War As It Relates
To Home Front Is
Reviewed for Week
(Continued from page one)
Yankee Inventiveness Overcomes
Obstacles
Yankee inventiveness is beginning
to overcome many handicaps caused
by shortages. New types of contain
ers have been developed by the con
tainer industriesy-heavy paper car
tons are taking the place of wood
en containers and wire-bound boxes
for overseas shipments. Many kinds
of canned goods now come in jars
and bottles. Paper containers are
substituted for scarce burlap bags,
and paper "cans" with metal ends
are used for packing some brands
of baking powder and dried fruits.
A manufacturer of molasses pow
der for ginger bread mix. forced by
restrictions to use a new type of
molasses, worked out a higher qual
ty of powder and was granted an
increase of 1 1-2 cents a pound on his
product With bedsprings confined
to 30 pounds of steel per spring, man
ufacturers have been encouraged to
make four war models of wood
frame cyi! bedsprings. Ceiling prices
have been placed on these models
The Bureau of Mines will build
the first pilot plant for making
sponge iron, a substitute for scrap
iron in steel manufacture.?In spite
of the millions of pounds of scrap
the supply is below the pressing
needs of the steel industry . . Scrap
rubber goes into wartime rubber
heels, which now come in four grades
stamped from V-l to V-4, according
to quality, and their prices at the
shoe repair stores will be fixed
Government control of the size and
cut of women's wartime clothes has
saved about 100 million yards of
cloth a year, but housewives can
save still more by choosing practical
wartime styles?and by taking care
of the clothes they have.
Meatless Days Approaching
Meat is an item that will appear
less frequently on our tables during
the coming year, though the amount
we'll get?2 1-2 pounds per person
per week?is about our average con
sumption for the past 10 years and
well above the one pound a week
that the Englishman gets, the 12
ounces per week allowed Germans,
or the 5 ounces available for half
starved Belgians Our total meat sup
ply is the largest on record, but be
cause of the needs of the fighting
forces and of our Allies, we will run
3 billion pounds short of being able
to give the folks at home all the
meat they might want
Manpower Need Poses Problems
There are too few carpenters in
the U. S. A. to handle war construc
tion, a circumstance that has led to
an apprentice-training program un
der the joint auspices of the Nation
al Building Contractors and the Car
penters International Union. Farm
labor, too. if insufficient, will be in
creased by importation of Mexican
farm workers by special arrange
ment. between the U. S and Mex
ico.
Everywhere the need for manpow -
er poses problems. Selective Service
Director Hershey is trying to ar
range the "loads" of draft boards
throughout the country so that each
class of selectees will be called up
more or less at the same time Local
boards with a heavy proportion of
single men. for instance, should send
these men in at about the same time
that other boards with smaller num
bers of tin. same class send theirs.
WEEKLY ROUND-UP
The weekly round-up of
drunks locally fell considerably
below the record last week-end.
the Jail record showing that only
eleven were placed in the "cool
er" during the period. During
the previous week-end seven
teen persons were placed in the
county jail.
All those arrested and jailed
last week-end were drunks, the
record indicating that there was
little or no activity on the other
crime fronts. One of the eleven
arrested was a Marine who chal
lenged the entire police force
while he was boisterously drunk
but who was quite decent fol
lowing his release Sunday. Three
of the eleven men jailed were
white.
regardless of quotas. The War De
partment will take volunteers with
special skills up to the age of 50,
providing such men are cleared by
their local draft boards. This policy,
however will not deprive war in
dustries of needed older men
Registration of former Merchant
Marine seamen and officers to find
men with previous sea experience
begins September 8th A school for
350 cadets, midshipment of the Mer
chant Marine Naval Reserve, was
opened at San Mateo. Calif.
The acute labor shortage in the
West Coast logging industry may be
relieved by Office of Price Admin
lstratmn revision of lumber prices,
and by over-time operations. Four
war agency heads have urged miners
of copper and. other metals to stay
?>n their jobs produce more raw ma
terials.
