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WEATHER FORECAST Fair and cool tonight, with Mat tered frost; Friday, fair and warm er. . ., '. ! MONROE MARKET 21 c to S2H0 .. 27o to 31c Cotton Seea, Eggs, dozen ,. .Tr.-, :, o 28e Corn, bushel Tri-Kif $1 Wheat, bushel 77 11.70 Sunset today, 7:63 p. m.; sunrise tomorrow, 8:5 J a. m. PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS BEVENTY-FKST YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1944 3-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTH8, $1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, f 2.00 A YEAR mmmm I I II I ' II l J I ' I I J I 1,1. f L t in MP. Vr List Outlines Critical Jobs Selective Service Tells Draft Boards Which Occupations Rate Deferments OFFICIALS ARE RUSHED A handful of the preprofesslonal stu dents and some coal miners were add ed at the last minute Tuesday as selective service wound up a study of which industries should have draft de- lermetns of key men under 30 ana Issued a list of critical occupations for guidance of state draft directors. Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey included the students on rec ommendation of Man-Power Chairman Paul V. McNutt although an inter agency government committee omitted them and coal miners In preparing Its proposed list. McNutt also recommended Inclusion of coal mines to be specified In Pennsylvania, West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, south ern Wyoming, Washington and the western part of Virginia. Hershey did not put them formally on the list but announced that state directors In certain coal-producing areas were being given special au thority to defer individuals whose in duction would result In serious curtail ment in coal production. State directors were authorized by telegram to recommend men under 26 for deferment when special forms are filed (forms 42 A-special) and when they are engaged In the following in dustrial activities: 1. Under Jurisdiction of the Office of the Rubber Director; research, pi loting, and production of synthetic rubbers, butadene and styrene; pro duction of essential raw materials in three government-owned plants oper ated by the Rubber Reserves company at Memphis, Tenn., Naugatuck, Conn., and Philadelphia) ; manufacture of re claimed rubber; manufacture of es sential rubber goods permitted under rubber order R-l; manufacture of rub ber processing machinery. 2. Army service forces: ducks, (am phibious "ducks"), rockets, radar, cri tical components for trucks, heavy and light-heavy (2 1-2 ton and heav ier) , including truck trailers and class one and two tractors; research and development work specifically assigned by the technical services (Army to supply list). 3Jtrjpy Air forces; group 1-A .h craft only specified Items (covering certain craft not otherwise publicly described). i Notre denartment: landing craft. rockets, Submarines .aircraft carriers, Wgh capacity ammunition, radar, aircraft in group 1-4, ships and air craft maintenance including modifi cation centers. 5. War Production board: component parts of approved critical programs when such production Is not under the direct .supervision of the armed services or other claimant agencies. 6. aMritime commission: combat loaded transport, combat-loaded cargo vessels and tankers. ' 7. Petroleum administration for war: aviation gasoline program and synthe tic rubber components, technical ser vices vital to aviation gasoline pro gram and synthetic rubber compo nents, special technical services essen tial to production of crude petroleum. 8. Office of Defense Transportation: Great Lakes and inland waterways A only captains and chief engineers; B) other licensed officers for 1944 navigation season; Airlines flight personnel, ground personnel only outside the continental United States; Railroads and for hire trucking personnel engaged In railway and mo tor transport service directly related to the movement of war freight neces sary to support the immediate war ob jectives, the withdrawal of which would decrease the safety speed and volume of movement so as to adversely affect such war objectives, also (A) railway personnel engaged In assembly line, haul, and break-up of railway freight trains, and (B) key personnel of those trucking companies whose equipment is more than 16,000 tons gross weight of vehicles. 9. War Shipping administration: Pharmacist mates, off-shore shipping active sea-going personnel and men In training for service In the merchant-marine no more men under 26 are being recruited for training). 10. Board of War Communications: International radio-telegraph, radio telephone and cable carriers outside the continental United States. 