North Carolina Newspapers

I 52.00 A TEAR IN ADVANCE OUl J Tire Rati oj I Begins Wor] I With Offices iWith a total quota of 6 pasI senger and light truck tires, 5 I tubes, 33 truck tires, and 28 I truck tire tubes to be rationed I out in the county during the I month of January, the Tire RaI tu ning Board of Jackson counI ty began its work Monday morning, with offices at the city hall. R. Enloe is chairman of the Board, and M. B. Cannon and ' Harry E. Ferguson are the other two board members. A number of tire inspectors were' appointed, men who are capable of passing upon the condition of tires. If any person need$ a new tire, he first goes to his dealer, where a tire inspector is located and he and the inspector fill out an application to purchase new tires and tubes. The application is then taken to the rationing board, and if II approved, and it the venicie I cornes within the eligibility [classification, a certificate is isI sued to the applicant, and he then is in position to buy his [needed tires. f If the inspector finds that the I tire already on the vehicle can be repaired or recapped, he so notifies the owner, and advises him to have his tires repaired. Only a limited classification of vehicles can be equipped with new tires or tubes in any event. They are: Vehicles operated by physicians, nurses, or veteranarians, and which are used principally in professional service. Ambulances. For fire fighting service. To maintain necessary public police service. To enforce laws relating to the protection of public health and safety. To maintain garbage disposal and other sanitary services. To maintain mail service. On vehicles with a capacity of ten or more passengers, operated exclusively to transport passengers as a part of the services rendered by a regular transportation system; transportation of [teachers and students to and [school; transportation of em Irployees to and from any industrial or mining or construction [project, except when public transportation facilities are readily available. On trucks operated exclusively for one of the following purposes: Transportation of fuel or ice; transportation of material and equipment for the building and maintenance of public roads; transportation of material and equipment of public utilities; transportation of material and equipment for construction and maintenance of production facilities; transportation of material and equipment for the construction of defense housing facilities and military and naval establishments; transportation essential to render roofing, plumbing, heating and electrical repair services; transportation by any common carrier; transportation of waste and scrap materials; transportation of raw materials,; semimanufactured goods and finished products, including farm products and foods, provided nc certificate shall be issued foi I new tires or tubes to be mounted on a truck used for transportation of commodities to the ultimate consumer for personal family, or household use. Tires and tube$ can be issued foi farm tractors; or for industrial fining zypid construction equipment, other than automobiles and trucks. Trucks used exclusively f?] the transportation of logs to th< mills and lumber to be shipped come under the classification o transportation of raw material or semi-manufactured material and can be equipped with ne^ tires when it is necessary, an< when the old tires cannot be re Paired. Most of the trucks ii ^is county, it is believed, com under this classification. The board will maintain of nces in the city hall, and ap | Plications can be filed there. Th jj?ard will meet , on each Mon ?ay and Thursday in each weel \ Elje Jt rSTOE THE COUNTY ning Board k On Monday $ At City Hall MRS. THOMAS NATION OF BARKER'S CREEK , PASSES ON TUESDAY ' 1 Mrs. Thomas Nation, 60 year ! old resident of Barker's Creek, I died at her home, Tuesday * | morning after a long illness. Mrs. Nation is survived by her ] I husband; five sons, Oscar Nation, Newport, News, Va., Howard Nation, Fort Meade, Md., and Odell, John andx Clifford Nation, all of Jackson county; I and three daughters, Mrs. Vic- ] toria Tatham, Canton, Mrs. Jeannette Howell and Miss Elsie { Nation, both of Barker's Creek. 