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FOR ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS . STAMPS riMEj MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY JOIN THE PAY-ROLL ? SAVINGS PLAN * VOLUMN LXXIII $1.50 per year In Advance LOCIKBCRG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAV, SEPTEMBER 4, 1942 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 30 WAR NEWS Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 3. ? German tanks have punched an other hole In Russian defenses southwest of Stalingrad to creep nearer the vital Volga river city, and "after stubborn fighting, our troops in this seetor retreated to a new defense line," the Soviets announced early today. The break-through came after the Germans hurled 150 tanks supported by swarms of airplanes into the swaying Soviet lines. Northwest of Stalingrad, the Red Army apparently was holding against violent Nazi onslaughts, but the fate ot Stalingrad grew more critical hourly. German troops also had reach ed a zone in the Caucasus "north west of Novorossisk," the Russian Black Sea naval base, the mid night communique acknowledged, while the Red Army still held at Mozdok, 60 miles west of the Russian oil fields of Grozny in the middle Caucasus. "Southwest of Stalingrad,' the communique said, "Our troops fought stiff engagements with large enemy tank and infantry forces which broke through our defenses. In one sector the Ger mans hurled into attack about ISO tanks. Our troops defending this line disabled and destroyed by artillery fire about 30 enemy tanks. To New Line "However, a gronp'ot German tanks suceeded in penetrating ln ttf our lines. After stubborn fight ing, our troops in this sector re treated to a new defense line." Northwest of Stalingrad, the Russians reported the Red army had withstood a constant pound ing and delivered a number of flanking blows against the Nazis. One unit alone was said to have destroyed eight Nazi tanks. 12 ammunition trucks, and seven anti-tank guns while annihilating a company of German infantry. London. Sept. 2. ? British and Russian bombers, squeezing Ger many between the jaws of a giant aerial pincers, attacked Saar brucken In Western Germany and Warsaw and Vllna In Poland last night at a cost o( only three of their more than 300 bombers. United States Army fighter pilots, flying British-made Spit fire planes. Joined _the action again today, teaming with the RAF for a massive sweep against the Dieppe area of occupied France. Striking simultaneously for the second time since mid-August the two RAF's ? Red and Royal Air Forces ? caused great damage -in the two areas which are some 850 miles apart. The Moscow radio said that all planes from a "large force" which attacked Eastern Europe returned, while the British lost only three timbers from a force estimated at between 200 and 300 planes. There was no way of telling how large the Russian force was. The British Air Ministry said that the attack on Saarbrucken, in the Saar Valley near the French border, by bombers carry ing as much as eight tons of ex plosives was an "outstanding suc cess." Moscow said the Soviet airmen bombed military and industrial objectives in Warsaw, starting a large number of fires. It was the first attack on Warsaw since August 20. Ten explosions were seen on railway lines in the War saw area, Moscow said. London, Sept. 2. ? American j Doughboys. In Britain (or a "sus tained offensive," paraded before: 300,000 cheering Londoners to- ! day through flag-bedecked streets to the centuries-old Guildhall, where Major General J. C. H. Let said they wfere here "to give their all-out best to win this war." And further emphasizing the business at hand during a lunch (ConMnued on Page Eight) FARMERS... Ma kt every market day BOND DAY i Pot our fighting men, for oar country's fu ture and for freedom we must meet and beat our county War Bond qoeta and keep on do ing It Pick op roar War Boads and Stamp* on roar ttcoid stop in JBgn . ? . right after you've sold your eggs, milk, poultry, stock or grain. No invest, ment ia too small and no in