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WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with thundershowers to
day, not quite so warm; partly
cloudy and oooler tonight; Tues
day, fair to partly cloudy and
slightly cooler.
.MONROE MARKET
Cottoffff .f .. 21c to 33c
Cotton, lonf.wq iU .. 27c to 30c
Cotton Seed, bushel TOttc
Eggs, dozen 31c
Corn, bushel $1.50
Wheat, bushel $1.70
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
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BEVENTY-FIEST . YEAR
MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1944
8-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, $1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR
Local Boards Will Call 600 Men
For Examination During April
Largest Call Yet Received By
Selective Service To Face
Induction
COLORED MEN NOTIFIED
Approximately 600 men from union
county will be called tor physical ex
aminations for Induction Into military
.Service during the month of April,
According to a statement Issued today
py Sl H. Qreen, chairman 01 noctu
Board No. 1 and J. Clint Williams,
Chairman of Local Board No. 8. This
Is by far the largest number of men
jet to be called during any one month.
Or three times larger than any call
yet received. .
: The statement, as Issued by the
local Board Chairmen today. Is as
iollowsr
' "Union County Selective Service
Local Boards have received official
calls which will require the forwarding
-of a total of 800 men, white and col
ored, to Army Posts for taking their
pre-inductlon physical examinations
during the month of April.
"Needless to say, everybody recog
nizes that this is a heavy call. More
over, the routine work which will have
tn tw done bv the clerks and boards
members, incidental to filling such a!
oall, will be unusually heavy during
the next few weeks. They will neces
sarily have to make their time count
for all it is worth.
"Therefore, the Chairmen of both
hoards request that everybody con
cerned, registrants, employers and
friends, please refrain from making
unnecessary personal visits to the
local board offices for the purpose of
talkiiur to someone about the merits
or peculiarities of individual cases, un
less absolutely necessary,
"in the first nlace. now as always
neretofore, all Information pertaining
"to the ultimate classification of any
and all registrants must be reoucea
to a written, sworn statement before
Jt can be considered as proper evidence
tn members at a local board. Just
talking to somebody, Chairman, Clerk
or anvbody else, is a waste-of time,
unless the information Is finally re
duced to writing and submitted as a
sworn statement.
"S. H. GREEN,
"Chm. Local Board No. 1
","J. C. WILLIAMS.
"Chm. Local Board No. 3."
Colored Selectees Notified
Selective BervfeTXoeal 'Board tfo. 3
has announced that orders to report
inr m. nreinductlon nhvsloal eTamina
tlon were mailed to 99 of its colored
registrants on Thursday March 33,
1944. TransDortatlon will be furnished
to an Army post where their fitness
lor military service will De aeternunea.
Not all of the men have yet been clas
sified in 1-A. However, that will be
done In due time unless positive proof
Is presented showing reason for some
other classification. Notices have been
mailed to the following, notifying them
to report on April 3, 1944 at 7:00 a. m.:
James Chambers, Hoyt Carelock,
James Davis, Homer Lee Allen, Lewis
Bailey, William Houser, Jr., Mitchell
"Wesley, Roy Magee, John Foster, Lem
uel Long, Tilro Curtis Smith, Dennis
Jones, Curtis Lee Elliot, Boisy Autry,
Curtis James Marsh, L. O. Bennett,
Edgar Lewis Gate wood, Tyler Harris,
Henry Moore, Jr, Walter Belk, Elbert
Lackey, Ous -Barnes, Melvin Burch,
Marckes Joseph Hasty, Luther Ken
nedy, David Allen, Boyce Henry Walk
er, Andrew Huntley, John M. Staton,
Martin Luther Funderburk, Robert
Luther Rorle, Brice Chambers, Callle
"Washington Huntley, Bunyan Harvy
Sturdlvant, John Henry Rivers, Lonnle
Foston, Tero Medlln, Pearl Sylvester
"White, James Huntley, Claude Hasty,
Loyd Edward Swaringer, Joe Maske,
Jr., Howard Simpson, John Junior
Barrino, Hustus Richardson, Henry
Covington, A.' C. Covington, Willie
Haywood Johnson, T. C. Gilbert, Allen
Heath, Tom Massey, Floyd Gabriel
Huntley, Biker William GuTJedge,
Henry Junior Stafford, C. Robinson,
Sam Thompson, Jr., Narlle Croutch,
Clyde Redfem, Clarence Williams, Ju
lies Woodrow Chambers, Esley Lee
Ewing, Julius Caesar Bell, Mack Rob
ert Rushing, Henry Richardson, Lin
son Robert Robinson, Roscoe Merltt,
Julius Blakeney, Clinton Clyde Phillips,
Dan Barrino, Ralph Chambers, Jr.,
James Edward Stack, Rufus Barrett,
Jr., Wlnfred Allen, Thearlo Hasty,
Kenneth Hailey John Hart Three tt,
Lonnle Dewitt Huntley, Charles Frank
lin Funderburke, George Wesley Home,
Willie Jackson, Wadlow Massey, Syl
vester Rogers, Earl Orange McCauley,
Troy Lee Richardson, Robert Carelock,
Charlie Walter Faulkner, Bin Junior
Hamilton, Henry June Cook, Prink
June Moser, O. R. Barrett, Willie Jas.
