r%v; z'- \ AMERICA X First, Last and Always YLVA AND RURALITB? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 ERALD ... M, IS THE SYLVA HERALD Dedicitcd To PrornailTt Service To Jackson ^ CouBty $1.50 A Year In Jackson County; $2.00 Outside The County Jackson County Merchants ? ? ? * + + + "?J- ^ Hear OPA Man Tonight A A Shortage Of Pu/p Awrf Acirf FFoocfe /s Getting Acute Sharp Increase In Production Sought In County .There is a definite and acute abortage of pulp wooda .and chfit nbt acid wood, . according to tho National Pulp wood Committee, an agency working closely with the government and mills. * A campaign Is now being waged in all areas of the nation that produce pulpwoods, urging farm ers and woodsmen to spend three extra days this year cutting wood. A special coupon is carried else where in this newspaper. This county is listed as one of : the principal areas producing pulp woods and chestnut acid wood. Both of these are ~ essential raw materials for war uses and are so defined by government agencies* A representative j>t this- news paper has discussed the probftiri^ with at least three mills, and one large wholesale paper broker, and the facts and figures they present ed as to present stocks of pulp woods, and the sharp decline in the past few months is ample proof of the seriousness of the situa tion. The government has listed the paper industry essential in that 85 per cent of all pulpwoods now used go directly into war. "Farmers and woodsmen who have ptilpwoods and chestnut acid wood Can contribute much towards the war effort by putting their woods on the market at this time," one_ buyer of pulpwoods said. "Such a move would not only con vert trees into cash, but would add to the fast diminishing supply of pulp which the army and navy requires large quantities to keep armed forces moving." -A* breakdown or WFiere pulp wood -as now being" usfed, is shown by the official table recently released by the government: 25%' for containers, for shells, food, blood plasma, packing field rations. 25 "% for wrapping paper for use by armed forces and essential war industries. 6% for smokeless powder. . 5% for rayon, for parachutes, military clothing. 5% shipped to lend lease. ?? 2% to hospitals and sanitary waddings on battle front." 5% structural boards for erect ing military buildings hurriedly. 6% newsprint. 6 % for fine writing papers. Several of the larger newspapers throughout the state and nation have already frozen their circu lation, and will take new subscrip tions only as an old one fails to renew. Others are planning to fol low similar means soon. * A representative%pf several pa per mills was here yesterday dis cussing the situation, and pointed out that some had closed, and oth ers -were on the verge of closing unless more pulpwoods were forth coming., As to ches'tnut acid wood, this is most essential in the process of tanning leathers for the men in service. A concerted campaign will be staged in Jackson in order that this county will maintain her rec ords of successfully carrying out every request in the war effort as part of the appreciation of the work of the 2,500 men from here now in service. ! ; -l. Rationing Boatd Swamped" With Tire Requests Hot Sun Causes Many Old. Tires To Give ^Way^ Board Asks For More* r -ft pavements have played havoc with old tires, especially truck tijves doping the past 80 days, and dfoe local rationing board has found (itself with many times more ap plications for tires than the state office gave the county. Terming the situation critical, the board sought a new allotment, and were successful in getting a little more than 60 per cent addi tional tires and tubes for August. Even .with the additional tires and tubes, many applications could not be filled. The emergency caser were handled first, it was explain ed. The applications for grade one passenger tires are far ahead of normal, while truck tire requests took a sudden upshot /ts the broil ing sun caused many to blowout. - The summary of allotments, for August is as folows:. Grade Orig. Extra Grade I 44 25 Grade III 27 , 18 Passenger tubes 32 ' 15 New truck tkea 52 25 Truck tub** JBT\ 20 Motorists Being Checked On For Federal Stamp Representatives of the Collector of Internal Revenue office were working in this area this week checking on all motor vehicles to s=e if the little yellow $5 jevfcnu^ stfcmp was on the windshield. Many motorists who had forgot ten about the $5 stamp, found them selves notified as to the penalties for failure to have one on the wind shield at once. The stamps for cars which were in operation on July first can only be bought through the Greensboro office. The Post Office only has stamps for cars bought or put into operation on and after August fifst. ?The price of such a stamp is $4.59. The post office reported yester day that the total sales of the motor vehicle ? stamp was abput ihalf of that of last year. ! _ Meade Officials Here On Few Days Business T. W. Fernald, one of the vice , presidents of the Meade Corpora tion, left yesterday after spending several da'ys here on