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VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 81 - Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 10, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge W.H. Coburn
Gills Fifteen Gises
In Recorders Court
Solicitor Don. E. Johnson
Home Front School To
Prosecute Docket
Judge W. H. Coburn and Solicitor
Don E. Johnson had a lengthy ses
sion of the county recorder's court
before they cleared the docket last
Monday. Calling fifteen cases, the
judge held the court in session until
almost one o'clock. A large number
was present for the proceedings, and
some comparatively "stiff road sen
tences were meted out during the
more than three-hour session. Solici
tor Johnson, studying Diesel engin
eering at State College, Raleigh, in
connection with the nation's defense
program, was home for the day to
prosecute the docket.
Proceedings in the court:
The case charging Willie Smith
with an assault with a deadly weap
on and non support was nol pressed
with the defendant subject to be re
called under a new warrant.
Pleading not guilty in the case
charging him with an assault with
a deadly weapon and disorderly con
duct, Jesse Warren was adjudged
guilty and was fined $25. The court
costs were also added to the fine In
a'second case charging Warren with
attempted assault, he was found guil
ty of simple assault over his own
plea of innocence. He was sentenced
to the roads for 30 days, the court
suspending the sentence upon the
guaranteed good behavior of the de
fendant during the next twelve
months. No costs were assessed
against the defendant In the second
case.
The case charging Joe Frank May
born with bastardy was nol prossed
with leave.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing them with an assault with a
deadly weapon, Orlander Brown and
Tony Manson were each fined $10
and taxed with one-half the court
coats.
Fined $25 and taxed with the cost
in the case charging him with an as
sault with a deadly weapon, Horace
Dixon appealed to the higher courts.
Bond was fixed at $200. The case
originated when crime went on a
rampage in Williamston during a
week-end several weeks ago.
The case charging Linwood Wil
liams, of Jamesville, with an assault
with a deadly weapon, was contin
ued until next Monday
A continuance was also granted in
the case charging W. K. Parker with
failing to list property for taxation.
Charged with an assault and rob
bery, Jasper Roebuck was not guil
ty of an assault, and the case was nol
prossed as to the robbery charge.
Ben Little failed to unswer when
railed in the case charging him with
disorderly conduct and carrying a
concealed weapon. Papers were or
- dered issued by the court for his im
mediate arrest.
The case charging Brownie White
hurst with an attempted assault was
continued until October 20th.
John Moran, charged with the lar
ceny of a dollar from a child at the
fair ground last week, was sentenced
(Continued on page four)
Officers Wreck Two
Plants In the County
Following a period of little activ
ity, Martin County ABC Officer J.
H. Roebuck, asaistcd by Deputies
Haislip and Roy Peel, and Jim Man
ning resumed his work in the field
this week.
Operating under the cover of dark
less and expecting to find an illicit
liquor plant in full operation, the
officers got a cold reception in Bear
Grass Township last Wednesday
night about 10 o'clock. The plant
while cold was ready for operation,
but good fortune smiled down on
the owner. The 50-gallon capacity
drum was wrecked and the approxi
mately 2S0 gallons of beer was pour
ed out.
Yesterday morning in Free Un
ion. the officers found after a long
search a 50-gallon capacity copper
kettle and poured out 450 gallons of
beer. The fire was still burning at
one of the two plants visited by the
officers, but the operator had re
moved the kettle and hid it almost
a mile away from the scene of op
erations. The officers tracked it
down and brought in the copper. The
second plant, partly dismantled, was
wrecked.
Plan Home-Coming
In Hassell Church
Sunday, October 12th, will be ob
served as annual home-coming day
at the Hassell Christian Church. All
members, former members, friends
and former residents of Hassell are
invited to enjoy the services, the fel
lowship and the basket lunch at
noon.
Bible school will be held at 10:00
o'clock. Morning services at 11 a. m.
and a visiting minister will speak at
2 p. m. Evening service at 7:30 p. m.
with an appropriate closing service
for the day. Special announcements i
and reports will be made at the eve
ning ssi lit a.
