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UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
VOLUME \1 VI—NUMBER 61
Willmmston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tnrsday, August 3. 1943.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Ninety-Seven fires
Allotted in County
_ By
Sixty-five of the Tires Were
Grade 1 ami for Curs ami
Pick-Up Trucks
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Another liberal distribution of
certificates for the purchase of new
car and pick-up truck tires was ef
fected by the Martin County Ration
int; Board at its regular meeting last
T'riday night. Sixty-five of the new
tires were for cars and pick-up
trucks, fifteen were Grade Ill’s,
two were for farm implements and
twelve were for trucks.
Grade I tires and tubes were al
lotted to the following:
H. R. Short, Oak City, one tire.
Henry Myrick. RFD 1, Palmyra,
one tire.
J. R. Jones. RFD 3, Williamston,
one tire.
G. A. Peel, RFD 2, Williamston,
one tire.
Thurman Harrell, Oak City, one
tire.
Ira Griffin, RFD 1. WilHw.ston,
two tires.
Jasper Whitfield, RFD i. Hobgood,
two tires.
J. T. Alien, RFD 3, Williamston,
one tire.
W. C. Hale, RFD 1. Palmyra, two
tires
Russell Holliday, RFD 1, Oak City,
one tire.
Robert E. Peel, Williamston, one
tire.
Henry F. Williams, RFD 1, Wil
liamston, one tire.
A. L. Oakley, Robersonville, one
tire and one tube.
1/ M. Meeks, RFD, Robersonville,
one tire.
H. H. Williams, Everetts, two tires
and one tube.
Johnnie T. Moore, RFD 1, Pal
myra, two tires and one tube.
Raleigh L. Terry, RFD 1, Rober
sonville, one tire.
W. K. Roebuck, Robersonville, one
tire.
Herbert Sexton, Jamesville, one
tire and cne tube.
Gus Griffin, Robersonville, two
tubes.
C. U. Rogers, Williamston, one tire
Marvin Coltrain, Williamston, one
tube.
Charlie Moore, Williamston, two
tires and two tubes.
Elmer N. Modlin, Jamesville, one
tube.
Parlie Thomas, Williamston, one
tube.
J. G. Tj.e, RFD 2,"Williamston,
one tire and one tube.
W. M, Oakley, Robersonville, two
tires.
W. H. Williams, Williamston, one
tire and one tube.
Hugh B. Griffin, RFD 1, William
ston, one tire and one tube.
Danny Mobley, Everetts, one tire.
G. C. Jenkins, RFD 3, Williams
ton, one tire.
Grover C. Lilley, RFD 1, James
ville, one tire.
N. W. Worsley, Oak City, one tire.
W. A. Perry, RFD 1, Williamston,
one tire
Ed Warren, RFD 1. Oak City, one
tire.
Rufus Lynch, RFD 1, Oak City,
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Few Marriages In
County During
The Month Of July
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Number Is Smallest For Any
Month Sinee July Three
Years Ago
Dan Cupid bumped into a minia
ture depression in striving to main
tain his work in this county last
month when the number of mar
riages dropped to the lowest point
in three years. Despite war, uncer
tainties and multiplied handicaps,
the county marriage license bureau
had up until last month reported a
fairly steady business. While the
bottom did not drop out, the number
of marriages further reflects a con
tinued decrease in bureau activities.
Eleven uet'n u <‘i'i i'.^ iin ii*j
Register of Deeds J Sum G» 1 mger,
ifour'TT'Wfff 'and 'sTWir t " ioibivd
couples, as follows:
White
Willis G. Johnson, of Peterboro,
N. H., and Mary Alice Dunning, Wil
liamston.
Earl Luther Taylor, of RFD, Wil
liamsion, and Hazel Elizabeth Rob
erson, Robersonville.
Jesse Vernon Edmondson, Rober
sonville, and Irma Hayes Todd, Au
lander.
