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Ameri
ican
Troops Land On The Coast Of 7
: France Tuesday Before Dawn
D-Day Starts Shortly After
Midnight; Number Towns in
Normandy Captured; ... 4,000
Ships, 11,000 FIum In In
vasion; German la Italy :
V .Boated. ;.- -r-. 77s!
' The long awaited D-Day, inva
sion of Europe, arrived Tuesday
morning shortly after 3:30 when
1100 planes and 4,000 ships be
gan carrying American, Canadian
and British troops and supplies to
the coast of France. France was
Invaded first on the coast of Nor-
mandy peninsula and at LeHavre.
First reports said that the initial
approach and landing was surpris
ingly easy. One reporter who went
along on a small boat said that
while he was across the channel
not a bomb or a gun was fired by
.. the Germans.
"Within six hours after landings
were attempted, beachheads were
established. v- .
The . following account of the
progress of the Invasion to date
appeal -ed in today's News and Ob
server: . . - .. -
' Supreme Headquarters Allied
,., Expeditionary Force, Friday, June
9. The Germans hurled in their
reserves along the whole expand
ing battlef ront In Normandy, yes-
. terday but failed to stem-the'-Al-
lied advance as the Americanai
gradually x enlarged their beach
Wda find thaHtltish and-Canad-I
ins made continued progress in
second phase of the three
v , stage assault on the European
"tprtress. :-.
Canadian infantry and armored
I divisions were disclosed , to have
, captured a dozen towns and 600
prisoners and now were advancing
n. '-i rapidly southward through wood
's'' lands and fat-ma between Caen and
T and the captured town of Bayeux.
V An allied communique issued
r shortly before midnight last night
' f said. "The enemy Is fighting
r-fiercely. His reserves have now
been in action - along. the whole
.'front"
L- 1 The British Sixth Airborne Div-
t Won, which the Nazis claimed
yesterday to have "annihilated"
' has held repeated German attacks,
. " the communique said.
' Battle for Vital Bond. -'
v It later was disclosed at head
: i quarters that - Americans were
i fighting for a lateral road, wnlch
: Preston Deris tuns Into . D. Grcdy
tobsrt Drown Daforc Leaving Iria
Hello Bob:-
Jnat four linoa which I hooe
will find you well and in best of
health; as for myself, I am get
ting along fine and having a Jot
of fun.
Well, Tve been on the go for
about three months now. So, now,
I'm In China. Like it lots better
here than I did in. India.
The Chinese are very nice and
friendly. We have a nice set-up
here, and all the nurses and of f 1-
cers are very nice, ana we nave- i; t ihtg 2 tor
toh &VTn aCtl0n ""iStts. ?iXS$iU
February. t wrote daddy and ' ThenI took
asked him to sdve you my new ad-, i "JL Dc.rrimn. ctiSSf
dress and also scribe for the - a"g
FLt&JZ pJweSi 4 wa. shipped to Camp
Brown. Just before I left India.
Sure did seem good to meet some
one from home, though, I'm with
that I was in
here as lone as they will let me.
I want to go home just as well as
any one, but I'm ever here safe
and I'd like to stay till the war
Is over. , . . .
I have a new Job and like It
fine. I'm a switch board operator.
I like it lots better than I did
Ward work. I asked to work, on
the switch board for that was
my Job when I was at Ft Bragg.
Tve been pretty busy for the
past day or so, answering letters,
for my mail has Just caught up
with me. I only got 65 letters
vesterdav and a few today. So
you know I had atime reading it
all, though none of It was bad.
news.
T V..,t. tallrat tn nillto - four
boys, gome are married and their
wives hava Quit them since they
hve been overseas and It' Is" get -
t t tve best or, them. I mean,
t y c n't r to t"t over it.
