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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 31 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 17, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899
Youth Gets Term on
Road For Operating
Car Without Permit
Mil* Cases On Docket Fori
Trial in County Court
Last Monday
Working on time borrowed from
the superior tribunal, the county
recorder's court was in session sever
al hours last Monday clearing its
docket of nine cases. Judge R. L. Co
burn was on the bench with Solici
tor Paul D. Roberson holding forth
uT the prosecutor's table.
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle without a driver's license,
Walter Wallace Bailey, Bear Grass
white youth, did some extra talking
to the court and thereby added to
his term on the roads, according to
one spectator's version of the trial.
The young man was first sentenced
to the roads for 60 days. Asked if he
had ever served a term on the roads,
the boy said he had "pulled" sixty
days. Judge Coburn reasoned that
another thirty would be in order.
"I'll settle it when I get back to Bear
Grass," Walter ssld Asked to ex
plain, the defendant said, "by join
ing the army." The explanation was
not altogether satisfactory and Judge
Coburn, expressing the belief that
the youth had something else in
mind, increased the term to four
months. Bailey held his tongue dur
ing the remainder of his stay in the
court room, but while on the way
back to jail, he was quoted as saying
that the judge would pay for the last
thirty days.
Matthew Cotton, charged with vi
olating the liquor laws, had his case
continued until April 27th
Pleading not guilty in the case
charging her with assaulting Willie
Harvey Bell with a deadly weapon,
Fannie Crowell was adjudged guil
ty. She was sentenced to jail for 60
days, the court suspending the jail
sentence upon the payment of a $25
fine, the case costs and the prosecut
ing witness' doctor's bill of $10.
Possibly one of the most baffling
rases heard by Judge Coburn was
the one in which Cecil Pippen, color
ed man, was charged with throwing
a pop bottle on the main street and
striking Mrs. Lee Glenn on the head
about two weeks ago. Pippen denied
the charge but admitted that he had
been drinking Several witnesses for
the defense said they were not cer
tain of the assailant's identity, and
another declaring that it was some
one else who threw the bottle admit
ted that he made the distinction prin
cipally by size rather than by ap
pearance. Believing the man was
guilty, Judge Coburn expressed the
wish that the case be carried to a
jury for a final decision. The defense
attorney gave notice of appeal and
bond was fixed in the sum of $100.
The attorney reservh-d the right to
withdraw the appeal and have the
sere.. It.,. Wl.il.y r,,;.il yen.
tence in the event additional evi
dence is uncovered.
Moses Gilliam, charged with vi
olating the liquor laws, failed to
answer when called and papers were
issued for his arrest
Adjudged guilty over his own plea
of innocence, William Haywood La
form was required to pay a $50 fine
and costs and had his license revok
ed for one year in the case charging
him with drunken driving
Nathaniel Goss, charged with as
saulting a female, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to the roads for sixty
days. The sentence was suspended
upon payment of a $25 fine and the
costs and the prosecuting witness'
doctor's bill. It was also stipulated in
the judgment that Goss is to stay
away from Bettic Outterbridge for
twelve months.
Charged with assaulting a female,
James Jones, colored, was found not
guilty.
Columbus Brown, charged with
non-support, was directed to pay <6
into the court now and $6 on or be
fore each succeeding month for the
benefit of his children. The defend
ant was allowed 60 days in which to
catch up with past-due payments,
the court continuing the case for that
length of time.
All's Fairly Quiet
In County Politics
As far as it could be learned here
this morning, no new developments
have followed on the county's politi
cal front in recent days. It Was also
learned that one or two public posts
are about to go begging for candi
dates, that only last-minute filings
wilt give the county a complete op
erating personnel. Office aspirants
must file with the chairman of the
county board of elections, Mr. Syl
vester Peel, at his home in Griffins
Township by si* o'clock tomorrow
evening.
