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Bond Sales Please Chairman 3rd. War Loan
Eight Accepted For
Navy, One For Marines
Twenty-Six Leaving Next Week For Army;
8 For Navy; 2 For Coast Guard; 1 Marine.
Following is a list of draftees
accepted for the Army* Navy,
Coast Hoards and Marines. They
will leave Some time next week
with the majority leaving; Monday
morning;, September liOlh, for 1’t.
.1 aekson, Us. (' , where they will
L. II. Black
Lucius Anderson Jenkins
J. i). Sisk
llnllis Andrew Bui”ess
Lewis Bernard High
Glenn Austin llulirletler
Alexander Benjamin Goldberg
Hugh Edwin Harrelson
James Windol Kendrick
Joe Osh in Payne
Paul Bunyan Bryant
Arthur Stevenson Cook. Jr.
Robert Samuel lirymer
Jimmie Friday
James Alexander Wooten
William Theodore Roberts.
Haskell Plato Dav'is
George Dewey lleafner, Jr.
Robert Burlin Wooten
David Luther Stroupe
Carl Eugene Dixon
Lawrence Frederick Holland
Paul Pennington Flowers
Ralph Daniel Smith
Rufus Jackson Moss
Charles Molah Cloninger
Following men were excepted
h\ the Navy:
chives Wiilawd -Doevery. > .
,mmy Thadis Rhoten
A hert Worth Edwards
*■ mtas Hartwell Parrish, Jr.
nert Eugene Moss
I'liornas Banks Browne
Samuel Isaac Williams
Warren Chas. Westley Davis
Following men were excepted
l,V the Coast Hoard:
Harold Talmage Hendricks
,Sidney L. Hendricks
The following man was excep
ted by the Marines:
Daniel Courts Holland
Christmas Packages
To Men In Service
The American Legion. * rl ryon
Post 100 is sponsoring a move
ment to furnish every enlist,
man and woman, both foreign
and home service in Cherryville
township a Christmas package.
■ In order that no one will he
overlooked they are asking that
all who have a son, daughter,
lather or brother in service to
write the correct name and ad
dress on a slip of paper and turn
it in at the Eagle Office, How
ell's Ready-to-Wear. Goldiner s
Department Store, Nuway Store
or N. B. Boyles store, or at the
Schools by September :10th. Don't
fail to get these names and ad
dresses in as this is no small job
and the American Legions are to
be congratulated on their efforts.
Help make Christmas a happy
ere for our boys.
List fill in the form below and
Ii it over to the abov'e mention
ed • bices of business:
Address
RAMOTH CARPENTER AND
CARROLL DELLINGER
AT MAXWELL FIELD
MAXWELL FIELD, Ala., Sept.
S'.—Two youths from Charry
ville, N. C., have reported to the
Army Air Forces Pr e -Flight
School for Pilots at Maxsvell
Field, Alabama, to begin the
third phase of their training as
Pilots in the U. S. Army Air
Forces’ expanding program.
These aviation cadets are re
ceiving nine weeks of intensive
physical, military and academic
instruction at Maxwell Field,
preparatory to beginning their
1 nal flight training at one of
many pri primary bying
% Is located in the Army Air
" s Eastern Flying Training
..mand.
These men are Aviation Ca
dets Ramoth M. Carpenter, P.O.
Box 94: und David C. Dellinger,
Box 2B3.
Gets Discharge
Pvt. Luther W. Neill wus in
ducted into the service, at ( amp
a n d s o o n
transferred to
Ft. Uraun and
from there to
Camp Lee, Va.
where he took
his h as i c
training'. H e
was then trails
ferred to Camp
Marshall, Lea
ilia, Pa., and
! wont from there to tamp rveima,
N. J. Later ho was transferred
to New York and sailed forNorth
Africa. After serving in North
Africa he returned to the states
and was stationed at Camp Croft
S. C., and back to Ft. Meade Mil.
and hack to Camp Lee, Va..
Here he received his honorable
discharge and was returned home
Navy Wants 17 Year
Old Boy for Training
> .A 11 boys that are now 17
.tears old and have as much as a
tenth grade education or the
equivalent now has the opportu
nity to continue his education in
one of the Navy’s 55 trade
The boys that are eligible
have the opportunity to take up
Machinist, Diesel Mechanic, El
ectrician, Fire-Controlman, Ra
dio , Aviation Machinist, Avia
tion Metal-Smith, Oidnance, Ra
dar, Carpenter, Welder Gun
nery Quartermaster, Medicine,
Engineering and many other
trades that can be used after his
release from the Navy. Upon
completion of one of these cour
seswith a satisfactory grade, all
graduates are made THIRD
CLASS PETTY OFFICERS in
their particular trade.
