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f-- t .... -ry pr. -ty V H I? W (P5 r HMSTMA ALL Give the gift that ligai it siirnj- , fies America is not to bt Caught napping. DEFENSE BONDS h iflWati Baconian STAMPS LIBERAL INDEPENDEN T A FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, DEC. 25, 1941 $1.50 PER YEAR TO Mtfc . l ,i ' , , , PROGRESSIVE . VOL. LV1. NO. 52 . ,; v ; ." . . ' . . ' ' ''''- '' ' 1 7 V MACON'S W AR FUND LAUNCHED Red Cross Appeal Gets Quick Response To Campaign The response to the call for $1, fcOO for the Red Cross War Fund ; ror, the Macon County Chapter is going forward with determination to meet our quota promptly ac cording to Harley Cabe,. chairman. Booths in the post office, bank and Macon theatre Saturday were in charge of a committee headed by Mrs. C N. Dowdle with Mrs. Dick Jones, Mrs. James Perry, Miss Bettie Rogers, Mrs. Rosalie Watkins and Mrs. Bill Horsley as assistants.. A dime board, in the form of a Red Cross is being built by Harry Wilhide and will be plac ed in the post office, of . which the members of this committee will have charge during the coming week. .'.-.. The Red Cross among its many j duties as "the volunteer arm'' of I the Army and Navy supplies nine- tenths of the surgical dressings S needed in war time. This as only one branch, a vital and immediate need--of the many calls upon the American Red Cross, at this time. Our men are stationed all over the world, and already shedding their blood in their country s de fense. All that we can give can not be too much to ask for them, says Chairman Cabe. Many Need Now This Sum of $50,000,000 which President Roosevelt has asked of the people of the United ' States must meet the demand of - total war that now faces the country, It will meet the countless needs andalls that come daily to keep rhimoraTe of Our men high, as - -well as to care for their physical and emergency needs. It will help the families of men in the armed forces during times of trouble. Thousands of nurses and tech nicians must be enrolled immedi ately for service in military hos pitals and for special duty to civilian. Many millions of volun teers must be trained in first aid, nursing, and civilian defense- in case of sabotage or bombings, and all kinds of disaster and relief work..' . - The Red Cross; must ' stand back of the! soldiers and sailors and the mwieii for this service is needed :onee. ' Thej employees of City Garage have set the pace for other firms and places of business in this cam paign by i each ne donating one day's salary to the Red Cross War Fund, the day . being Christmas eve, December 24. Roy Mashburn and Earl English, proprietors , add ed to the firms donation $10 each. Results of the campaign to date will, be announced in the New Year'4 edition ' of The ' Franklin Press; and Highlands Maconian. ' Buy Detente Bond 'SGT." YORK' COM HERE ) Year 'Greatest Picture To Be Shown Dec 29 At Macon Theatre "Sergeant York", Warner Broth ers' mighty picture starring Gary Cooper, will appear at the Macon. Theatre on Monday, December 29. ? It is proclaimed "the year's great- est picture", and unique in that it v dramatizes the true story of one . of America's greatest and most ' picturesque heroes who personally : passed on the authenticity bi the . facts. The World. War I hero re ceived all over again the ovation of thousands in . the, large cities -hen- ke arpewedat, the first showing of thr, movie. '. The ac'ivm is pictured wlier York performed his amazing feat tT 'TTrc'e-hsndedly killing 25 Get i i iia machine e-rs, and 'wiih -the aid .of handfull of comrades, '"turing 132 prisoners. For this ' was decorated with the LMedal of Honor, the Cross, and '.1 . Marshall ti the Croix & Clmrcliill Comf I-Z4 , Jfk&Jt tr.?P Drinking s Moonshine Liquor is Unpatriotic;- CheatsU." S. A. It's unpatriotic to drink moon shine - liquor. , ,y ' " A person who "consumes a i gal lon p( non-tax paid moonshine cheats the United States govern ment out of $4 in taxes "needed to support . the national defense program , according to tne u chol Tax unit office here. The Washington office of the ATU has had thousands of circul ars printed and distributed t over the Usited States showing ' how the con sumo t ion of corn liquor re tards the government in ; collecting taxes for' the defense program.