Up until the present time there
are only two county political con
tests scheduled for settlement at the
polls on May 30. Messrs. J. C. Smith
and S. H. Grimes are running for
county Judge .and Messrs. Clarence
Griffin and Iverson Skinner are in
the race for county representative
in the legislature.
As far as it can be learned, Hugh
G. Horton, local attorney, is unop
posed for the State Senate. J. W.
Bailey and Dick Fountain have a
race for the United States Senate,
and Herbert Bonner, Jack Edwards
and Marvin Blount are running for
Congress from this district.
Large Quantities Of Material
Ready For Red Cross Workers
Receiving large quantities of wooli
and other materials recently, the
Martin County Red Cross Production
Center in the Woman's Club room
here is calling for an increased ac
tivity, Mr. A. R. Dunning, chairman,
announcing today that the center
would be held open each Tuesday
evening in addition to the old sched
ule. An extensive knitting schedule
for men in both the Army and Navy
is being planned, and the chairman
earnestly hopes the task will he snn
ported by a united effort. A call is
being issued fur idle knitting nee
dles, Mrs. Dunning explaining that
it has been difficult to get enough
needles, and that the use of spare
ones would be appreciated. .
In addition to the knitting project,
the production center here is doing
much sewing. Special kits are being
turned out in fairly large numbers
for the county boys who are leav
ing from time to time for the serv
ice. "This is the least we can do for
our own boys who are being called
to duty." Mrs. Dunning said. Num
bers of skirts and rompers for refu
gee children are being made, and
the production center, as a whole,
is making splendid progress. It is a
fairly well established fact that the
few?have boon?faithful?and have
worked long hours in handling the
work while many, many others have
Hesitated in offering their services
in advancing the important work.
Everyone is earnestly urged to visit
the sewing room Tuesdays and Fri
days and lend a helping hand to the
projects now in progress
Plans Going Forward
For Rationing Sugar
NO WHITK CALL
The draft will take no white
men from this county next
month and only a comparatively
small number of colored select
ees will be called into the arm
ed service during the period, ac
cording to information received
here this week. The April quo
ta is being filled this week and
next.
t'nofficial reports state that
fairly siiable calls have been
received In other counties in
this section for selectees.
vSizable NuiiiIht Of
Draftees Move To
Camp from Section
Ciiinpurulively Small Culls for
Colored Selectees from
County Pending
?
Young draftees are moving to
army induction centers from this
section in fairly large numbers, the
bus terminal here dispatching sev
eral special bus loads in a single
day this week Suppressing all sor
row for the most part, some of the
boys were apparently quite happy
while others apparently attached
Weeping, walling and shouting char
arllTlslU1 01 the departure ot young
men from this county for service in
the first World War were marked by
their absence. But there was an oc
casional tear seen trickling down the
faces of a sister or mother, and even
a father bit down on his tongue to
maintain a straight face us he saw
his son board a special bus along
with other young men for an army
induction center
The Martin County delegation was
an impressive one, able manhood
and marked intelligence being re
flected in the laxly and faces of the
young men who were well behaved.
It is not certain that all of them will
be accepted by the army. They are
I to undergo physical examinations
during the next few days, and it is
possible one or two and possibly
| more will return home very short
,ly
A call for a comparatively small
number of colored draftees from this
county is pending, and the next
group is scheduled to report to the
induction centers within the next
few days. The group will be follow
ed by another small contingent of
colored selectees next month.
?
Shift From SporU To
War Effort Activitiet
Used for the past several seasons
in transporting the local baseball
team, the Martins' baseball bus has
been sold by its owner, Mr. J. Eason
Lilley, to a company in Wilson where
it will be used in transporting work
ers to army camps
It is fairly apparent that the sus
pension of organized baseball here
in one case, at least, is aiding the
war effort.
W. R. Ofg, ranking official in
the American Farm Bureau
Federation and director of re
search in the organisation's leg
islative division, is scheduled to
address the annual meeting of
the Martin County Farm Bor
eas in the high school here next
Friday evening following a bar
becue supper in the gymnasium.
