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J, 7 jYcnr Cay Iwda Tl2 LA Cro:s Hie Red Cross Needs Your Money!. The Need Is Urgent! Give LV.! , YEATHER FORECAST ' Clearing , end cooler today; fair Ud cooler torUght, with light to locally heavy frost , ; . Sunset today 7:42; tunriM Friday, 7:11. ,-.V -57. i:0:lO LIATJLET Cotton, short, lb ... ., 21Mo to S3e Cotton, lone, lb . . ., .. S7o to 800 Cotton Seed, bushel .. V WHO Eggs, dozen ., .. .y .. .. ,. ,. 36o Corn, bushel .. ,, . ,. $IM fC7 , c PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ieV bushel .. ...... $1.70 1 CCVENTY-FIKST YEAR x MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1944 S-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, $1.25 Sftk0 tTi 2-00 A YEAR h' ..VMA TOWN'S Need Of Labor Draft Cited FDR Hunks Everyone Should Be Aidin Nation's War Effort mV FAVORS LEGfsUTION iiMited yes- President l? neiiactment f t national ?vi!?iulV. McNutt .tlCen?but on to on MoNu" "fto um man power question of howbertw people who are ?JS searching d w r .v-.,vi do It lor " Jihey that t!rt7forwvetlng. vetoutalot dded. from many tl5paper. boy. and girl. '"'S, ran men. Everyone who poDiy Xuld be helping to win the war, ne -8aid-. . ,,,-tw, koW hi view on na Asked directly now u- MoKutf -te some other sentence In It. "u, . national service law mere uuo" , -idea of lob control over -Jucm fr v.n a nouM null' In testimony - n there wa "every PO- ik. mrt demand a for Ol.r-.wjauonal defer. dieted later for "all men under 28 "Mutf " emphasis on SJJ"! of 4-r-en erred m on the Army dentand rt W$e be young wat repeated In an urrng tte day by Selecttv. ' Bervlce Xrtrector Lewla B. Hetabey. ' Hershey told a ; Providence, -WTclub meeting tht he vat tto to ask the Armed tervtces to tadnct Into work battalion. W txnU who are abler U . but not contributing -mmwrmur -fcn tha war effort. ""JXrJ. w naeaed when MMT ttteen of the United Btate. n by ndnot give hl full effort to winning hl war- he said. Herahy than S 50000 men have been oererBra unfit for ml Utary service and de clared there was "far too ' dence" that once the POMity ' -ductlon dteappeared euch if tended to stop working or to engage in activities of "UtUe or no significance In the winning of the war," Hershey said the "Army has par ticularised It wants young men." "I don't know exactly why," ne dded. "but I believe If Is because they want Infantry replacements who re young." McNutt's testimony made clear that the emphasis on younger, men would be a slow-down In the drafting of men In their SO's. 1 "Selective service wm not be draft ing any more men than we originally anticipated," he said, "but It will be iraftlng different menjf ' t , UNION COUNTY MARINE AWARDED PURPLE HEART 'William B. PIgg, One Of first Marines Te Land On Guadalcanal, ; - William' B. Plgg, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Plgg of Route 1, Monroe, Is another Union county boy, who has met the enemy on the Held or batue and dealt him a deadly blow. He Is a hero ef Guadalcanal and was one of the first to land on the Island, when the Marines went ashore and was In the thick of the fight until be was wounded on November 18, IMS. " Last Thursday, In recognition of his services and as a tribute to his gal lantry, he received from the President of the United States, the Purple Heart, warded for wounds and military merit shown In action; the Presidential unit Citation; the American Defense medal and the Asiatic-Pacific medal, the last two of which will hot be available until six months after the war. Tne Citation reads as follows: " While serving with the first Marine .Division overseas the officers and men cf the First Marine Division, re inforced, on August 1 to 9, 1943, dem onstrated outstanding gallantry and determination in successfully executing ' forced landing assaults against a num ber of strong .Japanese positions on Tulagi, Gavutu, Tanambogo,' Florida and Guadalcanal. British Solomon Is- ; lands, completely routing the enemy forces and, seising a most valuables base and airfield within the enemy acme of operations In the South Pa cific Ocean. From the above period until December 9, 1943, this reinforced division not only held their Important strategic positions despite determined and repeated Japanese naval air and land attacks, but by a series of of fensive operations . against strong enemy resistance drove the Japanese from the proximity of the airfield and Inflicted great kisses on them by land and air attacks. The courage and determination displayed in these oper ations were of an inspiring order. - , Signed, I Mr. Plgg is now with Ills brother, Wade H. Plgg in Janama City, F.a Cven though he can no kwtrer f v,t, Walnwrlght Ship Yard, building