business. $r. Fernald once lived in Sylva 'and has many friends here. I | "Imagination was given man to | compensate him for wh^t he is not; ; and a sense of humor was provided | to console him for what he is." Majority Of County's Crops Best In Years Corn and Hay Lead All Other Crops For Being Above Average. Jackson county farmers are starting to harvest one of the best all-round crops in the history of the county, it was reported by the county agent's office yesterday. The com and hay crop in the county is exceptionally fine. While potatoes will not be dug until lat* er, all indications are that the yield will be high. Small grain suffered due to un favorable weather, while pastures have come out in a satisfactory manner after getting off to a bad start, it was said. The tobacco crop is low because of acreage, and lack of plants last spring. What crop there is has so far brought encouragement to the farmers. Green beans are beginning to come ih for the green vegetable market this week, and a good yield is expected for the season. Some of the beans will be sold to the cannery in Hazelwood. The cabbage crop is normal, al^ though acreage is somewhat off. Due to a shortage of high protein feeds, it is expected that a large proportion of the beef cattle will be sold as soon as taken off the grass this fall. The general farming picture of the county is good, it was report ed, and Jackson county farmers have done a large part in carrying out the agricuture program in keep, ing with the war farming cam paign. Announcement To Be Made Later Relative To Lnneli Rooms For Local Schools. County Superintendent of Edu cation, A. C. Moses, announces that, all Sylva and * Jackson coupf^ schools opened last week, on^che dule, with each unit now in full operation witn approximate grand total of 4,500 pupils. Mr. Moses state<%that it will be impossible, for some days, to Rive the exact figures due to the irregu larities exceptionally numerous this year of intensive war effort, cou pled 1W \ W.M.U. ftft RVICI I IF FIRST SERGEANT CLAR- , ENCE A. GOLDSMITH, back in | the old battery where I was sup posed to have learned the art of cooking for the army, ever gets his hands on this, it will provide him with amusement throughout a long, hard winter. i When he reads that Private Edward Thomas Marion Lawton Hargrove, ASN 34116620, is giv- < ing advice to prospectiva soldiers, I his derisive bellow will disturb the training program in the next regi ment. "My Goodness!" he will roar. "Look who's learning who how to < do what! My Stars! The blind lead- . ing the blind!" ! It was once said, Sergeant Gold smith, by the eminent vegetarian George Bernard Shaw that he who can, does; he who can't teaches. This, dear sergeant, is my con tribution to the army and to pos terity. Please go away and leave us young people to our studies. CHAPTER I If I were giving advice to the boys who have already been called into the Army and will go away in a few days, I'dHum it all up in this: <4Paint the towiw red for the rest of your civilian week. Pay no attention to the advice that is being poured into your defenseless ears for twenty-four hours a day. Form an idea of what Army life is going to be like. Leave your mind open.'' Two weeks from now, you will be thoroughly disgusted with your new job. You will have been herd ? ed from place to place, you will I have wandered in nakedness and I bewilderment through miles of phy 1 sural examination, you will look upon privacy and individuality as things you left behind you in a golden civilian society. | Probably you will have develop ed a murderous hatred for at least one sergeant and two corporals. You will writhe and fume under what you consider brutality and sadism, and you will wonder how an enlightened nation can permit such atrocity in its army. Take it easy, brother; take it easy. r Keep this one beam of radiant hope constantly before you: The first three &eeks are the hardest. For those first three ? or possibly four? weeks, you will bear the ! (Continued on page 2) ? Need For More Helpers, Is Urgent Plea Of Mrs. Dan Allison. One hundred and thirty thous and surgical dressings shipped; 1108,000 more ready to ship ? that's ; Jackson county'*' 'Red Cross record j for the past few months, as an- ? nounced yesterday by Mrs. Dan Allison, county chairman. ' \V! ile Mrs. Allison readily ^admit ted there is cause for elation at such a record, ?he dismissed the past with but few words and spoke of plans for the future. Besides the group at Sylva, there are three other surgical dressing units in Jackson ? at Cullowhee, Dillsboro and Cashiers, organization at the latter place having just been ef 1 fected. "There is urgent need for more , workers," declared Mrs. Allison, who is determined, if humanly pos sible that the volunteers maintain their already excellent record. Ably assisting in the effort are Mrs. H. T- Hunter, at Cullowhee, Mrs. Has Barrett, at Dillsboro and Mrs., M. - B. . Madison, recent ap pointee at Cashiers. Mrs. Allison explained that, be sides* preparation of dressings, there are also knitting and sewing