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KEEP FAITH \wiiht4S?\ \by buying] /war bonds you mnHMt he_heeds YOUt HI UVUIHRROnOS VOLUHN LXXV. $1.50 per year In / dyanoe LOUISBCRG, N. CAROLINA KlilDAV, AUG 1ST 18, 1044 (Eight Pages) NUMBER DEFERS SCHOOL OPENING To Monday, Sep tember 18th | This Action Taken Tuesday At Joint Meeting of Boards of Education and Health ? The Franklin County Board ol Health and the Franklin County Board of Education held a joint meeting in the health office, Tues day, August 15th at 10:00 a. m. for the purpose of discussing the advisability of deferring the open ing of the public schools of Franklin County until September 18th, as recommended by Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, North Carolina Health Officer. Due to the ser iousness of the polio situation in the State of North Carolina, Dr. Burt recommended that the op ening of the Franklin County public schools be deferred until September 18th or at a later date if the epidemic by that time has not subsided or if the incidence of the disease has not decreased to the point where to open these schools would not constitute a menace to public health. Dr. Burt explained that no cas es of polio had been reported' in Franklin County, but due to the seriousness of the situation in other counties in North Carolina, he recommended that > Franklin County comply with the request of the State Health Officer in de ferring the opening of the public schools of Franklin County as a precautionary measure. At this time the following resolution was offered by Dr. W. C. Perry, sec onded by Mrs. T. H. Dickens and unanimously carried: Resolution WHEREAS: ' In view of the grave situation which exists In North Carolina because of the epidemic of poliomyelitis it Is the consenses of the memberj of the Board of Health and the members of the Board of Education, act ing together as a body, charged with the responsibility of formu lating certain rules and regula tions pertinent to the health of the citizens of Franklin County, do hereby offer the following res olution: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED: That the Board of Educa tion and the Board of Health of Franklin County, being charged with the responsibility of the ad ministration of the public schools and the health program of Frank lin County defer the opening of said schools until Sept. 18th, and then only if the epidemic has sub sided to such an extent as to per mit the opening with safety. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the secretary present this resolution to the local papers to be publicized in order that the citizens of Franklin County might realize that the Board of Educa tion does not wish to operate schools, which are State operated institutions carrying with It a compulsory attendance law for ?U children most susceptable to the spread of this disease, until such time when the health authorities would advise the safety of the opening of said schools. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. Harry S. Cobey, rector, announces services (or next Sun day, the eleventh Sudday after Trinity, at 8, 9:45 and 11 o'clock a. m. The sermon subject in the morning service will be "David." AWARDED PURPLE HEART Pvt. Johnnie W. Burnette, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Burnette, of Lou is burg, Route 4, has been awarded' the Purple Heart tor , wounds received in action in It aly, according to Information re ceived by his parents. He is now recovering in the hospital in Italy. It never gets hot enough for the women to take off the heavy rouge. PROGRAM AT TILE LOUISBURO THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Aug. 19th: Saturday ? Bill Boyd and Andy Clyde in 'Texas Masquerade' and last chapter 'Tiger Woman' also first chapter 'Haunted Harbor.' Sunday ? Wayne Morris, Patric ia Lane, Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman in 'Brother Rat.' Monday - Tuesday ? Charles Laughton, Robert . Toung and Margaret O'Brien in 'Cantervllle .Ghost.' Wednesday ? Judy Canova, Ross Hunter and Richard Lane in 'Louisiana Hayride.' Thursday-Friday ? Deanna Dur bin and Oena Keily in 'Christmas Holiday.' Umstead Made C hair man Raleigh, Aug. 16.? William B. Umstead, of Dut-ham, Tuesday night was elected Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee at a meeting attended by 46 members in person and 62 by proxy. ' ' Mrs. B. B. Everett of Palmyra, was re-elected as vice-chairman. Neither candidate had opposition. Election