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I Relatives here have been no- j i
tjfied that Lieutenant Robert! J
I (jray Hampiou was killed in San j i
I jYanfiS(,? u,u 11 Ills PJane? which J
I jjf al remitting to land, came i
I jji contact with a high tension J
I ,-ire and crashed, Monday night.
Lieiiteiuint Hampton was the
firjt aiunin!is of western uaro
;ina Teachers College to make
I ;iie supreme sacrifice in the
I present war. and the first from
I rj,is county !o perish in the air
I corps. He " |S born in Sylva 25
I rears ape. the second son of Mr.
I and M'"s- Taylor Hampton.
I the time of his birth, his
I father wa> principal of the pubI
school in Sylva.
in Septt-mber. 1941. Lieutenant
I Hampton entered the army air
I corps and began his training at
Field. Texas. Later he was
;rn:is!tTn\l to Randolph Field,
I a?idrhO!i !o Mission Field, where
I nr was commissioned a First
i;eiitfnar.t. early in April. At
I -h.it time he was chosen as the
I -spiral flying cadet." and his
I :;rtmT was sent out to the daily
I papers anil magazines through
pi* the country. Immediately
after he was commissioned as a ,
I Lieutenant-Pilot, he was trans- ^
I fprred to the Pacific Coast. I
Lieutenant Hampton's parents
iwo? livinrr in Detroit for
;.u>c uu 11
>everal years. having moved j
there from Glenville. where Mr. <
Hampton was principal of the (
GlenviUo 11 i? li School. Lieuten- (
snt Hampton was reared in this i
county, and considered this his j
horn-1. II-' went much time at the i
r-w of bis grandmother, Mrs. (
w D Wike. at Oullowhee. and ?
wis ediuMtPcl in the public ]
<rhool there, and at Western i
.Carolina Teachers College, from j
which in.-litution He was grad- (
luted in l!im. I
All of I.i'-ntonant Hampton's
people for generations' were (
Jackson ( ' uutv people. TT i s ?
mother w.is. before her marriage, <
Mir> Ida J'MO'n. of Sylva. a sister (
n" John R .Ifines. Walter L. Jones <
ar.d Garland Jones, all of Sylva. i
1 .tenant Hampton is sur- j
v'wedbvhis father nnri mother, i
I Mr a.'id Mrs O. Tavlor TTamp- |
l*;]. p.'Detroit. Midi: two broth- j
fn Captain Taylor McLain
KimpUm. who is stationed on <
thp r.vist of the United ]
Spates, and Mr. ronley Ilamp- ]
ton. of n.-'!(,;?: three sisters, ]
te Phyllis. .Tim 11. and Eliza- <
w'h Ann Hampton. nil of De- t
rroir: bv his grandmother, Mrs. 1
W 0 Wiko. id Onllowhee, and
bv othfr relatives. c
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MRS. FANCIIER PASSES 1
IN NEWPORT, TENN. J
Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Fisher have
turned from Newport. Tennes- j
wheif t fify were called last
by Wv illness of Mrs. Fishpr's
mother. Mrs. H. A. Fancher. ,
^rs- Fancher. who had been se- (
nously ill [or a number of i
'Months, pnssccl away on last Sat- i
urclay. and funeral services and
''Mormont were held on Monday 1
a^rnoon.
*I)DIE CHURCH TO
DEDICATED
Tht> w?,. pjllf[ crggif Baptist
I Chile* I. *
I"1"411, ar Addio, will be dedi'
on Sunday. May 31. At the ,
!h/ l rno "lf> K0rvi.ce wiU be in
the n,aturr' of a homecoming for
.0 d numbers of the church.
bfpl! intorPsting program has
en arran?-f(i.
SALVAGE
A y ~
saivao?^ pounds of
has been colsnd
ni r?m AsJle County farms
ne0ern^0fl in war channels since
H h' f1 *' rf,Ports Farm Agent
* Crouso.
,!S(KlLATION 1
^e.snlK. ..
