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To the People 0f this Community G1 Joe in his Pacific foxhole— he is your brother, hus tl'd sweetheart or friend—is listening in on you today. He knows you have a date with a Victory Volun teer, a neighbor with a War Bond order in his or her hand. The two of you may talk it over at your work bench, in your office or in your home. Will GI Joe Pick u n phra-e like "I can't afford it." ■ •\Yhv r i they have to have more m„ne\ " "We'll lick Japan with one h.i■. i tied behind our back"? GI Joe counts on you to have enough ease and knowledge of the : about the Pacific war tu b-'e k him up in his foxhole. Tlie rx: a $100 War Bond you buy todav a War Bond with the most i ■ wer. It gives GI Joe the suppot i he must have at the time wlien 1 . needs it most It tells Tokju ; ou're in the fight to the finish. THE EDITOR. Rationing News SHOES Italeij.:’.. December 12th—Ration free sales of a limited number of obsolete siloes uuU single snoes ivitliout mates have been autuor.z ej by me Ulliee of i'riee Admin istration m reopening a rebel aieasuie lust oiiered shoe dealers ill jNovenioer ox last year. ’lo quality tor sucu sales tile jhoe dialers must first get approv lUrom the district ORA ouice in ttale.gn, which will furnish ".son Hationed" suoe sticKers. The h ign is t prices tnat can be charged are me dollar per pair for the obso ete sliocs *j#id «>0 cents each for (ingle, mis-mated, shoes. Ul’A emphasized that the action ■eleases only single shoes that lannot be mated and obsolete shoes, ;hat dealers are unable to sell lor ration currency because of out noiied .'...a: or because the mer ihamtise nas deteriorated substan ially he cause of age. :oi > t 1:u 1 kit co u pon s Raleigh, December 12th— Pro essionai criminals making inroad© nto civilian gasoline supplies, have sed at least ISO distinct types oi punterl'eit "A'* coupons, liieodore . .fojiiist ii, Raleigh district URA r ■*- * ireeiui. >uul toaay. i in revealing for the first t ine I he scope of effort by counlerfeit rs to circumvent the wartime gas line rationing program Johnson aid i new serially numbered A" coupons have curtailed such [licit sales temporarily. 11 wever, he emphasized, the ui ice of Price Administration ex acts counterfeiters to attempt to vercome the difficulties of dupli ating the new “A” coupons ev ntually. For that reason, service tation operators weer advised to e increasingly careful not to take lose, or detached, coupons or any ther coupons that are not prop rly endorsed and identified \litu le license plate on the car and \e coupon folder issued bv the ical War Price and Rationing oard. Rl'CK PRICES Raleigh, December 12-Farmera id other purchasers of used trucks )r use m their business were rged by District OPA Director, heodore S. Johnson today to leek ceiling prices carefully he re buying. If necessary he said, prosper ve purchasers should take a implete description of the vehicle their local War Price and Kat ning Board to determine the ex it cealing price. The buyer should rst determine whether he is buy g from a qualifier dealer. In all ses the purchaser should make re that the certificate of tians l is made out absolutely correct to description of the truck and ice paid. luyers can easily determine that e yare being overcharged when e seller asks a side payment or fers them unreasonably low :ade in on another vehicle, OPA id. Johnson pointed out that pur asers who are chargted more in ceiling price for passengei rs for personal use may sir money back but purchasers of rs and trucks for use in their siness cannot recover an over irge. _ evy Overton Opens ew Store Here bevy Overton of Enfield, former ner 0f the Levon Theatre here, again operating a place of bu ess in Weldon. He has opcend a jgwelry and gift store next to ddon Drug Company, known as erton’s Jewelry Gift Shop. Hr. Overton’s made a wide eir of friends when he was in the latre business here and they ! glad to have him back here lin. Mrs. R. S. Fountain of Wel i is employed regularly at -he V store and invites her friends pay them a visit. THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED LN lKfifi — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH MPTON COUNTIES _ KEEP FAITH WAR BONUS Seventy-Eighth Year Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1944 u Bo” Browder Spent Busy Summer Chasing Jerries1 The following interesting letter is from 1’fc. H, jVT. "Bo” Browder to his sister, Miss Miriam Browd er, and tells of some on his ex periences during the past summer lighting the Germans thru Fran ce. ilis complete address is given at the bottom of this letter. