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AMERICA First, Last and Always VOL. XX NO. 8 The Sylva Herald AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 SYLVA, N.--G. Wednesday, JtriyH, The Herald is dedicated progressive service to Ji son ... A progressive, balanced county. n~eountte5==!hrCi herald Published In Modern New Home In Svlva Associated Press Correspondent Says Future Peace of World Depends On Understanding Among Nations John A. Parris Visiting Parents Here While Enroute To London * After Covering San Francisco Conferenc The future peace c* * world depends on a commoi ?*/. sand ing among nations aii<? '''' ling ness tofto settle difference 3und a conference table, John A. P.irris, Jr., Associated Press of reign dip lomatic correspondent, told the Sylva Herald today n an inter view. ( "The peace we hn ) won in Europe can be key.,' . arris said, "if we take a rea . view of world condition and do. i isolate ourselves from our respons'^ilities abroad. We have go* te \?alize that no country can e. -r a \i be self-dependent." Parris, who is spending his va cation here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. . 'arris, before returning to his post in London, was one of five Associated Press foreign affairs experts brought home to cover the United Nations conference in San Francisco? a signal honor for the Sylva boy. Considered one of the top-rank ing authorities in his field, Parris for the past four years has coverwl the diplomatic beat in LopMlOb ' where he camevto know intimate]? kings, minister. , oipign score S*" tartes, ambassadors and ttar men who guided Europe through the war years. Now, he is returning to London and Europe to cover what he con siders the world's greatest story ? the rehabilitation and rebirth of Europe. ~ , "The next ten years in Europe," Parris feels, "will be a newspaper man's dream. I've seen Europe destroyed, and now I will have an opportunity of seeing Europe born again and watch it grow into a . healthy member of the community (Continued to page 4) - NOTICE TO DIS CHARGED VETERANS Recently the U. S. E. S. Office in Stovall's building mailed a copy of the following letter to those of the ex-service men whose separation notice from the Armed Forces has been received in this office. To those of you who have not received this letter, you have not been purposely overlooked. It may be that the office has not yet received a notice of your discharge, or that we have already rendered you service. If you have not received this letter and you have been discharged from the service for any reason, other than dishonorable, read this letter, consider that it was mailed directly to you and pay a visit to your local office: We have been advised of your discharge from the armed services. As a veteran you are entitled to. every consideration this Agency can render, either in securing em ployment or explaining in detail your rights and benefits under the "GI" BUI of Rights. If you will bring this letter, with a copy of your discharge to our office on any day during the week and ask for the Veterans' Employ ment Representative, whose prime responsibility it, is to render all aid and assistance possible to discharg ed veterans, we feel sure that we can be of assistance to you. Each United States Employment Office is a Veterans' Information Center and, as such, is currently informed on all veterans' matters. 0 I Cryolite is the best material to use in fighting flea beetles, horn worms, and budwormt on tobacco, says J. Myron Maxwell, Extension entomologist at State College. Sylva Officer Decorated In Italy WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, ITALY ? 1st Lieutenant Daniel W. Frady, 30, of Sylva, North Carolina, recently was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in combat on the Fifth Army front during the Italian Campaign. He serves with- the 362nd In fantry Regiment, 91st "Powder River" Division. During the winter fighting in the Apennines, Frady constantly remained forward with the mule trains transporting, supplies, the citation stated. Working in treach erous, mountainous terrain, under all types of enemy fire, he consist ently kept supplies moving for ward. ' Frady was commissioned in April, 1943. His wife lives in Sylva. RAY ORR ACCEPTS POSITION WITH S. C. FORESTRY SERVICE Kay Orr, who has been assistant county agent and forester for Jack son county for the past two and a half years left this week for Clemson gpllege, S. C.t where he has accepted a position with the state of South Carolina as Asst. State Extension forestef. Mr. Orr will not be replaced in Jackson county for the present time. While here, Mr. Orr was instru mental in helping the farmers of "this area in working out farm wood lot management plans and in the selling of their timber. Mr. Orr's work at Clemson will consist of traveling over the state and aiding timber operators ac quire timber, farmers to sell their products an?l to instigate sound forestry practices. He is a graduate of the Univer sity of Georgia, class of 1938 and while in Sylva was active in civic and church