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The Bee: Danville Va Monday June 26 1944 Corporation Bond Purchases Boost City Bond Sale 'Danville total War Bond sales to date are reported to be $1347 725 in gross bond purchases The quota set for Damille is $2580 000 Clyde Justis general chair man of the ifth War Loan drive has announced that $289775 sold in series and bonds have been sold toward a quota of 000 Among the corporate purchaseswhich swelled the week end total wag allocation of $25000 to Dan ville by the Standard Oil Co of New Jersey and $10000 by theVirginia Trailways With his spirits raised consider ably Chairman JuMis said last Slight the War inance Committee is not at all wonied about meet ing the corporate quota but that the $935000 individual sales quota is something else Justis pointed out that with the ifth War Loan drive half over' purchases by individuals will have to be doubled if the quota is to Ise reached "We want more names on the honor roll ooard and they be painted on the board until the bonds are he explained A new boost to the local drive Was given yesterday by an un ai tistic bit of publicity ar ABANDONED BUT STILL DANGEROUS AWARE THE SIGN Lt Peter Benton (left) of Everett Mass points out some of the features of an abandoned Nazi rocket gun to Sgt Harry Kurcztvvski of Detroit The six barrelled weapon fell into our hands romewhere in rance Signal Corps photo (International) janged by the Belk Leggett firm Which displays the three windows Of its stores to photographs of the nearly 300 Danville and com munity men and women now serv ing their country The display erected yesterday is attracting much attention Those who look nearly 300 reasons for buying bonds personally Vassar College was originally incorporated as Vassar emale College JIMPLE DIARRHEA x4 When something you've eaten causesimpl diarrhea take sootfnnj PXPTO BISMOL' It brings prompt re lief to upsets in stomach and intes tines Tartes Sood and does good Ask your druggist for EPTO BiSMOi when your stomach is upset A NORWICH PRODUCT uneral Services orMrsGravett Are This Afternoon uneral services for Mrs Sallie Stella Gravctt who died at Com munity Hospital on Saturday will be held at Wrenn Ycatts uneral Home this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock The Bev Bradley the Rev A Dale and the Rev A Crozer and the Rev Barbour ill conduct the rites and interment will be made in Lee mont Cemetery A native of Halifax County she had lived in Danville for the past 35 years She was a member of Moffett Memorial Baptist Church Surviving are four sons: Willie Gravett of Glenwood Johnnie A Gravett of Danville Lloyd i Gravett of Army over seas Clyde A Gravett of Navy: two daughters Miss Ruby Grav ett of Danville and Mrs Elsie Cop pridge of High Point one brother Joe Green of Roxboro 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild GLASSES ON CREDIT PAY AS YOU WEAR THEM 1 1 1 Merchants Of State Open Convention Wartime Problems Occupy Delegates At Richmond Meet RICHMOND June from every section of the state convened here this morn ing to discuss wartime problems and activities as the Retail Mer chants Association of Virginia opened its annual two day conven tion Leroy Hutzler president of the organization convened the session with a brief outline of the two day program while delegates were wel comed in an address by William Herbert mayor elect Highlights of the opening day's session will be an address by Gov ernor Darden at the annual ban quest tonight at which Rep Dave Satterfield Jr of Richmond will serve as toastmaster a talk on taxation by Loring A Schuler of Chicago and an address by Dr Douglas reeman Richmond editor on and Merchandis scheduled for the luncheon session Merchants will adjourn after the luncheon to attend a public hear ing on the sales tax before the governor's commission at the state capitol Guy Stephens Is loor Official At GOP Convention has AU lenses ground on prescription over America HE CARRIES A 6 tfi National optical OVXnD 1897 Stores tn Principal Cities packages when you under stand that it is a war meas ure We ll be only too glad to go back to unlimited de liveries at the first possible moment Meanwhile we truly thank you for your helping hand rom 1791 to 1867 Ontario was called Upper Canada If ex er a sol dier's pack you know it is heavy Yes our servicemen carry these packs day after day without complaint It's part of the price of Victory We know that you will be no less willing to carry small Millions Satisfied The principals of this firm have millions of satisfied customers sll NO UNNECESSARY WAITING Volume of Prescriptions filled as sures you of RESH DRUGS COM PLETE STOCK and Reasonable Prices ASK YOUR PHYSICIAN! 