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NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLVIH—NUMBER 63 -■#.-.& . WWiamHon, Martin County, Worth Carolina, Friday, August 10, 1945. NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN ESTABLISHED 1899 Interesting Account ~Of joffTCMsioTi Iff The European War _^ * Captain James S. Rhodes, Jr, Made Long Trek With The Thunderbirds (The 45th or American Thunder bird Division, wrote a great chap ter in the history of World War II, and holds possibly one of the most enviable records of any division in the war. The 45tn last July 10, ob served its second anniversary as a fighting unit, and the story below briefly reviews its daring activities and remarkable accomplishments. The brief account will be read with marked interest, no doubt, by the people of this section since Captain James S. Rhodes, Jr., a Williamston young man, was in the thick of the fight from Sicily to Munich.—etf). Two long and eventful years have passed since the 45th Division, fresh from the training camps of the Unit ed States, blasted its way out of a storm to land on the southern beaches of the island of Sicily. To many a Thunderbird, the date of this introduction Into combat is as memorable as his own birthday, July 10, 1943. Some infantrymen died before they crossed the narrow belt of sand. Others .drowned without ever set ting foot on a hostile shore, cut down by the Italian beach defenses. Others, only a few, trudged the whole weary way across the island, up the Italian boot from Salerno to Rome, up through to the Vosges, and into Germany to Munich. Today, the 45th is one of the most honored divisions of World War II. Five thousand and four hundred and two officers and men had been dec orated by the American government by the latter part of June, and foreign decorations bring the num ber of individual decorations to more than 5.500. Many more will be decorated for their contributions to the 45th fighting efficiency before the records are closed. 103,367 PW s Taken A division’s strength is something more than 15,000 men. In its cam paigns in Europe, this division took 103,367 prisoners, most of them Germans. How many it killed or wounded, no one will ever know. Field Marshal Kesselring of the German army, who vaijnly sought to push the 45th into the sea at Anzio to eliminate the famous beachhead, disclosed upon his capture that he considered the 45th one of the two finest in the American Army. The other was the Third, a division often found fighting on our right or left in the difficult campaigns. Kesselring had many opportuni ties to estimate the worth of the Thunderbirds as they pushed his picked mountain troops and his SS men back, back and back in the Italian mountains. He became reacquainted with Thunderbird aggressiveness and de termination when he succeeded von Rundstedt in command of the de fense of the Western Front. 2,600 Thunderbirds Died The cost of these campaigns may be read in the record. After establ ishing a record of 511 days of com bat, the 45th counted its casualties at more than 27,000—second highest in the war so far for an American division. Two hundred and thireen of ficers and 3,437 enlisted men of the 45th were killed in action. Seven hundred and forty officers and 12, 989 men were wounded. One hun dred and fifty-six officers and 3.459 men were at some time listed as missing in action. Its combat mission in Europe end ed, the 45th halted in Munich, and there garrisoned one of the largest cities in Europe, and one of the two most important cities in Germany from the point of view of the Nazi party. The Thunderbirds had had a major share in the taking of Munich, as they had in the taking of Nurem burg. Aschaffenburg, Homburg, Epi nal, Rome and Palermo. (Continued on page six) Cadet Nurse Bailey Enjoys Enterprise Writing from St, Petersburg, Fla., where she is a cadet nurse, Miss j Alice Bailey expressed her apprecia tion for The Enterprise. She said in a recent letter: “As I have just finished reading j The Enterprise, I decided to write j just a short note to say how much I j appreciate it. “After hours of class work, every day, twice a week I go to my room and find that good ole paper that lets a little cadet nurse krow all about what is going on back home. “I have read all the letters the home-town boys have written, and I want to say how much they have meant to me. “I pray that it will not be very long before this terrible thing called war will be over. “As time is very short and it’s alomst time for the lights to go out, I will say again, thanks for the paper, and I’m sure everyone appreciates it as much I do. “Alice Bailey, Cadet Nurse, Mound Park Nurses Home, St. Peters burg, Florida.” Shortage Almost Causes Riot ForSTiWr^JforrTfttTrsdary Shortages of certain foods almost, caused a riot in a main street, store here yesterday morn: ,g, and mer chants are scratching