The J ohnstonian-Sun
Hooks, Benton, Johnson, Massey And Creech Are Primary Winners
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Japs Bomb American
Base At Dutch Harbor
Few Details i»f Assault Released
In Official Naval Announce
ment.
Coincidence
Washington, June 3.—Two Jap
anese air raids were launched at
Dutch Harbor, United States naval
base in Alaska, within six hours^ to
day, setting off intensive precautions
against any unexpected Japanese
thrust along the vast Pacific frontier.
Pour bombers with an escort of
about 15 fighter planes carried^ out
the first attack at 6 a. m. (local time)
setting warehouses ablaze and caus-
• mg a few casualties.
. While details of results from this
assault were still incomplete, the
- navy department here received at 9
p. m. (E. W. T.) tonight a brief re
port of the second raid. There were
no details at all of the second attack
beyond the bare fact that it had oc
curred.
Few Details
The latest naval communique said
merely: -
“1. .A brief report just received in
the navy department states that for
the second time today enemy planes
have attacked Dutch Harbor. .
“2. The second attack was made
about 12 noon, local time (6 p. m.,
,E. W. T.), six hours after the initial
attack.
“3. No further details are avail
able at this time.”
Gov. Ernest Gruening, of Alaska,
warned all civilian defense units
throughout the territory to “remain
on the alert” and told the people t’
“an ■ anticipated air raid on A’ >
began this morning with an t ack
by Jap planes on Dutch Harbor.
In California, the Los Angeles
county defense council issued an
“emergency alert,” calling for sharp
• vigilance and readiness for instant
. ■ action. Army authorities in the Pana
ma Canal Zone announced at Balboa
that the alert status there had been
intensified and the leaves and passes
of all soldiers and sailors canceled.
Fort Bragg, June 1.—Inductees at
Fort Bragg’s Eeception Center fre
quently find mutual friends by play
ing the conversational garne of
“Whom do you know?” Private Lin
coln Kan, Chinese inductee from Wil
mington, teams with Private R. A.
Spainhour, rookie from Erwin, to
claim a long-distance . championship.
Coincidence placed them side by
side in a line of soldiers, and Private
Spainhour asked his companion what
part of China he hailed from. Private
Kan is a native of Shanghai.
“Know anybody there named Ham-
lett?” queried Spainhour. “I have a
sister by that name who is a mission
ary out there.”
“I went to Shanghai American
School with Letty and Pete Hamlett
from 1932 to 1935,” replied Kan.
They were the children of Private
Spainhour’s sister, who with her hus
band is an American prisoner of war
in Shanghai, now awaiting exchange.
Miss Letty Hamlett, Spainhour s
niece, is an assistant sociology in
structor at the Woman’s College in
Greensboro. Spainhour is a native of
Morganton.
County To Have
New Case Worker
The Major Upsets In Saturday’s
Balloting Were the Nomina
tions of Marvin Johnson For
Auditor Over Jerry L. George,
And Jack Hooks for Solicitor
Over Claude C. Canaday.
J. B. BENTON
State Senaitor
MARVIN JOHNSON
Auditor
W. G. (Bill) MASSEY
Register of Deeds
How County Voted
In Senatorial Race
HOW COUNTY VOTED
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Selma Boy At Dutch Harbor.
Owen Daly, only son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Daly, of Selma, is at
Dutch Harbor, where he has been
stationed for the past year. His pa-
reflts have had no news from their
son as we go to press.
Another Selma boy, Owen Dewar,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Dewar, is
stationed at Cold Bay, Alaska, some
-three hundred miles north of Dutch
• Harbor on the mainland.
W. 0. W. Are Invited
\ To Memorial Service
A new case worker has been em
ployed in the county welfare depart
ment, announces W. T. Woodard, wel-
fare superintendent. She is Miss Mary
Winslow of Raleigh.
Miss Winslow, who is the daughter
of Mrs. Lena Winslow, who holds a
position at the Methodist Orphanage
in Raleigh, is completing her course
in social work at the University of
North Carilina next week. She finish
ed at Peace Junior College before go
ing to the university.
She will begin her work in Johnston
county on July 1, the beginning of the
fiscal year.
The county welfare department has
been unable to replace Mrs. Roberta
Roberson, case worker who resigned
in January to do similar work in Ons
low county, until now. In the
time the case load has grown so thav
an additional case worker is needed
and aether is expected to be added
in the^ear future.
The personnel of the Welfare de
partment at the present besides Sup
erintendent Woodard includes the fol
lowing; Mrs. A. L. Wirth, Mrs. Y. M.
Holland and Miss Vera Lanning, case
workers; Mrs. Pauline Swain, Miss
Pauline George and Miss Evelyn
Turnage, clerical workers. .
