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VOL. LVII, NO. 8
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, FEB. 19, 1942
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WAR PICTURE
ON ALL FRONTS
Fall Of Singapore And
More Disaster Impend
ing In Pacific War
This has been a black week for
the United Nations. Except for the
Russian front, there have been only
disaster, defeat and loss to record.
Following the burning in a New
Jersey harbor of the French liner
Normandie, ready to transiport
troops for the United States, under
suspicious probability of sabotage,
came the stunning news of the
escape in the fog through the Eng
lish channel of the German fleet
from Brest to the comparative
safety of a home port.
Britain's Plight
Prime Minister Churchill is fac
ing a rising tide of opposition and
resentment, as he twice has ad
dressed a restive parliament dur
ir. the past week, saying that
only hope lay in help from U. S. A
On Tuesday he challenged them
to throw him out if they could find
a better man, as he warned com
mons of the terrible gravity of
the situation in the Far East.
He told them that serious dam
age wag inflicted on Germany's
warships in their dash for freedom
Forty AEF planes were lost in the
fight.
Fall Of Singapore
The fall of Singapore with the
capture of 60,000 Allied troops is
a staggering blow to the white
man's supremacy in the Far East
The results cannot be minimized.
The burning by the Dutch of the
vast oil iwells of Sumatra which
supplied more than half of the oil
for the Far East the largest fire
known to history before that rich
island could fall into the certain
hands of the Japanese, means that
the United Nations are deprived
of their chief sources of oil and
must now operate under vastly
greater odds.
With 'the symbol of British Em
pire in the Far East fallen, there
can only be prolonging, perhaps
for years, the war in the Pacific
with added staggering losses
men and ships.
Frantic efforts are being made
by the Dutch and their Allies to
make a last stand on the Island
of Java, with Sumatra already in
enemy.'s hands.
MacArth'ur Facing Knockout Blow
Washington reports that word
comes from General MacArthur
reports that "the heat is on", as
Japan masses more and more rein
forcements and big guns for a
knockout blow on the pitifully out
numbered American-Filipino de
fenders. Burma Front
British forces are burrowing in
to new positions under threaten
ing Jap pressure, hoping for re
leased troops from Singapore to
bolster their defense.
Attack on Atluba
The first attack on American
shores came when an Axis sub
shelled the U. S. garrisoned Dutch
island of Aruba of the coast of
Venezuela where is located the
largest oil refinery in the world,
ft is reported that slight damage
was done and that the sub was
sunk.
Ship Sinkings
Brazilian vessel off the coast of
Virginia is the latest victim of an
enemy sub in Atlantic waters. On
Sunday 83 survivors were brought
ashore at Norfolk.
Russians report 65 Nazi vessels
sunk in the Baltic, transports laden
with troops and supplies. Prepa
rations are evident for Hitler's
Spring offensive.
U. S. S. Alabama Launched
Thousands witnessed the launch
ing of the new 35,000 ton battle
ship Alabama at Norfolk on Mon
day, nine months ahead of schedule.
Navy Needs
Construction Workers
The Navy has an urgent need
for skilled American workers for
duty in a newly-organized Con
struction Regiment to be located
on shore duty at bases outside tht
continental limits of the United
States. -
Lt. Comdr. McFarland W. Wood,
officer-in-charge of Navy recruit
ing in North Carolina, reported
that workers being enlisted in
Naval Reserve Class V-6 at rat
ings corresponding with their trade
jobs. Part of the regiment hat al
ready beea filled by restricted en
liscmonts but dozens of naval re
serve ratings are now open at pres
ent for aa unlimited uutubci of
construction workers.
Day Of Prayer
Women of Local Churches
Join In Observance
The World Day of Prayer will
be observed in. Franklin on Friday
afternoon, February 20, with
special service and program at the
Presbyterian church at 4 o'clock.
to which the public is invited.
Each year the women of the
Franklin churches unite with wo
men throughout the world in
special service of prayer, on the
first Friday in Lent. This year the
service form has been arranged
by a group of three women now
living in the United States. The
chairman was a former teacher in
a Christian college in China ; one
member is the wife of a German
pastor, both of whom are in this
country after imprisonment in
Nazi concentration camps (and
whose son is still coinfined in one) ;
the other a French woman Who
has had no word from her family
for over a year.
