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VOLUME 13
Zansnibar Sunday F25tlifls;:r;;vi
Lied Cross Sunday T Dupliri Goiinl
Chnirmaai Ulrica plans to close
Campaign lor - f 18,500 by -March
10th; All Community
Chairmen not yet named.,:.
Chairman G. H. Ulrlch of. the
Red Cross 1945 Drive is urging
everyone to get aet lor an all ,
out" effort In the drive for $13,-:
500.00, Duplin's quota. Sunday
February 25th has been designated
as Red Cross Sunday and Chair-":
man Ulrich says he wants to see
every canvasser in every school
district on the Job that day. He
is calling, on allhurches to lend
their ei3 that day. He says, "I
want the teams all districts In
the County, go full steam ahead
with the campaign that Sunday
afternoon, shooting at the goal of
a completed campaign by March
10th.? . . ,
Community' chairmen for' all
communities have not been secured
: at yet Wayne . Jordan willy lead
the drive in Warsaw, he annaun
ces, and Rodolph Harper will take
over part of the B. F. Grady, dis
trict. , ...r.
All. -ministers in-' the County
will receive a letter from Mr. Ul
rich. next week asking their co
operation. - ; ;. ;:; -; , .,
CrC - Tornado Toll -'
- "The death toll remained at 43
- Tuesday evening In the wake of
tornadic winds which struck Miss-
, lsslppi and Alabama late Monday.
Officials estimated the property
' damage at- more than a million
dollars, , which destroyed at least
300 homes in Montgomery and
leveled sections of rural commun
ities near Meridan, Miss., and at
- JLlvingston and York -in Sumter
. county, Ala. ' s :
Hospitals and clinics in the af
- fee ted area has released many of
the storm victims after emergen
." treatment. Red Cross staff said
i 'oxlmately 500 persons were
wh V: ed. "d blood plasma rushed
Atlanta waa credited with
V-fg of Uvea. .-. .- - -
f Wah Beuloyilltt Boys
. .rvmg wnue ram
St -.Larry Bostic, gunner with
the U. S. Air Corps, has written
home about a recent exciting ex
perience. - His plane was badly
damaged SO miles behind enemy
. " lines but was able to drift and
5 land in Belgium, allied territory,
where the crew remained from
- Saturday until Thursday, being
well cared for by the natives.
.. His brother, Fitzgerald, of the
Navy, is at Guadalcanal while the
other brother, Richard, of the
Army, is still in Italy where he
.. has been serving about 26 months.
Pvt Lloyd Milton Whaley, who
was stationed at Ft, Meade, Md.,
, has now beer sent overseas.
... .'"''
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Miller has
recently received word that their
son, Grover, has been killed in ac-
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NOTICE TO FEDERAL
1
J- : WHEN AND WHERE TO FOBi, v , v v :,k
Tour income tax retyrn for the calendar year of 1944 must
' be filed not later than March 15. 1945, with the Collector of '
:.' Internal Revenue for the district in which you live or have
; your principal business. .' ,. Vi."4 ZL
; NOTICE! While most taxpayers will be able to prepare :
-r their returns themselves, a Deputy Collector of Internal Reve-(
nue will be at the following places and dates: , " ,;'
' ( t Wallace Ftost office, Feb. J9,
Court House in Kenansville,
. ; ' ; Warsaw City Hall, Feb. 26, March L and 2nd. ',L '- '
" J Roseboro, Post office, March 5, and 6th." '''J . ; ' , v-
; ; Clinton, 110 Fayetteville SWFeb. 24, March 3, 1, and 15th.
' to give any advice or assistance needed. , (No charge will be f H
.made for this service. ('Vy: p .4-t":
TAy-AS-YOU-OO' p:p'' " v; ' t. -PP
' Most taxpayers have already made substantial jiayments on '
" their 1944 Federal tax through withholding from thei? Wages
or direct payments to the Collector, BUT, NEVERTHELESS, 1
"ALL TAXPAYERS MUST FILE ANNUAL RETURNS ON -.
OR BEFORE MARCH 15, 1945, AS PROVIDED BY LAW.-' v' "
I HO MUST FILE '': . J- : iP..r:i:1i
Any person whose total income la 1944 was $500 or .more .
