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ram * ; ! Rommel's Forces Are Fleeing- In Disorder 100 Miles Beyond El Aghelia Under Con tinuous Fire from Al lied Planes; Other Air Activity . Throughout Mediterranean Area London, Dec. 16.—Britain's eighth army, paced by 'Allied air fleets lit tering the road to Tripoli with the blasted wrecks of Marshall Rommel's transport, were reported today as probably approaching Zauta En No filia, 100 air line miles west of £1 Agheila. This report, by a competent Brit ish military source, indicated since the break-through at El Aghelia a rate of advance exceeding that of the Eighth Army after it cracked Rommel's El Alemein line in Egypt. On the opposite side of the Al lied squeeze on the Axis' dwindling foothold in North Africa, other strong forces of British and United States planes were striking heavily at the enemy in Tunisia while win ter rains and sticky, brown mud mired the land front in relative quiet. Mileages were not given in the British communique. With Rommel apparently unable or unwilling to shield his retreat with more than delaying rearguard patrols, the speed of* {he British pursuit was governed chiefly by1 the Eighth Ar my's ability in picking its way through the maze of mines Rommel left behind and by its flow (ft sup plies. The British communique empha sized that "our leading forces still are greatly impeded by mines." It's disclosure, however,, that ground forces now are "well west" of El Aghelia and that the air arms has struck as far as Zauta En Nofilia suggested that a wide lane soon would be cut through the enemy's deep field of mines, TNT and booby traps. • ! Both sides resorted to air blows far behind the front to choke off . the opponent's supplies. Allied planes set new big fires in the harbor area .of Naples Monday night, the British communique said, and pounded the Tunisian harbors of Tunis and La Gotlette again in force the same night. The Italians yesterday disclosed that Naples again has been raided. Shifting to the far eastern end of the Mediterranean, long a quiet sector, the Italian high command said its long - range bombers had raided oil depots At th^ Syrian port of Tripoli and oil refineries at Bei rut, the chief port of the Syria Lebanon region. The British said that at least four more south-bound Axis trans port planes in a heavily escorted air convoy wen shot down by Al lied fighters near Lampedusa is land, between Sicily and Tunis where the enemy has lost steadily trying to fly reinforcements across the Mediterranean. Although the Italians said five spitfires and two Beanfighters were diet down "in repeated violent en counters" near Lampedusa,yj the British communique announced only four planes lost from all Allied operations, including widespread at tacks in Tunisia. Besides scoring hits on ships and jetties and a fuel depot at Tunis and La Goulette, it said, two small vessels off the Tunis coast also were attacked, a raflwsy between Sousse and Sfax was bombed and an sir Allied Stores Requested . To Close Dec. 25-26 At a special called .meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Mer chants Association, a resolution was adopted whereby if the sur rounding towns closed their stores two days for Christmas, Fflday. and Saturday, that the Faroville stores would close. According to official-information the following towns are going to close; Green ville, Wilson, Tarboro, Rocky Mount, Kington, New Bern, Ral eigh, and many more. Therefore, in cooperation with the above resolution, ALL STORES are re quested to close two days for Christmas. lian narrows gave e^iemy airmen with hard-surfaced runways in Sici ly and Sadinia, an edge over Al lied fliers based on the primitive rain-softened fields in North Afr(c«, one of the brightest spots was the Allies' virtually uncontested air domination over Rommel's line of retreat , Damage to Axis transport un doubtedly has been "terrific," one British source said, and the com munique's stress on vehicle targets on the road to Tripoli indicated that the enemy's flight was becoming hasty and disorderly. American fliers of the Ninth United States Air Force, it was of ficially announced, were operating with British and Australian airmen in the destructive attacks on Rom mel's hapless troops. A delayed dispatch from the Lib yan desert said American fliers made their strongest fighter attack against .Rommel's forces since their arrival in the Middle East Sunday, shooting down six Messerschmitts and spraying Axis forces with thou sands of pounds of bombs. REMEMBER OUR BOYS Remember our boys in the service with letters and cards at Christmas. Below are some new addresses: Pvt. Carl J. Greene, Co. K. 80, 409th Infantry, A. P. O. 103, Camp Clairborne, La. Pvt. George M. Allen, 36th A. D. G. Rep. Sqd., Barracks E. 286, Hill Fiftl4, Organ, Utah. Pvt. Allen M. Harris, Co. A., 4th Bn., 2nd Reg. Field Artillery, R. T. C., "Fort Bragg, N. C. ' r c \ < Pvt. Carroll Dean Ogleeby, Casual Del. O. S. A., Jlort Slocum, N. Y.