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Mostly cloudy with little change in
temperature ' tonight; partly , cloudy
and -warm Friday with Mattered
ttiundershowers. ' .-... !"
Sunset today, 8:37 p. m.; funrUe
Friday. 8:13 a. m.
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PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
ESVENTY-FIRST YEAB
MONBOE, N. C, UNION COUNTY THURSDAY. MAY 25, 1944
8-MONTHS, 75e; ft-MONTHS, f 1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY YEAR
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"Union County Schools To Lose
5 Seven Teachers 194445 Tern
Officials ' Recehre Tentative
Teacher Allotment For
Next Term
WESLEY CHAPEL GAINS
The schools of TJhton county ; win
lose total of seven teachers for the
1944-45 school year, , tt the tentative
eJlotmentSL wblch have been set by
the Raieish office are not increased,
Announcements of the cuts were made
today by . H. Broome, superintendent
Of the county schools. , ' , ; T.tr
It was pointed out by Mr. Broome
that the allotments are tentative end
are based, on the'report of attendance
are usually finally set'to' July.: They
for the first six months of the 1948-44
term and the nnalrajiotinent to be
mads , in June will he -based on the
best onsecntlve she months' of' IMS -44
echool term. Reason for the cut Is a
drop In the average dally attendance
on which basis allotments are based.
Mr. Broome said that under the ten
tative allotment, Marshville, Prospect,
Jackson, Waxhaw, Indian Trail and
Falrview schools will lose one teacher
each. Wesley Chapel which last year
had ten teachers gained one.
During the past school year 200
white teachers were employed and 63
colored teachers. The colored allot
ment remains the same for 1944-45.
Commenting on the cut. sir. Broome
said that "many of the pupils, who
have reached their 18th birthday nave
cone Into the service; many in the
16-18 year group have volunteered and
many others have been attracted by
the high war-time wages and have
gone into work of some nature, while
another factor In the fall in school
vmrnilatlAn la tha Iavht Mrfh Tftt nf
depression years only now being fully
felt m school populations." He also
stated that school attendance for the
past year had been excellent, la spite
of these difficulties.
The -tentative teacher allotment as
received from Raleigh is as follows:
First Is tentative allotment for year
1944-4A-; and Second is change from
the year 1943-44:
Benton Heights, IT, same.
Wlngate, 11, same.
Marshville. 33, lost one.
Union, 22, same.
Prospect, 19, lost one.
Jackson, 8, lost one.
Waxhaw, 16, lost two.
Wesley Chapel 10, gained one.
Mineral Springs, 12, same.
Indian Trail. 19. lost two.
Unionvllle, 16, same, : .
New Salem. 16. same-
tefk?.?ttrie& 'oner ; -
Total, white. 200. Lost, 7. " .
Colored allotment same as last year,
total of 63.
DR.ABERNETHY SPEAKS
AT CENTRAL METHODIST
Miss Dorerthy Richardson Is Guest
Speaker Sunday Evening.
Dr. It. B. Abernethy of Charlotte,
the Secretary of Missions of the West
ern North Carolina Conference, was
the guest preacher, at Central Church
Sunday morning. For a number of
years Dr. Abernethy was superinten
dent of the Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital at Klkin, and spoke Sunday
morning In the lnterets of the work
of that Hospital The entire service
was centered around the Golden Cross
work, and at the close of the service
a special Golden Cross offering was
received. Dr. W. A. Ingram, Treasurer
of the Golden Cross Fund, will be
glad to receive contributions from any
who did not contribute Sunday. j
' In the absence of the pastor, Rev.
J. H. Armbrust, who Is In Cincinnati,
Ohio, for the wedding of his brother,
Rev. Joe Caldwell presided at the ser
vice. . r ; yrt" ! if : v:--,-:..1 '" V-'''' i ' '
Pvt. James Beatson of Columbia, B
C, stationed at Camp Sutton, was the
guest soloist Sunday morning. Pvt.
Beatson sang, "Blessed Are Ye," as an
offertory number. -'..vn-.' -f--
Sunday-evening at the Youth Fel
lowship : Service Mrs. : Lloyd - Dorrell
was the guest speaker. Mrs. Darren
spoke on the hie of Dr. - Albert
eebwetteer, famous missionary, author,
musician - and scholar. Mary , Ellen
Glasgow, was in charge of the pro
gram.. ' ''- , ' '
At the Bunday night church hour
Miss Dorothy Richardson of the na
tional staff of YWCA was the. guest
speaker. - Miss Richardson, who Is In
Monroe for a three days' conference
under the auspides of TJSO, was In
troduced by Miss Ruth Robbins, Asso
ciate Director of the Franklin Street
TJSO Club. Miss Richardson spoke
on the needs and problems of youth.
