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■ ' I I I ™ War Bond Dollar* . /*, -.W • ■ j * Are Double Duty Dollars VOL. LXIV. Final Clinic Will •Be Held Thursday Say Health Workers There's Nothing ' Like Travel To Effect Meetings Men Train In Same U. S. Camp But Pail To lVJjpet Until They Reach Hawaii. Two Person men who trained at i the same camp in the United States and tried vainly to see each other. while they were In the U. S. A., had | to go clear to the Hawaiian Islands j before they could get together, ac- | cording to a story reported here to- 1 day. - Pfc. Howard N. Brooks, son of I I Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Brooks, and Pvt. Arthur T. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H,. Clark, both of Semora have met in Hawaii. Pfc. Brooks en tered service in September and Pvt. Clark in November of last year. Both boys took training at Camp Robinson, Ark. and tried to see each other there but never could. Brooks went overseas in March and Clark went over in April. Both boys were determined to see each other after they found out they both were in Hawaii. They found each other, and said words could not express how hap py they were. The boys incidentally are cousins. o Hyde Park Will Become Shrine Hyde Park, ii. Y„ July—?o*UM9.v ter General Robert E. Hannegan said today Hyde Park will become as much a symbol of the late Frank lin D. Roosevelt as Mount Vernon Is of George Washington. In an address prepared for the opening sale of the One-Cent Roosevelt Memorial stamp, at the Hyde Park Post Office, Hannegan a asserted: w ‘ Americans are a home people. They visualize their great men more readily in their home.surroundings than in the scenes of their tri umphs. They visualize Washington more readily at Mount Vernon than at Yorktown. It is hard for them to picture Jefferson in the French Chancery. They sec him clearly a'. Monticelo. “And so, the Post Office Depart- ment, seeking properly to portray Franklin D. Roosevelt the citizen, was careful to see that his Hyde Park home should be represented on the postage of the United States." Veterans Will Be • Aided By FSA Plan Half of the *50,000,000 authorized i for the Farm Security Adiminlstra- 1 tion’s farm ownership loan program < for the 12 months ending June 30, i 1946 has been allotted among states 1 and territorities, Person F. S. Sup ervisor Joe Y. Blanks announced c t this morning. I The remaining $25,000,000 is ear- 1 marked sot World War H veterans. 1 No formal allocation will be made t to states and territories, but a pro- 1 portion will be allotted to Person, s says Mr. Blanks. The demand and opportunities for making desirable 1 loans will determine when and f where the funds will be used. s Mr. Blanks emphasized that the L $50,000,000 appropriated through f FSA is for regular Joans made ( through the program,'and has no J connection with assistance a veter- I an may obtain under the Os Bill. ' Distributed on the basis of farm < population and the prevalence of I tenancy, the half allocated will'be i used in the. regular 7SA program I under which loans are made to ten- < ants, sharecroppers, and farm labor- 1 ers for purchase of family-type | f' farms. Congress increased the funds I by $10,000,000 over last year. North Carolina was allotted sl,- 490,403, Mr. Blanks said. It is esti- < mated that about 317 t*mMt pur- : chase loans can be made front this ; sum. The loans can cover the full < purchase* of a family farm. They are i . repayable over a 40-year period and 1 bear 3 per cent interest on unpaid i principal. FSA Is continuing Its pol- i J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Roxboro Kiwanians To Get To Work Early Thursday Morning At School. Final Kiwanls sponsored tonsil clinic for this year will be held Thursday morning at 7:30 at Per son County Training School, where from twenty-five to thirty patients are expected to report for operations to be performed by Dr. B. W. Fas sett, of Durham, It was reported by the Person Health Department. The clinic Thursday will be for Negro children, a clinic for white children having been held last [Thursday at Roxboro Grammar I school, where fifteen operations were performed. Three other cases had to ; be delayed because of physical con jditions of the applicants, it was re ported. Only one of the white chil idren had to have serious medical attention during the night after the operations were performed. I Negro applicants who expect to take advantage of the clinic this Thursday are requested to first re port to Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, director ,of Public Welfare, who will see ihe applicants today, tomorrow and Wednesday. No applications may be made on Thursday. Purpose of the clinics, according to the sponsoring club and health authorities is to make it possible for less fortunate children to have tonsil operations, especially those