Watts, Cleophus Clark, Cecil Brooks,
Boy Lee Faulkner, Wljliam Thomas
Covington, Joseph Massey, L. O. Hunt
ley, Jesse B. Wilson, Arthalnel Oalney,
Jesse Edmond White, James . Bushing,
jClTsnsfer)." . . .... -ri,.s. -;'.fm -w.
$HE KILLS MOTHER
, TO CAST OUT DEVIL
" T T.SSSSJSeseassaejSj " "-' ' s '-T'-
,.' Declaring that she thought her 7-year-old
mother was possessed of the
devil. Miss Winifred FairchikL 64, to
held for the slaying of her parents, a
bedfast invalid, in Los Angeles.
$ "I killed mother because I saw the
devil to "her, and the Lord told me to
kfll her " said ths spinster.
, t First, she said, she tried beating
. tier mother to drive out the ' evil
snirlt. When that failed, she eon
tinued. she -wrapped cloth around
her mother's beck and Dulled.
. i "I pulled and pulled to drive the
devil out, and then I say that mother
-was dead." she told police.
' Mis Palrchlld was , charged i with
murder but will be given s sanity ex-
'aminatlon before being taken to court
k.
Patterson assails clerrvl protest on
bombing of German does, '
ODT MOVES TO UTILIZE
HEAVy-PUTY TRUCKS
Order Requires Empty Or Partly Load
ed Vehicles Register With ODT.
A new program designed to gain full
utilization of heavy duty over the
road tracks by requiring empty and
partially, loaded tracks to register with
the Office of Defense Transportation
in order to get a full load before mak
ing a trip has been launched by the
ODT. The new plan goes Into effect
today.
Under the new program, registration
facilities will be established at all ODT
District offices, of which there are 24
in the southeast and 143 through the
nation. Five such offices are located
in' Ashevllle, Charlotte, Raleigh, Winston-Salem,
and Wilmington.
'Upon registration by a common car
rier of ah empty or partially loaded
truck, the ODT district manager may
direct him to accept and transport
freight which has been registered with
the District Office, or, if the truck Is
empty, the carrier may be required
to lease it to a contract carrier or an
other common carrier. Partially load
ed trucks operated by private and con
tract carriers wil not be registered.
but empty trucks of such carriers must
be registered and may be leased to
other carriers at the direction of the
ODT District Manager.
In order to get full loads, trucks may
be required to travel a slightly greater
distance than originally contemplated.
In the event a carrier's empty or
partially loaded truck Is not near an
ODT District Office, he is still required
to communicate with shippers or other
carriers in the vicinity If he is a
common carrier and with other ear
ners if he Is a private or contract
carrier, for the purpose of acquiring
a capacity load or leasing his empty
vehicle.
Tank trucks, certain truck o Derations
conducted by farmers, and vehicles
whose total weight and normal load
combined do not exceed 12,000 pounds
are exempt rrom the order.
