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VOLUME XXXVIII NO. 30
RAEFORD. N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 30th, 1943
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news or OUR
M EN w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Set. George L. Caddell of the Reno
Airbase, who underwent a serious op.
eration early in December, ha, been
dismissed from the hospital and is
back on duty with his medical unit,
according to a letter received this
week by his mother, Mrs. E. G. Wick
line. Local Boy Wounded
In Italy, May Now
Be Back In Action
Edwin McDuftie, serving with our
forces in Italy, was reported as
wounded in action by the War De
partment on December 1st. His par
ents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDuftie re
ceived the notification last week, and
this week they had a letter from their
son written December 6th who says
he will soon be back in action.
The letter reads: Dear Folks:
Just a few lines to let you know that
t -till In nn evacuation hospital.
My leg doesn't hurt so much except
when I twist it tne wrong w. .
already getting tired of this cot. Will
be glad when I can get back to duty.
However, it will probably be Xmas or
l,r, T am nMp to return. YOU
laiei uciun.
can be sure of one thing; I am in ex
cellent hands. Give my regards to
everyone, Love, Edwin.
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Staff Sgt. Hubert M. Moss of R. 1,
Aberdeen is attending the Antiair
craft Artillery School, Camp Davis.
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Pfc Milton T. Jordan is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jordan of
Timberland. Pfc. Jordan is studying
veterinary medicine with an ASTP
unit stationed at Alabama Poly, at
Auburn, Ala. He will return there
Saturday.
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Lt. (jg) Robert Jcnes. naval engi
neer and Pfc. Richard Jones, of Camp
Sutton, spent the Christmas holidays
with their parents, Mr. ana in. n.
Jones at Sanatorium.
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Recruiting Aided
Substantially By
Newspapers
In a ltter to this newspaper, Major
James A. Wheeliss, of the Army Re
cruiting Service, gives much credit to
the newspapers for their cooperation
with that service. The letter reads:
Editor News-Journal
The newspapers in North Carolina,
both large and small, have contribut
ed more than their share toward the
"War Effort. Regardless of shortages
of materials and experienced man
power, they have managed to carry
on in many Instances without a safe
margin of profit or personal welfare.
So many times the newspaper man
finds that the demands from the pub
lic are beyond his ability and means to
meet. Most of them have found a way
to render this service, most of which
was free and netted him no financial
returns.
The records of this Station indicate
that for the past year your paper has
given the Army column after column
of publicity in connection with WAC,
Aviation Cadet and general Army Re
cruiting. Without this cooperation
and free, publicity, our task would
have been impossible and the Armed
Services would be short of the neces
sary personnel to fill the special as
signments so vital to the War effort.
Will you allow me to take this me
dium to thank you wholeheartedly for
this assistance. You have gone out of
your way to be nice to our recruiting
teams. This job is a hard one. You
have made it easy and certainly pleas
ant. May the approaching Holiday Sea
son give you a new hope and the com
ing New Year bring you health and
the prosperity you have so well earn
ed. Sincerely yours,
James A. Wheless,
Major, Field Artillery, Recruiting
Officer.
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Yellow Wool Preferred.
Experiences of a torpedoing victim
nnupd inn.000 volunteer British
knitters to turn from blue to bright
yellow yarn in making wool helmets
for seamen under the Merchant Navy
Comforts Service program, London
reports. The seaman told how ves
sels twice passed him as he swam in
the sea after his ship had been blasted
from beneath him. He said he was
wearing a blue head-piece, and would
have been rescued much sooner had
he displayed a bright color.
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VeterinarUns
The Sixth Annual Veterinary Con
ference will be held at State College
January 25th through 28.
