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VOL. XIX N<X 28 SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1944 $1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
Army Band To Play At Rally Here December 8
Lt. Richard Howell Receives Air Medal
15TH A. A. IN ITALY ? First Lt. Richard M. Howell, 24 year old Navi
gator on 15th Air Force Liberator Bomber, is shown here receiving the
Aair Medal from his group commander, Lt. Col. S. E. Manzo, for "meritorious
achievement in aerial flight." His wife, Mrs. Carolyn G. Howell, resides
at Sylva, N. C. The former public safety officer for the Tennessee Valley
Authority at Knoxville, Tenn., has completed1 18 combat missions since he
arrived overseas in September. For two years he attended Alabama Poly
lech Institute, at Auburn, Ala.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ulys G. Howell, reside at Bexar, Ala.
LT. RICHARD M. HOWELL REPORTED
MISSING IN ACTION OVER ITALY
Mrs. Carolyn Gibson Howell, has
received word that her husband, 1st
Lt. Richard M. Howell is missing. Lt.
Howell is a navigator with the 15th air
Force Liberator Bomber group. ? He
recently received the Air Medal for
meritorious achievement in aerial
flight.
Before going into service Lt. Howell
was public safety officer for the Tenn
essee a Valley Authority at Knoxville,
Tenn. He has completed more than
18 bomber missions since he arrived
overseas in September.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ulyss G.
Howell, Jive at Bexar, Ala.
APPALACHIAN PULP
WOOD RECEIPTS
FAIL SHARPLY *
Pulpwood receipts by mills in the
Appalachian region have dropped
sharply, reversing for the first time
this year a steady production trend,
and as a consequence the immediate
outlook for this vital war material is
serious, according to the Forest Pro
ducts of the W^r Production Board.
Mill receipts of pulpwood in Oc
tober were 95,300 cords or about 20
percent below those of October, 1943.
Imports amounted to 2,400 cords.
"If this downward trend is not
checked and reversed in the imme
diate future", WPB said, "a serious
situation may be anticipated in this
area. Inventories in this region may
have to be drawn upon heavily to
keep up production.
'The situation in this area calls for
serious effort by the industry and
oooperating government agencies
alike to attract and stabilize labor
which has been temporarily diverted
tp harvesting activity and is now slow
to return to woods work."
The WPB Forest Products Bureau,
ncting that pulpwood production de
clined nationally in October, said:
"The optimism which swept the
country with respect to the early and
successful termination of the Euro
pean war in late summer and early
fall may be in large part responsible
for a marked decline in pulpwood re
ceipts during the month of October.
"It is- of primary concern to the
successful prosecution of the war that
the United States pulpwood require
ments be successfully met. The 1945
requirements for military and essen
tial civilian items, produced by the
pulp and paper industry, cannot be
fulfilled unless increased quantities
of pulpwood are produced and de
livered to the mills in the d^sifed
species and specifications." yf
October receipts of domestically
produced pulpwood amoumted to 1,
155,500 cords or about 6 percent be
low October, 1943.
Blackburn Home on FjiriougK
Pfe. Roy Blackburn of the Ur~S.
Army is home on a 12-day furlough
v. ith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Black
burn of Glennville. Pfc. Blackburn
entered the service in January, 1944,
took his basic training at Fort Mc
C.ellan, Ala., and is now stationed at
Camp Shelby, Miss. He is a grad
uate of the Glenville high school in
ttie class of *43. Young Blackburn
has two brothers in service: Pfc.
Howard, Avho has been overseas for
the past 27 months, and Pfc. Arthur
Blackburn is stationed in Louis ana.
Capt. Malcolm Brown En
titled To Wear Presidential
Citation Badge; Also Has Air
Medal and 3 Oak
Leaf Clusters i
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER
STATION, ENGLAND? Capt. Mal
colm E. Brown, of Sylva, N. C., is a
member of a Bombardment Group
which, With its division, has been
cited by President Roosevelt for a
bombing- attack on targets in Ger
man, January 11, 1944.
Capt. Brown is now entitled to
wear the Presidential Citation Badge,
a blue ribbon with a gold border,
pver the right pocket of the blouse.
This group, which is commanded by
Col. Howard Moore, of Llnno, Texas,
also has been commended by Lieut.
Gen. James H. Doolittle, Command
ing General of the Eighth Air Force,
and Lieut. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, form
er commander of the eighth, for out
standing performance of duty in the
winter of 1943-44, when its planes
led 80 percent of the eighth's bombing
missions.
Capt. Brown, a B-17 Flying For
tress pilot, has been in the European
Theatre of operations since June,
1943, and holds the air medal three
Oak Leaf Clusters. He is the son
of Mrs. E. E. Brown, of Sylva and
before enlisting in the air forces was
employed by the Jackson County
Bank, Sylva.
