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wmmm-Lmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm WITHER FORECAST; Little Changs In temperature. MONROE MARKET r-tton, short, lb 21e Cotton, long, lb 31 He Cotton Seed, bushel 70H0 Eggs, dozen 33c to 85c Fryers, pound 28c Corn, bushel . . . . $1.25 Wheat, bushel $1.60 mM Sunset today, 8:31 p. m.; Sunrise Tuesday, 6:10 am. ".'Uilttisi PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS SEVENTIETH YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1943 'SMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR CPA's Butter Subsidy Near ftetail Prices Will Reflect Cut In Commodity ! June 10 MEATS, COFFEE, NEXT Breastlnsr a tide of criticism over the handling of food prices, the Office of Price Administration has announced its subsidy on butter will go into ef fect on Tuesday of this week at the rate of five cents a pound. Retail prices beginning June 10 will reflect the cut, which amounts to bout 10 per cent, OPA said, explain ing the leg between the subsidy pay xnents and the cut in retail prices is lue to the fact that the subsidy, will Apply only to newly-produced butter. The effective retail date had to be set later because of pre-subsidy butter that will be in trade channels during the 10-day period. At the same time, OPA said the txomlsed 10 per cent subsidy roll-back in meat ana coiee prices wui iwuuw Shortly. It was understood from other sources that the meat program prob ably will be announced In a week or JO days. - OPA's announcement came as crit icism, in Congress and out, of the handling of food problems and prices raised the prospect that James F. Byrnes, the new War Mobilization Director, wll have to cope with it (quickly. Among the things Byrnes likely will feet tie are: 1. The extent to which subsidies inay be used. 3. Whether food matters should be concentrated under the Agriculture de partment or wther all price-fixing that affects farm products should remain a Boint question for OPA and Food Ad ministrator onester u. uavis. OPA officials said the "rollback" pro- tram has been aDDroved by Byrnes, and that it Is assured of going ahead In spite of opposition from some con srressional sources and Davis. The subsidy on butter will be paid by the Defense Supplies corporation, a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance corporation. At the rate of live cents a pound at the creamery level, beginning Tuesday. Next Fri day the prices creameries charge others will be cut by the same amount. Saturday wholesale prices will be cut by the five cents margin. The retail price cut will take place the following Thursday, June 10. Because eacn part oi we duiot 'handling business adds on to the orig- ual cost of the product an extra profit &fut mill nl iiiiiiIIihi mimrtn.-AfRelai& estimated that vie retail price may go down an average of about five and one-half cents. In different places, and depending on whether the butter is sold by store or milk wagons, the ac tual retaid cut may vary from five to six cents a pound. . NO FATHERS WILL GO UNTIL OTHERS TAKEN Major Jonas Tells Fear-County Draft Conference Of Flans. No fathers In North Carolina are to be called in the selective service as long as single men and married men 'without children listed with the boards are still subject to call, draft boards of- four North Carolina counties were told Thursday by Major Charles R. Jonas of Raleigh, representing North Carolina state selective service head quarters. The meeting .was held at the Char lotte Chamber of Commerce. About 75 from Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus and Stanly counties were present It 'was one of 18 similar meetings being held in the State. Two points Stressed by Major Jonas were: L Boards should review all cases rigidly so that when fathers are called no single men or childless married men will be left in civilian life alter lathers are called, except for vital reasons. 2. Boards should impress on employ ers via ncrautcr aumueub v u.i- ags single and childless married men win be renewed, only In extreme cases and that replacement arrangements suv becoming Imperative. v Single men and childless married men are being called from the war Industries, such as shipyards and air plane factories, Major Jonas said. Em ployers, however, will be permitted to make replacements before such men are drafted. Replacement will be by men with children and by women. : "We are not going to permit any board to start calling fathers until Its single men and childless married mean have been definitely called, or further deferred for vital reasons,'' Major Jonas said. "Furthermore, we're not going to permit some beards to send fathers into the service when other boards still have single men and child less married men on their lists; When we start calling fathers, all boards will dot simultaneously. -i , j $ " 'ft Fay Ot Army Private i -.. I: Here's the pay of an Army private, .as calculated by Representative Pat- man, of Texas, assisted by the War and Navy Departments and the Vet erans' Administration: Soldiers cash income, $600; food. $57150; barracks shelter, $130; equipment replacement, $170; medical, dental and hospital care. $100; saved on Hfr Insurance, $63.40; saved on cigarettes, $10.95; saved on laundry, $3240; saved on postage and barber's charges, $3S4$. : 'JSK" V ', War Work . .