SATURDAY, JAN. 31 IS SCRAP IRON DAY FOR FRANKLIN COllNTY Remember Pearl Harbor riMEf VOLUMN LXXII $1.50 per year in Advance LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1943 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 51 HON. JOSEPHUS DANIELS TO MAKE ADDRESS At Farm and Home Short Course AT LOUISBURG COLLEGE Daniels Will Award Certifi cates of Accomplish ments; Other Speakers on Program That Begins Wednesday, February 11th and Lasts Through - Thursday, February 12th; Large Attendance Ex pected The Honorable Josephus Dan iels, Secretary of Navy during World War No. 1, and Ambassa dor to Mexico, will deliver the principal address in awarding, cer tificates of accomplishment to out standing farmers in the Food and Feed Program In 1941 at Louis burg College, Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 11:00 o'clock, announces W. C. Boyce, County Agent. Two hundred and ton farm families out of 1600 entering the contest returned their score cards. Far mers' productions, as reported on score cards, have been studied and lnspite of dry weather and ol'her unfavorable conditions, it was found that many farmers did produce 75% of food require ments for their family. This ac complishment did not only pro vide sufficient food for the fam ily and abundant variety of foods for health, but resulted in food savings for our allies. Had these farmers not produced this needed food, they would have purchased it processed thereby depriving our army and needy allies from, food for a victory campaign, com mented Mr. Boyce. These thrifty citizens have taken the lead in producing food for victory and it is proper that their accomplish ments should be recognized. The Farm and Home Short Course Program at> Loulsburg College will start at 10:00 and adjourn at 3:00 o'clock on Wed nesday and Thursday. Feb. 11 and 12. Dinner will be servod in the College dining room. Cur rent agricultural problems will be discussed during the program by the Specialists from N. C. Stale College In addition to the address by Mr. Daniels. The program will be presided over by Mr. F. W. Justice, Presi dent, Mrs. E. M. Carter, Vice President, and Mrs. T. C. Gill, Secretary. a Mr. A. Gunther Dies in Florida News of the death of Mr. A. Gunther, of Eustis. Fla., was re ceived in Louisburg Wednesday. Mr, Gunther died on Thursday night.of last week, and was In bis 81st year. He is survived by a son. Otto F. Gunther, of Philadelphia, and two grand children. Joyce and Robert Gun ther. He was burled at Eustis, Fla., on Friday. Mr. Gunther was a former res ident of Louisburg, being horti culturist and gardener for the TaT?T J. M. Allen. He was an es pecially kind, friendly aiTd pol ished genMeman, who made many friends while here, who will learn of his death with much re gret. He left Louisburg about twelve years ago to make his home In Florida where he owned and operated a citrus fruit or chard. 0 Eighteen destroyers and 13 sub marines were launched by the Navy during 1941. PROGRAM AT THE~ LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Friday, Jan. 30th: Friday ? Robt. Young and Hedy Lamarr in "H. M. Pulham, Esq." Saturday ? Roy Rogers in "Red River Valley" and Phillip Terry in "Public Enemies." ' Saturday Night ? Ann Corio and Jack Larue in "Swamp Wo man." Sunday-Monday ? Robert Tay lor and Lana Turner 'in Johnny Eager." Tuesday ? Nat Pendleton as "Sergeant Mulligan." Also "Holt of the Secret Service." Wednesday ? Alexis Smith and Lloyd Nolan In "Steel Against The Sky." Thursday-Friday ? Humphrey Bogart, Karen Verne and Conrad Veidt in "All Through The Night." HON. JOSEPHl'S DANIELS Draftees Leave For Fort Bragg The following white draftees | left Loulsburg Mon. Mrs. Frank Culpepper Is chair man of the First Aid and Nurs ing work. Soon we will have classes for these . two activities. Full account of the plans will be made shortly. The Boy Scouts are busy get ting ready for tihe , collection ?of paper and scrap Iron. Saturday, Jan. 31st, is the day we should have all the scraj) iron we can possibiy"*tttHI ? ?bout our homes In a place conveniently reached. Everyone can thus serve his coun Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who will attend the Orange County celebration of the President's Diamond Jubilee Birthday at Chapel Hill, Saturday