of the two officers constituted the main business before the Executive Committee. The hour-long session was closed with the presentation of R. Gregg Cherry, Democratic nominee for governor, and L. Y. Ballentine, Democratic nominee for lieuten ant governor. Cherry told the committee that he is "certain the machinery of the party will function smoothly during the coming campaign." He asked that each member de vote himself to working for com plete harmony throughout the state in "the furtherance of the party and in the progress of the State." The nominee for Governor de clared, "The nexfc four years will be among the most crucial In the history of our State. It behooves all North Carolinians to join in making this State a fit place to receive the sons and daughters now scattered on the battlefields of the world." -Cherry pledged "to conduct myself in a manner fitting to the high office of gov ernor and to this State." He asked the support and assistance of all members of the Executive Committee. Secretary Sam Ruark announ ced the resignation of A. H. Har ris. member of the Executive ( Committee from Transylvania. Franklin County T eachers 8upt. Wiley F. Mitchell, of the Franklin County School system, has addressed the following letter to his teachers: "In view of the grave situation which exists in North Carolina because of the epidemic of poliomyelitis, the opening of schools in Franklin County has been postponed from August 28th to September 18th. '"This date was decided upon by the board of education after being advised by the board of health that the gravity of the "polio" situation was too serious, at this time, to congregate large groups of children whose ages coincide with the period of a child's greatest susceptibility. At the present time we do not have any infantile paralysis in this county and this action has been taken as a precautionary measure with the hope that it will pro hibit the extention of poliomyelitis to Franklin County. "We regret very much that it is necessary to defer the opening of schools; however, we realize that it is our duty to abide by the decision of the health authori ties." Senate Changes Propaganda Act Washington, Aug. 16. ? Spurred by a widespread outcry, the Sen ate voted today to modify the "political propaganda" ban and permit soldiers and sailors to pick their own newspapers, magazines and books, so long as they are circulated generally and the ser vices can deliver them. It passed1 a soldiers' vote law amendment which also lowers the bars affecting films and radio pro grams, including political speech es. It sets ?p lmportlality as the guide in the selection of films and broadcasts for the nation's fight ing men. * Under, Army and Navy inter pretations of the existing law, a list of publications and movies had' been banned on the ground that they included material cal culated to affect the November general election vote. The amendment, sponsored by Chairman Oreen (D-R I) of the elections committee and Senator Lucas (D-IU), and approved by Senator Taft (R-Ohio), author of the present restrictions, came out of committee with unanimous backing The Senate passed it on a voice vote before it had time to get well settled1 on the clerk's desk. Now it goes to the House. ? WOUNDED Wednesday's News - Observer carried the announcement that Staff Sergeant Brutus W. Barrett was wounded in the European area. He is the husband of Mrs. Margie Lee Barrett, Of Louisburg, R 1, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dixie M. Barrett, formerly of near Katesvllle. _ : TOWN TAX RATE $2.00 CALL FOR SPECIAL ELECTION Board of Town Commission-' ers Hold Regular Meet ing Friday Night, And An Adjourned Meeting Monday! Election To Be Sept. 19th, For Approval Of Bond Issue of $20,000 The Board of Town Commis sioners met in regular session at 8 p. m. Friday night. All mem bers of the Board were present except Commissioner R. C. Beck. Minutes of previous meetings together with the monthly reports of the Tax Collector, Chief of Po lice, and Town Clerk were ap proved by the Bobrd. The Board received an applica tion for an "On Premise" beer and wine license from J. L. Gup ton. The application was found to be In nroper order, and the Board authorized the issuance of the license requested by Mr. Gup ton. A. motion was passed authoriz ing the Purchasing Agefit to buy the necessary amount of coal for the use of the Town, and he was instructed to buy the coal now, instead of waiting until next winter. The Board passed a motion in structing the Tax Collector to ad vertise all delinquent real estate taxes for the year of 1943 for four weeks beginning August! 