~ The country has too much gold in its vaults and too much brass in its offices. > Flat tires and fallen arehea are. now keeping a lot of old fellow® at home. iaS**, :w| H Menu for Soldiers' Christmas Dinner —: Atlanta, <3*., Dec. 17. — Untie Sam's soldiers at posts and camps in the southeastern states may have the idea that their Thanksgiving din right satiafyin' meal, but they haven't really seen auything yet. On Christmas Day, they're actual ly going to sit down to a repeat that would make a gourmet lose face because he hadn't thought trp some thing like it before, the approved menu at headquarters, Fourth Ser vice Command, reveals. Nor will theae fighting men do to " jrssfti sai, rram twin;, not t buter, sirup attd Mrs. Reide L Monk Dies of Heart Attack Final Rites~Held Sun day Afternoon with In terment In Forest Hill Cemetery Final rites for Mrs. Reide Ling Monk, 61, greatly beloved Farmville citizen, widow of the late J. Y. Monk, were conducted from the residence on Gontentnea street at' three o'clock Sunday afternoon by Rav. C. B. Mash bum, pastor of the Christian Church. Mrs. Monk succumbed to a heart attack of short duration early in the afternoon of Friday, after doctors had done all paasibte to pro long her stay. In the course of his remarks the Minister paid a lovely tribute and related to the Christian life of Mrs. Monk. A quartet, composed of Mrs. Alton W. Bobbitt, Mrs. J. Knott Proctor, of Greenville, Chaa. F. Baucom and Elbert C. Holmes, sang "Have Thine Own Way," "The Old Rugged Cross," "Jesus Lover of My Soul," and "Asleep In Jesus." The floral tribute was one of rare beauty. Mrs. Monk, the former Reide Lang, 8pent her entire life in this communi ty. She attended Farmville graded school and Atlantic Christian Col lege in Wilson. She was a woman of rare personal beauty and charm, and contributed much to the com munity in which she lived. Daughter of the late M- and Mrs. W. M. Lang, pioneer leaders in this section, she was known for her deeds of philan thropy, active inU. D. C. work, liter ary clubs, and contributed generously to the betterment of the community. For several years she has continu ed to give a prize each year to the person in the Farmville Schools who showed most improvement jn Mathe matics. This priae was begun by her mother, Mrs. Annie R. Lang, ami the award bears her name. She was an active member of the Fturmville Christian Church. She married Mr. Monk in 1909. Surviving ^re two daughters, Mrs. H. L. Watson, of Wilson, Mib. R. V. Fiser, of Farmville; one son, J. Y, Monk, Jr., and one grandson, J. Y. Monk, III;, two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Moye Humphrey and Mrs. Paul E. Jones, of Farmville; three brothers, James Lang, of Farmville; Robert 6. Lang, of Greenville, ugl Harry Lang, of Kinston. «« Active pallbearers were; James Lang, Harry Lang, Robert G. Lang, Dr. Paul E. Jones, Ted Albritton, and M. V. Jones. " Honorary pallbearers were; Knott Proctor, Greenville, L. E. Tuxmage, Lexoy Bass, Robert J. Wainright, Bill Best, Greenville, Bonnie Allen, Dr. C. F. Kuezepkamp, Greenville, J. Frank Harrington, Greenville, John Shackleford, Hookerton, C. M. Bostic, Manley Lilee, Earl Trevathan, Fountain, .^^^forville, Jeeeie Car raway, Latflflp. Mo ye, Maury, How ard MoyeJ^^Blfoye, R. E. Nether cutt, -SniHaHlfe W. A. McAdams, -W. D. 9t&mrW. A. Pollard, Sr., J. 0. PollarfcW. A. PoUard, Jr., G. A. Rouse, Willie Turnage, C. Hubert Joyner, L. T. Pierce, Lynn Grumpier, Lynn Eaaon, B. 0. Turnage, Rex Hodges, W. R. Willis, L. E. Walston, John Stansill, C. C. Simpson, John D. Dixon, Dr. J. M. Mew born, Dr. D. S. Morrill, John T. Thome, T. C, Turn age, W. Leslie Smith, Alex Allen, J. L. Creech, Frank Allen, F. M Davis. Sr., F. M. Davis, Jr., J. I. Morgan, Sr., J. 