Enlistments In
! Antiaircraft
! Now Accepted
—
' Due to a shortage of trained
personnel in Army Antiaircraft
Artillery Units, former members
! of the Army, Navy, Marine Corp
I or Coast Guard, who held occupa
; tional skills in that or an allied
ι field and were honorably di s -
I charged after May 11, 1945, may
; be enlisted in grades up to and
I including Technical Sergeant,
according to a statement issued
today by M-Sgt Elwood H. Bo
; yce, commanding officer of the
j local Army and Air Force Re
• cruiting Station. The Sergen t
stated that no man will be ac
cepted for a grade higher than
: that which he held when he was
separated from the service, how
; ever.
This shortage of skilled per -
sonnel has been caused by the
expansion of the Army and the
increase in number of antiair -
craft artillery units.
Among the former Navy and
Coast Guard men who are es
ecially desired are those skill
ed as radarmen, electricia η s
mates, gunners mates, and fire
controlmen. Several other all
ied skills in the Navy, Coas t
Guard, and Marines will be ac
cepted as qualifying for non-com
missioned officers grades in the
Army.
The Sergeant further state d
that men enlisting under thi s
directive will be enlisted for
three, four, five or six uears
in the Regular Army unassign
ed. After conpletion of recrp
tion processing and the requir
ed training, they will be initial
ly assigned to an antiaircra f t
artillery unit with duties consis
tent with or related to the mili
tary occupational skill under w
they were enlisted.
Full information on this new
and temporary offer may be ob
tained by visiting the local Arm
.and Air Force Recruiting Sta
tion at 13 East 11th Street or
by contacting any Army and Air
Force Recruiting Sergeant. Al
though no time limit has been
set for accepting enlistments un
der this program, it is expected
the authority will be withdrawn
as soon as the antiaircraft per
sonnel status is such as to re
move it from the critical list.
Caesar's Canal
Opened By U. S
th Canal, one of the world's grea
est man-made sea channels, has
been re-openec^ for more than
seven years by wartime demoli
tions.
A lockless cut nearly four
miles long through the Isthmus
of Corinth, the canal shortens
the route from the Adriatic to
Pireaus and the Aegean Sea by
202 miles, eliminating the long,
round-about passage of the Pel
oponnesus Peninsula.
It was reconstructed by the
American Mission for Aid t ο
Greece and the U. S. Army Engi
neer Corps and was the first
major rehabilitation project of
the United States aid program.
Several tugs passed through
the channel at the opening cere
mony but commercial traffic will
not be resumed until Aug. 3 1
because of need for further dre
dging and completion of nev>
rail and highway bridges across
the cut.
Dream of Caesar's
A dream of Caesar's the Cor
inth Canal was attempted b y
Emperor Nero in the first cen
tury A.D. It was constructed
finally bv ρ French company ir
1893.
The Corinth cut is 75 feet wide
and 26 feet deep. At one poinl
its banks rise 250 feet above sea
level. It can accommodate ves
sels up to 10,000 tons displace
ment—slightly larger than Lib
erty ships.
In retreating from Greece be
fore the Germans in 1941, the
British demolished a duplex stel
rail and highway bridge span
ning the canal. New bridges
were built during Nazi occupa
tion, but these also were blown
into the canal by the retreating
Germans.
Working on the canal since
last November, the Americans
had to remove 1,800 tons ο f
bridge steel, 130 freight cars,
six locomotives and more than
40 tons of rails. It was also
necessary to clear 6000,000 cubic
meters of earth blasted into the
canal by German demolition ch
arges. About 75,000 cubic me
ters of silt remains to be re
moved to normal depth.
By Aug. 31 the American engi
neers and contractors also ex
pect to complete new rail and
highway bridges across the can
al. Built of 650 tons of steel
purchased in the United States,
the two spans are 250 feet long
and 180 feet above sea level.
The Athens-Corinth highway,
formerly in impassable conditio
also has been reparied in re -
cord time to derive benefite fro
reopening of the canal.
To meet unprecedented de
mand in the United States for
foreign information, more than
7,000 periodicals now are
handled by British Publications,
New York, whose directory of
classified technical magazinese
lists over 1,000 publications,
many with "air editions" to ex
pedite trans-Atlantic delivery.
Two years seen needed to
reach plane production peak.
Tuberculosis death rate at a
new low in 1947.
Nobody Wants
Police Refugee
MINNEAPOLIS (U. P. ) —
Randolph Ward Aldridge is want
ed by police in Honolulu and in
Memphis, Tenn., but now that
they know where he is nobody
wants him.
The 32-year-old man with an
international criminal record is
in a Minneapolis hospital with
a broken back. Authorities say
he'll never walk again. But he
is costing the hospital more than
$500 per month.
Detective Inspector Eugene
Bernath said the hospital would
be "glad to get him off their
hands." Offers have gone out
to the other towns that arrange
ments would be made for extra
dition.
Costs Too Much
But no takers. Ambulance
transportation and that $500 a
month are a little more than
the authorities are willing to pay
to prosecute the man on charges
including bigamy, obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses, cash
ing . a bad check and breaking
probation.
an auto accident near the town
of Minneota, Minn., where he
had run a radio repair shop and
garage for the past year.
He entered the local hospital
by telling authorities he had a
multi-millionaire brother-in-law
in Hollywood who would foot
the bill. He entered the hospital
as "Ralph Collins."
No One to Pay Bill
It turned out that the brother
in-law was non-existent and
there was no one to pay the bill.
