JOIN TNI MARCH OF DIMES
FIGHT infantile
JANUARY 14-31 PARALYSIS
VOL. LXIV.
Children Lead In
* Polio Drive Which
Starts Here Today
Letters From Chairman Go
Out Today. McDonald
Also Writes.
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w Marking the beginning of the
Polio Fund campaign here, letters
are being received today by Person
and Roxboro citizens from the Rev.
Rufus J. Womble, local chairman,
setting forth the goal here as $2,161
and appealing to citizens for coop
eration in meeting it. Similar let
ters have been sent by the Woman's
Division chairman, Miss Dorothy
m Taylor, to church circle leaders
■ ** and other interested women.
One of the most cooperative
groups in previous campaigns has
been found in the public schools,
according to the Rev. Mr. Womble.
who expects similar cooperation this
year. Numbers of children in the
past have contributed a dime each,
while many have given from twen
ty to thirty cents each, says Mr.
Womble. Total last year from the
Person and Roxboro Schools was
close to $l6O, according to chairman.
Adults, of course, are expected to
give much more, says Mr. Womble
who points out that the quota this
year is about three to four times
what it was last year. The drive will
continue through January 31.
State Chairman Dr. Ralph Mc-
Donald, writing a few weeks ago to
Mr. Womble, had this to say re-
garding the Person and the State
quota:
“According to the State Health
Department report of November 21,
your county has had two cases of
infantile paralysis this year. We
have set your base quota at $1,961.00,
and have added SIOO.OO each infan
tile paralysis case, making your final
over-all county quota, $2,161.00. This
is the procetiuie we have followed
In all of the counties.
r , epidemic of infaptilf
paralysis isl North this
summer with over 850 cases reported
so far, and with the expenditure
of over half a million dollars for
medical and hospital care, makes it
absolutely necessary that we raise
all the funds we can this year. We
have therefore set our sights high,
and we have every reason to believe |
that the people of North Carolina
will irespond to this appeal for
funds with unprecedented generos- !
ity.
“Many of the counties will more
than double their quotas. Some will
triple the amounts requested, and
we believe that every county will
exceed its quota by a wide margin."
Ceilings Given
*on Live Cattle
OPA Ordered to Enforce Ceil
ing of $lB per 100
Beginning Jan 29
Washington, Jan. 14.—The gov
ernment today clamped price ceil
ings on live cattle and otherwise
a revamped regulations in an avowed
. attempt to spread short supplies of
quality beef more evenly among
consumers.
Economic Stabilization Director
Fred M. Vinhon ordered OPA to es
tablish a ceiling of $lB a hundred
pounds, Chicago basis, for live cat
tle and calves, effective January 29.
He directed that the ceiling be re
duced to $17.50 on July 2.
Although prices paid for top
9 grades at live-stock markets have'
averaged below $lB. individual sales
have exceeded that figure.
Authority to establish such ceil
ings had for months been sought
by the OPA, which said slaughter
ers who observed price regulations
were being squeezed out of business.
As a consequence, the OPA con
tended, some consumers were get
ting more than their share of quai
ls .ity meat and others less than their
share.
Ceilings were opposed by the War
Food Administration, some Con
gressmen from cattle producing
states, and by organized cattle men. •
They claimed ceilings would result
in lower prices and in a consequent
reduction in cattle production.
There was immediate reaction for
and against the administration’s ;
m step and its views.
sel for the Retail Meat Dealers Ac
tion Committee, asserted it would ,
“mean a four-cent increase a pound
for consumers.
A WFA spokesman in the same
city said however that the ceiling :
would “remove that eternal wonder- i
ing” and give dealers an idea what j ■
to expect and enable them to plan ':
accordingly. t
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
’ Person Soldier
: In Veteran Unit
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Pvt. Willie Strange In Unit
That Pushes Toward
Berlin.
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I Among Person soldiers with the
, | E'ixth Army’s 813th Destroyer Tank
! ] battalion, which in France has aid
} ed in the American break-through
i j from Normandy to the Seine and
; is now pounding Axis approaches in
, Germany, is Pvt. Willie T. Strange
. of Woodsdale, Route 1, according so
i reports received here today.
