(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1943
(One Day Nearer Victory)
Kept In Haywood
We noted with pleasure that more than
half of the registered Herefords offered at
auction at the annual sale sponsored by the
Haywood Hereford Breeders Association
were bought by Haywood farmers and will
be kept in this area.
Such purchases give assurance that there
will be better cattle in Haywod County next
year and that interest in improving the stock
of the county continues despite present conditions.
'Ain't It HelV
The following editorial from the Raleigh
News and Observer should make all of us
stop and think before we are ever again
guilty of complaining about our lot as civil
ians in the present conflict:
"The fighting men in the malarial jungles
in the Pacific, facing the shot and shell of
Nazis in Italy, meeting bitter foes in the
battles of the sky and facing death from
U-boats cannot understand the complaints
some people at home make about rationing
and the like. A war correspondent reports
this comment by a giant fighting man over
seas, talking about some complaining home
folks:
"Ain't it hell ! They can't get T-bone
steaks! The cops bother 'em about gas for
vacation and football trips. They're plum
out of chewing gum! Liquor's short! John
L. says some of his miners get only six
bucks a day while shipbuilders get ten or
fifteen! Ain't it hell?"
A Wise Plan
Since we have been so firm in our opinion
about taking eighteen-year-old boys in the
service, we were much gratified during the
week to see that President Roosevelt has
looked ahead and wants the country to give
these boys, whose education was cut short,
another chance.
President Roosevelt would like for the
qualified veterans of this war to have addi
tional educational advantages after peace,
up to three years at the expense of the gov
ernment. In his report to Congress he said
that the nation was "morally obligated to
provide training to equip service personnel
for gainful pursuits in peace time and also
that the nation would need trained men and
women.
"We must replenish our supply of persons
qualified to discharge the heavy responsi
bilities of the post war world," he said,
"we have taught our youth how to wage
war, we must also teach them how to live
useful and happy lives in freedom, justice
and decency."
We all know that when the war is over
and the service men and women are dis
charged, the demand for jobs will be a ter
rific problem facing the government, for in
a sense it will be the responsibility of the
government, that took them from their peace
time jobs and put them in the armed forces.
We also know that many of the younger men
left before they had completed school, or
had any training for their future life's work.
We may have to help bear the burden of
taxation to pay for this program, but it
seems only fair to the teen-agers who are
now fighting that we may keep forever the
American ideals of government and living,
to give them training.
A Weak Spot
We hear a great deal about paper short
ages. We know from experience that there
is need to conserve paper, but from the
amount of propoganda that could be right
fully termed non-essential that comes into
this office, one might be inclined to think
that the public had been asked to make use
of paper.
Now far be it from us to criticize our
government at this critical time, but we
have a suggestion to make to Uncle Sam.
He might start house cleaning at home.
Everyone knows hat there is great need for
"paper work" at a time like this, but also
that much that is put out in propaganda is
unnecessary.
Sometimes we salvage some of the pro
paganda sheets for "copy paper", but it
does not even do very well for that, as it
often makes it hard, with type showing
through, on the eyes of the linotype opera
tor as he sets up our copy.
But government bulletins flow through the
land "like milk and honey in a land of
plenty", with, though we regret to say it,
many of them unread, and missing the point
of the cost and effort of sending.
- 5HADRACH, MESACH AND ABEDNEGO?
Foresee at Many as Three
"Second" Fronts by Summer
THURSDAY
Planning For the Future
A short time ago suggestions were made
by a prominent citizen of Waynesville and
other sections regarding a program for the
entertainment of visitors to be carried out
by the town officials.
Regardless of how intent we are on win
ning this war, and how we stand in our unity
of effort in this direction, we must look
ahead. The suggestions that one form of
entertainment be taken care of annually,
seemed to us a fine idea. It would not work
a hardship on the finances of the town to
do a little each year on this vital need, if
Waynesville is to compete with other com
munities as a resort.
As we recall a small park in town for the
throwing of horse shoes and other sports,
municipal swimming pool, and tennis courts,
were among amusement features of the pro
posed program. If this could be managed
by the city fathers, with one feature built
each year, by the end of the generally ac
cepted duration, we would be ready to en
tertain our visitors in 'the manner that other
towns are now doing.
