North Carolina Newspapers

vTn. iy-rf"' TWi i.-V tffi.L hi VOL 12 CHI Gdlfi I7rit:s G:::boay3 ! . Says Setrback Mot Really . ... Set-back After All; Most i of Town' In Allies Hands; Troopt Fought Through, Inch by Inch, Bock by Book ' Pvt Horace E. (Bill) Smith, on of J. Mack Smith, Rt 2, Pink - Hill, writes his father some things about the Battle of Cassino, The letter: W- - - - v - ."- :: -..: , Dear Papa: ' ' The censor says it's okay to . . - write about the battle of Cassino. Most of what I can write the re porters have written. .Those cor ' respondents have lots of material out of that for Cassino was pretty tough. j,-v: v.; v-;i-'- The town' Itself sets on the Bide of a mountain and is across a' val ley with a river in front of It that! we nicknamed "Purple Heart Val ley" for the Germans had It well 'graved" in. I wonder how the dough-feet ever crossed the thing. I could see it and did see it for many days, so near and yet so far. - The going was tough there all the way, but it really was tough , after they bombed the Abbey on Monastery HilL. The Germans were in there before the bombing but our bombing was so good they had to send reinforcements to hold . ; It and they made It even stronger. Cassino itself, we poured lots of rounds into it and mad rubbish' . out of the town. But the Germans learned from the Russians at Stal Ingrad to make a real fortress out of places like that They did. Our troops fought through, inch by Inch, rock by rock. It was , real . slug-fist, with the "Germans -x determined to hold. . KJf iken and ! know you are wonder. Jig. After all, It was qur ftst set back since ' Kasserink Pass in North Africa In 1942, but It was n't a set back as we do hold most . of the town. It was just that It was pretty awful up there and I guess it wasn't really-worth ft right then. Anyway its over now and the Cassino; ! know, will be one for the history booki. The thing I'm so proud of is, the way we stuck It out 'there and ' gave them back lots more than v we had to take. There's an awful lot of dead Germans that won't ! bother us when we start to -Berlin. Things are rocking along In the one-two. We do go to our PX and see a show now and then. . Irving Berlin' show "This is the Army1' is her and I hope to get to see it v Luck-love to alL " ' - '" Bill. - -. Medical Society , Holds Meeting J. The scheduled meeting' 6t the Duplin' County Medical Society was held last Thursday evening at the home of Dr. John D. Robin son In Wallace. Following dinner, Dr. J, F. Robertson of Wilmington gave an Interesting talk, illustra ted with lantern slide . projection, on the common diseases of the colon and rectum, v , .' SEVENS HITS MUDDY CREEK v Among . the hail storms that .visited Duplin County last week, one of the worst was in the Mud dv Creek section.' - v Reports from there stated that the stones were as large as gui nea eggs, that many window were broken and that crops suffered much damage. In , some sections the crops will have to be replan ted, in others, it is hoped that they will take on a second growth. Miss Minnie Brown, of Warsaw, - after hearing . from her farm, which has been In the family for more than a hundred years, stated that it was the most de structive hail storm that the farm had ever had. ,;r w.