-'; : Denying that distress among Small ' slnees Is as general as rena-ted. the -Jffloe of War Information reports that haK of $,4446 small manufacturers Interviewed said that they expected business to be as good, or better, than in 1942, . and two-thirds expressed satisfaction with their present backlog of orders, . : , t NEW JEFFERSON , MEMORIAL a J j: ) v 1 M f yf Ms ' WASHINGTON Boning dolph Evans looks at his statue of x nomas Jenerson beneath the dome of the Jefferson Memorial, which was recently dedicated. Preseit statue is made of plaster and painted bronze but after the war a Bronze statue will be cast. Ickes Explains Gas Complaint Says Carolina Motor Club Used Wrong Method In Charges MAKE FULL INQUIRY Petroleum Administrator Ickes yes terday advised Senator Remold rm. ocrat of North Carolina, "in the light of the facts as know to us I cannot preaict tnat there will be .enough gaso line available for some time to permit relaxation of any of the restrictions which are now in effect" In North and South Carolina. Reynolds had brought to Ickes' at tention a newspaper advertisement sponsored by the Carolina Motor club, complaining of various discrepancies in the distribution of gasoline in the Carolina, and alleging residents of the two states were being discriminated against , "As to' the claims made in the news paper advertisements," Ickes said in a letter to Reynolds, "I have asked that a -complete investlcatlbn be made hv members of my staff, and the results will be made known as nromntlv as possible. "It is most unfortunate." Ickes added, "however, that any organiza tion should bring so forcibly to the attention of so man; Americans, who are working diligently on the war pro gram, allegations and implications wnicn admittedly are not based on authentic information. "It may be true that here or there a transportation facility may not al ways be used to the best advantage. When this does occur, it represents a departure from the established plan. ana x Believe it to be the natriotic duty of those who observe any mis uses to cal them to the attention of the proper government agency so that tney may De investigated. "Prior to, and since the outbreak of the war, the East Coast petroleum products shortage has been considered a. burden which should be shared equally by all of those States within that area. Of course problems are bound to arise along the line estab lished to denote Bones of rtimimnar restrictions on the consumption of gasoline, but as long as the petroleum products snortage is confined to a certain area, the problems will be ob served, no matter where the line Is established. . "Moreover, from the standpoint of discrimination, what could possibly be mare unfair than to" allow unrestricted consumption of gasoline in one section of the East Coast, when to do so would only deprive other sections of that ares ot vitally needed motor oil?" COUNTY IS ALLOTTED 50 PRESSURE COOKERS K ,.. 4 , . i Applications Mast Be Filed At County : j Office By June 5. The " Farm ' Machinery Committee and the Advisory Committee for union county have received notice that the county is to receive an allotment of fifty pressure cookers. A large num ber of applications have already been filed at the county office. All applica tion for pressure cookers must be filed st the county office in Monroe by June 5, 1943. f Persons who wish to mate application- for such cookers must file their application on or before June 9, 1943, if they are to receive any ' consideration by 'the Rationing Committee.' ; - '. ' " ; , Food Production Order No. $ mads provision for the manufacture of these pressure cookers, In order to assist in canning .and preserving vegetables and other food this year. These pres sure cookers win be svausbls to per sons who receive purchase certificates through the reguglar retail cannels of trade. The Advisory Committee the Farm Machinery Rationing Com mittes will meet ' within a few days after the closing date for acceptance of applications and will lsssuo pur chase certificates to the applicants who qualify for these pressure cookers. . '.. v, i-.A; Food v.;.