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VOLUME XL\?MEMBER 18 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuetilay. March 3, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899
Outline Tentative
Plans For First Aid
Courses In County
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Those Desiring To Attend the
Classes Asked To Notify
School Superintendent
Tentative plans for conducting a
scries of first aid classes in this
county were outlined this week by
Leo Wilhelm, representative of the
American Red Cross which organi -
zation will sponsor the special
school.
Adhering to a policy of prepared
?ness the Red Cross is urging every
one who can possibly do so to take
the course of instruction and agree
to conduct classes themselves if and
when they are called into service. ,1
Those persons desiring to attend the
classes are directed to notify the
office of the county superintendent
of schools, Williamston. giving name
""d age A penny post card will be
sufficient to enroll any one in the
special classes The course of in
struction is limited to those persons
19 years of age or older, and at least
pupils must sign up and agree to
teach others Mr. Wilhelm is quite
anxious for the schools, clubs, police
and fire departments, industrial
plants and others to have represen
tatives in the classes Membership
will necessarily have to be limited,
but any person in the county is cligi
ble to apply for instruction provided
he or she is over 19 years of age
The school will be held in William
ston each evening for two weeks, be
ginning March 23. Earh class will last
three hours. If the attendance is un
usually large, it is possible that the
two schools will be held, one in Wil
liamston and one in Robersonville.
These and similar details will be con
sidered just as soon as the National
Headquarters assigns an instructor
representative.
Graduates of the school will be giv
en certificates by the. Red Cross and
, ey will be eligible to teach tin 15
hour junior course to children be
tween 12 and 17 years of age, the
standard course of 2(1 hours for
adults, and the advance course of 10
hours, the latter dealing with special
emergency cases
No prior training is required of
anyone desiring to take the course,
but each pupil signing for the course
Will be asked to offer his or her serv
ices if necessary in training others.
Hundreds of thousands uf persons
throughout the nation are enrolling
in the special schools in an effort to
prepare themselves for meeting ex
petted and almost certain emergen
cies The Red Cross First Aid text
book is in great demand now, Mr
Wilhelm stating this week that 1,
200,000 copies had been sold and de
livered in those states east of the
Mississippi since Pearl liarboi l^ast
year a million and three hundred
thousand copies of the text were sold
in all of the country combined.
American volunteers training fur
defense had just as well realize that
duty on the home front is no lark
( itizens don t shoot down enemy
planes, so they put out fires, bind
wounds, unearth victims and bury
bodies, an article by Arthur H
Hudson in the current American
Red Cross magazine points out
Action with the people's army is
chock full ut dirty uniforms and
mofti, bloody wounds and empty
stomachs, unendurable fatigue and
broken hearts?unpleasant jobs mak
ing for mass heroism," the article
says Mr. Hudson recently returned
from war experiences in England
In describing the work of the citi
zens corps in London, the article
noted that "hospitals were cleared
immediately after a raid. British Bed
Cross girls drove American-made
ambulances up to the hospitat doors
and loaded in all movable patients,
taking them to hospitals on the out
skirts of the target area where the
patients were in less danger. Thus
the city hospitals kept free beds for
new victims.
"When the night is 'sticky,' the
(Continued on page six)
Alleged Car Thief
Taken In Virginia
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Charged with the theft of a 1941
model car from O S Winborne here
last June, J. C. Hendricks, young
white man, was arrested a few days
ago in Virginia, it was learned to
day. Details of the case could not be
learned immediately, but it is like
ly that the defendant will face trial
in the Federal courts of Virginia.
Mr. winborne is in Norfolk today
conferring with FBI agents who, op
erating under direct orders of J. Ed
gar Hoover, made the arrest.
Hearing nothing from the stolen
car after it had been stolen more
than six months, Winborne made a
personal visit to the federal bureau
a little over a month ago, "and I got
some action," he said.
