Corregidor Veteran
Recalls Trying Days
In Japanese Prisons
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(Continued from page one)
also had an interesting story about
the manner in which he received
eight wounds after his tank was
jggocfeed nut in the battle for Saar
brucken. CpI. Carter stirlTo' Uiat
after his tank had been hit a third
time, he and his men had only two
courses to follow, one was to stay in
the tank and burn to death or get
out and take pot luck. “We chose
to leave the tank, and before 1 could
reach a vantage point I was struck
eight times, including shots through
both arms, both thighs, on the hand,
legs and in the foot.
Two other colored enlisted men
who served for more than twenty
months in the Southwest Pacific al
so spoke briefly of their experiences.
One of them told how they fought
in the jungles for twenty long
months, what a difficult time they
had getting supplies .that only those
packed in wooden containers reached
them in good condition.
S/Sgt. William A. Hodges was a
member of a 45th Thunderbird Di
vision battalion which was reduced
to 125 men during the course of bat
tle in Italy, southern and northern
France. He was overseas for 22
months and suffered four wounds.
The most serious of his wounds was
caused by a German woman sniper
who shot away his cheek. Plastic
surgery has repaired the damage,
but the young man doesn’t talk very
plainly.
The party showed a number of
w'ood and paper products used ex
tensively by the armed forces, rang
ing from mortar shell containers to
the white wooden crosses placed
over the graves of Americans in
foreign cemeteries. Special em
AFTERMATH OF FLASH FLOODS IN NEW JERSEY
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THIS WRECKAGE WAS CAUSED IY RAOINO WATERS that awept through part of Wait Paterion, N. J- when the
rain-*woilan Ramapo. Pawaie and Saddle Rivera overflowed their banka The flooda waahed out rmUroaa
beds, roada, brldgea; cloaed a number of war planta, and aent thousand! of residents In over 100 nwtnem
New Jersey comm uni tiea to higher ground. Similar flaah flooda awept through upper New York and Massa
chusetts. Damage in the three states waa estimated at more than four million dollars. (International/
phasis was laid upon the fact that
fewer containers for supplies meant
more wooden crosses would be
needed, and they appealed to all
workers in woods and mills to be
on the job every day to keep the
supplies rolling to the men in the
rifie
_,t. Mitchell was introduced by
Mayor John I,. Hassell, and the pro
gram, including a War Department
picture of the fight for San Pietro,
was most impressive and appealing.
Billy Myers, student at Duke Uni
versity, spent last week-end here
Raleigh Grays Interrupt the
Bears' Winning Streak Here
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After winning seven games in a
row ,the Williamston Bears were
stopped by the Raleigh Grays in a
hard-fought ten-inning game here
JasJ^junday afternoon, the visitors
squeezing out a 4-3 victory.
Latham held the visitors to seven
hits, struck out seven and hit two
home runs to feature the game. Sun
sine was next with two hits to boost
the locals' bat attack.
The Grays’ victory is the first of
the season and leaves the teams with
one victory each.
So far this season the Bears have
won twenty and lost only five games.
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japs Reject Allied
Ultimatum; Tempo
Of War Increasing
(Continued from page one)
cates that the enemy has massed his
power on Kyushu and Honshu, es
pecially in the Inland Sea area. If
General MacArthur runs true to
form, his invasion strategy will fol
low the pattern of isolation and an
nhilation which worked so success
fully in the Philippine campaign.
One method of achieving that end
might be to storm ashore on the
southern coast of Shikoku which
bear sthe same geographical rela
tionship to Honshu and Kyushu as
Leyte does to Luzon and Mindanao.
When he heard the Japs had re
jected the surrender ultimatum,
Admiral Ramsey promised them
that the greatest invasion force in
all history would move in to destroy j
and tear down the country.
During the meantime, the arm
chair strategists are predicting that
the Pacific war will be over some
time this year, and perhaps within I
thirty days, that Russia will come j
in shortly, leaving the Japs nothing |
else to do but surrender or die.
In the latest raids, sixty more Jap '
ship shave been sunk and more than
200 additional planes have been put
out of commission.
In Potsdam, the Big Three con
ference has been delayed by Stalin’s
illness, bu the is expected back" on
tin- job soon and the end of the
; meeting is believed not far away.
In Washington last Saturday, the
U. S. Senate accepted the United
Nations Security Charters with only
two opposition votes being record
ed.
I Visit in Raleigh
Mr. W. O. Peel visited his daugli
, ter, Mrs. Bill Smith, and Mr. Smith
in Raleigh last week. He was ac
companied by his sisters, Mrs. El
bert Manning and Mrs. R. L Perry.
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Visiting in Littleton
Mrs. Robert E. Manning and sons,
Bobby and Dannie, are visiting rel
atives in Littleton for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Shep Roebuck are
spending a few days at Morehead
! City.
