Iff f ^?ver8
'II priins^icriv County
FIFTEEN N(
Marge Number f
m Fires Broke
M Out Last Week
^^L.res of Mysterious Origin I
;BfjUse Great Damage In
addition To Loss Of
Hfiours (-)n Farm
,VFD RESOURCES
W OF FIRE CREWS
jH-p| Blaze Near Holden's
*L,ch Others Strung Out
? Across The County To
old Dock In Columj)
bus County
H j,-,nty-five fires in one day
the entire fire fighting reof
Brunswick county last
Kgjt. Although all of the con^^Emuors
were reported quick^^Fnvo
of them managed to as^E-;
fairly large proportions and
^^B,: g thousand acres of land
a Heavy growth of young
H.vr was burned over, the timH|ir
being practically destroyed.
jui of the twenty five fires oc^^B
. from Holden's
^^Egch to Old Dock, in Columbus
^^Kriy From the start of the
Ht-st until the last one was dis? i
harelv two hours elapsed.
fm investigation is being made
forestry authorities to deterie
the origin of the fires. It is
unusual occurrance to have
t many fires break out suddenslong
the road in quick sucion.
District Forester Brewer
"ayetteville has been here coning
an investigation. If evidof
willful setting of fires is
i the authorities are prcparo
follow through their investi;ns
with full prosecution of '
offenders. 1 1
addition to the great loss of I
it products sustained, the
were costly in that they
? it necessary to call into aca
number of farmers who
d have been busy with their
g farming operations.
ique Will 1
Be Presented
>r Class Will Present
rvice Plaque To School
inoring Former Studt
'
Senior class of Southport
has purchased an attractive
which, when completed,
mtain the names of all formdents
who are now in the
of their country. i
R. Lingle, principal of the (
says that the list is partiomplete,
but if those who \
of former students whose .
should be on the plaque
*1?: ? ? ?? v,j?, !
j "vutu fcivc uitu iiainca w ??n? ^
the task will be completed sooner.
The plaque will be presented at
i formal program in the near '
future. I
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Brief News I i
Flashes
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miTED RELATIVES i
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Ensign John D. St. George has j
recently been transferred from (
Baltimore to Norfolk. He spent ,
kst week here on leave, visiting j
':s aunt, Mrs. John Swan. His sis- j
'er, Miss Frances St. George, of ,
Charleston, S. C., also spent th? ,
*tek here with Mrs. Swan and ,
ether relatives.
CORRECTION
The Pilot stated in an article
^ week that J. W. Ruark was
' 'at to file for the democratic
primary for the office of Repre- ;
wtative. This was incorrect as
J. McLamb filed on Thurs%
afternoon. Mr. Ruark file on
Saturday for the same office.
^USTS IN SPARS
Miss Clyde Fields Swain, daughr
?f H. C. Swain, was sworn in
a SPAR jn Raleigh on MonShe
will leave Friday to reJJrt
for training at Palm Beach,
^a For several weeks Miss
wain has been trying to enlist
* either the Waves or Wac9. She
"Wrrd everything with the exJJOvn
that she was a couple of
/" '"is under the required weight,
being able to make this
'Sbt. she enlisted in the Spars.
Ashing mrs. rosenbaum
Mrs. Donald McDonald and litq,
80n> Stephen, from New York
Sh^li #re sPen(iing some time at
atlotte with Mrs. M. M. RosenpUm'
-'lis. McDonald and Mrs.
.'nat?"^aUm were college class
.1.
Stands of beautiful and
land, growing by the roac
Liable resource to be fount
iestroy the heritage of futi
Whiteville To
Colt
Expect Cold Storage And
Freezer Locker Plant Tc
Be Ready For Operation
B> "?; Of This Year
p *-- - '' - . "?
