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FOB ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS g MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY JOIN THE PAY-ROLL * SAVINGS PLAN * VOLUMN IiXXin 91.50 per year In Advance LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1U42 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 41 BOYS REGISTER IN DECEMBER Washington, Nov. 18.- ? As one more step in a broad program to "insure victory, final and com plete," President Roosevelt today ordered the young men who be come 18 years old in the last six months of this year to register for military service. Almost simultaneously. Selec tive Service headquarters took action to safeguard the supply of *"farm labor. Men deferred be cause engaged in essential farm work may not quit the farm for the factory without the approval of thefr local draft boards. If tbey do, they become liable to immediate Induction. Selective Service also disclosed that local boards had been in structed to reclassify all regis trants heretofore deterred be cause of conviction -of crimes. No more deferments are to be made on this ground unless the registrants "are completely dis qualified morally and are not eligible for a waiver under the new Army /standards, " the boards were told. President Roosevelt's action was necessitated by the recently enacted legrslation lowering the minimum draft age to Include IS ^ind 19-year-olds. Those who be came 18 up to the end of last June already had registered. Mr. Roosevelt provided three registration dates. Those who be came ,18 in July and August are to register during the week of December 11. Those whose birthdays were in September and October are to register during tlse week of December 18. And those becoming 18 in November and December" are to register be tween December 26 and 31, in clusive. After January 1, men becoming 18 will register on their birthdays. , ( all Procedure A little earlier, Selective Ser vice headquarters issued regula tions under which the lit and 19 ytar-olds will be called up for in duction in the order of their tirth dates, with the oldest call ed first. This is a departure f-om the plan followed for old er men, for whom the order of < sll was" fixed by lottery draw ings. ? o? Appointed Chairman Mrs. Gertrude F. Boone of th( County Welfare Office has beer appointed chairman of the Christ mas Seal Campaign of the loca Tuberculosis Association. Mrs Boone has already mapped oui plans for the coming campaigi and within a few days every per son in Louisburg and in th< '''County will be offered the oppor tunlty to buy Christmas Seals which mean more this year ol war, than ever before. It was pointed out by the new ly appointed chairman, "That tu berculosis is already on the in crease in the United States sinci the start of the war. These cojx ditioas that cause an increase ii tuberculosis are the condition! that funds from the Christmai Seals are used to fight and we more than ever before, should bi on guard against the 'whiti death'," the chairman said. Preliminary surveys conductec by the National Tuberculosis As sociation since Pearl Harbo show that the disease has <alread? made unprecedented advances dui mainly to the stress and strait of life, long hours of work, lacl of rest and relaxation, poor nu trltion and overcrowded livini conditions. The National Tuberculosa Foundation receives 25 per cen of the ftands raised from the sal< of Christmas Seals while the bal ance is used by the local commit tee to fight the dread disease a home. - , rt ?On Pay Day, Buy Bonda ? PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the proiran at the Louisburg Theatre, begin nlng Saturday. Nov. 21: Saturday ? Charles Starred It 'Pardon My Gun' and Craig Stev ens In 'The Hidden Hand.' alsc last chapter of 'The Perils ol Nyoka.' Sunday - Monday ? Humphrej Bogart. Mary Astor and Sidnej t C-reenstreet In 'Across The Pa cific.' Tuesday ? Virginia Gllmore and .Tames Ellison In 'That Other Woman,' also last chapter 'Jr. G'-Men of The Air.' Wednesday ? The United State; ? Government presents its official war. record 'The World at War,' also 'The Battle of Midway.' Thursday-Friday ? Preston Fos ter, Gene Tlerney and John Sot ton in 'Thunder Birds.' JAPAN ADMITS LOSSES New York, Nov. 18. ? Japan' made her broadcast admission of! naval losses of the war today, ap-: parently recognizing the futility of attempting to hide her disas ter in the Solomons, but linked it with fantastic claims of damagfe inflicted in order to make the news as palatable as