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¥OLUME 28, NO. 14
TWO SECTIONS
Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, March 5, 1943.
TWELVE PAGES
FIVE CENTS
IN OUR SERVICE
LT. JAMES B. SWETT, JR.
He “loves to fly.” That’s the word
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Swett receiv
ed from their oldest son, Lt. James B.
Swett, Jr., who is now on the last
lap of his basic training with the U.
S. Army Air Forces. A graduate of
Southern Pines High School, Lt.
Swett was commissioned Second
Lieutenant upon his graduation in
aeronautical engineering at State
College, Raleigh, in the spring of
1942. He has had his pre-flight and
primary schooling and is now at
Polaris Field, Lancaster, Calif., for
his basic training. He is 23 years old.
New Class Starting
for Nurse’s Aides
Evening Class lo be Held
in Aberdeen and Daytime
Group to Meet at Hospital
Two new courses for the training
of Nurse’s Aides are being arranged
by the Moore County Chapter of the
Red Cross.
An evening class will be held in
Aberdeen, with Mrs. Mary Wilder
Johnson as instructor. A daytime
class will be held at the Nurses’
Home of the Moore County Hospital.
The daytime group will be taught by
M!rs. Janet Falen, imder the supervis
ion of Miss Ellen Bruton, Superin
tendent of Nurses.
Everyone interested in either of
these courses should communicate
promptly with Mrs. Stuart Wood of
Southern Pines, Secretary of the Red
Cross committee, whose telephone
number of 8834.
The value of Nurse’s Aides, in the
difficult conditions of today and to
morrow, is obvious, Mrs. Wood said.
Their careful training enables them
to do much routine work in hospi
tals and clinics, thereby allowing
graduate nurses to concentrate on the
tasks which only professionals can
do. A county with a large corps of
Nurse’s Aides can face the future
with increased confidence.
The new classes will start soon. Wo
men between 18 and 50 years of age
should request full particulars from
Mrs. Wood.
Work of Red Cross
Right Here at Home
Inspiring to Burt
Writer Goes on 2 Cases
and Thinks of Manifold
Other Jobs Performed
(Editor’s Note: This is the third in
a series of articles written by Struth-
ers Burt, of Southern Pines, noted
fiction writer and author of “WAR
SONGS,” especially for the Moore
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross to assist its War Fund
Drive during the month of March).
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR
BY STRUTHERS BURT
Two weeks ago I spent an after
noon with a RED CROSS worker; of
the Moore Coimty Chapter. It was
instructive and interesting, and it
brought the RED CROSS close to me.
Put it right on my doorstep as it
were.
Morale is an overworked word,
and I wish there were a good English
substitute, but there isn’t, and so I
suppose we’ll have to let it go at
that; anyway, as we all know, it
means courage, and good spirits, and
a calm cheerfulness, and fortitude
both at home and at the front. And
above all, it means wining a war.
In the final analysis it is what wins
a war; the second-wind that carries
a nation to victory.
The Moore County HOME SER
VICE worker had two cases that
afternoon; the first, that of a young
farmer who, after six months in the
army, had been honorably discharged
for an extremely serious physical
disability; the second, that of a
lonely mother whose only son had
been drafted. The first case took us
away out into the country where the
young farmer lived with his broth
er and his brother’s wife. He was an
exceptionally nice looking boy, in
telligent and pleasant, but you could
see that he was lonely and dismay
ed. Gnly a little while before he
had been told for the first time by an
army medical board that he was a
seriously ill man, and that although
he might live many years, he could
never again do hard work. He was
trying to adjust himself to this news
and to his discharge from the army.
He was still wearing his army shoes
and his army $hirt, and he walked
like a soldier. I watched the RED
CROSS worker at her job; a charm
ing; kindly and sympathetic young
woman ,and a good psychologist, and
as I watched, I saw the young ex
soldier take hold of life again.
It was fine, and it was inspiring,
and it was a lesson. And I want to
add something about that young far
mer, that young ex-soldier. There’s
an American for you. Politely and
smilingly he refused all compensa
tion. Yes, he knew he was entitled to
it, but he didn’t want it. The gov
ernment could Oise the money some-
(Continued on Page Eight)
Presenter and Reeipient of “E” Award
Coveted Army Navy “E”
to Be Formally Awarded
to J. A. Jones Co. Monday
GENERAL EUGENE REYBOLD
J. A. JONES
General Eugene Reybold, chief. Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Wash
ington, D. C., will make the formal presentation of the Army-Navy Pro
duction Award to the J. A. Jones Qonstruction Company at Hoffman Mon
day. J. A. Jones, president --if the Company, will accept the award for his
company and sub contractors. IPhoto of Gelieral Reybold by U. S. Army
Signal Corps.) (Editor’s Note: On Page 1, Section 2, is a picture erroneously
identified as J. A. Jones. That picture is Edwin L. Jones, secretary-treasurer
of the concern, and was identified incorrectly through no fault of THE
PILOT.
