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Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday, April 28, 1944
TEN CENTS
‘Tree Enterprise”
Is Subject of Talk
at Kiwanis Meeting
W. S. Johnson, Adver
tising Manager of the
C&O, Is Guest Speaker
BY HOWARD F. BURNS ■
Walter S. Jackson of Cleveland,
advertising manager of the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railway Company,
in an address to the Sandhills Ki
wanis Club at its luncheon Wednes
day at the Pinehurst Country Club
on the subject, “Free Enterprise”,
defined the word “free” as paint
ing a beautiful picture of liberty,
freedom and independence, while the
word “enterprise” stirs thoughts of
action, initiative and courageous ef
fort.
“Here then,” said Mr. Jackson,
^‘is a real definition—a picture, if
you please, of American Free Enter
prise., America, with 7 per cent of
the world’s population, has half of
the world’s telephones, 60 per cent
of the world’s life insurance, and
80 per cent of the world’s automo
biles.”
Before the war 7 per cent of the
world’s people used 75 per cent of
the world’s silk, 50 per cent of the
coffee and 60 per cent of the rub
ber. In Russia, Mr. Jackson declared,
there is one radio to every 90 peo
ple, while in this country, there is
one radio to every three people. In
Russia, there is one automobile for
every 252 persons; in Italy, one au
tomobile for every 93 persons; in
Sweden, one to every 29 persons; in
Great Britain, one to every 22 per
sons, and jn France, one to every
18 persons, while in this country
there is one automobile for every
four persons. Continuing, he said
that half the American families own
their own homes, one third of the
people have savings accounts, half
have life insurance. In ten years,
deaths from tuberculosis have been
reduced by one half. Our 7 per cent
of the world’s population has 35 per
, cent of the world’s railway mileage.
Reminiscing a bit, the. speaker
pointed out that 160 years ago,
George Washington expressed a
crying need for an adequate trans
portation system and the realization
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Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, fa
mous war ace and president of East
ern Air Lines, is to be the prin
cipal speaker at the annual Confer
ence of the 189th District of Rotary
International at Pinehurst May 7-8.
Captain Rickenbacker will speak at
the banquet session Monday night.
May 8. During his two-day stay in
the State he will also visit Chapel
Hill, Durham, Raleigh and Burling
ton.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker to Speak at
Rotary Conference in Pinehurst May 8
World War Hero Will Talk
lo Three Other Groups on
Two-Day Visit to State
HowCanALandlord
Increase His Rent?
The Rent Regulation provides cer
tain grounds upon which a land
lord may increase his rent where
conditions have changed since the
maximum rent was established. The
Rent Director has no power or au
thority to raise maximum rents ex
cept for one of the following speci
fied reasons upon which a landlord
may petition for an increase;
1. A major capital improverhent.
2. Increase in services or furn
ishings.
3. Rents based on personal or
'special relationships between the
landlord and tenant.
4. In some cases where there has
been an increase in the number of
occupants or subtenants.
5. Where a long-term lease has
been in effect, or leases calling for
different rents during the lease.
6. Seasonal rents.
7. Property formerly exempt from
taxes.
The increased rent cannot be
charged until a petition has been
filed and an order entered by the
rent, director.
For specific information, contact
the Rent Control Office, 115 Bow
Street, Fayetteville, N. C.
A Rent Control representative is
at the City Hall, Southern Pines,
every Monday morning.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Men of the Stale Prison Camp
stood at attention and repeated
the pledge of allegiance last Sun
day afternoon as D. H. Turner
of Southern Pines presented
a United States flag to the Camp.
The presentation was made at
the regular monthly meeting
conducted there by the Fellow
ship Forum of the Church of
Wide Fellowship.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, often
referred to as “the man with nine
lives”, is to make a whirlwind tour
of the central section of the State
early in May.
Since it was announced about six
weeks ago that he had accepted an
invitation to speak at the annual
Conference of the 189th District of
5lotary International in Pinehurst
May 7-8, he has been' bombarded
with invitations from so many or
ganizations that he would have to
be 100 men to fill all of the proposed
engagements.
