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THE ENTERPRISE MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAYl Ftr Vutorj Bmj II. (.DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS NOLUME \L>?NUMBER 19 William start, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 6, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899 Salvage Committee Will Meet Tonight In The Courthouse To Discuss Plans for Speed ing Up Collection of Need ed Waste Materials ? Plans for supplementing the pro gram now in effect and make the collection of waste materials all-in clusive will be discussed at a meet ing of the recently appointed coun ty salvage committee in the court house here this evening at 8 o'clock. Making a special trip to Raleigh yesterday and seeing several of the tournament basketball games on the side, V. J. Spivey, chairman of the committee, made a detailed study of the program with the State War Pro duction Board and he will outline those details at a meeting of the com mittee tonight. Chairman Spivey explained that the collection of scrap iron, accord ing to reports, is progressing in the county and that while the work will be supplemented, the program will be continued along the same plan it is now operating under with Roy Ward and W. K. Parker, recognized and licensed dealers, handling the j deliveries. Some counties are oper ating individual units, but it is un derstood that the plan is proving quite expensive. "We earnestly be lieve more can be accomplished by 1 supplementing the present scrap iron collection program than can be ac complished if an individual set-up was perfected," Mr Spivey said Convinced that the scrap iron pro gram is being successfully advanced, the salvage committee at the meet ing tonight is expected to study plans j for the collection of scrap paper and j other materials and for their deliv ery to trade channels. Paper coHcc- j tions have been underway on a small scale in the county for several weeks, but deliveries in most cases have been delayed. Mr. Spivey is expected to explain in detail plans for col lecting and delivering such waste materials. "We don't want to run in to the same trouble experienced in the last war when scrap paper was collected and when no outlet could be had it was found necessary to burn it in open fields. There is a need for such material, and the sal vage committee is expected to make arrangements for collecting and get ting it into the proper channels. Members of the committee are. ?Chairman, V. J. Spivey, William - ston; Mayor of city (county seat), J. L Hayt.nl 1,?mayor.?Willinmnton chairman Civilian Defense, Hugh G. Horton, Williamston; Fire chief, G. P. Hall, Williamston; Police chief, W. B. Daniel, Williamston; County farm agent, T B Brandon, William ston; Representative Chamber of Commerce, It. H. Smith, Williams ton; Representative Rotary Club, W. H Gray, Robersonville; Representa tive Grocers and Merchants Asso ciation, C. B. Clark, Williamston; Representative Boy Scouts, Marion Cobb, Williamston; Representative Girl Scouts, Mary W. Taylor, Wil liamston Representative American Legion, J. R. Winslow, Robersonville; Representative American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. M. W. Wynn, Rob ersonville; Representative Commun ity Chest, W. C. Manning; Represen tative Enterprise Publishing Co., (Continued on page six) Jurymen Are Drawn For Speeial Court ??? Thirty-six citizens were drawn re cently by the commissioners for jury service during, the special term uf Martin County Superior Court con vening in April. Judge Richard D. Dixon, of Edenton, is scheduled to preside As far as it could be learn ed, very few cases are to be sched uled for trial during the two weeks term. ? The jury is flavored with a whole some and religious atmosphere, the ministers for service in the court. One of them, Parson Jim Smith, is gone from the county, leaving only two. Reverends W. B. Harrington and John W. Hardy, to help mete out justice. Names of the jurymen are: First Week Jamesville: Herbert Gardner Griffins: W A Manning, W. B Harrington, Elbert Griffin and Coy Griffin. Bear Grass: Ralph C Mobley and W O. Peel. Williamston: J Edward Corey, Juhn W. Hardy, W.-A: Daniel andW. J. Hodges Robersonville: J. H. Roberson, Sr., and M F. VanNortwick. Hamilton: J. G. Davis, W. L. Leg gett and R. E. Ruckley. Goose Nest: F. M. Hyman and Eu gene Coffield. Second Week Jamesville: J. M. Mizelle and J. E. Waters. Griffins: Perlie Roberson, W. F Coltrain, James Smithwick and Ves ter Coltrain. Williamston: Leslie Roberson, Wheeler M. Manning, P. V. Jones. Cross Roads: J. S. Ayers, Sr. Robersonville: Wm. H. Johnson, W. E. Everett and J. C. Martin. Poplar Point: L. G. Leggett Hamilton: W. E. Purvis. Goose Nest: H. B. Bennett, K. S. Bunting and Johnnie Mobley. U.S. Navy Nurses Held by Japs Here are four of the five U. S. Navy nurses who were serving on the Island of Guam in the Pacific when it was captured by the Japs. The Navy Department announced that they are "deemed likely prisoners of the Japanese." Left to right, top, Doris M. Yetter of Philadelphia, Pa.; Marion B. Olds of Chicago, 111.; bottom, Leona Jackson of Union, O.; and Virginia J. Fogarty of Akron, O. FIRST VICTIM * An