Growers Are Harvesting First
OfCurrentPeanutCro p Today
Basking in a hot summer sun and
untouched by rain, the first of the
current peanut crop is being harvest
ed or threshed on the farm of Joseph
R. Winslow. near Robersonville to
day. The crop where early diggings
were effected is ready for the pick
ers in other areas. Farmer Winslow
dug his crop more than three weeks
ago, and as far as it could be learned
he is the first to start threshing op
erations. The threshing schedule will
hardly get underway within the
next two or three weeks on any ap
preciable scale. Picker operators are
making ready for the season, the
office of county register of deeds
stating yesterday that 18 operator
permits had already been purchased.
The office of the county agent is pre
paring marketing cards for distribu
tion, and the opening of the mar
keting season is expected to be some
what earlier than it was last year,
weather conditions being favorable.
The condition of the peanut crop
is hard to guess However, it is gen
erally agreed that production will
fall considerably below the record
reported last season. Farmer Wins
low, harvesting 25 acres this season,
believes he will get no more than
fifteen bugs per acre against an av
erage of 25 picked last year. The
quality ranges from fair to good.
No price quotations have been list
ed in recent days, the marketing
service stating that no goobers had
been offered for sale. It has been ru
mored that the market will open
around five cents a pound, but buy
ers and millers are withholding com
ment on the market outlook.
SWIFT
Given final approval only this
week, the Farm Life gymnasium
project will be completed in
time for play by early Decem
ber, according to predictions
coming from citizens in the com
munity yesterday.
Plans are being studied and
arrangements are being effected
for starting work on the struc
ture within the next few days,
Louis Roberson, builder-in
charge, said. Carpenters and
helpers are volunteering their
services, for the most part, it
was learned.
Tobacco Allotment
For County In 1942
Same As For 1941
Totul of 9,521.1 Allotted To
Approximately 1600
Martin Farmers
Despite uncertain conditions on the
world front and'in the marketing
field, the tobacco acreage allotment
for this county and the State will re
main unchanged another year, the
iff ice of the county agent was noti
fied this week by E Y Floyd, AAA
executive at State College. Martin
bounty tobacco farmers, number
ng approximately 1,600, have been
allotted 9,521.4 acres for the cultiva
tion of the golden leaf, the acreage
being the same as that allotted for
the current year The allotment was
nased on an average per acre pound
age of 960 pounds, or about 100
bounds more than the average for
the State, as a whole. The allotment
for the entire Slate is 513,676 3 acres.
Good, flue-cured tobacco prices on
ill markets this season have cheer
'd farmers and promised good re
turns for future crops as long as
we farmers continue to plant only
the amount of tobacco for which
there is a demand," Mr Floyd said.
The AAA?officer explained?im
proved prices this year as having re
sulted from a stronger domestic de
mand a crop reduction of 20 per cent
iue to unfavorable weather condi
tions.
"We may grow considerably more
tobacco on the same acreage next
year, however, if 'seasons' are right,"
Mr. Floyd continued.
Agricultural leaders from flue
cured tobacco states and federal
AAA officials agreed at a recent
[ood-for-freedom conference in
Memphis. Tenn. to maintain 1B4I
flue-cured tobacco allotments anoth
er year. Flue-cured leaf is subject to
marketing quotas until 1943 when
farmers again may vote on the ques
tion of marketing allotments
"It should be remembered," Mr.
Floyd explained, "that a big part of
the foreign demand for our domestic
tobacco has been lost because of the
war, and that means the planting and
marketing of tobacco will have to be
more carefully planned and han
dled in an even more orderly fash
ion than heretofore. We tobacco far
mers are fortunate in that circum
stances have permitted a continua
tion of 1941 allotments."