-.f V ' :-' mil .1 I f f: .. Liisn aoutnenana v " Named Assistant Homa Dsm. Ajsnt Miss Ellen Souherland, daugh ter of Mrs. Lawrence Souther land of Kenansville, has been . named - assistant Home Demon stration Agent in Johnston County. - The Board of Commissioners ap proved her application on May 4. . the will take up he&jiew. duties on July 1st. he has been teach ing in Clinton this year. - Advert'' is one of the two 'tf i rl C:z3 Frcm j ; It UJca Awful There MISSING ROSE HILL ' . MAN WRITES HOME Rose Hill Pvt. William H. HaJL who baa been missing- in action since January so, written his Daren ta. Mr. Mrs. W. T. Hall, that be to "all right In every respect." The War Department reported Hall In February as missing In action until the letter was re ceived from him saying that he was a German prisoner of war. Women Urged To : : ; Join Naval Reserve Backed by civic and fraternal organizations - throughout the State "as a movement worthy of the consideration of every eligible young woman." a campaign ior enlistments In the Women s Naval Reserve was launched during the week in North Carolina. , . Reason for the campaign is, ttiA urcpnt need for men in combat duty, one more of whom can be . T.. ' ., - There is a critical neea ior more vnunr women to take over me tasks ashore so that qualified men may be sent to sea. The maloritv of Waves now In service are working In the same fields they followed in civil life, rvhera have found new work and new skills they will be able to use after the war. Chief J. W . Brown of the WU- mlnffton Naw Recruitine Station, will oe In Clinton every Friday and Monday, Burgaw. Tues. June , Mv SouUiport. Juno 7,Uiallotte, June 8, at the Post Office to interview i young women in applying ior en- Uisunei stment in the waves. 17 YEAR OLD WHITE GIRL WANTS HOME, INDUSTRIOUS WHiTEi WANTS A HIE IF ANYONE I Cour., of study will be given WANTS THIS GDJL, SEE MBS.' for Beginners, Primary ages and HARVEY BONES ND? THE WEL-j Juniors. All children of those ages FARE DEPARTMENT. , tare urged to attend. Wcr6 &kzim Li cr-Ar. C-. KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAR 0 1 1 N A FRIDAY JUNE 2nd. 1944 V7 ells, Whitfield New Commissioners Quinn Defeats Sadler In LARD TAKEN OFF RATIONING LIST .Raleigh. May 30. Because the present supply is deemed adequate to meet all civilian needs, O P A has removed all rationing restric tions from laWL Raleigh UFA announced. . As a result of the action, an re strictions on the amount of lard that mey be obtained by indus trial or institutional users .were removed. . and all record keeping and reporting requirements under OPA regulations . were eliminated, Director Johnson saia ... , More Than 181,000 Tar Heels In Army. Atlanta. Ga Mav 30 The contribution of North Carolina in building the Army of the united States to nearly 7,500,000 officers and enlisted men ana women is J 181.692. as of January 1. IBM. nwinmuwn f .-uuuiibiiu cccu. This included 179. 300 men and 2, 392 women. The total strength of North Carolina in the Army on January 1, 1944 was given at.161, 000 men and 1,733 women, while 31, 805 men and 678 women have been separated from the services. The total number given as en tering the service does not include personnel who entered prior to xvovember'j, ismu. r v- vacation won acnooi 7.4. ... . ... - -Begins Here Monday The churches . of Kenansville will conduct a Vacation Bible School here next week, June 5 10. Trie classes will be held at the Methodist church from 9:00 to t!;:? C b l ixxii ; Of;' RATION STAMP CHANGES JULY 1. Raleigh, May 30 B-2 and C-2 gasoline ration coupons, the old tyne B and C" rations, without serial numbers - - will be invalid for use by retail buyers on and after June 1, OPA announced. Service Stations will have until June 10 to turn them In to their suppliers or exchange them at their boards for inventory cou nons. while distributors will have until June 20 to deposit the voided stamps. t . The holder of such unused cou pons may take them to his local rationing Doara tor exenange. Watermelon Ceilings -Set at $35 Per Ton. RnleiirhL Mav 30. Maximum prices for watermelons, which will mean a sharp reduction at retail from last year's inflated water melon prices will be established shortly at country shipper and wholesale levels by the Office of Price Administration, Theodore S. Johnson, Raleigh District JJirecror, announced. . The prices f. o. b. shipping point for all areas, will be $33 per ton from the effective date of the regulation to July 4, and $26 per ton for the period from- July 5 to the end of the season.. To California.' , Pvt W. E. Hines Jr. of Warsaw. who had served lor trie past two and was wounded several months ago, has been returned to the states and is now recuperating in Birmingham uenerai nospiwu In Van Nuvs. California. His relatives anil friends are anxiously waiting for his leave when he can come home for a while. - , . Our Kse V'.'