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UNITED STATES WAR
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VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 14
illiamaton, Martin County E fforth Carolina, ~t ucsctay, FebruaryIV l.Y!
■Established 1899
Potential Manpower For Army Is
Married Men Likely
To Be Called About
Latter Part Of May
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Possible Present Regulations
Will Be Altered By Art
Of Congress
Potential manpower for the arm
ed services is being greatly reduced
in this county as the reclassification
of farmers continues, a report from
the draft board in session here last
evening stating that out of 40 men
up for classification only six were
ed in the 1-A classification And
m some of those six cases it is quite
likely that will be made with
""the possibility that the number will
be further reduced.
While adhering closely to an es
tablished standard of deferment, the
draft board is proving sympathetic
to the agricultural program and do
ing everything in its power to keep
production up to the highest possible
level. In those cases, however, where
production does not measure up to
reasonable expectations, 1-A classi
fications are being ordered.
Working for about three hours,
the board handled only forty cases
at the meeting here last night, but
if the present trend is being main
tained only about one out of every
seven single farmers now in the
county will be called. On that basis
the supply of potential manpower
for the armed services will be ex
hausted about April or May, mean
ing that married men can expect to
be called the latter part of May or
certainly by June. No married men,
that is no men married before Pearl
Harbor .have been placed in 1 A so
far, but they will be up for reclassi
fication shortly. It is expected that
the March call can be filled from the
group of December registrants, that
they will be instructed to report for
their first physical examinations in
early March. The April call will be
filled possibly from the “stragglers”
in all registrations, leaving the mar- j
ried front wide open along about j
May or J line.' 1'
These estimates are based on pres- i
cut regulations, and it is possible |
that the regulations will be changed, i
As it now stands, men are being
called more or less regardless of de- :
pendency or marital status. Their ]
occupational status is the thing that
counts. However, Congress is up in
arms about the sweeping orders call
ing for married men. The lawmak
ers ace.proposing a plan that will re
v t fit--tl-rr-' -p? esc i it—.‘ r.d -c 2nd-a plan. |
that will take all single men regard- i
less of occupation or dependency be
fore the married manpower pool is
tapped. For the present, the draft
board is recognizing occupations as
a basis for deferment or classifica
tion. While no married men have yet
been called, it is because the pool
of single men has not been drained.
On the basis of occupation, princi
pally farming, the following classi
fications were effected at the meet
ing last evening:
Henry Outlet- Gurganus, w, RFD
2, Williamston, 3-C
Booker T. Bradley, c, Hamilton
and Norfolk, 2-B
Ollie Alonzer Bland, w, RFD 1,
Williamston and Norfolk, 3-B
Dalmer Mobley, w, RFD 1, Wil
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Four Face Ration
Board Court Here
Four Martin County persons charg
ed with violating the pleasure driv
ing ban or exceeding the 35-mile
► «peed regulation, were before the j
rationing board sitting as a special
board of inquiry irr vlia.- agricultural ,
building last night.
other cases , scheduled, but i
reliably learned that quite a i
few are pending, that OPA represen- j
tatives are in this section at the pres-1
ent time investigating a reported
increase in traffic.
Charged with pleasure driving on
two counts, Roosevelt Coltrain, Wil
liamston man and driver of the lit
tle yellow sport car, lost his A book
for sixty days.
Cited by authorities in Sanford
County, Virginia, Arthur Wallace
* Lilley, Jamesville youth, charged
with pleasure driving, explained to
the board that he was taking a rel
4 ative to a doctor. The charge was
dismissed after a warning was is
sued.
Thomas Reginald Griffin, ’.Villiam
ston school boy, charged with pleas
ure driving, had his A book clipped
for sixty days.
Charged with exceeding the 35
mile speed regulation, James Straw
bridge, Williamston man, will have
his case reviewed by the board in
the county where his employer, the
Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation,
buys its gas. He was cited to the
board by authorities in Norfolk
County
Ration Book Registration To
Be Held in All CountySchools
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Definti* plans will be furnished
I by school principals meeting in the
| courthouse this week with ration
I board authorities for registering all
county citizens for War Ration Book
No. 2, it was announced today. The
registration will be held in all the
white and colored school houses
throughout the county next week,
dates and hours to be announced fol
lowing the meeting of the principals
and rationing authorities on Wednes
day and Thursday.