11. War Pood administration:, spe cial technical services essential to wet corn milling. . . I 13. Oo-ordlnator of Fisheries: oper ation of commercial fishing vessels of 30 gross tons or over captains only. WEDDINGT0N NEWS The Woman's Society of Christian Service met with Mrs. J. O. Cox for the April meeting. . The special col lection taken up during the business session amounted to $8.84. Mrs. J. O. Cox was appointed to have charge of the Bible study at the next meeting. All art asked to read and study the lesson. The leaflet on the work among the people of China and In the schools was given by Mrs. Fred DeaL Mrs. W. B. Thomas bad charge of tho de votional. V f. , v- ' " Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Revels and fam ily spent Sunday with Mr. and Mis. J. T. Matthews. Mrs. Edward KlQovgb and daughters spent Easter with her mother, - Mrs. H. B. Stevens. Andre Cox, TJ. 8. Kavy, spent a few day with his parents. Rev. and Mrs. J. Cv Cox. Miss Virginia Cox of Bock- well was at home for Easter. . Miss Gertrude Moore of Lowell was at bom for Easter. - . Mrs. Clifford - Deal, Elisabeth Anne and Clifford Deal, Jr., spent Sunday .with Mrs. Wad Fwwea la Wlngat. CANDIDATES MUST FILE BY SATURDAY, APRIL 15 Present Beard Of County Commission ers Seek Reelection. With only two days remaining In which candidates may file for the Democratic Primary, little Interest is being shown and the only office In which there promises to be some op position is for constable of Monroe township. Already three have an nounced. Including Chatham J. Smith the present constable, Houston "Slim" Privette and W. J. Whltle::. and there may still be others who will announce. All members of the present Board of County Commissioners have now filed for re-election, with the an- . ii ' . , tne name and account number of rj.ttlJW .""Ployee. and the wages paid V.r;Wv.7Vrnrrr';:ihlm "8 Pilous calendar most acceptably as Union county's rep. resentative in the State Legislature has announced for another term. Judge P. H. Johnson of the Recorder's S ZJEZySLSZ torney, and Miss Clara Laney. Register of Deeds, have just announced for re-election to their present positions. J. David Simpson, chairman of the Union County Board of Elections stated today, that the deadline for candidates to file, will be Saturday, April 15 at 6 p. m. While It is possl ble that there are still other candi dates who will enter the race for various offices In the county, political wiseacres, predict one of the quietest county elections In recent years. Voters can register on April 2!, May 6 and 13 at the places of voting. between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. Saturday, May 20, will be Challenge Day. at which time the hours will be from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m Poultrymen To Get Increase Announcement Is Made That Producers Will Benefit By Price Hike WILL OFFSET COSTS Representative Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrat of Texas, announced yester day that Federal price authorities had agreed tentatively to grant poultry producers an average Increase of two cnts a pound in celling prices on broilers during the next two months. The increase is expected to go into effect next week; 'and will be passed on to the consumer. Poultry raisers urged the change to offset soaring feed costs. Details were disclosed by Johnson after conferences with Economic Sta bilization Director Fred M. Vinson, War Food Administrator Marvin Jones, and Office of Price Administration of ficials. v Producers would be allowed to add to their prices during the remainder of April the amount charged for storage of broilers in that month, 1.8 cents a pound. The storage fees for May are fixed at 2.2 cents, and producers would be allowed to increase their present ceilings by that amount in May. Federal authorities hope by that time to have worked out a new price ceiling arrangement on a zone basis to allow producers a sufficient amount to cover their increased feed costs, Johnson said. The Texan said the new price regu lations woudl permit producers to en Joy the additional increase averaging 2 cents a pound between now and June 1, eveen though they did not actually sell their broilers direct to dealers for storage in warehouses. SGT. JOE RUSHING MISSING IN ACTION Had Been In Service 14 Months; In England Since January. Sgt. Joe Rushing, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Rushing of R3, Monroe, a gunner on a Flying For tress, is reported "missing in action." A telegram received by his parents Wednesday, April 5th, read: "The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, Sgt Joe Rushing, has been