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NEWS OF OUR MENw WOMEN IN UNIFORM Copt. Wyqn WashDurn Home On 30-Day Leave Capt. Wyan Washburn has re turned to his home here aftei serving three months with th< medical unit attached to the 569th field artillery in Germany. Capt. Washburn is spending 30 days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C Washburn of Double Springs, anc with his wife, the former Miss Emily Davis of Earl. After his leave, he will go to Fort Bragg to be assigned for service in the Pa cific area. Elmer Ward Assigned To Destroyer Transport Word has been received here that Seaman Second Class Elmer Gene Ward, son of Jake Ward of Lawndale, is now serving with the navy and has been assigned to a high-speed destroyer transport, the USS Truxton. recently christened and commissioned at the Charles ton navy yard. The USS Truxton is a fast invasion craft especially equipped for amphibious landings. John B. Mahaffee Home After 23 Months Abroad Yeoman Second Class John Boyd Mahaffee, jr.. of Cliffside, who has had 23 months of combat duty in the Atlantic and Mediterranean has landed at the Charleston navy yard for reassignment to duty. Yeoman Mahaffee participated in severrl operations aboard a war ship and his ship supported the USS Quincy carrying the late President Roosevelt to the Cri mean conference. He is husband of the former Miss Margaret Cou sins of Shelby. Hazel Smith Completes 250 Combat Missions Hazel B. Smith, aviation ma FAST RELIEF From Too Frequent Urination, Backache, Run-Down Feeling —due to irritation of the bladder caused by excess acidity in the urine Famou* doctor’* diecooery act* on th* hidnty* and help* keep you from getting up nights! Are you suffering unnecessary discom fert and distress from backache, burning urine, frequent desire to pass water 7 Cutting up often at night? These symp toms may be caused by bladder irritation d jc to excess acid in the urine. Then try t' at famous doctor’s discovery •— UK. KILMER’S SWAMP ROOT. Famous for many years. Swamp Root u a carefully blended combination of herbs, roots, balsam and other natural ingre dients. There’s absolutely nothing harsh or habit-forming in this scientific prepara tion. Just good ingredients that quickly act on the kidneys to increase the flow of urine and relieve bladder irritation and its uncomfortable, distressing symptoms. You’ll say its marvelous effect is won Send for froo, prepaid sample TODAY! Like thousands of others you 11 be glad that you did. Send name and address to Department F, Kilmer ft Co., Inc. Box 1255, Stamford, Conn. Offer limited. Send at once. All druggists sell Swamp Root. VW11UUV O returned from a tour of duty in the United Kingdom where he completed 250 combat missions as flight engineer and waist gunner aboard a navy plane. He is son th Lonnie Smith of Kings Moun tain and spent 27 months overseas flying in a famed PBY Catalina patrol bomber. James D. Patterson Back In United States Pfc. James D. Patterson, son of Mrs. L. M. Patterson of the Lily mill and husband of Mrs. Mozelle M. Patterson of that place has returned to the States after spend ing 10 months in the European theatre of operations as a truck driver. He wears the good con duct ribbon and the European rib bon with three campaign stars. Vason Hamrick Home From European Front Pfc. Vason Hamrick has arriv-; ed home to spend 30 days h/re; with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A V. Hamrick, and with his wife and her parents in Statesville. Pfc. Hamrick spent 16 months over seas, having seen action in Africa, Italy, and France. He was woun ded twice and wears the Purple Heart with one cluster, the combat infantryman’s badge and the pres idential unit citation badge. He 1 is now attached to the army hos pital in Rome, Ga.. where he will return after his furlough. Charles Whisnant Assigned To Ship Seaman Second Class Charles Warren Whisnant of route 1, Mooresboro is now serving aboard a ship especially designed for of fensive warfare against the Japa nese, the USS Arthur L. Briston, which was recently commissioned at the Charleston navy yard. Sea man Whisnant is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Whisnant and en listed in the navy in November of last year. The ship on which he serves is a destroyer transport. Jack Gaffney Sent To Marianas Islands j Word has been received here ; that S-Sgt. Joseph L. (Jack) Gaff | ney, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. 