IT tailed announcements will be
made later in the week, the authon
tsiration convenient for the citizens.
In return, those handling the regis
tration are asking the genera! pub
lic to cooperate by observing the reg
istration scheduled to be announced
later.
Tentative plans for the new regis
[tration make it possible for one per
[ son to register for another outside
] his immediate family as well as for
| members of his own family. Howev
; er, before one may be registered he
will be required to fill out a “con
sumer declaration,” showing how
much coffee the family or person had
on hand on November 28 and amount
of commercially canned food on hand
on February 2! over and above five
cans per person. Home-canned foods
are not to be counted. A facsimile
appears in this paper. The
the lattvijr .I TOf/ in the
required information, including
names of the family a |
on each Ration Book 1 and have a
child or a neighbor register for him.
Everyone is asked to study the dec
laration sheet known as OPA Form
No. R-1301 and fill in the required
information with the assurance that
the registration will be quite easy
and simple.
Patrol Investigate
Fatal Car Accident
Reported in County
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Believe Case Will Be Turned
Over To Grand Jury For
I'ossilde Indictment
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An automobile accident happening
on the night of January 31 and cost
ing the life of Cassie C. Sneed, 30
year-old colored woman, was uncov
ered by Highway Patrolmen Saun
ders and Hunt in this county yester
day. Apparently trying to cover up
the accident, the parties involved
never reported it to the authorities,
and it was through their regular
work and investigations that the pa
trolmen picked up a lead in the case
yesterday.
No definite action has been taken,
but a complete investigation is un
derway and it is understood that the
case will be carrii d to the grand jury
next month.
Details could not be learned im
mediately, but the woman was said
to have been killed when a speed
ing car in which she was riding went
out of control near Council’s store
on N. C. Highway No. 11 and plow
ed into a ditch. One report stated that
William Henry Knight, 18 year-old
colored boy, was speeding down the
highway, that Cassie Sneed, her sis
ter, Lossie Bell Sneed, and a com
panion, Wheeler Council, begged
Knight to slow down. It was also
stated that when Knight continued
the wild drive, Cassie Sneed open
ed the door and in trying to jump out
got caught and was dragged a long
distance. She was said to have died
on the way to a Tarboro hospital.
None of the occupants in the car
has been questioned, patrolmen ex
plaining that what little information
that had been gotten so far was gain
ed from unofficial but reliable
source;..
It was the first fatal accident re
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Firemen Culled Ttrice
To Home On Elm Street
Fire from a blazing chimney
threatened the home of Fenner Res
pass on North Elm Street last Sun
day afternoon at 4 o’clock. Volunteer
firemen were called but their serv
ices were not needed. Twenty min
utes later sparks fell on the roof and
fired it in several places and the fire
men were called out a second time.
Water, poured on the roof, froze be
fore it could rocch the eavet-,-N->4r'tri
age was done
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A call for a hundred million
dollarii to finance incentive pay
ments for surplus food produc
tion, is echoing in Washington
today after striking a stone wall
constructed by a sub-group of
the House Agriculture Commit
tee. The group rejected the plan
by about five to one. The pro
posal, sponsored by the Secre
tary of Agriculture and offer
ing $30 an acre for surplus pea
nuts, 50 cents a bushel for pota
toes and so on, can be saved and
the outlook is not as gloomy as
the reports would have it ap
pear.
It is firmly believed the in
centive payments will be made
available, or Congress will take
drastic action to boost farm
commodity prices to a point
where the farmer would get
more money than he would un
der the incentive payment plan.
It Is still a good bet to plant
every seed for food possible.
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Showing a fairly firm trend
during the entire marketing sea
son with the exception of a fair
minor fluctuations attributable
lor the most part to glutted mar
kets, peanut prices climbed to a
new high figure on the local
market last week. The zooming
market, reoegnized as the high
est since World War I days, is
reporting no large deliveries, but
it was learned that approximate
ly 2,000 bags of the goobers have
been handled at that price here
since the latter part of last week.
Some Machines Are
No Longer Rationed
Purchase, certificate!; may hr:, is-1
sued to farmers by county rationing
committees for certain types of
equipment provided these items can
bo found for sale by dealers, distrib
utors, or mail order houses, as no
quotas have been established for
these items, Mr. Jesse Crisp, chair
man of the County USDA War Board
announced today.