1 ' t f t" a f ' ' have
l-'SrSo, Zt If to? ovS hjf of course, not like In the good
hi thon I'm imlnar to stav over om w' " 5
WR LOAN DRIVE GETS UNDER WAY
Xanadian.British
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was ' not specified, but which ap
parently was one of those running
westward from Caen, nine miles
inland, and roughly parallel to the
coast towards Cherbourg penin
sula. It was also disclosed that the
American First and British 50th
infantry divisions spearheaded the
initial seaborne landings Tuesday.
American forces are on the west
of the - beachhead area and the
British Sixth Airborne Division on
the east, with the left flank run
nine north and slightly east of
OS. It wa. Tid at headqurs.1
Despite a weather-imposed 24-
hn; iv ta the invasion, the Al-
iHT-ZT Z-Mr, ar. tht the
situation now warrants 'sober
confidence," it was stated.
There has been some progress
all along the Allied front, and Al
lied forces have not been driven
back from any position, headquar
ters made known. One Allied divi
sion has taken more than 1,000
nrifloners. Ten German divisions
have., been Identified in the fight.
Caen -was described as heavily
defended and "a tough nut"
Allies Lose 28 Aircraft
Since dawn Tuesday, 176 enemy
aircraft were listed as destroyed
in air combat, while the Allies
have lost 289 in the same parioo,
including unarmed troop-camer
and transporta,.a;,vy, v
Aa tha Allies thus fought inland
in the Seine Bay area and de
vplntwd a threat to cut off the
Cherbourg peninsula, headquarters
disclosed that the "first phase" of
the invasion had been completed
successfully with defeat of the
German local reserves and solidi'
flea t inn of the beachheads.
The second step, now in prog
ress, calls for defeat of the Nazi
tactical reserves.
Wallace Cafe Robbed
Sum of Money
John Harmon ' Sheffield, pro
prietor of White House Care in
Waiinro an M this week that some
one entered the cafe last Sunday
night through a rear door and
opened his safe and escaped with
approximately $1200 in cash and
checks. : .
:: Pvt. James Benson
Writes From England
;t' May 15, 1944
Dear. Mr. Grady:-
I will write a few lines to let
you know that I'm getting the
nnntr. I nire do eniov it very
much. There Isn't anything bet
ter than getting it and knowing
what is going on back In good old
Forest where I started getting
the Datier. I stayed there aooui
18 months then went back to
5"g
WelL Tll close by saying keep
the good work up and keep send
ing we paper, .
, Sincerely yours, ";''
Pvt. Jonah K, Benson,
34177981 Btry. C. 989
FA Bn. APO H36
clo P. M. New York.
Welfars Clients
To Get Eye Test
,! ' AH If L h4.l; A
Intva a acromn eve text come to the
Welfare Office at Kenansville on
I Monday, done 12th. between one
and flv o'clock P. M.
I -
1 A TMTrafl AflW ntOM TfnR 1 ATt
Recently the Times sent some
, notices to delinquent subscribers.
' Among the replys w received the
following:
You a ny d'seontlntie my sub
frtet..a as I tr Ltai"
I stayed there about
m .! Kam fl.ma MfMi hwA
KENANSVILLE, NORTH C A R O L I N A i FRIDAY JUNE 9th 1944
INVASION SHORTS
r (from News Observer)
GLIDES LANDINGS
London, June: 8. The- German
radio'repdrted at 10 p. m. tonight
that two more Allied Airborne
Divisions "in many hundreds'; of
gliders had landed in north of
Bayeux todav. It was the first re
port of a daylight operation on
such a large scale.
CBOSEB bepobted bunk
JuS o thi
The Berlin Radio in an uncon-
J W. . nimly rha
u.c5ulBfr u
east coasi oi uu.
by German torpeda boats.
If s easy to stand off and tell
the Government how to run the
war, .,
The Ignorant uneducated person
! iimullv an Individual oi very
nositive ideas most 01 xnem
wrong.
When the holiday fever.hits a
student or a worker, you might as
well call off the work.