If these forms of entertainment were
needed before the war, they will be absolute
necessities when peace comes, and the travel
ing public is seeking relaxation and amusement.
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
Correct War Perspective
In case you did not see it, we reprint here
the following editorial from the Christian
Science Monitor. It gives a wholesome per
spective to the war, and a touch of reality
that often we civilians at home are apt to
fail to get:
It is to be hoped that President Roosevelt's
latest order empowering the OWI to present
a more realistic picture of the war will have
the support of the Army and Navy.
Facilities for gathering the news and dis
tributing it were never better, yet the im
pression grows that Americans are getting
a distorted view. It looks too easy.
Some American soldiers in Australia
pointed this out recently in an issue of their
newspaper when they complained of the G.
I. who appears in the ads, fresh from the
barber shop and the tailor's iron. Even
beside a palm tree in Guadalcanal, his shoes
are shined and he looks bronzed and husky.
He dines only with Powers models, and his
jeeps and planes have knee action, hydro
matic gear shifts and air conditioning.
The war, insist the boys, is not quite what
the strategists in the fox holes of the ad
vertising agencies make it seem.
Nor is the war so one-sided as the pic
ture released by the Army and Navy would
indicate. American men and American ships
and material get blasted, too.
Among those perturbed by this incom
plete picture of the war, and the tendency
it has to make people on the home front
feel that Americans never get hurt, or that
it is "all over But the shouting," is Elmer
Davis, chief of the Office of War Informa
tion. Apparently, he has gotten this view
point over to the President. The results will
be observed with much interest.
It is surprising how many things
we think we know, but when we
get ready to make use of them . . .
we find they have completely es
caped our memory. . . . Now we
admit at the start that there was
no excuse for us to have forgotten
who wrote "Because" . . . for the
simple fact that for over ten years
we have married on paper count
less brides who have taken their
vows immediately after the last
swelling notes of the song have
died into a dramatic whisper. . . .
But the other night when we were
covering a wedding, we thought of
every known composer of a popular
song, but for "Because", we could
not recall. . . . We knew that we
could get the answer in a hurry,
so we called the organist who was
to play in the wedding . . . little
realizing what we had started. . . .
She was out ... no luck . . . then
we thought of the Music Club mem
bers ... so we called a very prom
inent one . . . knowing that our
quest would end with her . . . but,
no, of course she knew it, but for
the minute she could not recall the
composer.
blot on our famous brand of South
ern hospitality.
We tried another . . . no, she
was sorry, .she couldn't for the
life of her remember, but she felt
sine her family would ... we wait
ed . . . but no, they knew, but had
iust forgotten for the minute . . .
Kven Central got sympathetic over
Hir search ... as she heard us ask
the question over and over again
. . . so she said, "Wait a minute.
Mrs. Cwyn . . . I'll find out" . . .
iimI w heard her turn and ask
one of the operators who h-is sung
;t dozens of times. . . . No, .she
knew it, of course, but right then
etc. ... It was reallv eettine- fun
ny . . . we decided to ask, not a
musician, but one who loves music
. . . and she said in doubtful tones,
she thought it was d'Hardlot, but
we felt that we could argue her
out of her thoughts if we tried,
so we had better continue . . . and
at last we called Nancv Killian
. . . and without a sign of hesitancy
she said, "Guy d'Hardlot" . . . and
did we sigh a sigh of relief? . . .
and we promised ourselves never
to forget the composer of that stir
ring nuptial message again . . .
it is simply too expensive in time
values.
Then the next morning . . . the
mother of one of the Music Club
members called and told us that
the thing had worried her daugh
ter so much, because she knew that.
she knew . . . that her subconscious
mind must have worked it out
during the night ... for the min
ute she got out of bed next morn
ing she said, "Why, of course, I
know who wrote 'Because', it was
d'Hardlot."
OPA has allowed the wholesale ceiling
price of sausage to go up ! And now it's the
little pig who jumps over the moon.
Bonds alone wont buy Victory, but they'll
give her wings.
