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r u nj r V 0 V I c T O R Y l tsv,. ' t - - r, i ii ill-. it ii ii it ii u ii ii . -i; i . .. m . -l i i i i it i a a a f "i . m r r ty. ? f VOL 12 Friday And Saturday Arc Circus Days In Kcnansvilb and Beulaville Beers-Barnes Circus Plays In KenansvUle Friday and Beu - lavllle Saturday; Tents go . Near White Schoolhouse -. . here, ." '' -' . " ' What the advance, manager of "the Beers-Barnes Circus calls two of the outstanding acts of all times are those of Chubbie and Alice. Chubbie is billed as the Bear with, the Human Brain, and Alice they call ' her : big Alice, because she s the largest performing ele phant on the road. Chubbie does all but talk, and his trainer and master says he can just about do that Like all bears, he is a natural bom boxer, ana also a natural born dancer, but he puts science into his boxing, and swing zing into his dancing. ' "And 1 believe he thinks in words," said a( representative of the historic Beers-Barnes outfit, ', "just like you and me," as he showed a picture of Chubbie nou nobbing with one of the circus family just as any human friend would do, V Alice you have to see to ap preciate, the circus man saia. You can't help seeing the lady, because she is big as all out-of- screen nd radio to the circus aUghi Mr and Mrs. A. L. Humph-iate Mr. Alderman ef any bli , doors; but what the Beers-Barnes route. They present not only ( the rey Mr an(j Mrs. Warren A. 'whatsoever.' Signed by the Cor audience appreciates is her ability stirring and seductiv music of the smith, Mr. and Mrs L. S. Whittle I oner and members of the jury, to do anything that any other ele- range, with a real cowboy band, and B w. Pickett. The feature of Dhant has ever done in a public, but present singers, whip crackers, tKe evenine was an interestine ad- About 9:30 Sunday night one of ' performance, and more. When Alice dances, Alice proves she is not just waddling around all over the place at the command of her keeper. She shows she knows the notes of music, and she knows the steps; and what is more she makes it evident she herself is getting a tremendous kick out of the ap- ' plause from the circus crowd." The Beers-Barnes will arrive at the 1 show grounds near the Ke nansvUle High School (White) for the afternoon and evening perfor mances on Friday Sept. 15, for 2 an 8 p. m. . "Rain or Shine," the . advance man said. There are bands and bands, but TMr. J. S. Ramsey, advance mana ger' for the Beers-Barnes Circus, ,' "SX Xming to KenansvUle and Beula- xming 10 tienansvuie ana reui' vJ ille this week for two performan-'EeB ces afternoon and evenine. J and'nf th FrAindiiiin rnmmnnitv. .8 p. says Beers-Barnes thisj Duplin County, dled'at Ms home v year has the trtage scoop of many i in Warsaw at 9:45 o'clock Wed a seasoniWiT fiav -uid his ( nesday -morning, f:) "Allowing Wyoming Ramblers, direct from screen . ana raoao to ine circus field. , . "Music," the advance manager 1A ; 'U ui .,,. knnn art nutm standing feature of the Beers' Barnes Circus. "Good music is a.Waruw Rantiat Chnrh and th Beers-Barnes tradition, -and we have lived ud to It again this year, to provide the people of circus- minded towns like this with a really marvelous . program of the. west, together also with singing. whip-cracking, rope-spinning, wna- west stunts of all Kinds, ana reaijRn)I jcn Draughon... Honorary cowgirls in aancing acis sucn pallbearers wer Oscar Best, A. L. many of us have never seen be-.HumpTirev, Edgar Pollock, J. C. fore. It takes us circus people backM,ner Boy Mool.6i a. Jones, to the -great Old days-of Buffalo lMiu, Hodgres, John Best. B. W. Bill and Pawnee Bill with their ,pickett, F: J. Strickland, L. H. amazing exhibitions of the finer Brown, Frank Thomas, Rivers things of the old west . . ' Johnson, H. L. Stevens, Jr., D. E. "And even the blase newspaper w Pr BrldRers, C. B. Best; fraternity will get a kick out of s H Rornetray, -J. C. Brock, and one of the cleverest things In the Herman Holllnirsworth. ftmall-anlmal show when Munko m,. .aa . n hi. the Monkey puts forth all the neritea skiii or we jungie w ev new world's record in broad jump- ing, In his attempt to leap crofS me rem in mc uig buuw. Wake it SOme day. 