Reports may be made by telephone,
ODT says, and callers have been re
quested to ask for "Traffic Registra
tion" when reporting to district offices.
Draft Speeded
For Young Men
New Orders Will Mean No
Lessening In Inductions Of
Men Over 25
LABOR DRAFT TALKED
Speeded up draft machinery pushed
men 25 and under closer to Army ser
vice today, but it mean no lessening
of the Induction pace for ellglbles
beyond that age.
Local boards were directed to re
view younger men first, but draft of
ficials said men over 25 who have any
sort of occupational deferments will
move right along on the selective ser
vice assembly line when that defer
ment expires.
Some of them undoubtedly will be
given new deferments, especially those
In agriculture where irreplaceable men
are protected by law. But all will be
considered anew when their present
deferments expire.
Man power Chairman Paul V. Mc-
Nutt gave government agencies until
March 29 to assemble information on
the deferment needs of the industries
under their Jurisdiction to set in mo
tion the call-up of young workers. The
requests will be considered by repres
entatives of the War Production
board, Army, Navy, selective service,
Office of Defense Transportation and
other claimant agencies for man pow
er, McNutt told the agencies the new
program intends to send to the armed
forces "all the able-bodied men in this
age group (22 through 25) and to lim
it deferments only to those who are
irreplaceable."
'I have confidence that the re
sourcefulness and Ingenuity of Ameri
can Industry will measure up to this
new challenge," War Production Board
Chairman Donald Nelson said mean
while In a letter to Representative
Pulbrlght, Democrat of Arkansas.
A number of highly essential indus
tries having k high proportion of men
in the 18-26 class will be particularly
hard hit. Nelson added, including
radio, radar, high octane gas and rub
ber production units.,
Talk of the possibilities in a lim
ited national service aqt to assure re
placements for young men called away
from Industry was heard around Con
gress after Nelson's testimony. How
ever, some members of the House Mil
itary committee who favor a national
service act expressed doube that the
committee will approve such s bill
on ths basis of present evidence.
me net that McNutfs new man
power-rationing committee was form
ed to deal only with ths 23-26 group
virtually wiped out the chance of
youths II through 31, who are not
farm workers, to keep their occupa
tional deferments. . Bute draft direc
tors have authority to indorse key men
16 to 31, but such indorsements not
having the sanction of the new inter
agency ecsiimiUee are certain to be
rare. -, , ,.
CARD OP THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
and especially ths nurses of ths Ellen
FHmrertkl hosnltaL the doctors, and
Eania-Wells Funeral Home for the
many kindneswe shown during the
Uin. end jetii of eur baby, Peggy
Ain.e. r, atl Mrs. Lax Presslsy.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
. IN BRIEF
Bnssls Beds reach Prat river
frontier et Rumania en 53-mlle
front; Russians alao encircle Ger
man stronghold in eld Poland and
communication bottleneck in
western Ukraine.
Churchill British Prime Minis
ter says Russia has torn guts from
German army and predicts Anted
victory ever Japan sooner
expected.
Aerial About 1,700 U. S. bom
bers and fighters rake French
Netherlands Invasion coast; Paris
airdromes attacked without draw
ing fighter opposition.
Italy Artillery duels continue;
brief Nad tank sortie repelled st
Casaino; Germans regrouping.
Burma Bloody Jungle battle
raging northeast of Imphal; com
mandos advance 20 mites in north
ern Banna
Pacific Three Korile islands hit
by Aleutian-based bombers; Po
ns pe in Caroline abe attacked.
Union County's
Men In Service
Mrs. Safford Goodwin of Charlotte,
received word last week that her hus
band, Pfc. Warren Stafford Godwin
had been slightly injured in action in
Italy on January 31. Pfc Godwin has
been overseas a year and has fought
in some of the hardest battles. He
was in the battle of North Africa,
Sicily, and also In the Italian Invasion.
Mrs. Godwin has received several let
ters from him since his Injury saying
he was getlng along fine, and hoped
to be home soon. Pfc and Mrs. God
win made their home In Marshville
before he entered the Army.
