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bhclby, Se(t 15.?Bull, Folt'iUou. ]
8, son of Mr. and Mrs ,DavId Peter- ves
sou of Burl, was finally .injured Hun <iu
day afternoon when lie ran against lesi
a door with an open knife in bis in
hand. The knife pierced a vein to t <
the right of his heart. Young Peter- 011
% son wan visiting at 'the home of bin rl
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe ;-,ai
Ellis x>f Patterson Springs. He died led
about the time he was carried to tip
tit. Shelby hospital. _ , wic
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Huteigh, Sept. 10v?Asserting that v'"'
banks in North Carolina are lending
^ large sums of money to defense in- ?
?lustrles. State Hanking Commission gen
<tr U.umcy P. tlloiHi today released a lite
, ' abatement which, he i.uM. 'V>hiywb| my
a tremendous leading activity in Tin
the state commercial and industrial the
banks for the year Pt4u " pri;
"Thii report," Hood utided, shows >oU
that the banks of the slate aro do- vor
^ ittg their part in fiuaneing all busi- -'hi
^ ness and especially in the making
of loans for defense purposes."
. ; 1
Hock Hill. S. C.. .Sept. 16.?Edgar j.0|i'
Fewell, a Hock Jrftill fireman, lila .j
wife and Mise Mary Elizabeth Lowry
oif Charlotte were injured here
Scturday night itt, a freak accident '
yd Ixrvolving two automobile^ and two
pedestrians. All are receiving treat j( ,
meat in hospitals here for injuries
-d *
mot oenevea to oe serious. j
Cars driven by MIa? Lowry and 1 7
fiamuol Neely of Rock ^Hill collided hau
at a street intersection he^e and, ac a f(
cording to a police report, the Nee-! acr,
ly car ran across a curb and struck ;
Mr. and Mrs. Fewell, who were walk !
^ iag on the sidewalk- They were '
knocked down and pinned under the Ho(
automobile which came 10 rest In a j a,>,T
vacant- lot about 40 feet from the '
point of the collision. j |H
. Miss Lowry was thrown clear of "pp
her car. The extent of her Injuries the
was not immediately known. |V
deh
Wadesboro, Sept. 15.?Lonnie ^
' Ranpom Dabbe, 48. saw mill opera- **
7 tor was cremated dn his burning
home about) ^three {miles southeast .
of W&detafeoro last night. The flam- ,s 1
es were noticed about 10:30 o'clock
by neighbors who found the house 1
almost destroyed by the blaze when Hat
they reached the place Kuil
Officers said then they were told
v _ that Ilabbs appeared to be drink-j w
? in|g, went home early in the night 1 ^'r
and ordered Ills family to leave the
l.. T * _ Un J - 11-t.i - J t VOl]
in uiuiatm. nv imu it iiK"iea neroft?n?
lamp in his room and it is be- J
j.' J Ileved thajt he knocked the lamp j i
over and was unable to put out tlio Clin
resulting fire. j strv
[f: ' ' . I for
It ... Marion. N. C? Sept. 16 ?Sheriff j ,ayl
?! Grady Nichols said tonight than. s?al
Delvert Lewis, laborer, had confess- w ''
ed tl>at he was responsible tor the s
death of his wife, who was found van
dead m a bed at their home Saturday
evening Sept. 6. The body of
Mrs. Lewis, bound tightly with rop- s
es and strips of bed clothing, was Hal
. found by Lewis and & .neighbor Ligl
when Lewis returned home from on
work. I sno
Laughing Around
li. With irvin s.
Hf The Retort Cc
By IRVIN S. O
AS GEORGE ADE used to tell the sto
grew up in the village of Weeping W
sisting idea in ' is head that railroading
ambitious and energetic youth. When h<
came. He got a job as helper to the loca
a month.
