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T1 HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING ' MEDIUM tie HOKE COUTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XXXVHI NO. 31 RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 6th, $:.00 PER YEAR NEWS OF OUR MENwWOMlN IN UNIFORM Legion Of Merit Award Made To George Bethune (Special to News-Journal) WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, The le gion of merit has been presented to Warrant Officer George G. Bethune, civil engineer corps, Raeford, N. C, for heroism in the Mediterranean. The citation accompanying the a ward presented at a ceremony in the office of Secretary of the Navy Knox said: "For exceptionally meritorious con duct in the performance of outstand ing services while assisting in the res cue of survivors of an LST after that vessel had been torpedoed in the Me diterranean Sea. Thrown from the ship into the sea by the terrific impact of the explosion, Carpenter Bethune observed nearby another crew mem ber who was struggling to remain above water. Realizing that the man was about to drown, he unhesitatingly swam to the rescue despite bis own severe injuries and kept the distressed survivor afloat by sharing a life jack et. His heroic spirit of self-sacrifice in saving the life of another at great risk to himself was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service." O- Cpl. Alton Campbell has returned to duty at Fort Tilden, N. Y., after spending ten days in Raeford and Eastern Carolina visiting his parents and other relatives. His address is: Btry. I, 245th CA, Fort Tilden. Pfc John W. Culbreth has return ed to Camp San Luis Obispa, Cal., after spending four days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Culbreth. O , Lt. Col. J. W. Roy Norton has re turned ta the Sates from service In North Africa, Sicily and-Italy. He . is now visiting his wife and children in Jackson, Miss., it is reported, and soon expects to visit his mother, Mrs. v L. F. Norton of Scotland County. ' Lt. Col. Norton spent some months in England before the invasion of North Africa in the fall of 1942. He has been in the thick of things since that time. O Another Penders Manager Goes Into Service C. R. Sudderth, manager cf the local Penders store for the past two months, entered the N.avy last Thursday. Mr. Sudderth trietiV.o enlist in the Navy just after Pearl Harbor and was turn ed down. Due to recent changes in require ments however he was accepted by the Navy, and after release by his draft board was ordered to report for service. H. E. Ward, of Clinton, arrived here Thursday to assume the management of the store. Mrs. Ward and their two children will remain in Clinton for the present. O Ken McNeill is leaving today for a week's stay at Fort Bragg. If he pas ses his physical examination he will go to Miami for training in the Air Corps Cadet Reserve. O Pfc. Hallie Haire has returned to Camp Hood, Texas, after having spent a Christmas furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Haire. O Pinehurst May Get Monetary Conference Washington, Jan. 5. An interna tional monetary conference to consid er post-war reconstruction and trade may be held in Pinehurst, N. C. The Associated Press learned last night that the North Carolina resort community was among sites being considered and also that the treasury had sent invitations to- 44 nations to send representatives to the conference, expected to be held in some other lo cality than Washington. Officials said enough acceptances had been received to assure success of the parley. No date has been set. The conferences will consider ten tatively treasury proposals for an $8,- 000,000,000 currency stabilization fund and a $10,000,000,000 world bank for reconstruction and development O Police are stationed at British race tracks to spot draft evaders. O The Empire State building in New York; has nearly seven miles of ele vator shafts. o Tf Liberty la worth fit htlnf for. it's wvrth paying (or Bay More War Bonds, Mm David H. Hodgin Chairman Hoke Polio Campaign Drive For Funds For Treatment Southern Pine, when John F. Mc Infantile Paralysis January Jr, district ". and stf e 1 X Thrmitrh 11 I "nve officials presented the plans for i-o inrouKn ji. county orgamzatiori WOTk to the lead- David H. Hodgin, Hoke county sheriff, has been named chairman of the county committee to conduct the annual Infantile Paralysis drive by State Chairman Ralph McDonald ac cording to a special dispatch to the