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if RATION DEADLINES MEATS—Red: Q5-S5, Mar 31; T - X 5, Apr. 28; Y5-Z5 <b A2-D2, June 2; E2-J2, June 30. FOODS—BIue: X5-Z5 <fc A2-82, Mar. 31; C2-G2, Apr. 28; H2-M2, June 2; N2-S2, June 30. VOL. LXIV. Pacific Pet Production <HS • 'SF' Tarawa, mascot of Marine combat photographers at a Pacific ba-c, helped solve the pet problem recently by producing five pup off spring. Watching over Tarawa and their new pet quintet are, left to right, C'orp. Arthur J. Kiely, Jr., of East Hartford. Conn.; Corp. George A. Mattson of New York City, Staff Sgt. William 11. r'oen, Jr., of Detroit. Mich., and Technical Sgt. William C. Fitclil of Lake City, S. C., all combat photographers, and Sgt. Edward J. Pendor gast of New Orleans, La. Mrs. C. L. Brooks' Rites Conducted Here Saturday Prominent Woman. Wife Os City Commissioner Has Sud den Heart Attack. Mrs: C. L. Brooks. 63. of South .Main’ street, Roxboro, wife of C. Lester Brooks, Roxboro City com missioner, died Thursday night at 10:4") o'clock at the Brooks resi dence. Brooksdale, after a sudden heart attack. She had first suffered a heart attack last November, but had since improved until Thursday night. Funeral was held here Saturday afternoon. Ministers were her past or, Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, of Rox born First Baptist church, assisted by tlie Rev, E. C Mwness. of Brooks dale Methodist church-, with inter ment. in Burchwood cemetery. Daughter oi the late P. S. and Virginia Satterfield Rogers, she was the former Miss Hettie Rogers, a native of Person County. Surviving in addition to her husband are two daughters. Mrs. Robert B. Feather ston and Mrs, C. P. Terry, both of Roxboro, and three grandchildren. Also surviving are four brothers, Ira S. Rogers, es Mebane. and F. *H.; R. J. and W. P. Rogers, all of Roxboro. and six sisters. Mrs. J. H. Moore. Miss Bessie Rogers. Mrs. Addie Mae OBriant, Mrs. N. H. Fox and Misses Lcma and Nina Fox, all of Roxboro. Pfc. O. Y. Clayton At Miami Beach Ffc. Otto Y. Clayton, Jr., 25. of Roxboro has arrived at Army Aif Forces Redistribution Station No. 2, Miami Beach. Fla., for reassignment processing after completing a tour of duty outside the continental United States. Pfc. Clayton will remain at the redistribution station about two weeks. Pfc. Clayton was with a Medical Detachment during 29 months in the European and the Chlna-Bur ma-India theatres. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Y. Clayton, Sr., Reams Ave.. Roxboro. His wife, of 1204 Wilbornc Ave.. South Bos ton, Va., went to Miami Beach with him. o Warren’s Grove Having Services There will be Pre-Easter Evange listic Services at Warren's Grove Church each night through this week, the song service beginning at 7:45. and preaching by the Pastor, Rev. Daniel Lane at eight o’clock. The meeting will run through the fourth Sunday evening, March 25. The public is cordially invited. o— Board Wants Two Miss Jeanette Wrenn, of the Per son Selective Service Board, would like for Edd Clemmons, colored. 5- '3O-19, whose last address was 185 West Kinney St., Newark, N. J. and Howard James Wright, white, 11-22- 17. whose last address was 327 Poole St,. Norfolk. Va. to get in touch with the Selective Service Board here or anyone knowing their pres ent location are asked to contact . o Promoted In Italy Corporal Roy B. Humphries, whose wife Geneva, lives in Long hurst, has been promoted to Ser geant on the Fifth Army front in Italy. He is a squad leader with the 85th "Custer' Division, the Board at once. v J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Transport Gas All applicants for Transport Gasoline Rations (trucks, taxis and buses) will be required to call in person at the Person OPA of fice for their second quarter ra tion. It will be necessary to brinij Certificate of War Necessity with 1045 registration card. Applica i tions may be made for the'second quarter beginning Monday. March 10, according to announcement I made today. Calvin C. Milam Now Sergeant Calvin C. Milam, 21, son of the late Mrs. Lillie E. Milam, of Ca ! Vel and Roxboro. engineer on a sB-24 Liberator has been promoted i to staff sergeant, according , to an nouncement, .received hr b today. Since his arrival overseas Ser geant Milam has participated in numerous attacks on enemy air craft factories, oil refineries, air dromes. bridges, and other .strategic targets in Rumania. Austria, Ger many, Italy and France. He is authorized to wear the Dis - tinguished Unit Badge as a mem ber of a heavy bombardment group which has been cited by * lip War Department for "outstanding per formance of duty while in armed conflict with the enemy.'’ Sergeant Milam was graduated from Bethel Hill High • chool in 1941. where lie was active m all sports. Before entering the service. Ser geant Milam was employed by Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore, Mary land, as an aircraft mechanic. Ras Johnson, Jr., Has Promotion Ras Johnson, Jr., 24, Negro sailor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ras Johnson iof Roxboro, lias been promoted to Seaman First Class, He enlisted June 22, 1942, received his training at Great Lakes, Illinois and left for overseas duty January 7. 1943. He is now serving on the West Coast of the United States. He has also ser ved for a number of months in the South Pacific. His brother Cpl. Johnnie J. Johnson is now serving some where in the South Pacific. Slightly Wounded M p .sat- GROVER J. RUDD Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Rudd, of i Leasburg, have been notified by the War Department that their 1 son, Pfc. Grover J. Rudd, 23, has been slightly wounded in action against the Japs on Luzon in the Philippines. Wounded January 25th, Pfc. Rudd has been over seas for fifteen months and is now reported to be improving. ®f)e Courier=®4tnes Roxboro Man's , Cousin Jumps In 1 Same Foxhole j Strange Experience Related About l»vt. Donald Morris And Sgt. Apple. It happened to Pfc. Donald Mor -1 ris, 20, of Roxboro, son of John H. Morris, of this City, overseas in a fox-hole in the European theatre | under a barrage of German artillery I fire. Party of the first part, that is, } original occupant of the fox-hole, j was Pfc. Morris, who entered the | Army some three years ago at the ' I age of seventeen, and second actor i m the scene was Sgt. Ezra Apple. ! of Danville, Va.. a son of Mr. ami; Mrs, R. S. Apple, of 632 Franklin j \ street. Danville, recently returned • heme and discharged after having received nine wounds in action, but | this story of the meeting of Pvt. i Morris and Sgt. Apple iwho are: cousinsi centers around one parti-: | culdr sex-hole—because the two men j ’met in it, quite by accident —and: then went on their respective ways. Tlie Danville: Register and Bee, j ■ after a few preliminary remarks | about Sgt. Apple and his back ground and present plans, puts it this way: "One interesting sidelight on his j i Sgt. Apple’s) experiences is shown in his narrative oi a reconnaissance mission in which he dived into a i foxhole as a German artillery bar rage began. in the foxhole was anotner sol dier his face spattered with mud. Th- foxhole occupant quickly ex claimed: "Ezra Apple! "Who’re you? ", the Danville ser geant asked, failing to recognize ills facial features beneath the muri and grime. Sgt. Apple swiped his "hand across the boy's face, remov ed tile mud. and recognized him as liis cousin, Pfc. Donald Morris of Roxboro. N. C.. whom he hadn’t: seen since long before he left the .states. A joyful but brief reunion took place in that muddy foxhole ; as shells screamed overhead but the barrage lifted a few minutes and each was on his way again, headed : for different objectives. Pfc. Morris had been in tlie foxhole for six hours when , his cousin jumped in with ' him. A few days before. Sgt. Apple had le'en literally blown from a foxhole. He had plunged into it as a shell barrage began. A shell exploded ten ft-t away, hurling him ‘completely, out onto level ground and erasing ' Please turn to page 6> o Robert Brewer Has Bronze Star Technician Fifth Grade Robert S. Brewer, of Roxboro. son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John M. Brewer, and now overseas with the Third Infan try division of the Seventh Army in France, has been awarded the : Bronze Star for “meritorious service in actual combat while fighting with the Third Infantry division in France". according to an official War Department message received here today by the Courier-Times. In a letter to a sister here he re vealed that the award