tef
MONROE MARKET
Cotton, short, m .. .. 20Hc to 21Hc
Cotton, long, ft .. .. 30ttc to 31V4C
Cotton Beed, bushel 70tto
Eggs, dozen 42c to 45c
Hens, pound 18c to 18c
Corn, bushel $1.10
Wheat, bushel $1.30
WEATHER FORECAST
Colder today and early tonight.
Sunset today, 6:25 p. m.
Tuesday, '8:32 a. m.
sunrise
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
SEVENTIETH YEAR
MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1943
SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR
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Register 180
County Youths
December 31 Was Deadline;
Good Reason Required
For Failures
BOARDS WILL CLARIFY
A total of 180 Union county youths
registered during the last registration
under the Selective Act, according to
figures released by the local boards
today. Of this number 92 registered
with Board No. 1 and 88 with Board 2.
The classification of these registrants
Is expected to get underway immedi
ately and within a short time they will
receive their classification notices.
The final date for youths to register
was Thursday, December 31. If any
man has failed to register and can give
a satisfactory answer as to why he
has not done so, he may sign without
prosecution. The answer must also
ihow that failure to register was not
a wilful act In violation of the selec
tive service regulations.
The Boards today, reminded all
young men, who after December 31,
1942 became 18 years of age, that they
-will automatically become subject to
the draft board Immediately upon at
taining 18 years. If their birthday
falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, they
must register on the day following.
The Boards also Issued the following
stern warning to all men between the
age of 18-45.
"Under the new regulations all
registrants of the group are required
to carry on their person at al ltimes
their registration card. According to
law, registrants will be required to
produce this card if requested to do
so by any representative of the United
States Treasury department, War -de
partment, army or navy, or by the
U. S. Department of Justice. In case
of failure to produce the card, such
person can be arrested by the FBI 'and
prosecuted by the U. 8. Department
of Justice."
CAPTAIN RAMSEY IS
NEW PROVOST MARSHAL
Succeeds Capt. Rodriguez, Stationed At
Camp Sutton Since Opening.
Capt. James D. Ramsey of Green
field, Ohio, a police officer of long ex
perience, has succeeded Capt. Charles
Q. Rodriguez as provost marshal here,
Captain Rodriguez popular Loulsianian
who held the post since the camp s
opening last spring, has been assigned
to the plans and training office.
' Born In East Monroe Ohio, he lives
now in East Monroe, N. C, with Mrs,
Ramsey and their six-year-old daugh
ter, Carolyn. Captain Ramsey has
been in police work of one kind or an
other ever since his graduation from
high school. He never thought of
carrying it over Into army life, how
ever, until fairly recently.
Commanding officer of an Infantry
company in the Ohio National Guard,
of which he has been a member since
1926, he has inducted Into Federal
service in October, 1940, and assigned
to the 37th Division. While at Camp
Shelby, Miss, he was hospitalized for
an Illness which made a change of
branch advisable. His office experience
together with the fact that he had
recently completed the weapons course
at Fort Bennlng gave him the obvi
ous cue. The following spring found
him assistant provost marshal at Camp
Rucker, Ala., and from that post he
came to Sutton this autumn as provost
marshal.
He bears a noticeable resemblance to
Gene Tunney, In both face and phy
sique. The llkness became apparent
not long after Tunney's face had be
come a nationally familiar spectacle,
and not unnaturally caused the youth
ful Ramsey to try his luck with the
gloves. A few minor bouts convinced
him that he was neither very good
nor very bad as a boxer, and after
be had broken his band on one obsti
nate opponent's head he lost Interest
In fisticuffs except as a means of self
defense. He doesn't care particularly
for Shakespeare, either.
FUNDS ALLOTTED NEGRO
RECREATIONAL CENTER
Local Project To Cost S20.700 Gets
Presidential Approval.
Announcement was made today from
Richmond, Va., by Kenneth Markwell,
FWA Regional Director of Presidential
approval for the construction of two
recreation centers for military person
nel in the state, at a total cost of
138,950.
An allotment of $18,250 representing
the estimated cost of construction and
equipment, wad authorised for a
recreational center to be built by the
FWA regional office at Laurlnburg
and to provide facilities for service
men stationed in that area.
Coming with the same announce
ment was also presidential approval
ior an allotment of $20,700 for a rec
reation center to serve colored troops
stationed at Camp Button.
