if RATION DEADLINES
MEATS —Red: Q5-S5, Mar 31; T -
X 5, Apr. 2s; Y5-Z5 de A2-D2, June
3; E2-J2, June 30.
FOODS—BIue: X5-Z5 Sc A2-82,
Mar. 31; C2-G2, Apr. 38; H2-M2,
June 2; N 2-82, June 30.
VOL. LXIV.
Gold Star Data
Sought Here For
Legion Program
Next Os Kin
Group To Hear
Atlanta Woman
Meeting For Prisoner Os War
Group Planned Here
March 25.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lott Minor, of
Edgefield, S. C„ and Atlanta, Pris
oner of War Consultant in Home
Service, Southeastern Area, Ameri
can Red Cross, is expected to speak
in Roxboro on Sunday, March 25, at
a next-of-kin meeting sponsored by
Person Chapter of the Red Cross,
according to announcement receiv
ed today from the Southeastern
Area office. Atlanta.
Local chairman for the next-of
kin group here is Miss Nancy Bul
lock. Mrs. Minor in her own work
has made a special study of the
American Red Cross Prisoner of War
program and in this connection has
visited the office of the Provost
Marshal General and International
Red Cross headquarters in Wash
ington.
Mrs. Minor received her education
at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.
C. where she earned an A. B. de
gree. Later she did graduate work
at Duke University. She lias taught
at Edgefield High School, Edge
field, S. C.
Formerly a resident of Westfield,
Mass., Mrs. Minor was active in
numerous civic and cultural organ
izations including Girl Scouts, West
field Women's Club and the Little
Theatre. She was also a member of
the Pu4¥c tjprirg
field.
In vKunteer Red Cross work she
has participated in Roll Call drives,
instructed in First Aid, served in
Production Units, and at present is
a member of the Nurses Aide Corps
of Atlanta Chapter.
Mrs. Minor is a native of Edge
field, S. C.
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Four-H Clubs
To Give Program
“4-H Clubs Make Progress on
the Home Front" is the theme to
be used in a radio broadcast in
which Person County Club mem
bers will participate, Saturday,
March 17th, at 12:30 P. M„ over
WPTF, in Raleigh.
Four students who will represent
•Person County on the program are:
Sara Allen, Mary Ruth Moore,
Harvey Clayton and Aaron Hill, all
members of the Bifehy Fork 4-H
Club.
First Aid Man
Comes Monday
Lewis Plunkett, of Atlanta, from
Southeastern Area headquarters,
the American Red Cross, will arrive
in Roxboro Monday to begin a series
of classes in First Aid to be held in
the USO Service Center five nights
a week for two weeks, it was learn
ed here today. Starting time of the
program will be 7 o'clock and per
sons who are Interested in taking
the course are urged to be on time.
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To Florida
Pfc. and Mrs. O. Y. Clayton, Jr.,
have gone to Miami, Fla., where
Pfc. Clayton will be stationed for
some time. He recently returned
from many months of overseas ser
vice in Palestine, Egypt and India.
Hauling Plane
Draws Crowd
Lt. Ernest F. Sorgnlt’s P-40
plane which on Monday crashed
in a nose-dive landing Ui a cow
pasture near Roxboro When the
fuel line became dogged, Was re
moved yesterday afternoon In a
dismantled condition and hauled
through Roxboro streets on an
Army truck with a long trailer
support. Reports gave destination
of the trailer as Charlotte, but
Roxboro folks were not ap much
interested as to where the wreck
ed plane was being taken as they
were in its appearance.
Swarms of children' and older
citizens stood around and looked
on while the truck-trailer was
parked on Main street long enough
for the driver and work crew to
eat lunch In a ideal restaurant.
J, W. NOELL, EDITOR
Lester Blackwell Post Makes
Memorial Day Plans.
Member.of Lester Blackwell Post
■No. 138, the American Legion here,
are planning to present Gold Star
certificates or awards to next of kin
cf Person men killed in World War
11, according to Commander Ned
Dillard, who said today that a list of
men and women killed thus far in
the war is being prepared.
