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Tri-County News This Newspaper is a Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 17th YEAR—No. 9 THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944 SPRUCE PINE, NEWLAND & BURNSVILLE, N. C. 5TH WAR BOND DRIVE STARTED JUNE 12 County Quotas Are Highest Ever COMMITTEES NAMED Invasion News Spurs Greater Purchases Avery county iis fully or ganized and Mitchell has some committee .chairmen named in the 5th War Loan Drive, whi ch began Monday, June 12. A report from Yancey county was not available when The Tri-County News went to press. Mit'chelTs quota has been, placed at $180,000 and Avery’s at $55,000. J. H. Duncan is county chairman, with Cha-s Robbins and E. A. Scott for Grassy Creek township; E. H. Poteat for Bakersville and Rayburn Yelton for Red Hill. Charts of daily progresis are in Spruce Pine and Bakers ville. Avery Organizes At a dinner meetinig held \ at the Grandfather Mountain j Tea Room in Linville Satur-1 (Please Turn To Back Page) Letter From Prisoner Of War In Germany Mrs. Rebecca Keys of , Spruce Pine has received the IwiiuVlng letter from her Jouti Keys, who has been a prisoner fo war in Germany since early in the war. Signature and following wors are on the back of the letter. “Absener. von and zu- nam.ez John I. Keys; gefange- nennummer 83817.” Dearest Mother and all: I hope you are all well. As for me, I am still okay, so please do not worry. I have received many lett ers and parcels from you. I (Please Turn to Page Eleven) Fishing Season June 10 The fishing season for bass in the three counties and oth er western North Carolina counties began officially June 10, Hinton James, State Game and Fisheries . Commissioner recently announced. The op en season for trout began April 15. C. N. Mease, game refuge supervisor, reports that stre ams in' the Mt Mitchell co operative wildlife manage ment area yielded 1,755 fish to 412 anglers, or an average of 4.3 fish per fishermkn, during the past season. FOLKS-This Really Is It! All of the tremendous naval, land and air ac tions in which American forces have been engaged have merely been preludes to the vast fighting against the Germans that was launched with the first of what will almost certainly be a series invasions of con tinental Europe. Now we are going into the war to the limit. No American questions the ability of our armed forces to do their share in the Allied fight to defeat completely what the Germans thought was an invinc ible army and an air force that could destroy without hindrance. But enormous efforts must be made to gain that end; efforts that go far beyond anything to date in our part of this war. Recent news from the invasion front has given some idea of the incredible quantities of materials and equipment required to do the job. Our men and their allies have lacked nothing that the almost unlimited productive resources of this country could provide. They went into action backed by what was needed to permit them to show the bravery that would win, and is winning. Those who really know believe that the fight has not yet actually begun on the scale it will soon reach. The requirements for materials and equipment will exceed in even greater proportion those used thus far. These vastly-increased requirements are expected to continue for at least the rest of this year—just to whip the Germans. Then will come the final drive to lick the Japs. More than ever our government will need money to pay the bills. About half of it will come froir/ - es. The other half must come from war loans. Our boys over there are giving their all. The best, you can do will be puny in comparision. The one thing you can do that will count most right now is to BUY WAR BONDS. BUY THEM TODAY. Penland School Has Capacity Enrollment Two Tri-County Casualties Reported Special Rehabilitation Course, Being Taiight For ^ Servcemen WIDE REPRESENTATION - - 'K' Lt. Sam Byrd Bennett Notice To Employers Auto Tax Stamp From State Doctor Is Now On Sale Dr. T. F. Vestal state heal th doctor, has announced he will be in Spruce Pine June 19. Mon., to examine persons employed in mines and min eral processing plants in the Spruce Pine area. All em ployers who have any to be examined pleaise submit nam- and addresses at once to the U. S. Employment office so they can be scheduled for ex amination. Pvt. Boyd i.ewis Auto use tax stamps were •placed on sale in all post- offices June 10. All cars must display the stamp by July 1 if they use the public high ways. Failure to show the stamp on the vehicles will subject violators to a heavy fine. Make a record of your stamp serial number. Damp en windshield instead of gummed side of stamp when sticking to windshield. Cost of stamp is $5. Two are on the casualty list for the three counties, with Lt. Sam Byrd Bennett of Burnsville reported missing in action and Pfc. Charlie C. Glenn of Little Switzerland, wounded. ' Lt. Bennet is the son of Dr. and M) '-. lY. L. Bennett of Burnsville. He has been miss ing in action over Germany since May 28, according to word received by his parents from the War Department. He is serving as a bombar dier on a Flying Fortress (Please Turn To Back Page) Awarded Medal Milk Subsidies To Be Cositinued Until April AT THE CAROLINA Thur.