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MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY JOIN THE PAY-ROLL * SAVINGS PLAN * FOR ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS VOLUMN LXXIV $1.50 per year in Advance I.OULSBURO, N. CAROLINA KK1D.1Y, MAY 21, 1043 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 15 A JAPAN IN ASHES, CHURCHILL PLEDGE BRITAIN WILL BATTLE BESIDE UNITED STATES TO END . Will Try Bombing Germany and Italy Into Submission But Not to Exclus ion of Other Means; Wants Meeting With Stalin and Chiang Washington, May 19. ? Prime Minister Churchill pled ged Britain today to fight "side by side" with America until Japan, already cowering under the prospect of death from the air, at last is laid in utter waste. To The Finish Washington, May 19. ? British Prime Minister Win ston Churchill today promised a cheering American Congress that Britain will fight alongside the United States against Japan "while there is breath in our bod ies and while blood flows through our veins. ' ' In a 60-minute review of basic Allied war strategy, Britain's Chief Executive also declared th^U - < 1. The experiment of attempt ing to bomb Germany and Italy into collapse will be tried but not to the exclusion of other opera tions. Air power already has re duced German war industry, par ticularly in the Ruhr, to a condi tion of "unparallelled devasta tion." 2. He hopes he and President Roosevelt may meet soon with Soviet Premier Josef Stalin and. ... if possible, Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. 3. Future Allied operations, presumably already decided upon, "will be unfolded" in due course. 4. U. S. shipbuilding now sur passes combined American and British losses, and Allied sink ings of Axis submarines have yielded record results in "the last three months and particul larly the last three weeks. . . . I have a good and sober confi dence that (the submarine men ace) will not only be met but. overcome." Expects Drive In Russia 5. The main burden of land fighting still is being borne by the Russian Army, and there is no doubt that Hitler, is reserving his strength for a true gambler's j throw to make a third attempt at breaking the heart of that migh ty nation. "He will not suc ceed," Churchill added, "I do not say that the war is won," he told his spell-bound au dience. "But it will be won by us I am sure." Churchill was interrupted fre quently by applause, sometimes by laughter, from the distin guished listeners ? members of the cabinet, the Supreme Court and other top officials, as well as Congress. No Hints Of Timetable He laid much stress on Britain's determination to fight Japan to the end, but gave no specific in dication of any change in the ba sic Allied strategy of concentrat ing most on Hitler at this time. But he did warn against letting the Axis ? either Japan or Ger many?draw the war out, and this seemed to confirm the idea that great blows will be deliver ed against Japan without waiting for the conquest of Europe. . Reviewing the sweeping Japa nese successes In the early months after Pearl Harbor, he asserted that "all this has to be retrieved, and alt this and much else has to be repaid." Churchill said it was agreed! that the Allies should "at the the earliest moment . . . bring lour Joint air power to bear on the military targets in the home land of Japan." "The cold-blooded execution of United States airmen by the Jap anese Government," he said, "is a proof not only of their barbar ism but of the dread on which they regard t$is possibility. "It is the duty of those who are charged with the direction of the war to overcome at the ear liest moment the military, geo graphical and political difficul ties and begin the process so nec essary and desirable of laying the cities and other munitions center of Japan in ashes. For in ashes they must surely lie be fore peace comes back to the world." He said he regarded "the bringing of effective and imme diate aid to China as one of the most urgent of our common tasks." Not Here Om Holiday He called attentlMl to the pres ence in Washington of his Indian and Far East commanders. 1 "They have not travelel all this way simply to confer on improv ing the health ... of the Mika do of Japan," he added. Addressing a joint session of Congress for the second time since Pearl Harbor, Britain's Chief Executive declared that "there is nothing more import ant for the future of the world than the fraternal association ot our two peoples both in war and peace." Churchill was greeted by a rousing ovation as he entered the House chamber, which was crow ded to capacity. He was frequent ly interrupted by applause. Churchill was completely at ease as he spoke, referring to hie notes only occasionally. The blinding newsreel lights that had so bothered China's Mme. Chiang Kai-shek when she addressed Congress did not feave him per ceptibly. He gesticulated freely and- looked from side to side. To Address Boy Scouts The