The list, however, is incomplete
and after its publication members
of families having deceased veter
ans whose names have been omitted
are requested to send the names of
such veterans to the Rev. B.' B.
Knight.
It is expected that the Gold Star
exercises will be held on Memorial
Bay, May 30. Flags will also be pro
vided for veterans' graves on that
date, according to plans made Sat
urday night at' the Post's March
session. Also discussed were plans
for an informal supper for Sons of
the Legion, the chapter here being
regarded as largest in North Caro
lina. Date for the supper has not
been set, but it is expected to be
held In the Legion hut.
Sons of the Legion leaders here
are L. K. (Dllly) Walker and the
Rev. Mr. Knight, the last named
being a district officer for promo
tion of the organization.
Mailed Tuesday by Gordon C.
Hunter, district Vice Commander,
were letters to Senators J. W. Bailey
and Clyde R. Hoey containing texts
jof resolutions adopted last week by
i Lester Blackwell Post regarding the
|G. I. Loan plan and the seating of
:a G. I. representative at the Peace
Conference, if and when such a
conference is held.
Text of the letters is as follows:
“At oitr regular meeting of the
Lester BSetfwell Post 138' of the
; American Legion held March 10th,
the following resolutions were unani
mously passed:
I “I. That the Lester Blackwell Post
of the American Legion ask the
j members of our representatives in
i Washington to try and get Title 3
Jof the G. T. Bill of Rights Loan
! Provision clarified and simplified,
! and the time limit extended in
t which a veteran can make applica
tion for a loan.
“2. That our representatives in
Congress see that at least one G. I.
service man representing the arm
ed forces has a seat at the Peace
Table.
“As you no doubt know, the loan
feature of the G. I. Bill of Rights
is tied up in such red tape, that it
is almost impossible for any loan
ing institution to make a loan.
"Ex-service men, also, feel like
that at least one representative of
our armed forces should sit at the
Peace Table.”
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Religious Prejudice
At Harvard
Says Professor
Boston, March—Prof. Albert S.
Coolldge, a member of the faculty
of Harvard University, charged to
day that religious discrimination is
being practiced at Harvard.
Testifying in favor of several bills
which would prohibit racial and
religious discrimination as a factor
in employment, Professor coolidge
said that Harvard officials often
find themselves in the ‘'humiliating
experience of not being able to give
the best student the scholarship."
A member of the Harvard chem
istry department. Coolidge declared
that in selecting students for
scholarships, "we know perfectly
well that names ending in Berg
or Stein have to be skipped over.”
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Board To Meet
Mqrch meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Pterson County
Public Library will be held Friday
afternoon at four o'clock at the
library, according to Mrs. Margaret
Howard, chief clerk, who requests
a full attendance. Regular schedule
of runs for the Bookmobile for this
month began yesterday.
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MAY OPEN
Restaurants "patronized primari
ly by war workers employed in
plants In the surrounding area”
now may apply for exemption from
the midnight curfew.
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TRIES AGAIN
Claude Noble tried again today
to have a rendezvous with the spirit
of Clarence Darrow, but again the
spirit failed him.
©he Couritr=©imes
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
Pvl. Coates, Os
Person, Given
Purple Heart
In English Hospital, He Says
Red Cross Helps Very
Much.
Fvt. Talmadge Coates, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Coates of Route
3, Roxboro, who was wounded in
action in Germany, December 14,
1944 and was sent to a hospital in
England, has received the Purple
Heart, which has been sent on to
his parents.
Pvt. Coates entered the army in
December 1943 and went overseas
in October 1944.
According to the latest informa
tion received from him, his condi
tion is improving.
Writing to his parents, he soys:
! “I was awarded the Purple Heart
today, by the Colonel himself. You
jknow what that is, it's the medal
' you are given for wounds received
in action. It is very pretty and I
sent it right home to you. You
should receive it pretty soon. Let
me know when it gets home. The
Red Cross takes care of the ship
ping for me. They do a lot for us
over here.
“I haven’t told you this before, but
I am in England, have been since
January.
