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JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMIt FIGHT infantile JANUARY 14-31 PARALYSIS VOL. LXIV. First Scrap Paper , Drive This Year Be Held Sunday Week Person Officer Hurt By Nazis In Street Fight Thomas B. Perkins, Wounded In Street Fighting Now In Hospital. Street fighting in Germany is a “steady, nasty grind with eveiy soldier forced to be on the alert as a matter of self-preservation,” says Staff Sergeant Thomas B. Perkins, 34, of Roxboro, North Caro lina, wounded near Geilenkirchen, and now recovering at 115th United States Army general hospital in England, according to reports re ceived here today. Sgt. Perkins, a squad leader with an infantry of the 102nd Division, was hit In the left arm by German machine gun fire during street fighting. He said he was going from one building to another when he was hit. “I was the first casualty from our company on that day,” he said. “We managed to push the Nazis out of the town. Another Infan tryman dressed my wounds and 1 was able to walk to an oid station. After staying at a hospital in Bel gium, I came to England by plane." Sgt. Perkins' said he has beer, with his division since it was acti vated and would like to return to it after his recovery. “Sgt. Perkins is making satisfac tory progress in his recovery," said his ward surgeon. First Lieutenant Richard D. Smith of Omaha, Ne braska. He has received the Pur ple heart.. ~ _ Before entering the Army Novem ber 4, 1942, Sgt. Perkins operated a tobacco farm. His brother. Corporal John E. Perkins, is serv ing in the South Pacific. Their mother, Mrs. Maggie W. Perkins, lives in Roxboro. Edmond Stephens Receives Medal Person Man At Lawson Field. Fort Benning, Ga. Pvt. Edmond Stephens, of Rox boro, has qualified as Marksman with the Carbine rifle and receiv ed the Marksman Medal, it was an nounced by the Commanding Offi cor, Lawson Field, a Base of the U. S. Army Air Forces I Troop Carrier Command, at Fort Benning, Ga. The First Troop Carrier Com mand. with headquarters at Indian apolis, Indiana, is the branch of the air force charged with transporting men. supplies and equipment in bat tle areas throughout the world. Flying Twin-engine C-47 cargo planes, they carry paratroopers, tow gliders and deliver vital materials to America’s fighting men. Equipp ed with stretchers and medical sup plies and carrying flight nurses, they also fly wounded men from the front back to base hospitals. Pvt. Stephens, has been a mem ber of the Army Air Forces since his entrance on Sept. 17, '42. He is the son of Mrs. Saia Stephens of Route 1, Box 85, Roxboro. o Sgt. P. T. Gates Receives Medal i Tech. Sgt. Philip T. Gates, 25, of Hurdle Mills, was recently awarded the Combat Infantry Badge “for outstanding performance of duty and exemplary conduct In action against the enemy during the Guam operations". He is a heavy machine gun platoon sergeant with the 77th "Statute of Liberty" Infantry Di vision which participated in the in. vasion and capture of the Pacific Island of Guam. Gates enlisted in October, 1940, at Fort Bragg, and his wife, Mrs Irene Gates, lives in Hurdle Mills. o Back Home Mrs. L. G. Oakley, of Roxboro, Route 3, has received a telegram stating that her son, Sgt. Blbert L. Oakley, is now back In the states, after two years and five months of overseas duty. He is expected to. vis it his mother soon. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR J Will Be Under Scout Auspices. New ScdUt Chairman In stalled. Training Course Saturday. First Scrap Paper drive in new year in Roxboro is scheduled to take place on Sunday afternoon, Janu ary 28, one week from this coming Sunday, under auspices of Person and Roxboro Boy Scouts, according to announcement made today. Plans for the paper drive were discussed here Tuesday night at regular monthly meeting of the Person Scout District and Dr. Rob ert E. Long, scoutmaster of Troop 49, said that the proposed paper drive has full sanction and cooper i aticn from Person Salvage chair man W. Wallace Woods. Few paper drives have been held here in the past year, but it is hoped that re sponse to this one of ten days hence will meet with public support. At the same Scout District session on Tuesday J. W. Greene was offic ially installed as District Scout chairman. Induction was by George W. Kane On invitation of the re tiring chairman, C. A. Harris. Other (Turn to page 6. please) o Red Cross Has Desire To Help Families Os Men In Service Should Give Details When Needed. Through its numerous chapters blanketing the country, the Amer ican Red Cross is endeavoring to inform the families cf those in the service, especially those of recent inductees, the procedure in case of ■ an emergency which would require immediate contact with the mem ber in service according to Mrs. Sue Featherston, Person Chapters Executive Secretary. The following instructions are listed by the Person chapter and the organization suggets each fam ily be prepared in the event an emergency arises: 1. Contact the Red Cross Chap ter nearest your home. Find out where the chapter is, get the tele phone number and keep it posted where it will be handy at all times. 