North Carolina Newspapers

Vol. n : ' ; Kcnantville, N. C. FRIDAY OCTOBER 22 1943 : ; NoT5 DUPLIN WARFUND DRIVEIQETS UNDER WAYMON. Captain H. D? Maxwell Outfights Two German Planes,Two Motors Shot Up And Land Into The Sea DUPLIN FLYER OUTFIGHTS NAZIS CAPT. MAXWELL MANEUVERS LIBERATOR LIKE FIGHTER PLANE IN BATTLE OVERSEA The story of how American airmen successfully put the Ar my's giant Liberator bombers through the paces of fighter planes " was revealed today by the First - Bomber Command. ; : . In three battles over the At lantic, . while on 'anti-submarine duty, - the massive, four-engined Liberators have "written a new chapter of flaming death in the record of aerial . combat," the - command said. One Liberator, piloted by Capt. H. D. Maxwell of Pink Hill, N. came upon two Focke-Wulf 200 Kurlers, Germany's most power ful bombers, making a parallel bombing run on a convoy. Maxwell attacked both Germans simultaneously and the convoy saw a great show as the big Liberator, chasing and being chased, manue- vered like a fighter plane while its ugnt cannon roared and ma chineguns chattered continuously. Finally, one F-W knocked out .two of the Liberator's engines. After a defiant effort to ram the other German,' Maxwell's plane plunged downward, but Was foll owed into the sea less than a min ute later by the first F-W. Sea- nen on convoy vessels saw the sy er berman dive into the water. T laxwell and his crew, who had ien to rubber rafts, were xes- ' ' jed. ,..-. Thompson Releases Official Figures In 3rd War Loan Drive J. C Thompson, chairman of the Third War Loan drive for Duplin County yesterday released offi- clal figures for Duplin, showing a 'total sales passing $1,000,000 in maturity values , Mr. Thompson wrote the Times as follows: "Duplin County exceeded the sum of one million dollars ($1,000 000.00) In bonds purchased (Mat urity Value) and certainly every . participant should be highly com mended. ! I am listing below sales for the ' various towns in Duplin County: KENANSVILLE $150,277.05 WALLACE 167,008.50 WARSAW 181.256.25 - ROSE HILL 130,887.50 FAISON 68,888.25 BEULAVTLLE 54,137.50 Other bonds sold for which no town received credit $168,000.00. ' "would like for you to- give the people of Duplin County full cred , It for their participation In this drive because it is certainly the greatese piece of financing that has ever taken place in Duplin County. Then too, Duplin County is also one of the few counties In the state of North Carolina to JH Jhe,r 1uota ,n les of .', " , Bonds, -and as you already . Very truly yours, ' J. C. Thompson Chairman War Financa Comm. . - NOTICE . . TJftj Ration office will be open to the pnbllo from 0 sun " to 8:80 p.m. It to necessary that the door be closed, dne to added work that must be done on time. If you hvbalnew with the Board come at the hoars It to open. . Go to your High School next week, tS, 26, 27, and 98 tor War Book 4, and be snre to carry war Book , with you." TO OUR, READERS We wish to thank those, who waTmjy commended us on our it Week'a Isaiio ' Remember the saying, "When tne cat's away, how the mice i.KB xo pjay,- well, it doesn't hold true In our cnna oanu everyone of us have been stilvJng to give yoy the kind of service VOU hdVft M rioht tn aviunt I E. J. Nazelrod, The Duplin Times welcomes ' ' fronv readers upon any ' ' make 'em brief and to - f-fc . , of boys In service - r r If pni. A IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL REGISTRANTS IN CLASS 1U-A AND THEIR EMPLOYERS All registrants now classified In Qass 3-A ore subject to call for induction in the ARMED FORCES of the United States The fact that a registrant is a FATHER is no longer any ground for defer ment -the only thing between a re gistrant and his call for physical examination and induction now is his occupation. It is the respon sibility of the registrant and his ! enipwyer w ie iur a ueiw. i ive homes encountered was In before the