The Post Wishes For All Os Its Readers A Happy, Victorius And Bright New Year
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VOLUME 13, NO. 52
Dr. J. F. Gambill,
65, Ashe Native,
Died Last Friday
Well Known Doctor Suddenly
Passes After Being Stricken
With A Heart Attack
Dr. Jesse Franklin Gambill, 65,
prominent in the medical pro
fession in Lincolnton since 1919,
died suddenly in his office last
Friday morning of a heart attack.
He had been in ill health for the
past year but refused to give up
his work. He was in the act of
inoculating a patient for diph
theria when he was stricken.
Dr. Gambill was born in Ashe
county October 5, 1878, the son of
Preston and Bettie Colvard Gam
bill. He studied at Davidson col
lege and the University of the
South at Sewanee, Tenn., going
from there to the University of
Tennessee, where he was gradu
ated in medicine in 1903. Prior
to coming to Lincolnton he prac
ticed for 17 years in Oklahoma.
In June, 1930, with his brother,
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Return
To Steel Plants
Over 125,000 Workers Back
On The Job; Claim Wage
Victory
Pittsburgh Most of the more
than 170,000 steel workers idle
since midnight Dec. 24, returned
to their jobs Tuesday, with some
of their leaders claiming victory
in the first round in the battle of
the CIO United Steelworkers un
ion for a wage boost of 17 cents
an hour above the ceiling fixed
by the “little steel” formula.
Reports from the nine states
where scores of mills were clos
ed showed more than 125.000 had
returned by nightfall with others
expected back when operating
conditions permitted.
The American Iron and Steel
Institute in a tentative estimate
said about 125,000 tons of steel
was lost by the work stoppages.
Philip Murray, president of the
union, maintained silence about
the controversy and during the
day joined his committee which
ris negotiating with subsidiaries
of the U. S. Steel Corporation
here for a new contract.
Mrs. Nellie Ray
Buried Monday
Funeral service was held at the
Buffalo church, on Monday af
ternoon, for Mrs. Nellie J. Ray,
71, who died at the home of her
son, in Columbus, Ohio, on
Thursday. December 23. Rev. T.
J. Houck conducted the service,
and burial was held at the Ray
cemetery at Buffalo.
Mrs. Ray, who was thb daugh
ter of Col. Eli Washington Greear
and Ludema Young Greear, of
Grayson County, Virginia, was
preceded in death by her hus
band, Charles W. Ray, in 1940.
She had been ill for some time.
Four children also preceded
her in death. They were Mrs.
Charles S. Neal, Mrs. Sherman
B. Eaton, and two infant sons.
She is survived by four children:
Mrs. Ruth Ray Bare, Vancover,
Washington; Mrs. Constance Ray
Garvey, Raleigh and West Jef
ferson; H. D. Ray and J. Lee Ray,
of Columbus, Ohio; and one
brother, John F. Greear, of Ga.
NEW SERIAL STORY
STARTS IN POST
Beginning today in this pa
per is an interesting new seri
al story, “There Is Today”, by
Sara Lawrence.
. Start with the first chapter,
because it is a story that will
hold your interest from the
very beginning.
A story of a war-time mar
riage, “There Is Today”, in
cludes many present day prob
lems and their solutions. The
characters are typical of many
that the reader will know.
The author knows war and
its influence on people and
she tells the story of a group
living in an apartment house,
in a most interesting manner.
Begin today and read “There
Is Today”. The first chapter
is published on page 7.
iLhc and Host
$1.50 a Year in Ashe County
Where Yanks Won Jap Area
i vitu is.
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SCALE OF MILES
The southern end of New Britain, which was invaded by
the American Sixth army. Shortly after the landing, Ameri
can troops were reported to be beating their way from Ara
we toward the Jap air base at Rabaul, which lies at the north
eastern tip of the island.
Marines Advance In
New Britain; Soviets
Still Making Gains
Nazis Throw New Divisions
On Italian Front; Inva
sion Ls Near
While the invasion of Europe j
appears to be drawing near dai-1
! ly, activities on all other fronts
| continued with renewed vigor.
! Tank-paced American marines
j have driven to within a mile and
a half of New Britain’s strategic*
Cape Gloucester airdrome, Gen-1
eral Dougias MacArthur an- 1
nounced.