In spite of the tremendous load on
our railroads, both for freight and
passenger service, the outlook is
cheering. Regulated freight car load
ings already have resulted in week
ly savings ol rfp"* than 85.000 closed
freight cars^and roads faced the
heaviest movement of freight in his
tory with more than 200,000 miles of
trunk lines practically clear of con
gestion
War Production Drives Show
Favorable Balance Sheet
War Production drives also show
la favorable balance sheet, with La
bor-Management committees estab
lished in 1,300 war plants, and other
industries, including the first major
railroad to adopt this form of coop
eration. the Illinois Central Railroad,
and the first of the large lumber
companies, the Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber Company . . . Government geolo
gists and engineers have blocked out
more than 500.000 tons of valuable
bauxite in Georgia, and other ex
perts are exploring the "black"
sands of the Oregon coast for metals
Tnere will be more su^ar for
workers in areas where the popula
tion has jumped because of war in
dustries . Apple processors may
raise the price of canned applesauce,
appletuice, cider and dried apples to
coveiTthe increased cost of produc
ing jMd harvesting apples . . . Ceil
ing/prices for dry cleaning, shoe re
yftinng, laundering" and other com
mon services must be posted for pub
lic inspection . Retail prices for
footballs, basketballs and other au
tumnal sporting goods will be cut
. Boys and,.men will have to get
along with whatever woolen loung
ing robes an on: hand, but mothers
need not worry -about woolen robes
for infants, sizes 1 to 3 And over
size persons can have their woolen
garments built to fit . Measures to
protect the nation's federal buildings
against air raid hazards and sabotage
l? ntg laken by the Federal
Bicycles Released
Bv Ration Board
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Locomotion by leg power is rap
idly coming into its own In this coun
ty as tire and gas rationing tightens
its grip on the transportation sys
ter Ten bicycles have been allotted
to applicants in the county by the
rationing board during the past few
days to the following:
Carl Durward Brown, Jamesville,
for riding to and from his work.
Rufus Samuel Gurganus, RFD 3.
Williamston, for special farm use.
L. L. Coburn, Robersonville, for
municipal work.
Elmer Reuben Harrison, RFD 2.
Williamston, for riding to and from
his work.
N R Roberson, Robersonville, for
grocery deliveries.
Henry O. Handy, Williamston, post
office clerk.
Mrs Frances M Coker, RFD 3.
I Williamston, lor use as airplane spot
ter and Red Cross worker.
Leslie Williams. RFD 1. William
ston. firing boiler at basket factory.
Thelton Ray Alexander, Roberson- I
vilie, assistant manager Roberson-1
ville Ice and Coal Co.
Roy W McCJees", ' Williamston
grocery deliveries
Three applications filed by P. L.
Rodgers, RFD 1. Williamston; Jim
rnie Lee, RFD 2, Williamston, and
John T Harris, RFD 2. Williamston.
were rejected.
About ten applications were car
ried over for later consideration^
Geo. T Hill, Williamston, for rid
ing to and from school in Poplar
Point.
Stalingrad Holding
Despite Increased
Nazi Assault Power
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(Continued from page one)
yards at Rotterdam led the General
to pay tribute to the crews for. their
"bravery and tenacity of purpose."
General Spaatz's headquarters told
how one crippled Fortress fought a
15-minute battle against 12 German
Focke-Wulf 190's, shot down at least
two of them and returned to its home
base. All together, 12 German fight
ers were shot down by the bombers
and not a single Flying Fortress was
lost. ?
Over in Egypt, late reports declare
that the Germans loosed a large scale
attack on the Allies standing before
Alexandria and the Suez and failed.
As a special observer, Wendell Wil
kie believes it was another turning
I point in the war.
In the Far East, the Chinese are
still pushing the Japs back on sev
eral fronts, making big gains around
Canton, important city in the south.
Over in the Southwest Pacific, the
: Japs are still trying to regain a foot
hold in the Solomons, but are mak
| ing little or no progress.
Works Administration Two prob
I lems?to prevent escape of prisoners
from Federal prisons, and of dan
gerous animals from bombed zoos . .
Violators of the men's and women's
clothing simplification orders who
make expensive "zoot suits" and
"juke" coats for male and female jit
terbugs face WPB trouble . . The
third anniversary of the German in
vasion of Poland found that tortured
country still defiant and unconquer
ed. with more than 150,000 of its
fighting men in action on United Na
tion fronts.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
After adding a death to the ac
cident record week before last,
motorists on Martin County
highways went through last
week without an accident. But
as the news of the recent death
was drying on the printed page,
another little chap skated in the
streets and held on to the back
end of a truck, a setting that al
most duplicated the one that
cost a child his life the week be
fore. Many wrecks and deaths on
the streets and highways are not
accidents. They follow in the
wake of carelessness
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.