1 Gaffney of Wilmington, formerly of Shelby, is now located on Tin ian in the Marianas islands with the 58th bombardment wing, pio- \ neer Superfortress unit which was , j transferred recently from the In dia-China theatre to the Pacific S-Sgt. Gaffney is in <iaintenance. Manley Runyans Home After Overseas Duty Joseph Manley Runyans, a^ia tion ordnance second class, has returned to the States after 121 months of duty in the Atlantic j where he served as gunner aboard | one of the navy's land-based Lib erator search planes on 50 combat “Watch out for the next 6 weeks! “There's still lots of hot weather ahead. \\ Enough to harm your car beyond repair unless ^ you really protect it against hot weather.. ~ **See yonr Esso Dealer now and protect your" - - - - * future miles! Get fresh, summer-grade Esso Motor Oil, ditto for Esbo chassis lubrication. Tires and batteries too, need special ^ watching and protection in hot weather;;; M § “There’s a tough 6 weeks of summer left;;; w J don’t let it get your car down!” Be safe, not sorry... see your Esso Dealer and SAVE THAT CAR! DEALER j I i i i . 1 STONE OIL CO. DISTRIBUTORS OF ESSO PRODUCTS PH0NE 6 - SHELBY, N. C. patrols with Patrol Bombing Sguadron 112. Along with four other groups, his group sank 14 Nazi U-boats, probably destroyed two others and damaged 16. Run yans is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Runyans of 505 Gardner street and was an American Le gion baseball player on the 1942 state championship team. R. J. Smith Home For 30-Day Furlough R. J. Smith, S 1-c, is spending a 30-day furlough with his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Smith of 910 South Washington street. He has been in service since Sep tember of 1942 and has been in the Pacific theatre where he took part in the battles of Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Manila. Ben Gold, Jr., To University Of Maryland Ben Gold, jr., USNR, medical corps, who has been at the Uni versity of North Carolina for the past two years, leaves Wednesday for Baltimore, Md., where he will enter the University of Maryland for two more years of medical training. He is a son of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Gold of this place. CHILD INJURED BY BARRACUDA AT PAWLEY’S GREENVILLE, S. C., July 9—{IP) \ —Physicians at a local hospital to- ' day reported the condition of Wirt j (Happy) Stover as fair, following I an attack by a barracuda at Paw- i ley’s Island yesterday, but said am putation of the boy’s left foot is probable. The child, with his mother, was flown from Myrtle Beach in a B-29 bomber yesterday after he j was given plasma at the army ' base hospital. According to the army doctor’s i! report the seven year old boy’s left 1 foot was badly mangled with the j ■ leg ligaments torn. His hands also ,1 were injured, but not as seriously i1 as his foot. j1 The doctor said he could tell the boy was attacked by a barracuda, 1 and not a shark as was first re- 1 ported, by the jagged nature of ; the wound. I( The father, W. H. Stover of : Greenville, was watching nearby as the child played in the surf and went to his rescue when the bar- j racuda attacked. He brought his 1 son to the Myrtle Beach army hos pital, some 25 miles from Pawley's Island, for treatment. t Chlorophyll Works j Wonder Cures _ TOPEKA, Kas.