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RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1943
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VOLUME XXXVIII NO. 12
NEWS OF OUR
MEN WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Number Of Local
Boy Inducted
Lonnie Teal, Charlie Davis, Fred
Hendrix, William "Paul" Clark, Ken
neth Wooten, William H. Lowe and
Stephens reDorted to Fort
Bragg for induction at Tort Bragg
last Thursday.
Furlough In South America.
Sgt. Hector B. McNeill, who is sta
tioned in the Carribean area,, writes
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hector Mc
Neill that he is spending a ten-day
furlough at South American points . .
and that his trip is very interesting
and he is enjoying the fruits of the
South American -'Good Neighbor"
policy toward American soldiers.
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Carl Underwood Home
From Aleutians
Carl Underwood, electrician first
class with the Navy .spent Tuesday
here visiting friends and chatting
iwith the folks about town. Carl,
who was formerly local representa
tive here for the Carolina Power and
Light company, has been spending
sometime up in the Aleutian Is
lands helping do the job of clean
ing out the Japs in that area, and
building air and ships bases there
which will probably figure largely
in the invasion of Japan itself. He
says they have all kinds of weather
in those parts, and that he had
heard of 120 mile-per-hour wind
storms, but it was not until he got
there that he believed you could
work f'Mring such a blow. "No
thing e'opped the work of building
the Iwv.il bases and airfields," he
said.
A native of Sanford, Carl states
that he hopes to be able to spend
several more days in Raeford be
fore his 30-day furlough is up.
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In Navy Air Force
Jeptha Peele reported for duty at
lanta, Ga. From there he went to
Yi ! Naval Air Station at Memphis,
J- .Tin. He will be there for three
.nonths training in the pre-flight
school.
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JOHNNIE C. PATE IN COOKS'
SCHOOL AT CAMP STEWART
Camp Stewart, Ga., Aug. 24. Ser
vice Command Headquarters today
announced that Pvt. Johnnie C. Pate
of Raeford, N. C. has been assigned
to the Cooks' Course School at Camp
Blanding, Fla.
In this school selected soldiers are
detailed regularly to take these inten
sive food courses, under ASF ex
perts, then returned to their units
where they supervise the preparation
and serving of the unit messes.
Ensign Watson Gillis, recent An
napolis graduate, arrived home this
week. He will remain here until
time to report for sea duty with the
fleet
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Your boy in the service wearies of
war talk and wants the news from
home. Ii he makes a request, we can
mail him the News-Journal. Give
him a lift! Subcription rates are only
$1.50 for service men.
Allotments Begin
A Month Sooner
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24 The Army
now has a new policy affecting allow
ances made to the dependents of en
listed servicemen, such allowances
and allotments will begin to accrue
at the first of the month in which the
application is filed, it was announced
by Lieutenant Colonel John H. Bush,
Chief, Army Emergency Relief, Head
quarters Fourth Servcie Command.
This is one month earlier than the
existing practice, it was pointed out.
Formerly, if a man entered the ser
vice in the middle of a month, the al
lowance did not start accruing until
the first of the following mouih. Un
der this new policy, the full month's
amount will be entered to the family's
credit and charged to the future pay
of the soldier making the allotment.
Thomas Burk's
Grave Site Is
Given To State
Hillsboro, Aug. 19 A small plot of
land near here on which lies the
Tave of Thomas Burke, Revolution
f war governor of North Carolina,
.as been given the State by the Uni
versity chapter of the Sons of the
American Revolution.
Discovered 20 ytars ago by four
University of North Carolina students,
the grave since has been beautified
by the SAR chapten and a marker
recently was erected there by the
War department. The chapter now
is raising funds for a $1,500 com
memorative monument.
Power To Be Off
Twice Sunday
Electrict service will be interrupt
ed on Sunday, August 29, in Raeford
and surrounding areas, according to
an announcement by D. B. Gillis,
Representative of the Carolina Power
and Light Company in this area.
"The interruption", said Mr. Gillis,
"is to permit important repair work
which could not be done with safety
without disconnecting service. We
sincerely hope that it is planned for
hours when a minimum of inconven
ience will be caused customers in the
areas to be affected."
Service will be off from 8 to 8:15
on Sunday morning and from 6:15 to
6:30 on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Gillis said, "We regret the ne
cessity of disconnecting service for
even a short period of time, but it is
essential that our lines be kept in
good repair at a time when abnormal
ly heavy demands are being imposed
upon us by the war production program."