Both buildings will be designed ac
cording to FWA standard plans for
war emergency type construction, with
a minimum use of critical materials,
the announcement said. The entire
will be borne by the Federal Govern
ment. :,,. .-, : ,-;f. .
For several months plans for a
recreational center for the colored
wops at Camp Sutton have been un
derway and local authorities sponsor
tog the movement were elated over the
announcement coming from Richmond.
While it has been thought for some
time, that the project would gain presi
dential approval, nothing of a definite
nature was known here. ,
tee Jast Tee Big t s
your youths carting a heavy safe in
the trunk compartment of an automo
bile aroused the suspicions of Police
man Sam Troutman, In Cleveland, He
stopped them. Now the : four : are
charged '. with stealing the safe, ' and
some merchaandlsa from a store.
I SALIENT FACTS ABOUT
NRW INP.flMF. TAX LAW
Some Provisions Of Act Are Explained
In Questions And Answers.
Tax-payers subject to the individual
income tax law now longer will have
to swear to their returns, but there
is nothing in the statute as revised by
the 77th Congress to prevent them
from swearing at them.
Congress eliminated from the old law
the requirement that all returns must
be sworn to before a notary or some
other official q ualified to administer
oaths. This does not, however, absolve
the taxpayer from prosecution for
perjury In cases of ellberate eception.
Here are some other provisions or
the new law as explained In a "ques
tion and answer" booklet being print
ed for the public:
Q: Were any changes made by the
bill in the regular Income tax as ap
plied to Individuals?
A. Yes; the exemptions were lowered
and the rates Increased.
Q. What are the new exemptions?
A. Five hundred dollars for single
persons, $1,200 for married persons
and heads of families, and $350 for
each dependent. Members of the arm
ed forces, except commissioned offl
ers, are allowed an additional exemp
tion of $250 If single and $300 if mar
ried.
Q. What is the amount of the nor
mal income tax on individuals?
A It Is Increased from 4 per cent to
6 per cent.
Q what changes are made in the
surtax rates?
A. They have been increased all
along the line. The minimum ratae is
raised from 6 to 13 per cent and the
maximum from 77 to 82 per cent. The
The maximum applies to Income in
excess of $200,000, while under the old
law the maximum applied to income
over $5,000,000.
q. Combining the normal tax and
the surtax, what will be the total
rate applicable to the first dollar or
taxable Income in excess of the per
sonal exemption?
A. The total rate on the first dollar
of taxable income will be 19 per cent,
compared with 10 per cent under old
law. including the S per cent vic
tory tax, which is something else, the'
initial rate will be 24 per cent.
Q. Is there any change in the
earned-income credit?
A. No; it still may be deducted in
computing the normal tax. In an
amount equal to 10 per cent of the
earned income.
Q. Are husbands and wives required
to me a joint return?
A. No; they may continue to file
separate returns.
Q. Will the short form of Income tax
return be continued under the new
law?
A. Yes; where the gross income is
not more than $3,000. Its use is op
tional with the taxpayer.
Q. Does the law provide for current
collections of income tax through with
holding at the source?
A. No; the withholding tax was
levied in connection with the victory
tax.
q. How about allowances for extra
ordinary medical expenses?
A. Where the expenditures for medi
cal and dental costs exceeds 5 per cent
of the taxpayer's net Income, he may
deduct the excess amount in comput
ing his income tax, but the deduction
may not exceed $1,250 for a single
person or $2,500 for a married person.
Expenses which do not exceeed 5 per
cent of the net income may not be
deducted.
UNION COUNTY FARM
GOALS SET FOR 1943
Each Farmer In County Will Be Con
tacted At Early Date.
The members of the Union County
USDA War Board attended a meet
ing of county and state War Boards
at Charlotte on December 30, 1942. At
this meeting County Farm Production
Goals for each individual county were
established. The State Production
Goals were broken down Into County
Goals. The County Goals will in turn
be broken down Into Individual farm
goals. Each farm operator In Union
county will be contacted at an early
date in regard to the goals to be
established for his farm.
