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VOLUME XXXVIII NO. 33
R AFFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 20th. 1944
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NEWS OF OUR
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Ben Campbell Gets
Flight Wings
Hcadpuaiters AAF Training Com
nianJ, Randolph Field, Texas Jan.19
Foger and ready to meet the enemy,
thousands of brand new aerial war
riors of the Army Air Forces Train
ing Command in the first -graduating
claf.es of the New Year.
Following on the heels of a year
of peak production of combat flyers,
today's new fighting pilots, from
eve: y state, the District of Columbia
and from foreign countries, was the
largest group yet turned out at one
time by these fields.
Fi-jhter- pilot stations participating
in today's ceremonies are those at
Mo-.'re Field; Eagle Pass, and Foster
and Aloe Fields, all in Texas. Bom
ber pilots were graduated at Broiks,
Lubbock, Ellington, Pampa a"d
Blackland fields in Texas, and Altus
and Frederick in Oklahoma.
The new pilots included: Lt. John
"Ben" Campbell of Red Srings, son
of Mrs. Arthur Campbell, who form
erly of Raeford.
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Seaman First-class Reece Camp
bill and Sgt. Bob Campbell, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Lock Campbell, are
expected home for a visit shortly.
The two brothers had not seen nor
heard each other's voice until a phone
conversation during the holidays.
The Campbells also have two sons-in-law
serving overseas, Neill John
son, who was wounded in Sicily and
Stewart M. Bill, serving with a para
chute unit.
A card was recently recently re
ceived from Daniel R. Currie, of Rae
ford, announcing that he is now as
signed to Battery B, the 11th Batta
lion, 4th Field Artillery Training Re
giment at F. A. R. T. C, Fjrt Bragg,
where he will receive his basic mili
tary training.
Sgt. Dennis R. Wilson has returned
to Fort Ord, Cal., after spending a
furlough with his family.
Pvt. Roscoe Currie of B-ll 4th F. A.
R. T. C. Regiment, 3rd platoon, Fort
Bragg, spent the week-end with his
wife at their home here.
E. L. McDuffie, who was awarded
the Purple Heart when wounded in
Italy on Dec. 1st, writes Home folks
that he is responding nicely to the
physiotherapy treatment given him
in the 7th Station Hospital in N.
Africa. McDuffie is in the third hos
pital since his injury. His only com
plaint is not being able to get back
into battle, and not receiving the
letters from home. He hasn't re
ceived mail since Dec. 1st.
Pfc. David E. Harvey, who has
been hospitalized in England, hat
written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Harvey, that he has recovered. He
has recently been awarded good con
duct ribbons. He states that he ex
pects to return to the States soon to
begin flight training. He was ap
proved for this training before going
overseas five months ago but was
alerted and shipped over before get
ting his transfer.
Jack Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Lee, is now in the navy and is
very anxious to hear from his friends
bck home. His address is; Charles
Ray Lee as, Co. 69 U. S. N. T. S.,
Great Lakes, III. Jack came home
from E. M. I. at Salemburg, to spend
the holidays and decided to enter the
navy. He enlisted on January 4th.
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FIND 44 VIOLATIONS
RALEIGH, Jan. 18 Theocfcre S.
Johnson, Raleigh district OPA direct
or, said here tonight that 44 investiga
tions of price . ceiling violations in
Durham on meats and foods has been
completed during the first two days
of the OPA compliance and enforce
ment check on food prices In the
Durham area.
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County School News
Br K. A. McDonald.
B. E. Beasley, of the State safety
commission, was here yesterday hold
ing a bus drivers school. Several
drivers were certified.
The eye clinic being held this week
is resulting in many examinations and
a number of students being fitted with
glasses.
The schools are entering whole
heartedly into the Fourth War Loan
Drive. They have accepted the quotas
assigned; $6,000 for the white schools
and $6,000 for the Negro schools.
County Supt. K. A. Macdonald is
chairman for the white schools. A.
S. Gaston chairman for the negro
schools. Elisha Dial is chairman for
the Indian, whcse quota is $500. A
special effort is being made by the
school children to have all unfilled
stamp albums completed and turned
in for bonds.
Mi?s Lottie Mae Willis, typist for
the board of education, has been
confined for several days by an at
tack of lagrippe.
Mrs. W. M. Morgan, of Mildousjn,
was in with flu several days last
week.
Mrs. C. H. Giles, speaking on the
eye clinic, and J. A. McGougan,
speaking on the War Loan Drive,
were special speakers at the county
wide meeting of negro school princi
pals 'held Monday afternoon. Plans
were made at this meeting for part
icipation in the b nd sales cam
paign, and for treatment of all child
ren with defective eyesight.
