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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 94 ff'illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 27, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899
Large Number Tires
And Tubes Allotted
By Rationing Board
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Several Applieants Failed To
Establish Classifications
And Cot No Tires
A fairly large number of tires
and tubes were allotted by the ra
tioning board last Wednesday, the
officials having moved up the meet
ing date one day to avoid a head-on
crash with Thanksgiving.
New auto tires and tubes were al
lotted one each to Dr. A. J. Osteen,
Williamston veterinarian, and J. R
Leggett, Williamston mail man.
New truck tires and tubes were al
lotted to the following:
Geo. James, Robersonville, one tire
and tube for hauling farm supplies.
J. C. Norris, Williamston, one tire
and tube for making plumbing and
heating repairs.
Farmville-Woodward Lumber Co ,
Williamston, three tires and three
tubes for hauling lumber.
H. W. Barber, Jamesville, two tires
and two tubes for logging.
R. L. Ward Coal and Wood Com
pany, Williamston, two tires and two
tubes for fuel deliveries.
P. M. Ange, Jamesville, one tire
and tube, for farming, logging and
hauling pulp wood.
Willie Boston, RFD 1, Jamesville,
two tires and two tubes for hauling
pulp wood.
Williamston Parts and Metal Co.,
three tires for hauling scrap metals.
Certificates for recapping truck
tires were issued to the following:
Alpha Cleaners, Williamston, two
tires for deliveries.
D. V. Purvis, RFD 1, Bethel, two
tires for farming.
Certificates for recapping car tires
and for the purchase of three tubes
were issued as follows:
Alphonza Little, RFD 2, William
ston, one tire and one tube for farm.
R. A. Haislip, RFD 1, Oak City, two
tires and two tubes, for farm.
E. D. Purvis, RFD 1, Bethel, three
tires for farm.
N. A. Brown, Hamilton, two tires
for ministerial duties.
Leslie J. Griffin, RFD 1, William
ston, one tire for farm.
Hubert C. Smith, Williamston,
four tires for mechanic.
Alice Forrest, Hassell, one tire for
farm.
W. M. Oakley, Robersonville, two
tires for farm.
P. C. Edmondson, Hassell, one tire
for farm and mill.
W. A. Evans, RFD, Robersonville,
three tires for farm.
Geo. Gorham, RFD 3, Williamston,
four tires to go to and from town to
buy groceries, haul people to and
from church and for farm use.
Fred Taylor, Robersonville, two
tires for farm.
C. G. Rogerson, RFD 2, Williams
ton, four tires for farm.
Obsolete tires and tubes were al
lotted to the following:
Warner Bailey, RFD 2, Williams
ton, two tires and two tubes for
farm.
Andrew Mobley, Hamilton, two
tubes for farm.
J. O. Bunting, Parmele, three tires
and two tubes for making fish deliv
eries.
Establishing no classifications, the
following applicants were granted no
tire rations:
W. A. Daniel, Williamston, two
tires for moving picture work.
(Continued on page four)
DRAFT BOARD
The Martin County Draft
Board is expected to meet with
in the next week or ten days for
the classification of the first II
and 19-year-old youths in this
county for possible military
serriee. The youths registered
last summer and were ruled el
igible for military service qn
der the selective service act by
congmdmtl amendment Just a
short time ago. It is quite like
ly that some of the young men
will be included in the January
draft call.
The board is also expected to
review claims for deferment,
but Just now there are compara
tively few claims that the board
can recognise.
Farm Life Community Takes
Lead in Stamp and Bond Sales
Holding a pie party in the audi
torium there last Tuesday evening,
the Farm Life School took an early
lead in bond sales. Principal Tommie
Gaylord announcing that $ 11,500
worth of the United Government Se
curities were sold during the pro
gram, that in addition to the $11,500
approximately $2,000 more was in
vested in bonds by people of the
community just a few days before.
Sales ranged from a $5 stamp right
on up to $550 in stamps and bonds.
A crowded house was reported and
ths happy and willing through ral
lied to the support of their govern
ment with cash and checks. Approx
imately fifty pies and cakes were
auctioned by Jimmy B. Taylor and
there was spirited bidding at times
when members of a single family de
veloped friendly Competition.
