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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, JULY Page 2 E WAYNES V1LLE MOUNTAINEER 1 c The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Thone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor Mrs. Hilda WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County 11.75 Six Months, In Haywood County 90c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.50 Six Months, Outside Haywood County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Entered at the -fr. - i.t W.y.,,11,. S C.. . Second Class Mail Matter, as uiMer the Act uf March I. 18. . November 2u, lyU. Obituary notices, res of respect cards of thank., and (II notices of enterUimiM-i.t f-.r profit, will he chanted far t the rate of one cent per w,r(i. NATIONAL DlTORIAI tat JitunJWt- North Carolina THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1913 (One Day Nearer Victory) Price Control The July Harper's Magazine carries an illiiminatinV story on what happened to price control presented l'n.m the angle of the OI'A versus the inllatioiiary title. Price control is of vital interest to the American people. )oth now and in the period after the war. Excerpts from the article follow: "Eight months ago the OI'A was the vigorous leader of the drive against nida tion. Jt was thick in the midst of the con test against the various groups that were trying to loot the nation's treasure of war swollen rents, wages and profits. Now the future of price control is in doubt and the collapse of OI'A is widely predicted. "And yet the recent trouble with Lewis and his miners has only re-emphasized the fact that the threatening (loodwaters of dis aster are held back by this single rubbery bulwark. Upon successful control of the cost of living depends peace at home, per haps continued success of the battlefront, and surely stability in the postwar period. "What has happened? What are the causes? Where do we stand? To be com plete, any analysis of OI'A, its strengths and weaknesses, its successes and failures properly should wait until we have a greater perspective in time. Despite the extreme complexity of the problem, however, its urgency requires that we seek the nearest approximation of the truth that we can make at this moment. "In a way the history of the agency is a chronicle in miniature of the elfecis of total war upon American economy and of the changes which have occurred in the senti ments and attitudes of the American people during its span of life. Its position has been at the core of the nation's life; its every ac tion has touched the whole nation directly and intimately. It has held the critical con trols of civilian economy, and the effects of its orders have rippled outward to the furth ermost reaches. It has been the focal point of every sort of pressure, political, social, economic." A Wise Change The month of August is a period of full harvesting in this section. This year every available person will be needed to meet the demands of the increased production and relieve the labor shortage. We note with interest and satisfaction that the opening date of the schools in the Waynesville township and other communi ties in the county has been postponed from the first of August to a later date. Our educational program must not suffer from present conditions, yet like everything else, our schools mast be made to fit into the picture. The labor that may be supplied on our farms by students in the upper grades will be an important item this year. If necessary we would approve a cutting on the regular two weeks Christmas holi day, if that extra week is needed during the harvesting season. We commend the school authorities for their wisdom in making the change, for the preservation of food is a vital part of the war program. Victory Gardener (after an hour of sup plying the motive power for a wheel culti vator) : "Now I know what they mean when they talk about working like a horse." Psychology: That branch of science that defines plowing as labor and golf as exercise. Yesterday and Today Governor Broughton advised American citizens to study the early history of their country in order to get a better perspective of the current history that is being written in the battles on the land, the sea and in the sky, in his Fourth of July address at Lake Junaluska on Sunday morning. We have lived so fast and furiously for the past few years in America that some times in the hurried tempo of keeping pace we do not have time to look back, or rather we have not made it a habit to look back. As the Governor spoke of the courage of the early settler, of the purposes for estab lishing the new country, and of the wisdom of those statesmen who formulated the plans of our government, it came to us that Americans might find comfort and strength to carry on in this crisis in the review of history he suggested. We are prone to feel that the early his tory of our nation belongs to the students in school and that it is such an old familiar story