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Over INgOOO DoHars Worth of Bonds Sold During the Day; Auction Sale of Prizes Donated by Merchants P r o y e d Attractive Feature Implements of modern warfare and soldiers well trained in combat tactics were seen in the 78th Light' ning Division Third War Loan caravan that visited Farmville on Thursday to participate in local War Bond Sales rallies. Approximately 100 enlisted men, four officers, 25 jeeps, armored cars and trucks, artillery cannon and virtually all weapons used by infantrymen took part in the exhibition. The caravan remained here until 2 p. m., when it left for Wilson. Persons purchasing bonds during the visit of the soldiers were entitled to rides in the Army vehicles. Capt. Melvin F. Skinner, 78th Division Motor Officer, was in command of the caravan. In co-operation with local War Loan Drive officials the soldiers presented a program featuring the Lightning Division band and instructive talks on the use of various weapons on display. Eleven towns and cities were on schedule to be visited on the caravan's five day trek through Eastern North Carolina, namely: Wendell, Zebulon, Smithfield, Golcsboro, Kinston, Farmville, Wilson, Tarboro, Roanoke Rapids, Oxford and Henderson. Major General Edwin P. Parker, Jr., Lightning Division Commanding General, approved plans for the bondsell kig tour, which were prepared in co-operation with local and State campaign committees and Post Headquarters at Camp Butner. The caravan is a complete force in that Army cooks are along to. prepare food for the men, mechanics to keep the vehicles in the perfect running order for which the Division is noted, and Medical Department Soldiers to look after the health of the men. Convoy discipline is in effect at aIT times. The 78th Division, cited for gallantry and bravery in acetion in three major engagements in World War I, has been stationed at Camp Btttner sine* its re-activation more than a year ago. During its training period, the 78th Division, as a part Of XII Corps and 2nd Army, has been cited several times for its proficiency. Capt. Kenneth L. Fox and Corp Bernard Pollock, of the 78th Division, were in Farmville Tueaday making last minute arrangements for the Caravan's visit. Large Crowd. A very large sod enthusiastic crowd was on hand for the program, which opened with "God Bless Kmttrica," played by the band. L. E. Wainton, local chairman of the War Loan Drive, wafe Blaster of ceremonies. The invocation was given by Rev. M. T. Self. Mayer George W. Davis j»ve * word of welcome to the men from Camp Butner and to the Citizens of FarmvOle and the community who were on hand to show that we're behind oar Army 100%, that we're striving to do our bit. im—s — Mn,.. n _i.,. rf*TM] onffl remarks were pwra iron w. H. Woo lard. Chairman <rf Regional 1, War Finoice Committee, who stated that to date *1,400,000 has hew raised toward the Pitt County quota, and from Eshjne Doff, who is ana Chair "WT — * MachhWlShoiv-|» worth of parts or labor; The Boom Printery—Fiveyear subscription to the Famville one fourteen pound ham; Western Auto Associate Store—one eat automobile Fog- lamps; Beik-Tyler Co.— one silk Bed Comfort; Centre Hardware Co.—one chaired k«t; Vanitie Box Beauty Shop—one $8.50 permanent; Bonnie's Cafe—one |5.50 Meal ticket; Artis' Barber Shop—$2*0 in trade; Vogue Beauty Salon—one $6 permanent; Willis Fuel Co.—1-2 ton Bed Ash Owl; Bullock's Shoe Shny♦6.00 Repair work; Fiekk' Jewelry— ow Vase; Roberts Jewelers—Electric toaster; Dupree's Dept. Store—one blanket; Farmville Implement Co.— one roll of barb 'wire; Briley Service Station—50 gals. Kerosene; Colonial fee ard Coal Co.—1-2 ton Brickettes; Pender's Store—Basket of Groceries; Eason Bros. Service Center—$6.00 hi trade; Knott's Warehouses—$££ War Bond; J. W. Ellis Service StationWash and grease Job on car; Leon Crura pier—6 mos. subscription to-the News & Observer; Fred C. Darden, Ayden, Rt. 1,—Country Him; A. J. Flanagan—Country Ham; The "97" Shop—30 lbs. Pure Lard; City Drag Company—Fifty Muriel Cigars; The Turnage Co.—1 barrel flour; Carr's Grocery— -50 lbs. Sugar; N. Thomas— Bath Towels; City Cafe—$5.50 Meal ticket; Blackwood's Wholesale Co.