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UARY 19, 1945
lOURIER-TIMES says it,
says it because it is true.
ID WAR TWO
) we all were talking about
lid be over, especially the
it. Some of us named one
s thought it would last two
ally everyone thought that
ing rapidly to an end. Now
d a man that will tell you
lat it will be over,
oks much better now than
but the American people
d that this is no time to
of the war. They feel that
out for some time to come
ians are rapidly approach
s not mean that the end of
■ is about here. We have
nany can hold out for some
erlin has been conquered
seting of the Big Three in
indicates that the Euro
i over by the time of this
tainlv does not mean that
a number of soldiers who
thick of the fighting we
lot expecting a sudden end
ow something of the pow
army and they are inclin
tiese Germans are capable
►hilp
!oe* hot mean that we are
rapidly" Our Armies are,
going to town and before
it fall.
—Let’s make no plans yet
11 of Germany. That time
i we think, but it will not
lake plans just as soon
i the meantime the thing
r bonds and work at your
as hard as you can.
X)WS ANOTHER
son has just ended in Jan
ne ends another starts al
’armers are now busy pre
fer the coming season. As
lany have the beds ready
will be of fair size and a
1 be put in the ground and
be on its way. Then will
season.
'riter can tell tobacco will
this season. There seems
y it should not be as high
e past year. No one can
there is a shortage of to
can deny the fact that
' more than usual if they
o to smoke.
he new season with high
prices and with a determ
labor to work the crop by
other.
IRING LOSSES
l Life Insurance Company
it company computations
tely 8,000,000 men had
d War II up to the end of
ires are unobtainable, the
> boundary changes, Rus
suffered far heavier loss
ious war.
tality toll exceeds 200,000
>3,000 in World War I, the
Japanese fatalities have
mark.
nd French battle fatalities
in World War I, the report
s current list at 325,000,
former 900,000 loss; and
ating 150,000 against 1,-
figures show that we are
paying a price for this war. Not only the
United States but practically every nation in
the world that is of any size. So far oar losa«-
es have been small in comparison, god we
hope that they will grow no more—-But —
Practically every week brings more mess
ages from the war department stating that
j another Person County boy has been killed,
! wounded or is missing in action. An awful
I message to receive and one that only those
who have received one can know exactly how
bad it is.
Over and above everything else that we
might do as regards this war. we are of the
opinion, that the people of this nation and
every nation should fall down on their knees
ias often as they can and pray to the Lord
that this war be brought to an early pod just
1 end. The price in human life and suffering is
really staggering and we think that the Lord
can help us in our problem.
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LOOKING AHEAP
A few days ago it was the pleasure of this
writer to sit in on a mating of the county
board of commissioners. Members of the
I board were in session for about two hours
; and they along with the county attorney did
1 quite a bit of talking.
The thing that pleased us very much was
that we found out that all of the commission
ers as well as the attorney were looking
ahead. They were not only concerned with
the problems of today but were very much
! concerned with problems that they knew
were bound to arise when the war is over.
Right now they are trying to make plans to
meet these problems and to meet them in an
excellent manner.
Os course they do not know all of the prob
lems that will come up but they do plan to be
prepared for those that they know about and
for this we wish to conßnend them.
Your business and mine, your church and
; mine, your club and mine is going to have
many problems to face after the war. Are
you. am I, making plans now in order to be
ready to meet these in an intelligent manner?
Are we building now for the future? If not,
why not?
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
IT SPEAKS WELL
Bladen Journal, Elizabethtown, N. C,
Figures recently released show that out of
304 boys at the Thomasville Baptist orphan
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age examined for the armed forces, only
three have been rejected. This speaks well
for the orphanage when one recalls the fact
that a total of 56.8 per cent of the men call- j
ed in the state as a whole have been rejected
for physical reasons. It is a fine tribute to
orphanage training, and while we have not
seen the figures, no doubt the rejections from
other orphanage-trained young men rune
much lower than the state average. Based
on the state average the rejections of men
from the Thomasville orphanage would have
been more than 150.
