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'! >'« Plans Rapidly Shaping Up For War Bond Campaign As Zero lbv Nears Week of May 4th to 9th Designated As Checkup and Sign-up Period; Everyone Who Can Is Expected To Participate Plans are rapidly shaping up for the formal launching of the War Bond Camp«0> in Pitt county next Monday, May 4, when workers under the general direction • of County Chairman W. H. Woolard will begin a systematic canvas to the end that every income earning citizen may be given an opportunity to pledge voluntarily some portion of his or her income to the regular purchase of defense bonds and stamps. L. E. Walston, Cashier of The Bank of Fannville, has .been named Chairman for the Town of Farmville. He will be ably assisted by the local Junior Woman's Club. Governor J. Melville Broughton, who is Honorary Chairman of the Campaign, in a proclamation, issued recently, designated May 4-9 as War Bond Week and called upon "the full and prompt cooperation of "all citizens in signing a voluntary pledge for the purchase of United States savings securities." Every pledge is conditional upon the signer's remaining financially able to make the stated purchase. This condition is expressly stipulated in the pledge. It will be left to the signers to decide whether or not they are able to continue their purchases. Purpose of the campaign is to enr able the government to take a nationwide inventory, so that tax plans may be laid accordingly to pay for the cost of the war. The more dollars voluntarily pledged for the purchase of bonds, the less will be the tax load. The money invested in these war savings securities—the safest investment in the world—will be taken out of competition for consumer goods, thereby preventing inflation and building up a cushion of savings for the individual when the war ends. These securities also make every citizen buying them a share-holder in the future of America. Following up Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau's recent announcement thht North Carolina's quotii of war bonds and stamps for May had been set at $5,888,500, State Administrator Charles H. Robertson and State Chaidm&n Julian Price of Greensboro said in a joint statement that "we are confident North Carolinians can be counted upon to exceed the quota set for our State." "North Carolina's average monthly purchases of these war savings securities in the seven-month period ending in January was $4,207,031," they said, "and if we did that well before Pearl Harbor we certainly ought to be able to go ahead of that record now." REGISTER FOR SERVICE Four hundred and seven, in the Farm vi lie Precinct, registered, under the Selective Service Act, here, on Monday. Three thousand seven hundred sixty-two man between the ages of 46 and 66 years registered with Pitt County Selective Service Boards according to unofficial figures given out by the two boards. It was explained that the total might be increased when cards are received from local residents who might have registered in other areas and whose cards will be forwarded to the local boards. The figures as given out showed 2,184 registrants with Board No. 1, and 1,678 with Board No. 2. All man bore after April 28, 1877,1 anJ o* or befern FWwwrj 18, 18971 h«l not fltfsUrsd previously | I required State Selective Service quarters announced that the trants were to follow the sam cedure as thoee who have registered would be aebut that they c Y % VALIANT GREEKS London, April 29.—An amy of 5,000 Greek gu«rrillaa, roaming along the Bulgarian border, has opened a new Balkan front against Axift occupation troops, killing several hundred Germans in it fint foray, the Greek Government in exile disclosed tonight. Countless other bands, operating independently, meanwhile are strik; ing at German and Italian encampments and supply lines in Greece and Crete—the opening blows of the Balkan "spring offensive" planned and led by General Diaja Mikhailovitch, the Jugoslav war minister. The Greek government said that according to reports received from the front, the new army was formed a month ago in the provinces of Seres and Drataa, in central MaceIonia, and, in its opening drive, spectacularly raided a German troop and supply train running along the only line east of Salonika. The railroad line was reported damaged severely and hundreds of German troops were killed and the trains blasted before the rebels stole off into the hills. The army is led by former Greek officers. HELPING MALTA London, April 29.—United States fighter planes have reached Malta and have joined in the defense of the British island in ther Mediterranean against incessant bombing raids from nearby Sicily, roundabout reports to The London Daily Mail said tonight. A Stockholm dispatch to The Daily MMail said reports had reached the Swedish capital that a sudden stiffening of the alta defenses was attributed by Berlin to the arrival of United States fighters. (The dispatch failed to make clear whether the planes were a contingent of the United American Air Corps manned by American pilots or were attached to the Royal Air Force. American-made planes long have oeen in service with the RAF.) German reports were interpreted as suggesting that the United States fighters probably reached Malta from a United States aircraft carrier, while there were other reports that they were flown from North Africa. .