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VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 16
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 2d, 1943.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Clamp Down Lid On
Purdtese Of Ganns#
' irtualiy Tear Can Open- \
er from Kitchen Shelf (
Far-reaching changes in the coun- c
try’s eating habits were predicted to- f
day as a result of drastic regulations (
governing the rationing of canned i
vegetables and canned fruks. Based 5
- fc/acem, pu(chases win <
be limited to about four cans per! t
month for each person on an aver- \
age. Those housewives who have <
been feeding the family out of tin 1
cans apparently have a real problem t
on their hands, but possibly a major- j
ity of the people in this section will \
be little affected by the stringent t
food rationing plan.
Realizing the seriousness of the 1
situation, flower gardeners were 3
heard changing their plans here yes- i
> terday and a general trend from the -
ly to starve under the new ration
ing system, but a marked change in
eating habits is certain for many,
Each person is allowed 48 points
each month and on an average he
may purchase four cans of canned
goods. The point cost for soups is
not so high and one may buy about
8 cans of soup weighing ten and one
half ounces per can.
The point system, upon which the
new rationing plan is based, has the
following values, based on the No. 2
can:
Fruits and juices: apple, apple
sauce, grapefruit, grape juice and
all other canned and bottled fruits,
juices and combinations, 10 points
t each. Apricots and pineapple, 16
points; Berries, ail varieties, cher
ries, cranberries and sauce, fruits for
salad and fruit cocktail, peaches,
pears and pineapple juice, 14 points.
Vegetables and vegetable juices:
asparagus, green beans, carrots, corn,
spinach, tomato catsup and chili
sauce, tomato juice, and all other
canned and bottled vegetables, vege
table juices and combinations, 14
points each; fresh lima beans, peas,
tomatoes and tomato products, 16
points each; beans, all canned and
bottled dry varieties, including pork
and bggJML 1 fiiV "3ch Tf®faft
ran; sauerkraut, 5 points each The
No. 2 can weighs from one pound and
two ounces to one pound and six
ounces.
Soups, canned and bottled, all j
varieties, six points for a 10 1-2 ounce ;
can.
Baby foods, canned and bottled,
all varieties except milk and cereals, 1
one point for four ounces through j
five and one-half ounces.
Frozen foods carry for the most
part a value of ten points.
The following are not included in
the rationing system:
Candied fruits, chili con came,
fruit cakes, fruit puddings, jams and
jellies, olives, pickles, potato salad,
preserves, relishes; frozen fruits in
containers of more than 10 pounds;
frozen vegetables in containers of
more than 10 pounds; fruit juices in
containers of more than one gallon:
meat stews containing some vege
tables; paste products such as spa
ghetti, macaroni, noodles, whether
or not they are packed with added
vegetable sauces; vegetable juices in
containers of more than one gallon;
and by-products of fruits and vege
tables, such as soybean oil, soybean
milk, fruit and vegetable dyes and
similar items.
Price Administrator Prentiss M.
Brown, illustrating the “toughness”
of the plan in operation, pointed out
that the monthly allotment of 48
points will allow the purchase of one
can each of peas and tomatoes in the
popular No. 1 size can and one No.
2 1-2 size can of peaches.
“The civilian population of the
United States,” he said, “will have
254,000,000 cases of canned fruits and
vegetables available for their use
from March 1 to the end of Septem
ber, 1944. This will mean a little
more than 13,000,000 cases a month
of civilian consumption for the next
19 months. The civilian population
had almost 30,000,000 cases a month
for their use during the 1941-42 year.
“This means we will be eating less
than half as much canned and pro
cessed foods as we ate the previous
years. We’ll go or. this scant ration
so that our fighting forces and the
(Continued on page six)
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Local Taxi Driver
Is Held Up Monday
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Howard Griffin, driver for a local
taxi company, was found asleep in
his parked taxi near Beaver Dam
Swamp between here and Everetts
^ yesterday morning about 8 o clock,
the alleged victim of a hold-up and
robbery.