'Together, of course, with the clowns, it is doubtful if a crazier, more Completely disconcerting puncn or tnese cnaiK-iacea mimics have ever been together ih show history. They ar a perfectly and thoroughly bughoiiecd lot of laugh- makers whose first and only bus!-, C3a. w ow ,v. sore" for a week." , Leading features are: Yvonne Ray on the flying trap eses Monkeyland for the kiddies; Popeye the sailor in the Puppet Theatre; snakes, ponies, perform ' tng bears; Walt Davis and his Wy . oming Ramblers. . ' , : Big Alice, the largest performing elephant on the road; Chubbie, the bear with the human brain; " twenty-five . over-the-rinz trained animal acts, . including the Lois Troupe, queens of the tight- wire; La Belle Ray Troupe, breath-ta king artists supreme of. the flying rings, featuring their unique and never - to-be - forgotten "spin of death;" Mervyn the Great, in sen- ... sational balancing on the high ped estal, a marvelous demonstration ' I of skill and poise; wire walkers, jugglers, trained wild animals, trapeze acts, trained dogs, mon keys, bears, and ponies, singers, dancers, and a brigade of loony clowns together with pony rides for children who come early for the show. .. "And besides," Mr. Ramsey said. "thp grandstand seats are comfor- table high-backed chairs, and the' tent is waterproof and fire-proof. xou can ao your gasping in wonder and get slde-stiches watching, the) clowns while enjoying the two full performances in comfort and safe-! ty." reaiunng mis pioneer snow mis year will be Madam Tillie and her,r:: n Vcsiol, Slenoe and History: trained ponies, monkeys and dopsi ' r;"ls, French and En- in wnat tne advance rnBnfl-'orjs.' I rrlm-lpal Carlton, Math (!, in uie lanrjuoe 0r ir.o -ir- cus world, " a delightful exhibition of skill, beauty and precision, with thoroughbred animals, aristocrats of the circus ring, doing the sur prising and unbelievable in a pro gram of feature acts such as few of us have ever seen before even in 'the show business." r - "It .is one show that Is really Hifforont." the manaeer declared, "with, a reDlete ihenaeerie and side show, featuring trained wild- animals. nuDDet snows. Beers ana Barnes' famous Monkeyland for the children, and clowns galore. ' Everybody will want to see th Lois trouD of America's pre-1 miere girl wire-walkers in thrill ing and delightful feats of equili brium, -grace ana Deasty;' xvonne Ray, defying death on the flying trapeze; bozo ana rocy in me laugh bout of the century; the Rathburn sisters, aerialists su preme; Billie thp educated mon key; Chubbie the bear with a hu man brain: and Bljj Alice, the lar gest performing elephant on the road." "Besides which," it was added. "there is the wild west pro; featuring Walt Davis and his y oming Ramblers, direct from the rope spinners, and dancing cow- girls in an exhibition of agility, iu Bay iiuuiiug, aaui, ui me clowns, without which no circus is complete or even on the way i I believe the screwiest, looniest, side splittingest bunch of chalk-faced dido-cutters in the show business anywhere this season, and presen ting a continous round of pure, un adulterated, clean, laugh-making innovations." J. B. QUINN PASSES AWAY AT HOME IN WARSAW j. . Qulnn. 