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WEATIER FORECAST Pair and slightly warmer today, not quite so (old tonight; fair and farmer -Friday. - . Sunset todayr 7:48; sunrise Fri day,. 7:01. , : . MONROE MARKET Cotton, short, lb .. .. .. SlHo to Me Cotton, long, lb 27c to SOo Cotton Seed, bushel .. .. .. 79tte Eggs, dozen 26e O ..bushel fUO V -hfil .. ..- $1.70 PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS fSTVENTY-FIEST YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1944 8-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, ?1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY,l 'AB Ui Si Casualty ITotal 168,292 Make Report 01 low. rSTmOTTHEWAR W. casual 0fS nd Nary forces since tns . . , , j TZZ t.nd at 168,393. . ..A iv.ti Army 0uU-a4J lnf, and PrfV, Navy oas 193 ut to March ,i. . ,,ooat altte-Navy. Guard are 4a.7 ; Wed in Italy last September ,vJ5UB,Tbli was STcasualtle. JUiSS n taoreaw ol af aIcTc on w mZ7. Tttat tbose Murw were Wi" or three . ese covers a period to v The stofV fighting on whkh uch flJMd on by the Oasstoo 7nertoan fore British 'JJrTthTnumber f tinea m.itiM lor motment's statistics TIT mdude Italian dapnU,V urlaoners of war, wee "Tot miss grntalned to the category of "nuss- H fi i,en by Stlmson The missing wras 10375. an increase ol 3?3 Them-wo 7; - a oveer the nrevlous ngure. i fol- Te casualties to lwuy - laws- KlUed 5,749; wounded ,ow. -5?tSS Anny -f vThava beened todu the prisoners, 17 have,.lf disease the enemy to nave died or Killed 1787! wounded 10,754; saerMed M follows: Nary 37.790. Srines 18354 Coast Guard 465. , fWm Tsald that the Oermande fensTTcassino "houW be anoth sober reminder of the "t""1,! SSmf sweil as the delays and hard Sfw whl must be prepared to the same enemy." ' r f One War Beoretary made W jeam ment during bto weekly war rertew lor a press conference. ; He said that the AlUedattack In the Casstoo area Has run "Into determined and effec tive Oerman ;yeslstance;;y. :.. j.-: NEWS AND EVENTS OF -WEEK FROM WINGATE Buiness Woman's Circle Meets; Other Items Of , Personal Mention. (Mrs. Benson E. Bltens) Pvt. .Shelton O. Hargette has been transferred from Fort Bragg to Oamp Penning, Texas. ' Miss I O. Polk has gone tot Norfolx, Va, to visit relatives. -- Bgt. and Mrs. Harris visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Broome during the week end. ':" Last week-end members of WJO sex tette were the guests of Miss Gloria Lindsay at her home at Myrtle Be sen. R C. The sextette sang at the First Baptist church there.-' " Miss Franoes Perry spent the week end with Miss Joy Howard, who Is a . M.m fl-llu. TXnui lll Student at. uoaer viuucsb, South Carolina. -':-"'-". Misses Edith and Jewel Maye and Mrs. Doris Maye Dunn spent the week-end here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Maye, Sr.., - ' .Mrs. John B. Oaddy, Jr. and son, Johnny, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gaddy, Br, last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Bin Williams and son also visited -Mr -and Mrs. George W. Tesh, John here, . They are from Angler, N. C. and David attended the funeral of a cousin in Winston-Salem last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. W., O. Link, Jr are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones ot Kannapolls -this week. r s. Mini vhll il RfctttkmMl . vcunu ' " sit Bainbridge, Md, Is expected home on Thursday night Mr. Bivens has completed his boot training in he V. a Navy. 1 ' Mr. and Mrs. Charlie . B.'iHfll of Greensboro, visited friends in wlngate ; during' the -week-end. 'iVftf - Miss Maggie Burgess, who teaches In the Monroe city schools, spent the week-end with Mr. and Bra Bruce '.Bivens. S'i.x -i - The Business Woman's circle met on Monday night with Mrs. Jack Perry. Mrs. Brady Broome had charge of ' xne program ana (none taxing ir were: Mesdames ' William Edwards, Benson E. Bivens, and R. Burns Hin won. ' - '' , . The business was presided over by the leader, Mrs. Ralph A. Smith. The hostess served a delicious Iced drink, sandwiches, cookies and candy. Mrs. Boron B. Smith, was recognised as a visitor. 1 - , JUIKhIK, UlCiuwviV ccrcaiv v v . Mesdames Ralph A. Smith, William : wviwvTViti jack t'm-rv. rnni m. nciuia. 6. O. HftrgetA, O. B. Mclntyrt, J. L Oft, It Burnt Hinaon, Bray Broome, Ellen Gaddy and Lillian Jonea. . , - " (Corner Church snd Crowell SO . Fund ay Bible School :4s a. m. - Mornli!)