Regardless ot what most people
may think, character w sun ine
best possession one may nave.,
' Va correction
Recently a story In the- Times
concerning the County Ration Of
fice referred to J. O. Stokee as
chairman of the Ration Board.
This was an error, it should have
read, Ralph Jones or Warsaw.
TAX COLLECTOR f
REPORTS ON
COLLECTIONS
L N. Henderson, tax collector,
reported to the Board of Commis
sioners Monday that during May
his office collected $10,354.99 in
taxes. ,
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Th ahnv nlcture of CL Whit -
field and his- 4-H calf, shows the'Klnston in April.- $102.39 prem
quality of meat that was produced
by nineteen club members who
fed out and sold twenty-four cal
ves which weighed 1725 pounds.
The calves were secured and pla
ced with the boys last September
by the Assistant count Agent.
They were sold at fatstock shows
out Court Of
IlcrcOn Jur.o 2nd.
Advancements and Awards ,
Ma4; Wallace and Local
Soonta Only Scouts Pres
ent At Heeds. ; 4
Tha Dunlin District Court of
Honor for Boy Scouts was held In
Kenansville on June 2nd with
troops from Kenaasvllle and WaU
lace in attendance,
I Seven Scouts were given ad
, vancementa and three were award
'ed Merit Badges.
I Those making advancements:
; Second Class Scout
Ackerman. Ttood No. 33.
Roger
Star Scout Max syket, Troop
No. 33.
Star Scout Willis Johnson,
.Troop No. 35.
EagU Scout Decatur Blan
chard, Troop No. 35. c
Eagle scout Bronze - faun
1 1 Wry West, Jr., Troop No. 60.
' Lagie bcout tuver v
Palm
Marshall Brock, Troop No. 50
Earle Scout Silver Palm
Joe Qulnn, TLoop No. 60,
Thtie reivln Merit Awards:'
Guy Coo -. i Tro p No. 50, in
5vH
LESLIE BOUSE, M3c
age 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.
H. Rouse of Rose Hill is now stat
ioned at Camp Parks, California,
where he is a machinist, Third
Class in the Seabees. He has been
in service about 8 months, having
enlisted while at work in a ship
ard at Portsmouth, Va. He gradu
ated from Kenansville High
School in 1942.
Leslie has a brother, Doane
Rouse, age 18, who is in service,
stationed at Sanford, Fla., in the
Naval Air Corps. He entered ser
vice Dec. 22. He graduated this
spring from Kenansville High
School. He received his Diploma
while home on leave. It would have
been held up but for the fact that
he brought, home a report. fronifpresenutlon -. was- maoe By Mrs.
his Z commanding Officer
which
was A No. X Excellent,
SUGAR STAMP No. 32
GOOD ON JUNE 16
RALEIGH, June 6, - Sugar Stamp
32 in War Ration Book Four will
become good indefinitely on June
16 for five pounds ot sugar, ineo
dore S. Johnson, district director
of the Raleigh Office of Price Ad
ministration, has announced.
. The validation continues dis
tribution of sugar to household
consumers at the same rate as pre
viously five pounds per person
each two and one-half months.
1 and sales in . Rocky Mount and
lum money was won,, each boy
receiving $3.60 or more. In addi
tion to a nice profit, the boys gain
ed valuable experience in feeding,
showing and seUing his calf. Most
all of the boys have said that
they want to feed another calf
this faU and winter.
Iknor Held
Poultry Keeping, Basketry. Fores
trv. and Safety,
Dewitt McGowen, Troop No. 35,
In Cooking.
Max Sykes, Troop -No. 35, In
Beef Production, Corn Farming
and Handicraft -
Inspection for neatest and most
correctly dressed Scout honors
was won by Guy Gooding, Ti.-oop
50. Second place, Decatur Blan
chard, and Third place, A. J. Cave
naugh, Jr., both of Troop 35.