possible. Although the Japanese admis sions were sweeping for Tokyo, they did not include all the losses the Americans officially announ ced were' inflicted upon Nippon's forces. Tokyo listed as sunk a battle ship?the first time in ? the war that Japan has made such an ad mission? a cruiser and three des troyers. Thf imperial headquar ters then put down as damaged Snother battleship and seven transports. < In the crushing defeat at Mid way, where an invasion spearhead aimed at Hawaii and perhaps the American west coast was turned back, the Japanese ad mitted losing only one aircraft carrier sunk and an aircraft car ried and a cruiser damaged. Tokyo sugared its bad news to day with an extravagant and un supported claim that the Ameri can navy was routed and forced to flee. The damaging admissions ap parently were smoked out by of ficial United States accounts of the victory over the Japanese in the Solomons last week. ?o FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE REORGANIZES At a call meeting held In County Superintendent Mitchell's office, the following officers and committees were chosen for the Franklin County High School League for the school year 1942 1943: President, Mr. W. C. Strowd. Vice-President, Mr. D. J. Dark. Secretary, Miss Mafy Jane Ed wards. Corresponding Secretary, Mr. CV O. Thompson. Treasurer, Mr. M. K, Carsweli. Publicity Director; Mr. W. O. Reed.' Recitation and Declamation Committee: Mr. C. U. Williams, Chairman, Mr. O. O. Thompson, Mr. W. O. Reed. Basketball Committee: Mr. D. J. Dark. Chairman, Mr. Rudolph Evans, Mr. John Edwards, Mr. O. s O. Thompson, Mr. Ray Pruette. ' 1 Music Committee: Mrs. O. Y. - Yarborough. Chairman, Miss I Myrtle Mitchell, Miss Frances . Critcher. t The first event of the year will , be the declamation and recita tion contests. The time and place for these programs will ap ' pear in this issue of the FRANK ' LIN TIMES. , ? The basketball program will * begin soon after 'the Christmas holidays. wi(h the tournament - games being played sometime - after March 1st In the Loulsburg - Armory. e The glee club contest will be _ held in Franklinton about the j first of April. LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH The services of the Methodist Church will continue as ffsual: Church School at 9:46, the morn ing worship and preaching hour at 11:00, Youth services at 6:45, and evening worship at 7:45. There will be a special Thanks giving Day service Thursday morning at 9:30, in keeping with the President's proclamation that this day should be observed as a day of prayer. A special thanks giving offering will be -received for the Methodist Orphanage. You are urged to be present at these services. o COTTON GINNING REPORT Census report shows that 8,480 bales of cotton were ginned in Franklin County from the crop of 1942 prior to Nov. 1st, as compared with 10.&95 bales for the cfop of 1941. n Gas Coupons Washington, Nov. 16 Mo torists In the Eastern states must write the license Identifi cation, by state and number, In ink on the bark of all gaso line coupons surrendered for fuel after November 31, the Office of Price Administration said today. 'The new regulation will be come effective In the presently rationed Eastern states and District" of Colombia 10 days before If does in the remainder of the country, but when na tion-wide rationing starts De cember 1( all operators of mo tor vehicles will be required1 to put the identifications on the back of coupons surrendered. PROMOTED TO MAJOR MAJ. J. A. WHELESS Announcement of (he promo- 1 1 tion of James A. Wheless from ! J Captain to Major in the United States Army was made in Louis burg on Wednesday. Major Wheless is a resident of Loui8burg, having been for many years employed at the postolflce here. Major Wheless was form erly in the Louisburg unit of the! National Guard and while still a First Lieutenant was placed in] command of the Youngsville Bat tery when the National Guard ;l was mobilized in September 1940. ] I He was stationed at Fort Jack-* son, South Carolina for some , time and while there was pro moted to Captain. He was re cently transferred to Charlotte I where he now resides with his ;fnmily. His new appointment is j effective as of Friday.' November 13th. When asked if he attach ed any significance to his ap-; pointment having been made on iFriday the 13th he said. "No-j !body thinks that Friday the ISth Is unlucky any more except the. Japs. Our boys in the Solomon Islands started knocking them I around, on Friday the 13th. and las far as I am concerned