While it is pitiable for children to be denied
parental care and association, children rear
ed in a reputable orphanage in a great many
instances are better prepared for life than
those reared in the home and by their par
ents. The wholesome food, plenty of milk,
physical activity, regular hours and spiritual
training fit the orphanage-trained youth for
a life of service, whether it be in the armed
forces or in every-day activities.
POSTWAR RADIOS
Christian Science Monitor
Despite current objections from the radio
manufacturing industry concerning the pro
posal of the Federal Communications Com
mission to move frequency modulation sta
tions from their 42-to-50-megaeycle band to
a higher 84-to-102-megacycle band, the pres
ent would appear to be the best time for the
reallocation—if it is §yer to be done.
One Chicago radio manufacturer says that
the FCC proposal would render obsolete ap
proximately 500,000 FM sets “of the latest
and most expensive design.” The argument
might have more validity if the times were
normal and great quantities of receiving sets
were to be made useless by such a move. It
cught to be pointed out, bewever, that fre
quency modulation was only in its experi*
menial stages when the war broke out. Pos
sibly gi-oater r.tlvnnces have been made io
FM since 1942 ujujcr !*>/> spur of ipilitayy de
velopment. But even the nrvryjt civilian FM
receiver is at least three years oU.
In the higher frequencies, there is
for many more stations. Growth of FM radio
casting was due, perhaps, in great measure
to crowded conditions in the standard radio
casting band. The frequepcy-TOO<foJetign
band, with its promise of fom for mere star
tions with greater fidelity, was naturally
and eagerly seized upon by the radiocasting
industry for development, lfaraover, it seems
THE CORIER-TIMES
‘ ARB bUR GENERALS I
Criticism of a few American 1
m commanders because they are] 1
“tan young" for capable leadership j 1
rune contrary to the lessons of 1
history. Alexander is the classic 1
example, of course, shedding un- 1
soldierly tears because at 23 there I
were no more worlds to conquer. 1
George Washington was 43 when 1
he assumed command of the Con- 1
tinental Army under a Cambridge 1
elm- Ethan Allen was 38 when he •
led his Green Mountain boys to
victory at Ticonderoga. George;
Rogers Clark *was only 25 when i
entrusted with command of the
Droops on the Ohio frontier at the 1
cutset of the Revolution.
At 34 Nathaniel Green was a !
Major General in the Revolution, !
while Henry Knok was just 31 !
When promoted to a similar rank
for signal service at. Yorktown. 1
Anthony Wayne was in his early
thirties when he gained the title of 1
j “Mad Anthony” by his daring 1
i and reckless exploits.
Ulysses 8. Grant was 40 when
commissioned Major General after 1
the capture of Fort Donelson and
a Lieutenant General at 42. Stone- ;
wall Jackson at 39 was one of the
foremost American generals.
Phil Sheridan was 33 when he 1
“saved the day” at Winchester by
the 20-mile ride that is remem- 1
bered in the classes of American I
poetry. Arthur MacArthur, the dis- •
tinguished soldier father of a dis-U
tinguished soldier son, was a Union
officer at 17. Douglas MacArthur 1
led a division himself in World j 1
War I at 38. I
Wolfe was only 32 when he :
i climbed the heights to Quebec and '
wTested half a continent from
Montcalm in. the engagement that .
forever ended French dreams of a 1
New World empire. A general at |
25, Napoleon had cvmguered most
of continental Europe before he
! was 40 years old. »f j
Wellington and Napoleon were
both 46 when they met at Water- j
100. Richard of England was in his j
twenties when he led the Crusad
era against the Saracens and gain- ‘
ed the story-book nickname of
“Richard the Lion-hearted." Henry
V was 27 when his English bow- j
men defeated the pride of French •
chivalry at Agincourt.