—UP)—Use of 1 which makes plants green, has per- ’ formed “curative miracles” in an ( army hospital here. Oliver E. Ebel, secretary of the Kansas medical society, reported today. “The drug which is brand new,” he said, “will stop the drainage of | , wounds and is one of the most po- ! tent ever discovered in the healing of wounds. j “Prom all indications, it will . cause a sensation in the medical profession when it has been per- , fected.” ---- 11 " I I Major League Leaders ^ By the Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING: Holmes, Boston, .401; Cavaretta, Chicago, .372. RUNS: Holmes, Boston, 77; Galan, Brooklyn, 64. RUNS BATTED IN: Holmes, Bos ton. 69; Walker, Brooklyn, 64. HITS: Holmes. Boston, 125; Rosen, Brooklyn, and Cavarretta, Chicago, 102. DOUBLES: Walker, Brooklyn, 25; Holmes, Boston, 24. TRIPLES: Olmo, Brooklyn, 9; Ruckay, New York, 8. HOME RUNS: Lombardi, New York, and Workman, Boston, 15; Holmes, Boston, 14. STOLEN BASES: Schoendienst, St. Louis, 12; Olmo, Brooklyn, Bar rett, Pittsburgh, and Clay, Cincin nati, 11. PITCHING: Cooper, Boston, 8-1, .889; Passeau, Chicago, 10-2, .844. AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING: Cuccinello, Chicago, .328; Case, Washington, .327. RUNS: Stirnweiss, New York, 54: Case, Washington, and Stephens, St. Louis, 45. RUNS BATTED IN: R. Johnson, Boston, 48; Etten, New York, 44. TRIPLES: Stirnweiss, New York, 19: Cuccinello, Chicago, 17. STOLEN BASES: McQuinn, 10; Moses, Chicago, 9. HOME RUNS: Stephens, St. Louis. 13; R. Johnson, Boston, 10. STOLEN BASES: Case, Wash ngton, 18: Myatt, Washington, 16. PITCHING: Ferriss, Boston, 14-2, 875; Benton, Detroit, 7-1. Dixie Grid League May Not Operate RICHMOND. Va.. July 9.—f/P)— Jembers of the Dixie Professional football League awaited word from ranchise holders of the Richmond irrows today before going ahead nth plans for reopening the Dixie :rofessional Football League this all. Portsmouth, Norfolk and Newport Jews said they could field teams iy September but Charlotte, N. C., nd Roanoke, other franchise hold rs, have decided not to operate. Southern All-Star Game Is Cancelled MEMPHIS, July 9—WP)—The 17 j Southern Association All-Star play rs and members of the league eading Atlanta club will receive heir war bond prizes even though ] he loop's annual all-star game con't be held this summer. The event, scheduled to be )laved in Atlanta Wednesday night cas cancelled at request of the >DT. Father And Son Drowned In Catawba BELMONT, July 9—l/P)—Double uneral rites for a soldier and his ather who were drowned Satur lay in the Catawba river are ex acted to be held sometime to aorrow. Jett B. Helms, Jr., veteran of-j iuch overseas service and former irisoner of the Germans, and his ather fell into the water when heir rowboat capsized. The elder, nan swam to the bank but re- ■ umed to assist his son, wTho was n difficulty, and lost his life in he attempt to save the 25-year ld soldier. The wife of the soldier and their wo small children watched the louble tragedy from the bank of he river. Rationing Guide •ROCESSED FOODS: Blue Stamps—T2, U2, V2, W2, 12, now valid, expire July 31. Y2, ;2, Al, Bl, Cl, now valid, expire lugust 31. Dl, El, FI, Gl, HI, iow valid, expire Sept. 30. Jl, Kl, J, Ml, Nl, now valid, expire Oc ober 31. 1EATS AND FATS: Red Stamps— K2, 1*2. M2, N2, >2, now valid, expire July 31. Q2, 12, S2, T2, U2, now valid, expire tugust 31. V2, W2, X2, Y2, Z2, iow valid, expire Sept. 30. Al, Bl, ;i, Dl, El, now valid, expire Oc ober 31. SUGAR: Sugar Stamp No. 36—good for 5 bs., expires August 31. SHOES: Airplane Stamps Nos. 1, 3, 3, iow good. TEL OILt . Periods 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 valid for 10* ;a lions each. Period 1 coupon (new easoni—unit value, 10 gallons. 5ASOLINE: A-16 coupons valid through Sep ember 21. Each car owner must vrite his license number and state >n each gas coupon as soon as it s issued to him. Mileage rationing ecord must be presented when ipplying for all passenger car gas jline rations. A 'Feathered Friend' Finds Human Enemy ROCK ISLAND, 111.