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UNITED STATES WAR
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VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 33
Williams (on, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 23. 1943.
ESTABLISHED 1899
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Schedule Attracts
Small Crowds Here
“Special Worship Period Will
Be Climaxed On Sunday_
With Sunrise Service
Services in the morning and eve
ning sponsored by the Ministerial
Association have been of very high
character. The attendance has not
come up»to expectation. The services
• fit■ thu-._fe being held
at 10:00 this year, and with such
short time after most housewives
have gotten their youngsters off to
school they are finding it hard to
reach the theater in time. No doubt
the committee will plan for a later
service next year.
On Wednesday morning, Mr E S.
Peel spoke on the ‘Silent Day” in
Passion Week. Mr. Peel gave it as
his opinion that Jesus saw down
through the centuries the effect of
His message and life. He envisioned
Constantine seeing the cross in the
setting of the sun on the eve before
Malvern Hill, and its accompanying
words, ‘‘En IIoc Signo Vinces"—in
this sign, conquer; aiso, the Barons
forcing from King John, England’s
Magna Charier at Runymode; even
to include the Atlantic Charter and
all future charters for free men. Mr
Pee! closed with an eloquent appeal
for all Christians to let the mind that
was in Jesus be in them and act
through them.
Thursday morning, Mr. D. N Hix,
principal of Williamston high school,
spoke on “The New Commandment”
as given by the Lord Jesus on Thurs
day of His passion. Mr. Hix express
ed the belief that we could never
have peace in our world until we had
love like Jesus had in His heart for
the people of the world.
On Tuesday evening at the Meth
odist Church, Rev. John L. Goff
spoke on “Forgiveness.” His mes
sage was well received by an ap
preciative audience. Wednesday, the
service was held in the Episcopal
Church with Rev. Lewis Sehenck, of
Edenton, as the guest speaker. Mr.
Srhenck used as his subject, “What
shall I do with Jesus?” The speak
er traced what Judas, Peter, Pilate,
Herod, Caiphas and others did with
Jesus, and then personalized the
question, so as to include his au
dience. The last service in the thea
ter was held this morning with Rev.
John L. Goff as speaker. This eve
ning the service will be held in the
Christian Church, Dr. W. R. Bur
rell, preaching.
The second outdoor Sunrise serv
ice will be held in the same place, ad
jacent to tae city cemetery at 6:19
Sunday morning. Many Christians
believe this service sets the tenor of
their soul for the succeeding serv
ices of the day. Persons are asked to
drive to Broad Street on the back
side of the cemetery where they will
be given bulletins for the service. In
the event of inclement weather the
service will be held in the Memorial
Baptist Church. The community is
urged to be present for this service.
The service schedule is briefly out
lined, as follows:
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Colored Boys Leave
For Induction Post
Approximately fifty Martin Coun
ty colored draftees left yesterday for
their final physical tests at an Army
induction center. A few were de
linquent, but the exact number and
the names could not be learned.
Ordinarily when a group of men
leave the latter part of one month, a
similar group will leave the early
part of the next month, meaning that
a fairly sizable number of colored
draftees will be called to report in
early May.
It was impossible to get a com
plete list of the names, but among
those leaving were Moses Bunch,
Oak City; Linwood Whitley, Wil
liamston; James Hawkins, William -
ston; Cameron Morris Moore, RFD
1, Jamesville; James Edward Powell,
Hamilton; John R. Lawrence, Ham
ilton, Berkley McIntyre, Williams
lon; Robert Williams, Hamilton;
Columbus James, RFD 2, William
Clarence Purvis, Hamilton;
James nr. Williamston and
Elizabeth City, BcaiitS'i'-T Lanier,
Williamston; Geo Thurman Bu<vc:..