2. In the event of an emergency, give the chapter all the details. In case of illness or accident, they will want to know the seriousness and the doctor's diagnosis. Tell them you are sending a telegram to the member in the service and ask them to send a telegram to the Red Cross office in the camp where the member is located, verifying the circumstances. 3. Be sure to give the full name, address and serial number of the member in service. The Red Cross is doing a big job in helping those who are confront ed with emergencies, and their field directors in the many service camps and naval stations will co operate fully in seeing that the member is kept informed as to con- I ditions at home and assist in se ] curing emergency furlough or leave if necessary. The best way for the families to cooperate and expedite matters is to follow the above instructions. o Three Old, Six New Directors In Re-elected as Roxboro Chamber of Commerce directors for 1945, are: 1 D. S. Brooks, R. D. Bumpass, and R. B. Griffin, while new members are: Floyd L. Peaden, T. T. Mitchell, J. J. Woody, R. A. Whitfield, J. W. Greene and O. Teague Kirby, ac cording to announcement made to day by W. Wallace Woods, executive secretary. Others in the race were: Sidney Marsh, Coy E. Day, Guy Whitman, W. H. Harris, 111. T. Miller White and Sanders McWhorter. r 0- Final Figures Roxboro Tobacco Market will close Friday, after having sold over eight and one half million pounds this season at an average close to $43, it was learned here today. Total sales through Wed nesday of this week have been placed at 8,699,814 pounds at an average of $42.85, while reports for the first three days of this week Rave been as follows: Mon day, 55,900 pounds at $46.51; Tuesday, 36,000 pounds at $45.92, and Wednesday, 31,000 pounds at. $45.02. ®fje CourifDldmcjs V Second Son Pfc. Edward B. Satterfield, of Roxboro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allen Satterfield, has been ofjicially reported as missing in action since December 24th in Luxembourg, according to a mes sage received this week, by his parents. He is a brother of James Satterfield who was killed in ac tion sometime ago. Before entering service, Pfc. j Satterfield was employed by the Collins and Aikman Corporation. A brother, Oscar Satterfield, of : the Army, is reported to be en rcute overseas. All Methodists j In Area Meet Here On Sunday Further Aspects Os Crusade For Christ Will Be Considered. There will be a Crusade for Christ group meeting here at Edgar Long Memorial Methodist Church, Sun day afternoon at 3:00 o'clock for the ten pastoral charges in this area, according to announcement made today. Purpose of the meeting is to “talk shop" about the Crusade for Christ In relation to practical plans and programs to be carried out in the churches. Rev. D. C. Brewer will be in charge and visiting speakers will in clude the Rev. Mallard DUnn, of Durham, and Sam Ruark, lay leader ; of the Raleigh district. Pastors, members of the Crusade Council, and other church leaders are expected to attend this very im portant meeting, Says the Rev W. C. Martin, pastor of Long Memorial Church. o Center Program Continues In Full Operation Uninterrupted Schedule Con tinues. Grange Meets There Tonight. Despite a reduction in the number of Camp Butner soldiers coming to Roxboro. a change brought about by the changing of the Camp into a replacement center. USO-Service Center activities are being contin ued in Roxboro in full force, ac cording to Center officials. Hosts and hosteses to serve at the Roxboro Service Man's Center USO this week-end are as follows: Sat urday, 2 to 4, Mrs. T. B. Woody; 4 to 6, Mrs. Woody Brown; 6 to 8, Miss Hilda Shoemaker; 8 to 10, Mrs. W. R. Minor; 10 to 12, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Hughes. Sunday. 