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THE KIDS all know wher* the
sohoolhouse is, but Just the ume
the school bell rings. Man; people
know where your business Is; ad*
vertlslng Is the bell you ring.
, VOL. LXIV.
Person Farmers
Get Gasoline For
Weed Trips East
Boy Looking For
Dead Mother Is
Horror Picture
Person Soldier Writes His
Own Mother The Grim
Details.
Prom Harold Horton, of Hurdle
Mills, who is with the U. S. Army
in Germany, comes a letter to his
mother, Mrs. Hassell Horton, dated
April 13, that gives his own harrow
ing story of German treatment of
slave labor civilians. Much has been
written on the subject, but the high
light of Horton’s narrative is his de
scription of a weeping boy kneeling
besides the bodies of his slain moth
er and sister.
Mrs. Horten, who sends the letter
to the Courier-Times, says if it, the
letter, is not fit fo> publication it
will be “O. K.” with her. Knowing
that she refers to the horror epi
sodes, the Courier-Times under
stands what she means, but believes
that Person citizens have a right to
read of experiences through which
their own men have been passing. In
this belief, here is Horton's letter,
uncensored and unexpurgated:
Well thorn here is hoping this
finds you and dad in the best oi
health, it leaves me fine, but for
a feeling I' would not be able to put
in a thousand letters, so it’s no use
in trying to put it in this letter,
but I will tell you a little of what
I saw today. We were in a town
where there was a lot of forced
laborers that the Germans had
working for them. We went In one
of the camps and what I saw
topped anything I have ever seen.
- After almost u»ye«r at Constant
Combat. I thought I had seen death
served but every way possible to
the Germans and also the Ameri
cans, but mom, this was dlffedent,
there were rows and rows of bodies,
little babies, girls, boys, old men and
women, beautiful girls with their
clothes striped off and heads beaten
in, men so starved that their bones
were almost through the skin. It
made tears come in my eyes to
watch them lying there knowing
mat they had mothers and fathers
same as I, and that their people
would never know what happened
to them, as they were taken away
from their homes by the Germans
and was never heard from again.
I saw one little boy going up and
down the rows of bodies, he came to
one and stopped and began to cry.
It was his mother and little sister,
he knelt by them and prayed. Some
newspaper guy took his picture. You
might see it back there in some of
the papers, I also took some pictures
of it. r will send them to you as
soon as I get them back.
Well mom I will close, here is
hoping I sec you soon.
Love always,
Your son,
' Harold.
P. S.
Say Mom I will tell you the name
of the town I saw that slaughter at,
os soon as we get far enough away
from it, wc have to be so far away
before we can name a town wc
were in.
I just found out, there was sup
posed to have been 500 bodies there
I don’t know I got tired looking at
them and left. I will tell you about
it when I get back.
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Clay Taking New
Navy Training
Charles Aiken Clay, 19, fire con
trolman. second class, ÜBNR, son of
Mrs. Patrick Clay, Main Bt., Rox
boro, who is in advanced training
for LST (landing ship, tank) duty
at the Atlantic Fleet’s amphibious
training base, Camp Bradford, Va.,
is spending several days here with
his mother.
Clay, a veteran of amphibious op
erations, served aboard an LST dur
ing the invasion of Southern France
last August. A graduate of Method
ist Orphanage, Raleigh, he entered
the Navy in July 1943. A brother,
Bill Clay, is with the Army in
Europe .
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Open House
Jim Talley, who has children in
the Lee Jeffers school will give an
address at the McGhee school dur
ing their Open House program Fri
day, May 18, 1:30 p. m„ according
to announcement made today.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Go East To Buv Tobacco
Plants, Says Sanders, Who
Says Situation Is Acute.
Praising the Person OPA office
for its cooperation in granting far
mers here extra gasoline to go east
to Wilson and other centers to bpy
tobacco plants, purchases made
necessary by adverse weather and
the consequent presence of Blue
Mold, Person Farm Agent K. K.
Sanders said Saturday morning
that many local farmers will have
to get plants elsewhere this year if
they are to have a tobacco crop.
