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Stationed at Bragg
t 14-Transfer of
Airborne Division, com
mand^ by Maj. Gen. M. B. Ridgway
Camp Claiborne, La., to Fort Bragg
Its new p-rma.nor.t station, was maS
known to^ay. ‘
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The complicated task of moving the
division and its equipment a thousand
mil^ was completed on schedule, ac-
cording to Gen. Ridgway, who shut
tled by plane between Camp Clai
borne and! Ft. Bragg until the move
ment was completed.
approximate
ly eso officers and men made the
trip from the Louisiana post to North
Carolina in transport planes, whUe
the remainder of the 82nd’s fighting
men were moved in troop trains.
The advance party travelled in
giant twin-motored transport planes
so large that a two and o:ie-hslf ton
feuck could drive und-r the wings.
The big craft were very similar in
silhouette to the great luxury air
lines which span 9merican skies, but
there the resemblance ended.
There were no luxurious furnish
ings in the nl-me cabins. The ships
had small windows and wide loadir°
doors. Instead of sitting in the upt
bolstered chairs, the uniformed pas- memb^s',
sengers occupied benches along the
sides of the cabins, facing inward.
Their parachutes were their cushions.
Loading was a precision job which
set the standard for every phase of
the complicated operation. Each
plane was numbered, and as trucla
rolled into the airport from Camp
Claiborne they proceeded directly to
the^ plane to which passengers were
assigned. The hundreds of soldiers
in the advance party were aboard in
their places in 15 minutes
Hoke Tr^port
Committee Up
Comity USDA Appoints
Group to Assist Farm Tru^k
Operators to Haul Supplies
The Hoke County Transportation
Commitfee h^s been appointed by
the County USDA War, Board to
assist farm truck operators and others
who haul farm supplies to and from
farms in making applications for Cer
tificates of War Necessity as required
by the "Office of Defense Transporta
tion.
Taylor Appeals
Doe Possession
Sentence
Twenty-Six Defendants
Are Convicted in County
Court Tuesday •
Oct. 22, 23 and 24 have been desig
nated as National Farm Truck R^is-
tration days and at that time opera
tors of all trucks must register their
vehicles in order to continue operat
ing on and after Nov. 15. The County
Farm Transportation Committee is as
follows: W. C. Hodgin, chairman, rep
resentative of the AAA Committee;
T. D. Potter, representative of one of
the major crops; T. B. Upchurch,
Jr., representative of major agricul
ture crop; C. W. Childress, represen
tative of the- Truck Transportation
Service, and M. C. Dew, representa
tive of dealers of farm supplies. N.
^ McFayden, A. K. Stevens, Ed
Guy Taylor, white man of near
Raeford, was found guilty of pos
session of the carcass of a female
deer in county court Tuesday and
sentenced to the roads for 30 days by
Judge W. B. McQueen. The sentence
was suspended upon payment of $50
and costs, and his hunting license was
suspended for the season. Taylor
denied knowledge of the deer which
was found within a few feet of his
truck, lying in a path over which
Game Warden McLean had just pass
ed. The killing of the deer took
''Ipce, according.to testimony, on the
old Cameron place.
Roosevelt Arnold, colored, was
found guilty of violation of the pro
hibition laws, selling liquor and given
two months on the roads. An old
„ , , , , — which a 60-day sentence had
Brock and M. D. Yates were ap-1 been su.oended, was recalled by the!
pointed .a,s,alternates for the last four i court and Arnold will have to serve
committee named,
his '■Gdmmittee was set up
accordahce with instructions issued
by the State USDA War Board. Head
quarters for the committee for Hoke
County will be the County Agent’s
Office which is also headquarters
both sentences, or four months.
Ash Sinclair paid costs for pos
session of illegal whiskey. Those
paying costs for drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct were: Ben Griffin,
Will Griffin, Daniel McLean, James’
D. Butler, Oscar Ray, James Blue,
1000-yard intervals, lumbering to the
take-off point, rushiijg down the run
way and streaking skyward. In less
than a half hour, the last ship had
left the ground and was out of
.sight.