RFD 1, Palmyra; Willie Joe Bunch,
Oak City and Richmond; Frank Bar -
ber RFD 1, Jamesville and Wash
ington City; Frank Williams^Wil
liamston; Alonza Moore «FD1,
Williamston; Charlie Williams, Wi -
liamston; Charles E. Moore RFD 1,
Jamesville; Robert Louis Everett,
Williamston; James C. Thomas,
Jamesville and Newport News; Nor
man Sherrod, Oak City and Virginia
Beach; Milton James, Jamesville
RFD 1; Oliver Peel, RFD 1, James
ville Robert Henry Beach, W-lliam
ston; Martin Whitaker, Htu i,
Jamesville; Geo. Davenport. Jr.,
Williamston; James Spencer Pippem,
RFD 2, Williamston; Leo. Townes,
RFD 2, Robersonville; Theodore
Lloyd, Jr., Roberson; William Smith,
RFD 1 Palmyra and Richmond; Jas.
Haughton Hunter, Robersonville;
Eugene Teel, Robersonville; Willie
Williams, Jr., Robersonville; John
Willie Roberson, Robersonville;.
Richard Smith, Williamston, and
Willie Overton Lyons, Williamston.
Unable To Find Tires
The Manufacture Of
Grade II Tires Has
Been Discontinued
Ration Certificates Are Again
-PsSiB^' i.ff 'm Eiwls d ’“
Vehicle Owners
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Even though they have ration cer- j
tificates, vehicle operators are ex
periencing difficulty in finding car
tires, one report stating that the
outlook is again gloomy. According
to reliable but unofficial information
received heie, the manufacture of
Grade II tires has been discontinued,
and an iiicompiett^®MH%y reveals
that few or none of those tires are
to be had in this section. No official
reason for discontinuing the manu
facture of the particular type of
tires could be had.
The Martin County Rationing
Board this week maintained a fairly
liberal policy when it came to is
suing ration certificates which, it is
rumored, are carrying about the
same value as an old continental or
Confederate note when it comes to
getting Grade II and III tire;.
Npw automobile and pick-up truck
tires and tubes were rationed as
follows:
Dr. V. E. Brown, Williamston, one
tube.
Leggett Roebuck, RFD 1, Rober
sonville, one tire and one tube for
farming.
American Fork and Hoe Co., Ply
mouth, care R. Sears, Williamston,
two tires and two tubes for trans
porting men in essential industry.
A. Corey, Jamesville, one tire for
ministerial work.
Geo. Moore, Williamston, one tire
for transporting men in essential in
dustry.
W. B. Harrington, RFD 1, William
ston, one tire and one tube for min
isterial work.
(Continued on page six)
Local Young Woman
Joining The WAACs
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Miss Elizabeth Lucille Cowan, lo
[■al young woman, enrolled in the
Woman’s Army Auxiliary Corps last
Saturday, according to an announce
ment just released hy the Armed i
Forces Induction Station at Fort
Bragg Miss Cowan will make it
possible for another soldier to be re
leased for active combat duty, it was
explained.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. On
ley Cowan of Williamston, Miss
Cowan was one of several Martin
County young women to volunteer
Lheir services in the WAACs when
a special recruiting party visited here
9 short time ago. As far as it could
tie learned, Miss Cowan was the
anly one to pass the entrance re
quirements.
According to the best records
available, the county is now repre
sented in the WAACs by three young
Aiomen. Mrs. Effie Griffin Sparrow,
>f Williamston and Norfolk, volun
eered some months ago, and Miss
Bennie Gurganus, of Williamston,
mrolled more recently in the serv
ce.
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Finals Program In
The Local Schools
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Commencement exercises for the
Williamston High School begin next
Sunday evening, April 25th, at 8:15
j’clock when Rev. B. T. Hurley of
:he Methodist Church will preach the
aaccalaureate sermon. Special music
A/ill be sung by the junior chorus of
seventh and eighth grade students.
On Thursday evening, April 29th,
it 8:30 in the evening the graduat
ing exercises wili be held with for
ly-flve graduates receiving their di
plomas and special awards being pre
sented.
The final exercises will be a stu
tent program, the seniors planning
ind conducting their own graduat
ing exercises.
Both exercises will be held in the
:\i«h school auditorium.