The address is expected to ell
ail Farm Bureau events
in this county
Tickets, providing free admis
sion, are to be mailed early next
week to the 1,M* bureau mem
bers in this county, and It is
certain that most of the mem
bership will attend along with
' of special guests.
Com mere ia I Dealers
Ordered to Register
School F o r Administrator*
Ami Aihinorw Will Be
Held On April 22
Final and complete instructions
for rationing sugar have been receiv
ed in the county, and authorities are
formulating .plans for handling the
enormous task. The instructions cov
ering nearly 100 pages, are offered
in minute detail, and it is quite pos
sible that some few sugar addicts
will surrender any and all claims to
sweets before they trouble them
selves with a registration and the al
most endless red tape which tightly
binds the rationing business.
Next Wednesday evening at eight
o'clock. Rationing Administrator
Herbert Lv Roebuck will hold a
school of instruction for the six
white school principals and six ad
visers whose appointments are pend
ing. The district administrators and
advisers were named yesterday as
follows: Jamesville; J. T. Uzzle and
K H, Ange. Farm Life, Russell P.
Martin and W. R. Harrington; Bear
Grass, T O. Hickman and A B. Ay
ers; Williamston, I). N. Hix and D.
V. Clayton; Robersonville, L. W An
derson and B. L. Stokes, Oak City,
-H. Mr?Ainsley and Nat Johnson.
These men are scheduled to meet
-Mr?Ruebui k?and?other 1'Uilonlng
board officials in the courthouse here
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, and
make ready t" supervise the registra
tion of commercial dealers, users
and processors. Individual consum
ers will not register until the first
week in May. All commercial deal
ers, including wholesalers and re
tailers, cafe operators and process
ors including druggists who mix
their syrups and bootleggers, must
register on Tuesday, April 28, or on
Wednesday, April 29, at their re
spective white high school. These
persons are asked and directed to
submti their bills of sale or invoices
for the months of May and June,
1941 Filling station operators who
sell sugar will find it necessary to
register during the commercial reg
istration, but those persons who
make and sell cakes and candies as
a means of a livelihood will apply
(Continued on page six)
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First Aid Classes
Started In County
Heading the medical division for
the Civilian Defense in the Martin
County Red Cross Chapter, Dr. E. T.
Walker announced today that much
interest is being shown in first aid
training throughout the chapter, that
a new class was started this week,
another is scheduled to get under
way this evening and still another is
slated for next Monday Members of
the first aid instructors' class at
Jamesville are meeting in the school
there this evening at 8 o'clock to
map plans for holding a course in
this community Those interested in
taking the course' there arer cordial
ly invited to attend the meeting
Anv one interested in first aid
training in the Martin County chap
ter should contact Dr Walker and
when sufficient numbers sign up he
will assign the class an instructor
and direct the training
Professor and Mrs. Johnnie Eagles
started a class in the Bear Grass
school Wednesday evening with
about 18 nupils enrolled
Dr. Walker is starting a class with
the local volunteer firemen in the
fire department this evening at 8:00
o'clock, and next Monday evening he
will start a class in the Woman's
Club hall. Instructors, graduated
from the special training school
held in the courthouse two weeks
ago. will ^>e assigned to the classes.
Mrs. M. M Levin and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Keel will handle the class
in the club.
_V_
UNCLE
SAM
BATTLING TO UPHOLD
Americas
Freedom
THE 18TI1 WEEK OF THE WAR
War Production Chairman Nelson
said pending conversion orders, plus
those aluadv issued.?will virtually
halt production of civilian durable
good within the next two months
He said chief current bottlenecks in
conversion are machine tool short
ages and difficulties in expanding
industrial facilities.
Chairman Nelson said expendi
tures for munitions and war con
struction during March exceeded
$2,500 million, with an additional
$500 million for pay and subsistence.
