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MONROE MARKET
ration, short, lb .. Sltte
Cotton, long, lb. 31 He
Cotton Seed, bushel 70HO
Eggs, dozen 34c to 36c
Fryers, pound 38 He
Corn, bushel 81-35
Wheat, bushel $1.40
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
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2LoLY, 12.00 A YEAR
SEVENTIETH YEAR
MONROE, N. C., UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1943
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French Cluefs
Ag?dn At Odds
Question Of Recruiting Army
Opens New Struggle
In Plans
ARMY STUT DIVIDED
Vexatious rivalries began today to
plague the new permanent military
committee, Just created in an effort to
unify French military power, and a
new strugggle between Generals Henri
nu-aud and Charles de Gaulle was in
prospect on the issue of recruiting
troops.
With the French armies of Libera-
tlon CIVWea in aueguuiuc ucincc
two commanders in chief, Giraud, and
De Gaulle, Giraudlsts indicated wey
would demand that recruiting be on
the territorial basis, thus preventing
the Fighting French organization
frnm taktnor man nower in this' area.
The De Gaullists compallned that
r . .. lu.,.. wnrlroff
a ireeze out woo vcuB
agalnst them' and also that men escap
ing from France were now being
hrouarht in Glraud's North African
army despite their wish to serve un
Aar n riatlllfh 9
General Giraud defended himself
against one of the most cutting bits
of De GaulUst criticism by issuing
a communlaue last night declaring
that only two of the 106 generals and
admirals under his command are over
60 years old.
Replying to charges of De Gaullists
that Giraud was preserving a senile
Viiemrhv of old-fashioned high offi
cers, the communique stated that the
reason for Its Issuance was "to enu
certain rumors prejudicing the credit
nt th mv."
The communlaue also disclosed
that airaud had established an expe
ditlonarv corns to fight beside the
American and British allies in "over
aea ODeratlons from North Africa.1
The generals in this French corps
number 23, and their average age is
83H years, the communique saia.
nm Giraudlst called "a very miser
able solution" the compromise which
y,aA irt Giraud in command of
troops in North and West Africa And
Ttn Gaulle in command in other
emrjire territories.
"W had thought," he added, "to
unify the army first for that's most
vital in wartime and that unity in
other fields would naturally follow.
Now. we have a form of political
imitv hut no unified arAv."
It appeared plain that Giraud would
retain contror of recruiting in North
Africa and of other French military
affairs in this Allied base, and would
continue to have the complete support
of Britain and the united States.
It also seemed likely that Glraud's
forces would go on having first call
on American arms being sent in her.
Both French factions ' wonudered
aloud how the new mi litary commit
tee might decide the question of mili
tary missions to foreign powers. Would
these be separate missions represent
ing Giraud and De Gaulle, or would
the two leaders on this point at least
thrust their case to Joint representa
tives? During the day, the Joint commis
sion for political prisoners and refu
sers, headed bv the U. S. anrd British
consul generals here, announced the
liberation of all who were in concen
tration camps and labor companies or
confined to specified residential areas
before the Allied landing last Novem
ber. It also was anonunced that about
200 political prisoners, most of them
Spanish Republican refugees convicted
of disorders, would be freed.
JUNE 30 FINAL DATE
CASH COTTON STAMPS
Union County, Merchants Who Have
Old Stamps Should Cash Them.
Merchants of Union comity who still
have stamps redeemed for cotton fab
rics under the 1941 supplementary cot
ton program must cash them on or be
fore June 30, according to J. Boyle
Biggers, chairman of the County AAA
Committee. . - . -. '-..-. :
, These stamps, the chairman said,
-were issued to farmers in. J941.1n re
turn for reducing their cotton acreage
below their - AAA acreage allotments,
and were used to purchase cotton ma
terials from "local merchants. '
"Reports received by AAA officials
at Raleigh Indicate that some of these
stamps issued in this state never have
been cashed by the merchant who
accepted them," Mr. Biggers said. "The
Federal appropriation under which
these stamps were issued "Will expire
on June SO, and all stamp not cashed
by that -date will become1 invalid as
no fund will be available for, this 'pur
pose." ;'-c ' ,' '', ( V- '--
The cotton stamp plan, he said, was
. discontinued after 1941, but .many
farmer held their (tamp for several
months before using them. ' Any cot
ton stamps still in the hands of fann
ers can be used until June 30. -'
, Merchants desiring to" cash stamp
still on 'hand must mall them on or
before June 30 to W. Oils Jones, CJuef
of Fiscal Section, Food Distribution
Administration, Western Union Build
ing, Atlanta... .v w., t
I.IET ON SKXING SHIP;;
UAKUED IN LONDON
A year ago Margaret Moore, a Lon
don girl who was returning - from
Shanghai, met Capt. Stewart Hutchins
of Smart Street, Flushing, N. Jf ., on
the deck of a sinking ship that had
been torpedoed in the North Atlantic.