TO HAVE CAPACITY
FOR 1,000 LOCKERS
Plant Will Meet Long-Fell
Community Need; Government
Grants High
Priority Rating On
Materials
A complete and modern cole
storage plant, containing botli
:old storage and freezer lockei
inits, is the latest addition tc
.Vhite ville's expanding industry
filed with Thad Eure, secretary ol
state, on the 22nd day of Apri
,vas a charter for a business to be
cnown as the Columbus Cole
Storage Corporation, wun an auhorized
capital stock of $100,000
Six Whiteville business men art
isted as stockholders, all of whoir
ire young men of approximately
he same age. They are: Let
Braxton, W. C. Black, Dial Gray
D. L. Love, J. D. Sikes, and Dr
Vf. L. Johnson.
The charter states that the oh
|ects for which the corporator
s formed are "to own and ope
rate a cold storage plant or any
Jther piant for slaughtering, cur
ing, storing, preserving or pni
jessing for itself and the public
food animals, meats, vegetables
poultry and dairy products, ant
food of all kinds, and to buy ant
sell at wholesale or retail all o
said food items either in a nat
ural or a finished state, and tt
generally engage in the busines:
of dealing in and rendering ser
vice to the public in all of it:
needs for preparing and preserv
ing foods of all kinds, including
the power to buy, sell, install ant
service freezing units oi; all kind;
for private or public use."
The plant will conserve sum
mer fruits and vegetables in thi
(continued on page two)
Gets Promotion To
Rank Of Captait
Several years ago Charlei
Southerland, son of Mrs. C. F
Southerland of Southport, begai
work on the XJ. S. E. Dredgi
Comstock, then based at South
port. Few of the men who wen
on the ship then stuck to theii
jobs, especially after the wa:
clouds formed and the CbmstocI
was converted into a service ship
Young Southerland remained
however. He was with the Com
stock when it was sent to Soutl
America, where it has now beci
for three years. Last week Cap
tain Charles Southerland, com
mander of the Comstock, cami
home from Trinidad to spend I
short leave with his mother ii
Southport. He was recently mad'
commanding officer of the vessel
4-PAGES TODAY |
A Crime To Destroy!
SBHw
valuable timber, such as the ;
Isides of Brunswick county. 1
1 for the future. It is a crin
ire generations.
Have
I Storage Plant
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' Prisoner Of War
Of The Japanese
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i Mr. and Sirs. D. A. Harvell, i
of Bolivia, have not seen their I
. ] son, Edward Lassiter Harvel, !
signalman third class, in seven i
j years and have little hope of
seeing him until the war in the
| Pacific ends. The young man
| has been a prisoner of war in
the hands of the Japs since the
' | fall of Bataan.
II He enlisted in the Navy
eight years ago and was only
, | able to make one trip home,
about a year after his enlist
i ment. So far as is known he is i
11 all right in a Jap prison camp.
1 Election Board
Met Here Monday
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' Election Officials Receive
' Instructions Regard ing
Democratic Primary Election
And Are Sworn In
Brunswick county election officials
met here, Monday, with the
" [ Election Board for the purpose of
receiving instructions and to be
sworn in. Owing to court being in
' | session at the time, the meeting
' was held in the county commis11
sioners quarters at the tax colJ
lector's office.
J Deputy Clerk of Superior Court
B. J. Holden administered the
oath to the approximately 20 men
1 and women who will be in charge
3 of the primary election.
Through some misinformation it
3 has been stated that George B.
* I Ward was contesting with M. B.
j j (Continued on Page 2)
' Alex McKeithan
Died Saturday
j Highly Respected Citizen
I Of Freeland Passes After
_ A Short Illness, Was 72
3 Years Old
i Mr. Alexander McKeithan, high?
ly respected resident of the Free
j land community, died at his home
?1 Sataurday, after a -hort illness,
r. Mr. McKeithan was 72 years of
r age and was well known throught
out Biunswick nd Columbus couni.
ties. Funeral services were held
I, Sunday evening at Freeland.
Surviving are seven sons, Lacy
! McKeithan, of Greelyville, S. C.,
n C. E. McKeithan, of Hartyville,
. S. C., J. D. and Roy McKeithan,
. both of Freeland, and Lloyd Mce
Keithan, U. S. Navy; two sisters,
j Mrs. Marial McKeithan, of Bladen,
boro, and Mrs. Fannie Simmons,
e of Fort Mills, S. C.
[t Continued on page two
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Inoculate Your ?
