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FOR ICTORY k BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS VOLUMN LXXITI $1.50 per year in Advance LOlISBrUG, X. CAltOUXA riMEj MAKE EVERY PAYDAY BOND DAY JOIN THE PAY ROLL * SAVINGS PLAN * . v FHI'IIA'Y, .U'l.Y 3, 1042 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 21 WAR NEWS Washington, July 1.? The Un ited States aircraft' carrier Wasp has run the bristling gauntlet of the Mediterranean at least twice, delivered plane reinforcements at Malta, and returned 'Unharmed. On one trip it arrived just in Mme for the British planes it car ried to surprise and inflict con siderable losses upon an attack ing enemy air force. The Navy made this announce ment today, and authorities dis closed that* the ferrying voyages occurred some weeks ago, before the present grim battle in Egypt j began. Whether the aerial rein- ' forcements might have any effect on the current struggle to save Egypt was not stated. ' Surprised Nazis ed together from the' Navy's laconic communique, the deliv- i eries occurred at about' the time | the Nazis were pouring troops and supplies into North Africa in preparation for Field Marshal I Erwiu Rommel's recent offensive. At that Wine the air force based on Malta had been decimated by repeated Akis attacks. "Reinforcements in the form ! of airplanes were recently carried through the Mediterranean to Malta to aid the British in their defense of the embattled island,'" j the Navy's communique said. "These trips were accomplished by the aircraft carrier Wasp and were completed without damage eitherl?to the escort or the Wasp, v - "During one of these ferry trips after British aircraft, man ned by RAF pilots, had - been launched from the Wasp and were in flight over the Island of Malta, the enemy attacked the island. Completely surprised by the in creased number of' defending fighters, the enemy suffered con- ! siderable losses. Moscow, Thursday, July 2. ? German and Russian troops were locked in a fierce hand-to-hand struggle for possession of Sevas topol where the Nazis 'at the cost of enormous losses succeeded in advancing a little," the Soviets announced officially early today. The titanic struggle for the Crimean seaport-fortress city (which the Germans.. announced they had captured at' noon Wed nesday) flamed through the 27th day of heavy siege yesterday while far to the north the Red Army was reported beating off | constant waves of German tank-' supported infantrymen in the Kursk area 300 miles south of Moscow. A supplement to the regular communique said of t'he grim Sevastopol struggle: "Regardless of enormous losses the enemy continues his fierce storming of Sevastopol. The gal lant defenders of the city are fighting wit'h self-sacrifice against superior forces of Hitlerites." Sevastopol is a key to naval control of the Black Sea lanes leading to the oil of the Caucasian mainland to the east, and is the only part of the Crimean Penin-j sula not yet fully conquered by the Nazis. Rising time and again from the stone rubble of the battered city the Red Army and Navy gar rison there has beaten off the Nazis tide, but' Soviet newspapers have acknowledged their outnum bered troops were n an in creasingly grave po lition. The defenders have been (handicapped by lack of aircraft because of the narrow corner they held on the peninsula. \ Berlin (From Germarn Broad casts) July 1. ? The capture of Sevastopol, great Soviet Wrong bold balled by the German be siegers as "the most powerful land and sea fortress in the world," was announced tonight by the German high command aft er a siege of nearly a month. The entire waterfront at Sev astopol Is in flames from a fire started by Nazi bombers, t-he German radio said. Docks were reported blazing fiercely and the harbor tegion was obscured by smoke. A special communique broad cast from the eastern front head quarters of Adolf Hitler wltih the customary fanflre of trumpets de clared that the Soviet port, which in effect has been under siege since last November 7, fell to German and Rumanian troops at noon today. Russians Flee "The number of prisoners tdk t. en and the amount of war ma (Continued on Page Eight) "* V., * A. Japs Are Opening New China Drive Chinese Ackonwledge Ene my Advances in Kiangsi;. Both Lose Many Men Chunking, June 30. ? Japanese invaders of Kiangsi province, slowed In their twin drives against t'he nearly 50 miles of the Hangchow^-Nanchang railway still In Chinese hands, may swing southward into coastal Fukien province to keep the Allies from using it as a base ior bombing