"We get passes to town every
j night, and I have been having a
! good time for myself. It is a good
size town and there are some good
things to do.
: I don’t know if you have receiv
i ed the letter in which I told you
where I got hit. It was in the left
' thigh. It didn't break any bones,
so I think I was lucky. There is
! iio need for you to worry. I am
! completely over it now. It will
never bother me.
"I've been traveling around for
the last few months, France. Bel
gium, Germany and England. I
j have, really got the chance to see
| the world. It was rough, but all
! the same G. I. stuff.”
Ministers Asked
To Aid Scoutinq
Patterson Has
Chokes To Give
In Army Work
Women from North Carolina who
enlist in the Women’s Army Corps
for hospital duty during the rest of
the WAC General Hospital Com
pany Recruiting Program will now
have a choice of five hospitals where
they may serve Sgt. Charles Patter
son, WAC Recruiter for Roxboro
announced today.
Since the opening of the cam
paign to recruit WAC Medics to as
sist Army doctors and nurses, wo
men from North Carolina who met
WAC qualifications, were given the
opportunity to choose one of sever
al large Army General hospitals in
the South for their initial assign
ment on completion of training.
There are still three nearby general
hospitals where quotas exist. They
are Lawson General Hospital, At
lanta, Ga., Oliver General Hospital,
Augusta, Ga., and Baker General
Hospital, Martinsburg, W. Va. In
Texas, there is a quota to be filled'
at McCloskey General Hospital, and
for the first time, women in this
district may be assigned directly to
a hospital on the West coast. Letter
man General Hospital. San Francis
co, Calif.
This opportunity for women going
into service to be stationed near
home if they prefer, or to select an
assignment in the west, will be in
effect until the quotas for these
particular hospitals are filled, Sgt.
Patterson said.
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Has Promotion
William A. Gravitte, Jr., of the
U. S. Navy, has been promoted to
the rank of Machinist Mate Third
Class from Fireman First Class,
according to information received by
his wife, the former Miss Geraldine
Moorefield. Machinst Mate Gra
vitte is now somewhere in the- Pa
cific.
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Bronze Star
S. Sgt. John A. Hall, who is some
where in Germany, has been award
ed the Bronze Star for heroic
achievement against the enemy in
Germany on February 18th, accord
ing to information received here.
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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Now Prisoner
JMm
CURTIS E. HAMLET
S. Sgt. Curtis E. llamlett, of
Ca-Vel, officially reported as
missing in action as of November
j 27, 1944, is now a German prison
er of wai‘, according to a card re
ceived in his handwriting by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Ham
lett, recently.
Sgt. Hamlett was fighting with
the 26tli Division of the Third
Army in France when he was
captured.
Safety Program
Planned For PTA
March meeting of Roxboro Cen
| tral Grammar School Parent-
Teacher association will be held at
| the school Tuesday afternoon at
three-forty-five o'clock, according
to announcement made today. Spe
cial music by the Junior band will
be under direction of Miss Mary
Earle Wilson and the program on
a "Safety" theme is being arranged
by Mrs. Hugh Beam, who plans
to have a surprise twist in it.
A full attendance is requested,
as the subject to be discussed should
be important to all parents.
Special Appeal Made Monday.
Holy Week Services
Planned.
Members of the Person County
Ministerial association have been
asked to look into the matter of
sponsorship of Boy Scout patrols
by rural churches. Spokesmen
here who presented the program
and plan to the ministers at Mon
day’s monthly niaeting of the as
sociation, were Clyde Cole, of Yan
cey ville, extension chairman for
Cherokee council, and E. Pierce
Bruce, of Reidsville, council execu
tive.
Mention was made of the annual
Boy Scout sermon and service Sun
day night at Edgar Long Methodist
church for the Person district. The
patrol recommendations are being
taken Monday. Next meeting of
the Association will be on Monday
April 9.
Tlie President, Rev. W. C. Mar
tin, presided at the March session.
He called the meeting to order with
the singing of a hymn “I Need Thee
Every Hour.” After which. Rev. J.
j N. Bowman read a very helpful de-
Ivctional from Luke 4:164-22.
i Message of the morning was
brought by Rev. L. V. Coggins, who
in a very forceful way, spoke on
; "The High Call of The Minister.”
