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PAT DAT WAS \\ >5) bond day iror sratmt?sAvt mum THE ENTERPRISE a. ?VU TIM TCP FOR VICTORY ?Mk UNITED STATES KM BONOS-STAMPS VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 55 ' Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuvtday, July 14, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899 USO Fund Drive Is Certain To Exceed Goal in the County ? Bear Gra** Is Firs! To Report Full Quota; Jamesville Exceeds Its Goal Preliminary reports on the prog ress of the dress to raise $1,100 in this county for the USO were de scribed as very encouraging by Dr. John D. Biggs, the new county treas urer for the organization While only four townships made a progress re port at a meeting held in the Legion Hut last Fridty night, it is under stood that other sections in the coun ty are contributing liberally, clear ly indicating the county will reach and possibly exceed its assigned quo ta. It was pointed out at the meeting that Jamesville with a quota of $70 had already raised over $100 and was pusihng toward $125 Mrs. Dav enport and Mrs. Anderson have real ly done an effective work there. County Chairman John W. Hardy declared. Incomplete reports show that Goose Nest is nearing its goal, that Williamston has about four-fifths of its quota and that Williams Town ship will meet its assigned obliga tion. Cross Roads reported $9 col lected last Friday, the representa tive explaining that the drive was just beginning at that time. Late re ports from Jamesville state that its quota had been subscribed more than twice. No reports have been re ceived from Griffins, Poplar Point, Hamilton and Robersonville. Representing Bear Grass. Messrs. Bob Lee Perry and Heman Peel re ported a total $70.13 or 13 cents in excess of its quota and enough to say the people there went over the top. Without ready cash, several people in the district willingly of fered chickens, the reporters stating that only one person refused to par tic ipajte_in^ the drive That person "allowed" that the soldiers were get ting enough It is in recognition of the support accorded by others than the list, canvassed through the will ing cooperation of R. L. Perry, chair man; Mrs. H U. Peel, Mrs. Rossel Rogers, Mrs. Kneezer Harrison, Mr and Mrs. Sidney Beacham, Hildreth Mobley, Mrs. Clarence Holliday Bai ley and Irving Terry, is published as follows; Rogers Supply Co., $4; Haywood Rogers, 25e: Terry Bros., $2; Helen Leggett, $1; Leroy Harrison, 25c Arthur Harrison, 50c; W. A. Brown 50c; Ida Taylor, 35c; Mrs. Lida Ward $1; S H Mobley, $1; Hildreth Mob ley, 50c; Roberta Leggett, 25c, Haze Mobley, 50; Ralph Mobley, 50c Louise Mobley, 50c; J C. Rawls, $1 Bill Harrison, $1; Mrs Lonnie Peel 45c; Mamie Clyde Rogers, 25c; A. B Ayers, 15c, Edmond Harris, 50c. A1 ton Harris, 25c, Lester Terry, 50c Mrs. Hickman, 51; Mrs Clayton Rev els, 30c; Leonard Bennett, $1 55; Ma mie Holliday, $1.35; Thelma Hadley 90c; W. H Harrison, 50c; Archie Wynne, 50c; Ralph B Holliday, 50c Johnnie Rogers, 25c; Jay Uarretl 50c; W. L). Rogers, 50c, Floyd Ward 50c; Minnie Ward, 25c; J E Moore 50c; Hiad Hopkins, 50c; H. C. Green $1; Francis Beacham, 50c; W P Hadley, 50c; W S. Revels, $1; H. W Peel, $1.25; Mamie Corey, $1; Wix B. Rogers and wile, 60c, R L. Perry $1 55; Perlie Rogers, $1; Mr and Mrs J. P. Hodges, $1; Mrs. Leroy Harri son, 50c; Roland Rogers, 25c; Mrs E. D. Harris, 50c; Mrs. Walter Wynn 70c; Mrs M D. Ayers, 25c; Mildred Wobbleton, 10c; Mrs Henry Wobbleton, 25c; Louis Bui lock, 15c; Curtis Mobley, 25c; Mr and Mrs. J D. Wynne, $1; Mrs. Ma mie Roberson, 50c; Joyce Menden hall, 3c; Mrs Wilber Taylor, 25c Alfred Harrison, 3c; Mr. and Mrs. Ephralm Harrison, 50c; Mr. and Mrs. Noah Rogerson, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rogerson, 63c; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison, 50c; Mr and Mrs Marvin Cowan, 50c; Mrs Caddie Terry, 50c; Mrs. Roland Farmer, 10c; Henry Taylor, 10c; Mr and Mrs. Lu ther Britton, 50c; Louis Taylor, 50c; Mrs. Billie Cratt, 40c; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pearks, 50c; Mrs. Fannie Shelton, 25c; Mr. and Mrs. Delmus Rogerson, $1; Mr. Chubbie Gurgan us, 10c; Will Gurganus, 25c; Mrs Ja (Continued on page six) * Starvation Balked In Martin County "Hiere may be a shortage of gas, tires and a few other vital articles, but, judging from the issuance of certificates for canning sugar, star vation has been balked in this coun ty for another year. According to an official check, 205,980 pounds of sugar have been allotted ot 2.398 applicants in this county so far under the rationing system for preserving food. Allow ed one pound of sugar for every four quarts of food canned, the applicants will, according to their sworn state ments, preserve 823,920 quarts of food this season. Sugar was allotted on the basis of each four quarts of food preserv ed last season, no matter what kind of food