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lDAy, AUGUST 5, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory)
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
Page 11
ffnwe Taylor Crockett Tells Of
Jeriences In Africa In Letter
Private Howe
ltf't', d Cnrckett, of Hazel-
it s: '..... in the service
hafalo He has been
i" . , i
and nas Deen
prnle Heart. He is
Note
May.
,;.J 111 an'""
VioarlpH hv
first Ui 1?iu"
hr t- Allen and Gen.
Gf V s'torv of the outfit
ltf ' . ".. ent copy of Time
TV, fallowing letter
:.. r. his hister,
(j
S,rth Africa,
of
Mrs.
Edge-
June 25th.
, i,-Got ynur letter today
,1 ,m the inn. ten-
..a, , , O,uof
P .. i ... toll th n ares
IOJ X
re ir, nn,l the
we nc
belonged to. As
i batties
...,ti,in we
have guesseu, i m
rit Division ana lanueu uii
I ' . o.U T woo lilt
Novemoer out. "
,)sv ot tne uaiue. c
L moved from place to place
M the front, moving ","
Dv Hay, auutci'iiuw
Most of the
r.ne
fighting
rtav ioo.
. i-.inrh mountains.
jcg was i 1 1 e , -
.l. J.i..ni't and finmp in
ltin tne u,- ---
vou nave gucascu, i am m
i
k Tunisian Campaign cover-
Lfood Jeal of territory; some-
lit ie II'"" "
k?h the aiuaimia uu uicai.
; and aoiM miuugu v,
lerland? to Chattanooga. As
taw the Atlas Mountains
,to over 13.000 feet; and the
,erv varies from the cork oak
covering the slopes nearer
Mediterranean and the nign
to plateaus which the Arabs
talmost exclusively in giain.
. for miles all you can see is
fcost unDroKen giani neiua
fclcar to the top of the big dome
hills with the exception of
i pasture land and the spurs
U ridges which are too rocky and
i to cultivate.
I rondered how so much land
iturned until I saw forty big
i plowing in one field. Five
the plow. I also noticed
kormick binders and a few com-
i and tractors. In this well
bred country I also saw the
t cattle and finest horses. A
Imresque sight was to see a
up of Arabs silhouetted on the
Sue riding single file through
jreen graintield; all astride
ute stallions saddled with big
n saddle blankets and high
saddles, all wearing white
The Arabs here were more
uperous looking than any others
the Sahara side there are
krse pine forests blending into
pie sage, and then cactus as
(mountains and the desert meet.
i the scene changs to a huge
mass of barren cliffs and
d. grotesquely towering
res and slabs of rock; with the
lei barren valley floors lying be-
l-en the ranges. Such was the
fitry we fought over.
lAfter the Battle of Oran the reg
is" 1 am m first went into action
pt the Axis in the Ouselitta
i.ey: where a German Panzer
I'M had broken through. The
i nsgnt we moved into a posi-
P rtere the French had a fitrht
lights before. We lpff- our
!Mes ami the battalion start-
N tll'iVc into rHp nmr nncitinn
twelve o'clock. A wo P-nt
UiT ICE OF SALE
'1 MullllaV. Allo-llsf TfkvA 1 Q.I Q
even o'clock A. M., at the court
doer in V avnpvillo T will
t' at pub in outrrv to
-r f0!
tin, , ' w d- K- Morgan,
Dmr 17. 1937 nnra
err,a registry.
11 X! LPUrSU,ant to thiowe-
rsim,J ' errea upon tne
behest bidder for cash, the
lands, beino- in Wnvnos.
e Tnvnshin nin.w r-,.
" mr,re partieiil
... uuuuucu eo
KIN'XIXC, on a stake, which
lf 15 six fcef frnm tho nsvp.
a' 011 Pigeon Street, and is the
West comer of T.nf Kn 9 rA
e s. sir w. 11 n fppf
. thence S. 00 W. 80 feet
Jtale; thence S. 27 30' E.
Ieet t" a stake; thence S. 27
1 feet to a stake, westmost
"f Josephine Love's lot;
' with Josephine Love's line,
4S lo E. 2:'i w i,
.A , , vl tt sianc,
stake is six feet from pave
n'0 P-geon Street, and Jose
icp v s. , ""rthmost corner ;
La , , -' be,r,g all of Lot No.
