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COURIER-TIMES
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Roxboro, North Carolina
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MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1945
It isn’t true because the COURIER-TIMES says it,
but the COURIER-TIMES says it because it is true.
NO “V" DAY OF CELEBRATION
The more we read of the dead and wound
ed in the Pacific area the more we are im
pressed with the fact that we have two very
real wars going on. Which is worse is hard
to tell. Both are awful.
The taking of Iwo Jima was a task that
deserves praise and also deserves deep con
sideration. A large number of Americans
lost their lives there, while others were
wounded or are missing. That battle was one
that can aptly be described as “war” and we
. in this country know what General Sherman
said war is.
Each battle in the Pacific has its price and
the American soldiers or sailors are paying
that price—therefore why should we observe
a Victory Day in Europe in any other way
than in prayer and thanks. To be sure we all
will be more than glad when victory comes
in Europe but it looks like we should do more
praying on that day than any other one
thing. The war in the Pacific with Japan
will still be going on and that deserves our
most careful prayers.
Yes, let us rejoice, close your business if
you will but do not forget that Europe's V
Day should be a day of reverence.
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“LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL”
When one writes something about’home
affairs and tells of the short comings of ones
neighbors he is likely to run up against the
same thing that happened to the late Thom
as Wolfe, author of the book, “Look Home
ward, Angel!” How’ever, without making any
apologies we want to call your attention to a
few of the short comings of our good citizens.
We believe in all candor that Roxboro and
Person County have the best class of citizens
that can be found anywhere. If one of our
citizens, regardless of race or creed, rich or
poor, is in trouble, or want, we go to his or
her rescue. In every drive for the sale of
War Bonds, Red Cross, tuberculosis or what
not, we go over the top, but when it comes
to doing something worthwhile for some
City or County project we are found want
ing. We have planning boards, we pass the
buck to the Chamber of Commerce, we try
to interest one of the civic clubs, but so far
there is absolutely nothing tangible in evi
dence,
Frqpi all indications the war with Europe
fWill soon be over and not a blue print have
we to show that we are ready to cooperate
with any Santa Claus which may be coming
around. It is not because our citizens are not
willing, but simply because we do not have
an accepted leader. What would have hap
pened to the recent Red Cross drive had
there been no-leader? We have all been de
pending on that old idea, “Let George do it,”
too long. It just will not work, for George
will not do it. Let’s decide on a project and
then let one of the civic clubs get behind'it
and get busy.
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THAT LEASBURG SITUATION
Reports from Leasburg Elementary school,
closed for the past several days because of
stomach disorders and nausea developed by
more than half the student body from food
poisoning or from drinking infected water,
indicate that polution of the water may be
the real cause of the trouble, probably from
~ closeness of water and sewer lines. It is, of
course, regrettable that the situation was al
lowed to develop, or rather that existing con
ditions could create such a situation that
wholesale illnesses could occur, but it is
wholly commendable that investigation was
begun promptly.
It should be said further that in the light
of present information no blame should be
attached to school officials, including cafe
teria operators, although somebody, probably
'way back at the time of the installation of
jjcWater and sewerage facilities, might be blam-
ed for permitting the lines to be so close to
gether. Please notice that the phrase is
“might be blamed”. Present analysis of con
ditions does not permit a stronger statement.
We can say, however, that leaders of Leas
i burg school, said to have been anxious to
J keep the water and food story bottled up,
! have—if such is their attitude—a wrong
[ conception of the way to deal with a public
I school emergency. To begin with, every fam
j ilv served by Leasburg school had before the
j Thursday story was printed some version of
what was happening, and probably the wrong
one at that, whereas, publication of what
appeared to be the situation and what was
| being done to meet that situation supplied
the answers and relieved the public mind by
showing that action was being taken to get
at the bottom of the trouble.
Public schools are in their very definition
public institutions and the best way to handle
whatever of awkward or unpleasant situa
tions that may arise in them is by full and
frank and accurate news releases. In the
meantime, a salutary effect of what has hap
pened at Leasburg may be a more careful
investigation of food and water facilities in
other schools, not that any wrongs will be
pulled out. but merely by way of and in the
interest of prevention.
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FORWARD, RATHER THAN BACKWARD
That the changing emphasis of the State
of North Carolina’s Public Welfare program,
like that of modern medicine, is from the
thoroughly commendable art of healing so
cial evils to the far more difficult, but equal
ly confmendable task of preventing them,
might be a neat way to sum up the latter half
of the report furnished here Thursday night
by our State Commissioner of Public Welfare,
Dr. Ellen Black Winston, who in looking to
the future nevertheless kept her department
al feet on the ground by telling the assembled
Person men and women no less realistically
about the slow degrees of forward steps and
the present abilities of the State to meet its
needs in public welfare.
