WEATHER FORECAST
Much colder tonight.
Sunset today, 7:15 p. m.; sunrise
Friday, 7:66 a. m.
MONROE MARKET
Cotton, short, lb 21c to 22o
Cotton, long, lb 32c to 32V40
Cotton Seed, busnel 70tto
Eggs, dozen 30c to 310
Hens, pound 18c to 22c
Corn, bushel $1.20
Wheat, bushel 11.50
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
C fl' '
SEVENTIETH YEAR.
MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1943
SEMI-WEEteV? A YEAR
The Desert Fox
Hunts His Hole
Allies Hand Rommel Major
Defeat As Dying Germans
Litter Path Of Retreat
ITALIANS ARE TRAPPED
Combined British and American
forces threw Field Marshal Rommel's
tank columns Into full retreat from
the outskirts of Thala yesterday, hand
Inst them their first defeat In Tunisia,
and last night Allied artillery lobbed
tons of explosive steel Into German
positions In the narrow Kasserine
pass and on the beaten rearguard
columns withdrawing mrougn v..
ThR hi sunn were elvinsr the Ger-
man tank columns twisting through
the pass no chance to rest and re
form, and hundreds of Allied planes
racing overhead left a trail of smok
ing Axis transport and dying German
soldiers all the way from Thala's ap
proaches to Ferlana far south of the
opposite end of Kasserine pass.
(Reuters reported In London that
latest Information Indicated the bulk
of enemy forces were retreating
through the pass, with only a rear
guard left to hold the mouth of the
gap against furious continuing Allied
attacks.
(The British news agency also said
Increasing numbers of fighting units
were now reaching the British Eighth
army before the Mareth defenses in
southern Tunisia, and that supply was
the main preoccupation at the mo
ment). Hundreds of Allied planes and Al
lied ground forces began hitting
Marshal Rommel yesterday morning.
Inflicting the first major setback on
the Axis troops since they lashed out
on their offensive 11 days ago.
Then the Allied artillery hastened
the Axis retreat Into the mouth of
the dbss.
The American-British aerial smash
far overwhelmed the Initial German
Stuka efforts in the recent fight at
Faiad, and was continuing.
Rommel's retreat and It was by
field accounts a full retreat began
Tuesday and by Wednesday at least
300 Axis prisoners and large quanti
ties -of German materiel had fallen
Into Allied hands.
This, however, was believed to repre.
sent only a small part of the Nazi
casualties and losses of equipment in
flicted when almost every Allied
bomber and fighter on the front
sneshed tons of , high explosives on
Rommel's retreating columns twisting;
through the hills and out of the Kas
serine pass south west ward toward re
riana. American armored forces had ham
mered back his thrust westward
through the Kasserine toward Tebessa,
which lies inside Algeria; British ana
American units together had inflicted
heaw casualties In the battle for
Thala. Rommel had burst through
to within three miles of that tactically
Important point before his attack be
gan to collapse, and with It the whole
of his offensive to the west.
With the coming of daylight fues
day. Marauders, Mitchells, Bostons,
Hurrlbombers and even .the great Fly
ing Fortresses began to strew explo
sives upon the retreating German col
umns' under cover (f Spitfires, Aira
cobras and Lightnings.
Rommel had been badly mauled in
an action which might well become
one of the turning points of the Tu
nisian war and as he attempted to fall
back toward Feriana there were re
ports that the veteran British Eighth
army of General Sir Bernard Mont
gomery was attacking with Increasing
power hi southeastern Tunisia.
In Central Tunisia, American and
British troops and armored forces had
proved themselves more than a. mteh
for the- Nasis. ..
The Allied , communique thus de
scribed the earlier phases of the Ger
man defeat:- m
"Following heavy fighting which has
continued for the last three days In
the area north and northwest of
Kasserine, American and British
forces, after successfully holding the
enemy attacks, forced his withdrawal
In thissector..s
"Our infantry and armored units
were in contact with the enemy
throughout the day, inflicting heavy
casualties, talcing many prisoners and
securing some abandoned enemy ma
terial -'-.i . -.
"Oountlnulng attacks throughout the
day were ! made by our fighters and
bombers on the withdrawing enemy
column ; number of enemy motor ve
hicles were destroyed in the battle
area. ,'; ' -
"In the Essadour area west of
Ousseltla (well to the north of the
main action and apparently repre
senting an unsuccessful Axis attack
was successfully repulsed."- .