In addition to the auction, various
contest* were promoted by the in
dividual grades, and the program
was thoroughly enjoyed.
The program was prepared by
Principal Gaylord in cooperation
with his teachers and the parent
teacher group.
Carrying cash and checks, Prin
cipal Gaylord reported to a local
bank and exhausted the supply of
bonds, but a new supply was made
available almost immediately, and
the money, by now. is already at the
disposal of Uncle Sam for the prose
cution of the war.
A total of 73 bonds ware sold to
forty-three individuals, the number
not including many who bought
stamps of various denominations.
Mopping Up in Libyan Desert
British Infantrymen move forward in the Libyan Desert and mop up
pockets of rearguard resistance left by the hastily retreating Axis
troops under Marshal Rommel. Axis transports, flying between Sicily
and Africa with supplies for their forces, are being attacked repeatedly
by Allied long-range fighters. This photo is from News of the Day
Newsreel. (Central Tress)
Truck Transportation
Is Uncertain In County
WARNING
RUIing station operators were
officially warned today by the
county rationing board that all
gasoline raUon coupons unsign
ed or without the number of the
car in which gas was poured will
not be "valid unless turned over
to their distributor or dealer by
the end of business, Saturday,
November 28. Dealers are direct
ed to turn the coupons over to
the rationing boards Immediate
ly.
Denominations Here
Are Participating In
Canvass of Churches
Nation-Wide Movement (1u||h
For Renewed Allegiance
And Support
By REV. JOHN HARDY
Rector, Church of the Advent
For the first time in history, six
teen communions and creeds. Christ
ian and Jewish, are joining in a unit
ed appeal to the Nation this winter.
Designated as the United Church
Canvass, the effort aims to call Am
ericans to renew their allegiance to
the church of their choice and to
support their churches more ade
quately in a financial way. This is
a practical approach to a unity of
understanding and objective among
the religious forces of the nation.
Four of the churches in Williams
ton are cooperating in this nation
wide enterprise?the Methodist, Bap
tist, Christian and Episcopal. The
canvass began last Sunday and will
end on the fifth Sunday of this
month. This does not mean any com
bination in budget or in the work it
self but it does mean that these
churches of our community will be
called upon during the same period
of time to pledge their allegiance and
support of the religious work in our
community and world. This plan for
a community-wide Every Member
Canvass grew out of a realization of
the need for strengthening the spiri
tual foundations of our country in
these war days. Naw, more than ever
before, the spiritual forces of Amer
ica jnust be effective. The future of
our country depends largely upon
them.
The purpose of the United Church
Canvass is to bring forcefully to the
attention of our community the im
portance of our religious institu
tions; to call each individual to par
ticipate more actively in the work of
these institutions; and to insure for
the' churches adequate financial
' (Continued on page four)
Less Than A Dozen
Operators Applied
For Gasoline Books
*SM Tirkelh Will Be No Good
On and After tlie Firnt
Of December
The truck transportation system in
this county is facing a period of un
certain operation on and after next
Tuesday, according to a report com
ing from the rationing board office
early this morning. Up until that
time less than a dozen truck owners
operators had applied for gas ra
tions under the new rationing sys
tem. The old "S" book coupons will
be worthless after next Monday, and1
it is indeed apparent that applica
tions can't be prepared and "T" cou
pon books issued in time to keep all
trucks moving. Just how the bottle
neck is to be handled could not bo
determined today. The rationing
board is not scheduled to meet again
until next Thursday, and it is hard
ly likely that the gas in the truck
tanks will run the vehicles until the
new applications are prepared, filed
and approved.
It is understood that not all truck
owners-operators in this county have
received their certificates of war ne
cessity. It is imperative, if they wish
to continue to operate their trucks,
to contact the county office of de
fense transportation in the agricul
tural building and make application
for a certificate. The application
form must be then ordered from the
state or federal office. After the ap
plication form is executed, the ap
plicant will in turn receive his cer
tificate of war necessity with a giv
en allotment.
