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Frozen Automobiles
Reliable Sources Say Many
Will Be Eligible io Pur
chase New Cars
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Effective March 6 the enitre stock
of unsold new cars will be avail
able for rationing, including those
in^ the so-called “government jiool,”
vmich, at the time rationing ^egan,
" ' (vert* set ath5P*T.->r release a'Jcr hie
first year. The total in the nation
now available for rationing is about
240,000.
Principal changes made in the sim
plified new oiAier are: ,<1) Making
persons eligible for any/ new car to
include anyohe whose present car
is no longe* serviceable and who
needs a car for the purpose listed in
the “C” list of the gasoline ration
ing regulations, such as physicians
and essential war workers, regard
less of the number of miles he needs
to drive. (2) Making cars with a list
price over $1500 available to anyone
who needs a car in carrying on eith
er a gainful occupation or wo"k re
lated to thr war effort or public wel
fare aiwi who docs not have a serv
iceable car. (3) Making 1941 new
models available for purchase by
anyone who needs a car in gainful
occupation or work related to the
war effort without applying to the
War Price and Rationing Board for
a rationing certificate. The dealer
selling this car will be responsiole
for showing that the purchaser is
* qualified and is required to send this
information to OPA Inventory Unit,
New York City.
In establishing “need” of a new
1942 model for an eligible person the
local War Price and Rationing Board
will consider whether or not he has
a car adequate for his purpose. Un
less the facts show otherwise, the
Board may decide that a 1939 or old
er car is not serviceable. It may de
cide also that any car driven over
40,000 miles irrespective of its age,
is inadequate. If applicant has no
serviceable car, the Board will then
juuge his need on the basis of the
distance which he must travel in hij
eligible activity, the adequacy of
public transportation, the amount of
time he could save by using a car,
and any other relevant factors.
Following is the new list of occu
pations and uses upon which eligi
bility for all new cars (except 1941
models, convertibles and those with
a list price over $1500) depends:
(i) Official Government oi Red
Cross business, (2) Travel from
school to school, (3) Group trans
portation to schoi, (4) Carrying U.
S. Mail, (5) Wholesale' newspaper
(Continued on page six)
Big Crowd Gathers
For Regular Session
Of Recorder’s Court
Judge J. C. Smith Hold* the
Tribunal in Session Un
til Afternoon
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^ Marked by the dignity usually
added to the proceedings by Judge
J. Calvin Smith, the county court
took on even greater importance as
far as appearance is concerned, any
way, last Monday when a larger
crowd than usual gathered for the
regular session. The crowd was de
scribed by Clerk L. B. Wynne as
^ one of the largest to enter the court
room in recent weeks. Solicitor Paul
D. Roberson was at the prosecutor’s
desk.
Proceedings in the court:
The case charging Robert Beacham
with an assault on a female was
continued under prayer for judg
ment until the second Monday in
July of this year. The case had been
continued under prayer for judg
ment at a previous session of the
court.
The case charging Paul Holliday
with non-support was continued
again for the defendant, this time
until March 29th.
Pleading not guilty in the case
charging him with nor, support, Hen
ry S. Hattem was adjudged guilty
a«d yentenesHl te-ibi- tt ■ado 'tw
nine months The sentence. sus
pended on condition that the defend
ant pay $6 a week for nine months
for the care and support of his two
children. He is to reappear at the
end of that time for further judg
ment. Compliance bond was fixed in
the sum of $300.
Jesse Council and Lollie Williams
pleaded guilty of being drunk and
disorderly and were fined $10 each
and taxed with one-half the costs.
Williams was ordered ||| surrender
his ABC ration book.
Charged with drunken driving,
4 Hallard W. Ricks was fined $50, tax
ed with the costs and had his driver’s
license revoked for a year.
Jesse L. Warren, charged with an
_ assault with a deadly weapon was
adjudged not guilty, the court rul
ing that the defendant shot Wilmer
Savage, colored, in self defense. The
attack cost Savage the sight in one
of his eyes.