Rev. W. D. Mclnniss, pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Henderson, will ad dress a Boy Scout Court of Hon or at the Armory here Friday night at 8 p. m., according to an announcement by W. J. Shearin, scoutmaster. The program will be under the direction of Dr. A. Paul Bag by, chairman of the scout ad vancement committee, and will featureithe enrollment of six new scouts and the awarding of a number of advancements and merit badges and rank awards. The Mills School Band will supply music for the occasion. o Free Tennis Memberships The Green Hill Country Club la offering eight free summer tennis memberships to High School boys and girls ? four to boys and four to girls. A tourna ment will begin Wednesday, May 26, to determine the winners.' Any one wishing to try for one of these memberships should at once notify O. M. Beam, Chairman Tournament Committee. o In England, the government owns all food supplies and ia ra tioning them out to both restaur ants and households as noeded for the duration. L OUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH Dr. Walter Patten will bring the President's message to the Louisburg College graduating class at 11:00 o'clock. The Y. W. C. A. - Y. M. C. A. Vesper service will be held on tha College Campus at 7:15 Sunday evening. There will not be an evening service at the church. Church School convenes at 9:46, led by Prof. I. D. Moon. You are welcomed. LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor will preach Sunday morning as usual. He is back from a meeting at Greenville, N. C. The evening worship hour Is given over to the Vesper service of the College. 9:46 A. M. Bible School. lltOff' A. M. Morning Worship. Every one is Invited to attend. Gasoline Situa tion Serious Rigid Ban On Non-Essential Driving Includes Virgin ia* 11 Other States Washington, May 19. ? The Of | fice of Price Administration to : night ordered a new, rigid ban Ion non-essential driving, effective | at noon tomorrow, in 12 Eastern I states. The District of Columbia | J and in eight western counties of West Virginia. The action was taken, OPA said j to meet a gasoline supply crisis resulting from increased military demands and to assure adequate gasoline for farm production of food. The 12 states in which the ban will be imposed are Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachu setts, Rhode Island, Conecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, j Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir j ginia. Price Administrator Prentiss 11. Brown said the emergency ? j signalized by filling stations run ning dry in various cities includ . ling war plant centers along the j Atlantic coast ? makes drastic ac Jtion necessary so that the avail jable gasoline supply, "which have , I hit an alltime low," is not dis sipated. The ban will not be accompani ed by a cut in the A, B or C cou pon values. Brown said. The situation is so serious, he (aid that thousands of tractors operated in vital food production areas from Virginia to Maine might stand idle in a few days .[for lack of. fuel. Some tractors are . already out of use. He appealed to the East's 8. ; 000,000 motorists to cooperate by , voluntarily^abandoning non-essen ! ; tial driving. He emphasized that ! in view of the present crisis OPA ^enforcement officials will proceed j with all vigor to detect violators 'and to suspend ratioQs where they . I occur. I'rffes Cooperation He also appealed for coopera tion of state and local police in telegrams to governors of the af fected states. In these messages, he request ed local and state police to: 1. Stop and question all mo torists driving under circum stances which indicate a viola l tion of the ban. 2. Question all motorists stop ped for traffic violations to ascer-| tain if they are violating the | ban. 3. Check on motorists found at race tracks, amusement parks. 1 beaches and other places where 'their presence is prime facie evi dence of a violation. In addition, all available OPA investigators will be assigned to the job of detecting violators, either independently or in coop eration with the police. Violators reported by the po lice or OPA investigators will be promptly called up for hearings. Plans have been made to assure speedy disposition of cases by authorizing OPA district officers as well as war price and ration ing boards, to conduct ration re vocation proceedings. OPA said every effort will be made to detect violators and not 1 only to revoke their present ra tions, but to suspend their right to further rations for the dura tion, or for an appreciable time. TJie restrictions on driving will be similar to those applied dur ing the previous ban. * ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Church School will begin promptly at 9:45 A. M. Sunday, and will last for one hour. Mr. Will Yarborough, Bible Class teacher. These services will close in ample time for members to at tend church services elsewhere. o FEED WHEAT AVAIL ABLE TO LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCERS Commodity Credit Corpora tion wheat is now available through the Franklin C. A. C. A , Loulsburg, N. C., to live stock and poultry producers. This wheat will cost $1.15 per bushel delivered from CCC Bins. These bins are located near P. H. Allen's office where wheat can be purchased on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10:00 A. M. to 4:00 P. M. Persons desiring to purchase wheat should come on one of these days. IBK T. nreOOE, Chairman, Franklin County. Did You Get Your Paper ? Because of the scarcity of newspaper and in keeping with the government order to reduce the quantity of paper we are using, we have had to drop a number of our valued subscribers from our lists this week. We regret the ne cessity for this action and hope you can soon clear up your back subscriptions and get back on our lists. The amount involved in a subscription will not justify the expense of mailing bills, and in all too many cases bills are not given prompt attention. You can look on the label on your paper and figure what you owe. The date fol lowing your name will indicate the time to which you have paid. We thank you for your past contacts and hope you will soon be back with us. J. S. Lancaster Rites Held Here J. S. Lancaster, 75, retired ho tel operator of Newton, died at! his home Tuesday night after a I long illness. Mr. Lancaster, a Shriner and; 32 degree Mason, was given a Masonic funeral from the Pitt-j man & Lancaster Funeral Chapel of Louisburg. at 11 a. m., Thurs day, with interment to follow at; Oak wood Cemetery. Raleigh. The services were conducted by Rev. A. Paul Bagby,' Pastor of the Louisburg Baptist Church. The floral tribute was especially large and pretty and the Pallbearies were J. P. Moore, T. M. Harris, R. W. Smithwick, R. A. Bobbitt, M. C. Murphy. A. F. Johnson. Quite a number attended the services. He was born in Franklin Coun ty in 1867, and operated hotels in I Louisburg, Wake Forest, New jt'on and other locations during j his long career. Surviving are the wife, form lerly Mary Morris, of Raleigh and | Richmond, Va. ; and the following I children, Mrs. T. N. Beall, Tam pa, Fla.; Mrs. David Gaither, Wil mington; Mrs. Robert L. Taylor, and John S. Lancaster, Jr., both of Newton; two brothers, J. J. Lancaster, of Louisburg, and T. S. Lancaster, of Rocky Mount; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Jones, of Castalia, and Mrs. Willie House, of Nashvilfe; and five grandchild ren. George Wilson ? Dead Mr. George Wilson, one' of Franklin County's older citizens died Tuesday at a hospital in Raleigh. His body was broughtl to Louisburg and funeral services were held at White's Funeral Chapel Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Forrest D. Hedden. Quite a number of relatives and friends attended the services. Interment was made in the Franklinton Cemetery. The pallbearers were his sons and son-in-law and were M. E. Wilcon, Phillip Wilson, Raymond Wilson, Russell Wilson, Cephus Wilson and Peter Aycocke. Mr. Wilson was 83 years of age and is survived by the follow ing children: Mrs. R. E., Prince. | of Fuquay Springs, Mrs. Merrill Monger, Sanford, Fla., E. J. Wil son, Washington, D. C., Russell Wilson, Washington, D. C., M. E. Wilson, Warrenton, Philip and Raymond Wilson, of Louisburg. GETS STILL AND MEN Officer R. E. Neal reports the capture of a 60-gallon still out fit in Harris township Friday and destroyed 400 gallons of mash. They also caught two men, Herbert Perry and Jesse Baiter. The still was in opera tion. He was assisted by officers K. E. Joyner, G. S. Gilliam and Harold Richards. o PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatire, begin ning Saturday, May 22nd: Saturday ? Russel Hayden in 'Riders of The Northwest Mount ed' and Lupe Velez in 'Red Headi From Manhattan.' Also G Men vs. Black Dragon.' Sunday-Monday ? Alice Faye, John Payne and Jack Oakie in | 'Hello Frisco, Hello.' Tuesday ? Mary Lee and John Archer in 'Shanttytown.' Also 'Adeyentures of Smtlln' Jack'. Wednesday ? Edward Arnold and Ann Harding in 'Eyes In The Night.' Thursday-Friday ? Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore and Ruth Hus sey In Tennessee Johnson Tar < HeeL Born.* POPPY DAY MAY 29th This year, of all years, every American should understand the meaning of the Poppy, The pe tals of the Poppy have been dyed afresh by the blood of young Americans. Poppies in tribute of Ameri ca's battle dead of two wars, will be worn in Louisburg on Saturday. May 29th. The pop-i pies this year will honor the menj who have given their lives in the present conflict, as well as those; [who fell among the poppies of] jFrance and Belgium, '25 years ago. i- Shaped patiently by bund, each [little flower is a replica in crepe paper, of the flowers that bloom ied on the battle fields of the' i first World War. Each is slight ly different, but all have the same deep meaning. Flanders Field is on the other side of the world from Guadal canal and a quarter of a