Soldiers back -at Camp Claiborne
who were to follow later by train
received a spine-tingling thrill a few
minutes after the takeoff, when two
of the flights of transport craft cir
cled low over the station before
Winging eastward toward Port Bragg.
,-^ For the soldiers who flew to their
View station, the swift flight over
the southeast’s autumn-toucjied fields
and forests was a taste of things to
come. When the 82nd moves into
combat it will travel by glider and
transport plane.
Transfer of the division followed
the earlier War Department an
nouncement that the United States
Army’s first airborne units, then sta
tioned at Camp Claiborne, would be
moved o another location for inten
sive training in airborne tactics.
Air training of the 82nd will be
under direction of the Airborne Com
mand, which is assisting in buildng
hard-httfng teams of sky troop
for the County UpA War Board, j Albert Galbraith, J. D.’Beasley, John
1 ms committee will be responsible! Manuel, Nick Jones, Kelley Stubbs
and Bill Love. Beasl^ alsd drew a
for the development of the farm
transportation conservation program
in the county.
This step was ta.^Jiy.:.the
The transport , pD$n^ tbck af' ttrwfiserve existing trans
portation facilities, and will govern
the miles that may be operated and
the loads that must be carried by all
vehicles affected by. the order.
Soldiers’ Center
By the USO
th,
en
ns
rij that will give ^ashiqg force to
Ai^erican blows against the enemy.
The Commanding General, officers
men of the Division are keenly
conscious of the opportunity they
have to pioneer the tactical employ
ment of airborne troops, a brand new
fornivof warfare for our Army. All
its General Officers, its Chief of
Staff and several of its other Staff
Officers have already used the new
forms of transportation which this
division will employ—the airplane
the parachute and the glider—and are
-enthusiastic over them all.
The Hoke Count* Soldiers’ Center,
located in the A. & R. Depot build
ing, has no connection with any other
organization whatsoever, stated Miss
Flora Boyce yesterd-ay, and receives
no m»iies for its support from any
source except voluntary contributions
from Hoke County citizens.
Miss Boyce explained that a num
ber of people had an idea the Cen
ter was supported by the USO and
was operated in connection with the
USO which has charge of the Armory
recreation center. This is not the
cafe, she stated.
Before the United Service Organi
zations entered Raeford there were
thousands of soldiers who came here
and had no recreation place and the
use of the depot building was granted
the local citizens who were interested
in giving the soldiers a loafing place.
Equipment was donated by various
citizens, business houses and county
and town governments and Miss
Boyce and Mrs. Currie operate the
Center as a county project.
30-d'ay sentence for ^olation of the
road laws. ^Jobn,.I|(JppeL drew a 3©-
possession of il-
legm liquor, with the sentences sus-
perided upon good behavior for 12
months.
William Brown paid costs for
speedtig; Marshal Williams was fined
'510 and costs for careless and reck
less driving and faUing to halt at
the order of an officer. ^
Chester Parnell, George Parnell
and Willie Ellerbee paid costs- for
indecent exposure and nuisance while
ricBng on a trudc along route 15-A.
Cliff Thomas drew a 60-day sentence,
suspended, for assault with a deadly
weapon upon his wife, Almena Thom
as. Marshall Williams paid costs for
violation of the road laws. Donnie
Haithcox paid costs for a similar of
fense.
Herbert Maultsby paid costs for
assault of Pearl Maultsby.
Drivers licenses were suspended
and William Covington and Mally
Baker paid $50 and costs each for,
operating autos while under the in
fluence of whiskey.
Another Reminder—
This is the month to mail those
parcels to the boys in the armed
forces outside of the United
States, Because of the wartime
burden on the maUs the pack
ages should be maUed as late as
October 31, but the best way to
guarantee arrival by Christmas is
to mail them NOW.
