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Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tueiday, March 17. I'tl2.
VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 22
ESTABLISHED 1899
Duty Of Everyone
To Serve Country,
Judge Tells Jury
Should Not Allow Obnoxious
Road Houses To Ex
ist a Day Louder
Opening the regular two weeks
term of the Martin County Super
ior Court Monday, Judge J Paul
Frizzelle based his address to the
grand jury on excuses advanced by
several of the body members whu i
would have other citizens fill the]
job. Several excuses were heard, the
judge granting only one and that
was for a juror to return to his sick
wife. The jurist recognized the oth
ers and expressed his regrets, but
he hastened to point out that the
time had come for every one to serve
his country to the best of his abil
ity, and that he was quite certain
grand jury service ranked as an
important duty. One merchant in
the upper part of the county found
it necessary to close his store, and
another said that jury service would
interrupt his business. The excuses
were not accepted.
Without even suggesting why he
was almost an hour late, the judge
immediately entered upon his du
ties. Ten new men were drawn for
permanent grand jury service, one
of the old group of nine having been
ruled incompetent on account of
physical disabilities. Addressing the
foreman, H. S. Johnson, Jr, of Ham
ilton, in a low but serious tone of
voice, the judge explained that the
service would widen the young
man's experiences and prove help
ful to him. "It has reached the point
where-no man can familiarize him
self with all the affairs of the coun
ty in a short time and that is the
reason it was established," Judge
Frizzelle said in speaking of an ap
proving the permanent grand jury
system now entering its seventh
month in this county.
Stressing the importance of grand
jury service, Judge Frizzelle said
Under normal conditions everyone
ought to be willing and eager to
serve his country in whatever man
ner he is able, and especially when
there is an emergency. One should
not think in terms of self, but in '
terms of others and the country as
a whole. We must realize we have I
an opportunity to contribute to the
common task. We are sending young
men to camps and to the battlefields
by the millions, ji^,. ,,f ,,,
will not join the ranks of the -mili- i
tary will serve our country 'best if
we recognize our duties as though
we were soldiers. You have a task
and 1 have a task, and we cannot
and will not shirk that task.
"All of us know there stretches
before us a period of strife and hard
ships, the duration of which no one
can see Everyone will be called on
to do his best, to make sacrifices, to
give up sohie of the things we like
to do and are accustomed to. We
musTgive our minds and strength U>
the American government in its
trials, and to you members bf the
jury who are not subject to military
duty there is no better opportunity
to serve your country during the
next twelve months than by serving
as a member of the grand jury.
"You must remember that in a
period of strain and stress, there is
a tendency and a growing tendency
to violate laws, and as an aftermath
of war and following the cessation
of hostilities there have been mark
ed increases in crime. There is a
great need now to be vigilant and
watchful and to guard against any
foothold crime may gain."
Pointing out that the call for grand
jury service denotes distinction.
Judge Frizzelle declared that the
grand jury is an indispensable arm
of the courts. No one can be placed
on trial in the superior court unless
action is first .taken by the. grand
jury. "You are the fountain head of
the criminal law of the State, and
(Continued on page four)
1
Many Sign Up For
First Aid Classes
? !
Receiving an unusually large num
ber of applications, authorities today
stated that plans were virtually com
plete for conducting two Red Cross
First Aid courses in the county be
ginning next week..
About 25 per cents have signed for
the course of instruction in the
Jamesville community and begin
ning next Monday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock the first classes will be held
in the high school library there. It
is possible that a few persons from
Plymouth will attend the Jamesville
classes.
Approximately 40 persons have
signed for the course in this com
munity. The first classes will be held
next Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock
in the courthouse. There is room for
a few more in each of the classes, it
is understood and those wishing to
take the special source of instruc
tion are directed to contact J. C.
Manning, superintendent of schools,
Williamston.
The classes will be held three
hours each day for ten days, five
next week and five the following
week. A special representative of
the Red Cross, Mr. Howell, wiU have
charge of the courses, and certifi
cates will be awarded at the conclu
sion of the i
Sma 11 Waste Paper Deliveries
Are Reported By Dealer Here
The delivery of waste paper to lo
cal dealers for use in the war effort
was off to a slow start here over the
week-end, according to a prelimi
nary report heard late yesterday.