that we loose sight of how we might revive our understanding of the fact that the past, reaches out to meet the present and the future in America. The I A'daration of Independence .has never been surpassed by any American docu ment. It should mean today to us as much as when it was first penned. We are fight ing to hold fast to its principles as set forth by the founder of the nation. A review of the hardships and the cour age of the men who established this country would help ii.s. as the Governor stated, to appreciate the ellort that is being put forth today by our men in service to protect us and also to remind us of how much there is to light for in America. A GREAT LITTLE MONK-WHEN THE GOING WAS GOOD jWWASHINGTOl Byrnes, Baruch Should Make Effective Team I Baruch P0pular J I Persuasive, 0iDBJ By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnists AS UNSALARIED but chief adviser to Director James P r. of the recently-created Office of War Mobilization . Bernard M. Baruch, whose organizing ability was 'an 'mf ar-fnr in winninz the last world conflict, had rmt v,., ' W Job for many hours before supplying Jimmy with a b,, r( mat au nanas aer. . . - imnroved on "aie -i What Barney recoma Immediate cessation of I J bickering" among bureau -J the was --'4 ratio h. Bernard M. Baruch ment of grave interference v.i: fort and almost hopeless , . Just why it was nec-s, ;1y '.IJ Baruch to furnish this bit of i:.f:Tj Jimmy Byrnes undoubtedly i.;r,v,v . ready. Baruch may furr.i. h gesuons lor cnscipiinu.g his t..rbj Ditrvrinttao Vinf it- : .i. t aKiurvi. uuiano, uui it i; ill 1 0 1 !. IlOT LL" ' -Unfr v. mat. me luuuei 13 unaware . t U;c- ;v4 ling's prevalence. ' There not only is squat'-Mir tv-t i uuitauuaia uui also DeUVeCH fipresel lives ana senators. HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN July 4, 1943 Wo liked the spirit of the civilians that prompted the unusual observance of July the -1th this year in our community. It was no time for joyous celebrations. There is too much to do today in this chaotic world to spend money on foolish extravagant pas times of public demonstrations. The manner in which the Fourth was ob served was one 0f the finest proofs of how our citizens are taking the war. It should be a heartening evidence to the Haywood boys in service to know that even on holidays the effort back home is in the name of de fense, in food conservation, in saving to devote to war work. When the smoke of battle has cleared and peace reigns again and the boys come marching home there will be time enough for the festive holiday celebration of July the 4th. e also liked the suggestion of buying stamps and bonds with money that might have been spent on pleasures and pastimes of pre-war years. It was a timely sugges tion, for we noted with regret for the month of June was the first in which Haywood County had failed to not only obtain, but go beyond the war bond quota set for the month. A Strange Contrast Two items appearing in the same issue of an Amercian newspaper provide inter esting reading. One item was part of a letter received from an air officer on the active front: "Some of our fighter pilots are in con stant combat for three months at a time." Then from another column of the same paper we read: "Two thousand workers of the day shift of a local war plant went on strike today, closing the entire plant." Quite a contrast in these two items. But you can read. Draw your own conclusions. Reidsville Review. Casualties In the last World War this country suf fered casualties amounting to eight per cent of the mobilized forces. We are told that while medical science is saving hun dreds of lives which would have been lost in the first World War, that in the end the percentage will be abount as high in the second World War. In the last war we had 5 million men in our armed forces. Today we are nearing the 11 million mark. Death has not yet struck its hardest blows. It is not an en couraging thought, but we might as well face the realization that it is the cruel price of war. ' We have a j' -I 1 wwk v. In will tell yi.u .-MM'tliillj: illmiH !t' WAAI'S '. . . she i- 11 Will H'il . . . Till 1 (1 ( l!u I I ( I . U i Mrlll tn second 1 icil! rum, I ) I .ill inn an Il.rkc (lautrlit'-i ' 1 1 Mr. aiul Mrs. II. I.. Wyatt til' ll,-ih I . . . she to adualeil I'l niii i"dil lev', -i lmul in 1 '.i:;:;, from Wr-lun ( a roliiia Teacher.- ill Hi:::1 . . . afld uhirli she did ni k in n.