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Commissioners Will
Value Right-of-way
Unable to gain a right-of-way over
the landa of J. G. Staton along the
Washington Highway for its power
lines, the Virginia Electric and Pow
er Company a few weeks ago resort
ed to condemnation proceedings
against the defendant. It was point
ed out that the road had been desig
nated as a defense highway, and
that the company had been ordered
to move its pole lihe a distance of
not less than fifty feet from the mid
dle of the highway.
Clerk of Court L. B Wynne this
week named Wood row Tlee, S. E.
Manning and Garland Coltraln as
members of a special commission tc
appraise the damage, if eiy, that will
result from the change in the loca
tion of the line. The special com
missioners are to make their survey
next Wednesday morning at ter
o'clock. Appeals from the special
proceedings finding to the suparioi
cooit are possible.
Marriage License
Issuance Is Fairly
Stable In County
Thirteen Couplet Marry in
r.omity During Month
Of September
After reaching the fairly high
number of twenty back in June, the
issuance of marriage licenses in the
county is now maintaining a fairly
stable trend. Dropping to twelve in
July, the number of licenses issued
by Register of Deeds J. Sam Get
singer climbed to thirteen in August
and held to that figure in Septem
ber. The record would indicate that
young couples get married when
they get ready and not in any par
ticular month. There is one possible
exception, however, ami that month
-is December when the bureau ordi
narily issues from thirty to fifty li
censes.
Last month there were seven li
censes issued to white and six to
colored couples. For a goodly num
ber of years, the number of colored
marriages was far greater than the
white marriages, but the trend has
taken a fairly definite turn with the
whites holding the advantage m
numbers. In 1933 there were 103
white and 166 colored couples mar
ried in the county. The following
year the count stood 116 white and
165 colored. In 1935, the gap began
to c^lost* when 122 white aod 129 col
ored couples were married in the
county. A year later, the number of
colored marriages gained slightly,
139 to 117, but in 1937 the count stood
147 white and 146 colored marriages.
The number of colored marriages
gained over tin- whites in 1938, but
since that time there have been more
marriages among the county's white
population than among the colored
race.
Licenses were issued ot the follow
ing couples last month in this coun
ty:
White
James Exodus Moore, of Norfolk,
and Alice Virginia Coltrain, of Rob
ersonville.
Mark W Anpo of Plymouth, and
Irtna Marjorie Perry, of Dardens.
Prank Edwards, Jr., and Geneva
Adell Hobertson, both of Williams
ton.
Ruby Williams and Sallie Seutt,
both of Oak City.
Delmus Williams, of Roberson
ville, and Ethel Bennett, of William
ston.
Ivey Miller Warren, of Plymouth,
and Katie Gray Purvis, of Jtober
sonville.
Robert Lee Callahan, of Camp
Lee, Va , and Viola Melito, of Erie,
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Colored
Jasper Purvis, of this county, and
Loney Cherry, of Pitt County.
Charlie Ben Wilson and Thelma
Melton, both of Williamston.
George E. Williams and Lizzie
Hassell, both of Williamston.
Sonnie Moore and Hope Basnight,
both of Plymouth.
Dave Purvis, Jr., and Annie Mae
Johnson, both of Williamston.
Robert Small and Florrie Mae
Brown, both of Williamston.
*
Deep Well Is About
Ready For Use Here
Delayed by material shortages and
unforseen mechanical difficulties,
work on the town's new deep well is
now complete and water from the
new source will likely be pumped in
to the mains within the next day or
two or just as soon as the State
Health Department approves the
supply.
Arrangements were virtually com
pleted several weeks ago to place the
well in production, but the contract
ors, Layne-Atlantic Company, at the
direction of their representative, Mr.
Jack Sunquiest, removed the pump
and several hundred feet of pipe and
replaced them to eliminate excess
ive vibration.
lite well is now producing' nearly
300 gallons a minute. The clear and
sparkling fluid will be dumped in
to the storm sewer until samples are
tested and the supply is approved by
the State laboratory.
