TM‘ 5 .JTERPRISE IS READ BY
OYER 3.000... MARTIN COE NTT
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COITNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLIJMK XLIX—NUMBER 58
WilliamMon, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July lff, 10 //»
ESTABLISHED 1899
Propose! Onium* Have
Mrt Willi Strong Opposi
lion In This Section
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Sportsmen and plain old hunt
fci.-. arc anxiously awaiting re
ports on the action of the North
Carolina Department of Conser
vation and Development is ex
pected to take ir. connection with
fixing dates for the 1946-47 hunt
ing season when the official meet
in Morehead City next Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday- Propos
ed limits on the hunting periods
have met with strong opposition
in this section, nearly 100 sports
men having attended a protest
milting in the courthouse here a
few weeks ago.
The board at its mooting next
week will hear recommendations
of the Division of Game and In
land Fisheries for a curtailment
in kill through shorter seasons
and bag limits on some game spe
cies. The division’s proposals,
made in January so that suffi
cient time would be'allowed to
sportsmen to speak their minds
on the subject, are based on the 1
problem of maintaining adequate 1
breeding stock in the face of an
anticipated step-up in hunting
pressure.
Hot spot ftill be recommenda
tions for cuts in seasons on deer, 1
quail, turkey, and rabbit. Al
ready at pubhc meetings, repre
sentatives of the division and the
board have listened to various
suggestions, including the desire
for hi Her law enforcement and a
request for lay days for the hunt
ing of all game species. All inhu
mation and recommendations
from hunters will be presented to
the board. Commission*, r John D.
Findlay will outline the division s
proposed changes.
Proposals on deer are for a cut
in the season from 90 to 45 days,
with no hunting in the west. The
division is recommending a seas
on of October 14 through Novem
ber 30 in east and of the follow
ing counties: Northampton, Hali
fax. Martin, Pitt, Lenoir, Duplin,
Sampson, Harnett, Lee, Moore,
Hoke, and Robeson, with u bag
limd of one buck per day and one
per season. (This would standard
ize si a son dates which varied by
sections last year. The bag limit
last year was one buck per day
and three per season, except in
four western counties which had
a season limit of one.)
A cut in the quail season from
( 71 to 45 days is recommended.
The division’s proposal: Season
December 2 through January 15,
with a daily bag limit of eight,
no season bag limit. It is pro
posed that this season apply to
the entire State and that all spec
ial regulations be rescinded. (The
1 1945 46 bag limit was 1U per day
and 150 per season. The special
regulations provided for lay days
in a number of eastern counties,
1 and a season from November 22
January 10 in Allegheny Coun
ty)
Other cuts in seasons recom
mended are on turkey—71 to 20
dayfc—and on rabbit—71 to 55
d.-ivs The recommendations are:
turkey — season December 2
through D* cembei 21. with a bag
limit of one per day and one per
season (bag limit the same as for
1945 46); and rabbit—season Nov
ember 20 through January 15,
with a bag limit of 10 per day
(there was no bag limit on rabbit
m 1945-46.)
Other recommendations of the
division:
Squirrel—West—In and west of
Allegheny, Wilkes, Caldwell,
Burke, and Rutherford counties,
~ (Continued on page six)
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Principal Looks
Over Field Here
Pi incipal B. G. Stewart and
family wi re here yesterday look
ing fur a home and making ten
tative plans for opening the local
schools this fall. Recently ap
pointed to the principalship here,
Professor Stew-art explained that
only tentative plans had been
made for the coming term, but
that he hoped to handle the pre
liminary arrangements within a
short time.
At a late hour Thursday no
progress had been made tow-ard
finding an apartment or home for
the sciiodrmah and his family.
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ya v* y&mt. ,
[uriiisr ihe Ae~
thirties, Tuesday was about
the quietest day local busi
ness houses have had this
summer. Clerks in several of
the stows.
among themselves and some
of the proprietors were ac
tually sitting on their count
ers.
Busy with tobacco and try
ing to catch up with the grass
in their peanut fields, farm
ers did not come to town in
any appreciable numbers
that day, but parking space
was at a premium on the two
principal streets.
Ten Cases Heard
By Jiidfje Hassell
In Mayor’s Court
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Fines And Costs Collected
In Past Few Days
Amount To $53
Judge John L. Hassell handled
. ten cases in the local mayor’s
; court during the past few days.