5 i ! i j FIRST SNOW FALLS IN i SYLVA THIS SEASON ! M The first' snow of the winter ( began falling in Sylva at about ' noon yesterday, and covered the ' i ground to a depth of half an ] inch. Falling upon frozen ground 1 I the snow remained where it fell, j 1 forcing the temperature down | to 14 degrees, this morning, the |' rnldest of the winter. Predictions | '> of the weather bureau indicate < that the air will be colder to- 1 morrow morning than this. Deep snow is reported in the i Smokies, where the fall began . i at least two days before it came to the valleys. REGISTRATION 1 OfMENSETFflR i FEBRUARYS: 1 All men in the United States between the ages of 20 and 44 , will register for service on Feb- ( j ruary 14, 15, and 16, it has been ' | announced by selective service , headquarters. The order comes |, j in compliance with the act of |. Congress requiring the registra- ' ' tion of all men between 19 and ,64The three February days regis! tration order applies to all men | who turned 20 prior to December I 31, and all men over 36 years | of age who do not become 45 by j February 16. It is estimated that 270,000 | North Carolinians will register ! under the present order. A later order will set the time | of registration for men between j 44 and 65. WOOLEN QUOTA IS CUT IN HALF FOR 42 If you find your next suit of clothes or shirt is mostly cotton, you can blame it on the war, for the Textile Branch of i the Office of Production . has ! cut in half the amount of wool : that can be put to civilian uses, i Manufacturers of worsteds have 1 had their wool cut fifty per 1 cent. Woolen cloth manufacturers can use but forty per cent ' of the amount of wool they had ' last year. For floor coverings only fifty per cent of last year's 1 consumption of wool can be 5 used; and all other manufac turers using wool can use but forty per cent as much sheep ^ i hair. 5 with tires being rationed, the i sales of automobiles stopped unP I in - ??lnn nart ha mnrlf J I'll ct rui/iuilillg piail VWU wv nw.~ 5: ed out, with various commodi* ties curtailed sharply, it can f readily be seen that it behooves s everybody to relearn the art of s making things that we already v have go as far as they can. That was an art in which everybody " j in the South was once proficient, 1 j especially those of us who lived e ' in the small towns and villages; ! and it is an art that can be " , learned again. e from 10 in the morning until - noon to pass on the applications c, i filed. ichsojj SYLVAjJj | 1 * LEOPARD BABY Of HAMBURG IS DERBY Vn John Morgan Leopard, 12 pound son of Mr. and Mr& Dewritt Leopard of Hamburg* wai the first 1>aby to arrive in Jackson County this year, and has been declared the winner of the Baby Derby for 1942. This young man was born at 12:4& on January 1, just three quarters of an hour after the coming of the new year, according to the birth certificate exhibited to the Journal. For being the first baby born in the county this year, the young man will receive a satin ?uilt from Schulman's, a chenille carriage set from The Leader, a baby rocker from Massie Furniture Co., a high chair from the Jackson Furniture Company, i half dozen cans of baby food from the Dixie Stores, six cans 3f White House milk from the \ & P Store, 1 dozen cans of Berber's Baby Food from Cannon Brothers, and a year's subscription to The Jackson County Tournal. Certificates entitling him to these prizes have been filled out ind are awaiting the coming of either of his parents to the office of The Journal. PLANS UNDERWAY FOR FARM CENSUS Raleigh, Jan. 7?Information on livestock, acreage, farm machinery and poultry will be gathered from 280,000 farmers this month by the State Department of Agriculture for use in the 1042 ?arm Census, "a publication that wlH be of inestimable value in planning food for defense programs." Information for the census svill be furnished by growers when they list their taxes. "It is important that farmers furnish information for the census as early as possible in order that the census may be given to the publishers as early as possible," W. T. Garriss, census su-1 pervisor, said today. "The value af the census will be greater if it is placed in the hands of farmers and agricultural leaders as soon as possible." Meanwhile, Governor Broughton and Commissioner of Agri culture W. Kerr Scott have ttiade a joint appeal to farmers for cooperation in facilitating the issuance of the census. Both viewed the publication as a worthwhile contribution to the defense program with relation to agricultural planning. The Farm Census has been published by the State Department of Agriculture for 25 years. Garriss emphasized that "the information gathered for the census has tremendous value in - - _? furnishing growers 'laciuai munitions' for intellingent agricultural planning." Monteith Is Weil Family Told By Heads Of Navy A glorious New Year's gift was received by the father, mother, and sister of Harold Wilburn Monteith, when the Navy Department notified them that he is alive and well. The young able seaman from Glenville was reported missing in the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, and had been mourned as lost by his family and friends. On New Year's Day his parents were in receipt of a message from the Navy Department stating that he was not lost in the action, and that he would communicate with them within a short time, which he has now done. All of Jackson county rejoices with the Monteith family ki their good news, just as all the county joined them in their sorrow . ' 'i'V . ' I ???! v'"' - III" g k CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANU J = J AS WORLD EVENTS | | I UNFOLD j ( BMK8 By DAI* TOMPKIN8 ?