the enterprise is read by OVER 3,900 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 73 Williarnston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 10, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1899 Review Of Effect Air Power Had In Excerpts Taken From Re. port of Commander To His Chiefs of Staff (With the crossing of the Rhine the next objective, the following excerpts from the report of the supreme commander to the Chiefs of Staff, reveal the effect air pow er had on these climactic opera tions. Previously excerpts have dealt with the use of heavy bomb ers in general operations.—Ed.) -» “Important in the aerial prep aration for Operation Plunder were the Allied attacks upon the enemy air force bases in north west Germany. As earlier stated, the chief threat which the enemy could exercise against our air power lay in his jet aircraft. The Allied production of these ma chines lagged behind that of our opponents, and in the air it was difficult to counter these attacks. We therefore decided that the best insurance against their pos sible interference with our Rhine crossing operations was to employ our heavy bombers to render the enemy's jet airfields unusable. A number of fields possessing the extra-long runways necessary to enable jet planes to takeoff were located within range of the battle area, and reconnaissance revealed that the Germans were concen trating their machines on them. These fields were accordingly subjected to severe blows from 21 March onward, while the fuel dumps and auxiliary installations were attacked at the same time. The consequence was that the enemy lost a iargv 'number of planes on the ground, and the runways were cratered and rend ered temporal ily unusable. Be fore repairs could be effected our ground forces were across the Rhine. On 24 March the Allied air forces flew some 8,000 aircraft and 1,300 glider sorties while sighting less than 100 enemy planes in the air. . . .” "In all these preparatory opera tions, as on 24' March itself, our air forces were favored with ex cellent weather conditions, clear J skies, and perfect visibility per- ! milting visual bombing and great ly assisting the tactical forces in picking out their targets for pin point attacks. Apart from the airborne land ing operations, which 1 shall con sider below, the airforce blows reached their peak on 24 March. Prior to the arrival of the trans port planes and gliders, the Ninth Air Force and the Second Tactical Air Force planes attacked the enemy flak positions, with the re sult that interference with the airborne elements from this source was considerably reduced. Also, in immediate cooperation with the armies, medium bomb ers attacked 18 towns which were either strong points or communi cation centers. Gun and mortar sites and the enemy forward posi tions generally were relentlessly strafed and bombed, while armed reconnaissance was maintained against the German supply lines. The whole weight of the Eighth (Continued on.page six) -o Conclude Meeting At Piney Grove A one-week revival meeting was brought to a successful close in the Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Griffins Town ship last Sunday. Conducted by the pastor. Rev. W B. Harring ton, the services were well at tended each evening during the week and Sunday the house was filled to overflowing with a good ly number crowding into the Sun day school rooms and on the out side around the doors and win dows. There were five additions to the church roll and a baptismal ser vice was held at Hardison’s Mill that afternoon. Between 750 and 1,000 were present for the Sunday program, including one of the nicest picnic dinners ever served in the coun ty, Extending one of the most sincere and warmest welcomes, members of the church and friends in the community prepar ed a great dinner, and the gather ing was marked for its cordial and warm fellowship. The din ner was ample for a crowd more than twice the one enjoying it. Local Girl Wins Contest And Gets Coveted Awards ■ r < > }■ (_>_ j ported, some grades soiling for 67 cents. Prices on some of the inferior grades were said to be hardly holding their own with heavy-red tips going on sale with out a “friend.” Deliveries to the local market continu - unusually heavy, and early Tuesday the Thursday sale was being placed on the floor with the prospects that much of the space for Friday would be filled before the day is spent The heavy deliveries are caus ing some uncertainty as lo how long sales can be maintained be fore another holiday is called or the selling schedule is curtailed. The local redrying plant, run ning its first Saturday mght last week-end for the first time on record, is rapidly filling up again. The redrying machine has been in Steady opeiation for ten days, but after working night, and day and right on