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j. C*PUln T. O. _ Pardue, Atr ■ yWpa, t840Ui Bombardment Sqd., ’' 5?^ mother Mrs. P. H. Pardue, »t Ronda, baa written his “ Mrs. M. F, Bumgarner of ^keaboro route one. the follow- tag letter: ' ■ “North Africa, Jan. 23. 1943. Tiwu' Slater: Tour Ifetter, recelred a few days •so. Sure was glad to hear from pan. Yea, when I waa In England I gneaa my mall went acroaa a lit- ^e more speedily than It will 'trom here. Although, I think all our mall from here goes by plane. fact, that la abont the only means we'have for mall here. The kYaneh railway system la busy otherwise. **1 never did picture In my mind Africa being like It la. I have seen quite a bit of the north ern portion, and there are many beautiful places. A wide variety, ranging from snow-capped moun tains to desert plains, and from dry and warm to wet and cold. At one place where I stayed for a while I wore my galoshes 'most •very day. but I must say I have not bad to wear them here at this place. The weather Is very nice here, practically no rain. Some Irrigation Is carried on by the na tives. "There, ere many oases within Bight and the mountains ’ are beantlfnl, even though they are practically all stone and bare. I have been mountain climbing twice In the past two weeks and find It very amusing. The last time my partner and I hiked about 80 miles one day and climbed a 2000-foot stone mountain. There were no inhabitants^ In the area except for a few scattered Arabs In f»ct. other than a few French people, there are none other than Arabs here. *'The Arabs are very friendly but of course we can’t talk very much with them. I believe they can leam English easier than we can Arabic. Their costumes are very odd (old) and to us back ward. Most of them wear their robes and sandals. If they wear any shoes at all, and live In mud- hnllt huts. I haven’t been In to visit any of tbem, but It sppei'i's that they live In a very dirty con dition. Little If any furnishing In their houses, and the sheep, goats and donkeys live in the honse with them: «t least it ap pears so to me. I suppose then-1 a'.’e the better classes, of course. ‘T guess you think this is a very poorly composed letter, but I write as my mind travels, and that is very jumpy. ■ “Just a word about our living conditions. First. I must say we get along just fine and have plen ty to eat. I, like most all others, live in my pup-tent. 'The tent floor is about two feet below ground level, except the portion where my bed is, which is only about half so deep. I have a nice Arab-woven grass carpet on the floor. So. all being considered. I have pretty comfortable quarters. Close by, at my neighbor’s'tent. Men In The SERVICE IPSTO"'- Jemea ' ed in the navy and ihaa completefKJIb ibiile training at San Diego, ClaUtonla, la Bpendl ig a few days la’^Ik^ boro,with hla parents, .Mr,; «ad Mrs. Rom Bu'mgaraer. Roberts Brothtsw Are In Jirmyr Service Pvt. Luther A. Robert*, who wa* inducted on January 13, ISi'S, has been assigned to Camp Lee, Va,, for training. HI* broth er, Pfc. Cuius ReAertfl, ha* been in the army since June, 1942, and 1* now stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida. ’They are son* of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Roberts, of Cycle. On .Duty Oversens Archie M. Sale’, son of Rotmrt L. Sale, who enlisted' In the navy last October with an officer rat ing, Is on duty on rn island some where in the South Poclflc. He it Fb ciAHKa FH« . R. . Don Laws sold today that th.e ' TelloiTs ’’Jacket, ' nationally kap;yn poMUral paper of widf will' continue to be yatiBslied despite the fire which tfestroyed bis plant Monday at Moravian Falls. Mr.' ^ws, whose Yellow Jacket has been going Into-every state In large 'numbers for many years. j Vti OolMns, Colo.—Imj meat rattpninc sad cJtbe iMi*i * huge 'Mvptns of whe^ eoamned tqddt to ■ adcentfseie- the growing Importance of the chicken. O;- C. Vttord,’ of the Colorado State college Mrtenslon service, predicted that, the meat shortage and the wheat snrplus would “work each other off" through In creased production'of poulUy- ■ The‘chicken, said Uffotd, can produce more • pounds of meat R. I. He writes he is well and getting along fine. Bing Crosby keeps great company in Parairtount’s show of shows, "Sta)' Spangled Rhythm”, w'hich comes soon tc the Liberty Theav^. Here he i.s with three of the more than forty famous stars in the film, Dorothy Lamour, "Veronica Lake, Paulette Goddard. we have a down-stairs room. Here we just have room to sit In the evenings to read and write until bedtime. We are lucky to have a nice ’ Coleman gasoline lantern to give light. It does not glow outside from our position, and too it Is a very comfortable place to be when the other forces try to do to us what we are doing to them. “My neighbor Is an officer In the dental corps. ’The doctor and I spend a good bit of our time to gether when not working. He got some Christmas packages today; so I am helping eat candles, cake and such. Here In our DeLuxe