APPEAL for unity
made by knight
Forthcoming Invasion Of
Europe Must Be Sup
ported by People
An appeal for unity at home to
support our men better in the
forthcoming invasion of Europe
made befote the Kiwanis club
vesterday by Co). J. T. Knight,
V District. Army Engineer.
••'i say to you we are not doing
fob when we do things that
0 not directly contributing to the
winning of the war” Col. Knight
i(j He urged the development of
L "inner strength” that "springs
1 imarily from an impelling belief
P a cause,” and declared that "we
must maintain individual and self
gustained moraie. Without a psy
chological army it is the same as
i« jt failed to train and equip our
-en propeny.
Col. Knight forecast a great
.bedding of blood when the inva
sion of the European continent be
gins and said 'we must begin now
w develop the intestinal fortitude
f0, this." He warned against talk
of a negotiated peace declaring it
was a demonstrable fact that other
nations cannot safely negotiate
w-ith the present rulers of Germany
and Japan and declared that those
who talk of a negotiated peace are
•■guilty of treason”.
Introduced o.v George Gooch, a
member of his staff in the District
Engineers’ Office who referred to
Col Knight's distinguished military
record and that of two of his fore
bears. the speaker said that the
burden of supply in this war “rests
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on your shoulders and on the shoul
ders of every other American. We
are fighting men here ak home.
Never before in the history of this
country has there been a wtr of all
the people. You are just m much
a soldier as I apn even though you
are not in uniform."
He pointed out that along with
every fighting man who goes over
seas there must go five to twelve
tons of materia] and that thereaft
er it takes one and one-half to
two tons a month to keep him in
action. About seventy C-2 ships,
such as are being built in Wil
; mington, were needed to move one
division into the Anzio beachhead,
| he said.
! Col. Knight turned to a brief
review of the current military situ
ation and expressed the personal
opinion that when American forces
have captured Guam and other
bases in the Marianna Islands ly
ing 2,300 miles from Free China
they would be able to put into the
air a sufficient number of large
bombers shuttling back and forth
that “I believe we can cut the
Japanese supply line to the South.”
He further expressed the personal
view that it might not be neces
sary to continue to maintain a
large scale offensive in Italy after
the capture of Rome, which he
said probably would be taken for
political and psychological reasons.
Col. .Knight sharply criticized the
tone of some of “the emotion
alized broadcasts we are having
to listen to,” and declared that if
some of these were not stopped,
“we are going to have a nation
of crazy women when this war is
over”. He urged that Americans
exercise to a greater extent the
privileges granted to them under
the Bill of Rights and particularly
emphasized the negligent manner
in which, he declared, we select
our public officers “Everything we
are fighting for is embodied in the
Constitut;on, the Four Freedoms,
and the Atlantic Charter,” he said.
Donald C. King, president of the
club, presided.
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AIR CADET KILLED
CHARLOTTE, March 8—<A>)—Ike
Withers, 23, of Charlotte, an Army j
aviation cadet scheduled to re
ceive his wings April 13, was
killed yesterday in an airplane
accident near Turner Field, Al
bany, Ga., a telegram from the
War Department to his family
disclosed today. Withers was the
son of Mrs. Leila Withers.
LOANING OF FARM
WORKERS IS HIGH
Approximately 15,000,000 man
days of agricultural labor were
used in non-agricultural activities
in 1943, in Industry, construction
and other essential work, through
arrangements for loan of this la
bor on a temporary basis worked
out between Dr. I. O. Schaub. state
director of the Agricultural Exten
sion Service, and Dr. J. S. Dorton,
state director of the War Manpow
er Commission, it was announced
Wednesday.
This great contribution to the war
effort was made by about on third
of the agricultural force in the
state, 115,000 workers, who con
tributed the equivalent of about
50,000 full-time workers in an aver
age of about five dff-season months
during the year in non-farm work.
Much of this farm labor is loan
ed from the farms in the fall of
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meries and redrying plants after
the tobacco markets open. In cer
tain sections segments of farm la
bor find jobs on construction proj
ects, not many of which are under
construction now. Textile plants
draw numbers of the workers.
Many farmers and farm workers
devote several months in off-sea
sons to logging, lumbering, saw
milling and pulpwood cutting. Oth
ers get into fertilizer plants, trans
portation, shipbuilding, mica min
ing and other seasonal and non
seasonal essential activities.
So, in addition to raising what
was almost a record crop in the
"food for victory’’ campaign, and
with a very short-handed force,
agricultural workers have utilized
their spare time, not only to in
crease their incomes during the
period of increased cost of living,
but have also helped extensively
in producing the other items need
ed by the fighting forces at home
and abroad.
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TWO TONED SHOES
WASHINGTON, March 8—(fP)—
Snoe manufacturers can put for
ward their best two-toned styles
once again, the War Production
Board ruled today, if the amount
of leather in uppers is limited
to 30 per cent and the colors used
are black, white, army russet,
town brown or natural.
Volunteer Red Cross Workers
Gave 4,144 Hours During 1943
A total of 4, 14 4 1-2 hours were
given by members of the Red
Cross Motor corps last year, and
volunteers made 1,633 calls, driv
ing more than 6,975 miles. Last
year a total of 109 1-4 bolts, of
gauze were utilized in the unit’s
spare time in rolling bandages.
In September, 1941, 16 women
finished the necessary training for
membership in the organization
Since that time, the group has
had as many as 62 members. At
present there are 27 active mem
bers who take care of the daily
routine and nine members in an
other group who handle Sunday
and night emergency calls.