72. nromlnent cltl of Warsaw and retired farmer stroke of paralyrJ suffered a week ajro. - Funeral services were conduc ted from the home Thursday af ternoon at 4 o'clock with the Rev. O. Van Stenhens. !oatnr nf the Rev. N. Evans, pastor of the Waliaca Rantint rhnrrh atncWt. n. Burial followed In Pine Crest Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Macon Holllnirsworth, Stacy Brltt, Ralph Jones, Ralph Best, Herbert Best, Bill Shine, Thnman Rogers, in-'eomty; was the son of Amos and Susan Woodward Qulnn. He was k . n. i iaii in tk. uvion. ship'' Community and In young mannood married to Miss Eva L. lamliran n ha um immimlfrr where tn)V ved nntI1 jo year8 B)t0 when th moved thelr Iamny to Warsaw. Mlv Qulnn been ,n faUln health-for a number of years, but .u. k W a navln)r tut1ertrf J Ught ,troke pa-jygi, .omtim,, during Wednes- aay nlgatt All of his children ex- cept tne oldest son, Frank, who has been a patient at John Hop kins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., for several months, were at his bed side. . .'.:.. ' , ; '-,v..;. Survlvlna1 are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Wylle B. Corbett and Miss Bessie Qulnn, of Wilson, and Mrs. G. th Brown, of Wallace; three sons, Frank and Ralph, of Columbia, 8. C, and Klrby, of Greenville, S. C; . seven grand children and. several nieces and nephews, . . LOCAL SCHOOL OPENS' MONDAY MORNING Th KenansvUle, as well as all schools' In the connty, will epen Monday morning. Principal Ralph Carlton says he wants all children present at school at 9 o'clock. Opening exercises will be held In the auditorium at 9:$0 and the puMlc Is Invited. ' The following teachers will be on the faculty this year: Miss Elizabeth Sparkman, 1st grade; Mrs. I. O. Burch, 1st and 2nd: Miss Mildred Pate. 8rd: Mrs. Leuis,, Wells Mitchell, Srd; Mrs. Hazel Scott, 4th; Mrs. C. O. Loth, 5th; Miss Alice II. Reeves, 6th; Mrs. Woodrow Brinson, 5th and 6th; JIN Lela McDonald, 1tt; Mrs. Tatlle Sadler, 8th; Miss Dor- oi hy f rednrlok. Home Ec.l Mrs, i KEN ASVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Negro Killed When Caught In Bathroom Window In LACY WEEKSv NEW FARM AGENT At a special meeting of the county commissioners last night Lacy F. Weeks was named county farm ant. He will succeed O. E. Jones who has entered; business In Warsaw. Until a few weeks KO Mr. Weeks was assistant county agent He had resigned to go with the Wallace Implement Company. WARSAW ROTARIANS HEAR CANDIDATE Thp Warsaw Rotary Club held ) .imilor irueHnv Thiirsdnv with the Rev. Earl Robinson, of St'O. Alderman, lulling Roland Fai Pauls, who is candidate for Dis- son, while Faison was standing at trict Governor, guest speaker. D. O. Alderman's bathroom wln- The following local Kotarians aow, waicning Jirs. u. u. Aider attended an Inter-City Rotary man. - - . We the undersigned cor mpptintr in Favetteville Monday oner's Jury do know that Mr. Al- night: Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Ewers, President ' and Mrs.' A.' L. Caven- dress by Phillip Lovejoy Rotary international Secretary, of Chica-lth,e ai, kA-.:-. AuAmHi. Negro Marine Attempts Assault Warsaw Chief A Negro Marine,' by the name of Hodges, a malignant deserter from the New Riyer Marine base. attempted to assault Police Chief Thomas Rogers in Warsaw Satur day , night. Oflcers at the Marine Base called Rogers and asked him to arrest the negro and return him to them. Rogers learned he was in the theatre and went in for him. He found the Marine and when going out Rogers went ahead of him down the steps. When nearly down, Rogers tripped and fell. The negro fell on him : with a pocket knif but before becould. cut him someone standing by knocked 4he Marine off. Rogers got up and took his prisoner on. News About Our Service Men BEULA VILLE BOYS IN SERVICE Sllc Wilbert Everton, son of Mr. and Mrs; WiUie Everton is on the H-,S:rT : -and has been in South America for some