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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 19,, Page 10 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER In Washington I Ifow6 - :. 'i IP 'J nil x : Lt. Ralph H. Moody, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rube Moody, of Way nesville, route 1, who has been in the service since Octoher, 1042. Lt. Kalph H. Moody Completes Training Lieutenant Kalph II. Moody, son of Mr. anil Mrs. Kube Moody, of Wnynesville. route 1. has been in the service since Octoher, 1942 and is now stationed in Washington, D. C. He was inducted at Camp Lee, Va., and from there In- was trans ierrcd 1o roll Kliry. rvan., aim from the latter to bis present post where he took a six weeks course in the Officer Truing School. Upon completion of the course ho was transferred to Washington, 1). C, wfli-l- III' is !!(ie stationed. ferred to Fort Kiley. Kan., and Prior to his end-ring the service ie was employed in an ollice in l'!ll,ilMrt,.n Washington So There! spkin(;fiki.h. Mo. w. b. Lay, attempting to farm 320 acres this year, explains why Greene county farmers are blue: "A fellow came out the other day who said he knew all about farming, and 1 told him to hitch the team to the harrow. "He looked at the machine and the horses he could tell which was which and then wanted to know which side the horses went on!" Eden Big Hit V -ook$ By CHARLES P. STEVVAki Central Press Columnist - JEN. the British have hj L.iu time his stay In this country ends, more of an all around acquaintance with official and journalistic Washington than the average American who spends most of his time in our capital. There are executive, legislative and miscellaneously bureaucratic circles among the sojourners at our seat of government These sub divide Into smaller groups of specialists and they do not Intermix much. A congressman, for instance, on an average has not much to Anthony Edon establishing the closest sort of friendships with absolutely everybody. Eden's mission was to knit the United Nations unbreakably to gether, for both wartime and post-war purposes. He undoubtedly did not anticipate serious difficulty In accomplishing this atai so far as Britain and we Yanks are concerned, although, at that, we do have some few isolationists. We and Comrade Josef Stalin, though, have not been getting on wholly harmoniously lately. There has been no actual clash, but some rather disagreeable remarks have been exchanged between us. Now. Britain, of all things, is anxious to tie Russia into the con templated United Nations alignment. It is more essential to John Bull's than to Uncle Sam's welfare to maintain the best possible terms with Moscow. It goes without saying that the three of us are a stronger union than two only. China is urgently desired to it, too, but we and the Chinese are on first rate terms, anyway. ' Furthermore, Britons generally have not hitherto been quite as hostile to Communism as the overwhelming majority of Americans have been. In fact, London and Moscow framed up a pretty effective treaty between them, and Anthony Eden was the British foreign min ister who framed it. Eden's visit to our shores, then, was undertaken not alone to con solidate Washington-London relations (both for war and for subse quent peace), which should not be particularly difficult, as I have said, but to smooth out current Washington-Moscow friction. In order to do that, it obviously was necessary for Anthony to be an exceedingly clever conciliator. Besides convincing our big moguls, like President Roosevelt, State Secretary Cordell Hull and Undersec retary Sumner Welles, it behooves him to convert Yankee public opinion from its strenuous anti-Communistic complex. "Pressure" was not the thing for him to exert; it was up to him to do it by making himself so Ameri canly popular that we could not resist mm. Eden is just the bird to do this. Eden understands the Yankee temperament to perfection. His per sonality is 100 per cent attractive and it Is exactly the sort we go for. Naturally, Eden's first contacts were with state department func tionaries, but after that he lost no time in getting Washintgon news papermen in to. see him. He did not begin by talking international politics. He began by praising our American menu. Half starved to death by London rationing, he fell into raptures over our New World food and the way we cook lt If Eden is as slick at influencing American executives and legis lators as he is at appealing to the average American kitchen me chanic, he ought to win the country easily in the courp e of the few weeks he is scheduled to be here. . . . . Handbook Warns Solons Of Germs WASHINGTON The first edi tion of the official Congressional hand-book, purports to b? "a man ual of valuable information and data of special use to members of Congress." It contains this advice for the lawmakers: "Perhaps the only things that spread faster than Axis rumors are germs. "Don't allow colds, sore throats or infections to go unattended for to do so is against your own good health and also endangers the health of fellow workers." One Congressman commented: "A rare pearl of wisdom! Who'd a thought it?" The handbook js published by the Congressional Secretaries Association. 