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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY. THE WAYNESYILLE MOUNTAINEER ftffe 2 Second Section 1 lV; 7ii ::S '':. rt-:: ' I - ...:17 - : -J .5 -.- :. s-t. S.i :!-.?. 1 The Mountaineer ;, Published By THE WAYNES VILLE PRINTING' CO. Main, Street PI'"'"? 7 Waynesville, Ninth Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Kditor MRS, HILDA WAY C.WYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED KVKKY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION' KATF.S One Year, In Haywood County $- no Six Months, in Haywood County 1 2.") One Year, Outside Haywood County r)l Six Months, Outside Haywood County 1 f0 All Subscript ions Payable In Advance Entered lit 1.h i,t ClaRS MM Mallei, a l'" November 2'i, I 1 1 ohlhiury rixiir ps. all notirps uf pnleiiii the rat une i ej,i .-l .,1 M il. I, I - . :. ,,. ..( Ill;, I, I 1 II l-.ft NATIONAL DITOMAL .ASSOCIATION Nonf Nunfa Cauhna A. is A3MA.IA111JTI TIUKSDAY. MAY II, UH. (One Day Ne;irer Victory) They Were All There No one need ever iluulil thai the people of this community are war minded, alter the thousands attended the showing of "This Is Your Infantry" last Wednesday night. It was a strange fascination, while many did not want to yo. they could not stay away. They wanted to see what their boys were having to take. The effect must have been all that was desired if the reaction to Die call to buy bonds is any indication IVrhaps it is emml for the home front to get an eyeful and also an earful of what, it must be like over seas in the thick of things. Certainly noth ing could show the necessity for buying war bonds more than I he danger which a man faces in combat. He Has Something The OKI Codger in .losephu.s Daniel's col umn, "The Rhamkatte Roaster" in the Ral eigh News and Observer one day last week had the following paragraph which should make us all stop and realize how we have learned to hide behind the war: "I has enjoyed one thing about the war an' 1 kaint see how 1 kin git along without it. It air a good excuse fer not doin' what ye ditldent want to by layin' it on the war." Now the Old ('oii).'i i c'-rtaitdy has some thing there, for all of us are more or less guilty. We can slide out of everything by merely saying. "Well you know there is a war on." We have gotten in the habit of offering this for all our shortcomings. As the Old Codger ask-, "What air we goin' to git as a stibslitute fer not doin' what we don't y.anl to do"'" Attending Conference We were glad v, hen I're-nient Truman decided to attend the San Francisco confer ence. We had the feeling all along that the President of the Tinted States should have been there. Perhaps one reason was that President Roosevelt had planned to do no, and we had it fixed in our mind as the right thing for the host of the country in which the conference was to be held was to greet the visitors. Yet on the other hand Presidenl Truman just entering the office under great emer gency and stress had a lot. to do. He was faced with problems too numerous to relate, and he was needed in Washington. Another good rea-oi: was that he had not had time to get himself informed on all the fine points of the conference, the Dumbarton Oaks Conference and the Big Three meeting at Teheran and Yalta. It would take longer than the mere two weeks he had been president to acquire such in formation. He has had time since then to get the feel of things and to learn from the very proceedings of the conference how affairs were running and what was needed to cement more firmly the interests of the Big Three powers. . No matter who the President might send . to San Francisco they could never have quite the prestige that the President him self would have with the other nations. The task of the United Nations is beyond the reach of most of us, too complicated for us to understand except that we realize as we read th items under discussion that a great deal of tact will have . to be used to bring the nations of the earth to a common ground of understanding. - i ".,'".' .; j;'., ''.',:. ' Following Through The recent action of the town officials re garding the sale of wine on Main Street is evidently part of the program for cleaning up the community, started sometime ago by the law enforcement officers. Saturday afternoon is a rush session on Main Street any