. i" teet off the northwest
:..M,Lnt No. 2 of T. S. Brown
fil lands.
Tr:? the s.imn if i
""'eyed n a deed frnm 4 T
tru:
S1?ned bv
that-
uated Fphmo oo moo
S.by Moses sborne
!tMnstr, : 7 "rtT. to
Pee is i "'""i ana record ref-
k " Hhwebr made for all the
and cotlj:t. .,
e will u ""3 tnereoi. aaia
." be maHo 0vii .
resaid iJ , tniSt on the land3
t u' n favor nf w r
iThi. J. CorPoration.
July 22 lQ4o
131 RGAN, Trustee.
14uly 29-Aug. 5-12-19
break down the guns and get out
of there. It seems that we had
been led to the wrong place. At
this time mortar shells began drop
ping all around us. The gun I
was with had been moved only
about five seconds when a shell
hit exactly where it haH nhv,A
closer to the enemy position we
began to see signs of battle a
dead horse or mule, abandoned
equipment, and then rows of Fortunately no one was hit at that
rencn and Italian and German spot. The battalion made, to put
helmets mostly French. I think i it mildly, a precipitate strategic
the t rench were caught here by 1 withdrawal, hastened by shells
some mechanized equipment and ! which fell among us constantly un
buffered heavy losses. They caused til we had made better than two
the enemy to retire to a position '"''es. There weren't as many
higher on the mountain though. I casualties as vou would expect
We set up our guns and got prettv I though. A shell would land near
Wt t dug..ln b' daylight. I nosed! a group of soldiers and when the
about a little and found some Ger- 1 smoke and dust cleared you could
mans with bayonet holes in them. ! see most of them still 'on their
1 he French did a lot of their work 'feet. When we had gotten away
at night with the bayonet. I didn't from their shell fire the battalion
like the looks of this place. The 1 reorganized and prepared for a
Iranians nao the habit of giving i counter attack.
up a position and withdrawing t
one which dominated the one they
had left. When Allied troops
moved in they would receive pun
ishing fire and generally a strong
counter attack which was apt to
force their withdrawal. This place
looked hke an ideal set-up for this
kind of tactics to me.
Just as it was getting good day
light one of our rifle patrols ran
into enemy machine gun fire It
wasn't long before things began
to happen. We got an ord- tn
We moved out of this position
that night and into a sector of
the front that the Italian Marines
had just been driven from. An
other regiment of the First Divi
sion had slipped up on their posi
tion just before day and had given
them the cold steel, bayoneting a
large number and taking quite a
number of prisoners. This place
was where I picked up the Arab
soldier's saddle blanket for a sou
venir. The French fought here
first. The Italians and Germans
made a strong counter attack, but
had to fall back suffering heavy
losses. They used everything they
had, including flame throwers. A
flame thrower is carried on the
back and shoots a jet of flame
seventy-five feet.
We were told that Rommel's
troops were expected to attempt to
break through here and the posi
tion was to be held at all cost ;
however, we spent the easiest
twenty days here that I experienc
ed. They shelled our position so
near the same time every day that
you could about tell what time it
was. At this time and place enemy
planes were practically all we saw.
They would strafe the troops once
in a while. It was here that some
humorist started the parody of
"His famous last words It's a
Spitfire." In other words, it did
not pay to make a mistake in iden
tification. It turned out that Jerry chose
Kasserine Pass to break through
instead of our position. We were
moved around to counter attack
(the 16th). The success of this
counter attack was said to change
the complexion of the whole North
African Campaign. It was com
paratively easy for the infantry,
as the air force, artillery and me
chanized force did most of the work
here. We did a lot of hard walk
ing but did not suffer many cas
ualties.
The Battle of El Guettar was
tough. Tough country, Tough op
position. Heavy casualties.
The strong positions outside of
Mateur held by picked German
troops were where the American
troops followed one attack with an
other until the Germans broke.
The ground was so hotly contested
here that the dead could not be
buried and the stench became so
nauseating that it was difficult to
eat.
