Washington
In Wartime
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WASHINGTON — Criticism has
been growing here tor months
against tne allegedly "indiscrim
inate” handing out of war medals,
but as far as I know nothing had
really been done about it until
Rep.' Marion T. Bennett (R-Mo.)
introduced a bill in the house lo
tighten considerably the circum
stances under which the Purple
Heart can be granted.
Congressman Bennett argues that
this oldest military award in the
United States has sunk to such
low estate "that it has been dis
tributed with reckless abandon to
dogs and blues singers."
The history of the Purple Heart
award is interesting. There's no
doubt about its being the oldest
military award in this country.
According to Bennett, it's the sec
ond oldest military medal in world
history. Aug. 7, 1782. Gen. George
Washington established the "Mili
tary Order of the Purple Heart—
for unusual galalntry and singular
ly meritorious acts of extraordin
ary fidelity and essential service.”
Fpr many years it disappeared.
But it was revived in World War I
for men who had been wounded ni
action in performance of duty
against the enemy. Up to Pearl
Harbor, there had been approxi
mately 70,000 Purple Hearts award
ed in 160 years. Bennett says that
before we are through with this
war, there will be at least 1.000.000
such awards to wounded soldiers,
sailors, marines and coast guard
men.
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Bennett argues it is an insult to
these men who merit the award
to give it to “war corespondents
and Red Cross people also serving
in the war theater and injured by
enemy action.”
There are quite a few folks on
Capitol Hill, in the War Depart
ment and among the service per
sonnel who agreed with Bennett
in principle. But I have talked to
several of Congressman Bennett’s
colleagues who just grin and whis
per off the record that they think
the young man from Missouri has
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help relieve pain due to purelj
{ functional periodic causes. Try it
CARDUI
3k act lAeci piwcctiqns
espoused a cause that may turn
out a hot potato.
For example. Bennett's “blues
Singer," according to his own state
ment, is Jane Froinan. She was
seriously injured when a civilian
plane crashed taking her and
others to fronts where she was
1 to entertain weary service men.
It probably was stretching the
| rules and regulations some when
i Jane was given the Purple Heart.
! but objecting to it probably won’t
! make many friends in the enter
; tainment industry, or even among
! Missourians, because Missouri is
where Jane Was born and reared.
Bennett also wants to khow why,
I if you can give one of the dogs
| of war a Purple Heart, you could
' not also include Missouri mules
i and carrier pigeons. The eongress
: man’s colleagues on both sides of
the aisle think maybe he’s got
j something there, but as long as
they number hundreds of pet lov
ers among their constituents, they
aren’t going to argue it on the
; floor or anywhere else that their
i debates can get into the record.
Don’t make am mistake about
this, though. I've talked to a lot
1 of men in the service who earned
| their citations the hard way and
| would be a bit happier if there
were more Bennetts in Congress.
WAC Is Norfolk’s
Number One Woman
NORFOLK. Va— —Norfolk’s
; young woman of the year is May
Frances Sue Comick. WAC. chos
| en by the Business and • Profes
j sionai Women’s Club as the out
j standing woman of the city for
' 1945-46."
] Maj. - Cornick led the small
j group of WACS who landed in
Normandy shortly after D-Day.
1 and received the bronze star for
meritorious service in moving for
ward within range of sniper's bul
, lets and living under rugged field
i conditions with her troops to
establish quarters for other WACS.
■ She was also credited with sav
! ing another WAC from drown
i ing- . ,
I. Now in France, she accepted her
honors from the club by proxy.
Her sister, Mrs. Tom Hanes, ap
peared in her stead. Maj. Cov
nick was formerly a physical edu
cation instructor.
CpI. McKnight Given
Good Conduct Medal
Cpl. William W. McKnight. son
of Mr. and Mrs. Claude McKnight
of 604 LeGrand street. Shelby, has
been awarded the Army Good Con
duct medal for "exemplary behav
ior. efficiency and fidelity" in the
performance of his duties in a
formal military ceremony. Cpl
McKnight is a surgical technician
serving in a portable surgical hos
pital somewhere in the Southwest
Pacific. Prior to his induction, in
January. 1943, he was employed
by the Shelby mills
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FALLSTON and POLKVILLE
A
Beet Tops and
Roots at Best
When Young
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Cook First Beets Harvested With
Their Tender Tops.