Sonst ' Johnston County
that itrati(,ns would indicate
wvf3y'S to inoculate soyihe
cr0 'n p,anted even though
^ has been grown on the
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Funeral Services *
Held On Friday '
For J. L. Jones '
Funeral services were conducted
last Friday afternoon at Buff \
^reek Baptist church, by Rev. r
?nhprt Parris and Rev Thnd F P
Deitz, for John Lv Jones, promi- (
lent citizen of that community, (
vho died at his home near Ad- f
lie, Thursday, at the age of 74 I
rears. I
Mr. Jones, a member of a I
prominent Jackson county fam- r
ly,'was born and reared in this I
:ounty and spent his entire life
lere. He was a good farmer, a (
jood citizen, and a good neigh- f
>or. who had a large circle of i
riends and acquaintances. I
Mr. Jones is survived by his J
vidow; six sons, Lon, Richard, t
rav, Charles, Roy and Francis I
rones; by two daughters, Mrs.
Parley Shular and Mrs. Buford x
3arris, and a large number of \
)ther relatives. : p
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North Carolina Climate 1
Suitable For Dairying J
\
An answer to critics who claim
;hat North Carolina conditions j,
ire not adapted to profitable j
iairy farming is made by Dr. A. \
D. Shaw, head of the State Col- ^
ocrp Animal Industrv Depart- \
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nent. He and Dr. W. J. Peterson, s
lew head of the recently created
division of Nutrition, Physiology c
md Genetics at State College, c
lave summarized a report by the v
J. S. Department of Agriculture j
,o conclusively prove that North
Carolina climate is well suited
;o milk production.
Dr. Shaw says that weather
conditions and feed supply are ]
generally assumed to be responsible
for the slump in milk production
which occurs in the
summer, when the weather is *
lot and pastures "dry up." Some c
3Pople have contended that ^
^orth Carolina's high summer 1
;emperatures are not suited to (
profitable dairying. f
To counteract this belief, Dr. *
Shaw and Dr. Peterson point to
records assembled by the U. S. 1
Department of Agriculture from (
L2 States, to show the average v
slump in summer milk produc- *
;ion in various sections of the (
Jnited States.
The lowest drop in production
occurred in California?7.5 per
?ent; the next lowest at the <
3eltsville Experiment Station of (
:he USDA where the cows are *
sarn-fed?10.4 per cent; third 1
lowest slump was in Colorado? ?'
10.9 per cent; and the fourth 1
lowest was in North Carolina? 3
13.7 per cent. 1
Dr. Shaw said that the per- I
rentage of slump in milk pro- J
juction in other states from
which rceords were obtained ]
cvas as follows: New Hampshire, ,
16.0 per cent; Virginia, 22.1; '
Wisconsin, 22.2; Ohio, 23.8;
Washington, 23.9; Maryland,
24.2; Iowa, 24.3; Minnesota, 24.8; (
and New York, 25.5. (
"You will note," the State Col- (
lege man-said, "that North Caro- 1
Una's slump in milk production 1
is much less than in many of *
the northern dairy states, indi- (
eating that our climate is very i(
suitable for milk production." r1
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MRS. ETTA DAVIS IN
ASHEVILLE HOSPITAL
Mrs. Etta Davis entered a hos- '
pital in Asheville this morning '
for observation and an opera- i
tion. Mrs. Davis, whose home is
in Webster, is the widow of the ^
late J. W. Davis. She went to
Asheville earlier in the week for '
diagnosis, and an operation was
advised.
CONSTRUCTION
Despite the high cost and
scarcity o f materials, many
needed far mbuildings are being
constructed in Sampson County
this year, reports J. P. Stovall,
assistant farm agent. j .
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SYLVA, N<
19 To Finish
It Cullowhee
High School
With Charles Bird as valedicorian,
and Doris Long, salutaorian,
the high school division
f Cullowhee Training school
/ill award diplomas to twentyline
young men and young
/omen, at the graduating exeries
on Monday evening.
