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MAKE EVERY
PAY DAY
BOND DAY
NUMBER 34
WAR NEWS
Washington, July 22. ? The,
grave peril confronting Russia
was. emphasized today when So
viet Ambassador Maxiu Litviftov
conferred with President Roose
veit, presumably on the Impera
tive need for Allied action to re
lieve the hardpressed Red ar
mies.
Lltivinov said he could not dis
cuss what he and Mr. Roosevelt
talked about and he muttered j
"No" to all questions relating to
a second European front.
His White House visit, howev
er, followed by only a few hours
disclosure that he had made new
and urgent pleas to other United
Nations officials here for Allied
operations on the continent, and 1
a blunt assertion by sources close
to t'he Soviet Embassy that Rus
sia's- sttnattotr-ts-- so - dsngerotur '
the Allies face the gravest crisis
since Dunkirk.
These developments preceded a
meeting between Mr. Roosevelti
and the Pacific War Council de
voted to ascertaining that China
"puts up t?e best light that can
be put up" against Japan, which
reportedly is geared for a stab
ln-the-back thrust against Rus
sian Siberia.
Moscow, Thursday, July 23. ?
Germany's massive drive against)
the Lower Don has crashed
through the Russian defenses to
the Novocherkassk area 25 miles
northeast of Rostov, gateway to
the Caucasus, and the Tsimlyan-"
' skaya region, 100 miles upstream, '
the Soviet high command an
nounced today.
The most disastrous Red army
setbacks of the six-week German
offensive were acknowledged of
ficially in a communique disclos
ing that the menace to the oil
wealtfh of the Caucasus and the
Stalingrad industrial heart of the
Volga basin bad grown enorm
ously.
With the battle raging prac
tically at the gates of Rostov and
far up the Don near the estern
moat reaches of lt> Big Bend,
the German vanguard had wlthlu
Its grasp t>he approaches to both
the Caucasus and the Volga, and
threatened to slice off the south
eastern bulge of European Rus
sia.
The new poslMons represented
a Qerman advance of 60 miles
down the Moscow-Rostov railroad
to the area of Novocherkassk,
which Is on the line and slightly
north of the Don, and an ap
parent drive of 120 miles south
eastward from the Mlllerovo reg
ion to Tsimlyanskaya.
Cairo. July 22. ? British Im
perial launched an offensive all
along the 35-mlle Egyptian front
early today under cover of a Roy
al Air Force onslaught' that ha*
routed Axis planet from the sky,
and quickly won the entire "Hill
of Jesus" In the north, made con
siderable headway In the center
and gained slight ground In t<he
south despite fierce Axis coun
ter-attacks.
Field Marshal Erwln Rommel's
Africa Corps was reported resist- 1
Ing fiercely in all three sectors,
particularly In the south, near the
edge ot the Qattara Salt Depres
sion. and fighMng raged through
out the day.
The Imperials swung to the at
tack on the north, central and
soul-hern sectors this morning i
just after the RAF climaxed a
week-long assault by scattering
a 1.000-truck Axis reinforcement
caravan, blasting supply ships and !
piers ati Crete across the Mediter
ranean and heavily bombing the
Libyan port of Tobruk. i
In winning all of Tel El Elsa ? |
the "Hill of Jesus" ? the Empire
forces restored their five-mile
northern salient running west
ward from EI Alameln. This was
the scene of fierce fighting last
week when Field Marshal Rom
mel's troops won a foothold on
the ridge, but failed to dislodge
Imperials from the dominating
heights.
AH Sectors
Tanks and heavy arMllery were
reported engaged In all sectors as
the British launched their first
general attack of the present! cam
paign simultaneously at all points
? Despite the Imperial progress.
It was emphasixed that It was too
early to say a "definite general
result" had been achieved or that
? full-scale counter-offensive was
under way to drive the Axis out>
Ot Egypt.
Reports of the battle on the
northern sector said that for sev
eral hours the tide swung to and
fpo before Australian troops sue
DON'T FORGET THE
PHONOGRAPH
RECORD DRIVE !
The drive tor old phonograph
records (or Our Fighting men
is now going on and will ex
tend through August a. The
Jain be* Poet of the American
Legion, Louisburg, asks every '
one in Franklin County to
search their home thoroughly
(or old phonograph records and
to take them to T. K. Stockard,
Adjutant, at the Louisburg
Armory.