Pvt. Charles W. Rowell, who volun
teered for service in January, has been
stationed at Miami Beach, FUu, with
the Army Air Forces. He graduated
with the class of '42 at Indian Trail
high school. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. E. Rowell of Rl, Indian
Trail His address is: Flight A-127,
405th IG AAPTC No. 1, Miami Beach,
Florida.
The two Brantley boys, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Brantley of Marshville
Route 2, who are in Italy, certainly are
having . good luckvJln,, .meeting , each
other. A letter from PFC Roy W.
Brantley Just received by his parents.
states that he has met his "brother,
Cpl James L. Brantley, for the fourth
time since they have been over there.
T. Sgt. Thomas H. Outen, son of
Mrs. Raymond Outen, has Just been
graduated from the gunnery depart
ment of the Armored School at Fort
Knox, Ky. Students In this school
are trained to keep guns in action In
combat, and putting them back in
action when parts wear out or are dis
abled by enemy fire.
Having served two years overseas
Cpl James H. Thomas returned home
In January for a 23-day rurlougn. He
Is now stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.
The addresses of the two sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Helms In the
service are as follows: Pvt. Wriston
A. Helms, 34778530, Co. C. Enlisted
Bn., School Regiment, Qm. School,
Camp Lee, Va., and Jesse Helms,
U8NR, Naval Recruiting Station, Wil
mington, N. C.
On March first Ensign I. W. Kells
Jr., U. S. N. R., somewhere in the
Central Pacific, was promoted to
Lieutenant, Junior grade. Lt. Keels
enlisted In the Navy In February,
1942. He is a fighter pilot and par
ticipated in the invasion of the Mar
shall and other Pacific Islands. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Keels
of Monroe Route 5.
Cpl. George Marvin Crook, son of
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Crook of Monroe,
who has been stationed at the Air
Base in New Orleans, La., has rectnly
been transferred to San Antonio,
Texas. His address Is Cpl. George M.
Crook, 3435691, care postofflce, Kelly
Field, San Antonio, Texas. His wire,
the former Miss Jean Clontz, of Mon
roe, has gone to Texas to be with
him.
Cpl. Perry S. Gaye, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee A. Gaye of Monroe, recently
received his silver aerial gunner's
wings when he completed the exible
gunnery course for radio meen at the
Yuma Army Air Field, Yuma, Ariz.
CpL Gaye was one of the ten highest
scoring students of his entire class
In Alr-to-Alr and Ground-to-Oround
firing. Prior to his training In exible
gunnery, Cpl Gaye graduated from
the 'Radio Operators and Mechanics
School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He
is a graduate of Prospect high school.
Lt Claude Morrison has landed
somewhere m England, says a recent
message to his wife and other rela
tives.- "
Seaman S-O Archie Beaty, who has
been stationed at Great Lakes. BU has
been transferred to the university of
Ohicssjo, QU where be is taking train'
ing In the Signal Corps. - . -
i Seaman S-O Harvey Morrison, Jr.
who is stationed st Balnbridge, Md.
spent ths week-end hers with Mra
Morrison and children and his pat'
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. HL Morrison.
Ueut Frank Lander," Jr, who has
been at Fort Eustis, Va, fori a few
weeeks. spent -a few days here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs! Prank Lan
der, and in Mint Hin with his wife
and ' children, has gone back to the
Thayer hospital tn Nashville, Twin,
for another eheckover. He was badly
Injured In overseas duty.'
Bombers Move
Nearer Tokyo
Aleutian-Based Planes Hit
Onekbtan, Bring War
Closer To Japs
ALLIES CONTINUE PUSH
Three major Kurile Islands on the
northern road to Tokyo were bombed
by Aleutian-based planes that put one
of them, Onnekotan, under American
bombsights for the first time, the
Navy announced yesterday.
An unprecedented 20-mile advance
brought Allied native troops only 32
miles from Myitkylna, Japanese base
in north Burma now threatened by a
two-pronged advance.
Continuous fighting was reported in
the Indian 'Juncles 32 miles northeast
of Imphal, where British troops In
icted "heavy casualties" on the north'
ernmost of threatening Japanese col
umns penetrating India for Burma.
