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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. JULY 13. 1951
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erals, Colonels
nding School
lighland Pines
itional Guard
iicers Study
ictical Warfare
^..speaker __ Pressure Blocs
Inciting Inflation,
Deane Tells House
to the classroom at
A.GOS, the U. S. Air Force-
round Operations school
opened June 1 at the High-
ines Inn, this week went
inerals and 13 colonels from
states, Hawaii and Puerto
nembers of the class of 90
s taking the indoctrination
which opened Monday,
personnel arriving last
nd, most of them by air, in-
many high ranking officers
National Guard. Among
ire Maj. Gen. Alexander G.
commanding general of
1st “Dixie” division, Miss-
National Guard, and Brig-
wight L. McReynolds of
th Infantry division. North
la - Tennessee National
rs on the class roster in-
Col. Claude T. Bowers, N.
tional Guard, Warrenton,
1. Maston S. Parnham, N. C.
al Guard, Raleigh; Col.
Bowman, Deputy Chief of
Tactical Air Command,
T AFB, Virginia; Col.
P. Chardon, National
Territory of Puerto Rico,
lan; Col. Lucien Abraham,
sas National Guard, Bates-
irk.; Col. Calvin E. Barry,
National Guard, Topeka;
ibert L. Stevenson, Nation-
,rd. Territory of Hawaii,
:lu; Col. Lincoln M. Cum-
Arkansas National Guard,
tock; Col. Gerald D. Boyer,
ng. National Guard, Chey-
Col. Howard E. Derby,
an National Guard, Lans-
)1. Francis X. Meyers, 111-
ational Guard, Springfield;
enry G. Sheen, III Corps,
Roberts, Cal.; Col. Francis
nd Col. Corey Patton, both
XV Corps, Camp Polk, La.
school is unique in U. S.
y history, as it was found-
ass on the newest in war-
ssons in tactical airground
ons to key officers of all
s of the armed services.
:s by combat-experienced
tors are climaxed by ob-
m of the practical applica-
air-ground operations at
rby Airborne base at Pope
’ort Bragg.
school is being conducted
Tactical Air Command,
eadquarters at Langley
irginia, which has leased
ous resort hotel for a year,
which time it is anticipa-
[t a minimum of 6,000 offi-
be graduated.
Fire Department’s Rescue Truck Ready For Emergency
DUANE STRAWBRIDGE
Strawbridge Will
Address Chamber
Tuesday At Club
Duane Strawbridge, program
advisor for the southeastern divi
sion of the U. S. Chamber of Com
merce, will be the guest speaker at
a membership meeting of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce, to be held Tuesday evening
at the Southern Pines Country
club.
This will be a dinner meeting,
starting at 7 o’clock, preceded by
a social period at 6:30.
It is the first occasion to be held
for the full membership of the
Chamber in almost a year, and
President Arch Coleman and the
board of directors united this
week in urging that aU members
be present.
Mr. Strawbridge, a native of
Dallas, Texas', was formerly asso
ciated with the Westinghouse
Electric corporation and the
Johns-Manville Sales corporation.
During World War 2 he was an of
ficer in the U. S. Merchant Ma
rine and holds a commission in the
U. S. Naval Reserve.
Since joining the staff of the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce in
Washington, D. C., a year ago, he
has been employed in developing
methods to assist Chambers in in
stituting programs dealing with
national affairs which have a di
rect effect on the local commun
ity.
BULLETIN!
Word came from the
Army at presstime that
the Manchester road will
be paved .starting immedi
ately, for its full length
within the Fort Bragg res
ervation.
loard Addiug Secoud Maiu Liue,
bsuiay of Those Living Too Close
is under way on the lay-
additional main line of
bboard Air Line railway
Lberdeen to Fleet, a small
J station several miles north
I, for a total distance of
|2 miles. The project, start-
31, is expected to be com-
about the first of the year,
ig to T. J. Eppes, engineer
ge.
|ter units of heavy machin-
being employed in the
{itions for the laying of the
ack, which wiU be 14 feet
rTLE LEAGUE
East Side and West
Iteams of the local Little
ae will play a game, their
on the town field at 4
Saturday.
boys drew a big crowd
IS last Sunday, and put
[fine game. Enthusiasm is
All boys between nine
Is who want to play
Id be at the field by 3
1, say Coaches W. R.
Iiason (East Side) and
IvicDonald (West Side).