official announcement coming from the United States Army this week stated that Pri vate Archie R. Gurkin, of Pine town, has been listed as its first victim of the war. Twenty minutes after the Jap anese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, Gurkin was ad mitted to the Army General Hos pital with a .50-ealiber bullet in his chest. He had been driving a Quar termaster Corps vehicle when he was shot, evidently by a straf ing Japanese plane. Gurkin, now back on duty, car ries as a souvenir the I struck him. The War Just Can t Last Much Longer, p Local Draftee Says 4SkippyM Cowen Decluren He Will AhhihI Doe Cone in Hurrying the Finl In an exclusive and very enter taining interview just before leav ing for the Army, Herbert H. Cow en, Jr., "Skippy" to all of us, de clared that the war just couldn't last much longer, meaning, of course, now that he is in the service, the downfall of Germany, Japan and Italy, too, is imminent and that just that can be expected immediately, more or less. If the young man had any objec tions against entering the service, he kept them to himself, but it was apparent that he did not relish the n?w assignment, and it is quite pos sible that he is fighting mad and be cause he is fighting mad he allows the war can't last long after he goes into action. Reminded that Doc How ard Cone had predicted the war ?would be over within about three months after he entered the Army, young Cowen explained that Doc was about right, that by working together the two of them could ac complish much during the next six weeks and make his partner out a truthful fax "I wouldn't discredit Doc a bit, but give me three months' training and you really can expect results," the new recruit declared. The tone of the interview rapidly approached a serious note when "Skippy" declared he would cancel all outstanding debts just as soon as he received his first pay check. Re minded that the pay ranges around $21 a month for the first month, the (Continued on page six) MORE CHECKS The last of the soil conserva tion checks to be distributed from the farm agent's office were received yesterday, Miss Mary Carstarphen, clerk, stat ing that all other checks dated on and after March 5th would be mailed direct to the owners from Washington. The change in the method of distribution will save thousands of farmers from making special trips to the agri cultural centers for the checks. Yesterday 60 checks repre senting 33 applications and amounting to $5,034.15, were re ceived. To date, 744 checks rep resenting 415 applications or about one-third for the county, have been received for distribu Get Instructions For Rationing Of 1942 Automobiles '""r" -I I>y 1 KO Off,co? Only j? N??rtli (iarolinu ofr^onr^ m ' f"" ""??? h?v?. been received for ?? rationing of new automobiles ,n tins county Rationing ,,f trucks f-.r y.^feaswsasi s? '??t; ?sCsK-^ twe.:r^uca,c i and* May" Cert if ,e''* Mar<"' **5 wlieri the / "iay b'' 'ssu,'d specified conditions prof ess io rial '"services P"nCipally f'"' r.f mob, w,M be used prmctpalty for and IS essential to. the nerform.o^ I ^^'BiOTunmties in rneeTing b. reiigious needs of ,he conation A IrtZr requiring ambulances. a tificate may be issued for anv new passenger automobile used prm ???!> sem'rf rj U1^ed, J" f'rc-fightmg certificate n? may Krant a cerxiiicate to a person so engaged only ,f ,t ,s assured that the auto the nC ,WI" be US,'d exclusively for hi performance of such services. (Continued on page six) Local Boy Publicist For NavalProgram ,|B?nL<'v"'' y<lung son of Mr and the"task of **? b""n We task of covering" the Naval ca Tar He .7" nPmgram by ,h" "Dai|y tar Hill University of North Car olina student publication. A sopho warred*" "',l y?u^? of the 77.Pr0m?,ed as a member ass,Iran? S St*" and is ?? >ts assistant news editor a NaZ',U?rTK ,he establishment of a??SEsat?K have to be moved next year and at UNCLE SAM BATTLING TO UPHOLD America's Freedom THE 12TH WEEK OF THE WAR The War Production Board said conversion of peacetime industrial plants to war production will be "ov er the hump" by late Fall. Complete conversion of the automobile indus try is expected by September 1st. The Board said its industry branch heads are determining amounts of each product needed for the war ef fort. preparatory to the converting of each industry to war production. Rationing Price Administrator Henderson stated National Registration for su gar rationing books will be held ov er a four-day period, probably dur ing the last week in March. Approx imately 1.400,000 school teachers will serve as registrars, and 245.000 schools will be used. One adult may register for each "family unit." The WPB announced a rationing program beginning March 9th for 196.000 new truck and truck trailers which will be available for rationing during the next 22 months. The ra tioning will be administered joint ly by the WPB and the Office of De j fense Transportation. Mr. Henderson | said state quotas provide 120,000 new 1942 passenger automobiles for eligi ble buyers during March. April and May. Total number of cars earmark ed for civilian purchase during the next twelve months is 340,000 No passenger car retreaded tires will bej available in March, he