shin, where they are both emr' yed at t he will nse his. time an! f-TT ' build sh!;ie, in order tot 1 -radea may hove the mater u4 4 t e up the Cghung where he kit ttJ. Contract Le For Erection Of County Health Center ' In special seation, Taesday after noon, the Union County Board ( Cteqmbeletters awarded tne con tract for the general construction sf the County Health Center build tar to J. 8. Stearns, local contrac tor, subject to the confirmation ef the Regional Office of the Federal . Works Agency In Richmond. Seven, teen bids were received for the general construction of the building with Godwin Building and Supply Company of Durham being second low bidder. - - Tbe contract ' for beating and plumbing was awarded L. K. Mark bam of Monroe and . the contract for electrical wiring was let to the Electrical Constructica Company of Charlotte. . Dr. Clem Ham, County Health Officer, stated this morning that as soon as the bids have been con firmed by tha Federal Works Agency, construction Is expected to be started and the structure Is to be completed within U0 days from the date on which the work Is Court Backs Price Fixing Supreme Tribunal Upholds Price And Rent Control Act DECISION IS 6 TO 3 Price fixing and rent control regu lations affecting virtually every person in the nation were upheld Monaay oy the Supreme Court." At the same time, the court ruiea that iron ore miners are entitled to pay for the time they spend traveling In the mines from the mine opening to their ' working places and back acaln. This decision may eventually have a bearing on the United Mine workers' demands for similar pay lor the nation's half million coal miners. Under the recent settlement of tne coal mine dispute, miners are getting pay for travel time when their weex exceeds 40 hours. The United Mine workers quoted Crampton Harris, Bir mingham, Ala., attorney representing the iron ore workers, as saying that in hi opinion Monday's decision "will apply as the law of- the land governing the work week in coal mines." The decisions .,pn price and rent control came at a $ime when a move Is underway in Congress to limit the Price administrator's authority. to aoMT -opinion afflnnihg the conviction of two Boston meat dealers, accused of violating price regulations, the court declared that the price con rtrol act constitutes a valid ' con grqgslonal exercise ol legislative power and that Congress has stated its oo Jectlves, prescribed methods for reach ing the objectives, and laid down standards for the Price administrators. JTThe standards prescribed by the act," Chief Justice Stone' opinion de clared, "are sufficiently definite and precise to enable Congress, the courts, and -the public to ascertain whether the administrator, la fixing the desig nated prices, has conformed to those standards." These standards are not an un authorised delegation of legislative power, the court said, adding that the authority to fix prices to prevent in flation ls.no brolder than the" au thority to take possession and operate telegraph lines in the Interests of na tional defense. Congressional direc tives mat tne prices nxea snail oe ibu and equitable, the court declared, confer no greater scope for admini strative determination than the power to regulate chain, .broadcasting in the public interest, convenience, or neces sity. . :.' ...... The same considerations involving price regulations apply equally to rent controls, the court ruled in an 8-to-i decision reversing a Georgia Federal district court that held the rent con trols unconstitutional. "The power , to legislate which the constitution says shall be vested In Congress had toot been granted to the administrator, said Justice Douglas' opinion, -xnere is no grant oi un bridled administrative discretion."1 Answering a contention that the rent control provisions are unfair to some landlords despite the require ments for "fair and equitable rents," the court saidu .:- . "A nation which can demand the lives of Its' men and women in the waging of war is under no constitu tional necessity of providing a system of price control on the domestic front wnien win assure each landlord a f air return on his property." -RESENTING MYSTERY ? OF THE MASXED GIRL For the benefit of the War Relief Pund the Pl-7 of the Walter Blckett high school win present the "Mystery Of The Masked Girl" at S o'clock Friday evening in the high school auditorium.