WW mmm FARMYILLE HONORS NAM SON COMMANDER OF N.C. MARINE BASE Thousands Gather In Patriotic Rally to Hon or Genera] Turnage and Others In Service In a colorful throng, people of Eastern Carolina, estimated at four thousand, assembled here Saturday to celebrate the Fourth as Victory Day and to take the opportunity to honor a distinguished native son, Brigadier General Allen Hal Turnage, and others in the service of their country on the battle front, their parents, and those defending their homeland by voluntary service in home organi zations. General Turnage is the son of Mrs. W. J. Turnage and the late Mr. Turnage. The patriotic rally, held in accord ance with Governor Broughton'si proclamation, designating the Fourth as Victory Day, was marked by an entertaining program, the first event of which was a parade led by Chief Marshal W. S. Royster, Mayor George W. Davis, General Turnage and other distinguished guests and the Band of Company K 39th Infantry,. Fort Bragg. The American Legion, Red Cross, Medical units, Home Nurses, Rescue and Receiving Squads, Boy Scouts, fire and police depart ments and auxiliaries and other civi lian defense units participated in the parade and merchants and various organizations were represented by floats. There was a large number of mounted'pirtici pants. J. W. Joyner, program chairman, a member of the Town Aldermen and president of the Rotary Club was master of ceremonies. Mayor Davis extended a cordial welcome, and Rev. C. B. Mashbum offered the invoca tion. Walter G. Sheppard, a World War veteran, a former resident of Farmville and a kinsman of General Turnage, reviewed his military career of 29 years and presented him as the first Tar Heel general to command a Marine military unit stationed with in the State. The General was visibly touched by the sincere tribute paid 6m by his old friends and neighbors and ex pressed his pleasilre at being invited as honor guest on this occasion. In his address which .T.-as greeted at in tervals by heavy applause, he re viewed the events which led to the signing of the Constitution, which he declared in his opinion to be the most important event in the history of the world. In tracing its course General Turaage declared:. "This was a sacred declaration made by the representatives of the thirteen brave, courageous Colonies on July 4$h, 1776. It expressed to the wor&Mn no uncertain tenns their grievances, their, convictions, and their intentions. Having declared themselves free and independent peo ple, it became all the more necessary to posh the War of Independence to a successful cc£iclusion. To this end they pledged their lives, their for tunes, and their sacred honor. "What a task lay ahead of them! What privations, hardships, and sac rifices to be endured. They had no army or navy. (Only territorial troops, ;>acting independently, and scattered from Massachusetts to Georgia.) They had no railroad or steamships, no tjjjppstries, no na tional currency, and no national cred it But they did have courage and spirit The^ "Give-Me-Uberty-Or Quartet To Sing Sunday Morning At ^Christian Church There will be added attraction at the Christian Church Sunday morn ing. The Tyson Quartet of Ballard's Cross Roads will sing: two numbers. This male quartet is m^de up of two of the Tyson boys and two of their school mates who are visiting them at this time, and we are fortunate to have them sing for us. - The sermon win be timely—How The Early Church Solved Her Prob lems. Sunday School at ten. Classes to meet your needs. All are cordially invited to attend these services. C. B. Mashburn. May Confiscate Automobile Tires Washington, July 8. — America's thirty million motorists faced the prospects today of having their tires confiscated if the war gets worse. President Roosevelt said at his press conference late yesterday that he was trying to save the nation, not gasoline and rubber, and warned that if the situation should deteriorate it might be necessary for the govern ment to commandeer privately-owned tires. He made it clear that he was hope ful such extreme action could be avoided He reported that no decis ion had yet been reached on nation wide gasoline rationing as a tire saving measure and said he hoped the gasolmS and rubber problems might be separated. Although he announced improved scrap rubber collections, he said it al ready was apparent that scrap was not a cure-all. Says Proposed Pipelines And Canal the Answer Washington, July 8.