? Worehlo 11:00 a. m. N. T. P. 87:30 p. m. Evening V.'orshlp 8 :00 p. m. -. j-'-s pui Clupp- will mend the r '"T ' : -n in rharleston, 8. C. ai.e v I be tne guest of Mr i 1". a. F. . Archambaulk . NATION'S BEST GOLFERS HERE NEXT MONDAY Exhibition Sponsored By The Monroe . Park And Recreation Committee. Amos Stack, supervisor of the Sol' dlers' Recreation Program, sponsored by the Monroe Park and Recreation Commission announces a golf exhlbl tkm by four of the Nation's best golf. era. Gene Sarasen, Joe Ecar, Miss Kay Byrne and Miss Cathrlne Fox at the Monroe Country Club on Monday aft ernoon. April 10th. Nine holes of golf win be played and an exhibition of trick shots will be given at 5:30 p. m Mr. Ezar, a discharged paratrooper is considered the best trick shot artist in the country today. Miss Byrne Is not only an outstand ing golfer,-but a professional singer and dancer, sne will perform in the ballroom. Miss Fox Is a fine amateur golfer and la said to be as pretty as a rowers moaei. There will be an Informal dance in the ballroom at I p. m. with music by the famous Suttonalres, a fourteen piece orchestra from Camn Sutton. While this entertainment has been arranged primarily for men In service. Remember the date, Monday after- civilians are welcome. It's all free, noon, April 10th,' when Monroe meets Oamp Sutton at the Monroe Country Club. I We hear that our own June Snyder, formerly with Tommy Dorsey's Band, Is in town. We win have him play with the Suttonalres. It's a date. Lawmakers Get Fever Congress May Spend Third Summer Of War Back Home BEATING POLITICAL BUSH Congress may spend the third sum med of war at home, with a majority of Its members campaigning for re election, if leaders can whip major legislation through in time for a June or July recess. ' With the Republican national con vention set for June 38 and the Dem ocratic meeting) - July 19, Majority Leader Berkley said he saw no reason why a summer ; recess . couldn't be taken tf the legislative sltaution per mits.. Congress closed, up shot today until April 13 for-an Easter recess. 'If we can set necessary legislation paiae7V Batktor. -said, uwe - probably can go home. I-haye a feeling that the war win. go right along whether Congress Is In session or not." In ihe past, Republicans generally have contended Congress should re main on call but they agreed to a re cess last summer, with the proviso that leaders could summon members If an emergency arose. Something of the same nature may be attempted this year, but most members will want a vacation extend ing through the November 7 general election. The seats of aU House members and 34 of the 96 senators are at stake. Plans for a summer adjournment apparently include no provision for action on any major labor draft legis lation ;tuch as the national service bill offered by 8enator Austin, Repub lican of Vermont and Representative Wadsworth, Republican of New Tone. Some segments of the problem may be attacked .however, in legislation such as that which would put 4-Fs in labor battalions. ' " Berkley said there seemed little doubt that the troublesome food sub-; sidy Issue would be raised to connec tion with the proposed year's extension m the life Of- the Office of Price' Ad ministration. Senator Taft. Repubit can of Ohio, chairman of the minority steering committee, said that group would confer after the Easter recess tor discuss Republican amendments, but It has not been determined If a subsidy ban will be proposed. Extension of lend-lease authority is expected to be accomplished without too much bickering and there seemea little opposition to either house to an increase in the statutory debt limit from 310 to 3601 billions. The Senate- approved G. I. BUI of Rights" mak ing 83,000,000,000 In veterans benefits available Is scheduled for early House action. - The Senate probably win tie Itself Into a knot shortly after Easter recess with debate on antlpoll tax legislation. Efforts to take up this bin, already passed by the House, will result in a southern filibuster. ''- Barkler said every effort win be made to speed disposition of the regu lar appropriations bills before the fiscal year ends June 80. If they are not out of the way by June 36. when the Republicans meet In Chicago, the senate may have to keep on working during the convention. GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES v AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH At twelve o'clock'' noon, there will be a Good Friday service at St. Paul's Episcopal church. ". The service . will consist of the Penetential Office from the Episcopal Church Prayer Book, followed by meditations on the words from the Cross, by Rev. Harry D. Hawthorne of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Rev. Robert. Turner of the First Presbyterian church, and Rev. Joseph H. Armbrust of the Central Methodist church.