I A YEAR w ADVANCE OUTS
I fomen Call
I To Plan F<
I Dressings Fo
H A mass meeting of the women I
I bas been called to be held In
tie Charles L Allison Education
Building of the Methodist church
on Monday evening, July 27, at
7.30 o'clock, ifor the purpose of
maiing plans to make surgical
dressings for tne umicu ouncu
I ArmyThe
army has called upon the
I women of this county and comI
munity to make 37,000 surgical
I dressing for the ?* armY
medical corps, and the meeting
I is called in response to that re
quest of the army.
Ever since the United States
I was attacked and driven into the
present world conflict, many
women hereabouts have been
I asking the question: "What can
I do to help?" Aside from their
regular duties at home, in ofI
{ices, on the farms, and in the <
I xiool rooms and stores, here
is the answer to the question
;hat has been so frequently ,
I Every woman who is interested
is urged to Joe present at the
I meeting at the Methodist church !
when the plans will be explained
I and perfected. Those who are be- j
I hind the movement for a genI
eral mass meeting of the womI
en are convinced that the re- j
sponse will be generously anI
swered, and that the women of
the community will apply them'
selves to this new task of preI
paring 37.000 surgical dressings <
I for use by the army of young |
I men who have gone forth from
I ail over America to turn back the
I foe that is threatening the very
I existince of the American govI
ernment and of the American f
I people.
I EXPLANATION OF AN :
AIR RAID WARNING
\ Brigadier General Cannon, di- |
recting the First Fighter Com- :
mand of the First Air Force,,
*hich includes the Jackson!
County district, brings" a warning
and an explanation to the
attention of the people of the At- .
lancjc Coast.
"It is essential and vital for
people to understand what an
air raid warning is and what it
is not," General Cannon says.
"When a warning is sounded,
it means that there is a flight
of planes approaching at some
distance from the area in which
the warning is sounded. The t
warning simply means that the
lanes have been located, and, at
the time the warning is sounded,
the planes are identified as those
Iw the en?my.
At this time, a first warning
Is issued to the responsible civil- ;
ian air raid wardens. It is an
advance warning, a stand-by. It j
is not a promise of an aerial j
bombardment. It means that the j
responsible leaders charged with j
civilian defense have been told |
that something may happen in
foe particular locale; it may not,
but be prepared.
This warning originated with
^e Fighter Command in a systern
of instrument locators and
civilian observers. It is not an
experiment. It is not a system
that is being tried out. It is a
scientifically operated plan for
air defense that has saved the
itfe of England. It means that
foe planes can wait on ground
a'ert, instead of in the air. -It
^eans that one pursuit plane, on
foe ground, ready to take off,
can do the work that it would
laije sixteen to do on air alert
01 air patrol.
When the pursuit pilot is ordered
to take off?if the situa^10n
requires him to?he will be
ifected to go to a specific locavl0n
eliminating the need of
|navin8 sixteen planes patrol
a'mlessly in the air waiting.
On receipt of word that an un^ntified
flight is approaching
1 given locale, our Information
Center checks to see if they are
own ships, or those of the
ayy, or civilian airliners. If, In
e Process of elimination, there
no identification, the ap- ;
?&ching planes are classified
13 en*my ships.
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R* T. HAMMETT, special repre- '
tentative of the Esso Marketers,
who speaks on synthetic rubber and
on how to prolong the life of present
tires. Mr. Hammett is holding a
piece of synthetic rubber.
Hammett To
Speak Here
To Oil Men
How soon, if ever, will you ride
on synthetic rubber tires, is one
of the points to be covered in a
talk on synthetic rubber to be
given by R. T. Hammett, special
representative of Esso Marketers,
to Esso dealers and invited
guests, Monday night, July 27,
at the Methodist church, in Sylva.
Mr. Hammett will cover the
rubber situation, including the
history of syntnetic ruDoer aim
u p-t o-t h e-minute information
on the status of this vitally important
product.
The speaker will also cover the
subject of the part that is being
played by the petroleum industry
in the war effort.
Hawkins Dies At
Home In Virginia
Granville M. Hawkins, of Hilton
Village, Virginia, died at his
home there on July 15, following
an illness of several months,
according to information received
by relatives in this county.