-Fri. — “Desert Son” starring Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning. Sat.-Double Feature — “Tornado In The Sad dle” with Russell Hay den and Bob Wills. Also i “Whispering Footsteps” | i with J. Hubbard and Rita Quigley. Mon.-Tues.—“A Guy Nam ed Joe” with Spencei Tracy and Irene Dunn. Wed. — “Mystery Broad cast” with Ruth Terry and F. Albertson. Also “Weapons For War.” Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lewis of Poplo:r have received a Ciftation from Headquarters ’Of the 36th Inf. Div., that yarded the Combat Infantry- .^n Badge, for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy in Italy. He has attain ed the standard of the highly proficient, tough, hard and their son, Pvt. , Boyd Lewis prescribed by the War De partment as being necessary for the successful prosecut ion of the present war. His display of the finest quali ties of the American soldier in combat reflects great cre dit upon himself and is de serving of the highest praise. Pvt. Lewis entered service, at Camp Croft, S. C., in April 1943, and was 19 years old the 10th of Novem-ber, 1943. He received his training at Ft. McClellan, Ala., and in September was sent overseas (Please Turn To Page Five) Dairy production payments, generally called subsidies, for whole milk deliveries will be continued until the end of March, 1945, according to an announcement of the War Food Administration. Appro priation of the necessary funds by Congress is expect ed, although there has been considerable opposition to this policy of subsidies in stead of higher prices. Until the end of next Aug ust the rate per 100 pounds locally will be 15 cents less 1 than during Mai’ch and April. ' Beginming 'September 1 and I extending through March pay- I ments will be increased 25 cents per 100 over the rates I that ■ obtained in March and April. This means that ^ through the fall and winter federal payments will be 10 ' (Please' Turn To Page Five) WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS (By S. T. Henry) Washington absorbed the keen, sharp ;shock of the news of the invasion with re markable calm. In the ten days that have since elapsed there has been no outward evidence that the nerve cen ter of the greatest war or ganization the world has ever seen has faltered for an in stant in its conviction of the ultimate success of the in vasion across the channel, a venture such as neither Na poleon, the Kaiser nor Hitler dared risk. Back of the superficial calm in Washington when the invasion began there was an inward tension i more widespread than in I any othef great Americaan j city. This continues. It is i due to a series of circiim- ; stances that bring tjie i risks and the responsibil- 1 ities of the vast undertak- i (Please Turn to Page Eleven) i Good Tourist Season For Pinnacle Inn Emphasis On Minor Crafts Penland School of Handi crafts promises to have one of the best seasons in Its his tory, as all of the rooms have been booked for the first cou rse, which started ,Ju'ie lA Ten times as many registra tions have been received .as last.year- and it appears that they may soon have to start •turning people away. The summer institute, now in its 15th year, owes itsi con tinuance to The tireless ef forts of the director of the school, !Miss Lucy Morgan now known as one of the out standing leaders in the teacT ing of handicrafts in the Southeast. ^ “Miss Lucy’s” work in pro viding for the teaching, of [Crafts on a practical basis , (Please Turn To Back Page) ; Mitchell L e gi 0 n i Elects Officers i Mineral Post.. N.l " M-i.chell, couiity' the following post officials: Commander A. R. Craig, Vice commanders C. A. Ramsey and A. N. Fuller, Adjutant Phil S. Jones, Finance Officer A. W Phillips, Service Officer J. ,R. Garland, Guardianship Offic- .er E. H. Poteat, Sergeant-at Arms Frank Black Chaplain W. T. Bauicom, Historian J. B. Deyton, Ath letics Officer L B. Greene, Child Welare Oficer C. A. Ramsey, Americanism Officer A. N. Fuller, National De fense Officer J. H. Duncam Graves Registration Officer B, B Burleson, Employment Officer, Clifton, Gibbs, Boy’s State Officer Dr. A. E. Gouge, Boy Scout Officer Howard (Please Turn To Back Page) I Why Not Consult Those Who Must Mine The Mica? The formal opening of Pin nacle Inn, one of western North Carolina’s best known resort' hotels, takes place to day, June 15. The Inn is oper ated by Lees-McRae college, and B. L. Baucom, w'ho has managed it for the past eight years, will again be in (Continued On Page Three) For two weeks there have been rumors that the War Production Board would authorize Colonial Mica Corporation to increase the price paid for strategic mica at the same time changing the specifications. No practical mica miner in this district appears to have been consulted. The decisions will evidently be made by top WPB and Co lonial officials, men who have never mined mica. Every policy of Colon- ' ial is said to have been adopted to increase the output of strategic mica in (he United States. Any new moves that govemm;ent monoply may make is sup posed to have that object- live. If that is true, why not ask the miners who will be effected before the new policies are announced. Any increased output can come only from the mines.
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