No report could be had unmediate
_ ly from the sheriffs office and few
details could be learned. Griffin, said
to have been released by his employ
er, could not be reached for a state
ment
According to one source, the man
was said to have picked up two col
ored fares about 5:30 yesterday
morning and was traveling toward
they slugged him snl
took his Docket book with about $50
in it.
To Map Plans For Red Cross
Hrmi In Cha
Meeting . in,the, courthouse hofe
r’T‘rf,usc->\ 'VetuFirvi R * > lei-Sailed
^ant&SiT' will
map final plans for a chapter-wide
drive to raise $3,900. the Martin
County Chapter’s quota in the Red
Cross 1943 War Fund. Bill Spivey,
chairman of the War Fund drive,
and J. C. Manning, chairman of the
chapter, will meet with the volun
teer canvassers and outline the
plans for the drive. Volunteers and,
tptner interested citizens are invited
' and urged to attend the meeting
which will bi held in the county
commissioners' room. Material will
be distributed to the canvassers at
tending the' meeting, and it is im
portant that every one who can and
will take part in the drive be pres
ent. I
Tjfie American Red Cross is call
ing" for a far greater amount this
year than it did following Peatl Har
bor, 1941, when this chapter and oth
•'scfitien their quotas for wide mar-.;
: jins. The out,
1 is no greater in proportion than .s
! the increased need. In fact, it is the
] opinion of many that the organiza
| tion should call for even more mon
| ey so that it services could be in
creased.
About 30 per cent of the money
collected in the chapter will be held
at Koine fc^fyjanre local prpitjrts^
;Tne sewing room. project is finane*
j id almost entirely by those funds,
; the chairman explaining that ap
proximately $140 was spent only re
cently for yarn and other materials.
While the Army furnishes tfye rna
| terial for the surgical bandages, the
i chapter is responsible for incident
I als, such as heat, lights and so on.
I Other services, such as that offered
in cases of serious illness and death,
are financed locally, meaning that
the cost at home will be increased.
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( CALL FOR ROOKS
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Reportir: a great.;*
need for r.iore good books for i
use in army camps and service
areas, the American Library As
sociation, Red Cross and USO
are asking the general public to
participate in the Victory Book
Campaign which is now under
way throughout the nation. If
you have a book you want to
keep ,that is the book you are
asked to give to the men in the
armed services. Many calls are
being made by the service men
for western and detective stor
ies.
!n this county the schools are
receiving the books. Send a spare
book to school by your child or
leave it at the local drug stores.
Miss Elizabeth House, region
al librarian, will collect the books
from the schools and turn them
over to the camp libraries.
Cited For Pleasure
Driving - Speeding
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wfil' vd13!Ku?Rhj" Vn t* MarturcoBri
ty Rationing Board in the agricul
tural building Monday night for al
leged violation of the pleasure driv
ing ban and the 35-mile speed reg
ulation. Two -person* cited for vio- ]
luting the regulations did not report. '
Recognized as little more than a
racket, excessive driving by some j
part-time preachers was scored by 1
the board this week when “Rev.” j
Blossom Bellamy’s A and B books
were confiscated for a period of 30
days. He was charged with pleasure
driving. It is to be noted that Bellamy
did not have the “C.” book more or
less in common use.
The case against Opheus Revels
was dismissed when it was learned
that he had sold his car.
Charged with pleasure driving,
Cleo Leathers was allowed to retain
Ins A and B gas books when he point
ed out that his father was sick and
had to be on a special diet, and that
he was the only son at home.
Charged with exceeding the 35
mile limit, Haywood Fields, of Pal
myra RFD 1, was said to have held
improperly marked coupons and the
case was continued for further in
vestigation.
G. H. Edmondson, charged with
pleasure driving, failed to report.
The case charging Nathaniel Hop
kins with pleasure driving was dis
missed when it was learned that he
had lost his gas book a month ago.
Julian Fagan, charged with speed
ing, did not report.
