L ^ ---- ADVISES ON EMPLOYMENT IN COUNTY 15. 15. Everett, County Chairman, Issues Statement , The unemployment situation in Halifax County has been the sub ject of much speculation in the past, thus the following statement issued this week by B. B. Everett, chairman of the Halifax Labor Mobilization Board, is of unusual interest to our readers. Chairman Everett had the following report to make: 'The 1943 General Assembly (Legislature) gave to the Gover ' nor and Council of State very broad War Emergency Authority. This authority was considered nec essary by the Legislature for our State to accomplish its full part in the National War effort; also that any necessary local war sit uations that might arise such as a liombardment or invasion. The unprecedented need for production of food and supplies for our boys on the fighting fronts; supplies for our Allies in the war; supplies for retaken in vaded areas; and supplies for our civilian population has created a severe shortage of production wor “All physically able men, women i and children should feel it their patriotic duty to make a real work contribution to the produc tion effort. Much recreational ac tivity can heathfully and profitably be devoted to essential production Off hours and available part time can he patriotically and profit ably devoted to production work. “Every effort will be made by Howard Winstead and his asso ciates of the U. S. Employment Bureas Office at Roanoke Rapids and County Agent W. O. Davis, with the Agriculture labor com mittee to place all unattached workers on seasonal work in the local community at established pay rates. “The Governor’s Number 4 War Proclamation decrees that able bodied men do a minimum, weeks work Or be prosecuted in courts of jurisdiction to try misdemeanor offenses which carry a maximum punishment of two years imprison ment or one thousand dollars fine in the discretion of the Court. "It is the legal duty of the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriffs, Mayors and Police Officers to enforce the provisions of War Proclamation 4. “The procedure is first to inquire of idlers why they are not at work; discourage absenteeism from work; assist in getting unattached workers placed on jobs or report them to above employment agen cies. If repeated unemployed or absenteeism amounts to more than the minimum work week prescribed, a warrant will be ob tained ana tne case caaen tu ™ County Recorder’s Court for trial. This last action should be taken »n conjunction with the Halifax ' Labor Law Enforcement Board who will assist in the prosecu tions. The Board has authority to subpoena persons and require them to furnish information. "Employers on essential War Production and patriotic citizens should aid in the labor mobili zation by reporting inactive men to t.he committee. Such persons will be contacted and first offered assistance." The Halifax Labor Mobilization Board Members appointed by the •. Governor are: B. B. Everett, Chairman, Pal myra; W. O. Davis,, Secretary, Halifax; Kelly Jenkins, Mayor, Roanoke Rapids, J. T. Maddry, Mayor, Weldon; E. E. Stallings, Mayorp> Enfield; B. F. Bracy, May or, Scotland Neck; D. E. Preast, Mayor, Hobgood; J. H. Pritchard, Mayor, Littleton; A. L. Hux, Oounty Chairman OCD, Halifax; J. B. Hall, Welfare Officer, Hali fax; Howard R. Winstead, U. S. Employment, Roanoke Rapids; D. J. Knight, Colored County A gent, Enfield; W. B. Jamison, Cbiored Vocational Teacher, Lit CITY WOMAN IS SUICIDE Continued from Page One ac.ion because of a visit from one of her daughters. Mrs. Robinson was buried, this afternoon at Roanoke Rapids Cemetery, with services starting at 4:30 o’clock. Surviving are her husba%.d, W. H. Robinson; three sons, Eugene Robinson of this city, Harry Rob inson, of Newport News, and Her mit Robinson of the Army; seven daughters, Mrs. Read of Belmont, Mrs. Mirdis Abrams of Durahm, Miss Irma Robinson, Mrs. Elbiry Baggett, Mrs. Minar Matthews, Mrs. Louise Sutton, and Mrs. Claudia Allen, all of Roanoke "tapids. — FACULTY CSTY SCHOOL Continued from Page One Martha B. Rice, Commercial; Lloyd H. Sandlin, Science; Mary White Thompson, Phys. Education; Elizabeth Wilder, Hist, and Eng.; Mary Jane Smart, Vocal Music; Louise Godbey; Elaine Wise. Mu sic Superivsor; Raymond Finley, Band and Orchestra and Mrs. Kathleen May Suiter, Nurse. The faculty is complete with one or two exceptions, which the school board hopes to close with in the next two or three days. Lt. Dick Burton Here On Leave Recovering From Plane Accident Lieutenant Dick Burton of the 109th field artillery, is home on leave until September 27th. Dick is recuperating from a plane ac cident and plans to return to the Walter Reid hospital for further treatment when his leave expires. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Burton of 123 Jackson Street. Mrs. C. L. Riker and little dau ghter, Susy, who have been visit ing Mr. Riker, who is at present engaged in service work for Hines Beverage Company, returned to their home in Greeneville, Michi gan, on Monday of this week. tleton; J. E. McGee, Textile In dustry, Roanoke Rapids; G. C. Fanney, Lumber Industry, Scot land Neck; Blackwell Pierce, Far mer, Weldon; and Rex Edmond, Farmer, Tillery. BLACKOUT IS A SUCCESS City Joins Most Of State In Surprise Test Wednesday A. E. Akers, chef air raid war den for Roanoke Rapids and the four outlying districts, reported that the surprise air raid drill under Army observation, in which most of the state was blacked out last night, with multiple tianger signals being used for the first time, was a success in Roanoke Rapids. All warning districts except the Asheville district were included in the Army-ordered drill. To test the efficiency of Civilian Defense Forces, planned incidents were ob served by Army officers at Wil mington, Charlotte, Greensboro and Durham. The State Office of Civilian De fense cautioned the public twc weeks ago that the regular rou tine of air-raid signals probably would not be followed in the next drill. Last night's signals included, for the first time in this State, two red signals (denoting planes overhead.) A blue signal (warning of planes in the vicinity) was sounded at approximately 9:30 o’clock throu ghout most of the State. Then came the red, followed by a blue, another red, and the last blue, which signified that hostile planes were moving away. The all-clear was sounded approximately one hour after the first audible warn ing. The first red signal lasted 15 minutes. Five minutes after the following blue was sounded, a nother red signal was in effect for 10 minutes, which was the length of the final blue signal precedeing the all clear. Included in the air-raid drill were all warning districts in the Wilmington Air Defense Region and the warnng districts of Hen ' derson, Weldon, Ahoskie, Eliza j beth City, Tarboro, Williamston and Washington. ^ Frank ^cca] Mcr.de i First Ueisferar.t Second - Lieutenant Frank ^ Neal of the Army Air Corps has recently been promoted to first Lieutenant and assistant adjutant at Douglas, Arizona, where he is now stationed. First Lieutenant Neal is now in the Finance partment of The Douglas Air Corp. Advanced Training School. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie S. Neal, 417 Roanoke Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Neal have two other sons in the service, Bi|j Neal, whi is now at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia, and has a school rating of Lieutenant Colonel. Since Bill’s entrance at Lynchburg, he has made excellent progress in his work. £ The other son is corporal Webo Neal who has recently been trans feree from Young’s Camp in Cali fornia, to Fort Benning, Ga. I LYNCHES I 40th “RUBY” Anniversary jj Forty years old this year, jj jj War Conditions prevent j III store wide sales features, j jjj however, each week we are | III offering you a lovely diam- jj jjj ond engagement ensemble at* || III below market value. Note jj jjj our advertised price and our || III ceiling price. 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