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Air Raidsy^ Continent Are
ira After Two-Day
Resume
Rest Period
While the diplomatic front stil
sounds its discordant notes, actua
fighting on the war fronts is goini
weiyfor the Allies with the Russian;
putting more power In their push anc
with Rommel finding it extremelj
hot in Africa
Admiral William If. Standiey, am
bassador to Moscow, smarted tongue;
wagging yesterday wl/en he suggest
ed that Russia was withholding fact!
from her people, that they had noi
told of the aid made available to tht
Soviet by the United States. While
it may seem queer that the Russian
people have not been appraised ol
United States aid, observers explain
that there is a possible reason for
withholding such facts. Red Army
men who have used American equip
ment and the many thousand^who
have been reached
supplies and with Red Cross know
something about the aid program and
have expressed their gratitude Led
to believe they were entirely on
their own resources, the Russian peo
ple, it was explained, would work
harder and do more, accept their
sufferings more readily than they
would have if they thought aid was
coming from other quarters.
Commenting on the aid program
to Russia, Wendell Willkie said to
day that he knew' of no Russian who
was ignorant of American aid to
the Soviet. A movement to create
better understandings between the
Russians and her Allies is being
started, and it is believed that tan
gible results will follow'.
Regardless of confusion on the di
plomatic front, the Russian Armies
continue with the task at hand, and
they are turning in a magnificent
performance in destroying Hitler’s
armies. The encirclement of Vyaz
ma is progressing and Smolensk is
not far away. Other drives are abo
progressing on the eastern front
with marked gains being reported
by the Russians in the Sevsk area,
or the western section of a triangle
forming at Kursk and Orel.
Late reports from the Russian
front state that the Russians are clos
Tn^ih bn boW
that the Germans are apparently
making ready to vacate the first cen
ter.
Following a two-dav recess, the
Allies have renewed their air at- i
tacks on the continent. The Ameri
cans wct'«Mi»ussr over France indus
trial centers, and last night the Brit
ish, despite the loss of seven bomb
ers, struck machine plants used in
the manufacture of submarine en
gines in Germany itself.
Defeated in six attempts to drive
back the British 8th Army, Rommel
was said to be withdrawing to the
northern end of the Mareth line to
day in Tunisia. The Germans were
said to have suffered heavy casual
ties and to have lost 50 tanks. In
northern Tunisia, the Germans are
retreating after tangling with and
losing heavily to the British First
Army. American airmen figured
prominently in the Mediterranean
area this morning when they were
attacked by 50 Nazi planes. Nine
teen of the enemy were shot out of
the air without loss to the Ameri
cans.
In the Pacific, Jap communication
lines are growing weaker, and in
Burma, American planes just re
cently pounded important object
ives north of Mandalay, to round out
a fairly bright picture on the war
fronts for the Allies.
Supporting the actual warfare,
French guerrillas are active against
the German invaders and are block
ing efforts of Lav ?! to force 400,000
Frenchmen into slave labor in Ger
man industrial plants. They are beg
ging the Allies to land and open a
second front in France with the as
surance that large groups would join
them.
Native Of County
Dies In Virginia
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Loren Waldo, native of this coun
ty, died of a heart attack following
a short illness in a Portsmouth hos
pital last Saturday. Funeral services
were conducted at the late home in
Churchland, Va., yesterday after
noon, interment following in the
cemetery there.
Hie son of the late Joseph Waldo
and wife, of this county, Mr. Waldo
was bom in Hamilton about 62 years
ago. After spending his early life in
this county, he entered the employ
of a lumber company and made his
home in Portsmouth before locating
in Churchland where he owned and
operated a larg|||iairy farm.
Mr. Waldo is well remembered in
this county and was highly respected
in his adopted community.
He married in Virginia and is sur
vived by six children, Loren, Robert,
Billy, Harry and two daughters, Su
san and Julian Ann. Three sisters.
Miss Effie Waldo, Mrs. Hennie Bal
lard and Mrs. Nona Grimes, also
survive.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton House, Miss
Effie Waldo and Mr. Asa Johnson
were among those from Hamilton,
who attended the services yesterday<
afternoon.
