Former Crew of the
Normandie Are Sad
Over Loss Of Ship
(Continued from pace one)
came I went back to ships. I came
from the Normandie and I went back
to the Normandie.
"We did not care when you took
the Normandie from us. It was to
help against the Fascism, good. But
there is no Normandie It is the Laf
ayette.
"You say: 'Remember Pearl Har
bor,' yes? We say, 'Souvenez-vous
le Normandie.'"
Another Frenchman, with a heavy,
florid face, took up. He is an electri
cian.
"We see the men who go aboard
They are not serious, they do not
have the responsibility.
"You cannot learn a ship like the
Normandie in two months or in si*
months She must have men who
have lived with her. who love the
ship."
And another broke in bitterly:
"It the Normandie had gone aown
in the battle But to lie there in the
water like a dead elephant
"It is the heart, thia thing You do
not care if a ship burns, you fight,
and you win But it lias there, capsiz
ed We could not help in the fight
"We French, we had hopes that af
ter the war, perhaps the Lafayette
would be again the Normandie. This
news will be all over France.
"It will be terrible for the morale
of our people They were proud of
the Normandie But now it is gone.
"Quel nour ? Singapore, le Nor
mandie. Will Hitler always win?"
Nurses Sign Up with
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C?Since the out
break of war the rate of enrollment
in the First Reserve of American
Red Cross Nurses has increased 400
per cent. Miss Mary Beard, director
of the Nursing Service, announced.
The Red Cross First Reserve now
totals 25,700. In addition, there are
43.400 nurses in the Second Reserve.
Miss Beard revealed.
Registrations of First Reserve
nurses totaled 1,629 in January as
compared to 1,231 in December. En
rollments in November totaled only
357 Enrollments in a single day have
reach&d as high as 250, Miss Beard
explained.
"The response of the nurses in ,
America has been magnificent." she |
declared "The Nursing Service of
the American Red Cross is charged
by the Act of Congress of April 23.
1908. with the responsibility for
maintaining First Reserve nurses
who are called as needed for active
duty with the Army and Navy
"This enrollment of Red Cross
nurses has become very important
since our country is at war
"In a conference recent with Major
Julia O Flikke. Superintendent.
Army Nurse Corps, and Miss Sue S.
Dauser, Superintendent, Navy Nurse
Corps, we determined that we must
have at least a First Reserve of 50,
000 to take care of the greatly en
larged Army and Navy forces of our ,
country
"I want especially to call attention
to our Red Cross Second Reserve
They are nurses who.?for various
reasons such as age or marriage, arc
not available for military duty, but
they are prepared to serve in disas
ters, war-time epidemics and to re
inforce nursing staffs of civilian hos
pitals or do public health work for
civilian defense. They stand ready to
help protect our families," she said. ]
Red Cross To (Jour Tor
Half Day Here Friday
To avoid a conflict with the Ma- |
sonic supper that evening and the
World Day of Prayer in the after
noon, the Red Cross sewing room
will close at noon next Friday, Mrs.
A. R. Dunning, chairman, announc
ed this morning.
A new shipment of material is ex
pected shortly, and the sewing room
ac expected to step up its production
schedule, the chairman said
?
Sheriff Catches Two Men
Wanted In This County
Alleged to have cut wood and sold
it without permission on the lands
of Farmer Sam Coburn, in. the Dar
dens section, Nemiah Moore and Le
man James were caught near Raleigh
last Friday and returned to this
county to answer the charge. The
men were stopped when a call was
issued over the Highway Patrol
radio.
Normandie Capsizes After Six-Hour Fire
The $60,000,000 former luxury liner Norrnandie, recently taken over '
by the Navy and renamed the Lafayette, is shown resting or ier port
side after rolling over at her Hudson River pier in New York City. She '
had been listing precariously from the thousands of tons of water i
pumped into b< r hu'l to extinguish the blaze that gutted her. The rising
tide lifted her from the river mud that gripped the keel and caused her
to capsize. So on" v.a* aboard at the time. Approximately 205 persons
were injured in the fire that swept the luxury liner. (Central Pre&t)
SMOTHERED
More than one thousand ba
bies of five years of age or less
are accidentally suffocated in
the home each year, states the
National Conservation Bureau in
a warning to parents to take es
pecial precautions against in
fants being smothered by bed
ciothing and heavy garments
during the cold weather season.