Those who have their certificates
)f war necessity already, are direct
(Continued on page four)
Court Thrown Off
Schedule By Long
Drawn-Out Motion
Trial of Civil Cascn Will Br
Kr?iim<-tl Here Nexl
Monday Morning
Wanning to hear the Rogers will
?ase Tuesday morning, the court
was thrown off its schedule by a long
trial involving a fertilizer suit dur
ing the morning and by a special
motion that afternoon.
The motion, before it was ex
hausted late in the afternoon de
veloped into what some observers
rated a near comedy. Some differ
ences originated between Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Roberson, landlords,
and Raleigh Perkins, tenant on the
Roberson farm last summer, and the
differences were carried to the court.
The first trip did not solve the prob
lem and a second trip was made to
the court, the landlords claiming
that the defendant had not com
plied wtih the order of the court. Ar
gument lasted well into the after
noon, and then to climax the case.
Receiver Harcum Grimes, appointed
by the court last summer to handle
the sale of the tobacco for the two
parties, appealed to the court for an
increase in the $40 receivership fee.
The receiver explained to the court
that he made fourteen trips in pre
paring the tobacco for market, that
he traveled 300 miles. Other evi
dence was brought in about this and
that, and before Judge Dixon step
ped in with definite orders, attorneys
for both sides, the landlord and the
but rather friendly argument among
receiver were to have a determined
(Continued on page four)
UNCLE
SAM
BATTLING TO UPHOLD
Americas
Freedom
THE 50TH WEEK OF THE W AR
President Roosevelt, in a radio ad
dress, said that "During the past two
weeks we have had a great deal of
good news, and it would seem that
the turning point of this war has
at last been reached. But this is no
time for exultation. There is no
time now for anything but fight
ing and working to win."
Navy Secretary Knox reported the
following total damage inflicted on
Japan in the battle of the Solomons
November 12-15: Sunk?2 battle
ships. one may have been a heavy
cruiser, 6 heavy cruisers, 2 light
cruisers, 6 destroyers, 8 transports.
4 cargo transports; Damaged?2 bat-1
tleships. 1 cruiser. 7 destroyers. The
Japanese lost between 20,000 and 40,
000 troops, as well as large numbers
of naval personnel. U. S. losses were
2 light cruisers and 6 destroyers I
sunk.
Mr. Knox said U. S. forces are in j
complete control of the area in and
around Guadalcanal and "Our hold
on the island is very secure." The
president said the battle is a major
victory. War Secretary Stimson said
army aircraft from Australia and
new Caledonia played an active and I
effective role in the "battle.
Allied headquarters in North Afri
ca reported that American, British
and French troops are driving into
Tunisia fom all sides, closing in a
ring around the Northeastern trian
gle of Bizerte and Tunis. The Brit
ish First Army, reinforced by U. S |
and French units, engaged Axis
mechanized columns in Tunisia and |
drove them back, the War Depart
ment announced. Gen. MacArthur's
headquarters reported November 21
that American and Australian forces
are driving hard against the Japan
ese, who are pinned along the north
eastern coast of New Guinea be
tween Buna and Gena on a narrow
beachhead extending 20 miles along
the coast and 6 miles inland.
Selective Service
President Roosevelt ordered regis
tration for Selective Service for all
young men who have reached the
age of 18 since July 1, as follows ?
Those born July 1 to August 31, 1924,
inclusive, to register the week begin
ning December 11; those born Sep
tember 1 to October 31, 1924, to reg
ister December 18-24; those born No
vember 1 to December 31, 1924, to
register December 26-31. Young men
1 reaching 18 after January 1 will reg
| ister on their birthdays. Selective
I Service Headquarters ordered dis
tribution of questionnaires to 18 and
19-year old registrants, who will be
| inducted as their order numbers are
reached.
"To make sure that no tine who
I is really irreplaceable shall be sep
arated from an essential position,"
; the president ordered the Secretar
| ies of War and Navy to "see to it that
(Continued on page three)
Will Hold Defense
Meet At Jamesville
A community-wide civilian de
fense meeting with representatives
of the First Fighter Command's of
fice, Norfolk, civilian defense offi
cials from the state and county of
fices participating, will be held in
the Jamesville school auditorium
next Tuesday night at 8 o'clock,
Chief Air Raid Observer Chas Dav
enport announced yesterday.
