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Mix 4. a. Macoman PROGRESSIVE LIBE&4L INDEPENDENT VOL. LIX? NO. 31 , \ FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1944 $2.00 PER YEAR GOP NOMINATES GEORGECLOER Robert Fulton Refused to Accept Nomination Fcr Representative Robert Fulton, tarmer of Cul lasaj.a, who was nominated as a candidate for representative to the general assmbly on the county Republican ticket, re fused to accept the nomination and Rev. George Cloer, of West's Mill was nominated to take his place. The Rev. Mr. Cloer was a candidate for the same office two years ago against Dr. W. A. Rogers, who represented the county. Other candidates were an nounced last week. AT THE THEATRE "Nearly Eighteen", Sunday, August 6 ? This is a story about the problems of boys and girls coming of age in a war-torn world and of one girl's attempt to reach a decision about mar rying her boy friend who is about to enter the army. "Home in Indiana", Tuesday, August 8 ? This is a story of a retired sulky trainer who Is stirred to a comeback by a young orphan by who lives with him. Filmed in techni color. George Walker Wins Silver Star In Action In Italy S/Sgt. George W. Walker, son of Mrs. Q. Wayne Walker who heads the local War Manpower Commission office, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry while serving in ac tion with the Infantry In Italy. The citation reads "When the enemy attacked his company's positions near Claterna dl Littoria, Italy, the night of February 5, 1944, Wal ker, as assistant gunner, fed ammunition into a light ma chine gun employed against the attacKers. He was about to feed a third ammunition belt into the weapon when a shell burst three yards away, throw ing his gun out of position and ing, he assisted in setting up dazing him." Quickly recover the gun In a new position. Ig noring continuous machine gun ad shell fire which burst all about him, he fed more am munition belts into the gun Finally a shell landed directly on the gun, destroying it and < seriously wounding Walker, re quiring his evacuation. His de votion to duty reflects great credit on himself and the mili tary service." In addition to the Silver Star, he holds the combat infantry man's medal, a campaign rib bon with one star, the army good conduct ribbon, and the Purple Heart. NEWS OF OUR JflENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM - S/SGT. J. C. JACOBS ,? ^ rl' xje f. . BROTHERS IN SERVICE S/Sgt. J. C. Jacobs, son of Mr. and Mrs. .Gene L. Jacobs has returned to Miami, Fla. after spending a 21-day fur lough with his parents. For the past two years he has been serving in England, North Af rica, Sardinia and Italy and wears the medals for "Good Conduct," "Pre Pearl Harbor," two stars for participating in two major battles. PFC. HER SHELL D. KEENER | PFC. RADFORD E. JACOBS I Pfc. Radford E. Jacobs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene L. Jacobs has been serving the past ten months in the Southwest Pa cific. He received his basic training as radio operator at Keesler Field, Miss, and is now wearing the good conduct medal. ? Pfc. Hershell D. Keener, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Keenei of Franklin, route 2, has re turned to Camp Chaffee, Ark. spending a 10-day furlougl with his parents. Pvt. John Wiley Lenoir, 901 of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lenol: of Cartoogochaye has returnee to California after spending i 10-day furlough at bom*. Sergeant Lewie R. Holland, of Gneiss, has been cited by his regiment of the 36th "Texas" . Infantry Division and awarded _ the Combat Infantryman badge for actual participation lncom i bat with the enemy while serv ing on the Fifth Army front in Italy. 1 The handsome badge consists j of a silver rifle set against a i background of Infantry blue, enclosed In a silver wreath. WAR NEWS SUMMARY Germans Falter as United Nations Advance On All Fronts News that the United Nations were carrying the war ahead in brilliant campaigns against the enemy this week {tiled the headlines of the daily newspa pers as high government offi cials warned against over opti mism. In the French battlefields, In Russia (or Poland where the Russians had beaten the Nazi back,, in the Pacific, and in Italy, United Nations armies were forging ahead. Winston Churchill, British prime minister, tolld the House of Commons that the time of victory might be sooner than we had anticipated. FRENCH THEATRE During the past week, the German armies in France have seen the American brand of Lightning warfare in action ilong the Norman-Breton front. Latest reports show that the American troops to the south Df the front have broken out 3f Normaldy and are striking swiftly across the Breton pen insular toward Rennes, chief communications center of that area. Another column is mov ing toward Brest, important Atlantic post on the tip of the peninsular. The British armies to the north of the front have driven south of Caumont in a drive aiming in. an eastwardly direc tion toward the French capital ?Paris. Bi a fast tank ma neuver toward the German troops ; shakily standing be tween' the Jdlies and Pahs, the British pushed ahead in the post few days within 120 miles of Paris. Other tank units are driving ahead at this -time ami may .be even closer tomorrow. EASTERN EUROPEAN THEATRE ' On the Russian front, the Red army is within eight miles of the pre-war East Prussian boundary and in some places tank columns have already reached German territory. In Poland, Karkow, second city of Poland Is being threatened