Hero of both World War I ’and H,
Captain Rickenbacker is coming to
the State primarily to speak to the
Rotarians at their banquet session
on May 8 in response to an invita
tion extended him by District Gover
nor Robert W. Madry and Paul
Green, the playwright, who recently
completed the motion picture story
for movie on the life' of the famous
war air ace.
Luncheon at Governor's Mansion
But he has consented to spend two
days in the State and to talk to
three other groups. He will arrive
at the Durham-Raleigh Airport
aboard one of the regular passenger
planes of the Eastern Air Lines, of
which he is president and general
manager, around noon on Monday,
May 8, and will go directly to Ra
leigh where Governor and Mrs. J.
Melville Broughton will entertain
him at a luncheon at the Governor’s
Mansion.
Following the Raleigh luncheon he
will hold a press conference and will
leave immediately thereafter for
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PURCHASING AGENTS
The National Association Lt Pur
chasing Agents held a 2-day meet
ing at the Highland Pines Inn last
week with around 100 rhembers reg
istered.
Reports of officers and committees
and group discussions occupied the
afternoon session of the opening day,
Friday, and at the evening’s session
Clifton E. Mack of Washington, di
rector of procurement, U. S. Treas
ury, made an address on “The Dis
position of Federal Surplus Proper
ty.”
Among those taking part in the
program were: W. Z. Betts of Ra
leigh, director of the North Carolina
Division of Purchases and contracts,
David Lindsay of Charlotte, D. J.
Amnot of Durham, R. C. Haberkern
of Winston-Salem, and G. C. Eich-
orn of Greensboro.
CLOSED WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOONS
Beginning next Wednesday May
3, the ABC store will be closed Wed
nesday afternoons until further no
tice.
IN THE ARMY
PVT. GEORGE McCORMAC
NOTICE TO VOTERS
Registration books for the
Spring Primary will be open
from April 29 to May 13, inclu
sive. The registrar will be lo
cated at the Municipal Building
in the City Park on the three
Saturdays, during the registra
tion period, from 9:00 a. m. to
5:00 p. m. The registrar, Hiram
Westbrook, may be found at his
office in the Manor Building on
all week days excepting Satur
days, as noted above, during the
registration period.
This registration is for the
benefit of voters who are not
registered and who wish to vote
in the Spring Primary.
Hiram Westbrook, Registrar
Southern Pines Precinct
ROTARY SPEAKER
Glider Crash Skids
Now In Production
Safely Device Expected to
Eliminate 85 Per Cent of
Sudden Stoppage Accidents
Crash skids for gliders, expected
to eliminate 85 per cent of the ac
cidents due to sudden stoppage of
the motorless craft when landing on
soft ground, have passed the rigid
standards of government inspectors
and now are in production at Pope
Field, Fort Bragg.
Lt. -Col. Warner R. Corey, deputy
for Supply and Maintenance, after
whom the device is named, designed
and constructed the skids to afford
more protection for pilot, co-pilot
and crew. Wright Field, Ohio, gave
approval for flight tests, which were
completed by Lt. Victor L. Matousek,
assistant technical inspector and
glider pilot.
The Corey crash skids extend from
beneath the fuselage of the glider
and follow the curve of the nose to
ward the front much like skis. Here-
-tofore, the danger in glider land
ings on sand or wet ground occurred
when the wheel extending from the
abbreviated undercarriage and the
inadequate skids on the bottom of
the craft dug into the soft earth
throwing the glider on its nose. Col.
Corey’s three skids—one under each
side and one under the center—^pre
vent this by sliding the glider along
on its under nose until momentum
is , spent.
The motorless craft often are heav-
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W. H. (Bill) Chambers of Salis
bury, Governor of the 188th District
of Rotary International, will pre
side over the District Conference to
be held at Pinehurst Thursday and
Friday, May 4-5. An address by Col.
Carlos 'Romulo. Philippine soldier
who was an aide to Gen. MacArth-
ur in the Phillippine campaign and
reportedly the last man to leave
Bataan will highlight the two-day
meeting.