their heads for a solution to the problem which seems to become more aggravated by the week. Offering a limited poundage of sugar for sale, the store was jam med and packed to capacity yester day morning within a matter of a few seconds after opening time by a lot of folks who apparently, needed sweetening. A mad scramble was soon under way and in the rush some one knocked over a wine dis play, breaking about eighteen bot tles of the beverage and scattering quite a few' bottles under the feet of the mob. The scramble was so intense that those who helped form the line early that morning were forced to leave the store empty handed, some of them declaring that they planned to do without rather than battle sueh a mob. One report stated that the line r~ TAIL-ENDERS I Of the approximately 1,600 tobacco farmers in Martin Coun ty, thirty-two have not yet sub mitted their crop acreage meas urements. The 1,568 other far mers, with some few exceptions, will receive their marketing cards the early part of next week, but the thirty-two will have to submit their acreage checks to their respective com mitteemen for approval and then turn them into tjie county agent's office before marketing cards can be made ready. The few’ exceptions who will not receive their marketing cards immediately in addiion to the thirty-two who have not reported their acreages, are be ing asked to have their com mitteeman estimate the excess cured poundage and report to the agent’s office. The farmer may then pay the excess penalty and receive a white marketing card or pay the penalty when he markets his crop with a red card. In those cases where the grower lost tobacco in the field, he will be required to pay the penalty on the proportionate part, in any, in excess of quotas. Speaks Highly Of County Young Man Captain-Chaplain Paul K. Fine, serving with the 36th Station Hos pital, recently wrote to Mr. and Mrs. John G. Corey of near Williamston, and spoke very highly of their son, S/Sgt. Geo. W. Corey. The letter fol lows: ‘‘One of the rewards of being a Chaplain in the Army is the privil ege of working with the fine men in the Army. I have known your son since he has been in this unit and he is one of the steady, dependable men in our organization. “I have enjoyed very much hav ing him in the chapel services. All men overseas long for the time when they can return home. In the chapel service they find the tie with their home church. This helps in keeping alive those things in their life that have made them the fine men that they are. In the worship service we leave the Army at the door and walk into God’s Sanctuary. It may be a tent or an improvised chapel or the service mav even be held out of doors, but it is the Lord’s House, His worship service. In this place we meet as God’s children and unite our prayers with those of our loved ones at home interceding for the grace of God to be shed in their lives and ours. "Your son is in the best of health. While none of us will be entirely happy till we return home, your son is as happy and contented as he can be under the circumstances. ‘‘My prayer is that this war may soon be over, then our men can return home and peace may once again reign over the world. May God’s richest blessings be yours.” | Young County Man Gets Special Award Charlie Rhodes Harrison, Martin County young, man, was recently awarded the Elliott F. Shepard cash prize of $50 for outstanding work done in the field of church history, it was announced this week, it was announced a short time ago. The awafd was made by Chancel- j lor O. C. Carmichael of Vanderbilt University where the young man is | working for his B. D. degree to be j conferred next December. He is the son of Mrs. Charlie Ayers of Bear Grass, and received his A. B. degree at A. C. College, WAREHOUSE TO RECEIVE FIRST TOBACCO, THURSDAY, THE 16TH Williamston warehouses will open on Thursday, August 16 for the de livery of the first tobacco from the current crop, it was announced by market operators this morning. It is believed that four days will offer amDle time to place the tobacco on the floors in an orderly way for | I the opening sales on August 21st. started forming that morning at 5 o'clock, hat order was smashed when the mob rushed the door. While the mobs fight for a few pounds of sugar, some of the early birds, unconfirmed reports declare, are hoarding their canning sugar and using it in cakes and pies 3nd reserving it for everything except canning. Large numbers of canning sugar coupons are certain to go out of date, but so far, few if any, have been returned to the rationing board. There is little prospect for im mediate relief, some distributors even going so far as to say that the sugar shortage will continue for possibly another year. During the meantime, the meat shortage, washing powder shortage anu any number of other shortages continue to hold their firm grips. The meat