— 1 box HersheyB Candy Bars; Lottie's Beauty Shop—$5.00 Permanent; Paramount Theatre—20 paaasa(ta», free) to picture show; Jack Freedman of The *97?' Shop—100 lbs. at Soger, Rose's 5-10-25c Store—Pottery Vase; N. Cannon's Store—Bed Spread; J. H. Harris & Son*-$5.00 Man's Hat; Farmville laundry & Cleaners—16 in laundry .or dry cleaning; Smith Douglas Co., Farmville—1 beg of Fertilizer; E & F. Motor Co.—Electric Auto fan; Farmville Service Station —Kem Tone Wall Paint; Farmville Pool Room—1 case of Tru Blu Beer; Modlin's Market & Produce Co.—assortment of groceries; N. Thomas' Dept. Store—Man's Sweater; JK. Cannon Dept. Store—Blanket; Whelfess Drug Co.—$5.00 in War Stamps; J. C. Corbett's Garage—$5 worth of parts or labor; Nichols' Market—25 lb. bag of Meal; and a ham frem the Caravan's dinner rations was presented for aution by Capt Skinner and his men in appreciation for the fine reception they received here. This ham was twice sold and brought a total of $2,500.00. Upon their arrival, members of the Caravan were served sandwiches, cookies, home-made cake and drinks, (Continued on page 8) 30 Per Cent Payroil Tax Is New Presented To President Roosevelt by Secretary Morgenthau For His Consideration and Opinion - Washington.—A tax paogifem that would tab* at least another dime out of every dollar at taxable individual income—but refund about 13 cants after the war—has been presented by the Treasury to President Roosevelt for his opdnim. To keep lower bracket taxpayers ob a pey-M-they-earn basis under such a program ,the 25 per cent withholding, ftvy would have to be hiked to at least 88 par cart. The Treasury's plan calls for individual income taxes to yield at least >8,000,000,000 of the «2,000,000,000 in new 1944 revenue de tween the Sele and CaJore rivers came upon 81 Amerfeaa infantrymen who had been trapped there for a week with Germans all around them. It developed that ttese'men were part of a rait which tad teen overran by German tank* in the posh which caused the Americans to withdraw end consolidate their Hues during the eariy part of the battle for the Salerno beachhead. They had to remain hidden continually and f- in 1 ■ i i I. n< uiUVjuii w-, J ' * * were almost wnaout iooq. Patrols moving up after dawn Wednesday morning sew the men walking wearily out of a woods. Their helmets identified them as Americans but their general appearance was one of complete'fatigue. Wore And Weary. Their uniforms were covered with dirt and sweat. Hollow eyed peered from behind beards stiff with dust Their knees bent as they walked and although they still dung to their riflee they carried them as though they weighed a ton. This correspondent happened along as two of them came out of the woods and sank down to rest at the roadside. They were Sergt Vaughn Taylor'and Corporal Edward B. Gutkowski. While resting and eating the canned rations the patrols gave them, they told how they and their comrades had- lain hidden in the woods along the river for a weq£,C Hideout In Holes. They dug holes oven which they placed branches and leaves. They were out of ammunition and there was nothing else to do but try to escape detection. The Germans kept moving in and guns and tanks were set up leas than 200 yards from their hiding place. ' For three days they scarcely moved from their holes without anything to eat. At night they crawled to the river for water. After three foodless days they crossed the river at night. There were even more Germans on that side, bat they managed to find an Italian garden with nothing in it but popcorn and bions. iney earned toe onions and popcorn back to their holes and that was all they had to eat for a week. Then the American artillery offensive to drive out the Gentians began. Comer Of HeD. The 31 Americans stayed in their holes with shells falling all around them. Then wave after wave of medium bombers came over. The areu became like a section of hell. The bombordmmt finally eased And th^rCMmans began pulling o«t~ They left without discovering that they -had bean almost living with their enemies tot a week. In until the