Nazi Defenses
Shattered
By Russians
London, Thursday, Dec. 30. ?
The Red Army has surged to with
in 48 mtles of the pre-war Polish
border west of Kiev In a specta
cular break-through along a 110
mile ara, continuing today Its of
fensive across flat steppeland of
fered the Germans few natural
defenses short of the Bug Elver,
200 miles away.
The Soviet power drive took
250 communities in 24 hours, in
cluding the major rail hub and
fortress town of Korosten as pow
erful Qerman defenses were sud
denly shattered, Moscow announc
ed.
Capture of the town of Vygov,
12 miles beyond Korosten, and
Ushomir, in between, on the rail
way line southwestward to Novo
grad Volinsk placed the Russians
well beyond the Zhitomir-Koros
ten h'igb-water mark of their ear
lier offensive toward Poland.
Important Advance
Additional details of the Mos
cow communique, recorded by the
Soviet monitor, also put the swift
moving Red Army 13 miles from
the important rail junction of
Berdlchev as they captured Bye
lopole to the southeast in a signi
ficant 10-mile push from Nek
horosch, taken Tuesday. Bye
lopole is on the Berdichev-Kiev
highway.
Advances in the past 24 hours
gave the Russians complete con
trol of a 35-mile sector of the
trunk railway line from Lening
rad to Odessa as they captured
Chernykhov, 12 miles north of
Zhitomir, Turchinka and Fassovo,
rail stations between Korosten
and threatened Zhitomir.
In another important thrust at
the southern end of the advanc
ing Russian arc the Second Uk
rainian Army captured Skvira, 50
miles southwest of Kiev, terminus
of a short feeder railway 'into the
Kiev-Zhmerinka line.
The Soviet midnight bulletin
told of Germans running away,
abandoning equipment and "suf
fering exceptionally heavy losses
and equipment" in engagements
still taking place.
LESLIE NELMS KILLED
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John Nelms was about half
drunk. We shot at some tin
cans out in the yard. I drove
them back to Henderson about
3:30 p. m. Leslie went in the
station and came back and said,
that he could not buy a ticket as
the train was crowded, or that
the train had gone. I told him
to see about going on the bus,
and he went in the bus station
and came back and said the bus
would not leave until about 8
?o'clock. We left Henderson
about 6 p. m. and came back to
my house. When we got back to
my house Leslie and Robert left
my bouse with Leslie driving.
This was about 6 p. m. About
7:30 I had to carry Mr. and Mrs.
Overby to Henderson. About 3
miles from my home I found them
in the ditch. I helped them out
and I went on to Henderson.
Mr. Overby said he was In the
house and did not go out where
they were.
Frank Robertson said, "I was
-Solng to my brothers about dark
and stopped to. help two men
-out of the ditch. The man un
der the wheel asked me why I
wasn't in the Army, and the man
dressed In the uniform said let
him alone, he helped us out of
the ditch. They drove off In di
rection of Klttrell. About 9
o'clock I was going back home.
I heard a dog barking and when
. I looked down the road I saw the
aame car. I turned to the off
aide of the road to keep them
from seeing me. The car was
in the middle o 1 the road.
Sheriff Moore said he drove
over the section where Robert
Nelms said he was and failed to
find where Nelms had turned
around.
The jury having heard all the
?vldence available retired and re
turned a verdict as follows: "W4
And that the deceased, Leslie
Nelms, came to his death by a
Sun shot wound at the hands of
party or parties unknown to us."
LATER
Officers or Individuals took the
matter up with the State Bureau
of Investigation, who begun an
investigation had officers in
Franklin County arrest John Ro
bert. Nelms, according to informa
tion given the TIMES by officers,
and took him to Henderson,
where he was placed in jail to
-await further developments.
The body was taken to Durham
by the Provost Marshall at Camp
Sntner, where a more thorough
? investigation was made, and the
"body prepared for burial was re
turned to Louisburg.
Funeral services w"ill be held
* from Mt. Ollead Christian Church
v Friday at 2 p. mfl by the Rev Mr.
' Madren. Burial will follow in the
family cemetery.
Sheriff J. P. Moore, Deputy R.
E. Neal and Vance County officers
tn the Franklin County
ler's Investigations.
