va Herald
?L. XIX NO. 33
AND BUEALJTE ? CONSOUDATHD JULY, 1943
AwmrtL
SYLVA, N. C.
Wednesday, January 3, 1945
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$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
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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
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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
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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