AMERICA The S y l v a He r a l d AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED -JULY, 1943 T he sylva Herald, wtm First Place of N. C, Association 1948 General Em* cellence Award . VOL. XIX NO. 17 SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1944 $1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy N. C. Forestry Association To Meet At Dillsboro Farmers, Umber Operators To Have Field Day Program 21st Farmers, timber operators, busi ness men, and foresters will meet at the Log Cabin Association grounds, -seven miles of Sylva, for a field day on September 21. Visitors will assemble at the cross road to the sawmill at 9:30 and divide into field parties to inspect forest plantings, forest cleaning, and im provement cuttings. At 2 o'clock Chairman R. W. Grae ber, extension forester from State College, will conduct a- meeting-witk W. R. Hine of the U. S. Forest Ser vice and W. K. Beichler, chief of the Forest Fire Control, as the feature speakers. Dr. C. F. Korstian, president of the North Carolina^Forestry Association, will present a "Timber Farms" cer^ tificate for meritorious service^o the Log Cabin Association. A like cer tificate will also be presented to Ben H. Nicholson of Cowarts, a farmer of Jackson county, by Graeber. .County Agent G. R. Lackey of Sylva will discuss the farming program on the lands of the Log Cabin Association. At ,3:30 a field trip will be made to - the- -farming area between the gateway of the Association grounds End Barker's Creek Station. , LABOR MARKET IN N. G. REMAINS SAME FOR PAST TWO MONTHS # ? Raleigh, Sept. 12? -The War Man power " Commission's September 1 classification of labor market areas in North Carolina leaves the areas as they have been for two months, but it is TrTcficatedf* tJiaC jfca*.' Wilmington area has so leveled off in empioy ? ment status that it may be reduced from a Group I to a Group II area next month if the present trend con tinues, Dr. J. S. Dorton, State WMC director, states. Wilmington and New Bern remain in Group I, areas of acute labor short age, while Asheville, Charlotte, Eliza beth City and Winston-Salem-Greens boro, remain in Group II, areas of labor shortages or those approaching a balance in demand-supply. Bur lington and Durham-Raleigh remain in Group III, areas in which a slight labor surplus may exist, while Rocky Mount-Wilson remain in Group IV, areas in which labor surpluses may exist In th^ entire nation, 68 areas were in Group I, 122 in Group II, 84 Group III, and 29 listed, along with all areas not otherwise listed, in Group IV. NINE JAP SHIPS SUNK BY (J. S. SUBMARINES United States submarines have trimmed nine more ships, three of them fighting craft from Japan's dwindling tonnage, the navy an nounced today. The new tally brings the total of a'l types of Japanese ships sunk by U. S. submarines to 732, of which 61 are fighting ships and 671 cargo car riers and miscellaneous craft -The text of navy communique No. 541 announcing the latest bag: "Pacific and Far East: "1. U. S. submarines have reported the sinking of nine vessels, including three combatant ships, as a result of operations against the enemy in these waters, as follows: "One destroyer; 1 vessel; 1 gunboat; 2 medium caffc |^fssels; 1 small cargo vessel, 1 me<J2Qm cargo' transport; 2 small tankers. "2. These actions .have not been announced in any previous navy de partment communique." ; A McDowell county farmer applied excess lime and, after removing large crops of lespedeza and alfalfa without replacing the potash, can grow neith er soybeans nor corn on the land. Jesse Dunlap, Raeford Negro, says in at the difference curing tobacco with a stoker and with wood is so great that it requires a lazy man to eart tor the stater. Super Salesman HERE IS A FIGHTING Yank who has a good line of talk. Sgt. Alexander Baiter, of Pittsburgh, Pa? con vinced 400 Germans that they were surrounded on the outskirts of Brest. France._To his surprise, all surrendered. : ( International ) 20th Century Club To Meet With Mrs. Cathey . 