' - ,. - . - - : ,v tU i-,i0
U 1 c Ar your Withholding;
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Notes From
The County
Agent's
Office
.J,AV .iminiB.
,AW01LSfS?SlinriAn
J. L Weeks, Veterinarian,
be at Early Boney s farm, on
.Monday -February 19th at nine
9 cloCk to ?.at y?1
for any ailment they may have,
and to vaccinate tnem ror steep
ing sickness and tetanus. He will
have with him a man to trim feet
and do shoeing. r ,
Dr. Weeks will be at Chinqua
pin on Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock. So "Care for your animals
now and Save Time Later." ,
N O. SOILS NEED FORE LIME
Estimates from the U.-S. De
partment of Agriculture are that
North Carolina soils need about S
times as much lime as they are
now receiving, according to Lewis
W.-' Outlaw, Chairman or uupun
County AAA Committee. ;
Mr. Outlaw noted a report com
piled by the N. C. Department of
Agriculture that revealed that N.
C farmers use more fertilizer each
year than any other state in the
Nation. The report snowed tnai
expenditures for fertilizers is near
60 times that for lime.
It was' pointed out in the opin
ion of the associate agronomist of
the Department Dr. J. F. Reed,
"The fertilizer that the farmers
buy would often be more effective
if applied on land that has-been
properly limed. , - , .
Dr. Reed has given credit to the
AAA for the increased use of
lime in the state from 15 pounds
per acre in 1935 to 140 pounds in
1940. "Many fanners -have come
to see the value of lime through
this program, and there are many
cases where lime pays dividends
far above the cost .of the lime it
self," Dr. Reed stated.-
Ground limestone Is one of the
materials that is Deing furnished
through the 1945 AAA Program
to restore and conserve the fertil
ity of the soil, and all farmers de
siring limestone for use at any
time during the year are urged to
place their orders at the Duplin
County AAA office at the earliest
possible 'date. .,- , f 4 :r
ANNOUNCE 8TJPPORT-'
PRICE FOR SPUDS
The War Food Administration
has announced hte 1945 price sup
port of $2.30 per hundred weight
for U. S.No. 1 early Irish potatoes
produced in 17 North Carolina
counties, including Duplin County.
This price relates to carloads of
U. S. No. 1 grade potatoes pack
ed in new or thoroughly renova
ted bags and loaded on board a
through-carrier ait country ship
ping points. There are appropriate
differentials for potatoes grading
not legg than U. S. commercial
INCOME TAXPAYERS
and 20.
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Feb 21, 22, and 23rd.
Receipt or Form 1040.
ANS VILLE,
NORTH
MAGNOLIA MAN
RECEIVES PURPLE HEART
Sgt Q. Elbert Miller Tells of Ac
; Hon; Shot by Nazi Sniper
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; Shot by a sniper while clearing
the town of Julich, Germany,. Sgt.
G. Elbert Miller of Magnolia, is re
cuperating at an Army general
hospital in England.
- His ward surgeon reported that
Sgt. Miller Is rapidly recovering
from his wounds.
: "Our unit was cleaning out a
village street by street and house
b? house,". Sgt. Miller said. "The
Jerries knew how to hold a town
and had machine guns and snipers
at every corner. We progressed
slowly, machine gunning, throwing
grenades, staying in places a few
minutes then hopping to the next
one. It was almost like playing a
fame a deadly game. Just before
was hif we had cleared a house
and a sniper got me as I was enter
ing the doorway,
Sgt. Miller was evacuated to a
field hospital, 'to Paris, and finally
flown to England. He had been
awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge and recently received the
Purple Heart. ; , , u
Before entering the Army at Ft.
Braee. he drove a tractor for the
Wells-Oates Lumber Co.. here in
Kenansville. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Miller live in Magno-
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Warsaw Sgt. German .
Prisoner; Was Reported
Missing In Action ,
TSgt. James F. Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller, of War
saw is now reported as a prisoner
of War in Germany. Mr. and Mrs.
Miller received a telegram t eb. 13
from the War Department notify
ing them' that their son, who was
first reported missing in action
over Austria on, Dec. 7, 1944, is
now a prisoner of War in Ger
many.
Sgt Miller was with the Army
Air Corps, serving as a gunner on
a B-17 in Italy and had flown
about 5 missions when last heard
from.. No direct word has come
from Sgt. Miller since early in
December. On Dec. 23, the War
Dept. .announced him as missing. .