The baby's bed should be so
made that there is no chance of
bedclothing becoming tangled or
wadded. Blankets should be well
tucked in. If the bedding is pin
ned or otherwise securely fast
ened in place there will be lit
tle chance of smothering.
Japs' Conflagration
Drive Spreading to
Vast Pacific Areas
e
(Continued from page one)
upon the Australians for help in the
defense of the Indies.
Increased pressure is being applied
to hard-pressed General MaeArthur
and his men in Bataan The bombing
of refugee villages in the Philippines
by the Japs has been reported.
There is much doubt if any aid can
reach the defenders of Burma, the
Japs having already pushed within
50 miles of the Burma Road.
The only war front offering en
couragement is the one in Russia
where reports state that the Rus
sians are driving forward along most
of the entire front with marked suc
cesses in the Crimea. There is also
some encouragement in the belief
that preparations are going forward
rapidly for offering the Japs a strong
blow somewhere in tin- Pacific" war
arena.
-Churchill has overcome much of
the defiance directed against him fol
lowing the fall of Singapore, but he
is expected to discharge several of
Ins cabinet members.
Breaking through the Panama de
fense. enemy submarines have sunk
six oil tankers and damaged a sev
enth one within 600 miles of the can
al itself. One of the submarines has
been sunk in the Caribbean area. An
attack upon, an American-garrison
ed island in that section did no dam
age to large oil stations and no one
was killed.
Another loan, its amount not yet
revealed, is being proposed for Rus
sia Strangely enough, there is no
shouting against such a loan now.
A *32 billion dollar appropriation
has been approved by a committee in
the House for financing an expansion
program for the war. At the same
time ..'reports of unscrupulous prac
tices in defense industries are being
heard.
The rationing of gasoline is not
expected along the eastern seaboard
just now. but a voluntary reduction
of 15 per cent is asked. Local filling
station operators declare motorists in
this section have already reduced
consumption by about 50 per cent.
New burlap bags will be avail
able in much smaller volume than in
the past in 1942 and will be of light
construction because of the Army's
need for burlap.
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Bookmobile In The
County Next Week
Since the BHM Regional Library
Bookmobile made its first trip in this
county on September 29, 1941,Tegis
tered borrowers and circulation fig
ures have more than doubled. Fur
ther increase is anticipated for this
next trip which begins February 23.
This service is cooperating with the
Victory Book Campaign also. Citi
zens who have been unable to send
books to various deposit centers may
take them to the Bookmobile stop
and the people in charge there will
deliver them to the proper place.
Borrowers are reminded that the
following schedule is for Eastern
War Time which is now effective:
Monday?9:15, C. B. Allen's Serv
ice Station; 10:00, Hamilton School;
11:05, In front of Hamilton Bank;
12 45, Gold Point School; 1:35, Jim
Johnson's Service Station.
Tuesday ? 9:30, Hassell School;
10:20, Hassell Post Office; 11:15, Oak
City School: 1:05, Wilbur Barrett's
Drug Store; 1:45, Smith's Store on
Palmyra Road.
Wednesday 9:00, Williamston
High School; 9:45, Everetts School; I
110:35, J. S. Ayers Store, Everetts; j
(11:30, Cross Roads Church; 12:30,
Elementary School, Robersonville;
j 1:45. Robersonville High School; 2:05
I Robersonville Public Library; 2:30,
| Parmele Post Office.
Thursday?9:00, Williamston Ele
mentary School; 11:00, Farm Life
(School. 1:15, Corey's Cross Roads;
'2:00. Bear Grass School.
I Friday 9:30, Jordan's Store, Dar
Jdens. 10:25, Browning's Store; 11:00,
Ange Town by intersection of road;
111:30, Poplar Chapel Church; 12:45,
jjamesville School; 2:20, Brown's
Store, Jajnesville.
County Board Warns
Cgainst The Illegal
Use Of Tires-Tubes
(Continued from page one)
J. P. House, Robersonville, oi
tire and tube.
Classifications could not be estab
lished and no certificates of purchase
could be issued to the following:
Lilley's Laundry, Williamston.
W T Hurst, Robersonville.
John W. Green, R.F.D., Williams
ton.
