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MONROE MARKET
Cotton, short, ft JOo to aio
Cotton, long, lb 29c to SOo
Cotton Seed, bushel ' 70H0
Eggs, dozen Oo
Hens, pound 16c to 180
Turkeys, pound 25o to SOo
Wheat, bushel !
WEATHER FORECAST
Colder today and early tonight
Sunset today, 6:18 p. m.: sunrise
tomorrow, 8:28 a.' m.
, it
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
8EVENTIETH YEAR
MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1942
SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR
V' Q , '
Draft Status Of
Boys Is Clarified
Youths 18-19 Years Of Age
May Be Allowed To Finish
School Year
CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
Superintendent W. R. Klrkman of
the Monroe City School system, Fri
day received a letter of Instruction
from Clyde A. Erwln, State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction In which
explanation Is made relative to the
draft status of the 18-year-old group
now registering for selective service,
and the effect It will have on high
school students enrolled throughout
the country.
While the instructions are national
In scope, and were Issued from the
National Headquarters of Selective Ser
vice hi Washington, D. C, by Lewis
B. Hershey, Director, they clarify a
situation that the younger group has
been awaiting Information on since the
registration started a week ago.
It was pointed out by Mr. Klrkman,
that every student of high school age
-who Is now registered under the se
lective service system should read the
Instructions carefully:
The Selective Training and Service
Act of 1940 has been amedned to pro
vide that any person 18 or 19 years
of age, who while pursuing a course
of instruction at a high school or
similar institution of learning, is or
dered to report for induction during
the last half of the academic year at
such school or Institution, shall, upon
his request, have his Induction post
poned until the end of such academic
year.
2. Registrants 18 and 19 years of age
will be classified and If found avail
able for military service, will be ordered
to report for Induction in accordance
with their order numbers in the same
manner as other registrants without
regard for the fact that they are pur
suing a course of instruction in a high
school or slllmar Institution of learn
ing. 8. A registrant in high school who
lias been ordered to report for in
duction In the usual manner unless
he shall request in writing that his
Induction be postponed. Upon such
a request the local board shall, before
inducting the registrant, determine:
(a) If he has reached the eigh
teenth anniversary of the day of
his birth, but has not reached the
twentieth anniversary of the day
of his birth;
. , rUb) If he la pursuing a course of .
Instruction at a high school or
similar institution of learning; and
, . (c) If he is pursuing such course
of Instruction in the last half of
the academic year at such school
or institution.
If the registrant fulfills all three of
these requirements, the local board
shall postpone the Induction of such
registrant until the end of the aca
demic year at such school or Institu
tion. If the registrant fails to fulfill
any one of these three requirements,
he shall be inducted in the usual man
ner. 4. A "high school or similar institu
tion of learning" is denned as any
Institution giving the usual courses of
study In the 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th
grades of education and applies only to
those grades In such schools. It does
not Include elementary or grammar
school grades but does apply to stu
dents in the 9th grade In an elemen
tary or grammar school. It includes
the 9th or 10 grades in junior higih
schools. It Includes Junior colleges
and colleges only with regard to the
11th or 12th grades. The Intent of
the law is to Include only the courses
of study of the usual high school
level work and not to include elemen
tary or grammar school level work and
-university or college level work.
5. The phrase "last half ot the aca
demic year" refers to the academic
year of the school or institution. The
academic year of a school or Institu
tion Is that period of study between
the opening of school In autumn and
the close of school In the following
spring. :
STORES TO REMAIN OPEN
EVENINGS DURING WEEK
TSUI Aeeemmedate the Late Holiday
Shoppers
Beginning tonight and continuing
through Christmas Ere, the stores of
the city will remain open nightly for
the convenience.' of late -Christmas
' shoppers.
Some few stores have been operat-
' ing on longer hours during the past
few days, but no general night .open
ing has been observed thus far by
: local stores during the present holiday
season. Department stares, furniture
stores, men's stores and others will
adoDt the new schedule tonight and
-will remain open for night trade, no
. special nour havmg been oecww upon
closing and each merchant will close
at any hour hsrmar decide. '
Since after today; there are tnly
three more shopping days remain Del
fore Christmas, time is short for
buying and local merchants are ex
pecting the usual last' minute rush.
