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tlOrJlOS L1ARKET Cotton, short, lb 31c to 33o Cotton, long, lb 8 Jo Cotton Seed, bushel TOVio Eggs, dozen 42o Fryers, pound 38UO Wheat, bushel 1140 WEATIER HCIXAST Few scattered showere and cooler toolkit ' Sunset today 6:50; sunrise Friday, 7:29. ... 1 PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS SEVENTIETH YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAI, OCTOBER 14, 194S 3-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, fl.25 o" 00 A YEAR V4 Bombers Blast Japs At Rabaul McArthur Stages Greatest Air Victory Of Entire Pacific War '. SEVEN JaFsHIPS SUNK The biggest Allied air force ever assembled In the Southwest Pacific made the first fighter-escorted raid of the war on Rabaul, New Britain, Tuesday, wiping out 177 enemy air craft and sinking many thousands of tons of ships, Including three destroy ers. The raid on Rabaul, biggest strong hold In the Southwest Pacific to be menaced by MacArthur's forces, was announced today in a communique. One hundred enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground and 51 se verely damaged. Twenty-six fighters out of 40 the Japanese put In the air were shot down. The 177 aircraft destroyed or severe ly damaged are estimated to have been 60 per cent of Ra haul's strength. In addition to the three destroyers, four merchantmen were sunk. Severe damage also was Inflicted ona sub marine. Its 5,000-ton tender, a 6.800 ton destroyer tender and a 7,000-ton merchantman. The raiding Liberators, Mitchells and P-38's expended 350 tons of bombs and 250,000 rounds of cannon and machine gun fire In the mid-day assault. The raiders smashed wharves and warehouses and caused heavy damage to Simpson harbor, one of the finest In all the Pacific. Only five planes were lost out of the hundreds employed. Rabaul long has been regarded as the primary objective of the Pacific offensive which opened on June 30. Presently this offensive has reached the northern Solomons Island of Bougainville, the only Important ene my holding barring the direct ap proach to Rabaul In the South Pacific. On the other arm of the offensive, General MacArthur's Australians have overrun the Huon gulf sector of New Guinea, which Is separated only by narrow ViUas straight from New Britain Island, with Rabaul approxi mately 150 miles to the north east. "The enemy has sustained a dis astrous defeat from air attack at Rabaul,' the communique reported. X "With complete secrecy, the mass ' of our air force was concentrated and ; launched against his air and naval - & forces there, using fields made posible by our occupation late In June of Island groups north of New Oulnea. Tbia -oktdeueljF .tmA to wWf' tlon of Klrtwlna and Woodlark Islands. "Recently we crushed the right wing of his air command at Wewak," the communique added. "This time our objective was his left wing at Rabaul. The division of his air forces Into two great groups based upon Wewak and Rabaul has made It possible to use our main mass against first one flank, then the other, thus acquiring In each case superiority of force at the point of combat and destroying his force In detail. The surprise at Rabaul was as complete as at Wewak." In the South Pacific the communi que reported that American airmen downed 15 or 23 Japanese planes dur ing a heavy raid on Buln on South BouganvUle Island. Announcement also was made wat all Japanese resistance now has ceased on Vella LaveUa Island, mark ing the complete American conquest of tte central Solomons. Continuing the report on Rabaul, tne communique related: "Mustering every appropriate plane available, we struck at midday. The enemy was caught completely unaware with his planes, both bombers and fighters, on the ground. While our me dium (Mitchell) bombers raked the airdromes, our heavy echelon aJber ators) swept shipping In the harbor. Both were covered by our fighters. "A total of 350 tons of bombs were dropped and 250,000 rounds of am munition fired. Our low flying me dium bombers, striking at Vunakanau, Rapopo and Tobera airdromes, de stroyed 100 enemy aircraft caught an the ground and severly damaged 51 othesr. So complete was the surprise that the enemy could put but 40 fight ers In the air to defend. - "Twenty-six of these were shot down In combat, In all 177 airplanes w .nnmTimatelvi 60 ner cent of the enemy's accumulated air strength at this base were wet to nun m m -1 tack.' "Operations buildings, radio