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Page 10 THE WAYNESVILIE MOUNTAINEER (One Day Neater Victory) THURSDAY, MAY u QNAP HOTS By Frances Gilbert Frazier Staff Writer The reports have it that Adolf Hitler is dead Lal week. Benito Mussolini died the most ignomin ious death possible lor any man. Both of these men died as they had lived, craven cowards to the end. Mussolini was screaming "NO! NO!" to his assailants as he left this mortal earth, and almost before his body hit the ground, tlie populace wire spittinR out their long-i epre; scd euoni. Those who bad criuued even as they hoot-licked lor favor, tinned with the fury ol demons let loose and sfill further degraded the form of their erstwhile II Dure, the idol of their people Adolf Miller, be he dead or alive, has lost the vaunted adoration of Hie Germans and will o into ob livion as quickly as he came into power. Three weeks ano. another man went down I hat long road to ever lasting Kternily and the whole world mourned his passing. Every walk of lile was represented in the grief that was universal, for each felt thai he bad lost a personal And valued friend. Thai's (lie dilfeienee between Democracy" and Despotism Willi the coiKpicring and inieine dilional surrendering ol the f.!er mans. the whoie world begins a new era. Nothing will over he quite the same There's scarcely ,1 home th.it lias not been touched by the grim linger ot this war. Many families will be incomplete forever; others marred and sear red by casualties. Those returning to their loved cues with unscathed iMtilics will ever carry m their hearts ami imud. the horrors lhrou::h which they have passed c'o Victory Death and life will lever have Hie same value as il did before they veiil into Hie fear ful massacre. Tin ir lips will com press with tin' agmiy of memory and the desne In lorgel d m the upward march id the future We have much work ahead ol us and we have all Mol to work in .inis'on to prepare for the end nf the other war in which we arc now cngaeed 'Then will come plenty ol Inn' for celebrating. Let's get oin bad debts collected before we ;.o on a linaiicial spree. To our iiiiiiiI. there is one way flnd the only way in which we can return to normalcy and Hie right course to follow. 'This war. and all wars, are caused by one single hlea; greed Perhaps the word is Illy chosen but it amounts to the same thing, call it selfishness. ! vanity. cgoti: m. or by whatever '. name you chouse to call it. It all I stacks up In the fact that there 1 is too little consideration given thej other fellow. As long as Ibis sit-I nation predominates the lives of I all of us. there will be continual! unrest and more wars II is in- Tvitable. Somehow, the lirsl rule that the writer was taught when she studied bridge might do well for the present time and lor all of us. ; It was this: "Ueinember there are three other players: respect i their rights at all .timus." 1 ft FIRST WOW OF A Chronology World War II USE 666 TA8UT5. SALVE. NOJE DROPS j I!)39 Sept. 1 Germany launches Invasion of Poland. Sept. 3 Britain and France an nounce that a state of war exists with Germany. 1940 April 9 Germany Invades Norway and Denmark. May Germans repel British at tempt to invade Nazi-Norway. May 10 Germany invades the low countries. Churchill becomes prime, minister. June 2 Four-fifths of British troops extricated from Dunkirk. June 10 Italy enters the war. June 18 Nazis occupy Paris. June 22 French accept German's peace terms. 