With so many items limited In supply
and merchandise scarce and hard to
get, merchants urge immediate atten
. tention to Christmas . needs. There
, are surprising rood stocks of varied
- merchanadlse - available, despite the
record volume of business enjoyed by
stores wis season.
Virtually all stores, office and other
places of business will be closed Fri
day and Saturday In an extended
i Christmas holiday. V? rv. , j ..
"BOMBED" BY A BOCK
The George Buttons know what an
air raid Is like.
-.Railroad workers set off, a charge of
dynamite, and a boulder, soareoV 400
yards and crashed through the roof of
their home, in eplkard, M?v No. one
was even scratched by the bomb,"
MAJOR HARDIN IS NOW
IN NEW GUINEA AREA
Former Monroe Physician Is Reported
Safe After Recent Bombing.
Several weeks ago, a report reached
Monroe of the bombing and sinking
of a ship on which Major Parker
Hardin, former Monroe physician was
was aboard and that Major Hardin was
among the missing. Yesterday a de
layed dispatch from American Troop
Headquarters in New Guinea brought
the interesting Information that the
'oft bombed Major, was alive and
well and was busy with his duties,
treating American wounded in the
Jungle battlefronts of New Guinea.
The dispatch says:
One of the most bombed American
army doctors, Major Parker C. Hardin,
Charleston, 111., related In a front line
hospital yesterday how the army is
saving the lives and limbs of its
soldiers.
Hardin has been bombed four times,
but he still is going strong. He was
aboard a small coastal boat which the
Japanese attacked off the New Guinea
coast. Later they bombed his front
line hospital. Again, while he was
visiting another hospital, the Japs
blasted It twice from the air.
Despite these interuptions Hardin
and his officers, Capt. George W.-Pugs-ley
of Bayard, Neb., Lieut. Albert
Rogers of Milwaukee, Wis., and Lieut.
Leonard Milcarek of Chicago, have
treated scores of wounded.
"We have seen almost no infection
even though men lie in the Jungle all
night or longer," Hardin said,
"In this base we clean wounds some
times without .adequate sterile water
or sterile goods. We can't and don't
do much surgery. We pack wounds
with sulfanilamide, put on heavy
pressure dressings and then don't dress
wounds again unless there is a particu
lar need.
"Sometimes we give sulfanallamide
by mouth. In one case a boy who
had a hand blown off was with us
nine days before we could get him
out but no infection developed princi
pally because of sulfanilamide."
UNION COUNTY GROWERS
CAN BOOST CASH INCOME
Group Marketing Plan Is Suggested
For Farmers Of County.
Union county's 4,552 farm operators
can increase their cash income as
much as $24,000 a year on fruits, nuts
and vegetables alone by working with
retailers in developing group market
ing programs, it was estimated today
by a leading distributor of North Car
olina crops.
"Wlh approximately 40 farmers In
this county and more than 8,600 farm
ers throughout North Carolina using
farm marketing cooperatives to stream'
line wartime distribution, the general
trend toward group action in market
ing is one of the most Important agri
cultural developments in the state,"
according to Earl R. French, market
ing director of A & P's produce-buying
affiliate, the Atlantic Commission Com
pany. Our experience shows growers can
booost. their income 10 to 15 per cent
by working together to provide ade
quate volume and standard grade and
pack, and by working with distributors
to cut out unnecessary handling oper
ations and costs. This 10 to 19 per
cent would bring approximately $15,900
to $24,000 extra annually on friuts,
nuts and vegetabales alone to Union
county growers, who In one recent
year received $159,407 from their sales
of these products. Growers could siml
larly Increase their cash income from
other orops by group action," French
explained.
As an indication of the effectiveness
of cooperation between growers and
distributors, French said economies
worked out through group marketing
programs were one important factor
helping North Carolina growers to
realize $1,834,443 last' year for fresh
fruits and vegetables sold through the
Atlantic Commission Company.
With wartime food supply conditlosn
emphasizing the need for shortening
commercial distances between growers
and consumers, group marketing pro
grams can' not only aid the "Food-for-Freedom"
program but also' pro
vide a vitally important key to post
war farm prosperity, French declared.
