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mM • fcs * i*S GATES COUNTY INDEX Volume 13, No. 33 The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, April 18, 1945 “ (One Week Nearer Victory) Pages This Week Nation Rallies ToNowCfiief WORLD MOURNS FOR HIM. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who died sud denly Thursday afternoon at Warm Springs, Ga., where he was spending a short vaca tion. NEW CHIEF. Vice President Harry S. Truman, who was sworn in as President of the United States last Thursday night. He pledged all his energies to carrying the war through to victory. [ Bunch Is : « Cited As I War Hero With the Fourth Armored Di vision.—Corporal Garl and J. Bunch, 26, husband of Mrs. Mary E. Bunch of Hobbsville, instru ment operator with the 94th Armored Field Artillery Batta U lion, has been cited for gallantry in action and awarded the Silver Star by order of Major General Hugh J. Gaffey, commanding the Fourth Armored Division. The citation reads in part: “The Silver Star Medal is a warded to Corporal (then Pri i vate First Class) Garland J. Bunch, 34178839, Battery ‘A’, 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, U. S. Army, for gal lantry in action against the enemy on September 24, 1944, at Juvelize, France. See BUNCH, Page 6 Walter N, Perry Buried Friday Hobbsville. — Funeral services for Walter N. Perry, 70, who died at his home near here after ta short illness Tuesday night at eight o’clock were conducted at the grave side in the family cemetery Friday afternoon by ■the Rev. Sloane Guy, Sr., pastor of the Sandy Cross Baptist Church. The body was removed to the Rountree and Hofler Funeral Home, Gatesville, where it re mained until the hour of the | service. He is survived by, three I ; : brothers, O. M. Perry, Cleveland, Ohio; P. DJ Perry, Portsmouth; and H. G. Perry, Wallace; one i sister, Miss Mary Perry of Portsmouth. Early Strawberries Gatesville. — Large, juicy strawberries, bigger than a half-dollar, appeared ripened two or three weeks earlier than usual in L. C. Hand’s patch last Wednesday morning. He brought two to the In dex office where they are on display, and said that he could have picked a gallon from his patch that morning. Unsea sonably warm weather back in March is said to be the reason for early ripening. GATLING IS CHAIRMAN Gates.—G. D. Gatling is serv ing as chairman of the Cancer Control drive in Gates county. Where Clothing For War Victims May Be Delivered Gatesville. — Mrs. John W. Artz and Mrs. Walter Harrell, chairmen of the United National Clothing Collection for Gates ville, request that all garments be brought to the agricultural building, Gatesville, at the earli est moment. Clothing brought in by the Gatesville school child ren will be received by Mrs. Stanley Carter. It wil be stored in the room opposite the princi See CLOTHING, Page 6 Truman wasBarmer* Soldier and Senator Winton.— There is reason to be encouraged, and we are all praying or President Harry S. Truman,” Judge Leo Carr said in Hertford County Superior Court Monday morning after eulogizing the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in an impromptu address to the April Grand Jury. “His record is not spectacular, but those who have watched, say there is probably no man in Washington who has fewer enemies,” Judge Carr added. Harry S. Truman, the man who didn’t want to be vice president, was sworn in as president of the. United States last Thursday night within three hours after President Roosevelt died suddenly at Warm Springs, Ga. President Truman solemnly pledged himself to the policies of Frank lin D. Roosevelt, and issued this statement: “The world may be sure that we will prosecute the war on both fronts, east and west, with all the vigor we possess, to a successful Truman Farm Boy, World War Major; Not College Grad 1884, May 8—Bom Lamar, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. John And erson Truman, farm folk. 1902—Just out of high school, took first job as drug store clerk at $3 a week. 1906—Back to family farm. 1917 - 18 — In France with American troops first as captain of field artillery, later major. 1919—Married Miss Bess Wal lace, childhood sweetheart. 1922—Elected judge of Jack son County (Mo.) Court. 1924—Defeated for re-election. 1924 — Daughter Margaret born. 1926—Elected President Judge of Jackson County (Mo.) Court. 1934—Elected to U. S. Senate. 1940—Re-elected to Senate. 1944 — Won Democratic Vice Presidential nomination in con test with Henry A. Wallace; elected Vice President on ticket with President Roosevelt. 1945, April 12—Took oath as President. Major Cowper Awarded Silver Star for Gallantry In Action; Led Fighters on Record-Breaking 1,900 Mile Flight; Broke Own Non-Stop Distance Record Headquarters, 13th A A F, Philippines. —“For gallantry in action in the vicinity of Ambon Bay, Netherlands East Indies, on October 2, 1944” the Silver Star has been awarded Major Wil liam R. Cowper, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Cowper, Sr., of Gatesville. The Gatesville fighter pilots a P-38 Lightning for Brigadier General Earl W. Barnes’ 13th AAF Fighter Command’s White Knights unit. The citation for his decoration stated: “This officer, leading his squa dron of ten P-38’s dive-bombed Laka airdrome through heavy anti-aircraft fire, and in pulling away noticed 40 to 50 enemy ships ranging in size from 100 to 1,000 tons in Ambon Bay. “He strafed and set afire one large lugger, then led his squa dron on a strafing sweep through an intense hail of anti-aircraft fire. - N Great Destruction “This attack resulted in the destruction of six merchant ves MAJ. WILLIAM COWPER sels and a loaded barge, and damage to eight other merchant vessels and barges. Major Cow per personally accomplished the destruction of three 500 to 1,000 ton vessels. He then led every plane in the' formation safely back to base, although three of them had been damaged by the intense enemy fire. “The gallantry and leadership displayed iby Major Cowper are in keeping with the finest tradi tions of the Army Air Forces.” One of the veteran fighter pilots of the Pacific war, Major Cow per has flown combat missions against the Japanese from the Solomons to (Etabaul, the East In dies, Philippines and Formosa. He flew on one of the first Paci fic-island based fighter sweeps of the China Coast in February of this year. Major Cowper has one Jap bomber to his credit. Since join ing the Jungle Air Force—the veteran 13th—in the South Paci fic, he has flown with both the Dirty Dozen and White Knights units. See MAJOR COWPER, Page 6 conclusion.” Truman, The Man Harry S. Truman, new presi dent of the United States, was born in Lamar, Barton county, Mo., on May 8, 1884. Both parents, John Anderson, and Martha Ellen (Young) Tru man, were natives of Jackson county. His grandparents were of Kentucky origin. When he was 6 years old, the family moved to- Independence, See TRUMAN, Page 4 To Help File For Sugar Gatesville. — Women in the various neighborhoods of Gates county have volunteered to help the Gates County War Price andt ^Rationing Board with the cur rent canning sugar registration. Issuing the sugar will probably begin about May 1, according to W. Norfleet Hofler, chief clerk of the board. Registrants when calling on any of the following women for aid in making their applications are reminded to take with them Ration Book No. 4 for each per son for whom canning sugar is required. Hofler said that he hopes soon to have a list of colored persons who will also help with the reg istration. At present these are the wom en who will help: Sandy Cross, Mrs. T. J. Stal lings; Hobbsville, Mrs. W. L. See SUGAR, Page 6 Little Action In Recorder’s Court Indecent exposure, assault and driving without permits featured the recent term of Gates county Court. All persons involved were Negroes. Bertha Saunders of Gates was - fined 10 dollars and costs for driving without a permit; Thomas L. Riddick of Gatesville, was fined 5 dollars and costs on the same charge. Clinton Cofield of Gatesville was fined 50 dollars and costs for assault with a -deadly weapon. Eddie Colson was sentenced to serve 15 months on the roads for indecent exposure.
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