With a Quota of $216,000.00 Fori fkrmviUe Township, Sales Through February 4th Reached the Total Sum of $247,999.25 And Solicitprs Still Going Strong For the fourth successive timeUhe people of Faimville end community have gladly rallied to the call by our Government and to the support of our boy* on the fighting: front* by overscribing to thai- quota in War Bonds. In the present "4th War Loan" Bond Driven a quota of 9216,000.00 was aet for Farmville township, and according to A. CI Monk, Chairman, Faraville has already gone over the top with a total of 247,999.26, and solicitors still going strong. None too much praise can be given Mr. Monk and his many coworkers for the efforts put forth in putting this drive over so successfully and in such short time. L. E. Walston, assistant County Chairman of the "4th War Loan" drive, who has also done excellent work in each drive so far put over, stated today that sales in the County were coming along fine, and that he felt sure the entire oounty would soon complete and go beyond its quota. J. H. Waldrop, Pitt county chairman stated this morning that reports from the Federal Reserve through January 31 showed returns at $1,236,162 already received from Pitt county. Chairman Waldrop declared that everybody was doing a good job so far in' connection with the drive and he urged that purchases continue in order that the county might go well over the top in its assigned quota of $1311,000. EMPOLOYEES URGED TO TURN IN PLEDGES Chairman J. W. Munden of the local Employees' War Bond campaign, urges those who have signed pledges that have not been turned Citation* have already been given to the eraployyees selling $200.00 dollars or more oI Bonds. Several firms are already displaying beautiful Award Banners, a 100% sign-up and sales by every employee in the organization. Mr. Mudea is asking every employee who has not sold his or her quota to please put forth special effort during the next few days, and that you tarn m your pledges as soon a* they are secured. Additional pledges can be had by seeing Mr. Munden. Mr. Munden hopes the empioyyees part ia the local War Loan Bond Drive will reach a grand total of $ioo,ooeu». Rotary Club Greatly Enjoys Guests Program Local Rotarians were taken by surprise at their regular weekly meetink Tuesday evening, when following the usual dinner and a short business session, John T. Thome, who was ia charge of the program, presented his special guest*, Mrs. X M. Hobgood, Mn. Alton W. Bobbitt, Miss Virginia Elizabeth Davis and Elbert C. Holmes, who, having yieided to the pleadings at *Rotariaa John, presented one of the most timCf asd enjoyable programs the Club has lMi in wesks. The program was arranged entirely on the "Home," and consisted of in, to turn them in at once. » was brought ens of "Real Silk," instead of Harold N. Graves, Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue, reminded ail wag* earners today that the new 1943 individual income and victory you-go basis and that returns an required by law even though most wage earners already have paid all or a large part of thsir IMS tax by withholdings from their wages. Returns also are required by lew even though estimated to* was paid on a "declaration" in September or December. All taxpayers will help themselves and the government by filling out and filing their'returns as soon as possible, Mr. Graves said. An estimated 50,000,000 returns must be filed between now and March 16 and every effort should be made to avoid last-minute crowds. Returns are required by law of persons who during the calendar year 1943 (a) were single and had $600 or more income, (b) were married and h*l more than $624 income, (c) were j married and together with wife or husband had combined income of $1,200 or more, or (d) paid or owed a tax on 1942 income. Postponements or extensions are allowed for persons outside the country on March 16, especially members of the armed forces, and to the wife of * serviceman abroad if her own income was less than $1,200. "Since the pay-as-you-go system is still fsiriy new," Mr. Graves commented, "it is not likely that some misunderstanding remains about the relation of 1943 returns to the withholding payments. "The explanation is really quite ' simple. Nearly al lof us have paid at least part of 1943 taxes under the : pay-as-you-go plan. But whatever' : we have paid, the amounts were only approximate. The law requires us, i now that 1943 has ended, to fill in a 1 return and find out exactly how much 1 our taxes were. Then we can compare the exact tax with the amounts we actually paid under the pay-as- i you-gt> system. Some of us will find i we have an additional payment to < make—a substantial payment in some i instances—others will find that they 1 have already paid too much and are 1 entitled to a refund. 