Colored
Luke Biggs and Eloise Williams,
both of Williamston
Thomas Wilford and Odell Wig
gins, both of Palmyra.
Claude Alexander Dempsey, of
RFD 1, Williamston ,and Rebecca
Bowen, of Washington.
Julius Cherry, of Bethel, and Mar
ion Bertha Smith ,of Hobgood.
James Arthur Scott and Jessie Mae
Wiggirus, both of Williamston.
Geo. R. Shaw and Katherine Hag
en, both of Williamston
Geo. Williams. RFD 3, Williams
ton, and Anna Brown, of Williams
ton.
Workers Retu rning To
at Errtiiizer Plan!
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Despite labor shortages and
the rush to house tobacco, can
ning projects in several of the
county school centers are report
ing much progress. A carload of
beans is being processed by the
nehroom canners at the pres
ent time.
In Oak City, Principal II. Id.
Ainsley announced today that
fifteen women were volunteer
ing their services today, that
they plan to can 200 or more
quarts today. Other volunteers
are urged to report on Wednes
day and Thursday of this week.
Their services "are badly needed
if a sufficient amount of food is
to be preserved for the lunch
roo a this coming term, th»*
school man explained.
Commissioners In
Regular Session
Here Last Ni^ht
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Adoption of Itiul^ei Delayed;
Action In Expected At
Special Meeting
In a short meeting here last night,
the commissioners limited their work
to strictly routine matters, taking
no official action in any matter oth
er than that dealing with monthly
bills. The possibility of a tax reduc
tion was briefly discussed, but in
the absence of the treasurer no ac
tion was taken. It was announced
that a special meeting will bo called
within the near future .that appro
priations would be proposed at that
time. It was the concensus of opin
ion expressed at the meeting last
night that a reduction of possibly
10 cents on the $100 assessed proper
ty valuation could be effected in the
rate this fiscal year.
Speaking for the local public li
brary, John L. Goff appealed to the
commissioners to increase the month
ly appropriation for the library by
$25. The town is now appropriating
tiie small sum of $25 pel month, do
nations from the several civic and
fraternal organizations anti private
citizens boosting that amount to
approximately $75 a month. The li
brary is housed in the town hall and
has very little overhead, the rep
resentative explaining that with the
increase, the library would be able
to double its book purchases.
Reviewing the activities of the
library, Goff said that 1,097 books
were now owned by it, that about
one-fifth of them were of fairly re
cent date. Last year, the representa
tive continued, the library circulat
ed 10,445 volumes, 0,751 among
adult and 3.094 among chi'dren bor
rowers. These figures, it was ex
plained, do not include the many
hundreds of volumes of bookmobile
books lent the library and circulat
ed by the iocal unit. At the present
time, the library has an active list
of borrowers numbering 728.
No official action was taken on
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Few Colored Men
Accepted By Army
Out of the approximately twenty'
seven Martin County colored men
reporting to the induction center m
July, very few were accepted by the
irmed services. One report coming
:rom an unofficial source stated that
:en were ruled out on account of low
iteracy standards, and eight others
,vere physically unfit for military
service
Six men, Nathaniel James, Levy
James Lynch, Henry Bullock, Clyde
Junior Coburn, Roscoe L. Moore and
Vanci- Council, were- -accepted by
.he Army. Three men, William j
'I.rrry .Jnow. William. Solomon .Hv-1
Tian and Ernest Roberson, were ae- J
•opted far sor.vi.cgjjb Hie Navy.
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center on July 6, the men returned
lome and those who were accepted
completed their furloughs and re
ported for active duty.
With encouraging reports com
ing out of Georgia, tobacco far
mers in South Carolina and along
the border are eagerly anticipat
ing the opening of a successful
marketing season on Thursday
of this week
Last year the markets in that
belt reported an opening-day
price average close to 37 cents.
Many farmers believe the price
trend will move upward this
week and hold firm at or near
the 41-cent level.