Essie Kornegny, of the Upchurch
school, was called to Mount Olive
last Saturday by the death of an
uncle.
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Hoke High News
One of the chief aims of physical
education is to develope and train
the child withstand the present
day emergency. From reliable stat
istics we find that a great number
of the people today do not meet the
physical military requirements. If
our boys and girls are to perform at
their best, then it is the job of the
educators to see that they be trained
to do so. Therefore, we have a re
quirement in our schols that every
boy and girl participate in reasonable
recreational program, receiving the
training which tends to develope the
child physically, and under right
leadership it affords opportunities
for training the youth in moral
standards.
Due to the lack of physical train
ing in the past, we know now that
health and physical education is to
be a necessary part cf the curriculum
program of our school system.
The participation by the boys and
girls in our physical education pro
gram is good. There are only a few
who are physically unable to part
icipate, and so we feel that the
majority of cur students are getting
the needed exercise, which must be
had to meet our problem of today
and the future.
An enjoyable program was pre
sented in Chapel last Wednesday by
Mrs. Gore's homeroom students. This
program centered around contribut
ions of the negroes to various phases
of our lives. Devotional was conduct
ed by Naomi Vanhoy. Johnny Wal
ker, acting as master of ceremonies,
introduced the following features:
Gettysburg Address Glenn Max
well: Star-Spanpled Banner Band;
Pledge Allegiance to Flag Elinor
King; Purpose of Program Johnny
Walker; American Creed Dorothy
Bridgers; Emancipation Eugene
Smith; Kentucky Philosophy Marv
S. Covington; Life of George Wash
ington Carver Marie Cameron;
Shortnin' BreadChorus; Reading
Phyllis Baker; Typical zoot-suit neg
roesAnn Graham Harold Thomas;
Swing Low Sweet Chariot Chorus;
Reading Eleanor Leach; Negroes in
the United States Sonny Mclntyre.
School Editors Note: Only in a com
munity such as this, where the very
best of relations exist between the
races, would such a program as this
have been put on.
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BANKS PRESIDENT GRILLED
IN TRIAL AT ASIIEVILLE
ASHEVILLE, Jan. 18. W. C. Hon
eycutt, former president of the Bank
of Black Mountain and one of seven
defendants on trial on charges of
conspiracy to violate banking laws,
in connection with the bank's fail
ure, underwent cross-examination by
District Attorney T. Lamar Claudle in
Federal court here today.
Honeycutt testified yesterday of
his connection with the bank and its
operations and dealings with the Sal
uda River lumber company.
12 Roosevelt Budgets
Triple Past Spending
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 The 12
budget messages President Rcosevelt
has sent to Congress will have ac
counted for more than three times
as much money as all his 30 prede
cessors spent.
The $99,769,000,000 Mr. Roosevelt
projected today for the fiscal year be
ginning July 1 brings his total of ac
tual or contemplated Federal spend
ing to more than $378,600,000,000
more than $295,000,000,000 of which
actually will have been spent for de
fense or war, assuming that the war
continues on all fronts through June
30, 1945. The latter figure includes
Army and Navy spending beginning
with the 1933-34 fiscal year. In ad
ition, $105,000,000,000 more will have
been appropriated for war purposes.
From Washington's time until Her
bert Hoover left the White House
(including the remainder of the 1933
fiscal year for which he submitted
the budget) Governmental costs were
roughly $112,000,000.
Willie C. Hodgin
Named Chairman
Hoke AAA Group
Also Succeeds J. M. McGougan
As War Board And Farm Ma
chinery Committee Head.
W. C. Hodgin, Antioch farmer and
merchant, was named chairman of
the Hoke County Triple-A Committee
to succeed J. M. McGougan, chair
man since 1941, who resigned this
week because of press of other duties.
Mr. McGougan was reelected to
this office, which also carries with it
the duties of the chairman of the
USDA War Board and the Farm
Machinery Rationing Committee, in
the December elections. As secretary
and treasurer of the county Farm
Bureau and member of a number
of other farm organizations and
committee, he stated that on the ad
vice of his physician he would have
to give up a part of these duties.
Other members of the committee
are: O. B. Israel, of Quewhiffle, and
T. D. Potter of Raeford. J. W. Hasty
of Allendale is the alternate member.
