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The Johnstonian-Sun
VOL. 25
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1942.
Single Copy 5c
NUMBER 36
As Panzer Troops Cross Don River
Latest photos to arrive in England from the Russian front. The pic
tures were taken during the German siege of the Don river. Top photo
shows German panzer troops crossing a shallow part of the river in the
Don battle zone. In the bottom photo we see the troops of Field Marshal
Von Bock as they advance and trample the richest wheat-producing terri
tory of Russia.
Governor Broughton
Writes Mayor Henry
Mayor B. A. Henry received a let
ter from Governor J. M. Broughton
a few days ago, in which the Gover
nor called attention to Labor Day,
which falls on Monday, September
the 7th.
In his letter to Mayor Henry, the
Governor reminded our Mayor that
the War had given a new significance
to Labor Day. Previous celebrations
of .the occasion have had to do with
just a formal celebration of this an
nual event, but this year added em
phasis is given because of the great
est war ever known, when not only
the usual type of laborers were re
membered on this day, but at this
time every man, woman, boy and
girl is a laborer to produce or defend
our American way of life. Every
soldier at the front and in the camps
of our country is a laborer for the
preservation of our liberties.
Indeed, there is no place for slack
ers on the part of any one to carry
out the great task now facing the
free people and free institutions in
America and among the allied na
tions of the earth. Therefore, it is
easy to see that the Governor was
right when he said the war had giv
en new significance to Labor Day.
Mayor Henry wishes to join our
Governor in proclaiming Monday,
September 7th, as National Labor
Day, and dedicate that day to the
cause of labor, for we are all labor
ers in one sense or another; and at
no period in our national life have
we been more fully engulfed in the
task of work than now.
While some may rest on Labor
Day this year, it should be only a
breathing spell' that we may catch a
new hold and a firmer grip for meet
ing the great crisis ahead.
W. L. Etheridge Named
District Civil Director
W. L. Etheridge is in receipt of a
certificate from the U. S. Army Air
Force, First Fighter Command Air
craft Waring Service, which reads as
follows:
“This is to certify that W. L. Eth
eridge has been appointed District
Civil Director of the Ground Observer
First Fighter Command, U. S. Army
Air Force, to act in such office in a
volunteer capacity in Johnston Dis
trict, with all the powers and duties
pertaining thereto in accordance with
the present and future orders of the
First Fighter Command.
“Witness my hand and the seal of
the First Fighter Command this 29th
day of August in the year One Thou
sand, nine hundred and forty-two.”
J. K. CANNON,
“Brigadier General U. S. Army
“Commanding”.
August 1 indications point to in
creases over last year of 22 per cent
in the cottonseed crop, of 33 per cent
in flaxseed, of 74 per cent in soybeans
and 90 per cent in peanuts.
Wartime sugar restrictions have
g^reatly increased the demand for
honey as a sweetening ingredient, re
ports the U. S. Department of Agri
culture.
Youths From 18 To 20
May Be Drafted Soon
Washington, Sept. 1.—New draft
legislation to make eighteen and nine
teen year old youths eligible for arm
ed service topped a program mapped
out .today for the waning months of
the Seventy-seventh Congress by
Chairman Sabbath (Democrat) of Ill
inois of the House Rules Committee.
Sabath said in an interview:
“Congress probably will be asked
.this session to permit Ihe drafting of
eighteen and nineteen-year-olds and
will give its approval.”
In his opinion, he added, the eigh-
teen-nineteen group contains “the
finest fighting material available.”
He said further:
“There is no reason why, between
the time we go back into regular ses
sion early this month and the middle
of October, we cannot dispose of ev
erything that is urgent and either
adjourn or recess until the next Con
gress convenes”.
Infantry Goes On
Mile Hike
Fifty
Last week the 120th Infantry Regi
ment, which is stationed at Fort Jack-
son, S. C., made a recreational trip
from Fort Jackson to Cheraw, S. C.