- Triers Is enough food in the country to take cart of aU requirements, de clared Major .General F. B. Cssstdy, Quartermaster Oeneral, If the supply Is properly distributed. Tho General disclosed that Illegal markets In some areas were hindering the Army la Us food procurement activities. Bit PLAN DEMONSTRATION OF CANNING METHODS Announce County-Wide Schedule; Be ginning Tuesday, June S. If American families are to be well fed next winter, all uneaten food from Victory gardens must be saved for winter use. It is toward this end that a county-wide program has been plan ned to help each home maker learn the safest methods of canning and drying vegetables and fruits. Demon' Strations will be held in each commu nity according to the following sched ule: June 8, 3:30 p. m., Mt. Moriah, Lanes Creek, at home of Mrs. Paul J. Hun- eycutt. June 9, 3:30 p. m., Phlladel phia, Lanes Creek, home of Mrs. Frank Davis. June 10, 3:30 p. m Union, Union School Home Be. Dept, June 11, 3:30 p. m., Olive Branch, home of Mrs. Hamp Brewer. June 14, 3:30 p. m., Indian Trail, Indian Trail school. June 15, 4:30 p. m., Fairfield, Fairfield Club House; June 16, 3:30 p. m., New Salem, New Salem Church Club Room. June 17, 3:30 p. m., Oil boa, Oilboa Church. June 18, 3:30 p. m., Prospect, Prospect School. June 21, 3:30 p. m., Beulah, Beulah School. June 22, 2:30 p. m., Wesley Chapel, Wesley Chapel School. June 33, 3:30 p. m.. Mineral springs. Mineral Springs School. June 24, 10:00 a. m., Monroe, Monroe Elementary School auditorium. June 24, 2:30 p. m., Wed dlngton, Weddington school. June 25, 2:30 p. m., Rock Rest, Rock Rest Club House. June 28, 2:30 p. m. Trinity, home of Mrs. B. W. Mangum. June 29, 2:30 p. m., Jackson, Jackson School. June 30, 2:30 p. m., Rehobeth, home of Mrs. E. J. Sims. July 1, 2:30 p. m Falrview, Fairview School. July 2, 2:30 p. m., UnionvtBe, Unlonville School. Demonstrators will include Miss Izola Williams, FSA Home Manage ment Supervisor, and Miss Myrom Cllnard, representative of Ball Broth era Company. All demonstrations are open to the public. If you are interested in food conservation, you are cordially Invited to attend the demonstration nearest you and to save gasoline by taking several neighbors with you. BYRNES IS GIVEN MORE POWER IN NEW POSITION Roosevelt Names S. C. Man To Head War Mobilisation Drive President Roosevelt Friday centered under James F. Byrnes the govern ment's vast wartime controls over the nation's economic life and made him the arbiter where civilian and military needs come Into conflict. By Executive order, Mr. Roosevelt created the post of director of war mobilization and appointed to it the iM former ' -South- -Carolina nator and Supreme Court Justice who left the highest court last Oc tober to become director of economic stabilization. In this position, Byrnes, who already had been dubbed "assistant President" while economic stabilization director, will hold greater powers than have ever been wielded by any American outside the office of the presidency itself. Mr. Roosevelt's order empowered him: "To develop unified programs and to establish policies for the maximum use of the nation's natural and in dustrial resources for military and civilian needs, for the effective use of the national man power not in the armed forces, for the maintenance and stabilization of the civilian econ omy, and for the adjustment of such economy to war needs and conditions." He was authorized, too, to "unify the activities" of Federal agencies con cerned with production and distribu tion of military and civilian supplies, and to issue directive orders to them. Thus Byrnes may issue orders to War Man Power Commissioner ' Paul V. McNutt, Rubber Administrator William M Jeffers, Secretary Ickes in Ickes' capacity as petroleum adminis trator, and the other government "czars" in limited fields. He is em powered, too, to issue directives to the War and Navy departments insofar as their acquisition of supplies is con cerned. In the . same order, Mr. Roosevelt established what is in effect a war cabinet composed of Byrnes, Secre tary or War Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Knox, Chairman Harry Hopkins or nte Munitions' Assignment board, Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War .Production board, and Judge Fred- M. Vinson; former Kentucky representative who is leaving the Dis trict or Columbia court of appeals to succeed Byrnes as stabilization direc tor. This group was formally designated the War Mobilization committee. Mr. Roosevelt said that "in addition to its regular meetings, the committee will meet from time to time with me in the cabinet room." In its relations with Byrnes, how ever, ' this -committee was given only advisory functions, the executive order reserving to the -director of war mo bilization all decisions under a vast grant of powers. j SALE OF BUDDY POPPIES NETTED $180 SATURDAY -:. .-;, :v Mrs. 