36th Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
1942 0 0 0 $ 000
1941 110 50
Comparison To Date
1942 48 29 2 $ 6,243
1941 63 50 3 18.430
The :i8th Week
Of The War
Transportation
The Office of Defense Transporta
tion issued an urdei effective iinmed
lately, governing the operations of
at least 50,000 automobiles used as
taxicabs. The order (1) banned use
of taxicabs for "social or recreational
purpose (if the driver or operators";
(2) established a national taxicab
speed limit of 40 miles per hour "or
any speed above that prescribed by
competent public authority"; (3)
prohibited use of taxis for making
"commercial deliveries of property";
(4) limited to 10 miles the distance
a taxi may be operated beyond the
corporate limits of the municipality
in which the trip originates; (5) ban
ned seeking cab passengers by "cruis
ing"; (6) limited to 25 miles the dis
tance which may be traveled on any
one trip; (7) prohibited vehicles not
marked distinctly as taxicabs from
being operated as such.
The Armed Forces
The War Department raised from
45 to 50 the maximum age at which
men "who have character, skills or
aptitudes which make their enlist
ment desirable and who are other
wise qualified" and who have draft
hoard permission may enlist in the |
army. They will be assigned to ov-,
erhead units or installations where
they will release younger men fori
general military service, and if fit,
they will be used for combat duty,
War Secretary Stimson said.
Marine Corps enlisted men, as well
as Navy enlistees, may now apply for
flight training to become Naval
Aviation Glider Pilots, who act as
co-pilots for large transport gliders.
Duripg Jthe week, the 45,000-ton bat
t leship Iowa?heaviest vessel ever;
launched in the U. S.?the aircraft
carrier, Independence, the Cruiser j
Boston, and two destroyers, the Glen
non and Jeffers, were launched. !
The Red Cross and the Navy joint
ly announced a new rescue project
under which buoyant waterproof
bags containing emergency food, wa
ter and medical supplies, cigarettes,
etc.. will be dropped by Navy Pa
trol Bfimps to Seamen awaiting res
cue. before they are actually picked
up by rescue vessels.
War Production Chairman Nelson
said 2,000,000 cars from automobile
Stiil Is Captured
In Free Union
tion of Jamesville Township last
Saturday morning. Officers J. H
Roebuck and Roy Peel, assisted by
Warren Roebuck, found and wreck
ed a liquor plant and poured out
about 140 gallons of molasses beer.
The operators, apparently antici
pating a visit from the officers, car
ried the 50-gallon copper kettle a
long distance from the plant. Start
ing a thorough search, the officers
found the kettle about an hour later.
Local Young Man It /Voir
In The Army Air Corpt
Leaving here only a short time
ago, Lyman Bntt, local young man,
has already drawn an assignment
and is now stationed with the Army
Air Corps at Keesler Field, Miss He
was one of the few young men in his
group to stand and successfully pass
the examinations for service in that
particular branch.
a noh' to his old friend, Sid
Mobley, here this week Britt asked
him to remember him to all his
friends, explaining that he would
likely be away for a good while
Hirer Traffic At A Loir
Point On Roanoke River
Bearing all types of water com
merce at one time and in fairly big
volumes, the Roanoke R,Ver is a
comparatively quiet stream these
days, according to Hugh Spruill
bridekeeper here. Last month only
thirty boats traveled on the stream
as far as Williamston. Regular freight
schedules were abandoned some time
ago when the government took over
several of the boats operated by the I
Norfolk. Baltimore and Carolina I
Line.
Most of the thirty boats operating
up this far on the stream were most
'y log, lumber and fertilizer barges.
Prayer Service In Chrittian
Church llere Red net day
The prayer service in the local
Christian Church Wednesday eve
ning will begin at 8:00 o'clock, and
w,|l be conducted by Mr. B F. Perry.
Revival It Undertvay At
Solon Melhoditt Church
meeting at the Solon
Methodist Church, near Gardner's
creek, is being held each evening
at 8 30 o'clock. Rev R. N Fitts of
Creswell, is the guest preacher
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Mr B. S. Webb' of Roanoke Rap
ids, visited his sister, Mrs B S.
weektney' Und family' her<" this
Mr and Mrs. E~H Robertson, of
Lewisport, Ky , are spending a few
days here with his mother. Mrs J
L Robertson.