18th, 1944 and to sell same on1 Sept. 11, 1944. A number of invoices were ap proved for payment. After careful consideration of each item of expense the Board passed a motion to adopt the fol lowing Permanent Budget of Ex-j penses and Debt Service Require ments: Department Expenses for Fiscal Year 1044-1943 [General Government Expenses $15,130.00 Street Department I Expenses 8,350.00 ; Light Department Expenses 32,139.00 : Water Department Expenses 8.255.00 Police Department Expenses .- 6,810.00 | Fire Department Expenses 3.640.00 Total Department Expenses $74,324.00] Debt Service Requirements For Fiscal Year 1044-1045 * Bonds to be retired ... $11,500.00 | Interest and' Exchange on Bonds 7,655.00 1 Total Debt Service Requirements $19,155.00 | Grand Total of Depart ment Expenses and Debt Service Require ments $93,479.00 A motion was passed by the Board levying the 1944 Town Tax Rate as follows: For Debt Service Requirements! $1.25 per $10<).00. For General Purpose, 75c perj $100.00. Total Tax Rate, $2.00 perl $100.00. Tha meeting adjourned until Monday. August 14th, at 3:30 p. m. for the completion of unfinish ed business. The Board met promptly on Monday night in keeping with the adjournment Friday night and passed the required formal reso lutions calling a special election for the purpose of issuing $20,000 improvement Bonds, to be_ held on Tuesday, September ' 19th; 1944. This completing the business of the Board adjournment was tak en. The WFA asks housewives to eat as many small-sized' potatoes as possible In 'August because they cannot be atored. FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING CALL PHONE 283-1 FOR ROOHEVELT New York, Aug. 16. ? Ani(pr cans favor reelection of Presi dent Roomvelt over Republican nominee Thonyis K. Dewey by JHS.R to 48.9 per cent, according to Fortune nymazine's latent public oplnon survey announced today. The survey showed that Roosevelt's lead, now 8.0 per cent, had risen from fl.B per cent when the last survey was announced July S. Fortune said regardless of personal wishes, 72.4 per cent of the public now expects Roosevelt to win in Novemjber, as against 06.4 per cent who believed he iwould win when its earlier poll was taken. It add ed that 19.4 per cent expect Dewey to win, aad M per' cent don't know. Patton Leading New Third Army | Fiery General Who Broke All Blitzkrieg Speed Re cords Also Wins Promo I T ? tion Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. Aug. 15. ? Fiery Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., Is the tactical genius who drove the rampant United States Third Army across Brittany, through Le Man* and then north ward through AUncon and Argen tan, completing the southern Jaw ot the trap on the Nazi Seventh Army. The controversial, gravel-volc ed Patton, hag been leading an army literally "born in battle" since August 1. It has been on the offensive since the day it was created and never has let up a minute. Living down the soldier-slap ping incident In Sicily which put him under a cloud last fall. Pat ton justified the conviction of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower that "Old Blood and Outs" was one of America's finest field com manders. The supreme command er, revealing today that Patton was on the marching wing of the Third Army, said it was "where he belongs." Gets Promotion (In Washington, the Senate Tuesday confirmed Patton's pro motion to the permanent rank of major general. The Senate mili tary affairs committee had with held approval of the nomination since last October over the sold ier-slapping Incident, but endors ed it unanimously after disclosure' of his new role. Reprimanded by I Eisenhower, Patton publicly apo logized to his troops. Roosevelt And Truman Will Shape Plans Washington. ? Sen. Harry S. Truman, President Roosevelt's fourth term running mate who probably will cany the brunt ot the party's national campaigning, hoped today that he could limit the job to a half dozen major speeches. The strategy for the Democrat ic campaign is expected to be worked out by Truman and Mr. Roosevelt at a, meeting either to morrow or Friday. It will he their first conference since they were nominated by the Demo cratic National Convention ct Chicago last month. In the Interim. Truman, as the vice presidential nominee, has been working out his own ideas In conjunction with Democratic! National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan. Fighters May Seek Ballots At Any Time Raleigh. ? North Carolinians serving In the armed forces may apply at any time prior to Nov. 7, 1944, for absentee ballots for the general elections, the State Board of Elections pointed1 out Wednes day. Applications may be made in three different manners. Three methods of application were listed: 1. On a written form signed by the applicant and addressed to the chairman of the Board1 of Elections of the applicant's home county. 