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VOL. 22. NO. 20. SoH<hern Pines, North Carolina, Friday. April 17. 1942. FIVE CENTS THEY KNOW WAR IS IN PROGRESS DOWN ON COAST Three Moore County Office Sjeekers Federal Pilot Editor Taiks with Captain j and Mate of Shelled Tanker ; ' Nine Were Killed Nl’KSE SAYS HELP NEEDED By OAKL TIIOMI*S()N, .IK. Maybe it is so—that many Ameri- cins aren’t fvilly aware that WAR If HERE. But down on North Carolina's east ern shore there are men and women children who know that the war is ijoing on. Th>;rc arc shelled ships, torpedoed ships, and halves of ships which shov/ that war is Roinp on. I talked this past week-end Vith th<- captain of a tanker which had | bfcn shelled by a Nazi submarine i with the loss of nine members of the tanker’s crew. I talked also with a | nurse who works in a hospital where survivors of attacked and sunk tank ers are treated and who has seen s<»me men die from their wounds and <.Uier.<» slowly brought back to nor mal after tindergbinp submarine at. tack and then long cold hours adrift in lifeboats or rafls. They know that war is going on. Out to Sea .Again The captain was a stocky, non- nautical appearing fellow who, with his blond, lanky young first mate, was awaiting orders to ship out to ^ sea again. And I watched them as, Stevens ■Jf'' .1. HAWI.K% l*(K)LK J. Hawley Poole of West EnJ is seeking the nemocratic nomination ; for the seat in the State House of , Represejitatives and Eugene C. Ste. | vens was nominated by the county Republican Convention to run against the Democratic nominee. Poole’s only i opponent so fur is Haywood H. Kry of Carthage. Another political de- ; velopment this week wa.s the an-' nouneement of Herman H. Grimm I right) that he would seek the Dem. i ooratic nomination for sheriff in op position to incumbent Chaiies J. j McDonald. ! REPUBLICANS PICK COUNTY NOMINEES! Kr<iENE STF.VKNS Heads Partial Slate j of Candidates for Offices; Sea well Fle-elected Moore County Republicans in con- they inspected the patches below the w'iter’ine of their tanker where .shells had torn through the tough ; „teel plates. vention at the court house Tuesday ‘ That hole there, the captain said, j decided to enter the local pointing toward the stern, is where a^ene this year and selected Eugene C. Stevens of Southern Pines a shell entered the engine room and killed two of our crew.’ He pointed toward the center mast. It was almost split in half by a shell hole. "And that's what wrecked ■ :r communications and lights.” He to head a slate of candidates as Re publican nominee for the House of Representatives in the State General .\ssembly. While some of the Republicans ex. ]!i>lntod again to the top deck. ' Those pressed opposition to entering politics are my quarters— or what is left | ,i„rjng the war. the majority fav- of them." I ored e.ntering the lists lhi.<i time with There were shell and shrapnel pt least a partial .slate, holes still showing in the sides of H. F. Seawell, Jr.. who was re. the top decks, alongside fresh wood elected chairman of the 'Republieans, vihich patched the larger holes. , opened the convention with an appeal ' making. "We're pulling out again tomorrow to the Republicans to back the war ' The announcement this week by TO HOLD MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY l)is( us.sion of Plans for Special Civilian Course Primary Pur pose of Meet ALL INTERESTED INVITED By ALIMKT .IKNRS .John M. Howarth. coordinator, ci. vilian defen.se council, has asked me ;is a member of the council in charge of public relatiiiiis nnd education to announce that there will be a meet ing of the council and all persons con. nected with it next Wednesday night, April 22, at 8 p. m. at the .Southern Pines High School. Philip Weaver, superintendent of Southern Pines schools, who has just returned from Chapel Hil where he I underwent a 30-hour intensive course in civilian protection, will discuss •his subject and explain in detail the various courses to be given hefe. The following table summarizes the requirements by subject and hours for Fenleral recognition and ; aw.nrd of insignia for the various en rolled volunteer worker goups: The coirrses are the same for the Command Section and Me.ssengers. w'llh a total of 20 hours required: first aid 10. fire defense (.\1 3. gas defense (Ai 2. general course 5. Drivers; total 3S hours, first aid 10, gas defense (A and B) 5, gcn- . oral course .'5, night driving and con- ' voy driving ,T, black.out driving 3, map reading 2, minor roadside re pairs 5, test and optional 3. .