it was. New regulations allow the issuance of sugar at the same ra tio but for only those foods requir ing sugar. In other words no sugar is allowed now for canning meats and some vegetables. Sale Of War Bonds In Martin CountyA pparentlyBogsDown Incomplete reports received from mo>t of the selling agencies today clearly indicate that the sale of war bonds is bogging down in this coun-1 ty. Starting off with a bang during recent months, the sale of bonds was greatly in excess of the assigned quo tas The June quota of $36,100 was subscribed wjth some to spare, the previous sales Overshooting thefaark by wide margins. But an entirely different story is now in the mak ing for July. Assigned a quota of $90,600 for this month, the people of this county up until yesterday had bought less than $5,000 worth. It is admitted that July is one of those off months financial ly. but the marked drop in bond sales can hardly be explained away entirely on that count. It is also ad mitted that more money is being thrown away on alcoholic beverages and spent on daily pleasures than would be required to float the as signed bond program for the coun ty. There are quite a few people who are sacrificing or foregoing some or most of their pleasures and invest ing in bonds, but as a whole the peo ple of this county are not respond ing to the call. The records show that comparatively few people have in vestod in war bonds, that the pro gram is missing its goal both as a means for financing the war and as a means of building up a backlog for whatever reverses that are quite likely to come with time. The $90,600 quota has been refer red to as a large one, but if each per son, on an average, would invest $3.50 the amount could be raised. Scrap Rubber Drive Nets 110,098 Pounds POOR QUALITY While carrying a high value, the A-type gasoline rationing books are apparently of infer ior quality. Some of the little coupon or stamp books have al ready started coming to pieces, and the owners are urged to pin them together or call at almost any business office and have them stapled together. Motorists are warnrd that if the cards are mutilated, destroy ed or lost they cannot be re placed. The loss of a rationing book is little different from los ing paper monry. It is generally known that the government does not replace paper money when It is lost or destroyed. Drunks Challenge o I^aw And Order In Town of Janiesville Ywo INtmiiih Ari* Slightly Cut When Officer Start* To Make An Arrewt Challenged by an element, said to have been irresponsible and partly saturated with liquor, law and order was restored in a comparatively short time fullq)ving a melee pack ed with great potential seriousness in Jamesville late last Saturday af ternoon. The trouble started when Frank Green, young colored man, asked "Teeney" Williams, white, for a cig arette. Williams advised Green that he was not going to give him one. and Green started cursing Williams. Herbert Sexton intervened and Green attacked him with a pine slab but missed A warrant, charging Green with an attempted assault, was issued and turned over to Con stable Clarence Wallace and the real troubla started when the officer was making the arrest. Green ran down the street and found refuge in Homer Gee's yard. Going into the yard, the officer was advised by Gee and Don Nobles not to bother Green. Thomas Blount ap peared by that time and warned Gee and Nobles not to interfere with the officer in the performance of his duty. Gee, said to have been drink (Continued on page six) ? Teacher In Jametville High School Retigns Miss Gladys Ipock, able teacher in the commercial department of the Jamesville High School for the past two terms,-rendered her resignation last week, the olfice of superinten dent of schools announced yester day There is a marked shortage of teachers in all departmepts, espec ially in the commercial departments and there is some doubt if all the positions made vacant by recent res ignations can be filled for the core, ing term. SUGAR STAMPS Apparently many consumers have forgotten the value of their sugar rationing stamps and the periods in which they may be used, according to the rationing board which reports many in quiries almost dally. Stamps Nos. S and 6 were giv en a two-pound value some time ago, the No. 5 stamp to be used on or before July 25 and the No. S stamp to be used between Ju ly it and Aagnst 22nd. After these numbers had been given a value, federal rationing au thorities ruled that a two-pound bonus was in erder. TO ret the bonus, the consumer surrenders stamp No. 1. The retailer merely skips stamp No. 6 and removes stamp No. 7. The bonus stamp or No. 7 Is good until Angust 22. Final Collections Will Likely Boost The Total Figures Generally Believe That Drive Left Little Ktibher Lying Around in Gountv ? While complete figures are not yet available. fairly definite reports state that the scrap rubber