News-Journal today. Mrs. Julian H. Blue was also named chairman of wo man's activities in the campaign. The drive will begin on January 18th and continue through the month. Mr. Hodgin states that coin collection boxes will be placed in business hou ses throughout the county and that the committee expects to hold a square dance at the armory during the month for the benefit of the fund. The quota is expected to be about the same as that for last year when $258 was contributed to the fund, he stated. O Posthumous Award Silver Star Made To Cpl. McFadyen Mrs. McFadyen Receives Medals Awarded Husband For Gallan try In Italian Action. With the Fifth Army, Italy. Cor poral Jame, G. McFadyen has been (JUSU1UI11UUDI J BWdlUCU UIC uUitl Star medal for gallantry in action, in which he gave his life. The Citation reads: "During an intense Artillery bar rage in which a comrade had been se riously injured. Corporal McFadyen rendered what first aid he could to the wounded man. "Realizing that the wounded man had to be evacuated by stretcher or ambulance, he immediately drove his Jeep back over a road under constant enemy shelling in search of medical assistance. "After the shelling had some what subsided. Corporal McFadyen was found lying in a ditch approximately one-half mile from his starting point, mortally woune'ed by enemy artillery fire. He gave his life in an attempt to save the life of his comrade. "The heroism and devtion to duty with complete disregard for his own safety displayed by Corp. McFadyen reflects great credit upon him and the military service.' Surviving are his wife, the former Grace David McKellar, and small son, David Gratton of Purvis; his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John A. McFadyen of Raeford, N. C. Five brothers; Fred and Thomas of Raeford, Clyde and Archie of Winston-Salem and John of the U. S. Army, stationed in Florida Two sisters, Grace and Louise of Rae ford. His wife has also received the 'Pur ple Heart which was awarded him posthumously also. O- County School News By K. A. McDonald. An eye clinic for school children will be held in Hoke county on Janu ary 17. The clinic is being held un der the sponsorship of the N. C. Com mission for the Blind and the County Welfare department. Applications for examinations may be Tnade by parents to the principal of their schools. Illness has cut attendance at schools sharply since the holidays. Children who are well enough to at tend school, however, should be in at tendance every day possible,, as sev eral schools are in danger of losing teacher cn account of poor attendance. Beginning Saturday, January 8th. white schools will operate for 4 Sat urdays. This is being done so that schools may be closed as early as pos sible this spring. The school authori ties are trying in every way to coop erate with the patrons. Parents are urged to cooperate with the schools by seeing that their children attend school on these four Saturdays. The following is the total enrollment and attendance per rentage for the past month of school. White Mlldousin 81; 97.1. Rockflsh 112; 94.7. Antioch 42; 90. Ashemont 133; 84 8. Raeford Graded 370; 88. Hoke High 313; 92.8. India Antioch 65; 95.6. Macedonia 62; 78.8. .(oootlnued on Page fight) Fourth War Loan Meeting Attended By Hoke Leaders A meeting of district and county leaders in the Fourth War Loan cam paign was held yesterday afternoon e 01 " various counties in me ais- trict, Attending from Hoke county were: Mrs. P. P. McCain, district vice chair man, John A. McGoogan, Hoke coun ty chairman, Mrs. McGoogan, Mrs. W. L. Poole, county chairman for women and Miss Josephine Hall, vice chair man for women for the county. O Miss Margaret McPhaul Returned To Home Miss Margaret McPhaul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McPhaul of the Allendale community, has re turned to her home from the Post hospital at Maxton Airbase, where she has been a patient since Sept ember. Miss McPhaul, an employee of the medical detachment of the airbase underwent two serious operations at the hospital there in September and November. Her condition is considerably improved and she ex pects to return to nursing duty with in a few weeks. O Methodist Pastors Exchange Pulpits The Rev. Henry G. Ruark, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church of Red Spring and the Rev. w. L. Maness, pastor of the Raeford Methodist Church will exchange pulpits on Sun day morning, January 9th. Each will preach on the subject of Evangelism. A