Mr. Hawkins was born and j
reared in Jackson county, a son
of the late Rev. W. T. Hawkins
and the late Mrs. Hawkins. He
went to Virginia to work during
^1 mnrlH TITQ r and while I
Lilt! 1U31 vrunu itim,
there married Miss Gertie Eliot
of Hilton Village, and has made
his home there since that time.
He was employed by the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company.
He is survived by his widow,
two sons, Granville Hawkins, Jr.,
and Calvin Hawkins, of Hilton
Village, one brother, wade
Hawkins, of Cashier's, and two
sisters, Mrs. Rose Moore, Sylva,
and Mrs. Joe L. Wright, of Cashier's.
LIEUTENANT McGUIRE
TO LEAVE AUGUST 1st
Lieutenant Harold S. McGuire
will leave on August first to assume
his duties with the mecUcal
corps, United States Army. Lieut.
McGuire has been practicing the
profession of dentistry in Sylva
since his graduation from dental
college, and has identified himooif
wifh the social, church, and
own ?? ?
club life of the town.
CHILTOSKIE GOES
TO FT. BELVOIR
Goingback Chiltoskie, who has
been instructor in crafts at
Cherokee high school on the
Qualla Reservation, has resigned
his position to accept a place
in the engineering corps at Port
Belvoir, Virginia, as a model
maker.
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SYLVA, NORT
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On The Tar Heel Front
In Washington
By ROBERT A. ERWIN
And FRANCES McKUSICK
Washington, D. C.?The entire
Eastern Seaboard will be the J
t>eneficiary when the price increase
of two and a half cents
ei gallon for transportation is
taken off gasoline, but it is the
North Carolina delegation in
Congress that will deserve the
lion's share of the credit.
First big break in the price
battle came when the man of
many jobs, Secretary of Commerrp
.Tpasp Jrmps nrmrmnoprl
Defense Supplies Corporation, 'I
RFC subsidiary, would assist in >1
financing and distribution of petroleum
products in the fuel- j
starved past. j
This action came after a series
of conferences between the
North Carolina delegation and
Price Administrator Leon Hen- j i(
derson and personal talks be- | a
tween Representative Robert L.; C
Doughton, Chairman of the C
House Ways and Means Commit- e
tee, with Secretary Jones and jj
Henderson. Secretary Jones, in
making his announcement said, a
"unless the petroleum can be H
moved, obviously the maximum J
production cannot be maintained
and not only will the civilian
population suffer from lack of
fuel oil to heat their homes, but
a great amount of war production
in this section will be seriously
retarded. Submarine
warfare has made it necessary
to transport the oil by rail, truck
and pipe line which is much
more expensive than by tanker."
It had been revealed, following
one of these sessions between
Henderson and the Tar Heels,
that the RFC already was helping
out on the additional cost of
transporting sugar and coal, on
account of the submarine menace
and the resultant pipping
shortage. This point aroused the |
question, why cant the same
thing be done for gasoline? The
answer has now come. It can be
done, and it will be done. C<
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Senator Bob Reynolds said he D
voted for the Senate's figure of at
$120,000,000 for Leon Henderson's ve
agency only because he didn't fo
want to be an obstructionist, and ?
he raised the point that an army m
of price inspectors working under
Henderson would be "driving r
around, utilizing rubber and
burning up gasoline," with gasoline
rationing at the same time
putting out of work thousands R
of traveling salesmen who had
been calling on the establish- te
ments whose prices are control- ai
led. v?