1941 April (i Germans invade Yugoslavia and lake command of Greek Italian front. May 1 British driven out l Greece. May 10 Kudolph Hess lands in Brit ain by parachute. June 1 German paratroopers tak Crete. June Germany invades Russia. Dec. 7 Japanese make sneak at tack on i'riirl Harbor, the Phil ippines and Hong Kong. Dec. H I'. S. declares war on Axis CUIllltl ICS. pit: April IXlkMildtle leads American fliers in bombing of Tokyo and oilier Japanese cities. May ti Coricgidor surrenders. May 9 American forces defeat Jap anese Beet in the Coral sea. July I British Eighth army halts Rommel at El Alameln. Auk. 19 Commandos raid Dieppe. Oe. "B Battle of Solomons starts. Nov. X-r. s. troops land in North Africa. rm l-cli. .1 German lose Hie battle of Stalingrad. May i : Tunis ami Birrle fall, end ing German resistance in North Africa. .Inly 10 Allies invade Sicily. July ::s AlusMtlini out, Badoglio be coming premier. Sept. : Allies hind in southern It aly. Sept. 8 Italy surrenders uncondi tionally. Nov. M Americans invade Gilberts, M.ikm and Tarawa. Nov. il Roosevelt, Churchill and Cliiaiii; Kai-shek meet at Cairo. Nov. '.'K Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet at Teheran. 194 i Jan. 22 Fifth army troops establish A n? in beachhead. Jan. 31 Americans invade Marshall Islands. Feb. Itt racilic fleet attacks ftuk with heavy Japanese sea and air losses. Feb. 29 Yanks invade Admiralty Islands, overrunning Los Negros. Mar. 4 First All-American air raid smashes Berlin. Mar. 15 Allies level Cassino. Mar. .10 I!rd army drives into Romania. Apr. 10 Reds recapture Odessa, last major Russian city in hands of Nazis. Apr. 22 C. S. Iroops laud along 15 mile front on Dutch New Guinea. May 8 Russians recapture Sevasto pol and the Crimea. June 4 Rome falls. June ti Allies begin invasion of France. June 15 V. S. invades Marianas. June 18 German robot planes at tack England. ,liin- 17 French Invade Elba. June K - -rtcau troop enter Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company fMMfHIIU R ikm'f ilm m morc waV tnan one - 'VJ 'stancc "N between 7 V and 10 each night. :w? I That's the time, many SfcT t ' service men in the camps are calling home and they'll appreciate your help ia leaving the lines for them. Cherbourg; Russians in Vitebsk. June J9 Yanks bomb Bucharest. July 1 Beds take Minsk. July (Caen falls to British troops. July 19 Leghorn, Ancona fall to Americans, July 21 U. S. troops invade Guam. July 30 Russians reach East Prus sian territory. Aug. 3 Rcnncs taken by Amer icans. Aug. 5 Americans euter Brest. Aug. 7 Russians seize Polish Gali- eia oil fields. Ang. 12 Florence freed by Allies. Aug. 15 Allied troops invade south ern France. Aug. 22 Romania sues for peace. Aug. 25 Paris liberated. Sept. 1 Allies overrun World War I battle fronts. Sept. 11 Roosevelt and Church ill arrive in Quebec for conference: American troops inv.de (ierniany: U. S. troops land in llalniiiheras. Sent. 17 Allied airborne army lands behind lines at Am hem, in Holland. Sept. 19 Russo-Finnish armis tice signed. Sept. 25 2.000 survivors of "Red Devil" British nirhoiu division quit Arnhem. Holland, after land lag Sept. 17. Oct. 11 Americans hecin de struction nf Aachen after t.eim.ms reject ultimatum to surrender city. (let. la Germans announce death of Field Marshal Frw in Rom mel. Oct. 17 Americans mop up Aachen. Oct. 18 Hitler decrees forma tion of German Hume Guard, with Gestapo Chief Heinrieh llimmler in command. Oct. 20 Gen. Douglas Ma Arth ur lands on l.ryte, in I'liilippin-s. Oct. 25-27 Jap navy routed and crippled in battles in Philippine waters, 53 to GO enemy slops licim: bit and 24 sunk. Oct. 28 Gen. Joseph W. Stiluell revealed as recalled from Far East at request of Generalissimo liiaiu,' Kai-shek. Nov. 13 Churchill reveals silk ing of German battleship lirpitz in Nnrvvoclaii fjord by It A F Lan caster loins' six-ton bombs. Dec. 6 British troops lire on EI.AS (Leftist) Iroops in Athens. Dee. 15 MacArthur lauds on Mindoro, in Philippines. Dec. 16 Germans launch great winter rouiileroffensive against IJ. S. first army in Ardennes forest. Dec. 17 Germans drive into Bel gium and Luxembourg: France and Russia announce mutual assistance treaty. Pec. 23 Americans cut into edges of German salient: l!. S. bans racing, taps professional ath letics for manpower. Pec. 25 MacArtflur announces successful conclusion of campaign for Leyte Island, Philippines. Dec. 26 Germans 50 miles in side Belgium and 4 miles from Meuse river their point of deep est penetration in counlcrofTcnsivc, Dec. 27 Relief column reaches American troops trapped in Itas tocne: Germans admit some Iroops in Belgian bulge pulled back. Dec. 28 German offensive in Belgium reported broken. 