Japan, an army spokesman said ?tonight'.? ? . ' ' (The Tokyo radio claimed that only 30-odd miles of the railway remained to be taken. The east bound spearhead, surprising the Chinese in a torrential downpour on Monday, occupied Iyang, near ly 14 miles east of Kweiki. prev ious advance point, it asserted. It was expected to Join soon with the westbound drive, which early on Tuesday renewed operations from a point west of Shangjao. Shangjao Is less than 35 miles east of Iyang.) Off the coast of Fukien. where Several enemy landing attempts have been crushed In recent months, the spokesman said t'hat from 50,000 to 60.000 Japanese veterans of the Philippine cam paign were massed on the big island of Formosa for further training. - . Me connrmed tms concentra tion. originally reported several weeks ago, after denying that large Japanese garrisons hare been shifted from Chfna proper to Manchuria tor a possible invas ion of Siberia. The future as signment of the forces on For mosa was not known, he admit ted, but said observers believed that if they were not destined for Manchuria they might be used for a new coastal thrust into Fukien. Today's war communique af firmed that the Japanese below the railway in Kiansl province were pressing close to the Fu kien border. There was heavy lighting near the angles of a tri angle formed by the enemy-held highway centers of Yihwang. Lin chwan (Fuchow) and Nancheng. Southeast of Yihwang. which is less than 50 miles from the Klangsi-Fukien frontier, the Chi nese were trying to stem an ene my column which had occupied the villages of Tungyuan and Nanyuan on. Sunday. At Linchwan, 30 miles north of Lihwang and 50 miles south- ' east of the big enemy base at | Kancliang. Chinese besiegers re pulsed a number of desperate at tacks throughout Saturday night and Sunday. At the other' angle of the tri angle, the Japanese under siege in Nancheng were counter-attack ing the Chinese in sanguinary fighting in the outskirts of the town. Japanese raiders caused heavy casualties in dumping about 100 bombs on Changteh, the news agency said. ? - In north China, battles con tinued on the fringe of the Ho nan-Shansi border area. The communique said that both sides were suffering considerable cas ualties In heavy fighting which had been In full ? swing since Thursday around Llngchwan. It's better to make new mis takes than to repeati the old ones over and over again. Government Will Confiscate Scrap Iron Mr. O. M. Beam. Chairman Franklin County Salvage Conf mittee, has been notified by the State Committee that any hold ers of large quantities of scrap iron, who have not disposed of same, will be promtply notified that unless they turn this iron into the proper channels ? so that it can be used in the war effort ? It will become necessary for the government to take the Iron from the parties holding it. Some names of persons in Franklin County have already been turned over to the Com- ' mittee and action is expected to be taken soon unless these par ties voluntarily dispose of this scrap iron. _ . SYMBOL OF PATRIOTISM MINUTE MAN *UES HIGH. ? THIS 13 the new Minute Man War Bond Flag, designed by the Treasury Department for firms and organiza tions which attain more than 90 , percent participation in War Sav I ings Bonds purchases by their em ployees or members through a sys tematic purchase plan.'' The Minute Man is emblazoned in white on a I blue background, surrounded by , thirteen stars, representing the Nation's thirteen founding btates. I "hen companies, labor unions. and other organizations top the 90 percent figure, they will receive a special Minute Man Certificate of Award signed by Secretary Mor genthau, the State Administrator, and the State Chairman of the War Savings Staff, the Treasury Department announced*"' This cer tificate entitles the recipient to fly the flag, which is being manufac tured in various sizes and is sold by licensed suppliers at a nominal I price. BRITISH MAKING SUPREME EF FORT TO HALT ROMMEL Enemy Only 62 Miles From Alexan dria; Allied Reinforcements Pour Into Battle Cairo, July 1. ? The crucial I batMe for Egypt broke out early today when an Axis tank army drove to within 62 miles ot the Alexandria naval base and fan ned out toward a network of de sert trails transsecting the Nile delta to Cairo and Suez. A dispatch from the front said the British bad stopped their systematic withdrawals and had Joined the main battle near HI Alameln, which Marshal Erwin Rommel's Africa Corps reached after a 32-mlle lunge along the Egyptian coastal road overnight. British Reinforced A heavy