Many new housing develop- w
ments in North Carolina have at
oil heating units, and many M
home owners either don't have al
the money or facilities for con- a
verting oil units to coal burners, sc
the Senator said in expressing W
his concern over whether suffi- sc
cient fuel oil will be available
for heating homes next winter. L<
Government officials have is- 01
sued so many conflicting state- oi
ments on the rubber shortage le
that "it has got me to the point R
where I don't know "what to be- ot
lieve" said the Senator. "I'm in ol
the same position as millions of
other Americans." p<
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People along the Eastern Sea- tc
board first got mad with Con- a]
gress over this business of X p
cards for Federal legislators, and h
now they are riled up because of a
extra gasoline rations for Con- d
gressional campaigning, includ- e]
ing those who are opposing the n
lawmakers for renomination or e
reelection. B
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Th6 Norm UUIuima p& uiAaij, ^
of course, is a thing of the past, c
and with little general interest e
in Congressional races, very few f
of the State's lawmakers in a
Washington will need extra gas- noline,
if any. j,
The X card idea came from the b
Office of Price Administration, g
So did the campaign gasoline ig
business. N
Tar Heels are inclined to view n
this as another move on the e
pert of Leon Henderson to dis- ]j
I credit Congress. They feel Hen- \
derson anticipated the adverse r
public reaction that would come v
with his latest regulation apply- e
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Flashing Signal from
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HBIGH on the upper bridge of a
I Canadian destroyer, the captain
at^hes a signalman flash a messige
to another ship in the anchorge.
In the Battle of the Atlantic
anadiani fighting :sailors and
anadian ships are taking part in
very important engagement, side
y side with their sister ships of
le United Nations fleets. In addion.
the Royal Canadian Navy is
jnvoylng food and material, patrolng
vast shorelines stretching into
\e Arctic. The new Royal Canalan
Naval College, opening in
Iks fl
WiiiTlliiifci #
C. Sylvester Green
Dr. Green is president of Coker
jllege, Hartsville, S. C. and was
ected governor of the 190th
istrict of Rotary International
2 i L: -J
1 the recent international cunmtion
in Toronto. He will serve
r one year.
Irs. Fred Bryson
)ies At Sanitarium
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred
. Bryson will be held this afrnoon
(Thursday) at Wesleyma
Methodist church in Sainnah
township. Mrs. Bryson,
ho was 48 years of age, died
; the State Sanitarium in Black
ountain, Tuesday afternoon,
:ter a long illness. She had been
patient in the sanitarium for
ime 18 months. A daughter of
r. R. Tallent of Sylva, Mrs. Bry>n
is survived by her husband,
/ two daughters, Mrs. Hiawatha
ssley and Miss Mary Bryson, by
le sister, Mrs. John A. Parris
' Sylva, two brothers, D. M. Taint,
Sylva, and O. T. Tallent, of
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aleigh, and by a numuer ui
,her relatives and a large circle
! friends.
Active pall bearers will be Felix
Dtts, G. K. Bess, Felix Picklemer,
Warren Atkins, R. U. Sut?n,
O. J. Lesley, Willis Bryson
id Glenn Hughes. Honorary
all bearers: Frank Bryson,
ampton Hall, Ed Bumgarner,
dam Moses, Leonard Holden,
r. C. Z. Candler, Dr. D. D. IIoopDr.
C. M. Hooper, Dr. A. S.
ichols, Dr. A. A. Nichols, Harry
. Ferguson, A. J. Dills, W. M.
rown, E. M. Lloyd, Frank Hytt,
Dan Allison, T. E. Reed,
harles Reed, John H. Morris.
. L. Wilson, John H. Wilson,
rank Hall, J. T. Bird, T. w.
she, Jennings Bryson, Dr. Orlond,
Dr. Bittinger, Dr. Ralph
arrett, P. E. Moody, Frank
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rown, Dan i oTripKms, u. yj.
ryson, Dan K. Moore, Dr. Dernjan,
G. R. Lackey, and G. C.
liddleton, Phil Stovall, Raylond
Glenn, W. T. Wise, P. C.
llis, Edgar Duckett, Claude Alson,
W. R. Tallent, Dr. W. P.
IcGuire, Dr. Harold McGuire,
Robert Jarrett, W. C. Queen, S.
7. Enloe, E. L. Curtis, Dexter
[ooper, Velt Wilson, and R. U.
Jarrett.
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ILY 23, 1942
Canadian Destroyer I
MjwB HHHI
Passed by Censor |
October, will train hundreds o< I
young officers for the swiftly grow* |
ing navy. The shipbuilding Indus'
try. composed of 17 major yard$
and 58 smaller boatyards employ^ If
more than 40,000 men. More than
150 of 10,000-ton cruiser^ .are oij j |
order. Smaller 5,000-ton vessels oij
order total 18. Keels for more thai!
