North Carolina Newspapers

11 s. (hJer Ntmibers Are Annomiced Southeastern Music Contest At Red Springs Friday Nineteen men supposed to have re||istered either during the first reg- isttation in 1940, or in the second registration in July, 1941, but who f'ailed to register until February Ifflh, were assigned order and serial num bers by the selective service board at a meetmg held last week. (Chairman Lester stated that these men had failed to register due to mis understanding of the inclusive birth- .dates, and that there was no appar- •ent attempt to dodge the draft. In almost ail cases these men were with in a . day or tWo of being too young tor too old to register and understood that they did not have to registte. However, when their regishatian ■cards were filed last month it was Joundfthat, according to their birth dates, they should be included in the first or second registration groups and have been so assigned by the board. Xhe serial and order numbers have been assigned as foUows: Ckmv 1—Fint Reglstntion ^ :1512-A—Simuel Chick Thomas, r. 1, Raefoird, col. 116-A—Hubert McLean, r. 3, Red Springs, coL Ifilfi-A—Troy McNeill, r. 1, Shan non. 801-A—Willie Welton Maxwell, r. 2, Raeford.' ■ 378-A—Marshal McCrimmon, Ash- 'ley eights, col. ' 1176-B — Sammy Joy. Ashley Heightj,^ col. • Lacy Edmond Parks, r. 1, .'Shannon, wh. > 472-A—Osie Zeke Tate, Raeford,^ col. Group 2—Second ReKtotantion S-1400-A—Gra^ford Lowr^,- lied Springs, Ind. v . S-1498-A-Ate*: ;|^»»D^; .Springs, col. . it'f.f' .v' g S-378-A —‘ Roscoe Jones, Ind., . ■Raeford. '■•v-''- '. ''.v ' S-504-T—Teams Stubbs, r. 3,. Red Springs, col. S-i70-A—James Bullard, r. 1, Shan non, Tfid,' ■ ;S-l274-A — Rubin Craven, r. 2, Cameron, c6i. ^45-1078-A—-Robert P- WoOdCox, f. :2, Raeford, wh. S-1400-B—Robert O’Neill IkCaH, . Raeford, col. S-490*.A — Benjamin Frank IVtC* ^^eod, r. 1, Timberland, col. ^S-210-A — Willie Green Raeford, col. The music contest for the South eastern district of North Carolina, will be held at Flora Macdonald col lege and the Red Springs high school on Friday^.March 27, beginning at 9 o’clock in the morning. This district is composed of schools from the following counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberand, Duplin, Hoke, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Richmond, Robeson, Samp son and Scotland. The instrumental solos, ensembles, bands, and orchestrasj will compete in the high school auditorium in the morning. In the afternoon, the glee club and mixed choruses will beheld also in the high school. At the col lege, the contests in the voice solos, trios, and quartettes, will be held in the morning, and tiie piano ccmtest in the .afternoon. The following schools have already registered for the "ocmtartst Fayette ville, Wilmingtt«r MMBejr HUl, Fair mont, Gibswif Wiaglftm, Rowland, Kenansville, Warsaw, RicMands, Car thage, Hamlet, Laurel Hill, Hope Mills, Laurinburg, Clinton, and Red Springs. About one thousand con testants are expected to be here. Bands from Lumberton and Fay etteville will take part hr the cot- test. Anyone desiring information concerning the .contest may write to Miss Emma Louise Jones, chairman, Red Springs. Judges for the pontest wUl be Miss Grace VanDy^e Moore, Major C. P. Kutschinski gnd Mrs. C. D. PaMonde. Report Last Male WPA Employee Privately Employed John C. Sheffield, attOrnQr of Hel ena, Ark., and member of the Amer ican Expeditionary Force dUrifig the first Weeld war, wrote a letter to The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, last week. It struck such a responsive chord in the editorial office of that news paper that it was printed in The Commercial Appeal as a front-page editorial—a very imusual procedure. Since it's publication, business men’s clubs of Memphis have been distributing reprints of the letter to thousands of citizens and a Mem phis mother who has two sons in the armed forces of the United States has begun a house-to,-house canvass of the city, asking citizens to write •their congressmen, enclosing copies of the letter and asking their atten tion to the matter on which it touch es. Pad Davis Gets Employment Service ! ^low Recruitinsr Strawberry Pickers T. Myers, Kiwanis Club Endorses