lnstal i.hxm ivi man fuel and ammuni tion dumps were demolished or heavily rimnmd. antiaircraft positions si- lenced and a motor transport Pl' wrecked. Fire raged throughout the Mt in the assault on the enemy's nj tkoa. our heavy bombers with 1,000 pound bombs sank or destroyed three destroyers, two merchant ships of 8,000 and 8,000 tons each and one of 7.000 tons, forty-three seagoing -cargo Teasels ranging from 100 to 600 tons and 70 harbor craft. "In addition, they hit and severely damaged a submarine and It 5 ,000-ton tender, a 6300-ton destroyer tender and a 7,000-ton cargo ship. ton shore,' two wharves and a warehouse were destroyed, waterfront Installations wrecked and many fires . started. ' t -t -..- "Five of our planes are missing and others damaged.',- ;- l ' -;.;Helat-8BUtt P " 01r. end Mrs. M. L. Smith announce the marriage of their daughter Chris tine, to CpL Warren Helms, on Tues day afternoon, October the 5, 1943, at Lancaster, a O. . .- .. Mrs. Helms received, her education at Benton Helghte high school, grad . ueting with the daa of forty-two. CoL Helms Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Win Helms of Wesley Chapel. He received his education at Wesley . Chanel high school graduating with the class of thirty-eight Cpl. Helms It now station at Camp House.. Texas. ARMY WIVES JOIN IN COTTON PICKING Forty-Five Women From 30 States Do Their Bit In Picking Staple. Forty-five army wives from 30 states organized themselves Into cotton pick ing teams to do their bit In answering the call for help to pick the already mature cotton. Miss Ruth Robblns, associate' director of the Franklin Street USO, made arrangements with A. M. Secrest 'to pick on his nearby farm. Lunch in bags was prepared at the USO Club by a committee of wives and at 9 a. m. In the suitable outdoor clothes the cavalcade moved out to the country. Each girl ad Justing poke or sack over her shoul der or around her waist soon mastered the art of cleaning the boll and piling up poundage. Songs of the south were predomi nant across that cotton field as the rhythm of picking Increased. These are some of the songs which were sung to familiar tunes, as a result of a satisfying experience: Dixie, I've Been Working On The Railroad, and Oh Susannah. The girls spontaneously presented these songs at their army wives luncheon the following week. The songs were composed by Mrs. D. Schumer, and Mrs. R. O. Orable, two army wives. The champion picker weighed in her sheet of cotton at 56 pounds the first three hours. Current prices for picking were paid, this amount the group plans to devote to a community project. The day ended with a visit to the cotton gin to see the fruits of their labor finally baled. Cotton pick ing Is scheduled for Fridays until the snow files and while the cotton lasts. Overseas Vote To Be Speeded Legislation Formed To Send Ballots By Air Mail To Soldiers COMMISSION IS CREATED Legislation aimed at speeding up voting by servicemen overseas and at home was Introduced yesterday in Congress. The bill provides for transmission of secret ballots by air mall rather than V-mall and establishes a war ballot commission to relieve the Army and Navy of administrative work In handling the absentee ballots. It was offered In the House by Chairman Worley, Democrat of Texas, of the House elections committee and in the Senate by Senators Green, Remocrat of Rhode Island, and Lucas, Democrat of Illinois. Worley said the proposal revised the nnwnt system which "has Droved too complicated, ttme-consumlng and cum bersome to afford a genuine opportu nity for voting." Further changes In the measure are expected to be recommended by 48 secretaries of state at a meeting in St. Louis October 18. Public hearings will begin later this month and Green said he hoped the measure will be enacted by the first of the year In order to make sure that ballots are distrrouteo. to outlying forces In time for the 1944 elections. Soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, members of the merchant marine and even civilians attached to the armed forces outside the United States would be eligible to cast absen tee ballots In voting for presidential electors, senators or members of the House. The war ballot commission, of five members, at least two from each of the major parties, would serve as liaison between the military and elec tion offioials at home. The deceUlon to substitute air mall for V-mall bal lots was due to fear that otherwise the Army's microfilm facilities might be clogged, delaying soldiers' mail as well as the ballots. Simple write-in ballots would be available to servicemen in the United States as well as those stationed out side. However, soldiers who wished to vote complete state and local tick ets, and who are from states with ab sentee voting privileges, could use a simple postcard form to apply for their ballots. 