KEEP ON* "*.j ? WITH WAR BONDS ^ riMEj KEEP ON q* ? - WITH WAJ) BONDS ? 4 :l VOLUMN LXXV. $1.50 per year in /dvanee LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNK 23, 1044 (Bight Pages) NUMBER 20 AMERICANS ATTACK JAP NAVAL FLEET i U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquart ers, Pearl Haj-bor, June 21. ? United States "Carrier planes swooped down on a powerful Ja panese fleet between the Philip pines and the Marianas Island about dusk Monday, Adm. Ches ter W. Nimitz announced today, in the opening stage of what may develop Into the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific. Contact with the enemy fleet, which included carriers and bat tleships, presumably was broken off at nightfall. Losses on either side had not been compiled, Nim itz said. Long Awaited Test There was no indication whe ther the battle had been Joined again Tuesday Maneuvers of both armadas through Monday night probably would determine wheth er the long-awaited showdown1 test between the American and Japanese navies was at hand. Scouting planes from the Unit ed States Fifth Fleet, command ed by A4m. Raymond A. Sqru ance, spotted the enemy forces Monday afternoon. Carrier bom bers swept in for the attack. It was the first time since the bat tle of Santa Cruz, in October of 1942, that American carrier pilots had a chance at a Nipponese fleet. Admiral Nimitz, obviously with out detailed information himself, promised additional communiques as quickly as possible. He told a press conference Tuesday night that the entire Nipponese fleet! may have been deployed for an all-out contest near the Marianas, which American forces have in vaded. Huge U. S. Force A massive American force of hundreds of surface ships and more than 1,000 planes compris ed the invasion fleet, Rembert James. Associated Press war cor respondent, reported. There were hundreds of landing boats and other craft to put many thousands of soldiers ashore. That invasion, going well at last reports, was one of the im mediate concerns of the warships under Spruance, for they must protect the American beachhead and assault forces which already had conquered virtually the south ern third of the islands. The ground forces were advanc ing north on Saipan, Nimitz re ported. Progress also was being made against Japanese pocketed at Nafutan Point, on the south eastern corner of Saipan. Severe fighting continued as the ground troops fought to clear the Island that will provide a base for bom ber strikes at Japan itself. High American naval sources indicated earlier that a crucial clash between main units of the American and Japanese fleets may be under way. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorders Court held regular session on Tuesday and disposed of cases as follows: Roy Blackwell, speeding, judg ment complied with, ordered dis charged. The following cases were con tinued: Johnnie Errin Baker, abandon ment and non support. W. G. Mitchell, operating auto mobile Intoxicated, Jury request ed. Norman Harris, carrying con cealed weapon. Harry Walton Hayes, speed ing. REVIVAL Revival services will be held at the Bunn Methodist Church, June 26 through July 2. Rever end Forrest D. Hedden, pastor of the Loulsburg Methodist Church, will preach. Services will be at 8:30 p. m. dally, except Satur day. The public Is cordially in-. vlt%d. PROGRAM AT THJE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, June 24: Saturday ? Chas. Starrett and Cannonball Taylor in 'Sundown Valley' and John Carradlne and Osa Massen in 'Tho Black Para chute', Also Tiger Woman. Late Show Sat. ? Richard Ar len. Erich Von Strobeim and Ve ra Ralston in 'The Lady And The Monster.' Sunday-Monday ? William Pow ell and Hedy Lamarr in 'The Heavenly Body.' Tueaday ? Betty arable and Oeo. Montgomery In 'Coney Is land.' Also the Phantom. Wednesday ? 