He reported steel plate shipments in
March set an all-time record. In the
first seven days of April, he said, 444
labor-management committees re
poited they had'voluntarily organiz"
ed to get war production drives un
derway m their plants. The War De
partment announced it will place a
liaison officer at each Federal He
serve Bank to expedite the program
of arranging government-guaranteed
loans for small businesses in war
production
President Roosevelt, acting under
the Second War Powers Act, author
ized the WPB. War. and Navy and
Treasury Departments, Maritime
Commission and the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to inspect war
plants and to audit their books. The
inspections will aim to avoid waste
of government funds and to imple
ment measures which have been un
dertaken to forestall price increases.
?lousing and Construction 1
The WPB prohibited unauthorized I
residential construction costing more
than $500 except for maintenance
and repair, agricultural construction j
of more than $1,000. and all other
construction costing more than $5.
000. The Board prohibited sale, pur- j
chase, delivery or withdrawal from j
inventory of any construction ma- ]
tonal for such purposes. Projects of
certain government agencies and
those to restore property destroyed
f tire or f
by fire or floods were made exempt
from the order.
Local Federal Housing Adminis
tration officers will determine whe
ther construction projects are eligi
ble for recommendation to the WPB
Appeals from decisions of local FHA
officers may be made to a Board
composed of the Administrator of
the order, a representative of labor
and a third member who will repre
sent the end,product branch of the
WPB within whose jurisdiction the
class of project would fall.
Civilian Supply
Tin WPB 01 deli'd ,1 ledut'iwm lb
gasoline deliveries to fliling stations
in 17 Eastern States, the District of
Columbia, Washington and Oregon,
effective yesterday, from the current
four-fifth to two-thirds of the aver
age amounts they received in Dc
(Continued on page six)
1
)\ill Start Moving
Asphalt Next Week
With delivery of the first car-of as
phalt scheduled for tomorrow, the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission plans to start moving
asphalt on U. S. Highway 17 between
here and the Beaufort County line
next Monday, Resident Engineer J.
C. Parkin said today.
The engineer explained that the
road will be widened fry four feet
two feet on each side. Several
curves will be nulumf and others
will be graded. It is estimated that
20,000 tons of asphalt will be used
in widening and resurfacing the
road, .Mr Parkin also estimating that
the trucks will make about 10,000
trips in moving the material to lo
cation. According to Mr. Parkin it
will take about three months to han
dle the project, twenty days to wid
en the road, twenty days to grade
the old road and about 20 working
days to resurface it.
1
Joy Hidera Are Fined
m Hy Oak (lily Juatice
Several youths, charged with dis
turbing the peace on a boisterous joy
ride in the Hamiltorf*Oak City sec
tion last Sunday night, were fined a
total of about $30 by Justice jrH.
Hopkins in his court at Oak City last
Wednesday afternoon The ride was
said to have been aggravated by
thoughtless horn tooting and com
plete disregard for the peace and
quiet of the communities.
MORE CHECKS
Soil conservation payment* to
Martin County farmers, went
Mooting by the II#0,000 mark
thin week when approximately
$33,000 00 were diatrlbuted to
the pro a ram coo perm tor*.
' The recent payment* boosted
the total to ?122,2tt.?7 To date.
1,582 check* representing 911
application* or contract*, have
been diatrlbuted to the farmer*
in thi* county. .
Plans Go Forward For
Fourth Registrations
Believe About 1,800
Men Will Register In
County On April 2'
Nine Registration I'luees Will
Ke Maintained By the
Draft Hoard
Tentative plans h^ve been made
for handling the fourth draft regis
tration in this county on Monday,
April 27th. R. H. Good mo n, chair- |
man of the draft board, stating that I
all of the old registrars and volun
teers are being called upon again to
assist the work. Nine registration
places instead of eighf will be main- J
tained in this county for the conven
ience of the "old boys," the draft
l>uard offuial explaining that a fcjT~
istration -center would bo opened in
Hassell for the fourth registration.
