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VOLUME 23, NO. 32
Maj. General Yount
and Staff Arrive
at: Knoll wood Field
New AAFTC Head Re
views Troops; Knoll wood
to Be Abandned Soon
Major General Burton K. Yount.
Army Air Forces Training Com
mand, with his staff, Col. D. M.
Schlatter, Col. P. S. Tower, Col. H
T. Morrison, Lt. Col. G. C. Bond.
Lt. Col. O. E. Henderson, Major L.
E. Lee, Major A L. Grosjean, Major
A. B. Black and Capt. J. H. Heath,
arrived at Knollwood Field Monday
where, to the music of the 7th AAF
band from Seymour-Johnson Field,
they reviewed a formation of all
officers, WACs and enlisted men.
The Flying Training Command
and Technical Command were dis
continued on July 7th. The reor
ganization was effected to achieve
maximum economy of operation, the
most efficient utilization of person
nel, and maximum coordination of
training schedules and utilization of
training facilities. Headquarters are
designated at Fort Worth, Texas.
Plans for an early removal and
abandonment of Knollwood Field
are being made as rapidly as pos
sible.
On Tuesday there was a farewell
formation of all officers at Major
General Walter R. Weaver' 3 home.
Enlisted men lined the highway
from the house to the exit of the
Knollwood grounds as General
and Mrs. Weaver rode to Head
quarters at Knollwood prece
ded by the band. The new assign
ment for General Weaver, who has
been Commander General of the
Technical Training Command at
Knollwood, has not been announced.
NIECE OF LOCAL MAN
MEETS TRAGIC DEATH
Details of the tragic death of Mrs.
Orance Johnson, niece of A. B. Pat
terson of Southern Pines and a rel
ative of a number of readers of THE
PILOT, are contained in the follow
ing clipping from a paper published
in Philadelphia, Miss., Mrs. John
son's home town:
"Mrs. Orance Johnson, 26, of this
city, drowned Sunday night at Clin
ton, Tennessee, where she had lived
two months.
"According to reports, the home of
Mrs. Johnson, whose husband is a
defense worker at Clinton, was wip
ed away when a waterspout coming
down between two small mountains
swept through the valley. The small
cottage, one of a large group used
by defense workers, stood over a
tiny stream and it was through this
the water swept.
"Her body, clutching that of her
four-year-old daughter, was found a
quarter mile down the stream, the
child being uninjured.
"Mrs. Johnson was the former
Mary Ruth Kirkland, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Kirkland."
Mrs Johnson and her mother vis
ited Mr. Patterson at his home here
a few months ago.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The 36th annual conference of the
State Association of County Com
missioners and Association of Coun
ty Accountants will be held in Ral
eigh August 10-11-12.
Speakers for the three-day session
include Governor J. M. Broughton,
State Treasurer Charles M. John
son, State Senator Gregg Cherry,
Supt. Clyde A. Erwin, Attorney-
General Harry McMullan, and Jose
phus Daniels, Raleigh publisher and
former ambassador to Mexico.
NOT FILLED YET
The office of head of the Health
Department of Moore County had
not been filled Tuesday when a PI
LOT reprsentative contacted Com
missioner Gordon Cameron. Mr. Ca
meron stated that Dr. C. P. Pope of
Chesterfield, S. C., had been con
sidering the place, but was having
difficulty in finding a suitable house
into which to move.
T H Ejfc||BppJPlLoT
AWARDED MEDAL
A ■. v
MAJOR GENERAL
ELBRIDGE G. CHAPMAN. JR.
OFF THE MAP
"God Bless America" was sung
by German prisoners as they
landed at New York, according
to Corp. Raymond Wilson, who
came from overseas on a ship
which he said carried around
900 prisoners. The Germans
could hardly believe their eyes
when they saw a certain
French battleship which Ameri
cans were repairing at Casa
blanca; it was supposed to be
in Germany, they said. Corporal
Wilson quoted the Germans as
saying that Hitler had told that
Casablanca. New York and
Washington had been blown off
the map.