W. J. Coats is secretary and Mrs.
L. A. Grant is treasurer.
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Hold Square Dance
Jan. 26 'Benefit
March Of Dimes
Coin Boxes Placed In Business
Houses Throughout County
For Collecting Funds In Fight
Against Paralysis
David H. Hodgin, county chair
man of the annual "March of Dimes"
campaign, announces today that there
will be a square dance at the Arm
ory in Raeford for the Benefit of the
Infantile Paralysis Fund. The dance
will be held Wednesday evening
from 8 until 11 o'clock.
A colorful group of figure-callers
are promised by Mr. Hcdgin and mus
ic will be furnished by a band made
up of Hoke's most popular string
band musicians.
The county quota this year is
$229 and it is hoped that a large part
of this sum will be raised by admis
sions to the dance. The admission
price will be fifty cents per person.
Advance ticket sale will be conducted
by the Boy Scouts.
Under the direction of Mrs. J. H.
Blue, chairmen's activities for the
drive, coin collection boxes have been
placed in stores throughou the county.
They will aid in the personal solici
tation campaign which will be con
ducted the last week of the drive and
which will conclude with a tag day
solicitation on the final Saturday of
the campaign.
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Popular Air Base
Band Redesignated
The 364th Army Air Forces Band
at Laurinburg-Maxton Air Base, an
installation of the First Troop Car
rier Command, has been redesignated
the 664th Army Band, it Is announced
by the commanding officer of the
Base, Colonel Y. A. Pitts.
Total authorized strength cf the
unit is one warrant officer and 28 en
listed men.
In charpe of the band is Chief
Warrant Officer Gerald E. Wright
of Lisbon, N. D., who has been In
band work for more than 25 yean.
He came to Laurinburg-Maxton last
July to organize the band which has
won much popularity in thls section.
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T. P. HVgan, linoperator, for the
News-Journal, has been confined to
hi home for the past ten days due
to a severe attack of lagrippe.
Dr. Brown Nan
President Hoke i
Medical Society
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Medical Society Meets At .S3
torium Tuesday; Urs. Ut
And Murray
Delegates i
State Meet
Dr. George W. Brown, dean of
Hoke county physicians, was named
president of the Hoke County Med
ical Society at a meeting of the group
held Tuesday evening at the State
Sanatorium. He succeeds Dr. R. L.
Murray, president for the past year.
Other officers include Dr. Meredith
Johnson, woman physician on the
Sanatorium staff, vice president, and
Dr. C. D. Thomas, who was re-elected
secretary and treasurer. Delegates to
the annual meeting of the Medical
Society of North Carolina, which will
be held at Pinehurst in May, are
Dr. H. G. O'Briant and Dr. R. L.
Murray.
Following the business meeting a
mvie program was presented. Films
showing surgical treatments, treat
ments of malignant growth and Tub
ercular treatments were shown.
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Hoke High Chalks
Up Second Double
Victory Of Season
Hoke High defeated Wagram Tues
day night in the second basketball
dotibleheader of the season. Siore
of the boy's tilt
starters were McNeill, Buoyer, Cur
rie, Campbell, and Upchurch. Subs
were Warner, Cole, Keith, Maxwell,
and H. and M. McKeithan. McNeill
led the scoring with 11 points. Wag
ram's line-up played Shaw, Crump,
Thomas, McNeill, and Wooley with
Gadciy and Currie substituting. Shaw
and Wooley scored for Wagram with
two each.
Hoke girls took a 35-12 victory
over Wagram. Dawson tossed 18 for
H.ke. Miller was second with 12.
McKaji .and Shirley scored. 4 each
for the losers. Miller, Klouse, Dawson,
McNeill, B. L. Davis, and McMillan
started for Hoke, and C. Davis, Har
ris, and Cameron were substitutes.
Wagram starters were McKay, Coxe,
Shirley, Currie, Lassiter, and Watson;
substitutes were R. Watson, Shaw,
Buie and Wooley.
J. W. Dowd coaches the Hoke boys;
and Esther Parker, Hoke girls.
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Recorders Court
In recorders court Tuesday Milton
McRimmon, negro, was convicted of
driving while drunk and was fined
$50 and costs and deprived of his
drivers license for a year. Alexander
McRimmon paid costs for drunkness.
Lozzie McLeod paid $10 and costs
for careless and reckless driving.
Irene Brown Price paid costs for
speeding. Geneva McRae, alias Gen
eva Armstrong, paid $10 and costs
for larceny of clothing from the re
sidence of J. B. Mclntrye. Last week
in one case heard by Judge Henry
McDiarmid, James Crouch paid
costs for speeding.
