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I SOCIETY NOTE; Mr. Winston
mChurchill and eighty other Eng
;ishinen are visiting President
m Roosevelt ;lt tlle White House
m during the Christmas season.
I THE SUPREME COMMAND of
Ijjj the nations fighting the ag- I
m^ssor nations will probably be I
m centered jn Washington. This ;
Mn 11 provide a unity of action >
?t is apparently necessary in I
II ^ war that has no front ana
I n(J rear, in which every continent
and every sea is either an
[actual battlefield or a potential
| j 4 p submarines, operating
I along the California coast, within
sight of land, have been at- .
tacking shipping. One tanker, I
empty and returning to its port
for another load of oil was torpedoed
and lost. Survivors tell
0f machine-gunning of boats
Med with men trying to get
I to shore.
I jap attacks in the Malay
I peninsula are causing a great
I ija:tle for .the preservation of
I ie Malay states and to hold
I ;e fortress of Singapore is
I <;uted to be the most strongly
I -riified naval base in the world.
ficcessful Jap attacks on the ,
Repulse and the Prince of Wales, '
I reakened Singapore and greatly
I strengthened the Japanese poI
stion throughout the east.
I THE PHILIPPINES are underlying
heavy attacks from strong
I landing parties of Japanese at
I various points, and the American
I and. Philippine defenders have
I oeen showing much stubborn?3,
I cess, as they refuse to give
I sound before the Nipponese.
Just how many soldiers, sailors, |
aarines. Philippine scouts, .
inks, planes, and other means j
s staving off the attackers 1
rere engaged has not been dis- j
:!osed.
HONG KONG, the British colony,
defended by Canadian and
other empire troops, has been
another scene of a great epic of
heroism in this war. The British
refuse to surrender, although
few people in London hope that |
they will not eventually be
ioTted to surrender.
THE CHINESEl^noving down
I from the North are putting
pressure upon the Japs in an
attempt to relieve HongKong.
The success of the Chinese and
the heroism of the defenders
ire the only hopes that any one j
h/LS that Hnr rr Vr\\~\ rr xirill nnt hp
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I occupied by the Japs. !
I THE DUTCH naval and land ^
I forces have done much effective ^
I fighting in the war in the far | ^
I ^t, against the Japs. They I ^
I have repeatedly attacked and ^
I sunk transports and Japanese | ^
I *ar vessels, and have joined ^
I hands with the British in the
I defense of the island of Borneo, *
I *hich is owned half by the ^
I Dutch and half by the British. ^
I RUBBER is already a big probI
in the world. It may grow c
I ^arger. for the Japs are in the ^
I Malay peninsula, which is one
I of the largest sources of the maI
terial. If they capture the rubI
country and hold it, the r
I supply will go to them. If, on c
I lhe other hand, .seeing that they | ?
I to to be driven out, they desI
tr?y the trees, a serious rubber
I shortage for several years will ^
I -n$ue, for it takes seven years
I >l0 grow a rubber tree to the E
I Wint of production. 0
I IYBIa is being overrun by the fl
I ^ti^tpas they drive the Ger- v
I ^ans and Italians out of that t
I Part of North Africa. This ap- i e
I ^ars to be a real and substan- !1
I llal victory to mark up for our i c
I tause, and the end is not yet. 11
( I
I ?vtican made tanks have J
I $&yed a large part in the de- r.
ll&t of the Axis troops in Africa, j
I RUSSIAN thrusts continue
I gainst the Germans, and the
I Jerman retreat from before
I Moscow is reminiscent of Na- U
I Leon's similar experience. It U
I r*mains to be seen whether it 11
I ^ prove to be as disastrous to s
I Germans as it was to Na- <
I toleon. We can only hope that it II
I ^Wer-stockton College, at!
I iKr!?n' lvl0-> is campaigning for '
I ^.000 for a library building. I
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IDE THE COUNTY
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AS the shadow of war lengthens
over the Pacific, a new inland,
fog-free, airway to Alaska, rushed
to completion by Canada, places the
military might of the United States
and Dominion forces within five
hours of this continental outpost.
Within twenty-four hours men
and aircraft could be mustered from
all oyer the United States and
Canada for concentration in Alaska.
in November or mu tne united
States-Canada Joint Board on Defense
recommended construction of
a chain of air base* Unking Alaska
with air fields close to the Amerl*
can border. Today, little more than
a year later, U. S. and Canadian
transport planes are winging their
way over the new skyway. Built by
Canada at a cost of $6,000,000, the
airline will serve In the days of
peace as the foundation for a commercial
air route to the Orient
Much credit for this achievement
should go to the Air Services Branch
of Canada's Department of Transport.