Commencement marshals chosen
an a basis of scholarship are as fol
lows: Tenth grade: Chief, Joseph
Wynne; Jane Johnson Goff, David
Roberson; Ninth grade, Pearl New
born, Sylvia Green, Francis Girffin;
Eighth grade, Richard Levin, Louise
Griffin.
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Government To Make Corn
Available In Thia Area
According to information coming
from the United States Department
af Agriculture, the Commodity
Credit Corporation will ship corn
from the Wester. States to this area
for a price of about $1.25 per bush
el.
The announcement said that corn
may be purchased by farmers, deal
ers, feed mixers and processors
through the normal trade channels
on the basis of $1.25 1-4 per bushel
delivered.
RECESS
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Religion held a place in the su
perior court schedule here this
week when Judge R. D. Dixon
recessed the last Wednesday
morning session until 10::30
o'clock for lawyer E. S, Peel
'tmWWi' fhe'^Rial
er worship service in the thea
tre.
There have been times when
jurists recessed the court for
{ishiug trips and many other
events but as far as the ole boys
( around the hall of justice could
recall, tire m ass this week was
tl/e first ordered in deference
to religion.
And the judge and a few law
yers attended the service, but
not all of the courthouse torce
could quit their tasks at the hour.
Machines Allotted
To Martin Farmers
By Board Recently
Return of the Wagon to Mar
tin County Farms Seen
In Ration List
Maintaining a policy as liberal as
the quotas would permit, the Mar
tin County Farm Machinery Ration
ing Board hardly scraped the sur
face during the past few days in
meeting the demand for plows, ma
chines and general farm equipment.
Two dozen items were rationed
where possibly hundreds are need
ed to replace badly-worn machines
and to maintain maximum produc
tion to the most economical advan
tage.
After virtually disappearing, the
wagon is returning to Martin Coun
ty frams. The trend is marked by
small numbers only, but neverthe
less the return is reflected in the
latest ration list released ny the
county farm machinery board.
Machines and various other pieces
of farm equipment were rationed re
cently in this county to the follow
ing:
W. F Barber, RFD 1, Wiliiamston,
wagon
Standard Fertilizer Co , Wilham
ston. potato grader
E. C. Edmondson, Hassell, Cole
Planter
Mack D, Leggett, RFD 2, William
ston, John Deere tractor
Coy J. Roberson, Wiliiamston, pea
nut planter
T. W. Holliday, Jamesville, pea
nut planter
Leonard C. Bennett, RFD 2, Wil
liamston, wagon
J. L Holliday and R. D. Holliday,
RFD 1, Wiliiamston, wagon
R. L. Smith, Robersonville, section
harrow
John II. Roberson, RFD 2. Wil
iiamston, walking gang plow
W. G. Peele, Wiliiamston, walk
ing gang plow
J. R. Rogers, RFD 2, Wiliiamston,
section harrow
Lee Hardison, Wiliiamston, bush
and bog harrow
John W. Gurkin, RFD 2, William
3ton, bush and bog harrow
G. E. Martin, Jamesville, power
sprayer
J. N. Hopkins, Wiliiamston, Boy
ette Sprayer
Robert Williams, Robersonville,
two horse walking cultivator
S. H. Mobley, RFD 2, Williams
ton, peanut planter
E. H. Harrell, Oak City, Cole
planter
Jarvis Perkins, RFD 1, Roberson
ville, combination planter
S. L. Long, Sanford, peanut plant
(Continued on page six)
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Finals Schedule In
Bear Grass School
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The first in the series of closing
exercises in the Bear Grass school
will be held Sunday morning at l i
o'clock when Dr. H. S. llilley, pres
ident of Atlantic Christian College,
preaches the commencement sermon
in the school auditorium. Special
music will be rendered by the choir
and Bear Grass Trio.
