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VOLUME XXXIX NO. 13
RAEFORD, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1944
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NEWS OF OUR
MCNwWOMtN
IN UNIFORM
Bruce Conoly Home
After 31 Missions
Over Germany "
Veteran of 31 bombing missions,
all of them over Germany but three,
and five of them over Berlin, Tech
Sergeant Bruce Conoly, 23, arrived
home last week to spend three weeks
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Conoly of Raeford.
Bruce spent eleven months with
the airforce in England and was en
gineer gunner on a B-17 with a crew
whose pilot was Lt. Cavalier of Balti
more. During that time he was per.
sonaily accredited with shooting down
two enemy planes and his crew had
credit for five "and ... he explains'
some of the boys may be most
frightened at flak, but when a
German fighter gits near then you
kncv what it's like to be downright
scared.
Bruce was awarded the Distin
guished Flying Cross for meritorious
service, the Air Medal, to which have
been added five oak leaf clusters, and
for a wound he received the Purple
Heart. His group, some of which
are still flying, was given a Presi
dential citation.
He entered the army 27 months
ago at Fort Bragg, trained at St.
Petersburg, Fla., Keesler Field, Miss.,
San Diego, Cal., at Wendover, Utah,
and several Texas fields, before go
ing overseas. He expects to report
to a field at Lincoln, Nebraska, at
the end of his furlough.
Alfred Tolar, Jr.
Wins Air Medal
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE STA
TION, England The Air Medal has
been awarded to Staff Sergeant Al
fred Tolar, Jr., 24, of Lumber Bridge,
N. C, for "courage, coolness and skill"
during Eighth AAF bombing attacks
n Hitlers fortress Europe. Sgt.
.'olar is a nose turret gunner on a
Liberator bomber. He is a member
of an Eighth AAF B-24 Liberator base
commanded by Colonel Frank P. Bos
trom, of Bangor, Maine. This base is
-a unit of the Third Bombardment
Division, cited by the President for
it's now historic England-Africa shut
tle bombing of Messerschimt, aircraft
plants at Regensburg, Germany, last
summer.
The recently decorated staff ser
geant is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred Tolar, Sr., of Box 7, Lumber
Bridge, N. C. Prior to entering the
Army Air Forces in February, 1943,
Sgt. Tolar worked as a supply clerk
for the Burlington Mills Corporation
in St. Pauls, N. C.
D. C. Cox, Jr., was home over the
week-eni from the navy. He is
stationed at the Norfolk Naval Air
station.
Privates Bobby "Suggs" Carter and
Robert Currie were home on a
week-end leave from the Reception
Center at Fort Bragg.
Friends of Col. R. B. Lewis will
be glad to learn that he has been
made po3t commander of Fort Read,
which is located on Trinidad Island.
Lt. (jg) Julius F. Jordan is now
stationed at Honolulu, according to
word received here by his family.
He is assigned to a naval dental clinic
there.
Nurses Cadet Geraldine Wright of
Rex Hospital, Raleigh, is spending ten
days leave here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Wright,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hare have heard
from their son, Pvt. Frazier Hare,
who went overseas recently. He is
now stationed in North Africa.
Cpl. and Mrs. George H. Knapp
have returned home after spending
sometime with homefolk In Raeford
and Charleston, West Va. t
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Registered Mail
Service For Men
In Foreign Service
ATLANTA, Ga.. AuS. 30. Small
articles of intrinsic value may now
be sent by registered mail to ser
vicemen and women at APO addresses
outside of the continental United
"States. Major H. McCormack, Fourth
Service Command assistant postal
officer, announced today. New pos
tal instructions also require that
registered articles weigh no more than
eight ounces and that they be speci
fically repuested by the addressees.
Valuable or important papers may al
so be sent overseas by registered
mail.
Sixty-Two Names
Added To Service .
Honor Roll
Mrs. Ina Bethune Reports Wide
Interest Shown In Getting List
Correctly Drawn.