I West Siders played and
la game with Pinehurst'
reek, and the East Siders
eported looking for a
with Pinehurst or Ab-
1. In fact, they'll take on
|>dy their dze—^just step
lup.
from the existing one. Completing
their task to the south end of
Southern Pines last week, the ma
chines were taken back to Aber
deen and bypassed this commun
ity via Old Bethesda road, Wey
mouth, and other dirt roads, to a
point north of Manly, where the
job was resumed. “We couldn’t
take them through Southern Pines
—they would have chewed up
yom hardsurfaced streets,” Mr.
Eppes reported.
Scooping up the earth in mas
sive quantities, eating through
hillsides as if they were cheese,
the machines provide an interest
ing spectacle—and have brought
home a few hard facts of life con
cerning a railroad’s 100-foot right
of way. ,
Colored residents near Aber
deen were found to have built too
close to the right of way, some of
them right on it, and also to have
planted tobacco crops there. In
one place, said the engineer, the
railroad had to be relocated to
keep from covering some houses
entirely with dirt.
Up in the Air
In the village of Niagara, which
the Seaboard main line bisects,
some residents are finding out
what it is like to be cliff-dwellers.
A road paralleling the track, in
use some 40 years or more, has un
expectedly had to give way to the
march of progress. Some of it re
mains, though narrowed, and
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Urges Unity In
Tightening Controls
For Nation's Defense
In the midst of the House tug-
of-war on controls last week. Rep.
C. B. Deane of the Eighth district,
North Carolina, spoke out strong
ly calling on those with “some
thing to sell” to cease their pres
sures.
In his speech of Thursday, July
5, was incorporated a report on
the National Production Adminis
tration, and on work of the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency,
of which he is a member. The
committee has called in many
leading figures for expressions in
regard to amendments which
would add controls to new De
fense Production legislation.
Commending the NPA for work
it has already done toward gear
ing the nation for war without
throwing civilian economy out of
kilter, the Sandhills Congressman
said deadly inflation will result
if the pressure groups are allow
ed to have their way.
He lumped into this category
the NAM, the farm bloc, the “cat
tle people” and different segments
of labor—“everybody who has
anything to seU; they are all in
a gigantic logrolling combina
tion to keep up inflation, defeat
all efforts at control.”
''■yVar Aims of Industry"
He listed, and elaborated on,
five aims which he said should be
the “war aims of industry if pri-
ivate enterprise is to survive.”
They are, first, win the battle of
production; second, create a na
tional philosophy of teamwork;
third, win the war of ideologies;
fourth, bring in the “new indus
trial revolution” where men,
rather than machines, come into
their own; and fifth, raise up
courageous industrial leadership
—men who will honestly assess
where their own industry falls
short of such a program, start
making changes themselves in
stead of waiting for the other fel-
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The Southern Pines volunteer fire department’s Truck No. 3 is a life-saver. From left are seen Fire
man George B. Little, Assistant Fire Chief Harold B. Fowler, Fire Chief L. V. O’Callaghan (behind
truck), and Fireman Frank H. Kaylor. For equipment displayed, and other items on the truck, which
may some day be the means of saving your life,- rea i the story below. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
Fire Department’s Emergency Truck
Ready To Go With Rescue Equipment
FIRST
Maneuver Guests
Will Be Quartered
At Hollywood
Military officials announced
this week the opening of two vis
itors’ bureaus, to be established
at Fort Bragg and Southern Pines,
for the purpose of housing high
military officials and press repre
sentatives concerned with the
joint Army-Air Force exercise,
Southern Pine.
The Southern Pines bureau,
expected to handle more than 100
visitors, will be housed in the
Hollywood hotel. The opening
date is tentatively set for August
10, three days before the maneu
ver gets under way.
Lt. Col. R. M. Backes, office of
the Commandant at Maneuver
Headquarters, will head both bu
reaus. Major Gordon Washburn,
assistant to Colonel Backes, will
be billeted at the Hollywood.
Visitors will represent the Of
fice of the Secretary of Defense,
various Army commands, service
schools throughout the country
and several leading national pub
lications.
A “war room” will be set up in
the Hollywood Hotel lobby where
official visitors will be briefed
twice daily. For security reasons,
no unauthorized persons or civ
ilians will be permitted to enter
the room. Colonel Backes said.
Press representatives are sched
uled for a tour to acquaint them
with the general phases of Exer
cise Southern Pine during the
mid-maneuver period.