'I. Morgan, Jr., R. 0. Lang, T. W. Lang, Billy Mortoo, J. H. Moore, E. L. Barrett, Russell Miselle, T. E. Joyner, J. W. Joyner, W. E. Joyner, M. L. Eason, R. S. Scott, G. M. Holden, John B. Lewis, G. W. Windham, Charles Batfcom, Ed Nash Warren, T. M. Dail, Bob Barrett, Will H. Moore, A. C. Monk, Sr., A. C. Monk, Jr., Tom King, M. G. Thome, Carlton Carr, C. L. Hardy, Maury, L. L. Hardy, Maury, Jesse Hardy, Maury, Henry Johnson, Frank Williams, B. 0. Taylor, L. E. Flow ers, 0. G. Spell, Frank Dupree, Dr. (Office of War Information) (For Release Dec. 10) The United Nations, it is estimated new are producing twice as ditch combat (armament as the Axis, and by the end of next year it is expect ed that the United States, alone, will produce almost as great a vol ume of fighting weapons U all the reat of the world qombined. In or der to attain that vait output of war goods, civilian gooes and sertitos most be cot to a bare miniiratn. Not more than 75 JHQign dollars irtnth of goods and services wil fee available, in 1948, to all the people of this country But at the same time our total national income has iteadily been rising, until it has readied a level of about 115 billion doUais, even with taxes taken out Whici means that for every $1.15 that we have to spend, then will be only about 75 cents worth of goods or services to spend it on. Part of our 40 billion dollar sur plus buying power will be drained off by additional taxes, while volun tary restrictions in buying and vol untary savings also will help check the rise in living costs caused by competition to buy scarce goods. If, hwever, we want to make our stocks of scarce goods go as far as possible—and we do—if we want to make sure they're evenly distributed, then we must rely on rationing. We must rely on both the coupon ration ing with which we are now familiar, and the new system of "point" ra tioning which will start after the first of the year. PointiKatkMing Is Needed. The present coupon "unit system" is well adapted to rationing such products as sugar and coffee, n^hieh can be divided up on a simple "pdr capita basis, but it cannot well bO used for rationing diversified food stuffs, since tastes vary quite ss much aa do supplies, and* not ail persona want the same items in their daily diet By giving a higher point value to scarce commodities and low er points to those that are -plentiful, the consumer ha iag a total number of points to "spend" for a particular group of products during a given ration period is free to "pay out" more of his points for scarce items, or to consume larger amounts of low point abundant foods that' may be substituted for the scarce ones. Whatever the details of the meas ures used in controlling prices, it is inevitable that everyone concerned with handling merchandise, from mw materials to finished products, must keep records and engage in bookkeeping to an extent that would not be necessary under peacetime condition. For, price control, to be effective, must be based on accudate figures. Since last April, when the General Maximum Price Regulation went into effect, retail stores have had to file with tehir local boards ceiling prices on fewer than 200 items of food, clothing, furniture, hardware, and fuel—all of them of greatest importance in the family ex pense budget. If extra time and labor are involved in these opera tions, they pay irtunense dividends in the billions of dollars saved by con sumers. And everyone is a' con sumer. Replacements Moat Be Women. Employers of labor, on the other hand, must keep detailed records of their current labor supply in order to meet production schedules—records as thoroughly itemised as those for a military "task force." Nert year, it is estimated, one out of every five men now employed in war plants will go into military service. A plan —known as the "manning tables" system—has been worked out so that this can be dono without slowing wax (C ii ii i son Moore, Harvey Winabead, T. a Ry<m, R. G. Ruff in, Sam Flanagan, W>mtt Tuetor, Walter Jones, Grovef Webb, Pinetopa, J. N. Fountain, Fountain, R. A. Fountain, Sr., Foun tain, R. A. Fountain, Jr., Fountain, J. B, Briley, J. C. Brock, G. W. Davis, L. W. Godwin, P. K. Ewell, Gordon Lee, J. T. Windham, Wave Holaton, J. W. Holmes, E. C. Holmes, Sam Jenkins, Walstonbuig, B. L. Lang, C. E. Modlin, Worth Stetfart, Dunn, W R Fisher, B. ^JoyBer, C. W. iHotchkUa.'w. A. Savage, Bud Dixon, Wilson, S. G. Lewis, B. M. Lewis, B. T. Claud a, R.. Tyson, Joe Allies Blast I Nippon Forces In New Guinea ij, - NewiyGained Jap Foot holds and Other Bases Under Heavy Fire Allied Headquarters in Australia, Dec. 16.