who cannot pay regular hospital fees. Assisting with the program are members of the Person Health De partment staff, including Dr. W. S. Rogers, who administers ether. No other clinic is expected to be held this year, although it was at first ; thought that a second one for white children would be held August 9. Mrs. Catherine Hidy, of the Health Education Service, and Miss j Evelyn Davis, Senior Staff Nurse,! have been in *i nicking up the records. At least fifty-five cards have been mailed to possible Negro patients and a still larger number was sent to prospective white pati ents. It has been suggested that the white clinic should run next year for at least two consecutive days. o Legion Meets ■ Lester Blackwell Post, the Amer ican Legion,( had its end of the month meeting Friday night at the Legion Hut, according to Joe Y. Blanks, commander, who reported that attendance was comparative ly small. This was the first trial of the second meeting plan, insti tuted because some members have found it inconvenient to attend the regular Saturday meetings. o Secretary of Agrieulture Clinton P. Anderson says that soap to civ ilians will be increased. He plans no rationing and urges orderly buy ing. Icy of making loans only for farms that can be bought at long-time, earning capacity values. No loans will be made for the purchase oi farms selling at inflated prices. Farm Security Administration county supervisors help borrowers in planning and carrying out sound farm practices, Mr. Blanks stated. Borrowers are also aided by a vari able payment plan which calls for larger loan repayments in good years and smaller amounts in lean years. As estimated 8,332 farmers, at least half of them veterans, can be started on the road to farm owner ship with the new appropriation. From the beginning of the pro gram in 1937 through the first quarter of this year nearly 38,000 families who had little chance of becoming farm owners any other way have been financed in the pur chase of their own farms. Among them were 68 World War n veter ans and some 2,200 veterans of the first World War. To meet the pres ent and expected demand for loans by veterans of World War IX, Con gress earmaaked for them half of the total authorization for the fiscal year that began July 1. Applicants who can obtain ade quate credit from other sources on reasonable terms are not eligible for loans under the FSA program. An exception Is made only in the case of veterans who show a need for the type of vocational guidance offered by FSA, according to the Person Supervisor. ©he Courier=©imt? Still Taken A two hundred gallon copper still in Bushy Fork township near the Orange County line was taken and destroyed yesterday and one thousand five hundred gallons of mash, according to a report re ceived today from Person Sheriff M. T. Clayton, who said that the still had not been operated. Near 1 the still were two fifty gallon kegs for molasses, the contents of which had been poured Into the mash. Assisting Sheriff Clayton with the afternoon raid were De puties Baxter Dunn and Bob Whitt, together with George Walker. Satterfields Receive Honors For Their Son Parents To Get Air Medal And Clusters For Miss ing Son. Mr. and Mrs. Cldye •Satterfield, of Timberlake, whose son S. Sgt. Luther S. Satterfield, 21, of the Air Corps, has been missing in action in the Pacific area for a year, have received from Major Gen. Edward F. Witsell, acting the Adjutant Gen eral, a letter giving some details as to what may have happened to their son's plane and have been informed that medals will be given to them by a designated officer it was reported today. Major Witsell writes as follows to Mr. Satterfield: I have the honor to inform you that, by direction of the President, the Air Medal and two Oak-leaf Clusters, representing two addition al awards of the same decoration, have been awarded to your son, I Staff Sergeant Luther S. Satter field, Air Corps. The citation are as follows: Air Medal “For meritorious achievement I while participating in an aerial flight over *** Island, on 23 June 11944. This enlisted man was ball turrett gunner aboard a B-24 in a strike mission against this heavily defended enemy base. When Japa nese aircraft intercepted, Sergeant Satterfield fired a burst into a hos tile fighter coming up from below in a steep climb. A tail-gunner in another bomber saw this airplane crash in flames. Sergeant Satter field failed to return from this mission. The courage and devotion of this enlisted man arc worthy of commendation." Two Oak Leaf Clusters To Air Medal "For meritorious achievement i while participating In sustained op erational missions in the South west Pacific area from 20 May 1944 to 8 June 1944, during which | hostile contact was probable and expected. These operations con sisted of bombing missions against enemy airdromes and installations and attacks on enemy vessels and I