(A - dispatch of t the British news
agency Reuters reported - from ' Allied
headquarters that aside - from the
losses inflicted upon the-enemy in the
Kasserine valley, which. isr-walled by
4.000 and 8,000-foot mountains, a bat
talion of a thousandtaHans had
been trapped in another pass leading
toward Billana,' about 70 miles north
west of Kasserine. ; It, was said that
French Moroccan troops allowed the
Italians to go in and then sealed one
exist while a Scottish regiment dosed
the ottwrr - -: . g,
; AW largest single group of Axis
prisoners known to hare been taken
mixed force of 300 Germans and
Italians was captured by, American
forces which attacked down the Hatab
rhw from- the vicinity of Tebessa.
They likewise took enough small arms
to equip an entire, battalian.
r Uspedesa . '. ' ' ,-;y
Camden county -' growers Jiave re
ceived a - cooperative shlpmenmt of
138.000 pounds of lespeaess, seed, re
ports Assistant , Count -Agent F. D.
. ' Edible Fats
By making better use. of other edi
ble fats as a whole, the pressure on
butter supplies cam be somewhat let-
Guest Speaker At First Presbyterian Church
, i . . i v . '
REV. A. B.
Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Lincoln ton, who is to be guest
speaker for the series of special services
thirty in the First Presbyterian church.
at seven-thirty. Mr. McClure is a forceful and attractive speaker. The public
is cordially invited to attend and have
GALA RE-OPENING AT
LOCAL US0 CLUB
The USO Club at 111 East Franklin
Street was re-opened Tuesday evening
.with a gala dance, to music furnished
By trie popular band of the Negro
Engineer Regiment from Camp Sut
ton. Almost a thousand soldiers, Ju
nior hostesses and guests filled the
club to overflowing. ' Photographers
from Camp Suttbn were all over the
place during the night, taking pictures
from every angle and snapping their
shutters frantically In order to catch
the gay spirit of the evening.
Even the blackout which occurred
at the height of the dance did not dim
anyone's spirits. The band kept on
playing without a break, while enthu
siastic couples swirled around the
darkened dance floor.
Downstairs, the snack bar was
busy, the photographic enthusiasts
filled the dark room, balls clicked
merrily' on the ping-pong and billiard
tables," and the letter writers turned
out reams of correspondence to the
folks back home.
The aulet lads who like to read and
relax in the lounge and library had
to put down their books and papers
during the blackout. When the lights
went on again, more than one. man
was seen to- be slumbering peacefully
in his chair, only to wake up when
his buddies called out, the blackout's
over." '
The USO directors' -are glad to an
nounce that all activities of the club
will continue as heretofore. In ad
dition to the programs mentioned
above, the Monday night bingo parties,
Tuesday and- Thursday night dances,
Wednesday luKht hobby groups ana
symphonic music, programs, Friday
night f card parties, Saturday r night
movies and community program, and
Sunday open house will be under way
this week. i.:
A cordial invitation is extended to
all soldiers' wives to attend the Wed
nesday noon luncheons. Reservations
should be made with the USO Di
rector of Women's Activities.
Soldiers of Camp Sutton can be as
sured that ther wil be plenty of hot
water for showers and shaving; with
towels, soap and blades' furnished by
the USO. The lady volunteers are
standing by at their sewing machines
and ironing boards ready to make
minor repairs and alterations without
charge. . '
In other words, the vau ciud is in
full swing again.
WEST MONROE BOY IS
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK
Harvey Wilson Elms Fatally Injured
.When Taxi CeWdea With Car.
in the local hospital about noon today
from injuries sustained yesterday aft
ernoon when the taxi In which he was
riding and an automobile driven -by
Curtis Helms, colored, collided on cne
Griffith 'road about - five miles from
Monroe. , Other passengers in the taxi
escaped, serious injury when it turned
over. . it - -
The accident has been investigated,
but officer report that no arrests have
been made. u
Mr. .Jams, is . survived br his.. Bar
ents, Mr. land Mrs. Willie Elms, of
West Monroe; two brothers, J. Gar-
ran Elms of the U. S. Army add Wil
liam Albert Elms of Durham one sis
ter, Mrs. Clayton Mullls of Monroe. -
Funeral services will be- conducted
at 4 o'clock tomorrow (Friday) after
noon from the West Monroe Baptist
churchy by Rev. Vernon Hernia and
the ramins win be Interred. In the
BhlloA cemetery. -.-
Every army air corps officer must
ut wtuw iu oiwuotv -, ......
McCLURE
beginning Sunday evening at seven-
There will be a service each evening
a part In these services.
MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the men of our armed
forces are fighting and dying on the
far-flung battlefronts of the world
from the steaming Jungles of . New
Guinea' "to"' the 'sunbaked sand of
Africa on the sea and in the air; and
WHEREAS the success of our forces
in preserving a world where men and
women may be free depends on the
support and inspiration they get from
the peoples back, home; and
WHEREAS it is the privilege and
duty of every man and woman and
child to. serve ihe cause of humanity
in every manner possible and to as
great extent is possible and
WHEREAS it is the aim of peace
loving ' people of our nation to con
tribute in sweat and toil and sacrifice
sacrifice of luxuries and comforts
to the support of those men who are
risking and giving their lives for us;
and
WHEREAS at the same time our
home front must be nrenared to
cope not only with possible attack on
our shores but with natural disasters,
such- as earthquake, flood, hurrican,
tornado, drought, fire, explosion or
epidemic; and '
WHEREAS the American Red Cross
Is equipped and ready to carry on in
our. own and every other community
such Indispensable welfare programs
as public health nursing, home nurs
ing, first aid, water safety, and acci
dent prevention, " and through the
Junior Red Cress : in the schools, to
act as the medium for service by our
young people; and
WHEREAS the American Red Cross
is able and ready to render protection
and relief in case of the aforemen
tioned disasters;
THEREFORE. I. V. D. Slkes, Mayor
of Monroe, in accord with the Presi
dent of the United States who has
proclaimed March as Red Cross
Month, do call on all public-spirited
people of this community to make
effort to support the 1943 Red Cross
War Fund. I urge every man, woman
and boy and girl to give their support
by contributing through our local chap
ter to the Red Cross War Fund and
I further proclaim that it is the
sense of all of us who are residents
of Monroe that our gifts must be
larger than ever this year, in order
to enable this great national organi
ation of ours to meet whatever de
mands are made upon it.
v
STENOGRAPHERS AND TYPISTS
URGENTLY NEEDED IN NAVY
Miss Constance Rabin will arrive in
town Friday, February 36 to recruit
Stenographers and Typists to fill vital
positions in the Navy Department,
Washington, D. O. Salaries for these
positions .range from $1752 to $1971
per year, under the new overtime pay
rates, In order to assist all prospec
tive appointees, 'who will accept Pr
polntment in Washington, D. C, a
representative of the Navy Department
will meet all employees at a Travelers
Aid Desk in the Union station, Wasn
ingtoa, D. G, and every usistanpe will
be given in securing suitable housing
accommodations. If necessary,' a loan
will be given to all employees in ad
vance of their, first pay check:
Typists must-be'' able 'to type at
least thirty-five words a minute and
Steaographersjhould be able to take
dictation at the "rate of at feast eighty
words per" minute. Miss Rabin stated
that the need for these war workers
m the Navy Department at Washington,-
D. jC. eoucU. not be emphasised
too much.' AH. qualified persons in
terested in these positions should see
Miss Rlbln at. Auditorium, Monroe
High ' School, at which time an ex
amination will be held. The time is
13:00 p. m February 36, 1943.
persons already nsmg their highest
scuis in war work.. . . . : ,
THE WAR IN BRIEF
First Nasi defeat in Tunisia
sends Rommel's troops in full re
treat from outskirts of Thala,
Allied artillery gives tank columns
in Kasserine pass "no time to
rest and reform." Air forces also
active.
Red army within 75 miles of
Konotop, Moscow-Kiev railway
Junction. Germans striving to
prevent the Soviets' encirclement
of Donets basin with its hordes of
Axis troops.
Three-day aerial slugging match
reported between Japs and U. S.
In Solomons. Raid results un
known. Hitler at fighting front in East
issues statement indicating Nazi
Intention to draw troops from con
quered France.
Union County's
Men In Service
Word was received February 23 by
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Bingham of R5,
Monroe, that their grandson, John L.
Richardson had been promoted to
private first class. He was the first
In his company to get a rating. He
entered the service November 28, 1942.
His address is Pfc. John L. Richard
son, Service Company. 46th Armored
Regiment, Camp Beale, Calif, APO
263.
Pvt. Richard Howie who was sta
tioned at Fort Bragg for a short time
has been transferred to Fort Lewis,
Tacoma, Wash.
Pvt. Joel R. Howie and Pvt. Robt.
English of Monroe, who left for camp
a few weeks ago, have been sta
tioned at Fort Lewis, Washington,
with the following address: 383 Trucks
QM, APO 309. '
Pvt. Thos. H. Baucom, who recently
entered the army, is stationed at
Fort Lewis, Washington, address 383
Trucks QM, APO 309.
Pvt Clyde L. Owenby who has been
stationed at a . camp In Florida has
been transferred and advanced to
corporal. Cpl. Owenby was manager
of Pender's store in Monroe before
entering the Army, and he asks The
Enquirer to say that he would like
to hear from his friends In Monroe.
His new address is: Cpl. Clyde L.
Owenby, Bombing and Gunnery Range
Touopah, Nevada f'
Pvt. H. P. Galloway of Batheny X
85th C. A. Anti-Aircraft, Newport
News, Va., recenly visited the family of
J. C. Austin.
Petty Officer Emmett Staton of the
U. S. Navy, Norfolk, Va., and Mrs.
Staton of Lumberton spent the week
end here with the former's mother,
Mrs. L. A. Staton.