—General Mac Arthur's air forces have ceaselessly bombed the Japanese lodged in a new foothold near the mouth at the Mambare river while his land troops exerted heavy pressure on the indaver's dwindling Buna area shore positions to the southeast, advices from. - the front sahf today. Allied airmen also pounded anew the Japanese bases flanking the Papuan sector, the headquarters noon communique reported. They dropped a number of 600 pound bombs on the airdrome at Lae, on the northeast New Guinea coast,, in the face of heavy anti aircraft , fire, and rosnd scion the water strip to pock the Gasmata, New Britain, airfield with a dorcn 500-pounders. A covey of 12 Japa nese planes came up to meet them and they shot down three and dam aged two others, the communique said. (A lone four-engined B-24 "Lib erator" bomber stood off all 12 Ze ros, Australian dispatches said... Hie new saw two, 6f them crash into the sea, another disappeared In flames beneath the clouds and parts fly off from two more). There were few details of the ground action but a spokesman tot General MacArthur said that there was undoubtedly still heavy fighting at Sanananda point; east, of . Buna villAge, and at Buna Mission sir strip, between which Allied troops' had driven a wedge. To" the northwest, the Japanese attempted to come off landing bargee let down near the mouth of the Mambare from cruisers and de stroyers before dawn Monday. (Advices from the front indicated that as many as 1,000 Japanese might have effected a shore hold). An air force beat, back the war ships and dropped bombs Monday night among the landing;force. It returned to the Attack after dawn yesterday, pounding the sol diers who had managed to reach shore, aimingN for landing - barges and water-tight drums of supplies still floating in the sea. Mam be, on the nest bank of the river, was machine-gunnpd and houses set afire. AH probable land ing beaches in the area were alsd the targets for bombs. . At the end of the bombifig- opera tion, pilots reported that there was a decrease in the number of barges and supply rafts still afloat. Japanese soldiers were seen swim ming among them, attempting to salvage fuel, ammunition and food supplies the drums supposedly con tained. . "The entire area is strewn with derelict barges, wreckage and ene my <k»ad," the communique said. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17.—Woman are urgently needed to fill hundreds of Army jobs to relieve men for combat duty, Lt. Charlotte Tornis, WAAC recruiting officer stationed at Head quarters, Fourth Service Command, said today. She pointed out that un limited numbers can be recruited at present from any locality, since the authorized expansion of the- Women's Army Auxiliary Corps from 26JOOO to 160,000. Already 27 WAAC companies are in the field, taking over "behind the tag Mrfeafeidl types of office work, communications work, such as tele Seventy gressA of 715 Days Washington, Dec. IT of the 77th Congress adjourned fin ally today at 2:16 p. m., EWT, to end an historic twc year session, and the House was expected momentarily to finish its last business. Minor legislation was handled dar ing the day, and President Roose vent sent letters thanking tfas Sena -tefs and Representatives for what they had accomplished during the last two yean. Eulogies were paid veteran mem bers who vui not retain, and the House praised Speaker Rayburn for the maimer in which he had pre sided. » The new Congress will convene January 6. Longest in history, the 77th con gress was in session 716 days. The house fhet on 404 legislative days. Five senators and 14 representatives died during the two years. It leaves a tempestuous record at pre-war battles over foreign poli cies, oi sharp skirmishes between isolationists and interventionists; and then of sudden oohesoin on war measures as bombs fell on Pearl Harbor. The shadows of war already were stretching eastward from Asia, west ward from Europe when the pres ent congress- first convened in Jan uary, 1941. And, as tbey lengthened there was fashioned for the nation one of the greatest military pro grams in all history. Unstinting!y, the lawmakers op ened wide the country's purse strings to provide funds for a war qpaehcine. All in all, -approximately *205,000,900,000 waft appropriated during the two years, shd of that total $192,000,000,000 was earmark ed for war. - By contrast, about *46,000,000^00 was appropriated in 1917-18 for tba first World War. Spending