. House Race Cherry Decisively ' Defeats McDonald; McDonald Vote Higher Than - Presjcted; Hoey Over Morrison. ' Saturday's Primary brought out a total vote in Duplin of 3,995 votes cast Quinn and Sadler cor ralled the greatest number with 2478 for Quinn and 1517 for sea ler. The Hoey, Morrison race re ceived the second high total vote with 3,627 votes cast Thad Eure for Secretary of State led the ticket with a total 2589 votes with Chas. M. Johnson, for State Treas urer, running him a close second with 2564. Cherry led his oppo nent for Governor, Ralph McDon ald, 2472 to 1214 with Boyd recei ving 13. In the race -for county offices L. P. -Wells was top with a total of 993 votes for County Commiss ioner to his opponent's, M. B. Holt 421. Incumbent John R. Croom was low man with 207 as against his opponent Arthur Whitfield'! 571 votes. A total of 76 absentee ballots', were cast out of 310 mailed out The vote was as follows: County: Quinn and Sader in each precinct respectively, war saw. 342 to 61: Faison. 118 to 28: Calynso. 78 to 3: Wolfescrape, 127 to 359; Glisson, 74 to 151: Albert- son, 213 to 98; Smith, 77 to w; Cabin, 120 to 70; Beulavile, 162 to 83; Hallsville, 80 to 87; Cedar Fork, 70 to 31; Cypress Creek, 45 to 33; Chinquapin, 37 to 68; Loo klin, 38 to 20; Charity, 37 to 11; Wallace, 229 to 112; Rockfiafa, 61 to 17; Rose Hil, 116 to 34; Mag nolia. 130tO 22: Kenansville. S34 to 149. TOT A1-, "2478 10 -1517. ' Commissioners, Wels and Bolt respectively.: wouescrape, ozj. io 1; Glisson, 119 to 39; Albertson, 36 to 214: Smith. 95 to w; canu, 151 to 47. TUTAI 93 to 4ZL. Whitfield. Croom respectively Rose Hill, 103,47; Magnolia, 70,77 Kenansville, 398, 82. Total 57lU7 Limestone Townsmp uonstabie, Thomas, Home respectively; Be Vi la ville. 76. 166: Hallsville, 19. 147; Cedar Fork. 16, 86, Total 111,399 smith Township umstanie. Ken nedy and. Houston respectively: Smith, 62. 93; Cabin 100. 99. To tal ItXi, 192. State races. Hoey. Morrison res pectively: Warsaw, 364, 41; Fai son 95, 46; Calypso 72, 12; Wolfe scrape 118. 271: Glisson. 104 to 37: Albertson. to si: taama, 67 to 59; Cabin, 92 to 41; Beuia ville, 163 to 46; Hallsville, 119 to 28; Cedar Fork, 69 to 22; Cypress Creek, 40 to 16; Chinquapin, 90 to 9; Locklin, 51 to 4; Charity, 96 to 7: Wallace. 223 to 97: Rockfish. 41 to 38; Rose Hill, 107 to 41; Magnolia, 116 to 12; Kenansville, 315 to 140. TOTAL 2499 to 1015. Ritch received 33, Sknmona, 63 and Newton 17. Cherry and McDonald respect ively: Warsaw, 327 to 91; Faison, 63 to 79; Calypso, 55 to 31; Wolfe scrape. 419 to 62 : Glisson, 130 to 82; Albertson, 208 to 96; Smith, 133 to 18; Cabin, 166 to 19; Beu laville, 128 to 107; Hallsville, 113 to 52; Cedar Fork, 60 to 40; Cyp ress Creek, 34 to 37: Chinquapin, 50 to 51; Locklin, 39 to 19; Char ity, jo to 28: Wallace, it to irz: Rockfish, 51 to 27; Rose Hill, 75 to 75; Magnolia, 84 to 54; Ke nansviite, 417 to 74. TOTAL 2472 to 1214. Boyd received 13 votes Lieutenant Governor: Halstead, Ballantine respectively: Warsaw, 45 to 350; Faison, 15 to 98; Calyp so, 7 to 43; Wolfescrape, 24 to 288; Glisson, 2L to 53; Albertson, o to 11; smitn, is to 128; cabin, 55 to 99; -Beuiavuie. 