Late reporh, from Georgia in
dicate that the price average
has weakened a bit to hold the
general price to ceiling figures.
MARKETS
} Resume Operations
When About Half oi
Men Report Monday
Federal Employment Service
I* Said To Jlaie Called f*>r
Eis*t of Transfers
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The several-days-old strike at the
plant of the Standard Fertilizer Com
pany was virtually ended here yes
terday morning when loyal workers
started returning to their jobs, but
a statement from the management
today indicated that operations were
not yet back to normal. It was ex
plained, however, that the returning
force is sufficient to carry on the
most urgent operations, that a ser
ious labor shortage is now certain
when the plant tries to go on a full
scale operating basis within the next
| two or three weeks
That the backbone of Uw
had been broken was made virtually
I certain yesterday morning when thir
teen men returned to their jobs. They
were followed by seven more this
; morning, and- :! is possible that the
number will be increased again to
morrow. However, it is fairly defi
nite that some of those who quit the
plant last week are seeking jobs
elsewhere, that they are moving con
trary to the law and that prosecu
itons are expected to follow in time.
The management is taking no action
in the hope that normalcy can be re
stored without resorting to force, but
| it was reliably learned that those
| charged with the enforcement of the
vagrancy laws and those who ad
minister the Stabilization Wage law
had called for the names of those
| men who had not returned to work.
It was also learned that an investi
gation designed to search out the in
stigator of the work stoppage is still
being considered, but the manage
ment said this morning it knew noth
ing officially of such proposed action,
that it would be entirely up to the
designated authorities to act.
During the meantime, the com
pany is apparently ready to plead
| tlie case of those loyal workers be
’ fore the War Manpower Commis
sion. While records show that the
j War Labor Board is holding firm to
; the wage stabilization policy, it will
j do no harm to review the t se, it was |
pointed out. It lias been pointed out j
jthat. no wage increases are possible
without the sanction of the labor
board.
Approximately twenty-three men I
were still out of the plant shortly be- j
fore noon today, one report stating
that several of them had gone to oth
er centers, some outside the State, in
search of new jobs. The action is
considered untimely since it is a vi
olation of the federal law for a man
to apply for work without a state
ment of availability or release or for
an vmployer to engage a man who
has no 1 elease.
There was some talk about threats
being made against those who ex
pressed the willingness to return to
their jobs last week-end, but there
has been no violence and none is ex
pected. The men returning to work
apparently agreeing to search out a
remedy through designated channels
while those still out of work are ap
parently willing to refrain from any
interference.
Complete Teacher
Appointments Here
Following months of extensive
correspondence by school authorities
all positions in the local faculty
have been filled according to a re
port coming from the office of the
superintendent today.
The personnel was completed yes
terday when a teacher for the first
grade was named and an English
teacher was appointed to the high
school faculty.
Miss Ann Golden, of Carthage, is
to fill the high school position, and
Miss Frances Turnage if Avden is
the second new teacher for the first
.grade^Mis^Goidena graduate oi.
<hego|IxS«riotie, has been
employed in the office of the Feder
al Bureau of Investigation during the
past year. Miss Turnage taught in
the Plymouth schools for four years.
Minor Disturbance On
Main Street Saturday
A minor disturbance in the mid
dle of West Main Street was report
ed at the railroad underpass last
Saturday afternoon when Alton
Clark, white of Greenville, and Coll
sie Lynch, colored .engaged in a fist
fight. At a hearing before Justice
Hassell it was said that Clark asked
Lynch to let him ride his (Lynch’s)
bicycle, that Lynch did not use the
best manners in refusing the request.
Javis Harris, Ciark’s companion,
tried to separate the two and he
absorbed a few blows. One report
stated that all of them had been
drinking.
Clark and Lynch were required j
to pay $5.50 costs each, and the case :
was dismissed.
