Watch The Label On Your Paper. Aa It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will rind. Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,800 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 54 Uilliamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 8, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899 Germans Make Slow Progress In Drive D On Russian Forces American Forcen Occupy Ice land By Mutual Agree ment with British t Suffering terrific losses in men and equipment, the German hordes , have made comparatively little prog ress in their drive against Russia during the past few days. Several big battles are now centered along j a six hundred mile front, and while I the Germans may be making small: land gains they are taking the beat-' ing of their lives, and certainly af ter measuring their losses they can claim no advantageous gains. Late reports state that the Germans had been checked and that the Russians were counter-attacking. While Berlin claims the Stalin line has been penotrated in several plac es, a report, from Moscow states that the Germans have suffered a series of costly defeats all along the 1800 mile front, from Kandalaksha above the Arctic Circle to the Dnies-1 ter river facing Rumania, where an entrapped Nazi tank battalion was "completely wiped out." today's Sov iet communique said The communique told of the wip ?mg out of 8,600 Germam soldiers killed, wounded and prisoners?and the destruction of 50 tanks in one sector alone of the vast fighting front The communique, covering Mon day's vastly extended fighting, od mitting that the Germans had reach ed the Dniester, which stands as a formidable barrier before Russia's Stalin Line and the rich Ukraine, but said that the Red Armv forces | had stood stubbornly and wiped out the tank battalion. Around Kandalaksha above the Arctic Circle, at the top of the White Sea along the key railroad from Leningrad to the |x>rt of Murmansk, the Germans were "defeated" and thrown back after driving a wedge about 80 miles into Russian territory, the communique said. The Germans also were hurled back around Ukhta. 145 miles south of Kandalaksha, jyid 40 miles inside Russia from Finland's new eastern border, as well as in the vital *Kex holrn region on the Karelian Isthmus only 80 miles north of Leningrad. Russia's second city. The announcement of the heavy reverses suffered by the Germans followed disclosure by an official Soviet spokesman Monday night of the mobilization of a gigantic peo ples army "numbering millions" and ? \l '-Willi! -^ill llluil lift lif I'I'll 1-7 Ullii 1 J *i"" Htyj rttt 1,1,! I l/i I w i i 11 if ? U V 111 Hi* | under arms. This peoples army, it was stated, will provide an almost inexhausti ble pool of fighting manpower drawn -from- Russia V-20Q, 090:000 ptt> pie. ? Fierce fighting appeared to be raging along virtually the entire 1, 800 mile front from the Arctic to the Black Sea. mostly before the bas tions of the Stalin Line on the 16th day of the titanic battle of Russia. The communique told of "a heavy battle raging" in the Lepel region and 40 nnles north of the main Minsk-Moscow-highway, classic route of invasion followed by Napoleon. Around Bobruisk, 90 miles south east of Minsk, the Germans "tried many times to cross the Dnieper"? broad and deep barrier before the main Russian defense line?but each time they were said to have faced murderous fire which drove them back to their original positions "with great losses." Likewise in the Novograd-Volynsk sector on the Ukrainian front, bare ly 120 miles-due west of Kiev, capi tal of the Ukraine, the Russians were said to have "tenaciously prevented" the?advance of large German panzer forces spearheaded directly at Kiev. The GermaiiJjfiftrruggling to hold their advance positions against the new Russian counter-attacks and heavy defense blows, were reported throwing away lives by the thous ands. An official spokesman said tKatj the Germans in 16 days have lost be tween 700,000 and 1,000,000 men, virtually as many as were lost in two years of war before the start of the Nazi attack on Russia on June' 22nd. The Red air fleet .trading blow for blow with the German Luftwaffe, was said in today's communique to be heavily bombing German mech (Continued on page six) County Man Leaves ' For Panama Service Marshall Griffin, youngest son of Mr. W W. Griffin, left early today for Panama where he will enter the air corps for service during the next two years. An employee of the Vir ginia State Highway Commiaaion for the past several years, young Griffin volunteered his services. Mr. i Griffin and another son. Ben. left home this mooting at 2 o'clock to bid the new recruit goodby in Suf folk! : When Mr. Griffin reaches Pana ma, Martin County will have three young men in the service there. Wheeler Martin, Jr., and Daniel Lil ley have been there for quite a while. Drive for Old Aluminum Pots A nd Pans Here on July 24-25 Facing a serious shortage in alum inum, airplane manufacturers are looking to American homes to boost the supply of the precious metal. U. S. Director of Civilian Defense F. ? H La Guardia is appealing to the ' citizens to support the movement j which will be advanced on July 24 and 25 throughout the nation. House wives