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i i"j FARMYILLS, PITT COUNTT, NOBIS CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JOTW H FARMVILLE TO OBSERVE JULY 4th WITH BIG CELEBRATION fH - Colonel A. H. Turnage, Native Son, to Be Prin cipal Speaker; To Hon or Those In Service and Their Parents; Parade At 10 o'clock Saturday Morning Committees, appointed to make ar rangements for the Fourth of Jtily celebration for Farmville and com munity, are completing arrange ments for an enjoyable and entertain ing program, which is to be featured by an address by Colonel Allen H. Turnage, of the United States Ma rines, who was nominated by Presi dent Roosevelt recently for promo tion to the rank of Brigadier General and given command of the New River Marine Base. The officer is a native of Farmville and hosts of friends will welcome this opportunity to ac cord him the honor due his distin guished record. — The celebration is planned in ac cordance with Governor Broughton's recent proclamation which urges ob servance of the Fourth as VICTORY DAY and as an occasion for recogni tion of the volunteer efforts of the Civilian Defense organizations as well as one designed to pay special honor to men and women in military service and their parents. First on the program of enter tainment features will be the parade led by Mayor George W. Davis, Colonel Allen H. Turnage and other distinguished .guests. The American Legion, Boy Scouts, Red Cross Home Nursing Corp, First Aiders, white and colored, Fire and Police depart ments and Auxiliary units and mer chants will participate in the parade. Another anticipated feature of the program will be the appearance of the North Carolina Victory Choir, which has just completed a two weeks tour of Northern states. Lewis Sid ney Bullock is director of this choral gToup. The program will also include en semble singing, advancement of the colors, oath of allegiance to the flag, welcoming address by the Mayor and the introduction of men and women in service and their parents. The day has been planned for the benefit and pleasure of the entire community and a large crowd is an ticipated. Committees. Program Committee: J. W. Joyner, Chairman, George W. Davis, J' hn B. Lewis, W. S. Royster, Mrs. Lucile Hobgood. Parade and Arrangement Commit tee: W. S. Royster, Chairman, R. D. Rouse, A. C. Monk, Jr., Horace Lewis, e„- H. Flanagan, Mrs. J. W. Joyner, L T. Pierce. W. C. Holston, J. H. Moore.* Publicity Committee: R. A. Joyner, Chairman, G. A. Rouse, S. A. Garris, Mrs. Eva H. Shackleford, Mrs. Gene H. OgVesby. Entertainment Committee; T. C. Turnage, Chairman, W. J. Ras berry. Public Entertainment Committee: R. A. Fields, Henry Johnson, Hay wood Smith. r - FORMER FARMVUXE MAN REPORTED MISSING •i.#; _L" ^ 7'".: According; to information received here by friends of Donald Lovelace, whoae rank we are unable to verify, is reported as missing since the bat tle in the Coral Sea. Mf. Sovelace, who had been am officer in the naval air service for several yean, was the son of Mrs. J. W. Lovelace and the late Mr. Lovelace and a former resi dent of Farmville. Asked To , I In Jnh A Proclamation By The Governor WHEHEAS, The anniversary of cr national independence this year w'll find our nation engaged in -a titantic struggle for survival against the greatest powers ever massed againt it, and WHEREAS, War is no longer con fined to battlefields but reaches into the home of every citizen, jeopardiz ing, through the danger of air raids or sabotage, civilians far removed from the scene of conflict of armed forces, and WHEREAS, Conscious of this dan ger to life and liberty, our citizens are organized for civilian defense in the greatest volunteer movement in history, and that this Civilian De fense organization is now being trained in proved methods of com batting war upon the home front and is ready for action in any emergency, and WHEREAS, The day of the cele bration of the 167th year of our na tional independence, July 4, 1942, falls this year upon Saturday, a day of customary gathefing in our towns and county seats, it presents an op portunity for concerted demonstra tion to the public the scope and effec tiveness of this force organized for its protection, and of recognition for the volunteers therein, NOW THEREFORE, I. J. Melville Broughton, Governor of N^rth Caro lina, do hereby designate the day of July Fourth as VICTORY DAY and urge upon all the people in all the 100 counties of North Carolina, in full cooperation with the State Office of Civilian Defense and its field forces, to give observance to this occasion in manner most fitting and effective. Done at the City of Raleigh, the fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty two, in the one-hundred and sixty sixth year of American Independ ence. . J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON, Governor. (Seal), i Thomas A. Banks, Private Secretary. STORAGE Federal farm officials are appeal ing to farmers to make arrangements for more grain storage facilities on their farms due to restrictions on shipment of grains to terminal ware houses. ' Asheville, June 24. — Governor Spessard L. Holland of . Florida told the national governor*' conference Wednesday that in his opinion the Army, instead of state or local authorities, should provide all guard protection needed for highways and bridges vital to military operations. In an address prepared for de livery at the final session of the conference's 34th annual session Governor Holland, said: "It most be recognized that the Army and the state have different degress of interest in the protection of a bridge or highway. The state would, and I think properly SB, weigh the cost of complete guard protection against the coat of repair or replace ment. takinir into emwUeration the availability of alternate routes to handle essential highway traffic. Designed To Outfit and Equip An Army Of 4,500,000 Men by July, 1943 Washington — A record-shattering Army appropriation bill of $42,820, 003,606 reached the Senate Wednes day leas than a week after arrival there of a bill authorising an unpre cedented $8,680,000,000 program of naval construction. — Both were passed by the Houaer unanimously. The Amy supply bill, emphasising mechanised striking strength, is de signed to outfit and equip an Army of four and a half million men by July, 1943. The naval construction measure, concentrating on floating aerial pow er, provides, for more titan 600 com batant ships in the cruiser-carrier destroyer category, plus 1,000 torpedo boats, sub-chasers and petrol craft Hay Pass Quickly Both wereexpected to receive swift Senate approval. The House*endorsement of the Army supply bill came on a roll call vote of 252 to 0 after both Republi can and Democratic leaders described Congreastarfal approval of the stag gering sum as a clear-cut indication of a United Nation's determination to defeat Hitler, regardless of cost It followed a declaration by Bepcn sentative Snyder (D-Pa), chairman of file House subcommittee on war ex penditures, that "the only safe thing for the nation is to assume that this war is rohtg to last five years at least—and then hope, pray and work to out that period." For Move Planes The measure's largest single allot ment provides $11^16^98^10 for the purchase of 23,660 planes. Military chiefs told the committee that num ber would complete the Army's quota in President Boosevelt's program for construction of 186,000 planes this year and next. Earmarked in the measure was $12,700^000,000 for construction ofj war material which would be avaiw able for transfer to the United Na tions, boosting to $62,944,630,000 to1 total of lend-lease aid thus far ap proved by Congress. The appropriation itself would bring the total approved by Congress in the last three years for defense and war to $205,311,238,542. To K^®1 • ■*— •* - Young men of Pitt County between the ages of 18 to 20, born between January 1, 1922, and on or before Jane 30, 1924, are required to .regis ter for Selective Service on Tuesday, June J| '* ;1 r Registrations may be made at the following place*: Ay den—High SchooL Bell Arthur—Mack Smith's store. Belvoir—School building. , Bethel—Town Hall/j "-r«^'i' Black Jack—E. L. Adams' old bar Chicod—L. C, Venters' store. Cox Mill—Holloywood Community. Falkland—School building. ' 1 A WEEK OF THE WAR (For Release Jane 28) Price Administrator Henderson told the press if price ceilings bold during the next 20 month* the en tire war effort will cost $62 billion lees titan it would cost if prices rase as thajr did during the last war. He said savings on steel aloqe under price ceiling were more than *l«l million in 1M1. X H He said subsidies are necessary, however, to support price ceilings at March level* and to prevent suffering among consumers and retailers. Other "major threats" to price stabi lization remain in the yet-uneffected parts at President Roosevelt's anti inflation program, including holding down agricuttOtal prices, stabiliza tion of wages, and the failure to re duce the inflationary gap through any tax action to date, he said. 1 Approximately 2,000,600 to 2^00, 000 persons eventually may be help ing with price control and rationing, although few of them will be con cerned directly with enforcement, he said. He stated he might take ever some of the WPA staff in setting up the OPA organisation in state and district office*, because its facilities apparently