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VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER 42 William tlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuotday, May 27, 1941. ? ESTABLISHED 1899
Farm Loan Bill Is
Made Law of Land
By The President
Farmer* Now A??ured B5 Per
Cent of Coat of Producing
Baoie Com modi tie*
Rated by many as the most bene
ficial legislation ever passed in be
half of the farmers, the Farm Loan
Bill was included in the laws of the
land yesterday when President
Roosevelt signed the measure. In
signing the measure which had pass
ed both houses of Congress by big
margins, the President explained
that he was looking to Congress to
hold farm prices in line, that every
precaution should be taken to head
off runaway prices.
The bill is designed to raise farm
ers' cash income to the point where
they will have the same purchasing
power, in relation to that of indus
trial workers, that they enjoyed dur
ing the 1909-14 base period. It ap
plies to wheat, cotton, corn, rice and
tobacco.
Senator Bankhead (D-Ala), term
ing the price-pegging farm loan bill
as the beginning of "a new era in
rural life," called on cotton farmers
today to keep their cotton in stor
age
The Alabaman said in a statement
that if farmers continued to sell their
equities in loan cotton, they mere
ly aided speculators and others in
getting cotton to sell in comi>etition
with the new crop.
Bankhead, a Senate farm leader,
issue this statement a few hours af
ter President Roosevelt signed leg
islatiun establishing mandatory loans ,
at 85 per cent of parity on basic farm
commodities.
He and Senator Russell (D-Ga),
another sponsor of the bill, indicated
that an effort would be made next
year at least to continue the high
loan another season. The latter said
that although he believed the farmer
should be guaranteed 100 per cent
of parity,- the 85 per cent provision
would "give him some idea when
he plants his crop what he's going to
get for it."
Bankhead said he considered it
"the most beneficial agricultural
legislation that has ever been enact
ed by the Federal government."
Agricultural experts predicted that
approval of the loan bill will have
little, if any, immediate effect on
prices because its approval by the
Chief Executive was anticipated. It
was a major factor in recent sharp
rises in farm commodity prices.
As of April 15, corn sold for 75 per
cent of parity; wheat, 67 per cent;
rice, 106 per cent; and beef cattle,
hogs and lambs, all sold well above
parity prices. Since then prices have
continued to rise so that, as of today,
actual sale price plus government
parity and conservation benefit pay
ments probably would amount to
parity or above on most farm com
rnodiHcs. ? ' ?/ '? / .' ' ,"-l
Two Band Programs
Planned This Week
The local high school band will
present a drill program here tomor
row night under lights at the ball
park. The affair will last approxi
mately 45 minutes, beginning at 8
o'clock. The lights will be turned on
at 7:45, and there will be no admis
sion charge. At the conclusion of the
drill one or two numbers wilf be ren
dered by the band.
Three new drill formations have
been added to the program and will
be exhibited for the first time to
morrow night
Concluding its concert season and
year's activities the high school band
will present a concert on the lawn
of the Episcopal Church next Sun
day beginning at 6 p. m. It will be
the last appearance of the young
musicians until next fall. A cordial
invitation is extended to the public
to attend the concert at this time. The
program follows:
Headway March, Bennett; Mari
lyn, waltz, DeLamater; Pilgrims
Prayer, choral, DeLamater; My Wild
Irish Rose, played by a brass choir;
Service, march, Bennett; Bright Star,
overture, Bennett; Angelus, choral,
DeLamater; Annette, waltz, Bennett;
The Gypsy Festival, overture, Hayes;
Military Escort, march, Bennett; The
National Anthem.
Former Local Man
Critically Injured
Ned Laughinghouse, former local
man. wai critically injured as a pas
senger on the neutral ahip, Zamzam,
by a German raider in the South
Atlantic on April 17, according to
information received here Sunday
afternoon. His brain pierced by a
shell splinter, Mr. Laughinghouse
was operated on by a German doc
tor on the raider, and thg last word
received from him on April 28th
stated that he had a 50-50 chance to
recover. Nothing has been heard
from him since thai time. "TOe vic
tim of another of Germany's atro
cious crimes was on his way to South
Africa to work on the tobacco mar
ket in Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Stories of ill treatment at the
hands of the Germans are being told
by other American survivors who
are now making ready to leave Ger
man occupied territory for Portugal
and eventually for the trip home
Authorities "Closing In" On
Alleged County Tax Dodgers
The drive to round up alleged tax
dodgers in this county is progressing
rapidly and with semi-startling de
velopments. An unofficial raport on
the investigation is not available at
the moment, but word from the
county courthouse following a meet
ing of representatives of the county
with the several township list-takers
clearly indicates that the authori
ties are "closing in" on those who for
one reason or another failed to list
their earthly possessions or acknowl
edge their poll tax obligations.