His statement dovetails with Sat
urday’s account reported from Ra
leigh by Thompson Greenwood and
from Wilson by the farm agent
there, which reads as follows:
Raleigh, May 12.— Blue mold has
halted the planting of tobacco cn
many farms in the old belt section
Thompson Greenwood, publications
editor of the state agriculture de
partment said today.
Greenwood, back from a tour of
the old belt area, said that farmers
of Yadkin, Forsyth, Surry, Ernie,
Stokes and Iredell counties would
have to get their plants from east
ern Carolina in order to complete
the setting of this season's crop.
“Planting of tobacco is well under
way on farms where plant beds
have escaped blue mold,’’ he said.
Appeals from farmers and farm
agents; in Person and surrounding
area 'tiave been pouring into east
ern North Carolina for help in get
ting more tobacco plants to re
place those killed by blue mold and
frost in the afflicted areas.
Appeals for such help from the
east were made from Vance. Or
ange, Caswell, Granville, Person and
Warren counties in this state and
from Halifax and Pittsylvania
counties in Virginia.
In the ana about Wilson coun
ty most Os tffc planting has been
completed and though blue mold has
hit there it has not hurt the leaf
as much as it apparently has in
the, north central portion of the
state. Farm Agent, J. O. Anthony
of Wilson, third largest tobacco
growing county in the nation said
today that E. G. Moss, manager of
the experimental farm of the state
department of agriculture at Ox
ford, had contacted him and had
issued an appeal for more plants
for that area.
The Wilson farm agent also said
that farm agents from the affected
area also had written him in the
last few days about the same thing
as has C. L. Hall, county agent of
Halifax county, Va.
Anthony said that he had noti
fied county agents of other coun
ties in this area where planting lias
been completed and that he felt
that help would probably be forth
coming for the cent.-al Carolina
farmers.
For the first time in a number of
years Anthony said here today blue
mold has hit twice in the same
season already in the central area
around Orange, Person and Cas
well counties in this state and in
Halifax county, Va., and that this
coupled with damage done by le
cent late frosts had badly crippled
the tobacco beds ot that area.
“From reports I got yesterday
and today” the Wilson farm agent
said "there is no doubt in my mind
that if these plants those farmers
need out there are not forthcoming
they will not be able to make
their crop for 1945.”
Anthony and other farm agen's in
this tobacco producing area in the
east issued an appeal to farmers
in their counties today to check
their tobacco plants availab'e and
if any of them have any additional
ones they wish to sell to report to
the farm agents in their counties.
The same situation in respect to
having blue mold strike twice this
year in the tobacco beds and fields
applied to Wake county as well the
farm agent here said. He indicated,
however, that he had had no ap
peal from Wake farmers fer plants
to replace their blue mold losses*.
Eastern Carolina it was learned
has an exceptionally good weed to
bacco insofar as plants are con
cerned this year and most of the
crop is planted and many farmers
have plants left over. The stand,
it was reported, in the east is good
so far.
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Home Coming
Annual Home Coming Day at
Antioch Baptist Church, with din
ner on the grounds was held yes
terday, with dedication of a new
pool at two in the afternoon. Pas
tor is the Rev. R. W. Hovis.
Me Courier=©mes
Bombs Knock German Navy “Bottoms Up”
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AhMT
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The Last of the Nazis’ Biggest Battleships are now shown by these
photographs to be lying capsized as the result of bombing by the Allies.
The top picture shows the underside of the “Admiral Scheer” as
she lies in her dock basin at Kiel after a heavy raid by the R. A. F.
The lower picture shows the “Tirpitz” in a Norwegian fjord with
salvage ships alongside (she was sunk by 12,000-pound bombs.) For
comparison, note the size of the houses at the very bc/ttom of the
pictures. Allied bombers have now also sunk the Nazi battleship
“Luetzow” In a Baltic port.
Two Commencement
Programs Announced
Speakers for two commence
i ments, Allensville and Bethel Hill
announced today, will be as fol
lows: at Allensville, Dr. B. G.
