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V 1 c O T; o R Y nniii u 3 XT J V a VOLUME 13 President Truman To Speak In Raleigh On November 2nd. A President Truman will make a public address in the Memoria Auditorium in Raleigh on the af ternoon of November 2, Governor Cherry was advised this week by Senator Josiah Bailey. The President will fly to Ral eigh from Statesville, where he will speak to the State Senate on the morning of November 2. After his. talk the President will be a dinner guest of the Governor at the Executive Mansion. He will leave that night for points south. According to Senator Bailey, the President will be accompanied by a party of Washington offi cials. This will mark President Tru man's first visit to North Caro-..- Una since he became President. While he was still vice-president, he was to have addressed the Jefferson Day Dinner in Raleigh on April 15, but the dinner was postponed because of the death of President Roosevelt. When the Dinner was held on June 2, President Truman was un able to attend due to the heavy duties he assumed when' he be came President. Postmaster Gen eral Robert Hannegan made the s featured address in his stead. An invitation to President and Mrs. Truman to be guests at the Governor's Mansion when the President comes to address the State Senate was extended in a telegram sent to the White House on last Friday by Governor Cher- ry ' -' - - The Governor also wired Post ter General Hanneean, who is ' iirman of the Democratic Na-J aonal Executive Committee, ex tending a similar invitation to Hannegan and his wife. In Mb telephone conversation with the Governor, Senator Bailey did not Indicate whether Presi dent Truman will speak at the 165th anniversary celebration of the Battle of King's Mountain on November 2. It previously had been announced that he would at tend the celebration after ad dressing the Senate in Statesville. , The time of the President's ad dress in Raleigh will be announced later, according to the Governor's office. PJC TO OPEN COURSE FOR VETERANS NOV. 1 ' Maxton, N, C, Sept. 14, 1045- ' A special course for ex-service men who will attend the prepara-, tory department 'of, Presbyterian Junior College under Public Law ia h., hn ..rrnmred 'to beein on Nov. 1. The. program is being set' un at the suggestion of Mr. J. H. Harrell, who is in charge of Re habilitation Instruction for the Veterans Administration of the state of North Carolina. Under the G. I. Bill of Rights several veterans are already attending Presbyterian Junior College and other are expected soon. Arrange- ments.have been made to allow veterans to enter college at any time and begin receiving credit within two weeks in several cour ses. In addition to the general provision for veterans under the G. I. BUI, the special class begin ning November 1 will provide: In dividualized instruction for men in the service. Each student will allowed to make as rapid pro ress as possible, and at the end it the semester standard college entrance examinations will ' be given. Veterans showing proficien cy In these examinations will be recommended for admission to standard college courses at all colleges under , a plan being work- ed out with the North Carolina College Conference. Housing ac- commodations will be' available for married students. Further ln- formation mey - be secured by writing the Veterans Adminlstra- tlon in Fayettevllle, N. C, or the Presbyterian Juniol' Maxton, N. C. College In RED CROSS WORKERS WITH TROOPS IN JAPAN Eighty-six American Red Cross men landed in Japan with General MacArthur's occupation forces. J They brought last-minute mess ages from home, clothing and comfort supplies for liberated American prisoners of war and civilian internees. They provided service at airstrip canteens, evac uee centers and hospitals, besides maintaining staff recreation cen ters, information booths and nur series for internees' children. In addition, they provided, and will continue to provide, the reg ular Red Cross Service available to American troops overseas dur ing the war years. In Japan, as in Germany, the American Red Cros will serve the armies of oc cupation. Home On Furlough Sgt. Larry Bostic of Garden City, Kansas is spending a fur lough with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Bostic in Beu laville. FARM CONSERVATION ) GEORGE PENNEY I Soli Conservation Service I The Southeastern Soil Conser- Vation District is encouraging the use of permanent hay crops in Duplin County. One of the best permanent hay crops for this sec I tion of the State seems to be Kud I zu, which has been called "The Wonder Plant of The South." j Mr. Tom