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vI&2J7 FOR ViCTORY HjßpS Hi M \tISSSM MIB (IMS pay day \W | M rap O i f^Bonl'i BONOS-STAMPS 111 (LU | & VOLUME 28. NO. 7 Pvt. Walter Maness of Pinehurst Killed in Battle of Africa Parents Notified by War Dept. of Son's Death in Action Overseas Private Walter E. Maness, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Maness of Pine hurst. has been killed in action in the African fighting area, according to word received from the War De partment by his parents this week. Mr. and Mrs. Maness received the following telegram: "The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son. Private Walter E. Maness was killed in action in defense of his country in African Area, November 22, Letter Follows. The Adjutant General." Private Maness, 23 years old, en tered the Army September 16, 1941, and has been overseas since last May. While attending the Pinehurst school, he was a star basketball play er. For some time, he was connected with the Pinehurst Shoe Shop, and had a position with the Fayetteville Roofing Company when he entered the Army. Two other sons of Mr. and Mrs. Maness are in the service: Private E. C. Maness, Jr., stationed at Camp Campbell, Ky., and Pvt. Laverne Maness at Camp Sill, Okla. Wallace Irwin Tells of Jap Imperialism Kiwanians Learn from Writer of Books about Nippon: Club Suspends Next Meeting The imperialist plans of the Jap anese government have been felt in California for a number of years, de clared Wallace Irwin, nationally known writer, speaker before the Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wednesday. He termed California the "first Sudetenland" and said that the Jap anese Association of America, sup ported by the Imperial government, had kept alive a strong nationalist feeling and spread propaganda in this country for years before the real crisis came in 1941. He was intro duced by Leo C. Fuller. Mr. Irwin, who with Mrs. Irwin is staying with the Struthers Burts here, is author of "Letters of a Jan anese School Boy" and "Seed of the Sun," both dealing with Japanese on the West Coast. He related many of his experiences with the Japanese, both here and in Japan where, he confessed, he had spent only a few days. Although he dwelt largely on the "fifth column" activities of im perialist Japs, Mr. Irwin pointed out that many of the Japanese had al ways hated this policy of the gov ernment and that second and third generation Japanese were serving the United States in the fight against Japan. Two new members, George C. Moore and Norman Shenk, were in ducted into the club by Judge J. Vance Rowe. Members accepted the Board of Director's recommendation that next week's meeting be sus pended until clarification could be obtained on the gasoline restrictions, applying to the organization. BOY SCOUTS TO HOLD COMMANDO" TACTIC Troops to Start Hike Saturday Morning at 10 Two "Commando" forces of Boy Scouts, cheated out of a Commando hike last Saturday because of in clement weather, will start out this Saturday at 10 o'clock on a Comman do contest, weather permitting. Two Armies—the Gilwillian and Regalia—will meet at the Scout Hall on East Connecticut avenue at 9:15 a. m. Saturday, ready to begin the hike at 10 o'clock. Any youth that is now a Scout or has been a Scout and wishes to take part is asked to see Scoutmaster C. G. Thompson of Troop No. 63 or Scoutmaster Vernon Allan of Troop No. 73. At the camp site location, directions will be given to the two Armies for the maneu vers that are planned to last until about 4:30. Scouts were advised to come in old clothes and with tood «tuffs that could be eaten without cooking. In Our Armed Services - " *** / Pfc. LEMUEL C. BUCKINGHAM Two men, former residents of Moore County, now in the armed services of the United States are shown here. Pfc. Lemuel C. Buckingham, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Buckingham of Muirkirk, Md., and grandson of Mrs. E. C. Bliss of Pinehurst, enlisted in 1940 with the District of Co lumbia National Guard, trained with the Army engineers, and has been serving since last May somewhere in the Pacific. He attended school in Pinehurst and West End. Captain Norman C. Bird of the Army Air Forces, is the son of Mrs. Walter J. Brown, S. Page street, Southern Pines, and the late Charles A. Bird of Old Fort, N. C. Capt. Bird graduated from Southern Pines High School in 1923, but for the last 11 years has made his home in Springfield, 111., where he was chief engineer for airports of the State of Illinois. He entered the Army about six months ago. Capt. Bird is married and has one son, Charles A. Bird. Mayor Plays Sleuth, Traps Auto Thiev 7 es Sale of "Hot Car" Arouses Suspicion of Matthews; Two Raleigh Men Arrested Southern Pines' Mayor W. Duncan Matthews donned the monocle of Philo Vance this week and led to thy capture of a couple of young automot bile thieves who had just disposed o; a "hot car" to Bill Jackson of South crn Pines for $25.00. When Bill Jackson appeared at Mayor Matthews' law office with a couple of young fellows wanting to sell a 1940 Ford coupe, everything seemed plausible enough. One youth, James Holt, 24, with James Massey. 