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ville; R. L. McMillan, State direc
tor, oCD; T. E. Browne, State di
rector, Vocational Education; K.
C. Godwin, State veterans employ
ment representative; C. A. rink,
president, State Federation of La
oor; Major O. D. L»oemer, com
manding officer, and Capt. John
A. Nelson, executive otticer, Sep
aration Center, Fort Biagg.
A luncheon meeting will oe hign
lighted by remarks oy Governor!
r;. G:egg Cheiry, Urn. A. Fatter
- director A-TS, Washington;
Pr.i.ip Van Wyck; E. Claude, L.
•S. Ulnce of education,; Id. J. S.
Gorton anu H. A. Wadsv. ;*.n, V\ :
Mt: Giem S. Cailagnar. . ep."iial
director of training, ji. ashiirgtoii;’
U in. J. Moore, asst, uuettoi, A
l S. Harrisburg, Fa.,. a..u Gabor
r mmissioner Forrest n enuioid
V.i iiiiua. West Virgin,a, 1 eiin
sy.vama and Washington on.cIaTs
discuss technical mattetis on
Fiiu'rsday afternoon and at uotn
How women and girls
may get wanted relief
from functional periodic pain
Cardui is a liquid medicine which
many women say has brought relief
from the cramp-like agony and ner- tJ
vous strain of functional periodio (]
distress. Here s how it may help:
1 Taken like a tonie, 1
it should stimulate
appetite, aid diges
tion,* thus help build re
sistance for the "time’*
2 Started 3 days be
fore "your time”, It
should help relieve
pain due to purely func
tional periodic causes.
Try Cardui. If it helps, you'll
be glad you did. t
CARDUI
^ *Cl DIWtCTlOWt
AT THE MOVIES
IN CHERRYVILLE
AT THE LESTER THURS.-FRIDAY
“FOUR GIRLS IN A JEEP”
WITH CAROLE LANDIS AND DICK HAYNES
AT THE LESTER SATURDAY ONE DAY ONLY
“IN THE MEANTIME DARLING" with JEANNE CRAIN
MARINE DEATH TOLL |
ON IWO HITS 2,050
WASHINGTON, March 5. — Navy Secretary Forestal
said today 2,050 Marines had been killed on Iwo Jimn
but that the loss was not out of proportion to the impor
tance of taking the island.
Just back from a Pacific tour<
which included a visit to iwo, tor
estal told a news conference that
the Japanese defense of the is
land was the “most thorough and
skillful” the Marines nad yet en
countered in the Pacific.
loiestui said that although the
joint chiefs of start and the .Navy
. au no illusions on the difficulty
■ f taking lwu, the Japanese weie
-.conger tnan had been expected
*n . .uition, lie said, they made a
>e*.. good use of theii weapons,
lg.jdo JAt'b
.*l e..;i^d the Maine lighting
, ...essfui, pi>i rang out
.n... . jpanese uead had
m.ci. to.... . . up to *j P. M. March
,.u, .»..c .na. more oocfies piubu
u,)..i,uu ucen lemoved lioin »ne
0....1V ..cnis by tne enemy.
1 he secretary described
lwo a* a vital air and Seagate
to the inner defenses ot Jap
an. Its capture he added
would afford a base from
which tighter planes could he
used to protect tt-lhl'i in raids
against Japan, moreover, he
said, the base will put itie B
24 Liberators within range of
the Japanese empire.
Despite the Athenian progiess
in the Pacific, foiestul declared
"we have got to face the fact that
the Japanese still have an army
which he estimates at 70 combat
divisions. These divisions added to
service troops and similar forces,
iie said, give the enemy upwards
of 5,000,000 fighting men. Jo de
feat Japan, he added, the Llilted
States and its Allies win have to
deieat that force.
In the assault of lwo, h*
said, the Navy had used the
"steam roller principle ’ of
overwhelming sea power, air
power and to some extent
land power.
iorrestai’s three-week, 21,000,
niile tup took hun to the Philip
pines wnere he met General Doug
las MacArthui. The Navy, he said
shares with the people the admir
ation of MaeArthur s campaign in
me Philippines.
The Navy secretary expressed
profound regret" over the loss
of Lt. General Millard Harmon,
chief of Army Air forces in the
Pacific, who -is missing in a Might
m the Pacific area.
