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BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS MAKE EVERY PAY DAT BONO DAY JOIN THE PAY ROLL * SAVINGS PLAN * VOLUMN LXXIII $1.50 per year in Advance LOOTS BURG. S| CAROLINA FHII?A?, JULY 31, 1043 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 03 RUSSIANS SLOW ING NAZI DRIVE Moscow Indicates Germans Have /A Made Little Progress in Last 24 Hours; Fighting Centers at Tsimlyansk, Bataisk and Vo ronezh; Lull Continues in Egypt Moscow, Thursday, July 30. ? The Russian armies of the south today were reported throwing re , All * II I t 1 ft Jit*! VPs lTlTO liiP l)ll ic! uall I" against the Germans and the So viet midnight communique indi cated that the Nazi steamroller had made little, if any, progress in the last 24 hours. While dispatches from the bat tlefield said the Russians finally were beginning to put their huge manpower reserve into action, the communique merely said that "fierce engagements" with the enemy were fought in the Tsim lyansk and Bataisk areas of the Don and Caucusus and on the northern end of that flaming front in the Voronezh area. On the critical Caucasian bat tlefront at Bataisk. 15 miles be low Rostov, the Russians said heavy fighting continued through out the day. Infantry troops de fending one important position, supported by tanks and planes, wiped out about 2.000 German men and officers. The communique announced for the first time that the Ger mans were- attacking west of Ketskaya, 120 miles northwest of Stalingrad and well to the north of the Don-Caucasus battle ground. New Front Kletskaya is on the Don Elver well below Voronezh. (This op ening of a new front might indi cate that the Germans are at tempting to swing a northern arm across the Don and down against Stalingrad, on the Volga.) "In the area southwest of Kletskaya fierce fighting is In Si progress," the communique de clared. "Soviet troops are hold ing up the German push and in flicting heavy losses on them. One of our infantry units assist ed by tanks routed advancing en emy unh^." Of the Tsimlyansk fighting in the Bend of\he Don, the Rus sians said "we destroyed 12 Ger man tanks, several guns and ma chine guns. The Germans lost over 800 soldiers and officers. The enemy is constantly hurling in reserves." \ The strong efTort of the Rus sians to ease the pressure on the south by pounding at the north ern flank of the German offensive produced bitter hand-to-hand fighting in the Voronezh area. o Franklin at W, F. Wake Forest, July 31.-^Elgh teen students from Franklin County are among the 605 regis tered (or the current summer term at Wake Forest College. They are: B. L. Perry, Zebu Ion; Charlotte Boone, Castalla; Mrs. Thelma R. Hall, Ida Mae Weathers, and Mrs. Maude Win ?ton Tharrlngton. all of Youngs Tille; Olive Crews, Mrs. Electa R. Hardy. Mattllle Irwin Hicks. Max Sawyer, and Elizabeth Joyner Wester, all ot Franklinton. The following are from Louis burg: Oaither Beam. Jr., J. 3. Holden. Oveda Bowden, Joseph Thomas Hart, Jane Murphy. Mary Alice Pernell, J. Howell Perry, and Nannie Wheless. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, August 1st: Saturday ? Roy Rogers in "Ro mance On The Range" and Eddie Foy and Dennis O'Keefe in "Moonlight Masquerade." Also a new chapter of "Spy Smashers." Sunday-Monday ? Jean Oabln and Ida Lupino In "Moontide." Tuesday ? BeMe Davis and Her bert Marshall in "The Little Foxes." w , Wednesday ? Van Heflin and Patricia Dane In "Grand Central Murder." Thursday - Friday ? Wallace Beery and Marjorle Main In "Jackass Mail." BJJLLUCK AT FORT SILL CiijtHin Elmore C. Bulluck Ft. Sill, Okla., July 27. ? (Special) ? Captain Elmore C. Bulluck. who lives at Loulsburg, X. C.. has been chosen to attend Division Artillery Course Xo. 5 of the Field Artillery School. Ft. Sill, Qkla. Captain Bulluck, son of Mrs. J?ff?rc?n D. Bulluck, 412 Marigold St., Rocky Mount, N. C., was sent to the school from Ft. Jackson, Miss. Before starting on active duty, he was a member of the firm-Lumpkln and Bul luck. He is 38 years old. n , , Cans For Canners The Lunch Room of Mills High School in Louisburg has on hand several hundred empty glass