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VOLUME xxxvn. No. 34. RAEFORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JAN. 22nd, 1942. 9LS9PBB YIAR U k i ByHitRimCar Vi^ , . ■ funeral Service For Son of tand Mrs. J. W. Hodgm Held In lichinond, Va., Saturday. Funeral services for the Rev. Ang us J. Hodgin, membership secretary of the YMCA of Richmond, Va., who was instantly lulled last Thursday evening when struck by a car, were held Saturday aftejmoon. They were conducted by the Rev. John A. Mc Lean, Jr., pastor of the Ginter Park Presbyterian Church. Interment was in Riverview Cemetery there. The services were attended by “his brotjier. Dr. H. H. Hodgin and his sistill-. Miss Mary Newton Hodgin, of Red Springs. An account of the accident, as re ported by the News-Leader of that ■city, states tl^at two teen-age boys, Pete Lavin and BiUy Bowers are being held on charges of involun- tarj^ manslaughter and of leaving the scene of the accident. Mr. Hodgin, who lived at 3200 Barton Avenue, waS standing in the street near the southwest comer of the intersection when the automo bile, moving north on North Avenue, made a sharp left turn into Brook- land Park Boulevard and struck the man, aiccording to eyewitnesses. The ihody was dragged some di^anoe aldag the street. I The driver finally stopped in a near-by alley and two youths jump- 'ed out and ran. A short time after by-standers had removed Mr. Hod- gin’s body from the street tb the sidew^, witnesses said,' a youth, •v^o apparently had been the driv- «r: of tiie car, rebmied to the scene. After one look at the dead man, he got into the car and attempted to t drive aWay. The motor would not ata^ The srouth again jumped Irom the «9lr and fled, witnesses *^^dely knowh among “Y’’ mem bers of the city, Mr. Hodgin bad been connf(^tod with the local agency for about 20 years. He canie here first as a bojrs’ Ivoric secretary and then was proipoted to his present « ist Be aw adviser for the Y’s mi's Cldb and directed all member- ahip drives of the »ganization. At the time of bis death he Was making plans for the biggest membership drive in local “Y" history in antici pation of the opening of the new building at Foushee and Franklin streets. A son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hod gin, he was bom on September 28, 1885, at Bed Springs, N. C. He was a graduate ^ toe University of North Carolina and then was grad uated from the Pretoyterian Semim. aty at Princeton University. After leaving sdiool, he held sev eral pastorates and then entered Y. M. C. A. work during the World War. After the war, he moved to Rich mond to continue his Y woric. X Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sue \;§oel Jfliley Hodgin; two stepdiil- ^ ■ shard N. Riley of Norfolk and iiy RUqr Mizell of Rich- 'his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hpdgin of Red Springs, N. C.; two lujpthers. Dr. Henry Hodgin and "‘■tfi Gilbert Hodgin, and three sis- 3,vthe Misses Mary Newton, An. [e j^d Nelia Hodgin, all of Red This column will be devoted to the activities of the C|wss chapter of Hoke county. Rev. E. C. Crawford is director of the pub licity for the chapter and will pre pare the copy each week. To get news of your community Red Cross work In this column send your ma terial to Rev. Ittr. Crawford. Local Red Cross Doing Big Job Army Asks Return Materia! Lost During Maneuvers Civilians Having “Souvenirs” Of The Battle of the Carolinas Requested To Return Thf^m to The U. S. Army. At a public meeting" in the court house Monday evening, the Hoke County Chapter of the Red Cross made its annual report and elected its officers and committees for the year 1942. The reports revealed that the Red Cross in Hoke county is doing a big, war-time job. The Enrollment Drive went over in a big way, and the committee reported that'more than $1,900,000 of the $2,- 000.00 war relief goal had already been collected. A first-aid class for more than thirty instructors is being taught in Raeford by Dr. McCain of the Sana torium. These thirty instructors will then go out to give the course in every community in the county. Mrs. H. A. Cameron is organizing large sewing and knitting classes throughout toe county for the sol diers. The Home Service Committee of the Red Cross has presented toe De- pendncy Claims to the army for 29 men. It is toe purpose of this com mittee to help rolatives in in quiry about the welfare and address of men who have hot been heard fdr mehV w gsdiw information for toe army and navy men on seddng disdiarge qn de pendency claim or are seeking de ferment on toe depend«»cy of their family or employment in industry