Fifty miles of the distance the troops
had to march. The Regiment Band, of
which two Selma boys are members,
played for the troops as they marched
through the towns enroute, as they
pitched their tents, and again as they
were leaving. They also gave concerts
each evening in nearby towns, and
played for a soldiers’ dance and an
officers’ dance in Cheraw. So well did
the band do their arduous and con
tinuous tasks that on Saturday morn
ing Colonel Birks called the members
of the band before him and publically
commeilded them. As a reward he
gave them their freedom for the week
end and promised them that he would
do something nice for them when the
Regiment returned to Fort Jackson
Monday.
Cpl. Fred Woodard and Cpl. Yates
Perry, the Selma boys in the band,
spent .their week end at their respec
tive homes, and are hoping the reward
promised will be another pass which
they can spend at home .
Miss Anne Ashworth
Is In Duke Hospital
Miss Anne Asheworth, head book
keeper for the Godwin store here, is
undergoing treatment at Duke Hos
pital, Durham. Miss Asheworth writes
the employees of the store that she
is getting along fine and will soon be
able to return home.
South Carolina Editor
Selma Visitor Sunday
Mr. Tom D.- David, pharmacist at
.the Selma Drug Company, had as his
guest Sunday Editor A. B. Jordan,
Jr., of the Dillon, S. C., Herald. Mr.
David is a former resident of Dillon
and an old friend of Editor Jordan,
COUNTY BOARD OF
ELECTIONS MEETS
Joel A. Johnson Succeeds J. W,
Alford As Republican Candi
date For Clerk of Superior
Court—E. A. Parker To Make
Race For Solicitor Recorder’s
Court.
The Johnston County Board of
Elections held its first meeting for
the General Election on August 26
1942, and received the resignations of
J. W. Alford as Republican candidate
for Clerk of the Superior Court, and
Clyde L. Stancil as Republican candi
date for Solicitor of the Recorder’s
Court. The board also received from
the Republican Executive Committee
the nomination of Joel A. Johnson
for the office of Clerk of Clerk of the
Superior Court, and E. A. Parker for
Solicitor of Recorder’s Court.
A resolution was passed directing
the chairman to acquaint the public
with the fact that all qualified elec
tors may register with the Chairman
of the Board of Elections at any time
when the registration books are not
open in the hands of the registrars,
provided such elector expects to be
absent from the voting precinct dur
ing the usual registration period.
CHAIRMAN LEVINSON
MAKES STATEMENT
L. L. Levinson, chairman of the
Johnston County Board of Elections,
advises that, in view of the fact that
a great many of our citizens will be
inducted into -the military services,
and a great many others will be en
gaged in defense work away from
home during the regular registration
period, they may register with him
at Benson at any time prior to the
opening of the registration books on
October 10th, 1942. He will be in
Smithfield on Tuesday and Wednes
day and probably on other days dur
ing each week, and if it is more con
venient, they may register with him
there.
Tobacco Prices Hold
Despite OPA Ruling
The announcement came last week
that price ceilings had been set on
flue-cured tobacco at the average for
which it had sold since the opening
of the market this year. This an
nouncement, althought not unexpected
among high tobacco officials, brought
a feeling of uneasiness among many
growers and local tobacconists, for
fear this OPA ruling might have a
tendency to depress tobacco prices.
But when local markets opened for
business Monday and the cry of the
auctioneers began, .those who follow
ed the sales found that, instead of
lower prices, in many instances the
price average appeared even better
than the previous week.
If present prices hold throughout
the selling season growers will have
sold one of the most profitable crops
of tobacco in recent years.
Clerical Workers And
Typists May Take Test
The Welfare Department announ
ces .that there will be an examination
held on September 16th for Clerical
workers and typists, either boys or
girls.
If there should be as many as 10
applicants for this examination in
Johnston county, arrangements will
be made .to hold the examination in
Smithfield. If the number should fall
below 10 applicants, they may take
the examination in Wilson or Raleigh.
W. T. Woodard, Welfare Supervis
or for Johnston county, will be glad
to furnish blanks or any other infor
mation to those desiring to take the
examination.
