WEATHER FORECAST
" Light tain "tonight: Friday, part
ly cloudy and alightly cooler.
Sunset today, 6:11 p. m.; sunrise
Friday, 8:14 a. m.
MONROE MARKET
Cotton, short, lb .. ..19Ho to Slttc
Cotton, long, lb . . . . 28ttc to 80 So
Cotton Seed, bushel 79 Mc
Eggs, dozen 43c
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PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
bushel .. $1.50
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SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 1943
3-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, ?1.25 SEMI-WEEJ&'A YEAR
Ill
Civilians Will
Receive Awards
453 Will BTHonored At
Camp Sutton Next
Wednesday
LIEUT. ZINCK SPEAKER
(Public Relations Office, Camp Sutton)
In formal ceremony signalizing the
Army's first Civilian Awards Day, 453
civilian employees at Camp Sutton
-will be presented with Army Service
Forces emblems by the camp's com
manading officer on Wednesday, De
cember 8. Nearly the whole group to
receive the blue service ribbon bearing
the ASF star and cockade are resi
dents of Union and Mecklenburg
-comities, and most of them have work
ed at the training center for longer
than the six months necessary to
make them eligible for the award. -
The presentation, scheduled for 4
o'clock In the afternoon, will take
place In Camp Theater No. 2. The
presentation speech will be made by
the commanding officer, while the
ribbons will be conferred Individually
by Lieut. Clarence E. Zinck, chief of
civilian personnel. William J. OTtourge,
administrative assistant to the camp
engineer, will give a brief acceptance
address on behalf of the employees.
Master of ceremonies for the occasion
will be Lieut. Norman H. Albert, pub
lic relations officer.
The combined military-civilian
Awards Committee, consisting of Mrs.
Sarah L. Stubbs, signal office employee,
of Hamlet, Mrs. Elsie L. Roshon.
trainee classification analyst, of Chi
cago; Lieut. Zinck. Lieut. Albert and
Mr. CRourke, will receive the con
ferees on the stage, together with the
commanding officer, his executive and
the directors of divisions In the sta
tion complement I
Wednesday's function here will be
one of many throughout the military I
establishments of the nation In which i
the War Department will accord rec
ognition to the loyalty and efforts of
Its civilian workers.
NEWS AND EVENTS OF
WEEK FROM WINGATE
Club Entertains High Schol And Col
lege Faculty Members.
(By Mrs. eBnson E. Blvens)
Miss Mildred Griffin, who teaches at
Dallas, N. C, spent the Thanksgiving
holidays with her mother, Mrs. J. B.
Griffin.
Misses Kate and Bess Mclntyre
spent the holidays with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mclntyre.
Friends of Mrs. Marlon Griffin will
regret to hear that she is ill. Wa all
hope for her a very speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Cannup have
moved to Monroe. They formerly oc
cuDied the Minnie Blvens house.
O. B. Mangum, who Is employed
with Glenn L. Martin in Baltlmoroe,
Md Is visiting his wife. Mrs. Man
gum and other relative here.
Mrs. Baron D. Smith and children
have moved Into the Minnie Blvens
house for the duration. Mr. Smith
was called Into the Navy and reported
to Camp Croft, S. C, on last Friday
where he will receive further orders.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hargett spent
last week-eend with Mrs. Hargett's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gaddy.
Miss Edith Mills Griffin, grand
daughter of Mrs. J. B. Griffin and
her roommate. Miss Jean Feory -visited
Mrs. Griffin during the holidays.
Misses Griffin and Feory are seniors
t Wlnthrop College, Rock Hill, S. O.
Ensign and Mrs. Tom C. Helms are
-visiting friends and relatives here.
Ensign Helms Is stationed at Pensa
cola, Florida.
Sgt. Max Robinson, who is stationed
at New River, N. C has been visiting
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Robinson.
Miss Virginia Austin spent the
Thanksgiving holiday with her mother
Mrs. J. L. Austin.
