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.__ Great Tank Battle Now Rage* On Road To Paris; Americana - Clean 0*t St Lo Allkd SnpniM Headquarters, LooAm, July *>.—The British 8eeW Army haa awaah«J aeven milee beyond At Chan break-through and captured eifh villages on the way to Ptaie after hurling' back a massive out offensive against 160,000 Garon " line and reached Caen's Southhelp the Tommie faom the north pat down the last enemy imirtinai with bayooalL^ Mara than 1£S0 priaeners had been tank column commanded by Lt Gen. Sir BkkaM (Ropy) OVmmat, veteran of mjrn> waa reported within 2,000 yards of Vimoat, enemy stronghold eight milaa southeast of Gaaik Warships <rff-shore and mssaed land batteriee had taken over the rapport bombardment from the cloud-hampered air force*. Steadily ■hi—""g iheir main broach in a curving1 advance from their starting point above Caen, O'Connor's tanks swapt through (Touffreville and Demouville, both six miles qftst of the city; GiMrville, three miles east, and Cagny, five miles southeast Other tank forces on their left flank punched back into the outskirts of Troara, seven miles east of Caen, which waa held for a brief period *ortly after D-Day. ' The flsnadian advance acroes the Orne wilted in capture of Louvigny, one mile southwest of Caen, and F*uiy, en the eaat aide of the , I,-' ■ - M, 1 : -1 A UB/UUu- a vunguard of Canada pushed on three milee to ta^e Grentheville, four la flea southeast of Caen, thus byThe overall advances were bet twwa four and swan milea, Allied haedipmrtera aaid, and frtont dispatchea revealed that "donna" of villages had been passed arid were beiaff cleaned ott by the infantry in bayonet figfctin® "Fleece armored aad infantry fightm* coatinued thte morning (Wednesday) in the ana aoath and east of Caen," the 11:80 p. m., Allied cmn■mniqoa said. "The breah in the ad ... . Pncnn continues in spste of stubborn enemy opposition." White *-■<'» trooja rooted oat the teat mi pen in St Lo and captured three uearty towns, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel threw every available mm and machine against C*L Sir B. L. Montgomery's tide at MTUBNKD TO THE STATES 0 Mflss Ruth Minchew Weds W. H* Malone Welti* TmTpIm* In First Methodist Ck»reh Friday Wagon, July 17.—At as informal ceremony performed at seven o'clock Friday, July the fourteenth, fat the First Methodist Churoh of Wilson, Visa Rath Mtachew, daughter of Mrs. Sallie Minchew and the lateEd lone, VSKfLmoa at Mrs. Saltfe Tedder and the late J. T. Mahne of Wfl by Hie Reverend H. B. Foster, paator of the cknnh with Mm J. L Morri . The bride was attired in a white linen dress with matching accessories and wore & lovely corsage at red roees. Her only ornament was a string of pearls, a gift of the groom. Mrs. Minchew, mother of the bride, wore en orchid chiffon, and a corsage of pink roses. Mrs. Tedder, mother at the groom, wore a dress of nsvy Mae said a corsage of white csrnsttions. The bride.and groom wen unattended. Vmfl mPB. muone is a ynwuam ui uiv Black Creek High School Mdthe Woodard-Herring Hospital, as a roistered none. She holds a position u office none with Dr. R. T. Williams of Farmvillet N. C. ■ Warrant Officer MaLone, is a graduate of the Charles L. Coon Hifl^ School and attended the University of North Carolina, and was chief enpineer with the radio station before entering the Navy. He is Just back from the Sooth Pacific sad will be ■Utioned on the North Carolina Coast. After the ceremony Mis. Max Smith at the Woodard-Herring Hospital entertained at a cocktail party, after which a wedding dinner was held in the Hotel Cherry, given by Mim Julia Grey Minchew, sister of the bride, end Mr. Bock Grantham. Scalded To Death Chicago, July SO.