19, of Raleigh, claimed that he was going into the Army soon ,and pro duced his papers to prove it, and wanted to sell the car. Of course, he didn't have the title, but he explain ed that he had just transferred the registry of the car from Maryland to North Carolina and the title had not cleared yet. It was agreed that Mr. Jackson would purchase the car for $25.00 down, the balance to be paid upon delivery of the title. Then the boys made a slip. Lawyer Matthews wanted to know the mo tor number of the car, and they came back with a number that, according to the Mayor, "sounded like the na tional debt." Suspicious of this mo tor number, the Mayor waited until the boys got outside his office, and then called Raleigh police to learn that the car of Sherwood Harris, of Albemarle, clerk in the House, had been stolen from in front of the Ral eigh police station. Mayor Matthews then called Chief Ed Newton and they picked up the boys at the Seaboard station, ready to head back to Raleigh. Officers from Raleigh came down Tuesday evening to take the youths into cus tody and Mrs. Harris came down af ter her car. Bill Jackson got his mon ey back, and the Mayor probably settled down to read a good Ellery Queen story. POLO IS SUSPENDED AT PINEHURST FIELD A Camden polo team rallied dur ing the sixth chucker in last' Satur day's polo game at Pinehurst to de feat the Pinehurst team by five to four—in the last polo game for some time. Officials of the Pinehurst Polo As sociation have announced that the games will be discontinued indifi nitt'ly, due to the new restrictions on "pleasure driving." Teams and scores in last Sunday's game were: Pinehurst: Lt. Paul Mil ler 2, Capt. Raymond Firestone 0, B. R. Brown 1, Lt. N. H. Snow 1; Camden: Charles Swoope 0, Edgar Taylor 0, Carl Lightfoot 2, and Dav id Williams 3. Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, January 15. 1943, tjf JiXy; I a| CAPT. NORMAN C. BIRD HIS FIRST "TALKIE" Jesse Bass, who works on the Almet Jenks place on Young's Road, Wednesday night of this week saw his first talking pic ture in his 42 years of life—an thought it was "fine." This "believe it or not" story came out Thursday morning when Mr. Bass was exclaiming about the picture to C. L. Wor sham in his store. Although Mr. Bass many years ago saw his last old "silent," he just has never got around to taking in one of these "talkies." Wednes- , day night. Mrs. Bass and their son Vernon, 12, persuaded him to go to see "Manila Calling" at the Sunrise. Now their problem may be to keep him away from the "talkies." Young Boyd Served Lost 11. S. S. Barton Navy Department Announces Sinking of Destroyer on Which Local Youth Was On Duly Although no further details con cerning the death of John Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Boyd of Southern Pines, were available, the Navy Department this week an nounced the loss of the destroyer, Barton, on which young Boyd was serving. The Navy announced the loss of seven destroyers as a result of a bat tle in the Pacific about the middle of November. The Boyds were not ified Christmas week that their son was wounded in action on Novembei 13. Last week, they received word of his death. The Barton, on which Boyd was serving as seaman., second class, was a 1,700 ton destroyer. The comman der, Douglas Harold Fox of Dowa giac. Mich., was reported missing. "The cruisers . . . were lost during the great mid-November battle of Guadalcanal in which the Japanese were defeated with extremely heavy losses in their greatest attempt to re conquer the strategic island from which the battle takes its name. "The seven destroyers also were lost in that furious night engage ment," said a report of the Navy communique. NURSES LEAVE HERE; JOIN MEDICAL UNIT Members of Hospital Staff With Duke Unit at Bragg Miss Mona Currie and Miss Beulah Harrington left Thursday to join the Duke Medical .Unit at Fort Bragg. Both Miss COrrie and Miss Harring ton have been members of the Moore County Hospital staff for some time. Miss Currie as anaesthetist and Miss Harrington as Supervisor of the seconcf floor. * Yeomans He-Elected Library President; Concerts Called Off Mrs. Walker Honored for 21 Years of Service As Ass'n. Treasurer ; The Southern Pines Library Con | certs will be cancelled this season, j due to the driving restrictions, it was j decided at a Library Trustees meet ling Tuesday afternoon, following i which the Southern Pines Library | Association re-elected A. B. Yeo mans as president of the Association, !:>nd honored Mrs. John Walker for her 21 years of service as the li brary's treasurer by electing her life trustee. | Mrs. Walker insisted upon her res- I ignation being accepted at the As sociation's annual meeting, after she I had served as treasurer since the founding of the organization. Miss ■ Laura Kelsey was elected to assume the duties of treasurer. Oiher Officers The report i>f the nominating com mittee for n w Library officers was ; accepted, ar.c! the following other | officers were eltcted: Mrs. James jßoyd, first vice-president; the Rev. |F. Craighill *2 rov. n, second vice-pres lident: Mrs. Jam.