Involved in the change of emphasis under
discussion, for example, is what appears as
institutional decent ralizhtion by greater and
more frequent use of small, or family unit
boarding homes, both for infants and for the
aged, a system of care made more practical
through the enlargement of aid to depend
ent children grants and old age assistance
programs. Also indicated is a wider concep
tion of what must be done for sub-normal,
or semi-sub-normal children of both races,
while fields of psychiatry and psychology—
in the public sense —have scarcely been
touched.
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News to many people, too, is the revela
tion of the Public Welfare Commission’s job
in the supervision of orphanages and in the
carrying through of processes leading to
adoptions, and coming up at this moment is
the postwar task of helping Selective Service
and other ageigges in assistance to be rend
ered to veterans.
These, then, are highlights of straws in
the winds, signposts of coming progress in
public welfare in Tarheelia, and although
progress cannot be the cure-all that idealists
would like to be. it is good to know that Dr.
Winston appears to sie fully aware of what
is coming, and has, also a Tarheel apprecia
tion and respect for local efforts put forth
by County Departments.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
TWO FAVORITE DIVISIONS
Oxford Public Ledgei
The part which the 78th Infantry Division
has had in cutting through the Siegfried
Line, marching through Germany and seiz
ing a vital junction in the superhighway be
yond the Rhine, as well as in landing other
well-timed blows against the enemy, has been
a source of pride to this community.
The Granville County men who entered
the Army with the National Guard and were
trained at Fort Jackson, Camp Blanding,
Camp Forest and finally at Camp Atterbury
before “going over,” are serving with the
30th Division. This veteran unit, in the fight
for Aachen, and in cutting through the
nnte ' Siegfried Line, after racing through
!• . ; ' well for itself. Many
of the County men serving with
the 30th have been dem~-+ed for meritorious
achievement, valor an', other jcrvices beyond
the call of duty.
It takes many divisions like the 3C>th 1
the 78th to comprise an Army, and as the
mighty armies now driving through Ger
many, with the help of powerful support giv
en byj the Air Force, it is easy for military
units as large as a divison to become “lost”
in the activities of the whole military organi
zation. But these divisions have been “up
front” much of the time, and their military
THE COURIER-TIMES
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Recreation For '
Butner Veterans
Being Changed
Wednesday Dances Will In
clude Guests From Cities
Such As Roxboro.
Camp Butner, March.—To elimi
nate the overlapping of entertain
ment in the U. S. Army General
Hospital, Camp Butner. N. C., the
coordination of all Red Cross. Re
conditioning and Special Services !
activities into one huge morale and :
entertainment program was an
nounced at the regular Recreation;
Council Meeting held this Week.
One of the main features of this
new and active program Will be the
dances held bi-weekly for ambula
tory soldiers at the Patients' Re
creation Hall in the hospital. On
Monday evening, the dance will bo !
for the 400 patients; who hold, tickets
for that particular evening. The
guests of the patients will be all
WACs on the post. •■Your uniform
is your invitation to -»at tend this
regular Monday night dance." T.t
Manning M. Gurian. post special j
services officer attached to the Gen- j
eral Hospital, explained. '"We hope,
that the WAC personnel from both'4
Detachment No. 1 and No. 3 wilt
come out to our Monday party." J
In order that, all patients whoF
prowess is a source of fti'idg, the home
folks. V
Reactivation of the 78th (Lightning) Di
vision occurred at Camp Butner. Soldiers in
the unit were frequent visitors to Oxford,
and many of them made thqir homes here
with their families so long a!s they could.
Some of the men of the 78th. like those of the
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! want to attend the dances, may do
mi at least once weekly, a ticket
system lias been established, ac
(• rding to Lt. Gurian. For each
party. 400 tickets are sent to differ
(■:.• wards.
For Wednesday evening an ar
ty ngement has been made for the
AW VS girls from nearby cities to
bo dancing guests of the soldier pa
ttens. Another group of 400 con
valescents will be invited to this
party;
Further emphasizing the new en
tutainment program, it was an
r.! untied that patients would enjoy
j music while dining. This phase of
he program was started Wednes-
The bed patients have not been
i overlooked in this overall schedule.
Each confined ward will have two
variety shows at least twice a week.
'Full length Hollywood motion pic
tures will "invade" the wards regu
larly. too. Movies will be shown at
the Patients' Recreation Hall twice
n week, Tuesday and Thursday af
t ernoon.
For the Neuro-Psychiatric pati
ents a special musical program has
' ■ ui arranged. This will be held on
a; tri-weekly basis. The entertain
ment will be a Wednesday afternoon
feature. (1- P. M.) at the. Pgtiqnts’
Recreation Hall and two mornings
a week in the orientation room.