9 to 12, A. M. Pleasant; 12 to 2. Miss Bessie H. Daniel; 2 to 4, Miss Claire Har ris: 4 to 6, Mrs. Henry David Long; 6 to 8. Mrs. Fred Gentry; 8 to 10, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Whitman; 10 to 12, Mr. and Mrs. Henry O'Briant. In discussing the maintaining of the regular schedule of programs for service men at the Center, Dr. Robert E. Long, board chairman, pointed out that the Center contin ues to have additional full round of civilian activities. The younger 'teen-age groups meet on Monday nights with Fred Bishop as leader, and on the same night the Scout Cub Pack led by Sanders McWhorter also meets there. Wednesday sees the meeting of Boy Scout troop 49. On Thurs day nights the older 'teen-age group, headed by Miss Mary Earle Wilson and Miss Mabel Massey, gathers there, and on the third Thursday cf each month the Center is reserved for a Grange meeting i such as will be held tonight. Friday nights are reserved for the members of Troop 32, Boy Scouts, led by Collins Abbitt. o Mac Warren In Kiwanis Club Rev. W. C. Martin, club member, was speaker Monday night at Rox boro Kiwanis Club at Hotel Rox boro, where he discussed “Duties of Club Committees”. He was intro duced by program chairman Fred Bishop. Welcomed to membership was Malcolm (Mac) Warren, of Roxboro Airport. Increase in attendance was urged by Thomas Hatchett, attendance chairman. Invocation was by Rev. B. B. Knight and pledge to the flag was led by J. J. (Dick) Woody. In i-charge of the induction of Mr. War ren was Jack Strum. The club now meets at 6:15 p. m. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Knitters Urged To Up Sweater Quota Importance Os Work Cited By Atlanta Official, Writing Person Chairmen. Women of Roxboro and Person i County, who are knitting sweaters • and other garments for the Ameri- I can Red Cross to be sent to men I and women in military service, are (being asked to start work on and j to complete as soon as possible as | many as 216 sweaters, according to [announcement made today by the j knitting co-chairmen here, Mrs. Percy Bloxam and Mrs. George W. j Kane, who have received one hun j dred pounds of additional wool yarn. | Mrs. Bloxam and Mrs. Kane, in recounting work of the knitting division here, say there is an urgent i need for knitters now and that out of the original quota for the year of 166 garments, 83 have been fin ished. This leaves, they report. 83 garments, all of sweater-type, to be completed, but the work is made more serious because of the call for 133 more sweaters to be made from the additional 100 pounds of yarn. Tile knitting division office, in the Hall building, second floor, Abbitt avenue, is open on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month sftid yarn may be obtained there on those days, or by special appoint- Imported Butter Holds City. Eyes Friends Watch With Envy While Roxboro Woman Eats Meal. Responsible for a Person County reference is columnist Lynn Nisbet, of Raleigh, who recently in a case there saw Mrs. Robert Burns, of Roxboro, eating butter. Nisbet's comment, somewhat like one that Karl Burger, of Hotel Roxboro, is always making about Person's "wild honey", is headed. "Butter", and reads as follows: “When Mrs. Robert Burns, wife of the Person county representative. This Problem 7 Is Heroic Narrative Person Soldier Saves Life Os Another In California Coast Incident. I Strange story comes from Fort Ord, Calif., where Sgt. Robert ! Slaughter, of Allensville, son of Mrs. Zadock Slaughter and brother iof Enos Slaughter, participated in j what started out to be the single i handed rescue of an unnamed sold i ier companion. Sgt. Slaughter’s narrative of the event, contained in a letter to his mother, is full of unexplained de tails, dictated, perhaps by the ex citement of having just come through a brush with death. The tractor referred to, is apparently an amphibious-type jeep, certainly some form of motorized, boat-like, vehicle. Sgt. Slaughter's story is modestly told where personal references are concerned, and here it is: I wT aTwHsoil Helena Soldier Listed Missing Pvt. William A. Wilson, Jr., 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wilson of Helena, lias been reported as missing in action in Luxembourg since December 23rd. He was in the 28th Division which is a Unit of the First Army and had seen action in France, Belgium and Luxembourg and Germany. Pvt. Wilson is a graduate of Hel ' ena high school and prior to his 1 induction into the army in May 1943, he was a student at State College, Raleigh. He went over seas in June 1944. He has a brother, Fvt. Roy Chandler, stationed at Fort McClellan, Ala. Three other brothers, all younger, are at. home. Mr. Wilson, Sr., the father, is a mail carrier, who works out of Rougemont. Mrs. Wilson was the former Miss Chandler. Mr. Wilson, incidentally is a veteran of World i War I and was also stationed at ; Fort McClellan. