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VOLUME 15, NO. 9
Red Cross War Fund Drive Starts Friday
State Bone-Dry
Bill Is Killed
By Committee
N. C. Assembly Is Now In Fin
al Stages; Cherry Supports
Medical Bill
By Staff Writer
Raleigh The N. C. General
Assembly moved a step nearer
the close this week as the pro
posed liquor referendum met a
quick death and other important
matters came in for consideration.
The Senate finance committee
voted Tuesday to give an unfav
orable report to a bone-dry bill
calling for a state-wide liquor
referendum six months after the
war.
Swift action was taken by the
committee following a public
hearing at which opponents of the
measure attempted to show the
j “evils” which they said would
follow passage of the bill.
A motion by Senator Charles
Rose of Cumberland that the
aye’s and nay’s be recorded was
defeated, and Senator Rose, who
introduced the measure, said he
did not plan to offer a minority
report.
Governor Cherry went person
ally before the Legislature and
supported the general principles
of the hospital and medical care
bill, but reminded that teachers
had a priority on any surplus.
Too, he said, many of the incor
porated proposals “must be post
poned until some future date.”
Pursuing his oft-voiced advo
cacy of conservative spending
and a balanced budget, the Gov
ernor said thgi ‘JWe cannot safely
and securely build and, expand
our state services on a wartime
prosperity.”
The bin, introduced last night
after weeks of discussion outside
the legislative chambers, would
appropriate SIOO,OOO for expenses
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Has
Annual Debate
Sponsored By Dramatic Club;
Preliminary Winners Are
Announced
The Jefferson Dramatics club
held its annual debating contests
recently and the following pupils
wpn in first preliminaries:
12th grade, Colleen Little, Will
iam Austin, Madge Bower and
Opal Koontz, 10th grade Betty
Jo Bare, Imogene Barker, Wava
Eller, Sarah Neal, 9th grade,
Ruth Dixon, Mary Gordon Austin,
Dean C. Jones, Jr., Edgar Burkett,
Billie Dean Harless, and Betty
Haynes.
bln the second preliminary, Miss
>uise Southerland, Messrs. Orv
e Jackson and Charles Scott
served as judges. The following
- speakers were chosen: Colleen
Little, William Austin, Imogene
Barker, Ruth Dixon, Opal Koontz
and Mary Gordon Austin, Blanche
Woodie served as chairman dur
ing the debates.
Finalists will be selected later
and they are expected to take
part in the district contest in
Boone, to be held in connection
with the state-wide debate.
Rationing Guide
PROCESSED FOODS
Blue Stamps . . .
X 5, Y 5, Z 5, A2, 82, now val
id, expire March 31. C 2, D 2,
E2, F 2, G 2, now valid, expire
April 28. H 2, J 2, K 2, L 2, M 2,
now valid, expire June 2.
MEATS AND FATS
Red Stamps . . .
Q 5, R 5, S 5, now valid, expire
March 31. T 5, U 5, V 5, W 5,
X 5, now valid, expire April 28.
Y 5, Z 5, A2, 82, C 2, D 2, now
valid expire June 2.
SUGAR
Sugar Stamp No. 34, good
for five pounds, expires Feb
ruary 28.
Sugar Stamp No. 35, good
for five pounds, expires June 2.
SHOES
Airplane Stamps No. 1, No.
2 and No. 3 now good.
SHOES
(The Post
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1945 , $2.50 a Year Out of County
Americans Gaining
Through Nazi Lines;
Big Battle On Iwo
KILLED IN ACTION
Set
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Pfc. Lida A. Brown, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Estle Brown, of
Crumpler, was killed in ac
tion, somewhere in France, on
January 21.
Will Continue
Dairy Subsidy
Farm Payments
Will Be Continued Throogk
* 1945, AAA Chairman An
nounces This Week
Plans for continuation of dai
ry production payments through
the last nine months of 1945
have been announced by the War
Food Administration, according
to T. J. Graybeal, Chairman Ashe
County AAA Committee.
“This announcement definitely
extends the program for another
3-monih period, through June 30
1945,” he declared," and contin
uation of x the program after this
date is necessarily conditional up
on the approval of Congress. The
specific rates of payment after
June 30 must also remain subject
to later revision.”
“Subject to these conditions,”
Mr. Graybeal continued, “the
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Club Will Have
Fish Fry Monday
It was announced this week
that the Ashe County Game and
Fish Club would have a fish fry
at the regular meeting in the com
munity building on Monday ev
ening at 8:00 o’clock. .
All members and those who de
sire to become members are urg
ed to attend.
Honor These Ashe Men By Contributing To The Red Cross War Fund
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Sgt. Joseph D. Houck, son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Houck,
of West Jefferson, has been in
service for three years and is
now stationed somewhere in
the Philippine Islands, accord
ing to recent letters from him.
