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M lL rfWiMin Duj iluMriiflPP MHI NEED FOR RED CROSS AJD GREATER THAN EVER; DRIVE TO OPEN IN NATION MARCH 1 Call Is For $180,000,000 Fund To Carry Ser vices Throughout This Year Washington, D. C-, Feb. 22.—-March 1st the American Red Cross will open its appeal to the nation for $180,000, 000 fi> continue its world-wide opera tion with battle front trAops, in hos pitals and on the home front Simultaneously President Roose velt, Basil O'Connor, chairman of the Red Cross, and Colby Chester, chair man of the War Fund campaign, will call upon all Americans to support the fund drive as an indication of their backing of men in the front lines. In officially opening the campaign Chairman O'Connor will point o«t that the need for Red Cross services in the coming year will be greater than ever before. "The task in the next twelve months will be greater for the Red Cross than ever before, he has stat ted, for not only must we serve the men in the war zones, but we will be required to give increasing assist ance to the boyB coming back to the United States. "We know the American people will respond with overwhelming gen erosity, knowing that the money they give to the Red Cross will be used to serve the men and women who are serving in uniform for us." It was estimated here that more than 3,000,000 American Red Cross volunteers will conduct the house to house canvass which begins March 1st. Each canvasser will carry cre dentials indicating Red Cross affilia tion during the campaign. Outlines Achievements. Outlining achievements of the Red Cross during the past year in announcement of the opening date, Mr. O'Connor declared the Red Cross is serving in every theater of war and with every command. Red Cross workers also are on duty at scores of out-posts over the world, are giving aid to wounded men in hospitals in the major battle areas and in the United States, he said. The total number of workers has more than doubled "since the last War Fund campaign. In every invasion during the put year, he pointed out^ihe-Red Cross has either gone with the troops, or has followed within a very short time. Red Cross field directors were with General Eisenhower's men in the great amphibious invasion of France, and witii General Mac Arthur's forces when they returned to the Philippines. ^ Pitt Organised. E. Hoover Taft, prominent Green ville attorney, who is "general" in charge of the annual Red Cross drive for memberships in Pitt county, by appointment of the Red Cross Execu tive Committee, has completed his military organization for the drive which gets under way in Pitt on Tues day, March 6, Jbe S. Moye, chairman of the Pitt County chapter of the Red Cross, said today. "The Red Cross needs funds more than at any time in its history, and we believe the people of Pitt Coanty, following one of the county's most prosperous years, will freely and generously subscribe the quota of (30,800 by March 10, when the membership campaign ends," "Gen eral" Taft said. Leaders in the membership drive, in addition to those already ed are: ranavuie—«i». «/. A. Allen and J. T. Thome. Falkland—G. H. Pittman. Fountain—R. A. Fountain, Sr. Grifton—J. T. Biggere. Wmterville—Mrs. Woodrow Worth infton. Bethel—Walter Latham. Stoke*—J. B. Congieton. J "Colonel" John G. Fleming is in command of the Greenville campaign. "Colonel" J. B. Kittrell is in com mand of the heavy artillery, which in clude* the special gift* solicitations. Special committee among the Ne groes have been appointed to solicit Red Cross membenfcips from them, and the various Negro organisations are solidly behind the campaign. They have dose a great part on the home front in War Bond, USO, March of Dimes and other campaigns fas war purposes. Fear Day Drive. . Tbe campaign in the county will begin March 6 and close March 10. General Taft stated,that, "During tfcu time it is expected that every in dividual in the county will make ' contribution and the campaign work en will endeavor to see that avarj one in the county has an opporton^ to contribute. The Pitt county quoti is large and In order Sot to he , iwa&i WAR IN BRIEF U. S. Marinas, battling yard-by yard on Iwo Jim* Island against fan atical Japanese, sustain casualties heavier than on bloody Tarawa. Tough fight by U. S. Doughboys to clean Japanese oat si Manila nean climax; MacArthur says not a living Japanese left on Bataan, and enemy garrison on Coragidor fortress "prac tically destroyed." Organised