- The. ATU had figured) out that for every 100-pound sack'bf sugar that is used in the manufacture of corn liquor, 10 gallons of liquor are produced. Since the federal tax on a gallon of whiskey is H 6300 Uag of sugar , used for the ( making of corn liquor - canses .the govern ment to lose $40) in taxes. bugar is the Lweoiooa oxtaincii DistillinK," is the title of the cir cular issued by (the ATU. "Since all moonshine whiskey is produced through) the process of fermentation and distillation from sugar, sugar is the one absolute essential upon .which an illicit dis tiller is dependant for the ex istence, the circular says. The circular urges citizens to "keep . sugary out of , bootleggers' hands and, "cooperate by refusing to sell sugar in quantity to aus picious persons or known violat ors,' v de Guerre with palm, telling York that what he . had done was uic greatest single achievement of the war. For over twenty years York re fused .' all offers to commercialize or dramatize has service to his country, . He returned to his Ten nessee farm and has led the simple life of a' mountain farmer. World War lb in responsible for Jhe story coming at this , time Alvin C York was persuaded by Jesse Lisky of' Warner Bros., that ht could in this way help his country again! in its struggle to preserve democracy. ; The-film Vwas proclaimed - the Movie of the? Month'' by the Par- en' Mapazioe. . . ' Bay efeme Stamp ' Dr. Gradv Williims .who - has! been quite iilat tv. home is re ported to be ' improving. Miss Alice Bennett, , teacher in the Camp Branch school, is spend ing the Cbristmas holidays with her parents,' Mr. and Mrs., Robert Ufnnett, ' -r - . Men In The Service Bob Sloan ' enlisted in the Ray Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. svV fl. Bennett, of lotla, is stationed on the U. S. S. Dixie rat Pearl Harbor. He has completed his metalsmith course in the U. S. Navy. Blaine Moffitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Moffitt, of the 28th Field Artillery, Fort Jackson, is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents. He has been in service 18 months. Ray Moffitt, brother of Blaine, is now in the Marines stationed at Pearl Har bor. His parents have recently re ceived a letter from him dated December 1, . Gurnell Lee Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Woods, Franklin, Route 2, is a member of the 79th Field Artillery at Fort Bragg. He has been in service nine " months and is now' spending the Christmas holidays at home. , The Christmas leave of Pvt. Hugh A. JoHnstoih was ; recalled after war was declared. He is the son of Mrs. T. J.. Johnston and is now stationed at Gunter Field, Montgomery, Ala., in the 379th School Squadron. Herschel Henson of the Marines, son of Mr. and Mrs, Eli Henson, is home on ten days leave. Bob Johnson, .son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson, of East Franklin who has been in Iceland has returned to his post after a brief visit home. Sgt. George H. Houston and Sgt. Gaud Zachary of Highlands, sta tioned at Fort Jackson, are spend ing Christmas; with their families. Pvt Grayson Higdon of Culla- saea. 'stationed at Fort Bragg is , , ,, . . nomc on icavc lur inisnuas. More Roll Call Memberships .. The acknowledgment of the fol lowing additional Red Cross mem berships are made : : " Holly Springs Mrs. J. R. Frank lin and Mrs. R. E. Pattillo. Franklin-Afrs. W. A. Sellers, Gebrge McGee, Mrs. Gladys Guy, J, R. Bradley, Ban Harrison, Dr. J. L. Stokes, Charlie T. Blaine, Mrs. J. B. Matlock. Mrs. L P. Compton, A. G.' Cagie. Bvsx, Pcfenie SUmpt FONT AN.' FUNDS APPROPRIATED President Roosevelt has signed the appropriation bill providing funds for the construction of For tana dam, it was reported last week, . , I er Red Cross Garments Should Be Sent In By January .1 Mrs.' James E. Perry, produc tion chairman of the Red. Cross