Faison planted some Kudzu on his farm in tne north- era end of the County about five V g to keep sandy hills from (Washing away. His tenant fenced Part of it for pasture this spring an h ld me last week that it was the best grazing that he has ever seen. He plowed up about an acre of his Kudzu and planted watermelons and this land pro duced the best melons grown on any of his farms. He also plans to harvest hay on several acres. Some of the advantages in using Kudzu for grazing or for hay is that it can be grown on the poorest land, once a stand is established, it will continue to produce until plowed up. It can be harvested anytime from July until frost as labor and weather j conditions permit. As previously stated, lt Is excellent grazing. It J is a very good soil builder, and according to results obtained at Experiment Stations, the hay is as good or better than Alfalfa. GOVERNMENT TO SELL REAL ESTATE AT PENDERLEA FARMS The ' Government is selling a number of farms containing from one to thirty-five acres each at, Pcnderlea. in PcnAer Cnnntv . nn I Thur8daVi Sept; 27th. at 10 A. M. Many of the, dweUingg , naVe electricity, running water '.an1 bath. . . . ; I One lot' of Personal Property will also be sold. - ;:' There will also be a Berbecue Dinner. - " See their ad on' the Inside. ill ; Pt' V i r it i it I i KENANSVILLE, NORTH I 1 I I I PEANUT POLITICIAN North Carolisn's Governor R. Gregg Cherry Is urging all governors and agricultural leaden in peanut-producing states to become "peanut politicians" in assisting the indus try to convert the peanut from a essential wartime oil crop to the No. 1 health of the nation. Here Governor Cherry is shown bedecked with leis of peanuts at the recent meeting of the National Pea nut Council held in Raleigh. ABOUT NYLONS Less than one pair of Nylons will be available, per woman, by Christmas is the prediction of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers. The association said it probably would be late spring or early sum mer before women could buy Ny lons whenever they wished and that rayons would have to sup plement Nylon supplies probably ( for a year or more. IN 1 st RAID ON TOKYO William Earl Byrd, S lc, USNR of Faison can claim two "firsts" along with other members of the ALASKA'S crew. The ALASKKA was the first of or in cutting urgently needed tim a new class of fighting vessels - ber or pulpwood for one of our the battle cruiser - and she took part in the first raid on Tokyo, in February of this year. Officers of American Legion I '- mi in mi mm rnj in juwmm ' juDir" i .wn. x-?orawra M-v-yJj 'SLA ' M . 3 I n , 1 ; i x i Wt , I ;f-. U v:, I 1 ' I Pic"d above are tne h w tlce- f the North Carolina Depart men of the American Legion. Com mai'r Victor R. Johnson, Fltts bor to In th enter. Others m the toup are: left to right, top torn: Department Vice Command ers H L. Walker. Forest City; Brown , Wilson, Oastonia; 3. W. McLennan, Burlington, and Ralph Dowd, Dunn. Second row: Depart ment Historian Edgar H. Bain of Ooldsboro and Chaplain Lawrence A. Watts, Raleigh. Third row: De partment Adjutant James M. Cald well and Department Judge-Adv- CAROLINA FRIDAY, Editorial JOBS All of us believe in the future of America. We believe that the present unnei'tainty is only tem porary - a period between war prosperity and an era of peace time plenty. But believing is not enough. That, alone, is not the answer to unemployment and other hazards of reconversion through which we are passing. The only solution for unemployment is - JOBS. We, in this community, are for tunate. Of course, the national Situation is bound to have some influence on each State and Coun ty of the nation, but by and large we have no reconversion prob lems here. Duplin County has no munition plants or factories that must be converted to peace-time employment. What we have got, though, is our farms and forests which are producing commodities as necessary to the well-being oi the country and as urgently need ed now as during the crucial days of the war. A job is waiting for most anyone who wishes to work. Of course, work in Duplin Coun ty does not pay the swollen wages obtainable from some of the big city war industries before V-J Day. But living and working here does not cut wide gaps into a paycheck either, In fact, taking all things into consideration, it is possible to live better and save more at current wages here than could be done with considerable higher big city wages. Nor are current wages very low. Current t&snf prices enable farm ers to earn and pay good wages, while pay for pulpwood cutters and haulers and other workers in forefct industries are higher than