way you take it. People who have been busy all week like to come to town on Saturday. Many of them do not have time off until that half day. They should have the privilege of the street with out interference, and so the afternoon is usually marked by crowds. When this con gested condition was supplimented by drunks it was not conducive to either the good will id' the local people or the visitors in the community. We congratulate the otlicials on seeinp the program through. RFSERVED FOR HIROHITO More Diplomats We see that the State Department in Washington will soon be in a position to announce details of a program inspired by the United States' expanded role in work affairs to improve and enlarge its foreign service division. The plans call for recruits in large num bers in the career of diplomacy. They are seeking young men in their twenties and there will also be needed many highly train ed technicians, which it is said will require an act of Congress for its formation. k will take a great deal of work of this type now that the war is over in Kurope to get the diplomatic and consular posts opened again. The new international re sponsibility that now rests on our country will call for the highest type of personnel. It seems strange to consider such things right here in Haywood County as a vital issue, for it has not been so many years since we felt that these things were of little interest to us too far away. But not now. How this new diplomatic reorganiza tion is worked out and maintained will mean much to the sons of our Haywood men now fighting overseas. If this department should not function with understanding of other nat ions, it would mean that their sons would have to light once again as their fathers before them. i .bra!. ' Voice OP THE People The Everyday Coumek -liv- lo you believe that Japan will fight to the bitter end as Germany, I or do you think there is a possi- ! Iiility that she will surrender to i save herself? I KBY7 H HUBERT SI'AI CM, John Hoyd "1 think the Japs will stay in the fight as long as they possibly tan." Chat Thomas "I think they will tight as long as they have anything to fight with, and I hope thai won't he long HERE and T tl E It E By HILDA WAY GWYN Congratulations lo the graduates of Waynesvi'le Hi in the class of 1945. You have seen a lot during the four years you have been in high school, and nu lace grave responsibilities in the world of to morrow as well as today. We were much surprised to learn lioin Mr Bowles that yon are I he largest class to ever graduate True some of you, we understand, will not be present on the tit li to receive you will he at armed services you will not In night of June the your diploma, for your posts in the Hut don't worry lorgol I en Japan's Geographical Strength If the Allies could throw all the power against the Japanese that they hurled against the Oermans and could do it under conditions similar to those which prevailed in western Europe the war in the Far East soon would end with the complete collapse of Japanese resistance. Because of this ob vious fact some Americans find it difficult to understand why the capture of Okinawa is proving so costly and why there are so many warnings that the job of forcing the unconditional surrender of Japan, undoubt edly a necessity for the future safety of our country, may result in heavy casualties. The reasons are geographic. One is the tremendous length of our supply linos, a matter frequently emphasized; another is the character of the terrain where most of the fighting on land will be done. The de cisive battles will be fought in Japan, a country made up of mountainous islands, and possibly in China, including Manchuria. Except on the plains of Manchuria, there will he no possibility of the tank and armored-car warfare use of tremendous power for breaking gaps in fixed defenses, followed by quick exploitation which both Americans and Cermans used so success fully in Europe. In Japan there are few highways or rail roads and only 15 per cent of the land is level. In China, south of the Yangtze River, there are exceedingly few communication lines of any kind and the terrain is either hilly or mountainous. The North China plain, north of the Yangtze along the coast, is Hat country but has few roads, is divided into tiny fields and is intersected by canals and irrigation and drainage