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WEATHER FORECAST Wanner today and tonight. Sunset today, 8:01. Sunrise Friday, 6:41. MONROE MARKET Cotton, short, lb.. ',. .. -.. Slttai Cotton, long, lb .. ... .. .. .. 81tto Cotton Seed, buauel ..' .. . 7010 .Eggs, dozen 30c to 82o i'vW LV'-"'-;-v';,r'-.-. 24c to 28o JSu State 'ZJhraW' -Jl 1 PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS SEVENTIETH YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1943 SEMI-WEEKLY, 2.00 A TEAR mmmm ma. av hi v at 'av ii av ii a -w aa o To Be Issued WOI Be Distributed To Public By Mafl In June And July WILL BE A REPLACEMENT War ration book number 3 will be distributed to the public by mall In June and July as a replacement for ra tlon books No. 1 and 3 when they run out of stamps. In making that announcement jes ter. Price Administrator Prentiss M Brown at the same time told the public to "step hard" on any rumors that the book might be used for any other purposes. Application blanks for the new books will be left In mall boxes by regular carriers between May 20 and June 5. The applications are to be mailed back by June 10, ana ration uoanu ex pected to send the books In most cases by the end of July. Principal use of the new booys will be for sugar, conee, ana raw ru lng, for which ration book number 1 now is used. Pew stamps remain In this book. , The No. 3 book also has four pages of "point" stamps that may be used either for canned goods or meat when the No. 2 book runs out. Announcing that Postmaster General Walker has agreed to use of the malls for the book In order to relieve the public of schoolhouse registration. Brown said the method is "a great step forward in our program to make rationing as easy as possible and to reduce all of the mechanics of ration ing to the simplest terms for the pri vate citizen." nmiainlnir that the No. 3 book Is merely a replacement, Brown com mented. "Active Imagination and busy ton gues sometimes with quite degnlte u.iflh motives in mind will seize upon the issuance of book NO. 3 as a golden opportunity to spread a crop of ru mors. We will be reported making ready to ration clothing (aitnougn mis one has been worn pretty threadbare), stockings, neckties, fresh vegetables, brooms, fish, of what have you." "I wish to warn the public in ad vance. These rumors will have no foundation in fact, and those who are stimulated into panaic buying by be lieving such reports will be foolishly doing just what our enemies want us to do. "If the war makes any more ra tioning necessary some time in the future, .you will be notified officially by your government. In "the mean while, step on the rumors hard.1 Drastic Point Cuts Ordered OPA Reduces Values On Soups, Frozen Fruits And Vegetables CHANGE EFFECTIVE NOW The Office of Price Administration Wednesday ordered drastic cuts, effec tive this (Thursday) morning, in the point values of canned and dried soups, all frozen fruits and vegetables, and removed black-eyed peas from the ra tlon list. The reductions in most cases cut the coupon cost of the affected items by - Half or more. They were aesignea specifically to encourage people to buy more of these Items. The popular 10H -ounce can of to mato soup was cut from six to three points, and all other canned soups in the same size were cut from six to four Dolnts. Most dried and dehydrated soups also were cut in half, with the Popu lar 2 H -ounce package being reduced from two points to one point. This is the second time the point value of de hydrated soup has been naivea. The popular pound size of frozen fruits was trimmed from 13 to 8 points i and the pound package of frozen beans came down from 8 to points. - All other frozen vegetables were re duced. The popular 12-ounce size, , which has cost 6 to 10 points, will be f at a new, uniform cost of 4 points '.. each. ' : '' ' . ' - Blackeyed peas, which are sometimes " known as blackeyed beans or cow I peas, are a staple diet throughout the South and were taken off the ration i list because of warm weather. Danger of spoilage In warm weather r also was a factor In the changes on - frosen foods and dehydrated soups. Sales of frosen foods had been slow, V and supplies had been filling up a oon '' siderable quantity of the available re f frigerated storage space, at a time '' when room was needed In the coolers tor the new packs.