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KEEP WORKING
1 Do you work in the woods or
p sawmill T Are you going to take
off When payday rolls
Wait. Think! The
Id,, produce in that
U?re equip
maybe ?
(T^Ulpwood
containers
of food
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* FRANKLIN COUNTY FARM *
* AGENT DEPT. *
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Now that the Christmas holi
days have come and gone, farm
people are urged to begin making
definite plans for the coming
year. It is our opinion that the
production of agricultural pro
ducts as elu enterprise is a busi
ness that requires as much plan
ning and managing as mos( any
business that may be named.
From observation we clearly note
that it is the farmer who plans
and looks ahead that is usually
most successful.
Franklin County farmers in
producing the 1944 crop will be
faced with the greatest hardships
and obstacles in a great number
of years. Certainly since the
last war.* The hired labor situa
tion as we usually term it is bad
at present and continually grow
ing worse due to farm labor be
ing induced by high wages Into
defense industry. Quite a number
of Franklin County land owners
report non-rented farms for the
coming year. In addition to la
bor. we must get along with very
little new and practically no ad
ditional mechanized equipment.
The gasoline situation, according
to OPA reports, is such that will
require each one of us to cut our
so called essential driving to the
barest necessity.
The soybean and lespedeza
crops in Franklin County in 1943
were practically a failure so far
as seed production was concerned.
iThis means that it will be neces
sary to secure from out of the
County all lespedeza and soybean
seed. Franklin County farmers
are asked to produce in 1944 ap
proximately 16,000 acres of hay
and 3,000 acres of soybeans for
oil. In order to meet these goals,
it will require the purchase of
12,500 bushels of soybeans and
4 00,000 pounds of lespedeza seed.
We have been asked to produce
20% more tobacco than last year
and sufficient food and feed stuff
to make us as near as possible
self sustaining.
These facts are presented to
.Franklin County farmers, be
cause we are of the opinion that
i the American public and partic
ularly the farmers are people
who can and wnat to face the
(facts. We know that to produce
or.* goals in 1944, will require
lt*)% support of every man, wo
man and child. We, therefore,
urge each and every farm opera
tor to begin carefully planning
1944 production intentions.
Miss L. Elizabeth Best, Secre
tary to the County AAA Commit
tee, states that present plans are
to conduct a farm canvass . in
early January. Local committee
imen will contact every farm op-'
srator to determine 1944 produc
tion intehtlons.
WALTER FULLER,
Asst. County Agent.
or him. Don't let his finger
point to you in death, accusing
you for idleness when you could
have saved him. Stay on the job.
America must have wood, must
have it quickly and in unbeliev
ably large quantities.
We dan't win the war without the
navy; our soldier can't win unlet*
our ship* deliver; merchant ships
can't deliver unless the home front
provides. One important convoy job
is flashing signals as this youth is
doing in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Your equally important job is to
continue buying War Bonds until
victory. I/. S. Trtanry Dtpartmnt
WANTED
IMMEDIATELY
White or Colored Sweep
ers, Oilers, Flour Packers,
and Boxcar Loaders in Es
sential Industry ? Shift
Work ? Starting wage 50
cents: per hour ? 52 H within
60 days ? 55 within 90 days.
Time and one half all ovei
40 hours. Can give 56 horn
per week guarantee. Per
manent portion with furth
er advancement possible.
Free hospital, health, acci
dent and life insurance. Ex
cellent working conditions.
DIXIE PORTLAND
FLOUR BULLS,
First and Hull Streets,
Richmond, Va. ^
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
The South Pacific Aerial Exploits Cross h?? been awarded to
First Lt William P. Campbsil, U. S. M. C, of Minneapolis for hii
aolo bombing attack again* five Jap transport, and ten destroyers.
While ahip and shore batteries eoneentral*a alltbeir fife aKainM him*
filling the air with flak, he dive-bombed the *ip formation, blasted
a transport with a direct hit. The War Bond you buy today will help
load bomb racks to shatter Jap supply lines.
U. S. T reasury Dtpartment
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* SOIL CONSERVATION ?
? NEWS ?
? By W. O. Lambeth ?
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Farmers with timber suitable
for lumber and pulpwood can
make a valuable contribution to
the war effort this winter by cut
ting and selling usable trees say
the District Supervisors of the
Tar River Soil Conservation Dis
trict.
