Ben Prince, to press
the point that the important
matter so far as tourist high- j
ways is concerned in this region ;
at the present time is the widening
of U. S. 19 from Canton to
Bryson City.
| It was pointed out before tfie \
committee that the construc- i
i tion of the proposed road would
I adversely affect the values of
I thousands of dollars of property ;
[along the present route to the I
Great Smokies, since many peo- |
'pie, believing that the highway
would remain as the permanent
route, have invested!
in tourist camps, tourist homes,
filling stations, and hotels' for
the accommodation of the tourists.
While, on the other hand,
't was pointed out, there are no .
investments of this character
?r practically none, along the
r?ute that is proposed.
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1NMY TO
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A number of Sylva and Jack- 1
son people are planning to be ]
Present at the annual meeting
of the Parent-Teachers Con- i
?ress of the First North Carolina '
district on next Wednesday,
October 1.
I Mrs. r. u. Sutton of Sylva,
District Director, is scheduled
to preside at the meeting, at .
I *hich Mrs. J. S. Blair, of ElizaI
tethton and Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey ;
I be among the list of speakI
ers.
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m me theme of th* P. T. A. in
North Carolina this year is:
Childhood and Youth in a j
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kenyon moody in 1
&ijke hospital
Kenyon Moody, who went to
^>ke Hospital a few days ago
tor observation and treatment,
*rv/ent an operation, from
'Mch he is reported as recoverMrs.
Moody and his sister,
Mrs. Davisson went to Durham
^Rvediately upon being notified
ltle operation.
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Considers
jposed Road
es Of West
NAVY OFFERS GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO MEN
IN THIS COUNTRY
With the appointment of The
Jackson County Journal to assist
the Navy in arivine ambit
ious young men information:
about opportunities the two
ocean Navy offers them in technical
training and advancement
as they serve their country in
its emergency, there is expected
to be a stimulation in interest
in the Navy and in enlist- 1
ments, although Jackson County
and Western North Carolina
have already contributed more
men to the armed forces than !
perhaps any other similar area
in the United States.
At the suggestion of Secretary
of the Navy Knox, The Journal
will be of every assistance possible
in giving information to
the young men of this area concerning
the opportunities that'
the Navy offers them.
According to an announcement
made public in Washington,
a limited number of additional
men between the ages of |
17 and 50 will be given a chance
by enlistment in the Navy or j
Naval Reserve, to get to the top,
with big pay, in jobs which by I
their antitiide. and as a rpsnlt.
of examination they show themselves
fitted, from among nearly
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PREFERENCE TO BE
GIVEN VETERANS OF
WORLD WAR ON WPA
Veterans' preference in \frPA
employment has been strengthened
in the WPA appropriation <
act of 1941-42, it has been an- i
nounced in Washington, according
to the American Legion i
paper. Effective August 1, world i
war veterans, their wives and \
widows are exempt from the 18
month limitation on WPA employment.
Veterans have a similar
general preference regardless
of relative needs. Disabled
veterans receiving compensations
also are made eligible for
WPA employment up to a point
where their total income would
be substantially equal to that
of a WPA worker without compensation
from any other
source.
The WPA is working out regulations
for the application of :
preference rights included in <
the new bill. j
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COUNTY HOME AGENT |
GIVES SCHEDULE
Miss Margaret Martin, Jack- 1
son County Home Agent, has 1
announced her schedule* for
next week. (
On Monday and Tuesday,''j
September. 29 and 30, she will
be in her office and on visits to ]
homes. * 1
Wednesday, October 1, the
Gay Home Demonstration Club 1
will meet with Mrs. J. B. Wetmore,
at 2 in the afternoon.
Thursday, October 2, Glenville j
Home Demonstration Club, 2
P. M., at school.
Friday, October 3, Cashier's 1
Home Demonstration Club, at
school lunch room, at 2 P. M. |
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Saturday, uciuuci OA1V WW .
be in her office at Sylva. ?