He pointed out that the groundwork
for building these programs is already
well prepared IB North Carolina, which
'group-markets" tobacco, cotton, dairy
products, poultry, egs and hogs.
HEADACHES FOR 1943
PROMISED AMERICANS
Henderson Predicts More Rationing
And Additional Red Tape.
Americans already chafing over red
tape and war-time regulations are due
for more headaches In 1943, Price Ad
ministrator Leon Henderson predicted
In a recent s peech. But Henderson
said he felt" sure that the American
people have not yet "scraped the bot
torn of the barrel, in patience.'" ror
1943 he forecast:. - ?
More rationed- Items, including a
number of articles of clothing and
foond not new restricted. (.-
Raising of sub-standard Wages and
the adjustment f price ceilings to
accommodate rises' in some sections; "
. punishment of flagrant violators of
rationing. i
More czars In the federal set-up.
. More red Upe on all sides. . .
The year 1943 Is one of dread,
mystery, and uncertainties - on the
military front, be said. "Still, on the
home front production Is the highest
ever in United States history, the
hired help, It 'the highest paid of
any nation on earth, anO the produc
tion of food necessities Is good through
out the natlory , ;
DEBT AT NXW HIGH FKAW
The nubile debt of the United States
rncceeds $100,000,000,000 for the .first
time in the history of th enatloo,
Expenditures for the . first , fits
months of teh present fiscal year were
$28,809,188 6518. against receipts ot
$5,068,609445 M. ' "- : , : T '
War expenditures for five months
I totaled t26.28a,94,801.7t
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ALASKA Soundphoto This U. S. Signal Corps photo shows a general view of the beach as seen
from a landing boat as American troops were beini landed on one of the Andreanof Islands, here on
the third day of the occupation. Most of the material needed by the men has been cleared from the
beach, only duffle bags and rations l
Big Christmas
For Sutton Boys
Churches, Civic Clubs, U S 0
And Merchants Make
Plans
SEVERAL FINE PROGRAMS
Plans have been practically com
pleted here for the entertainment of
all soldiers this Christmas, who are
stationed at Camp Sutton, It was an
nounced today by the Monroe Defense
Recreational Committee. The Mer
chants Association, U. S. O., Ministe
rial Association and various civic
groups will have a part In the program
and donations have been been made
by the different groups to finance the
prografa.
The Merchants Association has pre
sented a check to the committee to be
distributed among the various recrea
tional centers of the city to be used
in the Christmas and New Years en
tertainment.
The Lions and Rotary clubs will
sponsor a Christmas party lor tne
colored soldiers at the Winchester
Avenue school. The Gray Ladies will
furnish entertainment for the- soldiers
in the hospital and the school children
of the city will furnish trees nd-deoc-rations
in each ward of the hospital.
The Red Cross and interested citizens
will give gifts to the sick soldiers.
This year, as in the past, tna va
rious church groups will look aftek all
the needy civilian cases, giving tnem
boxes of food, fruits, toys, clothes, etc.
It has been estimated that there are
not very many of these cases and most
of the community effort will go into
looking out for the soldiers stationed
at the camp.
The USO club rooms on Franklin
Street will have a Christmas tree,
with some memento for each soldier.
The club house on Main Street, now
under construction, will not be com
pleted by Christmas, although it may
be partially in use.
The soldiers will also have a Christ
mas tree at the camp headquarters,
and various entertainments there. In
addition the Town Club, operated by
the Business and Professional Women's
ciuo, will be open an during cnrist'
mas week, and the centers at the va
rious churches will also be open.
Special boxes are being prepared for
the soldiers at Camp Sutton who are
of foreign birth. There are Arabians,
Filipinos, Indians, Chinese, etc.,- sta
tioned there and the recreation com
mittee will make special effort to see
that they are well taken care of.
Anyone wishing to send a box, or
any gift to a soldier at Camp Sutton
can mail it to Chairman J. H. Arm
brust, Monroe, and he or the com
mittee will deliver It by Christmas day.
