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THE SYLVA HERALD And Ruralite w ? . Published By THE HERALrO PUBLISHING COMPANY Mais Street Phone 110 Sylva, North Carolina The County 8eat of Jackson County J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD Publishers ?IKS. CAROL THOMPSON News Editor MRS. JOHN H. WILSON Office Manager PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Jackson County .$1.50 Six Months, In Jackson County 80c One year. Outside Jackson County .. 2.00 Biz Months, Outside Jackson County 1.25 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Entered at' the post office at Sylva, N. C.f as Second Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March ft, 1879, November 20, 1914. Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, cards of j, and all notices of entertainment for profit, will be charged for at the rate of one cent per word. North Carolina*^ PRESS ASSOCIATION And with Him hope arose, and life and light. Men said, "Not Christ but Death died yester night." And joy and truth and all things virtuous Rose when He rose. (Selected) ARE WE TO HAVE A POST WAR CRIME WAVE? t J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bu reau of Investigation, writing in the April issue of Rotarian has this to say about a post war crime wave: Like the sulphurous lava which boils beneath a slumbering volcano ?such is the status of crime in America to day. Just prior to the outbreak of World War II most Americans looked back upon the beer-baron, bank-robbery era of the early '30s as a closed chapter in history. The Dil lingers, Baby-Face Nelsons, Barkers, Floyds, and Barrows were dead or in prison, and otherwise shrewd observers relegated the problem to the limbo of forgotten issues. A few statistics will reveal how com- ? pletely erroneous this conception was. In 1938, just one year before the declara tion of war in Europe, England, and Wales, with a population of approximately 400 mil lion people, reported 305 cases of murder and manslaughter. In the United States during the same year there were 11,992. Based on population-the United States had 11 times more cases of murder and man slaughter than England and Wales. Almost the same ratio existed in all the more serious types of crime, including murder, robbery, and aggravated assault. Based on population the crime rates in the United States were more than nine times greater than in Eng land and Wales. Such figures illustrate the size of Amer ica's crime problem, even after the gangster era of the early '30s had been broken. With the entry of the United States into the present war it was thought by many that the peril of hostile forces from without would tend to discourage the activities of the criminally inclined within, but this did not materialize. During 1943 more than 1,300,000 major crimes occurred?one every 22 seconds. A murder was committed every 53 minutes. Each day 745 American homes were burglarized, 124 persons robbed, 2, 209 larcenies were perpetrated, and 514 au tomobile owners were deprived of their-cars by auto thieves. This was the average for every 24-hour period throughout the year. FBI crime statistics show that that there has been a tremendous increase in juvenile crime since the outbreak of the war. Crime among young girls, for example, has mount ed 130.4 per cent and in one war-boom center the number of young girls arrested has increased 355 percent. The vast majority of juvenile offenders are between the ages of 12 and 21. They represent 15 percent of the total population. In fact, 17-year-old boys and - 18-year-old girls committed more crimes than any other age group. These figures represent crime casualties on the home front. They explain the vital and deep concern which law-enforcement of ficers throughout the United States have felt for several years toward the rising prob lem of juvenile delinquency. For the very existence of organized crime depends upon the recruiting of youth. While Jackson county is not in a war boom center and youth delinquency has not reached alarming proportion, still, we are part of the nation which goes into the aver age for the basis of Mr. Hoover's figures. With these facts and figures facing us it is all the more imperative that our communi ties develop some form of youth program for wholesome entertainment and instructions in work that, youth will become interested to such an extent that they will steer away from crime. The home, the school, the church, and all civic groups must combine to prevent a greater downfall of our youth. ARMY DAY! Friday, April 