i hey have ever been. If anybody wants good living, doing healthy and invigorating work at good wages, he can find it on one of our neighboring farms neighboring mills. There is no reconversion prob lem here. eat Thad O. Stem, Oxford. Bottom row: National Committeeman Bry an Booe, Winston-Salem; Alternate National Committeeman Kaipn Shell. Hickory; Department Service Officer C. A. Pennington, otecn; and Assistant Service Officer Karl A. Muschette, Johnson and Stem are attorneys; Bain is director of . North Carolina Committee United States Brewers' Foundation; Watts; Is chaplain, state prison; Penning-, ton and Booe, postmasters; Walker, j insurance agent; Wilson, cotton i broker; Dowd, railway mail clerk; McLennan, contractor; and Shell, Oil dealer. SEPTEMBER 21st., 1945 On Transport Meriwether I Robert L. Minton, Carpenter's Mate lc, of Warsaw, sailed into Tokyo Bay aboard the Meriwether and help land the first occupation forces on the conquered soil of Japan. A few hours before General Mc Arhtur's triumphant arrival, the MERIWETHER landed a contin gent of Marines on the eastern shore of Tokyo Bay. GOVERNOR SETS ASIDE RELIGIOUS STUDY WEEK . . . . tne weeK oi eptemDer aum 10 rwi rtu a i in aa liii. i 11 li-i. ii 111 xii- , r. , j-i . .. ... , nual Religious Education Week, j i nj .-.:.. f aiiu lie laiuru ugjuii uitr ui this State to "rededicate them- selves to the creation of a society and a nation which are worthy of the sacrifices our fellowmen have made on the world's battle fields." The Governor Dointed out that peace recently came again to our including the Distinguished Fly nation, and that many homes now ing Cross, and an Air Medal with know for the first time in many 3 gold stars in lieu of a second, years the joys of family reunions.! "Secure foundations can be laid for the future only as men commit their plans and purposes to the eternal principles of religious faith and themselves to a loving and intelligent God," the Govern or stated. "Let us set ourselves in family groups in Sunday I schools, and in churches, to the learning and the teaching of re ligious faith, which alone will avail for that fairer world for which we yearn." SHOTGUN SHELLS The Army is releasing more than 23,000,000 rounds of shot gun ammunition to hunters. ' Secretary of War Stimson told Representative Robertson (of Va.) in a letter that 6,000,000 rounds of 12-guage shells have already been declared surplus. They will be distributed through regular commercial channels for civilian use, he said. Governor R. Gregg Cherry, a In addition. Stimson wrote, the ormer State department corn War Department shortly prob- mander of the American Legion, ably this week will declare ap- will formery open the American proximately 17,000,000 12-guage r.ptrion virtnrv Celebration to be shells and 700,000 rounds of 16 guage shells. PROMOTED TO STAFF SERGEANT IN GERMANY With the 1st U. $ In Germany Sgt. Dolphus Bell, platoon Sgt., in C Company, 8th Infantry, was recently promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant as a result of the apt leadership he has shown in the handling of his platoon. SlSgt. Bell's family, Mrs. D. Bell and his son, Robert Bell, re- side in Warsaw. To add to the oc- casion Sgt. Bell had the extremei pleasure of playing host to hisTw0( according to Garland E. brother, Sgt Norris Bell, of 'the Bobbin and George A. Iseley, co 252nd Ordinance. It was a very chairmen o the celebration, happy reunion for the two broth- Tickets for the premier perfor ers as lt was the first time they mnnw, BrA nirMrfv nn t had seen each other in over three years, wnen Doth attended the Beulaville High School together. Although the parting was diffi- cult as the meeting was happy, both brothers have expressed the hope and expectation of seeing each other again in the near fu ture. ' ir y.: Ql 1 Q-.,J0 A Preparing For Grim German Winter Church Services At Beulaville Sunday Regular services at the Beula ville Baptist Church Sunday at 12 o'clock noon, and 8:30 P. M. Rev. R. W. Fitzgerald is pastor. All are cordially invited. 