FOR ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS OS riMEj VOLUMN LXXIII $1.50 per year ill Advance LOUISRURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, KKRRl'ARY ao, H?I2 (Right Pages) WAR NEWS Washington, Feb. , 18. ? Rein forced Japanese planes and big guns are laying down a non-stop bombardment of General Douglas MacArthur's Philippine defend ers. the War Department report ed today. Army communique No. 112 al so reported American Flying For tresses flghtheir knockout drive against MacArthur. The commu nique said his outnumbered for ces were under almost constant fire all along the Bataan front and that enemy art411ery contin ues to blast away at fortifications in Manila Bay. More Plane* The Japanese have poured new planes into the battle, presum ably shifting t-hem over from the Malayan Peninsula. With perhaps more than 200, 000 troops massed already in Lu zon, the Japanese are cpntinuiiife to land relnforcenfents. The com munique said "a fairly 'Urge" convoy of troop ships had arriv ed in Subic Bay and that rein forcements were being put- ashore at Olongapo ? in the northwestern corner of the Bataan Peninsula some 16 miles above the battle lines. For the second successive day, the War Department did not re veal how the , defenders ? outnum bered more than 10 to 1 ? were countering the intensified blows. The communique told only of en emy offensive action: "New enemy air units are aty pearing over our lines., bombing our troops almost! constantly . . . "Hostile artillery fire on our forts from positions on the Cavite shore continues. "New enemy batteries in Ba taan have increased the density of artillery fire on our positions." Crucial Hour Nowhere was there any men tion of damage or casualties, but there seemed no doubt that t>he crucial hour for the defenders * had come. There was no infantry action. It appeared that the Japanese, with t'heir furious aerial and ar tillery bombardments, were seek ing to soften up the defenders be fore turning loose their vast man power. MacArthur reported that' Japa nese dive-bombers again attacked the refugee camp at Cabcaben where 23 women and children were killed the previous day. Willemstad, Curacao, Feb. 18. ? Nazi U-boats still are operating In the tanker lanes between Vene znela and the Dutch-owned ls t 'lanwo occasions and once_ air bubbles were seen rising to the surface after depth bombs had been dropped. An American traveler from Aruba said reports there also are that at> least two of the subs were sunk. Rangoon, Feb. 18 ? The Battle .at. .Burma ._blazed.ijj ta ,'X .25 a 300-mlle front today, with Jap anese shock troops forcing the fBilln River 45 miles from the Rangoon-Lashio railway and vet eran Chinese warriors reported slashing at the enemy flank }n Thailand. Imperial defense forces were battling stubbornly along the fast-shifting Bllin front, where bloody combat at close quarters had been raging for more Mian 24 hours. A communique said they were "holding their positions." Striking suddenly across the Burmese frontier into northwest Thailand, the hard-bltteiP troops of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek were reported to be driving on Chiengmai, terminus of the Thai railroad from Bangkok and key Japanese base of that region. Big allied bombing planes, striking heavily at Japanese bas es behind the lines, attacked the enemy air base at Chiengmai, strewing explosives amidst groun ded bombers and fighters and along the runways. Japanese Strength (A United Press dispatch from Chungking said about 100,000 Japanese troops either were blas ting their way into Burma or be ing ho]d in reeerve against any stiffening of Allied resistance. It said 30,000 fresh Japanese troops with modern mechanized equip ment were landed at Haipong, French Indo-China, early t*bia month, and were expected to be rushed to the Chiengmai area for reinforcement purposes. "al though some may be kept In Ton kin to guard against a possibility of a Chinese invasion of French Indo-China.") Royal Air Force pilots said tihe Japanese put up a heavy defense barrage over Chiengmai, and one bomber returned with a pierced turret. The rept ware unscathed. Batavla. Java. N. E. I., Feb. 18. ? A staunch Allied air defense Of Java's Soerabaja naval base knocked out nearly one-fourth ol a Japanese raiding force today while isolated Dutch Indies bat talions fought fatalistically at many points In the archipelago, and United States and Nether lands air squadrons