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Boy Scouts Want
All Kinds of Scraps
Mr. W. J. Shearin. Scout-master i
of the Louisburg Troop, is re-|
questing all citizens of Louisburg'
to get together their scrap rub
ber, metal and household fate,
so that he and his scouts can col-j
lect this material Wednesday af
ternoon, July 29.
The Scouts have already realiz
ed approximately $30.00 on the
9crap donated to them and they
are anxious to get as much as
possible when they collect ngxt
week. This material is N'KKDED
by the government in its war ef
forts and those who donate will
not only be helping the Scouts,
but- the government as well.
Unlocated
Registrants
The following registrants are
reported unlocated by the local !
Draft Board, which means, unless
they show up pretty soon their
cases will be turned over to the
f. b. I.:
John Aubrey Williams, white.
Henderson, N. C., R 3.
Ollie Gold Perry, white, Spring
Hope. N. C? R 2.
Glen Hars Johnson, colored,
Loulsburg, N. C., R X.
John Henry Davis, colored,
Loulsburg. N. C.. R 4.
^ Moses Cox, colored, Loulsburg,
N. C.
James Loyd, colored, Hender
son, N. C.. R 2.
Joseph Allen, Frankllnton. N.
C.. R 2, Box 114.
Ronald White, colored. Frank
llnton. N. C., R 1.
Bill Wheless. colored. Loulf
burg, N. C? R 4.
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About Sugar
The current sugar coupon.
No. S, will become Invalid at
midnight Saturday. sugar ra
I inning book "holders were r?.
mined yesterday by the office
of War Information. This tick
et wan effective on June 2ft.
The new ticket. Coupon No.
6, mill be available for use
from July 26 until midnight
August 22. Coupons No. S
and 6 ach are good for two
pound of sugar.
"> AH sugar rationing book
owners were given a bonus
coupon recently. No. 7. good
for two pounds of sugar, can
be used any time between now
and August 23.
ceeded In occupying all of Tel El
Elsa, including the railroad sta
tion Just west of the ridge.
In the center. It was revealed,
South African and Indian troops
took the Initiative last night to
pave the way for the general as
nault, and by early morning had
progressed "some miles" around
the western edge of the strategic
Ruweisat Ridge. It was in this
sector that t'he main armored bat
tle was expected to develop.
PROGRAM AT THfc
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, July 25th:
Saturday? "Wild Bill" Elliot*
and Te* Ritter in "Prairie Gun
smoke" and Alan Lane and Llta
Conway in "Yukon Patrol." Also
Chapter 10 "Spy 8masher."
Sunday-Monday ? Leslie How
ard, Laurence Olivier and Ray
mond Massey In "The Invaders."
Tuesday ? Nancy Kelly and
Richard Carlson In "Fly By
Night." r
Wednesday? Dan 1 Dalley and
Donna Reed In "Mokey."
Thursday - Friday ? Melvyn
Douglas and Joan Crawford In
"They All Kissed The Bride."
Lions Club
Endorses Scrap
Iron Campaign
At' the meeting of the Louis
burg Lions Club held Tuesday
evening last, the following reso
lutions were adopted:
WHEREAS our nation is now
engaged in bitter warfare against
relenMess foes, and
WHEREAS under such circum
stances the flow of war materials
from our nation's factories must
continue in ever-increasing vol
ume, and
WHEREAS the indust-iies of
our nation have informed us of
their need for materials in the
form of scrap;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOL
VED that the Lions Club of
Louisburg. N. C. pledges it<s full
support and cooperation to the
salvage campaign of this cltar.
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that as an organliatHon and as
individual members, each of us
hereby offers his services to the
end that the acrap salvage cam
paign of Louisburg, N. C. may
achieve Its highest! goal.
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Weather Record
Government Thermometer
Stood at 103 Por Three
Days
Standing at' 103 tor three days
in succession the U. S. govern
ment weather department has set
a record (or Louisburg ? that no
doubt- dates back beyond the est
ablishment of the weather station
here. According to weatber man
R. A. Bobbitt t'he government
thermometer recorded a tempera
ture of 103 degrees on Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. There have
been single days that produeed
temperatures of equal or greater
heat, but, not tor more than a
day at a time, according to the
recollection of mauy of our. citi
zens. The heat wave was brokeu
Monday night by a cloud with
wind and rain in many sections.
Tuesday and Wednesday were
much cooler, but - even then one
did not need an overcoat.
A. W. Mohn Dead
A telegram from Dick Mohn to
Mrs. F. H. Allen, Sr., received
Tuesday morning announced the
death of his father, Mr. A. W.