'Tunisian Vic tory.' Thursday-Friday ? Jack Carton, Jane Wyman, Irene Manning And Alan Hale la 'Make Tour Own Bed1.' CHANGE AT RATION BOARD Applicants For G&solina Will Have to Fill Out Own Application Beginning Monday . All Applicants for gasoline at the local Rationing Hoard will have to begin filling out their own applications Monday, stated A. K. Johnson, Chair nuin, the past week. This change has been ni^ide in keep ing with Instructions from the State OPA office, which will, bring the Franklin County Board in line with all other Boards in the State, and also to give the clerks in the office 111,0 re time to get out the gaso line coupons. This new system will begin Monday niprning and the Board is hoping to receive the co-op eration of the public. "It is hoped," Chairman John son said "that this change will also eliminate the errors that many applicants teel is made in the office, which causes a short age of gasoline issued." Lions Club Holds A Booster Meeting Fifty-two Lions, Businessmen, and Warehousemen met at the County Agricultural Building last Tuesday night at the regular meeting of the Louisburg Lions Club to discuss ways and meausi of boosting the Louisburg Cot ton and Tobacco Market. Lion Howard Massey had charge of the program. Lion Wil lie Lee Lumpkin welcomed the visitors and assured them that the Club was ready and willing to do its part in promoting the plan. Louis Word, representing the To bacco Board of Trade, gave some interesting figures on the amount of tobacco grown in the County and the amount sold in Louis burg. Mr. Word pointed out that the amount sold here has been steadily increasing in the last tew years. Wiley Mitchell, represent ing the County as a whole, said that the other sections of the County would cooperate with any program designed to boost and build the County Seat. Lion Lee Bell outlined the plan proposed by the Committee to boost the Market. Seven points were pres ented in the plan. Everyone pres ent was very enthusiastic about the progress being made and it is felt that the whole program will be of great value to Louis burg and surrounding territory. The Merchants and Businessmen of the Town are being asked to support the Joint efforts of the Lions' Club and the Tobacco Board of Trade in promoting this worthy project. Lion Oeorge Eaves presented a silver loving cup, awarded by the District Governor to the Club for the largest net gain in members in the District. Lion Lambeth ac cepted the cup on behalf of the Club. The Delegates attending the State Convention at Charlotte re- I ported that the Club lacked only i one point of winning the cup awarded for the best all round Club in District 31-C. Lion Moon, ; a Delegate to the Convention, gave a few highlights of the oc- ' caslon and stated that President ' Galther Beam's speech on "Llonlsm" was one of the best heardi during the three day ses sion. On motion of Lion Bagby the Club roted unanimously to con tribute $50.00 per month tor the next three months to help supple ment the pay of a Director of recreation for the young boys and girls In Louisburg. Lion E. 0.1 Jernigan, Principal of the local school is at present directing the program and It is hoped that he can remain here during the sum mer months. W. O. Lancaster, J. T. Griffin and James Speed were welcomed Into the club as new members apd presented Lions buttons by Dr. Walter Patten. The local Lions and Lionesses Till meet with the Youngsvllle Club for their "Ladles Night" July 11, 1944. ?On Pay Day, Buy Bonds TO TRUCK OWNERS i' The local War Price and Ra tion Board announces It >? now issuing track gasoline allott n%ents for the third quarter be ginning July 1st, 1044 and will be glad to deliver the coupon Upon 'the owner calling and presenting his Certificate of War neoMSity. * Over Top JOEL Z. TERRELL With the aid of Mrs. Walter Fuller, Chairman of the ludie3 division, Mr. J. Z. Terrell, Chair man of Sandy Creek Township, was the first to sell his quota cf the Fifth War Loan Bonds. Mr. Terrell is one of Franklin | County's leading citizens. He is an excellent farmer and a splen did business man. For fourteen jeara he has been a member of the Franklin County Board of Commissioners and hi? ability has been of