va Herald ?L. XIX NO. 33 AND BUEALJTE ? CONSOUDATHD JULY, 1943 AwmrtL SYLVA, N. C. Wednesday, January 3, 1945 ~ j 5z. $1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties 5c Cony ?TV A TAX PROGRAM IrO BENEFIT REGION The Tennessee Valley Authority wtnts to pay taxes? or a remarkable loctixnile thereof! In 1944, it made payments of more $2,000,000 to six states and 126 [ties. a special report to Congress this the TV A recommended that its i-lieu-of-tax payments should be itinued on the ground that they reasonable cost of the power program. These payments by TV A to state cod county governments protect the ,Wal governments against losses in \h** revenues anticipated prior to the sectior enactment of. the amended section >3 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act which specifies the amounts and er of payment. The amended in, broadening the base of in payments, was enacted in 1940 fallowing recamm dictations of the TV A directors, with the support of state and, local officials. "Schools generally receive the largest share of the TV A payments fc> counties, followed in order by general purposes debt service, and roads," according to the report. TVA payments in lieu of taxes in 1M4 were greater than fdrmer ad valorem taxes on all property pur chased; including land ' allocated to purposes other than power, Toy $790, 311, an over-all gain of nearly 37 per cent, the report states. The TVA report discloses that in lieu .payments by TVA alone have increased from $1,499,417 in 1941 to $2,168,824 in 1944. TVA's percentage rate of payments to state and county governments is graduated downward from 10 per cent of gross power pro ceeds of ^he preceding year paid in 1M1 to 5 per cent payable in 1949 and each year after that. The 45 per cent crease in money payments by TVA, report states, "reflects gains in xffv^pyes tha? more^ than off set decreases in the percentage rate et payment. In-lieu payments have exceeded the minimum ? payment, measured by former property taxes purchased power property includ the portion of reservoir lands ate# to power, by fronT~44 per i 1941 to 80 per cent in 1944." Ie report shows, however, that i ' payments are not the only f's received by local govern - s as a result of TVA's opera is. The total tax equivalents and es set aside by the 83 municipal 45 co-operative systems distri TVA power, for the fiscal year , amounted to $1,957,614, or 5.6 t of their aggregate gross es; these payments exceeded ut $400,000 the former ad (Continued on last page) i. HOOPER TO LEAVE ISDAY FOR OGLETHORPE felen Allison Hooper will arrow tor Fort Oglethorpe, ce her basic training in the j I enlisting Mrs. Hooper was \ manager and news editor raid. She is the daughter 1 Mrs. J. C. Allison, off whom she has made her her husband, Lt. John L. ltered service eighteen Lt. Hooper is now serv >acific area. Frady Is ith WAC sthorpe ?HORPE, GA., Jan. 1. (brother, Lt. R. G. Frady, Daisy Frady of Nor receiving basic training WAC Training Center is in Germany. ~ graduated from high ra where her parents, Robert Frady, reside. of Rev. Th&d Deitz, Baptist Church in Syl of R. Higdon, attorneys [enlistment the WAC iployed as supply clerk Depot, Norfolk. 'lough ,AJM/M. 3rc, is here C., spending a ten with his parents, Mr. Allman of Webster. Report Shows Big Role Played By TV A In Sup plying Power And Ma terials For War Work The Tennessee Valley Authority reported today a net of $14,116,000 on power operations in the 1944 fts caJ year, and an increased war effort. In its annual report to Congress and President Roosevelt, covering the 12 months ended last June 30, the agency gave its .gross revenues from power as $35,429,000. It said the number of TV A em ployees "dropped from 28,400 to 21, 000 with nearly 3,000 departing for military service. The report also cited these accom plishments: Generation ot more than 10,000,^ 000,000 kilowatt hours of electric ity, three quarters of which went for war purposes. For Synthetic Rubber Production of more than 100,000 tons of calcium carbide for synthetic rubber manufacture and 130,000 tons of ammonium nitrate for fertilizers; an increase in the production of ele mental phosephorus, a vital war ma terial, by 30 per cent. Extension of the navigation chan nel the full 650-mile length of the Tennessee River to permit a record 12-month freight traffic of 206,000,000 ton miles. Preparation of topographic maps of foreign arecfe^for the use of