it is a lucky day." Mrs. Wheless and their two1 ! children are with the Major in Charlotte. ? o ? Gas Ration Cut Washington, Nov. 17. ? Reduc tion of the value of the basic "A" gasoline ration coupon from four to three gallons In 16 of the 17 now-rationed Eastern seaboard states was ordered todlght by the Office of Price Administration.1 effective November 22. Only the rationed section of West Virginia is exempted. The order applies to the re maining lections of those Eastern states not now rationed, including New York, Pennsylvania, Mary land and Florida. However, It will not change the baste four gallon allowance for the rest of the country when nation-wide gasoline rationing goes Into ef fect on December 1. But when motorists from other sections of the country come Into the East-1 ern area, their coupons will be redeemable for only three gallons. ! In reducing the ration. Price | Administrator Leon Henderson said the order will cut the aver age mileage In the basic ration book from 240 miles a month to 180 miles. He made It clear, however, that any essential mo torists who do not get sufficient mileage with their reduced basic ' allowance may apply to local ra tioning boards for supplemental rations. "B" and "C" coupons will remain at four gallons. "The cut tn the 'A' book Is aimed at the non essential mile age In those books," he said. "We have been giving 240 miles a month to autolsts whether they need it or not. In view of the growing acuteness of our supply shortage, we now must ask car owners to give up any miles that are free. This cut Is going to hurt, but it Is absolutely neces sary." He estimated that today's ac i tion will result in a net saving i of about 20,000 barrels of gaso-1 i line daily. About 45,000 more i will be saved through conversion ) ? of "S" rations into the more stringent "T" rations for com mercial vehicles. He pointed out that the cut was necessitated because the African campaign put a new drain on sup plies hitherto available for the East. The further cut for Eastern motorists came as Western Con gressmen, led by the Oklahoma delegation, formed revolt against nation-wide rationing. A determined efTort to block It was indicated by a band of Mid Western Congressmen, claiming the support of at least 200 Rep resentatives for legislation to [postpone the forthcoming nation- , wide curtailment for 90 days ? and perhaps permanently. How- , ever, President Roosevelt today appeared adamant that nation* ' wide rationing go through as 1 scheduled. 1 ?a 1 ?On Pay Day, Bay Bonds? BAND BOOSTER WEEK The week of November 23rd-[ 2Sth has been set aside (or a irive by the Band Boosters Club lo finish up the small indebted-' ness due on band uniforms and Instruments. The total invest- 1 ment of the Louisburg Band is approximately $4,000 and of this total only the sum of $250 is needed to clear the band of debt. The following program has! been arranged for Bajjd Booster, Week and you are^'corittally in-j vited to participate with yourself ir,d your funds: Band Booster Pins will be on ?Ele the whole week and it Is loped that every pardbn in Louis nurg will be wearing a pin be fore the week is over. 8:00 Tuesday night in the Ar mory a game tournament will be Ration Board Bulletins The Hut ion Hoard is now re ceiving information concerning u change in the Kas and (ire rationing systems, which will seriously interfere with issuing any more gasoline, except in 1 emergency cases, before Decem ber 1st. ~ . 1 The consumers registration for ruel oil and kerosene is now in progress. Every person who uses fuel oil or kerosene for any purpose must register and obtain coupons in or der to obtain any amount of oil. Mileage Rationing This program is now in pro-j gress. Here are the- require- j ptents: (1) Each owner of a passen-j ger automobile or motorcycle, must All out an application and file it with the Rationing Board, at Louisburg. This application i must give: (a) The name andi address of the applicant; (b> The State vehicle license number; (c) The year, make and body Style; | (d) the serial numbers of the 5 tires mounted on car. Application blanks for mileage registration max . be found at practically every Ailing station In the country. A representative of the Board has visited all sections of the country and left , these blanks with operators of filling stations, so that they may be available to all car owners. It was imprac ticable for our representative to visit every station. Any filling station operator who has not a supply of these blanks on hand may apply to the office at Louis burg for a supply. (e) The number of surplus tires owned by himself, or any member of his household, giving the serial number of each surplus tire, (f) The class and serial number of all outstanding gaso line coupon books. (2) All surplus tires which may be repaired and used again must be delivered to the local Railway Express Agent at onee.