Here is how Johnston county pre
cincts voted Saturday in the Bailey-
Fountain contest for United States
senator:
North Banner—Bailey 69, Fountain
25.
South Banner—Bailey 28, Fountain
West Banner—Bailey 152? Fou
tain 55.
Bentonville—Bailey 66, Fount
81.
North Beulah—Bailey 30, Fountain
56.
South Beulah—Bailey 105, Foun
tain 45. ^
North Boon Hill—Bailey 84, Foun
tain 141.
South Boon Hill—Bailey 74, Foun
tain 74. ;
East Clayton—Bailey 128, Fountain
11'7-
West Clayton—Bailey 170, Foun
tain 192. .
Cleveland—Bailey 100, Fountain 73.
Elevation—Bailey 107, Fountain 97.
East Ingrams—^Bailey 156, Foun
tain 52. T- •
Meadow—Bailey 79, Foun-
Solicitor
Hooks -
Canaday 2,612
State Senate
Benton -
Martin 2,463
Register of Deeds
Massey -
Ives - 1,570
Auditor
Johnson ■. -
Treasurer
Creech - - 3,233
Parker - 2,324
U. S. Senate
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ENSIGN BRADY
IN AUSTRALIA
Japs Sink 18 Skips In
Bengal Bay in One Day
Norfolk, Va., June 3.—Three Jap
anese cruisers, two light and one
heavy, slipped into the Bay of Bengal
on the morning of April 6 and sank
18 United Nations cargo ships in one
day, the skipper of one of the Ameri
can victims reported today.
Ragnar Eklund of Sunnyside, N. Y.,
captain of a medium-sized American
merchantman, said his ship was one
of six caught under a heavy barrage
of Japanese salvos fired at close
range. He said that after the six
merchantmen went down, a British
bomber attacked the enemy warships
and set one afire.
While only six ships were in Ek-
lund’s group he was permitted by Na
vy otficials to report that the Japan
ese cruisers had sunk 18 ships in all
during "that' day Hi raiding.
The ships, which included only the
American vessel, attempted to
Meadow—Bailey 74, Foun-
Members of the Woodmen of the
World camps in this county have been
invited to attend a memorial service
in the Tabernacle Church in Golds
boro next Sunday night, June 7th at
8 p. m. % . r
Dr. William H. Carter, minister ot
the Tabernacle Church will deliver
the memorial address, paying tribute;
to the members who have died during
the past year %nd. also to the boys
' who have been killed rendering serv
ice to their country.
The address and service will be
broadcast by Goldsboro’s radio sta-
- tion WGBR.
The officials of the Goldsboro camp
urged all Woodmen to bring their
families and to meet at the church
at 7:45 EWT.
Germans Discover A
New Alcohol Source
Italian Consolate Hit
In Raid On Cologne
. Berne,.June 3 (Reuter).—The Ital
ian pewspaper, Gazzetta Del Popolo,
• reports today that the Italian con.su-
late was hit in the record R.A.F. raid
" ’’ en Cologne. The Italian ambassador
has gone to Cologne to see leaders of
' ■ ^he Italian colony. ,
Pvt. W. D. Anderson
^ > Visiting Relatives Here
' Pvt. W. D. Anderson from Camp
■ iPIanding, Fla., located near Jacksop-
Fla., is spending some time this
Sek with relatives in and around
He was a visitor to the office
Basle, June 3 (Reuter).—Materials
for ersatz sugar, spirits and starch
have been discovered by German
chemists in the reeds of the Don del
ta, it was reported here today. These
reeds are stated to have yielded cel
lulose extracts containing 40 to 50
per cent carbohydrates, 20 to 35 per
cent reed sugar and 12 per cent pro
tein. About 200 pounds of these roots
are said to yield more than half a
gallon of alcohol.
JOHNSTON MEN^
GET PROMOTIONS
Promotions of enlisted men in the
113th Field Artillery Battalion at
Fort Jackson, S. C., have just been
announced by battalion officials.
Among the promotions for men in
the Headquarters Battery were these:
Ayden R. Lee of Clayton and James
K. Rose of Selma, advanced to ser
geants; James P. 'Thompson of Smith-
field, advanced to corporal.
North
tain 50.
South
tain 13.
Micro—Bailey 41, Fountain 37. _
North O’Neals—Bailey 81, Fountain
94
South O’Neals—Bailey 87, Foun
tain 33. . ,r,
Pine Level—Bailey 86, Fountain 47.
Pleasant Grove—Bailey 50, Foun
tain 47. .
East Selma—Bailey 97, Fountain
100. , .
