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VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER Ri Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuetday, June 10, 1041. ESTABLISHED 1899
Anti-Typhoid Fever
Drive Is Planned By
Health Department
New Plan of Immunization
(ialU For Only One Dose
Of Vaccine
Beginning week after next, the
Martin County Health Department
will launch a county-wide drive
against typhoid fever, Health Offi
cer John W. Williams pointing out
that a new plan of immunization will
be followed. Dr. Williams says:
To the' old timers this will seem
a little strange because we have
bargained to meet at certain places
only once and heretofore we have
been in the habit of meeting the
people at certain clinic points three
or four times so that three doses of
the vaccine could be given at one
dose three times every third year.
The research workers have found
out that after a person has had the
three doses that a higher level of
protection will be had if one dose of
the vaccine is taken ever year. In
other words, there is much more pro
tection in taking a tiny dose every
year than there is in taking a large
dose htree times every third year
We know that it has not been but
two years since a program was car
ried out and perhaps there is a fair
amount of immunity in the 8,000
people who took the three doses two
years ago, but we do know that if
these people will begin their one
small dose this year we will have
greater protection.
Of course, if some of the people
prefer the three doses it is their bus
iness and they can have it at any of
our four clinic points throughout the
county which are?Every Monday
morning at Jamesville; every Wed
nesday morning at Eobersonville,
and every Friday morning at Oak
City; Every Saturday morning at
Williamston, and after this week of
intensive work schedule anyone can
get it at any time in the Williamston
office.# ,
OneAmd a half drops of the vac
cine into the skin will not make i
sore, will hot cause a reaction and
will give protection if taken every
year
Another way of taking it is seven
and a half drops under the skin.
This is the same as the first dose
when you took the three doses. Only
this one small dose is necessary pro
vided it is taken yearly and have ev
er had the three doses at weekly in
tervals.
This one small dose under the
skin is just as liable to give a reac
tion as it did when the first dose was
given in the old-fashion way.
The third method is the three
doses. Seven and a half drops one
week, 15 drops the next, and fifteen
drops the next.
The best authorities agree that
this first method mentioned, is the
best and therefore we recommend
it, but we are provided to give it
any way the people wish it. All we
are asking is that those who took it
two years ago, come for one dose and
all who have never taken the three
doSes begin their protection this
year
This herding of groups of people
up every three years for typhoid
protection is a thing of the past es
pecially in a county with a whole!
time health department and three
stations which we keep open all the
time for the protection of the pub
lic
A schedule of dispensaries ap
pears in this paper.
Work On River Fill
Delayed By Rains
Work on the Roanoke River dirt
fill was suddenly interrupted late
yesterday afternoon by rain, a re
port from the project this morning
stating that activities would hardly
be resumed before late tomorrow
or Thursday.
Traffic over the route mired down
last night and early today, ten cars
and several trucks being stuck on
the fill at one time early today. The
route is drying rapidly and traffic
is now moving over the fill without
much trouble.
Robert Rice, superintendent of the
project, stated this morning that
plans called for the completion of
work in about three weeks, certain
ly within four weeks.
Arrington Gupton, assistant and
handler of many jobs for the con
tractors, answered the call to the
country's service last night when
he left for Tennessee to join the air
corps.
"We hope to finish dumping dirt
on the fill between the creek and
river bridges this week," Superin
tendent Rice said this morning.
Slightly Injured In
Fall From Motorcycle
John W Wslters, Newport News
mechanic, was slightly hurt in a
fall from a motorcycle on the Roan
oke River fill Sunday morning.
Skinned and bruised on several parts
of his body. Walters had his injur
ies treated in the local hospital and
boarded a bus that afternoon for the
return trip to the Virginia city.
Walters, on his way to visit a
friend in Greenville, was removed
in an unconscious condition to the
hospital in a Biggs ambulance.
General Raim
To Crop OutU
General rains falling yesterday af
ternoon and last evening have bright
ened the crop outlook in this county
considerably Incomplete reports
state that while the showers were
not exceedingly heavy, they were in
deed timely and possibly effected a
meeting of the moisture. Farmers de
clared they could tell a marked dif
ference in the appearance of their
crops this morning from that ob
served before the rains.
The first shower yesterday fell
here shortly after five o'clock, but i
the heavy one did not fall until
about 8:30 last evening, the two com
bined amounting to only 0.67 of an
inch. So far this month. 1.91 inches
of rain have fallen at this point.
