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LOC1SBURG, N. CAROLINA KR1DAV, MAY 14, 1043
(Eight Pages)
NUMBER 14
TUNISIA TAKEN!
Nazi Commander, 11 Other Generals
and 150,000 Prisoners.
Few Isolated Pockets of Axis Soldiers Still Are Fight
ing, But Allied Headquarters Say Battle Officially at
End; Vast Quantities of War Material Also Taken
Allied Headquarters in North!
Africa, May 12.? All organized]
Axis resistance in Tunisia ceased1
at 8:15 p. m., tonight after the
Capture of the German comman
der in chief, Col. Gen. Jurgen
Von Arnim, 11 other generals,
and 150,000 enemy troops.
A special communique declar
ed that Isolated pockets of resis
tance still were active, but that
the battle officially was consid
ered ended.
Captured today with Von Arnim
54-year-old tank expert who suc
ceeded Marshal Erwin Rommel,
were Maj.-Gen. Graf Von Sponeck,
commander of the 90th light di
vision, and Maj.-Gen. P. Rolch,
commander of the 10th panzer
division.
Von Arnim and most of his
staff were taken by British armor
ed units in a quick cleanup of the
Cape Bon peninsula.
"It is estimated that the total
of^prisoners captured since May
5 is about 150,000," said the
special bulletin announcing Von
Arnim's seizure.
Vast Quuntitiea
"Vast quantities of guns and
warmaterial of all kinds have
been captured, including guns
and aircraft in a serviceable con
dition."
Thus, six months and four days
after the Allied landing in North
Africa, the Battle of Tunisia had
ended in a complete triumph ?
clearing the way for an Allied in
vasion of Europe.
A nine-mile-wide circle of Axis
resistance was reported holding
out in the Zaghouau mountains
southwest of Cap Bon peninsula,
but the enemy was in a hopeless
spot there and was fexpected to
surrender or be wiped out quick
ly.
Aimm una most or ms stall
were taken by British armored
columns sweeping through Cap
Bon peninsula.
The capture of 150,000 prison
ers in the final eight days of the
campaign brought to 400,000 the
number of Axis soldiers taken
since the fighting began in Af
rica nearly three years ago.
This represents 11 German and
26 Italian divisions, and does
not include dead and wounded.
In addition to Von Arnim, Von
Sponeck and Roich, the French
reported the capture today of two
other German generals, one nam
ed Yellch, who had taken over
command of the Italian Superba
division and other Italian rem
nants, and the other nam*d
Pfeiffer, commanding a group
Jjearing his own name.
Revenge For French
The French captured 25,000
men in exacting unconditional
surrender of all German and
Italian forces fighting between
Zaghouan and Saouaf.
This was particularly sweet re
venge to the French, who re
membered Hitler's little dance of
joy in the Complegne forres't
nearly three years ago when
Marshal Petain's regime signed
an armistice.
Ma], -Gen. Von Sponeck, the
commander of the 90th light di
vision, surrendered to Lieut.
Gen. Sir Bernard Freyberg, New
Zealand commander, on the Brit
ish Eighth Aarmy front north of
Enfidaville today.
General Freyberg during the
morning demanded the surrend
er of the 90th division, but Von
Sponeck refused and said his
troops would follow his orders
to fight until the last cartridge.
Later In the day, however, he
proferred his unconditional sur
render and his former elite
troops were put behind barbed
wire cages, where thousands of
their comrades had preceded
them.
Prisoners
Allied Headquarters, North Af
rica, May 12. ? Most of the 160,
000 prisoners in Allied hands
when the Tunisian campaign ,
ended probably will be working
in the wheat fields of the United
States and Canada or doing other
public work in North America
in a month or two, it was under
stood today.
Such an arrangement would
solve the question of feeding and
clothing them in a theater al
ready so overcrowded with Al
lied troops that transportation of
supplies is an acute problem. At
the same time it would consti
tute a major step in the solution
of the manpower problem across
the Atlantic.
Final plans are not yet com
plete, according to well-informed
quarters, but gome German pris
oners already hare been shipped
to the United States and Canada.
In general, it Is assumed that
prisoners taken by the Ameri
cans will go to the United States
and those taken by the British to
Canada or some other part of the
empire.
Interested In America
Most of the prisoners with
whom the writer has talked dur
ing the past two weeks show in
terest in the prospect of a trip to
America, news of which has got
ten around very thoroughly In
the Axis ranks.