Sgt. And Mrs. Phillips
Extended Courtesies
j While Visiting Parents
Cullowhee ? Visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Cyrus G. Phillips of Cullowhee are
their son, Staff-Sergeant J. A. Phil
lips, ofc the army air corps, and his
wife from Washington, D. C. Sergeant
Phillip^ has just returned from Africa
when? he has worked for nearly three
yea^s as a medical technician.
/A number of courtesies are being
"p a i d Sergeant Phillips and his
wife. On Saturday evening they
were entertained at the Brown House
with a dinner for twenty. The guests
included Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hoyle,
Miss Anne Rabe, Miss Elah Cowart,
Miss Fannie Goodman, Miss Kathleen
Davis, Miss Edythe Walker, Mrs.
?X*eonard Allen, Miss Roberts, Miss
Cortftftia >Campr Mias Anne Albright,
Miss Leonora Smith, Miss Nell Bond,
Mr. Steadman Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs.
David Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus G.
Phillips, and the honorees. '
Miss Fannie Goodman will enter
tain with breakfast for the visitors on
Sunday morning, and Miss Rachel
jRosenberger will entertain with din
ner for them on Sunday.
The price support on hogs has been
changed to include hogs weighing
from 200 to 270 pounds, rather than
200 to 240 pounds, says the WFA.
FOUNDER OF W.G.T.G.
TELLS STUDENTS OF
EARLY DAYS OF SCHOOL
Cullowheo ? Founder and President -
Emeritus of Western Carolina Teach
ers College, Robert L. Madison, was
presented today to the student body
at Western Carolina Teachers College,
by Dean Anne Albright's class of the
History of Education, to discuss the
founding of the teachers' college at
Cullowhee.
Professor Madison, as he is affec
tionately called, reviewed in his in
imitable and charming manner the
development of the college from its
irception as a one teachers' school
through its evolution to a teachers'
college. Throughout his ? talk he
praised the work of his coadjutors,
the Noble Nine, who made up the
original board of trustees, two of
whom are still living, Thomas A. Cox
and Will Norton. Though Mr. Norton
was unable to attend the meeting, Mr.
Cox was present for the occasion and
spoke briefly to the students.
Presiding over the meeting and
presenting President-Emeritus Madi
son to the students was Miss Anne
Dunlap. Before Mrf Madison's talk,
Miss Roberta Moore read the7 scrip
ture for the meeting, and Professor
F. H. Stillwell prayed; Miss Sara
Beth Crawford discussed Famous
Firsts in American education, and
Wynona Arrington gave a brief re
sume of the history of education in
North Carolina.
Mrs. Thompson
Joins Herald Staff
The publishers of The Herald are
pleased to announce that Mrs. Carol
Thompson has joined the staff of
Jackson county's newspaper. Mrs.
Thompson will assume her duties on
December 1, as successor to Mrs.
Helen A. Hooper, who has resigned
to accept a position as medical techni
cian in the WAC. Mrs. ? Thompson
will have charge of the advertising
and news department of The Herald.
Mrs. John H. Wilson will continue
her work as office manager. She has
been with The Herald for more than
a year.
Mrs. Thompson comes to The Her
ald well qualified to render service
to Jackson county in the newspaper
field. She studied at our own col
lege, .Western Carolina Teachers, and
also at the University of Kentucky
where she had work in Journalism.
She has also had some newspaper ex
perience.
She is a native of Jackson county,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shaler
Gilley and has lived in Jackson the
most of her life. Mr. and Mrs. Thomp
son and their two children make their
home at the Sylva Hotel. Mr. Thomp
son is in charge of the War Manpower
clfice here.
The publishers covet the same fine
cooperation of the people of Sylva
and Jackson county with Mrs. Thomp
son as they have given Mrs. Hooper.
Lt. Richard J. Reynolds of Winston
Salem, now with the Navy in the
South Pacific, has presented 6 mo
tion pictures on North Carolina agri
culture to the Extension Service at
State College. Three other pictures
are to be completed.
A total of 196 farmers keeping
demonstration poultry flock records
reported 172 eggs per bird last year,
says Clifton Parrish, Extension poul
tryman at State College.
HERALD NEWS EDITOR
SWORN INTO WAC
MRS. HELEN A. HOOPER, who
became news editor and advertising
manager of The Herald December 6,
1943, has resigned this postion, effec
tive December 6, exactly one year
after taking the work here, to become
a Medical Technician in the Woman's
Army Corps of the United States
Army.