were available as more and more people were going into em ployment from relief rolls. The Labor Department said living costs in large cities dropped 0.1 per cent between May 16 and June 2, the first! drop in such coats since November 1940. Clothing, house furnishing and rent costs all declin ed, but food costs continued to ad vance. The department's index of nearly 900 wholesale prices dropped 0.3 percent during the week ended June 18, but was still 13.5 percent above a year ago. ' - war Manpower ana la dot. The War Manpower Commission said the goal for men in the armed forces is 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 men by "the end of 1948; 20,000,000 work era will be needed in war production and transportation by 1944; 12^)00, 000 will be required to-harvest this 1943 crop. The President's Commit tee on Fair Employment Practice paid in 1944 high school enrollment might be reduoed by 40 to 60 per cent, college enrollment by 70 to 80 percent, and half the nation's schools may be closed dne to the increasing need for war worker*. The President • fcigned legislation appropriating an additional |9V6 mil lion to finance the cost at training war workers in vocational courses of less than college grade. Selective Service announced registrants in the non-military age group 45 to 66 will receive occupational questionnaires shortly which will be used to locate individuals with professional and scientific qualifications and with es sential skill. The WPB said Pacific ceast lumbermen will be considered for temporary draft deferment Agri culture Secretary Wlckard said the Farm Labor Supply problem might he solved if either the government pair transportation expenses ss part of the war prograpi, or farmers pool ed expenses to bring in the migrant labor they need. Railroads have al ready agreed to reduce fares for migrant farm workers. " * ". ■sK^.Trnck Transportation. The ODT established a U. S. truck Conservation Corps to mobilise the nation's 6 million tracks—greatest truck fleet In the world-r-for more effective war service. The Office n 1. Ailu|IjCl!A|intllT U D Nazi Pressure« 1f|! On Two Fronts German Drive In The Kharkov Sector Gains Momentum; Reinforo ed Nazis Continue Siege of Sevastopol; Nazis Push On Despite Heavy Losses Moscow, June 24.—Reckless charg es by hundreds of Nazis tanks follow ed by infantry have driven a wedge into the Red army defenses on the Kharkov front in the Ukraine and are bringing overpowering strength to bear against' the far-outnumbered defenders of besieged Sevastopol in the Crimea, the Russians conceded today. At a single point in the Kharkov front, the Germans massed 200 tanks in an onslaught which began on June 22, first anniversary of the German invasion, and has been in creasing constantly in ftoy and force, said Russian dispatches. Dispatches to Izvestia from be sieged and hard-pressed Sevastopol declared that the fight for the im portant port "continues with un abating ferocity" and said "superior enemy troops are furiously pressing toward the town." The government newspaper's ac count said thousands of German dead littered the battlefields after every attack against the Soviet held bastions at which the Germans have hurled tanks by the score and infantry in waves. At Sevastopol, the overwhelming force of the German offensive was indicated by a report that the Nazis sent two divisions of infantry (up to 30,000 men) and numerous tanks into the attack in a single narrow strip. The infantry crept forward undo* camouflage and through ditches and shell craters behind the tanks, but the Sevastopol garrison managed to establish a flanking fire that check ed the enemy. Then.,a counter attack forced the Germans to re ■ireat, said the Russian account. (This apparently was on a penin sula in the bay north of Sevastopol, where the German high command idaimed Russian "remnants" were annihilated.) At another point north of Sevas topol the Bftstfans mustered the strength to recapture a hilltop, but the Germans still poured more.men and machines into the assault, now in its 20th day. i: On the Kharkov front the story: was similar. ine uermans apparenuy are oo livious to immense .lorae a* they throw in ever greater numbers in tanks, planes and infantry, bat they still have not managed to achieve any real success, declared Bed Star, official army paper. While the defenders of th» be ii am m\ il i ■ i ■ n « — ■, - .. i u_ 1 S®g6fl LnmCBn port OT otyVESwpOl staved off superior enemy forces in « battle now in its &Oth day, the strong attack in the Kharkov area Axis Forces on March; British Making Final Plans to Hurl Invaders Back London, June 24.