War needs for wood are daily
'becoming more and more press
ing according to the Supervisors.
However, if fafm woodland own
ers would cut and sell their mar
ketable trees this winter it would
go a long way toward helping the
critical wood situation.
It is estimated that in the South
45 per cent of the sawlog produc
tion comes from farms. Likewise,
a survey by the War Production
Board indicates that farm wood
lands produce 38 per cent of the
supply of pulpwood. With the
timber industry hampered by la
bor and equipment shortages,
farm woodlands will have to pro
duce a large part of the growing
needs for wood and wood pro
ducts.
However, the District Supervis
es caution against ruthless clear
?utting of farm woodlands." Wood
and owners are being asked to
;ut and sell their timber now
?hile the need is urgent, but they
are also being asked to observe
good forestry practice; while cut
ting it.
Franklin. County farmers ar?
urged to cut their trees on a se
lective basis, removing only ma
ture trees, and diseased, limby
and knotty ones. Such a cutting
system will leave ample growing
stock for future timber crops
and at the same time will yielc
sufficient revenue to pay for th<
cutting with a small profit lefl
over for the land owner.
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PUliPWOOD CUTTING DEM
ONSTRATION TO BE HELD
A pulpwood cutting demonstra
tion will be held on the Roy Ov
erton farm, Thursday, January 6
1944 at 1:30 p. m. This demon
stration is being sponsored by al
the Agricultural Agencies work
ing in Franklin County and th<
Franklin County Pulpwood Com
mittee. Mr. E. K. Ach, forestei
with the 'North Carolina Pull
Company, Plymouth, N. C., anc
Mr. Hobbs, Extension Forester
working in the County will b<
present to answer any questioi
about cutting and marketing pulp
wood.
The Overton farm is located or
the Edward Best-Justice Hlghwa}
and all farmers in the Justlcc
community interested in cutting
pulpwood or thinning their wood
lands are urged" to be ther<
promptly at 1:30 p. m. with ar
axe or crosscut saw.
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Keystone Home
On the shorei of the
Delaware stands the
oldeit residence in
Pennsylvania, the
Caleb Pusey House,
built at Upland in 1683
of field stone and mor
tar like so many resi
dences of early - Colo
nial days.
The countries of occu
pied Europe bold an
cient landmark* point
ing to the dim past, but
in the mad attempt to
Nazify the entire conti
nent Germany ha* wan
tonly destroyed thou
sands of historic links
to obliterate all but the
Teuton trademark.
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-- SUITS
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THE FASHION
SHOPPE
"A Smart Shop For
Smart Women"
LOUISBURG, N. 0.
PULPWOOD NEEDED IN
FOOD PRODUCTION
Pulpwlod cutting and food pro
duction go hand in hand to serve
American fighting men. Secretary
Claude R. Wickard of the Depart
ment of Agriculture said this
week in urging farmers to back
the Victory Pulpwood Campaign.
At the same time, Marvin Jones.
War Food Administrator, pointed
out that the pulpwood shortage
directly affects farmers because
they are large users of its pro
ducts In carrying on their nor
mal trade in farm produce.
"I have watched with Interest
the development of the Victory
Pulpwood Campaign, In which
farmers in pulpwood-producing
areas are playing such an import
ant part," Secretary Wickard
stated. . t~
."The farmers of America are
performing outstanding service in
raising foodstuffs for our fighting
men, our Allies, and the home
front. They will do {heir part in
producing the pulpwood ><hat goes
into supplies and equipment for
.their own ?ona,< brothers, and
friends overseas. - *>
"Actually the one production
: job complements the other. Food
from our farms Is transported to
our fighting forces in paper
board boxes and multi-wall paper
. bags made o? pulpwood.
"County agents and foresters,
- who already have helped In the
Victory Pulpwood' Campaign, may
> be counted on to advise farmers
- on how and what trees to cut in
? accordance with good forestry
. practices. Also, the Forest Ser
E vice is Including Increased pro
! duction of pulpwood as a majoi
. objective of its program, initiated
I at the request of the War Produc
> tion Board, to stimulate the out
t put of forest products needed foi
the war."
War Food Administrator Jonej
said, "Farmers constitute one ol
the biggest groups of farm pro
ducts users." Because of th?