Mohn, a former popular Presi
dent of Louisburg College, at
Oceola. Ohio. The funeral was
held at Bucyrus, Ohio, on Wed
nesday afternoon.
Mr. Mohn resided In Louisburg
several years as President of
Louisburg College and in addi
tion to the excellent work done
for the College he was a most*
valuable . citizen, always active
and interested in all civic mat
ters.
Their many friends in Louis
burg extend deepest sympathies
In their sad bereavement.
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[DO YOU KNOW ?
The reclaimed rubber contain
ed in 126 old tires equals the
lamount of rubber used in a Fly
ing?Fortress. Save every piece
of rubber you have.
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Chinese success
Chunking, July OTI Chinese
?rmlrs have recaptured Kien
teh, large county seat Aft mil
es southwest of Hangchow, af
ter a sere re fl re-day battle, and
are heavily attacking W'enchow,
a Chekiang province seaport ?'
which has changed hands three
times since July 11, a war
communique said today.
(The London raido said that
United States bombers sank
two Japanese river craft on the
Fu rirer. In Klangsi province,
near the Kukien border. Llnch- i
wan, Japanese base which Am
erican bombers raided Sunday
for the second time, is on the
Fu alxiut SO miles southeast of
Nanchang. The Americans sank
two small enemy vessels on
the Yangtze near Kiuklang on
Monday.
(RAF bombers orer Burma
? attacked Japanese shipping at
Akyab, southwest coastal port,
on Tuesday, London said. Ships
also were bombed on the near
by Kaladan river. Farther
down the coast, at Kyaukpyu,
docks and buildings were raid
ed. In northwest Burma, bom
bers attacked building at Kal- 1
awa, enemy base on the Chlnd- j
wti|. river.)
New Cartoon Sells War Bonds !
W -".JiMKVMIIIirrir; i-mssaammmmmmmxr: ?< r
Herman, ,
X2& tell him
For VICTORY.. .put at least I'll
of every pay into WAR BONDS !
The above cartoon poster, especially drawn to promote the sale
of War Bonds and Stiunps, will soon be seen throughout the United
States. It is one of four new posters strewing new themes in the
War Bond camDaicn. 0. 3. Ttmma-y Dw*.
Navy Submarines
Sink Three Ships
Trio of Japanese Destroyers
Added to Toll Taken in
Aleutan Isle Ar*
Washington. July rl. ? Ameri
can submarines, grimly pressing
home their war of atl-ritionj
against the Japanese forces in the'
Aleutian Islands, have sunk three
more destroyers in the vicinity -of
Klska. the Navy announced to-j
day.
The announcement was made
in a communique which also re
ported that long-range Army
bombers recently made several i
at-tacks on both the enemy's en
campment and his ships in the
harbor of Kiska. but that It was
"Impossible to observe and ap
praise" the results of these raids.
"United States Army and Navy
aircraft are continuing Joint oper
ations against Mie enemy forces ;
occupying Islands In the Western
Aleutians," the communique add-,
ed. j
Todays- report raised substan
tially Mie total of damage Inflict
ed on the Japanese Invasion and
occupation forces since they ftrwt
moved Into the western end of
the United States island chain in
early June. For their occupation
of at least three Islands ? Kiska,
Attu and Agattn, all more than
586 nautical miles west of Dutch
Harbor ? they have suffered.
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D. Wltherspoon, Clay County
farmer, expects to harvest 400
bushels of the N. C. State Col
lege-developed Eequola Irish po
tato from two acrea this year.
Scrap of All
Kind Wanted
G. M. Beam, Chairman, Frank
Itn County Salvage Committee,
speaking of the need for Scrap
of all kinds says:
"Our country needs scrap met- '
al for war industry. Our steel I
mills, tank factories and airplane <
plan:? are exceeding their former !<
production records. We can help
them attain even higher produc-|<
tion by collecting all the scrap
we can find. . t
"The steel mills will convert' '
your scrap metal into the ma-[<
terials needed to make war equip- '
ment ? planes, ships and tanks, i
The normal sources of scrap sup- i
ply are not' enough So each of ?
us is being asked this week to i
make a complete search of our t
homes for old scrap metal; also I
for old rubber, rope, rags andic
burlap. I'
"I imagine we'll all be surpris-|
ed at the old lamps, old irons, s
old. stovepipes and things M>at we (1
probably will find. But it is im- a
portant that we do find t-hem. f
Won't you get in the scrap im
mediately?'*
- Cash income from American t
farm marketings in May, total- I
ing $988,000,000, was only slight- t
ly higher than April receipt but t
32 per cent more than in May of
last year. ,
Customer (In automobile sales 1
room) ? Say. this car here hasn't {
any gasoline tank! '
Salesman ? That's right, sir. Its '
our newest model ? we call 10 the
Ickea. (
Army Will Purchase Idle Power
Plants Owned by Farmers
Farmer* of Franklin County
who hare small power generating
plants not being used may have
an opportunity to sell them to j
the United States Army to meet'j
fhe rapidly growing need for
such units, according to Mr. Ire
T. Inscoe. Chairman ot the Coun-j
t-y USDA War Board;
The power plants. Chairman
Inscoe said, are wanted by the U.