Pvt. James S. Brooks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Clyde Brooks of Route 1,
Marshville, is stationed at Camp Bark-
ley, Texas. His address is: Co. A, 2nd
Bn., MRTC, Camp Barkley, Texas, U.
S. Army.
RATION OF ALL GOODS
MAY COME VERY SOON
Unless Excessive Buying Ceases OPA
May Take Over.
Regional rationing officials who de
cline the use of their names, are
'viewing with alarm."
Last week's surprise freeze on can
ned fish and meats maybe called a
beacon light on the road to complete
rationing of all manufactured goods
in the United States, they contend,
unless buyers realize that excessive
buying of any commodity must result
in ratlonoing of that item.
Production and distribution scneo-
ules, they point out, are set up on the
basis of normal consumer demand
and if this demand becomes so ab
normal as to upset the schedule of
production and distribution, the only
possible answer is rationing.
Without making any exact predic
tions, these officials look to the field
of clothing as the next danger spot.
As stated some days ago by national
OPA officials the supply of wood In
this country Is greater by several hun
dred million pounds than it was at
the time of Pearl Harbor. Under nor
mal buying conditions, even with ex
traordinary military drains on woolens,
the supply of wood and manufactur
ing facilities to make it into clothing
are sufficient to give the country
enough clothing for all essential needs
without rationing.
But against these facts are arrayed
the reports of clothing wholesalers and
retailers that show excessive buying in
almost all regions. Partly of this
buying "run" has been caused by ra
tioning of shoes, observers believe, but
in a large measure It is due to ex
cessive amounts of cash in the hands
of buyers.
Mercantile reports show badly de
pleted' stocks to be a universal com
plaint. At the present rate of demand
these stocks can only be built up by
increasing the tempo of manufacture
a 'virtual impossibility under man pow
er and equipment regulations.
It all adds up to a message to the
public, our Informers declare: "Either
buy what you need and no more or
the Office of Price Administration
and other government agencies will
be forced to regulate your buying.''
Tsrteys
Bruce Oraybeal received a net in
come of $30852 from IS turkey hens,
reported Farm Agent R. H. Croues of
Ashe county. He sold 121 turkeys for
$46X17, with a feed, cost of $14J.5.
v wheat ' "' '-.
Sixty-two Clay county farmers were
so pleased with the first car of IJOO
bushels of Government feed wheat
that they Immediately orderea another
car, says county Agent o. u. mna-'ker,
ing. . t .
Heavy Day For
Ration Board
Many Applications Received
And Work Unfinished
Many Approvals
RECAPS ARE EASY NOW
The Union County Rationing Board
states that it will no longer be neces
sary to apply for permits for recaps
for passenger car and light trucks.
These recaps are made from reclaimed
rubber known as camelback. Go ahead
and get your recaps of this material
without permits. However, recaps for
trucks other than those light ones
using reclaimed rubber, must still be
obtained from the board.
The Board worked hard Monday
but did not get over all the applica
Hons. Another meeting was held to
day. At the meeting Monday the fol
lowing permits were granted for re
caps, tires and tubes:
Lowery Feed & Seed Store, Marsh
ville; A. S. Simpson, Waxhaw; Roy R.
Brewer, Monroe; J. B. Hargett, Rl
Marshville; J. E. Brewer, Monroe; O.
W. Jenkins, Monroe; Helms Transfer
Co., Monroe; Fred Morgan, Marshville;
Carolina Laundry, Monroe; James J.
Dennis, Monroe; Monroe Bakery;
Monroe Hardware Co.; Monroe Coca
Cola Bottling Co.; Roy R. Brewer,
Monroe; Central Carolina Telephone
Co,, Marshville; Clarence Helms. R2
Monroe; Monroe Wholesale Grocery;
Dowd Byrum, Rl Indian Trail; Jas. B.
Little, Marshville; Roy P. Helms. R3
Monroe; J. M. Medlin, R4 Monroe;
O. H. Snipes, Rl Wlngate; H. Cov
ington, Rl Monroe; R. G. Baucom. R2
Marshville; Mott Covington. Rl Marsh
ville; J. B. Carter, Marshville; Eugene
Glenn, R5 Monroe; A. B. Holl, R4
Monroe; V. C. Doster, R4 Monroe;
W. R. Ledford, R3 Waxhaw; Willie
Shannon, R5 Monroe; L. C. Moore,
R2 Marshville; J. C. Mills, R2 Marsh
ville; E. S. Jeffreys, Monroe; John
Ragin, R4 Monroe; C. B. Austin, R2
Matthews; Waddell H. Goodwin, R2
Monoroe; J. S. Broom, R2 Monroe;
R. E. Tarlton, R3 Monroe; F. T. An
drews, Monroe.