said. The War Front The Navy reported U. S. Naval forces sank 53 enemy ships between December 10, 1941, and February 24, 1942, probably sank seven more and damaged five additional. The Army announced from December 7 to Feb- ] ruary 27, it probably sank at least 19 Japanese ships, seriously damaged 31 others, and shot down 245 enemy planes?not including 165 Japanese planes shot down by the American Volunteer Group serving in the Chi nese Artpy. The Navy said in the first two months of this year 116 ships of United Nations registry were attacked in the Western half of the Atlantic, and 56 attacks were made bv the Navy on enemy submarines. Three U-boats are believed sunk and fmir iirr hclirvcd damaged Army Congress completed action on the new 32 billion dollar appropriation bill, providing more than 23 billion for the Army, five billion dollars for lend-lease, and the remainder for expansion of the Merchant Marine. (Continued on page six) Scries Of Minor Wrecks Reported No one was badly hurt and no sizable property loss resulted in a series of minor automobile accidents reported here and in other parts of the county on Tuesday and Wednes day of this week. Mrs. Katie Williams, driving her mother's Mercury roadster, was slightly bruised when she lost con trol of the machine on a slippery road in Griffins Tbwnship Wednes day morning and ditched it. A fen der was smashed and the hood and body were battered, estimates plac ing the damage at about $150. Haywood Rogeqp, Jr., was slightly skinned on--the leg'when he crashed into Thomas Blount's car at the Cen tral Filling Station here late Tues day afternoon. The car was not dam aged and $2 20 repaired the wheel. Harvey Lassiter, Rich Square white man, ran his pick-up truck in to Herbert Clark's Pontiac while it was parked on the main street Wed nesday aftrenoon. The property dam age was very slight Lassiter was ar rested by Patrolman Whit Saunders and jailed on a drunken driving charge. More Martin Men In The Army Now The number of Martin County men in the armed services continues to grow, and as more and more men report for duty a far more serious atmosphere surrounds their depart ure than was evident when young men were called to the service un der the old one-year draft law. The war business is striking close home when fathers find it difficult to hold back a tear as they stand helplessly by and see their sons board a bus for service in the armed forces. Numbers and destinations were not revealed, but it is reliably under stood that the following young men are now soldiering for Uncle Sam; Dalburgh Riddick, Nathaniel Col train, Julius Edward Gurganus, Ce cil Manning, Albert Leon Cooke, Ka der Gardner, Clinton Brown, Seth Augustus Davis, Joe Mack Bullock, John Henry Cooper, H. H. Cowen, Jr., John Robert Coltrain, Harry Seward Roberson, Harry Martin, William Warren Taylor, Jr.. and Thurman Harrison Matthews. Registration For Sugar Cards 7 entatively Set For Ma rch 24 Although definite and complete | instructions are still being awaited, j the registration for sugar rationing cards or stamps has been tentative-" ly set in this county for the last week in this month. Rationing cards and other forms to be used in connection with the rationing system have been placed in the mails but they have not yet reached the county. That the sugar rationing program is getting off to a slow start is indicated in a communication received by the county draft board this week. "We are still waiting for more detailed instructions." the State office com munication said I Preliminary plans for holding the I registration have been made with the school authorities in this county. Teachers in all the elementary schools, white and colored, will han dle the task between the hours of 4 and 6 p. m. and between 7 and 9 p.m. during four evenings beginning on or about March 24th. Those who fail to register during that period will be required to wait about two weeks before applying for their coupons. While no definite allotment has been fixed, it is generally believed that each person will be allowed only eight ounces of the short sweetening each week. Each member of the family will be given a book, but the head of a household may register for all members of the family. The family head will not be allowed to register for other members of the group residing elsewhere at the time or (or relatives, servants and oth ers Registrants will be required under oath to tell the amount of sugar on hand, and coupons will be deducted from the allotment. Those who give false information will be subject to a $10,000 fine or ten years' imprison ment or both. Perfect Organization For Civilian Defense Plans For Handling r! \ aried Emergencies P Arc Well Advanced ?