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Browder of Weldon. Sunday, Nov. 5, 1344 Dear Sister; Was very glad to hear from you and to qnow you were gett ing along just fine with your work. 1 was a college fellow once and 1 know the time you have for writing and etc., so 1 won’t ex pect it of you. So Joe is on the move. Well t hate to see fellows head this way, -but I supose we will need them I wish him luck at any rate. It was revealed in the Balti more Sun that our Division did so and so, so I’ll try to convey part of it to you. Here goes brief ly: Our Regiment, the 313th Infan try was the first to enter Cher bourg. From there we tangled with the Jerries in and around La Haye du Puits. At the St. Lo breakthrough we drove to Gran ville and Countances. From there we spearheaded drives to Avaran ches, Laval, Le Praus and finally helping to close the Falise Gap, which trapped many thousand Germans. We stayed there a short time and took d.f in the direction of Paris. Instead of going to Par is as was planned, we ran Hit ler’s bicycle boys across the Seine about 25 miles above Paris. Our Regiment crossing on a foto bridge late one rainy night. The trucks and etc. were ferried a cross the next morning. By the way we were the first G Fs to cross the Seine at any place. Af ter a hot little battle we put them or the run again, this time mov ing all the way to Belgium. On this move we liberated many towns and villages. We were also the first G I’s to cross the Bel gium border. Sis that is about as far as the Sun went, so I can’t go any further at the present. That will give you some idea ol the lively summer we had I hoped When I get home I’ll give you a more vivid description. Sis I don’t need a thing so don't worry about sending me any thing. I’m still O. K. and have no worries in the world. Maybe can knock these Jerries oif by April. Hope so anyway. Give your roommate Gene my 1 gurds and tell Sallie to write. pH do my best to answer, sweet honey and write when you can. Be seeing you. Love always, ‘•BO” P. S.-We have received one Battle Participation Star, an have two more coming. Incidental 3 is all any ground outfit could have gotten since D-Day. Pfc. H. M. Browder, Ji 14148054 Cannon Company, 313 lnt. A.P.O. 79, Cr. P. M. New York, N. Y. Basketball Will Be Played Tuesday Night The Weldon High School Basket sail teams will play the teams :r0m Scotland Neck here at the Dvm Tuesday night. . The local teams will be looking for their second wins of the sea son. The hoys defeated Jackson iast Friday by the score of 63 tc 13, while the girls won over the Jackson girls by a score of 26 to Soldier From Weldon Wounded In Belgium Weldon, Dec. lS-Pfc. Raymond R Dickens, 23, son o.f Mrs. C. H. Dickens of Weldon, was wounded Seriously in action in Belgium on Dctober 25, according to informa tion received by his mother from ■he War Department. He entered service in November, 1942, and ,vas sent overseas this year. MISSING a message was received last Friday by Mr. and Mrs. • rhorne of Weldon from the War Department stating that their son f p “Jack” Thorne, Jr., is missing „ action on the Western Front in Jolland. Rules For Giving Hams And Meat At Christmas Families who cure their own meats may give hums or other ra tioned cuts as Christmas g.fts on ly if they collect suf.ici nt red points and turn them in 'o tlieii local War Price and Rationing Hoard, District OPA Dir" loi Theodore S. Johnson said today. However, he added, families who do home cann ng of rationed food may give away as many as IOC quarts for each member of the family ration free. Johnson explained that home canned foods are considered a part from the commercial pack However, all meat animals are considered part of tl*e nation’s food supply. Wins D. F. C. 1st. Lt. Wilson . Hamill, 26 of Thelma, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hamill of Thelma, lias been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross fur “extraordinary achieve ment cool courage and devition to duty” during 8th Air Force bombing attacks on targets in Germany. He already held the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Lt. Hamill is a grad uate of Littleton High School and Hen 1 -uiiklin University in Wash ington, D. C. “Doc” Knight To Graduate Sunday Chapel Hill, Dec. 13-By