'I'
ramift FORECAST
' Scattered hower' and whunder
showers, and continued warn today,
tonight ,,-aad ..Tuesday. ,r .
MONXOE MARKET
Cotton, short, lb .. .. 21Me to 22ttc
Cotton, long, lb 37c to 31c
Cotton Seed, buahel TOttO
Eggs, dozen Me
Corn, bushel 1J0
Wheat, bushel $1.70
Sunset todar. unriae Tussdsy,
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PIELISHED ON mlDAYS AMD THURSDAYS
C2VENTY-FIEST YEAR
MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, MONDAY APRIL 10, 1944
S-MONTHS, 75e; 6-MONTHS, 1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, 2.00 A YEAR
Z K fi l l I 11 "
WW
r.
I Draft Boards
i Rush Progran
aick Induction For Non-De
ferable Under 26 1 Now
, In Progress
OLDSTERS WILL WAIT
With most of .the older men tem
porarily sidetracked, the nation'! 6,4$)
.draft boards will bustle una wee
yet men under 26 yean old Into com
feat training to replace coming battle
n. w if mrtmenL In announcing
the Army has reached Its planned
ktMngtb of T.mOOO. said last wtok
this "peak" win be exceeded to April
order t betln at once the training
young men o they win w
when needed to replace men falling m
tiatu. Baste tralnlnf takes three
- xnontns.
"Then earns Batorday order from
praft Director Lewi B. Hershey to
post pons au drare proceouro w
it and older who are In lobs making
contribution to the war.
Herahey said the Army and Navy
told him they need young men now,
ven If It mean failure to meet quotas
of older registrant.
With this new and urgent emphasis
on haste In April, it wa obvious that
If any substantial number of key men
under 38 In vital Industries were going
to be deferred, selective service must
get advice from other government
man power agencies, and get it quickly.
Man Power cnairman raw v.
Nutt, who also heads the committee
f man power claimants, an Inter
agency group,. was reported yesterday
to be ready to hand General Herahey
list of 13 activities in which some
.deferment are recommended for
younger men.
ifnNiitt'a list was understood to in'
xiiuta mai minis and nremedlcal and
predental student, activities which the
claimant commit tee had refused to
support But this ooo not mean a
large number of eoal miner win be
kept out of the draft, McNutt was
reported Insisting only on a tew miner
In certain nigniy-proaucuve mines.
Transportation was en the list, but
the Office of Defense Transportation
acknowledged that only a "small num
ber" of transportation men under 36
such as tram dispatchers, win be rec
ommended foe deferment
' The Herahey order concerning men
96 and okjer has confused many man
scheduled to report for Induction or
physical examinations, and some
boards themselves were unclear on
their exact procedure. These general
rules were laid down by a draft head
quarters officer yesterday:
1. If an individual Is in doubt about
what to do, he should contact his
local board for Instructions.
2. If a local board is In doubt, it
should contact the state director.
State directors were busy Interpret
ing the order for local boards. Condi
tions varied. Some states, with com
paratively few men under 36 still eligi
ble, planned to postpone processing of
older men only a few days. Others
said it might take two months to get
aU younger men through the draft
machinery.
Some state directors ordered a stay
of induction for all men 36 and older,
until local boards can determine which
men are making a contribution to the
war effort.
The new order did not Interrupt the
current effort to persuade 4-F to get
Into essential Job.
CLC DOTATION
prtl 25, l
' by J. I.
BoUeway, 4ft i. James CuPahaaeat
Thirty-two year ago, on April 16,
J. T. HoUoway of Monroe, received
the first carload of merchandise for
HoOoway Music Store in Monroe.
Today, after faithfully serving a large
trade for these many years, this pop
ular Dullness concern is announcing
elsewhere in The Inquirer, the discon
tinuance oi Business untu a iter trie
war.
In announcing the closing of his
store for the duration, Mr. Holloway
'I am unable to find words to
express my appreciation to you, my
customers and friends. We nave al
ways tried to give our customers the
beat in high class merchandise and
have built our business on such a
standard.
"We have helped many homes in
thla section enjoy the best in music.
Now the Army and Navy have all of
my help and I must close until my
bays come home. We are closing by
April 18th, and win be back with you
as soon as this war is over with the
beet on the market. I would like to
serve you for thirty-two more years!
In the closing of this welt-known
music house, the fourth oldest business
concern in the city. Is temporarily
closing its doors.
Directions For
Mailing Given
Be Sore Packages For Orer-
seas Denver? Are Well
Wrapped
POSTAL OFFICIALS .WARN
Markets. Cafes
Are Inspected
Local Health Department An
nounces Ratings Of Local
Eating Places
ONE CAFE , IS CLOSED
MONROE FT A HOLDS
MEETING FOR 1943-44
Only Three Meetings Of AsseclaUen
Will Be Held Next Tear.