Mrs. W S. Til ley, of W.nston-Sal
M?s J r"t ViSltl"g h"r dau?h?".
Taylor, and family.
graveyards have been converted in
to 400.000 tons of steel scrap a month
uring the last four months, but the
steel industry is now consuming ap
proximately 4.800,000 tons of scrap
metal a month, about 4 times as
much as it took in 1938. The office of
the Petroleum Coordinator reported
N<w Lnglanders and other East
Coast consumers will Obtain only 75
per cent of their fuel oil require
ments under normal weather con
ditions this winter.
More Than Quarter
Million Pounds Are
Sold During the Day
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plaints directed against the price
ceiling, but government authorities
are studying the problem with farm
organizations and farmer represen
tatives in an effort to maintain fair
prices to the farmers not only for
tobacco but also for other crops.
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Inspect Spotter
Posts In County
%
Ground Observer Corps represen
tatives of the First Fighter Com
mand, out of Norfolk, were here last
week inspecting the various obser
vation posts throughout the county.
Making the personal inspection were
Sergeant J. C Jones and Privates T.
J. Tobin and I. Levitsky.
"A majority of the posts operated
in this county are doing an excellent
piece of work and we are proud to
report that Williamston has one of
the best in our entire district," Ser
geant Jones said in making a local
report. "This work is essential and
must go on and we are depending
on patriotic citizens to see that there
are no interruptions," the Sergeant
stated.
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Flying Instructor
Visiting In County
After training hundreds' of young
men, Tennyson Ayers, flying in
structor, came home last week from
Douglas, Ga., to spend a few days
with his parents, Mr and Mrs. Cal
vin Ayers, of Bear Grass.
Employed by the Raymond Rich
ardson Aviation Company, the young
man is serving as squadron com
mander instructor under the super
vision of the U. S Army Air Corps,
and has a dual role as armyman and
civilian. With ten instructors under
him, Ayers is in the Army while on
duty eight hours each day and a ci
vilian during the time he is not
working.
Several hundred cadets are train
ing at the station and there is much
activity in flight preparations, Ay
ers adding that he had had about
2,500 hours in the air himself.
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Observing County
School Bus Drivers
That reckless or careless driving
will not.be tolerated on school busses
was demonstrated this week when
Patrolman W. E. Saunders made ar
rangements to give at least one ex
amination and possibly others to ap
plicants who would replace those
drivers who do not observe all safe
ty rules.
No names were mentioned, the
patrolman explaining the changes
would be made without advance no
tice. Officers and others are closely
observing the school bus drivers, and
it is now well understood that reck
less drivers will be removed even if
the action will stop the busses tem
porarily.
Thurman Ange, of Jamesville, left
yesterday morning for Wake For
est College where he will begin the
fall term
Stenographers And
Typists Are Wanted
In an effort to help meet
ng demand for tenographe? and
ypisti in Washington
* Ryan. represenUtive of the Unit
ed SUtes Civil Service Commusion.
*? ill offer examinations m WiUiaM
ton tomorrow evening at 7 oclock
to any applicants interested in the
positions carrying an annual salary
,( $1,440. Appointments are made
immediately after the successful
completion of the examinations
Any one interested in a
with the government is directed to
the post office in Williamston tor
further information.
Wants
three-room, second
apartment with private bath for
rent. Located on West Mam Stteet
near the business section. Apply J*
w. (Ireen. Williamston. aZB-Jt
CLARK'S MALARIAL, CHILL AND
Fever Tonic. Sold on money-back
guarantee Clark's Pharmacy, Wil
liamston, N. C. iy>4~"
FOR QUICK. QCALTTT DRY
cleaning service, bring your clothes
to Pittman's. One day service on any
garment. Suits, coats and dresses. 80
cents, cash and carry. ?5c delivvred^
Pittman's Cleanera. n'c
for" SALE ? THREE PUREBRED
Hampshire boars, ready for sery
ice and of stocky type. C. F. H?rns,
Staton farm, phone 2932, Williams^
ton. -^1
WANTED: THREE TENANT FABM
ers with plent yof help and who
are not subject to draft. Good houses
and good land with fair allotments
of tobacco and peanuts. J. G. Sta
I ton, Williamston, N. C. as--at
FOR~SALE: circulating hkat
er Also iron suitable for heating
and cooking. Both heater and iron
practically new and very reasonable.
