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WEATHER FORECAST MONROE MARKET : Fair to partly cloudy and cool to night; Tuesday, Increslng cloudiness and rising temperatures, with oc casional light rata In afternoon, , Sunset today, 7:57 p. m.; sunrise Tuesday, 6:47 a. m. Cotton, short, lb .. .. 31 Vic to 22ttc Cotton, lorry Jft: 37c to Sic Cotton W.y'L Eggs, dozen O. Me Corn, bushel . Wheat, bushel PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS 9 EEVENTY-FTRST YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1944 8-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, $1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR 11 1 5 J Expecting Fall QQf Sevasto pol k V ssiaiu Blasting German As I Enemy Attempt fcscape I By The Sea AXIS LOSSES HEAVY an. . .v,t that masses oi tSporTevacuaUon dock, where thou sands of trapped German and Bma , San. were trying desperate y to .escape to sea, and dispatches said the faU of toe Crimean fortress matter of hours as Russian arUUery Sso hurled shells Into the city. Yalta, a port 30 miles to the east on pXthe day communique said A special aimouncement ako said Marshal Ivan S. Konev's second Uk ramTarmy had Wiled or Wturl lBj TWenemy troops between March 6 and ''"? ma not announce he suburbs north and east, in.-. "'.t UTth fourth H-MKlor I. -lOlDUWim" ... . . a. M11aa rtf rorghoV-whlch e German. .liberator oi Odessa . lu"r.." " a t jngs of the lower Dnesra river nked Chlsinaug, c.aJ?' , Labia. war Romanian u.u.w the bulletin , uth One of the crossing nf , n .ntias noutheast oi Af Tlnurool. 37 miles southeast attacking in miles to the Marshal Konev's army the Orhel region 20 ihlataau is only 11 mUeswest of the curving Dnestra at one W-, SwRusslan strike Is tatcoUaps Ine a strong German east-west une to la In Romania their muiutuoe ujo - - .. ... tinl th pioesti oil cf Shlclnau ana me - - Dnestr put the Russian. wlthlnSO nSS of the Axis rail lifeline between the two cities. annntmcsment concern1 iriir Marshal Konev's army mm n i iin BIKVUN ...-.. . . . , vini mt-ftno enemy soi- e .rvi MBtured 2793 In less than ' 11 weeto.- -Tat -perib6PotfetS!l V -V 160-mile march from Uralne po- us near Vinnitsa across the Bug, Dnestr. Prut and Slret rivers to Pal tlceni, deep Inside northern Romania. rnn'i trrtnrvi also destroyed 688 tanks, 142 planes, 1,474 guns, 1.838 inrt.ars S 660 machine-guns, 356 arm- trnnn rorriprs and armed traC' vw - eo tors, 25,111 trucks, 248 tractors, 6,453 carts, 8,740 horses, and 63 ammunition and supply dumps, said the annonnce ment broadcast by Moscow and re corded by the Soviet monitor CAMPAIGN IN ITALY IS "BLEEDING SORE" st.i.mai. I. Bleedhur Germans; Also Bleeding Allies; 50-50 Dead. The Italian campaign, which began with an avalanche of Allied troops v. Bwarmlng over southern Italy in less "than a month, has become but a bleeding sore. Some Allied generals are calling it I that, saying it Is bleeding the Ger mans. But in its present stage it Is bleeding the Allies also, balked as - ' they are at Casslno, on the Garigllano river and on the Anslo beachhead, r However, some of the generals are ' Hopeful the campaign still will play a part in the defeat of Hitler similar to , ' that of the peninsular campaign In ' the downfall of Napoleon, when Wel ' 'lington landed in Spain and drained ' the French military strength for the final blow at Waterloo. ' Last fall, when the Sangro and Vol turno rivers were reached, two sound courses were open to the Allies; a big ' seals drive up the peninsular, or con tentment with southern Italy from , which to dominate the central Medl ' terranean and bomb the Germans. The first was discarded because any campaign up the Italian peninsula led only to the Alps and tt was better to - bold a big Allied force for the western , . front. Washington and London decided on ' third course. ' The conquest of Rome was desired ; for political, moral and religious pres tige at home and - abroad. Allied " forces in Italy were ordered to advance ; on Rome. ; in doing so the Fifth and Eighth armies ran Into the real southern bas tlon of the Fortress of Europe which - the Germans had built with the ad : -vantage of sotnerof the best defensive i positions In Europe n. almost solid t wail of the most rugged mountains ; stretching from the Tyrrhenian . to C the Adriatle sea. i Some critics of the campaign say : this line could have been broken with troops available if they had been used .