The last meeting for the year. 1943
1944 of the Parent-Teacher Association
was held Wednesday, April 5th with
Mrs. Monroe Penegar presiding. Mrs.
Oro well's third grade pupils gave the
devotional and program. The children
sang a prayer for our men in service,
loUowed by the national anthem ot
Mexico, Great Britain, China, Russia
with the entire assembly joining In
singing "The Star Spangled Banner."
Juanalta Eflrd and Barbara Murray
recited Bible verses approplrate to
Springtime. The children then all
sang "The Birds' Return and "Dont
Km The Birds." David House was the
announces and at the close of the
program Invited the PTA member to
come to an exhibit of relics from sev
eral foreign countries, in Mrs. Crowell's
zoom. Many pictures, books, drawings,
souvenirs, and handwork from Mexico,
China, Holland, Prance and other
Allied Nation were on display there.
The convention of the North Caro
lina Parent-Teacher Association win
be held In Durham April 16th and
19th.' -. .-v-
' The following members volunteered
for duty far the recreation program for
Junior High and High School students
which are held at the Town Club and
Methodist Center on school day after
noons from 3:16 to 6:15. Town Club,
Mrs. OUn Bikes Mrs. Jada Williams,
Miss Ollle Alexander, Mrs. Dewey
' English. Methodist Center, Monday,
Miss Mary Waters, -Tuesday Mrs. H.
B. Smith. Wednesday Mrs. H. K. Oop-
. pie, Jr., Thursday Mrs. Monroe Pens
gar, Friday Mrs. Prank Hinaon. There
' were no dances .last week because It
wa Holy Week and the recreation
enter were dosed -Friday, afternoon
for the same reason. ,
The Nominating Committee was un
able to report. The suggestion was
mad that only three meeting be held
next year and the nominating eom
mlttes agreed to try again to flu a
slats of officers on this basis. -
The attendance prises were won
by Mr. Crowell's room in the gram
mar school and by Mis Burgess room
m the high school.
United States dollar slump on the
black market In Chins, ,
The Union County Health Depart'
ment announces the sanitary ratings
ot cafes, meat markets, hotels, and
other food handling establishments
for tile quarter ending March 31st.
These rating are based on items of
sanitation in accordance with State
Board of Health regulations.
Bach establishment under the super
vision of the County Health Depart
ment is visited at least once during
the quarter for the purpose of grading,
and more frequent visits are made in
order to check for compliance with
State Board of Health regulations.
During this survey thirty-four cafe,
twenty-four meat markets, and two
hotels were graded. Neither of the
hotels is serving food, and their rat
ings are based on regulations govern
ing the sanitation of lodging places.
One market and two cafes were re
quested to discontinue operations be'
cause of failure to meet the minimum
requirements until items violated could
be corrected. One market and one
cafe have been re inspected and are
now operating with their grades
posted. The other cafe remains closed
These ratings were made by local
Inspector L. T. Bragg, assisted during
the end ot the quarter by Prank Dil
lon. Mr. Dillon has Just recently
completed a course In Public Health
at the University of .North Carolina,
and has been assigned to, the Union
County Health Department.
The , ratings in percentage are as
follows:
Cafes
Orade A Gamble's Drug Store
Lunch, Monroe, 91; Royal Cafe, Mon
roe, 90; USO Snack Bar, Monroe, 90;
Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital, Monroe, 90.
Orade B Crow's Sandwich Shop,
Monroe, 88; Oasis, Monroe, 87; Dai's
Lunch, Monroe, 87; Swing's Cafe, Mon
roe, MA; City Cafe, Monroe, 86; Five
Points Lunch, Monroe 86: Star Cafe,
Marsh vllle, 86; Monroe Sandwich
Shop, Monroe, 85; Fitzgerald Cafe,
Monroe, 84.5; Soda Shop, Monroe, 84.5;
Americana Grill, Monroe 84; Mont
gomery's Lunch, Monroe, 84; Baucom's
Lunch, Monroe, 83; Manetta Lunch,
Manetta Mills, Monroe, 82.5; New York
Cafe, Monroe, 82.5; Center Lunch,
Monroe 82.0; Barbee's Lunch, Monroe,
81.8; Elliott's Canteen, Monroe, 81.5;
Minute Grill, Monroe, 81; Hill Top,
Monroe, 61; Belmont Cafe, Monroe;
80 A; Black's Lunch, Monroe, 80.5;
Brass RaU, Monroe, 80.; Godwin's
Sandwich Shop, MarshvUle, 80.