Some 62 additional names for the
Honor Roll of Hoke County were
submitted to th Names Committee
of which Mrs. Ina Bethune is chair
man, since the last issue of the News-Journal.-
The first list of 894 ser
vicemen's names was printed two
were added. This makes a total of
976 from the county so far. A few
of these are duplicated to make a
total of 970.
Mrs. Bethune reports that the
general interest shown by citizens
has been a great help and that the
reports are coming from all sections
of the county in adding names or
making minor corrections in the
spelling of names as listed.
The committee feels that there
should be some more which have as
yet not been reported and assistance I
of everyone is asked to see that the
listing is made complete. If you have
not seen the name of a relative or a
neighbor published in either of the
lists of the past three weeks, please
notify Mrs. Bethune as much in-
iormauon aoom me ooy or gin in
the sen-ice so that their names may
included when the Honor Roll is
ected.
Those additions listed this week
are:
WHITE
Baucom, Howard Atlas
Blue, James Thomas
Bottoms, Raymond C.
Campbell. Neill Leslie
Cameron, Herbert Lee
Chax.bers, Dawson Lester
Cole, Jack
Davis, Charles Eugene
Davis, Crawford L.
Davis, Nellie B.
Dickson, George Graham
Gibson, William David
Gillis, Luther
Glisson, Clarence J.
Glisson, Clyde Lee
Haire, Hugh Robeson
Hare, Frazier Hampton
Johnson, Charles B.
Johnson, Eugene P.
Jones, Alton
Koonce, Stanley Malcolm
Lee, Charles Ray
McBryde, James Fulton
McBryde, John Douglas
McBryde, Jr., M. B.
McBryde, Raymond A.
McKenzie, Jasper Lee
McLean, Jr., Herbert S.
McNeill, Jr., John K.
Marks, Hackney Edwin
Moss, Hubert M.
Moss, Robert C.
Overton, Jesse
Parks, Leroy
Parks, Ralph Devane
Parks, Walter Clarence
Parks, William Everett
Saunders, Marvin Marshall
Seate, Ambrose Holland
Singleton, Franklin Woodrow
Smith, John A.
Smith, Julian C.
Snipes, James
Stanton, J. W.
Tapp, Mary Frances
Thames, William Edward
Webb, Kermit
West, Lacy
Wright, Alwin Bassil
Wright, Geraldine
COLORED
Brower, Willie Lee
Chambers, Henry
Dupree, Calvin
Graham, James
Harrington, Charles
Ingram, Jerry
McAllister, McNair
McCormick, Murphy
McLean, Burlah
McEachin, Howard
McQueen, Lloyd
Thomas, General Lee
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Revival In Progress
The Rev. H. Gwynn Clayton an
nounces that the Tent Revival in pro
gress on Green street is going fine. He
states that interest is high. Prof,
and Mrs. K. E. Temple are in
charge of the singing.
Services are held each even
ing at eight o'clock and the
general public is invited to at
tend. A special street service
will be held Saturday afternoon.
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PJC Ends Summer
School Session
MAXTON. Aug. 26 The closing
of sum ner school today at Presbyter,
ian Junior College caused students to
scatter over N'nrth Carolina and into
the nearby states. The last exami
nation was held Saturday morning.
Fall semester open September 18th.
Thomas Ray of Raeford attended the
this summer school.
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I a "parachute" dive from the tower in the Aberdeen Lake. W atch-
ing him are Miller Cameron, "Dusty" McLeod, Billy Matthews and
U. F. Sheppard. Aberdeen boys. 1 ne water carnival is Deing spon
sored by the Aberdeen USO club under the direction of Robert
Harrison and R. C. Fields. The public is cordially invited to at
tend the water carnival. Many entrants have registered for the
various contests to be held.
Semi-Finals Robins
Tournament Set
For Sunday, Sept. 3
The Red Robins batsmen opened
their game with Squadron V of the
Florence Airbase Sunday afternoon
with a Kittin gspree to rack up eleven
runs in the first two innings, and
went scoreless throughout the rest
of the game but won 11 to 1 to place
in their invitational tournament of
service teams which come to the semi
finals next Sunday. The second game
of the scheduled double-header, was
rained out.