The Week of Prayer for Foreign
Missions Is being held this week at
the Baptist church.. There will be a
different speaker .each afternoon ex
cept Wednesday and the service will
be held at the Wednesday evening
prayer service.. The president urges
everyone to attend these meetings,
especially the W. M. U. members.
The Tuberculosis Seals are on sale
at the College and high school. We
uree each and everyone to buy a
I
many of these seals as possible. Now ,
more than ever before, we need to
mve 10 una cause. i
Jrtr&M ZJS 5,
laptist churoh, has accepted a part
. - i
Baptist churoh..
time pastorate at Midway church.
The churoh consented to Mr. Link's
helping out this church, two Sunday
afternoons a month. Due to the short
age or preachers they were unable to
secure a pastor. ' The 'church Is very
glad for. our pastor to be of service
to them-' and help them out fn the
Lord's work. "We are all laborers to
gether for Him."
The Wlngate Woman's Club enter
, tamed at an old time school party
- for the high school and college teach
ers at the home of Mrs. Carlton Blv
s ens on Friday night, .November 26.
The bivtled guests were members of
both school faculties and the club
members. Readln', Htm', and lithme-
tie, special music, and tap dancing
by little Miss Ruby Mclntyre, made
an entertaining program. Delicious
. Russian tea and cookies were enjoyed
by an. ' - :!- . " j
The flowers m via Kaposi cnurca
on last Sratday were given In honor
of Ned Helms, Lorin Shepherd. Max
Smith. Bd Hlmroelln and Robert Hall
msn, who are all In Ue armed forces.
Each Surday our church honors a
group of our boys to this way. .
J. A. Stewart has gone to South
fat vUtt hla rtaiwhter. Mrs.
" Caudle. ' , ' "
- Mr. and Mrs, S. C Barrett have
moved into the Minnie Blvens house
with Mrs. Baron D. Smith. Mrs.
Smith's mother, Mrs. Beagraves, of
t Apex, Is visiting her. -The
American Heme department of
fha Wbtgate Woman's Club met la
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Allied bombinpr of fortress Europe accelerates as American heavy
bombers based in British Isles attack targets in Nazi-occupied Nor
way and airdromes in Greece after raiding Sofia, Bulgarian capital.
Four-motored liberators and twin-motored Mitchells blasted the Eleu
sis and Kalamaki airfields in Athens in support of British and Italian
troops hattline the Germans in thp Dodecanese Islands
American Flying Fortresses
And Liberators Pound Nazis
TAX SUPERVISORS TO
MEET AT CHAPEL HILL
Roy J. Moore Win Represent Union
County At State-Wide Meet.
Tax Supervisor Roy J. Moore has
Just received Invitation to attend and
take part In the discussions at the
tenth annual Tax Supervisors Insti
tute conducted by the Institute of
Government of the University of
North Carolina In Chapel, HilL to be
held in year "on Thursday ana Jm
day, December 8 and 10.
The program will (tress particular
problems of listing and assessing prop
erty during the coming listing period.
A guidebook of standard Instruct loan
and suggestions for the use of county
Tax Supervisors and list takers, pre'
pared by Institute of Government
staff members, with the cooperation
of the Tax Supervisors will be pre
sented to the Supervisors at the
meeting.
State and local tax officials, together
with Institute staff members, will par.
tlcipate in lectures and round table
discussions covering a wide variety of
practical problems which will be
faced by Bounty Commissioners Tax
Supervisors, and list taker and as
sessors before, during and after the
1944 listing period. Changes made in
the Machinery Act by the 1943 Gen
eral Assembly will be covered.
The Institute will open with regis
tration at the Institute of Govern
ment at five o'clock Thursday after
noon. Registration will be followed
by a dinner meeting and the evening
program. . The meeting wul be con
cluded early Friday afternoon.
RAZOR BLADES HELP
KILL "PESKY" JAPS
Slash Hands Climbing Trees And Give
Away Positions.
Finding a use for their old rasor
blades, a battalion of marines on
Guadalcanal employed them to kill
"pesky" Japanese by placing the sharp
metal pieces in the bark of trees the
enetnv anlrjers mlsht dumb.