, Since its arrival in France on D
, j plus-21, Pvt. Strange's veteran unit
j has eliminated from the German
j rosters: 600 soldiers, 26 general pur
i pose vehicles, 25 Mark IV tanks, 11
, | Mark B tanks, two Mark VI tanks,
! 10 self-propelled guns, eight pili
, ' boxes, five anti-tank guns, and three
, ! machine guns.
In a single operation one 3131 h
T. D. company knocked out 13
Mark IV and two Mark V tanks,
two half-tracks, two large trucks,
and one mortar, probably silenced
one self-propelled gun, and killed
80 Germans. “This was all in a
day's work," Capt. Peter P. Hale,
Pittsburgh, Fenna., commander of
the company that’ made the coup.
“A German battle group hit our
town at 11:30 one morning," Capt.
Hale said. "Our M-lo tank de
stroyers were in good positions, so
I all they had to do ivas open up on
the approaching column. The first
two Mark Iv’s were stopped by one
found of ammunition each, at a !
range of 2,000 yards. This disox'- j
ganized the attack, the Germans
.abandoning.,tljeij: p ks. From then
on it was a simple matter of firing
high explosive shells to 'kaput' the
German personnel.
Timberlake On
Admiral's Staff
j
| Person Native Is Veteran Os
Many Years Os Service.
Lt. (j. g.) W. F. Timberlake, Per- j
son native and recently stationed
in Raleigh and Atlanta, will have
as his new assignment on the West
Coast, at San Francisco, Calif., the
j position of assistant flag secretary
jon the staff of Admiral Ingersoll,
deputy chief of Naval operations,
according to announcement receiv
ed here today.
Lt Timberlake was in Roxboro a
few days ago for a brief visit before
reporting to San Francisco.
Until his new orders were receiv
ed, Timberlake was Assistant In
spector of Navy recruiting and in
duction in the fourth joint service
induction area, with headquarters j
in Atlanta, Ga.
A former resident of Roxboro,
where he was engaged in the whole
sale grocery business, Timberlake
was recalled to active duty in the
Navy several years ago, being as
signed to the Navy recruiting sta
tion in Raleigh. When he was trans
ferred from that activity in Septem
ber of last year, he was serving as
assistant recruiting officer for the 1
state.
i Mrs. Timberlake and their daugh- 1
ter, Virginia Anne, accompanied j
Lt. Timberlake to the West Coast.;,
They will make their home in San j
Francisco.
A native of Timberlake, Lt. Tim- !
berlake enlisted in the Navy about |
the time of World War 1, remain
ing on active duty until going into
the Fleet Reserve in the early
1930'5, at which time he returned
to Roxboro to make his home. He
and his family were residing hexc
when he was recalled to active 1
duty. 1
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Air-Sea Rescue j
Proves Valuable
Hobbs, N. M„ Jan. 1. —Nearly a
thousand American airmen have '
been saved by the Fifth air force
air-sea rescue group since July11 1
1943, according to Maj. John H. ,
Small, of Charlotte, N. C., who
pioneered establishment of rescue
operations in the southwest Pacific.
Major Small is back after 26 ‘
months in the southwest Pacific. 1
On recent raids on Balikpapan, 1
Borneo, he said air-sea rescue saved 1
some 40 air crewmen whose planes 1
were forced down miles from their
home bases after being hit over the
tarjet by enemy fire. t
®f)E CourteFfatnes
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
W. i. Owen, Jr.
War Prisoner
Other Local Men Listed As
Missing Or Wounded.
Listed as prisoners of war, miss
ing in action and wounded are sev
eral Person and Roxboro soldiers,
according to official reports re
ceived here recently.
Prisoner of war, in Germany, af
ter having been previously reported
as missing, is Pfc. William J.
Owen, Jr., of Woodsdale. whose pa
rents have received a message from
the War Department through the
i International Red Cross. Pfc. Owen
1 was reported missing :n September.
He is a cousin of the recently
. wounded Sgt. James D. Woody.
Also missing in action, as of De
cember 21, in Belgium, is S'. Sgt.
Harold G. Oakley, 21. son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Oakley, of Semora,
1 Route 1. Formerly with Collins
and Aikman. lie has been overseas
■ since October and in service two
1 years. There are five other broth
ers and as many sisters.
