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Page 2 THE WAYNES VILLE MOt'M'AlNEKK (One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER n The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. timn Street Phone 137 WayiHjsville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County v CURTIS RUSS Editor Hrs. Hilda WAV GWYN Associate Editor K . Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED I.VERV THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Jne Year, In Haywood County $1.76 Six Months, In Haywood County 90c 'ne Year, Uutside Haywood County 2.60 Months, Outside Haywood County 1.60 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Entered at the post ciffi. e Ht Wuvnemllle. N. 0.. AM 8ooad l'!h Mml Mnttei iiroviileil under the Act of March I, 187, t.iveroher 20. 1914. Orjitunr) uutices, regolutiurm of respect, curds of thinkg. and til notices of entertainment for prufit. will b cnarffed for At the TMte of one cent per word. NATIONAL DITO..IAL III iJkttJl North Carolina i wrtss association; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) Armistice Day The list of those killed in action and miss ing from among our Haywood County men in service now numbers sixteen. Last week the figures stood at seventeen, but since then we have heard that Sgt. Joseph H. Smith, of Hazelwood, reported missing is now a German prisoner. Today is Armistice Day of First World War, when the news of peace was flashed over the world. In every American home today hope is centering around that second Armistice Day which will close the present conflict. Before that day arrives our list of six teen will mount to greater numbers. It is inevitable as the war progresses. We will lose men in the sky as duty takes them on their dangerous missions, in the land battles and on the sea. While every man in uni form will pay a price and is in line of danger, it will be our casualty list and their families who will give the most. So on this Armistice Day celebration let us honor the memories of the men whose names appear below : DALLAS RHEA CLARK United States Xary ROBERT HIRAM WELCH United States Xary RICHARD CLEM JENKINS United States Air Corps MACK STAMEY, JR. United States Xai'y CARROLL EDWARD TRANTIIAM United States Xary WILLIAM SYLVESTER JONES Merchant Marine PETE JOHNSON MOORE United States Xary GLENN EDGAR SISK United States Army JACK RATH BONE United States Army JOEL BLAINE JAMES United States Xary GLENN E. HARDING 1 United States Air Corps DAVID S. STENTZ United States Air Corps HOMER V. CONARD United Stutes Air Corps LEWIS GIBSON United States Air Corps JAMES CARL KEYLON United States Navy ROY M. JACKSON United States Army Wiser This Time "The tragic blunder of the other war when land was plowed up without regard to its fitness and the soil was allowed to wash and blow away without any adequate means to prevent it, will not be repeated in this," is accredited to Judge Marvin Jones, war food administrator. The fact that the 1944 program has been designed to give the largest food production in the U. S. history might tend to offer some ill omens of the future, but since soil conservation practices are to be observed, disastrous results should not follow. In Haywood County during the past few years we have begun to appreciate what im proved methods of treating the soil can do, and it is encouraging to learn that even in this crisis, the land will not suffer. This business of "paying-as-we go" is all right, but we would also like to know where we are going. More Pots and Pans When we view the empty shelves in the stores that formerly sold pots and pans we find ourselves , wondering what all these young war brides are using for cooking. Perhaps they have taken a "few odd pieces" from mother's kitchen equipment. In view of this we read with interest dur ing the week that increased production of iron skillets, kettles and other items are to be permitted under the revised WPB order recently made. P! ITTING OUR FINANCIAL HOUSE IN ORDER What Price Americans are paying a per capita aver age of $377 for the current fiscal year for the war, according to the U. S. Treasurer. It is said that the British are paying $291 and the Canadians $261. These figures have a different meaning when explained by the Washington Post, that states there is another way to ascer tain how much the people of each country pay out of the national income. By another computation the United States had an income of 135 billion dollars, while the income of the British was slightly less than 30 billions, and Canada seven and a half billion dollars. Federal tax revenues cover 3(i per cent of the Federal expendi tures while the percentage in Britain is 52 and Canada is said to be 47. These figures should show us pretty clear ly no matter how put upon we may feel about paying for this war, that we have plenty of company, who are making far more sacrifices than we are being called up on to make. 1 ano7(0bSn