The ministers decided that the
usual Good Friday meeting should
be held this year, as much interest
had been manifested in former
years. The meetings are well at
tended and those who participate
derive much help and inspiration.
Rev. Boyce Brooks reported on
his duties as teacher of Bible at
i Roxboro High School.
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Pvt. B. L. Cash
Slightly Wounded
Fvt. Bunnie L. Cash, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Banks Cash of Timber
lake,-was slightly wounded in Ger
many on February 3rd, according to
a message received by his parents
recently.
Pvt. cSsh, who received his edu
cation at Mt. Tirzah High School,
was inducted into service July 1944.
! received his basic training at Fort
McClellan, Ala., and went overseas
in January 1945. Prior to entering
the army, he was engaged in farm
ing.
His brother. Pvt. Toy Cash, is
now stationed at a Camp in Geor
gia.
Pvt. Cash wjts wounded in hfs left
arm and side but according to
reports he is recovering nicely.
THURSDAY, MARCfi 15, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Prospect Hill
Man Reports To
Agency Group
J. H. Warren Again Heads
Farm Loan Agency.
►
At the annual meeting of the
stockholder’s of the Piedmont Na-■
tional Farm Loan Association in I
Greensboro Saturday, Joseph H. [
Warren, President, reported that
borrowers had paid in on old loans j
during the year three dollars to ev
ery new dollar loaned! even though
the Association had loaned more,
money in 1944 than during any year
since 1934. “Under the law we must
continue to base our loans on sound
normal values of farm lands re
flected in normal prices for farm
commodities", said Mr. Warren. "It
is apparent that our borrowers real
ize that it is much easier to pay
off their mortgages with present
j prices of farm commodities than
j with normal prices, and our asso-
I ciation would not serve its purpose
if we did not encourage this prac
tice!". stated Mr. Warren.
E. P. Clodfeltgr of Randolph
County was elected to the Board of
Directors to succeed J. A. Holder ;
and J. M. Proctor of Durham Coun- j
ty to succeed W. T. Shaw, J. H.
Warren and S. M. Bumpass were!
re-elected as Directors. Other mem- j
bers of the Board are L. L. Garri- j
son of Mebane, Henry T. Watkins
of Blanch, and J. O. Busick of Mad- j
ison.
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors following the stockholders
meeting Joseph H. Warren of Pro- :
spect Hill was re-elected President,
L: L. Garrison- of Mebane, Vice!
President, D. E. Scarborough, Secy.-
Treas., and Mrs. Jean Thompson,
Asst. See.v-Treas.
Mrs. Wagoner's
Riles Will Be
iHeld On Friday
Funeral for Mrs. Bennie Brown
Wagoner, 55, of Persqn County,
whose death occurred yesterday
: morning at the home of a daughter,
1 Mrs. John Ramsey in Concord
| church community, will be conduct
ed Friday afternoon at three o’clock
.at Wheeler's Primitive Baptist
j church by Elder N. D. Teasley, of
Durham, with interment in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Wagoner, wife of the late
Claude E. Wagoner, suffered a
stroke of paralysis last week and
her deatl, resulted from compli
j cations following the attack.
In addition to Mrs. Ramsey, sur
vivors include, two sons, Pvt. Lacy
Wagoner, in New Guinea, and Isaac
Wagoner, of Person County, five
other daughters, Mrs. Maggie Al
len and Mrs. Eva Tuck and Misses
Rath, Mildred and Olida Wagoner,
j two sisters. Mrs. Molly Ashley and
Mrs. Minnie Wagoner and three
brothers, Ira, Nat and Weldon
t Brown, all of Person County.
St. Mark’s WilT
Have Duke Man
The Rev. Henry Nutt Parsley, of
! Durham, chaplain to Episcopal stu
dents at Duke University, will be
guest speaker Sunday morning at
eleven o’clock at Saint Mark’s Epis
. copal church, according to announ
| cement made here this morning.