Rev. F. B. Drane of the Episcopal
church, led in the evening prayer.
Our prayers and best wishes- are
With Lee Griffin, who last week undre
went an operation In a Charlotte hos
pital. We are glad to learn that Mr.
Oman's condition is rapidly Improv
ing. '
nease sign the Centennial Register
at the church if vou attended any one
nt tha Vntnnlsl aiarVtes. This reels-
ter will be placed in the historical
Interest for the future.
The Nurserv for children Is being
operated In the nursery department of
the church during hours of worship to
enable parents to attend esrviee. Mrs.
i n f u In ehanre of the nur-
oirv.' i 9 InvKes mothers to leave
children ia toe Nursery during ser
vices. Please notify the church oHce of
any ,. km- s in your community, or
any new-copiers. . .
Rev. Jack T. Atlru
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New Tires This Fall
For "A" Card Motorists
New tires may start rolling this
FaU te "A" card aatesasWto driv
ers whose hopes and tires have
been wearing thin together.
First Charles F. FhiOlps,' the
OFAs new chief ef rationing, said
In an Interview yesterday that "A"
eard drivers eaa expect their first"
new tires since the start ef the
war when monthly allocations ef
synthetics climb to l,SO0M from
the May. fast of lOStsss. j .
: ' And, front the office of the Rnb
bor Director, where the sue cations
are set. It was learned that pro
duction ef 'passenger ear tires
probably will reach the IMM.
ln October, No-
As for ' gasoline, tiulllps
there was "nothing to
that the "A" ration eaa be m
srtns iid during the present Quar
ter ending Jaly L and that any
boost In the third smarter win be
dependent on allocations from
. the Petrolenm Administration for
War. He said study ef whether :
tt wffl be possible to Increase the
"B" ration this quarter has not
been completed.
Phillips stressed that not all "A"
eard motorists wll be able to ob
tain new Urea) this year. . Applica
tions wfl be screened by local ra
Uonln boards and certificates will
go first to these whose driving Is
considered:
Racing Yanks
Doughboys Swarm In Upon
Cisterna After Catting
Lifeline
GERMANS IN DISORDER
Canadian tanks broke through the
heart of the Hitler line yesterday and
river, 13 miles from Casslno; American
swept up the Liri valley to the Melfa
troops recaptured Terracina on the
coast, end a Tank armored avalanche
burst from the Anzlo beachhead arid
cut the Applan way barely 25 miles
from Borne.-. ",. -V:
The Canadlahs, thrown Into the
Italian fighting as a separate army
corps for the first time, smashed
through the Hitler line at its strong
est point and raced on five miles be
yond Pontecorvo, threatening to trap
German garrisons there and at Aquino,
two of the most powerful fortress
towns in the enemy defense belt,
fought their way back into Terracina
Supported by tanks, American trops
after an hour and a half battle early
yesterday, in which they crushed Ger
man defenses In a hillside cemetery
before the coastal town. American
patrols first entered Terracina ' hut
Sunday, only to retire when Nasi re
serves were rushed against them.
ReoccupaUon of the town brought
the Americans in the coastal sector to
the southern tip of the Pontine plain,
less than 30 miles down the Applan
for Cisterna, enemy bastion at the
way from where bitter fighting raged
north of the Anzio beachhead.
Last night doughboys swarmed in
upon Cisterna after having cut a mile
stretch of the Applan lifeline south
east of the town and severed Its rail
way connection - with Rome to the
northwest The Tanks literally were
blasting their way through the Ger-.
man's intricate . defenses within a
half-mile of Clsterna's town square.
. In a late dispatch from the beach
head Daniel de Luce of the Associated
Press said the armored charge still
was going forward unchecked at 8
p. nw nd that hundreds of German
prisoners still were streaming to the,
rear at sunset
Field Marshal ' Albert Kesselrlng's
hard-pressed 10th Army forces In the
Terracina sector were left with only
one means of escaping the great Al
lied nutcracker secondary lateral
road winding across the Italian waist
to the Via Casilina and at latest re
port a swift American column advanc
ing thorugh the mountains north of
Terracina was within three : miles of
blocking that artery.