shortage, however, was slightly eased here this week when the markets opened several days with fair-sized stocks on hand. Judge Calvin Smith Calls Five Cases In The County’s Court -e Tribunal To Start Work On Aeenninlated Cases Next Monday With only five cases on the dock et, Judge J. Calvin Smith almost ad journed thn last Monday session of the county court before the specta tors located themselves on the benches. The session lasted hardly ■ thirty minutes and there were very few spectators present. It was learned from the clerk that about ten cases had accumulated as a result of Judge Smith’s order de laying the trial of all cases where they would interrupt the harvesting of tobacco. Some of the accumulat ed cases will be called next Monday, but most of them will be continued until the following Monday, it was explained. Proceedings: The case charging Isaiah Hill with bastardy was nol prossed. A nol pros also resulted in the case charging Sam Rogers with non support. The court, in taking that action, made it possible to reopen the case at any time. The case charging Johnson Corey with allowing a vicious dog to run at large, was rol prossed. The prose I cutron claimed that the defendant’s dog had killed a number of chickens in the community. Charged with violating the liquor laws, William Taylor was tried last April 9. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for a term of six months. The sentence was j suspended upon certain conditions. Last Monday it appeared to the court ] that the conditions had not been complied with and the defendant was ordered to serve the term on the roads. William Taylor was a defendant in a second case, and pleaded guilty of violating the health laws. He was sentenced to the roads for six months on that count, that court directing that the sentence was to run con currently with the one imposed in the first instance. Add New Members To War Price Panel <%— Several new members were added to the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board prire panel this week at a meeting of OPA of ficials and citizens in the commis sioners’ room in the courthouse. Messrs. D. E. Darden and John H. Edwards, both of Williamston, and S. L. Roberson, of Robersonville, are the new members. J. C. Manning, an old member of the panel, was named chairman to succeed Dr. W. R. Bur rell who resigned shortly before he moved his residence. Mr. Henry Everett, of Robersonville, is another old member of the panel. No formal action was taken by the group at the meeting last Tues day afternoon, but the members discussed several alleged violations of the price regulations. They also discussed plans not necessarily for prosecuting their fellowmen who fail, or one reason or another, to live up to expectations, but for heading off inflation in every way possible. The panel will meet at least once every two weeks on a certain day to be determined later, and the mem bers will answer any calls or special sessions, it was explained. Lightning Kills Two Mules On Farm in Poplar Point -9 Lightning struck the stables on the farm owned by Mrs. Susan Taylor in Poplar Point Township early last Monday night, killing a $400 mule instantly and fatally in juring another. The second animal, its side badly burned, died some hours later. The building was not fired, and other than the loss of the two mules, the owner reported little or no prop erty damage, according to informa tion reaching here. Insurance was carried on the mules. Sixty Martin County jjatkanc To Serve As Jurors Superior Court Opens Two Weeks’ Term in County On September 17 Sixty Martin County citizens were drawn recently by the board of com missioners to serve as Jurors during the two weeks term of superior court opening on September 17. The list is oo<» of the largest ever drswn. the courts in recent montfis having ex perienced some difficulty in round ing up talesman for service at the last minutes. Thirty-six were chosen for service during the first week, in cluding nine who will be drawn for the permanent grand jury to suc ceed the nine w'ho are retiring after a year of service. Twenty-four men were drawn for service during the second week of the term. Ordinarily only eighteen men are drawn for jury service during the second week, the officers calling in others at the direction of the court when needed. In recent months there were few available men to be found, and it was decided to summon a larger number through the regular iurv channels. Judge John J. Burney of Wilming ton is to preside over the term. The names of the citizens called are, as follows: First Week Jamesville: H. A. Sexton. Williams: N. P. Roberson Griffins: Asa J. Hardison, John A. Griffin, Jr., S. E. Manning, Lewis H. Roberson. Bear Grass: Me D. Leggett, Seth Bailey, Henry Gurganus, Jesse D. Rogers, Woolard B. Harrison. Williamston: W. S. Rogerson, H. D. Jenkins, N. C. Green, K. P. Linds I