During the First World Warp
the Germans used hundreds of ]
thousands of Russian prisoners i
on the German farmlands which i
were hit by the exhausting de- ?
mands of the war machine. In i
many cases the Russians actually
were boarded with formers whose
fields they worked. The same
has been done in this war.
England followed suit when
the first thousands of Italians ta
ken early in the Libyan campaign
led by Field Marshal Sir Archi
bald P. Wavell flowed into the
prison cages. Many of them now
are at work in British fields and
thousands of others were sent to
Australia. Throughout the war
Canada has been taking a steady
stream.
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Memorial Com
mittee Meets
Discuss Plans For Memo -
rial Day, May 30th
The Franklin County Memorial
Association held a business meet
ing Saturday afternoon in the
Court house. Plans were discuss
ed and arrangements made for
the annual Memorial service to
be held May 30th. Mrs. Ben T.
Holden, 1st Vice President, who
presided at the meeting, appoint
ed T. K. Stockard, Chairman and
Mrs. J. E. Malone and Mrs. Hugh
W. Perry, nominating committee
? this same committee was also
appointed to investigate necessary
arrangements when bodies are re
turned to Franklin County dur
ing this War, and discuss same
with the executive committee. 1
Due to the gasoline shortage and
transportation difficulties, the
following resolution if/as passed:
That the Township Chairman
personally see or contact all min- 1
Nters, and Sunday School Super
intendents in their respective
communities and cooperate with
them in having a Memorial serv
ice either at Church, where there
is church service on Mary 30th, ,
and if no Church service, then at
Sunday School on May 30th. The
Township Chairman are further
asked to contact their commit
tees and make some special per
son responsible for each grave in
his or her district and see that
same is decorated on Sunday May
30th.
This is done to eliminate the
necessity of bringing flowers to
Louisburg and then carrying
them back to the graves during
the time when it is so Hard to
get gasoline, but it is urged that
no grave be forgotten on this
Memorial Day, and it Is up to the
Township Committees to see that
their graves are looked after. The
central county meeting will be
held in Louisburg as usual and
everyone in the County who can
attend is urged to do so as the
various committees and officers
responsible are planning to wake
this a service appropriate and
well worth attending.
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PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
it the Louisburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, May 15th:
Saturday ? 'Wild Bill' Elliott
In "Calling Wild Bill Elliott' and
Helen Parrlsh in 'X Marks The
Spot', also chap. 13 'G Men vs.
The Black Dragon.'
Sunday Only ? Van Heflin and
Kathry'n Orayson In 'Seven
Sweethearts.'
Monday-Tuesday ? All colored
cast, Ethel Waters, Rochester
Rex Ingram, Louis Armstrong
and Lena Horne in 'Cabin In, The
Sky' SerUl 'Smilln' Jack' Tues
day only.
Wednesday ? Richard Carlson
and Martha O'Drlscoll in 'My
Heart Belongs To Daddy.'
Thursday-Friday ? Dick Powell,
Mary Martin, and Rudy Vallee in
'Happy Go Lucky.'
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR !
J. LIN'WOOD GUPTON
Flight Instructor
Who completed his training at
Bennettsviile, S. C., the past
week and received his appoint
ment as Army Flight Instructor
and was assigned to duty with
the 55th Army Air Force, Flight
Training Detachment, at Ben
nettsviile, S. C. Instructor Gup
ton spent the past week-end with
his family in Louisburg.
Marriage Plans
Announced
Miss Eunice Patten Weds
Mr. J. Kempton Jones, at
Methodist Church Tonight
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Patten of
Louisburg College are announc
ing the plans for the marriage of
their daughter, Eunice, to Mr. J.
Kempton Jones, of the United
States Navy, which will take
place tonight, (Friday), at 8:00
o'clock at the Louisburg Metho
dist Church. The vows will be
spoken to the fat,her of the bride,
who will be assisted by the Rev.
Forrest D. Hedden, pastor of the
church.
The bride's attendants will be
her sister, Mrs. William Coleman
Scott, of Richmond, as dame-of
honor. and Miss Julia Booker, of
Chaped Hill, and Miss Harriet
Louise Strayhorn, of Durham, as
bridesmaids. The bride will be
escorted by her brother, Paul R.
Patten, of Mount Olive, N. C.