Going into a huddle early yester
day morning, the tax supervisor. S.
H Grimes, Commissioner C D. Car
starphen and nine of the property
list-takers started checking the au
tomobile registration against the |
listings Quite a few owners did not I
list their cars, and some did not list '
any personal or real property at all
It is possible that some of those who
| have automobiles registered in their
I names did not have them on the
| first day of last January and will,
on that basis, claim they are not sub
ject to the tax. Then there are those
cases where hte owners sold their
! cars on or about the last day of De
cember and did not buy or accept
delivery 6n a new car until on or
about January 2 Judging from the
check made by the list-takers and
tax authorities it is believed that
there are more than 100 automobiles
in the cocinty that are not on the tax
books.
It is also estimated that there are
between *750 and 1.000 persons in the
county who did not list any proper
ty or who did not give in their
polls It is also apparent that there
are quite a few who participated in
past electio.ns and yet did not admit
their obligation by listing subject
to poll tax
Million - Dollar Gain
In Property Values
DOC ROUND-UP |
With the possible exception of
about 100. the round-up of docs
in the anti-rabies campairn was
completed last Saturday when
DrT A. J. UftMfi vaccinated
around 300 of the pets at his
office here. Docs, bic and little,
pedicreed and otherwise, were
gathered together from all over
the county for the annual
"shots". Quite a few owners who
were unable to get their dogs
here Saturday brought them in
yesterday morning.
A report from the sheriffs of
fire today stated that indict
ments are pending in possibly
100 cases, meaning that the dogs
are either to be vaccinated or
killed and that the owners are
facing prosecution in the courts.
Pour Young Martin
County White Boys
Enter Army Today
IVn Mor?' While Hoy* Leave
For Fori Hruwi from the
('.omity Next Tuexihiy
Making more room in the cstab- I
ished camps by sending its season- I
?d boys into the field for maneuvers,
he United States Army is rapidly
ailing for more men. Four young
nen, William Ernest Davis, widely
mown as "Cotton"; Marion Oscar
lyman, Joseph Brake Roberson and
Hushing Biggs Bailey left this morn
ng for Fort Bragg in answer to their |
Uncle's" call
Ten men. Franklin Robt. Sawyer,
Gilbert Mobley, Garland Edward
Warren, James Gussie Rogerson,
William Atwood Gurganus, Simon ;
italls, Charlie Gilbert Mobley, Elev
?r Smith Roberson, Eurts Rayo Van
lerford and Benjamin Franklin |
doye are scheduled to leave for Fort
3ragg next Tuesday Moye and Saw
rer are going as volunteers.
Up until today, Martin County has
urn ished the Army a total of 104
nen. The number leaving next Tues
lay wiH boofrt the total to 414 men,
i5 white and 49 colored.
Up until early today no report
lad been received from the ten coi
ned boys who left for Fort Bragg
ast Thursday, and it is thought that
ill of them were accepted. Approx
mately 18 men have been rejected !
ifter they were sent to Fort Bragg j
rom this county.
No quota was assigned this coun
y in the 13th call for men, and if
he first annual quota of 147 men is
llled, the county will have to send
13 men between June 15 and June
(0. It is generally believed that the
?ounty will not be called upon to
ill the first annual quota in its en
irety. It is expected that the total
]uota for next fiscal year beginning
luly 1 will be far greater than it
vas for 1940-41
Draft board machinery is turn
ng as rapidly as possible through
>ut the county. Handling 353 cases |
ast Friday night, the Martin Coun
y Draft Board has classified 1,190 j
egistrants to date. Another meet
ng for the classification of more reg
strants will be held shortly, and just
is soon as the proper forms are re
reived, additional questionnaires
vill be mailed to the approximate
y 1,600 remaining registrants in the ]
rounty.