( The Rev. Mr. Parsley has been a
frequent Roxboro visitor and is
, well-known here.
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Service Flag
i
Dedication of a church service
flag for Roxboro First Baptist
church, presented by the Wom
-1 an's Missionary society, will take
place with appropriate exercises
Sunday morning at the church,
according to announcement made
today. The flag will honor men
and women of the Sunday school
and church who are now in mili
tary service. Family representa
tives are urged to attend and will
be requested to stand when names
from their respective families ap-
I pearing on the Honor Roll are
1 called.
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Revival To Start
The Spring revival meeting at
Longhurst Baptist church will be
gin on Sunday evening, March 18,
and continue through the follow
ing week, services being held each
! evening at 7:30 o’clock. Rev. J.
N. Bowman, pastor of Providence
| and Ca-Vel Baptist Churches, will
bring the messages during the meet
ing. The public is cordially invited
!to attend according to the paqtor,
R. W. Boris.'
SAN TOMAS CONDITIONS NOT
INTOLERABLE SAYS NURSE
Bushy Fork Girls
Hear First Lady
Trip To Raleigh For Scouts
Arranged By Citizens At j
Bushy Fork.
Bushy Fork Girl Scouts and their i
leader, Mrs. Robert L. Hester, were j
among the eight hundred or more
scouts and leaders to whom Mrs.
Roosevelt talked Monday at the
United Church, at Raleigh.
"Feel your responsibility as a cit
izen and don’t falter" was Mrs.
Roosevelt's advice to scouts. The
First Lady described tu the Scouts.j
conditions now confronting the chil
dren of France, Poland and Czecho- j
Slovakia in order to. stress the im
portance of the part that Ameri
cans will take in future internation- j
al relations. Mrs. Roosevelt urged
the Girl Scouts to learn to give and
take, to live and let live, and never
to underestimate the value of being
a good citizen.
Transportation was furnished by
E. P. Warren and R. L. Hester. Af
ter arriving in Raleigh at three
o’clock the Scouts had the oppor
tunity to enjoy the museum and
Capitol before Mrs. Roosevelt talked
at 5:30.
Beside visiting places of interest
they also saw Governor Cherry and
Mrs. Cherry, former Governor j
Broughton and Mrs. Broughton, j
Josephus Daniels and Carl Goereli.
Troop 2 is composed of twelve
’girls namely: Peggy Jane Warren,
Elaine Long, Sarah Allen. Lucy i
Turner, Bobbie Lu Winstead. Louise!
Chambers, Mary Jane Day, Louise j
Bowes, June Allen, Louise Carr, An
nette Whitfield and Eleanor Hall. ,
The Bushy Fork Gir!. Scout, or
ganization is sponsored py the P. T. ;
A. of their school and is doing work, \
according to its leader, Mrs. Hester.
BUTNER BOY IN GERMANY CAN'T
SAY ENOUGH FOR RED CROSS
Boost for the Person and Rox
boro Red Cross War Fund, re- •
ported today as at $5,855.36
closer to the goal of $8,900 is furn
ished by Cpl. Glenn D. Crowder, 26,
Medical Technician of Camp But-;!
ner’s 35th Division and Lincoln. :
California, now in Germany, who,
used to come to Roxboro almost
every week for visits With hi ; fi-
I ancee during the months the 351 h j
Division was stationed at Camp
Butner.
Break-down of total contributions
officially reported as of today, is
as follows: Special gifts $2,767; Bus
iness district $1,057.67; Woman’s
division $729,56; White Schools
: $659.55 and miscellaneous $648.69.
i
' .Opll Crowder puts it this way:
: "The American Red Cross is a
God-Send' to us boys over here.
We’ve got a lot to thank them for,
! believe me. I used to think as a
small boy that the Red Cross was
to help little crippled children, but
now since I'm a man and thousands
of miles away from home in this
. Hell-Hole', I’ve really found out
' what that beautiful cross stands
: for: it is life, it is love, it is home
! to us G. I. Joes over here and
1 the workers are wonderful to us
Pfc. Jones Now
In Philippines
, Private First Class Linwood C.
