Current Rationing
Plan For Gasoline
Has Been Extended
(Continued from page one)
present cards were expected to cov
er all driving needs through June
30th.
Applications for additional sup
plies in all cases will be required to
pass the usual tests for supplement
al rations.
The order also raised the value of
the unit for motorcycles and three
wheeled vehicles from 1.2 to 2 4 gal
lons.
The OPA announcement came af
ter the following developments:
1. Chairman Francis T. Maloney,
(D-Conn.) announced that his spec
ial Senate oil investigating commit
tee plans to study the advisability
of extending gasoline rationing to
the whole country.
2. Undersecretary of War Robert
Patterson advocated nation-wide ra
tioning as a means of conserving rub
ber, warning that the armed forces
face a possible shortage of 200.000
tons of rubber by 1943.
3. White House delayed announc
ing detailed plans for the forthcom
ing collection of rubber scrap.
Maloney said the conflicting state
ments and division of opinion in
Congress illustrated the "need for
immediate -examination of oil and
gasoline rationing." He introduced a
resolution authorizing $10,000 for the
expenses of the investigation.
Appearing to oppose a bill to set
up a program providing for 30,000,
000 retreaded tires a year, Patterson
told the Senate banking and curren
cy committee the plan would give
civilian users a "first lien" on rub
ber ahead of the Army and Navy
He said that Army and Navy require
ments for crude rubber duing the 21
months that began April 1st will be
800,000 tons contrasted with a re
serve in this country of 600,000 tons
He revealed that the Army had
ceased putting rubber on tank
tracks, has eliminated special mud
and snow truck tires, and is using
horses and mules wherever possi
ble
He recommended this four-point
program for rubber conservation:
Nationwide rationing, a 40-mile
speed limit, government purchase
of all tires in excess of five per car,
and transfer of all possible freight
transport to railroads
The plan the government will use
in collecting-old overshoes, hot wa
ter bottles, worn out tires and other
? r"bhCr s''11 "?"? ahoyanee
President Roosevelt was to have
made an announcement, but post
poned it. He proposed the program
Tuesday in hope that enough scrap
will be shown available to avert na
tion-wide gasoline rationing Ration
ing in other parts of the country than
the Eastern area, if adopted at all.
would be solely for the purpose of
conserving rubber.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mrs. Polly Ross
wishes to thank her many friends
for the lovely flowers sent her while
she was ill at the local hospital. To
Dr. Victor E Brown and to the var
ious nurses who serve-d her, tile
family acknowledges its sincere ap
preciation.
Tile Family.
Prepare for the Summer
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And a
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Finger Wave . . 65c
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BEAUTY SHOP
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HATTIE BAILEY, M*r
Telephone 393-J
Prepares Petitions
For Eradication of
Liquor from Gimps
(Continued from page one)
however, seem to have dawned upon
Americans. Yet the result may be
even more disastrous. Little money
are we getting out of this in com
parison to the ruin of manpower and
the loss of souls. Shame on us that
we are so little concerned regarding
the debauchery of the very cream of
our country's manhood! Is this sec
ond inconsistency not a greater of
fence to God, and may it not mean
our losing the war unless remedied?
Remember Pearl Harbor!
When, following Japan's success
ful attack, folks said our men were
"asleep." I daresay not a person ac
quainted with conditions there
thought other than that they were
more likely drunk; if asleep, be
cause drunk the night before. And.
sure enough, the Japs attacked on
Sunday morning following a pay
day TTiey knew the situation. The
national government then stopped
immediately the sale of intoxicants,
for they too, knew at least some
thing about it. But later certain per
sons managed to get the whisk"ey
back.
Politicians from the islands fre
quently made speeches in Washing
ton preceding the attack that it was
preposterous to suppose Japanese of
Hawaii were other than loyal to the
United States, this was done to se
cure Japanese votes in the future,
for home consumption We saw
these speeches played up on the Is
lands. And many of our people on
the Mainland, even some on the Is
lands, knew no better than to be
lieve them The amount of money
spent for intoxicating liquors in the
Territory of Hawaii is almost unbe
lievable! It goes into many millions.
