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tzahier forecast Partly cloudy end continued wrm today, tonight, and Friday. eunset today, 7:14 p. m.; sunrise Mdiy, 7:98 a. m. UOIGtOZllArJCCT Cotton, short, lb Sic to 23c Cotton, long, lb 27o to 300 Cotton Seed, bushel 7tto Eggs, dozen .. 81c Com, bushel SIS PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS 0 bushel $1.19 CSVENTY-FIRST YlfiAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1944 3-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, J1.25 SEMI-WEEKx, f A YEAR O , v n 6:i C Allies Hamm er In Burma U. SJ And British Planet Aid Assaults Against Enemy On Two Fronts AIR POWER IS GROWING Backed up by American and Brit' 3Sh fighters and "bombers. Allied troops Have forced the Japanese to retreat Doth In northern Buna and on, the Arakan front "to the west to offen sives of the last few days. In northern Burma. tne Chung king radio reported Jf', troops to lit. Gen. Joseph W. SUlweUs command haye cut the Mf0--Talhpa Oa highway, west of tne .Assam road, and are clearing the JHukawng valley area. -The enemy soldiers are retreating long the road," the broadcast said. Wirom other sources came word that more than 400 Japanese, Includ ing two field officer were kUled to e THukawng vauey acwim. --were wiped out in the, ambush of Jae ck train three mile, south ifSlhp. Toa. and that an enemy counter-attack was repulsed Ave miles farther south. . . r,vn front, where sustain ed attacks by British West African and knife-swinging mourn "" troops have driven the Japanese ftom strong points and have all but cleared the important Ngakyedauk pass through the Maya hills, remnants of -withdrawing enemy column nave been hammered by Allied infantry and artillery. nt4 tmnn are wresting the in' atlatlve from the Japanese on she Arakan front," Southeast Asia com mand communique said. Indian trops, already to possession of high points overlooking the eastern and wester entrances w uw iiik nta. are now engaged with seg Tegated enemy units inside the pass Itself. American fighters and fighter tjombers, operating over northern Bur ma, scored hits on Japanese camps fcelolw Shadusup, damaged the Nam Iwln railway bridge, blasted an enemy command post at Shlngban and left large fires burning at Mohnyln. To the -west, hits were registered on japanese xield strong points and the Port of Akyab on the Bay of Bengal was crocked last night by RAF bombers and fighters. PERMITS ARE GRANTED BY RATIONING BOARD Japs At the regular meeting of the Union County Rationing Board 'held Monday " afternoon, the following permits were granted: Passenger Tires W. H. Wilson, R2, "Waxhaw; K. N. Price, Monroe; J. P. TKing, P-2 Monroe; R. L. Baucom, R3 Monroe; Benford Webb, R3 Marsh - 1 -ville; W. S. Walden, R3 Monroe; David Jl. Simpson, R2 Monroe; Mrs. Ray 8. 3tentshler, RR5 Monroe; Bruce H. OrlfBn, Monroe; Edmond R. Outen, 3U Monroe; J. Tom Griffin, R3 Marsh--vllle; Roy Williams, R2 Monroe; Lee Tierce, R3 Marsh ville; W. Brice rHelma, Ra Monroe; Henry F. Helms, Jr, Rl Waxhaw; J. C. Ortflln, R6 Monroe; Coy Long, R5 Monroe; Mrs. JHarriette Jackson, Marsh ville; L. B. tMullls, UnlonvUle; O. O. Cowick, RS Waxhaw; J. S. Dean, Rl Wlngate; "Henry Myers, R3 Monroe; N. R. Simpson, R3 Monroe; P. B. McCurley, "Waxhaw; E. C. Broome, R3 Marsh ville; B. W. Griffin, Rl Wlngate; L. C. Parker, R3, Monroe; Paul Thomas, 311 Monroe Gladys Steele RR1, Wax liaw; C. H. Ross, R5 Monroe; D. V. Xove, R3 Matthews; Ernest Howie, Rl James ' J.' Plattenburg, Rl Waxhaw; Dudley Starnes, R6 Monroe; Clara E. Sander, Camp Sutton; T. F. Helms, 313 Monroe; Margaret C. MuJUs, Rl Indian Trail; A. B, Horn, Rl Mon ae; Boag Funderburk, R4 Monroe; Oscar Trull, Monroe; A. O. Pope, Rl 3torsbvffle; Dr. H. H. Creft, Monroe; j. B. Boyd, Monroe; George A. Bm, 33 Monroe; Will Morrison, RS Mon Toe; J. H. Myers, Monroe, R. & Morris, -Rl, Matthews; J. T. Baker, Monroe; Monroe; James Porter, Rl Indian Trail; Sdison E. Collins,-; Wlngate; Xlease Morton, Monoroe; Warren ' Hardin Stames, R4 Monroe? Albert O. 1 "Underwood, R5 Monroe; Earl Robln- ' son, RJ Waxhaw; Henry Rushing, RS