—Delivery of sufficient oil to the gasoline-ration ed east coast by the end of this year to meet its daily requirements was forecast today by J. R. Parten, di rector of transportation in the pe troleum coordinator's office. Chairman Bailey (D-NC) of the Senate Commerce committee made public Parten's report after the com mittee had approved, 11 to 3, a meas ure authorizing expenditures at $93, 000,000 to construct a barge canal across Florida, a pipeline across the. same state, another pipeline from Mississippi to the east coast and to enlarge the Gulf intareoestal water way. Estimating overland movement of oil to the eagt coast at 954,000 bar rels daily on June 20, Parten wrote the committee that a pipeline re arrangement and construction pro gram- now underway woeJd add ap proximately 275,000 barrels a day to the east's supply when all projects were completed later in the year. He estimated that deliveries by tankers Would reach 200,000 barrels daily, boosting total potential de liveries to 1,429,000 barrels. The Tobaceo Markets to Operate On Fire-Hour Scheduled?I t > Richmond Va. — Accepting recom mendation a at its sale* committee, the Tobacco Association of the Unit ed .States fixed opening dates for southern tobacco markets, starting with the Georgia-Florida belt 00 July 23. " 4 Dates set for other marketing areas were: Sooth Carolina and border belt August 6; Eastern Carolina August 25, middle belt September 14, Old belt October 1, and Dark-Fired Vir ginia December 7. These dates will provide a con siderably longer selling season than last year when the Georgia-Florida markets opened August 6 and the Old belt markets September 16. The Association concurred in the committee's suggestion that the same spread as is made this year between opening dates be maintain ed for the duration of the war. A. B. Carringtan, Jr., of Danville, Va., was elected president of the As sociation to succeed J. W. Dunning - ton of Farmville, Va., head of the association for the past two yearsJ L. L. Gravely of Rocky Mount, N. C., H. R. Pettus of Richmond and Clyde B. Austin of Greenville, Term., were chosen vice presidents. Carrington announced that M. E. Oliver, of Danville, would serve as secretary-treasurer for the coming year. The Association adopted a resolu tion asking allotment by local ra tioning boards of "sufficient gaso line to the supervising buyers of the various purchasing companies to en able them to fearry on their work in the most efficient and economical maimer." A Also adopted were resolutions mak ing uniform regulations for every belt. These call for a uniform five hour' selling schedule starting in Florida and Georgia, at 9 a. m., and in the other bright belts at 9:80 a. m. Those named to the board of gov ernors of the assodation included: J. a Fieklen, B. M. Garrett, B. B. Fugg, of Greenville, and A. C. Monk, of Farmville. Government Benefits to Be Added To Deduc tions From Soldiers • Pay ■; : ; - • Washington, July 8.—-The Army already haa started deducting from soldiers' pay checks the cortribu tions they are required to make to dependent wives and children tmder the family allowance bill which be came law on June 28, although pay ments to the dependents will not start «ndl November. Firtjt deductions were ordered from June pay checks due July 1. But since some Amy posts already had their June payrolls mad* up whan instructions were received, deductions ia those cases will not begin until August 1. To prevent hardship the June deductions at those camps may be spread over time or four months Government cash benefits are be ing to these pay but both will be allowed to accumu late into lump sums <*260 in the case of a dependent wife) before Amy Chief of Ordnance Campbell, speaking at Salisbury, said "Our tanks are superior to anything the enemy has. Type by type, our tanks 1,,,, „rt VaawIa* (MMn tuuHnav mrrrt aninnt ' nave Heavier gip% neavier arraaraem and greater speed .. > our high veloc ity 75-millimeter guns in our M-3 tanks far and away outrange the best the Germans have . j§ and we can fire this high-velocity 76 when the tank is in motion, which is more than any enemy tank, whatever its sise, can do." General Campbell said the so-calM "new German 88-MM. Gun" is "about aa secret as a Daisy Water Pistol. It has been kntfwn to us and our Allies for at least ten years. We outmatch this gun with several of our field and antitank guns." He said the German 88 is effective as an antitank weapon only within its limited range, if U. S. Machine guns, Gen. Campbell said, will "outfwiction any enemy gun under the mostad verse circumstances —ia other word*, they will keep firing when enemy gqu have to shut down to change barms." The United States "can build a better automobile, a better icebox and we can build—and are building—better machine weap ons," Gen. Campbell said. .Gen. Campbefl said, "The Enemy cannot outdo American design and production and spirit." 