- it wiU be directed by Miss Haidee Thompson. . .: - The admission price wfl lbs nominal and the public is cordially invited to attend. The following Is the cast of characters: - . . k : Mrs. Moss, Diana lee; Maria Moss, Barbara Mills; Judith Atkins, Dolly B. Redwine;. Anne Bradley, Lib Price; Margaret Carney, Win ton Clonts; Mrs. Praien, Lib Hargett; Hueda, Martha B. Cook; Rose Lawn, Sara Brown, and Kathryn Treymane, June Ruth Harris. Tie time for preaching service at r ;:ton' Crow Roads church has a char-"d from th scond and -'.it E"" v ". -rncMi to the first 1 t;."' i t y aforncon at I o i. i, l...u. t Uie frst Sunday In April. ". . . -. . OPASi molifies - Coupons Announces Efimination Of Time Limit On Red And Blue Stamps MORE CHEESE, BUTTER Food rationing became simpler for everybody .this week as the Office of Price Administration removed the ex piratlon dates from all red and blue ration coupons. OPA said the move was done to cut I the clerical and shopping problems of rood rationing 'down to a minimum oi nuisance and .trouble." Not mentioned by the official an nounceemnt was another factor re ported In several cities the tendency of housewives to cash in their stamps. Just before expiration, for tokens which do not expire. OPA's nationwide action was an nounced first Sunday by the agency's regional office at Dallas, Texas, while OPA headquarters here Insisted the change still was under consideration, Dallas reported tokens were rapidly going out of circulation and into housewives' pocketbooks. An OPA spokesman here said, how ever, that the change was "not a panic action" prompted by token hoarding. but part of QPA's broad program to simplify rationing for the country's 600,000 food retailers and 40,000,000 housewives. Expiration dates were removed earlier from shoe coupons and sugar stamps. There will be no change in the rate at which stamps become valid: three red stamps for meat and fats will be' come valid every second Sunday, and five blue stamps for canned foods on the first of every month. Each stamp Is worth ten points. Civilians will have more butter and cheese, but slightly less meat, during April, May and June oompared witn the first three months of the year. In making this announcement the War ' Food Administration said the civilian allocation of butter for the period, April through June, is 433,000, 000 pounds, compared with the Jan uary through March total of 410,000,- 000. The increase is made possible by a slackening In buying for : military and lend-lease purpoess due to built up stores, officials explained. A total of 4,488.200,000 pounos oi meat will be allocated to civilians for April through June, compared with 5,091400,000 pounds for the first three months of the year with approxi mately the same proportion of beef, veal, and lamb available as during the present quarter. ' Originally only 4.544.300,000 pounds of -meat - wa -"allocated, for January through March but this was supple mented by an additional 547.000,000 pounds, almost all port, when the ac tual supply exceeded the estimates, the WPA said. The total cheedar cheese allocation for civilians for the April through June quarter is 120,000,000 pounds or 30.000,000 above the present quarter while that for other cheeses such as Swiss, Italian, llmburger, etc., is down slightly from 45,000,000 pounds to 44.200,000. Potatoes. ' cabbage, spinach, lettuce. carrots, citrus fruits, canned green and wax beans, tomatoes and other fresh vegetables, frosen vegetables, eggs and milk are expected to be in good supply during the next quarter while bread, flour, noodles and spaghetti are ex pected to be plentiful throughout the war. LT. "JAKE" PARKER MISSING IN ACTION Bad Completed SO Missions; Expected Te Come Home. U. (1b) J. C' (Jake) Parker. Jr., former U-T student is missing in action In the 'Pacific area the Navy Department has Informed bis parents, Mr. and Mrs.'. James C. Parker, of 2815 MoCalla Ave. of Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. Parker said be understood his son had completed ' 80 combat mis sions and was expecting to get to come home soon. Lt. Parker was pilot of a bomber, and had been In the Pacific area for 18 months. He volunteered In jhe Navy Air Corp in February 1942, when he was a senior at U-T. .He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. ! Lt. Parker received his basic train' lng at Atlanta, . and : completed ad vanoed training and was commissioned at Jacksonville, Fla. , Before entering serevice and while at TT-T, he was employed In the TVA personnel de partment. A f- s -r Lt Parker Is a grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Parker of Union county, and a nephew of Mrs. T. K. Helms and Mrs. O. L. Gulledge, of Monroe. .He was well-known here. having visited relative in the county on numerou occasions. . ' f PLAN FOR CITY-WIDE 1 "EASTER HORN SERVICE Sunrise : Servteeo . Win ' Be Held On High School Lawn At :St A. M. , A city-wide Easter Sunrise Service Is being planned for Easter Sunday morning at 8:30 on the lawn of the Walter Blckett High School. In case of inclement weather, the service will be moved ,lndocrs to the high school auditorluni Music for the service will be furnished by the High School Band under the direction of R. W. House, and the High School Glee Club, di rected by Mrs. Rutha DyaL -The Sunrise. Service represents' a new step in community, inter-church cooperation, as it is the first ervloe of i s k'nd on a city-wide scale. ,'Min t(t s of tbe churches of the city- will pi' '. :e In the service. Rev. Harry K rt-,- of Bt. 