Judge Smith really got hard on
this speeding on the highways when
he sentenced Sam Henry Williams
to the in tht
(Continued on page six)
j' Bond Sales In County Exceed
EnfMtmtlrvf'Febm
■vf the aligned quc:a,'TTYairlj com
plete survey placing rhe bond in
vestments tor the period at $49,
862.50. The sales were nearly $6,000
in excess of the assigned quota, and
for the third time exceeded the
amount spent for legal liquors in the
county.
The $4fy,862.50 represents invest
ments in series E bonds which run
for "fen v".; is ftv, acwtitiqb. to that
amount, more than $50,000 was in
vested in Victory bonds, a security
bearing three per cent interest. The
$50,000, while representing money
invested by Martin County people,
is not credited to this county because
the bonds were bought on the open
market and the sales had been re
ported previously in another part of
the country.
The bond picture, while pleasing
to look at in this county, is not as
bright a., it should be by any means.
It is understood that the purchases
smrli number of people: Ranging m,
I low as $18 75, purchase price, the
!bonds are within the income reach
|of nearly every family m the coun
ty. Through the purchase of war sav
ings stamps from week to week,
nearly every person in the county
/could buy at least one or two bonds
Ja ye&r. The per capita purchase, of
one bond would run the total for the
I county to well over $112,500. If Mar
; tttv.County people would prep-?.’,'? for
the future they’ll find it advantage
ous to invest in bonds now. The
saving must be county-wide in its
scope.
Bond sales, based on purchase
price, were reported in the county
last month, as follows: Roberson-1
ville, post office, $2,268.75, and Guar
anty Bank, $14,725.00; Williamston,
post office, $3,112.50; Guaranty
Bank, $18,856.25; Branch Bank, $10.
018 75- M:n-||y • ■—fftrrr1-— and
! Loan Association, $712.50. aria James
ville post office, $168.75.
More Marlin County
Men Called By Army
MEAT CONTROL
The government’s proposed
plan tor controlling meat sales
and prices will be reviewed in a
radio address by a representa
tive of Office of Price Adminis
tration tonight at 10:50 o'clock
over most of the stations in this
State, 1t was announced here to
day. The broadcast will come
over the Columbia network ,and
it is believed that every one, in
cluding housewives, processor
and farmers will find the talk
informative and quite timely.
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County Youth Dies
Of Wound Received
In Hunting Accident
i Funeral Services Are Held
For Herbert Hoover Hoell
Near Bear Grass
Accidentally shot in the leg while
hunting with two youthful friends,
Herbert Hoover Hoel, 14 years old,
died before medical aid could reach
him near Bear Grass last Wednes
day noon The shuoting took place
just across the line in Beaufort Coun
ty and it could not be learned im
mediately if a formal inquest was
held by the authorities of that coun
ty. However, investigations made
by officers in this county clearly in
dicated that the shooting was acci
dental.
The youth wfih Thurman Terry,
j 14, and Jim Wynne, 13, was hunting
! rabbits in a woods about one-half
mile from the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D Wynne. The Hoel lad shot at
a rabbit and missed him. Terry, us
ing an old worn-out shot gun with
a faulty trigger, started to shoot the
rabbit. As the boy raised the gun,
the trigger slipped and the entire
load of shot was fired into Hoell’s
leg at close range. A fairly sizable
hole was made in the limb and the
main arteries were severed.
Frightened badly, the Terry and
Wynne boys ran for help, leaving
Hoell there alone. The Wynne boy
went to the J. D. Wynne home, about
one-half mile away, and he and Mrs.
Wynne hitched a mule to a cart and
went for the boy, Terry continuing
further on apparently for aid. Noth
ing was done by the lads to stop the
flow of blood, and according to re
ports reaching here the little victim
bled to death. He died just as they
were nearing the Wynne home, pos
sibly an hour after he was wound
ed.
