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LOCISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, A 1*111 L 10, 1943
(TEN PAGES)
NUMBER lO
SECOND WAR
LOAN CHALLENGE
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Will Americans Be More Tender With
Their Money Than With Lives
Of Their Sons
13 Million Dollar Drive During April Must Be Success
To Demonstrate Spirit of Sacrifice For
Boys On Battlefront
Washington, D. C.? Will Americans be more tender
with their money than with the lives of their sons?
That blunt challenge confronts Americans today as
they prepare to meet the appeal of the^ government to
put an additional 13 billion dollars into the fight in the
next three weeks.
American dollars which run off to some cozy shelter |
to hide while American boys are
dying to defend American cities
and towns from destruction and
invasion will face a rising demand
from all classes of Patrlottc
zens to come out and light.
Millions of workers who 'iow
are buying War Bonds regulaily
out of current Income must lend
extra money to their government
during the Second War Loan cam
paign (which started AprU 12).
In recognition of the spirit of
sacrifice which is sweeping oven
ihe land as our troops swing in
to offensive action in Africaand
await the signal for a landing 1
Europe, the Treasury Department
is ottering a series of government
bonds to fit every pocketbook.
No matter whether Americans
buy the familiar Series E Bonds
or 2 % per cent bonds or - pei
cent bonds or tax certificates
they will be doing their part to
make the Second War Loan drive
a success.
Consumer Spending Too High
Consumer spending in 1942 was
much too high to meet the war
situation of 1943. Last yea
more than 82 billion dollars of
our soaring pational income went|
to feed the desires of Americans
for clothes, recreation, foods and
luxuries. As these items grow
scarcer, more and more of our
income must be diverted from
such expenses into government
bonds. _ i
During 1942 millions of our,
fathers, sons, relatives and
friends were in training here and
abroad. Some wcjre already in
action. Casualties were begin
ning to bite into every commun-j
ity. War Bonds became a vital
link between the home and fight
ing fronts.
Today sacrifice has become a
way qf life for America's fighting
men. Civilian spending on the
1942 scale must go out the win-|
dow if the home folks are to at
tempt to match the heroism of
American boys at the front.
Not every American can take
his place In a bomber or in a fox
hole or on a fighting ship but he
can fire away at the enemy by
lending money to the government.
Fight in Streets
In Britain, where thousands of
civilians have been bombed to
death by German raiders, the
war savings battlecry
"Fight in the Streets.
Americans will th ?
cry during the Second War Lban.
There must be a street-by-street
drive to lend money to the gov
ernment to assure success of tne;
1 3-billion dollar drive.
Attack costs more money than
preparation. A single bomber
raid may cost mlilionsofdollars^
Gasoline alone for ? I'00,.pl,De
assault costs over $375,000.
Tha material side of carrying
the war to the toe, costly as it
Is, ts nothing compared to the
value of a single American life.
Americans at home are coming to
realize that no matter h?w great
their sacrifice may be in provid
ing money for their government,
their sacrifice Is nothing when
viewed from a thundering battle
field strewn with dead and woun
ded.
Advice Is Offered
Five bits of advice are offered
for the average American to re
member during the Second Wai
Loan campaign:
1. Divert every cent not abso
lutely needed for fpod, shelter
and other necessities of life dur
ing the next three weeks, into
the purchase of extra War Bonds
and other 2nd War Loan securi
ties ? at least one Bond a week.
2 Buy these extra Bonds by
sacrificing and foregoing some of
the things you have been pun
ning to buy In the next three
?weeks.
3 The government needB Bond
dollars In addition to the amounts
you now are investing through
Payroll Savings. <,
4. Alter you have made pern
aonal sacrifices and have bought
extra Bonds, tee that every mem-j
ber of the family makes similar
sacrifices.
5. If you handle all of your
household's income, make a blan-j
ket purchase of several extra [
Bonds with the money saved by,
cutting down on all unnecessary
spending.
