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Page 8 THE WAYNES VTLLE MOUNTAINEER (One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 1941 North African Push Is Biggest 1942 Story Washington Selects the 10 Greatest Events Of Year, Most Hinging On War Effort. Washington. It was a war year, oar first in the war that has been Mazing on three other continents for more than three years now. Sailors firing until rising waters swamped their guns, soldiers inch- ingr through bloody jungle muck, marines storming lead-swept beach- ' es, gallant Russians, British Em piremen, Chinese and Fighting French- -all wrote headlines for your' ' hometown paper. These, from the Washington grandstand, are the 10 biggest stories of 1942 : 1. 17. S. LANDINGS IN AFRICA To Americans, restive because we hadn't gotten into European Action sooner, the news on No vember 7 that donghboys had land ed in French North Africa came as the most exciting tidings of the year. The landings were . significant, too, because, linked with the smash ing' defeat of German General Rommel's Libyan array, they open ed the long-awaited second front and sparked a new French anti Nazi resistance that was climaxed in the scuttling of the French fleet and the crack up of the Vichy in with the African drive was the U. S. Navy's doggedly brilliant campaign against Nazi submarines in the Atlantic. So completely had the U-boats been driven from shipping lanes after midsummer that the 850 ships in the Africa-bound convoy got across without a single loss at sea. ?. BATTLE OF STALINGRAD i..i.A o. Uftlp the 5. CONVKRSIO NOF AVTO 100-day siege of Stalingrad would IND USTRY . go down as one of history's moat I By far the most striking symbol titanic. As a develoDment of World War II it ranks as Drobablv the most decisive battle to date. And, viewed in conjunction with the new Russian counterattacks to the north, it uncovers to some extent the truly incredible Russian armed power. 3. BATTLE OF MIDWAY In July a heavy force of Jap anese warships was detected head ing towards Midway, tiny but pow erful U. S. outpost northwest of Hawaii.- American- bombers and fighters went out, routed-the foe. Four Jup aircraft carriers and a number of other ship were sunk. Washington naval experts rank Midway as the most important U. S. naval victory of the year. Not onlv did it save Midway and prob ably Hawaii it may have pre vented Jap landings on our Pa cific coast, perhaps may . even have saved the Panama Canal. With- nnfc ttinf. vifttnfv the Battle of the Solomons, our first large-scale of fensive naval action, would never have been possible, 4. BOMBING OF TOKYO. Insignificant from the larger military point of view, Major General Jimmy Doolittle's air raid on Tokyo nevertheless deserves a place among the year's best stories because it was the first time the United States carried the war to Japanese home territory. From the psychological point of view, the raid was of tremendous importance both in Japan and in America. The audacity of the low level daylight attack stunned the Japanese, who believed their home islands could not be touched, and gave a great boost to the spirits of discouraged Americans. Adolf's Blitz Tanks Bog Down Near ..Stalingrad 4 r fl pi 1 K Hrii I . I "X ill f J.ti u " o wall of Tni-I what happened when Adolf Shlckelgruber'. aiiegetuy "f"'! Nazi tank reaistanc. .t P"tS lSSS eUSSfp back the of our switch-over from a peace- timfi to a wartime economy, conver sion of the $3,000,000,000-a-year automobile industry to a war ma chine broke the ice that was block ing the flow of war materials that mechanical-minded America could produce. The conversion nroblem has been virtually licked, the raw materials problems shows signs of being solv ed, but the manpower problem is becoming tougher. In 1943 the IL S. will have to scrape close to tne botto mof the manpower barrel to meet an estimated $80,000,000,000 war production schedule two- thirds again as much as lyii's out put. ' 6. . GASOLINE RATIONING If anything was needed to bring the war home to the great bulk of the American people, gasoline ra tioning did it. Sugar rationing is no hardship, coffee rationing is an irritation to many, but gasoline rationing means a really profound change in our way of life. It symbolizes as nothing else could the drastic alterations that are tak ing place in civilian life including wage control, price ceilings and undreamed of high taxes. 7. FALL OF PHILIPPINES The Japanese push through the China Sea, through Malaya arid Singapore and up into Burma was ... 