Outnumbered three to one, Allied
planes shot down at least seven
enemy fighters in dogfights over a
Nipponese airport in central Burma
and destroyed two more on the
ground. Other Allied fighters destroyed
13 river craft.
Two small Japanese ships were sunk
by a Coronado flying boat near Po-
nape in the Central Pacific Caroline
Islands. Army Mitchells hit the PO'
Unape Island stronghold and its air
field. Three Isolated Japanese bases
In the Marshall Islands were raided
by Army, Navy, and Marine aircraft.
In the Southern Pacific American
destroyers shelled Jungle-covered Elo
que islet in the St. Matthias group, 20
miles from Emlrau island, which Ma
rines occupied a week ago.
One u. S. bomber was lost Satur
day in the attack on the three Kurile
islands. Liberators of the Eleventh
Air force struck at Paramushiro, pri
mary target in the Kurlles, and Onne
kotan, the fourth Island to be raided
in this " volcanic chain. Onnekotan
is 29 miles southwest of Paramushiro
and that much closer to Tokyo. A
solitary Navy search plane bombed
Shumushu, northeast of Paramushiro.
. The Allied Burmese and Gurkha
troops driving toward Mytikyina from
the north have covered half the dis
tance on the road leading from Sum-
prabjun, former enemy outpost occu
pied a little over a week ago. Their
latest position represented a 20-mile
advance overenlght.
In a second - threat at Myitkylna,
American and. Chinese trooos con
tinued to push down Mogaung valley,
opening the way for the new Ledo
supply route to China. Chinese army
sources estimated between six or seven
Japanese divisions were concentrated
in north Burma to block this attempt.
Other Chinese circles increased agita
tion for an offensive on the Salween
front, in southwest China.
CHURCHILL SAYS JAP
yOWNI-ALL COMING FAS1
British Premier Cites Strides Made By
Allies; Lauds Russians
Prime Minister Churchill Sunday ex
pressed confidence of victory over all
the Axis, over Germany despite ad
mittedly slowly Allied progress in
Italy, and sooner than expected over
the Japanese, who are "showing
signs of great weakness."
In a 45-minute address to America,
Britain and the Empire, Churchill
highly lauded the Russian advance of
more than 900 miles in a year as "the
greatest cause of Hitler's undoing,"
but paid great tribute, also, to "the
prodigious blows of British and Amer
ican air power" against Germany.
The greatest danger the Allies have
overcome, however, is the U-boat at
tacks, he declared.
The iniative In the Far East, where
the British have accepted American
leadership, has passed to the Allies,
Churchill said.
"The Japanese are showing signs of
great weakness. Attrition of their
shipping, especially their tankers, and
their air forces, has become not
merely evident but obvious."
Surveying the British-American
blows against Germany, Churchill dis
closed that the gigantic Royal Air
force now has been "definitely over
taken and outnumbered by the Amer
ican Air force in Britain alone and
that either alone w,as nearly as num
erous and much more powerful than
the entire German Luftwaffe.
Of the British and American war
effort he said, "It would be quite nat
ural if our Sovlety friends and Allies
did not appreciate the complications
and difficulties whic hattend all ses
crossing amphibious is the word
operations on a large scale."
The Russians are a land people, ne
rioted, and their tasks and those of
ths American sand British are dif
ferent, but in a strongly-worded trib
ute to the Russians he declared:
"Since I spoke to you last, not only
have the Hun Invaders been driven
from land they had ravaged, but the
guts of the German army have been
largely torn out by Russian valor and
generalship,"
Reviewing the Amcan ana Meaner
ranean campaigns, he said much still
remained to be done in ths Balkans
and tn the eastern Mediterranean.
- There is no doubt," he stated, "that
good news has outweighed the bad and
that the Progress of tne unuea na
tions towards their goal has been
solid, eonUnual and is growing quick
.r;--1 - raeifle
Prime 'Minister John Curtm, of
Australia recently declared that his
country was completely satisfied with
the set np and operation of ths Allied
Command : In the Southwest Pacific
Hr was replying to criticism by s,
member of the War Council who
charged lack of onordmation In the
New Guinea campaign and dlsastroua
strategy changes.