“A” Battery of the 50th Field
Artillery battalion, as host, ■will
provide transportation facilities
for the Visitors Bureau. This unit
of more than 100 men will be
billeted August 5 in a “tent city”
to be established in the National
Guard area on the Old Pinehurst
road, southwest of Southern
Pines. Attached to this unit wiU
be men from the 29th Car com
pany.
The visitors Bureau will close
approximately September 1.
The First Piano quartet,
first in recordings, in concert,
in radio (NBC) and television,
is the first attraction to be an
nounced so far for the 1951-52
series of the Sandhill Music
association.
The famous group will ap
pear in concert at Weaver au
ditorium Tuesday evening,
December 4, it was announced
by Voit Gilmore, president of
the association. Other concerts
of the series will be announc
ed later.
Season tickets are now
available, and can be secured
through writing the Sandhill
Music association. Southern
Pines.
Spot News Aired
For Peach Growers
From Office Here
A federal-state market news of
fice has been established in the
WEEB building for the dxiration
of the active peach-shipping sea
son, to keep growers and shippers
informed by radio on all matters
which will help them market their
bumper crop to the best adv2m-
tage.
Since last Thxirsday broadcasts
have gone out at 8:50 a.m., 12:05
p.m. and 6:30 p.m. daily giving
latest prices for the different va
rieties, obtained direct from the
terminal markets; also shipping
conditions, weather and other per
tinent spot news.
John P. Capus of Philadelphia,
market reporter with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, fruits
and vegetables branch. Production
and Marketing Administration, is
in charge of the office, receiving
the news by private teletype and
correlating it for broadcast over
Station WEEB. Mrs. Helen C.
Hefferon of Southern Pines, is
secretary.
Such an office is generally es
tablished somewhere in the peach
growing section while the crop is
going to market, Mr. Capus said,
but this is the first time it has
been in Southern Pines, and the
first time it has been operated in
conjunction with a radio station.
First In Nation
In the farflung market news
service established across the
country for the benefit of growers
of various seasonal crops, this is
believed to be the first and only
office giving its news by radio, an
innovation which Mr. Capus de
clares he is finding highly success
ful.
The office was established by
the USDA in cooperation with the
N. C. Department of Agriculture,
through action taken by Curtis C.
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$1,800 Worlh of
Lifesaving Devices
On 24-Hour Call
What you see in the two pic
tures accompanying this story may
save your life some day, or that of
someone dear to you.
They will certainly save some
one’s, probably a good many, and
you can start thanking your
lucky stars right now that South
ern Pines has such equipment—
or better yet, thank the volun
teer firemen. It is they who are
trying to foresee every death
dealing emergency and to be pre
pared for quick rescue work.
A few items have yet to be add
ed to the service truck shown
above but last week it had been
pretty completely outfitted, and
is now ready to go, night or day,
on a call to the firehouse—2-7201.
It provides its own light, from a
portable 1250-watt plant whose
generator is shown at the near
end of the truck. The round
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Emmanuel Church
Reopens Center
For Serviceinen
The Servicemen’s Center of Em
manuel Episcopal church, a bee
hive of activity during World War
2, reopened this week for the use
of soldiers during the maneuver
period, and longer if necessary.
The action was taken through
a vote of the vestry, and the pro
ject will be supervised by mem
bers of the Episcopal Men’s club
and St. Anne’s Guild, according to
the Rev. C. V. Covell, rector.
The Center is open from 5 to
11 p. m. daily, providing a place
where the uniformed visitors may
rest, read, relax, write letters,
play games and enjoy recorded
music.
After voting Monday night to
cooperate with the project, mem
bers of the St. Anne’s Guild pro
ceeded promptly with the prep
aration of the parish hall for oc
cupation by the Servicemen’s
Center. Members of the Men’s
club will serve as hosts.
Notice of the Center’s opening
is being sent to the Red Cross
field director in charge of the
maneuvers, and signs will be post
ed downtown, said Mr. Coveil.
This is the first facility to be
opened here for soldiers since
World War 2, when several
church centers and a USO were
in operation. The approach of the
ipaneuver “Exercise Southern
Pine” is bringing an increasing
number of servicemen to this com
munity on brief liberties, especiajr
ly on weekends.
Not a “Man from Mars” but As
sistant Fowler wearing an Air-
Pak, in which he carries his oxy
gen with him and can breathe
anywhere.