-J 4 AW. l.n kaf UIIUIUI U MIS UMnHUH "k; A exploited more skillfully and j . Tj 4 (y In certain. Instances when the As ians were disrupted. " owever, tnere were otner lactors. " Italian resistance and sabotage proved less effective than had been promised by Badoglio; air support proved less effective than was expected In some cases; and despite steady aerial bat tering of Nasi Vipply lines. It bus not yet cut off the flow sufficiently to make the Oermans pull back. When frontal attacks failed It was decided the time bad eotne for an other "side run," whlci eventually cams off at Anslo. Military Dope: The war wfO. hot be decided or the Italian, front Union County One Of Ser pen Reachinf March Quota Union county wu one of seven counties In the State to reach Its March quota to the safe of War Bonds, according to Information received from State Headquarters, by CUode Eubanks, Chalrniaa of the Union Coanty War Finance Committee. For the month of March Union county was assigned a quota ef $87,011.00. A final tabulation of sales as announced this morning by Mr. Eubank, shows that a total of 1107,009.00 was purchased during r the month. This Is considered an ' excellent record for the county In view of the fact that during the last drive, Union county eitlsens bought more than a million dollars In bends. The county's quota for April has been set at $97,011410, the same as the quota for the month of March. Hershey Calls For Young Men Draft Head Tells Farmers Their "First Duty" Is To Release All Possible FOR ARMED" FORCES Selective Seervlce Director Lewis B. Hershey told farmers Sunday their "first duty" is to make available for Army or Navy service every possible draft-deferred man under 26. DefermeriU In agriculture cover 350.000 to 400,000 physically fit youths, the jmUon-g -largest group of this type so urgently needed by the Army and the Navy," Hershey said In a broad cast address. He declared farm deferments should not be continued except when the young farmers meet the "strict re quirements" of the Tydlngs amend ment to the selective service ast, pro viding for the occupational deferment of men essential to food production. "Their necessity to the production of food must be weighed against the need of men of their age and physical qualifications to reinforce your sons and their brothers who have marched against the enemy," the draft director said. "The essentiality of the food which they grow must be considered In the light of the fact that young men for the services are now more necessary than the production of most of the weapons with which the war is fought Our farmer of this nation win do their part. Their first duty is to make available every possible man from the 350,000 to 400,000 under 26. Every man engaged In farming who Is found physically unfit for military service should remain on the farm." LIST OF SELECTEES TO REPORT FROM BOARD 2 Seventy-Seven More Ordered To Re port For Preinductlon Examination Selective service Local Board No. 2 has announced that orders to report for a preinductlon physical examina tion were mailed to 38 of its white registrants on April 13, 1944. Trans portatlon wll be furnished to an Army post where their fitness for military seervlce will be determined. Not all of the men have yet been classified in 1-A. However .that will be done in due time unless positive proof is pre sented showing reason for some other classification. Notices have been mailed to the following, notifying them to report on April 15, 1944, at 6:45 a. m.: Nathan Greene' Hathcock, Floyd Wilson Stack, Jr., Nathan Rufus Blackmon, Gradon Henry ' Helms, Thomas Paul tng, Jessie- Craven Herring, James Richard Huntley, Henry Tyler Oaddy, Jr., Edwards Jean Aldridge, Edward Wilson Broom, Edgar L. Hilton, Tom Pascal Lowery, Robert Zenamon McManus, George Lee Price, Samuel Hardin Aldridge, John Reece Turner, Homer Wilson Tarleton, Mar vin Klutz McManus, Oeorge Clinton Parker, J. D. Love, Jr, Broadus Ed ward Home, J. O. Rushing, Johnnie Dewitte Faulkenbury, Benjamin Franklin Brewer, Joe Herman Baker, James Coyte Helms, Vann William Hilton, Spencer Alexander Simpson, Jr., Norman Augst Klker, Henry Keith Snyder, Willie George Hlnson, Bill Lee James, Markus King Philemon, Ray Hunlcutt, Dock Parker, Homer Lee Hill Robert Boyce Gaddy, Marvin Eugene Medlln. -Orders were mailed to the following men on April 14: James Staton Simpson. Buren Van, Price,. Clarence Poe Earnhardt. Roy J?n ' c"rB1 wnewer ine Doyr Hasel Helms, Esple Eligah Rushing. I J? the, "? ,U . 