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MONROE MARKET Cotton, short, lb 21o to 23c Cotton, long, lb 32o Cotton Seed, bushel 70 Eggs, dozen 30c Hens, pound 22o Corn, bushel $135 Wheat, bushel $1.60 WEATHER FORECAST Continued cold tonight. Sunset today, 7:26 p. m.; sunrise Tuesday, 7:43 a. m. izm PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS SEVENTIETH YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1943 4T SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR :o:,. Review Work Of The Legislature Nine Month School Term Is One Outstanding Piece Qf Legislation ' LARGE APPROPRIATIONS The General Assembly is near ad journment. General opinion seems to be that they'll adjourn by Wednesday of this week. Let's look at what has been done so Jar: The ninth-month term of school has been enacted into law. It is an optional proposition, and no county needs to come in under It unless it wants to do so. . The revenue bill has been duly enacted into law. The appropriations bill passed the Senate last week, and by the time you read this it probably will have passed the House. War bonuses have been paid teach ers and other state employees. These bonuses range from 20 per cent, for those in the lower brackets, to 7 per cent, for those In the higher brackets. A state-wide regulatory beer bill has been adopted, and all of the little local bills with very few exceptions have been thrown out of the window. The state-wide liquor, referendum hill dldn t even create a ripple of ex citement. It was killed by the House Committee on Propositions and Griev ances. Emergency war powers have been granted the Governor, so that he can cope with any situation that may arise After, the legislature leaves Raleigh. The appropriations for various state departments and agencies are larger than ever before in the history of North Carolina. The three per cent tax has been removed from theaters, and the thea tres will not be taxed on the basis of their seating capacity. Fifteen-year-olds will be permitted to drive automobiles, provided they nave the consent of their parents. All things considered, It has been a rather quiet session. There has been lots of argument and discussion, but none of the good old fashioned scraps that have featured previous sessions. Both branches of the General As sembly have been fortunate In their prelsding officers. Lieutenant Gover nor Reg Harris has kept the Sentate running like a well-oiled machine; and Speaker John H. Kerr has had the House running in high gear ever since the start of the session. There's a wide difference in oDinlon bout witt the financial statea-tr Wt staie is ' going 10 oe at tne end oi the next blennium. Governor Brough-J ton appeared before the Appropri ations Committee two weeks' ago and told the 'members of the committee that he expected to turn over a sur plus .of from ten to fifteen .million dollars to his successors. (That doesnt Include the twenty millions that have been frozen.) The Revenue Department bn the other hand, "estimates that therell be a deficit of two or three million dollars. Well have 'to wait and see who is correct. Along with the regular schedule of legislative work there,1 has . been the usual political prognostications about candidates for Governor' and Lieuten ant Governor. It appears to be pretty well established that Gregg Cherry is going to be a candidate for the Gov ernorship. If he runs, Ralph Mac Donald's friends assert that the Doctor will run against him. For Lieutenant Goveernor, the names of John Larklns, Hugh Horton, L. Y. Ballentine, and Con Lanier are being prominently mentioned, although none of them has come out with a definite statement up to this time. If they adjourn by March 10, they will have done pretty good. The long est session ever held was back In 1931, when the legislators stayed In Raleigh until the' latter part of May. and the following session was almost as long. THIS INFORMATION FOR GAS AND FUEL DEALERS The following .Information la given for the benefit of gasoline and fuel oil dealers and distributors, and food retailer and wholesalers;' "Supplies of R-20., gummed sheets) are not to be glven'.ta anyone except gasoline dealers and distributors. R-304 (gummed sheets) may be given to the coffee and sugar trade while they last. Fuel oil trade must stop using gummed sheets when