The car is thought to have been
sold to some person or dealer in
New York
Posing as an employee of a local
garage, Hendricks called for JtUn
borne's car supposedly for theMUr
pose of taking it to the garage^for
some needed repairs. He disappeared
with the car that day, and while the
owner spurred officers on and work
ed on the case himself the arrest did
net follow until just a few days ago.
Hendricks is from Clinton.
[ FIRST VICTIM |
Murray Cargilr, among the
missing following Pearl Harbor
and who a few days ago was giv
en up for lost, was, it is now fair
ly well established, the first
young Martin County man to
make the supreme sacrifice for
his country in World War 11. Sta
tioned on the I!. S. S. Oklahoma,
the young man was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. C?. M Cargtle, of
Parmele.
County Authorities
Hold An Uneve
entfuf
And Brief Meeting
p
\ urciiiution of All l)o|(ft in the
Count) Ordered h\ Hoard
In Sesaion Monda>
Holding one of their shortest and
possibly the least eventful meetings
in many months, the Martin County
Commissioners heard the various dc
partmental reports, received requests
for road improvements, drew a jury
list for the special term of Martin
County Superior Court convening
next month and ordered the- vacci
nation of all dogs in the county For
tin- most part the commissioners
found a satisfied constituency, the
few appearing before the board ask
ing little and complaining less The
authorities completed the routine
husinesfi and handled a few other
matters in time to adjourn the meet
ing about noon.
Proceedings of the board
W. R Cherry was relieved of the
payment of a peddler's license, the
action being based on the applicant's
physical disability.
At the request of representatives,
the commissioners are directing an
appeal to the North Carolina State
Highway and Public Works commis
sion urging that body improve the
road in Bear Grass Township run
ning via Dalmus Rogers', Mrs Alice
Salsbury's, James Bailey's, Haywood
Rogers' to Garland Harris', a dis
tance of 2.6 miles, and also the road
in Hamilton Township running from
Dave Etheridge's, F M, Johnson's
heirs, John Eubanks'. John Cherry's
and others to the Edgecombe Coun
ty line, a distance of about 14 miles.
The lath r petitioners pointed out
ihat ihfi-xamt was ny school
busses and by the rural free deliv
ery carriers.
The vaccination of all dogs in the
county?was ordered in accordance
with state law, the annual canine
(Continued on page ?uc)
Injured In Wreck
Yesterdav Morning
Mrs Mildred Gurganus was pain
fully cut and bruised when the car
she was driving crashed into the rear
end of a truck driven by R L. Hes
ter on North Haughton Street here
yesterday morning. Several stitches
were necessary to close a bad cut
on her chin. The front of the car was
smashed ^srncf the engine was push-'
ed back to the dash board, but no es
timate of the damage could be had
immediately. Both the truck and
car were traveling into town
Thade Gardner and Elmer Modlin
escaped injury when their car crash
ed into the abutment on the eastern
end of the river bridge last Satur
day night. Gardner, driving the car,
was approaching the bridge when
another car, meeting him and travel
ing at a fast speed, pushed him into
the bridge. The right side of the car
was smashed.
NEW CARS
Martin County, according to
unofficial information received
by the board this week, has been
given what can be termed a lib
eral new car allotment under the
rationing system. Twelve cars
can be sold in the county under
the rationing system, but no
truck quota has been assigned.
The sale of new cars is now at
a complete standstill in this
county, the board stating Mon
day that no contracts were sub
mitted for consideration, and
that no instructions had been re
ceived for rationing of ears. No
applications for eertfiicatas of
filed.
Serious Conditions
Call For Increased
Production of Food
Farm ami Home Agents Urg
ing Everyone To Support
War Program
Speaking before a handful of loyal
citizens in the agricultural building
in this county last Friday evening,
farm and home agents again appeals
ed to farmers aiicl gardeners to line
up a strong support of the war pro
duction program. Opening the meet
ing. Charles L. Daniel, county Farm
Rurean president *a'd that hundreds
had been notified to attend the meet
ing. that the session was not being
called for fun and that this is war
"Possibly the many don't know the
war is going on, or maybe they are
all sick." Mr Daniel said, after scan
I nmg the many empty seats.