Hardly more than 1,000 pounds of
the waste material was delivered to
the Williamston Parts and Metal
Company on West Main Street, and
most of the paper was offered in
small lots
It is understood that eolloet-HmtT-on
orgunized plans are underway, and
that deliveries will increase in num
ber and size within a comparatively
short time School children, in num
bers of instances, arc delivering old
newspapers and magazines to the
schools where large quantities will
be accumulated4 and delivered in
bulk to the dealer.
Plans are being advanced to or
ganize collection centers in the var
ious towns throughout the commun
ity. Chairman V. J. Spivey stating
that the local dealer will pick up the
paper when it is collected in quan
tities that will justify the operation
of a truck. The collectors may sell
to any dealer they may choose, how
ever
In collection with the salvage pro
gram, Mr. Spivey. chairman in this
county, said:
"Where is my place in the coun
try's war program, and what contri
bulii'ii-ttm toward ultimate
victory?" All of us have asked these
questions many times, and while we
would not attempt to answer them
in their entirety, we do wish to call
the attention of the public to a move
ment in which every man, woman,
and child in Martin County can play
a vital part. This is the collection of
.salvage materials consisting of met
als. rubber, paper and rags, then
putting them into circulation by
selling them to salvage dealers.
[ SCHOOL SCHKDl l.K |
Beginning next Monday, all
schools in this county will open
each morning at 8:30 o'clock war
time. When the new war time
was adopted, the schools open
ed at 9:30 a. m.
The change is being made at
the request of large numbers of
patrons, most of whom are in
the strictly rural communities.
It is now planned to operate
the schools on the new schedule
during the remainder of the
term.
Tire Rationing Is
Growing Problem
For County's Board
\|?|?lirutioii* I Ymling for liift
NiiiiiImt Tires \piinsl
Small Inventory
Tire rationing irs rapidly becoming
a big problem for the board in this
county. Chairman C. C Martin stat
ing that request.* for 26 automobile
and nineteen truck tires have al
r< a> accumulated against a now ex
isting quota of seven car arid thlr
teen truck tires. The board has re
quests for 26 automobile tire tubes
and nineteen truck tire tubes to fill
from an existing quota of seven car
tires and three car tire tubes and
thirteen truck tire tubes It just can't
be done, the eliairman adding that
the accumulation does not take into
consideration rejected requests for
nine passenger car tires and seven
car tire tubes and one truck tire and
two truck tire tubes.
-?At its nice ting this week, the ra
tioning board granted certificates
of purchase to the following
Dr. J. T. Llewellyn. Williamston,
four tires and four tubes.
Town of Williamston, tire and tube
for road machine.
Martin County Transfer Company,
| Robersonville, two truck tires and
two tubes for hauling fertilizer and
oil.
H L. Davis, Jamesvillo, two truck
tires and two tubes for hauling icc
and fertilizer.
J. S. Whitman, Robersonville, one
(Continued on page four)
1
Small Fire In Tar
Heel Apartments
Local volunteer firemen were call
ed to the home of Mr and Mrs. P.
V. Jones in the Tar Heel apartment
building last Saturday evening at
7:10 o'clock when a smouldering fire
filled the apartment with smoke.
Mr Jones had been in the chair
about an hour earlier and recalled
spilling some ashes in his lap while
reading paper Hn cagunRy bnish
ed the ashes off and a few seconds la
ter went out for the evening meal.
The fire, confined entirely to the
chair upholstering and one. cross
member, had smouldered for almost
an hour before other tenants smelt
ed it and turned in the alarm. When
firemen reached the room, the fire
was about to spread to the curtains.
No great damage resulted, but the
chair was a total loss.
SUGAR STAMPS
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No definite instructions have
been received and no date for
the registration has been set,
but 28,999 stamp hooks have
been received In this county for
use in the sugar rationing system
to be instituted within the next
two weeks, possibly next week.