dow of British Imper ial reinforcements, apparently coming from the Middle East, clogged tlie roads leading up to the battle line and Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, British Mid dle Eastern commander, issued an order of the day calling for a "supreme effort'." He warned that "We are fighting the battle of Egypt In which the enemy must be destroyed . . . t-he Bat tle is not yet over and will not be over until we have defeated him and we will defeat him." A crisis was at hand for t'he whole easfern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern areas. i (Axis planes appeared 'plover Haifa, Palestine. causing an alarm of more than two hours Tuesday afternoon. The Berlin radio broadcast an Ankara re port tihat a bomb exploded at the home of Iraq's Premier Gen. Nuro Pasha Es-Said, killing 10, police guards although the Premier es-, caped unhurt). (The Vichy radio said all air dromes in Arabia had been plac ed at the disposal of British and J American authorities and thai Americans had taken over the telephone system. Berlin also claimed that the Brit-ish fleet had left Alexandria and passed through Suez to the Red Sea, and that a German submarine had sunk a ,13, 000-ton troop trans port in an attack on a convoy off Alexandria). Axis air raids on Cairo and Alexandria, largely for the pur pose of alarming the civilian pop ulation, were regarded In some quarters as a likely offshoot of the bat-tie of Egypt. However, au thorities said the bombers would have to run the gauntlet of the entire force of Imperial fighters. Cairo is a holy city of the Mos lems, and it was recalled that PVime Minister Winston Church ill once said that if Cairo were bombed, t-he Allies would retali ate with raids on Home. British troops were still hold ing El Alamein, 32 miles east of El Daba and 62 west of Alexan dria, at last reports today but In addition to making contact with the British there, Rommel had sent two more strong columns fauning out through the desert to t-he south. One of these col umns was a few miles below El Alamein aud another was skirt ing the northern edge of the great Quattara salt bog, 35 miles souOh. The battle arena reaches a bottleneck in this sector where the Mediterranean and the salt depression make their nearest ap proach to each other. JOSEPH R. LASSITEE Funeral services for Joseph Robert Lassiter, 75, who died at his home near Epsom Monday morning after an illness of two years were conducted at Liberty Church at Epsom Wednesday af ternoon at 5 o'clock. The Rev. J. E. McCauiey was assisted in conducting the ser vices by the Rev. J. F. Apple, and interment was made in the church cemetery. Mr. Lassiter was a well known farmer, having lived in the Epsom community for 60 years. He was p native of Wake County, t'he son of the late J. R. and Rebecca Brown Lassiter. His wife, the former Miss Lula Ayscue died some time ago:? ? Surviving are the following children. J. Lee, H. C., 9. W., W. H. Lassiter and Mrs. D. Hamm, and 19 grandchildren. The active pallbearers were: N. H. Ayscue, William Foster, W. 9. Ayscue, Orborn Garrett, J. F. Lassiter, Robert) Lassiter. HELD FOR INVESTIGATION 1 j Sheriff John P. Moore and l Deputies R. E. Neal and K. E. Joyner brought Walter Davis, colored to Louisburg from Camp Butner Wednesday, and placed him in jail. He is being held (or investigation in connection with the killing of a policeman in Vir ginia recently. At present' no charge has been made against Davis as officers have not arrived to identify him. ! o CURING TOBACCO That the tobacco crop in Franklin County is much ahead of previous years Is evidenced in that so many tobacco grow ers in each section of the County are putting In their first curings this week. The : reports coming In show the crop pretty evenly advanced In i all sections. o ? On Pay Day, Buy Bonds ? Notice Gasoline Registrants ! Registration for gasoline (iiu|hiii hooks will bo held .1 ii l> Dili, IIHh ii|i(l lltli. Residents of Louishut'g District Hill reg ister ul tlio Armory in I.ouis burg from 11:01) u. in. to 5:00 p. m. on tlx* Vth. From 0:00 a. m. to 0:00 p. in. on the lOtli. Tln*se hours on Friday will (jive Camp Itutncr people ami others who cannot get oil during the <lay a cliance to reg ister at night. Saturday 1 1th, the hours are from 0:00 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. On the lltli the letters will run .