Married Men In County A re^
'LitetyTtrBe Catttd ItCJTjmi
L
aTn^osl certain 10 be included in the
list of draftees scheduled to leave
this county for the Army in April, it
was learned following a meeting of
the draft board here last night. Dur
ing the^ meantime, the boa-u is ex
pected 'to advise State Selective
Headquarters that the current month
quota cannot be filled, the county
draft authorities explaining that the
blanket deferment of farsr.ee." for ■ .*
l&nsr-t a 30-day period had upset the!
draft schedule and that it would be!
impossible to get other men ready
for the calUJU is estimated that hard- i
ly half the Original number of white !
draftees scheduled to leave this i
county the latter part of this month
will be available.
Draft board officials, a bit weary
over the rapid changes in regula- j
tions, hesitate to offer any guesses
as to #hat will happen next or when
this or that group will be tapped for
service. It is reliably understood that
majority of the available sj^le I
men with dependents will be thin- |
ned put by the board in answering j
£vr t«
mg too eui iy in the month to touch
“deferred” farmers, will strike the
married men without children. It is
estimated that there are between
100 and 750 white married men in
the county without children. Possi
bly 75 or more of that number had
addition! to their families before
last September 8th but not before
they prepared their draft question
board of any change in their status
They will find it advisable to inform
the draft board. Of the remainder
about 350 or 400 are farmers, leav
ing about 275 married men without
children in the non-farm group to
bear the brunt of the May draft
calls. This group and a few deferred
high school pupils are about the only
barriers between the draft and mar
ried men with children. However, it
is possible that the farm deferment
plan will not prove >;s effective as
many now think it will be, and some
single farmers will fall into the
of the draftees to help relieve the
pressure on the other groups.
County Boy Missing In
Action In North Africa
SUCCEEDS
After many attempts to enlist,
William (Billy) Fowdcn Clark is
at last in the service. The young:
man offered his services back
yonder before the draft law was
passed. Defective eyesight kept
him out of officer training
schools. He was ruled out on a
technicality when he tried to
enter the National Guard. Hie
young man then volunteered at
Fort Bragg and succeeded in ret
ting into the Army, but after
five days of service hp was hon
orably discharged on a techni
cality H* canvassed the eecralt
ing stations a second time, and
ihJast ’’-SSfiSlijiilLm>
Last Sunday he left for North
western University, Chicago, to
enter the United States Naval
Reserve.
f
Combination Dance
Hall And Apartment
Is Destroyed By Fire
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Owners Report $4,000. Loss
With Only $ 1,200.
Insurance
Starting from a flooded oil heater
| and fed by a 30-gallon supply of
kerosene, fire destroyed the combi
nation store-dance hall-apartment
belonging to and operated by Leon
and Berddie Brown, colored, on West
Ourganus Street here last evening ai.
8 o’clock. The floor had been oiled
and other preparations had been
completed for a big dance and party
for a large group of colored draftees
leaving for an Army induction ccn
ter this morning.
The fire in the heater had gone out
and Brown was trying to re-light it
when the surplus oil caught fire and
blazed up. He threw a blanket over
the fire, and instead of checking it,
he caused the fire to spread to the
30 gallons in a small drum near by.
Finding time only to grab the chil
dren, the Browns ran from the build
ing, leaving the front door open and
with the flames following them out.
Even before the alarm could be
sounded, the fire was burning rap
idly in all parts of the big two-story
building. Volunteer firemen laid
about 1,000 feet of hose and pour
ed water on the fire until it burn
ed itself out almost. The charred
timbers caught again several hours
later and when the sparks began fail
ing on nearby buildings and homes,
the department was called again. No
general alarm was sounded, a few
firemen taking the equipment out
shortly after 2 o’clock.
The building, valued at $2,0'>0 and
a complete loss, was insured tor $1,
200. Furniture, valued at $500, mer
chandise, $200 and two nickelodeons,
valued at $500 each, were destroyed
and carried no insurance.
One or two of the draftee guests
were bemoaning the loss of their
supplies of wine and liquors they had
hidden too near the building in an
ticipation of a rip-roaring time later
in the evening.
‘‘We barely managed to escape the
burning building with the children,
one of the owners said this morning.
A
Resigns Place On The
State School Commi»»ion
Elbert S. Peid, a member of the
State School Commission for two
years upon appointment by Gover
nor J. M. Broughton, resigned a few
days ago along with all the other
members. The resignations were of
fered as a preliminary step in set
ding up a united control for State
education.
