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Promoted -Headquarters. Panama Canal Ipartment-The promotion of tt. George J. Elias, son of Mr. U Mrs. j. A. Elias, of Weldon, h N. C„ to the grade of staff Want is announced in orders Led by Headquarters of the Six kir Force Fighter Command, let. Elias enlisted in the Army i Forces in January, 1942, and Ived in this Department in tch of that year. He is now ting as an aircraft mechanic a fighter squadron at an out ,g base in the Panama area, J is the non-commissioned offi I in charge of airdrome main |nce. . civilian life, Sgt. Elias wa: he mercantile business. JXJITS lie eexrcise the cook gives the affects both the shape and Ire of baking powder biscuits |-t research scientists. A lit eading usually produces the | biscuits. SERVATION' |re than a third of Ameri million farms have been en by their operators in the pal soil conservation pro WFA announces that two of the meat available for ieds in 1944 has been allo |to U. S. civilians. Iher Receives ler From Son ntinued from front page) il. the other half incred irdid, foul-smelling and Bizerte. Tunis, Carthage, -1 Ahbesfthehome of the Jed French Foreign Legion Ceste fame), Fez (home red headgear by which m dressed Mohammodans their faith). Tabarka, Ma eetera. Perhaps the most k nav^e m G'Rv'ly J letne<l'bel Discover 2-Way ARDUI interesting to you would have aeen the ruins of Carthage, con nected by tram with Tunis. It is located on the most beautiful site 1 ever saw, being almost --ur i-ounded by an inky blue lake, punctuated at intervals by ex tremely abrupt pyramidal promon tories. As lor the ruins themselv es, some are in a remarkable state Df preservation, considering their antiquity. Particularly well pre served are the amphitheatre (where many Christian martyrs were thrown to the lions), the outdoor theatre (which carried me back to Chapel Hill and at which Mr. Churchill spoke on his first visit here), the marvelous system of plumbing and the floors, walls and the columns of the King’s pal ace. Though our mission has been somewhat stalemated by the col lapse of Italy, I am still hoping that our Cook’s tour will be ex tended to slightly fairer climes or any clime beyond smelling dis tance of this, the dark continent. A good old North Carolina pig pen would be a welcome relief to my olfactory system aftdr most of the odors which permeate th:s section of the world. Though some what prepared for this situation, I have been most surprised by two other ractors over here - the topo graphy and the climate (with pos sible exception of the squalor oi the A’rabs, as most Americans in sist on calling them.) I had always in my blissful ignorance, amigined that our boys had been fighting through tractless wastes and des erts instead of extremely rugged thickly vegetated and mountain ius country, nor did 1 realize how cold these North African nights can be, even after the hottest days - or how cold it can be in October, November and Decem ber. Though we are now billeted in an old French casino, living in the lap of almost lascious luxury, there have been times when our jnly method of keeping warm •come nightfall”, was to regale "he body beautiful in “long-hand es,” fatigues, field jackets, and m enormous G. I. overcoat and ?ile into a makeshift bed (essen tial elements; one mattress cover railed to a prison-made frame ot ,vood.) Here, in a pyramidal tent sans floor, sans stove, sans elec ric lights, and sans room in which 'o cuss a cat, we spent many a Monotonous evening. Yet even this vas sheer luxury in comparison o a two-weeks barnstorming tour ve took into the wilds of North \friea when we held two night stands from one concentration at FIRST SION OF A _r®666 666 TABLETS. SALVE. HOSE DR0» i tTTT .ETON. N. C. Week of Tan. 17 th. MONDAY. TUESDAY Mary Lea Nobody’a Darling dmission—Children 9c. All ad-.U )WB stairs 25c. Balcony 