Aged Man Found In
Woods Near Hassell
■-.Utu'iHwn
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J<*sse M. ([. Nrl-on Said To H<
Fn ^ pukpTTpd iontlilinn
From KxjHTifiH'f
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Wandering from his home near
Hassell early last Friday morning.
Mr. Jesse M. C. Me. Nelson, highly
respected citizen of this county, was
found thirty hours later lying in
swamp mud in an unconscious con
dition about one and one-half miles
from his home. He had been exposed
to a heavy rain Friday night and
his face was almost bloodshot by
mosquito bites. While he is in a ter
ribly weakened condition as a result
of the experience, his attending
physician believes he will recover if
pneumonia does not develop.
Mr. Nelson, 82 years of age, walk
ed to a tobacco field where men were
harvesting the crop shortly before 9
o'clock. He told them he was return
ing to the house, but apparently lost
his way and wandered into the woods
and continued into the swamp.
Relatives and tu ighbors startl’d a
search for him that afternoon and
vX'iVtir<uccl it until late into the night.
Others were culled to assist the next
morning, and when they reported
no success, other officers and citi
zens. including a number of trus
tees from the local prison crimp
Their number boosted to about 45
by early afternoon, a sweeping
search was made of the swamp. The
first trace of the missing man was
established when his coat was found
on a log. About two hundred yards
away his vest was found hanging
on a tree limb. He was trailed from
that spot by broken bushes for a
distance of about 100 yards, Lee
Vann, one of the trustees, finding
the old gentleman about 4 40 o’clock
lying on his back in the mud
Apparently Mr. Nelson had fallen
and was in that position during the
heavy rain the night before. A sig
nal was sounded, the searchers gath
ered around and carried the man
from the woods and medical aid was
called to him immediately
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Eleven Martin Men
Accepted Bv Army
According to a reliable but unof
ficial report, the Army of the Unit
ed States accepted eleven of the thir- t
ty-four white Martin County men i
who reported to thi mduction cen .
ter last Wednesday. It could not be
learned immediately how many, if
any, were accepted by the Navy. It
was also pointed out in the report
that several of the original group
were detained at the induction cen
ter for an extra period with the pos
sibility that some of them would be
taken into the service. The names
of those detained could not be learn
ed, and an unofficial report on the
contingent will not be made avail
able for two weeks or more.
The names of those men accepted
immediately by the Army are, as j
follows:
Joseph II (Buck) Saunders, Jr,
Bernice L. Rogerson, Asa J. Taylor,
Van R. Taylor, Walter T. Menden
hall. Ernest R. Froneberger, Henry
R. Warren, Harry M. Wynne, Ned
P. Everett, Herman A. Dixon, Wil
liam O. Donald, Jr.
According to the report, the men
are to return for active duty on
Thursday, August 19. Returning
home early in the morning of last
Friday, the eleven men accepted im
mediately are enjoying a three
weeks furlough instead of a two
weeks respite in effect up until just
recently.
Opening- .*%'«< i\> s
Next Saturday
Plans were announced just about
complete today for the opening of
Wier’s Furniture Store in the build
ing recently occupied by Pittman’s
next to The Enterprise.
Several large truckloads of now
and used furniture have already been
unloaded and other shipments are
due before the opening. Manager*
Dvvntr John Wier announces.
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SPEAKS ...
One minm accident crept into
the county’s highway “tear ’em
up and kill ’em” record last
week, boosting the total for the
year to date to 26. After remain
ing more than 50 per cent below
the figure for the corresponding
period a year ago, the record has
lost that advantage and is grad
ually gaining. Only does the fav
orable advantage hold in the
number of injured.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
31st Week Comparison
Accidents Inj’d Killed Uatn’ge
1943 1 1 0 $ 50
1942 0 0 0 000
Comparison To Date.