beat hard at the invaders of Sumatra. It was the third mass raid In three weeks oi> the Java naval base and seemed an ominous pre lude to the expected grand assault on this rich island. But the de fenders destroyed Ave of the 21 planes which came from the sea in two waves, and the Aneta agency correspondent at tihe base reported there was little damage and tew casualties,. On Sumatra, In numerous cen ters of resistance olT Borneo and on the southwest) peninsula ol : Celebes, last-ditch delaying ac tions, comparable in miniature tc General MacArthur's defense In Luzon, were being fought by the N. E. I. troops left behind after the invaders came. o The peace which Christ gives is not the peace that nuusl- be en forced at the point* of a bayonet PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURO THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin 1 nlng Saturday. Feb. 21: Saturday ? Tim McCoy and Buck Jones In "Below The Bor 1 der" and James Ellison and Vir ginia Gilmore in "Mr. District Att 1 torney In the Carter Case", alsc ' "Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc." Sunday-Monday ? "How Greer i Is My Valley" with Walter Pld ' geon and Maureen O'Hara. Tuesday ? Humphrey Bogarl ' and Mary Astor in "The Maltese i Falcon." ' ' i Wednesday ? Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin and Robert Preston i in "New York Town." Thursday-Friday ? Claudettc Colbert and John Parse in "Re member The Day." DISCUSSES HOUSING AND HOSPITAL FOR COUNT X At Special Meeting of The Board of Town Commis sioners Held on Tuesday Night; Other Matters Be fore Board The Board of Town Commis sioners met in special session, Feb. 1 7 Ota, 1942 upon the request of the Maypr. All members were present except Commissioner W. G. Lancaster. ?nuisliiu:?&?,tu.,nm i? nent business and professional 1 men were present at this meet 1 'ng. Mr. Henry A. Brooks, a repre . sentative of the Defense Public - Works Administration addressed , the meeting. Mr. Brooks inform , ed the meeting that there would , be a peak load of around forty thousand workmen and members of their families, who would have . to be housed within an area sur rounding tihe new military camp , that, is soon to be built near Dur ham, Creedmoor, Oxford and Itox boro. Mr. Brooks stated that Louisburg had an opportunity to help to house workmen during t'he construction hf the camp, and perhaps army officers and civil ian personnel after the camp is occupied by the United States Army. In order to derive the , benefit of an increased popula tion, Mr. Brooks, advised the j Board to 1st'. Secure a competent con sulting engineer to make a sur vey of the water, sewer, and pow er facilities of Louisburg, and o( 1 the highways radiating from 1 Louisburg. 2nd. To make an inventory of the existing houses, apart ment!, or room* Miat can be rent ed to prospective tenants, and to have them on file for ready ref erence In case of Inquiries. In the event that Louisburg can secure a classification of be ing in t ness the meeting adjourned, i o ? : I ADVISORY ONLY Washington, Feb. 17. ? War Production Generalissimo Don ? aid M. Nelson today establish ed rigid new standards for 91 a-vcar and "without compensa tion" officials in the war effort, and order WPB rolls purged of all who failed to qualify. Henceforth, he ordered, offic ials receiving no pay from the government for their services will be allowed to serve only In an advisory capacity. They will not be allowed to make de cisions directly or Indirectly af i footing private firms with which they still are associated, i All $l-a-year men are to be ? investigated thoroughly. To qualify for appointment, they must be of "outstanding exper i iemce and ability, qualified for a responsible administrative, technical, consulting or ad vis - i ory position." These employes, the order i said, must have an Income from ? non-governmental source* of at least $S,600 ? year. Democrats Name Redden Chairman State Convention To Be In Raleigh May 22; County Conventions on May 16 By JACK RILEY The State Democratic Execu tive Committee elected Monroe M. Redden, of Hendersonville, as Its chairman Tuesday and voted to hold the State Democratic Con vention in Raleigh, May 22. The committee voted to call county conventions on Saturday, May 16, and precinct meetings on Saturday, May 9. The chairman and the dates were recommended by Governor Broughton, and the committee conformed to his sug , Redden was Broughton's cam paign