vestment ia too large ... the important thing ia . to bay ?fWTJt tisMfM wtf/ V. S. Trntmry Dtfrtmtnt Louisburg Scouts Make Good Showing On Friday night, August 28, the Scouts of Troop No. 20, Louisburg, held its Court of Honor meeting at the Presbyter ian Church in Henderson. Other troops attending this meeting and had a part In the program were the three troops of Hender son and the troop of Oxford. Louisburg boys dressed In their clean and pressed uniforms and with their Scout's sashes covered with numerous merit badges, made a fine Impression with all those attending. The following boys received merit badges at this meeting: Cheatham Alston, First Class; Howard Baggett,, Woodwork and Pathflnding; Larry Lewis. Flre manship, Reading and Animal Industry; Edgar Lee Perry, Bird Study. Camping and Athletic; Ju lian Lewie. Star Scout Badge, Bird Study. Handicraft and Rep tile: Carl Watkins. Swimming and Life Saving; Nick Perry, Animal Industry, Pathflnding and Swimming; Jack Cooper. Animal Industry. Also present were GaJland_Muitlan and Billy Wat kins. As soon as the program was completed the Scoutr. along with Mr. C. M. Watkins and Scoutmas ter "Pete" Shearin. paid the Cap itol Restaurant a visit and en Joyed a fine meal. Franklin's Tire Quota Franklin County's tire and tube quota (or the month of Sep tember as determined by the Of fice of Price Administration, Ra tioning Department and received by the local Rationing Board is as follows: Automobile* ? 5 new tires, no seconds, 36 recap tires, and 24 tubes. Trucks ? 28 new tires, 41 re cap tires and 41 tubes. Bicycles ? 12 new bicycles. In the letter conveying this quota was this paragraph: "With no relief In sight. It means more than ever that tires should go to 'Top Essentials On ly.' We will experience difficul ty, in my opinion, taking care of the most essentials. Your limi ted quotas give you very few tires to be allotted to eligibles in the 'B' classifications." The Board calls the public's attention to the fact that there are total applications for 2946 tires and tubes now in the files of the Board to which must be added the September applications which can only be supplied from the 174 allotted tor September. This 2945 applications are di vided as follows: Passenger cars: Tires 72, 2nd grade tires 65, tubes 190, recaps 1285. Trucks ? tires 774, tubes 400, recaps 159. The Board calls attention to the impossibility of this division and solicits the help of the ap plicants in solving the problem, which can only be to be patient, make all the outside arrange ments possible and assisting the Board to place the ' tires where they will do the most good to the most people ? not necessarily to the Individual owner. O ? 1 FRANKLINTON'S FIRST BALE On AuKBfit 81st, 1942, the first bale of cotton at Frank Itnton wu ginned by Napier Williamson. Manager of the Farmers Oln Co., Franklintoii, for Mr. S. O. Kearney. For the seventh consecutive season Mr. Kearney has had ginned the first bale by this gin. o PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Sept. 5th: Saturday ? 'Roy Rogers and George -"Gabby" Hayes in "Sons of The Pioneers" and a stream lined musical "Flying With Music." Sunday ? John Sheppard._Llnda Darnell and Virginia Gilmore In "The Loves of Edgar' Allan Poe." Monday ? The Andrews Sisters, Gloria Jean, and Woody Herman in "What's Cookin'?" Tuesday ? Laurel and Hardy and Dante th'e Magician In "A Haunting We Will <3o." Wednesday ? Lionel Barry more. Phillip Dorn and Donna Reed In "Calling t)r. Gillespie." Thursday-Ffiday ? Cecil B. De Mille'a. Greatest Spectacle "Reap The Wild Wind" with John Wayne, Ray MUland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey and Lynne Overman. SCHOOL DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN ! DRIVERS BEWARE ! SCHOOL SLOW) Id IK CAREFULLY NO SCHOOL CHILD ACCIDENTS THlS YEAH AMERICA NEEDS THE YOUNGSTERS By Fred W. Braun, The Safety Man The opening of schools calls (or Increased caution on the part of auto drivers. Unless you want to be responsible for the death or Injury of a little child, you will heed the warning "School- ? Slow," and