their supply is exhausted. The following temporary ' procedure will be followed by. sugar and .coffee trade If not when R-304 is exhausted and by processed, foods entirely; , Stamps shall be Inserted In any en velopes available to trade. ; This eh- retain must be sealed firmly by the v person Inserting stamps and this per son win be legally responsible for con-; tent, Indicated by him, on outside. Person Inserting stamps' most write , an face of envelope the type of (tamps enclosed, the number, the total value In pounds or points, the commodity, . and his address. He must also sign his name across the sealed flap. Pen j alty for 'misrepresenting - number or type of stamps Inside will be severe. 1 Any number of stamps up to 600 may be inserted.' All stamps In a given envelope must be Identical, except that processed food stamps of, same point - value and validity period but different i letters may' be Included In one en- velope. ''.:- - . These Instruction apply to ration banking depositors and, non-depositors alike. In ease of non -depositing re taller giving sealed envelope to sup plier, such supplier' 1 hot responsible for content of envelope and will not count or open same. Be will date and endorse reverse side and deposit It in his ration account.' " r : A pormanent envelope; system Is be ing devised and will be put Into effect soon. This temporary procedure will b .followed untU then," . MARINES RELIEVED AFTER GUADALCANAL FIGHTING - x. MARINE CORPS PHOTO Weary Guadalcanal, these U. S. Marines South Pacific port, heading for a men are leading, will get a much Many Farm Workers Must Now Be Deferred The War Man-Power commis sion told local draft boards Sat urday to keep farm workers in de ferred classifications even if the quotas for the armed forces can not then be met. The commission also issued three other new instructions designed to help meet the farm labor short age: 1. Any man with farming ex perience who Is now in other work should be classified as farm de ferred (class 2-C or 3-C if he goes hack to agriculture as a regular Job before notified' to appear for in duction. 2. State and county war boards of the Agriculture department may request the deferment of a neces sary farm worker even though the worker MmJr or his employer does not seek the deferment. The boards also may appeal from decisions of local draft boards. 3. If a draft board finds that a farm worker is not producing enough to Justify his deferment it most refer his case to a county war board and allow 30 days for him to be placed in another Job before it can draft him. To gain draft deferment a farm worker is required to produce a minimum output fixed by formulas prepared by the agriculture de partment Cases of workers fail ing to meet these requirements heretofore have been referred to Jbe, V. 6y Employment service. The new oroer is aesignea u give iocsi farm boards greater Influence. 10 PER CENT INCREASE IN COTTON ACREAGE 10 Per Cent In Planting Allotment Allowed As Requirements Grow. A 10 per cent increase in the na tional 'cotton planting allotment 'for 1943 as a means of producing more vegetable oil for food and protein feeds for "livestock will be announced soon by Agriculture Secretary Wlckard, It wa learned last week from autnon tative 'officials. 1 Oo'ttoh Is a source of vegetable oil and protein feed. Agriculture department sources who cannot be named said that marketing quotas under whicbrstlff cash penalties are Imposed on sales in excess oi al lotments will be retained. The new allotment will total about 30,303,000 acres. The national allot ment Is apportioned among Individual farmers on the basis of a formula set up In the agricultural adjustment act. As announced " last fall, the figure was 27300,000 acres, or the minimum allowed under the. AAA act. However, farmers were asked at that time to plant only 22,500,000 acres, or about S per cent less than was seeded in 1942, and to put the implanted portion of their allotments into war foods crops, Dartlcularly peanuts, and soybeans for vegetable oils, fruits and vegetables. A few weeks ago, wnen it Decame aDDarent that requirement of vegeta ble oils for war purpose were larger than, anticipated , and difficulty was encountered in-, getting some farmers to sign up for pefnute, the Agriculture department recommended that farmers plant as