KINGS MOUNTAIN
PERSONAL NEWS
KINGS MOUNTAIN—James Li
brand, signalman 1/c, U. S. Navy,
arrived home this week on a 9-day
leave for a visit with his parents.
James will report back to Fort
Pearce, Fla., where he is station
ed.
Mack Murray of Kings Moun
tain and A. R. Braid of Gastonia
recently attended a two-day meet
ing of the Inter-state Retailers As
sociation in Charlotte.
Mrs. Sam G. Ballard and son,
Tommy Raye, returned home today
after a two weeks vacation which
was spent with Mrs. Ballard's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Greene
of Rock Hill, S. C.
Misses Pauline Ware and Eloise
Watterson recently left for Wash
ington, D. C„ with Miss Pattie
Ware. Misses Ware and W'atterson
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Rev. W. P. Biggerstaff, of Shel
by, spoke at Bethlehem Baptist
church near Kings Mountain Sun
day afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Rev. R. E. Craig, pastor of Pis
gah ARP church was in charge of
the union service sermon at the
Central Methodist church Sunday
night. Rev. Craig substituted for
Dr. R. N. Baird, pastor of the
Boyce Memorial ARP church, who
if undergoing treatment at the
Veteran’s Hospital, Columbia, S. C.
Mrs. Hayne Blackmer and Miss
Nell Patrick recently returned to
Kings Mountain after a month’s
vacation at Crescent Beach.
Miss Ruby Fisher of Landis re
cently returned home after a short
visit with Miss Christine Still of
Kings Mountain.
Miss Clara Plonk, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Plonk, left re
cently for Asheville, where /ie will
attend the summer session of the
Flonk School of Creative Arts.
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Shelby Boy Hurt
In Auto Accident
LINCOLNTON — Ted Corrihei
son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Coni
her, Lincolnton. Is In Memoria
hospital In Charlotte sufferinf
from a severe head Injury he re
ceived in an automobile wreck
which occurred early Sundaj
morning near Monroe. Ralpl
Christopher, U. S. navy, of Gas
tonia, was also painfully injurec
about the head, while Donald Ho
vis, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Ho
vis, and Charles Goodson, son ol
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Goodson, ol
this city, and Robert Lutz, ol
Shelby, other occupants of the
car, escaped with minor injuries.
The boys were returning home
after a trip to Myrtle Beach, and
the accident happened five mile:
from Monroe, near the Camp Sut
ton site, around 6:30 o’clock yes
terday morning. According to in
formation received here, the boys
had decided to make the trip
home at night so as to escape the
heat.
All the boys, including the sailor
whom they had picked up at Rock
ingham, were asleep. He momen
tarily lost consciousness and as
he did so the car left the road,
crossed over a ditch and plowed
into a rail fence.
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D. W. Kiser Spending
Several Days At Home
D. W. Kiser of the U. S. Mari
time service is spending a few day:
with his wife and his parents
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Kiser of Bes
semer City. He has been station
ed at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., anc
will report back to Philadelphit
for reassignment to a ship.
Foy Southards Home
From German Front
Pfc. Foy Southards, 19, has re
turned to the States and is spend
ing a furlough with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Southards, af
ter nine months’ service in Ger
many where he was wounded. He
was with the 99th division of the
First army and wears, besides the
Purple Heart ribbon, the good
conduct ribbon, the presidents
unit citation ribbon and the Eu
ropean ribbon with two campaigr
stars. He will return to Olive:
General hospital in Augusta, Ga.
after his furlough at home.
James H. Blanton
Home From Overseas
James H. Blanton, GM 3-c, has
i returned to his home here afte:
' three years of service overseas and
! is now spending a furlough with
I his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe T
Blanton, 717 South Washington
street. He served with the navj
in the Pacific and has four battle
i stars for the battle of Luzon, Ley
j te, Philippines and Okinawa.