1 "It would be helpful if everyone < noted the wording at the top of the 1 short form of return (Worm 1040A), I which says, 'Read Jhi®*fin»t: You probably have pa!3 a substantial part < of you 1943 tax bill through with- i holding or directly to the govern- j ment, You may Have underpaid or overpaid. File this form. It tells j you and your govenunerit whether you owe any more, or are entitled to i any refund.' "The same principle, of course, ap- i plies to the long form (Form 1040). i In effect, the filing of a return this , year ia a settling-up affair, and the ( important thing ia to fill out the re- : turn early and find out where you stand." ' I In connection with the refund* j which many taxpayers will receive as a result, of filing 1943 returns, : Graves pointed out that this ia the , method provided by law for ironing out any inequities that may result from the approximate nature of the withholding tar. Because of these refunds, he said, all workers can be ; assured that in the long ran, they lea* nothing by the working of the withholding system. Wage earners will be aided in the preparation of their returns by receipts (on Form W-2) which employer* are. required to give the empaid and the amount of income and victory tax withheld during the calendar year 1943. These are the two key figures on any wa<» earner's return , ,;r v.v Third Day With Commanders Confident of Success Bat Cautioning Against Expectations of Quick Victory Pearl Harbor, Feb. Z—Bulwarked by more titan 2,000,000 tons of naval might, United States forces which successfully invaded Japan's Marshall islands by a bold backdoor route battled today for Kwajalein atoll, a key position so strategic that its conquest may in due time topple the Nipponese from.an ana of the! Pacific 800 miles square. J The invasion opened Monday against Kwajalein, with fourth division marines going ashore on the north and U. S. army veterans of Attu landing from the south. They struck in the fortified center of the western (Ralik) line .of Marshall atolls. The bypasaed eastern (Radak) line as well as those atolls north rod south of kwajalein were placed in such a position by the invasion stroke tfu£ {Bear Admiral Richmond K. Turner, commanding amphibious jperations, said: "We can either take than or let them wither on the vine." Against strong opposition, the murines under Major General Harry Schmidt won inlet positions near the enemy's Roi air, base on the northern end of Kwaljalefn, world's argest atoll. Nearly 60 miles to the south, sevmth infantry division veterans of &tta under Maj. Gen/ Charles H. Sorlett, landed close to Kwajalein nlet, a heavily defended shipping, teaplane and submarine base. udth erale Sixty-mile-long Kwajalein atoll a the hub of defenses among the 12 Marshall atolls which bar the ray to apan'a naval base at Truk, no re than 1,200 miles to the sjouthvest, and to Tokyo, 2,700 statute nilee to the northwest Under the overall command of /ice Admiral R. A. Spruance, the nost powerful fleet ever assembled, Deluding ,new battleships, aircraft arrierB and .even secret type veslels, escorted the transports and anding craft to the invasion scene, >,000 miles southwest of Peart Har»or. Before the landings, big guns if the naval escort churned Kwajftefn and other atolls with a terrific wmbardment "Wherever we search, the whole laran Pacific is filling up with warihips," a pilot had entelaimed on urning in 4 plana to his carrier rhile the invasion force was nearng the objective. Constant support is being affoidid the ground forces by land-basedj ilanes—seventli AAF units of Maj. Jen. Willis jff. Hale; fleet airwing in its of Rear Adm. John D. Price— md hundreds at plane* from the wrier forces otf Rear Adm. March liitscher. v>It is the same type of air mastery lisplayed during more than 20 straight days of neutralizing raids irior to invasion. In that period nore than 300 enemy ptoses were iestroyed or damaged, 113 of them >n the lairt two days, in the Marihalls. More than SO tons of e*plosivee also hit Wake island to keep ;hat enemy ate base from interferng. ' Despite stick massing of power, he Americans were prepared for reeks of fighting, if need be, to pat lown Japanese re« tor a quarter of a nandated these defense* i^clud ground rortuications. "This is going to be tough," cornTurner, the amWe will position is futile. They hare a feeling, In fact, that opposition to any mow to renominate Mr. Booseveit may be considerably lees than it waa in 1940. ' Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) who . ... ■ J| ' mm j.t - ~1 , r opposeci & ionrvu wui u vwmgiy as he did a t*d, said today la had no intention of necking a place aa a convention delegate. Similarly, Senator Overton (DLa.) who haa been critical of administration policies in recent months, said he does not plan to attend the convention. "Apparently," he said, "President Roosevelt win be the nominee without serious opposition." Among those reportedly oontfdering missing- the convention is Senator Byrd (D-Va.) who has been advanced aa a possible prestdrmtlsl candidate. However, some 'of the party's fourth term opponents have made it clear that they will be on hand when the convention meets and do what they can to force the selection of another candidate Among these fanning Sugar Made Available — Sugar Stamp No. 40 In Ration Book No. 4 Now 1 Good For 5 Pounds Raleigh, Feb. 8.