manager for Western North Carolina in 1940 and previously served as chairman of the county Democratic executive committee in Henderson County. He suc ceeds Emery B. Denny, Brough ton's campaign manager who re cently was appointed by the 'Gov ernor to the State Supreme Court. No Partisan Politics In accepting the post. Redden said war demands national unity i'nd affords no time for partisan politics. Elections must be con ducted to preserve the right to , conduct' them, he added, and the Democratic party must not re treat; but it must remove from . the campaign any cause for com ; niunity strife. Governor Broughton touched , the same note in asserting that . the Democratic party will retain political control In Nortji Caro lina but' will adjourn partisan politics sufficiently to consecrate its efforts on success at war. Twenty-eight members of the committee attended in person, and 69 sent their proxies to make a total vote of 97. Redden was elected by acclamation, and all resolutions were x?ted wit-hout i/ui U|l|ii>Blllutir ? ? ? ? ? He was nominated by W. Kis kine Smith, of Albemarle, and Ihe nomination was seconded by D. L. Ward, of New Bern,' State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson, Secretary Nathan Yelton of t'he State School Commission. Harry | Buchanan, of Hendersonvllle, R. , Gregg Cherry, of Gastonla, M. L. Shipman, of the Secretary of State's office. State Auditor George Ross Pou, Leroy Martin, of Raleigh, State Senator John D. Larking. of Trenton, and Miss Ruth Burke, of LaGrange. To Re -Open Franklin Hotel Messrs. Geo. W. Ford, W. B. Barrow and W. B. Joyner report having leased the Franklin Hotel property and are now having the heating and water systems re worked, repaired and put in or der and having the building reno vated, cleaned and repainted pre paratory to its opening Mie first of the coming week. Mr. Bar row explained that at first they were not going to open and run the dining room, buti would get the remainder of the building In first class shape to accommodate lodgers and roomers. Later they expect to seek the services of a well experienced person to super vise t'he hotel and as the demand presents itself, to expand, by in eluding the dining room service and other services usually furn ished in up-to-date hotels. This is a much needed accom modation for Louisburg visitors and It is hoped may meet wlMi great success. o Graduates Forty The Franklinton Red Cross chapter reports the graduation of a class of forty in the First Aid course on Tuesday night of this week at the Community room in the High School building. In this class were seven men and thirty-three women who gave three hours nightly for seven nights to the study of the pre scribed course, under the tutor ship of a certified Red Cross In structor. For convenience the seven nights were stretched over a period of three weeks. This Is the first graduation of this kind to be reported to the FRANKLIN TIMES and Frank linton is to be congratulated for its progress in this Important work during this time of great need for preparedness. O 1-1 ; The man who does not show up at his office until noon Is eith er a Plutocrat 'or never will be one- , . ?_ LOUISBURG YOUTH HELPS RAID NAZIS Pilot Officer Tom W. Allen Takes Part in Attack on Occupied France London. Feb., 18. ? Americar Eagle Squadron fighter pilots swooped down to 50 feet to at> tack factories and a freight train ii) occupied France during a day light sweep today, the Air Minis try said. American fighters in the rale were Pilot Officers Thomas W Allen, Louisburg, N. C.; John J Mooney, East Heiupstead( Lons Tsn-tmrr-X.-T:rWrti!rrdH.--Thorpf Beverly, O. ; and Bradley Smith Yonkers, N. Y. In a low-level attack on onf factory, the Air Ministry said, th< Eagles met rifle and machine gun fire from windows. Then t-he> flew on to attack a second factory and saw debris fly from it and u German sentry fall. A locomotive beside the second factory "was fired on from so low the pilot almost hit- the signal arm", and another loiolnotivt blew up when the Eagles fired on a freight train. Young Allen is a son of L. L Allen of Louisburg and is a for mer N. C. State College student He went' to England last March after training in Canada. o WORLD DAY OK PRAY Kit In observance of World Day of Prayer, a s|irrlal service will lie held at the Loiilsliuric Halt list Church, Friday morning;, Feb. aotth, at 10:30 A. M. You are welronied to tills ser i vice; Tires Allotted