(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, August
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, l!ir.
(One Day Nearer Victory)
Acting Like Japs
The following from The Keidsville Review
might serve as a reminder here to our own
citizens who have not as yet learned or
cared to form the habit of using the trash
containers on Main Street:
Litter in public places is a too common
sight in the United States. It is found else
where, however. In a recent book, "Traveler
From Tokyo," John Morris tells of climbing
to the top of Fujiyama, Japan's beautiful
cone-shaped mountain, reverenced in that
country like a shrine. The road up was lit
tered with handbills, broken bottles, (ilth,
garbage and beggars.
That might be an argument for sightlier
streets. When a man throw olds newspapers
on the sidewalks, he might be asked. "Do
you want to be a Jap 7"
A Good Loser
We are told that large quantities of
weapons and other material were lost by
American soldiers on the Western Front
among other things, 18 bridges and a large
rrumber of tanks.
Any man who can lose a tank or a bridge,
the kind of a bridge that goes across a
river, is some kind of champion. Many
folks go about losing little things such as
collar buttons, nail files, and the like. Once
we heard of a fellow who had lost a bass
fiddle. We thought he had reached the
zenith of success as a loser, but here's a
bunch of men who can lose tanks (by the
hundreds), steam shovels, and 18 bridges.
No wife will be able to send a man like
any one of those G. I.'s to the store with
a market list, or entrust to him a letter to
be mailed. What an alibi he could furnish
"Why, my dear, don't mind a little thing
like that! When 1 was in the war, the Gen
eral sent me out with a tank, and 1 mislaid
it. I found it no trouble at all to lose that
five pounds of beefsteak." Christian Science
Monitor.
A Welcome
On a bulletin board in a Pennsylvania
USO along with letters from governors of
other states, Governor Cherry has posted
the following which serves not only as a
greeting to the North Carolina service men
but also an invitation to the many thousands
of men over the country who were trained
in this state to return:
"North Carolina is a hospitable, friendly
state. The people who live here are proud
5f North Carolina . . . We are looking for
ward to the day when we can welcome back
to our Tar Heel State the men who already
nave homes here. At the same time we
hope that some of the many thousands who
trained for service within the borders of
North Carolina will find that life and people
and places and people here are so pleasant
they will want to make this their perman
ent home. . . . We have built and are expand
ing here a modern, state-supported highway
system; a progressive public school system
and wide recognized institutions of higher
learning. Our fiscal policy is unique among
the commonwealths and one which contem
plates steady tax reductions rather than in
creases. Many of the public capital invest
ments yet to be made (and paid for) by
other states have already been paid for by
North Carolina.'. . . Singularly free of dis
cord political, racial or economic North
Carolina faces the post-war years strong, sol
vent, secure, with all signs pointing to con
tinued advances in all lines of endeavor. We
want men and women of good will to share
this future with us"
n ah X
News In Germany
We have been interested in a recent
ruling by Elmer Davis, head of the Office of
War Information, regarding the entrance
of Allied newspapers and magazines into the
American-occupied areas of Germany, and
the fact that when it was brought to the
attention of President Truman that he re
versed the ruling.
Jn the name of a free press we approve
the President's attitude. We also think it
might do Germany good to find out at last
what the world thinks of her. It 'would
also b a fine thing to let the native Ger
mans know how things are run in a free
democracy like America. It might help
them to loose their taste for German ideals,
where the press has had to conform with
the policies of their dictators.
A Big Order Not Yet Filled
While most people are becoming overly
optimistic about the collapse of Japan, they
do not realize that even with the country
whipped down that would not mean the end
of Japanese resistance everywhere, for there
are many forces which must be defeated in
addition to the home islands unless, of
course, the country should decide to make
an all out surrender as the Big Three are
urging.
As one writer recently pointed out, "there
are such large enemy forces so solidly estab
lished economically as well as militarily in
such troublesome places that something has
to be done about them."
There are the Japanese armies around
Canton. They are reported to be cut off
from their stronger comrades in North
China. Hut so far they have been able to
prevent Allied aid from reaching the main
Chinese armies by way of the China coast.
(Jet out your map and further locate the
fact that the Japanese in Malaya and the
Dutch Indies. They make use of the rich
resources of these regions and deny them
to the Allies. And what is of more imme
diate concern, their control of Singapore is
like "a barrel door between forces of Britain
and America."