Among the wounded is Pfc. John
nie H. Compton, in Belgium, De
-1 cember 25. He is a brother of Mrs.
Stephen Wilkins, of Roxboro, and
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
' Compton. A brother is Pfc. Elijah
| J. Compton, now in England.
Listed as missing in action in
France, since Dec. 4. is Sgt. Earl
1 C. Hicks, of Rougemont, son of Mr.
j and Mrs. Abe Hicks. Sgt. and Mrs.
! Hicks announced thebirth of a son
Earl Thomas, at Community hos
pital, December 21. Mrs. Hicks is
the former Miss Louise Franklin.
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Lawrence Moore
Now Sergeant
Winner Os Air Medal Has Pro
motion In Italy.
| Lawrence C. Moore, 20, of Ca- /el
and Roxboro, engineer-gunner on
a 15th AAF B-24 Liberator, lias
been promoted to the grade of
Technical Sergeant, at an Italian
base it was learned here today.
Sergeant Moore is a member of
a veteran Liberator group which lias
participated in more than 165 com
bat missions against enemy installa
tions in the Mediterranean Thea
tre of Operations.
Sergeant Moore holds the Air
Medal and one One Leaf Cluster
for "meritorious achievement in
1 aerial flight while participating in
sustained operational activity
j against the enemy.”
A graduate of Bethel Hill High
School, Woodsdale, Sergeant Moore. 1
booked cloth for the Collins ana 1
Aikman Corp., before entering the
army on Feb. 27, 1943. He received
his engineer training at Keesler
Field, Miss., and his gunner’s wings t
at Laredo, Texas.
His parents Mr. and Mrs. Eail F. i
Moore live at Ca-Vel.
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Sgt. Woody Has
Battle Wound
S. Sgt. James D. Woody, son of
M“r. and Mrs. J. C. Woody, now
] somewhere in France, has been
slightly wounded. Word was receiv
ed here by his wife yesterday. Sgt.
Woody, recently promoted to that
rank, is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Woody, of Woodsdale. His
wife is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. King, of Roxboro.
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Sgt. Earl Brooks
Has Long Record
1
Staff Sergeant Earl L. Brooks,
son of Mrs. H.- O. Brooks, Semora,
lias just completed 18 months over
seas service with the Bth Air Force
in England. He is a radio operator
with the 65th Fighter Wing.
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Pvt. Wilkerson Here
1
Pvt. Gordon Wilkerson, of the U,
S. Paratroops. Fort Benning, Ga., :
arrived yesterday to visit his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Wilker
son. Pvt. Wilkerson, who entered 1
the service about six months ago, ;
was at first stationed in Oklahoma.
This is his first visit home since
entering the Army.
“Going My Way”
Wins Critic Poll
New York—The motion picture
“Going My Way” won top honors
for its authors ( director and two
featured actors in Film Daily’s
fourth annual critics poll of out
standing film work in 10 categories.
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On your talk set a muzzle, place
the foe in a puzzle.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
\ Fighting Paralysis
The eighteen-year-old daughter of a general overseas with the
American invasion forces fights infantile paralysis in North Caro
lina. Her nurse is her mother, who volunteered for the duration of
the epidemic emergency at the Hickory Emergency Infantile Pa
ralysis Hospital, when the daughter was stricken.
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Hot Moment On
Sea Has Shots
Pvt. Toufielk Anieen Keeps l
Cool Head To Save His Life. 1
j
Several months ago Toufielk i
j Ameen, of Roxboro, then a Staff 1
Sergeant with tile U. S. Army Air ! 1
j Corps in the Pacific area, was cele- j 1
I Orating his birthday by flying on a"
j, training mission. There was a crash j
! landing in the ocean, followed by j'l
a fire in which Ameen, the son of j <
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ameen, of this !;
! City, was burned. The story of that j <
landing has been previously' men- 11
tioned in the Courier-Times, but I ]
never in such detail as it has now j 1
been related to R. H. Shelton, also j 1
of Roxboro, in a letter received by <
him from Pvt. Ameen. ]
The whole incident, says Ameen.
referring to the crash, took less than 1
a couple' of minutes, sixty seconds, s
to be exact. Ameen who was form- 1
erly connected with Greene's Jew- 1
elry company here and is a grad- t
uate of Roxboro high school receiv- \
ed his diploma in absentia from 1
that institution having already en
tered military service before the ,
1943 June commencement. He was t
: also active in Boy Scout ranks be- t
: fore he entered the service.