To keep beets coming into har
vest; so that alt summer long you
can pull them when small and ten
der. is the ideal of the Victory gar
dener. At the same time, they are
sweet and good at any stage of
growth, and the old ones need not
be thrown away.
Supreme,quality is found in half
size roots, however, and the tops,
which have more vitamins than the
roots, are only good when young;
becoming stringy as they mature.
So make several sowings, the first
as soon as the ground can be pre
pared in spring. Avoid acid soil,
which makes the tops and stems too
red. and the roots too small.
Beet seeds are large and soft:
each “seed" in fact is a cluster of
seeds and will grow several plants.
Sow them one to the inch in a half
inch drill, and firm the soil well over
them, because the seeds are rough
and air pockets easily form, pre
venting close contact with the soil.
First thinning may be,delayed un
til the roots have begun to thicken
and the leaves are two inches or
j .more wide. At this stage and as
! long as the leaves remain tender,
a dish of beet greens cooked with
the- tiny beets will be a delight, as
well as one of the most nourishing
dishes of the season. Thin gradual
ly oil along the row. using the ex
: cess plants, until the individual
plants are four to six inches apart,
i depending on the fertility of your
' garden.
At this distance, the beets will
! grow all summer, in fertile soil,
and good varieties remain tender
and sweet even When they reach
several inches in diameter.
For canning, the small beets are
preferable. A row of beets can be
sown especially, thinned cut gradu
ally and harvested in one day when
they have reached the desired size,
and the canning crew is ready to
operate.
Misses Burnette And
McLeod Entertain
Officers, Teachers
WACO—The officers and teach
, ers met with; Misses Ella Lee Bur
nette and Martha McLeod Tues
day night.
Miss Elizabeth Putnam of Lex
ington. spent the weekend with
her mother. Mrs. Annie Putnam.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Black and
daughters. Jean, and Carolyn of
Statesville,, vi.-ited Mr, and Mrs.
A. W. Black and Kirs. J. L. Hord,
Sunday.
Devon Bingham is spending this
week in Hickory with relatives.
Pvt. George Moss has returned
: to camp after spending a furlough
here with his wife and small dau
ghter.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Stroupe and
Mr. and Mrs, A. B. Stroupe and
children visited Mr. and Mrs.. Von
nie Jenkins and children of Har
ris. Sunday.
Mrs. Aubrey Payseur and chil
' cireft of Dallas, and Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Kiser and . children visited
tiie Rev. and Mrs, A. M. Kiser.
Sunday.
SINGINGS UNDAY
EVENING AT
PROSPECT CHURCH
PROSPECT L. D. Scruggs left
Thursday fir the U. S. Navy.
The. Rev. Mauling of Boiling
Springs filled the pulpit Sunday
evening in the absence of the pas
The monthly singing will be
held at Prospect Sunday evening
with J. L. Kirley in charge. The
Smith quartet Iran Spartanburg
is to be* present. All lovers of
music and the public are invited
to attend.
Several from here attended the
singing at Cliff.side Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Jolley and
daughter, Phyllis, • spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Price of
Race Path community.
DINNER PARTY
The Rev. Guy E. Johnson, the |
Rev. and Mrs. Marvin Dameron
and daughter. Bennie of State
Line, Mrs. Dameron’s sister, Mrs.
E. T. Eaker, from Gastonia. Mrs.
Dorothy Franklin, from Gardner
Webb coliege of Boiling Springs,
Mr. and Mrs S. M. Amos and dau
ghter, Jean of Asheville, Miss
Amelia Amos, who is a Wac from
Camp Rollins Field. Ga., Arthur
Amos of Camp Bainbrldge, Md.,
Mrs. Charlie Price and Misses Vir
ginia and Elouise Humphries of
Gaffney, were the. Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs, J. E. Price
of Gaffney.
Miss Genella McCraw spent the
weekend witli Miss Irene Price of
Race Path.
A strange dog came to J. L.
Kirley « home Sunday morning
and jumped on his doss. The dog
scented to be mad but it got away !
before Mr. Kirley could kill it.