Letter of commendation to De
catur Blanchard from the Nation
al Court of Honor, Boy Scouts of
America, - and signed by Chief
Scout James E. West, was read
by District President J. E. Jerrltt.
The Badge presentation was made
by his mother, Mrs. D, D. Blan
chard. Scout. Julftis Blanton, Troop 35,
wan solpptpd to rpnrespnt DiiDltn
District in a contest to be held at
the Wavne District Court of Hon-
or on Monday night June 5, at
Goldsboro to select the Camp Bu-
gler for Camp Tuscarora during
the summer camping period.
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Duplin Quota Over Half Million
"Buy More Than Before"Slogan
FIVE DUPLIN GIRLS
GRADUATE .E. C. T. C.
Two From Wallace; Two
From Benlavllle; One From
Rose Hill Get Degree Ba
chelor of Arts.
Greenevllle. June 5. Among
the class of approximately 150 se
niors who were graduated at East
Carolina Teachers College today,
were five Duplin County students.
Misses Dorothy Fearsall and
Helen Blanchard, of Wallace;
Misses Lillian and Louise Hunter
of Beulaville and Miss Mary Beth
Sheffield of Rose Hill. All these
students were awarded the degtree
of Bachelor of Arts, the teaching
degree of the College, and their
teaching certificates. .
At Alumni Day on Saturday,
Mrs. J. C Holland of Raleigh,
?ast president of the East Carolina
eachers College Alumni Associa
tion, was named the recipient of
the alumni award. This award,
presented each year to an out
standing graduate . in his or net
field who is chosen by secret bal
lot of the Association, was given
to Mrs, Holland this year for her
loyal service to the College
through her work In the Alumni
Association, her success as a busi
ness woman, and her services as
a citizen in her community. The
i Elizabeth -Stewart r Bennett of
Forest City, also a past president
ana esvuer recipient oi ins awara.
In the evening the thirty-fourth
annual music recital by the music
department presented advanced
students In piano and voice, and
the College orchestra and women's
chorus. -. - .
The baccalaureate sermon, on
"Education for World atizenship"
was delivered Sunday morning by
Dr. F. W. Burnham of the Seventh
Street Christian Church In Rich
mond, who spoke again at the tra
aitionai IWUA
winrtlAHcrhtinD-'
nnhn nmMa nn UrilllA lt
6s iiiCTiwui, auu uuc
Daniels of Oxford, incoming V -
nfUi Athl.t 8 Womens
Christian Association.
The commencement address, by.farm nZ. repuiation reiatine to1 loss of life to troops."
Dr. Gerald White Johnson, editor- .theiauter of haw and ffi1 An Artilleryman. Pfc. Taylor's
lal writer for the "Baltimore Sun" $e jSSt sufended S acUon helped prevent serious ex-
and author of a number of books, monthg aE0 plosions and made possible the im-
was delivered on Monday morning; WFA actlon wa8 taken 1 mediate resumption of firing
fo"owfdby 5e awarding to facllItate movement of heavy against the enemy. The fire star
of degrees by Acting President H. u. nMt,, farms ' ti durin? combat ooerations at .
The Coileee wUl be closed for'miocoMuxnercna
only two days, as iregistration for
the summer session will be held
on Thursday, June 8.
Suit Bought In Russia
Returns Home
A. Brooks of Warsaw has do
nated a suit of clothes to the Rus
sian Relief. The suit was brought
to this country from Russia a few
years ago by his nephew who Is In
the Army. Mr. Brooks says the
boy is anxious that the suit go
back home to help keep some
Russian lungnuor .warm.
Hour Of Prayer
. Held In Kenansville'
Tuesday, D-Day, residents and
workers in Kenansville aU assem
bled in the Baptist Church here
for a brief prayer services for our
boys who are on the fighting
fronts. Practically every, white
person in town attended.
United States Civil Service
Exam To Be Held
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open
competitive examination for the
nosition of Substitute Clerk. Post
Office Service In the Post Office
at Warsaw. N. C. Other Substitute
Clerk positions open at: Mocks-
villn. Mount Hollv. Nashville.