Accompanying the stamps
were 24.000 instruction sheets
for the individual consumers.
The supply of stamps was re
ceived yesterday.
According to tentative plans,
individuals or family represen
tatives will register for the su
gar stamps at grammar school
houses in their respective dis
tricts, the definite date to be an
Equalization Board
Makes \d justmonts
In Land Tax Values
Vutlioritic* (ionviiire<l That
Much Timber I* Bein^ Hut
VihI Sold in (loiintv
Meeting as a board of equalization
and review in the agricultural build
ing yesterday, the Martin County
Commissioners heard a coniparative
J-v-juixall nnmh.M- property uwnerxi
ask for adjustments in the 1942 as- |
sessed values No complaints were
heard about personal property list
ings, and in most of the other cases
the pi<?perty owners proved ihey had
sold timber from their lands or er
rors had been made in determining |
acreages.
The following entries were order
ed made in the 1942 tax books:
Explaining the timber had been |
cut on the Askew land in Williams
ton Township. M. E. Rogers was |
granted a $300 decrease in his prop
erty values.
Pointing out that an error had |
been made in estimating the acreage
.and with a certified map to substan
tiate her claim, Mrs Kate B. York
w;is allowed a reduction of $567 on
Township.
The value on the W. Berkley Rog
ers land m Bear Grass Township was |
fixed at $3,965 after an error in the
[listing had been pointed out.
The value on 700 acres of swamp
land owned by the American Hoe
arid Fork Company in Williamston
Township was reduced from $3,000
to $2,100, the owners explaining that
timber had been cut from the land.
The value on the residence tract |
-of-Mrs Charles E Craw font was re
duced from $3,681 to $3,494, the own
er explaining that tin timber had |
been sold.
Reductions in values were allow
ed the North Carolina Pulp Com
pany on the following lands when it |
was learned that the timber had |
been sold and removed: Jamesville
Township 658 acres of Mill Neck
land from $3,948 to $2,632; 88 acres
of Durham Hardison land from $440
to $352; 100 acres of Hoyt Waters
land from $500 to $400; 140 acres of
Waters land from $700 to $560; 110
acres of Cordon land from $990 to
$220; 88 acres of Lightfoot land from
$572 to $176; 203 acres of Wynne and
Everett land from $964 to $609; Wil
liams Township: 266 acres of Pecot
land from $1,596 to $1,064, and in
Griffins Township, 125 acres Ann
Colt rain land from $500 to $375, and
190 acres Simpson land from $1,900
to $1,400.
Draft Lottery To
Be Held Tonight I
Beginning about 6 00 o'clock this
Ting, authorities?in_ .
will start drawing numbers from a
fish bowl in Washington City, mean-^
ing that those men who registered
on the 16th of last month Will get
numbers designating the order in
which they will be made subject to
military service.
Registrants in this county can by I
exercising unusual care and paying |
expert- attention to the drawing de
termine their order numbers if they
will get their serial numbers from
the last issue of The Enterprise and
match them with the numbers as
they are drawn tonight. For instance
if Number 311 is drawn first, Walter
Glen Davis, young white man of
Jamesville R.F.D. 1, will have order
number "10,001". The Enterprise
wishes to state here that in the rush
to get the serial numbers into print
hy address and in alphabetical order,
it placed one or two names in the
wrong places The name of Walter
Glen Davis was, through error,
placed under the Jamesville colored
address when it should have been
listed with those whose address was
Jamesville R.F.D. 1, white. The cor
rection is gladly noted here, and
here's wishing everyone gets a high
order number
To be called at the ratio of one
to every ten old registrants, the new
registrants will staft entering the
service about June.
Vouth Sentenced To
The Roads For Two
Years For Robbery
?t
Judfie Frizzelle On*or* Fath
er for Neglecting Train
ing: of Hi* (.liibiren
$
Opening the two weeks term of
the Martin County Superior Court
here yesterday. Judge Paul Frizzelle.
of Snow Hill, highlighted the first
day proceedings of the tribunal when
he deplored surroundings and condi
tions that had developed a boy of
tender years into a daring robber
and thicfcfA serious atmosphere per
vaded thi courtroom as the jurist
looked intt? the eyes of the wayward
lad. expressed compassion for him
and then sentenced him to the roads
for two years, twelve months for
breaking into Johnson's store, and
twelve months for breaking into
Edmondson's store, two Hamilton
mercantile establishments.
