North Carolina Newspapers

line Sphere i Edited by ■FLORENCE COX lemonstration Agent Ltelle M. Edwards j Home Dem. Agent ftht at the Roseneath gtew were really in Thursday night. Did >se two good politicians js? That struting tur What a joke was told. |1 me that women can’t sing a'!ter a number of it Your Arms Around the song and the dance as well. Have you ev at the circus with you were not at Mrs. ms’ last Thursday night all of this, along with! [her laugh'1'. I lady If Ecmc fjng Hill and Dawson jionstration Clubs are to ulated on the fine cont they put on last and Friday night, picnic was held at the |rSi J. R. Lock. The Daw gathered at the Corn louse for their afternoon, j picnic, the evening was kith recreation for all. iers -- for the Market? Don’t bur basket or shopping [shortage of paper bags pping paper even more han the present one is In the first three mon i year the amount of pulp [lor the manufacture of ns was about half that Ire the war, it will be less kird now. itses Added )lio Report |er of Cases Reported In Since June 1 Draws [Near 500 Mark fthe intile parlysis toll mount yesterday with recepii ite Board of Health o. 19 new cases, bringing number of cases re. the hoard since June 1 ises reported yesterday ly, Oaharras and Forsvth Buncombe and Rowan, V ind Caldwell, Columbus md, McDowell, Rocking Burke, 1 each. ior Broughton announcer iy that the visiting cont >f the Advisory Budget tee has recommended the •n of $2,500 from the icy and Contingency fund i on the swimming pool at tonia Orthopedic Hospital, treatment center, •ecommendation will be by the Council of State A recommendation from get Commission, however, mount to adoption, th Nurse Volunteers late Board announced yes bat there have been “a any inquiries” resulting Appeal made Tuesday by rL Vl Reynolds, State officer, for 40 additional 0 work in the emergency 1 center at Hickory. '°ry. The appeal was ear newspapers and over radio result of a broad the appeal by station the board announced, Mrs Hudson, head of the Visit irses Association of Salt oty, Utah, has offered her for a temporary assign ee Hickory emergency Mrs. Hudson, who will ~h immediately” for N. has had training and ex ,ln tho treatment of the bents the board said, appeal tor 41 additional came, L)r. Reynolds said, oi the increased number „s be,ng treated at the E*"’ which now is car „U patients. Only 60 are on duty there, 15 . are assigned to supervi iron lungs. Polio death toll officially ,i “ tbe State Board of —"ce Juile 1 stands at 23. J * SCOUTS OF U>ON DEFEAT H SQUARE Cul> Scouts of Weldon de a Jasi*l'all team of Cub b.10111 Rioh Square Wednes 1110011 lj>’ the score' of 16 I,"'’ »*»: C.nip, ; o»k«; Rich rilt>gton and Harring Man ^ lssue<1 a nation fen ii S ce|hng prices on 1,Zer and materials. THE ROANOKE NEWS --KTABUSHKD W IMS _ SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON rrillVTii'u THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES . . . YOU LEND YOUR MONEY! BUY BONDS aeventy-highth Year -Published- Every Thursday — We Mon. North Carolina THURSDAY, AUG. 10th., 1944 Petroleum Leaders Hail State Black Market Lff jrLs1 Public Now Knows Danger, OP A Reveals Public opinion has sharply veered away from apathy to a real' • I'm lint the black market coupons is gangster operated and is hurting the war effort. This was revealed todaj in a letter to Mr. J. L. Wright, state chairman o;f the Petroleum j Industry’s Educational Campaign' on the black market in gasoline coupons by A. Clarke Bedford, chairman, Committee on aKtion ing, District No. 1, Petroleum In dustry War Council. “This represents a major vict ory for your committee over the vicious influences promoting the sale of stolen and counterfeit cou pons,” Mr. Bedford told the state chairman. “It means that an even greater victory over the black market is in sight, since it fore casts increased public cooperation in this vital job.” Mr. Bedford revealed that edu cational efforts of the petroleum industry such as that bieng car-1 ried on in this state have been lauded by government officials. Shad Polier, chief enforcement of ficer o fthe OPA, in a letter to B. I. Graves, chairman of the Pe troleum Industry War Council’s product conservation committee throughout the nation, revealed that “since the inauguration of j the campaign, there has been a definite decrease in the diversion of gasoline into the black market.! Before the inauguration of your campaign,” continued the OPA man, “we were deeply concerned by the widespread impression on the part of the public that no one was really harmed when gasoline was sold on the black market. To day this impression has been | changed. In tlii. accomplishment,) the PIWC has definitely madej a contribution over and beyond anything that could have been oh-1 tained soley by investigation and enforcement, no matter how vig-; orously