* LiMM -J i
-A W<>WA *
1 j w^Years
passed. The youth was a yo
^ his fortieth birthday tout still he served tl
vfc So well and so truly had he served it tha
" had widened the scope of his duties until
staff of the great transcontinental syste
| ing Willow. He was station agent, dispi
| express-agent, baggage-handler, janitor
ft As a further mane of the esteem in wh
r* fidence it reposed in him, the railroad I
[ wages by a single penny. He still drc
F " as regularly aa pay-day came around.
Yet there were people in Weeping \
I . why it was, that holding so many resi
so steady an income the man should som
* and irritation verging upon outright i
case. At times his peevishness was mo
One broiling July day as he sat
down his nose and his block calico slee\
soggy upon his wrists the local Bant
excessively, poked his head through thi
pulpit voire said;
"Brother, what tidings of the noon
Without lifting hi? head the drippii
"Not a gol dem tiding!" ho paid.
'American NVwi V??
L ?1
King]
tional New:
Brief Forn
-?National?
Jrunswlck. Mil.. Sopi 10. T1
t Mi a l John 11 row a.- the In.uini
list, wore ito' his hanging at Oh
town. W. Va.. some 80 . yewr^j?i
worth $50? and the State of Ma
d Is going to collect u u?k <
(hat valuation.
lie vest, a then-stylish brov
iiuMit with red dots. became tui
up jn litigation when it bobb
as part of I lie, .estate of a llrut
k uiai\ Orphan'* court offkiu
!i-l in several experts to fix ll
lie of the item
'ra.ig Field; Ala.. Sept. 16 Si
nt Nolean ,T. Woodfin could 1
prototype of the hero of an a
ale on the- Horatio Alger then
highlights of his rapid rise th
ranks; enlisted Sept 17. 194*
rate .first cias? Oct. 16. if*4
rth class specialist Nov. 1. 1*>4
poral March 1. 1941; sergca
y 1. 1941; staff sergeant Aug.
1; first sergeant Sept. J., 1941.
'biladelphla Sept. 16.?A rook
conian chased a 15 year old b<
a mile through North Philadt
a yesterday and then coliapsi
a heart attack on 'top of his <iu;
ne youw was ope or tnree wi
[ from a stolen automobile aft
ltul clashed Into two parked on
'atrolmea Wm. J. McCaffrey ra
after the one boy.
he boy finally dropped of e
istion on a sidewMk. McCaffre
aw steps behind stopped, then f?
o.,s the youth.
I .ew is ton, Idaho. Sept. 16.? E. 1
Iman didn't know he was In tl
ly until he got his honorable d
rge.
[offman, a bacteriologist, said 1
Ued for a sergeant's rating I
army reserve
le was advised the>re was son
ty. so be forgot all about it unl
got a letter yesterday from I
r Department inclosing his di
rge from a year's service in tl
iy. Now, the letter told hldn, 1
sllglble for the draft.
(lrgstreo. 8. C. Sept. 16?IV
n Smiley Wright, 18. pleadi
Ity in general sessions court t
to manslaughter In connectk
h the slaying of his father S
Ight. at their farm home Align
Judge Is. D. Idde sentenced tl
rth to two years' imprisonment
rvharlesrtwn. S. ('.. Sept. 16.?'T!
irleston navy yard began co
irtion on another flehtinsr sh
tile /U. S. nnvy today with tl
Ing of the keel of the dowtrovi
nley, a 2300 ton warship thi
be commissioned next year,
imple exercises marked tfie
t but the public was not adml
eattle. Sept. 16.?Clare:-', f
e and .Conrad P. Opltz. 8eatt
lit Co. employees, froje to deal
Sourdough Mountain In a sudde
w storm Saturday.
the World
CODB
>urteous
OBB
try, there was once a boy who
rillow, Nebraska, with the peroffered
the best career for an
5 was eighteen his opportunity
1 station agen^at forty dollars
J?-U?mLUl I I
uth no longer; he wan nearing
lie railroad, at Weeping Willow,
t step by step, the management
now he was the entire resident
m which passed through Weepitcher,
ticket-seller, train-caller,
and porter, all rolled into one.
ieh it held him and of the contad
nerer seen fit to reduce his
n down his forty "a month just
billow who could not understand
lonsible positions and receiving
ctimes show signs of broodiness
nelancholy. But such was the
st marked. I
with the perspiration coursing
re protectors growing damp and
1st minister, whom ne disliked
? ticket window and in his best
train?"
ng misanthrope made answer-*
tores. Inc.!