Fines and costs amounting to $53
were imposed and one or two road
' sentences were meted out. Sev
! eral cases were sent to the county
court for trial next Monday.
I Proceedings:
John Lin wood Powell, charged
with disorderly conduct, was sen
tenced to jail for thirty days, the
justice suspending the term upon
the payment of $6.50 costs.
Charged with disorderly con
1 duel, Lewis Belcher was fined $5
and taxed with $7.50 costs,
l Marvin Lewis Collins was fin
led $10 and required 'to pay $(i
I costs for operating a motor ve
hicle with improper lights.
Dee It. Squires, charged with
disorderly conduct, was fined $5
and taxed with $7.50 costs.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of $5,50 costs in tin
case charging Sally Freeman witli
a simple assault.
Charged with fornication ami
adultery, Charles Freeman and
Louise Freeman were bound oven
to the county court for trial,
j William Manson, Jr., chargei
I with operating u motor vehicle
without a driver’s license, was
bound over to the county court.
Charged with drunken driving
and operating a motr vehicle will
improper brakes, Thurman Wil
Hums was bound over to tin
(Continued on page six)
Tobacco Barns
Burn In County
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Two tobacco barns were com
pletely destroyed and another was
damaged by fire in the Hamilton
Hassell section of this county dur
ing recent days.
According to reports reaching
here, fire burned some tobacco, a
number of sticks and part of the
barn itself on the Brown Ether
idge farm between Hassell and
Uuiiullun last Sunday night. The
| fire was brought under control
vvlaii the oil supply was cut off.
A barn with a fine curing of to
bacco was burned on Farmer
Clayton House’s farm near Hamil
ton Monday night.
D. G. Matthews lost a barn by
fire Tuesday night on one of his
farms near Hamilton.
According to the best available
reports, five barns have been de
stroyed by" fire in this county so
far during the current curing
season.
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Murderer Flees
From Road Camp
Joe Willie Moore, colored man
who escaped from the State Pris
on farm at Cary last Tuesday,
was still at large yesterday, last
reports reaching here at that time
stated.
Tried and convicted in the Mar
tin Superior Court in March, 1940,
for the murder of Cheatam Ray,
colored, at a lumber camp in
Jamesville on February 18, 1940,
Moore was sentenced to prison for
not less than twenty and not
more than twenty-five years.
Three other long-term prison
ers escaped with Moore, but one
ofthem was toon"recaptured.
Miss Diutu \Uns
Beauty .Contest
Miss Km inn Lou Taylor
llolils Second Position
In Jaycee Event
The Jaycees’ first annual Boati
ty Pageant and dance, held in the
local gymnasium Wednesday
night, seemed to be a definite
success. With spectators and
dancers filling the huge structure
almost to capacity, five out-of
town judges deliberated hard and
long in an attempt to determine
the winners in the contest for the
selection of Miss Williamston for
1946. The field of entrants was
composed of an array of 15
charming young ladies from this
vicinity, plus four dark horse en
trants.
Each contestant first appeared
before the audience arid judges
attired in an evening gown, while
in their second appearance they
wore bathing suits. A special
stage, gaily decorated and with
floodlights focused on it, was us
ed, with each entrant walking
across it.
A ftci all tin' contestants had
made their two appearances, the
judges called for six of t|)em ti
reappear for further judging. Fin
ally the winner was declared tu
be Miss Majorie Grey Dunn, spon
sored by Harrison Oil Co. In tin
runner-up position was Miss Km
| ma Lou Taylor, sponsored by
Clark’s Pharmacy, while in ;
close third was Miss Angela Me
Lawhorn, representing Manning’s
Service Station.
Immediately following, Mayoi
J L. Hassell made a short bu
timely speech and lie then crown
ed the winner Jaycee Presiden
Ernest Mears presented the win
tier with a bouquet of red rose:
j from the club, and Jaycee Claudi
| Baxter Clark presented each o
the top three with gills of nyloi
hose on behalf of the Jaycees.
Clerk of Court L. Bruce Wyntu
did a nice job as master of cere
monies, and Photographers Gem
Rice and Whit Saunders handlei
the picture making in a most el'
ficient manner.
In the dark horse class, “Mis
Jim Manning’’ held a slight edgi
over three other Jaycees drusset
as “beauties”, according to tin
applause-meter and wolf-calls.