Tf smmfl Vtvwl nf inhuman . lavi
u CoL Vlct0r Kruiak commander of
the battalion, "and I suppose the Japs
., n t... i k.
the annoying habit of whlatog up
. , .. nV. nnnv. hn.
wu uwa ina i in il. ouk uicv linn
these jungle trees like monkeys when
ever opposed nd then turning into
snipers.
"So we went along the trails, pre
tending to be Jap patrols looking for
good climbing trees. In the bark oi
these trees we stuck a lot of good and
sharp rasor blades.
"Then when the Japs came up tneae
trails we opposed them, and they
would run up the trees about ten feat,
and drop suddenly, , and while they
were looking at their hands we would
shoot them." ,
Mrs. Tom Young and Mrs. Loretta
Leigh left Tuesday for a visit to Mrs.
Leigh's family In Chicago, 111. Mrs.
Leigh has been making her home with
Mr. and Mrs. Young while her hus
band. Pvt. Joe Leigh Is in Camp But-gBVe
s" xwun wui
friends while In Chicago and she and
Mrs. Leigh will return to Monroe next
week.
the home of Mrs. Olln B. Austin with
Mesdames O. B. Mangum and "Hoyle
Stewart as Joint hostesses..
Mrs. Joe G. Chaney had charge of
the program.' Those present were:
Mesdames John B. Oaddy, Jr, C C.
Burrls, D. S. Brower, Brady Broome,
Jack J. Perry, Robert Smith Wade
Flowers, J. a Helms, Joe O. Chaney,
O. & Man giim, Hoyle Stewart, OUn
B. Austin and Mrs. Ralph A. Smith J
as a new member. . The hostess served
delicious chicken salad, eonee . ana
oookies, V.JJ-w--'
Western Reich Hit Again As
Aerial Offensive Is
Continued
AIRDROMES DESTROYED
American Flying Fortresess and Lib
erators pressed their offensive through
icy, cloud-spattered skies to attack
western Germany for the third time
in three days yesterday and ran into
a wide variety of German - fighter
planes which filled the air with rockets
In an unusually strong but vain at
tempt to check the attackers.
The Americans, in smashing once
more at targets In the Nazis' big west
ern industrial basin, were carrying the
weight of the Britain-based aerial at
tack on Germany, following up their
bombing of the big port of Bremen
Monday and the Important arms cen
ter of Solingen Tuesday.
The RAF bomber command gather
ing strength for the next heavy at
tack on Germany sent Mosquitos over
Germany's western reaohes. keeping
the bombed Germans alerted another
night.
Meanwhile to the south Liberators
of the American Northwest African Air
force contributed further to the aerial
encirclement of the European fortress
with this war's first blow Tuesday
against the Italian Adriatic port of
Plume, which the Germans are prob
ably using as a supply base for their
armies in Italy and the Balkans.
Eighth Air force medium Marauders
from Britain heavy hammered enemy
airdromes in northern France during
the day to supplement the assault on
Germany's industries. The twin
engined bombers were strongly sup
ported by fighters.
Liberator crews returning to one
station from the American heavy
bomber raid on Germany reported
seeing new Mesesrschmitt 410 fighter
bombers among the numerous enemy
planes which poked their noses through
the clouds over the target. They also
identified about SO ME-109s, ME 210s,
Focke-WuU 190s, and Junkers 88s.
Escorting fighters of the V. S. A.
A. F. and the R. A. F. In superior
numbers drove off most opposition,
but Just after their bombs were drop
ped, this group of Liberators under
went a furious rocket attack.
Close formations of twin-engined
German fighters fired rockets from
the rear, while single-engined enemy
aircraft carried out the frontal at
tack diving out of the sun.
"Rocket shells were bursting all
around us," said MaJ. John A. Brooks,
m, of Greenville, Ohio, pilot and op
erations officer leading this group,
"but if we dldnt hit the target yes
terday we never will."