(President Roosevelt revealed in his radio speech Tuesday night that United States jvarships were in action in the Mediterranean.) Progress: In 1940 manufacturers announced no running boards; ' in 1941 no gear shifts; in 1942 no cars. Senior Class To Presort Play ToNight at 8 o'Clock The Senior Class of the Farmville High School will presant its annual play, Friday night, May 1, at 8:00 o'clock. The admission is 11 cents and 22 cents. The play, The Hobgoblin House, is a mystery-farce in three acta. It is something very different in plays. It combines mystery and comedy. No doubt yon have seen plays that have fairly made your flesh creep" well, here's one that tops them all— a play that will send shivers down the spin* and make every hair stand on end. But for every thrill there is a hearty laugh. The comedy parts are played by characters who are well able to give many a good laugh. The scene of the play is laid in the grim, gloomy old Hobgood House at the foot of the Osark mountains. The stage set for this play waa made by the Dramatics Department with the assistants of Wallace Barrett. The cast of characters is aa follows: Darius Krnpp — a squat, fimome-like wAn oast 'Sixty: Jack; Pitt County Men Got Wings on April 29th JAMES H. DASDEN, JR. VERNON TYSON Two young men from this county, James H. Harden, Jr., of Farmville, and Vernon Tyson, of Greenville, received their wings and commissions as Lieutenants m the United States Army flying corps on Wednesday. Tyson and Harden were among 24 North Carolinians who graduated from six advance training schools included in the Gulf Coast Training Center. Tyson, son of Mrs. Lena Tysain of Greenville, graduated as a multi-engine pilot of the bombardment group at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, while Darden, son of Mrs. J. H. Darden of Farmville, who has been assigned to the pursuit squadron finished at Foster Field, Victoria. • - ■■■ • ■ -'J.'2 ■ University of N. C. Defeats Virginia fir Golf Match —— Graydon Iiles, Farmville Boy, Wins Over His Opponent By Score.of 3 to 0. Charlottesville, Va., April 24.—A strong' University of North Carolina go^f team handed the Virginia linksmen their first loss at home in three years here today when the Tar Heels scored a 17-10 triumph on the Farmington course. Dick Doesehler, brilliant Carolina sophomore, was the Tar Heel medalist with a par 72. Virginia's J arisen was the day's low scorer, shooting a 71. Billy Peete had a 73, Graydon Iiles a. 74, George Case a 74, Dave Romph a 74 and Captain Shooky Neese a 79 for the invading Tar Heel forces. The Virginias got off to an early lead, winning the-first three matches, but the Carolina linksmen came from behind to fake most of the ranaiaiag matches and the meet. The summary: McMurray (V) defeated Neese, 3-0; Jansea (V) defeated Doeeehler, 2tt-tt; McMurray-Janson (V) defeated Neeee-Doeschler, 80; Liles (C) defeated Nelms, 8-0; Case (C) defeated Voorhees, 8-0; Lilee-Caae (C) defeated Nelms-Voorhees, 3-0; Peete (C) defeated Hubbard, Vh-Vt; Romph (C) defeated TlmberUke, 8-0; Peete-Rumpt (C) defeated Hubbard-Timberlake, 2-1. License Examiner Not To Be Here May 4-16 II. J. McLeod, local driver's license ^^,^announced^^ that he (For Reldwe April 28) President Roosevelt sent to Con• seven-pobat program of w*rHwn«» m fimmiii controls iwlnWlny heavy taxation, general rationing of all scarce commodities snd stabilization of wages. He proposed that the net income of any individual be limited to $26,000 a year, after payment of taxes. The President described the program as one of "equality of privilege^* for all Americana in bearing the burdens of total war. Mr. Roosevelt said two points of the program require legislation, imposing heavy taxation to keep profits at a low level and stalk Using farm prices. The other five points proposed by the President adequately covered by existing legislation, call for general price ceilings on commodities and rents, wage stabilisation at preaent levels, increased savings through purchase of war bonds, rationing of caawttal commodities of which there are scarcities, snd further curtailment of credit and initallment buying. Product ion and Conversion The President told his press conference the Watt Production program, launched in January, is working out extremely weU. He said the announced goals might even be oxpandsd. The steel plate shortage has retarded the shipbuilding: program, he said, but .on the whole there is no very great slowdown in ship production. The WPB ordered the cotton textile industry to convert specified