COUNTY WAR BOARDS
TO PUSH FOOD DRIVE
County USDA War Boards, operat
ing as a team composed -of each of
the U. 8. Department of Agriculture
agencies in the county, will have the
responsibility of directing the ,1943
wartime food production program in
North Carolina counties, according to
G. T. Scott, chairman of the State
USDA War Board.
Foood goals for the state were an
nounced recently at a conference of
members of 14 State USDA War
Boards held at Memphis, Tennessee.
Special emphasis in the 1943 pro
gram, Scott said, will be placed on
production of foods having a high
energy value and which may be high
ly concentrated for shipment abroad.
Again In 1943, one of North Caro
lina's principal contributions to the
Food for Freedom program . will be
production of peanuts and soybeans
for vegetable oils which are urgently
seeded to replace supplies formerly
imported. ; .
The state's goal for soybeans next
year has been set at 380,000 acres for
beans, which is more than tne aaz.ooo
acres asked this year, but is approxi
mately the same acreage grown. The
peanut goal for 1943 is 406 XXX) acres,
Including the allotment for edible
trade nuts. Other coals for the state
Include -14 percent more eggs than
were produced In 1943; six percent
more milk; 10 percent more pigs; and
23 percent more cattle for slaughter.
Individual county goals now are
being broken down by the State USDA
War Board and will be presented to
county boards for approval at a series
of district meetings over the state.
"The 1 job - outlined for farmers at
Memphis is ahout the biggest we have ' . i"?? !raM.mlen:
evernad" fScott safcf. -n also U.. SS Jee!Se ller..to
the most important onw hsvw wii'r""
. -4 iH. .k-. ai ,hj Carroll of Charlotte. Mrs. Fred Ste-
sis the task of feeding -bur ' civilians ;
and armed forces and allies Is ! up
to th Individual tapmers,- A
TROOPS LAND IN ANDREANOF
FRANK LANEY DIED
AT HIS HOME TODAY
Funeral Services Will Be Held Tues
day Afternoon.
John Franklin Laney, age 78, well
known Monroe citizen and retired rail
road man died at his home at 200 E.
Windsor street thb morning after a
long Illness.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
home, conducted by Robert Turner,
assisted by Rev. F. B. Drane. Burial
will be in the Monroe cemetery.
Surviving Mr. Laney are three sons:
R. O. Laney of Shelby, J. Frank Laney
of Boston, Mass., A. A. Laney of Mor- ty, ended Thursday night of last week,
rls Field, Charlotte; two daughters, and the second group started register
Mrs. Heath Lee of Roanoke Rapids lng on Friday morning, December 18
and Miss Mary Deane Laney of the and will continue through Thursday,
home; three sisters, Mrs. C. W. Ayscue, December 24, it was announced by
Mrs. Virginia Davis and Mrs. Lura
Evans all of Monroe. Mrs. Laney died
on September 26th of this year.
Captain Laney, as he was affection
ately known by his many friends and
acquaintances, was one of the city's
oldest residents and for many years
had made his home here. He num-
bered his friends by the hundreds and
always spoke kindly of his neighbors
and was always ready to lend a help
ing hand to those less fortunate. He
was one of the Seaboard's most popular
conductors and during his long years
of service with that company, he
served them faithfully and well.
MRS. MARTHA AUSTIN CASON
Funeral services Am Mrs. Martha
Austin Casori, 71,"dow" Of W. E.
Cason, prominent Monroe woman, who
died Friday night after a long illness
were held this morning at 11 o'clock
at the residence with Rev. P. B. Up
church, assisted by Rev. E. C. Snyder.
Interment was in the Monroe cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Jack Aus
tin, V. C. Austin, Jr., Walter Sanders,
John Austin, Tom Smith, George Beas
ley, Jr., and Keffff Barnett.
Honorary pallbearers were: W. A.
Lane, V. D. Slkes, John R. Welsh,
Henry Austin, J. F. Mllliken, Dr. R. L.
Payne, Oscar Baucom, John Yates,
Sam Gaddy, Charlie Sell, Roland
Beasley, Sr., Allen Heath, William
Morrow, Worth Plyler, C. M. Shannon,
and Raymond Griffin.