organizaitons. Mr. Orr was a member of the Sylva Meth odist church, the Dillsboro Ma sonic Lodge and the Sylva Lions club, having served in the capacity of Cabinet Secretary of District 31 A and as editor of the bulletin of the local club. Mrs. Orr and two children will accompany him at the present time and make their home at Clemson College. Returns From Mission Hospital Mrs. Lawrence Reed, who has recently undergone an operation at the Mission Hospital in Asheville, has returned to her home here. Mrs. Reed is making satisfactory progress. It. William G. Jackson Veteran Of 48 Missions Home On Furlough Lt. Willaim G. Jackson, who was liberated May 1 from German prison camp, Stalag Luft 1, has re turned to his home at East LaPorte to spend a sixty-day furlough with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Jackson. Lt. Jackson, serving as a pilot on a Liberator B-24 completed his 48th mission and was returning to his base when his group was at tacked by 100 or more enemy fighters. His plane was hit and exploded. Lt. Jackson suffered severe burns and was later cap tured by the Germans. Lt. Jackson, who has been in service three and a half years trained in radio and Radar before being accepted as an aviation cadet. Taking his advanced train ing at Yuma, A**iz., he here re ceived his commission as 2nd Lt. and the silver wings of a pilot. Assigned as co-pilot on a B-24 he had further training at Langley Field, Va., before being sent to the North Africa area of operations. Later he was engaged in the Italian campaign. He spent eighteen months overseas. He is a graduate of the Cullo whee High school and Draughns Business college Winston-Salem where he was employed before en tering the army- 1 His wire, Mrs. Loree B. Jackson has been residing at East LaPorte while he was away. He will go to Miami, Fla., for reassignment. S. Sgt. John K. Sutton Returning From Carib bean War Fronts Among the North Carolina men being flown from overseas in ocean spanning ATC planes is S. Sgt. From this ATC Caribbean Di are being sent to Air Transport Command's Miami Army Air Field, from This ATC * Caribbean Di vision hub they move by rail to Camp Blanding, Fla., and on to reception centers nearer their homes for separation from the service or furloughs prior to reas signment. Sgt. Sutton has spent 46 months with the Infantry in China -Burma Indian theatre and'holds the bronze star. College Of Bishops Of Methodist Church Held At High Hampton lim Meeting this past week at High Hampton Inn, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McKee, were the Col lege of Bishops of the Southeast ern Jurisdiction of the Methodist church. This group of men are leaders in that part of the terri tory which did constitute the old Southern Methodist church. Bishop Clare Purcell, who pre sided over the Charlotte area, is president of the College of Bishops. The areas of administration in cluded in this jurisdiction is the Charlotte area, already mentioned, the Atlanta area under the direc tion of Bishop Arthur J. Moore, the Birmingham area under Bishop Costen Harrell, Jackson, Miss., area under Bishop Lloyd Decell, Nashville area under Bishop Paul Kern, Louisville area under Bishop W. T. Watkins, Richmond area under Bishop W. W. Peele and the Geneva or European area under Bi9hop Paul N. Garber. Bishop U. V. W. Darlington of Huntington, W. Va., and Bishop Hoyt M. Dobbs of Birmingham, Ala!, both retired are also mem bers of the College of Bishops. Due to sickness and some of the Bishops being abroad at the present time there was not a full meeting. Bishop Purcell states that they will meet again later in the sum mer at Lake Junaluska. There are five jurisdictions in the Methodist church, each of them with its own College of bish ops. The larger organization of Bishops for the entire Methodist church is called the council of Bishops. PRESIDENT TRUMAN ON WAY TO BID-THREE MEETING IN BERLIN President Truman has left Washington and is enroute by ship to the Big Three conference staged to be held near Berlin, Germany. He sailed Saturday from the Nor folk Navy base. His first meeting with Premier Josef Stalin and Prime Minister Winston Churchill may begin within the next ten days. The President hinted re cently that the meeting would probably begin around July 17. This will be Mr. Truman's first trip outside the United States since succeeding Mr. Roosevelt. Dur ing his absence there is no acting president. He will carry out all the functions of chief executive while abroad, as was the case with Mr. Roosevelt, who signed . bills and performed other presidental routine while outside the United States. VINSON TAKES OVER U. S. TREASURY POST President Truman has named as Secretary of the Treasury a man who believes war-time inflationary pressures will continue, and pos sibly grow worse, for a period after victory over Japan, who be lieve^ pirices, wages and strict manpower controls must continue sc long as the danger lasts, who opposes any general reduction of taxes till after VJ-Day, and who has a deep, abiding belief in the ability of the United States to provide a rising living