?
Local Youth Trantjerred
To Georgia Military Camp
Volunteering a weeks ago (or
service in the United States armed
Forces, Thomas W. Crockett, young
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Crockett.
at Williamston, has been transfer
red from Fort Bragg to the 292nd
Coast Artillery, Fort Screven, Ga.
During the course of the past few
weeks, Martin County young men
have been transferred in fairly large
numbera to military posts in nearly
every one of the Eastern and South
em States.
Jamesville Reports
Startling Increase
In Current Listings
! Nearl) Half ?f (Iain Trace
ahl<? lo IN. C. Pulp Com
pany I'ropcrlic*
' ?
After .being slashed by horizontal
c uts during the depression years, tax
values are again climbing to a fairly
high peak in this county again, hut
the total listings are not up to the
figures recorded prior to the depres
sion in thr early thirties, it is under
stood It is also generally believed
that the upward trend is traceable
to new properties and developments
rather than to any material increase
in old property listings. Reliable re
ports indicate that property in the
county is listed at hardly more than
50 per cent of its normal value, as
a whole.
The 1941 increase over the 1940
listings was boosted by Jamesville
Township yesterday when List-tak
er It. L. Stailings submitted his com
pleted scrolls. The startling increase
of $441,592 was reported in that dis
trict, reports declaring that a great
er portion of the gain was traceable
to increased listings by the North
Carolina Pulp Company whose plant
had been materially enlarged since
January, 1940. The company is now
installing additional machinery, and
it is fairly evident that Jamesville
is rapidly climbing to the front as
one of the "richest" districts in the
county.
The gain in Jamesville almost
equals that reported in the nine oth
er townships combined. The personal
property increase is nearly three
times greater than that in the other
townships, and the gain in real val
ues equals about on.'-fourth the en
tire amount reported by the other
nine townships. A review of the per*
sonal and real property value gains
follows:
Peraonaf KcaJ
Jamesville $328,133 $113,459
Williams 3,352 22.480
Griffins 10,411* 45,405
Bear Grass 377 18,411
Williamston 78,816 217,014
Cross Roads 26,479* 32.2S8
Robersonville 18,243 ,74,403
Poplar Point 1,522 5,18?
Hamilton 1,145 41,451
Goose Nest 24,654 14,509
Totals .$456,243 $584,606
?Denotes decrease.
Personal property values in
Jamesville Township jumped from
$548,408 in 1940 to $876,541 this year,
and real values were increased from
$781,980 to $895,439, the total values
as of January 1, 1939, standing at
$1,771,980 for the district.
It is roughly estimated that the
reported gain in values will rrrake
possible a reduction of about 10
cents in the general county tax rate,
the decrease depending, however,
upon such values as increased budg
ets and variations in anticipated rev
enue from other sources
A review of the tax values is now
being made by Tax Supervisor S.
H. Grimes and it is possible that a
preliminary study of the tax st-nurt
ure will be made by the couhty com
missioners in their regular meeting
next Monday.
County Girl Badly
Hurt In Car Wreck
Badly injured in an automobile ac
cident near Wilaon laat Wednesday
night. Miss Sarah Getsinger, young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs P. E. Get
?inger, oF this county, waa reported
to Ire improving in a Wilaon hospital
today Suffering a concussion and
an arm fracture, Misa Gctsinger will
continue in the hospital several
weeks.
Employed as technician in a Wil
son hospital, Misa Getainger was rid
ing with one of the hospital nurs
when the car went out of control
and turned over.
This Week In
Defense
Federal Loan Administrator Jones
announced the allocation of $650.
000,000 for use in enlarging and
speeding the bomber program by
building Government-owned plants
and increasing the supply of essen
tial materials.
The War Department announced
the award of contracts totaling $322.
500.000 for 22-ton bombers to be
produced at new Government-own
ed plants at Fort Worth. Tex., and
Tulsa, Okla The department de
scribed the award of the contracts as
a "major step toward the 500 bomb
lers a month goal" set by the Presi
dent when he said the democracies
must achieve superiority in the air.
jOPM Director Knudsen asked air
plane manufacturers to prepare to
make an undisclosed additional num
bro of heavy bombers.