These same politicians, their Japan
ese supporters and other money in
terests are vastly concerned in reap
ing the riches spent by our men, the
best-paid soldiers in the world, for
drink consumed Are we going to
continue to allow them to exploit
the character and lives of our men
for their selfish financial gains.
We have learned from P"vaU|
sources that prior to the
Japanese brought in unusually large
quantities of liquors to sell our men.
Advertisements had prepared the
way over many months and years.
Any decent, fair-minded person
could not but tie impretaaal wrth the
great number of signs.
? Whiskies," Beer," emblazoned al
most everywhere, even advertised
on the street fui'M and Wild 1
good stores Many, if not most of
the dealers in intoxicants are Japan
ese These want our men to drink.
It brings them financial profit, but
more, many of them ure eriemies of
our country and are glad to see our
men weakened by debauchery.
Drunkenness assisted, and stil as
is,s spies secure information.
Drunken service men in saloons,
cafes, houses of prostitution and
Isewhere are free with information.
Nearly all taxi drivers, when we
were there, were English-speaking
Japanese. They were mum. but took
in all said by those drunk, or half
drunk. sailors when driving them in
beautiful cars out to Pearl Harbor
and other places. More than one sob
dier or sailor told me that certain
Japanese had tried to get them
drunk, thus to obtain information
But there were enough drunk, i
seemed to me, for the Japanese to
obtain their information without
having to pay for the drinks!
The writer and his wife left the
Hawaiian Islands several weeks be
fore the Japanese attacked, expect
ing to take a steamer in February to
Free (Southwest) China The use of
intoxicants was much on the in
crease, as attested by a report of tin
Temperance League of Hawaii. On
nay-day Saturday nights drunken
ness was rampant. We. connected
with rescue missions, were distress
ed at this increase. I asked an offi
cer in one of the camps why thy gov
ernment sold the men brer. Hisi re
ply was "So they can get it wilhoqt
going outside the camp." Missionar
ies. chaplains and workers of the
Y M C A and Salvation Army were
concerned, but nothing could be
done locally. The Hawaiian Islands
are still 11 Territory, and are under
the control of the Federal Govern
ment in Washington Whatever is
done must be done there.
Two bills are now before Congress
to provide for the elimination of in
toxicants from army camps and en
VTronsT Bills S B60 and n H. 40U0.
Urge your representatives in Wash
ington to pass these bills, also insist
that Congress vote out-and-out pro
hibition until after the war. Whis
key interests are endeavoring to keep
beer and liquor in, or near, the
? ? ? ?
Tobacco Farmers!
RIGHT NOW is the lime to get ready for your
"Big Money Crop". Start the season off right
with the proper equipment. Whatever your needs
may be, we know that we can fill them. See Us!
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TRUCK WHEELS?ROOFING?LANTERNS
AND ALL OTHER NECESSITIES
Farmers Supply Co.
WILUAMSTON, N. C.
War Manpower Commission Meets at Capital
Members of the nine-man War Manpower Commission are shown as they met for the first time in Wash
ington. The commission is made up of representatives from government agencies and deals with labor
supply and training. Seated, left to right are: Donald Nelson, War Production Board; Claude Wickard,
Secretary of Agriculture; Paul V. McNutt, chairman, of the Federal Security Agency; Frances Perkins of
the Labor Department; James Forrestal of the Navy Department. Standing, Wendell Lund, Labor Divi
sion WI'B; Goldthwaite H. Dorr, War Department;. Lewis B. Iiershey, Selective Service; Arthur J. Alt
meyer, executive office; Arthur S. Flemining, Civil Service, and Fowler V. Harper, deputy chairman.
Allied Row its Make
Plans For Opening a
Seeond War Front
(Continued from page one)
crews and minor injuries to others.
An American destroyer was also re
ported to have been lost in the ac
tion. but the report has not been
confirmed The meaning of the vic
tory is hard to grasp, but had the
battle been lost, Hawaii would have
been threatened and attacks on our
west coast could have been expect
ed. The war has not been won in the
Pacific, yet.
In Libya, Allied forces have lost
another round, Free French and
British forces withdrawin from Bir
Hacheim, a stronghold, after fight
ing off repeated' attacks for more
than two weeks.
Kussian rroni
The Germans have thrown strong
tank and infantry forces, against
Russian defense positions on the
Kharkov front, and fierce' battles
have developed, the government, an
nounced today.
