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VOLUME 15, NO. 18
Germans In Italy Surrender To Allies
Make Plans For
Scout Camporee
Opening On Sat.
Will Be Held On Negro Moun
tain This Week End If
Weather Permits
James Story, chairman of the
camping and activities committee
of the Ashe district of the Old
Hickory Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, announced
yesterday that everything was in
readiness for the annual camporee
of the Boy Scouts of Ashe, who
will be joined by those of Watau
ga on Negro Mountain this week
end, provided the snow and ice,
now on the mountain, disappear.
“It is indeed unfortunate that
the weather is so cold at this
time. However, it is quite possible
that by Saturday, the weather
might change. I have had no of
ficial word as to a postponement
of the event. However, if the
snow and ice remain on the
mountain, it is likely that the
Camporee will be postponed,” Mr.
Story stated.
It was explained that should
the weather permit the Camporee
to be held, that signs will be erect
ed to show the Scouts and offi
cials how to reach the camp site.
It is expected that around 100
Scouts will attend this annual
event.
Rotary Observes
Boys’, Girls’ Week
Raymond Francis Spoke To
Club Last Thursday
Night
The Jeffersons Rotary club is,
joining with others throughout
the nation in observing National
Boys’ and Girls’ Week, at this
' time.
This observance was originated
through the Rotary club in New
York City in 1920, and the move
rment has spread in the different
clubs throughout the United
States and Canada, it was explain
ed.
Tonight, the Jeffersons club
will observe it by having a spe
cial program put on by the local
Boy Scouts. This program will
be led by Lawrence Tyson.
Raymond Francis, principal of
Nathan’s Creek High School, gave
an interesting talk before the club
last Thursday night, when he
expressed his ideas about what
will aid in helping to form a
world peace. He said that rais
ing the standards of living, edu
cation and social life, throughout
the nation would greatly help to
bring about a lasting peace.
Mr. Francis was introduced by
J. Lester Segraves.
Given
In Spelling Bee
Around 75 students took part in
the annual county-wide spelling
bee held in the courthouse last
Wednesday evening under the
sponsorship of the American Le
gion.
The finalist in the elementary
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Dec. Weather
Is Felt In May
December and May really
got together on the weather
here early yesterday morning.
The temperature was typical
of that of mid-winter yesterday
morning when snow started
early and fell intermittently
throughout the day. This was
mixed with sleet and rain.
Due to the extreme dampness
most of the snow, which fell in
the Jeffersons, melted im
mediately. However, in some
sections of the county includ
ing Todd and Whitetop from
one to three inches was re
ported.
, Many oldtimers said they
Icould remember snow in May,
but to many others it was a
lew experience. The tempera-
I ire hovered just above freez
ing most of the day.
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WlaO Bost
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST. JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1945 $2.50 a Year Out of County
Hitler Is Reported
Dead: Germany Near
End: Berlin Is Taken
KILLED IN ACTION
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Pvt. Lawrence P. Burkett,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Burkett, of Jefferson, and hus
band of the former Miss Dora
Marsh, was killed in action on
December 11, 1944-, according
to a message from the War De
partment. He was previously
reported missing. Pvt. Bur
kett entered service in April,
1944, and had been overseas
since last September.
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Voting Powers
Os Nations Are
Still Unsettled
Conference Off To Good* Start;
Smaller Nations Given
Assignments
The United Nations conference
this week put Belgium, South Af
rica, Norway and Venezuela in
charge of four major commissions
which will draft its charter for a
world organization.
Without a change or a hitch, it
approved assignments to the com
missions and to a dozen commit
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Play At Healing
Springs Friday
A three-act play, “A Little
Clodhopper,” will be given in the
Healing Springs auditorium Fri
day night, May 4. The cast is
composed of members from the
various high school classes. The
play will begin at 8:30. There
will be a small admission charge
for the benefit of the school. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
Honor These And All Other Ashe County Men In Service By Buying Bonds
R. D. Houck, Jr., F-2C, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Houck,
entered service /last July and
is now on a destroyer, some
where in the Pacific. His
wife, the former Miss Dorothy
Wayman, and children, live
with her parents.
Allies Will Demand The Body
Os Hitler Be Produced As
Proof Os Death
The Hamberg Nazi radio said
Tuesday night that Adolf Hitler
died in Berlin and had been suc
ceeded by Admiral Karl Doenitz,
his personal choice to command
the German nation.
The official Moscow radio called
the German broadcast “a new
fascist trick,” by which “the Ger
man Fascists evidently hope to
prepare for Hitler the possibility
of disappearing from the scene
and going to an underground po
sition.”
At the British foreign office,
however, the report of Hitler’s
death—but not necessarily of the
place or manner—was accepted
as true.
Doenitz broadcast a proclama
tion and an order of the day
pledging continuance of the war
and demanding the same loyalty
as previously sworn to Hitler.