Grade C Commando Grill, Monroe,
75 J; Austin's Sandwich Shop, Monroe,
75 J; Royal Garden, Monroe, 75; Red
Pig, Monroe, 73.5; Klondike Cafe, Win
gate, 73; Victory Cafe, Monroe, 72.
Market
Grade A Little Star, Monroe, 90.5;
Baucom & Preslar. Monroe. 90.5: Fun-
derburk's Market, Monroe, 90.
Grade B Helms Grocery, Benton
Heights, "88.5; Star Market, Monroe,
86.5; A & P, Monroe, 853; Five Points
Food Store, Monroe,. 85.5; Hancoth.
Monroe. 85.8 ; Fitzgerald & Co., 85.5;
Union Cold Storage. Monroe, 85: Ed
wards Market, MarshvUle. 82; Nlsbet
Market, Waxhaw, 81JS; Baker's Market,
Waxhaw, 81; Central Food Store,
MarshvUle, 81; Shaw's Market, Monroe
80A; Perry's Market, Wingate, 80;
Mangum Market, Monroe, 78: Moser'i
Market, Mineral Springs, 78; Cren
shaw's. West Monroe, 77 A; Rice Mar
ket. R3, Matthews, 71.5; Smith' Mar
ket, R3. Matthews, 71; Austin's Market,
Wingate, 71; Ross Market, Monroe,
704; Dixie Home Store, Monroe, 70.5.
Clifford Clinton Howie, son -of Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Howie, wtfl leave to
morrow for Jacksonville, Fla, where
be win take his "boot training" m the
U. 8. Navy. . . - -.v,
Damage is resulting to many parcels
mailed to members of armed forces
overseas due to the fact that these
parcels are not packed or wrapped
with sufficient care to withstand the
handling necessary in transporting
them Jt Is stated by Postmaster Sam
H. Lee.
This maU must be stored on hip
board, often under a tremendous load
of other maU, and transported great
distance besides undergoing much
rehandUng. Obviously, Mr. Lee points
out, the contents of such parcels must
be very tightly packed and the outside
containers must be considerably strong
er than containers used for parcels
which do not leave this country. While
some boxes may be strong enough
without an outer wrapper, the war de
partment advises that it is highly
desirable that aU boxes for overseas
shipment be wrapped in heavy paper.
as experience has shown that boxes
without an outer wrapper often be
come crushed or split, thus allowing
the contents to escape.
When such articles as hard candies,
nuts and caramels (Including those
covered with chocolate), fruit cakes,
chocolate bars individually wrapped
In waxed paper, are Included In a par
cel they should be inclosed In inner
boxes of tin, wood or cardboard. Soft
candles, whether home-made or com
mercial, do not carry well.
The postal department Is asking all
postmasters to refuse to accept parcels
for overseas unless they are properly
prepared for mailing, so the public
may save time and trouble by properly
preparing the boxes before submitting
them tor shipment.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
Cf BRIEF
Tfsa-Un ass eat rail way 195
let Bscharest. start
siege M Odessaf by breaking thra
wswbs sad tnmcate eressing ef
Caech-SlOTaklsq border in Tartar
Aerial C. 8. bombers, some out
firing range f fighter escorts,
hammer Are aircraft plants in Po
land, East FliS-ls and northeast
Germany, St ef 1,500 to 1,750
planes fall t returnd.
Draft Age Men
In 3 Groups
4-Fs Are Urged To Take
Jobs Vital To Nation's
War Effort
NEW POST SURGEON
i ARRIVES AT SUTTON
Lt CoL Thomas H. Wright Of Temple,
Texas, Assumes New Duties.
Italian Artillery duels on the
beachhead, patrels clash on Adri
atic end of saaut frent, naval
forces pound Dalmatian coast.
French De Kaalle abolishes
Giraad's peat as commander of
Freneh army, Osraad rejects lesser
Job in open breach.
India-Bums Japanese pene
trate oataUrU ef British base of
Kahuna, clataned captured by
Tokyo; plain of Imphal goes under
virtual siege.
Australian Washington military
experts express concern over Aus
tralian plans ts reduce Its army.
Pacific Liberators five Truk
16th lashing in 11 days to "soften
up" Carolines Stronghold; AlUed
raids on other islands continue.
Union County's
Men In Service
McNUTT MAKES APPEAL
Man Power Chairman Paul V. Uc-
Nutt and Draft Director Lewis B. Her
shey have requested 4-F"s who are not
already so employed to seek Jobs In
essential activities or those designated
Dy tne vrac as "locaUy needed."