Moore Youth Dies
In Head-On Crash
Kiwanians Hear
Commander of
Aggressor Army
And See First
Aggressor Uniform
In Sandhills
Roy Lee Bailey, 21, of West
End, was killed just east of the
city limits of Candor when the
car he was driving crashed head-
on into another last Saturday eve
ning.
Killed also was the driver of the
other car, Mrs. Hulda May Green,
31, of Whitmire, S. C. Five per
sons were injured. Seriously in
jured were Willie B. Johnson, 59,
and Mrs. Nannie Johnson, 56, Bis-
coe RFD, passengers in the 1951
Buick driven by Mrs. Green. Less
seriously hurt were Mrs. Christine
Dewitt, 25, and David Dewitt,
four, of Norman, also in the Green
car, and Leon Williams, the only
other occupant of young Bailey’s
car.
Both cars were completely de
molished. State Highway Patrol
man A. C. Bovender of Mont
gomery county said the cause of
accident has not been determined.
Funeral services for Roy Lee
Bailey were held Monday atfer-
noqn at Eagle Springs Methodist
church, with burial following in
the church cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Bailey of West
End, and a sister, Mrs. Lourpe
Comer, of Carthage.
RTCR^ATION
For events of the summer
recreation program—
See story on Page 5.
See schedule on Page 11.
A starting glimpse of the his
tory, hostility and military capac
ity of a new nation, not yet on any
map, was given members of the
Sandhills Kiwanis club at their
luncheon meeting Wednesday at
the Southern Pines Country club.
This was the Aggressor nation,
whose army wiU join battle with
U. S. forces next month in the vast
training maneuver. Exercise
Southern Pine.
Brig. Gen. Henry J. D. Meyer,
one of the Army’s most distin
guished artillery officers, who has
just returned from Korea and as
sumed command of the Aggressor
forces at Camp MackaU, was pres
ent as guest speaker, with several
members of his stoff.
Also present was a soldier in a
distinctive uniform never seen
here before. Jungle green, with
scarlet insignia, topped by a curi
ous ridged helmet, it was the uni
form of an Aggressor lieutenant.
Col. G. P. Hawes, USA retired,
of Pinehurst, was program chair
man, and a number of other mili
tary figures were special guests.
President L. L. HaUman presided.
Provides Realism
While strictly fictional, the Ag
gressor nation is anything but
play-acting, said General Meyer.
Its Army, now set up in perma
nent form, provides continuity to
the maneuvers, and realism to the
training as it fulfills the role of a
real enemy, resourceful and skill
ed. Aggressor forces maintain con
trol of the maneuver, as they shift
roles as the maneuver director de
cides, to bring about every con
ceivable situation of war, which
the U.S. forces must meet without
foreknowledge.
In the engagements ,loudspeak-
ers even furnish all the hateful
and lightening noises of combat.
Nothing is lacking save live am
munition.
“It is our duty to make the ma
neuvers go,” said the Aggressor’s
commanding general, a massive
figure of a man with jutting chin
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Drowning Mars
Peaceful Fourth
Just one tragedy marred the
July 4 holiday in Moore county
last week, as far as The Pilot was
able to learn. This was the drown
ing of a 24-year-old Negro, Willie
Robert Blue, of Sanford, who was
bathing with a group of young
men and women in the lake at
Oakland Park, Negro recrgation
center near Lakeview.
The drowning occurred about
7:30 in the evening. A companion
reported later he saw Blue go
down, but thought nothing of it
at the time as he did not appear
to be in trouble. By the time his
absence was noticed and his body
recovered, he had been in the
water 22 minutes.
Help was summoned by the
nearest telephone, at Lakeview,
about two miles away. This took
some time, and by the time an
ambulance, resuscitator and phy
sician arrived from Southern
Pines, it had been an hour since
the youth went down. Frank H.
Kaylor, fireman and first aid in
structor, accompanied the ambu
lance bringing the resuscitator of
the Southern Pines volunteer fire
department, and resuscitation
measures were supervised by Dr.
W. H. Ross, to no avail.
Blue’s body was taken directly
to Sanford from the lake, and he
was later buried at Raeford, his
native town. Coroner H. P. Kelly
rendered a verdict of accidental
death.
This was the second death by
drowning in Moore county within
four days. Sunday, July 1, a
seven-year-old girl, Nancy Ruth
Seawell, drowned in a farm pond
in the Calvary section.
Officers and highway patrol
men reported July 4 to have been
free of highway accidents in
Moore, though there were a good
many arrests for speeding and
drunken driving. “'We got the ac
cidents before they happened,”
one patxolman said.