'RHYTHMETTES' SING AT W. C SOLDIER DANCE Monroe Girls Entertain Soldiers And Girls Laney, Lorena "Lo" Gaddy and Betsy Lee, of Monroe, accompanied at the I ninA nv haimi V-matU'r r t.n lat jest musical novelty on campus at W. C U. N. C. of Greensboro. Christen ing themselves the "Rhythmettes," the quartet made their debut before the soldiers and gtrst at last Saturday night's dance in Greensboro. "Bye, By, Baby" "Paper Guys," par aphrasing "Paper Dolls," and an orig inal ditty by Doris, "You Dont Get It From Books" are the Items on the Rhythmettes repertoire, which they are busily enlarging. Doris claims no illusions about possiouitaee ior profes sional singing, but hopes the quartet will be able to accept an offer to sing at BTO No. 10. At any rate, they are a current attraction of Cherry Folgert orchestra, Doris Is the pianist with this orchestra. - The idea for something different for Woman's College's music Ignited after Doris and Betsy sang this sum mer with a quintet at service clubs and - the Station Hospital of Camp Sutton. An Interesting sidelight is that some of these soldier were eon' valesdng from wounds received m Solomon Islands battles. . , ' Four women and- two clergymen were among the competitors to 3 nUtnl mad revolver contest organised by the National Rifle association of England. . ... ,, . Russians Crack Nazi Defenses Soviet Armies Make Three Major Break-Throughs In Offensive SPLASH THROUGH RAIN The Red army cracked German de fenses In three major breakthroughs on the long Russian front yesterday, sweeping Into the center of the city of Melitopol and to within five miles of Zaporozhe In the southern Ukraine, smashing close to Kiev in the middle Dnieper, and pounding to "the Im mediate vicinity of Bomel" In White Russia, Moscow announced last night. Breaking their silence on the bitter fighting In the South Ukraine, the Russians said fighting was now going on in the center of Melitopol aftsr three days of fierce fighting broke the German defense line to the north and south. In an advance of five to six miles. Red soldiers forced the Molochna riv er and captured more than 20 German strongpoints. Melitopol is 28 miles north of the Sea of Azov on one of the two Ger man escape railways from the Crimea. Sixty-seven miles to the north trie Dnieper river bend town of Zaporo zhe came well within Soviet artillery range after four days of fighting that broke the German defense line. So viet troops are now fighting from five to six miles from the town, said the Moscow communique, recorded by the Soviet monitor. More than 30 German strongholds fell to the onrushing Sovlety army and the Germans "are suffering huge losses In many power and equipment," the communique said. Heavy Rus sian artillery and massed air forces pounded the Germans incessantly. In the middle Dnieper fighting the Russians broke through enemy lines and advanced i five miles despite in cessant German counterattacks, the communique said. Moscow dispatches said the Soviet spearheads had advanced three kilo meters (1M miles) from Kiev, Ukrain ian capital, where the Germans were already applying the torch before re treat. This distance presumably was from the city limits. "We can see the steeples of Kiev Pechera Lavra (biggest and oldest of Russian monasteries) and the big building of the Council of the People's Comissars of the Ukraine," a front line dispatch to the newspaper Izvestia said. In addition to crossings north and south of Kiev, the Russians are fight ing on the west bank of the river near Kremenchug. Splashing htrough autumn rains that turned roads into thick mud, So viet troops on the White Russian front hauled up their big guns and advanced to "the immediate vicinity of Gomel," the communique said. Enemy defense lines were shattered as the Russians forced the Sozh river near where it cuts through the heart of the town. Gomel, 145 miles east of the old Polish frontier, is an important railway Junction and a German de fense bastion in north Russia. With fighting in the center of