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MONROE &1ARXET
Cotton, abort, lb ,, 20c to JHto
Cotton, long, lb 23c to 29o
Cotton Seed, bushel ., ,.., 79HO
Eggs, dozen c.'.W c
Corn, bushel : .... "v, 14K
Wheat, bushel .. ... .. .. r. $1.70
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MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1944
3-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, $1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR
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Rapido River
Enemy Engineers Flood U. S.
Supply Road In Effort To i
Slow Drive
STH ARmT MOVES ON
American tanks and Infantry, team
d closely In the Russian style, broke
Into the Gustav lines' forward wall
.yesterday In a fighting advance maae
possible by American engineers who
.spanned German-made floods In ' th
jtapiao nver oottom wn iog Brlu"
and corduroy road built under enemy
ahellnre.
The flanking thrust, clImaTlng 48
txrars of bloody battling, earned me
Americans to one point north of
Casslno and a little more than a mile
Irom the stubborn bastion of the Nasi
defenses.
The Germans had diverted the river
to make the lowlands a morass, but
. Sherman tanks rumbled boldly . and
safely across the sturdy log road, and
once on firm ground tore through
German wire to pin the enemy In his
machine gun nests as the American
foot soldiers came up with guns and
grenades.
The soldiers walked close behind
their tanks, stepping in the tread
tracks to avoid the Nazi anti-personnel
mines which the tanks exploded noisi
ly but harmlessly.
A field officer called the performance
"one of the best cooperative Jobs of the
war."
In the invasion area below Rome.
Allied forces made some gains and
threw back another Nazi counterattack
near Bordo Montello, seven miles
southwest of Clsterna. The towns of
northeast of Anzlo, and Cantoniera
and Carroceto north of Anzlo, are
firmly In Allied hands.
Carroceto, where Allied Invasion
troops threw the Germans back in
the struggle below Romes, was the
scene In prewar days of Mussolini's
battle of grain" to make Italy self
sufficient In wheat
The Fascists made the village one
of the model communities of the Pon
tine marsh agriculture development
program, and changed its name to
Aprilla. It was there that Mussolini
In eacfl harvest season, stripped to the
waist, Joined farmers in the thresh'
tag, while batteries of photographers
took pictures.
souuiwesi 01 yisierna. ine vowns o thelr distant goal of Pskov, the very
Bordo Montello and Camno Mortoheart of remalnln Nazl communlca-
A dispatch from the bridgehead area
' dated Friday said six Allied Infantry
- .-divisions 70,000 to 90,000 men i-
' ready had been put ashore and were
being reinforced with armor and heavy
v . artillery.
' A week of Allied sledgehammer blows
' 'tVw railed to break the Gustav line
1 vcJ open the way for a Junction with
,nat invasion Army, and .the Ger-
; manse apparently are trying to con-
g " tain the sea-borne forces while mass
ing strength for a major counter
' offensive hi the Rome sector.
y -William Stoneman, representing the
- ' . combined American press at the
bridgehead said the Fifth Army has
'lost Its advantage following the sur
: . prise landing, and the enemy has had
, time to pour. In troops, collect nls
1 wits and prepare for the defense of
r Rome and the roads leading up from
' the south. The Germans have land
r communications, while the Allies must
depend on vulnerable sea lanes, he
aid, Indicating the possibility "of a
, . ' pretty extensive stalemate."
"Though . we are within a short
- , day's walk of Rome and can see Its
environs with the naked eye, nobody
.must be too shocked If we dont
make the grade In a hurry," he de
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MONROE HIGH PLAYS
- LILESVILLE TUESDAY
Drop Second Doabkheader Of Season
To Concord Ust Friday Night
" '(By Vernon Wall)
: ' Last Friday night the Monroe Purple
" . Pythons lost their second doubleheader
, g of the season to Ooncord, - thereby
; dropping the the boys game 18 to 17
and , the girls game 13- 86. These
: !.;Virere two really hard-fought games,
, - the girls playing a much taller and
. more experienced opponent while the
boys were up against a team that
' fouled II times to our five. In the
" ' "-i opinion . of Mr. House, principal of
V; V4 Monroe High and coach during the
absence of Mickey Fenn, this unlucky
; streak will come to an end when the
Pythons meet LilesvlUe there Tuesday,
: ' Jtebruary 1 at 7:30 p. at ;,v5'
; - On the starting lineup, for Monroe
? H In the gn-ls . game was June Ruth
Harris, Sarah Shute, and Ruth Sikes
as forwards and Johnny Bauccm,
.' Frances Drane and- Ann Goudelock
.as guards.. High scorer for the girls,
. . June Ruth Harris took "7 points while
Sarah Shute was runner-up with.