German resistance in Saar-Moselle triangle crumbles un der armored blows by Pattern's U. S. Third Army, which captures 16 mo>« German towns and drives into four others including Saarburg; more than 5,000 Allied w&rplanes join in attack on Germany. Russian forces gain up to 10 miles in drive toward Berlin from south east; newspaper Pravda says Red Army troops are within 34 miles of German capital. U. S. fighter-bombers hit Hitler's mountain retreat of Berchtesgaden; 1,200 Flying Portresses hit Nuern berg. Fifth Army opens offensive, cap tures Mt. Belvedere dominating en trance to Pararo River valley in Italy. British troops in Burma expand Ir rawaddy bridgehead 30 miles from Mandalay. SERVICE MEN'S • CENTER • Registering at the Center the past week were: Farmville — Pvt. H. P. Norman, Camp Wheeler, Ga.; Chester Outl&nd, S. S. M. B. 1/c, and Mrs. Outland, Little Creek, Va.; Pvt Clifton Bar field, Fort McClellan, Ala. Pfc. Roy M. Letchworth, Walston burg, and Columbia Air Base. Colum bia, S. C.;*Pvt. Julius C. Peaden, Jr., Greenville and Camp Wheeler, Ga,; Sgt. Salvatore G. Carfi, Camp I.e jeune and Tarrytown, N. Y.; John J. Cosems, S 2/c, A. T. B. Ships Ser vice, Little Creek, Va., and Flint, Mich., who wae the week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thad Nichols; Pfc. T. E. Drake, Jr., Coffeyville, Kaiwae, and Cherry Point, guest of Miss Tabitha M. DeVisconti, Friday to Sunday night and dinner guest, Sunday, of Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Allen. Circle No. 4, "Methodist, of which Mrs. Nonie Barrett is president, was the entertaining group with Mrs. E. L. Barrett acting as hostess. She was assisted by Dora Mae Barrett and Mrs. Lula Joyner. The group donated tomatoes, lettuce and bread. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Norman gave fried chicken and milk; Mr. and Mra. Bennie Woot en, milk. Deviled eggs, rolls and fruit salad were contributed also. Hostess group for this week will be the Ballard's Home Demonstration Club, of which Mrs. Leon Jones is president. A letter from Cpl. Terry Runkle, Louisville, Ky., now stationed in the Pacific, states that he will never for get Farmwille friends, who extended many courtesies while he was station ed at the Kinstoa Air Base. Cpl. Runkle erpreseed the hope that he might return here some day. Sgt. Joseph H. Bynum writes that he had a good time Crristznas while visiting Naples, and Pompeii, the ancient Biblical city, destroyed 79 B. C. by Vesuvius. County Basketball Tournament At Local Gym Feb. 26-March 3 All high schools in the Pitt Coun ty Administrative School system will participate in a County Basketball Tournament in the Farmville High School Gymnasium, beginning Mon day, Feb. 26 at 6:80- and run through Saturday, March 8. Four games will be played Monday night, three games each Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday end the finals Saturday night Farm Committeemen To Be Here Feb. 23-24 Farm committeemen will be in Farmville at Carl Tyson's office to |day, Friday, and Saturday, for the rpoee of helping farmers make out their 1946 Farm Plan. It is leery that this be attended to these two days as tills is all ;ths^has been alloted to the local committeemen for this service; If notice of 1946 tobacco allofapenl | is ready stllife time, it will be at ched to the individual's Farm Plan not, it will be mailed within th« ON DMEJWVE The "Marcb of Dime#" program in Pitt comty ho $6*816.29. The quota for thw y«^ wW $4,350. Last year the county raised $2,450. The schools of^>Mj*t^both white and negro, rayjad $3,064. The Wom en's Division of tb^counto under, the direction of Pis VewaaLee Joyn^r, raised $1,112^8. Tha theaters of the county collected $1402. The Preai dsnt's Birthday Ball in Greenville netted $910.28. PerhaM th*, fin^ wojk tafcM done by the negfo.achppia and negro citiseng under the direction of Pro-. ks*of» Day^port ^ Sugg and lfr«, Capehart The schools and teachers of the county raised $1,030.56. r Since the recent report waa given the Bcbool at Ayden has sent in $90 and the schools at Pactolus $70. In the matter of communities the Green ville district led the collection with $2 ,$90. Farmville was second with $960.21; Ayden, third, with $569.79; Bethel fourth, with $454.62. The Third Street school in Green ville made the outstanding record in the county. This is a seven-teacher school and the children there raised $188.00. The Junior Woman's Clubs of Greenville, Farmville, Ayden ' and Bethel