are cordially urged to gather up their old aluminum pots and pans and even contribute some of those still in use that the serious shortage may not delay the defense program. The need has been recognized as ur gent. Anyone having scrap alumi num is urged to offer it to the gov ernment Aluminum stocks such as wire and other articles have already been recalled and made over into airplanes and bombers. A willing and effective response to the call is nec essary if defense plans are to ad vance. Tentative plans for handling the collection of the scrap metal here have already been made, local Boy Scout leaders stating that the Scouts will visit every home on the dates specified. The campaign will be con ducted through the joint direction of the Office of Production Manage ment and the Office of Civilian De fense. Aluminum so salvaged, after proper treatment, can be used almost entirely for defense purposes The scrap is to be offered free to the government, and any and all proceeds from the gale to private manufacturers will go to the Office of Civilian Defense for use in ad vancing the defense of the nation, as a whole. Those persons in the outlying com munities are asked to deliver any old aluminum pots and pans to a cen tral point at their earliest conven ience. the place to be designated la tin Will Start Cemetery J Enlargement Projeel FIR KM KIN MEET Approximately 150 firemen from over eastern Carolina are' expeeted here for the quarter ly meeting of the East Carolina Firemen's Association in the Le giOn llut tonight. Officers of the North Carolina asociation are al so expected to attend the meet ing from Salisbury. Durham and Kalrigh. The visitors will be welcom ed by Mayor J. L. Ilassell at 7 o'clock, and Jerome B. Flora, of Flizabrth City, will reply to the address. An entertaining pro gram has been arranged, and the visitors will be served bar becue and Brunswick stew. Meets Relatives In This County After Quarter of Century ? tlupilaliiic Powell la-urns Of ItcluliwM After a :?l.ong Search- - ? I-o.st to her relatives 111 this county fm almost a quarter of a century, Magdaline Clark returned July 4th -for tht^frrst-time smce she was ear ned away as a th'ree-months-old baby. It was a happy reunion for the young woman who married a man named Powell and who now lives In Tennessee. Back before the United States de clared war on Germany in April, 11117 a family by the name of Voller moved to this county Will Clarku Voller girls When Magdaline was three months old her father was call ed into the armed service, and her mother returned to the Voller home in Wilson. Mr. Clark lost his life in the war, and connection with lus family was broken until just a short time ago when a long search for her was successfully concluded. > When the estate was settled about 22 years ago, Magdaline was entitled to an interest in the income from a piece of land. She could not be found and the money?about $100 ?was- placed in the?hands of the clerk of the Martin County Superior Court After remaining in his trust for fifteen years, it was turned over the State University, according to law. That amount will be repaid to her by the University just as soon as I her identity can be established. A bout two years ago, Magdaline's grandmother, Mrs Delia Clark, died, jand in settling the estate as adminis trator, Mr. Roy Clark, set aside Magdaline's share. The search for her was renewed. Unable to get information by cor respondence, Mr. Clark turned to Sheriff C B Itoebuck and the officer went to Wilson some time ago, searched the records in county of fices there and learned that the Voller family and Mrs. Powell, then a little child, hsd moved to Phoebus, Virginia, years ago Investigating further, the officer learned that Magdaline had relatives there, but that she had moved to Tennessee. Contact was soon established, but no word was received from the young woman until last Friday when she, accompanied by relatives and a f''end, dime to Sheriff RoebuekV home. The sheriff recognized the family resemblance, and accompanied the party to the old Clark home in Cross Roads. It was a happy reunion for all Mrs. Powell, stating that she knew her father's name was Will Clark, explained that she did not know where he had lived or wheth er she had any relatives on her fa ther's side. She produced a picture oTHer father a duplicate <>r the one held by her uncle, Roy Clark Finding it necessary to return to her home in Tennessee, Mrs. Powell stated that she wanted to come back and visit a while with her newly learned relatives. Special Committee To Consider Plans For Starting Work No Action Taken for IIuikII in>j Non-Tux l.ii>i)'rH ul Board Meet I-a*t Night Acting just before it sucked its lust breath und literally snatching it from death, the Wilhamston Board of Town Commissioners at the sug gestion of Commissioner Luther Peel and with an hearty second frnni Com missioner N C Green, in regular session last night took definite ac tion to enlarge and otherwise im prove the public cemetery here. Ad vised that WPA projects had all but folded up in this county, the hoard ieeunsidered plans for improving the place of the dead and work is sched uled to get underway immediately. 