\IICI)KF(iH. On the 10th IJKLM.VOP. <?n the lltli QHSTL'VWXYZ. Bring registration cards of ail regis t orcd vehicles. In case of tractors which are not register ed, niake and model uiust he furnished to the registrar. The ?3.00 Federal Tax Stamp, or the Serial number on your stamp must lie furnished to the registrar before a coupon iHiok can be issued. A place will be provided for the colore*) folks in the rear of the Armory, same dates arid hours. To Observe July 4th The Banks at Louisburg and Franklinton will be closed on .Saturday to observe July 4th. The Citizens Bank & Trust" Co.. Henderson, will be closed on Sat urday in observance of July 4th. G. W. Murphy & Son will be nmong the merchants in Louis jurg that' will close on Monday instead of Saturday inobservance ?if July 4th. Chairman W. Blair Tucker of the local Rationing Board, an nounces that the sugar, tire and gas rationing departments will be closed Saturday 'in observance of July 4th. A petition circulated by Chief of Police C. F. Cash for the Chamber of Commerce indicates t'hat practically all the Stores and business houses in Louisburg will close on Monday, July 6th in ob servance of July 4th, instead of on Saturday, except the hard ware stores. Those affected by these closings will keep this in mind and do their necessary shopping on Saturday. o WEAVER-HARRIS Mrs. Margaret Harris and Mr. John W. Weaver were happily married on Thursday of last week at the home of Rev. John Edwards, who performed the ceremony, in the presence of a few intimate friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Adrian T. Harris, one of Franklin County's substantial planters. The groom is one of Louis burg's popular citizens and a former Rural Mail Carrier on Route No. 4. Their many friends extend congratulations. LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH Dr. F. L. Glbbs. head of the Young Adult Work ot the Metho dist Church, will preach the ser mon at the eleven o'clock hour Sunday morning. Dr. Kent, the Kpisoopal minis tier, will bring the message at the Vesper hour, 7:45, on the college campus. Church School Will convene at 9:45 led by Professor I. D. Moon. You are welcome to these ser vices. o Cotton Blooms Cotton blooms were sent in the past week by the following: William Alston, colored, of near Pearce's Store, red bloom on Thursday of last week. S. T. Delbrldge, of Cedar Rock, three red blooms on Friday. Percy Williams, colored, Route 2 Louisburg. brought in a white bloom Tuesday. C. H. Hstrper, of Cedar Rock brought In a red bloom Tuesday. Isaac Hicks, of Route 2, Louis burg, sent in a red bloom Tues day. Ed Brodie. colored,, of uear Louisburg, sent in a red bloom '.Vednecday. Mayland Cooke, of near Louis burg, sent In a white bloom Wednesday. o , PHONE 388-1 FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING SCORES AN ACE PIER WILLIAMSON Pier Williamson, Franklin County's very efficient County Accountant, made a hole in one on the 215 yard fourth hole 'of the Cireen llill Country Club Golf Course Sunday af ternoon. 11 is score going out was ;}7 and coming in was 38, making u score of 75 on I he 70-par course. He was playing in a four some with l>r. J. It. Whcless, Arch X. Wilson and Coy ('fix. There were a number of wit nesses to this magiiiflicciit shot there l>ciiig another foursome playing the fifth hole along I side of the fourth. This is the first hole-in-one ever made on this hole. Three others have been made on this course before, hut were on the short seventh hole, i o ? ' Hl'OUINS \\l> T. IIOVSTKH TIE FOIl LOW SCORE ? * 111 .the triple noil tournament i between Oxford. lloxboro and Louisburg. played on the par 72 : Oxford course Wednesday after I noon last. Bill Huggins continued j liis splendid golf playing by ty ing T. Royster. who was playing ion his home course, with the low 'score of 75. Kunners-up were Ruddy Beam, of Louisburg. and ; Parhatn, of Oxford, with a score | of 79. Forty-five golfers took part in this tournament, fifteen from each city. The rain delayed play for more than an hour and caus ed the final score not to be post ed before the Louisburg players left ? so the ultimate outcome of the tournament wus hot known 1 but it appeared from Mte scores i already posted that Louisburg had defeated Itoxhoro and would be very close to Oxford. Those representing Louisburg were Bill Huggins. W. B. Bar j row. Jr.. Burldy Beam. B. N. 