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WAR THE ENTERPRISE OVU THE TOT FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES Hitt BONDS’STAMPS VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 82 — • WUluumto&f Martin County'j-North Carolina, Friday, October 15, £943. p ,, ESTABLISHED 1899 - -equity Young Maa. Tells Experiences In The U. S. Army Muck Aug;*, Jaiuiesvilte^ihve, Fas Seen Much Action in Tike Front Line? -*_— Writing to relatives back home, Mark Ange, young son of Mr. and Mrs. levin Ange, of Jamesvibe Township, relates the experiences of his first eighteen months in the Army of the United States. The first class private has seen much action in the front lines His letter, written to a relative, Thomas P. Sanderson, fol lows, in part: “Beginning to end of my 18 months of Army life: Was drafted May 14, 1942, received basic training for eight weeks, then to Belvoir, Va., for five more weeks. Went back to Fort Bragg until about August, when I was transferred to a line outfit at Camp A. P. Hill, Va., for a few weeks; then assigned to field artil lery, self-propelled, about the last of August. Then went to an embarka tion port for overseas duty. There about a month, and on first of No vember loaded on a large transport. On the second day woke up far at sea, out of sight of land when I walk ed out on deck. “We floated and zig-zagged for 18 days; and on the eighteenth day a sunny land came into sight—the har bor at Casablanca, F'renche West Af rica. It was a sight to see the ships sunk and scuttled in the harbor. The large French warship, Jean Bart, was there, but useless, due to dive bombing. “The first people we saw were Arabs, scrambling for anything you threw towards them; and fighting like you see kids when you pitch a quarter in a ring and say, ‘Best man gets it.’ It was fun, especially the noise they made, sounded like a flock of ducks. “Next, unloading, with two bar racks bags full of gear as we scram bled over a British vessel, and off for a five-mile walk, our eyes pop ping at the sights in front of us. Mostly debris and very filthy Arabs begging. Remained there until Feb ruary, and then on flat cars to Rebot, in a large cork forest. Was a little hard going, we thought, for a while anyway. Received a few very short passes and went on some sight-see ing tours, while studying firing prob lems. “Was there until March, when we loaded on flat cars again for a thous and-mile trip, over mountains and through tunnels. What a ride! What was to be seen was almost unbeliev able. Destruction and grief, hungry and unclothed people, weary and tat tered, were about all left. Have for got name of place where we unload ed, but it was not far from the front. French and British soldiers, by the trainloads, came and went; also tanks, planes, guns, auto trucks by trainloads—all shot up and burned out. “Had one close-up look at a truck very close An armor piercing shell had gone through it, and the driver’s helmet was still in there, full of ‘lesh—and what a scent. What a feeling we had; our guns there, all shining, and knowing that we were next. “Next we unloaded and were off looking for Jerries for a few miles. Can’t say how worn out and hungry you get. More sights and then we met up with Jerry March 22. At 7:10 on Saturday morning, the No. 1 gun registered the first shot and an ob servation post far up in the hills could see very plain that the sec ond one went home. So the battery drove its first mark home. Advanced to another position i in and. sima. prisoners were brought past. Around dark to another place, but fired no shots there during the night, al though we were all nervous think ing about what was next. Next day, off again to another position. Fired quite a few rounds, with more guns knocked out, and tanks, too. “Then off again, advancing to oth er places over rough country to (Continued on page six) -» Price Average Is Holding Lp Weil ♦— Despite a declining price for the better types of tobacco, the general average is holding to a fairly high level on the local market today. A conservative estimate placed the av erage at between 43 and 44 cents. Approximately 200,000 pounds of tobacco are being offered for sale here today, A conservative estimate placed the average at between 43 and 44 cents. Approximately 200,000 pounds of tobacco are being offered for sale here today, and most, if not all the selling time will be used in clearing the floors. Prices for the inferior grades con tinue to soar, but the top is holding to around 47 cents for the better types. Wrappers are selling higher, but very few tobaccos of that