Miss Dunn will represent th
local organization and town in th
! state beauty contest to be held ii
* Wilson on August, 3rd, and in th
meantime she will be given
week's free vacation for hersel
and a companion at Carotin
Beach as guests of the Wilming
ton Jaycees. lyliss Emma Loi
Taylor will represent Williamstoi
at the Coastal Festival to be heli
at Morehead City the 8th o
August, and she and a eompanioi
wil be given a week’s expense
paid vacation at Atlantic Beach.
Following the beauty pageant
the Jaycees cleared the floor fo
a dance which followed, with
large crowd dancing to the rruisi
of Roy Cole and his IJNC orehes
tra, which had also played durin
the contest.
Accoiding lu incomplete n.
polls, tiie Jaycees realized a fai
amount of profit to be used fo
charitable work.—Reported.
Officers Wreck
Two Distilleriei
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Raiding two days this weed
ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck an
Deputy Roy Peel wrecked two li
quor plants in the county.
In Poplar Point the officer
were unable to find the still 11
self, but they wrecked the plar:
whi n they tore up the still worn
cooler and doubler and poure
out a barrel ot molasses beer.
Last Tuesday a raid was mud
in the Free Union section t
Jamesville Township where th
officers captured a 100-gallon a
pacity liquor still and poured oi
two barrels of molasses beer, 'i’ll
still was hidden possibly mor
than three hundred yards fror
the plant, but was tracked duw
by Officer Roebuck.
Copper apparently is mor
plentiful than it was some tim
ago, the officers having take
several stills made ot copper i
recent weeks. In the face of th
sugar shortage, the manufactui
ers are relying principally on me
Hasses''for 1 heir "brewing activities
poslpumul w the sliipmt'ul
of vital refrigeration equip
ment was delayed. It was
pointed out that one of the
larger machines had been k>M
in transit, that little could be
done until it is delivered. If
the machine can't be located
within the next day or two,
another one will be shipped.
The interruption is likely to
delay the opening of the plant
until possibly the middle of
August.
Allowances Poor
Substitute For A
Paying Position
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Wlrran Delaying Itruif
jiislmenl Is Doing Him*
sell An Injustice
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Readjustment allowances, even
though a fine stop-gap, are a poo1'
substitute for a job, Chairman
Henry E. Kendall, "f the State
Unemployment Compensation
Commisssion, warns unemployed
veterans.
An unemployed veteran, uftet
he has sought work through his
local Employment Service office,
is often liis own best employment
agent, Chairman Kendall said,
urging those claiming readjust
ment allowances for unemploy
ment to engage in a diligent
search for jobs.
Many unemployed veterans art
not waitng for jobs, but are start
ing out on their own by setting up
some kind of small industry, busi
ness or service which they or a
small group can handle, and thus
J create jobs, not only for them
selves, but also for small num
! tiers of their buddies.
Veterans who have developci
new skills while in military ser
vice, 01 who had been at work foi
others before entering the service
often can convince friends in thcii
own communities that they art
I equal to handling a small activity
and thus leeeive financial aid ii
securing needed equipment, sup
plies or tools for launching theii
’ own careers.
Very many of the thousands o
jobs which were open a year agt
have been filled by workers re
leased from the service and now
veterans do not have the eiioiet
of employment which was avail
1 able to them then, Chairman Ken
dall points out.
* "The veteran who unnecessari
ly delays his own readjustment U
1 civilian occupation does himsel
an injustice, since by such delay
1 he may 'allow a job to be filled oi
! a small industry to be started in
to which he could have fittec
himself,” said Chairman Kendall
1 “More workers are bccominf
available for the jobs that an
open now and there is little pros
’ peel that jobs will be more plenti
1 ful in the near future than the:
are. Readjustment allowance
are only temporary and unless tin
veteran conserves them, they mu;
’ be gone when he most need
them,
“Families, friends and homi
‘ communities can render invalu
1 able service to the great group o
young veterans who iiuve hud n<
previous civilian occupations o
experience in job hunting. Humi
folks who are experienced ii
•j (Continued on page six)
i
TIIE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
While motorists have been
t fairly considerate of property
during the past few weeks,
J they have been picking on
humans, bruising, gashing
a and even maiming us they
f traveled along. A small child
a was hurt in the lone accident
reported on the county higli
t ways last week.
l* The following tabulations
e offer a comparison of the ac
r cident trend: first, by corres
i ponding weeks in this year
and last and for each year to
e the present time,
e Twenty-eighth Week
1 Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam’gc
l 1946 1 1 0 00
e 1945 100 150
Comparisons To Date
1945 30 13 3 7.150
C 1946' 30 13.3. " 13,330
T4m*c Defendants!
ed To The
'inrs, \iuounliiijg to $ I <>r>,' ^
Imposed Hy Jmljge
J. C. Smith
Holding one of the shortest ses
sions in recent weeks, Judge J.