\uxiliary firemen: total 2" hoiu's, first aid 10, fire defense (A and Bl il). gas defense (AI 2, general course 5, jiight driving and convoy driving 5. black.out driving 3, map reading 2, minoj' roadside repairs 5. (’arthage Man First to Announce, "Ptional 3. for Important Office; Me- Auxiliary firemen: total 27 hours, Donald Sure to Run first aid lO, fire defense (A and B) 10. gas defense (A1 2, genera! ^’on Speaker FISHER RE ^ A..Iir.li T nxf niM bakk OF PACIFIC WAR I First Army Officer Returned from Far East Visits in Southern Pines. Old Home CONFERRED WITH F. D. R. Major William P. Fisher of the C. S. Army Air Corps, who u.sed to play "Tarzan of the Apes " years ago in the woods which are now the Bird Sanctuary of Southern Pines, came back to his old haunts and his old friends in Southern Pines Wednes day afternoon, with experiences be hind him as harrowing as any ever conceived by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Southern Pines man is the first Army officer to return to the United States from active war duty in the South Pacific. Since the outbreak of war in the j East on December 7. Major Fisher I has been in the thick of th*» Pacific 1 fighting. He was in the Philippines President of St. .Fohn’s Colleffe' to Appear for Public Next [fharge of the South Pacific intercep- Friday, April 21 fornmiuid during the Battle of I Java, stationed at Sorerabaja. He Stringfellow Barr, president of St. | took part in the .still-raging battle 1 John's College, Annapolis, Md.. and j f"’’ Au.stralia. member of the national board of Major Fisher was awarded the Dig. BARR TO DISCUSS FEDERAL UNION HKKMAN II. UKIMM directors of Federal Union, will be presented jointly by the Moore Coun ty Chapter of Federal Union and by Unguished Flying Cross for his part in the trans-Pacific formation flight September 5 to 12, made in Flying the Pinehurst Forum at the Pine-j ^'ortresses from Hawaii to the Phil- hurst Coimtry Club Friday, April ippines. at 8:30 p. m. <’onferre<I with lloosevelt This annoimcement was made this \ Upon his retum to this country week by the Rev. F. Craighill Bro\ni, last month from the battlefronts of HERMAN H. GRIMM OUT FOR SHERIFF chairman of the Moore Coimty chap. tor of Federal Union. Mr. Barr is widely recognized as an historian and political scientist. A former Rhodes Scholar, he served in the Pacific. Major Fisher has con ferred at length with President Roosevelt, commander-in.niief of the nation’s armed forces, and War De partment officials, briniging |hem With “Saturday the final filing date course .'i. for candidates entering the Demo-; Rescue Squads: total 40 hours, cratic Primary election set for May first aid 20, fire defense fA and B) :i0, the field of candidates this week m, defen.se (A and B) 5 and took on pretty definite shape, and general course 5. only three major contests appear in training, drill is optional. The Council is anxious mac the members of the Southern Pines Mo- Ihe last World War and is well ac- : the fir.st eye-witnes.s account by an quainteil with European political i .\rniy officer of the battlefronts. problems, having studied at the Un- ' When Majrtr Fi.sher lan3ed in his iversity of Paris and the University i B.l,8 bomber at Knollwood Airport of Ghent. jmow under Army control) Wednes. Federal Union is an international ' fl-iy afternoon for a visit witTi Mr. organization which advocates a un- md Mrs, A. B. Patterson, there was a morning, or maybe the next day, i effort, because “a Jap or a German i Herman H. Grimm of Carthage that Corps attend the meeting and. in v/e're not sure yet,’' the captain said, can't tell a Democrat from a Re- j he would seek to defeat Sheriff; f_,gt all who are interested :n equip- Ile looked silently at his mate. "But. publican. This war will be w’on by|l'harles J. McDonald for the nomina-; them.selves for a part in civil- to be frank, we're not very happy i tu.ited effort and not by political fav- : tion as sheriff of Moore County in. I defense, such as Nurse's Aides. ! orites.” loured a contest for this office, al-; c,^j,t aid workers, and so forth. about it” Moonlight and Shell» Other nominations made by the; though the Incumbent has not yet meeting is Wedne.sday. April This was an tmarmeiS tanker. A ! party were: I publicly announced his candidacy, ; ^2, at R p. m., at the High School. .submarine had sighted it one moon- County Commis.sioners: from '■'■’bich is taken for granted, since ho ; lit evening shortly after midnight, i Carthage district, Colin G. Spencer; j bas sought re-election each term Apparently the sub'.s supply of tor- from Mineral Springs and Sandhills,! •‘•■nee he took office 14 years ago pcdoes was exhausted; for the under-: A. G. Wallace of Pinebluff; from pea craft had come to the surface ] McNeills and Greenwood, A. B. Ad- and -shelled the tanker unmercifully. 