much as their 1943 cotton allotments as possible, after meeting their special war crop goals. Demands for a change In that pro gram have been voiced by some south- Lem congressmen and some .growers, They asked that the marketing quotas, Which were, approved by farmers vot ing lh a referendum last December, be suspended and farmers be allowed to plant all the cotton they wanted. - under the. quotas, cotton sow m excess of an allotment is subject to a penalty tax nearly equal to naif the market value. The country has a Urge supply of obtton of the shorter staple length and lower grades, .but the supply of longer staples and better grades is teas favor able. , ' , Deferments The manpower problem win become more complicated if certain congres sional group have their way. The House Military Affairs ' Committee would grant prior deferments in all states, to. married men. A group of thirty-seven senators would order the deferment of bona fide farm workers: Already workers in essential industrial establishments are deferred. . ' .'" Sixth Arssy -' V -v American forces In the Southwest Pacific are now embraced In the Sixth Army. , Our Fifth Army is in North Africa and. there are four armies in the United States, where the coun try ? la quartered geographically for training purpose A two-headed turtle was found at Florence, & C. - . after months of bitter fighting on are shown as they arrived at a rest. Even the dogs, some of the needed vacation. CITY PRIMARY TO BE SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd Applications And Fees To Be Filed With J. Emmett Griffin The primary election at which time a mayor and three aldermen for the town of Monroe will be nominated for a two-year term as heads of the city government will be held in Monroe on Saturday, April 3, 1943. The polls will open at 7 in the morning and close at 7 in the afternoon. In the event a second primary is necessary, it will be held the next Saturday, April 10. The time for filing notices of can didacy will close at sunset on March 23rd, and this accompanied by their fees must be in the hands of Emmett Griffin, acting chairman of the board of elections. Fees are as follows: Mayor, $6.00; aldermen, $5.00. Registration books used in the city primary two years ago will be used again this year. Persons who have become of age since the last primary or who are for other reasons qualified to vote but are not registered must register before the books close on March 20th. V. D. Bikes is the present mayor, and M. W. Williams, J. W. Falrley and J. Allen Lee are the present aldermen. Up to date, O. C. Jones is the only candidate announcing for alderman and no announcement has been made yet for mayor. RED CROSS TOTAL FOR MONROE NOW $3,416.69 Marshve"A Close Second With $2,600 Already Reported. R..E. Lee, county chairman of the special War Fund Red Cross commit tee, reports that a total of $3,416.69 has been raised in Monroe up to the time The Enquirer goes to press. Mr. Lee states that Marshville area is running Monroe a close second with $2,600.00 already reported. Marsh ville area was asked for $1,500.00. B. A. Hallman, chairman of the Marsh ville area, states that they expect to double their quota, making it at least $3,000.00 before the drive ends. A total of $2,114.50 had been pre viously reported from Monroe, and contributions listed below raise the amount to $3,416.69. Not Previously Reported McCray Motor Co., $10; -Frank Wil liams, $5; J. S. Stearns, $5; Clyde Helms, $5; Mrs. H. H. Wolfe, $10; Q. Sc Q. Store, $5; Secerst Motor Co., $50; Anonymous, $5; Dr. S. C. Duncan, $10; Dr. A. R. Kistler, $5; Dr. H. L. Brooks, $5; Dr. W. A. Ingram, $5; A. Sc P. Store, $5; Bowie Motor Co.. $25; Ranee Montgomery, $10; MaJ. E. T. Allen, $10: Monroe Enquirer. $10; Hotel Monroe, $10; Commando Grill, $5; Superior Cleaners, $10; Ashcrait Gin, $5; W. Sc H. Clothing Co., $25; G. B. Halgler, $10; T. J. W. Broom, $10; Don Maronne, $50; Mrs. Kate Capehart, $5; J. E. Griffin, $5; W. D. Saleeby, $5; B. F. Nlven, $5; E. H. Broom, $10; Annie P. Heath, $5; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Griffin, $25; Jones Drug Co., $5; Baucom Sc Preslar, $5; H. L. Fuller, $10; Monroe Coca-Cola. $100; Wlngate high school, $103.50; Davis Furniture Co., $5; W. B. Davis, $5; L. B. Moore, $100; Dr. R. B. Staton, $10; Monroe Theaters, Inc., $100; Union