drive ac cordingly. The reduction in auto accidents due to the gov ernment's request that drivers slow down In cooperation with the move to conserve gasoline and tires proves that slow driv ing saves lives. If you've been cooperating with this movement and have slowed down, there's little to worry about, for the slow driver is Invariably a cau ti?us driver and school signs mean something to him. As a result, there should be a mark ed decrease In the number of schoolchtld casualties this year. Let us hope so. However, there's one phase of the hazard that requires spec ial observance on the part of drivers. Youngsters who are Just starting to school for the first time create the big danger. These kids do not "know the ropes." They are not familiar with traffic. They have had Ut ile or no Instruction on how to conduct themselves on the streets except perhaps thr which they received from their parents. Eventually they will be more selft confident because of experience and training on safe ty they get from their teachers. In the meantime It is up to driv ers to keep a sharp lookout for these little ones. especially where they are apt to dart out In front or from between cars. It Is hoped that a "no school child accident" record can be established this year ? a record of ao few casualties that our drivers can be proud of it and will want to maintain or lower it as the years go by. American lives are more valuable today than ever. Let us save them. Let 'em live! No Clue Found In Hit-Run Case Driver of Car Killing Betty Doris Hill, 13, Still Un known Officers yesterday had found no clue to the Identity of the hit-run driver who killed Betty: Doris Hill, 13, on Highway 59.1 about three miles north of Ral-, eigh Tuesday about 5 p. m. Deputy Sheriff R. M. Sanders i and the highway patrolman at Louisburg are attempting to And the driver of the vehicle striking the girl, who was walking along the highway towards Raleigh with Ruby Fowler, 9, a Negro companion. The girls were walking about a mile from theif home, facing on-coming traffic, it was report ed. The car coming up behind them swung across the highway to fatally injure the white child. The Negro girl told Acting Cor oner Rupert Atkins that a white woman got out of the car, driven by a white man with a young boy and girl In the back seat, and looked at the victim^ body lying In a ditch. She then got back in, it was reported, and the car was turned around and driv en off towards Louisburg. Ruby Fowler, the Negro child, was un-j able to identify the model andj make of the death-car, but said it was blue. Doris Betty was the daughter of Mrs. Mary Baugh Hill, of Ral eigh, Route 6. ? News-Observer. Gets Still Deputy Sheriff R. E. Neal re- j ports the capture of a 50 gallon steel drum Still outfit west of Franklinton Wednesday and des troying about 2 gallons of whis key. The Still had a copper cap and worm. Deputy Neal was as sisted In the raid by P. O. Green, i Federal Officer, E. A. Cottrell, Johnny Peck, and Luther Jack son, Vance County ABC officehs. ? On Pay Day, Buy Bonds? 1 1 f W. C. Perry Dead Mr. W. Clyde Perry, whose death occurred at Rex hospital. Raleigh, at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon will he buried at the family cemetery near Riley's Cross Roads this (Friday) after noon at 4 o'clock. Mr. Perry was one of Youngs vllle and Frank'in County's most prominent citizens and was es pecially popular among a large number of friends, who will re gret to learn of his death. Mr. Perry's health begun to fall him near a year ago. he un derwent an operation, but stead ily grew worse until about a week ago when he returned to the hospital, where he continued to grow worse until relieved by death Wednesday. He was unmarried, 6ut leaves a number of relative* who have the deepest sympathy of a host of friends. List of Jurors At a special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held on August 18th the follow ing were drawn as Jurors for the September term of Franklin Su perior Court: Dunn ? Russell Taylor, N. W. Beddingfleld, Jr., C. E. Pearce, B. H. Prlvette, John L; Ray, Zeke Martin. Harris ? C. V. Floyd. Joseph Denton. J. T. Young, G. C. Ar nold, Sam Denton, C. M. Cooke. C. K. Perry. Youngsville ? W. T. Moss. Franklinton ? Richard Wtight. Hubert May. A. R. Wheeler, T. F. Wilder, O. G. Day, J. C. Joyner, Horace Hushes, B. P. Roberts. Hayesvllle ? C. A. Renn, C. D. Goodson. Staley Journegan. Gold Mine ? N'orman Gupton, Clyde Gupton. Cedar Rock ? John Calvin Mur phy, O. T. Murphy. Cypress Creek-?