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FOR ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS OX r J1 MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BONO DAY JOIN I H b PAYROLL * SAVINGS PLAN * VOLUME LXXIV $1.50 per year In Advance NUMBER 3 RATION BOOK 2 READY To Receive Applications Beginning Monday, Feb. 22 At School Sites in County, Where Book 2 Will Be Delivered; Read Instruc "" tions Carefully And Take Necessary Information And Your Sugar Book Beginning February 22nd thej new registration for War Ration] Book No. 2 will begin. Every] family in Franklin County will have to register for this War Book. There are certain very important things that should be kept in mind before coming to places of registration: First: No War Ration Book No. 2 can be issued to an individual ??until War Ration Book No. 1 (the sugar book) has been turned in to the person taking registra tion. Second: , Only one member of the family needs to come to the!' registration point. This one indi-l vidual, preferably an adult, may , register for the whole family. ]> Third: It is required by the/. Laws of the United States that every individual declare the : number of cans on hand. This -y does not include home canned vegetables, fruits, fruit juices, etc., but it does include the cans ^ that have been bought in stores. I It should be thoroughly under- .j stood that any hoarding or neg lect to declare what you have on \ hand is punishable by fines or ^ improsonment. ' ? j Fourth: It should' be again j thoroughly understood that these | War Ration Books No. 2 must be 0 used from March 1st and1 for q eight months. There will be no supplementary or additional Ra- ? tion Books issued as in case of . gas rationing. If you lose, sell , cr give away or otherwise dispose ' of your Ration Book, it will! mean that you will be unable to ? buy any rationed goods which will include food stuff, shoes, a little later on meat and, possibly clothing. These books should be cared for with even greater care ? than you give your money be- ? cause, if you loose this book it ] will work a great hardship on, you. Please do not imagine that it is going to be an easy matter c to come to the Ration Board and g say that you have lost your ra- i tion book and want another. It g is going to be very difficult for r you if you do." Fifth: It is highly desirable e that every one register during I the week of February 22nd. Do] not wait until the last day to gol to the registration point, 4t may! be very difficult to have yourself j registered if you neglect this im-!. portant and patriotic duty during J the week of registration. ! Sixth: There will be fourteen! places to register. If you Will i please go to your nearest point, It it will.be greatly appreciated bv < Franklin County Ration Board. | These points of registration will:* be as follows White people are to go to the following: The Armory in Louisburg. Epsom School. Gold Sand School. Edward Best School. Bunn School. Youngsville School. Frankllnton School. ThS colored residents of Frank lin County will go to the follow ing schools: Franklin County Training v School. Mitchell School. Perry's School. Oethsemane School. Youngsville (colored) School. Frankllnton (colored) School, Albion Academy. Lettuce Hall School. Seventh: Last of all, let us consider for just a moment the importance and necessity of this rationing program. Every one of us are deeply affected by this war. There is no way of telling what it might mean to\ us if we were to loose this war. Every branch of our armed forces are doing a grand job. They have to be well fed so that they may "be always ready to meet the enemy when the necessity arises. That is what Rationing means. It means shar ing with our armed forces and it also means that the person with money cannot run into a grocery store and grab up and hoard all the food while the rest of us slow ly starve to death, son don't let us complain about this Rationing business but let us be eternally thankful that we live in a coun try that tries to give everyone of us a square deal. The Franklin County Ration ing Board would like to take this opportunity to express its deep gratitude and appreciation to the indefatigable courage and loyalty of the teaching staff of the Franklin County school. In the past they have accomplished a ACTIVE DUTY Atlanta, Ga. ? Lieut. Hamilton! larris Hobgood, 31. Louisburg, J. C., has been assigned to active luty with the