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1945 ments made by telephoning Mrs. Blcxam or Mrs. Kane at their re spective homes. All of the sweaters that remain to be made are for Army use and are much appreciat ed. especially by men overseas, ac- j cordir.g to Mrs. Bloxam. Many of the knitting workers; ] here are doing good work, say the j chairmen, but there is a real need for intensification of effort and ad- j ( ditional cooperation will be greatly | appreciated. Pointing out that knitters "make a direct and valuable contribution to the war effort," Mrs. Bloxam is today making public a letter she has recently received from Mrs. Cordelia D. Wolfe, of Atlanta. Ad i ministrator of Volunteer Special ' ! services, the Red Cross, who writes: ' | Thank you for advising us re ' j garding the sweaters you had ready for shipment. "We were delighted to receive 1 your acceptance of a knitting quota. ‘ I Your Chapter's copies of the requi sitions for yarn and knitting in structions are attached. 1 "Please assure your knjtters that they are making a direct and vaiu : able contribution to this important c phase of our production program. I We wish that it were possible ta i j share with you the many expressions i of gratitude which we receive from ■lour men in the armed forces." took a little package from her hand bag in a Raleigh eating placA, the other day and placed it on the table, several nearby diners looked with yearning eyes. "Mrs. Burns had just brought . a pat of butter from home, since the place where she was dining serves onti margarine. Several other leg islators and their wives have adopt ed the same plan of bringing along their own butter. And they are right popular as table mates." Editor's Note: There is not too much butter seen in Roxboro re staurants, either. "I can't say that I feel fine to night but I am all right. Haven't ever experienced anything like I did today. Only by the grace of God did some of us get through yet we lost one of our men in the breakers. Can only say how thank ful I am to be alive tonight. Don't know how to begin telling you about it for I wish it were a dream. "We went out about eight this morning on this problem. I was in the lead tractor with the pla toon leader. Had to read the com pass and drive the course about fourteen miles out to sea. Were to land on this land. The break ers and surf were about twenty feet high. How I ever got through I don't know. There were four tractors to coine into shore. The third sank and went down. One of the boys drowned and one is in the hospital, don’t know if he will live or not. "There were three in the tractor. I can’t say that I saved him alone. Mom. None would go out to save the one in the hospital. I took my trac and started out alone to get him. Cap. Williams stopped me and I begged him to let me go. Couldn’t get anyone to go with me so finally another officer jumped in the back. We couldn't get him the first time so we went back the second time and got him. Just a matter of life and death for us to get out of the water. “Have to make a written report to in tomorrow morning so I will have to start on It. Hope you are getting along fine. I'm sure we won't try that again. Will take the best of care of myself so don't be uneasy about me. Going to get a pass and go over to Los An geles soon." o Has Air Medal T. Sgt. Jack G. Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Perkins, who is now stationed in England, has been awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, according to information received here. o Keep the trust and guard it well for the must is not to tell. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Mother Hears Mrs. J. Martin Long, whose son, Stephen, is a prisoner of war in Germany, recently received a message from him saying, “I am just fine and thinking of you, and all. Hope you, too, are feeling well and not working too hard. I have received letters from B. .. and from E. . this week and was to hear from them and home.” Lunch Services c Win Approval Os W. B. Taylori Sanitarian Cites Facilities In ] Six Schools As Os Good Quality. Supt- R. B. Griffin and other of- 1 ficials are to be congratulated on the. progress in feeding Person < children and in the sanitary con- ■ ditions of the schools, according to t a statement issued today by Person 1 Sanitarian W.. B. Taylor. ' Last .year there ere three school; 1 that had lunch rooms, says Mr. 1 Taylor. This year’there are. six < lunch rooms doing a splendid job. 1 Five of the lunch rooms rate grade < A. The sixth lunch room from a l sanitary standpoint rates as high os i any but clue to the lack ol equip ment it rates a little lower in grade. Roxboro high school feeds over three hundred per day for the small amount of 10 cents a plate. The children enjoy a meat and three | vegetables plus a bottle o.£ milk. The patrons no doubt appreciate Mr. Griffin's aid in securing the aid from our government to curtail. the expenses of the work. .