Soybean Seed J
di
Farmer:} Urged To Inoculate ^
Soybean Seed Before
Planting, Especially On a
Lands Where The Crop r.
Has Not Previously w
Grown ci
Brunswick County farmers were t
urged today by C. O. Bennett, J
chairman of Brunswick County
Agricultural Conservation Committee,
to make sure that soybean
seed planted this spring is
properly inoculated, especially on ^
land that has not repeatedly
grown the crop.
"Inoculation is cheap and is-' a|
simple operation, and is one that]
usually pays good dividends in increased
production and in main-' E
taining soil fertility," said Mr. h
Bennett. "Yet it is one that may tl
be pushed aside in the rush of t<
farm work this spring. The nit- w
rogen-fixing bacteria which inha- p
bit the soybean root system must it
be introduced from outside sources T
if the crop is to be grown on new cj
land. Even on land which has re- h
peatedly grown the crop it is
regarded by experienced growers cj
as cheap crop insurance.
"Any practice which will in- p
crease soybean yield even a small f<
amount it more than ordinarily
important this year, since the al- C
lied war effort is depending on the ?
American soybean crop to maintain
the vitally important stock- ?
pfle of vegetable oils and proteins.
Inoculation is a practice which li
J will make a decided increase in p
(Continued on Page 2)
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w a keziah
The general rains which came e
Monday had the effect of greatly a
speeding up the planting of to- c
bacco throughout Brunswick. Ten
days without rain, during which n
time the farmers worked untir- d
ingly, found almost everybody li
with plenty of land prepared. This c
land was about too dry to set out 2
tobacco plants. Until this week's v
'reins came, practically all grow- v
ers were following the slow and t
j tiresome method of watering the r
'plants as they were set out. There s
is no need for such operations ii
since the rain. r
| From word received in round a
about ways it is obvious that a c
great many of the men, who have h
been stationed at the Section base c
at various times during the past
jtwo and a half years, are now t
jserving overseas. From commandjhtL
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P0R1
i A Good Con
dnesday, April 26, 19^
jot A Big Still
600 Gallons Mash
And 3 Operators
heriff Willetts And His
Officers Made A Complete
Haul Of Liquor
Making Outfit In Town
Creek Township
HEIR FAST RUNNING
DID LITTLE GOOD
'wo Were Run Down And
The Third Was Captured
In Good Time, Cases
To Be Heard Monday
May 8th
Sheriff C . P. Willets and his
illow officers put a 150 gallon
team submarine type whiskey
till out of business Friday. In adition
to capturing the outfit,
ley got all three of the opera>rs.
In addition to the sheriff,
le officers engaged in the raid
'ere Deputy Sheriff H. L. Wilits,
Deputy Sheriff C. O. Blanton
nd A. T. U. Agent Charles Gray,
E Wilmington.
The still was located in the
now Field section of Town Creek
>wnship. After locating it the
fficers concealed themselves and
waited development. Three neroes,
John Smith and Wash Caris,
of Wilmington, and Warren
oodman of the Snow Field seeon,
appeared and proceeded to
re up the still. At this stage of
le game Sheriff Willets and his
fficers stepped out from conceallent
and informed them that
ley were under arrest.
None of the negroes took this
dvice as being definite. All three
3lit the bushes in an effort to
et away. The officers outran and
ipturcd both Smith and Carlos,
oodman, being more well
cquainted with his surroundings
ad having much ability as a
inner, managed to get away,
bwever, Deputy Willetts hunted
im down and captured him next
ay. All three of the men will be
ied in Recorder's Court Monday,
lay 8th.
In addition to getting the men,
nd the still, the sheriff and his
liders got 600 gallons of mash
rhich the men were preparing to
invert into whiskey.
>mall Day In
Recorders Court
rerv Little Business Came
Up For Disposal In Judge
Ward's Court Here Monday
Mondav was a sriiall dav in the
;ecorder's Court and this may
ave been partly due to the fact
rat last week found everybody
jo busy, catching up with farm
fork, to engage in any of the
etty crimes that usually go to
lake up the business of the court,
he Minutes show the following
sses handled by Judge Ward
[onday:
Edward M. Stevens, speeding;
apias issued and case continued.