drive in this county was very successful, that the people of this county hold a high rank in the per capita collection av erage for the country. According to reports released yesterday by tht leading oil distributors in this coun ty following the close of the salvage campaign last week-end, 110,098 pounds of old tires, tubes, boots, ov ershoes, water hose, baby nipples, pacifiers, hot water bags and so forth wore collected during the cam paign Several stations have not yet reported and it is believed that the total collection figures will approx imate 115,000 pounds when the final reports are submitted. The collec tion greatly exceeded preliminary estimates. ? One filling station, the Sinclair in Williamston, gathered up almost a fourth of the total poundage. All Sinclair dealers collected 35,236 pounds. The Harrison and Rober sonville Companies reported a com bined collection of 33,375 pounds, but the collections at several stations had not been gathered in time to be included in the"semi-final report. The Standard Oil Company through its agent, W M. Baker, in Washington, reported 30,487 pounds collected, but it is understood that a portion of the poundage came from junk dealers. from the Gulf company, but collec lions at its stations in the county will exceed 5,000 pounds and possibly more.. The Atlantic Oil Company, centering its collections at the Pub lic Oil Company station in Rober (Continued on page ?ix) Sets Record As A World Traveler Inducted into the armed service last March, Dalburgh Riddick, son of Mr. and Mrs. C B. Riddick. of Everetts, is out to set a record as a world traveler. He isn't traveling by plane, but the young man has certainly covered some territory. Leaving the county on last March 5th, the soldier spent a week at Fort Bragg He was transferred to Miss ouri where he spent about eight weeks. The next stop was in Cali fornia. A few weeks ago, according to a letter just received by his par ents, he was some where in the Pa cific, but apparently he was not at the end of his travel schedule for he intimated that he was anxious to get to the place where he was going and settle down. It could not be learned definitely, but it is believed that young "Doc" Howard Cone is traveling in the same group with Riddick. His mother, Mrs. P B Cone, of Williamston, re ceived a letter last week-end from the young man in which he stated he was in the Pacific apparently at the same station where Riddick was at the time both letters were writ ten. Lyman "Boog" Williams is quite a jump from home too. A letter mail ed last May 2nd just reached his mo ther, Mrs. B B. Williams, here a few days ago. The young man ex plained that he could not tell where he was. All three of the young men stated they were getting along all right. No word has been received from a number of Martin County boys in recent weeks, indicating that they are now in Auatralia or in other.dis tant lands Several who left this county months ago, including Duke Ward, have not been heard from at all. It is now apparent that this coun ty Is well represented in nearly ev ery nook and corner of the globe. U1SCLE SAM BATTLING TO UPHOLD Americas Freedom THE 30TH WEEK OF THE WAR Army Chief of Ordnance Camp bell, speaking at Salisbury, N. C., said "Our tanks are superior to any thing the enemy huj. Tjpe t>pe, our tanks have heavier guns, heav ier armament and greater speed . our high-velocity 75-millimeter guns in our M-3 tanks far and away out range the best the Germans have . . and we can fire this high-velocity 75 when the tank is in motion, which is more than any enemy tank, what ever its size, can do." Gen. Campbell said the so-called "new German 88-MM. Gun" is "about as secret as a Daisy Water Pistol. It has been known to us and our Allies for at least 10 years We outmatch this gun with several of our field and antitank guns." He said the German 88 is effective as an an titank weapon only within its limit ed range. U. S. machine guns. Gen. Camp bell said, will "outfunction any en emy gun under the most adverse circumstances?in other words, they will keep firing when enemy guns have to shut down to change bar rels." The United States "can build a better automobile, a better type- ' writer, a better icebox and we can build?and are building?better ma chine weapons," Gen. Campbell said. Gen. Campbell said, "The enemy cannot outdo American design and production and spirit." The WPB reported the dollar value of war shipments from 430 au tomotive industry plants totaled $350 million during April, an increase of 46 per cent over February. Army Services of Supply Com mander Snmrrvpll instructed rivrl ian guards at 11,000 war plants to organize an Auxiliary to the Army's corps of Military Police as a further protection against "enemy saboteurs. The War Front The "Flying Tigers" ,of the Am erican Volunteer group were placed under the Army Air Corps com mand in China and opened their