BODIES OF r SSACRED YANKS FOUND IN BELGIUM FIELD—in a snow-covered field at Five Corners
near Malmedy, Belgium, U, S. soldiers check for the identification of the bodies of American war prisoners
who were lined up in the field and mowed down by German machine gun fire. A few Yanks who escaped told
of the massacre. The dead were buried only by the fallen snoyy. An American helmet tin foreground at far
right) bore the Red Cross insignia of an unarmed medical aid man.
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Daily Star Bureau
Asso. Afternoon Dallies
By LYNN NISBET
INEQUITY—O. L. Moore, repres
entative of Scotland county and
editor of the Laurinburg Exchange,
confessed Th irsday that in one re
aped his county 1? getting a raw
deal from Camp MacKall. lire
camp is situated in three counties—
Moore, Richmond and Scotland.
The other day Editor Moore went
over to the courthouse to check up
oi. vital statistics figures and when
he expressed surprise at the high
death rate as compared with birth
rate. Register of Deeds C. E. Muse
explained that the Camp MacKall
morgue is in Scotland county, so
that county is charged with all the
deaths occurring at the camp; but
the maternity ward is in Richmond
county, so Richmond gets credit for
all the births. The Scotland rep
resentative grinned and said: “Even
at that, we’re ahead of 'em.’’
BOOSTERS — Governor Cherry
has found that his oft repeated
purpose to make no major state
appointments until after adjourn
ment of the general assembly
doesn't protect him from delega
tions and individuals who impor
tune for consideration of the friends
for certain Jobs. About a half doz
en prominent Guilford county
folks, headed by Charles A Hines
of Greensboro, were heje Thurs
day for the purpose of boosting
Andrew Joyner. Jr., or Joseph Brv
rn of Greensboro for highway com
missioner from that district. Terr
of the present commissioners r
until May 1, and al' except one i
the present board vigorously sup
ported Cherry in the primary. The
exception is Carroll Wilson of the
first division (Roanoke Rapidst.
The governor has not publicly in
dicated anything of his in^>ntion
with respect to these appointments,
but capltol square assumes that
there will be a new commissioner
from the first division, and some
ether changes, with several old
members likely to be reappointed.
OBJECTION—The Joint resolu- !
tion establishing the office of "lial
son officer" between the senate and
house, a post admittedly created
for Walter (Pete) Murphy of Row
an, was amended in the house
Wednesday to fix the salary at $10
a day. Last session the house
amended its rules to establish the
office and the salary carried the
same rate as committee clerks. This
year it is established under joint
resolution and if the senate con
curs will pay the new officer $10
for every legislative day—which may
well be more than members receive
and more than presiding officers
are paid if the session goes beyond
70 days. Only objection to the bill
in the house was voiced by Repre
sentative W. J. Roundtree of Gates,
who baspd his few' remarks on the
premise htat the resolution set up
no duties for the office, that it was
essentially a pension, and as such
was unauthorized by law or good
government ethics. The house did
not agree and the resolution was
passed with only one dissenting
vote.
UNNECESSARY—Pete Murphy is
one of the most loved men around
the capitol. He has attended more
sessions of the general assembly
than any other living North Caro
linian, having been twice elected
speaker. The legislators wanted to
do something for him. But many
others felt as Sheriff Roundtree
did that the office is unnecessary.
In fact, some have pointed out the
post of "liaison” officer is anomol
ous. The strength of our form of
government, they argue, is in its
three-way division of executive,
legislative and judicial—and in the
bicameral nature of the legislative.
Senate and house of representa
tives are supposed to be independ
ent and self-contained. Differences
of opinion are expected and essen
tial to good legislation, but have
traditionally been ironed out in
conference between members of the
two branches. A legislature without
Pete Murphy would be like a soft
hoiled egg without salt, but Gates
■unty's Roundtree couldn't see the
int in the state paying a salary
. r a Job without any duty assign
ed.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of L. A. Blanton
wish to extend their many thanks
to their friends and neighbors for
' their many deeds of kindness and
sympathy shown them during the
sickness and death of their hus
band and father. Also his doctors
and nurses who attended him so
laithfully.
MRS. L. A. BLANTON
AND FAMILY.
