f- , V" r ■' 1 >; 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.

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