Willie Taylor, of small size and
possessed of a daring character, did
not flinch or bat an eye when he
heard the sentence imposed on him
for breaking into the two stores. And
there was some doubt it the full
meaning of the judge's words' regis
tered on the boy's mind. "I feel sor
ry for you. my son, for it is appar
ent you have not had a chance in
life," the jurist recalling that the
boy had never attended church or
Sunday school Judge Frizzelle turn
ed to the boy's father, and wonder
ed how he could have been so neg
ligent in rearing his family of ten
children He censored him. but later
called the father back to the bar of
justice and learned that the father
had had little or no chance in life
that his labor had beeh bargained
for at another's price, that after try
ing to feed and clothe his flock the
father thought little about Christian
training. ?? ???
Edgar Taylor, in one of the cases
with Willie, and Charlie Price, de
fendant in another case with Willie,
were found not guilty
The court made little progress
toward clearing the criminal docket
yesterday, and the proceedings were
still underway this afternoon.
Proceedings in the court:
Charged with false pretense, El
mer Riddick pleaded guilty of forci
ble trespass Solicitor Don Gilliam
accepted the plea and the court sus
ponded judgment upon payment, of
the cost.
No true hill was found in the case
charging Clial'lh Wluichursl?wittr
attempted rape
Charged with larceny and receiv
ing and drunken driving, William
Blount pleaded guilty as accessory
after the fact in larceny The plea
was accepted and Blount was sen
tenced to thr roads for three, years]
the court suspending tin- last year
on condition that defendant remain
of good behavior for three years.
Pleading guilty in one of two cases
charging him with furgeix Bonnie
?HoiIonian.was si ntenced to the roads
for three years, the court ordering
the defendant placid on probation
for that period The defendant was
also directed to pay the cost of the
case and reimburse those parties de
frauded of monies obtained by forg
ery.
Newsom Boston, colored man who
hit and nearly killed his brother
wit FT an axe, pleaded guilty, the
court suspending judgment upon
payment of the cost and $40 doctor
bill
Three divorces, all based on two
(Continued on page four)
\
l\. C, (,rt>rn Is ? III
In H fisliinfitim llns/titnl
Taken suddenly while driving
? toward Jamesvillt' last Friday after
noon, Mr. N C Green, local man,
continues quite ill in a Washington
Ihospital, according to an early af
ternoon report from his bedside.
Mr. Green suffered an attack of
kidney colic and had to park his car
on the side of the road A motorist
picked him up and brought him
home. He was later removed to the
hospital where the attacks continue
to persist, the report today stating
that he had two attacks last night
ami tbftt?he was wH feeling a4?all
well. It could not be learned wheth
er an operation would be perform
ed.
SKINE FISHING
Seine fishing will get under
way at the Fleming fishery, in
Jamesville. on Thursday of this
week, Mr. C. C. Fleming, man
ager-owner, announced today.
The huge net has been made
ready for the season, and the
fishery operators plan to make
the first "haul" shortly before
noon Thursday.
Fish, heralding the approach
of spring, are reported in the
Roanoke in fairly large numbers.
Reports from the sound state
that shad are running in great
er numbers than in any other
season in recent years.
Urged to preserve food In larg
er quantities than ever before,
thousands of people throughout
this section are riper ted to visit
the fishery at Jamesville this
season and pack increased num
bers of fislj for home eonstimp
Farmers Endorse Soil
Conservation District
Farmers Will Vote
Oil Program within
Vexl Pew Weeks
Value of Soil U \M\ I'ointnl
On| To Farmers in Wt-t-t-?
iiiu I.asl Friiliix
Tile proposed establishment of a j
mil conservation district in this im 1
ncdiatc section of the State was j
leartily endorsed by approximately!
iftv farmers in a meeting be Id in-l
he county agricultural building last I
Friday night. Expressions heard
tin nig and after the meeting indi
ate that tile Jiliin will he approved
>>? a sizable majority in a referen
turn to be held within the next few
A'eoks.