On Thursday night, April 29th, at
8:30 o’clock, the final graduation ex
ercises will be held in the school au
ditorium. Mr. T. O. Hickman, prin
cipal, will present the diplomas. Due
to the gas rationing, the Class Day
exercises will be combined with the
graduation exercises, the program
being made up of speeches by the
honorary members of the class. The
Seniors receiving diplomas are: Ver
non Roebuck, valedictorian; Sybil
Peele, salutatorian; Hey wood Mob
ley, historian; Grace Bailey, Delsie
Harrison, Luke Mizelle, and Wade
Mobley. Pete Rogers, who would
have graduated with this class, left
in January to attend the Oak Ridge
Military Institute.
The marshals serving this year
are, Lorene Rogerson, Mildred Wob
bletou, Dillon Cherry and Gene Rog
ers.
Vi ork and Quits for
! Term Wednesday
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Total of Eleven Divorces Are
Granted During the Past
Two Weeks Here
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Completing its work, the Martin ]
County Superior Court folded its
tent and quit for the term here on
Wednesday afternoon. No large num
ber of cases was/cleared from the
h,it cur
ing issues were relieved and the
bonds of matrimony were shatter
ed in eleven cases.
After getting off to a slow start
last week when session- were limit
ed to a few minutes daily during/the
early part of the period and suspend
ed in then entirety later in the per
iod, the court last Monday cranked
up the divorce mili and cranked out
seven divorce eases. Two more were
■idd-'d to the list Tuesday, boosting
the total for the term to eleven, five
divorces going to white and six to
colored couples. Based on two years
of separation, the divorces grant
ed Tuesday were, as follows: Wil
liam L. Hadley against I.vda Marie
Hadley, and Mrs. Perlie Storks
against Josh W. Stocks.
Other proceedings in the court:
In the case of Standard Fertilizer
Company against C. M. Thomas, the
jury gave the plaintiff a judgment
in the sum of $223.01 with interest
from October 1, 1939
Suing J. S. Godard for damage to
woodsland by fire as a result of the
negligence of the defendant’s agents,
Thomas Brown was awarded a judg
ment in the sum of $112, Mrs. Dare
Brown one for $162, and S. L. Ellis
a judgment in the sum of $426. No
tice of appeal to the supreme court
was given, the court requiring an
appeal bond in the sum of $75 and
a stay bond of $700 The defendant
has forty days to perfect his appeal.
The case of J. D. Williams against
(Continued on page six)
Holding Last Rites
This Afternoon for
Mrs. Wm. T. Grimes
Prominent Native of Comity
I ties at Home of Soil Wed
nesday in Albany, (>a.
Funerai services are being con
ducted in St. Martin'3 Episcopal
Church, Hamilton, this afternoon at
5 o’clock for Mrs Nona Walda
Grimes, native of this county, who
died at the home of her son in Al
bany, Georgia, Wednesday. The Rev,
Mr. Brogden, Scotland Neck minis
ter, will conduct the last rites, and
interment will follow in the family
plot in the Hamilton Cemetery.
Mrs. Grimes suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage about two weeks ago,
her condition gradually growing
weaker until the end.
The daughter of the late Joseph
Waldo and wife, Mrs. Grimes was
born in Hamilton on September 18,
1867. Her family was prominent in
education, and civic and religious
fields in the county for many years,
and she jvas a member of the Epis
copal Church since childhood. In
early womanhood she was married
to Wm. T. Grimes, and they later
moved to Baltimore where he was
connected with an insurance com
pany for some time. When his health
began to fail, they returned to Ham
ilton where he died about thirty
years ago. Since that time, Mrs.
Grimes made her home with her
sons, spending some time in Rocky
Mount, but most of those years in
Georgia.
She leaves two sons, Waldo
Grimes, of Washington City, and
William Grimes, of Albany, and a
grandson, Lt. W. T. Grimes, of More
head City. She also leaves two sis
ters, Mrs. H M. Ballard and Miss Ef
fie Waldo, of Hamilton.
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Certificate For Purchase
Of Car Issued This Week
A certificate for the purchase of
a new automobile was issued this
the Martin County Ra‘: .
inPCKed to Joe G. Corey o! w o
liamston. The applicant explained
he was a farmer, collector and sales
man.