1 kins of Cameron; from Sheffields Yolinp: Buttry on Ship With Wilbur H. Currie relinguish- ^ Torpedoed Off Coast ing his seat as county commission, er to run, imopposed so far, for the John Buttry, who is well known in his section, having run the Village Inn for several months, was one of the survivors from a vessel torpe doed off the N. C. coast recently. He lioth the tanker's crew and the sub I and Bensalom, Roy Garner of West- j State Senate nomination, the field crcw thought it was damaged to, moore; from Ritters and Deep Riv. j for county commissioner from the , vriw III. UB r, , the survivors from a ve.ssel torpe- the sinking point. ' er, Baxter Paschal of Glendon. , Carfliage district was open—and two ^ ^ ^ ^ The crew those who were not dead ; For judge of recorder’s court, W. j candidates have offered themselves. went to the lifeboats, lacking one ; C. Barrett of Cathage. | l. Reid Flinchum, Carthage mer- -Ahich had beu shot. They drifted the jt was left to the executive com- i chant, this week announced his in- lest of the night and the rest of thejmittee to determine whether the Re.! tention of running against Clyde B, publicans would enter nominees in; Shaw, presently mayor of Carthage. other races. Barrett was also re elected secretary of the county Rp- publicans. The third contest is for the State IIou.se of Representatives, with J. Hawlev Poole of West End and Hay. next day before they were picked up and brought Into the coastal town for treatment. Later, the Captain, who had not received serious injuries, went out and towed in bis ship, which had not sunk. The Nurae's Story The Captain of the shelled ship was more stoical than a nurse who' Dealism will pass as a bad dream In | or four-way fight as first indicated.! • i • m t ^ J was caring for part of the crew. On 1 the night ... and the salvation of this John Willcox, who is .serving his j ^^CKWitH S AZQICQ. KrQtU.CtlS cluky. doubtless, she was an efficient. I country in her great hour of dis- Recalling the program of scarcity j wood H. Fry of Carthage the only i in the early New Deal days, Seawell ^ condidates in the field so far. At thin , declared in his opening remarks that i time, it appears that this two-sided | the “silly, foolish philosophy of New contest will not develop into a three; nas been in the Navy for five years, with the exception of the time he spent here with his brother, George Buttry. After the vessel was torpedoed, Mr. Buttry spent 18 hours in the water hefnre he was rescued. He was taken t<> a Norfolk Virginia hospital ut has now been released and spent last Sunday in Washington, N. C., with ion of world nations for a “federal world goverment." There will be no admission charge for the talk by Mr. llarr. Although president of one of the oldest colleges in the United States, Dr. Barr has introduced at St. Johns what is considered a novel ed ucational method. The "100 Best Books" plan inaugurated at the Col. lege attracted nation-wide comment ■-imong educators. This plan requires students to read original waitings small group of his Southern Pines friends there to greet him. He didn't want to talk about the War -for two reasons one military a lid the other, personal. He wanted to get down to Southern Pines, to drop into Broad Street Pharmacy and .see Cliff John.son and "Doc” Bretsch and to have a "dope.’ He wanted to chat with "Dot" and "Pat” Patterson about their babies and about his wife and children (a boy and a girl) who are waiting for him of men who are considered the down in Florida at MacDill Field, world's greatest thinkers, rather than to get interpretations through textbooks. The seminar plan of dis. cussing the material is used, for the most part. His subject at the Forum and Fed- (ral TTnion meeting will be "The United Nation.s—How to Keep them tlnited." his niotber. calm nurse. Off duty, she was fight. i tress is a return to sensible and .sane ing mnd. “You don’t realize what it means until you've taken care of some of Ihem,” .she exclaimed, ‘'And they 16th year as clerk of Superior court, I IS running again, and, as usual, will i ■ thinking concerning every phase of; probably have no opposition. He govemmet. I appeal to every Republl- j hasn't had any since his first run, can as a patriotic citfzen to help I after succeeding J. Alton Mclver,, The lovely gardens at "Homewood,” estate of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Beck- bring this attitude back to America.” | who retired after holding the office -.vith in Knollwood. which were view- need much better attention than we’re able to give them. We are Meil’s Club Re-ElCCtS worked to the point that we can’t do ajiy more and we can’t get help. And thSse wounded men really need attention," T asked her if they didnt have a | Nurse's Aide Corps there, and sh3 wasn’t even sure what T was talking about, r explained something of the Red Cross class which had just been completed at Moore County Hospital by ten of the women in the county. “Thats exactly whaf we need here,” »he said. 