The qualifications are, be at
least 17 years of age. hav£ fin
ished the 10th (or have the equi
valent education), be able to
furnish some proof of date and
place of birth have full consent
of your parents to enlist prior
to applying to the Navy Recrui
ter, and be of good mental and
physical condition.
All boys interested are urged
to see II. S. Lee, the Nav'y Re
cruiter, who will be located in
the Post Office building every
day at Gastonia, N. C.
J-AST RITES HELD
FOR J P. HOFFMAN
DALLAS—A large group of
i relatives ami iriends gathered at
j iloly Communion Lutheran Church
I Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock to
j attend the last rites for J. Puett
liolfman who dropped dead near
his home Saturday morning foll
owing a heart attack. Rev. J. J.
Bickley, pastor, was in charge-of
the services and interment wao
in the adjoining cemetery.
JAMES R CAMPBELL
AT CAMP DAVIS
Pfc. James R. Campbell of
CJjerryville is attending the An
tiaircraft Artillery School, at
Camp Davis. Before entering
the service, Pfc. Campbell was
! employed by Putnam Hardware
| Company.
PRAYER MEETING
SATURDAY NIGHT
There will be prayer meeting
Saturday night, September 18th,
at 8 o’clock at my home. Rev Ar
thur Blackmon, and Rev. Clyde
Reep will conduct the services.
The public is cordially invited.
J. W. Shuford.
A troupe of entertainers is
being organized in Mexico to tour
! American and Australian soldier
j sailor and marine camps in the
' South Pacific.
Landings Force Italy’s Surrender
When Allied forces swept across to the mainland of Italy from Sicily
In the areas shown on the above map they Rave a demonstration of su I
terrific power that Italy’s unconditional surrender was quick in combi."
General Dwiffht Kisenhower announced the-surrender and it was nutlet
bis command that the combined United Nation's armies forced the issue.
FAMINE SPECTRE OVER ROME
AND NORTHERN PART OF ITALY
Diminishing Food Supplier Cause Grave Problem; Italians
Ordered To Give Nazis Firearms Or Be Shot.
BERN, Switzerland, Sept. 15.
—The speaker of famine lumps
over Rome and the Nazi oeeupied
cities of northern Italy, dispatch
os from the Italian frontier said
today.
Nazi authorities in Rome
broadcast a proclamation telling
'lie* Italian people that "after the
treason of jjadoglin and the rup
ture of the treaty of alliance be
tween the Reich and Italy, the
German military hav'e taken Ital
ian territory under their protee
The proclamation admitted
that resistance had occurred “ev
en in Rome" to German oceupu
tion hut declared that order now
had been restored. It ordered
all persons to deliver their fire
arms to German authorities by
today or he shot.
German General Stein, who
signed the proclamation, declared
that saboteurs aial frnne-tireurs
would lie punished severely, the
dispatches added.
A Swiss telegraphic agency
dispatch from t'hiasso reported
that Nazi parachute troops had
taken up positions in St. Peter's
Square and added that the fate
of Pope Pius XII and that of
other high church prelates who
had taken refuge in Vatican City
is at present unknown.
The Koine radio last night ap
nealed to food producers and far
mers in the v'icinity ot the Italian
capital to bring food to Koine,
promisin'' that it would he used,
soley to feed civilians. All Kome
schools have been closed indef
initely. it was said.
Diminishing food supplies were
reported in the- north whore the
(iermans have requisitioned all
available supplies
— Buy War Savins;* Bonds —
Double Parking
Must btop Here
Accoidiiin to Mi. Matsu Beam, (
llit* new ciuel oi-ponce Mere says j
ilie uoulue pai'amu miuhliuii wnl |
continue lo hu sn icily ctiiorceu.
i ne tmei wnl t'ajf an ears oil
.Main Hi'ftM who le.ivts llieir mo-I
ior Venicics uoiiine parked.
t he iiollt'e department is anx- !
ions, i.i ioin.se. si continue llieir!
mil ami known custom of cour
teous attention to an matters o! i
iiie eii> ami they wish mill alii
tar (lii.eis tomn.iie to deal wi.iil
uieni i.i a Hue manner, they are i
guardians 01 tile law and tlieiej
are tiei tain li.vc.u i lues in park'lii)* i
chat ate i.lmwii laws ai.d no one;
can feel otiendeil. snotiid police |
dll leers continue to tfo aoutn j
their liusiness of uplioidinir the j
parkin”: laws of l lierryvilie. i
I.et s co-opera Ie .