Annual Meeting Of
ScoutersHeldAt
Laurel Hill
Local Men Awarded Certificates
For Completing Training
Courses
(By F. L. Goodman)
The Scouters in the Western Dis
trir.f hM thpir annual meeting in the
Laurel Hill school building on Friday
evening, December IS. ine weamer
was at its worst, so only about one
half of the scouters were able to at
tend. The home economics depart
ment of the school served a nice tur
key dinner which was greatly enjoy
ed. V. C. Mason, district chairman,
presided at the meeting. The opening
flag ceremony was directed by Jack
Wooley of the Wagram troop under
the direction of Field Excutive Mac
Gaskins.
W. R. Sutherland, chairmon of the
nominating committee made the fol
lowing report which was accepted;
chaiman V, C. Mason; Vice chair
man, E. H. Evans; commissioner, W.
C. Covington; district members, F.
L. Goodman, W. N. Weaver, W. H.
Hasty, W. R. Sutherland, M. D. Liv
ingston. Mr r.nskins nresented the certi
ficates of award for these who com
the scoutmaster's training class as
follnws: Fundamentals; V. C. Mason,
Fundamentals and Scoutmasters
Training Course; George Smith, Lal
vin Williams, Vick Snipes, L. B. Sin
gleton, James Owen, Maynard Gen.
try, F. L. Goodman, W. N. weaver,
Han.ov Wnrlick. V. R. White. Tom
Cameron, E. A. Thomas, W. C. Cov
ington, W. R. Sutherland, A. W. to
wards,' M. D. Livingston, Claude San
ford and G. Y. Newton. Advance
Certificates were awarded to V. R.
White, Tom Cameron, F. L. Goodman,
w r Ciivineton. and G. Y. Newton.
Scout Executive Courtland Baker
presented the challenge to enlarge
he ccniit membershiD which was ac
cepted by the district, with the hope
that each troop will strive to ennst
two or more scouts before the end of
1943.
TWTipH Kturkv from' the Atlanta
office was the inspirational speaker
fnr th mpptine. His address follow
ed the introduction of the scoutmas
ters present by their troop commit
tee chairman, and words of apprecia
tion by the chairman. Mr. Stucky
began his remarks with the thougnts
on the work of the scoutmaster, and
went on to enlarge on the importance
of the scout program. He said in
part: We must keep on producing
boys who are trained for life. The
tendancy towards evil is about ten
times as strong as the tendancy to
ward eood. The scout movement is
an effort to strengthen the cords of
the good. Many of the permanent
things in life today, began in the mind
of a boy. Electricty was harnessed
because a boy saw it burst a tree near
him, and said that there was a power,
if controlled, that would be of value.
Another boy from observing echo
went on to develop the phonograph.
Scoutmasters are those who are
building youth for tomorrow. The
scouts of yesterday are the men of to
day who are out there fighting for the
principles they learned as scouts. Of
those of being scouts. This is indeed a
tHhntu tn th work nf the scoutmaster
back home who gave time and effort
for that boy. We must remember
that the bum on the street is ready to
give advice to our boys at all times,
and we must have the best men of the
community willing to give advice to
these boys too. You should see that
every boy in your community who
wants it has the opportunity offered
in scouting!"
One of the most impressive parts of
the program was the awarding of the
rank of Eagle Scout to three of the
scouts in the district. In the absence
of V. R. White, district advancement
official, Mr. Baker conducted the
ceremony. Candles were lighted by
three candidates. The three scouts
then renewed their pledge to scouting
by repeating the Scout Oath. While
kneeling, they were declared Eagle
Scouts by the authority of the nation
al council. These three scouts who
were given the Eagle award are:
Morris Morgan, imember of Troop 20
nf T .niirinhnrff anil inn nf Mr arA TWro
Edwin Morgan, and Gene and Roger
Harris, of Troop 52 of Laurel Hill,
twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Har.
ris. The Eagle badges were presented
to the fathers of the respectiv scouts,
who in turn presented them to the
mothers and they pinned them upon
their sons. This was a very impres
sive ceremony.
Thp mnuintf niMnrp "Kvmtinir in
Citizenship" was shown which gave
a nisiory 01 ine aavancemeni in
scouting.