11 J t T '-A - -1 XT- a sad blow to. an ine uniiea na tions, but to Americans the big story was the heroic stand Of U. S. and Philippine forces on Ba taan and Corregidor. That with General MacArthur's thrillwig es cape to Australia was our part of the show; 8. EXECUTION OF NAZI SABOTEURS. An alert Coast Guardsman pa troling the shores of Long Island gave the nation one of its most sensational stories. Pretending to accept a bribe, he gave the warn-ine- that resulted in the round-up of eight Nazis set ashore on Long Dellwood News The Women's Missionary Union of the Baptist' church met at the home of Mrs. Lee Evans on the iBfK with larcA attendance. A j.uv, " -- o . . . nhort program, including a review of the current DooK .was revjwc. Gifts were exchanged during the MARRIAGES January Schedule County Home Clubs Is Announced The. January schedule of Hay wood County Home Demonstration Clubs has, been announced by Miss Mary Margaret Smith, Agent, as follows: The Reaverdam Club will meet at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the 5th, with Mrs. James bmitn. Allen's Creek Club witn. mrs. Grady Farmer at 2 o'clock on Wednesday, Am Wh,. . . . - : nnllwnod Club . at the itchool house at 2 o'clock Thursday,, the 7th- : Jonathan Crefik Club at 2 o'clock with Mrs. R. E Owenr m Friday, the 8th- . " ' Moraine Star Club- with Miss Willi Smatbrs-at 2 o'clock on Monday, the 11th, : ' . Tifania' (iTfwe. with Mrs. Walter Masflie at 2 o'clock en Tuesday, the 12th. . Vmnria Cove with Mrs. Robert McCracken at 2:30 o'clock on wea nuillllt th 13th." Fines Creek Club witn Mrs. w. iO;o o'clock on 1 J, ... - T , Iron Duff Club witn jars. ea Crawford, at 2 o'clock A.i -m p-il tne J. qui. : Ratcliff Covp ri,.i. i r ; ulJ Witt Wilson to Lettie Evans, both of Canton. Island and the Florida coast equip ped to sabotage U. S. war industry. The would-be saboteurs were tried before a secret military tri bunal in Washington, six of them electrocuted, two sentenced tor pris on. 9. BOSTON NIGHT CLUB FIRE A flaming disaster that "took some. BOO lives cannot be omitted from any list of the year's biggest stories. The Boston night club fire claimed the second largest toll of any fire in U. S. history. Most lethal was the Iroquois theatre fire in Chicago in 1903, which claimed 602 lives. 10. REPUBLICAN ELECTION GAINS In a democracy there is always a lot of diflerence of opinion as to how a war should be run. In the November election this difference rebounded to the benefit of the Re publicans. The G.O.P. gained 47 seats in the U. S. House of Repre sentatives and 10 in the Senate. It also showed heavy strength in sev eral state elections. Everett L. Hendrix, of Camp Gordon, to Helen Allman, of New port News. Alden. R. Clark, of Newton, to Ruth Stamey, of Canton. William H. Queen to Dortha Smathers, both of Canton. I'.iirrv" 1. Havnes. of Barnes villc. Ga.. to LaDena Lee Robin son, of Hohnaken, JN. O. AlRxander A. Shemolis, Jr., to Mary Sue Holland, both of Canton Hilliard Higgins, of Ashevflle, to Sarah Rathbone, of Laice Juna luska. day, the 18th. Rock Spring Club B. Allen at 2 o'clock on the 19th. luesdar Bethel Club with Mrs erage at 2 o'clock on W-.-T the 20th. Maeerie Cluh witVi r n-ouerii now, at a o'clock on Ihwil ..Hydeir Mountain Qui, wia v iaa uotsoa at 2 o'clock on Pri.' m . viux-a. un juouaay, the 25th. ' Clyde Club with Mrs. Kate Mt: tora, at w.m o'clock on Taesdarl Cecil Club with Mrs. J. tt mL at Z o'clock on Wednesday, ftj West Canton Club with ifrv o (JH Thursday, the 28th. J ' Junaluska Club with Mrs. Carl tne zvia. Theory, and theology are TO mucn auite ana are of little vm without practical effort. . Frank C. Brown, Jr., of Ports mouth, Va., to Bonnie Galloway, of Waynesville. social hour. The group sent cheer boxes to sick members, and to seven other homes in the community where there was sickness or old people. Plans were also made by the club to make another quilt, which will be the third this winter. The January meeting will be held with Mrs. Wiley Galloway on January 15. The chimes of the New , Year are also ushering in our heartfelt wishes for you and yours, at home and abroad. Good luck, much happiness and vig orous health! WAYNESVILLE LUMBER COMPANY Phone 154 TOBACCO GROWERS First sale after Christmas holidays will be held m DIXIE WAREHOUSE Mon day, January 4th. Third sale will be held in BIG 5 WAREHOUSE January 6th. Tobacco will still sell high in the New Year. Our Warehouses will be open all during the holidays to weigh in tobacco. BRING US THE REMAINDER of your crop. DIXIE WAREHOUSE AVERAGED $44 63. BIG 5 WAREHOUSE AVER AGED $44.37. This the highest in the belt. Keep in touch with Glenn Tate, Waynesville, N. C, R2, and he will get you in the warehouses, and on the floors for sale. . FAGG BROS. & BOBLITT, Props. Dixie Warehouse and Big Five Morristown, Term. 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