I missed out on the fighting
around Hills 523 and 609 because
I went to the hospital with an
infected arm as soon as the Battle
of El Guettar was over. When I
got out of the hospital I was sent
almost at once to the front. I
rolled up in my blanket out in the
middle of a wheat field about a
mile and a half in front of a bat
tery of our big 55 rifles. Every
time they would fire it seemed that
the ground would shake and the
flash lit the surrounding scene up
like day. As far around the hori
zons as you could see, the sky was
lit up by similar flashes; every
minute all night long. This was
part of the great barrage laid
down before the final drive by the
Allied forces.
We are allowed to tell about any
thing we want to that happened
during the campaign; but nothing
about our activities since. By the
time this letter reaches you I pre
dict the papers will be telling
plenty. Remember me to all.
One nice thing about being too
thin is you can eat all you want
without gaining an ounce.
FOR
TAXE
The Law Requires That We
ADVERTISE and SELL
All Property On Which 1942 Taxes Have Not Been Paid.
The Names Of AH Delinquent Taxpayers Will Be Published
EN AUGU,
And Sold On 1st Monday In
September
No Extension Of Time Will Be Given!
Notice is also given that we will garnishee and levy on all personal
property on which taxes are due.
FERGUSON,
Tax Collector and Tax Supervisor Of Haywood County
People aren't as likely to no
tice your old clothes if you're wear
ing a smile.
Rectal Soreness
Gt lUIUf Hw Easy Way
Sit In Comfort
ProUnnoti Retl to Quick, dpnfebl
rlirr of Itching pinful rectal orcncM
symptoms which may also aooompany
ptim and hemorrhoids. Brines soothing
mbm of comfort apoa contact form pro
tectinc film over sore area, hsips destroy
Infectious terms, aid Nature heal op raw,
hroken tissues. No oQ no trrsase to stain
slothing. Sold on money bach guarantee.
Oat this modern relief today , . . ask for
PROLARMON RECTAL
SMITH'S DRUG STORE
The Army, the Nary and the
Marines are doing everything they
can to see that Japan's military
plans are carried out on a stretcher.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified at administra
tor of the estate of Joe Wyatt,
deceased, late of Haywood County,
North Carolina, this ia to notify all
persona having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at his
office in Waynesville, North Caro
lin, on or before the 23rd day of
June, 1944, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate payment.
This the 23rd day of June, 1943.
T. L. GREEN,
Administrator of the estate of
Joe Wyatt.
1311 June 24 July 1-8-15-22-29
STATEMENT
STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW YORK, N. Y.
Condition Dc.mb.r 1, 194i2, At Shown By SLt.tn.nt Fll.d.
Amount of I'upILl wid In i-anh ' .50it.000.00
Amount I ..'.ItriM Assets, I ltx Slt piewous f.ir. 9.1 4 1 ; .. Total, V, 1 i, i 1S.J1
In. onif Krom l'nll.- hol.lers. . 1 7 t,l7 1 .2 7 ; Miscellaneous, 2-i!,-tlt:t.70;
Totsl, 8.407.7J4.9T
ltilursVni',ii( - i, lli, hoi,i,T, ji.DSS.l 1 3.70 ; M iscellsneous, $4,977,-
54, 27; Total, 5,665.a5.97
Kire I'tTniluiunllwiitleii or renouiM duriiut yeiir, $S,.r4,n.V.M ; In Kon-e, ,0S2,S87.34
All Other I'remiunis Written or renewed duriiut year, 1 1 ,!:(, 11 P. 611 ; In
Fnrve 3,191,029.2$
ASSETS
alue or II. .ml ami Storks J.74
leoMti'd in Trust foin.:inies mid Banks not on interest S,t! 1 .17.04
Aleuts' twliinoes, representing business written subsequent to October, 1!14'2 874,'.tv2 33
Aa-euts' halHiu-es, represeiMluiK business wntteu prior to October 1, UM2 4.S.221.51
Ite.luot t'eded Reinsurance Untunes Payable 2:1. :li 2.34
Illlls receivable, taken (or fire risks ID. 046 .71
Interest and Hents due and accrued 30.1126 13
All other Assets, as detailed in statement 3H.606 3
Total Jll.a.i.i.115.53
Less Assets not admitted 7 1 1 .i 7 1 .7 9
Total admitted Assets H,200.7 43.74
LIABILITIES
Net amount of unpaid losses and claims 1 1 ,11 :i. t 1 t .50
I 'nearned preniuims ' ' ' " Vn i
Salaries, rents, expenses, lolls, accounts, ices, due or accrued j, 000. 00
Kslluiated amount pawhle loi I'edeial, si. tie, coulitv and municipal taxes
due or arc ued : 134.000.00
font l, ore,, I commissions, or oilier , half's due or accrued 12,uuu.uu
other liabilities
delailed ill statement
103, 718. 05
Total .on. Mini of all liabilities
Capital artualli paid up in cash
Surplus oier all liabilities
eied Capital
.$1, 5011,000. 00
. 2, 47, 511.70
. $5,203,153.04
Surplus ns regards I'olic
8,997,500.70
.19,200.743.74
Total Liabilities
BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1942
Klre Risks written $.S9s,l)r,8.IIO; I'reuilunn Kereived $9,414.10
ll Other Hisks written 51111,738 00; Premiums ReoeWed 7,182 00
Losses incurred Klre 2,554 00; Paid 1,323.00
Losses Incurred All other .... 2,771.0(1; Paid 2,827.00
President. Ross McCain; ScreUry, P. W. It. Jones; Treasurer, (Jeo. L. Burnliam.