We are told that in Burma a defeated,
but still dangerous Japanese army hampers
British troops. It is the removal of these
outlying impediments to total victory that
Admiral Mountbatten and General MacAr
thur have been planning at Manila, while the
ships and planes are pounding away at Ja
pan itself, according to one recent reporter.
Another bit of evidence that there is not
expected much let up by the armed forces
may be seen right here in our own com
munity. Last week the local draft board
sent the usual monthly group to be induct
ed in the service. They do not have instruc
tions as far as we know to let up. On Mon
day of this week the usual monthly pre
induction group reorted to camp.
State Test Farm
The progress of the State Test Farm here
has been an extraordinary feat and has top
ped all records of other State Test Farms
owned and operated in North Carolina, ac
cording to the authorities who recently made
their first official inspection of the property.
This record should not only be gratify
ing to the supervising manager, but also to
the citizens of this community. While the
programs under scientific management are
proving to be worthwhile in their results,
they also show what can be done under fa
vorable conditions along this line in Hay
wood county.
In his talk here at the dinner tendered
the officials by the Chamber of Commerce
Thursday evening, W. Kerr Scott, Commis
sioner of Agriculture, pointed out that North
Carolina was coming into her own, and that
she gives promise of becoming a "Pennsyl
vania of industry" and "an Eastern Calif
ornia" in agricultural accomplishments.
Mr. Kerr also spoke of the results that
are coming from the experiments in Turkish
tobacco in North Carolina, and he paid a
tribute to Dr. Luther Shaw, who is in charge
of the tobacco tests here. Mr. Kerr stated it
would be hard to estimate what the tests
along this line might bring in practical ap
plication to Haywood county and the State
of North Carolina.
While the tests being made on the State
Test Farm here will benefit the entire state,
and particularly the muontain sections, farm
ers right here in Haywood will have the ad
vantage of watching and observing at close
hand the results of the experiments, and
will also bring to this area from time to
time experts in the various fields of activity
carried on at the farm. Haywood County
was fortunate to have been chosen as the
site of this state owned farm.
. One of the best signs of a peaceful future
was the signing of the United Nations
charter.
After they get into office, some politicians
seem to think that to turn about is fair
Play.
"BUZZARD'S ROOSr
4. ' i
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
"The police department of Way
nesville has a high standard set for
the town and community. We hon
estly want to make traveling on our
waste paper. Now everybody
knows the town authorities don't
want it thrown on the streets, but
they just keep right on 1 have
checked on the containers and
there are only three or lour that
are used very much. This is just
a little thing, but if everybody
throws paper on the streets, Main
Street would look like a back lot
There is a manpower shortage on
and the town authorities can't keep
a man with a broom going behind
to sweep up the trash, but the
public can keep from throwing it
down. If it's too much trouble to
walk to a container, just make a
ball and put it in your pocket and
throw it away when you get home "
streets easy for our own people
and for our visitors. We want to
keep the town clean and free of
trash. But it makes no difference
what we want. It makes no dif
ference what kind of a towti the
city police department wants Way
nesville to he. It makes no dif
ference how clean we would like
to see the town, we can't do any
of these things without the help of
everybody. You know a lot of
people think rules and regulations
are made entirely for the other
fellow, when they really apply to
us all," said O. K Roberts, enief of
city police, who took over his po
sition on July 1. when former Chiel
Stringfield retired
"Our bluest headache, so we
have learned duriiu the past month
comes under the head of com
plaints. They complain about
practically evei -ythiiig. Some com
plain of loud radios, others of dogs
barking, others of speeders on the
streets, others of cars parking in
driveways, and you might be sur
prised at some of the personal com
plaints that have come our way,"
Chief Roberts continued, "why you
might think the police department
was the custodian of their private
lives. Of course r ,-an't make all
the people observe all the rules.
Human nature jusl isn't made that
way, but we are going to try
mighty hard to gel them conscious
of the many ways in which they can
aid better local government
"Trade is Number One problem
with us now- especially on the
Main Street district, but it has been
surprising how cooperative people
have been since I hey knew that the
department meant business. A
number of persons have been lined
and have paid their lines and
taken their medicine, with the
greatest ease No one has resent"d
it so far, cither locally or those
from out of the state. They seem
to realize that they were in the
wrong, and had more respect lor
the law for calling their band I
have not run into anyone yet who
has been resentful They seem to
know that they have been in the
wrong and come out and admit it.