'Hal Love, president of the American Legion Auxiliary, today an nounced that a total of $18022 was received Saturday, as a result of the annual Poppy Day sals, of which Mrs. John iHearns was Iocs) chairman, v . The local auxiliary had 1500 popples to sell and all of them had been sold by early afternoon and many more could have been sold had they been available.';''" ---; Proceeds from the sals of Buddy Popples art used for rehabilitation work among soldtert. m the past the fund has been used to aid veterans of the first World War. This year, vet erans of World War U wilt nostra Sid. Mrs. Lovs and Mrs, Heame, with to extend their sincere thanks and ap preciation to every person who assist ed la making ths sals a success. THE LATE WAR NEWS IN BRIEF Attn has fallen, Its frantic Jap anese defenders wiped oat almost to a man by the American Army and Navy force which stormed onto the fogbound little Aleutian island 21 days ago. Britain's great fleet of night bombers maintained Its systematic destruction of "the German Rhine land iwlth at "heavy and concen trated" raid on Wnppertial manu facturing city of 411,000 popula tion. American warplanes based on North Africa continued their fierce assault' on the Islands of Sardinia and Pantelleria and met no oppo sition whatever from Axis fighters. Not a Single plane was lost. Increasing success of the Allied war on .(Sermaa U-boats was re ported (ram London, the air min istry announcing the destruction of at least five enemy submarines in the past 10 'days - The Soviets themselves reported that the Nads had struck vigor ously against the partially besieged stronghold of Leningrad. The Chinese announced they had recaptured Tuyangkwan, "gateway tq Chungking," In a smashing at tack and that Japanese forces were reeling In retreat from that city, 35 miles south of Ichang. Frenoh fleet in Alexandria har bor at ' last has "given in to the British," said a German broadcast. This fleet consisted at last report of enor battleship, four cruisers, three destroyers, one submarine and a number of small auxiliaries. An Frenchmen born in the year 1922 have been drafted for .work in Germany, it was stated hi an official announcement broadcast by the BerHn radio last Sunday night No exceptions are made to the new draft, said the broadcast, recorded in New York by the Asso ciated Press. "Young peopla work ing on the farms and in other Im portant trades also are drafted," it Union County's Men In Service . Pvt. Duncan Wood row James, in ducted into the armed services April 19th, Is with the Engineers Corps sta tioned at Belvoir, Va. Cpl. J. C. Helms, who Is stationed at Edgewood Arsenal, Md., is spending an eight-day furlough with his moth er, Mrs. T. Vann Helms, at 701 Win Chester Avenue. Cpl. Helms has been in service since November 12th. Before entering the army he was an employee of the Monroe Ice and Fuel company. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brantley have been made very happy by a letter Just received from their son, pi. James L. Brantley, who is in North Africa and was probably in the big battle which has just closed. He says he Is well and safe, and that certainly is wonder ful news from over there where v much has been going on. Cpl. Brant ley says also, that he hopes to come home soon. Mrs. Leroy Helms and daughters, Misses Pattie Sue and Lillian Helms,, left Thursday for Hopkinsville, Ky., to Join First Set. Hemls. He has been in the service several years and his wife and daughters have been living on Lancaster avenue. First Lieut. J. V. Griffith has been promoted to Captain in the Infantry, U. S. Army, Camp McMain, Miss. He Is a son of Mrs. Rtfby Griffith of Monroe. Sgt Holland M. Crooke of the Altan community, who for the past several months has been stationed at Camp McCain, Miss., has been sent to OTteily general hospital, Springfield, Mo., for a surgical technician's course. Upon completion of this course he will receive a rating and return to Camp McCain. He married Miss Elsie Rorie, also of Altan, who has resigned her position st Camp McCain and has gone to Springfield to be with her hus band. Cpl. W. Frank Collins, 2nd Depot Repair, Sq, APO 62S, New York City, Is somewhere in England helping to "keep 'em flying." He would like to hear from friends and relatives. Sgt. Walter Clonts and CpL Vance Clonta will return to Houston, Tex, tomorrow after a furlough which they spent with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Clonts, of R, Monroe. They are in the U. S. Army Air Corps. Chaplain V. L. Mabry, lieutenant, U. & Army, Is stationed at the air base In Minneapolis, Minn. He was formerly pastor of North Monroe Bap tist church, and has many friends hers who WiU be Interested In hearing from him. Mrs. Mabry Is with her husband. Pfo. James 8. Smith, stationed at AmarUlo, Texas, who recently under went an operation for appendicitis Is getting along nicely. ' He will come home to recuperate when he Is able to travel , - Mrs. Brics N. Williams' received a letter today from her husband stating that hs had arrived safely In-North Africa. : -; : f . LL Jknmv Payne who is stationed st Camp