-~Pftv youthful victim was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hoell,
; 'T'r>wnship Besides
' nisparenu^^ is survived by two
1 (Continued on page six)
Service Man’s Pay Is
Income Tax Exempt
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By special amendment, the North
Carolina General Assembly has ex
empted the pay for service men from
income tax. While the service man is
expected to pay a State tax on in
come other than that received as a
member of the armed forces, he will
1 not have to file a return for the year
1942 if he had no other income ex
' cept that received in the service The
exemption, retroactive to January
! 1, 1942, will exist for the duration by
, special legislative action, it was an
; nounced by J. Roy Overby, deputy
commissioner for the Department of
j Revenue of North Carolina.
. Beginning next Monday Mr. Ov
! erby will be in his office in the
1 ' courthouse in tosis*
v any one in preparing an income tax
return.
large Number Of
Young Registrants
Included In Group
Several of Colored Draftees
Leaving Soon Making Sec
ond Trip to Camp
A larger-than-usual group of col
ored draftees are leaving this county
soon for an Army induction center,
records in the draft board office
showing that a majority of the men
are eighteen and nineteen-year-olds.
A few of the men are making their
second trip to the induction renter
after having failed to pass the ex
aminations on their first visit there.
A large number of colored draftees
just recently reported to the induc
tion center from this county, but it
could not be learned immediately
how many of them were accepted
j The names of the colored men
! leaving soon are:
Euphrates Eugene Singleton,
[Jamesville. Singleton was rejected
I back in May, 1941, it is understood.
James Spencer Pippins, RFD 2,
Williamston.
Grady James, RFD 1, Jamesville.
Ernest Turner, Jr., RFD 1, Rober
sonviile.
Augustus L< Rogers, RFD 2, Wil
liamston and Annapolis, Md.
William J ones, Oak City and Sa
vannah.
Woodrow Wright, Williamston and
Fort Belvoir, Va.
Willie Frank Smith, Williamston.
William Godard, RFD 2, Williams
ton
Matthew Warren, Williamston.
Fzell Oaynor, RFD I Rohersnn
ville.
Welton Daniel Biggs, RFD 1,
Jamesville and Norfolk.
Charlie Louis Razor, RFD 2, Rob
t rsonville.
Clarence Biggs Rogers, Williams
ton.
Josa Aben Moore, Jamesville and
Richmond.
Collin Johnson Green, RFD 1, Oak
City.
John Lee Shepherd, Robersonville.
James Gouidius Godard, RFD 3,
Washington.
Leslie Thomas Land, RFD 1, Rob
ersonville.
Harvey Tunly Andrews, RFD 2
Robersonville.
Julius Jones, RFD 2, Roberson
ville.
Edward James Berry, RFD 1,
Jamesville and New Bern.
(Continued on page four)
Tells Of Youth’s
Death In Service.
In a personal letter to Mrs Nannie
Haislip, of near Oak Ciiy, Captain
Hurome L. Opie, Jr., of the United
States Marine Corps Reserve, told
about the death of her son on Guad
alcanal on October 23, 1942.
Written in early December, the
letter addressed to Mrs. Haislip was
received just a short time ago. It
reads:
“I deeply regret the death of your
son, Corporal William F. Haislip. He
was wounded in action on Guadal
canal, Solomon Islands, by a shell
fragment, October 22nd, 1942, and
died the following day.
“Your son served with Company —
for over two years. During that time
he made many friends, and was
highly thought of by all who knew
him. His death was a great loss, not
only to this company, but to the
Marine Corps as a whole, for you
could not find a finer man any
where.
“Corp. Haislip lies with brave
com£*^:it grave seven, row \hir
jty-seven, in the Guadalcanal ceme
I tery.”
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Ration Calendar
Gasoline—A-Book coupon No. 4
expires March 21.
Sugar—Coupon No. 11—3 lbs. ex
pires March 15.
Coffee—Stamp No 25—1 lb. ex-J
pives March 21. j
Tiros—Class, A Thirst inspection I
•deadline March 31.
Fuel Oil— Period 4 coupons ex
pire April 6.
