T, JUL**, IMS
Moscow Admits Axis
Advance at Sevastopol
But Dees Not Confirm
Berlin Claim of Cfty's
Fall; German Thrusts
Are Repulsed in Kursk
Battle Area
Moscow, July 2.—German and
Russian troops were locked in a
fierce hand-to-hand -struggle for pos
session of Sevastopol where the Naiis
"at the cost of Enormous losses suc
ceeded in advancing a little," the
Soviets announced officially early to
day.
The titanic struggle for the Crim
ean seaport-fortress city (which the
Germans announced tiwy had cap
tured at noon. -Wednesday) flamed
through the 2?th day of heavy
siege yesterday while far to the
north the .Red Army was reported
beating off constant warns of Ger
man tank-supported infantrymen in
the Krusk area 300 miles aouth^of
Moscow.
A supplement to the regular com
munique said 'of the grim Sevas
topol, struggle:
"Regardless of enormous losses,
the enemy -continues . his fierce
storming of Sevastopol. The gal
lant defenders at the city are fight
ing with self-sacrifice against su
perior forces of Hitlerites/* •- <
Sevastopol is a key to naval con
trol of the Black Sea lanes leading
to the oil of the Caucasian main
land to the east, aad 14 the only
part of the CMmean Peninsula net
yet folly conquered by the Naxis. \
Rising time and again from the
stone rubble of the battered city
the Bed Army and Navy garrison
there has beaten off the Nazi tide,
bat Soviet newspapers have ac
knowledged that their outnumbered
troops were m an increasingly grave
position. The defenders have been
handicapped by feck of aircraft be
cause of the narrow corner they
Important Notice To s
Automobile Owners
All' local residents requested bo
leave their automobiles at hone
on Saturday afternoon, JfuJy 4th,
during Celebration.
No parkin# of automobiles will
be permitted on Main Street be
tween Church and Grimmersbnrg,
and on Belcher -Street between
Main and Gcpfge Streets from
12:00 o'clock #on until after the
parade is completed. .
L. T. LPCAS. Chief Police.
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Memorial Services
Com. Lovelace
Farmville Claims Par
mer Citizen as Its First
Casualty In Present
Conflict
A hjost of friends attended the
Memorial service Wd -Sunday in the
Farmville Methodist Church for
lieutenant Commander Donald Alex
ander Lovelace, who was killed ia
action in the service of his country
on June 2, and who resided hare dur
ing his boyhood and left a»_valedic
torian of his class in his young man
hood to enter the United States
Naval Academy. His career jwbs fol
lowed with deep interest tiMwghout
the years by citizens here.
Commander Lovelace's parents
continued to reside here until the
'death 6f his father several years
later, after which his mother went
Jto live in High Point, the tome of
her other son, James Lovelaea. The
young officer often returned whan
on leave, to renew acquaintance' with
his old friends and neighfe**,
the home which the fsirifly~fonnerly
occupied has been converted in late
years into an apartment house and
given the name of the Lovelace
Apartments by the owner*.
The entire family, held in highest
on the community, having been active
in |U1~ civic, social aad Migioua un
dertakings while ifshWtfB of tits
ed as the first president of the JTarm
ville branch of the American Red
Cross, serving with seal'and loyalty
British M a k i n g Su
preme Effort To Halt
-Rommel; Enemy Only
IVUUUIIVlf UHCIUJ V/IUJ
62 Miles Prom Alex
andria; Allied Rein
forcements Pour Into
Battle
_ _____
Cairo, July 1.—The crucial battle
for Egypt broke; oat early today when
an Axis tank army drove to within
62 miles of the Akraadria naval base
and failed oat toward a network
of dssext trails tv&n meeting the Nile
delta to Cairo and Sue*.
A dispatch from the front said
the British had stopped their sys
tematic withdrawals and had join
ed the main battle near El Alamein,
which Karriud Erwtn ^Rommel's
Africa Corps reached after a 82
mile lunge along the Egyptian
coastal road overnight .
British Reinforced.
A heavy flow of British Imperial
reinforcements, apparently coming
from the itiddle East, dogged the
roads leading u£ to the battle line
and Gen. Sir Claude Auchinteck,
British Middle Eastern commander,
issued an order of the day calling
for a "supreme effort" He warned
that "We are fighting the battle of
Egypt in which the enemy most be
destroyed . . . the Battle is not
yet over and will not" lie over until
we have defeated him and we will
its f»s I him." '
A crisis was* at hand tor the
whole oaitorn Mediterranean and
Middle Eastern and*. ^ *,
(Axis planes appeared over Haifa,
Palestine, causing an alarm of more
than two hours Tuesday afternoon.
The British radio broadcast an An
STAR
■MsZi
Brigadier General AHm Hal Towage, who wm promoted to thia
[ - nak in aiaiple wt—lw In Ui office ai the New River Marine
Barraeha iaat week, where he b commwdiBg officer at the Third
TraMag BMt»lh» to a natite of Fanarille and wffl speak at the U
July Foerth celebration here Saturday afternoon.