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Army Men Enjoy Slutrt
Visit Here Recently
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Members of an artillery group ap
parently enjoyed a brief stop in Wil
liamston recently according to a note
received by Rev. John W. Hardy, of
the USO, from Colonel Harry P.
Newton. Arriving here late one af
ternoon and leaving the next morn
ing, the men had such a brief visit
that they came and went before
many townspeople knew they were
here.
Colonel Nr.vt&n raid in his letter:
“I wish to express my appreciation
for your very successful effort in
providing entertainment for my of
ficers and men during their shorl
stay in Williamston. The men en
joyed the evening thoroughly and
will, I am sure, always remembei
Williamston as a very hospitable
town.”
MORE CHECKS
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The payment of soil conserva
tion benefits to Martin C-aaty
farmers is advancing by leaps
and bounds, Miss Mary Carstar
phen. clerk in the office of the
county agent, stating this week
that a total of $47,715 had been
paid to date. Coming direct from
the AAA regional office in Rich
mond, the payments represent
i ing 684 applications were made
to 1,319 farmers.
r Less than half of the applica
! lions have cleared the office, and
1 * estimated the total pay
) meats will exceed $100,096 in the
county this year.
Allied Foothold In
^pRTTisia Threatened
By Armored Tanks
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Ocean Tragedy Announced in
North Atlantic, Russians
Continue Drive
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All is not lost, to bo sure, but the
Allied campaign in North Africa has
been upset and the foothold gained
in Tunisia just a short time ago is
seriously menaced by armored col
umns sent out by Germany’s Marsh
al Rommel.
Late reports, marked by the ab
sence of details, admitted that the
Germans were still gaining, but that
the three-pronged Nazi attack was
beginning to show signs of exhaus
tion. The Allies, despite an Ameri
can counter-attack that sent Rom
mel’s men back about eight miles at
Kassetine Pass on Monday, were re
ported to be facing a serious defense
task today. The dispatch said that
the German forces strongly support
ed by heavy tanks, were driving
anew through Kasserine Pass toward
geria. Another prong of the German
attack has driven sixteen miles to
within four miles of the important
rail junction of Thala on the flank
of the British First Army. A third
| Nazi drive threatening Sbeitla has
been halted, according to the Fight
| ing French.
Despite the recent reverses, mili
I lary authorities maintain the Allies
l have the situation well in hand, that
experienced Allied forces were bat
tling in an effort to halt Rommel.
Reports early this afternoon from
the fighting in Tunisia stated that
American and British forces had
stopped Rommel temporarily, at
least, on all fronts north and north
west of Kasserine, that German cas
ualties were heavy and that many
Nazi prisoners were taken. Allied
air forces came to the rescue of the
land forces and pounded the Ger
man columns effectively.
One of the worst sea tragedies of
the war was reported by the Navy
department late yesterday. Two
ships, one carrying supplies and a
second carrying Army and Navy of
ficers and men and civilian war
workers were torpedoed in the
North Atlantic early in the month
with an estimate loss of 850 lives.
About 500 persons were saved from
the two ships. It is understood that
the passenger liner was not a troop
transport, that it was operated by
private interests.
Rushing an estimated twenty-five
of his best divisions from the West,
Hitler told his people that the Rus
sian tidal wave had been halted in
the East. But a different story came
out of Russia yesterday, the 25th
birthday for the Red Army. In an
order of the day, Premier josef Stal
p in said that the 20 months of action
in Russia had cost the Germans 9,
000,000 men, including 4,000,000 kill
ed. In the offensive started last No
| vernber, the Russians have routed
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| Worker Killed By :
; Tree In Logwoods I
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* Alec Hill, Jamesville colored man,
r was instantly killed by a falling tree
J while working in the logwoods in
Griffins Township yesterday morn
ing about 11:45 o’clock.