Prayer Minute / The Prayer Minute—to lyliich your •'attention is called each ntornihg at T1 -b‘doc4c by the ringing of the bell ■of ffie Methodist church—was en dorsed iby the Raeford Kiwanis ehib .following its favorable discussion Thuis^^ (evening. The disciBSSion was led by the Rev. Harry K. Hoilland at the conclusion ■of his talk on Conservaiton of our natural and our .spiritual resources. Mr. Holland keyed his subject to the program of- the state department of conservation and development which was last week observing forest fire •prevention week. He discussed the great demand which the war effort had placed on our natural resources iand the :shame of our inordinate waste of'them in the past. To this ihe dr^. a parallel in our wtete of 'our spifltuEtl resources and conclud ed that^^sA^ nation we shoul.d pay rjTiore car«f'‘d (attention to the preser- •vdtion of botti our natUrad and our spiritual.assets. Paul bevls was given six months' ^ ^ ^ on the.foads ,fpr the theft pf a pistolihikir iwog.jp«>r a vmf uffit^Wh^tiveSesi victiqn lit r county court Tuesdsor morhlhg.' Joe Scott entered a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of entering the Clarence ^Wilson home jiMr S^atprium'and'’file''theft■ of ‘^onay'’ShrR''pistol from the home, ih# goads removed were returned and the ddtttii accepted the plea oh payment of the costs. Judd Ennis paid c8Sts rating a car with improper lignls. Donnie McLauchlin paid costs for Careless and reckless driving and having Improper brakes. Alonzo Al ford paid costs for drunkeness. Bound Over Johnnie McNeill, negro youth, was boimd over to Superior Court when Judge McQueen found jdfopahle cauM on the issues of breaking, entering and larceny. McdTeill was Charged w^tif entering the* home of J. C. Gib son at Antioch end of the theft of four gun shells. He was released un der $2Q0 bond. Because we, too, endorse it, we are reprinting Mr. Sheffield’s letter here: “To The Commercial Appeal: “My (Mily son was bom while was in France during the first Work war. Today he is a member of the United States Marine Corps.- He sailed from California the first of January, and we have heard nothing from him since. We know he is somewhere in the Pacific. We are anxious about him. Thousands of other parents^ are like us. . “TheP, ■'resident says we do not have^enough ships to send supplier to our troops, and that we must bUild ships in a hurry. Even as he spoke several hundred-shipbuilders refused to work , bn'Washington’s Birthday bSiau^’they were not paid double tirne. . “How can fathers and mothers of boys who are in the danger zone and who #.re being called upon to sacri- * .4B«r ^3urge'-.-^ President and the Congress permit a bunch of ship builders and munitions worker^.tp An unconfirmed report that the last man certified from Hoke county for WPA work at Fort Bragg had en tered private emplojrment was bruit ed about Raetord yesterday. The News-Journal was unable to reach Truman Austin, supervisor of WPA work at Fort Bragg for confirmation. Local welfare officials stated that some days ago there were only three men from Hoke county employed by the WPA, and that notices of with drawals had been received by the board signifying that these men had entered private employment. There are no construction projects being op erated in the county by the WPA at this time, and men applying for such employment havte been certified to the supervisor of WPA work at the fort for some months. There are yet a few projects in the coimty which employ women through the WPA and the county is not completely withoirt-sorte assist ance from the administration, to car ry on these projects. One citizen, when told of the re port, stated: “Well, I’m glacl that we can see the end of that government outfit. While it was possibly needed in many places, there never was any real excuse for such work in Hoke county.” Another stated: “Fine. So far as I know, Hoke county is the first in the state to get all of her men back into private employment. We set the pace for the state in the scrap metal eoUeetion, Now it appears that we are estting the paee again in rid ding the nation of one of the biggest, drains on the Federal trensury ” ' R-ecruiting strawberry