Outside entertainment also plays
'an important part in the huge mor
|a!e program. “Name" bands, such as
fthe Louis Jordan orchestra that
Tuesday afternoon in the
Hall, along with the
30th, left fast anchorages in this community.
Some of them have already been back and
| others will when the opportunity is offered.
If this community has two favorite divi
| sions in the European war, they are probably
the two mentioned above. Every unit, every
soldier in every unit—they are every one
! our heroes.
Pharmacists Os
Slate Have
Penicillin Now
Penclllln Is now available
throughout North Carolina for civ
ilian use in sufficient quantity to
meet present needs, lt was reported
today by the North Carolina Phar
maceutical Association.
The War Production Board re
leased the drug for civilian use on
March 15th and a “spot check"
made by the Association today of
wholesale drug houses, drug stores
and hospitals revealed that the
quantity allocated by manufactur
ers to North Carolina appeared to
be ample.
The drug is being released in vials
contained 100,000 units of Sodium
Penicillin for human parenteral
medication. Distributors have been
authorized to sell 1,280,000 vials
from March 15 to March 31 and an
additional quantity of approximate
ly 1,500,000 vials during April.
Hospitals may now receive their
needs direct from the various dis
tributors of the drug. It will no
longer be necessary for them to
place orders through the Chicago
penicillin distribution unit.
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U. S. Plans Land
Grant Rate Appeal
NORFOLK, Va„ Mar.—The Gov
ernment today planned an appeal
from a Federal district court decis
ion which, if upheld, would mean
that the United States must pay
millions of dollars to “land grant”
railroads in settlement of disputed
rate charges.
Federal District Judge Sterling
Hutcheson ruled here yesterday that
Lend-Lease shipments of civilian
goods are not subject to special
"land grant" railroad rates which
are accorded military-naval ship
ments made by the Government.
The suit has its basis in the be
ginning of railroads in this country
when the Government made land
grants to many companies to en
courage construction of new lines,
and in return won from the com
panies an all-time rate reduction
USO shows, and stage productions
from various universities will lend
variety to the schedule.
Another added feature, which
should meet with much enthusiasm,
is the patient participation in stage
productions. Under the direction
and expert aid of the special ser
vices technicians, the interested pa
tients will put on a full length vari
ety show from the stage of the Pa
tients' Recreation Hall. Soldier
shows by the enlisted personnel and
special services men will also be
staged in the auditorium.
Major Frank J. Anneberg. special
services branch head said that a
similar program has been planned
for the Convalescent Hospital.
of 50 per cent for military-naval
cargoes hauled over these lines.
The Seaboard Railway balked In
1941, however, when the Govern
ment deducted 50 per cent from the
bill for a shipment of phosphate
rock consigned to the British Min
istry of Transport. The railway ar
gued that the phosphate was in
tended for civilian use In England
and was not subject to the land
grant deduction and took the case
into the District Court. The Gov
ernment contended that Lend-Lease
shipments are as much a part of
the war effort as military materials.
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FRENCH GENDARMES USED
AS FORCE OF OCCUPATION
Supreme Headquarters Allied Ex
peditionary Force, Paris, March 29
—French Gendarmes have been
htrown into the Saarland as part of
the force of occupation.
The step was taken, it was an
nounced. out of operational neces
sity because of the speed at which
Allied Armies are. moving and the
extent of the newly conquered ter
ritory.
The Ease of Financing
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our office. Get full details.
Roxboro Building And Loan Asso.
J. C. Walker, AssLSec.
SHEETROCK
We have just unloaded a ear of sheetrork. Send us your orders
before the supply is exhausted
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PAINTS
We have a good stork of 100% pure paints. The limitations
on . paints have been made more drastic this year
There will be only a limited supply available
Get Your requirements early
PLYWOOD
We have been able to secure a limited supply of plywood
No priority required for this board
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ROXBORO LUMBER COMPANY
“Home of Quality Lumber”
MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1945
TOBACCO RESOLUTION *'T
Douglas, Ga., March 29.—Tobacco
growers from 16 South Georgia and
Florida counties today adopted re
solutions demanding a celling price
of 47 1-2 cents a popnd for united
flue cured bright leaf tobacco, and
a floor price of not less than 46 1-2
cents for the 1946 crop.
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NOTE TO TOURISTS
London, March 29.—Note to tour
ists who might be expecting to visit
Germany soon: German hotels now
require their guests to bring their
own bed linens, towels, matches and
candles, the Nazi DNB Agency mid
today. The new list of regulations
forbids “complete baths.”
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