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PAT IHAT WAB OVER THE TOT FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES WAS 4m-STAMPS , . .ri*.-’\*>! »* V«p ’•■3fiasa*»», ~**M,‘^* _ WiUt>n'{’i$2ffl!?*Tuartin CottfTtj, North Carolina, TupmTBK. March 2. 1943. jfc* -. ^SSHP^4,^yWg^tV^|^l^ '■4ujfr>; i-: ~-*£<Jf' 2££z3MC252aB*S ESTAW.ISREJ>.JU»9 ~ ■ Red Cross War Fund Campaign Will Get Everyone Earnestly Urged To Cooperate In Humane Canvass — •— (hairnien Hopeful Campaign | Will Rr No} -r Lr.ter Than Saturday The American Red Cross 1943 War Fund campaign will get underway after a sweeping fashion in the Mar tin County Chapter tomorrow, re ports from the various district lead ers indicating that every effort will be made to handle the task by Satur day of this week. In starting the j drive tomorrow, chapter and fund leaders ' aupeal for wholehearted and willing coopeartion on the part of everyone. I The general public is reminded that j the canvassers are giving of their time and making contributions,, too, • that “call-backs” in many cases are; not fair to the canvasser. This chapter is being asked to raise $3,900 this year, and that means the 1941 contributions will have to be doubled in most cases. Plans have been completed in the five townships comprising this chapter. Mrs. R. J. Hardison will lead the canvass in Williams; Mrs. Eason Lilley in Griffins; Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Peel in Bear Grass. The organization, for Williamston was effected this morning with the fol lowing taking part: John W. Har dy, D. N. Hix, John L. Goff, W. R. Burrell, Mrs. Louie P. Martin, Mary Taylor, Mrs. Bill Howell, Edna Barn hill, Mrs. J. C. Manning, Mrs. Har rell Everett, Mrs. R. L. Coburn, Mrs H. G. Horton, B. T. Hurley, Mrs. E. S. Peel, J. C. Manning and V. J. Spivey. Others will be asked to aid in making the canvass. Mrs. Walter Brown and Mrs. Chas. Davenport organized their campaign plans Sunday. The town and section will be can vassed and every home will be visit ed. Mrs. Davenport stated that a number of housewives would prob are It will |>e next to impossible to tail back and the individual who was canvassed but not at home is re quested to see either Mrs. Brown, Mrs Davenport or Mrs. Camille Fleming Turner, who have agreed to assist in making the local canvass. The following will lead the can vass in the rural sections adjacent to the town of Jamesville: Dardens, Mr. Frank Jordan; Ange Town, Mr. Leo Gardner; Barber Town, Mrs. Myr tle Barber; Modlin Town, Mrs. Win dell Modlin; Fairview, Mr. Johnnie Gardner; the Janinvi'le school and faculty will be solicited by Princi pal Britton and Mrs. Britton will canvass the Ballgrade section. On the eve of the campaign, Chairmen J. C. Manning and V. J. Spivey issued the following state ment: Tne American people are being called upon to contribute one hun (Ccntinued on page six) -* Asking For More Books For Nation's Service Men The response to the call for books for service men has been rather dis appointing in this area, according to Rev. John W. Hardy who, as USO chairman, is leading the canvass. There is an urgent need for more books, and local people are urged to contribute es many as they can pos sibly spare. They are asked to leave them at either of the drug stores or the local library, or send them to school by the children. Governor J. M. Broughton will address a radio appeal at 5:45 o’clock this afternoon in support of the, book collection drive. Red Cross War Fund Proclamation The American National Red Cross before and since our entrance into the war has readered untold human itarian servicePlb suffering human- W ity and to the members of our arm ed forces and. da thete.feQkttteft. - The demands upon this great or ganization are steadily increasing as it is called upon to accompany our Army an^l Navy to all parts of the globe and to send relief to American prisoners of war and to continue these services the American Nati^m al Red Cross is under the necessity of raising further funds to carry on this work. Now, therefore, I, J. L. Hassell, « Mayor of Williamston, do designate tbe month beginning March 1, 1943. as "Red Cross Mont||'' and I request that during that month our people rededicate themselve# to the splendid aims and activities* of the Red Cross. * The quota fo- this chapter this year is $3,900.00. Our people have contributed gen erously to this humanitarian cause whenever they have been called upon and I call upon our people to again enlist under the banner of the Red Cross and to contribute as much as they can to the Red Cross War Fund. While the month of March is giv en to raise this amount our people are asked to do it in one week if possible. So let us all enlist in this great army of mercy. Greatest Mother . V% -tadieW«M"f JOHN L. HASSELL, Mayor County Board Lowers Car-Truck Valuations j— mo mi ra V The work or fight ultimatum may not