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Pf c. Noah Bateman Is Commended By General Richardson Battery Puts Eight Ger man Planes Out of Commission Pfc. Noah Bateman, a member of the Ninth Air Command Unit in the European Theatre of Operations, has received one of the greatest rewards a soldier can earn when Brig.-Gen. William L. Richardson, commended him and the men of his battery in a letter which read in part: “And the effort of your men, ever vigilant, working cheerfully despite hardships that are peculiar to your job alone has helped make it possi ble for the Ninth Air Force to dem onstrate the terrible might of tactical air power.” General Richardson’s letter referred to a recent attack by eight German fighters which attempted to strafe a Ninth Air Force fighter strip pro tected by the heavy anti-aircraft guns of the Ninth Air Defense Com mand. In the ensuing battle, six of the eight were shot down on the strip and the other two were listed as prob ably destroyed, last seen headed for Germany, smoking badly. One gun crew brought down a German aircraft after two of its quadruple mounted I VICTORIBUS I FIVE STAR I ■ 'Porfaauc-Ji : 1 Hi H I IMPORTED LIQUORS CO ■ C ; " - i - Ohio mi I BLUE ROCII II *1 (Hfiaited tfin m v Wk 3Bb i B| l ■ I I I I || > 1 .-'pc 6v IMPORTED LIQUORS CO I K Clove cna 1- O r >c ■ I DON PANCHO I TEQUILA WJL 1 i fcciouj cm I j I “ % w EDENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, THE CHOWAN HERALD, MARCH 8, IMS machine guns were shot cdmpletely off the mount by German cannon fire. Pfc. Bateman is the favorite sol dier of Mrs. Ella Pear, 210 Court Street. Noted Photographer Appears March 9th At Colored School Howard Cleaves, the “human chan delier,” will appear at the colored school auditorium on Friday night, March 9, at 8 o'clock, in an entertain ment of special significance, entitled “Midnight Movies in Animal Land.” Mr. Cleaves was official photog rapher with the Pinchot South Sea Exposition, bis films being released in theatres by Pathe News, Pathe Review, Fox News and Paramount Corporation. • Mr. Cleaves’ show and lecture fea tures moving pictures of the myster ious doings of animal land during nature’s own black-outs. Winifred Hollowell On Mars Hill Honor Roll The name of Miss Winifred Hollo well, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Hollowell, appears on the' second honor roll for the first sem ester at Mars Hill College. To be eligible for second honor roll, a student must average 30 qual ity points, with no grade below “C.” ~ v 'V_ . . Imagine the added horror of this war without the Red Cross! Thousands of War Prisoners would be forgotten. That they have not laeen abandoned to their fate in this war is the achievement of your Red Cross, which has constantly reached them, even in Japap, with morale-building parcels of food, extra clothes, medi cines, cigarettes and other comforts. More and more of your dollars are urgently needed to keep our men in life, health and hope until they can be brought safely home l j :x sigHa»9Bß ~ ..... raSfe.A .. JS RL : Jfe- 3 kr Wmßßf ■■ i, : ' : mm Thousands at the Front would be tormented by Home Worries. Millions o? fighter* I bless the Red Cross for relief from anxiety about their loved ones' welfare. Every week I thousands of two-way messages are exchanged between Red Cross Field Directors with I the troops and Home Service workers in their home towns —emergency questions about wives, children, sweethearts or parents. Ypur dollars will speed victory by bolstering ' fighting spirit GIVE NOW- R “ GIVE MORE TP jjth/s s/de Chowan County Chapter American Red Cross / t Jesse Harrell With Veteran Outfit In Pacific Two Years Now operating in the Philippines, Technical Sergeant Jesse L. Harrell, of Edenton, is “sweating out" his sec ond battle star with a veteran front line infantry outfit. Harrell has been overseas 26 months and fought at Guadalcanal and Bougainville. In civil life a banker, he serves as a finance office cashier in this combat area, where remnants of once strong Japanese forces are being li quidated by hard-driving doughboys. For most of the troops in his outfit, the