Home Office, so John St.. New York. N. V.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,
Raleigh, February Iflth. 19 4 3.
I, WILLIAM P HitlluFX, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby certify that the aboy.
is a true and correct abstnirt of the statement of the Standard Insurance Company of
New York. N Y ., filed with this Depart ment, showing the condition of said Comiaiiy,
on the :i 1 sit da of Derember, 1942.
Witness mv hand and official seal, the day and year above written.
WH.I.IAM P. HODC1KS.
Insurance Commissioner.
STATEMENT
STAR INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
Condition Dtctmbtr 31. 1942, Al Shown B Stat.m.nt Fll.d.
mount of Capit I paid in cash $1,000,000.00
Amount Ledger Assets. Iec. :( I l previous year. $, 5,82 II .58 ; .. Total, 6,095,829.68
Income Krom I'olioihol.lcis. t.ii.MI. 1 7 7 1 ; Miscellaneous. $299,039.71;
3,899,817.91
Ilisburscno-iUsTo Poll, .hold, is, $ 1 ,82 4 .3H4.II2; Miscellaneous, $1,696,-
ll.-,3.t '. Total , 3,520,418.01
r'lre Premiums- -Written or renewed during year, $4,018,84 1.07; In Force, 7,194,408.33
All other Premtum - Written or renewed during vear. $:t, 8(17, 598. 77 ; In
Force t 2,2 15,626.41
ASSETS
Value of llollds ami Slocks 6. 081. 111. II
Deposited in Trust Companies and Hanks not on Interest
u-,-,,ls balances, repiesct ing business written subsequent to October 1,
10 4 2
balances, representing business written prior to Or(ol
( eded Hell, surui, re Mala, ices Payable
. liable, taken for file , sks
-' i'l,a ble, taken for oil,.-, ilsks
and Itr ids due and , ued
i 1-s-lv as d'-t. tiled I, .statement
'Total
Total
-Inn, I.--1
els
LIABILITIES
499.Ss0.98
473, 362. 78
14,215.94
. 19. Otl 1,83
8,283.39
1,009.02
27,181.83
60,120115
. $7, 1 48. 433. 87
497.120.48
.$6,619,313.41
r( .,ii,.o,,.t of unpaid l-.-st-s and
I i.e. unc i . -mo mis
Salain-s, rents, expenses, lulls, n
Ksl ini. tie. I a In . oil 1 1 p.n able fo, 't
667,700.07
units, fees, due or accrued
dotal, State, county and municipal taxes
I 'out tils'''
Ml otli.-i
1, CO, li, Missions ,,,
liabilities. ,s ,,..
'I'.l.il :ii ml of
'In, IK i,. up ,1
ft -el liabilities
oilier charges due or accrued
I I in slalement
1 0 3.1 8 2. 50
2 1,781.51)
1 58,410.80
ept Capital
. it 1 .111)11,000 oo
. I .H9s,()'J).60
.$3,651,218.83
,p
as M'li.in
I'.ih. iliolo
19-1,0:11.60
I lsl Liabilities ,49,3U.4J
j BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1942
I n- Itisks written $ 737.39tl.ilil; Premiums r vd $8,101.00
l "I!,.-, Itisks wnllen 6,142,922.00; Premiums receiied 5.089.00
Losses i, H inted Km 1 s, 1,09.00 ; p.ud ls,o;,y.oo
Losses in. iirred All other .'. . . 2.81.1111; Paid 2,78100
Pi , 'si. I.-,,, , Harold Warner; Secretari, C, A. Nottingham.