Ralph Greene Back
From Atlantic Tour
I Ralph Greene, aviation machin
, ist's mate second class, has return
ed to the States after service ir
the Atlantic where he was attach
ed to patrol bombing squadron
107 as a member of the mainte
nance crew. His squadron carried
out searches to keep the sea lane;
clear for safe movement of Am
erican troop and supply 6hips.
John L. Champion
In Rhode Island
John L. Champion, torpedo
man's mate first class, is now ai
Melville, R. I., where he is at
1 tached to the PT training center
He is the son of Mrs. Robert M
! Champion of this place an£L i:
j married to the former Martha E
; Hendrick of route 2. He had boo
; training at Norfolk, Va., and fur
ther training at the torped<
school at Newport, R. I. He ha
had 21 months overseas duty.
—
Thomas Hamrick At
Belgium Ordnance Depot
Pfc. Thomas C. Hamrick o
route 5, Shelby, is now servinf
with an army ordnance depot h
Belgium, having been there sine
November of last year supplying
the First, Third, Ninth and 13tl
armies with materials for battle
The men have made a commend
able record while overseas, work
j ing on a 24-hour schedule prior t<
V-E day. The depot is now th
largest on the continent.
—
Herman Eaker Earns
Promotion In Navy
Word has been received hen
that Herman Eaker, USNR, son o
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Eaker of Blan
ton street, has been promoted t<
the rank of first class petty offi
cer, SPX, at the naval mine depot
Yorktown, Va. His wife and soi
1 are in Virginia with him.
Houston Morgan Given
Honorable Discharge
Word has been received hen
; that Houston K. Morgan of King
Mountain has received an honor
able discharge from the army an<
returned to his home. Morgan wa
a corporal with the infantry corp
overseas and after being returnei
to the states was discharged a
Oliver General hospital at Augus
ta, Ga.
Clayton Wright Sent
To San Francisco,
A. Clayton Wright, petty office
second class, U. S. navy, son o
i Mr. and Mr/. Kassie Wright o
I route 2, Kings Mountain, recentl;
returned to the naval recruitin
station at Raleigh after sendim
a 30-day leave with his parents
Wright, who is now in San Fran
cisco, California, had served, 1
months in duty in the South Pa
cific prior to his arrival in th
States.
June Was Bannei
Month In Air
War On Japan
WITH THE U. S. 21ST BOMB
ER COMMAND, GUAM, July 9
(J3)—In a massive acceleration o
the air war against Japan, Ma;
Gen. Curtis E. Lemay’s Marianas
based Superfortresses smashei
targets with at least 42,250 ton
of fire and demolition bombs am
flew 6,500 individual sortie
through June and the first day
of July.
Sixty-nine missions were flowi
in the 39-day period, including 2
fire raids against Japanese indus
trial cities
With damage yet to be assessei
AWARDED BRONZE STAR —Cpl
Robert Earls, whose wife makes
her home in Patterson Springs, has
been awarded the Bronze Star
medal for service overseas when
he "volunteered to operate a pow
er boat working under enemy fire
during construction of a treadway
bridge across the Rhine. Despite
numerous bombing and strafing
attacks by the enemy, he stuck to
his exposed open boat and suc
ceeded in carrying out the various
tasks he was called upon to per
form.” He has been in Europe
about 16 months.
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' DISCHARGED—T/5 D. C. Black ol
3 Lattimore has been honorably dis
charged from the army after thref
years and four months of service
34 months of which were speni
overseas in the Pacific war area
He has been back in the statei
_ for about six months and has beer
’ stationed at Port Riley, Kansas
j He is a son Of Mrs. C. M. Black
; in four cities, 36.297 additions
i square miles of urban and indus
. trial areas were burned out, bring
- ing to 130,342 square miles the to
■ tal destroyed Japanese built-u]
> industrial sectors.
: WAR PLANTS HIT
Thirty-five war industry and oi
plants were hit with demolitloi
bombs as the weight of the Super
forts was shifted from Tokyo am
other major cities to Japan’s les
- populated centers and disperse*
■ war plants.