2. By an informal letter or card addressed similarly. 3. By an application for a bal lot made pursuant to the Federal absentee ballot act through the office of the Secretary of State, or by application for a ballot made to the chairman of the County Board of Elections of the applicant's home county. If the serviceman applies for a State absentee ballot by Sept. 1 but does not receive it by Oct. 1, he is permitted under Federal law to use the Federal war ballot, available at all military posts. MRS. BESSIE P. JEFFREYS DEAD Mrs. Bessie Perry Jeffreys, age 32. died at Mary Elizabeth Hos pital at 7:26 Wednesday P. M. Services will be held from the home on Louisburg, R 1, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Intermept will be in Bunn Cemetery. Rev. R. C. Ickes from Henderson will conduct services. ^ Survived by her husband. On nie G. Jeffreys, two children, Bet ty and John Jeffreys, both of the homes, parents Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Perry, two brothers, Roy and Buddie Perry, of Route 1, one sister, Mrs. Eleanor Mullen, of Louisburg, several nieces and nephews. ? On Pay Day, Buy War Bond* ? 1 MEETING TO BE HELD j AT LOUISBURG FRIDAY Employers in Logging and Lumber Industry in Franklin Area to Gather A meeting of "all employers In the logging and lumber industry in Franklin County and near Its borders" will be held tonight (Friday) at 8:30 in the county agricultural agent's office at Loulsburg. it was announced Wed nesday by L. J. Craven, manager ot the Raleigh local office of the U. S. Employment Service. "The purpose of this meeting." Craven said, "is to discuss the present form of the WMC Stabili zation Plan as it affects the log ging and lumber Industry, and to discuss problems arising in this industry. It is for all employers' in the industry. This Includes sawmill, planer mill, and all ow ners and operators, including' foremen whose, work involves the employment of'workers.' Josephus Daniels Commencement Speaker Chapel Hill. ? Josephus Daniels will deliver the commencement address at the?fourth graduation to be held at the University of North Carolina in 1944. Aug. 30, Administrative Dean Robert B. House announced Wednesday. Governor J. M. Rroughton will present the diplomas. Harvey White, president of the class, will speak for the graduates. Woman's Army Corps Many women join the Women's Army Corps as a means of help ing out their relatives in the ser vice, but Corporal Ava L. Col lins. a laboratory technician at Halioran General Hospital. Stat en Island. N. Y., found the WAC a means of giving direct aid to her cousin. StafT Sergeant Oliver E. Dulaney. Visiting the wards to take blood samples for blood counts. Corporal Collins found one of the patients on her list was her cou sin. Sergeant Dulaney, whose home is in Chickasha, Okla., was injured in England in a plane crash. The sergeant was serving as a liaison pilot with a field artillery unit in England when, , returning from a mission, his plane collided with some wires in landing and crashed. Both his ankles were crushed. Many more womer. are needed for important Army jobs. Wo men between 20 and 50 years of age may secure full details about joining the WAC by calling on their local Civilian WAC Recruit- , er. Mayor W. C. Webb, Louis- i burg, N. C. . JAMES T. WELDON Henderson. ? Funeral services for James Tasker Weldon. 