'It would relieve us an aw- Pl'as* turn to paja 8 Incumbents to Office The Southern Pines Men’s Club held its annual meeting Wednesday and re.elected the incumbents. The election meeting was a deferred meeting. Dr. George G. Herr was re-elected president; Walter T. Ives, vice.pres- ident; and Eugene Woodward, sec- retary-treasurer. Trustees are Sam uel B. Richardson. Walter Spier, and L»r. E. W. Bush. Dr. Bush Is a new. ly-elected trustee. 20 years. I'd by many visitors last Saturday, J. Vance Rowe of Aberdeen and will again bo open to the public Southern Pines will again seek nom-; this .Saturday afternoon from 2 un ination for Judge of Recorder’s Court, j til .5 o’clock for the benefit of the and W. A. Leland McKeithen of Pine. | Moore County Chapter of American hurst i.^ seeking to succeed himself | Red Cross. a? county solicitor, and not even. The colorful formal gardens, Dame Rumor has suggested opposi-; ablaze thi season with azaleas against near Tampa, where Major Fisher will to stationed for a time. BooU of .'Vrtion But there was no disguising the fact that "Bill” Fi.sher. which he immedi.Vely became to his friends liere, had been through and .seen a story-book full of action during the past six months, j About a month after he left Ha- I waii for the Philippines, his wife and family returned to the States. Ma jor Fisher was stationed ."it Clark P'ield, near Manila, when December 7 came. Since that time until his re turn last month, he has been engaged in the battle. At Clark Field he was attached to the 19th Bombardment Group, commanding the 28th Bombardment .Squadron, composed of Flying For tresses. When the Battle of Java de. I veloped, he was put in charge of the I Interceptor Command for East Java, ; directing the operations of P.40’s—. I pursuit planes. After the fall of Java, urday for the first time this season j he was transferred to Australia with to the public for the benefit of the j the Headquarters Squadron of the Four Certificates Issued for Autos The Moore County Rationing Board lias issued four certiffcates allowing the purchase of new automobiles. These went to Paul M. Van Camp of Southern Pines, William P. Benner of Carthage, Floyd V%\ighn of Southern Pines, ’and Helen Lee Miller of Pinehurst. To Be Open Again Saturday tion for these offices in the primary. It's Just as likely that Mias Bess McCpsWH will have no opposftion for backgrounds of dogwood and ever green, of photinias, whose delicate blo.ssoms stand out against the dark the iob as county ’Register of Deeds, green boxwood, are among the mira. Commis**loner’H Content i cles of the Sandhills; for 10 years For the other four eountv commis- :igo, the site was loose sand, scrub sioner s«'ats, the likelihood of a eon. onk and tall pines, (Please turu to pag« 5) The gardens were opened last Sat- Moore County Hospital Auxiliary, and Mrs. Alice Burt Hunt, president, said that about $250 were cleared. Mrs. Hunt, who is also chairman of American Air Force. The story of how he got out of the Australia.n area and returned to the States is one which cannot be the Moore County Red Cross, said j told. that the admission price for this! “The Japs are good fighters and Saturday would be a minimum of .’50 cents, plus whatever additional do. nation an individual desires. All re ceipts will go to the Red Cross Chap ter. The gardejis'were planned and laid out by Ernest Morell of the Holly- tree Nurseries and he has supervised tlieir care by Roy Kelly. Those who viewed the gardens last week were thrilled by their beauty. good flyers and were badly underes timated before the War.” Major Fish- ■T said. “The' American morale Is excellent, even though we are out numbered, t>ut we are accounting for the enemy in a ratio of about three to one. “WTiat we need in the Pacific more than anything is more planes and more equipment. If we can gret turn to tight)
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