Fairmont Market
Tops 10,000,000
Pound Mark
Yesterday the Fairmont Tobacco
Market went well over the 10,000,000
pound mark for the season with the
season's average well above the $41
ceiling price, according to C. B. Staf
ford, sales supervisor.
Mr. Stafford stated that lowest
grades were bringing about $15 per
hundred and the tops in quality were
often reaching as high as $55.
All the warehouses are selling out
every day, he stated, and farmers can
bring their tobacco, sell it, and return
home the same day.
Army "Wood Caravan
To Help Pulpwood
Drive On Tour
Special To News-Journal
Washington, Aug. 23 An Army
"salute to wood" caravan will
make to tour of Southern States
to stimulate production of lum
ber and pulpwood.
Captain John Edwardsen of
the War Department public rela
tions staff announced the tour will
command the caravan of some 250
infantry troops and their accom
anying technicians, with field and
war equipment.
Dates and places where shows
will be given include:
North Carolina Sept. 30, Elis
abethtown; Oct. 1, Kinston; 2,
Rocky Mount.
Axis Loses 167,000
Men In Sicily
Allied Headquarters In North Afri
ca, Aug. 18.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower an
nounced today that Axis losses in the
Sicilian campaign up to Aug. 10 to
taled 167,000 killed, wonded and pris
oners.
The Commander in Chief said Ger
man losses while crossing the Strait
of Messina, across which Allied guns
boomed today in a duel with heavy
Axis batteries, probaly never would
be known.
He estimated that the Nazi com
manders had between 70,000 and 75,
000 troops on the island, of which at
least 30,000 were lost, not counting
the number drowned in the evacua
tion. The enemy's losses in tanks de
stroyed or captured up to Aug. 10
were given as 260.
Allied casualties for the entire Si
cilian campaign were estimated at 25,
000 men, General Eisenhower said.
$1,000 Bail For
"Shooting" Lover
Out of Navy
Goldsboro, Aug. 23: At the
request of her lover. Negro
sailor Lillie Mao Gregory,
Goldsboro Negro, shot the tailor,
Daniel F. Clark, Jr., in the arm
so he could get out of the Navy,
the woman told officers her.
Clark, a Goldsboro Negro, sta
tioned with the Amphibious
Training Detachment, Little
Creek, Vs., Is in the hospital at
Seymour Johnson Field, Golds
boro, foil treatment of the wound,
Goldsboro Chief of Police H. T.
Hints, said. The woman Is in
Jail under $1,000 charged with
the shooting which occured late
Wednesday night at a vaant lot
ear the woman's home.
She told officers that she and
Clark had been going together
for a long time, that they were
in love and had been talking of
getting married and decided that
the shooting would get him out
of the Navy.
County Cannery Can
Do More Work
The community cannery, operated
at the Grammar School here by
members of the Vocational Educa
tional department of the county high
school, is able to handle more work
than is being brought, according to
K. A. McDonald.
Working full time for the past sev
eral weeks many hundreds of cans
have been processed for people from
every section of the county, Mr. Mc
Donald stated. Fruits, vegetables
and meats are canned every day un
der the direction of J. W. Dowd and
Miss Mary Falls Peele, vocational in
structors. It's open to everyone and the char
ges are very low.
Final Decision On
Antioch School To
Come April 1944
Two delegations from the Antioch.
community appeared before the spe
cial meeting of the Hoke County
Board of Education Monday to pre
sent their pleas concerning the con
solidation of the Antioch grammar
school with the grammar school of
Raeford.
Action of the board on their pleas
was delayed until the first Monday in
April, 1944, with school definitely to
be held at Antioch for the 1943-44
term.
After hearing arguments in favor
of the consolidation and the objections
of those opposing the closing of the
school, whose beginnings go back in
to the earliest days of the settlement
of the Upper Cape Fear river section
by the Scots, the board voted to take
the matter under advisement for final
settlement next April, prior to the
preparation of the school budget for
1944-45.
Buy Books
County Superintendent K. A. Mc
Donald, Miss Anne Buie, Mrs. A. D.
Gore and T. C. Jones were in Raleigh
Tuesday of this week for the purpose
of purchasing -books for libraries of
the various county schools.
Stamps Go Into
Use Sept 12th
Washington, Aug. 16. The brown
ration stamps in war ration book
three will come into use September
12 for the purchase of meats, fats, oils,
butter and cheese, the Office of Price
Administration (OPA) announced to
night. The brown stamps will replace the
red ones in war ration hnnlr turn ae
the latter are used un. Thv -u.-ni
have the same point value.