fruit Jars with new tops and rubbers which they are anxious to have filled with surplus fruits and veg etables from your orchards and gardens. They want to give you for your own, a Jar with new top and rub ber, for you to fill them a Jar for use in the Lunch Room this win ter. This Is a splendid work and will be a great help in giving the school children nourishing lunches. Please give this plan your con sideration. and If you have a srr plus, or are in need of more Jars for your own use, see or phone Mrs.?J. A. Turner, Lunch Room manager, at> her home, 308 N. Main Street, and she will be glad to deliver the Jars at any time most convenient for you. IMPORTANT TO OAS AND SUOAR USERS The FRANKLIN TIMES Is requested to state that in order to catch up with re ports which the Government requires, It will be necessary to cloae the office of the Ration Board each day at 1:00 o'clock P. M. from Monday, August 8, until further notice. o Backed by Force London, July 29. ? Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons today that the government agrees with Secretary of State Cordell Hull's recent statement that International authority after the war must be backed by In ternational force. He made this declaration , In reply to a question on plans to establish an international court of justice after the war, but he refused to discuss steps now being taken In conjunction with the United States and oth er Allied nations except to say that the matter was being ex amined and that the govern ment fully realized the vital necessity of considering past war problems while hostilities still were going on. TOWN TAX RATE S2J0 Raise Budget of $84-712.00 Mary Jane Green Denied Beer and Wine PrivUegfeV Liles Dropped From Po lice Force Account of Health; Other Matters "The Board of Town Commis sioners met in Special Session, 1 Friday, July 24th., at 7:30 P. I M. The purpose of the meeting I was to adopt a permanent' Budget^ of Expenses for the Fiscal Year[ 1942-1943, to adopt the tax rate for the Fiscal year 1942-43, and oMier business. iVll members of the board were present. Mr. Frank P. Wall solicited the Bbard for the audit of the Town books for the past fiscal year, for the firm of Williams & Wall. C.P.A's. After hearing Mr. Wall the Board awarded the audit to Williams & Wall for the sum of *2on.oo. j A motion was passed to adopt | a permanent- Budget of Expenses and tax rate for the Fiscal Year 1942-1943. The Budget adopted provided a Departmental expense of $62, 470.00, and a debt service re quirement of $22,242.00, making a total of $84,712.00. Tax Rate for 1942-1943 was set as follows: General Pur pose 50c; Debt Service $1.50 per $100.00 valuation. Making a total rate of $2.00. The Board passed a motion to pay Mr. K. L. Liles his regular salauy up to Sept. 1, 1942 and to notify Mr. Liles that due to his physical condition the Board finds It necessary to dispense with his services. Each member of the Board expressed his appreciation of the splemHd- service that has been rendered by Mr. Liles in the past, and also expressed his sincere regrets that Mr. Liles is physically unable fco serve further on the Loulsburg Police force. A motion was passed to deny a Beer and' Wine Privilege Li cense to Mary Jane Green, pro prietor of the Green Inn. The fallowing motion was passed by tne Board: "That the Town of Loulsburg, N. C. join as party plaintiff in a special proceeding before the Clerk of Superior Court, for the purpose of naming a successor Trustee to succeed to ail the rights and duties of W. N. Fuller, Trustee, at the time of his death held title for the use and benefit of the Town of Loulsburg, N. C-, and the County of Franklin, N. i C." There Wing no further busi ness the meeting adjourntd. Enlists In Marines Raleigh. July 25. ? Two men were enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve here yesterday for future officers' training, accord ing .to Captain John M. Greer, recruiting officer for North Caro lina. They were Maurice A. Welns tein, of Charlotte, graduate of Duke University; and Herbert Palmer Scoggln, of Loulsburg. graduate of the University of North Carolina. ? " BILL EXTENDS LOW INTEREST RATE ON LAND BANK LOANS President Roosevelt has signed a bill extending for two years the reduced interest rates on Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Com missioner loans, Mr. M. T. Lamm, President of the Franklin Natten al Farm Loan Association, an nounced this week. Mr. Lamm stated that this would mean a considerable saving In interest charges to borrowers in Franklin County. The Franklin Association is a member of a group of three as sociations' maintaining a joint of fice at Henderson, N. C? serving Franklin, Vance, Warren, and Granville Counties. ?