Oteen, Raeford Randleman, Red
Sorbin. Southern Pines. Spencer,
Spruce Pine, Swannanoa, Tabor
City, TayorsviUe, Troy, Weldon,
Wadesboro, Wake Forest, Wallace
Warrentown and zebuion.
Annllmtiona will be accented by
the Director, . Fourth U. S, Civil
Service Region, Nissen Building,
until the needs of the service have
been met.
Full information and application
blanks mav be obtained from the
Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil
Service Examiners, Post' Office,
Warsaw. N. C '
AoDlicants can file for only one
place of employment under this
announcemont. .
19 White Men
Called for Induction
Army June 17
Thp following White men from
Kenansville Board have been cal
led to report fa' induction June
17th:
Wilbert L. Cavenaugh, Wilmer
W. Ay cock, Carl L. Hardison,
Lawrence C Griggs, Joseph H.
Jones, Amos S. Eubanks, Norwood
Lanier, Billle Kennedy, Graham
Wells, Jr., Milton R. Southerland,
Aderoa T. Casper, Needham Hou
ston, David A. Whaiey, (Jecu A.
Miller, Furnie R. Wood, Linwood
C. Brinkley, Earl White, Elbert
Bailey Lanier, and John L. Rich.
33 Negroes Get
Preinduction Call
The following Negroes have
been ordered to Bragg for pre
induction examination June 15.
Tommie Maddox. Willis Kine.
Gaston Branch, Jir, Oscar Smith,
Jefferson J. Hill, Fitzhugh Brad
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shaw, James Graham, Leslie Bar
den, Jr., Rayford Smith, Eugene
Jin kins, Lawrence Moore, Emit
Whitfield,, Eddie 3. Miller' and
John Robert Boykin. - -George
Wiggins, Voil Hill. Zeb
Earl Wallace, Talley Stroud,, Ma.
eon btallings, Laey James
James Stephen Williams, Graham
i Kobert - Dixon, Charlie Miller,
'Louis B-yant, Willie James, Ozie
' Jackson. Albert Kenan, Jr.. John-
nie- Hawkins, Johnnie H. Smith,
Sidney Boney, and Willie Davis.
WFA LIFTS FARM
SLAUGHTER BAN
The WFA said in Raleieh last
wAalr oil !rAofitntinna ran farm
. r": ""-aT.'r.rr.w j j
S JL'hh been t"H&
i "JLj"? ageiKT.
Under the regulation farmers
JLud to aecure oermita
to slaughter Uvestock and deliver;
at rpnn nnt livino-nn the '
Cherry Point Requesting Cards
Games From Duplin County
. SOLDIER ASKS FOR
MOTHER'S PRAYERS
Mrs. Dan Davis recently told
that her nephew, Pvt W. B. Pet
tiway, now somewhere in Italy
with a Bombing Squadron, wrote
v.nn.A .aUni, fnf hla mother's
' Yiam&
IHJUIB UIIU1J
prayers. He wirote: "Mother pray
I for me, for we boys need your
prayers, r or most we near is oiu
women ana litue cnuaren gryinij
for bread, while huddled in oox-
crate shelters."
'Mrs. Pettiway lives near Jack
sonville, N. C.
APO Establishes
Poultry Prices For
Group 1 & 2 Stores
The Office of Price Administra
tion has established maximum
prices for certain poultry items
for noun 1 and 2 stores, effective
June 5th. The same prices applies
to both groups.
Live poultry: Broilers and Fry
ers, under 4 lbs. 38 cents; Hens:
any weight (fowl) 34 cents; Old
Roosters and Stags,' any weight
23 vntfi
Dressed poultry: Broilers and
Frvers. under 3 1-2 lbs. 47 cents;
Hens, any weight (fowl) 42 cents;
Old Roosters ana atags,
weight 37 cents.