worked most efficiently in their respective areas. The Home Demonstration Women of the county showed again how powerful they are by collecting $1,100. The parties, dances, and sporting events throughout the county were largely attended and helped to swell the totaL One half of the $6,300 collected will remain in Pitt county. The other half will be eent to the Nation al Foundation, New York. Mr. John athan Overton, treasurer, of the local chapter, reports a balance, the $3,000 which is one-half of this year's drive will give the local chapter $4,400 to be used to meet the needs of infan tile paralysis victims in Pitt county. Last week the chapter sent the James child from Stokes to the Polio Hospital in Charlotte. The local committee will see that all the needs of the]^ victims of this disease are met—The Reflector. Local Teams In Winning Streak Friday night, Feb. .16, the Farni ville high school boys and girls de feated Grifton high school in two game* of Basketball. The boys' score was 28 to 20. Donald Walaton scor ed 16 points, closely followed by Harold Rouse with 12 points. Butts turned in a good game at guard. The girls' score was 32 to 19 in favor of Farmtille. Turnage,-Mor riss, and Bynum played an excellent game at guard, ably assisted by Inez Williams. Jotynsie Moore scored 24 points, Margaret Williams 4, Jane Turnage and Ann Moore 2 each. Mc Lawhorn with 8 points was best for Grifton. Monday night, Feb. 19, Farmville boys defeated Ay den by a score .of 46 to 11. Walstcm.with 18 {mints was best on the offense for Farmville, closely followw^by Willis with ten points. Howe and Butts played their usual good game at guard. Kinlaw with ten points was best for Ayden. The Farmville girls defeated the Aydan Sextett by a score of 27 to 11. Killibrew with 16 points was the goal queen in this game. Johnaie Moore was next with nine points.) The Turnage-Morrisa-Bynum combi nation at the guards position was bad for the Ayden girl*. Bowena with 7 points was the best for the visitors. Tuesday night, Feb. 20, the Farm ville boys defeated the South Edge combe boys in a North Eastern Con ference game by a score at 68 to 10. Practically all of the boys had a hand in piling up the 58 points for Farm ville. Walaton scored 19 points; G^y 10; Williamson 6; Willi* 4; Horton 7; Corbett 10, and Melton 2. Bouse and Butts' elose defense work kept the visitors scoring down to only 3 field baskets. _ The Farmville Junior Team defeat ed the Sara togs high school by a score of 30 to 22. Smith of Saratoga led the scoring with 8 points. Peels and Russell of Ffcrmville scored ft points each. Bailey Sends Reply To Dr. Pawl Jones Dr. Paul !£. Jones, fhpiman of tits Pitt County Democratic executive committee, has received the following letter from Senator Jpaiah Bailey in answer to recent criticism of his stand against Henry Wallace: "In view of the fact that I have , received about ton thousand wires and I letters on the subject of the nomi nation of Mr. Wallace^ I am compell ed to make a brief acknowledgement "It is my intention, whenever the. „ # *4* 4 my reasons for my "FIBST IN THE HEART Of Hlft COUNTRYMEN" ... even until today. What greater tribute can be paid a maa'» memory, than fl* fact thai he gtiU nmsii)(i the ¥ffW at Ameri canism; ia stili fety in high este<m by hi# nation; one hundred and aixty nine years after his deeds of heroism in fighting {or that liberty and. inde pendent of that nation. Today, aa Washington's 2.13 Math day, ia observed,* the struggle for free dom and liberty goes* on apace and /jmaricans are engaging in a global *far that the prineiplee of govern ment, foe which he fought, might be established throughout the world. We, the people of the United SUtee, in order to form a more per fect Union, to establish justice, in sure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the bless ing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and . Constitution for the Us of-America." Those words are the Preamble to, the Constitution <ft the UuitqT&m whose first signer waa George Wash ington. hihmriklM v By Cheater Walsh Lieut-Governor "Hip" 1 Seventh Division of the Kiwanis District and Marvin ridge, president of the Wi)so* T Club, and others from Wil vided the program for the Kiwanis Club's weekly supper meet' ing Monday night. Ed (Little Lamb) Rawl, vice president of the Greenville club, ww master of ceremonies. In teresting abort talks, music and foot ing featured the fellowship meeting Dr. Ralph Fike, of Wilson, gave