Childs, department of education,
and the Rev. E. C- Maness, of
Roxboro, May 22 and 20, respec
tively, and at Bethel Hill, Gwynn
B. Price, of Raleigh, and the West
Jefferson, chairman of Rural El
ectrification Authority, and the
Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, of Rox
boro, May 21 and 20, respectively.
Time for all events will be eight
o'clock in the evening.
Rev. Mr. Young
To Talk Sunday
!Theresa Services To Continue
Thronjrh'TMs Week.
j The Rev. Richard Young, now- a
(student at Baptist Theological sem
i inary, Louisville, Ky„ will be preach
|er at Theresa Baptist Church next
| Sunday, according to the pastor,
| the Rev. B. B. Knight.
The Rev. John Coley, of Raleigh,
lis now conducting a revival at
Theresa, with good crowds attend
ing, according to the Rev. Mr.
Knight. Services wil continue
through this week, ending on Sun
day, with dinner on the grounds.
Music is being led by T. C. Sanders,
with Miss Bivens Winstead, pianist.
Guest pianist Sunday was Fred Bi
shop.
At Mitchell’s Chapel, another
| church served by the Rev. Mr.
| Night, services will be held this
i Sunday night at eight o'clock, where
j the speaker will be the Rev. Fred
' Bishop, or. the Rev. Mr. Young. Sun
|day school will be at seven P. M.
Mitchell’s Chapel now has forty
eight members and others are ex
pected to join says the Rev. Mr.
Knight.
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School Sponsored
Launchings Planned
Elizabethtown. »May.—Mrs. J. S.
Blair, State Chairman, Education
Division of the War Finance Com- !
mittee today announced results of
a ship launching contest put on by
the public schools of North Carolina j
under the SCHOOLS-AT-WAR Pro- j
gram, which culminates on May ;
14th, 1945 at two (2) P. M. when I
the launching will take place at the !
North Carolina Shipbuilding Yard.
The "Sponsor of the ship will be
Miss Inez Cook, 11 years of age,
Coltrane School, Concord, and her.
Maids of Honor will be Miss Louise
Cannon, 8 years of age, of Central
Primary School, also of Concord, and
Miss Polly Edmondson, (16) of Tar
boro High School.
The School-at- War Ship Launch
ing Contest period opened March
15, closing at midnight Apri} 30, and
the winning schools were selected by
three judges, members of the Edu
cational Committee, as result of
best over-all Schools-at-War Pro
gram during these six weeks.
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To Board Session
/
J. W. Noell will leave tomorrow
for ThomasviUe, where he will at
tend a meeting of the Board of
Trustees of ThomasviUe Orphanage.
He has been a member of th*>Board
for over thirty years and has missed
very few sessions. From Thomas
vUle he will go to Shelby to visit
his son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Weathers.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
It. I. C. Gentry
Instructor Pilot,
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lt. Ivey C. Gentry, 26, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gentry,
Route 2, Roxboro, an instructor pil
jot who has been transferred to the
Lincoln Nebraska Army Air Field,
| 2004th Base Unit, is performing an
[integral function in the AAFTC’c
[ mission of preparing Air Force per-
I sonnel for duty against the enemy.
I Lt. Gentry is giving post-graduate
( flying training to recently com
missioned pilots who at LAAF are
receiving additional instruction be
fore being sent to continental air
force fields where they will fly the
planes they will use in combat.
All Air Forces flying distribution
now pass through the Lincoln Com
bat CreU ’ processing and distribti-'
tion station where they receive
thorough medical checkups and
pre-combat indoctrination from
veterans returned from combat
theatres.
Lt. Gentry has been stationed at
Craig Field, Alabama, Dunnellon
Army Air Field, Fla., and Hammer
Field, calif. He entered Army ser
! vice in July 1942 and received his
| wings at Pecos Army Air Field, ’
| Texas, in February 1945. His wife, [
j Mrs. Nellie E. Gentry, is residing j
I in Lincoln.