An interesting program has been
arranged and a special picture of
war-torn England will be shown.
The work of about thirty ground ob
servers at the Jamesville post will
be recognized when the watchers
arc awarded arm bands for their
meritorious service since the service
was placed on a 24-hour schedule
last summer.
The public is cordially invited and
urged to be present for the meeting.
RECOGNITION
Members of the Martin Coun
ty Rationing Board?Messrs. C
C. Martin, of Jamesville, chair
man; Herbert Roebuck, of Cross
Roads, and J. A. Everett, ol
Goose Nest, were riven recorni
tion for their services by feder
al and state rationinr officials
this week. The voluntary service
award, resembllnf a coITere di
ploma and the members admit
they have learned a lot about ra
tioninr and their fellowman,
was, was riven in racotnition of
"meritorious service in the War
effort and in sincere apprecia
tion for their devotion to the
country's needs tbrourh the free
and patriotic sacrifice of person
al interest In the execution of
the War Price and Rationinr
Pro ream."
The names of I-eon Hender
son, national administrator, Os
car Straus, Jr., rational admin
istrator, and Theodore Johnson,
state director, were attached to
the awards.
Thanksgiving, Is Reverently
Observed In This Community
While no general holiday was ob
served in this county yesterday.
Thanksgiving Day saw hundreds of
Martin citizens flocking to houses of,
worship to kneel down in prayers
of thanksgiving. Religious services |
were well attended throughout the
county, the union service in the local I
Methodist church at 10 o'clock at-1
tracting one of the largest congrega
tions in recent years. Dr. W. R. Bur- |
rell, pastor of the Memorial Baptist
Church, delivered the Thanksgiving
sermon with other ministers partici
pating in the service. The day. as a
whole, had a fuller meaning for the
first Thanksgiving under World War
II conditions.
The day was observed without in
cident throughout the county. Traf
fic was comparatively light and no
accidents were reported on the high
ways in the county. The accident toll
in the nation, placed at 78, was less
than half the number reported over
the nation a year ago.
Wheels of those industries direct
ly or indirectly connected with the
war program continued to turn with
out interruption, and but for them
the day in this community would
have had the appearance of a peace
ful Sunday. Quite a few hunters
turned to the woods and fields and a
big deer hunt, declared a successful
one, was held in this section. In most
of the rural areas, the day was a
full-fledged holiday, but quite a few
farmers continued peanut harvesting
activities and there were some goo
ber deliveries, but not very many.
The few days before the holiday
were marked by the heaviest buying
spree in years, many stores selling
almost to the bare walls in some
items.
Wardens Prepare For
Air Raid Alarm Here
Army Viill Call For
Next Alert Without
Warning in Advance
Air Kaid Warning Alert May
Be Ordered During the
Daylight Hour*
Holding a special meeting this
week, local air raid wardens with ci
vilian defense officials, made ready
for an air raid alert that is certain
to come and come without advanc
ed notice, possibly some time be
tween now and Christmas. Hereto
fore, advanced warning was giver,
the notice stating the date and sug
gesting the approximate hour tin
test would be made. Since no ad
vance notice will be given and not
certain whether it will be a test or
an actual raid, local civilian defense
met to discuss plans for a success
ful blackout if the warning comes
by night or for a successful drill if
the warning comes during the day.
Air raid wardens and fire watch
ers are being instructed to report
directly to their assigned zones.
Auxiliary firemen, police, first aid
ers and others are instructed to re
port directly to the control center in
the town hull. These men are to be
depended upon, but they must have
tin- cooperation of the general pub
lic if an air raid alert is to be of any
value. They are asked to see that ev
ery light in their homes, places of
business or elsewhere is turned out
immediately after the five-blast
warning & given with the fire siren.
Air raid wardens wen- instructed
not to break store windows to turn
out any light that one might have
left burning and provided no switch
for cutting it off on the outside of
the building. Any light left burning
will be reported to the control cen
ter, and orders will be issued there.
It might be that the window will be
ordered broken so that the light can
be turned off, or the wires to the
building may be cut.