registrant receives hU . Alabama, a stretch reaching about call tor examination, the best time 50 mUeswest of Montgomery, is wow. , . . K The most disappointing city 9?, 8.J 1)6 dtaf'B? wa New Orleans. Per a,nd n11 ,now I11 haps because too much was ex class wiU be subject to review and pected and perhaps time would not reclassification as soon as their allow to visit many noted places wubi AiwiAwuv &c m you ore a 1 turner in uua o-a 11 will be necessary for you to secure a Farm Work Sheet showing the number of WAR UNITS you pro duced In 1943. HKMEMBKR IT IS THE RE SPOiNblULLXTY OF THE KEG JUS XKANi' .AisU HIS KmUJitM. TO SECUKE THla DJeJ'EK- MEm'. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW XOUR STATUS, CONTACT OR VISIT YOUR LOCAL BOARD AND FIND OUT. THE LOCAL BOARD MUST CLASSIFY YOU ON WHAT YOUR FILE SHOWS AND IF YOU HAVE CHANGED JOBS, NOTIFY YOUR XOCAL BOARD AT ONCE. " Paul B. Potter, Clerk. Local Board No. 1. Duplin County Annual Aeet of 1 1th Dist N. C. Federation of W Cs The Annual Meeting of the 11th District, JN, C. Federation of Wo men's Clubs will be held at Bur gaw, Yvednesaay, Oct 7tn with uie Woman's dub of Burgaw as hostess. Mrs. N. C. Blake is Pres ident of the Burgaw Club and the District Officers are Mrs. L, Clay, ton Grant of Wilmington, Presi dent, Mrs. G. L. Clendenin of Wil mington, Secretary. The 11th Disuict comprises ine counties 01 Brunswick, jmiplin, New Hanover, fender and Sampson. Ach club president will give a report of accompiisnments uuring the past year and tell of project undertaken tor the present year. Mrs . K. K. McLougnun 01 laa kinvilie, ciecond Vice president and Director of Districts, has ire treshing youthful charm and en thusiasm to help her put over a discussion of sucn practical things as 'Hating Sheets ". Mrs. Junn D. Robinson of Wal lace, General Federation Chair man U. S. Bonds and Stamps will bring a message from this committee. v The high-light of the luncheon session will be the address of Mrs. J. O. MacClellan of Maxton, State Federation of Education. A most enjoyable musical pro gram has been arranged. A delicious luncheon will be pre pared by the Methodist Woman's Circle and served , at nominal price. The opening session at 10. a.m. In the superior Court Room of the JPender County Courthouse. All members of Junior and Sen ior Federated clubs are cordially invited to attend. Forest Fires 7 Raging In -County T.-R. McMillan of Favetteville' district forest fire warden, Is In the county this week with county warden Ralph Miller helping to direct the fight against forest fires. ' The severe draught makes the work hazardous. Many fires are now raging but some are under control. . Mr. McMillan says he will remain in the county until all fires are under control. A fire has been raging in the Potters Hill section buring ovei hundreds of acres. During the week it has bean brought under control three times. Two railroad fires between Magnolia and Teachey broke out during the week but are now un der control It is reported. Just over Grove, Northeast cr Kenansville yesterday a huge fire was raging at dusk and still out of control - Warden Miller states that most of these fires are started by hun tors and rnilroads and urges all to t ? c 'ul our forets are war Ye Editor Visits The Southwest Ye editor this week returned from an eleven day vacation, vis iting parts of the southwest United States. His trip covered parts of Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. He was accompanied by Oliver Stokes of Kenansville -and W. E. Currie of Warsaw. " The prettiest country, from the standpoint of farming and attract 1 ana DuuQings. At Waco Texas he encountered a six inch rainfall in a half hour's time. The press stated that it was the first rain in over a year. Ft Worth Texas to me bears out its reputation "Out where the west begins". Ft Worth is a city definitely Influenced by Wes tern culture while Dallas, only 30 miles east of Ft. Worth is defi nitely Southern. It is called the New York of the South. Waco, uu miles south of Ft WO.U1 is uie nuiiic oi oayiox- dm vuTkiiy, utuitur m ' Uie nume oi auuuiern uieuioaist University auu a nuge couun center anu 1 1 worm u Uie uoine oi iexas uu'ikuan university unu uie lar gest caiue center iu tne wo. id. At JM. Worm we saw la. nob- ert C. wens vi jtvenansviUe anu at vvuco we vuueu vv. a,, cuwea son of Warsaw wno is siationeu tu tut au iieiu uiere. Yviicii ne com pletes his training at Waco ne wiu receive ms wings to pilot a f-M pursuit plane. 