The groom will have as best
man his father, Mr. C. Irving
Jones, of Salisbury, N. C. His
groomsmen ave to be Mr. George
Kempton, Jr.. of Winston-Salem,
Mr. Herman L. Earnhardt, of
Salisbury, Mr. Grover Poole, of
Raleigh, and Mr. Graham Carl
ton, of Salisbury.
Music for the occasion will be
rendered by Mrs. O. Y. Yarbor
ough of Louisburg, organist of
the Louisburg Methodist Church,
assisted at the organ by Mr.
Frank Ruark, of Duke Universi
ty. The soloist will be Mr. Harry
Weir-of Duke University, who, as
Mr. Ruark, is a fraternity broth
er of the groom.
Immediately following the
ceremony, at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Patten, there will be in in
formal reception and cutting of
the bride's cake, to which the
bridal party, members of the
families of the bride and groom,
out-of-town guests and the mem
bers of the faculty of Louisburg
College have been invited.
The bride-elect, the younger
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter
Patten, was educated at Salem
College and the University of
North Carolina, where she re
ceived her A. B. degree 'With a
major in art. After a year of
graduate work in the School for
Medical Record Librarians at
Duke Hospital, she became the
cataloguer of tbe medical records
of that Institution. She is a
member of Pi Beta Phi social so
rority and- the Spinsters Club of
Durham.
Mr. Jones, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. I. Jones of Salisbury, com
pleted his undergraduate and
[>re-medical course at Duke Uni
versity in January, and is now
in the medical school there.
\mong his activities as an under
graduate at Duke were the Y. M.
3. A., debating and intra-mural
ithletlc sports. He was. elected
President of the Duke Student
Body in his senior year and also
to the honorary groups of O D K,
Red Friars, Tau Kappa Alpha,
ind German and physics frater
nities. His social fraternity is
Pi Kappa Alpha. In 1941-1942,
he was the president of the Na
tional Conference of the Metho
31st Youth Fellowship.
Although no formal invitations
to the marriage have been issued,
local friends are cordially invited
to the ceremony.
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North Carolina leads all states
n textile manufacturing and in
:he manufacture of tobacco pro
lucts. North Carolina farms al
io lead th? nation in tobacco pro
luctlon.
GASOLINE
SERIOUS
The. pressing war needs for
limited gasoline supplies in the
East demand that all applications
(or supplemental and special ra
tions be granted on the basis of
bare necessity, A. F. Johnson, of
the Franklin County War Price
and Rationing Board reported
here today following a conference
in Raleigh yesterday with repre
sentatives of the Office of Price, -
Administration.
The importance of exanufling
these applications closely irnd of
adhering strictly to the mileage
rationing regulations in issuing
all gasoline rations was empha
sized at the meeting, said Mr.
Johnson. The meeting W one
of a series arranged by the state
OPA office to discuss with ration
ing board members the various
provisions of the regulations.
"It was made very clear," said
Mr. Johnson, "that every gallon
of gasoline we give one man is
taken away from someone else.
It's up to us to see that the fel
low who needs the gasoline most
gets it. That's the whole idea of
rationing."
The Eastern gasoline situa
tion as depicted at the meeting
offers little hope of increased sup
plies for civilian use this sum
mer. The gasoline shortage de
veloped in thfe East, it was point
ed out, because tankers which
normally brought in 95 per cent
of the East's petroleum were
withdrawn for military service.
In the last year overland facili
ties ? tank cars, barges, pipelines
?have been increased until at
present it is possible to bring in
I more than 1,000.000 barrels a
'day. Completion of more pipe
lines, and oilier facilities may
raise this rate to ail avenge of
more than 1,500,000 ^barrels a
day? approximately our norma',
rate of consumption- ? by the end
of this year. I
But this does not mean "driv
ing as usual," OPA spokesmen
emphasized, because war demands
have greatly increased our gaso
line requirements.
Tremendous quantities of gas
oline are needed for the battle
fronts abroad, and for running
war plants and operating food
producing farms at home, it was
stated.
1 J 1 rr 1. * nn?.
ivigub iiu w migc DuijJiiit'ii i r> ui
gasoline are being withdrawn
from East Coast ports to supply
Allied fighting forces in North
Africa. These withdrawals are vi
tal to victory in Tunisia, since
the same number of ships sailing
from the more distant Gulf ports
would be able to transport one
third less petroleum.