See Big Demand For
Oil-Bearing Crops
The following, clipped from a re
cent report issued by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Agricul
tural Marketing Service, will, no
doubt, prove of interest to Martin
County farmers who are planning
to expand their oil-bearing crops
this year:
"Secretary of Agriculture Claude
E. Wickard today announced revis
ed goals for farm production in 1942
I substantially larger than the record
output called for in the goals an
nounced in the fall of 1941. At the
same time he announced new poli
cies with respect to . . . purchases . .
which should stimulate the produc
tion of maximum supplies of the
commodities most needed in the war
effort.
"The goals place particular empha
sis on the production of oil-bearing
crops such as peanuts and soybeans
so that our supplies of oils and fats
may not be reduced too drastically,
even though importations from the
Far East are cut off.
'To increase the production of
fats and oils a number of steps are
announced. The goal for soybeans
is raised to 9 million acres; flaxseed,
4 1-2 million acres; and peanuts, 5
million acres. To encourage this pro
duction, price and loan supports will
be employed, including . . Govern
ment purchases of peanuts af $82
a ton "for U. S. No. 1 White Spanish
Type for oil, delivered at the ap
proved local receiving agency, with
location and grade differentials. The
purchase price for No.' 1 Runners
will be $78 a ton for Class A Vir
ginias.
"TRe goal for peanuts is (bout
1,800,000 acres for nuts, or same as
1941, and $,400,000 acres for oil."
The Tenth Week
Of The War
(Continued from page one)
group composed of top-ranking U.
S and British military officials was
named to coordinate the war effort.
Army
President Roosevelt asked Con
gress for 23 billion dollars in supple
mental appropriations for the Army
The War Department announced the
Army Air Force will be expanded
to 1,000,000 officers and men this
year and 2,000,000 in 1943. The Pres
ident ordered all personnel of the
reserves to active service at dates
to be set by War Secretary Stimson.
The President also ordered Federal
departments and agencies to follow
uniform practices in applying the
Selective Service Act to Federal em
ployees.
Secretary Stimson announced all
Army men will be immunized
against yellow fever to make them
available for service in areas where
it is known to exist. He said to re
lieve the people of Ulster from added
strain the American Army Forces in
Northern Ireland will be supplied
with food and equipment from the
U. S., except for some fresh food
products available in Ireland.
Shipping
American shipyards, now launch
ing ships at the rate of one-a-day,
will double production within 60
days and triple it within six or seven
months, the Maritime Commission
said. President Roosevelt asked Con
gress for almost four billion dollars
in.cash and contract authorizations
to expand the merchant fleet. The
President established a War Ship
ping Administration, headed by Mar
itime Commission Chairman Land, to
control operation, purchase, charges,
requisition and use of all U. S. mer
chant ships to assure their most ef
fective use in the war. The Commis
sion awarded a contract for 36 Li
berty freighters. Twenty-three Am
erican yachts, formerly owned by
prominent U. S. citizens, have been
presented to the Navy, Coast Guard
and Maritime Commission.
The President signed the Navy
Supply Bill carrying 24 billion dol
lars in cash appropriations and four
billion dollars in contract author
izations, a bill authorizing expendi
ture of $750,000,000 for facilities to
build 1,800 minor combatant, aux
iliary and patrol vessels, and legis
lation authorizing expenditure of
1450,000,000 for naval shore facili
ties. The House passed and sent to
the Senate a bill to allow commis
sioning of warrant officers as offi
:ers of the Regular Army. The Navy
rsked for loan of binoculars meeting
service requirements, either 6x30 or
7x50. and said they would be return
ed after the war is over. The Navy
lowered the minimum age limit of
mechanic-learners from 18 to 16
years.
The WPB ordered all radio manu
facturers to convert their facilities
to war production within four
months. The industry did $200,000,
000 of civilian business last year, but
already has had its civilian output
cut 40 per cent. War Production
Chairman Nelson said "conversion is
the only straight, fast road to vic
tory. This will be our principal goal
for the next six months." The De
partment of Commerce estimated
production for military purposes
will constitute approximately 53 per
cent of total U. S. industrial output
in 1942, compared with 21 per cent
last year. In durable goods about 80
per cent of total production will go
for war purposes.
Hie WPB announced war funds
already authorized or now pending
in Congress total approximately 116
billion dollars. The Board said the '
Axis produced approximately 45 bil
lion dollars worth of war goods in
1941, and to win decisive victory, the
U. S. must outproduce the Axis 2 1-2
to 1.