fighting leather-j leeks, it was announced here to lay. He was ordered to lead darines in battle after success-! ully completing officers training ourse at the famous leatherneck J lase at Quantico, Va. Lieut. Hobgood's home address s 305 Noble St., Louisburg. He attended the University of I forth Carolina and Wake Forest I College. His father, the late! Jerbert Hobgood , was a Frank in County mail carrier. The eatherneclc officer was a member if the North Carolina State, Juard. reniendous patriotic duty in act ng as registrars in the various egistraitions that have taken ilace. These teachers cannot be oo highly commended for their i?ork. jhe Rationing Board is inticipating that they will contin le to show this fine spirit. i n ? L OUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH The subject of next Sunday aorning sermon will be, "Four itones Too Many " In the even ng the pastor will continue the eries of sermons on Old Testa nent Saints, preaching on Noah." A warm welcome awaits veryone who will come. 9:45 a. m. Bible School. 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship. 7:30 p. m. Evening Worship. LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH "God Riests His Case For Civ-| Iization With The Church," is he sermon subject for the 1 1 : 0 0 1 I'clock service Sunday morning. 1 The Young People of the! church and College will present! i special program which ^ras: >ostponed Sunday night due to J :old weather. The program pre ents, "I Confess My Faith," by! Jadame Chiang Kai-Shek. Church School will convene at 1:45. The Intermediates andj he Young People of the Metho list Youth Fellowship will meet it 2:30 and 6:45 respectfully. The Men's Bible Class had 20 iresent last Sunday. The Pres dent and the Teacher of the class vish that that number be doubled Sunday morning at 9:45. A welcome awaits you at all >f these services. .0? ? IBS ADA LEE TIMBERLAKE Wake Forest. ? Mrs. Ada Lee Simmons Timberlake, 81, widow if Judge Edward Walter Timber-j ake, died at her home here ruesday night at 8. Funeral services were held rhursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. She was the daughter of the ate Dr. and Mrs. William Gastotr iimmons, of Wake Forest.. She vas born on February 27, 1861. Surviving are one daughter, tlrs. Phil M, Utley, of Wake For ist; one son, Prof. Edgar W. Tim >erlakft of the Wake Forest School of Law; two granddaugh ers, Ada Lee and Phyllis Utley, >oth of Wake Forest; and .one >rother, Dr. J. H. Simmons, of }ainesville. Ga. Mrs. Timberlake was a former esident of Loulsburg and will be ileasantly remembered by our >lder citizens. ? o CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere hanks and appreciation for the cindness shown to us by our nany friends and relatives dur ng the recent death of our wife ind mother. V. C. WILLIAMS and Daughters. Boy Scouts Court of Honor The Court of Honor for the Roy Scout Troop of Louisburg. Troup 20 was held Friday night, February 12. The Court of Hon or is at the very heart of Scout ing for all the scout's" advance ment must come through this organization. Merit Badges were presented to the following: Edgar Lge Per ry, 'Automobiling; Lamar Wheel er, Personal Health; Jack Coop er, Poultry ^Keeping, First Aid; Joe Barrow, Scholarship, Auto mobiling, Bird Study; Carl Wat kins, Athletics; Howard Baggett. Civics; John Perry, Athletics;' Larry Lewis, Forestry; and Gar land Mustian, Pub,lic Health. Three Civic Duty Awards- wer,e| .presented: Garland Mustian and I Lamar Wheeler each received the red bar for having served 25 hours: in civic capacity, and Ed-! gar Lee Perry received the blue, bar for 75 hours of service. It is not uncommon at courts of honor, as the boys continue work, to find them from time to time climbing the rungs of the ladder of rank in scouting. At this meeting Garland Mustian be came a Star Scout and Carl Wat kins and John Perry became Life Scouts. To facilitate the salvage drive and other, scout participation in war work, Rev. L. F. Kent was appointed Commissioner of War Service, and Joe Barrow, Troop War Service Leader. Present at this Court of Scout ing were a number of the par ents, all but one of the local scoftt committee, and Mr. Claud Humphreys, Scout Executive of the Occoneechee Council. Mr. Humphreys commended the troup on having the best record of achievement of all the troups in the northern area of the Council, wliich includes four counties." The Durham Area liad not