Marshvllle; W.w B. Tunderburk,-, Rl Monroe; Frank H. Fairley, Monroe; " Cecil McManus. RS Menroe; LlfF. , Xathan, . R4 Monroe; W. T. CtorAmJ ' ta Monroe, iee h. &amnu, -ville; M. F. Williams, RS Monroe r R. a Gamble, Waxhaw; O. E. OrUtln, R2 Waxhaw; C R. Chaney, Wlngate; Bayford M. Prultt, Monroe. v - Passenger TubesJames . B. Huds peth, RS Monroe; Clyde Medlln, Mon Toe; L. F.Lathan. R4 Monroe; Cecil ' McManus, RS Monroe; P. B. McCur- ley, Waxhaw; S. L. Baucom. RS Mon xoe; J. B. Boyd, Monroe; W. B. Fun derburk, Rl Monroe; B W. Grlffln, ' HI Wlngate; Julius Howie, RS Monroe; - W. W. Morris, RS Monroe; Mrs. Har- ' riette Jackson, Marshvllle; Raymond Bailey, R4 Monroe; . Edison E. 'Col lins, Wlngate; Albert O. Underwood, RS Monroe; William " Haney, - RS Marshvllle; Benford Webb, RS Marsh vllle. . Implement Tires O. Bruce Stegall, Marshvllle; O. P. Kinoogh, Rl Mat thews; W. W. Morris, RS Monroe. . Truck Tb-es H. D. Mills. Rl Marsh vllle; Mrs. Lex . Funderburk, Rl Mon roe; O. C. Traywlck, R3 Marshvllle; C. T. Williams, Rl Winfate; Robert O. Helms, Monroe; Earold Staton, R3, Marshvflle; Paul C. Staton, RS Marsh vllle; City of Monroe. i Truck Tub Lee Roy Mattox, Rl Hfonro-: John Lee Maree, Rl Marsh vuie; Paul f a ton, RJ Marshvllle; H. D. KU:s, -Tl Marshvllle; C. T. Wll rms, Rl Winfate; C. C. Traywirk. I UanbvUie; Lex Funderburk, Rl Monroe. FORMAL REOPENING OF FRANKLIN ST. USO CLUB General Lehman W. Miller Guest Of lienor; ISO Attend Program. Over fifteen hundred people attend ed the formal re-opening of the Franklin Street USO on last Thursday evening. General Lehman W. Miller, TJ. S. A., Post Commander of Camp Sutton, was the guest of honor for the occasion. At 8:15 p. m. General Miller. R. A. Willis, Chairman of the USO Council, Mrs. Howard. Smith, Vice-Chairman of the . USO Council, Captain Light, Public Relations Officer, Captain Kell ley, Special Service Officer, Lt. Everett representing the WACs, Wllllanv P. Peldoamp,.' Director of the Franklin Street USO, and Miss Ruth Robbins, Assistant Director of the Franklin 8treet USO,' formed a recelvlng line. Girls from Charlotte and Monroe were dressed formally and acted as junior hostesses. i At 9:15 Lt. Rogers was introduced to the audience and talked on WAC recruiting. Immediately following her talk Mr. Feldcamp, director of the Center, presented General Miller. Gen eral Miller praised the work of the local USO. He also stressed the fact th,at he wanted all the service men and women to take advantage of the opportunities affored to them through tne USO faculties Here in Monroe. Station Complement Band under the direction of Sgt. Monroe J. Radler played for dancing. The Franklin Street USO offers a complete and rounded program to all service people stationed In and around Monroe. The program as outlined Is follows: " I Monday Night Bingo free prize?. Tuesday Night Dancing with "Charlotte's Fairest," 8 to 11:00 p. m. Wednesday Night Photography class, Ping Pong tournament, arts and craft class. Army wives' luncheon. Thursday Night Dancing with the "Monroe Military Maids," 8 to 11:00 p. m. Friday Night Open house night and fun for all. A varied program of en tertainment from Camp Sutton will be had each Friday night. Saturday Night "Mr. and Mrs. Din ner Club," 7:00 to 8:00 p. m., with entertainment: 9:00 p. m., movies. Sunday Afternoon Bridge, tea, re cordings. Sunday Evening Movies. Aerial Blows Will Increase Churchill Says In Speech That Raids On Germany Will Surpass Imagination , MIGHTY AIR OFFENSIVE Prime Minister Churchill yesterday promised Germany new air blows in creasing sharply this spring and sum mer to "reach far beyond the dimen sions of anything yet employed or In deed imagined," but he soberly with held encouragement that the European war would end in 1944. Speaking before, the House of Com mons for an hour and 18 minutes in his first war review In five months. Churchill declared that "victory may not be so far away and will certainly not be denied us to the end," but he spoke with studied caution of the power the German Army still wields and derided the view that Hitler Is about