Harold Williams, Jr., non suport;
remanded to Juvenile Judge
jr trial.
John Smith and Washington
Carlos, operating whiskey still;
ontinued to May 8th.
Willie Miller, drunken driving;
ontinued to May 1st.
Mrs. Goodman, no operators
cense; judgment suspended on
ayment of costs.
(Continued on Page Four)
WING
Reporter
rs on down they come, stay for
while, and then orders and duty
all them on to the fields of war.
When the county commissions
reet next Monday one of the
ay will be the drawing of a jury
st to serve at the May term of
ourt. This term will open on the
2nd of the month and that time
rill find a lot of farmers wrestling
rith the problem of cultivating
heir crops that are just beginling
to grow. Many more will
till be engaged in planting. It
3 a rare thing for a farmer to
elish being called to jury duty or
.s a witness at the May term of
ourt. This year it will be doubly
lard for them to leave their
:rops.
Community committeemen for
he AAA from all of the com(Continued
on Page 2)
r pil
lmunity
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PUBLISH
Thinks That H
Deserves A)
Hickman's Cross Roads j)
Man Gets Into The Lime- d
light From Experiences
With His Car On Italian n
War Front in
|tl
HAS MORE THAN FIFTY u
HOLES SHOT IN IT 11
The "Brown Dog" Still)?
Runs But Is Said To Be j
Due For A Mechanical L
Nervous Breakdown tl
Sometime Soon in
Jr
Corporal Raleigh B. Hickman, !j(
Jr., of Shallotte, figured conspi-jsl
ciously in the war news from'j<
Italy this week. However, three o
was plenty of confusion in names 'ti
of places and Charlotte, instead of j<
Shallotte, got credit for being his!d
place of residence.
An action movie of the war in I
Italy which was recently shown !j,
in Southport, showed Corporal n
Hickman and the "Brown Dog,"
the jeep which he drives. A press e
dispatch of this week also men- r
tions the Brown Dog. Corporal d
Hickman's home is at Hickman's it
Cross Roads, below Shallotte. His o
wife, who is the former Miss Vio- ft
let Hewett, daughter of Mr. and il
Mrs. Charlie Hewett, is making b
Farmers Had B
Making 1
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Thanks Folks
Send It Soon
The State Fort Filot is niak- ^
ing an effort to be a real county
paper with coverage of news
matter from all sections of '
Brunswick. With this aim, it is
always appreciated when subscribers
and friends send in
news items and stories.
However, we are obliged to
call attention to the fact that
news matter is frequently sent
us too late to be used, or if used
hurriedly it often results in cr- v
rors and confusion. For this rea- c
son we ask that news matter be j,
sent in just as soon as avail- ^
able. Don't wait for the last ,,
mail. c
Store Robbed i
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Friday Nignt;
d
Galloway's Robbed Of Un* ti
determined Amount Of a
Merchandise, Southport
Building And Loan Also ?
Broken Into j,
Galloway's store at Southport *
was broken into and robbed of an e
undetermined amount of mer- v
chandise and five dollars in cash A
on Friday night. Entrance was *
gained by a rear window. The e
cash register, with the small am- '
ount of money that was obtained,
had been left open. Among the a
articles taken were men's and "
children's shoes and shirts. Mrs. fl
Galloway was unable to estimate P
just how much she lost as everything
was found in confusion the a
next morning. Shoes, shirts and 8
other articles were found taken r
from their shelves and piled indiscriminately
over counters and P
showcases. c
The same night the Southport n
Building and Loan Association of- r
fice was broken into. Nothing was 1
missed in this case, the would-be r
robbers being unable to gain J
entrance to the safe in which all P
money was locked.