! Now in the Netherlands East In
dies, he frequently writes to his ,
family and friends here, but never i
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Legion Session •
Not To Meet
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Snow Cancels Post Officers’
Conference Scheduled for
Sanford Next Month
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Raleigh, Jan. 14.—Department; 1
Commander George K. Snow of the ;
American Legion has cancelled the 1
annual post officers' conference 1 1
scheduled to have been held in San- 1
ford Feb. 24-26, acting in eompli- 0
anee with the recent request of War 11
Mobilization Director James F. J
Byrnes that no conventions of more 1
than 50 people be held after Feb
ruary 1. 11
“The American Legion should be e
the first organization to take the n
lead in cooperating with our gov- E
ernment in this war-time emergen- i 1
cy," commented Commander Snow | p
who said Legion leaders throughout 11
the State had urged that the con- u
ference be cancelled.
The post officers’ conference usn- ! s
ally draws 500 or more persons. The o
Sanford meeting was to have been tl
addressed by National Command- j 0
er Edward N. Scheiberling. Ii(
Commander Snow said he prob- 0
ably would call a meeting of the
Department’s executive committee, H
for some time in February, to act a
on any matters that might have IV
arisen at the Sanford Conference. . 0
■ Alontf, Way m
Brodie Riggsbee, one of Roxboro’s most eligible batchelors, has
a destinction that very few single men have. Altho B»odie is young
in mind (and not too old in years) he has the destinction of honor
or having had three children in this county named after him—two
white and one colored. Now Brodie is Justly proud of this fact and
he inquires after his namesakes whenever the parents drop by the j
bank. Whether he buys them each a hundred dollar war bond dur
ing each drive is more than this writer can ascertain but I would
guess that he does. 0
What this writer wants to know is why doesn’t Brodie take the
final step to matrimony and—Oh Well—you know what I mean????
'Please pardon the little stretching of the truth.
MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1945
has he a told a more graphic story
that related to Mr. Shelton, which,
incidentally, further clears away an
error of reference to the place of
the crash which was unintentional
ly included in the first brief story
in the Courier-Times of several
weeks ago.
Balky life preservers (Mae Wests
'.that would not inflate) the crackle
of flames and the popping of the
ammunition load, along with a diff
erent incident relating to “shots",
atre highlights of the story, but
here is the way Pvt. Ameen tells it
Mr. Shelton, who is himself a
veteran of World War T and a form
er commander of Lester Blackwell
Post:
"I was on a training mission on
my birthday, and we developed en
gine trouble. The pilot had to crash
land in the ocean. The plane caught
fire as we hit, and the water rush
ed in pushing me into it. but I man
aged to crawl out of a small window
before I was burned too badly.
"The pilot W'as trying to release
our life boat but it was struck, so
upon seeing me hanging out of the
top of tlie tiny window he came
back across the top of the plane
and helped me up. We had ammuni
tion aboard, and the fire got it so
hot that it started going off.
The pilot W'as afraid there would
be an explosion, so he told me to
hit the water —the other men were
already in the water. I was wearing
a life vest but the pilot didn't have
one on. He jumped first, but I hit
the water before he did. The pilot
was out to the wing tip in a short
(Turn to page 6. please)
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Sgt. G. L. Duncan
Has Battle Stripes
Sgt. Graham L. Duncan, Route 1,
Roxboro, chief carpenter in a B-24
Liberator squadron, now wears two
overseas battle stripes as a veteran
of 12 months Service with the 15th
Air Force. Italy, according to an
nouncement received here today.
Duncan arrived in Italy last Jan
uary, a member of his present Lib -
erator group which was then com
manded by Col. Robert E. L. Eaton.
Belleville. 111. The organization has ]
flown more than 170 missions in the
past year and is now under the com
mand of Lt. Col. Leroy L. SOtfono
wicz, Wildrose, N, D.