was present ed because cf performance of duties connected with "patroling behind 1 enemy lines". He has a brother,. John Wilson Brewer, in the Navy and a nephew, Pete Pridgen, son of Mrs. Thomas J. Crutchfield, of this City, also in the Navy. Both are thought to be in the Pacific area. Technician Brewer entered service in 1941 and has been overseas about two and one-half years. o- i Pvt. Blackwell At Atlantic City Pvt. Alfred Blackwell, age 22,; j (Negro) of R. F. D. No. 3, Box 154. Roxboro, son of Mrs. Lillian Black jwell has recently returned from ser- | vice outside the continental limits |of the United States and is now temporarily stationed at tlie Army ( j Ground and Service Forces Redis- i tributicn Station, Atlantic City. I While at this installation he will be given a series of tests to determ ine his fitness for future assign -1 ments. Pvt. Blackwell served 9 months as Platoon Leader in the Asiatic- j j Pacific theatre of operations. He is * ; a recipient of the Asiatic-Pacific I Campaign Ribbon. o Has Purple Heart Mrs. Cliff Winstead, of this City, has received the Purple Heart award from her son. Pvt. Cliff Winstead, Jr., who was wounded in action in the European theatre several weeks ago. but is now much improved and back at duty. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA SERVICE FLAG GIVEN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH YESTERDAY The V/. M. U. of Roxboro First | Baptist Church presented the church j with a beautiful service flag at the : morning service Sunday. Presenta- 1 1 tion was by Mrs. R. A. Whitfield on \ ] behalf of the W. M. U. Mrs. Whit- 1 field, a speaker of unusual force ’ was at her best, and her remarks were beautiful The Pastor. Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, accepted the flag on behalf of the : church. Following the acceptance,:’ the choir, under the direction of : Mrs. Victor Satterfield, with Mrs. : Sam Byrd Winstead at the organ 1 1 i rendered a beautiful and appro- l i $30,000 Pistol Soves Person Man Sam P. Moore Os Flat River Dies At Home ’■ ■ : - . ,/• • j , Riles Tc He Held This Alter ne nn For Person Resident. Funeral lor Sam P. Mor.re. 68. of near Flat River Church, whose ! death occurred--... Saturday at his | home from effects, of a . stroke of, paralysis. , will be held Monday as-j, ternpori at 3 iXcioek at Mount Zion Methodist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Rites will be in charge . his pas tor, the Rev. Floyd Villincs. A native .of Person County, he was a soil of the late P. B, andj Sarah Sweeney Moore. Surviving are. a. sister.’ Mrs. H. E. j Pearce of Richmond, Va., and a number nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers will be. Claude Moore. Garnett, and Graham Hicks. Paul Cobb, Oscar Jones and Irving Blacken!. Mr. Moore shared Ills home with the Norfleet: Wrenn family. Joe D. Carver Gets Star Medal Tec.-5 Joe D. Carver, of Roxboro. with The fifth Infantry Division in Germany lias been awarded the Bronze Star for gallantry in ac tion. according to information re ceived here today,: He is the i husband) of Mrs. Edna H. Carver, of Roxboro. The citation reads as follows: For heroic achievement in action against an • armed enemy. During an advance, the battalion in which Tec-5 Carver was serving as an aid man. came under intense enemy ar tillery and mortar fire. Disregard ing the danger involved. Tev-5 Car- i ver. of his own volition, exposed himself to the enemy fire, in order to give first aid to the wounded. During the entire action. Tee-5 Carver, displayed outstanding cour -1 age. and Skill in treating his Wound ed comrades. Schools- To Get ' Many Apples Within the next three weeks 38 carloads of apples will be distribut- ) ed to schools of this State having approved lunch programs, accord ing to George Ross, who represents i the N. C. Department of Agricul ture in the War Food Administra- 1 lion's cooperative program of dis tribution. There are at least five Person and Roxboro schools with lunch rooms. Ross said the apples were pur- i chased last fall and kept in cold ; storage. "Although they are small, they are fine apples and should i mean much to the health of our , < school children,” said Ross. 1 1 ■ Altuuf, *llie Watf m Kelly Eugene Paylor, better known as Kelly Paylor was signing