TIME CHANGES BACK
SUNDAY MORNING
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The State of North Carolina j
will change from Daylight Saving
Time to Eastern Standard
Time next Sunday morning at
2 o'clock. All services at the Sylva
churches will be held Sun-'
day by Eastern Standard Time,
and the industries and mercantile
establishments will operate
o n Eastern Standard
Time, beginning Monday morn'
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MANY VKSrORS
SEE T BEAR
IN SMOKY PARK
A four year old female bear,
bearing a victory "V" upon her
breast has appeared on the
North Carolina side of the Great
Smokies, and is frequently seen
along the highway to Newfound
Gap. J. B. Owen, now of Knoxville,
but late of The Journal
force in Sylva, took a snapshot
of the bear, Tuesday, showing
trie DiacK bear with a large V
on her breast. The rangers of
the Great Smoky Mountain^
National Park have named the
bear Victoria. Mr. Owen took
the picture as she was standing
on her hind legs, with front
paws upon the hood of an automobile.
With Victbria, is a male cub,
also with a "V" on his breast,
though the letter is not as large
as that of his mother.
There is much speculation
among the superstitious as to
just what is the meaning of the
"V" as it appears in the Smokies.
Does it portend a victory of
the oppressed peoples of the
world over the Germans? Peoples
in the occupied countries
have found many ways of 1
spreading their "V" campaign. 1
By tapping out the figure on
tables and walls in the Morse
code, by playing the Fifth Symphony,
by painting the "letter on
walls and even on the backs of i
German soldiers, by holding up
the hand in salute with first :
and index fingers held so as to
form a "V" in salutation, and
by many other means the campaign
has spread throughout
distressed Europe; but free
North Carolina is the only 1
State so far reported as having ;
_ "ir>> T)A?v.nno
piuuuucu a v ucai. rciuapo
it is the natural instinct of these ;
children of the forest for free- (
dom, that accounts for the ap- 1
pearance of the "V" in the 1
Great Smokies. Perhaps It 1
means that the world will yet '
be free.
STORAGE I'M
BEING FINISHED ;
FOR PAPER Mill
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The new-warehouse1 and stor- )
age room at the Mead Paper {
Corporation's Sylva plant is ,
nearing completion. The struc
tural steel is all up, and masons
are rapidly bringing 1% L
brick walls to the proper height. ;
The construction of the new i
warehouse, which adjoins the (
mill proper, and will be really
a part of the main building,
was made necessary because the ,
capacity of the mill was recently
almost doubled by the instal- ;
lation of new and additional ,
machinery. The old storage
space was utilized for the installation
of the machinery,
which is now in operation.
BEAUTY AND BARBER
SHOP MADE MODERN
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The Bon Ton Beauty Shop and
the City Barber Shop, located
in the Bryson Building, have ['
been making extensive rearrangements
during the week.
Separate booths for each customer
have been constructed so
that each one can find privacy
in attractive surroundings while
waiting for the dryers to complete
the hair treatments.
? The barber shop part of the
establishment has been moved
to the front of the building,
where it is cut off entirely from
i.i? narinr and the whole
U1C ucauujr pw?,
of the interior has been refinished.
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Beginning at the barber shop,
the individual booths of the
beauty parlor go the full length
of the building, on both sides of
a hall way. k
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THE RUSSIAN jsituation becomes
more critical, as fighting
continues from the Arctic lOcean
to the Black Sea. As this i? written,
persistent reports come over
the radio that the Germans
have penetrated to Leningrad
and that fighting is raging in
the streets of the city# Germans
claim to be in the outer districts
of the city, and a British radio
listening post picked up a Moscow
broadcast admitting that
there is fighting in the streets
and calling upon all the mote1
than four million soldiers and
citizens there to resist to the
death the German assault.