-- . This service Ul ' last through the noon hour. For any who cannot stay (or the entire service It Is proper to retire from the church, during the ilrirlng of one rf tns hmns, which foLow each n "on. irr.-aRj T ' . It. C. OWd and 4 ,tU:t, . of Kortti V ...esboro. ia s:-nd 1 f r" v l:-s. Col vat -is aieuU, ir, acd 1 s. X S. fofc.er. - ..:. v Spring Coal Shortage To Be Drastic Domestic Consumers In East ern States May Feel Pinch .Next Winter NQ DIVERSION SEEN A drastio war-caused shortage of "smokeless" bituminous coal from southern Appalachian mines next win ter has been forcast by Dr. O. J. Pot ter, deputy solid- fueta .Administrator, who said this would "come as a shock" to eastern states and would also be "bad news" throughout the Middle West. Domestic consumers' In northeastern states cannot expect to receive next winter more than seven tons of all kinds of solid fuels for every eight they got last winter, he said In a speech prepared for delivery to the New England Coal Dealers association in Boston. These consumers, from Maine to Virginia, who are accustomed to de pend on anthracite almost exclusive ly, are already limited to seven-eighths of their normal supply of anthracite. Last winter the Solid Fuels admin istration (SFA) supplemented this with large tonnages of low-volatile (smokeless) bituminous coal, and even then, many eastern homes were chilly. It now appears, h esald, that no do mestic sizes of southern smokeless win be diverted to the east coast to supplement anthracite next winter. The smokeless fuel is used widely by householders throughout central and mldwestern states. Midwest ship ments of smokeless coal will not be halted but they will be curtailed. Dr. Potter said he doubted whether con sumers in areas wehre other coals are available will get more than 75 per cent of their normal tonnage of south ern smokeless. He remarked that the people of cen tral and midwest states "are very for tunate in that for the most part, they have alternative high-volatile coals, available to keep themselves warm." He warned his Boston audience that drastic conservation is necessary but said that if "the pubUc does a real Job of saving fuel, we can win through next winter without having anybody in New England having to eat his New Year's dinner in his overcoat." Meantime, SFA Issued new bitumi nous distribution regulations providing that domestic consumers shall not re ceive during the next 12 months a tonnage greater than their annual re quirements of bituminous mined in the eastern -'half of the country (except Michigan and Iowa), or of coke not sold . in . the northeastern states, or briquettes or packaged fuel. The regulations emphasised the scarcity not only of low-volatile but of other bituminous coal produced In districts seven and eight, comprising southern West Virginia, eastern Ken tucky, and parts of Virginia and Ten nessee, and prohibited consumers from stocking more than 75 per cent of their requirements in those fuels before October 1. Miss Doris Futch had as her week end guests, Miss Eleanor Smoake and Miss Mary K. Plyler of Charlotte. WILL SING FIRST ANNIVERSARY - V AT MAIN STREET USO Gala Program For Week Arranged; , Half Million Soldiers VUted Clab. . Completing one year of service for soldiers at Camp Sutton, Main Street USO has prepared. fine series or programs to commemorate tills occa sion. It. was on Saturday, April 17. 1943 that the Mala Street Club was dedicated to the service of soldiers. Since that day It has been open 14 hours dally, seven days a week and has served 636393 soldier visitors. Like other- USO dubs,, the Mam Street Club has operated on the policy of providing1 "A ..Home' Away From Home" for an enlisted personnel. Ser vices at the club have increased with the Increase of personnel at Camp Sutton. Tha .Main, ftreet Club Is ooerated by the TMCA and the Jewish Welfare Board, branches of USO. I Monroe, Crmoord. KannapoUa, Marsn M. E. Ehepsrd .the r tor has been vil'e and Waxhaw. . with the Club si- a i- dedication. Thursday, April IS, 6.