1 Charlie Buren Rushing, Billle Russell Clonts, Grover Newsome, Dewey Washington Morgan, Roy Little, Wil liam - Thomas Kexiah, James , Beggar Witmore,i James- Tllroe . Nash, Julice Cull pe per Brewer, Archie Devltt Hough, -. Erastus Green, - Benjamin Franklin Helms, James Maarloe Trull, Boyce Lee Price, Clarence Herbert Derrick, Marshall Boyce Godwin, Jat son Albert Barbee, Theron Eugene Klker, John Elder Phlfer, John Ken Rodgers, Floyd Hasty, Milton Stewart Robinson. - John Wilson Nance, Her man Alexander , Edwards, Lanson Theodore , Phlfer, James Marshall Rorie, Junior Mullis, Charles Lane Griffin, William Mack 'Brooks, Hovls Blair Hlnson, v Hubert Onls Gum, Jack B. Gaddy, Andrew Jackson Grant, Carrol Edward Taylor, Paschal Noal Fowler. , , Thieves Fast Up Fwrtaa . . Rochester, . N. Y When., police found the handbag which two young puTse-snatchers had grabbed - from Mrs. Rachel Whitehead, they dis covered that the young thieves bad passed up $3,000 In cash, 14 In checks, and a $75 diamond ring and had removed .only $3, . ' Bombers Lash Japanese Base Allied Headquarters Reveali Aitape On New Guinea Coast Bombed TRUK ALSO RAIDED A record bomb load of 284 tons have been unloaded on the Japanese base of Aitape on the north coast of New Guinea, while other bombers returned to hit Truk in the Caroline group to the north, It was announced today. Aitape is midway between Wewak and Hollandia. both of which have caught a terrific pounding during April, Aitape has one airdrome. American bombers in their newest raid on Truk unloaded their bombs despite an unusual amount of inter. ception, and In a raid on Puluwat atoll 200 miles to the west damaged a Japa nese vessel. American air raiders struck at both ends of the 3,000 mile Pacific front, carrying their raids against the north em Kurlle islanlds Into the fifth straight day and renewing their at tacks on equatorial Naura after month's layoff. Simultaneously, Admr. Lord Louis Mountbatten moved his southeast Asia headquarters from New Delhi to Cey Ion, indicating the long expected am phoiblous actions directed at Singapore may be drawing near, despite the Jap anese penetration of India. In the Pacific air action reported by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz yester day (Sunday), the heaviest blow was struck at Ponape, easier bulwark of Truk and other Caroline island for tresses Army Mitchell medium bom bers attacked the island, sank a small tanker and drove two escorting ships onto the coral reefs of nearby Ant island.' Navy search planes hit nearby Pakln. Croluk, halfway to Truk, and Ulul, northwest of Truk. They also reached below the equator to strike at the phosphate-producing island of Nairn for the first time since early March. Aleutianlbased Army liberators flew to within 500 miles of the main Islands of Japan to loose their loads on Mat suwa In the northern Kurlles, volcanic stepping stones to Tokyo. In his first communique after mov ing to Ceylon, Lord Mountbatten gave renewed assurance that British troops were in control of Imphal, main Allied base in East India, and were making "satisfactory progress" In clearing the enemy from the Kohima-Dimapur road where it threatens the railway carrying supplies for China and Lieut Den. Stllwell's offensive in North Bur ma. But Beerlln radio reported the Allies were flying two divisions of troops Into the Imphal area. One of them was the British-India Fifth division with drawn from the southwest Burma theater, Berlin said. CAREFUL PILOT BAGS 27 JAPANESE PLANES New Ace In South Pacific Wins Con. gressional Medal For Achievement An Army Air Force pilot in the Southwest Pacific, who is "taking no unnecessary chances" because he "wants to get back," Captain Richard I. Bong of Poplar, Wis., is America's new ace of al wars, with a record of 27 Japanese planes shot out ' of the skies. A special headquarters announce ment said he got two enemy planes last Wednesday over Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, to surpass by one Captain Eddie Rlckenbacker s World War One record of 26 aircraft. Army Captain Don Gentile of Plqua Ohio, recently has been hailed for his feat of destroying 