(Employed by Sam Godard, logging
contractor, Hill was sawing down a
big gum tree with Andrew Marriner,
also of Jamesville. They had sawed
the tree almost through when the
saw hung. They drove several
wedges into the tree, and Hill walk
ed away to get another saw to finish
the task. He had gone only a few
feet when the tree started to fall.
Marriner called a warning, and Hill
turned and ran directly into the path
of the falling tree. His skull was
crushed.
Investigating the accident, Coro
ner S. R. Biggs ruled that it was ac
cidental and no formal inquest was
considered necessary. •emati
Hill, about 45 years of age, was a
i willing worker.
TOWN - FARM
In Wartime
Many Jobs Are War Jobs
Such essential civilian activities
as agriculture, food processing, min
ing, textiles, transportation, com
munications, heating, power and ed
ucational services are “war jobs,”
says the War Manpower Commission.
clothed in wartime as well as in
peace, and essential civilian workers
are on an equal plane with workers
in basic war industries.
No Frills on Shoes
Unessential frills on shoes have
been eliminated by order of WPB
which also limited the height of
heels on women's shoes, and restrict
ed colors to four—black, white, army
russet and town brown. Some shoes
will be discontinued. They include
men's patent leather, men's sandals,
men’s and women’s metal spiked golf
.itiues, and women's formal evening
slippers. Heavy leather may be used
only for making work shoes, cowboy
utility boots, and lined police shoes.
Nurses Should Register
Every graduate nurse in the coun
try is urged to register with the
Nursing, Health and Medical Com
mittee, Office of Defense Health and
Welfare services of the Federal Se
curity Agency. Fity per cent have
already returned their cards, accord
ing to the War Manpower Commis
sion, but the need is urgent because
nursing units will be formed on a
voluntary basis as fast as possible.
1942 Onion Sets
Temporary sixty day ceilings have
been placed on the 1942 crop of on
ion sets by OP A, at the highest lev
els at which sales were made by
growers or merchandisers during the
five days between February 10 and
14, 1943. Both commercial growers
and ‘‘Victory Gardeners” will bene
fit by the regulation.
The new ceilings reflect an aver
age price to the grower of about $5
a bushel and are more than double
the price paid during the 1937-1941
seasons.
Retail Sales
Total retail sales in 1942 reached
the record total of $56,382,000,000
which was an increase of 4 per ce,p,t
wvei’ itMjffsafos'amretaii in 194*2 were
45 per cent higher than in the 1935
1939 base period.
Trend of Food Prices
Prices of foods under OPA control
since May rose .8 p-c cent from De
cember 15 10 January 12 to a level
1.8 per cent above last May. Prices
of uncontrolled foods (about 10 per
cent of the family food bill) de
creased 2.3 per cent and now stand
27.2 per cent above the May level.
This is the first decline in prices of
uncontrolled foods since May.
War Boards on Farm Machinery
IJ. S. Dept, of Agriculture War
Boards now have the authority by
amendment to food production or
der 3, to approve changes in distri
bution quotas for rationed farm ma
chinery and equipment.
Quotas for Boilers Increased
Quotas of iron and steel to be used
in the manufacture of low-pressure
cast iron boiler., for war housing and
civilian replacement needs, and in
repair parts for such boilers, dur
ing the first six months of 1943, have
been increased by WPB.
War expenditures by the United
States Government totaled $6,254,
000,000 in January. This was 2.1 per
cent higher than December and 185
per cent greater than in January
1942. The average daily rate of ex
penditure in January was $240,500,
000 compared with $235,600,000 ir
December. The January 1942, $81.
200,000 was spent daily for war pur
poses.
Older Students Leaving
Schools In This County
No detailed report could be had,
but reports heard here during the
past few days point to quite a heavy
withdrawal of older boys from the
several high schools in this county
for work on the farms. The with
drawal has not reached serious pro
portions, but the trend now under
way is recognized by some as point
ing toward the closing of the high
schools socket rr later if present con
ditions are aggravated much more
f AIR RAID ALERT I
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According to reliable inf ruina
tion, an air raid alert or black
out can be expected in this dis
trict between now and late next
Friday night.