century 'distant, in time, but the little (wild poppy of Flanders speaks for [the dead of both battles. More Americans than ever be [fore are expected to wear pop pies this year as a personal tri jbute to those who have been | killed, and to aid the disabled, j it heir families and the families of! | the dead. o To Friends of Veterans Anyone knowing of additional names of deceased veterans of World War I or of the present war are requested to report same so that they may be added to the Honor Roll of Franklin County's War Dead. Kindly report same at once, giving name, rank, place of burial, company and other per tinent information. We would like UJ have, the list made up ac curately before Memorial Day. Report same to Mrs. Hugh W. Perry in the Court House, T. K. Stockard, Town Clerk's ofTice, or Mrs. Ben T. Holden, Chairman Arrangements Committee. Township Chairmen are again requested to get in touch with Ministers and Sunday School Su perintendents and arrange for Memorial Service and have their committees notified in advance about the grave decorations. See or call any member of Executive Committee if in doubt about ar rangements. Tennis Tour nament An invitation tennis tourna ment among the High School boys and girls and two college boys was played at the Green Hill Country Club last Wednesday af ternoon. The Reds and the Blues played to a tie score of 2 to 2. Nicky Alston was captain of the Reds, and Mary Nelson Smith wick was captain of the Blues. Mrs. R. G. Bailey was in charge. Each team won two matches. Several other sets were played but were not counted in the tourn ament results. The teams were well matched j and each game hotly contested. Much interest was manifested. Even Gaither Beam, Sr. played three games "just to see how the racket felt". The results of the matches, with the Reds named first, are as follows: Nicky Alston vs Mary Nelson Smlthwick 7-5. Jack Cooper vs Elliott Mathews 6-3. Bobby Andrews and Jimmy Ragland vs Joe Brown and Steve Creswell (College) f?-7. Sarah Hardwick and Jack Cooper vs Crlchton Cuttrell and Elliott Matbewt 3-6. Louisburg Tobacco Market Scheduled To Open August 31 This Season Lewis Offers Miners To AFL Lewis Declines Comment on Move to Close Breach With Parent Labor Or ganization; Action Inter-' preted as United Front Strategy and As Attempt To Isolate CIO's Phil Murray i Washington, May 19. ? John L. : Lewis, the unpredictable, tonight 1 led his United Mine Workers back ' to the American Federation of Labor which he tore asunder in I labor's great schism eight years > ago. _ ? AFL President William Green I revealed the news in the form of ' a matter-of-fact announcement 1 that the UMW had made "formal application to the executive couu- 1 cil for reaffiliation with the AFL" ' and that the council was consid- ' ering it in an "orderly and sym- ? pathetic way." Admission Certain Thus Lewis was not yet actual- ; ly back in the AFL fold, but it i was considered a foregone con- j elusion that he would be read- ? mitted since Green had repeated- \ ly adjured him to "come- back | home." In New York. Lewis sent out | word from his hotel suite, where ] he has been residing since the ; bituminous coal conferences be- 2 giin March 10. that he had no j comment to make on Green's an-', nouncement. A UMW spokesman said, how ever, that "apparently there has been general approval in the i UMW" of the move. When John Mates, a member, [of the UMW international exequ-| itive board of i District 9. read |Green's statement, he remarked:; !"Oh, the secretis out." ; The healing of this historic; breach, however, still leaves two opposing national labdr organiza- i tions, the AFL and CIO. Lewis led 1n the formation of the lat ter organization after he left the AFL in 1935 when AFL leaders could not see eye to eye with him, on his plans for organizing work-j ers by industries rather than I crafts. But he and the United! Mine Workers broke away from the CIO last year, in a quarrel with Philip Murray, its president.. Lewis' move prompted a num;{ ber of interpretations. He has publicly contended that labor will need a united front to avoid be ing crushed in the postwar world. Lewis gave that as his reason for proposing a renewal of AFL CIO peace negotiations in Janu-: ary, 1942. But his proposal de veloped the open break between him and his old friend and lieu-j tenant, Murray, upon whom he had bestowed the CIO presidency: in 1940. Murray said ne naa not been consulted by Lewis on the peace move and that he learned of" it1 from newsmen before receiving the Lewis proposal in the mails. Murray took umbrage and the wound was never healed. Move Against Murray Just a year ago this month, Lewis ousted Murray as vice pres ident of the miners, a post he had held for 22 years. Some viewed the Lewis move as an attempt to isolate Murray with a few unions In the labor field. The miners wcruld be one of the three big unions in the AFL, sharing honors with, if not exceeding, the teamsters and the carpenters. Lewis