MRS. FRANK MANGUM
Mrs. Frank Mangum, 42, of R4,
Monroe, died Saturday morning at 7:30
o'clock in the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital.
after a few days' illness.
Funeral services were conducted at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Altan
Presbyterian church with Rev. W. C.
Smith officiating. Interment was in
the Altan cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Frank
Mangum; eight daughters, Mrs. Solon
Walden, Mrs. Walter Burgess, Misses
Bessie Mae, Maude, Louise, Peggy,
Betty, : Mary Frances Mangum of the
home;' four sons, Bill, Tommy, Mose
Wayne of the home, and Pvt. John C.
Mangum, who is in the army over
seas. She is also survived by her
mother, Mrs. Maggie Aycoth; five sis
ters, Mrs. Thomas Yarbrough, Mrs.
Kermlt McManus, Mrs. Duke Yow,
Mrs. Willie McManus, Miss Mae Ay
coth, and one brother, Curtis Aycoth,
all of Union county.
Mrs. Mangum had a wide acquaint
ance of friends and relatives who re
gret her passing. Reported.
MBS. SALLIE BELK
Mrs. Sallle Belk. age 72. died Fft
day night, December 18 at the home of
her nephew, Paul Belk, after a period
of declining health. Funeral services
were conducted Saturday afternoon at
New Hope Methodist church by the
pastor, Rev. Mr. Cornelius. Burial
was In the church cemetery.
Mrs, Belk is survived by one son,
Theron Belk of Ellerbe, N. C, one
sister, '.Mrs. Ella Baker of Blshopville,
a. u., ana two grandchildren.
MRS. MARTHA CHANET
Mrs.-Martha Chaney. 62. died Fit
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Funeral
services were held Saturday afternoon
at S o'clock at Benton's Cross Roads
Baptist church, and burial was In the
Price cemetery. Rev. & A. Hatley of
ficiated and Rev. H. F. Goodwin as
sisted. She is survived by her husband, N.
A. Chaney, of Ooose Creek township;
three stepsons, Messrs. L. L, Hurley
and Hubert Chaney,. two step-daughters.
Mrs. Es telle Lomas and Mrs. Ella
Helms; and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie
Scott, and Mrs. L. L. Chaney, all of
this county, - '
MRS. ABA MULLIS WRAPI
Mrs. Ada Mullls Wraps died in the
Ellen Fltsgerald hospital Friday night
at the age of S3 years seven months,
13 days. - .
She is survived by her husband,
Henry Sam Wraps, Ave daughters.
JEfS?! Tt ot
V'? WM Moot. 9 Kann spoils.
ISLANDS
Second Group
Youths Register
First Group Completed Last
Thursday; Third Group
To Start Dec. 26
SHOULD REGISTER EARLY
The registration period for the first
set of 18-year-old men in Union coun-
the local selective service Boaros to
day.
The group now registering Includes
all those who were born on or after
September 1, 1924 but not after Oc
tober 31, 1924.
The registration is being conducted
at the offices of the two local boards
in the court house and post office.
All youths of the next age group are
group are urged by local officials to
attend to the matter of registering, as
soon as possible to save any last min
ute rush, rather than watting until the
final day.
The last group of men, those who
were born on or after November 1,
1924, but not after December 31. 1924.
shall be registered, on any day during
the period commencing Satuarday, De
cember 26, 1942 and ending Thursday,
December 31, 1942.
During the continuance of the pres
ent war, those who were, born on or
after January 1, 1925, shall be regis
tered on the day they attain the lt8h
anniversary of the day of their birth.
if, however, the anniversary falls on a
Sunday or a legal holiday, their regis
tration shall take place on the follow
ing. UNION FARMERS PREPARE
FOR FALL TERRACING
Importance Of Terracing At
Season Pointed Oat.
This
With the harvesting of crops prac
tically completed, many farmers in
Union county are making plans for
constructing terraces this fall and win
ter, according to C. H. King, Worok
Unit Conservationist, of the Brown
Creek soil conservation district.