Buckner,' Durham, spent ths Hreek - end hers with 'his parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Payne. , Sgt Isaac Blair who' was stationed in Hawaii and. was recently trans ferred back to tho States and has been LOCAL POST OFFICE NOW EMPLOYS 22 CLERKS Employed Only 5 In 1941; New Mail ing Methods Are Announced. Postmaster 8am H. Lee, stated today that according to information received by him from Washington officials, the new method of speeding up mail deliveries, through addition of 'branch branch post office number to the address on mail deliveries in large cities is being placed In opera tion rapidly. Reports from many cities Indicate that the new plan has been received enthusiastically by the press, postmasters, business concerns and the public In general. The new system speeds up the separation of mall for distribution to branch offices and permits much more rapid handling of mail by Inexperi enced postal clerks, thousands of whom have been employed to replace personnel who have gone into the armed forces and into war Industries. Rapid increase in volume of mall and the loss of some thirty thousand postal employees to the armed forces made It necessary to adopt the plan. In the Interest of accurate, efficient mall service and for the relief of postal personnel who are carrying an extremely heavy burden of work. The average work week In the service now Is about 52 hours, and in many post offices, employees are working 10 and 12 hours a day, seven days a week, because of local shortages of personnel. Residents of small cities, towns and rural regions should inquire of their correspondents in the large cities con cerning the number assigned to the city residents' branch post office so that the mall may be expedited. The degree to which mall will be speeded depends upon the extent to which the numbers are used by mailers. Under the new plan, mail that is sent to large cities, carrying the postal unit number, will be distributed more quickly than Is possible now with much less' strain on postal clerks. While mall which does not bear the number will be delivered about as rapidly as at present, it will not receive the benefit of the speedier distribution and may not avoid possible delays caused by Inability of the depleted force of ex perienced employees to handle all the mall. In this connection Postmaster Lee said that the local office now employs a force of 22 employees as compared with five clerks on November 30, 1941. This large increase in the number of employees is due to the fact that Camp Sutton Is located here and the incoming and out-going mail Is much greater now than at that period. On July 1, the local office will go to first class. This fact was generally known here several months ago, but definite. . Jnfgrmaijpii. was ;. tepelxed.. Jast week of the new rating. To become a first class office, It requires yearly receipts of $44,000, whereas the local office during the past year had re ceipts amounting to approximately $66,000 or $22,000 more than the re quired amount fo become first class. MILITARY RITES HELD FOR LIEUT. MULLIGAN Services Held In Charlotte Sunday For Husband Of Monroe Girt. A military funeral for Lieut. Jack P. Mulligan, U. S. Army air corops, who was drowned May 21 in the Sacramento river in California, was held in Charlotte yesterday afternoon Graveside services were at Elm wood cemetery, where Lieut. Ulysses S. As well, chaplain at Morris Field offici ated, with firing squad and color bear ers. Fhueral services were held at 4 p. m., at the Douglas and Sing chapel with Rev. Robert Turner, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Monroe In charge. Lieutenant Mulligan's home was in Gaffney, S. C. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom F. Mulligan of Charlotte, his wife, and one brother, Tom F. Mulligan, Jr., of Monroe, survive. Lieutenant Mulligan was aboard a cabin cruiser on the Sacramento river when the vessel struck a submerged obstruction. Of the 10 aboard two were drowned, one being Lieutenant Mulligan.. His body was taken to Charlotte by train, accompanied by Mrs. Mulligan, and Lieut. John R. McGill, U. 8. Army air corps, as escort. Lieutenant McGill will return to California this week- Lieutenant Mulligan was a pilot. having received his commission at Mather Field, Calif., April 19, 1943. He was well known in Charlotte, where for three or more years he had held a responsible post with a local bank. Wounded Wounded veterans of American units have arrived in this country after spear-heading the drive against Bl serte and helping in the chase of Axis forces out of North Africa. With in s few weeks of ths battles, the wounded veterans are being safely cared for' in the Army's general hos pitals, thousands of miles from the scenes of their injuries. spending s few days here with his mother, Mrs. I. H. Blair, wui wave tomorrow for Camp Beat Calif, where he will be for ths present.