HELP FROM ABOVE
(Dedicated to Our Soldiers)
Remember God is or. His throne
And hears us when we pray,
That He protects and shields ills
And guides them day by day,
Then lift youi heau a. d sou) to
Him
Whatever be the test.
E’en though the way • faith
seems dim
When you have done your best
Don’t yield your *<■ ;l to grim cle
Bec-ause you’re ’erupted sore,
Xor think our Savior doesn’t cave
If trials by the score
Surround you on life's rugged
road
Until you weep and sigh.
And wish someone would take
your load.
Or else that you could die.
Remember that your tempted soul
is precious in God’s sight,
And that He has for you a goal
If you will show your might
Against the wrong and for the
truth,
Yea, for the royal good,
And prove yourself a noble youth
As conscience says you should.
Don’t think you'll win by hating
men,
Then going forth to slay;
But let your spirit, through your
pen
Have something good to say
Of friend and foe, where’er they
be,
Regardless of the race,
For there is something good to
j In every human’s face.
Read oft the ninety-first sweet
Psalm,
With promises so true;
'Twill bring your soul a blessed
calm
That nothing else can do;
For in its verses you’ll behold
How God sustains His own.
And keeps them safely in His
fold,
And leaves them not alone
Look unto Christ who loves us all
And died that we might live;
Who hears His children when they
call,
And then delights to give
His wondrous grace and sweetest
love
That makes us one in God,
And fits us for the home above
When life’s rough path we've
tpod.
—Walter E. Isenhour,
Hiddenite, N. C.
The author wishes to state that
this poem was composed by re
quest of Miss Shula Morrow, Rt.
3, Statesville, N. C. We also in
clude her in its dedication.
CkamKud
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ALLEN DRUG CO.
THE WOMEN’S ARMY CORPS
In the whole history of our na
tion there has never before been
such an opportunity for young
women to nelp their country, lne
wounded soidieis are arriving oj
the thousands and our casually
lists already exceed three quarters
of a million, it will prooainy take
more trained nurses than are in
this country to fully man the al
ready existing hospital wards. 1 he
need for moie help is desperately I
urgent and it is tne kind whicn
can only be supplied by women.
At the moment there is a drive
underway ail over tne countiy
ior enlistments in the Woman
army corps (WACs). Volume*
are coming in rapidly but not la
enough to keep pace with the ;>
ci easing demands.
Many thousand member*
of thi* fine corp* are now
abroad in every conceivable
military potition except that
of actual combat. It isn't nec
essary to relate bow they are
proving their value to our
lighting men. Everyone knows
already. Without their help
things abroad would be even less
pleasant than they already
are The same applies in this
country.
The registered nurses simply
cannot do the work required and
the WACs must hll the gaps, it
goes without saying that men can
not take the places of men in the
hospital wards even if men were
available, which they are not. The
work has to be done and it muot
never be said of our countiy mat
it was necessary to draft women
to take care of their men who
were wounded in the service ot
the nation.
The present drive is principally
for “medical” WACs, and tne
chief requirements are: io be
within the ages of 20 to 49, wim
no children under 14 years of age,
to have had two years of high
school; and to pass a very high
physical test.
ftvery little town in America
must still have some girls who
want to help in this great work;
and without question the enlist
ment would continue to increase
—and more rapidly — if they
realized the crying need.
A WAC is a member of tne Ar
my of the United States and as
-ueh is eligible for the G.i. Bill of
Hights—which means that she can !
after the war—receive one year j
education at government expense,'
and is included in the $2,000 loan 1
group.
It is with great pride that tnt >
American says: “My father fought!
in the Civil War," or, “My fathe. I
vas in the First World War. li.
the years to come it will be: “My
ather and mother are veterar^
• >f the last great war.”
BUY BONDS
INHUMAN JAPANESE 'IIAMQ
SHELLED CIVILIANS
NEW YORK, March 6.—The full story of the inhuman
shelling of liberated civilian prisoners in Manila by the
Japanese can now be told since the next of kin of those
killed and wounded have oeen notified.
The story was so packed wi n
bad news, so controversial from a
military point ol new, so nauseat
ing from a purely Human side that
the military censors in general
MacArthur s command sat on the
information. But now it has Deen
release i.
1 «m standing in front of
the great main building of the
Santo Tomas internment camp
about two P.M. the second day
after the 3,700 American,
British, Dutch and other Al
lied nationals had been dra
matically rescued by the First
Cavalry. Hundreds of happy
■ Americans—free citizens af
ter three years of inhumane
Jap treatment—were relax
ing in ffont of the building,
laughing, kidding with the
Gi's, reading Red Cross mail
from home.