Urawn poultry: urouers
Frvers. under 2 1-2 lbs. 60 cents;
Hens, any weight uowu w cents;
Old Roosters and Stags, any
weight 45 cents. ;
Farmers selling at retail, may.
take these Prices. J
11 1 ' I Samuel B. W. McGowan, son -of
No Business Can Sell Without Mrs. Fannie B. McGowan. has
Telling Bayers About Things For been promoted to the rank of Ma
Sale.. The Easiest, Fastest and jor, and was awarded the Presl
Most Economical Method Is The dential Citation sometime fo.
A4vrttnv Columns of TUB Major McGowan Is now stall .ed
iDLTLIN 1ISSXS.
No. 23
MON.
Community Quotas Set; Local
Woman's Club To Sell
Series "E"; Plan Bally .
Here 1st Monday In July;
Music From Ft Bragg
Expected. (
The nation's Fifth War Loan
gets under way Monday June 12th
when the U. S. Treasury Will bor-
row sixteen billion dollars from
the citizens of this country.
Special emphasis in this drive
will be placed on E, F, and G
bonds.
Duplin has been assigned a
quota of $587,000 worth of series
"E" bonds. The county quota has
been broken down into commun
ity quotas as follows: Kenansville,
$95,000; Warsaw, $115,000; Beula
ville, $30,000; Wallace, $115,000;
Rose Hill, $86,000; Outlaw's .
Bridge. $18,000; B. F. Grady, 14,
000; Teachey, $5,000 and Potters
Hill, $5,000. ,
Chairman J. C. Thompson is
asking Duplin to make an all-out
effort to make this drive a success
The County hasn't lauea in ior
mer undertakings and now that
the second front' is opened in
ir,lpraw, ar,A our bovs are actually
mnk ne. not DianninK w iimulc.
the supreme sacrifice, we at home
ehnnid mnka such sacrifice as is
necessary to assure the success of
this drive.
The drive dose July Sti:
. PfcXdrUfiylor
Gets Commendation
HEADQUARTERS U. S. ARMY .
FORCES IN THE SOUTH PACI
FIC: Pfc. Carl R. Taylor, son of
Mr. Qeveland Taylor, Rt 1, Rose- '
boro, N. C, was commended by
Lt.-Gen. Millard F. Harmon, South '
Pacific Army Commander, for
helping to extinguish a fire In an
artillery emplacement at Bougain
ville.
I .1
I vmir nmmntn?ss and couraee."
Viimlnir ammilnitlnn
cases and a flaming camouflage
net averted damage to
material and injury or possible
I Bougainville in January.
200 Decks Cards, 200 Assorted
Games Wanted' For Mea
Who Are Fixing To Ship
Oat; Communities Urged To -Collect
Immediately.
Mrs. Harvey Boney has received
a letter from Mr. Shumaker as
follows: . . .
"We have todav received a let
ter from Mr. George Beach, Field
Director at Chenry Point advising .
that for a period or the next eignt
weeks, a squadron at a time (some
200 men) will be leaving tor otner
bases and wish games (not picture
puzzles) and playing cards tor use
on trains; and he has asked that
we arrange through the Council to
have' 200 decks or cards ana zuu
assorted games suitable for train
use, lorwairdea to mm as soon as
possible. " ,
Mrs. Boney has notified workers .
in each community and theyxare
urged to make this collection as
quickly as possible. '
Mrs. J. E. Jerritt is In charge
of collecting in Kenansville and
she statps that local Girl Scouts
will call at each home in town
Monday. You are urged to have
your donation ready at that time.
CORRECTION
Last week the Times reported
that Thad Eure, candidate tor
Secretary of State, led thn ticket
any in Duplin with 2589 votes. We
were in error. Gregg Cherry, can
and didate for - Governor, led the
County with a total of 2742 votes.
MAJOR McGOWAN
GETS CITATION"
In Orlando, Fla.