21, son of Roy T. and Lucy Winn Weldon. of Epsom, were conduc ted at Liberty Christian Churob Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The Rev. J. E. McCauley was as sisted In conducting the services by the Rev. S. E. Madren and the Rev. R. T. Grlssom. ' ^Inter ment was In the church ceme tery. He was a member of Lib erty Church. The young man died at the Navy hospital at Norfolk on Fri day. He had served In the Navy for eight months, and was sta tioned at Camp Bradford at Nor folk. Surviving are his parents and three brothers, Richard T. Wel don of the U. S. Navy, stationed In England, William Plummet Weldon of the Army Air Corps at San Antonio, Tex., and M. Jones Weldon of Epsom. LOUISBURG MAN FACES ACCUSATION OF FRAUD 1 Warrenton, Aug. 16. ? Accused of collecting from various indi viduals on roofing contracts which he never fulfilled, M. W. Saunders of Loulsburg, was lodg ed in Warren County jail in de fault of $700 bond. He was re- c turned here from Winston-Salem where he Was arrested last Sat urday. , It is alleged Saunders procur ed roofing contracts from a num ber of local residents, collected t part of the charges and failed to I complete the Jobs. SherifT J. W. Pinnell and Deputy Roy Shearln returned Mm here from Winston Salem. . .., i if Southern farmers used 28.9 per cent more time in 194? than (I In '4-2, ? the largest Increase In the U. S. except for the Mid-At lantic States. Patronise TIMES Advertisers WAR NEWS Rome. Aug. 16. ? An All-Ameri ran team, under the supreme com mand of the Briton. Gen. Sir Henry Maitiand Wilson, directs the Allied invasion of Southern France ou the ground, in the air and on the sea. Allied headquar ters announced tonight. Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, veteran of :!0 yeass' service whose fighting ranges from' the French battlefields of the First World War to the recent Guadalcanal campaign lit the Pacific, was an nounced as commander of the United States Seventh Army which carried out the landing operations on the southern French coast. United St. in'.- Vice Admiral VI K. Hewitt In commander of naval operations and Brig. Gen. Gordon P. Savlllc heads the air unit as command' r of the 12th Tactical Air Force. On the French Riviera. Aug. ' 18. ? Mistakes will happen in am-i phlbloui landing*, so American! paratroopers took the famous re sort "of St. Tropez when they! should have been somewhere* in- 1 land. I found a group of tough, hap py youngsters here this morning, and since they were satisfied, and so was tha high command, there were no kicks coming. It was cloudy n|ght before last, and navigators went by their so called precision instruments. At a given time they were supposed to be over the target, so they sent the paratroopers out. That was at 4 a. m., and three planes full of men landed on the St. Tropez Peninsula, realizing immediately that something was wrong. How ever, paratroopers have to be re sourceful. The Germans attacked with small-arms fire as they came down and several were killed. Other Nazis blew up the little | port where fashionable yachts used to anchor. So, the paratroopers pitched in i and took St. Tropez. Allied Headquarters. South- 1 west Pacific, Thursday, Aug- 1". ? Allied bombers, blasting an in- 1 vasion path towards the Phillip- 1 pines, scored another knockout blow on the Dutch East Indies base of Halmahera Tuesday to climax a night attack against the southern Mindanao harbor of ? Davao, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today. It was the sixth attack in the| Davao area, in the southernmost of the Philippines, and the fourth against the wharf itself. The com munique did not specify what damage was caused to enemy in- 1 stallations. VOLUNTEER JUNIOR .NURSE'S i AIDES . (By Betty Grainger) j Under the direction of Missl Marjorie Gardner. Home Eco nomics teacher for Mills School, i Junior Nurse's Aide Corps has been organized. A meeting of the interested girls was held last Monday to make plans for the work. Girls from the eighth through the tenth grades are now working in shifts, in pairs,] in order to help the nurses in our local hospital. These girls do things yhioh give the nurses time ;o do more vital jobs. The girls lave so far rolled bandages, made :otton balls for swabs, fed the sabies, attended patients, helped n the kitchen and many other .ittle things. Since this Nurse's Aide Corps is not the Red Cross Corps that we hear about in larger towns, :he girls had to make their own -equirements before they wear their emblem. The requirements include such things as knowing low and reading thermometers, lerving two attractive trays, giv ing twenty hours of service, etc. The girls who have volunteer ed so far are: Rachel Bailey, Sa rah Bailey, Caroline Cobey, Ann Sash, Miriam Rose Marks, Janie Edwards, Mary Mustian, Betty Marie Hardwick, Louise Ellis iVebb, Peggy Jernigan, Nell Rose Lancaster and Betty Grainger. Sue Jernigan, Frances Hedden ind Sarah Hardwick are not In he age group to be members of he Corps but have shown much nterest in the work and will >robably