?Stubborn?fighting?continued ttr
rage in the Crimea, where the Ger
mans were smashing against the So
viet naval fortress of Sevastopol. The
Red Army was reported inflicting
heavy losses on the Nazis in repuls
ing their attacks.
In three days of fighting there
alone, the official midnight Soviet
communique stated, nearly 15,000
German officers and men were kill
ed. The Nazis lost more than 50
tanks and 60 planes in the same per
iod.
The communique stated there were
no significant changes on other sec
tors, although earlier bulletins had
reported action over a wide front
whcih combined with the great land
battles of The Crimea and The Uk
raine, brought the war on the "Rus
sian front to the highest pitch of the
yeur.
There was a mass of aerial com
bat at the Black Sea and again far to
the north in the Arctic.
Nowhere did the Germans appear
to be making any important progress.
In contrast to the pace of the blitz
campaign last summer, Russian dis
patches indicated that the Germans
now are moving only at terrific cost
through the meatgrinders of the Red
Army's defenses around besieged
Sevastopol and in the Kharkov sec
tor.
I There were no details on the sec
ond Buttle of Kharkov, matching the
two old adversaries, Marshal Sam
eon Timoshenko and Field Marshal
General Fedor Von Bock, who al
ready had faced each other in the
Battle for Moscow last year and in
the first battle for Kharkov this
spring.
Few Present For
Regular Session
Of County Court
(Continued from page one)
case was continued for the defendant
until June 22.
Willie Moore, charged with stab
bing Ben Wilson to death last April
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
the roads for a term of twelve
months.
Appealing from a judgment im
posed in a previous term, Wheeler
Smith, charged with drunken driv
ing, withdrew his appeal last Satur
day and paid the $50 fine and case
cost*.
?
At one time the Navy owned so
many homing pigeons that there was
an official Pigeon Quartermaster
rating.
t
Marine Corps parachutists re
lease blue "cargo" chutes which car
ry 'Tommy" guns, rifles, grenades,
ammunition, and other lethal sup
plies. . ?' ' ?
camps. They are getting rich, but
your representatives will consider
your wishes. Circulate a petition or
write personally. In the name of our
God, for the protection of the fine
men who are going from our homes,
and for the winning of this war, do
it NOW!
COOL SECOND FLOOR APART
ment for rent on West Main St
Apply Mrs. Elbert S. Peel. jn9-tt
PRICE LISTS
The Martin County Ration
Board said yesterday it had re
ceived instructions from OPA
that it should have in hand by
July 1st, ceiling price lists from
all merchants in the county. C.
C. Martin, chairman of the
board, asks the merchants to co
operate with the board and file
their pricr lists with the board
hy July 1st.
Many of the merchants in this
county have already prepared
and posted their ceiling price
lists, and will only have to make
a copy for the board.
The 26th Week
Of The War
(Continued from page one)
ington the resources 01 me unueu
Nations are now, in effect, one big
pool, with each nation contributing
to the extent permitted by its re
sources and military position. Reci
procal aid from nations receiving
supplies from the U. S. is providing
material for American lumps abroad
without dollar payments, he said,
rhe Agriculture Department report
id 5 billion pounds of farm products
were delivered to United Nations
representatives between April 1941
itnd May 1, 1942.
The American Red Cross said it
has aided almost 7550,000 war vic
tims in the Middle East and distrib
uted more than $2 million worth of
relief material there, largely pur
chased with Ut S. Government allo
cated funds. The State Department
said 193 persons, including many U.
S. citizens who have been awaiting
passage in Sweden, arrived in New
York on the S. S. Gripsholm, and 10
Axis officials and approximately 930
Axis civilians sailed for Lisbon on
the Drottninghalm.
The Armed Forces
The House passed and sent to the
Senate a $3 billion supplemental
Naval appropriations bill to pro
vide 200,000 tons of submarines, 500,
000 tons of auxiliary vessels, $150
million for Aviation plant facilities,
and other funds.