means of accelerated war time study, successiul fourth year students in the University of North Carolina here will graduate on Sunday, De cember 17, instead of in 19-15. The ceremonies of graduation will be held at 3 o’clock in the af ternoon in Hill Hall of Music. President Frank P. Graham, a ter a short address to the group, will award the dipomas to the fol lowing 14 students; Charles Herman Beddingfield, Jr., of Clayton; Samuel Norman Black of Asheboro, Harvey Ray Broks of Bear Creek; Jessie Franc es Cole of Chapel Hill. Hubert Gordon Dameron of Star; Augustus Green Elliott, Jr., of Fu quay Springs; Rudolph Warren: Hardy of Everetts; Gerald Dean Hege of Lexington, Lucy I.,eo Ken- | nedy of Kerr, Edward Hines Knight of Weldon, Douglas O'Brien Langston of Franklinton; Ruin Helen Patterson of Chapel Hill, Evelyn Earle Salter of Stacy and Laurel Lee Williams of Hilton A d lage, Va. After the ceremonies of glad nation the Rho Chi honorary so ciety will tender a reception in Graham Memorial to the parents and friends of the class. The pub-! lie is invited to both occasions. Twelve-Year-Old Boy Out To Break Record; Sold $373,300 In T hree Previous Campaigns Twelve .ear-old Carl J. Buehler, Jr., is out to break his previous record of bond sales. With the six high school girls shown in the picture he Is making the round of New Jersey theatres, community rallies and schools during the Sixth War I.oan. NEWARK, N. J — With War Bond ' sales totaling $373,300 to his credit in : three previous drives, 12-year-old ! Carl J. Buehler, Jr., of Verona, N. J., \ is out to break his previous records during the Sixth War Loan. Accompanied by six attractive high school girls, whom he terms his “Bevy of Bond Boosters,” Carl has started a round of schools, clubs, industries and community bond ; rallies, which will keep him busy throughout the drive. The boy, who is believed to be America's champion school War Bond salesman, is a student at Our Lady of the Lake School in Verona, lie started selling War Bonds during the Third War Loan and totalled $0,430 in sales. During the Fourth War Loan he sold S89.450 worth and during tlie Fifth $278,400. His achievements have brought him a personal letter of commendation from President Roosevelt, a jeep ride and a plane ride in the tamed flying fortress, "Hell's Angels,” which downed 18 German fighter planes in 48 missions over occupied Europe. Said to be a spellbinder, Carl “sells" his audiences thoroughly at every appearance. His achievement is the more re markable because all sales have been made to individuals and the largest single sale was for $10,000. Nearly all of the bonds he has sold have been in Series E. Equally at home in a factory or a radio sta'tion Carl is known as "The Kid Behind the Man Behind the Gun” and "America's Premier Young War Bond Salesman." The six high schorl girls who are accompanying him on the present tour of New Jersey circulate through the audiences and make actual sales after Carl finishes one of his appeal ing sales talks. Organize For 1945 Polio Fund Drive The followin', appointments have been made ior the 1*J45 Infan tile Paralysis Drive in Halifax County. D. E. Bennett, County Chair man. Mrs. George Wood, County Chairman of Womans Division. T. B. Glover, City Chairman of Roanoke Rapids. C. S. Alexander, City Chairman of Scotland Neck. L. C. Barrow, City Chairman of Weldon. Frank Pittman, City Chairman of Enfield. Mrs. F. W. M. White, City Chair man of Halifax. E. L. Crawley, City Chairman of Littleton. Organizations are being set up in each town for a successful drive. During December the Special Gift Campaign will be in process then the regular drive will take place the last two weeks in dan uary. Our N. C. State Representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis gave County Chairman Bennett the following Farmer, 91, Cuts Pulpwood ——ISMB—!1 I - - 1111111 ■ HI Tnm Linkswiler, Clifton Forge, Va., farmer, U 91 years old but he can ' *n i„, un nlile axe and use a saw to perfection. Linkswiler has 50 a«« of "imber!and on his 100-acre farm and pulpwood is part of hu farm income. “If a fellow ha. just one slack day .1 don l hurt; hgf i,:m u> vitek in his timber." »*>• Tow. information concerning last sum. mev’s epidemic. Quota: During the past summer North Carolina experienced the worst in fantile paralysis epedimic in it’s history, with slightly more than eight hundred cases reported up to this time. The local Chapters throughout the State