Jobs are now open for general
clerks and typists, and junior and
senior s.tenographers.
For full details, see W. T. Wood
ard at the welfare office in Smith-
field at once.
Selma Girl In U. S.
Army Signal Corps
]\Jiss Louise Barnes, daughter of
Mrs. Bertie Barnes, of Webb Street,
in Selma, is now a student in the
United States Army^ Signal corps, at
Fourt Manmouth, New Jersey. Miss
Barnes is taking a telephone course
and expects to graduate in Decem
ber.
Franklin Driver With
Airplane Factory
Franklin Driver, 18-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Driver, of Selma
Route 2, has completed his machinist
course at the NYA in Wilmington and
accepted a position with the Glenn L.
Martin Airplane Factory in Baltimore,
Md.
Franklin graduated from the Selma
High School last year.
Friday Is Big Rally
Day For Selma People
The Earth Is Made Up of Small
Grains of Sand, and The Sea
Is Composed of Small Drops i»f
Water — So It Is — Small
Scraps of Metal When Heaped
Together Will Win the War.
Tomorrow (Friday) is the Big
Junk Rally Day in Selma and Commu
nity, and everybody should assume
the task of assembling all the scrap
iron and steel, rubber, tin, rags and
other salvage materials so badly
needed by the War mills in this coun
try, in order .that there be sufficient
guns, tanks, planes, etc., to win this
war.
Don’t fail to do your bit in this
scrap drive. The town .truck will be at
the disposal of the public Friday, so
if you have salvage materials of any
kind needed in the war eifort, phone
205 and let us know where to go and
it will be called for. But .there are
some who may have only a few small
items to donate to the cause, and can
arrange to bring them to the scrap
heap near the office of The John-
stonian-Sun. If you do not have a
way to get them here, let us know.
Small grains of sand make .the big
earth on which we live; small drops
of water compose the great oceans of
the world, so you see it is small things
that make great things. A small piece
of iron will add just another link to
the broken chain in this great nation
wide scrap drive today .that has as
its goal the preservation of America
and the defeat of the Axis powers.
Don’t be a slacker in this great cru
sade for liberty.
Grange Says OPA
Order Is Unfair To
Tobacco Farmers
Supreme Court To Hear
Johnston Murder Case
Herman Allen’s appeal from a
death sentence received, in Johnston
superior court last February as a re
sult of the slaying of his wife and
tw'b other persons is scheduled to be
hl.krd by the North Carolina supreme
c pt on either the 29th or 30th of
£ ptember. Those are the dates set
5,lle for apeals from the fourth judi
cial, district.
The convicted killer, who .terrorized
residents of a lower Johnston county
community when he went on his
murderous rampage last January 15,
is represented by Attorneys E. J. Wel-
lons and Lawrence Wallace, who will
argue the appeal before the high
court. Allen was allowed by the court
to appeal as a pauper.
The supreme court will probably
not hand down a decision on the
question of a new trial for Allen be
fore the latter part of October.
Victims of the 35-year old Johnston
county slayer were Mrs. Ruth Allen,
his 25-year old wife; Grady Lee, 28,
his wife’s brother; and Cap Raynor,
38, a neighbor.
At the trial, evidence was introduc
ed to show that Allen’s wife and Ray
nor, a married man, had been “dat
ing” and that their “dates” had been
arranged by Lee.
Allen admitted the, killings on the
witness stand and his attorneys based
their pleas on two.major contentions:
(1) that Allen deserved acquittal be
cause he was “temporally insane” at
the time of the shootings; and (2)
that he was dethroned of his reason
ing powers by heavy drinking and
therefore could no.t be guilty of more
than second degree murder.
The jury, however, accepted the
state’s claim that the .three murders
were premeditated and returned a
first degree verdict. Judge Jeff .lohn-
son sntenced Allen to die in the gas
chamber on March 27, but the appeal
automatically stayed stayed execution.
Allen is one of nine men of Death
Row at Central Prison. All nine cases
are on appeal to the supreme court
and definite dates for execution of the
death pnalties have not been fixed for
any of the condemped men. —Smith-
field Herald.