—Housewives who j wish to can early fruit may obtain , five pounda of sugar from their re- , tatters now for this purpose by using sugar stamp No. 40 in War Ration Book No. 4, the Raleigh District 1 DPA announced yesterday. V |j The stamp will be valid from now , through February 28, IMS (18 months), and will he the only sugar j itamp used for buying canning sugar. ' Additional amounts will be made writable later on application to local 1 boards. Last year, two five-pound 1 sugar stamps were validated for home ' canning. 1 "Today's action is a preliminary one, designed primarily to provide : sugar in the Far Sooth wham early j Fruit such as strawberries arc now 1 ready for canning," OPA said. "An 1 announcement of the complete plan will be made shortly. "The five pounds of sugar obtain- 1 able with sugar stamp 40 is part of 1 the total sugar allowance that win 3 available for the 1M4 home canning season, OPA said. Additional ' sugar will be made available to per- j sens who wish to can and preserve ' more fruit than can be put up with the Stamp .No. 40 allowance of Ave ' pounds per person." - Please Use Fire Alarm, Not Phw $ Reporting 1 public to use the Fin Alarm at the nearest Alarm Box wh«n reporting a fire, instead of the telephone, which often causes delay inp» Fire Department getting to a fin, due mainly to the fact that there is no one near the phone at timee, or maybe the circuit ia b«isy. ^ ; j Your attention is called to an adverti*ement appwing etsewnere in the 4th Loan Drive, which is tmS » ^—| III ■ ■ I I I 11- , — - A - I , • ~ - — aerway nere, maoa vwo appearances and appeals from the floor for the campaign and the jrtftnaiaiHc response of the spectators came within $600 of hitting the goal set for the creator, 126,000.00, whan pledges were .;»om piied and met a total of 1224,080.00. Facing their "tougheet" test of the siaann the Farmrille cages* had to pnt in their top fctefcst sinkers, Don Watston, Jack Pajptor ami Bohby Butts, fnom tin* to tone to keep the "Baton" fksm leading to the soore. Ed Nash Warren was all over the court, easily the speediest man on either team; in fact he hmi to be reminded right often that it Hasn't a 100 yard dash he was supposed to be doing. Kill Duke pot over mu swell wrestling' matches and if Us wind bad heM oat and Matte Butterfleld hadn't interfiled, would have pretyibly won some of Mi hatttea for the Ml. Levi Wateton brought down the house when he got excited and sent one in the opponent*a basket Levi ' tvidently forgot all of those good pointers his champion bob gave him before he loft hornet Johnnie StanaiQ won. the hearts of 1 he fans in a pair of panto that were ' neither long nor short hot which had ' i seat that certainly withstood a lot >f severe punishment Finally, vrhen ' lohn understood that the gym wasn't & skatitig rink and that he didn't j tave on roller skates, he managed to ce6p on his feet and pliqrad a good ' fame Walter Jones, Manager, Curtis i Flanagan and Dr. Newborn took the ( tonore in scoring points, and despite j he fact that old avoidupoia cramped , he style of the last two named, they proved that basketball had been their ] came in days gene by. Lewis Creech and Jehn Lewie had he "slow motion" roles In the film. [Mr intuitions were good bat they ( lever got around to putting them in . iction. John Moore rfwwed unique form 4 vith a left hand dribble, maktay am < oss good thai resulted in a broad j anile that stuck on his face and < lever did rub off. Irvin Morgan made several near■eoord leaps in doing bis duty as a piard and sent his little daughters \ nto gales of laughter and into plans i tor futon leap frog games. j Manly Liles managed to keep bis { lignity throughout, though his bios tad white striped "Shorts" did all t hey could to give him a rakish ap- < •earsace. < Jamee Monk's physique made him , l perfect guari and he defended ail , Mints North, South, East aad West n this position. 3 S j h by ( in everybody's } n to do too*- | ^ >rotners were j ire within a mil« of Terelle, some Ive miles north w at of Cassino. French • forces took 100 - prtmmtn ttstmuy, anil American* capturod iO mora. A battle now to raging oo It. Manna, scxitheest of Terelle, and ierman pockets in nearby areas an ■tog mopped up. American troops_attacking behind anks entered the "northern half of orae old Italian baftacks near Casino, transformed by the Germans nto a bulwark at the Gustav line, nd took priMeem Patrols poshed to within 900 ards of Caaahw Monday night, bat rithdrew under heavy machfhJ^iin Ire from Nasi "sacrifice squads" ■ft in the town to delay the Allied itfrance and deny use a# the main oad to Rome, Highway No. t, passfig through Cassino. No additional detail* were u ounced on the bridgetaaad area ighting. The sector than to Allied aads is smaller than the Tobruk hunk in Africa which was held fat He western desert for serves months i 1941 before being relieved. (Radio France at Algiers said the lain coastal railway supplying Germans in the Cassino ana had been ut by Allied forces which baittod heir way to Campoleme. (A Berlin broadcast estimated at 00,000 men wen engaged on both Ides to the Italian hridjAssrt 2".rr •?, ^ sg ft single utntuui onttnon wow, sent town of 26,000 which the Garnans captured in August, 1941. RnsSisn ski troops, cavalry and rther mobile units swept in toward NarMa from the north and south yeszrday while the main f» population a eastern Estonia had been ordered o evacuate.)