SERVICES FOR ALTAN,
EZTHANY AND LEE PARK
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- (By Rev. W. O, Smith, Pastor) (
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
will be observed at Altan Presbyterian
church on Sunday morning. May 28th
in connection with the eleven o'clock
seervloe. , At the doss of this service,
a congregational meeting will be held
lor the purpose of considering tne
matter of new grouping affecting Al
ton, Bethany and Lee Park churches.
The Clerk of the Session. ( John
B.
Tarbrough. asks a full attendance of
the members of the Altan congregation
upon this meeting in order that a
frank discussion of the matter may
be had.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Sup
per will be observed at Bethany In the
afternoon at four o'clock on the same
date.. Congregational meeting will be
held after the preaching service to dis
cuss the matter of regrouping. A full
attendance is also urged at this meet-
In?.
OnAppian Way
OMOOOOHM
The Lee Park congregation will use
the evening hour beginning at 8:30.
f ir tie purpose of obserrlnir th
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n t -e piosram wul be f .
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NEWS AND EVENTS OF
week fro:iwc;g ATE
Ciob Has Last General Meeting Of
Tear; Personal Mention.
(By Mrs. Benson K, Bivens)
Members of the Woman's Society of
Christian . Service of the . Wlngate
Methodist church were Invited to Mrs.
P.. E. Green's home, near Marshville
for' their regular monthly meeting
Monday afternoon, . May ,22. 'The
home was attractively decorated with
lovely summer flowers for the meeting,
During the brief business session, over
which Mrs. C. A. Thomas presided it
was decided that the Society should
spend more time doing Red Cross
war. . Mrs. P. E. Greene was in
charge of the program on Training
Children." She gave an interesting
(introduction, after which Rev. - Mr.
IwiilWIII S UIV-W UU)HIU NIU wr
spiratlonal talk on Children's Play.
Mrs. Green served a delicious plate to
the following members: Mesdamea R.
u MoWhirter, Bess Wright, S.
Hlnson, C. A. . Thomas, H. K. Helms,
Bruce Bivens. Henry Perry. Russell
McColhun, Bradford , Hlnson, J. F.
Braswell, J. R. Braswell, E. L. Lowery;
p. E. oreene, Palmer Austin, wuey
Hefner, Rev. and Mrs. Bingham and
Miss Virginia Dare Hefner.
The Wlngate Woman's Club held Us
last general meeting of . the year on
Tuesday night at the home of Mrs.
Brady Broome. With the American
Home Department as hostess. Mrs.
Robert Smith, club president, pre
Bruoe Bivens and Mrs. Ralph Smith
sided over the business session. Mrs.
had charge of a few short games,
which were enjoyed by all, after which
the Club presented Mrs. W. C. Link,
Jr, with a lovely stork shower. The
hostess served an iced drink with
cookies. Among the members present
were: Mesdames C. G. Watts, Benson
E. Bivens, Bruce Bivens, Carlton Biv
ens, John A. Bivens, J. F. Braswell,
j. R. Braswell, William Edwards,
Frank M. Helms, L. L. Helms, Francis
Hoover, W. C. Link, Jr., E. L. Lowery,
O. J. Matheson, J. I. Orr, Robert
Smith, Misses Grace Tow, Blanche
Chaney; Carolyn Caldwell, Helen
Cowsert and Roberta Lovelace, Mes
mades Olln Austin, Roy Braswell,
Brady Broome, . C. C. Burris, Joe
Chaney, Wade Flowers, D. S. Mc
Colum, C. B. Mclntvre. R. L. Mc-
Whlrter, Jack Perry, Baron Smith,
Howard McCollum and Ralph Smith.
Mrs. Ruth Weatherby was a visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Plnyatello and
daughter, Catherine, of Ooldsboro,
spent hte week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Bivens.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Link, Sr., of
Charlotte, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Link, Jr., last week-end.
The Young Married Women's, class
enjoyed a lovely picnic on the College
campus last week.
Mr. and Mrs.' Ira B. Mullis of Ral
eigh, spent ' last week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Chaney.
Mrs. C;" S. Evans and Mrs. Ernest
Kale visited In Wlngate recently.
ESTIMATE 300,000 TO
VOTE NEXT SATURDAY
Contest Enters Final Stage With AD
Candidates Active.