Williamston people are asked
to remember the signals: “Blue”
signal—a two-minute blast, call
ing for all lights out. "Red” sig
nal—five short blasts, calling for
cessation of all activities.
Repeat “blue” signal — two
minute blast, meaning that the
blackout is partially lifted, but
lights continue out.
All clear—No audible signal,
but street lights will be turned
on and announcement over the
Greenville radio station.
Robersonville, now in this
warning district, has signals sim
ilar to the ones here.
JazjiRiville announces that
church bells will be used to give
the signals there.
OrSingle Men Willi
Dependents
School Bus Mileage Order
Ptizzling-To Some Parents
The order coming from the Office ,
of Defense Transportation and call
ing for reduced school bus mileage
is being received in this county with
out much complaint. But the order
coming under present conditions is
proving puzzling to quite a few par
ents whose children are being fore- '
ed to walk as many as two miles to \
get to school.
Several parents were in the of
fice of the superintendent of coun
week in connection
with 'he order. While they express
ed every willingness to cooperate in
the war program and have their
children walk, it was -apparent
that something about the order is
puzzling to them. “We are recogniz
ing the order for what it is worth,
but we simply can’t understand why
our government permits beer, wine
and liquor trucks to continue to
travel the highways when little chil
dren are forced to walk," one father
speaking quite humbly but with
some misgiving, was quoted as say
ing The pleasure ban is highly ef
fective, but there is enough of thai i
tJbe of driving along with the un
necessary trips to run the school
busses to every door in lWarJjin Coun
ty every day in the week.
The order, turning around busses
a mile and one-half from the end
of their old tlips, went into effect on
Mondav or on the same day that the
county rat
with loyal citi/en^ippi^q^or^to^
tra” gas
While some of the parents are pos
sibly "wasting" gas others who are
saving every drop to the point ol
inconveniencing themselves arc
quoted as saying that they are get
ting fed up with a system that al
lows sente to travel home for the
week-end from the defense centers,
others to make numerous trips when
one would suffice, and still others to
take advantage of the ban by fair
or foul means.
Majority Of Recent i
County Draftees Isj
Unfit For The Army j
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Oik* Out of Fifteen White Men
Enters Navy at Serviee
fiuliietiou Center
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[ The old story that many are |
called but few are chosen still 1
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plagues Martin County draftees re
porting for service in the armed
forces, a recent audit showing that
mm^Jhar, half of last group q£u
young white men to report were!
rated unfit for military duty. One
other was rejected because he had
been discharged from the Navy. He |
was quickly replaced, however, when
the Navy accepted one out of the j
group passing the final physical 1
tests.
Of the fourteen accepted by the
Army, eleven were placed in 1-A
and three squeezed in with l-B physi
cal ratings. Three failed to report
and one, Tofik (Mitchell) Michael,
war. tranafern d to another board. It
was learned later that he had al
ready been inducted and that he had
requested to be sent immediately to
Egypt. Of the 17 failing to pass the
tests, sixteen were ruled out on ac
count of physical disabilities.
It is understood that one of those
accepted for service later transfer
led to the Marine Corps, but his
name could not be learned immed
iately.
The names of the men accepted
follow:
William Victor Andrews, James
Julian Jackson, James Hope Ayers,
Melvin Dudley Bennett, Ervin Clyde
Cullipher, James Henry Warren, Jr.,
William Adrian Roberson, Cecil
Ward Pierce, James Phillip Williams,
Navy; Joe John Johnson, Jr., Joseph
Edward Boykin, Jr., Edward Ashley
Roberson, James Hilry Edmondson,
Wilton Leverne Godard, William
Eugene Peele.