40 to 46: Hallsville, 34 to 81; Cedar Fork, 8 to 37; Cypress Creek, 13 to 57; Locklin, 8 to 11; Charity, 79 to xv; waiiace, 17 to 47; Rockfish, 18 to 88; Rose Hill, 24 to 68; Magnolia, 21 to 49; Kenansville, 61 to 320. ; TOTAL 562 to 2258. i-yoa received 177. -secretary of State, Eure and -Tawrora respectively: ' Warsaw, 315 to 67: Faison. 104 to 24; Cat. ypso, 63 to 16; Wolfescrape, 304 to 29; Glisson, 67 to 16; Albert son, 184 to 62: Smith, 126 to 21; Cabin, 82 to 27; Beulaville, 135 to 42; Hallsville, 89 to 46; Cedar 52 to.23: CyPM Creek, 44 to 16: Chinmianin. 7a tn 19- Locklin, 38 to 11; Charity, 25 to 9; Wallace, 246 to 60; Rockfish, 59 to 12; . Rose Hill, 89 to 43; Magnolia, 115 to 2; Kenansvdle. 378 to 49. TOTAL XftQ k-tt ' State Auditor, Pou and Hunter respectively: Warsaw 9o ok. Faison. 99 to 27; Calypeo, 57 to 22; Wolfescrape, 267 to 38; Glla on, 38 40 38; Albertson, 150 to 81; Smith. 104 to 39- rUi- ii vTlfeT'er ITSnCSJlSi itS BriogQdn Frpiphc Pcicifio to 82: Rockfish, 53 to 17; Rose uni SR tn 49: Maenolia. 103 to 22; Kenansville, 338 to 83. wit 2241 to 838. w State Treasurer, Johnson, Hipps respectively: Warsaw, 350 tr45r Fatson, 114 to 13; Calypso, 65 to w wnironCTarje. zoi. io ha: uiib- son, 56 to 25; Albertson, 176 to 48; Smith, 122 to 26; Cabin, 55 to 52; Beuiavuie, iui to n, xui vUle, 94 to 42; Cedar. Fork, 43 to 35: Cvnress Creek. 39 to 13: Chinquapin, 62 to 23; Locklin, 49 to 5; Charity, az to . ; wauace, 274 to 47; Rockfish, 69 to 8; Rose Hill, 98 to 37; Magnolia, 109 to 13; Kenansville, 395 to 39. TOTAL. 2564 to 614. EECAPITTJLATION A recapulation of the Votes re veals that Quinn carried 15 and Sadler 5-precincts,. Sadler carry ing Wolf escrape, Smith, Hallsville, Chinquapin and. Glisson townships. In the race for commissioner, Wells carried Wolfescrape, Glisson Smith and Cabin precincts and Holt only carrying his own, Alber tson. Whitfield carried Kenans ville and Rose Hill, with Croom barely edging out in Magnolia witn a ( vote leao. Cherry carried every precinct in the county except Wallace, Fai son, Cypress Creek, Chinquapin and Charity, tieing in Rose Hill 75 to 75. Hoey for .Senator carried every precinct in tne county, as am xnu Ian tine, Eure, Pou and Johnson, Last Call For Red Cross Materials ' Tt ealT for materials that were Issued more than year ago to Red , Cross units to make garments for refugees. Some of these ma terials have never been returned in vard eoods or garments. We are aakmar that these unmade garments and materials as well as partly made garments oe returnea to the Duplin County Red Cross Office or to Mrs. R. E. Wall at the first opportunity as a report must be made out THE EDITOR SAYS It's "another day. another dol lar" with many of WU . Bat members of your staaon Board are unpaid volunteers. They work hara - - long, wxu- tm hnnva. 'and thev WOlk WllhOOt pay. And tneyre giao aw proua, thev volanteerea w ao mis jon. They furore they owe It to the kid next door (he's to nlform), to the ether people ox oommunltyi Every -week they pat in long hours answering questions, lis tea-Ins- to complaint, Issuing ration books, and handling endless bur- cpnaome fetalis. ' . ? , They want to mane sore mat everyone la the community gets FAIR SHARK of food, fuel and other rationed commodities. . . . I If s . tough going sometimes. Now and then they find It necess ary to torn down an old 'friend or neighbor. And that isn't easy. They treat your problems as If they were their own. Extra shoes for a fat-growlog child - tires and gaa for a newcomer in town more sugar for Mrs. Jones' can- Maybe yon don't always agree; with them. Maybe then decisions . htoonvenleneei yon at times. BUT - They try to be fair to everyone.. - - ; They are handling mighty well an Important wartime Job - giv ing of their time and talent - - , without any pay. Ifs their way of serving their country. They don't expect any thanks. Bat - - wnen someone shows them a little appreciation, we know . that it must make them feel good Inside. That's Just plain human nature. ; -From Albany Journal, Albany, Qa. - ,a Warsaw Methodist Church Services Services at 11 o'clock and 8 . At the morn in hour them will be reception of members and Com munion. ' All members are urged to be present Preaching at Turkey at 12 noon ana at vanton at 4 p. m. GRADUATE NURSES FkOM DUKE U. Among . the graduates In Nur- ? Puke University, Durham. Pfc, Carl R Taylor Receives purple Heart; . 