( It is believed that no other coun ty school System* lias higher sani-1 tar'y rating than the Person County consolidated schools, says Mr. Tay lor. Last fall the inspections made of all schools by the city and cram- ' ty sanitarian showed a decided im- 1 provement over last year. All 1 principals and teachers are taking ! interest in cooperating with Mr. 11 Griffin after he had the buildings • painted and fixed for the 1944-45 i school year. Frankly, if you would 1 take an inspection of Roxboro high i school you would not realize it to be the same place as of a year ago < concludes Mr. Taylor. , — ()■ - Miss Hester New Council Leader ■ i Bushy Fork And Roxboro 1 Clubs Capture Honors. ( The Person County 4-H County ■ Council meeting Saturday in the 1 Court House, with Martha Louise Hester, vice-president, presiding; 1 elected new officers for 1945, as follows: 1 Sarah Jane Hester, Bushy Fdt k, 1 president: Sarah Aden. Bushy Fork, 1 vice-president: Emily Williams; Rox- ' boro, secretary-treasurer; Sarah O'- 1 Briant. Roxboro, reporter. Sarah 1 Hall. Bushy Fork, song leader and 1 Sidney O'Briant, Roxboro. song ' leader. The new officers were tnimedi- 1 ately installed in a simple candle lighting service. | Hilda Fisher, of the Roxboro club, had charge of the devotional and Ann Williams, of the Olive Hill 1 club, read a poew, “Once and For , All"'. C. C, Jackson, Asst. County Agent, ; discussed duties of the 4-H County , Council and plans for this year's , work and Miss Evelyn Caldwell, j Home Demonstration Agent. had i, charge of recreation. Retiring officers of the Council , are: president. Mary Eleanor Grave- | ly, now a freshman at Meredith Col- 1 lege; vice-president, Martha Louise I Hester, Roxboro; secretary, J. D. i Winstead. 111. Roxboro; and song ( leader, Wilhelmina Wehrenberg, ■' Bethel Hill. —o Rites Held For Alice G. Dixon Funeral for Alice Gayle Dixon, four-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hezikiah Dixon, of North j Main street, Roxboro. was held Fri-! day afternoon at the home, with in- j terment in Providence Church cem-1 etery. The»child died last Thursday j morning at Watts hospital, Durham, after an illness lasting six days. Survivors, in addition to the par ents. are two brothers. Lebby and Dwight Dixon. Palbearers were Ed die and Melvin Dixon, and flower bearers included, Mesdames Eddie, Melvin, Luther and Lewis Dixon,! Miss Daphne Dixon, Miss Bera Lee, I Mrs. Flint Bradsher,?Mrs. Headley Kynoch, Miss Gertie Rachel Brad- i sher and Mrs. Newton Yarborough, ]. Visual Aid Plan Begins New Era In Person, City Schools * J Junior Red Cross Responsible For Securinu Projector. "Visual Aid in Education", aided chiefly by a motion picture project or. property of the Person Chapter of the Junior Red Cross, and by nine slide-picture machines bought by official school authorization, is now in operation for the first time in Person and Roxboro schools, ac cording to announcement made to day by Person Superintendent R. B. Griffin, who said that a factory representative has been here for several days to teach operation principles ol the projector. The Junior Red Cross projector, ordered many months ago by the Junior (Red Cross through the efforts of Mrs. Logan Umstead. adult leader, has a value of around SSOO, while the nine slide-film machines, lor showing still pictures, and a library of about 250 films to be ex, changed and used in various schools, both white and negro, brings value of the "Visual Aid’; equipment at present up to about $1,500, accord ing to Mr. Griffin. "Visual Aid" programs are not (Turn to page 6, please) Father's Heart In Polio Poster 'Greensboro Boy, Son Os Art j ist. Is Shown With Win ston Nurse. Greensboro. Jan. 17.—Pen sketch es of Danny Moury, nine-year-old Greensboro boy, and Miss Martha Prevost, registered nurse from Win ston-Salem. are shown on the North ! Carolina poster designed by Henry Pood. Ji.VGveensboro artist, public ! izing the annual fund raising ap peal for the national foundation for infantile paralysis. Miss Prevost is one of the nurses attending patients at the polio em ergency hospital at Hickory and Danny Moury is one of her charges; Tlie youth’s mother. Mis. Norman B. Moury, 2809 Sherwood street, is working at the hospital as a nurses’ aide. Executed in blue, red, yellow and white, the poster was designed by Rood as a special contribution to the; state campaign to raise funds for the care of polio victims, which will be conducted through January 31. Rood’s son. Rufus, celebrated his fifth birthday last September at the polio hospital where he re main's a patient. The poster was drawn after Rood conferred with C. H. Crabtree, Ra leigh. state representative of the national foundation; Mrs. Phillips Russell, Chapel Hill, state executive secretary; F. Odell Lambeth, chair man of the Guilford county-Greens bjoro campaign, and Miss Virginia Jackson, secretary. Ten thousand of the colorful post ers have been distributed in store windows over the state. I f ——7 Wins His Wings i " 