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Asked by a friend if he was
leaving for the Army yesterday
morning, an impudent Negro
youth blurted out that he was
never going. He was one of those
detestable wise guys who dis
gusts everyone, even members of
his own race.
It was reckoned that the
scoundrel was too big for the
Army, but a member of his own
race explained the situation
when he said, “He just means
they are going to carry him to
teh Army.”
With the one exception, the
group of colored men leaving
the county for the induction een
ter was about as well-behaved
and considerate of decency, law
and order as any bunch of men
to go from this section.
Classified This Week
MSfMSS
A sleepy-time town election
on Tuesday, May 4, was predict
ed today after Registrar John E.
Pope reported that not a single
new name had been added to
the registration hooks since
ifit'X wrr opened on April 10. |
The books close tomorrow, and ,
there is little reason to believe
any names will be added before /
closing time. ’
The election, following a
nominating convention, has long
been recognized as a required
but worthless step in the demo
cratic system of government un
der the present plan. But at no
time in recent years have the
registration books been open
for two weeks without receiv
ing a single new name.
Eighth Army Drives
Ahead Doggedly To
Oust Axis In Africa
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Fierce Fijglitiup; Breaks Out
On Fustern Front \£ain
In Cast Fi'w Days
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Despite a determined and last
ditch resistance offered by Rom- i
mil’s Axis gang, the British Eighth
Army is pushing forward doggedly
in a last drive to oust the enemy from
Africa. Following a recent lull, the
Allies started the drive now under
way earlier in the week, hut the go
ing is apparently tough, latest dis
patches indicating that hardly more
than six or seven miles had been
gained in about three days of fierce
fighting.
Allied armies were tightening both
ends of their siege arc about the Ax
is in Tunisia as the Fust Army on
the northeast front advanced to
within 24 miles of Tunis, beating off
powerful counter attacks which cost
the Axis 27 tanks and 500 prisoners.
With clearing weather, air forces
gave strong support today to the
British armies in the two battles be
ing fought 45 miles apart
British parachutists are serving as
infantry in the front line fighting ■* 1
was disci sed officially as the battle!
grew to a peak of bitterness never j
before equalled in Africa, paiticu- i
larly on the Eighth Army front, I
where hand grenades and bayonets i
were brought into play.
Even these weapons were thrown
away in yesterday’s battle to clean
out Axis nests at Takrouna and on
surrounding heights just west of
Enfidaville, Ned Russell of the Unit
ed Press, reported from the front.
Axis troops refused to surrender
even when the British had driven |
them to the brow of the cliff and J
many were hurled over bodily.
With Takrouna’s fall, the Eighth |
Army was able to accelerate its ad
vance and late reports said its van
guard had reached a point four miles
north of Enfidaville inside the Axis
mountain defense ring.
As the concerted Allied drives
ground away the Axis Tunisian
bridgehead bit by bit, the Germans
were reported using their best
troops in repeated, but unavailable
counter-attacks which brought about
serious losses for both sides.
Further to the north, the British
First Army launched an offensive
yesterday, reports today stating that,
several important hills had been cap
tured.
The fighting in Tunisia is taking
a heavy toll in lives and equipment
(Continued on page six)
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Visit Bear Grass
Osbervation Post
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The Bear Grass Observation Post
had some official visitors from the
Grcmr.d C’ksei -r Section Headqua>
‘vts at .Jjjgjgidk. The tLi'*i^*it was
n Sunday night about 12.30. The
post was very highly commended
and Sgt. Lehner, in charge of the
visit, said the past was one of the
nicest he has seen anywhere.
They paid a second visit to the (
post on Tuesday morning and took
some pictures of the post.
We regret very much to report that
our chief observer, Mr. T. O. Hick .
man, is leaving the post at the end
of the school term. He has given ,
much time and effort to the post in
order to keep it going. The assistant
chief observers will be in charge of
the post until a new chief observer
is appointed.