50 merchant ships have been laidj
These, of course, are In addition t<]
the several hundred naval vessel* 1
built and in course of construction] J
which include corvettes, minesweep<
ers, patrol boats, base ships and fi
number of heavy destroyersTourists
Can Get
Gas In This State
Tourists from states that are J
not in the rationed area can obtain
books from any rationing .
board that will entitle them to ,
the same amount of gas as resi- '
dents of the rationing area can ,
receive, according to information
released today.
A tourist coming into North
Carolina today can obtain an
"A" book, which entitles him to j
32 gallons of gasoline for the ,
riext two mdriths. He can use
that amount any time withiif^the j
two months period. All of (t can j
bp used in one day, or it-'can be
spread over " portion of the
two months ,.^i*iod in which he
wishes to use it.
The amount of gasoline issued ;
for the period will be reduced by j
four gallons each week. In other,
words, the basis this week is 32 |
gallons. Next week it will be 28 j
gallons; the next 24 gallons, and
so on until the end of the perinH
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HOME NURSING CLASS
GETS CERTIFICATES
The home nursing class that
recently completed the course,
with Mrs. J. R. McCracken as
teacher, received their certificates
at a dinner served at the
Charles L. Allison education
building at the Methodist church
last night. At the same time the
class presented Mrs. McCracken
with a gift.
The members of the class had
their husbands as guests at the
dinner. In the class are: Mrs. J.
H. Gillis, Mrs. Dan K. Moore, Mrs.
Ben Cathey, Mrs. J. Claude Allison,
Mrs. T. E. Reed, Mrs. R. G.
Tuttle, Mrs. John H. Wilson, Mrs.
Fred Sutton, Mrs. W. T. Wise,
Mrs. Harry Ferguson, and Dr.
Noracella McGuire.
INDIAN FAIR WILL NOT
BE HELD THIS YEAR
The Cherokee Indian Fair,
which has been one of the great
attractions of Western North
Carolina for many years, will
not be held this year, the directors
of the fair have decided.
The postponement of the fair
is said to have been made at me
request of Governor Broughton
and the transportation administrator.
It all ties in with the effore
to conserve rubber and gasoline.
Held ' at Cherokee, on the
borders of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, the
Indian fair, one of the most unique
attractions in eastern
America has drawn thousands of
people each year from practically
every state.
The lumber in two average (
j desks would provide enough I
,1 material to build a trailer for!
j;a war worker.
ounto
$1.50 A YEAJl IN AD
Committee I
For State
Vear Cullow
REV. w. E. PETTIT I
J?A
Baptists Will
Hold Revival
In County
A series of simultaneous evangelistic
services will be held in
the Baptist churches in the
county, beginning Sunday. Rev.
W. E. Pettit of Old Fort, will assist
the pastor of the Sylva Baptist
church, Rev. G. C. Teague, in
the services at the Sylva Baptist
church and will preach
twice each day from Monday
through August 9.
Among the churches that will
participate in the simultaneous
services are: Sylva, Cullewhee,,>
Scott's Creek, Dillsboro, Webster,
Glenville, Buff Creek, Shoal
Creek, and a number of the
other churches.
The members of the other
churches of the town and the
communities are cordially Invited
to participate in the meetings,
and the public generally is invited
to the services.
Sylva Firemen
Hear Brockwell
Sylva firemen, auxiliary firemen,
a number of interested citizens,
and visiting firemen from
other cities heard Sherwood
Brockwell discuss incendiary
and demolition bombs, and ways
to combat them, at a meeting
held Tuesday night at the court
house in Sylva.
The meeting was arranged by
the Sylva firemen.
Assistant chief Bailey of Asheville
brought Mr. Brockwell, the
State Fire Marshal to Sylva and
introduced him.
Other visiting firemen were
Chief C. C. Robinson, Allen
Mitchell, William Pace, Carl Allison
and Charlie Lennox, all of
Enka, and Chief Tysinger and
J. C. Crisp and Ed Whitaker of
Franklin.