With just one more working week
before the primary on May 27 political
prognostlcators and prophets are haz
arding guesses on size of the vote to
be cast. A few of the estimates go as
high as 276,000, some as low as 275,
000. What is judged to be about the
average, or what might be called
consensus opinion, Is that there win be
approximately 300,000 votes put into
the boxes by voters in person. To that
must be added for the total, whatever
absentee soldier vote is cast Majority
opinion around the square is the sol
dier vote will not exceed : 25,000, may
fall as low as 10,000, more likely will
be about 15,000. , -
The vote for governor In the Demo
cratic primary of 1940 with seven
candidates running was 465369. .This
time there is less Interest among vot
ers, but the main reason for a smaller
vote is the absence from home of so
many citizens in the armed services or
on war jobs.
Guessing on the sue of the total
vote and attempting to predict who
they will be cast for are different mat
ters. As previously stated, whatever
sentiment over tne state may do eap
ttol square In Raleigh is for Cherry
for governor. It is therefore only
natural that estimates should favor
him. Probable majority) vote for
Cherry is estimated from very close to
a landslide' in his isvor. Tne mow
generally heard estimate is that
Cherry will get 160,000 and McDonald
140,000 of the 300,000 personally cast
ballots. - Because of the extra effort
made , by Cherry supporters and the
appear of his service In the other war
eveen .McDonald partisans concede
that Cherry will likely get sub
stantial majority of the soldier ab
sentee vote. '. . ;
The foregoing ' estimates an not
unanimously agreed upon. There are
some observers who think McDonald
will win, many others ' think the vote
will be extremely close. The 18,000
to 140,000 represents the most often
quoted estimate. ..'r.-'-f-
lulu Heights Presbyterian Chnreh
. a Edwin Pickard. Pastor ....
M: Sunday. May 28, 1844- ; . t'J
Church School 8:45 a. m. '
Morning Worship 11 o'clock. 6er
mon by the pastor, "Christian "Classifi
cation. Mark 4:1-8. , f -
Evening Worship 8 . o'clock. "An
Answered Prayer." I Kings 18:37. Ser
mon by the pastor.
church, of which Mrs. A. F. Tlddy Is
president .
A congregational meeting of the
members of the Lee Park church has
bwn ordered by the Session of that
c.Tsrch to be held at the close of the
i-- - n f or the purpose of taking up
. r r of r'-Toiintr.g, as t Altan
1 t f-v. A fu.l attendance is
- i st .l of tj-ee rrMf-.r.gs. . i
" or -e of sa....-.s f """s loss of
i . J pet c ;.t of banana eivp. ' ;
Allies Bottle .
Japs In Burma
Airmen Supporting . Ground
Troops In New Mote
Against Enemy
JAP BASE IS SURROUNDED
Allied fighters and fighter-bombers
have shifted the 'weight of their at
tacks , to direct ! support of ground
troops which nive bottled up the
Eighteenth ; Japanese -division around
announced yesternay.
Their blows felllon Myitkylna. where
besieged Japanese still had a foot
hold, on Katkyot on the Irrawaddy
river bend four SUles southward, and
on the main Japs&ese base in the Mo
gaung valley at Hamaing to the west
The trapper MHtkytna sarlson and
Japanese forces hi the Zlgyun-Katkyo
pulsed by Brig. Oen. Frank Merrill's
cmnese combat trops.
This wily hingje fighter was using
his usual tactics) around Myitkylna
cutting Interior communications after
throwing road blocks across the road
leading west out of Myitkylna to the
juogBirag vauey. , -
(The Chinese - high command in
Chungklnk said that troops in the
western outskirts of Myitkylna had
captured the junction of a railway and
a road leading into the town from the
Allled-heM airstrip)
The airborne. Chindlts continued
pressure south ox Mogaung, x killing
more than 100 Japanese In 48 hours.
while the Chinese . 88th and 22nd di
visions advancing; down the valley
from the north scored other successes,
the 22nd seizing six enemy positions
west of the river.:
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
IN lRIEF
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Sonthern Europe Italian battle
rages toward crisis as heavily sup
ported forces rip Hitler line to
hredS. recapture Terra ins.
Monte Alto and Pica; Americans
burst from Anslo beachhead to
cat Applan Way southeast of Cis
terns, Western Europe Pretnvasion air
attacks mounts toward peak with
7,000 forays In daylight followed
by another night blast at Berlin.
' v r-
Eastern Europe All quiet on
Russian front .