Russians Smash 44 Miles
Through German Lines
Toward Danzig
The American infantry and
armor smashing across the flat
lands of Western Germany yester
day in advances of ten miles or
more, plunging all the way to the
Erst river and within miles
of Cologne in a great drive that
threatened the whole industrial
Ruhr.
German prisoners were scoop
ed up by the hundreds and town
after town fell to the waves of
troops racing forward by truck
and afoot
The spearhead of Gen. Eisen
hower’s mighty four-army offen
sive was the U. S. ninth army,
which by-passed the steel center
of Muenchen-Gladbach on the
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Hart Sponsors
Good Roads Bill
Measure Intrduced By Davie’s
Representative Would Im
prove Country Roads
Representative M. Donnelly
Hart was in the office on Monday
and pointed out that the bill in
troduced by Alexander, of Davie
county, and sponsored by him
self, Eggers and others, for the
spending of funds to improve
country roads, had received fav
orable consideration and" was to
be included in the highway ap
propriations, he believed.
Following is the bill, as intro
duced:
A bill to be entitled an act to
appropriate seven and one-half
million dollars annually for the
construction and improvement of
county highways, and to require
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B. D. Dougherty
Gets Decoration
With The Fifth Army, Italy—
Private Bernard Dougherty, of
Clifton, has been cited by the
351st “Spearhead” Infantry Regi
ment of the 88th “Blue Devil” Di
vision and awarded the Combat
Infantryman Badge for actual
participation in combat against
the enemy with the Fifth Army
in Italy.
Standards for the badge are
high. The decoration is awarded
to the infantry soldier who has
proved his fighting ability in
combat.
The handsome badge consists
of a silver rifle set against a back
ground of infantry blue, enclosed
in a silver wreath.
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Cpl. Franklin S. Shoemake,
son of Mrs. Elizabeth Church, ]
has notified his mother of his <
safe arrival somewhere in the «
Pacific. He entered service
in May, 1942. He says he likes :
the army fine. L
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry Launches N. C. Pulpwood Campaign
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Inaugurating an emergency pulpwood production campaign in North Carolina, Governor
R. Gregg Cherry urged farmers and pulpwood workers to cut pulpwood for war. With him
are Curtis M. Hutchins, right, chief of the WPB Pulpwood Production Branch, and John W.
Goodman, assistant director of the N. C. Extension Service, who acted as chairman of the
recent meeting of U. S., state and industry representatives in Raleigh. North Carolina’s goal
is 450,000 cords by June 30.
Red Cross Given
High Praise By
Porter Family
Members Os Ashe Family
Cite Service Rendered By
Red Cross
The views of, men in service
toward the Red Cross should be
an incentive to to give
to the War Fund Drive, now on.
Sgt. Garland Porter, son of D.
F. Porter and the late Mrs. Por
ter, of Grassy Creek, wrote the
following recently from Ger
many:
“For the information of many
of your readers, a few of whom
have written and questioned me
on this subject—l wish to say that
the American Red Cross is a wor
thy organization. One which
does wonderful things for the
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Barker And Ham
Hurt In Fracas
Lee Barker, of Silas Creek, was
painfully injured when cut in
several places about the body fol
lowing altercation at the Park
way case here, Saturday. Accord
ing to reports, 28 stitches were
necessary to close his wounds.
Wade Ham, who was apparently
struck on the head with a bottle,
was also injured, Chief Deputy
Graybeal reported.
No action had been taken in
the matter yesterday, because of
uncertainty of the blame.
Joe Hardin has been placed in
jail for assault on Luther Phipps
on Saturday, following a prelim
inary hearing.
y.
Cpl. Paul S. Brooks, who
has been in service since De
cember, 1944, and overseas
since January 10, 1945, is sta
tioned somewhere in France.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. Brooks, of Lansing.
Seven Ashe County Men Are
Reported Casualties Os War;
1 Dead, 1 Missing, 5 Wounded
Suspect Some
Foul Play Near
Parkway Drive
“Jumping Off Place” Is Scene
Os Investigation By State
And County Officers
A large number of Ashe coun
ty people, along with equally as
many from Wilkes, have visited
the “Jumping Off Place” this
week over rumors about evidence
of a murder there. The theory
as to whether or not there has
been a murder committed is still
a question.
That is the question Sheriff C.
G. Poindexter of Wilkes county,
Highway Patrolman C. H. Clark.