great value in putting Franklin County on a sound fi nancial basis and keeping taxes down. TAX COLLEC TION PROBLEMS Discussed at Meeting In Court House Tuesday With Peyton Abbott, Rep resenting Institute of Government Present Mr. Peyton Abbott, represeut-j ins the Institute of Government, of Chapel Hill, was a visitor to Louisburg on Tuesday, and pre sided over a meeting of Tax of ficials of several adjoining coun ties previously announced. The object of the meeting wa3 to iron out aud adjust the problems of tax collections, finance officers and attorneys of the several coun-j ties of the State. This was one, of a series of meetings of a like nature being held throughout thet State. The meeting revolved around the idea of a unification of meth-; >ds and pracftees of handling tax| questions, getting the ideas of all in attendance upon what Improve ments could be made, if any, and the elimination of sections or re quirements that were unneces sary. More briefly, to get opin ions from the source of applica tions upon which the present law :an be changed, .corrected or amended to give better service to l>oth the governmental agencies and, the tax payers of the State and bring about a uniform sys tem of handling the problems. The meeting proved to be very interesting. It was not a cut and dried affair, but more of a round table discussion of problems that tiad been giving trouble. The visitors were greeted and sxtended a hearty welcome by Vlayor W. C. Webb, of Louisburg, and John F. Matthews, County Attorney. Those attending from adjoin? ing counties were Sheriff W. J. Pernell, of Warrenton; J. " H. Vaughan, Chairman Board of bounty Comilrtssioners, of Nash; W. L. Thorp, City Attorney of Rocky Mount; J. C. Ellis, County Accountant of Nash, of Nashville; f. P. Bunn, Attorney for Nash, Rocky Mount; A. E. Aikens, Tax Collector, Roanoke Rapids. Lo fal officers attending were H. C. , tCearney, Mayor of Frankllnton; < 3. S. Pearce, member Franklin bounty Board of Commissioners; , 3. O. Wilder, Tax Collector; J. , 3. Boone, County Accountant; i Fohn F. Matthews, County Attor aey; W. C. Webb, Mayor of Louis- | >urg; J. E. Malone, Town Attor aey; Mrs. Ina Rouse, Town Tax , Collector. TOBACCO ASSOCIATION WILL MEET IN RALEIGH Raleigh. ? The Tobacco Asaocl itton of the United States will lold its annual convention here [une 27-28. George P. Qeoghegan, Raleigh >anker who is assisting In con rentlon arrangements, estimated hat S00 tobacco industry repre ientatlves would attend the busl less meeting. Dates for maTket opebings, seTl ng hours and speed, and otker letails for the 1944 tobacco sea ion will be completed' daring the Mbe ting. CALL PHONE 283-1 TOR FIRST -CLASS PRINTING BOND SALES GOING GOOD Chairman G. M. Beam has just been notified that $5,623.00 of unallocated Army and N/ivy sales of bonds have been allocated to Franklin County. This means that the boys in the service are buying bonds, and that we are getting credit fo t them to ward fulfilling our quota. The Fifth War Bond Drive has been in progress for ten days. Franklin County has purchased about $90,000.00 worth of bonds during this time. Listed below are the various townships with their quotas and the approximate amounts which they have bought to date: Township Dunn No. 1 Dunn No. 2 Harris Youngsville Franklinton Hayesville Sandy Creek Gold Mine Cedar Rock Cypress Creek Louisburg Quota $11,500.00 10,000.00 15,250.00 27,000.00 61,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 12,000.00 24,000.00 , 10,000.00 65,000.00 Amount Sold $ 3,000.00 1,500.00 2,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 2,500.00 13,225.00 2,000.00 5,000.00 1,575.00 24,200.00 John Nelms Is Freed In Death Of Brother Henderson, June 21. ? John R.j Nelms, Franklin County farmer, was freed in Vance Superior Court yesterday of a charge cf second degree murder in the death of his brother, Pvt. Leslie Nelms, last December. The defendant drove to Louis burg early the Monday morning alter last Christinas with his bro ther's body and reported