Gel Your Coal Supply
Coal consumers are urged to place
orders for their entire next winter's
supply immediately, to accept the
coal as it can be delivered, and to
place it in protective storage during
summer months when production
and transportation are more read
ily available.
Gas To Drive To »
Car owners who drive to work and
do not get enough mileage from their
“B” ration book may now get addi
tional allowances—if they show they
cannot get to their job? any other
way.
Applications must be made to lo
cal rationing boards and must ful
fill the following conditions in addi
tion to needing more gas . . .
1. That driving is between home
and a fixed place of work, in con
nection with their principal occupa
tion. 2. That either a ride-sharing ar
rangement has been made or that
the vehicle carries a full load. 3. That
alternative transportation is inade
quate.
Sugar Stamp 12 Worth 5 Pousds
Sugar Ration Stamp No. 12, which
becomes valid March 16, is worth
five pounds, but it must last through
the end of May, a period of 11 weeks.
Stamp 11, good for three pounds, is
valid from February 1 to March 15.
Wheat t)uotas Suspended
Wheat marketing quotas have been
suspended by agriculture secretary
Wickard in a move to insure ade
quate food and feed supplies. This
action lifts marketing quotas and re
leases at once for food or market
any wheat which has been stored.
(Continued on page three)
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Funeral Today For
l)r. Joshua Tavloe
Dr. Joshua Tavloe, well-known
eastern North Carolina physician and
for years a gracious friend of Martin
County, died at his home in Wash
ington yesterday morning at (1:45
o’clock following a heart attack
suffered about four hours earlier.
Dr. Tayloe, known to hundreds of
people in this county through his
work as a physician-surgeon and a
humanitarian, attended to his regu
lar duties up until i til i V itic evening
before and later attended a meeting
of the Beaufort County Medical So
ciety. He appeared in good health and
was cheerful, a trait characteristic
of the greatly beloved man.
Finding it difficult to get his
breath, Di. Tayloe called his wife
about 3 o’clock and medical aid was
summoned. He had had an attack
about a year ago, but apparently was
getting along very well until early
yesterday morning.
The son of the late Dr. David T.
and Athalia Cotton Tayloe, he was
born in Washington on July 16, 1898.
Completing his studies in medicine,
he joined the staff of the Tay loe hos
pital in 1926, the institution found
ed by his father in 1905. He became
chief of staff following the death of
his father in 1933
In December, 1933, he was married
to Miss Mary Ann Jamison, of Cal
loway, Va., who with two children,
Joshua, Jr., and Mary Ann, survives.
He also leaves one brother, Dr. John
Cotten Tayloe, and two sisters, Mrs.
E. P. MacKenzie and Mrs. Sam
Fowle, Jr., of Washington.
Funeral services are being con
ducted this afternoon at 3 o’clock in
St. Peter's Episcopal Church. In
terment will follow in Oakdale Cem
etery.
Dr. Tayloe gave generously of his
time and talent to suffering human
I itv^always finding time to listen to
l with a friend
WALKER
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Many citizens of the United
States have registered com
plaints with the gasoline ration
ing program because it necessi
tated their doing more walking
than they were ordinarily accus
tomed to doing. However, they
should not complain about
walking a few blocks when they
consider the number of miles
covered on foot by many of the
older people of the country.
Tuesday morning, Mr. R. II.
Brady, who lives on the farm
of Mr. C. M. Hurst, said he walk
ed to Robersonville most every
day in the week. The distance
to Mr. Hurst’s farm is 3 1-2 miles
and Mr. Brady is 86 years old.
“If I didn’t walk I probably
wouldn’t get here very often. I
could ride^wth^Mi\Hurst when
a rule he is too slow for me/’ Mr.
Brady said.
Red Cross War Fund
mfirn;
Several Townships
Certain To Go Over
The Top This Week
H(‘|M>rt« «j \1 Khill $ 10
Of lls 1*0111
Hearing the call of suffering hu
manity in far and near lands, citi- j
zons in the Martin County Chapter
are willingly and quite liberally sub
scribing to the 1943 Red Cross War
Fund this week. Encouraging re- j
ports are coming in from each of
the five townships in the chapter,
the general thought>Jveijjj^!gii*»*|(p»
assigned quotas will be met in ev
ery district and exceeded in some.