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Story Of The One
Hundred and First
Airborne Division
(Continued from page one)
rnent of supplies and evacuation of
wounded; the 4th knew' that sky
fighters would still be there, killing
Germans.
It was cold—freezing cold. Blan
kets were draped about the wound
ed. Somewhere, somehow, medicine
was found to ease their pain. Hospi
tals were jammed, floors covered
with casualties.
Then, the weather began to clear.
To 101st A/B troopers, re-supply
is nothing new. It was done on all
previous operations. Never before
was it so appreciated as on Satur
day, Dec. 23, when the first group
of C-47s, fuselages jam-packed with
supplies, dipped low and roared
in.
Supply bundles floating to the
ground were the prettiest sight Ea
gle soldiers had seen in many days.
As planes droned overhead, shouts
and cheers went up from the men
below. Trucks, jeeps, trailers and
men crowded the fields a few hun
dred yards from Division Headquar
ters in the race to reach the bun
dles.
Every man knew that the arrival
of these first planes had broken the
German back. Now 101st troopers
could go on, supplied by their com
rades of the Airborne Troop Carrier
forces of the First Allied Airborne
Army.
Germans attacked again in force
the day before Christmas. But it was
different now. Throughout the day,
hundreds of P-47s roared overhead,
in fours and fives, fighter-planes
sought out enemy tank and infan
try positions. They left burning ve
hicles and equipment about the per
imeter. Radio-phone reports “tanks
knocked out'' weren’t necessary. The
101st had front-row seats.
Christmas Eve, Gen. McAuliffe
sent the following message to the
fighting men of the 101st:
“What’s merry about all this, you
ask? We’re fighting—it’s cold— we
aren’t home. All true, but what has
the proud Eagle Division aceom
"pHshtd with iis-worthy comrades., of
the 10th Armored Division, the 705th
Tank Destroyer Battalion and all
the rest? Just this: we have stopped
cold everything that has been thrown
at us from the north, east, south
west. We have identifications from
four German Panzer Divisions, two
German Infantry Divisions and one
German Parachute Division. These
units, spearheading the last desper
ate German lunge, were headed
straight west for key points when
the Eagle Division was hurried or
dered to stem the advance. How ef
fectively this was done will be writ
ten in history; not alone in our di
vision's glorious history but in
world history. The Germans actual
ly did surround us, their radios blar
ed our doom. Their Commander de
manded our surrender in the follow
ing impudent arrogance:
"The fortune of war is changing.
f Mr. and Mrs. Donald McDermic,
of Ironton, Ohio, visited Mr. and
;Mrs. W. M. Myers here lost week
; end.
I Mrs. Rachel Keel Chandler, of
Norfolk, is spending this week here ;
. with her parents.
; This time the U. S. A. forces near I
i Ra.stogne have been encircled by
| strong German armored units. More
I German armored units have crossed
I the River Gurthe near Artheuville,
| have taken Marche and reached St
Hubert by passing through Homores
Sibret-Tibet. Libramont is in Ger
‘.‘.There is only one possibility to
=ave the encircled U.S.A. troops from ;
total annihilation: that is the honor- ■
ahie surrender of the encircled town.
In order to think it over, a term of ]
iVvv ‘tot, \. hi be gjanted beginning
with the presentation of this note.
(The interesting story of the 101st
will be concluded in the next install
ment).
NOTICE OF SALE
notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of the power and
authority conferred upon us pur
suant to the laws of the State of
North Carolina as Administratrix’s
of the Estates of Overton James, de
ceased, and Oscar L. James, deceas
ed, late of Martin County, we, the
undesigned Administratrixes will
on the 21st day of August, 1945, at
eleven o’clock a m. (EWT) at the
late home of Overton James, de
ceased, at R. F. D. No. 1, Box 56,
Williamston, Martin County, North
Carolina, offer for sale, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following described person
al property belonging to Overton
James and Oscar L. James, deceas
ed, at the time of their deaths, to-wit:
Two (2) Mules, wtyehiM about
1,700 and 1,800 pounds^TK^T young
mules used by Overton James and
Gscai L. James in their logging oper
ations at the time of their deaths.
One 1936 Ford V-8 pick-up truck
described in certificate of title of a
motor vehicle issued by the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles of North
Carolina bearing No. Z-163482-F,
dated April 21, 1943, issued to Over
ton and Oscar James.
One lot of logging tools, consist
ing of axes, saws, wedges, cant
hooks, etc., also used by them in
their logging operations.
This the 28th day of July, 1945.
ALMA JAMES, Administratrix
Of Overton James,
MANDIE J. DEMPSEY, Adminis
tratrix of the estate of Oscar L.
L. James, deceased.
Hugh G. Horton, Attorney,
Williamston, N. C. jy-21 2t
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