- ?:'- , - ; The cut on tomato soup was In line with a recent reduction on tomato Juice, and the other soups were reduced I because of generally slow sales. - ? V HOSPITAL NEWS 5 Admissions: Mrs. Joseph Katona, I Monroe; Bobble Crenshaw, Monroe; Mrs. Augustus Price, Monroe; Mrs. ' Thomas D. King and baby girl, Mon- roe; Miss Eva Pierce, Pageland, 8. C; ; Mrs. Darts Ltwson, Monroe; Mrs. D. . E. Phillips, Rl, Wadesboro; Mrs. Brice Freeman, rs, Monroe. For treatment: Qrover O. Medlln, Rl . Monroe; Mrs. Sandy Steen, R2, Ruby, , B. O.; Mrs. Andrew Hasty. R5. Lan- 1 caster, & C; Mrs. Vann Sneed, RL t Marsh vllle; Mrs. Julius Pane, R2, Jef . ferson, a C; Mrs. J. D. Ashley, Wax . haw; Mrs. Lucille Davis, Monroe: "Mr. Lewis Lambert. Monroe: Mrs. Poder-'land: r Ick Herring, Monroe; lira. Baxter boy, Waxhaw; Mrs. Joseph Desk and McRae and baby boy, Peachland; Mrs. baby girt, Monroe; Mrs. Stanley Woo l J. T. Duncan and baby boy, Page-'ten and baby boy, Lexington. i a 4 GENOA. ITALY PASSED BY CENSORS In one of the first pictures to reach this country of bonibed Italy, a labor corps of the "Servizio Lavoro" marches through ruins in a street on the Italian Riviera on their way to clear up the debris after the bombing of Genoa. The "Servizio Lavoro" has been organized in Italy to carry on demolition and repair work after RAF raids. So devastating are the RAF raids that it is necessary to make these workers mobile and draft them from inland places to laree cities, targets of the RAF raids. MILLIONS BEGIN WORK UNDER U.S. JOB RULES Employee "Frozen" By McNntt Order To "Hold The Line." A majority of the 52,000,000 Ameri can wage earners began this week un der rules which make it virtually Im possible to change employment in order to increase earning power. Henceforth a person can change em ployment to get higher wages only If he is going from a non-essential ac tivity to a Job in one of the 35 essen tial activity groups, or if he is going with War Manpower Commission's ap proval from one lob to another In an essential activity where he can use his highest skills or gain full-time em ployment. The regulations, which principally affect the 27,000,000 persons in essen tlal activities, were posted by WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt Saturday night and became effective Sunday. They were promulgated with the ap proval of Economic Stabilization Direc tor James 7. Byrnes and were designed to effectuate A President Roosevelt's April 8 order to "hold the line" against inflation. McNutt expects the order to solve one of his greatest manpower problem's the huge turnover in employment in essential activities which he attributes to the higher wage motive. For the first time in McNutt's ad ministration of the Manpower Com mission he referred specifically to pen alties which will be Imposed on con victed violators of the regulations. He said that prosecution would be brought against employers and workers under the economic stabilization act of Oc tober 27, 1S42, which provided criminal penalties of 11,000 One, one year im prisonment, or both. In addition, an employer would be barred from charge tag to the Government under a war contract wages Illegally paia ana irom deducting such wages as a business expense in his Income tax report. Bv not barring persons In non-essen tlal activities from switching Jobs to Increase their earnings, McNutt hopes they will be attracted to the essential activities. The essential Jobs are not only war production Jobs, but Include those that meet a vital civilian neea. SDeciflcally. the regulations provide: 1. A person In a nonessential activity can transfer to another Job for higher wages, provided that at no time in the 30 days preceding the transfer he or she was employed in an essential activity. The 30-day period is de signed to prevent evasion by shifting from essential, to non-essential, and then back to essential. 2. An employer in a nonessential ac tivity cannot hire at higher wages any person who In the preceding 30 day period was engaged in an essential activity. 3. No person can change employment from one esesntial activity to another essential activity at a wage rate higher thaap. that paid in the previous Job during the preceding 30-day period, excent to provide higher utilization oi Lhis skills, or obtain full-time employ ment. ' 4. Where WMO-approved employ ment stabilization plans are in effect, no transfer at higher wages can be made unless such a transfer meets with provisions of the plan and is in the interests of the war effort. In such cases a statement of availability will be issued by his last employer or by the WMC in keeping with the pro visions of the plan or whenever' the person Is discharged, laid off for an Indefinite period or for seveen tor more days, or he can established that his present employment does not utilise his highest skills or give him full-tune work. .