< Jones, 23, is now serving with the
: 77th Infantry (Statue of Liberty)
j Division in the Philippines, where
i he recently participated in the Leyte
, Island Campaign, being highly com-
I mended by his unit officers. Pfc.
I Jones is a veteran of the Guam
I Campaign where he received the
Combat Infantry Badge for excm
’ plary conduct in the face of the
enemy.
i He is a graduate of Hurdle Miils
High School. Prior to his induc
tion December 7, 1942, he managed
his fatherls farm. J His brother,
S. Sgt. Curtis Jones, is now serving
,at Boca Raton Air Field, Fla. His
! wife, Mrs. Julia Jones, resides on
Route 3, Roxboro.
Lt. Wells Home
First Lt. Louise E. Wells, of Se
mora, returning from 22 months
overseas in the Mediterranean
Theatre of Operations is expected
to arrive at Ft. Meade, Md., prior
to reaching her home on Route 1,
Semora, where she will visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wells.
Elbert Oakley
Now At Bulner
Timber-lake Man Returns Al
ter Overseas Duty.
Sgt. Elbert L. Oakley, son of Mr.
; and Mrs. L. G. Oakley of Timber
-1 lake, has returned from overseas
, after spending thirty months in
England. Africa, Belgium, Italy, and
i Germany. Taking part in five differ
ent battles, lie served with a tank
division. He spent many months in
! a hospital in England.
While overseas he met several
boys from Roxboro including Willie
j Strange and Dick Gentry.
Sgt, Oakley has two brothers in
service, Pvt. Willard J. Oakley who
!is stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C.
and Raymond Oakley. A. M. M. 3-C,
who is stationed at Norfolk, Va. now
having served two years in Ber
i muda.
Sgt. Oakley, who received his basic
training at Fort Bragg ( has been in
service nine years. He served two
years in the Hawaiian Islands be
fore Pearl Harbor.
; He recently spent a twenty one
I day furlough with his parents and
his wife and daughter at Lakeview.
He is now at Camp Butner for re
assignment:
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Mason Appointment
Washington, March 13.—President
] Roosevelt has sent to fjre Senate
; the nomination of Clarence H. Ma
i son for postmaster at Timberlake,
North Carolina.
over here .bringing us hot
doughnuts and •coffee once in a
while.
"I have been helping take care
of those who have been wounded
here (in Germany) or who are sick
in some other way. I was just sit
ting here thinking what a wonderful
discovery Medical Science made
when blood plasma was (brought
to use), and I wish the people back
home could see what a wonderful
job plasma has done in these times.
I believe I can truthfully say that
had we not had plasma, the losses
of lives would be much heavier
than they are n0w......
"I am sure that if people back
home could see what a swell job
plasma is doing, they would be only
too glad to give more money to the
Red Cross. I’ know I would be only
too glad to give all the blood I pos
sibly could. . . never regret it at all.
I know it is kinda hard for people
to believe these things if they don’t
see them with their own eyes, but
its true, all of it, every word I have
said ’’
Cpl. Crowder, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Crowder, Lincoln, Calif., where
he helped his father With a cattle
j ranch, has been overseas since last
| June. He does not know that Rox
j boro, which he says spells home and
; friendship to him and to a lot of
■other Butner lads, has no facilities
j for furnishing blood plasma, but
: that, in the opinion of Red Cross
! officials here does not lessen the
: effectiveness of his message.
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White And Negro
Men Go To Camp
I
! Robert Hester Wagstaff and Fe
|iix Elmore Chandler went on Fri
. day to Fort Bragg for induction, ac
cording to announcement made to
i day by Person Selective Service
jboard.
! Negro men who reported to Fort
. Bragg last week for induction were,
j Harding Hayes leader, Dewey Hard
en Smith, Kelly Johnson, Henry
Otis Whitt, George Stewart, John
Clayton, Jr., Major Graham Hoy
ester, Archie Debred Winstead and
J. B. Hicks, while Negroes who
went to Bragg last week for exam
ination were, Edward Barnett, lead
er Ira Long rtnd for another Board,
Marion Fox Norwood and John W.