Allied armies, plroviffliigNammonium nitrate and phosphatexjN^t^ize^s^ for war ust, and designs ""atid specifications for 11 powerhouses for the Russian Government, through Lend-Lease. =" Providing technical advice on mili tary. and civilian food consumption; aid to the lumber industry in increas ing output; production of 9,000 tons^ of dicacium ^phosphate for use in mixed stock feeds to helporeplacif bone meal imports cut off by'war. 129 Towns Served Supplying 3,362,000,000 KWH of power to 129 municipalities and co operative electric systems which, in distributing- electricity to 550,000 consumers, earned a combined net income of $6,363,000. - r, Discussing its commercial fertilizer operations, the TV A said its test demonstration farms had greatly in creased sales and that in many in stances, use of the fertilizers had doubled the value of farms. Domestic use of electricity under TV A rates increased from 1,598 to 1,707 KWH per customer, the report said, while the average rate declined .from 1.96 cents per KWH to 1.88 cents per KWH. The TVA said the average domestic consumer in the nation used 1,117 KWH and paid an average price of 3.55 cents. Central Jackson Singing Con vention To Be Held January 7 At Webster Baptist Church The Central Jackson Singing Con vention will be held on the first Sun day in January at the Webster Bap ster Baptist Church. It will start at 2 o'clock and all of the public is cor dially invited to attend. IN SOUTH PACIFIC ? Mack Johnson Stewart S. 1-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Deck H. Stewart of4 Norton, was inducted into service on October 20, 1943, at Camp Croft, S. C. He took his boot training at the IT. S. N. Training Station at Great Lakes, 111. He took further training at Shoemaker, California, and at Yoaemite. He is now stationed some where in the So^th Pacific. V | WHY NAZIS GAMBLE M DRIVE J ? MILITARY OBSERVERS ABROAD Art of the opinion that the explanation of the present German counter-offensive lies In the east* Russian railway construction and concentration of supplies have reached tremendous proportions now that the ground has hardened. General Von Runstedt, fcnrfuf of being caught between grand scale offensives on two tronts, appears to nave started his present drive in the west to destroy the huge amount of Allied supplies there before the Soviet forces are able to at tack him in the east. Achievement of this aim would give him time to swing his forces to the east while Allied armies would be stalled by heavy losses of men and equipment Arrows show the direction of the N?7.i pttaek and r*rohahl? rout* PaH HpIiw / r *?i\ ! MEMORIAL SERVICES TO BE HELD FOR CPl. HARRY A. KIRSCH ^Memorial services ^or Cpl. Harry A. Kirsch, who died in Germany Nov. 15, husband of Hazel Allison Kirsch,' rwill be held Sunday afternoon, Jan. 7, at 3 o'clock at the ^irst Lutheran Church in Asheville. Cpl. Kirsch had been in service for two years and overseas for two and a half months. He received his train ing at Fort Benning and Camp Gor don, Ga. He was connected with General Patton's 3rd Army, being a member of the 10th Armored Division, known as the Tiger Tenth. This division had the distinction of being the first armored division to enter Germany. He was a driver of a com bat ftalf-truck. Surviving are the widow, -his moth er, Mrs. Rosa Kirsch, of Asheville, his father, E. H. Kirsch, Hollyhill, Fla., two sisters, Mrs. Jack Pursifull, Asheville, and Mrs. Lynn Myers, -fclarrisburg, Penn., two brothers, Les ter Kirsch, Red Bud, 111., and Norman Kirsch of the Merchant Marines, Tampa, Fla. Funeral' Services Held For Aaron Hooper December 29 Funeral services for Aaron Hooper, 72, were held at the East LePorte Methodist church, on Friday morning at 11 o'clock with the Rev. Johnathan Brown officiating. Burial followed in the ? Moses Creek cemetery. He died following an illness of several weeks. Mr. Hooper was a life-long resi dent of Jackson County, a public spirited citizen, serving his community and county in every worthwhile un*> dertaking. He served as chairman of the election board of Jackson counXy for a number of years. Surviving are j three daughters; Mrs. J. B. Arrington of Asheville; Mrs. R. N. Carey of Sioux City, Iowa; and Lucile Hooper "bf Co warts; four sons: Pfc. Glenn Hooper, Ray Hooper of Brevard; Cpl. Warren Hooper and Lt. Lyle Hooper; one sister, Mrs. Leah Parker, of Cali fornia; two grand children: Sgt. J. B. Arrington