LIBRARY NEWS
A number tf interesting books by
well-known authors have been placed
on the shelves of Hoke County Libr
ary, among them are tiie following:
Western btar, Bennct; the poet ac
count oi America; Dunnybrook, Car
rol, the story of a community of
Mame purple, their solid v mures,
quaint customs and aspirations thou
gh the years; Nurse bally Dean, (ju
eiUin; Guises Aide, Hancock, both
Jiction; My War With Japan, Akott;
Ldiiol Alcott has spent lateen years
in Japan, not only doing his job as
rep.riea, euiior and radio commen
tator, but conducting a one-man fight
against the Rising Sun.
Prisoner of the Japs, Dew; a per
sonal narrative of hie in a Japanese
concenlrau.-n camp uy an American
woman correspondent who was ui
the kur iuut when Japan struck.
VVitit General Cheimault,
Hotz;
Story ol me Flying Tigers: Here
oar War, lJle; irns is trme fyle's
story ol tne N.rth Alncan campaign,
ne was mere, in tne smoke ana noise
and heal oi tne Tuiusian lighting,
Idl uivuttis fiiiuiku, m
.,- 1 - A I ,. I-.. II.... I
uiioinial account oi Aldsna touay,
Milu many anecdotes ol the people.
incuse Aiy Dual, l'a. uiut,c, tne
final volume of the "Country Layer
ing i a.i.uy ' ti Uogy brings oack Uie
nvvnueriul days vmun the lirst auto
niooues cnubtea up mam street.
As 1 bee ii, Sliatkeliord, a book
that tells what Lie in the Army is
like, not in worus, but in amusing,
clever sketches.
If your lip has a zip and your gab
a tab, you won't give the enemy any
rumors to nab!
No Supplementary
Fuel Oil This Year,
Says Panel
Acting upon instructions from the
district office at Atlanta, the Fuel
Oil Panel of the Hoke County Rat
ioning Bard announces that there
will be no supplementary allow
ances for users of fuel oil.
Instructions have been issued by
the fuel administrator to this effect,
stating that the oil situation is crit
ical and the local panels have been
deprived of authority to issue ad
ditional coupons, and all applications
for additional oil must be sent to
the regional director at Atlanta
for approval.
It was pointed out that it is
strictly against OPA rules for oil
users to exchange invalid coupons
for valid ones and consumers are
requested not to ask the Oil Panel
to do so.
Light Docket In
Prospect For
Superior Court
Judc Clawson L. Williams To
Preside Over Mixed Term
Convening Monday
Judge Claws n L. Williams, of San
I ford, will pic-ide over the mixed
term of Suncrior Court which will
I be convened here Monday morning.
it was announced yeter.";ay by John
27-4. Hoke;B. Cameron, clerk of court.
Judge Williams exchanged this sit
ting with Judge John J. Burney, or
iginally scheduled to hold the Jan
uary term here, who will preside
over a term in Pitt c unty.
Only one case of importance will
be heard on the criminal docket it
was stated, and that is the case a
gainst Frank Wright, negro youth
charged with arson in the burning of
a barn on the farms of Judge Henry
McDiarmid. This case was brought
up from a justice court and was not
heard in the Recorders Court due to
the fact that the plaintiff is the county
judge.
Several divorce cases are expect
ed to be heard on the civil docket
along with a ease growing out of a
wreck of a car and truck in which J.
W. McPhaul and Raymond Torrey
were involved. Rulings are also ex
pected in a couple of cases involving
land lines and property titles.
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Mrs. Jesse Brock
Dies On Return
From Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs. Jesse
Brock, 58, who died suddenly last
Wednesday, were conducted at the
home here Friday morning at elev
en o'clock. The Rev. J. D. Whisnant,
pastor of the Raeford Baptist Church
conducted the services. Burial was
in the Raeford Cemetery.
Mrs. Brock had been a patient of
a Charlotte hospital for seven weeks
and her condition was considered to
have improved to such an extent that
she was dismissed from the hospital
on Wednesday morning. When she
arrivd heme she was in excellent
spirits, but suffered an attack of an
gina within a few minutes after en
ering the house. She died almost
instantly.
She was the former Miss Lula Ann
Daniel, daughter of Mrs. Mary V.
Daniel, who made her home with
her daughter, and the late Monroe
Daniel.
Surviving are her husband, her
mother, and two sons, Harvey Brock
of Lumber Bridge and Luther Brock
of Wilmingt.n.