But the men who made the
forests blossom forth as airports
were the tobacco-chewing, tractorcussing,
frost-bitten sons of the
wilderness who tackled the job
with typical Canadian gusto.
The plans called for main ports
to be established at Grand Prairie,
Fort St. John, White Horse, Fort
Nelson and Watson Lake. The first
three were near enough railways
to eliminate transportation problems,
but Fort Nelson was 300 miles
north of the end of steel and Watson
Lake was just a dot on the map
surrounded by wilderness.
Bound for Fort Nelson, Tractor
Train No. 1 started out from Dawson
Creek in two sections on February
9 last. Mile by mile the caravan
bunted and battled through the
brush. Sometimes it moved ten
miles in 24 hours, but more often
only three or four miles. A week
after its departure it had covered
35 miles. 1
Tractor Train No. 1, leaving a
trail which others might follow, arrived
at Fort Nelson on Macch 31,
1941. Thus ended the first skirmish
' with nature, forty-six days after it
left Dawson Creek.
i\ CAL cauie me BUIIIUIBI uauipaigu.
To hew a road Into Watson Lake in
the summer oyer rocks and muskeg
bogs was out of the question. But, ,
why couldn't men and equipment be <
floated in from WrangeU Alaska, via 4
- the Sttkine and Dease rivers? This ,
involved 350 miles of river travel
and a 75-mile portage.
As soon as the river was open,
barges were loaded with trucks, i
tractors, grading machinery and i
equipment for two saw mills. The'1
GOVERNOR 111
ME BOARD :
RATION TIOES i
The Governor of North Caro- I
ina will ^appoint a board to I
of; onfr?mnhilp t.ires in Jack
CltlUll OL *** WillVM-av
on county, before January 5,
t was learned today. The three
nan board will have charge of
he tire rationing system that
vill be set up throughout the
Jnited States. Every prospective
mrchaser of a tire will make
ipplication through his local
?oard, and the board will either
ipprove or disapprove his ap>lication.
Armed with a certifiate
from his local board, he
pill then go to his dealer and
>uy his tires.
These regulations have become
lecessary, it is pointed out beause
of the extreme danger of
i rubber shortage by reason of
he Japanese control or capure
of areas producing rubier.
Governor Broughton is ex
>ected to name xne mmucio
f the boards in the counties
md cities of North Carolina
yithin the next few days, and
hey will be ready to begin op- ^
iration by the morning of Janlary
5, the date when the present
ban on the sale of tires is
ifted.
TOM JONES DIES AT I
HOME ON SAVANNAH
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Tom Jones, well known farmer G
)f the Savannah section of thie w
jounty, and a member of the A
Farm Security Committee, died
suddenly at his home, on Mon- ~
iay afternoon, it was learned
here.
Mr. Jones appeared to be in
pr
his usual health when he was
suddenly stricken. Funeral and tii
Interment were on Tuesday. sc.1
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Where, a few month* ago, tree tops!
filled the eky, wireless towers stand toL
guide planes on the new Alaska airP
route. B
Dease and Stikine rivers were so tl
shallow that the barge crews had to w
- a At. _ a J ?aII *1
waae 11110 tae icy waters ttnu run u
rocks oat of the way to clear a passage
for the little fleet. do
At the end of this stretch there si
?ras a portage and then the last ti
water trip across Watson Lake to b
the airport site. On the shores c<
af Watson Lake a saw mill was t?
built. By such means these men, en- ol
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touches are being given to s
ings which will be part of thy ex<
lanes in which the youth of 'he
ritish Empire are learning to fly. Jjjj
reatest of all flying schools in the ^
orld,^ the British Commonwealth thi
ir Training Plan now has 124 pn
ihoois and establishments operat- Ca
LAUNCHES NEW SHIPS (19
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Navy Secretary Knox told his
ess conference the Navy's
ipbuilding program "is con- n(
luing to beat all projected &
hedules." Since January 1, sfc
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CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1941
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ige" Now A i Reality : 1
L -H**???_ "1 / LEGEND A stern wheeler briskly putts along
^V [SSM??Z^Sau?.J' Dease Lake, transporting construction
^ j -^'v C# uvotrs equipment by barge to the Watson
' . f ^ u Lake airport. In shallow waters of tho
n /^*-.^, 1 _,_| mtmt Stikine River boat crews had to re
PmVs,/ ... move rocks to make passageway for
^e8e Cra^#'^
i ^ Well equipped work shops were set up
$?? x' for repair work as well as centers for
r extensive construction at the airports.
ion goes ^
rely Isolated from the outside V - |
orld, cut their lumber and built *
lelr houses, boats and roads. * '
A vast section of North Amerldh *^4^4%p
lay now be considered by military
:rategists in terms of hours of /
avel rather than days. Within the _ ^
rief space cf less than a year the ^ ^ ^ #;
Dntlnent's \ciflc barriers have ^
een knitt 1 ' to a defense pattern M'
t form id oportions.