'i Loire's Lutheran Ohurui tul be In change, ' THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF Bssslsn Baaipent Soviet armies plunge to foothills of Carpathians, capturing Frut river town only M miles from Cseeho-Slovakia, battle Germans In suburbs of Csernowits, Baeovmlan capital; Ukrainian force spread out toward Odessa a disorganised Nails flee In ter ror; Stockholm bears new Finnish peace move started. . Aerial American Forts meet stiff Luftwaffe opposition In raid on Brunswick area, but Liberators meet only ack-ack fire aling in vasion coast, i Italian Allies withdraw Indian and New Zealand troop from Monastery hlH, leaving nothing to show for bittsr Caaaino onslaught except destraetlon; Paris radio says ADle land "considerable" re inforcement at Anilo preparatory to launching offensive. Burma Stllwell's forces trap 1,000 Japanese In foothills around Mogaung valley; 30 Japanese planes shot down in fierce aerial fighting accompanying enemy 4 pronged Invasion of India; ground forces Indicate limited Allied with drawal northeast of Imphal but Mountbatten's men check enemy along Tiddlm-Imphal road. Pacific Signs, seen United States may be pfenning to invade Fonape as plane attack Pakin island. Union County's ervice PFO Samuel Easel Carter, who re cently spent a 14-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Carter of the Jackson community oas returned to camp in Louisiana. His address is: Pre Samuel H. Carter, Med. Det. 335th Inf., ASN 34592610. APO No. 84, Camp Claiborne, La. S 1-C Floyd Mangum and wife of the U 8 C O T S. Beaufort, N. C, re cently spent a ten-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. J. Man gum and Mrs. Mangum's mother, Mrs. Fannie Klrby of Gaflney, 8. C. Cpl. Frank Mangum another son of Mr. and Mrs. Mangum has been promoted to sergeant and is stationed at Fort McClellan, Ala. Lt. Tumbull Cited Lt. Charles E. Tumbull of Raleigh, son of Mrs. R. J. Tumbull of Monroe, recently received a citation "for skill ful and effective performance of duty while serving with a naval construc tion bttellcn.dirrfejg during and fol lowing the IninaT landing by 'ATHea forces on the Treasury Islands, Brit ish Solomon Islands, on October 27. 1943." The citation was presented to Lieutenant Tumbull by Admiral W. F. Halsey. The citation states: "Lieutenant Tumbull, though exposed to enemy fire, courageously directed the move ments of a bulldozer used in the de struction of a Japanese pillbox which was Impeding unloading operations by its effective fire. His leadership, de votion to duty, and tireless efforts In the blazing of roads through hostile Jungle, was an inspiration to his men and in keeping with the highest tra ditions of the United States Naval Service." Cornle H. Sells H. A. 2-C, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sells, formerly of Monroe, now of Wilmington, is sta tloned at the Naval hospital in Nor man, Okla., where he is receiving training. His address is Cornle H. Sells, H. A. 2-C, Corpsmans Bkr., U. S. Naval Hospital, Norman, Okla. He will be glad to hear from his friends back home. Sergeant Vann Thomas has been transferred from Atlanta, Ga., to Cal ifornla. His new address is Sgt. Van Thomas, Hq. Co. M. P., Plat jn Corps, Presidio of Monterey, Calif. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thomas of Rl. Waxhaw. They also have a son In-law who is somewhere in England. Pre. Artis J. Adams. His wife before her marriage was Miss Ona Mae Thomas. She is making her home with her parents near Waxhaw. Cpl. Edwin M. Helms has written his wife, the former Miss Virginia Maness, that he is stationed at Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. He say lt is beau tiful there, but mosquitoes are terrible. He has been to Pearl Harbor and Honolulu. A-S Edward K. Rice has been spend big a seven-days furlough with Mrs. Rioe and the children who are at home for the duration with Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Bailey on Windsor street Seaman Rice has completed his "boot" training at Jacksonville, Pia and has returned there to receive further orders. . Seaman 9-C James P. HoOoway has been transferred . from Great Lakes, HL, to the University