reported missing In action since twenty-three March over Germany. Letter follows. Dunlop acting, Adj. General." Sgt.' Rushing, in service about 14 months, bad been overseas since January,- and was stationed in England. Newspaper dispatches show that on March 23rd, 1,500 allied planes par ticipated In the raid over enemy ter ritory and It was then for the first time they met their stiff est opposition by German air fighters. Our losses on that day were 33 planes, which in cluded 37 bombers and six fighters. Sgt Rushing has two brothers in serevice. Pvt. Vance Rushing and Pvt. Trancy Otto Rushing. They left Tues day, April 4th and at present are sta tioned at Fort Bragg. ... Mr. and Mrs. Rushing have ten children: Mr. Theodore Rushing, Pvt. Vane Rushing, J. C. Rushing, Pvt. Trancy Bushing, Ray Rushing, Mrs. Gertrude OonneU, Sgt. Joe Rushing, Miss Annie Lee Rushing, 1 Keith Rushing, now 15, and Troy Rushing, who is 13 years of age. , . ; HELPER IS TN TROPBUE ' , 4- .When Mrs. Felice Ferris found a goat butting on her front door, in Philadelphia, she seised Its horns and pushed, but to no avail. That's no way,' yelled a passing woman motorist. Oet behind the beast and push." - ', -.r " 8ho .did m bard that , tha goat chased the motorist , back into her car. Two policemen . finally . caught the animal, fugitive from a farmer. Lynnvfile, Tenn. Four of the six children of Mrs. Bessie Tompkia were killed when a severe windstorm struck their noma, totally 'destroying - the building. ... - t Notice Given To Employers Social Security Urges Them To File Reports On All Employees DURING THIS MONTH During April employers who are subject to the social security act, will make their pay roll tax reports for the first quarter of 1944. Each employer concerned Is required by law to report quarter. This tax return is sent to the bureau of Internal revenue; and then, the wage data shown thereon is transmit- y, e agency to the social se curlty board where It Is recorded In an account, maintained by this board, for each Individual worker. Benefits which will be paid in later years to the Insured worker or to his survivors will be based upon his wage record. An emeployer who falls to include fn his tax return, the name and account number as well as the wages of each employee may unwittingly cause the loss of the benefits, later on, to an employee or to his family. In this connection, Lone T. Proc tor, manager of the Cahrlotte office of the Social Security board said, also, that both the name and the account number of every wage earner covered j by the old-age and survivor insurance system is necessary for Identification purposes. "On the books of the social security board there are thousands of Smiths; there are hundreds of John Smiths; and scores of John Arthur Smith," he explained, "so In order to keep the wage record straight for each of those Smiths, the board must have the ac count number as well as the right name of each. The same Is true of other names, such as Jones, Johnson, Brown, and Jackson. Many persons have the same family name; and a surprising number have the same first, middle, and last name. That is why the board must have the name and the account number of the worker in order to identify his wage record." NEWS AND EVENTS OF WEEK FROM WINGATE Funeral Services Held For Mrs. E. C. Robinson Monday Afternoon. (By Mrs. Benson E. Bivens) Mrs. Floy Hallman recently visited her sister Mrs. Ben Polk of Charlotte, who is seriously ill In the hosyital. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Steen and children of South Carolina spent the Easter holidays with Mrs. Steen's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Helms. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Tesh and family visited friends and relatives in Winston-Salem during the holidays. The funeral of Mrs. E. C. Robinson was held in the Baptist church on Monday afternoon and was conducted by Rev. W. C. Link, Jr., and Rev. J. O. Plckler. Interment was in the Wlngate cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Hahn and children, George II and Elizabeth, of Mt. Pleasant, visited Mr. and Mrs. Benson E. Bivens during the week. Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Smith of Char lotte, visited Mrs. Julia Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith during the Easter holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Smlin ana Salle spent the holidays in Concord with Mr. and Mrs. Shive. Mrs. Morris Chanev visited Mr. ana Mrs. Lee Smith during the week-end. Miss Lura Williams who is serving with the WACs recently visited Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thornburg ana Miss Mildred Griffin of Dallas, N. C, visited Mrs. J. B. Griffin. But nnl L. Giles, of Fort Jackson, S. C, spent the Easter holidays with Mrs. Giles. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thayer of Hlgn Poin, recently visited Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thayer. Miss Bessie Gaddy, who teaches in the Greensboro schools, has returned to resume her duties after visiting ner parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gaddy. Miss Kate Mclntyre has returned to Southern Pines. She visited her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mclntyre here. The Cradle Roll department of tne Baptist church enjoyed a lovely egg hunt at the home of Mrs. John A. Bivens on Saturday afternoon. All members of the department were In vited. The w. M. U. of the Baptist churcn held its regular monthly meeting at the church on Tuesday afternoon at S O'clock. The meeting was well at tended. Mi.-s Mildred Perry who teaches in the Fnyetteville schools visited Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Perry during the holi days. - . ' rmn Aits uepanmeai sura The Fin Arts department of the W intra te Woman's Club met on Tues day night at the home of Mrs. Robert J. Horn with Mesdsmes J. I. orr ana Carlton Bivens as joint 'hostesses. : Mrs. Carlton Bivens had cnargo c the- program. Miss Dlna Domlngue rendered a beautiful piano solo. . Miss Carolyn Caldwell rave a most interesting talk on World Wide war News and Illustrated It with maps. A abort business session was weald ed over by Mrs, Floyd Brasweu, the chairman. The hostesses served delicious home-1 made ice cream and cake, t Amonr the members present were: Mesdsmes Bruce Bivens. Carlton Biv-i ens, John A. Bivens, J. R. Brasweu. noya . Brasweu, wnnara sxmraa. Frank Belms, Frands Hoovetf LOrr-l C O WattsL Robert J. foa-nS.'J and Misses Carolyn Caldwell, Helen ObWKhd Mrs. C. Boyle Bells of Wilmington, sert, Dlna Domlngues, and Uilian . formerly of RJ.' Monroe, is now sta Jones, Ittoned at Norman. Oklahoma.. . Bea- War Department says lOMOO Japa - neat art In Padfls trap. - . .1 THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF Burma-India Allies ease Japa nese pressure on Kobims in India; Allied air commandos widen oper ations In central Burma. . Pacific Liberators hit Kurile Islands less than 1,000 miles from Tokyo; Truk a toll and other Japa nese points also raided. Yugoslav Vital German base of Gradina falls to Partisans; Naiz communications attacked on long front. Pearl Harbor. United States sovereignty has been established over five morn land clusters In the Marshall Islands and American airmen have stepped up their as sault on remaining, isolated Japa nese positions, Adm. Chester W. Mimitx announced yesterday. Al taic, Rongelap, Likiep and Utirik atolls and Mejit island, all In the northern Marahalls within less than 145 nautical miles of Japanese-held Wotje, have been recon noltered and Incorporated Into the list of American holdings. Italy. Tired and bereft of em pire, King Vittorio Emanuele III proclaimed t his people and the world today that he would turn over the power of the throne to his six-foot son, TJmberto, 39, the Prince of Piedmont, on the day that Allied troops enter Rome. The 74-year-old monarch declared he would appoint his son "lieuteinant general of the Realm," would retire entirely from public affairs, and that his deceision was "final and irrevocable." London. A German communi que yesterday told of fresh retreats in eastern and norther Crimea, where "German and Rumanian troops disengaged themselves in hard fighting toward positions fur ther south." Some 250 miles to the northwest the Russians said they bad fought into the streets of Tiraspol, Dneister river port and railway junction, while on the mid-Dniester Germans crashed through ring of Russians around remnants of 15 trapped Nail di visions around Ska la. Union County's Men In Service At the San Anton-- Aviation Cadet Center. San Antonio, Texas. 63 cadets .from North Carolina are receiving pre- filght training to prepare them for aerial instruction as pilots, bombar diers and navigators. During ten weeks of intensive training the cadets study mathematics, physics, naval and aircraft identification and other sub jects as wel lps undergoing physical and military training. Upon comple tion of the courses the cadets will pro gress to advanced training schools. The present classes include one from Monroe, Pilot Dwight M. Cook, Jr., 305 South Main Street. Monroe. Staff Sgt. James W. Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Rich ardson of R4. Monroe, has been trans ferred from Fort Sill. Okla., to Camp Chafee. Ark. S-Sgt Richardson has been in service four years, having left with the old Battery F 113 F. A., N. C. National Guard. He has been engaged as an instructor in the use of 240 heavy field artillery. His wife, the former Miss Doris Rorie is with him. His new addres Is 259 F A Bn., Bat. C, 20409670, Camp Chafee, Ark. , W. T. Ballentine received word last week from his son, S-Sgt. George B. Ballentine who is now somewhere on the front In Italy. This letter was the first word received from him since January 11th at which time he was in Africa. He stated he was fine and had just received a box his sister had sent him and was glad to get it. He said he had been too busy to write but hoped now that he could write once a week. He also stated he had seen the volcano before It went on its ram page and had been to Naples and Casslno. Olin W. Stewart, U. S. Marine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Stewart, 324 East Franklin Street. Monroe, was recently promoted to staff sergeant at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Staff Ser geant, a clerk with a unit undergoing combat training, attended Wingate high school and was employed as a transit department clerk by the Char lotte branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va before join ing the Marines in 1940. Frank W. Crook, formerly of Mon roe, who was recently taken Into the service, has been sent to the Ordnance Replacement Training Center, Aber deen Proving Ground, Md., where he will receive his basks training as an Ordnance soldier. He formerly lived at Monroe. , His present address Is Co. R, 1st Regiment, O. R. T. C Aberdeen Proving Groudn, Md. Cnsign Wade Secrest has completed specislied training at the anti-submarine warfare training center, Charles ton, 8. O. - Ensign Secrest spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. sndsj Mrs. o Jt secrest and Kit Tuesday for Miami, Fla., where he will report for active sea duty. u. , Sgt. Vann Thomas has been trans ferred from Atlanta, Oa. to California. He would be glad to hear from his friends. - He Is expecting to get a (furlough the first of May.. His new address is Set. vann Thomas. Hda Co, M. P. Plat, m Corps, Presidio of Monterey, vaui. . . , v. ' , . ... . ; . ' , ''fleamui RimU HeTl. arm. MV tasan Sells was working in um shlp- .rard at Wilmington when.be want in , (Continued on page ) , Pushing Plans For Vets' Jobs Selective Service Officials To Have Series Of Talks On Problem PUBLIC OPINION HELPS State selective service officials, In formed that an estimated 75 per cent of returning servicemen and women will want jobs other than those held In former civilian life, are conducting a series of conferences on re-employment of discharged veterans. The conferences, under the general Kunervlslnn nf T.iauf rvi mirt.ne u 1 - . .. v. m..i.v. vui. i iiunina i. Upton, will be held April 13 at Eden ton, April 14 at Rocky Mount, April 1 at Winston-Salem, April 18 at North Wilkesboro, April 19 at Hick ory, April 20 at Asheville, April 21 at Charlotte, and April 24 at Durham. The conferences will be at 2 o'clock p. m. Assisting Colonel Upton will be E. B. Page, chief of the veterans' person nel division of the state selective ser vice staff; R. C. Godwin, State em ployment representative, veterans' em ployment division, United States Em ployment service of the War Man power commission (WMC) : and Capt. Frank M. Page of the United States Marine corps. The selective service and trainine act of 1940 directs that a personnel division be established to protect the re-empioyment rights of veterans," Colonel Upton said, "thus making the director of selective service responsible. The act also gives selective service au thority to utilize existing facilities of the several departments and agencies of the Federal and State govern ments." j He added that "because of Its recog nized facility and experience the United Sates Employment service has been selected to assist veterans In ob taining new jobs and placing physi cally rehabilitated veterans." At every local employment office nf the WMC there Is a local veteran em ployment representative. From the selective service anirip said Colonel Upton, the state director, through the Governor, has the obli gation and the responsibility of or ganizing and supervising the veterans' replacement program with the state. inroughout the state local clearing house committees, working in conjunc tion with the reemployment committee of each local draft board, will unite witn civic, patriotic and other agencies to make this official plan of placing veterans a success. Colonel Upton said They will seek to bring the organ ized weight of public opinion to bear upon placements, will offer construc