-s B. Swett, secre tary. New ir.istces elected to serve 1 through 1945 were Mrs. Struthers i Burt and L. V. Avt.-y. C;,i G. I Thompson, Jr., serving an unexpired | term, was also elected to lais as waj Philip J. Weaver. Named to serve un expired terms were Mrs. Howard N. I Butler and M. F. Grantham, j Annual reports of committees j showed that the Library enjoyed a particularly successful year during ! 1942. Total membership in the Li : brary totaled 564. Attendance at the Library totaled 10,334 for the year, nd circulation of books and maga zines a total of 7,879. Mrs. Walker re ported a total income, including bal ance from the previous year, of $2,- 1 329.09 and expenditures of $1,743.93, J leaving a balance of SSBS.Hi. In ad jdition to this, the Library holds five | SIOO shares in the Build.: ; and Loan. In complimenting Mr.-. Walker, the trustees presented he:- with a bou quet of flowers and a set of brass book-ends. In making the presenta tion, Mr. Yen.- n..- commented that ! she "has b n frozen to her job for :21 years" ;.nd no one has ever heard of her making an error, ol being late lor absent at a meeting, when she 1 was in town. Thanking the trustees. Mrs. Walk ,er said she had made the first de- I posit for the library 21 years ago this January. New Book Selections 1 The trustees approved purchase of the following new books for this month: Fiction: The Gaunt Woman by Ed mund Gilligan; The Day Must Dawn by Agnes S. Trunbull, Lieutenant's Lady by Bess S. Aldrich, Night Shift by Maritta Wolff, Mrs. Par kington by Louis Bromfield, Wide Is the Gate by Upton Sinclair: The Blue Hills by Elizabeth Goudge. Non-Fiction: G. B. S. by Hesketh 1 Pearson, Willard Gibbs by Muriel Rukeyser, Head Hunting in the Sol omons by Caroline Mytinger, Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle, The Saint Lawrence by Henry Bes ton, Reports from Tokio by Joseph C. |Grew, The Wisdom of China and In dia by Lin Yu Tang and Angel Mo and her Son. Mysteries chosen were Case of the Smoking Chimney and Don't Catch Me. Lieut. Linwood Keith Writes of Life As Americans Find It in North Africa Mrs. W. H. Keith of Vass has re cently received two letters from her son, Lt. Linwood Keith, who has been in north Africa for some time. The following extracts will be of in terest to Lt. Keith's many relatives and friends in this section: "I have been living in the field since landing in north Africa. We are eating field rations and living out in tents . . . My being such a good cook makes it possible for me to have hot food some of the time. We have fun trading old shoes and such for eggs and oranges. The Arabs are as thick as flies and will cheat the shirt off your back it you don't watch out. Ration Board * r Order Banning Pleasure Driving; John C. Barron New Member NEW P. O. HOURS Post offices are now keeping regular daily hours all day Sat urday. and windows will remain open during the afternoons, it has been announced. Southern Pines postmaster Frank Buchan said the stamp window will now be open Saturday afternoons un til 6 p. m. and the other money order and registry windows will remain open until 5 p. m. Sat urdays. Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Trousdell Illness of Nine Days Fatal; Had Been Active in Sandhills for Past 15 Years Mrs. Kenneth B. Trousdell who, with her husband, has been active in social and community affairs of the Sandhills for about 15 years, died at Moore County Hospital Saturday, January 9, following an illness since New Year's Day. A large number of friends attend ed funnral M rvioes conducted Mon _.y inoiiiiiig at 10:30 a. m. at the frc asdell home on East Indiana ave nue. Beautiful floral wreaths and decorations paid respect to the de ceased. The Rev. F. Craighill Brown, rector of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, conducted the services and interment was at Mt. Hope Ceme tery. The Trousdells have wintered in Southern for about 15 years and for 10 or 12 years have owned • their home here. Mrs. Trousdell Was | a member of the Silver Foils in | Pinehurst and the Pine Dodgers in I Southern Pines, although she had not i been active for the last few years, i A native of Indianapolis, Ind., she j was ihe former Miss Densie War burton. She would have been 66 \e-ir? o'd line twenty-ninth of Jan uary. Surviving are her husband, one son. John Trousdell, no.v with the U. S. Armed Services overseas, and .ive grandchildren. Pallbearers at the funeral were Co burn Musser, Edward Blodgett, F. C. Robertson, W. T. McCullough. Donald Parson, Charles Crowell, Norris Hodgkins and Robert