6, is Army Day i Authorized by Congress, and invoked each year by Presidential Proclamation, Army Day in this Spring of 1945 is a day for great rejoicing, even as it is a day of heavy hearted sadness and solemnity. It is fitting that Americans should re joice on this day in the knowledge that our victorious armies are sweeping relentlessly forward to a glorious peace. And it is with a special sort of pride that we reflect upon the young men and women of America who constitute the military and naval might of this nation, and whose valor and unflinching devotion are making a victorious peace pos sible. Yet we must pause, sadly, to reflect upon the thousands upon thousands of our own sons who have died, and will die to make victory possible. We must give thought to the millions of our troops suffering untold privations on foreign fields, defending our land and our spiritual heritage unto death if need be. In the full pride of our Americanism we must resolve to continue to shoulder our share of the burdens of war in order that victory may be speedily attained. In everv communitv in our nation there t 1/ is a home front job to be done. From the roaring foundries and blast furnaces in our cities to the broad sweep of farm woodlands that link them, there is a job for every man to do. In our own corrfmunity the choice is simple. Here grows that great product of nature that is one "of our nation's most vital military assets. Here grow our forests. Here are the high grade woods that pulp wood workers cut into the very sinews of war. ? Our special job, therefore, is to produce the peeled pulpwood from these forests that keep our men supplied with ammunition, clothing, food?in fact, 700,000 tools of war fare. America is not only a unity of states. It is from the united will and effort of all her people in all her states, that America draws her strength. This Week in WASHINGTON SPECIAL TO CENTRAL PRESS WASHINGTON ? Capitol Hill is ex pected to turn thumbs down on government auctions as a means of disposing of the huge surplus property which will be left over after the war. The surplus will include everything from soup to battleships, and it is estimated that the vast stocks of goods will be worth up to 200 billion dollars. A Senate committee has been looking into the auction method of selling some of the materials which already have been de clared surplus, and, according to members, the committee does not like what it has found. Star witness at the hearings was Jacob Goldberg of New York, who said he was the "best auctioneer in the country." Senator James D. Mead (D.) of New York, commit tee chairman, expressed amazement at what he said looked like "irregularities," and what Goldberg said was "customary" at auc tions. The irregularities which Mead protested included a practice of professional auction buyers of "rigging the show" and controlling the prices. Consequently, the committee is ex pected to recommend against general use of auctions although it probably will en dorse letting farm machinery go on sale in that manner, in view of the success of some farm auctions. I The committee also is expected to de mand that a central clearing house be es tablished so that one branch of the govern ment will not be selling as surplus the same materials which another branch Is "fran tically seeking to purchase. The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.?Arthur Helps. . The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.?Sheridan. fTHEOLD HOME TOWN v By STANLEY SORRY TO WAKE YOU OP MRS TwrTCHLCY BUT^AS I SAlO WHEA4 T CAMC HfffeS lb GtVC YOU PLENTY00s A40TJCE: IF T LEFT vou--weLL//M LEAV/AA^ NOW ? OM THE MIDNIGHT BUS on the home sweet hom* tooarr? stanle^J oor* tarn. kp*o rmArpM* rr?p?CAtm tm wtmj) ?o?rr? ??ror?xp f ? J News arid Comment From Raleigh CAPITAL LETTERS ' By THOMPSON GREENWOOD APPROACH?Although this ses sion of the Legislature was often pretty dry, there were moments of humor. - For instance, when Governor. Cherry weht into the House to make his hospital speech to the joint ses sion . . . The galleries were full, the whole place crowded and quiet, waiting for the Governor. House members and Senators had been sent to escort His Excellency. On the dais sat Speaker of the House Oscar Richardson and Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine, with the latter presiding. Finally, at the door there was a little jostling of the crowd. The ser jeant-at-arms didn't know just what to say, but felt he should make some little comment, so he intoned in royal voice: "The Governor