Should the warning come during
(Continued on page four)
1
Bookmobile Making
Regular Tour Next
Week In The County
Number* of New Hook- Have
Keen Added To Traveling
Library for l)i*tribiition
The following new books off the
press since November 1st, will be
available on the Bookmobile when
it visits the county next week, Miss
Elizabeth House, Regional librarian,
announces as follows:
Green, Memories of Happy Days;
Rice, I Came Out of the 18th Cen
tury; Irving, Safe Deliverance; Mor
ley, Thorofare; Rich, We Took to
the Woods; Stong, One Destiny;
Vance, Reprisal; Mason, Rivers of
Glory; Williams, Time of Peace;
Wolff, Night Shift.
Since schools will be closed during
Christmas week, bookmobile service
will be suspended also. That slight
interruption in schedule will mean
that it will be five weeks rather than
Ihe normal four before the iervli
will return to the county again.
The schedule follows:
Monday, Nov. 30, Jan. 4?9:15, C.
B. Allen's Service Station; 9:30, Ed
ward's Service Station; 10:00, Ham
ilton School; 11:05, in front of Ham
ilton Bank; 12:45, Gold Point School;
1:35, Jim Johnson's Service Station;
2:10, Robersonville Public Library.
Tuesday, Dec. 1, Jan. 5?9:30, Has
sell School; 10:20, Hassell Post Of
fice; 11:15, Oak City School; 1:05,
Wilbur Barrett's Drug Store; 1:45,
Smith's Store on Palmyra Road.
Wednesday, Dec. 2, Jan. 8?9:00,
Williamston High School; 9:45, Ev
erctts School; 10:35, J. S. Ayers
(Continued on page four)
| \ IIKGKNT
V /
In a telegram just received,
Donald M. Nelson, War Produc
tion chief, again {minted out the
urgent need for more and more
scrap iron and metals. Address
ing his telegram principally to
farmers, Mr. Nelson said, "The
Government is asking the Amer
ican farmer to dedicate the re
maining weeks of 1942 to an in
tensified scrap hunt. Steel mills
need more heavy scrap and the
farms are one of the best sources
of this type of metal."
While the appeal is addressed
mainly to the farmer, Mr. Nel
son said that the further help of
everyone was urgently needed
in advancing the collection of
scrap.
Plans for a county-wide scrap
harvest drive are being prepar
ed and will be announced
shortly.
Stamp Sales Here
Reach High Figure
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For Third Ouarter
Money Ortlcr Itimiiion !><?
( lines. Kill Office (lashes
More for Local I'atrons
Although n bit removed from
army activities and war industrial
centers, the local post office con
tinues to report a booming business,
Assistant F. Karl Wynne announcing
a few days ago that stamp sales for
the first time for any third quar
ter went over the $6,000 mark. Dur
ing the period the income from
stamp sales was $({,095.26. the figure
comparing with $5,715.51 for the cor
responding months a year ago.
No one definite cause for the un
usually good business the office con
tinues to enjoy could be advanced.
There's a great deal of mail going
out to the service men every day, to
he sure, but it would seem that the
increase there would be about off
set by the withdrawal of several
firms from active business.
Last August saw the stamp sales
shoot up to an all-time record fig
ure. They" more than doubled the
sales for the same month in 1941.
Stamp sales for the months of Jufy,
August and September, 1941 and
1942, are compared, as follows:
1941 1942
July $1,637.58 $1,692.72
August 1,462.88 2.498.43
September 2,615.05 1,904.11
$5,715.5! $6,095 26
It can Ik* seen from the monthly
comparisons that the business in
September started "slipping" a bit,
but possibly the comparative de
crease is attributable to the large
business the month before.
