Army Will Purchase All
Idle Power Plants Owned
By Halifax County Farms
_ afc
Farmers of Halifax County who
have small power generating
plants not being used may have
an opportunity to sell them to
the United States Army to meet
the rapidly growing need for such
units, according to W. A. Kitchin,
Chairman of the County USDA
War Board.
The power plants, Chairman
Kitchin said, are wanted by the
U. S. Army Signal Corps for op
erating communications equip
ment, especially at remote bases
where current is not available
from established plants.
The specific types of power
plants (both engine and generator)
needed include gasoline, diesel,
kerosene, or fuel oil driven mo
tors, operating 110 to 220-volt gen
erators, alternating . current only.
Equipment of this type can be
' used, in capacities from 500 watts
to 25 kilowatts and larger.
Chairman Kitchin said the
Army had requested the assistance
of State and County USDA War
Boards in locating certain types
of these idle power plants. He
pointed out that the Army does
not want to purchase power plants
now in use on the farm or needed
to insure normal farming opera
tions.
All negotiations in connection
with inspection and approval for
purchase of such power plants will
be handled by Signal Corps rep
resentatives in direct contact with
the owner. Ownership of an idle
plant does not necessarily mean
the Army will purchase it. Ap
propriate inspection will be made
by the Signal Corps to determine
if the plant is suitable for Army
use. The County War Board will
l| serve to report location of these
I plants to the Army so those
which are desired may be inspect
ed for possible purchase.”
The Chairman urged all farmers
who have power generating units
for sale to report to the war board
the type, capacity, model, age, and
present condition.
EDITORIAL
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crat beginning with a
very small d.
J. P. McNeill
726 Vance St.
Roanoke Rapids,
N. C.
Editor’s Note: We
wish to apologize to this
writer for an office sys
tem which left the above
letter lying on the table
for almost one month. He
evidently refers to the
second primary election
when Harry A. House
“triumphed” over P. C.
Luter. We leave it to
Roanoke Rapids whether
this rated an “Extra” e
dition. We print this let
ter because we are the
only one attacked and
we print it because Mr.
McNeill had the courage
to sign his name and ad
dress and deserves cred
it for it. A few who be
lieve as he does resort to
unsigned letters, un
known phone calls, whis
pered threats, drunken
bragging and deliberate
lies. None of these be
long to America. We ad
mire a foe like Mr. Mc
Neill who comes out in
ithe open and fights in
the open.
Miss Mary Sanders left Sat
urday for Wilmington.
Soldier Returns
After Three Year
Absence In Army
Pvt. Clyde E. Ennis Of Fort
McArthur, San Pedro, California,
is now visiting his mother, Mrs.
J. E. Lynch, here in Roanoke
Rapids. Pvt. Ennis is now in the
Military Police, C.A.S.C.U., 1943 of
Fort McArthur. He was stationed
in the Philippine Islands shortly
before the outbreak of hostilities,
but was transferred to the con
tinent and arrived in the United
States on November 18, 1941.
Pvt. Ennis stated that he was
glad to be back home with his
family and friends after an ab
sence of three years. Clyde fur
ther mentioned that the HERALD
had been a "lifesaver" to him
while he was stationed in the
Philippines. It was practically the
only source of news from home
that could be had in that far
flung outpost.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holloway
and little daughter, Suzanne, of
Washington, D. C., spent the past
week with Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Holloway.
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