Those rejected were: Joseph Till
man Coltrain, James Dennis Bunt
ing, Joseph Lollie Barnhill, John
David Bryan, Andrew Edmondson
Bullock, Richard Earl Bland, Jesse
Thomas Moore, Rodney Harvey Rob
erson, Earl Miller Harrell, James
Edward Moore, Julian Robert Rawls,
Jr., Noah Saunders Roberson, Burtis
Conway Nelson, Linwood Maurice
Brown, William Wade Gurganus,
Morris Mi/.elle Mobley, John Henry
Bowen.
Joseph William Hardison, Edgar
Martin L. Whaley and Henry Thom
as Daniel failed to report, the draft
board being notified that Daniel un
, derwent an emergency operation in
a Norfolk hospital just before he was
' to be inducted.
Registrations Go
Forward Rapidly
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Preliminary reports from a few
of the registration centers this morn
ing indicate that the people of this
county are calling for their No. 2 war
ration books in large numbers. Near
ly 700 books—698 to be exact—were
issued in Williamston Monday after
noon between 2 and 7 o’clock p. m.
Most other sections reported a brisk
business during the first day.
The ipgistration will continue in
both the white and colored schools
throughout the county until Thurs
day evening, except in Robersonville
where plans were made to keep the
registration place open longer.
In She local schools, registrations
are being handled between 2 and 7
F m.
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QUIET WKKK.EINI> 1 \
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All was quiet on the crime
front in this county last week- ],
end with one or two minor ex- ,
ceptions. Only two drunks were i
arrested and jailed last Satur
day instead of the usual dozen,
more or less. Yesterday, two oth
er persons were jailed for fight
ing.
“It was about the quietest
week-end we have had since I
joined the force," Officer Char
lie R. Moore said yesterday.
Civic Clubs Sponsor |
Boy Scout Dinner |
The two local men’s civic clubs, j
' the Lions and Ki warns, • *•-**•: <• joint",
| hosts to the members of local Boy j
I Seoul Troop No. 27 at a dinner hero i
Thursday night of this week. This af
fair will begin at 7:00 o’clock and
will be held at the high school gym.
In addition to the present members
of the local troop, fathers of scouts
who are not members of either civic
club are also invited, and club mem
bers not having sons of their own are
expected to have as his guest some
boy wit,, is interested in becoming a
scout. Any boy who lias reached the
age of nine years is eligible to be
come either a Cub or a regular scout.
As a special feature of the evening,
the scout committee has been fortun
ate in securing the presence of Dr.
Maynard O. Fletcher, business man
ager of Tayloe Hospital, Washington,
and who is the president of the East
North Carolina Council of Boy
Scouts. Dr. Fletcher has done a great
deal toward the advancement of
scouting in eastern North Carolina,
and it is felt that his talk will cer
tainly be enjoyable and instrument
al.
The Lions and Kiwanis Clubs are
now jointly sponsoring the Scout
movement locally, and all members
of both clubs are urged to attend this
supper, to show the boys that they
are really backing them up in their
efforts to form a stronger and larger
troop.
This joint meeting will take the
place of tho regular fourth Thurs
day dinner meeting of the Lions
Club.
County Boy Muhin# Co oil
In Uncle Sam's ISavy
Enlisting some time ago, Simon E.
Perry, J. , Martin County youth, who
is now a seaman first class, is mak
ing good in Uncle Sant’s Navy down
at Bradfoz'd, Norfolk.
According to word reaching here,
the young man was one of six pick
ed out of a large group for a special
assignment. Perry, the only North
Carolina boy in the group, and oth
er members of his class made the
highest average of any to take the
special training course.
RATION BOOKS
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Early reports from the war
ration book registration places
in this county state that quite a
few persons are trying to regis
ter without submitting their old
books or the books known as the
No. 1 ration coupon book or su
gar stamps. Everyne must have
the N. 1 hook before he can get
the No. 2 book.
Those who have never regis
tered or who have lost their No.
1 book may now register for the
No. 1 book at the rationing board
office, and then proceed to their
respective registration places for
the No. 2 bosk.
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Number Farmers
Vn'Jxirligihle.Fx>r .