Sgt Chester W. Moore of Maybank,
Tex., a top turret gunner aboard the
plane "Old Irish," recalled that four
rocket shells missed his plane by only
a few yards. ;
"The fighters dldnt bother us ex-
en, wnen two ssb-sius sneajcea up ' uwnwu revenue, win db me wun- j tram Hie rank of first lieutenant
and .heaved couple of rocket shells -house in Monroe on December 8, 9, 10, captain Mattox was born near Mon
which missed.' reported Caps. Frank 1 1 and IS. This deputy collector will .m 1903, son of the late John S.
M. McLaughlin of Syracuse, N. T. also be in Msrshvllle at the Ford Mattox. From 1918 to 1920, he was
Month-end figures of Allied and Axis Oarage on December 11th and at .mnlowd bv th Chadwick-Hosklns
air iosks m ine European w eater
impressive testimony of the pace
at wnicn tnt attack on Germany M
being prosecuted eveen - during the
poor winter S ylng months. The
American Elahtb Air force lost 140 home in Ooose Creek township t 8:30
warplanes of al types over Europe Tuesday morning after a brief Illness,
during November while deatrovlng 847 she h survived by her husband, A. B.
German craft. : The R. A. F. lost 234 Clonts; two sons, Donald and an in
ships over -Europe durin the month. I fant; two sisters. Mrs. W. E. Muulns
German losses In all theaters were, of Cnsrlotte and Mrs. W. L. Wyles of
placed at (31.
Pftet Reported Miasms; .
Oreenvffie, N. C Uerrt. Wilbur H.
Brown of the Army Air corps has been
reported misstns in action over rw.
many, - the War department notified
his grandfather - Jesse W. Brown of
OreenvUle. - - Untenant Brown
to - pHo lying Fortress.
was
Appeal Made To
Local Citizens
Urges Conservation Of Lights
During Approaching Hol
iday Reason
WILL AID WAR EFFORT
City Clerk R. S. Houston, today is
sued an appeal to local residents, at
the request of J. A. Krug, Director of
the Office of War Utilities, ureine
them to confine their Christmas light
ing decorations to Christmas trees ln-
siae private nomes.
The request also asked that street
decorations, community Christmas
trees, exterior home decorations and
Interiors and exteriors of commercial
establishments dispense with decora
tions this year, insofar as lighting is
concerned.
"Government and industry have
combined in a nationwide conservation
campaign to save critical fuels and
materials necessary to produce and
consume electricity," he stated.
"I am asking the American people
to refrain from their Christmas light
ing custom as a part of that cam
paign. Electric light bulbs are par
ticularly short at present and strict
conservation of them Is necessary.
Widespread consumption of bulbs dur
ing the Christmas season merely will
mean a greater scarcity later on.
"Because of the shortness of day
light over most of the country at
Christmas time, necessary consumption
of electricity is at its peak. Every
thing we can do to avoid any addi
tional load will mean direct savings
of fuel, manpower, transportation and
materials."
No mandatory order is contemplated
because "the American people as a
whole and local residents realize the
necessity of this conservation and will
do It."
ROTARY OFFICIAL ON
VISIT TO LOCAL CLUB
Dave Clark ,Of Charlotte, Makes Visit
On Behalf Of District Governor.
On behalf of the Acting District
Governor Hawley Cobb, of Wades
boro, Dave Clark of Charlotte, former
governor of the 188th district of Ro
tary International, made an official
visit to the Monroe Rotary Club Tues
day and was guest speaker at the
luncheon meeting.
Mr. Clark made an Interesting talk
on the history and growth of Rotary,
tracing It's growth in the early part
of the century when the first club
was organized In Chicago, until the
present day, when It has become a
world-wide organisation.
Mr. Clark Is well known in Rotary,
having served as governor of the 188th
district; a former director of Rotary
International and also a former mem
ber of the International Committee of
Public Relations. He Is acting for
Mr. Cobb, who was recently made
acting district governor, following the
resignation of Irvln Tucker of White-
ville. who had to reslen because of 111
health.