M. Melvin Whitfield
Unheard From Since
Middle of February
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Is First Roy from County in
Land Forces Reported
Missing in Action
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Marvin Melvin Whitfield, son of
Mrs. Pearl Whitiield, of Gold Point,
and the late Julius Whitfield, was
reported missing in action in North
[ Africa on February 14th. according
| to a message received by his mother
from ihe War Depai tme.'.t last-Fri
day afternoon. Few details were
SA.,, Wv, i
than those telling he was missing in
action and that any future develop
ments would be communicated im
mediately.
As far as it could be learned here,
young Whitfield is the first Martin
County boy of the regular Army to
be reported missing in action. Six
other Martin County men are known
to have mad the supreme sacrifice
and three others are still listed as
missing.
Volunteering his services as a lad
of seventeen, Whitfield reported for
duty about three years ago or soon
after Hitler trampled Poland and
long before Harbor. He train
ed at Fort Bragg and was moved ov
erseas last spring It is believed that
he was among the first to land in
North Africa last November.
Apparently he was reported miss
ing about the time or soon after
Marshal Rommel stormed Faid Pass
and drove a twenty-mile wedge into
the American lines in Central Tun
isia. It is possible that he was taken
prisoner or was lost from his regular
unit and has not been able to report
since February !4th.
Whitfield was 20 years old in
February. He was born in Gold
Point and was living there when he
enlisted in the service. Besides his
mother there are five brothers, Jul
ius Whitfield, of Norfolk; B. F. Whit
field, of Williamston; Edward Earl.
Vernon Dale and Bruce Whitfield,
all of this county, and two sisters,
Mrs. Kelly Davenport and Mrs. Wal
ter R. Jones, both of Williamston.
In his home and the homes of
brothers and sisters, there is a mark
ed sadness today, but loved ones and
friends, too, continue to entertain
hope for the lad’s return.
Craft Recognition
School At Oak City
Receiving special instruction at a
regular army school at Virginia
Beach recently, Mayor Nat Johnson,
of Oak City, will offer a series of
courses in aircraft recognition for
approximately 80 airplane spotters
for the Oak City observation post
beginning next Sunday afternoon at
2 o’clock. The classes will be held
at the school. A second class will be
held next Monday night, the “pro
fessor” announcing that a second
school would be held there just as
soon as the first one is completed.
Announcing the course schedule,
Mr. Johnson said, “This school is
highly important to the Army in
intercepting planes and for young
training pilots. It is also highly im
portant iis’iivc -civiliaiv • defe.ne • com
mander in giving prompt air raid
warnings.
“The school deals chiefly with
identification of the various types
of planes, both enemy and friendly.
They are as easily distinguished as
are the types of motor vehicles. All
aircraft spotters are a part of the ci
vilian army and their work is very
essential to the safety of each man,
woman and child in this area.”
On the farm production front, the
Department of Agriculture, in a roll
call now underway, is calling on all
North Carolina rural women to
pledge every family to produce as
much of the home food supply as
possible. A good part of farm peo
'{£<& tS&C'Cially in "'ohe:c?fofi** areas,
either raise only a small part of the
one garden supply, or do not raise
a sufficient variety of fresh vege
tables to give a well-balanced diet.
With canned foods limited, it is es
sential to improve the diet ,,nd
health of rural families through
home gardens.
Davis To Broadcast
Elmer Davis, director of the Office
of War Information, will begin a ser
ies of weekly 15-minute broadcasts
on Friday evening. March 12. The
sen^^will he broadcast over NBC,
biue networks each Friday
[evening from 10:45 to 11:00 PM.
Eastern War Time. They will be re-j
broadcast each Saturday at 4:00 p
m. over the network of the Mutual
Broadcasting Company.
Ceiling Prices on Pork After April 1
On April 1, 1043, ceiling prices will
be fixed on all retail sales of fresh
and processed pork. Bigger markups
are allowed to independent stores
doing less than $250,000 a year than
are allowed to larger stores and
chains. The maximum prices for five
pork products are: sliced bacon (de
rined, smoked) grade A, 48 and 46
cents per pound) skinned, smoked
ham, center slices, 61 and 58 cents;
skinned, smoked whole ham, 41 and
40 cents; center cut pork chops (fresh
or frozen pork loins), 43 and 41 cents;
and salt pork (dry salt bellies), fresh!
cured or frozen 26 and 24 cents per
pound.