*? i Chairmen Are IN'unu'd for Sev eral Afjeneies To llea<l lip Speeial Work The organization of a strong civil ian defense system for this county was perfected at a meeting of repre sentative citizens in the courthouse Tuesday afternoon when chairmen were named for various agencies charged with performing certain duties and tasks during emergencies. Calling the meeting, Hugh G. Mor ton, county Civilian Defense chair man, told the members of the group that they would be expected to act and work at home in the defense of I the nation, that the duties would be outlined from time to time as new org&nization is virtually complete in this county with several of the de partments already functioning, in cluding the airplane spotting and air raid systems, Mr. Morton points out. A salvage committee has been named, and courses in first aid are underway and others are being plan ' ned. The civilian defense set up, head ed by Mr. Morton, is centered around i seven or more agencies as follows: Fire Fighting, Police, Medical, Pub- I lie Works, Utilities, Maintenance, and Public Relations. Several of the services, including fire fighting, po lice and utilities, will be handled by regular organized personnel assist ed by volunteers. Dr. John W Wil liams was named to head the medi cal services, including the establish i ment of first-aid posts, ambulance j service, evacuation, public health, sanitary control, communicable dis j ease control, and immunization. W M. Grayu of Robersonville, will be | 1 in charge of public works and he is j j expected to direct repairs to streets, I roads, water and sewer, lines and other properties damaged by bombs ! |K. P. Lindsley, of Williamston, will direct rescue work and be in charge of any emergency equipment neces jsary in handling emergencies From [time to time the people will be call ed upon to assist the civilian defense^ organization chairmen and reports and information will be released to them by a-designated agency head ed by a representative of the county ! newspapers. Those attending the meeting Tues day afternoon in the county commis-1 sioners' room were, Mrs. C. L. Wil son and Mrs. W. M Wynne, of Rob en>onville:_Mia._K. P. Cunningham^ "of Williamston; G. P. "Hall, K. P. Lindsley, D. N Mix, II. G. Morton, J C. Manning, Dr J. W. Williams and Miss Marjorie Fleming, of William; ston, W. M. Gray, of Robersonville; C. L. Daniel, of Williams Township; and Mrs. Irene Blount, of James I ville. ? Number Registrants Cards Next Monday * Meeting here next Monday, mem bers of the Martin County Draft Board will shuffle the approximate- ! ly 1,300 registration cards of the third draft registration and jnake ready for the national lottery to be held on March 17th. No other busi ness is on the board calendar for that evening, it was learned. Approximately 1,280 men register- ! ed in this county on February 16th Thirty-five of the registrants were1 residents of other counties, but fifty or more cards were received from Martin County residents who were traveling or temporarily employed in other counties or states on that date. The serial number to be placed on the cards next Monday is used only for determining the order number and can well be forgotten after the | lottery. ' I'KKP VKHDNKSS ? ? J An official order was issued here yesterday by Mayor John I. Hassell instructing all mer chants and others to be prepared to blackout all advertising signs and all-night or pilot lights on instant notice. No blackout or der is being issued and while none is expected immediately, the authorities advise that mer chants and others in all towns within 300 miles of the coast should be prepared to turn out the signs and all night lights within a minute or two after an air raid warning is sounded. The lights may be left burning until a raid warning is sounded, but to black them out on short no tice, outside switches or other arrangements may be necessary. All people are urged to be on the alert and to turn out their lights when the fire siren is sounded five times in succession. Judirc R. LC.olmrn Calls Six Cases In The Countv Court Two Defendants Senletireil to The Houds For Vlle^ed Drunken Driving t The half dozen cases called by Judge Robert L. Cobum attracted an unusually large number of spec tators to the courthouse for the reg ular session of the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday. That some of tin- spectators were disap pointed was fairly evident when ru mors and hear-say reports- were vir tually deflated and the proceedings failed to produce anything approach ing the sensational. The court was in session three hours, clearing, the fcix cases from the docket. Two defendants, charged with drunken driving, were found guil ty and Sentenced to the roads for varying terms. The road sentence was made conditional upon compli anei1 with rertnin terms vpeeifinH in - the judgments, and it is understood that both defendants will make ar rangements to satisfy the court with out serving the road terms. Proceedings in the court: Maintaining his innocence, Lin t Williams, a frequent defendant in the court, was adjudged guilty in the case charging him with trespass ing and destroying personal proper ty, He was sentenced totheroada lot a term of six months, the court sus pending the sentence upon the pay ment of the cost and $8 to Mrs. Liz- 1 xie Hardison, prosecuting witness. _Ji Charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license, Walter Wallace Bailey failed to an- 1 swer when called and papers were 1 issued for his arrest, t Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with drunken driving, Gas ton Rodgers was sentenced to the roads for a term of sixty days, the (Continued on pago sin) TOBACCO One of the