Money order business during last
(Continued on page four)
French Fleet Falls
Into German Hands;
Army Demobilized
Kriti-li and American Force*
Moving Steadily Forward
In North Africa
Reflecting a definite trend on the
part of the French toward the Allies,
Hitler's forces captured a part of the
French fleet at Toulon this morning
and immediately set to work to de
mobilize "unsure" portions of the
French Army The real meaning and
details of the latest activities at Tou
lon are not quite clear, one report
stating that the Germans met with
strong opposition as they occupied
the port and that some of the sixty
two ships were scuttled ahead of the
German drive. Still another report
declares that every one of the ships
was scuttled. It is apparent howev
er, that none of the ships escaped to
join the Allies. As a counter move to
the German drive at Toulon, it is
now expected that all remaining por
tions of the French fleet at Alexan
dria, Dakar and other ports will join
the Allies for positive action
Hitler, explaining his action, de
clared that the Fighting French were
giving him much trouble, that he
saw a movement on their part to run
the fleet out of Toulon, and that he
was forced to take action. In his or
ders to demobilize "unsure" por
tions of the French Army, observers
see a marked trend on the part of the
French toward closer collaboration
with the Allies.
Allied armies moving in the gen
eral direction of Tunis and Bizerte,
are believed just before engaging the
Germans and Italians in what ob
servers think will be a fairly siz
able battle. The Allies have already
contacted the enemy on a small scale
hut their march to the important
points continues slowly but stead
ily forward. Mussolini was said to
have left Italy for North Africa, but
his mission is not quite clear. The
report stated that Mussolini was go
ing to lead his troops there, but some
lhink Mussolini is leading his own
way out of Italy. The reports have
not been confirmed, but rumors have
been heard indicating that the Ital
ian people are talking about over
throwing old Musso and suing for
peace. .
The Allies are now claiming sale
passage for its ships through the
Mediterranean, but the Germans are
claiming air superiority in Tunisia.
The British Eighth Army is mak
ing ready for a big fight at El Aghei
la 111 Africa where Rommel is be
lieved to be preparing to make a
stand.
Allied forces, fighting in mud and
slime up to the arm pits, are gradual
ly closing in on the Japs at Buna in
New Guinea, but the immediate cap
lure of that port is not expected
On the Russian front everything
is going extremely well for the Al
lied cause. Between 100 and 200
thousand Germans have been knock-.
ed out, and more than 200,000 oth
ers are about to be annihilated in the
Stalingrad area. Strong Russian of
fensives are forming north of Mos
cow and in the Leningrad area.
There is some talk about the Japs
forming another armada for a drive
toward Guadalcanal or New Guinea.
Such a move will not surprise the
defenders.
In this country we are fighting
harder to postpone gas rationing in
the west than we are to win the war,
apparently. But rationing will be
made nation-wide next Tuesday.
LAST CALL
Automobile owners have un
til midnight next Monday to
turn their idle tires over to the
government. Several hundred
express office here since the or
der was issued about a month
ago, and it is believed that there
are few car owners with more
than the five tires allowed un
der the new ruling.
Those persons having more
than five tires for each car will
find it advisable to turn the ex
tra tires over to the express of
fice for the government by next
Monday night, for the possession
of idle tires after that time will
subject the owner to prosecu
tion in the courts.
Bond Sale Drive Drawing To
A Successful Close In County
According to incomplete reports I
stamp and bond sole drive is meet
ing with marked success in this coun
ty, that the campaigri now drawing
to a close, will measure up to expec
tations.
Farm Life, taking the lead in the
drive early this week, reported sales
of stamps and bonds slightly in ex
cess of $13,000 during and immedi
ately following a pie party in the
school auditorium there. No other
communities have reported their ac
tivities, but an incomplete report
from leaders of the movement here
states tldfe the high school partici
aa hi
pants hair handled sales in the sum
of $6,251.45 to date. Miss Delia Jane
Moblcy, leading the stamp-bond con
est, was crowned queen at a high
tchooi dance in the local gymnasium
jy Mayor John L. Hassell last night
it 10 o'clock. Miss Julia Clyde We
en; was second in the contest.
A climax in the war bond week
program locally is scheduled for to
light in the gymnasium when the
idults hold a dance and bond auc
ion. Prizes will be offered and Jim
ny Brown, Martin County's offer
ng to the winners of the recent
world series, will handle the auc
ion. A large crowd is expected, and
itamp and bond sales are due to
-each a high figure.
While no direct report has been
?eceived from the county chairman,
Mrs. Paul O. Robcrson, the cam
paign is going forward very success
fully in Robersonvllle.