A similar separate appeal also was
made by Chairman CosteUo, Democrat
of California, of a House military sub
committee who said he had "no desire
to establish some sort of labor con
scription." This group has been con
sldering legislation for a draft of 4-Fs
into a work corps if they do not vol
utnartly take esesntial employment.
CosteUo made clear this idea has not
been abandoned.
As the appeals to 4-Fs went out,
men of draft age were divided by new
selective service regulations into three
age groups and local boards were in
structed to go easier on those In the
30 to 38 bracket.
McNutt and Hershey urged all 4-Fs
who are in doubt about their employ
ment to consult their local U. S. Em
ployment Seervice office. They esti
mated that over 2.000 oon nf t.hp a find -
,000 4-F's are already in essential or
locally needed work.
The announcement said the present
essential list, including 35 eeneral
fields of activity Important to the war
effort, is to be used in determining
which 4-F's will be considered to be
Soviet Forces
Starting Siege
Red Army Cats Farther Into
Rumania And Burst Into
Odessa
NAZIS ARE FALLING BACK
Lt. Col. Thomas R. Wright, M. C,
of Temple, Texas, has assumed the
duties of post surgeon and director of
the camp's medical division at Camp
Sutton. He succeeds Lt. Col. Jackson
B. Dlsmukes, of Geneva, Ala., who has
left tor another station to form a
general hospital unit for overseas duty.
The new commander of Camp Sut
ton's laree station hoSDltal Is a gradu
ate of Texas A. A M and nf the The. Red army rolling through Ru-
medical school of the University of I mania captured 200 more vUalges yes
Texas. He peerformed his hospital I terday, cutting the Iasl-Pascsni rail
service in Temple and was In private 1 195 mUes northeast of the capital
Dractlce in Oonales. Texas when call-! t Bucharest, and began the siege of
ed to active Army duty In November, Odessa by bursting into its suburb
1940. A member of the Medical Corps j "u ee muKa norm oi me jmsck sea
reserve since 1937, he comemnced
his present tour of duty as a first lieutenant.
Lieut. Col. Wright's changes of sta-
port, Moscow announced last night.
Front dispatches also Indicated that
Russian troops had fought their way
across the Csecho-Slovaklan border in
tion have carried him across th con. the Tatar pass area, but the Soviet
tlnent from Ariona to North Carolina, ; buUetln was silent on that sector after
with time out for an Army course In
cnest surgery, his specialty, at Mayo
Brothers' clinic, in Rochester, Minn.,
in 1942. His last stop before Camp
sutton was Northington General hos
pital, Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he or-
ganled the surgical service.
Mrs. Wright Is in residence with the
colonel in Monroe, together with their
eignt-year-old son Tommy.
Pvt. Worth Griffin, son of Mrs. John
Flncher of R4 Monroe, has been trans- in essential wnrk
wui wmxey, icxas m , ueenral Hershey has said that the
PERMITS ARE GRANTED
BY RATIONING BOARD
At the regular meeting of the Union
County War Price and Rationing
Board, Monday afternoon, April 3, the
foUowlng applications were approved:
Passenger tires George A. Kiker.
Rl Indian TraU; K. A. Helms, Rl
Monroe; HvL. Richardson, R4 Monroe;
H. H. Taylor, Rl MarshvUle; Rudolph
Plylex, H4 Monroe; A. R. Parker, Rl
Monroef W: T. McCain, R5 Monroe:
Walter B. StegaU, Rl Monroe; B. S.
Carriker, R2 Monroe; DiUard Massey,
;.R5 Monroe; Warren S. Starnes. R4
Monroe; Clarence Helms, R2 Monroe;
G. A. Stikleather, R2 Monroe; Sam
Rollins, R4 Monroe: J. H. Richardson,
R5 Monroe; W. T. Robertson, Rl Mon
roe; Buford A. Price, R2 Monroe;
Barnes H. Plyler, Rl Monroe; John C.
Martin, R3 Monroe; J. R. Laney, R2
Monroe; Jesse Griffin, Rl Monroe; D.
J. Griffin, R4 Monroe; J. B. BaUey
R2 MarshvUle; Charles W. Ayscue, Jr.,
Monroe; W. H. Hammond. Monroe:
Cyrus McRorie R3 Monroe; City of
Monroe; J. W. Rowell, R3 Monroe; G.
W. Little R2 Marshvile; Joe N. Helms,
Monroe; Milton 8. Robinson, RL1
Monroe; Horace Pressly R3 Monroe:
George W. Simpson, R2 Monroe; John
3. Reeder, Rl Indian TraU; Henry
Mullls, R3 Monroe; W. T. HU1, Jr.,
Rl Monroe; Alfredo A. Clements.
