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KEEP 0N*?* * ? ? ?* ? i/j .?-rr 7 r-VJ ? WITH WAR BONDS /j riMEj KEEP OH WITH WAR BONDS < VOLUMN IiXXV. 91.50 per year |n Mvuce l.oLISlll'RG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1044 . (Eight Pages) NUMBER 98 ROOSEVELT NOMINATED For President For Fourth Time i ? , ? . ? ^T, CHICAGO CONVEN TION ON FIRST BALLOT Senator Harry S. Truman, Of Missouri Nominated For Vice President On Second Ballot; Democrats Adopt Platform, Make Nominations By Friday Night; Wallace Defeated On Second Ballot Chicago Stadium, July 20. ? Tu multous Democratic legions hand ed a fourth Presidential nomina tion tonight to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, its leader through eight years of peace and three of war. It had become almost a habit with them. Only one ballot was necessary. Byrd Gets 89 The vote was: For Roosevelt, 1,086 votes. For Virginia's anti-New Deal Senator, Harry F. Byrd, 89. For James A. Farley, who en gineered two elections for the Chief Executive but balked at a third term, one vote. The Byrd suport came largely from the South, where dissatisfied Dixie delegates had objected to some of the convention's actions. The pro-Roosevelt delegation from Texas, given half the state's 48 votes when seated, voted 24 for Roosevelt on the roll call of states. The antifourth term led group cast 12 for Roosevelt and 12 for Byrd. Still undecided, as the conven tion settled back to wait for a radio acceptance speech from Mr. Roosevelt later in . the evening, was the choice of a running mate to enter the arena with him ^gainst the Dewey-Bricker Re publican ticket. Hot Second Place Kuce Vice President Henry A. Wal lace and Senator Harry Truman of Missouri, rode by turns an ebb and flow of a swirling unpredic table vice-presidential tide. Still in the running, too, was Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky, whose thundering voice earlier had pla ced Mr. Roosevelt's own name in nomination in a moment of un precedented convention drama. Chicago Stadum, July 21. ? Senator Harry S. Truman of Mis souri tonight was nominated by the 1944 Democratic national con vention as Its vice presidential candidate to make the fourth-term campaign with President Roose velt, and the convention adjourn ed sine die at 9:20 p. m., EWT. Truman won over Vice Presi dent Henry A. Wallace In a dra matic second ballot vote which saw state after state change its vote when it became apparent that the Missourian had victory In his grasp. The official tabulatloh was: Truman, 1,100. Wallace, 66. Supreme Court Associate Jus tice William O.Douglas, 4. There were sis absentees, the total vote cast being 1,170. Tru man had needed only 589. Tennessee challenged the vote, its delegation maintaining that it cast 26 votes for Governor Pren tice Cooper. The chairman re cognized that the 26 votes had been cast for Cooper, but he taade no change in his official tally and declared Truman the winner. Wallace Led First The first ballot had given Wal lace 429 hi votes and Truman 319H, with the remainder scat tered among 14 other candidates. Truman, however, leaped to the fore soon after the start of the second ballot and from there un til the end of the roll call the two candidates staged a neck-and neck battle. Then Truman pulled away and several states which had previously passed sent his vote soaring. During the scramble to revise delegation votes there were sev eral attempts by ?ome delegation chairmen to makeVthe nomination unanimous, but Permanent Chair man Samuel D. Jackson ruled them out of order. Truman, a 60-year-old veteran of Missouri politics, had the per sonal approval of President Roosevelt, who had expressed his attitude in a letter to National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan. Previousfy, Mr. Roosevelt* had said that he would vote for Wal lace if he were a delegate to the convention, but he left the con vention free to make its own choice. PLATFORM Convention Headquarters, Chi cago, July 20. ? Following la the (Continued on Page Two) .. 4 GOVERNOR OR DERS LATER OPENINGS Governor Brougtiton Wednes day issued an executive ortler postponing for one week the opening dates for all tobacco mar kets in North Carolina. The executive order, issued un der authority of the Emergency War Powers Act, makes the fol lowing postponements in opening dates: Border Belt, August 1 to . 