-atiw- willing at Slate I'nivei -it y . . . was t'ur mrl ly ailmiliisl i a I i M-ortiny i't NYA in RaleiMl. : ati.l l'..i the past year was su pel v "I nf civilian liersulincl at t ": i ii 1 1 lliitncl . . . . Km,,ll,.,l in WAAC mi March 21, i:-l:S . . . i-iHiiinissiiiiied at les Moines, on June A . . . Her husband, Tech. Sirt. Thomas Van Hecke, flew Ironi Camp IHitmr to L'es Moines to pin In r bats on and be the first to salute her ... so we turn the niici opl.onr ..ver to Mlicei' Van Hecke . . . We hope you enjoy the interview a- much a- ue . . . "On May l.A, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps celelnaled its first anniversary . . . and we were hap pv to look back and view the ac complishments ,.f the past year . . . it bungs a wonderful feeling of doing something really worth while in the war etl'ort to be a part of this organization . . . On the train en route to training; center at Fort Oglethorpe wc were lost in thought, asking ourselves many questions . . . Will it be worth the loss of comforts foregone? . . . Will I be come discouraged with the routine and regret my decision? . . . Our initiation into Army life came when we were taken from the sta tion in Chattanooga in a (i. I. truck, the few miles to Kurt Ogle thorpe . . . and tired as we were, there v;is still such excited anti cipation that wc forgot to be sleepy only looked forward to be ing in uniform and beginning our training . . . Two days were spent in being fitted for uniforms and assigned to a company, and then began the basic training. . . . We found our new associates most in teresting. . . . Many states were represented by gills from every conceivable civilian occupation . . . and occasionally we discovered a friend of a friend of a friend of ours. . . . some of the idle I ich . . . sta tion in life makes no difference to the army . . . We all had our turn at m.oiiniiiL; floors, slnnine- shoes. i dusting, making beds, woiking in the kitchen (that well know n 1 K. P.) . . . clothing is always hung j up . . . hair is neat ; uniforms i cleaned and pressed . . . we may I be sue,, that when the Sallies and I tl- S:i-ies gi, back to civilian lift we'll certainly be more ordcily in our personal habits . . . you'd never believe that so many women, with their varied complexes and temperaments, could be so well disciplined . . , lo move at the same time ... to work together cheerfully ... to forget themselves as i m I i iduals ami think of them selves as a part of the nation's service forces. .'.in; to 'm ir-.jf nv.ijt it;,. r. oa We were prepared for much hard work . . . our lot in helping win the war could no; be an easy one . . . war is never easy. . . . But as we marched )ver the Georgia hills to classes cch morning the band burst into its spine-tingling marches . . . and there was a thrill that defies description. . . . There came the thougkt that regardless of how hard the work, we'd never regret having jained the WAAC. . . . During the four weeks of basic training we were instructed in the fundamentals one would have to know to be an administrative soldier . . . plus our initial experi ence in "hut . i . two . . . three . . . fo'. . . . Tie first day it was delightful . . . i: was novel . . . but after a short vhile . . . well, can can imagine an situation in which a blistered hetl, or burning feet, can be amusiig? . . . Our G. I. shoes are a far cry from the stilted effects we hat; "way back when" we were civilUns ... it was nat ural to have dfceomfort at first . . . but that soon Jassed and we began to feel like rial soldiers ... at least a little more like soldiers. N'o lu-'d to say we wen n't fa tigued. . . . The Georgia sun beats down and after a day of drill, classwoik, and the million and one other things thai make up a WAAC'S life . . . one would gladly have exchanged all that for a glass of ice water and a day with no sergeant blotting whistles and yelling. "On the double'' . . . but it is more than compensated. . . . Have you ever stood retreat on a parade field, saluting, as the band plays "'Star Spangled Banner" and Old Glory is lowered for the night? . . . We have . . . and to all of us these moments of inspiration are incomparable . . . during these brief moments we renew our vision of the bigness of the work before us and its meaning. . . . Once we were privileged to parade for Pres center . . . thrilled to hear the ident Roosevelt as he inspected our 21-gun salute, have the President review us . . . and later see our selves in the news reels. It is not improbable, indeed, that Mobilization Director Dvrr.es GlSpUtea LO laaici man v-olii uauuic lllL'lll iill,l ptl .o m or isaruens canoer io taiic eaie ui uie overnow. uaru, h is v.nii too. Backed by Boss Byrnes, and, overhead, by Sup. -i -D.,si' p'.i velt, ne can oe nrm, dui. ne nuewise is uipiomatic iv:A jur.-uajj incidentally, uirector cymes pian is 10 iaKe a turn.! m Uicsha of war taxation policies, and Baruch is a tax expert Jimmy wants to consolidate his executive neou.ai couple of congressional committees one in the mt.v.c, house of representatives. It will require an executive t. with both of them. This span of committees will hau to Jimmy and Barney will divide the task between them. Baruch already is on record to the effect that the too many appeals to the White House from the Mo!,; rulings. This shows Barney's foresightedness. Jimmy cannot very well say that HE must not be .; ; Barney, though, unsalaried and untitled, can speak like ; citizen. He Is as independent as a hog-on-ice, anyway. He would not have done for Jimmy's new job; he is too theless, he is not old enough to have lost his significance Jimmy denies that he is an aspirant for the vice prcsi kritial rf lnation in 1944. It is a good guess on his part, unqticstl r..ib!y not say that he could not be elected on a ticket with Frank;:! Roosevelt, but it would not be possible for him to be R.nrJ initially. He will make too many enemies. Jimmy Byrnes may be eligible in 1948 if HE is f. D R. not too old then, too. 