- ii Bat. Alec Laney who is stationed at Morris Field, Charlotte, spent the week-end . hers with his sunt, Mrs. Lura Evans and other relatives. . Mrs. Frank Lander. Jr. has had a message from her husband, Lt. Lander, saying that he had landed safely in North Africa, ' Clarence Houston of Raleigh, son of Mrs. Clarence Houston of Monroe, was Inducted Into the United States Army last weeek at Fort Bragg. . PW John H. Hinson, H At 8 CO, 1st Ptn, $24 Aviation Engr of Bangor, Mains, left Sunday night for his sta tion after spending. a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osorgs Em son ot Stewart street, i SCHOdrrGlRLrDOEl "HER BIT' i sateeaW tiiikatfafl BRAWLEY, CALIF., Dimingo Souza, a dairy farmer near here, has found one answer to the man power shortage on the farm. His comely young daughter. Mary. 19. above, only goes to high school part time now and the rest of the time she devotes to helping her father with their 30 cow dairy herd. One of her duties is to oper ate a milking machine. By her ef forts she has released a man who now can work on another farm where his help is needed more. ' French Fleet Joins Allies Nine Major Vessels And Many Small Units In Fleet G0DFR0Y FINALLY YIELDS French warships at Alexandria have come under the Allied banner after lying Immobilized since the fall of France three years ago, the Berlin radio declared last night The report, not confirmed Imme diately by any Allied sources, quoted a French government announcement as saying, "The fleet has given in to American and British pressure. Crew men said they would Join the Allies." The Alexandria fleet consists of one battleship, four cruisers, three de stroyers, one submarine,' and aTwai- ber of small auxiliary vessels. ine oatuesnip is tne Lorraine, a 30-year-old 22,000-ton ship with eight id.4 guns. Three of the cruisers the Duquesne, Tourville, and Suffren are 10-000-tonners mounting eight-Inch guns. The 7-800-ton cruiser Duguay iroum is 20 years old and has six-inch guns. The destroyers are the Fortune, Basque, and Forbin, and the subma rine Is the Pro tee. The Paris radio said all units would go to New Work to join the battleship Richelieu, which sailed there from Dakar, for refitting. The Allies have been negotiating for months with Vice Admiral Rene Emll Godfrey, French naval commander at Alexandria, for the ships, but Godfroy has insisted that Marshal Henri Pe tal's government was the legal au thority in France and that the armis tice must be honored. He had refused to align himself with either Gen. Henri Glraud or Gen. Charles de Gauiee. Official sources in London declined to comment on the transfer report. No details were given Immediately by the Berlin broadcast, recorded by the Associated Press, which stated 't'he French government announces that the French fleet in Alexandria has given into the British." Such an acquisition would leave the French warships Immobilized at Mar tinique as the only French fighting force outside metrolopltan ' France which had not Joined the war against the Axis. The French warships at Martinique include the 22,000-ton aircraft carrier Bern, the 10,000-ton cruiser Emile Ber- tin, the training cruiser Jeanne d'Arc, and a number of auxiliary and mer chant vessels. The current negotiations at Algiers between Gen. Henri Glraud and Gen. Charles de Dsulle to form a united French front against the Axis might have influenced Admiral Godfrey to throw in with the Allies, especially since the meeting at Algiers has been advertised as virtually certain of suc cess. Godfroy has been acting inde pendently but lt is known that he has been in contact with antlAxis French elements. SCHEDULE FOR BAPTIST PRAYER MEETING GROUPS Public Invited To Attend Services In .Vsrloas Homes Of City. In preparation for the special reviv al services which begin at the First Baptist church on June 13, group prayer services are being held In ths homes of people In ths community. All who are Interested srs cordially In vited to attend these prayer services. Ths meeting places and leaders for this week are as follows: 1 ' Group I with Beeoher Benton 'In Benton- Heights. Spence Helms will be the leader. - -- Group n with Mrs. L.' M. ' Walters on Lancaster Road. C. M. Preslar wui be ths leader..-' - Group HI with' Mrs. Kirby Bough on Lancaster Avenue. .0. C. Jones will be the leader. . 1 -" . s- Gronp IV with Mrs. H. 8. Copple on Talleyrand Avenue. , Bruce Ules will bs ths leader. Group V with Mrs. Hugh Kexlah on WadesboTD Avenue. Rev. P. B, Up- church wm bs the leader. : . . uM,. 