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Sufficient Number Of Smiths to Have Army of Their Own But the Many Smiths Are Just Another Headache at Mail Time in Maneuvers ? Camden, S. C.?There are 2203 Smiths, 1117 Williams, 1079 John sons and 1059 Jones on maneuvers with the First Army in the Caro lines. That's just one of the many mail problems confronting Major Erastus E. White, Postal Officer of Lt. Gen. Hugh A. Drum's First Army. Many pieces of mail are received bearing no other notation than the man's name and Fort Bragg, N. C. Other mail arrives bearing simply the man's name and the notation "Somewhere on maneuvers in the Carolinas." About 2500 pieces of such improperly addressed mail are received daily. Improperly addressed or not, 90 per cent of all the mail, intended for First Army soldiers on maneuvers ruochcc the addressee. If the- mail is properly addressed, showing the soldier's complete name. Army ser ial number and organization, no de lay in delivery occurs. This remarkable delivery record results from a master locator card file maintained at First Army head quarters, Army Post Office 401. Ev ery officer and enlisted man in the First Army has a card bearing his name in this file. The card shows the i soldier's rank. Army serial number., organization and other pertinent da- ; ta. The master locator card file serves other important purposes Many tel-j egrams and other urgent messages bearing news of deaths, serious ill nesses and other emergencies are de livered only through the help of the file. The file also is used to locate the owner of lost identification tags, I by the Adjutant General's office, the Message Center and by long-distance telephone operators. It is the only complete First Army file outside of the Adjutant General's office in Washington. APO stands for Army Post Office. These are numbered in accordance with a plan provided by the War De partment. Infantry divisions are numbered from 1 to 200, cavalry di visions from 201 to 250, armored di visions from 251 to 300, Army Corps from 301 to 350. Armored Corps from 351 to 400 and field armies from 401 to 500 Thus, APO 401 serves the First Army, APO 306 the VI Army Love Life of Bullfrog Not In Booklet Form A congressman, pleading recentl) in the House of Representatives foi non-defense economics, charged th< t Department of Agriculture with squandering the taxpayers' money or a pamphlet about "the love life ol the bullfrog." Reports of his speech brought to the Department of Agri culture 300 requests for the booklet The department found it hadn't is sued any such brochure, and its press agent issued a statement to the pa pers refuting the report that it was publicising the bullfrog's love life. The satement caused 600 more per sons to write requesting a copy. That burned up Secretary Wickard, so the next time he went on the radio he repeated emphatically that his de partment had not issued, and did not intend to issue, any work on frog amours. Result: Another 1.300 re quests to the department for the booklet. Thank?fiivinn Dinner Menu l? Announced In Army s The Quartermaster Corps an nounces that for Thanksgiving din ) ner, the soldier in camp is to eat grapefruit, shrimp, soup, turkey, j cranberry sauce, candied yams, mashed potatoes, peas, corn, mince | and pumpkin pie, cheese, nuts and coffee If this Army "travels on its stom ach," it will roll over. Corps, APO 26 the 26th Infantry Di vision. All mails are concentrated at Fort Bragg, hi. C_ and?Furt Jackson, S. C. Fort Bragg supplies APOs 302, 28, 29. 44. 306. 1, 26. 9 and 401, w hile Fort Jackson handles mail for APOs 301, 8. 30. 251, 252. 351, 304, 4, 31 and 43. "Army Serial No. 48.250,999?Bin go!" That's the comment one corre spondent writing a soldier added to the soldier's address Apparently this particular writer thought there must be simpler ways of contacting a sol dier through the mails than by at taching all the information request ed by army postal officers on the envelope. But none of this information is superfluous ? take it from Major White. If you're a soldier's best girl \ and you want your soldier boy to hear from you with the shortest pos sible delay, address your letters as follows: "Private James Russell Smith Army Serial No. 32,147,862 21st Ordnance Company APO 401 Fort Bragg, N. C." PROMOTED Wlieclcr Martin, sun of Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Martin, of Williamston, was recently pro moted from second to First Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. The young man is sta tiuned at France Firld. Canal Zone. Highlights From Nation's Capital * Possibility of anti-strike legisla tion; talk of "vastly greater" arms drive under the head of "Victory pro gram." and consideration of another multi-billion-dollar tax bill this fall highlight capital business news ... On the latter, the Treasury has esti mates that between five and eight billion.dollars of what it calls "ex tra" purchasing power must be "mopped up" quickly to guard against inflation Tentative plan is for a three way withdrawal of this "extra" cash?that is, buying pow er in excess of the goods available: (1) More general taxes, especially income taxes on individuals and ex cess profits taxes on corporations (applicable to 1942 earnings but en acted as soon as possible so people will start saving the money to meet the tax bill); (2) Sharply increased social security payroll taxes; (3) In creased individual savings, repre sented by investments in defense ; bonds. Weekly payroll deduction plan, to help employes save income- . tax money, will be urged on big em- ! ployers. I Cotton Referendum Scheduled Dec. 13th A referendum to determine wheth er growers want to continue cotton marketing quotas, which have been in effect for the past four years, will be held December 13th, E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive assistant of N. C. State College, announced to North Carolina farmers. "There is little need to explain the ' marketing quota system to cotton : growers of our State," Floyd de clared. "They have realized the ben efits of this orderly marketing sys tem for four consecutive years, and i there is no reason to doubt that quo I tas again will be approved by an I overwhelming majority." ! Quotas on the 1941 cotton crop were approved in a referendum on December 7, 1940, by 92.8 per cent of the 60.246 farmers who voted in North Carolina, and by 92.3 per cent1 of the 918,857 growers who cast bal lots in the nation. The vote in North Carolina was: 55,937 for quotas, and 4.309 against quotas. The AAA official quoted Secre tary of Agriculture Claude Wickard as saying that "the 1942 planting al lotment for cotton will be 27,400,000 acres in the United States, or about the same as this year." Floyd said it is necessary to con tinue restrictions on cotton produc tion because of the "collapse of for eign markets," and the accumulation of the large surplus He added that this country already has enough cot toil on hand to fill an extra year's needs. As in the past, it will require a two thirds VuLc at t.hoso hiillntjng throughout the cotton belt to put quotas in effect for 1942. If quotas are approved, growers will be free to sell all the cotton they produce on theii allotted acreage Overpro duction will be subject to a penalty The pupils of the eyes of all mon keys are round like those in human eyes, says the Better Vision Institute. TAX PAYMENTS Record tax collections are be ing reported In this county tor the tax year of 1941. according to information coming from Col lector M. L. Peel's office in the courthouse today. Nearly one-half, of $94,117.78. of the 1941 levy has already been collected. Statements of accounts were mailed to the property owners leas than a month ago. Exact compariaona are not avail able, but It Is believed that this fall has been one of the best for tax collections in many years. Education - Business To ^ork Together A new keynote on teamwork be tween education and business has been struck by James M. Wood. ( president of Stephens College at I Columbia, Mo. Discussing the forum to be held there in November on "the I American woman and her responsi bilities" he said "our business and I professional leaders must assume t] share of the responsibility for pro-1 viding education in health and fi nancial matters. Every business has these responsibilities, he said, but cited insurance companies as being in position to do an especially out-1 standing job in establishing finan- ! cial security for homes. However, he | said, they have not "followed through" in .the matter of educating beneficiaries in the principles ot investments of such funds appro x imately a billion dollars a yea?^of, which 80 per cent is paid to Women* "The educational problem here, of J making sure that the beneficiaries get the utmost possible value," Dr. : Wood said, Eyes of children do not move in unison until three months after birth, reports the Better Vision Institute. Tip To Young Girls With Timid Suitor Fort Jackson. S. C.?Here's a tip 1 for girls who are waiting impatient-' ly for a proposal from a timid suit-1 or Encourage him to join the Army, j A perusal of the records of the 43rd Field Artillery Battalion here at Fort Jackson indicates that six months of Army life will spur the most reticent swain to an immediate expression of his desire for marital bliss rather than martial bliss. No less than seven members of the Headquarters Battery of the 43rd had the knot tied while on recent furloughs. It isn't that the boys dislike the strictly military side of their Army life. It's simply the matter of sew ing buttons, washing clothes, making beds, and doing K.P. that opens their eyes to the joys of living in a snug little nest, with the 'one and only" in constant attendance to keep the place' properly policed. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by. virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by W. D Daniel and wife. Beatrice E. Daniel, to the iinHi'iNi^ni'H Trustee, dated Decern ber 28th, 1930, recorded December, 29th, 1039, in Book Y 3. at page 151 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Martin County, N. C. and at the request of the holder of the note se ' cured thereby, defuult having been j made in the payment thereof, 1 will,! on Thursday, the 6th day of Novem ber. 1941. at twelve (12:00) o'clock I noon, in front of the Guaranty Bank j and Trust Company door in the j Town of Robersonville, Martin Coun ty, N. C.i offer for sale at public auc : 4.ion, for wKh, ^uhieej to all priori encumbrances to this paper, the i. property described m the aforesaid 1 Deed of Trust, as follows: "Lying and being in Grilfins Township, the aforesaid County and hv \1 State, bounded on the East hv M. Lumber Co., bounded on the South ; by Hattie Daniel, bounded on the! West by N T. Daniel and Roberson | heirs, and bounded on the North by N. R. Pana? I. eotdajinmg_90 acres, ; mure or less. and being the place we now live." A deposit of 10 per cent of the pur chase price will be required of the last and highest bidder at the time of the sale as evidence of good faith. This the 2nd day of Otcober, 1941. PAUL D. ROBERSON, ol0-4t Trustee. Let It Rain! Let It Pour! CALL AN AMERICAN TAXI CAR TO VOI R ||^OK: Phone 16 ? l)uv or Mfllit Service I nion Bus Station, Headquar ters ? White Dependable Driv ers ? Always Heady . * . lurnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C. Sun.-Mou.-Tues. November 9-10-11 "Sergeant York" dary Cooper' 'Joan Leslie anil Waller Hrennan Wednesday-Thursday November 12-13 "(IhcrTN for Miss Bishop" MARTHA SCOTT and W H.I.1AM (iAKC.AN Friday-Saturday V November II 15 "Htul Mon of Missouri" llennis Vloron. Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman ALbU bKLKLTKl) SHOHT SUBJECTS COME TO ? a ?Pf?w# %Sl8 m OPENING ? /^T7 S ^ ^. Saturday Opens Saturday, at 9 A. M. Use Our Lay Away Undoubtedly Toy* will he scarce this Uhri*tiuas. Nut only will they be scarce, Itnl higher. ll is next to iinpo**ihle lo get replace ment order* from the manufacturer* and we advi*e you to muke your purchases for Santa (dun* now. Vi*it our T((VIA\h opening Saturda), November 8th. Our second floor lia* heen heautifully arranged and converted into the town"* fine*! TOYLAND. If you can't pay ull on your purchases, u*c our l.ay-away I'lau. With a niuall deposit we'll hold any item in our store for you. We have the large*! stock of toy* in Williamstoii and we have thousand* of toy items not listed here such a* basketballs, footballs, drums, tea set* and mechanical toys of every description. Wagons' For BOYS and GIRLS Any Size and Price $1.98 to $8.95 Electric ami Mechanical TRAINS ELECTRIC TRAINS Made By LIONEL Prices As Low As ^(.SO, L'p To $17.25 MECHANICAL TRAINS For $1.50 and up Additional Switches and Tracks for Other Trains Three Free Prizes BOYS' POOL TABLE, DOLL ami CARRIAGE, ami 26-Piece SILVERWARE SET WILL BE GIN EM A WAN TO PERSONS HOLDING LUCKY TICKETS. DRAWING WILL BE HELD DECEMBER 2 Lili AT 8 P. M. TICKETS NX I CI. BE GIVEN NX I III EACH 25c PUR CHASE IN OUR TOY DEPARTMENT. ASK CLERK FOR YOUR TICKET WITH EACH 25c PURCHASE IN OUR I ON LAND. MARTIN SUPPLY COMPANY C.hililren'* DESK SETS WITH CHAIRS Demilifully finished. A Useful Gift for Santa. $4.50?$6.95 $12.95 DOLL CARRIAGES Made from fine quality ma terial*. Make your selection now at these low Jjtriee*. $1,29 to $5.95 LARGE STOCK TRICYCLES Any color or size you want. Made strong and will give ex rellent service. $1.98 ? To ? $12.95 5in n,' c i CARSTA1RS White Seal F<5r THI MAN WHO CARtS" 86.8 Pfu??f. 7 .'< Kr?iin neutral spirits. Canitairt? Br?w. Distilling Co.. Inc. It\l IIMOKi:. Ml) liO ^ S' I KKCTOR SKI'S Hi'Ht (Juulity 98c to $5.95 B<n s \II* imu:s Kim !???> Haul- an air riflr. ^ on ran affuril to -ti|>|?l\ San la al lln -r Ioh prirr-! 98c to $3.00 o o en ItOKSMAN DOLLS \ rally tlreitctl ? F. x partly fnailr Many size* & price* 10c to $2.98
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