be law as yet, but it is being practiced. Advised that the attendance of Hichard Randolph Thompson, of RFD 1, Palmyra, upon his job in the North Caro lina Shipbuilding Company yards in Wilmington, was not satisfactory, the board classified the registrant in 1-A at its meet ing here last night. It was understood that the man's attendance was not satis factory after he had been warn ed against the practice. Education Board In Meet Monday Members of the Martin County Board of Education were in a short meeting here yesterday, the business af the day falling mainly into the routine class. The board passed a resolution re questing a loan of $10,000 from the rounty board of commissioners. Tak ing $30,000 of its own money and adding it to the loan, the education board plans to retire about the mid lie of this month the debt existing against the Robersonville Grammar School building, it was explained. During the past several years, the aoard has reduced its building debt by more than $100,000. But it is quite probable that before all the debt is retired, there’ll be a need for new buildings or extensive repairs to old anes. Believe Married Men Will Be Called For Service In April serious from its inception, has been aggravated just recently by record size calls, meaning that married men without children will, in all prob ability, be included in the list of young white draftees to leave this , county next month, possibly about the middle of April. The call, said to be the largest ev er received for white men in this county and understood to be no smaller than the record one calling for 100 colored draftees some time , ago, has faced the draft board with its worst problems. Appeals for de ferment are rolling in in numbers. The pool of available manpower among the single 1-A men is just about drained, but the call must be filled. “It is a trying and serious situa tion,” Draft Board Chairman R. H. Goodmon said yesterday morning after receiving thirty-eight visitors in his office during the course of two hours’ time. There was little the draft official could promise, bui be advised the pleaders to prepare the questiona_ wfiTip^ali the tacts they wobia nave the draft board consider. If all the appeals are granted, the calls can’t be filled, and the orders to the board are that the calls must be filled. It’s a bad spot to be in just now, and the draft officials are really weary of the thankless but yet important task. Asked about how many married men it would take to complete the April call, draft officials stated they could not tell just now. Farm reclass ifications have not yet been com pleted, and the outcome of that work will largely determine how many, if any, married men will be necessary to complete the list. The whole bus iness is rapidly becoming more criti cal because when a single registrant is deferred on account of occupation, it means his place in the service will have to be filled pretty soon with a married man without children, and a little later by a married man with children as the law stands today. Incidentally, the March call to be filled the latter part of the month, is said to be no small one. iilu/Jv‘4 JiiiiluUioo - Will Lop $248,000 From the Tax Book -—»—. Twenty Percent Decrease Or dered by Commissioners in Meeting Monday Assessed values of automobiles and trucks, admittedly out of line as com pared with other listings, were ma terially reduced by the county com missioners in regular session here yesterday. As a result of the order, the assessed values of all trucks and automobiles valued at $100 or more will be reduced by twenty per cent. The order, it is estimated, will lop $248,000 from the county tax books for the current year, the reduction being about $60,000 greater than the mefcast in vaiuca uastaat u against the motor vehicles in January. Tax listing had hardly started in the county in January before the authorities realized that the “Blue Book" values were too high in pro portion to the values assessed against other types of properties. It is reas oned by some that values assessed against motor vehicles are still too high, but they were determined by a recognized authority and arc- sim ilar to those assessed by other coun ties in the State and in many sec tions of the nation. ' The value of used motor vehicles has advanced considerably since their manufac ture has been all but eliminated, and the purchaser of a used car realizes it when the transaction is completed. But the owners of the old cars had an entirely different idea and they simply could not understand why their cars and trucks should be listed at a higher value after they had been operated for an extra yaar. The board s order eliminates the gain and allows about $60,000 for depreciations on the year’s opera tion-. Compete’^ngTmPra r twTo^avaTf^ able, but according to preliminary estimates released to the board by Tax Supervisor C. D. Carstarphen, county tax values will after deduct ing the $248,000 decrease allowed by the board, show a substantial gain. All the books have not been added, but the gain will possibly approxi mate $200,000, Supervisor Carstar phen believes. The meeting of the board was a comparatively short one and quite (Continued on page six) -» ■ Four ISett Cara Allotted 1 nia County For March Martin County has been allotted four new automobiles for March. But holders of purchase certificates issued last month are wondering about the value of the ration papers because they have been unable to buy cars. Twenty-five bicycles were also allotted the count} ?