*
i Moun
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. TH
, ,b ' . . m* i
sJ.fl.lsenhower
Dies Suddenly
. ' 1
Kuntnal nervines were held at ;
;ie i eleven o'clock Tuesday morning at
Udneuraht Lutheran church" in Cottar
: ever tor John Abel Isc'.thowei, wlto
go nl*d suddenly Sunday noon,
rv Mr. 1st iihowrr. one 01 CuUtwlsi
jn i county's ino.sA prominent citizen#.
! waw stricken with a heart attack
,-n last Tuesday night, troiK which he
jg never recovered. Kitty-nine' years ol ,
Bil. age, he was -the oldest, son ot the/
is-: ate i olid K. and Margaret ' StHie^.
i. ' in.. .u.?s.... in ?
in ...v.,,n/?> i , j un viiwh; nir v? ?i?rui
ie -it ' oiipvir vvliere his interests tverc
' varied. Ills "early manhood was
; spent in ilie . tiierrurlile business
I with his lather in the I'. E. Isen^
liower it lid Son story. Later lie served
tlid county us sheiiit lor hree
ir,e.)
.1, ins
n, I'mlrr his leadership the CIti/.ens
I,, bar k was organ in n. which he survi
I'll Ui picsiduill !|lt! eutite 111111' Ml-'
?. j til his tli ath. iii-wus mayor oi Con
t ; over uen y onrs. The. last several
j - years his inter* si, < were principally '
j us owner ot <1 lie' Catawba- lee yiaj
! Fuel ecnpaiiy and the N'ewlon Bond
jc td warehouse and for tears he was
yy pre.sitii'hil of the Hideaway Hosiery
.j. mtUi. (' really Interested in edtica-- '
ioitt he served oil the boa I'd ot Oon!lr
j eoiilia college and the Cmiover iiub ,
j lie schools.
io Mr. Isonhower was a lifelong mem
er ber of Concordia Lutheran church,
in pre side in of the congregation and j
,C-! au elder at 'the time of his death.
j |le is survived by his wife, who was '
x-1 formerly Miss Susie Jordan of Con- ^
y, over, five sons aud two daughters, j
ill Horace J., Samuel Hotmail.' James
j Phiio. Joe Andrew and Stlnc, Mrs.
| Wulter \V. Saunders, all ot Conover, .
Q and Mrs. John, J lain bright of Lan- (
ie" caster. l'a.; four grandchildren,, and
jg three sister, Mrs. Edgar V. Little of
j Conover. Mesdaanes S. A. Mauney
and A. R. Cline of Kings Mountain.
>e A distinct shock to Mr. Isenhow'n
cr was the sudden death of his bro- 1
\ ther. Herman E. Lsenhower, and his
wife of Salisbury, also brother ot
dl Mesdantes S. A. Mauney and A. E.
Cline, which occurred from heart
R_ attacks an hour apart * at their homo
'* In June. j
16 Quite a number from Kings Mountain
attended the funeral services j
of the outstanding citizen of Ca-' ,
II- tawba county.
sd . Commenting editorially on the
o- death of the prominent citizen The
m Hickory Dally Record had the fol-.
