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FOR ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS ? STAMPS riME; MAKE EVIRY PAY DAY BONO DAY JOIN THE PAY ROLL * SAVINGS PLAN * VOLUMN LXim #1.50 par year In Advance LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY', AUGUST 21, 1942 (Eight Pages) NUMBER Doughboys In France MAKE 9 HOUR RAID SUCCESSFUL Commandos and U.. S. "Rangers" Stage Heavy Assault On French Coast, Battling Germans for Nine Hours Before Withdrawal; Gigantic Air Battle Is Fought London, Aug. 19. ? Allied shock troops, including Am-| erican "Rangers," stormed ashore with tanks on the French coast around Dieppe and fought the Germans nine hours today in a second front rehearsal that set off a gigantic air battle,' costing the Gerpians almost 200 planes destroyed or -damaged and the Allies 95 planes missing. The British Press Association said about one-third of the German air force's fighter strength in the west was probably destroyed in the massive battles over Dieppe and the English Channel. CASUALTIES HEAVY I All surviving Allied forces were ' withdrawn as scheduled, although t casualties were believed extreme- c ly heavy, an Allied combined ( headquarters communique report- a ed. It denied that a full-scale, Invasion had been attempted, as r claimed by the Berlin radio which , said that a whole Allied divislon.( ? 15.000 men ? was involved. jf The communique said some 1 tanks ? run up to the shore In I new tanklandlng boats used for| the first time? were also lost in t the fierce fighting which broke I out when the Allies. includtng'f British. Canadian, and Fighting' c French as well as the Americans, t landed at three points near 1 Dieppe. c The Invasion rehearsal marked ' the first time U. S. 'troops had ' fought on French soil since 1918.]1 The Americans were a detach- 3 ment of vofunteers especially chosen from a battalion of Rang ers which has been training with ] Lord Louis Mountbatten's British i Commandos. "Eighty-two enemy planes are known to have been destroyed in addition to a number shot down * by naval vessels." the communl- e que said. "Over 100 (other) en- 1 emy planes also were probably destroyed or damaged. a "Ninety-five of our planes of1 all commands are missing. Twen ty-one fighter pilots are "known 9 safe and It is hoped that others! 1 will prove to be rescued." BEACHES STORMED I , German casualties In the ground fighting also were reported heavy. The Allied assault forces bat- y tered their way ashore under co-;i ver of a tremendous air and naval { bombardment. ] The contingent on the left was r at first repulsed but It reformed | and later carried the beach by f storm. |r The central contingent ran1; tanks ashore, participating the(t first armored clash in Western' Europe since the evacuation of Dunkirk. On the right wing, the Allies struck hard and fast for their objectives ? A six-gun German battery and Its accompanying am munition dump. After blowing q up these targets, the right wing a force withdrew and returned to t England, the first to complete its v mission. j The control and left eonttng-j ents meanwhile fought on, des- ( troying a radio station, an anti aircraft battery and other objec tives. The last of the forces began reembarking nine hours after the initial landing and only six min utes behind schedule, the com munique said. The German radio broadcast sweping claims of an Allied "de bacle." It asserted the raiders lost several hundred dead, more than 1.500 prisoners including 60 i Canadian officers. 28 tanks, three destroyers, two torpedo boat* and two transports sunk and five cruisers or large destroyers and two transports damaged by air a bombs. jn Although implications of an In vasion were emphatically denied, ii the Dieppe foray, involving about I three times the forces of any of t the six previous British Comman do raids on France came as an electrifying development in this crucial stage of the war. In treating It as a full-scale In vasion efTort, the German radio said the Allies attacked on a "broad front" east and west of1 Dieppe but asserted not a single a ?nemy soldier was left able to.l fight by mid-afternoon. . The British communique said that apart from the losses In Ilcted on the enemy, "vital ex perience has been gained in the ?mployment of substantial num >erg of troops and in an assault ind in transport use of heavy ?quipment during combined oper ations." The American forces on the aid were a group of ""Rangers" varriors picked from an avalan :he of volunteers and included ormer stage and screen star ..ieut. Douglas Fairbanks of the >Iavy. Dieppe, peace-time playground or English week-enders from v'ewhaven, 60 miles across the Channel. is a