Addressing the meeting. E H
Meacham, of the Extension Service
in this State, ably discussed the pro
posed program and outlined plans
for creating the service Briefly stat
ed the soil conservation program as
nit lined by Mr Meacham is design
ed to hold and build up the soil It
IS separate and distinct from the Tn
pit- A program, but those farmers
attending the last Friday meeting
were convinced that .its worth will
equal if not surpass the value of the
Triple A program itself.
"No resource is more valuable
than the soil for from it man gets at
least 90 per cent of his food." Mr
Meacham said, adding that despite
the importance of the soil we are al
lowing on an_ average 200 farms of
about 40 acres each to wash away
every day in the year at an estimat
ed cost of 300 million dollars.
"While this action is not troubled
to any great extent with what is
known as gulley erosion, mis-ex
periencing a great loss in what is
commonly known as sheet erosion.".
Mr. Meacham said Continuing. Mr
Meacham pointed out that erosion
can be controlled in this county at
very little cost But that type of ero
sion is not the only problem facing
the farmers of this county, and the
creation of a soil district will help
solve those problems. "There are
four erosion factors such as slope of
land, type of soil, rains and use of
land. M;m hits fill III nl?lilt'! mil' nt
those factors?use Around the use
of the land, the farmer can solve
the erosion and other allied prob
lems. The work plan proposed by
the soil district supervisors calls lor
drainage, terracing, plant and row
spacing. low arrangement, wintei
cover crops, soil tests, livestock dis
Iribution, pasture, soil tests and
maps.
The program is based entirely on
voluntary action. Every landowner
ftiay participate in the referendum,
and the farmer who votes for it does
not have to use the service and the
fannei who yot.es against it may use
the service, provided, of course, the
district is established. Of all the
plans that have; been signed by co
operating farmers not a single one
has been, discontinued. The program
does not impose a burden upon the
cooperator for it is advanced on a
practical basis. The district will aid
a farmer in reseedmg his lands by
donating the seedlings for at least
three acres without cost to the far
frier, and swill accept one-half the
cost for seeding additional acres. Up
until the present war emergency
presented itself, the service used tin
Civilian Conservation Corps in ad
vancing the work, but that aid has
been discontinued "However, it is
(Continued on page, four)
(/rand Jury Headed
Bv Young Citizen
The first change in Martin Coun
ty's "permanent" grand jury per
? .. .irn
nine of the members, completing
their tenure of office, retired anil a
teniti one "was relieved of further
duty on account of bis health New
members of the jury are II S John
son, Jr. foreman; J A Haislip. It. H.
Harrison. T C Norwood, J A White.
N. B Bland. E. N Harrell, M I)
Taylor, It G Coburn and H. L
Ange
The grand jury is beaded by a
young citizen in Mr Johnson who is
serving bis first time as a member
of the high-ranking body. Only two
of the new members had seen prev
ious service, but all of them will get
much experience before their terms
expire a year from now. Dennis Co
burn, foreman of the first perma
nent jury and one of the ten to re
tire is being followed by a brother,
R. G Coburn. as a nu mber of the
jury
Mr J. C. Taylor was excused on
account" of his health after serving
six months. The names of others who
have already served that long and
who are in line fur service during
the next six months arc: Frank E.
Weston, E H Gaylord, David T.
Griffin. A F Lilley, J Daniel Lil
ley, L D. Roebuck. J. H. Crisp and
R. C. Everett.
The jury completed its work and
submitted its report shortly before
noon today.
I'KN M.'H
Despite appeals for increased
plantings to peanuts for oil and
despite claimed labor shortages,
some farmers are planning to in
crease their tobacco acreages in
excess of their allotments. They
:irt? plinnini' to increase their
plantings even after taking ad
vantage of the 10 per cent addi
tional allotment allowed for the
1912 crop, according to reports
reaching here. Those farmers,
apparently gone wild over to
bacco. are anticipating a 27-cent
average and claim they can pay
a ten-cent |H*r pound penalty
and make money at 17 cents a
pound.