Nearby sections yesterday had their
first showers in several weeks
s Encouraging
ook In County
Authentic estimates are not to be
had. but farmers, as a whole, de
clare that the hay crops have been
materially damaged The harvest of
clover seed has been reduced possi
bly more than 50 per cent, and the
Irish potato production is far be
low expectations, some saying that
hardly more than 25 to 50 per cent
\>f a crop will be harvested. Digging
operations have been started, but
quite a few farmers are waiting to
see if the recent rains will boost
production.
General field crops are now look
ing much better than they did a few
days ago. farmers stating that corn
and peanuts planted ten days ago or
even longer are coming are now and
that tobacco and other early crops
are now doing well.
Raise Base Quota For
Service Organizations
DRAFT CALL
Rwfivlin its fourteenth quota
last week end. the Martin Coun
ty Draft Board is making prep
arations to send ten colored men
to the Army on June 30. A check
of the records has not been com
pleted. but it is understood that
the quota ran and will be filled
in its entirety from the volun
teer list.
Martin County scored nearly
1IK) per cent in health with Its
last contingent, eight of the
nine boys being accepted for
service last week.
Mrs. Co I train Dies
Sunday In Griffins
After Long Illness
Funeral Serviced (iomliuied
At Late Home Yester
day Afternoon
Mrs. Sallic Coltrain, widow of
Jesse Coltrain, died at her home in
Griffins Township Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock following a long illness.
She had suffered during the past sev
eral years with rheumatism, death
being attributed to a complication
of ailments.
The daughter of the late Noah and
Katherine Mizelle, Mrs. Coltrain was
born in Beaufort County 67 years
ago. In early womanhood she was
married to Jesse Coltrain and moved
to the Farm Life section of this coun- j
ty to make her home. He died about!
fourteen years ago. She was a mem
ber of the church at Maple Grove
for about thirty years, and had many ;
friends lfi that section.
She is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Arnold Roberson,
Mis Lonald Andrews, Mrs. Evelyn
F< i ry, Crawford Coltrain. David
Coltrain. Vester Coltrain, Leonard
Coltrain. Robert Coltrain and Til
mon Coltrain, all of this county. She
also leaves a sister, Mrs. Melinda
Denton, of Tarboro, and a half-sis
ter, Mrs. Neeley Beacham, of Roper,
and sixteen grandchildren."^
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock from
her late home by her pastor, Rev. M.
L Ambrose, assisted by Rev. D. W.
Arnold, Christian minister, and Rev.
W. B. Harrington, county Baptist
minister. Interment was in the fam
ily plot in the Roberson cemetery in
the Farm Life section.
Inrrrated lite Of Loral
Library fa Rr/wrletl
An increased use of the local li
brary has been reported since the
close of the public school a little ov
er a month ago. Receiving a number
of new books just a few days ago,
the library reported most of them
in the hands of readers within
short time.
The library is open each week day
from 9:30 a m. to 12:30 p. m. and
from 6:30 to 8:30 each evening.
FARM MEET
Indications point to a record
attendance upon the annual
Martin County Farm Bureau
meeting at the high school here
on Thursday evening of this
week. Scheduled at a tine when
there la an urgent call for unity
among labor, capital and agri
culture, the meeting will hear a
review of the farm dtaatim aa
U Is related to the defense pro
gram. Congressman Herbert
Bonner will address the meet
A barbecue supper will be
served promptly at ? o'clock In
the gymnasium, the address te
follow at 7:M in the school audi
torium. All Farm Bureau mem
bers will be admitted free to
the baaebal! game at ? o'clock.
Plans are being made to broad
T'
Re|x>rt Nearly #600
During First Vi eek
Of Drive In County
Only Half of Township* R?'
port At Progreaa Meet
ing I ai*1 Kvening
*
Over-subscribing its base quota by
several hundred dollars in support
of the United Service Organizations.
Martin County is now establishing a
fund for aiding stranded service men
in this county. Encouraging reports
were heard last evening when five
of the ten townships reported their
progress in the united drive. R. II
Goodmon, chairman of the county
unit, announcing that $577.30 had
been paid in and that other districts
in the county would boost the total
to approximately $700. The base quo
ta of $350 has been forwarded to na
tional headquarters by Rev. John W
Hardy, treasurer ol the county or
ganization. and l plans are being
formulated for carrying on an aid
program to service men within the
county. The drive will be complet
ed in the county this week and a fi
nal report will be submitted at a
meeting in the legion Hut next
Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
Much interest continues in the
program to supplement the aid to
service men, officers of the Ameri
can Legion post in the county will
ingly offering to cooperate by pro
viding sleeping quarters with the aid
of the county and others in the hut
basement. Definite plans will be
discussed at a later meeting of the
United Service Organizations lead
ers and chairmen in the county.
