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Hi THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 PAGE SIX (First Section) JfxiE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAliVEER )::;" 11 :' V. i a - I 'i ff ij 1 !-' i -r ! -t J' f i 1 : , : 1 . -I t r 4li V V '4 0, ill ( I i . t -1 .4 I" i.I i r f1 ... I ..:. ft i . . 1 t ' M if ' ' if r i ' -! : hi f .!.! f i ! "'''I :' I i si' : i ' - - 'T Combat Toll For U. S. Hits Record High NEW YORK Combat loll six times as Ri';il as in World War I and greater (ban Ibat of tbo com bined deaths in ail previous wars the Lniled Stales has ever fought, is the eost in American lives in World War II, according to the statisticians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. At the same time, they report that our forces exacted a much heavier toll of the enemy. In their review of America's combat losses in World War II. the statisticians estimate the total to he approximately 325,000. This includes an allowance for deaths among those wounded in action and tor men still carried on the rolls as "missing in action," who will eventii.'l.'. haw to tic writ ten off as killed in combat or died as the result of enemy action About four-fifths of our losses, or between 255.000 and 200.000 were suffered by the army and th I the re wfrc in- maining 65 (0() to 70.000 curred by the navv . including the marine corps and the coast guard Of the navv's total, about 23.000 were in the marine corps and about 900 were in the coast guard. "lU'lativc to their strength, how ever, the combat !o:.ses for the army and navy were more nearly equal," the statisticians report. "The navy, including Lhe marines, had a combat toll appreciably greater than the total losses in the lilM World War Tins toll li the recent war was more than 20 times higher than navy and ma rine losses in the hrM World War. and the navv alone since Pearl Harbor lost about 100 times more men than in the l.vt war " Army losses of 200.000. or about 80 per cent of its total, were suffered in the Kuropesn the ater, including Italy and North Africa Appi oximately 9.000 of the navy and marine losses in World War II occurred In the war against Germany. The remainder of the losses, over 55.000, were suffered in actions against the Japanese and were about the same as those suffered by the army in the Pacific sector. Practically all of the marine kisses occurred in this area. In 19-45 alone. American losses approximated 125 000. Army dead accounted for 100.000 of this toll, and navy dead for 25,000. "No definite figures are yet available on the comparative death losses in the various branches of the service." the statisticians continue. "The infantry, hovvever, as in every previous war. bore the brunt of battle Combat deaths in this branch of service were the high est and its rate was greater than for the army as a whole. The rate of air force losses was the highest of all major branches of the army, being more than 15 per cent of QUICK RELIEF FROM Symptoms cf Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS due to EXCESS ACID FmBookTsllsofHomeTreatmentthat Must Help or it WIU Cost You Nothing Over two million botttaiof theWTLLARD TREATMENT ha vebesn sold for relief or yroptomaof dtstroas arising froroSUmacki nd Duodenal HI cm due to Cxcra Acid Poor Dlgtstlon, Sour or Upt Stomach, Canlnest, Heartburn, Slnplessruss, etc, doe to Exccti Acid. Sold on 15 days' trial! Ask for "Willard't Mtagc" which fully explains this treatment frm at Smith's Cut Kate Drug: Store each. Be sure We Can Print Your Naaae on Cards, If Ordered Now. ? I fhe Vaynesville Mountaineer u Distinctive Stationery - Uncle Sam Preparinf Atomic Test On Worn Out American Vessels WASHINGTON Captain Billy Mitchell's prediction may finally come true. Years ago, this Amer ican prophet of the future of air power forecast that the day would come when a plane could sink a ! battleship with a single bomb. I That theory soon will be put to lest, not only against a battleship. I but against an entire fleet. itit wraiiiii, ui i uui , n in ui the atomic bomb. Plans now are well-advanced for the great experiment. The ships are being chosen, and there will be many of them of every fighting category. The instruments are be ing ussembled and the personnel is being picked. The time and the place are not yet decided. Two separate experiments will be held one to test the effect on a fleet of an atomic bomb which explodes in the air, over the war ships; the second to test the effect of an atomic bomb exploding un der water. All concerned with the problem admit both explosions will be devastating, and from testimony which has come out in the con gressional investigation of atomic energy control, the scientists be lieve the under-water blast will have the greater effect. Some captured