LIONS AUCTION
AIDS RED CROSS
J. G. Hagaman Conducts
Quiz And Variety
Program
A basketball program for the i
tournament which begins today in
the Armory under the sponsorshipj
of the Lions ciub was auctioned j
off at a meeting of the Lions club
last night to the high bidder, Mar
tin Rosenthal for $50. the money;
to go to the benefit of the Ameri- I
can Red Cross. ]
The auction was conducted by
Fred L. Baird as a part of a va
riety and quiz program which was
given under the direction of J. G.
Hagaman. The program was also
featured by ■ the singing of Miss
Betty Joe Putnam who was ac
companied at the piano by Miss
Mozelle Moore.
The quiz program participated
in by group of selected Lions ex
perts found members of the club
woefully lacking in their store ot
information and they paid dearly
in penalties exacted by the master
of ceremonies, Mr. Hagaman.
Willis McMurry. who is handling
the Red Cross drive in the busi
ness section, appealed for coop
eration of the Lions in putting on
the drive. He thanked the club
for the money from the auction
and said that he knew that he
could count on this club for its
support.
Visitors at last night's meeting
were Chief Petty Officer H. A.
Logan. Sgt. C. B. Walker. E. E.
Schlotz and George Lampley.
PROMOTED
Cpl. Ralph R. Hord, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Hord of route t,
Shelby, has recently been promot
ed to the grade of Sergeant, ac
cording to an announcement by
the authorities of the Army Air
Forces Proving Ground Command
at Eglin Field. Florida. Sgt. Hord
entered the Army in September,
1942.
i Search Continues
For 26 Prisoners
ASHEVILLE, N. C. Feb. 28—UP)—
including two serving terms for
murders, today continued to elude
scores of law officers searching
western North Carolina for the men
who fled from camps in 24 hours.
A second man of 14 who escaped
from the Craggy prison camp about
; five miles from here Sunday night
1 was captured last night, but all 14
who drilled their way uut of a camp
at the edge of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park near
| Whittier monday night were still
at liberty.
The Craggy escapees were serv
ing comparatively short sentences,
while most of those who board
through a wall to freedom at Whit
tier were long-term prisoners.
The Craggy delivery was made
through a window from which the
bars had been sawed. At Whittier
the escapees used leatherworking
i tools to chisel a hole through a cell
block door under a bunk.
• Twenty-six escaped
Musical Marine !
Writes Tune At Front '
NEW YORK—(/P)—What there *
is about military service that seems I
j to bring out the music in a man’s
! soul, nobody knows, but servicemen
I continue to mix music with (
machine guns.* .
Latest edition to the songwriters .
in uniform is 29-year-old Marine :
Sgt. Alfred Carbuto, veteran of four '
major campaigns against the Jap
anese, who wrote “Get Your Gear 1
On, We’re Moving Out Again” 1
during the famous assault on Cape 1
Gloucester’s Hill 660.
Named the Fighting Fifth’s 1
marching song by its regimental <
commander, the tune was heard in ‘
the middle of a half hour tran- i
scription made by a group of Ma- i
rines on one of the Pacific islands, ’
and brought to Broadcast Music, 1
Inc., which has purchased and pub
lished it. Sgt. Carbuto was brought
to New York, where he introduced: i
his song on the air. j t
Although the sergeant was a ! r
musician before the «’ar. he didn’t1 \
urn to songwriting until he was
iverseas. He is now stationed at
Juantico, Va.
II
aasoline Runs Out
n Stolen Auto
MORGANTON—Abandoned in
Rutherford ton when its supply ot
rasoline was gone, a 1937-model
rord coach which was stolen here
ast Wednesday night has been re
urned to the owner.
The sheriff's office was notified
hat the car was found Thursday
light and was undamaged. No
race of the thief has been found.
The car was driven by J .H.
Childers of Joy, brother of the
iwner who is in the armed forces,
ind was stolen when he parked it
tear the square while he stepped
nto Dave’s Cafe for a bite to eat.
t was gone when he returned a
ew minutes later.
Bodega Is the Spanish name for
wine storehouse or cellar, but
ht name has been adopted in
aany lands to designate a place
’here wme is "Id
war without the
Thousands of War Prisoners would beforgotten. That they have not been abandoned
to their fate in this war is the achievement of your Red Crcrs, which has constantly
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to keep our men in life, health and hope until they can be brought safely home!
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