an interesting outline of diversified programs by all of the standing committees. Dr Getty Monroe, tal ented singer, made a hit, as did Ed Sueasmuth .Tith hie accordion The highlight of the meeting was the reading by the Secretary, Seth Barrow, of a letter from the Farm ville Rotary Club, congratulating the Farmville Kiwanians for organising a club in the enterprising tobacco market city and pledging 100 per cent cooperation and support. The Farmville Rotarians have an out standing record for community ser vice. Kiwanian Arthur Tripp of the Green ville club wan a guest Eli Bloom, producer of the Greenville Kiwanis minstrel, ft planning to visit Farm ville next Monday night to scout his trionic talent for the Kiwanis min strel to be presented in Greenville some time in April. The Wilson delegation presented an entertaining program. Farmville'a vice president, Charles Hotchkiss, ex pressed appreciation to the Greenville Kiwanians for their assistance in or ganizing their club, especially Ed Rawl, whom he classified as the "granddad of the Farmville Club." The Farmville club was organized about a month ago with 36 members. It now has nearly 40 representatives of the business, professional and the agricultural life of the community. The club meets Monday nights at 6:45 at the High School Cafeteria. RATION GUIDE MEATS, PATS, ETC.—Book Four red stamps Q5 through S6 good through March 31. Stamp* TB through X5 good through April 28. 'Stamp* Y5, Z5 and A2 through D2 good through June 2. . PROCESSED POODS—Book Four blue stamps X5 through Z5 and A2 and B2 good through March 31. Wainps C2 through G2 good through April 28. Stamp* A2 through M2 good through June 2. SUGAR — Book Poor stamp 84 good for five pounds through Feb. 28. Staipp 36 valid for 5 pound* through June 2. Another stamp scheduled to be validated May 1. SHOES — Book three Airplane stamp* 1, 2 and 3 valid infedinitely; OPA says no plans to cancel any. GASOyNE — 14-A coupons good everywhere for four gallons through March 21. B-6, C-6, B-e and C-6 coupons good everywhere for five gallons. FUEL OIL — Last year's period four and five coupon* and this year's period one, two, three and four cou pons good in all ana*. Period five coupons valid in Mid-west and South. All coupon*, valid throughout current The need for salvaged fate is great est now than at any other time since the war began, says Mrs. E*tell< Smith tf tfce Kxtension Service at — .1 r PATTOHiUNS EOT MILES «d«k4 H«Wd§ht mil- 1W T^fc» ymw*i> 3&J0SEg^g Aided by swarms of warrlft'^*, Pat tou'a armored -rmihwih ihrorn ulth in tana miimai the Saar-MoeeUe River junction and aome.aig mDw of Trier, ■ German foctreaa on the MoasU* Valley invaafcm route to CoUens 58 milea norfVaat. Other tanks rambled into Saarburg,. German fturtw guarding the Saar River, aad last night a flaming bat tle raged inaido the city,as Pattern sought to break aooa the. river far a drive that would outflank and cut off the entire idustrial leaf basis, from tha German war »«*»«« The threat to tea. Saar basin ap peared linked in oyexall Atiud star Itegy to tha Canadian First Army's drive fov the industrial Ruhr in tha north. Enemy resistance in tha entire Saar-MoeeUe triangle crumbled before She fury of Patton'a assault Town after town fell to his fa during 'the day sa they lunged for the Saar MoeeUe River junction at Kony Kar ;thaus. Racing on without pause along a 10-mile front, the tanks swept up a long list of towns covering three fourths of the Saar-Moselle triangle— Korr%, Finch, Mittlingen, Thorn, Kruesweiler, Omadorf, Temmals, Beu ren, Merskirchen, Sudlingen, j^alfant, Wehr, Bilringen and Rehlln The aame sweep carried Patton'a armor into Saarberg one of the Germans' main Saar River bastions ^guarding tha highly - industrialised <$aar basin from the west The speed of these plunging spear heads recalled Patton's race through 'France from St. Lo last year, it was believed that the full gains of his racing may be clocked in secrecy fs they were then. Solid War. Infantry of the 9ith Division, _ ■tea right wing of the advance, cap tured six towns aa the Doughboys drove ahead three milaa on an eight piile front to reach the Saar Rivar below Saarbnxg_ The tanks and infantry, advanc ing in separate drives when Patton's new offensive opened esriy Tuesday morning, linked up southeast" of Saarburg to present a solid wall to the Germans. , " Tha infantry overran the road Junction of Tnasaem, throe south of Saarburg, and advanced east to take Kastel-Staadt