through the week-end the plant is gradually falling be hind in handling the heavy de liveries. While tobacco prices are not up to the level established on the first day of the marketing season, few farmers- turned their tags in recent days. However, the num ber joining the Flue-Cured To bacco Stabilization Corporation is gradually increasing, the action being recognized as a move to offset- low prices. Accident Victim Dies On His Way To Hospital Here —*— (l I’. iVrry's Yo;iiiu Son Critically Hurt In Sat urday Wreck -—y Filially injured in a highway accident between the Midway Service Station and Colerain early last Saturday evening, I-loyd Thomas Perry of Bertie County was pronounced dead upon his arrival at Brown's Com munity Hospital here early last Saturday evening. Complete details of the accident could not be learned here, but indirect reports state that Mr. Perry, 29 years old, swerved his car to miss a dog in the road and crashed head on into a pick-up truck driven by Frank Daniel of Colerain. One report stated that Perry’s left arm was torn away, that his shoulder was partly pulled off and that his face was badly mangled. The nature of his young son’s injuries could not be learned immediately. The victim’s son, Lloyd T. Per ry, Jr., four years old, was criti cally hurt, but Mrs. Perry was only slightly injured. A native of Bertie, Mr. Perry was known by many here. He was a son of Mrs. Node C. Perry and the late Mr. Perry. Surviving are his wife, son and mother. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at the home in Colerain by J. U. Teague, pastor of the Pow ellsvillc Baptist Church. Burial was in the Color “in cemetery. . ..—.j Livestock Price Schedule Drops Even before the new DPA price ceilings on meats were announc ed, livestock prices started tumbling. Cattle prices were quoted as low as 13 cents on some markets, and deliveries started dropping, too. Last week the twelve major ti rrninwl markets received only 70,600 cattle, 29,000 calves, 15,000 hogs and 115,000 sheep. The week's supply was said to be the lowest on record. Week before last, the same markets received 272,000. cattle, 55.000 calves, 170, 000 hogs and 166,000 sheep. Following the drop in livestock deliveries, the packers started laying off their slaughtering crews in big numbers, and some houses suspended operations alto gether. In Omaha, the big four packers estimated that 3,000 employes had ' been laid off, that the number "wmiild possibly jump to 5,000 al most immediately. Swift slaught ered at its plant there last week 100 cattle compared with 4,500 week before last, and the Wilson company slaughtered 25 compar ed with 2,500 the previous week. While run away meat prices are being brought back under some semblance of control, ap parently feed prices will escape to ,i fi iv market, prices having already skyrocketed on most of the common types of feed. rainiully Hurt In Car Accident —*— Mrs. Dennis Warren Davis and sons, David arid Dennis, were painfully hut not seriously hurt when fhr ir almost new ear went out of control and wrecked one and on* -haif miles east of Spring Hope last Saturday morning. Mr. Davis and the baby, riding in the car driven by Mis. Davis, suffered shock but were not badly hurt. Mrs. Davis suffered three bad cuts, two on her face and one on the arm, and her shoulder was sprained. David’s lace was cut slightly in several places and his leg was injured. Dennis suffered head injunes. After receiving fust aid treatment the victims were able to continue to their home in Cross Roads Township, this county. The Davis car was forced off the road by a big transport truck onto a bad shoulder. In trying to bring the car back on the hard surface, it swerved, went out of control and went down an em bankment, striking a telephone pole. Considerable damage was done to the car. i Veteran Trainee | Program Reports Violations Here -9 Misiiw US: Job • Training Plan Molds To Border lino Cases, Revealed Recent investigations into the on-the-job-training situations of veteran trainees have been given headline publicity throughout the country. Numerous instances of fraud and mal-practice of the G. I. Bill of Rights have been exposed, and which, if allowed to continue, would have defeated the spirit and purpose for which the pro gram was intended, Charles A. Brown, training officer, said this week. No flagrant misuse of the job training benefits have been found to exist in this locality. Most em ployers and trainees alike are co operating to make this program beneficial and have organized their facilities to give the best apprenticeship training possible. However, a few “borderline cas es ' do exist. Some establish ments, no understanding fully the actual training stipulations, fail to provide adequate time and thought for their job-training of veterans. Too many