his income tax blank the other day and when he came to the word "Eugene” he looked up at me and asked: “How do you spell "Eugene?” . I wasn't quite sure so we both guessed at it. If the weather that we have been having for the last week con tinues to hold p it will be time for Roy Cates to take off his long underwear. He generally puts it on in October and keeps it on through April but since we have been having an early spring he will have to take it off or keep busy scratching. The Whittlers Club that held meetings at the Winstead Warehouse last spring did not hold meetings this year. Reason for this Was due to the shortage of wood. Tranyham Mitchell said that he could not furnish the wood this year. He had no one to cut it, no one to haul it and goodness knows he didn't want ta do any thing that could be classed as work. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT priatc anthem, "Our Own America." On the flag were 74 stars, 72 blue and 2 gold, the gold representing two who have paid the supreme price, those two being Lt. Ransom Frederick and Pvt. Harold O Briant. The flag was given honoring those who are or were members of Rox boro First Baptist Church. Following the service, the Rev. Mr. Brooks chose his subject "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and delivered a most Interesting and instructive sermon. As usual at the morning service the auditorium was filled to capacity. jS.Sgt. Georjre Cushwa. Slight - Iv Wounded, Kills Japs At Close Range. Mrs. George Cushwa, Jr., of this City, received word this week that her husbanl. S. Sgt. George J. Cush wa, Jr., 511th Paratroop. has been I slightly wounded by shrapnel in the Philippines, it was learned here to ! day. Mrs. Cushwa received a later let ter from her husband dated March Ist. saying he is feeling fine, anti !,expects to rejoin his company in a ! few days. He said he had a glass of | iced tea in the hospital, the first cold drink he had had in over a i year. lii a recent letter he told for the first’time cf some close calls. He ! relates tlie experience lie hud in a machine gun nest. "We attacked the pillboxes and : threw white Phosphorus grenades ill i the embrasures, and moved to the j other end. and five Japanese crawl led out. We killed them, and then I went inside to check tlie pillbox, and put the machine gun out of action. There was a blanket hung inside dividing the pillbox into two rooms: I pulled back the blanket and there was a Jap inside. He was plenty healthy, arid had not been Wounded at all, 1’ had my 45-pistol in my right hand, and shot him before he had time to think. That was twice my pistol saved my life; both were up close enough to spit on. I don't like to get up close when they are alive". The pistol used was one obtained from a Philippine guerilla, Sgt. Cushwa swapped his gun for a 45- bolt action gun. The guerilla said he paid $30,000.00 sfor the gun in the Japanese black market before the Americans landed. The $30,000 was in Jap Currency, of course. Sgt. Cushwa is stationed some where on Luzon in the Philippines. Two other Roxboro boys are with the 511th Paratroop. S. Sgt. Bert Lunsford, and S. Sgt. Red Day. The 511th Paratroop Division ha; made quite a record in the Philip pines, They jumped near Nichols' j Held the early part of February, ac cording to the press report, march ed 35 miles the first night; later. ; took Nichols' Field with over 125 machine gun implacements. They next captured Cavite Naval Base; taking all the fortifications from tlie rear, and captured several sea planes. They joined forces with the Cavalry Division, and helped clean out Southern Manila. They, also, helped liberate the last prison camp by landing near the camp from the air. and killing all the Jap guards while they were exercising. War Prisoner Sends Message S. Sgt. Harold Oakley, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Oakley, who is a prisoner of war in Germany, writes to his parents that he is all right, getting a plenty of sleep, the food is fair and that he is being treat ed o. k. He asks that they not worry about him and sends his love to all. MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE More Details Received About i Pfc. H. Stephens Wounded Sersreanl Writes To Wife Os Man Killed In Action. Tribute to Pfc. Herman