-00 p. m. renjBWln W. I" rt has served for Championship basketban games. Camp ? x r.'-.r s. on Use eve or the f -4,F ton WAO Detachment va Monroe inr.!"i7 eno;-r worker, Miss lur a t t, . (J r is t i to help increase -. at t e t a. . Lu.g tLj year, the Club feat THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF Roasia Fast-moving Soviets setae rail Junction 48 miles north west of OeVsaa, drawing tighter noose for-MOO, Nails; other Brfans fight in streets of Tarao pol, UewMatmg Germans near Skalai Germans report tank bat tles ill Bmnanla. ' : Aerial American bombers from Italy hit railroads In Ploestl, creat ine great confusion; Naxis pat ap big fight;' American bombers from Britain raid Invasion coast while Mustangs attack Berlin and Mu nich, j , p-4 Banna Japanese drive deeper Into "India, . increasing threat to American eommanieatlon lines; - British remain, ealm, saggest en emy may be over-extending his supply lines and, thereby trapping Paeifle MaeArthar's bombers raid Wewak; Nhniti planes hit at Wake island, Ponaae and in the MarshaDs. v Union County's Men In Service Lieut. (Jg) R. Hi Gettys, U. S. N. R., who has recently returned to the States from a trip to Italy and other foreign ports, is the guest of his broth er, D. B. Gettys and family. Mrs. Gettys' sister, Mrs. E. P. Freeland and children of Wilmington came to day for a visit with Mrs. Gettys and family. Pvt. J. D. Baucom has returned to Fort Myers, Florida after spending a 15-day furlough with his parents on R3 Monroe. Pvt. Baucom has had two furloughs since his entrance into the Army In October 1943. At pres ent he is with the 713th Flexible Gunnery Squadron at the Buckingham Army Air Field. Pvt. Baucom said being a turret gunner on a B-26 bomber wasn't much to laugh at. He is now preparing for combat and is undergoing some of his roughest train ing. Pvt. Bruce Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther S. Williams of Rl Monroe has recently been transferred to Camp Grant, HI. His new address is: Pvt. Bruce Williams, 473 M. P. E. G. Co.. Camp Grant, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Wil liams have anothet) son, Pvt. John H. Williams, who Is stationed at Chicopee Falls, Mass. His" Mdress is Pvt." John H. Williams, 471st Bomb Group (H) 807th Bomb 8qd. (H) Westover Field, Chicopee, Mass. Both of these boys would like to hear from their friends. Cpl. George 8. Crook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Crook, of R3 Monroe, has been transferred from Phoenix, Arizona, to Los Angeles, Calif. His new addres is Cpl. George S. Crook, ASN34035677, S. C. U. No. 4910, 5353 West Third St., Los Angeles, Calif. Corporal Crook has been in service 30 months and has seen considerable overseas duty. Joseph N. Presson, who Is a techni-' ivonunuea on page n AT MAIN STREET USO ANNIVERSARY WINGATE JUNIOR COLLEGE GLEE CLUB gone through many program changes to meet the increasing leisure time needs of servicemen.- The need for basketball prompted the construction ot a basketball court at the Club. The need for eating faculties brought about an Increase In the Snackbar opera tions, 176,203 servicemen and their wife visitors have been served at the Snackbar. In each case the dub has been guided by a philosophy of home service for men - and . women away from home. v-.; With the onset of the summer pro gram, many interesting activities are being planned, such as outdoor bad m hi ton, outdoor snackbar, ' block dances, open-air - ooncerts, picnics, hikes, swim parties, and festival cele brations. . . Anniversary Week Program Wednesday, April 13th, p. m. An niversary Night Club. Musio by WAC Syncopators. One hour .floor - show. Dancing and refreshments. Girls from r b school lrtrla. .'Regimental teams for ca.rp claunpon... " Panning to fo'low. ' . Fitiiy. Aprtt 1A l:S9 P April Quotas For Tires Low No Substantial Increase For Passenger Cars Is Likely MORE HEAVY TIRES April quotas of new passenger car tires wU lremain at virtually the same low level prevailing this month, but the number of tires to be rationed for smal trucks and farm tractors and Implements will be somewhat larger. The Office of Price administration, announcing this today, said that 69135 passenger car tires' will be available to eligible motorists, or Just 500 more than to March. The new passenger