essential to national defense. All the Red Cross workers in Hoke county are volunteer workers; smne of these are giving as much as two days each week to tois war-time work of the Red Cross. The audience Monday evening pre sented a resoluthm of thanks to toe Red Cross officials for their work ot the year. And upon the unanimous vote of the assembly the officers War^ continued in service for the year 1942; Dr. R. L. Murray, chairman; Mrs. H. A. Cameron, vice-chairman; H. L. Gatlin, Jr., treasurer; E. C Crawford, home service chairman. Mrs. C. H. Giles, diairman of inves tigation, and J. A. McGbogan, cfaair man of disaster relief. Those rifles, gas masks, bayonets, or kitchen pans which were collect ed by civilians during the maneu vers may be just souvenirs of the Battle of the Carolinas to the civil ians, but they are very necessary equipment to the U. S. Army,” stat ed Lt. T. L. Kirkpatrick yesterday, and the Army would like to have the material back. A great many items were lost bji: the soldiers during the recent man euvers, Lt. Kirlcpatrick stated. They were either left at camps by units movirig around during the night, or breaking camp hurriedly at all hours of the day. Lots of other things were lost from trucks during movements from one camp to another. Most of them could be of little use to the civilians recovering them, and many, themselves, would be valueless I I C. P. and L. Co. To Cooperate With Retailers m to anyone, but all are vital necessi ties to the Army during this war. The larger items, such as lost trucks, motorcycles, and field kitch ens, have been recovered and are now back in regular service, but there are lots of articles of clothing, and many small items which have not been re covered. Lt. Kirkpatrick requests that peo ple having any material which was lost by soldiers or left in camps, please write a card to the News- Journal giving their name and ad dress and the items they have so it can be collected; He pointed out toat no regular and systematic can vas or seSrch was bting made, and toat toete would be no j^rosecutfon of toosO returning items, vit’s just in attempt to retov«r tocM -totofs lioW,** he stated “and a card to toe News-Journal or to your rural mail- carrier will be toe only toiiig toat you will have to do to aid in return ing tois property to toe army.” Anny trucks will collect toem. Japanese Suffer Heavy Losses In Surprise Attack Washington, Jan. 21. — The Department said today Amei and Philippine troops in s fighting on the Batan Peninsula back the Japanese with heavy ene my losses.^ A department communique said the Japanese, by infiltrations, and frontal attacks near the center of General Douglas MacArthur’s line, had gained some initial successes be fore the defending troops counter at tacked and’ retook all positions. Am erican and Philippine casualties were described as “relatively moderate. At the same time, the department said a guerilla band of MacArthur’s troops operating in the Cagayan Val ley in nprthern Luzon achieved a brilliant local success, staging a sur prise raid on a Japanese air field at Tuguegarao, taking the enemy com pletely by surprise, killing 110 Jap anese and putting 300 others to flight. The, raiding party suffered only slight losses. There were apparently no planes on the ffxtund when the raid was made, since MacArthur did not men tion the destruction of any in his report to the department. Hoke High School l^nsors Touniey Breeden And Thomas Get Prison Terins Hoke County High School will sponsor its first invitational basket ball tournament at the high school gymnasium bn February 3, 4, 5, and 7. Springs, Piriehurst, Aberdeen, Sev- Massey Hill, and Raeford. Sixteen high stoools from the surrounding counties have been ask ed to enter. Eight of these have al ready accepted. They are: Red Springs. Pinehurst Aberdem, Sev- enty-9rat, Wagram, Laurel HUl, Massey Hii, and Raeford TtmsdaF-^^ Wednesday niitots.with lens Should Identified (jertificates of identification must be obtained by all German, Italian and Japanese aliens living in this area between February 9 and 28, it was learned yesterday. The order ap-r plies to all>Citizens of enemy coun tries over 14 years of age who have 'v^^t completed naturalization reqiiire- ■)kients. The' information, which came from toe Departmait of Justice, caution^ that failure to comply with the regulations may evoke severe jjfcnaltier, including possible intern ment of the enemy alien for the du- ,'■ C’iation. The regulations require ene- Jmy alieds, in applying fbr identifi- ition certificates, to provide a pho- Dgraph, to be attached to identifi cation card, and to answer