Pacific Aleutian based planes
bomb Faramushlro and Shumushu
in Kmiles; NimiU' planes hit
Ponape.
ASIA Allied drive - to regain
Burma road slowed by weather,
terrain, and enemy reslstenoe.
Union County's
Men In Service
Got His Jap Prisoner
vrm SMix Shubert of R3. Marsh-
niii. Mnsitnwi flva Inters last week from
her husband Pfc Felix L. Shubert who
Is with a medical detachment, some
where in the South Pacific, no
Shubert enclosed In one of his letters
a 80 yen bill In Jap money.
He says he hss had many interest
ing nmaripniwi and has seen "lots of
dead Japs." Recently, he was with a
patrol group wno eaprurea n nap
oner. It f eU his lot to escort the prls
u.v tn viAOilfflisrters and he
marched him for three miles. The
amusing part of the mciaent ne siateu
was the jovial mood of the prisoner,
who laughed all the way to camp.
Pfc snuoert nas neen in loragu
vice twenty-eight months. His little
rf.,,T.fv trtfl who ia nearlns ehr
IKIUQUHW wm. , '. .
second birthday, has never seen her
father. ,vV
.rn.- rtatt rvfHftA: vt. F. Shoe, for
merly of Monroe, who has been in the
tt a Wan fnr tha nast two and half
years, is enroute home from his station
in Mississippi I or a visn wim novu.
Mrs. J. W, Reid Of Rl Monroe ana
brother C. A. Shoe also of Rl, Mon
roe. This is his first leave In two
years; ;;
irJ ivmim T. Hmnm and Wife
SM. VUa .
have been visiting with his parents.
Mr. ana bus. a. cuuiwu
Marshville and other relatives In the
county. He hss Just returned to
Camp Stewart. Oa, from a .ten-day
furlough. He Is with the enti-alreraft
as s radio ,opspr-.fv;
uMrfa wr fTiM9 nriMKinlst's mate
second class, son of Fred A. Chaney.
now serving In the TJ.r 8. Hjtvy."
somewhere In the South Pacific. He
has been overseas since ne nrst o
the year. He enterea ne semoeo i
u.un n ioie ami has hnn sta
tioned in New York and Norfolk, Va.
EOS wue, lormeny saiss uwwuf ouuau
Is making her . home In Charlotte.
Pvt John L. Hunter, son of Mrs.
Luther Knight writes be hss landed
safely "somewhere In England." He
ntararf the aerviees in 8eotember 184&
His friends who desire to write him
may obtain his address from hi par
ents... - - ".' ... v..
'Pvt Emerson B. McBride, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C McBride of R4, Mon
roe, has landed safely in England.
The first letter from him, received
Saturday, says that there are some of
the prettiest places over there that he
has ever seen. -. ' ";. . ' , ;;.
Pn W. C Wallace; Jr, ion of Mr.
nd Mrs. W. C VVare of Lancaster.
C, is st Care waiters, Texas, for
o training. 1 was one of a spe
c...y picked -grutui . to -take, heavy
PLANS COMPLETED FOR
POPPY DAY SATURDAY
Volunteer Workers Will Sell Poppies
On Streets For Disabled Vets.
"Every penny from the poppies that
will be Sold on the streets of this and
thousands of other towns, villages and
cities m the country, is contributed
to the welfare and rehabilitation work
of the American Legion and Auxili
ary," Mrs. Hal Love, president of the
Auxiliary Onlte Post 37 said today.
"Because this work is being done by
volunteers the money goes a long way.
"Many people have wondered what
will become of the money collected by
the volunteer workers Saturday, May
27. I wish everyone could see what
help this money brings to the disabled
erless by two world wars are the spe
cial concern of the Legion and the
Auxiliary. Their needs are often great,
especially their human needs. We try
to give them comfort both for the
body and the mind.
"Of course the government looks
after the physical welfare of the dis
abled men Who are in hospitals In al-
which the government cannot provide,
such as the understanding aid and the
personal attention that so often helps
a disabled man and which often helps
to keep a family together when the
chief breadwinner is incapacitated.
"This is what the money from the
poppy sale helps to accomplish. And
we hope this year more and more
people will buy the poppies and show
their interest in and their sympathy
for the men who have fought for them
and are now struggling to get back to
the point where they can again be.
come self supporting."