Since receiving the ambulance in
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December, 1942, activities of the
motor corps have been extended.
It is ready at all times and can
be used for any emergency.
These trips in a field emergency
ambulance, though not luxurious
are most in demand at the pres
ent time. There are calls for pneu
monia patients, heart attacks, and
even old people, suffering from
strokes. No casualties have been
suffered in any of the trips made
by the ambulance.
When not on call, members of
the group are busy rolling band
ages for James Walker Memorial
Hospital and doing other work to
help bring about aquick victory.
RED CROSS FIELD
DIRECTOR SPEAKS
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NEW BERN, March 8.—George
Kt Beach, Red Cross field director
at Cherry Point, and Capt. An
drew J. Dutch, USMC, who is now
on duty at the Marine Air Station
at Cherry Point following distin
guished service on Guadalcanal,
have returned from a trip to Roch
ester, N. Y., home town of Mr.
Beach, where they made a num
ber of addresses in behalf of the
current Red Cross war fund cam
paign and were given about $10,
000 worth of recreational equip
ment for use of Marine units in
combat zones.
The Rochester Red Cross chap
ter collected the gifts for the Ma
rines. They included 40 pianos, 60
radios, 100 victroias, 5,000 victrola
records, 500 books, several thou
sand decks of cards, and 500
pounds of costume jewelry.
Among the 15 talks for the Red
Cross made by the Cherry Point
representatives in a week at Roch
ester was a huge rally attended
by 8,700 persons at a war plant.
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TOBACCO BURNS
OXFORD, March 8—(/P)—Fire
destroyed the plant and storage
01 Oxford Leaf Tobacco Company
here today. An estimate of the
damage was not available. The
factory was redrying scrap tobac
co and employed about 25 per
sons.
Camp Davis Radio Show
Will Feature Sophie
Over WMFDAt 7 P. M.
When Pvt. George Sophie, of
Btry K, *AAAS, steps before the
microphone at Service Club No. 1,
Camp Davis, tonight, he will be
making his second appearance on
the popular all-G. I. soldier show,
“Pass in Review.”
Pvt. Sophie, former vocalist for
Tommy Tucker’s orchestra, was
guest star on the first broadcast
presented by enlisted men of the
camp several weeks ago. For his
appearance tonight, he will sing,
as the ‘ “song for home town
sweethearts,” the popular “My
First Love.” !
Also appearing on the broadcast
are Sgt. Marshall Ashby and Pvt.
Donald Andritz, who will sing
favorite songs of camp G. I.’s.
Music for the show will be sup
plied by the 141st Army band,
directed by CWO Loy B. Eber
sole.
Comedy, one of the reasons for
the shows weekly success, will
feature members of the “Pup
Tent" players, who will drama
tize the courtmartial of the fa
mous Army 8-ball, Pvt. Sad Sack.
Announcer for the broadcast is
Pvt. Bill Miller, of the 444th Ord
nance Bn. The “Pass in Review”
is broadcast each Thursday at 7
p. m. over station WMFD.
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When a person is afraid, the
nupils of his eyes dilate, but they
grow smaller when he is angry.
Music Instrument
Drive Under Way
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Wanted — musical instruments
for our fighting men. In response
to a request from the Army, a
city-wide campaign to round up all
those banjos, saxophones, and
other musical instruments that are
lying forgotten in closets and attics
will begin here on March 13. It
will run for two weeks.
The variety of instruments want
ed is unlimited, except that pianos,
and bull fiddles are excluded be
cause of their size, and phono
graphs b'-cause of a lack of facili
ties for keeping them in repair at
the front.
Instruments collected in this
nation-wide drive will enable the
soldiers in all parts of the world
to form orchestras to entertain
themselves and their camp bud
dies. It will also enable them to
engage in less formal musical re
creation like gathering around in
the evening and singing to the ac
companiment of a banjo, harmon
ica, or other instrument.
Because of their distribution fa
cilities, the Army has asked the
“Coca-Cola” Bottlers all over the
country to act as collecting agents
for this drive. Any person who
has any idle musical instruments
is asked to take them to any gro
cery store, filling station, drug
store, or other place that sells bot
tled “Coca-Cola.” The Bottling
company’s trucks will pick them
up there and ship them immediate
ly to the Army for distribution at
Army camps all over the world.
“There are hundreds, if not thou
sands, of these instruments hidden
How To Relieve
Bronchitis
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden Dhlegm, and aid nature
to soothe arid heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your mpney back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs. Chest Colds. Bronchitis
away and forgotten in the cloSets
and attics of homes in this city,”
said W. L. Sheffield, Manager of
the Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling
Company. The American soldier
lcves his music, but he particular
ly likes to make his own. Through
this campaign, we shall be able to
help make his life in camp and at
the fronts a happier one”.
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Prisoner With Honor
Status Escapes, Caught
HICKORY, March 8.—UP)—Wood
row Johnson, twenty - seven, con
victed Hickory slayer who was giv
en an honor prisoner status by
Governor Broughton last Christ
mas, escaped from the Catawba
county prison camp near Newton
yesterday afternoon but was re
wssms^msmmm
captured In East Hickory la«t
night.
Johnson is serving thirty year*
in connection with the Christmas
Eve slaying of John Guthrie, East
Hickory barber, seven years ago.
He was caught by four local of
ficers as he sat in an automobile.
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Timber wolves of North Amer
ca, unlike the ferocious wolves
of European countries, ordinarily
do not attack humans.
ACHING-STIFF-SORE
MUSCLES
I For Quick Relief
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