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AMERICA First, Last aad Always Herald The Herald la dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy JAPAN SURRENDERS Teaching Personnel For Jackson Announced By Superintendent Moses All Schools Scheduled To Open August 23 Except Cullowhee High School Mr. A. C. Moses, Superintendent of Jackson county schools, has an nounced the teaching personnel employed to staff the various schools of the county for the school year 1945-46. The schools and teachers are as follows: SYLVA HIGH? Wm. H. Crawford, Prin., Mrs. Mary Scott, Anne Bird Engman, M. B. Madison, Louise Henson, Juanita Farmer Davis, J. F. Cor bin, Mary Frances Knight, Leo nard Huff, Elma Donnahoe, Mrs. Mary R. Cowan. * ? SYLVA ELEMENTARY ? * W. V. Cope, John Crawford, Mrs. J. F. Freeze, Annie Louise Madi son, Mrs. Glenn Hughes, Selma B. Middle ton, Nimmo Geisler, Bel zora Holden, Mrs. Ollie Norton, Evelyn Parker McMahan, Emliy W. Tompkins, Bertha Cunning ham. BARKER'S CREEK? Mrs. Demerris Cowan, Mrs. Carl Higdon, Mrs. Ethel Collins. DIX CREEK? A. Cleveland Dillard. DILLSBORO .ELEMENTARY? Mrs. Stella C. Bryson, Mrs. Vir ginia C. Terrell, Mrs. Dorothy B. Higdon, Mrs. Allie W. Huff. BETA? i Mrs. Gertie Moss, Mrs. Maude Baker Reed, Mrs. Louise P. J0ov*?? Mrs. Elwyn Q. Deit2, Mrs. C. W. Hensley. ADDIE ? W. G. Dillard, Norma Painter Lee, Mrs. Clem Cogdill. WILLETS ? S. J. Phillips, vacancy." (Continued to page 8) More Chickens In Southern States Raleigh, August 14. ? Approxi mately 4,349,000 eggs will be pro duced in the South Atlantic states this year as compared with 4,599, 000 in 1944 and 2,935,000 ten years earlier the Federal-State Crop Reporting Service of the N. C. De partment of Agriculture says in a report on the poultry and egg situ ation for the nation. Since the 1945 figure is preliminary, ti>e amount may fluctuate slightly in subsequent estimates, the release explained. However, .in the South Atlantic number of chicks and young chick ens on farms in July was six per cent larger than in July of last year, presaging more eggs and poultry meat for next year. "In the post-war period, when the quantity of meat increases and the military demands for eggs de crease, egg consumption will likely decline to somewhere between the pre-war average of 298 eggs per person and the 1944 average con sumption of 351 eggs per person, said Clyde Wilils in discussing the post-war regional prospects for eggs. He pointed out that from 1942 through 1944, about 20 per cent of the eggs produced on farms were used. for dehydrating. ' This year, only six to eight per cent were utilized in this manner, and the end of the war will be followed by * substantial reductions in shipments * of dried eggs for lend-lease and in military procurement of dried iggs. i "t Since about 35 per cent of the eggs up North have gone to de hydration, big adjustments must be made there. In the South, where little expansion in egg pro* duction during the war on a per capita basis has been made and made and where only one-filth of the eggs went to drying plants, the adjustment will not be so great Selective Service Announces List of Men Who Became 18 Durng July Lyman C. Math is, Irvin E. Corbin, Marvin Leolan Henson, Ray Louis Rice, John Thomas Wilson, James Devevot Bradley, Ralph Ray Mid aleton, Odis William Allison, John Dexter Wilson, Joseph Marion Ammons, Jr., David Buchanan, William G. McMahan, William Balfour Knight. Methodist Youth Fellow shihp Elects New Officers The Methodist Youth Fellowship of the Love's Chapel Methodist church met Sunday night, August 12 and elected new officers for the following year. Those to hold office are: Presi dent, Juanita Norton; Vice-Presi dent, Hayes Conner; Sec. and Treasu., Jonnie Bumgarner; Lead er, Eloise Bumgarner; Program Committee, Nina Bumgarner; Pianist, Junior Thomas; Reporter, Junior Thomas. Museum Given New Rattler Raleigh August. 14. ? A cane brake rattlesnake ? three feet long ? has been presented to the State Mus*hu*v by Dr. John E. Foster of the Animal Husbandry Depart ment at State College, it is an nounced by Director Harry Davis. According to Davis, she may be come the "war bride" of Tojo, the large canebrake who has been a bachelor for 10 years. Dr. Foster also presented to the museum a dead canebrake, five feet long. The snake now is being mounted for exhibited in the poisonous snake display. Dr. Foster gets the snakes at Wenona during a trip to inspect some livestock experiments. He said that the high water in the swamps, caused by recent rains, drove the rattle snake population to the drainage canal banks in search of dry grounds. The rat tlesnakes were so plentiful, he said, that two were caught alive and three large ones were killed within a short distance and with little effort. Pvt. Rufus C. Buchanan Returns To Camp Rucker ? v.v PHI ? -jpgflHf Pvt. Rufus C. Buchanan has re- I turned to Camp Rucker, Alabama after spending a fifteen day fur loughh with his parents, Mr. and -Mrs. Frank Bucanan of