W. J. C. GIVES SECOND
PERFORMANCE OF "TISH"
By popular demand of the public,
the Masque and Wig Club will give a
repeat performance of "Hah" for the
commencement play Friday night May
26. Another play would have been
given but there were many requests
for Tish. The play will begin at 8:30
and the admission is 35c and 25c.
The cast is as follows:
Letitla Carberry-Tish Sue Betty
Chapman.
Lizzie Kathryn Huntley.
Aggie Beatrice Gulledge.
Ellen Lelghton Sallie Vaughan.
Charlta Frances Perry.
Luther Hopkins G. C. Mungo.
Callie Hopkins Eunice Vaught
Charlie Sands Carlyle Morris.
Bettlna Trent Mary Ben Burris.
Sheriff Lem Pike Jimmy Mills.
Wesley Andrews Wayne Slayton.
Denby Grimes Jimmy Hancock.
Dorice Gaylord Elizabeth Plyler.
Those in charge state that "We are
sure the play will be even better and
a much greater success this tune than
it was before. There is great suspense
and excitement right up until the final
curtain. So, if you want to spend a
very enjoyable evening dont miss
Tish. It is a performance that you'll
never forget."
weapon training. His address Is: Pvt.
W. C. Walalce, Jr., 34858499, Co. D. 55
Bn., 4th Plat, Camp Walters, Texas.
Haron Gay. son of Mrs. Alma Gady,
of R2 Monroe, who has just completed
his "boot" training at the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station, 111., and at
Camp Peary, Va, is spending a 12
day furlough here with his mother.
Mrs. Gay has two other sons In the
service, George, somewhere In Italy,
and Guy with the navy in the Pacific
area.
Pvt. Earl Broome of Camp Croft,
8. C.'is spending a 10-day furlough
with his family. He is being trans
ferred to Camp Shelby, Miss. He will
report for duty on June 5th. Pvt
Broom was employed at the Griffin
Implement Company In Monroe before
going into service on uecemoer xv,
1943.
Mrs. B. a. Hlnson. Jr. has returned
frnm San TnMM. Calif, accomnanied
by her husband, Petty Officer Hlnson
of the U. 8. Navy, wno nas oeen re
cuperating in the Naval hospital from
innn-lM received overseas. Petty Offi
cer Hinson has been transferred to
the Naval hospital in Charleston, s. o,
and will report for further treatment
there after a 35-day convalescent
leave. He was formerly meat cutter
with the Star Market in Monroe be
fore going into service.
Mr. and Mrs. John English have
had a message from their son, Pvt
Frank English stating that he has
landed safely overseas," supposedly in
England. - '.
Lieut' Commander W. W. Gentry,
who is on a destroyer overseas, was
promoted to his present rating In
March. Mrs. Gentry who te making
her home with her mother. Mrs. John
Vann, has just - recently beard from
him for the first tune in several weexs.
XiT-ggV Sen InNeW Guinea :
T-6gt Clegg E. Sell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sell, of East Jefferson
street is now stationed In New Guinea.
He entered the service In September
184 and has been overseas since last
December. This week his parents re
ceived a letter from him in which he
aalri in nart:
"Everything this way Is fine and X
am O. K, as usual so- aoni worry
about me any at all. Nothing exciting
has happened recently but I think I
have already seen all the excitement
I want to see but I cant very weu
call it excitement Most of It is very
exciting but one of our missions was
nothing but a utue on ei neu ana m
a big way. By the grace of God our
radio operator is doing swell now.
There hi no doubt with us that He
answered our prayers in a very few
seconds. If anyone wants to argue
that prayers are not W'ml I can
tell ond prove of ne ai 1 I've seen
nun. hers of other ta"s ..ea I per
sonally know that taey were ' an
swered . ; ..... i - ' , i
Interest In Prbary GrovingR
Election To Be Held Saturday
Campaign For Qothing
For Russia Successful
The Monroe drive for old clothes
for RoaHans resulted In eoBesMon
of av gross amount ef 8006 pounds
of eeats, shoes and ether Mains,
according to an annonnecsneni
made today, by Superutendent W.
R. Kirkraan of the Monroe City
Schools, who served as ehsinnan
of the local drive.
Terming tha drive as "highly
sowosssfuL" Mr. sUrfcaaan praised
the eooperatiea of loesl residents
and tha merchants ef the city, and
added a particular note, for the
exoellent condition in which the
ghta srere received.