Close Play Features
Sandpipers’ Tourney
Weatherspoon, Burns De
feat Atherton, Farrell
To Win Way to Finals
District Rotarians
Have Busy Schedule
For 2-Day Meeting
Salisbury Rotarians to
Be Hosts at Pinehurst
Conference May 4, 5
Pvt. George McCormac, son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. McCormac of South
ern Pines, was inducted into the
army on June 15, 1943 at Fort Bragg
within two weeks of completing
^Welfth grade at 'Southern Pines
High Sdhool. From Fort Bragg he
went to Fort Riley, Kansas, and
from there to South Dakato State
College under the Army Specialized
Training Program. When the A. S.
T. P. was discontinued, George be
came part of an infantry outfit at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
EASTER SEAL SALE
Our Easter Seal Sale for the ben
efit of crippled chilldren is closing.
To date, we have received $160.78
to help in making cripples more in
dependent and to give them a strong
er desire for future accomplishments.
We wish to thank everyone who had
a share in this.
Fifty per cent of the net amount
will be sent to the N. C. League
for Crippited Children; the other half
will be kept for use in the county.
Should you, as a citizen of Moore
County, know of any child who needs
a brace or artificial limb, refer that
child to our agency and we will help
in. what capacity we can and give
the family information as to further
care and treatment.
Please send in your returns, if you
have not already done so, by Mon
day, May 1.
—Pauline Covihgton, Supt.
Moore Co. Dept, of Public Welfare
LARRY MINER IS IN OHIO
News has been received that Lar
ry Miner, former auditor of the Cen
tral Carolina Telephone Company
here, is now auditor for the Elyria
Telephone Company of Elyria, Ohio.
Mrs. Miner and their baby daughter,
who have been visiting in Oska-
loosa, Iowa, will join Mr. Miner in
Elyria next week.
DIESEL-BUICK CRASH
LANDS 2 IN HOSPITAL
The Connecticut Avenue crossing
of the Seaboard Railway came near
being the scene of a tragedy at 11
o’clock Thursday night of last week
when a 1942 special Buick was driv
en in front of the Diesel pulling
southbound No. 107. Approaching the
station at reduced speed the train
carried the car for 25 feet before
hurling it from the tracks.
The occupants. Captains H. Z. Mar-
ron and C. C. Carter, attached to
units at Camp Mackall, were stun
ned, and cut by flying glass. They
were rushed to Moore County Hos
pital in the ambulances of J. N.
Powell and Sandhills Funeral Home
and later transferred to the hospital
at Camp Mackall.
PLANE CRASH?
'An airplane is believed lo
have crashed between Southern
Pines, Aberdeen and Pinehurst
around noon Thursday, and ' as
we go to press (4:30 Thursday)
searching parties are still look
ing for it.
WAG SCHEDULE
A WAC recruiter will be at Rock
ingham Post Office every Monday
and Tuesday. Interested women
from Southern Pines, Pinehurst and
vicinity can be interviewed there.
If this is not convenient, they should
write to WAC Recruiting Office,
Liberty Life Building, Charlotte, and
a recruiter will call on them at a
time and place of their choosing,
Monday afternoon or Tuesday.
SPURGIN RECEIVES INJURY
The semifinals of the Sandpipers’
mid-season tournament now being
played at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club were featured by close play
in both matches. Arthur Atherton
tangled with Bert Weatherspoon and
found that he had just a little more
than he could handle. It was a nip
and tuck battle all the way with
Weatherspoon gaining a 1 up advan
tage at the fourteenth and hanging
onto that lead the remainder of the
distance. Atherton “blew” a two
foot putt on the eighteenth that
would have tied up the match.
In the other match Howard Burns
and Dan Farrell also had a close bat
tle. Burns grabbed an early lead and
held on in spite of a good try by
Farrell on the last nine. The match
was finished on the fifteenth with
Burns being four up with three to
play.
The final match of this tournament
will feature Weatherspoon against
Burns on Saturday April 29.
The qualifying round of the Sand
pipers’ Annual Championship is
scheduled for Sunday, April 30. This
will be 18 holes medal play with
handicaps and the sixteen low net
scores will qualify for the champion
ship playoff at match play.
An analysis of the war in the Pa
cific by a man who was there in the
early days—and has kept his eyes
and ears focused on it every minute
since—will highlight the annual
conference of Rotarians of the 188th
district to be held at Pinehurst
Thursday and Friday, May 4-5.
The speaker will be Col. Carlos P.