Guy Scott, of the S. B. 1., and
Ashe county’s chief deputy,
Carl B. Graybeal, have been
trying to answer during the
past few days after the discovery
of two bloody pillowcases, a
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State Tax Man
Is Coming Soon
It ~7a s announced that a repre
sentative of the N. C. Department
of Revenue would be at the post
office in West Jefferson on March
8, and at the courthouse in Jeffer
son on March 9, to assist in filing
income tax returns.
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Pvt. Barstow Gentry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Will Gentry, of
Toliver, has written recently
of visiting Rome, Italy. He
has been overseas for two
years and participated in the
invasion of Africa and Italy.
Pfc. Lida A. Brown Killed In
Action In France; Wesley
Goodman ‘Missing 4 '
During the ifaitTeW
en Ashe county men have been
reported casualties of war. The
list includes one death, one mis
sing in action and five injured.
Pfc. Lida A. Brown, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Estle Brown, of Crump
ler, was killed in action in France
on Ja../.ary 21, according to a
message just received by his par
ents. He had been in service for
thirteen months and overseas
seven months. Survivors include
his parents, three sisters and four
brothers, two of whom are in
service.
Pfc. Wesley W. Goodman has
been missing in action somewhere
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OPA Raises Some
Ration Points
Washington—The OPA ordered
a boost in the ration point values
on lard, shortening, salad and
cooking oils and margarine, effec
tive at 12:01 a. m., Sunday.
The margarine value goes to
five red points a pound from
three, the ration cost of the other
products will be four red points a
pound instead of two.
Butter, not affected, remains at
24 points a pound.
The increases result from a
tight supply situation, OPA said.
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Pvt. Warren G. Goodman
has notified his wife, the for
mer Miss Eva Goodman, of
West Jefferson, of his safe ar
rival somewhere in Belgium.
He writes that he is getting
along fine with his work.
OVER THE TOP
rußy FOR VICTORY
A with
UWTED STATES WM
BONDS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED THURSDAY
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School Leaders
Named To Assist
Chmn. Shoemaker
Quota Os $6,700.00 To Be Di
videtf Between 10 School
Districts Os County
■—
Sharpe S. Shoemaker, chair
man of the Red Cross War Fund
Drive, announced yesterday that
everything Was in readiness for
the official opening of the drive
on Friday morning.
“Initial gifts are already com
ing in and with the fine co-opera
tion of the. school principals, I do
not believe we will have much
trouble in raising our quota of
$6,700.00,” he said.
Late yesterday, over $600.00
was reported. Initial contribu
tors of $5.00 or more will be pub
lished next week.
At a meeting with the school
principals last Friday, Chairman
Shoemaker explained the drive
and assigned the various districts ’
their quotas.
The quotas are as follows: West
Jefferson, $3,000.00; Lansing,
$500.00; Helton, $200.00; Virginia-
Carolina, $300; Healing Springs,
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Need Women To
Help Wounded
WAC Solicitors Will Be At
West Jefferson Post Office,
Tuesday, March 6
‘
It was announced this week,
representatives of the U. S. Army
Recruiting Station, for this dis
trict would be at the West Jeffer
-SRP potfUtffice next Tuesday from
at pra until 2:00 p. m., to in
terest young women in joining
the WAC. - ' *
A platoon is to be made up from
this district on March 15 and all
who enlist for this will be able to
train together, it was explained.
| Sgt. G. B. Faulder and Cpl. E.
J. Brown will be here on the en
listment program and will be
happy to talk to all those interest
ed in this branch of service.
Because of the increase of the
wounded, more and more mem
bers of the WAC are needed for
hospital duty and it is for this that
new recruits are sought. “This
is a real opportunity to serve your
country,” one recruiter said yes
terday. „
Stolen Cars Are
Found In County
Chief Deputy Carl B. Graybeal
reported that a car stolen in
Wilkes county was found here
last Friday, Officers from
Wilkes, who came for it, reported
local youths were arrested, there,
in connection with the theft and
that the car was returned to the
owner. The youths abandoned
the car here when they were un
lable to secure gasolihe for it.
Robert Blevins, who is employ
;ed at Chilhowie, had his car sto
i len frcm the home of his parents
in the Crumpler section over the
week end while visiting here. It
was recovered near Trout, where
the driver had damaged the car
when it hit a tree. Officers are
looking for the parties involved.
No arrests have been made.
MOTORISTS SHOULD
APPLY IN ADVANCE
It was pointed out this week
by members of the rationing
board that application for
renewal of gasoline rationing
books for non-highway use
as well as both passenger cars
and trucks should be made a
week in advance in order to
facilitate handling.
The public is reminded again
that the passenger tire division
of the board meets each
Thursday evening and the
truck division each Tuesday.
It was again explained that
applications can only be passed
upon by the board at meetings
and should not be carried to
individuals. Members of the
OPA office explained that in
case of an emergency, that
board members would be con
tacted by them.