reported, but of the other areas which in cludes Raleigh, only one troup had a better rating. This en couraging news has- sent ttatl scouts back to work with in creased vigor. The Court of Honor meets the second Friday night in each month; the place to be announ ced later. You are invited to at tend. Epsom Evening Class Meets The fourth class session o? the Epsom Evening Class met Mon day night. Feb. 15, in the Agri-; cultural Building. The subject for discussion was Increased Swine Production, pre-j sented by Neil Smith, Assistant County Agent of Vance County. J At this meeting the Prize-Giv-] ing War Qond Buying again was at its height and $1,035.00 worth of bonds were sold. Following is a list of articles sold, the first being tlie article, second the donor, third the buy-] er and fourth, price it brought in bonds. ,1 1. Horse collar, Sport Rowland,1 Leon Frazier, $525.00. 2. 1 bu. cotton seed, Mrs. Tol lie Weldon, Tollie Smith, $60.00. 3. 1 gallon motor oil, E. T. Hicks, G. T. Robertson, $100.00. 4. 5 qt?. Amoco oil, Henderson Vulcanizing Co., G. W. Eaves,! $50.00. 5. 1 bu. Wood's Yellow soy beans, Mrs. Tollie Ayscue, G.* T. Robertson, $150.00. 6. 1 bu. Barley, R. A. Barthol omew, Tollia Smith, $50.00. 7. Mrs. Sexton, $3.00 War Stamp book, G. W. Eaves $100.00. Up to this time $5,385.00 worth of bonds have been sold! during the four sessions that have been held this year. Mr. Melvin Ayscue and Mr. R. A. Bartholo-1 mew have agreed to bring prizeSj for next Monday night's session, j The subject for discussion at this time will be Increased Beef, Production, conducted by W. J.. Alston. PROMOTED Youngsville. Feb. 17. ? Robert V. Pearce, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Pearce, of YoungsviHe, has Tieen promoted to sergeant in the Army Air Corps at Tyndall Field, Fla. Sergeant Pearce entered the Army in January, 1942. His wife is the former Elsie Ross, of Cary. Before entering the Army he was employed by the Pine State Creamery in Raleigh. ? On Pay Day, Buy Bonds ? o RED CROSS ?? WAR WORK DRIVE The exact time for the be ginning of the Red Cross Wqr, Work Drive will be announced III next week's FRANKLIN TLME8. Let every one be 1 thinking HOW MUCH, not HOW LITTLE, hp can give. There Is no way In which we can show our backing of our soldier boys more sure than this. RED CROSS CHAIRMAN > T. MORTIMKR HARRIS ' Dr. A. Paul Rugby, general chairman of the Louisburg Red Cross chapter has announced the appointment of T. M. Harris, postmaster here, as chairman of the War Fund drive whieli be gins March 1. Dr. Bagby said that the local chapter had been asked to raise $3,900.00 dollars and that this amount was small when the ser vice the Red Cross is giving our Franklin County boys is brought into consideration. Both at home and in foreign service, Louisburg and Franklin County boys meet with- and are thankful for the Red Cross. We pray that it doesn't happen. Dr. Bagby said, but should a Frank- ' lin County i'ov be wounded in ac tioji. Red Cross blood plasma ! may save his life.^ ftis wounds | will be bound with Red Crossi bandages. -Should he be worried about affairs at home a R'ed Cross service worker will set the wheels I in motion to set things right at j, home or to provide* home folks j with information about their boy. A Franklin County boy. lonely in some fur off post of duty, will jfind Red Cross service clubs in j foreign posts and Red Cross! j shown movies to ease his loneli-i ness. When he embarks for for-| eign soil the Red Cross will give' ihim a bag containing tobacco. I soap, gum, paper, razor blades | land other small comforts. Truly j jthe Red Cross is the greate^ ] mother. | With these mentioned things! only a few of the thousand and] jone things the Red Cross is do-J ling .to make the life of your boy' in service a happier life you can-; not refuse the War Fund appeal. I Give all you can. Fires Louisburg had two fire alarms the past week. The first was on Saturday afternoon while tho | snow was falling and the fire was! at a house back of Mrs^. Hugh W.j Perry's occupied by a colored j family. The fire department an swered promptly but failed toj find any fire;, and therefore noi damage, althougli- fhere was con siderable smoke. The second fire was at a house back of Mrs. George Weavers on North Main Street. Prompt action by the fire company saved any considerable damage. This fire was on Tuesday. W e lf are Applications Durham, Feb. 20.? It was an nounced today