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HALIFAX YOUTHS MAY ENROLL IN NY A FOR TRAINING Resident Centers Various Sections White & Negroes Halifax County boys and girls, including both white and Negro youths, may enroll in National Youth Administration resident training centers in various sections of the state, Area Director Frank H. Waters announced here yester day. These centers are being operated by the National Youth Admini stration to provide work experi- i ence for both boys and girls, par ticularly for employment in vital defense industries faced with a current shortage of workers. Youths wishing to apply for ad- ; mission to these centers are in- j vited to contact the Halifax Coun- i ty NYA Office. For the benefit ot youth, boys or ] girls, white or colored, who may j be interested in entering one of i the training centers, work experi- I ence offered in each is as follows: Elizabeth City—Negro boys and j girls - woodworking, construction, home management, and sewing. Washington—white girls - cleric al, cooking, nursing, and revving. Bricks—Negro boys and girls - canning, cooking, sewing, general agriculture, and laundry operation. Henderson—Negro girls - cook ing, sewing, and nursing. Greensboro—white girls - clerical instruction, and cooking. Ansonville—white boys - agricul ture, construction, cooking, farm shop work, and forestry instruc tion. Fayetteville—Negro boys and girls - auto mechanics, cafeteria service, construction and main tenance, laundry, sewing, and woodworking. Sardis—white girls - clerical, cooking, laundry, nursing, and sew ing. Hickory Grove—white boys - au to mechanics, construction and maintenance, laundry, cooking, and radio. Lincoln Academy—Negro boys and girls - concrete work, con struction and maintenance, laun dry, landscaping, and sewing. DEFENSE SHOPS Durham—regular course, auto mechanics, construction, photogra phy, woodworking, machine shop, radio, and sheet metal work. Raleigh—regular course, cooking, photography, woodworking, ma chine shop, and sheet metal work. Greenville—regular course, con- j struction, photography, radio, woodworking, machine shop, and sheet metal work. Wilmington—machine s h op, sheet metal work, welding, and ra dio instruction. Asheville—regular course, con struction, photography, radio in struction, woodworking, and ma chine shop. It Doesn't Take Two Cars to Make Highway Wreck Anyone who thinks it takes two motor vehicles to make an acci dent would be greatly disillusioned by the Highway Safety Division’s traffic accident summary for the first six months of this year. This summary, complete this week, reveals that only 129 of the 545 traffiic fatalities on North Ca rolina streets and highways the first half of this year involve col lisions between two motor vehi cles. The other 413 fatalities were distributed as follows: 159 invol ved collisions between motor ve hicles and pedestrians, 116 invol ved motor vehicles that ran off the roadway due to excessive sp eed, 29 resulted from collisions between motor vehicles and rail 'road trains, 35 involved ears that overturned on the roadway, 20 re sulted from collisions between mo tor vehicles and bicycles, 31 oc curred in motor vehicles that struck fixed objects such as brid ge abutments, 5 hesulted from col lisions between motor vehicles and animal-drawn vehicles, and 17 were other non-collision accidents such as when someone falls off a mov ing vehicle. In other words, it doesn't take two cars to have an accident. If there’s only one car on the high way and that car is driven im properly, at an excessive rate of speed or in a careless and reck less manner, that car can soon kill someone very quickly. It is n't "the other fellow” who causes an automobile to be hit by a train; it isn’t the “other fellow” who causes automobiles to land upside down in a cornfield after failing to straighten a curve. In four out of five fatal accidents, there is on ly one motor vehicle involved, and the driver of that vehicle generally is at fault. Another striking fact disclosed in the accident summary was that 211 of the 545 persons killed were under 25 years of age. Safety divi [■( show a decided up ward r;'"nd in fatal accidents in volving voting drivers. Gre$ms Warned | Of Army Service By New Order Registrants who get married on the eve of induction or after be ing ordered to report to the doctor for physical examination will do so at their own risk and will find that their marriage will not keep them out of the Army, according to information received by the local draft board. This was made clear today by General J. Van B. Metts, State Di rector of Selective Service, as he announced a modification of the former policy of leniency toward married men which has been rec ommended by State Headquarters. General Metts stated that a modi fication in this policy was made necessary by an increasingly large number of registrants who are ap parently undertaking to abuse the policy of leniency in an effort to evade military service. The modified policy, which was passed on to all Selective Service agencies in the State, is as follows: “when a registrant acquires mar ried status after issuance of ‘No tice to Appear for Physical Ex amination’, it should be assumed that both parties concluded the marriage knowing that the regis trant was subject to early call for service and were