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KE fl A N SVUIE. NORTH CAPHIinft f,. ....... r. rr.:DAYAr:vr m: -vi::aY r::vs aiialy: T112 curt::. tl"s PubhJied each Friday In , Duplin County. . . . , FdltortaJ Metaseae u s4atJng Heart. KewaaevUle, N. 0 . ' I. ROBERT GRY, EDITOR OWNER, Entered at the Pot Office. Kenansvilla N. C as second clan mall matter TILIPHONIt . -Benaasvule Warsaw - t;- tl-T " Vv:V', . 89-f SUBSCRIVTION RATES: $8.80 per year 1b Duplin County; $2.50 per year outalde Duplin Ooantyt In North Carolina; ' W.00 per year outalde North Carolina, except to MEN JS 8KRVICE, ANYWHERE, $2.90 per year. AdvertUtng rate faraiahed ea reejaeet, A Democratic Journal devoted to the material, educational economic and agricultural interest! of Duplin Ceunty. ' l YOUTH AND CRIME Every hour, in the United SUtes, there are 90 larcenies, 31 burglaries, 23 automobiles stolen uii" iive roDoenes. Those flinirps crime from the- ' latest report of the m on crime in America and are based on sta usLics from communities of 25,000 population and upward. The report reveals that the youth of the land continue to play a predominant part in the crimes against- property. Forty-one per cent of all persons arrested for robberies, burglaries, larceny, au to thefts, embezzlement, fraud, forgery, counterfeiting, receiving stolen property and arson, are under twenty-one years of- age. These figures deserve the ser ious consideration of Americans. -Certainly, the high percentage of crimes committed by persons un der twenty-one emphasize the ne cessity for well-ordered plans to Eive Ereater attention to the de velopment and training of young people. Every town and city should become more solicitous in its pro- visions for the needs of its young people. THE HONOR OF THE FAMILY It's a large world and there are many types of people to make up the noDulation of the globe. For oddity we would call attention to Maybe Yon Know ; A RED CROSS FIELD DIRECTOR IK NEW ItflUMiO ARRANGED TO INSTALL BASKETBALL RINGS AND NETS IN THE HOLDS OF SEVERAL LSTs. WHEN THE SHIPS WERE FREE OF CARGO THERE WAd AnrLfc faWIt jKHLfc aimaiMaaaBaK iv II 't . I ' 'w - . x. IN 4t DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, ONE RED 7t aS?A XtSs CROSS CLU8MOBILE UNIT IN ITALY SERVED AL 1 'rllYf "tzZtT 106.653 OOUGHNUTS TO YANK SOLDIERS- ''?- Y?A1 'SBk ON THE ROCKY ITALIAN SLOPES, THE k A V'Jl C2 f J"W SAME DONKEYS THAT CARRIED SxH V'JS V AMMUNITION OFTEN HAD BOXES S iiv n5 I OF DOUGHNUTS TIED ON TXVCiJ Tl ,4JHEIR PACKS KiAktX. -s . f-J?aC Auction Sale Eye ry T hu rsday Wallace Livestock Yarlls Wall Shopping Headquarters 'ZS' ItjO T5TI 1 fl r 'r: -'-ir!G7C:3VfC; vTwln C aroJtno v&l r ' 0 .... m . . CMBBBffVn. IV. C, COUftbr at of the father in Indiana who killed his son because he thought - the youth had disgraced the family name. , The youngster, .;' it seems, had been discharged twice by the mer- chant marine for o vers ta vine his leave, ine nuaaie-agea parent con sidered this a reflection on the family honor and shot the son, in flicting a mortal wound. How many families are there to day which give three hoots about the family honor, especially if it cost them some money to uphold it. How many families are there to become disgraced over - the shame that often accompanies the disreputable conduct of a member of the group? Leaving the family alone, let's consider individuals. How many do . you know, including yourself, are 1. - iA ....... 1.. ' reauy iu iiiuko ueiintie una tusuj sacrifice for the sake of honor, as it may be understood by an indi vidual? How many children, grow ing up in this community, are, taught that the honorable course is the only proper course in life, i regardless of financial or other i results? fnurju HEARING REVOLUTION BAOIOMCKIJUUNOAID $40 Warsaw Drug Co, V COMPLETE " .Model A 2-A & RED CROSS NURSE RECRUITMENT AGENCY .REPORTS APPROXIMATaY OF THE NATIONS 00 ELIGIBLE NURSES 'E VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE IN rIE ARMED FORCES ace 7 For Duplin County i ffi!la.37 AltieCtb ForecasVCut in Haleaxd bjr Western. i (editors notei w iium r. WMtora N.wip.per Uatea'o mil ajjfv . . Indicatlta of high cost of taking Iw Jlma la this marine graveyard an the Island, with row upon row of llttla white oroases. Approximately 4,000 Americani were killed la the straggle. . , EUROPE: Juir Target