Tornado Death
Toll Now 142 !
Hospitals Treat Hundreds
Of Injured; Relief Agen
cies Aid The Homeless
Pittsburgh, June 24. ? Weary
rescue forces searched (or more
?victims today in the ruins left
l>y a great storm which devastated
parts of Boutbwest Pennsylvania I
and West Virginia, taking a toll
of 142 lives and injuring bund
reds.
Almost hourly report^ from vil
lages and towns hit by the torna
do, which traveled a narrow
twisting path from UcKeesport,
Pa., near Pittsburgh, nearly 100
miles south to Shinnston, W. Va.,
brought grim details of more
deaths and destruction.
The huge Job of relief was un
der way by federal and state
agencies while many injured vic
tims lay In hospitals and home
less hundreds wandered through
the streets of wrecked communi
ties, many of them looking for
friends or relatives who might
have been killed.
Latest reports showed 101 kill
ed In West Virginia, 35 in Pen
nsylvania and three in Maryland
Just across the line from west
Yinclnla.
Entire Families
Some families were wiped out.
Many of the victims were sleep
ing tots. Hospitals and' improvis
ed receiving stations were swamp
ed with the injured, some of
whom died during the day. Other
scores were reported missing.
Many dead were unidentified.
.Wrecked communications and
clogged roads kept some com
munities from reporting their cas
ualties for hours.
Dwellings, farm buildings and
other structures by the hundreds
were demolished, littering streets
and highways with wreckage. The
twister, of only brief duration,
lifted houses from their founda
tions and smashed them to bits,
uprooted trees and tossed them
cfazily about.
Red Cross units, equipped with
food, blankets and medical sup
plies, were dispatched to the
paralyzed areas. Soldiers and civi
lian defense workers worked
alongside police, firemen and oth
er rescuers.
Hnvwhes Shinnston
The storm lashed out hardest
against little Shinnston, a coal
mining community of 2,800 near
Clarksburg, W. Va., where 68
were reported killed, and took its
heaviest Pennsylvania toll around
Chartiers and Clarksville, 40
miles, south of Pittsburgh, and at
other communities within 20
.miles of Pittsburgh.
Official United States govern
ment weather observers admitted
that they were puzzled by the
freakish pattern of the storm.
They said preliminary studies in
dicated there might have been
at least a dozen different storms,
each striking compast areas with
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in a relatively few minutes of
each other.
fn addition to the single torna
do which left the greatest de
struction in its wake, scattered
storms were reported over Wells
burg, W. Va., in the vicinity of
Cumberland, Md., and around
Ravenna, O., near Akron.
IN MEMORY OF MRS. H. D.
WESTER
On Saturday evening, June 3,
1944, the death angel came Into
the home of Mr. Howell D. Wes
ter and carried away the (rail
body of his devoted wife, Mrs.
Kate Wester. Aunt Kate, as she
was known by her many friends,
bad been in poor health for near
ly two years, yet she bore her
sufferings as a worthy and faith
ful Christian.
At an early age. Aunt Kate
lolned herself to the Maple
Springs Baptist Church, and la
ter moved her membership to the
Hickory Rock Baptist Church
where she remained <? a faithful
member until her death. She
considered that her sut feme duty
lay In serving her church and her
Bod, and' then In serving her
neighbors and her tmmedfate
family. She was a devoted wife
and a loving mother. Her smiles
of encouragement and her living
example of the Christ-like life
was an aid and an Inspiration to
all who knew her ? and this in
fluence will never die.
Besides her husband, Aunt
Kate leaves to mourn her going
three children: Mrs. J. M. Bar
tholomew, Mrs. J. A. Mitchell,
and Mr. A. T. Wester; one sister
Mrs H. C. Swanson; two brothers
Mr. J. L. Wester and Mr. C. E.
Wester; five grandchildren; and
a host of relatives and friends.
The funeral services were con
ducted l)y her pastor, Rev. C. D.
Chapman, of Wake Forest, and
burial followed In the family cem
etery. The paljbearers were ne
phews and friends of the deceas
ed: Messrs. Forest, George Wil
lie, Junius. Rufus and Bennie
Wester, and Herman Williams.
The flower girls were grandchild
ren and friends. The floral tri
bute spoke the deep love for the
deceased and the esteem in which
?she was held. "Beauty above the
grave, and underneath ? As God
takes home His own."
Dinitro dust is being success
fully used in the fight against the
chinch bugs, most prevalent in
Pitt and Mecklenburg counties.
THE LOW DOWN
from
HICKORY GROVE
Looking a gift horse In the
mouth is maybe not so super- '
polite, but it is
gooa norse senses
Otherwise, be-,
fore you get him
home he might
be the kind that
would cave in on
you and you
would just have
acquired for
yourself some
burial expenses.