DIES IN ACTION
LIEUT. LINWOOD C. BROOKS
LT. LINWOOD C. BROOKS
KILLED IN ENGLAND
Prominent Monroe Young Man Dies In
Action March 8th.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brooks of Tally-
ran Avenue, Monroe, Friday afternoon
received a message from the Adjutant
General In Washington, stating that
their son. Second Lieut. Linwood C.
Brooks, was killed in action In Eng
land on March 8, 1944. This morning,
they received the following letter from
the War Department:
Washington. D. C.
March 25, 1944
Mr. Jacob C. Brooks
509 Talleyrand Avenue,
Monroe, North Carolina.
Dear Mr. Brooks:
It is with regret that I am writing
to confirm the recent telegram in
forming you of the death o( your son,
Second Lieut. Linwood C. Brooks,
0-62922538, Air Corps, who was killed
in action on the 8th of March, 1944,
in England.
I fully understand your desire to
learn as much as possible regarding
the circumstances leading to his death
and I wish that there were more in
formation available to give you. Un
fortunately, reports of this nature con
tain only the briefest details as they
are prepared under battle conditions
and means of transmission are limited.
I know the sorrow this message has
brought you and lt Is my hope that
in time the knowledge of his .heroic
service in defense of his country even
unto death may be sustaining comfort
to you.
I extend to you my deepest sym
pathy.
Sincerely yours.
J. A. UUO, MaJ.-Gen.
Adjutant General.
Lieut. Brooks was one of the city's
most prominent and promising young
men. He has a host of friends who
will regret to learn of his untimely
death.
He graduated from the Monroe high
school In 1937 and enlisted in the ser
vices the early part of June 1942 and
received his training at Brooks 'Field,
Texas. He was awarded his pilot
wings last October.
Rev. J. H. Armbrust, pastor of Cen
tral Methodist church of which Lieut.
Brooks, was a member and star No. 49
on the service ag of the church,
states that plans are being made for
a memorial service to be held on
Easter Sunday afternoon. Lieut.
Brooks was the first from Central
Methodist church to give his life in
the present conflict.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob C. Brooks of Talley
rand Ave., two sisters, Mrs. Herman
Gulledge of Farmington, Mo. and Miss
Martha Brooks of Monroe; two broth
ers, Sam Brooks of Sanford and J. C.
Brooks, Jr., Electrician 3-C, of the
u. S. Navy, stationed in California.
Gasoline Tabs
To Expire Soon
Old Type B And B-1,C And
C-l Coupons Invalid After
March 30
DEALERS ARE WARNED
A number of ration coupons which
wil be Invalid after March 31 were
will be invalid after March 31 were
office where lt was explained that
every - effort should be made to avoid
confusion about old coupons.
The old type B and B-l, and C and
C-l gasoline ration coupons which
have not been issued since November
30 will no longer be negotiable.
The old type E and R coupons
which have not been issued since Oc
tober 1, 1943, also lapse. All strip T
coupons which do not bear a quarterly
designation and which expire March
31 are listed.
Most of the old type B. C. E, and
ft coupons still in circulation represent
expired rations. It was explained. Tn
ths few eases tn which they are part
of currently valid rations with the ex
piration date later than March SI, ra
tten holders may exchange them at
their local ration boards for coupons
of types now valid. y
Ail gasoline dealers having these
Invalidated stamps on , band April I.
must turn them in by April 10 to get
credit for them. .. a ..'', -1
Q. C. Beans, chairman of
mlttee itt charge, requests that an who
are Interested in cleaning off cemetery
and grounds at Hopewell church meet
him at the church Saturday, April 1st
st s. nv The ladles will furnish
dinner, v ; - v " '
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Monroe Merchants Discuss Post
War Activities Of Association
SERVICES HELD FOR
MAN KILLED BY TRUCK
Durant A. Griffin Fatally Injured Fri
day; Funeral Yesterday.
Funeral services for Durant A. Grif
fin, 72, of 416 Mercury street, Char
lotte, who died in Memorial hospital
Friday night at 11:50 o'clock from in
juries received, according to police
records, when he was hit by a dairy
truck belonging to the H. G. Ashcraft
dairy, were held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at Oakgrove Baptist
church. Interment was In the church
cemetery.
