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The News-Journal. HOKE COUNTTS ADVERTISING BEST MEDIUM HOKE COUTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County New The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XXXIX NO. 10 RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1944 $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS Of OUR MENwWOMCN IN UNIFORM Bronze Star Given Sgt. Irvin R. Currie The bronze star for meritorious service in France was awarded this week to Sergeant Irvin R. Currie, according to an announcement re ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs, A. R. Currie of Red Springs, route one. Formerly with the Lumbee Electric company here, Sgt. Currie is now serving with a Signal Corps unit and has been in France since the early days of the invasion. The a- warvi was made for particularly hazardous and meritorious service for the period between July 4th and July 19, according to the an nouncement. Pfc. Raymond A. McBryde, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W." McBryde of Red Springs, route one, is now completing his training on a Libera tor bomber at Pueblo, Colo., airbase. He is gunner of the crew and ex pecting to see service overseas soon. Word has been received from Sgt. Murdock McDuffie, who has been serving with the armed forces in England for the past twenty-four months, that he is now stationed somewhere in France O Promoted to Major Captain James K. David, of the Army Air forces, was promoted to the rank of major on July 29th, in Sionz City. Ioma. Major and Mrs. David and baby, Kaye, have been living in the west since Major David's return from the European theatre of war last August. O 1st Sergeant Graham Clark of Fort Jackson, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neill Clark. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Cothran have received word from their son, Lt. Fletcher P. Cothran notifying them that he has arrived safely in Teheran and likes the country there fine. Mrs. Cothran, the former Miss Gloria Val encia, is now at the home of her pa. rents in Los Angeles, California. Cpl. Dan Howell has returned to Camp Ellis, 111., after spending IS days with his mother, Mrs. P. C. (Howell. Staff Sgt. Talmadge English, still in Curacao, has been promoted to 1st Sgt. LIBRARY NEWS The North Carolina Recreation Committee has sent out bulletins with suggestions for games and simple activities for home and family life. These should be very helpful at this time when parents are concerned over keeping children happy and con tented at home during the polio epidemic. One of these bulletins is a list of books for reading aloud. It is said that one test of a good children's book is whether it can be read aloud and enjoyed. The books on this list and many others are to be found in Hoke County Library, and parents are urged to come in and select some for reading aloud The Recreation Committee says that in order to contribute to the efforts of your State Health De partment and the North Carolina Polio Emergency committee the State Recreation committee wishes to lend their efforts not only to assist in curbing the spread of infantile para lysis but to keep fun and family play alive. We cannot dispense with receration in the home in the time of war or epidemics. Therefore, it Is the parents responsibility to keep their children at home and to use Imagination, intelligence and energy to stimulate home recreation. The manpower shortage and our participation in civic activities have had a tendency to crowd out the normal play and close companion ship of the family group. Now is the time to start. Toys and games, no matter how expensive, will not solve the problemneither are they es sentia!. The house and backyard are full of play equipment .if only you can see the possibilities. This new role as play leader for the family groups does not require con stant supervision or playing every game, but just a little interest and ttention to stimulate them to use their own initiative and imagination. Anyone interested in seeing these . suggestions for games and activities Is asked to drop In at the library and read them. Among new books received in the libraray are Included in the follow ing: In What Torn Ship, Eaton; Coras, Corpse de Ballet; Berlin, Land I Have Chosen; Gann, Island in the Sky; Chang, Chiang Kai-shek; and Hope, I never Left Home. Sexton Succeeds Ryan McBryde As Rationing Chief War Price And Rationing Of ficials Express Regret Over Resignation Of Board Chair man. F. B. Sexton, Raeford hardware dealer, was named chairman of the Hoke County Ration Board Tues day night to succeed Ryan McBryde who resigned from the post on July 24th after serviing as director of the county organization since January 1, Mr. McBryde explained that due to the press of other matters he felt could not longer give the time neces. sary to carry out the work of the board effectively, and he thought it oest to give up his membership on the board. He was named chair man at its inception. The board as now contributed consists of Mr. Sexton, chairman. J. Benton Thomas, A. K. Stevens and K. A. MacDonald. On Tuesday evening the board members express ed their regret over the resignation of Mr. McBryde and atempted to get him to reconsider. Mr. McBryde expressed- his thanks to the board members for their cooperation dur ing the past two and a half years and to the people of Hoke county who have so well adapted them selves to the unusual restraints placed upon the:n by the rationing system. Mr. Sexton, the new chairman, has been a member of the board sinec itsorganization and has been active in the various phases of the work of the board . Little or no change is expected to result in the operaiton of the board due to the change of directors. Mr. McBryde is senator-elect from this the 12th state senatorial district and is at present serviing on trie State of Education and is a member of the board's finance commitee. He also operates the Raeford Lumber company and has extensive farm ing interests. 