I WASHINGTO U. S. Sumbarin Campaign Against Japs Is Big Success Survey Show, Th'e-e' Plenty or Chrimp,, Special to Central Press WASHINGTON The Navy finally Is beginning to - a storv nf the smashine-lv successful Amr-i., .. L ' o .w.i.ciii uumar:re against the Japanese shipping, but a lot of good news held back for security reasons. Mau'flmun in W Q ahinof nn for mnntlm 1 . . o - t-ito rijiew mat t Japanese sinkings based on Navy communiques were cent too low. As of Sept. 9 a total of 312 enemy ships were list, damaged. llic mav,y imnuj uainc uui vrnii uaCKlOg Of UniCportel I which hnnsfprt that figure hv 4R shin r .1. . . Slniiii , r v" : me total 460 To prevent Information from r,.. - " , -..,ig me enei Cc rr.s j 1 .1 ij -$ to 50 as surjfl Subs Have Bagged 460 Jap Ships the reports of American submarine successes are lieved to be withheld by the Navy tot from fTJ six months. An this Kflafa f Via ATa... . . . uiiuourjieaiy still haJ fair-sized backloer that wouih k,. .. M - - uwoi me t HERE and THERE HILDA By WAY GWYN Real Patriotism Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gruennert, of Wis consin, have certainly set the country a fine example of real patriotism. Their son has been killed in action, as you no doubt read, and they were invited to Washington by the War Department to receive the Medal of Honor, from none other than the Presi dent himself. They thanked the War Department, but with regret, stated that they would not feel right in making the trip and this was their reason : "On the back of the B sticker on our wind shield is this question: 'Is this trip really necessary?' "We are in the midst of the Third War Bond Drive. We believe every cent of money subscribed should be used to supply our boys with the necessities of war and not spent for trips that do not directly help the war effort." Not so long ago by the calendar . . the memory of Armistice' Day, Nov. 11, 1918 was growing a bit dim . . . but not today . . . for since Pearl Harbor, it has heen revived and its meaning comes uacK to us 1 . . as we look forward to another 1 Armistice Day . . . which we trust ! will be the doom forever of the I ambitions of the German people for world power ... we recall quite vividly how we celebrated locally member one old Frenchman who trot on a bicycle and rode around and around the village crying out for joy that the war was ovir. . . It was strange how we were so intent on the fighting that we did j not have time to hardly think of home . . . and then when hostili ties cease . . . we all thought of nothing else . . . we wanttd to get back to America . . . but of course we could not all come at once . . . nnH wn hnvp hiwrd thn hnvs whn there were not enough boats to were over there in the thick of j carry us . . . and there was a lot things tell of the joy and relief j to finish up before we left France it gave to them when they knew 1,ut we moved up to within about that the war was over . . . and best of all they could go home. W. A. Bradley, who was a Ser geant Major with the 81st Divis ion Headquarters, has among his 75 miles of Paris and gradually we all got back home. "One thing I want to give those American doughboys in the infan try a lot of credit . . . they fight World War 1 souvenirs a copy of ; under very different conditions to- the original order that he took over day . . . the plants go ahead . . . the phone from Army headquarters and the tanks and they clear the to his division headquarters . . .'way for the infantry . . . but back so we asked him to tell us about it then only the Artillery barrage . . . so we might revi w this bit of went ahead . . . and then the zero history with one who was there. . .'hour came, the infantry went for- ; ward and much of the fighting was "When hostilities ceased, we were with a cold steel bayonet. . . " Sergeant Major Bradley did not just out from Verdun, near the German lines ... we were advanc ing from 3 to 5 miles a day through the mud . . - with the machine guns and the infantry in front and the Artillery firing over our heads. . . That morning of the 11th, I never expect to forget ... it was around will hi cation luwed' with the . . There v The foregoing makes one realize just why 9:;!,) wnen thl' i)h,,nu nin!r aml o , ' .1 n ,1,1. 