•■<' ih month. Town Authorities In Regular Session Here Last Evening Special Committee Named To The Cemetery --— ■■ .— Meeting in regular session for hardly more than 45 minutes, the local town commissioners last eve ning discussed a varied business program, but took action in only two or three cases aside from the routine duties. The cemetery project, us life fan ned by a small but lasting spark, came up for discussion again, the board ordering a committee to make a study of a plan for instituting a recognized maintenance program. The appointment of an all-time keep er is expected. The cemetery, recent ly enlarged by the annexation of several adjoining pieces of proper ty, has been cleared and surveyed. Bordering on disgrace all these years, the cemetery is now expected to reflect a certain degree of respect on the part of the town. Appearing before the meeting, John L. Goff, chairman of the local civilian defense corps, asked the town to appropriate $300 needed (o defray certain expenses incurred in operating the local control center. Some- of the appropriation will be used for the purchase of arm bands anrl other insignias for the identifi cation of the approximately 75 men now serving in various capacities at the post. The request was unani mously granted. The increase in the number of stray dogs in the town came up for discussion, the board ordering the elimination of those canines consid ered so worthless by the owners that they are allowed to prowl at large all over the town. Owners who would have their dogs spared of a shot gun death are warned to start keeping them penned or off the streets. Fire H recks Car Here Early Saturday Morning y» li'ti short circuit, fire- wrecked the coupe of Mr. Lewis Stansbury in the park ing lot at the Dunning home on West Main Street Saturday morn ing just after midnight. ROUND-UP ___ Seven persons were arrested and jailed in the law’s routine round-up here last week-end, officers stating that night rid ing and prowling drunks are on the increase. Si* of the seven were booked for being drunk, and the seventh was charged with drunken driv ing. One or two other alleged violators of the peace were cited to the courts for trial under bond. Four of the seven arrested and jailed were white, their ages ranging from 24 to 50 years. Forty persons were arrested bad jailed here during the short month of February. Tires Allotted B y ! Ration Board In W. v,.. .-.V't ■* ' *. -t ■ *<>**» onpM*' > I tonntv 0»-4,rwto' jm#£ * ' rrmmMLX x* *•*» 4)i.*trifcirfioii Ba-.’t!Jiiiii»<> tin Increased Quota of Grade II Tires -# Large numbers of new truck tires and those of the Grade II type were allotted to applicants by the Martin County, Rationing Board in special session*''tast.;JfYiday. The late allot-, ments were ‘made possiblt-jw^Mast mitr. •»>.frequota.-, especially ! of the Grade II type. New truck tires were allotted to the follflfWing: Roberson Slaughter House, Wil liamston, two tires and two tubys for meat deliveries. , Roberson Slaughter House,”' Wil liamston, three truck tires ahd two tubes for meat deliveries. Farmville Woodward Lumber Co , four tires for hauling lumber. M. T. Gardnei, RFD L Williams ton. two tires Ifip farm. Noah E. Hardison, Williamston, two tires, no classification. R J. Hardison, RFD 1, Wilhams ton, two tires and two tubes for log Mllg. Roberson Slaughter House, Wil liamston, two tires and two tubes for meat deliveries. Rtiya! Baking Co., Raleigh, one tire and one tube. A. E. Grimes, Robersonville, two tires for common carrier. Foreman-Blades Lumber Co., Eliz abeth City, two tires for lumber in dustry Grade II tires were issued to the following: Clayton Crofton, Williamston, four tires for farm supply salesman. W. R. Banks, Williamston, four tires. C. G. Gurkin, RFD 1, Jamesville, one tire for farm. D. V. Purvis, RFD 1, Betehl, two tires. J. T. Heath, RFD 1, Williamston two tires for defense worker. A. E. Purvis, RFD 1, Bethel, three tires. J .A. Gardner, RFD 1, Williams ton, two tires for farm. W. S. Faulk, Williamston, foui tires. Izell Brown, RFD 3, Williamston four tires for farm. ,i^?