op erations with heavy raids on three key Japanese bases as Hankow, Nan chang and Canton. Six Japanese planes were destroyed without loss. A Navy communique reported Army bombers scoerd hits on an en (Continued on page six) # Few Visitors At Coastal Resorts Mr. Ch. rles H. Jenkins, proprie tor of the local auto agency, return ed last Week-end from Morehead City whetie he attended the annual summer meeting of the North Car olina Department of Conservation and Development: Mr. Jenkins stated that the prob lems <?l the fishermen along the coast of North Carolina were discussed at length and other vital questions rel ative to the protection of our forests were also acted upon. "Sub chasers come and go and planes roar in and out from sea all during the day and night," Mr. Jen kins said in commenting on the war against the submarine. Mr. Jenkins stated there were few people enjoying the surf indicating that any number of people are being kept away from the beaches for lack of tires and gasoline. ? Newspaper Crottyr In Meeting Here The regular monthly meeting of the Northeastern group, North Car olina Press Association, was held in the local Woman's Club, last Satur day night. James Bateman, presi dent, of Jackson, presided, and im promptu talks were made by Roy and Mayon Parker, of Ahoskie, and Max Campbell, of Hertford. Windsor, Edenton and Gates also were represented at the meeting. Yoiinfi Men Leave Tinlay For Coast Guard Service P. C. Blount, Jr.. of Jamesville, ?nd Hubert Cooke, local young man, leave this evening (or Raleigh where they will report (or service in the United States Coast Guard. Young Blount, while expressing no great desire to do battle, allows now that the war 'won't last much longer when such able help is of fered. He also feels certain that Hit ler's subs have seen their best days along the Atlantic Coast. ? Federal Tax Collector Here One Day Each Week Beginning this week, Philip B. Woodley, federal deputy collector, will maintain office hours from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. each Friday in the post office building in Williamston to handle complaints and help the public solve its tax problems and other questions relating to the activ ities of the United States Internal Revenue Department. More Than 2,300 Car Owners Sign For Gas Truck Operators To Get Cards At Office Of Rationing Board Application* for Service and ?Non-Highway Nation* To j Be Con*i(lcrc<l Soon Arrangements have been complet ed for keeping nearly all passenger cars operating under the gasline ra tioning system, and beginning on Thursday of this week the county ! board will start considering appli- i cations for service and non-high way gas rations! The registration conducted in seven school districts last Thursday. Friday and Saturday handled 2.355 A and an even dozen D ration applications for passenger cars and motorcycles respectively. Registrations for the cars and motorcycles were reported by dis tricts, as follows: t\ If Jamesville 191 1 Farm Life 180 1 Bear Grass 200 1 Williamston 797 6 Robersonville 644 3 Oak City 272 0 Mussel 1 71 0 2355 12 Any car owners or operators who failed to register last week will have to wait until Friday, July 24th, to apply at the county rationing board office in Williamston for their A cards. Beginning on Thursday, the coun ty board is expected to start consid ering applications for service r tions, principally trucks of all de scriptions; and?mrtfhighwuy con sumers or for tractors, stationary en gines and the like The truck owner and non-highway users wdl find it necessary to pro cure an application from the board's office, fill in the form or have some one to do it for him and then leave the application at the office to be considered later by the rationing board. Quite a few truck owners and non-highway users had the regis trars to prepare the applications during the registration period last week. In those cases ,the applicants merely wait until the board acts on the applications, but in those cases where the owners or non-highway users did not make application for gas they should get their forms, pre pare and leave them with the board. Truckers and non-highway users will have to have their cards when they buy gas on and after July 22, and the board is planning to make every effort possible to consider the applications in time for the appli cants to get their cards. It is gener ally understood that most of the ap (Continued on page six) ? p ? More County Men Report To Army A big bus load of Martin County young colored men is reporting for service in the nation's armed forces. The return of quite a few of the group is expected. Leaving before the liquor "control" store opened for business, the group was sober. Arthur Webb, instructed to report, failed to appear and his name was turned over immediately to the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation. Webb, a William-nun