None was opened there last Fehru
ary and many of the men in that
community found it inconvenient to
travel to other places to register.
All men in the 45 t>4 age group, in
clusive, must register, excepting |
those who registered last February
Kith and who have reached the age i
of 45 since that time. ,
No detailed information has been i
received by the draft board in this
county, hut it is generally believed
that tin- "old tuners" who register
on the 27th of this month will not be
made subject to combat service, that
it is possible they will be made sub
ject to occupational draft. The board
has received no instructions or in
formation other than those ordering
tiie registration of all men between
the ages of 45 and 64, inclusive,
.It is estimated that around
men will register in this county dur
ing the registration period, 7 a. m.
to 9 p. in. on Monday, April 27.
The draft registration is not to be
confused with the sugar rationing
registration which will be held the
same day in the white .high schools
of the county
The following persons are being
called on to serve as registrars and
assist '"other volunteers in handling
the registration in the assigned dis
tricts:
F. C Stallings, Jamesville
W B. Harrington, Farm Life
J. Rossel Rogers and T O. Hick
man, Brar Grass.
V. J. Spivey and J. C Manning,
Williamston.
C B. Riddick and Paul Bailey,
Evoretts.
.J R. W tnslow, Rnh*?rv;nn\AiHo
P. C\ Edmondsou, Hassell.
R R Bawls flint .1 H A,v. rs, Oak
City.
W. J. Reach, Hamilton.
No independent places bT Tegistra
tion will be maintained in the coUn
ty for the fourth registration, the
draft officials pointing out that those
places of business employing large
numbers of workers had few men
on their rolls over 45 years of age
and that those few could possibly
find tune to register at the regular
registration places in their respect !
ive districts
No school of instruction for the
registrars will l>o held, draft author
ities stating that the registration will
he quite similar to the last one held j
on February 16th About the only
things that will differentiate the
coming registration from the prev-1
ious ones are the color of the cards!
and the ages of the registrants:
Bookmobile In The
County Next Week
?
Miss Marjorie Beal, director of
the North Carolina Library Com
mission, visited in the BHM region
last week. She is greatly interested
in the progress being made in pub
lic library development and book
mobile service in the three counties,
Beaufort, Hyde and Martin. While
on her visit here, Miss Beal met with
two library boards and discussed
plans for the new fiscal year which
begins July 1st.
The BHM Bookmobile will re
turn to this county Monday, April
20th. The schedule follows:
Monday?9:15, C. B. Allen's Serv
ice Station; 10:00, Hamilton School;
11:05, In front of Hamilton Bank;
J2:4IL_Gold Point School; 1:35, Jim
Johnson's Service Station; 2:10, Kob
ersonville Public Library.
Tuesday ? 9:30, Hassell School;
10:20, Hassell Post Office; 11:15, Oak
City School; 1 05, Wilbur Barrett's
Drug Store; 145, Smith's Stort; on
Palmyra Road
Wednesday ? 9:00, Williamston
High School; 9 45, Everetts School,
10:35, J S. Ayers Store, Everetts;
11:30, Cross Roads Church; 12:30~
Elementary School, Robersonville;
1:45, Robersonville High School; 2:10
Parmele Post Office.
Thursday?9:00, Williamston Ele
mentary School; 11:00, Farm Life
School; 1:15, Corey's Cross Roads;
2:00, Bear Grass School
Friday?9:30, Jordan's Store, Dar
dens; 10:25, Browning's Store; 11:00,
Ange town by intersection of road;
11:30, Poplar Chapel Church; 12:45,
Jamesville School, 2 20, Brown's
Store, Jamesville.
INGENt'ITY
Their supply of copper cut off
and facing a sugar shortage, il
licit liquor manufacturers in
this county are advancing a bit
of individual ingenuity to main
t:iin th*?ir hnsinevs The latest
innovation was uncovered this
week by Officers Joe Roebuck
and Roy Peel when they raided
in the Free I nion section of
Jamesville Township and found
a manufacturer using a regular
old ham cooking boiler for a
still.