ditches. Because of these facts the Japanese fre quently may be able, as they have been on the Pacific islands, to compel their oppon ents to make frontal assaults on prepared positions in which the defense has an un deniable advantage. The fighting, especially within Japan, will resemble that in the mountains of northern Italy rather than that in the valleys and on the rolling hills of France and Germany. The difference will be that the Allies, despite troublesome dis tances, should be able to bring far more strength to bear than they did in Italy, so that Allied superiority in the air and in ar tillery should cancel much of Japan's geo graphical asset. The might which can be thrown against Japan is so vast that the Japanese can have no hope of successful defense over any considerable period of time. But our victory unless Japan decides to quit is not likely to be either quick or easy, -New York Herald Tribune. We understand that your class rather bad a case of the jitters during your freshman year when I be world was turning upside down, and the great American Army and Navy were being organized, hut Mr. Bowles says that stage passed and you began to gel yioic settled as time went on and today as you graduate Minis you a serious, sober lot who arc ready and willing to lake your place where ilqty may call You have made a line record on the home front You went out lor war work in a big concerted effort. We recall the scrap drive and how you helped Haywood county win 4th place in the South Kastern States- nu and the oilier high schools ol the enmity. And we adults will have lo admit that you did the major pail of the collect ing ol that scrap as the great piles of metals grew on I he school grounds waiting In lie turned into lighting eiinpineut lor our men in service During the liond di ives we have watched with interest oiu power ol salesmanship We have learned with gratification that dur ing the 11)1 i t campaign the high schools ol the county helped raise two thuds i,l (he lolal IimmI t iie surprising hit ol inl'o' m i t ion we have learned ahoul ; on and il has made us very proud is the tact I hat in onr class ol Mli are students who left school Ivvu or tluee sears ago and look join lorn in the outside world You realized what an education vould! mean ami ou came hack to giadu ; ate 'tins is a tine sign lot oii , to learn so young I hat you must j be titled for life We uiiderst.ii.il that a lew ol , you graduate' in I he armed forc es hope to get back to receive your diplomas hul it you can I make it, they will he given you just the same We wish to especially honor the students in the armed forces from your class including Hugh Oomplon. Richard Henry I'ranklin. William Thomas freeman. Noble Wiley Carrett. Jr. Clarence Wil liam Harrell, Cilhert l.ee llem bree, William l.ee Howell, Jerry Robert I.eatherwood, James Ned Massey. Thomas Medford. James Hardy Noland Koberl W Phelps. Raymond Phillips Kenneth Turner and Joseph Thomas Wilson In a recent letter from I.t. Mary E Francis, of Haywood county, who is now in Germany, she gives some of her thoughts on VK-IJay You remember what a fine record Lt, Francis has made. Ernie f'vle wrote of her work in Africa and since then she has been in two more invasions. "We have at last reached that day for which we have all waited so anxiously We thought we would be full of excitement and joy and we would be unable to hold our selves. Instead we are the oppo site, very unlet and a little anxious anout what will happen next realize we have won the war Europe, but have we won the peace that should follow? The answer to that question will not be ans wered until the war on the other side is finished. We also stop silently and bow in memory over here of the many boys who have made the supreme sacrifice that this war might be won by the force of right. Many of our own Hay wood county boys have found sil ent resting places in the soil of Europe I "Arc we going In keep 1 he fa lib ' that they had or shall lhe ha.e ! died in vain'.' That is the ipir-slc.iii i that stands before each ul us 1 1 I gardless ol when' we arc j "No one knows the real endur : ancr of our American men heller than the members ol the Medical Corps and those attached to the hospitals Having landed with three invasions I feel that I know the American soldier very well Our Allied soldiers are a line