The Navy reported its air pro
gram "slightly ahead of schedule"
with 3.500 planes on hand May 1. as
compared with 2.172 ten months be
fore The department said that by
January. 1942. its training program
will supply sufficient pilots for 15,
000 planes, its goal.
Ships
The Maritime Commission an
nounced the delivery of seven new
ships, an addition of 50.200 tons, to
the American merchant fleet. The
Senate and House enacted legisla
tion authorizing the President to
requisition foreign shipping immo
bilized m U S. porta. Maritime Com
mission Chairman Land asked news
paper editors, radio stations and oth
*t*r"st?iireca of [ml4te information to
withhold news of merchant ships
used to aid Britain and other dem
ocracies.
Aid To Europe
President Roosevelt authorized
the dispatch of two merchant ships
to Ireland with $500,000 worth of
food for distribution to civilians un
der supervision of the Red Cross.
The ships will sail under Irish reg
istry with Irish crews.
Civilian Defense
President Roosevelt established an
Office of Civilian Defe nse and ap
pointed New York's Mayor LaGuard
la as director to carry out programs
for the protection of life and proper
ty in an emergency with the volun
teer help of men, women and chil
dren throughout the nation. Direc
tor LaGuardia said volunteers would
be organized to protect vital utilises
m the event of an attack, carry on
first aid and deal with problems of
welfare, evacuation, housing and
food.
FBI Director Hoover announced
that 150,000 local law enforcement
officers are being enlisted'in a vol
untary plan to rout fifth columnists.
Cost of Living
La hoi Secretary Perkins announc
ed a 2 2 per cent rise in the cost of
living in larger cities above the
1935-1939 average and 3.7 per cent
alxive August, 1939, just prior to
the European war. She said food
prices were up 5 per cent over lust
Autumn, rents up 0.3 per cent in the
last month, and clothing up 22 per
cent. The Labor department report
ed, however, the earnings of work
ers in the manufacturing industries
advanced to new high levels ? 5.4
per cent more than March, 1940,
with average hourly earnings at 09.7
eonU, or $?U 11 n week
.Selective Service
Congress amended the Selective
Service Act to exempt from service
under the act former regulars and
reservists of the Navy, Marine Corps,
and Coast Guard. Deputy Director
Hershey announced that although the
Army has sufficient dental and vet
erinary officers, dentists and voteri
naries and students in these profes
sions should be deferred to avoid a
(Continued on page six)
Winslow Again To
Head Legion Post
Joe R. Winslow, well-known coun
ty citizen, last night was again elect
ed to head the John Walter Hassell
Post of the American Legion as Com
mander. Accorded a large vote on the
first ballot, Mr. Winslow was then
elected by a unanimous vote. W E
Dunn was re-elected as the Post's
adjutant and finance officer.
Attracting a very large crowd, the
meeting held in the Legion Hut car
ried a renewed interest in Legion
affairs. It is stated that the county
post is pledging its efforts and fa
cilities in support of the national de
fense program.
An appetizing barbecue supper
with all the trimmings was served
the group by Commander Winslow
BREAK-DOWN
?v /
Work on the dirt till
the Roanoke lowground* at thla
paint la moving forward rapidly
again after a short interruption
canned by a break-down of two
machine* on the Job over the
week-end. The mechanical ahov
el waa placed back in operation
yesterday, and repairs ware com
pleted to the loading reader thla
morninf. Eleven trucks wera
running thla morning, but the
number has been more than
doubled alnee the grader waa
More Registrants Are
Classified By Board
Eielitv - Five Youths
r
Are !Now Subject To
Plivsieal Check-ups
Draft QiioIuh ^ ill Takrg
From Ktffiil ClusHifioa
lion* within Short Time
?
Eighty-five Martin County men |
were moved a step nearer the army
last Friday evening when the draft
board classified 3S3 registrants in a
special meeting held in the drafl
board offices in the old Martin Coun
ty Bank building. Messrs. H It
Goodmon. chairman; Jesse Ward and
J 11 Ayers were present for the ses
sion which lasted until almost mid
night.