veterans drawing subsistence allowances are merely working for low wages, are not receiving adequate training, and are not objecting be ease these alowances amply sup plement their earnings. Once ap proved to train veterans, employ ers too often forget the training and are content and happy to per mit low-wage labor to roll up profits. Some employers are not paying veteran trainees for their actual labor value and produc •bvcficss but keep wages to a mini mum because of the G. I. benefits. Some trainees are promised bon uses at the termination of their training so as to keep G. 1. pay ments higher during the appren ticeship period. It is exected that wages will be raised when a high er wage has been earned, regard less of expired time in training entitlements. Such practices, whether inten tional or not, will have to be cor rected. They are dangerously un fair to veterans, to the govern ment, and to toe citizens who realized this training need and made these benefits possible. In the future Veteran Adminis (Continued on page six) Men Report For Pre - Induction —»— Three Martin County colored men left last Wednesday for pre induction examinations at Fort Bragg. Five were called, but one, James Robert Cobb, married man of RFD 1, Bethel, failed to report. A fifth man, Robert Clayton Sneed, RFD 1, Bethel, beat the draft board to the draw by volun teering for service. The three leaving last week in cluded: Burnett Wenn, RFD 1, Rober sonville and Kinston. Rufus Earl Brown, Williamston and Norfolk. .. . Calvin Coolidge Davis, Oak City. Only one in the group was list ed as a farmer, and four of the five were nineteen years old, and one twenty-eight. It was learned that a call for fifteen white men to report tor final induction had been received in the county. It isn’t likely that the list will include over eight when if is made up tomorrow. The final induction call is the first re ceived in this county since June. huiimj-ui j Nine persons were arrested and jailed and, according to reports, quite a few others went an a rampage in the county last week-end. Offic ers were called to Poplar Point when a free-for-all al legedly took place at the Log Cabin. Four of those arrested were cfearged with public drunk enness, two with larceny and receiving, one with drunken driving, one for an assault and one was detained, pend ing an investigation. The ages of the group rang ed from a low of eighteen to a high of 51 years. Three of the nine were white. Critical Shortage In Meats IN ow Predicted I Local Retailers Have No Promise Of Future Supply -9 New and Higher Ceiling Prices Are Now In Effect Here - . ♦ Now meat price ceilings, gain ing from a few to almost ten cents during the nine-week holi day, are now in effect here, most butchershops clearing out their cases of high cost meats before the new price schedules were clamped on this morning. Now that ceiling prices have been brought back, even in crip pled condition, meat began mak ing its disappearance. According to unofficial information heard here late Monday, retailers have no promise of future deliveries and there are prospects of a seri ous meat shortage. The meat famine started its run in the big cities last week-end, one report stating that New Yorkers picked the bones of the city’s lean meat supply during the period. It is estimated that the famine will last from two weeks to several months, most observers predict ing that it will take two months for the present muddle to show any marked signs of improve ment. The only encouragement about the situation is the fact that Con gress is not expected to meet in special session, that possibly once the present muddle is ironed out the bright lawmakers will not act to upset the recovery before the regular session next January. Prices, while higher in most cases over the old OPA listings, are now considerably below the sky-high prices prevailing during the high-wild price holiday end ing Tuesday of this week. Bacon jumped in price from 4i? to 47 cents a pound, but a good 25 rents below the holiday price schedule scandal. Pork chops, center cuts, jumped from 31! to 47 cents. Smoked hams are little changed, the prices ranging from 35 cents to 4!) cents. I The new priee schedules were placed in the hands of retailers on Monday of this week. Along with the release of the new price schedule came a warn ing to the effect that OPA is ready for an all-out fight against the Mack market. The administra tors declared that stocks, believ ed to be hidden in large quantities by some black marketers, will be sold at ceiling prices or not at all. Another weapon OPA will throw at meat pirates is a quota system, permitting each packer to slaughter only 90 percent of the 1944 kill on cattle and calves and 70 percent on hogs. This system will also help spread the meat throughout the country, but