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Wiiliamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, January 15, 1943.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Number Tires-Tubes
Allotted Week
jtfatmsteHi
INo Classifications Necessary
But B or C Cards Are Need
ed for Grade III Tires
The Martin County Rationing
Board is distributing tubes and low
grade tires in fairly large numbers,
applications are coming in
ii^iarger numbers 'aha tl>e “'tSKi'fffP
ing work continues to fall behind. It
was pointed out that no classifica
tion is needed if the applicant has
a gas caul allowing him extra ra
tions. Unfler that arrangement hun
dreds olymotor vehicle operators are
entitle^ to one type of tire or anoth
er. It /is quite noticeable that few
first^rade tires are being rationed
these days. Not a single new auto
tirfiand only a small number of new
|ggK5r I truck tit 51 >n
tiro; week.
New truck tires and tubes were is
sued to the following:
Royal Baking Co.. Williamston,
one tire and one tube for delivering
bakery products.
Martin county Transfer Co., Rob- !
ersonville, two tires and two tubes
for common carrier.
Certificates for recapping truck
tires were issued to the following:
Royal Baking Co., Williamston,
two tires for distribution of bread.
R. W. Salsbury, Hamilton, two
tires for hauling farm produce and
fertilizer.
Certificates for recapping auto
tires were issued to the following:
North Carolina Highway Patrol,
ten tires. ^
W. L. Ausbon, ftobersonville, one
tire for farm.
C. H. Barber, RFD 1, Williamston,
two tires for farm.
G. R. Taylor, RFD 2, Williamston,
one tire, no classification.
Z. D. F White, Robersonville, one
tire, no classification.
Garland Whitley, RFD 2, William
ston, four tires, no classification.
Frank Hitch, Williamston, three
tires for highway employee.
Tue tubes were allowed the follow
ing:
Clinton Jones, RFD 1, Williamston,
one tube for farm.
Better Chevrolet Co., Roberson
ville, one tube, no classification.
Mrs. J. A. Everett, Palmyra, one
tube for farm.
Grade II tires and tubes were is
sued to the following.
A. C. Roberson Bros., RFD 1, Wil
liamston, three tires and three tubes
for farm.
3btin Mizelie, RFD i, Roberson
ville, two tires for farm.
Saunders and Cox, Williamston,
two tires for lumber mill operator.
Grade III tires and tubes were ra
(Continued on page six)
Funeral Today For
Esteemed Woman of
Griffins Township
Mrs. Wm. G. Hardison Hits
Suddenly at Her Home
There Wednesday
Mrs. W. G. Hardison, highly es
teemed citizen of Griffins Township
and a member of one of this coun
ty’s oldets families, died suddenly
at her home in the Farm Life com
munity last Wednesday evening at
8:10 o’clock of a heart attack. She
had been in declining health for sev
eral months, but was able to be up
until about a week ago when she
suffered an attack. Just a few min
utes before her death, her condition
appeared to be slightly improved
and she sat on the side of the bed and
ate a bite or two of a sindwieh.
The former Miss Sarah Helen Dan
iel, she was born in Griffins Town
ship 61 years ago last September,
the daughter of the late William Har
mon and Hannah Hardison Daniel.
When a young woman she was mar
ried to Mr. Hardison and continued
to make her home in the commun
ity where her forebears had lived
for generations. Mrs. Hardison, de
voted to her home and loved ones,
found peace and contentment around
the family hearth and in doing for
others. The call of suffering human
ity was always willingly answered,
and many were the nights that she
kept watch at the bedside of a sick
relative or friend. She was a faith
ful member of the Primitive Baptist
church at Smithwicks Creek for 15
oi 20 years.
Besides her husband she leaves
four daughters, Mrs. Arthur C. Rob
erson, of Farm Life; Mrs. Henry
Corey, of Norfolk; Mrs. Edward Cor
ey, of Williamston, and Mrs. J. C.
Gurkin, of Griffins Township, and
four sons, W. Rufus, Ben Ira and
Leslie, of the home community, and
Daniel, of Jamesville. She also leaves
two sisters, Mrs. P. E. Getsinger, and
Miss Mary Ann Daniel, and three
brothers, Messrs. Nick, Noah, and
W. Dave, all of Griffins Township,
and a numbgr of grandchildren.