J. P. Temple, Jr.
Promoted To Corporal
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Temple, Sr., re
ceived news this week that their son,
J. P. Temple, Jr., who is with the
Signal Corps at Camp Crowder, Mo.,
has been promoted to the rank of
Corporal.
Corporal Temple entered the Army
on March 3, 1942.
Courthouse To Be
Closed Monday, the 7th
The Johnston County Courthouse
will be closed Monday, September
7th, in observance of Labor Day; and
the County Commissioners will hold
their regular meeting on Tuesday,
September 8th.
Mrs. W. E. Comer and sohs, of
Greensboro, returned Sunday after
noon, after spending a few days with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Blackman.
Mrs. Gibson F. Blackman, of Ral
eigh, was the week-end guest of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Blackman.
Wendell WiUkie Is
Now In Cairo^
Cairo, Sept. 2.—Wendell L. Willkie.
the political foe of President Roose
velt in 1940, but now his wartime col
laborator, stepped out of a plane onto
the sunbaked Egyptian sand today to
start his special mission to the Middle
East, Russia, China and perhaps In
dia.
He bore letters from the President
to Premier Stalin of Russia as well
as to national leaders and prominent
Americans in the countries he will
visit in his whirlwind tour.
His itinerary also includes Turkey,
Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Ara
bia as well and he expects to be back
in the United States well before the
November lections.
The big bear-like man—his coat
torn by a sudden jerk of .the plane in
flight—winced at the brilliant Egyp
tian sun that bakes the desert air
field where he landed. He obviously
was .tired after his trip.
Many notables greeted him, includ
ing Alexander Kirk, United States
Minister to Egypt.
“Sleep and more sleep” was his
program for the day, followed by an
informal tea for Americans and .then
a dinner at the United States Lega
tion. Tomorrow he will hold a press
conference.
porkers Wanted For
Dressing Room Here
Mrs. Walter Price, chairman of
the Selma Surgical Dressings, an
nounces that the classes for instruc
tors by Mrs. W. D. Hood in Smith-
field were well attended. Supplies for
the Legion quota of 9,000 sponges
expected next week.
'Tile Woman Club Building in Selma
will be used for preparing these sur
gical dressings and sponges, and it
is desired that many volunteer work
ers will be on hand to help in this
task.
During war time when all kinds of
deadly shrapnel is being used some
body is going to get hurt, and it must
not be said that any of our boys at
■the front or elsewhere shall lack prop
er attention should they need hospit
alization or first aid on the fighting
front. Let’s have these dressings and.
sponges ready.
Anyone who will volunteer their
services in this work, please get in
touch with Mrs. Walter Price, Selma,
N. C. •
Selma Man Now
Second Lieutenant
Fort Sill, Okla., Aug. 31 (Special)
Shelburne Brannan, Selma, N-. C., was
graduated last week from the Field
Artillery Officer Candidate School
here and commissioned a Second
Lieutenant in the Army of the United
States.
Lieutenant Brannan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James L. Brannan Sr., Clayton,
N. C., has been assigned to Fort
Bragg ,North Carolina. Before enter
ing active service, he was salesman
for the Dunn Furniture Co., Selma,
N. C. •
L. G. Parker Promoted
To Position Of Engineer
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Parker and two
boys, of Pine Level, were visitors at
the office of The Johnstonian-Sun a
few days ago. While here, Mr. Parker
informed us that he had been promot
ed by the Southern Railway company
to the position of engineer.
Mr. Parker also renewed his sub
scription to The Sun while here.
Lee-Johnson Reunion
To Be Held Sunday
The Lee-Johnson reunion will be
held as usual on the first Sunday in
September at the Calvary Baptist
church, according to an announcement
by W. Allen Johnson, president.
Former State Senator Paul D.
Grady of Kenly will deliver .the ad
dress. All descendants of the Lees
and Johnsons are invited to attend.