Certificates in excess of the coun
ty's quota cannot be issued, however,
for any items on which quotas nave
been established.
Types of machinery and equip
ment for which quotas have not
been established include: stationary
horse hay balers; all types of farm
well and pump equipment; metal
milk cans and covers; barbed wire,
poultry netting and flooring, and
woven or welded wire hog and cat
tle poultry fence.
“A farmer with a purchase cer
tificate may purchase any of these
items whever he can find them, and
the rationing committee may issue
certificates provided applicants pre
sent a worthy cause and certify to
the committee that they know where
the articles can be obtained,” (he
chairman said.
Quotas originally were establish
ed on immersion and surface tubu
lar type farm milk coolers, but a re
cent announcement adds these items
to the non-rationed group, and coun
ty quotas previously established may
be disregarded, be declared.
Farm machinery items which pre
viously were rationed, but which
have been removed from the ration
ed list, include: one-row horse or
tractor drawn listers with planting
attachments; horse or tractor drawn
fertilizer distributors; one-row horse
or tractor,drawn listers (middJebust
ers without planting attachments);
moumeu ndgvbusters. A purchase
certificate is no longer required to
purchase any of these items, Chair
man Crisp said.
Farmers Ready To
Quit Defense Work
Despite all the talk about high
wages and short hours, numbers of
farmers who quit the farms some
months ago are ready to return to
the plow, according to direct in
formation coming from one defense
project.
Ail the details are not known, but
Henry A. Johnson and Jim Gray
were reported yesterday to have the
names of quite a few former farm
ers who are ready to take their fam
ilies and return to farming. Any far
mer needing labor to operate his fann
this year can get full particulars by
writing or contacting Messrs. John
son and Gray. Box 5^^W£’,''un
“We will make no charge for the
service,” Mr. Johnson said.
(.•% vveetty news dificst i'Widii j
the rural press section of
the OW1 news bureau)
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Living Costs Rise 1-2 Per Cent
Living costs on Dec. 15, 1942, were
1-2 of one per cent higRKr than on
Nov. 15, the Department of Labor
report*#. Total rise for America’s
first war year was 9 pc.r cent, and the
luciti iu, i.. I,■ si'iet the utbr i iv of
war in Lurope is 22.1 per cent, as
c;>Hspiir«.l with almost 35 per cent in
the s«yie period of the last war.
Pricesnjnder OPA control rose .3 per
cent during the month, prices under
control of other Government agen
cies did not rise at all, and prices not
under any control rose 2 per cent.
Silk Stockings For War
Silk and nylon stockings— 232,
MMt poisids of them—were donated
by Aij/'ncan women during the
montlvof Dec 15 to Jan. 15, for two
TOOrrsWffWPWRH^PBs 372.139'pormfJP
representing about 7,500,000 pairs
of stockings. Powder bags for big
war products are made from silk and
nylon reclaimed from old stockings.
Federal Employment
The smallest net monthly change
in civilian employment in the Fed
eral Government was recorded dur
ing November, when 2.3 per cent
more employees were added, said
Civil Service Commission. At the
end of November total civilian em
ployment in Federal service totalled
2,750,101 as compared with 2,687,
093 a month before and 1,545,131 a
year before.
War Expenditures
Expenditures for munitions and
war construction — planes, tanks,
ships, guns, ammunition, etc.—will
total about $157,000,000,000 from
June 1940 through the end of 1943,
if prices are held at present levels.
That will be about $78 billion less
than these goods would cost if prices
were not controlled and were allow
ed to follow the inflationary pattern
of World War I in 1914.
More Munitions
Planes, tanks, guns, and other mil
itary equipment and supplies that
rolled off American assembly lines
in December, 1942, was 14 per cent
greater than in November, said
Donald Nelson, chairman of WPB. It
was the greatest volume ever pro
duced by U. S. factories in one
©aiing 1043 it is . planned to
produce about twice ;i> much mun
itions as in 1942.
Renew "B” and “C” Cards by Mail
Holders of ”B“ and "C” gasoline
ration coupons may renew them by
mail now instead of appearing ♦per
sonally before local war price and
rationing boards. Same rules will
apply to non-highway uses of gaso
line, such as that for farm machin
ery and industrial equipment.