met this sit uation most magnifiently in then response to an appeal made by the North Carolina Emergency' Fund. Each County Chapter was asked to pool at least fifty per cent of then- accumulated funds into this Emergency Fund and a total of $49,27t>.71 was contribut ed. Supplementing this amount, ihe National Foundation made a grant to the North Carolina Po lio Fund of $429,474.17, making it possible for all patients necuing hospitalization, with no discrimi nation being made as to race, col or or creed, to receive the best in medical care, at no cost whatso ever to the patient. The cost of treatment per patient average: $12.UO per day. As a result of the early hospi talization and treatment of these patients, the death rata during this epidemic is 3.4 per cent, the lowest ever recorded during an epidemic of im.antile paralysis. At present the percentage of patients show ing involvment is a little less than 2u per cent an da great many of these will clear up ■- n.irely with the proper follow u,. >->.-• inter be.ng discharged from the .. al. bo, you can readily seo why it is necessary that the treasuries of the local Chapters be sufficiently replenished in order that they may be in position to finance the nec essary follow up treatment of these children.” Wins Paratrooper Wings Pvt. Howard L. Massey, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Massey of Seaboard has recently received his wings in the Paratroopers Divis ion of the United States Army Air Force in England. He has been overseas six months. Pvt. Massey received his basic training at Camp Hood, Texas and Fort Meade, Md. He is a graduate of Seaboard High School._ On Leave From Overseas Pfc. Fred Twiford, who has been overseas for more than a year is spending a leave with friends here. He was wounded in action and still wears a cast on his arm. 1st. Sgt. Taylor Oakes Writes Of Overseas Travel Keeter Gets Battlefield Promotion Carl Keeter, son of Mrs. Geor ge Keeter of Weldon, has recently ueen promoted on the battlefield jrom S-Sgt. to second lieutenant for leadership ability and brav ery. Lt. Keeter has been overseas lor more than a year and leceived a citation for bravery in action on D-IJuy. Recapped And Used Tires Off Ration List The OPA announced this week that all Grade 3 recupped and used tires had been removed from the ration list. The order became effetive De ember 5, after wrih no certificate is required to purchase these tires. Wac In Europe An Air Transport Command Base in Great Britain—Private Vivian R. Marks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Marks of Littleton, North Carolina, is now serving in the European theater of operations. She is a member of the European diivsion of the Air Transport Command, U. S. Army Air Forces, commanded by Brig. Gen. Earl S. Hoag. As the transatlantic aerial sup ply line between the United Stat e sand Europe, the ATC’s Euro pean division operates hundreds of cargo and passenger planes monthly, carrying- important pas sengers, vital war cargo, the all important soldiers mail and re turning wounded American sol diers to the United tSates. Private Marks enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps 26th February, 1944. Roanoke River Flood Control Bill Passe* Gotland Neck, N. C.-The Omni bus Klood Control bill, currying witn it a measure to provide flood control on the Roanoke River, , .,ssed the United States Senate i„0„ Saturday and was sent to a Senate-House conference com mittee to iron out deferences be tween the bills of the two bodies. It was expected that this would be none quica*.> and the measure would go to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature. The passage of the Roanoke river flood control bill is * Per sonal triumph fcr Congressman John H. Keer who originated the legislation years ago, and worked with members of Congress trom Virginia—where the Roanoke rises as the Dan and Staunton~to se cure its adoption in the lower house of Congress. The bill like wise received the hearty support of Senator J. W. Bailey in the Senate when it came up there for action. . . _ The bill carries an initial appro priation of $36,140,000 for two dams and water reservoirs on the Roanoke River, the work to be started at the close of the war. In the meantime the measure em powers the Army engineer* to take all initial steps so that construc tion will not be delayed when the war ends. , The appropriation tor the wo . must be set up and approved o> the