*83? | | CHURCHILL, after a visit to f America that aroused the en- | thusiasm of the people of the twenty-six countries combatting the Axis, is probably on his way nome. We nave neara noming p from him for a few days, and it n is assumed that he has departed d from Washington to go back to t< the island fortress of Britain, rt] The time of his departure,-if he if has gone, the means of trans- c portation, all this is a secret ii held from the people because is of the danger to him that the T information would entail. No- a body has even said that he is w not still in Washington. rr CANADA and the United States, again partners in a bat- e tie for liberty, are much the w same people. Prior to the Revo- o lution we were all colonials of p Britain. We have the same tra- u ditions, the sam^ blood, the same t.) ideals, the same heritage, and si form a most formidable obstacle in the way of the realization of si Axis ambitions. These two coun- a tries have set an example to all b the world of how nations should w dwell in neace as rood neigh- tl bors. We have a border three I f< thousand miles long, stretfching ^ clear across a continent, i upon e which there has not been $ fort j, nor soldier in more than a cen- j tury. The world could learn j much from Canada and the * United States. I i AUSTRALIA is another coun- J try that has much in common with the United States. The | Australians are also British co- j 0 lonials. They have the same t) blood, the same traditions, the b same heritage and the same sis- i ^ pirations that we have. Soldiers r] of the first World War learned h that there are norpettei soldiers n on this earth th&n those Aus- n tralian cousins of ours. They are menaced toy Japan as we are. s The military men in Japan have ; p been casting covetous eyes upon d Australia, New Zealand and Tas- e mania, even as they have upon t( the Philippines, Hawaii, the N west coast of the United States, I p China, and the Dutch East In- f dies. THE DUTCH, the indomitable s Dutch with their small but compact army, navy and air corps, . stand between the Japanese and 1 Australia. They h?.ve given good f account of themselves in the ^ present conflict. The Japanese covet the wealth of the Duicn i I Indies for themselves, and must 11( get the Dutch out of the way t) before they can go on to the a conquest of Australia. Ttye Dutch a are also closely akin to us spirit- c ually and by blood. Most Amer- b icans of the colonial stock have good Dutch blood flowing in a their veins. They once gave the F world a memorable example of, how much men will suffer to ^ preserve liberty. Today their c government is in exile in London, a victim of German treach- t ery and German terrorism. Yet i; the Dutch fight on in every t theatre and in every way that they can get at the enemy. Perhaps the great stand of the na- t tions fighting Japan will be staged Ui and around the Dutch c East Indies. ^ Mae ARTHUR, with the city of c Manila gone, fights on in the e provinces of Luzon, and holds to p the fortress of Corregidor, com- c manding Manila Bay. He is t fighting for time, fighting to ? give the allies an opportunity to c assemble their forces and give t Japan a licking that she will t remember forever, fighting to allow the gathering of men and t munitions sufficient to save the j Dutch East Indies and Australia, j How long can the fighting ( American with the Scotch name j hold back the increasingly su- j perior forces of the Japs? No j man can say; but the name of MacArthur, and the fame of his { splendid little army will live as long as freemen revere those 1 vttio have foufrtyt to preserve I' their liberties. The pity of it is that reenforcements haven't 1 been sent in sufficient num- ] 1 bers to end the battle of Luzon ; 1 in glorious victory; but the na- |, ture of the attack and Amer- ( ?Continued on pare 8 tltlj $1 ART 8, 1942 jHROMITE BFING SOUGHT BY TVA YEAR WEBSTER A large crew of men headed' y mining engineers of th^enessee Valley Authority is busy rilling at mines near Webster