6.000.000 Garments
By October Is Goal
Of U. S. Re<l Cross
Washington. D. C-?-American Red
Cross volunteers have been asked to
make 6,000.000 articles of clothing
for distribution next winter among
foreign war victims, it was announc
ed at national headquarters hen
Quotas issued to Red Cross areas call
for completion of tht garments by
the end of October
In his instructions to 3.700 chap
ters, stating 4.000.000 sewed and
knitted articles already had been
shipped abroad. Chairman Norman
H Davis declared that every volun
teer "would feel amply repaid for
their efforts if they realized even in
a small measure what their help has
meant to the unfortunate people "
Included in the quota of sewed
garments are cotton and woolen
dresses for women and girls, lay
ettrs. toddlers' sets. clothing
and articles for hospital use. making
a total of 3.822.000 garments in all
Knitted garments asked for are
sweaters for men. women and chil
dren. mittens and children's suits to
the number of 2.080.000
Recent requests from abroad have
stressed more and more tht need for
clothing for infants and children In
addition to the layettes, which pro
vides clothing foi the baby up to
nine months of age. plans have been
made lor a complete set ol garments
for the child from nine months to
two years of age
This "Toddler's Pack.' u.s it is
called, will contain a sweater, mit
tens. beanie" cap. two pairs romp
ers. a woolen snow suit, two part
wool undershirts, two flannel sleep
ing garments, and 10 diapers.
Three hundred thousand of those
sets will be made All the cloth and
yarn will be furnished by Red Cross
headquarters, which is providing a
part-wool flannel of excellent qual
ity for the rompers, and a soft fleecy
woolen fabric for the snow suits.
Volunteers have been asked to
make 200.000 layettes, each contain
mg 32 pieces "t?clothing?Blanket
material and outing flannel, fire
proofed" at the factory, is set to
the Chapters foi use in making these
layettes
Letters For Lost
Mount To 60.000
Daily \t Geneva
(Geneva Switzerland Here in til
Palais du Conseil General the In
ternational Red Cross is handlini
more than 60.000 letters a day The;
are letters for the lost, pathetic note
from wives to their soldier husband
interned "somewhere in the occu
pied territory."
Too, there are letters from Amer
ica. letters like the one from a youn
Gieek in Detmit who wants tin' lie
Cross to help him find his aged fa
ther, last known to be in Salonika
Since the outset of hostilities, th
Central Information Bureau of th
International Red Cross has grow
in size to 4.80U ol whom 4.600 serv
as volunteers Modern war with il
legions of lost sohl^s and refuge*
has created a tnjJ^.tlous task 1
days of the firstVVw rid War, som
1,200 workers Were able to handl
the same job.
From the United States each wee
comes sometimes as high as 1.01
letters. To the central files, R*
Cross workers take each letter to s*
if the missing are listed in the hu|j
index of 5,000 prisoners and 2.000
000 interned civilians.
If the name appears, the letter
routed to the Red Cross society <
the country where he is held If n<
the Red Cross of that country is usl
ed to find him. In either case a rep'
is routed back to tin* United Stat*
via Geneva Failure to locate th
missing are surprisingly few.
Disruption of communications i
the Balkans is th*- International Rc
Cross' big headache at the momen
As in the case of America, inquire!
want to know what happened to re
atives and friends in Greece. Yugi
slavia and Albania But the Rt
Cross knows they will eventuall
get through, as was the case i
Poland. France. The Netherlands ar
other nations which fell before t!
invader
A?lw County l.rourr* ln?i
Again*! Shrr/hKilling It,
The Ashe County Sheep Grow
Association has its own insure
against sheep-killing dogs, cla
being paid last year on 12 anin
says C. J. Rich, farm agent.
Tor raring Requrtl* Ltual
llrary In Polk Thi* )
Terracing requests have been
usually heavy this year in 1
County both for horse- and macl
built terraces, reports S. H Dok
assistant farm agent.
Cotton Bride
I?retty Alice Hall of Memphis.
1939 Maid of Cotton, carried out
an all-cotton theme in her recent
wedding Her entire wedding out
fit was made of cotton including
the calla ii.y bouquet and the cot
ton boll headdress holding her veil
in place. Decorations in the church
were of cotton. Ushers wore cot
ton buttonieres.
I'll \M TS
(Robersonville Herald*
Only 32,000 bags of the 80.000
bags of peanuts purchased and
placed in storage here by the
<*Towers Peanut Cooperative re
main unsold and delivered.