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Charles Seate was confined to bed
with flu for several days last week.
He returned to Fayetteville Thursday.
The confidence with which Americans invoke a "Happy New Year" upon one
another is an inspiring testimony of tf, ' nshaken faith in a better world to come.
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few ot us co
not tnW good
of Intrigue of
Few of us continue to think of the "g - ild days." For
old days.
We know, too, that the
those peoples aligned with us in the fight for freedom.
vAmerlcff and in our allies.
oi strength" and of belief in
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N. America is our own community multiplied thousands of times. Because of that,
ra knowtfiat te wold will be a better place in which to liy4 for'America.'s voice
U strong one. Ins heard
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ie coming ol 1944, all of us find new and deep, seated reasons for a:
d happiness.NW know that despite
from theashes
oftheld
It Bwtth
th asirit ofpy(temr
.every one ofyou:
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Gifts To Patients
At Camp M ackall
Give Much Joy
Red Cross Field Director Expres
es Thanks To People Of Hoke
County.
Miss Lavinia Stokes, assistant field
director of the Red Cross at Camp
Mackall, wrote the following this
week to Mrs. H. A. Came-on, Hoke
county chapter vice-chairman and
Miss Josephine Hall, chairman of the
Camp and Hospital Council; "Thank
you very much for the lights and the
many presents that you brought us.
We used the lights to decorate a big
Christmas tree for the patients, and
the gifts were distributed to the am
bulatory patients at a party Christmas
eve in our recreation hall, and to the
bed patients at the parties we gave for
them in the wards.
We are indeed grateful for all the
lovely gifts that your chapter brought
us. The patients had a much more
cheerful Christinas as a result of your
generosity.
Please thank all the members of
ycur chapter who were so generous
with their gifts. All of them were
lovely." .
The Hoke County Chapter of the
Red Cross was asked to contribute 150
Dackaaes. Approximately 175 were
carried to Camp Mackall.
A number of people in Raeford and
in the county have already had letters
from soldiers who received the pack
ages they filled. These letters also ex
pressed very strongly the appreciation
of the person receiving the gifts.
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Army Operating
Railways; Steel
Workers On Jobs
Roosevelt Averts Transportation
Crisis By Taking Over Kail
ways; Will Arbitrate Steel
Contract.
Strikes in two of the nations biggest
industries were averted this week
when President Roosevelt beat the
railroad unions to their December 30th
deadline by taking over the railways
in the naime of the government and
giving operational powers to Secre
tary of War Stimson, and the steel
strike which was in progress was
called off when the President told
the operators he would arsure them
that any agreement reached between
the mills and the workers would be
retroactive to the end of their con
tracts which expired at midnight
Christmas Eve.
Late yesterday James Byrnes, war
mobilization director, announced that
the last three of the 20 railroad un
ions had capitulated and called off
their strikes which had been approved
by a mail vote some veoks ago.
Complaints of both the rail and
steel workers will be arbitrated, it is
now stated. The rail workers will not
strike, and striking steel workers have
practically all returned to their jobs.
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They were da ' unrest, of
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all the unhappy things w ' paved the
ll?u.
molding of the h d is in the
It is the confidence born of right It is the courage boi
a holy
cause.
to the furthermost reaches of
our sorrows,
tempered with humility
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AVERYHPPY NEWYE A R I
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County Court Has
Second Light
Docket In A Row
The folk of Hoke county were most
unusually law-abiding this Christmas
holiday, according to Sheriff Hodgin
and local police. Last week only
three defendants faced Judge Henry
McDiarmid, and this week only six
were called. Two cases were for
speeding and each of the defendants,
Floyd E. Green and Marsal Sowells,
forfeited bonds posted. Another was
for having improper brakes, and Dan
nie Hugh MeLaurin paid costs for this
offense.