and Hamm on the river four milea snnthnail of Saarburg. Other troopa captured Orschoiz after nearly two days' fight ing and also swept up Kelson and Killfql^Wfc Patton's two-day-old drive now has reached a point 10 milaa' north of its Jump-off area around Sins aad has swept up a total of 42 towns. Nurse Draft BiH Passes Committee Washington. Feb. 21. — A nurses draft bill applicable to all unmarrinr! graduate nurses between 20 and 44, both ages incluaive, waa approved to day by the Howe Military Conupit tee. The Legislation is intended to meat President Roosevelt's request for a law to pggoyife aofr# nurses immediately for the Aripy an^ the Navy. It provide® for de^gmmt of ytfc eras administration nurses and gives ** War Manpower Commiaaiop au thority to oi^er the determent ot any. woman engaged in easiwfiiri civi lian nursing service. tv measure also requires the in duction of g~h^ *0* Ml before non-cadets may be drafted. Cadet graduates may be deferng} ogty on grounds of dependency, family re lationship or physical disabUity. Medal An Eighth Air Force Fighter 8ta tiqp, England—The Army Good Con duct Medal has been awarded to Pri vate First Class Robert C&rry, Farm-. vi$e, for J* . . • 6xerD.pl fidelity and efficiency tag to annqupcemmt by Colonel IrjHn H. Dfegn Wp| commanding officer of A if Force's 867th Fighter Group , An ordnance tei^fliejan, Pfc. Curry helped prepare the ammunition for thf P-61 Mustangs which smashed out of the aides and one on the ground in jy afternoon i 5^ 867tfc Mostangmen Sfcj^^halked up otore than 680 Nad ptapes d* *** ** the ground in ~ Feb|y,:4^ HB Curry is the eon of John Subscription Rate Gm Up March I Subscription rate to The Fan» ville F.sW-prif will b* increased twm *1*0 per W to f2tf), be ginning March 1st [. K 7W Nbacriptioc is due or 9W& duq NQW is the time to pay aa<M «n4 Kitacribe for one or more yean in advance at the old price. It has been gratifying to note that hundred* at subscribers have taken advantage of this offer. Wife the paper shortage becom ing more acute wy day, we will have to "cob off' subscribers, who ai* in mwt, March 1, and give new subscriber* a chance to Mb our circle of TODAY IS TIN CAN DAY IN FARMYILLE Palljzig in line with other towns and cities throughout the Nation, since another critical shortage of tin has been announced, Farmville school children will today, Friday, concen tr^e on oolleeting same under the supervision of Salvage Chairman, John B. Lewis. The old method of preparing tin cans still prevails. If your waste paper is not picked up on the 1st Wednesday by the Ro tarisns, call the office of John B. Lewis, No 257-6, or the Town Cleric's Office, No. 292-1, and your paper will b* sent for. Please tie it up in a neat and tight bundle so that it can be handled without falling apart. Maj. Gen. Turnage . Awarded D. S. M. Washington, Feb. 17.—The Marine Corps announced today its Major Gen eral Allen H. Turnage had been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. The medal, presented yesterday by Lieutenant General A. A Vandegrift, was given for General Tnrnage's skill ful execution of a perilous landing by the Third Marine Division against Japanese forces on Guam and other expat maneuvering. Turnage, of Fanaville, N. C., alao holds the Navy Cross, for heroism during the Bougainville- campaign. He and his wife live.now in nearby Alexandria, Va. SCOUTS OFF TO GOOD START WITH JR. LEADERS PRESIDING Rotary Roy Scout Troop No. 25 now has four patrols with assistant patrol leaden in charge of each pa trot. This troop still has a few vacancies it wish es to fin during the next few weeks and hopes to do so as soon as basket ball season is over. Their last meeting was presided over by fVank Dupree, acting Senior Patrol Leader, wiith Billie Russell act ing as Scribe. Immediately following the opening ceremony, led by Jay Flanagan and Ce&ks Davis, the Senior Patrol Leader^ led the troop in several yells, with Patrol Leaders leading each patrol in the same manner. TOs was followed by a scout song led by Dan Satter thwaite, who also led the fun period. An accomplishment won by Robot RoWns and Harry Albritton. Carl Creech was awarded fifteen points 1b the troopiB personality con tqst; this is proving very successful and is quite popular among the mem At the present time, about one-third of e*fh meeffavf is belqg 4«voted to test pasiti^g, but ss the weather dears up and turns warmer, it is h>ped[ that games and hikes will be eitjoped by the troop. Prqss^ assistant Patrol Leaders are Wilher Bennett, James Thome, Charl^ Joyner and Dan Satfcer thwaite. The troop has three mascots, Joe Smith, Guy Diilard and Robert Roebuck. In order to be a mascot, one must be within six months of the •«* troop now meets regularly or. night, from 7:30 to 9:00, at the HxricuUure Building back of the Main School Building.