Although the market is com
paratitely quiet the remaining
32.000 bags may be sold within
the next few weeks. The fol
lowing firms purchased the gov
ernment peanuts stored here:
Farmville Oil Company. 20.000
bags; Farmers Cotton Oil Com
patty, Wilson, 135 bags; Wil
liamston Peanut Company, 19,
800 bags; Fdenton Peanut Com
pany. 12,000 bags.
Fourteen Marriage
r
Fountv Last Month
-$>
(Continued from page one)
ton, and Pearl Gertrude Boyd., of
Washington
Ernest Vie tor Jones and Mary Km
11\ Manning, both of Williamston.
Colored
William Henry Dompsey and |
James Manning, both of Williams
ton.
Willie Ampey and Rosa Lee Stan
rib both of Robersonville.
Jodie Pippin and Blanche Rodg
ers, both of Williamston
Louis Frazier and Ella Gutter-]
bridge, both of Williamston.
Noah Daniel Frazier and Emily |
Spiuill, both of Williamston
Richmond Johnson and Rebecca |
Jeanette, both of Williamston.
l.onnie Turner and Li/a Williams,
both of Palmyra
William Arthui Parker and Char
lotte Rebeeca Dolberry, both of Oak |
City
Home Economies
Students At ^orki
School isn't out just yet for horn
economics students ih this commur
ity. Miss Madge Glazener, teachei
announcing this week that the girl
are busily engaged making bab
layettes for the Red Cross. The wor
is being carried on at five center
following the organization of a
many clubs, as follows: Williamstoi
Greenville Road, Mickey's Inn Roac
Jamesville Road and Hamilton Roac
While each club has its own or
ganization and works independent
ly of others, they unite in the sam
unit work for the Red Cross. Mis
] Glazener explained
Experiment* at the University <
California revealed that iron appea
in cow's milk within five minuti
after the animal is fed iron-contaii
ing food
Leaf Growers Make
Impressive Ap|?eals
For Tax Equalities
(Continued from page one)
Kansas, read excerpts from a news
paper story listing the salaries of of- i
finals of the American Tobacco Com- i
puny, and then made this caustic
comment
When we come to the place where 1
a vice president dan draw one-quar
ter of a million dollars and farmers
are receiving only $244 per family,
there i something wrong with our
social system This one man gets
more per annum, than one thousand
North Carolina farmers, and I sin
cerely hope such a situation can be
corrected "
When farmer witnesses pointed
? nit that company earnings were
more nt less stable and that tin price
of ..the tobacco they produced was
one of the few variable items of cost,
commit tee members hastened to give
assurance that there was no inten
tion to minimize the serious plight
in whichMhe farmers found them
selves
( ontruclor Start* II orb
On Sirat'l* llrrv Monday
Work on Williamston's street im
provement program will get under
way next Monday when the con
tractor wilt send a grader and?oper
utor here to start preparing the
foundation for the rock-tar surfac
ing
According to the contract terms,
the Laync-Atlantic Company was
to have started digging a well for
| the. town's water supply not later
than today, but no work bad been
started this morning.
SWEET HOME
The Christian Endeavor will give
Mother's Day program Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock. Immediately
after the program. He v. Garland
BTaTuT" will deliver a sermon per
taming to Mother's Day.
'I7.1 I-// ( Ilib Mrmbrrn iri>
Examined In llaaltli (.ontegt
Approximately 375 4-11 club mem
bers of Northampton County have
been examined in the annual health
contest, reports II. G. Snipes, as
sistanU farm agent of the N C. State
College Extension Service.
WantS
Gt'LF STATION IN WILLIAMSTON
nearing completion Ready to re
ceive application* for operator.
Write or call, E P. Rhodes. Gulf Dis
tributor. Washington. N. C m2-2t
FOR SALE: COKER'S 104 COTTON
Seed. First year from breeder. N.
C. Bunch, and Virginia Runner Pea
nuts. John W Eubanks, Hassell, N.
C a25-4t
STENCIL SHEETS FOR SALE. EN
terpnse Pub. Co a25-tf
ICC A REC ORDS FOR SALE?LAT-|
est sonf hits, symphonies. Western
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NOTICE
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
Floyd D. Wynn vs. Eva L. H'ynn.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above ha* been commenced in
the Superior Court of Martin Coun
ty. North Carolina, to secure an ab
solute divorce based upon two years
reparation; and the defendant will
further take notice that she is re
gum d to appear before the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Martin Coun
ty in Wilhamston, North Carolina,
within thirty (30) days after com
plete.n of this notice, and answer or
dt-njpir to the complaint in said ac
tion, or the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the relief demanded
in the complaint.
This the 23rd day of April, 1941.
L. B WYNNE.
Clerk Superior Court,
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