Funeral services are being con
ducted at the home this afternoon at
1 o’clock by her pastor. Elder P. E.
Getsinger, and Elders J B. Lee, of
Four Oaks, and S. B Denny, of Wil
son. Interment will follow in the
family cemetery on the old Daniel
farm in Griffins Township.
After the Nazis Retreated 1
This ra.iiophcto icom Moscow shows RuagjattJta||^^onl»ing through
the hard-packed snow for bodies of (ovc^OTc^TOa^Wriyachi, on the
outskirts of Stalingrad, after Russian troops had recaptured the town.
The fleeing Germans left many pnthetic scenes behind them as they
ran before the Russian troops. (Central Prett)
Public Drunkenness
Is No County Crime
Judge Calvin Smith
Makes An Unusual
Ruling In Court
Small INiiiiiIht of Cases Heard
In County Court Last
Monday
While ii is fairly well understood
that defendants have been prosecut
ed and adjudged guilty in the courts
of ‘h'.s county for being publicly
drunk outside of town limits, Judge
J. Calvin Smith ruled in the record
er's court last Monday that it was
no crime to be drunk in the county.
The unique ruling or the enlighten
ing act as to what is and isn’t law
came following a motion by Attor
ney Robert L. Coburn for a verdict
of not guilty in the case charging
John T. Fagan, county white man,
with being publicly drunk outside
lifaft corporate limits of a town Since
it is no crime to be drunk in this
county, the judge granted the mo
tion and the case was dismissed. Fa
gan denied the charge, but the de
fense attorney took no chances and
injected the “no law” issue into the
case.
It was pointed out that the sever
al towns in the county have ordi
impr, making public drunkenness
a misdemeanor, ana that anyone ov
erflowing with spirits is to expect
his arrest and prosecution to follow.
It was also pointed out that in most
cases the charge of disorderly con
duct is closely associated with pub
lic drunkenness, and that while it
is no crime to be drunk in the coun
ty it is against the law to be drunk
and disorderly.
The records show that there have
been convictions in cases charging
public drunkenness in this county,
but a hurried review revealed no
such cases during the term the de
fense attorney in the Fagan case
served on the county bench.
Most counties have law's against
public drunkenness, and the fact
there is no such law in this county
has almost rated as a secret.
Very few cases were on the dorket
for trial in the court this week. A
small crowd was present and th»>
court completed its work shortly be
(Continued on page six)
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DRAFT BOARD
The Martin County Draft
Board will hold a special meet
ing in its rooms in the Lawyer*’
Building, corner Main and
Smithwick Streets, here next
Monday Aight at 8 o’clock. The
board will center its work on the
classification of those 18- and
19-year-old youths who register
ed last June, but according to
the chairman, Ray H. Goodmon,
none will be classified who reg
istered in December, the official
explaining that questionnaires
had not cleared the mails for that
group. Appeals for deferment
will be considered, and reclassi
fications will be effected where
it is possible for the board to
take such action.
Britishers Express
Great Appreciation
For Entertainment
Thrive Youths AWOL Docked
40 Days Pay and Stop
page of Leave
■‘WU3.kttes.ton lias got such a repu
tation in this ship ths more of our
boys are enquiring ab^ut the possi
bility of visiting there,” Rev. Launce
lot Fleming, British Navy chaplain,
pointed out in a letter expressing his
great appreciation and that of his
men to Rev. John W. Hardy and
others who entertained a number of
British seamen in their homes here
during the holidays.
In a letter to Mrs. Wheeler Mar
tin, the chaplain said, in part: “I do
want to thank you so very much for
all you did to make our boys’ holiday
just about the best days they’ve ever
had in all their lives. It will always
be a memory they will treasure and
value, and they spoke so gratefully
about all you did for them, and how
nice you were to them. Your kind
ness and that of the others in your
community has produced a really
deep-rooted gratitude. When the
time comes for us to go to sea again
we will be fortified and encourag- \
ed by wonderful memories and the
assurance of long-lasting friendships
over this side.”