by the Merit sys tem Office that March 1 has been set as the closing date for the re ceipt of applications for profes sional positions with the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare and the County Welfare Departments. All mailed applica tions must be postmarked by March 1 in order to be consider ed. All persons whose applications have been accepted by the closing date will be notified as soon as possible of the exact time and] place of the examination. March 13 has been chosen as the datej for the examinations. " Examinations will be given fori the following positions: County! Superintendent Series, including the positions of County Superin tendent of Public Welfare III, County Superintendent of Public Welfare II and County Superin tendent of Public Welfare I; Child Welfare Series, including the positions of Child . Welfare Case Worker, Child Welfare Case Worker and Supervisor, and Child Welfare Case Consultant; and County Welfare Worker Series, including the positions of Case Work Aide, Case Worker, and Case Work Supervisor. There will also be examinations for the po sition of Field Social Work Repre sentative which is not In series, -r o? ? ? Girl ? Mother object# to you, Karl, because you have to work for a living. Young Man ? Its all right now. dear, I've lost my Job. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek At White House Washington;-"- Feb. i". ? Mad ame Chiang Kai-Shek. American educated wife of the Chinese gen eralissimo and the world's' fore most stateswoman, paid her first wartime visit to Washington to day and was welcomed personally at the railroad station by Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. They motored directly to the I White House, where she will be a guest for the next two weeks? i and doubtless participate In im portant war discussions looking to early Allied offensives against Japan. The madame has been in the United States since last November when she came from Chungking for treatment of an old injury? Rut this was her first visit to Washington. r ? ? a ? ' v. Sale Canned Goods Frozen - |! Washington. Feb. 17. ? The Of- 1 fice of Price Administration to-'! night suspended ? effective at 1 midnight -sales of canned meats it lid. fish and shellfish until the ' start of meat rationing some 60 1 ' days hence. H The order is intended to check ; heavy consumer "hoarder" buy-j' ing that has threatened to reduce ( supplies of th??se items to danger- ( ously low levels. OP A said. It was } requested by Food Administrator j1 Claude It. Wickard. and comes ( six days in advance of nationwide ' registration for rationing of near-j ly all canned food*. i: Canned meat and canned fish! siles were frozen at all levels, with one exception -wholesalers!1 may acquire stocks of canned fish.!] "Unless those sales Jiro halted" 1 nil OPA ? spokesman said, "there !* is a real danger that we wjll have little or iio canned fish or canned; ;ii'at later in the year." Recorder's Court I, . cFranklin Recorder'* Court' held1: regular session Tuesday and dis-i] posed of (lie following cases: h ICnnnit n. Lancaster, under 'i! charge of operating automobile j.j intoxicated, reckless driving, hit , and run, received a nolle pros ( and the prosecuting witness wasj charged with the costs. i M. 1,. Fowler, Jr.. operating ; automobile intoxicated, requested i a jury trial and the case was con-| tinued. < Ernest Weaver, defendant waiv-n ed bill and enters plea of guilty J j of speeding and was fined $10 ji ind costs. OFFICER-CANDIDATES Atlanta, Oa., Feb. TT^-The Navy moved forward today on plans for its war training pro gram with a cull for officer-can didates for assignment to duty at the colleges selected. Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Dulce 1 University at Durham. N. C., and the University of South Carolina ; at Columbia. S. C., are among ' the 280. colleges and universities selected under the Navy and War I Department's Program. Captain M. -.C. Robertson. USN. i Director of Sixth Naval District Officer Procurement, said that the men selected for the colleges would be commanding officers of 1 Navy student groups and would 1 be responsible for Navy adminis tration and discipline, pay ac counts and service records of I < Navy personnel undergoing col- i lege training. Candidates must possess at ' lease a baccalaureate degree, 1 have had experience in connec- I tion with the management of an 1 organization in an executive ca- I pacity. or