Henceforth, OPA announced also,
the meats-fats ration si mnff alurave
will expire on the Saturday nearest
ine end oi a month, with the new sets
becoming valid on successive Sundays
OPA fixed the validity riat fnr
the last red stamps in ration book
two stamps a, y and Z. These will
expire on October 2, and will become
valid as follows: stamp X, August
22; stamp Y, August 29; and stamp Z,
September 5.
Brown starrros A anH n hwmtn
valid on September 12 and' 19 respec
tively, both will expire on October 2.
The next four brown stamps, all ex
piring on uctober 30, will become val
id on the following dates; stamp C,
September 26; stamp D, October 3;
stamp E, October 10; and stamp F
October 17.
Between September 12, when the
first series of brown stamps becomes
valid, and October 2 when th final
sets of red stamDS exnire Wh
Drown stamps will be usable. After
ixiooer i only the brown stamps will
be used.
Not until November will it be neces
sary to bring into use stamps replac
ing the blue stamps used for canned,
frozen and dried foods.
OPA announced that blue stamps
u, v ana w would become valid Sep
tember I and would be good until Oc
tober 20.
Ration Books Speeded
In 'Hardship' Cases
. Washington Anr 91 n.- rtm.
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Price Administration tnaw .,v, ;
of
zed local war price rationing boards
. ic prescrioea waiting periods
in iiananng applications for replace
ments of lost or stolen food ratior
books in cases of ' extreme hardship."
If further investigation is desired
...c "a,u may issue certificates
which the applicant may obtain
by
the
rauonea goods temporarily.
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Angels Of Mercy.
Washington, Aug. 19 The first of
more than 1,000 WACs will be enroll
ed in the Army-Navy hospital school.
Hot Springs, Ark., in military hospi
tal training courses, beginning Sep
tember 10, the War department an
nounced today.
Hoke County Girl
To Receive Loan
Fund Scholarship
'Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, assistant
state home demonstration agent, of
naieign r- ntly announced tnat
Ruth O ' Rt. 1, Cameron has
been chi one of the four new
girls in N irolina to receive the
Jane S. ft -n Loan Fund in
1943", says 'sephine Hall, home
demonstrate it.
Miss Gillii $m daughter of the
late Marvin f Hoke County
and Mrs. Mag, '&0, le Baker, of Rt.
1, Cameron. T tp -d near Raeford
until last year. o"2, is been an ac
tive 4-H Club m .A for six years.
She has attended i-H Club camp for
six years. In 1940 she was voted the
best all-round camper. She attended
4-H short course at State College one
year. She entered the 4-H Dress
Dress Revue and in 1941 was the
Hoke County winner. This entitled
her to enter the State Dress Revue at
State College in Raleigh. There her
costume was placed in the blue rib
bon class for cotton dresses. In
June of this year when the Hoke
County 4-H members were at Camp
Millstone. Miss Julia Mclver assis
tant extension clothing specialist,
flahed on the screen a picture of her
wearing her blue ribbon outfit.
While at Hoke High school Miss
Gillis was a member of the Beta club
and took part in many school activi
ties. She was graduated from the
Vass-Lakeview High School last
spring and has enrolled in the home
demonstration department at Wo
man's College, Greensboro. She plans
to room with Lois Smith, Rt. 2, Vass,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Smith.
Mrs. Baker her mother, although
living in Moore County, is one of the
most active Little River Home De
monstration Club members and has
contributed much to the community
life of Little River township.
Court Frees
Two Draftees
From Service
Baltimore, August 24.
Federal Judge W. Calvin Chesnut
today released on habeas corpos writs
two married Worcester countians from
service in the Army and Navy, fol
lowing their induction here July 28.
The jurist found that the men's in
duction at that time was "contrary
to regulations then in force." In his
18-page opinion Judge Chesnut said:
'My conclusion of law is that the
action of the local draft board in in
tionally disregarding the applicable
regulation and the directive, thus in
cluding the petitioners in the July
quota list, was legally arbitrary and
capricious; and the petitioners are en
titled to be now presently released
from custody.
Sanford's State
Guard Company
Fourteen Disbanded
Sanford, Aug. 19. In pursuance of
an order issued by Adjutant Genera
al John Van B. Metts of Raleigh) on
August 5, Sanford company 14 of the
State Guard is disbanded effective
today.