I On other fronts of the widely I
scattered battle of the Pacific, the
navy announced, bombers again
raided the Japanese-held Mar
shall Islands while submarines
j penetrated deep into enemy wa
ters to sink 12 more ships, badly
needed for Japan’s extended sup
ply lines.
! The Germans threw another i
| fresh division into the mud and
blood of the Italian front yester
day in a desperate effort to halt
relentless Allied attacks which
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1
“TT” Gas Coupons <
Invalid On Jan. 1
Washington All “TT” gaso- |
line ration coupons will be in- '
valid after 12:01 a. m., Jan. 1,
1944. The Office of Price Ad
ministration disclosed that the !
stamps, issued for commercial J
vehicles, are being replaced by
serially numbered “T” coupons.
One gallon “bulk” coupons us- ,
ed at one time for deliveries to
dealers and servicemen on fur
lough will also be invalid after
midnight Dec. 31, the OPA said. •
The old “TT” coupons were <
held responsible by OPA for the 1
diversion of considerable quan- '
tities of gas into illicit channels, j ]
Brothers In Army And Navy
wywijlt
Ralph G» Black, Second Class Petty Oi'icer, left, and Cpl.
Warren G. BJack, right, are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Black, of West Jefferson. Ralph entered the Navy in July,
1941, and took his basic training at Norfolk, Va., and com
pleted a course in electrical engineering at St. Louis, Md. He
is now stationed somewhere in the Atlantic. Warren joined
the Army Air Corps in May, 1942, and is now stationed at
Colorado Springs.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.,
Army Extends
Control To All
Main Railroads
President Expects Move To
Be Temporary; Will Use
Troops If Needed
Washington Hope thal the
railroads can be turned back to
private operation soon was ex
pressed by President Roosevelt
yesterday as the army, on his or
ders, extended it., control to all
major carriers and prepared to
use troops to run trains if neces
sary.
Secretary of War Stimson,
government operator of the rail
roads, called for “the full devo
tion” of all railroad workers and
promised the least possible inter
ference with normal rail opera
tions.
In a speech broadcast over ma
jor networks, Stimson said that
government seizure of the car
riers this week in the face of a
strike, was necessary in order
that Germany and Japan should
not be handed a “great military
victory” that would have result
ed from stoppage of railroad op
erations.
“There will be no alteration in
schedules, in service or in per
sonnel because of the change,” he
declared. “The same men will
operate the trains, the yards, the
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COUNTY BOARD OF ED.
TO MEET ON MONDAY
A. B. Hurt, superintendent of
the schools of Ashe county and
secretary to the board of educa
tion, announced that this body
would meet at the courthouse on
Monday, January 3.
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THURSDAY, DEC. 30, 1943
-1943 Takes Final
Fling In Weather
For Ashe County
Most People Weatherbound
On Christmas Day By
Sleet And Ice
Ashe county, along with other
sections, which have experienced
unusually mild weather this sea
son, felt a veal touch of winter
on Christmas day, when ice
covered roads kept most people
at home.
Since that time this section
has experienced samples of vari
ous types of cold weather as the
old year draws to a close. Snow,
rain and sleet fell Tuesday night
and yesterday. Extremely heavy
fog made driving difficult at this
time.
In spite of the unfavorable
weather, few accidents have been
reported, as only a very few peo
ple ventured on ice-covered
roads. Dr. J. K. Hunter and
family slid against a bank in the
Crumpler section, Christmas day
and damaged the car in which
they were riding. Only Sara
Hunter was slightly injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tucker
started to Lexington on Christ
mas day, but after sliding off of
1 the road between the Jeffersons,
I returned home to await the melt
! ing of ice from the road.
Most people reported a quiet
Christmas spent at home. For
many, it also appeared to be a
generous one.
|Leaf Sales Will
Re-ope i \ M one lay
Leaf sales at the Mt. Burley
tobacco warehouses at Boone,
will re-open on Monday, Janu
ary 3, after being olwm 1 for the
holidays, officials announced.
The warehouses are now open to ,
receive tobacco and all growers
are cordially invited to bring
theirs in this week in order to be ;
ready for the opening.
So far, the Boone market has j
made a record for sales and top
market prices. The many Ashe
and Alleghany farmers who have '
carried their tobacco there have j
been well pleased.
Roscoe Coleman, supervisor of
sales, said yesterday that the
Mountain Burley warehouses had
already passed last year’s entire
season in poundage and in prices
being paid.