German reports say that the
great city of Leningrad will suffer
the same fate as Warsaw,
as It will be pounded mercilessly
by artillery and airplanes until
it capitulates; Further south
Kiev, the third ' largest city in
the Soviet country ip in German
hands, and the Germans
are pressing forward to consolidate
their victories and to try
to give a knock-out blow. Thp
Crimea is cut off from the rest
of Russia. But, from all the conflicting
reports, it is certainthat
the Russian armies are still
intact and are still able to resist
strorjgly. In oth^r words, the
disintegration of Russia, which
the Germans hoped to accomplish,
has not yet happened, and
it is certain also that the Russians
are making the Germans
pay a tremendously heavy toll
in material and blood for every
advance that 'they make. So
rages along a front more than
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<s,uuu mnes long, one 01 tne
bloodiest battles in all human
history, as Communists and
Nazis fight tor the mastery. But,
strange things .happen, and It
so happens that the Soviet
troops and the Soviet people are
at this time bearing the brunt
Df the fight to save Freedom in
fhe world. The picture is none
too rosy, and it is freely admitted
in England thar. Russia is in
sore distress.
OIL is the one commodity that
Hitler must now have to continue
his war machine rolling,
in whichever direction he orders
it to go. Oil to run his tanks,
his planes, his submarines, must
be forthcoming in greater quan-.
i ities than he has access to if he
is to keep his engine of destruction
and oppression running. So,
ive may soon see Russians and
Britishers battling in the Caucasus
to try to keep the German
armies from the oil fields of the
Near East. That is one of the
?oals of Hitler in his Russian
campaign. For oil he would sacrifice
the lives (*f countless
thousands of German soldiers.
Men can be produced in Ger?
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many and in uic uwu^tcu yuui*- |
tries; but oil cannot, in sufficient
quantities for his purposes.
THE SEAS separating Eurasia
from Africa, including the Suez
Canal, are prizes that dangle
temptingly before the eyes of
Hitler. The weather in the North
of Africa is improving, and all
indications are that the next
front to be established will be
there. If the British .take the
initiative, and drive into the
French colonial possessions west
of the Italian territories along
the j Mediterranean, it is predicted.
that seventy-five per
cent of the African French will
join the British cause. But, the
Germans and- Italians may take
the initiative, driving into Egypt
and also with the assistance of
Bulgaria, through Turkey, thus
attempting to drive the British
from the whole Mediterranean
area, and then push on beyond
Suez to clear them out of the
shores of the Red Sea.
BULGARIA, without the ap?
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proval of the Bulgarian peopie,
may join the Germans, in an
assault upon Russia and Turkey.
That is likely, if the successes
in Russia continue in magni^
tude. At the same time, Japan,
which country'has been more or
less quiet for several days, is
said to have an army of a million
men poised and ready to
strike Russia in Siberia, if. the
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EMBER 25, 1941
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OLD JOBS SACK
IF REJECTED
Selective Service registrants
who are rejected at Army induction
centers because they do
not meet Army physical standards
should be reinstated in
their former jobs, General J.
Van B. Metts, State Director of
Selective Service, declared today,
instructing all local boards
to utilize every facility at their
disposal to aid these men.
Pointing out that the Selective
Training and Service Act
ronnlroc fnrmnr
IV/^UAIVW AVTAAAAVA. V^Al^AV/J^lO V\J iV
instate men inducted into the
Nation's armed forces who satisfactorily
complete their military
training, Director Metts asserted
that employers likewise have
a moral obligation to reinstate
former employees uho were not
j actually inducted but who had
patriotically answered a call for
service. He said:
"A man who responds to the
call for military training is ful- ,
filling his obligation to his country.
When, for some reason beyond
his control, ne cannot be
inducted into the Nation's
armed forces, he must be considered
as having dicharged
his responsibility under
the law and should be protected
in doing so. Every effort must
be made to prevent hardship in
such cases."