They seem to realize that what we
are doing is for the good of all, and
they have been glad to try to help
us keep things under control on
Main Street." said Chief Roberts.
'You know amilii.i ming thai
people who are swell folks other
wise will do. is drive right in on
a 'no larking sign' and slay their.
They Know that the :nh's proni.iit
s'.ch rarking, yet liny just trust
tj luck that they will gel by. Then
yju take a driveway They figure
they may be ready to n. w.; on i
fore the owner of that driveway
will be wanting to use it, so they
ease in for a while, they know it is
not only against the town laws, but
it is trespassing, if they only stop
ped to think "
"We have one bright spot during
the past month to report During
the last two weeks of July we bad
only about half as many drunks on
Main Street as we did the first two
weeks in the month I don't know
exactly how to figure it out, but
they have either stayed at home or
have not been drinking so much
We don't have any way to tell. You
know there is a lot of difference in
folks. Some of 'em can drink and
go home and go to sleep while
others can take on a little liquor
and want to fight the whole town
We have 'em pretty well spotted
in town. Maybe with beer and
wine gone things will stay belter."
he added.
Chief Roberts, native of linn
combe county, is six feet three
inches tall and his six years as a
state highway patrolman taught
him a lot about people and law
enforcement, so now that his beat
is a town instead of a cumin, he
finds new problems, but people he
says, "are just the same whether
they are riding on a highway or a
street, some naturally want In
speed, while others are content to
keep the rules."
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Johnnie B. Haney to Haze! C'on
ard, both of Haywood county
Carl Edwin Rothrock. of Keids
ville. to Mary Kinily Slier, of Way
nesville. Walter E. Robinson to Hetty .,,
Cody, both of Canton
Harry Limder to Mary Alice
Palmer, both of Clyde
Eugene Brown to Margaret I.
Pless, both of Canton.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Mrs. Hazel Har
ris Eaton, late a resident of Clay
ton County, Georgia, and seized of
property in Haywood County. V C ,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to file
same with me at my office in Way
nesville, N. .C, promptly or this
notice 'win be pleaded in bar there
of. This June 29, 1945.
A. T.. WARD.
Administrator.
1447 July 5-12-19-26 Aug. 2
THE OLD HOME TOWN
"There are still some people
violating the one hour parking time
on Main Street. I have been giv
ing them tickets right along,
later they come to the town
for settlement. There are
and
hall
still
people who double park, and vnii
know on a busy'day a double park
ed car can cause a lot of trouble
in a traffic jam."
"But the trouble isn't always out
in the street, sometimes the pe
destrians on the sidewalks get a
little careless. They will stop and
get things in a jam and make
others have to take to the street
to get by. We don't think there
Is any excuse for this, but it hap
pens. On a sidewalk Is no place to
hold lengthy conversations or tell
anybody the story of your life. Of
course since rationing we have
'lines' every now and then, but
they don't last long, for the sugar
and cigarettes soon give out, and
the people all understand and take
such things in fine spirit."
"Another thing I would like to
get off my chest is the matter of
Voice
OF THE
People
How do you think a much need
ed lot) -room commercial - tourist
hotel should be financed here?
Question suggested by prominent
civic leader'
( has. K. Ray "By the people of
the community as an investment in
future develop-iertt. Adequate
hotel facilities are an absolute
necessity in every community and
in a growing town are continually
on the .increase. The benefits
spread to every business and pro
fessional man."
Mayor J. II. Way "Local citi
zens should take stock and out
side capital should be solicited."
K. I.. I'revost "If local people
are going to build the hotel and
rent it to outsiders it should be
financed by subscriptions from
business firms and individuals. I
do not know whether or not muni
(ipalities have the authority to
contribute to such enterprises, but
if l hey do I think it would be well
for the towns in the community
to take stock. A hotel of this
lpe is badly needed and if this
community is to grow as it could
it is necessary to have such accom
modation. The tourist business
can be built up just as far as we
want it to go. There is no limit.