County Warehouse, $25; Mrs. M. H. McCoUum, $10; Dr. J. W. Or al and, $5; Dr. K. E. Neese, $5; Worth Plyler, $10; Gus Henderson, $5; G. G. Benton, $10; G. W. Carnes, $5; Mrs. Caldwell, $5; Oscar Broom, $5; U. T. Belk, $5; ' Falrley Price, $10; J. T. Griffin, $25; Dr. O. M. Smith, $5; Anonymous, $5; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Marsh, $10. CARD OF THANKS We -wish to take this methdd of thanking our neighbors and friends for the many acts of kindness shown us at the untimely death of our son, Harvey . Wilson Elms. We especially wish to thank McEwen Funeral Home for their splendid services. - Kay God's richest blessings be with : everyone. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Elms and Family. Bedrock Level" The Office of Civilian Supply ha prepared a summary of absolute es sentials, which will be required by the people of this country and If war requires the nation's supreme effort Ttie - "bedrock -lever would permit 71.$ per cent of the food consumed tn 1941,-64 per cent of the clothing, 75.2 per cent of the tobacco and smok ing supplies, 29.3 per cent of books and other printed matter. Newspaper - correspondent recently had an opportunity to inspect the 45,-000-toD Battleship Iowa, one of six sister ships ' under construction for the Navy. Naval officials say. that the vessel will have terriflo offensive power, with more anti-aircraft guns and heavy weapons, including batteries of . 60lnch guns, than ever before assemhied on one snip. THE WAR IN BRIEF British troops beat off two heavy ataefcs by Rommel's forces In Ma reth line area of Southern Tuni sia, reclaiming Initiative and in flicting heavy losses on enemy. Shivering Nasi troops rapidly re treating down road to Smolensk from ruins of Gzhatsk ai Russians capture more than 50 settlements on approaches to Vyazma. Berlin reports 6,121 dwelling; units destroyed by British in raids on Italian port of Genoa. Polish government-in-exile offi cials anonunce 250 Poles dyiag daily In "murder camp" at Oswle cim, Poland, as the result of "exe cutions. Inhuman treatment, hun ger and epidemics." Japanese troops on west bank of Sal ween river, afer being sub ject to furious Chinese counter-attacks, start general retreat. Many strategic points recovered by Chi nese. U. S. aircraft heavily bomb Ja pan's Munda air base and strike at other centers In central and northwestern Solomon Islands. Japs raid American positions oil Tulagi Island, 20 miles north of Guadalcanal. RAF bombers make highly suc cessful a tack on freight yards, important railway center at Man daiay. Many buildings, railway cars demolished and large fires started. German bomber force attacks southeastern English coast town, scoring hits on hotel, bank and store and causing several casual ties. Two raiders shot down. Union County's Men In Service Robert Neill, who is with the Navy and stationed in Charleston, S. C spent the week-end here with Mrs. Neill at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Dillon. Private Henry Houston Helms, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Helms of R3, Waxhaw, has recently been sta tioned at Hq. Det. 322nd Medical Ba talllon. APO 445 U. S. Army, Camp Swift, Texas, Pvt. James H. Williams of Newark, N. J. Army Air Base, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Williams, Rl, Monroe. - Pvt. John H. Thomas, above, son of Mrs. O. W. Jenkins of Monroe, was the honor graduate of his class in the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command's airplane mechanic school near Amarillo, Texas last week. After additional training at an advance base Private Thomas will be assigned to one of Uncle Sam's giant Flying For tresses operating in theaters of war all over the world. Before entering the service Private Thomas was a Are insurance examiner. He attended Wingate high school. Pvt. Oscar L. Pruitt, son of Mr, and Mrs. D. E. Pruitt of Bakers is stationed at Camp Pickett, Va., and asks that his friends write him at the following address: Co. C, 14th Med. Trg. Bn., 4th Platoon. Miss Georgia Lee Griffin, daughter of Mrs. Laura Funderburk of 111 Allen street, Maneta 'Mill, Monroe, has enlisted in the WAACS and gives her ambition to be a truck driver In the WACCS. Staff Sgt. Charles Hargett who is stationed at an army air base at Kearns, Utah., is on his way