Director Metts emphasized
that the mere fact that a selectee
has been rejected by the
Army does not mean that he is
physically unfitted for his civilian
occupation. Army standards
ne puimeu uui?, arc veiy caciuling
due to requirements of the
training program and the possible
hospittf Nation' or petitions
for those who break down. For
those reasons, he iterated, only
a comparatively small percentage
of eligibles cati qualify for
induction.
While State Selective Service I
Headquarters is advised that j
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;REEDliNS;f
BOARD ELECTS!
ALLISON CLEM
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Charles M. Reed nas resigned
his position as town clerrf, because
of ill health, he stated to
The Journal, today; and Roy C.
Allison has been ^elected by the
Board of Aldermen to f$l the
vacancy.
Mr Reed's health is imnroved: .
but he has been unable to return
to his work regularly for
several weeks, and Mr. Allison
will hold the position until such
time as Mr. Reed's health will
permit him to return to work.
Mr. Allison is one of the town's
leading business men and citizens,
and was until recently,
when he sold the business to the
Sylva Supply Company and the
Eagle Five and Ten Cent Stores,
head of the Jackson Hardware'
Company.
HAS OPERATION
David Thomas, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. David Thomas, and a
student at Sylva High School,
underwent a head operation at
Duke hospital in Durham. He
is reported as recovering nicely.
His brother, Mr. Fred Thomas,
who was at home on vacation
from Washington, D. C. accompanied
him to Durham?
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U-erman suutcooca uppvw. ?
make prospects of such a venture
successful.
AMERICA and Britain are
preparing to rush supplies to
the beleagured Russians as rapidly
as possible, to k^ep the Soviets
in the war as long as possible,
realizing that Russia is a
bulwark between them and a
final Hitler conquest of the
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ONE DOLLAR A TEAR
Lack Of Vov
Establishmei
Industry Ii
. Is the fact that much of Id
Western North Carolina's power Cl
is now going to Tennessee for
the enrichment of that State, as
aluminum is being turned out fcj
for the National Defense, stand- ^
ing in the way of the erection h
of; a Sixteen Million Dollar ^
Magnesium Plant in Western h
North Carolina, near Sylva?
This is the question that many w
lniormea oDservers arc asking, Q|
upon the basis of Information
that they have gathered here ^
and there.
Application has been made jj
for the OPM to back the con- n(
siruction of a- plant to extract tithe
magnesium from the olivine ii:
ores that abound in this county.
Gillis and Pawel have^been car- fc(
rying on extensive research work ^
at Webster for a long number iU
of months. Today they are p]
turning out and shipping com- ij(
mercially sulphate of magnes- p(
ium, from the experimental 3fi
plant that is in operation. They p(
nave applied for articles of incorporation,
and have been in w
contact with the OPM. It is cc
reported reliably that the OPM p]
is entirely satisfied with the ti
feasibility of the plan for pro- 01
duping metallic magnesium from fr
the ores, of which we have moun- di
oains in Jackson County. In p]
fi|jt representatives - of the fr
OPM have been to Webster and ti
have investigated the plant is n
now operating. Other represen- tc
tatives of the OPM are expected ir
within the next few days to tc
make doubly sure of the thing ir
that they have already express- u:
ed assurance, that is the met- o^
sHte^magaesium can-toe wttftrct- V(
ed from the olivine, just as at p;
present sulphate of magnesium p:
is being obtained. Or rather, ir
that the sulphate of magnesium p;
can be changed into metallic
magnesium. 1 si
Magnesium is one of the pi
metals that the government b<
needs sorely in the National De- ol
fense effort. Magnesium and m
Aluminum are the principal p<
metals that the government hi
must have. The OPM has put tl
up the money for plants in New w
Mexico, Ohio, and other places, is
in sums of money going above al
one hundred millions of dollars, m
and it is admitted that as yet ai
there will be a magnesium short- th
age. It is also*demonstrated, of- w
ficials say, that magnesium can
be produced at ten per cent less tl
cost here than at tite other N
plants the government; has al- is
readv financed, for the reason S3
the nickel biproduct will amount I th
to sufficient to reduce the pro- | m
MRS. ROOSEVELT TO 1
SPEAK TO WOMEN fl
SATURDAY EVENING ,
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt ?