lot of men too Tbe arc pioud to fight for their rountrv We nurses have cared for men of all races and nationalities We have found that no soldier w.'mls to he pitied when he is wounded Most of them wonder more about then buddies and their olticers hut not wounded will have on I hen lami lies. Their duel inlen-sl is get ting Hie war oer and bai k borne Mis. Wayne Corpening "1 be lieve they will light to the bitter end but I am hoping they won't." Henry Havis "1 think they will light right on but 1 would like lo think the other way." Itobei I l ie "I don't believe they will, but still they are certainly not rady to iiil. and I don't he lm the war will be over until the In st of l!4fi " I'vl. John Sutton IU months in l.iuopeaii theater) "I believe the Japs will light lo the finish " It. I,. ( mo "I believe they will light right on to the end. The military authorities in Japan have th same influence they did in Cerinany, and I don't think they will let the people slop lighting until they ai- completely licked." Col. J. II. Howell "Yes, I think they will, they don't have any bet ter sense,' JudRe K. i:. Alley "I think they From Mrs Odin Huel the for mer Miss Josephine Thomas, of Waynesvillc, daughter of Mrs. James It Thomas, who lives on a ranch in liuelton Calif, comes the following story of one of the dignitaries sent over from Kurope to attend the United Nations Con ference in San Francisi o. He made the mistake of getting oil' the train at Oakland After alighting, from the train he looked around with about themselves. They also worry i a lot about what effect their being an expectant expression and was I clearly disappointed at the recep I tion be found in America famous i for its hospitality and friendliness, i Then he received a setback when I the most prominent sign he could I find about the railway station was. i "Is this trip really necessary?" Fate has curious ways sometimes ! of bringing people together. One !ol the most amazing and pleasant j get-togethers we have heard of in j sometime is the way the Withers I family is meeting down In Miami, j Major Ernest I.. Withers, Jr., AAF, served in Italy for around 16 ! months. His brother-in-law of a i lew weeks, l.t. Harwell Lucius i Boyd. Jr.. spent two years on the other side of the world in the Aleutians. Now they are both ord I ered to report to the redistributing j center in Miami and they both ; have their wives along with them. Between the Testaments HIGHJUCHTS on THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON We in By NEWMAN CAMWSIXI. (The International Uniform Lesson on the above topic for June 3 la Malachi; Matthew 2. Luke 1-2; Galations 4:4-5. the Memory Verse being Psalm 92:4. "Eor Thou, Jehovah, hast made me me glad ") THERE IS a division of opinion about the Book of Malachi. one group of commentators saying Malachi was a prophet, the last of the prophet.i of Israel, who bore that name; the other holding that there was no man named Malachi. but that the name represented the subject, not the author, of this last book ot the Old Testament. Malachi means "messenger"; in this case "messenger of the cove nant" or "Messiah." At this period in Israeliti.sh his tory, the Jews were again living in Jerusalem, ' not in captivity. Malachi was written whin Israel was under the domination of the Persian empire. In lt is prophesied the coming of John the Baptist and' Jesus, the Messiah. "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the -way before Me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold. He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts, "But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap: jPurged as iold and Silver "And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offer ing In righteousness." A refiner goes on with his work until he sees his own face reflected in the glowing: metal. Until the priests were clean, the offerings of the people could not be accepted, says one commentator. We have no more time or space to devote to Malachi, so shall turn to the New Testament, which was written four centuries later. We will omit the story of Jesus' birth in Matthew, and go on to St. Luke'saccount. as it is not Christ mas time. fit. Luke's atory goes back to th birth ofVJohn the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ Hrf tells of the angel's announcement to Zach arlaa that he and