Following the luncheon meeting
Tuesday, President George Davis call
ed a meeting of the Board of Directors
and Committee Chairmen to discuss
with Mr. Clark, what the club has
beendoing within recent months and
what" it plans to do In the future.
Tax Payment
Deadline Near
Final Date For Remittance
Is Dec. 15; Farmers
Must File
COLLECTOR IS COMING
Have you paid up your Federal tax
balances, as shown on your declara
tion flWl nn nr hAfnrA lant. Rpntamlvr
1 1K9
If not, the deadline for such pay
ment Is December 15, lt was reminded
yesterday by the Charlotte division of
the Internal Revenue Collector's office.
The collector's office also addressed
a few words to the fanners of this
section. Those with a 1949 income of
$500 or more, ' if single, and $624 or
more, If married, are required to file
declarations of Income on or before
December IS.
Furthermore, if an amended decla
ration has become necessary since the
income declaration was filed on or be
fore September 15 for $3,700 or more
for single persona, and $3,500 or more
for married folk, and those with ad
ditional income of $100 this must be
filed on or before December IS, also.
Remittances should be accompanied
by the tax notice of payment due.
To assist the farmers in this section
In filing their estimated income tax
returns for 1043, a deputy Collector of ,
wuniv at we pon omce on uccm-
ber 13.
MRS. MYRTLE CLONTZ
Mrs. Myrtle Clonts, SO, died at her
Matthews: four brothers, N. G. Mc
Oorkle bf Morroe- Ernest and Clarence
McOorkle of Mineral Springs and Cur
Use McCorkle of Canton, Ohio, and
ber mother, Mrs., J. C. McCorkle of
Mineral Sprints. '
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon si Crooked Creek church
with Elder C M MUls of Charlotte
is charge, iv-
THE LATE WAR NEWS
IN BRIEF
Allied Headquarters, Algiers.
Under the heaviest tactical air
support of the entire Italian (cam
paign, the British Eighth army
smashed through German defenses
beyond fallen Sangro ridge yester
day while American troops of the
Fifth army fought forward three
miles in the central sector, possibly
heralding the start of an "all out"
Allied drive on Rome.
London. The Cairo conference
declaration of determination to
smash Japan was seen in London
as a heartening sign of Allied sol
idarity, bnt the first reaction was
that the European war retained
top priority and that still bigger
news in that sphere may be ex
pected soon. The presence of Pres
ident Chiang Kai-shek at the con
ference table with Prr.ddent
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill for the first time iwas
welcomed as reassurance to those
fearful that Britain might slacken
her efforts after Hitler is elimi
nated. This unique meeting also
raised hopes that Joseph Stalin
might soon Join in conference
with British and American leaders.
Washington. Tarawa, tbe blood
iest fight In all the Marine corps'
proud history, cost the. American
victors 1,026 dead and 2,557 wound
ed. Reporting the heavy toll suf
fered intaking the two-mile long
atoll and cracking Japan's Central
Pacific defenses, the Navy said last
night that casualties totalled 3,772
in the three Gilbert Island opera
tions. Sixty-five were killed and
121 wounded at Makin and one
killed and two wounded at Abem
ama. The Navy made public the
total without comment in a terse
communique. Secretary of the
Navy Knox had warned before
hand, however, that the losses In
the 76 hours it took to capture
Tarawa were severe.
Southwest Pacific Allied Head
quarters. Japanese forces have
been shaken from another hold on
the Hnon peninsula of New Guinea
as the Allied campaign proceeds
to clear the enemy from that im
portant area which may be the
Jumping-off position for a bold
amphibious strike across the VI
tias strait at New Britain and its
stronghold of RabaoL With the
aid of Allied naval and air power.
Australian troops moved without
opposition Into Benga, seaward
aanchor of the enemy's principal
supply line on the peninsula.
Union County's
Men In Service
Pvt. Lldon Melton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Melton arrived last week
to spend an eight-day furlough with
his parents. Pvt. Melton Is stationed
at Tacoma, Wash., and has been In
the service nine months. Mr. and Mrs.
Melton have three other sons and also
a grandson Edward Melton of Bur-
lington, N. C. In the service.