' ; points. The only substitutes were
. , Winton Clonta, Martha Cook and Jean
Hunter. ' The starting six for Ooncord
vere: forwards, Readin?, Roberts and
f .h and guards. X.-Uer, Williams
e l Ebumsts. Reading paced the
t -s with IS points and Smith
e in second with 8.
; r 1 the close b ys games this
, Inst probi?' !r takes the cake
h Wrr s f within S or
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NEW AUTO TAGS MUST
BE ON CARS TOMORROW
Motorists Ran Bisk Of Being Arrested
If 1944 Plate b Not Attached.
Corporal J. B. Boyd of the State
Highway Patrol states that today will
be the last day that motorists will be
permitted to drive with their 1943 li
cense plates, without running the risk
of being arrested. An order has gone
forth that all cars must have 1944
plates if they are to be operated to
morrow, February 1, and thereafter.
Patrolman Boyd also .stated that all
old license plates must be removed
and only the 1944 tag should be dis-
ni.
Miss Louise MoCray, local manager
toe branch offloe of the Carolina
I Motor Club where the tags are avail-
able, said Saturday, that there are
still a large number of motorists in
the county who have not purchased
their tags but her offlce would be
ready to care for the rush that wast
expected to develope today, by "last-
minute purchasers."
Reds Nearing
Estonia Line
One Army Only 20 Miles
From Border; Others
Drive Closer
NAZI
LINE
CUT
Three Russian armies strode west
ward toward Estonia and Latvia yes
terday, hunting down smashed German
units hiding in the forests of north
western Russia, and striking toward
remaining
tlons on a 250-mile front.
Gen. Leonid A. Oovorov's Lenin
grad forces were split into three main
groups. One was 20 miles or less
from Estonia's border in a westward
thrust. Moscow dispatches said, and
the other two were advancing south
ward along the Leningrad-Pskov and
Leningrad-Vitebsk railways.
The Russian army newspaper, Red
Star, said the Germans were trying
to cling to these railways, but were
not slowing up the Soviet offensive to
any great degree. The Leningrad
armies were within 55 and 40 miles,
respectively, of Batetskaya and Luga,
Junctions linking the two main north
south lines In the areas. The Leningrad-Moscow
trunk line far to the
east- already had been cleared of the
enemy.
Below Bates kaya and Luga the
armies of Gen. K. A. Meretskov had
already cut the line to Vitebsk and
were threatening the Pskov line.
These forces were within 12 miles of
Batetskaya and 20 miles from Luga.
The closest Russian forces to Pskov
were those astride a highway farther
south. Having outflanked Shlmsk
near the southwestern. shores of Lake
Ilmen, these units were still 85 miles
from Pskov, the gateway to southern
Estonia and northern Latvia.
A third Russian army of the second
Baltic front, under Gen, Markian M.
Popov, was striking beyond Novosokol
nlkl, captured Saturday hi a surprise
attack which put the Soviet victors
within 70 miles of Latvia in a drive
paralleling the westward thrusts of the
other two armies far to the north.
In the western Ukraine Berlin said
German tank forces had recaptured
several localities west of Polonnoe.
This is in the Shepetovka sector near
the southwestern border of old Po
land. The Germans said that MaJ.
Gen. Schultz, a Nazi tank leadler,
had been killed there, "fighting at the
head of his division."