—John F. Nolan, 53, Ohio delegate at large to the Democratic convention, died early Wednesday in the Walther Memorial hospital of burns &nd shocks when he stepped into a bath tub of Maiding hot water in Ms room at the LaSalle hotel. Nolan is a Steubenville Ohio attorney. There is a wonderful nmr insecticide being tested by-the entomologists. It is derived from coal tar, salt, and alcohol. It's called DDT for short. Ifs xwl name is dJchlarodiphenjrHrichloroetiwme. If you mm* to understand ~tha operation at a ffnnpiW*,*il machine, get your information tiwn someone who knows Just a little mote about it than yourself; an expert will mire you in an avalanche of details. Mexico City, July 20.—Millions of teas of molten lava pouring' along a 125-mile front from Jaricotin, Mexico'! new-torn volcano, hare engulfed two towns and are tt*Mt«*ing to Karicvtin, the town from wkich the volcano takee its name, and Parantfce lava is moving 200 yards a day toward Sacan, San Francisco, Pari ban and Srato, which have bmx partly evacuated. Residents aho are leaving ether towns farther ahead. Highways Ifading from the doomed sslgUn are crammed with carsvan* of Tanaean Indiana swarming to higher ground with such belongings—animals and household effects —as they could hastily scrape together. : BlasU At brttrvaU: '. Earthshaking explosions an heard at mora or leaa regular intervals from the elevated center of the sea of lava. At~ea«'i explosion a higher wave of melted stone pushes oat from the volcano, born in February, 1943. Nothing- is now visible of the town of Paricutin—Tarascan name for Saa Joan—except die towers and roof of the church, which are expected to fall at any time. Dwellers of the region painted a gruesome picture of the lava pourS»g by night into the famous Church of Our Lord of Miracles. The tombs on the inskft were shattered, they said, and white skeletons together with sacred images floated on the tide pouring oat of the sides of the church. Travelers from Paricutin Valley described depressing scenes throughout the valley just beyond the reach of lava. ' Am one passed through the doomed villages almost evacuated of their inhabitants the only sign of life at night 'was the sobbing of some woman" inside a dark adobe hat, which she soon would have to abandon. At the edge of one small village they came upon a group of sleeplee* Indians making coffee by the heat of a^lavCspot A burro packed with household effects was standing nearby ready to trek with his owners at dawn. Suddenly, they said, a great wave from the sea of lava broke over him. The burro gave a cry that was almost human aad disappeared in flames. Lovelace Elected President of American Business Clubs June* B. Lovelace, of High Point, a former resident of Farmville, was elected National President' of the American Business Clubs, at the National Conference held recently in the Hotel Gibaon at Cincinnati. He was sponsored by the clubs in the Second District, comprising the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina, and is the first national president to be from this distrfofc&i; In the past, Mr. Lovslace has held flie offices of President at the local A. B. Club, District Governor and first Vice-President of the National Association. H« is in attorney and is widely known in business, civic,! church and social circles in High TTj_5tt.fr ■ . • *V, -Vr,, S- | rwnk Mr. Lovelace is to be congratulate serve the whole country as head of the most active of civic clubs for younger men doing this cruciar period. <rf opening **** the ceiling prices that are to be fixed on tJiarir ani—ti| »A act# require notices "18 days before planting, with the next crop year." "The spirit of this legislation be carried oat, now, anient to be innom • ed since tnia stand taxem Dy tne scnoot board, the plan has been explained in rflasll group circles, to individuals, at a meeting of the Rotary Club and last Monday evening: to a group of church people, men andwomen, representing the churches of oar city. At this last named meeting after an open discussion period was held the following motion was made: "That the plan of week-day Bible Instruction In the local