compartment we have all the lux uries of field life. We even have on accordian. The doctor is learn ing to play pretty well, and even I can get a tune from It. “During the day the weather is warm, sometimes enough to get a sun bath, but by the time the sun sets I always need my coat. And at night I usually sleep under about four blankets, although it has not been freezing here. “We get all the dates, oranges and tangerines here that we care far. “You should have seen me do ing my week’s washing today. Guess I will do the ironing when I get home—ha! “There i.s a hot sulphur spring some distance from here that 1 go to occasionally and. like I u.sed to do as a child, go wading in the branch. I really enjoy the hot bath. The water is about as hot as one can stand — soraethlug like lO.T degrees. ‘‘Will close now and get to my music lesson! Write soon. “Love, from TOM” V’ Violations Labor Laws Reported Raleigh.—A total of 138 in spection cases were closed under the federal wage and hour law In North Carolina during January, and fi04 establishments employ ing 13,468 workers were Inspect ed under the North Carolina la bor laws. State Labor Commis sioner Forrest H. Shuford report ed. Among 129 manufacturing and commercial establishments found covered by the wage and hour law. 49 were in full compliance and 80 were violating various provisions of the statute. Thirty-one estab lishments were violating the mini mum wage and overtime provi sions of the act and 49 were fail ing to keep the required employee and payroll records. Restitution of back wages in the sum of $13,768 were secured during the month for 323 em ployees from 36 firms which had underpaid their employees accord ing to wage-hour standards. Pfc. Roger Gregory Is In , North Africa Pfc. Rflger Gregory, who has been In the army since August, 1941, Is now In North Africa, ac cording to letters received by rel atives here. ffc. Gregory is a son of R. W. Gregory, of Union Grove. Benjanw S. Estes - Visits Home Benjamin S. Estes, jrho is in the navy and is stationed at Baln- brldge. Md., spent Tuesday and Wednesday here with his father, B. P. Estes. His ■wife, who makes her home In Newton, was also here Tuesday and Wednesday. Pfc. James V. Staley In New Orleans Pfc. James V. Staley, who is In the medical corps and Is sta tioned In New Orleans, is spend ing a 12-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roby Sta ley, of Reddles River. iPvtj M. W. Green, Jr., Airplane Mechanic Pvt. M. W. Green, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.^ M. W. Green, of North Wllkesboro, graduated to day from the airplane mechanics’ school at Gulport, Miss. Pvt. Green entered the army on Sep tember 15 and is expected home soon on his first furlough. from y feed grains tharf any anl- be put out for February end mai—and more Important,, «n do March .and by April bis plant will l’alckly. he back In operation. A baby beef, he said, probably He plans to rebuild the large will eat about 12 pounds of feed automatic press, which wrs not In'producing a pound of meat, a- badly damaged In the fire which lamb abont one pound, a hog destroyed the building, and to about five and one-half pound*, salvage all equipment possible But the chicken needs from the ruins. Mr. Laws’ build- three to four pounds of feed, RflR Ing on the opposite side of 'the Ufford suggests that hens and highway will be used to honse the roosters like wheat grain just plant. about as well as anything else, so TTie large building containing | why not use up the surplus In the shop with about $30,000 production of meat? Pvt. Paul M. Johnson Now Oxersesi* Flight Officer Story To Return Friday Flight Officer Don Story Pvt. Paul n. Johnson entered i return to Greenville army air base the service April 14, 1942. He JYIday after spending several received his training at Fort days at home In Wllkesboro. He Eustls, "Va., and Camp Edwards, !•« son of Representative and Mass., and is now In service ; Mrs. T. E. Story. somewhere In Great Britain. He Is the son of Meadie E. Harrold ‘ Johnson and the late Gaither | Johnson, of Hays. He also has a j brother, Warren G. Johnson, in i "who Pvt Desuis At Camp Wheeler, Ga. Pvt. Thomas Richard Deans^ has been stationed at Fort service at Camp Bowie, Texas. Earl Triplett Promoted To Corporal Rank Camp Polk, La. — Private Earl Triplett has been promoted to corporal, it was announced to day by his commanding officer. Col. Paul Steele. Corporal Trip lett Is a member of Slat Armored regiment. , He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. j Percy G. Triplett of route one, i Purlear, North Carolina. , I Jackson, S. C., has been trans-( ferred to Camp Wheeler, Ga. Pvt. Deans is proprietor of Deans Jewelry store here. Seaman Morrison Visit« Parents j Seaman (sc) Hubert Morrison, I who is stationed at Norfolk, ’Va., I Is visiting his parents, Mr. and i Mrs. Charlie Morrison, near • Wilkesboro. V Pvt. AlbuBft In New Jersey Pvt. William B. Adams, son of A total of 937 violations of thelMr. and Mrs. J. P. Adams, of | state labor laws and rules and I Halls Mills,, is now stationed with regulations foun4 by Inspectors the air signal corps at Atlantic Miss Kennedy Is * Y. W. A. Ho^ess The Y. W. A. of the Wllkesboro Baptist church held Its monthly meeting Monday evening at the home of Miss Prances Kennedy. To open the meeting the group sang the Y. W. during January were reported as [City, New Jersey. In a repeated the Lord’s Pnoyer follows: Hour law, 29; time rec ords. 16; child labor, 614;; sani tation. 