ley. W. O. Griffin, W. R. Banks, Charlie B. Bowen, Henry D. Harri son, Jr., Linton Roebuck. Cross Roads: Pete Wynne and J. Marion Griffin. Robersonville: Grady E. Smith, J. L. Edmondson and W. E. Vick. Poplar Point: Lon Wynne. Hamilton: W. W. Roberson, W. Herbert Everett, L. L. Davenport, Riddge Sears. Goose Nest: J. F. Council, W. J. Hollis, H. R. Smith, H. P. Fleming, Norman Turner. Second Week Williams: Wm. Dewey Hardison. Griffins: Asa T. Whitley, Fenner L. Hardison and Geo. Revels. Bear Grass: A. L. Mizelle, LeRoy Harrison, Roy Harrison. Williamston: L. T. Carrow, R. A. Roberson, E. L. Etheridge, J. C. Leg gette, Coy J. Roberson, N. K. Har rison and Ralph J Parker. Cross Roads: Leggett Roebuck, A. P. Barnhill. Robersonville: H. A. Johnson, I. L. Smith, Claude E. Smith. Poplar Point: W. M. Hardison. Hamilton: W. F. Thomas and Robt. Bailey. Goose Nest: Sidney Mallory and W E. Tyson. More Tobacco Barns Destroyed By Fire —«— Three more tobacco barns were destroyed by fire in the county this week, Farmers Mayo Hardison, of Poplar Point, Archie Roberson, of the Farm Life section of Grif fins Township, and Henry D. Har rison and E. S. Peel, farming near Williamston, reporting losses last Tuesday and early Wednesday morning. Approximately twenty tobacco curing barns have been lost by fire in the county so far this season. The Roberson barn, equipped with oil burners, was destroyed about 5 o’clock Tuesday morning. Farmer Hardison had just visited his barn in Poplar Point and applied extra heat in the barn to dry leaf stems. He had been away hardiy five min utes when it caught fire and burned. The Harrtson-Peel barn, containing 800 sticks of choice tobacco had been “killed out”, and the tobacco was to have been removed Tuesday when the operator fired the oil burners to dry out wet stems. The local fire department was called there shortly after Tuesday midnight, but could render no assistance. The barn, re cently built, had been used only twice before. Most of the barns lost in the coun ty so far have been partially cover ed by mutual insurance. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . After maintaining a perfect record during the 30th week, motorists on Martin County highways slipped a notch durirg the 3ist week and croke into the accident figures. No one was badly hurt, but two cars were knocked out of commission. 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 Accidents Inj’d Killed Dsm’ge 1945 1 1 0 $ 250 1944 1 1 0 100 Comparison To Data 1945 34 15 3 $8300 1944 43 23 i 7700 Russia's Entry and Atomic Bomb Almost Certain To Shorten War Conflicting Reports Received On Quantity of Tobacco Crop The current tobacco crop in Mar tin County after promising earlier in the season to approximate an all time poundage record, will hardly strike a normal average, according to, reports heard from various com munities during the past few days. Some of the reports conflict, quite a few farmers explaining that they had found it necessary to buy ad ditional sticks, others declaring that they had lost parts of their crop in the field, and that the leaf was curing out light, making it ap pear that poundage figures will re flect a slight decrease. Quite a few farmers more than the actual number who reported ex cess acreages and the several who in creased their plantings and were found to be' over-planted, increased their acreages. But, it was pointed out that most of those planting in excess had lost the increase in the Colored Men Called To Report for Tlieir Final Examinations —®— Fourteen Leave The County Wednesday for Center At Fort Bragg Fourteen Martin County colored men were called to report this week to a service reception center at Fort Bragg for final induction. The group leaving Wednesday included one farmer and only three teen age youths. The ages of the others ranged from 27 to 34 years. Several of the men apparently had switched jobs or just retired without per mission of the draft board, the ac tion subjecting them to the draft Six of the fourteen men called are married and they leave behind seven children. Three were re jected some time ago when they reported for their pre-induction ex aminations. Apparently their physi cal defects had been corrected dur ing the meantime. The names and registration and last-given addresses of the men call ed this week are as follows: Columbus James, Robersonville and Baltimore. Miles Ernest Grimes, Baltimore. Theron Lynch, RFD 1, Oak City. James Arthur Slade, Williams and Norfolk. Octiva Rodgers, Williamston and Norfolk. Richard Winfred Hoffler, William ston and Portsmouth. James Gray Eason, Robersonville.1 James Edward Thompson, RFD 1, Oak City and Portsmouth. Elijah Keeys, Elizabeth Ctiy and j Jamesville. William Thomas Smallwood, Wil liamston. William Ellis Smallwood, RF’D I, Williamston and Baltimore. Jobie Peele, RFD 3, Washington. Emmett Saunders, Williamston. The following men were trans ferred