649 AUTO DRIVERS LOSE THEIR LICENSES Six hundred and torty nine automobile drivers had their li ,.l,nH rtnrincr AlItTUSt f Or i tenses icvv. 0 - - various infractions of the law. Mo-1 tor Vehicles Commissioner i. nuu die said. A majority followed con victions on charges of driving while under the influence of in toxicants. Other causes for revo cations were hit-and-run driving, transporting whiskey, and invol untary manslaughter. LT. (jg) STRICKLAND RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY T.t (it?) John Edward Stnck- . . land, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. i. . Strickland of Warsaw, returned oiriLiuetnu, last week from Alemeda, Caiil., where he was released from the Navy- Lt. Strickland has been in ser vice for 38 months as pilot of a carrier based bomber aboard the U. S. S. HORNET. He has receiv ed several citations and awards third and fourth Air Medal, Ten months of his service was spent in the South Pacific. Arrives In Philippines Mrs. R. C. Pridgen has received word that her son, Robert Prid- i een. Merchant Seaman, has arri ved in the Philippines after sev eral months at sea. Young Pridgen is transporting troops from the Pacific back to the states. V CHERRY TO OPEN I BIG LEGION SHOW IN RALEIGH NEXT WEEK Governor To Speak Monday Night When Legion Celebra tion Opens In Releigh o held next week at the State Fair grounds, in Raleigh, under the auspices of Raleigh Post No. 1, of the American Legion. The Governor will speak at 7 o'clock next Monday night in front of the grandstand preceding the performance of "The Song of i Victory Revue," starring the Rox Infantry in yettes, who are the main attract ion of the glaaxy of grandstand acts to be brought there by Geo. A. Hamid. Providing the midway attract- kms will be Endy Brothers Thrill Show and Circus. Proceeds of the celebration will be used by the Rlaeigh post in the construction of a $150,000 Ameri- can LeEi0n Home for veterans 0f Word War One and World War War Bond Booth in front of the'Bgainst Japan and told of 9 Wake Countv Courthnuf , Hint to school children: Make the most of your schooldays they don't last, forever. i : It is very rare to find a who is too busy to eat mam No. 39 lt has been reported from Berl in that Shovel Squads are already preparing the graves of Berliners expected to die from starvation or suicide during this winter's de pressing months. Told in the British-controlled zone that the fuel wood shortage would not permit cremations or burial in coffins, the grave-diggers are excavating before the ground freezes. They are also reinterring in cemeteries bodies by thousands found in hastily-dug and thinly covered graves in the city's parks, gardens and. courtyards during fi- . . ' . .. nal aays or tne Berlin seige. Authorities jn fta American zone conceded that there will be a high winter death rate, but said they expected no mass deaths from starvation. Americans are bringing in 600 tons of food daily from the country districts in their zone. While not fattening, th fare is enough to sustain life. What effect the scanty rations may have upon the suicide rate when cold weather comes is an unanswered question. Most of perhaps 100,000 bodies in scratched out graves in Berlin have been transferred to cemeter ies, relieving a serious threat to health. But, still to be recovered, are thousands of bodies in a stretch of subway who perished when the SS flooded the tubes. BY CANDLELIGHT Lights in Washington, N. C, went out last Tuesday night but it did not retard things at Tayloe Hospital, where .candlelight was used to bring three bouncing ba bies, including twins, into the world. The power failure occurred about eleven o'clock while doctors were awaiting new arrivals. Hos pital attendants got the candles when it became apparent they would have no electric lights. Things moved along smoothly. All three children were born about the same time, and hospital attendants reported all were do ing well. TO OUR READERS You will notice that our corre'ipondanre this week Is very limited. We have requested from time to time that news, as well as advertising be sent in early. We exceedingly re gret not having enough line casting machines to care for a whole week's work on the day we go to press. In as much as we d not have the machines, we will be forced to omit such late news In order to meet our deadline with what machinery we now have In use. WRITES FROM TOKYO BAY Mrs. Hubert Simpson of Beula ville has sent the Times a letter written by her son, Ottis, while lying at anchor in Tokyo Bay. He is serving on the U. S. Cowpens, We regret that his letter is too long to print in this issue, but he tells that he is well and is with e rd tleet and Ta8k Forc r,.:JH' unflep comman of Admir- Hal He spoke particularly of the battleship Misouri, which he Said could shoot a 2,200 pound sketl for a distance of 22 miles. - i Ottis, in one part of his letter said that he had been in 26 strikes tnear mt "V a torpedo on the Cow pens by a Jap Sub. He said the torpedo had been aimed at the carrier Wasp but missed it - and came very near hitting the Cow pens. Mad it been four foot near er the surface, lt would have gat them sure, he related. i s I'". ;1 n 3 t f f X tttTT"Tn TTTVTFTTTV