type are seen on the floors. It is estimated that the sales to day will carry the total for the sea son to a point in excess of seven and one-half million pound*. | Peanut Digging m the County | Being. Complet.eji .Thjs Week -* Getting off to an unusually early start, peanut ■» • now )mi\ about complete in the county. Nine ty-nine per cent of the crop will have been dug by late tomorrow, accord ing to reports. Even before the pre liminary harvest task was complet ed, picking o,'c:«;tions were start ed and the crop is moving to mar ket in fair quantity at this time. The enlarged plant of the Wiliiamston Peanut Company started full-time operations this week, and a double shift is being considered. It was re ported that the plant handled well over 1,000 bags during an eight hour shift one day this week. The crop this season, according to reports, is possibly one-fourth un der the production figures of a year ago. However, the crop is spotted, some farmers reporting as many as PFC. MACK ANGE) \» Writing: to relatives back home, Pfc. Mack Ange, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Levin Ange of Jamesville Township, tells of the fighting in the Mediterran ean campaign. W. Herbert Lilley Died Suddenly At His Home Tuesday ♦ Funeral Services Will Be Held Saturday Afternoon in Jamesville -«. W. Herbert Lilley .retired travel ing salesman and for several years operator of a tailoring shop, died suddenly at his home here on Smith wick Street last Tuesday afternoon at 3:50 o’clock, the victim of a heart attack He had not been feeling well for several days and spent Monday and part of Tuesday in bed Getting ' up that afternoon he was shavmg himself when he was stricken. Walk ing across the hail to the living room he fell. Mrs. Lilley and her sister, Miss Mayo Lamb, rushed to his side and placed a pillow under his head. He told them he was dying, and when asked if he was in pain he placed his hand over his heart, death following a very short time later. The son of the late William B. and Lenora Jones Lilley, he was born in the Jamesville community 55 years ago. Completing his schooling there, he entered the mercantile field and later traveled for several national ly-known firms in many of the Southern states. He retired from the roacF Stout' twelve or UfttUn" years' ago, On March 8, 1918, he was mar ried to Miss Kathleen Wallace who died about nine years ago. One son, Arthur Wallace Lilley, a member of the armed forces stationed in Texas, survives the union. Returning to the armed service soon after he was married, Mr. Lilley joined the 8!st Division and saw service over seas as a sergeant. On November 24, 1936, he was married to Miss A-nnie !,r>mb of Wil Uamston and since that time he made his home"here'He was a member ot for a number of years, Mr. Lilley was an unpretentious (Continued on page six) 25 and 26 bags per acre, while the average will hardly rsi over 12 to 15 bags. The quality is said to be unusually good. War prisoners, the first to enter the county since the sixties, have had a fairly big part in the peanut harvesting work. The Italians, it is estimated, dug approximately 1,000 acres and their work has improved from Hay to day until each is handl ing three-quarters of an acre per day on an average. Their work has been highly satisfactory. Virtually all contracts for the prisoners’ labor have been filled, and it is likely that the camps in this area will be aban doned. However, some farmers and others are anxious to have the labor made available for various tasks such as potato digging, shrubbing and even for work in the timber in dustry. Judge Calvin Smith Calls Twenty Cases In Recorder s Court ——— Size of Docket Back to About Normal Following Record One Last Week Judge J. Calvin Smith called twenty cases in the county court last Monday, the docket returning that day to one of about normal size fol lowing a record number of thirty cases called during the session on Monday of last week. The court room was fairly crowded and the session lasted well into the dinner hour. A few of the cases were con tinued from a previous session, but most of them originated last week. Proceedings: Judgment was suspended in the case charging Elijah Dixon with bas tardy upon the payment of $125 to the prosecuting witness, Sadie Lee Rhodes. After pleading not guilty in the case charging him with damaging property and trespassing, Jero Jones, Jr., was adjudged guilty and Judge Smith sentenced him to the roads for sixty days. The road term was suspended upon the payment of the case costs and on the further condi tion that he dose not put is foot in