Farm Agent Brandon, still urging
the farmers and others to deliver and
sell their scrap iron, stated that well
over 130.000 pounds of the scrap had
been handled in this county so far.
and that it had been estimated that
80 per cent of the farm machinery
and been repaired and made ready
for spring and summer use.
Declaring that the serious condi
tions, not only those existing in Eu
rope but also those looking us
squarely 111 the fact1 demand an in
crease in war production, the agent
said, "if you raise your food, you
may eat it; if you don't raise food
you may not eat.''
It was explained that there are
approximately 250 farm families in
this county without gardens, that
this county is actually importing
large quantities of vegetables, meats
and other food. The small group was
urged to carry the gospel back home
and urge all the people to work and
strive for increased food supplies
that increased shipments could be
made to the Allies from those sources
from which this county has been
drawing much of its food. Farmers
and gardeners are urged to save their
seed, Miss Lota Sleeper, home agent,
stating that the price trend was up
ward, that some seed selling at one
time for 10 cents were bringing 30
cents now "The family garden of
one-half acre is worth $255 28 to a
family of five," she said She point
ed out that at least 32 quarts of veg
etallies and 24 quarts of fruits were
needed for each member of the fain
tly during that period when the
year-round garden w as virtually out
of production. She also said that
while some sugar will be made avail
able for canning, "we can can with
out sugar, if necessary." Concluding,
she said that we must look ahead,
buy equipment now and make ready
to feed ourselves.
An encouraging report was heard
at the meeting when the superin
tendent of public welfare stated that I
68 gardens had already been plan
ned among the needy families in !
the county
Taking a leading part in the vie
tory garden program, tin Farm Se
curity Administration has already
made available seed for over 10(1 gar
dens among Its clients
Receiving such a poor and disap
pointing responsive the call last Fri
day night, farm leaders are now con
templating carrying the urgent ap
peal for more victory gardens direct
to the people in the various commun
ities Plans for the community meet
ings have not been arranged, how
cverr
A eomplete report on the war pro
duction program as it relates to in
creased acreages to peanuts for oil
is not yet available. Several of the
committeemen are still running af
ter some farmers, pleading with
them to increase their acreages and
offer an?tnermned support hi the
war effort, in general Agricultur
al leaders, reserving detailed com
ment on the preliminary report, did
say they were disappointed. The
report on the survey should be
made ready within a very short
time.
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Attendance f igures
Low In The Schools
Incomplete but reliable reports
state that attendance figures in sev
eral of the county schools are still
holding to a low level, that opera
tions are barely dragging in a num
ber of the lower grades where more
thpn half of the children are absent.
The Jamesville school yesterday
reported 76 children were absent, 65
of them being members of the first
three grades. Williamston yesterday
had an jtieiidmii'E Of barely 7b per
cent of normal Some improvement!
was reported in most of the other
schools, but no attendance figures
for today could be had
Mumps are appearing in some
schools to aggravate the situation
caused by a sweeping measles epi- !
demic.
As far as it could be learned to
day authorities are not contemplat
ing calling another holiday for any
of the schools. Four schools, James
ville, Bear Grass, Everetts and Wil
liamston, suspended activities for
three days last week.
It is quite possible several of the
schools would have been closed this
week had it not been for labor short
ages, one report stating that it was
considered advisable to free the chil
dren as soon as possible in the spring
for farm tfork.