CENTRAL METHODIST
CHURCH ITEMS
(Contributed by the Pastor)
Seven new members were received
Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Broom;
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hayworth, Miss
Georgia Howie, Clyde Medlln, and
John H. Williams. Happy to have
them all!
The congregation honored John H.
Williams, No. 155 on the Honor Roll,
Sunday morning.
While the people stood Sunday
morning the names' of two members
who went to the heavenly home last
week were spoken: Mrs. Rose Lytton
Funderburk and T. J. Ellis. God's
comfort be with the bereaved ones.
A . new name has been added to
the Cradle Roll: Joel Richard Howie,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Richard
Howie. The father is somewhere In
the Pacific area. Welcome I
Two hundred ; and seventy-four
Church School members were present
Sunday. Help us make It three nun
died next Sunday. ,
At the morning worship service sun-
day T. a Flanagan was the three
minute speaker on the Crusade For
A New World Order. The choir sang
the anthem subjected. "I Hear The
Voice Of Jesus Say." by Rathbun. The
pastor spoke on, "Our Crusade For A
New World Order."
We resret to lose Aubrey Hayes and
his family from our city and church
Ufa. They moved to Forsyth, Oa
Monday. Rev. and Mrs. T. R. Kendall
went a few weeks ago.
Congratulations to Oapt. & H.
Green on the reception of a diamond;
pin for fifty years of service on thsfd to ward off the fowl with his
ra.lroa t He also received a letter
from tie superintendent.
1 'nn'ng crt Sunday morning the
pastor wul deliver a series of four ser
mons on the central theme, "God and
Us." The sermons In order will be:
"Is God Fere?" "Do We Really Con
tort God?" "Openlrg Your Life TO
Qod," and "On V e T-v-t Ood?"
l I
rt -:U meet
J. C. N.
New Synthetic
Tires At Hand
Motorists With 'A' And 'B'
Cards To Be Eligible
This Month
NEW RULING EFFECTIVE
Automobile owners usinsr "A and
trasoll.we atlons .be..eUg ble
ucxu inuiiui ior new synuieuc ures
Ior. ewentlal driving,
I, A government authority said
taft nlghl that offlce of Price ad-
'"ustra"on wm amena present pre-
nt "mutations to assure new tires for
??w;m"ege "5 but dded
e" mileage ration basis
7", eliminated and the synthetic
allotted only only to drivers In these
two classes determined to be "most
essential."
The Washington Post also reported
that the new synthetic tire program
will bring about ' 'a more equitable
distribution" of existing passenger tire
supplies from a national stockpile con
sisting almost entirely of new synthe
tics. The Post said that an OPA official
had described the stock of prewar
used and recapped tires all that A
and B book holders could get as re
duced to "merely a dribble."
However, the official source said,
local board quotas on tires are ex
pected to remain about the same and
responsibility of determining the de
gree of an applicant's essential driv
ing will rest with the rationing panels.
He added that OPA plans call for
rationing of about 750.000 of the new
synthetics a month In March with fu
ture rations depending entirely on war
demands.
Presently only motorists In essential
Jobs or car-sharers who are nermit-
ted to drive In excess of 601 miles a
month, are entitled to new tires.
SOCIAL NEWS
Meeting of Junior Woman's Club
The Junior Woman's club met
Thursday with Mrs. Oscar Baucom at
ner home on Griffith road.
The call to order was made bv Mrs.
itoy uurry, vice president, for Mrs
Bascom Baucom, president, who is re
covering from illness. The club collect
was repeated In unison after which
the ways and means committee re
ported from the sale of Christmas
cards. Mrs. Curry reported for Mrs.
Hanes Dormlny of the defense com
mittee on work done by Mrs. Dormlny
aunng tne Fourth War Loan and
spoke of the splendid work accom
plished. The following nominating commit
tee was appointed to present a slate
or new officers at the next meeting:
Mesdames Emmett Gulledge, Sidl
Stewart, Ralph Elliot, and Hanes Dor
mlny. Mrs. R. W. House in charge of the
program for the afternoon was as
sisted by Mr. House in showing slides
of Berlin In Peace Times, and also
pictures of Monroe high school in ac
tion. Mrs. H. L. Brooks and Mrs. Hoyte
Manes assisted the hostesses in serv
ing refreshments suggestive of St. Val
entine's Day.