1 Leavuig x-1. Worth traveling west, one looks out over tnou- sanas and tnousanas ot acres oi pasture, tnicKly dotted with wnive iacea Heretord cattle, it u a o-eath-taKing sight, especially to a cattle man. Omy recenuy, Assist ant County Agent, Lacy Weens, went to r't Worth ana purcnasea a car load of young ueretord cat tle tor uuplin ana Lenoir County 4-H duo coys, lnciaentiy tne largest Kodeo in the would is heia at t. Worth annually. From Ft. Worth the train took us to .1 raso, tne largest city m aouuiwest xeAus. x'loia incie we went into iww Mexico, nuing Ukougn tne Darren ueseris oi me bouuiwest. .' vowa nuo Mexico we visited Juaraz, a city ot about luo.Ouo popuiauoii. ve baw ou wells burning, running and visiteu one well mat was being drilled. we visited my brother, Capt. u. C. Graay wno is stauonea at ft. buss in tl Paso. - It was interesting to note that the press ot Texas and Louisiana were cruising the national admini stration ana particuiaruy, on ad minlstrator Icxes about me o cal led shortage of oil. The Southwest ern Press contended that there is no shortage of oil, that low prices resulted in a shortage of labor. Yes, gasolene was rationed just as it is nere. Only three gallons for an "A" coupon and two gallons for "B and C"; , In one rather large city in Louisiana a tilling station operator told us he had not seen a new tire In over two months. m-" An interesting sight in El Paso was a mountain ot coal It was said to be good coal and was being dug and shipped. We are told that about a hundred miles down Into Mexico one could see moun tais of pure silver ore, ' In the Rio Grande valley, west of El Paso, It was cotton pickin' time. . Negros were seen in tne fields dragging a cotton sack that were at least 8 feet long. The stalk was full of lint and also full of blooms at the same time. The Irrigated Rio Grande . valley ap peared to be very rich. We were told that the farmers in Texas hardly knew what fertilizer was. They use none. The soil is very rich. ' . - . El Paso and the upper Rio Grande are at the southern , end of the great Rocky Mountains. The mountains bear out the name rocky. They are merely barren rocks reaching high into the sky. The atmosphere was very dry and high. A steady wind blew all the time. - It was warm in the day hiit vprv ronl at nicht . ' In Mexico, just across the bor der, bel've it or not you could feny ary" '- j you wanted whout (.: 1 ft- I r ' ' ! Promoted To Sergeant J w . 1 It -J ' Sgt JAMES M. BROWN v bon ot Mrs. J. M. Brown, of nea. Charity, Is sure hankerm to per forate something and we "oon't mean maybe". We hope it's ithe enemy. ; James entered the service. Aus. 13th, lb42, at Fort Bragg and has attended Armament and Aerial Gunnery Schools. He has now graduated trom the Wendbver Aerial Gunnery and Fire Control School at Wendover Field, Utah. uuring ms six-weeks course at Wendover, he received basic train ing, daily drill, lived under combat conditions, received training In the firing and maintenance ot ma chine guns and all theoretical and practical courses vital to aerial gunnery. He will now be assign ed to a tactical unit and receive actual experience in combat Luck to-yuh James. ' Wendover Field is situated on the edge of the great Salt Lake desert ' la litah, which was made famous by the' world's greatest automobile race drivers, who es tablished, on the Bonneville