Monroe; W. Amrie Flncher, Rl Wax
haw; Glen Winchester, R2 Monroe;
H. W. Purser, R3 Monroe; Ellis M.
Bos well, Rl Monroe; R. T. Rowland,
R3 Waxhaw; A. J. Melton, R4 Mon
roe; Zeb Benton, Rl Monroe: Billy D.
Vlckers, Camp Sutton; M. R. Broome,
Monroe: Jos. H. Armbrust, Monroe;
Rev. Clyde Preslar, R3 MarshvUle;
J. R. Hunter, Rl Monroe: John San-
timauro, MarshvUle; Mrs. Emily J. Lee
Rl Waxhaw; CromweU F. Chambers
Rl MarshvUle.
Passenger Tubes Karl J. Newman,
Monroe; George L. Hart. Monroe; H.
A. McCorkle, R5 Monroe! H. J. Phi
fer, PI Monroe; Jos. H. Armbrust,
Monroe; H. L. Richardson, R4 Mon
roe; J. H. Richardson, R5 Monroe:
Charles R. Price R5 Monroe; Clarence
Helms, R3 Monroe; M. R. Broom,
Monroe; Billy D. Vlckers; Camp Sut
ton; S. J. Broom, Rl Indian TraU; Carl
W. Clontz. Rl Indian TraU; Hertha J.
Freeman, R3 Monroe; Martin Helms,
R3 Monroe; Rudolph Plyler, R4 Mon
roe; Blanch WaddeU, Rl Waxhaw; T.
R. Nlsbet Waxhaw.
Truck Tires Henderson Roller Mills
Co.. Monroe; Steve Gordon, Mineral
Snrings: Norman Barbee, Rl Monroe;
Mrs. Clyde Collins, Waxhaw; Jesse J.
i Richardson, Rl Indian TraU; B. W.
Todd, R5 Monroe; J. A. Nance R2
MarshvUle; J. B. Tucker Lumber Co.,
Camp Bowie. Before he left camp
Maxey he was awarded the Good
Conduct medal of the Army for exem
plary behavior .efficiency, and fidelity.
He would like to hear from all his
friends. His new address Is: ASN
34433077, 466 M. P. E. G. Co., Camp
Bowie, Texas.
Cpl. Charles L. Haywood, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Haywood of Waxhaw.
Is home on a ten-days furlough. Chas.
Is stationed at Camp Hale, Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. Haywood have three
sons In service and are proud of
them. PFC Wiley E. Haywood is
somewhere in England. Cpl. Adwell
M. Haywood is somewhere in Italy.
Charles served eleven months at Hllo
Hawaii. Adwell served eleven months
in North Aprica and now In Italy. PFC
wuey has been In England four
months. The boys are grandsons of
the late John H. Rogers. Hiere are
13 of Mr. Rogers' grandsons in service
and the family is proud of them all
Whiteford N. Griffin, Seaman First
Class, has come home for a five-day
furlough. He has been In North
Africa. He is spending his furlough
with his brother. Shelly Griffin of
icemoriee.
Bob Dobson, aviator student at the
University of North Dakota, things
such cold weather as we have had
here would be balmly spring if he were
here. Out there he has been In thirty
Detow zero, and referring to the cold
and deep snow, wrote his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. R. Dobson, that "Bob
loves Monroe."
Pvt. Claude Tuttle Icenhour. son of
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Icenhour, R2,
Monroe, has reported at Keesler Field,
BUoxl, Miss, for medical and psy
chological processing, classification
and training to determine his q uallfi
cations as a pre-aviation cadet. Upon
successful completion of this phase of
his processing, he win be sent to a
coUege or university for five months
further study or directly to a pre
flight center for cadet training, de
pending upon his previous academic
background.
Cpl. C. T. Winchester, Jr., has fin
ished radio school at Scott Field, El
and has been transferred to Yuma.
Arts., in the Majova Desert. He writes
his parents that the days are hot, the
nights cold, and the wind blows all the
the time. His address is: ASN 34273617
Sqdn, 7 class 44-20 Army Flexible
Gunnery School, Y. A. A. F., Yuma,
Ariona.
others those not working or those
in nonessential Jobs, who refuse to get
essential Jobs will be inducted and
forced to work In some activity that
wm neip win me war.
The CosteUo committee expressed
belief in a statement that man-power
ueeas couia De met "on a purelyvolun
tary basis provided we receive the co
uperauon or every patriotic cltisen
within the nation."
It reminded 4-F's that when they
wcie tBJieo. ior military service and
rejected, their places In the fighting
forces were taken by someone else.