'Che WPB reported the dollar value of war shipments from 480 automo tive industry plants totaled $350 mil lion during April, an increase of 48 percent over February. Army Services of Supply Com mander Somervell instructed civilian guards at 11,000 war plants to or ganize an Auxiliary to the Army's corps of Military Police as a further protection against enemy saboteurs. Hie War Front The "Flying Tigers" of the Ameri can Volunteer group were placed un Corps command in their operations der the Army China and with heavy nese bases at Canton. Six stroped without loss. A Navy communique on three key Japa >w, Nanchang and 1 planes were de reported scored hits an van sank a transport in the Aleutian Islands. In addition, Navy submarines sank three dsatroy ers. The situation in tlfedflands "has not changed materially," however, in the past two weeks, the Navy report said. The Office of Indian Affairs announced all the Aleutian Islands west of Dutch Harbor, as well as the Pribilof Islands, have bean classified as parts of a total evacuation tone. The Office said nearly 1,000 civilians have been removed from thpse areas by the Navy and transferred to this American mainland. > The first communique from U. S. headquarters of the European thea ter reported six U. S. Douglas light bombers manned by U. 8. pilots suc cessfully attacked targets by day light in German-occupied territory in a Joint operation with RAp bombers.; Two American planes were reported missing. The Navy said U. S. bomb ers carried out a second attack on Japanese-held Wake Island. The Navy also announced the U. 8. Aircraft Carrier Wasp carried aerial reinforce ments to the British Island of Malta in the Mediterranean. Gen. MacAr thur's Australian headquarters r ported repeated air raids .on Japanese-1 held territory in that area. The sink-j ing of 17 more United Nations me chant vessels by eftauy submarine j SelTafel|||^ The WPB said a new and gt iS-Swity■ 'jwpj'jt Army Plane Crashed In Flames In Cornfield Near Smithfield; Wing Of Craft Drops Into Farmer's Yard; Bodies Burned ant: Badly Mangled By JACK RILEY In N. ft 0. Smithfield, July 8. — An Army bomber crashed daring a summer J storm near.hen late this afternoon' and instantly killed all mem aboard, estimated to be pine. Eye witnesses said the plane caught fire 1b the air and exploded) as it crashed. One occupant was' tossed 130 yards, three others were nearby and fire were believed burn ed in the debris of the completely demolished bomber. Names of the dead cannot be .an nounced until the U. S. Army has notified their next ofldn. Lest Part of Wing. •The twin-motored medium bomb er lost part of a wing half a mile from the cornfield in which it crashed and fragments were scattered" over a 16-mile area from the tvo craters gouged in the soft field by the motors. It fell in a corn and soybean field; en the flam of Jasper Beaaley, about a mile south of Wilaun's Kill in Johnston County. Witneses advanced conflicting opinions of the cause of the crash, being divided between theories that' motor trouble, lightning or a sudden cyclone downed the ship. « A. D. Stephenson, a tobacco farm er, said he was watching the plane when it fell. "It was running all right," he said. "Then part of the left wing flew off and the motor began roar ing. It circled and then began twisting every winch way. About 30 feet from the ground, the mo tors went off and flames blazed all over the plane. Burning Whan felL "It vu burning when it fell, and in about a. minute I heard a big explosion. There was a big pail of smoke . . . looked like a tobacco barn burning up. "I was the third man here. It looked like pistol balls sparking up from the fire. Thefts was a high wind, rain Cor half aa hour and some lightning. "Everything we found was dead." The burning clothes and para chutes of the igaagled bodies that were thrown clear of tfc body of the plane indicated that the explo sion probably sprayed the entire wreckage with horning, gasoline. . Ballets Exploded. Other witnesses related that bul lets were exploding and streaking the air with sparks, perhaps tracer bullets from a machine gun belt. Two .60 calibre machine guns were conspicuous is . the wreckage. ' Hundred^ of persons flocked to the scene, slopping through 600 yaids of muddy fields and roads to reach the cornfield. Sheriff Kirby L. Rase of Johnston County and his deputies, and