War Fund Chairman V. J. Spivey,
making a preliminary and far from
complete report late last night, stat
ed that he was confident the $3,900
combined quota for the five town
ships would be subscribed to the last
penny. However, the chairman ex
pressed the opinion that the drive
would be a close one in some areas.
"We are hoping to complete the cam
paign this week end, and have all
the reports in by the early part of
next week,” Mr. Spivey said
In addition to the able support ac
corded tilt' humane movement, the
preliminary reports received from
every quarter last night reflected
the work of a willing corps of vol
unteer canvassers. And it was pleas
ing to note that in no case had any
one refused to participate in the
great and worthy cause.
A few were said to have request
ed the canvassers to call back, and
unfavorable weather Wednesday
and Thursday delayed the drive a
bit, but to date the work has been
highly successful. The continued co
operation of the public is urged.
Accompanying the preliminary re
ports received last night were mes
sages assuring that the quotas would
be reached. "We’ll go over the top
and complete the drive Saturday,”
Mrs. Clias. Davenport, reporting for
Jamesville Township, told Chairman
Spivey. At that time Jamesville had
raised $225 of its $300 quota.
Little Williams Township had .
raised about ^'<*0 quota up
until last night, according to the i
first report filed by Mrs. R. J. Har
dison
Activities in Griffins Township1
featured the- preliminary reports, |
Mrs. J. Eason 1 Alley reporting that i
$240 of the $250 quota for that dis
trict had already been accounted for
by late yesterday. The district is
expected to exceed its quota
Rear Gras will also go over the
top, according hi Mrs. II. 1J. Peel
who ivS chan trianiiig the work there, j
Approximately $200 of the $300 quo-'
ta had been raised by late yester- I
day.
With less than half of the territory
canvassed, Williamston’s business'
district plus one or two small resi
dential areas late yesterday report
ed $1,038.00 collected and in the
bank. The local white schools, lend
nig a really big hand in the drive,
report $132 raised through yester
day. The amount, not included in
the above total, will possibly be
boosted to $200 or more, Chairman
Spivey said, talking on the strength
of a report coming from Principal
I). N. Hix. The drive here will be
completed late today or early to
morrow.
And the drive is going well in
other sections, Mary Gray, report
ing for the colored citizens through
out the chapter, stating that more
than $200 or over one-half of the
quota assigned had already been
raised. She added that the citizens
would not fail the cause.
It is possible that some of the can
(Continued on page three)
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Filling Station Is
Damaged By Fire
StavUhg fuiivj h<m an, overheat-j
ed barbecue pit chimney or a flue,
fire did considerable damage to the'
filling station operated by Willie
Modlin on Washington Street here
Wednesday morning about 10
o’clock. The station was operated for
several years by Paul Jones and is
often referred to as Jones’ Place.
Mr. Modlin was out of town at the
time, and Sam Jones, chief barbecue
'•ook, was in the main part of the sta
tion when someone on the outside
discovered the fire. Smoke rapidly
filled the attic and poured out from
all sides. By the time the volunteer
firemen arrived there and even
while they were bringing the fire
under control, willing workers al
most wrecked the stock moving it
from the building.
Using one line of hose, the firemen
soon had the fire out.
No estimate on the damage could
be had immediately, but it will prob
ably run up to $500, including that
done troth to the building and the
stock.
Mr. Modlin is making repairs and
hopes to reopen the station immed
iately. i
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FROZEN
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Prices for fresh vegetables
have been frozen to cheek an up
ward spiral following the ration
ing of canned foods. The prices
for tomatoes, simp beans, car
i fidv iuVaafc trveii
have been frozeii at those ?evcls
existing tietwwn February lit
and 22. The regulations also have
frozen prices of lettuce and spin -
ach at the levels prevailing be
tween February 20 and 24.