Thirty-nine B-29s were lo6t, i
> loss ratio barely more than one
■ half percent in the tremendousl;
. stepped-up bombing assaults be
1 ginning the fulfillment of Gen. H
H. Arnold’s promise that 2.000,00*
tons of bombs would be droppe*
on Japan in the year starting th
first of this month if the Ja panes
persist in war.
; B-29 mining operations — par
5 ticularly significant in tightenim
■ I the blockade of Japan’s sorel;
1 needed war supplies and food fron
5 the Asiatic mainland — increase*
5 with 12 mining missions in Jun
1 and two more thus far in July.
t During June the Superfort
■ flew 42.6 percent of all demolitioi
attacks made against Japan sine
the first Tokyo strike Nov. 2*
1944. Of the total of fire raid
on Japan since the B-29s starte*
hitting Japan, 51.7 percent wer
flown in June.
f In spearing incendiary destruc
f tion over 30 Japanese citle
1 through July, more than half th
; total bomb load carried to Japai
> B-29s have been firebombs.
In June, B-29 gunners sho
' down 138 Japanese planes, bring
} ing the total through June 30 t
" 752.
3 Through July 9, the grand tota
of Superfort missions was 241.
PLAN FARM TOUR
' RALEIGH.—(A1)—A study of con
production research tests will »
made when the Agricultural Expert
ment Station of N. C. State Col
lege conducts a farm tour in Nortl
and South Carolina July 23-27. Di
B. A. Drantz will direct the tour.
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Investigation
Indicates Nazis
Killed Morton
ROMS, July 10.—(IP)—An Inves
tigation by the Associated Press
indicated today almost beyond
doubt that Joseph Morton, 34
year-old AP war correspondent,
was executed by the Germans on
Jan. 24, 1945, after his capture in
Slovakia.
Morton, whose enterprise and
daring won for him a distinguish
ed career as a war reporter in the
Mediterranean theater, had ac
companied a mission of 17 Ameri
cans and British who went to as
sist Sloka patriots in a revolt last
fall.
The entire group was taken
prisoner at Banska Bystrica in
Central Slovakia, 125 miles north
of Budapest, and apparently near
ly all were killed.
A delayed dispatch from Asso
ciated Press Correspondent A. I.
Goldberg in Bratislava said Dr.
Joseph Lettric, co-president of Slo
vakia, whom Morton interviewed at
Banska Bystrica at the height of
the Slovak uprising, hid a Slovak
newspaper clipping quoting a Ber
lin dispatch on the capture.
The dispatch said the men were
caught wearing civilian clothing,
but Lettric declared that Morton
always wore his American uniform
with war correspondent’s insignia.
Lettric declared Morton’s death
was "a brutal assassination.”
Lettric added that Slovakian
government officials were planning
to erect a memorial to Morton,
whom he described as "a repre
sentative soldier and newspaper- '
man, a daring man, a great Demo
crat. and the son of a great free
nation. We saw in him also a hero.
Morton Joined the Associated
Press at Lincoln, Neb., eight years
ago. He worked in AP Bureaus in
Lincoln, Omaha, Cleveland and j
New York, and went abroad in !
May. 1942.
Among his spectacular achieve- [
ments were reaching Bucharest to
witness the arrival of the Red
army, and the obtaining of an ex
clusive interview with King Mihai
on Sept. 7, 1944.
TITO INTERVIEW
A few months before he had
made Journalistic history with an
interview with Marshal Tito, ob
tained by sending Tito a series of
questions to which the marshal
replied to the extent of 1,600 words.
The story was delayed by censor
ship, and the efforts to obtain its
release served to spotlight censor- I
ship problems. It brought assur
ances from President Roosevelt!
that there would be no political
censorship.
Surviving Morton are his wife,
Letty, and an 11-month-old daugh
ter, Melinda Ann, bom several
months after Morton’s last depart
ure from the United States. They
are in St. Joseph, Mo., Morton’s |
birthplace. I
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