'Sunny' North Africa Isn't So Hot! WITH U. S. FORCES, Tunisia, Things that drive war corres pondents crazy: Dace Rrown of Reuters, return ing chilled through from a 150 mile trip to the front in a jeep in bitter cold rain, found a letter from a woman acquaintance in I New York that said in part; "How I envy you, soaking up that hot African sunshine. You must be getting a better tan than you ever had at the beach here." lirown peeled off a trench coat with camel hair lining, a woolen mackinaw, a wool-lined field jack et and a wool sweater. Still wearing a wool shirt and heavy undershirt, he crawled into his bedroll in an attempt to get warm. "Who," he asked shivering "ever started that malicious report about hot African sunshine." Everything Happens KANSAS CITY. Donald Sar ver, Jr., ,'!, is in a hospital for the fourth time in less than a year. A playmate swung a golf club, and Doaald's skull was fractured. His other accidents: A fall from a chair caused a severely lacerated mouth; a tumble rammed a toy down his throat nearly severing his tonsils; and his thumbs were mashed in the legs of a folding table. WASHINGTON Pra':? 'i S. Food foreign minister, u bring him Into close contact with the rank-and-file of clerical workers and these, In turn, have varying respective interests of their own. Consequently If they get upon Intimate relations with each other, outside their unrelated spheres of activity, it la largely by accident. Lawmakers likewise classify in assorted categories. They axe all on speaking terms with one another, of course, but they tend, for close rela tionships, to divide up along party lines and geography, depending on whether they come from north, south, east or west. Then there are the state depart ment's diplomats. What have they and the labor departmental folk to become mutually chummy overT 'r- Anthony EM en, however, arrived m the United States assigned to the task of Understands Our Yankee Temperament In Asaska a, n jMti iihhi iiiirrinnfi (unmimrW Wi rmiiwi ini' imia PVT. ARTHUR W. BUFF, son ,f Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Buff, of Waynesville, route 2, who is serv ing as a radio mechanic in the U. S. Air Corps. In Oregon PVT. MANSON E. CLARK, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Clark ef Clyde, route 1, who is stationed at Camp Adair. His Big Catch Proves Torpedo LONDON Capt. Henry Pinkley of a New Zeland merchantman dis closed his ship recently made one of the strangest of all deep sea catches a torpedo while en route to Malta. He said: "I saw the paravane (a device on the bows of ships used to cut mine cables come from the water and there, entangled was a whack ing big torpedo." The crew cut the paravane and torpedo loose. A moment later, the torpedo went off without caus ing damage. For Food, Drink Cost In 'Good Old Days' A century-old ledger used by a now extinct hotel in Gaston (now Thelma), N. C., is enough to make one long for the "good old days." It was unearthed recently in the Seaboard Railway System station at Thelma, which once was part of the Raleigh and Gaxton Railroad. One page datf'. Tuesday, March 31, 1840, bore ihe following: Engineer, captain, trainhand each breakfast and dinner 75c Extra engineer and fireman, each breakfast 25c Engineer, captain, fireman, 2 Itrainhands, dinner, supper, break- jfast and lodgings $1.88 j Extra, 1 engineer, scupper, lodg ing and breakfast 38c Mr. Styles, 3 drinks 19c Mr. Myers, 5 drinks, 1 ditto, 1 ditt-i, 4 ditto 4!ic 2 pints brandy and bottles ....50c I Repeal Remedies Reno Repealer CARSON CITY In case any of the thousands who were married in Nevada since U'37 is worried about the validity of his marriage, he can relax. Cov. Carville signed a bill vali dating all such marriages. The l'J.37 Legislature inadvert ently repealed a section of the marriage laws licensing ministers judges and justices of the peace to perform wedding ceremonies. Some attorneys then argued that no one was authorized to per form weddings. The missing sec tion is back now. Bride Needs Pass To Wed Army Man BRYAN, Texas A soldier some times needs more than a girl and a ring to get married. Staff Sergt. E. M. Hufford and Betty C. Welker, both of Lancas ter, Ohio, were the first couple to wed in the Army Air Forces In strument Instructors' School chap el. The sergeant overlooked one thing. He forgot to get a pass for Betty to enter the post! The wedding was performed, somewhat late. Technical Error NEW YORK. E. E. Conroy, special agent in charge of the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation, said a painstaking young man arrested on a charge of draft evasion had devised the following scheme: By faking the stationery and handwriting of a physician in eight letters he sent his draft board