MRS. HOOPER^ TO LEAVE
HERALD DECEMBER 6 TO
ENTER ARMY SERVICE
The publishers of The Herald re
gret very much to announce the re
signation of Mrs. Helen Allison Hoop
er as a member of the news and edi
torial staff of the paper. Mrs. Hoop
er came to The Herald December 6,
1943, and her resignation takes effect
on December 6th this year. In her
year's work with The Herald as news
editor and advertising manager, Mrs.
Hooper has made a splendid record
and it is with great reluctance that
the publishers give her up. However,
she feels that she can render a greater
service to her country in the line of
work which she is entering and we
wish her all the success possible in
her new undertaking.
Mrs. Hooper was sworn in on No
vember 17th at the Ashevlle Recruit
; r. c station. Her work will be with
the Medical division as a technician.
She is to report to Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga., on December 14 for six weeks
basic training, after which she will
go to Camp Attaberry, Ind., for four
months training. v. She will then be
sent to one of the Army hospital for
regular duty.
Mrs. Hooper is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Allison of this city.
Her husband, Lt. (jg) J. L. Hooper,
is now serving with the Navy in the
Pacific. Her brother, Jack Allison,
Mo. MM 1-c is based on active sub
marine duty in the Pacific and has
had a number of combat patrols in
enemy waters. Her brother-in-law,
Sgt. B. Z. Wnitt is with the Air corps
somewhere in the Pacific.
She will continue her duties with
The Herald through December 6.
American cotton will meet increased
competition in foreign countries, both
from synthetic fibers and from for
eign cotton, says economists.
"The food productiorT^b for next
year will be as important to the wai
and to the peace as it was :n 1944,"
War Food Administrator Marvin
Jones has said.
Deitz Family Together
For First Time In Life
Charles S. Deitz A^C. M. M. of the
U. S. Navv. who has hferi visiting hie
While he was home his brother, 1st
Sgt. Thad B. Deitz, who is with the
Coast Guards in Burwood, La., was
home. It was the first time the
brothers had seen each other in 14
years. During this time all of the liv
ing children of Rev. and Mrs. T. F
Deitz were home togther for the first
time in their lives.
parents, the
Mrs. T. F. DeltzT
rapt. Rny Kirrhhprg
Recently Spent Ten Days
With Family Here
Capt. Roy W. Kirchberg, M. C., left
Monday after a ten -day furlough with
Mrs. Kirchberg and children.
Capt. Kirchberg has been assigned
tr> a troop carrying ship in the South
Atlantic area. His ship is a mem
ber of the water division the Army
Service Force, and is equipped with
all modern hospital facilities.
Mrs. Kirchberg and children re
turned to August to make their home
there for the duration.
TALKS BY MEN WHO HAVE SEEN ACTION,
ACTUAL FIGHTING SCENES TO BE SHOWN
AT RITZ THEATRE FOLLOWING PARADE
Wounded Dillsboro Soldier
Recovering In England
A. U.S. ARMY GENERAL HOS
PITAL, ENGLAND ? Wounded in the
light leg by German mortar l'ire. near
Metz, France, Private Clyde J. Hall.
Infantryman, of Dillsboro. North
Carolina, ife now convalescing at this
United States general hospital in Eng
land. He has received the Purple
Heart..
"I was a machine gunner and we
were supporting the rifleman's ad
vance," said Pvt. Hall, "when shrap
nel from German mortar fire hit me."
"Private Hall is recovering satis
factorily," said ward surgeon, Captain
Ernest Yongue, of Breauz Bridge, La.
Pvt. Hall was formerly empolyed
by T. A. Loving and Company at
Cherrypoint, N. C. His wife, Evelyn,
lives in Dillsoboro. His parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Hall, live in Greens
Creek, N. C. ,
Sgt. Frank Sherrill
With Air Service
Command In England
AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND
DEPOT IN ENGLAND? Sgt. Frank
W. Sherrill, son of Mrs. G. B. Sherrill,
of Route 1, Whittier, N. C., is going
to school again ? and his classmates
ore fighting soldiers from all the
united nations.
Preparing for the final aerial
smash through Germany, he is now
taking intensive refresher courses in
aircraft maintenance at this repair
and modification depot* ofv the Air
Service Command in England.
HOYLE DISCUSSES
STATE SCHOOL LAWS
Cullowhee ? C. A. Hoyle, principal
ol the Cullowhee Training School,
speaking before the local chapter of
the Future Teachers of Ame: ion on
Wednesday evening in ihe Student
Union building, discussed legislation
concerning teachers' salaries, tenure,
retirement, and truancy. He also dis
cussed various proposals which will
necessarily be considered by the next
North Carolina legislature.