The production goals for ' Union
county for the war crops for 1943 are
as follows: corn 38,401 acres, hay 17,000
acres, soy beans for beans 7,026 acres,
potatoes 600 acres, potatoes (sweet)
588 acres, cattle and calves to be
slaughtered 1,343, sheeep and fembs to
be slaughtered 158, hogs to farrow
I, 250, milk production 33,390,000 pounds,
milk cows 8,617, chickens raised 603,
959, eggs dozen 2398,402, turkeys raised,
II, 551. These county production goals
will be broken down Into individual
farm goals and each farm operator
contacted in regard to such goals In
the near future. .All farm operators
are asked to consider the above goals
and to make plans for producing as
much of these war crops and live stock
as' possible. Careful consideration of
these items by each farm operator will
assist him and the person contacting
him In establishing. 1943 production
goals for his farm.
WARTIME RATION GUIDE
SUGAR Stamp No. 1 rood for
three pounds antil January IL
COFFEE Stamp No. tt good for .
ene pound antil February J.
FUEL OIL Coupons .marked
Period S new good for 1$ gallons.
Coupons Burked Period t still val
id, good for 10 gallons until Jana
ary tt. Coupons marked Period 1
expired Deosmber zd ' :
i. GASOLINE Coupon No. S m A
oaks good for three gallena antil
January tl. Vain of B and C.
Boupona bow set as- three gallona.
T-l and T-I oouyns gsed for Or
gallons. . ... ..4- ,
- TIRES On tracks, tsTieabs and
and ether eeauaereial vehicles mast
ke Inspected by OPA by January
15. On passenger automobiles by
Jaaaary IL . v. : 1 . ;
- . .i.i , s .
There are Americans in circulation
who stffl think that seeing a. football
game is Important.
Jap Warships
(J, S. Targets
Latest Attack Of Americans
Centered On New Georgia
And Shipping Lanes
JAP SHORE BASES HIT
Two enemy destroyers were blasted
and the Japanese airfield at Munda
was twice heavily bombed in a series
of air raids made by American forces
against enemy warships and shore
bases In the Solomon Islands during
the past two days, the navy reported
today.
One of the destroyers was set afire
and when last seen was "burning
badly," a communique said, while the
other "appeared to be In a sinking
condition."
At Munda, on New Georgia island,
bomb hits were scored on antiaircraft
emplacements and other Installations
in the first attack Saturday (Solomons
time). In the second attack three
Japanese guns were hit and some
United States planes suffered minor
damage from antiaircraft fire. The re
port on the second raid stated spe
cifically that no enemy planes were
seen either In the air or one the field.
Meanwhile, fierce patrol activity con
tinued on Gladalcanal Island, and on
Saturday our forces killed between
30 and 35 Japanese. The Japs coun
tered by shelling our positions, the
first time in several weeks that such a
bombardment has been reported here.
The first of the two raids at Mun
da, which has been attacked almost
daily for a month, was delivered at
8:20 a. m. Saturday by army Marauder
medium bombers and navy-marine
corps Dauntless divelbombers escorted
by Wildcat, Alracobra and Warhawk
fighter planes. The Wildcat is a navy
fighter, the Alracobra and Warhawk
are army types. It was not stated
whether any resistance other than in
dicated antiaircraft resistance was en
countered during this attack.
Then, at 2:28 p. m. on Saturday
army Flying Fortresses witwh an es
cort of Lightning (army twin-engined)
fighters located and attacked a forma
tion of enemy destroyers 30 miles
south of Shortland Island. However,
the communique said that no hits
were observed. Shortland Is 290 nau
tical miles northwest of Guadalcanal
airfield In an area where the Japanese
have long been active.
About four hours later a flight of
Dauntless dive-bombers, accompanied
by Wildcat and Lightning fighters, also
discovered a detachment of enemy de
stroyers this time 30 miles northwest
of Rendova Island In the Munda
area of New Georgia.
This may have been the same group
of destroyers earlier attacked by the
Flying Fortresses. This squadron was
protected by 10 Japanese fighters of
an unidentified types and by one dive
bomber. The American planes pressed
home their assault and scored hits on
the two ships, one of which was left
afire and the other sinking.
On Sunday, in the Solomons, Daunt
less dive-bombers with Lightning,
Wildcat and Airacobra fighters as es
cort, again attacked the Munda field,
knocking out three enemy guns with
only minor damage to themselves.
COUNTY BOARDS TO PLAN
FARM MOBILIZATION DAY
National Farm Work Day To Be Ob
served Next Tuesday.
Countv USDA War Boards through
out North Carolina have been charged
with the responsibility of directing
preparations for the observance of
National. Farm Mobilization Day in
Individual counties on Tuesday, Janu
ary 12, according to G. T. Scott, chair
man of the State USDA War Board,
with headquarters at State College.