Apply L. C- Nurney.
LOST: I TOBACCO CARDS, 2 COT
ton cards and 3 sugar card, either
in Planters Warehouse or H. B. Gru
fin's filling station. Finder please
notify Joe Purvis, Oak City.
RAWLEIGH ROUTE AVAILABLE
in East Martin County. Productf
well known. Sales of $75 to $100 and
more per week have been made in
this locality. Good opportunity for
a man with car to become engaged ui
profitable business^ See J. J- Ben
nett, Everetts, N. C., or write Raw
leigh's. Dept NC1-251-210B Rich
mond. V/. a28' ,4- 111
THREE-ROOM CORNER APART
ment for rent. Steam heat and hot
water furnished. Call or see N. C
| Green or G H. Harrison s8-4t
FOR RENT: 3 ROOMS WITH AD
I joining bath. Reasonable rates.
Apply Clyde Waters.
| 500 bales good peanut ha*
for sale. J. S. Whitley. s?-2t
TlREE PERSIAN KITTENS FOR
sale. Mrs. Emily E. Smithwick,
So-4t
THREE PERSIAN KITTENS FOR
I,,,v . - ? :t__ C? c~%;?huMnlr
sale. Mrs. Em
Jamesville, N. C
'APARTMENT FOR RENT: FURN
lshcd or unfurnished. Telephone
336-W or see Mrs. Mary Smith, Wil
liamston, N. C. _______
WANTED: WHItFgIRL OR WTO
ow to wait on invalid. Room, boaru,
laundry, in addition to salary. Write
R/tv 119 Plvmnnth MP
The Roanoke - Dixie Warehouse Has
SECOND SALE THURSDAY, September 10
First Sale Friday, September 11
WE ARE EXPECTING LARGE SALES ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND WOULD APPRECIATE OUR CUSTOMERS AND
FRIENDS BRINGING IN THEIR TOBACCO AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY.
Vi e arc lifting u few of the many good sales made on otir floor yesterday. Despite the large number of blacL tips and the poor qual
ity of tobacco on our floor Monday, our entire sale averaged over 32 cents. We could list at least a hundred other sales just as good
as the ones listed here hut space prevents. Make your plans to sell with us either Thursday or Friday and please bring your tobac
co in Thursday if possible. As to prices, you know, and we know, that the "Old Reliable" with Claude Griffin and Jimmy Taylor pull
ing and pushing for you. you'll get the top dollar for every single pile of tobacco sold at the ROANOKE-DIXIE. We always sell it
higher and we'll show you if you'll sell with us Thursday or Friday.
CRIMES and CAPPS
230 pounds @ 28c
98 pound)* @ 45c
82 pounds _iS @ 46c
98 pounds @ 46c
112 pounds @ 46c
76 pounds @ 42c
Average $39.82
J. E. and L. C. BUNCH
290 pounds @ -Mm*
144 pounds @ 47r
k? pounds @ 45c
192 pounds @ 45o
Average $45.72 ^
RAKER and HUGHES
192 pound* @ k)c
136 pound* @ MV
260 pound* @ Mk
220 pound* @ 18c
Average $45.53
A. E. GODWIN and
S. W. GODWIN
92 pounds @ 40c
82 pound* @ 40c
48 pounds @ 43c
70 pounds ___ @ 46c
122 pounds @ 47c
Average f43.43
B. A. COBB
90 pounds
66 pounds
92 pounds
268 pounds
Average $46.22
OUTLAW and HADLEY
204 pounds @ 44c
90 pounds
120 pounds
Average $44.34
WHITE and A.
94 pounds @ 4fc
130 pounds @ 45c
94 pounds @ 47c
124 pounds @ 46c
Average $45.61 /
J. N. THOMAS
216 pound* @ 46c
158 pound* @ 47c
266 pound* @ 49c
Average $47.50
ROBT. L. SHIELDS
154 pound* @ 41c
134 pounds @ 45c
140 pound* @ 46c
72 pound* @ 47c
44 pound* @ 46c
Average S43.98
ROANOKE - DIXIE WAREHOUSE
CLAUDE GRIFFIN and JIMMY TAYLOR, Proprietors.
WILLI AMSTON, N. C.