THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
(Third Section)
hi
1949
Were Headlines As World War 11 Began 10 Years Ago Today
JWii taSk .jT Minim I X-J f I ' M n 1 W.
1 NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
K'or- ITime 'Minister of
f j now was set to fight
1
Britain,
as "ap-
I
peasement" failed.
EADL
ears Ago Today
Started Rolling
koiu;k
truer
h end 'ami
) on a M'!'-
ato.
id (he lonc-
fcy si'tulini!
jizpri armies
iproadmg
fad. become
hiMnry.
dead wrc
;i).iwn.()(io
hue
lailicipaliMK
more than
Is country's
1000.000 ,()().
leadline his-
hich lasted
lept. 1, 1939.
without (Ic-
fciitaiii and
withdraw
fcpt. 2. Bri-
Germany
fog war next
ide 1'olaml
t Nazis par-
surrenders
and Russia
Id 'Nov, 3t)i.
wanton" in-
KDOIJARD DAL A D I E R.
French premier, warned' Hit
ler his country would go to the
aid of Poland.
f - - -
Western L'niUJ, Slates contains
more than 66,000,000,001) feel of
standing White Kir sawlimutT.
JOACHIM VON RIBBEN
TROP. Nazi foreign minister,
just signed a non-aggression
treaty with Russia.
About 1)0.000,000 tons of ice arc
produced yearly in 6000 plants
throughout the United States.
PREMIER VYACHESLAV MO
LOTOV of Russia agreed
Reds would not join a war
against the Nazis.
The longest barrier reef in the
world parallels eastern Australia
for more than 1,200 miles.
C. E N E R A L MAURICE
(" A M E L I N headed French
army, which experts called the
best -trained in the world.
American women use perfume
and fragrance products to the value
of $68S,000,000 per year.
M A R S II A I. SMICI-Y - RYDZ
led Poland half - million men
under arms, promised' a pro
longed war.
GEN. WALTER VON
IIRAUCI1ITSCH command
ed forces which soon sliced
through Poland.
A small vial oi ros
have as much as 2
roses in it.
perfume can
Mvrrli and frankincense were
pounds of I aromas only used in religious cere
monies in early times.
s:
lern front-
Behind "im-
while Oer-
jgthen West
Icrhcim Line
for peace.
Denmark
British . land-
led by (".or
is Holland
lay 1 0 1 . Hol
! days. Italy
on France.
pies "democ-
from the
channel.
nut air al-
Bi.
jO.OOO for se
ll.
'ado Greece
fn oft Greek
i ,m, invade Sicily (July 1. Hal
! inns depose Mussolini (July 25). Al
1 line HIM de mainland of Ilaly (Sept
.,.,,1 iinlv Kiirrenders iSepl. 9
! Marines land at Tarawa Nov
;n caDture Gilbert Island:
n....,n lu.mberl 1)V .r)0() I'. S
ui i-ini
1 ....r,o (Nov 27).
! Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
.in, of 'A I eilt'ldll. oi Li "l,t
:opean invasion plans (Dec. 3
i 1944
i Marines and army troops land at
lein in the Marshalls il'el)
Mi U S. planes attack Herlin
' i March 4). Russians recapture
: Odessa (Aoril 11). Rome captured
i i,v Allies (June 41. D-Day Ameri
can British and Canadian troops
sei.e Normandy beaches in biggest
water-borne invasion ol all lime
Llnnp fi).
U. S. troops land on Saipan in
Pacific (Junp 151.
Allies break out of Normandy
beachheads, routing German armies
(Julv 25)
Allies enter Paris (Aug. 25). De
feated German race for shelter of
Siegfried line. America troops
enter Germany (Sept. 12).- U. S
troops invade the Philippines (Oct
2Bl
U. S. navy wins biggest battle
in its history, crushing Japanese
sea power in second battle of the
Philinnine sea (Oct. 24-20)
Allies launch 300-mile wide ot
tensive on western front (Nov. 161
Americans suffer setback in "Battle
of JJie Bulge
in North
fnans invade
April fii.
"stance. Hit-
Jack on Rus-
pash Stalin
v, Moscow
pupies Ice-
chill frame
14i. Nazis
fngrad (Aug.
Russia "is
again"
halt Nazis
Sov. 12i.
kit attack
jCongress de-
leaves Phil.
Promises to
Pane,se can-
More than
fmb Cologne
al Guadal.
sop on ih
Canal saved
Dpscrl lv-
r 81 El Ala-
Africa (Nov
,ake Bona,
Russian
F's off ) x.
F'ngrad inx.
1945
Allies smash German line, re
gain many miles in "the Bulge
(Jan. 12). U. S. Third army
smashes throuGh Siegfried line
(Feb. 5). Russians reach outer de
fenses on Berlin (Feb. 7).
U. S. Marines land on I wo .lima
(Feb. 19). U. S. First Army crosses
I he Rhine on Remagen bridge
i March 7)
B-29s set great fires in Tokyo
(March 10). U. S. troops invade
Okinawa (Aoril 1). American and
Russian forces meet on the Elbe I
river (Anril 27). Russian flag raised
over shattered Reichstag building ,
in Rerlin (Anril 30). Berlin cap
tured (Mav 2) German radio in
Hamburg reports death of Hitler
in Berlin.
VE Day Germany surrenders
(Mav fi)
U. S. warships and planes smash
at Japanese cities (July 10). Atomic
homh rironnpd nti Hiroshima (Aug
6). Russia declares war on Japan
(Aug. 8(. Atomic bomb dropped on
Nanasaki (Aue. 9).
VJ Day Japan sues for peace:
lormally surrenders isepi. i.
Honor Roll For
Clyde Church
Is Announced
The Clyde Methodist Sunday i
School has announced the perteri i
hnnnr mil for I tie
month of Aueust as follows: Mrs.
Grady, Rogers, Mrs. John Stamey,
Mrs Robert Corzine. Mrs. J. H.
McDowell, Mrs. Frank Chambers.
Mrs Dae Mann. Mrs. Marvin Dot-
son, Grady Rogers. Mrs. Bruce Sel-
lars. Jewel Rhinehart, Shirley i
Welch, Janice Corzine, Geraldine
Fish. Janice Smathers. Mildred i
Rhinehart, Roger Morgan, Richard
Morgan, James Craig McDowell.
Elaine Pless. Carolyn Burnett.
Krank Chambers Jr.. Linda Smath
ers, Mike Leatherwood, Nancy No-
land, John R. McDowell, and iar-
olyn McDowell.
of Lenin
f Victor at
rerins and
j 1,5 m Africa
IRVING J. THOMAS
ON VISIT HERE
Irving J. Thomas, a prominent
realtor of Coconnt Grove. Fla., will
spend the month of September in
Waynesville. He is stopping at the
Palmer House, and will enjoy golf
while here.
Mr. Thomas expressed his pleas
ure at beinfi back in these beautitui
mountains Hp has been a regular
summer visitor here for a good
many ypars.
tt
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: , -.rIffer'r Milt :" ' ' 1 ' trrfJ
LABOR DAY
ETING
GRE
As wc observe this .1949 Labor Day, it is fitting that we make
it a period of Thanksgiving for the many blessings that have
been bestowed upon this community we have been spared of
floods, storms, crop failures, and serious disease epidemics.
To live in such a splendid place affords us a lot qf satisfaction,
and enjoyment in going about our daily tasks. For this Labor
Day, let's make it a day of Thanksgiving and rejoicing.
HAYWOOD COUNTY
A GOOD
PLACE TO LIVE
ijlj. THE DAYTON IUUC MFO. CO.
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