0 Promotion Announced After Death Of Lt. North Lilly On August 7th the promotion of Lt Clay North Lilly to First Lieu, tenant, was announced by the War Department. Lt. Lilly, pilot and in structor in the Air Forces, died in the Napier Field, Ala., post hos pital on Jut? 3. He had entered the airforces In March, 1942, and com missioned about a year later. Soon thereafter promotions were frozen and he remained a second lieutenant throughout his more than two years of flying service. He was the son of Clay Lilly of Raeford. Funeral Services For George A. Clark Held At Candor Funeral services for George A. Clark, 68, were held Monday after noon at five o'clock from the home in Candor. Burial was in the Candor cemetery. The Rev. George F. Houch, pastor of the Candor Pres byterian church, conducted the ser vices. Mr. Clark wag a brother of Post master Lacy F. Clark of Raeford. At the time of his death, Sunday, he was a patient at the Moore County hospital at Pinehurst. ; Need Aircraftsmen At L-M Airbase Edawrd L. Joyner, Civil Service reprecentive, states that aircraft workers are critically needed at the Laurinburg.Maxton Army Air Base. Aircraft engine mechanics, train ees, electricians, instrument mechan ics, hydraulic installers, machinists, leather workers, canvas workers, woodworkers, and sheet metal work ers are especially needed. People experience auto mechanics, electri cian, instrument repairs, hydraulics, carpentry, seamstress, and sheet me tal work, may qualify for these jobs. Mr. Joyner states that you may secure an application at any first or second class post office. Mail the application to Mr. Edward L. Joyner at the Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, or come in person. O When his help left him, Paul Hill of Goldsboro, planted soybeans where he had applied 750 pounds of J-B-B tobacco fertilizer per acre. He is planning to buy a tractor and com bine, and shift to corn ana soy beans, and small grains and lespe deza. O ' Grsring 'ho$ on soybeans and lecpedeza saves IS to 40 per cent of grain and protein supplements. Opening Dates Hoke County Schools May Not Be Changed Unless the polio epidemic spreads into this section it is expected there will be no change in the planned opened dates of the Hoke County schools, it was stated here yesterday by K. A. MacDonald, county superin tendent. The white schoole are scheduled to open on September 7 and the negro and indian schools will open on Oc tober 2nd. However, Mr. MacDonald added, that should the situation de mand such a move, a called meeting of the Board of Education would be held later this month to consider delayed opening dates. No Polio Here So far, Hoke county has escaped without a single case of the dreaded infantile paralysis, though at least one case has been reported in each of the surrounding counties. Robeson has three cases, with one resulting in death: Cumberland 3, Scotland 1, and Moore 2, it has been reported. Stricter observance of the Health Department order restricting the gathering of children is being asked by state and county health officials, and parents are again urged to keep their children at home and not let them go into crowded places. The state has planned definite action to prevent the early opening of schools in some counties which planned to begin their fall terms in August. Hold George Dupree Without Bond On Serious Charges Raeford Hotel Bellboy Charged With First Degree Burglary And Attempted Rape. George Dupree, 24-year-old bell boy at the Raeford hotel, is in the Hoke county jail awaiting trial in Superior Court on charges of first degree burglary and attempted rape of a white woman employee of the hotel. Held without bond, Dupree was given a hearing last Thursday before Justice W. R. Barrington. The negro was "taken into custody by W. R. Saunders, night policeman, almost immediately after he fled from the room of the woman, whose scream attracted Saunders and B. E. Frady, a guest of the hotel, to the scene. According to testimony given at the hearing the negro entered the room of Miss Mae Conway shortly after midnight, using a passkey taken from the clerk's desk. As he near ed the bedside the sleeping woman awoke and recognized the man whom she said was plainly visible due to brightness of reflected light from the street. She screamed and Dupree ran. Frady, who was awakened by the screams, related that he rushed to the door of his room in time to see the negro come out of a room and who, upon seeing Frady, enter ed a vacant room and closed the door. Frady remained