Me litopol, capture of that town was Im minent. Already lost to the Germans by this gain was the railroad from the Crimea north to Zaporozhe and the Dnieper bend. However, they still have an escape route on the railway going west through the Perekop land bridge. DEMONSTRATIONS BEING GIVEN ON MEAT CANNING Conducted By Misses Clapp And Bry an; Schedule Announced. A series of demonstrations on Meat Canning are being given throughout the county during the month or uc tober. These are being given at the Home Demonstration Clubs In the various parts of Union county. Pork, Beef and Chicken are discussed and canned durlnar the meeting. All dem onstrations beein at 2:30 p. m. The following is a schedule for the demon strations: Wednesday, October 13, New saiem Club room In church. Thursday, October 14, Giiboa Mrs. W. R. Curlee's Home. 1 Friday, October 15, Prospect ecnooi Home Economics Room. Monday, October 18, Reulah Bcnooi House. Tuesday, October 19, Wesley cnapei School House. Wednesday, October 20, Mineral Springs School House. Thursday, octooer zi. weuamgron School House. Friday, October 33, Rock Rest ciuo House. - Monday, October 25, Trinity Mrs. W. V. B. Gulledge's Home. Tuesday,-' October 20, Jackson School. . Wednesday, October 27, Rehobetn Mrs. E. J. Sims. Thursday, October 38, Fall' view School Lunch Room. Friday, October 39, Uhiotmne School. The puhlio Is urged to attend these demonstrations. It la believed that much Interest win be shown m tne conservation of meat since in most homes, chicken, pork and beef produc tion has been larger this year than In nrevious Tears. ; The demonstration Will be given by Mis Ruth Clapp, Home Demonstration Agent of Union county and Miss Boss Ewood Bryan of Raleigh, County Home Remonstration Agent at Large. CARD OF THANKS . We wish to thank Dr. K. E. Reese, the kind nurses of the men Fltsgerald hospital, and our many friends for their kindness shown us during the long Dines and death of our dear wife and mother. John IX Ashley and Children. - , . - THE LATE WAR NEWS IN BRIEF Italy Italy declares war on Ger many. Announcement made Joint ly by Roosevelt, Churchill and Sta lin. Invasion Bettering down pow erful German positions, Allies ad vance nine miles in central Italy to capture San Croce, as British Eighth takes Rlocla and Bonefro, the former only eight miles from San Croce offers threat to flank of Germans' powerful Voltorno River line. Russia New Red power drive reported north of Kiev. Russians move closer to Vitebsk in White Russia, enlarge bridgeheads "many miles" west of the Dnieper. Pacific Anssies move relentless ly toward big Jap base of Ma dang, New Guinea. New Zealand ground troops In action in Solo mons. Balkans Germans are reported forced to move heavy reinforce ments into Balkans in effort to stop Yugoslav Patriot Armies. Pa triots reported storming Croat capital of Zagreb and already in city's outskirts. Southwest Pacific Japan's badly mauled New Guinea alrforce now has to reckon with a new Ay menace the P-47 Thunderbolt. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head quarter" disclosed yesterday that four of these new fighters piled into 32 Japanese fighters over We wak, New Guinea, Monday and sent at least eight down to Join the approximately 500 enemy air craft which have been wiped out there since mid-August. Two oth ers may have gone down. London The Krupp Works at Essen, "greatest armament com bine in Europe" and "main source of Germany's heavy armament," has been shattered by Allied air attacks. Sir Archibald Sinclair, secretary of state for air, said In the speech at the Constitutional Club yesterday. This was accom plished, he asserted, "in a tremen dous series of attacks: two In March, two in April, a fifth In May in that fifth attack Essen received nearly four times the weight of bombs dropped in the heaviest raid en London and a sixth in July." Union County's Men In-Service William O. Seymour, Jr., son of Mrs. Ethel Seymour of 701 Church street, Monroe, graduated Saturday from the Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christl, and was commissioner an ensign in the TJ. S. Naval Reserve. He received his preliminary fight in struction at the Glenvlew, 111., reserve, air base. T4 Sgt. Horace N. Moser has Just returned to Marfa, Texas, after spend ing a 15-day furlough with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Moser of R4, Monroe. Sgt. Moser has been in the service four years. He would