A drastic reduction in the manu
facture of tin cans was ordered by
the UPB in order to save approxi
mately 40 per cent of the 40,000 tons
of tin used by the canning industry
last year. Small-sized cans and non
essential cans, including those for
beer, tobacco, dried beans and dog
food, are eliminated entirely after
this month. The ban on sales of new
trucks and trailers was extended to
February 28th. Prime war contract
ors and public health and safety of
ficials may obtain immediate deliv
ery of new automobiles by applying
directly to the Office of Price Ad
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
The highway accident record
for Martin County continued to
climb during the seventh week
at a fairly normal rate, Patrol
man Whit Saunders stating that
he was called to investigate only
two wrecks during the period.
Considering the decrease in
traffic volume, the record so far
this year is hardly as good as it
was in the same period a year
ago, and certainly is that true as
far as damage costs are concern
ed. There have been the same
number of wrecks reported so
far this year as last but the ab
sence of figures in'the death col
umn is encouraging as compar
ed with the count a year ago.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
7th Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
1942 2 1 0 $ 625
1941 .2 '4 0 350
Comparison To Date
1942 12 5 0 $2755
1941 12 6 2 695
rotal Of 1,280 Men
Are Registered In
County on Monday
(Continued from page one)
rom Cherokee (Pineknot) County,
f. C.
As far as it could be learned there
/as only one instance where a father
lid son, R. H. Goodmon, senior and
jnior, signed up in the county reg
?tration. Goodmon, chairman of the
raft board, will not have jurisdic
ion over his own case. It will be
andled by a draft board in another
ounty.
A tabulation of the registration by
aces and by
centers follows:
White
Col.
Total
amesville
87
57
144
'arm Life
34
15
49
lear Grass
67
10
77
llilliamston
266
197
463
!rou Roads
67
18
85
.obersonville
149
108
257
[amilton
40
39
79
>ak City
66
60
126
776
504
1280
ninistration in Washington, Price
administrator Henderson announc
d. All non-essential use of Vitamin A
/as banned to assure sufficient sup
ilies for the Air Corps.
State Farm Leader
Addresses Farmers
In County Friday
(Continued on page six)
obacco pulled too ripe should have
ilow heats.
The farmers at the meeting show
'd much interest in the discussions
ind asked numerous questions about
obacco.
Completing his treatise on the No.
. farm crop and subject, Mr. Floyd
tppealcd to the farmers to support
he war program. "The farmer is as
mportant in this war as the boy car
ying the gun," he declared. "You
ire being called upon and urged to
iroduce food and feed crops," he add
ed. It is apparent now that the de
nand for milk, eggs and meats will
>e met, dui there is some doubt if
he serious shortage in the oil-bear
ng crops will be met, according to
Mr. Floyd who pointed out that pea
mt oil is absolutely necessary in
looking for men operating submar
ines and in making high explosives.
"The first task for the farmer is
lo raise and preserve ample food
ind feed for himself and all those
in his care so that-every possible
can of food might go to hard-press
ed Allies. The second task for the
farmer is to grow all the food he
possibly can for the Allies.
"This is the most serious period in
American history, and the farmers
are earnestly urged to meet the needs
jf the vast war program. There was
lever a great opportunity to serve
your country than now," Mr. Floyd
ieclared. "I urge you gentlemen to
serve and help one another and to
cooperate with the program. And I
hope no one will leave a single stone
unturned in the furtherance of our
way of life in this serious period.
You have got to think in terms of
sacrifices," Mr. Floyd said, adding
that tobaccu and cotton are import
int but not as important as are food
ind feed crops in this perilous time.
I'arenlt-Tearhert Meet
Tomorrmv Afternoon
1
The Williamslon Parent-Teacher
Association will meet in the William
iton High School auditorium tomor
"ow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The
theme of the meeting will be a dis
cussion of the twelve-year program
if instruction to be offered in the
Williamston schools next year.
Mrs. Garland Woolard, president,
is urging all members and patrons of
the school to attend this important
meeting.
Wants
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lights. Second floor. Also 3-room
apartment first floor. West Main St.
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same services that I used to give
if they will call on me or bring their
machine to me. 118 Main St., across
from Post Office. H. T. Hyman.
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