30 enemy planes In the Turopean theater, but his record Included seven demolished on the groundn. Those dont count in com piling records in the Southwest Pa cific. You have to get 'em in the air. Nor does it count down here on the record when a pilot gets an enemy blimp. Rlckenbacker's ' total of 26 Included five of those observation bags. Rlckenbacker's record has been tied by several American pilots. One of them. Marine Gregory Boyington of Okanokan, Wash., has been missing since a flight In January over Rabaul. Recently he was awarded the Con gressional Medal of Honor. Another In this theatre credited with 26 is Ma tor Joe Foss of Sioux 'Falls, 8. D., a Marine flyer. I am delighted." commented Rick- enbacker when notified In New York of the new record. He said he ex pected to see his own achievement J"" many ""J m thta nd -in oraer to , bring this dastardly war to an earlier end.") , Captain Bong, who Is flying hisH seventn i.ignwing since gomb to New Guinea, got his wings at Luke Field, Phoenix, Arts. Orders to active duty In this area in September, 1942, he shot down his first Nipponese plane over Salamaua, New Guinea, the fol lowing December 38. When he returned in February from a leave that took him to the United States, Bong bad 31 planes to his credit. ) A week ago, with 35 victories, be commented that Japanese fighter allots "are not as sWastoeTn-d ' to oer tnat tney are "dumb, or some . . . : i . thing, for wo can get a bead on them pretty easy." Torpedo Saves - Marts ' As long as he bad to be blown np Pfc John Hannon. of Newark, N. J to glad it was a good stiff blow. A torpedo bomber attacked his ship In the Pacific A torpedo struck a fuel tank. Hannon was blown Into the air, just far enough to dear 44 feet of burning oil surrounding the shin, He Is recovering from his wounds in a naval hospital- at Oakland, Calif. i THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF Russian Soviet dispatches pre dict fall of Sevastopol In a few hours as Russians hurl bombs and shells on thousands of Germans and Romanians trapped tat the Crimean fortress. Burma Allied glider-borne troops strike at Japanese lines within 60 mi Irs of Mandalay; Mountbatten transfers headquar ters from New Delhi of Ceylon In possible hint of early amphibious campaign for Singapore. Aerial American bombers from Medlterran pound Belgrade, cap ital of Yugoslav, and other cities In southeastern Europe. Southwest Pacific Aitape, Japa nese base on north coast of New Guinea, battered by record 284 tons of bombs; American bombers also renew their assault en Truk. Central Pacific Far-ranging American planes hit Ponape Is lands and other Japanese positions from Nauru on the equator to Matsuwa in the Kurlle Islands north of Japan. Political Mussolini Is reported gravely 111, "waiting for death to strike," by Fascist newspaper In first confirmation of long-current reports. Union County's Men In Service The promotion of Erwin B. Gordon from corporal to sergeant has been an nounced by Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Hill, commanding general of the Eighth AAF Composite Command In Northern Ireland. Sgt. Gordon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gordon. 504 Sanford street, Monroe. Before enter ing the service in August, 1942, Sgt uoraon was employed by Neils m Monroe. At this base he works In the flying control tower as a radio opera tor and was trained for this highly specialized field at the AAFs radio school at Madison, Wisconsin. He has been aoverseas In the European Theater of Operations since last May Seaman 2-C Harvey Morrison. Jr. has been made instructor in a seaman- snip school in Bainbrldge, Maryland. Pvt. Robert N. Crook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Crook of R4. is now siauonea at Fort D. A. Russell. Marfa Texas. He has been transferred from Camp Bowie, Texas, wherejhj has been ivi scvntti niumiis. nis new aauress is: Pvt. Robt. N. Crook. 34433078. 