E. E. Griffin, Monroe; Bruce H.
Griffin, Monroe, Cyrus Price, Rl,
Marshville; Johnnie Arant, Rl Mon
roe; Wade H. Howey, Rl Waxhaw;
Chester Cuthbertson, R3 Monroe; H.
G. Nash, Rl Monroe; O. S. Porter,
Monroe ;v Carolina Laundry, Monroe;
G. M. Staraes, R5 Monroe; Menroe
Bakery; F. A. Crowell, Monroe; O.
O. Black, R3 Matthews; J. A. York,
R3 Monroe; City of Monroe; J. B.
Tucker, Monroe; L. B. Tucker, R2
Monroe; J. A. Mills, R2 Marshville:
J. F. Freeman, Monroe; Coy Long, R5
Monroe; Bruce Price, Rl Monroe; G.
W. Goforth, Rl Indian Trail; H. H.
Baucom, Monroe; R. E. Robinson, R2
Waxhaw; Wrlston Helms, R2 Monroe;
W. C. Griffin, Monroe; H. J. Helms,
Monroe; J. H. Collins, Marshville; O.
M. Marsh, Marshville; George C. Fun
derburk, Rl Monroe; Vernon E. Long,
R2 Monroe; Johnnie H. Small, Mon
roe; City Cab Co., R4 Monroe; E. S.
Jeffreys, " Monroe; H. H Baucom,
Monroe; . J. S. Broom, Monroe; Martin
C. Mills, 'R2, Monroe; James Poplin,
Monroe; E. L. Harris, R5, Monroe;
Julius Helms. Rl, Marshville; Johnnie
Aycoth, R2 Monroe.
J. P. Tarlton, R3 Marshville; H. A.
Outlaw, Jr., R4 Monroe; Ocelea Eu
banks, R4 Monroe; Hubert Stegall,
Marshville; Mrs. S. B. Keziah, Wax
haw; 3. Conley Baucom, R2 Monroe;
J. E. James, R3 Marshville; Carl C.
Belk, R4 Monroe; Virgil Henderson,
Monroe; A. E. Eudy, Rl Monroe; Lee
Medlin, R3 Monroe; Horace D. Press
ley, Monroe; M. F. Stallings, Rl Wax
haw; J. L. Younts, Rl Indian Trail;
Chester Cuthbertson, R3 Monroe; J.
A. York, R3 Monroe; Cpl. J. B. Boyd,
Monroe; D. C. Myers, Waxhaw; Floyd
Williams, Wlngate; L. W. Baker, R4
Monroe; W. H. Pierce, R3 Waxhaw;
W. H. Penegar, Mineral Springs;
Ward R. Treverton, Monroe; Robert
G. Tadlock, Monroe; Charles W. Aus
cue, Monroe; Glenn W. Helms, R2
Monroe; J. H. Pressley, Rl, Monroe;
Mrs. Ruth Gertrude Hough, Monroe;
J. W. Snyder, Rl Indian Trail; Ney
Griffin, R4 Monroe; Fred Pope, R3
Monroe; Johnnie Aycoth, R5 Monroe;
E. L. Harris, R5 Monroe; W. W. Belk,
R4 Monroe; R. B. Simon, Marshville;
Martin C. Mills, R2 Monroe; Lonnle
Baker, Rl Monroe.
J Silas Home, R3 MarshvUle;. J.
Titus Tarlton, R3 Monroe; J. W. Row
ell, R3, Monroe; Ray Hinson, R5 Monroe;-
Vester Myers, Rl Marshville;
Claude Morrow, Rl, Marshville; Ocelea
Eubanks. R4 Monroe: R. D. Kiker, R3
Monroe; Will C. Starnes, R4 Monroe;
J. P. Tarlton, R3 Marsh ville; Barnes
H. Plylerj R2 Pageland; J. B. Murray,
R5 Monroe; Walter W. Nance, R2
Marshville; J. Conley Baucom, R2
Monroe; Olln M. Eason, R3 Matthews;
Canaries Perry, Monroe; B. F. Kim
brell, Rl Indian Trail; R. L. Melton,
R4 Monroe; Julius Helms, Rl Marsh
ville; R. F. Gordon, R2 Monroe; Frank
Deese, Rl Wlngate; P. O. Snyder, R2
MarsbjvlUe; Carl C. Belk, R4 Monroe;
Wilson Gaddy, R3 Marshville; W. E.
Mills, Rl MarshvUle; E. N. Threatt,
Rl Monroe; Pickett Hinson, R2 Mon
roe; Brucef B. Price, R2 Monroe.