has made an urgent appeal to all those who are making garments or knitting to finish the work and turn it in to. her committee for shipment before the end of the year. A new program of produc tion is expected at an early date, so that it is important that work on hand be 'completed and ship ped, said Mrs. Perry. , The following list gives the lo cations of some of Macon coun ty's men in the sevfce. The Press will be glad to receive other names to publish each week for the benefit of their friends: Cadet Van B. Carter, U. S. Nav al Iir Stations Pensacola, Fla.; Jack Ralph Mason, U. S. S. "Wasp"; Pvt. Robert L. McGaha, Btry. A, 82nd C. A. "AA." Fort Sherman, Canal Zone ; Cecil Al len, Fort Sherman, Canal Zone; Corporal Dofsey Matlock, Fort Lee, Va. ; Sgt. W. J. Morrison, Schoefield, Hawaii; Wayne Carl Jones, Fort Kamehameha, Honolu- la, Hawaii; J. G. Allen, Ft. Bragg; Quentin Hall, Harry Bryson, Weav er Hollbrook, and R. L. Jacobs in the mid-west camps. Buy Defense Stunpi Truck and Bus Inventory Calls Owners To Return Questionnaire The Highway Traffic Advisory Committee to the War Department is appealing to the Department of Motor Vehicles of North Carolina to urge all truck and bus owners in Macon county to immediately fill out and mail-in the question naire cards sent to them for the National Defense truck and bus inventory. This inventory is being ... t .miuc igr mc war Dcyaroncni uy pw- D. j ij:.:,.p: and the Works Project Adminis tration to be used in planning Na tional Defense emergency trans portation. A report . made . Friday by Mr. L. G. Watters of the Public Roads Administration, . who is Technical Advisor for this work in North Carolina, . revealed that only- thirty-one percent of the ve hicle" owners in - North -Carolina had sent in their reports. This shows North Carolina to be lag ging far behind most of the states in the Union in the compilation of this essential Nationaf ucfefWt data for the War Department Bay rvtense Stamp- r ' Macoif' Baptist Sunday School Convention meets x' December 28, 1941 at 2 o'clock with Oak Grove church, . ' In Washisiigtoini r Fffnrfc Tn To ' D e f Before January First Buy 1942 Auto Tags No extension of time has beer given this year for pur chase of 1942 tags. All owners of cars are urged to secure their licenses, as cars with 1941 tags will not be allowed on the highways after January 1. Defense Council Publicity Chairman Jones Tells Of Co. Program At the meeting of the Defense Council which was held some few days ago, I was designated as the person who would give publicity to the, work that the Defense Council was doing and proposed to do in the future. This council consists of a chair man for this county, .selected by the Governor, which chairman in turn appoints those in charge of the various civic and governmental organizations of the county as members. Among those appointed for this county were J. O. Harri son, Mayor of Franklin, Wilton H. Cobb, Mayor of Highlands, A. B. Slagle, S. W. Mendenhall, County Farm Agent, with his assistants, the County Health Nurse, the Home Demonstration Agent, the Presidents of the Lions Club and Rotary Club, the pastors in charge of various churches, and others. I take it that it is generally under stood that this is a national organ ization headed by Mayor La Guardia of New York, who has asked each governor, to organize his own state. The Governor of North Carolina has appointed Mr. G. L. Houk as defense chairman for this county. It is the duty of this defense council organize the. county in such a way, first, as to best protect itself, and sec ond, so as to best promote the National Defense Program. A de tailed program has been set up by the National Organization, and this program points out the kind of work that each particular type of community can best do. Food And Health It seems to be the opinion of the National Organization, and it is' certainly the opinion of the local organization, that the prin cipal job of inland farming com munities like our own county is, first, to do everything possible to keep the citizenship of the county in as good health