Writing to Rev. Hardy this week,
Parson Fleming again expressed ap
preciation for the entertainment ac
corded his men, and while the letter
is a bit on the personal side possibly
no serious objections would be reg
istered and it is printed, in part, as
follows:
‘‘Dear John,
“I just can’t fo on calling you Dr.
Hafdy'ut tiecioTiiny longer because .
all our boys call you John and it!
would seem far too official and form- j
al to speak of you in any other way
myself. Honestly I don’t know how
to thank you enough for what you
have done for our boys. They have
(Continued on page six)
Bury County Boy on
Guadalcanal Island
Dying of wounds received during
i sea battle fof Guadalcanal, Novem
ber 12-14, William Thomas Sullivan,
■oung son of Mrs Blanche Sullivan
Jones, was buried on the island, rel
atives here were notified by naval
authorities this week. It is under
stood that the body would be
brought home after the war.
Young Sullivan, a volunteer in the
service, was believed to have been
on the ill-fated “Atlanta,” one of
the United States cruisers sunk in
the battle during the middle of No
vember.
Guaranty Closes A
Successful Year
The Guaranty Bank and Trust
Company in 1942 had the most suc
cessful year in its history, the an
ual meeting of the stockholders was
told last Tuesday m Greenville. Ad
dressing the large group of stock
holders, Mr. J. H. Waldrop, vice pres
ident and cashier, stated that depos
its and profits reached an all-time
high figure during the period, that
the institution was planning for an
other record year of activity in both
its service to its growing number of
customers and to the war program.
Total resources, according to the De
cember 31 statement appearing m
this paper with a special message
from the institution, are now $17,
590,803.05 and are nearly six million
dollars greater than they were just a
year ago.
Wtih one or two exceptions, the
officer personnel of the institution
continues unchanged. Mr. W. H.
Woolard, Icrmer Martin County
man, is president, and Mr. J. S.
Fickiin is chairman of the board. Mr.
J. H. Waldrop is vice president and
cashier. These changes were made
following the sudden death of Mr.
Ed G. Flanagan last year.
Messrs. D V Clayton, R. T Co
burn, J. D. Woolard and L. P. Linds
ley represented the local bank at the
meeting.
Lieutenant Points
Out li^ornracT-rTf
Large Crowd Hears Appeal
For Earnest War Effort
At Hamilton Meeting
Supported by actual experience
and recognizing the grim realities of
war and its resulting sacrifices, Lieu
tenant Richard E. Manchee, ground
1> hserjjjj^J^^h^Norfo lk District
Co mm anihsTmlsecPffie lmpofflflWP1
of the qffcraft observation post and
pleaded^for a greater war effort,
along all lines in a civilian defense
meeting attended by approximately
200 persons in Hamilton last Wed
nesday evening. The meeting, rec
ognized as one of the most effective
of its type held in this county, pre
sented the issues clearly and force
fully, and there is little doubt that
thosevy^^^ve maintained the
faitfflTHWfflKrin their reapecihv
observation posts and others who
have not yet found time to stand an
assigned watch were impressed with
the urgent need for maintaining an
“effective and efficient” observation
system.
The meeting was called by J. Paul
Simpson, director of the aircraft ob
servation system in this county, and
was attended by several chief ob
servers from other posts in the coun
ty, civilian defense leaders in the
county and state and others.
Addressing the group, N. Y.
Chambliss, of the State Civilian De
fense Office, stated that the observa
tion system was under the direct con
trol of the Army, and that without
the observation system civilian de
fense would be useless. He predicted
a surprise test blackout would be
held in the state “soon" and pictured
a gloomy war future based on “se
cret” information or observations of
fered by some. W. I. Skinner, coor
dinator of civilian defense in this
county, was recognized and he spoke
quite briefly.
The main talk was made by Lieu
tenant Manchee and it touched
‘home” with the large audience. In
troducing the speaker, Director
Simpson explained that the officer
had been in a plane crash and that
his experience qualified him to
speak. Attached to the Boston de
fense area before being transferred
(Continued on page six)
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Draft Delinquents |
Report To Board
Not knowing that they were in
"bad standing” with their draft
board, quite a few of the young Mar
tin County men listed as delinquent
a short time ago in a publication re
lease went rushing to the office to
get the records straight. Several ad
mitted that they had not received
any mail from the board and did not
know they were delinquent. A few
others had changed their address and
failed to report the change to the
draft board. Others were even more
careless and forgot to follow instruc
tions tisued o1. -raft board.