to other boards for final in duction: Miles Ernest Grimes to Baltimore and James Arthur Slade to Nor folk Two Persons Hurt In Highway Crash —<*— Two persons were badly but not critically hurt when their vehicles crashed on Highway No. 171, five miles south of Jamesville just be fore the storm broke about 8:30 o’ clock last Monday evening. A third victim of the wreck, a small child, was thrown through a windshield, but walked away with only a small scratch on his lip. Property damage to both machines was estimated at about $300 by Corporal W. S. Hunt, of the N. C. Highway Patrol ,who in vestigated the accident. Farmer Montford Griffin started to back ids car from his yard into the road. “1 looked, but saw no one coming," he was quoted as saying. He backed into the road just in time to strike the left rear side of Joe A. Hardison’s Ford pick-up j truck which was traveling south on the highway. Mr. Hardison suffered three broken ribs and Mr. Griffin was painfully cut about the head i and face. The child, whose name could not be learned, was riding in the pick-up truck. The two men were brought to the local hospital for treatment. Marlin County Colored Man Given Parol from Prison -® Joseph Thigpen, 35-year-old col ored man of the Oak City section, was paroled a few days ago after serving some over four years in the State prison for attempted rape. The man was sentenced to not less than fifteen and not more than twenty five years for the alleged crime in the superior court of this county on March 16, 1941. fields because they did not have suf ficient labor and barn room to care for the leaf as fast as it ripened. The excess allotment plantings have proved costly in those cases, and neighbors declare that quality was sacrificed in some cases when the growers planted more than they could possibly handle. The crop this year has been one of the most difficult to handle, far mers declaring that in addition to the problem created by excessive rains they had experienced consid erable damage caused by worms and suckers. With some few exceptions, farm ers are generally agreed that the quality of the current crop is not quite as good as it was last year. The 1945 tobacco harvest is just about complete in the county, and the remainder will be in the barns the latter part of next and in the following week. r IIOMUNC ITS OWN ____j Traffic on Martin County highways continues to hold up despite tire and gasoline short ages and almost non-existent replacements, according to re ports coming from unofficial but reliable sources. One year ago, a weighing sta tion was operated for eight hours on II. S. Highway No. <!4 in the Everetts area. At that time approximately one hundred trucks were counted and check ed. A second weighing station was maintained at about the same spot, and the truck count was only three under that of a year ago, the latest count not taking into consideration mili tary truck traffic. Increased Business In Justice’s Court —i— After going (wo weeks without ii single case appearing on his docket, ■Justin J I, Hassell reported a flare up in crime and lug business in his court during the past several days ' Just as if there wasn’t enough, or I more than enough, fighting going on j in the world alre; ly, several local people and a few visitors engaged in affrays here during the past few days. Charged with an affray on Wash ington Street, Chas. Thomas, E. E. Fisher and Frank Harrison were re quired to pay $7.00 costs each Thom as, maintaining his innocence, ap pealed and his case is scheduled for a second airing in the county court next Monday. Ulysses Johnson, James Harrison and Ernest Harrison, Bertie lads, got into a brawl at the bus station here and they were taxed with costs in the sum of $5.50 each. Olivia Purvis, charged with dis orderly conduct, was required to pay $7.50 costs. Charged with the theft of two hams from the slaughter house a short time ago, William Henry Wd liams was bound ove rto the county court for trial undi r bond in the sum of $50. Perlie Williams and I .aura Ed wards, charged with assaults with deadly weapons, were each bound over to the county cour* under bonds in the sum of $50 each. Dallas Gurganus, charged with disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon, was required to furnish bond in the sum of $100 for his appearance in the county court Jitters Over Atomic Bomb Not Justified The public jitters concerning perils of the atomic bomb are not justified, according to scientists and official facts coming out of Wash ington. It is a scientific fact that the energy in the complete explosion of one pound of uranium could blow the Empire State building 21) miles into the gir. It is possible, as unofficially re ported, that 11 pounds of uranium are used in the present atomic bomb. Hut it also appears certain from the actual reported performances of the bomb arid from Washington’s of ficial descriptions, that