National Farm Mobilization Day has
been proclaimed by President Roose
velt with the request that fanners
meet with representatives of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture and other
agricultural agencies on that day to
discuss ways and means of Insuring
maximum production of vital food
crops in 1943. County War Boards are
made up of representatives of each of
the Department agencies operating in
the county.
In his proclamation, the President
said, "I should like Farm Mobilization
Day to be a symbol of a free Ameri
co; a symbol of the might and pro
ductivity of our nation; and a symbol
of our unalterable determination to
put to full use our agricultural re
sources, as well as other resources, in
the achievement of complete victory."
North Carolina's food production
goals for 1943 already have been pre
sented to County USDA War Boards
in a series of district meetings sponsor-
National Farm Mobilization Day, coun
ed by the State War Board. Following
ty and community AAA committeemen
and others will begin a canvass of in
dividual farmers to obtain pledges for
growing war crops next year.
"Every farmer in North Carolina
will have his war job to do in 1943,"
Scott declared. "We must increase
our production of certain food crops
above the record levels of 1942. Mo
bilization Day is the time for every
farm family in the state to resolve to
throw its entire resources behind the
1943 production program. North Caro
lina farmers have never failed their
State and Nation and they wont fail
in this Job."
GREETINGS IN HOSPITAL
En route to' Tisit relatives,, W. If.
Stevens, of Los Angeles, fell at a bus
station in Cambridge, O, and broke his
hip. He was taken to a hospital in
Cambridge for treatment. "
In a hospital ward he found his,
nephew A. A. Stevens,, in an adjoining
bed. Stevens- had been Injured to an
accident on his arm. . They shook
hands and began what looks like a
lengthy visit; in the institution.
Justice is very often on the side of
the litigant who hat the most money,
THE WAR IN BRIEF
Russians cut Lenlngxade-Vitebsk
railway and drive a long Moscow
Riga line to Novosokolnikl to with
in 70 mile of Latvian border;
vital Mozdok falls to Reds in Cau
casus. French advance ' several hundred
miles in southern Libya from Lake
Chad area; Axis hints Rommel
may make stand 160 miles south
east of Tripoli; Allied aerial blows
continue in Tunisia and Mediter
ranean. U. 8. bombers and Allied fight
ers raid docks at St. Nazaire,
France; German planes attack Isle
of Wight and southeast Britain.
U. S. pilots set one Japanese de
stroyer afire and leave another
sinking in series of raids on Jap
ships and shore bases in Solomons.
Allies clear Japanese from Buna
Mission, taking control of north
east New Guinea port; all types of
Allied aircraft bomb and strafe
Japs at Lae.
U. S. battleship destroys entire
flight of 20 Jap bombers and bags
12 others before attackers give op
trying to sink ship in South Pa
cific Allied air forces destroy 28
enemy planes and damage 34 more
in burst of fierce activity dese rib
as greatest yet In North Africa.
Lose only seven piano.
MULBA HANDSEL DIES
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Funeral Services Held This Afternoon;
Burial At Stanley.
Mulba Handsel, age 54, prominent
Monroe Business man and former
manager of Eflrd's Department tsore,
died in a local hospital Sunday morn
ing following a short illness. Funeral
services wers held this afternoon at
1 :30 at the Harris-Wells Funeral Home,
with a second service In the Metho
dist church at Stanley. The services
here were in charge of Rev. J. H.
Armbrust, assisted by Rev. J. E.
Mabry of Stanley.
Active pallbearers were John Hearn,
J. H. Price, M. W. Williams, O. B.
Shelley, E. E. O'Neal and A. B. Mills,
members of the Melvln Deese Post of
the American Legion of which Mr.
Handsel was a member.
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr. J.
W. Neal R C. Williams, X F. Mil l-
xen, u. a. sixes, nai jjove, nay ijiiigic,
Dr. E. J. Williams, Dr. J. W. Or-
man, O. V. Hunneycutt, Sidl Stewart,
George McClellan, T. C. Anderson,
Fred Wood, Oren Pigg, J. T. Helms
S. H. Lee, V. V. Slkes. Honorary pall
bearers from Stanley were; Frank
Boyd, Frank Morris, Guy Derr, W. W.
Hovis, James Wallace and Locke Black.