1 I took the order . . . which was . . . Sergeant Kenneth Gruennert lead his pla- .A11 utilities on the entire front toon in New Guinea with such bravery and will cease at 11 a. m. Outposts rlifttmptimi IT lr.of Vilo llf K,,i- 1 will be established and no communi- viorillll. won. liv- YOU HIO II 1 , MUL I1U 1 1 V V I flickered from his post of duty, for he hail inherited the courage of his parents. The Gruennerts wrote the President that so many other boys had been killed in action and all of them could not come to Washing ton, so could he not just write them what he would have said as he handed them the Medal of Honor accorded to their son. There is a lesson for every American citi zen in the attitude of the Gruennerts. in the linom as I t ceiv Other Towns Please Note We quote from the Morganton News-Herald: "A special election to pass on the proposal of a $75,000 bond issue for a municipal air port will be held by the town of Morganton Tuesday, December 7. Moving a step nearer the long-discussed plan of a joint Morgan-ton-Lenoir airport in the Antioch commun ity midway between the two towns, council members limited the issue to go to local voters to not over $75,000 bonds for the pur chase and development of Morganton's part of the tract. A similar bond election will be held by Lenoir." These two towns are displaying wisdom in the action which they are taking. They are getting things lined up so that when the proper time comes to start construction work, the work can get underway without a lot of unnecessary delay. The building of airports is something which every town in North Carolina every town that doesn't already have airport fac ilitiesshould consider at this time. When enemy will be al aviv ah. hi; men imk down t he r - . all making a lit .if Irving to talk above !h.' thundering of . . . but as I . . . a complete silence fell over ihat room. . . You see I had to repeat the ord r back, to verify it ... I cannot even today describe my feel ings ... it rushed over me, all that it meant to me ... to my buddies and to those back home the battle going on repeated that order jget home for a good many months i. . . in fact, not until June 20, 1919 I ... he landed in Newport News, Va. . . he was discharged ten days ; later at Camp Lee, Va. He had been employed by the Suncrest Lumber Company before he had volunteered in 1917 . . . and when they learned of his being home they wired for him to come back at once. . . He reported to the manager at Sunburst, but he says he told iiim ... "I have been through a il . . . war, man, I want a vacation, hut the manager said no, you have got to get back to work" . . ." So he offered me a two weeks vacation ith pay after I had worked that length of time. . . I took him up . . . and I have be n working ever since," he said. . . well over 500 Thin rwl!pf ivm nnrl0rfifftrpri rjrAnrlv hi. . . ....j . i icaiueni HWIUI..U ..j ie announced that during the past six months United States jnarlnes have been sinking Nipponese ships at a rate of 130 th ' tons a month. ou Recent release of the Jap ship sinking roundup by the Navy sh do much to boost that branch of the service in the eyes of Ameri Hitherto, the Navy was criticized often because it allegedly tr out only good news and withheld bad news. This all proves that sometimes even good news must be withli FOUR LIBERATOR BOMBERS, formidable in their new des tan warpaint, were drawn up on the concrete facing the main Bolli field hangar. The newly-formed Yugoslavian air unit, clad in United Sta Army Air Forces uniforms, stood at attention in front of the plai ai President Roosevelt gave them their wings and told them th future mission will be to bomb the Germans out of Yugoslavia. MaJ. Cen. Edwin M. Watson, the president's genial military al was standing next to an alrforce brigadier, watching the ceremonl Watson turned to the brigadier and Inquired: "What are those big things out there, general bombers?" WHITE CHRISTMAS or green Christmas it'll be a war Chrl mas this year with the heavy hand of Mars everywhere, even in 1 nurseries of the nation. j tiowever, mere la mo icoauii wnjr n auuuiuu i ue a. merry Unristn for the kids. Shortages will occur, but there will be substitul to make a real Yule celebration possible. For instance, wooden substitutes for metal toys will be commi place even more than last year and an expected-shortage of Chi mas trees from the normally big centers of production may be tially made up for by the cutting of trees locally. Here's the pre-Christmas picture as it appears to official W ington : TOYS No electrical or mechanical items such as trains, const tion sets and other goods made of metal except those left over fi last year's unsold stock. Plenty of wooden toys and games. TREES Labor and truck shortages will cut production by regular dealers by 50 per cent and other dealers may not be In market at all. But local farm families will help overcome this ficulty. Some commercial dealers in the Pacific Northwest have ported that they expect to cut trees as usual. CIFTS None that are made of war-precious metal, except h overs from last year. Plenty of leather goods and an increased trend toward clothing and useful gifts. GREETING CARDS Plenty of them, but lighter in weight and smaller in size (to save paper), and fewer in design (to save the zinc and copper plates). Fewer box selections (to save boxes). FOOD Probably fewer turkeys on the Christmas table than use because of military demands and decreased production, but ml' chickens from a bumper chicken crop, TRIMMINGS Such as cranberries, will be scarce because of nf tary demands. I 3 local Fori: May Suppr Yul Tr Voice OF THE People What is your favorite Scripture? to you, do you even sn unto for this is the law nf the prop (Matthew 7:12). Rev. J. (lav Madison "Thaj chanter of St. John, and thai 6th, and 7th chapters .f St thew and then a a .