Surviving Mr. Griffin are one daugh
ter, Mrs. W. P. Mont Joy of Charlotte;
nine grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
Mary Helms of Union county; and
one brother, George Griffin of Meck
lenburg county.
The accident occurred, the report
said, in the approximate center of
the intersection of Kenilworth avenue
and Romany road, near the hospital.
Mr. Griffin was partly identified,
when taken to the hospital, by two
cards in his pocket, each bearing a
different address. Later, police fo&nd
nis residence to be on Mercury street.
He was taken to the hospital by G.
M. Rowell, a taxi driver.
The driver of the truck was named
as John H. Brabham, 48. Brabham,
who told police that he did not see
the elderly man until he had struck
him, had not been arrested late Satur
day night but had been notified to
come to the police station later. PO'
lice said he was coming from a nearby
house when they arrived, and told
them that he had gone there to notify
the police. They said he gave all
assistance possible.
Police report that Mr. Griffin was
struck by the right side of the truck,
and a part of the windshield was
smashed when his head struck the
windshield post.
County Lags In
Red Cross Drive
Only $13,328.16 Reported
In Campaign Which Ends
This We ek V
UNION'S QUOTA $34,000
Union county Is far behind in the
Red Cross War Fund Drive, according
to figures released today by R. E.
Lee, chairman of the drive. To date
the total amount received is $13,328.16
which is not yet the half-way mark In
the county's quota of $34,000 and only
four days remain in which the coun
ty's quota Is to be raised.
This report, however, does not in
clude contributions from Camp Sut
ton, Marshville, Waxhaw and Wlngate
and only six of the high schools of
the county have reported.
The reports from these places will
In all probability boost the total
amount already received, considera
bly, but not enough to make the re
maining balance a play-game to raise.
Mr. Lee, Issued an urgent appeal
this morning to all citizens of the
county to make their contributions at
once, and if they have already made
one and feel disposed to do so, addi
tional gifts will be accepted.
The need Is great and the appeal is
urgent, Union county cannot afford to
let It's fighting men down at a time
like this. It never has and it never
will fall those who are offering their
lives for the defense of our country,
on the far-flung battle fields of the
world. Give and give now!
TARAWA MAY ENJOY
COMFORTS OF HOME
Tarawa atoll, in the Marshall Is
lands, scene not so long ago of the
bloodiest fighting in marine corps his
tory, today has almost all the com
forts of home and some that cant
be found at home right now.
Center of the atoll is an Immense
airfield, with its array of machine
shops and supply houses.
The mess headquarters is equipped
with electric refrigerators, gasoline
ranges, tin sinks, and shining work
boards for the cooks.
In a seaside grove the Tarawa gar
rison lives in tents with wooden oflors
and electric lights and sleeps on iron
cots with springs and deep mattresses.
mere are metal wardrobes and loung
ing chairs.
Four oil drums perched atop a ten
foot platform provide a shower bath.
The recreation building has a waxed
linoleum floor. ,
Ice cream Is a common dessert.
There are movies every night on the
atoll end a full-elsed pool table for
tne amusement of the "sharks."
But the men on Tarawa arent loaf
ing. They still are engaged In a no-
quarter battle against the Japs. It's
just that they have some decent com'
forts for their Idle moments.
TWO ONE-FAMILY iMtws
Ten children of Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Coutren, of St Louis, and nine sons
of Mrs. Annie Jordan, of Boston, are
in ue araea forces. '
The Coutren one-f amffar armv in
cludes three sisters in the WAG, six
brothers in the navy, and one in the
army, rive el Mrs. Jordan's sons are
tn the navy, three la the army, and
one in tne marines.
Two more sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Coutren and a tenth son of Mrs. Jor
dan expect to be Inducted soon, ;
Dewey mcreases bis lead over Win
kle, a oaaup poll nds.
President Niven Appoints
General Committee To
Study flans
LARGE NUMBER PRESENT
At a meeting of the Monroe Mer
chants Association, Thursday after
noon, in the office of the Association,
steps were taken by the organization
to formulate post-war plans and the
reconversion of Monroe from an army
camp center to a city of peace-time
activities, when the war Is over.