Mr. Handsel is survived bv his widow,
the former Miss Etrrf Coulbourne of
Baltimore, Md.; two sons, Bulba LeRoy
and Ira Sidney Handsel of Monroe;
his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Handsel of Stanley; five broth
ers, Oliver, Ralph, Albert, Tom and
Russell Handsel of Stanley; four sis
ters, Mrs. Loula Howell and Mrs. Carl
Watt of Stanley; Mrs. Kate Bradshaw
and Mrs. E. V. FWilliams of Charlotte.
Mr. Handsel, was a native of Stan
ley, N. C, but had been a resident of
Monoroe for a number of years, coming
to the city as manager of Eflrd's store.
For a number of years he was the
popular' manager of that store and
was well-known throughout the county.
He was active in local business circles,
the American Legion and a member
of the Methodist church. He main
tained an interest in all civic affairs
and was interested in every movement
that was for the betterment of the
community.
MISS JENNIE PRICE
Funeral services for Miss Jennie
Price, who died Friday morning in a
Charlotte hospital, were held Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel
of Harry and Bryant funeral home of
Charlotte. Dr. G. Ray Jordan, pastor
of the First Methodist church of Char
lotte officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Howard C. Wilkinson. Interment was
in the Weddington cemetery. Grfeve-
slde services were conducted by the
Rev. J. O. Cox of Weddington.
Miss Price, who made her home at
2114 Crescent avenue, died at 4:10
o'clock in the morning. She had
been ill for the last few days.
A native of Union county, she was
the daughter of the late A. J. and
Nancy Howey Price of Weddington.
She was a charter member of the
First Methodist church. She graduated
at Davenport college and taught in
the publio schools of North Carolina
for a number of years. Later she con
ducted Price's Business college in
Charlotte until ill health forced her
retirement. For the last two years
she had taught private classes In her
home.
Surviving are three sisters. Miss
Beulah Price and Miss Lucy Price,
both of Charlotte, and Mrs. F. H.
Wolfe of Cherryville; one brother. J. B.
Price of Wesley Chapel; and one
roster brother. Charles Whittinirton of
Sanford, Fla.
Pallbearers were nephews. Pace
Price, Brooks Price, Glenn Price of
union county. Harry Price of Char
lotte, and Fred Deal of Weddington.
THE DEATH Or MRS. A. F. TYSON
Mrs. Julia MaDean Richardson, the
wife of A. F. Tyson, died in the Mon
roe hospital, December 26, 1942 after a
long illness. Mrs. Tyson was the
daughter of the late General Richard
son one, of the pioneer families of
Union county. She was ' a life long
member of the Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyson had celebrated
their fifty-sixth Wedding anniversary
tne ninin oi December, to this union
were born eight children whom survive
together with their father. Miss Pick
ett Tyson of the homer W. B. Tyson
and Mrs. Purman Moeer of Great Falls,
a O; Mrs. R W. Todd of Waxhaw,
Mrs. O. Arthur Starnes of Monroe,
Mrs. Joe Martin of TtaunonsvOle, S. C,
a a and A. P. Tyson, Jr, of Wax
haw. -
The funeral Was held at Bethlehem
Methodist church Sundav afternoon
st.J:D0-olock by Rev. Faulkner,- of
Bethlehem: Dr. Q. N. . Huneycutt of
Jtrdlan Trail; Rev. Fitzgerald of Wax
vv; Rev. Robert Turner of Monroe:
Announce Stove
Rationing Plan
Citizens Are Urged To Save
Fuel Oil By Using
Coal Stoves
MUST FILE APPLICATIONS
Anybody in Union county who wants
to lend a hand in the nation's oil
conservation program, by replacing his
present oil-fired heating stove with a
new coal stove, will have the govern
ment's help, local rationing officials
said today in announcing OPA'c stove-
rationing program.
Rationing of new coal stoves began
on December 18," it was stated, "and
should do a great deal to save fuel
oil in Union county as well as in other
counties where supplies of fuel are low.
"This is an extremely simple ra
tioning program," said officials, "de
signed to make it as easy as possible
for anyone who is eellgible, to apply
for and buy a new coal stove. Wood
stoves and second-hanr stoves are not
Included in the program."