Ho complete check on the delin
quent li-.t as it stands today, but it is
estimated that possibly half of the
58 men reported delinquent have
reported to the draft board and got
their record.; up to date since the de
linquent -is#, was published just a
week ago, Tnose uho are still num
bered among the delinquent age to
expect drastic action by the draft au
thorities on or about the first of
next month.
Oak City Opening
Observation Post
— —#—
Martin County aircraft warning
system was made fairly complete
this week when the (itizens of Oak
City opened an observation post on
a 24-iiuui basis Wednesday morn
mg. The action was taken following
a mass meeiing in the school audi
torium there Tuesday evening when
Crief Observer J. H. Ayers and his
assistant, Mayor Nat Johnson, ral
lied well over 100 citizens in the
community behind the undertaking.
Located in the center of the town,
the post is being manned from 0 a.
m. to b p. m. by the ladies, the men
taking over the night shift and
breaking it down into two six-hour
watches.
Mrs. J. H. Ayers was assigned the
first watch Wednesday morning.
| WAR FUND QUOTA |
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The Martin County Chapter
ot tiu American itx.d Cross will
be asked to raise a total of $3,
900 for the 1943 War Fund dur
ing the drive to get underway in
March, the chapter chairman, J.
C. Manning, was notified today
by national headquarters.
Miss Juliet France, Red Cross
field directox’, will meet with the
chapter’s finance chairman, V.
J. Spivey, the regular chairman
and other interested citizens in
the courthouse here: n>‘xt Mon
day morning at 10: JO c dock to
fromulatc plans for the cam
paign. All interested citizens are
invited and urged to attend.
Program Is Certain
To (|et An Effective
Rapport In County—
■»*«
Production Coals and Sut^ey
Viiil Likely neniand
Much Consideration
Plans for thujrnobilizatiyn of agri
culture on ar(Phll-out war produc
tion scale will be carried to the far
mers in Martin County the bitter
ot next week, it was
ed following a meeting of wunty
I and community committeemen held
in the courthouse yesterday.
The program, although a bit de
| tailed, is not at all complicated, and
it offers a working basis for any leg
islation that might be necessary for
maintaining record production goals
on American farms this year. Brief
ly stated, the program calls for a
definite program for each individual
farm and a survey of possibilities,
farm labor, machinery and so on.
The farmer will be asked directly if
he can and will increase production
of the critical or war crops.
The thirty or more Sommunity and
county committeemen attending the
meeting in the courthouse this week
expressed a willingness to support
the 1043 program to the limit. One
program for a jjair-sized farm calls
fotjaUie planting of about one-fourth
of trie cultivated acreage to critical
or war crops. In the particular case,
the farmer agreed to plant about 12
acres of soybeans, seven acres of pea
nuts for oil, two acres of irish pota
toes, one acre of sweet potatoes and
cultivate a home garden of about one
acre. The farmer also agreed to in
crease his cattle herd from seven to
ten bead and his milk cows from
three to four. Other essential food
and feed crops will remain about tile
same. This was one of the programs
established at the meeting this week
and is fairly representative of what
President Roosevelt is asking of that
farmer- as his share in winning the
war and writing the peace.
_ The War Production Program, 1943
1 Farm PIu. is divided into sections.
| I» the first section are listed the war
! crops such as soybeans, peanuts for
'oil or hogs, tomatoes, peas for can
ning and potatoes. Under section 2
| are listed livestock and poultry. Sec
tion 3 includes the regular allot
ment crops such as tobacco, cotton
and peanuts for the edible trade. Un
der section 4 are listed feed and hay
crops and general crops. The pro
gram offers a clear-cut picture of the
farm situation for 1943 On these
, estimates; -omr they are- totaled for
(Continued on page six)
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Tax Listing Progressing Very
Rapidly In This County Now
After getting off to a slow start
during the first few days of the
month, tax listing nine of the ten
townships is ^rogt*#ssing very rapid
ly now. While tit# usual last-minute
rush to list is to be expected. Tax
Supervisor C. D Carstarphen stated
this morning that more owners had
listed their holdings so far this
month correspond
ing period in years
Commenting on the trend of values
the tax supervisor stated that it is
possible the total valuation will hold
its own despite certain decreases in
actually show a slight gain, while in
others it is fairly certain the list will
hold closely to the old figures. Of
fering a few facts to support the pro
dictions. Supervisor Carstarphen said
that automobile listings were run
ning slightly higher than they did a
year ago. Merchandise stocks, in
many eases, are showing actual
gains, according to the first listings
effected and covering a dozen or
more cases. Few hardware stocks
have been listed, but a small loss in
th<’ir inventories is to be expected,
but even. cases the values^mi
expected to hold up unusually weff
under present conditions.