tive Criticism. Will Channel all nnhli,. effort into one plan, fully explain the Job finding plan and advise employers of their responsibility, and will pro mote fairness and just decisions YOUTH FOOLED NAVY, BUI NOW HE'S HOME Donald Curtis had the navv fooled until officials at the air base at Ottum wa, Iowa, wrote to his rumen he Mr and Mrs. Ansel Curtis, of Delaware! O., for his birth certificate Then hi deception was exposed, and he has ueen aiscnarged from service. ine youngster got an earlv start on a military career. At 13 he Joined the state guard in Ohio. He ih hi.. charge papers from that organization to convince the navy he was old enough when he enlisted last August. The parents always felt Donald was too young, they explained, but they kept his secret because he pleaded with them to allow him to continue. When the request came for the birth certificate, however, the parents could no longer continue the deception. Will Conduct Revival Services Here BEV. CHESTER ALEXANDER REVIVAL SERVICES AT riH 1 1 Uiuivui , Two Berviees Daily, Beftttninf Ssk- day. April S3, Lasting For Week. There Js to be a series of rerival, services at the First Presbyterian church in Monroe beginning with the evenlny'osrvico on Sunday, Apnr 3J.I Tho services win begin with a song service each, evening at 1:46. There will also bo services each memtof at ten o'clock. ...... . .... r-'.;." Tho preacher tor these services will be tho Rev. Chester Alexander of the First Presbyterian church, Burlington. Mr. Alexander comes highly recom mended as an outstanding miniate who presents the Gospel message with. I Held By Germans I f 4 I 1 ... SGT. WILLIAM R. HAWFIELD According to a message received from the Arfi.ltant (Toner-l h his' parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hawfleld. of Wesley Chapel. S-Sgt. William R. Hawfleld Is a prisoner of war of the German government. William entered the service about 15 months ago from Monoroe and was chief engineer on a bomber B-24 with the rating of staff sergeant, and had been in England with the Army Air Forces since December. He was employed in Monroe before entering the service and made his home with his aunt, Mrs. Hamp Price and Mr. Price. Black Market Seen In Corn Note Is Taken Of Two-Cent Chicago Differential By Officials FEED SHORTAGE SEEN The Department of Agriculture's mid-month price report has recognized what appears to be a vast "black market" In com, the nation's No. 1 feed grain. The report showed that as of March 15, the average price received by farm ers for corn was $1.14 per bushel, compared with the OPA ceiling of $1.16, Chicago basis. Department offi cials readily admitted that it would be impossible to handle corn on a two cent margin from the farm to Chicago. They were inclined to believe that farmers had not correctly reported the higher-than-ceiling prices they re ceived, or, if anything, had scaled them down. Otherwise, the $1.14 aver age would not have prevailed. This revelation came on the heels of a formal anonuncement earlier in the week by OPA Administrator Ches ter Bowles that "no increase in the price of corn is contemplated by the OPA during the crop year that ends in October, 1944." Feed dealers said that if the Bowles' statement is adhered to and the corn "black market" is as serious as depart ment figures indicate, frmers in the Carolinas and other feed-deficit areas would be hard-pressed for feed about May 1. Agricultural sources said the Bowles' announcement was made primarily to offset repeated statements by Presi dent Philip .Raymond O'Brien, of the Chicago Board of Trade, that the corn ceiling should be Increased to $1.45 per bushel. O'Brien first made his $1.45 recommendmation before' a Senate agriculture subcommittee on March 1. He has since repeated it in a number of talks in the Chicago area. REV. I M. ELLIS power and ability. pint Presbyterian church of Gastonla. will be tn charge of the music . Mr. EUls is a well-known leader of congre gational singing. He is also widely known for his playing on tho ma- I nm wmcn ne win nnng wno. nun tor these services. yiut and preparations for this meeting have been tn progress for some time. Times and places far cot tags prayer ' meetings win bo an nounced shortly. ' It is hoped the members of tha other city churches will join m with tho Presbyterians and make these serines of large bene fit tot tho community. Tho public Is invited so attend and tako part thorn. i- - ,: Russians Race To Sevastopol Kerch Is Cleared Of Nazis; Other Soviet Triumphs Announced GERMANS IN RETREAT The Red army in its swift offensive to recapture the Crimea has raced 4fl miles down the central Crimea railway in a