"The least that such a disaualifled
person can do to make sure that the
one who is fighting In his stead Is
suppUed with al the necessities for
carrying on the fight," lt added.
The 6,400 local boards got their lat
est Instructions on job deferments in
a memorandum sent by mail.
Although dependency as a test for
deferment has long since yielded to
jod esenuallty and age, the boards
were told that prewar fathers 26 ano
over, in cases where all other factors
are equal, will normally be accorded
joo aeierments In preference to non
fathers. i
Draft officials, commenting on this
provision, said cases where all other
factors are exactly equal mav be few
and far between.
The three age brackets and how
draft boards will consider them:
18 through 25 Whether fathers or
not, these men get no Job deferments
unless they are Indorsed as key men
by a state draft director or unless they
are in farming. merchAnt. murine or
Army transport corps. Former regula-1
tions also excepted certain technical
students, but the new order forces all
students to take their chances of being
individually indorsed by a state director.
26 through 29 Job deferments for
'necessary men" in war production
or in support of the war effort, but
this requirement wUl be "strictly ap
plied." Fathers have the edge on non
fathers, other things being equal.
30 and over The necessary-man re
quirement "will be applied less strictly
with the increased age of the regi
strant." Other things being equal.
fatherfs wU be given more liberal con
sideration than non-fathers or fath
ers 26 through 29.
Gasoline
Remain Tight
Pipe Lines Carry More Oil
But Civilians Need Expect
No Increase
Harold G. Haigler A-S, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Haigler, has finished
his boot training at Bainbridge, Md.,
and came last Friday to spend a nine
day furlough with his wife and par
ents on the Charlotte highway.
The War department Thursday an
nounced th promotion of Chaplain
Coy Muckle, XM North Long street,
Charlotte, from the rank of first lieu
tenant to captain. . .
Prt Jos Scales who is in the Fi
nance offics st Morris Field In Char
totta, spent Easter here wtth his moth
er, Mrs. A. A. Scales.''
British women taks over osngserou
Job of testing new artilelry.
PFC and Mrs. Theorore CUnton
Haigler arrived last Friday from Pas-
Monroe; Bourgeon RoweU, Rl Indian 'ZsjJZ T I ?
v.li . lough at their home on Benton
TraU.
Truck Tubes J. A. Nance,
MarshvUle; R. B. Tyler, Monroe.
R2
BARRICADES HOLD BOTH
SIDES AT ANZI0 AREA
Wire Entanglements And Buried Ex-
leatves Seal Germans From Arties.
With both sides barricaded behind
barbed-wire entanglements and buried
explosives th battle on th Amdo
beachhead south of Rom has settled
down into a steady artillery duel and
sporadic patrol activity. ;
The big gun duel definitely ha de
veloped these opposing assets:
- The German' artilelry outranges the
Anted guns at least four or fir mUes
and sometimes more than 10 miles.
Th Fifth Army forces, however, out
number the enemy both In artillery
available and to ammunition.
Thus, German front-line force are
facing much heavier firs than Allied
troops, but Allied rear , units at th
same tiros ax suffering mors shening
than th enemy rear.
Officer said both side are to deeply
dug In holes, trenches, tunnel, end
sandbagged, dougouts. that sasuslUss
are .comparatively low, considering th
intsnsur of th duL - .
Heights and with their parents, Mr.
and with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Haigler and Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Brooks. PFC Haigler has recently
been transferred to Fort McArthur.
California.
818gt Harold Crook, who is sta
tloned overseas, is visiting Mr. and
500 CroweU Street, Monroe, N. C, has
been promoted to technical sergeant
He Is a platoon sergeant with an in
fantry unit of the Fifth Army In Italy.
Tom Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Stewart, formerly of Wingate but
who are now living In Charlotte, left
a few days ago for the Navy. Mr.
Stewart is a grandson of Mrs. T. C.
Schachner of Monroe.
Capt. George Laney and Lieut. Percy
Laney, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter
Laney, who have both landed some
where in England, have contacted
each other on the telephone, and made
plans for sn early meeting. They had
not seen each other in three years."
Pvt. Philip SeweU, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. SeweU, who has recently
beeen inducted into the Army, has
been sent to Los Angeles, CaUf. He
wUl go to his new base Wednesday.
nhlBf Phmrmactat J. O. Roberta who
Mr. Walter Crook and relative and has bttn (pending several days with
friends. This is hi first visit home I Mrs Roberts, left yesterday morning
sines he volunteered for aenrtc four for MUUdgevUle, Oa where he is sta
and a half years ago. He was at Peerf tloned for the present.