F. P. Deese. R3 Monroe; Wade H.
Howey, Rl Waxhaw; V. 8. Howie, Rl
Waxhaw; J. T. Broom, RS Monroe;
Perry. Baxter, Rl Waxhaw; Virgil
Henderson, Monroe; John Carnes, R4
Monroe; D. R. Baker, R4 Monroe;
J. A. Nash, R3 Monroe; J. H. Wiles,
Rl Waxhaw; Ernest Richardson, R4
Monroe; --Worth A. Howey, Rl Wax
haw; Fred Jones, Rl Matthews; Wade
Pressley. R2 Matthews: Mrs. Bernlce
House, R5 Monroe; Monroe Mholesale
Grocery: A. C. Simpson, Monroe; T.
T. Traywick, MarshvUle; Elliot &
Crane. R3 Waxhaw: T. M. Gordon,
Rl Waxhaw; Bennie Morrison, Mon
roe; Win. Roscoe McWhorter, Wax
haw; D. R. Reynolds, Wlngater Frank
Cuthbertson, R2 Monroe; Elijah U
Helms, R3 Monroe; R A.; Helms, R3
Sam Aw Love, Wlngate: Fan-ley Price,
R2. Monroe: Jim Fletcher- Monroe;
J. W. Button, R3 Matthews; Winford
starnes, R4 Monroe; Stafford M. Par-
Rl Wlngate.
J. It Haywood, Rl Indian Trail; W.
BRITAIN TO STRIKE
IF NAZIS USE GAS
Has Sufficient Supply To Kill Entire
Population
The House of Commons cheered
Deputy Prime Minister Clement R.
Attlee's reiteration yesterday of
Britain's determination to retaliate
promptly against any use of poison
gas by Germany.
Atlee was asked whether Prime
Minister Churchill's attention had
been drawn to a speech bv Dr. Paul
Joseph Goebbels in which the Ger
man propaganda minister threatened
a radical war exceeding anything
Imaginable today. The questioning
member suggested that the speech,
made February 19, might have been
a threat to use gas.
I am not sure that the passage
oi uoeDDeis speech tears the inter
pretation winch you appear to attach
to it," Atlee said, "but the position
or me uovernment in regard to retal
iation In the use of gas was made
clear by the Prime Minister in a
broadcast statement, May 10, 1942,
and remains unchanged." ,
Churchill's statement said:
"I wish to make it plain that we
shall treat the unprovoked use of
poison gas against our Russian ally
exactly as if it were used against
ourselves and if we are satisfied that
this new outrage has been committed
by Hitler we will use our great and
growing air superiority in the west
to carry gas warfare on the largest
possible scale far and wide against
military objectives in Germany."
Churchill said Britain "was re
solved not to use this odious weap
on unless it is used first by the Ger
mans," but asserted that the Soviet
Government had expressed apprehen
sion that the Germans might employ
gas.
Yesterday, Reginald Purbrick, Con
servative member of Parliament, asked
that Churchill notify the German
people that Britain has "sufficient
stocks of death-dealing gas to destroy
the whole population of Germany,
civilian as well as military."
R. Harrington, R2 Marshville; Walter
Melton, R4 Monroe; James H. Plat
tenburg, Rl Waxhaw; W. P. Hawfleld,
R5 Monroe; Mrs. W. W. Stephenson,
Indian Trail; Mrs. T. L. Price, R2
Monroe; R. L. Hinson, R2 Marshville;
J. Ben Keziah, Monroe; S. C. Helms,
R3 Marshville; J. L. Yonts, Rl Indian
Trail; Bennie Thomas, R2 Marshville;
Robert B. Clark, Monroe; Miriam
Williams, Indian Trail; H. A. Sims,
Rl Waxhaw; Mildred Griffin, Wlngate;
L. C. Godfrey, R2 Waxhaw; M. F.
Stallings, Rl Waxhaw; T. B. Ashley,
Waxhaw; T. L. Long, R2 Monroe; W.
L. Wiles, R2 Matthews; L. Z. Hartis,
Indian Trail; J. Frank Hart, Monroe;
W. M. Plyler. Rl Waxhaw; A. J. Mul
lis, R3 Monroe; Houston Privett, R2
Monroe; S. D. Outen, R2 Monroe;
Winford Richardson, R4 Monroe; Hu
bert Lee Godwin, Marshville; Roy S.
Helms, R2 Monroe; John A. Eudy, Rl
Monroe; Mrs. Jim Medlin, R3 Monroe;
Wesley F. .Trull, Wlngate; Bennie
Helms, R4 Monroe'; M. A. Helms, R2
Waxhaw; Baxter E. Belk, R2 Wax
haw; Elijas Helms, R5 Monroe J. M.