KILPATRICK VISITS
HOME FOLKS HERE
Staff Sergeant Paul Kilpatrick
has returned to Camp Tyson,
at Paris, Tenn., after having
spent a short while with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kilpatrick
at their home here. Mr. and
Mrs. Kilpatrick have another son
in the armed forces, Hadley, Kil
Patrick of tne united ataues
Navy. He has returned to his
post at Norfolk, where he has
been assigned to school for
training as gunner's mate.
Sportsmen Licenses
On Sale In County
Combination hunting and
fishing license for sportsmen for
the year beginning July 14, 1942
and ending July 31, 1943, are
now on sale at the usual places
in the county, according to Mack
Ashe, the county warden. All
former licenses of this character
expire on July 31, Mr. Ashe |
stated.
VANCE IN JACKSON COUNT*
aspects Site
rest Farm
hee College
A committee from the Board
Df Agriculture, headed V Comnissioner
W. Kerr Scott, inspectid
a proposed site for the new
Mountain Test Farm, at Cullotfhee,
Tuesday afternoon, and
appeared highly impressed with
he 1,200 acre location, which includes
practically all types of
soil and conditions witn wmcn
the farmer In the mountains
has to contend.
The members of the committee
were, besides Mr. Scott, F. E.
Miller, Director of Test Farms,
vV. D.'Lee, soils expert, R. W.
Shoffner, in charge of farm
management, Dr. Bever, direction
otf extension, Dean Colvard,
of the Swannanoa Test Farm, D.
Reeves Noland, and Larry L.
Burgin.
The advantages of the farm
and its location, adjoining Westsrn
Carolina Teachers College,
were pointed out to the committee.
A brief containing the
salient facts and the arguments
of the Jackson County people,
was submitted to the committee
several weeks ago.
Following the meeting at
Cullowhee, th<^ members of the
committee were guests of the
Sylva Rotary Club, at its regular
luncheon. Here the members of
the committee were introduced
to the local people, and the delegations
from every county west
of Jackson were introduced.
iTvorv pnnnt.v sent reDresenta
tives here to join Jackson in the
request that the farm be located
at Cullowhee, and the case was
presented by Senator E. B. Whitaker
of Swain county, in a short
and able address.
Members of the delegations
here in the interest of the Cullowhee
location were: Clay, P. C.
Scroggs, Ralph Smith, J. Guy
Padgett, George W. Cherry, and
H. M. Moore.
Cherokee: Percy B. Ferebee,
highway commissioner, Mrs.
Giles Cover, and Wade Reece.
Graham: J. Carringer, Walt
Wiggins, Dillard Stratton, Jack
Morhew, Miss Evelyn Wiggins,
Floyd S. Griffin.
Swain: E. B. Whitaker, J. A.
Gray, and John R. Jones, Jr.
Macon: Lee Guffey, Ben McGlammery,
and Sam Mendenhall.
Senator Whitaker stated to the
committee that the people of the
counties west of Jackson are unanimous
in their desire that the
test farm be relocated at Cullowhee.
Following the speech of Senator
Whitaker, District Governor
Sylvester Green, president of
Coker college, delivered an inspiring
address to the rotarians
and sruests.
CRAWFORD NAMED
CHURCH SCHOOL HEAD
Howard Crawford was elected
general superintendent of the
Methodist church school in Sylva
by the Board of Christian Education.
meeting at the church
last night. Mr. Crawford, who is
principal of the Qualla school,
lives in Sylva, and is active in
the work of the church and Sunday
School. He was elected to the
post vacated by reason of the
resignation of Dr. Harold McGuire,
who has been commissioned
a Lieutenant in the Army,
and will leave soon to assume
his duties there.
PRIVATE ROBINSON
STARTS TRAINING
Keener Field, Miss.?Pvt. Howard
D. Robinson, Jr., son of HowD.
Robinson, Sr., Sylva, N. C. has
started his Army recruit drill at
Keesler Field, the nation's greatest
Army Air Forces Tectxnical
School.
Private Robinson's training
here will include instruction in
marching, target practice, gas
mask and bayonet drills. He also
will be given orientation lectures,
as well as aptitude tests to determine
if he should be sent to
an Army School.