-W. G. Bow den. W. R. Wilder, Wilson Gay, L. W. Creekmore. Loulsburg ? J. R. Nelms. Mar vin R. Wilson, T. Frank Fuller. 0 Nazis can bay only bread that Is (our days old ? because the harvest Is uncertain. Buy Bonds LouKburg Theatre Named IuuIiik Agent Kor United States War Bonds In cooperatioa with the Treas ury's September drive to sell one billion dollars in War Bonds to the people of America, the Louis burg Theatre was this week nam ed an official issuing agent for United States War Bonds. Manager W. F. Shelton of the local movie house is pointing out that the Treasury has selected the motion picture industry a3 the spearhead of the September drive and that studios, exchanges' and theatres all over the country are exerting every effort to put' the drive over the top. Here in Loulsburg with people' busy with tobaco and school opening, no extensive campaign is planned other than individual so licitation but it Is hoped thati every person will avail themsel ves of the opportunity to investl in Freedom through War Bonds' Person buying War bonds, not only make a good buy but help keep down the threat of inflation at home. The Motion Picture campaign! is based on the idea that when you buy a bond you "Salute Our Heroes In Service." It should not be necessary to remind the' people of franklin County of the' hundreds of our own men in ser-j vice and the many things they need that War Bonds will buy tor them. I " Day and night, Sundays and' other holidays, your local theatre stands ready to Issue and vali-l date War Bonds while you wait. , In case you would like to buy] your bonds by mall enclose your check for $18.75 for the >25 Bond; 137.50 for the $50 Bond; $75 for the $100 Bond; $375; for the $500 Bond or $750 for the $1,000 Bond. Include also the inscription desired on the l Bond. Below are the three dif ferent ways a Bond may be in-, 'scribed. Given names must al I ways be used. ' (1) Mr. John A. Jones. Loulsburg, N. C. Route 3. ! (2) Mr. John A. Jones, or Mrs. Mary H. Jones, Louisburg. N. C. Route 3. (Note that Mrs. J. A. Jones would be incorrect.) I (3) Mr. John A. Jones. Louisburg, N. C. Route 3, payable on death to Mrs. Mary H. Jones, Loulsburg. N. C. Route 3. o Younger Men May Be Called Washington, Sept. lr^Senator Chan Gurney, R., S. D.. said to night that lie will Introduce leg islation, probably on Thursday, to authorize drafting youths of 18 and li? for military duty ? a step that he said already has been "delayed too long." The War Department repeated- ! i ly has urged revision on the Se lective Service Act to permit In-1 Iduction of youths In the 18-1'J lage bracket; but legislators. ex It remely sensitive this year to grass roots opposition, have beeil1 reluctant to act until after tl?e! I November elections. Ourney felt that 18 and 19 year-olds should have been called as of December 8. the day follow ing Japan's "sneak" attack on| Pearl Harbor. He said his am-j endment will be presented Thurs day or by next Monday at the {latest. He disclosed his plans shortly after MaJ. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director, In structed state headquarters to impose "insofar as feasible" heav iest draft quotas on local boards with the most single men or whose registrants have "collater al" dependents ? those other than wives and children. New Instructions Warning of the "serious mili tary situation," Hershey directed local boards to complete by Octo ber 16, the initial classification of all registrants liable to mili tary service, pointing out that quotas during the coming year necessarily will be "equal to or In excess of the monthly calls made in August. September and October of