by the approaching Russian troops. The battle tor Warsaw still continues under a pall of smoke from fires raging within the city. Over half of Lithuania has been taken and Moskow con firms the capture of Kovno, capital of the country. A break-through to the Bal tic sea has cut off more than 200,000 German troops in Lat via and Esthonla. Every sign points to a Ger man failure to hold the on rushing Soviet troops at the Vistula river, last natural bar rier before the German border and it seems certain that Rus sian forces will have taken East Prussia and parts of nor thern Germany within two weeKs. ASIATIC THEATRE On the Burma-India front, an Allied communique reports that British and Indian troops are driving south down the Tiddin road and have threat ened to cut off the escape route of the Japanese from Northern India. Five Japanese divisions, or more than half the Burma gar rison, have been - defeated and largely destroyed during the past three months. To the east, the situation of the enemy forces was worse on Tinlan and Ouam Islands In the Marianas. The Nippon ese have been forced Into a tiny pocket on. the southern tip of Tinian and have no means of escape. Marines and elements of the 77th army division continue the conquest of Ouam, first Amerl ican soil to be retaken from the Japanese. Over half the Isl and Is now controlled by our forces. ITALIAN THEATRE 1 In Italy, Allied troops have reached the outskirts of Pisa, pivotal point of the German Gothic line, last defense line of northern Italy and the Al pine passes into Austria and Southern Germany. British, French and Ameri can troops were moving on An cona, Florence and other cen cona, Florence ad other een Tisdale Here Next Week To Aid Veterans In i Obtaining Benefits J. W. Tisdale, assistant N. C. State 8ervlce officer, Veterans' Service Division, North Carolina Department of Labor, will be Jn Franklin rvxt week to as ,?181 veterans of World War I jknd Worldl War II to obtain neifits to which they may be titled under federal law. - Mr. Tisdale has established Jta office In the Wachovia bank ?uilding in Asheville, [ Hie exact dates, time and ?lace that Mr. Tisdale will be Franklin may be obtained By contacting the local Legion. Boys Reached 18th feirthday In July . te' The following boys reached r 18th birthday during the th of July and registered tor Selective Service: Coyl Jus lice, George Robert Chavls, uol pred; William Berkley Speed, Carrol Kenneth Jacobs, Henry Rimer Tlppett, George Keener, fe, Joseph Jefferson Burston. Colored; Paul Everett Buchanan. Sol Witner Sanders, Robert Willard Hall, colored; Billy De Weese Meadows, Howard Rich ard Hopkins, Clarence Conrad McMahan . Marshall Glenn Vichols, Bobbie Tom Led better. irthur Junior Hurst, Herbert swis Crawford. Highlands Marines Return From Pacific Among a group of 2,744 men Of the Fighting First Marine Division who have returned to ttte United States for their first mrlough in twenty-six months or more are two Highlands Leathernecks. John Williams Baty, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baty of Highlands. He attended High lands high school and was em ployed as a truck driver before enlisting in the Marine Corps. Pfc. Harry rthur, 23, son Of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Beale of Highlands, attended the High lands high school before enlist ing in the corps February 12, 1942 in Raleigh. The First Marine Division was the first to strike an offensive blow against the Japanese when they landed on Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942 Later they land ed at Cape Gloucester on New Britain to start the campaign which has taken Western New Britain from the enemy. Hiuost Receives Air Medal Lieut. Horace C. Hurst has been awarded the Air Medal ac cording to an announcement received here from the Army Air Forces, Eighth Bomber Com mand, England. Lieut. Hurst is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hurst of Franklin. Prior to en tering the army, Lt. Hurst was a student at North Carolina State College. He received his navigator's wings in February, 1944, at Monroe, Oa. The offlccial citation read: "For exceptionally meritorious achievement, while participat ing in bomber missions over enemy - occupied Europe. The courage, coolness and skill dis played by Lt. Hurst upon these occasions reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States. SINGING CONVENTION TO BE HELD AT OAK DALE The northern division of the Macon County Singing Conven tion will be held at the Oak Dale Baptist church on the sec ond Saturday and Sunday, Au gust 12 and 13. The public is cordially Invited. Court Will Begin Monday, August 21 The August term of court will begin Monday, August 21, with practically all criminal cases being continued from the April term. The civil calendar has not been prepared and it will be announced later. tral Italian cities where Ger man resistance had stiffened. The battle for Florence this week was developing into one of the toughest of the whole Italian campaign. Five crack German divisions an mused in a thirty-mile elrols around tht ancient city. [Six Macon County Men Are On Casualty List SGT. HAIRY S. HIGGINS Sgt. Harry S. Higgins, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Higgins of Franklin, who was reported missing in action June 6th, In France. He was with the para troopers. BRADLEY SELLS I0TLA MINE New York Partners Will Continue To Operate Charlie Bradley, co-owner of the Bradley Mining Company, Inc., located at the Iotla bridge, has sold his one-third interest in the