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P|P 1 BP«M@p&Pp^ £■■': vteifiBM&BmKtma Before Invasion of Southern France Lieut. Gen. Jacob L. Devers (left), deptrty supreme commander of the Allied forces in the MediterraneanJheater, and leader of the invasion of southern France, confers with Lieut. Gen. B. P. Somer vell, commanding general, Army Service Forces, and Undersec retary of War Robert P. Patterson. Daniel G. Jones Is Killed In France ftppjjiiiipfjtfrj Daniel C. Jones, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude B. 'lies Gates, has been an unced in a telegram from ie War Department, which stated that he was killed in action in France on July 2. Private Jones volunteered for the regular Army in the fall of 1939 and was attached to the Coast Artillery at Fort Monroe, Va., until June, 1943, “when, in order to see action,” reports said, he left the Coast Artillery and joined the Infantry. With the In fantry he was at Ft. McClellan, Ala., Camp Blanding, Fla., Camp Shelby, Mo., and Camp Breck enridge, Ky. In May of this year he went to England with his company. The last letter to his parents was written on June 25, but at that time he did not say he was in action. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Mrs. Margaret L. Jones of Cleveland, Ohio; two broth ers, W. Herbert Jones of Nor folk, and S/Sgt. Woodrow W. Jones of the Army, now in toig iand; six sisters, Mrs. C. J. Ever son of Norfolk, Mrs. M. W. Davidson of Washington, N. C., (Continued on Page 3) Pvt.Sparkman Killed Gates.—Pvt. George D. Spark man, Jr., Negro, of Gates, was killed in action in Italy on March 0, according to news whidh has j ust reached his father, George D. Sparkman. , Pvt. Sparkman was inducted into the Army in June, 1942, and served in a quartermaster bat talion. He farmed near Gates be fore entering the service. - Liniger Promoted Harry Liniger, now in Eng land, has been promoted to ser geant, according to information contained in a letter to his sis ter, Mrs. Wesley (Parker of Gatesville. skimps*****r? .. :■ Godwin Transferred New York to Norfolk A. iPil§ton Godwin, Jr., mem ber of the Federal Bureau o] Investigation, has been trans ferred from New -York to Nor folk. Mrs. Godwin and theii son, A. P. Godwin, III, who have been living in New York, will now live at their home in Gates vilie. She was formerly Miss Mildred Vann, of Ahoskie, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Vann. Tobacco Grading Demonstrations Slated Thursday Two tobacco grading demons trations for the benefit of Gates county’s 75 or 80 growers will be held Thursday, August 24. Walter L. Bradsher, marketing and grading specialist who was here last year, will give the de monstrations. John Artz, coun ty. agent, considers it worth while for all growers to be pre sent. The first demonstration will be staged at 10 a; m. on the farm of W. P. Lowe in Reynoldson township, and the second on the B. O. Whitehurst farm near Hazelton at 2:30 p. m. All to bacco growers,' both white and colored, are invited to attend. Artz estimated there are about 300 acres of tobacco in the coun ty this year. Approximately 100 farmers had allotments, but seme were so small, they did not; plant them. Baines’ 60-Pound Melon Wins First Place in Contest C. M. Baines of Gatesville, w^s grand winner in the Gates County Index’s biggest melon contest which closed Saturday. . His entry, weighing 60 pounds, held first place from the time it was submitted. Mr. Baines won a three-year safescpiption to the inUtac, while H. D. Boyce of Hobbsville, took second place with a watermelon weighing 54 1/4 pounds. He was awarded 2f two-year subscrip tion to the Index. C. M. Perry of Gatesville, and J. C. Copeland ""of Sunbury, tied for- third place with entries weighing exactly 53 pounds. Both won one-year subscriptions to the Index. Besides the four winners, melons were submitted by D. C. Eure of Eure, H. V. Beaman, Jr., of Gatesville, and W. R. Rascoe of Gatesville. 4 Bears I^Ken Near River in 4-Hour Hunt Bears^rpided Mills Eure’s corn field on the Sandbanks near the basin of the Chowan River Fri day night, and* by sun-up Sat urday about 30 bear hunters from Gates, Chowan and Per quimans counties had gathered to stage a hunt that ended four hours later when four bears had been killed and the hunters be gan to divide approximately 80u pounds of bear meat. C. M. Baines, who participated in the hunt along with Wood row White, Willard Turner, E. R. Temple, John D. Baines, Henry Powell and many others from Gates and adjoining coun ties, said that no one suffered a scratch in the hunt and that none of the 18 dogs involved were injured. He said that even after the four bears had been filled, Mills Eure reported Mon day that he had found the {racks of five more bears that morn ing. A ..hunt staged Thursday morning between Eure’s home and the river ended shortly be fore noon without success. The bag of game consisted of a big male black bear, two smaller females, and a young bear weighing about 60 to 70 pounds. \ Considerable damage and loss had fc%en brought to the corn (Continued on Page 13) Fifth Bear Killed Within Four Days Hunters killed another bear, weighing from 225 to 235 pounds, Tuesday morning, near the basin of the Chowan River, where four others were killed Saturday morning. Hunters believe that recent fires in the Dismal Swamp have driven them down to Gates county, since the big black bears have not been seen in large numbers in re cent years. Interested Now In the Navy’s Health, Captain Ralph H. Hofler “Some Day” Will Retire to Farm Near Gatesville Washington.