They climbed into the same lifeboat
and were adrift 34 hours before they
wwe rescued by different boat.
'They met later in London, where
Hutchins is assistant quartermaster
of the eighth American air force fight
er command.
They were married a few day ago.
RICHARDSON NAMED TO
. HEAD DRIVE IN COUNTY
Appointed County Chairman By Gov
ernor To Conduct War On "Idlers"
Governor Broughton yesterday
named county chairman to conduct
the state's war on "idlers and loafers"
In each of North Carolina's 100 coun
ties. Earlier yesterday, the Governor is
sued a proclamation asserting that
"the time has come when every able-
bodied person should either be work
ing or fighting," and called upon the
state's vagrants to get into "pro
ductive work." He set July 5 as North
Carolina's "Day of Dedication," and
named O. L. Richardson, of Monroe,
as Union county's chairman in con
ducting the fight on "Idlers and loaf-
. '
I The county chairmen were asked by
tne Qy to sponsor the meeting
In eachcounty. He asked that they
call on all leaders and civic officials to
assist In the program, suggested that
the program be or a patriotic nature
with reports relative to conditions
within the county and a brief address
"about our personal responsibility to
the war effort."
The Governor said that a plan of
action should be adopted at the meet
ing and that it might be advisable to
establish a permanent committee to
deal with this problem locally during
the remainder of the emergency."
Y "The labor situation will become in
creasingly acute as more and more
men are taken Into the armed ser
vices," Governor Broughton said. "It
is very Important that every county
develop the ways and means for prop
erly utilizing the entire labor supply."
Pork Offsets
Beef Shortage
Increased Production Keeps
Meat Volume Nearly
Normal
FOUR PER CENT LESS
The War Meat board reported to
day increased pork production last
week as compared with a year ago al
most offset the reduction in otner
types of meat.
The result, the board said, was tnat
only a 4 per cent reduction was evi
dent in the total meat production of
Federally inspected plants as compared
wit hthe same week ol i&42.
W. O. Fraser, assistant chief of the
livestock branch of the Food Distrt
button administration and vice chair.
man of the War Meat board, said re
cent Slighter marketings of cattle
tnroutn terminal marxeta were renew
ed in a reduction of 38 per cent in
cattle slaughter in Federally inspect
ed plants last week against a year
aeo.
Slaughter of calves was oown ju
per cent and sheep and lambs 4 per
cent, but hog slaughter rose 26 per
cent. Fraser said.
"The armed forces, he reported,
still are not obtaining their full re.
qulrements of beef, and this continues
as one of the most important oi we
board. The light cattle marketings
the last week have further complicat
ed the situation in this respect.
"It is felt that cattle marketings
will likely increase in the near future
as soon as the uncertainty concern-
in ir the rollback in prices is dispelled.
Assurances hat been given by the Re
construction Finance Corporation
that the subsidy to offset the rollback
will be paid to packers slaughtering
since June 7 and as soon as tne cat
tle start coming in again beef produc
tlon will increase.
Fraser gave his report at tne uura
meeting of the board in three weeks
at which, he said, members were de
liberating on how to stretch the na
tion's limited , meat supply between
the armed forces, the civilian popula
tion and lend-lease needs.
INCREASE OF OVERSEAS
, ' - m A at A
MAIL AT LULAL Ur f ILL
Many Using Opportunity To senu
Package To Men Overseas. j
wniinwinff k recent announcement
by postal authorities that restricted
package might be sent to men now
serving serving overseas, a decided
pick-up in . such mailings nas oeen
noted at the local office, states Post
master Saqs H. Lee, and it is believed
that the Volume will show an even
larger increase as more and more peo
ple become familiar .with the new
regulations. ; v r
Promiscuous mailings are not en
couraged by the department.; On the
other hand, persons bringing packages
to the office to mau overseas wiu oe
expected to show a letter from some
one m service asking that certain ar
ticles be mailed to them. This letter
will be stamped at the postofflc to
avoid re-use, since there Is a, restric
tion upon the number of packages
that may be mailed by one person
within a specified time. ? .