The Public P.elaf’ons Office of
the Sixth Naval District. Char
leston, gives advice and instmc-
«ons relative to the Christmas
packages as follows:
“CHRISTMAS PARCEL”
Packages labeled Christmas
Parcel’ will be expedited. 'They
should be no larger than an or
dinary shoe box and. weigh not
more than six pounds. 'They
should be packed in substantial
containers, covered by strong
wrapping, an^ tied or secured so
as to be readily opened by cen-
»rs. Addresses should include
full name and rank or rating of
addressee, and the name of his
sWp br unit, but the locatkm
should never be Included. Only
two post offlce addreraes may be
used, “Care of the Postmaster
New York, N. Y.,” and “Car® of
the Postmaster. San Francisco,
Cal., ’ whichever is nearer the ad
dressee.
There is no limit on the num
ber of packages which a man
abroad may receive. However,
not more than one Christmas
package may be maUed by the
same sender to the same recipient
in any one week.
“Particular care should be ex
ercised in the selection of gifts.
Food frequently arrives in dam
aged or spoiled condition, no mat-
-«^efu>lr"wcpgysii.
Cibtnlng should not be sent un
less it has been specifically re
quested. Gifts should be fern-
pact and portable. Electrical ap
paratus is of dubious value.
“Christmas and New Year’s
greetings to personnel abroad
should in all instances be written
on V-Mail stationery. Cards
should not be sent because of
their bulk and because in most
instances recipients will prefer to
lave their greetings in the form
of a letter from relatives
friends.”
Mrs. Covington
Will Head Local
RentCmitrol
rent director-of
I the Fayettevile area, has announced
e appointment of Mrs. Kate Blue
ovmgton of Raeford to the position
inspector for Raeford
and Hoke County for a period of
days.
Since Oct. 1, Mrs. Covington has
PHn"! of
Price Administration in Fayetteville
working with members of that staff
wntrol!"^^'"® problems of rent
Mra. Covington is to have space in
the County Office Budding in the
Rationing Board Office, and she wiU
oe in a position to assist residents
Of this area.
Mr.
^ park, area rent attorney,
steted that the transportation situa-,
tion .makes it difficult for residents '*ontrioution
of Raeford to get to the area office
in Fayetteville. It is now planned
to have one man of the staff from
the Fayetteville office in Raeford one
day each week to assist Mrs.
Covington wth her work Mr. Clarlc
also stated that there need be no
oitficulty in anyone securing help in
registering property. fUing petitions
or dealing with any rent control
problem. •
Mrs. Covngton needs no introduc
tion to Raeford and Hoke County
as she belongs to the weU-knowii
i^lue family, Sandhill pioneers. She
is the daughter of the late J. A.
Blue and Mrs, . JeMfe-*b4r6ill Bine:'
^ter-RiiadahWn from the Raeford
High School, Mrs. Covington attend
ed Flora Macdonald, and Queen’s Col
leges. She ib4)i«a.q»tta»ied to fibndife
her new duties, having had two years
experience doing social service work
with the Hoke County Welfare De
partment.
Efforts of Local
Jimk Dealers Win
Recognitioii \
Mr. T. C. Scarborough.
Raeford, N. C.
Dear Mr Sear'--rough;
It giv’es this office a real pleasure
to be able to present the T. C. Scar
borough Company the War Produc
tion Board’s Meri^ Award.
This Award is given in recogn'don
of your splendid cooperating in ship
ping in excess of 284 Tons of Srrao
Metal dumg the month just pasesd.
Tnis will enable the steel miPs to
produce morei than 568 Tons of New
Steel for the manufacture of military
equipment, ships, guns and arm.y
tanks.
We are confident that the people
of your city will share the pride you
must feel in knowing that you,
local concern, have made
a
this fine
to the United Sitates
government’s war effort.
We congratulate you on winning
this much cherished award and sin
cerely hope through your continued
efforts you can earn the right to
display this banner during the months
to come.
Yours very truly,
HENRY TAYLOR, District Chief,
Automobile Gravcjmrd Section. ’
Deductimi Rate
For AAA Limestone
or
Allied Strength
On Upgrade, Says
Pres. Roosevelt
Calls for Drafting of 18 and
19 Y^r-Olds in Speech to
Nation Monday Night
Management
Changes
V. St. Ckmd and S. L. Lewis
Lease Hostriry nxmi
W. E. Street Jr.
Nutrition Class
Will Start Oct. 21
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Cotton Ginning Report
Census repoAs shows thqt 7180
bales of cotton were ginned iii -Hoke
County, 1942, from the crop of 1942,-
prior to Oct. 1, as compared with
6929 bales for the crop of 1941.