"We were assured these de
mands ? the military, industrial
and agricultural demands ? have
been met, and will continue to be
met," said Mr. Johnson." Par
ticular emphasis was laid on the
importance of making available
this spring and summer thousands
of barrels of gasoline a day for
farm use. Vital crops are now
under cultivation and gasoline
must be supplied not only for
tractors and other farm engines,
but also for transporting the har
vested crops to market.
"But to do these things all ci*
vi'.ian uses must be restricted to
bare necessities as provided by
tile rationing regulations. Appli
cations for supplemental rations
for occupational driving will be
scrutinized to make sure that
mileage requests are accurate and
that the applicant has done all
he can to share bis car with oth
ers, and to use other means of
transportation.
"Applicants for special rations
must remember thatt the regula
tions give us authority to grant
extra gasoline allowances in on
ly a few emergencies involving
life and health. Some motorists
forget that they already hold a
basic "A" ration book for fam
ily and personal necessity driv
ing.
"Knowing the seriousness of
the situation, every motorist in
Franklin County, we feel, will
cooperate with their ration board
by not asking for one coupon's
worth of gasoline they don't ab
solutely need."
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Government
Wants Typewriters ;
The Army and Navy needs i
600,000 typewriters by July 1st.
Every person or firm having a ]
typewriter that they can do with- i
out is expected to come to the i
aid of our government and sell i
the spare machines to the gov- i
ernment. i
Typewriters from 1935 up i
with either Pica or Elite type >
are those requested. No type
writer older than 1935 will be i
accepted. -
If you can spare a typewriter
of this class, just notify the mem
ber of the Salvage Committee in
your community or Q. M. Beam,
Chairman, Louisburg.
Letting the grass grow too
long simply means mower trou- i
ble for you. i
Roosevelt and
Churchill Meet
For Fifth Time
Washington, May 12. ? Princi
pal purposes of Prime Minister
Winston Churchill's current meet
ing with' President Roosevelt is
to pi pt an early Allied offensive
agairist Japan, it appeared to
i>rght on the basis of White House
disclosures that Churchill was
accompanied here by his top
military officers in India.
There seemed no doubt that
they would renew discussion of
all phases of the global war, in
cluding previously-drawn plans
for an invasion of Europe. ' But
this fifth wartime ltoosevelt
Churchill conference apparently
is connected chiefly with the Pa
cific theater.
This theory was strengthened
by the views of one military ob
server who said plans for invad
ing Europe "undoubtedly were
settled finally at Casablanca and
would need, at most, a few fin
ishing pats before being set off."
He said this conference was de
signed to "place some flesh, on
the bones of the Allied Pacific
strategy formulated" last Janu
ary at Casablanca, where princi
pal and more detailed considera
tion' was given to the European
theater.
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Deliver Own Men
To Allied Prison
With the British First Army^in
North Africa (Delayed) ? German'
and Italian truck driver here I
have organized a shuttle service!
to deliver their own men to Al-|
lied prison pens.
They came in loaded to capac-j
it y with shouting, waving Axis
troops, dump them and go back
for more. This is the measure
of the debacle which' has over
taken a once proud enemy army:
The First Army has taken
thousands of prisoners. Thous
ands more eagerly await the
chance to be counted, fed and'
housed.
Fifteen hours ago this was a
front. Now it is a chaos. The
Axis army just came to pieces in
the First Army's hands.
Nobody here has even seen!
anything like this. It is an as-|
tonishing. bewildering, almost un
believable collapse. British arm
ored cars ami tanks are racing
along the coastal roads, slashing
through from side to side along
the lateral peninsula roads.
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ODT Attacks
Black Market
Raleigh, May 10. ? Moving to
aid in eliminating a source of]
black market gasoline, the Office
of Defense Transportation has
begun rounding up excess T
coupons of motor vehicle opera
tors whose mileage has been cut.
North Carolina ODT officials
said the entire district will be
surveyed as rapidly as possible
und all excess T coupons collect
ed and destroyed.
Under the new procedure a
commercial vehicle operator
whose gasoline allotment is re
duced will be required to sur
render his excess T coupons to
the ODT. When his operations are
reviewed or when his revised cer
tificate of war necessity is issued,
this procedure will eliminate the
time lag between the revision of
an operator's certificate and the
recall of his excess coupons.