Packages destined for overseas mau-
lng must not be over IS Inches in
length, and must not weigh over five
pounds, unless the package consists
of clothing or other essential articles
of like nature, in which ease no speci
fied limit is given. No perishable items
may be mailed. ,
.Fee Cats Ahead .
Further cuts in civilian consumption
of foodstuffs are inevitable, aocord-
ins to Roy F. Hendrtckson. deputy Ad
ministrator of the War Foods Admin
istration, He predicts, however, an
increase of over 1,000,000,000 pounds
in meat production, a gain of about
600.000,000 dosen ease 'of ervs, as 1,
000,000 pound increase in poultry, gains
In fluid milk and cream output and a
rise of 700,000,000 pounds in lard,
margarine and vegetable oils and
other fats and oil. ; . '
Fathers Will
Await Orders
Status Of Dads
Be Decided
Officials
Still
By
To
MAKE DECISION SOON
A demand that Selective Service of
flcials "lay the cards on the table"
with respect to plans for drafting
fathers was voiced today by Chair
man May of the house military com
mittee. "The nation's fathers are in state
of uncertainty about their draft sta
tus," May declared. "They pick up
the paper one day and read where
some official In Washington says they
will be drafted in three months and
later on another official comes out and
says we may not take fathers until
next year, or'maybe not at all.
It seems to me that the fathers
should be relieved of the uncertainly
they are naturally placed in. If we
are going to take them, let's tell them
so and let the mget their affairs in
shape. If we are not going to take
them, or won't need them for some
time, we ought to tell them that, too."
A similar call for an "end of the
confusion" was expressed by Senator
Wheeler yesterday as he renewed
a drive for consideration of his bill
to bar the induction of pre-Pearl Har
bor fathers before next January 1.
The time of the call is indefinite
and may be determined by moves of
the enemy, Paul V. McNutt, chairman
of the War Man-Power commission,
and MaJ. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, se
lective service chief, told the 35th
Annual Governors' conference.
Lowering of physical requirements
and increasing the number of WAACs
and WAVES has "pushed back" the
date for lnduotlng fathers, McNutt de
clared In an address read for him by
Robert C. Goodwin, regional WMC
director.
"We cannot yet say how, far," Mc
Nutt added, "We do not yet know what
the yield will be as the result of the
change In physical qualifications. In
the days and weeks to come the mili
tary forces may again find It possi
ble to reduce their physical require
ments, or they may take more older
men for limited service, or the for
tunes of war may require other ad
justments In their plans. We may
find the date changed again."
General Hershey said factors gov
erning inductions were so variable he
did not know "what the call was going
to be for September,'' adding:
"I suppose General -George C.)
Marshall (U. S. army chief of staff)
would like to know what the Japs are
going to do In August."
Hershey's comments were In reply
to a question by Governor William H.
Wills of Vermont on whether it was
possible to say "Just when" fathers
would be drafted.
"I'm having a great deal of disturb
ance In my state because fathers are
confused by changing reports concern
ing when they will be drafted," Wills
commented. 'Daily they ask: 'What,
shall I do with my family? What shall
I do with my wife? What shall I do
with my business?'"
Both Hershey and McNutt agreed
that the call for men with families
would be delayed as long as possible.
"When we are perfectly sure that
every last altertlve as measured by
the stern priorities of war has
been exhausted, then and only then.
will fathers be called," the WMC chief
declared.
Hershey expressed belief some single
men holding agricultural . and indus
trial deferments and a number classi
fied 4-F because of physical disability
would be Inducted ahead of fathers. '
"In - the 4-F group are many who
"should go."
WINGATE COLLEGE HAS
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
Two New Members Added To Teaching
Staff For 1943-44 Term.