1943 26 12 5 3575
1942 44 27 1 5943
New Draft Rales Are Likely
I To Follow Call For Fathers
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rules and regulations was preatcTec
in some quarters today following an
announcement last evening pointing
to the drafting of fathers on or after
October 1. While there is a possibil
ity that no fathers will be called from
this county before the latter part of
this year, if then, there is already a
national movement underway to
ame nd the pre-ent rules and regula
tions to the extent that^all single
men, regat'dreis ol occupation, would
be drafted before any other fathers
are called.
Several members of Congress, im
mediately following the announce
ment proposing the drafting of fath
ers on or after the first of next Oc
tober, went on record as favoring
changes in classifications for single
farmers and other single men in vi
tal industry. It has been estimated
that over two million farmers have
il ion « m Id .jwsMy for service
Those law -makers who were quick
to commonv on the recent Selective
Service announcement., declared that
I those single men could be replaced
\ by older men now in non-essentia
jobs. It is fairly apparent that the
[ drafting of fathers will come only
j after prolonged debate and wrangl
[ ing.
Along with, hiv; Jfflfoial ann^o^^
meat, draft boards are expected U
| receive an order directing them ti
revi w the cases of all registrants, tc
dig out those single men who coulc
possibly qualify for some type ol
I service.
Instructions have not yet been re
| ceived by the local draft boards, but
j it is understood that those fathers
i in non-essential industry, regardless
I of how many children they have, will
be the first to be called.
Ho Idiii" Two Men In
Coimtv for Highway
Robbery and Attack
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Dt'friuluuis To Get i’relimi
nnr Henriug Here to
morrow hveniii"
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Charged with assaulting and rob
bing Lacy Steele, white pulp null
worker in the lower part of this
county last Friday about noon, Er
nest Jones and Levester Archie,
young colored men, are being held in
the jail here while officers continue
to gather evidence considered of a
damaging nature to the defendants’
cause.
Wandering into this county a
short time ago, Jones, said to be
from Pitt County, and Archie, said
to be from Charlotte, got a job at
the plant of the North Carolina
Pulp Company. They reported for
work about 1 o’clock Friday morn
ing, but left a few hours later. It is
believed the men rjever reached
their stations in the plant but spent
some time searching clothes in the
locker rooms and wandering around
the plant yard. They were seen la
ter in the day loafing around box
cars in the wood yard When Mr.
Steele completed his day’s work
about noon he started walking the
railroad into Plymouth, but before
he crossed the county line he was
accosted and knocked unconscious.
The robbers relieved him of a pocket
knife and his pay check. While lie
could not definitely describe tin
men he offered a fairly good de
scription of the clothes they wore.
Apparently no one saw the attack,
but officers learned that Jones and
Archie were in the neighborhood of
the scene when tlie attack was made
The victim was not seriously hurt,
but Ids injuries were painful.
One report stated that Mr. Steele
was straddled by one of die men
who held a razor at bin neck while
the other searched his pockets.
Sheriff J. K Reid and Chief P.
W. Brown of Washington and Plym
outh were immediately notified by
other workers who were returning
from the mill. Chief Brown question
ed the two men, but they offered a
good story and they were allowed
to pass. Farther down the railroad
Sheriff Reid became suspicious of the
two men while questioning them
and he took them into custody and
lurried them over to Sheriff C B.
Roebuck, Patrolman W S. Hunt and
Chief W. B. Daniel.
A hearing will lie given the two
men before Justice J. L. Hassell here
tomorrow night.
Several Hurl When
Car Strikes Bridge
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Their car plowing into the guard
rail on the eastern end of the Roan
jke River bridge, several persons
were painfully but not critically hurt
ibout 5:30 o’clock last Sunday morn
ng.