pressed. Looking hack two months, it is fair to say that we have gone a long way in dealing with the menace of the gasoline alack markt. There is still a long road ahead.” Calling dor increased vigor in attacking the black market in •B,soline coupons, Mr. J. L. Wright state chairman pointed out that [he Senate committee to invest gate gasoline and fuel oil shorty ages headed by Senator Frances Vlalongey of Connecticut said that military requirements of oil have ixceeded the most extravagant guesses of informed persons as ’ew as three years ago. Never ;heless the committee said the in iustry is meeting these needs, rhe committee’s report called for ‘redoubled efforts to crush the jlack market which it said is :utting heavily into civilian sup dies.” The state chairman pointed out hat all motorists could aid in the ’ight on the black market in gas iline coupons by taking four sim ile steps. They are: 1. Apply for only the rations leeded for essential driving. I 2. Endorse in ink license plate I egistration number and sttae on he face of each ration coupon. 3. Refuse gasoline without sur endering coupons. 4. Refuse to buy or accept gas line coupons from others. Hostess To Club The members of her bridge dub nd several additional guests were lelightfully entertained Wednes lay afternoon in the home o. Mrs. 3. S. Vinson. A profusion of mixed summer lowers were used in the rooms inhere three tables were appointed : or the games. At the conclusion < f play Mrs. N. J. Shepherd was dinner of the club prize, Mrs. tobert Bloomer the guest prize nd Miss Elizabeth Holmes, bride lect of this month was remember d with an attractive gift. When cards had been removed he hostess served delicious re reshments to Mrs. Robert Bloom r of Charlottsville, Vu., Mrs. C. . Sawyer of Windsor, Mesdames I. J. Shepherd, C. F. Gore, F. A. !ole, Mason Mohorn, Will Norm- , n, T. H. Holmes, G. H. Nash, ' I. B. Blowe, J. S. Selden and Miss ( llizabeth Holmes. _ When you seed that alfalfa on , eptember 1, don’t forget to in ude 30 pounds of borax per acre i your fertilizer. I Camp Gives Picture Of Average Soldier liutner’s Records ^1 Men From Overseas Compiled From 13.000 Veterans ! Camp Butner, Aug. 9-What •sort of “ man is the average sol diet who has returned from over seas; What is his background? How much schooling has he had ? . hat did he do before he came into the Army? i 1 he statistical section of the; Eastern Personnel Reassignment i Center at Camp Butner, has cre ated the average overseas soldier, from their records. These are their undings estimated on the processing of the first 1:1,000 men that have passed through the cent er. He is about 28 years of age, five feet and eight inches tall, and weighs about 154 pounds, In all probabilities he was an Infantry soldier in the European-African-' Middle East theatre and has been overseas for more than 24 months.1 You guessed it, he’s a private. j Chances are, girls, that ne is' single. He has gone to high school hut did not graduate. During civ ilian life he made his living by toiling with his hands. j When he leaves the Reassign-1 ment Center, probably as an in-| structor or cadre member for a newly activated organization, he will have spent 11 days at Butner. Three of the 11 days will be spent in processing and the other eight in recreation and awaiting assign ment. Pvt. Average Soldier likes base ball, reads a great deal, goes to the movies and hates the Axis. He’s determined to prevent anoth er war of this kind, but doesn’t know exactly what to do about it. Tlie average soldier thinks that the average American soldier is a pretty swell guy, so it can be said that he likes himself and is a hit conceited. Typhus Spreads In Wilson Area Wilson, Aug. 9—Wilson was making plans today for a war on rats, .ollowing the report that two more eases of typhus fever have developed in the county. This makes a total of 11 eases since July 1. I>r. W. H. Anderson reported to the Board of County Commission ers on Monday that seven eases had been found in July, while the Health Department reported to day that four more eases, have been uncovered since August 1st. with two of them being reported this week. The total for the year has been 14 cases. Typhus fever is carried by fleas that have bitten rats infect ed with the disease. The disease already has caused one death in the county this year, and it was reported tonight that a patient in a local hospital is critically ill with the malady. Doctors, health officials, civic of dials and laymen are studying measures for eradication cf the rats that carry the disease. One of the worst spots for rats is re garded as the city dump here, •since the city has no incinerator all scrap material is placed there. Doctors are of the.opinion that toe dump is the source of the rats that infest the city. Firemens Fair September 25th. Enfield—The