At a meeting of the County
Farm Korean last Friday night,
approximately fifty farmers
went on record as favoring a
substantial increase in the pen
alt>. The secretary was instruct
ed to advise Congressman ller
bert Bonner to support the pro
I vision calling for an increased
penalty.
Mother \iul Son Arc
(Jianrcd W ith Arson
B\ (M irers Monday
I'hii ttrticrx Jailed ViMleritay
For Viilin^: ami Vheltiii^
\ Uracil Crime
Bessie Miliary- Wilson, colored wo
man. and her son, Sam Mabry, were
|arrested hero yesterday and formal
ly charged with arson in connection
with Kir mysterious fire that 3c
stroyed their htuneon the corner of
j Church and Sycamore Street early
I m the morning of March 2nd. Build
, inn up some unusually strong cir
I cuinstantial evidence in the case, In
| t ill officers aided by Fire Chief CI
i IV Hall and Charles lowis, State
Deputy Iiisuraiue Commissioner of
Greensboro, will face the two de
fendants at a preliminary hearing
j tentatively scheduled for the latter
I piii 1 of Hid wick
Two other persons, James Wig
j gins and Watsy Chatham, were ar
rested and jailed for allegedly aid
ing and ahetting in the crime and
tampering with a 'prosecuting wit
| Firemen, soon alter leaching the
liio. expressed the opinion that the
lire was'of incendiary origin, and
I while there was strong suspicion no
damaging evidence was had until
the early part of last week Ques
? t loning neighbors and .others, the of
fieers learned that numbers of ar
i tieles. including about UK) cans or
i jars of fruits, a chest of drawers and
a big trunk containing blankets,..cur
tains, shades and other items, were
moved out of the house on Saturday
j before the fire early the following
(Continued on page four)
(iouiily Yoiiiiv Man
At Lubbock Meld
Aviation Cadet dairies I). Walters,
of Jamesyille, son of Mr and Mrs.
William W Walters, of Jamcsville,
has just reported at tin* Lubbock
Army Flying School, Lubbock. Tex.,
foi the final lap of the training
which is preparing him for the si I
ver wmgs and gold bars of an Air
Corps flying officer
At the brand-new Lubbock twin
engine school, commanded by Col.
Thomas L Gilbert, Cadet Waiters
will complete the training In- began
last October at Ballinger, Tex., and
continued at Randolph Field. Upon
his graduation he will be commis
sioned as a second lieutenant and
issigned to..,active duty with an Air
Corps unit
?A?member?of the?CmMetr - Knot
Honor Society, Cadet Walters is a
graduate of the Atlantic Christian
College, where he was president of
the International Relations Club and
vice president of the Boys' Dormi
tory Council.
soi.iiikks comix;
Approximately 1,'tO soldiers .in
to locale here within the next
Irn days, Mayor John L. Ilavsell
announced today.
Making a topographical map
of this section, the soldier en
gineers will be stationed here
about six weeks, the mayor said.
It could not he definitely
learned where the army men
will pitrh thrlr ramp. They have
been offered about three arm,
of land on the Khodes property,
near the high school, but It is
possible they will establlah camp
at the fair grounds.
A number of the young men,
working in nearby towns for the
past several weeks, have visited
here and have expressed the de
sire to locate here even If their
stay will be a temporary one.
Apparent Lull On
War Front As Next
Drive Is Awaited
it Slurtliiift Developments
On hither IliploniMtie
I )r the W ar hront
.Moppinil up il* *???.?
,|? W.I. Pacific. J)!'-'" no* has the
Mli, i'u, -mui; us P. which way sh>.'
u ill turn "i n-> next Hut the Japs
W lit 111 content with "hen
..111 1,1 the question bnme
nil Australia, and it is well found -
that much activity is I'V.V .U
the country down undet ?tl'r" s'
the .laps will move toward India
where little activity on the diplo
matic front has yet been reported
that would indicate the Moslems and
Hindus are. ue.tui^og,.t ier With the
ltritish for a defense stand tlur.
still others Ml ythe Japs n ay striki
,1 Alaska And then then is some
talk about a clash between Japan
;inil Russia.