to collapse.. Churchill" made these points: There has been no "cooling off in Anglo-Russian or American-Russian friendship," and "none of the ground made good at Moscow and Teheran has been lost." Britain Is going all-out' in support of Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia.' Although Britain is sympathetic to the Poles, she recognizes Russia's right of reassurance against future attacks from the west" and is "going all the way" with Russia to see that she gets it Britain has not guaranteed "any particular frontier line" to Poland. Churchill covered a wide range of both military "and political affairs around the world. Here is a summary of the picture e drew: 1. Declaring that he had "certainly given no guarantee' or even held out any expectation that the year 1944 will see the end of the European war," Churchill said his information was that "Hitler and his police are still in full control and that the Nazi party and the generals have decided to hang together. a. -. The - Anslo-American air at; tack upon Germany must be regarded as 'bur -chief offensive effort at the present time," and dulmg the spring and summer there will be "a vast in crease to the force of the attack di rected upon aQ objectives to Germany and German-occupied countries." S. "The whole of this air offensive constitutes the foundation on which oW plans for overseas lnvasjon stand In the scales, and the, decrees of at tack win reach far beyond the dimen sions of anything yet employed or ln- aeea imagined." .;;, . The United States and Britain "are in the advent of the greatest. Joint operation between two Allies that has ever been planned to history." 4. The progress of the American and British forces in Italy has been affect ed by "extremely bad weather" and by the fact that-the Germans "bit by bit have been drawn into Italy and have decided to make extreme exer tions for retention of the city of Rome," but the Allies welcome the op portunity to engage the is divisions the Germans havVsent there, and "thia wearing battle to Italy occupies troops whi t cannot be employed in other grea; r prorations and It Is an effective p to them." Churchill said, "I t u t and believe," that the Aiiiee w.j f -wii .in the present battle and t e Rome.- 5. Er! .h a i American - forces' WlH be "apprcxim.. equal" at the oat- FA ' ' . I. S. A'dftjr Phalli ,tr.,TALYToop, ' General Mark Clark's Fifth Aimy are shown being landed at the rear of the Nazi Gustav Line in the Anzio-Nettuno area 30 miles south of Rome. Here a pontoon causeway, set up by i (Si? en!"nl?r 'J1,6 wm"dof Rw Admiral Frank J. Lowry, USN, ia used for the unloading of LST's during the "Leap-frog" landing. Only small-aims fire met the invasion force Reds Sweep On Toward Pskov Mighty Red Army Continues Victorious March As The Nazis Fall Back 150 TOWNS ARE RETAKEN Russian forces fighting toward the great northern communications center of Pskov captured Strugl Krasnoye, 44 miles northeast on the railway from Leningrad, and broke into the streets of Dno, railway Junction 64 miles to the east, Moscow announced last night. More than 180 localities were swept up by the Russians in the north as they maed advances of up to 10 miles. The Moscow communique,- recorded by the Soviet monitor, also reported several communities captured north' west and west of Krivol Rog, iron mine center in the Dnieper bend won Tues day by the Soviet forces of the south. The northern advance was con firmed by a German high command communique saying that "to the north' em sector of the eastern front our de taching movements southwest and west of Lake Bmen were continued accord ing to plan." In the advance on Dno more than 150 populated places, including five railway stations, were taken by the Russians as they reached the northern and eastern outskirts of the town. The Russians are "engaged in. street fight ing" here, the communique said. Dno Is halfway between Stony a Russa, captured last week, and Pskov. Other forces driving down the rail way from Leningrad and Luga took 30 more towns and hamlets. Soviet troops northwest of Pskov were last