To 60-year-old Field Marshal Al bert Kesselring went the hapless Job of assuming su preme command of German armies in the west as U. S: and BriUsh forces closed on thf vital Ruhr valley after having conquered the coal and iron rich Saar basin to the southwest. In picking Kessel- Kesselring ',. ring to try to bold the sagging German front in the west, Hitler chose an ardent Nazi, who gained notice through his development of strong defensive lines in ItaTy. Trusted by the Nazis to stand fast in the face of the overwhelming Allied onslaught, Kesselring succeeded Field Marshal Von Rundstedt, who was relieved 'of his command following reports that he had failed to negotiate an armistice with General Eisenhower. As Kesselring took over the Ger man command, his hard-pressed forces faced the Canadian 1st, Brit ish 2nd and U. S. 9th armies on the' western border of the Ruhr, while the U. S. 1st army built up strength for a drive to the south of the vital industrial valley from its Remagen bridgehead. Following a tremendous concerted aerial bombardment aimed at spft r.iing up the enemy's rear areas, these four Allied armies stood ready to strike to the east of the Rhine and break into the open German plains on the high road to Berlin. Farther to the south, the U. S. 3rd and 7th armies, having cleaned out the Saar, drew up against the for. ested mountain country to the east of the Rhine in this sector. Double Trouble Thus, while Kesselring had his hands full trying to hold the Allied armies off from the open northern plains, German commanders in the east experienced equal difficulty meeting the Russian onslaught over the other end of the level northern country in the east. From Stettin southward, the Reds menaced the serried defenses of Berlin While the Nazis still talked about a last ditch fight behind concrete pillboxes, bunkers,, tank traps and irrigated flat land. r ... Though massed in the greatest strength before Berlin, the Reds also exerted considerable pressure to the south, seeking to batter their way through the mountain masses in Up per Silesia to enter Czechoslovakia, 4md smashing at German defenses in western Hungary in an effort to reach Austria. - . , ... U.-S. SAVINGS: In Billions With a wartime economy restrict ing the supply of civilian goods, and income at peak levels Americans continued to pour billions of dollars Into savings, the Securities and Ex change commission reported.;' With Americans putting away nearly 23 per cent of their incomes in cash, bank deposits-and govern ment securities within "the last two and one-half years, total holdings of these assets reached 148 billion dollars at the end of 1944. ; In saving 40 billion dollars last year, 10 times as much as in 1940, Americans amassed an addition al 17 billions In cash and bank de posits; IS billions in government bonds; billions in insurance, and 900 millions in savings and loans associations. ;,; ' CITY EMPLOYEES " The 852,000 employees of the na tion's cities and towns draw a monthly payroll of $122,000,000, the International City Managers associ ation reported; . Despite the decline in number of employees, however, the total payroll has shown a steady advance during the last two years, Accompanying the general decline in number of municipal employees was a general increase in length of the regular, er normal workweek for -city tiail personnel, though much occurred in the smaller cities. TYNDALL 8W ! UlUA Grain Acreage Ne wnxptr Union : i th... ', a4 aat aaecuarUy ai tela aawapaaar.) PACIFIC: . Fear Invasion . '" " Making no bones about their tear of an invasion of their homeland, the Japanese government moved fever lahly to prepare the country tor the eventuality, while at the same time pushing efforts to organize occupied China against a' thrust from U. S. forces. ..v , . '. ; y' ;'. Her predicament underlined by the U. S's gradual advance toward the homeland, . and the destructive aerial raids on her great urban cen ters, Japan's readers called for the establishment of virtual martial law in the country, permitting expropri ation of land and demolition of buildings for defense purposes. Though high military authorities believe that Japant like Germany, will not be bombed out of the war because of the decentralization of her industry, U. S. attacks have cut into some of the enemy's pro ductive