7? r^TKe Twentieth Century Club will meet with Mrs. Ben Cathey on Thurs day, September 14. ^ - WINFRED KENSLEY ' KILLED IN ACTION Mrs. Rachel Hensley oi' Dillsborc received word th^t her son, Winfred, had been killed in 'action on Aug. 15. Winfred was 25 years ol" a^e and had been in the army for three years. Mrs. Hensley has- two more sons in service, Donald' and Birdell Hensley. Mrs. Hensley said. "I am certainly proud of the three boys, although it grieves me so, to give up my oldest son, but he died in honor to his country." Woodrow Dillard Is Visiting Parents After 26 Months In The Pacific Area- Of Operations Woodrow "Baer" Dillard S. 1-c is spending 20 days with his ? parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dillard of Willets. "Baer" entered service in January, 1942. He took his boot training at Norfolk, Va., and from there was as signed to a ship. He has been in the Pacific area for the past 26 months. He graduated in the class of 1932 at the Sylva Central High School, and attended Western Carolina Teacher's College. Before enlisting in the Navy *he was employed in construction work in Virginia and Tennessee. * Rev. H. Grady Hardin Is Leading Revival Services At Sylva Methodist Church The Rev. H. Grady Hardin arrived in Sylva Sunday, Sept. 10, and preach ed for the firsl time Sunday evening. The services will be held each even ing at 8 o'clock through Friday, Sept. 1 .*5 Jackson County Schools T o Open September 1 8 JacK?on County Schools will open on Monday, September 18. The teachers will get their health certifi cates on Thursday, September 14, at the Jackson County Court House. Dr. Sisk will be there between 10 and 11 o'clock on that -dale. The teachers will start their work on Friday, Sept. 15, at their respective schools. Pvt. Dallas P. Henry Returns To Stewart Pvt. Dallas P. Henry leaves today to return to Camp Stewart, Ga., after spending two weeks with his parents, J 14*.' and Mrs. W. D. Henry. He has rfceen in service since February, 1943, being stationed at Camp Davis, N. C., and Camp Pendleton, Va., before go ing to Camp Stewart. He is with an antiaircraft unit. Sgt. Frank Freeze In Hospital At Camp Hulen, Texas According to letters received by Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Freeze, their son, Sgt. Frank Freeze, Jr., is making steady improvement in a hospital at Camp Hulen, Texas. About six weeks ago Frank received a hip injury while on maneuvers. He ,-heoes to have the cast removed in the * next few days and ' will probably get a furlough to spend some time at ~h3me. Tuckaseigee Baptist Church Has Built Parsonage The Tuckaseigee Baptist Church has recently completed the parsonage that they have built for their minis ter. They ? bought ^ the property and members of the church supplied the carpenter and mason work for the hcuse. It is a modern stone house, with all modern conveniences in an attractive setting of pine trees. The Rev. Edgar Willis of Andrews has been called and accepted the Tuck seigee church. He will be the first to live in the parsonage. All of the members have helped with the building and ladies of the church served lunches to the work j men. The supply of feed grains per ani mal unit for 1944-45, as indicated on August 1, will be about 9 per cent larger a year earlier, says BAE. Bitter weed in pastures can be con trolled if the plants are not allowed to produce seed. Often 3 mowings are required, the first rfbout six inches from the ground with plants in bloom. Pfc. Wroe H. Brown Is Patient ]n Hospital In England Pfc. Wroe H. Brown, son of Mr. Hershell Brown, of Barker's Creek is a patient in a hospital in England. He was wounded in action in France cn July 22. His father has received word that his condition is very fav orable and that he is recovering. 'Lost" Eight Months In Arctic This is tjpe story of the "forgotten convoy" revealed this week by the War Shipping Administration. In January, 1943, six U. S. merchant ships left New York -harbor on the tough .Murmansk run to deliver sup plies to north Russia. Battered by air attack, the convoy arrived March 2. After the cargo was unloaded the crew settled down in a small Russia factory town to await formation of a return convoy. They waited for eight months? six months in the constant daylight of summer in the Arctic Cir cle. Seeking entertainment, the men found an interpreter and got him to efrange dates with Russian girls for the two dances .held there each week. Later, some of the seamen, having learned a smattering of Russian, hitch-hiked around the country, tome bs far as 200 miles from port In September the return convoy was made up, and the "forgotten convoy" sailed into New York harbor approxi mately one year from the day it had left. S-SGT. HENSLEY KIUED IN ACTION IN FRANCE