pickers has already been begun by the U. S. Em ployment Service, according to a statement by the Fayetteville office of that agency Individual pickers and leaders of picking groups are urged to contact the Employment Service representa tive whose schedule in Hoke is given below. Indications are that a good yield ing crop is in prospect despite a slight r^uction in acreage. Early re ports from growers also indicate a higher wage for picking than last year. The Employment Service stresses the importance of pickers’ dealing with their farm placemmit division in order to get to the proper farms at the proper time thus eliminating loss es in pickers’ time, in traveling ex penses, and in the berry (nxip itself. The field representative will be in Raeford on Thursdays at the welfare office from 10:00 a. m. until 3:00 p Giles Newton h House Race Widi W. 0. Buinin Advisory Council Holds Meeting In a last minute announcement Giles Newton, of Gibson, perermial candidate for Crongress from the 8th district, took to the field against in-a cumbent W. O Burgin. Mr. Newton paid, kls AllOS fee Sat-; urday a few hours before the Sat urday . mi^ght deadline. congressional 8eat|to Are those of: - Sii^atQi^o^ah • W. Bailey who intends to make a de^mined fight against another oftime can didate, Dick Fountain of Ro^ Mount: Herbert Bc^er,; of the first The Hoke County W. P. A. Advis ory Council met March 23rd in the county commissioners’ room^jyitb quit when they get good and ready^TStr^- Prbefer and j/Ifs^Heleff “Dor.-our boys at the - froht get I Southerland, of Wilrtiiligton, pistriCT ‘overtime’ and ‘double time’ in the j ond Assistant District Supervises of fox holes of the Philipines? Do ou? ! community service. Miss Edna Cam- Dr# A. R. McQueen To Preach Here Sunday Rev. A. R. McQueen, D. D., pastor of the Presbyterian church in Dunn, will preach at the morning service of the Raeford Presbyterian church on next Sunday morning. Rev. Mr. McQueen is well known in this community, and, it is expected that a large congregation will hear, him. He comes to the Raeford church in an exchange of pulpits.-with Rev. H. K. Holland, pastor of the local chiu-ch, who is in Dunn this week conducting a meeting. There will be no evening service Sunday, due to the absence of the pastor. ; l^al Doctors ^^Attend Meel^g Drs. Murray, P. P. McCain :and C. D. ’Thomas attended a meeting in Durham Monday, which was the .tenth o£.i:tnventy-six such meetings, spon sored by the American College of Surgeons. The purpose of these qon- fefendes is to give the latest and most abib^tic information on war medi cine, and surgery. STATE INCOME TAX P&SSES 19 MlLl^N Raleigh, March 26. — During the first 18 days of Maith, the state de partment of revenue received $14, 191,807.52 in income tax returns. Including money already received the levy for the current fiscal year now totals |194!28,324.08, an inoregse of alnvost $7,000,000 over the return to March 18 of the last fiscal, year. sons who are giving their lives tp protect th# jobs of these and others like them' 'quit on holidays? Like hell they doi “One of my friends, who is a good mechfifiie, wihl a family to support, went iO fiei i job in a munitions plant Every Ady hear on the ra dio and read in the newspapers that such men are needed to turn out munitions for our soldiers, sailors, and marines. But this man was NK fused a job until he could get a un ion card. He could not get a union card because he did not have enough money to buy one. • “Is it the idea of our government that it is more important to preserve labor unions than it is to preserve the American Union? Why can’t a freeborn American citizen get a job in a plant where the govern ment needs workers without having tp pay tribute to a high-powered labor leader. “If pur sons are to be drafted to give their lives for their coimtry, why should not Labor and Capital be drafted to supply them with muni tions of war? Why should Con gress, which has the power to make laws, be so tender of the regard for laborers and management who work and prosper in safety while having an utter disregard for the lives of the boys at the front? We don’t like it, and we don’t mind saying so ri^t out loud. Hajr- be it is