"Out of this background of faith
in the face of discouragements and
dangers they have prepared the
1942 program," the leaflet an
nounces.
The leader of Friday's program
will be Mrs. Ben McGlamery. Miss
Elizabeth McGuire will have charge
of the music. Others taking in
dividual parts will be Mrs. T. T
Hall, Mrs. Thad Bryson, Mrs.
Brabson Bulgin, Miss Jewel Van-
diver, Mrs. Jack Sanders, Mrs.
Viola Lenoir, Mrs. J. W. C. John
son, Mrs. C. F. Rogers, Mrs. Hu
bert Wardlaw, and Mrs. J. L
Stokes. The four Franklin pastors
will also take part in the service.
Prison Strike Leaders
Sent To Raleigh
An Associated Press dispatch
from Raleigh released in last Sat
urday's papers reported a strike
at the Macon county state prison
camp which had been disclosed by
Oscar Pitts, state director of pris
ons, on Friday night. Mr. Pitts
stated that 66 inmates of the camp
refused to "work all during Wed
nesday. Complaints were that they
were served beans and potatoes
every day for lunch and some com
plained they did not have yard
privileges on Saturday and Sunday
afternoons. The director said that
the men were persuaded to go to
work the next day and that six
alleged leaders were placed in sol
itary confinement in Raleigh central
prison, with length of punishment
to be determined by their conduct
and attitude.
R. D. Carson, superintendent of
the camp, expressed regret at the
occurrence, stating that only about
ten men were involved actively,
but that the others were afraid to
go against those who instigated
the strike. Mr. Carson said that
six of the men that had been
brought to the local camp during
the last 30 days from camps clos
ed in the interest of economy were
leaders in the .strike. In two of
these camps, strikes had occurred,
and these were the men who or
ganized the strike.
There were no complaints made
by the prisoners prior to the strike.
Mr. Carson said. He corroborated
the statement of Mr. Pitts that
the midday lunch served the men
when working on the roads was
about the best that could be car
ried and .served economically under
the circumstances. Mr. Pitt stat
ed that weather conditions some
times limited the men's privileges.
It was stated that officials had
never had any kick about condi
tions at this camp, and that it had
always been rated as one of the
best camps in the state. Ten men
in all were transferred to Raleigh.
Heroic Deed
Wins Carnegie Medal
W. Sheirl Brown, 21, of Pine
Bluff, Wyo., who is a son of Walt
er S. Brown and the late Mrs.v
Brown, a daughter of the late
Mrs. C. A. Lowrey of Macon coun-
y, has recently been awarded the
bronze medal for an heroic act by
the Carnegie Hero Fund commis
sion. Young Brown almost lost his life
an attempt to save the life of
companion when they were
caught in a burning potato cellar.
Brown escaped but went back in
a futile attempt to rescue the man
who was working with him and
who had became too panic-stricken
to escape. For his heroism, which
caused his life to be despaired of,
and disabled him for many months,
the medal was awarded. He has
many friends here, as be has often
visited his grandmother on her
farm on the Georgia road. They
will be interested to leant of this
he has received.
MAGNESIUM
PLANT PLANNED
Ellijay Reported To Be
Site To Convert
.Olivine Ore
Active steps are being made for
the establishment of a metal mag
ne'sium plant on the site of olivine
deposits near Ellijay in this coun
ty, was announced last Saturday.
Arthur H. Bunker, head of the
magnesium and aluminum section
of the War Production board told
a group of citizens from Sylva who
went to Washington in the inter
est of getting the government to
establish a metal magnesium plant
at Webster in Jackson county, that
large financial interests are plan
nihg to build a proposed plant at
the Ellijay site. He informed the
group from Sylva that 15,000 kilo
watts of electricity for their plant
had been allotted the interests
which were represented by C
Francis Cary, if the U. S. Bureau
of mines gives approval to the pro
cess of manufacture which has been
patented.
Mr. Cary, who has been interest
ed in various mineral ventures
Macon county during the past four
or five years, is the owner of the
Cary company at Ellijay, which
has been mining vermiculite. It is
reported that he lias options on
several hundred acres of olivine
bearing property in the Ellijay sec
tion. Mr. Cary has formerly been
a lawyer from the northwest, his
present office is listed as in Wash
ington. The financial interests be
hind the $350,000 check that Mr
Bunker told the Sylva citizens had
been shown with Mr. Cary's ap
plication, were ' not disclosed by
him. It is rumored that the ma
chinery manufacturer Le Tourneau
of Georgia is backing the enter
prise, but we can find no con
firmation of this.