Present were: Mesdames Bascom
Baucom, Roy Curry, Sidl Stewart, Ar
thur Miller, Joe Ferguson, W. M. Shu
maker, Ralph Elliott, R. W. House,
W. T. Wall, K. E. Neese, H. L. Brooks.
J. G. Waters, Hoyte Maness, Lee Grif
fin, Archie Wallace and Oscar Bau
com.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ayscue re
turned home the last of the week from
Henderson where they had been
spending a month with their aunt.
Miss Dora E. Ayscue, who was quite
ill. Miss Ayscue died and Miss Madge
Ayscue, Charles and Osborne Ayscue
Joined Mr. and Mrs. Ayscue in Hen
derson and attended the funeral.
Mrs. Sydnor Bareford, who has been
spending two months in Richmond,
Vs., with her husband, came last week
for a two weeks' visit with her moth
er, Mrs. J. B. Coble.
Mr. and Mrs. John Medlln and two
children, Betsy and Jackie, of Maxton,
spent the week-end here with Mrs.
Medlln's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B.
Caldwell.
Rummage Sale February 5th
The John Foster Chapter, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, will
hold a rummage sale on February the
5 th. The sale will be held at the
side of ' the Bowie Motor Company
facing Church street
If the ladies o fthe town have any
rummage they would like to donate,
pleaoe call Mrs. Hazel H. Davis, phone
341-R.
Rooster runs amuck
IN CONCORD HOME
Ruling tbe roost la quite all right in
the barnyard. Walter Brown of Oon
cord, believes, but when tbe desire In
vades the home, that is quite a differ
ent matter. -.',; . -.
Friday Mr. Brown was out In his
yardand a Hampshire Red started to
settle a long ata ruling grievance with
tne concord attorney,
Mr. Brown
police were called and Officer Ramsey
made the restraining order permanent
with a well-aimed shot.
The rooster, had become quite a
family pet and the Browns hated to
have htm. shot .
r
THE LATE WAR NEWS
IN BRIEF
.Aerial Mifhty armadas of V. S.
bombers blast Brunswick and
Hannover; 91 German planes de
stroyed at cost ef 25; other Allied
aircraft attack France and Hol
land, downing 12 more.
Germany Hitler In gloomy ad
dress warns of the "hardest task
Imaginable" this year.
Russia Soviets advance to with
in 20 miles of Estonian border In
drive toward Pskov; more than SO
localities captured,
Italy Glermans divert Rapid
river to bog down Fifth army's
'assault on Gnstav Una; 86 Nad
planes shot down near Venice In
greatest Italian air battle; Allies'
beachhead reinforced heavily.
Pacific Land-based bombers Join
carrier forces In assaults against
Marshall Islands; Allies also hit
Babanl for 26th time in a month,
destroying 30 Japanese planes.
Union County's
Men In Service
Cpl. Curtis E. Lindsay of R5, Mon
roe, has completed his basic training
at the Armored Replacement Training
Center at Port Knox, Ky., preparatory
for combat duty with an Armored
Unit. Cpl. Lindsay has been stationed
at Port Knox for about three years.
He Is a brother of B. R. Lindsay of
the New Hope community.
TSgt. Marvin Helms of Nashville,
Tenn.. arrived Thursday night to
spend a 12-day furlough with his par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Hellms, on
Rl, Wlngate.
Pvt. Howard Walter Helms is with
a Field Artillery outfit in England. He
has been in service about four years,
and overseas 18 months. His brother,
Cnl Aubrev Marvin Helms of the U. S.
Armv. was transferred from Fort
Bragg to desert maneuvers In Cali-
fornias and is now stationed at Camp
Bowie. Texas. They are sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Rich Helms, R5 Monroe.
Pvt. Preston O. Baucom, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lonnie Baucom of R2, Mon
roe, is now stationed at Camp Clauche,
New Orleans, La. He entered the
service on December 8, 1943. His ad
dress Is: Pvt. Preston O. Baucom.