Chief of Police Otto Hickman 8
state Monday that the robberies J1
were believed to be the work of
youths. . jt
Sunday Activity
Was Interrupted i
Sunday Preparations To
Make A Run At A Still s
In Northwest Interrupted c
By Appearance Of Rural li
Policeman Perry t
t
While three negro men were h
preparing to engage in some Sun- ?
day activity at a 120-gallon
moonshine still in the Dark c
Branch section of North West t
township, Sunday, Rural Police- t
man O. W. Perry descended on v
them. All made good their es- d
cape. r
Officer Perry captured the still t
and with it 400 gallons of mash i
that was just ready to go into the I
(Continued from page 1) r
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[ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
is Jeep
11 The Medals
er home in Southport while her
usband ia in service. The press
ispatch follows:
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY,
taly?Corporal Raleigh B. Hickwin,
Jr., cirives what he considers
le most abused jeep on the Aled
Fifth Army beachhead in
taly. If jeeps were recognized as
oldiers are, Hickman's would be
fearing a Purple Heart and three
lusters.
Hickman, who is a jeep driver
ia Fifth Army tank outfit and
le husband of Mrs. Violet Hicklan
of Southport, says "Brown
?og," which is the name of his
;ep, has been struck once by
hell fragments, twice by the pro:ctiles
of a Nazi dive bomber, and
nee by the splinters of a 210 morir.
Hickman, who was in the
:ep only when it was hit by a
ive bomber, miraculously escaped
ijury.
"What a vehicle," he said. "It
as over 50 holes in it and the
lotor sounds like a coffee grindr,
but you can't stop it from
unmrig. t,very time we oeiiu n.
own to ordnance for an overhaullg,
they keep pulling shrapnel
ut of the carburetor and the deferential.
They keep telling me
;'s due far a mechanical nervous
reakdown."
iusy Week
Up Lost Time
'robably More Plowing
Done The Past Week
Than During Any Week
In History Of The County
:ORN AND TOBACCO
HAS BEEN PLANTED
fery Few Farmers Took
The fiaturday Afternoon
Off This Past Week;
It Was Dawn To
Dark Working Six
Days In The
Week
It is doubtful if any week
rithin tie history of Brunswick
ounty saw the farmers accomlish
more than they did during
he past week in the way of
lowing' their lands and planting
rops. There was not a farm that
5 to he tilled this year where
here were no tractors, mules or
len at work. There were no 8,0
or even 12 hour rules of la
or observed as woraers were hi
he fields from daylight until
ark. Even then many had chores
o do about the houses and barns
fter laying off in the fields.
Some people may wonder how
0 much work was accomplished
nth so many farm boys and men
1 service or defense work. The
nswer is not so hard. Th?y have
lore tractors than they have
ver had before and conditions
/ere just right for using them.
Lbove all, with their first break
rom the weather this spingr, evrybody
took advantage of it and
ried to make up for lost time.
This year has seen no leisurely
pproach to land preparation and
he crop planting season. Very few
armers had been able to do any
lowing at all until Monday of
ist week. All had been held back
nd when they were able to
tart all started at once and kept
ight on going.
As a rule, farmers who have
iut in a good week's work are
ontent to take Saturday afterloons
off to go to town purchase
leeded supplies and get ready for
he next week's work. No such
ule was observed last Saturday.
I trip from Shallotte to Southort
revealed that tractors and
arm miles were still going busily
hortly before sundown. The Satirday
evening off was out until
hey got things in better shape.
Natuially, one of the very first
asks last week was the preparaion
of land. Immediately there(Continued
on Page 4)
Fax Collector
Will Move Here
David Ross, of Waccamaw townhip,
who has oeen appointed tax
ollector to take the place of Wiliam
Jorgenson when he is called
o aciive duty, stated Monday
hat when Mr. Jorgenson leaves
le will move with his family to
iouthjiort.
Mr. Ross is chairman of the
ounty elections board and was in
own Monday for a meeting of
hat body. He anticipates that
vhen he has to take over the
luties of collector that he could
tot make the long trips between
lis home and Southport daily and
n order to give the office ali
iossifile service the family wili
nove here,
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Most Of The News
Ali The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR . 1
Pulp wood Slump' |
Threatens On
Eve Of Invasion |
Invasion Makes It More la- I'
portant That Pulp wood |
Continues To Come In ,a H
IS A CHALLENGE
TO OUR PEOPLE ! M
Department Of Commerce * t]
Gives Pessimistic I !|
Forecast p ijr
Military requirements for paper J
and paperboard are threatened by
a pulpwood shortage on the eve , H
of the invasion of Hitler's Europe- ffl
an Fortress, the Brunswick Goun- 8
ty Victory Pulpwood Committee / >jB
declared this week.