1 915 Jan. 5 Germans open drive for Strasbourg-. Jan. 9 MacArthur lands on shores of Llngayen gull, Luzon is land, Philippines. Jan. 11-1225 Jap ships sunk off Indo-China by American task force: Germans drop resistance in west end of bulge. jan. ia ,-iaiin announces oprn ing of great Russian winter offen sive. Jan. 17 Russians take Warsaw. Jan. 19 American counterattack to cheek Germans below Stras bourg; Russians take Lodz. Kra kow. Jan. 20 Roosevelt inaiiciiraleil for fourth term: Russians 200 miles, from Berlin. Jan. 22 Germany's salient into Belgium collapses. Jan. 23 Russians reach Oder river in Silesia, about 13 miles rrom Bcsslau: Americans turr St. Villi. Jan. 30513 survivors of Balaan death march rescued in raid on Cahanatuan prison camp. Feb. 1 Lt. Gen. Eichclbcrucr's 8th army, flanks Manila by land ing south of city. Feb. i Americans drive to heart of Manila, liberating 1.350 at San to Tomas prison camp. Feb. 5 "Big Three", Roosevelt. Stalin, and Churchill reported to have begun conference at secret spot, later disclosed to be Yalta, in Crimea. Japanese set lire to Ma nila in battle of extinction. Feb. 7 "Big Three" announce agreement on coordinated blows for destruction of Nazi Germany. Krl. 10 First army lakes Sehwaminenaucl dam. Russians lake Elbing. Feb. 12 "Big Three" announce agreement on nine-point program at Yalta. Allies take Klcvc and Prucra. Feb. 13 Russians crush last re sistance in Budapest. Feb. 14 Japs slaughter civilians, start new fires in south Manila. Feb. 16 Paratroops land on Cor regidor. Carrier task force of over 1-200 planes raids Tokyo. Mac Ar thus completes capture of Balaan. Feb. 171.500 planes bomb Tok yo in second day of task force raids. . Feb. 20 Fleet Admiral Nimitz announces landing on Iwo Jima. Russians launch drive into Bran denburg. Feb. 229,000 planes bit Ger many in greatest air raids of war. 3rd Marines land to reinforce 4th re -cap and 5th on Iowa .lima. Pravila says i Russians across Oder. Feb. 23 General of the Army Ki:ienhoer announces opening of' great olfensive by L'. S. first and ninth armies. Russians take Poz nan. Feb. 2 I .MacArthur announces 1 liberation of Manila. Feb. 27 Americans score break-t Lhrciigfi of Nazi lines. 9th army units plunge toward Rhine under news blackouts. Russians drive 44 miles tow ..i ti Danzig. i I',. It 'K mrie:in cross Frfl 1 river. Americans land on Palawan,' in Philippines. .March 1 Roosevelt reports to Cuugrrs.- on Valla conference. !Hh 1 army takes .Miicnchcn Gladbach. ; reaches Krefeld. .March ". !th army readies! Ilhine at two points. I March ti Cologne taken. Patton ipens olfensive u till 3 !-mile ad- j i,iiiir toward Rhine. Russians' reach Oder river outlet at Baltic. March 7 I'. S. first army cap- , lured great Lmlcndorff bridge in-1 tact at Kcmagcn and cros-.ed thej Itliine. ! Nov. 21 Superforts based on! S. lip. in bomb Tokvo first time. March l."i - I'. S, seventh army went over to the olfensive on a ."ill mile Iroip in the S.i.u and Palatinate. .March Hi I'. S. third army broke across the Moselle river south of (ibleii. oiilllankiiig the Saarland and Palatinate. Miirch 17 I'. S. third army cap tured ( olilcuz, seal of American occupation forces in the lirsl world war. March "'! - I . S. third army crossed Rhine between Mainz and