standard, jobs and an expanding economy in the years ahead. He is Fred M. Vinson of Ken tucky, veteran of 14 years in Con gress, six years on the bench, two years in increasingly important top war-agency jobs under Presi dent Roosevelt, and now picked by President Truman as successor ol Henry Morgenthau, Jr., as Sec retary of the Treasury. Memorial Services To Be Held July 15th For Sgt. Mark Watson Memorial services will be held for Hoy G. (Mark) Watson, July 15, at 3 o'clock at the Scotts Creek Baptist church. Sgt. Watson was killed in action March 7 while serving with the 94th Infantry Division, Third army. He entered service Dec. 12, 1943, and received his training at Fort Bragg, Camp Phillips, Kansas and Camp McCain, Miss., and was sent overseas in August of last year where he saw action in Belgium, France and Germany. Prior to entering the service he taught school at Barnardsville high school, Edenton high school, Sky land and Sylva high school. Surviving besides the parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Watson, of Sylva is one brother, Cecil, a ministerial student at Wake Forest College. Kenneth E. Jones Joins Maritime Service Kenneth E. Jones of Gay is now in the Merchant Marine Ser vice in Brooklyn, N. Y. NO CHANGES MADE IN N. C. LABOR CLASSI FICATION Raleigh, July 9. ? No changes were made in the classification of labor market areas in North Caro lina in the War Manpower Com mission's list for July 1, the Ashe ville and New Bern .areas remain ing for Group 1, areas of critical labor shortage. In fact, the Asheville area was the only area in^he nation which went into a Group I classification as of June 1, and as of July 1, the Group I areas dropped to 53 from the 66 on June 1. Demands for workers in several important war supporting firms in the Asheville area, along with needs in hospitals and military units, were factors in placing Asheville in the stringent labor market area group. The Charlotte, Elizabeth City and Winston -Salem - Greensboro areas remain in Group II, areas of slight labor shortages, and the Durham-Raleigh, Rocky Mount Wilson and Wilmington areas, with Leaksville and Spray, in the Dan ville, Va., area, remain in Group III, areas of slight labor surplus. Publishers of Jackson's Newspaper Pleased To Announce Herald Will Be Printed In Sylva In Future Bishop Arthur J. Moore Speaks at Methodist Church Speaking before a large congre gation and group of visitors, Bishop Arthur J. Moore of the Atlanta area of the South Eastern Juris diction, delivered the Sunday morning message at the Sylva Methodist church. Using as his text, part of Paul's letter to . the Ephesians, Bishop Moore brilliantly portrayed the complete picture of the church as it has stood and will stand in the history of the world. Emphasizing the fact that the church is the body of Christ he charged the con gregation to continue to keep the ideals of the church above the level of everyday living. Bishop Moore, who has been at tending the college of Bishops at High Hampton Inn for the past week remained over to serve as guest speaker at the church. Band Mill At East LaPorte Leveled By Fire Wednesday Afternoon Mill Was In Process Of Being Dismantled For Moving To New Location Fire of an indetermined origin leveled the bandmill of Blackwood Lumber Co. at j&ast LaPorte Wed nesday, July 11. The fire was discovered around 3 o'clock and members of the Sylva Fire Department arrvied on the scene about 3:30 but it had gained too much headway for them to control. The Franklin Fire Dept. was also called out to' combat the flames. The bandmill was built at East LaPorte some 25 years ago and at one time Blackwood Lbr. Co. was one of the largest hard wood operators in this section of the country. Platnip Brothers of Bluefield, W. Va, dealers in iron and steel scrap metal, recently purchased the mill and engines belonging to Blackwood and had begun the process of dismantling the mill. However, much valuable material was still left in the mill at the time ?f the fire. It is believed that possibly the torches used to cut this scrap threw sparks into surrounding dust and timber, causing the fire. Officials of the company de clined to give an estimate on the damage. Docks leading from the mill were partially burned but the firemen were able to prevent the flames from spreading to other buildings and houses. Ray Cogdill, Sylva 'fireman, re ceived slight burns around the face and arms while fighting the fire. JACKSONIANS HAD GOOD VIEW OF SUN IN PARTIAL ECLIPSE The weather favored citizens of this area Monday morning with little fog and clear skies so that the partial eclipse of the sun came out in clear view for those inter ested in viewing the marvelous display of this astronomical phen omenon. Only about 55 per cent hO i the sun was in eclipse in East ern America. However, a belt some 25 miles wide extending from Idaho through Montana and into Canada, Greenland, Norway, Swe den, Russia and Siberia afforded j the gazers a view of total ecplise. Chowan County is reported to have only about one-third as much acreage to cotton as three years ago. Former