and his escorts are now approaching." Everything was quiet for a second. And then Ballentine banged the table with his mallet, thought for an in stant while the Governor halted. "Let him approach!", said Ballentine. That seemed to everyone the best thing to say, and after that, with Cherry grin ning, things got down to an even keel. APRIL?By May 1 many of the appointments to be made by Gover nor Cherry (ho will have around 30 big-paying positions to fill) will have been taken care of. By that time?if the present pace continues?virtually all the legislators will have been back to Raleigh at least once regarding some local appointment. Funny thing, those who visited the Governor last week left in extremely good humor, feeling that they had struck good blows for their favorites. It is fine that they left in a happy mood, but many are doomed for disappointment, of course .... JONATHAN ? Appointment of Jonathan Daniels as FDR's Good Man Friday gives this State an excel lent enti ce into the sacred halls of the White House. In fact, we have not had better since Jonathan's father was Secretary of the Navy in the other World War. For a long time now we have, been forced to go to the President through our Congressmen and Senator?. Our best contact was Congressman R. L. Doughton. With all due respect for Senators Bailey and Reynolds, they had little or no influence on Presi dent Roosevelt, except in an ad j \ erse way possibly. Now it is different. Max Gardner i> close to the Government's innards, HANCOCK ? Frank Hancock is and that is a help to Senator Clyde R. Hoey. another North Carolinian close to the President. As head of Farm Securi ty Administration and the gufdlAg force at this time over the Commo dity Credit Corporation, he is one of the most powerful men in the Na tion. Yet two years ago he was nothing more than ^representative from Granville County in the Legisr- * lature. If you remember, he lost out as Congressman when he ran against Our Bob Reynolds in 1938. Comptroller Lindsay Warren is also regarded as one of the closest men to th^ President. So if you want something done in Washington, contact your Congress man as usual, but then wade in on the big boys: Daniels, Gardner, Han cock, and Warren, or friends of these gentlemen. SHINDIG ? There is going to be a real shindig here in Raleigh on April 15 when Joe Blythe of Charlotte puts on the Jefferson' Day Dinner. Pres ent will be Vice-President Harry Truman, Democratic Chairman Steve Hannagan, RFC Chairman Fred Vin son, and Mae Oliver, North Caro linian who is a high official in the Democratic national Executive Com mittee. DIGEST ? Glenn Tucker, princi pal of the Bolivia High School in Brunswick County, has his teacher want ad primed in the current issue of Reader s Digest. Tucker,- a Wilkes County native and a graduate of Wake Forest College (1932 >, ran this ad in several State papers. He will: probably receive around S100 for it" from the Digest. Last month, John Harden, now sec retary to Governor Cherry, had one of his squibs carried in the Digest. Written while he was with the Greens boro Daily News, it was picked up by a lady and sent to the Digest. It is said that Harden received S25 for the item; the News, S25; and the lady who sent it in, $25. I'ROES C H K R ' S ? Legislators wanting to have a big time in Ra le igh often went to Proeschei^'s place out near Cary. There they could drink a^'littic beer, get a good meal, and watch soldier boys dance with the girl>. Il was the near*.?? thing to a night* club around Raleigh. It burned a few day> ago a: . loss of around $12,000 to the owner. Paper cellars around young plants arc good protection again.-t the cut | worm., . YOUR PULPWO m NOW while you can Plan now to cut and peel as much pulpwood as possible during the sea son when the sap is up and trees peel easily. Get Top Price Peeled pulpwood prices are substan tially above those paid for rough wood ?the highest prices allowed under wartime ceilings fixed by the Office of Price Administration. Easier to Handle There are many other advantages to peeling. The cut and peeled log1 dries k** Keep Up the Qualify fersr ?>,eund work mqy be wasted. S ZZ^Z?Z?Td ,hoJ services be made of good wood out quickly and loses up to half its weight. The smooth, lighter pulpwood sticks are easier to load and handle; you can haul more pulpwood per trip; save time, labor, r.asoline and tires. VICTORY PULPWOOD tj.v.uiMJ VICTORY PULPW003 COMMITTEE E. L. McKEE PAUL ELLIS RAY ORR M. L. SNIPES R. U. SUTTON >***'
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