During the meantime, the pumps
at the old plant are being operated
from fifteen to eighteen hours each
r day to maintain an adequate tfrater
?uppiy G
Highest Sales Of
Season Reported
On Market Ttulay
An upward trend in tobacco
prices was noted on the market
today when new limits were
reached by several of the buy
ing companies. The change was
centered in the better types of
leaf, with most of the others
showing added strength.
Farmers declared that the
sales today were the best they
had seen this season, early esti
mates placing the average at or
above 40 cents. Approximately
125.000 pounds were on the
floors today, boosting the total
sales for the season to about six
and one-quarter million. The
average for the season is right
at 30 cents.
While a fairly sizable sale is
expected next Monday, it is be
coming more apparent each day
that the supply is diminishing
rapidly, and that the markets in
the belt are almost certain to
chalk up a record for a short
season.
Battle Participant
Tel Is of Harrowing
ExjKTieiuT In War
?
J. Oliver, \\ ashiii^lon (louii
ly Man. Working in Low
cr I'arl nf (lonntv Now
?
John I- Oliver. 30-year-old native
of Washington County, returned to
his old home this week after nearly
15 months of service with the Royal
Canadian Air Force, during which he
took part in over 20 raids over Ger
many and German-occupied France,
as well as being present when the
British withdrawal from Dunkirk,
France, took place in the spring of
1940.
Mr. Oliver had a rank of quarter
master sergeant major in the Canad
ian air force, serving as a gunner
with Bomber Section No. 2, Fifth
Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air
Force: He received an honorable dis
charge from the service in May of
this year as the result of injuries re
ceived when the motor went dead on
a plane in which he was a gunner,
the ship cracking up in the English
Channel. Mr. Oliver said that when
he enlisted in October of 1939 he
"asked for action and got it at Dun
kirk, Scapa Flow and Dover" during
the 14 months and 11 days he was
in active service.
His airplane cracked up in Novem
ber. 1940, and after lie was rescued
from the Channel he was taken to
Westminster Hospital in London,
where he had another narrow escape
dui mg the intense bombing raids last
winter A German bomb scored a
direct hit on the west wing of the
hospital, blowing it to bits, while
Oliver, m the east wing, said he was
yelling to be moved. After remain
ing in the I>>ndon hospital from No
vember to some time in January, he
hud recovered sufficiently to make
the trip, so he was moved to the
Royal Victoria Hospital in Canada.
Following fiis recovery, he was dis
charged in May of this year and re
turned immediately to the United
(Continued on page four)
Baptismal Service
Held In Bath Tub
Joining the Primitive Baptist
Church during a special service held
in the home of Mr and Mrs. Z D. F.
White in Robersonville this week,
Charlie James, Pitt County man, was
Jiaptiznt m the bath tab there. Here's
water right here, why wait, Mr
James reasoned, and the baptismal
service was consummated without
delay.
It is one of the few times on rec
ord that a bath tub was used for a
baptismal service. While the prac
tice is really unusual, it is all right
and may become a more common
custom if the dry weather continues
to drv up the creeks and other small
streams in the county. Several
churches have found it necessary to
change their places of baptism in the
county during recent weeks.
I\ T. A. TO MEET
The Williamston Parent
Teacher Association will hold
its second meeting of the school
year nrxt Wednesday afternoon
In the high school auditorium
beginning at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs.
John Goff, chairman of the pro
gram committee, announces that
a special program with the gen
eral theme of "Security" has
been arranged. A feature of the
program will be a showing of
two films, "Security for Today
and Tomorrow" and "Families
without Fear."
The special program will be
preceded by a discussion of as
sociation problems and commit
tee reports, the entire meeting
being confined to one hour.