26 months Overseas; One of First V. S. SokUers to Face Enemy At Guadalcanal. WITH THE AMERICAN DIVI SION - AT BOUGAINVILLE Twenty nine year old Pfc. Carl R. Taylor, of Beulaville, is trying to find some way to get the tre mendous rain that falls on this Island back to North Carolina to irrigate his own farm. When questioned as to whether or not he would like to own a farm on this island. Taylor answered with a most emphatic "No Thanks." ' Now in his 26th month overseas and in his third year in the ser vice, Taylor is now a gunner on one of the howitzers in the, field artillery of the AMERICAL Divi sion. It was his Job to help in the deliverance of fire of his field ar tillery battery in the recent action against the Japanese. Taylor has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received when he helped to extinguish a burning camouflage net set on fire by the muzzle blast of his howitzer. Receiving rather serious burns, Taylor nevertheless return ed to action after first aid was given and continued his work. He first met the enemy on Guadalca nal where, with the Americal Di vision, he was among the first U. S. Army soldiers to meet the enemy in an offensive in the pres ent war. GETS PROMOTION TO RANK OF MAJOR .' Capt Joe Wallace of Kenans ville last week was ' promoted from the rank of Captain to that of Major. He is stationed at Miami Beach, Fla., and for the past sev eral months has been Provost Marshall of the Military Estab lishment there. LT. WELLS PROMOTED RANK OF CAPTAIN Lt Robert C Wells received a telegram Monday night informing him that he had been promoted from the rank of 1st Lt to that of Captain. He is in the Adjutam. General's department; stationed at Sheppard Field, Texas. Capt. Wells left yesterday for TexA after a little more than a week's siay at nome. 2 New Members AddcT Warsaw Draft Board As a result of resignations re cently of C. C Ivey and D. D. Williams, two new members of the Warsaw , Draft Board were recently named. Sworn in last Thursday ..were t S. J. Waller, replacing C. C. Ivey and L. B. Powell replacing D.,D. Williams. k. iv Wail is the other member. - REVIVAL TO BE HELD ' AT THE KENANSVILLE ; METHODIST CHURCH The Revival Meetlncr the Ke. nansville Methodist Church will begin on Sunday. June 4. The pas- tor announces that the Rev.- O. L. Hathaway has been secured to preach in this meeting. Mr Hath- . away is pastor of the Methodist - Church in Saint Pauls, N. C, and also Director of Adult Work for the Board of Education of the North Carolina Annual Confer ence of the Methodist Church. He will preach on Sunday morning at - 11:15 and on bunday night at and throughout the week at 8:3 each evening. The public is cor dially invited to attend these ser vices. Beulaville Tops . Richiands 14- 7 : Beulaville vs Richiands (Base ball) last Sunday ended In a vie tory for Beulaville by a score t . 14 to 7. Beulaville cinched tnr fame in the 7th inning by scoring rung . . Outstanding player i the game was Eugene Exum, wh pitched a steady game all thru 1 innings, fanning 11 men, and gel ting 3 hits out of, five times t bat , . There will be a return game L. Richiands. next Sunday, . ,r jr - - r DUPLIN NEGRO GETS PAROL1" John Moore, Negro, sentence , here in 1943 for breaking and en terlng, was paroled by Govern" Broughton Tuesday along V. . five other I . roes. 17.