The local Tire Rationing i Board announces the allottmenl | of tires and tubes to the follow ing persons during the Citizens Bank & Trust J Co., of Henderson, will observe i Washington's Birthday by re ! maining closed on Monday, Feb ruary 23, 1942, this being a legal holiday. /' Therefore persons having busi I ness with these Institutions will bear this observance in mind and attend to t-heir matter on Satur day before or on Tuesday after. o ! BANKRUPTCY Gllckman's Family Shoe Store | Harfy Gllckman, proprietor, clos ed its business this week undet involuntary bankruptcy proceed ings. An estimated report* gives 1 his liabilities as $5,000 and hie assets as $4,500. o Last week we heard about the old negro who was taking a civil service examination for the jot of mail carrier. One of the ques tions was: "Haw far is It from the earth to the sun?" The old darky looked frighten ed and exclaimed: "If you all is gwiilter put me on that route Ize reslgnin' befo' I begins." o Health hint: In dropping re marks be careful whom they hit . o Patronise TIKES Advertiser* - r ? American Red Cross War Fund Drive The $2,000.00 quota allotted the Louisburg chapteii pa its con ?tribution to the Emergency War; . Fund Drive was obtained and ex-! ceeded on December 31, 1941. No further contributions were so licited althouglLjsome have been ' voluntarily made since that date. ? The following is a l}st of those ? contributing $5.00 or more to i that Fund. The list of further ? contributions will be published - in this paper next* week. Those contributing $37 were: I County Agriculture Office Em ? ployees. Those contributing $26 were: ! Mills High School Faculty, Rose's , of Louisburg Employees, Mrs. J. A. Dean Family, i ! Those contributing $25 were: > P. W. Elam, L. E. Scoggin, W. L. ? Lumpkin, T. M. Harris, Home ' Furniture Co., Louisburg Dry ' Cleaners, Tonkel's Dept. Store, l Geo. W. Ford. W. G. Lancaster, W. H. Yarborough, W. J. Cooper, I V. E. Owens, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. ' Pruitt, D. T. Smithwick, Sam Mat I tox, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Jef s fress, F. H. Allen. G. M. Beam, I Seaboard Store Co., Chas. P. Green, A. Paul Bagby, H. C. Tay lor, R. W. Smithwick, Mrs. Clyde ? Harris, Dr. J. B. Wheless, Pruitt' ' Lumber Co., Mr. an-d Mrs. J. E. 1 Malone, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rag 'lland. Tonkel's Dept. Store Em-1 | ployees, L. 11. Dickens, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Word, Planters Ware j house. Owens Store Employees. I R. D. & N. II. Griffin, Dr. H. G. Perry, Southside Warehouse, j Stalling* Milling Co., E. A. Kemp, | Louisburg Supply Co., G. D. Ful ) let-. W. E. Strange. First-Citizensj Bank & Trust Co., Leggett-'s Dept. Store Employees, G. W. Murphy & Son, G. W. Murphy & Son Em ployees, E. M. Bartholomew, Ben Fox. A. W. Person, Louisburg Theatre. W. B. Tucker, 8. M. WanhlngtoB, Dr; - W. C. Perry, ! South Atlantic Mfg. Co., D. T. t Dickie, J. R. Medlin. Those contributing $12 were: '| County Welfare Dept'. Employees. Those _contributing $11 were:j White Level Community Those contributing $10.25 > , were: Fox Dept. Store Employ ees. I Those contributing $10 were:, i W. V. Avent, B. N. Williamson.. , Jr., J. H. Boone, A. T. Wood, J. , P. Moore. Louis A. Wheless, Mrs. . Missouri Pleasant?, Mrs. B. T. Holden. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. welch F. R. ? Pleasants, A. F. Johnson, H. T. Bartholomew, Wheless Bros. Justice, N. C., L. . L. Sturdivant, Jos. T. Inscoe, Phil ? R. Inscoe, Freeman & Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert West, Mrs. ? Geo. Dickie, D. H. Dickie, D. T. Holllngsworth, J. W. Perry, Cllf ; ton Perry, M. S. Davis. Those contributing $5 were: i Mr. and Mrs. Phi Tomlinson, Mrs. ! Tollie Ayscue, G. W. Eaves, L. T.I i Hayes. Mrs. J. S. Ayscufe, B. L.