Suddenly chill death struck. A
terribie explosion threw many of
us to the ground. A lew climbed
crazily to tneir feet and ran inshie
the great open doorway just be
io*e the second shell struck the
lace of the cpncrete building and
sprayed rock and shrapnel into a
hundred or more stunned civilians
—people who moaned from ‘the
ground “But I’m free now. The
American soldiers freed me. This
can’t happen to me, .
But it did happen. Over the
next three days the civilians oi
Santo Tomas internment camp—
with no other place of refuge
available in the burning exploding
city of Manila—were snelled by
.he Japs for a total if nearly ten
.ours. During that time some 200
.''ere serious casualties. More than
1C per cent of that number died,
PERFECT TARGET
Santa Tomas University made a
lerfect for the Jap arii.-try oc
oss on the south hank dt the Pa
ig river. The University tower
tuck up like a giant pinnacle
he smoke. The Japs knew that
.housands of Americans were
gathered there. The J—aps knew
.iiat American troops were billet
'd there and had been fighting for
heir lives against surrounding
•Jap forces; that American artil
lery had operated out of the comp
The Japs knew that a hit in Santo
Tomas university camp was a
ureliit. Why they didn’t shell
mon^often and more thoroughly
puzzled everyone. It certainly was
n't ^because they didn’t want to.
And, as in all tragedies like this
it’s the very young, the very old,
and the mothers who sutler most.
When the shelling began, at sun
set one night, I niticed bursts go
ing into the gymnasium, housing
:c...e 700 men of 60 and over,
i of us grabbed up litters and
i-aii for theolaze a hundred yards
awi.y. When we rushed into the
ta, we didn t find the bedlam we
expected. The end of the gym was
crashed in. More and more bursts
were throwing shrapnel through
the building. Mosuqito nets and
camp cots were strewn across the
Let's make these
joints and con
nections tight f'
(Let's make sure j » _
the batteries_)
are strong \
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L«t'* cUor tho
wir* of bruth
Ut'( raplac* 1
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Neighbors...
1 Let’s fix up our
| farm telephone
> line...
Right iw, rsighbori; Won thn
buy planting Meson is on ns, Ini's gnt togothor nnd
put our farm tnlnphonn linn In good ropair. Wn enn't
afford thn risk of hating our tnlnphonn linn go doad
right whon wo'll bn nnnding It most. So lot's gnt to
gethnr and do thn job now whiln wn can bottor sport
ths timn. Call thn socrotary of your linn tonight and
fix a day to start thn work. •
A FREE BOOKLET—"How lb Build nnd Rm
pair Your Farm Tnlnphonn Linn" is yours for
thn asking at your tnlnphonn offko.
one-time basketball floor. But the
old men just sat stunned on the
edges of their cots. The shrapnel
out in among them, killing some,
wounding many others, lou’dsee
a hunched, white haired man sit
ting there. A blinding flash, a tew
moans and he and others around
aim were dead or slashed with
great, red marks—deep, oozing
wounds.
Children playing on the
floors of bamboo shanties lay
among their makeshift tin
can toys, made for them by
sby, hard boiled Gl’s who d
helped liberate the children
the day before.
A calm—too calm — husband
stood outside the army surgery (a
prison camp schoolroom) while
desperate, weary army doctors op
erated to save 111s wile and many
others.
•'Bay,” he said, plucking at my
flashlight in the dark. “Will you
iook in there and tell me ii my
wire’s all light'.’”
"Sure, ' 1 said. "Be right out. '
OPERATION UNDER FIRE
A pressure lamp burned low
over a school desk operating table
liatuun anu Corregidor army nur
ses, wikn uimc masks over tneir
th..i, urawii laces, held instru
ii.._ ,ui „i, army doctor who
i*..„ . oat piecisely with hisiub
ber giuves. It was terribly not.
the snieii of antiseptic and dead
iiesir niaue me dry retch.
i stepped up to ask an attend
ant about the wile of the man
outside. "I beg your pardon . . .
1 Degaii. Without looking around
from tne form on tne taoie he
it in tne basket.”
said quietly, "Here, take this. Put
r took it, glanced down; it.
was an arm, broken, cut by
snrapnel—no good lor cuuui
mg oaoy, caressing cheeks,
washing dishes, I put it in tne
basket ail rignt—but not be
fore everything went green.