.Priorities on Cnderwear
A “priority list” of heavyweight"
undergarments, for which standard
specifications and prices are being
worked out, is being prepared by
OPA. The list will comprise kinds,
of underwear considered most es
sential for civilian use.
Must Keep “Wartime”
“Wartime” undoubtedly has caus
ed some difficulties and inconven
iences, but we will have to keep it
for the duration, in the opinion of
Donald M Nelson, chairman of
WPB. Mr. Nelson feels that wartime
has resulted in savings which are
highly important to the war effort.
Release 879 Trucks
A total of 879 trucks were released
under the truck rationing program
during the week ending January 30,
the Automotive Division of WPB has
announced.
Soldiers Family Allowance
If a soldier’s family is not getting
their allowance under the Service
men’s Dependents Allowance Act, it
may be because the soldier has fail
ed to file a formal application for
it Many soldiers declared their in
tention to file such an application
last summer — before application
blanks were available—but have not
filed the actual application. The of
ficial War Dept AGO Form No.
625 must be made out by the soldier
his organization com-1
Parenl»-Teachera Will
I Usama Victory Garden
Meeting ir. the grammar school to
morrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, the
Williamston Parent-Teacher asso
ciation will have for its discussion
topic, “Victory Gardens.” All parents
and other patrons of the school are
urged to be present.
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Charged with drunkenness in
most cases, six persons were
rounded up and lodged in the
county jail last week-end, the
number of arrests falling slight
ly below the common average for
the past few months. Other than
drunkenness, one person was
arrested and jailed for not com
plying with a court judgment.
Two of the six arrested were
white youths in their teens, and
no one in the entire group was
over 30 years of age.
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MORE ( HECKS
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More soil conservation pay
ments are being made to farm
ers in this County, a report com
ing from <tke office of the farm
agent this week stating that S89
checks had alreariv been deliver
ed amounting to $21,180.90 and
representing 3<>8 applications.
It is estimated that, about one
fifth of the payments have been
made, and on that basts, the to
tal payments will approximate
$100,000 in the county for 1942.
About 100 applications are still
pending in the office of the
county agent at the present time.
The checks are being mailed
direct to the farmers from a sub
office of the AAA in Richmond.
jSeveral Of Colored
jGroup Making Their
Second Trip to Camp
Mon Reporting to Induction
< enter "Soon” Ma\ Cuter
Army. Navy. Marines
Answering the February draft
call, quite a large number of colored
draftees will leave “soon" for an
Army induction center from this
county. Included in the group are
quite a few men who have reported
to the induction center previously
and were rejected on account of
remedial physical defects or ail
ments.
that the men will
be subject to selection either by the
Navy, Army, Marine Corps or Coast
Guard, but it is fairly certain Hmm
successfully pass the physical exam
ination. In all probability, physical
ailments and low literacy standards
will claim a majority of the group,
judging from recent averages record
ed at the induction center.
The names of the colored men just
recently instructed to report are, as
follows:
Lavughn Carraway, Robersonville
and Baltimore
Whit Jones, Jr., Hamilton and Nor
folk
Augustus Lee Rogers, RFD 2, Wil
liamston and Annapolis, Md
Raymond Powell, RFD I, Oak City
Willie Clifton Heyward, Williams
ton
James Andrew Moses, Williamston
and Passaic, N. J.
LeRoy Lloyd, Williamston and
Norfolk,
Herbert Feddarough Cherry, RFD
1, Robersonville.
Elmore Williams, RFD 1, Oak City
James Roberson, RFD 1, Roberson
ville and Portsmouth
William Elcama Hodges, RFD 2,
Williamston and Norfolk
Henry Edwards, Jamesvillc and
Norlina
Geo. Allen Smith, Williamston and
Baltimore
Willie Lawrence Gorham, William
ston
Jujm.-i • I>3»5*5 Webster, RFD
Jamcsviiie
Thurman Lee Little, RFD 1, Rob
(Continued on page six)
County Farmer Is
Dangerously Shot
I'Vw details could be learned here,
but according to reliable reports, a
colored tenant farmer by the name
of Savage was dangerously shot by
Jesse Warren, white man, on the Ev
erett farm in Goose Nest Township
; v.;t buiurday after noon. The attack
had not been reported to the sher
iff’s office here early today.
Said to have been given a prelim
inary hearing before Magistrate J.
II. Hopkins in Oak City, Warren was
placed under bond in the sum of
$250.
