War As It Relates
To Home Front Is
Reviewed for Week
The Nazis have mobilized the slave
labor of Europe.
The U. S. A. is mobilizing the free
labor of a free nation.
That's the way it is this week as
the Axis powers gather their strength
for renewed and desperate offen
sive, as Hitler's bludgeon be-labors
the unhappy people of France, as
the brave men of China continue to
exterminate Japs, as American
bombers strike north across the Pa
cific cockpit and Germany's war in
dustries reel under the hammer
blows of the British RAF.
We are entering upon a moment
unmatched in history, a moment
which will decide the future of li
berty, the fate of ourselves and our
children and our children's children.
To this moment we must bring all
that we have of power and produc
tion, of firmness and fortitude.
it is this realization which estab
lishes today's trends, the develop
ments of today forecast the future
which is tomorrow.
Probably the most important of all
these developments, from that stand
point, is the manpower mobilization
program being undertaken by the
newly created War Manpower Com
mission, under the chairmanship of
Federal Security Administrator Paul
V. McNutt.
The job of the War Manpower
Commission will be this: To make
sure that manpower needed to
make weapons and planes and ships
will be available when and where
it is needed.
It is a gigantic task, a task which
will be made easier by selective
service records of occupation and
training but a task which must de
pend for success upon the voluntary
cooperation of American labor and
American industry.
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That we have undertaken this task
proves we know what the British
"long "ago discovered the hard way:
that in this kind of a war each citi
zen must be in some sense a soldier.
Accept Obligation Gladly
This is an obligation which free
people accept gladly, the free peo
ple of America will gather a renew
ed sense of responsibility and a so
ber happiness from Mr. McNutt's
statement soon after he assumed his
new pelt:
"There is a place for everybody
in this effort."
Many Millions Needed
There is a place for everybody be
cause we will need an increasing
army of workers at bench and lathe
and forge as our war production
schedules speed up and we pour
more and more troops into the fight
for freedom. It takes the work of
eighteen men to keep a single sol
dier on the battle line.
U. S. war industry is going to need
some 10,500,000 new .workers soon
and our farms are going to need
more labor, too, if they are to meet
their goals of war production.
But at the same time we shall be
withdrawing at least 2.000.000 add
tionai young men from farm and
factory for services in the armed
forces.
Transportation Shortages Grow
Already shortages are developing,
in transportation as well as in in
dustry. We cannot permit too great
shortages of manpower to develop
in the field of transportation, be
cause without transportation the
whole war effort would fail. A tank
does not help the cause of democra
cy when it is crouching in a ware
house or on the factory floor, a tank
must be transported to the fighting
front before it becomes a weapon for
victory.
To Call On Woman Power
The War Manpower Commission
must resolve the problems created
by these demands: The demands of
the armed forces, which come first;
the demands of war industry; the de
mands of agriculture; the demands
of absolutely essential civilian pro
duction.
The greater part of the millions
who must be placed in war jobs dur
ing the coming year undoubtedly
will be drawn from the ranks of the
non-war industries which have
ground?or are now grinding?to a
stop. But others must come from a
variety of sources, and not least
among these sources will be the na
tion's womanpower.
Travel May Be Rationed
The time may come when we
shall have to ration travel. Last
week Director of Defense Transpor
tation Joseph B. Eastman issued an
appeal to vacationists, urging them
to travel during the middle of the
week, wherever possible This is a
year?and probably the next will be
such a year, too?in which our norm
al pleasures and pursuits must take
second place to the demands of war
That goes for motoring, also . . .
Mr. Eastman earlier called attention
to the loss of manhours in industry
due to traffic accidents ? enough in
1941, he had been informed, to have
built 26 battleships . . . There would
be fewer accidents at lower speeds,
and lower speeds saves the tires,
too ? . . .
Horse Blankets To Uniforms
A New England firm that pro
gressed from making horse blankets
to manufacturing uuto upholstery
now is making woolen cloth for uni
forms and canvas for army tents . .
The War Production Board has stop
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County Youths
Graduating from the Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center. Randolph Field, Texas, two Martin Coun
ty young men, l.ieutenant James D. Walters, of Jainesvillr. and Lieutenant Charles l? lianiels, from
aciuvs the eieek in Williams Township, are at the controls in the above group racing targetward on a
practice formation flight. These twin-motored craft are forerunners in Aviation Cadet's training to
giant "Flying Fortresses," or four-englned "Consolidates." Members of Class 42-1), the largest class of
flving fighters ever to be graduated from a U. S. training center. Young Walters and Daniels are two
of 24 North Carolina youths to advance in the Air Corps. Graduation exercises are being held tomorrow.
V Baby Named MacArthur
Born just after New Jersey's blackout test, this 8-pound, 4-ounce baby
entered the world with a Victory V on her forehead. Making it more
symbolic, the child's last name is Mac Arthur. Here, the mother, Mrs.
Angela MacArthur, of Linden, fondles the infant girl, as a nurse's
hand points out the startling mark.
Japs Did It
C. P. Phonephoto
Wounded in a tea battle somewhere
in the Southeast Pacific, a British
sailor arrives at Sydney from Dar
win. United Nations air and nea
forces have been pounding Japanese
bases near Australia continually,
determined to sweep the invader*
from tb?t area.