Patrons of the school and
members of the association are
urged to attend the I
Delinquent Tax List Is
Smallest In Many Years
Collections Largest
Re|>orted by County
In Quarter Century
I-css Thau 500 of More Than
8.IHHI Accounts Keniuin
I'ncollecteO
Favored by a bountiful harvest
and fair prices this fall. Martin
County taxpayers, for the most part,
moved to clear their tax obligations
from the books. Reporting the largest
collection percentage in nearly a
quarter of a ceptury. Sheriff C B
Roebuck, the collector, declared that
the record is really an encouraging
sign on the financial front in this
garden spot of the world Leaning
over backwards to overlook the num
ber of delinquents, the sheriff takes
a front scat when it comes to point
ing out the big reduction in the de
linquent list and the amount of taxes
unpaid on real estate.
Appearing for the first time in ac
cordance with tile law which pro
vides for a sheriff's sale of the de
linquents' property on the first Mon
d"> in November, the tax list carries
4H1 names against 696 and unpaid
taxes in tile sum of $8,683.25 as com
paied with $13,497 74 a year ago It
has been an unusually good year for
tax collections. the office of the
sheiiff stating that several thousands
of dollars in back taxes had been
collected during the past few
months. I here are two reasons for
the splendid collection of back taxes.
The improved financial situation was
tin important factor, but court ac
tion. suggested by Commissioner
Carstarphen and other members of
the board, really brought in the ba
con.
Improved conditions in all the ten
townships are reflected in the de
linquent list. For the first time on
record, a township, Poplar Point,
had no delinquents in the advertis
ing list Only two townships. Wil
lie mstun and Kobersorrvrlle, had
more than KM) delinquents among
its real estate owners Bear Grass
dropped to a low of five, and Grif
fin's seven owed only $39 99 when
the deadline for collections was
reached
?MthiliriLmay be fair, it is certain
ly hard on some who owed as lit
tle as seven cents and who because
they could not or did not pay the
small amount had to have their ac
counts advertised for sale along with
those owing several hundred dollars.
A comparative study of the delin
quent list wliile showing a marked
improvement in the finunciul situa
turn, reveals that the accounts, for
the most part, are uguinst the same
properties thut were adverised last
year and the year before. Seen in
the public print year after year for
several years, the accounts are fi
lially cleared by the property own
ers or the property changes hands
and the new owners settle the ac
counts?11 IS a long drawn-out pr...
cedure, hut so far this county has
acquired very little property through
the default route.
If is quite likely that many of the
delinquent accounts appearing for
the first time today will be paid and
cleared from the list before the sher
iff's sale Oil the first Monday in No
vember Wiiile the delay will add
some cost to the accounts, the prop
erty owners can hold the coat to a
minimum by paying before the sher
iff's sale is handled
A late report on personal proper
ty collections for the year 194(1 is
not available, but it is understood
that those accqunts have been whit
tled to a low point, if not to a record
figure
A comparison ol the mlmber oTde1'
(Continued on page four)
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Malarial Survey By
Health Department
In a very general report to the
[yijird of county cororoiKsiorHTH this
week, Health Officer John W. Wil
liams briefly tnld about a malarial
survey now underway in the coun
ty, and mentioned a few other activ
ities in the county health depart
ment.
According to the officer, 2,500 ma
larial tests have been made among
children in the first six grades. AH
white children in the grades with th<
exception of those in the Gold Point
school had been tested prior to th<
time the report was prepared. Tests
in the several colored schools in the
upper part of the county had beer
delayed when the schools were clos
ed by farm activities. The State de
partment is to cooperate in the sur
vey, it was pointed out.
Although the Works Progress Ad
ministration is no longer connected
with the program, the sanitation
project continues in the cuunty
through private construction, the re
port stating that additional objects
are dotting the landscape from time
to time.
Pre-natal clinics are being well
attended over the county with one
exception, but it is understood that
the drive againat syphilis is drag
jtol
CANDIDATE
Appointed all-time tax collec
tor for Martin County this week.
M. Luther Peel Is not certain of
his status as a member of the
board of town commissioners,
some saying that he can hold an
elective office along with an ap
pointive office and others say
ing that his recent appointment
would disqualify him as a mem
ber of the board. While it is
generally believed that he can
legally hold both posts, a ruling
has been asked of the attorney
general.