reported nearest this city, where four railroads and two high ways Join. These troops, about 25 miles away, were fighting in difficult march and forest country where Moscow has reported no gains in recent days. To the south in the Ukraine the big Black -sea ports of Nikolaev and Kherson were brought under pressure by the Red army after the reoccupa tlon of Krlvoi Rog. The iron center was the last de fense junction between the Dnieper band and these two southern ports, and the Russians now were to a position to use it as. a base for launching at tacks to; clear out the whole southern Ukraine. , The Russian line In the south took the shape of a great scythe with a swinging blade cutting down thousands of hapless Germans withdrawing from Krivol Rog and the entire lower Dnieper. Victory all along the front from this region to the Baltic to the north re warded the Red army on its 26th an niversary, and Wednesday night the birthday was celebrated with resound ing salutes from the guns of Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Go mel on, Rostov. To the north the Red army, which to the third year of the war has proved itself the most powerful land force to the world was fighting on historic bat tlefields. Twenty-six years ago the Russians and the .Germans fought in J me region or Fskov and Narva, but then the Germans were defeating the Russians. - DEDICATE SERVICE FUG AT WINGATE SUNDAY Presented To Baptist Church By Mis sionary Society; PabUo Invited. The Service Flag, a gift from the Missionary Society, will be dedicated on next Sunday morning at the Wln gate Baptist church. All families who haye boys to service, who are members of ,the church, will no doubt want ,to be 'present. ' ' "-. Ine Wineate Bantlst Missionary So ciety win meet at the church on Sun day afternoon at 3 JO for a study of Dr. Leave life Home Mission book, 'Christianity Our Citadel.' Mrs. Joy ner, church secretary for First Baptist church in Monroe, will $each the book, and a cordial Invitation la extended to everyone.-1- i..--. .v iv On Tuesday, February 29 th. the Mis sionary Society will meet . atv 119 o'clock for a Day of prayer and study. Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Link, Jr. win lead the discussion , groups of ' the Home Mission work and to the after noon Miss Katherine Bates, religious educational director ef " 8t John's Baptist church to speak. It Is hoped that nnW wUl,Plo7ed at Morris Field with the take advantage of this day of study and prayer.. . - . "t of the invasion f Curope f-nm .:ie west, but if It -duration to lnnred the continuous Inflow of Amr U ns, built up at an enormous rate, J naturally give them superiority la numbers." -' LANDING NEAR ROME " "' ssf ,YV THE LATE WAR NEWS IN BRIEF Pacific American carrier-borne planes slash at heart of Japan's Marianas islands, within 1,300 miles of Tokyo while other bomb ers pound at important bases in the Carolines. Occupation of Eni wetok completed with 3,000 Japs Virtually annihilated. AERIRAL High flying Germans raid London for fourth straight night. Liberators cross Alps from Italy to smack vital Nazi targets at Steyr, Austria. Russians deny dropping bombs on Stockholm. Russian Soviets drive into Dno, rail junction east of Pskov; Ger mans acknowledge lines broken on upper Dnlepper, claim heavy fight ing in progress above Gomel. Italian Little action reported; beachhead announcements indicate Germans massing for another at tack bnt Nad radio says hl-h command has decided to halt op erations "for time being.'' Allied Headquarters, Naples Badly hurt bnt still fall of fight, German forces re gathering them setvea to lash again at the stub born defenders of the Allied beach head below Rente, advices from that bloody battleground Indicated yesterday. Across the comparative ly flat no-man's land ranging the Marshal Albert Kesselrings divi sions could be plainly observed even by Allied ground troops as they rearranged themselves for a third head-on smash at the of fending bulge In Italy's coastline. London. American heavy bomb ers from Italy crossed the Alps for the second successive