Since the main purpose of this pro
gram Is to save fuel oil, anyone who
will use the stove to replace an oil
heater Is eligible for a purchase cer
tificate. He must however, turn in
all his unused and unexpired oil cou
pons. The following may also buy ra
tioned stoves:
1. Anyone who needs a stove to heat
essential living or working space for
which he has no stove at all may
apply to the Board for a certificate.
He must state in his application that
he has not disposed of a heater that
could have done the job, within 60
days of the time he applies for a new
one.
2. Anyone whose present coal-burning
equipment Is damaged or worn out
beyond repair Is also eligible to buy
one of the new coal stoves under the
rationing program.
3. Persons who were granted an aux
iliary ration of 350 or more gallons of
fuel oil, because of illness or infirmity
in the family or other reasons, may
buy a coal stove to use Instead. Such
persons will be asked to turn in their
ration stamps for supplementary oil
when they apply for a purchase certi-1
flcate.
"Anyone eligible to buy a new coal
stove under the rationing program,
must follow these simple instructions,"
officials said
"First obtain at the board office an
application form, and fill out the in
I fprnifltlpn c,ailedwgr, We're using the
same lorms tnat are used lor ration
ing typewriters.
"Second, if the Board accepts your
application, it will issue to you a certi
ficate which will be your authority to
purchase the stove at any store you
choose.
"Third, when you've decided on the
stove you're going to buy, give the pur
chase certificate to your dealer. And
that's all there is to it."
Although new coal stoves have been
hard to get in Monroe for some
time, the OPA says that the Army is
releasing some of its "Victory" model
stoves originally made for heating
army barracks for sale by local deal
ers but they have not yet arrived. The
War Production Board has recognized
the great need for coal stoves in the
fuel oil states, and has arranged for
the release of both materials and
plant capacity to manufacture stoves
for civilian use.
These stoves are all being shipped
into the fuel oil rationed states, and
dealers should soon be able to have
stocks for meeting the ration demand.
While coal stoves are to be rationed
as freely as possible under the new
order, the sale of oil stoves will be
practically stopped. Only those who
are already using oil for heating, and
whose equipment is too worn out to
be repaired will be granted a purchase
certificate, and then only If the Board
is convinced that the applicant cannot
use any other fuel for one of the
following reasons:
1. That he cannot obtain coal or a
coal-burning stove;
2. That the space to be heated has
no flue, chimney, or other provision for
venting.
3. That the space to be heated is a
house trailor; or
4. That no one in the household Is
physically able to operate coal-burning
equipment.
DOG LANDS FISH
Ever hear of a dog fisherman? No?
Well, last year in Wisconsin, a water
spaniel jumped into the water of
Lake Winnebago and seized a fishing
pole which had been lost by a fisher
man. For over 20 minutes the dog
played his fish until he was able to
bring it to shore a four and one
quarter pound pickerel, the largest fish
for that species caught in those waters
last year.
Too bad the dog can't talk. What a
swell yarn that would make to tell
about the fish that didn't get away.
Rev. W. S. PePttus, of Great Falls,
a c.
The active pallbearers were her ne
phews: Messrs Ware Penegar, Ray
mond, Robinson, George Tyson, David
Tyson, Earl Richardson, and Jimmy
Tyson. Reported.
LESTER BISHOP WALLACE
Lester Bishop Wallace, age 48, died
at his home in Goose Creek township
this morning at 11:40, following a
long illness.. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday afternoon at Fairfield
Baptist' church, conducted by Rev. Jas.
B. Little, with burial in the church
cemetery. The body will remain at
the McEwen Funeral Home until the
hour of the funeral.
Mr. Wallace is survived by four sons.
Wiley, Sack and Charlie of the United
States Army and Paul of the home.
Four daughters, Mrs. Addle Rushing
of Stanly county; Misses Mary, Lucy
and, Martha of the home. Three broth
era, Lum, Glenn and Henry at the
county, v. sfc' v a , w
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ARMY PLANS GENERAL
ALARM IN THIS AREA
Sltlzens Warned All Rales Must Be
Obeyed; Cooperation Urged.
Civilian defense officials yesterday
pointed to the virtual certainty that
an air raid drill In the Charlotte dis
trict and throughout the East Coast
area will be called by Army officials
in a surprise test of raid defenses
during early January.
SX)kesmen that included Assistant
Co-ordinator Mrs. Albert S. Wilson
and former State Defense Chief Ben
E. Douglas pointed out that the alarm
will come without notice, may signal
a real or practice raid, and could her
ald either a daytime drill or night
time blackout.