Johnson, Jr.
0 Fatal Highway
Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1845
HELP KEEP IT THAT WAY
DRIVE CAREFULLY!
NUMBER 30
Roxboro Civic Club One Os
First To Hear Bataan He
roine, Who Also Has
Raleigh Ovation.
“Prisoner of War conditions un
der the Japanese in the Philippines
as I experienced them were not too
difficult", according to Evelyn Whit
low. 28, of Leasburg, and the Army
Nursing Corps, Bataan, Corregidor
and Santo Tomas (camp), who on
Monday night in one of her first
public appearances since landing re
cently in California, spoke at Rox
boro Kiwanis club, beating by two
days her talk at Raleigh yesterday,
where she appeared before both the
House and the Senate and receiv
ed an ovation.
Program in Roxboro was arrang
ed by J. W. Greene and took place
in V question and answer form. Lt.
Whitlow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Whitlow, of Leasburg, lives in
Caswell County, close to the Person
line, and is one of twelve children
in the family, with five in military
seme. Four are overseas, among
them a daughter, in Italy.
Lt. Whitlow, a graduate of Mem
orial hospital. Danville, Va. was the
subject of extended comment this
morning in the “Under the Dome”
column in the News and Observer,
where she was referred to as an
’Angel of Bataan". Among those
who joined in the ovation given her
was Person Rep. R. P. Burns.
Quoting from "Under the Dome”,
this was said about Rep. Burns’ re
marks:
“Lieutenant Whitlow, who has re
gained 20 pounds since returning to
this country, first received from
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B. W. Langford
Serves In Unit
With Gen. Dever
Is With Heavy Automotive
Unit In French Area.
Now in France with a Sixth Army
unit, the 905 Ordnance company, is
Pvt. Beverley W. Lunsford, of Rox
boro. The 905th company, a heavy
i automotive maintenance unit, sup
porting the U. S. Seventh Army in
Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers’ 6th Crmy
Group, is one of the first to chalk
up and maintain a 20-a-day score,
20 wrecked vehicles completely re
paired or rebuilt, painted and test
ed, ready for delivery into Army
stock depot.
Hitting and holding the 20-a-day
mark, according to Capt. Fred E.
Drew, commanding officer, of West
Valley. N. Y„ is an example of team
work by ordnancemen, expert and
willing at theif tasks, and seasoned
by 29 month’s experience overseas.
"They don’t miss a trick,” the cap
tain said. “For instance, an outfit
like this faces a big job when time
comes to move to a ne\y locality.
But in one move of 100 miles we
lost just one day’s production. Each
man carried out his assigned task.’’
: clerks, upholsters, machinists,
cl e r ks, upholsterers, machinists,
blacksmiths, painters, body-and
lender artists, radiator, tire and
battery repair uaen, carpenters, in
spectors and supply men—all of
tqual importance to the company’s
! "assembly line” technique of mass
! production. General purpose veht
jcle. from jeep to 12-ton prime
; mover, furnish the company its
| principal rebuild jobs.
; These combat ordnancemen are
adept at rebuilding heavy units with
I parts salvaged from irrepairable uh
its, meeting emergency shortags in
; supply. With typical American In
! ventiveness, they have perfected
| shop aids that spur production. Con
| fronted with a health hazard from
{ carbon motioxido, they solved the
I problem by attaching lengths at
; hose to the exhausts of running
i motors and diverting the gases to
! the outdoors.
I — o —;
|Pvt. Thomas Gentry
Slightly Wounded
Pvt. Thomas P. Gentry, son o|
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Gentry q(
Allensvillc, who was slightly wound
ed in action on November 38, ISM
for which he was awarded the Pur
ple Heart, has now returned to the ;
states and at the present time M at
Camp Kilmer, N. J.
Pvt. Gentry, who was With an to
fantry unit with the First Army,
went overseas in June 1844. Be has
been in service about two years. His
brother, Cpl. IrcU Gentry, of Mil'
Marine corps, is sow aonewlMre la