We have the water, air and scenery
and a strategic position in this
area ol the state. The town is
lull now and there is a war now.
what will it be like when the war
is over and people begin to
travel""
iluy Massu "1 think we should
try to interest outside capital, but
I think it starts here at home
wilh our local people."
David l;nderwood "Personally
I llnnk it should be developed as
a civic enterprise, with stock sub
scribed by our local people, who
are not just interested in getting
some money back, but who want
to do something for the town."
Paul Martin "I believe we
should try to sell the idea to out
side capital, preferrably to a chain
hotel group, for in that way it
would have much advertising."
.lames K. Massie "I think it
should he financed with a good
bit of local capital, but of course
wo should have outsiders take
slock, too."
Ed Sims "I think it should be
financed by local citizens. There
are enough business men in this
lown who could afford to build
a hotel such as you suggest and
loose a little on their stock from
an investment angle, and still gain
in the long run, for their stock
would be worth as much twenty
.wars after as in the beginning.
I have never known a place that
needed a large commercial-tourist
hotel as badly as Waynesville does,
anil I hope to see one built imme
diately after the war."
I.. N. Davis "I think that the
movement will have to start lo
cally, but I believe that outside
capital can be interested."
John Boyd "1 think it will have
to be a cooperative affair, and I
believe if there was enough pres
sure put on the matter the money
could he raised locally."
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of John H. Haney,
deceased, late of Haywood Countyi
North Carolina, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
j me i-nidie oi sam deceased to ex-
hibit them to the undersigned at
uiycie, Koute l. North Carolina,
on or before the 28th day of June,
1946. or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
I please make immediate payment,
j This the 27th day of June, 1945
I HOMER HANEY,
. Administrator of the Estate of
John H. Haney, deceased.
No. 1441 June 28-July 5-12-19-26-!
Aug. 2
By STANLEY
ONE POWN -TWO TO JO .thx-
, . . Mas VMtJ PBuVtoWB fTMtflfl he "Mel MSaaTJVfaf)
The
Everyday Counsell
-By-
REV. HERBERT SPAUGH, I). D
'If you are a father or a mother,
you should be interested in the
following published in Parent's
Magazine and dedicated by the au
thor, "To all those who accept
parenthood as a welcome respon
sibility and high privilege."
TEN. COMMANDMENTS FOR
PARENTS
By Paul M. Pitman
I. Thou shalt love thy child with
all thv heart, with
sign-post on ti,.. .
rather than ' , ' , , S!'a
the wheel
mou Slul, ,
to Kt:tml .... l . l-J
his own battles 1
IX. Thou si
to see l.:.,, '. '"" '4
Ul L;.,..,
ness, to low In,:' ,
friendship "'J
X. Thou slu.lt ,uil
wherein thou tKu l,,.,';
a haven n i ,, .
friends ami u:
friends.
rT!7T,,,1 all thv soul, with
'.i all thy strength,
but wisely, with
all thy mind.
Home-Miaknit! i. ,!
imnnrt;oti i.,,. ..
k r not as something
u.Mllt. ... :
nil . I-
V l'Tkr-y belonging to thee,
V a i hut an a nnrsnn
r:. , im' "ww
life, and our w,i,.
lure will culljPH- '
our little juLs. ,Jjr
of interests. , , "
live in a C Joil-eentered
The United Stales was fc,
a God-centered nation
less we make ami keep 0l
Gud-centered, u, lulltlll
HI. Thou shalt
'"' I regard his respect
rand love, not as
something to be
demanded, but as something worth
earning.
IV. Everytime thou art out of
patience with thy child's inmatur
ity and blundering, thou shalt call
to mind some of the childish ad
ventures and mistakes which at
tended thine own coming of age.
V. Remember that it is thy
child's privilege to make a hero
out of thee, and take thou thought
to be a proper one.
VI. Remember also that thy
example is more eloquent than thy
fault-finding and moralizing.
lUI. oi olh.TS ltJ
inougni lo in,. tn Ueif
forts.
Dr. Spaugh ,;,s ,
rales fur home ami ml
piness in Ins ,. r,,,,
series. Send a lar- J(
dressed em elope ;t,r
cover niaihna ,sk a ...
any of these, to THE KVB
CUUINbhUJK 111 rait uf
paper.