the lot on the farm of Miss Mildred Purvis. Pleading guilty of speeding, Dan iel Willis Wilson was fined $5 and taxed with the costs. Marshall Scott and N. S. Nichols, charged with larceny and receiving, were adjudged not guilty. In the case charging Vance Price and James Lloyd Price with an as sault, the defendants pleaded not guilty. Adjudged guiltv of a simple assault, James Lloyd Price wa1: fin ed $15 and taxed with one h .If the costs. Vance Price, adjudged guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, w.r fined $15 and taxed with one half the cases costs. James Lloyd Prices, charged with drunken driving, was found not guilty. Charged with being drunk and disorderly, Lloyd Price was fined $20 and taxed with the case costs. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. Charging with ripping a square out of a tent belonging to Jim Scott, near Hamilton, Chester Barnes was sentenced to the roads for a period of six months. Barnes had convert ed the piece of canvas into an auto mobile top covering. Charged with violating the liquor laws, Dewey Wade was fined $10 and taxed with the costs. . - .The, case, charging H S. HoHornap with an assault with a deadly wea pon and reckless driving was con tinued until the first Monday in De cember. Marvin Woolard, charged with (Continued on page six) -• Sunday Services At The Local Holiness Church Services will be held in the loc Holiness Church Saturday fje held at 6 n. m Sundav by preaching services at 8 o’clock, it was announced by the pastor Rev. H. M. Pope. Post Observers Receive Awards •— Well earned, special awards were made to about fifty airplane post ob servers at a meeting held in the Bear Grass School auditorium last Tuesday evening. Sgt. Lehner, of the Norfolk Fighter Wing, briefly addressed the faithful little band who had devoted of its time and means in carrying out the expressed wishes of the Army command. The awards, a special wing emblem of the air warning system, were made by the Army sergeant. The curtailment of the poet ob servation schedule brings much re iief, but the faithful spotters were willing and ready to carry on, Chief Observer Rosstl Rogers declared INCREASE The acute stove shortage exist ing in this county was relieved, partly at least, this week when the allotment was materially in creased. The original quota of 48 coal and wood-burning stoves was increased by 98, a member of the rationing board stating that the total of 138 will possibly care for the most urgent needs. Applications for nearly S4H) stoves of this type are now be fore the board. In addition to the 138 coal and wood-burning heaters, the October allotment includes two oil heating stoves, fifteen coal and wood stores for cooking and eight oil cook stoves. Former Member Of yf ***'*»■ >u mtm*~ .M» | Royal Air Force j i Makes Visit Here! Lieutenant in Action Months Without Accident, But Injured in Blackout Lieutenant E. E. Edwards, a for mer member of the Royal Air Force, -ecalled the unusual story that at tracted the attention of radio com mentators and broke into the head lines in many papers here and in England while visiting his friend, Lt. Russell Roebuck, here last night. The young man, an interesting and entertaining talker but a bit reluct ant to point out any of his many ac complishments as a member of the RAF, went into detail about the story. After flying for eighteen months over enemy territory and en countering anti-aircraft fire and op position from the best fighters Ger many had to offer without even a scratch, young Edwards fell and broke his leg in a London hotel dur ing a blackout. To have lived eigh teen months as a pilot in the RAF without an accident or even a slight injury and then to suffer a com pound leg fracture during a black out was recognized as an unusual story, and the broadcast telling it is remembered here by a number of people. The lieutenant explained that an airraid was in progress over Lon don just about a year ago, that he was running down the hotel stairs in the dark and missed a step. He was removed to a hospital in Lon don and was later returned to this country and was in the same hospi tal with Russell Roebuck who was undergoing treatment there at that time. They became friends and when I Lt. Roebuck arrived here this week, his friend came over to see him. His leave was a short one and he re turned late last night for his station in Norfolk. A native of Globe, Arizona, young Edwards with a bit of private fly ing experience to his credit, was an xious to get into the fight. That was before this country went to war, so he volunteered for service in the RAF. His training schedule was crowded into a very short period, and it wasn’t so very long before he was on patrol over and along the English Channel. He became a mas ter behind the wheel in all types of ships, and his crew downed a num ber of German planes. He partici pated in the Dieppe raid, knocking out two gun nests before he shot up ail his ammunition and was forced to return to his base. His plane was (Continued on page six) -—f.