Worms. Alarcli ::! British second army, with Canadian first army units, crossed Rhine west of W'csel. March '..' I C. S. ninth army crossed Rhine south of Wcscl. March 25 -German defenses east of Rhine smashed by three allied armies. March :Hi -I , S. seventh army crosses IHi.ne Americans laud on Cchu, in Philippines. March British warships join Amcrir.ms in raids on Kyukiis as Tokyo continues to report Anieii .aii landings there. April I Fncirclciiiciit of Ruhr 'omplctcd by allies. Americans laud on Okinawa island, in Ryuk vus, with help of 77th division troops who previously had landed in Kei ama islands in same Ryu- j kyu group. April I 1'. S. third army moves! fi urn Gntha toward l.rfurl and Lcil.ig in apparent effort to unite ' with Russian forces and cut off I German escape into Bavarian ; noiiutaiiis. April ." Americans take Kassel, Got ha and Suhl. Russians take Iratislav a. Russians denounce non ig'gressioii treaty with Japan. Pre mier Koiso's cabinet resigns. Ad miral Kaiilaro Snuki, called to form new Japanese cabinet. Mac Arthur named commander of all land forces in Pacific and Nimitz emiuaniiei" of all naval forces in Pacific. April 7 Russians enter suburbs if Vicuna. Americans smash tier man defense lines on Wescr river. I'oiith of remaining Japanese licet, including battleship Vaui.ilo, sunk by American planes in Fast China sea. April !l- Russians take knenigs l.erg. April 10 Allies down .:'7 Git man pt.inrs. April II C S. !tih army reaches Kibe river at Magdeburg 57 miles from Berlin. April 12 President Franklin I. Roosevelt, (J3, dies of cerebral ni orrhag'e at Warm Springs, (ia. Harry S. Truman becomes 3'Jnd V. S. President. April 15 Franklin D. Roosevelt buried in rose garden at his Hyde Park estate. April Hi Gen. Clark launches general offensive in Italy. April M Soviet armies break into Berlin. April 25 San Francisco Confer ence for postwar security opens. April 25 Six-ton bombs obliter ate Hitler's chalet near Uerchtes gaden. April 2C American and Soviet armies ollicially joined. April ZH Benito Mussolini, one time dictator of Italy, killed by Partisan firing squad. His body was brought to Milan where il was scorned and spit upon by I lie peo ple he once ruled. April 28 False report ol Ger many's unconditional surrender Hashed across America "by Asso ciated Press from San Francisco. Kcporl was later denied by Presi dent Truman. April 2K Fifth Army reaches Swiss Border. April .'Ml General Mai k ( lark announces virtual cml ol Italian battle. May 1 German radio report-, death of Adolf Hitler at post in Berlin, (.rand Admiral Karl Doe nit becomes Fuehrer of Germany. .May . Marshal Statin an nounces capture of Berlin hy Rus sian armies. May ' Gen. Mark (lark an nounces iiueomlition.il surrender of all German Iroops in Northern Italy and Western Austria. WIHIPHIIM"HIWIJII Ml I ioiich Ml 11 WW""? ItLwlllliliniiiMi THEY USED TO CALL HER FATTY Almost unbelievable loss ol weight is possible (or most overweight people through a pleasant, nb&oltitcly liarin less reducing mclliod. While calini plenty, it is possible to lake oil as imnl as three to five unsightly pounds a vcek No exercise, no starvation diet, no ic (tucing drugs or cu-lliartic.s are occessai for those who seek to regain a graceful youthful figure In tact, the I rcmetl Way 13 so confidently icromnicnded that you may try Trcinett will, out risk ing a .cnny You and youi li tends must marvel at the exciting ilupiuv einelit in 3 our appcrtinncr; yon must get the results yen seek in ?D Jay:., ui youi inonpv wall be lehmdcd in lull La3y-to-toiiovv duct ll' iis with cvely ..u.k;0 Ask lor 1 rrinett l w avni:s ii.i.i:. north Carolina M ATIN KK: Sunday 2 and I I'. M.; Saltti day and !() I. 1. Mtail' SHOW : 7 and il I'. M.. Sunday Niohl. S:!!!