prepared to face the consequences, and therefore de ferment in such cases would not ap pear to be justified. But when a registrant has indicated on his questionnaire that he is engaged, giving the date set for the wed ding, or has given similar informa tion in writing to the local board and the wedding date falls after issuance of “Notice to Appear for Physical Examination’, his case should be considered in the same way as those who married after registration, as provided by A mendment No. 77 to Selective Ser vice Regulations. Of course, there may be other conditions which would obviously temper the above announced modification of policy, e.g., proof that his wife was preg nant, or conclusive evidence of ab solute dependence wherein the wife would suffer undue hardship if compelled to live on the registrant’s income as a soldier, etc.” This modified policy, General Metts pointed out, is in line with a recent amendment to the regula tions, which is as follows: “It is not advisable to defer any such registrant if he acquired such status for the purpose of avoiding I training and service, and, there fore, no registrant should be plac ed in Class in if he acquired such status after the day when he was required to be registered unless (1) he or his claimed dependent or dependents present to the local board written statements of the facts peculiarly within their know ledge, showing the history leading up to and the circumstances under which such status was acquired, and (2> such facts show that the status of the registrant was ac quired in a manner consistent with the ordinary course of human af fairs and was not acquired to pro vide the registrant with a basis for a claim for Class III deferment.” General Metts was careful to point out that in the application of these principles he anticipates that some mistakes will be made. But he stated he was satisfied that Selective Service agencies in the State would endeavor to do sub stantial justice in every individual case. Northampton Questionnaires Are All Mailed Mrs. Harvey Parker, chief clerk of tiie Northampton County Draft Board reports that mailing of all questionnaires has been completed to ali registrants in the October registration. Out of a total of 3,140 registrants only ten have not been located. No registrant has been reported to the F.B.I. to date by the Northampton County Board. Only 25 men have been rejected out of a total of 167 men sent to camp. NEW TIRE STORE IS NOW OPEN Huge Tire On Display And Offer Prize For Guessing Its Weight The new “Easy Pay Tire Store” will open for business over the week-end in the building formerly occupied by Carolina Hardware Co. at 219 Roanoke Avenue. John E. Crutchfield, Roanoke Rapids man, and John A. Wil bourne, who recently moved here from Henderson, are the proprie tors of the new store. They will handle Goodyear tire3, tubes and batteries exclusively, along with a line of auto accessories. Home and automobile radios are stock ed and other home appliances will be added at a later date. They are also expecting an extensive stock of bicycles to arrive in time for their openmg. Af a feature of the opening of the new store they will have on display a hugh “Earth-Mover” tire, built by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. This large tire attracts a great deal of interest wherever it is shown by the Good year Company. As a feature of the display the Easy Tire Store will offer a $12.95 value RCA radiola to the person coming nearest gues sing the weight of the tire. Crutchfield is well-known to Roanoke Rapids motorists, having been connected with the service station and automobile industry here for a number of years. Wil bourne is a brother-in-law of Crutchfield, and plans to make his home in the city. Funeral Services For Young Woman Mrs. Helen Chase Allen, 28, died in Duke Hospital early Tuesday morning. She was the wife of Charles S. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Allen of Weldon, who is now president of the Durham Bond and Mortgage Co. Funeral services for Mrs. Allen were held Wednesday morning at 11:30 o’clock at the Duke Universi ty Chapel in Durham. The Rev. George W. Perry officiated. Inter ment was in the Maplewood Cem etery in Durham. Surviving are her husband; a two-year-old son, Charles S. Allen, Jr.; and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Chase of New Haven. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Harris left Sunday for Baltimore, Md. GRAND OWNING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY John E. Crutchfield and John A. Wilbourne, Props. EASY-PAY TIRE STORE DIAL R-871-6 I 247 Roanoke Avenue Roanoke Rapids, N. C. | ft’s easy to buy oa our EASY-PAY TERMS Don't worry about cash. Your credit's good with us. A small down payment and the merchandise is yours to use and enjoy. No I red tape and no delay. Come in and see how easy it is to do business our easy-pay way. THINK OF IT! The great Goodyear “G-3" All-Weather (illustrated)# the world's most famous tire, now your great value buy for only a small weekly payment. ★ _^ i ALSO, OTHER GUARANTEED GOODYEAR TIRES (The ALL-AMERICAN) as few as Cash price with your old tire --- LARGEST STOCK IN TOWN • LOWEST PRICES YOU CAN GET A GOODYEAR TIRE FOR AS LITTLE AS . . . (Includes small carrying charge) A WEEK ?
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