and Mary Anna Hooper. Pallbearers were: Adam Moses, Griffin Middleton, Dan Allison, Leo nard Holden, John Candler Brown, Walter Ashe and John Hooker. February 1 is the final date for filing requests for "new grower^' to bacco allotments for 1945, say I\AA V ) Pvt. Cardcn Spends First - Christmas At Home In Three Years: Pvt. Floyd E. Carden spent the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd C. Carden, and his brother, Bruce. This is the first Christmas that Pvt. Carden has spent at home in three years. He has served overseas for two years. He returned to Washing-" ton on December 27. HAIGtER PASSES AT HAYESVILLE HOME Many people of Jackson county, especially members of the Masonic tvnd Eastern Star organizations, will regret to hear of the death of G. H. Haigler, who died at the age of 89 at his home in Hayesville -Siwdlay night. Burial was in Hayesville on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Haigler was Master of the Hayesville Masonic lodge for 26 years, and the first Worthy Grand Patron of the-Order of the Eastern Star of North Carolina. , Mr. and Mrs. Haigler had been married 64 years. He is survived by his widow and eight children, 16 grandchildren and four great grand children. Funeral Services Were Held For Sallie Moss At Pine Creek Cemetery On Saturday Sallie Moss, aged 79 years, two months and 23 days, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Lee Hous ton on December 22, 1944. She was a member of the Yellow Mountain Baptist Church. Funeral services were held at the Pine Creek at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon with the Rev. C. C. Hooper officiating. She is survived by six children: C rover, Furber, Thermon, Burl Govan and Mrs. Clara Jennings, "a number of grandchildren, nieces and nephews, one brother Govan Stewart; three sisters: Laura Bumgarner, of Speed well, Mandy Evitt, of Gastonia, and Etta McCoy, of Erastus. The Smoky Mountain Court of Honor for the Daniel Boone Council Boy Scouts of America, held its Jan uary meeting at the Whittier Metho dist church Monday night at 8 o' clock. The court was led by the New Advancement Chairman, Mr. John F. Corbin, of Sylva. The pledge to the Flag, led by Scout Frank Gossoway, Troop llS? Whittier was given. The invocation was by Rev. C. O. Newell of the Bryson City Methodist Church. Scout Alden Chikiers of Whittier was the court clerk. The Tenderfoot Candlelight investi ture ceremony was presided over by Francis V. Smith, Assistant Execu tive of Daniel Boone Council, from Asheville. Tenderfoot awards were made to: Howard Reese, John Zachary, and Burton Leach, of Franklin troop No. 1, John H. Robinson, Jr., Clarence H. Dillard, Rufus Dillard, Homer Ray Davis, Joe Wilde and Harold Mor gan, Sylva No. 1. Second Class awards were present ed by Herbert Gibson of Sylva to Neil Wilson and G. C. Bradley, Troop 1, Sylva. Merit Badges were presented the following by Rev. Rufus Morgan, Dis trict Chairman from Franklin: Charles Stillwell, Sylva troop 1, in scholar ship and carpentry; Boyd Sutton, Sy!va troop 1, in Pathfinding; Jack Hennessee, Sylva troop 1, scholarship and pathfinding; Philip Jones, Sylva troop 1, pioneering, carpentry and scholarship, and Cecil Ray Childers, troop 1, Whittier, irf Conservation. The following scout leaders were presented training certificates: Wil liam E. Ensor,~^r>, troop camping, Course Leader and two weeks' camp ing; Jim L. Hauser of Franklin, . spe cialization, course leader and two weeks camping; William E. Bird, Cul lowhee, course leader; Rev. McMurry S. Richey, Cullowhee, scoutmaster and course leader. The following men were appointed by District Chairman Rev. Rufus Morgan to act- as district committee men: Simon P. Davis, neighborhood Commissioner lor Bryson City, Whit tier md Cherokee; ' Floyd Grant, Health and Safety chairman; and J^roes A. Sutton, cubbing chairman. t V. Wac recruiting will CONTINUE ARMY SAYS J * Captain Chapman Home From Overseas Captain W. Kermit Chapman, D. C.. attached to the U. .S. Army Air | Crop., ig spending three weeks leave with his family in Sylva. After 12 months overseas service he was sent home on the rotation plan. Upon completion of his leave he will report to Miami Beach for re-assignment. Baldridge And Henson ArePrisoners Of War t Mrs. Ed Baldridge has received a telegram from the War Department on Monday stating that her husband, Pic. Ed Baldridge, who has been miss ing in action since Sept. 