—OP)—Every lay Edward Harkcom gets the bird. Harkcom, a bus driver, stops in front of the Rock Island Arsenal Administration Building each af ternoon, and walks in to wait for passengers. A mother blackbird always attacks him. The daily dive bombing started several weeks ago, when Harkcom wandered over to a bush and look ed at some baby blackbirds in the nest. That seems to have earned him Madame Blackbird’s undying enmity. Harkcom ignores her. She ignores everybody but Harkcom. Glass, Virginia Newsman, Dies, Funeral Today LYNCHBURG. VA.. July 9—(/P) —Funeral services will be held at the residence here at 5:30 p m„ today for Powell Glass, 58-year-old general manager of the Lynch burg newspapers, the News and Advance, who died at a Richmond hospital Sunday. Mr. Glass, son of United States Senator Glass, had been critically ill for several weeks, heart disease being the immediate cause of his death. He served as president of the Virginia Press association for a term ending July 1 and had twice been elected state chairman of the Associated Press in Virginia. As president of the association, he was liaison man between Virginia newspapers and the national of fice pi censorship. PROMINENT Active in state affairs, Mr. Glass served on a special committee to make a study of the state’s primary highway system in 1934-35 and as a member of the committee on taxation and government of the Virginia state chamber of com merce. He held a prominent role in civic, social and religious af fairs in Lynchburg, and was chair man of the board of directors of the Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry company. His first interest was the Lynch burg papers, with which the Glass family has been identified for more than 75 years. He filled many assignments, advancing from reporter to the position of asso ciate publisher and general mana ger. The earliest form of bread was prepared from acorns and beech nuts. W. J. Cotton To Head Rural Letter Cartiers RALEIGH, July 9—(&)—'W. J. Cotton of Fuquay Springs, will head the North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers association for the coming year as president, it was announced here Saturday. Other officers include: R. Clyde Winebarger of Boone, vice presi dent; Kenneth Taylor of Magno jlia, secretary-treasurer; Cary P. . Lowrance, chaplain, and John j Parker, Aulander, Roy Moore, Belmont, and M. H. Goins, Vale, members of the executive commit tee. He Didn't Even Ask For Change Of Venue MOLINE, 111.— (S’) —When Police I Magistrate Ralph Stephenson, who hears traffic code violation cases, walked out of City Hall, he found an overtime parking ticket on his car. He returned to his court, fined himself $1, and, he says, tossed in a silent lecture. Mulvaney Chairman Of Elks Commission RALEIGH, July 9—(JP)—H. P. Mulvaney of Asheville hu been named chairman of the North Ca rolina Elks war and hospital com mission. Serving with him are William G. Haney of Durham, Charles Overbeck of Fayetteville, J. M. Underwood of Gastonia and Ed W. Davis of Wilson. Thad Eure, president of the state Elks association, announced the appointments. The commission will set up and operate Elks hos pital service programs throughout the state. < Skin-Misery Help tor Family* s **Hot Season** A real friend for sizzling days, scorching nights—it’s Mexsana, the soothing, med icated powder. Checks smart of heat, rash, prickly heat, chafe; eases itch of simple rashes, on baby and grown-ups. 40-year favorite. Bend some overseas. Save most in larger sises. Get Mexsana. BEGINNING TUESDAY BEGINNING TUESDAY BEGINNING TUESDAY fueti0* tot* tic8e\ 'SS-’S« •flit** 1 Better DRESSES REDUCED 131 Cool summer frocks at “giveaway” prices. Smartly styled cotton you will wear right into fall. Broken sizes—but great value for those we can fit. PENNEY’S 8ECOND FLOOR Ration FREE . Small Lot . • . Batter Quality WOMEN’S SHOES REDUCED Whites, turf tan, blacks . . . every one for merly a rationed shoe . . . and now greatly reduced to clear Tuesday. Broken sizes. THIS IS AN ODD LOT RELEASE (Ration Free From July 9,1945 to July 28,1945 inclusive) Famous . . • S CYNTHIA* J SLIPS I*29 Small lot lace trimmed . . . beau tifully made. Sizes 32 to 42 . . . Tea Rose only. PENNEY’S FIRST FLOOR • Full Sized • Well Made ASBESTOS TOP IRONING BOARDS 4*98 The best Ironing board we have ever seen for the money. Limited quantity. PENNEY’S DOWNSTAIRS STORE PRICED TO CLEAR! MEN’S SLICKERS Get ready for “rain ahead.” Waterproof— color black ... A great valuet All sizes. •Ref. U. S. Pat. Off. PENNEY’S FIRST FLOOR 2-75 •
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