there in the hall until Policeman Saunders ar rived to enter the room and bring out the thoroughly frightened negro. Dupree was known to both Frady and the Conway woman and was positively identified as the person who entered her room, at the hearing. Frady is a traveling man who stops at the hotel at regular internals and identified Dupree as the man who came out of the woman's room and as the one entering the vacant room and remaining there until Saunders arrived. It is expected that Dupree will be tried before Judge Richard Dixon when he convenes a term of Superior Court here August 21. Army Wives Invited To Use Clubs At L-M Airbase; Pope Field MAXTON AIRBASE, Maxton, N. C, Auust 9, 1944. An invitation to use the facilities of the Laurinburg Maxton Army Air base Officers' Club has been issued by Lt. Colonel Ells worth P. Curry, commanding officer, to all women whose husbnads are Army Air Force officers assigned to overseas duty. Extension of club privileges is part of an AAF program designed to lighten the burdent carried by of ficers wives who are denied the com pany of their husbands because of the demands of the war Colonel Curry pointed out. Officers' wives tiesiring to take advantage of this offer may contact Lt Berhartt Kenney, officer in charge ot the Officers' club at the base. Officers' wives may also take ad vantage of a simitar offer extended by CoL Glenn Salisbury which opens the Pope Field Army Air Forces Of ficers' club to wives of air force officers. Tax Refunds Being Made At Rate Of 3000 Per Week Each Payee Account Is Handled In Its Turn At Greensboro, Says Collector, Declaring that every effort is be ing " made to expedite refunds on 1943 income tax returns C. H. Rob ertson, Collector of Internal Revenue, said refund checks are being mailed to taxpayers of the North Carolina District at the rate of 3000 per week. "To every taxpayer of this district who is entitled to a refund on his 1943 return. I would like to say," Collector Robertson stated, "your refund is being processed as rapidly as possible. I cannot tell you exact ly when your refund "Will come through, because it might be today and it might not be for a few months. But I can promise you that you will be paid interest at the rate of six percent per year for every month your refund is delayed after March 15. Throughout the country we have about 18.000.000 refunds to make. In each case, the return must be com pared with employers' withholding tax receipts and other documents. In many cases, returns contain errors that must be corrected. "This involves a tremendous a mount of work that must be done with a comparatively small staff, due to wartime manpower shortages. Obviously,- the entire 18.000.000 re funds cannot be completed at the must wait another few months. "However, a million checks are being distributed every three weeks and so you can see that, in your case, you may get your refund fairly soon." Robertson suggested that taxpay ers refrain from writting letters to inquire about their refunds, because, in fairness to all taxpayers, the checks are being written in the or der in which they are mechanically processed. However, if a taxpayer has changed his address since he filed his re turn, he should advise the collector of both his old and nw address. O Judge R. D. Dixon To Preside Over Superior Court The Honorable Richard D. Dixon, of Edenton, will preside over the August term of Superior Court which will be convened here on August 21st, it was stated yesterday by John Cameron, clerk of court. Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh, dean of this branch of the judiciary, was originally scheduled to preside at this term, but an exchange has been aranged, it was stated. Both criminal and civil cases will be heard during the week, acording to Mr. Cameron. ' ' tSSX it., l I ;-Xfit . 5 ' -Si&'jU ' "'HA rkJJ '"L'iJ Ch"? : ; - - in- - ii ' VOTERS IN KHAKL These yoiltig Tar Heel voters, now wear ing khaki, study a soldier-voting chart at Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, installion of the First Troop Carrier Command, to get thai "low-down" on North Carolina procedure of absentee-voting. Whether. jt'll be Roosevelt or Dewey, you'll have to ask the serious-looking soldiers, left to right, CpL George Robert Graham of Red Springs, Cpl Horace D. Ledford of Charlotte, and Sgt Frank W. Rogers of Asheville. James Wilson Named Head California Disabled Veterans Raeford Native. Mayor Of Taft, Cal., Given High Post Of Vet erans Organization. James A. Wilson, Jr., son of Mrs. J. A. ""'lson and the late Mr. Wil son I teford, who now is Mayor of Tai ilifornia, where he is en gaged . e clothing business, has been na, commander of the Cali fornia D6. ment of the Disabled American "ans. Mr. Wilson ser- TU III II l . II OI WIIC 1 J ma wounded in v," reaking of the Hin denburg line$ A The follow1 A account from a Taft newspapeiji ried also a re print of a wor of honor extended Mr. Wilson by the Los Angeles Ex aminer: "Complimentary to Taft and Ma yor James A. Wilson, the Los Angeles Examiner published the following regarding the mayor's election to the office of department commander of California's Disabled American Vet erans: TAFT MAYOR HEADS STATE DISABLED VETS California's Disabled American Vet erans reached into the prosperous