VII. Thou shalt strive to be a (
A Condensed Summary Of
RATIONING NEW
As it applies to Haywood ( ountv
PROCESSED FOODS: Blue Stamps- -T2,
U2, V2, W2, X2--now valid
Y2, Z2, Al, Bl, CI now valid
Dl, El, El, Gl, HI now valid
Jl, Kl, Ll, Ml, Nl now valid
PI, Ql. Rl. SI, TI valid
MEATS AND FATS: Red Stamps
K2, L2, M2, N2, P2 now valid
Q2, R2, S2, T2, U2 now valid
V2, W2, X2, Y2, 22 now valid
Al, Bl, CI, Dl, El now valid
Fl, Gl, HI, Jl, Kl valid August 1
expire A
t'Vniie Septf
expire Oc
AllKiivt l-Nutt-
expire Oil
expire Novel
SUGAR Sugar Stamp No, 36 good for 5 lbs expires Ai
SHOES Airplane Stamps 1, 2, 3, now good. Airplane Stanj
becomes good August 1.
FUEL OIL Period 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 valid for 10 gallons each
coupon (new season) unit value, 10 gallons
GASOLINE A-1C coupons valid through September Jl
owner must write his license number anil slate un A
coupon as soon as It is issued lo him. Mileane raiiuiiinfj
must be presented when applying for all passc-inxei car
rations.
MAKE RATION APPLICATIONS BY M All. SAVK TIM
EFFORT
Five more red stamps and five more blue stamps, all in
tion Book Four, were made good for the purchase of ration!
on Wednesday. August 1.
The new stamps, all good through November Ull, flie:
RED, for meats-fats Fl. Gl. HI. .11 ami Kl
BLUE, for processed foods: PI. Ql. 1(1 SI ami TI
MEAT POINT COST Itl'DICKII
Reductions was made of one to two red points a pound (ol
ill cuts of beef, lamb and veal during the rationing period M
July 29.
4WASHINGTQ
Air PWtr Enthusiasts
St Jap's Doom Ntaring
President Getting
Of Deadwood M
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON Supporters of all-out air power m m
crippling the enemy's- fighting- ability are certain thai un,
knock Japan out of the war In the next few months and W
empire to sue for peace.
However, more conservative officers are certain that J1
homeland will have to be Invaded, and that the Nips will lx
only after their armies are crushed completely.
The next four months should tell me
flf laoat criva anmo rt9 nf what may IXA
Officers Who are directing the aerial J
lieve Japan's war Industries can be kwwj
by wiping out less than 50 cities. Cowl
that Tokyo was reduced to rubDie in
Actually, no one knows the answer to
question: when will the war end in the
However, the fact remains that in a fe
proportionately more damage has been
japan man was accomplish"
many by the RAF and the United Stw
aft 4t a
v v wf if
Japan
m of ML
mm mm
: .uvfi ers, uvl
are certain to oecome
primitive life, because their cities will be gone
. ... irhen ll H
PRESIDENT TRUMAN Is an Impaueni m
putting- the government's house In order.
was a common loke after ne assumea om
-those 11 a. m. tete-a-tetes in government du"
interrupted by the president's personal presence.
But it Is no Joke that Mr. Truman is weeding oui
wood personnel and making bureau heads economize
The president Is In earnest about consolidating H J
lng them perform their maximum usefulness m iderlt RtJ
ine nuge bureaucratic empire left tty .n,j0iii1
after 12 years of unprecedented government
the sweat-box treatment derii fun
ine latest or tne president s moves
surprise memorandum for which the White Hous
planatlon, the chief executive directed agency heaoj i t
ous disciplinary action" against anyone guilty
mftMit . ... tf
'"""W . abuse. DU I
Mr. .Truman said there Isn't much evidence 'a dflk juit4
wire ne warns rus memo on every gc'"-j -
.... . tt, nixt fur ,
w6 ireeze crownea wun succesa m "- , the War i
One proposal advanced by labor members of tn
..-u " " J u - - - nine 15
negotiate wag boost above the little steel celling
OO not form Hi haala tnr a rial In IiriceS. . imntt!
' Union chiefs contend that wage
adjustment
& .i. . . . . - They uu"- . a
Una argument to Fred Vtaaon'a recent jfcoave"! r
expire
c.xpirr
expire Al
SepteJ