34895182, 9th Traffic Reg. Group, Camp
Plauche, New Orleans, (12) La. Me
would like to hear from all his friends
back home.
Ira R. Melton of Monroe has re
cently been promoted to corporal from
private according to information Just
received from the War Department.
Now a squad leader with the 169th
Infantry Regiment, he Is stationed at
an advanced base in the South Pacific.
With more than fifteen months over
seas duty in a combat zone, Melton
saw service with the 43rd Division
throughout the New Georgia campaign
that saw his division in the fight for
Munda airfield. Previous to his in
duction in February of 1942, Melton
was employed by the Spring Cotton
Mill In Lancaster, as a textile worker.
He Is the son of J. Melton who lives
near Monroe on route 2.
Seaman First Class T. Blair Blvens
of the V. 8. Navy left Wednesday
night for Bermerton, Wash., after
spending a leave with his mother,
Mrs. E. Blair Blvens.
Oscar Richardson of Carmel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Richardson,
has been promoted from seaman sec
ond class, to seaman first class in tne
TJ. S. Navy. Seaman Richardson Is a
baker at the Naval base, Balnbrldge,
Maryland.
Sgt George B. Browning, son of Mrs.
H. D. Browning of Monroe, who was
with the coast artillery until wounded
in Slcly, has been transferred to a
quarter master depot company in
North Africa, in a letter written
January 9th to his mother, be says:
Well, I have a new address as you
will notice. Like it fine, and am sure
will continue to do so. It looks like
I will stay here for some tune, but I
am perfectly satisfied to be left out
of the next invasion, although lt is the
most exciting experience one can
have."
Pfo Herman L. Hemby, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Hemby of R2, Mat
thews, has been overseas since about
September 1st, and Is "somewhere In
England. He is with a chemical war
fare outfit.
Pvt. James Ray Drr, only son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Orr of Indian
Trail, has notified his parents of his
safe arrival in England. He entered'
seervios In November 1943, and was
stationed at Camp Forrest, Tenn, with
the engineers. He married the former
Miss Ludy Fay Hemby. ; -
CpL Henry O. Keslah, son of Mrs.
J. P. Keslah of Charlotte, formerly of
Monroe, is spending a few days delay
en-route with his wife, and his mother,
and visited in Monroe on Wednesday.
He received his wings In aerial gun
nery at TyndaU Field. Flm-, on January
former Miss Lorena Etters of Char
lotte. .
Mlaa Mil) Promoted To First Uewt
. Second Lieut O lementlne ' Mills,
daughter of J. H. Mills of Monroe and
now stationed in Italy, wrote her fath
er on January 6th that she had been
promoted to first lieutenant In the
Army Nursing Corps on that day. She
ald that "fifty percent of all A. N.
O. groups which have been overseas
' r six tnnnths or more are beaming
' t liettvnsnts.- It's f,m, t".l ret
o hxrd to wo:k Wfcn Ye ree' -l
i t aad it or.: rci.ia c.e v t a
Hitler Makes
Gloomy Speech
Fuehrer Tells German People
Hard Task Lies Ahead
Of Nazi
PERSEVERANCE NEEDED
Adolf Hitler -told his bomb-groggy
. ""and
exhorted them to persevere so that the
flsht mav "end in the biirarest victory
of the German Reich in spite of alllmonths has already circulated more
the devilish tricks of our opponents." I books than It did In the twelve months
From this ftaht can emeree only
one victor and this will be either Ger
many or Soviet Russia," he warned in
a speech broadcast by Berlin radio
and recorded by the Associated Press.
German victory means preservation
of Europe and a Soviet victory Eu
rope's annihilation."
Hitler's address, made within 24
hours after the Allies' greatest day
light aerial assault upon Germany,
was a subdued, gloom filled oration
marking the eleventh anniversary of
his rule. He scarcely mentioned the
military situation and devoted almost
all attention to his old thesis that
National Socialist Germany stood as
Europe's only bulwark against the
"Bolshevik colossus," Soviet Russia.