Twenty or more citizens partici
pating in the campaign to raise the
county's quota were present for the
meeting last night, the others possi
bly being detained by rain. It is un
derstood that the township quotas
have been virtually raised, and that
in one or two districts, the quotas
were oversubscribed
The following table shows the
quotas assigned and the amount re
ported:
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose Nest
Offering 31.55
$720 $577.30
The four townships not reporting
are understood to have part if not
all of their quotas raised, but no def
inite amounts could be learned
After sending the base quota of
$350 to the national headquarters
and notifying Governor Broughton
that the county's quota had been
met, the meeting discussed plans for
caring for stranded service men in
the county. Until quarters can be
provided, service men will be given
lodging in private homes or boarding
houses. Chief William Gray in Rob
ersonville will take care of the cases
Quota
Raised
$ 50
$ 63.40
20
8 35
40
40
300
311.50
40
25 25
120
120.00
20
17.25
40
50
(Continued on page six)
' ?
Revenue Agent To
Open Office Here
?*?
Mr. A. O'Reilly Felix, ipccial in
vestigator for Alcoholic Tax Unit,
Internal Revenue Department, was
here last week making arrangements
to move his family to Williamston
where he will make his headquar
ters.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix and daughter
are now living in Camden, N J.
They will be at home in the Whit
ley home on the Hamilton road.
Mr. Felix has been connected with
Internal Revenue department for the
past twelve years
Mr Felix will be associated with
Mr. E. E. Webster, alcoholic tax un
it agent who reported here last
week.
This Week In
Defense
Dr Will Alexander of the OPM
speaking in Atlantic City, said de
fense industries will need 4.000.000
more workers by January. He Said
examples, the San Diego. San
Francisco and Vallejo areas of Cali
W'U 31.000, Detroit. 68.
8#,000; Philadelphia, 70,000;
northern New Jersey. 30.000. Dallas
7MO T WL"lh' n'2U": and
/.ooo He asked employers not to dis
criminate against persons with nec
nL?kl"'bwause o? rac'' rpli?'
324*001,"" SeiLMi"y P"kins reported
324.000 workers will be needed in
shipbuilding industry. 408.000 in
sJ!h !i 291 000 ln machine tools
and ordnance, and 384.000 in other
defense industries She said the
?k!iCVinh le ^ ,s ,or 150 000
Ski led machinists and 139.000 semi
skilled assemblers.
Sllmso" announced
that skilled workers in the Army
Will be released, if required in key
uwlian jobs, upon the request of
former employers. Sidney Hillman.
Associate Director General
again appealed to all unemployed'
a dP?'l7inS n<" d,,,,'nst' '"dustries
and all persons who can do more
Highly skilled work than required
cal m hi JOl>- r'*'s,"r at lo
tal public employmenQoffices so
defenseaLr,k ,r"in0d an^'-laced in
Prices
Bureau of I.atx.r Statistic* report
klklh P"l,'S """reused for the
sixth consecutive month and are
now about 6 5 per cent above last
November Prices of all foods moved
upward but the latest increase re
suited from advances in prices for
dairy products, fresh fruits, vege
tables. pork and lamb, the Bureau
The Department of Justice an
-jounced Federal Grand Junes m
San.Francisco. New York. Philadel
phia, "artford. Deliver, Dubuque
and Washington have indicted 300
W ide d! '"dividuaJs in a nation
widt drive to prevent unwarranted
met eases in food costs.
Agrirulture
ask^d "f!!rtUri" S,T" '"ry Wickard
rn n '""' Ihird incroa.se in
one fn."'.hC Pfuduction and a
milk "lb "!|Cr''as*' evaporated
m k He sa,d an increase m total
milk production, asked several
weeks ago has been made, but the
milk supply must increase in areas
surrounding cheese and evaporaied
milk plants. He said prices would be
foMe?ed| ''h Purchases
lor lease-lend activities.
Priorities
slee " i ?PY rdd',d '""PP' i - cork and
? to Vital defense materials un
1 P"""'y control to give defense
first call' CiVi'ian n,"'"ds
nrst (dll on the materials.