West Selma—Bailey 139, Fountain
99.
North Smithfield — Bailey 276,
Fountain 75.
East Smithfield—Bailey 307, Foun
tain 267.
West Smithfield—Bailey 231, Foun
tain 119.
Wilders—Bailey 80, Fountain 188.
Wilson’s Mills—Bailey 121, Foun
tain 37.-
Benson.—Ensign Ray Brown Brady
Sunday communicated with his sister,
Mrs. Jesse McLamb, by cable stating
that he had arrived safely in Austra
lia and was feeling fine.
Ensign Brady, a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. R. Bras Brady of Benson,
was a practicing attorney before he
entered the submarine service about
a year ago.
Miss Dorothy Reid
O^Neal Home Again
Miss Dorothy Reid O’Neal, a stu
dent at Brenau College, Gainesville,
Ga., returned home Tuesday night
after having visited her roommate
Miss Louise Morgan, in McCormick,
S. C. Miss O’Neal was accompanied
home by Miss Nancy Woody of Welch,
West Virginia, who will spend sever
al days here.
Chief” Griffin TU
At Johnston Hospital
The Democratic primary vote in
Johnston county last Saturday was
no doubt the lightest ever polled in
the county. Early visitors to the polls
were few and far between, but later
in the day when party workers rea
lized the seriousness of the situation^
they got out and by hard work per
suaded many to the polls who doubt
less would otherwise stayed at home.
The two major upsets in Johnston
county in Saturday’s voting were the
nominations of Marvin Johnson for
County Auditor over Jerry L. George,
the present incumbert, and Jack
Hooks for Solicitor of the 4th Judicial
District over Claude C. Canaday.
'The average vote in Johnston coun
ty ranged around 5,590. The fight in
the Auditors race was the most mark
ed of any in the county, but the maj
ority polled by Johnson over George
was more than 600 votes, despite the
hard work done by George support-
ers.
There were many who did not think
Hooks could upset the Canaday wagon
in the entire district, although they
may have believed he would carry
Johnston county; but when the re
turns came it was found that the
only county carried by Canaday was
Lee. This, no doubt, proved to be
better news for the Hooks supporters
than they had hoped for.
On the back page of this issue of
The Johnstonian-Sun will be found
the tabulated vote for Johnston coun
ty by voting precincts.
In the United States Senatorial
contest between Josiah W. Bailey and
Richard T. Fountain, Senator Bailey
was given the nomination for his
third term from North Carolina, de
feating Fountain by a 2 to 1 vote.
one
lay down a smoke screen as soon as
the Jap warships appeared, but poor
weather conditions made it ineffec
tive, Eklund said.
“The Japanese cruisers pinned us
in a triangle against the beach and
sank the ships that were carrying
gun crews first,” he added.
Eklund said his ship carried a crew
of 37, all of whom escaped in life
boats. He added, however, that out of
the six ships in his group, and a
Norwegian ship nearby, more than
100 lives were lost, while another
100 suffered injuries.
The Department of Agriculture has
planned a food, production program
that calls for the planting of millions
of additional acres by America’s far-
mers. -
IN THE MARINES
Attending Firemen’s
College In Asheville
Mayor B. A. Henry and Herbert
Ward are attending a Firemen’s Col
lege meeting in Asheville this week.
I They expect to be back home for the
week end.
His many friends will regret to
learn of the serious illness of Mr. J.
H. Griffin (“Chief” as he is known to
his friends). Mr. Griffin was taken to
the Johnston County Hospital the
first of the week in a very serious
condition. His host of friends wish
for him a speedy recovery.
Drivers Face Yearly
Gas Limit of 2,880
The permanent gasoline rationing
program for the East Coast wilt
abandon the treasured “X” cards and
will restrict the average motorist to
an estimated travel of 2,800 miles an
nually, the Office of Price Adminis
tration announced Wednesday.
Officials said this will mean a little
less than four gallons of gasoline a
week for non-essential motorists.
The program will become effective
during the first week of July. War
Production Chieftain Donald M. Nel
son said no decision has been reached
yet whether to make rationing na
tion-wide.
Former Selma Woman’s
Brother Jap Prisoner
Major Charles Dunnagan, of Win
ston-Salem, brother of Mrs. Ralph
Woodard, formerly of Selma, now of
Goldsboro, is believed one of the pris
oners taken by the Japanese at Cor-
regidor, according to a telegram re
ceived from the War Department.
The message said that Major Dun
nagan was known to be on active du
ty a few days before the fortress
fell, but that actual knowledge of him
cannot be secured until the Japanesa
publish a list of their prisoners.