Id ; lowing to say:
st '"Catawba county lias sustained. i
te the loss of a Vct'v (topular and most",
useful clti/.eti, in the passing Sun* |
day of John Abel lsenhower of Con-j
,0 over. . . I
'Que has but to think back over
lllp
the wide scope of his activities to j
1p realize the great contribution which
!>r Mr. lsenhower made to the. growth
not only of the -town in which lie
I liu/1 Iwioii n mnfintr unirit clneo thn I <
% n??\* l".v It II HIU ? Mif, Cfii IV Oiliv\< via*'
g. tlayB of his youth, but also to Caa
tawbii county at large. ,
"As Sheriff for three terms, he ,
enjoyed public confidence anil was ]
generally credited with having rendered
honest, efficient service. Like- ,
'e wise, he was drafted to serve as (
Mayor of Conpvr for ten years.
'a "As president of the Citizens
Hunk in Conover front the time that
institution was organized many
years ago, until his untimely passing,
he aided materially In the extraordinary
development of one of
the fastest-growing communities to
be found in North Carolina.
"As a business man of Conover
He.always was ito be found on the
side of progress, energetically boost
ing every worth-while project.
"As a citizen, he was always
cheerful and enthusiastic and stood
tour-square for civic and religious
causes.
"The Record joins with the hundreds
. of . citizens who while mourning
tlie passing of John A. Isenbower,
rejoice in his achievements."
Little Theatre Meets
Tonight .
TllOl'ft U/i 11 ho o raontino' r\f f ho
Kittle Theatre tonight at 8 o'clock
at the home of Mian Mary Frances
Hord, Director. AH persons Interest
ed In the work are aaked to be
present as no i)ew members will be
accepted after tonight. Plays are
now being read and one will be
jcfxosen %tvd presented Immediately.
Try-outs will begin tonight
Willie Oliver Rescuer
<
Willie T. Oliver, an employee of
the Kings Mountain Mfg. Co. waa
the volunteer who descended Into
the well and rescued Marvin 'Styers.
The Herald In reporting the
account of the rescue In the . last
Issue was unable to secure the
name of the rescuer, and Is now
happy to .10 know ledge that Mr. OH
ver was "the tmftn who' actually
brought the unconscious man to
the surface of the ground.
. .... - ? - . I
" - ;*r;' y,
itain H
UR8DAV, SEPT. 11, 1M1
Mauney Scholarship
W. K. Maun,,', proiiunu.it TeiCle
Executive, announced during the
Phe|>el exercises at the opening of
school recently that some boy or ^
girl from the graduating class each jg
year would be awarded a scholarship,
valued at $150 per year, aty %
U-noirdfhyne College', Hlcjcoi>/'[ fj
Kules and regulations for the scnol- j pi
arship are to be drawn up by Supt. 1 p
It. N. Haines \rith the approval of 1 $
tlie donor. Applications for the sehol -t
urship can be made any time during fi
the school* year.
/(!tcria Cmnweib daughter of Mr., j \ S
and Mrs, c T. cornwell.' was awurd-j/ ij
id.tlie scholarship for tliis yegof |3
Tie- coveted award will be present-,
ed to some boy or clil from the 1
cridua! on class each yeai for outstanding
Work and 11 the winner
-!.i-api de-ire ;}|e coin rs h ip will I e j
e .teinut'-L for tour, years at Uenoir
ftlwna .. ,.o..i -?
.... i - UPUli VHIU1' Ut , I
StilWUO. ?*. !
'I'iii! ? . has been tu effect! I
lor tin past two, years. I>ut was just .
in;, li puhl'c |-n -i'litly.
I'll-' public-sir'riled Kings Moun- |
i i- :i business msTn. who is making . n.
ihp -cholm-ship possible, Is- a grad- nol
ul' of I.eliOii Rliyiie, and memberj
i>f *t;o Itanl of 'I'nistei's of ihe Col- a*
!'H? has long been affiliated | uat
with the growth anil progress of , Set
th'? instil in ion and this scholarship !