Hannibal was the leader of the
Carthaginians at 26, and only 28 |
when he made his famous winter
march from Spain through France
and over the. Alps ;into Italy. His- t
tory has any hupaber- ; ol similar
examples to prove t. - Umi. \ • generals
need not be grttjj-tbdtdaed to be
successful militjMy leaders. J
THE FORGSfa«X WAR '
Why haven't the Allies' mopped up
the 190.000 Nazi troops besieged in
St. Nagaire, and other ports
of western France? This “forgotten
war" has apparently settled down
to a sort of game with unwritten
but accepted rules. The situation is
much like that, on the "quiet" fronts
near the Swiss border in World War
One to which both sides sent troops
for training and for rest.
Hie answer doubtless lies in tl)e
fact that it would cost more than ]
j likely that most of the future radiocasting
will be of the FM type.
Possibly the FCC already foresees crowd
ing, even in the present FM band, as it has
already foreseen it in the television frequen
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the use of the ports is worth to
liquidate fiiese garrisons. 81mply to
operate a prison guard which keeps
the prisoners froih running loqse
back of the Allied lines, spd grad
ually starves them out, aqnbs far
less in casualties and munitions
than would an assault on awll-pre
pare fortifications. Likewise. Hie
German garrisons could severely
damage if not demolish the 'cities
and port facilities before being ov
erwhelmed. The Allies can now af
ford to wait—Christian Science
Monitor.
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I ' CAN IT RE TRUE?
It seems an American soldier
came through an air-raid some
where in France minus his shoe
soles. There being no new shoes in
stock his commanding officer gave
him instructions on how to reach
the nearest repair depot to get his
damaged ones repaired.
The G. 1., a 'teen-ager, got out
beyond the lines and hitch-hiked
a ride on an ambulance. % time
the ambulance reached Its destipe
tiorl and started to unload its
patients.
In the interval, the boy was
automatically tagged as a patient.
When he protested this procedure,
a doctor wrote him up as a mental
case. The G. I. protested again,
vigorously stating that he had lust
his shoe soles and had come to
get another pair. He got gentle but
firm treatment and was carted
away.
Last reports say he received
care in a first aid station, a field
hospital and an evacuation hos
pital. At this latter point he fin
ally got his shoes repaired, but
was put to bed.—Shoe Service.
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Ration Violation
Costly To Woman
NEW YORK. Feb. 14.—Mrs. Verna
Mae Bihn, Poughkeepsie resident,
yesterday received the heaviest sen
tence ever imposed on a woman here
for rationing violation—a year and
a day in the Federal Reformatory
at Alderson, W. Va.
"I think she deserves more," Fed
eral Judge Grover M. Moscowitz re
marked, “but I’ll make It a year and
a day.”
George Wesley Bennett, former
grocery salesman who was convict
ed with Mrs. Bihn on charges of
conspiring to steal 37,500 ration
coupons, was sentenced to si?
months’ imprisonment.
Ajssistant United States Attorney
David Hartfield, Jr., recommended
a tWo-year sentence for Mrs. Bihn,
former clerk in the First National
Bank of Poughkeepsie, from which
the ! coupons were stolen.
Newspaper Boys
S4ll Stamps
Washington. Feb. Newspaper
boys sold more than $128,000,000
worth of War Savings Stamps from
Mary, 1941. through October, 1944,
the Treasury said here.
The newspaper boys have sold
9.16 per cent of all stamps sold in
( thiß country during the three-year
period.
cies. It would appear to be wisdom to en
courage progress at this point rather than to
wait until the demands from radiocasters for
more room forces the change at a much later
date.
The New World
However big the headlines, Jet us
not Pfctend' that the communique
ou hie pig Three conference reports
*W rawlutionarjr »**ul»A The Joint
Statement does place fresh emphasis
on military co-ordination to clean'
UP Germany. It Is encouraging to
know that Messrs. Stalin, Churchill
and Roosevelt are talking about the
three great political problems—
joint control of Germany, the stab
ilizing of liberated countries, and a
world-wide peace organization. But
We have no real blot as to the shape
of solutions.