capacity, besides causing serious civilian dislocations. Al ready, almost half of Tokyo's civil ian population has been evacuated, it was said. ; Besides . Impairing the heme ' effort, such raids aa the recent- . carrier ''plane attacks en the Japs' great Inner naval base In the Inlaad.aea bounded by the - heme Islands of Honshu, Kyasha and Shlkoka serve not only te cripple the enemy fleet but else damage important repair and anchorage facilities.' ' . Although the Japs feel that any direct assault on the homeland would give them the advantage of short supply lines and-land bases from which to develop counter-measures, they are looking worriedly to the Chinese coast, where they be lieve the U. S. might, drive ashore to set up Invasion bases. , Thus, high military authorities pre sume, the enemy wQl continue -to play for' time in such outlying. bat tle zones as the Philippines and Burma to permit further develop ment of Chinese resources and additions . to the 500,000 Chinese troops reportedly fighting for them so as to be better able, to meet ah invasion of that country. t r CROP ACREAGE: , To' Drop , ' : Because of a decrease in hog numbers in,their own lots, an ex pected drop in demand tor feed grains and a switchover to crops with lower labor, requirements, farmers will put fewer acres to im portant grain in 1945, the U. a de partment of agriculture reported. ... Basing its report on farmers dec larations of intentions, the USDA said that com acreage - would be down S per cent under-1944, barley 14 per cent, and soybeans 2Vs per cent As exceptions, wheat acreage was expected to increase 4tt per cent and oats 8 per cent ( .. . .. . In addition, the USDA's reports on acreages for other crops -showed general decreases from last year, with increases forecast only- for sugar beets, flaxseed, tobacco and rice.- .. : ; ' . " ; With the weather generally favor able, finances ample and Seed and feed plentiful, chief obstacles to 1945 production lie in manpower and ma chinery shortages, the USDA de clared. Indicated acreages In dec laratloas of Intentions might be notably changed through the year, the -USDA said,-in accord ance with Influences in weather, price fluctuations, manpower, fi nances and the effect of the report itself on farmers' plans. '"V . -'; Staples Output... ' Wool production declined along ! with sheep numbers in the Unit, ed States In 1944 with produc tion, both -thorn and palled, esti- , , mated at 418,094,009 pounds eomf ; pared with 449,578,000 pounds - produced in 1943. Average local market prices la 1944 were 42.4 cents per pound, however, com- . " . pared with 41.8 cents per pound In 1943. Number ef sheep shorn - Is estimated at 9 per tent less thaa 1943 er 44.I74.OS0 bead. Dr. H. W. Cckvcll orrc-'-rT-r t ' FOOD:- 0ersev, Demwds t " The . food i situation continued to. occupy the country's-attention, with the conviction growing that Ameri cans will have to' give their belts a lorig pull inward to help feed dis tressed" civilinns In'libera'ted coun tries. ; y.ji '. ,i V t- But if the 'to d situation took the spotlight in tr U S., it also aroused interest In , Britain, where Prime Minlsti-r ChurcVill, told the house fif commons that the country only had less than 8 million tons of food in re serve Instead of the 700 million sug gested by some quarters in America. Some of it was being used td feed needy Europeans, he said. -', Following President Roosevelt's' statement hat it was only decent tor Americans to share soma .of their . food supplies with hungry Europeans, and reports that the. a 4 M ... H army s- snare ox meat woum uo in creased 4 per cent during the next three months to help feed people in the war tones while U. S. civilians' would be slashed 13 per cent, it was announced that the United Natlona Relief and Rehabilitation adminis tration (UNRRA) would require j about 800 million ' pounds 'of food . from this country during April, May and .June." : 'v.-i- v'.' ; Food other than' me'St composes UNRRA's largest', claim, on U. S. stocks, with calls for meat amount- , ine to 1 out ot every 350 pounds of. the nation's civilian supply, it was , said. Deliveries of grain, flour and other cereal products top the list with meat and fat and then beanl and peas, milk and sugar in order. - Of UNRRA's total requirements of . 1,878,000,000 pounds ot food for the next three months, the U. S. Is ex. pec ted to furnish. 