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Rites Conducted
For Milton Woman
Funeral for Mrs. Annie M. Win
stead, 83, a native of Caswell coun
ty, whose death occurred Friday.
morning at her home at Milton, was
held there at the Episcopal church
on Saturday afternoon at two-thirty
o'clock by the Rev. William Gordon,
With interment in the Milton cem
etery.
Wife of the late Ed Winstead, she
was a daughter of the late Calvin i
and Victoria Garland Neblett. Sur- j
viving are a son, Colin Winstead, |
and a sister, Mrs. Belle Taylor, both !
of Milton.
Amend Weed Rule
WFO 4.7 was amended, effective j
May 11, to revise provisions regu- !
lating purchase and sale of 1944 i
crop flue-cured scrap tobacco, the j
War Food Administration has an- j
nounced. The amendment will en- 1
able manufacturers to purchase the j
the season's scrap, estimated at sev
en million pounds, without regard |
to allocations. The scrap is now ip i
the hands of dealers.
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NOW IN STATES
Pvt. W. A. Wilson, Jr., of Timber- J
lake, who has been released from a.
prisoner of war camp in Germany, I
is now in the United States and *
is expected home soon, according
to a message received last week by
his parents.
■ Alatuj Waif -
The Palace Theatre had a fairly large cage in front of the
theatre last week and in it was a large amount of money and war
bonds. It was a case of money on top of money and bonds on top
of all that. The theathre was offering a prize of a $25.00 War Bond
to the person guessing nearest the correct amount of money in the
cage. A large number of people placed a guess as to the amount of
money and bonds in the cage and who do you think won the
prize—it was a man who had no special need for money at all—a
man of means—a man with a bank account—none other than
Thomas Brooks. I had rather, have his luck than a license to steal.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
Sugar Coupons
Being Hailed To
Citizens Here
■ 1 1
OPA Office To Close Wednes
day During: Work On
Coupons
Sugar coupons for home canning
are being mailed out from the Per
son OPA office as rapjdly a-, pos
sible, according to announcement
made today, but it will be necessary
for the Ration Board ofriec to be
closed all day on Wednesday to
issue out sugar coupons for home
canning.
Instructions for using the coupons
are being mailed with them.
Remainder of the statement
from the OPA reads as follows:
Please follow these instructions
carefully. One member of the
family must sign each home can
ning coupon and enter the serial
[number of his (or her) War Ra
j tion Book Four thereon. For the
! purpose of identification, it will be
j necessary for the signer to take
| his War Ration Book Four with
him when he purchases the sugar
When the coupons are received,
do not call or come to the Ration
i Board about them if you feel there
I has been an error made in issuance.
1 The applications will be filed after
j all of the coupons for the registra
! tion have been issued and until
i then no correction cati be made,
j Applicants are advised that only
(five (5) pounds per person is al
j lowed this year for the following:
.jams, jellies, preserves, maimalades,
'and fruit butters from fruits; for
(canning vegetables: making pickles
j relishes, catsup, mince meat, etc.
However, no more than forty (40)
j pounds per family unit will be al-
(lowed. Any family using' over this
I amount fdr the above' will not
jbe eligible for a further allotment
jof canning sugar.
Persons who failed to register -at
school houses on the regular date
may register at the OPA on Fri
day of each week.
B. S. Poole
Reported Killed
Reported as killed in*action is
Pfe. Bassett S. Poole, of Virgilina,
Va., a member of Olive Branch Bap
tist church, who lost his life in
Germany on April 18, according to
a War Department message receiv
ed Friday by his parents, Mr, and
Mrs. Murat Poole.
Pfc. Poole, who attended Allens
ville high school, had been continu
ously in action from July of 1944.
IHe entered the army in December
1942 and went overseas in May last
year. Before going to service he was
employed by a suitcase company in
Petersburg, Va. A brother, Stewart,
, is going to the Navy this week.
( Other survivors, in addition to his
parents, are a sister, June, of Farm
ville, and another brother, Pelham,
of the home.