Heavy tractor terracing equipment
is not available In Union county at
the present time, but satisfactory ter
races can be built with equipment on
the farm, Mr. King says. Equipment
which may be used for terracing where
larger terracing units are not available
Includes turn plows and long wing
terracing plows; homemade or com
mercial V -drags, drag pans, and farm
tractor with plow or disc tiller.
The conservationist points out that
while terraces are not the complete
answer to erosion control they are an
Important part of it. Terraces not only
take the water off the land slowly,
thus preventing the soli from washing
but this very slowness of movement
enables more water to soak into the
soil for future use.
Terraces also act as guides in get
ting rows on the contour, and In
planting alternate strips of row crops
and close-grogwing crops which fur
ther help check run-off.
An important point to remember In
terracing land is to have a safe place
to empty terraces. A wooded area, not
too steep, a well-sodded area, or a
natural draw protected by a well
established, close-growing cover, are
all good places to empty terraces.
A typical example of the advantage
of terraces may be found on the farm
of A. M. Secrest, located three miles
west of Monroe on the Wax haw road.
THE ENQUIRER TO PUBLISH
WEDNESDAY, THIS WEEK
Following a -custom of long years
standing and In order to give the
employees of The Enoulrer a day off for
Christmas The Enquirer will be issued
Wednesday, December 23, Instead of
Thursday, December 24. ATI correspon
dents and advertisers sue asked to
please get their copy In early on this
date.
The sons are: Frank of Laurlnburg,
Hurley of Asheboro; Hoyle and Vann
of Severvule. Term.
Funeral services were held at Win-
gate Baptist church of which she was
an active member for many years,
Sunday at 12:30 o'clock, by W. C.
Link. Jr, and O. O. Burrts. Interment
was m the Wintrate cemetery.
Mrs. Wrap was one of Wlngatel
saost highly esteemed women and had
a -wide acquaintance of friends who
rerret her naaslnc. -
-The flowers , were beautiful and
many in number Reported. -
LOCAL POSTAL h TS
ARE INCREASING Y
Local Office Now Busy With
Heaviest Mail Business.
City's
Acting Postmaster Sam H. Lee states
that the volume of mail and postal
receipts at the Monroe post office con
tinue to Increase dally.
Owing to the unprecedented volume
of mail being handled and positive
orders that army mails must not be
delayed. It was necessary to open a
parcel mailing station next door to
the American Express office and re
quire all parcels to be mailed there.
i This permits the handling and dis
j patching of the army mails at the
; main office and the dispatch of all
parcels without any delay
Mr. Lee says that the patrons of
the office have given wonderful cooper.
atlon in the matter of the inconveni- i
ence of not being able to mail parcels ,
at the main office and that he and all I
post office personnel wish to extend
I their thanks for this cooperation
wnen 11 oecame imperative 10 maxe
some arrangement and no building
could be located, John Chonls per
mitted use of this building. His co
operation Is greatly appreciated by
the entire post office force.
At the request of the USO on be
half of the soldiers who could not
reach the office during the regular
hours, Mr. Lee advises that this parcel
mailing station will remain open for
the receipt of parcels until 9 p. m.
tonight and Tuesday night.
CAPT. DIXON IN
PRISON OF JAPS
Relatives Here Hear With Joy That
The Lost Is Found.
Capt. W. L. Dixon, Jr.. of Charlotte,
who was reported as missing in action
when Bataan fell, has at last been
heard from. He is a prisoner of war
In Japanese hands in the Philippines.
Capt. Dixon's parents are both na
tives of this county. His father, W. L.
Dixon, is from Goose Creek and has
long been manager of the Cole Manu
facturing company In Charlotte. His
mother, who was Miss Clara Richard
son, is a sister of Mrs. J. D. Simp
son, Messrs. Clyde and Frank Rich
ardson of Carmel, and W. E. Richard
son, of Wadesboro.
The last message received by his
parents from Capt. Dixon was written
in a fox hole In Bataan on February
28. When the Japanese captured Ba
taan and General MacArthur escaped
to Australia, Mr. and Mrs. Dixon were
informed by the war department that
their son was missing in action.
The news of missing In action is not
quite as severe as the fatal "killed In
action," but it is severe enough.