The order read: "Because of the
unsatisfactory condition existing in
the failure of the company to muster
sufficient strength to attend the camp
of instruction at Fort Bragg, N. C,
July 18-28, 1943, the 14th company
of the North Carolina State Guard
station, Sanford, is disbanded, effec
tive Aug. 18, 1943."
All Federal, State and company
owned property, company funds and
records have been checked by Major
Richard P. Taylor, assistant to the ad
jutant general, and sent to General
Metts' headquarters in Raleigh.
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Safety Guaranteed Gull
In Rirkenbacker Film
Salt Laka City, Aug. 21 Wanted:
One seagull for movie about Col. Ed
die Rickenbacker.
When the Colonel and his compan
ions were on a raft recently they
caught and ate a seagull.
A telegram from a studio today
asked if Utah, famed for its seagulls,
could produce one to portray a sup
porting role.
"No harm would come to the bird,"
it added.
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Clark Reunion
August 28th
The annual reunion of the Clark
family will be held August 28th at the
home of Mrs. Flora M. Clark.
Two Cars Recovered
By Local Officers
Patrolman J. Barnes and Deputy
J. C. Wright recovered two stolen
cars Thursday which had been aban
doned on Route 15 north of Raeford.
One car had been taken a few hours
before from a parking lot at Fort
Bragg, the other belongs to a South
Carolina owner who is expected here
today.
Hoke's Quota In
Drive $209,000
Hoke County's quota in the
Third War Loan drive which
gets unday way Thursday, Sep
tember 9th, has been set for
$209,000 according to J. Lawrence
McNeill, county chairman of War
Bond Sales.
The Third War Loan quota for
North Carolina is 141 million dollars,
C. T. Leinbach, State Chairman of the
War Finance Committee, announced
today. This more than doubles the
62 million dollar quota for the Second
War Loan held last April, and is a
real challenge to the people of North
Carolina, Chairman Leinbach stated.
In most counties over the State the
quotas have been proportionately in
creased based on local conditions, the
amount of sales in the Second War
Loan, and the harvesting of crops in
the agricultural centers. In all coun
ties it will be necessary for them to do
a much bigger selling job in this drive
than they did in April when the
State's quota of 62 million dollars was
pushed over the top with a total of
109 million dollars.
Leinbach stated in his challenge to
all workers in this drive, "that to
reach our quota it will call for the ex
ertion of every effort to reach all
sources of income, from the large bu
siness and industrial buyers to the
smallest wage earner, with a door to
door contact. The Treasury Depart
ment has as a part of its goal in this
drive, a desire to have 50 million cus
tomers buy bonds from September 9
through 30. On the basis of the Treas
ury Department's expectations, North
Carolina will e expected to have ap
proximately 1,330,000 purchasers of
bonds, and it will take a giant door
knocking campaign to accomplish this.
"All counties have been organiz
ed," Leinbach further stated, "and in
each organizrtion the voluntary work
ers might well compare their job with
the job of our fighting men in Sicily,
Munda, and other theatres of action,
they have to fight every inch of the
way in man to man combat, and
they're doing the job magnificently.
The workers will have to fight every
minute of the drive and I am sure they
will do it, for, as long as men are dy
ing, we can't stop buying, or selling,
is the challenge that faces us, and I
feel confident of success in meeting
this challenge."
Farm Bureau To
Hold Annual
Meet Sept. 2nd
Flake Shaw, executive secretary
of the State Farm Bureau association,
will be the principal speaker at the
annual meeting of the Hoke County
Farm Bureau which will be held at
the Armory here on Thursday even
ing, September 2nd.
Other speakers will also present
phases of the work of the organiza
tion and the task of the farmer in
wartime, according to President N.
H. G. Balfour and Program Chairman
T. B. Upchurch, Jr.
Mr. Upchurch stated that this would
be a most important meeting though
the business session would consume
but a small part of the time of the
evening's activities. The meeting
will commence with a fish supper to
be served in true Hoke County style
and all members and their wives are
urged to be present promptly at 8 P.
M. o'clock.
Visitors Invited
Members are also asked to invite
friends and neighbors whom they
think are interested in the program
of the Farm Bureau.
Crawford L. Thomas is chairman
of the committee on arrangements
andj all members planning to attend
are urged to notify Mr. Thomas that
they will be present with the number
of guests they plan to have attend
with them not later than Monday
night.
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MR. IPCHURCH HOME
FROM HOSPITAL
T. B. Upchurch, who has been a pa
tient at Highsmiths hospital for sev
eral weeks, has returned home. Mr.