Salt Flats, the world's speed records. It has been in operation for ap proximately a year and is now one of the nation's most Impor tant training schools for heavy bomber crews and aerial gunners. There is, on the great salt flats at Wendover, a natural bombing range of 1,900,000 acres upon which similated targets of 'every type have been constructed for precision bombing. Oh, I almost ior-got, James re- ceived his rank of Sergeant, Sept 25th, 1943. Wallace Postmistress Is Named Chairman f Of District: J. L. Williams and Walter Bridgers, Hosts ' The Third District meeting of Postmasters was held in Warsaw on Oct. 15th at 7:30 pjn., in the American Legion Home, with W. P. Bridgers and J. L. Williams, Kenansville. as Co-Hosts. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Brideers. who presided, and after the singing of 'America, the Rev, D. L. Jones, gave the invocation.;- ;V .:,; Mayor A. J. Jenkins in a few well chosen words welcomed the Postmasters and their guests to our town. R. R. Eagle of New Bern responded to the address of welcome. Mrs. Macy Ipock of Ernul, Dis trict Chairman, at this time brou ght greetings to the Association and expressed her appreciation of the splendid cooperation and outstanding work done by the Postmasters of the District. The highlight of the evening was an address by J. Tracy Moore of Greensboro, State President who gave an inspiring report oi the work done by the State and National Officers. ' Miss Pearl Linvule, of Oak Ridge, State Sec. Treas gave an interesting report of the membership, stating that Craven, Sampson and Duplin Counties were one nunurea per- cet ;f'i ;V.. : v . ' .. . f f , ( A message from Graham A. Barden was received extending his greetings and expressing his regret of his inability to be pre ent On motion of F. B. Johnson of Clinton the Association stood while the Rev. D. L. Jones offered a prayer In memory of the beloved "Bob" Edwards, late Postmaster of Goldsboro. ; Tha nomination committee com' nosed 'of J. L. Williams. Chairman. Robert Mattocks and Sam Ingram r"ommpnded that the following 3rd. District Postmasters - Hold Meeting Warsaw C. "3 ie eicctol for the en RATION DEADLINES Foods: XYZ, Nov. 20. MEATS: Brown C.D.E.F, Oct.30 Shoes Stamp 18, no date. Sugar Stp. 14. 51bs Oct 3L Gasolene: 6-A coupons, Nov. 8. COMITY DRIEFS To Milton West My hunting days are over. My bird dogs are for sale. To my friends who want to see me, They will find me home in jail. The old adage that it pays to marry young, it followed, might haved saved Milton much kid ding and chiding.' Anyway the above, composed by one of his Warsaw friends is printed ail in good natured fun. OUR BARBER TO RETURN Word was received here a day or two ago mat Pvt. Hubert Brown has been given a meoicai discharge from me a. my. ne is now on his way home. Maybe snaggy heaas and unsnaven beams will not be seen around here so much in the future. Charged With Larceny Wooten Potter, 19, Deep Run Route 1, was charged with larce ny of $1,040 from William Sutton, a neighbor. Sutton it is said gave Potter a lift into town and on the return trip he missed his wallet and a number of personal papers. He immediately returned to Kins ton, so the report goes and retraceo his steps in an effort to locate the money. Potter appeared to heli. in the search. Wnen they faiieu to find the wallet they again started home. Potters actions, it U. saidV. became- suspicious and stopping at a filling station, Sut ton asked Potter to submit to a search. When he refused, Sut ton and several others searched him forceably and found the wal let stuck In the waistband of his trousers. Potter claimed to have been keeping the wallet for Sut ton, but when, it was recovered, only $994 and the papers were in it Sutton returned to Kinston and prefered charges against Pot ter who was picked up a short time later. 