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SUN, SELMA, N. C. — THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942 COURT NEWS The following cases were tried in Johnston county recorder’s court last week: Willie Brantley, 30, w’as found guil ty of stealing an automobile tire and •tube belonging to B. A. Gardner. He Was sentenced to serve six months on the roads, but appealed the decision and the case will go to Superior court. Appeal bond was fixed at $300. George Goodman, 27, farmer, found guilty of assault with deadly weapon, was given 60 days on the roads and taxed with costs, the road term to be suspended upon condition that •the de fendant does not violate any criminal law for wo years. Bill Sullivan, 27, farmer of Prince ton, Route 2, was found guilty of op erating a car while intoxicated -and operating a car after driver’s license had been revoked. He was given 4 months on the roads and his driver’s license is to be surrendered for 2 years. James Slocumb, 42, colored farmer, was found not guilty of obtaining ad vances under promise to work. John Pendergraft, 20, was given 20 days on the roads for assault with deadly weapon. Hubert Baker, 21, was found guilty of assault with deadly weapon. Pray er for judgment was continued upon payment of cost. Baker was found not guilty of .temporary larceny of a car and operating a car while intoxi cated. Viola Bumpass, colored, 30, was found not guilty of assaulting Alice Bagley. In the case against Floyd Williams, colored, who was found guilty of an assault upon a female, prayer for judgment was continued upon pay ment of cost. William Tyson, 35, was found guilty of profane and indecent language on public highway in presence of two or more persons. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of cost LEADERS IN STATE-WIDE WAR BOND CAMPAIGN 16 U. S. GENERALS LOST ON BATAAN 60,000 American - Filipino Sol diers Captured or Killed — Prisoners Get Humane Treat ment. Pictured above are three leaders in a new and intensi fied pledge campaign to be conducted on a state-wide basis the week of May 4-9 to stimulate the sale of war sav ings bonds and stamps. They are left to right, Chas. H. Robertson, Collector of In ternal Revenue and State Ad ministrator of the Defense Savings Staff of the U. S. Treasury; Gov. J. Melville Broughton, Honorary State Chairman, who has thrown tin lull wi-ight of his adminis- tiatiuii tu the support of the campaign; and Julian Price of Greensboro, prsident of the Jefferson Standard Life Ins urance, who is State Chair man. Chief purposes of the cam paign are to give all citizens an opportunity to pledge themselves to set aside a cer tain portion of their earnings to buy war savings securities according to each one’s ability thereby indicating to the gov ernment how much additional revenue must be raised by taxation, and to prevent infla tion by siphoning off surplus funds above actual consumer needs. Campaign chairmen for all counties and many of the larg er towns already have organiz ed the initial stages of the campaign which will result in a house-to-house canvass the week of May 4-9. Remember War Bond Week with a pledge. Negro Killed In Fall From Truck Near Dunn Dmm, April 21.—Buddy Rouse, 19- year-old Goldsboro Negro, fell out of a beer truck and was fatally injured late this afternoon in a freak accident between Dunn and Benson. The Negro apparently went to sleep and leaned against the rear door of the truck. His head hit the pavement and he sustained a fractured skull. He was rushed to the Harnett County Hospital here but died short ly after arriving. , R. H. Hellar of Goldsboro, driver of •the truck, said he didn’t know the Negro had fallen out until a car be hind overtook the truck and told him. Another Negro employee was riding in front with Hellar. Two soldiers and two girls were in a car close behind the truck. When they saw •the Negro fall out, they drove around him and stopped t truck, then went back to help. The truck was owned by the Stan ley Distributing company of Fayette ville. _ , „ State Patrolman W. D. Tinsley ot Dunn investigated. No inquest was held. The accident was in Johnston County. Paper ^‘Electricity” Lights Neon Tube Proof that there is enough electri city generdted in the movement of pa per running •through a press to light a small neon tube has been demon strated in the Whiteville News-Re porter office. Willie V. Hammonds, linotype oper ator for the News Reporter, as well as amatteur electrician and machinist, rigged up a contraption to demonsrate this fact. Sure enough, the neon sign, after a few minutes lighted up, get ting the electrici.ty from the paper. The Navy Relief Society prevents distress from reaching the dependents of Navy men away from .their homes, fighting our battle. In contributing to the Navy Relief you are contribut ing to the winning of .the war. Raids Philippines A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR Fourth Registration Day, Monday, April 27,1942 7:00 a. m. To 9:00 p. m. WHEREAS, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was amend ed by Chapter 602 of Public Law 360, 1st Session, 77th Congress, by pro viding for the extension of liability for military service and for the regis tration of every male citizen of the United States, and of every other male person residing in the United States, between the ages of 18 and 65, on such days as may be designated by the President of ithe United States; and WHEREAS, by proclamation the President designated October 