sub-committee of the House Appropriations committee. In this again this area is fortunate, since Congressman John H. Ken is 11 member of this committee, and in a position to protect the projects' interests. ___ Cholera Serum Carried Overseas taleigh, December 12th-North -olina is not alone in its trou , with hog cholera, for soldiers taly are now fighting outbreaks this disease, Dr. William Moore d o' the N. C. Department of riculture Veterinary Division, orted recently. Methods used in combatting lera in this State are now be employed in several regions of ly,” said Di. Moore in report that hog cholera serum and as have recently been carried m America to Italy by plane. I modem serum and virus now being set up on the out rts of Rome, and soon this plant 1 start producing immunizing a its for use on the hog popn on throughout Italy. 1st. Sgt. Taylor Oakes soil ot Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Oakes, Jr., of Weldon, recently wrote ihe fol lowing letter telling of a line of the interesting places he has wa ited since he left th(»s country for overseas duty. He was located ut the time of writing in Heighiin and his mailing address loilov>s: 1st. Sgt. Luther T. Oakes h4454t>4o Hq. and llq. Sq. H2nd Sew. Op. A. i’. O. 14si, Cr. Postmaster New York, N. Y. Nov. 22, 1.944 Dear Mama and Daddy, Today is my birtnday and in stead of going out to celebrate, 1 thought I would drop you a lmo. You will perhaps be interested n wnere 1 was in Lngiand, anu some ot my experiences m gett. g there. As you have probably guessed I was in New Y ork lor la days pnui' to sailing for overseas, my mat night tnere was New Years rtvu and I managed to get a. pass. 1 spent it on Times Squaie and some of the experiences my huduy and 1 still talk about. We sailed out ot iitaton Island on January lith and were oil the sea tor 14 days. It was the laigest convoy that had ever come over until then. I do not know until now how many ships there v.eie, hut I do know that tnere wore ships in all 4 directions as tar as days we spent heading hack tor 1 could see. For 2 days we were on "submarine alert” and 2 other the states to avoid a pacg mat had been spotted. On January duth we sailed up | the Clyde Kiver and into Glasgow Scotland. 1 had read of it oeiore, I can trulhtuily say tnat Glasgow is the largest shipbuilding turner m the world. On tne Ciyue iti/ei. for miles and miles there were no i things hut shipyards. We left Glasgow and that was the last we saw or Scotland, n e moved to Zeais, W ms a lucifc town in South Central tmgiund. it is near Salisbury and bam ooui of which 1 visited. i acre were tnings of histor.cal interest in ad these towns. We were at y,euls from February 1st until itluicn 11th when we moved to Ash-ord Kent. Ashford is 17 miles non. Canterbury, 20 miles from Folk estone and 25 miles from Dover, also 90 miles from London. Ail of these places 1 visited. On a clear day one could go to Dover and look through a pan of field glasses and see tne Germ ans walking guard duty on flit French Coast. That place was shelled nearly to pieces. And you can take it from me the clnis of Dover are not white. In Zeals we lived in barracks In Ash.ord 1 got my first taste of living in the woods and undei a tent. Hut I liked it and I wish I was back there now. I got a letter from A1 today He is homesick, but he will get over that. I hope he will not have to be away from home as long as I have. Love, > TAVLOK. Lion’s Club Meets The Weldon Lion's Club held their regular meeting- Tuesday ev ening at the Weldon Hotel. Ray Finley, soloist and Miss Manning, pianist, members of the Roanoke Rapids High School Music faculty gave a program of special music. Miss Gladys Paul son representative of the State Blind Committee, was the speaker of the evening. Miss Paulson does work among the blind of six coun ties including Hal.fax County. She gave a most interesting talk on her work and told something of the Braile system at' reading She also complimented the local club on its work among the under priivleged children and on its as sistance to the blind. D. R. (Len) Medlin S 2-c, who is- on leave from Naval duty ov erseas, was a guest of the club. Following the regular meeting the directors met and formulated plans for the annual Christmas party given by the club for the underprivileged children._ Mrs. C. G. Conwell was called to Petersburg this week on account of the death of her brothsr.
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