The members of the class are:
Mildred Frankie Ashe, Charles
V. Bird, Sallie Jane Bishop, Caroll
Bryson Brown, John Davis
iuchanan, James LaFayette
]!ole, Mary Evangeline Cooper,
2ecil Crawford, George N. Crawqrd,
Jr., Lola Edith Hamilton,
flazel Lola Haskett, Robfert Lee
laskett, Eugene Hooper, Thomas
jeon Hooper, Frances Lee Ingam,
Doris Long, Roy Derwood
diddleton, Frances Loquitta
dills, Doris Pauline Mitchell,
Clifford Dee Moses, Evelyn Alyce
-loss, Leah Iona Nicholson, Lews
Lee Parker, Theodore Philip
>arker, Clifton Harold Smith,
dary Sue Stephens, Marie Suton,
Robert Lewis Waters, and
Florence Agnes Wike.
The commencement exercises
vill begin on Saturday afternoon
vhen Rev. James A. Herring,
>astor of the Cullowhee Baptist
:hurch, will deliver the baccauaureate
sermon, following the
nvocation by Rev. McMurray
5. Richey, pastor of the Cullovhee
Methodist church.
The exercises on Monday will
jegin at 8:30, when Miss Jane
3ishop. class president, will deiver
the address of welcome,
rhe diplomas will be delivered
jy A. C. Hoyle, principal of the
;chool.
Gifts to each member of the
:lass, who is a son or daughter
)f one of his former students,
vill be made by Prof. Robert L.
Madison.
y " Last
Rites Held
n Bff T1 1
For Mrs. rarKer
Funeral services for Mrs. Marha
Parker, 90, who died Thurslay
night after a long illness
vere held Saturday morning at
3alsam Grove Baptist church.
Dfficiating were the Rev. Ran?om
Phillips, the Rev. Dilalrd
Wood, and the Rev. W. N. Cook.
Mrs. ^Parker made her home
vith het son, Lem Parker, on the
2ullowhee road, near Webster.
Surviving are five children: Lem
?arker, Mrs. Mauda Wood, of
2owarts, and Mrs. Ethel Cagle,
Mrs. Julia Mathis, and Mrs. Elva
Wood, all of Washington state.
Also surviving are three broth?rs
and three sisters, John Park
? ?? J? . Tlnnotrtn
?r. 01 WOU IVlUUIllcliii, nuuotuli
md Will Parker, of Brevard;
Mrs. Ellen McCall, of Lake Toxiway;
Mrs. Laura McCall, of
Pelzer, S. C., and Mrs. Malinda
Bell, of Asheville; 36 grandchild*en,
a large number of greatgrandchildren
and several great*reat-grandchildren.
Farmers Asked To Share
.Machinery With Others
Most farm machinery wears
3ut from misuse, abuse or lack
3f use, says D. S. Weaver, agricultural
engineer of the State
College Extension Service. He
suggests that war-time shortages
3f farm machines offers the
Dwner of a combine, hay baler,
jorn picker, peanut harvester or
tractor the opportunity to get
the maximum value out of a
piece of machinery by doing
custom wor*.
"Share your farm machinery
with others," Weaver suggests.
"Custom work has several advantages,
and of course, some
disadvantages. The chief advantages
are that more working
hours can be obtained from the
investment in equipment. The
operator of a custom machine is
usually better qualified to run
his particular equipment, and dc
a better job with it, than are
a large number of individual operators
who do not have occasion
to use their machines many
days in a year."
The farm engineer says thai
relatively few machines wear oul
from actual use.
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3RTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, M
DR. BRINKLEY
DIES IN TEXAS
MONDAY NIGHT
Dr. John R. Brinkley, internationally
known gland special-,
ist, died in a hospital in San
Antonio, Texas, Monday night,
according to information received
by friends here. He had
been in ill health for several
months, and an operation for
the removal of one of his legs
wer performed, some time ago,
in an effort to prevent the
spread of a blood clot, and thus
save his life.
Dr. Brinkley's career was colorful
and attracted wide atten
tion. He was born and reared
in this county.and was educated
in the school of the famous
Professor A. M. Dawson. He took
up telegraphy in his spare time,
at the railway station in Sylva,
while he was carrying the mail
from Sylva to Tuckaseigee on
horseback. Learning the Morse
code, he secured a position with
the railway company, and served
in several different places in
Western North Carolina. Later
he took up the study of medicine,
and began his practice at
Tuckaseigee.