TO LEAVE SOON—Pvt. Howard
Sigmon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al
vin Cook of Lawndale, route 1, is
stationed at a port of embarka
tion in New York and will leave
soon for overseas duty. He enter
ed service in August, 1944, and re
ceived his training at Camp Bland
ing, Florida.
First Casualty
Among Legislators
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RALEIGH, Jan. 20—The .
wrar casualty reported in the im
mediate family of a member of
the general assembly since it con
vened was the death of Lt. Vir
ginia Boddie Perry, nephew and
foster son of Senator Thomas O'
Berry of Wayne, who was killed in
action in the Pacific.
The senate Thursday adopted a
joint resolution of sympathy for
j the family. The previous day the
senate had adjourned in Lieuten
ant Perry's honor.
With 170 members of the gen
eral assembly, nearly all of them
with sons or brothers or near
relatives in active combat serv
j ice. it is expected there will be
I more intimate casualties. One
member commented Thursday lt is
a wonder the assembly lasted for
j two full weeks without one.
The recovery of copper from old
I tin cans now accounts for about
j ten per cent of the total U. S. cop
per production.
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At The Churches
Notices for this column
should be written and present*
ed at Tbe Star not later than
3 o’clock on Friday afternoons.
CENTRAL METHODIST
(20 N. Washington)
Rev. Paul Hardin, Pastor
9:45 a.m.—Church School.
11:00 a.m. — Morning worship,
“Our Supreme Duty.”
5:30 p.m.—Vesper service, “Lift
Your Eyes,” Gene Clark presiding.
6:15 p.m.—Senior-Young people
and Intermediate Supper meeting.
Leader—Miss Doris Roberts.
EAST3IDE BAPTIST
(1012 Buffalo Street)
Rev. W. P. Biggerstaff, Pastor
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
6:30 p.m.—Training unions meet.
7:30 p.m.—Evening sermon.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE
REDEEMER
(West Marion)
10:00 a.m.—Church school.
8:00 p.m.—Evening prayer and
sermon. Rev. Grant Folmsbee in
charge.
FIRST BAPTIST
(128 N. LaFayette)
Dr. Zeno Wall, Pastor
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m. — Morning sermon,
“A Comforting Message.”
6:45 p.m.—Training unions meet.
7:45 p.m. — Evening sermon,
“When Dreams Come True.”
LUTHERAN
(300 N. LaFayette)
I Rev. J. D. Sheppard, Pastor
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m. — Morning sermon,
“A Mountaintop Experience.”
6:00 pun.—Young people's meet
ing.
PRESBYTERIAN
(East Graham)
Rev. Walter L. Brown, Pastor
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m. — Morning sermon,
“The Meaning of Responsibility.”
2:30 p.m.—Young people’s meet
ing.
7:00 p.m—Young people’s league. |
SECOND BAPTIST
(South Shelby)
Dr. W. A. Ayers, Pastor
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
7:00 p.m.—Training unions meet.
8:00 p.m. — Evening sermon,
SHILOH PRESBYTERIAN
(Grover)
Rev. James T. Pharr, Pastor
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
2:30 p.m.—Young people’s league.
7:30 p.m. — Evening sermon,
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
(Beaumonde Terrace)
The Rev. Walter F. Higgins
10:00 a.m.—Morning mass.
CALVARY BAPTIST
(West Shelby)
I Rev. H. E. Waldrop, Pastor
j 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
1 11:00 a.m. — Morning sermon
I "Revive Us Again.”
6:30 p.m.—Training unions meet.
] 7:30 p.m. — Evening sermon,
j “God’s Demand For a Christian,
Who Is Living Out of Duty.”
BETHEL BAPTIST
(Corner Gidney and DeKalb Sts.)
Rev. J. A. Brock, Pastor
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
6:00 p. m.—Training unions meet.
7:00 p. m.—Evening sermon.
FREE WILL METHODIST
(Martin Street)
Rev. W. S. Scruggs, Pastor
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
6:45 p.m.—Young people meet.
7:45 p.m.—Evening sermon.
LAFAYETTE ST. METHODIST
(South Shelby)
Rev. J. S. Gibbs, Pastor
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
6:30 p.m.—Young people meet.
7:30 p.m.—Evening sermon.