| All persons who now have sur plus tires which may be repaired or recapped and put In use will not be able to obtain further gas or tire rations until these tires are turned in. It is unlawful for any person to have In his pos session more tban five passenger automobile tires after Dec. 1st, 1942. Two Fires Monday Louisburg was visited by two fires Monday. The first occurred at the home of Mr. Charlie Rich ardson on North Main Street when his oil cook stove went bad. No serious damage was reported, besides the stove, except a lot of smoked walls. The fire depart ment was on the job promptly and soon had the situation in charge. The second was about fifteen minutes to 12 o'clock Monday night when the alarm was sent In from the Big Apple Cafe under the Union Warehouse on Main 3treet. This fire, so we are In formed, was caused by the boy. striking a match to see If be had :ut off the gas properly when hey were preparing to close. 3as and fumes present ignited ah<l Bave for several bums to Eunice White, colored cooke, no partlc-, liar damage was done. The fire lepartment answered this call' iromptly but the situation- was loon in hand. 0 ' ? The following North Carolina louhtles have been reaccredlted is free from Bangs disease: Bla- 1 len, Cabarrus, Clay, Durham, i I'orsyth, Macon, Rowan and Vayne. j held, for grown-ups only. If you are a member of a club, get to gether and meet that night in the Armory. Call Mrs. Earl Murphy for reservations. 7:30 Friday night In the Ar mory there will be a Band Con cert under the direction of our new band leader, Mr. H. L. Gup ton from Kaleigh. Come and bring your family and friends. The admission will be only 10c, to be used for the Band. Keep this schedule in mind. Your cooperation and help has made this Band possible and it is most appreciated by the mem bers of the Band Boosters Club who promise that when this $250 indebtedness is paid there will be no more solicitation of funds, for the duration. Declamation and Recitation Contest (Sponsored by Franklin Co. H. S. League) The declamation and recitation contest for the elementary schools )f Franklin County will be held it Justice School on January 15, it 8 o'clock. The principal of he school will extend a welcome .<> the speakers and guests; then Mr. C. U. Williams, chairman of the committee,- will take charge. Each Elementary school in the county is entitled to two speak ers, ouo declaimer, and one read er. Pupils of the fourth through the seventh grades are eligible t'l compete in the contest. Ku.:l individual school will have a preliminary contest, in the man MT it thinks besi. in order to Ba led the representatives for thi county contest. Ill the tiua contest, each speaker will havt not more than Ave minutes at hit disposal. The high > school declamatlo? and recitation contest ^vill bt held at the Bunn High School or January 19, at 8 o'clock. Tlu principal of the Bunn schoo will extend a welcome to the speakers and guests; then Mr C. U. Williams, chairman of th< committee. will take charge Kail speaker will tiave not more than tight minutes at his or her dis posal. Each high school in the county will send two representa tives. one reader, and one de claimer. The Individual high school will select l? a preliml m ry contest held at their schools the representatives for the final at Bunn. In the final contests of the ele mentary schools and the high schools, the place of each speak er will be decided by drawing u number. Tlje drawing will take place In/ffte principal's office or the night of the contest. The number he selects, of course will determine whether he is t? speak 1st, 2nd, 3rd. etc. The i-halrman of the declamation and recitation committee will preside at both contests and will call each speaker by number and b> name. The name of the school will not be mentioned, and eacli ppeaker will announce his sub ject and the author of the piece he delivers. Each contestant ii requested to reach the place ol the contest not later than 7:3( on the night the program Is te be given. The principal's offlct will be the place for each schoo to report upon arrival. Tht chairman of the committee will select the Judges for each con The following points, together with the approximate percentage for each, are Hated for the con test; and the Judges will follow these points In determining the winning speaker in each event: I. Delivery, 40 per cent. a. Enunciation. b. Pronunciation. c. Emphasis. d. Gestures (if needed). II. Memorization. 