Possibly one of the biggest single
losses will be in the elimination of
about 1,000 poll tax accounts from
the books, but in those eases the
values will hardly lx affected
The listing work is to be complet
ed week after next, and the authori
ties warn that late listing wlil be sub
jected to penalties provided by law.
Hundreds Of Items
Made By Red Cross
Production Forces
County Chapter Aided by Un
its in Janiesviile, Ever
•('Us ami Hamilton
Aided by willing volunteers in
Jamesville, Everetts, Hamilton and
a goouly number of ladies in the rur
al communities, workers in the pro
duction unit of the Martin County
Chapter of the American Red Cross
here made hundreds of articles for
suffering war victims and supple
mented ttii“ number of special arti
cles provided for members of the
armed forces, according to a review
of the work handled during last
year under the direction of Mrs. A.
R. Dunning, chairman, and Mrs. N.
C. Green, the succeeding chairman.
The first assignment included the
imanufacture of garments for war
refugees in various countries, the
ciiupte! ’s production unit making
and shipping 32 hospital pajamas for
men, 30 hospital pajamas for chil
dren, 40 nightgowns for women, 66
boys’ shirts, 33 pairs of rompers and
66 women’s skirts. A knitting quota,
calling for 32 women's sweaters, 20
men’s sweaters, 64 children’s sweat
ers, 70 mufflers and 30 beanies for
Refugees, has been met almost, the
..chairman, explaining that the proj
ect was discontinued to meet an ur
gent need for knitted articles for
file armed forces. “We are anxious
to gei all refugee knitting complet
'd, if possible, before the new as
signment tor tiie armed forces is re
ceived," Mrs. Green said
The fall and winter quota for the
armed forces will he met possibly
by February 1st, Mrs. Green stating
that the following items had already
been made for the Navy men: 59
watch caps out of an 80 called for,
5 or 6 scarfs asked for, 38 or the full
quota of sweaters, 61 pairs fo socks
or 21 pairs in excess of the quota,
and 37 pairs of sea boots or 4 pairs
in excess of the quota. For the Army,
the unit, still with the aid of the sub
(Coritinued on page six)
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Several Injured In
Navy Bus Accident
Twenty-six Edenton blimp base
wuikeis miraculously escaped ser
ious injury and death last Wednes
day evening about 7:15 o’clock when
the Navy bus in which they were rid
ing went out of control and turned
bottom side up between Williarnston
•and Everetts. Only two persons, Ons
Verner, colored, and Milton Joyner,
while, were painfully but not dan
gerously cut on their heads. Others
in the bus were bruised or slightly
shocked, but needed no medieal at
tention.
Driving west on Highway 64 and
said to have been speeding, Horace
Dorsey, of Rocky Mount, started to
pass another car and to avoid strik
ing two boys riding in the highway
he pulled the bus to the side of the
road. The machine plowed down the
shoulder of the road for a short dis
tance and darted for a telephone
pole, crashing it and turning over.
Its wheels were left spinning in the
air. The men, mostly from Rocky
Mount, engaged in a mad scramble,
one report stating they came out on
all sides. Other busses, running the
same route, picked up the men and
carried them to their homes.
Damage to the bus was estimated
at about $300 by Patrioman Whit
Saunders who with Patrolman W. S.
Hunt investigated the accident.
Another bus, operating to and
from the blimp base, was wrecked
in Bertie County early last night,
but no one was seriously hurt, ac
cording to reports reaching here.