8; Eastern Belt, August 21 to Au gust 28; Middle Belt, September 11 to September 18; Old Belt, September 18 to September 25. The Governor stated that the order was issued to provide addi tional time, so far as the earliest openings are concerned, "to make adequate showing to the OPA and other appropriate Federal agencies of the inadequacy of the ceiling price which was announ ced a few days ago. The post ponements in other belts are made in order to restore the dif ference in time originally plan ned between dates of the various openings." The OPA last week announced a season's weighted average ceil- ; ing price of 39 cents per 100 pounds for untied leaf, such as 1 is sold on the Georgta and Flori da markets, and of 43% cents per 100 pounds for tied leaf, such as is sold on markets In the two Carolinas and in Virginia. FRANKLIN COUNTY SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS BEHIND IN SALE OK E BONDS Although Krunklin County has sold more than it overall quota of bonds, it In $(18,000.00 behind in the sale of 'E' bonds. The caimwiiin closes Monday, July 31st. If our citizens fail to buy their quota of 'E' bonds this time, it will be our first failure. We simply can't let the boys down now! There are two days left. Buy now and see to it that your purchase is turned into Richmond before August 1st. A detailed report of sales ' by townships will be made lu the next issue of the KRANK LIN TIMES. LOUISBURO BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor will preach In the morning on the subject: "The Need of a Daysman." This will ( be the last morning worship at the Baptist Church until the last Sunday in August. Every mem- , ber is urged to be present. I Vespers will be at 7:16 p. m. on the College campus. Mr. Hed den will bring the message. 9:45 a. m. Bible School. , 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship. MORE GAS Raleigh, July 24. ? O.I. Joe is going to get more gasoline< After July 25, all service men j on furlough will get a gallon of , gas a day, up to 30 days, rather than the 5 gallons flat, per fur- ' lough allowed previously. t Office of Price Administration officials said the increased fur- , lough allotment is designed to aid the fighter spending a week or more at home, and at the same i time, reducing slightly the gaso line allotment of those on fre- i quent 3 ,or 4 days week-end fur loughs. ] It has been estimated that in ] its guardianship of some 40,000 miles of shoreline the Coast j Ouard will celebrate its 154th an niversary on August 4, 1944. 1 PROGRAM AT TILE > LOUISBURO THEATRE The following Is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, 'July 29th: Saturday ? Hoot Oibson and Bob Steele in 'Sonora Stagecoach' < and Anne Owynne and Jerome I Cowan in 'South of Dixie' also i Chap. 9 'Tiger Woman.' Sunday-Monday ? George Raft. 1 Vera Zorlna, Jeanette McDonald, | Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, I Dinah Shore, W. C. Fields, The Andrews Sisters, Sophie Tucker, The bands of Ted Lewis, Freddie Slack and Charlie Splvak in 'Fol low The Boys.' Tuesday ? Roddy McDowell, Donald Crisp, Nigel Bruce and Lassie in 'Lassie Come Home.' Wednesday -v- Sydney Qreen street, Zachary Scott and' Faye Emerson in 'The Mas of Dlmit1 riot.' Thursday - Friday ? Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Alan nHale and Donald Crisp in 'The Adven- < tures ot Mark Twain.' THEY'RE TRUE TAR HEELS These pretty Wacs will have you know that they're two of the luckiest because the Army stationed them in North Carolina, their Tar Heel State. And. further, they told the photographer those ire genuine North Carolina smiles! Meet Sergeant Mary Freeman (left) of LOUISBURO, and Pvt. Grace Jones of Raleigh, members of the WAC Detachment at Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, glider installation of the First Troop Carrier Command. BOOST IN TOBACCO PRICE CEILING DENIED Tobacco Group Appeals to Governors Plans Meeting Monday in Washington Washington, July 26. ? Eco nomic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson today rejected appeals 3f flue-cured tobacco growers and warehousemen for a two-cent-a pound increase in 1944 ceiling prices. Vinson notified a group of more than 30 tobacco men repre senting" the five flue-cured pro ducing states it was his "final de cision" that the ceilings announ ced last week? 39 cents for loose, ungraded tobacco and 43 M cents tor graded and tied leaf ? would stand. The tobacco men maintained that ceilings of 41 and 45% cents recommended by them at a meet ing with the Office of Price Ad ministration here in March, was the minimum acceptable to them. Deal Disdained Standing by their guns, the ;roup shouted down an offer from| Vinson, if they would accept the lower figure, to sign a supple mental order allowing a one-cent1 per pound "leeway" on the. Georgia-Florida markets, where practically the entire crop is sold loose and ungraded, to be "balan ced off" under the ceilings in the Middle and Old Belts. "That would do nothing in the world but add confusion to dis satisfaction."' said H. L. Wingate, of the Georgia Farm Bureau and chairman of the delegation. Immediately after receipt of Vinson's final