*hdh;in Wynne. mn, three tires for fanm Henry A Johnson, Robersonville two tires for farm, Mrs. Janie Fleming, Hassell, tw tires J. C. Merritt, RFD 1, Jamesville, two grade III tires and two tubes. A. E. Manning, RFD 1, Jamesville, two tires for farm. J. D. Knox, RFD 1. Robersonville, one tire and one tube. Hen C. Peele, RFD 1, Jamesville, one tire for farm. Sylvester Peel, RFD 1, Wiiiiams ton, two tires. Dennis Peel, RFD 1, Robersonvlle, four tires and four tubes for farm ing. G. W. Hodges, RFD 3, Williamston, two tires, Oscar Ayers, RFD 3, Williamston, two fires and one to hr* for farming. JI. G Harrison, RFD 2, Williams (Continued on page six) -- Warnings Featured Pleasure Ban Court —— Seven Martin County motorists were culled before a special Ration ing Board meeting in the agrieultur al building here last night to answer for alleged violation of the pleasure driving ban and the 35-mile speed regulation. In only one case did the board exact a penalty, but warnings were issued in most of the others and the notations will be filed with the defendants’ records in the rationing board office. Maaman Knox, Robersonville, charged with pleasure driving, had his gas ration suspended for thirty days. Richard Hillard, Hobgood, was warned against driving bordering on the pleasure side. A mix up was apparent in the case against Marion Evans, of Rob ersonville, and tiie case was dis missed when it was learned that the m mi ■ V f>IW representative was not Evans'. The case charging Julia H. Fa gan, of Dardens, with exceeding the speed regulation was dismissed when the defendant proved that the speed ometer on her car was defective and maintained that she was innocent. The defendant had had the speed ometer checked by an officer and his report substantiated the claim. James Harrington, RFD 1, Wil liamston, charged with speeding, was warned against the practice. Charging pleasure driving, the case against James II. Edmondson, of Oak City, was dismissed when the defendant explained that he was in Tarboro visiting his aunt just be fore leaving for the Army. Jesse Ayers, of Robersonville, charged with pleasure driving, ex plained to the board of inquiry that he had driven to meet his brother in Rocky Mount, that his brother was to hav* come home from an Army camp in Texas, but he did not show up. “We do not know what became of him,” the ddtniteal wui quo ted as saying. Farm Production Not .A WHAT TO EXPECT Violators of the 35~mile speed regulatfiin ran expect tailored penalties when they apnea# be- ' fore the rationing board *t in quiry, according to ^instructions received from the tftPA office. Caught speeding between 36 and 50 miles an to*ur, the viola tor loses his book for 30 days. It l will cost him his book for 60 “ days if he is caught speeding be tween 50 and 60 miles an hour. If he is caught traveling in ex cess of 60 miles an hour, the vi olator loses Jiis book for the du ration. Motorists are warned to act accordingly. GermatT^fiapital Burning Following Devastating Raids —»— Russia Starts New Offensive in North; Trouble Brew ing Off Australia -<<y Pounded by hundreds of thousands of bombs dropped by the Royal and Canadian Air Forces last night, Hit let's Berlin is seething in fires that could be seen front a distance of 200 miles. Climaxing nearly six days of around-the-clock attacks on occupied territory and on Germany itself, the bombings last night were more than a retribution, some observers going so far as to say that the continent is being softened for ;nt invasion. What ever the motive, it is art established fact that the raids have had marked effect. The Germans admit that vast damage was done, and since nineteen bombers were lost in the attack, the combined air forces must have gone followed one of the most devastat ing of the war on St. Nazaire the night before, and took place while the American Air Force out of Afri ca wits pounding Naples. There has been much said about an invasion, and possibly one is in the making, but only time wiil re veal present plans, Over in Tunisia, the Germans, de spite stubborn resistance, ate retreat ing before the Americans and other Allied armies. The Germans gained about three miles in the north yes terday, hut they have hern drive n about twenty miles northeast from Kussemie Pass. The French in Tun isia are receiving new supplies, and increased action is expected from the French Army. All is not well for Russia in the Don/ ts Basin where the Russian and German tanks are locked in mortal combat. It is estimated that at least twenty divisions of German reserv ists win- moved into iiiut urea in an effort to stop the Russian tidal (Continued on page six) ■-A. i ft/teals Perfected II v Three Draft Kef/istraats Appeals from classifications ef fected by the Martin County Draft Board have been perfected and are being forwarded to the district board for consideration at the next meet ing of that body in Windsor. Ap peals were filed for J. A. Everett, Jr., of RED 1, Palmyra; William Ed mond Early, of Oak City, and Wil liam Jordan Smith, of RFD 3, Wil liamston. These