Persons receiving red tajfs for j
Ciolaliuj*' the irauic laws ot i
v lierryvilie are asked to report
,o the police station irom S until
.1 o'clock ill the morninj'S and 1
from li In 7 o clock m me c\en- I
Idle chief-ot pUli.ee tirifes all i
die merchants of the town to eo- j
operate with the parkin}; silua- |
lion by pal kill”' at the lear of!
store or use tile various parking'
lots in town.
OPA Promises New
Price Reductions!
WASHINGTON’. Sept. 1 r,. |
General Manager Chester Howies |
ul tlu- Office ni' I’rice Ailminislia i
tron today announced a sweeping
price reduction pi n” i am designed
to lower the cost of liv'ing to ion
sinners hy ll..‘5 per rent and ef
fect substantial savings in retail
prices of potatoes, lard, apples, ,
oranges, and other products. j
The jull hack would he accom-i
plished through ti S> 1 Oil,(100,Oth) j
Government program of transPor- |
tation subsidies, government crop
purchase and reside, ;ind in the
case of peanut butter and proba
bly lard, rollback subsidies with-|
in the financial limits set by con J
MEMBER OF ITALY’S FAMILY
IS IN SWITZERLAND
A Swiss telegraphic dispatch
from Chiasso on the Swiss-Italian |
border said today that the Duke
of I’istoia, a member of the Itai
iun Royal family suite, laid en
tered Switzerland near Locarno j
hist Sunday. _I
TO SING AT SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
E. F. DRUM and TURBYFILL QUARTET of Drum’s Funeral Home
Left to right, Standing: Gaither lowing, 1st tenor; Preston Turhyfili, 2nd tenor; Roy Tin by fill, bar
itone; Nolan Jordan, bass; Seated left to right: Ralph Dellinger, ace. Elliott F. Drum, soloist. Will
sing at the Homecoming at three o’clock at the Second Baptist Church the fourth Sunday, Septem
ber 26th. In addition to the albove quartet, the Davis Trio of Gastonia and other singers will also be
; present with several selected numbers.
Sunday School at 10:00 A. M., Preaching at 11:00 A. M. The afternoon will he filled with a good
i program of Ringing and probably speakers. Rev. W. Luther Hawkins is the pastor.
All Issuing Agents To
Have Report Next Week
One Agent Reports Sales Of Series E 'Bonds
$6,650 And Series G Bonds, $13,500.
In The Navy
DEAN JENKS
Dean .leaks, ion of All mid
..11 (l. I,leaks v. Iso i fecitt1\
.isnod In.- parents on ii snort
ii iiv'i' alter Ikmiik iii tli»‘ Sicilian
invasion Dean enlisted in tin
Aavy nisi year ami has been of,
'in water praetiial'v over since,
ili .-ays in- enjoys the Navy a,.,
while he did not talk liuleli lie
i-otilil tell of many inlei estinj;
i vents. Dean vvus vveai'ilio two
Victory Festival
Week In Charlotte
('ITA-Jtl.O'f I'K. \Sept. 15. — i
This city .' ptl-acre Southern i
States Kair •rhiuiul.'. hailed as I
lliv Smith's finest i• itt unuseil j
siiwt* tin1 Ihll (‘Vent, is beina |
eruunied I'm a pa 1 a Oetnhei
" Virt "i v Kast ival Week ' that
will retiiill to Charlotte many ol
i he in'ii ilipht entertainment lea
lures formerly seen at the an
nual exposition.
I’nditmp' from an open week ;
on tin' Kastern State Kails ("it-j
euit. Veterans of Kmeipn W ars
Officials here ilis. I.oscd toil ay ]
they have scheduled a live ilays. ■
~i\ nic Ills I est ival I'm (let. II to .
111. with assurance that a color-j
fill anay of ranking fair atlrae
t ions, movjny southward from
leadiup northern events, will he
on hand for the celebration.
Kroni rocket ino ridinp lev'ices
to danciiu; Koxyeltes. from side
sliow harkei s to Terrell .laeohs
and his famed wild animal circus
a complete day and nipht pro
pram of stand-out features will
he presented under .11 ranpements
made by the veterans' mpani/.a
linn with lleortt'e A. Hamid and
Max I .indcrmun. nationally
known outdoor showmen.