Gay, Pvt. Buchanan entered the ser vice March 12, 1945 and was sent to Camp Blanding, Fla., where he completed his first seventeen weeks of training. Alabama suggests 1,500 bream and 100 bass in stocking an acre of ferilized pound; 400 bream and 30 bass, if not fertilizer. TRUMAN PROCLAIMS TWO-DAY HOLIDAY After announcing the uncondi tional surrender of Japan at 7 o'- ! clock Tuesday evening President Truman later in the evening pro claimed Wednesday and Thursday legal holidays, the announcement stated that the wor4 legal meant all that it implied and we are to have two holidays together. The President stated that all govern ment employees would be off on these two days except workmen on essential war jobs. He expects all private business and industry to suspend work during the holi days. NEWS OF SURRENDER SENDS SYLVANIANS ON JOYOUS SPREE After awaiting tensely all day for news of Japan's surrender which everyone knew was com ing, Sylvanians received the Presi dent's official announcement at 7 o'clock last night with great elation and relaxed nerves. The fire sirene immediately came on for several minutes followed by Mead and Armour whistles with hundreds of_ automobiles joining the choruses with a din of varied noises. The citizens reacted in va rious ways as news of this nature would bring. One person said, "This just makes the goose pimples raise all over me", others laughed, shook hands and patted each oth i er on the back. Some were sober, others shed tears, but through it all ev**yt>ne was happy and deeply fciiankfqjl 'that this terrible war of slaughter and suffering is over. Later in the evening police roped off Main street to traffic for square dancing and other fun and rec reation. Our local string band furnished the music and a num ber of dance groups were going at the same time. This continued until around 12 o'clock after which everyone went to their homes and the town was quiet again. DDT Helps Cows On Test Farm Raleigh, August 14.? The cows at the Coastal Plains Test Farm at Willard "are having an easy time of it with flies this summer," Recording to Dii^ctor Fred E. Miller, o fthe Test Farms division of the State .Department of Agri culture. Miller said that DDT, the re cently developed miracle insecti cide, has done the trick. The in secticide, which was sprayed in the big dairy bam at WillaM three months ago, still is killing flies. The test farms director explain ed that extensive field research in Kansas shows that cattle sprayed or dipped with DDT graze quietly, unbothered by flies, while un treated cattle bunch and spend al most all their time switching flies. A single dipping or spraying re lieves the Kansas cattle of flies for 10 days. s Sol. Schulman Called To New York Due To father's Illness Mr. Sol. Schulman left Thurs day for New York where he was called due to the illness of his father, Mr. I. S. Schulman. * Mr* Schulman who had recently retired from service active bus iness had moved from Charlotte a short time ago and is now mak ing his home in New York City. Special Service At Qualla Baptist Church V-J Day Special services will be held at the Qualla Baptist church on the evening o t V-J Day at 8:30 P. M. This announcement was made Sunday by Rev. Joshua Patterson, pastor of the church. Everyone is invited to attend. S. Sgt. George M. Cowan Home On Leave S. Sgt. George M. Cowan is spending a thirty day furlough with his father, Ransom T. Cowan of Webster. He has recently com pleted ten months overseas ser vice. ,Sgt. Cowan was with the Fifth "Red Diamond" Division which spearheaded for the Third Army in the drive across Europe. He holds the Combat Infantrymans badge, Good Conduct medal, the ETO ribbon with three battle stars and the Germany occupation ribbon. REV. G, N. COWAN TO SPEAK AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY P. M. The congregation of the Sylva Baptist chiiRfti will have a'ri op portunity to hear Rev. G. N. Cowan, retired minister, now of Rock Hill, S. C., at the evening worship hour Sunday, Aug. 19. Rev. Mr. Cowan is visiting his brother, Mr. Don Cowan and fam ily here for a few days. Cullowhee High School Opening Date To Be Governed By College Mr. A. C. Moses, county school superintendent, announced that the opening date of the Cullowhee high school will be governed by the opening of Western Carolina Teachers College. All other schools in the county will open Thursday, August 23rd. Phillips Reunion To Be Held August 19th The annual Phillips reunion will be, held Sunday August 19th at the home of Mr. R. D. Phillips, on the Cullowhee road. Due to war conditions this reunion has not been held for the past two years but will continue from now on. All friends and elatives are cord ially invited to come and spend the day and bring a picnic lunch. A program of varius entertain ment has been planned for the day. Mr. R. D. Phillips is president of this organization. Pvt. James Buchanan Now At Fort Meade Pvt. James Lee Buchanan has recently spent fifteen days with his wife and