Crisco, R2 Marshville; J. B. Deese, Rl
Indian Trail; Paul B. Haigler, R2
Matthews; B. L. Williams, R2 Marsh
vUle; A. C. Nixon, Rl Wingate; S. T.
Mclntyre, Rl Wingate; Bruce Deese,
R2 Marshville; Floy M. Bivens, Marsh
ville; Delia Bivens, Marshville; H.
Bryce Griffin, Rl Wingate; J. Otto
Outen, R2 Monroe; Lonnie Walker,
R5 Monroe; L. D. Mullls, R2 Marsh
ville; D. M. Mullls, R3 Monroe; H. E.
Mills, Rl Wingate; Frmitis Bivens,
R3 Marshville; C. B. Edwards, R3
Marshville.
Clyde Little, R2 Marshville; Emory
M. Musselwhite, Rl, Monroe; Henry
W. Little, R2 Marshville; George H.
Haywood, Marshville; Festus Crowder,
R4 Monroe; K. C. Nash, Rl, Marsh
ville; D. R. Reynolds, Wlngate; Reece
G. Belk, Rl Indian Trail; Cleamon
Baucom, Monroe; Will C. Jones, Mon
roe; J. Hugh Stanley, Rl Indian
Trail; Claude Hasty, Rl Marshville;
Clyde Preslar, R3 Marshville; Hubert
Chaney, R3 Monroe; V. P. Simpson,
R2 Marshville; J. D, Whitley, R2 Mon
roe; Noan Alexander wniuey, ks
Monroe; John Woo ten, Rl Indian
Trail; Harley Coulck, R2 Waxhaw;
Floyd Williams, Rl ' Wlngate; J. P.
Harget, Rl MarshvUle; C. F. Burns,
Rl Indian Trail; C. U Austin, Rl
Wlngate; W. V. Starnes, R4 Monroe;
W. W. Smith, R2 Marshville; Lee Hil
ton. Rl Monroe; John Plyler, Rl Mon
roe; Marvin Wolfe, R5 Monroe; George
Thomas, Marshville; T. B. Cook, R5
Monroe; Furman Carter, RS Monroe;
Henry Rushing, R3 Marshville; J. F.
Freeland, R2 Marshville.
Jesse L. Helms, R4 Monroe; S. M.
Ashcraft, Rl Monroe; B. M. Helms,
R5 Monroe; H. L. Rushing, R3 Mon
roe; James F. Sustar, R2 Monoroe;
James Brewer, R3 Marshville; P. T.
Haigler, R3 Monroe; Blair Eason, R2
Monoroe; Crowell Cook, R5 Monroe;
Thomas Broadway, Rl -Indian Trail;
L. B. Klser, R2 Monroe, J Green Moore
McManus. Indian Trail:' T. H. Bau
com, R3 Marshville; R. F. Fowler, R2
Monroe: T. A. Little. R3 Monroe:
Andrew M. Lee. Monroe: Bill uswsa
Marshville; Roy Griffin, Rl Wlngate;
C. D. Hinson, R2 MarshvUle; Bpeneer
Simpson, Rl Monroe; Andrew Rush
ing, R3 Monroe; J. Edgar Baucom,' R3
Monroe; Jason Love, R3 Monroe; J.
T. Hill, R3 Monroe.
Booker T. Blakeney. R4 Monroe;
Charlie Tyson, Rl MarshvUle; "J. E.
Broome, Rl Indian Trail; Clarence
Wooten, Rl Indian Trau; Zeb starnes,
RS Monroe; Mrs. Clayton Eubanks,
R4 Monroe; George Knight, R4 Mon
roe;; Ben Simpson, RS Monroe; 8. E.
Helms, Rl Wingate; George P. Honey,
cuttt R2 Monroe: ' John Crowder,
Monroe; Melvta J. Rushing, RS Marsh
ville; D. J. Oriffin, R4 Monroe; J. R.
Reid, RS Marshville; L. B. Broom, R5
Monoroe: James Wall, Rl MarshvUle;
Anderson Huntley. Marshville; EUlse
Williams, Rl Monroe Eliza Rushing,
Rl Marshville: Walter F. Clonta, R2
Monroe: Brent Halagler, IU ' Indian
Trail; Ray issnhlng, R2 Monroe; Floyd
Cuthbertson, Rl Monroe: J. B. Brooks, t Waxhaw: W. L. Crook R2 Monroe;
Rl Wlngate: Lonnie McCoy, P3 Mat-' George W. McMamis, RS Monroe: Roy
thews; P. W. Clyburn, R4 Monroe; Griffin. R2 MaxshviUe; jjeal Blmp
tVesste C Outlaw, F4 Monroe; T. R son,. Rl Indian Trail,
oyd, RS Monroe; Haywood Gannon, , Rubber Footwear jy R.' English,
RS Marshville; . T. W. Edwards, Rl Agent, A. F. Stevens, Monroe.
