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FOR ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS TIHEJ make every PAY DAYt BONO DAY JOIN THE PAY ROLL * SAVINGS PLAN * YOLUMN LXXIII $1.50 per year In Advance LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 21), 1B43 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 51 President and Churchill Meet IN CASABLANCA, NORTH AFRICA ?FOR WAR CONffRENCT^ ' * I itf. ? UNITE GIRAUD AND DE GAULLE FOR DURATION No Peace Without Com President Defies EVery Tradition to Fly Atlantic For Epochal Conference Resulting in Concrete Agree ment on 1943 War Plans And in Complete Harmony Between DeGaulle and Giraud; Stalin Unable To Leave Russia; Chiang Kai-Shek Kept Informed Surrender ffT -? Casablanca, French Morocco, Jan. 26. ? President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, in the most unprecedented and mo mentous meeting of the century, have reached "complete agree ment" on war plans for 1943 de signed to bring about the "un conditional surrender" of Ger many. Italy iand Japan, it was disclosed today. Defying every tradition, the President of the United States flew across 5,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean for a 10-day meet ing with Winston Churchill which saw the leaders of the -two nations bring General Charle de Gaulle and General (Henry Hon ore Giraud, togethe^ ijforVthe.1 first time in a little ,viliafjust outsidej this city. "f . I Virtually the entire war staffs; of both nations participated in day and night discussions which ended Sunday afternoon with a' press conference before a group of war correspondents flown se cretly from Allied headquarters! halfway across North Africa. I High Spots These are the high spots of the conference, which Roosevelt and Churchill agreed was unprece dented in history and may decide the fate of the world for genera- 1 tions to come: ? 1. The Leaders of America and Britain, both military and civil, have agreed on a war plan for 1043 designated to maintain the initiative in every theatre of the war. I 2. Churchill and Roosevelt agreed that peace can come on ly through "unconditional sur render" of Germany, Italy and Japan. 3. General Giraud and De Gaulle, meeting for the first time under sponsorship of the President and the Prime Min ister, are negotiating for a uni ted French movement designed to put French armies, a navy and an air force again into the field against the Axis. 4. Premier Joseph Stalin of Russia was kept informed of the results of the conference. In fact, Churchill and Roose velt offered to meet Stalin "very much farther to the east," but the Russian chief was unable to leave the USSR, due to the need of his direct ing the present Red Army of fensives. The President and Prime Minister also have been in communication with Generalis simo Chiang Kai-Shek and have "apprised him and of the measures which they are taking to assist him in China's mag nificent and unreiaxing strug gle for the common cause." 5. Maximum material aid to Russia and China will be one of the prime aims of the Unit ed States and Britain. 6. Roosevelt visited Ameri can troops in the field in North Africa, the first American Pres ident to visit an active war theatre since Abraham Lincoln. The meetings were held In a closely-guared, barbed-wire-sur rounded lnclosure at a hotel in Casablanca under the greatest secrecy. Churchill First Prime Minister Churchill ar rived for the meeting first. When (Continued on Page Eight) Paralysis Drive To End The Infantile Paralysis Drive will ' end on January 30th. Franklin Ooiinty's quota is $1241.00. . . That seems a small amount to ask for when it is realized how much is being done to wipe out this dreaded disease. Please make yonr do nations as generous as possible. You will find containers scat tered throughout the county. Don't let the afflicted children call in vain. 0-= Senate Body Approves Edward Flynn FDR Scores Victory By 13-10 Vote; Three Demo crats Oppose Washington, Jan. 27. ? The Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee today approved the nomi nation of Edward J. Flynn as minister to Australia and gave President Roosevelt a victory in the second test of'' administration intra-party strength in the new congress. The committee voted 13 to 10 to submit to the Senate a favor able report on the President's nomination of the former Demo cratic National.. ^Committee chair man. The nomination will come up for a vote by the full Senate mem bership next Monday. Three Democrats ? Senators Walter F. George, Georgia; Fred erick Van Nuys, Indiana, and Guy M. Gillette, Iowa ? Joined with the solid Republican minor ity in opposing Flynn's confirma tion. Senator Robert M. La Folette, Prog., Wis., joined with the ma jority of the -Democratic commit teemen in approving the appoint ment. o 1 LOU I3BUEQ METHODIST CHURCH Dr. H. I. Glass, District Sup erintendent bt the Raleigh Dis trict, will preach at the 7:30 o'clock service Sunday night. Following his message, the First Quarterly Conference will be held. Morning Worship at 11:00. Church School at 9:45. Youth Services at 6:45. You are welcomed to these services. LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor will preach next Sunday morning on "The Burning and Healing Power of the Sin of Righteousness." "fhe evening ser vice will be as usual at 7:30. 