Mrs. Luthenia Hensley has received word that her husband, S. Sgt. Wini 'Hensley, was killed' m swtidh .August 15 in France. Sgt. Hensley entered the army in June, 1941, received his basic train ing at Fort Knox. Ky., and N. Camp Poik in Louisiana. He was sent over seas in April of this year. No details concerning his death have been re ceived yet. He was with , a Tank Br. somewhere in France when his ceath was reported. He is survived by his wife, the former Luthenia Cabe, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carrie Hensley of Di 11s boro, several brothers and sisters. Two are in the armed forces. Sgt. Donald P. Hensley who is a paratrooper with an Airborne Division in the European theatre and Pvt. Birdell H. Monteith of the W. A. A. C. serving somewhere in the Pacific. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fisher of Glen ville have received a telegram from the Secretary of War stating that their* son, Sgt. Clarence E. Fisher, was killr ed in action on the seventh day of August in France. \ He entered service August 18, 1941, and has been overseas since Febru- | ary, 1944. He served with the In fantry and took part in the Invasion of France. ? Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have another son in service, Pfc. James C. Fisher, who has been in service since April, 1943,' and has been serving with a Hospital Corps in New Guinea since -Mtrrch, 1944. ? ? ? ? Sgt. Clarence E. Fisher Killed In Action In France Brothers See Each Other For First Time In Two Years Mr. and Mrs. Ad Keener of Wil lets receievec^. a letter recently from their son, Homer Hal Keener A. M. 2-c, of the Navy telliing them that he had met his brother, Grover Lee Keener F. 1-c, somewhere in the Pa cific area. It was the first time they had seen each other since January, 1942. They ?.re both serving in the Navy. Homer has been across for 17 months. Buchanan Reunion Postponed The Buchanan reunion which was to be held on the first Sunday in Oc tober will be postponed this year due to the Infantile Paralysis epidemic. Jack in Man Suffers Injuries !n Train Wreck Mr. ? and Mrs. A. R. Stiilvcll 01 Webster report that their son, C.rl K. Stillweli, is improving .is much as 'uould be expected in a hospital' in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Stillweli, a native of Jackson county, has been employed as an en gineer on the Santa Fe Railroad lor the- past sixteen years. He lives in V.'inslow, Arizona with his wife and 1J year old daughter. On the night of July 3 he relieved another engineer at 11 o'clock at Win slew, traveled 75 miles when the tiack gave way resulting in a wreck of the engine and, t-hree : passenger ? c-trs. Stillweli suffered a broken leg end hip, which had to heal before the leg could be put in a cast. The cars \vere piled on top of each other so that it took 3 hours and 45 r inutes to burn openings with an aeetyline torch to release the 165 passengers. Sgt. Thad J. Watson Missing In Action Over Czechpslovaka Since August 24th ^ s Mrs. Thad J. Watson, Sr., has re ceived word from War Dept. that her husband Sgt. Thad J. Watson, Sr., has been missing in action over Czechoslovaka since the 24th of Aug. Sgt. Watson had been stationed in Italy about three weeks when he was leported missing. Sgt. Watson entered the service in September, 1943, and received his basic training at Keesler Field, Miss. He went to Gunnery school at Tyn dall Field, Fla., where he received his wings last March. He was then sen1 to Westover Field, .Mass., where he was found eligible for further train ing, and was sent to Charleston Army Air Field, in Charleston, S. C. Sgt. Watson went into combat as assistant radio operator in the nose turrent of a 13-24. Sgt. Watson and his wife, the form er Miss Stella Martin of Raburn Gaja, Ga., are both graduates of Glenvilie high school. Sgt. and Mrs. Watson made their home in Wilmington, until about a year before he went into ser vice, and then they lived in Norton which was Sgt. Watson's home. He is the son of Mrs. Etha Watson of Norton. Mrs. Watson and small son will live at Raburn Gap, until Sgt. I Watson returns. Legion Will Honor Kin of Jackson Men The American Legion will give gold stars to the next of kin of all boys who have been killed in action. Silver stars will be given to the nearest of kin of the boys who have been wounded in action. Before this can be 4onet the Legion will have to