-— War Fund Canvass Leaders for the United War Fund canvass in District No. 1 were nam ed yesterday, and plans are going forward rapidly for handling the drive to raise approximately $10,500 beginning Monday, October 25. V. J. Spivey and J. C. Manning, di rectors of the canvass, announced the names of the following leaders: Mrs. H. U. Peel, Bear Grass; Mrs. J. Eason Lilley, Griffins; Mrs. Walter Brown and Mrs. Camille Fleming Turner, Jamesville, and Mrs. R. J. Hardison, Williams Township. These township leaders will name their assistants, and it is now certain that the appeal of the United War Fund will be carried into every nook and corner of the district and county. Rev, J M. Perry, District No. 2 chairman, is going forward with his plans, and his line-up will be an nounced shortly. Members of the District No. 1 ex ecutive committee, canvass leaders and others interested in the all-im portant task are to meet in the court house here next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. Township quotas will be de termined at that time and all mem bers of the executive committee and canvass leaders and others are ask ed to attend. -« Enters Richmond Hospital Yesterday For Treatment —■ — - --jm-... in the Farmers Supply Company store here Wednesday afternoon, Mr. T. C. Griffin, prominent Griffins Township farmer and business man, was removed to a Richmond hospi tal early yesterday morning for treatment and a possible operation. Receiving an injury of the head the latter part of August when a mule jerked and struck him, Mr. Criffin had been feeling poorly much of the time during recent weeks. However, it could not be learned if that injury or something else was causing his trouble. A late report from the hospital stated that he rested very well last night, that he had only two attacks and they were not very severe. Street Home Church Will Hold Home-Coming Service The Sv/eet Home Christian Church will hold a home-coming day pro gram Sunday. All former * rollers and friends of the church are invited to attend. MUN INNSBRUCK FRANCS ZAGRC YUGO1 ■SLAVIA VINK] CRENOaif ii'NO'A. IFIQRINCS ANCONA, CORSICA-ALLIED SPRINGBOARD GvmSSnfi^ /•' f%Ol" i {NNi.t-rtU ^ v. )N\\ f* ADRIATIC SEA TYRRHENIAN SEA WITH THE WITHDKAWAl of Nazi forces from Corsica, the Allies now possess an excellent springboard for landings in France, and r orthe: n and central Italy In addition, bombers operating from airfields on the strategic Mediterranean island are within effective Hying range ot many vital enemy targets. Black arrows show distances that would have to be covered to various invasion points; circular lines, tiie varlc I ranges for light, medium and heavy bombers. (international) Local Y oung Officer Was On Ship Firing First Invasion Shot • Ll. Russell Roebuck Tells of Action in Siciliun Campaign -« There were ninny exciting hours in the Sicilian and Salerno cam paigns, Lt. Russell Roebuck declar ed last night while on a two-day leave here with his parents, Sheriff and Mrs. C. B. Roebuck. “It is no need for one to say he isn’t afraid when the bombs start falling close enough to spatter your ship with water and shrapnel,” the young man admitted when he was asked about the two campaigns. He ex plained that he was not at liberty to go into detail, but it was learned from him that his ship was the first one to fire a shell on the Sicilian coast when the Allies moved in at Seoglitti, about fifteen miles west of Gela. According to the young of ficer, they were assigned to a por tion of the beach that was defended principally by Italians. “They turn ed their search lights on us and one could read a newspaper on our ship with the liglit, but they never offer ed to fire on us,” the officer de«.ic ed. The Germans came after day light and dropped bombs all around us, but we were not hit,” he said. The landing was effected at that point apparently withcflit great difficulty, and once the infantry was entrench ed, the naval units withdrew for oth er duties. The young man did not draw a di rect assignment in the Salerno inva sion, but “we had a grandstand seat where we could see the fierce anti aircraft units in action and the big fires