"We an very frond ef the fine
response ef tha people ef Monroe
te this worthy campaign and ex
press our deep appreciation te all
who had a part m it"
7000 Sorties
Hurled At Foe
r
Allied Bombers Stagger For
tress Europe With
Mighty Blow
DOWN 77 NAZI PLANES
Berlin experienced an air raid alert
early yesterday as - R. A. F. night
bombers apparently followed up a
record American-led daylight assault
of 7,000 forays against fortress Europe.
A target of Flying Fortress bombs
Wednesday, the German capital was
warned by the Nasi radio of the ap
proach of night raiders shortly after
midnight. It was the eleventh Ameri
can raid on Berlin.
From the Atlantic Wall to points
deep in the Balkans, more than 5,500
tons - of explosives were dropped by
British-based and Italy-bassed squad
rons in the daylight attacks.
Seventy-seven German fighters were
shot down In fierce sky battles along
the route to Berlin, which was attack
ed by a strong force of Flying For
tresses from above a cloud cover, while
from all British-based operations by
Americans 33 bombers and 16 fighters
were missingfl a TJ. S. Air force com
munique said last night
A Liberator; wing pounced on the
Paris area, undefended by the over
matched Nazis air force, and hammer
ed enemy airfields at Melun and Orly
to the south and Creil to the north
east, making its bomb runs against
light to moderate flak.
In a gigantic co-ordinated assault,
Allied bombers and fighters from bases
in Italy flew 3,700 sorties, striking in
the vicinity of Vienna, at rail links in
northern Italy and at other targets in
Austria and Yugoslavia.
Other fighters and fighter bombers
in this sixth straight daw og aerial
invasion raked rail yards and airelds
behind the channel fortifications in
occupied France and Belgium. These,
with the bigger raids on Berlin and
Paris, added up to 3,800 sorties from
Britain.
Tank Driver
rtas Wild Day
Returns From Anzio Fight
With Shell m. Wine
And Nazis
FIRED AT EVERYTHING
"Double Trouble," a tank that belies
its name, rumbled back from the Al
ban 'hills at dusk yesterday with a
shell hole in its nose, red wine In a
water can and 13 German prisoners
llll lu.la.ta., '
Steering his aged steel monster to
the nearest mechanical surgeon, Bgt
Ralph Johnson poked his dusty face
out of the driver's seat and grinned,
"We are trading tt tonight tor an
other one Tripple Trouble'." .
The - 22-year-old KentuckJan from
Louisville who had to leave his bride
of six weeks to go overesas. was the
first tanker to drive across the Cis-J
terna-Rome railroad at noon yester
day and crack the German beachhead
line. ' . -..vr"'-:-';--'.-
While machine gun bullets spattered
against "Double Trouble" - rugged
frame? GunuCornTArttur Bosnwl !
&ZJZ?'2ZP JS?,
" -1
krauts climbing trees."
When the Platoon leader, Lt. Walter
Russell, of ' "somewhere on Long Is
land," lost his own tank on a mine, he
hailed "Double Trouble," climbed In
and the sortie continued up the rolling
hills. - - :
About 1.000 yards beyond the mil
way embankment "Double Trouble"
shuddered and stopped. ' A German
88-shen had squashed in the face of
the tank. ... . . ,-
The Daily Vacation Bible school of
the Benton Heights Presbyterian
church will start Monday morning.
May 28 at o'clock. Classes will be
held daily through. Friday. to 11
o'clock. All children three years of
age or older are Invited to attend the
classes, announces the pastor H. E.
Pickard. Mr. Pickard recently ar
rived in Monroe from the Union T. --
logical Seminary, Richmond, Va, t:
do pastorlal work during the '
months. . . .; ,
ChurclilU !:iara tv; Les.g ;e o .
have succeeded if bau.ed.
, , , . ,, ., a k
Candidates For Local Offices
Active As Campaign En
ters Home Stretch .
LIGHT VOlTiSFORECAST
Candidates for the major State and
Federal offices today, wen completing
their final week of campaigning which
ends with the Democratic primary on
Saturday, and veteran political observers-
hero were predicting one of the
sm&llset votes ever east In a four-year
primary, despite . the fact that the
State .. is. electing a governor, TJ. 6.
senator, and a multitude of county of
Ws, ,-.$(,.. w.i'i.v.i.ii'.,.! .''