daughters, Hael and Marian, at Greens Creek. Pvt. Buchanan had just com pleted his boot training at Fort Knox, Ky., and is now stationed at Fort Meade, Md. Before en tering service he was employed in Alaska. Cpl. Fred Kimsey Receives Discharge Cpl. Kimsey after serving with the army for five years, has been honorably discharged and has been at his home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kimsey at Cashiers for two weeks. Cpl. Kimsey was at Pearl Har bor at the time it was attacked Dec. 7, 1941. He served in several different areas of the Pacific and holds battle stars for various cam paigns. Peace Terms Made By Big Three At Potsdam Accepted By Japan The surrender terms drawn up for Japan at the meeting of the Big Three at Potsdam, Germany, last month are the terms under which the Nipponese Govern, laid down their arms on full and com plete unconditional surrender to the Allies. The terms are as fol lows: 1. The authority and influence of those "who have deceived and misled the people of Japan into embarking on a world conquest" will be eliminated for all time. 2. The Allies will occupy design nated points in Japanese territory "to secure the achievement of the basic objectives we are here set ting forth." , 3. Japanese sovereignty will be limited to the four main home is lands of Honshu, Hokkadio, Kyu shu and Shikoku, and such minor islands as we determine." 4. All Japanese military forces will be completely disarmed. 5. All obstacles to the "revival and strengthening of democratic tendencies among the Japanese people" must be removed. < , 6. Allied occupation forces will be withdrawn as soon as their ob jectives have been accomplished and a responsible Japanese gov ernment has been established. From the moment of the sur render of Japan the authority of the emperor was transferred to the Allied powers. The emperor will be required to authorize and in sure the signature of the govern ment and the imperial general headquarters of the surrender terms. MANY SERVICE MEN TO BE RELEASED WITHIN 18 MONTHS Following the news of Japan's surrender the War and Navy De partment announced through Washington that around 5,000,000 men in service would be discharged within 12 to 18 months. The rate of inductions into service has been cut from 80,000 to 30,000 per month with many high in govern ment positions asking that no further inductions be made. Beaten In The Air, On Land And Sea The Nipponese Government Agrees To Accept Potsdam Peace Terms Charles Reed, Jr., Improv ing After Operation Charles Reed, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reed, who re cently undergone an operation at Mission Hospital, Asheville, is mak ing satisfactory progress. Mrs. Reed is remaining with Charles until he" is able to be brought 'iome. Pfc. Davis Assigned As Carpenter In 120th General Hospital MANILA ? Private First Class James T. Davis, son of John B. Davis ,of Dillsboro, is assigned as a arpenter in the Utilities Se ction of the 120th General Hospi tal. His wife, Mrs. Arnestien Davis, t and their daughter, McAline, re side also in Dillsbor. Prior to enter ing the Army, Pfc. Davis was em ployed with the Tennessee Valley Authority's Mead Corporation at Sylva. The 120th Medical unit came to the Philippines from * Finchafen, New Guinea, where it served seven months, and completed a year over seas on July 14. Today the unit is operating in the University of Santo Tomas, oldest university under the Ame rican Flag. Only a few months ago this noted Catholic Insitution in tfre Far East was liberated $f ter three years as a camp for Ame rican interness during the Jap anese occupation. Pfc. Davis has been awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon with two campaign Shars for ser vice in New Guinea and the Philip pines, and the Philippine Libera tion Ribbon. He has a brother in the service, Carl A., a private in the Engineers. Concentrates foi livestock feed ing in the next year will total about 153 million tons as compared with 162 million in the 1944-45 year. Farmers Advised On Pur i chase Additions To Herds Raleigh, August 14. ? Dairy far mers who want to add a few more cows to their herds or who plan to purchase replacements should buy their animals locally if pos sible, according to Dr. L. J. Faul haber, veterinarian with the State Department of Agriculture. If a man buys his cows locally, he eliminates many of the hazards of distant shipping, the cattle are accustomed to the climate in which they have been living, thefy are ac customed to the types of feed used in that particular section, and the prospective owner can, if he wish es, examine them under varying conditions before completing the deaL "Unless the purchaser positively knows that the new animals he buys are clean and free of disease, he runs the grave risk of spread ing some serious disease through his entire herd," said Dr. Faul haber, adding that diseases to be on the alert against are Bang's disease, tuberculosis, and mastitis. A veterinarian should check