>*. ? '? O 1 ? It is advisable to switch to second gear when climbing a hill if the speedometer goes down to 20 miles an hour. ? Oi Pay Day, Bay Bond*? To Resign B. N. WILLIAMSON, JR. Krunklin County's efficient and popular Accountant. Only Changes J. ,H. BOOXK ? ? Franklin County's popular and efficient Tax Collector who is slat (Ml to change soon to County Accountant. Much Interest the past week has centered around the reports that County Accountant B. N. Williamson, Jr., would tender his resignation to the Board of County Commissioner on Monday to become effective on October 1st, and that Tax Collector J. H. Boone would be appointed by the Board to fill Mr. Williamson's unexpired term. Mr. Boone is the electee for this position, the term of which begins on April 1st. Mr. Boone's term as Tax Collector, expires on October 1st, and his leaving will leave a vacancy there, which It Is under stood the Commissioners will All Monday. The FRANKLIN TIMES re porter called upon Messrs. Wil liamson and Boone yesterday con cerning this rumor and they confirmed it in so far as they were concerned. This arrange ment works out nicely since changes will have to be made la ter and both terms Tlo not expire at the same time. Mr. Williamson states that he feels that' tliis (s the proper ac tion for him to take as his new gin interests at Frankllnton de mand his personal attention. He also confirmed the report that he ' expects to rnoye to Frankiinton k> lie near his work. ' Both Mr. Williamson and Mr. Hoone have made the County ex-' (optionally One and efficient of ficers. and it is regretted that our public business has to lose either of tliein. However the ijood wishis of the public will go to Mr. Williamson in Ills new work and to Mr. Boone in his new office, GERMANS CONCERNED OVER SECOND FRONT Propaganda Parade of Elite Troops Staged at Paris; Warning to Allies Bern, Switzerland. July 29. ? The Germans sent battle-trained and newly-rearmed SS Elite Guard troops wheeling down the Champs Elysees In Paris today en route to the "Invasion Coast." and to this widely-advertised ges ture Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels added the de clartion that the opening of an Allied second front would be "an. act of madness." In the article In the weekly Das Reich giving the official stamp to the Increasing propa ganda in Germany concerning a second front. Goebbels Issued a "hearty welcome" to the British and said he hoped some Ameri cans would join them In trying Invasion. "Those MacArthurs," he wrote, "then for the first time would make the acquaintance of Ger man soldiers who, although not carrying tennis rackets and golf clubs, would carry first class weapons and would bring with them a vast store of war experi ence collected on all the Euro pean. battlefields. H Korbi<l<l?n "They would gladly take the ! opportunity of making It plain ' to the Yankees that entrance to Europe Is forbidden, z x" As the Elite Ouards paraded through Paris to Impress the' world with the quality of troops reinforcing the coastal defenses, Goebbels called the tune from Berlin, declaring: "No German troops will be withdrawn from the west. Quite to the contrary, x x the best and most efficient troops have been transferred to the west." He discounted the speculation that developed through the win ter to the effect that Germany would be forced to withdl-aw her troops from the- west, at the ex pense of their garrisons in the occupied countries, to bulwark their Russian campaigns. French dispatches called the paraders in Paris "Important con tingents" seasoned In the Rus sian