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William Norton Taken
By Death; Funeral
Yesterday Afternoon
Funeral services for William: Nor
ton were conducted yesterday after
noon at 3 o'clock at the Dundarrach
Presbyterian Church bv the Rev. W.
F. Traywick, assisted by the Rev.
is'Hnrry K. Holland.
Mr. Norton died Monday afternoon
after an illness of several years He
is survived by his wife, the former
Mis Ruth Mclnnis, and two daugh -
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.vrs. Hud Humphrey and a brother
Daniel M. Norton of Laurel Hill.
Raeford License
Plates On Sale
At City Hall
License plates for cars and trucks
owned by residents of Raeford have
betn placed on sale at the City Hall.
These plates, required on all cars
owned by residents of the town by
January first were delayed in ship
ment and only arived this week.
29th Anniversary
OfKiwanisWill
Be Celebrated
Loral Club Enters
Year In February
Twentieth
Kiwanis International will cele
brate the 29th anniversary of its
founding during the week of January
16-22 with- some 2,200 clubs and
122,000 members throughout the Unit
ed States and Canada participating
in war service projects and activities
designed to speed the day of victory.
This announcement was made by
H. C. McLauchlin, president of the
Raeford Kiwanis club, who said the
anniversary will serve to launch the
organization's 1944 "AU-Out-Fur-Victory"
program.
Mr. McLauchlin said that Kiwanis
International, founded January 21,
1915 at Detroit, has organized clubs
in each of the 48 states and the pro
vinces of Canada, all dedicated to the
j aim of promoting better' and more
effective community service.
Donald B. Rice, Oakland, Calif.,
I president of Kiwanis International
(declared today at Chicago that
clubs should pay tribute at their an
niversary meetings to the more than
12,000 Kiwanians in the armed ser
vices. During the coming year, Rice,
said, Kiwanis International
will exert its influence for a just and
la.-ting peace, re-emphasize the good
will and understanding that exists
between Canada anj the United
States, provide community leader
ship, and publicise ireedu.n of op
portunity and private enterprise as
fundamental to the democratic way
of life.
The Raeford Kiwanis club
, celcbrale tne 2uth. anniversary of
its founding the week of Feb. 20-26.
At this time a special program will
be put on by the committee on Kiw
anis Education.
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W. C. Hodgin Says
More Phosphate
To Be Available
80 Tons Used Here In 1943;
State's Total Was 36,963 Tons.
Farmers of Hoke County again may
obtain superphosphate as conserva
tion material under the 1944 Agr
icultural Conservation Program of
the AAA, acording to W. C. Hodgin,
chairman of the County AAA Com
mittee. The deduction rate for phosphate
this year will be $18.00 per ton -v
20 per cent material, $17.60 per ton
for 19 per cent, and $17.00 per ton
for 18 per cent,-which is slightly
more than the rate which prevailed
in 1943 due to increased costs of ship
ment from the sources of supply,
Chairman Hodgin said.
"As was the case last year, phos
phate supplies will be limited in 1944,
but we have been assured that the
amounts available will be somewhat
larger than last year," he said. "Al
locations will be made on a monthly
basis, and every farmer who pla"s to
use phosphate should give us his ord
er as soon as possible so we can tell
what will be needed."
He said a total of 36,963 tons was
used in the entire state last year and
that prospects are bright for more
than that amount this year. Of the
total amount used, farmers of Hoke
County applied 80 tons under the
1943 program.
Copper Available For
Farm Dwellings
Copper wire for wiring farm dwel
lings and tenant houses, as well as
for other farmstead uses, now is
available and may be obtained
through the County AAA Committee,
it was announced today by W. C.
Hodgin, chairman. Under the ration
ing program previously in effect,
none of the County's quta of copper
wire could be used for wiring dwel
lings. Qualifications for obtaining
Qualifications for obtaining the
IWIre' Mr- Hodgin said, are the same
!as. in tne Past- To be eligible for
lrv. ir.e iarm must nave at least f v
animal units and one or more of sev
en specified items of electrical farm
equ;pmcnt ready for operation. These
items are: electric pumps tor live
stock, brooders, incubators, milk
ing machines, milk coolers, milk
sterilizers, and feed grinders. Among
numbers of livestock and poultry on
ha"d equivalent to one animal unit
are: one milk cow; 10 beef cattle;
three brood sows; or 75 laying hens.
Likewise, credit for one animal unit
will be given for yearly estimated
production of ; 20 cattle in feedlot;
30 feeder pigs; 250 chickens (not
briolers) ; or 600 broilers.