that he found the brother dead in his au tomobile neaj' Louisburg but did not know how he died. It devel oped later that the death appar ently occurred In Vance County, resulting in the trial here. The soldier had been shot, and Coroner R. A. Bobbitt of Frank lin County said gunshot wounds caused the death. A rifle was in the car. An autopsy performed after the body was delivered to Camp B:it ner authorities revealed that death resulted from gunshot wounds near the heart, Maj. D. A. Marion told the court today. When State testimony was completed, the defense moved for non-suit on grounds of insuffic ient evidence, and Judge Walter J. Bone granted the motion, free ing Nelms. FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS LOSE FIVE TEACHERS FOR COMING YEAR A net loss of five teachers for the Franklin County Administra tive Unit for the 1944-46 term re sults from tentative allotment Just announced by the State Board of Education, Superinten dent Wiley F. Mitchell, disclosed this week. Reflecting the decreased at tendance, which schools general ly experienced1 during the past year, the allotment provides for 191 teachers as compared with 196 for the past year.' Three ele mentary schools and three high schools with reduced enrollment, lose one teacher each. They are: Gold Sand, Wood, Youngsville, Edward Best and Franklin Coun ty Training School. OPPORTUNISTS BAG FIRST ROBOT PLANK Supreme Headquarters, Allied I Expeditionary Force ? A few sec- . onds after shooting the last bolt Into place on a 40-mllllmeter gun destined for Normandy, an 1 alert U. S. Army maintenance ; crew used the weapon last week to bag what is thought to be the 1 first pllotless plane shot down int Southern England. A direct hit was scored with the second round after Capt. Al-j; bert E. Reuning, Jackson, Miss., ' commanding officer, spied a pro-j lectile hurtling toward the field. j! First Bloom Ijonnie Alston, colored, ?' ? tenant of Mr. Ale* Alston, of the Gold Sand section, and liv ing on Iioulsburg, R 8, has the < honor of having sent in the i first cotton bloom, of the sea- i son. It was ? white bloom and ?ent in Monday, Mr. M. R. Watkins bringing In the bloom, i Henry Hayes, colored, of i Lonlaburg, R 1, brought In a white bloon^ Thursday. Robert Wright, colored, liv ing on W. B. Tucker* farm near I Loulsburg, brought In a red Woon? j isliHf. Mount Airy Man Heads State Legion Ashevllle.? George K. Snow of Mount Airy, today headed the North Carolina Department of ihe American Legion after being elected commander of the de partment at the cloning session of the 26th annual convention yes terday. Department vice commanders named for the five State divisions were: James T. McKeel. Wash ington, first; A. J. Krahnke. Whiteville. second; Adam J. Whitley, Jr., Smithfleld, third; F. Scarr Morrison. Statesville, fourth and Prank W. Swan, Andrews, fifth. Edgar H. Bain, Goldsboro, was elected historian; L. A. Watts, Raleigh, chaplain; Thud G. Stem, Oxford, judge advocate; W. Bry an Booe. Winston-Salem, nation al committeeman; Ralph Schell, Hickory, alternate national com mitteeman. Delegates and alternates to the national Legion convention were also elected yesterday. Sandy Creek Goes Over At Mil auction sule held Tuesday night at the Gold Sand High School, Sandy Creek be came the first township in the count}' to reach Its quota In the 1 I Fifth War Bond drive. Following a few remarks i made by E. H. Maione of Louis burg, the auction began with < Percy Joyner serving as auc- i tioneer. . . A lively spirit of bid- I ding prevailed, and sales for the evening totaled fl.1,225.110. , Chairman Joel Z. Terrell and Mrs. Walter Fuller, and mem bers of the Handy Creek com- ] nmnllv are to be congratulated on this splendid work. TWENTY -FIRST CONVENTION Miss Evelyn Smithwlck, Presi- j dent of the Young People's Ser- J vice League of the Episcopal Church, which held its twenty first convention at Winston-Sa lem on June 11th, returned home Ihe past week. Miss Smithwlck presided at the convention. The announcement