unquestionably would be an influential figure in the Fed eration councils and as such might be in a position to write the AFL ticket' in any further peace negotiations with the CIO. Lewis thus would be sitting across the table from Murray, the man he once called his "strong j right arm" but later called aj "former friend." Absorption of the miners would build the paid membership of AFL unions to nearly 7,000,000. The effect that would have upon the CIO cannot be Judged im mediately. although It gives the AFL a commanding position in any unity parleys with the CIO. o TO GASOLINE USERS The many reports roming 1 in about and the open driving of trucks for pleasure or with out loads and Cars carrying ] fishermen to and from the e Sport had better take notice and Jo discontinue this practice. Both of these are forbidded by the s gasoline regulations and it Is possible that all .gasoline for Cars and trucks reported in 1 such violation may have to k < discontinued. ! Crop Defense Program Goes To Leaf Body Earlier And Slower Marketing To Leave Time For Other Crops ? Raleigh. May 19. ? The four point program adopted Tuesday by a group of tobacco growers, warehousemen, dealers and man ufacturers may not solve the [arm labor problem this Fall, but Is generally agreed to be an in telligent approach toward solu tion. It was actually just a two point since the other tow are de signed to effectuate the main ob jectives of earlier opening dates tor tobacco markets and slower sales during the season. Further more, action of the conference Tuesday was suggestive rather than binding, since the United States Tobacco Association will tiave final word on putting into tffect the plan approved. It was recommended that sales begin in Georgia on .July 27; in the South Carolina Belt on Aug. S; Eastern Belt, Aug 17 or 19; MIDDLE BELT, including Louis burg. Aug. 31, and Old Belt, Sept. 7. The problem of obtaining buyers for those dates must be taced by the association. Sales would be limited to 360 piles per hour, or 1,800 for the maximum five-hour day, and to 350 pounds per basket, with no sales allowed except through the regular auction process under the second item in the approved plan. The third phase of the Pro liant calls for a committee to be appointed by the Governors of South Carolina. North Carolina and Virginia to conduct an edu cational campaign for slower marketing of tobacco, so that far mers would not leave other nec essary farm work to rush the weed to market. Finally, a committee repre senting all divisions of the to bacco trade would be authorized to work toward effectuating the whole plan and to consult with the Governors on matters of emergency nature arising as the selling season progresses. These ideas were essentially those presented by the grower group earlier in the day. Only point asked by the growers which was not incorporated in the final report was provision for a guarantee of stable prices throu ghout the season. The buying :ompanies shied off from that on inti-trust grounds. The fifty-odd men present for ;lte conference heard Governor Broughton tell them in no uncer tain terms that unless they did ?et together, and if a farm labor shortage arose that seemed to jeopardize harvesting of food :rops, he would not hesitate to ase^his "war powers to close the warehouses. Pleading for a spir :t of cooperation among all ele ments of the industry, the Gov jrnor said that no man in Amer-, ica had any right now to "do business as usual." The farmers had the meeting lalled by the Governor at the re jueBt of the State Manpower Com mission, there were representa tives of growers in the three States and of buyers in Virginia ind North Carolina. The farmers soon took over; one time it look id like the buyers were going to 3e on a spit. A. B. uarrington, jr., president >f the U. S. Tobacco Association md spokesman for the non-grow ng part of the industry, lodged t motion to defer action until at ;er the association sales commit ee meets in June. Later he tfithdl-ew that motion, upon be ng assured that the whole plan vould be presented to that com mittee. J<o assurance could be ;iven it will be aproved. but gen :ral opinion of those attending ;he conference was that it will be idopted. There is sufficient sen iment behind it almost to guar intee acceptance. Most tobacco armers also grow feed and food :rops; they mean to save them. Some one said this was the first ime in history farmers, ware lousemen and buyers all got to Sether around one table to work >ut solution of a problem in vhich all were Interested. It was aken as a sign of better coop eration from now on in the to >acco trade. o The name "Limey" for the British came from the fact that lailors carried limes with them in long voyages to prevent scur ry. Citrus fruits provide neces ary Vitamin C. Commodity Credit Corporation las made loans on 9$t38? boafcels >f wheat tn Nerth CtroltM, with 12,190 bqsfael redeemed.
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