as a director of training or education in a large industrial i corporation, store or educational ? institution. They should be be tween the ages of 35 and 45. Deans or assistant cleans of ed- t ucational institutions, .personnel t managers for large concerns, t state superintendents of educa tion. superintendents of schools population, should make ideal candidates, the Captain said. Qualified candidates should ap ply to an Office of Naval Officer s Procurement. They are located t in the Healey Building. Atlanta; at N. C. State College, Raleigh. , N. C. ; The University of South j Carolina, "Columbia, S. C.; and , Lynch Building. Jacksonville. Fla. , ? ? . ] ? On Pay Day, Buy Bonds ? O a | NOTICE TO FRANKLIN 1 COUNTY FARMERS ______ ] If you are expecting a pay men under the 1042 Soil Con servation Program, it will be necessary that^hui call by the Agricultural Building in Louts- ' burg and file your application by March 1, 1043. I IRF T. TN8COE, Chairman Franklin C. A, O. A. * A . . WAAC RECRUITING SIIIS. BEN T. HOLDEN * \ Lt. Rita Bedell of the W. A. A.L D. and three Sergeants, Ser-!? jeants James S. Nash, Sergeant kVillard H. Bunn and Sergeant . John C. Muillenburg, are tourlng v he State of- North Carolina. Two if these Sergeants paid us a vis it on Tuesday and explained that hey were sure many of?our local j ;irls would like to join the W. A.! C. Hoping that many would oin, they have appointed Mrs. Sen T. Holden at 707 North Main ' street, tills city as unofficial re-| iruiting representative. Mrs. Hol len has application blanks, pam jh lets and full information! and my girls who would like to re-1 ?eive these may do so by calling >11 Mrs. Holden. We are happy to iave such patriotic woman as Mrs. Holden who is anxious to lelp out this worthy cause. Lt. Bedell and the Sergeants ,? i 1 1 have their trailer in front of j he 1'ost Office In Henderson for ive days iH'L'inni'.i;; Thursday the 18th and all are welcomed to visit hem. 1.1. Bedell is the only WAAC Officer wild' is a veteran of the last war. hiving been a yeoman in tlif Navy and Welcomes any Legion nu'inbers to pay her a nsif. " It is explained to us by this recruiting party that women are badly needed in the) W.A.A.C. to release able bodied Well NOW. Age requirements are 21 to 4 4 inclusive am) married women are Bligibie provided they have no ?hildren under 14 and no de pendents. Women with husbands n the service are warmly invited ind do not forfeit their right to illotments. Lieutenant Bedell says ? "Come jn in the. parade women; we need rau. Please don't stand oil the side and watch the parade go iy." o WOMEN TAKE OVER 1 GUARD TOWERS AT t STATE PRISON - ' Raleigh.? Foiir women are now e manning the towers of the State e Woman's Prison here ? -the first ? women guards in the state's his- ' 1 tory. 8 Because the prison department Is unable to get male guards, four 0 of the men formerly stationed at .r woman's prison have been trans- r ferred to Central Prison. Two of 8 the women. Mrs. Bessie Williams ii and Mrs. j. C. Massengill, are 1 wives of two of the guards trans-! ferred. Another, Mrs. Estelle v Cosby, whose husband was ,recen,t- E ly killed in a railroad acciden^, 8 lost worked in a local dry clea'n- 11 Ing establishment. The fourth, *? Mrs. Carrie Jackson, also a wid-.' jw, has been operating a country ' store in Granville County. Mrs. Ethel Strickland, first wo-, r man warden of the state, who 0 took over as head of the woman's prison a year ago, now heads a'n staff of 17 women now running 0 that prison. v The women will not be armed i and will wear simple slack suits v is uniforms. o ? ? Tt: Cutting the tin content of g oothpaste and shaving cream v ubes will save aboiit 100 tons c )f tin in 1943. t o C PROGRAM AT THE 4 LOUISBURG THEATRE h The following Is the program ii it the Louisburg Theatre, begin- ii ling Saturday, Feb. 20th: s Saturday? Tim Holt in 'Thej ivenging Rider' arid Guy Kibbee <j n 'Scattergood Survives a Mur- v ler.' Also first chapter of the'i lew serial 'G Men Versus the;! Black Dragon.' c Sunday Monday ? Pat O'Brien, 3eorge Murphy and Jane Wyatt t n 'The Navy Comes Through' Plus News and Novelty. jt Tuesday- ? Linda Darnell and 1 Doris Dudley in 'City Without i Wen,' also chap, 10 'Valley ofjs Vanishing Men.' 1 Is Wednesday ? James Craig and t Bonita Granville in 'Seven Miles t Prom Alcatraz.' Thursday-Friday ? Preston ?"os- <j ter and Richard Dix in 'American I Rropire", plu? News and Glen c . .