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VOLUME 24. NO. 35.
Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday, July 28, 1944.
TEN CENTS
Army Reports Three Planes With 15
Airmen Missing off N. Carolina Coast
Three Men from Southern
Pines in Crews; Hope of
Finding Them Abandoned
Three C-47’ transport planes and
15 men comprising their crews Mon
day were officially reported miss
ing off the North Carolina coast by
the commanding officer of Pope
Field, Fort Bragg Army Air Base.
Three of the missing men were
from Southern Pines; Capt. Robert
J. Miskell; wife, Mrs. Jayne E. Mis-
kell; Lt. William E. Beckhelm, wife,
Mrs. lola M. Beckhelm; Second Lt.
Oakes M. Colwell, wife, Mrs. Phyllis
A. Colwell.
The planes were on an over-water
training flight Friday night when
heard from last. Continual and ex
tensive search for the men and
planes was conducted by Army, Na
vy and Coast Guard installations,
but was terminated Monday night,
the announcement said, with exhaus
tion of all hope of finding them.
Tax Allotments Are
Decided By Board
Counties Will Share in
Taxes on Intangibles;
Moore's Part, $18,258.56
The State Board of Assessments
has announced that $1,460,724.28 in
1943-44 intangible tax collections
will be distributed to the 100 coun
ties of North Carolina under provis
ions of a statute which provides for
the allotment to counties of 75 per
cent of the total net intangible tax
collections.
Total gross collections during
1943-44 were $2,028,783.72, from
which four pier cent—$81,151.35—
was retained by the State for admin
istrative costs. Of the $1,947,632.37
net collections, $486,908.09 also went
to the State’s General Fund.
The intangible tax is levied on
money on deposit, money on hand,
accounts receivable, evidences of
debt, shares of stock, beneficial in
terests, and deposits with insurance
companies.
The Board of Assessments an
nounced the distribution to counties,
and the amounts to be received by
Moore and neighboring counties are
as follows: Moore, $18,258.56; Cum
berland, $16,331.63; Harnett, $9-
495.65; Hoke, $2,762.91; Lee, $6,-
245-85; Montgomery, $3,766.70; Rich
mond, $9,570.62.
THE VILLAGE iNN WILL
REOPEN FRIDAY. AUGUST 4
The Village Inn, destroyed by fire
on January 29, 1943, has been re
built and refurnished and the propri
etor, George H. Buttry, announces
that it wiU open on Friday, August
4th. The new building, which is lo
cated on the original site on U. S.
Highway 1 just south of Southern
Pines, has a seating capacity of 100
in washed-air conditioned rooms
where patrons may dine or dance in
comfort.
"MARVIN WAS THERE"
“Marvin Was There on D Day” a
thrilling story by Cecil Carnes which
appeared in last week’s Saturday
Evening Post, presents a graphic
account of the invasion as seen
through the eyes of Marvin Korne-
gay, 17, youngest sailor aboard the
battleship Texas. Of especial local
interest is the fact that the hero of
the story, a Mount Olive boy, is the
cousin of Miss Dorothy Kornegay
and Mrs. Alton Scott of Southern
Pines.
REPORTED MISSING
The family of Lf. Lewis An
derson Page. Jr., has just been
notified by the War Department
that he is missing in action in
the European theater since Ju
ly 19,
Lt. Page is the eldest son of
Col. Lewis A. Page, now in In
dia, and Mrs. Page, who is at
present in Arizona. He is the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Page, Sr., of Eagle Springs, and
a nephew of C. N. Page of Sou
thern Pines and J. W. Page of
Charlotte.
MISSING IN ACTION
Lt. Paul P. McCain. Jr., son
of Dr. and Mrs. Paul P. McCain
of Sanatorium, has been report
ed missing in action since July
12.
Lt. McCain, navigator on an
Eighth AAF Flying Fortress,
has been in active service in the
European theater since early
April. He was recently awarded
a second Oak Leaf Cluster in ad
dition to the Air Medal.
Druggists Do Well
in War Bond Drive
Mrs. J. T. Overton Leads
Group in Sale of Bonds
Chairman Byrd Discloses
The Sandhill Drug Company of
Southern Pines, with bond sales of
$12,950.00, led all drug stores in
Moore County in the Fifth War Loan
drive, according to the final report
of Dr. Clement Byrd, county chair
man of the druggists’ organization.
Credit for selling this entire amount
goes to Mrs. J. T. Overton of the
Woman’s Auxiliary of the North
Carolina Pharmaceutical Associa
tion, who assisted her husband,
in this way.