—(Contributed) liTH AS HIS RIRTH DAY old •MM y added 11 davs to the order of time, according to the Julian calendar in -rogue when Washington was bom. In spite of, the fact that the nation celebrates Washington's birthday on February 22, he "observed, until the day of his death, h* rightful birthday on Feb ruary 11. Washington, an to Augustine and ¥*ry. Mi**" born on ye 11th monung, nn.w who napiizw c-n )• r 30th of April following." Americans Are Rein forced By Third Ma rine Division; Jap* Cleared from BataaSg Marine CaemMm In First 48 Hours of Iwo invasion Exceed 3,600, With Sow COO Mm Estimated Kilted; Japs Give Fanatical Reaatance; Mae " Craak Eaety On CerregMor U. & Pacific FM Guam, Feb. 22.—A third vision, increasing the invasion force to possibly 46,000 nun, tea been throws into the furious battle for Iwo to fill gaps caused by already exceeding S£00. Disclwsng the fresh | in a communique today, Adm, ter W. Nimits acknowledged that - Japanese resistance rose to such 'a high pitch Wednesday afternoon, third day of the 'invasion, that the hard-fighting Devildogs virtually were stopped in their tracks. Storm Volcano Slopes. The reinforced Leathernecks, hold ing a wedge across the south third of the island, stormed the slopes of a volcano on the south tip with flame throwers and tanks. Although una ble to advance appreciably, they heal ed back a counterattack in the vicin ity. On the north end of the wedge, Nipponese mine fields and intense mortar and artillery fire temporarily halted a drive toward an airfield in the center of the island The-TTiird Marine Division, under Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskina, rein forced the Fourth Division under Maj. Gen. Clifton G. Gates and tha Fifth • under Maj. Gen. Keller E. Hockey. Thus approximately 46,000 Leather necks may have been committed to an operation against Japanese esti mated to have totaled 20,000 when the island was invaded Monday The Marines, having captured their main objective, the big Motoyama Bomber Air Field No. 1 Tuesday, were cheeked during an enveloping drive toward the Island's other air field to the north. "Intense mortar, artillery sad small arms fire is being by our troops and in som tensive mine fields are slowi^r- tbs advance," Nimits said. "Duriing the afternoon (Wednes day) there was no appreciable change in our lines," he reported. "On the south flame-throwers and tanks are being used against well-entrenched enemy troops in the Mt. Suribachi area." Nimits added. "A counterattack launched by the enemy east of Mt Suri bachi shortly after noon was thrown back. Numerous land mines have been encountered In the vicinity. Four of our tanks were knocked out of action." The rive-star fleet Admiral, who earlier disclosed that Marine cas ualties up to 8 a. m. Wednesday— embracing1 48 hours of invasion ac tivities—exceeded 3,600, said in to day's communique that mors than 860 Nipponese dead had besc count ed. He made it clear this was an In complete count, made during the heat of the most hitter battle yet fought an a Paciific island. All during Wednesday, battleship* cruisers and destroyers poured their shells into enemy strongpointa, thus building up a bombardment total which in the first six days, exceeded 8,000 tons. The all-important battle of supply was being won. As new supplies hit the beaches* the Admiral was able to report that mortar fire on the beach He added however, that lose vol- J canic ash was impeding the move ment of equipment. In some places it prevents the passage aI particu larly heavy stuff. Iwo's No. X airdrome was cap tured the second day of the flaming battle. The Marines an hesdsd pres ently toward tlie second one some 700 yards to the north. The Fifth Marine Division on the southwest coast is on on* flank of the two-runway field. The Rowth Division is making front after its capture of the way bomber field. *"E£S Z&ZLTCX dojm the toughness of th» fight. "fop Admiral Marines wen the finC 48 J. C . BROCK '£ ' A8SIST4NT Rotary BoJ Scout cently welcomed**. C. postal employes, Scoutmaster. TV men and fortunate in
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