Negm movi'd ki Greenville some time ago and later went to Newport News and appar ently failed to receive his instruc tions in time to report. Three others, Tommie Coppage, of Robersonville; Edgar Goss, of Wil liamston and Henry Woolard, of RFD i, Williams ton, were transfer red to Norfolk hv the draft hoard and the three will report to the board there for service. The names of those men included in the last contingent moving in on the Army induction center follow: Geo. Frank Green, of Jamesville; Calvin Sharpe, RFD 1, Oak City; Johnnie Peel, RFD 2, Williamston; Collsie Lynch, RFD 3, Williamston; Augustine Bellamy, Williamston; George Moore, Robersonville; Louis Edward Beltcher, RFD, Williamston; Johnnie Harriss, Hassell; Willie B Teel, RFD 1, Robersonville; Hillard Knight, Oak City; Jasper Andrews, Robersonville; John Matthews Wil liams, RFD 3, Williamston; George Washington Hayes, Williamston; John D McCloud, RFD 2, Roberson ville^ Clinton Smith, Williamston; James Walston, Williamston; Lee Goss, RFFD 3, Williamston; John Arthur Rice, RFD 3, Williamston; Jim Schooner Powell, Williamston; Arthur Mac Woolard, RFD 1, Wil liamston; Llewellyn Keys, RFD 1, Jamesville; Walter Jones, Roberson ville; Silas AskeW, RFD 3, William ston; Harvey Lee Morning, RFD 2, Robersonville; Herbert Goddard, RFD 1, Williamston; Lorenza Sals bury. Robersonville;, Ernest Jones, RFD 1. Hobaood; Moses Spruill. RFD 1, Oak City; Isaac Hyman Nelson, RFD 2, Robersonville; Calvin Best, Jr., Robersonville; Ira Thomas Page, Robersonville; James Albert Brown, Jr., Williamston. BICYCLES Martin County travelers have thought little about it despite gas rationing in the past weeks, but when the new gas rationing program goes into effect on July 22nd they are likely to show more interest in the rationing of bicycles. The county has been allowed 18 for rationing during July, and the bikes may be pur chased only with a certificate ob tainable at . the rationing board office. Certain limitations on the purchases are in effect. The new victory bike, weigh ing hardly more than 25 pounds and carrying no fancy gadgets, made its appearance here yes terday. And it rides all right provided one's joints and mus cles have not been automobiliz ed beyond redemption. Upward Trend In County Marriages Apparently Ended ?. June Issuance Is Seven Below Figure for the Mouth Of May ?<? The upward trend noticed in the number of marriages in this county I during recent months apparently has I ended. There was no nose-dive" in the number of marriage licenses is sued last month in the county, but there were seven fewer marriages i in June than there were in May and [three less last month than then were in Juiie- of last year The drop 1 was quite noticeable among the white population when the issuance for June this year is compared w ith that for June of a year ago. In Jiyie of last year there were 15 white mar riages m the county as compared with eight last month. The number ~of marriages, among the colored pop ulation jumped from five a year ago to nine last month The seventeen marriage licenses issued in the county last month went to eight white and nine colored cou ples, as follows: White Herbert Roderick White arid Eth el Marie Cottrain, both of William ston Delwood Jaekson and Sally Padg-1 ett, both of Jamesville Dr John C. Tayloe, of Washing ton, and Mrs Hern ice Everett Butts, of Robersonvi He Lin wood Stanley Weathersbee, of Robersonville, and Essie Novella Warren, of Oak City Thelbert C Whitley and Rachel McClaren, both of Robersonville. Perlie Mayo Holliday and Mary Clyde Oui'ganiiM, both of Williams-' ton. Wilbert Ossic Smith, "1 Newport News, and Dorothy Josephine Dan iels, of Williamston. Joseph Frank Holton, of Ernul. N C , and Edith Mabel Laughinghouse, of New Bern. Colored General James Hussey, of Oak City, and Urbina Moore, of White ville. Willoughby Jones, of Oak City, and Maranda Rodgers, of Hamilton. Booker T Williams and Fannie Mae Turner, both RFD 1, Rober sonville. Clennie Morris and Mary Staton, (Continued on page six) Suffers Broken Left In Bicycle Accident Here ? Clyde Cannon, three-year-old son of Mrs Emma Cannon Hooker, suf fered a broken leg and a had heel | injury in a bicycle accident on Smithwiek Street hi re last Friday [afternoon. Riding on the carrier of Polly Manirig's bicycle, tin littli fellow caught his heel between the spokes and frame, snapping the born in two and tearing away part of the heel. The youngster, treated in the local hospital, is back in his stroM pr and apparently enjoying his rides despite his injuries and gas ration ing. HONEST MAN If he could have heen here last week, Diogenes could have put out his light and rested for an honest man showed up at the ra tioning board office. Surely, there were other honest persons, many of them, no doubt, but the old cynic philosopher would have been impressed If he had seen a colored citlsen surrender part of