Willis Uriah Lewis, truck driver of
Lewiston, Fla., was pleaded guilty of
careless and reckless driving by his
attorney, and paid costs. This acci
dent happened two weeks ago when
the truck Lewis was driving over
turned as it entered Main Street from
Laurinburg, and spilled some twenty
crates of oranges. A service station
sign of the Auto Inn was knocked
down, and the most of the oranges of
those 20 crates were picked up by in
terested onlookers.
Leroy Stanley was the only holiday
drunk. He paid costs. Jet Smith and
Vic Mirrison paid costs each for hav
ing some holiday liquor of the nontax-paid
variety.
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Dead Flyers Sighted.
The town council of Holyhead,
Northern Ireland, was stirred to in
dignant protest when it learned that
two coff;ns containing the bodies of
R. A. F. men which were being sent to
Eire were allowed to stand uncovered
on the Holyhead railway platform
from Saturday to Monday. A mem
ber declared that the War Office was
to blame, as the bodies could have
been sent away on a boat which sail
ed on Sunday. The council sent a
protest to the War Office and the Air
Ministry.
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Signs Termed Jokes.
'No smokes" signs in Melbourne,
Australia, tobacco stores are jokes,
observers claim. The signs hold good
if a customer merely asks for cigar
ettes, but if to a request for same oth
er product is added a whispered plea
f jr "a package of smokes, the desir
ed tobacco usually appears.
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This Regiment Is Tops.
Distinction of having won the high
est number of awards given any in
dian regiment since the war began is
held by the Sixth Rajputana Rifles.
Its members have won 107 awards for
gallantry, including two Victoria
Crosses, according to word from New
Delhi, India. The regiment recently
received the personal congratulations
of General Sir Claude Auchinleck.
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Customs Graft Halted.
Customs fficials who have
been
charging hi'ih fees for services the law
says shall be free face an era of strict
er vigilance on the borders and ports
of entry of Mexico. The Minister of
Finance stated in Mexico City that
the extortion was shifted to consum
ers in the form of higher prices for
what they bought and that the gov
ernment's action would tend to curb
soaring living costs.
we know that they were
economic maladjustments,
way to war.
hands of ourselves and of
We haveconfidence in
the world,
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New Officers Of
Masonic Lodge
Installed Tuesday
Edgar Hall Is Master Of Ceremo
nies For Impressive Exercises;
E. E. Smith New Master.
Edwin E. Smith was installed as
master of the Raeford Masonic Lodge
Tuesday evening to succeed T. B.
Potter in an impressive ceremony
conducted by Pastmnster Edgar Hall.
Mr. Hall also installed other officers
of the lodge which include; Ralph H.
Chapman, senior warden; J. E. Gul
ledge, junior warden; D. H. Hodgin,
treasurer: Lacy F. Clark, secretary;
C. P. Kinlaw, and D. B. Gillis, dea
cons: J. W. Mangum, tiler; M. C. Dew
and B. B. Cole, stewards, and Jason
Barnes, marshall.
Committees appointed and inducted
into office were: chhrity committee:
E. E. Smith, R. H. Chapman, and J.
E. Gulledge; finance committee M. C.
Dew, N. A. McDonald, M. R. Smith;
Orphans committee, W. P. Baker, Ry
an McBryde, L. S. McMillan; Relief
committee, T. E. Potter, J. M. An
drews and I Mann. Reference Com
mittee G. W. Cox, J. E. Harvey and
Edgar HalL
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Will Clean Tobacco
Seed For Farmers
County Agent A. S. Knowles -announces
that he will clean tobacco
planting seed for farmers at his office
in the County Building.
He alro states that he will be in
Little P.iver township at a point to be
designated later, on January 14th for
the purpose of cleaning tobacco seed.
Mr. Knowles explained that while
tobacco may be planted here as late
as the last of February best results
are obtained in the eastern section of
Hoke by planting not later than the
21st of January, w hile beds should be
seeded in Sandhills not later than
January 30th.