be called to work to heip he Junior Aids and substitute, ^ny other girls whp are interest sd in this type of service are ur ted to attend a meeting at Mills Ichool, Monday, Aug. 21st, at 10 . ?'clock A. M. PIERCE - BEST Announcements as follows have >een received by friends In Lcruls lurg: Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Best request the honour of your presence it the marriage of their daughter Josephine Williams to Hr. William Franklin Pierce, Jr. Sunday afternoon. August the twenty-seventh at half after Ave o'clock Baptist Church Fraakllnton, North Carolina. ALLIES INVADE SOUTH FRANCE ENEMY RESISTANCE REPORTED SLIGHT Invasion Forces in South, - Mostly American and French, Land on Broad Front Between Marseille And Nice; Now Driving Northward Rapidly To Join Allied Forces In North France Rome, Aug. 15. ? Thousands of Allied troops, mainly Americans and French, swarmed onto the south coast of France on a broad front between Marseille and Ntce today, seized and extended firm beachheads against inconsequen tial German opposition, and drove northward 'with the avowed Inten tion of joining the Allies in Northwestern France. An Allied communique at 10:40 p. m. said American and French, troops before dawn took the sen tinel islands of Port Cross and? Levant, 10 miles off the coast and seized Cap Negre, on the main land due north of the islands and 38 miles east of Toulon. _ Other specific locations were not given, the beaches being plac ed merely in the 125-mile strip of coast between Marseille and Nice. The Germans Isaid the <toca! point of the Allied invasion was at St. Raphael. 30 miles north east up the coast from Cap Negre, and also said there were landings west of Toulon and at Bormes, 25 miles east of that onetime naval American airmen who flew over tbe beaches late in the day eald there was no sign of any concerted enemy opposition and that American vehicles were "run ning all over the countryside." Proceeding Smoothly The official night statement said that "on the beaches of the mainland, where landings were successful against light opposi tion. the operation is proceeding satisfactorily," adding that "sub stantial numbers of Allied troops, together with guns, munitions and supplies had been landed across the beaches of southern France by dark this evening. "The beachhead has been ex tended and widened during the day's operation. "Enemy opposition remains sporadic, and no enemy air at tacks have yet been reported." Word from the beaches indi cated that German prisoners tak en ' in sporadic, light fighting showed almost total demoraliza tion, primarily as a result of the American break-through in North western France which they realiz ed meant that the fatherland's downfall was near. One dispatch from a corres pondent In the field said that by sfternoon the invaders were well nto Southern France and going ihead fast against Germans who were caught entirely by surprise. \llied casualties were reported to lave been slight. Opposition Light Thousands of Allied parachu tists and airborne troopers land id well inland at 4:30 a. m., also igalnst scanty opposition, follow- ' ng the important opening blow igainst the offshore islands. A picked force had neutralized the stands' big guns silently to pave he way for the tactieal surprise >f tbe main seaborne landings which followed. Backed by more than 800 war ships of all sorts ? the greatest laval force ever assembled in the Mediterranean ? the first sea lorne troops went ashore in broad laylight at 7:30 a. m., at several unidentified points between Mar seille and Nice ? a 125-mile stretch of rocky coast. ^'The army of France is in be ing again, fighting on its owa soil," said a proclamation by Jen. Sir Henry Maltland Wilson, he Allied commander-in-chief. Distributed by plane, his proclam itlon told the French the primary lim of the new invasion was "to Irive out the Germans and join, lp with the Allied armies ad vancing from Normandy" to form i solid front across France. ?On Pay Day, Buy War Bonds ? YUGOSLAVIA NEXT? The Turkish radio, heard by FCC monitors, said Tuesday it wax likely that the new Allied landings in Southern France would be followed by landings in Yugoslavia also. , ' ? A "first result" of Prime Minister Churchill's visit to Italy was the landing la South ern France, the broadcast said. Then it added that "?* <? con ill's visit' and aly that an Allied landtag also will take place in Yugoslavia."
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