1 Pvt. Gordon M. Wilkerson. of this City and Fort Benning, Ga., who is now visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett M. Wilkerson. has won the right to wear "Boots and Wings' of tlie United Stales Army Para troops. He lias completed four weeks I of jump training during which time he made five jumps, the last a tacti cal jump at night involving a com bat problem on landing, according to announcement received here to ! day from Fort Benning. Sugar Bowl Film To Show Here In Polio Fund Drive 5239 has been contributed to the Person and Roxboro Polio fund since the start of the cam paign on Sunday, according to the Rev. Rufus J. Womble, chair man, who said today that re sponse thus far has come chiefly from letters of appeal, although as yet less than one-fifth of the letters have been heard from. In urging that united support for the program, which has a local gcal of $2,161, he continued, the Rev. Mr. Womble said this morning that arrangements have been completed with Duke Uni versity officials for the benefit showing here on February 12. of. motion pictures of this yearis Duke - Alabama "Sugar Bowl” game Details of the benefit will be announced later. Buy War Bonds „ and give the change to the MARCH OF DIMES MHIUUY 14-31 NUMBER 11 Meetings To Be Held Soon For Farm Operators Will Come Shortly After Reg ular Committee Session. Immediately following a goals and production meeting to be held . on January 27. by Person’s county and community, with Farm Agent H, K. Sanders and other agricultural rep resentatives in attendance, ’.lie committeemen will hold a series of meetings with farm operators for the purpose of advising, informing, and guiding them lii preparing their individual 1945 farm plans which will contribute to the all-important crop, livestock and poultry goals that have been assigned to tills State. Claude T. Hall, chairman of’ the Person County AAA Committee . announced here today. "Community committeemen will: also assist farm operators in plan ning to build and conserve the ier- ’ tility of their soil by advising, them of the approved conservation prac tices that they may carry but and receive payments for during the 1945 Program Year” says Mr Hall. "The intended production figures are of vital importance at this time picture and domestic picture, mipnt iiis changing conditions in the war make it necessary to adjust pi •- duction goals before planting "time, i and the figures furnished at Hit s.; j meetings will present a true picture ol just how we stand in comparison , ••with tlie goals that have beer, set,”.; thinks Mr. Hall. Eacb.p rny,..perator will be lori ' lied of tlie 'exact time and' place"* i of the meeting in his community, . and it is sincerely hoped that every i effort will be made to attend on the date set. : Pfc. Clayton In Patton Uni! Person Man Has Seen Hard Work In Tank Destroyer Battalion. Pfc. Crithon D. Clayton, of Rox boro is a member of the hard-hitting ; 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. He ! and his buddies have KOd more German tanks than any other Tank ; Destroyer battalion in Lieutenant General Patton's Army, it was an , nounced here today. At the Palais-Argentan Gap his \ (battalion had a field day helping rip the German Seventh Army. ; When the din and smoke of battle cleared, 355 prisoners, 80 tanks, and 190 other vehicles lay victims of their guns. i Shortly after, the battalion, swung into action again with the spear . lit ad of the 79th Infantry Division in its spectacular dash across France, through Mantes-Gassicourt, Neufehateau. Chatenois, Charities and Luneville. In the muck and blackness of the Forest de Parroy, it was these same tank destroyers that smashed through thickets of trees and clinging mud to lead the division in driving the Germans from tlie forest and winning the fulsome praise of tlie Commanding General. After a short stay with the Sev enth Army, the 773rd returned to Third Army to join the famed 90t.h Infantry Division's brilliant and now historic crossing of the Moselle j River that resulted in the fall of I Metz for the first time in twenty centuries. Even now, tlie battalion's guns are spitting death at the re reating German armor. Pfc. Clayton is an Assistant Driv er-Radio Operator in “B” Company. Pfc. Richard Allen May Arrive Soon Pfc. Richard H. Allen, of this City, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allen, who was wounded, in the hip by shell-fire in France lW August and is now a patient at VCennedjr General hospital, Memphis Term., is expected home soon for Y visit with his parents. Pfc. AUedt vhar was wounded during the second in- [ i vasion of France, spent months in an English hospital be. , fore returning to the United Stftteak,
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