Mrs. Geraldlne Melton has recently
received word from her husband of
his safe arrival In England. Friends
desiring to correspond with him may
obtain his address from Mrs. Melton.
Pfc Frank Tarleton has Just return
ed to camp after spending three days
with his wife and parents of Route 3
Monroe. Pfc. Tarleton Is stationed at
Camp Mackall, N. C.
Cpl. Colice E. Rape, son of 'Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Rape, of Route 4, Monroe,
has Just recently returned to his
camp in Washington after spending
his furlough with his parents and
family. On' his way home he stopped
In Gastonia and visited many of his
friends. While here many of his
friends and relatives visited him. His
address is Cpl. Colice E. Rape, Co. A,
474th Q. M., 1st Bn. Trk. Regt., Fort
Lewis, Wash.
Henry Hall Wilson, Jr., Commissioned
A Lieutenant
Henry Hall Wilson, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Wilson, 202 S Church
street, Monroe, graduated yesterday
from the Transportation Corps Officer
Candidate School at New Orleans, La.,
and commissioned a second lieutenant
In the Army of the United States.
Having successfully completed the
four months' training course at the
only Transportation Corps OCS in the
country, he has now been assigned to
active duty in this, the newest branch
of the Army Service Forces. Prior to
his Induction Into the Army, Febru
ary 8, 1943 at Monroe, Lieut. Wilson
attended Duke University. He will ar
rive this week to spend a furlough
with his parents and relatives In Mon
roe. Promoted To Captain
A native of Union county has been
promoted to the rank of Army Cap
tain It mwntJv tlwfaiu1 nsjnt&in
Horace Mattox, Post Signal Officer at
rmn Mackall hu hmn advanced
company. In 1930, he enlisted in the
Army, and since then has served in
various posts from Honolulu to Camp
Mackall, holding all enlisted grades
prior to his commission.
Captain and Mrs. Mattox have two
sons, aged three years and twenty-two
months. Their home is on Fountain
view Avenue in Charlotte.
CpL Brooks M. Price hss been trans
ferred from Poster Field. Texas, to the
following address: 54th Trig., Op.,
Class 648-A, Keesler Field, Mist. -
Sgt. Frederick Christman Is an in
structor at Chanute Field, Rantoul,
HL Me and Mrs. Christmas have been
guests of the layer's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Oaddy, on Pageland
roaoVnd Mrs. 8. C. Duncan, Mrs.
Cairo Conferees
Stolen Empires
County Tax Collections
For November $21,853.63
A total of $21353.63 was paid in
by Union county taxpayers at the
County Tax Office during the
month of November, states J. Hamp
Price, tax collector.. Of this amount
$18,952.92 was paid In on 1943 or
current taxes, $2,056.66 on delin
quent real estate taxes.
Of the 1943 levy, which was $260,
912.10, there has now been collect
ed a total of $151,220.58, leaving an
uncollected balance of $109,691.52
for a collected percentage of 58.2
percent of the levy. Tax payments
exceed those of same date last
year, when the county had excellent
collections.
Christman's Bister, and Dr. Duncan in
Monroe. Mrs. Christman was former
ly Miss Rowena Gaddy. Sgt. Chrlst
manh was a member of the Benton
Heights school faculty.
John William Plyler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Plyler of Monroe, has
received an honorable discharge from
the Sanford, Fla., naval air base.
Pfc. Joe P. Winchester has landed
in England. Cpl. Thomas D. Winches
ter have been transferred from Nash
ville, Tenn., to Camp Breckenrldge,
Ky. Cpl. Ben B. Winchester is sta
tioned at Kirtland Field, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. These are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Winchester of
Route 5 Monroe.
Lt. (Jg) Tom C. Helms, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. K. Helms, and Mrs. Helms
have arrived from Florida for a short
visit. Lt. Helms has been an Instruct
ing officer in advanced pilot training
at Lake City. Fla. From here he goes
to Norfolk for further assignment.
Pvt. Wm. Aiken Wolfe, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Beh H. Wolfe, spent the
week-end at home. He is stationed at
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md.