'lite original plans for improving the cemetery have been virtually abandoned, the board agreeing last night to extend the grounds to the north A special committee compos ed of Commissioners Green, Peel and Ciodwiii. wan named by Moyof J I, Hassell to make a detailed study of tln> newly proposed project with in stinction to determine the costs of enlarging the cemetery and reclaim ing the old. The proposed plaus al so call for a keeper to be stationed on or near the property. The board proposed to buy adjoining property -if it can be had at reasonable costs, and to condemn it if the prices are considered unreasonable Work on reclaiming the old and nearly fill ed cemetery is to get underway im mediately A i iimrnrttpr?was atsrriMiinsl?to study plans for providing quarters for service men under the USO pro gtam Appearing before the meet ing. K 11. Goodmon. chairman of the United Organizations in this county, asked for $300 to build rooms un der the Legion Hut on Watts Street The meeting expressed itself heart ily in favor of the USO movement, but directed the committee to make a detailed study of the [dans possi (Continucd on page six) Two Men Badly Cut In An Affray Here ? ?4.:?: ~ Two colored men were dangerous ly cut and a third one was bruised in an affray on South Pearl Street here last Saturday morning a,bout 12:30 o clock. The cause of the attack was not definitely determined at a hear ing held before Justice J: L Has sell Saturday evening, and the case was sent up to the county court for trial. There is a strong possibility that the knife wielding was a cli max to trouble over women, officers stated James "Preacher" Ruff in was mak ing ready to carry a drunken woman to her home from a friend's home on Pearl Street Carrying her io his arms he was just placing her in the car when Luke Scott attacked him with a knife, clearing a deep 18 stitch gash acros his back. Scott ran without taking time to view his carving act. Ruffin turned on Joe Ferrell with a knife and inflicted cuts nquiung 38 otiuhis Rufftn-wes patched up in the hospital at once, but Ferrell fled and was not sewed up until later in the day. After he was attacked, Ferrell went to his home on West Warren Street, wash ed part of the blood off himself, changed clothes and went to a rela tive's home several miles in the country and spent the remainder of the night. The victims were able to be up for the hearing Carried into couri, tne three men claimed they had been attacked by this or that one in the group, that the one attacked with a piece of acanling turned and cut another, forming a vicious circle that nearly coat two of the men their Uvea. This Week In Defense President Roosevelt told his press ! conference he still hopes the U. S. ! can stay out of the world conflict. His statement was made in answer ! to a reporter's question if changing international situations had caused i the President to alter his belief, stat i ed in 1939. that the U. S. could and would stay out of the war. Navy Secretary Knox told his press conference reports that Navy ' vessels were engaged in convoy du ; ty were- "absolutely untrue," and said/reports that the Navy had lost | lu es, material and equipment or I had been.involved in any encounter ; with belligerent craft, were "most decidedly" not true OPM Director Knudsen issued a statement urging greater defense I efforts and said "nothing could be i further from the truth" than that Russia's entry into the war had avert | ed danger to this country. Mr. Knud sen said "we are in somewhat bet ter shape than we were last summer but we need the spark of enthusiasm yes. -of patriotism -to* carry the program forward faster" Aid to Russia, France, China Acting Secretary ol State Welles announced Russian requests to buy strategic materials had been re ceived and brought to the attention t the proper Government officials. Mr. Welles also said the U S. has under consideration a plan to relax export restrictions on Russian com merce to permit the flow of war ma terials to that country He also an-. nounct d U. S. and North African French officials have arranged a" plan calling for continuous move ment of two ships carrying tea. su gar and other food to Africa, and two rnrryirrg-strategic materials to the D. S. President Roosevelt suspended du ties on British Burma vessels reach ing the U S., to aid the flow of sup plies to China over the Burma Road Treasury Secretary Morgen thau extended China's $50,000,000 credit here for another year. As sistant Commerce Secretary Hinck-v ley asked commercial airlines for 12 transport planes to meet "emergen cy defense requirements 'of the dem ocracies." Army In his bi-annual report to the Sec retary of War, Army Chief of Staff Marshall urged that Congress pass legislation permitting holding~selec tees, National Guardsmen and Re serve Officers in the service for more than one year. General Marsh all said that conditions have chang ed to such an extent that a "grave severe character than the public realizes. The War Department announced it will promote its officers on the basis of merit instead of seniority an (f per m Ft re-enllstmrnt for -Regu lar Army men only if they are qual ified for promotion in order to weed out those not able to take advantage of "further training Air The War Department awarded contracts