will speak to the women of the
aation from Hyde Park, Satur- 1
day eveening at 7:30. according
to Mrs. Jessie Cordell, Democratic
vice-chairman of this
county. The occasion will be a
picnic for Dutchess County, New M
York, women, and the address n(
will be heard over the Red Net- tl:
work of the National Broad- 01
casting Company. Mrs. Roose- th
velt will speak on the National rf
Defense- ; / di
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JUDGE CATHEY TO BE ?
SPEAKER AT REUNION o"
OF BRYSON FAMILY U1
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Judge Sam Cathey of Asheville,
well known blind attorney,
will be the principal speaker at R
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the reunion of the Bryson iam- \
ily on October 4.
This will be the twenty-fifth
annual reunion of this prominent
family to be held at Scott's c
Creek Baptist church jit Beta. ^
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American way. Let's keep it that m
way. Buy Defense Bonds. I bt
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uction cost to at least ten per
ent.
It was intimated in Washing)n
that the whole thing hinges
pon the power situation. If
le pl&nt near Sylva is estab?
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snea eiuier suine tu uiuuaa.nu
orse power of electric energy
lat is now going to Alcoa will
ave to be diverted to the Sylva k
lant, or that amount of power
ill have to come from some
ther source.
It was also intimated in
Washington that the OPM can
3t order the diversion of the
orth Carolina power that is
3w going to Tennessee; but
lat the people of North Carola
can get it done.
In other words, it is definitely
Sieved in informed quarters
lat the erection of a magnesim
plant near Sylva, at the aproximate
cost of sixteen miljn
dollars, which would give
jrmanent employment to some
000 men,' hinges upon the c
)wer situation.
The aluminum plant at Alcoa
as built, so we understand, to
>nsume dump power. But, the
ants there are running full
me, and using large quantities
' power, much of Thich comes
om North Carolina from the
im at Santeetlah, and other
Laces, and will soon be coming
om (iienvine, ana irom wanihala.
All of this Western
orth Carolina power is going
> Tennessee, and is being used
l producing what conceded
) be vital defense material. But
l so doing, it may be that the
se of North Carolina power
ver in Tennessee is also preanting
the erection of "a huge
lant at Sylva, which would
roduce a material that is adlittedly
just as vital as that
roduced at Alcoa.
One solution that has been
lggested is that the Canada
rong of the Tuckaseigee River
* harnessed for the production
' the power needed for the
Lagnesium plant; and it is
minted out that a power plant
ere could probably be ready by
le time the magnesium plant
as ready to begin operating. It
believed that it would take
sout nine months to have the
Lagnesium plant completed,
id that the Canada prong of
le river could be harnessed
ithin a like time.
At any rate, it is believed that
le po^er situation in Western ,
orth Carolina is the thing that
holding up the erection near
flva of one of the largest plants
lat is possible to locate in the
oun tains.
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IISTRICT MEET
IERE OCTOBER 1
The district meeting of the
ethodist church of the Way;sville
District will be held at
le Community House in Sylva ~
i October first. It was expected
lat about ninety persons repisenting
the churches of the
strict will be present at the
eeting. Rev. Mr. Stokes of
ranklin will preside at the
eeting in the absence of Bish)
Claire Percell, who will be
lable to be preesnt at the conrence.
I. BUCHANAN JR. IS
^COVERING AT
ETERANS' HOSPITAL
M. Buchanan, Jr., who has
?en in the Veterans' Hospital
i Lexington, Ky., for several
onths, and who recently un;rwent
a serious operation
lere, is reported as improving,
rs. Buchanan is with her husind
in Lexington.
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