During the meantime, the
shake-up in the county system is
having its reverberations in the
town's governmental system.
Mrs. Kannie (irist Staton in an
informal announcement yester
day declared she would be a
candidate for the position made
vacant by Mr. Peel's resignation,
if he does resign. The position
made vacant by resignation is
filled bv board appointment.
Name Committees
For Another ^ ear
In Martin County
?*?
Few Clian^cs Mailt' in County
Agricultural Coiiwrva
lion ecr?oniicl
Holding their annual farm elec
tions this week, Martin County far
mors placed a stamp of approval on
the old set up when they re-elected
with only two or three exceptions
the old community members of the
county agricultural conservation as
sociation Wlule much interest was
shown in some of the districts, there
were hardly enough farmers pres
ent in other communities to carry
on the elections. In Williamston last
evening, only three farmers report
ed voluntarily, and only after call
ing seven other farmers was it pos
sible to go ahead with the election.
Several of the old committeemen
res^gd, and a few changes were
martr within one or two of the com-~
munity committees.
On Wednesday, October 29th, del
egates to the county convention will
meet and elect a county committee
which will head up the farm pro
gram in the county for the next year.
The results of the elections as an
nounced by the office of the county
agent, follow with the chairman
named first, vice chairman, second;
regular member, third, first alter
nate, fourth; second alternate, fifth;
delegate to county convention, sixth,
and alternate delegate to the county
convention, seventh, some serving
in two places
James'ville C. C. Martin, C 11.
Gurkin, A L. Modlm. J. Carl Griffin.
W W Walters, C. C. Martin and C.
G. Gurkin
Williams R. J liardison, O S.
Green, Joe Ferry, Joe L Coltrain, W
1) Gurganus, R J liardison and O,
S Green.
Griffins. George C. Griffin, Asa
J. Hardisoii, J C. Gurkin, N. R Peel,
B F. -LiHey, George C Griffin and
Asa J liardison.
Bear Grass: T I,. Roberson, H (1
Harrison, Joseph S. Griffin, W. ~S7
Rogers, Dalmus Rogerson, T L
Roberson and W M Harrison
Williamston Poplar Point: M. L7
Peel, R. T Griffin, W M Hardison,
Johnny Gurkin, E. L. White, R T.
Griffin and II A. Bo wen
Cross Roads W L Ausbdn, J. t'.
Jesse Keel, W L. A us bo n and J. F
Bailey.
Robersonyille J R Winslow, R
S. Everett, H. H. Roberson, S. T. Ev
erett, A R Osborn, J. R. Winslow, j
and S. T. Everett.
Hamilton: I) R Edmondson.
Wood row Purvis, W. J Beach, J. H.
Lillard, George-A Oglesby, I>. R.
Edmondson and Wood row Purvis
Gnnsr Nest?H. A Early,?J. F.
Crisp, L L. Harrell, Jack Smith, Jul
ian Mi/elle, J. B. Whitfield and Jill
lan Mizelle
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Opening River Fill
Early Wednesday
The Roanoke River (ill will be
opened in its entirety to two-way
traffic early next Wednesday morn-:
ing, Engineer Franks said yesterday.
During the meantime, parts of the j
road are being opened to double
traffic almost daily. By tomorrow,
all but about three-fifth of a mile of
the road will be upcned. leaving only
that portion of the route between the
river and the first new bridge closed
to dual travel.
Workmen are rapidly rounding up
the shoulders, and material has been
unloaded and made ready for set
ting the guard rails which will be
constructed at the bridge approaches.
It is understood that grass will be
planted on the dirt fill to keep it
from washing, but there is some
doubt if honeysuckles will be trans
planted again.
Titanic Battle For
Moscow Is Nearing
A Serious Climax
KtiMMiunrt, Fighting Desperate
ly, Claim Invaders Check
ed in Yvaznia Region
???