16 per cent. III. interpretation, 16 per cent. IV. Poise, 10 per cent. V. Voice, 10 per cent. VI. Subject Matter, 10 per cent. It is hoped that each school In the county will make every ef fort possible for the success of these contests. o UN LOCATED REGISTRANTS The following Is a list of unlo cated registrants announced by the Local Draft Board; all are colored: William Ellis Johnson, Earn est Edwards, Sam High, Spencer Harris, William Rufus Parker, Joseph Allen. John Henry Davis, Theodore Roosevelt Blackman, Ishani William Green, George Telfair Allen. Harden* Jones. James Edward Solomon. Herbert Silver, Lonnle Roger McKnlght, James Joe Hayes. o Cash Income from farm mar ketings increased slightly more :han usual from August to Sep ember and totaled $1,707,00D, )00, as compared with* $1,286, >00 In September of last year. Naval Recruiting Party to Visit Louisburg To Be In Lobby of Louis burg Theatre, This Fri day and Saturday According to a letter from Lt. Charles B. Neely.l Officer in Charge of Naval Itlciuiting for North Carolina, the [ Naval Re cruiting Service wlllS have a re cruiting party stationed in the lohbvf of the Louisburg Theatre this Friday and Saturday. It was pointed out that the Navy has a number of ratings open for experienced men and is offering opporunities of training to those who are not experienced in a trade useful to the Navy. The recruiting par|y would es pecially like to contact men 17 18-19 years old and offer the op portunities of training in fields that will be useful to these men after the war Is won and they have served with the finest Navy in the world. Whether you are .17 or 60 the Navy has an opening for every man, physically qualified. The Naval Recruiting party i will be glad to talk It over with any interested^man, there is no [obligation. Just drop by the ilobby of the Louisburg Theatre I this Friday and Saturday. o Court The Joyner vs Louishurg dam >ge case was taken up again Fri iay and dually continued in h'rankiin Superior Court, Noveni term now in session. The damage rase of "Annie Jlenn Rattley. admrs. of Syives er Rattley, deceased vs. L. R. PmUi Jr.. ud Henry JV, . An lerson. Receiver;}. S. A. L. Rail nay. was taken up Monday and .'.as in progress as we went to jress. Judge Nimock is holding this eim of Court and because of ill ness the terra will probably come :o a close following the settle ment of this case. ?In mix's I'osl of The American Legion Wins >loh| lllsiln Kulshrd Service Citation Fighting against what seemed to be hopeless odds, the Jambes Post of the American Helton smashed it's way through to win the National Department Most Distinguished Service Citation. This Citation was offered to all Legion Posts that secured 100% of it's 1942 membership by Ar 111 is t ice Day. Our Post had to have flfty ' three members in order to win !the coveted Cltatiop. On Nov. 4th we had thirty members; we needed twenty-three more mem bers to win. Post Commander Ernest Thomas and Weldon Eg erton drifted into Adjutant Trace Stockard's office on the after noon of Nov. 4th. Ernest said. "How are We coming Trace?" "Well," replied the Adjutant, "We got a long way to go. Don't reckon we can make It. I wish ] that we COULD win that Citation this year. I talked mighty big about what we would do, at our I Division meeting in Durham last July. Hope those 'big shots' don't remember my boasting. Guess I'll get the rasp berry In stead of our getting a Citation. I wish Claude Collins were here; he would get 'em." - Weldon Egerton spoke up and said. "I believe that WE can get 'em." Then Weldon wqtntj on the war path and so did Jack Harklns. Weldon really brought them in. Jack was not doing badly either. Commander 'Thomas and Adjutant Stockard [slung an urgent appeal to the A. W.O.L.'s through the FRANK LIN TIMES, and It brought In a few members. Our Legionnaires caught the spirit of the drive. On Nov. lOtfi we wire our State Headquarters: "We are over the top with fifty-four members. Send us that Citation." Our Post is rightfully proud of itself this year. We thank every man who came across with his 1943 dues. YOU made It possible for YOUR Post to win i highly prized National Honor. We are not through yet. No. Slree! Watch for our next bul letin. On Nov. 11th the members