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Training School
Finals Program
T. C. Tillman, principal of Person
County Training School, announces
I the following commpncemen; pro
i gram:
Class Day, Friday, May 18, 9
O'clock; Annual Sermon, Sunday,
May 20, 4 O'clock P. M„ with Rev. |
|W. G. Anderson, Pastor Presbyter -
ian Church, Danville, Virginia, as
speaker, and graduating exercises,
[Tuesday, May 22 at eight O'clock
P. M.
Purple Heart Goes
To AP Writer
San Francisco—Charles H. Mc-
Murtry, former Manager of the
Honolulu Bureau of the Associated
[Press, today was awarded the Pur-
I pie Heart for wounds suffered
j aboard the original carrier Hornet
in the Solomons in October, 1942.
The belated presentation was
\ made by Rear Admiral Carlton H.
I Wright, Commandant of the 12th
1 Naval District. Purple Heart awards
were not always made to corres
pondents that early in the Pa
cific war.
MONDAY, MAY 14, 1945
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Liberation And Awards Add To
Victory Prayer Spirit For Parents
Scout District
Meets Tuesday
Regular monthly meeting of the
Person Scout District will be held
Tuesday night. May 15, at 7:30
o'clock in the Roxboro Chamber of
Commerce office. ’ Meeting of the
Negro division of the district will
be one hour later at Person County
Training school in the library. Next
meeting of the Court of Honor for
white troops will be held on May 25,
at Person Court House, with Chair
man Gus Deering presiding.
Deering reports that Dan Win
stead, of troop 49. received badges
for woodwork, handicraft and wood
turning at the last court, where
Bobby Crumpton, also of 49, receiv
ed a badge for swimming. W. T.
(Adcock, Jr., of 49, also was advanc-
I ed, receiving second class recogni
tion.
Star rank has been won by Bobby
Crumpton, reports Deering, whp
says that tenderfoot rank has been
accorded to Bob and Alex Bass, of
troop 32, and to J. D. Dixon, Thom
as Jackson and Linwood Watson, all
of troop 24.
Appeals Made
To Save Paper
j
Residents of Roxboro and Per
son County can supply enough
! waste paper for 83,430 “suits of ar
mor” for 105 mm., shells, if they
i will buckle down and save an av
| erage of 10 pounds of newspapers,
| wrapping paper and boxes a month.
The 105's are the big ones that
I have been helping American forces
in their advance toward Berlin and
Tokyo.
Last year Americans saved 106 1-2
pounds of waste paper per capita,
or enough for about 35 containers
each for the 105 mm. shells.
For each ammunition container
or “paper suit of armor" used to
I protect the shells from salt water,
dents, nicks and corrosive dirt,
approximately three pounds of
waste paper are required, accord
ing to W. J, Wardell, vice pres
ident of the American Can Com
pany, which is manufacturing mil
lions of the containers.
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Blanks Elected
Legion Commander
Joe Blanks of Roxboro, FSA sup
ervisor of the Person District, was
elected commander of the Lester
Blackwell Post of the American Le
gion Saturday night at the regular
election. Blanks will succeed Ned
Dillard in this position.
L. K. Walker was named 2nd
Vice-Commander and N. E. Davis
was elected Ist Vice Commander.
Other officers elected were Jerry
Hester, adjustant. R. A. Whitfield.
! finance officer and Rev, Daniel
Lane, chaplain.
O. G. Davis and R. P. Burns were
elected service officers.
, These men will take office at once
| and will serve for the next twelve !
! months.
C. A. Harris, Jr.,
At Norfolk, Va.
(
Seaman First Class Charles A. j
Harris, Jr., 18; USNR, of Roxboro,
has recently arrived at the Naval
Training Station, Norfolk, Va., to
undergo training for duties aboard
a destroyer of the Atlantic Fleet.
He has just completed a 16 weeks
course in the Fire Control School,
at the Naval Training Center, Bain
bridge. Md.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles A. Harris of Roxboro. Har
ris was attending North Carolina
State College, prior to his enlistment
in the Navy.
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Attend Funeral
At Rich Square
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In Rich Square yesterday were J.
W. Npell, Mrs. Elizabeth Bowles and
Miss Betty Gay Masten, who attend
ed funeral services for Walter H.