\.y and Band. c WAR NEWS Allied Headquarters in North. Africa, Feb. 17. ? Marshal Rom mel, using two divisions of his ireteran African tank fighters and -lis heaviest armor, has smashed in American counterattack, at east for the time being, and with i fresh, 18-mile thrust in Central Tunis, ia yesterday, has_ scored a. jgt advance of some 35 miles in he last three days. This check to Allied plans and lisajrangement of their positions vas announced today in an Allied leadquarters communique which iaid armored battles raged all lay yesterday in the area west >f Faid Pass and still were con inuing at nightfall "on the out skirts of Sheitla," 100 miles in and and about ,125 piiles south vest of Tunis. _ The Germans thus had marked, ip a gain of about 18 nules yes erday after a check from Amer.i tan counterattack near Sidi Bou :id. southwest of Sbeitla. Tonight, as German tanks ilashed at American fearfuard irrnor striving to check the on laught until a new defense line an be consolidated in the hills trest of Kasserine near the Al jerian border, the United States Vir Force headquarters announc id three of its forward air bases lad been evacuated. One of these was at Sbeitla and wo were at Thelepte, near Ferl tna, close to the Algerian border. This announcement said some uel. rations and a few planes lamagefl beyound repair were eft behind. New Units Rommel's 35-mile forward lrive was launched just after Wnerican armored and combat earns Ivid taken over defense of lie area from French forces and tefore the new units had had time o fam ilia ri/i5" themselves with the crritoi-y ^or develop strong de iii the southern Tunisian sec or 17 0 miles distant, however, he British Eighth Army of Gen ?ral Sir ' ileitiuird Montgomery vas reported hearing the Mareth Jne tor an a^anlt which might ?etrieve the situation by torcing tomm'el to regroup iiis forces. American casualties were heavy t was reported at headquarters. 1 11 d several units of American roops were cut off in the rush of lommel's two armored divisions, vlilch included some huge new Hark VI tanks. These United States units had not been heard rotn, but headquarters hoped hat they would yet make then vay back to the main forces. Moscow, Feb. 17. ? Soviet roops smashing the Germans lack from Kharkov in hasty ie* reat have driven 36 nnles to the lorthwest to capture Bogodukhov ,n the Kharkoy-Summy railroad, he Russians announced tonight n a special communique. Red Army men rained "heavy ilows on the remnants of the outed German units -and the Iitlerite path of retreat is ccw red with the bodies of dead nemy officers and men as well s abandoned German heavy and ight arms," declared the Rus ian midnight communique. The fall of Bogodukhov leaves pen only the Poltava-Kharkov ailroad for the Germans in their etreat to the west, and the Rus ian drives in the Kharkov reg 3n were reported still develop 11 'soviet soldiers also captured [raivoron, 20 miles north of Bo odukov, and Zmiev, 20 miles due outh of Karhkov, the Soviets an lounced, while to the south of he Donets offensive the Red irmy seized vital Slavyansk, rall oad Junction on the L6zovaya lonbas railroad, and 60 miles lorth of the German stronghold f Stalino. Stockholm, Feb. 17. ? German aorale has hit the 'lowest level if the war, and it is questionable whether Hitler can lift it out of ts depths as he has in the past ?lth military victories. people who recently have been a Germany, the Nazi press and wedish newspapers confirm this iew. Perhaps especially slgnifi ant are reports of how heavily he terror of bombs is hitting the lerman people, and how wound d g"Mt?rs describe the "hell on 5e"eastern front and express ope they won't have to go back. These sources give the follow ag picture of the causes of sink ig spirits inside Germany and igns of Nazi uneasiness: At the root of the gloom and [epression are the rapidity with fhich Germany is being brought nto the "front lines" through tAF bombings and the hardships if the Nazi conception of total far. the impact of heavy casual les. the drastic stripping of the far-weary Germans of everything mt the barest necessities on one land and the merciless spur to iew effort on the othei;. and haken confidence in Hitler as a loldier-genlus, especially among he soldiers, as a result of mlll arv defeats. All of this is against a back Irop suggestive of 1918. The Jeutsche AlUgmelne Zeitung re ently carried the slogan, "Do the ipposlte from 191?."