--ADMISSION : Children I nder 12 Years, 12c; Adults. All Scats. TAX: On Children s Pass, 2c; Adttll I'a-. he. TIllKSDAY-FKIDAY .MAY 10-11 "Bring On The Girls" In Cidiir W ith cmnica Lake and Sonny TiilT. SATl'HDAY MAY 12 "Bordertown Trail" Will; Smiley I.tirnctlc and Snnsef 'Carstin. I.ATK SHOW 1 0 :-; I. M. "White Zombie" Willi P.ela (Dracula) laiynsi. Sl'NDAY y:ay i:; "Roughly Speaking" Starrinn Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson. .MONDAY-Tl KSDAY 1 1 11 "Objective Burma" Wilh Krrol l lvnn and Henry Hull. 'WEDNESDAY MAY 16 "What A Blonde" Willi !Jol Mitchimi and Barbara Hale. May 2 British, in amphibious assault, invade Rangoon area in Km ma; Australians invade oil-rich Tarakan island east f Borneo. May 3 Allied planes rip Nazis attempting to escape from Ger many into Denmark by sea; Brit ish 8th army occupies Trieste; Rus sians crush German resistance in north-central Germany in 30-mile suree between Rostock and Ham- burg; Prague is declared a "hos- pital rity." ' May 4 Germans surrender Den ! mark, Holland and all northern Germany. Resistance now is cen ' tered in southern redoubt, but Nazis still occupy Norway. May T Germany surrenders unconditionally. Members Grace Church Attend Convention In Hendersonville The following members of Grace Episcopal church attended the Diocesean Convention of Western North Carolina which was held in Hendersonville on Tuesday of this week: Mrs. J. F. AM. Dr. .1. Rufus McCracken. William Sliool bred, Miss Rose Tatum, and Rev. Robert G. Tatum. Salt on Juice If juice from an apple pie runs out over the oven, shake salt on it. The salty mixture will burn crisp and may be removed with ease. wk Tabu A kitchen work UCT. height il you can S Cat on thetop wi. Uuy and Hold Vg7 f(r joUr -New Ircedu Modern 'CI G Hum (,Js ! Conn Domest.t ar" Cor. Plinj 202 II Important Facts of vital interest to every user of c OA The supply ol coal during the next 12 nioiilhs will not lie adequate lu provide wilh as much as von normally hum. Therefore, the Solid Fuels Ad m inislratioi War has issued instructions prohibiting us from delivering coal to an (nilS unless the consumer liles with his dealer a SUMER DECLARATION Your coal dealer is now supplied with the necessary form for tiling I ln )K lion. The Declaration requires you to slate, among other things, the numbti rooms to be heated, your normal coal req uircments, and the amount of coal are ordering. Place Your Declaration and Order No Only unless you place your Declaration and your order for coal wilh your dealer is he required to deliver any coal to you. If you place your order and your Con sumer Declaration with your dealer be fore May 1"), you are entitled to get, before October 1, :'A)f, of your normal annual requirements if you are ready, w illing, ami able ! I;ile delivery ol any usable solid furl on terms agreeable (o you and the dealer. Generally a dealer is prohibited ( delivering, and the consumer is pi bited from receiving, during thept April 1, 1 i 1 5, to March :il, litlli.i than 80',' r f the consumer's rw annual requirements. Generally a dealer is prohiliiltd 1 delivering, and Ihe consumer is hibited from receiving, before! bri I. l!tr, more than .'ill' , "fit sumer's normal annual retiuirwnfl Your coal dealer recognizes (he probabilities of unforeseen dilliciiltitf arising in carrying out these regulations, lie, therefore, asks nu l learn Ihe facts how (hey apply lo you and how (hey apply to hi" Vmir co-operation is essential. You Must Go to the Office of Your Coal Dealer to Fill Out Your Declaration All New Applicants' For Coal Fill Out Cards From Dealers and Leave at Chamber of Commerce Published In the Interest of the Public, Iy Ihe Undersign s t Waynesville Coal Co. The Haywood Co. R. L. Lee Coal Co. Citizens Coal Co. Hyatt & Company Junaluska Coal Co. Community Coal Co.
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