LAST CALL
A last call is being issued to
those persons in Martin County
who have not registered for Ra
tion Hook No. 1, urging them to
do so by noon Saturday, January
16. It was also pointed out that
parents or guardians of children
one month old or older that had
not been issued Ration Book No.
1 should register for them at
once. Persons who have lost their
No. I books will find it neces
sary to register at once for a du
plicate book.
It has been pointed out that
everyone who wants a No. 2 hook
must have a No. 1 hook to effect
an exchange possibly the early
part ofsnext month.
Russians Begin New
Drive Against Nazis
In Leningrad Sector
I
Light Ollier Counter Offen
Hives Coiiliiiue to Roll (!cr
niuns Hark on Loii^' Line
With eight counter offensives roil
ing forward already, the Russians
this week started still another drive
against the invading German horde:;
along the long Eastern front, late re
ports stating that the latest drive is
proving quite effective in the Lenin
grad sector. Two mighty Russian
armies are converging on Rostov in
the Don area, and progress is being
i made in tlie southern Caucasus Left
behind the Russian advance, the
Germans at Stalingrad are being
cleaned up. W'ith their supply lines
protected now across the Volga, the
Russians can take their time in the
mopping up operations at Stalingrad
where one of the greatest fights in
history took place.
It cannot be determined now
whether the Russian offensive
launched the latter part of Novem
ber will knock Hitler out, but it is
certain that the blow directed by
the Soviet forces has already soft
ened the ole boy up and is making
him vulnerable on other fronts. Now
that the Nazi forces have been hurl
ed back m their drive toward Rus
sian oil fields, the war takes on a
decidedly better outlook for all the
United Nations, for with vast oil
supplies Hitler would have been in
a greatly improved position to fling
hi.-, challenge possibly ta the United
States itself.
On the other fronts, the Fighting
French are apparently doing most of
the fighting in the Tunisian area.
The old Africa front is expected to
show more sign of activity shortly,
the Germans having announced to
their people back home that. Gener
al Montgomery is about ready to
strike with 150,000 men. But in !
(Continued on page six)
Compensation. Act
Violation Alleged
.* —
Four persons, Jonah Clemmons,
Sr., Phillip Bond, Win. E. Purvis and
Arthur McIntyre, all colored, were
arrested here this week for the al
leged violation of the unemploy
ment compensation act. All of them
furnished bond and are at liberty
until they appear in the county
court next Monday.
It is alleged that the four men, and
possibly a few others, mis-stated the
facts when they applied for unem
ployment benefits, the warrants
showing that the false statements
were alleged to have been made as
far back as January. 1941.
Several cases of a similar nature
were tried in this county some time
ago.
| Restrictions Placed
I On Mailing To Boys
In Foreign Services
--<$>
Imlit iilmil Copies «f Newspa
per* Can He Sent Overseas
Only by Publishers
The War Department has inform
ed the Post Office Department that
in view of the heavy demands being
made on cargo space for military
shipments and because of the limited
facilities available to commanders
of theaters of operation for delivery
ol mail, the volume of mail dispatch
ed to overseas destinations must be
kept to a minimum.
Effective January 15, 1943, no par
T't ! shall he accepted for dispatch to
APO’s outride the continental Unit
ed Slates unless they contain such
articles only as are being sent at the
specific written request of the ad
dressee, approved by the battalion or
similar unit commander of the ad
dressee No parcel coming within this
authorization shall exceed 5 pounds
in weight, or 15 inches in length, or
3(5 inches in length and girth com
bined .
Individual copies of newspapers
or magazines can only be sent by the
publishers.
No circular matter of the third
class can be sent.
If a parcel post package is sent it
cannot be insured.
Letters containing money shall be
refused registration, and the use of
the money order system in this con
nection is recommended. However,
valuable papers will be registered
but no indemnity will be allowed in
case of loss.
Mail addressed to* APO's outside
the continental U. S. shall embrace
all that is addressed to such APO’s
in cure of Postmasters at New York,
N. Y., San Francisco, Calif., Seattle,
Wash., New Orleans, La., Miami,
Fla., or Presque Isle, Maine.
The restrictions of the order .apply
only to personnel of. the U. S, Army
and to contractors and civilians
served through APO’s outside the
continental U. S. They do not apply
to mail for personnel of the Navy,
Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.