--;-(:-- pyjr -1 v"- Provision Is made that no worrer shall accept new employment under conditions which violate the regula tions. , The Albemarle News and Press says: "With seven persons in the aoutheap part of the sounty already taking the Pasteur treatment to prevent rabies, and with three persons in Albemarle having been bitten by dogs during the past week, the county ooara or neaim in special session ordered a quarantine of all dogs in the county for a peeriod of 40 days. The stats board of health was consulted before this action was taken, and it recommended an Immedi ate countryside quarantine In order to protect life and property. The town of Norwood quarantined all dogs last week, and it was reported yesterday that about 60 dogs In that section had already been killed." land; Mrs. Floyd Helms, Rl, Peach- Mrs. Nell McLean and Daoy FIRST PICTURES OF BOMBED Monroe Easter Business Heavy Buying In Most Lines Very Brisk; Good Stocks On Hand SOME STORES CROWDED With the final week before Easter Sunday half gone, Monroe merchants reported today, they are enjoying heavy trade and are prepared for another busy period between now and Satur day night. Restrictions on certain classes of merchandise are pinching business some, but on the whole ac cording to local merchants the out look is good. Buying of ready-to-wear has been exceedingly brisk for the past several weeks and much ahead of the week before Easter last year, which may be attributed in part to the fact that Easter was much earlier last year. Jewelry stores, perhaps as hard hit as any other retail industry, are hav ing good business, on lines they can secure. Watches, silverware "and ster ling silver are increasingly hard to get. However many new lines have been added by the Jewelry stores and these are being well received by the public. Hardware stores and other business establishments, featuring supplies for gardens have been through a heavy season. These stores are also experi encing heavy demands for paints and oils, roofing and other building ma terial with which to repaint and re pair buildings. Candles, greeting cards and chil dren's Easter supplies have sold un usually well. Greetings cannot be sent by wire this year which may have had something to do with the unusual demand for cards. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having this day duly qualified before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Union County as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Katie Means, deceased, notice Is hereby given to all parties holding claims against said estate to present them to the under signed, duly authenticated, on or be fore the 20th day of April, 1944, or this notice will be pled in bar of their recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate will please make prompt settlement with the undersigned Executor. . This April 20, 1843. WILSON H. MEANS, Executor of the Estate of Katie Means, Deceased. O. L. Richardson, Atfy. 4-22-6twc GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S tHUKLH Union Services To Be Held Friday At Noon The annual Good Friday service at St. Paul's Episcopal is in the nature of a union service of all the churches of the city. While the devotional ser vice will be conducted by the rector of the church, Rev. F. B. Drane, the ministers of the Baptist; Methodist, Presbyterian and Lutheran churches will give meditation on words from the cross, followed by a prayer. Be tween each meditation will be sung familler hymns, with the theme of Calvary. The time is the noon hour. The whole community is cordially In vited to take part in this service. The program follows: - ,' Pro. 159, "There Is a green hill far away." Penitential Office, page 60 of Prayer Book, read by Mr. Drane. Scrip ture lesson. Offiering for work In the Holy Land. ; -;V Hymn 153 "0 Come and Mourn With Me. Awhile." Meditation and Prayer, by Rev. Robt. Turner. - Hymn - 154 "When I survey the Wondrous Cross." Meditation and Prayer by Rev. J. H. Armbrust. . Hymn 147 "In the Hour of Trial." Meditation and Prayer by Rev. P. B. Upcnurch. " Hymn 149 "O Lamb of God StlB Keep Me." Meditation ahd Prayer by Rev. F. K. Enrd. ' Benediction by Rev. F. & Drane. ' Cross of Christ.'' i Pfo. Ernest Helms, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Helms, who has been sta tioned at Blytha, California, will arrive Friday night, to spend the week-end with his parents. Private Helms has not visited relatives hers sines last November. ITALY "" i I Tl II iimmI GOVERNMENT MAY USE CHARLOTTE HOSPITAL Sanatorium To Be Used As Venereal Disease Hospital. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state health officer, has announced that the fed eral government has given "every In dication" that it would take over the Charlotte Sanatorium for a venereal disease hospital to provide free treat ment for patients of both races. All expenses, expected to total $150, 000 a year, would be borne by the fed eral government with the exception of some personnel. Dr. Reynolds said. If suitable supervising facilities could be obtained, he said, Judges in some instances might send Infected patients to the hospital for treatment. But, he pointed out, that would not be the prime function of the hospital, winch would have as Its chief aim the com batting of diseases among those who voluntarily request the treatment. Even though seven weeks were required to treat the infection, the cost would be nothing to the Individual. Dr. Reynolds said he believed there were only 11 such hospitals In the United States. Allocation of the unit to Charlotte was given Impetus with an announce ment from Col Warner B- Gates, Mor ria rieia commander mere, tnat Cnar lott might be declared a forbidden area because of what he described as "horrible" venereal disease condl tions there. The yearly appropriation of $12500 from the Reynolds foundation for treatment of venereal diseases In Char lotte has been withdrawn because of that city's failure to participate in the "merit system" of operation, the health officer said, adding that there was a hope that Charlotte again would co operate. One venereal disease specialist, who asked that his name not be used, said mat we reported prevalence of such diseases In Charlotte could not be blamed entirely on prostitutes, but t be partly attributed to "party also must be partly attributed to "party Kiris, pickups, ana gooa-time women Men, too, are to blame, he said, for iauure to take proper precautions. NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL BAN ORDERED BY 0DT Public Urged To Avoid Week-End Trips, When Possible. Transportation Director Joseph B Eastman today called for the elimina tion of all "strictly nonessential travel," and announced he will denv all re quests of railroads for authority to operate additional summer services In volving the use of sleeping-car equip ment. While not classifying annual vaca tions as "strictly nonessential," East man said they should begin and end on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs days, in order to avoid week-end traf fic peaks, and that vacationists, should stay at home, or make their trips as short as possible. Additional summer services will be limited to coach trains operated be tween Saturday noon and Sunday midnight, utilizing commuter equip ment that otherwise would be lying idle, and to other trains of a semi commuter type within a radius of about 60 miles of a terminal. Requests for extra coach or parlor train service for daily, tri-weekly, or week-end summer operation will he denied. - ODT surveys Indicate that about 25 per cent of all the passengers on reg ular trains and inter-city buses are civilians traveling "for no necessary purpose, much or It "merely aimless travel tor the sake of going some where," according to Eastman. "Vacation travel is not strictly es sential, but H may be classed as de sirable.'' he commented. "It is clear beyond any doubt, however, that there will be no space on trams or buses for both vacation and strictly non essential travel The latter must therefore, be sacrificed and the former be limited tn every reasonable day." ' The Union Baptist Pastors' Confer-1 enoe is 'having a two-day session on April 26th and 27th at the Marsh villa Baptist church. The opening session will begin at 4:00 o'clock on Monday the 26th. Dr. Elbert N. Johnson, Pas stor of the First Baptist Church, Fair Bluff, and Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn, pastor of the First Baptist church. Lumberton, will be the guest speak ers. All pastors tn the Union Associ ation are urged to attend and visiting ministers are cordially Invited. t fro football ruisnf $680,384 for war Mcf last year. . . . ,: ,( ., , , , THE LATE WAR NEWS IN BRIEF The British government In an extraordinary announcement said today that it had received reports that "Hitler is making prepara tions for nsing poison gas against the Russian front," and warned that such a development would And the British retaliating with the same weapon "upon German munitions centers, seaports and other military objectives through out the whole expanse of Ger many." The British Eighth army has captured the Axis coastal pivot of Enfldaville, has swung Ave miles northwest to storm the mountain citadel of Takrouna, and also has gained two miles In the DJebel Garcl area farther Inland amid "very severe fighting," it was re ported last night. Savage and persistent German attacks against newly-won Russian positions in the Kuban area of the Caucasus about the Nasi bridge hear of Novorossick collapsed yes terday against heavy Soviet artil lery fire, the Red command an nounced, but the enemy still was throwing In fresh troops and his bombers were active over the Black sea and the Sea of Azov. Sweeeplng out In force In perfect flying weather, British bombers last night blasted manufacturing