of Illinois, We bana, TJL, where he will train in sig- Nbte on women wanting to help their then- husbands In the service, a furnished by the Southern Procure ment Division, Marine Corps, Atlanta: The husband of Mrs. Harry L. Amos of Monroe, N. O. is a paratrooper. So what does she oxr She loins the Marine Corp Wom- enl Reserve.. . . . . Whyf . - ' ". - ' . So she can become a parachute rig ger. :' She made the request for Oils type of duty while awaiting her orders to report to Camp . Lejeune, to receive her "boot tiuining." . , , , Having taken 400 hour In mechani cal training before getting into service. Deimar ortjnn, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Ortffln of 15 Monroe, a step- - (Conllnatd on page 8V MenlnJ Draft Problem Getting Acute Officials Urge Committee To Pass On All Draftee Deferments LABOR SHORTAGE LOOMS A selective service spokesman said today he believes the new government committee established to pass on draft deferments for men under 26 should eventually take over the task of re viewing all lob deferments for men 37 and under. Col. Francis V. Keesllng, legislative liason officer, told reporters there 1 no Immediate plan to add men, 26, 27 and 28 years old to the group for which non-agricultural job deferments are being denied generally. Officials of some agencies have been saying privately they understood this step would be taken when draft boards have passed on all under-26 regis trants. Draft officials said today the Army is so intent on getting men under 26 that lt would prefer not to go up to 29 If enough younger 'men can be found to reach the armed force's goal of 11,3000,000 by July 1. Keesllng said "something must be done right now" on two man-power problems labor turnover and finding replacements for drafted men. ' There must be some control, he de clared, over 4-Fs, non-fathers over 37, and men already discharged. He said, however, he believed the control could be achieved without Legislation. Representative Luce, Republican of Connecticut, Introduced legislation which would draft between 50,000 and 300,000 menin those categories for necessary civilian work. Meantime men 38 and over, especi ally those In 1-A, were In some sec tions of the country not entirely clear on whether their Induction is likely to be postponed because of new regula tions designed to speed the younger group to war. The sweeping transfer of young men from factories to the fighting fronts will create "a more and more critical problem" In keeping arms production up to war needs, Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production board declared early this week. He announced a drop of almost 1 percent in munitions output in Febru ary, a trend running counter to the slight over-all gain scheduled for this year. The. only major upturn was in air craft, which showed a 4 percent in crease in the weight of palnes de livered, a sizeable gain in heavy bombers, a 15 per cent Jump in trans ports and a 14 per cent gain in me dium .bombers. t . -' - K ""Throughout February, man Dower stm remained a limiting factor on the output of many munitions Items," Nel son's monthly production report said. EASTER CAjNTATA AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH "The Crucifixion" Will Be Presented By Choir Sunday Evening. The Easter Cantata, "The Crucifix Ion," by John Stalner, will be given oy tnei cnoir or the First Presbyterian Church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. AI churches of the city are invited to attend. There will be no evening service in tne otner up town churches in order that their people may Join in this special service. . Soloists will be Corporal Edward Morgan, tenor, and Major Kenneth Gray, baritone. Those participating in the choruses are: Sopranos: Mrs. W. C. Correll, Mrs. D. B. Gettys, Mrs. G. L. Hart, Jr.. Miss Sara Li taker, Mrs. W. Harvey Morrison, Mrs. W. R. Klrkman. Altos: Mrs. Bascom Baucom, Mrs. L. Envy, Mrs. W. A. Henderson, Miss Sue McLeod, Mrs. Robert Turner. v Tenors: Carl McCain, Sidl Stew art, Cpl. Edward Morgan, guest soloist, Cpl. Henry Vanderlin. Basses: Major Kenneth Gray, Ben Wolfe, Roy B. Laney, Cpl. George Fletcher. Mrs. Roy B. Laney, Organist and Choir Director. Use crumbled crisp bacon to season cooked spinach. Top this dish with the chopped white the minced yolk of a hard-cookea egg. VISITING MINISTER : KXV. BLAN CHARD HORNS Beginning Easter Sunday, April 9th Rev. Blanchard Home of Kings Moun tain, N. C will conduct evangelistic service at the Church of the Nasa rene. The revival meeting will con tinue for two weeks, ending April 33rd. Special singing at each service. Meet ing ch evening aW t.45. . ', Issues Urgent Appeal For Red Cross War Fund Drive