time, H?e""!? tae,J?Fa .S' nt I MrrVThiln1 Awarded for exemplary conduct, montns special training, rie is in son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Thigpen or for combat action in a major ..... Adiotant General s Deoart is a patient in the Marine Hospi- operation, the new medal is a sil-l lllftnt J enerais depart taL Stapleton, Staten Island, N. Y. ver rifle on a field of blue with a hu ' TSgt. Richard Bostic is still in Italy. Doris Brinson, who recently returned from overseas reports iwvuik ueenwio xutnuru. anu me i i i ..jil. t-:i a i ford Sumner. Lindberg Long Brown recently! enlisted in the U. S, Nayy and is taking boot training at Camp Peary, Va. After completion he wiU spend a leave here with Mr. and Mr. L. F. Brown. "Llndy" is one of five brothers serving Un cle Sam, the others are in the Army. Mr' and Mrs. Lester Williams of Beulaville Just received a letter irom their son, Pfc. Julius L Wil liams, in the South West Pacific, telling he was O. K., and that Bob Hope, Fjraneis Langford and other actors and actresses had just put uii a hihjw ior mem. tie and Al wnrxl H Thcrrvn i,.," " Kr all toSime Z Two more sons of Mr, Williams if,, 'Mice. Pvt. Llnwood O, wmiams is at camp Shelby, Miss., ""4 UVVI11 IV. VV1111HXI1B Ifl fiT I "nrvm I Rioni pi-: - i KILLED IN ACTION Pfc. Woodrow Weeks Ann if ln and Mrs. G. L. Weeks, of Rt. 1 Faison, was killed in action in France on July 25, the war de partment has notified his parents He Was inducted intn tho i January. 1941. and wan sont ooa iaai reDruary. surviving are n 1 ' . T-, , ' " " WIW ..Fraiui ana several brothers and sisters. ,- Two Duplin Boys ' Reported Wounded Monday Sept. 11th the war de partment made public the infor mation that Pfc. Kermit Futral of Rt. 2. Pink Hill, had been wounded In the - Central Pacific. He Is the son of Mrs. Ethel Fu tral. ' v.. .. At the same time the Navy De partment made known that Corp. Wm. L. Bostic, UCMC, has been wounded. His mother is Mrs. Es tella Maready of Chinquapin. .tJu D. G. ALDERMAN FIRES 4 hUOXS, KILLS PjSJGPING TOM; ONE BULLET F1EK- , CiSD HE Ait i' JURY EX ONOKATES ALOEltMAN. Holund Faison, nose Hill negro, was. killed instantly Suiiuay night about 9:30 when 1. O. Alderman of Rose H1U shot him as he was peeping into Alderman's bathroom window. , (.,;:. ti A coroner's Jury composed of VV. G. Ward, . D. Lockerman, F. J. Robinson, Ralph Matthews, A. J. Brtnson and A. M. Kiipatrlck, to gether With coroner Ralph Jones tteld an inquest Monday and re ported the following verdict. "That Roland Faison came to his death from a 38 cal. pistol bul let penetrating his bearl; said bul let was fired by the hands of U. 'derman was Justifiable in shooting Roland Faison, and we do exonor- Mr- Alderman's daughters was in bathroom taking a bath. As she was putting; on her shoes, ac cording to" reports here, she smell- wnisKey. sne went into me heR mother wa8 play. Ing a piano and told. her. Mrs. Al derman then went into the bath', room and saw a negro's face peer ing through the window. She re turned and told Alderman. As she .resumed playing the piano Mr. Al- derman went out with his pistol and on seeing the. negro clinging to the bathroom window sill, he fired a shot. The negro ran around the house an Mr Alderman flrnd three more times at him. As the negro reached the road he fell dead. Rose Hill has had a number of complaints of peeping toms and it is thought possibly Faison was the one who has been' causing the trouble. He was employed by Mur ray and Jerome.