this year." He said distribution of regis- 1 trants by types among local boards obviously Is not uniform and that no board should call "one type of registrants with de pendents substantially In advance of other boards." o Banks to Close The First-Citizen Bank & Trust Co., of Louiaburg and Franklln ton. will be closed on Monday to observe Labor Day. The Citizens Bank & Trust Co., of Henderson, announces It will be closed on Monday in observ ance of Labor Day. America's secret weapon ? ner er suspected by the dictator*: Unity! . / CIVILIAN DEFENSE Our National Civilian Defense Council has urgently requested a more thorough county-wide or ganization for the protection of our people. There will be community meet ings In each of the High Schools of the County upon the dates set out below and men, women and boys and girls (of and over high school age) are earnestly re quested to attend the meeting in their respective high school. Young8ville, at 8:30 p. m. Friday, Sept. 4th. Bunn, at 8:30 p. m., Monday, Sept. 7th. Epfcom, 8:30 p. m., Tueadtty; Sept. 8th. Edward Best, at 8:30 p. m? Wednesday, Sept. 9th. Louisburg, at 8:00 p. m., Thursday, Sept.. 10th. ? Gold Sand, atl_ J8:30 p. m., Fri day, Sept. lith. Franklinton, at 8:00 p. m., Monday. Sept. 13th. Make this your business. FRANKLIN- COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE, By E. H. Malone, Chairman. o ? Men Inducted Forty-two colored men were inducted this week into the Arm ed forces o t the United States from Franklin County as follows: Ernest Wilkins, Earnest M. Bland. Londy Black. Jessie J. Al len, Albert Lewis," David Person, Stewart Davis, Leonard Perry, Willie Q. Evans, Kennie L. Moore. Willie L. Jacobs, Cleo A. Perry, Jessie J. Hill, Linton Hol loway, Corinthians Wilkins, Mary land Chavis, Frank H. Lawrence, James B. Green. Doctor E. Mc Knight, Bennie Broom, Jr., Wil-j lie P. Alston. Maurice Williams,! JUM> R- Taylor, Earnest L. Mann, Hazef Dunston. Norman Wright, John E. Clifton. John H. Williams, George C. Sills, James Kearney, William J. Monroe, Jr., Earnest Steed. Jr., Miller Jones, William A. Perry, Hugh A. Butts, Percy L. Harrison. Clarence R C. Alston. Romas Stone, Dolen Burt, Cornel Alston, James E. Conyers, Junious Debnam. o FIRST SEPTEMBER BOND PURCHASE The Louisburg Theatre has re ported the first War Bond In the September " War Saving Cam paign was (old this week to Mayor W. C. Webb. Mayor Webb, who purchased his bond at the local theatre is! requesting that every person make It a point to buy a bond during September in "Salute To Our Heroes In the Service." The theatre here Is cooperat ing in the Treasury's September drive to sell one billion dollars In War Bonds to the American; people. Bonds can be bought and validated at the theatre while] you wait since the Treasury has qualified the local movie house as an official issuing agent for War Bonds. Completed War Stamp books may also be turned Into the thea tre for War Bonds. War Stamps will also he on sale day, night and holidays. Unlocated Registrants The local Draft Board announ ced the following list of unlocat ed registrants this week before reporting them to higher offic ials: WHITE? William David Whit ley. Thomas Edward Kearney. COLORED? Paul Harris, Wil lie Williams, Elbert Alston, Wil lie Red Young, William "Bill" Williams, James Isaac Perry, George Tellfair Allen, Isham Wil liam Green, Jessie Parrish, John Henry Davis, Joseph Allen, Silas Hartsfleld. Earnest Edwards. Sam High, Spencer Harris. James Henry Neal, William Rufus Par ker, Eddie Evans. Henry Grady Evans. Larry Omega Harris, Hor ace Collins, William Ellis John son. CLOSES DAIRY 7 Oaks Dairy, owned by P. G.' and M. G. Smith and operated the past several years by Mr. W. E. Bracknell, has closed out its business, after having served the people of Louisburg with splen did milk, butter and milk prod ucts for a long number of years. The closing of this dairy will greatly affect Louisburg citizens as it produced a large quantity of milk dally which means by the reduction of supply many will be without milk, as the other dair ies serving Louisburg