Following close on the an
nouncement of Hitler’s death
came the fall of Berlin, the capi
tol, to the Russian forces, yester
day after 12 days of history’s
bloodiest street fighting. Seven
ty thousand German troops were
captured in the final clean-up
Braunau, quaint little Austrian
town where Adolf Hitler was born
56 years ago, was captured Tues
day night by U. S. third army
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W. B. Scarborough
Buried On Friday
Transou Man Died In Ashe
Hospital At The Age Os
Eighty
Funeral service was held on
Friday for William B. Scarbor
ough, 80, of Transou, who died at
the Ashe County Memorial Hos
pital on Thursday, April 26. The
service was held at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Earl Ray, with
the Rev. Worth Sweet, pastor of
the Nathan’s Creek Methodist
Church, in charge. Burial follow
ed at the Beaver Creek cemetery.
Mr. Scarborough, who had been
in ill health for some time, was
well known throughout this sec
tion, having taught in the county
schools for several years. He was
a native of this county, the son
of Harris Scarborough and Mrs.
Caroline Mcßae Scarborough. >
He is survived by his wife and
the following children: Mrs. Earl
Ray, West Jefferson; William
Scarborough, North Wilkesboro;
Mrs. M. F. Wirty, Hydes, Md.;
and Mrs. W. M. Fisher, Chicago,
111.
Pvt. Thomas G. Holman,
who entered service last No
vember, is now stationed at
Fort Benning, Ga., where he
is training for a paratrooper.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. S. Holman, of Todd, and is
getting along fine.
37 Ashe County
Men Left On Sat.
For Fort Bragg
Many Younger Men Included
In Group Inducted Into
Armed Forces
A group of 37 Ashe county men,
many of them in the younger
group of draftees, left last Satur
day for induction into the army
at Fort Bragg, having previously
passed pre-induction examina
tions.
Those leaving included the
following:
Ivan T. Cockerham, Walter B.
Cole, Elmer L. Gilley, Jesse L.
Beng, Burl Grover Waddell, Wil
liam C. Pugh John T. McMillan,
Jones Wilson McNeill, Andrew J.
Pugh, Vance Roten, Robert W.
Goss, Avery Ralph Eldreth, Wil
liam Earl Roten.
Albert Severt, Lonnie Howard
Blevins William T. Bumgarner,
Joe Hampton Cox, Millard Wayne
Roten, Clifford Medley, Johnnie
F. Roten, Bruce Clayton Bare,
Jones B. Hamby, Ford Lee Davis,
William T. Osborne, Fred S. El
dreth, Charles Lee Wagg.
Joe E. Coldiron. Carl V. Dish
man, Emmett J. Stansberry, Dale |
Junior Poe, Thomas T. Phillips,
Otto R. Burgess, Carl R. Jack- i
son, Robert Crusoe Greer, Clar
ence B. Wilcox, Warren G. Davis,
Fred Newland Mash.
Cancer Control
Drive Arousing
Much Interest
Schools Cooperating In Work;
Motion Picture Is Shown
On Monday
Miss Ruth Tugman, county
chairman of the Cancer Control
Drive, said yesterday that the
drive was meeting with unusually
good success both in the fund
raising as well as from an educa
tional point of view.
While all returns are not in as
yet, Miss Tugman said she felt
sure the county would far sur
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Many Bonds Are
! Sold. By Schools
The special advance 7th War
Loan Drive held by the schools
of the county was unusually suc
cessful, incomplete returns indi
cated yesterday.
In addition to West Jefferson,
which was over the quota last
week, both Jefferson and Virgin
ia-Carolina also surpassed their
quotas. It was pointed out that
others probably had also made
their quotas. Complete returns
will be published next week,
along with the prize winners, L.
B. Tyson, chairman, said. All
schools that have not turned in
reports are urged to do so at once.
Pfc. Wiley V. Ham, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ham, of i
Ball, has been in service for :
twenty-five months and is now |
somewhere in Germany with i
General Patton’s Third Army, i
He writes that ’he likes his ;
work but misses home. ]
Twenty Thousand New Prisoners
Some of the 20,000 German prisoners, taken during the
recent advance, are seen sitting on the grounds of a former
Nazi military academy somewhere in the 7th army sector.
Sugar Ration Cut 25 Per Cent;
Canning Allotment Also Pared,
Should Write For Applications
Funeral Service
Held Yesterday
For W. R. Jones
Died On Tuesday Morning At
The Age Os 83 After Long
Illness
Funenal service was held Wed
nesday afternoon for William
Reid Jones, prominent local citi
zen, at the West Jefferson Meth
odist church, following his death
on Tuesday morning. The Rev.
John S. Jordan, pastor of the
church, was in charge of the
service and burial followed in
the town cemetery.
Mr. Jones who was 83 years old
at the time of his death, had been
inactive for a number of years
because of declining health and
he and his wife had made their
home here with Dr. and Mrs.
Edgar Jones.
He was a native of Alleghany
county and for many years taught
in the schools of Ashe and Alle
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Ashe Men Are
Reported Hurt
Pvt. Loyd W. Grubb, son of Mr.
J. R. Grubb, of Todd, was slight
ly wounded in action in Italy on
April 1, according to a message
received by his wife from the war
deaprtment recently.