Romulo, of the Philippine army, who
was aide to Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur
in the Philippine campaign and re
ported to have been the last man off
Bataan. His talk is scheduled for
the banquet on Friday night at 7:30.
At least 600 Rotarians and their
Rotary Anns from some 50 clubs in
this section of North Carolina are
expected to be present for the ban
quet, and record attendance is ex
pected for the business sessions and
Rotary discussions slated for Thurs
day and Friday.
Salisbury Rotarians will be hosts
at the two day conference. W. H.
(Bill) Chambers of Salisbury, dis
trict governor, will preside. Edmund
H. Harding, accordionist-lecturer-
humorist of Washington, and Henry
Fairley of Salisbury will direct the
music at all meetings.
Thursday afternoon Dr. E. E. Pfaff
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Bus Stops at Broad
and New Hampshire
High Invasion Post
Goes to Vandenhurg
An Associated Press release from
London discloses that Maj. Gen.
Hoyt S. Vandenberg has been ap
pointed deputy commander-in-chief
of the Allied Expeditionary Air
Force by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
succeeding Maj. Gen. William O.
Butler, who received an undisclos
ed new assignment.
General Vandenberg, 45, a native
of Milwaukee, was graduated from
West Point and trained at Brooks
and Kelly Fields Texas. He went
to London in 1942 to assist in plan
ning the North African invasion.
His home is in Washington, D. C.
A pilot with more than 5,000 hours
of flying time. General Vandenberg
holds five United States decorations.
General Vandenberg and his
brother, Shedd Vandenberg, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Collin Vandenberg, at
tended school in Southern Pines
around 1915. Mr. Vandenberg is a
brother of Senator Vandenberg.
With the restraining order which
closed the Bus Station last week
still in force pending a hearing in
Laurinburg May 1, buses are now
stopping at the corner of Broad
Street and New Hampshire Avenue.
The Town Board met Monday and
approved plans submitted- by the
Queen City Bus Company’s architect
in Charlotte for an addition to the
garage building in the rear of which
the bus station was located. The
plans provide for adequate waiting
rooms and toilet facilities for white
and colored, using the Broad Street
front of the building instead of the
Vermont Avenue side, as hereto
fore. These plans have been under
way since a meeting for the purpose
of improving bus station facilities
here was held by the' Town Board,
Bus Company representatives and
others some six weeks ago. ’
However, no further action is ex
pected until after the outcome of the
May 1st hearing.
'SUNDAY COME HOME'
IN THE NAVY
Earl Spurgin, proprietor of the
Carolina Cafe, is suffering from a
severe injury to his left hand and
forearm received Monday night from
the blades of an air fan.
The following men from Moore
County were inducted at the Navy
Recruiting Station in Raleigh April
12; Clarence Edward Chriscoe, Kimes
Cecil Blake, Curtis Chavis, Alex
Martin Kennedy, Oscar Cleveland
Martin, Howard Paul Shields, James
Wesley Sheffield, Otis Pinkey Hy
att, Bernie Lee Stultz, Roger Thel-
more Marion and Baxter Talmadge
Phillips. Grady Howard McNeill en
tered the Marine Corps.
"Sunday," a dog with three
parachute jumps to her credit
that was believed by her master,
Sgt, Kenneth Q. Williams, to
have been stolen Sunday night
from his apartment on May
Street,, probably was only on a
sight-seeing trip in the Sand
hills as she appeared at a fill
ing station in Manly Thursday
morning and was restored to her
owner. A wide search had been
made.
Sgt. Williams owns another
valuable dog, Geronimo, which
has jumped ten times and as he
had been stolen twice, once in
Nebraska and again in Georgia,
the master believed that this
was an attempt to steal him.
Sunday was wearing Geronimo's
harness at the time of her disap
pearance.
,HENK GOING TO FLORIDA
Norman M. Shenk, who has
served as vice president and gen
eral manager of the Central Caro
lina Telephone Company for the
past several years, will leave Satur
day for Tampa, Fla., where he will
be connected in an administrative
capacity with the Peninsular Tele
phone Company of Florida begin
ning May first. This company oper
ates on the gulf coast of Florida in
Tampa, Sarasota, St. Petersburg,
and other cities.
Mrs. Shenk and children, Sarah
and Russell, will remain in Southern
Pines for the present.