Chairman Vinson of the House
Naval Affairs Committee said ap
proximately 99 more combatant
>hips will be commissioned during
the remainder of 1942. Three more
destroyers were launched. The CAA
and the Navy completed arrange
ments to train 20,000 nuval reserv
ists as pilots at 600 CA training cen
ters during the coming year, if mon
>y is appropriated. U. S. army train
ing films, especially those showing
mechanism and tactical use of U. S.
equipment, are being recorded in
universal Spanish, Portuguese and
Chihese, the War Department said,
for exchange with other members of
the United Nations.
Civilian Supply
WPB Materials Director A. I. Hen
derson said vital materials can no
longer be used except for war and
maintenance of those things neces
sary to the war because from now on
"it will be a continuous problem to
provide materials tn.meet the needs,
of our fighting forces." The WPB
said preferred applicants for new
telephones cannot obtain service un
less they prove the service is essen
tial to the discharge of their respon
sibility for public health, welfare
or security. A Food Requirements
Committee, headed by Agriculture
Secretary Wickard, was set up to
control production and allocation of
all civilian and military food sup
plies.
Rationing
All motorists wili receive a book
containing a year's base supply of
48 coupons under the new perma
nent gasoline rationing system which
will be established in the East about
the first week of July, OPA said.
Supplementary B books with an
additional 16 coupons will be issued
to motorists who prove need for ex
tra rations, providing they are mem
bers of a car pool. No unlimited priv
ileges will be granted any one, but
C books containing 96 coupons will
be issued to some motorists S books
for trucks and buses, good for a four
month period, will rover just en
ough fuel for the mileage allowed in
forthcoming ODT regulations. Mo
lorcyeiista will receive D books, good
for 40 per cent as much gasoline as
A books. Under the new system serv
ice stations and distributors will be
required to turn in collected cou
pons when purchasing new stocks.
The OPA released about 10,000 bi
Sujierior Court Will
Oj>eii Regular Term
Here Next Monday
(Continued from page one)
is facing trial on a seduction charge.
James Arthur Scott, charged with
seduction, was hound over by a jus
tice of the peace court for trial next
week
Harry Wilson is facing the court
in two cases, both charging him
with breaking and entering and
larceny.
Bessie Smith and her son, Sam
Mabry ,are booked for arson. They
are now at liberty under bond in
the sum of $1,700.
Lee Ward is charged with an as
sault with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill.
Romas Little is facing trial on a
similar count.
Bennie Holland is charged with
forgery? ?
J. C. Hendricks is charged with
larceny and receiving and is in jail
awaiting the pleasure of the court.
?John Henry Wynne, charged with
breaking and entering the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davenport in
Jamesville, was bound over to the
superior court following a prelimi
nary hearing.
Earl? Tetterton is under special
grand jury indictment for alleged
drunken driving.
Probable cause of guilt having
been found at a preliminary hear
ing this week, Gus N. Cowan will
face the court on a larceny charge
next week.
f??
Shortage In Vital
Metals Threatens
Future Production
(Continued from page one)
work." <
These steps will be necessary, the
officials said, to keep the military
machine running full blast, and to
produce enough goods for essential
civilian requirements:
1. Long-range planning of require
ments for materials and careful
scheduling to meet them.
2 Revision of specifications to re
duce the amounts of scarce mater
ials used.
3. Widespread use of substitutes.
4 A vast increase in civilian coop
1 oration with the national salvage
program to speed up the flow of
scrap, particularly metals and rub
ber.
5 Careful handling of scrap and
I secondary metal by industry to get
I the greatest possible use from it.
They pointed out that the War Pro
duction Board now is engaged in
stimulating production in every
possible way: By building new
plants, exploiting low-grade ore,
paying premium prices for copper,
lead and zinc, and recommending
Federal financing for new projects
trr materials production.
Probable Cause Of
Guilt Is Found In
Oxen Stealing Case
?
(Continued from page one)
the oxen, that he thought the ani
mals belonged to Cowan.
Getting a lead in the case only
about ten days ago, officers first ar
rested Whitley. They could not lo
cate and arrest Cowan imrqpdiately,
but he' learned the law was on his
trail and returned from Virginia a
few days ago. Instead of reporting
to officers, he submitted a list of
witnesses and set the time of his own
hearing, a very unusual procedure
according to Sheriff C. B. Roebuck
who said that it was the first time
during his stay in office that an ac
cused man ever arranged a hearing
for himself and reported from an
other state without being arrested
or without being under bond. The
officer was a bit surprised when the
defendant appeared according to
schedule.
cycles to war production plants qual
ified to buy them for transportation
of workers.