largest tobacco shipments to ever move out of Williamston in a single day was reported this week when the W. I. Skinner Tobacco Company i shipped 21 carloads of the gold- j en weed to an Atlantic port for t export. Shipping dates and dea- | tinatlon were not disclosed, Mr. Iverson Skinner of the company stating that the tobacco was be ing moved under the lease-lead program. The tobacco was purchased un der the government's eommod- i Ity program on the local mar- i ket. Some over half million i pounds were in the shipment i Japs Continue To Make Gains in the Southwest Pacific \|?l?urt?tit Confusion Mprks \ 11 icil Effort To Stem On Hard Marrh of Invaders Despite their heavy tosses exacted Dy General Douglas MacArthur and lis si rappy men in the Philippines, he yellow peril continues its south westward march, tightening its claws gradually how on the last Allied stronghold in the Indies. Paying a ?ugh arid dear price for their gains, he Japs, according to late reports, ire rapidly taking over Java, but here is a general belief that the jrave defenders, deficient in air jower. weapons, men and munitions, vill withdraw to the Bandung area ind attempt a second MacArthur land Dutch authorities in a * report to? lay stated that Batavia had been ibandoned and that Java had vir ually been cut in two The situation vas described as serious but not lopeless, that the small band of Al ios was resisting bravely. While the yellow drive expands its iperations, confusion apparently narks the Allied effort to check the nvaders. Generals have been shift ?d either as a result of the poor hywing made against the invaders >r as a part of a strategic plan to drm a strong defense at some other joints, possibly in Australia or in ndia The loss of Burma is admitted, jut delayed fighting continues in ind around Rangoon. Little import ince is attached to action at that joint now that the Burma Road. China's life line, has been cut. The jig problem now rests with Eng and. If the dynamic, leadership can ?hunk over board its old conserva ive group and tackle the Indian jroblem with success, the Jap. ex ?iirsinri will soon be noarinx an end. india offers a complex problem, for ts approximately?two h-undred mil ion Hindus and the nearly 100 mil ion Mohammedans must be recon ?iled to the ways of the defenders jefore favorable developments can >o expected in that corner of the world Plans to grant more independ ence to India and in return get a ?loser cooperation from the millions here have been blocked because ?onservatives consider the propos 11 is t <h i sweeping in its scope How -? ?ve'r, it is possible that India will novo t?> aid China and her war-torn ind suffering millions. It v.u.1 n luiulu'-id altaik and? hough it can have no great bearing n the war program, the drive made >y General MacArthur's airpower fragments on the Japs in Subic Bay .hows that an offensive can gain .omething Sinking three large ships. Iggn gating 30.000 tons, the little air .quadron is believed tb have sent utwren ten and fifteen thousand laps to their drath. avenging the at ack on Pearl Harbor three months igo A devastating raid on Nazi-con rolled war industry in the Paris area ?arlicr this wn k is reverberating in liplornatic circles throughout the world. Between one and'two thous ind Frenchmen were killed, the loyal Air Force command declar ng that a heavy blow had been iealt the German controlled indus ry. The bombing has been describ ed by diplomats as a legitimate act >f war. The reaction is awaited, some ibservers believing that a declara (Cpntinued on page six) Value of American Citizenship Shown Hundreds <>f thousands of Amtr cans arc rapidly recognizing the alue of their citizenship in these imes of stress and uncertainty Proof if citizenship is being required of ill who apply for work in war plants ind other industries and offices onnccted with the war effort. In less than ? year, well over 125 latives of this county have called or vrittcii for birth certificates A loose y handled vital statistics system ?ack in its early years makes the ask of determining dates a difficult ine, but through diligent search legister of Deeds J Sam Getsinger las managed to offer proof substan lating the contention of the appli cants that they were actually born. In a single day recently, requests vere received from Virginia, New fork, Pennsylvania, California and daho for birth certificates. For in iiahcf iheTe wag tug request or nen ?ie Bennett Rawls, of R.F.D. I, Thornton, Idaho. Mr. Rawls is the ion of the late John Henry and Mary \nn Taylor Rawls. The vital statis ts system was not instituted in this Jtate until 1914, and naturally Mr law Is' birth was not recorded Affi lavits were obtained, school records vere dug up and among other things t was found that Mr. Rawls had mined the Mormon church on a cer ain date, all of the facts being used o determine that he was born in Martin County in May, 1887. Family Bible recordings are gen erally accepted as proof of birth, but .vhen there is no such record, affi lavits, marriage records, baptismal lates, and more recently draft reg istration cards are used in establish ing citizenship and in determining is closely as possible one's birth data ind citizenship.