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Convince yourlf by 15 days' actual test at out risk that this la uuirebv oargain vou ever naa of licensed Doctor of your choice Easy Payments No extra charge of anv kind for credit payments Price is same for cash Guy Stephens of Danville gone to the Republican convention where he will serve as assistant serjeant at a post which calls for the preservation of good order and at times the necessity of strong arm work in ejecting troublemakers from the political scene "Steve" as he is known to friends is the man who prepares the photo engravings for the Bee and Register and hails from Ten nessee He is a dyed in the wool Republican a philisopher and the publisher of a small pamphlet which concerns itself largely with the promotion of Republican party doctrine til a i Pock Allies Storm Into Mogung rom 3 Sides Yanks Continue Slugging Advance Toward Myitkyina SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND HEADQUARTERS KANDY Cey lon June 26 British and Chinese forces stormed into the Japanese North Burma base of Mo gaung from three sides over the weekend while American troops continued a slugging advance to ward the heart of the enemy bas tion of Myitkyina about 40 miles Io the east Admiral Lord Louis Mountbat ten's headquarters announced yes terday that an important railway section between the Mogaung sta tion and the railway bridge over the river fell to Gurkha and Brit ish regiments that entered Mo gaung from the east Maj Gen A Chindits meanwhile assaulted the base frorm the south and Chinese troops pierced outer defenses both north and south of the city The Japanese garrison of Myit kyina still was holding out yester day against determined Allied at tacks on all sides British troops in India pushed 20 to 30 miles north of Imphal east of the Kohima road in pursuit of fleeing Japanese recently routed completely from the Kohima lm phal road Virginia Convention Sidelights CHICAGO Ill June (ZP) Virginia's position near the bot tom of the roll call may have an important psychological bearing on the Old Dominion's first ballot vote Wednesday at the Republican national convention Some members Dewey partisans inclination said today of vote probably will divide about 50 50 between Dewey and Bricker Bricker advocates claimed sub stantial Virginia strength Officially Virginia has two votes pledged to Dewey two to Bricker 15 remaining unpledg ed Virginians will have of time to watch the trend" some members said and if it appears to be Dewey on the first ballot the New York governor will draw at least a substantial vote If however many smaller delega tions choose to vote to watch the tide leaving the issue Jar from settled Virginia may itself choose to pass I The Old delegationhad nearly all arrived but no call had been issued for a formal caucus National Committeeman Henry A Wise said a meeting probably would be called late today Members of an anti Wise fac tion headed by new state Chair man Randolph Dovel also arrived in Chicago yesterday Still smarting under the contest rejection of their claim to the four delegates at large the anti Wise group promis ed to renew its claim possibly today before the credentials committee Methodists lay Alcohol Release or Whiskies ATLANTA June A report criticising the War Produc tion decision allowing pro duction of alcohol for whisky man ufacturing in August was schedul ed to reach the floor of the South eastern Jurisdictional conference of the Methodist church here to day The committee offering the re port was to recommend that an of ficial protest be made by the con ference to Washington This and other important policy matters involving war and peace i racial tolerance juvenile delinq I uency and economic justice were Jo go before the 334 delegates rep resenting the 2146 000 members in nine states Decisions voted by the delegates will serve as church law for the coming four years Clamp Curfew On Copenhagen (By The Associated Press) Establishment of a curfew in Copenhagen with no traffic per mitted on the streets be tween 8 and 5 a was an nounced today by the Berlin radio The broadcast recorded by The Associated Press said German oc cupation authorities also had for bidden more than five persons to congregate in public in the Danish capital The measures were adopt ed Berlin said "for reasons of maintaining law and order" Radio waves have approximately the same speed as 186300 miles a second BUY EMM WAR BONDS AVENGER NOW TOTES NEW WEAPON Masonic Group To AT AUCTION! meeting in May express ADDING TO THE MISERY of the Japs are the rocket firing Avenger torpedo bombers operating from our aircraft carriers in the Pacific As shown above the planes are equipped with eight rocket launching tracks four under each wing Navy photo (International) Begin Plans or all Reunion This nice 8 room home has two nice apartments 4 rooms each with toilet: has been painted inside and out recently This will make a nice home or good rental property The revenue from this home now is $1000 per week This properly is located just a short distance from town and also Schoolfield Lot Tomorrow night at eight o'clock the Danville Lodge of Perfection Scottish Rite Masons will hold its monthly meeting in the Blue Lodge rooms of Masonic Temple This will be the first since the spring reunion and leaders of the group ed hope that the full class of the 48 members initiated in May would attend Dates for the fall reunion are already getting under and new applications for membership are begining to come in Several petitions will be presented Tues day night The reunion will be held on the nights of November 14 15 16 2021 22 covering part of two weeks The spiing class was the largest in the history of the Danville bodies with 48 candidates on hand for the opening night and 61 dif ferent candidates taking some or all of the degrees The June July August edition of Scottish Rite w'hich began publication the past year is just off the press and is dedicated to the Rev Norvell Wicker 32nd degree Mason who has rendered