Pvt. Stewart Tucker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Tucker of Rl, Mon
roe, In service one year October 13, Is
somewhere In the Pacific. He would
like to hear from all his friends back
home, who so affectionately call him
"Buck." He says he is well, and en
joying life.
Seaman 1-C Dudley Wilson Simp
son, U. S. Navy, returned to New York
Monday after spending a short fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. A Simpson on Windsor street. He
has now crossed the ocean three times.
and was here while his ship underwent
repairs from an accident caused by
collision with another vessel.
Pvt. Hurly E. Thompson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Thompson of R2
Monroe, has been transferred from
Fort Geo. Meade, Md., to the following
address: ASN 33542957. Btry. F, 77th
Bn., 4th Reg., FARTC, Fort Bragg,
N. C. He has been in service since
November 17th. He married Miss
Georgia Sutton, and they celebrated
their first wedding anniversary No
vember 15th, the day he left for the
Army. He would like to hear from all
of his friends back home.
Lt. George C. Duckworth who has
been In North Africa for several
months, is back In the States for a
few months stay. Lt. Duckworth
who was a former teacher In the Pros
pect school, is visiting friends in this
section.
Pvt. Keath Richardson who has
been in Panama for three years, has
returned to the States and Is now sta
tioned in Washington State. Pvt.
Richardson Is the grandson of J. H.
Mills.
Gene Plyler of California has re
cently entered military service and is
now stationed at Camp McArthur,
Calif. Pvt. Plyler Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Weaver Plyler of Monroe.
Sgt. George Ayscue of Fort Bragg
spent the week-end here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ayscue.
Petty Officer Second Class Oscar
Richardson of Bainbridge, Md., came
today for a week-end visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. -J. Wesley Rich
ardson. 4
John Plyler, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Plyler of 406 Beasley street, was
honorably discharged from the U. S.
Naval Air Corps on Thanksgiving
day and has returned to his home
here. Young Plyler has been sta
tioned In Virginia, Florida, Maryland
and Georgia. He received his dis
charge due to a back injury in San
ford, Fla., about six weeks ago when
he was hit by an airplane propeller.
Dan Cadieu, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Cadieu, of East Jefferson
street, who enlisted in the U. 8.
Naval Reserve last July is now some
where In the south Pacific.
Naval Aviation Cadet Wade A.
Hlnson, of Monroe, hss completed
three months of physical conditioning
and ground school work at the XT. 8.
Navy Pre-Plight School at Athens,
Ga. He has been ordered to the Naval
Air Station at Memohls, Tenn, to be
gin progressive flight training pre
paratory to Joining a combat unit
Cadet Hlnson is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jeff Hlnson, Rl Monroe, a rraduate
from Wlngate high school in 1938. He
completed Naval Flight Preparatory
8ohool at Columbia. S. G and was
transferred to Athens, Ga from the
CAA War Training Service School.
Martin, Tenn. -
Orter B. Myers of Culver Clrv.'most part has been stationed In Cnl
Oallf, arrived Monday to snerd t- ver City, Cslif. Arotrer son of Mrs.
day furlough with his mother. Mrs. O. Myers. Troy W. Myers, of Marfmt
a Myers of R3. Monroe, and other Va, entered the service on November
relatives. Sgt. Myers has been in the 1 18th and is stationed at Aberdeen
service for two years and for the Proving Grounds, Aberdeen,' Md.
Vow To Wrest
From Japanese
Big Three Pledge Nations To
Beat Japan Into
Surrender
TO BE UNCONDITIONAL
President Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Churchill and President Chiang Kai
shek have held an historic five-day
conference in Cairo and have bound
their nations In an agreement to beat
Japan into unconditional surrender
and to strip her of all her imperialistic
gains of the last half century, and
have left for unannounced destina
tions. (In Washington lt was assumed
that an even more Important meeting,
particularly on the European phases
of the war, would be held with Pre
mier Joseph Stalin of Russia. Reuters
dispatches from Lisbon, Portugal, said
the three had left for Teheran, capi
tal of Iran, there to meet Stalin In the
biggest United Nations conference of
the war.