Stephens." of Person County, reported as killed in action in France in the Parray Forest near Luneville last October. : is contained in a letter to Pfc. Steph ens' wife from his Sergeant, Thomas • H. Leuesque, who writes from Eng land and gives additional details 1 : concerning Pfc. Stephens' death, j Sgt. Leuesque. who says that Pfc; : Stephens Was one of his most faith- • fit! men and like by ail,has been 1 wounded himself. He writes as follows; "You probably have forgotten ; I about getting an answer from me. Well. I've been hit arid your letter just caught up with me. I will be glad to tell you all I can about Her man. "He was sure a good boy and al ways did Iris job no .matter wlvat j condition we were in. "Everybody liked him very much. He was the best messenger I've ever had. We've always been together. ■ This letter is very hard lor hie to write because I've seen you only once, but I saw your pictures a lot and Herman use to always talk about you and his little girl, so that makes me know you better. "He got killed on Sep:. 29th but we eats'! report him dead until tie has been picked up and burned so that's why he was reported missing in action; but he didn't suffer at all. -He was instant !y killed oy German (Please; turn u page 6) Riles Held For - Oakley At Residence Here Mrs. J. .Melvin Oakley Dies At Sanitarium Alter Lonir Illness. Mrs. J. Melvin Oakley. 28. of Roxboro. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank; Richard Clayton, of Roxboro. . died Friday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at the State, Sanitarium at Sanatorium after an illness lasting, one year. Death . resulted from tuberculosis. Her husband is a pa tient at the Sanitarium, but was here for the funeral. Funeral was in Roxboro. at ihe residence of her father-in-law. Har vey M. Oakley, by the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, of First. Bapitst church, at four o'clock Saturday afternoon, with interment in Burchwood cem etery. The former Miss Lou Bet tie: Clay ton. Mrs. Oakley is : survived by her husband, of Sanatorium and Roxboro. two sons, Layton Sheen Oakley mid Frederick Kent Oak ley. her parents, a sister. Miss Mil dred Clayton and two brothers. Pie. Riley Clayton and Frank Rich ard Clayton. Jr., ail of Roxboro. ex cept Pfc. Clayton, who is now at . Mitchell Field. New York. The Oakleys lived lor. a year of. more in Norfolk. Va.. before illness developed. Chief Robinson Loses Brother W. G. Robinson, 43. brother of (Police Chief George C. "Pat" Rob- I insen. of this city, died at his home in Newton. Saturday night of a, heart attack. Mr. Robinson had not been previously ill. For a number of years the de -1 ceased had been assistant chief of peliee of Newton. He is survived by his wife arid one son, Leon, who is, with the armed forces in the Paci fic, Other survivors are <3. C. Rob ; irison, brother of, Roxboro. one sis ! ter, Mrs. Lefty Barbie of Roanoke.) iVa. and his mother. Mrs. J. W. Josey j of Statesville. Chief Robinson, ol Roxboro, left Sunday morning for Newton but did ! not know the exact time of the fun-i i cral when he left. It will probably ; |be held some time today and will j j he in Newton. A half-brother, with the U. S. Army, was killed more than a year i ago in England. .———o I Has Bronze Star Sgt, Ersel O. Jbnes, who has been I awarded the Bronze Star and Good i Conduct ribbon, is now somewhere I in France. He is the son of Mr. and I Mrs. Jessie Jones, of Longhurst. Norway’s Girl Scouts Norwegian royalty joined in the olid anniversary celebration of the Girl Scouts of America at a reception in the Koval Norwegian Em bassy in Washington. I). when over 2(M) Girl Scouts presented gifts to Crown Prince Olay and Crown Prine.es*s Martha to be sent to Norwegian Girl Scouts now in Scotland. Looking over some of the gilts, left to right, are Girl Scout Sally Ashley. 