-Ills record is bad and has served two terms on the roads. - WARSAW SOLDItk WINS DECORATION For pxrmnlarv i-onriurl bat, Pvt. Dan Jenkins of Warsaw has been presented t:; Army's newest award for infantrymen, the Combat Infantryman Badge. OU V t UV1 UCt , UlJSUi9CU fll all Clip tical silver wreath. . Pvt. Jenkins is tiio son 01 Airs, Bessie Cavenauch 01 Vvarsaw. He ... i siarted his tour ot overseas service, I ...V.V. Iviile campaign. mr.i cm m CD cirUTC LOCAL SOLDIER FIGHTS ,K, ,..lv i.htlj IN ITALY WITH VETERAN INFANTRY Pfc. Osborne G. Blizzard, Rifle- ?!??' .HB. .r.fM along the Arno River in Italy with ' the 133rd Infantry Regiment that' has been a nightmare to battered German troops throughout the1 Fifth Army's Italian campaign. The 133 Infantry Regiment of the 34th "Red Bull" Division has ipuea up more nours in actual com- fa many -American divisions haVC overseaf- iim rni mm i piled up more hours in actual com- fflMunuuH ovluick. GETS PROMOTION William K. Kelley. son of Rev, George M. Kelley ot Magnolia, re- ceived his silver aerial gunner's wuiko anu wb uiwiwwu ",cilough with his famuy in Warsaw. grade of Corporal when he comple-. , ted the flexible gunnery course v , - , , for radio men at the Yuma Army Pender Commissioners Air Field recently. - Prior to his .1. . training in flexible gunnery, Cpl. Want DaviS Continued rwot Manhanua xipUaai at Scott Field, Illinois. He is a graduate of Magnolia High School.4 WARSAW BOYS WOUNDED Pvt. Jerry C. Jenkins of War saw has been reported wounded in action. He is the son of Mrs. Bessie V. Cavenaugh. John Barnette of Warsaw, Rt. 2, received a telegram Sept. 10th stating that his son, SISgt David W. Barnette, was wounded in France on August 27th. This Is the second time he has been woun ded since going overseas. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER ing Rose Hill Local Mechanic Believes In Clean Money Ralph Brown, local garage operator, recently sent his greasy overalls to the wash woman. A few days later, while wearing the cleaned overalls he ran his band Into a pocket and felt something sticking to the side of the side of the pocket. v Turning the pocket out he dlscoveder a dollar bill neatly stuck to the cloth. The bill as well as the overalls was nice and clean and undamaged. OPA ESTABLISHES SECRET SERVICE Washington, The Office of Price Administration disclosed last week that it has set up a special division, similar to the Se cret Service, to cope with ration stamp counterfeiters and distribu tors. Creation of the new branch was made known in connection with a report of the arrest in New York city last week of four alleged counterfeiters and the seizure of a press and equipment ready to prmt 5.000.000 illegal gasoline coupons. These coupons, OPA said, would have been good for almost 25,000,- 000 gallons of gasoline and worth $3,500,000 on the black market. Special agents attached to the new branch have been authorized to make arrests, a power not gran ted any other OPA investigators. The Secret Service and other investigative agencies of the Trea sury department are aiding the new OPA branch, which is headed bV Robert R. Ehrlich. OPA chief investigator. TRANSFERRED Sgt. Page Johnson, son of Mrs. C. L. Johnson, has notified his family that he has been transfer red from Iceland to England. His brother Sgt. J. P. Johnson is on Guadalcanal. Captain R. C. Wells Going j To U. of Michigan -., ttnluri C fo for thf , Vyhichita Falls, Texas,- arrived lj0me sunuay enroule to tne Lni- Lm nf Michigan at Ann Arbor. Mien., where ne will take two! VISITS HOME James Miller, son of Mr. and ivirs. i vi is jwiiier ui iuusuu . . . ...... t Tnl.nAM PUn iq hm on lpave rie recently uuuun m mc i'uiui Uian ana Italian campaigns. While overseas he was in a wreck and sunered a crushed rignt hip. WARSAW BOYS PROMOTED Bill Carroll, son of Mrs. C. F, Carroll, way promoted recently to i wnnrai CarroU has been in service for ttDOut two years and1 v..,,, gprved more than, a year ini the Alutians'. He has been trans ferred to Alaska. Henry Farrior, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Farrior, was also r& cently promoted to Corporal. Cpl. Farrior is now somewhere in itaiy. ;.. .. -.