night. The ball will be held in spac ious Lenoir Hall at- i? o'clock, and there will he round and square dancing. Mrs. Roosevelt is a devotee to the square dance and it wouldn't surprise if she takes part in some ot the figures. Before attending Ohe ball Mrs. Roosevelt will address the Post War Planning Conference at 8:15 in Memorial Hall. WAR NEWS Washington, Jan. 28. ? Ameri can Plying Fortresses were re vealed today to have dealt addi tional blows to Japanese naval power in the Battle of Macassar Straits ? sinking another enemy transport and scoring a direct hit on a cruiser. A squadron of eight Flying Fortresses carried out the success ful action reported in today's communique. One of /the big bom berg was lost' in an' attack which occurred at Ralik Pa pan. an oil port on the east coast of Bornea. Philippines Quiet Farther north ? on the Bataan front In the Philippines ? tthere was comparative quiet as Gener al Douglas MacArthur's defenders enjoyed a respite for the second successive day. But the War Department noted, perhaps ominously, t-hat the en emy was putting further rein forcements ashore and conduct ing aerial reconnaissance, pro bably as the prelude to another all-out drive. The communique said the enemy landed "relatively small num bers" In the Suble Bay area. But) the Japanese already have an en tire army and other units ? par haps as many as 300,000 men ? poised to strike again and again at MacArthur's men, who are out numbered by something like 10 to 1. The gallant' battle being waged by MacArthur's small force, coupl ed with War Department dis closure that American troops have been landed In North* Ireland, prompted several Senators to ex press hope that- help Is en route: to Bataan, Moscow, Jan. 28. ? Speedy Rus sian shock forces carrying gunsi on sleighs were reported driving i straight south tonight from the Valdai salient northwest) of Mos cow and directly threatening the German positions at Smolensk and Vyazma. A Soviet broadcast said the Red army had driven the Ger mans out> of 79 localities on the central front in the last two days killing 2,980 enemy troops and capturing 40. "Heavy fighting still Is expect ed, but the Fascists are being pushed relentlessly westward, " the radio said. Violent battles between the Germans and Russians went on all day Wednesday, the Soviet' high command reported, with the enemy suffering "very heavy losses" and the Red army con tinuing its advance. Twelve German planes were de stroyed in combat and 17 on the ground Tuesday, as against sev en Russian losses, the nighti com munique said. The left flank of the Valdai wedge driven more than 65 miles Into the German line lay 100 miles north of Smolensk along the Rzhev-Velikie Lukl Railroad. Front reports said the Russians had reached Velikie Lukl, 270 miles northwest' of Moscow and 120 miles from the old Polish' frontier. Singapore, Jan. 28. ? Japanese^ troops have pushed down the west coast of Malaya to a point less than 40 miles from Singa pore. Imperial headquarters an nounced tonight) after civilians had been ordered evacuated from (Continued oft Pace Four) County Teach ers Meeting Held at Mills High School Tuesday Afternoon The County-wide Teachers' meeting was held In the ' MUIb High School on January 27, at ?:30 P. ST. The meeting was called to order by Mr. C. C. Brown, President' of Franklin County Unit of the N. C. E. A. Mr. Brown expressed to the teach ers the Irreparable loss of our late. Superintendent, W. "It. Mills, and Introduced our present Sup erintendent, Wiley F. Mitchell. Superintendent Mithell paid the following tribute to qur former Superintendent. W. R. Mills: "Superintendent Mills was a sincere and conscientious school man. He was a man whose ideals were progressive. His phi losophy was sound. His enthus iasm was inspiring. Mr. Mills will always live in our memory and the work which he did will ever shine with increasing bril liancy with the passing of the years." Mr. Mitchell reminded the teachers of the existing chaotic condition and stressed the neces sity of every teacher doing a bet ter Job by giving an extra meas ure of service. "What we have in our men and women of tomorrow must be put into our boys and girls of today. We must' not let our boys and girls waste their time. It be hooves us to