Leaving here, people in this
county next heard of him as the
owner and operator of a hospital
at Milford, Kansas, and as
a specialist in gland operations.
The American Medical Society
attacked him, and the Kansas
City Star took up the cudgels.
Dr. Brinkley entered suit against
the Star for damages in the sum
of a million dollars. In the meantime,
he entered the race for
governor 01 ivansas, running
an independent candidate
against Harry Woodring, later
Secretary of War, and Alfred
M. Landon, later Republican
candidate for the presidency. Dr.
Brinkley came into the race after
the tickets were printed, and
with the voters writing his name
in on the tieket, came near to
defeating both the celebrities,
who were Democratic and Republican
candidates respectively.
He made a personal and rad
i o campaign that aroused
"Bleeding Kansas" as it had not
been aroused since the days of
"Sockless" Jerry Simpson.
The Federal Communications
Commission began to put the
screws on the doctor, and he finally
removed his hospital to
Del Rio, Texas, and set up his
broadcasting station across the
border in Mexico, where the
United States authorities could
have no control over it, and the
voice of the doctor Was heard
again by thousands of his listeners
in this country and abroad.
Continuing his hospital and
ranch at Dei Rio, and his broadcasting
station, all of which at
tracted such wide attention tnat
the Saturday Evening Post sent
one of its crack writers down to
tell the Brinkley story, he established
another hospital at
Hot Springs. Arkansas.
Returning to Jackson county
to make his summer home here,
Dr. Brinkley bought the old Jack
Wike property and improved It.
Here he spent a great deal of
time. He bought almost the entire
Plott Balsam range, or
Scott's Creek Balsams from the
Davis estate in Baltimore, and
invested in other property in
Jackson county.
Renewing old acquaintance in
the county of his nativity and
young manhood, Dr. Brinkley
soon began telling the world
about this region. For many
months there was scarcely a
, broadcast from the Brinkley station
that did not mention Jackson
county and the attractions
here for tourists and investors.
EZELL IN ARMY
Friends here of Earl H. Ezell
will be interested to learn that
he is now in the United States
i Army, and is located at Miami
! Beach, Florida. Mr. Ezell gradi
uated from Sylva Collegiate Int
stitute, and was connected with
i The Journal for seve/il years,
> before going to Newport, News,
. Va.
r POLLEN
5 Scientists have found a way to
I increase honey production by
I feeding bees soybean flour.
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AY 28, 1942
(OtisR. Lail
Joins Naval
Air Corps
Friends here will be interested
in the clipping from the Raleigh
Times, which we are reprinting, j
since the young man was reared
in Sylva, and at Cullowhee.
Otis Reahl Lail Jr., of 2725
Fairview Extension, Raleigh, has
enlisted for Naval Aviation
training, joining the increasing
ranks of young Americans signing
up to man the nation's pow- 1
erful warplanes of attack. 1
Lail, 20-year old son of Otis R. 1
Lail, Sr., was enlisted May 23, j
at the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection
Board in Atlanta, for the
Navy's V-5 program of officer 1
pilot instruction now open to
high school graduates who are
single, 18 to 27, physically fit
and mentally alert. He is a graduate
of Christ School, Arden,
North Carolina. ;
Along with hundreds of other
young men who have enlisted
for this training, Lail will soon
be ordered to begin his preliminary
instruction at one of the
Navy's new indoctrination centers
at the University of Georgia
and be further instructed at
one of the Naval Reserve Aviation
Bases. Successful cadets will
then be transferred to one of
the three great Naval Air Stations
at Pensacola, Fla., Jacksonville,
Fla., and Corpus Christi,
Tex., for advanced training.
Completion of this advanced
training qualifies them for the
"Navy Wings of Gold" and commissions
as Ensigns in the U. S.
1 " * - Oaaav*/1 T Iaii
wavai rteservc ux ocuunu uitutenants
in the U. S. Marine Corps
Reserve.