a num- (ber of questions concerning their ^current activities. These aliens will compelled to carry the^ identi- lotions with them at all times. f. Minor Davis Returns To News- Journal Shop 1 J. Minor Davie, for eight years fcwn-foreman of tho print shop of the F “""^ Nfws-Journal, has returned to Rae- M to rtoume charge of toe shop W; ' iifter .a two-Bqpilto’t ^i^nitetion %Ito toe Asheboro H. G. Isley, general sales manage of the Carolina Power and Light company, announced today that for the emergency his company wiU dis continue the sale of all major elec trical appliances so that more of ^uch appliances may be made avail able for sale by toe 300 or more electrical dealers with whom the utility has a coordinated sales pro gram in the territory the company serves in North and South Carolina. Asserting that his company, its al lied dealers, its industries, and its customers are facing emergency con ditions as result of the war, Isley said such necessary materials as cop per, steel, nickel, and rubber are be coming increasingly scarce for the production of electrical appliances. In addition lo discontinuing the sale of major' appliances, Isley said his company would also stop, during the emergency, the sale and stocking in its salesrooms of all seaosnable appliances such as fans, room heat ers, and other applitmces, and other appliances of a similar nature. The company, however, will continue to display and sell in its salesrooms such small appliances as are con sidered indisp^il^Ie to home opera tions. Only a limited stock of popu. iar priced floor and table lamps will be carried. Isley said toe members of > too company's sales department would mcrease their efforts to assist the associated electrical dealers and add ed that the company’s home econo mists would redouble toelr efforts to assist housewives to get the maxi mum use from all elOctiic^ appli ances. "We must keep in mtod j^mough'? out. toe year toat opr covnt^ cornea Itrit,” he addtod. "Our i^tial job win toe war, Iwt in so mua^ prepare for ‘ Cherokeet Are Doing Their Bit Cherokee, Jan. 21.—^Cherokee In dians of western North Carolina are investing $150,000 of teibunal funds in UniM States defense boAds. Announcement of the trib^ coun cil’s vote for “all out" cooperation in toe war effort of the Uniti^ States was ihade by Chief Jarrett Blytoe, a mild-mannered Indian who abhors even toe appearance'Of war and dis courages toe wearing o paint and feathers by his tribesmen. Tbabondk wiU be purchtsed from toe tribal fund, wfaito'is administered oitirely by the Indians toemselves. In addition to toe tribal invest ment, employes on the reservation have purchased $17,000 in defense bonds and stamps. Ihiring World War I, Cherokee braves fought in France and a post of the American Legion, said to be the only exclusively Inman post, is es tablished on the reservation. Today some of those veterans are serving in the nation’s armed forces. During the first World War, Cher- okees rendered invaluable service in the signal corps. With an Indian on each end of a communications line speaking in native dialect, • the con versation was unintelligible to both friend and foe. In the coves beneath the towering peaks of th5 Great Smokies, Chero kee women, bandanas around their heads, are organizing chapters of the Red Cross. Indian women in all five towns composing the Qualla reserva tion are doing their bit by knitting and rolling bandages. toe semLrniala held on Thursday night and toe finals on the following &turday night. A trophy will be awarded to the schools winning in the finals. Min iature gold basketoaUs will be given to the individual members of toe (toampionship teams. Each player on toe team defeated, in the finals wfi. be given a miniature silver basket- baU. The tournament is under the direc tion of toe baricetball coaches. Miss Rebecca Webb and J. W. Turlington, and the high school p^cipal, V. R. V^ite. This is the firrt invitational basketball tournament ever held in Hoke county. Army It In Need Of 12,CNRr^iiien Washington, Jan. 20.