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To Award Her o's
Certificate
J. Marion Grainger, Jr.. son ofj
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grainger, will
be presented a National Hero's j
Certificate at a special Boy Scout i
Court of Honor at the Court
House here at 2:30, Sunday after-,
noon, April 18, according to an |
announcement by Cecil W. Webb.i
scout executive of Henderson.
Local Scoutmaster W. J. Shea
rin said that the hero's certificate
was recommended for young
Grainger last June, after Graing
er had rescued Ralph Beasley, lo
cal youth, from drowning on last
June 1.
The hero's certificate was
awarded by the National Boy
Scout Court of Honor recently,
according to a letter received here
?from Leron W, Barclay, National
Director of Boy Sfcout Publica
tions.
Scoutmaster Shearin said that
a court of honor would be held in
the courthouse in addition to pre
senting the hero's award to Scout
Grainger. There will be a num
ber of other awards and merit
badges given to other members
of the local scout troop 20. Dr.
A. Paul Bagby, chairman of the
advancement committee of the
court of honor, will preside at
the meeting. Music will be fur
nished' by the Mills High School
Band.
CATCHES BANDED
swallow ^ arr
Mr. M. R. Wilson reports catch
ing a chimney swallow Saturday
that had a band on his leg with
two numbers on same. One num
ber on top read 140 and the oth
er on bottom read 99652. This
same Swallow was caught by Mr.
Wilson about a year ago but man
aged to get away. The fact that
a chimney swallow should be
banded and numbered is very un
usual and suggests that some one
is conducting some kind of ex
periment and the bird strayed
away. Mr. Wilson's address is
R. F. D. No. 3, Loulsburg, N. C.
CARD OF THANKS
? We ate unable to express our
j sincere appreciation to friends
land relatives of Louisburg and
! Franklin County who rendered
such valuable aid and Tfere so
kind to ub during the death of
our little son. They will be tenr
flerly remembered always.
MR. and MRS. K. K. ALLEN.
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An all-out pledge in the Second
War Loan drive will rock the Axis
on Its very Axis.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, April 17: ?
Saturday, ? Roy Rogers and
'Gabby" Hayes in 'King of The
CowboyB' and Bela Lugosl and
Irene Hervey jn 'Night Monster.'
Also G-Men vs. Black Dragon,
Sunday- Monday ? Clark Gable
and Lana Turner in 'Somewhere
I'll Find You.'
Tuesday ? Richard Arlen and
Jean Parker in 'Wrecking Crew',
also 'The Adventures of Smtlln'
Jack.' " ? '
Wednesday ? Gall Patrick and
Geqrge Sanders In 'Quiet P16ase,
Mor^ler,' Also N$w Marefr-of
Time. .<?.
^ Thursday-FMday ? Judy Gar
land in 'For Me And My Gal'
?ith George Murphy and Gene
Kelly.
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Heavy Storms
Frauklin County was visited
011 Monday afternoon and Tues
day afternoon with heavy wind,!
Vain and hail storms. The winui
did much damage of a small na-j
ture in many sections and several:
reports came in that hail com-]
pletely covered the ground. Judg
ing from reports all sections of I
the county suffered from either'
the wind, hail or rain and in
many sections from a combina
tion of all three.
Reports from eastern Carolina
show quite a big loss from the
storms.
Tobacc plant beds, outhouses
and small crops suffered greatly.
The Cooper's Township section of
Nash County and the Saratoga
section of Wilson County appear
ed to have been hit the hardest.
The hail ripped tobacco can
vass apart and at the county
agent's office in Nashville it was
estimated that a third of the to
bacco beds In the section were
demolished. Window panes In
homes and other places were
broken out "by the dozens. Auto
mobile hoods were dented and
chickens killed.
Houses Destroyed
On the farm 'of Iredell Joyner
in Cooper's section, the front
porch of the home was ripped off.
A porch of a nearby Negro tenant
home was demolished and a to
bacco barn was destroyed. Chick
ens were killed by the hall in the
yard of D. Langley's home. On
the place of J. A. Bone in the
same section, two pack houses
and three tobacco barns were de-j
stroyed and the wood thrown .