It Is just about
likewise when
the Govt- offers
to give to eorne ?
town or com- i
munity a nice power bouse or 1
dam on some river or creek, for 1
10 cents on the dollar, or free, 1
and the town or community takes
It because It looks like a bargain.
Nothing Is a bargain ' If you 1
don't need It, like a 100 dollar !
set of books on veterinary science
is no good at 6 bits to a guy
with no horse, or a farmer buy
ing a 15 dollar plug hat for 50
cents ? he is Just out 50 cents.
In the early days out in the
shorthbrn country, the natives
would now and then pick off a
customer for a useless 100 acre
ranch. And If the guy was a bit
slow and not too alert, they would
slip an extra 100 acres in on the
deed. And when the tenderfoot
woke up he just had for himself
some more, and new, taxes and
expenses. Many a gift horse has
the heaves.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA.
RETURNS FROM
OVERSEAS
In keeping with a new policy of
furlough tor oversea soldiers the
following Information is forward
ed:
Virgil E. Ayscue Sgt. C.A.C. re
turning from 25 months overseas
in the American Theater of Oper
ations will arrive on Approxim
ately 17 June, 1944 at Fort Bragg,
N. C.. prior to reaching his home
at 709 Kenmore Ave., Louisburg,
N. C., where he will visit his!
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Ays- 1
cue. '
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> SOIL CONSERVATION ?
? NEWS ?
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? By W. O. Lambeth *
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C. O. Renn ot tne Maplevllle
community used the District lime
Bpreader last week to apply (our
tons ortlme to a lespedeza field,
rhis equipment is available to the
cooperators of the Tar River Soil
Conservation District for a small
rental charge.
fl ? H
J. S. Collie of the Seven Paths
:ommunity built thirty acres of
terraces this past spring with a
two-horse turning plow and a V
rype Martin Terracer. "My ter
races didn't break over during
th heavy spring rains," said Mr.
Collie, "because I had them built
up right. I spent four days pull
ing them up and I didn't leave
them until I knew that they were
right." Mr. Collie firmly believ
es that if a terrace is staked out
right in the beginning with the
proper spacing and fall, and con
structed according to specifica
tions it will never give any trou
ble when the heavy rains come.
H ? 1
The folks around Youngsville
say that Tom Moss and Sandy
Hill are keen rivals in the Coun
ty Wide Corn Contest- They both
used about the same amount of
fertilizer and the same type of
hybrid seed corn, in fact Bandy
got his seed from Tom, and both
planted the same day. So far
they are running neck and neck
with neither one Laving a decid
ed advantage over the others.
They each manage to visit the ri
val plot at least once a week to
compare and see if one is ahead
of the other. Mr. Tom says that
he wishes Sandy had planted his
acre on the road as it would have
made it easier to get to; but then
maybe he had a reason for plant
ing it on the back side of his
farm, no one would know it If he
made a failure.
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Complete soil conservation
plans were made during the
month of June on the following
farms: Macy G. Brewer, Louis
burg, Route 2; J1. E. Perry, Jr.,
Louisburg, Route 4; L. H. Dick
ens, Loulsburg, Route 2; Wm.
W. Neal, Louisburg; J. P. Par
rish (three farms), Louisburg,
Route 3; and T. K. Allen, Louis
burg, Route 3. Considerable in
terest Is being shown in soil con
servation work in the County at
RbnrwhereJ Marsh
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Railing's a Moral*
Builder, tool
Willie Wells was always fondof
fishing. Now he writes from
somewhere overseas:
"There's a song the tellers
?lug, goes: 'Praise the Lord, we
ain't a-gota* flshln'? asd I guess
it's so. Bnt yon know, dad, some
times I sore wish I were bade
fishing for trout in Seward's
Creek again."
And I guess that's the way all
our soldiers feel. They're fight
ing a war? and they mean to
fight it to a finish-till they can
come home to the little pleas
ures that they've missed so
much? the sweet feel of a trout
rod ... a pleasant glass of beer
with friends . . . the smell of
loom's fresh baking fjom the
kitchen . . .
From where I sit, we folks at
home nave an important obliga
tion? to keep intact the little
things that they look forward
to ... from the trout rod waiting
in the corner to the beer that's
cooling fat the ice box. Dont
you agree?
O 1944, BREWING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, North Carolina ComMm
Edgar M. Bain, Slat* Director, 606-607 Insurance Bldg., Balolgh, N. C
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today, and every $3 now will have grown to $4
when the bonds mature. And another thing to
remember is that those bonds will be paid off
in the post-war period when dollars will be a
lot scarcer than they are now? and will go a
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FRANKLIN TIMES
A. F, Johnson, Editor and Manager
Louisburg, N. C
the present time. There are now
on file in the Franklin County
Work Unit Office of the Tar Riv
er District some sixty-five appli
cations for assistance in conserv
ing soil and water on Franklin
County farms.
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