The classes in Aircraft Recognition
taught by Miss Naomi Brown, are
progressing very nicely At the pres
ent time the class has learned 21
planes, all that have been available
up until the present time; however,
the remaining silhouette posters of
the planes have now been obtained.
Due to the closing of school there
will be no meeting next week, but
we will start a new' class Monday
night, May 3. Every observer is
urged to be present, whether no in
tends to take the course or not.
About One-Third of
The Group Placed in
’*(, Classifications
Two Hundred ’and Eis/hlv
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lour (.ages Keviewcil^by
County Draft Boa/d
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Meeting here last Monday night,
the Martin County Draft Board re
viewed 28-t farm registrants’ cases
after the County War'Board had
checked the farm records in each
individual case. Approximately one
third of the group was placed in the
men ancf^f^^hfPmSRied men, mean
ing they are ‘frozen” to their jobs.
While it appears that all the others,
or most of them at least, are in the
1-A group, some of them are mar
ried with children and ait actually
in the 3-A classification. However
as far as farming is concerned, they
are in 1-A at the present. A regis
trant's married status and other fac
tors will be considered before final
classification is made.
Out of 284 cases handled by the
board, farmers qualified for the “C”
classifications in 93 of them. Two
others were placed in the 2-A group
on account of dairying activities. In
the 189 cases where the registrants
were continued in the 1-A group, it
is believed that a goodly number of
the men can and will qualify for the
"C” rating by altering their farm
ing operations and plans slightly.
In quite a few cases, the registrants
missed the goal by just a few units
some by as few as one and one and
a half units.
While it is apparent that farming
does not offer a blanket deferment,
it is also apparent that numbers of
farmers can and are qualifying for
the “C” classifications under the
production unit plan.
Those registrants whose cases
were reviewed will be advised of
their status by the County War
(Continued tin page six)
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Noted Speaker To
Address Meeting
A special parent-teacher program
is scheduled for the grammar school
auditorium next Tuesday evening,
April 27th, at 8:30 o’clock when Dr
It. H. Crossfield, president emeritus
d Transylvania College in Ken
tucky, will speak Dr Crossfield has
traveled widely in the Orient and is
eminently qualified to speak nri the
‘ulture of the peoples of the East.
Elbert Peel will introduce the
speaker.
A special feature of the program
■vill be the dedication of the new'
stage improvements at the grammar
school. Recently remodeled and
•quipped with beautiful curtains, the
grammar school auditorium, the
scene of many commencement in
mars gone by, presents an entirely
lew appearance.
The improvements will he dedicat
'd to the memory of the late Mrs.
•Jetty Harrell, former teacher in the
ocal high school.
Pupils of Mrs. Ilaitell are espee
ally urged to be present.
Mrs Meyer Levin, incoming pres
dent of the parent-teacher associa
ion, will preside over the meeting
Oak City Observers
Hear (alias. Lehner
Speaking to the Oak City post ob
servers last Monday evening, Sgt.
7has. Lehner, instructor in aircraft
eeognition at the Army school, Vir
ginia Reach, stressed the importance
if the observation system. While ii
s important to be able to recognize
ind identify the various types of air
craft, one can still he a good post ob
server without having that knowl
‘dge, the instructor told a large
crowd gathered in the Oak City high
school auditorium.
The sergeant explained that one
niliion and one hundred thousand
itizens were volunteering their serv ■
ces in manning the posts in this
sountry, that their work is making
t possible for more planes to be re
ieved from patrol work and that it
vas relieving the Army of a big
ask.
Recently completing a series of
dasses in aircraft recognition, As
sistant Chief Observer Nat John
son opened a second school for his
ibservers this week.
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Hook And Line Fishing
Hun Lifted For Easter
A special order issued by the State
Department of Conservation is lift
ng the ban on hook and line fishing
n inland waters Sunday and Mon
lay, April 25 and 26, it was announc
'd today by Game Warden Bill Ab
nitt.
The problem of getting gas for the
trips will be solved in the fisher-1
men's own way, the warden explain-'■
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Oecree Kales Out
Labor Pirating In
C?