Other sales reported by the county
chairman were as follows: Allen
Drug Sundry Company, Carthage,
$3,400; Southern Pines Pharmacy,
$2,200; Carolina Pharmacy, Pine-
hurst, $1,500; Broad Street Phar
macy, Southern Pines, $825; O’Brien
Pharmacy, Pinehurst, $500; Smith’s
Drug Store, West End, $350; Total,
$21,725.0a
The North Carolina Pharmaceu
tical Association gave all-out sup
port to the drive, the main object
ive of the druggists being the pur
chase of giant ambulance planes to
aid the American forces.
This is the first time that Moore
County pharmacists have carried on
a special campaign of this kind, and
Dl|. Bjyrd, who gave enthusiastic
leadership, and the proprietors of
every store named above, have ren
dered a splendid service.
Chap. P. B. Edelen
Killed in Invasion
He was formeirly Assist
ant Pastor of St. Antho
ny of Padua Church Here
Chaplain Philip B. Edelen, former
ly assistant pastor to the Rev.
Thomas Williams and the Rev. Her
bert A. Harkins of St. Anthony of
Padua Church in Southern Pines,
was killed in action in France on
June 10, according to information
received from the War Department
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. B.
Edelen of 119 Ashe Avenue, Raleigh,
on July 23.
Chaplain Edelen was ordained to
the priesthood of the Catholic
Church in May, 1940, by the Rt. Rev.
Eugene McGuinness. After leaving
Southern Pines he was appointed
administrator in the church of Bless
ed Sacrament in Burlington, and en
tered the Army in 1943.
The Edelen family of the Sacred
Heart Catholic parish of Raleigh was
chosen as the Honor Family because
all of the five sons volunteered for
military service. Three joined the
Army and two, the Navy.
A solemn !^ontificial Requiem
Mass for Father Edelen was celebra
ted in the Sacred Heart Cathedral
by the Rt. Rev. McGuinness Wed
nesday morning at 10:00 o’clock, and
all pastors in his Diocese were re
quested to have public prayers.
NAMES COMMITTEES
Appointment of eight committees
to work with the North Carolina
Planning Board in drafting post war
activities in major fields has been
announced recently by Gov. J. Mel
ville Broughton..
Three Moore County men were
placed on committees: John M. How-
arth of Southern Pines, Industrial
Planning; Richard S. Tufts of Pine
hurst, Tourist and Travel Planning;
Struthers Burt of Southern Pines,
Art, Music and Literature-
One Case .of Polio
Develops in County
Annie Lee Moore, 4, of
Robbins Has Been Moved
to Hospital at Hickory
One case of polio developed in
Moore County last week, the first in
the present epidemic to occur in this
county. The victim is Annie Lee
Moore, four-and-one-half-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dolphus
Moore of Robbins.
The child became ill on Tuesday,
complaining of severe headache, and
later in the week the case was diag
nosed as polio. Annie Lee was taken
to the Moore County Hospital Fri
day and, at the suggestion of Dr.
J. W. Willcox, county health officer,
was removed to an emergency hospi
tal at Hickory which has been spec
ially equipped to care for more than
a hundred children, and made a cen
ter of research, in the hope of gain
ing information to aid in preventing
future infantile paralysis epidemics.
iDr. Willcox said that paralysis
could be detected in one side of the
child’s mouth and in one eye. Mrs.
Moore and the other children have
been isolated for a 21-day period.
Since June 1 nearly 400 cases of
polio have been reported to the
State Board of Health from 47 of the
State’s 100 counties. Catawba Coun
ty with 64 cases leads, with Burke,
Wilkes and Ashe following with 30
or more cases, each.
The Moore County Board erf
Hqalth, at the suggestion of the
County Infantile Paralysis Chapter,
banned children under sixteen years
of age from attending public gather
ings three weeks ago as a preventive
measure.
Called for Service
The latest list of white inductees
sent from Moore County to Fort
Bragg includes the following; John
Harrington Rosser (Navy), Wesley
Russell Viall, Jr. (Navy), Charles Ar
thur Scarboro, Robert Junius Snipes,
Elmer Farly Vest, Arl Tex Dandy,
John Melvin Bean, Willis Gerald Cal-
cutt and Carlton Lee Cole, Jr.; also
the following, who transferred from
other counties: Westcott Clinton,
Charles Patterson Holt, and Warren
G- McCaskill.
The following colored men were
sent to Fort Jackson, S. C., for pre
induction physical examination:
Doctor Clayton Shamberger, F. Clar
ence Stanback, Benjamin Franklin
McDowell, Charles Franklin Mc
Queen, Ray Brower, Jack Junior
Brower, Fowle Smith and John Lou
is Harrington.
Leatherneck Washing Machine
U. S. Marine Corps Photi
Laundry problems on Pacific ontiiosts are not as difficnit as one
might expect. An example of Leatherneck ingenuity is demonstrated
above by Corp. Billy G. Alexander of Amarillo, Tex. The clothes are
placed in the half-barrel, with soap and water, and the jr.: 'inger does
the work. When an especially good job is desired, a fire 1 -lulit under
the barrel. The power? Oh, yes, propulsion is supplied by a hand
made windmill.