16, 1940, as the First Registration Day; July 1, 1941, as the Second Registration Day; February 16, 1942, as the Third Registration Day; and has now, by proclamation dated March 19, 1942, proclaimed Monday, April 27,1942, as Fourth Registration Day; and WHEREAS, .the President in said proclamation has called upon the Governors of all the States of the Union to do and perform all acts and services necessary to accomplish the effective and complete registration of all"those who are required to register on this Fourth Registration Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON, Governor of the State of North Carolina ,in pursuance of the authority conferred upon me in the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended by the Act of December 20, 1941 ,and in compliance with the directive contained in the proclamation of the President of the United States dated March 19, 1942, and by virtue of the power vested in me as Governor of the State of North Carolina ,do proclaim the following: 1. That Monday, April 27, 1942, is hereby designated as FOURTH REGISTRATION DAY. 2. That the several local Selective Service boards in North Carolina are hereby charged with the responsibility of conducting this registration in their respective areas, and .they are hereby directed to provide all neces sary facilities for the registration of those men required to register on said date. In deciding upon places to conduct the registration, local boards are cautioned to remember that men up to the age of 65 will be required to register and some of them may be sick and infirm, and .therefore regis tration places should be carefully located throughout the area and suf ficient registrars provided so that registrants will not face transportation difficulties or long delays at the registration places. 3. That all male citizens of the United States residing in North Caro lina and all male aliens residing in the State (other than persons excepted by Section 5 (a) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, and by Section 208 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941) who were born on or after April 28, 1877, and on or before February 16, 1897, and who have not heretofore been registered under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, are hereby re quired to present themselves for and submit to registration on April 27, 1942, btween the hours of 7:00 a. m. and 9:00 p. m. 4. That persons subject to this registration shall be required to register at the place duly designated by the local board having jurisdiction over the area of their permanent residence. If a person required to register is on Registration Day so far away from the place of his residence that he can not without great inconvenience return to his home to register ,he is here by authorized to register at the most convenient place of registra.tion. Special provision will be made for the registration of those who, on ac count of sickness or other cause beyond their control, are unable to present themselves at the regularly designated place of registration on Reyistra- Day. 5. That persons who are required to register on April 27, 1942, but who, on account of circumstances beyond their control, are unable to register on said date, may register after April 27, 1942, but such registration must be accomplished as soon as possible after .the cause of such inability ceases to exist. 6. That this Fourth Registration shall be conducted in accordance with Selective Service Regulations. Every person required to register should familiarize himself wi.th applicable regulations in order to comply there with. Very severe penalties are provided for those who neglect or refuse to register. I call upon the heads of all governmental agencies, all educational insti tutions and all employers of labor in this State to give those under their charge sufficient time to enable them to discharge the duty of regisra- tion. And I call upon all State, county and municipal agencies to give full cooperation .to those whose duty it is to conduct this registration. The three previous regis.trations have been successfully conducted in North Caro lina. Let every citizen whether called upon to register or called upon to assist in conducting the registration, respond freely and without com plaint, to the end that this Fourth Registration will be as successful as the first three. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON, Governor of North Carolina, have signed and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed hereto, in the City of Raleigh. North Carolina, .this the 10th day of April, 1942, in the one hundred sixty-sixth year of our American Inde pendence. J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON, Governor. 7,000,000 GREEKS STARVING, REPORT London, April 17.—Seven million people are literally starving in Greece according to a report reaching official Greek sources in London. One thous and people die daily from starvation, and the death rate has risen to more than five times its normal figure, an official said. Only one of every 10 new-born ba bies survives, while thousands of peo ple have not seen bread for months. According to official reports, the ab solute minimum wheat required each mon.th to keep the people just alive is between 30,000 and 40,000 tons. Last month the British government permitted a shipment of wheat to go 0 Greece and a cargo of 8,000 tons arrived two weeks ago. Otherwise the only supplies on which Greeks can rely are twice monthly arrivals of a Turkish ship with wheat and other food from Ankara. ‘It is hoped that, if food already sent was not confiscated by the ene my, hut fairly distributed among the population, more food may be dis patched,” a Greek official said. American losses in the three-month battle included 16 generals. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson revealed recently. Stimson, in revealing that the ca sualty list for Bataan exceeded 60,- 000 American-Filipino soldiers and civilians, said the exact number of killed, wounded or .taken prisoner re mained unknown because of lack of communications between Corregidor and Bataan. He said, however, that so far as he knows, the Japanese are showing American prisoners the hu mane treatment prescribed by the Geneva Convention. The captured generals included ten Americans and six Filipinos. The Japanese struck at sugar-pro ducing Panay, landing an estimated 8,000 troops to oppose the small American-Filipino force there. Vigor ous fighting was believed under way. Stimson also told his press confer ence the Army waived its former re quirement that aviation cadets must be United States citizens. The Fili pinos henceforth may become cadets. “This is particularly gratifying to me,” he said. “It seems to seal the ob jective which the United States set out 40 years ago to accomplish—that is, to lay the foundation of a nation to be built with the same freedom and the same rules for self-govern ment that we have and to carry out the .tradition of our country in those far off lands.” The following general officers were in Bataan on April 9 and having been unreported since that date are heliev ed to be in the hands of the enemy Major generals United States Army —Edward P. King jr., A.tlanta, Ga. George M. Parker jr., Vancouver Bar racks, Wash., and Albert N. Jones, of Quincy, Mass. Maj. Gen. Guillermo B. Francisco, Phillipine army. Brigadier generals United States Army—Arnold J. Funk, Douglas, Ga., Maxon S. Lough, Forest Hills, Long Island, N. Y.; James R. N. Weaver, Columbus, Ohio; Clifford Bluemel, Baltimore, Md.; William E. Brougher, Decatur, Ga.; Clinton A. Pierce, Sierra Madre, Calif., and Allan C. McBride, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Brigadier generals, Phillipine army —Vincent Lim, Lugher R. Stevens, Ma.teo M. Capinpin, Fidel V. Segundo, and Simeon de Jesus, all of the Philip pines. PAGE THREE To Hold Exams For State and County Jobs A merit examination to be held on April 27 for clerical positions in the various state and county departments should receive the consideration of local persons who have had training sufficient to justify taking the exam ination. Should clerical vacancies occur in -he county welfare department or in the health department, they would have to be filled by persons from other counties, because up to the present no local people are qualified under the merit system to fill vacan cies. This examination is conducted by the North Carolina Merit System Council and detailed information and application blanks may be secured from Dr. Frank T. De Vyner, merit system supervisor. Box 2328, Durham'. The examination, if passed, quali fies one for clerical positions in the employment compensation commis- sion, the U. S. Employment Service for N. C., the State Board of Chari ties and Public Welfare and the coun ty welfare department, the State Board of Health and the local health units, and the State Commission for the blind. The annual salary range is from $720 to $1,650. In Johnston, which is in Class I based on population, .the salary range is from $900 to $1,650. Applicants must have completed high school. Air Corps Promotes Former Selma Boy Randolph Field, Texas, April 20.— Ernest T. Watts, son of Mrs. Fannie Ammons of Selma, has just been pro moted to the rank of corporal here at the nation’s larges.t and oldest basic flying school. Corporal Watts is a military policeman and a member of Headquarters & Headquarters Squad- Iron, 11th Air Base Group. Flag officers of the U. S. Navy have the rank of rear-admiral, vice- admiral and admiral. BED ROOM SUITES—Pay one- half now and balance next fall.—C. H. Brown, Selma, N. C. THIS QUICK RELIEF FOR UCHS DUE TO COLDS Take one dose of Mentho-Mulslon. In minutes thjs BClwitific. palaUble mixture coats and soothw Irri tated throat membranes. Mentho-Mulslon sends nine medicinal ingredients into system helping nature expel tickling phlegm which helps qu et ner?0U8 tension. Show your doctor Mentho-Mulsion s i^**'*' dients listed on the label. You must bo satisfied with Mentho-Mulsion or money returned. Get some today 60c and Sl.OO sizes. At Leading Druggist Everywhere Brig. Gen. Ralph Royce, who led the 4,000-mile bomber raid on Jap bases in the Philippines. Twelve U. S. planes returned safely to Aus tralia. The crew of the one lost plane was saved. A GOOD THING TO REMEMBER.... We carry in stock ready for immediate deliver a large supply of quality lumber and building materials. GUY C. LEE MEG. Phone 229-W “The Builders’ Dept. Store” Smitkfield, N. C. Defense workersi Make an investment in long, dependable, low-cost transpo;;ta- tion! Buy on OK used car from your Chev rolet dealer and con serve time and energy for your job! Good buys * * * Good prices • • • Convenient terms. SEE YOUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER ^ TODAY! WILSON CHEVROLET CO. _ SMITHEIEL^, N. C. ' si #1 TELEPHONE 50 Sales—CHE V ROLET—Service
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