like to hear from all his old friends. His address Is Hq. Co. 85. Cml Bn. Fort Da Russel, Marfa, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Moser have another son in the Navy. He has been in the service a year the 9th of October. He is now somewhere at sea. His address is: John H. Moser, Co F, TJ. S. N. Armed Guard Center, New Orleans, La. Lt. Warren C. Stack of Monroe is attending the Antiaircraft Artillery School, Camp Davis, North Carolina. Lt. Stack is the son of Mrs. Pattle Stack of 1002 W. Franklin street. Lt. Lin wood C. Brooks, who recent ly received his wings and commission at Brooke Field, San Antonio, Texas, has been spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob C. Brooks. He left Tuesday night for his new assignment In Lakeland, Fla. Cpl. Vann W. Hargett, son of Mrs. Robert B. Hargett, has been in the army fourteen months and in the European theater of. operations for seven and a half months. He has recently completed a course In fire' fighting at an American school center in England. His brother, Pfc. Earl B. Hargett, is In the military police. Aviation Cadet John Burns Simpson, Jr., son of 'Mr., and Mrs. J. Burns Simpson, left Tuesday night for Kees- ler Field, Blloxl, Miss., to begin train ing in the U. 8. Army Air Corps. Yancey D. Crow of Rl Waxhaw, was promoted to the rank of sergeant on October 3 at Camp Carson, Colo. Cyrus Fletcher Bean, Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bean of Washing ton street, has graduated from the Aviation Machinist's Mate School at the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, Fla, and Is now a qualified aviation mechanio ready for service. Flight Officer Cbas. B. Rorie, who Is m the gilder corps, 0. 8. Army, Is sta tioned at Badalla Air Base, Sadalla, Mo. He received his wings in April In Lubbock, Texas, and has been in ser vice IS months. OpL Wm. E, Rorie, Jr. with the U. & Army Air Corps, has been stationed in the Carrlbean area about two years, and has had no furlough since the day he enlisted. Pvt. James H. Rorie,, stationed with an infantry division in the New Eng land states, has been in the service about six montha They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. X. Rorie of Mon roe RV Mr. Rorie says it's about a mile to his mail box, but he manages te get there every day, and there are very, few times but what he- finds a letter from one of these One boys. Sen bt Some families have their sons "in the air" but here's a case of the em having his folks "on the air." It was Mayor Issues Proclamation In Interest Of National WAC Recnuting Campaign Now In Progress COUNTY'S QUOTA, IS SET In keeping with the national cam paign being conducted throughout the nation, seeking the enlistment of 600, 000 WACs to release men now serving in army positions for combat duty, i Mayor V. D. Slkes of Monroe, yester- uy imuto a proclamation, appealing i u.c jrumiB women 01 Monroe ana Union county to enlist In the WACs, endorsing the city and county's par ticipation in the drive. Union county has been asked to furnish three recruits by October 15 for the North Carolina Company to be sworn In by Governor Broughton at Raleigh within the very near future. The recruits will go through basic training together and will carry the North Carolina Flag as a part of the color guard. They will wear a North Carolina lnsigna on their uniform, and will be trained at historic Fort Ogle thorpe, near Chattanooga, Tenn. The proclamation Issued by Mayor Sikes, yesterday afternoon Is as fol fols: PROCLAMATION To The People Of Monroe: It Is with great pleasure that I, V. D. Slkes, heartily Indorse this City's participation In the nation-wide all states campaign for the Women's Army Corps' recruiting drive. You doubtless know there is a tre mendous need for WACs. General Marshall stated recently: "Comman ders to whom WASs have been as signed have spoken in the highest terms of their efficiency and value In 155 kinds of Army jobs." This state ment is indicative of the excellent Job the Women's Army Corps is doing. However, the present objective Is to release more thousands of soldiers for combat training. In order to accom plish this, each state will participate In the campaign. Likewise each city and county. Our office of Civilian De fense has been designated by Governor Broughton as the recruiting agency in North Carolina. Our City's participatioB in this Na tion wide drive is needed to assure the success of this