to At lanta, Ga., with a troop train. He will come on to Monroe Wednesday for a short visit with his mother, Mrs. R. H. Hargett. LENT BEGINS ON WED NESDAY OF THIS WEEK Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, falls this year on March 10th. This day of special prayer and fasting In the calendar of the Christian Church, begins the period of forty days, exclusive of Sundays, leading up to Easter. It commemorates the forty days that Jesus was fasting ' in the wilderness while meeting the tempta tions that he knew would assail him, when he began his ministry for the salvation of the world. As this was a time pf intensified prayer and fasting with the author of the Christian Faith, so millions of Christians use the forty days of Lent, as a period of self denial and cultivation of a deeper spiritual life. While fasting is a lost art among Christians, still many prac tice the spirit of fasting by denial of social pleasures, of lndalgenciea, and of luxuries. In most of the churches that observe Lent, there are dally services of prayer and meditation, Tne cumax of Lent comes witn Hoiy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday, which this year falls on April 18th. During this week are recalled the events which directly ted to the crlci flxion, and the crucifixion Itself, which Is commemorated on Good Friday, the saddest, and most solemn day of the year. Then follows Easter Sunday, with it message of the ressurrection of Jesus, and the promise of life eter nal to all who accept bis saving uraoe, Easter Sunday, coming originally at the time of the Jewish Passover, is the first Sunday after the. first fun moon after the 21st of March. This year Easter fans on April SSth, which Is the very latest data that ft can come, .:' . . .. v.'-' ,' Venereal Disease - ."". The Army's present rate for venereal flseeae k now 40.000 annually which : slid to be the lowest in our military itstoryi. - - v i . Farm Workers To Be Deferred Men Over 38 To Be Given New Classification But Farmers Deferred TO HELP THE FARM WORK Men over 38 lost their special draft classification Saturday. Selective Service ordered local boards to put no more 38 to 45-year-old men in Class 4-H and to transfer men now In that classification into the regular classes (such as 1-A, 3-A, 4-F, etc.) but not actually to draft them. The action has the effect of estab lishing an order in which men over 38 would be inducted "if and when the armed forces determine they can be used in the military establishment," the the War Man-Power commission put it. The men in 4-H are to be reclassi fied on the same basis as younger men, but with special "H" designations. Some will thus be put in 1-A (H), 2-B (H), 3-A (H) and similar classes. This procedure, the Man-Power com mission explained In a press release, means that men "who have no cause for deferment other than age will be placed in Class 1-A." The "H" designation denotes merely a subdivision of the particular draft class. Thus a man classified 1-A (H actually would be in Class 1-A, al though he would not be liable to im mediate induction like another man in that class lacking the additional (H) rating. There was no indication from Selec tive Service or from the WMC or Navy departments as to whether this actually foreshadows a call to the colors for men over 38, who are tech nically eligible for military service to the age of 45. Senator Wheeler, Democrat of Montana and some other members of Congress have urged that single men over 38 be drafted ahead of younger fathers, but the army op poses this. The chief aim of the order is to In duce men over 38 to go into farming. The order provides that any man over 38 who farms now or who takes up farming by May 1 shall be reclassified promptly Into the farm deferment classes 2-C if single and 3-C if mar rier if he meets the other farm-deferment qualifications. Other men over 38 are to be put into the regular draft classifications "as soon as pos sible after May 1." The order did not make it clear whether it would be too late after May 1 for a man over 38 to get a farm Job and a farm deferment. The apparently intended inference was that he ought to do it by May 1, which is roughly the beginning of the heav iest season of farm wark. Four other Selective Service regula tions were issued last night designed to keep agricultural workers on the farms. They provide: 1. When a man is granted deferment for farm work, local boards have "no further discretion" and must keep him deferred. If this makes the local board unable to meet Its quota for the armed services, the military call should be left unfilled." 