Glenville Aerial
Gunner Cited
15TH AAF IN ITALY? Sgt. Law
rence B. Welch, 21, of Glennville,
North Carolina, is a right waist gun
ner with the Italian based 454th
Bambardment group which has been
awarded the war department unit
citation "for outstanding perform
ance of duty in armed conflict with
the enemy." He is authorized the
wearing of the war department unit
citation badge.
Commanded by Col. Horace D.
Aynesworth, of Childress, Ttfxas, the
group received the nation's highest
organization award for an attack on
the Hermann Geormg Steel Works at
Linz, Australia, on July 25th.
In the words of the citation which
accompanied the award, "Ground
crews worked enthusiastically, and
determinedly to have their aircraft in
perfect mechanical condition to in
sure the success of the mission ....
"The group took off heavily loaded,
with maximum tonnage, and, as
suming lead of the wing formation,
set course for the objective . . .
their formation was intercepted by
approximately fifty aggressive and
persistent enemy fighters, and, in the
ensuing violent aerial battle, the ene
my used rocket guns, 20 millimeter
cannon, and machine guns in a des
perate attempt to disrupt this vital
operation . , .
"Despite very intense and heavy
anti-aircraft . fire, the gallant crews
battled their way through to score
many direct hits in the immediate
target area, causing destruction and
severe damage to the enemy plant
and installations ..."
The group entered the Italian cam
paign in January and has since flown
more than 125 combat missions over
major Nazi targets as Munich, Ger
many; Bad-Voslau, Austria; Ploesti,
Roumania; and B lech - Hammer, Ger
many.
ALL JACKSON COUNTY
CITIZENS INVITED TO
ATTEND BIG EVENT
On Friday. December 8. there will
be U. S. Army boys in Sylva to give
first hand information on the war.
Most of them have recently returned
from actual fighting.
There \yill be a parade starting at
4 P. M. and a U. S. Army band will
lead this parade. The American
Legion will be in charge and the boy
and girl scouts will also be in tne
parade. The parade will start at the
fountain and .pnd at the Ri'z Theater
where a picture will be shown free to
all? w?m__at tend the rally. The pic
ture will be of actual fighting, and
will show just what our boys are do
ing for us. This is to be in honor of
our Jackson county boys and their
buddies who have returned to tne
home front. There will be speeches
by boys who know what it is all
about.
Let's show the real spirit of Jack
son county by all attending the rally.
The action film will be over itfi time
for the regular picture to be shown
at the Ritz that night, the title of the
picture will be "The North Star."
Tell your friends about the big
rally and all come in for a real chance
to see what our boys are doing on the
War fronts of the world.
FEDERAL COURT TERM
ADJOURNS AT RRYSON
Number Of Jackson Cases
Are Disposed Of In
Two-Day Session
A number of cases, most of them
of a minor nature, were disposed of
during the November term of United
States court for the western district
of North Carolina, which opened in
Bryson City Monday and adjourned
shortly before noon Tuesday. Judge
E. Yates Webb of Shelby presided.
Cases disposed of included:
Joseph Olivo, Union county, charged
with attempting to bribe a United
States officer, sentenced to serve a
year and a day; Walter Trantham,
Jackson county, pleaded guilty to a
charge of selling whiskey to Indians
and was sentenced to serve 30 days
in jail here on one count and given
a suspended sentence of six months
or. the second and placed on proba
tion for 18 months.
Whiskey Charge
Moses Ledford of Swain county
pleaded guilty to a charge of selling
whiskey to Indians and was sen
tenced to serve one month in jail
on one count and given six months
suspended and placed on probation
for 18 months on the second count;
Hattie Dalton of Jackson county,
was found guilty by a jury on a
charge of violating the whiskey law
and was sentenced to serve a year
and a day.
? John Driver of Swain county,
charged with attempted rape, was
sentenced to serve six months in a
federal institution, and Spencer
Driver of Swain county was sen
tenced to serve two months in jail
cr. the same charge.
Ralph Baker of Cherokee county,
charged with violating the whiskey
law, was given two months in jail on
one count and a ten-month sus
pended sentence and 18 months pro
bation on the second; Doc Gibson,
ot Swain county, charged with
violating the whiskey law, was. given
a sentence of seven months; Odell
Parker of Clay county, - charged
with illegally manufacturing whis
key, was given a suspended sentence
of six months and 18 months proba
tion.
Suspended Sentence ?
Jacob Ranee of Graham county
changed with violating the motor
vehicle theft act,- was given a sus
pended sentence of eight months and
placed on probation for 18 month^,
in view of his having spent three
months in jail while awaiting trial
arid that he is to be inducted into the
array in January.
John H. Huscusson of Jackson
county, charged with violating the
whiskey law, was given a suspend
ed sentenced of eight months during
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