was made that a series of camps were being pro vided for the first of which will be Camp Cheshire, Senior, under Ihe direction of the Rev. R. Em met Oribbin, Jr. Mr. Gribbln has chosen the following for his staff: Teaching counsellors: the Rev. Messrs. M. George Henry, Charlotte; Edwin B. Jeffress, Jr., Concord; W. Moultrie Moore, Salisbury; G. Charles Stutzer, Salisbury; F. CralghlU Brown, Southern Pines, James R. For tune, Durham; Homer P. Starr, Burlington; Robert W. Turner, Rockingham, and Messrs. Max Rohn and Lansing Hicks, semi narians. In charge of Scout craft and handicraft will be the Rev. F. B. Drane, of Monroe. Athletic counsellors will be A|S Hampton Hubbard and Pfc. Pet er Wallenborn. Vade Mecum is the Episcopal camp of this Dio cese. Some fellows secure a sense of security by always being about two months behind in tkeir cor respondence and1 oilier desk work People who raved over their Income tax this year may be di vided into two classes ? mean and tmmi, . CHERBOURG READY TO FALL TO ALLIES : ? _ ? _ T PASSES A WAY OK. R. F. YARBOROUGH Who died at his residence on Main Street about 2:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At this time no arrangements have been made for the funeral. He is sur-| vived by his wife, one sou. Rich- 1 ard F. Yarborough, Jr., a Lieu tenant in the U. S. Navy, and one daughter. Miss Martha Yarbot' ougli. Dr. Yarborough has a very! prominent career, being a World War I Veteran, was physician of the State Prison, aad County Health Officer. In addition he was a local practicing physician for a long number of years. Through these contacts he has made hosts of friends who will realize a great loss and who ex tend deepest sympathy to his be reaved family and relatives. Hail Monday During the afternoon Monday a severe liail storm is reported visiting (he Inglesidc and Trin ity Churcli community doing; much damage to cotton and to bacco. The hull fell during a heavy rain. At about the same time an other hail storm visited the Mapleville community' extend ing to Huford Harris Store be low Justice, doing quite a bit of damage, according to re|>orts reaching Louisburg. The amount of danyige at both of these locations had not been estimated Tuesday, but was expected to run into thous ands of dollars. SWIFT-VAUGHAN Mrs. C. M. Vaughan announces the marriage of her daughter, Pattie Charles, to Lt. Orrin Al ien Swift, on June 18. The ceremony was performed by Dr. D. P. Harris in the pres ence of the family and a few inti- ' mate friends. The groom is the son of Mr. J. Alden Swift, of Middleborough, Mass. The couple will make their , tiome in Norfolk, Va. Wife ? What would' be the pro- 1 per thing to say it in carving the luck it should skid off the plat ter Into your guest's lap? Hubby ? Be very courteous. Say: "May I trouble you for that ' luck?" AYSCKE-NORWOOD ? j In a wedding of lovely simplic- \ >ty. Miss Mable Greene Ayscue of Louisburg, became the bride of , Willie Lea Norwood on Satur- , lay evening, June. the seventeenth i it eight-thirty o'clock: The Rev. ; E. G. Moseley officiated. Mrs. Norwood is the accom- , Wished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ; S. A. Ayscue. She attended Gold , Sand High School and was very lopular among her teachers and :lassmates. Mr. Norwood is the son of Mr. ] ind Mrs. H. J. Norwood, of War ?enton, North. Carolina, formerly { >f Virginia. After a brief honeymoon, tht | souple will make their home in : Warrenton where Mr. Norwood Is , employed by Boyce-Gilliam Motor ( Company. Killed In Action | Mr. and Mm. George Henry Joyner, of LiOuisburg, Route 2, have been notified by the Navy Deportment that their son, J. H. Joyner, 8 1-c was killed In e action k invasion of Eii- l rope. He in survived by his ( parent* and one brother. En- 1 sign Wnv Douglas Joyner, a I flight instructor is the Naval Air Oorpa rtitlQMl at Pensa- i ?ola, yinrt*. ?>..? ? l ? tud y.. . 