fighting. The seriousness with which the Germans view the prospect of a second front soon was indicated in a Berlin announcement . that locomotives with fall steam up were held constantly In readiness I Old Phonograph R e c or d 8 ! The drive for ulil Phonograph Records (or our InK Men 1m *1111 in priign-*?. Quite h number of words huvc been Kent in and tlie Hoy Scouts have collected a good number. If you have any old records ; you wish to contribute to Ihln cause bring or .send them to T. K. Ktockard, Adjutant of the local American legion I'ost at the I<ouisburg Armory, or call K. K. Thomas, Commander and he will see that they are col lected. This drive lasts until August 2nd. along the western coast to more troop trains Into action as need ed. o Huge Cargo Planes Proposed Washington, July 27. ? Senator Lee, D. Okla., proposed to the Senate today the diversion ot enough of the nation's produc tion capacity to construct buHIc ient cargo and troop transport planes to Insure troops and sup plies reaching the fighting lines. Lee ottered a resolution to create a new supply board to pro ceed Immediately with construc tion ot such flying boats and land base airplanes for carrying troops and supplies as may be necessary to supplement shipping facilities. The board would be composed of the secretaries of war and navy, the administrator of the War Shipping administration and the chairman of the War Produc- i tlon Board. " Air transportation officer the i only possible chance we have of winning this war," Lee said, eon tending that Adolf Hitler had ? "made good" a threat to turn cut enough submarines "to cut th? supply lines of the United States." "It Is folly, utter folly, for' us to continue to try to build ships faster than Hitler can sink them," Le? declared. BIG GERMAN PORT HIT BY RAF AGAIN British Lose 32 Planes in Giving Ham burg Another Destructive Bombing - i TOBACCO SELLS ABOVE 1941 i I Georgia and Flor ida Openings Relatively Good Offerings Average 30 to 35 Cents At Season's Opening Valdosta. Ua., July 28. ? Prices averaging 30 to 35 ceuts a pound were paid Georgia farmers today for first offerings in the tobacco auction sales, apparently averag ing a few cents above 1 1*4 X open ings. During t'he first week last year, the average price on the 15 mar kets in the State was 20.38 cents a pound. Low grade and medium brought prices today ranging from six to 12 rents a pound' liO-Ccnt Top j A high price of 50 cents a pound was. paid on the Hahira market for some baskets and oth er market's reported top quota tions ranging from. 40 to 48 cents. The average price for first sales at Hahira was 35 cents. | Statesboro, wiMi a million pounds of leaf on hand compared to 750,000 pounds for the open ing last year, reported a price average of 32 cents, or 10 cents a pound higher Mian the average for opening sales the previous i season. Two Douglas warehouses paid six to seveu cents above opening sales last year with the range there averaging 38 % cents. The top price in Douglas was 41 cents and only a few grades sold under 20 cents. Vidalia and Baxley reported morning averages of 38 cents a pound while Tifton. Adel, Moul trie, Nashville. Waycross, Metter, Pelham and Blackshear markets ?old t-he leaf at prices averaging from 30 to 33 cents. First sales tt Hazelhurt brought an average of 28 cents. Nashville's top price was 48 rents and Tifton reported some sales at 45 cents. A million and a quarter pounds of tobacco were; nn the warehouse floors In Nash ville when sales began. Farmers Satisfied On the local markets, t-he high est price for first offering reached i 41 cents a pound. E. C. West brook. tobacco specialist of the Extension Service, said farmers here appeared satisfied with the returns and that) he saw only one ticket turned by a grower who thought his leaf was worth more (?han offered. Prices were slight ly higher than last year here, R'estbrook said. Live Oak and Lake City, Fla\, | markets reported higher prices tor Initial offerings with an aver age ot 37 cente at Lire Oak and 32 cents at Lake City. LOU ISBURG METHODIST CHURCH "Christ Interpets Life," is the I sermon subject for the 11:00 o'clock service at