20c. in uding tax. “ WEDNESDAY Don lied Barry DAYS OF OLD CHEYENE THURSDAY" and FRIDAY Jack Benney-Precilla Lana MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD lown stairs 25c. Balcony 20c. in. Jading tax. SATURDAY Roy Rogers - Smiley Burnett IDAHO :amp to another, Mud, rain and pup-tents were the order of the day and night. However, as I have said, we are now located in a city being quartered in a casino with tile floors, a not too badly shatter ed roof over our heads, running water and a stove. A committee has already beer appointed to see that we have i Christmas tree, with as many ol the trimmings as North Africa car afford, and a big party Christmas eve night. We had even lined up a platoon of French Waacs to en liven the celebration, but the pow ers-that-be intervened. I am becoming well night frus trated in any attempt to approach coherent speech in any language, | due to my herculean efforts to I pnrlcy-vous, jabber a bit of ital j ian (there being 14 of that noble I race in our outfit), and speak a bit of Deutach. I shall probably return home with a speech that only God and I can understand, and 1 myself will probably be at a loss at times. Yet I have had great sport bickering with the natives and exiled French in my best Park Avenue French. Stran gely enough, I have so far man aged by signs, gestures and grim aces, to make my wants known. And if at times they are at some what of a loss to “Comprec” my j meaning, I can always solace my self with the idea that they don’t speak pure Parisian, but a very bastard imitation. I shall have to end rather ab ruptly, due to the fact that it is time fa?' my Ari-weekly shower at the local French public bath house, the scanctum sanctroum of all individuals in this vicinity - with the notable and all-too-ob-: vious exception of the great un-1 washed multitude of Arabs. Your devoted son, BLACKWELL. Blackwell Pierce Robinson, son of Mrs. Robinson and the late Judge W. S. O. B. Robinson of Goldsboro, has been station in North Africa for the past five months. He is with the Prisoner of War Processing Company and at present is serving as of ficial interpreter in French for his platoon. konservation KARTOON.... "there's plenty power for ail needs SAID REDDY QUOTING UNCLE SAM bq, Heddhf Kil&UMitt OF COURSE IT DOES, REDDY REPLIED ELECTRIC POWER'S AMPLE BUT COAL'N'OIL ARE SCARCE THESE DAYS TO GIVE YOU JUST A SAMPLE \ ’ I // BUT THO' WEVE PLENTY 'LECTRICITY CONSERVE IT ALL YOU CAN ! NOW MRS SMITH SAID, PLEASE EXPLAIN' IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHY SHOULD I TURN MY LIGHTS OUT NOW/ DOES THAT HELP VICTORS?" AND TRANSPORTATIONS SORTA LEAN MANPOWER CAN'T BE HAD. AND COPPER'S NEEDED IT WOULD SEEM THE SITUATION'S BAD. WHEN YOU CONSERVE ELECTRICITY THE NEED FOR THESE IS LESS, AND THAT'S HOW YOU AID VICTORY, OR I HAVE MISSED MY GUESS! MOOT KftOWATT *c*j» rown-nn ***vAKf MQ6WM &&7X/C •4*Z> C&4/&MV (CENSOR'S STAMP) . . , ., t i.r.v,.- I. r-m none! fcclew, end voiir return edd«ss in tl>* spase Print the complete eddr.c* In plcln o: Ici.cr. .. . . tmoI, v/r!»ln3 Is not suitable provided. U.e typewriter, dor!, mb. or p^cl. vn.ejp-'---— To AH OUR TOYS ALL OVER THE WORLD From THE TOLKS (Sender's name) •RACK HOME_ (Sender's oddrest) (Date) DEAR "BOYS'. V/E JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE TOLKS TACK HERE IN THE OLD HOME TOWN ARE "BACKING YOU UP SY CUTTING PULP WOOD ~ t^ey told os hope pulpwoop WAS URGENTLY NEEDED TO MAKE THE THINGS YOU NEED AND TO GET THEM TO YOU " SO EVERYONE WHO "POSSIBLY COULD HAS GOTTEN OUT HIS AXE AND SAW - and it WOULD DO YOU GOOD TO SEE the WAY the TRUCKLOADS OE RULRWOOD ARE ROLLING INTO TOWN. YOU CAN COUNT ON US ! RS. WE ARE ALSO THE HOME TOLKS BUYING MORE WAR BONDS Halifax Paper Co., Inc. Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina ? A O w hi £ © >
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