oil town of Taft and took its Mayor for their new state commander. James Wilson, 48, clothing merchant, now is his second term as Chief Executive of the Valley City, was elected department commander, de feating two opponents. County Court In county court Tuesday before Judge H. McDiarmid Jimmy Scott and Charlie Oxendine, a soldier, pieaded guilty of operation of a liquor still. Each of the indians was given six months on the roads, with sen tences suspended upon payment of $60 and costs. Scott paid his fine but the soldier remains in the county jail. The still was taken and the men captured on Rock fish creek near Raeford by County Police J. C. Wright and W. R. Saunders. Lula Thomas and Chester Thomas, negroes, paid costs for possession of home brew. Lula Thomas also paid costs for driving a car without driv er's license. Purcell McPhaul, negro, paid costs for drunkeness, and Green Huey, negro, paid costs for careless and reckless driving. In the only case heard last week, Daniel Shaw, J. D. McGeachey and Robert Smith, paid costs for posses sion of home brew. Marines Use Ox Carts Saipan, Marianas Islands. Down a dusty road, near the Saipan fight ing front, roared a mechanized at tack headed by tanks. Following it, in proud disdain, were three Marines in an ox cart with a machine-gun mount on the rear. Somehow we felt it defied descrip tion. f $5,670 Goal Set v For Hoke County United War Fund 1 Campaign For Funds For War Fund And County Soldiers Center To Begin Late This Month. The Hoke county goal for the United War Fund has been set at $5,670, it was stated yesterday by T. B. Upchurch, Jr., county chair man, following a conference with members of the War Fund Commit tee. Mr. Upchurch stated that this was an increase of $635 over the- amount requested last year, a fund that was oversubscribed as have all the other campa'gns for war purposes con ducted in the county. The War Fund is a consolidation of some 20 recognized and approved agencies which serve to bring recrea tion to our men and women in the armed forces and to carry relief sup plies and administer relief in coun tries which have been overrun by the Axis armies. Included in this budget also is the sum of $1500 for the operation and maintenance of the Hoke County Soldier's Center which Is located in the Aberdeen and Rock fish passenger depot building and through which are cleared practical ly all special local activities for the entertainment of soldiers who come to Hoke county from the nearby camps of Bragg, Mackall and L-M Airbase. Hoke county was host at a- din ner recently to leaders of the United War Funddrive for this district when plans for the campaign were presented undr the direction of J. E. Johnson, of Lumberton, district chairman. Mr. Upchurch stated yesterday that the drive here would begin the last week in August and would be completed early in September. A special school for campaign workers will be held here on August 15th, the hour, place, to be announced," when Mr. R. A. Moore, district supervisor, will give the workers the solicitation plans. ODT Acts To Assure Prompt Movement Farm Products Growers, Truckers, And Proces sors To Meet At Lumberton August 16 and 17. WILMINGTON, Aug. 9. The Wil mington Office of Defense Trans portation today announced meetings of growers, haulers, processors and receivers of leaf tobacco and cotton and cottonseed products in 19 eastern Carolina counties will be held in Lumberton August 16 and 17 re spectively to elect Industry Trans portation Advisory committees. "The Office of Defense Transpor tation is attempting to insure an orderly and continuous movement of tobacco, cotton and cottonseed pro ducts from farms to market with a minimum of truck mileage and motor fuel," G. T. Musselman, district ODT manager, said, "and is calling on these industries for assistance and advice." At 8 p. m. Wednesday, August IS, producers, haulers, dealers, and re ceivers of leaf tobacco will meet in the Joe P. Moore grammar school auditorium in Lumberton to elect Tobacco Industry Transportation Ad visory Committee. . At 3 p. m. Thursday August 17, producers, haulers, dealers, and re ceivers of cotton and cottonseed pro ducts will meet at the same place to elect a Cotton and Cottonseed Pro ducts Industry Transportation Ad visory Committee. "These committees," Mr. Mussel man said, "will make recommenda tions to the district manager of ODT concerning the issurance, re call, review, reconsldflWation, sus pension, cancellation or revocation of certificates of war necessity per taining to commercial motor vehicles used or to be used in the transporta tion of the commodity with which the committee is concerned. "As such recommendations may vitnlly affect the operation of all producers, haulers, oealers and re ceivers of these commodities, the im portance of their attending this meet ing cannot be over-emphasized." Counties affected are New Han over, Pender, Duplin, Onslow, Bla iden. Craven, Carteret. Pamlico, Jones, Scotland, Cumberland, Robe son, Columbus, Brunswick, and Sampson in North Carolina; and Marion, Dillon, and Horry counties in South Carolina. Mrs. G. L. Bryant and son. Austin, and Miss Helen Wilson- and Mrs. Polly Huckemell of Thomasville, were guests of Mrs. Mayme Bevan and family ot Montross, Over the week-end.