Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], July 05, 1945, SECTION B, Page 1, Image 13

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IsECTION “B" I I
J)IAL R-326 ALL DEPTS. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1945 ~~_ SECTION B—PAGE 1
RENN FINDS BOOKLET THAT
tELLS INCOMPLETE STORY
Out of this war will come many
■stlKmge ties and each soldier will
have adventures of his own to tell
IMjfejl souvenirs for remembrance,
ffihong the things Corp. Jacob H.
Renn has found and saved for fu
ture reminsence is a pamphlet that
his a strange, incomplete story
-with it. While on guard duty in
C^rmany, Renn ran across a small
T&doklet in which a little German
girl was drawing pictures. The
little girl's father had previously
owned the home in which Renn
and his buddies lived, so the gook
given Renn upon request.
After examining it he discovered
that it was a collection of poems
written by S/Sgt. Jesse Cabrera,
prisoner of war No. 105176. His
address, Krems, Austria, was
given on front of the book along
-with his name and POW number.
Along with this Renn sent home
a letter to his mother describing
where the poems had been found,
saying, ”the book was found near
aAaluminum plant where we re
leased 4,000 American prisoners
when we first, went into Austria.”
This lead him to believe that the
author of the book was an Ameri
can. Cabrera was undoubtedly res
cued before he completed all he
had planned as one of the poems
was not finished. The complete
booklet was not sent home at one
.time as Renn was allowed to mail
only a certain amount at a time,
arad at the present it consists of
five torn leaflets. * The first page
is entitled “THIS BOOK BE
(ildONGS TO JESSE CABRERA,
S|B106391, POW 105176,” Krems,
Austria, and a symbol - of the
"XMCA, 1944, was at the bottom
the page. On the back is the
picture of a train drawn by a
child that would probably be in
the first or second grade at school
and colored with crayons. On the
nJBj page is a poem entitled “Air
Force Prayer” and under the title
Is a quotation from the Bible, and
then the prayer. On the back of
that page was the picture of a
house and undoubtedly the name
of the child who had used the
book to collect her arts. The name
Was “Frieda Kirchmaier," and was
printed in a childish hand. After
that a page was missing and “In
Memory,” an incomplete poem,
WMton the next page. The other
tw* poems are entitled “A Sol
dier’s Prayer for Her,” and “A
Couple of Years Ago.”
AIR FORGE PRAYER
’Who maketh the clouds His chair
,. iot, Who vxtlketh upon the wings
of the Wind.”—Psalm 104-3_
Thou who of old didst bear thy
People as on Eagles wings
And from whose encompassing
Love, nor height, nor depth can
Senate thy children.
We^pray Thee for Thy sons who
For their country’s sake, dare
The utmost peaches of the sky.
Flake them faithful in service,
<jlear headed in time of crisis,
Brave when perils confront them,
Terrible in combat, chivalous in
Victory, successful in every noble
Endeavor, and if sudden disaster
Should befall, may they see their
^avior coming as He promised in
e
3, for whose sake we ask it,
Amen.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
Jlere in Stalag when day is done,
Wry thoughts go wandering to you
|| and home.
Ply eyes then close; clear visions
| appear
Of all those things we held so
I: dear
A couple of years ago.
And in my mind, the vision seems
One of hopes, plans, and dreams
NO! Thoughts, they didn't bother
us much,
A couple of years ago.
But here I am still dreaming on
Till peace bells chime and war is
won,
And I return to be with you,
The plans of our home, and things
we knew
A couple of years ago.
A SOLDIER'S PRAYER
FOR HER
Dear God, watch over her for
me,
That she may safely guided be;
Help her each lonely hour to bear,
As I would. Lord, if I were there.
When she is sleeping, watch her
then,
That fear may not her dreams of
fend.
Be ever near her through the day,
Let none but goodness come her
' >vay.
Sweet faithful girl, who waits for
me,
Beyond, a wide and spacious sea,
Be merciful, dear God, I pray,
Take care of her while I’m away.
IN MEMORY
In memory we bow our heads
For those of my crew who are
now dead
Who died at their post, in a fly
ing plane,
Which dove to the ground in a
mass of flames.
Long will we remember their Smil
ing faces,
So often we flew over far flung
places. *
Places where death flew around
free,
Places we didn’t like to be.
But we were fighting for our
country’s cause,
The 'Doc* Treats A Patient
Navy Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Loren Douglas of Princeton, ■
Ind., Is shown treating his favorite patient, injured slightly during |
the pre-invasion bombardment of Okinawa. The young lad in the
foreground is being treated by the Japanese equivalent of a Girl 1
Scout. Navy corpsmen are performing medical services usually
rendered only by registered physicians in the U. S. because of the ■
large number of Okinawans injured or suffering from illness, ag- 1
gravated by long periods of cave dwelling. (U. S. Marin* Corps Photo)
Mrs. Shelton T. Pulley and two
small daughters, of Richmond, Va.,
spent several days last week with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Jones, and her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mose
ley, 233 Washington street.
Advice Given
Truck Farmer
There is an abundance of good
vegetables beginning to flow to the
various production auction markets
situated throughout North Caro
lina, and housewives should be on
the alert to purchase and can
these commodities as a bridge over
the meat shortage.
This is the opinion voiced by
Don Matheson, who is fruit and
vegetable marketing specialist with
the State Department of Agricul
ture. He has advised producers to
prepare their products for market
in the most attractive manner pos
sible and to have them sold when
they reach the height in quality.
“The farmer who keeps the con
sumer in mind is the man who
makes the most money in the (
long run,” said Matheson in point
ing out that housewives this sum
mer are more dependent on fresh
vegetables than ever before. With
the great demand for vegetables,
Matheson emphasized, farmers who
are alert to the opportunity can
establish strong and permanent
markets for their products for fu
ture times when the supply may
be greater than the need.
Matheson said that the early
commercial white potato growers
of the Northeastern North Caro
lina counties are just bringing to
a close one of the best seasons on
record. This season’s crop was of
exceptionally good quality; care
was taken in grading and packing
for market; and the demand has
remained strong on all markets.
He reported shipments to this date
of approximately 6,000 cars and
2,000 trucks.
SANE BY DAY, CRAZY
BY NIGHT
At least, so the judge said, and
thereafter an editor worked at his
office and slept in an asylum.
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