Home Office, 151) William St., New York N Y
! STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
I INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
! Raleigh. Feb. 25th, 1911
I. WILLI M P. HOIU.I'.s. Insii,.,,!,- Commissioner, do herein eertifi that the aboie
j is a tnie and , orrert al'stt.ol of the st at e, tie, it of the Star Insurance Company of
; iti'-ii, .1 of New Y ork. N . tiled wrltii this llepirtment, showing the condition of said
j I ouip.ifiv. "I, the Hist dil of December, 1:42.
Witness nil hand ,,1 1 flu ia! seal, the d.iv and vear above written.
WILLIAM P. nOPOES.
I Insurance Commissioner.
STATEMENT
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, BLOOMINGTON, ILL.
Condition Decenber 31, 1942, At Shown By Stat.m.nt Fll.d.
t Amount of Ledger Assets I, mber -list of pievious year. $25,835,368.19
i Total,
Income From Pol ic hollers. $25, 61.-., 992. 51 ; Mi'a)Uneojit $1,303,
7s9 71 ; Total,
l,sliursenii',.ts To Pulp in, biers, $ 10,727,209.16; Miscellaneous, $12,
itsa.siitt.il ;i; Total,
ASSETS
Value of Real lislate
Mottgaye Loans on Real Lstale
aloe ot lion. Is and Sto. ks
Cash in ( ",p.i,l s llfti'e
Iteposits in Trust Companies and Hanks not on interest
I)ep..s.ts in Iftis, Co, up,,, in.- in. Hanks on interest
Premiums ! course of Coll'-' lint ,
Interest and Rents due and .c 'Tiled
All other Assets, us detailed in statement
$25,635,386 19
28,949,782.2s
22,817,073.79
1,489,830.07
1,377,707.08
22,457,283.04
27,141.88
3,091,648.71
600,000.00
215,602.08
520,415.1 8
8. 856. S3
Total .
ess Assets not
Total admitted As-ets
LIABILITIES
and Adjustment of Claims
I'npai'l Claims
Kpense. Investigation
I'nejrned Premiums . .
I 'omrriissi-.ti. Hrokerage and other charges due
Salaries. Rents. h'xiehses. Hills. Accounts, Fees, etc., due n' -i'-I
Lstimated anion, it or reoerul, state, county, and municin . ..
All other loan nines, as detailed in statement i '1,483.25
Total amount of all Liabilities eicent Carji,' ,t7.863.07
Capital paid up
Surplus over all Liabilities - ; , t , , j ;u
surplus as regards Policyholders
.$30,288,434.83
655,839.37
.$29,8.3 2,345.44
. 8,085,379.97
181,914.64
. r, 89,127.31
t, 053 85
: . 906. 2 4
.996 05
abilities
BUSINESS IN NORTH CA1L
Total I.i
a 1942
Premiums Rac'd
Auto Liability .130 977 00
Auto Property Damage 8.930.00
Auto oiimwn 30,376.00
Property Damage and Collision Other than Auto
fat Comprehensive .-. . 18,73 3.00
8.994.932.39
-9,632.343.48
Losses Paid
$ 7.426.00
1.707.00
16.814.00
9.293 10
Totals $88,022.00 JJ5.241.0l)
President. R. P. Mecherle; Secretary, O. E. Mecherle; Treasurer, Aalai H. Rust.
Home Office, East and Washington, Sts., Bloomfneton. III.
8TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Raleigh. Feb. 22nd. 1941
t, WILLIAM P. HODCE9, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby certify that the aboy.
is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the State Farm Mutual Automobil. In
surance Company, of Bloomington, III., filed with this Department, showing the condition
of aaid Company on the 31st day of December. J942.
Witness my hand and official seal, the day and year above written.
WILLIAM P. HODGES.
Insurance Commissioner.