Rationing Board Is
Again Flooded with
r
Requests For Tires
Thirty-seven Application* for
Car unil Truck Tires Pile
Up in Board Office
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With more than enough applica
tions already on hand to take up the
automobile tire allotment and with
more applications coming in, the
thoroughly convinced that there is a
demand for tires. The county has
been allotted sixteen passenger car
tires and thirteen tubes, but no re-1
treads tor cars, and thirty-nine new
truck tires, seventeen retreaded tires
and forty-four tubes. While it is con J
sidered to be fairly liberal, the allot- j
ment will not be sufficient to meet!
the demands, especially for car tires ]
At its regular meeting Monday, |
the board received eight new re
quests for tires and nine applications
for tubes. Requests for eighteen car
tires and seventeen car tire tubes,
twelve truck tires and fifteen truck
tire tubes, and seven trailertires and
five trailer tire tubes were carried
over
Unable to establish a classifica
tion, William Louis Ausbon, AAA
committeeman, production credit
corporation representative and mem
ber of the county war board, had his
request for a passenger car tire and
tube rejected
"Certificates of purchase were is
sued to the following
l)r V E. Brown, one car tire and
two tubes
?Rugeison Brothers, truck 1 ire and
tube for meal truck.
J Lmwood Knowles, Hardens,
one truck tire and tube for hauling
farm produce to market and supplies
to his farm
Martin County Transfer Company,
four truck tires and tubes for gener
al hauling.
Among the new applications were
those filed hy the following
I lan ell, two trailer tires and one
tube; J. W. Bed well, one truck tire
and tube; H W. Barber, two truck
tires and two tubes, IV E. Getsinger,
two car tires and two tubes, and Wil
lie Hopkins, one truck tire and two
tubes.
It was thought at one time that
no quota would be allotted this
county for March, but the release
came in over the week-end Warn
mgs have been issued to the effect,
however, that the rubber shortage is
far more serious than many believe
it to be, and that shorter rations are
to be ex pec ted m the future, mean
ing that stern measures will have to
be taken to effect a fair and equal
distribution of the rapidly diminish
ing stocks now on hand.
$
Town Hoard Holds
Regular Meeting
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With little business*on the calen- |
dar, the local town commissioners I
last night soon turned their regu
lar meeting into an informal forum |
and a sociable discussion of the sit
uation of the world and all the peo
ple in it followed,, not that they
could or even would do anything
about it Devoting about fifteen min
utes to the minor items on 1 hpit Tl-g-~
ular calendar, tin- commissioners
then remained in informal session
until almost ll o'clock What did
they-talk about4ab<>r situation
was the main topic, several in the
group agreeing that it was indeed
difficult to do anything for anyone
who did not try to help himself.
Before quitting the meeting, May
or John _L, Ilassell led a movement
to have speed-w-urning signs-placed
at the northern approach of the town. ?
Not quite certain what the speed
law is, the authorities instructed the
superintendent of streets to check
up on the speed regulations and
plant some wooden signs. It is possi
ble that the police will be asked to
ask the speeders to slow down en
ough to read and respect the signs.
The cemetery project long ignor
ed, unintentionally, of course, has
definitely taken oil new TTfg, and ev
en though it is now struggling to
fight its way out of a minor relapse
just at the present time, the board
was advised that the enlargement
program had just about been effect
ed and that improvements are pend
ing
CHECKS DIRECT
Acting to help farmers save
their tlrea and time, the Agri
cultural Adjustment Adminis
tration has announced that it
will deliver future soil conserva
tion checks direct to the owners.
Heretofore, owners have been
directed to call for their checks
at the agricultural building. Far
mers who have changed their ad
dresses since they applied for
the payments will find it ad
visable to report forwarding ad
dresses to their former post of
fices. All checks that cannot be
delivered immediately are to be
returned to Washington.
Before the order was issued,
the agent's office had received
for distribution 684 checks rep
resenting 382 applications and
touting 854.619.03. It U estlmal
ed that a few more than one
fourth of the paymenU have
been made in this oounty.
Large Quantity Sugar Usedat
One Liquor Plant In County
Martin County citizens are ready
and willing to do their part in the
war effort with some few exceptions
but when reports coming from the;
office of the ABC enforcement bur
eau and telling of how more than a
thousand pounds of sugar were used
at a single liquor still in the county
recently they can be expected to rise
up in indignation and ask why such
a pi act ice is allowed, They are u bit
complacent about the dissipation of
the sugar supply now, but indirect
if not direct action is to be expect
ed when the sugar business humps
into a sour rationing system about
the middle or latter part of this
month. Some say that illicit traders
| have stored sugar and will continue
j to sell to the liquor traffic at a fan
cy profit.