9:45 a. m. Sabbath .School. 11:00 a. m. Morning worship. 7:30 p. m. Evening worship. Come and -worship! ? ' The human element is one fac tor that can never be standard ized. NO COURT Announcement has been made that the February Term of Franklin Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases will i not be held, according to Sher iff John P. Moore, on account of '-conflicts in Wake County. The first term of criminal court to be held during 1043 will be held in April and witnesses and Jurors for the February Term are requested not to come to Court until the April Term. Speed Limit Bill Offered Assembly Raleigh, Jan. 27. ? Bills to change the public school enroll ment age and to fix a Statewide limit of 35 miles an hour hit the leigslative hoppers today. Representatives Sumner., of | Washington and Askew of Pamli ;co introduced the measure to prohibit an automobile from moving faster than 35 miles an J J hour on the highways for the} ! war's duration. The Governor! would have the power to increase] I or decrease the speed limit at] I the Request qf Federal authori-{ | ties. | Since tjie advent of the rubber jshortage the State highway pa itrol and other law enforcement officers have been without au thority to enforce a Federal plea that speed be severely curtailed. All the officers coulci do .was to ask the drivers to go slower and to forward their license numbers to local rationing boards. Senator Johnson <re_ Halifax would provide that children who become six years old by Dec. 31 may enroll for the school term beginning, that year, wherteas the present law stipulates that the child must be six by Oct. 1. John son said the measure bore the approval of Clyde A. Erwin, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Favorably reported to the Sen ate were bills to create 21 solici torial districts, which on the ba sis of a commission report would "be reduced to 16 four years hence, and to provide for superior terms in cities of 35,000 population, regardless of whether those cit ies are county seats. After considerable debate, the Senate passed, 38 to 5. a bill by; Senators Cherry of Gaston, Lar-i kins of Jones, and O'Berry of Wayne to increase from $1 to $2 the fee in court costs for the, law enforcement officers benefit and retirement fund. Promoted To Colonel Information was received in Louisburg this week announcing that Lieut. Col. Hunter H. Har ris, son of Mrs. O. H. Harris and the late, Sir. Harris, of his being promoted to full Colonelcy, Jan. 18, 1943. He has been comman ding ofTlcer of the 518th Military Police Battalion at Governor's Island, N. Y. He will be sta tioned on Governor's Island with Headquarters Army. Colonel Harris has been in the U. S. Army continuously since the Local National Guard Com pany was called to serve on the Mexiclal border. He served in World War I and is now serving in the present conflict. , Small Court Franklin Recorder's Court held an especially short session of Court. Tuesday, having only one case before it to be heard. This case was disposed of as follows: Frank Pearce, Harold Lane Gupton, Charley Medlin, larceny and receiving, tampering with motor vehicle. Pearce pleads guilty, guilty as to Gtipton, given 4 months each on roads, suspen ded on payment of costs' Not guilty as to Medlin. ? o Patron)ze TIMES Advertiser! Defers Action On Educational Amendment Raleigh. ? The joint l^>mmittee on Constitutional Amendments Wednesday voted 8 to 6, to defer action , on the bill carrying out the pledge of Governor Brough ton for submission of another constitutional amendment modi fying the one creating a State Board of Education and adopted in last November's electon. The avowed purpose of those voting to delay action was to gain an opportunity to confer with the Governor, who returned only yesterday from a meeting of the Council of State Govern ments in Baltimore, in .regard to proposed amendments. Re^p. A. T. Allen of ^Wake, and Senator Eugene C. Brooks of Durham, co-chairmen of the com mittee, announced that the com mittee will meet again early next week, probagly on Tuesday. . Ac tion is expected at