totalling more than $478, 000,000 for planes, engines and parts. [ The- 4PM?a+mounCod ?ets?attrraft specialist, Merrill Meigs, will go to England to confer on production methods. Gen Arnold, Chief of the Army An Forces, lowered requirements for pilots of heavy bombers so that fliers with 750 hours military aij- exper ience could man the ships to be built at a rate of 500 a month. The Air Force also announced experimenta tion with glider training for its per sonnel. Selective Service More than 750,000 men who reach ?d 21 since Selective Service regis service throughout the nation. Pres ident Roosevelt ordered 900,000 men inducted into the Army as selectees now in service finish their year of training. Pending final action by Congress on legislation deferring men who were 28 on July 1 or before, Select - tive Service Director Hershey order ed temporary?deferment of-this-age group. He also advised local boards to defer registrants with one or more I defendent* to whose support they make "any substantial contribution." The only exception to this, he said, would be men who married in the (Continued on page six) BOND VIII/ Q. What is the reason for buy ing a Defense Bond? A. To keep America free. To show your faith and pride in your country. To warn foreign is the strongest country in the world. Q. Bu if I do not have enough money to buy a Defense Bond, what can I do? A. Buv Defense Postal Stamps, on sale almost everywhere. Your post office, bank, department store or druggist has them, or can get them for you, at 1( cents upward. Save enough Stamps to exchange for a Defense Bond. Note. ? To .purchase Defense Bonds and Stamps, go to the nearest post office or bank, or write for information to the Treasurer of the United States, Washington, D. C. Commissioners Are Considering Changes in Colleeting Taxes and Listing Properties For Taxation Delay Likely In Paving Fill Across the River Lowgrounds Unofficial reports heard here to day state that a delay in paving the Roanoke River fill at this point could be expected, that the work will hard ly be completed before some time in late September. Arrangements for setting up a distribution plant near 1 the river have just been complet ed. the contract calling for the use of the land "during four to six weeks : beginning in early August." No direct information from the contractor. Ben H. Martin, of Eas- '? ley, S. C . could be had immediate ly, but acording to unofficial re ports equipment for paving the road has been confiscated by the government, and that work on the project here will be delayed until another one is completed. It was stated that the contractor ordered a new mixer several weeks ago. ThaT the government stepped in and di verted it to is own use. A second one was also said to have been diverted,, forcing the contractor to use his old equipment after the project now underway is completed, - The fill contractors have virtual ly completed their work, except for filling in a few low spots between the river and creek bridges. The route from Conine Creek east is re ported complete, and the contractors < are moving their "pans" or wheelers 1 to a project in Wake County. It was ! learned this morning that the con tractors had planned to build up the low spots and fill in the washouts by tomorrow night, but a heavy rain just before noon is almost certain to delay the work another day* The bridge contractors have com pleted the construction of the rip raps or bridge abutments and are planning to move their equipment ] to another job tomorrow or Thurs day. Now that work on the dirt fill is virtually complete, it is believed that traffic can move over the route |Without difficulty except in ex tremely wet periods. Boy Browns; Several Hurt In Car Wrecks Montie Long Drowns In Gardner's ('reek Late I^ast Saturday Mi** M ury IIoIhthoii Critical-1 ly Injured in Auto Lrudi Near Here Sinulay Montie Long, Jamesville Township youth, lost his life by drowning, and several other persons were hurt, at least two critically, in accidents that marred the long July 4th week-end . in this county. There were other neai serious events, all adding up to give the county its most tragic July Fourth period recorded in re cent years. While this county was c?muting its toll of dead and injured, the hat ion -reported approximately 500 fatal accidents, the work of the grim reaper being extended into at j least forty-two of the forty-eight states. The auto claimed a majority of th?' lives, hut the killing and maiming did not measure up to pre- ! dictions. After an unusually quiet day, ?fttgh-way?pa4folmen- were callwd -W-i investigate the first accident of the long holiday period late Friday night1 about 10 o'clock when Charlie Bland, 37 year-old white man and a victim of infantile paralysis, was seriously injured in a freak accident at Piney Woods, near Hardens. Hard ly able to walk before the accident as a result of infantile paralysis, Bland suffered fractures of both legs and is in a Washington hospital, late re ports stating that it is not certain that he will ever be able to walk again. Bland was siting on a bench with several others ?in?toni of Browr^ ing's store. Lewis Brown, Williams ton colored man, driving an old worn out 1934 model car, stopped irr