200 yards about the place. Chairs
on the porch of the home of Mrs.
Eula B. Gardner in the section
were blown into a field 100 yards
from the home, and a hen's nest
under a sheltSIP^Was blown a
great distance.
Traitor Granted
Stay of Execution
Detroit, April 14. ? German
born Max Stephan, who once brag
ged that Hitler's armies would
win the war before he could be
hanged for treason, cried hyster
ically today In Federal Court as
he was sentenced to die April 27,
but then recovered some of his
bravado when told the U. S. Su
preme Court had granted him a
stay of execution.
The Supreme Court Action came
a few hours after Judge Arthur
J. Tuttle ordered Stephan, convict
ed of harboring -ah escaped Nazi
flier, to be banged at dawn on
April 27. The court bluntly told
Stephan that 'The last legal door
has been closed to you.'
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MICROFILM RECORDS
Mr. James M. Black, of Saltj
Lake City, is In Loulsburg mak
ing micro-film copies of many of
the old records in the Court
House. These records are being
made for the Oeneological Society
of Utah with the cooperation of
the North Carolina Historical
Commission. This is being ddne
at no expense to the Cbunty, and
will supply a permanent record
that will be of great historical
value. A record of this will be
Sled with the State Historical
Commission in Raleigh. .
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Points on spinach weren't low
ered in the revised table of point
?alues. Any youngster knows
how hard It is to get it down.
Cigarettes Free
In many of the stores in
Louisburg will be found a box
in which you can put money in
to send cigarettes free to the
soldiers overseas. This is spon
sored by 8th Co.- of the N. <\
State Guard. Every cent is us
ed for this purpose and the
Company does not get any ben
efit except helping the citizens
help the !>oys overseas.
If you do riot see the box ask
a clerk in the store, burber
shop, bank or drug store and
they will be glad to show you.
Help the boys overseas.
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Thanks Theatre
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Dr. A. Paul < Bagby,' general
chairman of the Louisburg Red
Cross Chapter, this week extend
ed thanks to the patrons of the
Louisburg Theatre for so gener
ously helping to make the local
war fund drive a success.
Through audience collections
the local theatre turned over a
total of $140.79 to the local Red
Cross fund. Prior to collections
from the theatre audience an ap
peal was made from the screen by
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker for
Red Cross funds. The Ricken
backer trailer was supplied by
the National War Activities Com
mittee of the Motion Picture In
dustry, of which the local theatre
is a member. Collections were
made Tuesday afternoon and
night, Wednesday night, Thurs
day night and Saturday afternoon
and night. i
Dr. Bagby also wishes to thank
the number of Louisburg young
ladies who assisted the theatre
staff in the oollections.
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Red Cross News
The Red Cross War Drive has
been completed. The Louisburg
Chapter was asked to raise $3,
900.00, and went $1,600 beyond
the goal, raising $5,500 in all.
Besides this the Louisburg Thea
tre, by voluntary gifts from four
days offering, raised $140.79 for
the Local Red Cross Chapter.
Miss Virginia Peyatt gave a re
cital at the College, and $22.38
was raised for the local chapter.
List of gifts (by districts) will be
given to the publie , by the
FRANKLIN TIMES.
We are also glad to announce
that a Red Cross Room has been
secured. The headquarters will
be in the building formerly own
ed by Miss Columbia Crudup.
Mr. T. M. Harris loans this to the
local chapter. Office and sewing
quarters will soon be established
there. Mrs. Ben T. Holden will
have charge of the Home Service;
and Mrs. R. W. Sniithwick. of the
Productions Se'.^ice.
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A CORRECTION
The FRANKLIN TIMES is in
receipt of the following letter
which explains itself:
The fire that destroyed our
clothing and household furniture
was not caused by loading a hot
stove on the truck, as reported,
as there had been no fire In the
stove since the day before and it
was extinguished then with wat
er. T^he Are was caused by an
explosion of a refrigerator, and I
also wish the ones that started
this rumor would correct same.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Southall.