the next meet ing. Senator Rivers Johnson of Duplin circumfented the usual maheu-vers for a closed session of the committee and appoint ment of a sub-committe by mov ing in open session for a favor able report on the bill and in sisting upon tha|t motion. When the substitute motion of Senator Sanders to defer was adopted. Senator Johnson immediately countered with a motion to ad ? off any opportunity to appoint a subcommittee. motion was carried. ?o Gilliam- Vann Franklinton. ? Miss Beverly I Vann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aldrdidge Henley .Vann of Frank linton. was married on Saturday evening, January 9, to Lt. George Gilliam, Jr., United States Army Air Forces, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gilliam of Franklinton, in the post chapel at the Army Air Base, Victorville, Calif. The ceremony was performed by Chaplain Chase of the post chap el, and was followed by a small reception at the Officers' Club. The bride wore a gown of iv ory satin and lace, with a tulle veil fastened to a cap of lace and trimmed with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of .garde nias and swansonia. The bride was accompanied by her sister, Miss Frances Vann, 6f .Saint Mary's School, Raleigh, and Franklinton.^ Mrs. Gilliam was graduated from Saint Mary's School, Ral eigh, and Converse Collegre, Spattanburg, S. C. She made her dlbut at the North Carolina Debutante Ball in Raleigh in 1937. Lieutenant Gilliam atten ded the University of North Car olina and was associated with Liggett and Myers Tobacco Com pany prior to his inducttin into the Army. He received his com mission from the advanced flying school of the Army Air Forces at Williams Feld, Ariz. He is now on duty as an instructor at the Army Air Base at La Junt^i, Colo. ^ o Perdue-Clay At four o'clock, January 16, at the Methodist parsonage in Ktttrell, N. C., Miss Ethel Clay became the bride of Mr. Edward Norris Perdue. The Rev. E. B. Dodd officiated in the presence of relatives and close friends. The Methodist ring ceremony was used. Miss Clay is the accomplished daughter of Mrs. Vivian Reavis Clay, of Route 8, and the late Mr. J. A. Clay. She received her certificate in business administra tion from Louisburg College and for the past few years has held a position with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Mr. Perdue is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Clifton H. Per due of Louisburg. He is engaged in farming near Louisburg. They are at home at Route 3, Louisburg. U. D. C. TO MEET The February meeting of the Joseph J. Davis Chapter U. D. C. will be held at the home of Mrs. W. J. Cooper, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 2, 1943, at 3:45. Sue T. Alston, Sec'y. GAS AND OIL Contrary to the general im- 1 pression apparently assumed by! llvtf=t?atty auto drivers In Frank- i till County and many doctors the| "A" coupon gasoline books are given for necessary family driv- 1 ing, such as going to or for doc tors, getting supplies and going to church. The 1 special gasolifte for medical aUoiUiuii.jfl., Jli.the emergency class and not to be re quested by either driver or doc tor.- so long as the "A" coupons are available or no emergency exists. The local Board reports a serioys lack of cooperation with | the government on the part ol both. In mSqy cases requests for gasoline to-take persons to doctors for periods as long as! four months in advance, and very generally for 6 to 8 weeks. An other practice that is common is where persons visit doctors 40 to 60 miles away instead of going to local pftysicians. The rules j require the use of a bus or. train, | where available, unless an ambu lance iB needed. The Board re-' ports instances where a doctor gave a certificate to furnish a patient w4th gasoline to take him to the patient and return, when at the same time the Board was furnishing him the gasoline to visit the patient. The fact that a person's clas sification places him in the eligi* ble class for preferred or special mileage does not mean that he is entitled to^xtra gasoline. This has to be sho^vn by his necessity. He must show Ylve mileage it is necessary for himHo travel and what and how much\he hauls. For instance how far he lives j from town,, whether he hauls Wheat, corn, potatoes, chickens,, eggs, milk or butter' or all of: these, and how much of each perl week or month. With this in- J formation the Hoard can a^f er tain how much extra mileage he is entitled to and make such .al lowance. The ter.m general farm use amounts to nothing and is given no serious consideration. I All applicants for "|J" or "C" I coupon books should' be more de railed in explaining the use for i wiiich the gasoline is to be used, it' they