Being able to understand anyone is noth
ing for a college student to boast about.
There has been something on
our minds for a long time ... it
has bothered us ... we have heard
a lot about what prices men in
the smallest items . . . and it seems
service are having to pay for even
the officers really "get it in the
neck ... it seems that a bar is
an invitation to put up the price
. we have understood for some
time that starting life after get
ting a commission . . . buying a
befitting wardrobe . . . and things
suitable for an officer, is a pov
erty stricken experience until your
pay checks catch up with your first
down payments . . . and then you
turn round to find the public with
outstretched hands waiting to get
all they can ... we had hoped
that maybe we had been misin
formed, but a letter to the editor
in last Sunday's New York Times
on the subject made us realize that
there was much truth to it . . .
when we read that the observations
of the writer had been in the South
ern States, we felt ashamed of the
The writer stated that "service
men are particularly susceptible to
these overcharging tactics as the
most part they are in strange sur
roundings . . . young in the aver
age, and somewhat diffident about
complaining or making trouble. . . .
If they protest they get the usual
ready reply about everything cost
ing more and things being scarce
. . . and we bet that most officers,
especially the young ones, feel that
it is beneath their dignity to com
plain about prices. . . . The writer
suggested that the OPA in each
camp area vigorously and effec
tively police those establishments
close to military posts, and see to
it that legal ceiling prices are
maintained . . . and properly and
promptly punish offenders . . . this
spirit of getting it while it lasts
by the civilian overcharging the
men in uniform . . . should "rile
every honestly patriotic American
citizen.
While on the subject of men in
service . . . and they get a big
slice of our thoughts these days
. . . we want something cleared up
for us. . . . Why should the men
accepted for service in the army
have three weeks, when the navy
gives a fellow only one week to
get his business in ship shape for
the duration. . . . Why shouldn't
these furloughs be the same length?
. . . Now since more fathers are
being tailed in the draft ... it
seems more important than ever-
And another reason is that more
men seem to be going into the
',av.v Certainly a man with
a family needs a little more time
to make his arrangements . . .
and he dot's not want to break up
housekeeping, as they have to do
in some cases, until he knows he
has been accepted ... we hope
that Congress, or who ever is re
sponsible for such things . . . will
do something about it . . . and
speaking of the navy, Jack Messer
is going to be missed a lot by the
"Court House gang" as well as
a lot of people throughout the
county.
4
Allied Attack i Boll,
expected in Nesr t...
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON -The full fury of Anglo-American -strength,
now gathering momentum in North Africa the
East and England, will fall on Hitler's "Fortress Enrnnl- '
TVio Alliorl aim is to crush the flerman o,.; SJ1
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of 1944
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mans to crumDie mis winter are pre-aoomed to disapp -ntp,
real second front that will satisfy Soviet Russian den.'an J
means a landing in full strength in Western E
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run scene -t 6- ".icic aim wrien is a M
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Mt Carina Already the United States anrt
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"f,-" --.. "ni.au ojiu united Kinedi
bases tv ,.s planes, artillery, mechanized equipment ranM i
weapons, shells and bombs for the opening of the sunrema .m
than were unleashed against the Hindenburg Line in the final A'l
drive in the autumn of 1918. When the Allied blow fails m j(
don't look for Just a second front. There will be at least three AriB
Allici iv.au iivjhvj v. - j i,uwia uil trie east
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MOSCOW MISSION Hull. Eden and Molotov will talk poiil
ana post-war arrangement ucicai we umieu slates, Great Bn
and Soviet Russia. The war pow-wow wUl await the flrst mee!
between Roosevelt, unurcniu ana stann.
The Russians would like the big meeting to be held in Moscow
are holding out for it. Do not expect the conference to be helji
Moscow, however it win oe somewnere near rtussia. but not m
sia ttseir. mere s a tncKy ini 01 pruLocoi at me oottom. The n;
. . . . . iit ".I-. Llll r". . . r'
dent is a neaa or state, wmie vnurciiui ami otaun, wno act.i
Britain and Russia, still are premiers. King George VI is ::
head of state and little known Soviet President Kalinin, t,,
of state in Russia.