Pvt. Ralph G. Duvall, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Duvall, of Wil
low Street Pa., was wounded in
action in Italy on April 21, accord
ing to information received by
his wife, the former Miss Faye
Owen, of Crumpler.
Pfc. James H. Allen, who
entered service in December,
1942, has been overseas for the
past nine months and is now
with the Third Army in Ger
many. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Allen, of Hem
lock.
Persons Should Write To Lo
cal Board For Applications
For Canning Sugar
Officials of the local rationing
board received notification from
Washington this week of a 25 per .
cent cut in sugar rationing as an
nounced by the office of War In
formation, which declared the
United States sugar reserves to be
at “rock bottom”.
The new sugar stamp, number
36, good for five pounds and valid
today, must last fh
stead of three, OWI announced ill
behalf of OP A and the Wai 1 Food
Administration.
Home canning allotments also
were slashed. Only 70 per cent
as much sugar will be available
for rationing as in 1944, and the
maximum 1945 canning allotment
will drop to 15 pounds, compared
with 20 pounds last year. No
family however large, may re
ceive more than 120 pounds of
canning sugar, as against the 1944
limit of 160 pounds.
Restaurants, hotels, schodl and
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Thomas N. Wyatt
Gets Purple Heart
The Purple Heart Decoration
has been awarded posthumously
to Private Thomas N. Wyatt, who
was killed in action in Germany
on December 13.
The award was made to Pvt.
Wyatt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Huston Wyatt, of West Jefferson.
Pvt. Wyatt was in service for
eight months and had spent tw®
months in action before being
killed. He is survived by his
parents two sisters and six broth
ers.
Dayton Miller, Seaman 2-C,
who is now somewhere in the
South Pacific, on a destroyer,
entered service in January,
1944. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. D. Miller, of Glendale
Springs. He says to tell his
friends “hello.”
OVER THE TOP
FOR VICTORY
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UNITED STATES WAI
BONDS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Announcement Os
Further Downfall
May Gome Soon
Resistance In Italy Had Prac
tically Ceased Before An
nouncement
According to official announce
ment yesterday afternoon, from
Washington, the German army in
Italy and Austria surrendered to
the Allies.
The announcement coming on
the heels of that Os the death of
Adolf Hitler..and the ousting of
Ribbentrop .came as one of the
many pertaining to the general
collapse of the German power ex
pected within the next few days.
The Grmans had shown little
resistance in Italy during the past
few days.
Fascist Commander Marshal
Rodolfo Graziani announced the
unconditional surrender of his
Ligurian army as New Zealand
units linked up with Yugoslav
forces near Trieste at the head of
the Adriatic sea and American
units raced for southern end
of the Brcnrter Pass into Austria.
Graziani told his troops in a
broadcast that “the time has ar
rived when further resistance
would be useless and inhuman,
and as far as I am concerned,
criminal.”
Jefferson Man
i Hits Po Valley
Is A
Field Artillery Batallion
In Italy
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With The Uifth
Pfc. S. Blackburn of
* Jefferson, is a member of the
339th Field Artillery Battalion,
which has been pouring steel into
German targets in Italy’s Po Val
ley since last October 31 when it
fired a dozen 155-milimeter how
itzer shells across the highway
connecting Rimini and Bologna.
I In combat 328 of its first 365
'days in Italy, the battalion fired
85,000 rounds weighing more than
4000 tons at the enemy.
The 339th fights on the Fifth
Army front as a part of the 88th
“Blue Devil” Division.
So close was the battalion to
doughboys in the offensive on
Rome, Battery B was subjected
to German machinegun fire near
Ciampino Airport, just below the
capital. The battalion fired across
the Tiber River on fleeing enemy
troops only 1000 yards away. Bat
tery A recently captured three
Germans who were on patrol. In
the Mt. Grande region, the 339th
was the target of enemy mortar
fire.
The 339th landed in North Af
rica in December, 1943, and enter
ed combat by shooting across th*
Garigliano River in Italy, March
7, 1944. Displacing 16 times, the
battalion reached Rome, where
its guns were put into operation
along the Via Flaminia.
Rationing Guide
MEATS, FATS, ETC.
Book Four red stamps T 5
through X 5 good through April
28. Stamps ¥5. Z 5 and A2
through D 2 good through June
2, E2 through J 2 good through
June 30. K 2 through P 2 good
through July 31. »
PROCESSED FOODS
Book Four blue stamps C 2
through G 2 good through
April 28. Stamps H 2 through
M 2 good through June 2. N 2
through S 2, good through June
30. T 2 through X 2 good
through July 31.
SUGAR
Book four stamp 35 valid for
five pounds through June 2.
Another stamp scheduled to be
validated May 1.
SHOES
Airplane stamps 1 and 2 and
3 in Book Three valid indefin
itely. Good for one pair each.
OPA says no plan to cancel any.
FUELOIL
Last year’s period 4 and 5
coupons and this year’s period
1 through 5 coupons good ev
erywhere throughout heatinc
season.