his wife would have a child and he was to be named John. Zacharias was strick en dumb after the angel's visit. Before John's birth Elizabeth was visited by her cousin, Mary, who had been told that she had been selected as the mother of the Messiah, and His name should be Jesus. Elizabeth rejoiced with Mary, who praised the Lord for so distinguishing her in the beautiful Magnificat. "My soul doth magni fy the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For He hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden- for. behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed " Klizabeth's child was born first, and they named him John, as they had been bid. although the neigh bors and cousins said John was not a family name. After the birth Zacharias recovered his speech, and prophesied, saying, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited', and redeemed His people. And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David." Zacharias Prophesies "As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our ene mies, and from the hand of all that hate us." Alas, his people still are hated and persecuted, more so in this last era than ever before, "How long, Oh, Lord, how long?" they must wonder. "And thou, child," Zacharias continued, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways." "And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing in Israel." Then Luke tells the beautiful story of the birth of Jesus, the visit of the shepherds and the wise men. the search of Herod for this Babe who was to be "King of the Jews" in his place, and the mur der of the babies under two. Warned by an angel. Joseph took Mary and the Babe to Egypt and stayed there until Herod was dead and lt was safe to return, when i they Settled In the town of Naza reth. He also relates how Jesus "waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him." Of Jesus' childhood wa know lit tle, but Luke tells of Hia visit to Jerusalem with His parents, and how on the way home they missed Him. and returning, found Him In the temple asking the doctors Have you beard the story of Cecil Morrison, "The Happy Bak er" of Canada? Related by l)r j. Blanton Belk. St. Giles I'resby terian Church of Richmond. Va it offers interesting and suggestive reading. Cecil Morrison is in the baking business, controlling a large chain of bakeries throughout Canada. He will be remembered as the man who presented the British King with a six-foot high birthday cake when he visited Canada in The story commences hack in the depression when so many suf fered seven- fi nancial loss Mor rison is one of these, lt is only w h e n personal plans have failed that many decide to try God's plan. Morrison decided to take the Lord in p a r t n ership with him. seek ing His plan and g u i d a n c e. His shattered financia -fvsdvirccs rehabilitated. tis business oered and he became wi the while he kept his d.ii munion with his land Then something happened rison hated the organized movement of Ca.nada. When an attempt was mack' in HKiti to or ganize the workers in his bakeries he resisted vigorously. One day two representative;: of his em ployees were in hi.s olhce for a conference. lie declined all of their overtures. At fer they left the oliice he found a brief case belonging to them containing pa pers which indicated thai lhc were leaders in the ell'ort to or ganize the workers in his plants. He promptly discharged them They appealed to the Canadian Labor Board, but Morrison slood hi.s ground, refusing lo re instate them. Such an attitude pioduced spir itual repercussions as il always does Bitterness culs oil com munion with God. Mori ison found that be had lost his power ol prayer and sense of peace. As he prayed for restoration ol these lost powers it was revealed lo him that he had not deall honest ly, that hie mud correct the wrong he had dune. Fortunately, be was I .VL W . th were pros- ilth All I Iv com- I I .Mm- 1 labor i i tr Then caiui ada when ng.i break. The t ,, a loaf in i. ,. gamed ui.i declared !,., granted 1 h.a . , an 11'; w a-.- , set in ui(,!i,,:. ., ol inllai inn gieath , , . gC'-tcil tli.it i . lotted to ,il 1,1 : .; did it iii .1 First, he mil,,,, hold t he pi ,, , same level !, tbe could , ;i, in. inn fail in i. He I itducci! : ,. in the deli .e: ,. territories . : , bread mi p. that da of bread w : , mand lot .: w il hill aw ii :.. thanks to ;, .