J. R. SHAW, Special Agent.
15 B^LIONS ^
Prices are responding to
- rising
demand, Snd latest estimates of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture are
that the total cash farm income this
year will exceed 15 billion dollars.
Kerosene Users
To Be Supplied
Small Consumers to Be
Dealt Hlth as Generously ■
as Possible by OPA
; Small consumers of kerosene will
be dealt with-“as. generously as pos.
sible” for the present in the fuel oil
rationing program now in effect in
the Southeast, Regional OPA Ad
ministrator Oscar R. Strauss, Jr , an
nounced today.
Some of the mechanics of the pro
gram have not been completed, he
said, such as ptinting, distribution, trf.
coupon books,, and Tegistration, and '
for that reason the^small user will
not be made to suffer.
He urged kerosene rfeailers In the
rationed feates to bfer in mind ttikt
the rationing order Is not for the
purpose of curtailing use of kerosene
for lighting and cooking, but only for
heating.
Prior to the issuing of coupons later
in the month, dealers have been au
thorized to accept coupon notes which
pledge consumers to surrender cou
pons when they are available.
APPLES ^
Winter apples will be designated
as a Victory Food Special in retail
stores throughout the country from
Oct. 22 through Oct. 31, announces the
U, S. Department of Agriculture.
Growing out of a talk made to
the Garden Club on “The Need of
Knowledge of Nutrition,” by Miss
Holloman of the FSA, a class in
nutrition will be started in Raeford
next Wednesday, Oct. 21.
This class will be taught by Miss
Mary F. Peele, vocjational H. E.
teacher in the high school. Miss
Peele will teach the regulation Red
Cross Course for which certificates
wU be issued. The class will hold
its meetings in the home economics
department of Hoke High and will be
open to anyone wishing to enroll.
A previous course has been taught
by Miss Peele at the Edinburg Com
munity House. This course was cli
maxed by a dinner, served by the
ladies taking it, in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Poovey, their sponsors.
We hope that the new class will be
as successful and that a good en
rollment will be had.
RELIEVED
The huge production of soybeans,
peanuts, cottonseed and flaxseed this
yew on American farms has greatly
relieved the fats and oils situation.
Washington, Oct. 14 — President
Roosevelt, asserting that Allied
srtength was “on the upgrade,” and
the enemy growing nervous, tonight
urged the drafting of 18 and 19-year-
olds so that an army with the spirit
and hardihood of youth may shorten
the war with annihilating new of
fensives.
At the same time, the President
called for the rationing of man pow
er. Workers must be kqpt from
changing jobs at will, he said. Pi
rating of one employer’s labor by
another must be forbidden. The ob
jective must be “the right number
of people in the right places at the
right time.”
And he held out a possibility that
legislation of a drastic nature may
be necessary to keep the farmer sup
plied with hands to harvest the na
tion’s food supplies. ..The American
people, he added, will not “shrink”
from such action, should it become
necessary. ’
The President was delivering his
second radio report to the nation
in five weeks.- It was, generally, an
optimistic report of what he found
on his recent tour of defense plants,
army posts and naval stations. Al
ready, he said, America is getting,
ahead of the enemy in the battles ]
of transportation and production.
Management of the Raeford Hotel,
for the past several years owned
and operated by W. E. Street, Jr., is
now under the management of St.
Cloud and Lewis, Raleigh hotelmen,
it was announced Tuesday.