sound ef American voices was heard, and the 81 crawled out from their Mes on weakened legs to join their ftllow skiers. Whan last seen by this correspondent they were trudging back along the dusty road to a bivouac area"*and rest Each man still clung Orthopedie Clinic Greenville, Oct lat A. W. S. AWARDS—No. X NSW AWARDS FOR VOLUNTEERS \ • . Official Army Air Forces' recognition for devotion to duty m the Aircraft Warning Service in the form of attractive awards have become a reality. Simultaneously with the arrival of the first shipments of the awards from official manufacturers, officers of the First Fighter Command have completed standards for such awards. Under the announced system, nil volunteers who have served a minimum of three months as a plotter or observer will be entitled to wear the goldeii AWS wings. Especially incribed, such wings of Liaison Officers, District Directors, Area Supervisors, Chief Observers and assistant Chief Observers will be awarded without regard to number of hour* served, but upon appointment to the office. In addition, those volunteers presently active end who, in say capacity, have completed hours of duty equal to or in excess of 600 hours will receive a "600 hour merit" medal to which additional bars.mny be attached upon completion of 1,000, 2,000 and 4,000 hours. To receive credit for this award, service need not have hem continuous, but may be computed upon the basis of total service, regardless of change of Nation. Such a medal will be awarded to observers, who have, in the opinion of gpir superiors, distinguished themselves by some outstanding' service above and beyond the line of duty, and to recognition officers and observer* who hold certificates of completion in aircraft recognition, phis a combined record of 260 hours of observation- and classroom study of recognition. Addition ofthe bans on such medals will be made upon completion of the nquked hompt Liaison Officers, District Directors, and Area Supervisors will be entitled to wear the "meriV badge after mx month? service plus specific recommendation of the Wing or Regional Ground Observer Officer, the Wing or Regional Signal Officer, or hitMMfreMntithre. SSif/flls :They will be entitled to add tlie hourly service bars on the following; basis: One year, <90 hours; two years, 1,000 hours; three years, 2,000 hours, and four yean, 3,000 hoars. ; : W 7'': plot in Forest 1 a large and which evidenced the fore of Ida home folks. Favorite hymns were rendered !y a Miss Nellie Butler, Xn. Alton W. Bobbitt, Chi. F. Baocom and J. H. Hi ■ ' 1 ■]% . • .'i : Young Roun,trtj| who far military aervice in the United State* Army a year Drier to Peari itaroor, aad been ia tnantny wr 18Veral month, with Company A, 664th Task Destroyer, at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Ga. Bis death was attributed to an accidental fall from a Seaboard Railway train near Columbia, S. C., Thursday night, while enroute to his mother's heme fa Washington, D. C., from Camp Gordon, from which lie had received a medical discharge. • The body oftim young man, which a n 1 kJ _ Q n | lm J r rmcum r arrrmiie cany Mttunty mominff. wmi anrniunnnind by kis brother, Air Cbdet Herbert Horton Rountroe, who is in pro-fUght training in Columbia, alt the University of SoutlP Carolna. Mr. Rountroe, a native of Farmville, spent nearly all his life here, where he was wefl known and universally liked for his originality, wit, friendly disposition and attractive personality. He waa graduated from the Farmvile high school and attended the University of North Carolina, afterwards, holding a position with the CsroHna Telephone and Telegraph Co., and the United States Coast and Geodetic Servey Department He enlisted in the Amy on January 8, 1M1, and was in training at Fort Jackson, S. C., prior to being transferred to Camp Gordon, Qa. - Mr. Rountroe is survived by his mother, Mrs. Madeline H. Rountroe, of Washington, D. C., his' father, Charles S. Rountroe, of Bdhaven; a sister, Mrs. Wayne A. Mitchell, Jr., of Goldsboro; a brother, Air Cadet Herbert Horton Rountroe, University of South Carolina, Columbia* S. C.; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Dora