Forty-one white and 44 colored
registrants were placed in No 1-A
classification. Only one white reg
istrant was placed in No. 2-A. Class
3-A, including mostly murried men.
was crowded ugain, the board plac
ing 141 white and 102 colored In that
group One white registrant was
placed in 4 A. and four white and
1H colored were placed in Class 4 F
The men included In the No I - A ]
classification are subject to physical
examinations within a comparative
ly short time. Their final status as
lai as the army monccrned cannot
In1 determined until after the physi
cal examinations have been made,
but as far as the draft board's find
logs are concerned they are subject
to call.
The classifications:
Clam 1-A?White
Don F.lphonsa Johnson. Irvin Clif
ford Griffin. Noah Henry Ourganus,
George Lee Koberson and Albert
Leon Cook, of Williamston;
Albert Earl Roberson, Charles
Manning Peel, Route 1, Williamston;
Zack Sheppard Cowin, William
Hei'brel Ml/ell. Henry Luther liar
lis, Fred Muir Taylor, Cecil Man j
rung, William Ashley Gurganus and
Simon Gardner, Route 2. Williams
ton;
Charlie Gaston Curtis. Marvin
Kelly Whltehurst, Burton Gray, Hur
ry Seward Roberson, of Roberson
ville;
Walter Alexander Rhodes. Setli
Augustus Davis, Elmer Gruy Mudlln,
John Henry Cooper, Route 1, James
ville;
Thurmun Harrison Matthews, Dave
Wiley Brunlon, Melvin Augustus |
Clisson. Route 2, Robersonville
James Ernest Keel. Huel Johnson
Turner, Route 1, Robersonville, j
Dampy Lee Simmons, Raleigh; Wil
lie 11. Clisson, 1'urmele, Henry Alex
ander llaisllp, Hamilton; Richard j
Earle Hale. Route I. Palmyra; Dal
las Murry Harden, Dardens; Jesse
Wilson Griffin, Elizabeth City; Her
bert Clinton Brown, Oak City; Wil
liam Fowden Clark, Rocky Mount,
James Augustus Williams, Bamberg,
Craven Baker Roebuck, Washington;
James Curtis Nicholson, Lowell; Wil
lis Robert Crandall, Norfolk; Robert
Asa Edmondson, Jr, Hamilton; Oro
ver Alton Wynn, Boute 3, Wilhams
Class 1-A?Colored
Walter Rodgers, Columbus James
Rodgers, William Riley Anthony,
James Henry Rodgers, Clinton Dav
is. Route 2. Williamston;
Charlie Freeman, Jr.. Albert Jones,
James Dunlel Wiggins, Chester Hon
ry Juhnson. Elbert Mitchell. John
ny Lee, Grandy Pemberton, Edward
Louis Hines, Williamston;
Heber Lanier, Theron Lynch, Col
lin Smith, Clifton Walter, General
James Bussey, John D. Swimpson,
Ei nest Major Staton, Wyrt Staton,
Route I, Oak City;
William Thomas Gray, Edmond
Pierce, James Patrice Keys, David
Warren Griffin, Route I, Jumesville,
Marvin 1-oyd. George II W Rug
ers, la-e Edward Bess, Len Best, Rob
erson ville;
Whit Jones, Jr., Hamilton, John
Henry Taylor, Hassell; Woodrow
Marrow, Hopewell; Kater Herman
Green, New Bern; Tem Council,1
Route 1, Bethel; Gabriel Williams,
Jr Buell, Va ; Benjamin Fairfax
flyman, Route 1, Hobgood; Loroy
Roberson, Route 1. Robersonville
Clordy Dempsey, Route I, William
ston; John D McCloud, Route 2 Rob
ersonville; Arthur Council, Route 1,
Bethel;
William Baker, Lemuel Outter
(Continued on page six)
Local Man Injured
In Auto Accident
A L. Batcheior, former employee
of the Chas. 11 Jenkins Motor Com
pany here, was badly hurt in an au
tomobile accident on a Wake Coun
ty highway, near Wake Forest, last
Saturday night. On his way home
from Fayetteville to visit his fam
ily, Mr Batcheior suffered a dun
gerous cut on his forehead. Twenty
eight stitches were necessary to
close the gash It was also reported
that in addition to being badly cut
and bruised several of his ribs were
broken. He was removed to a Louis
burg hospital for treatment, but la
now at his home on Warren Street.