percentages of its looms to war production within 60 days, in order to increase output of materials for sand bags, camouflage cloth, agricultural bags, etc. The Board said the automobile industry during February produced almost 27 percent as much war material as it did during all of 1941. A total of 600 plants in 32 states reported formation of voluntary labormanagement committees. Ratiesring The Office of Price Administration issued instructions for the sugar rationing program, calling for registration of industrial and instutitional users at High Schools April 28-29, and of consumers at Elementary schools May 4 through May 7. Retail sugar sales banned throughout the nation for a week, will be resumed May 5 when rationing goes into effect. Consumers may purchase one pound of sugar with each of the first four stamps in the war ration heoks. rhese cover approximately two-week periods from May 5 to June 27. Registration for gasoline ration sards will be held in Elementary Schools in 17 Atlantic Coastal states and the District of Columbia May 12, 13 and 14. GMoline rationing will go into effect in these states May 15, OP A said. The amount of the ration will be determined by the petroleum Bupply situation at the time of ragistion. War Bonds snd Finances The Treasury reported it# drive for war bond purchases with at* least 10 percent of the total national income will begin May 1. The drive will have quotas of 600 million for May, $800 million for June, and $1 billion for July. It will be conducted through Stitto and County campaigns, the payroll savings plan and volunteer minute men. Bureau of the Budget Director Smith announced increases in proposed war expenditures for fiscal 1948 from $56 billion to $70 billion. He estimated war expenditures would reach a rate of $5 billion a month by September. The War Front The President told his press conference he had been advised officially of the internment of an American plane and its crew in Siberian Russia—apparently one of the plane* reportedly raided Japanese U. S. troops arrived on New akl the Fr*> French in the island defense. General Mac Arthur's headquarters in Australia reported another raid by American and Austsralisn bombers on Japanese held Rabaul. American gunfire from Corregidor Island broke up a Jap eight more WITH OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE Private First Class James Richard Jones, of the 2nd Chemical Co., Savannah Air Base, Savannah, Ga.( left today following a *-en day furlough spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper R. Jones, here. Clay Burnette, formerly a Corporal at Fort Jackson, S. C., is now on furlough, awaithig a cjJl for Flying Cadet Training. ACCEPTS POSITION WITH THE BANK OlF FARMVILLE Andy Martin, who for the past several years has been with the police forte here, has accepted a position with the Bank of Farmville, and entered upon his duties in the book keeping department today. WEEKLY SCHEDULE M. M. Smith. toiA.IL Moore. P.M. to 8 A.M. Private First Class Elbert Moye has returned to Alburquerque, New Mexico, following a furlough, spent with relatives and friends, here. He is the son of M. T. Moye and the laie Mrs. Moyfe. Harry Dennis May is thought to be somewhere in Australia or the Bataan with the U. S. Marines. He volunteered Last May> leaving San Francisco shortly after Christmas. Last reports from him stated that he is getting along fine. May is the son of Mrs. Paul Allen and grandson of Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Wainright. Corporal Lyman M. Bass of the Quarter Master Detaelftnent, Motor Transport, has recently been promoted to Sergeant of Cbmpany C, Gamp Normoyle, San Antonio,. Texas. Sergeant Bass has had two promotions since his induction in January. ' Private William Smith haa been transferred from FV>rt Bragg to Gamp Walters, Texas. .. r: " f Private George M. Allen's address is 406th School Squadron, Warracks 214, Sheppard Field, Texas. Ivan Lynn Lovic, son of Mrs. H. C. Lovic and brother of Mrs. Ben Wooten who is at Pearl Harbor. Hawaii,' la the Sheet Metal Works Shop, has received the following cite is ths son of Mrs. J. R. Lewie and the late Mr. Lewis. Private Robert Mack Hardy's addreu to 406, T. S. S. Barrack* 206, oheppard Field, Texas. Now Address: A S V-7 W, D. Morton, U. & Naval Reserve, Midshipman's School, New York, N. Y. Room 717-Fnniald Private Robert Monk's address is 408 School Squadron, Barracks 288, Sheppard Field, Texas. FOUNTAIN BOYS IN 8ERY1CE Pvt. Wilson Smith Nichols, JL P. D. 916, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. Is now: to Australia. His mother, Mrs. Ross Nichols, recently heard from a woman in Australia that he was all right Pvt. Joseph Gardner, Btry. C. 306 rd C. A. Bar. Bto. Bn. A. P. O. 309 is at Fort Lewis, Washington. He is the son .of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gardner. Pvt. Edgar Owens is with the 3rd Kept. Co. 603rd S. A. W. R. Draw Field, Tampa, Florida. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hudie Owens. v Pvt. Wess Beaeley Owens of the 371st Tech. Sch. Sg. Scott Field, III Bar. No. 126, is the son u! Mr. Geo. Owens and the late Mite. Mollie Dilda Owens. . Pvt. Tony Gay (34116876) Co. A., A. P. O. No. 9S7 c/o P. M. San Francisco, Calif. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Owens and is in Hawaii Pvt. Jesse J.' Sumerlin's address is; 406th S. S. Barrack 204, Sheppard Field, Texas. Pvt. Joseph Hubert Manning, 34178173, Arm. Div. U. S. Army Air Base, Dept. No. 2, 902 Q. M. C., Pendleton' Field, Oregon, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Manning. • Pvfc Beasley Hell, 402 Signal Aviation Co., 3rd Air Force, Tampa, Fla., is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Bell. Corp. Bennie Woo ten's address is: Hdg, Sydn. 4th A. F. B. C., San Francisco, Calif. P. F. C. Horace Owens of the 226" Signal Operation Co., Presidio of San Franciscb, Calif., and Pvt. William B. Bryant Owens of the H. O. Btry. 4th Div. Arty., Camp Gordon, Ga., both are sons of Mrs. Rufus Owens. Every Person Must Register To Be Able To Get Sugar For Future Use Registration of Retailers, Wholesalers, Institutions, and Indshrialiu sal era, TniiitiiUpnn. "«l Industrial Users, including ZjoA and service establishments for sugar rationing for Farmville Township was held Tuesday and Wadneaday, April 28th and 29th in the Gymnasium of the Farm ville Graced Schgol, under the direction of J. ft. Moore, who Was designated as School Site Administrator. John M. Lewis, wm designated as Trade Rationing Advisor. The Local Rationing Board for Farmville Township, i* John Hill Paylor, Chairman, L. E. tfalston and J. W. Joyner. Those assisting in the Registrarticc were George W, Davis, H. D. Johnson, John D. Dixon, J. R. Harris, B. F. Lewis, R. N. Freeman, J. R. Naval •1 Reports from Rostock Say Baltic Port Wiped Off Map; Trail of Destruction Reaches To Skoda Arm Works ~ London, April 2&—Royal Air Fore* bomber* dealt smashing glows to the German naval bases at Kial and Trondheim early today, rounding out a week's offensive that saw the German port of Rostock all lot obliterated from the map and a trail of devastation spread from the Preach coast through the industrial Ruhr Valley to the great Skoda munitioas works in Cssehosfovakta. Details of the raids on Genaac/s two most important naval bases were meager, but latest dfefatefcas from Sweden described the scene at Rostock, after four successive night assaults, as one of "indescribable horror," from which all bat 16,000 emergency workers and wounded of the 115^)00 population have fled. Iks city, site of the Heiakel airplane factory snd supply port for German armies in Finland, North Russia snd Norway, was leveled. Luebeck, another. German Baltic port, 40 miles wrest of Rostock, got a similar blasting in a single BAP night raid' March 28 and rseent decannaissance photographs showed such devastation there that Rhys John Dariss was prompted to ariae in the House of Commons today and deplore the damage done to nonmilitary objectives. He was howled down with cries of: "How about Bath?"—the evacuee-filled English resort town attacked heavily by German bombers last week-end Yen fence Raid. The Germans made another "vengeance" raid last night, picking oat York, the third English cathedral town bombed in a week. Hie other! were Exeter and Bath. The only information on Tuesday night's Trondheim raid, the second there in 24 hours, came in a Stockholm dispatch, relayed from the Norwegian bolder. It said thfc famed Hega fortress ootdlde Tr-v.dheim, an airdrome and German military posts were tfce RAP objectives last night. The raid was more intense than the ohe Monday night and it lasted from 11:30 p. m. to 1 a. m., Stockholm reported. The German bcttleship Tirpitx, the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, and the heavy cruisers Prins Eugen and Hipper all are at Trondheim, but they are berthad safely beneath overhanging cliffs in a fjord, oat of bombing range. Trondheim, on the coast of Norway, is a menace to the Allied supply line to Russia. - ' - y \ Kid, where the Air Ministry agd "large fires were left banting" early today, is Germany's moat important Baltic naval base. Hie damaged, 26,000-ton battleship Scharnhonrt. Mas there. Kail is said fc> share with Hamburg the distinction of having the heaviest concentration of antiaircraft battezias in Germany. It has vital naval and shipbuilding installations, and since the RAF*s destruction of Luebeck and Bt^pck, is the only convenient Baltk outlet for Hamburg and Rhinehwd war supplies destined for Finland, Norway and North Russia. An indication of the damage inflicted upon Germany by the RAF was given by the London Evening Standard, quoting a Swedish shipping company employe who eecaped from Rostock to Malorae, Sweden, after the third RAF raid. He estimated that more than 4,000 ware killed and thousands injured in the
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