see that they are fitted and ready to assume posi tions of responsibility when the opportunity presents itself." Miss Mary Langston, Field Sec retary of the N. C. E. A. gave a brief survey of the nature and purpose of N. C. E. A. work. At the conclusion of Miss Langstion's talk the high school and elemen tary teachers separated for group study. . In the elementary group Miss Hattle Parr'otfc of the State De partment of Instructional Service, presented to the group Miss Vio la McElhiney who taught a very interesting and inspiring demon stration lesson in Art Apprecia tion for the benefit of the group. Miss McElhiney's lesson was taught to a group of fourth grade pupils of the Mills School. o Group life insurance, although only 33 years old, now insures 12,600,000 workers of the U. S. A. in 32.800 different companies or employee groups, giving them an average protection of $1,500 from Mils source alone, in addi tion to the protection they have from their ordinary or industrial, insurance. o SIDNEY LANIER DAY Governor Rroughton lias de signated Tuesday, February 8, as Sidney Lanier Day, and has requested that all schools in the State recognize this in their school programs for that day. Likewise State Superintendent Erwin and County Suprfinten dent Mitchell have joined in the request. All schools In Frank lin County, both white and col ored, are expected to render a Sidney Lanier program on Tuesday of mt week. LIONS CLUB MEETS OFFICERS AND COM MITTEE CHAIRMEN Henderson Club Presents Interesting and Enter taining Program; List of Members The regular meeting of the Louisburg Lions Club, which was! organized Jan. 16, 1942, was held Tuesday night, Jan. 27th at Mrs. Beasley's Dining Room. The club is composed of the following fiSPfcWBSteShfc K. L. Eagles, P. W. Elam, T. M. i Harris, W. B. Joyner, Sam C. 1 Mattox, Wiley P. Mitchell, Dr. H. i G. Perry, Dr. W. C. Perry, Bland i Pruitt, W. A. Raynor, T- K. ' Stockard, C. R. Sykes, W. B. I Tucker, Dr. J. B. Wheless, Louis I A. Wheless, B. N. Williamson, Jr., I E. F. Yarborough, C. Hill Yar- > borough. ' The Henderson Lions Club had < charge of the program which was 1 very entertaining. The Hender- < son Club members present* were: 1 T. J. Harrington, Forrest D. |? Stainback, Hoyten T. Webb, F. A. 1 Davis, and Sam M. Alford, the 1 magician. All business was deferred until ! the next meeting, Feb. 3, 1942, at which time the club will deter- 1 mine what civic projects to un dertake which will be beneficial to the community. The following officers were elected at t-he organization meet ing: President, Wiley F. Mitchell. 1st Vice Pres. VV. Blair Tucker. 2nd Vice Pres., Dr. A. Paul Bagby. 3rd Vice Pres., Sam C. Mattox. Secretary. B. N. Williamson, Jr. Treasurer, "Dr. R. L. Eagles. Lion Tamer, Louis A. Wheless. -.Tali Twister, P W. Elam. Directors. E. F. Yarborough. W. B. Joyner, C. R. Sykes, Bland Pruitt. The following have been named Chairmen of t-he several commit tees: Constitution and By-Laws ? W.jl B. Barrow. ' 1 Finance ? T. K. Stockard. Membership ? Dr. J. B. Whe-J less. ) I, j Charter Night ? C. Hill Yar-| [borough. u Submarine Peril Spreads | Washington, Jan. 28. ? The sub marine menace sprang up tonight in virtually all waters touching continenal United States and Its territories and possessions. The vast geographical magni tude of the threat was indicated in officially-approved reports fromHawaii to Puerto Rico andj | from Texas to- Alaska. Underseas warfare already had i hurst upon both of the nation's j coasts. But tonight t'here came ominous hints that the menace has spread to new areas ? the Gulf coast and that Miere has been renewel sub marine activity in the Pacific Northwest and in the waters near Hawaii. Scope of Threat They came in authorized dis patches from: 1. Corpus Christ*, Texas, where the commander of the naval air, station announced the probable: presence of two Axis submarines | operating off the South Texas coast. 2. San Juan, P. R., where the arrival of the S. S. Coamo re vealed that the Canadla luxury liner Lady Hawkins had been tor pedoed In the Atlantic with a pos sible loss of 250 lives. The Coamo j put 71 survivors ashore. 