Gordon Howell Returns
Home After Operation
Gordon Howell, son of Capt. and
Mrs. D. P. Howell, returned to his
home in this city Wednesday from the
Atlantic Coast Line Hospital in Rocky
Mount, where he underwent an opera
tion. Gordon’s many friends will be
glad to know that he is getting along
nicely and will soon be out again.
County Officials Get
Half - Holiday
of
... the>Johnstonian-Sun this morning
and subscnbed to the Sun for a year.
■ Under an agreement with the Peru-
-vian government, the Commodity
Credit Corporation will purchase up
, to 200,000 bales of cotton a year
^rom Peru during the war.
600,000 Are Executed
By Nazis In Reprisals
Moscow, June 3 (Reuter).—Nearly
600,000 persons have been killed by
the Germans as reprisals for anti-
German activities in Europe, accord
ing to figures given by the Moscow
radio tonight.
FRANK HOOD left W^-
nesday for Paris Island. S. C..
where he will be stationed for
a few weeks, having joind the
Marines. Frank served the
town of Selma two terms as
Mayor and was a member of
Sheriff Kirby Rose’s official
family before he entered the
service of Uncle Sam. He is a
son of Mrs. Alice Hood, who
has given both her sons to the
service of their country. Sam
H. Hood Frank’s twin-broth
er, is stationed at Florence,
S.C.
The county commissioners have
authorized a half-holiday for county
officials each Saturday afternoon,
closing at 1 P* nr., June 6th and con
tinuing through the last Saturday in
August.
Sam E. Crocker Returns
To Camp Tyson, Tenn.
Sam E. Crocker, after spending ten
days with his parents, left Wednesday
for Camp Tyson, 'Tenn., where he is
with the B. B. School Detachment.
Sam says he likes army life fine.
French Patriots Destroy
Nazi Munitions Dump
Moscow., June 3 (Reuter).—In a
daring raid by French patriots a Ger
man arms munition dump at Haze-
brouck, a town near the Belgian bor
der, was blown up, it was- reported by
the’ Soviet information bureau today.
After killing a sentry the Frenchmen
carried away a large quantity of
arms and then blew up the rest
the dump.
Mrs. C. F. Broadwell
Breaks Hip In Fall
Mrs. C. F. Broadwell, of Selma,
Route 1, had the misfortune to break
her hip when she fell from the steps
at the entrance to her home a few
days ago. She was taken the John
ston County Hospital and placed in a
cast, and at last hearing was doing
as well as could be expected.
Cole Ray Undergoes
Operation At Rex
We don’t know where he got it, but
BILL CREECH certainly has a fine
imitation of the WHITE HOUSE in
the front window of his drug store—
not only the WHITE HOUSE but he
seems to have found all the parapher
nalia that goes with it in the way of
National Guards, Guns, etc., over
which is perched President Roose
velt’s picture—a fine job, BILL—we
are losing today a very fine family—
RUSSELL STEVENS and his splen
did family—they are moving to Ral
eigh after having resided in our town,
for the past several years where they
mhde many friends who regret to see
them leave—DAVID S. BALL and
family will occupy the home vacated
by the STEVENS’—and still they go,
this time Selma is giving up another
fine man to the service of Uncle Sam
in the person of FRANK HOOD, son
of MRS. ALICE HOOD—FRANK left
yesterday for Paris Island, S. C.,
where he becomes a member of the
Marine Corps—for the past few
months this popular young man was
a member of SHERIFF KIRBY L.
ROSE’S official family—and before
that he served two terms as Mayor of
Selma—he will be greatly missed
from the Maindrag—^^the lAw store
building of FLOYD C. PRICE & SON
is nearing completion—shelves, coun
ters, etc., are being erected this week
and by this time next week you will
see a brand new stock of goods in
this new store building — ANNABEL.
FLOWERS, popular clerk at the
Draft Office, can be seen each morn
ing about 8 o’clock on her way from
the postoffice to work with both arms
full of letters—“I don’t mind carry
ing them, but opening and reading
them is a job,” she told us—glad to
see BENNETT CREECH in town this
week—BENNE'TT is a senior at
Chapel Hill—the two prizes given by
BILL GODWIN at the Kiwanis meeV
ing last Thursday night went to his
D. Cole Ray of Selma and Raleigh, 1 uncle, THAD WOODARD,
N C. underwent an operation at Rex 1 Ris uncle’s brother-in-law, JOHN N.^
Hospital Tuesday afternoon. Last re- WIGGS, and it wasn’t a “frame-up
.ports were that Mr. Ray was doing I either, for MRS. CLEMMONS (kew
Have you contributed to the Navy exceedingly fine and hopes to be dis-\the lucky namea-and no one datQ
^ I charged in a few days.
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