not all the uranium explodes. Scientists started with an explo-1 sion which released less than one per cent of uranium’s explosive pow er. It is unlikely that they have done much, if anything, to increase that percentage. Uranium atoms split in two, to produce the atomic explosive power. Splitting in two, a thing that scien tists call fission, is entirely different than having the whole atom ex plode. The world is quite safe until far more than that kind of a split can be attained. Derision Expected Either From Bomb Or on Russo Border Russia Declared War Last YA edsiesday in Accordance \A itli Yalta Agreement IADS MARK PEACE YIOVE News Agency Declares Japs Ready To Surrender If Prerogatives of Emperor Are Not Prejudiced The entry of Russia into the war and tlio horrible possibilities of the atomic bomb are almost certain to hasten victory over Japan, accord ing to political observers. While the Army has tin; spoken, it is ap parent to (tie lay mind that the Japs can’t carry on for any great length jof time against the array of power | now arrayed against her, not to I mention th^' earth-rocking atomic bomb. The first semi-official move toward peace following the use of the atomic bomb and the entry of Russia into the war was reported this morning when the Japs announced through Switzerland and Sweden that they j were ready to accept the Potsdam isurrender ultimauir provided the “prerogatives of the Emperor are not prejudiced”. The weight of the provision is yet to be determined, but apparently there is a definite move under way to end the Pacific struggle. The move was described as sensational by some observers, but it has not yet taken on official recog nition. “Conditional” acceptance of the Potsdam ultimatum was reported after President Harry Truman last night warned the Japs that how ever tragic it may be, the atomic bomb would be used to hasten the end of the war and that nothing could stop it except unconditional surrender. The President spent most of his time describing the European situation and revealing the sad plight the Germans now find themselves in, and possibly his description of conditions there influenced the Jap action early this morning. Varied comment has been heard following Russia's entry into the War last Wednesday afternoon at J o’clock. Admiral Chester Nimitz said that the action would shorten the struggle. Others hurried to point out that Russia jumped all ovei itself to get into the struggle after she heard about the atomic bomb. Reliable reports point out that Premier Joe Stalin promised President Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference back in February of this year that his country would enter the war against Japan in about ninety days following the close of the European struggle. Stalin ex plained at that time, that at least ninety days would be needed to shift forces and supplies to the Asi atic front. The European war end ed on Ma.v II and the Russians de dal. d war three months later to the day. The decision was confirm ed at Potsdam in July. Inc latest developments centering around Russia's entry into the war and the atomic bomb can bring a bun ied end of the war, but no one knows the Asiatic mind. The ques tion now is, will the .laps choose to commit national suicide If they make that choice, the final turning point will either come on the Jap-Russo border or as a result of the atomic bomb The Japanese are said to have their largest and best army facing the Russians, some estimates counting the enemy in that terri tory at more than one million well trained and completely equipped men. If the Japs choose to fight on, a decision will have to be forced by the Russians. A victory by the Russians will dispel the greatness of the Jap army in the minds of the masses and revolt is almost certain to follow. During the meantime the atomic bomb can force a decision. Such a decision is expected from the ruling masters rather than in a revolt among the common masses who have not yet heard about the atomic bomb and its terrifying and horrible effect. Japanese authorities were in ses smn yesterday, supposedly wringing their hands in their new dilemma in an effort to decide on reason 01 national suicide. During the meantime, more atomic bombs are being dropped on strategic targets. The second of the devastating bombs (Continued on page six) Lt. ,/. ft. Borel Ili ads \W Prisoner Of War Cam ft Lt. J. B. Borel, popular officer at the local prisoner of war camp for the past year or more, was trans ferred this week to Edenton where he is commanding officer of a newly established camp at the air base near the Chowan capital, Mrs, Borel, popular teacher in the Bear Grass school Iasi term, accompanied him to Edenton. Lt. Borel was giv en a farewell dinner party at the local camp last Monday evening. Approximately 150 German priso ners of war were moved through here yesterday to the new camp.