he attempted to establish that his "dependent" mother and sister were suffering from various dis eases. But he made one mistake, the FBI said. He misspelled the names of the There Is mi IFiriiratiioDg mi You get both when you call The ISU COMMERCIAL At Fort Sill . , 1, .g -IW-lmkr & - mlfllfl 1 I ' gm mmmu ntutm 1 1 wVvlrr 4' C4 imJLI. m.o5 PVT. I O S F, P H LEATHER WOOJ), son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. I. cat hi rwood, of Waynesville, route 1, who was inducted in the service ..II December IK, 1942. What, No Pretzels? KOKOMO, Ind. The Kokomo police dispatcher broadcast the fol lowing order to a roving squad car: "Drunk driver dropped case of beer in .Maryland avenue and kept on going. Iieer in center of street. Take it easy getting there. That is all." Decline Of The Drama NAUGATUCK, Conn. Con scious of the manpower shortage, the Valley Players selected a play calling for only four male parts, and bravely scheduled tryouts. Now the director is grooming girls for the male parts. "We can't even get four men," he moaned. Ejection Expert WICHITA. Kas. "It is this kind of mischief which might easily lead to serious injury ior many," frowned Police Judge Dal las M. Potts as he imposed a 90 day suspended sentence on a 17-year-old youth. The youth had confessed shout ing "fire" in a crowded theatre so he could obtain a seat. Co-Ed Service EVANSTON, 111. Northwest ern University co-eds have gone in for a new art the art of juggling trays. It's the manpower shortage again. In Sorority, houses and women's dormitories, the girls share the dish-toting burden. Only mishap to date was an upset tray of 30 raspberry sundaes. No Substitute 137 JVU VLM IUI UU ILcni u uu Jungle Diet Hint: Watch The Monkeys WASHINGTON The War De partment came up this week with this advice to Army airmen; When in monkey land, do as the monkeys do. The advice is being extended to fliers who face the possibility of biing forced down in tropical jungles where they may be in some doubt as to what plants and fruits are safely edible. In a guide book to be included in airmen's bail-out kits, the war Department says: "Anything you see the monkeys eat, you can eat." The booklet then ungratefully adds: "And you can eat the monkeys, too." More Than One Way To Save A Cat's Skin NEW YORK An Oakdale (L. I.) woman phoned the West Say m T?ivo nannrtment to cret her VlliC A iiv - -. - cat out of a tall oak tree. They found their laauer too snoru "We know how to get it down; we'll get a fire hose," said a fire man. But the woman refused to let them knock her pet off its perch with a stream of water. So firemen cut down the tree. Yanks In Australia Buying Up Jewelry AUSTRALIA American sol diers, returning to civilian areas from long pi riods at the front which enabled their pay to accu mulate, have virtually stripped Australian jewelry stores. The soldiers tmy jewels and baubles for their wives or sweet hearts back home, and one lead im diamond merchant said diam ond prices have soared from $53 a carat beiore the war to $zuu. Reckons First 100 Years As Hardest CHICAGO Arpad Sabados, who celebrated what he eckoned is his one hundred and seventh birthday, has his own simple prescription for longevity: "Quit working when you reach 100." EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the estate of W. T. Lee, deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to file same with the undersigned at Way nesville, on or before the 8th day of April, 1944, or this notice will be pleaded in bar thereof. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make prompt payment there of to the undersigned. This 8th day of April, 1943. R. L. LEE, Executor of W. T. Lee Estate. No. 1296 Apr. 8-15-22-29 May 6-12 ' -! ''J mm PRINTING In Florida If,,.. '5 j! CPL. BEN B () visiting his parent - G. M. Gaddy. Hi- k t v :it ( amp Gordon ! i WANT ADS FDR RAT.V.Piv.. v l i , 'c ni'Use nan acre lot near RubU-r P'ai Sep Rov T.irwnn I ,. I . nesvuie, i. (j. , . WANTED Five , .v , ern house with a f, u an -5 land near V ayne.-vilk. y .. 1 ri - . .aii in nuue norma propertr uive description and ifj-.:, ca w..o,. i.i ,'. iv i in- in-ian a.i.resseJ to "Farm", Bon YaynJ vine, W. C. war ltj--April I LOST Ration books . j arj in t,. Waynesville cvjjJ is.suui in names ol 1. l'l'j- ani Loretta Frazier. Kin,!i pl,-aJ return to . H. f-raznr, JrJ Waynesville, Route 1. Apr LOST Ration books ns l and issued in names of Mr. and Mi M. B. Reeves, and M. B. Reev Jr. Please return to Mr. M Reeves, Clyde, Route 1. Apr LOST Ration Book No. 1. FindJ please return to William 1 Hurst, Route 1, Waym svilK-, i J FOR RENT House and apartmenf Mrs. W. r. Crawford. Apr I FOR SALE 1 Chevrolet, spol coupe, 1937 model. Can be m At R. H. Blackwell's. Apr. 8-15-22-29. FOR RENT Comfortably furnisl ed 3-room apartment, electrl refrigerator, very reasonabll priced Call 169-W after 6 p. J LINENS WOVEN by The Balsil Mountain Weavers, greetini cards and gifts at The Hat ! 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