On and after April 1, a retailer
may sell only--(l) Pork cuts given
dollars and cents prices under OPA
336, and (2) pork products whose
prices are fixed under general max
imum price regulation, including—
Pork sausage, canned pork, pork
variety meats or offal (including
—temple meat cutlets, brains, chit
terlings, liver, plucks, kidneys, lips,
tongue^snouts. ears, heaj^^beek
antffroai^meat, stomacl^^weasancf
meat and heads), and quick frozen
cuts which are delivered to the re
tailer in individual packages in
which hi* sells them. Ceiling prices
on pork must be posted in each store
beginning April l, and, upon request,
the retailer must give a customer a
receipt showing the date, name and
address of retailer, name and weight
of each pork cut sold, and the price
paid for it.
Cookie Prices on the Rise
North Carolina housewives will
soon be paying more for crackers,
biscuits and cakes. The increase will
be mall in the case of cakes, but on
crackers and cookies, where flour
is a larger factor in production costs,
the increase may eventually be
great. Because rising soft wheat
prices in the Fast have put a severe
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Last Call Is Made
For Peanut Cards
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All Martin County farmers who
have sold their peanuts and have
not yet returned their marketing
cards to the county agent’s office are
urged to do so at once. Those farm
ers who have not sold their peanuts,
are asked to report to the agent’s of
fice, surrender the marketing card
they now have in exchange for an
other. These cards must be in before
March 31, it was explained.
Martin County farmers having oil
peanuts on hand for seed are warn
ed that they must apply at the
agent’s office for a sales permit if
any are to be sold by them. Oil seed
peanuts are to be sold at the old mar
ket price—$3.60 per 100 pounds plus
handling charges—and sales must be
entered on the peanut marketing
caro.by a member of the AAA com
mittee.
WARNING
Speaking before county agents,
committeemen and fertilizer
dealers in a district meeting in
the Martin County courthouse
Monday afternoon, C. I. Ball,
representing the Food Produc
tion Administration, warned
against the illegal sale by man
ufacturers and dealers and the
use of fertilizers by farmers and
others.
Briefly stated, a farmer can
use no more fertilizer than he
used 'last year unless he in
creases his acreage planted to
Group A.*tVv>ps», it waJ’"JR>i»tfcd '
out. Limitations will also apply
to the use of soda, and the farm
er who uses in excess of the
amounts prescribed by rules and
regulations is subject to heavy
penalty.
The rules and regulations were
formulated to conserve every
pound of fertilizer possible, and
to effect an even distribution of
available fertiliser materials.
Of Farmers For JSW
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mi,
Manpower Problems Bv Boards
Speeding Costs Motorist His
CmRation Book for Duration
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Drastic action designed to con
serve rapidly dwindling rubber
stocks was taken by the Martin
County Rationing Board sitting as
a board 01 inquiry here last night
when a motorist’s gasoline ration
book was cancelled for the duration.
Said to have been running about j
sixty miles an hour, Sam Henry Sim
mons, colored of RFD, Williamston,
lost his book for the indefinite per-!
lod- Susgendmgthc man’s pas
again the
meaningful warning against speed
ing ‘‘Motorists must dj^j^w’ithin the
35-nrlie limit or sutler the conseH
quenccs," a representative of the
board warned.
C. I). Bullock, of Williamston RFD
3, charged with speeding, lost his
ration book for thirty days. |
lied Cross
A Success
Chapter Only $265
Short Of Its Coal
Fom Townships Already Over
I «I>; Chairman V. J. Spiv
ey Greatly Pleased
Mm
Working in the name of suffering
humanity arid finding a liberal uub
tu-, ednvan#flPWWlTe“1943 Hec^cRs?
War Fund in the Martin County
Chapter yesterday submitted pleas
ing and encouraging reports. Four
,townships. Hear Crass Griffins. Wil
liams and Jamesville, are already
over the top, the districts going over
in the order named but with James
ville submitting possibly the best
one of all. The workers there, led by
Mrs. Ciias. Davenport and Mrs. Wal
ter Brown and others, reported an
amount nearly $200 in excess of the
assigned quota. It was this report
end those from Williams, Bear Grass
and Griffins, too, that ph ased Chair
man V. J. Spivey greatly as he sur
veyed the field this morning and an
nounced that the campaign had been
a marked success to date and that the
quota would be reached and possibly
exceeded by tomorrow or Thursday.