A Department of Commerce re- ' ($jg
port, just released, calls attention 1 fill
to this danger in a pessimistic )|H
forecast of pulpwood production
during the second quarter of 1944.
"Faced with the new Selective .*cfl
Service decisions affecting men 'J?
under 26 years of age and pro- 1 .> jg
gressive age categories afterward, I 'iff
" ?1 nrnnrtooH rhnncAl
dim III pal IIWUICU ? ? "O I rrjK
in farmer deferments, pulpwood- | Bj
cutting operations may in the ,'1B
near future have a reversal of the . jfj
present more favorable trend," the I ,H !
i Commerce Department's Bureau j |>S t
of Foreign and Domestic Com- |
merce said.
"Conditions dictate the necee- I ] j
sity of intensifying the use of prl- ;; 9|
soners of war, returning former , H
workers to their jobs in the H
woods, obtaining the cooperatioa
of farmers in continuing to cut ae , '
much pulpwood as possible even t II
during the early agricultural Ma- '
son, importing foreign labor andf^H
recruiting more Canadian wood* fe-jffi] ,
men.
"It will only be through suck HH
positive measures that the forth- ?JS
coming probable drain in wood! > ifi
labor can be met, and the all-im- l[.J|
portant pulpwood be made avail- pit (j
able to fill future requirements of [J!' If
the expanding war needs for pulp iTI Mil
and paper."
The Victory Pulpwood ConuntUjWU
tee pointed out that the most a4*s|jk I
tical phase of the war is hP'jIlj
proaching and that consequently IT,*
it is essential that t he Army and 1
Navy get all the supplies they j
need on time. 4a^4JyE
"It is even more Important nowwJL
than it was a year ago to KTO^JhI]
the pulpwood coming in," the&(,jl|
committee said. "Once the inva-jfl^H
sion starts our soldiers will need j
a continual flow of replacement*. '< \ 11
Many of these will be made ofjSH
pulpwood, and most of them wilJL I
be packed or wrapped in papfi^ j*] j
and paperboard made of pulK-fiJ' I
wood. ' V.jrM|
"The need for pulpwood is a.j.jfli
challenge to this county and evcry
pulpwood producing countyrof^H
the nation. We can't afford to let i | \|
the boys down any more than can,, SI |
the war workers who build planejfij imH
tanks, and bombs. Let's keep top f "A I
pulpwood moving until the An?| W
ican flag is raised in Berlin and ]\ ffi |
Tokio." | J
Blanked Again jfl
By Coast Guardftjfl
Oak Island Soft Ball Te*l4l
Handed Southport A Row . 4jH
Of Duck Eggs Again On i i
Oak Island Diamond Sun- ivH
day . fl
Playing on the Oak Island di*- ,'j
mond, the Coast Guard soft ball I
team blanked Southport again {Pjj I
Sunday afternoon by bringing Jfj] I
home four runs and holding up the | :l
locals. In the previous game the HI
score was three to nothing. .
Morgan and Newton served *S,^H
batteries for the Southport lads. ' ,.1
(Coutlnuwd on page 41 !fl I
Ration Pointers fl
- 9 I
MEATS & FATS I
Red A8 through Q8, good in- juj
definitely. f
PROCESSED FOODS
Blue stamps A8 through K8, (CTtl
good indefinitely.
SUGAR ^ I
Sugar stamps 30 and 31, y^H
each good for five pounds inde- JH
finitely. Sugar stamp 40, good ill I
for five pounds of canning sugar I >.J
through February, next year. r'I
GA80LINE ,1
i In 17 East Coast States, A- 'Hi
9 coupons, good through May 8. H<1
In other States, A-ll coupon* iHl
i good through June 21. I VJ
FUEL OIL 08 HH
Periods 4 and S coupon*
good through August 31.
SHOES ' iH
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