-^The army needs about 12,000 women at onee, a congressional committee was told today, for use in the airplane inter ceptor service and other army branches. Lieut. Col. Ira Swift of the gen eral staff told the House Military committee there were certain jobs, such as the vitally important tele phone operators in air raid spotting organizations, which women could do better than men. The officer said the army now was using about 6,000 volunteer un paid women but it was believed the service would be more efficient if there was a control of attendance and turnover in personnel. He esti mated it would cost about $10,000,- 000 a year to uniform, house and train the 12,000 needed, and said qbout 10,000 would be put in inter ceptor command work. Judge Walter C. Bone Presiding Over Mixed Term Superior Court. June Breeden, colored, was given a term of three to five years in State prison following his plea of guilty of manslaughter in Superior court Monday, and Benjamin Thomas, col ored, drew a term of from eight to 12 years for the murder of his mother, Suzie Thomas. Breeden was the driver of the car which struck another automobile in which Miss Grace Cooley, of Wag ram, was a passenger. Miss Cooley was almost instantly killed in the ac cident which happened about two miles from Wagram early 'in Decem ber. Thomas shot his mother during an altercation with his brother at their home in Little River township. Both entered pleas of manslaugh ter after the grand jury returned true bills. The case against Sim Liles, charg ed with manslaughter and careless ■ and reckless driving and being in volved in an accident in which Mel vin D. Gentry was killed was contin ued. Alonzo McRimmon pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to the state roads for 12 months. The state took a nol pros in the case of Will Anderson indict ed on the same charge. James Ar chie Harrington pleaded guilty to as sault with deadly weapon on Son Murchison. The sentence of 12 months was suspended for a period of good behavior on payment of costs and $27 medical fees. A. A. Barefoot, charged with driv ing car under influence of liquor and convicted in Cpunty Court, pleaded guilty and was given a sentence of fix montoe .oQ Sitote ^ upon pa jnneHt of $50' ind com, and good behavior for two years. His driver’s license was revoked for 12 montos. Judge Bone granted a divorce to Dezzree Crisco Stanley from Docie Stanley, on toe grounds of two years separation. Mrs. Staidey lives in Hoke county and itr. Staidey is « resident of Greentooro. W. R. BarringtoD To Make Race Fot Hoke Sherifi County Police Officer MatcM Formal Announcement This Week. The Defenders Of Singapore Down 13 Rlanee Walter R. Barrington, county pol ice officer since last September and a law enforcement officer for the past twenty years, announces in the Nexvs-Joumal today that he will en ter the race for the office of sheriff of Hoke county in the Democratic primary. Mr. Barrington states that he^is offering for the office after being strongly urged to make the race by people from every section of the county. He stated that he did not know whether Sheriff David H. Hod gin intended to offer for another term or not, but that because of the prom ise of strong support promised him by people from all walks of life he- was announcing with the intention of making it a race to the finish. “This,” he said, “will be the first time there has been any announced opposition to Sheriff Hodgin since he became sheriff in 1928.” Mr. Barrington entered police work in 1912 when he served as a county officer in Marlboro county. South Carolina. He also served in a like capacity in Scotland county, and in Chesterfield county. He was chief of police at Marion, S. C.. what he was brou^t to Hoke county to serve on the Cotthty Police in 1926. In 1928 he M^ed as deputy sheriff and lailer unila’ Sheriff Hodgin, a post he heUK until he became chi^ of police of Raeford in September, 1940. He held that office until S^^iteniber, 1941, what he was again onployed by toe County Commissioners of Hoke county as a member of toe County Police, in wdtich office Im s«ves un der the board of cammisstoaos and not as a member of toe force of toe ^griffs’ toVArtmoat ^. A native of Clio, S. C., Mr. Bar rington married Miss Hden Show of jGeorgetown, S. C.. and Narfirik. Va.. in 1916. They have ttuee sons and ttiree dauitoters. Two sons are wito the armed forces. W. R., Jr., is in the Navy and is stationed at Peart Har bor, and E. W. is with Battery F ctf 2S2nd CA. Miss Helen Barringtdn is a nurse at Littteton. Anottier daughter is Mrs. Bill Upchurdi, of Raeford. Bet^ and David are stud, ents of the Hoke hi^ sdiooL U.S.WaiBegm T i me Feb. 9 For War Washington, Jan. 20. — Aiuezica will go bn daylight-saving time Feb- ruaiy 9 td conserve electricify for toe titentic war effort. President Roosevelt signed a day- light-8aving"b^ today, and at 2 a. m. on Februw^ 9 toe cloaca will be turned ahead an hour for toe dura tion of tbe..war..Altoouito toe biU applies only td interstate comiherre activities" and toe Federal goyem- ment it to .expected to be obatoved by most of the nation. Mr. Roosevelt advised fCkmgress last July. ihat toe ^ Federal Power commission toeye, would bo tes^ pr« ^ saving of hoto» of mirlbr toA. kilowatt- by pqt Requirements Of Trainees For Air Corps Changed Changes in requirements for elig ibility for training in the Army Air Corps were announced today, pro viding, fbr the enlistment of many men who could not meet former specifications. In general, those eligible are young men between, the ages of 18 to 26 inclusive, who have been U. S.' citizens of good moral character for at least. 