shipping. The courage and devo i tion to duty displayed during these 1 flights are worthy of commenda ! tion.” o Stimson May Resign When He Returns To U. S. Washington. —Speculation grew today that a seventh and possibly an eighth Cabinet change are in the making. The most imminent new depart ure from the ofifclal family Presi dent Truman inherited last May ap pears to be that of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. Another possibil ity is Secretary of the Interior Har old L. Ickes. Secretary Stimson, veteran of two previous Cabinet posts, generally is expected to resign shortly after he and Mr. Truman return from the Potsdam “Big Three” meeting. Names heard most often as a pos sible successor include fellow Repub licans Robert P. Patterson, now Un dersecretary, and Assistant Secre tary John J. McCloy. The latter re portedly has strong administration backing. Also mentioned is former Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana, now a Federal Circuit Judge. Judge Min ton also is considered a possible choice for the Interior portfolio should Secretary Ickes retire. Secretary Ickes is known to be planning a showdown with Mr. Tru man on his status in the Cabinet. o Loses License The North Carolina Highway Bafety division today reported revo cation of the driving license of Lewis Palmer Tolloh, of Danripple, Va., convicted In Person Recorder's Court on a charge of drunlcen driving. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA SAVING BABY IN FOXHOLE TASK OF PERSON WOMAN'S HUSBAND A pediatrician (that is a doctor : who specializes in the diseases of 1 1 children) is Dr. Paul T. Forth, cap- < tain in the U. S. Army and sta tioned in the Philippines, who is the husband of Mrs. Rachel Steph ens Forth, of Roxboro, but the trouble has been that until recently Dr. Forth has had no opportunity to practice his profession in its highly specialized field. All his patients until a few weeks ago have been big, grown men and it has been that way ever since he graduated from Duke Medical school about three years ago, ac cording to a dispatch from his home-town paper in Rochester, N. Y„ but the other day according to the story, he had a chance to do a bit of fox-hole hospital work anad save the life of an eighteen-days old infant, victim of pneumonia. Dr. Forth, who has a child of his own, at home here with Mrs. Forth and her parents, Mr. and Bain Confers At City Hall Today Beer Retailers Are Attending Regular Conference This Afternoon. Person and Roxboro beer retail ers are meeting this afternoon at City Hall to hear Col. Edgar H. Bain, of Goldsboro, head of the North Carolina Brewing Industry’s foundation. The meeting began at 2:30 o'clock, and, according to Col. Bain, will be concerned with rou tine matters, including interpreta tion of new laws regulating the sale and distribution of beer. Similar meetings are held through Similar meetings are held throughout the state, according to Col. Bain, who says that dealers will be asked-to renew their pledge of cooperation with the Foundation, an organization interested in the interpretation and the enforcement of laws regulating beer sales and practices. Few violations have been reported here, according to Col. Bain, who said he planned to visit one alleged violator during his stay here. The dealers have not issued a request for this particular meeting, which is on regular schedule. Col. Bain i was here about two years ago by request, however, when alleged vio lations were reported from a case. I ° J. D. Oliver Has Commendation | Tech 4 J. D. Oliver, of Roxboro json of Mr. a»d Mrs. S. A. Oliver, [Who has been with the U. S. Army i for fifty-two months and overseas jfor thirty-five months, with twenty- I three of them in combat duty, has | received a letter of commendation for his courage and skill as a radio j operator and agent from his com manding officer, Lt. Col. Ewel J. Morris, Jr., it was learned here to day, when the letter, carefully wrapped with heavy cardboard, reached his parents. Technician Oliver, now 26, accord ing to the commendation deserves highest praise for his participation in campaigns in Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, Germany and other parts of continental Europe. Oliver is a brother of Flint Oliver, who is also in the Army in Europe. Miss Lucille Oliver, a sister, says that J. D. Oliv er is now thought to be enroute home. o Ralph Fox Leader Ralph Fox, of Collins and Aik ; man, was leader of the group which last week painted the Roxboro USO Service Center, it was reported to day by Dr. Robert E. Long, director, who said that attendance yesterday at the Center was large, despite cloudy weather ■ Alo+Uf. < IU& Way m R. D. Bumpass, popular proprietor of one of Roxboro’s eating establishments, several years ago promised a nice steak to anyone who made a hole in one on the Roxboro golf course. Back in those days you could get steak every now and then. Well—a few days ago Jack Strum made a hole in one and was thereby entitled to a steak. Now R. D. is up against a real proposition. He doesn't mind donating the steak but he doesn't know where to find it. He wants to keep his promise but as you know there is a war on and steaks are mostly things that we remember—not have on hand. On top of that he wants to be sure ttmt Jack actually made the hole in one without the assistance of his caddy’s foot. I think that he is having that angle investigated. Maybe if the Investigation turns out alright Jack will compromise for a fried chicken dinner. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT Mrs. I. G. Stephens, is himself the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Forth of Rochester, and has frequently visited in Roxboro. The story of his fox-hole battle with death for the sake of the Fili pino child is as follows: Ca/)t. Forth was a pediatrician but had never practiced privately when he entered the Army three years ago. He was fresh out of Duke Hospital and just thinking about starting his work among the civilians of his own city. He has a baby of his own now with his wife at Roxbouo, N. C., and there is no doubt that in his lohely tent in the Philippines he oc cassionally wonders how his young ster is faring with colds and meas les, bumps on the head and first tooth trouble. But he's been busy. At one point, stationed in the Lingayen Gulf area of Luzon with amphibious Army engineers, Capt. Forth was confronted with a start ling problem . for which there was no solution in his field manual. Capt. Forth's problem was an 18- day old girl brought into the clear ing station and hospital by a na tive boy hardly big enough to car ry her. The boy reiusea to let Lne baby go, our informant says, until he had walked around the hospital and satisfied himself that she would get good care and good treatment there. It was after the boy left the baby in his care that Capt. Forth dis covered the infant had pneumonia. She survived, we are told, only be cause of his expert care. The area was under shellfire, but the doughty Yanks in the hospital immediately set up an unofficial board of guardians to take care of the Filipino baby. The board consisted of S. Sgt. John T. Mills, a North Carolinian; Pfc. Albanus Robbins, Philadelphia; Pfc. Henry Hoerrle, Cleveland; Pfc. Everette E. Manges, Boone, and Pfc Leon R. Siegel, Waterloo. ♦hat first night because of the shelling, the board of guardians kept the baby in a foxhole, pneu monia and all, taking turns hold ing her. When she started to cry. Mills got up to heat the milk, we are told, and others hastily improvised a nipple and nursing bottle. She went to sleep on that. The upshot of the tale is that Capt. Forth pulled the baby through her crisis despite her first night in a foxhole and perhaps be cause her guardians cared for her so tenderly she still had the will to live. Nobdy knew whose baby she was or what her name was. She stayed with the soldiers until a civilian hospital was opened in the a»ea. Thriving aand happy, she was transferred to the new hospital, where a nurse shortly afterward adopted her officially. Before this took place she had been given at least a first name by Capt. Forth. He named her : Margarita for his mother, whose name is Margaret. Margarita will probably grow up , never knowing that she is named for the mother of a Rochester of ficer who happened also to know a great deal about what makes ba bies tick. Alfred Slagle In Texas Hospital i S.-Sgt. Alfred D. Slagle, of Rox boro, has arrived at the Army's Ashbum General hospital, McKin ney, Texas from overseas. Before being returned to this country, Sgt. Slagle served in France. He is now convalescing at Ashbum General hospital. His wife, Mrs. Maxine Slagle, lives in Roxboro. o Postpone Program ' The quartet program which was , to be held at the Prospect Hill Baptist church, Woodsdale, Aug ! ust sth has been postponed until a later date. MONDAY, JULY 30, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Another Vacancy | James A. Stanley, of West Jeff-’ * erson, for one year principal of Bethel Hill high school and an , active member of Roxboro Rotary ! Club, has resigned as principal because of the serious illness of a member of his family, according to a telegram received from him this morning by Person County Superintendent R. B. Griffin, who said that Stanley’s successor has . not yet been chosen. Mrs. Stanley, wife of the former principal, is also resigning as teacher of the sixth grade at Bethel Hill, 5 Father-Daughter i Night Next On Rotary Program : < -t Club Turns Thumbs Down On ] Splitting: District Now. __________ Rotary program for this coming Thursday at Hotel Roxboro is ex- | pected to be in charge of Alvin War- ( ren, of the Entertainment Commit- | tee and will take the form of the ( club's annual