I Raiding in the Free Union section
I of Jamesville Township last Friday
I Officers J H Roebuck and Roy Feel
wrecked .1 100-gaIlon capacity liquor
still and poured out twenty-one bar
rels of beer It required just about
1(150 pounds of sugar to make thai
much beer." Officer Roebuck said,
adding that that was about as much
sugar as will be allowed all the peo
ple in -the count> 111 a day. Asked
where the sugar was coming from.
the officers declared they yould not
learn
Kxpertly camouflaged in a poco
suii the officers had failed to find the
still on two previous occasions, but
knowing that one was in that area
they doubled their efforts and broke
up the sugar robbers' nest. The oper
ators had used old log roads and a
loading rock and walked logs to 1
throw the officers off their tracks. \
That they had succeeded 'for a long!
time w as admitted by the officers j
who allow they did a good job in 1
finding the plant at all
County's Rationing
Roanl Conunoiulod
For I use 1 fish Work
\llep'<l \ iolatious of Kulr* ill
Other Part* of Country
\rr Cited
Working without remuneration
and having to furnish their own
Transportation, the members of tlie
Martin County Rationing Board,
Messrs. C C Martin, of Jamesville,
chairman; J A Everett, of Palmyra,
and H L. Roebuck, of Cross Roads,
have been and are being commend
ed for their unselfish work and for
the fair and just way they are handl
ing that work.
Meeting as often as twice a week
.ill-so me weeks, tlie hum d.ilapiiears
now, is believed facing an increased
and strenuous task No details have
been made public, but sugar ration
ing will be handled directly from the
rationing board office Anticipating
an increase in the board activities,
the chairman at tlie direction of the
authorities has employed a full time
clerk Mrs. Irene Blount, of James
Mile, will be in tlie office each
morning at H 30 o'clock, and Miss
Marjorie Fleming, temporary clerk
for the board, will be transf'TPd
the office of the County Civilian De
fense Chairman. Attorney Hugh (I
Morton
The Office of Price Administration
went to the courts recently in two
eases, Chairman Martin said in point
ing out tin- facts, as follows
A temporary order restraining the
unauthorized delivery of passenger
ear and truck tires by a dealer was
issued recently by Federal District
Judge Luther B Way in Norfolk, in
the first civil action brought by the
Office of Price Administration under
it's tire rationing regulations, Leon
Henderson, Adnrinistratoi announc
ed. ??
The Norfolk order followed by
less than 24 hours the indictment of
an Indiana tire dealer by a Federal
grand jury in Indianapolis in the
first cmmiual action charging viola
tion of OPA's rationing regulations.
The case arose when Smith Doug
lass Company; Inc., filed a suit in the
Norfolk Court of Law and Chancery
to compel the Yoynes Tire Company,
a lire dealer; to deliver $ 1,427 worth
of passenger car and truck tires al
leged to have been purchased last
August All tire deliveries were
"frozen" by the government on De
cembcr 11, and, subsequently, ra
tinning regulations were put into"ef
fect prohibiting transfers of tires"
without eligibility certificates issued
by loc al rationing boards
The Indianapolis criminal indict
merit was returned on Friday- by a
special Federal Grand Jury less than
a rhonth after investigation of the
case began by inspectors of the Of
fice of Price Administration. The in
dictment contained eight counts and
(Continued on page six)
Home Destroyed By
Fire Early Monday
Fire, believed to have been (if in- i
eendiary origin or certainly under!
mysterious circumstances, destroyed
the home and all furnishings belong j
ing to Bessie Mabry, colored woman,
corner of Church and Sycamore;
Streets here shortly after 12 o'clock
yi-sterdav morning Nn ..ffirial ??
port could be had, but the loss was j
placed at $500 on the home and $300 ;
on the furniture. Fice Chief G. P.j
Hall stating that it was unofficially*
reported to him that the property !
was partly covered by insurance.