“I want to extend a special in
vitation to all growers to sell the
remainder of their crop here”,
Mr. Coleman said.
To Have Canning
Demonstration
Miss Myran Clinard, of the
Ball Jar Company, will give a
meat canning demonstration at!
the Community building on Fri
day, January 7, at 11:00 a. m.
Miss Lenna F. Gambill, asso
ciate F. S. A. supervisor, explain
ed that the Farm Security is very
fortunate in securing the services |
of Miss Clinard for this demon- i
stration, since she is considered,
one of the finest demonstrators i
in the eastern states.
Miss Gambill urges that all 1
persons who can, to attend, and!
explained that the time had been j
scheduled so that housewives can j
come and return on the bus. j
EXPECT A QUIET
NEW YEAR’S DAY
New Year’s Day is expected
to be quietly observed here,
as well as throughout the
country, Saturday, with little
holiday celebration or fanfare.
The schools began operation
on Monday, and will have a
holiday on New Year’s Day
only due to the fact that it
falls on Saturday. Stores and
business houses are expected
to operate as usual.
The Ashe Hardware an
nounced, however, that this
store would be closed, Satur
day, for New Year’s.
School authorities pointed
out that there were still a
number of cases of flu and
measles in the county and that
because of illness there were
several absences this week.
How Corsicans Helped Oust Nazis
High on a rocky crab these Corsican patriots show how
they routed the Nazis from their country. Their problem
now is one of reconstruction as they begin rebuilding what
the enemy has wrecked.
Large Group Os Ashe
Men Left Today For
Army; Many Married
German Defeat In
’44 Predicted Bv
j
Gen. Eisenhower
j Major Doolittle And Gen,
Devers Given Important
New Posts
I
! Tn his first prediction during
i 3 months of active warfare. Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower this week
forecast complete defeat for Ger
many next year.
! The new commander in chief
of the allied second front armies
broke a precedent of long stand
ing at his first press conference
i since President Roosevelt an
! nounced that the Texas-born gen
j eral had been selected as supreme
commander for the great assault
j against Germany.
“We will win the European
war in 1944,” Gen. “Ike” told a
small group of correspondents
upon his return from an inspec
tion of the Italian front.
“The only thing needed for us
to win the European war in 1944
is for every man and woman, all
the way from the front line to
the remotest hamlet of our two
countries, to do his or her full
duty,” he added.
Major Gen. James H. Doolittle,
whose strategic air force slam
med a gate across the enemy’s
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SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
WILL GET TRAINING
I Supt. A. B. Hurt announced
that a school bus drivers’ school
would be held on Monday at
Jefferson under the direction of |
C. E. Jones of the Highway Safe
ty Division.
All principals are urged to
| have drivers needing the train- j
ing as well as prospective driv- j
ers, attend.
There Are To Be Few Changes
In Red Points For January
Washington Current point
values for butter and virtually
all meats will remain unchanged
during January, the Office of
Price Administration announced
yesterday in slightly revising its
meats-cheese-fats food chart.
The few changes, effective Sun
day, are an increase of one point l
a pound in the ratio value of
fresh ham, reduction of two
points a pound for sliced dried
beef and read-to-eat beef tongue,
and a one point cut for beef;
tongue.
More liberal reductions in
point values of meat, especially
beef cuts, had been expected be
cause of tight cold storage facil
ities and heavy marketings of
cattle and hogs but War Food
Administration officials report-4
ed Monday the situation had eas
ed and now can be considered
“good.”
No change in the present 16-
point per pound ration of but-
$2.00 a Year Out of County
115 Included In Group That
Left Early This Morning
For Induction Center
» A group of 115 Ashe men left
this morning to enter the armed
forces, provided they pass final
examinations at induction cen
ters. Included, in the group were
a large number of married men,
many of whom were married be
fore Pearl Harbor.
This is the first time a large
group of man ied men have been
sent with inductees from this
i county, according to an rnnounce
ment made by the local board.
It is understood that another
large group will leave in Janu
ary.
Included in the group leaving
this morning were a number of
prominent business men. A
complete list will be
next week.
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I Sugar Rations
l r
To Remain Same
Washington Rations for su
gar for housewives will not
change between now and April
1 1, the Office of Price Adminis
tration (OPA) announced.
Sugar stamp No. 30 in War Ra
tion Book Four will become val
id Jan. 16.
It will be good for buying five
pounds of sugar during a period
, of two and a half months, through
the end of March.