Jackson County Resident Visiting Here Mr. Cole Ashe of Lowell has re turned to Jackson county for a .visit A. native of this county Vie iftoved away a few years ago. He and Mrs. Ashe have an interesting record. They have seventy grand children, 18 great grandchildren and two gpeat-great grandchildren. Fourteen grandsons' and one great grandson are serving in the arm ed forces, five being in the army in the European Theater, seven with the Navy in the Euro pean area, one in the army air force also in Europe, one grandson and a great grandson with the army in the Pacific area. Mr. Ashe is 76 years old and Mrs. Ashe, the former Miss Callie Wood, also of Jackson county is 71. , USES OFFICES TO OBSERVE 44 HOUR WORK WEEK IN FUTURE Raleigh, July 9. ? As instructed by President Truman last week, the War Manpower Commission and its United States Employment Service will observe the 44-hour work week in the future. The in structions were effective July 1. Dr. J. S. Dorton, State Manpower Director, announces that the local USES offices, the WMC area offices and the State Administrative Of fice will be open daily through Friday from 8:30 to 5:30 and on Saturdays from 8:30 to 12:30. ! For the past three and one-half j years these offices have operated on a 48 -hour work week tfasis, in cluding work until 5:30 on Satur day afternoons. Joe Bird Injuries Eye In Accident Joe Bird, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Terrell Bird of Sylva suffered an injury to his right eye when he was playing with a rope and knife. The knife slipped the point enter ing the pupil of the eye. He was taken to Dr. A. R. Mc Cracken, ear, eye, nose and throat specialist of Waynesville for treat ment. Observance Of the Lord's Supper The Lord's Supper will be ob served at the Sylva Baptist church, Sunday at 11 A. M. The members are urged to be present for this service. Paper Late Due to Huge I Task of Moving to I New Home 1 The publishers of The SylvJ Herald take great pride and pleas-l ure in announcing to the citizen* of Sylva and Jackson county thofl we have moved our printing equip-l ment to Sylva and have opened ouil modern printing plant in the ol<fl Lyric Theatre building on Maiifl street. I As most of you know when Mr J Russ of the Waynesville Moun-| taineer purchased the Ruralitd from Mrs. Brown and changed thJ name to The Herald the paper waJ printed in Waynesville. AfteJ purchasing The Herald from t hel Waynesville people July 1 last yeaj the present publishers, who alacl publish The Bryson Cityv Times! printed The Herald in the Bryson City shop until this week. I Several months ago we began making preparations for bringinJ Jackson County's newspaper homel to be printed right here in SylvaJ After much delay due to labor andl material shortage we have ac-l complished what seemed at timej impossible as we had consid-l erable trouble finding a location! suitable for our plant, offices andl office supply store. m We 'have brought you this issue! of The Herald under almost in-l surmountable difficulties. When! we began moving in our machin-l ery the painters and electrician* had not completed their work and! while we have been trying to erectl our big paper press and other ma-l chinery they have been all over! us. The linotype machine vram brought in without dismantling andl we soon had it in operation. Duel tp war conditions we were unable! to secure an expert press erector! which threw the burden of erecting! an unfamiliar machine on oui! shop force. But after long hounl and much hard work we finally! got it in operation. There is yet! much re-arranging about the com-! posing room before it will be in! full operation. The painters havj ing just completed their work in! the front office, there still remains! the job of moving our office equip-l ment and supplies from the Lloydl hotel building to our new loca-| tion, this we hope to have movedl across the street within a few! days which will then put our entire! plant under one proof. 1 After we get settled in our new! home with all machinery running! smoothly and the front office! permanently arranged, we invite! cur readers and business friendal to call and see just how The Her-I aid is produced in its new home! in Sylva. I Dr. Ellen Winston Speakei At Sylva Rotary Club Speaking on the works and duti? of the Welfare board of the Stat ofTForth Carolina, Dr. Ellen Blacl Winston addressed members the Sylva Rotary club at their x ular meeting Tuesday night. A1 on the program for the evei were Dr. and Mrs. Benj Swalin, w*\o gave a program piano and violin selections of North Carolina Symphonic or chestra. The members and workers of local welfare board attended tin meeting. Two former m< who have been in the armed foi were present. Lt Keith Hin< recently returned from thil months overseas duty,, and Capt Kermit Chapman. \ Other guests included Dr. G. Nichols of Chester, S. C., and tw< visiting Rotarians from St. Petei burg, Fla. North Carolina now hat frozen locker plants and 15 ditional plants have either authorized or are in the procceg being built.
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