will be un able to take over the trade form erly served by the 7 Oaks Dairy, i It is stated that shortage of lab or and rising costs forced this action. "Drive down and see us," our good friend wrote. "You come tip and see ns," we wrote back, "Onr tires are thin too." AXIS DRIVE CHECKED Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 2. ? Ameri can and Allied planes and British guns heavily bombed and shell ed Axis forces in the western des ert today; and so effective was their resistance to Axis pressure that the British commander de clared the organized defense areas still were holding. As the desert artillery kept up steady cannonading on the south ern, and most critical, part of the front and Allied planes shut tred on bomb missions over the battlefield, Lieutenant General B. L. Montgomery, field commander. Said: "In no place and in no part of the Eighth Army area have the enemy penetrated our organized defense area." At his secret headquarters In the western desert, General Mont gomery reviewed the fighting thus far in which the real battle between major formations has not been joined. The fhree days of the fighting thus far have been spent in get ting into position for the main combat. * Planes Busy Planes were carrying a heavy share of the fighting, both on the principal battlefield and In auxiliary fields supplying the Axis troops at the front. Heavy bombers of the United States Air Forces attacked ship ping in the Eastern Mediterran ean" yesterday. "fritting ?Re vessel and almost hitting four others in a convoy; and hitting four ships and possibly a fifth in a raid on Candia. Crete, a link In the Axis supply Chain. United States Army Air Force fighters returned to their bases tonight after completing the heaviest day since they entered the battle In this fcrea. They flew as escorts to bombers, and did not lose any planes. The accurate bombing of the RAF planes the Americans were helping protect on forays behind the El Alamein front drew high praise from Brigadier Genera! Auby Strickland, commander of the American fighters in this area. He called It splendid. Fur ther. he thanked the British fil ers on behalf of the Americans for the way In which the experi enced British were aiding the United States pilots to learn the desert warfare. Raid on Tobruk The RAF last night raided To bruk and. with the help of naval planes, blew up an enemy ammu nition dump near the Qattara De pression. on which the southern end of. the front is tacked. Advanced ground elements met the thrust of Nail Marshal Erwin Rommel's tanks on the southern rim of the bottleneck between the Qattara Depression and the sea. The El Alamein front on the north was. on the whole, quiet. The Axis armor was reported concentrated between El Hlmel mat, a 600-foot sentinel hill near the northeast tip of the depres sion. and the ridge of El Ruwei sat. a dozen miles northward. The main battle zone lay in the lower ground between these two elevations, with Rommel's progress having tended to swing the lines toward a northwest southeast direction. COURT MONDAY 14th Franklin Superior Court will convene Its Sep<ember term for Civil eases on ^londay, Septem ber 14th, with Hon. Q. K. Nl mocks, of Fayettevllle, pre siding. o SECOND BALE J. D. Wright sold the second bale on the I-oolsburg Market Thursday, August 27th from the 1942 crop. It weighed 455 pounds and was bought by A. W. Person for 10 H cents a pound. This bale was ginned by the Franklin Seed Co. ON THE OFFENSIVE AMERICA! # ? War* aro won by attacking. not by sitting In a fortl And today Amorica b taking tKo offensive against tho Axis with hard-fighting, non-stoppablo man and matorialfl We're taking tlia offensive, too, against tha anamy at homo? tho inflationary 6th column that blows pricos sky high. You can holp tn both fights by saving at laast 10% of your monoy in U. S. War Bonds a vary pay day. Attack tha Axis with your dollars today. You can start with as littlo as a 10c War Stamp and you can got a $25.00 War Bond (maturity valua) for only $||.7t---at your local post offiio, bank or other eofetnlttt thtmimni