Prices on some leafy vege
tables jumped from two pounds
for a charter to as much as sev
enteen and one-half to eighteen
cents a pound just as soon as
rationing of canned foods fee
came effective. Fndcr the |N“w
regulations, the seven vegeta
bles listed above may not be
sold for prices higher than
those existing during the desig
nated base [teriod, "1
Baptists Organize
jamesville Church
Tuesday Evening
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Church, Envied During Last
War, Wa« Used as IIranch
Of Cedar Branch
Mooting last Tuesday evening,
Jamesville Baptists with the aid of
leaders from other churches, per
fected an organization of their own,
the action pointing to increased ac
tivity in the religious field of the
thriving community
Mothered by the church at Cedar
Branch fur many years, JameiviUe
Baptists, working after a friendly
fashion and with the blessings of
the mother church, decided to or
ganize a church of their own. About
twenty members asked for their let
ters a short time ago, and Rev. W
B. Harrington, pastor at Cedar
Branch, with leaders from the Wil
liamston Memorial Baptist Church,
aided the Jamesville Baptists in per
! fecting their organization. L. B.
Wynne, Williamslon man, was nam
j ed moderator, and he undt r the
guiding hand of Dr. William R. Bur
tell, pastor of the Wilhamston Mem
orial Baptist Church, led the organ
izutional program. Messrs. J. C. An
derson and J. Sam Getsinger, dea
1 eons of the Wilhamston church, were
present also.
Twenty of the twenty-eight origi
nal members are going into the new
church from Cedar Branch. They
are, Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. Della
F. Askew, Mrs K O Martin, Mrs.
| O. G. Gaylord, Mrs. A. Corey, Mrs.
'Garland Anderson, Miss Melba Mar
tin. Miss l.ucy Gray Martin, Miss
Mildred Glass, Miss Esther Marie
Corey, A. Askew, Jack Martin,
'Hugh Miller Martin, R C. Sexton,
J. W. Long, O. W. Hamilton, J. S.
Godard, O J. Gaylord, Alford Glass
Clifford Corey. Other charter num
hers are, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Gaines,
Miss Rachel Godwin, Mrs. J. W.
Long, Mrs. G. C. Beard, Miss Doro
thy Beard, George C. Beard, Jr., and
Garland Midgett Andeison, Jr.
Construction work on the James
villc church building was started
about 1917 and was occupied about
1920. Rev. J. W. Howell, Williams
ton minister, donning his overalls,
helped with the construction work
and was the first to preach there. He
was followed by Rev. O. W. Sawyer.
The Rev. Mr. George Leggett next
served the church, and for quite a
number of years, Rev. W. B. Har
rington has been holding services
there regularly
Messrs. O. W Hamilton, C. A. As
kew and C. T. Baines are the dea
cons of the new church, and Rev. W.
B. Harrington was called as its pas
tor. The membership will continue
its present worship schedule of two
services on the third Sunday in each
month. The Sunday school, function- j
(Continued on page six)
Bandage Room Open
Five Nights A Week
Beginning next week, the Red
Cross bandage room here will re
main open each night, Monday
through Friday, from 8 to 10 o’clock,
the project chairman, Mrs. R. H.
Goodmon, announced this morning.
The increased demand for bandages
and surgical dressings necessitates a
greater effort, it was explained.
More volunteers are needed and ev
eryone is urged to participate in the
project. The room is open each af
ternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock from
Monday through Friday, in addition
to the night schedule.
Willingly volunteering their serv
ices, a group of women in the Farm
Life section will, beginning next
week, report for a day’s work each
week,
Mrs. Goodmon stated this morning
that 6.000 bandages were to be com
pleted on the November quota, that
the quota for February is 16,200
i bondages.