At a recent meeting of the Board of
Trustees the faculty of "Wiifgate Ju
nior College was elected and contracts
will be mailed to each member witnin
the next few days. It appears now
that the entire faculty will return for
the incoming year. Two new members
have been added to .the staff, Miss
Grace Tow, who is a graduate of
Wingate Junior College in the .Com
mercial department, will be secretary
to the President and will also help to
direct the religious organizations of
the college. Miss Dina Domingues,
who is a graduate of Wingate Junior
College and studied at the University
of Havana, Cuba,-and is a graduate
of the Music department at coker
College, will teach piano and other
courses in music. The faculty person
nel appears below:
C. C. Burrls President, English.
Mrs. Jack' Horton Bursar, Com
merce. - -s ' ,
Moselle Ball Natural Science.
Carolyn Caldwell Dean, Social Science
Margaret Collins Dietitian, Home Ec
onomics.'' Helen ' Oowsert Librarian, Classical
Languages. j "
Diana Domlngues-Music. x
Dr. A. F. HendricksBlble.
Joel Herren Coach, High School.
Mrs. Francis Hoover Phy. Educa
tion Commerce. '- , ' ..
Mrs. Eleanor - Leo Music.
Roberta Lovelace Natural Science.
J.'B. Spittle Supt. Buildings and
Grounds.
Mrs. J. B. - Spittle Nurse. s -.
Grace Tow Secretary to President.
Biru AuMunoesoent V
Bom to Mr. and Mr. Jay Carter,
formerly of Tampa, Fla, a daughter.
June 23rd, " at the Ellen Fitzgerald
hospital. Mrs. Carter before her mar
riage was Miss' Margaret Hlnson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George Hln
THE LATE WAR NEWS
IN BRIEF
MEDITERRANEAN R, A. F.
blockbusters smash rail yards at
Sadermo. British Mosquito bomb
era sting rail lines in Italy and
Sicily.
EUROPE Hundreds of giant
R. A. F. Bombers crush Ruhr steel
eity of Mulhelm In moonlight
raid while twin-engined bombers
pound invasion coast.
' RUSSIA Red reconnaissance
units break through German lines
at two points to probe strange
quiet in front, attack and take
German prisoners. Leningrad sec
tor continues to feel brunt of air
NORTH AFRICA New rivalries
arise to plague French backing
Giraud and DeGaulle.
NORTH PACIFIC Thickening
fog stalls Aleutians activity.
Union County's
Men In Service
First Sgt. Charles C. Matthews, tem
porarily stationed at Oamp Shelby,
Miss., is spending a 15-day luriougn
with Mrs. E. W. Walters and family of
Wingate and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. King,
Sr., of Charlotte. Mrs. Matthews is
the former Miss Leone Walters of
Wingate.
Pvt. William A. Mosley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mosley of Route 2,
Waxhaw, who was recently called
home due to the death of his sister,
Mrs. Steve Melton, returned to Tucson,
Arizona, June 18, where he is stationed
in the Army Air Forces. His address
is: Pvt. William A. Mosley, 34601302,
32nd Air Base Sqd., Davis Monthan
Field, Tucson, Arizona.
Brady G. Hlnson of the Star Market
in Monroe, now of the U. S. Naval
Reserve, has been promoted to the
rank of 2nd class petty officer, sta
tioned at Moffett Field, California.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Plyler have
received word from their son, Pvt.
OUn J. Plyler that he is now in North
Africa and would like to hear from
his friends.
Cpl. John L. Hunter, who is sta
tioned at Camp Rooker, Ala., Is spend
ing a 10-day furlough with his wife
and. mother at their home, 308 W.
Crowell street, Monroe. His address
is Co. C, 6308". D. Bn., Camp
Rooker, Ala.
Mrs. Stephen L. Godfrey has re
ceived a message from her husband,
Pvt. Stephen L. Godfrey, saying he
landed safely overseas around June
2nd, and was in England. He seems
to be liking It over there as he said,
"the people are awfully nice." Pvt.
Godfrey has been in service s since
January 23, 1943 and Is connected
with the Medical Corps. He received
his training at Camp Pickett, Va.,
and was sent from there to Shenango,
Pa. Then to New Tork before sailing.
After he entered the service he didn't
get to come home before going over
seas. Mrs. Godfrey was formerly
Miss Mollle Trull.
The following was written by Pvt.