10. of Bethesda, Md.; Princess Kaguhild. who belongs to a Bethesda troop; Prince Harold, children of the royal couple; and Mary Beth Wright, 10, Washing ton. 1). C. Red Cross Near Goal, Has Praise From Pacific Vet Only Few More Hundred Dollars Now Needed. The Person . am] Ruxboio Rod .Cross;: goal, is almost over the top with. $8,366.72 ’already collected out ol a quota of $8,900, so that th drive should be completed thisweek sa\s O B. Mcßrootli. finance, chait man. and who breaks eonUibunmis down into the tfria.v : . brackets: Special grits $27"7; B -iia. dis trict $1,098 17; Woman division 31.052.53; White schools s. ft. •• Negro schools $1,045.84 and miscel laneous $648.68,. Watts a totfil Oi’ SB,- 366.72. That is , air impressive recuru. tiririks Mr. Me Broom, but a buy who knows what the Red Cfoss does is Pvt, Wyatt J Blalock, who . can’t say enough for/the Red Crus, and what it. does for tlie wounded. Pvt. Blalock, 22, son of Mr. and .Mi’s. I. H. Blalock, ol Roxboro. wounded on Leyte, and now in Rox boro for a , visit with his folks af ter three weeks at Oliver General hospital. Augusta. Oil., says lie is so happy to see the streets ol Rox boro after twenty -seven .months away that he felt like kissing them when lie got here. Wounded at Leyte in the right foot on November 19. after landing there in October, Pvt, Blalock; a brother of Clyde Blaiock. who is in Ntnv Caldqriiii. has vivid inipres sibris of rice swamps aivd water but iPlease: turn to page 6i Soldier To Talk Sunday At Church S. Sgl. William B. Slaughter, of Port Bragg, will speak Koek Grove church Sunday morning, .March 25th, at 11:20 o’clock. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Slaughter of the Koek Grove community and a former mem ber of Koek Grove church. The public is cordially invited to at tend this service. Speaks Sunday v : :. ••. -' ■w. \ j \ ..jJL.... .1 MRS. E. L. MINOR Mis. Elizabeth Lott Minor, of Atlanta, Ga, and Edgefield, S. C., Prisoner of War Consultant, Southeastern Area, American Red Cross, will speak at a Next-of-Kin meeting in Roxboro at Person Court House Sunday afternoon, March 25, at three o'clock, accord ing to announcement made today by Miss Nancy Bullock, local Pris oner of War chairman. The pub lic is invited. 0 Fatal Highway Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945 HELP KEEP IT THAT WAY DRIVE CAREFULLY! NUMBER 31 How's My Son! Question Asked Os Local Woman Mrs. Harhara Bioxam Frank. Daughter Os I>ate City Manager. Has Riff Job With n<?tt»('r«ss. ~ - Hon is; my son?. . . .is the ques tioa asked-in hundreds of letters. Mrs. Barbara Bioxam. Frank, of Roxboro. is reading, letters which are received oy social workers of die American Red .Cross at Stark General Hospital, Charleston, S. C„ !rcm. local Red Cross chapters all over the country. A typical letter says: "The fam ily of. rhe above named servicemen received a wire from him telling of Iris arrival in this country. They are not acquainted -with the nature of Jiis disability and are desirous of receiving a report relative to this. Your prompt attention to this mat ; ter will be appreciaed.” Mrs, Frank, daughter of Mrs. Percy Bioxam. of Roxboro. will con tact the medical officer charged with the soldier's treatment, receive the information from him and for ward it to the soldier's home town chapter, which will report to his parents. This is oijjy one of the many Ways; in which the social workers of the American Red Cross .help returning veterans at Stark. Mrs. Frank's husband is an officer overseas. o Gates’ Brothers Meet In Pacific T Sgt. Philip and Cpl. Dewey , Gate's, Roxboro brothers were some* .what surprised when they unexpect ,antly met one another somewhere |in (lie Pacific recently, it was learn ed today. ; They are soils of Mrs. Fannie Gates of Hurdle Mills and Sgt. Gates is the husband of Mrs. Irene Gates .j also of Hurdle Mills. I Both beys are in Infantry Divis ions and both have seen lots of ac tion. Cpl. Gates has been overseas since Dec,, 1943, while Sgt. Gates has been over since March 19. 1944. Another brother. Pvt. Dallas Gates in service is stationed at Fort Me Clellan, Ala. He left in Decem ; her last year. I ° ” Has Promotion Pvt. Henry M. Turner, son of Mrs. Mamie Turner of Semora and the late Andrew Turner, has been pro : moted to the rank of Private First Class and awarded the combat In fantry badge. Pvt. Turner was sta tioned in Germany but has now been transfered to France. o —— - In 1889, Nellie Bly traveled around the world in 72 days; in 1913 the globe was circled in 35 days; now 120 flying hours can do it. - ■ "i, To lengthen a hemless dress, get one-fourth inch colored hraid *nd sew in slightly overlapping rows to the narrow bottom seam. (