The 398th Infantry of Fort Bragg
will meet the 515th Parachute Inf.
of Mackall at 2 p. m. o'clock for
the first of two games on Septem
ber 3, and the 326th Glider Inf. of
Mackall will meet the 4th Regiment
team of the Field Artillery traiing
center of Bragg at 4 p. m. The latter
game will be the first round of the
semi-finals. The winner of the first
game will meet the Robins next Sun
day. o
Sewing Machine Clinic
On Tuesday, September 5th, the
manager of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine agency of Fayeteville will hold
a Singer sewing machine clinic in the
Sewing laboratory of the home econo
mics department of Hoke High school.
There are many people of the county
who have old machines that need
adiusting. cleaning and oiling. Parts
I may also need replacing to put the
I machine in a first class condition.
Even old machines that have seen
generations of household use can be
made to run easily and sew perfectly.
The representative will adjust and
oil machines free of charge.
Only the head of a machine should
be brought to be checked. This
can be unscrewed and lifteed out
very easily. The sewing room will
open at 10 o'clock at which time Miss
Josephine Hall, home demonstration
agent, will receive machines and tag
them. They will be checked in the
order they are received and may be
carried home in the afternoon of the
same day.
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Carpenters Needed
At Fort Bragg
There is an immediate need fnr
carpenters at, Fort Brag?, the Civil
Service Commission announced today.
These positions must be filled at
once to take care of an emereency i
situation that will last not more than -
three months.
Any man who has some experience
at a carpenter and wants to help his
country fnr a muple of months shoul l
annly immediately to the nearest
office of the l'nied State Employ
ment Service or write to the United
Sta'e Civil Service Commission,
Building 310, Fort Bragg. N. C.
nrarticinu fnr trip Sandhills Water
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Cotton Warehouse
Space Short, Farm
Storage Urged
Information On Farm Storage
Can Be Obtained At County
AAA Office.
Hoke County cotton farmers dur
ing the past several years have been
storing about half of their crop. From
a recent study of available ware
house storage space, it appears that
Hoke farmers will be unable to store
more than 200 bales in warehouses.
It was pointed out by A. S. Knowles,
county agent, that cotton farmers
should consider farm storage. The
cotton must be stored in a house
or shed that is enclosed at least on
three sides. The cotton must De at
least eight inches above the ground.
Tobacco barns can be used for stor
age by placing timbers on the ground
to elevate the cotton 8 inches.
All cotton gins are cooperating
with farmers by sending samples to
Government classers. The green cards
carry the government loan value for
each bale classed and farmers can
store their cotton on the farm and
get the prices as shown on the card.
The only cost to the farmer is $1.00
per bale, which takes care of in
surance and handling. T. D. Potter
of Raeford put his 1943 crop in farm
storage and sold it recently and re
ceived $300.00 above the loan. In
many cases, farmers can get more
from their cotton through farm stor
age than any other way.
The basic loan rate for Hoke coun
ty is 21.89 cents per pound for 15-16-inch
middling.
Producers placing their cotton stor
ed on their own farms under loan
will be required to pay a fee of $1
per bale to cover costs of handling
the loan and insurance, and will
be required to exercise normal care
to prevent loss or damage to the cot
ton. All structures in which cotton
is stored must be inspected by Coun
ty AAA Committee.
Alll loans are due on July 31, 1945,
but may be called by the Corporation
before that date. In the event the
cotton is turned over to the Corpora
tion in payment of the loan, the
producer must agree to deliver it to
any warehouse designated by the
Corporation. Loans repaid before
maturity bears in'erest at 3 per cent.
"Any cotton proicer in Hoke
County who wishes to obtain a fed-e-al
loan on his 1944 cotton crop and
store it on his own farm snouia
cr.ll at the County AAA Oflice where
he can obtain complete information
on obtaining a loan, according to
i Willie C. Hod?;n, chairman of the
AAA Committee.
! BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Heston Rose an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Pat
sy Jean, on August 28th.
Orthopaedic Clinic
Friday Sept. 1st.
An orthopaedic clinic will be held
Friday, September 1, 1944, in the
basement of the Agriculture build
ing in Lumberton. This clinic is
free to all indigent children under
21 years of age. Dr. L. D. Baker of
Duke will be the surgeon in charge.
Please register at the desk between
9 and 11 o'clock in order to see the
doctor early.
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With The
Army People
Chaplain and Mrs. Claud
gram and family expect to lea
aay for San Antonio, Texas,
they will spent two weeks.
Capt. and Mrs. M. G. Flannery h
left Raeford. Mrs. Flannery
gone to her home in Bayonne, N. i
Lt. and Mrs. Webb have also move
fro;n Raeford.
Warrant Officer and Mrs. E. J.
Snyder are on leave in New York,
at the time termination of which Mr.
Snyder will return to his unit at
Fort Bragg while Mrs. Snyder re
mains in New York.
Mrs. Elizabeth Swann, wife of the
late Chaplain Swann, announces the
birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Ann,
on August 15th. Chaplain Swann
died in action in February.
Captain and Mrs. John Holmes and
family and Captain and Mrs. Ray
Stork have apartments at Mrs. Cov
ington's. Both officers are stationed
with an anti-aircraft unit at Fort
Bragg.
Capt. and Mrs. Park and Lt. and
Mrs. Bowen have apartments at the
W. S. Crawley home.
The Officers' Wives club met
Thursday at the residence of Mrs.
J. B. Thomas. The hostesses were
Mrs. C. R. Ingram and Mrs. J. Wake
field. A short business session "was
held after the delightful luncheon
and a number of new members were
welcomed into the club. Bridge,
bingo, and rummy were played. Mrs.
Lanford won high score prize and
second prize was won by Mrs. C.
Wallace. The bingo prize was won
by Mrs. W. Philips.
Mrs. Jerry Haltorf and Mrs. Sophie
Baumgartner will be hostesses at the
meeting on September 7th.
Cpl. and Mrs. Bovet are now oc
cupying one of the McLauchlin a
partments. Cpl. Bovet is stationed
at Pope Field.
Major and Mrs. Wakefield are leav
ing Monday to spend a leave in
Florida.
Rationing Guide
Ration Calendar for period end
ing September 3rd.
Canning Sngar
Sugar stamp No. 40 good for five
pounds of canning sugar until Febru
ary 28, 1945. Apply to local boards
for supplemental rations.
Fuel OU
Period four and five fuel oil cou
pons good through September 30.
During October unused coupons may
be exchanged at rationing boards
for new 1944.45 heating season cou
pons. GASOLINE
A-ll coupons now valid for three
gallons each through November 8.
Meats li Fats
Red A-8 through Z-8 and A-5, B-5,
C-5 and D-5 (Book 4) now valid at
10 points each for use with tokens.
Good indefinitely.
Frecessed Foods
Blue A-8 through F-5 (Book 4) now
valid at 10 points each for use with
tokens. Good indefinitely. G-5, H-5,
J-5, and L-5, each worth 10 points.
will become valid indefinitely on
September 3rd.
Rent Controll
All persons renting, or offering for
rent, any living quarters whatsoever,
must register each dwelling unit with
rent controll office in their rent area
and persons who feel that they are
being overcharged for rents may sub
mit complaints to OPA. Complaint
forms are available at the local War
Price and Rationing Board if your
area does not have a rent controll
office.
SHOES
Airplane stamp No. 1 and No. 2
(Book 3) valid indefinitely.
Sl'GAR
Sugar Sugar stamps 30 and 31 and
32 (Book 4) good for five pounds of
sugar each indefinitely. Stamp No.
33 becomes valid on September 1.
Rationing rules now require that
every car owner write his license
number and state in advance on all
gasoline coupons in his possession.