Sge. V. R. Mallard of the High way Patrol tried to keep the crowd off the scene. Sergeaait Mallard noti fied Fort Bragjij^abat no authorities had arrived on the scene at 9 o'clock tonight Corp. John W. Carter of the 6th Service Squadron, Wilmington Air Base, was passing nearby, beard of the wreck and went to the scene to instruct officers to prevent photo E„, gpEp Register ror Gas This Week ■ygi #hP11P Now Ration Registra tions Begin Friday Of This Week The registration for .the permanent gasoline rationing program will be held at the various school sites in Pitt Comity on July 8, 10 and 1L Registrars will open the office at 9 a. m. and "Close at 6 p. m. Owners of motor vehicles registered in North Carolina, will be required to present the registration card before they can register tor the bailie gasoline ration card. The federal tax sticker is not a prerequisite for registration. The registration sites are as follows: Ayden township, the Ayden High School; Beaver Dam township, UeH Arthur High School; Belvoir town ship, Belvoir High School; Bethel township, Bethel High School; Caro lina township, Stokes; Qiicod 2 and S and Swift Creek, Chiood High School; Chieod 1 and 4, GrimesLand High School; Falkland, at Falkland High School; Far^viHet Farmville High School (white); Fountain, Fountain High School; Grifton, Grifton High School; Greenville, Greenville High School; Pactolus, at Pactoius High School; Winterville, Wlntervffle High School. j First registration w01 register all automobiles and motorcycles and the owners of these vehicles will be per mitted to make application for sup plemental gasoline coupons if they desire. Track owners will be permit ted to register provided we get the neqessary forms in time. If there is any dovbt about the place you should register, go to the lame school sito at which you regis tered for the first gasoline registra tion. Watch the newspapers for fur ther announcements. Another Nipponese De stroyer Torpedoed In Fog - Blanketed Aleu tians Area : Washington, July .8. — American submarines, continuing tp prey upon Japanese naval forces supporting Nipponese occupation parties on Kiska and Attn islands in the fog bound Aleutians, probably have sunk mother Japanese destroyer, the Nary disclosed tonight. The newest success was scored on Inly 5, only one day after United States underseas raiders blasted three other Japanese destroyers to the bot tom andJdft a fourth burning fiercely. The Navy communique was not certain the latest victim was sunk, ^Ot it said: "On the afternoon of July 6, a United States submarine,- operating In the Aleutian Ldands area, tor Concentrate Upon Rom mer« Supply Line*; As Axis Drive Continue# Stalled ! Cairo, July 8.—frst British tank hunting parties lasted oat 36 miles west of Egypt's El Abunein battle line tod^y, knocking out stray panzer units along Marshall Edwin RommePs exposed right flank while RAF plan* bombed and shot up caravans of trucks hauling up Oka enemy's 'urgent water sad oil supplies from the rear. pPerelict Axis transports Bow lit tered the blistering' desert -supply road and reports from the font said Rommel showed signs of dig ging fax, as if he did not fed equal to the task of seising the offensive for the moment, although he Was prepared to make a stand if the British made a general onslaught. There was very little German fighter plane activity. Some prisoners also ware pnnadori up by the hard-driving British patrols whieh ranged the whole length of the Axis flank from a point so nth of El Alamein to south of El Daba. The main battle Une, looping around the Mediterrannean coast in a fish- > hook shape, was generally static, however, Rommel still was stalled and taking a heavy pounding only 66 miles from the Alexandria naval base and scarcely SO miles from the west ern edge of the Nile delta, his matt objectives. Wants Air Support. Travelers leaching Ankara from Egypt were quoted as saying that the British have picked up radio messages from Rommel frantically demanding more sir support to meet the crushing RAF concentrations * over the battle area. A Vichy dispatch said than wem ,'J reports that the British wars en the point of turning Rommel's left flank and encircling him. Vichy said Rommel's long water haul from Tobrnk, 810 miles to the rear, made his position perilous and that be had done considerable damage to his tank* by having their cupeias knocked off so they could- mound ^-millimeter Austrian field guns. These guns enable his tanks to knock out British tankks a mile away, but the British qukkly mount ed 75-millimeter guns en t'ttir tanks and met him