The kettle held hardly twen
ty gallons but it was well suit
ed for the illicit business.
Army Officer I rues
r
Increased "Support
For Civilian Defense
Lieutenant Hurl Lk \<Mrent?e*
C ivilian Defence Croup
In CoiirllioiiM'
1
Addressing a goodly number of
civilian defense leaders and other
interested citizens in the county
courthouse here Wednesday evening
Lieutenant Earl Ek' explained the
work being done in this section by
a detachment of the 30th Engineers,
U S Army, and urged a greater sup
port for the civilian defense, move
ment.
"We are making a comprehensive
topographic map of much of the
coastal area." Lieutenant Ek said and
went on to explain many of the de
tails connected with the work. The
maps have a potential value for use
in time of peace as well as in war
and offers valuable training for
?ting engineers.
Urging all the people to give .ci
vilian defense a stronger support,
the officer stated that in the last war
the people of Germany devoted 40
per cent of their efforts in support
ing the struggle against the Allies
"In this war and under a dictator,
the German people are advancing a
total support for the war effort, and
with that support Hitler believes he
can destroy the culture of all other
nations and enslave'all other people
in the world," he saidL~
j Pointing out frankly that it is not
11kt'ly that a sot-lion like this where
, there art- no tit ft use injuries will be
i Itomln-d, ihi- Armv ooiii ilid say that
I the people should make every ef
1 fo't to participate in civil i.-m m-fi-ni:..
I and train themselves for service in
I other areas where bombings are to
'be expected, SooH?-r"o"r"Taier.
"In a special training program you
develop unity of purpose, and help
build a stronger nation," Lieutenant
: Kk pointed out. In this area there is
la gnat need for maintaining an ef
1 ficient air raid Warning system, to
train workers and to create a great
er unity by training large numbers
of the population, according to the
speaker. He suggested the formation
of active committees as a foundation
| for the system, followed by an ex
tensive organization of various units
such as decontamination, and rescue
squads, the coordination of defense
efforts. It may be necessary, accord-'j
ing to the of ficer, tor the civilian de
fense worker to cooperate with the
h\uny itself, and to sacrifice" for the"
[sake of unity in battling'the aggrek-j
sor. |
ixpeakmg at tfrc request of He- I
fense Coordinatoi W. I Skinner, the I
lieutenant was In :'pd Ky ioni
from several of the county commun
ities. Under the direction of Coordi
nator Skinner the civilian defense
program is making progress in tin
county and the people are taking a
greater interest in the important
work.
*
Youth Shut In Altem/it
To K*r?/?' 1'rinou tarn ft
e
Willie Taylor. young Martin
County white hoy sentenced to the
ads for breaking into a Hamilton
store, was shot and stopped while
iltcmpting to escape from a Warren
County prison camp this week. Car
ried to Central Prison for treatment,
the boy was not badly hurt
Young Taylor, sentenced at the
March term of the Superior court in
this county, boasted that he would
not serve the sentence
SPEAKER
Martin County women organ
iied in Home Demonstration
clubs are fortunate to have Mrs.
Charles \V Sewell, administra
tive director of the Associated
Women of the American Farm
Kureau. Chicago, as guest speak
er for the Fifteenth District of
Federated Home Demonstration
Clubs scheduled for their meet
ing in the Williamston High
School. Friday, May ISth.