400th M. P. E. G., Fort D. A. Russell, Marfa, Texas. Cole Blease McManus A-S, son of Mr. and Mrs. Falrley McManus, re turned to Bainbrldge, Md., April 14th arter spending a nine day leave with his wife and family of Rl, Wingate. W. Hoyle Hlnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hlnson of Rl, Monroe, is now somewhere in the South Pacific. Last week his parents received a letter from him stating that he was getting along nicely but had something to say concerning the "Soldier Vote Bill." He said in part: "We get very little recent news here, but I see the politicians are considerably worried about the absentee voting. They're afraid they'll miss a few votes: also I see they are trying to buy votes through the ser vice men's discharge pay. Boys over here don't even think of politics. Mighty few know who the candidates are we are worrying more about when we can come home. If the politicians would go to work, instead of worrying about themselves, we would be better off." Former Aviation Cadet Roland C. Williams, Jr., of 305 Houston street, Monroe, was recently graduated from the Army Air Forces Pilot School at Moody Field, Ga., and commissioned second lieutenant with the rating of Army Pilot. The new flying officers will pilot all types of multi-engine aircraft; heavy, medium and light bombers; transport and cargo planes; and for those who continue as Instruc tors with the Army Air Forces Train ing Command's vast network of Tech nical and Flying Schools, training ships such as they have flown at Moody Field. Sgt. W. H. Harris who has been In Africa 18 months was transferred to England In December and another brother, Cpl. John Harris, who has been In .England since last spring met the 10th of March for three days for the first time since Sgt Harris arrived In England. Both are from Lancas ter county, S. C. Pvt. Billy K. Baucom returned to Camp 8helby. Miss., last Saturday morning, after spending a seven-days furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vann H. Baucom, 1009 Wadeeboro Ave., Monroe. This was Pvt. Bau com'. first furlough. He entered the service on September S, 1943.' Pvt. Billy F. Pollock returned to Camp , Breckeenridge, Ky., Saturday night after spending a ten-day fur lough with his mother, Mrs. Hal Pol lock and sisters at their home, 1301 Anaonvllle road, Monroe. CpL Oeorge D. Long has -arrived England. Hits parents, Dr. ifM -t vr w and Mrs. R. H. Long, of Morgan ton, received the cablegram. He is a grand son of M. C. Long of Moonroe. . - ' William Howard Broome, A-S, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Broome, of R4 Monroe, who is stationed at Bain bridge, Md would be ghvd to hear from all his friends. His address Is: William-H. Brooms, A-S, Co, 416. Barracks, 411 Upper, U. a Naval Training Station, Bainbrldge, Md. CpL Cnas. J. Hartis. son of Mr. nd Urn C! J TJmrtim of fhnulimnn street, Monroe, Is, s paratrooper and Several More Seek Offices No Candidate For Offce Of Cotton Weigher At Monroe SEVERAL NEWCOMERS Union county's placid political waters were slightly ruffled Saturday afternoon as the deadline for candi dates to file In the Democratic prim ary was reached, with several new candidates filing for the County Board of Education and two for the County Board of Commissioners. In what has heretofore been one of the choicest and most contested polit ical races In . the county, candidates for cotton weigher at Monroe went begging, with no one announcing for the office. Sam D. Helms, the present cotton weigher, did not announce for another term. For the first time in many years, the cotton weigher's of fice is uncontested in the Democratic Primary and what the outcome will be, no one would venture to say this afternoon. In the race for Recorder, P. Hayne Johnson, Is unopposed, as is Henry Smith, Prosecuting Attorney and Miss Clara Laney, Register of Deeds, and Ralph Elliott, County Surveyor. O. L. Richardson has no opposition for an other term as the county's represen tative in the Legislature. This afternoon J. David Simp son, chairman of the Union Coun ty Board of Elections; C. O. How ard and Henry Baucom, issued the following statements: "The following persons having filed for candidates for different offices and not having any opposi tion, have been declared and nomi nated by the County Board of Elections: J. L. Brooks, Cotton Weigher.at Marshville; P. H. John son, Recorder; O. L. Richardson, House of Representatives; Clara Laney, Register of Deeds; H. B. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney; B. L. Simpson, Cotton Weigher, Wax haw; Ralph W. Elliott, Surveyor; A. S. Purser, Constable, Goose Creek; A. W. Lemmonds, Consta ble, Sandy Ridge." All the present members of the County Board of Commissioners have filed for re-election. They are: J. Ray Shute, J. Vernon Griffin, B. F. Price, C. M. Rogers and Fred C. Staton. New candidates for the board are Henry Myers and S. W. Harkey. In the race for places on the County Board of Education, six new candi dates filed. They are: Edwin L. Low ery. Allen Collins, John Thomas Helms, J. V. Brooks, Page Price and W. Lesley Starnes; old members seek ing re-election are H. Grady Hawfleld, J. M. Tdwards, R. P. Stcgall and W. B. will be the opening of registration Three candidates filed for Consta ble of Monroe township, including the incumbent Chatham F. Smith, Wyatte F. Whitley and Houston "Slim" Privett. Other constables having no opposition are A. S. Purser, Goose Creek township, and A. W. Lemmond, of Sandy Ridge township. J. L. Brooks is a candidate for cot ton weigher at Marshville and B. L. Simpson at Waxhaw. Now that the filing period is ended, the next development In the current election year, which promises to be one of the quietest In recent years, wil be the opening of registration books April 29, through May 13, with May 20 being challenge day. The first primary will be May 27, the second primary will be June 24. The general election Is of course No vember '7. The election! this year, will be un usual m that a number of local offices will be without contests, the Incum bents being allowed to return to office by default. THE FAMILY Two great, strong arms, a merry way, A lot of business al lthe day, A lot of business all the day. That's father. A happy face and sunny hair, The best and sweetest smiles to spare; The one you know is always there That's mother. A bunch of lace and ruffly frocks, A teddy-bear, a rattle-box, To equal, some very wee pink socks That's baby. A lot of noise, a suit awry; A love for sweets and cake and pie. The grammar may be wrong, but my that's me! .Pacific Methodist first Taxes Refunded First taxpayer to get a refund on his 1944 return is Staff Sgt. Stanley A. Sweet, of Shamokin, Pa. The Treasury Department sent him a check for $15 the first of some 1400,000,000 in re funds expected to be necessary due to Over-payments under the pay-as-you-go tax plan. has been overseas about two years. At present he Is a patient In a hospital hi Australia with fever. He says be is getting good attention, and good food, and not to- worry about him. His brother, PFC The. K. Hartls, is In Station Hospital, Fort Monmouth, N. J and has bad several operations for vericcee veins. Chaplain P JB. Upchurch, who has completed a course at William and Mary college, Williamsburg, Va, has been assigned and has the following address: USNR. U. 8. Naval Air Sta tion, Squantum. Tl. Mass. . y - pvt.' Vann M. McCorkle of Char lotte, formerly of Monroe has. the fol lowing address: ASN 1863 126,. Btry. O, S4 Bn, th Reg. F. A. R. T. C Ft BilL Okla, R. S. C, No. . He to the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin McCorkle of RX Monroe. He would Ilk to bear tram his friends m Union sounty. J Soldier Killed When Hit By Tram Here Saturday A soldier from Camp Sutton was Instantly killed Saturday night about 11:50, In the Seaboard yards here, when he was struck by a passenger train. No details of the accident were available this afternoon, but It is understood that Train No. 11 from Hamlet, was entering the yards and nearing the passenger station, when the accident occurred. The victim's body is reported to have been severed about the cen ter and it was not immediately ascertained whether the train passed over the body or the impact of the train thrust the body against a switch pole, causing the fatal Injury. Farm Products Go To Market 0DT Is Working On Plans Which Will Cover Union And Other Counties WILL CALL MEETINGS The Charlotte District Office of De fense Transportation yesterday an nounced the procedure for organizing Transportation Advisory Committees in the Charlotte ODT district to aid in nlannine for the transportation by motor truck of perishable or seasonal! farm products this year. The War Food Administration has listed motor transportation as one of the most important farm problems of 1944, the ODT pointed out. The Charlotte District ODT office is now obtaining preliminary informa tion o nthe production of the various perishable and seasonal farm crops in the Charlotte area, and their transpor tation requirements, according to L. F. Manneschmidt, District Manager at Charlotte. . After