-.e the 90th Psalm." Mrs. S. II. Ilushnell is sufficient for thee." "Mv Mrs. W. T. Crawford "Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shall thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shall be fed." Mrs. ('has 121st Psalm. K. (Jiiinhin Mrs. J. Howell Way "I have "I think that this time we should lw,.,i il,,. i i-., r, ., a i i ,i . ,u , been young and now I am old, and divide the country up, so that never . , J ., . y. ' . and again can they fight. I was in the the world . . . but true to order the first World War, my son is now fighting raged on until 11 o'clock in the second, and I would hate to . . . and then such a silence . . . think that my grandsons would after those months of bombs and have to do it all over again. . . We shells deadening every minute . . . should resort to whatever it takes only those who have lived through to wipe Germany off the map and such an experience can understand. : see that never again in the history j of the world does this happen," "I remember that a bunch of us said Sgt. Major Bradley, World went down to the banks of the Muse War No. One Veteran, with feeling River . . . and stood with our watch- 'as he spoke of his son now in ser es in our hands around the appoint- jvice. ea time . . . ana suaueniy as me hour of 11 came, everything was quiet . . . when the firing ceased . . . we turned and walked up to a Catholic Church in the little vil lage, which had been evacuated . . . and only the Priest had re mained ... he never left his Chapel . . . but kept the candles burning and the doors open . . . night and day ... we found him kneeling at the altar . . we all went in and joined him . . . kneeling down to say a prayer of thanks giving . . . before returning to headquarters. . . "It took us two days to clear the battle field of our wounded and our dead . . . first, of course, we took care of those who might have a chance to live ... it was quite different then from today, when the medical corps goes right fto bat tle with tlin men . then our field this war is over, many thousands Of skilled i hospital was at the r:ar and the pilots will return to civilian life. These boys are going to keep right on flying. Aviation will witness tremendous strides. Freight, express, mail and passenger1 service will be undertaken on a scale which up to the pres ent time has been undreamt of. If a com munity fails to provide a port where planes can land and take off, that community is just naturally going to be but of luck. State Magazine. J On The Job There may be faculty changes in the school of experience from time to time, but the professor in charge of grade-crossing affairs remains on the job. Arkansas Gazette. I have never seen the righteous for saken or their seed begging bread." Rev. H. G. Hammett "The 14th chapter of John is my first choice and the 23rd Psalm is my second favorite." Mrs. H. G. West "Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled." Mrs. Mary E. Moore "The 23rd Psalm, all of it or part of it." (As TRANSACTIONS Vi Real Estatd Recorded t MoMiay Of Thif Week) Rev. Robert G. Tatum "The first chapter of St. John." Rev. W. L. Hutchins "Whatso ever ye would that men should do THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY wounded did not get the quick at tention they do today there were no blood banks then , . . neither did the men carry the disinfectant materials they do today ... to treat thdr wounds themselves for the time being . . . until they can be given medical aid. . . We were so dead tired . . . but it did not keep us from celebrating . . . we had quite a few French soldiers attached to our division who served as interpreters. . . I re- U " 6 f"oNT4E DOUBLE Beaverdam Township Nora Green to Pirrn T. ' et ux. , Milton Cagle, et ux to Childers. Wayncsville Township W. W. PressK'y to H. F. Crj man. Robert E. I- ''u'm, e. i Delmos Caldwell, et ux Guarantee Title Bond and fto Margaret Hon 1 ' T . tr.r rnnutv to L. H. 1 najfvuuv. v . lett and Maggie Bramk't Katherine Ray Atkins and AtKinS LO Cj. iv. " fl t f TUInnre Pt UX tO J lames r. .n-"-. Clark, et ux. i ....i, had a Pf 1 ne uiani.'"" against the speaker he as on to introduce, so he put way: Ladies and gentlemen The! has . rtrtL- Til .'U who is to :-i." , , accused of being two-facJ. ... t believe tm. wnn yuu If ie tardly lie about h.m. I two-faced it is a 1 " ' . wnnlH wear the other one. bugs have Merrit Those all my raili-'i' -' Harold Why ' ' salt? Merrit X", i: '-: can't eat 'e'1' can go with.'ut. Teacher: "It" 1 ' h divide it into t" ! four parts, ami rrnrts into two pan Pnnil: "Potato Diamonds were - tij wedding rings dj at" the what aiau-
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