Clayton Moser, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Moser of Buford township,
who is stationed at Camp Blanding,
Fla., and is on maneuvers in Tennes
see: '
SOLDIERS ARE HUMAN
A soldier is nobody, we hear people
say; he is an outcast in the world,
and always in the way. We admit
there are bad ones from the Army to
the Marines; but you will find the
majority the most worth you've seen.
Most people condemn the soldier
when he takes a drink or two; now
look out draft dodgers, don't let your
face turn red. But does the soldier
condemn you when you stop to take
a few? The government picks its sol
diers from millions far and wide, so
place him your equal buddy, side by
side. Now don't scorn the soldier
when he takes you by the hand; for
the uniform he wears means protec
tion for you, and the land.
When a soldier goes to battle you
cheer him on his way. Tou say he is
a hero when in his grave he'll lay;
but the hardest battle of a soldier is
In the time of peace, whetf people
mock and scorn him, and treat him
like a beast. With these few words
I close, 'I hope I dont offend, but
when you meet a soldier, Just take
him by the hand, and treat him like
a friend.
Robert Helms, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Helms of CarmeL who is an
Aviation Cadet at the ah- field in
Glen view, nL, has recently had an
operation on a knee which had been
giving him trouble for some time.
When Cadet Helms is out of the hos
pital and able to travel be will come
for a furlough with 'his parents at
Carmel.
U. Maurice Redfern, who has been
spending a several days leave here
with his mother, Mrs. O. M. Redfern,
and in Mooresvllle with Mrs. Redfern,
left today for Fishers Island, Long
Island, where he will take further
training at the Naval Training Base.
Colic K. Rape, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Rape, has been promoted to
corporal. He is stationed in Mississip
pi with the quartermaster regiment
and would like to hear from all of
his friends. His address Is CpL Colic
E. Rape, Co. A, 474th Q. M. Reft.
(Trk) Camp Shelby, Miss. , : v
Second Lieutenant Max Franklin
Parker, Bombardier, son of Mr. and
Mrs.- Henry F Parker of Monroe, has
been assigned to duty at Lane ley Field,
Va., according to announcement made
today. Lieutenant Parker attended
Union high school at Monroe, the Unl-
Student Draft
Rule May Fall
Senate Expected To Change
Legislation Affecting
Students
LAW ACTS UNEQUALLY
The 8enate is expected to act this
week on legislation passed in the
House to permit the postponement
of draft induction for 18-to-19-year-old
high school students during the
last half of one of the academic years
of the individual student, rather than
during the last half of the school's
academic year, as has been the case
under provisions of Selective Service
law.
As the law has been operating,
sponsors of the amending legislation
held, a high school student of draft
age who was ordered to report for in
duction while in the last half of what
is commonly designated as the school's
academic year could not be deferred,
upon his own request, until the end
of that academic year, even though
it might be only the first half of his
own.
Nevertheless, a student who was
completing the last half of his own
academic year could not get post
ponement during the first half of the
school's academic year.
Under such an interpretation, it was
pointed out, if the commonly desig
nated academic year of the school be
gan in September and ended in June,
no student could get a postponement
if he were ordered to report for In
duction between September and Jan
uary, even though the student would
be graduated in January.
versity of North Carolina and received
his Army technical training at Kirt-
land Field. Prior to entrance in tne
Air Corps. Lieutenant Parker was a
field engineer with Ferguson-Sherman
Manufacturing Corporation.
nnl Rlnir Edwards of Lincoln. Ne-
hroclra In snendine his furlOUSh in
Marsh ville with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Edwards.
T. C. Braswell, U. S. N. R, is spend
in a short furloueh with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram J. Braswell,
of the Olive Branch community. He
has Just arrived from the Pacific
where he has been since his ship, the
carrier Yorktown, was sunk in the
battle of Midway. He also went
through the Coral Sea battle un
injured.
PFC Henry E. Mills, Jr., of Fort
Sheridan, HI, sends the following
THIS MAN'S ARMY
This man's army wasn't meant for
me; but somehow that i how it had to
be. Now after so long a time came
the 31st of May: an awful hike was
on schedule for that day. We walked
through woods and over hills, down
the highways and through the fields.
We didn't only hike we almost ran.
The sun was hot and did I get a
tan! When we got back to camp my
feet were sore. I don't like the hikes
but we will go on plenty more.