day yester day to blast two important Ger man plane factories at Steyr, Aus tria. At the same time strong formations of Allied planes were seen heading east from' Britain toward western Europe, but the craft sighted may have been me dium and fighter bombers of the tactical air forces. Announcement from Italy of the raid on Steyr left no donbt that prime sources of German fighter plane produc tion still were the number one ob jective of the Amereican heavy weights that initiated two-way strategic attacks Tuesday. Union County's Men In Service Sgt. Robert L. Jowers Is on maneu vers in Tennessee and his address is 106 Didivlon Hq. Co., APO 443, Care Jostmaster, Nashville, Tenn. His wife who was Miss Katie Wolfe, and little daughter, Lindy Ruth, are making their home in Columbia. PFC Billy B. Benton of the TJ. S. Army Air Corps, arrived Monday morning from Yysllanti, Michigan, to spend a 10-day leave with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jason Benton of R3, Monroe. Major Allan A. Lathan, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lathan, has finished his flying missions and has been sent to the general staff in India. S. O. Mullis of Route 3, Monroe, has received word that his son, Sgt Rufus A. Mullis, has landed safely somewhere to England. Another son, PFO Oscar W. Mullis, is In England also. Mrs. J. J. Bos wen of RS, Monroe, has received word that her son is to the hospital with pneumonia. He is sta tioned at a training center at Nor man, Oklahoma. He would like to hear from his friends. His address Is: O. H. Deese 8 S-c, U.&N.K Ward 14 Nctrman OUa. Burria K. Baker, eon of Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Baker of Rl. Monroe, re turned to Norfolk Monday to take his job on a merchant ship, after spend ing S3 days with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. a K, Baker. , Mr. Baker has been In the service one year February 38. He was at home In August after a trip to England. The last trip took him to North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He saw action to the Mediterranean ares and says It's no fun. Before Join- -v,wt. -uiliiuT the-maritime service Baker was Q. M. O. He would Uke to hear from al his friends. His address can be obtained from Mrs. Baker, ' Hae Taken-- Ssase Lang Tripe - -eVSgt. Robert S Marsh, who to sta tioned at Boston, -Mass, .to renewtog his subscripOoa to-, Th Enquirer, - : (ConthuMd n. page S) . .-1 Cotton Prices Make Advance Last Week Saw Quotations Reach Highest Point Since July MARKET SALES GREATER Cotton prices In the Carollnas ad vanced to a new high for the season to date. War Food administration has revealed In reviewing the cotton situa tion. Meanwhile, spot markets were mod erately active and mill demand con tinued strong. The daily rate or mill consumption in January was about, 13 per cent below that for January, 1943. Cotton Is being pledged on loans at a substantially reduced rate and repay ments are increasing. Prices for middling 15-16 inch aver aged 20.89 cents in the 10 designated markets on Friday, February 18. This was the highest price since July 15, 1943, when the 10-market average was 2054 cents. Current prices are slight ly higher than a year ago. Reported sales in the markets totaled 98,2000 bales against 96,100 in the previous week and 99,700 a year ago. The Federal Surplus Commodities out of more than 1,000,000 bales of fered. This open-market purchase plus cotton purchased or to be pur chased from Commodity Credit stocks is expected to take care of lend-lease requirements through the fall of 1944. Cotton consumption totaled 5,091,000 bales for the first half of the 1943-44 season against 5,623,000 bales in the same period last season, according to the Bureau of the Census. Total con sumption for Januftry was about four percent less than for December and 11 per cent less than for January, 1943. Mill stocks of cotton decreased slightly In January, totaling 2,378,000 bales against 2,400,000 in the previous month and 2,496,000 a year ago. At the current rate of consumption mill stocks are sufficient to last a little over