S. Army Signal Corps (or operat
ing communications equipment,
especially at remote bases where
current is noti available from es
tablished plants.
The specific types of powei'
plants (bott) engine and genera
tor) needed Include gasoline,
diesel, kerosene or fuel oil driven ]
motors, operating 110 to 220-volt
generators, alternating current
only. Equipment of this type
can be used in capacities from
500 watis to 25 kilowatts and
larger.
Chairman Inscoe aald the
Army had requested the assist
ance of State and County USDA
War Boards In locating certain
types of these , idle power plants.
He pointed out that t'he Army
does not want to purchase power
plants now In use on the farm or
needed to Insure normal farming
operations.
"All negotiations in connection
with Inspection and approval for
purchase of such power plants
will be handled by Signal Corps
representatives in direct- contact
with the owner. Ownership of
an idle plant doe; not necessarily
mean the Army will purchase it.
Appropriate inspection will be
made by the Signal Corps to de
termine If the plant is suitable
for Army use. The County War
Board will serve to report loca
tion of these plants to the Army
so those which are desired may
be Inspected for possible pur
chase."
The Chairman' urged all farm
ers who have power generating
units for sale to report to the war
board the type, capacity, model,
age, an# present condition.
Members of State
Guard Return from
Encampment
On last Saturday: afternoon
:we[ve non-commissioned officers,
two cooks, and the three officers
of the Louisburg Company of the
S'orth Carolina State Guard re
turned from 9- week's encampment
and training school of the 1st
Regiment of the Nort-h ' Carolina
State Guard which was held at
the Armory in Henderson, N. C.
Captain Hill Yarborough, First
Lieutenant- Paul Elam, Second
Lieutenant Hamilton Hobgood,
Sgt. Felix Allen, Sgt. James John
son. Sgt. George Fuller, Sgt. Wil-!
liam David Wells, Sgt. Hugh
Mosley, Sgt.. C. B. Perry, Sgt.
James Perguson. Sgt. Charlie Ed
mondson, Sgt. Bobby Strickland,
Cpl. Thurinan Griffin. Cpl. Oscar
nnrerr -cpr. wrntam -wccmrer
jnd Cboks Delmont Burnett and
iVilbur P. Edwards were the[
members of the local 8th Com
pany who at-tended this training
school. All of these men were
iiven certificates of accomplish
ment by Colonel J. W. Jenkins,
Commanding officer of the 1st
Regiment.
All or muse men returned Irani
:anip showing t'he. results ot a
?eek of intensive training. Each
man put In about fifteen hours'
it work each day, btudyiug metb-j
ids of home defense, guerilla war-'
'are. and anti-paratroop defense,
rhe program was interspersed;
* it h many Army training films
howing regular Army maneuv
srs.. and then the boys would go
jut on the parade ground. In the
Hoods and in open fields and
l>ractlce what they had Just been
shown through the movies of ac-l
tual maneuvers. There was very
little time left during t-he week
For social activities, but Sgt. C.
B. Perry of the local company
kept< the camp in good spirits with;
his wit and humour. A dance was
held In the Henderson Armory on
Thursday night for the boys of
Ibe 1st Regiment. The highlight
ot that' social event was a black
out dance during the evening.
After the boys returned from
'amp. a special drill was held on
Monday night of this week. An in
fection of t'he Company by Lieu
enant Colonel Douglas C. France,
>f Fort Bragg, was held on Tues
lay night. Although no official
eport has been received of the
nspectlon, 1'he 8th Company from
ill appearances came through
vlth flying colors at thfs inspec
lon. Colonel Grimmer, of Fort
Jragg, stated tha^ the morale and
'spirit de corps of the Slate Guard
vas excellent.
The local Company has lost
everal men recently who were
Irafted into the regular Army,
ind several openings now exist
or new enlistments. t
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Crimson clover and cowpeas
rere responsible for increasing
he corn yield on the farm of
Orchard Shelton, Madison Coun
y farmer, from 15 bushels to 40
lushels an acre In one year.