42 per cent, with Canada supplying 38 per cent and other United Nations the rest May Cut Draft Calls With the services expected to r be built up to full strength by July, 1943, monthly draft calls thereafter may be cut from the present 135.000 to 93,000 to fur , v nish replacements, ; President ' ", Roosevelt revealed. .r At the same tirne a congres ' sional committee was told that ; - although draft calls would be re duced after, Germany's defeat young men wijl-continue to be, Inducted during the Japanese war to Teplace discharged vets. Previously, selective service ' announced that - some . 145,000 men from 18 to 29 years of age in the steel, transportation, min- ing and synthetic rubber Indus j. try would be deferred as essen- , tial workers, bresking the for- mer policy ot exempting only ; about 30 per cent in any field. As a result older men in the 30 to ' r 37 age- group will have to be ' Inducted to make up the differ- : ence, It was said. POLIO:' Sr Kenny's Problem,, . -, Unable to enlist the support of the nation's medical leaders for her treatment- of Infantile paralysis, Australia's Sister Elizabeth Kenny announced her decision to leave this country if congress failed to look Into the difficulties that have beset her ince her arrival here. . Although Sister Kenny's decision to leave the country came Upon the heels of the National Foundation for Infaptile Paralysis' refusal ot a re quest for $804,000 for the Kenny in stitute in Minneapolis, Minrf., she said that money was no object, since the people of the la'ter city already had raised 8400.000 for her work and undoubtedly could double the figure. i . Rather, she said, her decision to leave was prompted by the medical profession's failure to provide. as sistance for further research into her theory of treatment Without such research, she declared, her presence here was no 16nger necessary since others have been trained in her pres ent, methods. ' - MIDNIGHT CURFEW: New York in Line . , v ' Having enjoyed an extra hour of night frolicking for a few days, New York's milling merrymakers found J themselves out on the streets at mid night again, following the amuse ment owners' decision not to take advantage of Mayor La Guardia's one hour extension of the govern ment's 12 a. m. curfew,' Imposed to conserve fuel and manpower. First accepting, La Guardia's one hour reprieve in the face, of wide Spread criticism, the -amusement owners' own hands . were forced when both the erroy and navy or dered their personnel , to leave the nighteries at midnight In obedience to the government regulation. . Before the New Yorkers decided to close their doors, War Mobilization Director. Byrnes said it was Impos sible for the government to enforce the midnight curfew, since it lacked the police necessary. - - , f SHIP EGGS BY. AIR . More tbbn 8,000 hatching ggs have been shipped successfully by airplane -from the United. States to tropical American countries to 'de velop, poultry Industries as part of an inter-American food-growing pro gram. ;-. (. -. i i; The University of Maryland pre viously had demonstrated tne"prac ticability of shipping eggs by plane within the United States and its aid and that of the U. S. department ef agriculture was enlisted for the ex periment, - i . SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON-1- Bt HAROLD L. LUNDQOlST. D. D.f , .Of ill Moody lhl Institute ol Chicago. Rlae4 by WeMrn Nowipaper Union. . Lesson for April 8 ; , v 7,.v,..,- r -. , - , . . .... tHoa sublceti atvd Scripture toxti tooted end copyrighted by InraUpnaI Council ot Rellaloua Kducattoni used bf permieeion. ... ,: THE BOOK AND THE FAITHS LESSON TEXT Pslm 145:10-17." '': GOLDEN TEXT The word of- the Lord enduretb forever. 1 Peter 1:28. Christians are tha people of eneJ book the Bible. They read and use . other books, but the book is God's Word, and everything else must be in accord with its teaching. In this blessed Book they find the ' - only revelation of God's ; saving . grace. Other attributes of God may be" found in the book of nature. There we find that God is powerful, orderly, wise, etc., but nowhere in nature -is it written that God can save a man from his sin. We find that only in the Bible, God's written Word as it reveals Jesus Christ the Saviour who is the Living Word. ; I. The Eternal Glory ef God's Kingdom (w. 10-13). The kingdom of God refers to His reign over all things and beings, but with special .reference to those who are willingly subject to Him and eager to live tor His glory. . " - ' " Everything in God's creation la to be lifted up in praise of that king-, dom. All His works, shall praise, Him. They reveal Him in part but even that limited revelation is glori ous. The man who cannot see God In nature is indeed a dull clod. The heavens declare His glory and the earth shows forth His handiwork (PS.' 19:1). V'?