I OPEN FORUM r
H N. C. State College, '
. Box 3389
Raleigh, N. C.
Editor Of The Duplin" Times v
Kenansville, N. CT ' ? ' .' ,
Dear Sir: I '
I have read the poem, 'The
Passing of The Pot,, printed in
the January . 12 issue of . the Du
plin Times, and again in a more
recent issue. Personally I think
you 1 are harming yourself and
your paper by printing such vul
gar 'i"xaes&". . Maybe you don't
think that I am capable of criti
zing this poem, but on what stan
dard are those people; who re
quested for lt to be printed again T
The library here at State Col
lege suscribes to- many of the
leading . state papers, and I see
that the Duplin Times is not one
or uiem. , ? x-, -. a;. ..
Maybe you will print this let
ter in your Daoer. - t (
i 1. Sincerely yours,
' tehi Angus W. Mercer. J
Potters Hill Man Returns
From The Pacific "
Coy Turner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Zeb Turner of Potters Hill,
is at home alter receiving his dis
charge from the Army on Jan,
25th. He entered service Septem
ber 10, 1941, and has seen service
in Hawaii, Gilbert Islands, Saipan.
and New Hebrides. He was in the
bloody invasion of .Saipan. He
was given a medical discharge for
arthritis. " . .
grade containing at least 80 per
cent U. S. No. 1 quality and for
I potatoes packod In loss desirable
! 1 "i. Di l'U5 price sur"ort for
CAROLINA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16th., 1945
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, IX THE 194S
LEGISLATURE
: (Editor's note: We have asked
Representative C. E. Quinn to
prepare a column for the Times
each week during the 1945 session
of the legislature. Mr. Quinn, al
though very busy, has kindly con
sented to do so. In his column he
wyi deal especially with every bill
that affects Duplin County, Below
is the sirth of the series.:
The sixth week of the Legisla
ture is now in progress. Five
weeks have passed, and the record
of the present session at the pres
ent time is , behind schedule as
compared to the 1943 session. To
date about 350 House and Senate
bills have been introduced, where
on the same date during the 1943
session over 500 bills had been in
troduced. However, the number of
bills introduced does not always
indicate the amount of work done
or amount of. good accomplished.
Some important legislation has al
ready been .enacted into law and
most of the tnore important bills
are in consideration and are well
on the way to final action. There
are a number of bills that are
State-wide . under consideration.
They are such measures as: Insu
rance revision; consideration of
measures for roads program, in
cluding measures for. setting aside
a substantial amount 01 money lor
the betterment of secondary roads.
Joint Resolutions were introdu
ced last week in both the House
and Senate: declaring the policy
of the State, as to the fixing' of
salaries scale for and the payment
of salaries of miblic school teach
ers- and principals. These resolu
tions were signed, Dy 01 memoers
Of the House and 14 memoers 01
the Senate, declaring the fixing of
hPRP schedules' is an . administra
tive rather than ft legislative func
tion, and that the appropriation
should be sufficient to enable the
State Board of Education to fix
a schedule for teachers ranging
from $1,125 for holders of A grade
certificates, with no experience, to
$1,800 for A grada teachers having
9 years' or experience. .
Rills were introduced during the
week to establish two Institutions,
one for the care 01 ieeDie-minueu
negro children and the other for
the care of spatic children, of
whom there are 1000 or more in
the State. -A
bill was introduced to reorga
nize the management 01 ine
i..o T0titntinns for 4he care
of the insane. Another bill would
make far-reaching changes in the
' method of commitments and dis-
1 i rit nersnns suffering With
mental disorders and providing
i" nitmnt for observation.
iur twiuuiw"-"- - . 1 1
A ' Joint resolution was received I
recognizing tne cumu " .
Training School at Kinston for a
'building program as soon as con
ditions will permu.
tjiiib ri under consideration
..,iH make tiehter the pro-
vprrlnatine children
for smallpox and diptheria and re
quire their immunization against
whooping cougu.