•Tar.vos St ssorns, ti< iVei of thi .011 |
FJlymouth sedan, was badl., cut on i
ii,s knee, his wife, Mary Season)8. j
•'.ffiTcd de«-p lacerations on her •
Uiff. ii-Vifl- O.JWV..
iiiompson sprained an ankle. (Harris
bee and Oenny Lee Cherry, other
passengers in the car, were not in
ured. The party, all colored, was
Torn Colerain,
Apparently running at a high rate
if speed ,the car tore down two or
hree concrete posts in the bridge
rnd barely missed going off the
nidge into the swamp below. The
■ar was said to have been wrecked
peyond repair.
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Tobacco Curing Horn Is
Destroyed Ity Fire Friduy j
Fire starting after the leaf had j
peen “killed, out” and the fires j
Irawn from the furnaces, destroyed !
i curing barn and some choice to
pacco on the farm of Mr. J. Rome
iTorey in the Farm Life community
if this county late last Friday night.
Completing the curing process
ibout 10 o’clock, the barn attend
mts retired immediately and when
hey were awakened about midnight
he top of the barn was falling in.
| FEW SPEEDSTERS |
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According to Corporal W. S.
Hunt and Patrolman Whit Saun
ders, ot the North Carolina State
Highway Patrol, traffic for the
most part in this section is mov
ing within the 35-mile state-wide
speed limit.
Soon sfter the law was order
ed in effect by the governor,
quite a few motorists were car
ried into the courts for exceed
ing the limit. Two persons were
charged with violating the speed
limit in this county over the
week-end, but their cases were
the first to reach the courts in a
week or ten days.
County Authorities
In Long Uneventful
Session On Monday
-a
New Fiscal Year Hmlgct Call
ing for $250,183.85 Civ
en Final Approval
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In a long and for the most part an
uneventful session, the Martin Coun
ty Commissioners yesterday formal
ly adopted the proposed budget call
ing for a total of $250,183.85 for the
'current fiscal year and cleared their
l desk of routine matters including a
j few tag adjustments, an order cull
ing for the foreclosure of land tax
sales, the inspection of reports, and
the selection of a jury for the Sep
tember teim of the superior court.
A few minor changes were effect
ed in the budget figures within the
budget itself, but the total remains
the same, the commissioners esti
mating that a rate of $1.20 on the
$100 assessed property valuation
would take care of the financial sit
uation for the 1943-44 fiscal year plus
the income anticipated from other
ounces such as fines, fees, forfeitures
and the legalized liquor business.
All land sale taxes due prior to
and including the year 1939 and un
paid are to be foreclosed on or be
fore December 1 of this year, ac
cording to a direct order issued to
the county attorney. No estimate on
the amount could be had immediate
ly, but whatever the amount is, the
commissioners have ruled that it
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Ration Board Panel
Hears Three Cases
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ifUL-r caat a t OuJ 11FaCIIIV
ing, were heard by the Martin Coun
ty War Price and Rationing Board
panels in session last Friday night,
the authorities issuing warnings in
two cates and continuing a third un
til Friday of this week. No speeding
charges were before the group.
Willie Powell of Williamston was
warned against excessive driving,
and similar action was taken in the
case charging Walter Biggs with ex
cessive driving.
No action was taken in the ease
charging Evelyn Lillcy with driving
ill excess ill m r.allotment, the,tv
rodering a catwlPW, u.-until Finlay
of this week when complete records
are to be submitted for inspection.
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ROUND-UP
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Following a busy period dur
ing the week ending July 24, lo
cal and county officers had it
fairly quiet last week-end. Only
two arrests were recorded and
they were made in the lower
part of the county. Not a single
arrest was made locally during
the period.