Safety Training
Being Given At
Edinburgh Mills
Industrial saftey classes, spon
sored by the N. C. Industrial Commis
sion, are being conducted this week
by I. W. Farmer, senior supervisor
of safety, at the Morgan, Waverly,
Scotland Sheeting, and Edinburgh
Cotton Mills. These safety classes
run for ten hours and certificates are
awarded by the Industrial Commis
sion to those successfully complet
ing the training program. Classes
for the Waverly, Morgan, and Scot
land Sheeting Mills are conducted
in the Waverly Community Build
ing, Launnburg, from 7:30 P. M. to
9:30 P. M. each night, and classes
'or the Edinburgh Mills, Raeford, are
inducted in the Edinburgh Mil!
immunity church from 3:30 P. M
if. 5:30 P. M. Monday through Fri-
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A ?tion of W. L. Loy. director of
t J ing and safety. These ciasses
c 'esigned to train additional men
fna women in war plants who will
serve on plant safety committees and
carry accident prevention to all war
workers in the plants. Recent sta
tistics released by the National Safe
ty Council reveal that more people
are being killed on the home front
in warplants and our homes than the
total loss of all our armed services.
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Clark Family Meets
In Annual Reunion
The annual reunion of the Clark
family was held Saturday at the
home of Mrs. Flora Clark. A picnic
dinner of bountiful proportions was
greatly enjoyed by some one hundred
and fifty members of the family
and guests.
Among those from a distance at
tending were: Mrs. O. B. Taylor,
Junior Cox and Miss Lorene Jackson
Qf Winston-Salem, Mr. and Mrs.
D. F. Currie and children. Hazel and
Ralph of Roseboro, Mrs. Kate Owen
and Miss Mazie Currie of Roseboro,
Mr. and- Mrs. Roy D. Underwood and
Mrs. E. T. Turlington of Salemburg.
Ernie's Got No Option
On Kisses In France
Ernie Pyle and his fellow corre
spondents may have been slightly
overwhelmed by the exuberance of
the French in the Liberation of Paris,
but evidently Paris took its cue from
some of the smaller cities, according
to a letter received this week by
Mrs. J. W. Currie from her son.
Major James Gordan Currie. This
letter, written early in August be
fore the Patton drive toward Parii
was admitted, shows that other sec
tions of France also gave our Ameri
can boys royal welcomes, too. It
reads, in part:
"Well, we are still OK in France.
I suppose you can see by the news
papers we are really rolling now.
In fact, if this keeps up, the Rus
sians will have nothing on us.
"We are in a beautiful area now
near a very nice town. We captured
the town the other day. The troops
swarmed in and were met by throngs
of jubilant Frenchmen and women.
They threw flowers, and the men
shook hands whilethe women ( old
and young ) tried to kiss us. All of
them had wine which they pressed
on every soldier. We were hot after
the Germans, though, and couldn't
stop.
"Last night I had my second bath
in France. Another officer and I
went looking for one. We were di
rected to the home of a doctor by a
very pretty French girl. The doctor
and his very good looking, young
wife, told us their water had been
bombed out but we could use their
pool. We did. And afterwards were
invited into their lovely home. They
both spoke a little English and we
spoke a little French. We got along
fine and had quite a chat with them.
They asked us back. They really
hated the Germans-.said German of-
rficers had occupied their home for
four years.
"The Liberation is some affair. . .
we don't Bet much sleen and it's
plenty toiteh at times . . . but we are
rolling and thcv'll never stop us
now."
Nearlv 2 Million
Irons To Be Made
T! At.FlOH. Aueut 30 The Of.
f'r nf Price Administration ha?
nnnnuprM that 20 manu'actiiTP'S
h-virt" all'"ca'n" to produce 1.758.
peg Pvr'ric irnns have volunteers
o -"a-k,t them at no chanie from
M -rh. 1042. prices.
"Pius raxi'im re'-''l nr'cpt wffl
nr'f f"-om S 3d 'n M1.70 with fti
bulk nf the 1'ons ani automatic
"-ndp!. In the meduim price ranee
from !v70 to $8.7S.