2. Any man with farming experience now in other work is to get fanner deferment if he returns to farming before he is notified to appear for induction. 3. A farm worker in danger of losing his deferment through failure to meet production requirements must be referred to the county farm war board and 30 days must be allowed for his placement in another farm Job before he can be drafted. 4. County farm boards may request the deferment of farm workers or ap peal draft board rulings if the worker himself or his employer does not act The effect of yesterday s order is il lustrated in this case: Mr. B., who is 40 and classified 4-H, is told that he will be reclassified under circumstances which hint of a possible military call. Mr. B. Is single and In non-essential work. He knows that he is due to be reclassified 1-A (H). Then, if drafting of 38-year-olds were resumed, he would be one of the first to go. But if he gets a farm Job by May 1, however inexperienced he Is, he is promised a classification of 2-C (H) which would make his draft ing much more unlikely. If he were married, his taking a farm Job would make him 3-C (H). N.C. WOMEN PREPARE FOR DAY OF PRAYER Christian women of all denomina tions throughout North Carolina will Join with women around the world In the annual observance of a World Day of Prayer, to be held the first Friday in Lent. March. This annual day of prayer had its beginning as far back as 1887 when Presbyterian women in the United States set aside a special day of prayer tor missions. The first World Day or Prayer was ooservea in 1927. By 1937 Christians in more than fifty countries were keeping the day together. With the world at war, tne day has been observed with, even greater intensity and devotion, more than ten thousand observances having been held in the United States and Canada alone last year. Sponsored by the "United Council of Church Women," the services are always interracial and interdenomina tional.' Usually there are nq speakers, the entire period of the service being given over to prayer. ' The worship service .for use this year has been prepared by Dr. Georgia Harkness oi Evenston, HI, and Mrs. Benjamin B. Mays, of Morehouse College. Atlanta, Oa.' The theme for this year's ob servance is Jesus' prayer,' "Father, I pray that they may all be one." , - A. Senate sub-committee, which vis ited the Willow Run bomber plant, re porta a vast 'improvement over test year but says tnat production nas been handicapped by constant changes in models. . UNION COUNTY FARM ALLOTMENTS ARE SET Chickens, Eggs, Soy Beans, Cattle Are Needed (By T. J. W. Broom, County Agent) About 175 fanners assembled in the courthouse recently to discuss farm goals for 1943. The goals set for the county of the varioils commodities were made known, and in the case of wheat, the acreage allotted is 20,721, and we are now planting that much or more. So we have nothing to worry about on this commodity. On rye, we are allotted 323 acres, and it seems that we are already planting the number of acres allotted. We are asked to plant at least 38,401 acres to corn. In past years we have planted between 40,000 and 45,000 acres to corn. So it seems that we will have nothing to worry about here. We are allotted 2,676 acres to be planted In barley. We do not have records on the planting of this crop, but we think the goal will be easy to reach. Our acreage to hay is set at 17,000. There will be no trouble about reaching this goal, since it can be easily doubled by sowing lespedeza on the small grain acreage. The soybean acreage is set at 7,025, and the Federal War board is very Insistent that we reach our goal on this crop since the War department is badly in need of the oil to keep the fighting machines going. On this mat ter every farmer in the county will be contacted to ascertain the number of acres he will plant. No trouble Is expectd in reaching this goal for our farmers are patriotic. However, we will have to make special effort to get this acreage planted, since it is a crop that many of us have not been