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Tell him In that V-mail letter,
yea backed Mm to ?be limit in
our Second War Lou Drive.
TO SELL
PROPERTY
FOR TAXES
TO MAKE DISPOSITION
OF OPERA HOUSE
Remove Stop Light at {
Intersection of Main
_Street and Halifax Road;
J Receive Reports From
Officers and Special
Committees
The Board of Town Commis
sioners met in regular session
April 9th, 1343 at 7:30 p. m. All
members of the Board were pres
en,Dr. S P. Burt reported to the
Board that a bad condition exists
on the premises of the Public Li
brary because of surface water
collecting under the library build
ing. He read letters from the
State Public Health inspectors
stating that this collected surface
water created a breeding place
for mosquitoes and in all was an
unsanitary condition. ,
The Board passed a motion to
notify the property owner to cor
rect this unsanitary condition,
and to install a proper drain at
the Public Library premises. The
Board authorized this work to be
done by the town employees and
to permit the property owner to
reimburse the Town for the ac
tual cost of constructing the
drain, provided that the proper
ty owner agrees to these terms
Mr. Adcox requested the Board
to lease the old Opera House to
him. He informed the Board
that a group of High School stu
! dents had formed a theatrical
production company for the pur
pose of promoting Southern the
I atrical talent, and the production
of plays. He wants the Opera
House for a rehearsal place andj
| headquarters office. .... I
In view of the fact that thej
Commissioners wish to get rid ot
the second floor of the Opera,
House building, Mr. W. G. Lan
caster made the following mo-j
ti&n which was seconded by Com.
Barrow: That the Board of I
Commissioners ascertain without
delay whether or not the Masonic
Lodge wishes to secure title to
j the second floor of the Opera
| House building; and that if the
Masonic Lodge does not wish to
take title to this property, the
Town of Louisburg abandon it.
This motion was passed unani
mously.
The Board authorized the pur
chase of two new Are hydrants.
The monthly reports of the
Supt. of the Light & Water
Depts., Chief of Police, Tax Col
lector, and Town Clerk were ap
I proved by the Board.
Com. W. G. Lancaster made thei
following motion which was sec
onded by W. B. Barrow: ''That
the 1940 Tax? Sales Certificates
and all Tax Sales Certificates pre
vious to ft 40 be delivered to the
Town Attorney on April 15, 1943, |
and that the Town Attorney be
instructed to institute Tax Fore
closure suits immediately after
April 15." This motion was car
The Board passed a Resolution
ratifying the conveyance of one
half (the Western half) of Ceme
tery Lot No. 17 to Mrs. Inis Reed
Bross. , .
The Board ordered the cancel
lation of Fire Insurance on the
second floor and contents of the
Opera House building.
The recommendations concerns
ing salaries and wages offered by
the Special Committee on same
were approved and adopted oy
the Board.
The Board ordered the remov
al of the Stop Signal at the in
tersection of North Main Street
and Halifax Road.
The members of the Board
were invited to attend ceremonies
at the Court House on Sunday,
April 18th. at 3 p. m., in honor
of Marion Grainger, Jr. At this
time Marion Grainger, Jr. will be
awarded the National B<Jy Scouts
Certificate for heolsm, for saving
the life of his companion, Ralph
Beasley, who was about to drown
while swimming.
After approving a number
accounts the Board adjourned.
MISS HUDGINS SPEAKS
TO THE LIONS CLUB
Miss Mildre~d Hudgins, Dean of
Women at Louisburg College,
spoke to thfe Louisburg Lions
Club at the regular biweekly
meeting Tuesday night. Miss
Hudgins, who spent several years
as a missionary in Japan, gave a
very interesting talk on the his
tory development, and present
day policies of the Japanese gov
^ Lion President I. D. Moon, ap
pointed a committee composed of
Dr. A. Paul Bagby. W. C. Strowd
and W. O. Lambeth to nominate
officers for the oomtag flscB
year.