45; seats, 1: drinking fountain facilities, 9; safety code violations. 90; other violations, 133. Corrections of the violations were reported in 574 Instances, 354 of which concerned child la bor. letter home. Pvt. .^dams stated iFrances Kennedy, the. president. that he was liking the army fine, charge of a short business Pvt.* Dean A. Dillard In California Pvt. Dean A. Dillard, son of session after which plans Rev. and Mrs. D. M. Dillard, of ; discussed for personal ' work, 1 Refreshments were served service Hays, who was inducted into army on Jannory 22, is now sta- | the hostess during social PR()MI*T I)IS('H.\RGK tioned at Camp Young, Calif. Ten per cent of your looons i In War Bonds will help te ~ build the planes and tanks that will insure defeat of fflt- Icr and his Axis partners. Boy -(Applying for a job)—| ‘Yes. 1 want a job.’’ | Farmer- “How will you work?" Hoy—‘’I want « job that will start at 12 o’clock, take one hour off for lunch and stop at 1 o’cloek-M200 a month and a new car.” Farmer—“Well, you are fired hefore you start.’’ ' Pvt. Roby Shumate Visits Home Pvt, Roby Shumate has re turned to Campbell, Ky., after spending a eight-day furlough with his father, F. L. Shumate. V.'hile at home he visited his grandmother, Mrs. Frances Roli- erts, of Hays and several other ^ friends at North Wllkesboro and ; Millers Creek. Pvt. Shumate has j been in service nine months. /f«r*U.S.WAR BONDS -Joseph C. Grew Warns Half-Effort Will Not Defeat Japan By JOSEPH C. GREW I’nileJ Slatei Ambassador to Japan until the outbreak of usir. and author of “Report From Tokio.” iWFiiirn for lha Treasury Department In eonneetlon with the ..JS^aiyn u e.mplete th^^^ 100,000,000 parllail) Ulet War Stamp album..) warrior caste which is ruthless and W ASHINGTON, D. C.—In de scribing one of the big air battles over Guadalcanal a recent newspaper account tells of an Amer ican flyer who parachuted from his crippled plane to the waters of Lunga Bay. The Navy craft which picked him up next went to the res cue of a Japanese pilot seen strug gling in the water nearby. As the rescue boat reached the Japanese flyer he suddenly pulled out his re volver. aimed it at the drenched American pilot and pulled the trig ger. The cartridge failed to explode. Then the Japanese ofllcer turned the gun on himself with suicidal intent Again he pulled the trigger and again his revolver failed him. At this point an American sailor knocked him out with a boat hook and pulled him aboard the Ameri can craft a prisoner. Almost daily one reads eye-wit ness stories such as this one, and all of them clearly, demonetrate that war with our enemy in the Pacific cannot end in compromise. 'For ten years 1 lived in Japan. Tl)g troth as I kno'w it from close obssrrtition Is ttiis: NotUlMI less than the exertion of our maximum capacities.'individually and eoUcc- tively, faf s Far oC oRanse SfUT bring ouy ^xntty. wiMy kng«Mor vfetarioue Msce. TIm Japanese 'ere paiws.c( v senseless but Bdflbty ntiRtar^nq^ cruel beyond comprehension. From the flood of ,eye witness ac counts of atrocity arid bestiality one , IMiSFR ,C. Soy* Hit F^l Fieirfc Iket clear. We must uttew. ally we can continue to lead our nor mal lives, leaving the spirit of self- sacrifice to our soldiers and sailors, we shall unquestionably run the risk of a stalemate with Japan. I do not have the slightest doubt of our even tual victory. But I do not wish to see the period of our blood, sweat and tears indefinitely and uruieces- *sarily prolonged. We must not fail to realize that we are'up against a powerful fighting machine, a people whose morale cannot be broken even by successive defeats and untold economic hardship, a people who gladly sacrifice their lives for their Emperor and their nation. We must also remember that Japan did not start this war without carefully laid military plans for victory over the United States and a peace dictated by their war lords at the White House. • TUs is a total war, the.only swer to which is a total American victory. It is a war Ip which half measures of any kind mean inciredi- ble waste of material, energy and human life. In this sense a half- filled Wa/Savings Stamp album is symbolic o a ludf effort There are, 1 am toid« tou^gr :yo tiaDy eomytetP^iWItr Stamp d^me now In circulation. These Bneciq& pleted Stamp albttHts are, in a raeat- ure, Uke a 100 million threeU to a, jpeispiy and victorious peep*, Ok- the otter hand, for overy War. iiwraiftiirfirsii 1 ' ** ■ • ■* aiJi
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