d determine the extent of the hromite deposit, known toj ex it there. The shortage of hromite, due to the, Japanese lvasion of Malaya ahd Borneo, i believed to have hastened the V. A. work in this connection nd to account for the speed ith which the tests are being lade. Drilling continues in three Ight hour shifts, so that the 'ork never stops during the day r night, testifying to the imortance the government places pon determining the extent of tie deposit at the earliest posible moment. Chromite was mined at Webter during the First World War nd shipped from Sylva. It is elieved that mining operations, rill begin there immediately, if tie extent of the deposit is 3und to be sufficient. The ore rill be mined and shipped to lsewhere, as was the case durig 1918. j )R. GEORGE TRUETT IEARD ON BAPTIST tADIO PROGRAM Many people in Sylva and in ther parts of North Carolina, i _ ? % i it. ^ i i ??. ? tie mountain iana mat gave irth to Dr. George W. Tfruett, eard him in the first of the adio addresses on the Baptist our, which is broadcast over )any stations each Sunday torninferatflTSe.^-- ^ Dr. Truett, speaking on the ubject of fear, delivered a owerful and encouraging adress to the nation in the presnt emergency. Taking as his ?xt the words of Jesus, "Fear fot", Dr. Truett, explained how eople can free themselves from ear by faith. The next Baptist hour will be unday morning at 8:30. iOANS FOR CROPS AND TSED IN EMERGENCY IRE NOW AVAILABLE Emergency crop and feed )ans for 1942 are now available 3 farmers in Jackson County, nd applications for these loans re now being received at the ilerk of Courts Office in Sylva, y S. R. Griffin Jr., field superisor, of the Emergency Crop nd F?ed Loan Section of the 'arm Credit Administration. These loans will be made as I the past to farVners whose ash requirements are relatively mall and who are unable to ob- j ain from other sources includng production credit associaions loans in amounts suffiient to meet their needs. The loans will be made to meet he applicant's cash needs in >reparing for and producing his rops, or in purchasing or prolucing feed for his livestock. Mr. Griffin said that eligible farmrs desiring to do so might ap>ly now for loans to take care >f their production needs for he entire 1942 season. Interest it the rate of 4 percent will be :harged only during the period he borrower actually has the lse of the funds. Farmers who obtain loans for he production of cash crops are equired to give as security a irst lien on the crops financed, >r, in the case of loans ror tne purchase or production of feed for livestock, a first lien on the ivestock to be fed. STRIKES ARE ABSENT [N THREE. WEEKS OF WAR WITH JAPANESE Washington, D. C.?During the first three weeks of the war the nation's defense production was unimpeded by strikes, reports of government agencies disclosed. The only walkout to make 4 Durnn $1.50 A TEAR IN Tolvin Buc As Car Slip At Webster LACKEY APPEALS TO. FARMERS TO SAVE ALL SCRAP IRON FOR WAD I LL An urgent appeal to farmer* of Jackson County to markel their scrap iron as a part of s national scrap iron collectior campaign was made this weei by G. R. Lackey, Chairman o: the Jackson County USDA Defense Board. Iron and steel col ? i-J ?.111 Tinn#J In tVin XTn + lnn ICUICU wui UC UOCU All biic naviUital Defense Program. \ Mr. Lackey said that Secret*!} of Agriculture Wickard has catted on American farmers to cooperate in the national cam* paign now under way to help provide necessary iron and stee! supplies for the Defense Program. Information received bj the Defense Board emphasiiei that America needs all the scrap iron and steel it is possible tc get, he declared. Steel, "he said not only is needed for production of munitions, but also foi making farm machinery. In a letter to the North Carolina USDA Defense Board, Secretary Wickard said: "The Office of Production Management ha* been putting on a drive to increase the flow of scrap meta from the cities. They have requested the aid of the Department of Agriculture in increas ing tne now 01 scrap iron farms. I am therefore requesting that every Defense Boarc put on a drive to get farmers tx market their scrap iron anc steel. The financial returns cannot be expected to be very large but the results will be importan to f?anet& j?