mine to James Preston and Frank Lee, of New York, who will continue the operation of the mines. Both scrap and sheet mica are being taken from this mine WWch liaa. been in (tpvTalion I for more than 40 y&rs^ and has wen one of the graetest producers of scrap in the coun- i try. This mica has been haul- i ed to the grinding plant at < Spruce Pine. Mr. Bradley took over the operation of this mine nine < years ago and operated it him- < self until four years ago when he sold a two-thirds interest to parties in New York. In 1943 the production at this plant reach 3,564 tons of scrap mica and approximately $8,000 worth of sheet mica. There has been an average of 45 employ ees on the payroll and at vari ous times there were three shifts in operation. Mr. Bradley, who has been in the mining business for the oast 15 years, has an Interest in mines in Catawba county and will now devote his atten tion ad iterest to developing the scrap mica in that dis trict. Free Blind Clinic And Glasses At Cost Department again wishes to call attention to the aid of the blind clinic which will be held August 21, 1944 through the North Carolina Commission for the Blind. The clinic is free and glasses may be procured at minimum cost, and In some few cases free. It is necessary that aty peo ple wishing this service con tact the Welfare Department prior to the clinic no one will be admitted without cer tification. The Franklin Lions Club Is especially anxious for all the school children to take advant age of this opportunity. It is through the cooperation of this obtained free. This is the only club that some glasses may be clinic available for the year 1944. Mary E. Vinson, daughter of Rev. James I. Vinson of Dillard, Ga., has completed her basic military training and was re cently graduated from the basic training center for army nurses. The four weeks' course Lt. Vin son completed was designed to supplement/her professional civ ilian nurse's training with spec ialized army study and prac tice. It familiarized her with army hospital methods and taught her how to take care of herself and her patients In the field. She enlisted In the army Hum Corp on March It, INI. One Killed, One Missing, Four Wounded In Foreign Action Six Macon men have been re ported casualties during the past week. One man. Homer W. Ouffey was reported killed in action. Frank M. Eigdon, Jr. has been listed as missing and the fol lowing have been reported wounded: Preaule N. Clouse, Lee A. Hedden, George Henning and George Dewey Elliott. Pvt. Homer W. Guffey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Guffey of route 4, was killed in. action on June 23 in France, according to a War Department telegram. Pvt. Guffey had been In the service 18 months and had been overseas several months. He was born and reared In Macon county. He is survived by his parents: four sisters, Fannie and Emma, route 4, Nannie of Ashevllle, and Mrs. Nellie Parker of Way nesville; two brothers, Roy of the army and McKinley of route 4. Lt. Frank M. Higdon, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Hig don, is missing in action over Hungary since July 14. Lt. Higdon has been overseas since April flying a P-38. He had completed 25 missions over enemy territory. His squadron holds the Presidential Unit Ci tation and the lieutenant has been awarded the Air Medal. His brother-in-law, Sgt. Harry Hlgglns was reported last week as missing in action in France since June 6. Lt. Higdon's wife Is the former Miss Ruth Hlg glns of Franklin. Pfc. Preaule N. Clouse. son of Mrs. Addle Clouse of Ellijay, was wounded in action on June 24 lb the Pacific. He is a mem ber of tfte SMjtae Pvt. Lee A. '{cMdoii, son of Mrs. Eva Hedden of Gneiss has been reported, seriously wound ed in France on Jane 22 a c cordig to a telegram received here. Pfs. George Hennine, friend of Miss Ethel Sondheimer, Lo cust Hill Farm, Cullas&ja, was wounded in ac< a in the Eu ropean area. Pfc. George Dewey Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. El liott of route 4, was seriously wounded in France on July 9. He entered service in April 1942 and was stationed at various western cm-s Iv'ore goin? oversea." se' eral months ago. Macon County Baptist Hold Convention At Gold Mine The forty-first annual ses sion of The Macon County Baptist Association will be held at the Gold Mine Baptist church Thursday and Friday, August 10 and 11, with J. H. Stockton, moderator, presiding. Thursday will be devoted to organizing, receiving church letters, enrolling messengers, appointment of committees and the following reports: Orphanage, Rev. Frank Reed and I. O. Oreer, orphanage su perintendent; ministerial relief. Rev. J. O. Benfield; Christian Education, Rev. A. J. Smith; Periodicals, Rev. T. A. Slagle; Hospitals, Rev. N. E. Holden and Mr. Smith Hagaman of the State Hospital. On Friday the program will Include the following reports: Stewardship and enlistment. Rev. Lee Crawford; Missions, Mrs. Sam Gibson; Temperance, Rev. O. A. Cloer; W. M. U., Mrs. Gladys Klnsland; B. T. U., J. D. Franks: Sunday Schools. Alex Moore; History, Mrs. J. C. Higdon; Lord's Acre Plan, B. W. Justice; and the state of churches. Pfc. Thomas Fagg of the Medical Corps stationed in Mis sissippi, is home on furlough. Pfc. Roy G. Setser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Setser of Franklin Is home on a 21-day furlough after having served 28 months overseas in the Pacific theatre of operations. I Lt. John L. Palmer has ar rived safelv In the Italian area. He Is a bombardier-navigator on a fighter bomber.