[Decisive Victory Is
Russian* Bark in Hi^h Gear
And Believed oil the Way
To Border Lines
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While the war is not over by sev
eral jugfuls, news from the fighting
fronts is really encouraging. The
main spotligljg was turned on the
I ' -: Ini.'- vvT. t-r, V/ii.-n Ai
nod K7f~ f orces including Ameri
can. British, Aussies and Dutch, wip
ed a Jap convoy off the face of the
earth. The glorious victoiy will write
something new in \iar history.
Briefly stated, the airrften sunk ten
warships and twelve transports, krill-.-#
i d or drowned 15,000 enemy trriops
and shot out of the skies 85 Jap
planes. 1 ‘ >nemy ships was
greater . the loss of Allied men,
it was stated by GetVittWtfiiAstiMMWi
[ uiitlei' whose command the all-out
attack was planned and handled.
The Japs were moving in on New
Guinea to reinforce their garrisons
there, but the reinforcements never
' ! 1 th m Working in a tropical
storm and with clouds hanging low,
the airmen pounced on the convoy
and pounded it to bits. Two destroy
ers that limped away were later sent
to the bottom of the Bismarck Sea
where the attack took place earlier
in the week.
Just prior to the big victory, Aus
tralian airmen pounded Jap bases
in that area and handicapped the
Japs in their supporting operations.
Over in Tunisia, the Allies are
making it hot for the Germans. In
the north, the British have just
thrown the Nazis for a loss. Further
to the south, the Fighting French and
General Ciraud’s men have scored
victories, and the Americans this
morning were at the edge at Paid
Pass, Rommel’s starting point in his
recent drive against the Americans.
Then activity around the Mareth line
is increasing. The picture looks pret
ty hot for the Germans just new. Just
off Bizerte, Allied planes sent four
out of six German supply ships to
the bottom yesterday, and it is ap
parent that Hitler’s crowd is having
it tough trying to get supplies.
There’s big news coming out of
Russia today. All’s fairly quiet in
tin south, but further to the north,
the Russians are back in high gear,
and military observers are of the
I opinion that they are headed for the
border lines, that the Dnieper River
ivi 11 not hojii o.p. fj1,.- i ■ lei 'iv-o very -
long. In their drive last night, the
Russians recaptured 42 towns and
one salient is within 115 miles of
Smolensk. Several important cen
ters have been taken by the Russians
and the supply problem has been
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More Grade III Tire
Certificates Piling
l |) In This County
-~<$
One New I ruck l ire Kulion
ed This Week; No New
( ir Tires Allowed
The Martin County War Price and
Rationing Board, acting in accord
ance with instructions, arc handing
out tire rations after a really liberal
fashion, but rations for Grade III au
tomobile tires are said to carry very
little value. Armed with the pur
chase certificates, the applicants are
unable to find Grade III tires and
others who applied fur rations are
said to consider the certificates so
worthless they are not troubling
themselves to call for theta
It would not be for the rationing
board in this county or any one else
this far removed from the confusion
and mad house in Washington, but
apparently the rubber situation con
tinues quite serious. It is understood
that the manufacture of Grade III
tires has been continued, the labor
and much of the material were need
ed too badly for making goods need
ed now, not later, on the war fronts.
It is all a guess, and no one is say
ing anything about the situation
much, but all the Jail.' n'w time ago
about the transportation system
a'ing down may come nearer being
the truth ere long than many would
have themselves believe.
No new automobile tires were al
lowed this week by the rationing
board in this county, and only one
new truck tire was granted. Seven
Grade II tires were rationed, but
tiie certificates for the non-availabh1
grade III tires were passed out al
most promiscuously or to the tune
of 44 units.
The new truck tire 'Sis rationed
to W. K. Parker for haoBhg junk.
Grade II tires were allotted the
following:
Slade-Rhodes Co., Hamilton, one
tire used in operation of farms.
Dock Hollis, Williamston, one tire
for farm.
Moses Gorham, Williamston, four
tires for defense worker.
Charlie Fowler, Parmele, one tire.
Grade 111 tires were allowed the
following:
Jodie Peaks, Williamston, one tire.
Geo. T. Hyman, Williamston, one
tire. ' *
Thurman Williams, Hassell, three
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