H. Keel of Farmville, and Ma paternal grandmother, Mrs. Joseph Tripp, of Greenville. Active pall-bearers were: R. L. Joyner, M. V. Horton, Jr., Sugg Askew, John D. Dixon, Jack Horton, Lath Morrisa, Jolm Lewis, David Harris, Leroy Baas,- Guy Cherry, Leimie Pierce, G. E. Moore, Jr. Honorary pall-bearerB were: W^ A. Allen, Cyril Askew, Seth Barrow, George Beckman, Hariey Bryan, J. T. Bynum, Archie Cayton, E-4 C. Copenhaver, Frank Davis, Jr., G. W. Davis, M. E. Dixon, Lynn Eaaon, C. H. Flanagan, L. W. Godwin, J. C. Gibbs, Richard Harris, J. H. Harris, G. M. Holden, J. W. Holmes, W. ft Holston, C. B. Hotehkiea, H. N. Howard, Henry Johnson, Cecil Johnston, M. V. Jones, Dr. P. E. Jones, A. F. Joyner,. C. H. Joyner, J. W. Joyner, R. A. Joyner, T- E. Joyner, W. E. Joyneei iohn King, R. H. Knott, R. O. Lang, T. W. Lang, James Lane, B. L. Lang, B. M. Lewis, Jack Lewis, Manly LAes, R. T. Martin, Dr. J. M. Mewbom, A. C. Monk, Jr., J. Y. Monk, R. V." Flser, J. H. Mooro, J. L Morgan, Or. J>. S. Morrill, Joel Moye, W. A. MfcAdams, R. R. Newton, Ha) Winders, J. L. Parker, J. a Pollard, W, A. Pollard, Jr., W. J. Rasberry, Leroy Rollins, G. A. Rouse, Robert D. Rouse, R Lee Smith, Smith, J. M. Stansill, B. O. Andy Martin, J. T. Thome, T^tome, B. 0. Turnage, T. C. Turnage, W. S. Royster, Jamas Wheless, Z. M. Whitehuret, G. S. Williams, Dr. W. M Willis, W. R. Willis, J. T. Windham, J. H. PaylOr, John B. | Wright, Jr. - In one of the gloomiest broadcast* to come from the Japanese capital, the announcement said the Sims of the measures wan: * "The Japassee nation in all its classes and pntmafen most fully understand the seriooawss of the present internal and external aituation and must be inspired by an unbendin* will to rictory. The nation's entire strength must be concentrated on the armaments hxHistrjr, especially on the strengthening of the Jspniwn air forte. ''Strict sslf»nf?iciency of Japan and Manchukuo as ragscds food supply must under all cercumstaaees Given UbSupport Or Washtagtam, Sept. 22.— Congress must deddtf either to rive Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall wholehearted and unquestioning support in his manpower demands or throw him out of £<s post, Bernard M. Baruch, special adviser to Mobilisation Director James F. Byrnes, declared today. : There on he no half-way measures, no ban on drafting fathers, no limitations on figging into any manpower reservoirs that n*jr have to be tapped to a*et military needs, day night, following qoietty the overrunning of I^e die previous Thursday, was disclosed In a communique 'r" . ' This new stroke, which the Japanese futilely tried .to erase by counterattacks, H the latest air strike* with 97 tons of bombs and 120^00 rounds of ammunition all the way from Awth of Madang to We wait, clearly indicated the determination of MacArthur that hk rfctories at Lae and Salamans shall yield quick dividends. The Japaneee airforce, obviously concerned by the upsurge of MaeArthur on the New Guinea ground front and the hammering dealt by Adm. William F. Hal Bey's growing air might in the Soi omens, strode back on both arms of the 750-mfle battle front. Captured Baiapit is inland on the riuon peninsula behind the Markham valley pomtiona which airborne a loss strew 54 tens of bombs and 128,000 rounds of strafing bullets among the communication areas around Astrolabe bay, some 70 miles above Kaiapit. Poor important bridgea on Japan's coastal'supply road were blown to bits, On the same day, fighters escorted Liberators in a 48-ton bombing of airdromes st Wewak, mete than 2300 miles above Lee. WAR IN BRIEF ' v Allied Fifth Amy caftans three key towns is mountain ring guarding Naples; Eighth Army eatero Potenza, nerve center of southern Italy; American Bangers join battle fer '■ Corsica; Nasi* evacuating^ ; ^ Bad Amy seises Anapa, last Black Saa escape port for Gennan armies In Kuban; close in on Kiev, drive to " y within five miles of Dnieper Rver. MacArthur's forces launch drre ■gainst Pinachhafen on New Guinea; Nimitz weals four Jap-held islands bombed in Central Pacific.
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