Hodg es of Raleigh
Is Kiwanis Speaker
Member of State Insur
ance Commission Discus
ses Work of Department
William P. Hodges of the State
Insurance Commission, Raleigh, ad
dressed the Sandhills Kiwanis Club
at its luncheon Wednesday at the
Holly Inn, Pinehurst, giving some
interesting facts regarding the reg
ulation of insurance companies op
erating in North Carolina. Mr.
Hodges, an attorney before going in
to his present work, disclosed that
state regulation of insurance com
panies was put into effect in Mass
achusetts in 1850.
, In North Carolina this commis
sion has supervision over 550 insur
ance companies operating in the
State, in addition to 148 Building
and Loan Associations, he stated.
He mentioned the fact that the larg
est Negro insurance company in the
South is located at Burlington, all
of its officers being Negroes; also
that one casualty company has its
home office in this State when there
are only about ten such companies
in the South.
Mr. Hodges mentioned the several
divisions of the Insurance Depart
ment and discussed their functions;
The Actuary Department, which ex
amines all companies and studies de
tails of their financial statements;
the Statistics Department, the Li
cense Department; the Administra
tive and Collecting Department of
Fireman Relief Funds; a department
to investigate fictitious fires, re
gardless of whether the building is
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Open Dates for
Tobacco Marts Set
Middle Belt Opens Sept.
11; Border Belt. Aug. 1;
Selling Rules Adopted
Mackall Lakes and Forests Expected to
Be Sportsman’s Paradise after the War
Two hundred and thirty extra
special largemouth black bass from
the Lake MoKinney Fish Hatchery
on the Camp Mackall reservation
were placed in Mosgiel Lake near
Airborne Center Headquarters Fri
day by R. B. Richard, superinten
dent of the Fish Hatchery, an install-
tion of the Interior Department. Fish
ing on the lake, which is a small one,
is prohibited, and the fish will be al
lowed to multiply and grow. The
230 weighed 23 1-2 pounds, some
measuring as much as eight inches
in length.
In recent months, upwards of 5,000
fish from the hatchery have been
placed in Scotland, Mossgiel and
Kenny-Cameron Lakes on the reser
vation. Broadacres Lake is already
overstocked with fish, according to a
census taken by game officials, and
needs no new stock at present. Ken-
ney-Cameron Lake, which was heav
ily stocked, was empied of its fish
population last winter when it be
came necessary to dynamite the dam
for military reasons, but the fish in
its waters escaped uninjured into
nearby streams, where they are
available for civilian fishermen. The
lake dam has been rebuilt by Army
Engineers, and just as soon as it
fills with Tyater, it will again be
heavily stocked, Mr. Richard said
this week.
Muddy Creek Lake, now used for
training purposes, is not being stock
ed because of injuries to fish which
might result from training activities,
but whenever the necessity for its
use as a military training area
no longer exists, it will be stocked
with fish fj'om the Lake McKinney
installation, Richard says.
A survey of the lakes on the res
ervation shows that by the system
of cooperation now in force between
the military authorities and the De
partment of Fisheries, as represent
ed by Mr. Richard, the fish popula
tion is now as great, if not greater,
than at any time before the Army
took over the area as a military res
ervation. While soldiers are allowed
to fish the lakes, few do so because of
the lack of time and the difficulty of
securing tackle and bait. On the
other hand, restocking is constantly
being done, and the Army, through
the activities of a special game com
mission appointed by the Post Com
mander, keeps the lakes fertilized so
that ample fish food may grow, and
rigidly enforces the North Carolina
game laws.
Under the present plan, whereby
the Department of Interior and the
military authorities cooperate to pre
serve all fish and other wildlife and
propagate still more, Richard and
other observers believe the lakes and
the forests of the reservation will
be a sportsman’s paradise after the
war, when the lands and lakes are
returned to their former uses, and
are thrown open to civilians.
Governor Broughton Wednes
day issued an executive order post
poning for one week the opening
dates for all tobacco markets in
North Carolina, on account of the
price ceiling situation. Georgia-
Florida markets were due to have
opened last Monday, but a holiday
of at least five days was Ordered
pending an appeal for price adjust
ment.
Ceilings announced last week were
39 cents for loose, ungraded tobacco
and 43 1-2 cents for graded and
tied leaf. The tobacco men main
tain that nothing less than the ceil
ings of 41 and 54 1-2 cents previous
ly recommended by them is accept
able.
At the annual meeting of the To
bacco Association of the United
States held recently in Raleigh, open
ing dates for 1944 tobacco markets in
Georgia, Florida, North and South
Carolina and Virginia were set and
certain regulations governing sales
adopted.