school he approved by this group present.. That this body ask the chairman of each church official board to name three pawns to meet Friday night of this week to make a study of the entire setup and report to the respective chnrches approximate cost, etc. Also it Was suggested that the respective churches be given information next Sunday morning concerning this plan." The meeting Friday evening will be held at the Baptist Church at 8:00. Those present who approved the plan were: Rev, M. Y. Self, President of the Ministerial Association, Rev. E. C Chamhlee, Sac., Rev. E. C. Coatee, Rev. C. B. Mash burn, John r. Thome, John B. Lewis, Irvin Morgan, C. C. Simpson, L. E. Walston, M. V. Jones, A. C. Monk, Sr., A. C. Monk, Jr., R. A. Joyner, Walter B. Jones, W. R. Willis, C. F. Baocom, Curtis Flanagan, C. A. Tyson, M. G. rhorne, A. i. Melton, Margaret MewBorne. Mrs. Cherry Easiey, Mrs. Henrietta Williamson and Mrs. Sara \lbritton. This week-day Bibl? instruction is seing held in more than one hundred :ities, towns and communities in Ate State. Cities that have it near Farmville are Greenville and Kinsten. It is proving very successful in both places. Raleigh is now contemplating putting in Bible teacheA in her schools. The Bible teacher would be recommended to the local school board by the ministers of the town for approval. Then he or she works under the same regulations sa other teachers of the faculty. The teacher's salary and other incidental expenses will be provided by the. churches of this community apart from the state funds. In reality the churches an merely using tile local school facilities to teach Bible ao that mora of oar younger citizens may have a better knowledge of the Wotd of God. Tto courses offered will steer clear of sectarianism and denominationalism but instead the teacher especially prepared for this sort of tiling will Stick to the gnat ethical and moral facts of tl»e Bible. This should be the grounds upon which alt denominations can cooperate. ^ Truly tMa would be a forward step for Farmville church people and for ■ U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Jaiy 20.—Battleships, using spotter planes, are blowing up Japaneae dnfmses a Goam at cutmiss rang* while Southwsst Pacific bombers sand to the ocean bottom the men and. supplies needed by ether hardpresaed enemy garrisons. / This outline of late developments, piled on those which already have caused Japan to reshuffle top Army and Navy posts, waa sketched in reports ot Adm. Chester W. Nitn&t and Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur. Nimits said that batlsahips, battering Guam Sunday for the. scooad straight day, moved in closer to pick their targets and that enemy antiaircraft gnns firing on the spotter planes were silenced by offshore destroyers. Cruisers al»> joined in the fitiMlr. Mac Arthur announced new aerial blows against Japanese shipping in the Southwest Pacific, making the totals listed in July 19 communique: Twent^five ships definitely sunk, ranging up to a 4,000-ton freighter. Four ships probably sunk, ranging from 1,000 to 8,000 toss. ' ± Twenty-one. ships damaged, ranging up to a 10,000-ton merchantman, some of which may have sunk. More than. 160 supply barges destroyed or. damaged. Ships laden with Jap soldiers, ammunition and fuel are bring spotted by bombers on Halmaheni Island, indicative of enemy concern over outpoet defenses for the Philippines, Mac Arthur said his air patrols loft a 3,000-ton freighter-transport afire and dead in the water in that vicinity Tnesday. • Tuesday he reported the sinking Within 10 minutes of another such bombed ship, Jammed with enemy troops and supplies. Lafce'laat week a third such vessel, carrying soldiers and ammunition, disintegrated off Halmahera a minute after it was hit - < VJ. - :i F- -r* LOCAL TOBACCONISTS ^ J LEAVE FQR GEORGIA AND FLORIDA SEASON Among those from Farmvilla laaring this week for the Georgia tobacco market