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?."