ashore,” he said. His shep drew an important assignment but one that proved to be enjoyable rather than dangerous. “We were busy clearing the near by islands, including Capri, of Ger mans. We missed Mussolini by less than twelve hours on one of the group,” he said. When they reached the Isle of Capri, about fifteen miles from Na ples, the Germans had withdrawn, leaving the property and civilians unmolested for the most part. There was enough food' on that 'pai'dccriar island to last for two weeks, but on others, the officer said, the popula (Continued on page six) -• Two Cases Are Heard Hy Justice J. L. Hassell —-e Following several weeks of con siderable activity, Justice J. L. Has sell's court was unusually quiet this week. Only two cases were docket ed. Ik her Congh tori, drunk and dis orderly on. *h<f. highways, was iax :• > •.'». avjj■■ijiiMi/Ar Holmes, beggar character, was re quired to pay $‘•.."0 costs for being drunk and down. RATION PLANS Plans for handling the distri bution of A gasoline and Book No. 4 for food rations in this county will be completed at a meeting of all white and colored school principals to be held in the courthouse here next Thurs day afternoon, Oetobcr 21, at 3:30 o’clock. A member of the rationing board will explain the procedure. The schools will handle the distribution of the two ration books during th» week begin ning Monday, October 25. Ration Book No. 4 will be available at both the colored and white schools, but A gas rations will be distributed on!:’ by the white schools. \ CHRISTMAS MAIMING v___ A last-minuite rush to Ket Christmas packages in the mails for armymen serving overseas was reported by the local post office today as the deadline for such mailings approaches. A new mailing record was re corded yesterday when approx imately 65 packages addressed to young men in all corners of the world were received by the lo cal office. The rush early this morning was even greater. It is now fairly certain that nearly every man in the serv ice will be remembered, that some will receive several pack ages. Relatives and friends have until October 31 to mail pack ages to men in the Navy. Plan To Open Hotel Dining Room Soon —*— Plans are almost complete for re opening the Hotel George Reynolds dining room, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. White, the new operators, said this morning. Equipment for operating the room has been ordered lor sev eral weeks and much of it has ar rived, and it is planned now to open the dining room next Monday. How ever, a definite date for offering the service depends on the receipt of a few items, it was explained. Aside from rationing problems, the food situation has been next to crit ical for a good number of persons who patronized cafes. Mr. and Mrs. White closed their cafe and expected to open the hotel dining room but they were delayed because equip ment could not be had immediately. Another cafe was closed when suf ficient help could not be had to op erate it, forcing quite a few persons to turn to drug store lunch counters and hot dog stands. The hotel man agement is making extensive prep arations for the operation of the din ing room, and w ith the reopening of two cafes, the food problem for many, no doubt, will be relieved. Leasing the property the first of this month, Mr. and Mrs. White have already made many improvements ■to. Gsorg.** Reynolds Hotel, and the improvement program is being | advanced as rapidly as possible. Louis Eborn Wrecks Car Near Everetts Said to have been intoxicated, Louis Eborn, colored, lost control of his car a short distance east of Ev eretts on Highway 64 last Tuesday alibJTtvoa about 4 u clocii and crush ed a telephone pole into three pieces, ripped up about two hundred fuel of pasture fence wasted to « stop one hundred feet farther up the pasture line. Traveling alone, Eborn was not hurt, but considerable damage was done to his car, Corporal W. S. Hunt, investigating the accident, stated the damage will approximate $150. Eborn was charged with drunken driving and operating a car without license. ————• Enters Durham Hospital Yesterday For Treatment Experiencing declining health foi several months, Mr. C. B. Clark prominent local druggist, entered £ Durham hospital yesterday foi treatment and possibly for an opei ation. He was said to be resting verj well today, ihe report adding tha it was likely he would undergo ai operation tomorrow. fie was accompanied to the hos pital yesterday by Mrs. Clark, am their son, Albert Leslie, of Colum bia, S. C. Allied Armies Push forward On Several Major Fronts Today —- e 1'ifiiitrflff*?;\i{nrt‘ti