A bill was received to appropn
. 7i nno for assistance to coun-
nmiHHe modern sanitary
UC3 w uiw..- .
r.iistioo onH water SUDDlieS for
the schools and require rigid in-,
.no.tinn of nchools. . A resolution
was received that would appoint
a commission to make a study of
sanitary conditions and other as- ,
pects and making inspection tours,
of the State's penal institutions
and report to the" 1947 General
Assembly. .-;
Turn WHb makine divorce pro
ceedings in the State less difficult
were killed. Anomer aivorce u
was received that would aiiow a
divorce on the grounds of insan
ity and which is incurable after
ten years. The Church folks and
many others over the State are
bitterly opposed to the enaction of
any laws that will make divorces
more easily obtained.
House Bill No. 55, to remove
the requirement of taking private
examinations of married women
as to their execution of deeds,
deeds of trust, and other instru
ments was ratified last weex.
Numerous local bills have been
introduced by representatives and
Senators from various counties
nd among these are bills reques
ted by the Towns ot waiiace, ai
son, Warsaw, Rose Hill, and Chin
quapin. The Chinquapin bill has
not been- introduced as yet but
will be early this week. The Rep
resentative and Senators have
each , received a petition for the
Chinquapin bill and the governing
boards of the other towns men
tioned, by unanimous vote of their
boards," requested the , local legis
lation for their towns. AH such
bills were referred by the Speaker
of the House and President of the
Senate to the Committee on Fi
nance and the Chairmen advise
that they-will consider them al
together soon. , "
There is no certainty now as to
Just what date adjournment may
be, but it is generally believed
that it will be between the 5th and
9th of March. Adjournment of
course depends upon just how
many long fights may develop on
the floor of the House and Senate
"1 c"'- ' i! n of t major
You May Now Send Messages To
I Released Prisoners 0f War
InlfThe Phillipine Islands
l MOMAN H. BARK.
: Pfc. Momom Barr, of Warsaw,
who has been with the Army
Quartermaster Corps in England
for several months, but is now
probably in France. At the time
of induction last April he was em
ployed with A. Brooks, in War
saw. . '
Gets Distinguished
Unit Badge
' With 15th AAF in Italy. Sgt.
David J. Hubbard, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. David J. Hubbard, Sr.,
Warsaw, is authorized to wear
the Distinguished Unit Badge
as a member Of a 15th AAF B-24
Liberator group which has been
cited for outstanding performance
of duty. Sgt. Hubbard is a radio
maintenance mechanic. Prior to
his entry into the USAAF in
August, 1942, he was employed by
A. J. Jenkins, contractor, War
saw. DUPLIN GOES OVER TOP
IN POLIO DRIVE
- Dr. H. W: Colwell -of Wallace,
Chairman of the 1945 Infantile
Paralysis Drive, announces that
Duplin County is over the top in
its drive ror$z,Udi Dy aooui zuu
with reports incomplete from sev
eral communiies. He predicts a
final count of approximately
$2500.
N. G. Hog Price Hits Top
Of $14.55 At Two Marts
For the first time in more than
a year tne nveweignj price 01
farmer-to-dealer hogs reached the
ceiling in North Carolina this
week with 180-270 pound weights
of choice stock bringing $14.55.
State Agriculture Department
Bays the price upswing followed a
production decline.
The North Carolina top was
reached in Kinston and Fayette
ville. 1
Duplin Couple Gets Their First
Letter From Son; War Prisoner
In Germany since last 'October;
Letters written ' hi uerman
hospital last November.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Whitfield
last week received the first letters
from their son, Pvt Ralph Whit
field, since he was reported miss
ing in action October 15, 1944.
Albert is now a prisoner 01 war
in Germany where he told his pa
rents he was captured on October
13. He was wounded just Deiore
his capture and was in a hospital
in Germany . when he wrote the
letters. The letters were dated No
vember 20, 1944 and Decembr 18,
1944.
The letters: v "
"Dear Mother and Father: How
Is everybody around home these
days? Fine I hope. I don't know
when -or what the first message
was you received, .but I hope you
didn't worry much.
I was captured October 13, but
was wounded before I was captur
ed. .Three bullets went through my
left arm, two above and one below
the elbow, breaking lt below the
the elbow. I am in Germany in a
hospital and getting along fine.
My arm will be out of the cast in
two or three weeks. '
' The food is not of the best, but
there's plenty of it, and that :'s
what counts. Tell J. G. to go squir
rel hunting and kill a few.
So long and don't "worry.
v Your son, Ralph."
i'Dear Folks: How is everybody
these cold December days? I Bin
getting along as fine as could be
expected.