(Berlin broadcasts said the confer
ence already was underway in Tehe
ran on the Russian supply corridor
where British-American-Russian war
time cooperation has bad its most con
spicuous success.)
In an extraordinary atmosphere of
secrecy and precaution, the three lead
ers of the United States, Britain and
China, representing more than 1,000,
000,000 people, counting all those of
the British empire, met for ve days
from November 22 through November
26 while surrounded by the highest
galaxy of military, supply and poli
tical advisers, and departed at east
three days before the news was rven
to the public.
A communique issued at the close
declared they had agreed upon a plan
of military operations against Japan
which would "bring unrelenting pres
sure against their brutal enemies by
sea, land and air."
Declaring their purpose to drive
Japan back into her home islands,
the three powers outlined this s peclflc
four-point program f
1. Japan must disgorge all the is
lands she has seized in the Pacific
since the beginning of the first World
war W 1914 (from which she gained,
from Germany, the Marshall, Caroline
and Mariana archipelagoes In which
she planted bases for her attack on
the United States).
2. Manchuria. Formosa, the Pesca
dores (the 21 Islands lying between
Formosa and the Chinese mainland)
and all other territories taken from
China must be restored to her.
3. Korea Is to be made free and
Independent "In due course."
4. Japan must be expelled from "all
other territories which she has taken
by violence and greed." (This would
cover all the lands she has seized
since Pearl Harbor, the Philippines,
Wake and Guan; British Hong Kong,
Malaya. Burma and islands of the Pa
cific; the Netherlands East Indies and
also French Indo-Chlna.
The above blueprint for breaking up
the Japanese empire and liberating
its conquered peoples In effect would
divest Japan of the territorial loot
won by aggression or trickery In five
wars from the Sino-Japanese war of
1894 to the present conflict, climaxed
by her surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
and her rapid conquests in the South
Pacific.
(Japan's possessions would be re
duced from some 3,000,000 square miles
and 500,000,000 people to a little more
than 148,000 square miles and a
Japanese population of 75,000,000.
(Thus, the three chief conferees ap
parently had agreed on a protrram
which did not specifically include
Sakhalin Island, half of which Japan
acquired from Russia In the Treaty
of Portsmouth In 1904. Presumably
this was because Russia was not repre
sented at the conference and Is not
now at war with Japan.)
PAST MONTH WAS WARM
AND DRY, SAYS REPORT
Temperature Eight Degrees Above Nor
mal; Kalnfall Only .79 Inches.
Temperatures during the
November reached a high of 82 de
grees and a low of 21, the month's
summary released yesterday by T. A.
Ashcraft of the U. S. Weather Bureau
at Rock Rest reveals.
The high rea diner came nn Iho th nt
November. While the low nn rsonntori
on the 30th. The daily averaee tem-
peraxure ior ine month was 515 de
grees, this helne .8 degrees ahnv nor
mal. .
The average rainfall for November
is 2.61 Inches, falling on an average
of six days. Last month, rain fell on
two days amounting to only .79 inches,,
making the total rainfall for the year
1239 inches below normal. During
the same month last year the total
amount of rainfall was 3.83.
October and November were both
dry months according to the report,
which shows that rain fell three days
during that time to the amount of
1.0S Inches.
November chalked up twenty-four
clear days and four partly cloudy days.
Mrs, Mnrray fl ti
Mrs. Hughes Murray was hostess to
her bridge dub Tuesday afternoon at
her home on Johnson tsreet. ' -
Mrs. Hayne Baucom won high score
prise and Mrs. W, A. Ingram won
second high. , . ,
A lovely salad and accessories were
Members of the club 'are Mrs; Havne
Baocom, Mrs. Frank Wolfe Dillon, Mrs.
J. J. Ooudelock. Mrs. W. A. IgT-tm.
Mrs. Roland Beasley, Jr, and Mrs.
Steve Presson and Mrs. Eugene Pres-
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