He uttered his usual dire Imprecations
against "international Jewry."
Hitler asserted Britain already has
lost her position on the continent and
declared after the war the question
which would face both Britain and the
United States "is not whether they
will be able to fight Bolshevism but
whether they will be able to defend
themselves against Bolshevism in their
own countries."
"The attempt of our enemies to j
bring about the collapse of the Ger
man people and the Reich by high ex
plosive and Incendiary bombs in the
end will solidify their Socialist unity
and will create that hard state which
has been slated by Providence to shape
European history during the coming
centuries," he declared.
DNB, the German news agency, said
the speech was relayed from Hitler's
headquarters, "for the first time."
Notice of the speech was given to
the German people only five hours In
advance. Trained monoitors who have
heard Hitler's voice frequently said
lt was calm and firm.
Not once did he shout as he once
did, nor did he make his customary
threats of reprisals for the Allied
bomb destruction being visited on
Germany. The speech was delivered In
a flat, even voice, as if from script.
It apparently was made a considerable
distance from German transmitters
and pipel to them.
Although geperally gloomy In tone.
Hitler did not deprive his people of
hopes or victory, but his promises were
based on mystical grounds Instead of
boasts of superior arms.
chance to work harder than ever be
fore." Lt Coan Promoted
Second Lieutenant William Donald
Coan, son of Mrs. J. B. Coan of Mon
roe, has been promoted to first lieu
tenant, and is stationed on a Flying
Fortress field "somewhere in Eng
land." He never does anvthlnir lnrl-
handed. Since being stationed over
seas he has the distinction of havlns
had two operations, and two promo
tions. His first promotion to lieuten
ant was on May 12, 1943, and his sec
ond on January 7, 1944.
PFO James Paschal Clonta. son nf
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Clonts of Indian
Trail, has notified his parents of his
safe arrival in Ireland. H entered
service in 1940. He was stationed with
the field artillery. He married the
former Miss Lucille Crowell of Indian
Trail.
Private Allen P. Haider I xnenriW
a 10-day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haleler. of Wu.
haw.
The Job of keeping the Delates of
several hundred, men satisfied at a
USAA F Eighth Command 8tation in
Northern Ireland is being handled by
Staff Sgt. Van Buren Polk, 24, whose
wife, Mrs. Mary Cline Polk, resides at
Wadesboro. He was formerly a sales
man for J. C. Penney Company and
entered the Army 17 months ago.- A
brother, Michael, is in the Navy- Sgt.
Polk attended Indian Trail high
school. Believing that the term
K. p." has a sour meaning. Sgt. Polk
has barred the term in his mess hall.
They are "cook's helpers" around his
station.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Porter of Balti
more, Md, formerly of Monroe, have
received a letter from their son, Sgt
J. F. Porter, Jr4 stationed somewhere
in England saying he had Just re
turned from a furlough which he
spent in London and Edinburgh Scot
lad. He found Scotland an interest
ing and beautiful country, the people
very friendly and entertained him very
graciously during his stay there. , .
Pvt John KIker, son of Ruke Kikar,
of R-3 Monroe, has won the right to
wear the world-famous wings and
boots of the United States Army Vol
unteer Paratrooper at Ft Bennlng
Parachute School. He made his fifth
and qualifying Jump, a night tactical
leap Identical to actual combat work
m. Sicily, which, completed his four
weeks of jump training.
Cept Jeff SeweU of Fort 8111. Okla,
came today for several days leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. SeweU.
Tfn (Wtp Wnnfs whA Is sta
tioned at Camp McCoy, Wis came the
last of the week to spend his furlough
with Mrs. Woofsey and daughter at
tne Dome oi "s. vooxseya mouxx,
Mrs. Julian Or' n.
UNION COUNTY LIBRARY
BOARD ELECTS STAFF
Olin B. Sikes Re-elected Chairman Of
County Library Board.