expect to gel better ser | vice. Some one started a practical ijoke. stating that 'A' coupons would be invalid on , Jan. 23. iThis is erroneous. All 'A' cou jpons are good and will be until jordered otherwise by OPA, when full publicity will be given. The above was probably con fused with the order extending the time of validity of Bulk cou pons ? non-highway gaspline, which has been extended to Jan. 31st instead of expiring Jan. 22. They will be invalid on Feb. 1st. A new bulletin from the State OPA saj^s, "In recent weeks the i shortage of, petroleum products on the Atlantic Seaboard has steadily become more acute. The threat to essential transportation, ! war production and publfc health that was once weeks away is now only a matter of days or hours. In the fullest sense of the word, an emergency exists." The new regulations for gaso line rationing says that physicians who do their practicing in their office, and require their patients to call for treatment, are not elig ible for gasoline for general practice. . RATIONS Gas The OPA has ruled the driving to lodge or other fraternal soclty meetings is unneccessary and that the use of gas for such pur poses can not be allowed. f X Oil Wherever" oil is used for heat ing any office or place of business the owner will be required, except for good cause shown, to convert to the use of soma" other form of fuel. This oil and gas is urgently needed for our armed forces. Be fore applying to the Ration Board for gas or oil ask yourself If it is necessary. "Chiseling" is not a nice sound ing word but there is such a thing and your Ration Board wants you to help stamp it out. o It. E. QUINN FURNITURE CO. IN RALEIGH BURNED Raleigh, Jan. 27. ? Fire gutted a building occupied by the R. E. Quinn Furniture Company in downtown Raleigh last night, causing damage estimated at 1100,000. The fire burned more than two hours, despite efforts of five fire crews. It was the largest fire in Raleigh in more than a decade. None was injured except a fire man who cut his hand slightly. ? l ? o ? On Pay Day, Buy Bond* ? WAR NEWS American Troops Beat Nazis Again Htirl Germans From Posi ? tion Commanding Pass Vital -to Rommel Retreat Linctajv Jan. 27. ? American tanks, artillery and infantry have hurled the Ceumans from posi tions commanding a vital pass only 40 miles f ion} the Tunisian east coast, where the- Axis Libyan army already is streaming north for the enemy's last African r&tand, front dispatches reported tonightf ' _ Reports from Allied headquar ters said the American combat teams took a number of prison ers in the short, but decisive bat tle, which was fought just south of the Ousseltia-Gairouan ' road and which left the Americans in ; position to shell remaining Uer man emplacements in the pass. The fighting area was about 15 miles northwest of the old Mo-| hammedan shrine of Kairouan, apex of a triangular Axis-held1 road system based on the coastal road which Marshal Erwin Rom mel is using in his retreat. An Allied communique said the Allies also regained ground in the Ousseltia Valley, slightly to the northwest, and now were consolidating. In the northern sector of Tunisia, heavy rains again had turned the terrain in to vast quagmires which -provided j no footing for battle. Reports reaching London said that Rommel's leadng units al ready had joined General Jurgen Von Arnim's army of the Tunis-' Bizerts area, leading to belief that the Afrika Korps would put up only a minor delaying action on the Mareth Line in southern! Tunisia. Part of Rommel's rearguard still was on Tripolitanian soil and was harassed yesterday by forward units of the Ilritish Eighlth Army and low-flying Al lied strafing planes, a Cairo com-' munique reported. , Air warfare continued on a] large scale in Africa and includ ed the heaviest Axis raid in' weeks on Algiers. n Changes Warehouses Mr. Charlie E?Ford announced this week that he had leased the Southside Warehouse for the; Coining season and will operate that house instead of the Plant ers as before. Mr. Ford said the reason for the change was be-; cause he had to have more room! to accommodate his many friends whose patronage was increasing so rapidly. He hopes all his .friends will remember to come to see him at the Southside this season. . * It is understood that Messrs. Arch Wilson and Ben Wjood, who operated the Southside the past several years, will operate the Planters Warehouse the coming season. They too, hope their friends will remember the change. G. L. Crowell Dead Air. Glenn L. Crowell, of At lanta, Ga., died Monday follow ing a paralytic attack while at Hot Springs, Ark., where he was taking treatment. He was 68; years of age and is survived by his wife and three children. Mr. Crowell