The titanic battle for Moscow with
the future fate of the whole world
snugly bundled up in it. is believed
rapidly Hearing a serious climax to
day as Hitler's hordes continue their
push toward the Russian capital.
The great offensive, into which
Adolf Hitler hurler 200 divisions?3,
1)00.000 me n 11 ie 1 uding tremendous
mechanized forces, raged along a
2,000 mile battle front, but the Ger
mans made their supreme effort in
the region of Vyazma, once a ram
bling country town of two-story
wood and stucco buildings that now
in shambles.
I*r0nt dispatches said the Germans
had been beaten back in several
rushes at Vyazma.
The desperate nature of the fight
ing there was indicated in reports of
the encirclement of Soviet detach
nentii commanded by General Ivan
Boldin who, early in July, was en
?ireled with his division near Minsk
md remained for 45 days behind the
German lines before he fought
through them to join the main Soviet
forces near Smolensk
Soviet spokesmen compared the
situation now to that of the spring
?f 1918 in the West, when General
Erich Ludendorff launched four
great offenses in attempt to destroy
the Allies before the United States
could land effective aid in France. It
was believed that Hitler is trying
now to break up the Red Army be
fore large-scale supplies of planes,
guns and tanks, promised the Soviets
under the tri-power agreement, can
peach the battlefields.
Accompanying the main thrust, the
Germans apparently were trying to
strike east from the Novgorod sec
tor. and by way of Orel, 210 miles
south of Moscow. The three drives
were aimed at the encirclement of
Moscow, it" was believed, since this
would follow the usual German tac
tics of double or triple break
throughs. with long pincers eventual
ly closing in on the objective.
While aged men. women and even
children are being called into actual
combat service to help stem Hitler's
supreme effort, the situation in
Britain is packed with serious trou
ble. according to commentaries in
their late reports? The British peo
phv htth versed nrarttial conditions,
air even suggesting a shake-up in
the Churchill government and call
ing for more direct aid for the em
battled Russians with the possibility
of an invasion attempt somewhere
in the West.
The only bright spot in the war
was painted by members of the spec
ial commission sent to Russia by this
country and Britain, Member Har
riman stating that Russia will fight
to the last, that even the fall of Mos
cow does not mean the defeat of the
Soviets. ? ' ^ ' '?
The serious situation in which the
Russians are now in is recognized in
this country, and there is a definite
trend toward a greater war prepara
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Extensive Aircraft
Maneuvers Planned
During the next several days ex
trusive an maneuvers along the At
lantic Seaboard from Massachusetts
t?> North Carolina will be underway,
it was announced yesterday by the
?7Tue of the Interceptor Command,
Mitchell Field, New York. While a
number of aircraft will likely be
seen in this area, local observation
posts will not participate tn tht
tests;-an<t station ubservers in this
county art.' advised not to report
flights
One report, released earlier in
the week, stated that much activity
could be expected over this area
this afternoon and next Tuesday.
The later report indicates that lim
ited operations are to be expected in
this vicinity. Ten or more planet
were seen over here yesterday, one
?.f ilium pi Thinning a riivit)g Stunt
near the river.
John C. McDonneL Brigadier Gen
eral, U. S. Army, announced that
additional exercises are being plan
ned apd that observation posts in
this county would be asked to par
ticipate Observation stations were
created by Mack Wynn in this coun
Ty several months ago.?
Squirrel Hunter
Kills Two Bears
Taking his single barrel (un and a
few No. 7 shells. Colon Perry, young
white man, went out to kill a few
squirrels over in Williams Town
ship this morning. Instead of seeing
squirrels, the young man saw two
bears up un oak tree. The mamma
bear started coming down, and Per
ry fired on her. The tint shot only
angered the animal, and while the
hunter had only a single barrel gun,
he operated it as one would an au
tomatic and fired again, the seoond
shot dropping the bear deed to the
ground. Three shots were required
to knock the cub out of the f