Enfield Fire De partment has contracted with the Royal Amusement Company of Miami, Fla., which concern will provide much oif the entertain ment planned for the annual Fire men’s Agricultural Fair. The opening date will be Sept ember 25, and the T'air will be open to the public for that cnti'e week, closing Saturday night September 30th. The amusement company has agreed to furnish 7 rides of dif ferent kinds, G shears and 35 sep arate concessions. It is under stood that free acts will also be provided. Premium books are now being prepared and it is thought that they will be ready for distribu tion by September 1st. Looking Over Our District’s Health by dr. w. k. McDowell District Health Officer Released by The Edgecombe-Hali fax Health Department Miss Marion Watt of the Edge combe County Health Department has returned from a two weeks quarantine period after having worked for several weeks in Hick ory in the Emergency Hospital for Infantile Paralysis. Volunteei Red Cross nurses from several Southern States, Washington, and New Jersey helped. Doctors and Kenny technicians were sent by the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation. The very best in the way of medical care was quTcldy marshaled. This response to an e mergency is a good example of he way people can work together when the health of our children is concerned. The slow dribbling away o.' life oy tuberculosis in our county goes on daily almost un-noticed. Those ■razed, blinded, and crippled by venereal diseases cause very lit de comment. The hundreds of ;hildren in our schools who are victims of diseased teeth and ton oils and malnutrition have not nerited the concern of our public, flie health department personnel, lurses, sanitarians, work quTetly learching out diseases, cleaning out the places where disease occur ind helping to improve the health of all the people. This undramatic work may to ;he casual onlooker, lack the spec tacular aspects of some similar problems, but to those who work daily with the people it is a chal enge. As the opening of school draws learer, all parents who will have children to enter school for the ’irst time this year are urged to lave them immunized against liphtheria and smallpox irnme liately. They must have a small oox scar. All those children who lid not attend the preschool clinic his spring should visit their fam ly doctor or the local health de lartment for immunization. Immunizations are given at the health department in Halifax ev ery Saturday morning from 10 - 12. The following is a schedule of clinics in the county: Tillery, first Wednesday, 2:00 P. M. Hobgood, second Wednesday 2:00 o’clock p. m. Enfield, third Wednesday, 2:00 o’clock p. m. Halifax, third Saturday, 9:30 o' clock p. m. Norfleet, third Monday, 1:00 o’ clock p. m. Hollister, fourth Wednesday, 2 o’clock p. m. Littleton, fourth Tuesday, 10 o’clock a. m. Mary’s Chapel, fourth Friday, 2 o’clock p. m. -0 Mrs. Elizabeth Toppings Mrs. Elizabeth Toppings, 09 died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Lucille Cullin in Littleton Wednesday morning. Funeral ser vices will he conducted from the First Christian Church in Roa noke Rapids Friday afternoon by the Rev. R. V. Hope, assisted by the Rev. G. A. Hudson. Mrs. Toppings had been in ill health for several years but only became worse Tuesday. She came to this county from Beaufort County thirty years ago. She was a life long member of the Christ ian Church and was one of the contributing factors in the orga nization and building of the Roa noke Rapids Christian Church. A great friend to all, she was loved by all who knew her. Survivors include two sons the Rev. R. L. Toppings of Roanoke Rapids, Clarence Toppings of West Point, Va„ two daughters Mrs. Lucille Cullin of Littleton Mrs. Verona Lancaster of Vance boro, nineteen grand-children and 4 great-grand-children. The U. S. farm mortgage debt was reduced by 850 million dol lars during 1942 and 1943. REUNION Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Carter wert hosts at a family reunion of the Carter and Dickens families on Wednesday evening at their home near Halifax. Approximately fif ty members of the two familie were present. A delicious picnic supper ac companied by brunswiek stew with all of the trimmings, was served on the lawn. ___ John E. Sullivan John E. Sullivan, 51 years old died suddenly at his home on 301 Madison St., Roa'| ke Rapids, X. C. Tuesday, August 8, at 4:30 P M. Mr. Sullivan has been in bad health for the past two years but was apparently improving until shortly before his death. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Johnsie Chappell Sullivan, Roa noke Rapids, N. C.; two son/, Leo nard L. Sullivan, Norfolk, Va.; and Cpl. James B. Sullivan with the armed forces in England; two daughters, Mrs. J. H. Loomis of Roanoke Rapids, N. C.; and Mrs Ed Summeral a: Portsmouth, Va.; two brothers, George T. Sullivan. Roanoke aRpids, N. C. and F. B Sullivan of Kannapolis, N. C.; one sister, Mrs. A. M. Lear of China Grove, N. C.; one grandchild, Sa rah Ann Sullivan of Norfolk, Va Funeral services will be conduct ed at the First Methodist Church of Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Thurs day, August 10, 1944 at 4:30 P. M. Interment will be held in the Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Cannery Ready For Operation The community cannery of the Aurelian Springs school in Hali fax county is open and ready for operation, according to an an nouncement made this week by R F. Shearin, vocational agricultural leather of the school. Canning days have been set for Wednesday and Friday of each week during the remainder of the vegetable causing, reason.. While much of the fruit and vegetables have already been canned, the cannery is expected to stay quite busy with meat later on in the season. The hours Tor receiving patrons and commodities lor can ning will be from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. on canning days. All people who have commodities to :an were invited to use the cannery. Canning will be done in tin only. Cans will be available at the cannery. No. 2 cans will be 3 cents and No. 3 cans will be 4 cents each. There will be a ser vice charge of 2 cents per. can. LOCAL BOY GETS PROMOTION Pfc. Joseph Thorne has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant in the U. S. Army. He is now stationed at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Accepts New Position Miss Elizabeth Harvell, daught er of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harvell is leaving August 15th to assume her duties as Director of School Cafeterias in the city schools of Greensboro, N. C. Miss Harvell is a 193i! grad uate of Womans College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, N. C. with a bacholot o. Science degree in Eco nomics and a Major in Instiiu i r i al Management. Since finishing college she has held positions with the city school cafeterias at Lind ley Elementary school, Central Junior High School and last yeai was Cafeteria manager at Senior High School. Miss Harvell has done graduate study at Womans College of the University of North Carolina and is a member of the American Diettie Association and the State Dietetic Association. Roanoke Rapids Lions Plan Annual Festival One of the outstanding enter tainment attractions offered peo ple o: this section annually is be ing planned by members of the Roanoke Rapids Lions Club. This Clubs Annual Mid-summer Festival is usually a model of en tertainment and successful from every standpoint. The Festival will be held this year, the entire week of August 21st-20th. It will feature fun for everyone with the W. C. Kalis Shows on the midway and many free attractions. A War Bond will be given away each night of the Festival. MARYLAND PEOPLE i INJURED IN WRECK i __ _ S Sgt. George Elias j , At Miami Beach Miami Beach, Fla., S , £Jgt. George .7. Elias, age 29, Weldon, X. C., returned from service out side the continental United States now is being processed through the Army Air Forces Redistribu tion Station Xo. 2 in Miami Beach I where his next assignment will lie 1 determined. J This is one of the Redistribution Stations within the AAF Person nel Distribution Command. At an AAF Redistribution Station, AAF returnees rom theatres of opera tion are examined by specially so I lected emdical and classification officers whose joint findings are used in recommending new Ussign • ments. Theme of the AAF Redis tribution program is designation of each man to duty for which he is best fitted. Returneess live at a Redistribution Station under con-1 ditions that encourage natural re sponse to processing, the greater pa t of their two week stay being devoted to rest and recreation. AAF personnel, enlisted men and officers alike, are assigned to a Redistribution Station upon their return to the United States, but do not report to the station until completing a furlough or leave of three weeks. Sergeant Elias, son of Mrs. .J. A. Eliais, Elm Street, Weldon, served as crew chief and main tenance man lor 29 months in the Caribbean area. He entered the Army in January, 1942. A Towson, Maryland family miraculously escaped death here late last Thursday night as their 1936 Chevorlet Coach was demol ished when it crashed into a park ed truck and another automobile. The driver of the Maryland car Walter E. Smith, 38 year old white man, suffered a punctured lung and severe cuts and bruises. His wife’s injuries included sever al deep cuts about the head, face and legs, suffered as she plunged through the windshield. Their iwo little boys, one four years old and the other 14 months of age, escap ed with only minor cuts and bruis es. The two children were