In addition to the yellow battle
-.tripes, one for each six months
overseas. Sergeant Dlincan wears
the Distinguished Unit Badge with
one bronze cluster for the two pres
idential citations his group has re
ceived.
Sergeant Duncan is a graduate of
Roxboro high school. He entered the |
army on April 30, 1943. His wife,
Mrs. Lonie C. Duncan, is a resident 1
of Roxboro.
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Teachers May
Benefit From
W
New Measure
Measure Would Uredil Those
in Armed Forces With Ex
perience Increments
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Raleigh. Jan. 14 —A measure pro
viding allowance of credit for ex
perience increments for teachers,
principals and superintendents serv
ing in the armed or auxiliary forces
has bien introduced yesterday in
,1110 Senate by Senator A L. Penland
of Clay. The bill was referred to the
Education Committee.
The bill proposes that the State
Board us Education, in fixing the
State standard salary schedule of
teachers, principals and superin
tendents. provide that the teachers,
principals and superintendents who
entered the armed or auxiliary
forces of the United States after
September 16, 1940, and who left
t heir school positions for such serv
ice, shall be allowed experience in
crements for the period of such
service.
The bill further provides, how
ever, that such experience incre
i merits be allowed only in the event
' that the teachers, principals and su
j perintendents in the armed services
return to school positions in this
State within two years after receiv
ing honorable discharges from the
service.
Another bill introduced yesterday
in the Senate provides for the au
thorization of taking interrogatories
of persons serving overseas in the
armed forces. Introduced by Sena
tor Brandon P. Hodges of Bun
combe. the measure was referred to
, the Committee on Judiciary No. 1.
The bill proposes that any party
iit a civil action, pending in the
courts of tlie State may take the
deposition of any, person in the
armed forces of the United States
who is serving. outside the territor
ial limits of the States by filing in
tlie office of the Clerk of Court
where such action is pending a
statement showing tlie name and
postoffice address of such person.
The bill further provides that
written interrogatories which are
desired to be propounded to such
service personnel be submitted to
the clerk of court, and that the op
posing party, within 10 days of no
tification, may file .written cross
interrogatories, after which the
clerk of court shall issue a commis
sion to any commissioned officer of
the armed forces to take the depo
sition of the serviceman or service
woman,
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New Tobacco
Invention Will
Save Much Labor
Winston-Salem, Jan. 10. —S. R.
Mitcliine, Forsyth County assistant
farm agent said today that C. A.
Fulp, Forsyth farmer, may have hit
upon a revolutionary principle that
may reduce substantially the
amount of work involved in rais
ing tobacco. He thinks he has
stopped the suckering problem.
For the past two years, Fulp has
been growing tobacco w'ithout suck
ers. In 1943 he tried the plan on a
moderate scale. In 1944 lie tried it
again and kept accurate records.
He found that it worked.
111 his experimentations, Fulp al
lows his tobacco to button out and
| then breaks oft all but three or
four buttons. He then strips all
! leaves off tlie stalk from the but
j tons to tlie level to which he nor
! nialy would have topped the plant.
; The result has been that the to
; baeco matures a few seed pods,
matures all the leaves left on the
stalk and makes little effort, if any,
to put out suckers.
Lt. Monday Has
Silver Star Award
First Lieutenant Willie F. Mon
day was awarded the Silver Star
during recent theatre of operations
in the Philippines, according to
latest reports received by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. c. Monday, of
Angier. Lt. Monday was presented
this the third highest decoration
given in the United States Army, for
going forward over enemy territory
in his small unarmored observation
plane.
Lt. Monday has participated in
several battles having been present
ed a citation and promoted to his
present rank during his twelve
months of overseas duty. His par
ents formerly lived in Roxboro.
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Black walnuts planted on idle |
acres will produce profits in both
nuts and timber, says R. W. Grae
ber, in charge of Extension forestry
at State College.
Need For Airport
Changes Here
Given Emphasis
Counties Given
Polio Quotas
Quotas lor Counlies of N. C-
Assigned by State Head
quarters Office
Chapel Hill. Jan, 14. —County quo
tas for North Carolina’s participa
tion in this year's Infantile Paraly
sis Campaign were announced here
today by Dr. Ralph McDonald,
State chairman.