Calvin Smith handled seven eas
e's in the Martin County Record
er's Court last Monday morning. |
The tribunal was in session hard
ly an hour and the few ease's were
heard by less than a dozen spec
tators. Three defendants drew
sentences on the roads and fines,
amounting to $195, were imposed 1
by the jurist. Solicitor Paul I). (
Roberson prosecuted the docket. t
Called into court to answer in s
the case charging him with t
drunken driving for the third 1
time, Alton (Buck) Raynor was 1
sentenced to the roads for six j
months, fined $125, had his driv- I
er's license revoked for two years, t
The road sentence was suspended i
upon the payment of the fine and ;
costs and on the further condition i
that he remain sober during the j
i period of suspension. It was the
second lime that the defendant ;
had been tried and convicted of i
driving a motor vehicle while his
opi rator’s license was revoked. |
i He was tried for drunken driving
last April by Acting Judge R. L. |
Coburn and given a six months' I
suspended sentence. Learning j
about the suspended sentence aft- !
or he had pronounced judgment,
Judge Smith ordered officers to
| take the man into their custody
and return him to the bar of jus
I tice next Monday, It is possible
: that the court at that time will in
| yoke the six months sentence met
ed out by the acting recorder last
April.
The case charging J. S. Wil
liams w'ith nun-support was con
tinued, one report stating that the ’
defendant had suffered a light
stroke a short time ago.
A continuance was allowed for
the state in the case in which j
Grpvei Clai k w as charged with
reckless and careless driving.
Charged with cruelty to uni- |
mats, Robert Rogers, Jr., was ad- ^
judged not guilty. It was alleged
that the defendant hud overload
ed work animal.
Manuel Benitez, charged with
speeding, was fined $20 and tax
ed with the cost. Arrested a short
time ago, Benitez posted a $50
cash bond and did not return for
trial, but pleaded guilty through
an agi nt. He receives a small re
fund after costs and fine are de
ducted.
“I’ve been waiting for you a;
long time, and I am glad to see
i you this morning,” Judge Smith
addressed Charlie Clark who was
charged, along with his brother,
Roosevelt Clark, with an affray
and being drunk and disorderly.
"You’ve been walking by my
. house < long time, doing nothing,”
; Judge Smith commented. Charlie
: pleaded guilty, declaring that li
quor was the cause of it all.
Roosevelt pleaded not guilty, but
was overruled by the sheer
weight of the factual evidence.
One report stated that the two
were so drunk that they were un
able to hurt each other even
though they brought axes and
; sticks into the little playful game.
■ Charlie was sentenced to the
f roads for six months. Roosevelt
i was sentenced to the roads for
■ four months, hut the court sus
> pended the sentence upon the
i payment of a $50 fine and costs.
The defendant is also to remain
sober for one year.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the cost in the
case charging Mis. Mollic L. Row
land with operating a motor ve
hicle without a driver’s license.
Hit-luiii Driver
Granted Parole
William K. Janus, Camden, N.
J., man convicted in the superior
court hen lust March and sen
tenced to the roads for twelve
months in the case charging him
with hit-and-run driving result
ing in the death of J. T. Matthews
at Oak City last fall, was paroled
this week.
James, proving good character
at the time of the trial, was said to
have made an ideal prisoner dur
ing the approximately four
months spent in the camp at
Galcsville. "They treated me
line," James said when he came
here Wednesday to report to the
parole officer. X
Rising Costs' Check *^w”;
School Building
Program Knocks!
Into Cocked Hat
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Intimate Places Cost For
Our P.uildiu” A(
$ I I 1.000.00
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A proposed post-war expansion
l'ogram foi Martin County school
roperties was virtually abandon
d Ibis week when estimates were
ubniitted for the construction of
building for colored children in
iveretts. No official action has
ieen taken to abandon the expan
ion program, but the county
loard is almost certain to do just
hat when it is advised that the
ost of constructing eight rooms
ind an auditorium for the Evcr
■tts colored children will run ap
M'oximately $144,000.00.