'We do not know all the answers and we suspect that nobody else does. . suing year. Miss Margaret Colwell, Post. master at Wallace, Chairman; Matt Elmore, V. Chairman; Miss Betheny Cowpen, Secretary; F. B. Johnson, State Director. On motion of Mr. Williams they were ' unanimously elected. An added feature of the pro gram was the singing by Miss Nell Bowden of two lovely num bers, Trees by Rasbach and Who Knows T, by Ball., She was accom panied by Mrs. J. E. Williams, at the piano. To close the meeting the en ure group sang "God Biess Amer ica'' after which the Kev. D. L. Jones pronounced the benediction. The American Legion Home was decorated with U.S. Flags,, Pines and Magnolia leaves. 'Ine Tables were arranged in a V shape. The center piece was a large silver bowl filled with white Chrysanthsumums and on either side silver candelabra held burn ing red, white and blue tapers. The Presbterian Auxiliary served a delicious plate consisting of ba-, kcu ..xiam, canoiea yams, nut ter beans in pastry cups, vege table salad, home made rolls, uystalized red , apples with a mound of vanilla ice cream top- I ped with blue whipped cream and couee. ;v FREE MAIL - ; 'i't FOR LOST-J;1, ". RATION BOOKS If you find a lost OPA ration book Owner is just as near as the nearest mail box. . .. Here's all you do to return it to the owner: Drop any found ration book into the malls without wrapper or pos tage end the postoffice will de liver the lost book to the owner whose name appears on the cover. The postoffice will collect a five cent "postage due" charge from the owner. If the owner can not be found, the postoffice will deliver the book to the nearest war pries and rationing board, Theodore S, Johnson, Raleigh v L Wuiuun . Harrison William s. narrison Avaiton Radio Technical! ui.st Class bus been accepiea by tne navy ior otiicers trciining school, tie grad uated Lorn B. Graay Hi benool in 1040 and joined me navy in October ny41. tie is now spending a 15 day leave with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harrison ot Mount Olive, Rt., 2., before report ing to his next station. PROMOTED Durwood Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Walker of Seven Springs. R-l, has recently been promoted to Corporal at Camp White in Oregon where he is sta tioned for training in the Medical Corps. Cpl. Walker with his wife, are home this week on furlough. From One Of The Boys SlSgt. Woodrow Blackburn Hq. Btry. 131st. F.A. Bn. A.P.O. No. 36 ciO P.M. New York 1 3rd. Oct. 1943 Mr. Bob Grady Kenansville, North Carolina. Dear Bob,- , I am in a strange country. I just wish you could get a picture from here. I cannot tell you whpre i am. but 1 tninK you Know. I was eating pickles today and they ate like Cates". I looked at the label and true to form they were from Falson, N. C. Enclosed are a couple of the la bels. I sure felt as if I was home. Received two newspapers from you today. They did hit the spot. It is the news from back home that gives us courage and strength to carry on. I cannot explain just how much I appreciate them. I know the other fellows feel as I do. Keep them coming and it wont be long before we will be back home and try to pay you for the good work you are doing. You should feel proud for doing an much Convey my best wishes to every one. Sincerely, Woodrow Blackburn Attempts To Steal Auto Postmaster Les Williams star ted to work early this morning and discovered that his car, par ked In the driveway at his home was gone. On investigating he found it parked across the side walk in front of H. M. West's store. Apparently someone had pushed it there and were unable to get it started. 5. V A SET FOB SHOPPING. Maureea O'Hara wean thit natural coloi linen drew ml in cimple line with Batch Docket! embroidered in pastel akadea. Button down front are of res material. Cloyea are whltr Weak In. Pourli baa U cotton South Sea Islnnd print. Hat U of wli!u taingknk with Mack groogjiin hand and floral applique to mntcli baa. Maureen eo-itara with John Cur ia RKO Rndio'i "The Fallen Sparrow. , $8,0OO Js Goal Set For Duplin County $7,500 GOES TO NATIONAL FUND: $500 FOB DUPLIN BOr SCOUT FUND DRIVE CHAIRMAN DALLAS HERRING , PREDICTS SUCCESS Everything is set for the United War Fund drive, which opens Monday, . October. 