The following counties will be
represented: Bertie, Beaufort,
Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Tyrrell and
Washington. Let's go Home Dem
onstration wo
Critical Situation
Results Vs France
Swings to Germany
Japan*-**' Move Vusl Number*
Of Men To Burma For
Drive into India
Daring foals by -the &Uiod airmen
over German territory and in the
Philippine area this week were over
shadowed by developments on other
fronts?A .ritual situation present*
itself following recent developments
in France, and the serious threat to
India is being aggravated by the
movement of vast numbers of Jap
ancse forces into Burma. The bright
est spot in the win picture is in Rus
sia where Hitler alter promising a
decisive spring campaign on the
eastern front is explaining to his
people that the action has been post
polled until June During the mean
11111 c. the Soviet forces are reporting
continued successes in battling the
Germans Thirty powerful German
attacks have been repulsed on the
central limit, and the Uussrana con ?
tinue to advance over melting snow
fields strewn w ith thousands of bod
t?o stFategTC stf<mgholds
The* sanguinary fighting on a
broad front, in which the commands
of two German generals were crush
ed despite a frantic bringing up of
reinforcements, was described as
"the first major battle this spring,"
suggesting that Adolf Hitler finally
had given the go ahead for his long
awaited spring offensive.
There were other signs of increas
ed action m the brief period pj firm
footing between the winter snows
and the spring slush as front line re
ports told of the Russians fighting
in the outskirts of a "big town" on
the Bryansk front southwest of
Moscow The Soviet terminology in
dicated that the counter-invaded
tow n w as not Bryansk- itself, a city
of 400,000.
(Nevertheless, the I,ondon radio
said reports from Kuibyshev sug
gested that the Russians were fight
ing Bryansk, near which the Cler
mans were said to have abandoned
12 more fortified villages and still
were falling back
(The night communique from Mos
cow said the Red Army killed more
than 2,000 German troops on the
Leningrad front in the last two days,
captured a fortified localitv on the
northwestern front, repulsed a coun
terattack on the Kalinin front, arid in
a night attack took an important de
fcnsivc position on-the central front.
It said 20 German planes were shot
dow n Tuesday and 22 more Wednes
day ancf acknowledged the loss of
five Russian planes Wednesday")
The Germans were said to have
abandoned then fortified positions
at .dozens oi points on the Bryansk
front under remitting Red army
prelim
Air activity also ununited, espec
ially in the Murmansk sector; where
with improving weather the Ger
nians were plugging at the port
through which British and American
supplies enter Russia hv the north
ern route. Six Russian lighters tan
gled with l ight raiders over Mur
ansk and shot down two.
The'big battle on the central front,
capped, with a Soviet victory men
acing a German position of extreme
strategic importance, was fought on
a field of crumbling snow which, as
it melted, bared the bodies of inva
sion troops slam during the winter.
The Russians struck through the
positions of General Haekel, who had
ordered three regiments of the 283
division into a wave of counterat
tacks, which failed.Then he order
ed up a battalion of eiigineirs and
his remaining reserves Failing tu.
stem the Russian attacks, Haekel
-sent an urgent?gall to the rem1 for
more reserves, who were flung pre--.
ilDltatelv into the buttle fast
they clambered from their trucks.
Altogether, Haekel attempted 18
counterattacks, sustaining thousands
<>f casualties. Red army reports said.
In an adjoining sector, General
Kleiner Kareps threw in the 280th
and 449th regiments and their re
serves, including engineers Twelve
counterattacks failed; and the Ger
mans sent up two more regiments
plus eight reserve battalions in a
desperate effort to block the Rus
sians from the water barrier guard
ing their base.
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Local Liquor Store
Outgrows Quarters
Outgrowing its present quarters,
the local ABC store is to move to the
building formerly occupied by the
bowling alley next door on Main
Street. Workmen are?)remodeling the
?Id one-story building and the ABC
board plans to occupy its new quar
ters within the next two or three
weeks. ? ?
The front will !>o remodeled along
with the inside, u spokesman from
the owners, Messrs. Critcher. Peel
and Coburn, said.
Warren H Biggs has leased the
quarters now occupied by the liquor
store and he plans to open a drug
store there. Announcing his plana,
Mr Biggs stated Uiat his shop would
handle nothing but drugs, that it
would be the town'i first real drug
store and nothing else. He plans to
open for business within the next
three weeks.