-.,. how lo us . all'airs m Bread dn,ii:i r initio ol ('. ii. ..i.j esteem aini i -and enipMe n God s pi.v, i ' suceesslul pi, in v our hie State College Iff 'tNJ " -tl.L 'A 'lei l.'-lill,; I li- -I3i ,M s,! big enoug.'j man to do it Hi instated tbu' two employees with an apology to them, explaining how he had come by information which led to their discharge. He appeared before the Canadian Labor Board with an apology and correction. The chairman observ ed that he had never seen such a demonstration of true greatness in hi.s thirty years of law practice Morrison's act iii.bIo. a prolound impression 1 hi oiigltout Ihe conn Will give up Indole jhev are com pletely defeated, lor il they con tinue they will have lo fight the whole world." - . . e Donald Dunham "Yes I think they will light to the f'Kliish ' The o r, i ... -ring that ol I e!: ,i side ot t!. .ii. egg p I be i c-i.ji i heal or ton ,m,, scientists 1 1 . that is cooked hi lol I'a to :n. mm I llel e slimdil Pi around the unk KH ) ergs i en i-.'i iM'il I i 1 1 ICS St in e in 1 1 ! : . :e ;,;ui ral loll in v 1 1 1 - i i 1 1 1 ut chased oi 1 1 .; 1 1 1 1 ; i . : '-i a ed dish l,i i p in ,i iihji with teiuni'i :n i : ' if pnssibii The egg "nieil in li shell is I he same ,v tin- c( in a while '-liell .ii.ii wit The color nl ihe mii II iv ode b the breed ol li.i la.'i ot the shell i.. i In :il .oll Coin:- I l.e "''' '! tk is tleterniiiie'i b'i "r' '' '! If you do MP :: lie. ; here are sc t.i' '1:1:,- do tO llisie'e ll'ili'l- MMIll it. 'I his r espei ; M inansbip e pom .i: n.u i y stllelleil si'.i'i ai l hop garments in.i'. I,.- -nlfW I If) inch dci i" . ' io I I . oiil, I " -!!' I' feet seam on ,i l";lo .31 I he n alel l.'d i I . . s el' tier n. il b hand oi i im ' chine si ilrliuii' iii .ii Hi'- i'H' Full all thn ...i .!.! '" and tie llieiii -e i nil-,;- ' still, run ilien, fin u.i ' and fali.slcii Hi U ' " over stitelie- quesUons and answering theirs. PUtrlbuua by King Featur Syndicate. 1m, How Httnnagart Stalled Boom I Trumon Huptd Ofll V HVIIIUII M WIVW,MWt. - " : Special to Central Prem UliSHIMnTON Rli-tiri nt UHinoeiatlo National CtlE Robert K. Hannegan to be postmaster geiuial under W Truman revives memories trf Hannegan's part In the r.umuuW Mr Truman as vice presidential candidate at If Oi;. cratlc convention last summer. " Although the postmaster job traditionally b ban Jed tu tiV" national chairman, in this case It comes as Hunneean Rtnrted the Truman m r 1 wm in a vriaannrl delegation iundieon caucus in a Chicago hotel durin mmmmii'iy? the con'- . . . f U.nnr.l ( TiHJI.U mr. iruman anu oeu. a Missouri were brought into the caucus nei?an. and Mr. Truman was named can 1 t nf minutes, a resoli UIHIl. All mi, ol4i. v m. i ..(P,rsi Mr I" nave me Missouri aeiegauun cu m .... n-ns Oil tMI xor me vice presiueimtti p" jj The new president made sincere pro i "On last Friday." he tola me --- noy nooercs. managing cum. Star, that I have never been a "I'dl'i I said I nop"-, : and that other office than Senator. Bobert Hanneaan would let me have another tn no ambition to be vice president. !I have no ambition." he declared, no be on Uai tn- president of the United States. (Wit1 "Draft him! Draft him!" they cried and the eaucu j endorsed Mr. Truman unanimously for secunu tlxket . -uitl The action was looked upon "generally as the .p"" "6.c -successful Truman -campaign. a SOU FUELS ADMINISTRATOR HAROLD L-"j i' under orders from President Truman, took over -w -1 strike-bound Pennsylvania hard coal fields vtiere member of John L. Lewis' United Mine Wbrkeis tiaa.. Iwar production. . ie'fl It was the third "seizure of the 'mines sine Ut ' attack upon Pearl Harbor-C . - , 11 Ickes atepped In this time after the mines n ( - days in defiance of a War Labor board back-to-"' i order under an Indefinite extension of the old s I contract. " ; The seizure "came-while Lewis and other UM representatives continued negotiations with Uie u"1' HWIIWl In Nnu Vnrlf In an olVnt-t r Work OUt li " wn ui ' a wage agreement. . . .. nrofflJ Lewis was mum on the hard coal situation d"- r that the union would do tverything possible to g miners back to nlta in thr oft coal mines in r V r ..,ioe elxed by the government because ofworkjti -'.,jf,iii4ir"-.-!: ,. .:i i u. av- , , pi,
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