Upchurch lost his left foot in an acci
dent at his home here August 3rd.
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Star McMillan, Jr., has returned
home from Baltimore, where he has
been employed during the aummer.
Criminal Part
Mixed Term
Court Ends
The criminal part of the August
mixed-term of Superior court was
near an end late yesterday with law
yers arguing the case of Richard
Burke, Negro, indicted for assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to
kill on the person of C. M. Douglas,
white.
The cutting of Douglas occured af
ter a minor wreck had happened
when his car and that of Burke col
lided on Route 15. There was much
conflicting testimony heard and fol
lowers of the court believed that the
case would probably continue over
until this morning.
A npw trial was ordered after a
inrv hflrl failed ts ficrroA in tho raqA
of Carl McDonald, white taxi driver
ot Southern Pines, who was indicted
on charges of driving his taxi while
drunk.
James Blue, Negro, pleaded not
guilty to charges of assault with in
tent to Kin. He was round guilty.
Judp O. K. Nimorks. rjrpsidintf.
sentenced Blue to 18 months on the
maris and riirpMpH that hp hp dis
charged after 30 days if he pays the
court costs and stu tor prosecuting
witnesses.
Robert Carter. Npp-rn. nlpaHpri guil
ty of charges of assault with intent
to kill Sadie McCathan. also colored.
He w as sentenced to serve 4 to 5 years
in Mate s prison. The McCathan wo
man was severely cut about the head
and upper body with a knife in a fight
with Carter on July 10th.
Paul Davis and Anmis MrDnfTip
Negroes, each received sentences of
from 3 to 5 years on charges of break
ing and entering the filling station of
Jess Dunlap and stealing merchan
dise and gas coupons. McDuffie had
a suspended sentence of two years
over him. which Judee Nimnrkc or
dered him to serve in addition to the
sentence imposed for his recent crime.
Cliff McDougald, Negro, also involved
in me rooDery oi tne Dunlap station
was given 12 to 18 months.
Ed. Allsbrook, Negro, drew a sen
tence of from 5-7 vears after a rjlpa nf
nolo contendre to charges of a crime
against nature. The court instructed
the clerk to notify the orison authori
ties that Allsbrook was not to be
worked at tha prison dairy or stock
farm.
On motion of the defense attorney
the case acainst Mrs. Willa Mr-VaH
Hendrix, charged with careless and
rec-Kiess ariving, was non suited.
Nathaniel Leslie pleaded guilty to
the theft of $180 from Mack McPhat
ter. The court continnprf final t,,
ment in the case until the November
term, trial of his wife, Bertha Les
lie, for receiving the stnlpn mnnoo
was postponed until November. Most
oi tne money has been recovered and
returned to McPhatter, according to
testimony of members of the sheriff's
department who made the arrests.
The case against Mary Frances Har
rington, colored girl, was remanded
to Juvenile court when testimony
proved that she was under 16 years of
age. The girl was charged with forg
ing a check for $5 on T. B. Upchurch
Jr. '
Judgment was suspended upon pay
ment of costs in the case against Cy
rus McCormick, indicted for injury to
personal property. He was found
guilty of throwing rocks at cars pass
ing along the highway near Bowmore.
McLeod Guilty Of
Involuntary Manslaghter
Henry McLeod, Negro, entered a
plea of involuntary manslaughter in
the case growing out of the death of
George Simpson following an auto
MC22nd.LiUle Rher tOW7,Ship n
The court gave McLeod 18 to 24
months which was suspended upon the
following conditions: Pay $346 fu
neral expenses; pay court costs of
trial; not violat- state or federal laws
for three years; be on probation 3
years; surrender drivers license for
3 years.
One Divorce Granted
One Annulment
In an annulment proceeding heard,
Eunice McGhee Phinncy charged that
her husband had rushed her into
marriage before she had found out
hat he was married and had three
'vi" children. She also charged
that Guilford Phinney had subse
quently joined the Army, had desert
ed, and was now serving time in pris
on tor tne latter offense. The annul
ment was granted.
Viola Hamilton Cribb was granted
a divorce from hr . ... ...
Cribb on grounds of separation. No
. 2 . ale m " case of the
custody of the two children
Grand Jury Report
To H1S Honor Q. K. Nimocka Judge
Presiding. g
port l SUbmit ,ollowin8 re-
We have examined 14 bills and
found 14 true bills.
All reports of Administrators, Exe
cutors, and Guardian, were found to
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