obtaining this information, the District ODT office will call meetings of the producers, haulers, dealers and receivers concerned to elect Transpor tation Advisory Committees. Upon approval by the Director of the ODTs Division of Motor Trans port, the committees will ascertain the motor truck equipment necessary to move the perishable or seasonal crops, Mr. Manneschmidt Mid. He explained that the committee elected within a district may make recommendations concerning the transportation of all perishable or sea- 1 An- jmMim VlOTV OT If it IS desired, a separate committee may be chosen for each crop. The committees may obtain the necessary Information from the War Pnod Administration's County Farm Transportation Committees, local rep resentatives of National farm organ izations, local representatives of the WFA, State Departments of Agricul ture canners, packers, snippers ana processors. In areas where motor transportation facilities are inadequate, the ODT will act to remedy this situation insofar as possible, Mr. Manneschmidt said. The following counties are In the Charlotte ODT District: Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Ca tawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lin coln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore Richmond, Rowan, Stanly, and Union. ITALIAN KING TO TURN POWERS OVER TO SON Announces That He Has Decided To Withdraw From Public Life. Klng Vlttorio Emmanuel m, has announced that he has. decided to "Irrevocably" withdraw from public life and trun his kingly powers over to his son Umberto "on the day on which the Allied troops enter Rome. The slight. 74-year reign has cov ered the rise and fall of Fascism in Italy, appointed his tall son "lieuten ant general of the realm" effective on the uncertain date of the Allied entry into the capital. Allied representa tives expressed approval of the de cisloncislon. When Crown Prince Umberto re ceives royal powers from his father he wil lin effect be his father's regent. The King is said to have no idea of abdicating. The King has been opposed by the leading Italian political parties mainly on the contention that he had been too closely tied up with Fascism, and I a few months ago many of tnese I parties had favored abdication in favor of his seven-year-old grandson, the Prince of Naples, under a regency. The political leaders Insisted then that the 39-year-old Umberto was tarred with the Fascist brush as much as his father. The King's declaration to his peo ple recently formalizing what be al ready had Indicated he intended to do, opened the way for formation soon of a new war rovernment by , Marshal Uletro Badoglio with the par-, Uclpatlon of at least three and proba-, bly all of Italy's six political parties. I The monarch's decision was entirely j of his own volition, a spokesman f or tne government ssm. ine omy part., the Allied tvemments had tan thai development was to assure the King that they had no objection to his taking the step, tt was stated by Al lied representatives. Robert Murphy, U. 8. representative on the Allied advisory commission for Italy, and British and French repre sentatives called on the King recently and he then told them of his plans. The decision. Murphy commented, "augurs wen for the future." Murphy said he believed the move would toad to a more stable govern ment of a more democratic character and to Increased unity among Italians which would tend to Increase the war role to bo played by Italians both In liberated and German-occupied Italv. Recently the demand of the Italian political parties for the King's abdica- 40 Killed When Tornado Strikes South Carolina iAnd Georgia Report Over 500 injured ByJVister HOSPITAL IS DEMOLISHED At least 40 persons were killed and more than 500 others were Injured by a night tornado that cut a 100-mile path of destruction across northeast Georgia and western South Carolina yesterday. Property damage, unestl mated, was considered high. Georgia was hit hardest. The Asso ciated Press and the Red Cross tab ulated 21 deaths In Georgia 12 in the Royston area and nine In Hart county, where eight of them died In the Nuburg community. Nineteen persons were reported kill ed . South Carolina. The twister moving erratically In ad vance of severe rain squalls and elec trical disturbances, apparently struck first near Gainesville, Ga. That Is the scene