thoroughly for diseases in the ani mals to be bought before payment is made. "If even one of the group re acts to the T. B. or Bang's test, the whole group should be turned down," asserted Dr. Faulhaber. Replacement animal should be brought to the farm in vehicles which have not been used pre viously for transporting cattle. II the animals come some distance, the purchases should insist that they are not to be unloaded for any reason in any public stock yard or sales barn. So many ani raals pass through such places that they may easily bring in infectious diseases which can be picked up by other animals and thus carried to a clean herd. Animals which are not purchased locally should be vaccinated against shipping fever before they start the trip. They should be placed in cars or trucks reasonably free from drafts. Cows in milk should have an attendant with them ? and of course proper arrangements should be made to provide food and water. Upon reaching home premises, newly-purchased cows should be placed in quarantine for 30'. days, just to be sure they do not have some ? disease which might be passed on to the home herd. Then, at the end of 30 days, the new animals should be re tested for Bang's and T. B. The poorest time to purchase a cow, Dr. Faulhaber has found, is when she is springing or fresh ? because then the swelling of the udder which normally occurs makes it impossible to detect many of the old, chronic mastitis lesions. If a dairyman sees a fresh ani mal which he j&rticularly wants to buy, he should make it a point! to be present when she is milked. Dr. Faulhaber said that altho North Carolina is offically free of Bang's disease, it does have a great deal of mastitis at this time, and 25 per cent of all dairy herds in the United States have cither Bang's or mastitis. M A farmer who has a cilaease-free herd has an asset that is worth guarding with every precaution he can take. With air force knocked from the skies, her once proud fleet sunk or badly damaged and in hiding, and her land armies suffering severe losses and her home islands facing utter destruction by the new United States atomic t?omb, Japan accepted the Potsdam peace terms and has notified the allied gov ernments through the neutral Swiss government that her emperor was ready to order his troops to cease fire and surrender their arms to the allied troops. Three years and 9 months after her sneak attack on Pear Harbor Japan has reverted 'to the small power she was back in 1895 before starting on her march of greed and theft of other territory. Under the Potsdam terms she can only retain her four main home islands and possibly some other smaller islands. She must give up her conquered territory on the main land of Asia and all that she grabbed in her quick drive follow ing Pearl Harbor. The war with Japan has cost the United States and her allies many lives, great sums of money and national resources. Japan has lost her place in the world as one of the big powers, her navy has been destroyed and thousands of her troops killed. The surrender of Japan has brought to a close one of the bloddiest, most inhuman wars waged in modern times. MacARTHtm TO BE SUPREME COMMANDER General Douglas MacArthur has been named supreme allied com mander and will accept Japan's surrender from the Emperor or his representatives on board a United States warship off the coast of Japan. General MacArthur was acceptable to Russia, China and Britain as the man to command jlhe occupation of Japan. Under the Potsdam peace terms which. Japan has accepted unconditional. General MacArthur will be in com plete authority until such time as; the allied governments think Ja pan is again ready to take her place among nations of the world, with a government of her own. Pfc. Chas. Crawford Spends Furlough At Home Pfc. Chas. B. Crawford, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Crawford and husband of Mrs. Marie Crawford of Sylva, Ht. 1, has returned to the States after serving eight months overseas with the 78th Lightning Division of the First army in Ger many and is now at home spending a 30-day furlough. Before entering service in June, 1944, he was employed by the Du Pont Paper Co. in Port St. Joe, Fla. He will report back to a hospital at Camp Butner for further treat ment for wounds received in battle on April 8th. CARL BUCHANAN OPEN ELECTRIC SHOP HERE The Buchanan Electric shop, Sylva* newest business establish ment opended to the public, Sat urday August 11th, with Mr. Carl Buchanan as manager. The shop is equipped to handle electrical contracting, house wiring and is well' stocked with electrical appliances, in so much as present war conditions permit Mr. Buchanan states that as things become more available he will add to his line of merchandise and hopes to be able to supply the public with the most modern equipment. Prior to entering this U94 4C < business Mr. Buchanan wassr^Bf ed in mica mining an& wo# pk*nMBt Sarvfeaa,
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