The attendant was speaking—
shaking my aim. “Tell mat man
m tne nan his wife s going to be
all ngnt, will you'.’”
Uut in me hall in the blackness
I snapped on my nasniignt. ns
yenow circle cut across me rignt
arm from the eioow down, f shud
dered. fie clutched at me. "ies.
he said—too cannly again.
"cane 11 be all right, 1 heard
raysell saying, "she li oe ail right
1 reacned into my pocket anu put
a package of ci gaieties, in his
n$nd. As i got out oi tnat nailway
t heard him sobbing "iuaiik liou,
—tnank God . . .
That s what everyone said—ev
eryone who was spaieu, everyone
who watched these gaunt, starved
former prisoners of tne Jap—
"Thank God it wasn t worse. ’
Soon these free ctizen*—
former prison mate*—will be
home again, liberated from
want and tear and Jap atro
cities—the final (belling and
murder of civilians—must be
paid tor.
Farmers are urged to scatter
their lime as soon as possible
when delivered, and especially oi
the piles standing along the euges
of the fields. Lime will reduce m
quality by leaching and if scatter
ed this time of year will fuse with
the soil by weather action and be
come available to plants during
the growing season tnis summer.
Lime is necessary lor tne suc
cessful growth oi all legumes and
grass crops.
LETTERS FROM
SOLDIERS
Hello Fred,
Received my first paper here in
France. It is thirty-five days old
but I sure enjoyed it. The letters
the fellows write in are nice and
you can keep tab on Them through
The Eagle. Was just wondering
where some of them were. the
American Legion Christmas oox
caught up with me late but it was
very nice. Sure did appreciate :t.
Sure would like to run across sime
Cherrvville boys here.
CHARLES J. BEATTY
f REV. ROOT K MW ?
The Cost of Disciplethip.
Lesion for March 11: Matthew
19:16-26, 29.
Memory Verse: Matthew 16:24.
Congresswoman Rankin told of
a small boy who, when asked by
his Sunday School teacher which
he would rather be—Dives or La
..arus, replied: “I'd rather be Di
ves when I’m living and Lazarus
when I’m dead. Sadly enough, he
expressed what seemed to be the
philosophy of the rich young man
and of many others.
Expressing a laudable desire
and claiming to have kept all the
commandments, the young man
went away sorrowful, indicating
that he had utteily failed to live
by the law of love in which Jesus
summed up all the commandments
After his depM*ure, Jesus
-poke of the difficulty of a rich
man's entering the kingdom. It
would be impossible for a camel to
go through a needle's eye and, if
there was in Jerusalems wall a
small gate known as the “Needle's
Eye" as some suppose, it would
have been hard enough for a cam
el to pass through. It is certainly
hard enough for a rich man to en
ter the kingdom. But Jesus told
the astonbhed disciples that with
Cod all things are possible. With
Cod, a rich man can overcome the
"love of money,” consecrate his
wealth to large service, and be
saved.’’ _
The cost of discipleship is great ^
but the reward is infinitely great
er.. The memory verse bids a man
do more than practice a little self
denial so us to make for example
a larger gift to missions—it bids
to do just as he pleases with his
life and his possessions. And it
calls upon him to take up his cross
consecrate his all and follow Jesus
Kudzu planting stock for plant
ing this spring, has been ordered
for the following farmers: Ralph
S. Robinson, Harry Falls, Dane S.
Rhyne, C. A. Barkley, all Gasto
nia; J. M. Craig, ivit. Holly; Hill
Harris, J. J. Niven and B. F. Hou
ser, Dallas. These plantings will
be used for hay and pasture whin
established and for erosion c n
trol on steep slopes and for water
disposal protection.
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BEGINNING FEBRUARY 12TH
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CLEANERS. We have made arrange
ments with the CRYSTAL LAUNDRY.
Shelby; for you to bring your Laundry tc
US on Monday and Tuesday of each wee'
and will be delivered back to US each Fri
lay and Saturday.
WET WASH-6c Lb.
THRIFTY WASH, or Flat Work Fin
ished—8c Lb.
BACHELOR BUNDLE, all finished
25c Lb.
SHIRTS-15c Each
Night Shirts-15c
Pajama Suits-20c
Socks, per pair-5-15c
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! Unionalls—30c-40c
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