The American people still have
much to learn about Uving in the
world community of which they
have only lately come to feel them
selves an integral part. Many do not
realize that Russia feels she is only
reclaiming the portion of Poland
north of the Curzon Line and that
since this was incorporated In the
Soviet Union when the Atlantic
Charter was put forward, per claims
do not violate it. Again few know
very much about Britain's part In
helping Greece win Independence
more than a century ago and the
special relationship that has existed
since. ;
, Learning these facts need not end
American hopes for more reliance
on effective joint action and less on
spheres of influence. They should
end the belief that the United
States can win the world to such
reliance by refusing to express it
herself. The process should help
Americans to see better how to
make their participation in a world
peace system intelligently active.
—Christian Science Monitor.
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The common cold has more ef
fectively sabotaged our war produc
tion efforts than all strikes put to
gether. In cost to employed per
sons and lost industrial production
the loss runs to about one billion
dollars.
LEGAL NOTICE
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
NORTH .CAROLINA
PERSON COUNTY
The undersigned, having qualified
as administrator of the estate of
Bertha T. Harris, deceased, late of
Person County, State of North Car
olina, this is to notify ah persons
having claims aganist the said es
tate to present them to the under
signed on or before the LOth day of
January, 1946, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to the said estate
will please make immediate pay
ments to the undersigned^
This the I.oth day of January
1945.
D. L. Whitfield, Administrator
Lunsford and Burke, Attorneys.
Jan. 15-22-29, Feb. 5-12-19.
SALE Os FARM LAND
We will offer for sale to the high
est bidder tor cash at public auc
tion at the courthouse door in Rox
boro at 12:00 o’clock noon on
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1945,
the following described tract of
land:
Containing 130 acres, more or
less, and lying and being' about
seven miles south of the Town of
Roxboro and about one mile west of
tbl Roxboro-Hurdle Mills Highway
and being bounded on the North
by lands of H. Jack Rice just ac
gujffftd from C. C. Wilkerson, said
tract of Rind having been formerly
owned by A. J. Dixon and Wilker
son & Llpshltz, on the East by the
lands of Mrs. Lizzie Vlllines, on
the South by lands of H. Jack
Rice and on the West by lands of
R. Jack*Rice, formerly B. Frank
Pettiford, and also C. C. Wilkerson.
Said tract of land is known as the
push Place of the lata J. R. Gooch,
father of Myrtle G. Gantry and
Blanche G. Brooks, and the same
was acquired by J. R. Gooch, un
der deed from James T- Cates and
wife dated August 21, 1916, and re
corded in the Person County Reg
istry in Book 18, page 333.
There has been surveyed and cut
off from the entire tract of land a
portion of the same cut off from
the Northeast corner which con
tains 10,5 .acres, according to sur
vey made by T. C. Brooks on Feb
ruary 7, 1945. Plgt wilj be avail
able for examination on day of
sale. The 130 acres, less the 10.5
acres, and the 10.5 acres will be of
fered for sale separately and then
the 130 acres will be offered for
sale as a whole. Sale will be con
firmed upon the basis of the meth
od which produces the higher sale
price.
This tract of land is owned joint
ly and in equal shares by Mrs.
Blanche G. Brooks and Mrs. Myr
tle G. Gentry. The sale of the
one-half interest of Mrs. Myrtle G.
Gentry is being made under the au
thority of a special proceeding in
the Superior Court of Person Coun
ty, North Carolina, entitled “J. Roy
Gentry, Guardian of Mrs. Myrtle
G. Gentry, vs Bernard Gentry et
al" and the guardian has been duly
authorized by the court to sell and
convey said interest. High bidder
at the sale will be required to de
posit 10 per cent of bid price as
evidence of good faith. This Feb
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