Formerly, an ODT district of
fice which adjusted an operator's
certificate had to notify the state
OPA rationing administrator of
the action and he, in turn, noti
fied the operator's war price and
rationing board, and the board
notified the operator to surrender
his excess T coupons.
AT TECHNICAL SCHOOL
? ? ? ? i
Scott Field, 111., May 5; ? Pfc.
Russell A. Hayes, a son of Mr. |
and Mrs. G. E. Hayes, Louisburg,
N\ C., has arrived at this Army]
Air Forces Technical Training
Command post where he will re
ceive an intensive course in radio
operating and mechanics to fit
him for duty as a member of a
fighting bomber crew.
During his training period
here, Pfc. Hayes will be tested by
experts as to aptitudes for spec
ial types of work, and when his
course is finished he will be sent
to more advanced training cen
ters which are part of the vast]
network of Technical Training!
Command schools. Upon gradua-,
tion he will ,be well qualified for;
duty as an expert radio operator
or technician wherever his ser
vices are required by the Army
Air Forces.
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Facing the uncertainties of
equipment and supplies and la
bor, farmers are doing their
spring planting in the American
?pirtt, ? "Dawn til* toraedoes; go
ahead." ? Chester C. D^ris.
WEBB SPEAKS
TO LIONS CLUB
?
The Louisburg Lions Club held
its regular meeting at Mrs. Beas
ley's Dining Room, Tuesday. May
11, at 7:00 P. M.
Lion C. W. Webb, new scout
executive, of Henderson, gave
one of the best addresses on the
"Ideals of nanism" ever heard
by the local club. Lion Webb
has been connected with Lions
International l'or 16 years and
has worked in 44 of the 48 states
of the Union. He served as liai
son officer out of Secretary Gen
eral Melvin Jones' office in Chi
cago for a good many years, con
tacting District Governors.
Edgar Fuller was welcopred
into the Club as a new member.
Lee Bell was a guest of ^tlie Club
for the meeting. / J
The Club voted unanimously to
assist Lion C. \V. Webb, new
District Scout Executive, in every
way* possible with his scout pro
gram in ^ouisburg.
Golden Wedding
Reception
The most outstanding social
event in Louisburg in many years
was when Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Stephen Meadows celebrated their
fiftieth wedding anniversary at
an informal reception Monday ev
ening. This is the second such
occasion in Mrs. Meadows' fam
ily. as her parents observed their
golden anniversary at a similar
event in 1908. They were Mr.
and Mrs. Alex W. Wilson, mat--!
lied in 185S. Large numbers of
friends at home and from a dis
tance were present to join in the
felicitations of the evening.
Mrs. Meadows is the former
Miss Sallie Eugenia Wilson. Mem
bers of the wedding party that
attended the couple fifty years
ago received with Mr. and Mrs.
Meadows. Mrs. J. R. Earle and
Blair Tucker greeted guests at
the door; Misses Susie and Lonie'
Meadows introduced them to the
receiving line: Mr. and Mrs.
Meadows, their bridesmaids who
I were Mrs. E. A. Kemp, nee Irene
J Terrell. Mrs. K. A. Bobbitt. nee
Lizzie Wilder, and Mrs. Mattie
Williams, nee Mattie Egerton;
the flower girl, Mrs. George J
Blount Egerton, nee Mary Macon; <
and one of the groomsmen, S. J.
Parham.
Mrs. Frank W. Wheless. Jr.,
Miss Elizabeth Wilson, and Miss
Jessie Taylor Harris served
punch to guests who then enter
ed the dining room where ^Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Wilson receive#.
The dining table was centered
with an arrangement of golden
flowers. The bridal motif pre
vailed in all floral decorations
throughout the home.
Misses Eleanor Beasley, Fran-j
ces Anne Earle, Virginia and
Mildred Howard served ices and
cakes. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. How-j
ard invited guests into the liv- !
ing room where Mr. and Mrs. ;
Lewis Word presided over the J
guest register. Attracting the;
attention of, all was the guest;
register of Mrs. Meadows' par^
ents, with signatures of those
who attended their reception in
1908.
Mrs. W. L. Beasley and Miss
Ida Male Yow bade callers good
bye.
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ST. PAUL'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Church School will begin
promptly at 9:45 A. M. Sunday,
May 16th, and will last for one
hour. Mr. Will Yarborough, Bi
ble Class teacher.
These services will close in
ample time for members to at
tend church services elsewhere.