N. Page. VOLUNTEER FIREMEN ELECT NEW OFFICERS Southern Pines Volunteer Fire De partment, at its annual meeting last Thursday night re-elected L. V. O Callaghan chief and elected L. S. Rowell, assistant chief: Oscar Mi chael, company captain: and F. H. Kaylor, truck captain. MOTOR CORPS Anyone in this section wishing lo join the Red Cross Motor Corps, which is serving the Moore County Chapter and pre pared to do other emergency work, should join the advanced first aid class starring Tuesday. January 19. ai 3 p. m. at the Fire House in Southern Pines, under the direction of Frank Kaylor. "We have bed rolls with four blankets to sleep in. The ground is hard, even at that. The water is all doped up and it is so scarce that you carry your canteen witVi you at all times." "It is the same old story over here with the mud just as deep as ever. We are of the opinion that it is a very muddy place over here at all times. "1 have a new comfoit in my life now. 1 have a mattress full of straw to sleep on. It is sure a honey after using the ground for so long. "We have just five more days to look for Santa Claus. We are sure (Continued on Page 8) :VE CENTS Civic Clubs, Similar Organizations Included in ' No Driving" Group Automobile driving restrictions drastically hit the Sandhills this week with meetings of organizations being halted, sports activities being sharply curtailed, and not a few drivers who ventured to places of sport or amusement finding warn ing notices on their automobiles, re quiring them to show necessary use of their car. The Moore County Ration Board, meeting this week, announced the restrictions on driving which will af fect nearly every person throughout the county. Meanwhile, the Board was facing the looming problem of point food rationing, and announced the addi tion of John C. Barron of Southern ?ines as fourth member of the ra tioning board. Mr. Barron, a resident of the Sand .lills for some 15 years, and well ac quainted with public affairs, will as sist George H. Maurice of Eagle Springs, the Rev. W. S. Golden of Carthage, and R. F. Tarlton of South ern Pines in the handling of ration ing activities. Ration Books The so-called "sugar coupon books," actually war Ration Book 1, which are good for purchases of su gar and coffee, wiil no longer be is sued after January 15, it was an nounced, and each person must pos sess a Ration Book One in order to receive Ration Book Two, when they are issued. The latter will be for purchases of canned food . The Board, in session Tuesday, de cided that beginning January 18, the office of the board will be open to the public from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., although the office work will be from 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Official Driving Notice The official notice concerning lim | itation of gasoline for non-occupa tional use was given by the Board as follows: | "No person to whom a basic ration has been issued may use or permit the use of such ration for any driv ing in the gasoline shortage area otiier than family or personal neces sity driving for which no adequate alternative means of transportation are available: or occupational driv ing; or driving by naval or military personnel, on leave or furlough, for the purpose of visiting relatives or making social calls—provided, that such leave or furlough is evidenced by leave provisions in travel or transfer orders or by liberty cards, leave papers, furlough certificates, letters or special orders signed by the commanding officer. "Family or personal necessity driv ing shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, driving for the purpose of essential shopping, procuring medical attention; attend ing religious services, attending fun erals of near relatives, attending meetings directly related to the oc cupation or profession of the owner or person using the vehicle or nec essary to the public welfare or to the war effort, or driving for the pur pose of meeting an emergency in volving a threat to life, health or property. No basic ration may be used for pleasure driving, which shall include but shall not be limited to, driving for the purpose of attend ing places of amusement, recreation or entertainment, such as theaters, amusement parks, concerts, dances, golf courses, skating rinks, bowling alleys or night clubs, or sporting or athletic events, such as races or games, or for sightseeing, touring or vacation travel, or for making social calls . . . 'Driving for the following pur poses, in addition to those specifical ly mentioned . . . has been formally interpreted to be in violation (of the driving restriction): To attend meetings of civic clubs, fraternal organizations, book clubs, bridge clubs, sewing circles, PTA meetings, and all other social organ izations. Taxicabs may not be substituted for any driving that is riot permitted in a private automobile." (Continued on Page 8)
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