The current sugar stamp, No.
29, will expire January 15.
i The OPA recently announced
that rations for institutions such
as hotels and restaurants like
! wise will stay the same for the
: time being, and that most indus
-1 trial users will return to their
former allowance of 80 per cent
jof their 1941 base when the
| present “bonus” period ends Dec.
1 31.
ter had been anticipated since
food officials have insisted the
high value is necessary to assure
fair distribution of limited sup
plies.
January point values for pork
—with the exception of fresh
ham—continue at the lower lev
! els ordered by OP A earlier this
month as an emergency move to
ease a flooded market caused by
record marketing of hogs. Fresh
j hams were cut in value by two
j points a pound to speed them to
j the market and eliminate demand
• for critically short storage space,
while other pork items were re
duced one point.
OPA said the movement of
fresh hams to consumers has in
creased steadily during the past
week under the five-point pork
“bonus” good through Jan. 1, and
the one-point increase next month
was ordered to restore the nor
mal ration “equality” for all
types of ham.
MAKE EVERY
VIPgISB PAY DAY
WAR
l\\ BAND DAY
stop mmm—sAvi dollais
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Ashe Tax Listers
Will Begin Work
Next Mon., Jan. 3
H. H. Burgess Is Supervisor;
Will Meet At Courthouse
On Monday
H. H. Burgess, county tax su
pervisor, announced that there
would be a meeting of all tax
listers for the various townships
of the county, next Monday
morning at the courthouse, where
they will be given final instruc
tions and supplies.
Mr. Burgess said early this
week, that all appointments had
not been made and were not
available for publication now.
He said that he hoped to com
plete these, this week, in order
that everything be ready to start
! work on Monday. The complete
| list of tax listers will be an
! nounced next week.
This year, as in the past, the
listers will visit the homes and
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Post Sponsoring
Ist Baby Contest
!
Merchants Are Cooperating
By Offering A Number
Os Prizes
I The first baby to be born in
| Ashe in 1944, may, like other
: war babies, have to do without
some things, but will be doubly
fortunate in many other ways.
Not only will he or she be bless
ed by being born in a free land,
I but will receive a number of free
gifts from local merchants. Some
of the merchants are to remem
: ber the parents, too.
The New Year baby contest is
being sponsored by The Skyland
i Post in cooperation with the local
'merchant aid is o ened to all
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i !
Mrs. Rachel Bare
Buried Tnesday
! Funeral service was held Tues
day afternoon for Mrs. Rachel
Victoria Bare, 63. of Jefferson,
who died at her home on Mon
day, December 27, after being ill
for several years, due to an at
tack of paralysis. The service
was held at the Friendship church
with Rev. W. E. Denney and Rev.
! Carol Burkett, in charge. Burial
! followed at the Friendship ceme
tery.
Mrs. Bare, who was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan
Taylor, of this county, was pre
ceded in death by her husband,
Jess M. Bare, some time ago. She
i is survived by the following chil-
I dren: Foster, Dent, and Charlie
Bare; Mrs. Beatrice Poe, Lima,
Mont.; Mrs. Ruth Blevins, Rocks,
Md.; Mrs. Nellie Duncan, Street,
Md., and Mrs. Clyde Osborne, of
Jefferson.
Rationing Guide
MEATS
Brown stamps L, M, N, P
and Q valid through Jan. 1;
brown stamp R valid through
Jan. 29. Book 4 spare stamp
No. 1 good for 5 points for
pork through Jan. 1.
PROCESSED FOODS
Book 4 green stamps D, E
and F valid through Jan. 20;
stamps G, H and J valid Jan.
1 through Jan. 20.
SUGAR
Stamp No. 29 in Book 4 good
for five pounds of sugar
through Jan. 15. The stamp is
marked “sugar.”
GASOLINE
Stamps No. “A-8” in new
“A” book good through Feb. 8.
B and C coupons valid for two
gallons.
SHOES
No. 18 coupon now good for
indefinite period. No. 1 “Air
plane” stamp in War Ration
Book No. 3 now valid.
FUEL OIL
Period 1 coupons are valid
through Jan. 3, 1944; period 2
coupons valid through Jan. 24;
period 3 coupons valid through
Feb. 21. All now good for
10 gallons per unit. (All def
inite value coupons, some
times gnown as change-mak
ing coupons, are good any
time.)