two months, which Is about the normal relationship of stocks to con sumption for this time of the year. Stocks In public storage and at- com presses were 12,120,000 bales as of January 31, against 13,070,000 a year ago. $1,600,000 LOANED TO FARMERS IN 10 YEARS A. M. Secrest, President Of Associa tion Relates Concern's Growth. During the ten years the Wadesboro Production Credit Association has been on the job, lt has loaned more than $1,600,000 to farmers for the produc tion of crops and livestock, according to A. M. Secrest of Monroe, President of the association. The membership has grown from 650 In 1934 to 799 In 1943. Net earnings of $18,951 have accumulated since this PCA'c organization and is being held In reserve to protect the invest ment of the members and assure them of a continuing, dependable source of credit to meet their needs. We have come a long way from our start on the winter's day to 1933 when 14 farmers joined together to organize this Association to the hope that lt would provide the answer to their credit problems," President Se crest said. "Now these were not depression born needs although the depression had strongly emphasized their Im portance," Mr. Secrest added. They were long-standing developments which showed that farmers should have the kind of credit that would make possi ble better, more profitable farming. In Production Credit, we farmers have not only found the answer to these needs ; we have also found the way to larmer-ownerahla of cooperative credit Institution Itself. The farmer- ownership gives us a voice to the management of , our cooperative which assures us a management that under stands - the farmers' and stockmen's credit problems." v The - Wadesboro Production Credit Association serves Anson, Stanly and Union counties. , CARD OF THANKS We wish to acknowledge to our many friends and relatives our deep appreciation for the kind expressions of sympathy shown during the Illness and 'death of our devoted wife and mother. May we also extend our many thanks for the kmdness of the doctors and nurses of the Ellen Fltsserald hospital, and McBwen'a Funeral Home. May Ood's richest blessings mow upon each and every one of yoo.- R. O. crook ana ramuy, . TERM CRIMINAL COURT ADJOURNED YESTERDAY Five Whit Men And Five Colored JU coiva Road And Prison Sentences. A term of Union County Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases adjourned yesterday afternoon with Judge Allen H. Gwynn of ReidsviUe, presiding and Solicitor Gibson of Lau rlnburg, prosecuting for the State. Five white men and five negroes received road and prison sentences, with six of the ten men being sen tenced to road terms and four to state prison. The following cases were disposed of: Bill Wiley, possession of whiskey for sale, pled guilty, 12 months on roads, suspended on payment of costs and put on probation. James Craw ford, nono contendere, larceny from person, six months on roads and an additional six months suspended; Ethel Holbrook, larceny, not guilty: Ellis Rorie, violation of public health laws, six months on roads; Julia Watts, two cases forgery, mistrial; Dock Ross, assault inflicting serious Injury, 12 months on roads, an addi tional 12 months suspended on good behavior. B. C. Pressley, simple assault, 30 days on roads; Winfred M. Nash, abandonment and non-support, plead nolo contendere, 12 months on roads, suspended on payment of costs and monthly payments for support of wife and child. Clarence Helms, assault, nol pros with leave; Robert Funder burk, breaking, entering and larceny, four to six years In state prison to begin serving when his present sen tence expires. Robert Crowder plead guilty to lar ceny, five months on roads with an additional 19 months on roads su spended. Clarence Gaither, larceny. 