lack ' of a rationing system is expected to prevent even distribution among consumers and may en courage black marketing. Already there are the begin nings of a campaign by spokes men for the livestock industry to make it appear that the shortage is caused by the return of price control, when actually there is lit tle meat on the hoof available for , market whether there are ceilings or not. Meat industry leaders are quoted as blaming the famine on the sharp price rollback. Homecoming Day At County Church —» Thp home-coming day program j attracted a record attendance at Vernon Methodist Church near here on the old Everetts Road i last Sunday. Nearly everyone of the approximately forty-five ' members was present, and many ] members who moved to other i centers returned with old friends < for the day. j Rev. Sidney Boone, pastor, con- ( ducted the worship service and a 1 special program was rendered by t the Sunday school. A big picinc 1 dinner was served and enjoyed. 1 It was pointed out that the church had already met its obli- t gations for the conference years, i and that the members were mak- t ing plans to adu two or three Sun- ( day school rooms to the building. \ FLOOD Coming as a climax to an unusually rainy season, a re gular flood poured down on the Jamesville section last Saturday afternoon, deliver ing what was described as the final and! death blow to crops in many fields. Starting about 2:00 o’clock, the rain fell in torrents for al most three hours, flooding the main highways and blocking traffic. Farmer Marvin Jones said he helped push or pull six or seven cars out of the water which fell short not more than six inches of run ning into the foot of his auto mobile. Peanuts, just about aban doned to grass and weeds, were completely covered in many fields. Griffins Town ship reported a heavy rain, but apparently the flood cen tered in and just east of Jamesville. Run Down By Car On Main Street Douglas Perl, 10-year-old son of Mrs. Beulah Peel, was pain fully bruised and battered from his head to his feet at 6:00 o'eloek last evening when he was run down by an automobile in front of the Watts theater on Main Street here He suffereri minor cuts on his shoulder and abras ions on the scalp, face and several other parts of his body, but a preliminary examination in a lo cal doctor’s office revealed no serious injuries. He was said tc be resting very well this morning, but was mighty sore Looking up the street and see ing no car corning from tltt west, the little fellow, just out of the picture show, started to cross in front of a ear double parked near the theater. Chief Petty Officer Robert Bruce Johnson, en route to his home in Trenton, N. C , turned out to pass the parked ear and caught the boy on the left side of the street. Knocking the lad down, the car passed over him but he was not touched by the wheels. It was reported that the Navy man was driving a car with de fective brakes. It was later learn ed that the brakes were tempor arily out of adjustment at the time, that they were found to be all l ight when tested a short time later by a mechanic. The officer was later released without any formal charge being lodged against him. Leaving his address and telephone number, Chief Johnson asked that he be advised of the boy’s condi tion and stated he would return here within a day or two. The officer, in the Navy eighteen years, was just beginning a 30 day furlough from his station in Norfolk. The accident was one of several | reported in this area during the past several days, most of them being in the county or involving county people. JamesvilJe Boys Attend Meeting —*— Three members of the James ville Future Farmers of America chapter attended the State con- ’ mention held in Raleigh recently, rhese members were Billy Brew- 1 sr, Marvin Perry and Perlie Mod Iin, Jr., who participated in the 1 public speaking cqntest. The convention was attended 1 by a large number of boys from 1 ill sections of the state. High- 1 lights on the convention program 1 ivere the public speaking contest, Livestock judging contest, parlia- I nentary procedure contest, ad Iresses by Governor Cherry, Con gressman Graham A. Burden, Dr. Ulyde A. Erwin, and Mr. T E. i 3rown, retiring director of voca- ’ lonal education in North Curo ina, and the election of officers ’or the new year. On Thursday night several housand dollars in prizes were 1 iwarded ind.viduals and chap els. The Jumesville chapter re- i :eived a bronze plaque with a sil ver top. Manv Children Die By \ulo Accidents i j In Autumn Months ! Hr-! Months of ScHwl Sre Most l)and hy fire on the Jamesville High* vay near Bethlehem church ear y last Sunday evening. Nothin* >ut the engine and frame wag eft. The fire was not reported by he vehicle owner and few de ails could be learned here late Monday afternoon.