At the regular January meeting of
the Union County Library Board on
January 26, the annual election of
officers was held. Olin B. Sikes was
reelected chairman, Mrs. Ward Laney
vice-chairman, and Mrs. Charles Na
pier secretary. Other members of the
Board are: Mrs. R. L. McWhlrter,
Mrs. Taylor Nesblt, Luther Hoggins,
and John A. Davis.
Mr. Sikes read the semi-annual re-
1 Port of the flS circulation J
figures show an Increase over those
iOi last. year, rne DOOKmoDue in six
oi iasx year, ine loiai circulation oi
all libraries In the county from July
1, 1943 to December 31, 1943 was
33,716.
The Library Board gave official
confirmation to the appointment of
Mrs. Charles Napier as trained libra
rian to head the county libraries.
Union county shares in the State
Fund for Public Libraries established
by the State Legislature. Two of the
requirements for receiving this fund
are the operation of a bookmobile and
the employment of a trained librarian.
Butter Supply
Cut For 1944
Per Capita Allocation For
Year Will Be Cut One
Half Pound
ALLIES GET SUPPLY
The War Food administration an
nounced last night an allocation of
1944 butter which will give civilians
a per capita supply of 12.1 pounds for
the year, or about half pound less
than in 1943.
The allocation compares with a
per capita average consumption of
16.8 pounds in the 1935-39 prewar
perelod -and with 16 pounds in both
1941 and 1942. It Is based on estimates
of a total production of 1,965,000,000
pounds.
Civilians will get 76 pounds out of
every 100 pounds of farm and cream
ery butter, the military and war ser
vices 18 pounds, lend-lease shipments
to Russia five pounds, and contingency
reserves one pound.
Russia is the only country getting
butter under the lend-lease program.
Its supplies are used, WFA said, for
front-line shock troops and military
hospitals.
The food agency said the 1944 sup- (
pry is expected to total z.we.uuu.uuu
pounds an estimated production of
1,965.000,000 pounds and a reserve of
81,000,000 from 1943.
OFFICERS INSTALLED AT
ST. LUKE'S CHURCH
Installation Services Held At Tbe
Sunday Moring Worship Hour.
An impressive part of the morning
service yesterday at St. Luke's Evan
gelical Lutheran church, this city, was
the Installation of the officers of the
various church organizations for 1944.
The pastor, the Rev. Harry D. Haw
thorne, Installed the following:
Church Councllmen: William C.
Wherry, Roy Curry, A. M. Curlee,
Stacey Helms, and R. A. Lail.
Secretary of the Church: A. M. Cur
lee.
Church Treasurer: Roy Curry. .
Stewardship Secretary: Mrs. R. A.
Lail.
Sunday School Superintendent: H.
L. Lentz.
Assistant S. S. Superintendent: R.
A. Lail.
Secretary-Treasurer: W. C. Wherry.
Asisstant Sec-Treas.: Luke Nash.
Organist: Miss Barbara Winchester.
Assistant Organist: Mrs. John C.
Sikes.
Teachers: Mrs. John C. Sikes, Roy
Curry and Mrs. Harry D. Hawthorne.
Luther League: Pres., Mrs. A. O.
Montgomery.
Women's Missionary Society: Vice-
President, Mrs. Henry Adams; Treas
urer, Mrs. John Sides.
Ladles Aid Society: President Mrs.
D. B. Harrington; Vice-President
Mrs. A. O. Montgomery; Secretary,
Mrs. Walter Simpson; Treasurer, Mrs.
John C. Sikes.
Other officers who were not present
are: Mrs'. Roy Curry, President Wom
en's Missionary Society; Mrs. A. M.
Curlee, Secretary Women's Missionary
Society, and Mrs. Eugene Charles
Hampton, Secretary-Treasurer of the
Luther League.
The Church Council win meet In the
Pastor's study Tuesday night at
o'clock. v
spend an eight day leave with his
father, W. T. Ballentlne. Bin has seen
service In all the war tones except teh
Pacific and la now serving on a de
stroyer. ' Y':- fir':i,
Walker IV Bryant sped a net 1-e,
who has completed boot training re
turned to Jacksonville, Fla, this
morning after spending a week's leave
with his wife and two children. -
' First Class Seaman K Blair Blvens
who has been spending a several S -r
furlough here with his mother, Mrs.