? critical shortage of both pulp
- wood and lumber, he urged far
. mers to:
1, Increase production from
1 farm woodlands during the win
- ter.
s 2. Provide labor for forest in
- dustrles during the slack wintei
r season on farms.
) He called attention to the Se
I lective Servlc reegulatlons whlcb
, permit farmers and farm labor
s ers to do such seasonal worli
i without losing their deferred
FAMILY
REMEDIES
THE WELL KNOWN
W a t k i n s
Products
GIVE YOU RESULTS
SAVE YOU MONEY
I am sole representative
for Cedar Rock, Cypress
Creek and Loulsburg Town
ships. Will make regular
trips throughout this terri
tory. Write me If your
needs are urgent.
J. E. WILDER
R 2, SPRING HOPE, N. C.
New Year
GREETINGS
1944
Just a line to extend to
you our sincere thanks for
your patronage In 1948,
and to wish yon, and yours
a ny>?t Happy and Prosper
ous New Year. Remember,
we are always at your ser
vice.
THE
FASHION
SHOPPE
"A Smart Shop For
, Smart Women"
LOUISBURG. N. C.
classification In agriculture.
Increased production from (arm
woodlands Is needed (or the man
ufacture o( containers, which are
highly essential to food produc
tion, War Food Administration
officials stated. Many veneer
mills, basket and crate factories,
and pulp and paper mills depend
to a large extent on supplies o (
logs and bolts produced by (ar
mers. Current shortages In sup
ply have been attributed In part
to a slackening In production
(rom (arm woodlands. Increased
production o( these (orest pro
ducts by (armers themselves will
aid In assuring a supply o( con
tainers sufficient (or the market
ing o( 1944 crops.
To market the fruit and vege
table crop In 1944 some 160 mil
lion new baskets and hampers,
450 million berry cups, 50 mil
lion wlrebound veneer boxes,
more than 3d0 million nailed box
es and crates, and large quanti
ties of paper and pulp products
for wraps, liners, pads, bags, and
cartons, will be required. Other
farm crops expand these needs.
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Home demonstration clubs
have set aside January as "Time
For Team Work" meetings. All
members of the family, Including
4-H boys and girls, will take part.
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We Wish All Our Friends and Patrons
A Happy and Prosperous New Year
LAST TIMES TODAY ? FRIDAY
ROBERT YOUNG and DOROTHY McGUIRE in
"CLAUDIA"
From Rose Franken's Great Book.
: i NEW YEAR'S EVE MID-NITE SHOW ? OPEN 11:40
1 j Ten Free Passes to the Holder of the Lucky Ticket
?\ PATRICIA MORRISON KENNY BARER
BELITA ? TED FIO RITO AND BAND in
"SILVER SKATES"
' 1 i'iI I ji. ?
SATURDAY, JAN. 1 ? Double Feature
GENE AUTRY and SMILEY BURNETTE in
"RIDE TENDERFOOT RIDE"
CHESTER MORRIS in
! "CHANCE OF A LIFETIME"
i also "THE MASKED MARVEL"
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SUNDAY - MONDAY, JAN. 2 - 3 ? ?
A Great American Novel Comes to the Screen !
; DON AMEGHE ? FRANCES DEE ? HARRY CAREY
and ANN RUTHERFORD in
McKinlay Kantor's
HAPPY LAND"
1 Also on the same program The March of Time presents
the story of juvenile delinquency today
"YOUTH IN CRISIS"
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TUESDAY, JAN. 4 ? - Family Day
ANN SHERIDAN and RICHARD CARLSON in
"WINTER CARNIVAL"
also "THE BATMAN"
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5 ?
VIRGINIA WEIDLER and EDW. ARNOLD in
"THE YOUNGEST PROFESSION"
with Lana Turner - Greer Garson - Walter Pidgeon
and William Powell as guest stars.
THURSDAY - FRIDAY, Jan. 6 - 7 ?
NELSON EDDY - SUSANNA FOSTER
and CLAUDE RAINS in
"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"
(In Technicolor)
COMING NEXT WEEK
Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda in
"THE GANGS ALL HERE" (In Technicolor)
Olsen & Johnson in "CR^ZY HOUSE"
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DAY or NIGHT