is Just one of the many contrlbu-'
lions he has made to his Alma ;
Mater. ? I 1*|
Supt lJarnes was extremely well j
pleased with the public announce-,''^
ment as it will not c" proanot^ (1(i)
keener competition among the atu- ha}
[lent body, but at the samo time (.0*
ivill euable some graduate from the ,,.t
Kings Mountain High School to con ,'.H,
tinue their education. ' '
>* II
the
Ben Bennett And
Companion Drown
tro
. Benjamin Frankllu Bennett, 38, pes
rr.d Sa nd ford Maxic YandJe, 32. of Kii
Charlotte, were drowned in the Ca- ine
tawba rtter near Groat Falls, S C., ed
Saturday nlghL about 8:30 when the <
motor boat in which they wore rid
irg capsized. . . eat
There were four men in tho boat, set
but two of them, James C. Hartsoll me
of Rock Hill and James Day of i
Great Fails, managed to swim a- wo
shore. The water was 25 to J10 feet we
deep where 'the tragedy occurred. wo
Mr. Bennett. who had been working
at the Republic Cotton mi lie of *?
it Ken t Falls for some time, ami who
was residing in a 'cabin on the riv- Ti
er. was returning with his cpmpautims
from a trip to the business sec- <
lion of Ureal Falls to buy groceries. '
alien tln> motor on the boat .choke 1 ,||(
and died. In endeavoring to restart
the motor the. boat capsized, proelp- j
Hating tlie four men iiito the wtej
ter. I far! sell and Day swam ashore J
and Yandle. the Charlotte num. ai-' ha(
most made it. He became exhauster!
and drowned about 10 feet from j j
thore. ' ' thi
Funeral services for Mr. Bennett <,
were sold Monday morning at 11:00 , *
o'clock at the home of his parents .
Itev, S. W. Johnson, pastor of Grace Su
Math od 1st Church, ofTIcflaited. Inter- jj (
nent was In Moontaln Reat C?me- |)()
ler>- . .ai
'Mr. BenjVett U'a\ip? his pfii^ejits. |Ul
Mr. and Airs. 'J? W. Bennett; his nil
wife. Mrs. Mary jDavls Bennett, and
four ohlldren, {Catherine, Nelllne, : "
lw art William, all of Kings Moutitalu;
two brothers. G. O. Bennett of wa
Kings Mountain and ' Hunter Ben- tl.'(
t: ett of Great Falls; four sisters,
Mrs. B. J1 Ganlt and Mrs. J. H. flar " j
mon. both of Kings Mountain, and
Mrs. R. R. Black and Mrs. P. B.
Queen, both of Shelby. 19
J" I UI
. Will Rogers' '
Humorous Story m\
- ,ai
By WILL ROGERS Ui<
"THEY'RE telling another about '
"* the fellow looking for a job j*
and telling his history. The fellow lH
said he guessed he didn't exactly Prl
have any recommendations with eve
him. * ' one
"Well, how long did you stay in
your last place?"
4 <
"Three years." ch
"Well, you can't be so bad, at
that Thr/<? I. - I?? ?: " ctI
/ ?? ? ?n h IVH| HIIIC.
"Right-o, boss, a long time it is." 5
"And how long did you stay in soi
the place before that?" Sir
"Well, I stayed pretty nearly five <jai
years that time." ' tor
"CfOod. You must have given M(
better satisfaction that time even
than the last time." -' *,
"Well, no, not exactly. But. the 'jc
last time, you see, I got more tinio E.
off for good behavior." bol
Am?ri??o Nowi FW'ii*? inc. dl'<
ini.aiiayMitaliii i 'iriitfTilliiBiiar'
erald
i Announced 1
BENEFACTOR j
K. Mnune'y, who recently an- *\\
inceo a $150 Annual Scholarship '
Leno'r-Flhync College for a gr'ad-'
e of the Kings Mountain High ,
loot. i A
adium Project ' j ^
jmporarily Delayed ! a
< "" ! h
\rtual work on Ihe Kings MounII
School Stadium WI'A "project 'l
i been temporarily delayed acdlivKUk
City Manager H. U llur-|
ti'^wio has received word from ,,
Charlotfe WTA office that it
uld be uuadvlsnble to suspend s
1 street project, as'.tar for sur-[
e treatme-fij Is expected shortly,
e Oh-aStof le offkle notified Mr. w
rdetto that tar for the street |
auncnt was expected to be ship- '
I this week, ami should arrlVe in
iKs Mountain next. week ;ind all l'
r,' on W'PA here would be need- ' *
for the street work. I ,
Completion of the streets has u
>n delayed from time to time he- a
ise the l\i\t had been unable to t.