| ' Rowland, Mrs. C. B. Kearney, i Mrs. Grace Kearney, Anonymous, W. F. Shelton, C. T. Hudson, L., F. Kent", Anonymous, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Wheless, Mrs. S. S. Meadows, Anonymous, Cornelius H. Stallings, Mrs. T. P. Dean, R. I M. Dean, P. G. Murphy, W. C. , Webb, N. C. Phillips, William Neal, E. H. Malone, Hazel Rober r son, E. F. Thomas, Griiffn-Thar rington Motor .'Co., Kenneth ' White, Dr. R. L. Eagles, L. D. . Perry, P. G. & M. G. Smith, Mrs. , G. W. Cobb, J. O. Wilson. ? p [Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court held I session on Tuesday, disposing of | I two cases and continuing many . others as are shown on the fol lowing disposition of the docketi: W B Burnett was found guilty of speeding, Judgment was sus pended upon payment of such , costs as will save the County ? harmless. M. W. Sykes plead guilty to ? operating automobile intoxicated i and was given 90 day?. on roads, i suspended upon payjftent of $50 One and costs, and not to oper ate a motor vehicle on the public ! roads of N. C. for 12 months. I The following cases were con i tinued: Kenneth Steed, ccw, to pay. i Willie Perfy, oal, to pay. George Hawkins, oal, to pay. r Ennis Lancaster, oai, to pay. I Russell Raynor, oat, rd. , Jim Radford, public drunken-" ness, unlawful possession of whis key, resisting arrest. Dewey Adams, transporting. o Speaking without thinking ia shooting without taking aim. MRS. CLYDE R. HOEY PASSES Last Rites For Popular Former First Lady of State Held Saturday Shelby. ? Mrs. Bessie Gardner Hoey, who bore the distinction of ' having her husband, Clyde R. Hoey, and a brbther, O. Max Gerdner, serve as Governor of North Carolina, died at her home here at 1:15 a. m., Friday after a heart attack. She became ill Thursday morn ing soon after breakfast, and several physicians were called to her bedside. The former Governor, who re turned to the home here in Jan uary, 1!UT at th'fi .-nil of hi* term, and his family were grief-strick en. Host of friends called, and hundreds of messages from far and near poured in. Wednesday night Mrs. Hoey attended a concert' by the Univer sity of North Carolina band and was to have spoken Thursday be fore the Cherryville Woman's Club. In her four-year residence in Raleigh as the State's First Lady. Mrs. Hoey had several light heart aMacks. but physicians found no organic disorder and said that her heart simply needed rest. Mrs. Hoey was active in civic, religious and social affairs and was in constant demand as a speaker. Her Interest generally was directed- toward the under privileged and to the encourage ment of young people. Mrs. Hoey was one of 11 child ren of the late Dr. and Mrs. O. P. Gardner. Only two brothers sur vlve-|this family, Former Gover nor Gardner, of Shelby and Wash ington. D. C.. and B. B. Gardner, of Gastonia, a Gaston County Commissioner. Other survivors Include her husband; three children, Clyde R. Hoey, Jr., of Canton., and Charles A.. Hoey and Miss Isabel Hoey. of _ Shelby, four grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral was held Saturday at 2:30 p. m , at the Central Methodist Church, pf which Mrs. lioey had been a member since her marraige 41 years ago. The pastor, the Ilev. George Clemmer. officiated, assisted by Dr. Zeno Wall of the Firsti Baptist Church. Burial was in Sunset Cemetery. School Masters Club Meets The Franklin County School Masters Club held their regular meeting February 11 at Mrs. Beasiey's Dining Room with Dr. Luther M. Massey. of Zebulon, representative for this district on the State School Commission, as guest of honor and speaker for the evening. In a talk pointing the wartime role of importance that the schools are taking. Dr. Massey as serted that with sugar rationing, the installation of defense cour ses, the forming of courses in physical improvement and devel opment and of being one of th? outstanding elements of Democ racy, schools are now playing the most important part in their long history of good. Dr. Massey also pointed out that with numbers of trained teachers' going into defense work and Into the armed forces, that there would be a greater burden on teachers on t'he home front to maintain, and improve, the high level of efficiency and usefulness of school in the all-out effort to win the war. "School principals," Dr. Mas sey declared, "must now assume a vital and important role^ In t-heir communities." "Their re sponsibility was never greater," the speaker said. In a short business meeting fol lowing Dr. Massey's talk, Mrs. Mildred Malone, draft board clerk, and G. B. Harris, draft board chairman, explained to the school masters their duMes in the February 16 registration of men for selective service. There be ing no further business, the meeting adjourned. O ; r 1,529 Register According to Information re ceived at the local Selective Draft Board office there were 1 ,.V29 persons registered In Franklin County Monday In v the call for registration of men between the agm of SO and 40. These men will, * of coarse, receive their classifica tion In due coarse of tinae.