program. Our coun ty has been selected to enlist three re cruits by October 15. I feel sure that the people of Monroe will want Union county and North Carolina to lead all others In the nation-wide en listment drive. V. D. SIKES, Mayor. , MISS BOWIE HONORED Miss Mollle Bowie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carr Bowie, who is a mem ber of the senior class at Woman's College of the State University In Greensboro, was last week made pres ident of the Alethelan Society. Instead of spreading out over the entire week as has usually been done, they streamlined the program and all four of the societies of the college was crowded into done day because of the war shortage in space and help. an exciting week-end for Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thompson of Wadesboro agenue as they clung to the telephone to hear their son, James F. Thomp son, speak to them from Hawaii. Due to the irregularity of the mail, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson had only one let ter In eight weeks from their son, a welder at Pearl Harbor, and he had a similar complaint. Upon receipt of a cable from him, they had an idea he might have been hurt since the work is so dangerous, and cabled him Friday to call home Sunday. The first report from the overseas operator stated that Mr. Thompson was requesting that his parents, and his girl friend, be at the telephone around 3:30 Monday afternoon when the call would be completed. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson then "got on the line" and down came the girl friend. Miss Geneva Echard of Hickory. They even went one better and had his best buddy, Frank Howard, who, Inci dentally Is leaving this week for ser vice, at the 'phone at the appointed hour. The call came through fifteen min utes earlier and all took their turn to hear Jimmy say "I'm fine!" When he asked his daddy, "How's Frank?" Mr. Thompson said he was right there and be would let him tell himself. The connection was excellent and Jimmy's voice was as clear as If he had been present In the room. The conversation was five minutes long and cost about $5.00 a minute. Jimmy was instructed in welding by his fa tlier, Bruce Thompson, of the Monroe Welding Shop, and first went to Portsmouth, Va., to work. There he received a promotion (a raise in pay) from a week to two weeks earlier during each course, and was one among the first to receive the Navy E as expert welder. One day recruiters were going around enlist lng men for foreign duty, and James volunteered to go to Pearl Harbor, and has now been there a lltUe more than six months.. In a welding test since he has been overseas, he was the only one out of eleven to pass. He has had a furlough over there, and took 200-mile trip around the Island, which he says is beautiful. Bobby Laney who baa been spend ing his furlough faere with his par ents, Mr. and lbs,' J. W. Laney, "eft a few days ago for Balnhridge, Md, where be win be stationed waiting for a can to a Mail School where be will take training. Major Jennings Boger has recently been promoted to lieutenant eoloneL Lt Col Boger Is now stationed at HatUsburg, Mies. ' Mrs. Boger left Tuesday for Hattieeburg to join her trasoana ana make her home for the present. f Ueut Carl Secrest Is spending a ten day furlough with his mother. Mrs. Frank Becrest, on Lancaster Avenue. FRIDAY LAST DAY TO RENEW "A" GAS BOOKS Approximately 2100 Books Have Been Renewed; Deadline Near. Approximately 2100 "A" Books had been mailed out by the local Ration ing Board, it was stated today, as the deadline of October 15 approached for the renewal of the "A" books. Motorists expecting to get a new "A" book must have their application In by the time set, it was stated ear lier this week by officials of the board. Hundreds of applications are being received by the board and the number is expected to Increase great ly during the next day or so. Under the new system on handling gasoline rations the A coupons are I time periods in which these coupons are valid have been arraneed so that the holders of the A books are allowed a slight Increase in over-all rations. The supplementary rations of B and C, however, have been reduced dras tically. Both the B and O coupons, which formerly were good for three gallons each, have been reduced to two gallon valuations. In applying for the new A books, the application, the tire Inspection certificate and the back cover of the old A books