In Italy ami Ku^ia and Air Attacks On Germany The Allied drive against Hitler’s fortress is pushing forward on sever al fronts today with the American Fifth Army smashing across the Vol turno in Italy in increasing volumes and with the Russians virtually eliminating large sections of the Dnieper River as a German defense life in the east. In addition to the progress on the land fronts, the Al lies have scored in the air over Ger many and on Rabaul, strong Jap base on New Britain. Bloody fighting along the Voltur no with heavy casualties on both sides is being reported as the Fifth Army, made up of British as well as American soldiers, continues to en large its bridgehead on the north bank of the stream. So murderous was the aerial cov er given Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark’s attacking troops that German infan try was pinned down to its defen sive positions north of the Volturno and not a single Nazi tank was able to join the battle. There was no exact information how far Allied vanguards had pene trated beyond the river, but an of ficial announcement that bridgeheads had been established firmly indicat ed that Clark's troops had pushed northward far enough to insure them against German counterattacks. Throughout today a stream of Al lied tanks, artillery, supplies and men rumbled over the makeshift bridges, braving heavy enemy fire, to support the advance units that were fanning out along the Vol turno’s northern shore. Weltering under the sledgeham mer blows of Clark’s fighters, the Germans were falling back toward the Gargliano River and the Aurun ci and Ausoni mountains. There they undoubtedly will make another stand to delay the invaders and per mit the Germans to hold on to Rome as long as possible. A Berlin broadcast said seaborne British troops, following typical Al lied leapfrog tactics, had landed at the mouth of the Volturno where it (lows into the Mediterranean and threatened to flank the entire Ger man defense system along the stream. There is also a possibility that the Allies will attempt addition al landing farther up the coast and cut oil the Germans in Rome. The fierceness with which the Germans are defending Rome indi cates their appreciation of the value of the possession of the Eternal City for its political and religious effect. Its eventual loss by them may have all the greater repercussions because of their determined fight for it. Over in Russia, the Red Army has just about eliminated many sectors of the defense line the Germans were supposed to have established along the Dnieper. A two-pronged drive on the Ukrainian capital of Kiev is rnffkirrj?- progies,-;, and far thei to the south the Russians have captured the industrial center of Zarporozhe, shattering the enemy’s defense and opening the way for a landslide into the Crimea. Still far ther to the south, the Russians have entered Melitopol and are cleaning out the Germans hanging to roof tops and crouched in cellars. Back in the north, the White Russian city of Gomel is doomed. A costly but devastating raid was directed against Schweinfurt, great German industrial center where roll er bearers were made, yesterday by American heavy bombers. Complete information has not been released, but M&aoT&ing * ■ ms*..-report the. JU5. mericans lost sixty planes and 600 men, a record high, lt is believed the Germans used their rocket ships in combatting the raiders. On the other side, the Germans are said to have lost 112 or more planes. It was (Continued on page six) <0. First Fathers From County Enter Navy —«— Th;- fir;l .M a.rtinw Count^fathers, called under the s7Ieeff\?f^?!PR,''ice Act, entered the armed services yes terday. Included in the group were William Patterson, father of four children, and Verner D. Godwin, Jr., father of one child. Both of the young men are front Williamston. They reported to Raleigh where their immediate transfers to some naval training station are expected. It is possible that other fathers were included in the group, but no official audit of the group report ing to the induction center about a week ago could be had here im mediately. Carl Mobley, Williams ton married man, reported to the Navy at the same time. Reporting to the induction center last week, about forty-one Martin County white men were either drawn ; for duty with the Navy or Army or i were rejected. The men selected for the Navy had only one week to re ■ turn home and arrange their pri-. 1 vate affairs. Those selected for army - service have about two more weeks before reporting for service.
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