'He will be, though., Wallct9 The betting is 10-to-l, at least, next time Roose- Again? velt and Wallace, on the Democratic ticket. There can be some G. O. P. gambling. As between the two partus (ism ing them as of today) I know who I am staking on. ( Jimmy Byrnes, however, has declared himself. Anyway, he is due to offend so many groups shortly that dtct him to any old job will be an impossibility in the reasnr.iMy future. After which, he will be too ancient for consideration, j Yet, he will he awful important in the meantime. Bernard is of no consequence, temporarily. Yet he will have f to do with temporary economics. U.N'4 The weeks passed quickly . . . and we found ourselves among the few fortunates of our company to be selected for Officer Candidate School. ... On Good Friday, we entrained for Dos Moines and this surpassed anything yet for excite ment. . . . Wonderful opportunity, yet harder work and more intense study . . . we spent the days on our special car getting acquaint ed with those from other com panies who would be our class mates. . . . We made pirns about our Easter ensembles and wonder ed what our civilian sisters would be wearing in the Easter Parade. . . . Still women in spite of uni forms. . . . We were touched by the kindness we received along the way . . . women from the Red Cross . . . and the U. S. O. met our train with gifts of sandwiches, milk, ice cream, fruit and gaily colored Easter eggs . . . the real home flavor . . . (speaking of home . . . nothing tloes more for the morale of those in the service than mail from home . . . and that is not propaganda). . 4 . Write often to your soldiers . . . sailors, ma rines, and others in service. Arrived at Des Moines, the real ity of all this came home to us . . . no time to waste . . . we're here to prove our capability to lead others into the work that chal lenges us. . . . There's plenty of recreation, carefully planned which helps to relieve the tension of work. . . . Last week we rehearsed a local talent show and we could hardly believe our eyes, but there was Xorine Lowe, formerly of Waynesville, playing our accom paniments on the accordion. , . . Many of you remember her . . . he hadn't seen her in about ten years since we were together in high school . . . yet, here we meet again in the same graduating class. Voice OF THE People We have much outstanding and renowned talent in our group . . . there is a place in the WAAC for any skill or ability the women of our nation possess, but no place for thoes who would join for the glamour of wearing a uniform . . . we have time to keep ourselves neat, but not glamorous . . . we feel that can wait until the war is won . . . we won't be in combat units, but there is much else to be done. . . . After our training is finished here we go into th field ... no idea where or in what THE OLD HOME TOWN U. 1 Pant OHIea OTEV,YtX)C BETTER LAY OFF OF THE? WAIJ NFWS. T with Your case c jh resYy vjoiii r dgc - , i.v,-. AN UNCONDITIONAL AVll. I HI , A speech delivered fifty years ago and reprinted in a late Congressional Record is as good as if it were delivered yesterday, which it probably was. One lesson rwe learned quickly . . . no mattet what we were ac customed to home ... or how we did thing . . . we're in the army now . .'. and the army has a way all its own. . . . The girls make jokes about joining the army to learn to klep house . . . some of us have kfpt house . . , some were secretaiies . . . sales girls or cooks; actresses or musicians; experts on thl, that and the other; some with nol particular training By STANLEY - if m Kit y..-r ffSX WW - I ALON MAIN STREET What is '. recreation? Xohie Garr.f - "V.y u one, Work." JI-S. Curl .!.' "' have a picnic ih , ..-: i. have little time m the Bryan Medial- "I I fishing, when I. have t'-Rf Mrs. Joe GUI- -T. :' Mrs. Ghii "-"-" my own fivv.t trees." L. X. Dari-"l Miss Marpi't' ' nis, I guess." Dr. II. O. (!' :-- vnrite summer I "i ' ' a'; 1,1 ing in a drug stmc. Roger Walker--'-' vorite summer iv ' 'ii:' '" C. J. Reece'-T'. "at m .,!, 1,,'r ,!. tD. guess .uu touiv DEFIMTI' College Profe -A vr. ivory. rrhThe nitre "' tM IOC-,1 ruin for the smai Points What : besides money to Substitute!5' v cer or druggist because he nuiio -of it. Table Manned -duct arranged I ' ; had a healthy ' ' bv hard labor. ealiJW Good will is asset that i on.p dersell or destroy capacity . . bu; . . . we're humbly hind the guns t fighting sons". war is success fi TTrmln Sam's "skil be in line for the democratic prim ! - -our nation is foumh"1- a;.- Ut 1 V: - J :' 1-. :a the " t-,i ii ;e,i -M ,-,UT I V help H