should be mailed to the rationing board. The rationing board staffs will make out the new books, and mall them, together with the tire Inspection certificate, back to the ap plicant. Hudson To Face Trial Monday To Arraign Waxhaw Man Accused Of Killing His Wife B0BBITT TO PRESIDE A. J. Hudson, Waxhaw merchant, accused of slaying his wife at their home there with a window weight last August 11, Is scheduled to go on trial here In Superior Court next week on a charge of first degree mur er. Sheriff B. Frank Niven stated to day. It was Indicated that . the accused man will be arraigned Monday and that Judge William H. Bobbitt of Charlotte, who will oreslde, will order a special venire summoned and a Jury selected from it. Hudson, is in his late sixties and has been confined In the Union county Jail here since his wife was slain. Mrs. Hudson was found in her bed by a next-door neighbor, Mrs. W. B. Klssiah, wife of a Waxhaw policeman. on the morning of August 11 after Hudson had summoned her husband to home and told him he had been as saulted by an unidentified Intruder who had fled by way of the back door. The window weight was on he floor beside Hudson's cot, which was in the hall, where Hudson said the Intruder dropped it. Mrs. Klssiah said she entered tne Hudson home a few minutes after her husband did and when she heard Hudson's story she asked 1 about Mrs. Hudson. Mrs. Klssiah said Hudson told her he "reckoned" she was In her room. Mrs. Klssiah said she went Into Mrs. Hudson's room and turned on the light and saw her body lying in the bed. Mrs. Hudson's skull had been crushed Just above her right eye and the bonny structure of her face, im mediately below her nose had been shattered. From the appearance of her body it was believed she was killed In her sleep. Hudson said he was awakened by a glancing blow on his head and saw a man standing over him, his hands upraised, ready to strike again with the window weight. Hudson said he dodged the second blow, which he said grazed his nose, and that lt was then that the Intruder dropped the weight and fled. The weight, about an inch and a half in diameter and almost two feet long, weighed several pounds. Hudson had a small scalp wo una and a scratch on his nose. The Hudsons had been married less than two years. It was the second marriage for both. Hudson's first wife died a few years ago and Mrs. Hudson was the widow of Sam Flncher of Weddlngton. Define Book 4 Green Stamps Series In New Book To Be Used For Canned Fruits, Etc BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1 The green stamps of the new War Ration Book Four will be used to buy canned fruits and vegetables begin nine November 1. The Office of Price Aornintstranon announced yesterday that Book Four will be distributed In a nationwide schoolbouse registration between Oc tober 18 and 30. Time and place will be announced locally. The first series of green stamps A. B and O-will be valid from No vember 1 through November 30. Under the customary overlap, the last blue stamps of Book Two X T and Z will also be good during this period. Values of the green stamps win be the same as the blue, with each group containing four stamps worth 8, (, 3 and 1 points. The green stamps will be used for processed foods only until the ration -soaen system goes inw wen wviuiui Daniel s book, arr,- s. next year. Thereaner cne tuue ana red stamps of book four win be used fat piouessed foods and meat In eon junction with red and blue change Italy To War Upon Germany One Time Nazi Ally Now Lined Up On Side Of The Allies BAD0GLI0 GIVES ORDER Italy declared war against Germany yesterday and was accepted by the United States, Great Britain and Rus sia as a co-belligerent. Premier Marshal Pletro Badoglio, declared in a message to Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower, Allied commander in the Mediterranean, that "all ties with the dreadful past are broken, and my government will be proud to be able to march with you on to the Inevitable victory." With Italy an exhausted nation and most of her soldiers showing little dis position to fight, it is not likely that the Badoglio government will be aole to put any great army In the field beside those of the Allies. Its action, however, may increase the rear guard resistance in those parts of the country under the Ger man heel and facilitate cooperation of Italians with the Allies in that part of Italy so far wrested from the Ger mans. Acceptance