are H. N. Howard and. an, Meal, Jr., Mr. and Ms. H. H. Bradham, J. P. Sutton, Jr., R. 0. Copenhaver, to Stateaboro, Ga.; A. C; Monk, Sr., A. C. Monk, Jr., Jamee Lang, W. L Bennett, to Waycroaa, Ga.; B. S. Scott, George Moore»Jr. to VaUoata, Ga.; W. & Bojreter, to live Oak. Fla.; Mr. and Mm C. C. Hedgcpoth, George Rofjrmp) Jr., Allen Drake, Johaaie Allen and Stewart Joyner, to Biaekahear, Gfu; W. B. Burke, B. D. Harria, Pat Boffin, Mr. and Mrs. B. vJfteer, Mft AldrewB, to Douglas, Ga.; Arthur Joy L v Men's Service Center Visitor* at the local Service mfc's Center during the past week were: Farmville—Pfe. Joseph H. Bynum, Kingman, Arizona; Hubert W. Webb, SK S/c, New York City. Greenville Air Base: CpJ. Dick Meaty, Amesbury, Masa; Pfe. R. Lajpe, Bamesville, Minn.; Cpl. Danell W. Fsmll, Charleston, W. Va. Camp Davis: T/Sgt Charles W. Adams, Shaibyville, Ky., (guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Greene); Milton B. Hessin, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.; Gw. 3. Ray, Dmimore, W. Va. Camp Lejeune: Pfe. Jesae Jones, Washington, D. C.; Pfe. Sd Shalik, Buffalo, N. Y.; S/Sgt. J. J. Carpenter, Wadaaboro, N. C.; Pfe. John P. Klimaa, North Tanawanda, N. Y. Seymour Johnson Field: Pvt. RonUd J. Root, CriagvOfe, N. Y.; Pvt. »Ved Kinder, Bine Field, W. Va A/C Lubie S. Stocks, Snow Hill uid San Luis Odispo, CSalif. Qorup On® of the Christian WornHi's Council, of which Mrs. Davis, Jr., is Leader, was hostess rroup last week end with Mrs. Louise Harris, Mm Lloyd Smith, Mrs. John Sill Pay lor and Mr*. Henrietta Wiliamson ss acting' hoafeasss, assisted by Miss BAm* Shytle of Silter Spring, Md. This group served chocolate cake, country ham, fried dricksn, deviled ssrgs, lettuce, toma- ' toes, hot biscuits, and pecans. Other donations were carton of cigarettes and pecans, by Mrs. George rhomas; quart of milk, Mrs. W. A. Barrett; flowers, lira. Jack Smith. T3»e Missionary Society of the Wsl- ; itonburg Christian Church will be the *•— «"***» "*■ "* Defeat In White" Russia j Is An Example of Hit-1 ler*s Talentless Com-! Reds Smashing Forward To New Objectives Along Entire 550 Mile Flaming Front Moscow, July 20<—Ruuian armies poured through huge hole* Wednesday hi Hitter's eastern front—from Marshal Ivan & Boner's new 128mile-wide breakthrough on the sooth to Gen. Andrei I. Yaremenko's drive into the Soviet Latvian republic on the north, nam 20 miias inside the ^Si^^uftcsnt obj0ctiv€® just head frm one end to the other of i*- - I i iil .fI, I * * a, ___ « n a me DmOCTPORi, WnlCtl WW fKtlMW to 660 miles in length by the new offensive set off by Kotter's First Ukraine Army Sunday between Lwow md KoweJ. Kstiev's teaks and infantry which nade three-day gains of C miles, already ware leas than 10 mlee from the Polish border (m deihNMted by he Germans and Baviano in MM) it two pi sows northeast of Lswr and were across the Bug River at Selets Setski, south of Sok»L ^ ,(By London ea&nataa Konev was irithin five miles of the frontier— 'pom which Germany attacked SuasLa-—through capture of Skomorokhi, « the Bug River fhre miles below the & joint where the One swings south- . vest ward beyond Lwow. Skomorokhi a 45 miles north of Lwow.) %Konev's forces wen cloving in npon Lwov ftself, one column from cnljr 2t idles *w*.y—at captured Kaminonka, >n the northnortheaat THe daily :ommunique alas announced the fall »f Busk, 86 miles to the northeast tnd Boortkor, 27 miles on the seat (Berlin radio oommentatoW frankly admitted the Gennta situation was . writes. A Transocean Agency cor -espondent said Konev*« new offensive was "aimed at no leas than mcketing the whole of the German Irmy in the south.") Marshal Konatantfai L Rokoaaov iky*s troops now roughly 110 mOes lue east of Warsaw are driving toward the western gateway city of irest Litovak from a point only 11 nilee to the northeast _ WW<a(.» . . MP . ,v 1 . jfrl «T'\ 5 / / / ■\ V X
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