Assigned a quota of $2,550, Wii
liamston has made splendid progress
and is struggling toward tho finish
line now, Chairman Spivey stating
that the goal would be reached.
The colored citizens are slow in
reporting, but $75.33 has already
been turned in and more than twice
that amount will be placed in the
hands of the chairman today.
A review of the assigned quotas
and amounts raised to date follows
by districts and groups:
Jamesville $ 300 $ 403.67
Williams 100 101.76
Griffins 250 296.72
Bear Grass 300 344.92
Williamston 2550 2,322.93
Colored Citizens 400 75.33
$3900 $3,635.33
Taking charge in Bear Grass, the
good women of that community, aid
ed by a few men, exceeded expecta
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Legislature Quits
Raleigh Tomorrow
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Steering around controversial mat t
ters for the most part, the North o
Carolina Legislature is scheduled to v
quit Raleigh tomorrow, the session fc
now drawing to a close being a rath- c
er peaceful but eventful one.
Very little new legislation directly a
affecting this county was supported a
in the Assembly during the term. A i:
bill to increase the pay of jurors from f
$2 to $3 a day was passed, and public c
drunkenness outside the limits of the n
several towns was frowned upon, the
law-making body passing a hill to !
make the practice unlawful. H
Collectively, Martin County wil
recognize the work of the legisla
ture. The major piece of legislation
MMSYvfc the fof'
law providing for a State-wide nine
months school term. The extra month f
is to be added to the 1943-44 term, i
conditions and other factors permit- 4
ting. r
Wine and beer sales between the a
hours of 11 p. m. and 7 a. m. were c
ruled out, and it was made discre- i
tionary with the county authorities 1
to ban sales between 11 p. m. on Sat- f
urdays until 7 a. m. on Mondays. f
While enforcement of the pleas
ure driving bar has been substituted
for something they call the “honor
system,” charge pending on or be
fore March 4 will be subject to the
penalty provisions. It is possible that i
a few cases growing out of charges I
preferred prior to that time will come
to the attention of the rationing j
board wirhin the next week or two :
The ban on pleasure driving has not
been lifted, but when it was an-j
enforcement of the ban
had been virtually eliminated, traf- j
fic was said o have undergone a
marked increase on the highwavs jj,
this section. While tin- OP A may be j
lax in requiring pleasure dnvers to j
conserve gas and tires, it is apparent i
that strict enforcement of the speed S
regulations will be effected in the
future.
War Drive
In Chapter
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NORMAL
Following unusually dry per
iods in 1941 and a part of 1942,
the rainfall in this section is
back to about normal, heavy
rains the latter part of last year
j and early this year bringing the
total up to about normal.
The total for 1942 was about
one half inch above the average
: annual fall tut the past ten years,
j Rains in January of this year
ttfOTtVlt
since 1939, but the fall last month
was below the average, the wea
ther station here recording only
.99 of an inch. So far this month
over one inch of rain has fallen
here, a greater portion of it fall
big last Saturday.
County Young Man
Commended For His
Bravery Under Fire
Luther Cleveland ^lndSiu 1*
Promoted in United
States Navy
A Martin v'ffflfTty young man, Lu
ther Cleveland Modlin, was recent
ly commended by the Commander
of the United States Atlantic Fleet
for “exceptional courage* and forti
tude when wounded in action against
the enemy,” according to a release
just received here from the Public
Relations Office, Sixth Naval Dis
trict, Charleston, South Carolina.
“Despite the fact that he was ser
iously wounded, Modlin went to his
battle station and assisted in mak
ing repairs,” the citation added.
The message, announcing the cita
tion, carried few details, and the
place and conditions under which
the recognition was earned could not
be learned.
The young man, the son of Mr.
Sam Modlin, of RFD 1, Jamesville,
and the late Mrs. Modlin, was home
for a short stay several weeks ago.
If he had been wounded, he did not
mention it during his visit, and ap
parently he received the injury and
earned the citation since his return
to service. The ship he was on and
other particulars could not lx di
vulged.
Modlin. 25 years old tomorrow, en
listed ip the Navy three years ago,
tiu- 2fith of last month. He now holds
the rank of electrician’s mate, sec
ond class, United States Navy. He
was advanced to that rank for his
bravery and fortitude displayed re
cently.
Martin County men on land, sea
and in the air have displayed cour
age and fortitude and their bravery
is accepted without question, but
Electrician’s Mate Modlin is the first
county young man to be so com
mended.