Making the trip to Washington
in the interests of a government-
sponsored plant at Webster were
E. L. McKee, R. L. Ariail. T. N.
Massie, Dan K. Moore and J. H.
Gillrs, representatives of the Sylva
chamber of commerce. The dele
gation is reported to be of the
opinion that there is not much
chance of the government building
plant if private enterprise is
going through with such a project.
TVA geologists and others have
reported that olivine ores in Ma
con county carry from 25 to 30 per
cent metal magnesium and that
there are millions of tons of the
ores to be mined in this section.
Magnesium is now being manu
factured from sea water and from
brine wells in Michigan which car
ry only a small per cent of the
metal.
Mrs. McCoy, 92,
Dies At Burningtown
Mrs. Malissa Crisp McCoy, 92,
died at her home irs the Burning-
town section at noon on Saturday,
February 14, after an illness of
two weeks with pneumonia.
She was the daughter of Merrel
and Aletha Ramsey Crisp, of Gra
ham county. She was born in Gra
ham county on October 31, 1849.
Seventy-three years ago she moved
to the Burningtown section and
was one of its first settlers. She
was a member ot Burningtown
Baptist church. Her husband was
J. J. McCoy, of Macon county.
Surviving are three children, D.
W., of Miami, and Julius and Stel
la McCoy, of Burningtown, and
several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the home. Officiating will be the
Rev. D. C. McCoy, Baptist minister
of Etna, and the Rev. C. C. Welch,
of Burningtown. Burial was in the
family cemetery.
Active pallbearers were : Forest
Huggins, Ed Welch, Paul McCoy,
Crawford McCoy, Ralph Dean, and
Bill Parrish
MACON GIRLS
OFFICERS AT CULLOWHEE
Cullowhee, February 17. Mattie
Pearl Ratty of Franklin and Helen
Browning of Etna are officers of
the Woman's house government at
Western Carolina Teachers College
at Cullowhee which is sponsoring
a Valentine ball Saturday evening
at 8:30 o'clock in the Bree.se gym
nasium. They, with the other of
ficers and their escorts, will fol
low the president of the woman's
house government and her escort
in the grand march which has
been a tradition for several years.
Miss Browning is arso on the re
freshment committee. Miss Kaby is
on the decoration committee, and
Virginia Scott, daughter of Mr.
mtd Mrs. D. Scott of Franklin is
on he rtfrtahetrt cotamutea.
Men In Service
Among the North Carolinians
now in the Training Center at
Maxwell Field, Ala., are Charles
Marcus Hunter, Franklin, and
James Robert Hurst, Route 1.
These men, along with hundreds
of others from every section of
the nation, are studying basic mil
itary a"d ground school subjects at
the Replacement Center. Some will
leave in a few days for primary
schools while others will remain
at the Replacement Center for sev
eral weeks before beginning their
training in the air.
J. D. Sutton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Sutton of Franklin,
has been transferred from Fort
Jackson to Charleston, S. C. He
is in the 13th Infantry, Co. L.
He has been in the service 17
months.
Albert Roge,rs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles V. Rogers, is now
stationed at New York in the U.
S. Navy. He has been in service
for 16 months.
Harry Arthur Beale, 20, and
John William Baty, 24, both of
Highlands, were among the 16
Western North Carolina men who
passed their final examinations in
Raleigh last week for service in
the Marine Corps.
John Ansel, formerly employed
by the U. S. Forest Service, Frank-
in, recently volunteered for Petty
officer in the U. S. Navy, and is
now stationed at Norfolk, Va.
P. T. A. Postponed
To Monday Eve. Feb. 23
On account of the bad weather
last Monday, it was decided to
postpone the Parent - Teachers
meeting scheduled for that after
noon until Monday evening, Feb
ruary 23. The Founder's Day pro
gram will be carried out at that
time and Mrs. J. R. McCracken,
district health nurse will deliver
her address on the subject, "Are
We Physicially Fit ?"
Another special feature will be
"Grandparents' Night" and all
grandparents of children in schooT
are cordially urged to be present.
The Rev. C. F. Rogers will bring
a special greeting and a social hour
will be enjoyed after the program.