3. Seattle, Wash., where head-; quarters of the 13th Naval Dis trict revealed that a small ocean going schooner twice encountered enemy submarine fire en route from the Pacific coast to the Prl bllof Islands in Alaskan waters. The ship ? the Black Douglas arrived safely at Seattle, accord ing to t.he 13th Naval District. 4. Honolulu, where depth charges were heard exploding off shore. Navy officials there admit ted an alert signal had summoned all personnel on shore leave to their stations, but they refused to say whether enemy submarines had been detected. n I ON PACIFIC COAST Dr. and Mrs. R. F. Yarborough Inform the TIMES they have re ceived a message from their son, Ensign Richard F. Yarborough, j who left for service on December 30th, after spending ten days with his parents, following grad uation, of his arrival on the Pa cific Coast. V BIG FIRE AT BUNN OLD WOODEN SCHOOL BUfNS Discovered at 2 A. M. Wed nesday Morning; School Loss Building and Equip ment $10,000, Insurance $4,000, Lunch Room Equipment and Supplies $2,500, No Insurance; School Can Continue " Ti'unirY'om"munity w imid the excitement' of a big fire jarly Wednesday morning when the old huiiding at the Bunn School was destroyed. The fire was discovered about 2 o'clock Dy Prof. O. J. Rochester, Agricul tural teacher, who stated that the [ire was at full fieadway inside ind appeared to have started in he second story. By heroic work in the part of t'hose present with the assistence of many ot tho Iremen from Louisburg the fire a' as confined to the one building, ilthough slight damage was done the new elementary building by t'he heat and smoke. This is the building erected sometime around 1911 or 1912, when the new town of Bunn was established and the school was moved from old Bunn. It was used to accommodate the 8th grade mat>h class, the music de partment. the lunch room and the gymnasium occupied the second story. The entire building including all school equipment, was des troyed, Supt. W. F. Mitchell stat ed the loss was about $10,000 with $4,000 insurance. In addition to the above the lunch room equipment and sup plies t-hat were lost were estima ted by Principal M. T. Lamm at around $2,500 with no Insurance. Supt. Mitchell in discussing the situation stated that t-he school could arrange to carry on the work for the present without handicap, except' that there Is no place to accommodate the lunch ?oom. Americans In Ireland With American Forces in Nort-h Ireland. Jan. 28. ? Major General Russell (Scrappy) Hartle, com nanding American troops in North Ireland, said today that once his 'orces have been challenged, 'we'll carry the fight to the chal enger." Hartle expressed supreme con fidence in his tToops who came here from the Middle West, many tif whom joined the Army as selec tees. After directing preliminary de tails of settling this first conting snti of the Second A. E. P.. the 52-year-old Maryland-born soldier who won his nickname at the start of his 30-year-old army :areer, gave his first interview to correspondents who accompanied the troops from the United States. He pointed out that the troops would Intensify in British bases t-he training they received In Louisiana and elsewhere In the South. "It is a distinct privilege to be In the British Isles fighting In Jefense of democracy with our Friend Great Britain, who has so graciously received us on tihis occasion as on other occasions." Hartle said. To The Challenger "We are there in accordance with the President's promise and with the American tradition that once challenged, they will accept. We will carry the fight to the :hallenger. "With the foregoing in view, the American soldiers are parti cularly happy to be here." He said he was pleased particu larly with the treatment accorded American troops by the British Fighting men, from ranking of ficers down to privates. A number of British troops were quartered In scattered posts taken over by the Americans and there were many expressions of mutual cordiality and admiration. Meanwhile. the American troops commented more about the promise of a party for their of-. Fleers than all the stories of pro este made by Prime Minister Eamon de Valera of Eire at their andlng. ?o J. C. Beddingfield. unit demon stration farmer of Crab Creek township in Henderson County, produced $2,005.11 worth ot veg etables on 15 acres last year through extensive cultivation. FOR FIRST CtiASS PRINTING PHONE M8-1