of another spring tornado in 1936 that killed 183 persons. Two homes were demolished near Gaines ville, but only four persons were hurt. About 100 Injuries were reported in the vicinity of Royston. More than a score of houses were destroyed, one killing a family of five. Eight died and 150 others were in jured at Greenwood, S. C, and Its vicinity. Greenwood's two-story city hospital was virtually demolished but no patients were hurt. Four were killed and a score more injured at Abbeville, S. C. Two died at Iva, S. C. The Red Cross reported four deaths and 12 others Injured at Prosperity, S. C, and Sllgh's, In New berry county, S. C. About 12 homes and buildings were leveled there. One was killed at Little Mountain, S. C. In Royston, the Methodist church was taken over by the Red Cross as an emergency hospital ward for 10 Injured, while 25 others were treated at two private hospitals. Many se riously Injured were taken by am bulance to Athens, Ga., Elberton, Ga., and Anderson, 8. C, because electric lights were unavailable in Royston. Newly-plowed fields In the vicinity of Royston were strewn with bits of lumber, shreds of tin roofs, and shat tered tree trunks. Along the Athens Royston highway, where the vortex crossed and recrossed the road, century-old trees had been tossed like kindling. Edward Hill, Franklin county farmer whose house was stripped of its roof and siding, aloV be held on to the lr?toir'rocdoi4tiione" arrrr-while ' ine otner gripped his wife, who In turn held their small daughter. The wind, he related, dragged them into a straight line. The top hinge of the door broke, but the bottom hinge held, and they escaped with minor Injuries. Damage along the tornado's route was unestlmated, but Indications were that property loss would be severe. Red Cross disaster workers came from near-by towns and from Atlanta, and ambulances were sent to the Royston area from the U. S. Navy Preflight school at Athens, Ga. The Greenwood, S. C, City hospital was so severely damaged that all pa tients able to be moved were evacu ated to the National Guard armory shortly after dawn. However, attend ing physicians said none was Injured In the hospital as a result of the storm. The adjoining nurses' home was un roofed, seriously injuring two Red Cross nurses' aides, Mrs. Charles Tay lor of Greenville. S. C An1 MIrk Florence Manley of Ware Shoals, who were spending the night there. Fifteen homes adjoining the Connie Maxwell Baptist orphanage were dam aged and eight destroyed. Although the orphanage was damaged no chil dren were seriously hurt. BENTON HEIGHTS GIRL SCOUT TROOP ACTIVE Aiding War Effort By Collecting Waste Paper; Buying Bonds, The Girl Scouts of Benton Heights Troop n are blending with their sister Scouts all over the world in helping the war effort. Some of the many things we are doing for the war effort are: Gathering waste paper, boxes and magazines and buying war stamps and bonds. This summer we have nlanned to help the farmers In solving the labor proDiem oy worxing on farms. We also plan to so on a camnlnsr trip. We have much fun in such a manner as parties, hikes, and other entertainment. But at the same time, we have work to do. At our meetings one of the pa trols either the Daisy or Red Rose, usually has a program. We repeat the laws, slogan, rpomise and motto. We also try to live up to the laws. some reasons I like coutiiur are because It hehw make evervone hMvunn a loyal American citizen, rm sun If we carry out the laws and promise as it should be we will become better American eitlsens. That to what we all like and want Polly Terry, Troop oemm ueignss. : -,.-.. ' 'I i':-a4.v;g.? Many a man who makes a little for- tune through luck imagines himself a master of destiny. - - , , tkm had moderated, with Palmira To- ' Jiiatu, Communist leader Just returned , ram Russia, having taken the lead m urging a practical program of dropping : differences so that a stronger and more resolute war government could be formed. , , .- , -- . In contrast to the earner strong op- position to Crown Prince TTmhctT. there also developed a tendency to ac cept a transfer of powers to htm. Most party leaders are expected to accept the King's decision, ard neg government to expected to Include at least the Communist, Socialist and Christian Democratic parties. 14
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