and other war installations in the Bal tic ports of Stettin and Rostock, left Berlin alight with fires, and ranged widely over other sections of occupied Europe In one of the war's biggest air assaults on Ger man communications. Japan's air and ground power in the southwest Pacific is growing ing "with great rapidity," a spokes man for General Douglas Mac Arthur warned yesterday, and "the situation is now becoming more menacing on the Australian front." Union County's Men In Service Aviation Cadet John B. Whitley, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whitley, Sr., of Rl, Wingate, has Just completed his basic training at the Merced Army Flying School, Merced, Calif., with Class 43F. Cadet Whitley will go to Luke Field, Phoenix, Arizona for his advanced instruction. At the com pletion of his course there he will re ceive his "Wings," and will Join Uncle Sam s legens In the skies. Auxiliary Inira .-Mormtn. -slcter of Dr. Ed. Williams of Monroe, who has been stationed at the Third Training Center of the Women's Army Aux iliary Corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., has been assigned to the 84th Post Headquarters Co., at Fort Bennlng, Georgia. Pvt. Lee Roy Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ford of R4, Monroe, who was Inducted Into the army in November, 1942, is stationed at Camp Beale, Calif. Cpl. Ray W. Crook, who has been stationed at Langley field, Va., has been transferred to an ordnance train- m8 center in Mississippi. He address ts: Cp1- Hy W. Crook, 1957 Ord. Co. uepot iAvm u.u.r.u., m. u. f., jacje son, Miss. His twin brother is In an M. P. at Camp Maxey, Texas. His address is: Pvt. Robert N. Crook, 182nd S. C. Unit, Det. Military Police Corps, Camp Maxey, Texas. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Crook of R4, Monroe. Pvt. Grady Helms, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. C. Helms of Corinth com' m unity, who Is stationed at Sedalia Field, Mo., is spending a few days with relatives. Mr. Helms has been in the service since September and is in the air corps. Cpl. Earl H. Crook, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Crook, is stationed on the U. 8. 8. Relna Mercdes, Annapolis, Md. He has requested a transfer for combat duty which he desires very much. Mr. and Mrs. Crook also have a son in the air corps, Cpl. William C. Crook, 508 Basic Flying Tng. Bad., Perrin Field Sherman, Texas. Jonas B. Crook an other son. Is In the Merchant Marine. His address Is not known at he present time. Word was received Monday by Mr. and Mrs. J. Calvin Mullia of Route 3, Monroe, that their son, Pvt. James B. Mullls has arrived safely overseas. Pvt. Johnnie L. Nance is stationed at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark. Mrs. Oren Williams left April 15 for Mississippi to be with her husband at Camp Van Dom, Miss. Pfe Julian W. Privet te, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Privette, is expected this week to spend several days with relatives in the county. Private Prlvete is stationed at Fort Bill, Okla,' and this is his first visit back home since last August. . ....-, Lt Fred Wood of Fort Bel voir, Va., will come tomorrow for a several days leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wood. " Pvt. Charles Wilbur Pressley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Pressley, was pro moted to private first class March 15, 1943. He la now stationed as follows: 62nd Airdrome 8qn Army Air Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico. He would be glad to hare his friends write to him. He volunteered for service five months ago, has since been through 14 states, and stationed at the follow ing camps: Fort Bragg, St. Petersburg, FUl, Clearwater, Fla, Ft. Logan, Colo, Salt Lake City, Utah. Prior to enter ing the service he was employed by the Five Points Food store. - Pfo Jack Baucom la home on NAVY RECRUITERS WELL PLEASED WITH COUNTY Trade School Examinations Union High On List Place Recruiters Stewart and Lee who have been quartered at the Monroe Post Office all of this week stated that the results of the Trade School examina tions held In the Union county schools two weeks ago showed Union county to be up among the top ranking comi ties In general intelligence shown by high school students. It speaks well for the school systems of the county, was the statement of the Recruiters who have held these examinations In many of the nearby counties these past few weeks. Walter Bickett high school had the next to the highest average of any school in nine counties the Recruiters stated and expressed the hope that those of the students who are ap proaching their eighteenth birthday would come in to see them and take advantage of the Navy Trade School offer while they were