&Qle--d* fense effort." Farmers are being asked U market their scrap iron at cur rent prices, which are those tha have been set by OPM. Mr. Lack ey emphasized that the Govern ment does not want farmers U scrap useful machinery. When machinery is being kept foi spare parts, it is suggested thai the parts be taken off the machines and stored, and the remainder of the metal sold fo] scrap. Yule Cheer Got To Jackson Men In Many Camps The Journal has received tw< communications directed to th< people'of this county from soldiers in the training camps, expressing appreciation for th< Christmas remembrance sen' them from the collections on th< dime board. Other letters hav< been received by the draf board, and by individuals. One letter we have is fron Private Thomas E. Bishop, a Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Hi says: "Dear friends and lovec ones: I will send you all a fe\ words in answer to your packagi I received for Christmas. Sur did appreciate iti It shows tha you all are thinking of us her in the army, and I trust tha you all are praying for us am hope you keep praying for iu as we go into this war, and know that we will win, and wish you all good luck in th next year." And from Private Lewis . Smith, at Hamilton Field, CalJ fornia: I wish to express my ap preciation for the fine Christ mas present that you sent t me. It shows that you remem ber me and what I am tryin and makes me w^nt to try a U1C UlUiC. a handful of welders in seven West Coast shipyards, seekin formation of a "dual" unioi Dispatches from the Coast sai the strike was a "fizzle," wit A. P. of L. unions living up t their closed shop contracts an supplying all workers needed Federal troops were sent to son of the yards, but were withdraw after a day. * ? ' 1 / . '7 I 1 ' . ' I ?? ADVANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY I lianan Dies >s Into Riv( r j Deep Hole Tolvin Buchanan, 50 year old citizen of Webster lost his life * by drowning, when his automo\ bile slid from the road irtto the i- i 1? - * ii m t? -L 1 * turn noie 01 me rucK&uspigee 3 River, near his home, about I noon on Tuesday. Mr. Buchanan L had been to the home of a neighi bor and was returning to his : home, on the old Dillsboro road, f on the North side of Tuckaseigee . River, when his car slipped off . the road and went into the . river at one of the deepest places of its entire length. The autof mobile, with the body of Mr. , ^ Buchanan in it was recovered -about two hours later by a ? 4fecker sent from Sylva. The Sir was lodged on a rock, otherI wise it would have sunk at least twenty feet deeper. Mr. Buchanan was a farmer and assisted his nephew, Johnny Cunningham in the Sign Shop at Sylva. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at East Fork Baptist Church, by Rev. W. N. Cook, the pastor of the church, and Rev. Thad F. Deitz. Interment was at East Fork. 1 Surviving Mr. Buchanan are his widow, Mrs. Lula Deitz Buchanan, one half-brother, James Buchanan, of Webster, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Flora Guffey and Mrs. Lillie Guffey, both of Franklin. ! MINISTERS OF BAPTIST FAITH ; TDMEETMniAY The Western North Carolina 3 Minister's Conference will meet ' in the First Baptist church in r Sylva, on next Monday, Jant uary 12, for an all day session. The meeting will open at 10 ' o'clock in the morning, with a r devotional conducted by Rev. E. W. Jamison, of Sylva. The program that has been , arranged for the day will be: A i discussion of "The Church's Beginning", by Rev. R. W. Williams, * of Etna; "The Church's Message k and Messengers", by Rev. A. B. * Cash, of Murphy, which will be followed by a general discus) sion and miscellaneous business, i At 11:30, Rev. P. L. Elliott, of " Cullowhee, will deliver an in* spirational address. ' Lunch will be served at noon. The afternoon session will 5 open with a song and praise ? service at 1:15. At 1:30 Rev. W. t n ci i-i-l- -m _(ll Jlo o. opninue, ui tin lux 1, wui uiocuss, "The Church's Passion for I the Lost"; followed by a discussion of "The Outlook for the J Church in the Present Crisis", by Rev. E. F. Baker, of Andrews; v and of the "Church's Final B Hope", by Rev. B. F. Shope, of ? Robbinsville. Then will follow a general dist cussion and adjournment. d s ENEMY ALIENS MUST \ TURN IN RADIOS AND e KODAKS TO POLICE J. Enemy aliens throughout this i- section are required to turn over i- to the police officers all radio transmitting sets, all radios cao pable of receiving short wave l- broadcasts, and all cameras or g kodaks in their possession. II The order applies to all Japanese or German nationality, or _ t.he nationals of anv other coun il try that is at war witfla the Unitg ed States. i. So far as the Japanese is cond cerned this will occasion little h trouble to North Carolina offi,o cers, since there are but 21 Japid anese in the entire state, and of 1 these but two &re aliens, the ie other 19 having become naturaln ized citizens of / the United States. - \ /