Thirteen White Men
Are Assigned Places
In Army Recently
(Continued from page one)
Williamston.
Hiomas Wellon Council, Oak City.
Grady Elmer Harden. Dardens.
Richard Hannibal Godwin, Wil
liamstr,i ar.d Goldsboro.
David Septes Pate, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Henry Luther Harris, RFD 2, Wil
liamston.
Abner Bland, Hassell.
Wood row Wilson Beaird, William
ston. "
James Albert Roebuck, Roberson
ville
Jeffrey Lawrence Taylor, Rob
ersonville.
transferred before the request was
received at the induction center.
Alvin Hasty, the first Martin County
married man to volunteer for offi
cer's training and who made the
trip to the induction center with the
other draftees recently, is home on
a furlough for a few days to straight
en up some business matters before
returning to the Army and starting
his basic training period. He has not
been assigned to any station as yet.
The names of those young white
men who were recently rejected fol
low:
Mayo Wynne, Robersonville RFD
1.
William Howard Cherry, William
ston RFD 1
William Clarence Taylor, Rober
sonville.
Herbert Bullock, Robersonville
RFD 1.
William Watson Walter, James
ville.
Jesse Vernon Edmondson, RFD 2,
Robersonville. Edmondson was the
first 20-year-old man in the third
registration to volunteer. A second
volunteer in the same class, Char
lie Lee Stanley, of Jamesville and
Dobson, reported for service from
'Dobson and was accepted several
weeks ago.
Ellis Hugh B. Moore, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Johnnie Scott, Hamilton.
George Hyman Harrison, Jr., Wil
liamston.
George Washington Farmer, RFD
1. Robersonville.
ftPfirOii Wachincfidn Tnvlnr Chap
etts.
The names of those men recently
accepted by the Army:
Atvin M. Hasty, Robersonvilte.
Joe Roberson, RFD 1, Williams
ton. \
Vance Elliott Bennett. RFD 3.
A passenger car yields about 1,500
pounds of scrap iron and steel. I
Bible School Exercieet
In Bear Gratt Sundey
?
The Bear Grass Daily Vacation
Bible school will hold its annual
commencement exercises in the
church Sunday night at 8:30 o'clock.
The public is invited to attend.
?
Birth Annoanceaent
Mr. and Mrs. V. U. Bunting, of
Route 2, Williamston, announce the
birth of a daughter, Polly Lindy, on
May 31, 1942.
Wants
THREE-ROOM APARTMENT FOB
rent. Located in Williamston Apt.
Building. For further information,
call or see N. C. Green or G. H. Har
rison, Williamston, N. C. jnl2-3t
FOR SALE: PORTO RICO POTATO
plants. 75c per 1000. See or phone
C. F. Harris. J. G. Staton's Farm.
Phone 2932.
GROUND MILL OPERATORS _
See us before selling your lum
ber. We buy rough, dressed, green
and dry lumber. Moss Planing Mill
Co. Washington, N. C. jnl2-2t
WANTED: YOUNG, SINGLE, COL
ored girl for general housework.
See Mrs. Rogers at Mrs. Theo Rob
erson's.
LARGE ICE BOX FOR SALE ?
Good condition. Will sell very
reasonable. Nora Sherrod Slade, 205
South Sycamore Street. City.
FOR RENT: THREE UNFURNI8H
ed rooms ni new house located on
No. 64 highway. Rent reasonable. See
or notify Robert Edwards. jnl2-2t
FOR SALE: HARDWOOD FOR TO
bacco curing (mostly round) at
farm. T. R. Rouse. Grimesland, N. C.
Phone 3623-3, Greenville. jn9-2t
SODA SHOP FOR RENT.
see or call Mrs. Elbert S. Peel.
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cleaning service, bring your clothes
to Pittman's. One day service on any
garment. Suits, coats and dresses, 86
cents, cash and carry. 69c delivered.
Pittman's Cleaners. O-tf
FURNISHED ROOMS AND APART
ments for rent. Call 339-J.
v. i
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