Stanly County Calls
Jurors From Moore
75 Men Are Summoned in
First Degree Murder Case:
Boyetto Assisting State
Sheriff C, J. Donald was called
upon this week by Stanly County
for a special venire of 75 men from
Moore County to be at the court
house in Carthage at 7:30 Wednes
day morning to be transported to
| Albemarle for service in a first de
j gree murder case in which Zeb Bur
rage was named as defendant.
M. G. Boyette of Carthage was to
I assist the State Solicitor in the
trial.
Men from Moore County drawn
for this special service were R. M.
Yow, B. F. Mcßae, Clarence W.
Thomas, Alton J. Frye, R. F. Potts,
R. L. Simmons, Howard G. Phillips,
E. S. Williams, F. F. Thomas, J. T.
Brown, C. R. Cook, B. C. Williams,
Ersel Frye, M. I. Ball, B. F. Howard,
W. M. Stutts, C. M. Sudderth, A. D. j
McLean.
E. H. Caddell, Jr., W. G. Snyder,
R. M. Caldwell, F. G. Campbell, R.
L. Yow, N. J. Morgan, H. C. Dunn,
Harlow Pearson, John J. Greer, E. M.
Ritter, J. D. McLean, Carson Cheek,
R. N. Page, Jr., Watson Williams,
W. B. Craven, J. L. Warren, C. W.
Horner, J. T. Garner, J. H. Cochran,
C. S. Chriscoe, W. M. Cox.
DosSie Garner, G. H. Hilliard, N.
C. Goodman, Willie G. Harris, M. B.
Pleasants. E. H. Shields, Curtis Cavi
ness, Jack Smith, J. W. McDonald,
!J. L. Williams, Norman Caddell,
Frank Caviness, K. F. McDonald,
Joseph Rarden, A. S. Speight, J. L.
Benson, R. F. Stewart, D. C. Mc
Gill, W. F. Douglas.
E. O. Freeman, Alton Hayes, Wal
ter Dowd, O. R. Brower, G. C. Hud
son, R. B. Heane, R. S. Gwyn, J. C.
Parker, Curtis C. Williams, J. S.
Whitesell, A. C. Cole, Ben A. Hur
ley, C. C. Wallace, A. W. Rhodes, T.
B. Graham, C. W. Reynolds, A. L.
Keith.
INJURED IN FALL
Mrs. Alton Matthews of Lakeview
is receiving treatment at Moore
County Hospital for an injury to her
spine received when she slipped on
her freshly waxed bathroom floor
last Friday.
Little Vivian Ruth Matthews had
just returned from the hospital fol
lowing an appendicitis operation.
Mrs. Matthews' sister, Miss Vivian
Matthews, was called home from
1 Oteen on account of the accident.
Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday, July 16. 1943.
Maj. Gen. Chapman,
Head of Airborne
Troops, a Busy Man
Fellow Alumni Recognize
His Achievement by
Awarding Medal
These are busy days in the life o'
Major General Elbridge G. (Jerry)
Chapman, Jr. In addition to his dut
ies as Commanding General of the
j Airborne Command which he has
headed since its formation, the Gen
eral has in recent weeks received
General Giraud at Camp Mackall.
has attended a three-day Command
Post exercise in Tnnesse and has
visited his native State, Colorado.
There at the commencement of the
University of Colorado at Boulder he
received the Norlin medal, given an
nually by the alumni to that grud-
I uate who has attained outstanding
I distinction in his chosen work.
While in Colorado, the General
I was also the guest of honor at an
| alumni association banquet in Don-
I ver.
General Chapman was graduated
from the University of Colorado
with a Degree of Bachelor of
Arts in 1917. The School's trophy
cases still bear evidence of both
football and basketball successes
the University achieved during his
captaincy.