notoriously German irmed trawler and torpedo boat iase and suspected submarine laven. It is less exposed than ither French coastal bases kept inder close sur^illance by the iAF and the Commandos were lelleved to have picked it out for , thorough scouting of its de ense positions. o LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH "What's Permanent In Charac er" la the sermon subject for the leven o'clock service Sunday norning. Dr. Walter Pat)en will speak it the Vesper service at 7:45 on he College campus. Sunday School convenes at i:45. Young People's services neet at 8:30 P. M. o Shoots Brother Fred Douglas Thome, aged 5. vas shot by his brother. Otho )ouglas Thorne. aged 8. about I o'clock Saturday morning and ^red was taken to St. Agnes hos iltal In Raleigh, where it wai earned the wound was not dan rerous. according to information ecelved by Sheriff John P. doore. Both were colored, and he sons 'of Mamie Thome, who lves in a saw mill shanty near imlth Alford's, near Bunn. It vas explained that* the boys ound a pistol an<J. In handling It he pistol went off, the bullet aktng effect In the right should ir and lodging in the lower back, 'he doctors did not consider the icclde'nt serious unless some com illcatlons set in. The incident ras considered an accident and 10 Inquest was had. >NLY ONE MORE Wednesday of next week will mark the end of the summer vacation half holiday closing for Louisbnrg. It will be the last Wednesday in August. All stores will be closed as usual on that day but the following Wednesday which is Sept. 2nd, they will be open for the ac commodation of the public. 'ROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program t the Louisburg TheatTe, begln Ing August 22nd: Saturday ? Bill (Radio) Boyd n "Raiders of The West" and irenda Jojce in "The Postman )idn't Ring." Also Chapter 2, Perils of Nyoka." Sunday - Monday ? Humphrey logart and Irene Manning in The Big Shot." Tuesday ? Marsha Hunt and tarry Nelson in "Affair* of Mar ha." k " Wednesday ? Victor McLaglen nd Edmond O'Brien In "Powder "own." Thursday - Friday ? Hedy L? larr and William Powell tn Crossroads." U. S. Reservoir Of 1-A Men About Gone . Married Men With Depen dents May Be Called Soon Boston, Aug. 18. ? Ageneral I draft of married men under 45 with dependents will come "in the not far distant future," a spokesman for Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey's National Selective Service Board predicted today. Public Relations Director Ted Luther, speaking at the 62nd an nual reunion of Legibn of Valor members, said the nation's r.eser voir of 1-A men was "practically exhausted" and that It now would be necessary to obtain soldiers from 1-B and 3-A classes. "The Selective Service Board is most anxious to avoid breaking up homes and families, Luther said. "But because of the few men in 1-B classification and the smaller number, that can be ob tained from among those reach ing 20 years of age each month it will be necessary to take those with dependents." Luther said he believed the number of dependents each man had "might influence" the order in which he would be called. He believed these steps would be tak en: 1. Men In 1-B (fit for limited service) would be reclassified and called 2. Married men without depend ents would be called. 3. Married men with depend ents would be called. Information received at the local Draft Board office this week indicate they are not expecting to have to call married men in Franklin County before January 1943. o Inducted The local Draft Board makes the following announcement: The following white men are to be inducted August 22nd. 1942: Roy Jones, Arthur G. Collins. Ceorge E. Pearce. Jessie J. Morris^ Joseph E. Tlllottson. Jullous C.J Pearce. William H. White,_ Ernest J. Hayes. John S. Holden. Warford M. Sexton. Jack O. Newton, LesfPr P. Medlln, Wal ter R. Thompson. Henry M. Gup ton, James T. Holmes. William Davis. Sam H. Bailey, Jr.. Tarian E. Bell. Milton Upchurch. The, following white men are to be Inducted August 24th. 1942: Alfonso Cooper, Benja min C. Cooke, Charles B. Perry, Jr.. Cnrvel G. Cheves, Elmo Rog ers. Cleo Tucker. These men were sent to Fort Bragg on August 7th for exami nation. o SUGAR AND GASO LINE RATIONS For the convenience of the people of the county, representa tives of the Rationing Board will be at the following school sites In the county for the purpose of taking applications for Sugar and Gasoline as set out in Jthe following schedule: " Monday, 9:3"0 a. m. to 2:30 (>. m.. at Epsom. Tuesday, 9:30 a! m. to 2:30 p. m., at Franklinton. Wednesday, 9:30 a. m. to 1:00 p. m., at Gold Sand. Thursday, 9:30 a. m. to 2:30 p. m., at Youngsvllle. Friday, 9:30 a. m. to 2:30 p. m., at