Aldridge was convicted of
man-slaughter in Hawaii under
the name of Aldridge and mar
ried his third wife—no divorces
recorded for the first two—in Me
mphis under the name of Er
nest Chiag Hunt, a dead World
War II veteran.
So until someone decides that
Randolph Ward Ralph Ernest
Chaig Hunt Collins Aldridge sh
ould be moved elsewhei'e fro
criminal prosecution, the hospita
will foot the bill.
Mosse Not So Peaceful
MILWAUKEE (U.P.) — Mr
and Mrs. Edward Bassler don't
agree with the publicity men
who say the moose in Washing
ton's Glacier national park are
peaceful. When the Basslers
drove out to see the moose, one
tried to butt their car off the
road, smashing a fender and a
door.
Theives Prove Thoughtful
NEVADA, Mo. (U.P.)—Thiev
es who robbed a tobacco store
showed consideration. They re
moved a çlate glass window tc
enter the store. They took it
carefully and placed it on the
grass. It wasn't even scratched.
Hot Seat Too Hot
HOUSTON, Tex. ( U. P. )
When their "backs got hot," oc
cupants of a truck quickly toot
to the road. A short circuit hac
set fire to 82 bales of hay.
Brag Day for Braggs
PERU. Neb. (U.P.)— The
Bragg family has something to
brag about. On the same day
that Barbara Bragg received a
diploma from high school, her
: mother, Mrs. G. N. Bragg, re
! ceived a bachelor of arts degree
! from Peru State Teachers Col
I lege.
Fox and Lightning Team Up
MANTEO, Va. (U.P.)—H. C
Glover found two of his best
cows dead in the ffirm pasture.
The same morning Mrs. Glover
found 20 baby chicks and three
hens dead. The cows had been
killed by lightning. The chickcns
had been killed by a fox.
I America's oldest industry, New
; England fishing, now represents
I an asset of $100,000,000 annual
ly and· provides 700,000.000
i pounds of edible fish each year
1 for the country's food stocks.
Curiosity Hooks Cat j
BROCKTON· Mass. (U.P.)-1
Neighbors called police whenj
they heard sounds like a fight
mingled with yowls coming from |
a closed hardware store in the |
early morning. With pist ο 1 s
entered and found the proprie
tor's cat had been poking around
and hooked its nose in a small
bun containing fish hooks.
Miss Miriam Mountford vaca
tioned last week in New York.
She visited Mr. and Mrs. Ther
man Clary of Syracuse, Ν. Y.,
former residents of Roanoke Ra
pids. Saturday Miss Mountford
was met in Washington. D. C.,
by friends and after a sight-see
ing tour, they left for New York.
After her visit in Syracuse, she
boarded a plane there and flew
to Richmond. From there she
returned home.
DRY WEATHER
(Continued from page 1)
277,000 acres to be harvested for
beans.
Sweet potatoes—Total produc
tion of 6,900,000 bushels indicat
ed from 60,000 acres, slightly less
than last year.
Commercial early Irish pota
toes—Total production estimated
at 5,795,000 bushels from 3Q,500
acres, as compared with 4,930.
000 bushels from 29,000 acres last
year.
Hay—Average yield of a ton
an acre from 1.226,000 acres.
HALIFAX PRINCIPAL
(Continued from page 1)
Mary B. McDowell, Kay F.
Mann. Joyce B. Pittman, Dor
othy M. Shields, J. E. Shearin
and William H. Atogner. Ele
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mentary school: Minnie B. Hart,
Evelyn E. Griffin, lone S. Cot
ten, Mary Belle Hicks, Nannie
5. Lamb, Edith P. Ball, Lucy H.
Lancaster, Margaret Q. Coates,
Edna G. Herring, Alice Hardy,
Lillian H. Simmons and Mary
Jane Clark. Vacancies caused by
the resignations of .Annie J.
Henderson, Rebecca J. Pittman
and Aliéné S. Harrison, have
been filled.
Hobgood: Principal: Grady J.
Haynes; teachers: Louise I.
Partin and Mrs. W. Henry Lewis.
Resignations from Annie J.
Haynes and Mildred S. Nichol
son, have been accepted. Orrë
vacancy still exists at Hobgood.
Enfield: Principal: Thomas O.
Hickman. High School: Estelle
W. Bellamy, Harvey H. Yates.
Enfield has been alloted an ad
ditional teacher and Pearl W.
Fishel has resigned, making a
total of two vacancies in the high
school. Elementary school: Win
nie D. Boseman, Mildred Ο. Ran- /
dolph, Constance Price Briggs, )
Delia Batchelor, Nannie H. I
Smith, Mary B. Sherrod, Mary
Louise Williams, Mary Alice Da
vis, Dorothy S. Moore, and Ju
lia Williams. One vacancy exists
in the Enfield Elementary School
because of the resignation ofi^
Velma W. Gray.
Halifax: The principalship is
vacant by reason of Miss El
liott's resignation. Teachers:
Helen B. Millikin and Katherine
Wallace.
WEEKS FOUND
(Continued From Page 1) \
the basis of the investigation by^
the SBI and Weeks was arrest-m
ed by Deputy Sheriff Dick
Bracy in Scotland Neck on June
28 and held under $1000 bond
for his appearance in court to
day.
POET GITS HIS GITTAR—Poet Carl Sandburg joins In the
fun as the mountain resort town of Hendersonville, N. C.,
stages one of its frequent community square dances. Taking
over the microphone and strumming his guitar, the noted
poet and biographer entertains resting dancers with ditties
from his collection of ballads.
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