her surplus sugar canning al lotment. "I would have needed every pound and possibly more of the amount allowed me," the appreciative person declared, adding that the dry weather had all but mined the cardan and berry crops In her community. She surrendered the allotment, not by direction but because she wanted to play fair with bar fel low man and her country. Russia Desperately Tries To Stop Axis ^ itli Counterattack Rrili?h More Than Holding Their Own For Present In Buttle of Fgypt Buttered and beaten by Hitler's momentous summer offensive, Rus sian forces early today desperately started an extensive counterattack in an effort to check 2,800,000 fresh Gerni.tn trm.pn m tin ii null 11 Li) LllC Caucasus. Marked by the greatest slaughter in the annals of all wars, the battles on the Russian front are finding the defenders in a grave sit uation, and pleas are being heard urging the Allies to open a second front or offer relief to the hard pressed Russian forces News of the counterattack while carrying a renewed hope is not con sidered very encouraging in the light of recent German advances* The de fenders are hardly in a position to regain lost territory and only the uptimistic hope the Russians check the mighty war machine of Hitler's. The attacks are gaining new mo mentum in other areas,' and Voro vh, vital point of a two-hundred nnle front is virtually useless to the defenders Other than the account of the counterattack there was no encour aging news coming out of Russia to day. The Russian High Command said the defenders of Voronezh were battling fiercely in the suburbs, but the German"*forces thrown against that important industrial and rail ad town were superior in num bers and armament. Apparently the struggle for Voronezh is already past its climax Further to the South the Germans are pushing on toward Rostov, and one Axis spearhead is said to have reached a point just 90 miles remov ed from the Caucasus. On the other end. the Russians have checked, temporarily at least, a drive on Kali jihi, but tTle" defenders admit that their losses were almost as great as those <>f tin* enemy It. is estimated I that 13,000 Germans surrendered their lives in the drive in that sec tor during the past ten days. The power behind the German drive can be irnagined in the reports telling how as many as 600 Nazi planes operated in small areas over . the advancing lines, that big fight I ing units are held in reserve close to the rear lines. Appeals to the Troops The most urgent and personal ap peals are being made by Soviet news papers to the Red Army fighting now in Don Bason. Pravda says: "Our old Russian land is in dan ger. Dear friends on the front, our country depends on you. Our coun try knows that your blood is the same blood as that of the brave fighters of Sevastopol. Hear how our people cry in the areas which the Germans- have invaded You alone can save them." The troops are reminded that on the Don their ancestors defeated the Mongols, that the Don was the home of Stenka Razin, 17th century Gos sack rebel, celebrated in Russian story and ballad.?? Pravda reminds Russian soldiers that hatred of Russians for Germans is holy "Kither we destroy the Germans or they destroy us.. There is no other issue. Our life, our honor depends on our destroying the enemy. We must give ourselves completely." In the battle of Egypt, the British are apparently doing more than hold ing their own. General Rommel, staging a fierce counterattack, failed to regain the ground lost to the Brit ish last week. The Chinese are making progress with a counter offensive and are said to have trapped a sizable number of Japs The Chinese apparently have been heartened by the flow of sup plies into their country recently. It was recently announced that more supplies ar<' being ferried by plane ? i the Chinese than were carried -ver tl e old Burma Road. i dth news has come out of the rapine arena in recent days, some ol (,.irs believing that the Japs j: e !? al;ing ready to pounce on Rus -i . rom the rear. (Continued on page six) Observers Post On Enterprise Building > Operating a part-time observer's post for months and temporarily without one just now, the office of civilian defense for Martin County is completing plans for a 24-hour watch system, J. Paul Simpson, co ordinator for the county's observer system, said this morning. A small tower is being placed on the roof of the Enterprise building, and a watch for planes will be maintain ed 24 hours out of the day. J>r. John D Biggs has been named chief observer for the post, and he is calling for volunteers to assist in the work. Those persons who can give a few hours of their time each week ure urged to contact Dr. Biggs or Hugh G. Horton, Chairman of the county's civilian defense, or J. Paul Construction work on the observ er's poet is being rushed to comple tion, but it could not be learned when it would be placed in tion.