It is o. k. for Churchill to go to Moscow to confer with Stali
for President Roosevelt to go there for a joint conference with StJ
and Churchill would be a sort of "hat in the hand" gesture ThJ
fore, look for the "Big Three meeting to be held elsewhere
PRESIDENTIAL HOBBY Like King George of Britain. F
R.'s first love is the sea and anything that sails on it.
Before the war is ended, the president will have added to hi
faring collection .in entire fleet of fighting ships in miniature, frf
battleships down to the smallest o the swift, dea.ily assault bi
Latest addition ls-an array or penecx scae models of tank :r.
craft, personnel carriers and PT boats presented by Shjpbuili
Andrew Higgins
DOUBLE P?..FT CALL For the first time in World War
local draft boards will get a double call for selectees n?t morf
Local boards first will be asked to call all men pcrdb:? from
non-parent category.
Then. latr in the month, boards will be told to bey:i drafting pi
Pearl Harbor fathers on a basis of the number of such men in tli
areas. October father call should get about 65,000 fathers, raj
increases in November and December to take 446X00 by Jan 1
THE HOPKINSES STAY ON Everything was set a few to
ago for the Harry Hopkinses to move out of the White House
word was out at the White House that the man closest to PresiA
Roosevelt was at long last going to move from 1600
Pennsylvania avenue to a charming, old colonial
house in fashionable Georgetown.
But tittle Diana Hopkins is still playing on the
White House twn with the president's Scottie. Fa!a
The Georgetown house had been selected by Mrs
Hopkins, the former Louise Macy of New Yorx. It was t ;n; rei
orated and furnished for the presidential adviser and his small faml
Then something happened. The work of redecoratii j w is ha.
The doors of the house were locked and plans for in.nxz
stopped. Owners of the Georgetown home were nonromn .:
Neither Mr or Mrs Hopkins would talk. But a White House nfi
n,ittci finoiu, that t ho Hnnkinsea were still at the White Hoi
and probably would remain indefinitely.
It looks like the reported domestic rift between the Hopbine
Mrs Roosevelt never openly confirmed has born patyhed up
Hopkinses
Semai.i uf
W its He
Voice
OF THE
People
States."
Coming to work Monday morn
ing . . . we found windows cover
ed with soap drawings in manv
weird designs ... all store owners
outside working to get the win
dows back to their glisteninc con
dition . . . C. J. Reece, comment
ing . . . "They tell me that soap
is scarce, but I don't believe it,"
he sighed as he pushed the mop
up and down over tne expansion
glass of his modern store.
What do you think was the
real reason for Stalin's refusal to
participate in the Churchill-Roosevelt
Conference?
G. C. Plott "Tlv c-nf.-rorc
being held to discus the
nese situation and Stalin w:il
interested, and lie already h i
hands full."
i Mrs. M. G. Stamey-'hu.!
not at war with Japan. n.
attendance would have been
understood."
W. R. Francis "Russia is on
peace terms with Japan, and if the
country should hold a conference
with the Allies, they would offend
Japan. Japan would have at once
been against Russia. I think that
is the real reason, and another,
Stalin has been very busy with
Germany. When the time is ripe,
I feel that the whole Russian front
will be opened to the Allies and
the Russians will be one hundred
per cent for us."
T. J. Cathey "He was not
ready."
E. L. Withers "I think his whole
effort and time was being devoted
to fighting the Germans, but he
was not unfriendly to the United
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Dr. C. N. Sisk "Stalin dij
i. or,,t i Hon't blame)
i f u attitude oG
uecause oi cue-
United States and Great K
had taken toward Russia 11
early part of the war."
Wayne Franklin-"I think I
was iust wanting to wait j
how things turned out.
Jack Felmet "Stalin did 1'
any reason, more than likely,
his country was not at
Japan."
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miss r ram" - r
Vof Jfolin was needed in i
at that time, and since his ej
u-j -wiared war aaina
pan, it was best for him to r
at home.
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I nave wonu x
. i ,pther he a'l
too ousy, ur n..- - j
think the time was ripe
er he was jusi
tious.
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