Spivey, husband of Mrs. Gay Hol
man Spivey. Mr. Spivey was killed
Friday near Scotland Neck in a
train crossing accident, where his
Car was struck before it cleared the
tracks. It was reported that the car
had cleared, but that a train struck
a trailer attached. Mrs. Spivey was
a niece of the late Mrs. J. W. Noell.t
One Person Man Free. His
Brother And Two Others
Get Medals.
Yesterday was Mother's Day and
also a day of prayer for the recent
ly won peace in Europe and observa
tion of the double-day was marked
by services In many Roxboro and
Person churches, but probably the
happiest Mother's Victory Day in
Person County was that enjoyed by
Mrs. D. p. Bowles, of Timberlake,
who on Saturday, which also hap
pened to be her birthday, was in
formed by the American Red Cross
here that her son, Cpl. William Em
lory Bowles, missing in action in
[Germany since December 29, had
(been liberated from a prison camp.
[Mr. and Mrs. Bowles had until Sat
urday received no word from their
[son.
I
At the same time the Bowles re
ceived a letter from another son,
Warrant Officer Victor Bowles, say
ing he has received an award for
bravery in action, the Bronze Star.
Delivery of the message about Cpl.
Emory Bowles by the Red Cross here
was under a new policy whereby the
Red Cross chapter in each com
munity is authorized to deliver mes
sages concerning the liberation of
prisoners of war. Bearers of the
happy messages Saturday were Mrs.
Sue Featherston, executive secre
tary, and Miss Nancy Bullock, pris
oner of war chairman.
The day of prayer for victory won
also had a special significance for
the families of Lt. D’Arcy W. Brad
sher and Tech. Fifth Grade J. D.
Clayton. Jr. Lt. Bradsher, who like
Warrant Officer Bowles, is in
Germany, has received the Air Med
al, while Tech. Clayton, now in the
Pacific, has received the Bronze
Star.
( Citation for Clayton reads as
1 follows:
|
"For heroic service in connec
tion. with., military., operations
against the enemy at Tinian, Mari
anas Islands, on July 24, 1944.
Technician Fifth Grade Clayton
| was the operator of a Trackson
j Crane loaded on a landing craft
j tank together for shore party work
on one of the landings. When the
! landing craft tank arrived at the
beach it was necessary for Techni
cian Fifth Grade Clayton to move
his crane from cover to an exDosed
position so that bulldozers could be
unloaded. While in this position
he was under enemy fire and al
though wounded, he remained in
his crane until he could move it
back to a covered position."
The award was made to Clayton,
: who is with an engineers corps, by
order of Major General Grinev.
Warrant Officer Bowles, who is
with the Nineth Army in Ger
many, received his Bronze Star for
1 services rendered between February
2 to April 19, of this year, according
to a letter received from him by his
mother. No details were given.
Lt. Bradsher, a son of Mr. and
; Mrs. E. E. Bradsher, Sr., of ftox
| boro, received his Air Medal on or
| about March 10, according to an
official Army photo taken at that
time. Presentation was from Brig.
Gen. Edward S. Ott, who is shown
(making the award. Lt. Bradsher,
an alumnus of Mars Hill College,
has been in the army forty-three
J months and overseas for fifteen
I months. He has also received three
battle stars. His brother, E. E.
(Bradsher, Jr., is with an artillery
unit overseas and has the rank
of first lieutenant.
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Ministers Meet
Person Minis tAial Association
met this morning at Long Memor
ial Methodist Church in the pastor's
study, where speaker was the Rev.
J. H. Shore. The meeting began at
ten o’clock. Devotional was in charge
of the Rev. R. W. Hovis. This was
the last meeting of the season.
Schedule will be resumed In Sep
tember.
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BOARD TO MEET
Raleigh, May 13.—The executive
board of the North Carolina Com
mittee United States Brewers
Foundation will meet in Raleigh
Wednesday, June 13.
The meeting of the 12-member
executive board will be held in lieu
of the annual convention of the
full committee. The convention has
been cancelled on account of war
time restrictions.