TO OROVM/.K
An organiaation to Uimw Mar
tin County support to tlir I'nit
rd Srrvirr Organisations will be
perfected at a meeting of civic
and other community leaders to
be held in the American l.egion
llut next Monday evening at 8
o'clock, it was announced today
by R. II. (loodmon. chairman of
the movement in this county.
The itlanned work of the serv
ice organisations has been de
clarrd vitally necessary to the
nation's defense program, and
all interested citixens arc urged
to attend the meeting and Ukr
part in the program in this coun
ty.
New Registration
Of Nation's Youth
Is Set For Jnlv 1st
More Tliim Million F.x|M-?'toil
To Register For Possible
Mililnrv Service
Young men who have hecume 21
yours of age since last-October and
those who will have attained that
age within the next live weeks al't
being called upon to register for pos
sible military service on July 1 It is
estimated that the new registration
will add one milium men to the list
of approximately 1U.500.000 already
registered.
Those registering July 1 will be
subject to call only after the present
registration list is exhausted, but in
some (fuses the new registrants can
expect to be called into service
within a few months following the
registration
In a proclamation fixing the reg
istration date, the President said
the action was "required in the in
terests of the national defense" and
defined those who must register as
all unregistered male citizens and
aliens in the United States, Hawaii.
Puerto Rico, and Alaska, who have
attained their 2lst birthday on or
before July I
The July 1 date was chosen, il was
understood, in order that men leg
istering then would have time to find
out before Fall whether or not they
might expect to be called for duty.
This would permit them t?> plan
ahead for their Fall ami Winter work
of educational schedules
The manner of integrating these
new men with the first group of
draftees in each local area has been
under consideration for several
months. Two principal methods were
studied. One called for sandwiching
them among the original registrants
by lottery; the other, for adding
them to the end of the lists Officials
said today that the latter method
probably would he list-d.
It would work this way: Kuch man
will get a registration number when
lie signs up. Each of the (5.500 areas
thus will have a No. 1. No. 2, etc. One
set of xnirrsprmding nurnI tits 1 herr
will he drawn in the national lot
tery. If "50" was the first nutnhei
drawn, that would he "Order No. I"
and men holding the number 50
would be the first of the new regis
trants called to service if there was
no reason to defer their training.
?The expectation is that thousands
of tin- men registered July I will he
called for service within a lew
months even though they are put at
the end of their local draft lists.
Officials said that local hoards
will be inclined to go quickly through
their older registrants in order to
reach men who have neither de
pendents nor essential employment
and are at an age which the Army
wants.
Slightly Injured
In Far Accident
Ralph Taylor, young local white
man, was slightly injured when the
car in which he was riding went out
of control, tore down several pan
els of a farmer's fence and turned
over near Macedonia on the Wash
ington Road late last Sunday night
Edwin Holding, driver of the car,
escaped unhurt Taylor was slightly
cut on the arms and scratched and
bruised a bit. hut was able to be up
yesterday.
According to a statement made by
Taylor to Patrolman Whit Saunders
who investigated the wreck at the
suggestion of u passing motorist, the
lights of an approaching car blind
ed the driver and caused him to lose
control of the car which swerved
to the left side of the road and rip
ped the fence from the posts. Dam
age to the car was unofficially esti
! ex-igilg'gl gal SttMl ' 1 "
Mint'ti ?' J'1'"
Urniilor Communication
Skrirorkry Miihoon Tonight
A regular communication of Ske
warkey Muaona 'will tie held in the
lodge hall here thii evening at eight
o'clock, it waa announced thia morn
ing. All membera are urged to be
present.
Naval Engagements
Holding Spotlight In
Current ^\ar News
4
(mtiiiuii Hutllr*hi|> Biniuarrk
Sunk l>\ Itrili-li \t
o"< lock
Bui cifin il l;,xt ttn-k * * i it I with ont*
"I tile i:n .itvst m .i In- , . in recent
,h*' Bi'itul, T ?,rr roared his
vt'ligcamv .it j^iilttck this morning
when the pniurt-il, rniau battleship.