Philippines are the closest ap proach to civilization they’ve seen in a long time. His outfit has special ized in the worst kind of jungle fight ing for more than two years. HARRELL—NIXON The marriage of Miss Helen Nixon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Nixon, and Sgt. Johnnie E. Harrell, U. S. Army Medical Corps, son of B. L. Harrell and the late Mrs. Harrell, took place on Saturday, February 17, 1 at Suffolk, Va., in the Baptist parson age with the Rev. H. G. Goodwin of ficiating. The ring ceremony was used. The bride was attractively attired in a traveling suit of light blue. Her accessories were of black and her < shoulder corsage was of red rosebuds and white lilies. 1 Miss Mary Leary attended the i bride as maid of honor, and the bride- I groom had as his best man Robert Nixon, brother of the bride. Prior to her marriage the bride was employed by Rose’s 5c & 10c Store in Edenton. Sgt. Harrell has served two and a half yeara in the South Pacific and is no wstationed at Indian town Gap, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Harrell is making her home with her parents near Edenton. GLIDEN NEWS Mrs. L. N. Humphlett and Mrs. 0. M. Blanchard have been the recent guests of Mrs. Allie Blanchard, of Suffolk, Va. Mrs. Curtis Chappell, Mrs. /Bryant White and Mrs. A. D. Ward, Jr., spent Friday in Elizabeth City. Miss Lorinda Ward is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Webb, Jr., of near Edenton. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Webb, Jr., and daughter, Betty Jo, and Miss Lorinda Ward visited Mrs. Minnie Ward on Sunday afternoon; Mrs. Emile Hough, of Columbia, has been a visitor of relatives in this community recently. Mrs. Minnie Ward, Miss Lorinda Ward and Mrs. A. D. Ward, Jr., ac- companied by Misa Agnes Ward of Belvidere, spent a few days last week in Raleigh. Mrs. Minnie Ward attended the annual meeting of the State executive committee and Divis ional Superintendents of the Baptist jr— -v, THIRTY STATES and many Government Reservations Require All Automobile Drivers to Carry LIABILITY INSURANCE. ARE YOU PROTECTED? SEE Chowan Realty & Insurance Company J. H. McMULLAN, Prop. Office: no E. King St., Opposite Hotel Joseph Hewes >VE REPRESENT: State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. Largest Automobile Insurance Company In the World S__ —— f Suppose the Red Cross had never been created There would now He no Army of Mercy to save and comfort J the millions of lives wrecked or dislocated—all over the world ! —by earth’s most destructive war. i No millions of pints of blood would have been collected for life-saving plasma. No millions of heartening, sustaining food packages would be packed and delivered to despondent Allied war prisoners. No emergency messages from loved ones would reach our worried fighters at the front. No giant hand of compassion would be forever outstretched to help the victims of pestilence, flood, famine and hurricane. Only unthinkable chaos would be left in the wake of battle and catastrophe-if the RED CROSS’ hand of helpful mercy were withdrawn! It is up to you to give—in gratitude that your RED CROSS was created—and grew to keep pace with the world's anguished need. Give your dollars now— give more than ever before! •" "'"I " ' \ *3 r jrm • ■ 111& jvjji&t \ %■'- - - Jh. u|/ • >; 1 v*;■ ’.. : -y;• Thousands would die from loss of blood where they felt. This is the first war in which the folks at home actually saved lives at the front. Surgeons General of the Army and Navy say blood plasma has been the foremost life-saver in this war. The Red Cross, through your blood donations and money, has collected and distributed millions oi pints to the medical services. Your dollars will enlarge this indispensable death-defeat' |ng service. Woman's Missionary Union, in the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. M. A. Huggins. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Ward, Jr., spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Ward’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Rogerson, of Belvidere. PAGE THREE
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