The question uppermost in the
minds of the business men seemed to
center around the reshuffle of busi
ness and Just what part the city will
be able to play In this transaction.
When Camp Sutton is discontinued
and when the easy money of the war
period has vanished when other
towns have airfields and new factories
and re-located business, where will
Monroe be?
That is what the merchants talked
about and that Is what President Ed
win Niven of the Association told
members they had been called together
to dteuss.
The members talked earnestly about
such matters and resolved to go
ahead, making plans and efforts, keep
ing up with the trend of business
movement and probabilities and ad
vising the membership and the public
from time to time. After a very earn
est presentation of the matter, Mr.
Niven appointed a number of men as
a general committee to take up the
subject, suggest Ideas, make plans and
to keep the organization informed.
This committee is composed of the
following; O. B. Sikes, W. A. Hender
son, Frank DeBay, Sam H. Lee, George
B. McClellan, V. V. Secrest, O. L.
Richardson, R. A. Willis. O. H. Moore,
E R. Presson, and J. E. Williams.
Another subject of vital interest to
the merchants and also to the custo
mers, which was discussed at length,
was what are the merchants going to
do along in mid-summer when the
supply of paper bags and wrapping
paper gives out as Is expected to hap
pen? Unless there is a change for
the better the supply will not only be
exhausted then but little or no more
will be obtainable. The newspapers
say that the large mercantile estab
lishments In New York are planning to
cease wrapping most goods.
The Monroe Merchants Associ
ation is going to try to find a means
for handling waste paper In Monroe.
People here are generally willing and
ready to save paper but there is no
one to collect lt and deliver it In bulk,
so the frantic appeals in the news
papers and over the air to save paper
have to pass over our heads. Monroe
will want bags and wrapping paper
this summer and the merchants feel
that we should do our part In saving
It.
Postal Rates
Are Increased
New Law Effective Saturday
At Midnight Expected To
Boost Revenues
TAX ALSO ON LUXURIES
The $23000,000,000 third wartime tax
act started dipping into the public's
pocket yesterday.
Effective Saturday at midnight, pos
tal rates went up to bring an esti
mated additional $96,000,000 a year
into the Federal Treasury. Biggest
change is an advance from 2 to 3 -cents
in the charge for local letters.
The 3-cent rate is continued for let
ters going out of town
Next Saturday, taxes will go up on
movie tickets, telephone bills, whiskey
and a score of other items.
The levy on furs, cosmetics. Jewelry
and luggage will go from 10 to 20 per
cent of the retail price. That on elec
tric light bulbs from 5 to 20 per cent
o fthe manufacturers' price.
Tne tax on charges for local tele
phone service will increase from 10
to 15 per cent; on toll calls, from 30
to 25 per cent.
On whiskey, the tax Increase
amounts to 75 cents a quart of 100
proof. It will be about 60 cents for
the average bottle of lower proof.
Tfie office of Price administration
has authorized bars to Increase the
price of individual drinks 2 to 4
cents, depending on the size and proof,
but an OPA spokesman in Washing
ton suggested that many would prefer
to aosoro tne increase rather . than
deal in odd cents.. Bars may legally
reauce tne sue of drinks in order
to keep their prices unchanged.
opa auo authorised a one-cent in
crease in the price of an s-ounce beer.
These excise taxes are expected to
produce $1,061,000,000 In additional
revenue. Ths rest of the $2,300,600,
000 total tn the revenue bill will come
from higher taxes on Individual bv
comes, and corporation profits. 1
Among other postal increases Is S
boost from 6 to cents an ounce for
domestic air mall Ths rats on sir '
mall to and from the armed force
stationed outside the continental
United States stays at C cents a halt
ounce, " v.... : .',
nshins;
Harold L. Ickes, ' secretary et the
Interior, who to also Coordinator of
Fisheries, says that ultra-sensitive,
sound-detecting devices will be tested
off the California Coast to determine
us usefulness In locating schools of
nsh. , . . - ;
Colonel Carlson sees Fade war bat
ing two more years. . '