;? Fdward Striven, Assistant Pri
?o ridD:rt'C,?r" s'>,ak""i 'n Ch,ca
ll said you can walk through any
large retail store todayXgnd see all
around you commonplace objects ?
stoves, toasters, vacuum cleaners
typewriters, cameras, tools, and lots
0tl?" 'hings which cannot es
cape being hit by the demands of
the defense program "
Pros,active Oil and Power -Shortage
-Secretary of Interior Ickes. De
ense Petroleum Coordinator, said a
temporary restriction on the use of
ne and o? on the Eas.ToaM
the ,i^ come necessary because of
t in u"r,ag<; tanker transporta
Dim- Im T ? proposed $70,000,000
pipe line from Texas to ease the sit
uation would require 12 to 15
months to build
began' TsT' C"mm?"n
began a series of conferences with
rapidl'v " "7 0,"Ciak re*ar(hng
raindly expanding defense needs for
power, aggravated by a drought in
(Continued on page six)
Accept Applications
Chauffeur's Licenses
M J_ McLeod, State Driver's Li
tense Examiner stationed in this
territory, has announced that he is
now accepting applications for re
Ch ?ff 194,0 41 chauffeur's licenses.
Chauffeurs licenses, which are re
newab e annually, expire June 30
buch licenses are required of all
prisons employed for the principal
purpose of driving passenger-carry
ing motor vehicles, and of every Der
mill He dr'Ve" 8 vehicle aTa
public or common carrier of the
property of others.
The minimum age for chauffeurs
fs'vear pr0?fr!y"carrying vehicles is
18 years, and that for drivers of pas
senger-carrying vehicles is 21 years.
HOARDING
Some Martin County citisena
are hoarding gasoline in antici
pation of a rumored shortage of
the precious fuel, according to
unofficial but reliable reports
reaching here today. An. un us
ually heavy sale of barrels has
been reported for the storage of
gasoline by individuals.
No details on the reported
hoarding could be had, but one
report coming from a reliable
source declared that a few ear
owners In outlying communities
were buying the barrels.
Name Committee For
Boosting Cotton Sales
Mart in Farmers To
Get Approximately I
$1.r>,000.00 In Stamps
Mum MtTiiuy To B?- Held in
County Agricultural
Building Friday
Formation of a Cotton Stamp Com
mittee for Martin County to coop
erate with the U S. Department or
Agriculture in the operation of the
Supplementary Cotton Stamp Plan
in this area in the relatively near fu i
lure, was announced today by 1
H Brandon, county agent, following
a meeting held Monday in the agri
cultural building
Mr. F.ddie M Trahey was elected
chairman of the committee Other
members, representative of the Cot
ton Trades Industry of the county,
included:
Irving Smith and S L Koberson. j
of Robersonville; W O Griffin. Wil l
liamston; Henry S. Johnson. Jr.. of
Hamilton: J W Eubanks. Hassell;
Clarence Sexton. Jamesville; John
11 Roebuck, Parmele; J H Ayers.
Oak City; J R. Rogers, Bear Grass.
J S. Ayers, Everetts; D. V Clay
ton, of Williamston was elected sec
retary-treasurer. C. T Bowers and
Frank Margolis. of Williamston. were
named to the education committee |
Mr. Brandon stated that the main
purpose of organizing the committee
was to assist the Government in
helping to acquaint all retailers and
wholesalers of cotton goods in the
county with the manner in which
they could cooperate and participate
in the benefits of the program
He added that a mass meeting of
all store operators and their clerks,
handling cotton products, would be
held ill the county agricultural build
ing next Friday night at tt o clock
III stressing the importance of at
tending this meeting. Mr Brandon
pointed out that merchants cannot
accept Cotton Stamps for redemp
tion by the Government until they
have completed a "Retailer's State
ment" form entitling them to partici
pate. These forms may be obtained
from the County Agricultural Agent,
and the rules and regulations gov
erning the plan's operation will be
fully explained at the meeting
? I feel sure," said Mr Brandon,
"that every retailer of American
grown and manufactured cotton
products in Martin County will want
to cooperate wholeheartedly with the
Government's effort to aid our cot
ton farmers and the cotton industry
as a whole. It's certainly to their ad
vantage to do so. and any who didn't
would be placed at a distinct com
petitive disadvantage."
The government is issuing approx
imately two million dollars worth of
cotton stamps in an effort to stimu
late the purchase of cotton goods
and eliminate part of the cotton sur
plus. It is estimated that $15,000 or
more in stamps will be issued in this
county to approximately 450 farm
ers. Merchants interested in partici
pating in the progrum will find it to
their advantage to attend the mass
meeting Friday night.