L. W. Rice, Norman Reese. Joe
Reese, Bab Reese and J. E. Jen
kins left Sundav morninc for
Charleston, S. C, where they are
employed in defense work.
Fontana To Employ 3000
Workers For Three Years
Fourth Sunday
Singing Convention
The Fourth Sunday Singing Con
vention will be held at the Culla-
saja Pentecostal church on Sunday
afternoon, February 22, beginning
at 1:30 o clock. The public is in
vited and all singers urged to
come and take part in the singing.
Pritchard Russell, Pres.
Mrs. Sadler
Passes In S. C
HIGHLANDS, N. C. Feb. 18.
News has been received here of
the death of Mrs. Ella Sadler, wife
of the late Baxter Hardy Sadler,
at her home near Charleston last
week. Mrs. Sadler was buried at
Pendleton, S. C, her girlhood
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Sadler were at one
time citizens of Highlands, coming
here for Mr. Sadler's health. Sur
viving are three sons, Fred, Henry
and Charles; two daughters, the
Misses Virginia and Amy Sadler.
LIEUT. JOHN WALLS OF CCC
TRANSFERRED TO
WASHINGTON
Lieut. John Walls, for the past
six months company commander
of CCC camp N. C. F-23, located
at the Goweeta Experiment station,
has been transferred to active army
duty. He will be stationed in
Washington on the office staff of
the chief of the Army Air Corps.
Lieut, and Mrs. Walls wiH leave
Franklin the latter .part of the
week.
Alfred D. Smith, who has been
second in command at the camp,
wiM take over the duties of com
mander. There are now 64 boys
in the camp.
Don Cabe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Cabe of Otto, will have a
baritone solo part in the concert
presentation of the opera "Carmen"
which will be given early in March
at Western Carolina Teachers Col
li
BIG SALE FOR
WAR RELIEF
Damaged Goods Donated
By Jack Sanders To
Red Cross
More than a truck load of mer
chandise more or less damaged by
fire has been donated by Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Sanders for sale fo
the benefit of the Red Cross
There will be a big sale of these
goods, comprising a large variety
of shoes, hats, clothing, household
linens, roller skates, pictures .and
other too numerous numerous to
mention. The sale will be con
ducted by a group of colored
women from the Chapel School
P.-T. A., assisted by a committee
of white women in Franklin. The
sale will take place on Saturday
other articles too numerous to
February 21, in the Chamber of
Chairman Harley Cabe accepted
the gift in behalf of the local
chapter, but he was in a quandry
how to get the goods arranged
and put in to condition for sale
There was a lot of work involved
and Mr. Cabe offered the job to
the Chapel School P.-T. A. and
other colored people in the com
munity. Ihey accepted the re
sponsibility and have labored hard
to prepare the goods for sale. Mr
Cabe suggested that they under
take the sale on the basis of half
the proceeds to go to the Red
Cross and half towards the debt
o,n the Frazier Community House.
Demonstration Clubs
Announce Schedule
Schedule for home demonstration
dubs for the week of February 23
is as follows :
Tuesday, February 24 Patton
Club will meet with Mrs. Roy
Mashiburn.
Wednesday, February 25 Union
Club will meet at Union school.
Thursday, February 26 Hickory
Knoll Club will meet with Mrs.
Charlie Rogers.
Friday, February 27 West's Mill
Club will beet at Cowee school.
, The Stiles-Tellico Club has been
postponed until March 2 to meet
at the home of Mrs. Rosetta Ma
son. This change of schedule was
made due to a 4-H Leaders' Train
ing school which is to be held
February 23 by Miss Frances Mac
Gregor, State 4-H club leader.
Preliminary Work Under
Way; Workers' Homes
Are Progressing
The erection of the 450 foot Fon
tana dam by the Tennessee Valley
Authority across the Little Ten
nessee river, which will be the tall
est dam this side of the Rockies,
will require an army of 3,000 work
ers. Already more than 500 men
are preparing a place in the wilder
ness surrounding the site to accom
modate many of the workers.
Situated in the foothills of the
Great Smoky Mountains, with only
one road approaching, the first job
is to construct roads and tempor
ary living quarters. The railroad
to the Fontana mines will be ex
tended several miles to the dam
site.
Already drilling for the founda
tion has begun. Since three years
will be required for the comple
tion of the dam, some permanent
homes will be built near the site
and transportation is being arrang
ed for workers living within 75
miles of the location.