Crime activities during July
were considerably below the
record reported for the same
month a year ago, but the num
ber of arrests last month was
considerably greater than those
recorded in July, 1942. Thirty
six persons were jailed last
month in the county, compared
with 41 in July of last year and
24 In July, 1941.
Move For Peace In
Italy Experiencing
j, AilMoYrtWficii11ies
Increased Force Now Driving
IJu la Sicily; Russian*
Reported in Orel
The outlook for an immediate
peace in Italy is a gloomy one today,
observers now advancing the opin
ion that Mussolini’s withdrawal,
forced or voluntary, has had little
,*tw in cU&rtng up the muddled
situation, that the Allies are back
where they were ten days ago in
their Italian peace march. It is be
ginning to appear, as some predict
ed at first. when Badoglio was term
ed a Fascist and Victory Emmanuel
was called a “maronic little King”,
that Mussolini’s successors, possibly
at the point of the German sword,
are working for the advantage of
Hitler. It is also apparent that the
King and Badoglio are not acting in
accordance with the wishes of the
Italian people who are ready for any
hind of surrender just so long as it
is in the direction of peace. In the
face (d the people's demand for
peace, one report declares that Ba
dogiio's regime is unlikely to last
more than a few days longer. The
King s position is as precarious but
he will bo wholeheartedly backed if
he is able to give tangible proof of
' rtesire to obtain peace whatever
the price. But there are those who
doubt the King’s power to take such
a lead.
That the recent peace puff is not
turning out for the sole advantage
of the Axis is seen in the increasing
muddle on the war fronts them
selves. The Italians are still sur
lendering, and in occupied countries
they are actually fighting the Germ
ans. Over in Crete, the Germans
are disarming the Italians as rapidly
as they can, and the action is likely
to spread to other countries and even
into Italy itself. The Germans are
trying to stop the transfer of Ital
ian soldiers, but one report states
that three divisions have already
moved out of Greece into Albania.
Rommell is now said to be in Yugo
slavia to take over areas which have
been occupied by the Italians.
The virtual nine-day truce allow
ed Italy has given Germany just that
much more time to shift her troops,
one report stating that eighteen of
' Hitler’s divisions had moved in to
take over and to challenge the Allies
when they march northward in
Italy.
j Appaieiniy recognizing the fail
I ure of the peace moves, the Allies
| have broken their fighting lull and
j are "now back in their stride with an
jail out drive to knock out Sicily and
follow through possibly into Italy it
self.
Refusing General Eisenhower’s
surrender terms and after making
a peace feeler of his own, Badoglio,
unofficially is said to have received
a seven-point program from Presi
dent Roosevelt who calls for: The
immediate cessation of hostilities;
no more collaboration with the
Germans; the turning over of all
war material undamaged; the use of
Italy for bases of operation; the re
lease of all prisoners.
‘uni UU 3IA /
(lountry s Service
Men Here Today,
Cone Tomorrow
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Sizable Jolt To up With
Changes in Mailing
\ddresseu
Uncle Sarr.’-i .service men are on
the move everywhere, in all foreign
lands and in the home land. Dis
patches from the war fronts tell how
fast the young men are moving
forward there, and the man handl
ing The Enterprise mailing list can
well vouch how fast they are mov
ing here. He says they are here to
morrow, some going one direction
and some another, many passing
each othe” along the way.
Out of a comparatively small
number of white draftees leaving
the county not so long ago, at least
different sirues, ana"
1:V ery• >i ip.fjO’yys;,. has
address one or more times. Ap
proximately five hundred service
men are receiving The Enterprise
now ,and it is conservatively esti
mated that four hundred and ninety
four of them have had their address
es changed one or more times, not
voluntarily, of course, but in ac
cordance with an old Army tradi
tion. It is a big job to keep up with
those addresses, but The Enterprise
force is ready to make the changes.
It asks that the boys send in their
changes of address along with the
old one as soon as possible after the
new location is determined.
felling how swiftly he is ocemg
the country, Pvt. Tom H. Ward
writes from Sioux City, Iowa, as fol
lows: “How is everything progres
sing in Mat tin County? Fine I hope.
I am doing fine. After spending two
months on Miami Beach, nine days
in Salt Lake City, Utah, I am now
nut in the com state, Iowa, located
at Sioux City. I wish to state that
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