ure tar for the > -surface treat-. ^
nL ,
t "was thought the street work e
uld lie completed in about two d
i-ks. and then the stadium project ti
uld be. started. C
tl
iss Robinson, Music
iacher, Resigns
i K
diss .lean- Uobnson. of Lowell. V
iv I y elected music teacher for,)'H
' Kings Mountain Schools. lias
iriHi! <>ii account of ill health j s!
ordiiu.' to Bupt. 15. N. Ha riles i
ss Robinson had already secured *
large cass of pupils when she
I to return home on account, of { c
kllcss. She has been advised by ; _
r plivslclat!. not id rcsu.uie work 1
s year.- ' ; . . i
?upt. liurues has been attempting
fill .the vacancy, but at the pros- '
t, time has been unable to do so. I
pt. Barnes . said last night, "t E
;'t know exactly what we will 11
if we can't find someone to "1
ie'Miss Itobinson's place we may
ve to discontinue the work for i(
s yea r.-" b
dr Barnes' stated that he was 8
ry sorry that Miss Robinson's; u
dgnation was necessary as she j ?
s a talented musician who would a
ve meant a meat d.?;il- m Kine-sl n
nintaih pupils and also to the ^
tool. ^
CI
? i(
42 Ply mouths Now
11 Display
.Mr. J. li. Rowland, of Rowland
as. Motor t'o.. extends a cordial i
ilat'or. :o citizens' ol" Kings Mottn j
n to inspect the new Ply>ut!i
which Is now on display in,
show rooms. The local Dodge-, (
mouth dialer in dlscussiug '.he ' u
rwing of the new car said, ''Hero j
a beauty without equal in the low
ce car. and I am anxious for. e
>rj'otie to Bee Chrysler's number: It
> car." h
. - c
rs. W. F. Smith Dies t
K
<rs. Will F Smith. 69. died Thurs *
f afternoon a<t her home here afan
illness of a year. Funeral aer- ?
es wcr? held Friday aftemo<#i at j
>'clock at Macedonia BaptUt^ ctourand
burial was in Mouniair K< nt '
netery.
lurvivtng are the husband; three a
is, Leonard Smkh, Clarence t]
ilth, all of. Kings Mountain; three h
aghters, Mra. F. L. Farley of Proc
Mrs. Bmmett Koas of Kings t
(untaliL, and Mrs. J. I.' Coble' of c
stonia; the mother, Mrs. U. A. ,
dalnd of Andrew*, two brothers, n
A. Holland and wJ O. Holland, ?
th of Andrews; and 11 grandchll- <.
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Watch Label On Your Paper An*
Oont Lot Your Su&ecriptlo*
Expire!
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FIVE CENTS PER COPY
to Organize
!ivic Defense
' 1
llepresentfitivus {rain the civic
ubs and other organization* of
ihp-. M'l'.intiiin met Monday night
i the City Halt and ])1r<Ipm1 their
I'd-a en-opr.rutloii to the. local.
uli- I'ifc -< Urogram which Is j
i rug organized hern. This home de nv
< iguniz.tv.on it- hcljlK per,f?*'tI
throvgh' the United Stales eo ,
llit' A'ih lieu will lie icttiiv tor ativ
nti rgenev. The American legion in ?
o- i.l tlio nfiviiiii'!>t, iitnl I'iist
oitiiii.uider Jim Suiith presided dur
ic the no'otilit; and iMroi'.taad , . 3
N' --li". Ji . i h.firman of i.o
<-m
si Unit explained -the purpose of
i- lui/uiion. Mr. Smith then
.t Vd Jolili I'lovifi. olle o'.' the..
t spotters. who i spluinod
:. derail dow the . "nilizatbi:'. wont I . ,9
k. . .d its duties. Mr. Ulovil a.sk.