Home. For Workers
A large number of workers will
be employed in the construction
of a village in Welch cove on the
south side of the river below the
dam. TVA engineers are planning
to build about 350 houses for fam
ilies and dormitories for single men
and women. The latter will be em
ployed as clerks and stenographers.
Imratioa Of Dam
The $50,000,000 dam, which will
require nearly three years to com
plete, will span the Little Tennes
see river at a point between Bryson
City and Deals gap on the North
Carolina-Tennessee line. It will be
about 20 miles airline and 30 by
river from Bryson City and will
back the river water up to the out
skirts of that town. On the other
hand, it will be just above the end
of backwater from Cheoah dam,
built by the Aluminum Company
of America at Tepoco,
REGISTRATION
IN COUNTY 796
The Manpower Of Nation
From 20 To 45
Enrolled
The total number of men be
tween 20 and 45 who registered
throughout the county on Monday,
February 16 was 796. The heaviest
registration was at the courthouse
in Franklin, with a large number
of men coming from various com
munities in spite of the inclement
weather.
There were some registrations at
every appointed place in the coun
ty, the draft board reported. The
smallest number at any one point
was 14, and the highest outside of
Franklin was 81.
Reports indicated that the regis
tration was carried out all over
the county with smooth efficiency
by the volunteer workers appointed
to assist the selective service
boards. Two previous registrations
the first 17 months agowas a
roll call of U. S. manpower between
the ages of 21 and 35. The number
enrolled Mo,nday is estimated to be
nine million.
The army has announced that
the number available for military
service has been still further in
creased by the lowering of physical
standards for the new registrants
and those in the deferred classes.
The requirements for teeth and
eyes have been lowered. Men will
be given dental treatment and arti
ficial teeth, and corrective glasses
and put in branches of the serv
ice where these deficiencies are no
handicap.
AH-out war that is now faced by
the nation looks to total mobiliza
tion of manpower for service in
the army and navy and air to
reach a possible total of ten million.
Last Rites For
Dr. Grady Williams
Funeral services for Dr. Norman
Grady Williams were held at the
Franklin Methodist church last
Thursday afternoon, with a large
congregation of friends from all
over the county and from Georgia
attending to pay their last tribute
of respect to the physician whose
ministrations had brought him close
to their homes and families.
Services were conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. J. L. Stokes, II ;
assisted by the Rev. J. C. Swaim
and. the Rev. C. F. Rogers. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
Dr. Williams died at his home
here Tuesday evening about 7:30
o'clock following an illness of three
years.
A son of the late Robert V. and
Mary Barnard Williams, he was
born March 15, 1892, in the Iotla
community, about five miles from
Franklin.-
Following Dr. Williams' gradu
ation from ilotla high school, he
entered Emory and Henry college.
n 1911- 12 he took a pre-medical
course at the University of North
Carolina and later entered Emory
university where he spent four
years, graduating with a M. D.
degree in June, 1917.
In February, 1918 Dr. Williams
volunteered for service in World
War No. 1, as a private. Being
commissioned as a first lieutenant
in the medical corps, he served as
surgeon of the 67th infantry and
other detachments until his hon
orable discharge on March 15,
1919.
Dr. Williams belonged to the A
F. and A. M. lodge in Canton, Ga..
and the Moose lodge and the
American Legion post 106 of
Franklin.
The pallbearers were: W. D.
Gunnell, Harry Thomas, Thomas
Moss, Harve L. Bryant, T. W.
Angel, Jr., and A. R. Higdon.
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
W. A. Rogers, Dr. J. H. Fouts, Dr.
Lyle West, Dr. Frank M. Kil-
ian, Dr. Walter E. Furr, and Dr.
Ben Grant.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Miss Vannie Lee Armstead,
of Cantop, Ga., and six children,
Louise, Robert, Polly, Betty, Helen,
and Claude Williams, all at home.
Radio Show
At Court House
The Otter Creek school is spon
soring a radio show heard over
WNOX-WiDOD at the Frankhn
courthouse, Friday nisrht. February
30. Grand Pappy, Homer Harris,
Asbert Sunrns, Charlie Pickle and
Little Frank Turner, will appear
in person.
Admission fot children under 14
years, 15 cents. Adults 30 cents.
The public is cordiaHy invited.