In view of the emergency created
by last year's epidemic and the pos
sibility of another epidemic next
year, the quotas for all counties
have been increased over those ol
1944, Chairman McDonald explain
ed.
Emphasizing the need for more
funds to combat the dread disease,
he pointed out that, in addition to
funds provided by local chapters,
tlie National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis has sent $574,474 in
emergency epidemic aid to North
Carolina from last May through
December 30 and that the end of
‘ the need is not in Sight.
; The State's quota in this year’s
campaign is $392,277, double the
amount raised last year. Chairman.
McDonald said.
Quotas of Counties
The quota by counties was an
nounced as follows: Alamance, $5,-
165; Alexander, $1,626; Alleghany,
$1,031; Anson, $2,227; Ashe, $3,594;
Avery, $1,218; Beaufort, $3,185; Ber
tie, $1,774, Bladen, $1,539; Bruns
wick, $526; Buncombe, $16,480;
Burke, $9,530; Cabarrus, $5,303;
Caldwell, $9,840; Camden, $513,
Carteret. $3,650; Caswell, $7lB.
Catawba, $14,080; Chatham, SL
-966; Cherokee, $964; Chowan, $1,637; j
Clay, $302; Cleveland, $12,840; Col- j
ambus, $1,405; Craven, $2,635; Cum
berland, $7,250; Currituck, $525;;
Dare, $835; Davidson, $5,132; Davie, j
$1,347; Duplin, $2,031; Durham, $17,-
883; Edgecombe, $4,569; Forsyth,
$17,750; Franklin, $549; Gaston,
$12,500.
Gates, $780; Graham. $1,499;
Greene, $910; Granville, $1,486; Guil
ford, $21,362; Halifax, $3545; Har
nett, $2,680; Haywood, $3,887; Hend-
I erson. $4,025; Hertford, $1,167; Hoke,
691; Hyde, $698; Iredell, $4,919;
j Jackson, $599; Johnston, $3,614;
Jones, $785; Lee, $3,220; Lenoir, sl.-1
835; Lincoln. $3,869; Macon, $1,215; I
Madison, $1,770.
Martin, $2,282; McDowell, $2,830;
Mecklenburg, $25,750; Mitchell, $560;
Montgomery, $1,684; Moore, $3,890;
Nash, $2,228; New Hanover, $8,269.
Northampton, $1,671; Onslow, $3,-
596; Orange. $3,784; Pasquotank,
$3,441; Pamlico, $775; Pender, $1,018;
Perquimans, $754; Person, $2,161:
Pitt, $4,347.
Polk. $1,523; Randolph, $3,332;
Richmond, $2,890; Robeson, $4,500:
Rockingham, $4,191, Rowan, $9,078;
Rutheriord, $3,767; Sampson, $2,840:
Scotland, $2,120; Stanly, $2,847:
Stokes, $1,263; Surry, $4,190; Swain,
$1,807; Transylvania, $1,184; Tyr
rell, $833; Union, $2,771; Vance, $2,-
558; Wake, $12,840; Warren, $1,445;
Washington, $530.
Watauga, $1,740: Wilkes, $6,250,
Wayne, $3,804; Wilson, $4,704; Yad
kin, $1,180; and Yancey, $565.
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Miss Solomon
Has Promotion
Miss Pauline Solomon, of Wash
ington, D. C. and Roxboro, received
the classification of Caf 4 on New
Year's Day, according to informa
tion received here. Miss Solomon
accepted her first position in Wash
ington with the War Department in
1942 as a Caf 2 and in September,
1943, she transferred to the Foreign
Economics Administration with a
Caf 3 rating.
Before going to Washington, Miss
Solomon was connected with the
Person County Public Library.
Pvt. Blackwell
In Welch Hospital
Pvt. Alfred F. Blackwell, formerly
of Roxboro, has arrived at Welch
Convalescent Hospital, the Army's
new reconditioning center in Day
tona Beach, Fla.
The son of Lillian Blackwell, Pvt.