4nderson Speaks In City Charlotte Chief Of Police Heard By Large And Interested Group CITIZENS MUST ACT Addressing a large gathering of ministers, church officers, city officials and other Interested citizens, yester day afternoon in the First Presby terian church, Chief Walter Anderson of the Charlotte Police Department, urged the people of the community t'o arise equal to the task in combating vice and crime and to not sleep through a situation that is eating at the very foundation of our community life." Chief Anderson stated, that vice and crime are situations that each locality must deal with individually but they are national in scope and that the citizens must not stand by and expect others to do lt, but must Join in the fight with all the forces of Oie com munity who are fighting the "evil. Continuing, Chief Anderson said, "The greatest problem we have to face in these days of war, is vice, that is so likely to be found in communities where there are military camps. In our Democratic way of life, we usually wait until something drastic has hap pened before we act. The time for action Is now." He termed vice as a termite, that is eating at the foundation of com munity life and unless the termites are exterminated the entire foundation will soon decay and the structure of the community will collapse. Speaking of .the recent drive in Charlotte, Chief Anderson stated that thirty-two per cent of aU prostitutes arrested in that city during recent weeks, were diseased and that a fur ther check showed that a majority of the girls were from 17 to 19 years of age. Their case records disclosed that 79 per cent of them were members or attended some church in their com munity. Continuing the Chief said "the prob lem is one that is to be dealt with by all agencies and especially the fathers and mothers. Every one must unite If we do a good Job. Our boys are fighting to maintain our democratic way of life, yet we on the home front are letting conditions destroy the things they are fighting to preserve. It Is a serious matter and calls for serious and honest thinking On the part of Christian men and women of the community." . s' "We are living in a day that Calls for -our beet.-- Go- upon jour-knees in prayer and pray for strength to do the task," he said In closing. T. P. Fulton of the Federal Security Agency, accompanied Chief Anderson to Monroe. The meeting yesterday was called by the Monroe Ministerial Association and was presided over by Rev. P. B. Upchurch, pastor of the First Baptist church. R. A. Willis, very ably stated the purpose of the meeting and men tioned plans for a church council, that is to be formed from the members of the various churches of the city. J. E. Griffin, Clerk of Union County Superior Court, addressed the meeting and Introduced Chief Anderson. Mr. Griffin gave some interesting facts and figures pertaining to the courts of the county, during the past few years, showing the increase or decrease in the the number ot cases, tried in the courts during these years. Rev. Robert Turner, pastor of the Presbyterian church spoke briefly be fore leaving for Charlotte, where he was called to conduct a funeral. The meeting is one of several which will be held in the near future, to arouse the citizens of the community to the realization of the seriousness of a situation .that has suddenly been cast upon it. DR. FOWLER PLANS TO VISIT UNION COUNTY Will Return To Native County; 'visited Here Last Ssanmer. 1 .. 4 Dr. C. Louis Fowler, National Di rector of the Kingdom Message Asso ciation, 156 Fifth Ave, New York City, is again tired of the great city and wants to get back to "God's country" for five or six weeks Including the alst week in July and through the first week in September. Dr. Fowler writes that he hopes to meet many of his former friends dur ing that time and If possible to visit many of the churches where he was in former days for Bible Conferences of a day or days and other meetings. There he hopes to meet a much larger number oi former days friends. In fact, Dr. Fowler writes that this war is ot such a serious nature, there never having been vuch a war in hu man history, that none of us can af ford to be Idle. This Is the last war for 1000 years. This is ths "Great day of God Almighty." And to this prophetic truth he is giving his en tire time all over the nation In Bible Conferences and Conventions. . Dr. Fowler is to be In Pittsburg from May 30th to June. 4th; Philadelphia and New York for the ten days fol lowing that and then on to Boston for one ot the greatest Prophetic Bible Conferences of the year. - Any church, wishing to arrange for one or mere messages should com municate with Dr. Fowler at his head quarters, 15 Fifth Ave, New York. N. T. .V-"' i ;'--'' - , 'S j -.;;--H,.'V? K- Savtafs .;..,;;'. ' Despite the heaviest tax bill In his tory, Individuals In ths United States In the first quarter of this year were able to add $4400,000.000 to their cash on band and checking accounts, according to an analysis prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commis sion.' This is 'Wore than t times the amount of such savings dm tag uie comparacie period of last year.