X. Blair Blvens. left last week for
Seattle, Washington, where - he will
take up his duties again.
Pvt Ted Morgan, who Is statk '
at Camp But-ier, Durham, came
last of the -k for a f i
his Bio'er, 1 ..;a. Cr-J J i.
rsvld i cf I t 1
t'.e e t i 1 i
r.'s in.. , t s 1 -.
30 To 42 Nippon
Planes Downed
tfew Raid On Rabaul Costly
To Japs; Huge Force
Hits Enemy
U. S. LOSSES LIGHT
In co-ordinated air strikes 1,400
. M American homers showed
their dominance of the Pacific Skies
with another one-sided victory over
Rabaul and in a series of pre-invaslon
blows on the mid-Pacific Marshall
islands.
Thirty to 42 fighters were shot out
of the New Britain skies from a de
fending force of 70, the Southwest
Pacific communique reported today.
Another 20 probably were demolished
on the ground. This brought to more
than 600 the number of Japanese
planes definitely or probably destroyed
this month in the aerial battle to eli
minate Rabaul as the keystone of
Japan's southern defenses.
Tokyo radio, which the day before
had said no hope could be held for
Rabaul, yesterday referred to the In
vincibility of Japanese defense of the
crumbling fortress. It claimed more
American planes were shot down in a
single raid than the 71 that have been
accounted by the Americans as lost In
all of January.
In the central Pacific, Army, Navy
and ' Marine planes operating from
the Gilbert islands made seven raids
on the Marshall islands Friday and
Friday night, preceding Saturday's
bombardment by dive bombers and
torpedo planes from what may be the
largest aircraft carrier force ever as
sembled. Fighter opposition was encountered
only over Taroa airdrome on Maloelap
atoll, and that was . comparatively
weak. Two Nipponese planes were
shot down in three raids on Taroa.
"Our losses were light, Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz said in his report
last night. Other targets for the
land-based planes were Wotje, Kwa
Jalein and Jaluit atolls.
Weeks of raiding by Army and Navy
planes, greatly stepped up In the last
ten days, have foreshadowed invasion
of the coral chain. The attack by
American torpedo planes and dive
i bombers widened the path for a possi
ble landing operation.
Composition of the attacking forces
was not disclosed. .BuJi the surprise.
bombardment was wider lh scope, and
therefore probably carried out by a
bigger force, than the December 4
carrier raid on the Marshall in which
six Japanese ships, including two
cruisers, were sunk and 72 planes shot
down. More than four flajt tops were
used in that assault.
Since the conquest in late November
of the Gilbert islands, 300 miles to the
southeast, American naval leaders
have repeatedly indicated the Marsh
alls would be Invaded,
Seizure of the mandated islands
would open new roads to Tokyo.
LOCAL DEMOCRATS AT
JACKSON DAY DINNER
Postmaster Geenral Frank C. Walker
Will Address Meeting Tonight
J. Emmet Griffin, county chairman
of the Jackson Day Dinner announced -today,
that Union county Democrats .
had contributed $200 in the campaign
to raise $150 as the party's quota in
this county for the national Demo
cratic party's fund.
The North Carolina Jackson Day
Dinner will be held this evening at
the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel in Ral- .
eigh, with Postmaster General Frank
C. Walker as the speaker. He win be
Introduced by Senator J. W. Bailey.
These dinners are held every year .
for the purpose of raising funds for
the national Democratic party,; but :
they are more Important in the years
when the state has to elect a governor :
and the national presidential campaign
Is under way. . ... . :
Tickets for the dinner are not for -sale
but are allocated to counties on C
the basis of contributions, each $29 ; .
entitling the county to one seat at
the table. -. - t
Those attending the dinner from -Union
county are: O. L. Richardson, ,
Coble Funderburk, J. F. Mllliken, J.
Burns Simpson, W. C. Sanders, J. H.
Price, H. K. Helms; and Frank Crane.
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