-- -'I! Greater and more precious In God's light is the praise, of His saints. Dumb adoration is accept able only from a dumb creation. We, His saints, are to speak His praise, to "bless" Him.fv. 10r. We are to spread abroad among all men (v. 13) the news of God's greatness and goodness. '. "His kingdom Is-an everlasting 4 kingdom," and thus It at once takes its place as so superior to what men call kingdoms as hardly to be men tioned In the same breath. There is no limit to God's kingdom either in its extent or its duration. ' How stupid then that some, yes i many, foolish men and women set themselves up in rebellion against God. That Is the height of aU folly and leads only to disaster. How wise are those who yield their lives to His control that their little span of life may find rich meaning in the One who endures forever. . n. The Abundant Prevision ef Ged's Mercy (vv, 14-18).- - '--We are all completely dependent on the mercies otGod tor everything that we need for life physical, men tal, and spiritual.. - . Consider the - food for the body God open His bountiful . hand and every living creature is .provided with the toofhecessary for Its sus tenance. How this is accomplished is a mystery and a marvel to. us, but God is sble to do It, , Centuries sgo men were tearful that the earth could not - produce enough food to keep the increasing population of mankind alive, but God sees to thSt even when He "has to do it in spite of man's waste and de struction. . ,- i ''':;'':' ,. However, life is not-just material. There must be a satisfying of man's spiritual nature. . He needs someone to save him from bis own sinful weakness, to deliver him from' bis sorrow and affliction. Who can do tola but God? And He does it (see v. 14). ..y . How does He do Itt Through the ministry of His Holy Word. There in man finds salvation and satisfac tion. The Bible is the light that shines upon hlr way. It is bis com fort in sorrow and his strength In temptation. It exhorts and encour ages, convicts and cures. How endless and bow overflowing is the mercy of our God. . Let us "wait upon" Him,' knowing that He is not only mindful ot our need, but eager to do for us more than we can ask os think, -m. The Saving Power of" God's Grace (vv. 17-19). , The Lord, who "is high unto all them that call upon him"' (v. 18), is able to save because He is "rlght- i eous in all his ways and holy in all his works" (v. 17). Only a Just and holy God can deal with sin, and yet only a merciful God would pro vide redemption; but in our God mercy and truth meet (Ps. 115: 1; Pa. 103). He is both "Just and the Justifler of him that believeth in Jesus" (Rom. 3:26). ' He It is who is near to all that "call upon him in truth" (v. 18), and surely it is such a calling on the Lord which la in mind in Romans 10:13, where we read that "whoso ever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." He saves us by His grac.e call on Him in truth. v ' ' ... Notice that God, nearness. His salvation, and. His fulfillment of the desires ot man are for those who call on Him and who "fear Him" (v. 19).- This .Is not a-matter . of magical use of a. name, or an out ward profession of faith, ft must come from the heart and when it does. God responds. - So we find God's word to be the source of pur instruction concerning those things which can make us wise unto salvation (II Tim. 3:15). I) is the Book of our faith! - A. J. CAVFNATTOn ' Wanno. N. O. , DnpKn'a '' ' 'ry f r Imjfnvtd ' ! Uniform Uternatkntl, i:;: (NOTES The Raleigh T lot Office of Patce AduiinUl u a compiles this IhHmbnail la,.- l guttle from official souroea eci week for 'the Duplin Times as a . public service fea.tvre.a , RATION CALENDAR PROCESSED FOODSr Blue C2, D2, E2, F2. G2,- expire April 28. H2, J2, K2, L2, and M2n expire June 2. N2, 02, P2, Q2, R2, and "S2, expire June 30. T2, U2, V2, W2, X2, expire July 3L MEATS FATS: " Red T5, U5, V5, W5, X5, expire April 28. Y5; Z5, A2, B2. C2, t2, expire June 2. 