enemy ships, especially those of the Japanese, will be used. But primarily the suicide ghost fleet will be made up of American vessels which proudly carried the United States flag into action during the war. This Is because the United States officers conducting the experiment do not want to find out so much what the A-bomb will do to an enemy fleet, but what it will do to ours. Ships whose job is done, for j which there is no longer any use, ! will be used in the test. It will be an expensive experi-1 ment the cost of bombs alone ! will run into millions. But mili- j tary officers feci It will be worth j it. 1 Patton Talks With Wile And Is Reported Improved HEIDELBERG, Germany Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.. paralyzed by a broken neck, was improved yes terday after a half an hour talk with his wife and his condition was described officially as "very satis- the army total and in Europe near ly 20 per cent of the total. "Heavy as American losses have been in World War II, even high er losses were inflicted on the enemy. In his recent biennial re port, General Marshall estimated that German and Italian dead in the Mediterranean area and on the Western front totaled nearly 375, 000 in land operations, while Japa nese battle deaths, some time be- ! fore the fighting ended, were esti mated at more than 1,200,000 fig ure well above the losses suffered by all the Allies on these fronts." Pointing out that the United States was the only major bellig erent to escape severe destruction of life or property in its terri tory, the statisticians conclude that "the very size of our combat losses should spur our leaders in their every endeavor to develop with other nations a permanent world organization for peace." GREETINGS GALORE We're putting our cards on the table ... of course we mean our Christmas cards. We have aome real beauties unusually clever in Christmas design and sentim'ent. Our largest showing. All size boxes from 12 to 25 cards to select your cards arly! It may decide the whole future of the battleship, even of the en tire navy, in the defense plans of the United States. It might uphold another convic tion of Billy Mitchell that the battleship is obsolete. Mitchell argued repeatedly that with the advent of airpower, sur face warships had lost their use fulness as the first line of defense, and as for offensive operations, to disrupt an enemy's sea-trade, he insisted that submarines were by far the better weapons. In the early 20's he predicted that in a future war, neither na vies nor armies would be able to exist unless the air over them is controlled, and air forces, he said, would take over the job of wear ing down the enemy by blasting at its sources of production, trans portation and power. While many of Billy Mitchell's predictions did come true, the one he made of a single bomb sinking a battleship never was realized. In all the previous tests and through out the war it took several bombs and especially torpedoes under water to sink a dreadnaught. St. John's School Tops $26,721.05 In Victory Loan Drive St. John's School purchased $26, 721.05 bonds and stamps during the Victory Loan Drive ending De cember 8. The total war bond purchases by St. John's School to date are $123, 299.75. PRINTING KIEM FOR BLIND HAS UNLIMITED FUTURE In Louisville, Ky since 1858. there has been a local institution to publish reading matter for the Kentucky School for the Blind. Now this worthy institution is go ing to expand its usefulness into a broader role by throwing its postwar planning into high gear. factory." The colorful V. "S7 Army gen eral was fully conscious, rational, and taking nourishment. Nurses attending the former Third Army commander described him as "one of their best patients'' and said Patton was accepting his condition like a "true soldier." A further neurological examina tion of the injured commander showed "normally active" tendon reflexes. A medical bulletin onimitted the phrase "prognosis guarded" for the first time since the General arrived at the 130th Station Hospital at Heidelberg on Sunday, after an auto crash near Mannheim. (A prognosis is a prediction or con clusion in regard to the course and termination of a disease.) Mrs. Patton arrived at her 60-year-old husband's bedside, con fident that his fighting heart would carry him through. She appealed to Maj. Gen. Albert W. Keener, who has been with the General since the accident, to "tell me all about it," and added: "I have seen George in these scrapes before, and he always I comes out all right." V T ) illustrate Clement Clark M'-.cro'.i poem, "A Visit to St. NichoL'," Thomas Nash located Satita'r home at the North Pole at'.J fjnve him a rjleicjh drawn by remuW-r. I.e drew the familial la!, merry old fellow with rr-d chocks and white