- -. Home On Furlough Pfe Mnrmon Barr. of CamD Murphey, Fla, is home on fur- The Pender county board of commissioners meeting last week Passed a resolution . asking the war department to continue Camp Da- vis as a permanent military instal lation. They wired their wisnes to Rep. Graham A. Bard en. Camp Da vis is scheduled to close in a few days. , MEETING SET FOR RONES CHAPEL All members and friends of the Rones Chapel Methodist, church tire urireA to attend a snecial meeting Friday evening at 8:30 reepi 15th 1944 PRICE CONTROL STILL ONWW GOODS Many Items .Taken Off Rationing JLUt ? '-. Removal of several processed 'ioods from rationing September 17 does not mean that these items will be removed from price con trol, Theodore S. Johnson, district director of the Raleigb omce of j. nee administration has announc ed. ' Maximum jirice regulations af fect all the items to be removed iiora rationing, anl axe not likely te be lifted soon, he emphasized. Processed loods to be removed irom rationing include jams . and jellies, fruit butters and the fol lowing canned vegetables and re lated products: asparagus, fresh lima beans, corn, peas, pumpkin, squash, mixed vegetables, baked beans, tomato sauce, tomato paste or puree, soups and baby foods. Commenting on the action, Mr. Johnson said; "1'ho decision to take tnese foods olT rationing was a decision of the war food admin ibuauon which has the responsi bility ol determining when there tire adequate supplies of food to allow removal irom rationing, ifiu action nas been taken quicK ly and tnere niuiy be some incon venience to the trade and the con turner at first; Dut we are doing everything we can to see that this move u put into ett'ect in as or ueriy a manner as (possible." KENANSVULE SENDS 54 BOYS TO BRAGG INDUCTION The following whit men left KenansvUle at 7:30 Sept, 13, for Induction at Ft Bragg: Emory Stewart Quinn x William Earnest Thompson Jonah Swinson Brantley Kennedy Edmund Thomas Carter James .William Batts Robert Allen Andrews Durwood-ejjford Futreli Howard Bostic. . ' Chester Junior Houston John Lewis O'Quinn Liston Brown William Edgar Simmons Edward Bryan Hatcher H. G. Lanier Norwood William Cavanaugh Kenneth Staurt Lanier i'ranklin Melton a Willard Wilson Jones Warren Woodrow Henderson Allen Kennedy ' Norwood Charles Harrell Norman Earl Rich Elbert Groce Kennedy Rashie Wells Sanderson George Ward Batcnelor Morris Mobley f 1 James Agustus Gladson, Jr., Lloyd Mnton .Whaley Linwoo Edmondson Jones Lester Tue Baker Raleigh Washington Sholar Albert Alson Dail Robert William Craft, Jr., Algie Kay Baysden Cluiord James Williams WiUiam Earl Cottle. William Thomas Herring Rivers Baker O p vvarren urianao Aioerisun John Franklin Wells William Riley Brown Allen Sherwood Futreli Cleveland Turner Warren Edwards Howard iiorne Carlis Liston Hanchey, Jr Lunmer Wilbur Hatcher Arthur Campbell Williams David Waiter Carter Kifton Milo Raynor Ralph Deleon Memtt. Jr., and Alec English. . Wilmington Minister To Preach Here Sunday FRONT ... Rev. J. F. Warren of Wilming ton, former Das tor of the rirst Baptist Church ot New Bern, will preach at 11:15 o'clock, next sun- day morning sept, xi, at tne xve nansville Baptist Church, The public is cordially invited. Dotson Leaving Grady For South Carolina J. H. Dotson. North Carolina Master Teacher, and for the past several years agricultural teacher at the B. r . urady scnooi nas re signed to accept a position , in South Carolina. He will move his family to Mar ion, S. C where he will begin work with Cv T. Sloan of that town, native of Chinquapin in this county. Mr. Sloan has one of the lareest livestock farms in south Carolina and. Mr. Dotson will be in charge of the farm. for the inspection of plans drawn for the church. A call meeting of the stewards of the church will be held at 9 p m., according to the pastor, Rev, ' W. E. Howasd. No. 37 4t II;..: :.::;?5fcs::;:; vt;;:-.