When we get over there I wonder if
we'll hike; I don't know, but an I
want to do is Just to fight. We sure
will be elad when this war is won.
Among those who return I hope to be
one. So, people come on, buy war
bonds and stamps; and we will show
you that we are the champs.
Pvt. Roland E. Estridge, lnduoted
into the Army June 2nd is stationed
at Keesler Field, Miss. Pvt. Estridge
Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Estridge of Route 1, Monroe. His ad
dress is: Pvt. Roland E. Estridge, 54th
Training -Group, Squadron E-181,
Keesler Field, Miss. He would like
for all his friends to write him.
Pvt. Brice C. Howie, son of J. H.
Howie, who was wounded April 16,
while fighting In the iPacific area, has
returned .to the States, according to
information received here by his rel
atives and is now receiving treatment
In the Letterman General hospital in
San Francisco, Calif.
Set. Walter Heath, son of Mrs.
Ernest Heath and the late Mr. Heath
of Monroe, has recently been pro
moted to Staff Sergeant. SSgt. Heath
is stationed at Tyndall Field, Fla.
Tech. Sgt. Pete Plyler who. has been
stationed at Fort Sill, Okla., has re
cently been transferred to Camp Gor
don, Augusta, Ga. Sgt. Plyler is the
son of Mrs. P. P. W. Plyler of Mon
roe.
Former Enquirer Carrier Now In State
Of Washington
The Enquirer is m receipt of a
letter from Bill Lee, a former En
quirer Carrier boy and a boo -of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Lee. Bill is now
stationed With the Second Statistical
Control Unit. Fort George Wright,
Washington, and says in part:
"Just a note to tell you how mucn
this soldier appreciate his home town
paper. - I do not overlook a word of
any edition and as soon as I put it
down, another guy picks It up. Of
course anyone not from Monroe, would
not enjoy it half as much as X, .but
they still read it. . , :
"I remember uie good oie oays,
when I sat in the office, waiting for
my paper. At the time, Z couldnt
see much to a little four page paper.
but now its the biggest little paper
in the world.
"Tea. I had the best route of the
bunch. I could carry that route with
my eyes shut, I think.'' IH never, for
get the time X threw my to cream on
tb preacher' porch, instead; of the
paper.-. '
Bill, says Washington H a Deauu
ful state, and more like North Caro
lina, than any be has 'sen and that
he is in on of the best outfits in the
Air Fore.
WOMAN FOUND DEAD
IN ROOM AT HOTEL
Wife Of Soldier Commits Suicide
By Taking Poison.
Mrs. Ella Norton Gambrel, age 22,
wife of a soldier stationed at Camp
Sutton, was found dead in her room at
a local hotel this morning, about 9
o'clock, a short while after sjie had
taken poison and summoned a physi
cian.
Dr. K. E. Neese, who answered the
call immediately notified the hotel
management and local officials. A
search was started at once to locate
her husband and Coroner C. C. Jones,
summoned a Jury consisting of Claude
Benton, R. C. Funderburk, Neill Hug'
gins, S. W. Harkey, Hall McGuirt, and
Aubrey Hayes, who viewed the body
and held an inquest, rendering a ver
dict of "suicide."
An Investigation by local officials
showed that the woman bought a
quantity of rat poisoning from a store
in the city yesterday afternoon about
four o'clock, part of which was found
this morning, hidden behind a mirror
in her room at the hotel.
Mrs. Gambrel's home is In Mlddle
boro, Ky., from which place she came
to Monroe on June 21. From informa
tion received here today, she had been
married only a short while.
The body was taken to the McEwen
Funeral Home 'to await further orders
from her relatives in Midfleboro, who
have been notified of her death. As
The Enquirer went to press this
afternoon, nothing of a definite na
ture had been learned relative to
the disposition of the body, but it is
thought that plans will be made to
ship the remains to her home, or await
the arrival of relatives to come and
accompany the body to Middleboro.
Demands That
Loafers Work
Governor Issues Proclamation
For "Day Of Dedication"
In State
CITY TO COOPERATE
Designating Monday, July 5, as
"North Carolina Day Of- Dedication,"
Governor J. M. Broughton on yester
day Issued a proclamation, calling
upon the citizens of the State to ob
serve Independence Day by seeing that
every able-bodied person Is employed
productively upon a full-time basis.