The family left Sunday morning
tos Norfolk, and as far as it OOuid be
learned no one was at home. When j
discovered by a passerby, the fire
was burning rapidly in nearly every j
part of the house. The front door was
open at that time, leading some to
believe that a prowler had entered
the home and fired it. Nothing was
saved from the home.
Firemen laid two lines of hose and
while they kept the fire from spread- j
ing, only the charred timbers of the I
home were left standing.
The fire was the third at or near :
the Church and Sycamore Street cor-1
ner in recent years.
COM MISSION HI)
^ J
Volunteering his services
more than a year ago, Marvin
Itoberson, young son of Mrs.
Theodore Koberson, of William
ston, is one of the first young
men from this eounty to earn a
commission in the regular army.
The county has several commis
sioned officers in the Air Corps,
hut Itoberson came up from the
regular army ranks ami is now
a second lieutenant.
Population Survey
Completed lor the
Kationing ol Sugar
r p -
No Detailed lil*lt'tietioiln Have
lleen l(m'i\nl For I
trihutiii^ Su^ar
Preliminary arrangements for i ?i
' honing .sugar 111 Ons county wen ad
jvaneed ye.t< i.day with the eomple
itipn of a population survey by j
j scho<ll distr icts, both white and col -
ored Similar surveys are being com
; plcted throughout the State, and it I
: is expected that sugar lationmg j
stamps will be made- ready for (lis i
j tribution soon alter the 15th of this]
month 1
Represents li ves. of families and
I other individuals will register at the
I grammar schools in their respective j
j districts, the office of the superin ;
tendent explaining that the regis i
trations will he han(H>d in hoth thej
white and colored grammar schools j
; No d<~ t;irlcd insTrVa turns toi hand!-{
ling the registration and the distribu
lion of the rationing stamps have
i been i ceeived, and about the only
| thing known about the plan is tliat
; each person will he allowed about
'eight ounces of the sweetening each
week
The population survey in this
County calls for rationing cards or
stamps for 26.1*54 persons. The stir
vev is broken dowp p> districts, ns
follows White: Hear Grass, 1,310;
Kveretts, 1.520, Farm Life, 625, Gold
Point, 40H; Hamilton, 640 Hassell,
325: jamesville, 1,965; Oak.City. 1
375, Robersonvillc, 1,980, and Wil
liamston, 3,295 a total of 13,642;
Colored Hear Grass. 280: Howers',
224, Burroughs-Spring Hill, 490,
Higgs, 460, Cross Roads, 252, Cor
ey's, 100, Hardens, 510; Everetts, 560
(Continued on page six)
c.ms
The (rend of property values
in this county is decidedly up
ward, Tax Supervisor I>. Car
starphrn |M,in(rd out this week
as additional list-takers made
their preliminary reports on the
1942 assessed valuations, Coming
despite the elimination of a
number of farm items from the
taxable lists, the gains are far
greater than were anticipated.
To dair, tour townships. Includ
ing the smaller ones, have re
ported gains approximating
$150,000, Croat Roads leading the
list with an increase of $5$,
343.
(iriffins, the fourth township
to report, has a gain of $49,507
in its current listings over those
lor 1941. ?
Fierce Battle For
The Rich Island ol
Java Is Now Raging
Duli'h I law Withdrawn from
Hatiaia: (Jen. Wavell
'I'o India
?
A I'm re but tic continues to rage
on the i ich little island of Java as Al
lied fori"i'S struggle to hold one of
the lew remaining strong and stra
tegic bases in the Southwest Pacific.
Reports from the fighting are not
quite clear, one stating that the de
fenders h.ui successfully coiinter-at.?
tacked and were exacting a heavy
toll of life among the invaders ranks.