the Methodist Church, Sunday morning. Vesper Service on t-he college campus at 7:45. Forrest" D. j Hedden will bring the message. | Church School convenes at 9:45 a. m. Youth services will meet at 8:30 p. m. in the church. L o MUSICAL AT W. F. C. Wake Forest. July 29. ? A mus-j, leal program, featuring students i enrolled in the Wake Forest Col-j lege summer school, will be pre-' sented under the direction of Professor Thane McDonald in thej] Wake Forest Baptist Church au- 1 ditorium July 30 at eight) p. m. The public Is Invited, and there will be no admission charge. The1 ooncert will embrace pre sentations by the Litt4e Symphony Orchestra, the Girls' Sextette, tdie Summer Chorus, and piano soloists. London, July 29. ? Hundreds of Royal Atr Force bombers streak ed through heavy storm clouds to ' resume the devastation of Ham- ' burg, Germany's largest port and submarine-building center last night, with 1 fire and exploslva bombs dropped from 1,000-foot heights, fulfilling a promise to scourge Hitler's cities "come rain, blow or snow." Huge fires again were set in t 1 1 u /j.u'L- u nil f ui'tni'u a raaa nf tha x ix rr v. IV CT rlTI luvWI J Gi t OO O L LUTJ city of 1,680,00 persons, which sMU was struggling its way out of a disaster inflicted by 600 RAF bombers on Monday night. Thirty-two of the raiders were lost, mainly because of the storm which not only forced t>he pilots to battle ice formations all the way over and back, but compelled them to swoop down beneath a l,000-foot> cloud bank overhang ing Hamburg to dump their bombs. Silhouetted against the low cloud, the bombers were ex posed to the full force of t>he greatest array of anti-aircraft guns in Germany. First reports had indicated that' It was another 600-plane raid, but subsequently an RAF commentator said the raiding force was smaller than Monday's, and that although Mie losses were higher than normally, they were "not excessive."'' A loss of above 10 per cent is considered t-hat at least 400 planes were employed. Weather Bad The weather was described as "appalling," with the sky over Hamburg "almost a continuous cloud." Observation of the dam age to Hamburg was difficult, bub the fact that -the^raid was car ried out despitftlie storm bort out Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris' warning to Mie. German people by radio last night that the RAF and United States Air Forces were going to "scourge the Third Reich from end to end," in all kinds of weather, unless they overthrew the Nazis and made peace. _ This afternoon RAP bombers flew singly into northwestern Germany again to harass war workers there. The Air Ministry also announ ced that small formations of Spitfire fighter planes, operating over a 50-miie stretch of t-he oc cupied channel coast from Ca lais. France, to Ostend. Belgium, attacked locomotives. barges, troop lorries and shipping. Fight ing French pilots attacked Ger man lorries at Ostend. Three fighter planes failed to return from the daylight opera tions. the ministry announced. APPRECIATION Too much praise cannot be giv en to the volunteer helpers who have so generously given of their time and labor in assistance to the Rationing Board. With few exceptions the peopla of Franklin County have shown a splendid spirit of co-operation in this program. Your Government, your Ration ing Board and your Defense Council are all deeply apprecia tive. E. H. MALONE. Chairman. Franklin Cobnty Defense Council. ? O- ? PA IX MILLS Paul Mills, 54, died Monday In Park View Hospital at Rocky Mount after a short Illness. Funeral services were held at the home in Castalia. Wednes day afternoon, with burial fol lowing in the family cemetery near the home. A wife and sev eral children survive. o People who buy more of any thing than they currently n??d, and merchants who encourage them to do so are sabotaging the war effort, and are therefore pub lic enemies. For men must work and women must weep ? And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep. ? Klngaley. o ? Speaking of Razor Blades Ration the sugar, Spread the batter thin; But spare, O spare, The patriot's' chia!
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