front (Continued on page six) ? Fourteen Men Are ToRe[>ortToArniy ~/t> ' Fourteen Martin County colored, youths are to report to the Army at Fort Jackson, S. C., on Thursday of next week, the draft board having posted induction orders this week. The list does not include a single vol unteer, the heavy calls of the past fewJweeks having exhausted the vol unteer list. The names of those being called to answer on July 17 are John Mary land Slade, Council Cornelius Smith, Rhoden Purvis, Johnnie Bell, Cur tis. Roberts, Joe Cherry, Armand Lee Ward, Rufus Jones Jones, Wil liam Henry Wiggins, George Spen cer?J^nes, Ifpnry Thnmas Peel, Abram Fonville, James Jasper Neal and James Arthur Grimes A fif teenth man was called, but he fell down on his physical examination at the last minute and only four teen will leave this county next week. To keep the record straight Rufus Jones Jones is also known as Hezekiah "Christopher Columbus Jones. Twenty-seven Martin County white men are scheduled to leave for Fort Bragg on July 23. Five of the nine colored men leav ing the county last week were re jected as follows, Ben Junior Ben nett, S. T. Jenkins, Lonnie Woolard, Dock Perkins and Wilson Williams. CLASSIFICATIONS Anticipating calls fur large numbers of men next month, the Martin County Draft board members will hold a meeting here this evening at 8 o'clock for the classification of several hundred registrants. The board will also consider about a dozen requests for reclassifications or deferments. , Registration cards, prepared last )week, will be shuffled by the board and serially number ed preparatory to the national lottery or drawing some time al ter tomorrow. Funeral Service Is Held for Victim of Drowning Monday Monti.- I .nil", lit Youth of I.ohoh l ife in ( >i'i-k Snliirilitv Funeral services were conducted at the home yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock near Jamesvillc for I Montie Long. 1M-year-old white boy, who lost his*life while in swimming in Gardner's Creek at Tar Landing last Saturday night about TO o'clock Said to have gotten overheated at j a fire in Jamesville a short time be fore, the young man is believed by some to have, died from an heart at tack, one report adding that hardly | a pint of water was found in his body Bill Holliday, 12-year old boy J who saw Iht? tragedy Ironi the bank was quoted as saying that L>ng, | ?kin in showing signs of great pain in his ] faee^ threw up both hands and t<>p pled over backwards He never call ed for help, it was said. His body I was removed about thirty minutes] later and brought here and prepar ed for burial. Rev W B. Harrington I conducted the last rites, and inter- | [went was in the Charles Lung ceme tery about one half a mile from the home He was the of Mr. Andrew Long and wife, Mrs Mamie Modlin Long, of near Jamesville, and was [a high-type young gentleman lip | until a short time ago, he spent near ' ly all of his time at home, seldom I ] leaving the farm even to make short ] | visits to Jamesville or Williamston Possessed of a quiet character, he was held in high esteem by all those who knew him. He recognized his] duty on the farm, and willingly con tributed his part in earning a live lihood for himself and all members of the family. He was a member of the Baptist church at Cedar Brahch, ! and while he did not ph*y a promt- - nent part in jts leadership, he was I regarded as a promising young man ] who in timu~*Kpuid take his place in I the promotion of worthwhile under takings, both civfP and religious, /in i his community. Besides his parents, he is survived by the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Irving Watson, of Roper; Wil liam Long, of Washington County; Mrs Joe Sheppard Holliday, of near cil Long. Mamie Clyde and Maxine Long, all of the home. Many neighbors and other friends were present to pay a last tribute to his memory at the service yesterday afternoon. Board In Recessed Session (Considers !New Budget Todav ? Hoard Vrh in \ccor with savings that ale possible in other departments and accounts Reporting t appeared before the board, that the appropriation was being advanced on the condition that a like amount be raised by the -orgam/at lorn ? -4???????? The new forestry protection -bud get was approved at $1,500, a figure | $80** greater that the appropriation granted last year Messrs. Tilghman and Leggett, of the forestry service, -appeared before the meeting and ex plained that with uu$206 increase in (Continued on page six) I . .. # j Tourists Stop Here To Escape 'Traffic After witnessing five serious acci dents on their drive through sever -status, four New Vorlc tourist* abruptly _halted their holiday trip here early last Friday morning. "I was about 1o have a nervous break* down after seeing the accidents and weaving in und out of heavy traffic during the early part uf Thursday night," one of the tourists was quot ed as saying. Finding a safe refuge in a local hotel, the group spent a quiet Fourth here, but they declare it was an in teresiing stop. Uaring not to re-enter the highways until aftar the week end. the group visited tobacco fields and barna, industrial plants and at tended a colored baptizing Sunday. They left yesterday morning on their return trip to New York.