Ration Board Urges ^^^tion board hours
Food Point Budgets
CAMPMACKALL
The Airborne Command Base
al Hoffman has been officially
designated as Camp Mackall by
War Department Order. The or
der was received at Post Head
quarters on March 1st.
It has been named Camp Mac
kall in honor of the late Private
John T. Mackall who was the
first American Paratrooper to
give his life for his country in
the North African Campaign. Be
fore going overseas. Private
Mackall served with the Second
Battalion of the 503rd Parachute
Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg,
N. C.
BLAZING OIL STOVE
CAUSES FIRE IN ROOM
A flaming oil stove in the home of
Pearl Watson near Pennsylvania ave
nue in West Southern Pines short
ly after noon Monday destroyed furn
ishings of one room, but did little
damage to the house. The alarm was
prompt and the Southern Pines Fire
Company was able to extinguish the
flames before the fire reached other
rooms in the dwelling.
HALT SURPLUS COMMODITIES
EXCEPT FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES
There will be only one more ship
ment of surplus commodities to be
given recipients in their homes. Miss
Pauline Covington, welfare chair
man, annoimced this week. However,
school lunch rooms will continue re
ceiving their commodities from the
Carthage store room, which is locat
ed in the basement of the court
house.
Corps Presents Car
to County Chapter
Red Cross Vehicle Given
in Ceremony Thursday; Ives
Praises Efforts of Women
STATE INCOME TAX
Lyim Mclver. Jr., of Sanford,
deputy commissioner of revenue
for the state of North Carolina,
will be at Broad Street Pharm
acy on Tuesday, March 9, to ren
der assistance to those making
out State Income tax returns.
The Moore County Red Cross Mo
tor Corps Thursday afternoon for
mally presented the county Red
Cross station wagon, to be used for
various missions of the organization
in carrying out its fimctions.
The presentation was made at the
Southern Pines Firehouse, by Mrs. E.
L. Ives, captain, county Motor
Corps, with members of the Southern
Pines dorps present. Immediately
following this, the new Vehicle and
officials went to Pinehurst where
the Pinehurst Motor Corps held a
similar ceremony.
The Red Cross car was made possi
ble through the efforts of the South
ern Pines and Pinehurst groups.
In accepting the present for the
county chapter, E. L. Ives, chairman,
expressed appreciation for the use
ful gift and especially thanked Mrs.
William J. Kennedy who, he said
“inspired the project and was large
ly responsible for carrying it through
successfully.”
Mrs. Keimedy is vice-chairman and
adjut^t of the coimty Motor Corps,
havinife been appointed to fin out the
term of Miss Harriett Barnum, who
resigned.
Housewives Advised to Plan
Buying in Eight-Day Periods;
Large Users to Register
Suggestions for the best use by
housewives of food ration points in
War Ration Book No. 2 were made
this week by the Moore County War
Price and Rationing Board, which
urged that buyihg be planned in.<
lour eight-daj^ periods during March.
“Housewives (should) budget their
points carefully when planning the
family shopping,” declared George H.
Maurice, board chairman. “Each in
dividual has 48 points available for
the month of March, and it is sugges
ted that they be spread over lour
shopping periods of eight days each
so as to cover the full 31 days evenly.
Otherwise, a shortage may develop
during the last few days of the
month.
“Of course,” Mr. Maurice contin
ued, “this is not practical for people
who purchase three or lour weeks
supply at a time;- their problem is
how to make the rationed food last
for a full period. All are urged to [
use fresh fruits and vegetables i
wherever possible, as the whole ob
ject of the rationing program is to
reduce the consumption of canned
and processed foods.
“All institutional and industrial
users of coffee, sugar and processed
foods are urged to go to the local
Rationing Board in Carthage and
bring December reports, if they have
not as'yet filed them with the Board;
also inventories of foods on hand at
the close of business, February 28,
1943.”
The board added a word of caution
to motorists seeking tires, saying that
the “supply of tires each month is
on a quota basis, by different grades,
and any certificates issued cannot be
changed to some other grade. All
certificates remain valid, irrespective
of the date issued, when left in the
hands of a dealer.”