betwMpp? the two conflicts reached its lowest point in 1924 and 1926, ~ when the 68th congress voted a total of |7,- bJflj 900,000,000. To help pay the bills, new taxes were filed on both busi private citizens. In 1941, found *3,563,000,000 in and this year probed even deeper to find sn additional *6,881,000,000. Appropriation followed appropria tion in those early days of the ses sion to convert the broomstick gvns and the tin can canncm used in ear ly maneuvers into death-dealing 'weapons of modem warfare. - Major measures passed before the outbreak of war included the lease bill and legislation^ to the arming of merchant —,— which then were authorised to sail into war zones with supplies for the country's future allies. Even th« step-up of def< islation seamed alow after declared war in succession pea, Germany, Italy, ■ Bulgaria and Hungary, and JB. threw the legislative machinery into high gear. In the face of the dictators' chal- • lenge that democracy to outmoded, congreea provided for a two-ocean navy, an army designed to reach * " strength of 7,600,000 men, and an air force intended to achieve mas tery of the sky. The drain of the military mjIBHHHMI to be felt on the home front it came the potential menace fiatiom, so oongreea passed one control bill early m the war, ah even fishter lid. flfiSmm* granted his hands striotions. iBHafl will give the wife who is "left be hind" some ti the feeling- of securi ty that was taken amay from her when her husband went off to war. Also, she will have the satisfaction of knowljng she is working with him toward victory. Each of the seven southeastern states has two WACC officers sta tioned at the main recruiting and in duction center for that territory. They will send application blanks to anyone writing them, and •informa tion about tbe WAACs may also be obtained at any regular Army re cruiting station. Do not write to Washington. Main recruiting and induction posts in North Carolina is at Fort Bragg. With Our Boys In The Serviee Friends here are glad to learn that Ben 6. Turn age, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Turnage, has recently been pro moted to Lieutenant Colonel of the IU. S. Army. Colonel Tornage's | headquarters at present is in Hawaii. Pvt. Graham McAdams, statoined at present at Camp Belvoir, Va,. is spending a few days here this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McAdams, and in Greenville with his wife. 0. G.-Spell, Jr., who spent several days of last week at his home here, has just completed his basiq train ing at Fort Belvoir, Va., and has been promoted to the rank of Cor poral. Pvt. Charles A. Jvyner, who was first sent ta Miami Beach, Fla., for his basic training, has recently been transferred. His new address is: 764 T. S. C, Bks., B., 509, Buckley Field, Denver, Colorado. Governor Hal On Visits Local Club '• ' ■*" ' v •' •?< '' - , "i District Governor, Hal Orr," of Rocky Mount, paid his official visit to the Farmville Rotary Club Tues day evening, and was greeted by & full attendance. Below we give a few of the high spots of his remarks. He stated; and we quote; "Ihe unity of Rotary is the strength of the organization. Our Unity has its sacred objective, the. preservation of this country, as \ place where people vpll still have n chance to live—free. I have no uncertain faith in the future of Rotary. I sincerely believe that an organization with sack ideals and puxpoaeb, resulting in such ere* tive leadership in our communities, and in the world for its betterment, has an abiding function to perform in society. Then can be no doubt that Rotary has been a factor in strengthening the democratic princi pals of all Nations. We in Rotary, are living m a time of great oppor tunity. Now is the time to really prove ourselves. He stated that "Rotary Clubs throughout the Unit^i- States are turning in a job of which we can well be proud. The clubs in our own 189th District are contributing their ahare to this fine job. The District is in a healthy condition, and in spite of a great many members going into the armed forces, we have more mem bers today than when I went into of fice last July 1st" "He cited things of interest about Rotary in England, made up of men who, have lost their homes, their lov ed ones, business, property, mooey, | and everything, and yet they cling to Rotary. They meet in out-of-the way places, many times — shelters, and many In
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