12 months on roads additional 12 months suspended; John Gaither, lar ceny, 12 months on oads, suspended on payment of costs and placed on probation; James E. Anglln, larceny from person, three years in state pris on; Kenneth K. Redwing, robbery, nolo contendere, five years in state prison; Louis Savage, robbery, nolo contendere, five years to state prison; Louis Mills, larceny, nolo contendere, 16 months on roads, suspended on good behavior and payment of costs. Draft Of Nazi Labor Studied FDR Discusses Plan To Force Germans To Restore Ruined Shrines THE METHOD IS OUTLINED President Roosevelt has Indorsed as meriting consideration a suggestion that Germany be required to furnish the labor and materials for restoring historic edifices such as Mt. Cassino monastery, destroyed as a result ,of occupation by Nazi troops. This is an idea which Moscow Is understood to hold regarding all war which already has aroused opposition ta American labor circles. President William Green of the American Fed eration of Labor, commenting on re ports of. the Soviet attitude, declared two months ago that the AFL would oppose "any attempt to enslave the workers. of Germany." Mr. Roosevelt brought up the ques- tiono himself -at his press-radio con ference, and mentioned only ecclesias tical and historical monuments." Should the same principle extend to all destruction?" a reporter asked. In his opinion, the President replied, lt should apply only to historic and ecclesiastical structures. No such lim itation has been applied by Moscow. Mr. Roosevelt said he had been get- ting a number of letters on the sabject; since the Allied forces in Italy bombed and shelled the Benedictine order's; famous monastery. Everybody to this country and most of the world, he continued, feels terri bly distressed when it is necessary to destroy historic monuments and build ings. But to the case of Mt. Cassino the Allies had to do -it because the Germans were using it. One suggestion In his mall, he said, was that a fund be started to rebuild the monastery after the war. - The trouble is, he went on, that before the war Is won many other ecclesiastical buildings and historic monuments may have to be destroyed. Another suggestion was that the United Nations "require the Germans to rebuild such structures, supplying their own labor and materials, and he thought that merited consideration. HARDING RAMS DEFEAT PURPLE PYTHONS 57 -19 Local Beya Pes Up Game Fight With Charlotte Qmtnl (Vernon Wall) The Monroe Purple Pythons took their worst pasting of the season by a score" of 67 to 19 when they met the Harding Rams, there, last Tuesday. Starting with a flash the Pythons held up for the first few minutes .but reu oeiore tne naming uas no pui the count 33 to S at the hay. During the last period, there were' numerous substitutions on both sides. . . Although ' outclassed the Pythons fought hard the entire game. Milton Durham, the tall and tough center of Monroe, paced the losers with six points while Halgler followed up with four. Tne starting lineup was as fol lows: Hunter Presson Milton Durham, Richard Edge worth. Max Halgler and Milton Trull. J Standing to fronf with IS points for the Rama was kicCray while Willy Wlngate became' runnerup with 14. Jenkins also h the upper bracket by tossing II points. . Army and Navy teat for March IS. est third college Veto Message Angers Solons Historic Revolt Of Congress Against President Is Led ByBarkley RESIGNS THE LEADERSHIP Congress flamed with history-mak ing revolt against the White House yes terday as Alben W. Berkley, majority leader of the Senate, broke with Pres ident Roosevelt and resigned his high post to a bitter protest against the President's veto of the $2,315,000,000 tax bill. Across the Capitol, Rep. Dough ton. Democrat of North Carolina, 80-year-old chairman of the tax-writing ways and means committee, told the House the President to effect was asking Congress to "accept my dictation." He had always "tried to go along" with his party, Doughton added to an ovation, but this was where "I part company with the President of the United States." Barkley the President's "Dear Al Ben" of past contests at the Capitol and on the political hustings gave the Senate one of its memorable dramas of many years In announcing his resig nation. Emotionally wrought, his voice fre quently breaking, he told his colleagues, with reference to the veto message, that lt was "the first time during my long service, which I had thought was honorable, that I have been accused of voting for a bill that would extend relief to the greedy and Impoverish the needy." Other members may do as they please," he said. "I do not propose to take this unjustifiable assault lying down." Deafening applause rolled through the staid Senate chamber as the Ken tucky senator shouted that the Presi dent was guilty of using methods of calculation "handed to him by a mind more clever than honest," and of mak ing lnacurate statements, of conjuring up statistics and of making a "deliber ate and calculated assault upon the honesty and integrity" of Congress. Concluding, Barkley shouted: "If the Congress of the United States has any self respect left lt will override this veto and enact this tax bill into law." ' President Roosevelt Wednesday night urged Senator Barkley not to resign he expressed to Barkley "connaence in his leadership. I sincerely hope," the Chief Execu tive telegraphed the senator, "that you will not persist in your announced in tention to resign as majority leader of the .Senate. If you do, however, I hope your colleagues will not accept your resig nation; but if they do, I sincerely hope that they will Immediately and unanl-, mously re-elect you." The President's reaction to the Barkley resignation was contained in a telegram because Mr. Roosevelt is out of Washington, at an undisclosed place. . The telegram was delivered at Bark- ley's hame"to the Senator personally by Stephen Early, presidential secre tary. Early then returned to the Whit House and made public this text; Dear Alben: As I am out of the city I am unable to have a personal talk with you. If I were there, of course, that is the first thing I would -do. "I regret to learnu from your speech to the Senate on the tax veto that you thought I had to my message attacked, the integrity of yourself and other members of the Congress. Such you must know was not my intention. You and I may differ, and have differed on important measures, but that does not mean we question one another's good faith. "In working together to achieve common objectives we have always tried to accommodate our views so as not to offend the .other whenever we could conscientiously do so. But neither of us can expect the other to go further. "When on last Monday I read to you portions of my tax message and you indicated your disagreement, I made ?irtain changes as a result of our talk, ou did not however try to alter my basic decision when you realized how strongly I felt about it. While I did not realize how very strongly you felt about that basic decision, had I known, I should not have tried to dissuade you from exercising your own judgment In urging the overriding of the veto. I sincerely hope that you. win not 1 persist In your announced intention to resign as majority leader of the Sen ate, if you do, however, I hope your . colleagues will not accept your resig nation; but u they do, I sincererjrhope that they will immediately and unan imously re-elected you. ; t "With the many . serious problems daily confronting us, it is Inevitable that at times you should differ Witt your colleagues and differ with me. X am sure that your differing with your eolleagues does not lessen their conn- denp to you as leader Certainly, your differing with me does not affect my 'confidence to your leadership nor to any degree lessen my respect and, anecton xor you personally, j ;, "very sincerely yours, . ' . "FRANKLIN D: ROOSEVELT'.' . v-; Band Tee Fat 'f::'- New YorkRose Kramer.' a nlck- pocket, waa caught when her hand be came wedged in the pocket of Loa trass, -ine nidge.. in sentencing her to the workhouse for six months, told her vnas ane nad "outgrown her profes sion Miss Kramer. 44. and 2 w,,' t iwunus, aaa oeen a ralr'y t pickpocket for a q mrw of a with only three f ? r but her resuHa-1 ' i her pickings ca, : i r . . ' '- SSrperts f ; j- j. yield at $1- . , :. :j1 ! I
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Feb. 24, 1944, edition 1
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