cordial welcome is extended to all who will attend these services. O Loch Lohond is Scotland's largest lake. Planes Drop On "Enemy" In First Night Of Attack High-Ranking United Nations Observers Witness Opening Drive on Sandhills Area As New Airborne Maneuver Starts Blackout Only a small part of Hoke County east of the Fort Brass reservation is included in the blackout area. The line extends from the southeast corner of the reservation to route 211 between Montrose and Timberland and thence southward toward Maxton east of the airbase. Including all areas west of that line to Route 1. Montrose, Sanatorium and Ash ley Heights are to be blacked out again tonight (Thursday). Rae ford and other points east of the line will not have any blackout daring this week of maneuvers. Camp Mackall, N. C, Jan. 5 At an undiscvlosed hour during tonights blackout period from 9 P. M. to 2 A. M., more than half of the Airborne di vision taking part in the second com bined Airborne and Troop Carrier maneuvers will take to the air in the first wave of the five day operation in the Sandhills area. Transported by a Troop Carrier Command Wing operating with the Blue forces, more than 4,000 troops consisting of Airborne Infantry, Ar tillery. Engineers, Signal and Medical Aidmen. will be dropped by parach- tes and gliders to seize and hold key airfields until relieved by an Infantry division driving through "enemy" territory. High-ranking official United Na tions observers have been attracted by the test of this newest of U. S. Ar my striking forces and are on hand to witness the second test within a month in this area. Under the direc tion of Brigader General Leo. Dono van, Commanding General of the Air borne Command, and co-direction of Brigader General Frederick W. Evans, Commanding: General of the First Troop Carrier Command, the tests have been designed to prove the ex treme striking power and flexibility ofthe Airborne Troops. Last month's operations proved that maneuvers of this nature could be a. Kiwanis Tonight At Installation H. C. McLauchlin To Succeed Cecil Dew As President; War rant Officer George Bethune To Talk. Warrant Officer George Bethune, of the Naval civil engineers, and recent recipient of awards for bravery, will make a brief talk tonight at the an nual ladies' night and installation program of the Raeford Kiwanis Club. H. Currie McLauchlin, for many years secretary of the club, will be in stalled as president to succeed M. Ce cil Dew. Dr. M. R. Smith, vice presi dent, and J. M. Hutchison, secretary, will also be inducted into office. The following program has been ar ranged. The retiring president will be master of ceremonies. A. K. Cur rie will present the guests and the Rev. Harry K. Holland will extend greetings and Mrs. C. D. Thomas will give the response. Group singing and songs by Mrs. Marion Lansford will be interspersed throughout the even ings program. George Bethune will be presented by Tom Cameron. After his talk con tests will be conducted by Mr. Came ron and Tommie Upchurch. Presentation of the Past President's pin will be made to Mr. Dew by Dr. Smith, and then Mr. Dew will present the new President's pin to Mr. Mc Lauchlin. Dr. R. L. Murray will make the presentation of a gift to Mrs. Ina Bethune, pianist for the club. O Congregation Of Antioch To Meet Sunday Morning There will be a congregational meet ing of the members of the Antioch Presbyterian Church Sunday, Jan. 9th, following the morning worship service at which Dr. Charles G. Var dell will preach. 4,000 Troops Installations successfully executed. In that prob lem the glider troops and parchutists coordinated their movements with an amphibious force that served as a main effort. In the new problem the Airborne troops will operate with a rapidly moving division of Infantry striking through occupied territory. Forming their own spearhead, trans porting all their glider or 'chute land ed equipment by whatever means are at hand, the Airborne Force will un dertake to reach and consolidate their objective. Operations of such a nature require the highest coordination of each par ticipating unit. Contrary to popular opinion. Airborne troops are mainly highly specialized ground forces. The glider and parachute are but means of reaching a difficult or strategic posi tion. Once this position has been reached, the various units differ only from the Army Ground Forces in that Airborne troops are required to exer cise extreme skill, courage, initiative and endurance because of