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III IW FROM JACKSOft
H t ? ^^^6 I Harold Monteith, J a c k s o r
B ^ I ,;I1' * i County's first hero to give hii
Ht| - Ilife in ^e present war, waj
I l?st on his twenty-second birthB
f* f||flnK > day, when the ship on which he
plli i { was stationed, was sunk at Pear!
8\\ j .' 1 Harbor, on December 7, in the
J j treacherous Japanese attack, acm
MHHHB >=| cording to his mother, Mrs. OsI
f fl^HR car Monteitl1' who was in SylvE
m j on Monday, from her home neai
ill GlenvilleMrs
Monteith stated that th<
I Navy department gave her anc
1; her husband no details of the
loss of their son, but that th<
message stated that his bodj
h? not been recovered. It alsc
stated that his remains will b(
returned to Glenville for .interment,
if that is the desire of hi."
parents, and if the body is reMrs.
Monteith and her daughter,
Miss Elise Monteith, teache:
in the school in Cashier's, weri
Estelle Overcash to the train
Miss Overcash, who was thi
naval- hero's sweetheart, ha.
. been visiting his parents a
f Glenville, and was returning t(
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Passed by censor LEGION REMEMBERS
, and is producing pilots, observ- li/inVTFTTH'S PAf?FWT<
; and ground forces at a rate far o imvrii^iik
seeding the original schedule. \
out 600 American pilots are serv- The American Legion Post fo
j as instructors and about 8% i of Jackson county, remembere(
i pupils dome from the U. S. A. ... . f TT m,
e cost of the plan in the first ! Parents of Harold Mon
ree years of its operation will ap- 1 teith, Jackson county's first soi
jximate |824,ooo,ooof of which to give his life in the presen
nada will supply $531,000,000. war a note 0f sympathy
and a boquet of flowers, oi
41, Mr. Knox said, the Navy Christmas.
is ordered 5,334 vessels at a
- * ?_i. m nnn nnn j Dr. Charlotte Boatner, assist
T3.I CUM UX ?p l ,Ui/u,vv;v,uv/v auu
;arly one billion dollars has'*"! Professor ?r *
Tulane university, has discover
;en allocated for expanding, ecj an allergy preventive to re
ilpbuilding facilities. lieve hay fever and asthma.
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County's Gei
ProvideAni]
Needy And
HOLIDAY TRADE GOOD
IN SYLVA TfflS YEAR
Storekeepers of Sylva have all
reported that the holiday trade
.in Sylva town has been good"
this year. At first, when the
. Japanese attack upon Pearl
Harbor shocked the folks, their
minds were upon the war situation,
and it seemed that the
Christmas trade would not be
so good. But, the people recovered
from the shock, and
snapped back to normal, as they
realized that the Christmas
spirit of giving, of cheering, of
loving, is one of the precious
things in American life that we
are fighting to keep alive, and
the crowds in the shops soon
became as usual.
Each day, as Christmas drew
nearer, the congestion in the
shopping district became greater,
until the great throng
swamped the stores on Christmas
Eve and well nigh emptied
them of their wares.
ISSUE BOOK ON
BILL OF RIGHTS
A 38-page, illustrated pamphlet
on the sesquicentennial of
the Bill of Rights, which will be
celebrated throughout the nation
under the sponsorship of
the Office of Civilian Defense,
is now ready for distribution.
The pamphlet, which was prepared
for the Office of Civilian
Defense-with the assistance of
the Library of Congress, gives a I
historical summary of the writing
of the first ten amendments
to the United States Constitution
Y\n\xr lrnrra/n qj? t.hp Bill of I
tiUli) 11VS TT ftMAV Vf M
Eights, excerpts from statements
of famous Americans on
the various amendments, and
.material which may be useful
in connection with the obsery^
? ? ? ? ?' iv* ^ o ty
Iance ux tuc u?*jr.