single day to within 13 miles of Simferopol and only 46 miles from the great naval base of Sevastopol, and has cleared the entire Kerch Den- ; insula of the enemy, Boscow announc es today. The speed of the Soviet advance in dicated the German and Romanian forces on the Crimea were withdraw ing swiftly toward Sevastopol, perhaps to attempt to duplicate the historic . ! defense Which the Russians miH, nr.. j m will, forces on the mainland. demonstrating their surging power to maintain multiple offensives, seized by storm the Ukraine city of Tiraspol, 53 miles northwest of Odessa, pushed deeper towards the north Romanian oil fields with the capture of Faltlcenl, hastened the encirclement maneuver against Chisinau In Bessarabia, and squeezed the Skala pocket on the First Ukraine front to a ragged remnant of 10,000 Germans. From April 1 to 10 the Germans west o fSkala lost 26.000 dead and 6.988 captured, while Russian booty included 187 tanks and self-propelled guns, declared the Soviet night com munique, recorded by the Soviet mon itor. The whirlwind campaign to free the Crimea, which the Germans and Romanians have held since Septembed 1941 consisted of a thrust from the east after an amphibious landing at Kerch, and two drives from the north. Gen. Feeodor I. Tolbukhln, In charge of both northern drives, freed more than 150 towns yesterday in his rapid strides toward the big central Cri mean city of Simferopol, Including the large railway towns of Kurman Memelchi, Biyuk Onlar and Karacha Kandll. The last is less than 13 miles north of Simferopol and 46 air-line miles northeast of Sevastopol, the greatest of Crimean prizes. Simultaneously, Gen. And reel I. Yeremenko's amphibious army an nounced freeing of the entire Kerch peninsula, the eastern neck of the Crimea, liberating more than 140 towns, killing 3,000 of the enemy, cap turing more than 2,000, and thrusting to within 18 miles of Feodosiya, biggest East Crimean port. The German and Romanian garris sons of the Crimea had been virtually Isolated in that large peninsular ex panse since last October, when the Russians cut off the Perekop neck, but sought to hold it as a sort of gigantic "Tobruk" menacing al the Russian Black sea coast. Russian dispatches said as recently as this week they had flown in twi more divisions for the defense. The Russian offensive, begun five days ago, scarcely could have caught the Axis by surprise, yet the Red armies quickly cut hrough the long prepared defensive system and raced toward a first-class triumph to be climaxed by the expected canture of Sevastopol. DISTRICT CONFERENCE TO MEET AT WAXHAW Three Hundred Delegates Expected To Attend Meeting. The Charlotte District Conference of the Methodist Church will be held at Waxhaw on May 16th. The pastor. Rev. J. B. Fitzgerald and the Waxhaw church will be hosts to some 300 dele gates who are expected to assemble from the 41 pastoral charges In the district in Mecklenburg, Union and Anson counties. Dr. J. B. Craven, district superin tendent, now residing in the district parsonage on Queens Road, will pre side. A morning and afternoon ses sion, with lunch between, will be held. Splendid reports are expected from the various charges, not only as to financial but as to membership Increases. Dr. Craven preached through last week in Morganton. Returning to Charlotte he has a house party this " week at the parsonage. Guests' are Rev. Claude H. Moser, pastor of Main Street Methodist church, Gastonla; Rev. Edgar H. Nease. pastor of West Market Street -Methodist church of Greensboro; Rev. Frank B.' Jordan, pastor or Central Methodist church. Concord; and Rev. K. Kenneth Good- son, pastor of Mulrs Methodist chapel Just out of Oreensboro. ,' BROTHERS BELIEVED TO BE OLDEST TWINS Ohie Men Reach 87 ta Birthday By Kecepinf Cool And Caka, - Ohio's oldest twins, William and Samuel Kyle, who observed . their . ninety -seventh birthday recently, be lieve that they may be tha oldest twins nwng tn the United States. - Their formula for ktni life is verr simple: "Don't get nervous or excited about anything. Try to keep calm.' ' xnat rule seems to have worked well' for them because they can remember the time when Abraham Lincoln pass ea tnrougn tne town of Xenla. where they live. They were 11 years old, and they recall his question as he put hit hands on their shoulders: "TouYs twins, arent youf Making their home together since 1908, they like to read the news, listen to tho radio, and play sn ccaslonal game of checkers, eua for ward, they swmlt tt . Mira from India of William's dau.iau r. Vwr. tnlwho has been serving as a & ary J there almost 40 years.
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