Through the weeks and months, the
family read eagerly of others who
nad been reported missing and were
later found. Hope never died, though
not a word came to Indicate that
"the young man is safe."
Monday Mr. Dixon received a tele
gram from the war department saying
"You son is a prisoner of the Japa
nese government in ' the Philippines.
Letter follows."
Captain Dixon entered the army as
a member of the reserve, having taken
tne Keserved Officers Training Course
at State college while a student there.
He was sent to Fort Bragg In No
vember, 1940, and a year ago to the
Philippines. When the war broke out
on December 7, 1941, he was already
on the spot and was In the fighting
under MacArthur in the fierce struggle
at the last stand on Bataan.
CATHOLIC CHRISTMAS
SERVICES ANNOUNCED
Solemn Mass To Be Celebrated Thurs
day Night At Midnight.
A Solemn High Mass will be cele
brated Thursday night at midnight, at
the Monroe high schol auditorium. A
special program has been arranged for
this great feast.
Carlo Rossini's Mass will be sung by
a special choir of soldiers from Camp
Sutton, under the direction of Sirt.
Thomas Alland.
Processional Christmas Carols.
Proper of the Mass Carlo Rossini.
Unison Mass Carlo Rossini.
Recessional "Adeste Fldeles"
The OfScers of the Mass will be:
Celebrant Rev. James F. Hudson.
S. P. M., Pastor.
DeaconRev. C. J. Webb. Catholic
Post Chaplain.
Subdeacon Rev. A. R. Sldotl. Chap
lain of 303rd Ordnance.
Crossbearer Major Mason.
Acolytes Captain R. E. Philrjott and
Captain E. Wilkinson.
Master of Ceremonies Set. Thomas
E. Slattery.
Thurifer PFC John Zlnn.
The sermono for this occasion will
be preached by the Catholic Post
Chaplain, the Rev. Charles J. Webb,
O. M. I- S. T. D.: Ph. D.. former
President of Our Lady of the Lake
College, San Antonoio, Texas. The
subject of Father Webb's sermon will
be, "The Prince Of Peace In a World
At War."
This will be the first time a mldnlsht
mass wui nave oeen sunsr in Monroe.
it is one ox tne most impressive func
tions of the Catholic Church. We
extend a cordial invitation to the
people of all faiths in. Monroe to Join
wim us in trus celebration in com
memorition of the Birth of Christ, the
rnnce oi feace-eportea.
CHRISTMAS AT THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Special Christmas services at St.
Paul's Episcopal church will be held
as follows:
Christmas Eve, 11:15 p. m. Midnight
Communion by . candlelight Special
Christmas music, Mrs. George Scherff,
soloist Address by Rev. Wm, Penn
Price. Special offering .for World
Relief.. s. ... .. . ,2 - - :
Christmas Day, l0:M-ta sShorten
ed. Moralng-tPrayei with Holy Com
munion, vita "Christmas mu&idT This
service to esteciafly (or the children.
1 Address by Rev. F. "B. Drane. Special
offering for World. Relief. , .
Nazi Lines Hard
Pressed By Reds
Foe's Entire Southern Arc
Is In Danger; 30 Russian
Villages Retaken
DRIVE GAINS MOMENTUM
The Red army sweeping across the
frozen Don plains at a 16-mlle dally
clip was nearing the key railway
Junction of Mlllerovo on the Moscow-
',,, thof , inflicts
41500 casualties on the Nazis and
threatens the entire German army
anchored In southern Russia.
A special communique, me secona .u
two days, announced the capture of
Mankodo-Kalivenskaya, only 30 miles
north of Mlllerovo, and numerous
other towns. Altogether some 300 vil
lages have been retaken In this exhibi
tion of Soviet strength which Is con
tinuing on Premier Joseph Stalin's
65rd birthday anniversary.
Of the Nazi casualties 28,000 were
reported killed, and 13,500 captured.
Driving southwest the Russians said
"our troops pursuing the routed and
hurriedly retreating German Fascist
troops advanced 25 to 30 kilometers
(15'i to 18' miles). Altogether since
the beginning of the offensive our
troops have advanced 75 to 120 kilo
meters (46 to 74 miles."