will be remember- J ed by people in Franklin County 1 as a member of the firm of Can- < dler-Crowell Co., of Louisburg, many years ago. He was espec ially popular with the people of this section who will learn of his death with much regret. The information of his death i was received by Messrs. D. F. and Malcolm McKinne Tuesday. Under Lend - Lease arrange- [' ments, Australia is supplying!: milk, beef, pork, lamb, fresh ap-i pies, oranges, grapes, and bana nas for United States Army mess - tables, wool and cotton uniforms for American soldiers and nurses, field rations, canned meats and vegetables, and "D" ration choc- i : olates; o i Prom March, 1941, to October] 31, 1942, the value of all suppliesj exported under Lend-Lease was $1,765,000,000 less than the value ot direct purchase exports to Lend-Lease countries. , * Moscow, Thursday, Jan. 28. ? ? The Red Army1 has driven to within 62 miles southeast of Ros tov, killed or captured more than half of the 12.000 German ;ur Vtvors at Stalingrad, and seized an important oil center in the West Cawc?;sji?A the Soviet high command annou nced 'today. Nearly a score more * district centers, railroad stations and other inhabited localities fell to the Russians- Wednesday in their converging offensives from Voro nezh to the Caucasus, the Wed nesday midnight communique re vealed. /< ? ? The wholesale surrender of two large Nazi forces ? on.e of 2,000 outside Stalingrad and an other of 5,000 southwest of Voro nezh- ? was reported as the Soviets advanced. Another 1,400 Axis troops._vvere killed and an equal number captured. The communique said the Rus sian forces wiped out a battalion of infantry- ? 1,000 men ? alone in capturing the Cossack village of Yegorlikskaya and its railroad station of Ataman, only 62 miles southeast of Rostov on the rail road from Salsk. more than 30 miles farther southeast. Far to the southwest, other Soviet ^troops surged forward in the West Caucasus for the first time/?nce the start of the Rus sian winter offensives and cap tared Neft?gorsk\ which produces the best aviation fuel in all Rus sia. Its per unit yield of aviation gasoline exceeds those of the larger fields of Baku- and Grozny. Neftegorsk lies 40 miles north east of the 'Black Sea naval base of Tuapse and 2H miles south west of the other lmportaht oil center of Maikop. Simultaneously wiyj the capture of Neftegorsk. the communique said, the Rus sians overran the nearby district center of Apsheroliskaya. The high command disclosed that German troops still encircled at Stalingrad how may number fewer than 5.000. and final anni hilation of the force appeared to be only a matter of hours. o ? THOMAS N. BEALL DEAD Tuscaloosa, Ala. ? Thomas N. Beall, formerly a resident of Sumter, S. C.. but more recently of Tuscaloosa, Ala., died Sunday afternoon, Jan. 18, at Druid City Hospital after an illness lasting three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Beall returned to Tuscaloosa several months ago, while their son, John 9. (Buddy) Beall wa? in training at the local airport. Surviving Mr. Beall. in addi tion to his widow who was Miss Ruby Lancaster are two sons. Flight Officer T. N. Beall, Jr., now stationed at McDill Field. Tampa, Fla., and Aviation Cadet, John S. Beall, on duty at the Na val Air Station in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Beall. who was retired was formerly connected with the Bur rough Adding Machine Co. Fun eral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Christ Episcopal Church with the Rev. DuBose Murphy officiating. The body was sent to Newton, N. C. and laid to rest in Eastview cemetery. Mr. Beall was a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lancaster and formerly lived in Louisburg. O 7? - American forces gtttloned in New Zealand are supplied, through Lend-lease arrange ments, with the bulk of their foodstuffs, especially fresh meats, dairy products, fruits and vege tables. o Every act is the consequence jf an impulse to please our ego, but before we act we must dis lover some "sensible" excuse or :over. 11 PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBUR6 THEATRE The following is the program it the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Jan. 30: Saturday ? Tim Holt in 'Sage brush Law' and John Abbott in London Blackout Murders', also a new chapter 'King of The Mounties.' , Sunday-Mondaj^Ginger Sog ers and Rayr Milland in 'The JIajor and The Minor.' Tuesday ? Russell Hayden in 'Tornado in The Saddle.' also a HJMV chapter Bill Elliott in 'Val of Vanishing Men.' ^Wednesday ? Slmone Simon and Tom Conway in 'The Cat People, also a new Superman cartoon. ' Thursday-Friday ? Randolph Scott, John Wayne and Marlene Dietrich In 'Pittsburgh.'