25th, according to an announcement of the Duplla -County committee. Workers have been recruited in each of the ten . school districts of the county and the literature has been distributed to each local chairman. Last of a " series of personal interviews with the committee members waa held today by representatives , of the county canvass committee. - The . drive has as Its goal in Duplin ; County $7,500.00 for United Na tions Relief and aid to the Service personnel and $300.00 for local Boy Scouts. Of particular interest to the drive in Duplin" County were let ters received , from -foreign. mis sionaries who are natives of this section. ' Miss Katie Murray, a Baptist missionary .tO- China, in writing of conditions in China has repeatedly stressed the deep ap . preciation of the Chinese people for the gifts which have been sent them through United Chinese Re lief, one of the seventeen agencies represented by the United War Fund. The need In China, very often acute, has reached new heights with the severe conditions of war and famine. It Is most difficult Miss Murray writes, to convey an accurate understanding of the extremes to which -these hardships have driven the people of oppressed China. v . Another phase of. the United . War Fund is the aid to war pris oners, which provides for packages of necessary supplies to be sent to American and foreign service men who are prisoners of the en emy. A number of Duplin Coun ty's boys are prisoners of the Jap anese, and Germans, and it is this need which the gifts from Duplin County will help to answer. Still another part of the Fund is assistance to the United Service Organizations and United ' Sea men's Service, which are two leading agencies that contribute to the morale of our own service men. "I've found out what a nice thing the USO is since I got back from my leave,". ' writes Huston Pierce of Chinquapin. . "During the two week ends I spent, in Washington I bought only one meal and I slept each night for only fifty cents. All you have to do is to go to the uso ana they treat you like an old friend. They take you back to the kitchen the first thing and give you something to eat. About the only time you can get a place to sleep on Sat urday night in Washington is through the USnO." Mr. Pierce, so of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Pierce ef Chinquapin, was an " engineering student at North Carolina State College during the past college year.- Early, in' yie summer, he enlisted in the Navy and is -now stationed at Bain- bridge, Maryland. ' 1 '- D. L. Wells bail been selected as the chairman of the Wallace drive, Dr. G. V. Gooding, Kenans- t ville; Rev. Richard. Gammon and H. M. Wells, Chinquapin; Willie Jones and Miss Kathryn Dobson, Beulaville; Hubert Boney, Teach ey; Mrs. E. P.-Blanchard, Rose Hill; Homer Taylor and John R. Groom,. Magnolia; Ed Strickland, Warsaw; Roy Cates, Faison; F. M. Grubbs, Calypso; and Rev. Mr. Ulrlch, Potter's Hill. Miss Ruth Murray is chairman of the coun ty canvass committee. ., ' Burlington Minister To Preach In Warsaw.. Rev. Chester Alexander, 'pastor of the Burlington First Presby terian Church, will hold a week's -' revival In the Warsaw BreBbyter ian Church commencing Novem ber 1st Rev, D. L. Jones is the pastor. ' ; Serious Fire v . f Averted Wednesday . A serious fire was averted in Kenansville Wednesday afternoon ; when it was discovered that a can , containing some burning material was iouno under a kerosene tank -In the garage, of school principal Ralph .Carlton... .The blaze, had reached high enough to scorch t'.e . top of the garage, . Had It rrt , been discovered probably r 1 homes in the area woi:'J 1 :t been destroyed.