A selected list of old and mod- I
ern patriotic songs, famous
(marches, books dealing with the
Bill of Rights, and plays, radio
dramas and motion pictures on
the subject is also included in
I the pamphlet.
' RED CROSS ASKS FOR
$1500 FROM COUNTY
5 The American Red Cross,
5 faced with one of the greatest
" tasks in its history, has ordered
J a second and special roll call
1 throughout America, to raise
J funds for its war relief work,
in the new war that has broken
" out involving the United States.
1 Jackson County's quota of
r the huge new sum that is being
called for is $1,500 it is stated,
; and Dr. Grover Wilkes, county
I chairman, will put into motion
* machinery for raising the coun
ty's quota immediately after
1 Christmas, it is stated.
> The county recently raised
- nearly $900, in the annual roll
call; but this applies" only to
5 the regular work of the Red
Cross, and the new roll call will
be for the special war chest, to
- be used in work among the servr
ice men and their families, and
g for relief work in areas affected
s by the war.
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? WILL i. Hi
t GOLDEN WEDDING
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Mr. and Mrs. Dillard L. Bryson
will celebrate their Golden Wedding
anniversary on Sunday,
December 27, at their home
5 near Beta.
A number of their friends will
r call during the afternoon and
i evening.
l HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY
t
y Master Pat Montague celei
brated his eighth birthday on
Tuesday afternoon, with a party
and Christmas tree, at which he
- was host. Games and decorat
tions centered around Christ
mas, as did the .refreshments,
- served by his grandmother, Mrs.
J. F. Freeze.
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DVANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY
aerous Folks
jleCheerFor
Service Men
The generous people of Jackson
county have provided amply
for the Christmas cheer for the
needy folks in this county, and
for sending gifts to the soldiers,
sailors, and marines from this
county.
The packages for the boys in
service were dispatched by mail,
last week when it became apparent
that the appeal for funds
was meeting with a hearty response.
Thus Jackson county
people remembered their young
men who are in the service of
our country, battling for the
freedom of us all, or training
to assume that battle.
The baskets of provisions for
the needy will be delivered from
the Community Christmas Tree,
by members of the Sylva Fire
Department, Christmas Eve.
Every day the dime board has
been on the streets, with men
and women appealing to the .
people for contibrutions to the
fund, and everybody has had a
hand in providing for the
Christmas Cheer, dimes have <
been deposited by the rich and
the poor, the old people, the
middle-aged, and the little
children, as the mile of dimes
grew day by day.
LEGION HONORS
OLDEST VETERAN
Matt Carroll, the oldest veteran
of the World War living in
Jackson county, perhaps the
oldest in the State, and one of
the oldest in the United States,
was presented with a handsome
box of provisions on Christmas
Eve, by William E. Dillard Post,
American Legion. Oscar Norton
and Lawrence Wilson, members _
of the post from Cullowhee,
took the box to the home of
Carroll, in Hamburg township.
Carroll, who enlisted in the
Radio Company, North Carolina
National Guard,, at Sylva, in
July, 1917, has been a patient
in Oteen hospital for several
months; but has returned to
his home, after suffering a partial
paralytic stroke.
MEANEST THIEF GETS
CHRISTMAS TREES
A candidate for the title of .
"The Meanest Thief in the
? i ? A 1.1.-1 -J _
world" stoie two completely aecorated
Christmas trees from the
porch at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy C. Huffman on Avery
avenue.
Within twelve hours after
Mrs. Huffman finished the decoration
of the two trees, completed
with strings of electric
lights, a night prowler disconnected
the light cords and
hauled them away.
The trees were placed on the
porch at each side of the entrance,
and constituted the cen- .
tral holiday decorations for the
Huffman home. After long hours
of work, Mrs. Huffman completed
the decoration about 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
and lights were turned on that
night, remaining illuminated
until some time after 11 o'clock.
Early the next morning, Mrs.
I Huffman looked, out to see her
handiwork gone, with., nothing
left but a few slivers of tinsel
which showed that the trees and
their decorations had been
dragged out as far as the street,
at which point there was no
further trace.
To the police department Mrs.
Huffman reported the theft as
the work of some "rogue", but
sympathetic friends, less ladylike,
could think of other-and
perhaps more appropriate
names?Morganton News Herald
BREEDERS
The 26 breeders of purebred
Hereford cattle in Watauga
County are doing an excellent
job of building the beef cattle N _
industry in their communities,
says Farm Agent H. M. Hamilton.