Both Sides arc rush,tie prepara
tions for taking the war t" the oth
er side, and a new and possibly more
sc tous phase of the .struggle is near
in'tlu- heaviest fighting of the year
the Russian front, the Red army
was delivering mighty blows out of
,h,. swirl of blizzards yesterday
against three ?f Hitler', encircled
spring offensive bases and strn
mg hard h> draw the strings on two
others caught in deep P'^ts
For the second day. the Soviet
command said o.ilv that no substan
t i.d changes- had taken place -a be
nurture from the communiques of
many weeks which have stressed^
T.Hensive nperatiotv
Any deduction that the Russian
leid been thrown uimui the deb nsiv.
wash, bed however, by the Gernians
ImaOveiv wW .UmilU J a lempor
al v hi each in their lines
in'the center and strong Red army
attacks in the Crimea
The.Russians ..uul Co rniau i.isiial
i tics w ere piling up at a rati' of thous
The ticrmans. Ill wailing that win
had set in again after an early
March thaw on smne southein sic
tors, told 111 Id below zero
ton s ... th, Crimea. 22 hclow ... h
central SI , tor and dl Is low m >
north. With strong nor h, esta m
winds piling up snow so deep th
even sledges were stopped in th. cen
tt*r and north; ;
Adlllis IMP I" 'I'1' "
Hole, aeei.iihng to Acting
1)f state Sumner Welles, yii w l
eonfi sell thai the downfall of Gir
m.rnv IS imminent, the diplomat gIV
,mg the Russian armies the ni.ijnt
,.|V,I,t lot "hringuig this to P-'^
The transfer of General Bought.
MaeArthur from' th. t'1. 11'PI''
Australia where he will he n su
^ nm command of.he Alhedlorees.
was announced this innrnmg.
news ennimg as an eleetrtfymgiduKk^
uTpeuple'lliroiigiiiiul he ..mild TT
general, his wife and .son-and sov
tral ineinl.eis of.lus staff arc already
Australia, hut his transfer the*
,|!,e? not meal, that Hainan is los
, o ge , e nforcements from this
1 country have reached Australia am
'i till niilliHife for the Allies IS tiiekiuk
lip However. III. general I- fm mg
. tough assignment heeause the
i;,.,| fleet was dealt such a heavy
jhlow in the Battle Of Java. Already
the Japs arc said to h, sailing si.Uth
W"n Burma, the British and Chinese.
I employing jungle warfare tactics, are
l.occcssfullv battling the Japs, ami
j the hattl. or Burma i far from won
by tin- invaders
'a late bulletin Stated that a Ger
man battleship had been potted off
j the coast of Norway and that it was
(Continued on page four)..
Runaway ^ out lis
Returned Home
Starting out last .Thursday from
their home in Norfolk for an adven
ture inn, Lin wood W. Bruce, Jr.,
and William W. -Tanner bumped into
trouble near here and were detain
j?rt by county officers for thrrr par
cnts.
After six of their companions had
turned back, the two fourteen-year
old youths continued with their faces
toward Florida. Hut their stomachs
stopped them near here Sunday
abupt noon, They supped into Dennis
Hassell's home and helped them
selves to the colored family's Sunday
dinner. Acting after a precautionary
I fashion and a bit cunningly, tin), the
lads took Hassell's gun, unloaded it
and hid it behind the door. The boys,
their meal finished, left the house
and were seen. Hassell missed his
| gun and reported to officers A mer
I ry chase was soon underway, the of
ficers finally overtaking the boys
near Beaver Dam Swamp not so very
far from Evcretts that afternoon af
ter traveling across fields and
through the woods
One of the little rounders explain
ed why and where they hid the gua.
Hassell said to the boys when they
were returned to his home to check
the gun story, "Why didn't you boys
ask me for some 'tc?at', and I would
have given you some teat'." "You
won't home." the boys promptly re
plied.
The youths were turned over to
their parents yesterday a+tf rat?,