Still another report, coming from
Dutch headquarters m London, stat
ed today that the Dutch had with
drawn from Batavia, the capital, and
were now stationed at Bandoeng
where a mure effective defense could
be maintained
With the outcome of the situation
m Java m doubt. General Sir Archi
bald Wavell, United Nations com
mander m the Indies, has been re
lieved of'his command there and he
has gone to India to resume his du
tus as commander-in-chief of In
dia Far reaching developments are
expected there shortly, some observ
ers believing that India's independ
ence will be "recognized shortly and
that possibly a turning point in the
Pacific war will be reached there.
II fii the first phase of the battle for
Java, the Japs effected three land
ings following a costly encounter
w ith Allied naval forces Official fig
"ures are awaited, hut unconfirmed
reports state that the Japs lost as
many as forty ships in the battle, in
cluding several cruisers and a num
ber of destroyers'..
It is estimated that 100.000 Japs
landed on the island Using cars,
trucks, tax' cabs and other vehicles,
the defenders rushed to meet them
Biitri fighting followed, and lhev
Japs paid dearly as they gradually
pushed to within 30 miles of the cap
ital.
While recognized authorities de
clared that Java could not hold out
indefinitely, late reports from the
island declare that the Allied forces
now have the invasion push well in
hand, that on one front the Japs had
been pushed back seven miles. Ihe
Japanese are now moving to land re
enforcements on a big scale, a late
communique stating that an armada?
of 80 ships "were nearing the island.
Despite the new and serious threat,
the defenders are displaying a
stronger determination than that at
Singapore, and they arc possessed of
a spirit similar to that displayed by
General Mac Art bur and his men oil
Bataan.
On the Burma front an apparent
ly '-iconforced British and American
.hi force is fighting t<? keep the Japs
from encircling the evacuated city
ot Rangoon
In the Philippines the Japs are
landing more troops, but MacArthur
and his men are still holding then
gains as land activities go forward
on a small scale in the Bataan Pen
insula The General was given reen
forcements this week when 10,000
tribesmen pledged their loyalty to
the United States, and sought per
ini Moii to attack the Japs with
-knivi i* and otht r nat ive w capons.
The light is being carried to ter
ritory close to Australia and to Aus
tralia itself. Air attacks have been
dip eti-d during pa>4GM ?hours on -
New Guinea and Australia In the
latter place all men and women have
been conscripted for the war effort
at wages comparing with those re
ceived by the armed forces. Troubl
ed willi drunkenness among its ?ol
(In is in several centei s, the Austral-_
i:if? l liment ti:,s: h'omid nil?li
quor sales and is making ready at
this late moment for any eventuality.
Originating in Sweden, a report
this afternoon stated that Russia is
preparing to launch one of the great
est attacks of the war. During the
meantime, the Russians are still driv
ing a wedge deeper and deeperm
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Oral Hygiene Show
In County Schools
-im
proving unusually valuable in
teaching oral hygiene and maintain
ed by the State Boafd of Health, the
iental puppet show is playing a full
schedule in the schools of the county
this week. Starting in the lower part
?f the county yesterday, the players
a ill appear in nearly all the white
chimin nnd ninny of tin. laigei LUl
>red schools during the week.
Miss Catherine Mallory and Mr.
John Morgan, who pull the puppet
;trings, invite the general public (o
vitness the performances. Similar
.hows have been held in the county,
nit the one this year is different.
The schedule for the show for the
ast three days of the school week,
follows: v
Wednesday, March 4th Williams
:on white school, 9:30 a. m.; Everetts
white school, 11 30 a. m., and Sals
5ury colored school, 2 p. m.
Thursday, March 5th: Oak City
.vhite school, 9:30 a m.; Oak City coi
ned school, 11:30 a. m , and Jones,
colored. 2 p. m
Friday, March 6th: RoberaonviUe,
white school, 9:30 a. m., and colored
ichool, 11:30 a. m., and Parmale ool
>red school, 2 p. m.
There's no admission charge.