"Bismarck." w.i ml i., the bottom
"f the North Atl.iiitie The attack un
the Herman ship was "turtod last
night alii.nl !l o'clock several hours
after an Aim ru an madi plane had
sighted it and radioed its location to
the British sea forces A mighty
force, seeking vengeance for the
sinking I.f the British battleship.
Ilnod." off Greenland last Friday
and the loss of I.:?((! officers and
111.11, stalled pushing' for the Ger
man battleship Two plane torpedoes
caused the mighty warship to list,
and it began to limp in Us feverish
rush foi a Norwegian |x.i t A group
of destroyers moved 111 on her and
liie.l upon her Other units pulled
up and went int.. action, and at five
o'clock (Ills morning the mighty sea
laulot was no more No details of
the sinking could he had. but a big
threat to the North Atlantic has been
removed
llie sinking of the Hoot! Was due.
reports declare, t,, ., lucky shot that
tot. into the ship's magazine, caus
uig a terrific explosion and sending
tile ship I., lis fate
Germany is making notorious
i hums in the Medit.'i'iiinean in the
\ iciiuty <>l Crete, hut the claims are
apparently exaggerated Twenty or
more ships were said to have been
sunk by the Nazis there, hut no such
losses are mentioned in British re
ports.
The battle of Crete is still raging
with the outcome in doubt There,
too. the Ucinwiis are making exag
gerated claims, but Mi itlsh forces de
flare that the invaders are meeting
with a stublMirn resistance, and that
the invaders while scoring local sue
cesscs~*Veic not making great prog
ress after neai l\ a week of fighting
The Germans are said to have fei
l ied heavy tanks across the 85 mile
stretch oI s?a from Greece, hut late
reports stated that the machines had
not her*11 placed lii operation.
In lia<|. the British are pushing in
to Baghdad, hut the Germans are
holding the Mosul (ill fields, mean
"ig that the capture of the city would
end the lighting there In near
h\ Sviia. the Gentians are displac
ing tlx French and takmg over there
Late re|Mirts tate that the Gei
mans declaie that tin late sea battle
?s not over, that they are sending
an tHiiuhei s against the three British
battleships, airplane cairn i aml.sev
fial cruisers and destroyers taking
pait in the attack on th? - Bismarck. *
The British are said to he still pur
suing the Tirpit/, companion ship of
the Bismarck
1 lie British today admitted the
loss of two cruisers and lour destroy
ers in the hattle of Crete, but an
nounced that five German transports
hu<T heeii shot down in eatly morn
ing fighting, and that few or no
troops had been ferried across the
sea to Crete
A momentous occasion in this ria
1 ?' '|| h|7n'#T ?iiTTteipated i<tiifJfTiT aT~~
It 80 o'clock when I'n sideiit House
velt addresses the nation lie is ex
pected to end all uncertainty as to
the ?nation's foreign (xdicy Warn
ings from Germunv have struck a
defiant note m this country, and the
nation anxiously awaits a firmer
4ec 1 til HtHHf foe tl|(| to Dl'lt
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Stolen .Ear Badly
Damaged In Wreck
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Stolen from Academy Street last
Saturday night, the Ford sedan be
longing to Mrs. J A. Eason, was
wrecked beyond repair at Mill
Branch on the Hamilton Koud near
here a few hours later. The driver,
his identity yet unknown by officers,
fled from the wreck, making it ap
pear that if lie was hurt his injuries
were not serioUiL
Vlew mg the smashed car, officers
and travelers were puz/led to under
stand how anyone could have gone
through the wreck without being
killed There was no blood in the car,
arid several persons searched the
nearby woods thinking the driver
was dazed and had wandered off.
The tracks of a man were found,
their course indicating that the driv
er after stealing and wrecking the
car had left the wreck in a round
about way to escape arrest. No one
was treated here for injuries, and
while officers are still working on
the case no clues have been estab
lished that would warrant an arrest.
Traveling apparently at a high
rate of speed toward Williainston,
the driver lost control of the car as
it rounded the curve just the other
side uf the brunch about three miles
from here. Hipping off a telephone
pole utid throwing wires in the road,
the car jumped the canal and buried
its head into the opposite bank. It
turned over, smashing the top and
all sides. Only one glasa was brokan,
but all the wheels were thrown out
of line from two or three inches to
twelve or more. Damage to the car
was estimated at $600.