MISSIONARY METHODIST
(West Shelby)
Rev. T. W. Lovelace, Pastor
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
7:30 p.m.—Evening sermon.
CHURCH OF GOD
(404 Clegg St.)
Rev. J. Ray Campbell, Pastor
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
7:30 p.m.—Young people meet.
8:00 p.m.—Evening sermon.
DAVIDSON MEMORIAL BAPTIST
(Blanton and Clegg Sts.)
Rev. N. G. Lemmons, Pastor
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
7:00 pm.—Evening sermon.
HOYLE MEMORIAL METHODIST
(Jefferson School)
Rev. J. H. Earnhardt, Pastor
10:00 a.m.—Church’ school.
11:00 a.m.—Morning sermon.
Luzon Will Soon Be
Base For Americans
ABOARD U. S. SEVENTH FLEET
FLAGSHIP IN LINGAYAN GULF.
Philippines, Jan. 20—UP)—The Jap
anese airforce is still able to in
flict considerable damage on Amer
ican shipping despite the almost
complete absence from attacks for
a week, Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kin
kaid said today aboard his seventh
i fleet flagship.
But regardless of what the Jap
anese do, he said, Luzon island will
be converted Into a base from
| which American warships, planes
| and submarines can patrol the
: South China sea establishing an ef
! fective blockade across Japan'
lifeline to her rubber, oil and tin
| empire in the Itches and Malaya. (
TRANSFERRED — Don. L. Peek,
Seaman 1/c, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Peek of Oakland Drive,
has returned to his new station
in Boston, Mass., after spending a
thirty-day leave with his parents.
He has served 28 months aboard
an amphibious transport, taking
part in five invasions in the Euro
pean theatre of operations. Sea
man Peek entered the TJ. S. Coast
Guard in August, 1942.
TWO DUNN MEN
HELD IN JAIL
ON OP A CHARGES
RALEIGH, Jan. 20—(^—Theo
dore S. Johnson, district OPA di
rector, announced Thursday that
two Dunn men are being held
in Wilson county jail, saying that
charges will be brought that they
attempted to bribe a Harnett coun
ty war price and rationing board
official and then tried to rob a
safety vault containing ration cou
pons and currency.
Johnson said the men were Har
old Stewart, 35, a truck driver,
and "Sonny” McIntyre, 34, negro
mechanic. He said they were ar
rested Wednesday morning by
state bureau of investigation offi
cers and the state highway patrol
in company w'ith OPA investiga
tors after the men had forced
their way into the ration board
building. He said they were
twisting the dial on the safe con
taining the ration currency when
they were arrested.
$3,000 BRIBE
The OPA official told this
story:
Stewart approached Elmer E.
Rothe, member of the Harnett
board’s price and enforcement
panel, several times, offering him
a $3,000 bribe for the safe’s com
bination. Rothe reported to the
Raleigh office each time he was
approached. He was finally in
structed to accept the money,
while SBI officers set a trap in
company with the OPA and high
way patrol. The ration board
building was watched since Mon
day when Rothe accepted the
money. Stewart and McIntyre
entered the building after mid
night Tuesday and were then
taken into custody.
Real Estate Deals
O. Z. Morgan to Yates McGinnis
53 acres adjoining E. L. Hamrick
land.
B. F. Curtis to Boyce Fitch, lot
on Elizabeth road.
Clyde G. Poston to Fred Park
er, lots on Woodlawn Ave.
G. V. Hamrick to City of Shel
by, 6.99 acres adjoining Andrew
Lattimore’s land.
E. C. Warlick to J. A. Brooks,
lots on S. DeKalb St.
Mrs. Anna B. Hambright to C.
B. Cabiness, three tracts of land
in Southeast Shelby.
Sallie L. King to C. Rush Ham
rick, lot on Pinkney St.
Thelma K. Stevenson to C.
Rush Hamrick, lot on Pinkney St.
G. Forrest Gold to Clare E. New
man. lot on N. Washington St.
Ruth E. Beam to S. C. Hewitt,
lot in Queen’s Circle.
SaUie H. Dellinger to J. Ray
Lutz, lot on West Warren St.
W. L. Wolfe to Myra A. Wolfe,
87 3-4 acres adjoining John W.
Neal’s land.
Dewey Martin to W. E. Foster,
two tracts of land on State Line.