—If you want to know anything about the general health of the U. S. Navy, a na tive of North Carolina, Capt. Ralph H. Hofler, U. S. N. (Re tired), would be a good man to see. He is on active duty as director of the big Navy dispen sary at Arlington Annex, .home of the Bureau of Naval Person nel on the Virginia side of the Potomac • River overlooking the Army’s Pentagon Building Captaip Hofler, an affable fel low with a broad Eastern Caro lina accent, is 55 years old, but he doesn’t look it, possibly due to his blond hair and complex ion He was promoted to captain on Independence Day this year, making the highest rank he has yet attained something of a Fourth of July gift from Uncle Sam Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Hr Hofler of Gatesville, he took his pre-med work at the University of. North Carolina and received his M.D» degree from the University 'of Maryland on June 6, 1925. Two days later; he entered the Navy as a medical officer, and the Navy’s health has been his major professional interest ever since. Capt. Ralph H. Hofler ' Been “Everywhere” Captain Hofler has been sta tioned several times at the Navy Hospital in .Portsmouth, Va. His sea duty, has included service on the battleship Arkansas, the destroyer McFarland and the famous aircraft carrier Enter prise. He has put in at ports in Spain, England, Italy, Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Panama, Midway and Hawaii Primarily interested in health conditions, the captain says that the health standard of the aver age American is much higher than in any of the foreign coun tries, or U S. out-posts he has visited. “The general health rating and the norm of intelligence of men examined for induction into the Navy has been much higher dur ing this war than during eWorld War I,” Captain Hofle^ com mented “There have been fewer rejections on a per capita" basis during this war, and fewer dis charges after induction, except for battle casualties, of course. Captain Hofler also ‘reported that the health of women in the Navy improved materially after several months of services -WAVES in Better Health “I think the Navy routine, regular hours for eating, well balanced diets, and the necessity of going to bed early have been factors in the improvement of (Continued on page 13) Daughter and Son Help With HomeCanning By JOHN AitTZ Gates.—In every farm home. some kind of canning has been or is going on these days. Our good women on the home front, are helping win the war by preserv ing, pickling and otherwise con serving fruits and vegetables. One typical example of how seriously home makers have taken to canning is shown in the A. M. (Mott) Eure home near Gates. Mrs. Eure and her 11- — year-old daughter, Aim, with some assistance from Harry, a high-school-age son, have put up so far 356 quarts of fruits and vegetables, all of which were produced on their farm. Here’s (Continued on Page 3) Injured, Rountree Escaped Death At St. Lo in France Gatasville.—His parents have heard further from Pfc. S. R. Rountree, who was reported wounded in France last week. A more recent letter reveals that he was injured by a shell burst overhead. He wrote: “First of all, an 88 mm shell burst over my head and a piece of shrapnel hit my wrist and nearly cut it half in two. At 'the same time, the im pact broke both bones above the wrist.” “It happened at St. Lo,” Pvt. Rountree wrote from “safe in England,” “when we were coun ter-attacked. I was lucky en ough to get first aid and be moved from where I was struck, when another shell hit the same spot. I was only about four yards away and the concussion hurt my leg badly, but nothing seri ous.” “I am getting along very well and having the best of care.” his letter ended. Pvt. Rountree is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Rountree of Gatesville. Joseph T, Pierce Assigned to Night Fighters in Italy Sunbury.—Pvt. Joseph T. Pierce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pierce of Sunbury, was recently assigned to a night fighter squa dron serving in Italy, according to information passed by censor. His squadron is part of the 12th fighter Command, the AAF component of Mediterranean Allied Coast Air Force. It is en gaged in the protection of Allied convoys, shipping and the inter ception and destruction of ene my aircraft, installations and shipping in Italy. Private Pierce was a sales clerk at Hill Brothers, Sunbury, 1 before entering the service.
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