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A survey made by a national
arm magazine revealed that 500
yplcal farm women used an av
erage of 125 pounds of sugar each
or canning and preserving last
'ear. ?
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Out of Business
Washington, July 22. ? Gas
oline dealers violating the new
rationing regulations face the
possibility of being out of busi- j
ness. the Office of Price Ad
ministration said today In ?
statement emphasizing what
OPA termed the desperate na- I
ture of the East's gasoline
shortage.
"If a dealer is unwilling to
assist In this effort, we no
longer consider him a part of
the system." Price Administra
tor Leon Henderson said.
"Careless dealers should know
that by violating the provisions
of the regulations, they choose
to run the risk of being put out i
of business.
Officials amplified the state
ment by explaining the OPA's
power to suspend gasoline de
liveries to an offending station
amounted to a llfe-and-death
control over the business.
Careless dealers will penal
ize themselves, It was added,
because the practice of serving
gasoline without taking cou
pons from motorists will auto
matically restrict a-' dealer's de
liveries, since they are govern
ed entirely by the number of
coupon* turned over to sup
pliers.
REDUCES TAX
RATE 5 CENTS
\
Approves Budget
For 1942-43
Rejects Application of John
Johnson For Beer Li
cense; County Tax 1942
$1.02
The Board of County Commis
sioners met on Monday with all
members present, according to
adjournment and after approving
the 1942-43 budget as recom
mended^ by- -County AcconWtant
Pier Williamson, proceeded to
set the tax rate at 11.02 divid
ed as follows:
General Purpose .15
Poor (Including old age.
aid to dependent) children,
paupers and Blind Aid) .11 '
County Home .05
Health .03
Debt Service .37
Schools
Debt Service
Current Expense
Capital. Outlay
.16
.12
.03
Total
$1.02
Itoad Debt Service
Dunn 20
Harris 55
Youngsville 23
Franklinton 23
Hayesville 67
Sandy Creek 43
Gold Mine 75
Cedar Rock 20
Cypress Creek . . .63
Louisburg t . . . .21
A motion in proper form was
made by Com. Winston and sec
onded by Com. Terrell find pass
ed. setMng the above tax rates.
Upon motion of Com. Barthol-.
omew, and duly seconded and
carried the applications of John
Johnson for beer and wine license
was rejected for Mie reason that
information required by CS 3411
(193), (104) is not furnished
the Board; and application of
Mary Green trading as Green Inn
Cafe is rejected* for the reason
said application does not contain
the information required by Sec
tion 3411(104) and l-he Clerk to
the Board is hereby directed to
refund said applicants their pay
ment's of $50.00 each.
Mary Jane Green trading as
Green Inn Cafe filed application
later in the day containing the
iuformaMon above left out. but
upon motion of Com. Bartholo
mew the application wjs tabled
until- t-he meeting on July 27 due
to the fact that there Is some
question as t-o wluth'er or not a
town license has been properly
issued to said Mary Green.
The Board rejected the appli
cation of W. R. Griffin for an ex
tension of time on his deed of
trust due the county which is be
ing foreclosed.
The Board rejected the appli
cation of H. C. Kearney for an
extension of time on his two
mortgages, which are In the pro
cess qt being foreclosed by the
CountyV
upon motion or con. Bartholo
mew. seconded by Com. Stallings
the three street- paving assess
ment certificates from the Town
of Franklinton against the prop
ery of Ohe Franklinton Graded
School be released and returned
to Mary G. Kearney by the Coun
ty Attorney. This motdon duly
carried.
Upon motion of Com. Winston,
seconded by Com. Terrell and
duly carried the 1941 taxes on
the lot formerly owned by Betty
Holden and now owned by the
Town of Youngsville and used by
Mie town of -Voungsriile during
the year 1911 and subsequently*
as a sewerage disposal plant, and
listed to the town of Youngsrille
through error and not collectible
because said propery Is being us
ed for purposes of said town; and
that J. H. Boone. Tax Collector,
is not required to collect the
same and is auhorized to make
proper entry upon his records
that< said lot is not taxable prop
erty.
The Board adjourned to meet
again on July 27th at 10 A. M.
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PROMOTED
James B. Collier, who was re
cently transferred to Headquar
ters Battery 113th Field Artil
lery Bn. and promoted to Tech
nical Sergeant has bow been pro
moted to regular Staff Sergeant.