A noticeable increase of Interest tat
tha throe-way race for tne nomination
for Oovernor and five-man fight for -the
United States Senate seat now
held by Robert R. Reynolds, these ob
servers agree that because of the war
and other factors, the vote will . be
held to a minimum, '
The contest in the county centers
around the election of the Board of
County Commissioners In which tha
I 1 IJ V A.
on the board.
Ten candidates are seeking places
on the County Board of Education in
cluding the present board, with the
exception of Henry Collins of Wax
haw who Is not, seeking re-election.
The Incumbents are: B. Ward Laney,
H. Grady Hawfleld, i. Make Edwards
and R. P. Stegall. The new candidates
are: J. Vernon Brooks, Allen Collins,
John Thomas Helms, Edwin L. Lowery,
Page Price and Leslie Starnes.
The only other contest - that is
claiming any attention is the race for
constable of Monroe township In which ,
present constable, Chatham F. Smith,
opposed by Houston "Slim" Privette .
and Wyatte F. Whitley.'
Four county officials received" the
nomination by default, there being no
opposition. - They are: O. L. Richard- :
for the House of Representatives; Miss
Clara Laney, Register of Deeds; Judge
Hayne Johnson, of Recorder's Court ,
and Henry Smith, Prosecuting Attor
ney. The Sheriff and Clerk of Court
will not come up for election until
two years hence.
Precinct polling places will open at
6:30 a. m. and close at 6:30 p. m,
eastern war time. A long standing
law at which polls opened at sunup
and closed at sundown has been eban-
UWUSAUWUfca iih.mwiiiie w. MJ auuw, tt.
Vera Griffin, Ben F. Price, O. M. '
Rogers and Fred Staton are seeking
re-election with Henry Myers and 8.
W. Harkey also seeking membership '
wNwi. uc uuur -Ail nuiC' 4iuuriy uaaia. .
J. David Simpson, chairman of "
the Union County Board of Elections'
stated today that about twenty absen
tee ballots had been received from the
men in the armed forces, a very small
percentage of the number requested. .
The cotton weigher's position - at
Monroe, for which, hi times past,
there were candidates galore, Is this
year without candidate. The Union
County Democratic Executive Commit
tee will name a candidate to be placed
on the ballot In the general election.
Although the average voter is under
the impression that there are only ;
two candidates for the Democratic
nomination for the United States Sen
ate, Clyde R. Hoey and Cameron Mor
rison, there are three others Marvin .
Lee Rltch, Arthur Simmons and Giles
Teoman Newton. ' .
Three candidates are In the race for
the Democratic gubernatorial nomtua- ,
tion Major ' Cherry, Dr. McDonald
and Olla Ray Boyd. Mr. Boyd, who -halls
from the eastern part of the
state, favors putting bomb-proof roofs
on. all school buildings in North Caro
lina.' ,-' f -
Three candidates are In the race for
the Democratic nomination for lieu
tenant governor L. T. : . Ballentine.
Jamie T. Lyda, and W. L. Halstead.
Thad Sure, secretary of state, has
as his opponent W. N. Crawford, while
George Ross Pou, state auditor. Is op-v.
posed by Fred S. Hunter. Charles M.
Johnson, state treasurer, has . as his
iwnnnmi' T. J .Vhirwm .y- -
The gubernatorial race in 193d -brought
out the highest vote the state
as a whole ever cast a total of 516A64.
Clyde R. Hoey led the field in the
first ; primary, receiving 4,468 - more
" .Ti wTi r.....
ernor Broughton led a field of seven
candidates in 1940, with 46895 votes
being cast
TERRACE EUILDING TO
V , EE DET.I0NSTRATED
Satarday Afternoon At t O'clock At
ram. Highway 74.
Oonstruotion of standard terraces
has been added as an unlimited soil-
SS.VnLaL vl
Proved terrace, on their own farms
anil tractor anmtnra mi. im. intn
agreements to build terraces and be
paid for such -terrace construction
through funds which have been made
available under the AAA Program. ,
There will be a terracing demon
stration in Union county on May 2
1944 at S o'clock p. nx, at V t i -
of Roland Helms, on the t e
Highway, TJ. S. No. 74 i I
the fair grounds on the r . . i e
road. Tractor operators ana f s.
who are interested in t ?
urged to attend this demn .
' Full Information in rf i t ) t s
terracing profrram wll 1 e c . i ft
this demonstration and t :
be con r.ructed by seve 1 (
tj-pes of farm trsr'nrg. , : r
who ere lntfreed in c
terra i are tr 1 t j t. :.