From May until August General
Chapman attended the Officers
Training Cans> at Fort Riley, Kan
sas. He was commissioned a Second
Lieutenant of Infantry in the Regu
lar Army and promoted to First
Lieutenant the same day.
Then he went to France and was
assigned to the Fifth Machine gun
Batalion. In October and November
he attended the I Army Corps School
returned as Captain (temporary)
and resigned in September, two
years later.
During World War I, Elbridge
Chapman sei ved at Chateau Thierry,
in the Vaux and Soissons Areas at
St. Mihiel in the Chamagne Sectar,
aud in the Meuse Argonne Offen
sive. During the latter historic cam
paign he was seriously wounded and
removed to the hospital in Dijon.
After an extended period of con
valescence, he was sent as a stu
dent to Oxford University, England,
where he remained until June, 191;).
General Chapman received three
prominent decorations for his out
standing gallantry in this War; the
Silver Star (Oak Leaf Cluster), the
Purple Heart, and the Distinguished
j Cross. He received the later with
the following citation: "For extra
ordinary heroism in action near
Thicourt, France, September 12,
1918. During a heavy enemy counter
attack he remained constantly in
front of his company, directing their
fire and encouraging their efforts, i
His bravery was mainly responsible
in preventing the enemy's advance
and the taking of his position."
He received the Silver Star and
Oak Leaf Cluster for two acts of!
bravery at Blanc Mont Ridge and at
Vaux. He was awarded the Purple I
Heart for bravery when wounded in i
action. 1
Dizzying Volume of Mail Goes Through
Loeal Office To and From Gamp Mackall
Soldiers like, above everything, to
receive mail. Uncle Sam, knowing
the effect mail has on morale, likes
to have his nephews receive mail.
And if figures released this week
by Postmaster P. F. Buchan are a
fair indication, the boys at Camp
Mackall are receiving and sending
their share of this morale boosting
product.
Postmaster Buchan says that an
average of 30,000 pieces of free mail
comes out from Camp Mackall each
day, with the number on lots of days
i mounting to 45,000.
Now there are 30 days in a month
and 30 times 30,000 gives 900,000
pieces of mail per month coming out
from Camp Mackall, with probably
more than that number going back
in to the boys. If you aren't too dizzy,
you might estimate that three times
900,000 will give you 2,700,000 pieces
for the quarter.
Mr. Buchan says that as many as
400 bags of parcel post have come in
on one train for Camp Mackall, and
as many as 300 c. o. d. packages.
Postal receipts (revenue from
Wounded Corporal, Recently Rettf i^pl
From North Africa, Says Bi *
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MISS ALBERTA MONROE
Woman Principal To
Head Vass-Lakeview
School This Year
Miss Alberia Monroe
Succeeds R. C. Fields
Who Goes to Aberdeen
Miss Alberta Monroe of West End
has accepted the principalship of the
Vass-Lakeview schools for the com
ing year to succeed R. C. Fields, who
last week resigned to become prin
cipal at Aberdeen, the Vass-Lake
view School Board announced this
week.
Miss Monroe will be the first wo
man to head a public high school in
the county, but she was the unani
mous choice of the members of the
Board and they have not the slight
est misgiving as to the outcome.
The Vass-Lakeview schools had a
total of 17 faculty members last
year, the seventeenth being added
after the opening because of increas
ed attendance. This term will ope
with the same numbr as last year,
16, including the agriculture and
home economics teachers.
Although heading a school of this
size is quite an assignment, Miss
Monroe is well qualified for the re
| sponsible position by training, exper
ience, personality and executive abil
ity. She is a graduate of what is now
the Woman's College of the Unive
sity of North Carolina and has done
special work in dramatics at sum
mer school under Dr. Frederick Koch
at the University of North Carolina.
Chapel Hill. She also took a summer
course in Spanish.