The offiensive began December 16
and the communique said the Russians
had captured vast quantities of war
equipment, including 89 tanks "as well
as a trainload of tanks," 1,320 guns of
various calibers, 800 mortars, 1,969 ma
chine guns, more than 10,000,000 rifle
cartridges more than 1,000.000 mines
and shells, 6,320 trucks, 3,600 horses,
77 supply stores and 70 radio stations.
During yesterday's operations alone
the Germans lost 8000 likled and 3,500
prisoners, the communique said.
The Russians said their offensives
on both sides of Stalingrad and on
the Central front also were continuing
as part of their general winter 'stra
tegy which inflicted reverses on the
Nazis last winter before Moscow.
(A Berlin radio broadcast heard In
London Sunday night admitted that
the Russians on the Central front had
broken Into Vellkle Luki, only 90
miles from the Latlvian border, but
claimed they later were driven out of
that key point. The Germans also
said their troops had "shortened their
front" on the middle Don sector.)
For some time now the Russians
have been battling the Germans at
Kotelnikovski, railway (unction,,.- 90
miles southwest of Stalingrad, as part
of their plan to encircle the Nazi siege
armies standing before Stalingrad. The
Nazis also are being hit hard north
west of Stalingrad on the Don river
bend below the scene of the present
big river on the middle course of the
Don.
Field dispatches said the Russians
already had cut the Moscow-Rostov
railway at a point south of Voronezh
150 miles short of the steel center of
Khargov.
The entire 236-mile section of the
Voronezh and Hillerovo was gravely
threatened as were the key, cities of
Mlllerovo, Rossosh and Chertkova
all on the right bank of the middle
course of the Don as it flows west
ward toward the Volga.
This third winter offensive of the
Russians is northwest of the Stalingrad
salient frhere 22 German divisions are
fighting in a narrow corridor between
the Don and Volga. These two drives
already have liberated more than 65,000
square miles of lush areas where the
Don Cossacks raised some of the finest
grain in the Soviet Union. y .
The Stalingrad offensive, now ex
tended 90 or more miles to the north
west, southwest and west, continued
to move forward with more villages
falling to the Russians, while the
steady liquidation of the Germans
within the ruined Volga city continued.
On the Centari front in the strate
gic Rzhev-Vyazma-Vellkle Luki tri
angle, the noon communique said the
Soviets occupied two fortified positions
west of Rezhev and "fought for the an
nihilation of German garrisons trap-
pea- in tne vellkle Luki area 260
miles northwest of Moscow.
Some 4,000 more Germans were
killed overnight and ,l.,00O we m cap
tured. Of these 3,300 died in the new
Voronezh offensive where the cap
tives were taken, raising casualties for
the five days of furious fighting there
to 22,300 dead and 11,000 captured.
HOSPITAL & RECREATION
CORPS MET WEDNESDAY
The Hospital and Recreation Corps
met Wednesday afternoon In the Red
Cross office. Chaplain Teague of
Camp Sutton, spoke on the duties and
services rendered by the army chap
lain. Mrs. Mary Pegram" Red Cross
general field director for this area told
the group about the Camp and Hos
pital Service Council which has been '
formed and which held Its first meet
ing at Camp Sutton yesterday. She
spoke of the opportunity for personal
work through ' the Gray Lady Corps,
which, is here for all 'Monroe women.
Details of Christmas ' plans wer
worked out and a system for distribut
ing books was discussed. Members
will go to the camp Tuesday at two
o'clock to decorate the trees and will
fill Christmas stockings on Wednesday
aiternocn at two.
Workers are nrgently needed in the
Red Cross Surgical dressing room-
Ten thousand dressings remain to be
made In the December rwota end If
the slump continues betn now snd
Christmas the quota wtt not b met
and material for January, -quota of
25.000 dressings is already ber
The rooms are open daily Monday
through - Friday and - will only be
closed Christmas Day.- This work must
be- donct. ..?,;; r -
The Americana 'Orilf, ' Nbrtl Wim
street,' operated' by- J. r. Wov
ren. wm"'be''elomd Friday,' Saturtar
and Minis' of tVsweek.
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