.iopri reiuntivo lor their co)
. :. and called for \<iitirit''of?
w _l liour watch for niftdant. s. _ .
mi v til m-itm uci. ?iin a?C lust
.r :ui.nr. In days.
's .till Mauney .s assistuM- to- Mr.
'. .ill -', and tin: oilier three spotters'
-id< n Mr Floyd are I'eroy Oilling.
iibrey Mauney i::ni Charles Dilllng.
h< duties .of the spotters will, bo
> huy.e. iwj persons oa duty 1:4
ours u day for the lH-day period
no to is port inuau'diatfly u> Army
eadquarters pianos passing within
.to of Kings Mouutain. during the
rtny maneuvers, beginning next
icntli. i ' .
The observatory tower for tho
auti will bo the old Presbyterian,
hureh building. Stops are to be con
(.rueted. to the tower uud a telehone
is to be installed Mr. J. If.
'homasson will have charge of the
ork o? '.ho. observation post
There will be 400 similar posts in
orth Carolina and eight other oborvation
places in Cleveland eoun- '
f. George Wray of Shf-lby CouaChairman.
(The Boy Scouts of Kings Mouniin
will assist in this undertaking
ltd two scouts will be on duty at
11 times. Mr. Kloyd suit til that, be
ween 40 and 60 men will be reeded
uring the 18-day watch, v
Volunteers for the 24-hour watch
an register with W. W. Souther,
own-town. J. D. Smith, at Phenl*
till office, and Jl. L. Burdette, at
'ity Hall, giving their address and
he'period they can serve
Representatives were present
Ionday uight from each of the fol>wing
organizations: American L?i
ion. Scout Masters. Klwar.'s. l,ion*
'*^1
[..sonic. Schools. Town Council,
lawk Haven, and The Herald.
Another meeting will be held
iiortly and complete it su u< tion aicii
as to the exact duty of each,
otunteer.
ted Cross Urges Speed
n Knitting Garments
Hast, week the Kings Mountain
hapter of the American R?d Cross
ent !*l!i garments to the Red Cross
Ixport Depot at Jersey City, N. J.,
nr shipment to Kngland at an early
ate.
TheWar Relief Unit Is very unguis
to complete the Spring Quota
efore dispensing materials for the
econd quota. This cannot be done
ntll all the knitted garments given
ut last Spring are sent in. There
re a number of sweaters Which ahe
ot in yet. If you are knitting one
lease complete it as soon as possi1?
J J a* s ? w # ?J is t * a.
it! iuiu ?fiiu uiu mr?. j. n neijion,
head of the War Relief Unit
or this Chapter. ,
by James PreStok
Opinions Expressed In This Colmn
Are Not Necessarily the Views
of This Newspaper.)
The recent shake-up in the govntvmcnt
defense agencies is a lead
>K topic of cloakroom conversation
ere? and a great deal of comment
enters on the widespread confuson
that led Ito the reorganisation,
'hose familiar with the situation aree
that In the past the entire demise
picture has been needlessly
luddied. To substantiate their
tory they point to 'numerous examles.
r
'The manner in which'Various gov
rnment agencies compete with
ach other for available suppllbe of
sw materials furnishes them with
case in poiujt. While the.y admit
irat proof In hand to obtain, they
ave a strong suspicion that some
epartmoWta are buying larger quan
Itles of strategic materials like
opper and steel than they ea.ni acually
uso. This does them little Im
iedlate good, and It frequently
rorks a hardship on many private
idustrios who* are unable to obtain
(Cont'd on page two)
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