Miss Monroe has had wide exper
ience in teaching. She taught six
years in Salisburg High School; twe
at Sandhill Farm Life; nine years
in the West End High School, five
years at Vass around 10 years ago
and was there again last year. Dur
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stamps, box rents, etc.) during the
quarter just ended totaled $24,988.19
despite the volume of free mail, this I
being an increase of $16,710.50 over
the corresponding quarter of 1942.
Money order sales this June quar
ter totaled $612,007.78, while last
year's for the same period were onl
the pocket change of $55,099.88. The
total number issued was 20,776, as
against 5,744 in the June quarter of
last year.
To handle this great volume of
mail the central office at Southern
Pines has a personnel of 10 includ
ing Postmaster Buchan. At Camp
Mackall, there is a main office man
ned by 20 civilian clerks, with thre(
Army sub-stations, each of which
has three bonded workers, an Army
clerk and two Army assistants—with
a number of helpers. Knollwood
Field is a contract station, with one
clerk and four Army maii orderlies
Mr. Buchan tells interesting inci
dents relating to the special efforts
that the War Department and Post
office Department, working together,
put forth to see that the boys re
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Raymond Wilson. Here
Visit. Praises Conduct
of Our Troops. Also
Corporal Raymond E. Wilson, son
in-law of Mrs. E. L. Lawrence of
Southern Pines, is spending the
week here after being wounded
near Maknassy, North Africa, in a
successful assault on a German held
hill on April Ist.
The Corporal, wearing six service
ribbons and with a heavy bandage
on his foot, was a welcome visitor
to THE PILOT office yesterday.
Among the first troops to land at
Post Lyautey at 4 a. m. November
8, his company skirmished with the
French for four days until word of
the armistice was received. During
this time, French cavalry kept try
ing to work between them and the
sea, but were driven off by fire
from American warships. Our cas
ualties were light and the Corporal
says the French afterwards claimed
they did not want to us.
After the landing, his company had
plenty of marching and finally -.vent
| up against the Germajns in the Kas
serine Pass, during January. Even
tually the Germans were pushed
back to Macknassy and it >vas there
the corporal, leading his squad in a
rush, was wounded by machine gun
bullets in the foot.
Two buddies carried him back to
a jeep that was attached to his com
pany. There the "medics" bandaged
him and ran him back two miles to
an ambulance; in a tew hours he
was in a hospital. From that point
he was passed on always to the
west. At one hospital he was oper
ated on; two of the jumps were by
plane, the rest by ambulance over
excellent roads. He was in seven hos
pitals all told and by May 19th he
was evacuated from Casablanca and
sailed for home. During his stay in
Casablanca he was taken sight-see
ing by the Red Cross.
Corporal Wilson had high praise
both for the conduct of American
troops in action and for the British
whom he described as fine soldiers
and good fellows. He said thai feel
ing between the two armies was ex
cellent all down the line.
He also commented on the high
efficiency of the Medical Corps. Ex
cept for a lack of fresh milk th.-
care of the wounded and sick is
equal to that here in every respect.
I In his quiet, matter-of-fact way ho
gives the impression that we and
the British are doing a good job
and doing it harmoniously. Certain
ly the news from Sicily bears him
out.
MOORE RECEIVES ITS
TEACHER ALLOTMENT
One hundred and seventy-eight
teachers have been allotted to the
Moore County school system for the
coming school year, according to fig
ures received this week from the
State Commission by County Sup
erintendent H. Lee Thomas.
Of this number, 30 are white high
school teachers and 93, elementary;
nine are Negro high school teachers
and 46, Negro elementary.
Total allotments for schools are as
follows, these figures not including
agriculture and home economics
teachers: Hemp 21; Carthage, 17;
Cameron, 14; Vass-Lakeview, 14;
West End-Eagle Springs, 15; Aber
deen, 13; Westmoore, 11; High Falls,
10; Sandhill Farm Life, 8. Special
charter schools are not included.