Latest Additions To The
Enterprise Mailing List
Listed among the recent additions
to the-Enterprise mailing list are the
following:
Ephraim Peel, Williamston; Pvt.
H. H. Cowen, Jr., Fort McClellan,
Ala.; Mrs. W. H. Tetterton, James
ville; Sam Brown, Williamston; Pvt.
Joe Mack Bullock, Camp Grant, 111.;
Frank Holliday, Wilttamston; Jos.
E. Griffin, Fort Jackson ,S C.; L. J
Peel, Williamston; Mrs. Elisabeth
Woodhouse, Marietta, Ohio; W. F.
Clark, Kmston; Dr. R. G. McAllis
ter, Richmond; Eloise Bennett, Wil
liamston; W. T. Hurst, Roberson
ville; Pvt. J. M. Saunders, Jr., Camp
ped use of Benzine as a motor fuel
... It's needed to make synthetic
-rubber . . . The aimed forces want
16,000 additional physicians, 3,000
more dentists, before the end of
1942 . . . OPA warns that you'd bet
ter save the zippers when you rip
up that old slip into dust cloths . . ,
WPB has ordered radio tube manu
facturers to discontinue production
of 349 types of tubes for civilian use
. . . But they're duplicate, obsolete,
or small-demand types . . And WPB
has stopped processing of wool to
make floor coverings, draperies, or
upholstery fabrics . . . OPA warns
that If your stove, furnace or boiler
need repairs, you'd better arrange
for them now . . . You may not be
able to get the parts later on . .
WPB hak?added machinery for I
laundries and dry cleaning estab
lishments to the list of things on
which production must stop until
after the war .. . Keep vour car well
lubricated if you expect it to last
you for the duration . . . Keep in
mind that this country is going to
have to lick inflation?the "high cost
of living"?to win this war . t-. And
never forget that we shall win?be
cause as WPB Chairman Donald M
Nelson told newspaper editors last
week: "Free men driven by their
own loyalty and determination are
better men than slaves driven by
their master's lash."
Blanding, Flu.; Henry Jones, Wil
liamston; John A. Griffin, William
ston; John L. Taylor, Rohersonviile;
Mrs. E. H, Manning, Williamston; W.
G Keel, Oak City; Mrs. Carrie Mor
rison, Virginia Beach; M. D. Wilson,
Williamston; Ernest Leggett, Oak
City; Marion Leggett, Oak City.
l-U Club Members II ill Get
Dental Attention at Half I'riee
Plans have boon worked out with
dentists whereby Northampton
County 4 H Club members will re- {
coivo dental attention at half price
during April, reports Assistant Farm
Agent 11. G. Snipes.
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A MOTHERS PRAYER
Dear Lord of earth and Heaven,
Will Thous hear us when we pray;
Be very near to our soldiers;
Be their refuge night and day.
Keep them safe from harm, dear
Lord,
Wherever they may be;
Be their pilot and their captain,
In the air, on land, or at sea.
Keep Thy loving arms about them,
In the darkest hours of night;
Give them strength and courage,
Lord,
Help them their battles to fight.
And as they go to meet the foe,
May they keep their eyes on The*
The only true and living God,
Who died to make us free.
And when this cruel war is over,
When the victory has been won;
Lord may there be a happy reunion
Of sweethearts, wives, mothers and
sons. ?-*- Reported.
NOTIC E OF RE SALE
Under and by virtue of an order
of re-sule of the Superior Court
Martin County signed on April 27,
1942, Superior Court Martin County
in an action entitled "J. K Downs
v. A. E. Downs et al" the undersign
ed Commissioners will, on the 12th
day of May, 15)42, at 12 o'clock,
Noon, in front of the Courthouse
door in Williamston, N. C , offer for
re-sale to the highest bidder, for
cash the following described tract
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of land:
Beginning at a black gum in a
branch, Abel Thomas' corner in the
Joseph Whitehurst line, running
down said branch the various courses
to the Baggett Branch, the Joseph
Hoff line: thence up said branch
along the Joseph Hoff line to his
corner, an oak, thence further along
this line to the R. H. Salsbury, Cal
vin Purvis and Abel Thomas corner,
thence northwardly along the Pur
vis line to the Joseph Whitehurst
and Bethel Savage line, thence along
the said Whitehurst line to the be
ginning. Containing, by estimation,
titi 2-3 acres, more or less. Saving
and excepting from this tract of land
one-half of it, the same being the
one-half on which the dwelling house
stand* (or stood). Beginning 1
sweet gum in a branrh in the .
Thomas line, running westwari
a persimmon tree with an iron s
in it near the end of a little d
thence various course* so as to
one-half of the original tract ow
by J. W. Downs, excepted part
ing the land conveyed to J
Downs by Deed in C-l, page 341
The purchaser at the safe wil
required to make a deposit of
of hte sale price and the purch
will buy same with the underst.
ing that he is not to have actual
session until January 1, 1943
This 27th day of April, 1942.
E S. PEEL,
B. A. CRITCHER.
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