Beginning Monday. March 15.
the War Rationing Board offic
es at Carthage will be open to
the public from 1 lo 5 p. m.
daily, except Tuesdays and Sat
urdays, when they will be open
open from 9 a. m. lo 12 noon, and
then from 1 to 5 p. m., it was an
nounced this week by George H.
Maurice, board chairman.
This change in the hours the
board's office will be open to
ihe public was made necessary
"so that the office force may
have time lo handle the heavy
increase of work due to the new
point rationing program, price
ceilings, and other government
regulations."
Negro Soldier Dies
in Stabbing Fracas
Two Held in. Local Jail
in Connection with Death
al West Southern Pines
A Negro soldier and a civilian Ne
gro girl were being held Thursday in
Southern Pines jail in connection
with the fatal stabbing of a Negro
soldier from Camp Mackall during
a rumpus at “Mack’s Shack” in West
Southern Pines Wednesday night.
Night Officer Irvin Morrison ^nd
Military Police from Camp Mackall
answered a call from West Southern
Pines about 9:15 p. m., to investigate
report of a fight. When they arrived
on the scene, there was no indication
of knives or stabbing, but shortly af
ter they arrived, a Negro soldier fell
to the ground.
The officers thought at first that
he was drunk, but upon turning him
over, found that he had been stabbed
in the breast. An ambulance was
called, but the stabbed man died be
fore he could be taken to the hos
pital, Morrison said. An inquest was
being held late Thursday in Fayette
ville, where the body was taken by
Army officials. None of the names
of those involved were available.
‘‘Japan Fooled Us!”
Clid) Speaker Proves
Col. Harry Bennett Pulls
Facts and Figures to Follow
Growth of Japan to Power
“Japan really fooled us!” declared
Col. Harry Bennett, signal officer,
Army Air Force Technical Training
Command, in a speech before the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wednesday,
and the Colonel, who has been in
the Army since 1910, proceeded to
lay down facts to prove his open
ing statement.
In less than 40 years, Japan rose
from a small independent nation, not
under foreign control, to one of the
five great powers in the world, Col.
Bennett declared, and she did it
without the rest of the world, as a
whole, realizing what was going on.
“Japan built a colonial empire and
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this led to the establishment of a
great navy, designed to protect her
commerce and to further the progress
of economic imperialism.”
February Weather Went from One Extreme
to Other, Fooling Birds, Trees, Flowers
February weather from an extreme
cold of 6 degrees to a high of 77 de
grees—^brought out the redly shin
ing maples and the downy pussy
willows. Purple flowers and white
candles showed in the green pines,
with robbins, thrushes, mockers and
cardinals busy in the sere gardens.
But high winds and below freezing
temperatures blasted the daffodils
and other hasty blossoms and the
song birds gave place once more to
the junco’s.
However, the high temperatures
predominated, the month as a whole
registering 5.7 degrees more than the
average expectation. Nineteen days
were all clear, seven days part
cloudy, two days cloudy and four
days with rain. Early morning hours
of 13 days registered below freezing
temperatures with a low of six de
grees on the 15th. Afternoon '
of fifteen days recorded temper
'of 60 or more degrees with a
77 degrees on the 24th. There were
high winds on the 7th, 13th, 14th and
26th.
Average figures for the month dis
close a gain of 5.7 degrees above the
normal average of 44.3 degrees, a dis
tinct gain over February of last year
with its loss of 4.6 degrees of tem
perature. The cold day of the month
with its low temperature of 6 de
grees is the lowest recorded for the
month since 1936 when the ther
mometer droped to 4 degrees. ‘The
high of 77 degrees is 12 more than
the high qf last February.
Rainfall for the month was 1.17
inches, 2.86 inches less than nor
mal and a loss of 2.43 inches for the
year.
Brother Ground Hog had his day
—it was bright and clear.
Long time Max. Min. Av
average 55.1 33.6 4
1942 ,...51.2 28.1 3i
1943 60 40 5
"Irresponsible"
Calling Japan’s government “irre
sponsible,” he declared that this was
so because civilians had almost no
voice in the government, which was
controlled largely by Army and Navy
cliques.
Recalling the World War and its
aftermath. Col. Bennett said that
while Japan played little part in the
first world war, she emerged from
the war as one of the world’s five
great powers. She got Germany’s-
colonies in the northern Pacific
through mandates and proceeded to
make these mandates into airfields.
While pretending good faith, even
letting us have Christian missions on
these islands, she tightened her holds
and prepared, even in 1921, for 1942.