Carthage. Hemp and West End-
Eagle Springs lost two teachers, each,
from the number they had at the
close of school last year, but with
sufficiently increased attendance
they may be regained shortly after
the opening of school. Vass-Lake
view and Westmoore, because of
decreased average attendance, lost
one each. Vass-Lakeview now has
the same number allotted that it
started with last year, a fifteenth
teacher (exclusive of vocational in
structors) being added last year after
the term had started.
In FSA OFFICE
Miss Helen Dunlap has accepted a
position as junior clerk-typist in
the Farm Security Office in Carth
age. Miss Dunlap received her bus
iness training at WCUNC, Greens
boro. She is a sister of the late
Charles Dunlap.
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Gen. Henri Giraud
Vnd Party Review
at Mackail
V
** .y Is Greeted by
a 17-Gun Salute As
Its Airplane Lands
General Henri Giraud of the Free
French fighting forces visited Camp
Mackail Monday afternoon. He ar
rived by plane from Washington at
three-twenty. As the plane landed a
seventeen gun salute was fired by
artillery. A battalion of paratroopers
dressed in combat uniforms formed
a guard in front of the plane.
General Giraud was welcomed by
Major General E. Gerry Chapman,
Commanding General of the Air
borne Command, Brignrtier General
George H. Howell, Commanding
General of the Second Airborne Bri
gade, and Colonel Vernon G. Ol
smith, Post Commander.
After General Giraud inspected the
honor guard, the party moved to a
specially constructed reviewing
stand. The 11th and 17th Airborne
Divisions were formed in front of
the stand. The General and his party
inspected the units in command cars.
After the inspection. Major General
William Miley, Commanding General
of the 17th Airborne and Command
er of the troops, led the divisions in
review. With marching music sup
plied by three bands the two divis
ions and the separate units of the
Post passed in review. Immediately
after the review the General and
his party took off in their plane.
The General's party was compos
ed of General Bethouart, Colonel Le
Bel, Commandant Beaufre and Lt.
Viret. Brigadier General Louis J.
Fortier was assigned as his aide by
the War Department. Lt. Col Leon
Dostert acted as interpreter.
Farmers to Vole On
Tobacco Quotas 24th
Community Polling Places
Will Be Designated by
AAA County Committeemen
j
The War Food Administration has
j announced that farmers will vote on
j flue-cured tobacco marketing quotas
, for the 1944 crop, or for the 3- year
j period 1944-46, in a referendum to
! be held. July 24, 1943. This date is
in accordance with recommendations
of flue-cured tobacco farmers, ware
housemen, businessmen, farm or
ganization leaders, and other farm
j leaders from the flue-cured areas.
The announcement follows the
| signing by the President on July 7.
: 1943, of a joint resolution providing
I for the proclamation of quotas for
the 1944-45 marketing year.
National marketing quotas and
State and farm acreage allotments
will be the same as for 1943. with
similar provisions for adjustments
as have prevailed in the past, it was
explained.
Tobacco producers will vote by
secret ballot and polling places will
be designated in local communities
by AAA County Committeemen.
Local farmers will be in charge of
community polling places. Any far
mer is eligible to vote who, as an
owner, tenant, or sharecropper, is
entitled to a share of the proceeds
of the 1943 flue-cured tobacco crop.
Before quotas become effective
they must be approved by a two
thirds majority of all eligible farm
ers voting.
ROBBINS, SEPT. 1
Of widespread interest is the
following information contained
in a letter from the First As
sistant Postmaster General
dated July 8 and addressed to
George E. Walker. Postmaster in
Hemp:
"This is to advise you that aa
order has been signed directing
that the name of the post office
at Hemp be changed to Robbins.
September 1, 1943.
"It is suggested that notice of
this change be posted in the post
office lobby and that you other
wise give the maiter the widest
publicity possible without ex-»
pense to the Department."