LOUISBURG
BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. J. Allen Easley, of the B1-'
ble Department of Wake Forest
College, will preach at the morn
ing hour. The pastor is holding
a meeting at the Immanuel
Church, Greenville. There will
be no evening worship. Sunday
School will be at 9:45 as usual.
A cordial welcome is extended to
all.
LOUISBU RG
METHODIST CHURCH
"Making Life Count" is the
sermon subject for the 11:00
o'clock service Sunday morning.
Sunday night service 8:00 P. M. {
The Church School convenes
at 9:45 A. M., led by Prof. I. D.
Moon.
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship groups meet in their respec
tive places at 7:00 P. M.
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NUTRITION COURSE
All persons iiytcrested in a
short course In Nutrition will
meet In the Home Economics
room MUls School. Frday, May
14th, at 8:00 o'clock for organ
cation of claaa.
NEW TOWN
BOARD MEETS
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All Officers
Sworn In But
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Barrow
Commissioners Buy Car
For Police Department,
And Authorizes Sale of
Old Car; Others Matters
Routine
The Board of Town Commis
sioners met in regular monthly
session at 7 P. M. Friday night.
Honorable W. C. Webb who
had previously taken the oath of
office administered to him by
Hon. J. L. Palmer, J. P.. admin
istered the oath of office to the
members of the newly elected
Board of Commissioners. All
members of the Board were pre
sent except W. B. Barrow.
The minutes of previous meet
ings were approved by the Board.
The monthly report! of the
Town Clerk, Chief of Police. Tax
Collecfor and Supt. of Lights,
Water, and Streets, were approv
ed by the Board.
Commissioner W. J. Shearin
made the following motion which
was seconded by W. G. Lancas
ter: "That the Town of Louis
burg purchase the 1940 Ford
Coach which is offered to the
Town by Mrs. Gertrude Foster
Boone, for use by the Police
Dept." This motion was carried.
The Board adopted a motion
authorizing the purchase of 100
bags of cement.
Attorney J. E. Malone, Jr., in
formed the Board that a release
of the second floor of the Opera
House Building, had been signed
jointly by the Town of Louis
burg. and Mr. F. W. -Wheless.
' The Board authorized the sale
jof the old Police car for the best
(possible price. Commissioners
Beck. Shearin and Allen were
appointed as a special committee
with authprity to sell this car.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned.
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Miss Freeman
Joins Waacs
Daytona Beach, Florida, May
8. ? Life in the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps began for Auxi
liary Mary H. Freeman of 508
Kenmore Ave., Louisburg. N. C..
when she arrived at the Second
WAAC training Center to begin
her basic military training.
Her first three days were spent
in "Tent City", a settlement of
80 canvas tops bordering the Hali
fax river. During this period she
was given a physical examination,
issued her uniform and equip
ment and interviewed and classi
fied for her assignment to the
army job that will release a sol
dier for combat duty.
Auxiliary Freeman was then
transferred to the cantonment
area, a 600-acre tract developed
for the Initial training of WAAC
troops. Assigned to a training
company which numbers 150
women, she is billeted in a tfine
barracks and is getting accustom
ed to sleeping Oil a canvas army
cot.
A WAAC's day begins with re
veille call at 5:45 a. m. From
8 to 4:30 each day she attends
classes where she is acquainted
with army methods and pro
cedures which she will need to
know before she replaces a man
in a military job. Not all the
emphasis is on books, however;
close order drill and physical
training have their place in the
daily schedule.
For most WAACs the high
spots of the day come with mess
call and mall call. Biggest thrill
of the week is the formal review
on Saturday mornings when the
troops pass before distinguished
guests.
Auxiliary Freeman is the
daughter of Mrs. Veil H. Free
man.
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GETS STILL
Officer K. E. Joyner reports
the seizure Of a 60 gallon copper
still outfit in Cypress Creek
township on Sunday and destroy
ed about one hundred gallons of
mash. He was assisted by O. S.
Gilliam and D. C. Swanson.
On Monday he reports the seiz
ure of a 35 gallon copper still
outfit in Franklinton township.
He was assisted by officers R. E.
Neal and M. H. Bynum.
o
Farmers are asked to raise an
extra 200,000,000 chickens In
1943. Some one has figured that
these chickens will require about
20 billion tons of extra feed. If
they are mad* to weigh i pomnda
each.