R. E. Lee, Chairman of the Union County Red Croat War Fond Drive, stated this morning that thus far only 114,455.41 had been received in the current campaign te raise the county's quote of 134,000. Although this report does not in clude reports from Camp Sutton, Marshville, Waxhaw and Wlngste, which will swell the amoent consid erably, the county Is expected to fall far short of Its quota. Every effort is, being made today and tomorrow, to contact all avail able sources for donations as the final day approaches and aa urgent appeal was .issued this morning by Mr. Lee in behalf of the drive, urg ing the public to contribute and contribute generously to the cause. Tomorrow, Friday, Is the last day of the drive, and officials are anx ious that the last day win find a greatly increased number of gifts. Union, county cannot and will not fail It's boys, who are giving their, all on the world-wide fields of bat tle. Draft Changes To AHect 4-Fs Drastic Revision Of Selective Service Laws Includes Farmers 3,500,000 IN 4-F GROUP In two major man-power moves, Se lective Service yesterday scrapped its measuring rod for deferment of farm workers, deciding to leave individual cases to the Judgment of local draft boards, and a House military sub committee agreed to draft legislation authorizing Army labor battalions of 4-Ps. The Army and Navy joined In asking legislation under which 4-F's between the ages of 18 and 37 could be directed to get to work in essential industry at civilian pay or be inducted into labor battalions at Army pay, but without veterans' benefits. The request was presented by Un dersecretary of War Robert P. Patter son and Assistant Navy Secretary Ralph A. Bard, who asked prompt ac tion to cope with a "critical" man power problem. Chairman Costello. Democrat of California, of the House group promised that legislation irj line with their views would be drafted during the forthcoming Easter recess. A plan also was being discussed to require that a farm worker class! fled at 4-F, physically unfit for mill' tary service, continue in farm work unless given permission by his draft board to change occupations. Senator Russell, Republican of Georgia, said this would be considered by the Senate agriculture committee. Russell and Senate agriculture com mittee. Russell and Senator Ty dings. Demo crat of Maryland, announced that Se lective Service was scrapping its "unit system" for farm deferments after a conference with Major General Lewis B. Hershey; Selective Service director and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones. Farm state legislators have been disturbed since Selective Service re cently raised from eight to 16 the minimum number of food units for deferment of a farm worker. (This system assigns varying values to dlffrent kinds of farm production and forbids deferment of a worker who does not have 16 "production units." care of one dairy cow, for in stance, is one unit). Abolishing the system means that local draft boards will consider defer ment of farm workers under the gen eral Instructions of the so-called "Tyd ings amendment, approved by Congress two years ago. It provides that draft boards may defer workers If thev are "regularly engaged" in the production of essential farm commodities and they cannot be replaced on the farms where they are employed. At present there are 1.689.000 agr- cultural deferments with 900.000 held by nonfathers. Of the non-fathers, 563,000 are under age 26. Patterson told the Costello commit tee the War department still desired general national service legislation. applicable to all men and women, but was ready to cooperate fully in forcing physically-able 4-F's to contribute to the war effort There are 3500.000 4-Fa between the ages of 18 and 37, and Patterson said about 1,000,000 are engaged in trades -and services not essential to the war with "many contributing nothing that is of material assistance to the men who are doing the fight lng." "BUBBLING OVER TO BE PRESENTED APRIL 6th Under Spsassnhla Of ' j Piefiesimul We Oub. "Bubbllnc Over." an exeeedmstv clever college comedy, will be present ed in tne waiter Blckett high school auditoralum. In Monroe. April 8th at 8:18 o'clock under the sponsorship of tne local Business and Professional Women's club. Mrs. Hasel Locke Greene of Wab- baseka. Ark, experienced dramatist has arrived In the city and rehearsals are going in a fine way. Supporting tne weu -selected east of characters will be excellent specialty numbers. 