have the name and rank of these boys. If thejT~Bave won any medals or cita tions they would like to know about this too. This information can be given to Mr. Walter Ashe at the courthouse, or you can turn hi the information at The Herald office. Mr. Corbin, commander of the Sylva American Legion urges that everyone cooperate with the Legion in this matter. Loosen Lid On Stove Rationing The rationing of coal and wood stoves to consumers will end October 16, the War Production Board and OPA have announced, although ra tioning of oil and gas stoves will con tinue. Supplies of coal and wood stoves have grown sufficiently since iustion-wide rationing started in^ug u*t, 1943, to make continued ration ing unnecessary. It*s mighty easy to jump from scarcity to a surplus. The late sum Certificates Will Be Awarded Land Owners Who Practice Forestry Up-Keep Durham. ?N. C./s^ept. 11. ? A special meetmtf of the North Carol; no For estry ^sociatipn vvifl be held in Di!!r",- , torn on September 20-21 to consider the forest situation in' this state and' t>> recommend a forestry policy' that will result in the adequate protection . and wise useOf the 18 million ' acres of forest resources in this state- ?ov the duration of the war and through the post-war peTlod^oT reconversion and reconstruction. Program for the meeting has just been released by Dr. C. F. KorMian* dean of- the Duke University School of Forestry, president of the associa tion. At the opening session of the Dills boro meeting the association's Com mittee on Forestry Policy will give lU report, fdcusing attention on the out standing needs of the forestry situa tion in this state. Prof. A. E. Waker* man, of the Duke forestry faculty, chairman of the committee. Another feature of the meeting will be the presentation of a limited num ber of certificates to landowners of -the state^who^have been satisfactorily practicing forestry on their lands. In addition to Dean Korstian, as sociation president, other officers are: T. W. Earle, Ploymouth, eastern dis -rrtet-^Wce- president; Richard S. Tufts, ^ Pinehurst, central district vice-prcsi dent; H. C. Cline, Hickory, western district vice-president; Thema W. Sabiston, Carthage, secretary- treas urer; and the following members of the executive committee: Colin G. Spencer, chairman, Garthage; Paul G, Bahnson, Winston-Salem; Ray Bandy, Rocky Mount; Willard Berry, Dur Cox, Washington; W. J. Camtoft, Canton; B. Hampton Ellington, Fay etteville; B. B. Everett, Palmyra; T. M Folger, Wilmington; L. R. Fore man, Elizabeth City; Charles A. Gil lett, Norfolk, Va. - ? Sr-t I. Hobbs, Chapel Hill; James G, K.'McClure, Asheville; D. B. McCraryt Asheboro; Thomas J. Pearsall, Battle boro; Mrs. P. R. Rankin, Mt. Gilead; Verne Rhoades, Asheville; John L, Skinner, Littleton; A. O. Weidelich, Lionel Weil, Goldsboro. |U. S. FIGHTERS KNOCK 1175 NAZI PLANES OUT IN GREAT AIR DUEL U. S. eighth air force fighters and heavy bombers trapped and beat the German air force yesterday, destroy ing 175 Nazi planes in one of the fiercest air battles ever fought over Europe. It was the heaviest luftwaffe loss n more than a year and one which dug deeply into the air reserves which the enemy has been carefully holding back until now for the final battle of Germany. Fighters Get Record Bag ? Of the Germans destroyed, Ameri can fighters shot down 116, the great est number ever shot down by fight- \ ers alone in a singe day, while the j heavy bombers knocked down an* other and 42 were destroyed on their airdromes. Indicating the extent of the opposi tion, 48 of the American heavy bomb ers and 29 fighters failed to return, The bomber losses were the heaviest since April 29 when 63 failed to come romeirom a raid on Berlin. Early today the German radio said "enemy" planes were again over vast sections of the reich, indicating that the non-stop allied air offensive was continuing in its fifth day. , Tired returning fliers described yesterday's German aerial opposition as probably the heaviest offered in years. En route to their targets at Merseburg, Litzkendorf and Mil burg they saw few German planes, But just before they reached Central Germany the enemy sprang up, often in formations of 150 or n\ore, and bore in stubbornly over the targetf and far along the route bene. mer onion crop is reported at 800 mil* lion pounds more than the roeoflA

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