\ ital Industries
Manpower ('omini.ssion Vir
luully Freezes Workers in
Major Essential Jobs
A decree, more or less drastic and
far-reaching in scope, was handed
down by Manpower Commissioner
McNutt tLas week, freezing, or vir
t.y Wall reorkt.*-major
essential industries. White ‘it is poa
•iilye for a worker to change jo’s, he
is warned that he must abide by cer
tain rult4 and regulations or accept
the consequences, namely, a fine
ranging up to 1; ,000 or a year in
prison or both. The order applies to
employers, too.
The order is limited to “essential”
iobs. meaning that the shifting from
one essential job to another for high
er pay is virtually a thing of the
oast. It should be noted that a per
son working at a non-essential job
has the right to change his job at his
own discretion either for another
non-essential job or .for one in the
essential list.
Anyone, of course, can quit a war
or essential job for a non-war or
non-essential job subject to his own
ideas of his war-time responsibili
ties and to possible reclassification
°y hls draft board. Tf he quits his es
sential job and stays in a non-essen
tial job for thirty days, he then is
free under the order to move back
into an essential job at higher pay.
It is also possible for a worker in an
essential job to transfer to another
essential job and for higher pay if
he can get a certificate from his old
employer stating that his services
are no longer needed. And an em
Dloyer is required to issue such a
certificate whenever an employee is
fill'd, laid off for more than seven
days, or can establish that his pres
ent employment does not utilize him
at his highest skill or that he is'not
being worked full time.
The order, it was pointed out, does
not prevent promotions, upgrading
of wage and salary increases for the
man in a war industry who stays
with his present employer. Those
types of promotions are subject to
War Labor Board regulations, just
as the relations between employer
and employee are handled. In oth
er words, if there is any grievance
or friction between employer and
worker, the worker is privileged to
quit, hut not to enter another essen
tial industry until his case has eith
ei been cleared by the commission
or at the expiration of thirty days.
Rumors of labor pirating in this
immediate section have been heard
during the past few days, but no
definite details could be had.
As for the “essential” industries,
the manpower commission lists them
under about thirty-five heads. Most
of them center around big manu
facturing industries, but they in
clude Agriculture and commercial
fishing; processing of food, such as
meat-packing and slaughtering; for
estry, logging and lumbering; fer
tilizer manufacturing; construction,
including highway and street; pro
duction of finished lumber products
such as baskets and boxes; trans
portation services, including rail,
truck and bus and stevedoring,
trucking; communication services,
including telephone, telegraph, ra
dio and newspapers; repair services,
including about everything from
motor vehicles down to typewriters,
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Lions (iive Supper
To Men of Service
Members of the local Lions Club
were hosts last Monday evening at
< delicious rock muddle Guests of
llio occasion were the local men who
left the following day or later to be
S*n working for Uncle Sam, either
as a soldier or a sailor.
Among those leaving are four
lumbers of the club. John Eagles,
Ihe club’s efficient secretary; Roger
i’ritcher and Ruper Cowan are all
dated to become bluejackets, while
fv. Edwin (Flip) Peele is in the Army
low. Flip is one of the charter mem
3era of the local club, and has been
twry active i» its Egress.
No regular fourth Thursday meet
ng of the club was held this week,
once the supper Monday night took
:he place of it.
Funeral Held Here Last
Monday For Infant Son
F uneral services were conducted
at the home here last Monday after
noon at 3 o’clock for Clifton Warren,
six-monthc-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Warren. Rev. B T Hurley, Meth
odist minister, officiated. Interment
was in the local cemetery.
A victim of pneumonia, the child
had been sick oniy a short time.
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Announce Services In
Vernon Methodist Church
Beginning next Monday evening
at 8 o’clock, Rev. B. T. Hurley will
conduct a series of evangelistic cerv
ices in the Vernon Methodist church
near here-on the old Everetts Ittoad.
The services will continue for a
week or ten days, and the public is
invited to attend.