Allies Gaining
In Tunisia
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa, April 14. ? The Allied
high command announced today
a stunning 84-to-3 aerial victory
which shredded Marshal Rom
mel's sky cover and further men
aced his thin supply line on the
eve of the climatic fight tor sur
vival by his cornered Tunisian
troops.
American Flying Fortresses led
a tremendous assault on Rom
mel's rear bases in Sicily, des
troying 77 planes. Seven more
were shot down in other opera
tions during yesterday.
Axis Supply Endangered
Heavy German reliance on ae
rial transports indicated the grav
ity of Rommel's supply probleiii
as Allied ground troops closed on
the enemy's last mountain bas
tions.
The British Eighth Army al
ready was probing the Enfldaville
defenses 50 miles south of Tunis;
the British First Army was mov
ing in from the west much near
er, than that to the Tunisian cap
ital, and French and American
troops were deploying in the
southwest for coordinated blows
that are expected to push the
forces of Rommel and Col. -Gen.
Jurgen Von Arnim into the Med
iterranean.
A French communique said the
mountains west and northwest of
Kairouan had been cleaned out
with 1,100 prisoners taken, 500
Axis dead counted, and 18 can
non captured. A junction also
\vas reported made with the
Eighth Army north of Kairouan.
I-.ieut.-Gen. K. A. N. Anderson's
First Army made further advan
ces in its effort to clean out the
mountains between ? Medjez-El-i
Bab and Mateur . preliminary to'
a direct strike toward Tunis,
which is only 3.r. air line miles,
from Medjez-lil-Bal>.
(Capt. Ludwig Sertorius, Rer-j
Jin radio commentator, in a!
broadcast recorded by the Asso
ciated Press said General Ander
son was employing Highlanders
and Canadians "in tierce lighting
for the mountains north of the
Oued Zarga-Medjez-El-Bab road.
Strong French iorces were mov
ing up in the Bou Arada sector ,
below Medjec-El-Bab, he said,!
and "the bulk" of the British
Eighth Army tanks and motorized i
formations have moved up to the!
Axis-held mountain rim west of
Enfldaville.) v
"Air operations," said the Al
lied communique laconically,
"were directed largely against
enemy airfields" ? and it was left]
to a spokesman to tell the story j
of the greatest series of blows yet'
delivered from the sky in the
North African theater.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held I
regular session on Tuesday and
disposed of cases as follows:
Mary Willie Booth was found
guilty of assault with deadly wea
pon, prayer for judgment was
continued.
Sandy W. Tharrington was
found not guilty of reckless driv
ing.
Jack Perry was found guilty of
reckless driving and was fined
$25.00 and costs.
A nolle pros was taken in the
case of injury to personal prop
erty and cruelty to animals
against Berry P. Holden.
/John S. Catlet was found guil
ty of speeding, to be discharged
upon saving the County harmless.
Junious McKnight was found;
not guilty of assault with deadly
weapon.
John Williams plead guilty to
no drivers license, to be dischar
ged upon payment of costs.
Percell Y. Ridley was found
not guilty of motor veh'icle viola
tion, no drivers license.
Z. R. O'Neal, assault with
deadly wfeapon, continued.
The trial of Jury cases ? were
taken up on Wednesday morning
and the following cases were dis
posed of by the closing of our
report Thursday morning.
Herman Journlgan was found
guilty of bastardy bj; a jury and
while a judgment was set it was
held open until Thursday after
noon for final action.
Marvel Harris was found not
guilty of operating automobile
intoxicated.
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CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Vann Strickland celebra
ted her 81st birthday Wednesday
by taking her annual walk from
her home thfee miles west of
Loulsburg on the Franklinton
highway to Louisburg. Mrs.
Strickland has been celebrating
her birthdays with this walk for
the past ten years or more. Her
many friends were glad to see her
looking so well and extended
heartiest congratulations.