tube quota is 691,325, an In crease of 73. per cent, but almost 45,- 000 less than a year ago. The quota for used and reclaimed passenger tires is fixed at 645,050, the same as .this month's total. Increased synthetic production boosts the number of tires available for small trucks from 117,487 in March to 30745 in Aprl), but OPA pointed out the larger quota is considerably below that for April a year ago. The number provided for larger trucks is 115313, prcatlcally the same level as In March. Farm tractor and Implement tire quotas are increased by about 10,000 from the March figure, but the supply Is still far below demand and 45 per cent less than the total number allo cated a year ago, OPA said. WEDDINGT0N NEWS Miss Sarah Dickie Ennis spent the spring holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Ennis. She is a student at Peace College, Raleigh. Miss Gertrude Moore of Lowell spent the week-end at home. PFC James Moore has returned to Fort Bliss after a visit with his wife and son. The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet Wednesday afternoon at the parsonage with Mrs. J. O. Cox. Mrs. Brooks Price is getting along nicely since her return from Mercy hospital. The Home Demonstration club had a most enjoyable meeting in March Miss Clapp presided. The Star Spangled Banner and the club collect were used In the opening. A curb market for Monroe was discussed by Miss Clapp. A rural housing survey is being spon sored by the club, Miss Clapp'a dem onstration on . using Little Or No Meat was splendid. Even if we do have pwlenty of home grown meat, variety will add zest to the meals. Meat stew with dumplings and Span ish rice were cooked and served. The hostesses added rolls, slaw, cookies and coffee. Weaver Wesley Bible Class Mrs. Frank Lander will be hostess to the Weaver, Wesley Bible Class of Central Methodist church on Monday evening at 8:00 o'clock at her home on West Jefferson street. Members of the Class are ajdeed to bring articles for the White Elephant sue. , teur Night. AO Camp Sutton service men invited to participate. ' Register now at the Main Street Club. First prise: Telephone can home, anywhere in the United States. Second Prize 83.00 in Snackbar merchandise.'' Third Prise: $3.00 in Snackbar merchandise. Fourth Prise: tl.00 in Snackbar mer chandlse. , WACs especially invited I . Saturday, April 18, 8:00 p. m. Formal Dance. Music by the "8 wanks" an aU-glrl orchestra from Wlnthrop College. Dancing partners from Mon roe, Charlotte, Waxhaw and Marsh- vine. "; -" '" - V'1: '- Sunday April 18th, 1:00 p. m Ping Pong Championship. Gold and Silver gate Junior College Glee Club Con medals to winners. 4:00. p. m. Win' cert Sextet, quartet and Individual recitals. 6:00 p. m, Te Okie Barber- p. nv, Obnoert, classical violinists. shop Octet. Community Sing. 8:00 Monday. April 17th, 8:00 p. m.-Kkl-die Birthday Party. Dancing. Girls from Monroe, Waxhaw and Marsh vine. Games and prtses.. n Tuesday, April 18th,' 8:00 p. m. Novelty Square ' Dances. - Music by Whitakers Whirttnf Wnangdoodters. For a good time Vl'lt the Main Street Club every evening of Anniversary-Week. Sgt William P. Hawfield A Prisoner Of War, Germany Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hawfield of Wesley Chapel, yesterday morning received a telegram from the Adjutant General's office in Wash ington, stating that their son, Staff Sergeant William P. Hawfield, Jr, Is a prisoner of war fat Germany. The message as follow: "Re ports Just received throagh the International Bed Cross 1 states that year sen. Staff Sgt William P. Hawfield, is a prisoner of war of the German government. Letter of Information follows from the Provost Marshal General'' A message received by Mr. and Mrs. Hawfield, on March 16 stated k that Bgt. Hawfield was mlaning In action over Germany and that'' they would be advised of any far- ther information. This Is the ' first they have heard of their son stnee that time. William entered the service abont 15 months ago from Monroe and was chief engineer on a bomb er B-Z4 with a rating of Staff Sergeant and had been In England with the Army Air Forces since December. He was employed in Monroe, before "entering the services and made his heme with his aunt, Mrs. Hamp Price and Mr. Price Soviets Take Rail Junction Seal Fate Of 200,000 Ger mans Grouped Around Odessa FOURTH NAZI DISASTER Red infantry and mechanized troops, aided