accustomed to growing. No allotment is made to this coun ty for the growing of peanuts for oil. However, we have some soils that are suitable for growing peanuts and any who want to grow them can do so and receive $125 per ton for them. Cotton acreage allotment for the county is 42,278 acres. Each farmer has been notified of his allotment. And he can underplant his acreage without penalty. The allotment for Irish potatoes is 600 acres. This is about the same as last year's planting. The allotment for sweet potatoes is 568 acres, about our usual planting. The allotment for cattle and calves to be sold for slaughter is 1343. We normally exceed this allotment. The number of sheep and Iambs allotted for slaughter Is 158. This is about our usual amount. Oft hogs to farrow, we have been allotted 1250 brood sows to be kept in 1943. Farmers of the county are asked to produce 33,390,000 pounds of milk in 1943 and the number of cows es timated "to do this-is 8,617. In 1942 we milked 8,200 cows. It should be easy for us to reach this goal. We are asked to produce 603,959 broilers. Indications now are that this goal will be reached. The county is allotted 2,898,402 dozen eggs to be pro duced in 1943. This is a lot of eggs, but we feel our poultrymen will prove themselves equal to the task with the help they should get from a large number on the farms who have pre viously paid little attention to egg production but will now be called upon to put forth effort. The county is allotted 11,000 turkeys to be grown. In 1940 we produced 17,000 and in 1942 about 9,000 were produced. This means that we will have to Increase our production over last year by 2,000 birds. With the labor shortage as It is, we have a tremendous task assigned us. SERVICES TO BE HELD AT LUTHERAN CHURCH Beginning Ashe Wednesday of this week at 8 p. m. Lenten Services will be held each Wednesday evening during Lent until Easter at St. Luke's Luth eran Church. Each service will last only forty-five minutes and the public is cordially invited to attend. Each sermon will be built around a personality of the passion of Christ. The complete Lententlde and Easter schedule of services at the Local Lutheran Church is as follows.' March 10, "Peter, Whose Accent Be trayed Him." March 17th, "Judas, A Problem Per sonality." March 24th, "Caiphas, An Official "Herod, Who Trifled Religionist." March 31st, With Religion." April 7th, "Pilate, The Tragedy of Evasiveness." April 14th, "Barabbas His Modern Counterpart." April 19 (Monday) "Mary the Moth er of Jesus." April 20th (Tuesday) "The Centu- rian, A Soldier Looks At Jesus." April 2lst (Wednesday) "Joseph of Arimathea." April 22nd, (Thursday) Candle-Light Communion. Easter Day, 7:00 a. m. Sunrise Ser vice. 11 a. vl. The Christ Who Conquers. (Holy Communion.) HOSPITAL NEWS Admissions: Mrs. Artls J. Adams, Rl. Waxhaw: Mrs. James Klmbell and baby boy, Rl, Monroe! Mrs. ' Carltonl Dunn, Monroe; Mrs. J. E. Austin, Mon roe; Johnle Wilson, - Baucom, Jr, Monroe; Mrs. Robert Wllloughby, R4, Monroe. For treatment: Mrs. J. E. Reedy, R5, Monroe; Mrs. H. L. Jones, Rl, Win Kate: Francis L. Bundy, Monroe; David Morgan, Monroe; Mrs. J. J. Wilson, R2, Waxhaw; Mrs. Louis Wil liamson, Monroe; Ben F. Price, Rl, Waxhaw; Floyd Mills, Rl. Marshville; Mrs.- John C, Beech and baby boy, Monroe; Mrs. Elgin Helms and baby (In, R5, Monroe. , : . F. D. sVa View ' ' . The President's opinion, expressed in a tetter to the St. Louis. Post-Dis patch, .is that "we have now turned the comer In the war." - Submarine War Be Stepped Up Pathfinder Tells What We May Expect In Regard To Future Events REVIEW OF SITUATION Kaiser vs Subs: Wach for new in tensified battle against submarine menage, with greater use of corvettes. Kaiser, West Coast wonder-builder, be ing called in to supervise task. Chill: New York observers tnlnk Dewey didn't help himself when he remained away from Rickenbacker ses sion with state legislature at Albany, fearful lest it give him anti-labor taint. Finnish Peace Possibility: Likelihood Finns will yield to American pressure and name new foreign minister to re place Witting. This might hasten peace-making activities of Uncle Sam. Escape: Requests from American soldiers abroad for preference on shortwave broadcasts from this side show: 1. Religious or spiritual talks. 