10 years. Physical con dition must be good and visual ac- ui^ must be 20|20 bilateral with normal color vision. Applicants for grb^md duty training must have min imum vision” in each, eye of 20|40, corirectible with glasses to 20|20 in one,eye, whm no organic disease of either eye exists.. . College or hi^ sdiool credits are no longer required but candidates mitot be able to pass a screening prepared by the office of the of tho Air Corps, ‘ to sstabitoh ^ nf ttiM.ct^date.to > deitortoto*' Singapore, Jan. 21. — Singapore’s defenders blasted 13 raiding Japan ese planes out of the skies over this island citadel today, while RAF bombers were reported to have car ried oQt^smashing attadcs on Japan ese-held aicdromes in malaya and heavy land fl^ttog continued in toe northwest portion of ^hore state.. The Japanese raiders dropped scores of bombs during their long attack on Singapore’s fortifications and its residential districts, but Brit ish fighter patrols were credited of ficially with shooting down four ene my aircraft and damaging others, while the anti-aireraft batteries had nine to their credit. Chief targets of the “heavy and successful” RAF operations were the air fields at Kudntan and Kuala Lum pur. At Kuantan planes, hangars and airdrome buildings were attacked twice, causing “considerable destruc tion,” while at Kuala Lumpur direct hits were scored on at least three grounded planes which burst into flames and hangars also were set on fire. On the land front the Japanese again supported their troops 'with low'dive-bombing and mqdiine-gun- ning attacks on advanced British positions. But here again the Japan ese encountered strong opposition from RAF fighter squadrons which, in the course of “offensive sweeps,” shot down at least one Japanese bomber and forced an entire forma tion to jettison its cargo. The communique gave few details of the land operations, but said that in the Bukit Paqong area of north west Johoye British artillery inflict ed heavy casualties on toe Japanese troops in- “short-range firing over open sights"—at point-blank range. Laws Designed To Get Defense Profits Reports C. STBIDER PASSES IN BliUE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP J. C. Stridor, of Blue ^ings Township, died Tuesday. He was a native of Randolph county, but has lived with his son Willie Stridor. tion he has had. Mailed men may be accepted provided their dependents have suf ficient ntMans of support mid a state ment' is signed to that effect Application blanks and furSier ^ formatiim may be ootodnaA i S. ' AnoF recruitint stallpd at Washington, Jan. 21.—^ar-icaito- ing legislation to compel “special oi- terest" groiqie to submit aeoanaltoii of fheir funds and to fimit proftto on deftase work was preparai todtor to meet the house naval conunittoeto blunt criticism of practices it. de clared were current Chairman Vinson D-Ga) said he would introduce immediately a bill to require “big chambers of commeree, labor unions and all special intoert groups” to report to a federal agmey their assets, liabilities, contributions and expenditures. Well-informed congressianal rtP- cles said that such a program had been discussed by President Roose velt with conferees on labor legis- lationX)jro months ago. A^ M4;.same time, Vinson said he was worKhiLg on a second bill design ed to prey^t the “excessive and im- consS^able” profits which the com- mitte^Mto^red some corporations had naval contracts. The^Qeoigian said that the legis lation could not fairly be based on a fixed percentage of profit, but prob ably would be built around average profits over a given period of years. The naval committee sent a vOhim- inous report to the house yesterday summarizing its mvestigation of 19,- 086 naval contracts. All members ap proved the report as a whole, hut nine dissented sharply from toe-ma- jority's findings regarding labor. Officers’ FsmilB Evacuated From Trinidad Bate Mrs. Paul DidESQB, Jr., aitired la New Ywk from Trinidad Wednes day aftenuxm. They aftvrad la Raefted this moming where win be with Lt l»to|ion*is AR olficars* wives have bee uaied from TrinM^ Tbs dato^ Steir loavinB was kept Mn. PtokiRD, Sr. didn’t; tie. ‘ '
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