Bunn. Saturday; A 9:30 a."m. to 1:00 p. in., at Edward Best. It will be imposible, on account of the limited number of workers to have a representative at each of the schools In the County but you may file your application at the school named above, which Is most convenient to you, but be sure to be there on the day and between the hours as set out in this schedule. Please tell your friends who do not read the FRANKLIN TIMES if there are such. Aher deducting all expenses,' Woodali Worley, Madison Country farmer, made a net profit of $328.20 from 1.5 acres of string less green pod beans. o TO BROADCAST Five members of the Gold Sand 4-H Club will give a fif teen minute broadcast over station VVPTF Saturday, Au gust 82, at 11:48 A. M. Those appearing on the program will be Martha Parrlsh, Margaret Watklns, Margaret Person, Roy Gupton and Robert Mur phy ,1 Duke of Kent Lauas xa i* r-eei This British Air Ministry photo shows the Duke of Kent with -RAF Flight' Commander Tom Allen, of Louisburg, at a RAF base somewhere In England. The Duke made the visit to congratulate Allen and his squadron on sinking a German ship on May 20. Allen, son of L. L. Alien, of l.ouisbhrg, later was.iaVited to lunch with the king and queen. Allen has been reported missing after action above the English Channel. He is an alumnus of State College. ? Photo courtesy t^ews-Observer. Winston Named Hospital Head ! Yomijfsvllle Man Elected Super intendent of Wilmington lu l Nfitution Wilmington, Aug. 17. ? M. E. Winston, of Youngsville, has been | elected superintendent of James j Walker Memorial Hospital here to succeed Newton Fisher, super-j intendent of the institution for jthe past 20 years who last week 'submitted his resignation to the I board of managers. Winston will assume his uew duties on September 1. According to J. C. Roe, chair man of the board of managers, new superintendent has had wide I experience in hospital adminis tration for a number of years. He previously was connected .with Duke hospital iu Durham. : Ilex hospital in Raleigh, and the J Park View hospital in Rocky Mount. . Rationing Information The Office of Price Adinlnis-j tratiou has authorized a grant of ail extra allotment of sugar to industrial and institutional users for the four months of July, August. September, and October.; Each industrial user shall receive an extra allotment of 10 per cent of its July, August. September, and October sugar base, and in stitutional users shall receive an extra allotment of 25 per cent of its July. August, September and October sugar base. The extra allotment for the four months are to be granted at the time of applying for the ul-j lotment for the September-Octo-, ber period, and applications may be made at the oftice of the local Board any time on o t after Au gust 7, 1942. This date has been set in order that Registering Units may secure their additional sugar earlier than heretofore stated. The local Rationing Board calls attention to the periods forj which gas units are good. For instance units No- 1. on the flfrst page in the A book is good dur ing the period between July 22 and Sept. 21. The other dates following In the same order as stated below: No. 1 ? July 22, 1942 to Sept. 21, 1942, Inclusive. *?No. 2 ? Sept. 22, 1942 to Nov. 21. 1942, inclusive. No. '3 ? Nov. 22, 1942 to Jan. 21, 1943, Inclusive. No 4 ? Jan. 22, 1943 to Mar. 21, 1943, Inclusive. No. 5 ? Mar 22, 1942 to May 21, 1943, inclusive. No. 6 ? May 22, 1943 to July 21. 1943, inclusive. Gas stations must observe these dates as well as gas users. o ? On Pay Day, Buy Bonds? In Solomons General MacArfhur's Head quarters, Australia, Aug. 19. ? Fighting In the Solomon Is lands, which apparently had settled down to a methodical extension of footholds gained by United States forces, con tinued today with the broad object of stopping Japanese ex pansion toward the southeast. Land, sea and air form were slugging energetically, hut de tails were undisclosed hy mili tary headquarters hen*, or hy Washington. The absence of official re ports, and of anything approa ching a blow -by -blow account, did not suggest to observers, however, that the battle was over. On the contrary, an im pression grew that dislodging the enemy from positions forti fied for weeks may be a long and tedious task. Kittrell Wreck Blamed on Speed ICC Says Silver Meteor Wreck Due to Lack of Proper Supervision In Rules Washington, Auk. 18. ? The Interstate Commerce Commission reported today that a collision on the Seaboard Airline Itailway at Klttrell. N. C.. in which eight passengers were killed June 14 was caused by (allure to provide adequate flag protection for the preceding train and by failure properly to control the speed