At the Washington Conference on
limitation of armaments, Japan held
out for a ration of 7 to 5, in favor of
Japan. But even after she agreed to
ration of 5 to 3 against her, she
proceeded to disguise her ability
even to live up to the ration of three
capital ships to five for the United
States and Britain.
And so the United States sent her
scrap iron, sold her other equipment,
while the military party put on a
great front of not being able to keep
up armaments. But when Pearl Har
bor came, Japan had the greatest
Navy in the world.
Col. Bennett said that Japan’s
strategy and tactics were equal to
ours and that she was one of the
toughest opponents we had ever fac
ed in war. While he expressed con
fidence that we would win in the
Pacific, he cautioned:
“You haven’t yet been inconven
ienced! Don’t grumble. Keep in there
pitching. But before there is victory
there’ll be more sacrifice.”
As he concluded, he paid great
praise to Norman Shenk and the
Central Carolina Telephone company
for their cooperation in making pos
sible a vast network of communica
tions which are used by the Com
mand at Knollwood Field. As signal
officer. Col. Bennett is in charge of
the communications system. He was
introduced by Mr. Shenk.
Visitor at the club Wednesday was
M. F. Grantham.
General Reybold, Chief “
U. S. Engineer, Main
Speaker; Starts at 4 p. m.
In a full and appropriate ceremony
at Camp Mackall at Hoffman Mon
day afternoon, the coveted Army-
Navy Production Award and “E”
pennant will be formally presented
to the J. A. Jones Construction Com
pany and its sub-contractors for its
performance in the erecting of the
new Airborne Command post in the
Sandhills area.
Announcement of the award for
excellence in performance was made
last month, but the actual presenta
tion will be made by General Eugene
Reybold, chief. Corps of Engineers,
U. S. Army, Washington, D. C., and
will be accepted by J.9!)l. Jones, pres
ident of company which was the
prime contractor.
The ceremonies will commence at
4 o’clock Monday afternoon and will
take place in front of the J. A. Jones
company’s main building on the
camp site.
The award was made as a result
of the construction of the new camp
running six weeks ahead of schedule.
The War Department announced the
award on February 6 when the fol
lowing letter was received:
“To the Men and Women of the
J. A. Jones Construction Co., Air
borne Command Station, Hoffman,
North Carolina.
“This is to inform you that the*
Army and Navy are conferring upon
you -the Army-Navy Production
Award for your fine record in war
construction.
“The award consists of a flag to be
flown above your project, and a lapel
pin which every man and woman
working on the project may wear as
a symbol of high contribution to
American freedom.
“This award 'is your nation’s trib
ute to your patriotism and to your
great work in backing up our sold
iers on the fighting fronts. I have
full confidence that your present
high achievement is indicative of
what you will do in the future.
“Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Robert P. Patterson
Robert P. Patterson
Under Secretary of War”
Still Work lo be Done
Although there is still work to be
finished at the Camp, just named
Camp Mackall, the project is run
ning six weeks ahead of schedule.
There are to be about 1,750 buildings
barracks, mess halls, recreation
centers, administrative buildings,
hospitals and every other type of
construction which makes up an in
dependent Army camp. John D. Pel-
lett has been project manager of the
construction for the Jones company
and many sub-contractors, who have
done specialized work, will share in
the “E” award honors.
The ceremonies Monday will be
gin with band music and the sing
ing of the “Star Spangled Banner”
by employees and guests, to be fol
lowed by the*raising of the Ameri
can Flag by the Post Color Guard.
Army and Navy guests will be intro
duced and then General Reyhold will
be introduced and will make the
speech of presentation.
The Army-Navy “E” Flag wUl be
awarded by General Reybold to J.
A. Jones of Charlotte, president of
the Jones construction company, and
to F. J. Bell of Charlotte, one of the
oldest employees of the company.
The Army-Navy “E” Flag will then
be raised over the company’s head
quarters by the Post Color Guard,
after which Mr. Jones will accept
the Award.
Capt. A. T. Clay, U. S. Navy, Dmr-
ham, N. C., will then be introduced
and he will make the presentation of
the Army-Navy E pins to Mr. Jones
and Mr. Bell, who will accept the
award on behalf of the company’s
employees.
The ceremony will close with the
singing of “America,” and an exhibi
tion parachute jump by members of
the Parachute Divisions, to be sta
tioned at Camp Mackall. 'There will
also be a regimental parade to con
clude the aftetmoon’s ceremonies.
Officials of the J. A. Jones com
pany will entertain visiting dignitar
ies at the Pinehurst Country Club
Monday for luncheon.