still able to en list. The Recruiters also pointed out that the mathematical chances of a man getting his choice of the Navy Trade School offer while they were stil able to enlist. The Recruiters also pointed out that the mathematical chances of a man getting his choice of the Navy after induction were slim and that the Navy was anxious to have these boys enlist before they were draft board property. These boys who took this examination are eligible for Navy Trade Schools and after they are Inducted their iden tity Is pretty well lost In the shuffle. The Recruiters cannot urge the seven teen year old boys too strongly to choose while they still have the choice. The Navy Department is considera bly elated over the expectation of its expansion program and consequently the need for mentally alert boys to train for the Petty Officer ratings is an acute one the Recruiters pointed out. Advancement In the Navy is a must and the boys who enlist now will be the ones to benefit by the training programs now in progress. The Recruiters also stated that the need for seventeen year old colored boys was an important one and they wil be enlisted as Steward's Mates. PART OF JAP PLANE ON DISPLAY AT BANK On display In the American Bank and Trust -company lobby here is a piece of a Jap plane sent by Corporal Henry Mangum, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Mangum, stationed in New Guinea, who writes: "I am enclosing a piece of metal taken by me from a wrecked Japanese bomber, which bomber had Been blasted from the sky by our own S. P. air force. This is concrete evidence of results made possible by proceeds from the sale of war bonds In the United States." Just about the time this letter was received by the bank, Master Sergeant Thomas W. Stinson, Jr., Just in from a nine-months tour of duty in Eng land, walked into the bank for the purpose of buying a war bond. These soldiers, and many others like them who are offering their lives for their country, know the Importance of buying war bonds so that equipment can be purchased. Union county s quota for this month Is $380,000, and while many people are buying bonds we are still far from reaching our goal. More and more people must buy bonds and those who have bought some are urged to Increase their investment. 15-day furlough. He has been in the army five months, and Is presently stationed at the army air base, Venice, Florida. Cpl. J. W. McClellan of Fort Sin., Okla., Is spending a 15-day furlough with his mother, Mrs. Walter McClel lan, and Pvt. Cull McClellan is here on seven-day furlough from Camp Blandlng, Fla. They were called home on account of the death of their fath er, Walter McClellan. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Eason of R2, Monroe, have three sons in service: Everett Eason, with the navy on a hospital ship; Pfc. Carmon Eason, with the army, who Is on desert maneuvers in California; Pvt. Blair Eason, in ducted into the army two months ago, Is stationed at Camp Swift, Texas. Cpl. Arthur Blanchard, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Blanchard of R2 Mon roe, has been home on furlough. He is now on desert maneuvers in Cali fornia. He is one Union county young man who can boast of the pleasure of having danced with Shirley Temple, the movie actress, to California. These Union county soldiers are certainly on the alert There's P. O. Whltaker who had been In the army scarcely. a month when he had been kissed by Joan Crawford, movie actress, and has since ridden Tyrone Power's famous horse. Sgt. Walter Heath has checked Oapt. Clark Gable, movie actor, during the tatter's training at gunnery school Panama Crty, Fla. Capt Gable la now in Britain. Francis Stewart also work ed with Clark Gable while at TyndaU Field, Fla, , , Clyde Honeycutt of the U. S. Navy, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Honeycutt, of R3, Monroe that he is somewhere la ths Pacific He was formerly stationed at Fort Hue- neme, Calif. His brother. Pvt.- Marvin Lee Honeycutt, has - been , tat service eight months and Is training In signal corps work at Camp Crowder. . Pft Elerbe H. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Williams of Indian Trail, stationed in Hawaii, sent his parents a clipping from a Honolulu paper of the Hickam basketball team of which he is a member. They had won over their opponents, so Pfo. Wil liams Is playing good ban as well as being a good soldier. His brother, Sgt Keith W. Williams, Is stationed at Auburndale, Mass, ., . Japs Execute TokyoBombers The President Promises Full Retribution For New Horrors SEVERAL FLIERS DIE Japan has put to death some of the eight American flyers captured after the bombing of Tokyo and, treating the others as criminals, is denying them the rights to which prisoners of war are entitled. This new horror by the enemy In violation of covenants concernrlng mil itary prisoners was disclosed today by President Roosevelt. He made known, too, that the American government has solemnly warned Tokyo that for this and any future "acts of criminal barbarity" just punishment will be visited on the responsible Japanese officials. "This recourse by our enemies to frightfulnes is barbarous," Mr. Roose velt said In a statement to the Ameri can people. "The effort of the Japa nese war lords to intimidate us will utterly fall. It will make the Ameri can people more determined than ever to blot out the shameless mili tarism of Japan." The President's statement Issued at the White House, was supplemented by the State department. Toeether. the statements disclosed that: The American government initiated inquiries through the Swiss government immediately alter Tokyo's radio broad cast, last October 19. that military triales were planned for the eigat Americans. It was not until February 17. how ever, that the Japanese government re plied, acknowledging that the Ameerl cans had been tried, sentenced to death, and that, as the State depart ment phrased lt, "following commuta tion of the sentence for the larger number of them, the sentence of death was applied to certain of the accused." The Japanese accusation was that the flyers had bomber non-military targets and shot cl vilians, and they told the swlss minister in Tokyo that these acts were admitted They declined, however, to say which men had been executed or what dis position had been made of their bodies. Thus, the American government was left with no details and not knowing which of the following eight men, missing arteh the Tokyo raid and pre sumed prisoners, were the victims of this Japanese terrorism: First Lieutenants William Glover Farrow of Washington, Robert L. Hits of Earth, Tex., Robert J. Meder of Lakewood, O., Chase J. Neilson of Hyrum,, Utah, and Dean E. Hallmark, of Dallas. Second Lieutenant George Barr of jviacison, wis. Sergeant Harold A. Spatz of Lebo, Kansas. Corporal Jacob D. Deshazer of Madras, Ore. The State department's reply, given the Swiss to convey to Tokyo, recalled the obligations Japan has assumed re garding treatment of military prison ers; the promise that the protecting power (the Swiss) must he given three weeks notice before a prisoner Is tried, that a representative of the protecting power must be allowed to be present all the other provisions of conventions concerning treatment of prisoners. The Japanese government has not complied with any," it observed. as ror the accusation aealnst the prisoners, the State department said the American forces had Instructions to attack only military objectives and it is xnown tney cud not deviate from orders. The government of the United State brands as false the charge that Ameri can aviators intentionally have attack ed noncambatants anywhere," lt said, adding: "There are numerous known in stances in which Japanese official agencies have employed brutal and bestial methods In extorting alleged confessions from persons in their pow er. It is customary for those agencies to use statements obtained under tor ture or alleged statements, In pro ceedings against the victims. "If the admissions alleged by tho Japanese government to have been made by the American aviators were in fact made, they could only have been extorted fabrications." After calling on Tokyo to abide by its agreements, .. the communication closed with Its promise of punishment which left no doubt this country ex pects, soon or late, to be able to mete it out. r RECREATION GROUP AIDS BOND AND STAMP SALE Under the direction of Mrs. Craven Gordon ' of the ; Monroe : Recreation program the Bond and Stamp booth at Woolworths store has been staffed with volunteer workers since early in February. , t , This week Mrs. w. B. Love, presi dent of the Chautauqua Book Club ha as graciously given her time, assisted by the following club members: Mes dames Rosooe Phlfer, Annie B. Ash craft W. M. Davis, H. M. Becrest Fred Huntley and Miss Connie Home. . Next week this booth will be In charge of volunteers from the Episco pal church" and the following week from the Lutheran church. On Satur- 1 days Girl Scouts, selected by their leader, Mrs. William Austin, are doing their bit to make this important drive a success. . CARD OF THANKS v ' We wish to thank our friends ano" nieghbors for their deeds of kindnos? and expressions of sympathy glveti us during the lllnes and death of P. E. Connell our husband and fa'her. ?'iy God's rechlest blesslrps am, ' r .h each and every one, ifs. H E. Cor nell and Family. Children's Eur? plms tuJ: ; ,t care for soldiers' wiv , 1 1
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