of the following train. The accident occurred when a freight train crashed into the rear of a passenger train which had stopped near the Klttrell sta tion. ' The Commission recalled that a similar accident had occurred on the same railway at Moncure, N. C., June 8. injuring three em ployes and commented that "both Investigations disclosed a lack of proper supervision in the enforce ment of rules." Tobacco Prices Hold Good Heavy offering of tips and com mon type leaf brought the gener al average down on most tobacco markets of the Border Belt yes terday, although as a whole prices remained firm on a majority of grades. Except for a slight decline in prices for primings the average On most grades was about the same as early this week. Most offerings were in good condition despite rainy weather. Little damaged tobacco has been seen on floors this season. SCRAP RALLY Don't forget that the big Scrap Rally for Franklin County will be gin on Monday and last through Saturday. Get your scrap ready and take it to one of the delivery points named. Lets make it a big Day for Uncle Sam. Judge Sinclair Succumbs at 79 Prominent State Jurist Dies At Fayetteville Home ; Funeral Rites Thursday J Fayetteville, .Aug. 19. ? Judge Neil Angus Sinclair, 79. one of - thejptwo oldest Judges of the Su perior Court, died at 6 o'clock Weduesday morning at his home oil Oak Ridge Avenue. He has been in failing health for several years and had been critically ill for the past Week. Judge Sinclair had served his city, county and State in many t capacities. Though his talents ( were varied, he was primarily a t lawyer, and earned at the bar a , reputation that ranked him { among the leading attorneys of ( the State. His career at the bar culminated in his election to the | bench in 1922 as presiding Judge , of the Ninth Judicial" District. ( He was reelected in 1930 at the | expiration of the eight-year term. , In ^1938, however, he declined j to offer his name for reelection (in the advice of his physician. He I bus became an emergency judge. | and at the time of his death had served nearly 20 years on the ( bench. Judge Sinclair s ouisianaingi , contribution to the State as a Judge of the Superior Court was! his work, in breaking down mob violence. He contributed largely ( to the sentiment in North Caro lina (or the proper and humane treatment of those in the State institutions. He strongly opposed the system of leasing prisoners | and the then existing sfstem of county chain gangs, holding that! one distinct State system for all prisoners was the only remedy against the evils attending the handling of those convicted ofi crime. Judge Sinclair was a State' Senator in 1V05. and was the author of legislation which gavel the Governor the power of condi tional pardon of criminals. He was elected solicitor of this Judi cial District in 1W07. He was Pres idential elector-at-largr in 1916. and during the first World War was chairman of the Cumberland County Draft Board. He was a member of the State and Amerl <an Bar Associations. Surviving are his second wife, formerly Miss Anna Fuller Par ham of Louisburg; three daugh ters. Mrs. Frederick F. Travis of Raleigh. Mrs. James Edward Wil-j liamson of Charlotte, and Mrs., ' George W. Harrison of Wood I bridge. N. J.; and two grand daughters. Mrs. A. R. Marusi. I Boston. Mass.. and Miss Dorothy Travis of Southern Pines. Funeral Services will be held ' i from the home Thursday after Inoon at 5:30 o'clock. Burial will he in Cross Creek Cemetery. Sidelights on Raid Vichy. Aug. 19. ? The Dieppe urea raided today by Allied Com mando* lies In a fortified zone where the Germans hav6 strung I endless rolls of barbed wire to 1 protect the beaches, and have dot J ted the dunes and cliffs with Marge and small blockhouses for | machine guns and artillery, ac cording to recent pictures In Paris newspapers. Only two weeks ago. after this fortified zone had been inspected , by Admiral Erich Raeder, com-j mander-in-chief of German naval forces, the defenses were pro nounced "complete," and immedi ately two divisions of SS elite guard troops, withdrawn from the Russian front, paraded through Paris on their way to the coast. As shown in Paris newspaper photographs, the gun emplace ments are interspersed with ob servation and listening posts I commanding the best views of the coastline. It was pointed out that the British radio has betn urging the French population not to parttcl ipate in Allied raids and the French government also issued an appeal to civilians recently to avoid mixing in any landing at tempt. It was doubtful If many French were in the attacked region be-i cause recently all except those vitally needed were ordered to [ vacate a six-mile