2. "Swing" music. Padded: "Featherbed" devices in corporated into labor policies In other times to make work for union mem bership counted as important flaw In manpower effectiveness. Congress aroused; will Investigate. Uneven Ceilings: Before rationing goes far, expect clamor for change in price system. Already five fresh vege tables put under ceilings drain toward high-ceiling markets. With meat. canned goods short, scarcity of vegeta bles would mean Spartaln diet. Go Slow: G. O. P. leaders McNary, Taft, wise in trying to restrain Sen ate colleagues with hatchet in nana. People may soon notice Congress so busy revolting against Roosevelt that it has yet to pass war-essential legis lation. Pastor Rationing: Dr. W. B. Pugh, Presbyterian stated clerk, calling for 300 more chaplains, reveals 25 per cent of pastors will be in service soon. Ministers may be "rationed," ride cir cuit again. Older top-rank pastors will be called on month-long leaves from churches for temporary ministry in big camps. Rabbit Stew: "First catch your rab bit," will be no trouble If Interior Dept. has way. Rabbit Experiment Station at Fontana, Calif., develops plans for simple, scrap-built rabbitry. Says: "Three or four does and a duck will furnish average family with all the rabbit meat it will use." Flexibility: Hard fighting in Tunisia ahead, but Washington proud of ability of green American' troops to take kick ing, then come back fighting. Also pleased by flexibility In staff work, illustrated by use of Flying Fortresses as attack bombers against ground troops. Meat: Situation critical in some cen ters. OPA will probably try to lick it, after point rationing comes in by: 1. drive against black markets; 2. rise in ceiling prices, to make it profitable for farmers to deal with legitimate packers. COUNTY FSA TO AID SECURING FARM HELP No Assurance That Laborers Can Be Secured Farmers who cannot get tenants and year-rounl help locally for essential war food production should place or ders as soon as possible with the County Farm Security Administration office, according to the County FSA supervisor. Orders for tenants and year-rouna labor will be routed immediately by the county FSA office to the State FSA office and thence to year-round labor recruiting areas. As workers are recruited transportation to point of employment and subsistence en route will be paid by FSA until they are placed. Usually, tenants and workers are given a chance to visit places of prospective employment before ac cepting Jobs. Placement win iouow in oroer oi application, as rapidly as workers are available. As soon as each worker is placed, transportation Is provided for his family and necessary household goods. 'Farmers making formal application for tenants and year-round labor at County FSA,. offices, will agree to pay nrevaillng farm wages, supply ade quate and sanitary housing and make 0. $10 deposit for each worker to in sure bona .fide requests. As labor shortages are nationwide, no assurance can be - given that sufficient year- round labor can be recruited to meet the demand. Where workers cannot be found within a- reasonable time, the $10 deposit will be refunded.'' Cntoa Andit The United Steel Workers of Amer ica, a CIO organisation, claiming rank as the second largest labor union, re- ports its membership as 725,625, and Its assets as $1,774,000, including $1, 415,000 cask The report is con tained in - an audit, copies of which were sent in booklet form to the Prea- ident, Members of Congress and Stat Legislatures and. Governors. , Navy's The Navy's boast, "made 'particularly with reference to World War 1 oper ations, that no troop ships were lost under .'the protection of American naval escort, may have been affected by the sinking of. two such ships In February, with resulting loss of more than 800 American lives. - No details are available as to whether the ves sels were traveling In convoy or alone. "''Vi"' Arsae rene '; , ;; . The President say that the pro jected strength of our armed forces ; had been set six months ago and he sees no reason to chanre it. The ob jective is 11,000,000 men by the end of 1943, with 7.500,000 men and 800,000 officers in the Rnny.
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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March 8, 1943, edition 1
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