22, is now a piisoner of war. Mrs. Jack -Henson received a tele gram from the War Department stat ing that her husband, Pfc. Jack Henson, is now a prisoner of war. He had been previously reported miss ing in action since, last Oct. CARL CA6LE HOME FROM EUROPEAN THEATRE ' * Carl Cagle, Jr., S. 2-c, son of Mr. ! and Mrs. Carl Cagle, Greens Creek,! has just returned from the European J Theatre and spent two days at Christ- ? mas with his parents. .1 S. Cagle has seen eight months ser- | vice. He is now serving as signal ] man on his ship. He has a brother- \ in-law, Lyle D. Hall, also serving , in -the armed forces, stationed at Camp j Blanding, Fla. COY ROGERS RETURNS TO HOSPITAL ~ I Coy Rogers left Thursday for Mc- i Ceskey General Hospital, Temple Texas, where he has been stationed , lor several months. He spent t*he ? Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Rogers, and a few days with his brothers and sisters in., Winston -Salem. He will arrive at 1 the hospital Sunday night. . ^ ' j Enlistment Requirements To Be Stricter; More Nurses Is Greatest Need Now Spiking rumors that recruiting for the Women's Army Corps "was dis-* continued as of the first of the yearf Sergeant William D. Ashely, of the Asheville army recruiting " office, in Sylva on Monday and Tuesday said0 that women to be trained as medical technicians for duty with the armed forces would be enlisted as long as the war against Germany and Japan continues. "Enlistment requirements have been revised, however", the recruit ing sergeant said, "and only those who posses a particular knowledge or skill which can be useful to the Army, or those who can qualify foe special^ technical training, will be eligible for entrance into the Coi-ps." "At present", the~sei4geant continued, "the U.S. Army Nurse Corps is making an all-out drive to enlist registered nurses for assignment .to the armed forces. A number of those seeking enlistment with the A.N.C., however, will not be accepted for duty with the nursing corps ? and it is women such as these that we mean to enlist as WAC medical technicians. Re quirements for a medical assignment with the Women's Army Corps are not as high as those for assignment with the Army Nurse Corps, and many who fail to meet the standards foi one branch of the service will find that they are sorely needed for ?' duty in another phase of the medi- ' cat department of the Army." Expressing the opinion that he cer tainly couldn't see how a woman who reads the casuality lists in the daily papers needed very much coaching to impress upon her just how badly she i? needed by the medical service, Sgt. Ashely announced that new enlist ment (l\.\ jrieifitkV.*, m:.V.e il "ttetC'TT**/ * that enlistees posses a high school education or some technical knowl edge in the medical field. "Red Cross ?nurses aides and doctor's assistants are among the women we need",, the sergeant saidr )'and I mean to con tact every one of these technically trained women in Jackson county." Announcing that a new recruiting schedule would place a Women's Army Corps recruiter in Sylva every week, Sgt. Ashely appealed for wom en who possess the basic qualifications to contact their local postmaster for an appointment to discuss the pros pects of enlistment. COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH TO MEET There will be a meeting of the 9 County Board of Health on Jan. 8, at 4 o'clock in the County Commis sioners office to elect officers for the ensuing year. The board is constitut ed of the following members; T. W. . Ashe, chmn. A. C. Moses, secretary) ? Dr. A. A. Nichols and Dr. Noracella M?Cuire. FIRST BABY OF THE NEW YEAR ? The first baby to be born in Jack* con County this year arrived at 9:35 A. M. a son weighing 9 pounds and 13 ounces was born to Pfc. and Mrs. James Earwood of Cherokee. Pic. Earwood is serving with the rail* read division in France and has been overseas since last June. Mrs. Ear? wood is the former Miss Beatrice Donald, daughter of Mr. and Mn, O. D. McDonald, of Cherokee. / HAROLD STALLGUP PROMOTED TO CAPT Lt. Harold K. Stallcup, pilot Of* B-17 in England, has been tc Captain. He holds the Air and three Oak Leaf Clusters. One the members of his crew holds Silver Star, another member D. F. C. and the Bombadier has promoted to 1st Lieutmtnt. Representative liMves For Dan Allison left leigh where he will son county in the the General

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