He has a brother, Tilghman Mod
iin, who is now serving with the
Marines.
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Statu* Of 38-45 Age
wi_ Groujt'lJji In. The Air
The same day that the Martin
County Draft Board finished moving
its 38-45 year old registrants into the
4-H classification, it was notified to
reclassify them into 1-A H or 3-A H
as the case may be. Just what the
order means is not exactly clear, but
it is rumored that the group must get
busy in some essential industry or
face a call to the Army on or after
May 1.
New Orders Likely
To Complicate Farm
And Draft Problems
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Back If* Farm Movement Pos
sible, Shift from One Farm
To/Another Is Seen
The drafting of manpower from
the farm for war has been halted
temporarily at least, observers be
lieving that it will be some time in
May before ^ farmer in this county
| would be made subject to call to the
. >••*•*. TJovvig the meantime, it 'Wfi^
j be up to the farm registrant to con
I vince the War Board he is an essen
tial f.mv. en'
U-C ot .I f classification.
New orders received Monday
morning have disrupted activities in
| the county draft board office and
j created new problems for the Coun
! ty War Board, the draft and war
! board members in a special meeting
I here last night admitting that they
| hardly knew how and where the
new rulings would fit into the farm
labor and draft pictures. Draft calls
for farmers have been delayed for
thirty days, at least, and during that
time the two boards are to study the
problems. Just what the outcome
will be is not quite certain, but it is
apparent that the farm and draft
problems will be far more compli
cated with the possibility that the
situation will become more perplex
ing as the program progresses.
It is indeed certain that all farm
ers will not be placed in the lower
classifications, but where the draft
board has been passing on the eli
gibility of the farm registrant the
county War Board will enter the pic
ture and say whether a farm regis
trant is eligible for a lower classifi
cation,or whether hes-houkl bc made
subject to the draft. The tami reg
tv
quirements, and those requirements
call for the production of so many
farm units. If the registrant is not
producing the required number of
units in w ill be f.'h'VTst; WB.y days
to alter his production schedule or
make other plans. And that' where
the farm problem can become com
plicated. If a farmer cannot produce
the required units on one farm and
he can produce them on another
one, he will be directed to move and
meet the requirements or answer the
draft call. Briefly stated, the farmer
who claims deferment or a lower
classification must produce or an
swer the draft call. . , . ...
All farm registrants recently class
ified in the 1-A group will have their
cases reviewed by the War Board.
If the War Board finds that the reg
istrant is not meeting the produc
tion requirements, then the regis
trant will be notified that he is sub
ject to call unless lie makes utiiec
oluns and arrangements to go into
production on the required scale. If
he meets those requirements, his
classification in 2 C or 3-C will fol
low If he does not or is unable to
meet the requirements, the draft
board will be so notified at the end
of 30 days and classification in 1-A
will fellow
The War Board, composed of
Messrs. Jesse F. Crisp, of Oak City,
chairman; Tc m B. Brandon, secre
tary; J C. Eubanks, H. F. McKnight,
all of Williamston; John L. Hassell,
Dak City, E V. Smith, RFD 1, Pal
rnyra, and Willie L. Ausbon, Rober
lOtiville, is holding its first meeting
this afternoon. These gentlemen will
lurse the farm manpower problem
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Highlights On The
Red Cross Drive
Encouraging i.iui pleasing reports
•narked the lied Cross War Fund
(live throughout tlie Martin County
"hapter as a whole, but the aetxvi
1 ies of Mrs. J. T. Harris and Mrs. Ar
'hur Peaks, canvassers in Bear
Grass, probably are the most unus
lal. In those homes where there was
little ready cash on hand, the can
vassers cheerfully arranged a visit
to the chicken lot. When they com
pleted their work they reported 99
oounds of poultry, the individual
■ontributions in those cases aver
ting about $1.14 each when con
verted into cash. Certainly, the
hicken round-up was a bit trouble
some, but what's a little trouble
when it comes to financing a hu
mane organization like the Red
-• • .
A Red Cross drive is seldom held
in the chapter but what the liberal
response to a similar call back in
World War I is recalled. Hie lute
Harry Slubbs spoke in the school
house one night, and in short order,
the farmers and other ciitzens of
the community contributed in the
neighborhood of $700.. Considering
population and quota sizes, that
record still stands.