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Because of the greater need for
fats and oils, the weight of hogs on
which price supports will apply has
been raised to 300 pounds as against
,he previous limit of 370 pounds.
1 Fatal Highway
Accident
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945
DON'T HELP INCREASE IT!
DRIVE CAREFULLY!
NUMBER 47
Many Join In
Flower Show
Despite Weather
Annual Library Open House
And Show Held Friday. No
Prizes This Time.
I
Both individuals and clubs con
tributed flower show arrangements
,to the second annual library open
'house held Friday at Person Coun
ity Public Library, where more than
fifteen entries were displayed, ac
cording to Mrs. g. H. Shelton, board
member and flower show' chairman,
(who praised the cooperation showm,
,but said that because of the late
| season, which limited the number
of arrangements, no prizes were
[awarded this year.
In the afternoon during the open
house regular meeting of the libra
ry board was held, with Chairman
Flem D. Long presiding. Chief busi
ness presented by Mrs. Ethel Walk
jer Whetstone, librarian, was a ten
(tative budget for the coming year.
Increases will be received through "
State appropriations and slight in
creases are expected from City and
County sources.
Entries in flower show were as
follows: Home Demonstration clubs,
Mt. Tirzah. 2 arrangements, Snap
dragons and Dwarf gladioli; Chub
Lake, 3 arrangements, 2 of snap
dragons and one of Deauthus pinks;
Helena, 3 arrangements of Pansies,
I Lawson lilies, and Iris and lark
spur; Bushy. Fork, an arrangement
of Pansies; Providence, an arrange
ment of mixed garden flowers, and
, individual arrangement, Mrs. O. B.
Mcßroom, mixed iris; Mrs. Reade
Jones, Iris; Mrs. Rufus Harris, two
j arrangements of Pansies and Mrs.
Ij. H. Hughes, field flowers; Mrs. A.
B. Buchanan, Sweet William; and
Hester Florist, Fuschia.
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Oil Demand Slump
After Jap Defeat
New York—A. Jacobsen, presi
dent of Amerada Petroleum Corp.,
j told stockholders at the annual
meeting that the corporation should
have crude oil production slightly
higher this year than in 1944.
He said it was pretty early for a
forecast of earnings, but added it
looked like the company this year
should do at least as well as it did
last year.
Mr. Jacobsen said he believed
there would be a slump in the de
mand for oil products in this coun
: try at the end of the war with Ja
pan, and told stockholders that
i “some reduction in production of
oil would not be unwelcome to us."
He said he did not think there
I would be any important change in
| crude prices after Japan is defeated.
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Indian War Hero
Bashful At Home
Bapchule, Ariz. —The raw courage
that helped a full blood Pima In
dian lad fight the battle of Iwo
Jima and raise the Stars and
Stripes over Mt. Suribachi failed
him May 1 when 1.000 tribesmen
honored him. |
Pfc. Ira- H. Hayes, youthful ma
rine, bashfully declined to speak
at a deeply religious ceremony ar
ranged at his homecoming in this
Indian village of 300 persons.
From 45 miles around the Pima’s
trekked over desert lands on a day’s
notice to pay tribute to the bronz
ed, high-cheeked Indian youth who
leaves them again today for Wash
ington, D. C.
At the nation’s Capitol—where he
was received 10 days ago by Pres- |
ident Truman—Private Hayes will
start a nation-wide tour in the
Seventh War Loan campaign. He
is one of the three surviving ser
vicemen of the six who took part J
in the famous flag raising photo- J
graphed by Joseph Rosenthal of j
the Associated Press.
The proudest participants were - j
the marine's parents, Mr. and Mrs. i
Joe Hayes, and two of his teen- : k
aged brothers.
Only one request had been mads ij
by the family.
Mrs. Hayes asked a duet to singlij
the hymn: “He Will Deliver.”
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Waste vegetable leaf meal to an J
excellent chick feed supplement.
blade portions of the leaves are'j
high in protein, carotene, and
flavin, all needed in poultry feed, J