1 It ha been a long time since a home talent play ha been staged In Monroe and much new talent Is avail able at this time. The cast win be announced Jn the next Issue of The Enquirer, ... , United States rushes supplies to India by air In 84 hour. ' ' City Inciul jd On New Airline - !'i Apply For Federal Franchise To Operate In This Area HAS $500,000 CAPITAL According to Information received here today, Monroe is to be Included in the proposed route of the Atlantic and Carolina Airways, recently organ ized at Klnston, with an authorized capital of $500,000. Application for a Federal franchise has been made by the company to operate the air trans port. Nothing more of a definite nature was known concerning the company's plans for handling of the business in Monroe. John G. Dawson, attorney lor the Klnston company, states that Lee B. Jenkins, president of the organization has applied to the Civil Aeronautics Board for certificates authorizing two airlines connecting North Carolina points. The attorney explained that the proposed routes would connect with trunk line service north and south of Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh and with westward service at Raleigh. Longer of the two proposed routes would have terminals at Beaufort and Wilmington and extend through Char lotte, New Bern, Klnston, OoWsboro, Durham, Raleigh, Burlington, Greens boro, Winston-Salem, Lexington, Salis bury, Concord, Monroe, Wadesboro, Rockingham, Hamlet, Laurinburg. Lumberton and Wblteville, a distance of 497 miles. The new company's other proposed services would have terminals at Washington and Wilmington and con nect with Greenville, Wilson, Raleigh, Dunn and Fayetteviue, this route be ing 334 miles in length. Frozen Fruits Off OPA List Frozen Vegetables Are Also To Be Ration Free la New Order EFFECTIVE a-ON; sunpay AH frozen fruits and vegetable yes terday were mad ration-free, effective Sunday,' aMt. present lower polrt values on popular cuts cf "1 . ,y ppra, and lamb"wei6rdereoccntm " through April 29. " T Frozeen fruits and vegetables tech nically stay on the list of rationed foods but have a "point-free? rating. The move, OPA explained, was taken to make as much oold storage space as possible available for meat The action was requested by the War Food ad ministration. The April ration table keeps butter at 16 points a pound, but reduces some ready-to-eat meats and processed foods. Canned peas, available in large sup ply, were put on the point-free list, dropping to zero from the present value of three points for a number two can, while carrots in number two cans were given a new value of three points, cut from five. Because of relatively small supply on hand, all canned fruits were con tinued at the present high point stan dards, but canned tomato Juice in sizes through 14 ounces was reduced to one point Present values range rrom two to five points. "The critical shortage of cold stotw age space has made it necessary to ; take several steps to free as large portion of that space as possible for use In storing meats," said Food Ad ministrator Marvin Jones in asking OPA to remove point values from frozen fruits and vegetables until fur ther notice. Space occupied by these products and by a record quantity of meats is needed, lt was explained, bor butter, eggsg and other perishable commodi ties soon to come into peak seasonal production. OPA, said that about 1,180,000,000 pounds of meat will be available for civilians in April as compared with 1 266,000,000 pounds this month. Dis tribution remains fairly satisfactory, however, making it possible to eon- tinue current ration values despite the supply decline. ; a The few changes for Anrfl in the meats- fats chart are reduction of one or two points for ready-to-eat meats, sucn as picnic hams, and meats packed In tin or glass container. otner changes; Shortenin' and salad and cooking oils down one point to a vahn of four points a pound; fig and plum lam down two point a pound to a aero point rating; ceam, . neufchatel and creamed cottage cheese up two point a pound to twelve ' points, "v-- -'.L'.,-; !;-:;, -"... Margarine Man at six nolnta a ,V pound and lard continue point-free. MONROE TOWN QUINT BRINGS HOME TICTORT The boy basketball team rnnm V the Monroe Town Team, consisting of ' Milton Trull and Robert Deese at guaras, Vaughn Lemmond and Euene - Derrick at forwards, and O. C. Jon at center won over the Jefferson, S. O. five Tuesday night when thev baiwd " w pouna to jenerson a 17. The high corer for Monroe was Milton Trull, scoring IS points. Others scoring were Vaughn Lemmond with points and tiui meu tne only s. .ute in the game with two points. 1 e rmainir point was Scored by I t Itesa tv dropping a foul shot. i. s a fame and both tear s j' r '.. At the half the a- e v g. , i the last half J' nr t ; . t and Jefferson fc.r it
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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