Opening dates set by the associa
tion were as follows: Georgia-Flor-
ida Belt, July 24; Border Belt-South
Carolina Belt, August 1; Eastern
Belt, August 21; Middle Belt, Sep
tember 11; Old Belt, September *18;
Dark Virginia Belt, December 11.
Adopted unanimously iwere the
following pirovisions con(t!ained in
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BETTER SHARE YOUR CAR
County Chairman of
5th War Bond Drive
Expresses Thanhs
Eugene Stevens Praises
Work Accomplished By
Various Local Workers
Eugene C. Stevens, who has so suc
cessfully engineered War Loan
Drives four and five in Moore Coun
ty, this week graciously sent out
letters of thanks which we are re
printing. THE PILOT reprints its
letter because of its appreciation of
Mr. Stevens’ thoughtfulness; the
others, because Mr. Jernigan, local
chairman, and Mrs. Moore, local
fihairman of the Women’s Division,
wish to share them with all who
helped to make the drive a success
and to add their own personal thanks
to that of Mr. Stevens for the won
derful cooperation given on every
hand. Similar letters were sent to
chairmen throughout the county.
But before we get to the letters
THE PILOT would like to suggest
that the county as a whole join in
a rising vote of thanks to Mr. Stev
ens for his very fine leadership.
Undertakings as large as the Fifth
War Loan do not just put themselves
across.: It takes organization and
the unselfish giving of a lot of time
to accomplish what has been accom
plished in Moore County and Mr.
Stevens and his co-workers deserve
much credit.
The Chairman’s letters, aR of
which were dated July 25, foUow:
Mrs. George Moore, Chairman
Local ration boards have been no-
tied that supplementary B and C
rations for homle-to^-work driving
are not renewable on more than a
30-day i“probation^ry” basis after
August 1 unless the car owner shows
membership in a car-pool club, Theo
dore S. Johnson, district OPA di
rector said.
The 30-day “probationary” ration,
it was pointed out, is provided to
enable motorists to form a car-shar
ing pool in their neighborhood if
none exists.
Greater car-pool participation,
Johnson said, is necessary to con
serve the dwindling supply of usa
ble automobiles. Cars are being
scrapped at the rate of 4,000 a day
and the result is further demands
on the already overburdened public
transportation systems. Greater
sharing of cars is the only answer,
he asserted.
SMALLPOX IN COUNTY
Needle scratches are appearing on
an increasing number of upper arms
in Moore County as a result of the
development of four cases of small
pox among "“Negro residents of the
Carthage section. The Health De
partment is going forward with its
program oi vaccination.
SLEDGE, SIMMONS WIN
The Pilot, i <* ' •
Southern Pines, N. C. j
Dear Editor:
Please accept my sincere thanks
for all the nice publicity and co
operation iyou have given us in
connection with the 5th War Loan
Drive. You have certainly been of
great assistance in putting this
matter before our people and in
aiding the people who have actu
ally sold the bonds. It is nice to
know that any county chairman
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Lt. James Wicker f
Reported Missing |
First Lieutenant James R. Wick
er of Pinehurst is missing" in action
over Holland, his wife, Mrs. Nancy
Richardson Wicker, has been noti
fied by the Adjutant General. He
was on his 27th raid.
Lt. Wicker is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rassie Wicker of Pinehurst. He
flew overseas on March 2nd, this
year, and piloted a bomber in raids
over Germany and took part in a
triple shuttle bombing raid in which
he landed in Russia. He was over
targets in Berlin five times.
The young officer is 23 years old
and a graduate of Pinehurst high
school in 1938. He attended State
College at Raleigh, and after work
ing for a year as a draftsman for the
Navy department in Washington,
joined up in October, 1942, at Camp
Lee, Virginia.
He transferred from the infantry
to the air corps at Camp Forrest,
Tennessee, and had his first training
in the air force at Miami, Florida.
He was classified as a pilot and com
pleted his training at Maxwell Field,
Alabama. Souther Field, Americus,
Georgia, Chochran Field, Macon,
Georgia, and at Blytheville, Arkan
sas- He was commissioned on Nov
ember 3rd, 1943.
Home on leave, Lt. Wicker and
Nancy Richardson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Byron Richardson of Pine
hurst, were married on November
Idth. After a brief honeymoon, Lt.
Wicker departed for Salt Lake City
and was assigned to heavy bombard
ment, and at Dalhart, Texas, became
co-pilot of a B-17 bomber.
I C. Sledge and Charlie Simmons
were winners in the Yadkin golf
tournament last week. This week
the tournament will be mixed four
somes, medal play.
NOT TO BE OUTDONE
Throughout July frequent
showers and near cloudbursts
have so soaked the woodlands
and back yards that brush and
trash fires have been markedly
absent. Not to be outdone, hoW'
ever, was the observer who no
ted the smoke rising from the
city dump last Thursday even
ing and called out the firemen
forthwith.
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