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Hoke County
Cotton Report
Census report of J. R. Shaw, special
agent shows that 13701 bales of cot
ton were ginned in Hoke county from
the crop of 1943 prior to Dec. 13th, as
compared with 13459 bales for the
crop of 1942. 1
J. R. Shaw, Special Agent.
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Murder Custom Halted.
Four yoiing natives of Senekal,
South Africa, were whipped by order
of the court for causing the death of
an old woman who approached their
school, although they acted acording
to custom trespassers may be killed if
they do not go away as soon as they
become aware of the presence of such
a school.
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"Is that pirrot ;-our neighbor has
a smart bird?"
'Smart well, I should say so.
The other day I went up to him and
said; 'Hello! Hello!' He opened one
eye and drowsily answered: "Line
rr
y
, a7 greater world is, rising
that this newspaper'asks for
busy'."
W. L. Alexander Is
Painfully Injured
As Car Overturns
Baby Uninjured; Icy Christmas
Morning Krings injuries 10
Several Others.
W. L. Alexander, popular manager
of the local A. and P. store, was pain
fully injured Christmas morning
when his car overturned after skidd
ing on an icy grade about a mile out
on the Lauri.nburg road.
Mr. Alexander received a severe
bruise on the head and was unconsci
ous for a number of hours He also
received a painful injury to muscles
of his back. He was taken to a Fay
etteville hospital where he received
treatment through Tuesday and is now
at his home here.
Seaman William Alexander, U. S.
Navy, was with his father at the time
and has several broken ribs. A grand
daughter, 18 months old Johnnie
Maultsby, riding between them was
uninjured.
Mr. Alexander was going out to Ed
inburgh to get his cook when the car
skidded on ice that covered the high
way along a slight grade when the
accident happened.
Postmaster Lacy Clark took a tum
ble down the steps at the Upchurch
home and cracked several ribs." Arch
K. Currie is also walkink with a cane
since Christmas morning having fal
len to the icy concrete walk at his
home.
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Communion Service
At Presbyterian
Church Sunday
At the 11 o'clock service at the
Presbyterian Church Sunday morning
the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
will be observed. All the members
of the Church and others who desire
to attend this Communion service
are invited and urged to attend.
The regular Sunday evening service
will be at 7:30 o'clock. The pastor of
the Church will speak at both servi
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Fred Johnson Has
Operation At
Moore County Hospital
Fred Johnson, Federal gin inspector
who was taken ill last week at
Kings Mountain, underwent an op
eration for acute attack of append
icitis at Moore County hospital on
the 21st.
He is reported to be improving
rapidly and expects to be dismiss
ed from that institution the lask of
this week.
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Navy Nurse Will
Speak At F.M.C. ,
On January 5th
Miss Pauline Savage, member of
the Navy Nurse Corps, will speak at
Flora Macdonald College in Red
Springs on Wednesday, January 5th.
Miss savage represents the National
Nursing Council for War Service and
the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps the new
eovernment plan, which, under the
TJ. S. Public Health Service, offers a
free professional education to quali
fied students. Her visit is part of a
nation-wide endeavor to recruit 65,000
student nurses this year for war time
replacements, caused by acute needs
of the Army, Navy, and civilian health
agencies, and also to interest college
women in preparation for post-war
careers.
The latest information on the U. S.
Cadet Nurse Corps will be presented
by Miss Savage, who has recently
conferred with Miss Lucile Petry, its
director, and other national authori
ties. Recruits in the Corps receive
free tuition, free maintenance, dis
tinctive gray and scarlet street uni
forms, and a monthly stipend during
their entire period of training in ac
credited schools of nursing. In return
they premise to remain active in es
sential military or civilian nursing for
the duration of the war.
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Absenteeism Bad
At Edinburgh
Since Christmas
It was reported here yesterday by
an offiti.il of the Edinburgh Cotton
Mills that production at the mills had
been greatly reduced since Christmas
by absenteeism. Though some work
ers were kept away by severe colds
and flu, it was believed that 3 large
pert of those absent were ttnying
away deliberately and extending the
holiday to their own personal satisfaction.
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