Father-Daughter’s! ( night, it was revealed by club pro grams for the year which were dis tributed at last week's session, when work of the evening took the shape 1 of an assembly program based on ; committee reports from various club ; chairmen. Unanimously elected to member ship was J. R. Adair, of the Dan 1 River Conservation service. Presid ing was Dr. J.hn Fitzgerald, presi dent. * Chief business was the turning down by the club of the suggestion that Rotary districts should be di vided, it being decided that vote of |' the Roxboro club shall be for post- | ponement of such division until a: I later time, say next July, if then/' Sentiment of the local club is against [division at all. Few of the reporting committee men at the club Thursday had defi nite suggestions to offer, but all ' pledged their cooperation with the new officers. • Rites Held For L. T. Slaughter | i i Accident Victim, Person Na tive, Burried At Rock Grove Church. Held here last week were funeral rites for Luther Thomas Slaughter, 17. of near New Bern, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie B. Slaughter, of ! Spring Garden, who was instant jly killed July 20, in a traffic acci dent near Spring Garden. The deceased, a native of Per son” County, a grandson of Mr. and [Mrs. J. G. Slaughter, of Bushy Fork, and a brother of Mrs. Clifton Clayton, of Roxboro. His death from a fractured skull occurred J when a car he was driving was j struck by a car allegedly driven ] by William Nelson, 20, a Negro, of | Maple Cypress, who has been he id [ in jail in default of a $5,000 bond. J Also injured were Edward Rogers, 30, and Jesse Brock, 13, a Negro. Funeral for Slaughter was held on Sunday at Rock Grove Baptist church, by the Rev. Joe B. Currin, with interment in the church cem etery. In addition to his parents, his grandparents and his sister, Mrs. | Clayton, other survivors are, five j brothers, Gaddis M., of the U. |s. Army, now at home, Berlie N., Clarence B. Charles B. Jr., and Abner V. Slaughter, all of the home and five other sisters. Mrs. Tom Lewis, of Vanceboro, and Mrs. Sam Kinston, of Lillingio.i, and Misses Rachel N„ Lindy Ann and Margaret G. Slaughter, of the home. o Two Dead Men Elected To Office * London—Two dead men Were elected to the House of commons in returns counted today. Both were Conservatives. They were Leslie Pym and Sir Edward Campbell, both of whom died July 17, a dozen days after the ballots were cast. Both elections will be accepted formally In Parliament and then the seats will be declared vacant and new elections will be ordered. o ■ ■ GETS PACKAGE Pvt. Robert Clayton son of Eliza Clayton, of Woodsdale, writes home that he is well and received his Christmas package this month. He has been overseas twenty-six months. Speeding Car Turns Over Two To Three Times In Chase Cedar Grove Young Man Al- i legedly Was Making 65 Miles Per Hour. Roxboro police officers, chasing a speeding automobile last night on the outskirts of Roxboro near the home of C. Lester Brooks, City Com mitWloner, had to turn to first aid work and arresting, too, when the car they were chasing turned over two to three times. None of the five occupants was seriously injured, but the driver, identified as Dallas Ho bert McCullock, Jr., 17, of Cedar Grove, Orange County faced trial this morning in City Court before Mayor S. G. Winstead. Under judgment of Mayor's court McCullock, allegedly going at the rate of sixty to sixty-five miles an hour when the accident occurred, has been placed under a fifty dollar bond for appearance at next term | of Person Recorder's Court on a charge of speeding and careless and reckless driving. With McCullock were two young men and two young women identi fied as Neal Monk, Lether Thrilks, Lois and Jessie Winstead, Miss Lois Winstead being listed as silghtly in jured. Officers in the chase were City Policeman George Walker and Macon Thompson, his Sunday as sistant, an employee of Collins and Aikman. Chief of Police George C. Robin son, describing the case, said that five speeding cases were in City court this morning and that chief trouble is with young drivers of !.seventeen and eighteen. About twen !ty other cases, mostly for fights and ; drinking and possession crowded the docket this morning. Among the cases disposed of was that of a Ne gro woman, Rosa Lee Johnson, 35, of near Gallows Hill, whose home was raided Sunday morning by City officers, who i/portcdly tpund thare about two gallons of white liquor.; The woman is under a one hundred j dollar bond to appear in Recorder's j Court, according to Robinson. o | I Bronze Star Given To Dwight Gentry | First Lt. Dwight Gentry, of Rox iboro, has been presented the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster at Fin ney General Hospital, Ga., it was announced today by Col. S. M. Browne, commanding officer. Lt. Gentry is convalescing at Fin ney following his return fiom