Jerome B. Harmon to A. T. Ran
dall, jr., lot on Gold St.
Mrs. Ellis Procter Putnam to C.
L. Barrett, 1-2 acre adjoining lands
of Jim Whitworth.'
O. M. Mull to Mull’s Chapel
Baptist church, land on Morgan
ton-Shelby road on Highway 18.
J. O. Ware and others to John
B. Ware, 120.54 acres adjoining
F. C. Ware’s property.
Five New School
Buses For Forsyth
WINSTON-SALEM, Jan. 20—(IP)
—Five new school buses destined
to relieve in some measure critical
transportation shortage in For
syth county schools are due to ar
rive about March 1, according to
latest report to Superintendent T.
H. Cash from the North Carolina
division of transportation. Cash
expressed the hope that the allot
ment. previously approved by the
division, would arrive on that date
to augment the present 75 buses
not available to carry about 7000
county school children. Many of
the buses now in service are in
need of repairs, Cash said in an
earlier report.
SOLDIER VOTE
RICHMOND, Va.—UP)—The Vir
ginia supreme court held valid to
day an act of the state legislature
calling for a referendum on a con
vention to change the Virginia
constitution so as to permit Vir
ginians in the armed forces to vote
in state elections this yff-r. i
I Cotton Industry
Jperated At
118.5 Per Cent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.— (£>) -
The Census Bureau reported to
day that the cotton spinning in- j
dustry operated during December i
at 118.5 per cent of capacity, on
an activity of 80 hours a week.
That compares with 120.6 per cent
during November and 115.4 per
cent during December a year ago.
Spinning spindles in place Dec.
31 totaled 23,105,942, of which 22,
219,768 were active at some time
during the month, compared with
22,257,040 active in November and
7 573,582 in December a year ago.
Active spindle hours for Decem
ber totaled 8,763,356,074, or an av
erage of 379 hours per spindle in
place, compared with 9,706,627,504
and 420 for November, and 9,912,
069,228 and 425 for December a
year ago.
SPINDLES
Spinning spindles in place Dec.
31 Included: in cotton-growing
states, 17,617,508, of which 17,348,
312 were active at some time dur
ing the month; and in the New
England states, 4,893,526, of which
4,330,290 were active.
Active spindle hours and the
average per spindle In place for
December, by states, follow:
Alabama 771,830,740 and 428;
Connecticut 113,484,586 and 234;
Georgia 1,300,145,075 and 422; Maine
162,765,620 and 271; Massachusetts
728,753,06 and 273; Mississippi 61,
370,690 and 462; New Hampshire
90,941,286 and 331; New York 73,
407,148 and 274; North Carolina
2,288,519,885 and 401; Rhode Is
land 175,323,388 and 213; South
Carolina 2,322,872,836 and 437; Ten
nessee 239,944,048 and 444; Texas
77,564,973 and 323; Virginia 213,
739,418 and 346; all other states
142.693,375 and 264.
MANSFIELD MILLS SOLD
LUMBERTON, N. C., Jan. 20—
John W. Hanna, New York
City, yesterday acquired a ma
jority of stock in the local Mans
field Cotton Mills, Inc., for more
than (400,000. Five hundred are
employed at the mill, organized
23 years ago as a million dollar
corporation.
CYCLE SYSTEM
OF WEAVING TO
BE GIVEN TRY
GREENSBORO, Jan, 20— UP) —
The cycle system of weaving which
the Proximity Manufacturing com
pany attempted to inaugurate last
month in Its denim weave room,
i and which caused a protest work
stoppage by weavers, will be giv
en a trial by a limited number of
weavers through an agreement
reached by the company and the
employees’ committee. The agree
ment was signed yesterday.
The management claimed it was
asking only for a “fair trial” of
the method, which it said had been
adopted by other textile plants.
Under the terms of the new
agreement eight weavers on each
of, the two shifts will operate a
set of 58 looms instead of 32. The
company will select four of the
weavers, the employees committee
the other four. The work-load i3
| to be checked and studied every
, day by a technician of the De
j partment of Labor.
The final decision affecting the
number of looms to be assigned
each weaver will be made by the
War Labor Board.
Charles VI of France issued ai,
edict in 1397 forbidding common
people to play cards on working
days.
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