4if** \ ??.'v . ? t Allied Supreme Headquarters. London, Thursday, June 22. ? American troops pressed the bat tle of Cherbourg to a (lamias climax today and were reported driving through the suburbs ia fierce street fighting with German rearguards who were covering a withdrawal of the main garrison to bleak Cap De La Hague. An Allied spokesman said the Americans' momentum promised to win them the prize port by noon; that it all depended on whether the battered Germans could hitch up their morale for a. last stand that might delay Cher bourg's fall another day or more. House-to-House Radio France said that Ameri can troops were piling into Cher bourg's suburbs in fierce house to-house battles and a front dis patch said they had breached the city's second defense line by cap turing Sideville. two miles south west of the outskirts. From that point the Yanks were pounding on against the city's last fortifica tions ? the twin forts, D'Octeville and Du Route, the latter only half a mile from the waterfront. At headquarters, It was believ ed the hill chain reaching right to the edge of Cherbourg had been penetrated deeply, but offic ial Information covered only events up to Tuesday midnight. (A BBC report quoted by NBC said that American troops had oc cupied Octeville village, Just south of Fort D'Octeville and a mile from the center of Cher bourg.) The late evening communique. No. 32, said that in the battle tor Cherbourg "the area held by the enemy 1s steadily diminishing; our advance up the entire penin sula has been rapid." X Nazis Wrecking Harbor With the seconds ticking away, the Germans Were reported put ting the finishing touches to de molition of the luxury liner moor iiigs along the Quai De France and scuttling their few ships iu the roadstead entrances at either end of the outer mole. The entire Cherbourg area was in smoke and flames as the Ger mans burned and blasted and Am erican artillery set afire the dense wooded area southeast of the city, a strong German defense position. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ap pealed to the French workers of Cherbourg through a radio, broad cast to attempt to save their equipment from German sabotage and have it ready for the Allies to use when the port Is liberated. An Allied officer, speaking for the commander-in-chief, urged the dock and railway workers to remain at their posts. French refugees from Cher boug and German captives told Henry T. Gorrell of the United Press that the main body of the German garrison already was withdrawing to the northwest toward Cap De La Hague. Their covering line extended from Beaumont, just below the tip of the cape, to Martinvast Just east of Sideville. B. M. C. MULLEN, SR. Youngsville.. ? B. M. C. Mullea Df Youngsville died at Rex Hos pital-Sunday morning after an ill ness of several months, at the ?ge ot 66. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock From the Baptist Church in Bunn. Burial was made in the Bunn cemetery. The body lay In state at the church from 11 to 4 o'clock Tuesday. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pattle White Mullen; three daugh ters, Misses Bessie J. and' Lois, of the home, and Mrs. Milton Tay lor of Wilson; six sons, Rosser C. of High Point, Dr. Malcolm P., of Atlanta, Ga., Qarvice W., of Qranlte City, 111., Stephen F? of Norfolk, Vi., B. M. C., Jr., ot Naval Experimental Station, An napolis, Md., and Pvt. W. Wal lace of Camp Davis; six grand children; four brothers, W. A. * I. H? S. B., and M. C. Mullen, of Bunn; five sisters, Mesdames Alice Wright, Velna Dodson, Mary Perry, Virginia Weathers of Bnnn and Linnie Williams of Louis hurg. He was born August >2, 1(77 In Franklin County. On January 3,1900. be was married to Pattle C. White, and lived' for a number if years in Bunn, where he waa a wellknown business man. Later tie moved to Youngsville, where tie was associated with Whitley Barrow Lumber Company. REVIVAL SERVICES The TIMES Is requested to state that the annual revival nesting will begin at Harris Chapel Baptist Church on July 1. 1944. The pastor. Rev. Chas. B. Howard will the preaching. Services will he at I:t0 o'clock arcattctfty