as possible (and of course this work always begins at home), and second, for its citi zenship to conserve all possible food supplies that could be used by the Army, the Navy and the enormous civilian personnel that has been set. up to keep our armed forces supplied with war material. It is assumed, of course, that all local merchants will cooperate in this enterprise. The civilian popu lation of Macon county is urged, therefore, to produce, as far as is possible, not only a sufficient amount of food and feed for home consumption, but a surplus as well. It was pointed out that it would be a surprise to many to know just what amount of foodstuff can be raised on a plot of ground, say 100 feet square, or a little less than one-fourth of an acre. Supply Lin , The National Organization urges that each farm and factory through out the country do nothing that will in any way disrupt its pro ducting power; but on the con trary, to bend every effort to pro duce and conserve. Macon county can best do its bit by allowing the food, feed and clothing supplies that we ordinarily buy to be utilizV ed by the Army, the Navy and th: personnel of munition and an factories.: anfl in addicira to. -. . ' . ... . y , ' viae not oniy enough needs, but a surpl is more , likely of sroducts !Kionie -than shortage '" work is I In Jfiorl .'i'U e a t Hitlerism Fighting More Intense Battle Fronts Of The World Prime Minister Winston" ill has made a secret and trip to Washington, arriving"---N day morning for a momentous ;t ference with President RooseviW It is announced that their secret, conferences are for the purpose ol . unified war plans .to "defeat Hit- : j lerism throughout the entire world.' While this history-making parley--! between the chief leaders agavrist Hitlerism proceeds, history is be ing made, fast and furiously, all over the planet as Christmas Comes to the world this Year of Our Lord, 1941. Th Wiw Picbtf winsion vnurcniu toia news- men that the German defeat in RiiQ'ftia anA AmArirra'c ntrv into into the war had produced I a turny ing point on the tide '-of wide conflict. IN PACIFIC After 16 days of bloody- and heroic fighting by a little band of Marines, the Japs are reported to have occupied Wake Island.' American and Filipino troops are fighting to stem a massive Japa nese attack by air, land and ' sea at different points on the Philip pine Island. A large force has. landed as a major fight for the islands develops. 1 Manilla has been bombed with many civilian lives lost. ThreeJ anese transport with - thousdui aboard are reported sunk off the invasion coasts. ." , Dutch planes are aiding Americ- e ' an aircraft in the Philippine harbor of Davao, which Tokyo claims hat been occupied by Jap forces. . ' J - . . . ; RUSSIA it The Red forces show gains from, v ? the Baltic Sea to Azov as tfcey announce that the tide of the war " has turned for good. Heavy fight4 ' ? ing continues before Lenigradl xuoscow ana js.annin, as the Wazis a. f fall back with tremendouslfMSLS- .A in lives and material. T AFRICA J British column sfiow block Ai i line of retreat-'south of Bengasi' , in North Africa. Many German and Italian prisoners have been captured with war supplies. The . RAF reports three planes lost to 1 ot the enemy. ASIA ihe tSntisn-Niair jtill flie r Hong Kong, in spite of the hope less oaas me British are reported to be facing. Tl Chinese are aid ing the British. The biggest bativ 0f Malava is seen imminent 300 Vies from the British stronghold ok Sineanore. LONDON V London reports thaf a German push into Africa through France and Spain is imminent, as Petain resigns in angry protest and axis friend Daxlan succeeds him. SAN FRANCISCO " On our Pacific coasts Tinn,crf' has sunk the Uner Mahelh and macmne-gunned the life4iaH and shot at others who managed iu mane port. Student Nieht" At Baptist Church Student NiEht at Chrfstmas" will be conducted at the Franklin Baptist church Siuidav venine at :JU o clock.. The program will consist of brief mesyur es by stu dents at home fro "for the knliitsv an1 J f local senior das will also No $S - I wa e i (t