Plans for the monument to run
way costs were recently complet
'd, the board announcing some
veeks ago that every effort would
re made to replace the building
testroyed by fire there early last
pring. Present conditions find
he colored youth of that com
nunity in a bad situation, but
education authorities arc working
with the principal, Ernest Owens,
to effect an arrangement for
housing tlu- pupils during the
emergency. Crowded or wind
may be called jammed conditions
in other schools make it impossi
tile to absorb the homeless student
body. Officials are expected tc
contact lodge and church officer;
and try to work out with then
some plan in meeting the emer
geney.
With the Everetts estimate as ;
sample to go by, contractual con
struct ion is believed to be detin
itely out for the schools in thi,
county foi a while, at least.
During the meantime, the conn
tv board is trying to make a fev
additions and repairs to and al
terations in its present plants. Lit
tie progress is being made in tha
direction, however, and it is fair
ly certain that with an expectei
increase in enrollment most of tin
schools will find Crowded condi
turns aggravated this comini
term.
The program now being aban
dome foi the present, at least
called for the construction of ,
new colored high school, a horm
economics department and hind
room for the white school and i
principal's homo in Williamston
the project at Everetts, a lunel
room for Hear Grass and one o
two other projects.
With its main program knoekci
into a cocked hat, the cducatiol
board is trying to handle one o
tvs'® small construction projects
repairs and a few alterations witl
its own forces. Little progress i
being made on a 42x100 buildini
ft r a lunch room and shop ii
Jamrsville, it was learned thi
week. Approximately 7,000 cinde
blocks have been placed on th
lot there and the foundation ha
been poured, hut work has bee
stopped by shortages. Approxi
mab-ly 20,000 brick heded foi 111
project have been promised bu
delivery is not expected befoi
(Continued on page six)
Resigns Position
In Hospital Hen
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Miss Margaret Clark, after fiv
years of faithful and until jo
service us head nurse in the loci
hospital, was recently granted
leave of absence to take post
graduate work in anesthesia, ;
was announced this week. Mir
Clark, a native of Eli/.abelhtowi
made many friends during he
stay here and they wish her goo
fortune in her new work. Leav
ing her position here a few day
ago, Miss Clark had several train
ing e< liters in mind but had nc
definitely decided at that tun
where she would enroll.
Miss Clark is being succeede
by Miss Hope Eller, a native c
Boone who comes here highly ret
ommended for the position. Mir
Eller is an honor graduate of th
Baptist Memorial Hospital i
Memphis, Tennessee, and was ri
cently discharged after servir
for some time in the U. S. Arm
Nuise Corps.
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Aftei clamoring for butter
month after month, local peo
ple, it was declared this week,
do not want butter—not at a
dollar a pound.
Receiving a case of the pre
cious food last week, one local
retailer stated he had half of
it left in his store four days
later. It is now fairly appar
ent that the supply will catch
up with the demand, but some
one is going without butter as
long as the price holds to the
$1 figure.
Predict Record
Leaf Production
Despite unfavorable weather
conditions in a number of coun
ties in the Bright Leaf Belt, to
bacco production in the United
Stair's is expected to reach an all
time high figure this year, accord
ing to a recent report released by
the United States Department of
Agriculture.
Production, the report predicts,
will exceed two billion pounds
this year. It is now estimated
that two billion one hundred and
twenty-six million pounds of leaf
wil tie grown in the country in
1946. Flue cured tobacco will ac
count for more than half the total,
or about one billion two hundred
and seventy-four million pounds
compared with one billion one
hundred and seventy-tour million
pounds produced in 1945.
The report added that the llur
ley types were being reduced
that acreages planted to that type
had been decreased by about L.u,
percent.
North Carolina this year plant
ed 819,500 acres to the crop a.
compared with 618,000 pound.
planted on an average during tin
1935 1944 period and 735,000 acre
planted last year. The averagi
acreage yield this year is cstimal
ed at 1,094 pounds as compared
wilh 1,009 pounds harvested las1
year.
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In Great Demand
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General Eisenhower’s report a;
Sunremc Commander to tin- Alii
ed Chiefs (11 Stuff has broken al
salts records for documents, tlu
Govei nment Printing Office an
nounced today.
Over 30,000 copies of the 12'
page report coveting the opera
lions in Europe wa it sold the firs
III days. Orders are continuini
to pout in. Koi a time 13 addition
al clerks were needed to open
mail.