word, the tobacco men caucaused and decided their next step would be to learn from Governors Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina, J. Melville Brou ghton of North Carolina and Col gate W. Darden, Jr., of Virginia, how far those executives would go in backing them up to keep the1 flue-cured markets closed "indef-1 initely." The attitude of the three chief executives will determine furtherl steps, they said. The Georgia-Florida markets were due to open Monday, but a holiday of at least five days was ordered pending outcome of this week's appeal. Delinquent Draftees The following colored delin quents hare been reported by the local Draft Board: Ollle Williams. Louisburg, N. 0., R 1. Greenwood Alston, Franklln [on, N. C., R 1. Edward Edgerton, Louisburg. M. C-, R 4. Cooper Hawkins, Henderson, N. C., R 1. Robert Lee Person, Franklin ton, N. C., R 2. John Benjamin Williams, Lou isburg, N. C., R 4. Arthur Bullock, Youngsville, >4. C? R 1. Jack Burnette Alston, Youngs irille, If. C., R I. REVIVAL The revival started last Sun-' lay at the Centervllle Baptist Church. The Rev. A. L. Benton, }t Swansboro, N. C., is doing the preaching. Services are 4 o'clock In the afternoon and 9 o'clock in the evening. You are cordially invited to attend these services. POLIO OFFERING Sunday morning In each of the three white rhurches of our town an offering Mil be taken in the Interest of the fight again?t Polio In onr state. Funds are needed. If anyone cannot attend service let. him seqd a worthy offering for this pause. FORREST HIDDEN, H. 8. OOBEY, A. PAUL BAGBY. Lions Install New Officers Lion H. A. Dupree, of Raleigh, I Deputy District Governor of Dis trict 31-C Lions International, in stalled the new officers of the Louisburg Lions Club Tuesday night at the regular meeting atj the County Agricultural Building. Lion Dean Moon presided in the absence of President Gaither Beam and introduced Lion Du pree who conducted the Installa tion ceremonies. Lion Dupree very heartily congratulated the Local Club upon the selection of Lion Forrest Hedden as president for the coming year. He stated that the Louisburg Club had! made remarkable progress under | the leadership of Lion Beam dur ing the past year, increasing In membership from 15 toj&O; aj record unequaled by any club in! the District- "Knowing Forrest Hedden as I do," stated Lion Du prees, "I know that the Louis- 1 burg Club will again be at the top this year under his leader ship." Dr. A. Paul Bagby presented membership kqys awarded by Lions International to Klrby * S. Parrish and George W. Eaves for securing new members. C. D. Carstarthen was a guest of Lion Alex Wood and William W. Neal was a guest of Lion Hedden for the occasion. The Club Directors voted unan imously to pay for the fitting of glasses to two persons recommen ded by the Franklin County Welfare Department, the cost to be $8.00 per pair. ) Both lice and mites rob many farmers of poultry profit*. NAZI DEFENSES SHATTERED U. S. Infantrymen Ride Tanks Into Action in Greatest Allied Drive of French Invasion; Ameri can Spearheads Trap - Huge Pockets of Germans; Nazis Appear Unable to Stem Plunge Allied Supreme Headquarters, London, Thursday, July 27.? American tanks, with infantry clinging to their turrets, smash ed five miles through tlie main and secondary German defense lines west of St. Ko Wednesday in the greatest Allied drive of thfe French invasion and fAntied out into open country, trapping huge pockets of the enemy in thoir wake. Early today, armored spear heads were reported driving on well beyond captured St. Gllles and Marlgny on the St. Lo-Cou tances highway, deepening their four-mile-wlde offensive front and leaving the clean-up Job for in fantrymen. Many Dead Germans "Never have I seen so many dead Germans as this afternoon," wrote Henry T. Gorrell of the United Press from the American front. "The Germans are not yet sure they are licked and they are fighting for their lives." At least 16 villages were oc cupied by the Americans as they unbridled their tanks in force for the first time in the battle of France and opened new offen sives at the extreme western and eastern ends of their line. On the west, they stormed across the Seves and Ay rivers, threatening to outflank Lessay. and on the east captured Montrabot, eight miles east of St. Lo, in a one mile advance. Eleven German divisions ? more than 100.000 men ? had been massed against the Ameri cans and they were counter-at tacking furiously, particularly on the western flank, hut they ap peared unable to stem the tank powered plunge through the cen ter. I ny contrast, tne British Sec ond Army's coordinated offensive I to the east developed Into a tierce pivotal action as the Ger mans, using at least four divis ions and elite guard anits. coun ter-attacked