of Italy as a co-belligerent was announced in a (joint state ment by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Premier Sta lin. This amounted simply to putting an existing state of affairs Into writ ing. Virtually all Italians now detest the Germans, and some have been fighting them. Italy still is far from being accorded the status of an ally, and so far as can be learned, no promises have been made to her otiier than the commit ments already undertaken to aid the Italians In driving the Germans from the country and to give them a cer tain amount of food and other sup plies to keep them going. President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin In their Joint statement made It plain that Italy's future would be adjusted "In the light of the aslstance which the Italian government may . be able to afford the United Nations' cause." This carries the implication that further concessions to Italy, both dur ing the war and in postwar settle ments, will be on a quid pro quo basis In return for whatever aid Italy actually delivers to the Allies. Marshal Badoglio Issued a procla mation to the Italian people saying: "Italians I I inform you that His Majesty the King, has given me the task of announcing today, the 13th of October, the declaration of war against Germany." Italy's declaration against her former Axis partner came a little more than a month after Allied bomb ings forced her to sue for an armistice. Badoglio failed to state specifically whether his government Intended to maintain control over the Italian fleet, the bulk of which is in Allied hands, or over such units of his army as might still bear arms and oer some as sistance in the present campaign to drive the Nazis from Italy. An indication that the marshal ex pects to place his troops In the field was seen, however, in his statement to the press yesterday that Italy can be freed from the Germans "only by the united military effort In which we shall work in the closest possible manner with British and American forces." Italian vessels in Allied hands con sist of more than 100 warships and more than 150,000 tons of merchant shipping. It was not immediately clear wheth er Italy's declaration of war on Ger many would result In the release of hundreds of thousands of Italian pris oners In Allied hands. Many of the men have -been sent to prison camps In the United States, while others have long been In only normal custody on this side. There is no question that the hapless Italian soldiers who escaped from the Germans at the time of the armistice September 8 have been much more of a handicap than a help to the Allies to date. Accusing the Nazis' of "abuses of power, robbery, and violence of all kinds" In Catania While Germany and Italy still were nominal allies, Bado glio asserted in his proclamation to the Italians that "even more savage incidents against our unarmed dodu- latlons took place In Calabria, In the Puglle, and In the area of the Salerno. "Shoulder to shoulder we must march forward with our friends of the United States, Great Britain, Russia, and ail other united Nations. Ita lians, there win not be peace In Italy as long as a single German remains upon our soil" (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin v also spoke of the "brutal maltreat ment by the Germans of the Italian ' population'' since the armistice.) Badoglio said every political party would be Invited to participate In an Italian government soon to be com pleted, with himself at Its head. Ha said the present arrangement would "in no way impair trie untrammemled right of. the people of Italy to' choose their own form of democratic govern ment when peace .Is restored.' TWENTIETH CENTURY .. ;." ;..:,rA BOO CLV'fi MEETS Mrs. P. B. trpchurch was hostess to - the October meeting of the Twentieth. Century Book Club meeting yesterday at her home on Crawford street. The home was beautifully decorated with Fall rosea. Lovely refreshments were served following the program. Mrs. J. J. Ooudelock, president of the Club, presided and .conducted a short business session. The Club votM to give M to the Red Cross bonk col lection tor Camp Sutton hospital. Mrs. Albert Evans gave a mv en joyable program. She reviewed Jor.a- Those present were: Mrs. A" ci Evans, Mrs. L. A. Everett, I s. J. J. Ooudelock, Mrs. Carey Kenrirn k. 1 . Paul Gamble, Mrs. R. R. Ix-U a a i Mm. P. B. Upchurch. X
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