Coming here from the Colonial
Pines Hotel in Raleigh, St. Cloud
is a hotelman of wide experience,
having been operating manager or
lessee of a number of the leading
hotels of North Carolina or other
states, including: the Sir Walter and
the Bland Hotels ^of Raleigh, the
O’Henry of Greensboro, the SelwTn
at Charlotte and the Hotel Sacra
mento, Cal,
Mr. St. Cloud states that they plan
to make a number of improvements
immediately which include installa.
tion of much additional furnishings
for the rooms and considerable new
■equipment for the kitchen and dining
room. Other improvements are plan
ned to be made when priorities will
permit and the business will justify
expansion, stated Mr. St. Cloud. “We
plan to give Raeford the finest hotel
service possible,” he added, “and if
the business continues as good as it
has been since Oct. 1st, we expect
to purchase the plant, wlUch we have
on option from Mr. Street”
Mr. and Mrs. Street left Tuesday
for a South Carolina beach resort to
spend several days before going to
New Bern where they will be con
nected with a hotel there.
■ ..The.deduction rate at which farm
ers Tjf. H(^e' County may obtain
ground limestone from the AAA'un
der the 1943 Agricultural Conserva-
I tion Program has been- set at $2.60
j per ton, according to J. M. McGou-
gan, chairman of the County AAA
Committee.
Rates in 44 other counties already
have been approved and vary from
$1.30 to $2.85 per ton, depending
on freight rates from point of ship
ment to railroad points in ttie coun_
s. Six counties have established
1 -es for farm yard delivery which
range up to $3.00 per ton.
This limestone is furnished to farm
ers by the AAA and costs are de
ducted from any payments due the
farmer at the close of the program
year. Rates include actual cost plus
transportation charges.
“Farmers of Hoke County will find
use of limestone more important than
ever before during the coming farm
ing year. We won’t be able to ob-
taia much commercial nitrates as we
have in the past, and we wUl need
limestone to promote better growth
•of legumes which will produce nitro
gen for use. We also have been asked
to produce more hvestock next year
and we wUl need good pastures to
maintain the animals. Use of lime
stone is necessary to good pasture.”
Farmers are urged to place their
orders for limestone under the 1943
program as soon as possible to avoid
delays caused by transportation dif
ficulties.
Farmers of Hoke County were fur
nished 725 tons of limestone under
the 1942 program. Final date for
orders imder the 1942 program was
Sept. 20.
A. A. McFadyen, Jr.,
Sent to Montevideo
SHOP NOW FOR
BOYS OVERSEAS
ONLY 17 DAYS UNTIL
CHRISTMAS “OVER THERE.”
Christmas gifts to soldiers and
sailors in foreign service most
be mailed daring October for
Christmas delivery. And you
have only 17 more shopping days
until Christmas “Over There.”
SHOP NOW! DEADLINE IS OC
TOBER SI.
firemen j,
Almost 10,000 rural fire-fighting
companies have been organized this
year to protect America’s farms
against destructive fires, with 100 -
000 'men enrolled.
CAPACITY
Marketing, processing and distri
bution facilities are operating at ca
pacity this fall, preparing the record
1942 farm production for military,
lease-lend and civilian use.
HIGHER ^
Farmers received higher prices in
mid-September than a month earlief
for grains, cotton, tobacco, frvits,
dairy and poultry products, re|>orts
the U. S. gumu of Aipicultural
Colon Scarborough
Attends Meeting
In Raleigh
T. Colon Sc2ubonyigh attaided a
meeting of the State and National
Salvage Committee in Raleigh Tues
day. He reported to this committee
that since the Scrap Drive started in
Hoke County last Dec. 15, which
drive was inaugurated by ’The New^-
Joumal and Raeford businessimyi,
that 2.200,000 pounds of scrap have
been collected and turned over to,
the Government. He also stated thalj
Hoke High and Graded Schools tum^
ed in 13,000pounds last week. * This
makes an average of about 125
pounds per person.
Mr. Scarborough and Rurea
dates are
News has been received that A A
McFadyen, Jr., son of Dr A ' a'
McFadyen. who recently returned to
tlm country from Shanghai. China,
where he had been in the “protective
^tody” ofrihe Japanese since Pearl
Harbor, has been transferred to the
American Consulate in Montevideo,
Uruguay.
He his wife and young son, A.
A., HI, are leaving Washington, D. C.,
Oct. 15 for, Miami, from which point
they proceed by plane, making in
teresting stops in Panama, Peru, Bo-
hvia and Argentina on their journey.
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