One report stated that the trouble
started when the tenant farmer
started to the stables on the Everett
farm to get a mule. Warren advised
him not to take the mule. The color
ed man then tied the mule to a tree
and went home and got his gun. As
he was returning, Warren was said
to have fired upon him, the load of
shot striking the man in the face and
eyes.
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Report Four Martin
Youths Delinquent
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Four young Martin County draft
registrants were reported delinquent
as of last Saturday by the local board.
They are^fulius Broddy, while, Gen
era! Delivery, Jamesville: Elvernon
Louhv Mr,re-lore ••}, lit,*
i rsonville; Ch'-stei l.ee Crocker,
white, KFD 1, Robersonville, and
Arthui James Sutton, colored, Rob
e rsonville.
The youths were said to have reg
istered only last December and were
placed on the delinquent list when
they failed to return their question
naires.
Navy Recruiter Will
Be Here Three Days
U. S. Navy Recruiter, I). R. Tay
lor, will be stationed at the post of
fice in Williamston, February 19,
20 and 21st, to interview persons
seeking information concerning the
U. S. Navy.
All men and women seeking in
formation concerning the Navy,
Waves or Spais are cordially invit
ed to come to the post office between
the hours of C.00 a. m. and G:00 p.
fey an interview with the recruit-'
hr v/i it a- above dates.
Mr. Taylor is a former Martin
County man.
UiHrlvtrH^atallv
injured !ir -Wideitf
I On Haughton Street
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Funeral Service Held Sunday
Afternoon for Nora
Mae Cherry
Nora Mae Cherry, eight years old,
was fatally injured when sire was
struck by a pick-up truck on North.
Haughton Street, a short distance
from the Pentecostal Holiness Church
here last Friday afternoon at 4:50
o’clock. Her skull fractured and
bruised on other parts of her body,
the little girl died in the local hos
pital Saturday evening at 7:30
o’clock without regaining conscious
ness.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Cherry, the child left her home
on Rhodes Street and ran across the
cemetery and the north end of the
street to a small grass fire started by
several children. Operating a pick
up truck loaded with hogs, Edgar
Davis, young Hamilton while man,
was driving into town As he near
ed the spot beside tin* road where
the children were watching the fire,
the little Cherry girl darted into the
road. Davis applied the brakes and
swerved I ^ -tij.' i"bt it. an effort to
miss the child. Just as she reached
the right side ot the road or about
the time she stepped on the dirt, the
truck hit her. She was not knocked
clear, but was carried on the radia
tor and bumper for about 20 steps
before the machine plowed into the
soft shoulder and came to a stop.
Witnesses to the accident stated
that the truck was not traveling ov
cr 22 or 25 miles an hour, that the
accident was unavoidable on the part
of the truck driver.
His truck stuck in the ditch, Davis
stopped another, picked up the vie
tim and carried her to the hospital,
reports stating that he. badly r/psef
by the tragedy, readily accepted the
costs and stood by to render what
aid he could.
The little girl, unusually bright in
her studies and polite to everyone,
seldom ran into or played in the
street. Her mother, dangerously ill
at her home, was unable to go to the
child or attend the last rites which
were held Sunday afternoon at 4:00
o’clock in the Holiness church by the
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Funeral Hold Saturday
In Jamesvilli* For Infant
Funeral services were conducted
for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Long at. the graveside in
the Long Cemetery in Jamesville last
Saturday afternoon .it 4 o’clock. Rev.
W. B. Harrington conducted the lust
rites.
The child, seven days old, died in
a local hospital of pneumonia last
Friday afternoon
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With new regulations going in
to effect tomorrow ,it is believ
ed that an air raid alarm will
follow shortly; just when, no
one knows.
Citizens will remember that
the blackout starts when the fire
siren is sounded for two min
utes straight. Traffic and pedes
trians may continue, but when a
series of blasts of the siren are
heard, all traffic stops and all
lights are out. The all-clear will
not follow, but the district will
return to the alert stage where
some lights are permittted. The
all-clear will be given by turn
ing on all street lights and pos
sibly by sounding bells.
Rules and regulations for gov
erning the blackout here will be
determined at a meeting of the
civilian defense group, but ac
tion will be in accordance with
Army instructions. If one is not
certain of the procedure, he will
find it advisable to black out ev
erything on the first signal^ypt
remain in the dark until nr *•>
absolutely certain the raid is ov
er.