to be done. Evefjr^voman in Jack-1 son county, she said, who has even ! a few hours leisure, should com ,municate with her or visit Ameri can Red Cross headquarters, withj I rooms over the Western Union, in i the old gylva Chamber of Co m mercA suite/ The place is oj)en from 2 to 6 every week-day, and a fresh ship ment of material is expected soon, ! the chairman said. The Jackson county group has been functioning j less than a year, and has done a 1 ?line job; ? "but send us more work- ! ers," urged Mrs. Allison in con clusion. "Have any woman who can pr pare dressings, s^w, or knit, communicate with me." i j Many Attend The Memorial Service For Lt. Lovedahl A memorial service was conduct, ed Sunday at Johns Creek school for Lieut. John Lovedahl, with the Wiliam E. Dillard post of the American* Legion in charge. John Corbin is post commander. The musical program was in charge of Jennings Bryan, accom panied by Mrs. Wilks. Rev. R S. Hensley, chaplain of' ithe post, gave the principal ad dress, whil Dr. H. T. Hunter re viewed the life of the soldier for whom the service was held. A larjce number of people at tended the service. i " Representative To Explain Price Structure Here s ( 100 Retailers Of County Expected To Get Details At Court House Tonight. All merchants and retailers of Jackson county are to meet tonight at the court house at 8:30 and hear L. R. Hamilton, field representative of OPA explain ceiling prices, rat ioning and #11 rules and regtola tioifs governing sales under the OPA. Mr. Hamilton will have with him two members of the Charlotte of fice, and after he has fully explain ed all details the meeting will be thrown open for questions, accord ing to Edwin W. Allison, of the local rationing board. - ? All Iiinttrvn whirh ?rp Tlfny npfc clear in the minds of merchants will be cleared Wednesday night, Mr. Allison explained. There are approximately 100 .re tailers in the county, and a repre sentative of each firm is expected to be present. The price pannel of the Jackson rationing board is completing this week, in time for the meeting, the instructions to 16 volunteers who will work with the merchants in every section of the county in car rying out OPA rules and regula tions.- Ten of these volunteers are ready for their tasks, and six others will be given their duties before the meeting, it was explained. The local price pannel is compos ed of Hugh Monteith, chairman, Robert G- Tuttle and Mrs. Julie Chapman. The rationing board is made up of Dan Allison, chairman, Harry Ferguson and M. B. Cannon. ? Miss Irene C. Bradley is price clerk of the board; Town To Start ? 1 A ? ? * /\ Delinquent Taxes 'Property own^xs in Sylva who have not paid their 1942 taxes have the rest of this week to make set tlement before their property is advertised, according to R. C. Alli son, town tax collector, who com piled the delinquent list yesterday for* publication. Mr. Allison is giving final notice in today's paper, and the first ap pear:1. ::ce of the names of delin* que nt property owners will appear next week, and the property sold on September 27th, the statem^it said. Former Teacher | At WCTC To Keep Up War Records Dr. C. *C. Crittenden, in charge of North Carolina's archives and history collection, announces the appointment of Nell Hines, for mer Asheville high school teacher, as an assistant collector of war records. i M iss Hines was also formerly al i teacher at Western Carolina Teachers College. 52More Jackson Men! Have Entered Service! 10 Of Group Were Volun teers; 28 Went To Army, 19 To Navy, 4 To Marines. ? ? Fifty-two Jackson county men i were accepted for service in the ' four branches of military service during August, the local Selective Service Board has just announced. Ten of the group were volun teers. Of the 52 men, 28 went to the army, while 19 entered Naval duty, four joined the Marines and one went to the Coast Guards. The list given out by the local board is as follows, with the volun teers designated by a "V" after the name: Array William Gerald Davis (V), Rob ert Corcie Tatham, James Oscar Fisher, Jr., Willard Glenn Stall cup, Jr., Frank Weaver Moody, Lester Lee Woodard, Ralph Wade Shuler, Woodrow Wilson McCall, Paul Revere Womack, Clyde Jas- ; per Manous, William Frank Bar ron, Edward Harvey Baldridge. Ashford Hamilton Broom, Wil liam Davis Buchanan, ?dward Joseph Wells, Kussell Daniel bert, John C. Estis, James K< Messer, Don Haven Sutton, Ml Junior Stiwinter. John Carey Qope, Johnny Sullivan Sneed, J. P. Suttoi vin Dealis Frady, Jasper Fisher, Alvin James Green, comb Simeon Hensley, Jr. (V), bert Wesley Dean. Navy Carol Clayton Deits (V), CI Lyndon Bumgamer, 'Edmtlnd ton Asher (V), Horace W1 Alexander (V), Bnrrell bert Javan Wood, Troy Det _ Edgar Thomas Tarpin (V), Walter Hooper (V), Billy Ensley, William Lloyd Lon Henry Brooks, Earl , Norton, Howard Tatfcem Bu< Jack Wade Denton, Calvin Gunter, Robert Lee Haskett George York Painter, Glenn Ward, Jr. (V). Marines Raymond Junior Moody Charles Coleman Morgan, liarn Franklin Horn, Jr., G? Beasley. . '?vjj ' Coast Guard Charles Vernon Haakett