My arm is out of the cast and
is O. K. Seven more days until
Christmas and I guesn you will be
pretty busy these seven.
It will be some time after
Christmas before you get this, r.o
I hope you had a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
Well Dad, send me that hog you
said you would give me when I
got married. I think it will do me
more good now than later. '
Well, I guess I'll close for now,
but don't worry.
1 Your son, Ralph."
Kenansville Soldier
Promoted To 1st Lt.
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Hqs. 10th Air Force in Burma
Promotion to First Lieutenant
of Carlton B. Dobson, 26, son of
C. D. Dobson of Kenansville, has
been announced by Maj. Gen.
Howard C. Davidson, Commanding
General, Tenth Air Force.
Dobson, a pilot for the "Fight
ing Crows'," a P-47 squadron of
the Tenth Air Force that oper
ates against the Japs in the India
Burma theater. Lt Dobson holds
the Air Medal. He has been in the
armed forces over three years,
having spnt 10 months in this
theater of operations.
Lt. Dobson is a graduate of Ke
I nansville High School, and former
I ly was employed by the Davey
Tree Expert Co., of Kent, Ohio.
Duplin Soldier Receives
Year's Supply Of Times
Frank Coston of near Warsaw
recently wrote that he received
51 copies of the Duplin Times in
one mail. Short of to of being
a year's supply. Pvt. Coston !s
now in the Pelelieu Islands in the
Pacific recuperating from wounds
received in action. He says he is
reading every word in each paper,
beginning with the oldest copy.
15-YEAR-OLD DUPLIN
BOY IS POLIO VICTIM
Another Duplin County case of
infantile paralysis, the second to
be diagnosed in Kinston since the
epidemic broke last summer, was
BETTER BE MUM
OR EVEN DUMB
THAN TALK TOO MUC H
AND LOSE A CHUM I
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No. 7
Local Red. Cross Receives Tele
gram From War Department;
Kxplalns How Messages May
Be Sent
A telegram was received last
week from National Headquarters
by the Duplin County Chapter of
the American Red Cross stating
that messages may be sent to
newly liberated American prison
ers of war in the Philippines, said
Mrs. N. B. Boney, executive sec
retary -of the Duplin chapter;
A press release regarding newly
liberated prisoners is causing Red
Cross chapters to seek confirming
information she said. The War De
partment confirms that families
of these men may send a 25 word
message to them via army press
wireless. Only one message from
immediate members of the family
will be allowed, according to the
telegram.
Families should address such
messages to the nludant rnnoral
attention Casualty Branch, Room
S050 Munitions Building Wash
ington, D. C. Messages should con
tain liberated prisoners name and
serial number. If addressed to
civilian internee substitute "civil
ian internee' for serial number.
Persons released by the enemy are
routinely interviewed by military
intelligence officers to obtain any
information about persons known
or thought to be in enemy hands,
it was stated.
Any information obtained is
transmitted by military authori
ties to families concerned.
American Red Cross representa
tives at Luzon have advised that
regular mail for released Ameri
can and Allied civilians should be
addressed by writers as follows:
Name of individual, American Red
Cross, Civilian War Relief Sect
Ion. APO 442. CIO P. O San EVan.
Cisco, Calif. Every effort will be
made by Red Cross representa
tives to deliver such mail, said
Mrs. Boncy.
Not Close Wednesdays
Kinston, Feb. 12 Local merch
ants will not be permitted to start
their weekly half-holidays before
the customary starting date in
April, Chairman George Skinner
of the Merchants' Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce report -ed
today, following receipt of a
ruling from the Regional Wage
Stabilization Board in Atlanta, Ga.
Regional Chairman R. T. Se
erest stated in a telegram to Skin
ner Saturday that the closing,
which was scheduled to start Feb.
M, would not be legal until .the
usual starting period in April. I
The merchants had planned to
advance the weekly half-holidays
from April to February 14, in the
interest of conservation of fuel,
and continue them until the to
bacco market opens next summer.
reported there after the victim had
been removed to Charlotte for
special treatment under Dr. Gaul
at the Charlotte Memorial Hospi
tal. . j
The paralysis victim was Roland
Miller, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Miller of Beulaville, and
one of five children, including a
brother who has been reported
killed in action overseas.