They warned all persons in this
area concerning the rules to be ob
served under penalty of arrest.
If the alarm comes after dark, all
lights visible from the outside of res
idences or commercial establishments
must be extinguished or completely
cloaked, and must remain invisible
until the all-clear sounds.
All traffic (except interstate trucks
which will be permitted to move if
the raid is a practice exercise) must
come to a full stop.
Persons other than those in active
service as auxiliary defense wardens
must remain Indoors, refraining from
cigarette smoking or any other action
that might permit light to be exposed.
All manufacturing or industrial es
tablishments, whether engaged in war
work or not, must comply with the
blackout regulations unless authoriza
tion has been obtained in advance,
on forms available at OCD offices, to
continue after a brief token observance
of the blackout regulations.
Observance of a daylight drill will
entail identical procedure on the part
of the general public except that
lights, smoking, etc., will be permit
ted and plants enabled to continue op
eration. But traffic will be required
to halt, and persons outside to seek
immediate shelter.
If the alarm comes while children
are on their way to or from school,
pupils will be instructed to seek shel
ter in the nearest nouse, ana nouse
holders were urged to care for chil
dren seeking entry until the drill ends.
Parents caught on the way to
schools were notified to stop and seek
shelter until the drill Is over. No pu-
Dil will be permitted to leave any
school building during tne raw test.
The almost certain immediacy oi
the test could be assumed because of
tne iaci mat me arm, uiib""j
drill.
scheduled for December, was deferred
until after the holidays at the request
of State OCD heads.
FULL CASUALTY LISTS TO
BE PUBLISHED IN FUTURE
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War Department Reverses Policy Ef
fective Since Pearl Harbor
The army and navy said Wednesday
that future casualty lists may be pub
lished and broadcast in full reversing
a policy effective since a few days
after Pearl Harbor.
The first list to receive such treat
ment was given out for use in morning
newspapers, of Thursday, or for broad
cast after 8 p. m. in a time zones
Wednesday.
Heretofore, both newspaper and radio
stations could use only the names of
those casualties whose next or Kin
resided in the immediate area.
This policy had the purpose of pre
venting the enemy from deducing what
naval or army units might be oper
atine in specific areas from the
'names contained, in full nationally
published casualty lists.
The new arrangement was worked
out bv the Office of War Information
in the interest of a more complete
war news coverage.
The old restriction were specincaiy
Imposed by the army and navy, and
had no relationship to the voluntary
code promulgated by the Office of
Censorship. The old rules were:
"The list shall in no circumstances
be used In full.
"Newspapers shall publish only those
casualties' whose next of kin are resi
dents of their basic circulation areas.
Where such areas do not cover an en
tire state, the full list of any state
shall not be used, but only those
names whose enxt of kin are residents
of the area served by the publication.
'Maeazines whose publication cover
the nation in general shall use only
such names as have national signifi
cance or Interest.
'Local radio stations shall use only
those names whose next of kin live
In their vicinity.
"Network broadcasts shall use omy
those names that have national sig
nificance or interest."
COUNTY TAX INTAKE
GREATLY INCREASED
Despite Holiday Season Collections Are
15 Per cent up.
According to the report of County
Tax Collector J. Hamp Price, county
tax collections are running 15 per
cent higher than last year as of the
same date and didn't even slow up
for the Christmas holidays.
The report shows that receipts on
all county taxes during the month of
December, 1942. were $28342.20. $25,
530.89 of this amount being paid on
1943 or current taxes, $1,215.50 de
linquent poll taxes, $2,085.91 delinquent
real estate, $10.00 Schedule B License
Tax. This makes a total of $178,175 98
now having been paid in on the 1942
current taxes leaving an uncollected
balance on the levy amounting to
$98,926.47, which is a collection per
centage of 85 per cent
" tN BUYING MEAT
This is no time to buy a mistake In
meat. To avoid' runn.'ng that risk
watch for these unmistakable signs of
quality: 'Beef should bo bright red,
close grained, and have a firm, even
covering of fat. Veal should be ttvht
pink. Lamb is at its best when pink
with creamy or pinkish fat, Top qual
ity pork is pate grayish pink, close
textured, -Una. .necked with fat. Light
colored fiver H best. w. - ;
;ong Orders
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For Men 1845
Big Penalties Face Men Who
Do Not Carry Draft
Cards
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1
Beginning February 1. all men in
Union county and those throughout
the nation in the age group 18-45, who
for six months or more have been
subject to registration must carry their
classification cards as well as their
registration cards or risk penalties
as great a five years in prison and
$10,000 fine, according to an announce
ment from National Selective Service
Headquarters In Washington yesterday.