furiously against the ' bulge driven In their lines south ! of Caen on Tuesday. A large force of British troops became cut off' in Tilly-La Cam pagne. scene of a furious street battle, when the Germans Jcnock ed out all their communications, front reports said, but fought their way back to the main Brit ish line. A heroic corporal who maintained portable radio made the withdrawal possible. Allied tanks were heavily en gaged by enemy artillery and mortar fire on the Czen sector, Allied Communique No. 102 re vealed, while in one sector a heavy counter-attack. strongly supported by tanks, was thrown back. "In the western sector of the Normandy front the Allies con tinued to make steady progress." the communique said. "The bat tle area was extended." Huge U. 8. Tank Force Secretly massed during the last two days, vast numbers of Amer ican General Sherman tanks rum bled early Wednesday to advance positions won by the infantry in the initial assult following Tues day's record 3,000-plane bombard ment. With fresh Infantrymen, arm ed with bazookas, tommy-guns and other light ?rme, bouncing along as passengers, Russian style, and with their own 75's and machine-guns laying down a barrage, the tanks struck straight for St. allies and Marlgny. VISITS HOSPITAL The following letter was receiv ed by the FRANKLIN TIMES from a Franklin County Boy, the past week: "Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was at the San Diego Naval Hos pital, July 10, to visit the sick and wounded. Corporal G. W. Catlett, U. S. Marine, a native of Franklin County, had the pleas ure of shaking hands with the First Lady, and was congratula ted for recovering so fast. Corp. Catlett was wounded Feb. 17, 1944 In the South Pacific Islands, and has been In several different hospitals since then. Catlett was In the Islands eighteen months and is very glad to be back in the States. He will receive his Honorable Discharge at the U. 8. Naval Hospital on or around July 27. Thank you. Archie." Butter supplies tor civilian* In the third quarter are down 87 million pounde. Other fata and oils are up 60 million. Patronise TIMES Advertisers MILITARY CADET I "OS,: y HUGH W. PERRY* Jr. Son of Mrs. Hugh W. Perry, Sr., !of Louisburg, N. C., who entered I the United States Military Acad emy on July 1st, 1944. Cadet Perry has been in the United 'States Army since August, 1943, | having had basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia; ASTP at Ore gon State College. Corvallis, Ore gon, and being later transferred to Cornell University, Ithaca, New York after he received an Alternates appointment from Rep. Harold D. Cooley of the Fourth | Congressional District. I H. E. Hight Dead Mr. Hugh E. Hight. formerly |of Loulsburg, but for the past several years of Greensboro, died Friday In the Masonic Home at iGreensboro, following an extend ed illness. Hugh was In his 71st year and is survived by two sis jters. Mrs. P. N. Wiggins, of Char leston, W. Va.. and Mrs. K, E. | Detter. of Loulsburg. Hugh was born in Franklin County, the soil of the late J. It. Jand Annie Harris Hight. and mov ed to Louisburg in 1890s, where 'he was active in the tobacco bus ? Uv??e tor -? long number of years. He was ft Mason and held mem bership in Louisburg Lodge. He was also a member of the Louis burg Baptist Church. Hugh was a very social and congenial fel low. straightforward and sincere, and enjoyed a wide friendship 'among his large acquaintance. The body was brought to Louis burg and the funeral services were held at the graveside in Oak wood Cemetery, conducted by j Rev. Forrest D. Hedden. pastor lof the Louisburg Methodist Church, and Rev. A. Paul Bagby, pastor of the Loulsburg Baptist Church and interment was made: ;in the presence of a large num ber of friends of the family. The ; floral tribute was very pretty. The Masons attended in a body to Join the many to pay a last sad tribute to the deceased. The pall bearers were: C. M. Howard, T. M. Harris, G. C. Har ris, T. K. Stockard, E. C. Perry.! Frank Rose. S. T. Wilder. J. II. | Boone. Recorder's Court There was very little interest in Franklin Recorder's Court Tuesday. All cases on the dock et wound up. in continuances, with one of them asking for a lury: Irvin B. Gilliam, non-support, continued. Ben P. Wester, reckless driv ing without brakes, continued. Bide Wheless, forcible trespass, assault, jury requested, continued. June Dunston, failure to com ply, continued. TAKES VACATION Mr. E. W. Russell, manager of Pender's local store, left Tuesday for Durham and other places of interest, on a two week's vaca tion. Mr. W. C. Card, of Dur ham, is tilling Mr. Russell's place while he is out. TIME FOB PEACHES Raleigh, July 22. ? J. A. Whit field. marketing specialist with the State Department of Agricul ture, declared that