?
Health Report For
The Month of May
???
Forty-five communicable (Incise,
cases were reported in this ri^Pty.
last month. Most of the eases were
reported in the early part of tin
period after the victims had formed
contact with the ailment during the
last.days of school. A marked drop
in the communicable disease class
is to be expected now that the chil
dren are not congregating regular
ly in the schools
The health department reported
the following cases:
Three chickenpox, one among the
colored population in Jamesville,
and two among the white population,
near Williamston.
Six cases of German measles, two
among the colored population in
Williamston, three among the white
population in Robersonville and one
among the white children in Ever
etts
The eleven cases of measles, and
some of them were mighty bad, were
confined to the white population in
Robersonville, Everetts and William
ston.
There were 24 cases of whooping
cough, sixteen among the colored
and eight among the white popula
tion in Everetts, Robersonville and
Williamston.
Judging from the report, the up
per part of the county is an hdalthy
place, for there were no contagious
disease cases reported there last
month or in the preceding month.
Health Board Approve?
Budget For l)ei>artment
%
Meeting in special session here lost
evening, the Martin County Board
of Health approved, subject to action
by the board of county commission
era, the 1941-42 county health de
partment budget The budget calls
for an appropriation in the sum of
S7M1.M, the amount remaining un
changed from the budget figures tor
the 1940-41 fiscal year.
COMMISSIONS
The appointment of KI her I S.
Peel. Williamson attorney, to
the State School Commission,
was announced yesterday by
Governor J. M. Kroughton. Mr.
Peel succeeds T. K. Attmore. of
Washington, resigned. Recogniz
ed as a major one and carrying
more honor than even a place on
the highway commission, the ap
pointment is the first to come to
this county from up Raleigh way
in recent years. Mr. Peel and
Governor tiroughton were in
the State Senate during the 1929
and 1931 sessions.
i\o Definite Word
Heard Litely From
Ned Lati"hiii"liouse
p r
Mr*. I.nii^liiii^littii*.)' I* Slill
llo|M'ful ll<- I* \li\r ami
W ill Hi'lnrn Home
Visiting friends here last week
end, Mrs. Ned Laughinghouse still
holds to the hope that her husband
is alive and that lie will return home
Mrs. Laughmghoii.se although living
under a terrific strain clings to
beautiful hope
Leaving Now York last spring on
the neutral Egyptian ship, Zamzani,
Mr Laughinghouse was on his way
to Salisbury, Hhodesia, in South
j Africa, when the ship was attacked
by a German raider He was injur
led by a shell splinter and after be
? ing taken aboard the raider he un
jderwent a brain operation Reliable
reports state that an American doc
tor was in the operating room while
an able German surgeon performed I
the operation which, according to re
liable reports, was successful
A few days after the Zam/am was
sent to the bottom of the Atlantic,
the German raider transferred the]
survivors to another ship, but Mr
Laughinghouse and another passen ?
ger who was critically injured on the ;
ill-fated liner could not be moved
The other survivors were landed sev
eraJ weeks later at a French port
Several of them, including two or
three tobacconists, are now flying
the Atlantic and are expected to
reach New York tomorrow
The last official word from Mr
Laughinghouse came when the raid
er transferred the Zanizam survi
vors to a German merchant ship Ii
was stated that Mr. Laughinghouse
had been landed in France also, but
reports from the United States De
partment of State indicate that the
story, was unfounded As far as it
can be learned, Mr Laughinghouse
continued on the raider, later re
ports coming from unofficial sources
stating that the raider had been
sunk but tjiat the crew had been
saved
Mr laughinghouse was a resident
of Williamston for a few years, and
has many friends here and through
out eastern Carolina He was on his
way to Africa to work on the tobac
co market in Salisbuiy.
Mrs. LaughinghouM* was accom
panied here on her recent visit by
her daughter, Mrs Lemuel Blades,
of Elizabeth City. Mis. Julian I*ane
and Mrs. John R. Raines, of Wilson
2,(MM)
Approximately two-thirds or
even 2,000 questionnaires have
been placed in the mails for
Martin County men who regis
tered last October under the Se
lective Service Act. The remain- j
Ing 1,200 or approximately that
number, will be bombarded with
questions just as soon as the
county draft board can get them
out.