War Workers
To BeDrafted
Men Of Age Limits To Be
Called From War Work
When Replaced
MANY ARE AFFECTED
Selective service registrants between
the ages of 18 and 37 inclusive who
have filled out occupational question
naires, and who are engaged in in
dustry, wnetner war industry or
otherwise, are going to be called for
mUitary duty as soon as they can
be replaced by men over 45 years or
by women.
All draft boards have been advised
that the processing of men from In
dustry to the army must be carried
out until the order is rescinded or
abated.
An example of how the order is af
fecting war industries, was explained
yesterday by S. H. Greene, chief clerk
of board number 1. It has been
stated that the North Carolina Ship
building company at Wilmington has
on its rolls 5,200 men who must be
replaced by women or by men over
45 years at a rate of 400 a month.
There may be exceptions, Mr.
Green said, but in the main those
who have had occupational defer
ment must begin to revise their
plans, or they may be in for some
surprises soon, as employers are ex
pected to replace them as early as
possible.
The draft boards are urging all who
have been deferred to notify their
boards whether they have changed oc
cupations. If registrants fail to heed
this request, in the reclassification
that is now In progress, they may
find that they are engaged in a non
deferrable occupation. Failing to no
tify their boards, such men will be
reclassified on the basis of Informa
tion furnished in their occupational
questionnaires.
It is assumed Mr. Green said, that
if it Is impossible to replace certain
war workers with women or men
over the military age, such workers
will not be taken from their Jobs.
However, it is believed that all of
military age so engaged can be re
placed, he added.
By way of reminder, Mr. Green re
peated the occupations now specified
as nondeferrable regardless of the ac
tivity Involved:
Bar cashier, bar boy, bartenders,
bath house attendants, beauty opera
tors, bellboys, bootblacks, bus boys,
butlers, charmen and cleaners, cos
meticians, custom tailors, custom fur
riers, dancing teachers, dish washers,
doormen and starters, elevator oper
atoros, elevator starters, errand boys,
fortune, mediums, mind readers,
astrologers, palmists, gardeners, greens
keepers, ground keepers, housemen,
hairdressers, newsboys, porters, night
club managers and employes, private
chauffeurs, soda dispensers, ushers,
valet and waiters.
Potters and waiters In railway ser
vice are not included In the fore
going list.
"We are going to use common sense
in making reclassifications," said Mr.
Greene. "That's the express wish of
the War Man-Power commission and
the Selective Service system."
MONROE WOMEN FACE
VERY SERIOUS CHARGE
Given Preliminary Hearing In Vir
ginia Few Days Ago,
Two well-known Monroe women
were, a few days ago, charged by the
Federal Government with harboring
a deserter from the Coast Guard and
spiriting him away from a camp in
Virginia concealed in the trunk of
their car, according to a dispatch from
Virginia.
The women, Mrs. Erne Es telle Ed
wards and her daughter. Miss Betty
Mae Edwards, were given a prelimi
nary hearing late Saturday before
United States Commissioner Nat C.
White and each was held for action
by the Grand Judy under a $300
bond.
FBI agents handling the Investiga
tion, which had proved long because
another guardsman at first was
thought Involved ' showed that .the
guardsman, Ernest P. Ellis,' enlisted
under an alias, i had deserted from
Camp Pendleton, Va.
Commissioner White said the Mon
roe women stated that they had met
Ellis, who was enlisted as Ellison, at
Camp Sutton, and had gone to Camp
Pendleton to visit him. When they
left they discovered Ellis' presence on
their way back when he crawled from
the trunk of their car ' when they
stopped for gas. The women said the
Coast Guardsman said he "wanted
to surprise them."
Evidence was given by the FBI that
he returned to Monroe and remained
at the Edwards home about eight
days and then went away. That was
in April, 1942. -
He was later taken as a deserter.
and investigation followed, with the
resulting arrest In Monroe Saturday.
Commissioner White said the wom
en were at liberty ' under a bond
signed by Charles H. Elliott, a restau
rant operator at Monroe, employer of
Miss Edwards. :
; HobOisatlosi
Four-H boys and girls throughout '
North Carolina are mobilizing for food '
proaucuon ana conservation. R. w.
Murdock, assistant county agent In
Durham county, reports an attend
ance of 800 at two meetings. Onslow .
county reports a SO percent increase fa
membership. . i , ' : .
Peachland; W. E. Austin, R2 Mat
thews; Clarence Mangum, R4 Monroe;
John H. Carter, RS Monroe; J. F.
Drake, RS Monroe:: J. E. NeaL R2