German Tanks Drive
Ri’wwiaii I i«IjiI Vtuvf ^*wi'“pg
(>rrnians Hark Toward
Dnieper River
Fleeing ahead of the British 8th
Army, Rommel’s forces have driven
'■ twcntjpmle wedge iriHt American
lines to mark the first major fight
ing between United States Ijrnd 4
troops and the Nazi hordes in cen- '
tral Tunisia. Locked in violent com
bat with the enemy, United States
troops were said to be counter-at
tacking fiercely this morning af
ter losing their key base at Gaf
sa. Heavy losses were reported on
both sides with the tide of battle still
in doubt. General Montgomery’s
Army is about 200 miles away, but
Allied air forces were pulled into the
fight and are pounding the Germans
as they try to push forward in two
c( 11 u in ns
The Germans started their attack
Sunday morning at 7 o’clock just
west of Faid Pass with what appear
Corps leading the
way. The enemy attacked with tanks,
infantry, artillery and dive bombers
in great force, the action clearly in
dicating that a major drive is un
derway. However, some observers
are doubtful if Rommel can develop
a major battle because the old desert
fox cannot afford the losses with the
British moving in behind him.
Digging in west of Gafsa, the Am
ericans got a toehold and advanced a
counter-aiiack eight miles. Going in
to battle for the first time, the Am
ericans are not running from the en
emy, a gruesome story telling how
three soldiers held their positions
around an anti-aircraft, battery un
til they were blown to pieces. Dive
bombers caused most of the casual
ties, but eleven of the Stukas were
downed.
Few details have been released on
the fighting in Tunisia, but there is
reason to believe that the Germans
are going to taste some bitter fight
ing when the Allied armies get ready
to march. It’ll be no easy task, to be
sure, but with a break in the weath
er telling action by the Allies is to
be expected
German supply lines are being
pounded continually, one report stat
! mg that one-third of all the Axis
shipping in the Mediterranean had
j been sunk during the past thirty
Mays and that Axis ports and bases
! were under almost constant attack.
Incomplete but the first news of
i that running fight over in the South
west Pacific has been received, Sec
retary Knox announcing today that
the heavy cruiser, "Chicago” and an
unnamed destroyer were lost to the
Japs in the Solomons area between
January 21) and February 1 Loss of
life was small. The Japs lost two de
nt ioy eta and thirteen others were
either sunk or damaged.
Russia’s tidal wave continues to
roll forward, pushing the Germans
back. Rostov fell Sunday and a sal
ient has been driven into the Ger
man defenses at Kharkov. The in
| vaders are believed to be moving
back toward the Dniepei River, but
large numbers will never reach there
as the Russian move to trap them in
the Rostov area is advancing rapid
ly. Increased pressure is being ap
plied by the Russians all along the
Eastern front, and already the in
vaders have fallen back to points far
behind the line maintained by them
since 1941.
Relentless bombing attacks are be
ing directed by the Allies in the Pa
cific area and on the continent, in
cluding the German sub base at Lor
ient.
Four French warships, including
the battleship, “Richlieu”, reached
Atlantic Coast ports last week and
are being repaired and refitted for
action against the submarine men
ace They will be commanded by the
(Continued on page six)
Several Martin Men
Return From Army
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charges from the Army most on ac
count ot “advanced” ages. Two men.
Asa Harrison, RFD 2, Williamston,
and Jeffrey L. Taylor, of Roberson
ville, were discharged following fair
ly recent medical examinations,
Taylor having returned only last
week. One, Robert J. Staton, of RFD
2, Robersonville, was released on
account of dependency.
The three men who were over 38
years of age and who v/ere released
for that reason were, Isaac Mizelle
and William Garland Perry, of RFD
2, Williamston, and Joseph D. Jones,
of Williamston.
Men over 33 years old will be dis
charged from the Army according to
these rules and requirements: 1. He
must be at. least 38 years old; 2. En
listed or inducted on or before Feb.
28, 1943; 3. Has submitted voluntary
request for discharge to his com
manding officer; 4. Has submitted
statement from responsible person
showing that he will be employed in
essential industry, including agri
I 5. Jh lte.x’ oi soldier roast
I not seriously affect the efficiency of
i his unit.