zone behind the coast. The German-controlled' Paris press has been full of flowery and boastful comment about thte new "West Wall" on the French coast. , which the Allied Commandos put to the test today. "A super- j Maginot Line." and "More Inf- ' pregnable than the French east- , ern fortifications," were two of the phrases used. Dieppe has been one of the strongest positions on the Use. With Cherbourg. Le Havre and Boulogne, it was rated as a focal point of a possible Invasion be cause of its excellent port and landing facilities. In peace fime Dieppe was an embarkation port for the shortest direct rail and water route in London. -0 ?On Pay Day, Buy Bonds? V Germans Headed For Naval Base Russians Evacuate Krasno dar, Strategic Railroad And River Center in. Northwest Caucasus; Ger mans Still Checked In Pincers Movement On Stalingrad Front Moscow, Thursday, Aug. 20. ? Russian troops haVe given up Krasnodar, a railroad and river city of the northwest Caucasus, :o overwhelming German assault forces how pressing down toward ihe Black Sea naval base of No vorossisk, less than 60 miles dis ant, a communique disclosed to iay. On the Stalingrad front, the high command said,- Soviet troops Seat back incessant attacks by German tanks and motorized in fantry southeast of Kletskoya, Mid fought stubbornl^&bove Ko telnikovski to the south. Germans Checked Previous dispatches from the battlefields had told of the Red Army checking two German arm jred spearheads thrust into the Soviet lines on those fronts, bend ing one back more than 4 miles. The late communique intimated that the Russians were holding firm in all key sectors of the Don Caucasus front except in the northwest Caucasus where "after stubborn fighting,, in the course 3t which heavy losses in men aud material were inflicted on the enemy. Soviet troops evacua ted Krasnodar." I..... 1- ? ? ? 1. .. on.itk nf r iiiiiii^ imi r ii' nic nuuui ui the lost stronghold 011 the Kuban liiver and the Trails-Caucasus Railroad, the Russians were re ported fighting Intensive rear guard battles. Soviet cavalry units, the Don and Kuban Cos sacks who had made oue of the firmest stands below the Don. counter-attacked in several sec tors and wiped out 500 German troops, the high command said. The fall of Krasnodar laid open the Kuban River crossing and the rail route down to the Black Sea. The railroad terming Is Novor ossisk. one of the few bases still available to the Soviet Black Sea fleet. The loss of Krasnodar was foreshadowed Sunday night when the high comjnand reported the evacuation of Maikop, oil Held center 55 miles to the southeast, threatening the defenders of Kas nodar with enciftlement. The high command said th? Russians still were fighting in the area of Pyatigorsk. 15 .miles off the Rostov-Baku railway and 140 miles northwest of Grozny In the northeastern oil fields. State Guard The enthusiasm of the mem bers of the 8th Co., North Caro lina State Guard, continues to manifest itself in the attendance at the drills and in the interest the members show in studying and training in accordance with the regulations of the War De partment. The manner in whicb this Company is doing its part can be illustrated no better than by the information brought back frotn the Adjustant General's of fice by the commanding officer of the Company when he made a recent visit to Raleigh. He was informed that upon the basis of the lattst monthly reports which are required to be submitted to the Adjustant General and through him to the United States War Department, the 8th Co., ranks ^highest of all the forty companies in the State Guard of North Carolina. This is a record of which .every member of the company is Justly proud The Captain of the Company stated that the credit for this record goes entirely to the non commis sioned officers and the enlisted men, as their Interest and .activity are responsible for the progress of the Company. There is quite a bit of rivalry between the two platoons of the Company, one headed by Lieut. Elam .and the other by Lieut. Hobgood. fir the best record in drill attendance and in traiQing. The men in each platoon are working hard, and deserve great credit for their efforts. Material to expand production nf facilities for dehydrated foods lias been given a high priority rating by the WPB upon the re commendation of the Foods Re quirement Committee. rOBACCO MARKET OPENS The Eastern belt tobacco market* will open on next Tuesday, August 23th, and the Old belt markets, which In clude Louisburg, wilt open two weeks later, on Tuesday, Sept. 18th. Tobacco is bringing nice prices and it b hoped oar far mers may enjoy one good crop year.
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