2, F2, G2. H2, J2. expire June 30. K2, .L2, M2, N2, P2, expire on July 3l8t ,,.-.V;,:( SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 35 expires June SHOES: - V . - . Airplane stamps No. 1, and, No 2 and 3 now valid. FUEL OILS - Period 4 and 5 coupons from last ' season and 1, J, 3, 4, and cou pons for current season now valid at 10 gallons each in North Caro lina. ,.JV, .,'.'.:.!:. GASOLINEt' - A-15 coupons valid through June 21. Rationing rules now require that each owner write his 1945 11 cense number and state on each . coupon in hia possession as aoon . as it is issued by his loeei rationing board. POINT VALUES ' - No. 2 cana of Spinach, green ot wax Beans, and - Asparagus art 10 points. . '" No. 2 cana Corn and Peas ara 80 points.' r-: -- Butter now 24 points. i Point ' values on cooking ' and salad oils' and lard increased 4t points, margarine 5 points.-' - v - eirr JLrUUJUJiK "ABEID m GEORGES BENSON PmUtnlHttilKf Ctlltft . Marred Monuments . , The most pathetic piece of statu-' ary I ever saw was a 92-foot image ot Rameses II, flat in a jungle, shy, an arm and a leg and all but lost; It weighs countless tons. ' Uprighting it baffled Egyptian engineers fori centuries. I am no art critic but Z. was impressed most of aU by the skill and devoted craftsmanship still! showing on the weathered stone. Its r -helplessness was. depressing. . HiuuuiMcuis rvscuiuiv rcyuuiuuua.' They can be damaged beyond repair by commonplace things, soon forgot ten. .Storms too trivial to have a . IWJUV . V. ai, - .AA m AlW AWAJA A UWU , undermine huge foundations and : leave stalwart landmarks buried in dirt There are only two factors in volved, whether you view it literally or -figuratively: How sturdy is the structure? How fierce is the storm? . Noble Intentions ; - ' Looking with a sort of pity at the supine figure, a relic of Moses day, my thoughts raced back to a well-' learned chapter of American history. As a .youth I almost wept over An drew Johnson,; a truly great man. . Before he was many, years -dead, the things he advocated were proved, i in the light of actual, events, to be sound and. right. ..But Tennessee, school children were forgetting his name 4' ' ' :' ;-' '' ";.'' '' By birth a Southerner and by at -legiance is Democrat, Johnson .was, an Independent thinker who wanted, the United States to stay all in one1 -piece. He wanted to carry out most of the pollcies that Abraham Lincoln had established, but he couldn't! Maybe Lincoln could have succeed-j ed with the 1838 postwar problem; , maybe nobody could. History shows' only this: A great man's reputa tion scaled down; all but lost -! ' People the Same . - ! In' my high school years t had' imagined that. President Johnson's i misfortune was primitive, too crude ior my enugnienea ume out ooi so. In a few years it became our in . happy lot to watch Woodrow Wilson, I uuv- ui . ui graiiucst. 01,1, America ever produced, racked op the same bed of torture: postwar prejudices," a 'divided party, a Con-! gress he could not manage, and, some personal traits wide open to j ridicule.. -. ' , .- -i .;. . " President Johnson had amazing foresight and a will that would not, ba walked on. We know that now.j He opposed the people's representa tives and his place in history was, carved tor an unsympathetic crank; j President Wilson had vision X --, clouded. by prejudice, vision V.ui overreached his century. But VJ-i son's contemporaries called t!m a ' dreamer and painted out a r e that should hsve brightens '. t ,a pages of history. ' .'.t L Might Have Been President Wilson's 1920 postwar S plans for revamping Europe (c rilled so visionary), if they might have been-backed by other men cf L!s day and political station, con1 i 1 - ve made World War II unnerf More than a billion of dolian i 1' millions ot lives might hav) ! . spared, - ' But ' avaricious I s couldn't see the vision any b " r 1 i Wilson's day thrx in Johnson's i : or today. - &''- '. Through lea.es fashioned fro ' past, we can watch history re itself with alarming CJelity. : lower sgain over postwar pr National figures with Ji,' smbitlons ars lirt ' t- t responsibilily to (' i (f I' , . ' IT mi jv r v t