—British mobile forces fenced with the vanguard of Axis divisions advancing on the Egyptian frostier Wednesday and German long-range guns sent shells whistling over British lines ir a prelude to ba*?!s. .A powerful enemy force of all aims was on the march south of Gamhut, a desert town midway between Axis occupidj: Tobruk and Banfia, and a military commentator declared a major action for Egypt was im minent. Hour by hoar, the opening of a mighty invasion attempt was expect ed as a sequel to the whirlwind German-Italian campaign that wrest ed easier,-. Libya from British hands. Patrols Clash. British forces engaged small Axis parties all day Tuesday west of Salum, Egyptian port' near the frontier, and "our mobile columns were active to the west of our posi tions," a Cairo communique said. Asserting that Axis sea lines to Tobruk would be difficult for sur face ships to cut, an authoritative London source said the British navy would be able to make a "really ef fective attack only with large num bers of submarines." The Axis advance also limited fighter protection that could be given - Malta-hound British convoys, he said, and brought German bombers within 300 miles of the British naval . base at Alexandria. Nasi Strategy. Military observers said General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel ap parently intended to assault north ern British positions, pdriwps using this to mask a sweep by his armored 'formations around the British left flank through Fort Maddalena, 50 miles southwest of Salum, and Blr El Shegga, 20 miles further inland from the Medftemwesa. The heaviest Gorman strength was ranged opposite Capusso, the old Italian border fort in libya which now is the keystone of Laen etnant General Neil M. Ritchie's outer line. In addition, British reconnais sance reported that "very strong" Axis faeces of tanks and motorixed "Infantry were moving up along the ooastal road toward the Egyptian border. These, believed to include the 21st motorized division sod the Italian armored Ariete division, apparently Were intended as the hammer with which Nasi General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel hopes to batter his way through the British barrier athwart the road to the Nlei and soez. v;" ' ••• • • the fierce assault an Tobruk. Throughoidgp* night heavy Axis artillery shelled tie British positions and enemy patrols stabbed here and there, evidently marching for soft spots ia the familiar Gerraan tech nique of finding one weak link in the defense chain and hitting than with irresistible power. , ' , « The British, meanwhile, were tak ing advantage of the pan?| io re gToup their forces for the vital new test and to snuuli with airpower be hind the Axis lines. FDR Signs Service Iki's Pay Measure i'j «*. viJ, ' ' *"""1 Higher Pay For Service Men Mid; Allowances F&r Dependents Washington — President Roosevelt signed the service men's pay allot ment and altowanue-bill Wednesday, paving the way for financial aid to dependents of fighting men and re classification of married men for the draft Providing for federal payment to supplement allotments from service men's pay checks to support their dependents, the legislation also "con tains a provision enunciating a Con gressional policy that selective ser vice should "not break up the institu tion of the home." To carry out this policy, Congress wrote into the bill authority for se lective service officials to defer any and all categories of men having de pendents with whom they maintain a bona fide family relationship in their homes. Under this provision, members of the House Military Affairs Oommit tee said, selective ^-service probably soon would set up ;;parate groups within the registrants now in Class Three. In the first group would be men with a working wife, in the next men with a non-working wife, then men with one child and on down the line. Before any men ft Class Three wotild be inducted, all eligible regis trants from Classes One and Two would be called. In cases where a service man has Class A dependents, the. deductions from his monthly pay are mandatory and amounts to $22.00. To this the government adds 128.00 for the wife, and $40.00 for a wife and one child, with $10.00 additional for each child after the first; $20.00 for a child but no wife, and $10.00 for each addi tional child and no wife. Hie deductions for Class B depe n deuui are /optional with the service man and amount to $22 monthly if then are no Claa' A dependent^ and; $5 monthly if there are Class A de pendents.' The federal payments to Class B dependents are $16 for one parent, $26 for two parents, and $6 for each brother, sister or grandchild designated for aid. .. v Ifs a funny world, but it- needs to be pittled rather laughed at. Through Land Bank "Origuudly