The Governor expressed confidence
that the people will respond to the
need for a full utilization of manpower
and womanpower but declared: "If
other efforts fail, I shall feel It my
duty to use the emergency powers
granted to me by the recent Legisla
ture for dealing with these problems
so vital to our national welfare."
Commenting on the Governor's
proclamation, Mayor V. D. Slkes said
he did not believe conditions are as
bad in Monroe as in some other sec
tions but pledged full cooperation of
all local agencies with the Governor
and the Manpower Commisison to
round up idlers and put them to work.
"Work is no longer a privilege or
an opportunity; It is a high patriotic
duty." said the Goveernor. "The time
has come when every able-bodied
person, of whatever financial, social or
racial status, should be either fighting
or working." He said he had received
reports of thousands of men both
white and colored, either not working
at all or working only part of the time.
He called upon ministers, teachers
and civic leaders to Join in the en
deavor to get everybody productively
employed on a full-time basis. Judges,
mayors and law enforcement officers
are urged to use every legal means to
eliminate idleness and vagrancy. Sher
iffs and policemen are instructed to
check all customary loafing places in
their communities to round up the
idlers. Local selective service boards
are requested to review all cases of
deferred registrants who are physically
able to work and are not regularly on
Job. If these measures fall, tne
Goveernor says he will resorot to the
far-reaching war emergency power
under which he can suspend or ex
tend many State laws.
LOCAL THEATRES .WILL
JOIN STAMP-DRIVE
Campaign Will Start July 1, And Con
tinue Throughout Month.
More than 16,000 motion pioture
theaters across the nation, declared
F. W. Smith, local War Actlties
Committee Chairman, will participate
In a 31-day campaign to sell at least
one dollar's worth of War Savings
Stamps to every man, woman and
child in the country. The Center and
State theaters here will participate.
This effort, in which the theatres
will be allied with the retail stores
and newsboys of the country, is ex
pected to return $130,000,000 to the
Treasury Department, which will be
earmarked for the construction of an
aircraft carrier to be called tax be
called the Shangri-La."
The drive begins on July 1st and
will continue for for the entire month.
- The theatres will shortly begin pub
licizing the campaign with ads, dis
plays in the theaters and rallies. Mem
bers of the War Activities Committee
in this area will meet with representa
Uvea of the newsboys and the retail
stores to outline methods of dove
tailing all efforts into one campaign
-This city's theaters." Mr. Smith
stated, "are certain that this dtyl
Inhabitants WU enthusiastically support
the campaign. . Everyone can afford
at least a dollar m memory of those
American fliers who were so ruthless
ly murdered by the Japanese. -
"A dollar tent much, but multiply it
by ever American arid you have a
big, beautiful carrier sliding' down
the ways, that means certain grief far
tb AXJftT , , ,
Seek Draiilg
Of CoaTMiners
President Would Call Men
Up To 65 Years Old
For Work
IN N0N-C0MBAT DUTY
President Roosevelt, describing ac
tions of the United Mine Workers
leadership as "intolerable," served no
tice yesterday he will ask Congress
for a powerful weapon to use in event
of another coal strike the authority
to draft men up to age 65 for non
combat military service.
The Chief Executive's statement
promptly was widely interpreted as
meaning he probably would veto the
antistrlke bill Congress has passed.
This measure would permit fine and
Imprisonment of any person instigating
or aiding a strike in a government
operated war facility. Organaized
labor has urged him to turn thumbs
down on the bill.
Mr. Roosevelt said that before John
L. Lewis, the UMW president, and
the union's policy committee issued
their back to work order Tuesday
night to striking miners, "the govern
ment had taken steps to set up the
machinery for Inducting into the
armed services all miners subject to
the selective service act who absented
themselves without just cause from
work in the mines under government
operation"
He added in a statement:
"As the selective service act does
not authorize the induction of men
above 45 years nito the armed services,
I intend to request the Congress to
raise the age limit for non-combat
military service to 65 years. I shall
make that request of the Congress
so that if at any time in the future
there should be a threat of interrup
tion of work In plants, mines or estab
lishments owned by the government,
or taken possession of by the govern
ment, the machinery will be available
for prompt action."
Some members of Congress inter
preted this as meaning strikers might
be put into uniform and, under Army
discipline, sent back to their regular
Jobs with a private's pay of $50 a
month.