Farmers Will Receive
Wheat Marketing Cards
North Carolina wheat produc^
ers soon will receive marketing
quota cards for selling their LH42'
crop, it was announced today
by E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive assistant
at N. C. State College.
AAA offices in wheat producing
counties have received instructions
for distributing cards
to those growers who have complied
with provisions of the marketing
quota law and these cards
should be in the hands of farmers
within a few days, he said.
Marketing provisions this year
remain substantially the same
as last year. Wheat producers
may market without penalty the
actual or normal yield from their
allotted acreage. Excess wheat,
unless stored under bond, is subject
to a penalty of 57 cents per
bushel, which is one-half of the
national average loan rate, as
provided, by law. Marketing
quotas were approved by the nation's
wheat farmers in a referendum
held May 2.
As a move to conserve tires
and gasoline, farmers this year
will be permitted to obtain their
marketing cards by air mail, Mr.
Floyd pointed out. Instructions
have been sent to county AAA
offices, and forms for this procedure
will be forwarded to
wheat producers.
In view of the large surplus
of wheat on hand, Mr. Floyd said
both farm and elevator storage
will be available to producers of
the state this year. Details of
the storage plan now are being
worked out, and will be announced
at an early date.
Wheat produced under provisions
of the AAA program may
be stored in government-approved
warehouses or farm storage
bins and the producer is
eligible for a loan of $1.37 per
bushel for No. 2 wheat. Lower
rates will prevail for corresponding
lower grades. North Carolina's
loan rate is higher than
the national average, Mr. Floyd
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said, oecause 01 a ireigni uuferential.
The loans are available
through December 31, 1942,
and will mature on demand, but
not later than April 30, 1943.
FOOD-SAVING
Farm housewives are being
urged by home economists to
store, dry, brine and freeze
garden products whenever possible,
due to the shortage of cani
ning equipment.
jurtwt
$1.50 A YEAH IN A
Three Men
To One Anc
In Forest
Officers Elected
By Lion's Club
For Next Year .
Officers for the ensuing year
a/prp elected bv the Sylva Lion's
Club at the regular weekly meeting,
held last night at Jarrett
Springs Hotel. They include:
President, Algie Wilson; first
vice-president, Woody Hampton;
second vice-president, Everett
Harris; third vice-president, Alliney
Bryson; Tail Twister, William
Cope; secretary-treasurer,
Frank Crawford; assistant secretary,
William G. Davis; assistant
treasurer, Oscar E. Brookhyser;
Lion Tamer, Joe Clyde
Fisher; directors, W. T. Wise,
Leonard Holden, J. P. Stovall, Joe
Popplewell.
These newly-elected officers
will be installed in their respective
positions on July tenth, at
which time Ladies' Night will also
be observed.
LIEUTENANT CARPER
LANDS IN IRELAND
Mrs. W. D. Wike, of Cullowhee,
has received a cablegram
from her son-in-law, Lieutenant
John H. Carper, stating that he
has landed safely in North Ireland,
with a contingent of troops
sent over in a recent convoy.
T.ipntenant Garner is a well
known Methodist minister of the
Western North Carolina Conference,
and volunteered his services
as a chaplain in the army,
several month ago.
Webb Home Is
Destroyed By Fire
Arthur Webb, who lives on the
farm of Thomas A. Cox at Cullowhee,
awoke yesterday morning
to find himself almost suffocated
with smoke. He took one
small boy who was sleeping in
the bed with him to the outside
of the house and then returned,
aroused his wife, and the two of
them picked up a quilt upon
which three little girls were
sleeping and carried them to
safety.
The contents of the house
were a total loss, and the Webb
family escaped barefoot and in
their night clothing, saving
nothing.
Farm People Affected
Vitally By Inflation
Farm people who study rresident
Roosevelt's seven - point
program to control the cost of
living will recognize in it an attempt
to prevent the disastrous
results which followed the upward
spiraling of prices during
the first World War, says Dean
I. O. Schaub, director of the
State College Extension Service.
"Eve^y person who farmed from
1918 through the early 1920's
will want to avoid inflation of
prices, land values, and other
things that led to mortgages
which scores of farmers have
never been able to lift," the agricultural
leader declared.