of the Post gathered at Stockard's Cabin at Lake Mitchiner and en Joyed a fish fry. The Comman fler wishes to thank those who assisted In the preparation and serving of this delicious repast. . o The total volume of the new all-purpose ration books would fill 128 freight cars. WAR NEWS London, Nov. 19. ? Allied for ces pouring into Tunisia have met the enemy at several points, it was announced officially to night. as reports that a Fighting French column was driving' to jward the Axis rear from the Sa hara indicated that the Allied of fensive to crush the Axis in Af rica was developing into a pow erful three-way squeeze. Allied general headquarters here reported that French author ities in occupied North Africa have ordered a general mobiliza tion of the class of 1939 and that already French units of the Tunisian army actively are tak ing part in the Anglo-American drive into the protectorate. A number of airfields captured by British parachutists "deep within Tunisia" are being consol idated, rapidly, it was announced, tut other reports said the para chutists were meeting opposition and Madrid dispatches said their attempt to take a fort dominat ing Bizerte from the land side failed. The Germans were re ported well entrenched at Bizerta and Tunis, the two key areas of Tunisia. "British and United States forces have penetrated Tunisia at several points and made contact with euemy scouting parties," the Allied communique announced. I Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 19. The Red Army has hurled back 3,000 attacking infantrymen In northern Stalingrad, seized ? a number of enemy "base points" in the same area, and nipped a new German drive near Mozdak, the Soviet high command an nounced today. Southeast of Nalchik, where t tie Soviets have, been bending back a Uerman spearhead point ed-at-the Caucasian 6il itches at Grozny, the Russians raided a German-occupied town, killing 200 enemy troops and destroying three tanks and four trucks. In another sector the Russiaus cap tured two trucks loaded with j enemy ot filers. The Wednesday midnight com mui. iiiue also reported that the lltd army blasted the Germans from a fortified position north east ot Tuapse at the western end of the Caucasian front. A single 1 Russian - trooper was credited villi breaking- up three enemy counter-attacks with his machine gun and hand grenades, killing "several dozen" Germans. Cairo, Nov. 18. ? The British Kighth Army, after hurtling ucross the Libyan hump In a one-day advance of 60 to 90 miles converged upon Benghuzl today in pursuit of Axis armies'. report ed digging in for a desperate {stand at El Aghella, 140 miles to the southwest.' Axis strength now was estimat ed at between 50,000 and 60.000 troops and an undertermlned number of tanks. Gen. Sir Harold |R. L. G. Alexander. British Mld d'e-Eastern commander, said only 15 German tanks In the front ? line were able to escape the of fensive, but added that he had no Information on enemy re serves. Sweeping westward on a wide front. British tanks and infantry jesterday pushed to within 70 miles of Benghazi, main Axis North African supply port east iof Tripoli, a communique an nounced. The British were be lieved advancing on Benghazi from the east and northeast, one column following the coastal road around the Libyan hump and the ether striking directly across the desert. o II'KYOR CORNELIUS SMITH Henderson. -^-Funeral services tor Pryor Cornelius Smith, 71, of Vance County, were held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home near Bobbltt In Vance County. The Rev. E. D. Dodd. pastor of Plank Chapel, were In charge. He was assisted by the Rev. F. E. Carter of Youngsvllle. Interment were Is Plank Chapel Cemetery near Bob bin. Mr. Smith died Wednesday morning at his home after an illness of several years. He was a native of Vance County, the son of the late Thomas O. and Lucy Edwards Smith. He was a farmer and had been almost a life long member of Plank Chapel, of which he was a trus tee. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Whit?ker Smith and the following children: T. R., P. J., J. N.. and P. W. Smith. Mrs. C. T. Bobbitt, and Mrs. J. T. Row land. all of the Bobbitt commun ity. o ? MA Ki:s GOOD SALE Mr. Harvel Harris is reported jas selling a bull on the Rocky ! Mount market Tuesday for $180.00. The animal weighed 1.595 pounds and was a real picture. o? _____ More than a million pounds of scrap was rounded up ln Holy oke, Mass., city ,of 55,000 popu lation.
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