House shortage means less
moving this season. Which means
fewer new neighbors to talk
about.
?On Pay Dw, Boy Bond*?
WAR NEWS
Stockholm, April 14. ? Hung
ary has refused Axis requests for
troops to help defend the Balkans
and at the same time is withdraw
ing soldiers from Russia, usually
reliable sources said today.
According to these quarters,
Mussolini asked Premier Nicholas
Kallay of Hungary for troops dur
ing the latter's recent Rome visit,
but Kallay was reported to have
clung to the official line announc
ed weeks ago that no Hungarian
forces would be sent across the
southern borders.
These same sources said Hun
gary's Second Army is being with
drawn from Russia as well as the
remnants of the First Army, an
estimated 40,000 men.
I' irst Army Shattered
The First Army, stationed on
the Russian front line, was re
ported shattered during the So
viet winter offensive. The second
Army was held in reserve and
strved as occupation trfiops. The
two armies are estimated to total
200,000 men.
The Hungarians have been ob
duate in their recent dealings
with the Germans, the sources
said.
They first refused to send addi
tional troops to the eastern front.
Then they refused to send addi
tional workmen to Germany. In
stead. a withdrawal from the east
ern fro I## began, oO.Ouffl laborers
were recalled from Germany, and
German pressure on Hungary to
introduce total mobilization was
countered with a declaration the
step would be taken only when
it is in the interests of Hungary
itself.
It wyis at this stage that Musso
lini invited Kallay to Rome, it
was said, obviously at the request
of Adolf Hitler, who possibly
thought the Italian dictator could
get farther with the Hungarians
because of friendly relations in
the past.
In view of her refusal to send
troops into the Balkans, these
sources said. Hungary's position
in the event of an Allied invasion
of southeastern Europe remains
muddled and difficult.
London, Thursday, April 15. ?
German troops drove forward
over the bodies of their dead in
another attempt to crack Russian
positions near the Donets River
below Kharkov yesterday, but
were driven back by a Red Army
bayonet charge. Moscow announc
ed early "today.
A new German attack on the
Volkhov front southeast of Lenin
grad also was repulsed, said the
midnight communique recorded
by the Soviet monitor, and Soviet
forces made a small advance in
the western Caucasus above N'ov
orossisk.
Altogether ^ total of approxi
mately 1,000 Germans were kill
ed during the day, the midnight
bulletin and yesterday's noon
communique disclosed. But there
were no essential changes in the
long front, it was said.
Moscow dispatches said it was
believed that Soviet fliers were
now employing an increasing
number of American-built planes.
The latest German effort to
breach the Donets line was made
south of Izyum. 70 miles south
east of Kharkov.
"The Red Army men," said the
communique, "let the enemy ap
proach within a close distance
and thtn opened fire. The Hit
lerites continued to drive forward
over the bodies of their men. The
Red Army men slowed the Ger
mans with hand grenades, and in
a bayonet charge hurled them
back to their initial position."
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To Report
Miss Mary H. Freeman, 508
Kenmore Ave., Louisburg, North
Carolina, has been ordered to re
port at the Second Women's Army
Auxiliary Corp* Training Center
on April 21, 1943. Miss Free
man was enrolled at this station
on March 30, 1943.
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COURT OF HONOR ?
The monthly meeting of'' the
Court of Honor of our Boy Scout
Troop will be held at the Court
House Sunday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock. The public is invited.
Our new Scout Executive. Mr.
Webb, will be present. Many
honors are to be bestowed upon
our boys.
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It's an ill wind, etc. Ameri
can travelers won't spend mil
lion^ abroad this year as they
used to.
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With all the Victory gardens,
it looks as if mother is going to
have a lot to put up with this
year.
It would be -fun knowing you
don't have to shovel snow this
summer If you did not have to
cut the gross.
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With the kids playing outdoors
again, clothes are proving that
most of them rip, tearing little
youngsters.
RENEW YOUR SUBSCHUTION