over seas service. The presentation was made by Colonel Browne at a retreat cere mony while members of headquart ers detachment looked on. The presentation was made in re cognition of heroic or meritorious ij service in action. To Close Wednesday . i Person OPA office will be closed , Wednesday as usual, according to announcement made today. Pressure i of first of the month business will , necessitate closing, it was said. Reg ular schedule will be observed on other days. o On Same Ship ! l Cpl. Fred Hampton Fox, now enroute to Pacific duty, has been on a ship with Chaplain J. Al Martin, also of Roxboro, accord ing to a letter just received from I Cpl. Fox. who reports that the Chaplain is kept busy aboard ship > with conferences and services. E. B. Duncan Loses Life By Drowning Pfc. Eldridge Baxter Duncan of the 43rd Infantry was drowned July 13, 1945, while in swimming In the Marlqulna River on Luzon it was reported today. Pfc. Duncan was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Duncan of Roxboro, Route 3, and was born October 9, 1925. He at tended Mt. Tirzah High School, graduating with the class of 1943. He was president of his class throughout high school and alsO| was valedictorian. Entering service in September, 1944, he took basic training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, before going to the Philippines. In speaking of Pfc. Duncan, his Captain said of him recently in a 2 Fatal Highway Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945 DON’T HELP INCREASE IT! DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 69 Pickens Reported Chosen Head For Veterans' Board Board Withholds Announce ment, But Reported Choice Is From Lincolnton. Raleigh. July 25.—The State Vet erans' Commission, concluding a two-day meeting in Raleigh yester day, adopted a tentative budget call ing for expenditures of $136,000 an nually and elected a full-time di rector but did not announoe the identity of the man chosen for the j post. In refusing to announce the name of the newly elected director, mem bers of the commission stated that Uie director now is serving in the armed forces, and that it would be “embarrassing to announce his ap pointment until he has been dis charged from the Army.” It is understood from reliable sources that the new director is Lt. Col. Wiley M. Pickens of Lincoln ton, who recently returned from the European Theater of Operations. Colonel Pickens served as State commander of the American Legion in 1936-37. The Advisory Budget Commission, jut a meeting last month, set the salary range of the director of vet erans' affairs at $4,200 to $5,000. The $136,000 budget adopted yes terday by the Veterans’ Commission is subject to the aproval of the Council of State ana the Advisory Budget Commission. The 1945 Gen eral Assembly, in passing the law ! creating -ths Vetwans' Commission, j appropriated $65,000 per year for i operating expenses. The Veterans’ Commission is asking that the ad jditional $71,000 be allocated by the [Council of State from the Conting jency and Emergency Fund. The budget calls for appropria | tions of $22,500 to the Veterans Hos pital at Fayetteville; $84,000 for the salaries and expenses of the lfi as sistant State service officers; and approximately $28,000 to the Veter ans' Commission headquarters here to take care of the salaries of the director, the assistant director, two stenographers, office expenses and off fee supplies, and equipment for the 12 district offices. o Attlee Runs Into Publicity Trouble London, July—The n«w Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, might ' have escaped the erowds jamming j the exits of Westminister Hall where he addressed a party rally tonight—but he forgot where he 1 had parked his car. 1 Whisked through the throngs by 1 his escort he reached the lines of l parked automobiles and started an ■ ■ anxious search for his own. Then ( the hand-shaking, back-thumping crowd was upon him, jostling him and his guard almost off their feet. Attlee located the car and step ped upon the running board. ‘'Speech,” someone yelled. Others l cried “quiet,” and a husn settled as the hundreds who hid missed the speech inside the hall waited while the nation’s new chief clear ed his throat, lifted his head and said: ‘■Will you folks please let my daughters through?” letter to his parents: ‘'Eldridge had not been with us too long, but in that time as with men who daily face the dangers of combat, there developes a com radeship that can only be possible by mutual trust and respect.” His Lieutenant Colonel, also a poke of him as being an excellent soldier. Besides his parents, the follow ing survive: a sister. Miss Josephine I Duncan and two brothers, Terrell and Pello all of the home, besides many other relatives. According to the War Depart ment message and other informa tion in letters, Pfc. Duncan suf fered esamps while in swimming.