FARJMUE WILL WELCOME
NATIVE SON'S RETURN TO
STATE AS BASE COMMANDER
■?:' ■: • M——I III I I I i inn
p This community will hall with much
pleasure and justified pride the op
. ;i .. 99,, ,t lv,r 4-Va
■nauty, afforded it by tne
Fourth oI July celebration, to do
honor to Brigadier General Allen Hal
Ttpnagv, who received Us first star
Fridayi and was given command re
cently of the Third Training -Bat
talion at New River Marine Barrack*.
General ftnmage, who is the first
Tar Heel General to command, a Ma
rias military unit stationed within
the .State, is the aon of Mm. William
J. Turnage and the late Mr. Tufria^e,
and a native of FkzmviUe.
. The officer was nominated to the
rank of Brigadier General by Presi
dent Roosevelt' the first of Jane, and
simple ceremonies held in his office
at New River Friday, culminated in
the pinning of the star by Colonel S.
A; Woods, Jr., executive officer, and
Lieutenant CoJonSt Donald jr. Kendail,
brother-in-law of General Turnage
ani commander of the Third Marines.
biff with the Gendarmerie d' Haiti.
1926-1926, Marine Corps School,
Quantico, Virginia. 1926-1929, Divis
ion of Operations and Training:,
Headquarters, Marine Corpe, Wash
ington, D> a 1929-1932 Major Turn
age was on the'Battleship Division
Staffs of Admiral Schefleld and
Pring-le, and (daring the list six
months of 1934)- executive officer of
the U. S. Electoral Mission to Nica
ragua under Admiral Woodward.
From 1832 to 1936 Lieutenant Col
onel Turn age was again on duty in
the Division of Operations and Train
ing Headquarter*, USMC, Navy De
partment, Washington. D. G. From
1935 to 1987 he was the Director of
Basic School (training 2nd .Lieuten
ant*) at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia;
1937-1939, battalion _ commander and
T1ks order of the Victory Day p»
rade to be held on Saturday, July
Fourth, is announced by Chairman W.
S. Royster as follows, with the re
quest that all units participating be
i in their places in the line, which will
form on Wast Pine street promptly
at *Wo> o'clock: '
1. Patrol cars. ; .
2. Mounted officers—Chief Lucas
and Horace Lewis.
3. Car—Brigadier General Atyen
Hal Turnage, Mayor George W.
Davis, T. C. Tnrnage, W. J. Rasberry.
4. "Gar—Mi*. George W. Davis and
number of honored guests among the
ladies. ; ' i
| S. Cars for special guest^and
wives of the chairmen of committees.
6. Fort Bragg band, 36th Field
Artillery. . '' )
7. American Legion, mounted Ben
ny Weaver,'Berry Taylor.
8. Bad Cross production unit
9. City of Fnn^e float.
10. Medical units, Civilian Defense,
mounted W. C. Holston, Earl Treva
than. -
A. Home Manes.
C B. Rescue Squad. ' " ^ ,
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Parade A£^i2:00 o'Cftock
Precedes The Program
To Be Held In High
School Gymnasium
Plan* have been, completed for
the community-wide celebration at
the Fourth here, which will bring
the opportunity to 60 honor to a dis
tinguished son, Brigadier General
Allen Hal Tuxnage, and all othen in
the service of their cotmtry on the
battle front, their parents, and those
defending their homeland by vohm
tary service In home organizations.
The patriotic rally held in accord
ance with Governor Broughton's
proclamation, which designates the
Fourth aa Victory Day, will be mark
ed by an entertaining program, tile
first event of which will be a parade
led by-Mayor George W. Davis, Gen-,
ml Turnage and other distinguished
guests, and the 38th Field Artillery
Band of Fort Bragg. The commit
tee has not given up hopes of secur
ing some portion of a military nit
to march in the parade. All local
units of Home Defense will take part.
Anticipated features pf the pro
gram, which is to be presented hi the
high school .gymnasftim, will be an
address by General Tumage and the
appearance of the North Carolina
Victory Choir, which returned recent
ly from a two weeks tour of North
ern states. Lewis Sidney Bullock is
director of -this groqp. -
Planned for the benefit and pleas
ure of the entire community, the hoar
has been changed to the afternoon in
order that more people may attend
and take part in the ensemble sing
ing, the oath of allegiance-to
flag, in the recognition o7 man
and women in service and their pa
rents. Mayor Davis will extend a
weioome to the assemblage and Wal
ter G. Sheppard, A World War veter
an and a former citizen of Fsxpiville
will present General Thrne^-e. Rev.
C B. Mashburn will offer the invoca- .,/• H
tion, and John HD1 Baylor, and June
Rose, of Greenville, veterans, will
hate charge of the recognition poo
tion of the program. *.v.
tning at 2:30 o'clock, the
ef the celebration will' be
at from station WGTM, of ~
Greenville, i ..>•> ^ ; f
£338?*.%
and Arrangement Commit
tee: W. S. Royster, Chairman, R.ND.
Rouse, R. C. Monk, Jr„ Horace Lewis,
C. H. Flanagan, Mm. J. W. Joyner,
L. T Pierce, W. C. Holston, J. H.
Moore.
Publicity Committee: R. A JoyneftH I '•
■ ' , G.^ ft** S. A. GuMs,