by crack cavalry, captured the Ukraine rail Junction of Razdelnaya yesterday, cutting the main escape route of an estimated 300,000 Germans still grouped around O dessa as a fast-swinging Soviet crescent slashed farther down towards that great Black sea port. Marshal Stalin announced capture of Razdelnaya In an order of the day, and last night's Soviet communi que added mors than 130 other popu lated places to the list of liberated towns, including Tanovka and Antono Kodintselo, 33 and 34 miles north and northeast, respectively, of Odessa. ' From the east the Russians drove to within 18-air-line miles of Odessa with capture of Stariye-Belyary. The communique also listed a Ku banka among captured towns but did not specify its location. Large-scale maps show a village of that name 14 miles north of Odessa but no other communiques in the vicinity were included in the Russian list. Northwest of Odessa, captured vll lages Included Strassburg and Baden, 33 and 30 mUes distant. Razdelnaya, 40 miles northwest of Odessa, is astride the railway through Tiraspol to Rumania, and by taking it the speeding Russians forced the Germans to fall back on Black sea lanes or a combination rail and ferry route for escape from the Odessa re- legion. Flight by sea was unlikely, with the Soviet Black sea fleet In control of those waters, while the rail-ferry line crosses the wide Dniester river estuary close to the coast, under easy fire of tne fleet in addition to any aerial force the Russians might bring to bear on such slow traffic. A dispatch from Moscow early today said the ferry already was under at tack by the Red Air force, implying that the Germans were trying to use it. For the second straight day the Russians were silent about the Ru manalan front, where American air men gave the Red army a direct hand by bombing the railway yards at Ploe- sti, the vital Rumanian oilfield center 190 miles southeast of the last battle field. The Ploestl raid was the fourth Al lied air assault in 48 hours on Balkan centers Budapest and Bucharest hav ing been struck previously in attacks timed to help the Red army. PLANS COMPLETED FOR EASTER MORN SERVICES City-Wide Sanrise Services To Be Held At 8:38 Sanday Morning. Sunday morning at 0:30 at the high school an Easter Sunrise Service will be held .under the spdnsorshln of young people of the city and the Mon roe Council of Churches.. An .of the churches of the city are cooperating in this service. , The high school glee club wUl present two special Easter numbers, and the band WUl play spee ds! music In addition to playing for tne group singing. . , s t Several ministers of the city wm participate on the program. The service wil Ibe under the direction of Rev. Harry Hawthorne. The prayer will be led by Rev. J. H. Armbrust Rev. Robert Turner win read the Scripture, a short talk will be made by Rev. Joe Caldwell, and Rev. F. B, Drane win pronounce the benediction. The entire community Is cordially tnvtted to partticipate in this , service. In case of bad weather the service win be ' moved Indoors to tha high enow- auditorium. Chjlaea Of '.The Confederacy The Children of the Confederacy. who are under 13 years of ace, will meet at tha home of Mrs. Hole Orif In, 303 Booth CoUege street, with LUe May Welsh as hostess. Saturday after-. noon, April 8th, Children of Con federate ancestry, who wish to bemme nembers, please call Mrs. K. C. Win Chester, "phone 3&4-J for Information. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Curry and son. Roy, Jr, vU..id relatives and friends la Albemarle Sunday. Call Men 18-26 Local Boards Already Send ing Out Instructions Under New Order NO EXCEPTIONS ALLOWED AU registrants tinder 36 years of age who have not been examined by the armed forces within the past 90 days will be ordered to report for ore- induction physical examination, an nounced General J. Van B. Metis, States Director of Selective Service. The General stated that local boards have' Just beert' furnished directives to that effect and that members of his staff are at present conducting a series ot regional conferences to dis cuss this policy as It affects occupa tional and agricultural deferments. He pointed out that the directive was for the purpose of accelerating the pro cesses of induction of younger men to meet the urgent needs of the armed services and to provide the Director of Selective Service and employers with Information