(1 Classifications
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Hoard Places THcnty-ekhl of
Forty-two Single Farmers
In 1-A Croup
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Not certain that the next one or
two calls can be filled from the 1-A
ranks, the Martin County Draft
Board is now building up a reserve
from lh.it group of single men with
The exact status of about
38 3-A men instructed to report early
next week for their preliminary
physical examinations cannot be de
termined it this time, but at a meet
ing ( !!«■ board ben- last night it
was made fairly apparent that few
if any single men with dependents
would be called in March. It was
pointed out that possibly a small
number of the men now in the 3-A
classification who are being called
to report for the preliminary physi
cal examination will be placed in
the 1-A classification and made sub
ject to call. Each of the cases will
be reviewed and the men will be no
tified if there is any change made
in their classification, that is if they
are transferred from 3-A to 1-A.
The board, expecting fairly heavy
calls in March and in succeeding
months, is scraping the bottom of
the barrel for potential manpower
before going into those classifica
tions embracing single men with de
pendents and married men with and
without children. The reclassifica
tions last night were made from the
farm group principally; that is, the
board reviewed claims for reclassi
fication under the farm production
unit program. Forty-three cases
were reviewed, and of the forty-two
filed by single farmers, twenty-eight
were placed in 1-A, the board ruling
#.ii« it: l,Vt number .
not directly responsible for the pro
duction of the required farm units.
Some discrepancies were said to
have been found in some claims, but
what action if any will. l^jjjjyn in
| those cases by the hoard could not
j he learned. It was intimated that 1-A
j classifications can be expected in
I such cases.
Other than the farm classifications
the board handled one dealing with
a married man who had deserted his
wife and family. He was placed in
1-A.
The reclassifications follow:
Harry .Iordan Smith, w, RFD 3,
Williamston, 1-A
Samuel David Jenkins, w, RFD 2,
Robersonville, 1-A
William Stanly Peele, Jr., w, RFD
2, Williamston, 1-A
John Arnold Skills, Jr., w, RFD 1,
Oak City, 2-C
David i.ouis Callaway, w. RFlJ 1,
Jamesville, 2 C
Major Earle Council, w, Oak City,
1-A
Ira Frederick Griffin, w, RFD 1,
Williamston, 1-A
Marion Taylor Holliday, w, RFD 1,
Jamesville, 2-C
Ilostcn Rubben Burroughs, w, RFD
3, Williamston, 3-A
Leonard Harold Ange, w, RFD 1,
Jamesville, classification pending in
vestigation
James Alphonso Everett, Jr., w,
; RFD 1, Palmyra, 1-A
Albert James Martin, w, RFD 1,
' Jamesville, 2-C
Henry Felton Rogers, w, RFD 2,
Williamston, 2-C
Charlie Elmer Bembridge, w, RFD
1, Williamston, 1-A
; William Thomas Brown, w, Oak
City, 1-A
Lester Lee Knox, w, RE^| 2, Rob
ersonville, 1-A
Robert Lee Everett, w, RFD 1,
Robersonville, 1-A
William McDalton Cratt, w, RFD
' 2, Williamston, 1-A
1 Paul Chester Edmondson, Jr., w,
’ | Hassell, 1-A
' i Lawrence Edwin Coitrain, w, RFD
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Death Car Driver Is
Placed Under Bond
—•—.—
William Henry Knight, young col
ored man charged with reckless driv
ing, manslaughter and failing to re
port an accident, was placed under
bond in the sum of $500 at a hear
ing held before Mayor Leggett in
Hassell last Friday evening.
Knight was driving a car when it
went out of control and fatelly in
jured Cassie C. Sneed, 30-year-old
colored woman, on Highway No. 11
the tatter part of last month.
At the hearing, Knight declared
that the lights of another car blind
ed him. Witnesses declared that no
other car was in sight, that the vic
tim of the accident pleaded with
Knight and urged him to slow down
before he reached the curve where
die car went out of control
The case will be booked for trial
in the superior court next month.