Dean Schaub said that President
Roosevelt's program is designed
to, not only control the
cost of living, but to: (1) Prevent
a few from getting rich at
the expense of many; (2) make
it possible for the poor and rich
to share alike in the products
available; (3) help prevent a serious
depression after the war,
such as paralyzed America after
World War I; (4) maintain, insofar
as possible, desirable so
cial and economic conditions ror
our soldiers and sailors to return
to after winning the fight
for America's freedom; and (5)
cause much of the war debt to
be paid as we go.
The Extension director listed
eight reasons why farmers dread
inflation. First, he said, inflation
creates a feeling of prosper?Continued
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DVANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY
Sentenced
%
1 Five Years
Fire Cases
Three of four men charged
with setting fire to the Nantahala
National Forest in Graham
County were convicted in U. 8.
Federal Court in Bryson City,
Tuesday afternoon.
Judge E. Yates Webb, of Shelby,
sentenced James Henry Martin,
18, to serve 5 years and gave
Knox Hilton, 20, and Hugh Plott,
35, a year and a day each. William
A. Barnes, 19, was found
not guilty. All four were Georgia
men working at Fontana
Dam.
Testimony given by Federal
witnesses disclosed the fires definitely
interfered with the prosecution
of the War and disclosed
that the acts of the incendiarlsts
were of considerably more serious
proportions than at first determined.
As a result of transmission
lines burned down by the
fires set by the Georgia men,
power was turned off in Robbinsville,
Topton, Andrews, and
the Blue Ridge Coop. In addition,
two defense projects were
brought to a halt for seven
hours. A $4,000 transformer was
destroyed. It is estimated over
a half million feet of green merchantable
timber was destroyed
with untold damage to young
timber growth, and wild life.
Over 150 men were diverted from
other profitable work to subdue
the fires set by the Georgia culprits.
An expenditure in excess
of $1,500 was caused through the
hire of labor.
The case was very ably prosecuted
by U. S. District Attorney
Theron L. Caudle and Asst. U. S.
Attorney Worth E. McKinney, of
Asheville. Attorneys appearing
for the defendants were McKinley
Edwards and Baxter C. Jones,
of Bryson City, Colonel Haralson,
and Mr. Forester, of Hiwassee,
Georgia.
Barnes, Plott and Martin had
been held in the Bryson City
jail since April 17. Knox Hilton
remained on the dodge until the
day of the trial.
Graham County residents have
been considerably incensed over
the damages done to the timberlands
of their county by the
Georgia men. Law enforcement
officials within Graham County
have vigorously prosecuted all
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loresi lire cases uruugm ueiure
them. FBI agents were largely
responsible for the apprehension
of the incendiarists.
Other forest fire cases handled
during the two-day session of
Federal Court at Bryson City
were Roy Bowman, Jackson
County, setting fire on Indian
lands, and not getting a permit,
fined $50, and Mose Walkingstick,
Swain County, setting fire
on Indian lands, fined $25. These
cases were brought up by Mr.
Carlson, Forest Supervisor of the
Cherokee Indian Reservation.
The cases were prosecuted by
U. S. District Attorney Theron
E. Caudle and Asst. U. S. Attorney
Worth E. McKinney.
HERBERT GIBSON, JR.
GOES TO BALTIMORE
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'"ill ?- 1 L.J .
H. uiDSon, jr., nas accepwfu m
position with the Martin Aircraft
Corporation, and left Sylva I
on Tuesday to begin his new
work. Mrs. Gibson and Herbert
in, will remain in Sylva for a
short time before joining Mr.
Gibson in Baltimore.
Miss Edna Allen, who has been
teaching business education In
the Webster High school, will
take Mr. Gibson's place at the
Mead Corporation office in Sylva.
FLOYD CARDEN GOES
TO PANAMA CANAL
Pvt. Floyd E. Cardeii, son of
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Carden, of .
Sylva, who was inducted into the
service on January 14, has been
transferred from the Jackson
Air Base, at Jackson, Miss., to /
the Panama Canal Zone, according
to a message received by his
parents.
Private Carden is in the Signal
Corps.