beard, dror.sed in red, wearing a cap arid t c tr,, carrying a pack of toy:-, and smoking a short pip Kanta was .given a spy gla:;.", to locate !ho good children and a book in which to enter TrtEES wen hanqir.g e :irst decorated by apntes and inut on them, l! vras declared that all of tho trocs in the forest blossomed ard bote fruit the night of our I.ord'rt Nativity. The lights on the trre were a gift from Martin I.uthrr, who one Christmas Eve saw the slaiis peering through the branches cf the forest pines. Watitinq to chare the beauty, he i relight home a lighted tree. ST. FRANCIS of Assisi is ac credited as having been the popularlzer of carol singing at Christmastime. He taught the faithful simple and tuneful mel odies, and overjoyed by the success attending his presenta tion of the first Christmas Crib in 1223, he burst into joyous vocal recitation of the gospel story. One early bishop of the Church of England spoke of the angels' song .on the morning of the nativity. i ' M a it i i is, , . i, i . ere's Good Uevs! We Have Fresh Country Eggs Georgia Molasses if Florida Sugar Syrup I It Pays To Shop Here g I I I Sogers 1-Stop Service g Center I On The Highway . . . Hazdwood g T one o'clock on Christmas morning, whT.c"rer they were free to do so, the cattle would turn their heads to the eastward, get down on their knees to worship the King that j was born in a stable. During the Christmas eeason the barnyard i cocks were accustomed to crow with more than usual force. Spe- j cial food was provided for birds and animals. i7 MKT THE practice of placing burn ing candles in the windows on Christmas Eve is a continua tion of an Irish custom, bound up with the thought of the Christ Child out alone in the cold and dark and requiring to be lighted on His way. The blazing Yule log, radiating warmth, was also emblematic of Christ as the light of the world. THE stockings the children of today hang by the fireplace were once the wooden shoes of the children of Amsterdam. With the passing of wooden shoes, the children hopefully begin to hang their stockings by the fire instead. Th apples and nuts placed in the stockings are sym bolic of love and fertility. HOLLY, considered sacred by the Druids, who believed that its evergreen leaves at tested to the fact that it was never deserted by the sun. Legends relate that lhe crown of thorns was plaited from the holly. Before the Crucifixion, the berries were white, but turned crimson like drops of blood. Whoever brings the Christmas holly Into the house first, either husband or wife, is the one who will rule the ensuing year. A 'Ipl ' Steel Workers Set Date To Open Big PITTSBURGH The ClO-United Steel Workers, rejecting President Truman's appeal to continue at work, set January 14 for the begin- ning of a ceneral strike in the nation's steel mills. Unless it is forestalled, the strike will be the largest in the history of American industry, affecting an estimated 700,000 workers at basic steel nulls and in the allied alum inum and iron ore industries. At issue is the steel workers' demand for a $2 a day pay in ii.hw.h ti fit.- liipnpd down hv the steel companies on the ,.j that wages could not be raised without commensurate increases in the price of steel products. The action, by the union's 175 man policy committee, follows upon a strike poll conducted by the National Labor Relations board under the terms of the fimith-Con-nally war disputes act. The vote showed more than 400,000 favoring a strike and 83.000 against. In the resolution calling the strike the union declared: "It has been 90 days since the union initiated collective bargain ing with the steel corporations on this wage issue. The steel work ers have exercised meticulous patience. They have experienced a thorough cooling off period. They are now confronted with the in dustry's challenge to the very existence of the union and the right of the steel workers to earn a wage which will assure a de cent standard of living. Sought Statement The membership of the United Steel Workers of America have b nt every effort to avoid taking strike action. They have endeav ored at all costs to accomplish a peaceful settlement of this all important issue. A small (lock of sheep will be found to be a paying investment on many farms in all sections of North Carolina, says I.eland Case, extension animal husbandman at State College. Can you guess the profit any in dustry can make on unknown vol ume after paying a certain wage? Any official who pretends to know is a crackpot. us! PAINTS All Colors For I Willi!.. have the sensational new fc . ML wail finish 1 . OH COAT COVIRI me it waDpepen, pahrtMl waits and ceil in at, wrtlbcard. 2. APnm uki mask 3. MUS IN ONI H0UI 4. MOB WITH WATU 5. M0 "fAlNTY" 0001 6. 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