Blackwell entered the Army Janu- j
ary 1943 and has since served seven
months in New Guinea. He has a
brother in the Air Corps. 1
Buy War Bonds,
and give the change te the
MARCH OF DIMES
MNIMRY 14-31
NUMBER 13
First Organization CAF Meet
ing To Be Held Here
Wednesday.
Saying that Roxboro needs a
larger, better located and more'
adequately equipped airport, Major
■ E. I. Nott, of the Civil Air F'atroi,
Burlington, on Thursday at a joint
meeting of Roxboro's Kiwanis and
Rotary clubs, pointed nut that the
Civil Air Patrol, which has made
valuable coastal patrol service con
tributions in the first years of this
war. can and will be effective oow
as an organization leading the way
in post-war aviation planning.
Immediately after Maj. Noti's
address an interested group of
adults from the two clubs, includ
ing a number of club visitors, met
! to make plans for tlie first organi
zation meeting of tlie Roxboro unit
of CAP which will be held Wed
nesday night at 7:30. at Roxboro
high school, with the consulting
assistance of a Capt. Jabez, of Bur
lington.
Earlier in the day on Thursday,
Maj. Nott spoke at Roxboro nigii
school to the students there, about
forty to sixty ol whom signed up
1 as being interested in CAP and
are expected to be at the Wed
nesday night meeting. A State
' CAP gathering was held Sunday
at Sanford and Maj. Nott extend
ed an invitation to Malcolm (Mae)
1 WarrAi, of Roxboro Airport, and
j others, to attend.
j At tile firtt of his address Maj
i Nott, incidentially, paid tribute to
, | the interest being shown in avia
i ion in Roxboro, He also conipli
| mented civic spirit here and prais
ed the singing leadership shown at
the gathering Thursday by Mr. and
Mrs. W. Wallace. Wjoodp , ,
At tlie meeting, which was held
at Hotel Roxboro, were a number
of special guests, all of whom are
trained aviators, or are now’ taking
| training. Among them, including
| J. A. Long, Jr„ and J. W. Green,
j of the Kiwanis club, were: Luther
! Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. John Mer
ritt. J. Owen Perkins, Miss Ellen
Coxe Merritt, Miss Judy Poole, Gur
ney Young, Mrs. J. A. Long, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Wharton Winstead, and
1 others, all of whom are expected
to be at Wednesday's meeting.
Others signing and expecting to
attend are J. Owen Perkins, Dr.
Robert E. Long, Dr. J. D. Fitzger
of CAAP which will be held Wed-
W. Bolick. S. F. Marsh, Mr. and
Mrs. W. Wallace Woods, Fred Long.
Alvin Warren, Tom Shaw and Mac
Warren.
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German Pajamas
Wrap Paris Gifts
Possessor of rare soUveniers from
her fighting husband, Pfc. Rupert
Ernest Moore, 27, is Mrs. Janelle .
Horton Moore, of Hurdle Mills, who
recently received a package from
Pfc. Moore which contained a Ger
man soldier's gray, quilted cotton ’
pajama suit that served as wrap
ping for a bottle of real perfume
and a box of powder.
Also in the pack were two sets
ol' picture postcards of scenes in
Paris and France, together with a
German swastika aviator's pin./ The
Moores have two small daughters,
Betsy Anne and Patricia, who re
| reived Christmas greeting cards
j from their father with the Third
i Army < Gen. Patton) insignia worn
by Pfc. Moore.
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Dr. Gilbert Os
Duke Is Honored
Durham, Jan. 14.—Dr. Katharine
Gilbert, chairman of the depart
ment of aesthetics, art and music at
Duke University, has been elected
vice president of the American So
ciety for Aesthetics, succeeding Van-
Meter Ames of the University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. She
has served on the executive council
of this organization since it was or
ganized in 1942 for the advancement
of philosophical and scientific stud
ies of the arfts and related fields, ,i
Dr. Gilbert is also vice president
of the American Phoiosophical As
sociation, eastern division, in which
she has served as a member of the
executive council, and as one of *
five members composing the com- \
mittec. on publications, which
praises manuscripts in philosophy pi
submitted for subsidies from thie.i
American Council of Learne<Ußa>J:JS
cteties. In this capacity she succeeds;.-
F. C. s. Northrop of Yale 9ni«d4
sity. '