the advance nature of their attack. Such operations have been carried out several times by various units on actual fighting fronts, but the com bined Airborne and Troop Carrier maneuvers in the Camp Mackall area were the first to ever involve the night movement of an entire division the equivalent of 9,000 fully equipped men. Actual combat tactics will be fol lowed. Units of a Provisional Tactical Air Division composed of fighter bombers, light and medium bombers and other combat planes will be used in reconnaissance, aerial bombing of key points, and in strating enemy ground elements of the Airborne and Troop Carrier units engaged in the maneuvers, as well as for aerial com bat. They will also provide fighter cover for the Troop Carrier flights during the transportation of the Air borne troops. Once the troops have landed, they will be resupplied by air with ammu nitlon, food, gasoline, medical supplies and other materials for the entire five days of the operation. Stacy Is Named On Investigation Board WASHINTON, Jan. 3. President Roosevelt named a three-man com mittee today to investigate a dispute involving the fair employment prac tices committee, railway labor or ganizations and 16 southern carriers over the question of racial discrimin ation. The members are: Judge Walter P. Stacy, Raleigh, N. C, chairman; Judge William H. Holly of the U. S. district court, Chicago; and Mayor Frank J. Lausche of Cleveland. The railroads involved had de clined to abide by an order of the FEPC for greater employment of Negroes and the agency referred the dispute to the President. White House Secretary Stephen Early said the committee of three did not super cede the FEPC but merely would ex plore and investigate the situation for the chief executive. O Draw Jury For January Term Mixed Court Judge John J. Rurney, of Wil mington, scheduled To Pre. side Over Week Superior Court. Forty Jurors for the January term of Superior Court, with a mixed criminal and civil docket, was drawn Monday. Judge J. Burney, of Wil' mington, is scheduled to preside ov er this term of court which will be convened on Monday, January 24th The grand jury selected at the last Fall will serve for this term. Jurors drawn for the term are: Rae ford, David Baker, J. A. Walters, A. F. Paul, Alton Cameron, J. A. Lisen by, H. S. McLean, Belton Wright, A. V. Sanders, L. S. Brock, A. D Peterson, J. M. McDuffie. W. C. Od om, Clarence Lytch, T. N. McKeith an. McLauchlin: O. L. Townsend, Alton Potter, M. S. Gibson, W. C. Pendergrass, W. E. Wood, R. D. Parker, Neill D. Overton, J. E. Capps. Antioch: J. A. Hodgin, Sr., J. W. Morgan, J. C. Campbell, Lack Parks. Blue Springs: H. Q. Autry, L. C. Millikin, L. W. Clark. Allendale: J. A. Roper Jr. Quewhiffle: Henry Gor don. J. T. Leslie, W. T. McFadyen. Little River: D. M. Cameron, Alex McMillan, A. C. Smith. Stonewall: Joe Livingston, J. D. McBryde, L. W. Ellis, Jesse Parks. O Dr. T. C. Johnson Dies At Lumberton LUMBERTON, Jan. 1 Dr. Thom as C. Johnson, 64, surgeon and ad ministrative head of Thompson Mem orial hospital died Friday at 4:40 p.m. after suffering a heart attack at the hospital. He had been ill for several months with a heart ailment that had kept him confined to bed here and at Duke hospital. Dr. Johnson was born Dec. 16, 1879, in Moore county, the son of the late Duncan Buie and Frances Harring ton Johnson. He was graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond in 1903, and served intern ship in a naval hospital at Newport News, Va. He practiced medicine in Whiteville for a short time, coming to Lumberton in 1908. Upon the death of Dr. N. A. Thompson, he be came surgeon and head of first the old Thompson hospital, which was destroyed by fire some 20 years ago, and later of Thompson Memorial hos pital. He had served as president of the District Medical society and in 1927 he was honored by being made a fellow in the American College of Surgeons. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Mae Powell Johnson; two brothers, James D. Johnson of Birmingham, Ala., and S. J. Johnson of Atkinson; two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Marley of Cary, and Mrs. J. R. Poole, Sr., of Lumberton. O Rev. George W. Hanna Former Antioch Pastor 111 At Harrisburg Mrs. Thomas McLauchlin was call to the bedside of her father, the Rev. George W. Hanna, last Friday when his condition was considered critical. Mr. Hanna suffered a stroke about a month ago but had been improv ing steadily for several weeks until last Friday. Mrs. McLauchlin reports that he is now better but that she will not return home for several days. Mr. Hanna was pastor of the Anti och Presbyterian church for 12 years, leaving in 1936 to become pastor of the Harrisburg, N. C. church, which pastorate he still holds. U. S. Indictment Against Ralph Townsend Stands Thirty New Indictments Issued By Federal Grand Jury Against Consiprators; 8 New Defen dants. The indictment against Ralph Townsend, former Raeford resident, which was filed last January by a Fed eral grand jury, still stands and At torney General Biddle states that Townsend will go on trial for con spiracy to overthrow the United States Government. Reindictments were filed against 22 others of the group indicted at the same time Townsend was, and eight additional persons were included in a list of thirty indicted Monday at Washington. Townsend was convict ed a year ago of failing to -egister as an agent of the Japanese government and sentenced to serve from two to four years in Federal prison. Washington, Jan. 3. A District of Columbia federal grand jury, after lengthy investigation, has indicted 28 men and two women on charges of conspiring on behalf of Germany to overthrow the government of the United States, Attorney General Fran cis Biddle announced today. Biddle said the indictment named eight new defendants who had not been accused previously in connection with the Justice Department's inves tigation of alleged sedition begun in June, 1940. Reindicted were 22 ' defendants charged with sedition last January, in cluding Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling, Chi cago, author of the 'Red Network", and William Dudley Telley, Nobles- . ville, Ind., leader of the Silver Shirts. Biddle said 22 others indicted in . January wre not included in the new list, but he emphasized that the for mer indictments still stand. And, he said, persons not yet indicted still are .. being investigated. Indicted for the first time today were: Lawrence Dennis, New York pub lisher, Joseph E. McWilliams, New York; E. J. Parker Sage, Detroit; Gar land L. Alderman, Detroit; Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, New York: August Klapprott, New York; Ernest Freder ick Elmhurst, New York, and Peter Stnhrenberg, New York. In addition to Mrs. Dilling and Pelly, those reindicted were: George Sylvester Viereck, New York City; George E. Deatherage, St. Albans, W. Va.; Robert Noble, Los Angeles; Edward J. Smith, New York; James True, Howard V. Broen strupp and Prescott F. Dennett, Wash ington; Gerald B. Winrod, Wichita: Robert E. Edmondson, Grass Valley, Cal.; William R. Lyman, Jr., Detroit Charles Hudson, Omaha, Neb.; Elmer J. Garner, Whichita; Herman Sch winn, Frank K. Frenz, Hans Diebel and Ellis O. Jones, Los Angeles; Eu pene N. Sanctuary, New York; David Baxter, San Bernardino, Ca.; Louis D. Washburn, Chicago, and Frank W Clark, Tacoma, Wash. Not In New List Those indicted last January, but not muiiucu in new list: William Griffin, publisher nf thu New York Enquirer; Court Asher, Munice, Ind.; Otto Brennerman and Donald McDaniel, Chicago; Oscar Brumback, Washington; Hudson de Priest and James F. Garner, Michita, Kan.; C. Leon De Aryan, San Dieeo. Cal.; William Kullgren, Atascadero, Cal.; raquua ae CMshmareff, Glen- dale, Ca.; and Ralph Townsend, Lake Geneva, Wis. The new indictment alien w the 30 defendants "unlawfully, will ingly, feloniously and knowingly con spired, combined, confederated and agreed together and with officials of the German Reich" to commit acts intended to "interfere with, impair and influence the loyalty, morale and discipline of the military and naval forces of the United States." It also accused them of distributing written ana primea matter urging disloyalty and mutiny among members of the armed forces. The Nazi party and its leaders, the indictment said, "carried on a syste matic campaign . . . intended to im pair and undermine loyalty and mor ale' to overthrow the United States government and that the defendants "joined in this movement . . . and ac tively cooperated with each other and with the Nazi party to accomplish the objectives." O Allied Invasion i Hdqts. In London London, Jan. S. An Invm!,..... building whose entrance is guarded for the moment by a lone American sentry has become Allied invasion headquarters in London. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower U not expected for a few days although members of his staff already are at work in the new quarters.