Representative Smith, Democrat of
Virginia, co-author of the anti-strike
legislation, took issue with the prin
ciple behind the President's proposal.
"Membership in the armed forces
is a position of honor and distinction,"
Smith said. t
"To use it as punishment for un.,
patriotic strikers is to convert the
army into a penal institution and
would be an affront to our boys who
are engaged on the battlefields.
BOARD WILL PUBLISH
NAMES OF VIOLATORS
Local Board Receives Instructions To
Release Names For Publication.
The Union County Rationing Board
has been Instructed to have published
in the newspapers the names, charges
and penalties of persons found violat
ing any of the rationing laws.
Hearings are held each week, ind
the board has been instructed to give
out the names of persons charged
with violation of any of the rationing;
rules, together with the penalties pre
scribed. It appears there is to be a
general tightening up, and this offer
for exposure comes straight from,
the Horse's Mouth.
Permits granted by the board at the
meeting on June 21 were as follows:
Monroe -J. D. Hlnson, R-l: C. A.
Slagle, R4; Everett Helms, R5; C. B.
Gordon, H. H. Baucom, Bruce H.
Griffin, W. C. Griffin, Reuben Morton,
Rl; Harold Richard Privette, R2;
Henry Wiles, R2; A. C. 8impeon, R3;
S. W. Griffin, Evalyn Ray Wharton.
L. M. Walters, John F. Tucker, R2;
Frank .L. Simpson, P. C. Tlce, J. B.
Price, R2; . O. .H. Gordon, R4; Earl
Parker, Rl; Ernest Richardson, R4;
Paul -Purser, R3; Waddeil Goodwin,
K2; J. b. caskey, Rl; j. R. Laney,
R2; Hoyle-C. Griffin, Fred 'Pone. Gor
don Stegall, 'R4; R. B. Tyler, Lime
a. swum service no. s, uatnp Button;
E. G. Norwood, Rl; Frank Cuthbert-
son, R2; Erskine Richardson, R4; Jim
Walters r;; Otis, Montgomery, . R3;
S. J. Helms, R5;-Kate Baucom, R2;
Henry w. Williams, R3; M. 8. Green,
R4; Harrison Flncher. . R4: T Wades
S tames, R4; J. P. Tomberlin, R3;
Julian Price, RS; Hazel - H. Btarnes,
to; Dr. ciem Ham, Everette Helms,
R5; J. M. McRorie, R2; J. D. Pope,
Monroe Hardware, Henderosn Roller v
Mills, wade Btarnes. R4: L. S. Fowler.
J. H. Myers Lumber Co, City Cab Co,
r. w. mac, Beaooard Air Line. -
Wingate David R. Reynolds, O. OY
Brooks, Rl. ' - . r , s-
Marshville-N. B. Nash, Rl ; Clar- (
ence E. Smith, R2; W. A. Knight, Hi;'
Jeff Smith, R3; - Harry a Matlock,
a J. Little, R3; L. w. Collins, Meivin
W. Helms, R2; Clifford Little, pj;
James A. Phllpot, George Autry.' Rl;
3. N. Strawbrtdge, R3; T. C. Edwards.
' Waxhaw R. L. - Lemmondi RS;
Maggie Robinson, Rl; E. T. Hancock
B2; R. E. Btarnes, R3; S. B. Parker,
Rl; R. JS. Robinson, R2; W. C. Moore.
R2; C. O. Howard, Jr, R3; Edna F.
Haywood, R3; F. J. Robinson, Rl; R.
L. Lemtnond, R2; Miss Maggie Robin
son, Rl; Charles H. Gordon, Rl; Clyde
Tarhrough, R3; J. W. Mosely, R2.
' Indian . Trail Vasker Mills, Rl;
Oscar Brooks, Rl; J. L. Yonts, Rl; j.
Oscar Robinson, Rl; J. M. Birming
ham, Rl; Evans Snyder, Rl. -
Matthews Route 2; Allen W. Lem
mond, L. D. Stalllngs; Route 3: J. H
Helms, Allen W. Lemmond, Joe Cald
well. Mr. and Mrs. ' ITarvcy Cac!s of
Chester have ben r"'' ."g a f"v r'
here with Mr. c f
and Mrs. f:im T. ' s. ' -sells
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