-t ':'ii:SSi pIliBiiiiap : SGT. BOM ALTEON Sgt Rom Alphln, Paratrooper In Invasion of Normandy; Wounded In Ankle; Now Recuperating. fipraennt Rom Alphin, 23, Of Beulaville, ah infantry paratrooper has been awarded tne rurpi at a U. S. Army hospital in Eng land for a bullet wound he sus tained in the Normandy campaign. Alphin, shot through the left ankle by a German sniper re cuperating. , . - He was in innce iw a week before he became a casual--' ty, but he and his squaa oi xx maae uicir Parachuting into Normandy in the early hours of D-Day. thay re mained in hiding until daylight. Their first mission was a Ger man ordnance shop in a small vil lage. The paratroopers swept in, firing all sorts of weapons, and cleared out the Germans and their equipment in a matter of minutes, losing only two of their men in the process. Later that aasoe day, a German motor convoy, including a number of prime movers towing "88" field pieces, was destroyed. Bazookas and grenades set the first two trucks afire, and forced the Germans to flee from the others. The trucks, loaded with ammunition, blew up and their , crews,' numbering about 70 men, met the paratroopers concentra ted fire when they attempted to escape, leaving 40 of their number dead. The remainder took refuge in a house. "' 1 AlDhin. who besides taking part in the action also had bagged stray sniper with four carbine shots, led a detail In setting th house on fire. The paratroopers ranged themselves around the house and shot down the Germans as they came out "Every time a head popped up, it was met by at least 30 shots," Alphin said. Finally, those left inside the house signified their desire to sur render, and the paratroopers per mitted them to ooms out and give ,, up Later the detachment was called upon to assist in the drive on Car entan. In the suburbs of th town, machine-gun fire pinned down the advance elements including the paratroopers, and a sniper in a tree clipped Alphin with a machine pistol bullet. He crawled to safety through 300 'yard ot terrain ex posed to machine-gun fire, until he reached medics who carried him to an aid station. Officially, Alphin was a mortar sergeant but the unit lost Its mortars on the second day, and n mmhit natrol ser- 11C UCVBUM. . geant. - ' .. .. Alnhln's wife, Mrs. Lura Alphin 4 lives in Beulaville. , WARSAW TO HAVE RAT ERADICATION PROGRAM a tt -EVxHnaHnn Proeram will be conducted in Warsaw during the week of September 18 under the sponsorship of th Warsaw Rotary Club and the Duplin Count Health Department Mr. Hlnten, sanitary engineer from the State Board of Health, win supervise u nrnrram. ' Since typhus fever (sporadic farm) is unread bv the rat flea, a rat killing program will help pro tect the health of Warsaw citizens as regards this disease. Although there has been no report of typhus fever in Warsaw m recent months. there are scattered cases tnrougn out eastern North Carolina, es pecially in Wilson and Wilmington. Another good reason for getting rid of rats is to prevent the de struction caused by them. It has Kbeen estimated that a at will eat $2 dollars worth of food a year and damage $20 worth in addition, $22 a year per rat when we con sider the number oi rats present, would amount to a large sum oi money wasted unless we eliminate the rat population. " Along with the rat wiling r gram there should be a syst. tic clean-up of all garbage and ( ' r refuse so as to prevent a nu mil age and feding place tor rats. Now that schools ar giva pupils no" t i of efliicai'on, ve t -- younsT r ' very i lit s t