time we were electing sonie May 4th-7th Dates Set For Sugar Registration I Registration dates for national sug ar rationing were set this week by the office of price administration. April 28 and 29, industrial users, such as canners, candy makers and con- fectionera will register for their ra tions, while on-May 4, -5, 6, and 7 individual users will register at the public schools. Recent Improvements The Hoke Oil and Fertilizer com pany have sold coal for years, but they had it imloaded on the backlot below the plant until this winter when they put in a coalchute. They are now fixed up right for business. The Upchurch Milling and Storage company has in recent months erect ed a grain elevator, an^ wheat and com can be safely stored in quanti ties. No iphshroom growth here, hut it is characterbtie of Raeford to moifo .with deliberation and certainty. eron, supervisor of libraries, wM pfeseht'and wilT plJttv.and arrange programs for these meetings in the futrue. ■ , The members of the coimcil afe: J. A. McGoogan, chairman, Mrs. H. A. Cameron, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., Mrs. Jesse Gibson, Mrs. A, D. Gore, Mrs. P. P. McCain, K. A. MacDonald, Man- ley Norton, J. W. Smith, Allen Wood, N. H. G. Balfour, Mrs. Ethel Gilea,^ Miss Josephine Hall, Mrs. G. B. Row- latid, secretary. Navy Repnis U. S. Raids Od Two Islands Washington, Mar. 25. — The navy told today of highly successful raids on Japanese-held Wake and Marcus islands which so disturbed Japan, re ports from Pearl Harbor said, that Tokyo’s lights were blacked oxit for several nights. Enemy small boats, seaplanes and numerous shore installations were de stroyed, the na-vy said, at both the strategic Pacific islands. The at tacking forces, meeting “little oppo sition,” lost one airplane at each. No United States ships were damaged. Marcus island is only 950 miles from Tokyo and so far as is known the attack there was the closest Unit ed States navy forces, wiUi the excep tion of American submarines, have carried the war to Japan. The report cm the Wake island raid was the first official disclosure that the Japanese had pounanently oc cupied it and were attempting to fortify that central Pacific island which they finally captured from United States marines December 28 at a heavy cost in men and ships. At Wake, a navy communique said, 219 bombs from aircraft and many shells from cruisers and destroyers were rained on shore installations and a landing field. “Two enemy patrol boats were sunk, three large seaplanes at an chor were demolished, and the air craft rpnways and a part of the de- lense batteries .were damaged,” the n(pry reports. “Our loss in this en gagement was one aircraft.” 'The Wake Island raid occurred I'^yiiary 24. The task force was commanded by Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, senior air force command- M in the Pacific, who oh. January 31 led an atack on Marshall and Gilbeart islands which resulted in destruc- Upn of 16 enemy ships and. 41 ak-- craft who is opposed by Marvin . .. foire^'wli«9i GreenviUejahd John If.-Folgerof the ’ ” ’ ' " 5th district who is Qposed by D, X! Speas of Winston. ' Former Governor-Senator Cantf Mprispn and Lawyer John A. McRae, both of Mecklenburg, will fight it haj hit Wake Island a week earlier^ struck gt |^§Fpus Island. The attack, by air, was e.xecuted lyst, before dawn and the navy bomb ers whic? roared over the Japanese base dropped flares to illuminate their oiit for the new lOfo congressionaljobje^tives. “No raemy aircraft or distriet place. ODT Will Sufiiervii# Truck Convef^lofiA ships were present’* thp communique faid. ^ Ele*ti4»tt BdArd AppoiiitAil The state board Pf eletStioh's ih- nounced this week thaf followihg had been appointed menSbeSS of fii'e election board of Hoke CdCtIfty,- to conduct the primary of May JfOfo, and subsequent elections this year. J. W. McPhaul, of Antioch commun ity, chairman, C. L. Thomas, and D. C. Cox of Raeford, the last named is the Republican member of the board. senators and congressmen who will crack down and compel Capital and Labor to get into this war. And, come to think of it, this is election year, and we might as well get busy while we have the time and