To Present Program
At Branch Chapel
The Concert Class of the Free Will
Baptist Orphanage will present a pro
gram at Branch Chapel church on
Tuesday night, September the 8th, at
8 o’clock Eastern War Time. 'The
public is invited, and a good program
is in store f«^ all who attend.
North Carolina Grange At Meet
ing In Raleigh Makes Protest
To Action of OPA In Putting
Price Ceiling Ofn Flue-cured
Tobacco By Declaring That
Increase In Tobacco Prices Is
No More Than Other Things.
Protests that OPA’s temporary
price ceiling on flue-cured tobacco ia
unfair to North Carolina farmers,
came yesterday from the tobacco
committee of the North Carolina
Grange at a meeting held in Raleigh.
Congressman Harold D. Cooley
said that he did not think tobacco
is bringing “too much this year,” ev
en before the price ceiling. He said
that he planned to confer with Sec
retary of Agriculture Claude Wick-
ard and with J. B. Hutson, president
of the Commodity Credit Corporation,
about the tobacco problem when he,
returns to Washington.
The Grange .tobcco committee held
a special meeting to consider the
ceiling. The committee’s resolution
contends that prices now prevailing
“are not excessive as compared with
prices for o.ther articles that farmers
buy, and represent a very moderate
advance of about 15 per cent abovQ,
the price average in 1941”.
The resolution further said that the
better grades of tobacco have not yet
been placed on market and that the
price ceiling will greatly penalize'
their sale and will cause the growers
great financial loss. The ceiling on
tobacco products already pro.tects
consumers, the Grange contends, and
the ceiling on leaf tobacco will not
add any protection.
The committee asked .the OPA to
withdraw the order and to call a pub
lic hearing for growers to present
facts and arguments in opposition to
the ceiling.
Congressman Cooley said that he
had been talking against a ceiling on
tobacco since last December. He ex
plained that the crop of .1919 on which
production was no.t controlled, soared
to a price from 55 to 60 cents. “But
farmers this year have a contfolled
crop, which dropped from 1,200,000,-
000 pounds in 1939 to 700,000,000
pounds this year,” he said.
Cooley said farm costs have been
increased greatly .this year and he
believed if tobacco went too high, the
Secretary of Agriculture could issue
a statement .to lift production goals
for next year. Instead of lifting ceil
ings on productions, he said, a ceiling
was put on prices.
Army Deserters Nabbed
By Johnston Officers
Sheriff Kirby Rose announced re
cently that 24 arrests on Army deser
tion charges had been made in John
ston county since March of this year.
He reported that several have been
picked up twice. Four were arrestd
this week and have been turned over
to military authorities.
Sheriff Rose reported that Assist
ant Jailer Will Barber picked up three
of tfie soldiers Monday night. Private
Roland McLamb, Forest G. Baker,
and Wiley M. Barefoot. Policeman
Charlie Straughn of Selma arrested
the fourth. Private R. C. RoBbins.
McLamb and Barefoot were said to
have deserted from a Georgia camp
where they were recently transferrd
from Fort Jackson. Robbins, whose
home is at Selma, deserted from %
camp in Pennsylvania, officers said.
Barefoot of Meadow township and
Baker of Ingrams .township, had been
previously arrested as deserters.
Lawrence H. Wallace i
Becomes Tobacconist
News comes from Smithfield that
Attorney Lawrence H. Wallace, who
is one of Johnston county’s represen
tatives in the legislative halls of our
state, has become actively associated,
with his brother. Holton Wallace, in
the operation of .the Wallace tobacco
warehouses in Smithfield. ■
Although the new partner in the
Wallace Warehouses expects to de
vote all spare time possible to the
promotion of the business, he has not
completely retiring from the legion
profession, it is learned here. He will
continue to represent clients in mat
ters that have not .been settled.
He still maintains an office in the
Thornton building in Smithfield for
legal purposes.
Speaking of money brings the
Scotchman to the fore. I heard one
say just the other day he would* give
a thousand dollars to be a millionaire,
—He’s .the one that won’t drink soup
because he might have to tip the cup.