The announcement further stated that
"vigorous action" against draft delin
quents will be started by the Justice
department February 1.
The action will be directed against
men "believed to be delinquent by
reason of failure to keep in touch
with their local boards as required."
Selective Service estimated their num
ber at "less than three-eighths of
one per cent of all registrants."
In connection with the campaign.
Selective Service issued these two or
ders: Beginning February 1, "All men in
the 18 to 45 age groups who for six
months or more have been subject to
registration" must carry their clasifl
cation as well as their registration
cards or risk penalties as great as five
years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Local draft boards shall mall notices
to delinquent registrants immediately
and report to U. S. district attorneys
those who do not "comply with their
obligations during January." The
boards also are to review their records
on delinquency and keep them up to
date, notifying the prosecutor when
each delinquent compiles with his obli
gations. The requirement that the 18-to-45
registrants who include many men
deferred by the recent order lowering
the maximum draft age to 37 years
carry classification cards will enable
them to "show that they are in com
munication with their local boards and
have been classified as to availability
for military service," the announce
ment said.
Registrants who do not have classi
fication cards or have lost them should
communicate with their local boards
before Februaryy 1 and obtain them
"so as to avoid charges of delinquen
cy," it added.
The service said most delinquencies
were believed "due to negligency or
lack of understanding of selective ser
vice, regulations," and reported that
the record of 0.3 per cent delinquency
among all registrants compared with
a 4.5 per cent delinquency between
1917 and 1918.
Headquarters reminded board mem
bers that the Justice Department was
charged with enforcing the Draft Act
and making any necessary arrests or
prosecutions.
WPA IS ON WAY OUT
BUT LEAVES ITS MARK
Agency Provided Work For More Than!
8,000,000 Americans During Depres
sion. The Work Projects Administration is
on the way out, but it has left its
mark on the United States.
Probably the most controversial of
the federal agencies. WPA, .since its
inception, in 1935, has provided work
for more than 8,000,000 Americans
and nearly as many jokes about boon
doggling, leaf-raking, and shovel han
dles and the leaning of laborers there
on. Permanent monuments to its activ
ity during the last seven years remain
In the airports, buildings, public high
ways, sewage systems, and a wide va
riety ofr cultural projects it has built.
It has erected or improved 116,000
buildings of all kinds 25,000 for the
armed forces, including 326 new armo
ries and others Improved. It has Im
proved or enlarged more than 800
airports and built more than 700 miles
of new airport runways. It has im
proved nearly 200 miles of existing
runways and built or improved more
than 4,000 airport buildings.
Then there are the 644,000 miles of
highways it has built, and the 77,000
bridges. More difficult 'to estimate are
the thousands of housewives who have
learned to take more intelligent care
of their homes and families through
WPA schools of various kinds.
Illiterates have learned to read
through the agency, and half trained
workers have been enabled to complete
tneir knowledge or their trades. Ar
tists, artisans, actors, and craftsmen of
many kinds also- have either discov
ered their talents under WPA direc
tion or have been brought into public
notice and a fuller realization of their
abilities through Its aid.
Countless mural paintings some of
them considered poor, but many -of
them outstanding decorate . puhUo
buildings throughout the country.
WPA put them there. Of monumental
historical Importance are the stats
guides prepared under WPA direction
and through its funds, by jobless writ
ers. .
WPA grew out of the view that tt
better to make work for the jobless
than to put them on an outright dole.'
Buth the haste with which this' work
-had to be made in some cases, and
the ways in which It was sometimes
created, brought down on WPA some)
of the bitterest criticism any agency '
ever underwent. ? - i '. : -
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. , HOME jt REAL PROBLEM
Having bought a home, P. W. Hoeme,
of Hutchinson, Kan,, is beginning to
think he sever will be able to live ta .
it- i - : : ; .
The house is fat Hutchinson, and.
Hoeme would like to move it to his
farm some distance away. Neighbors
protested that . the removal , would ,
"leave a nasty hole" in the neighbor
hood, and the city commission now is
, considering their appeal to stop the.