oppor- timity. “JOHN C. SHEFFIELD.” Helena, Ark. RAEFORirS PRATER HimnE •/V . gV ■ ELEVEN O'CLOCK DAILY CHURCH BELL TO SUM1I|6N PEOPLE TO PRAYER IT IS TIME TO PRAY! The people of Raeford and Hoke County, regardless of creed or race, are asked to join in the observance of this minute of silent prayer daily, ait 11 o’clock. The Methodist Church Bell will ring and all people in their homes, schools, offices, sdiops, stores, on the streets or in the fields, are re quested to pause in observance of this brief time of prayer. Sponsored! by The Chuvdies of Raeford Conversion “ Of and trailers into passenger-catri^nd vehicles to help meet the wartime tran^ortatioh problem is one of the duties to be handled by the North Carolina unit of the Office of Defense TVansporta- John L. Wilkinson.,!^ Charlotte, temporary ^airman, Sara yesterday. ' Represehffliyes ^ tha trudcbig and motor trarispprlatieti industries in North Carolina, be aMOUficed, wRl meet at the Charlotte Chiefobfir of Commerce Wednesday, April L 9 p. m., to complete the orgahiziBait of the State Advisory committee' pf the ODT. The preliminary phase of the eon- version of trucks and trailers into passenger carriers is being undertak en by the Contract Distribution branch in Raleigh in a survey to de termine existing facilities. QaestionnsUres Mailed A questiormaire has been mailed to 424 transportation and trucking companies and replies thus far re ceived have uncovered scores of ve hicles which can be used to trans port essential workers in industry from their homes to their places of employment. State headquarters in Raleigh said the survey, also shows that hundreds of trucks, now used only part time and' that for carrying freight, can be converted to passenger use by installing new bodies or placing benches or other seating accomoda tions in existing bexlies. Numerous truck owners, it was said, have ex pressed a willingness to do double duty with their equipment if it will help to mobilize every possible wheel and tire in North Carolina. ^ The survey is designed to give the contract distribution brandr complete information on motor vehicle focOi- ties in the state. Information receiv ed will be filed by regions and wh» a transportation system in any sec tion of the state is strained beyond capacity, employers wUl be advised of these facil^es. Many plant own ers, it was said, already are showing great concern over the rapid deter ioration of tires, and some of them are considering settiivg up their own^ bus services to get employem to work and back home. - . Scoots Trolning " For ^erg(faBcy Service - f ^ Twenty mcaDabersiof &e Raeford ip of Bok B in emeriti Scouts Itre taking train- icy sedrice in the dass- r sgouts. at Vlfogram troop ing in es being hdd for each Monday night. ^ Th^ get trains* ihg of two hours wadi Monday for three wreaks, then g^ter school they get three da^ tcainilig at the Camp- oree to bcT held at Laurel HilL Raeford Scouts are also getting the Red Cross course in first aid being given to some three hundred stud ents of the Hoke high school, ac cording to Scoutmaster J. W. Tur lington. Other activities of the local troop in defense work included their Col lection of paper, rubber, tin and oth er scrap materials as a part of the county salvage program. The boys, when they finish their training courses wiU be qualified to enter the regular volunteer groups of the county civil ian deefnse unit to assist emergoicy medical units, to be fire watchers and act as messengers. 1941 Soil ConservRlif Payments To Be Mi From WasbmgloD The Triple-A office in Waddagtoir has advised the County Trisle-A of fice that 1941 Soil ronmgvBtion ksy- ments wrill be mailed dii^ to flKm- ers beginning immedyd^. Thix diange in meChod of iwMiht paym^ts has been hcou^t about in order to conserve tires and save gM- oline lor fiuRnas. It win not be mec- essary for farmers t» come to the county agnRfs office to get ttteir dtecks from now on. Recital Friday, Mar* 27 Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin will sent her music class in their spring recital Friday evening, 27th. ^ ..This redtal, alwayg forwrai^ to wUl be in the school auditorium at 8 p. m. Am RA» WAHNINGR Pim WABNINQ SKmair-A fiRT ai aM. Val