young men were placed in the 1-A classification by the local draft board. Fifty-six Of Ninety YoungMfn Placed in f- V By Draft Boad Clus.sificution Work Will SooflF Outer on Married Men * Without Children Claims foft deferment or lower classifications were ruled inadequate in fifty-six hut. of abtafe ninety cases reviewed by the Martin County Draft Board in a lengthy meeting hold lv'rv<a|Q||^p|^j|ii! Every one ol the ninety-one eases up for re view was carefully studied from ev ery possible angle, the board mak ing every effort, to recognize the pro ducing power of ttve legisUaut and to weigh fairly and squarely the supporting facts. Possibly there were borderline cases in the group, but with unusually heavy calls for men pending, the board was forced to recognize only those claims that were well supported by facts and figures. Twenty-four men established claims based on farm production and were placed in the 2-C classification. One each was placed in 3-A, 3-B, and 3-C. Two were placed in the 2-B group and six, mostly youths in high school, were placed in 2-A until they com plete the present term on or about May 5th. The board is cutting deep into the list of 18-year-olds, and since they are about the last reserves standing between single men with depend ents and married men without chil dren, the classification of registrants in the latter two groups is expected to iollow shortly, but hardly in time tor tilling the March call with sin | gle men with dependents or married men without children. The following classifications were effected Monday night: John Walton Corey, w, RED 1, Williumaton. l A Iville, 2-C Robert Lee Everett, w, RED 1, I Robersonville, 2-C William Alsou Beacham, w, RED it » » I 'A. i, dvdi.'Cot^k', Reuben Daniel Taylor, w. Hamil ton and RFD 3. Williamston, 1-A Levi Harrison, w, RFD 2, Wii liarnston, 2-C William Cortez Hopkins, w, Ever etts and RED 1, Jameaville, 1-A William'Carl Hardison, w, RFD 2, Williamston, LA Edgar Martin L Whaley, w, RFD !. Oak City, and RED 2, Rocky Mount, 2-C Haywood Puce, w, RFD 2, Wil liamston, 2-C William Beach, Jr., w, RED 3, Wil liamston, 2-C John William Fulford, w, RFD 3, Williamston, 2-C Jesse Deltna Beach, w, RFD 3, Wil (Continued on page six) -A Iluby Case Hearing Is Postponed Ity Agreement The 18-monthg-old colored child “confiscated” by Sheriff C. B. Roe buck last week at the direction of a habeus corpus proceeding, is still in the officer’s custody, a hearing scheduled to have been held in Nashville last Saturday to determine the ownership of the waif having been postponed. The ease is to be aired in the superior court of this county week after next. During the meantime, the child is being cared for by an agent of the officer’s. The mother was sick |pr months following the birth of the child and it was turned over to an aunt. Now the mother is seeking the return of her child. Increased Ndw Ca r 7 'ire Quota Is AJJpwed County For March Increased new car tire quotas for1 March are being allowed this coun ty and the grade III tire and tube allotments are indeed liberal com pared with past allowances, but county rationing board authorities find it next to impossible to recon cile the quotas with the actual sup ply. Only a very small percentage of the January allotments of Grade III tires has been made available to the holders of the ration certifi cates, and yet the county is allotted 222 additional grade III tires. “What’s the use to pass out the certificates if the applicants can't buy the tires?" one irate customer appearing before the board asked. Declaring he was in a terribly big hurry and explaining that he was a defense worker, one young man asked the board yesterday to give him a certificate for the purchase of a grade II or a new tire. “I have tried everywhere to locate a grade III Lire and I can’t find one," he said a bit frantically. Possibly there is something to this talk after all about a rubber shortage. It is also possible that certificates for grade II and other types of tires will not be filled before normal times are restored. But the merry chase, although slow ed down considerably, continues, re ports stating that more and more cars are violating the pleasure driv ing bans and exceeding speed reg ulations. It is beginning to appear now that the man who does the walking and saves his tires will be the man who will ride later on, and that goes for government employ ees, defense workers and quite a few others who somehow or other hold the belief that they are privi leged characters. The tire-tube allotment for March is, as follows: for autos: 51 new tires, 36 Grade II tires, 222 grade III tires, and 137 tubes: for trucks, 66 new tires, 97 recaps, 59 tubes and lour for farm implements. It was pointed out that the new car tire allotment will be material ly reduced, that the new truck tire allotment for the current month is not as large as it was for February.