'Williamson; Jr.. Joe Barrow, John Tucker, L. W. Henderson. V. E. Owens. Coy Cox. W. C. Boyce, I Dr. R. L. Eagles. Ed Cobb. Billy2 ' Moon, I. D. Moon, and Gaithet\ ' Beam. Sr. Louisburg plays In Warrenton next' Wednesday afternoon. July 8th. a ? u [PROMOTED Word has been received by Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson that their eon, Robert) P. (Bob) Johnson, who Is stationed at Tripler Gen eral Hospital in Hawaii; has been promoted to Corporal with a Technical rating In the Medical Corps. | M Corporal Johnson enlisted In the U. S. Army Feb. 2nd, 1940 and (or 5 months was stationed 'at Charleston, S. C., before sail- ( ling (or. Hawaii on June 17, 1940.1 Since enlisting he has had three ratings. ! In his letter he states that mo rale is high and that everybody is very busy. o PROGRAM AT THE r.OUISBURG THEATRE The folldwing is the program :at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday. July 4th: i Saturday? Will Bild Elliott^ 'and Tex Ritter In "The Devils Trail" also "Murder In the Big, House" and Chapter No. 7 "Spy Smasher.' Sunday-Monday ? Cary Grant 1 and Joan Fontaine in "Suspic- ' ion." Tuesday ? Dorothy Lamous, Henry Fonda and Linda Darnell in "Chad Hanna." Wednesday ? Van Heflin and Marsha Hunt In "Kid Glove Kill er." Thursday-Froday ? Robert Tay lor, Norma Shearer and George Sanders in "Her Carboard Lay er." RALPH BEAS LEY SAVED Boy Scouts Return From Camp; Four Receive Life Saving Merit Badges Twelve members of the Louis burg Boy Scout Troop returned Saturday from a vacation trip at Camp Flaming Arrow, between Henderson and Oxford. Among those were Howard Baggett, John Perry, Bill Herman, Jack Coop er, Larry, Lewis, Julian Lewis, Carl Wat'kins, Fenner Spivey, N'ick Perry, Garland Mustian. At this meeting a course iu life saving was giveH the boys and Bud Grainger, Carl Watkins, John Perry and Howard Baggett were, awarded Life Saving. Merit Badges. ine tioy' scoutsTJusf' released the information that Ralph Beas ley, while fn swimming at the swimming hole in Tar River above the dam, came near drown ing while attempting to swim across the river, and was saved by the timely observance and as sistance of Scout Bud Grainger, who went to his aid and success fully carried him back to shore. It- seems that young Beasley gave out about midway the river in water ten feet or more deep and had gone under twice when, young Grainger arrived to give assistance. MrtTTWd mA t ATTTfinrrn /t 1VJ.UV.CjO 1 V LUUlODUntr The District' ottices of the U. S. Government Soil Conservation Departments tormerly located at Littleton and Franklinton have been moved to LouUburg and consolidated with the local offi ces. Mr. P. H. Massey. who was Di rector of the District' office at Franklinton. has been given the Consolidated Directorship, and moved to Louisburg Wednesday ;tnd is busy setting up his offices lover Moon Mullin's Billiard Par lors on Nash Street. Mr. Massey will be assisted by Mr. W. O. Lambeth, who has been in charge of the Louisburg work for some time, and Miss Ruth Bagenhart, *, who comes from the Area office at Salisbury. ? o Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's. Court held regular session on Tuesday and disposed of the following cases: Henry Tlsdale plead guilty to driving drunk, no license. and was given -6 months on roads, suspended upon payment of fine of $100.00 and costs, and not to violate ^ny of the liquor laws of N. C. for 12 months. A nolle pros with leave was taken in the case of reckless driving and damage to personal property. Zollie Grk-e. abandonment and non-support was continued. W. S. Pearce was found guilty of operating automobile intoxica ted. judgment suspended upon payment of $50 fine and costs, drivers license revoked. James Alston plead guilty to , unlawful possession of whiskey, and given 60 days on roads, sus pended upon payment of costs. Ernest Weaver, was found not guilty of unlawful possession ot whiskey, sale of whiskey. Victory Rides On Rubber On account of the Importance of getting all scrap rnbber, of every kind and description. In to the filling stations? so that it maf be used for making tanks, trucks, automobiles, and other war materials, which are absolutely essential for the pro tection of our boys ? President Roosevelt has extended the rubber campaign for ten days, in the hopes that not a single piece of scrap rubber, regard less of how small, will be l?4fc/ln the homes and on the planta tions of this country. James B. Vogler, Executive State" Secretary for the North Carolina Bureau of Industrial Conservation, says that it is the patriotic duty of every cit izen to see that there Is no scrap rubber left on his plan tation and that his neighbor tnrns in aU of his scrap rub ber. It Is hoped that Frankll* County will prove Itself 100% PATRIOTIC In this campaign. What about yon, Mr. Citlaea, have yon turned in all of your scrap rubber? If you ha vent, why not do it now? I
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