Harbor, December 7, 1941 when the,
Jap first attacked. , Seaman J-O Harvey Morrison. JT
who is with the anti-aircraft division
S-Sgt. Holland Crook, of Fort Jack- in Bainhridsa. Md anent the week-end
son, & C is home on a throe-day, here with hi family and hi parent.
to os who ni orouer, s-sgb.Mr. and Mr. W. H. Morrison, and at-
ICKES STATES FACTS
Secretary Ickes has announced that
"contrary to the Impression held in
some quarters," there is no possibility
at in is time of increasing civilian gas
oline rations in any section of the
conutry.
"Despite any statements made by
so-called 'informed sources,'' stocks of
gasoline for civilian use are tight aU
over the country," said Ickes, who is
petroleum administrator for war, in a
statement.
"Stocks of total crude netroleum
and products in the United States
are at the lowest level they have been
in the last 20 years. The allocations
for the second quarter of 1944 have
been made to the Office of Price Ad
ministration. It is not expected that
uicoe win De cnanged."
Deputy PAW Chief Ralph K. Davles,
in a supplementary statement, said
that east coast petroleum supplies are
generaUy in a better position than
they were last year, but; "This does
not mean that there is Art arinnHonrwt
of gasoline supplies. We are merely
in a better working position In this
ntt?KW' an.d 01118 mav " W" t
avoid the serious shortages that con
stantly plagued us aU last summer "
i.881" PAW not foresee
any substantial easing ......
?JT miUt demands contlnu;
I" 7' ',. IK1 e more we supply
.n" ' the ! avauable
for clvUlans
Davies said that with two big pine
les now onerfttino- f 7.pe
least " lens to ine
easl Kn?Pftatl0n Plem has
S,? but the current prob
lem is "prlmarilv on t .i ..
" w tsuflJij.
U. S. AIR LOSSES ARE
KtrORTED.VERY SMALL
American air losses
many are smaller than expected, Ma
Joroeneral Frank O. D. Hunter has
Speaking before t.h Mart! a
nautics dinner meeting of the T Society
Of Automotive enaln A.-L?lety
ter said overall i. ... "
dished ova G y "hl
?n 5 .per wnt nce August. 1942
Indecent weeks bomber loSTs have
oeen 2.2 per cent and fighter losses
only 8 per cent, despite the large
Asserting that "mastery of the skies
prerequisite to the invasion of Europl-
tinn?"?1aChieved by tne united n
tions," General Hunter said. "It is ap
parent taht the t.im. , i' t... ap
hand." "e UJ 1S at
The commander of t.h nw . .
Pnt , ffZ(M!eS' 881(5 the
w k, offensive to the heart of
ing blow struck at the Nazis, "and
German industry Is the most damag
contributes to the Russian ground ad-vance.
General Hunter renortert that th.
United States Is now first in air power
among nations, with an Army air
force fit 2.400.000 ofTWr. .nn
Pkne production increased
12,100 per cent compared with 1939,
when the force numbered 1.300 officers
and 18,000 men, with about 1,600
planes of all type.
He estimated that the curve of Ger
man air power slanted downward
beginning last February, and that
present enemy production Is not suffi
cient to. keep pace with plane losses.
leawre ot tne aeronautic dinner
was the award of the Wrkrht hmti
(medal to Costa Ernest Pappas. chief
aynamMS at im Republic Avia-
mi rarporaoon.
Saturday' announcement that too
Hungarian-held frontier had been at
tained on a broad front.
The German High Command also
announced that another Russian army,
presumably Gen. Feodor I. Tolbukhin's
Fourth Ukraine forces, was hammering
fiercely at the Perekop and Sivash
London. Odessa, greatest port
on the Black Sea and first major
prize of Hitler' invasion of Russia,
has fallen to the striding Red
Army rapidly planting its banners
along the Russian state frontiers,
Beerlin announced today. Evacua
tion of the port and naval base
was acknowledged by the German
Command, which also declared the
Russians were striking out in ap
parent fun-blown offensive to dear
the Crimea. The oommnniqae
broadcast from Berlin said heavy
fighting was In progress on a broad
front from the Sivash to the Pere
kop sectors an the north side of
the Crimea Isthmus and the Ra
stans were petietratlng the garri-
Harold Crook, at the bom of Mr, and
Mrs. Walter Crook. This is the first
time they have seen each other In four
and a half year. . .
Sgt. B. BE. Griffin of Camp Pickett,
Vs., left this morning after spending
a nine-day furlough wtth bis parents,
Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Griffin of Rl Mon
ro, r - ;', ';.,. 4A -..."."