regarding those who are not acceptable for military service. The State Director advises that a registrant, if found acceptable to the armed forces, might still be granted an occupational deferment, provided a Form 42-A Special, approved by the State Director having jurisdiction over the principal place of employment, is reecived by the local board prior to the registrant s actual induction. In view of directives from National Se lective Service Headquarters, Metis anticipates that few Forms 42-A Spe cial win be filed, as present indications are that they will be restricted to the following vital war activities: Landing . Craft, Tires and Tubes, High Tenacity Rayon for War Products, Aircraft, Airborne Radar, Rockets, Submarines, Transportation, and possibly a few others. Union County Draft Boards, wa der orders of the State Selective Service headquarters, are Issalng blanket orders for every man be tween 18 and M years of ago who has not been examined wtthia the past N days to report for exami nation within the next few weeks, It was revealed here this morning. "We were not given any lati tude," Local Draft Board facials stated. "It was ordered. We were given the orders at the conference . .with state sefeetrveaerylce leaders In Charlotte Monday bat .were asked not to make public the an nouncement until the story was released from Raleigh." The State headquarters, in a statement by General J. Van & Metis, state di rector of selective service, made the announcement last night. "The orders we had were definite, too. They include everybody above 18 who has not reached his twenty sixth birthday. And I mean every body pre-medicine, pre-theoiogy, pre-everythlng. There are a very few persons who are subject to deferment bat It Is ap to them to show it and to prove It We are under instructions to Issue blanket calls for examination.'' Agricultural Deferments With regard to agriculture, the General stated that it seems to be the prevailing thought that the wlth uring agricultural activities would 11b- drawal of the war unit plan for measr eralize farm deferments. Metis stated this to be an erroneous construction, since the pnlt system was only a means of measuring the value of the registrant's farming effort in applying the Tydings A mendment, which Is stlU In effect. The Tydings Amend ment to the Selective Training and Service Act provides, in general, only that deferments be granted to those registrants who in the Judgment of the local boards are regularly en-, gaged in agricultural occupation or endeavor which is essential to the war effort. The General pointed out that tne directives which have been Is sued to the local boards have stressed tne national need lor young fighting men for the armed forces, as for merly stated by the President and later reiterated by General Marshall and others responsible for the best utilisation of our manpower In the successrui prosecution of the war ef--fort. Metis stated that the directive to the local boards provided that In determining whether a registrant is necessary to an agricultural occupation itauonai situation and need for or endeavor they should bear In mind -young men in the armed forces. He went on to say that the local boards were instructed that, in determining the question of essentialltv of the airri- cultural endeavor, they should not mse signs ot the fact that the war eN ror rtseir is ot paramount Importance and that the registrant could hardly be found essential unless his over-all production contributed more to the war effort than his service In tha armed forces.' He expressed a belief tnat tew young men would be granted agricultural deferments, in view of the need for young men In the armed forces. , - ' ....... , The General stated that North Car-. ollna Is required to furnish its pro portion of young fighting men and tnat its resources of manpower have already been drained to the point that the only young men eva'le f-e those who turn 18 and those present ly oeierrea in agriculture srvl inrt" try. . He expressed the opinion that agriculture, since very few hsve Y'n most of them, wul be withdrawn from dithdrawn during the p?t v -$ c-- eration under the unit as ca pered with the largs r r v i were Withdrawn at t - ; from industry. As sn 1 advised that tere t . ricd men t ' -"1 ' i 0O'Ti:"i 1 i . dc-i erred In Lk. . . -rt 'U - it i ' ft i
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