outstanding service to the Rite during the past ten years especially in the matter of communicating degrees RIDAY JUNE 30 1944 530 430 KEMPER ROAD i1 1 1 i J( i BR? fKW IBS' WEL KjSI vto Vs I I Hammer And Tongs Of Trainmen orge Vital Invasion Weapons A TRANSPORTATION DEPOT England June 26 Lt Col How ard Bates of Canton who was a shop superintendent with the Pennsylvania Railroad before he donned khaki led the way up a shaky wooden staircase to the roof of a former car barn Looking off in one direction as far as the eye could see there were gigantic stacks of wheels roofs floors springs and all the other parts that go to make cars We were looking at only one of the scores of depots where the Transportation Corps is turning i out the wherewithal to carry menand material where they are need ed in the invasion We left the roof and roamedover miles of tracks which move i their way in and out like moun derside of the car floors These were hoisted by traveling cranes and set on their axles Then the embyro cars were pushed along on their tracks and given over to the body builders Before long they became gondolas cabooses tank cars or big brothers of tiny box like creations which in the last war were marked 40 homines 8 che vaux But when the stencillcrs got to work on these they marked their capacity in kilos which as Sergeant Louis Oswald of Cleve land pointed out could be understood equally well in rance or Germany Every officer from shavetail up in this Car Erection Depot was a railroad man in private life So were most of the enlisted men Their job is no cinch Even the I tain passes' But the mountains were mountains of steel and iron land wood which had been shipped 1 overseas At last we went into the vase workship where four lines of cars were being assembled JOB NO CINCH smeared men looking excitement of conflict does not relieve the monotony The tap of the rivetting machines is their drum beat Most of the time their uniforms are overalls They sleep in Nisesn huts and except for an occasion trip to town they have few diversions There is no chance little like soldiers were at work for glory in what they are doing They were attaching bumpers air Yet with hammer and tongs they I brakes couplings and all the other are playing an indispensable part necessary contraptions to the un iin the invasion of rance Volcano Drives Away Army orce On Alaskan Isle morning entire mountain top blew Army witnesses report ed Lava and rock were scattered over the island and the Bering Sea for miles around TERMS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE SALE or Information Call 1928 JOHN BENOALL AUCTIONEER AUCTION SALE HOUSEHOLD URNITURE 5Room Apartment Situated At 307 Virginia Avenue 2:30 THURSDAY JUNE 29TH AMONG ARTICLES TO BE SOLD ARE 7 foot rigidaire Magic Chef 4 burncr Stove 10 pc Dining Room Suite Breakfast Room Table Cabinet and Utility Cabinet Chairs Dresser 2 Single Spool Beds 2 Inncrspring Mattresses 2 Sets of Bed Springs 2 Rugs 9x12 Large Wardrobe 1 Wash Stand 5 Small Rugs Tables Chifferobe 1 Large Mirror 5 Lamps Pictures Hat Rack Scatter Rugs 1 Large Philco Radio 1 Studio Couch 2 Otto mans 1 Secretary Books All of these articles are in excellent shape and of splen did quality Terms Of Sale: CASH Reason for selling: Owner leaving town Interested parties can inspect these articles by appoint ment Thursday morning June 29th or urther Information See Auctioneers WADDILL HOLLAND LINN ING AUCTIONEERS ELEVENTH ARMY AIR ORCE HDQRS Alaska June 26 (P The eruption of Mount Cleveland which began June 10 and is still continuing has prompted the eva cuation of an Army installation on Chuginadak Island and possibly has taken one life the 11th Army Air orce announced Mount Cleveland is a volcano on Chuginadak Island in the is lands of the four mountains group in the eastern Aleutian area Eruptions accompanied by severe earthquakes began in full force during the afternoon of June 10 Army personnel stationed there re ported rocks huge aS automo belched from the crater over the entire island A rescue party headed by Capt Donald Drewes Min a 1 Minn arrived that night but while evacuation and recovery of ma terial was going on the following Nylons AT rii I IwWiW It i MEL wB Nancy Southern chortles with glee as she slls on curb' in Greensboro and tries on her bargain nylons Behind her is part of four block line of women who tried to get in on sale at ederal Building of 5000 pairs confiscated from black maiketccrs and sold by Unrte Sam at from 50 cents to $165 a pair DRiveirno! 'V 1 HalShSWiHlr dfc the Ihat's the way 1 like to see said Gen MacArthur when he saw the rows of dead Japs in the Admiralty Islands In this costliest crudest war of all our boys must fight with savage fury Kill or be killed! And on how well each plays his part depends the lives of many of his buddies Here on the home front too just cbteiin the attack on enough That why a ifth War Bond drive on now a drive in which needed to support the men on the fighting fronts who are facing the most treacherous forces Ameri cans have ever met in combat We on the home front let them down and we won't So resolve now to at least double your bond buying in the 5th War Loan drive This is the time to do better than your best SWAB 10AH Bocieac BUY MORE THAN BEORE Phone 617 Phone 921 ostial frejsury wtnirtd iindrr ctorellr War AHiertlnrg CoundS i I 1 1 A NATIONAL optical am.