InfaatryoMut
With ths Fifth Armyr Italy Staff
Sergeant Gsorgs B. Ballentlns, son of
William T. Balkntln. who Urn at
tended the Christening of his little
daughter,- Marian Nlsbet Morrison at
th First Presbyterian church yester
day.. -
Pvt. Frank English of Camp wheel
er, Macon, Ga, wUl com tomorrow
tor a seven-days furlough with his
parent, Mr and Mrs. John English
Vann Sttdy, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
B. Budy, of Monro, Rl, who was In
ducted into 4he Nary several weeks
ago has conpleUid his "Isoot training''
at Bsinbrklgs, Md and is now taking
gunner training. He wa unable to
get bom for Easter, but got leave
long enough to corns to Charlotte
yesterday where be was 'met by wife,
two children and hi parent and
pent about three hour visiting with
them.. He arrived shout five o'clock
yesterday afternoon and . left - last
night Mr. and Mrs. Budy have two
other sons m the semes, corporal
John Budy, who I stationed in Eng
land with the Airfares, and Seymore
K JSudy, who has been in the Navy
ra roe past it Tear. , He fc now
osnewber at . .
bridgeheads at the top of the Crimeian
peninsula .where more than 100,000
German and Romanian troops have
been sealed off for months.
Zagorna, only 7tt miles north west
of Isai, feU to Marshal Ivan 8. Konev's
second army, which also swept around
that Rumanalan raU center to cut
the city's link with Pascanal 43 miles
to the west.
Pascanai is a junction on the Cer-
nautl-Mucharest trung Una 157 miles
northwest ot the rich PloesU oil .wells.
a prime oojecuve of the- big Soviet
push, and Ploesti is onlv 30 milm
north of Bucharest.
Thus the lower wing of Konev's arm
was wheeling southward parallel with
the Carpathian mountain barrier tow
ard the Danube estuary and the
coastal gap leading around the moun
tains Into central Romania, while his
middle force and northern wing al
ready 40 mUes inside wavering Ro
maniawere hitting westward tn rlpun
out Axis troops pinned between the
Siret river and the mountains.
The cutting of the raUwav to Pm-
canl left the Axis garrison at Iasi a
single rau supply or escape route. It
leads southward from a point Just
west of Iasi, Romania's fourth largest
peacetime city with a population of
104,000 and temporary capital during
the first World war.
Twenty-one vUlaees fell in nn
Rodion Y. Malinovsky's Third Ukraine
nny attacking around Odessa, said
the broadcast-communique recorded
by the Soviet monitor.
These Included Sortirovochnaya a
rail station three
city near the Odessa cemetery, and tn
the mile-wide coastal gap formed by
the Kuyalntskl lagoon and the Black
sea. The Imperilled German-Romanian
troops had hoped to hold this
bottleneck, which Is so vital to the de
lense of the former flnviAt pu.i.
naval base.
A village only 11 mUes t u.
sa, the last big Russian city still held
by the Germans, also was seised by
Malinovsky's veterans many of whom
fought for two months in the unsuo
SELi nst the
The Moscow communique also an
nounced that Soviet troops still were
fighting annihilation batties ratast
the remnants of the 15 Axis dion
tiH, "'J? f Skala. Just north of
the middle Dnestr river tn the south
western corner of the Ukraine.
saw w ..el?1,an H1Kh Command
M't" 8tr German
Ih , hat area nnaUy had "avoid
ed encirclement In 14 days of fighting
a "umericaUy vastly superior 5
PLAY AT WINGATE JR.
COLLEGE FRIDAY NIGHT
MasgjBe And Wig Club Win Present
A Three-Act Ced77
The Masque end Wig Club of Win
gate Junior College wiU present t: '
y fa .three acts, Friday night.
Af"jat 'dock ta cntelge
autorium. Tisa middle-aged spin
sier, and her two companions. Aavi '
whV tot0 P trS
wnen they btrv a amiuLh.i .
leave to get closer to nature and "lead
SalfSf "ll" Roberts Rome!
na brought her most enduring popu-
VZ? been Jua7th.
most humorous character that she
has ever created. ..
rJ?J character,:
Letiti Carberrv. ru b, t.-.. '
Ohapman. , . .' ' ;
IJssle--Katriryn Huntley. ii '
Aggie-Beatrice Oulledge. -Un
Lelghtan SaUy Vaughan. I
Charita Nettle Suggs. .
Luther Hopkins o. a Mungo.
OalUs Hopkins Eunice Vault.
Charlie 8ands-Cartyle Morris.
Bettlna Trent Eulalia BowelL '
Sheriff Lem Pike John Lowery.
Wesley Andrews Wayne 'Slsyton.
Denby Guinea Jimmy Fnoock.
Doric Gay lord fcveivn
L If you relish laughter you simply
I mustnt' nlu ruh .