So far no county registrant
has deliberately refused to pre
pare the answers, but several
have been negligent in leaving
their forwarding addresses and
a few questionnaires are being
returned. After so many days,
the names of the registrants are
turned over to the Federal Bur
eau of Investigation for action in
that department
I VIlies Claim Rapid
Progress In March
Into French Syria
IVur Seriou* 0|>|H>?iti?>n By
Kmicli ami (rt'rnian* l-ater
In Their Cainpuiitii
Revt i nig the tacties employed in
the war Min e ^epteniher. 1939, Great
Britain and her allies are moving in
to a country ahead of or in an equal
iraoe with Protector" Adolf Hitler.
Last reports state that the British
and Free French under General
Charles deGauile are advancing rap
idly into French-mandated Syria,
that the advance had met no serious
opposition. It is acknowledged, how
ever. that the campaign offers ser
ious consequences, including the pos
sibility that some of the French un
der the puppet government at Vichy
will take up arms against their for
mer allies. It is also expected in
some quarters that Germany will
rush aid to the Nazi dominated
Firnch and .oppose the British move.
Racing at top speed against the
threat of an air-borne German at
tack. British and Free French mech
anized forces drove to within bare
ly 30 miles of Beirut and Damascus
after seizing six towns of southern
Syria and Lebanon in their lightning
invasion.
Opposition from the French de
fense force of General Henri Dentz
was developing and "British leaders
said that 'something more serious"
might be at hand, meaning a Nazi
attack in response to possible French
appeals for aid
In addition to the six towns, many
villages were occupied and the na
tives "warmly welcomed" the British
and Free French, the Jerusalem radio
announced
?Great numhe.rs of Arabs and Syr
ians were said to be deserting and
joining the Allied forces. (The Free
French radio at Brazzaville said 4.
00(1 who joined thV invaders Sun
day already were fighting alongside
the Free French).
Latest military advices reaching
General Sir Archibald Wavell's Mid
die Fast headquarters said that a
Palestine force ot British and Free
French striking up the Lebanese
Coast had crossed the Litani river
and was about 35 miles from Beirut.
To the east, other invading forces,
spreading out fan-wise into the Jebel
Druse mountains of Syria and up to
historic Mount llermon. took the
town of Maedjayoum on the ller
mon slopes about 3() miles from
Damascus, capital of Syria, and be
lieved to be the oldest city in the
'world still inhabited
(A large British led hue. ..1 Arab
i troops estimated- at inoie than two
divisions, or 30,000 to 30.0(H) men, is
advancing upon Aleppo,'-chief cen
ter ol not thei n Syria and vital air
base, from across the Iraqi frontier,
| it was reported in Ankara Monday
night >
The mechanized force driving upon
Bierut along the Mediterranean
'coast occupied Sur. the.famous Bib
heal city of Tyre, aiid struck on eight
miles and crossed the Litani river,
j Concern was expressed over the
sinking of the American ship, Robin
I Moore, 111 the South Atlantic on May
21 between Brazil and Africa or in
the proximity of the scene where the
Zamz.am was attacked and sunk last
April The sinking was officially an
nounced only today, the announce
ment warning the public to jtwait
full details before drawlTig any con
clusions. It was reported that the ship
was sunk by a German torpedo. A
few survivors were pickeiL Up, but
several passengers including a two
year-old child had not been found
according to last reports.
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To Finish Street
Project Tomorrow
Delay.'.! I>y financial difficulties
during nearly three years, Williams
ton'.s .street improvement project is
now scheduled (or completion about
noon tomorrow, weather permitting.
Plans called for the completion of
the work last Saturday, but unex
pected delays were experienced.
The revised schedule called for the
completion of the work late today,
hut trained workers were delayed
over the week-end when they went
to deliver equipment for the Navy at
the new base near Jacksonville and
bad to wait for a certain official to
sign the delivery sheet.
Marshall Avenue and Warren and
Hay Streets were virtually complete
? It noon today, the superintendent of
the project stating that a fourth and
last application of tor was all that
was need at that time. The slreeta
will then be packed by a roller and
opened to traffic immediately.
Pltm Obnervation Pott*
Under Defente Program
e
Playing an ever-increasing role in
the nation's defense program, sever
al Martin County citizens are being
asked to maintain observation ?"a
und report plane activities over the
county. The organization of the posts
in this county is neering complete*
under the direction of Mack Wynne,
of Robersonville.
Blackouts similar to the one hett
in the county several years age W?
likely be scheduled In the future.