released from the hospital last Sunday and were taken to the home of their grandparents near Greenville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are report ed to be resting well at the Roa noke Rapids Hospital. If no fur ther complications develop they are expected to lie able to go home in a few days. The accident occurred when Smith, travelling at a high rate of speed, ran thru the intersect ion of 158 and U. S. 301 highways and drove into a parked truck be longing to the State Highway and Public Works Commission. The truck and a Mercury automobile belonging to Ike Rochelle of Roa noke Rapids, were severely dam aged. State Highway Patrolman H. W. Rothrock is investigating the accident. r J Governor Backs Proposal To Delay School Opening! All School Openings In ; Halifax May Be Delayed Governor Broughton yesterday ( urged all local school authorities to follow the recommendation of I the State Board of Health that opening dates of all schools be postponed until September 18, and transmitted copies of the board’s resolution to Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris and Superintendent of Public In struction Clyde A. Erwin, chair man and secretary, respectively, of the State Board of Education for “appropriate action.” Governor Broughton said the matter of State action was one that addressed itself to the judg ment o', the Board of Education, hut indicated that he considered it probable that the board will meet next week to consider the matter further. At a regular meeting on August 3, the State Board of Ed ucation considered the matter cas ually and took the position that the matter should be left to local county and city school boards. The Governor acted yesterday,' after a conference with Dr. Carl V'. Reynolds, State Health Officer, because of the fact that the reso lution of the State Board of Health which u.is passed unanimously on August 4, was adopteu sauseq •ent to the last consideration by the State Board of Education. Super-i intendent Erwin could not bej reached for a statement last night j but Lieutenant Governor Harris said at his home in Roxboro that he would consult with Superin tendent Erwin in regard to calling a meeting for next week. “The matter is entirely too im portant to take any risk,” said: the Governor at his regular press! conference yesterday. "One im-1 portant consideration is *hat tea-1 chers live in counties other than 1 those in which they teach and another is that the epidemic will not have an oppportunity to run its course before the regular time for opening the schools.” i Since the Board of Health made | its recommendations a number of local units, including Wake Coun ty and Raleigh have agreed upon i I school opening earlier than the | date recommended. •10 Nurses Needed Meanwhile Dr. Reynolds report ed five additional cases of polia to day, bringing the total since June 1 to 475, and at the same time , issued a call for 40 additional nurses to work in the emergency 1 treatment center at Hickory. Scot- I land County reported its first case. Dr. Reynolds said Guilford Coun ty reported two additional cases with Gaston and Yadkin counties reporting one each. The death toll oficoiall odarmbm odar mb mmb officially reported to the Board of eHalth was raised to 23 yester day. The 40 additional nurses are needed, he said, because of the in creased number oif patients being treated at the Hickory center, which now is caring for 160 pat ients. Only 60 nurses are now on duty there, 15 of them assigned to iron lungs. The health officer said both prac tical and registered nurses can be used and asked local health offi cers to release all nurses that can be spared. “We had 84 nurses to take care of 100 paeients, whereas we now have only 60 nurses to care for 160 patients,” Dr. Reynolds said. “Of the 60 nurses, 15 are constant ly on duty at the iron lungs, to keep alive the patients that are receiving that form of treatment. “The need is so urgent that, in addition to those who will volun teer from private practice all lo cal officers who can possibly spare any nurses are urged to send them to the Hickory center at mce Registered and practical nurses now in private practice who will answer humanitarian call, and health departments which can spare nurses are requested to communicate at once with the superintendent of nurses at the Hickory Emergency Hospital for the treatment af infantile paraly sis.” Final Bond Drive Figures Given Announcement was made today by Fletcher H. Gregory, war fi nance chairman for Halifax Coun ty that a final total of $2,264,321. 00 in fifth war loan bonds had been made in Halifax County dur ing the period which ended July 31st. The quota for Halifax Coun ty was $1,567,000.00. The Coun ty’s quot of “E” bonds, the small er denominations, was $517,000.00 and the final figure on these bonds was $477,270.00,