Coupled with a hupe nratid
stand musical revue. the World
of Mirth Shows midway, a novel
wartime thrill circus, races and
c file i events, said. K. II Hood,
spokesman for the V. K. \Yw ill
he timelv tiatriotie displays, dem
onstrations and benefit perfor
Hnmid and l.inderman. both
widely known in North Carolina
for tie attractions they have
supplied the State I’air at Ral
eigh and other events in theState
said the entertainment to he
shown here will come direct from
such major northern fairs as ,thK
New .lersey State Kail, the Great
Allentown. Fa.. Exposition and
others. The attractions will be
moved intact to the South Caro
lina State Fair at Columbia fid
low ini;1 the Charlotte festival.
LONDON, Sent. 1-1. Hun
dreds of (’lormans and Croat Ouis
lings were hilled in a hie fiv'e
day battle at Karlovatz in Croa
tia before the Italian Garrison
of 10,000 was disarmed, a Reu
llers dispatch datelined Cairo
'said today.
( hairman h \ . Alnss, oi the
lid War Bond Drive is vi-i>
mieh pleased with the sale' oi
foods in Cherry vill(. so far. itoo
•ver, there are nine issitine a:;
■nts and none have turned m
omplete reports the out loo!; is
ood. From one agent come the
eport of Series K Bonds, i ~nin•:
i ice $<>.C.r»0 and series (1 Bonds
■suin'; price $13,500.
The committees which we*e
iinotiuced last week are haid
work completing their drive
efore turning in a complete r>
>>rt.
tiaston County s (piota is $5.
1-..000 and it is the aim of ev
rv eitizeji to go well ovei I lie
Scrape up the money from e\
rv source you can. turn in all
on can for Bonds and stamps,
hi y. it hunt th* necessities this
"•nth in (I Buy Bonds. Bin
hinds and More Bonds. Italy
s surrendered dels all help
uish "o> .loh Back the Attack
vith War Bonds.
VACO SURPASSES QUOTA
BY MARGIN OF $1,400
In a campaign, ending with a
'•immunity fatly last V\ eduesdny
■ceiling, the leiys and gifts oi
'i lieu High School surpassed
heir <|iiota of .$1,000 tiy selling
$2-100 wmtli of bonds and stamps
I lie dfiv'e was sponsored jointly
i.V the Future Homemakers, the
Home Economics Club, and the
o'titnre Farmers of America, the
boys’ agricultural organization.
At the end of the community
ally, the Victory King and
iueen were crowned. Faye
'pel-line, a popular member of
he Future Homemakers, was
■‘■owned Queen and Paul Car
penter was crowned King to rep
resent the Future Farmers.
A line spirit of loyalty and
patriotism was manifested by
,b« community in backing up
he boys and girls in their effort
o do their share in the Third
War l.oan Drive.
FRANK McMURRAY DIES
IN LINCOLN COUNTY
Funeral services for Frank
Mi-.Mill ray. who died at bis home
near Lincolnton Tuesday after
noon. were conducted this after
noon at 2 o'clock from Palm
Tree Methodist church near
Lawndale with the pastor of the
church in charge.
Mr. McMurray who was 7*>
years of age died about 2:15 on
Tuesday afternoon following a
two months illness which contin
ed him to his bed His condition
had been critical for the past
several days.
Surviving are his widow, who
s an invalid, and two sons. Two
daughters having preceded him
to the grave. One brother of
Cleveland county also survives
BDWARD R. NEWTON
AT MAXWELL FIELD
MAXWELL FIELD. Ala.—Ed
ward R. Newton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Newton, of Route I
Crouse. N. C . is now enrolled a
an aviation cadet in the Army
Air Forces Pre-Flight School for
Pilots at this field, located on the
outskirts of Montgomery, tin
capital of Alabama.
Here the new class of cadet
is receiving nine weeks of inten
sie military, physical and acu
domic training preparatory t>
beginning their actual flight in
'iruction at one of the many
rimary flying schools in the Ar
my Air Forces Eastern Flying
Training Command.
SERVICES AT FREE
SAINTS TABERNACLE
There will be service at the
Free Saints Tabernacle each
i Sunday at 11 .o’clock. Every I t
and 3rd Sunday by the pastor.
Rev'. Durham Whisnant and ev
ery 2nd and 4th Sunday, by Rev,
To]in Dellinsrer.
Sunday School at 10 o’clock.
| The public is cnrdiallv invited
to each of these services.