the peak movement of North Carolina pea ches is expected to occur between July 21 and August 7. "Housewives are reminded of the delicious flavor of North Carolina peaches, and are re quested to check pressure cookers and other canning equipment in the home or to arrange with local school canneries to put up suf ficient supplies of peaches to care for winter needs," said Whit field. He added that "since most pantries have been short of pea ches during the past season due to the shortage of the crop In 1943, it U suggested that every available container be filled with peaches Within the next two weeks." | ? On Pay D*r. Buy War Bonds ? j I WAR NEWS Rome, July 2 . ? Spearheaded by New Zealand veterans of Cas sino, Eighth Army Forces smash ed today within eight miles of ?the open city of Florence, which was expected to fall without struggle onctl Its outer defenses were breached. The Berlin radio said July 1 that Adolf Hitler had declared Florence an open city to protect its "irreplaceable cultural val ues," and there has since been no report of Allied planes having attacked the city's rail yards. New Zealand tanks and infan try, stabbing forward five miles in two days of bitter fighting against Nazi parachute troops, were reported closing on the high way town of San Casciano, less than eight miles south of Flor ence. Other Eighth Army col-, umns advanced steadily along a 30-mile front below the city, re nowned as the birthplace of mod ern art. Washington, July 26. ? The Un ited States tonight denounced Ar gentina for "deserting the Allied cause" and decisively rejected all suggestions that it negotiate with President Edelmiro Farrell's reginje wjn re-opening diplomatic relations. Instead it recommended to all United Nations and associa ted nations the diplomatic isola tion of Argentina. \ The denunciation apparently was without precedent for blunt ness and strong language. It was issued by the State Department after Secretary of State Hull had consulted for several weeks with other American governments. Copies were sent to all the Am erican governments except Argen tina. London. July 26. ? Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels tonight outlined a program for a stepped-up German war effort u nd urged the battered German nation to rally around Adolf Hit ler and "fight and work" to overcome "the present difficult times when almost the entire world is storming against us." ? In an -effort to reassure the German public , shaken by the historic events of the past week, Goebbels promised once more that a secret weapon soon would be used against the Allies, declared "total war will now become a reality" and said "next month" would begin to show results at 'the fronts, where Nazi armies have been suffering defeat after defeat. I ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH St. Paul's Episcopal Church,will observe the Eighth Sunday after Trinity next Sunday with services as follows, announces Rev. Harry S: Cbbey, Rector: Services at 3:00, 9:45 and 11:00 a. m. Daily services of prayer for those in the Armed Forces at 6:00 p. m. BETTER DRIVE CAREFULLY Operators of commercial motor vehicles were warned by the Ral eigh District Office of Defense Transportation yesterday that the manner in which they operate and maintain their vehicles in conformity with good mainten ance practices may be a factor in determining whether or not they are entitled to new equipment. There continues to be evidence that many motor trucks and mo tor truck tires are being abused and prematurely worn out by some truck operators even though the great majority of the opera tors are doing a very good Job in conserving their equipment, Harvey R. Roseman, ODT District Manager at Raeigh, N. C? said. With tWs new streamlined pro cedure for allocating trucks by the ODT district offices, each of which has a maintenance special ist on its staff, the ODT is con sidering an inspection of the con dition of old trucks which are to be replaced with new trucks in order to determine if the past maintenance work has been am ple, Mr. Roseman explained. Op erators must conserve their pres ent trucks, he emphasised, and operators who do not do so should not be granted new vehicles. MEACHAM NAMED NEW TAXIDERMIST Raleigh, July 22. ? Commission er W. Kerr Scott has announced the appointment of Frank B. Meacham, of Statesvllle, as Zoolo gist and taxidermist with the State Museum. Meacham is a graduate ot State College and received his BS and MS in Zoology. He tu a member of the Zoology faculty at State College tor some years. For the last year and a half. Meacham was with the vocational agriculture department at Robtr sonville. North Carolina. American armed forces have turkey tor Thanks givln Christmas. *> t
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