Printing Office officials consul
er the Eisenhower report one o
the finest specimens of govern
merit printing. The cover is lieav;
antique paper and features the su
pi cme headquarters shield whici
is printed in 5 colors. The text i
piinted on heavy enameled stocl
with maps in 2 colors.
As long as the supply is avail
able, copies may be obtained fo
$1 from the Superintendent o
Documents, Government Printmi
Office, Washington 25, D. C.
Over 37,000 Vets
Receive Pensions:
According to a report release,
by the North Carolina Kegiona
Office, Veterans Administration
Winston-Salem, 37,218 World Wa
II veterans received pensions o:
compensation in this state las
month. There wen 1,753 nev
claims entired during the period
and 1,658 other cases were pend
ing at the end of the month.
In addition to those payments
7,566 pensions were being paid b
dependents of those wounded o
killed during the war.
The office also announced thu
58,550 vets hud applied for speeia
training under thu GI Bill, tlm
22,483 were already receivin
training.
During June. 260 veterans ap
plied for hospital treatment.
So fur the Winston-Salem ol
fiee has advanced 1,380 loans t
veterans amounting to $7,i00,3bi
1 65, the office reported.
Draft Holiday Kmls Month
A f lor INoxt; Tighten
l |> Deferment'*
r Trnm;::; la. t Tut day
autherizi d extension of the draft
to men 19 through 29 years of age
and Selective Service is expected
to tighten up on claims for de
ferment.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. llershey,
draft director, instructed local
boards that occupational defer
ments must be allowed only “to
those few registrants’’ whom they
find to be “indispensable and ir
replaceable to the national exist
ence.”
Farmers and farm workers will
continue to get special considera
tion. however, and fathers are ex
empt.
The Army's two-month draft
holiday will end m September
and liersht v said it had asked for
25.000 men that month. The June
i call was for 50,000.
| Mr. Truman approved a Selec
tive Service recomme ndation that
j the acceptable draft age be
I stretched through 29. Since V-J
day, the ceiling has been 26 years,
although the present law permits
a maximum of 44.
i Ln sent occupational deferment
rules have applied to men deem
ed “necessary and regularly en
| gaged m an activity in support of
i the national health, safety and in
j ttTCSt.”
llershey told the local boards to
i “provide for classification, exam
ination and forwarding for induc
tion” of men 19 through 29.
Postponement of induction will
be provided only lor registrants
| still in high school. Undcrgradu
j ate college students no longer will
be permitted In Imi-h out a quar
tp.'i or seinesl ! when they- are
called.
Mini m the 26-29 age group pre
viously l'outld unfit lor general
military service will have their
eases reviewed.
Local boards also wi re direct
ed to consul! i men discharged
from the armed forces who were
not on active duty overseas or
whose service was less than six
months. *•
A Selective Service official esti
mated tentatively that the new
deferment standards would lift
the number of nu n available to
155.000 by next March 31 -about
70.000 more than under the pre
! vious rules.
Meanwhile, the War Depart
ment suspended the enlistment of
I Negroes in the regular nimy cx
j ivpi in specialist classes, expiain
I ing there had been an “over
! whelming response' to the re
cruiting campaign. Abuut 140,
000 Negroes have enlisted since
j last fail, representing about one
[of each five recruits. The Army
policy is to limit Negroes to a ra
tio of oni in-ten, in line with the
ratio in the civilian population.
An Army request for an in
crease of its authorized officer
strength in the regular Army
'from tin- present 25.000 to 50,000
was approved by the House A
similar measuri is pending in the
Si natc.
Cars Targets Of
Hit-Run Drivers
At h ast thui' pars wen targets
of hit-and-run drivers on local
streets during the past few days.
: No great damage resulted, but the
drivers did not stop to review
I their handiwork.
One of the ears was parked on
East Main Street. Another was
pat ki d on Williams Street and
another of ttie targets was on
Haughton Street.
Radiy Injured In
Fall From A Cart
) —$—.
Gary Davis, 1J year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Davis of near
t Jamcsville, was badly hurt when
1 he fell from the top of a load of
t tobacco piled high on a cart on
i the Davis farm last Monday after
noon.
His back was injured and ono
report stated that possibly the
- | lad's pelvis bone was broken. He
j j was entered in the local hospital
i. i while he w as said to be getting
aiong very wed i»le dnuisday.