North Carolina Newspapers

VTEATKia FC-IECAST Pertly cloudy and winner today and Tuesday. Sunset today. I:W in,rinrlse Tuesday, 6:0 a. m. : ''L! Cotton, aborUb ;M 21a t SI Ha Cotton, lone, In . 29e to 3Mne Cotton Seed, bushel i. :" Wtte Eggs, dozen ti ,. .. .. ., ... Ma Corn, baabal .. .. ft0 t - pfmttefirn rM nnrjnAV; Awn TUittxariAVQ 1 " ; ' Wheat, bushel ".v fl.1t SEVENTY-SECOND TEAR ! . , ' MONROE,''N, fr, UNtON COUNTY, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1944" ' 8-MONTHS, 75c; 6-M0NTHsOl. i&TKLY, $2.00 A YEAR Wnr Veterans " Bill ADnroved - a Measure Embodies A, Broad Program Of Benefats for ' Soldiers ' PROVISIONS OF NEW BILL A Joint congressional committee set tied all Its difference Saturday and unanimously approved a broad legis lative program of oenewis ror u erans ot this war. Expected ratification of the com promise next week wlU eend the legis lation to the White House for presi dential action. Arrangements have been made to lay It befort the Senate today and the House Tuesday or Wed nesday. ' Under the bill, men and women re turning from the war win be entitled to hospitalization, educational assist ance, aid in getting Jobs and unem Dtoyment compensation. - The eost jtas been estimated at 13,000,000,000 W $800.000,000 but an accurate Calcula tion Is Impossible. , ' rtniv emu nrovfedon. dealing With 100 placement, was in dispute when the Senate-House conferees got together. Fearing a deadlock over that, Ameri can Legion representatives had sent an "BOS" to Representative Gibson, Dem ocrat of Georgia, one of the conferees at his home at Douglas, Ga to cast what might be the deciding vote. Gibson arrived by plane early Satur day morning. But evidently mere wasnt the stalemate the Legion had thought, for the first ballot IS a 1 to accent the Senate's idea of mrtHrvff inh nlacement under the TJ. S. Employment service to avoid setting up a whole new agency in ww mrm airiinlnlatrat.kin. To obtain Senate provisions on Job placement, the conferees had to accept ' a House proposal tna any wiku -veteran gets under the "G. I. bill of rights" be deducted from any bonus granted him after the war. Here are some of the major things the bill would cover: 1. If the veteran should be out of a Job during the first two years after him' discharge, he could draw $20 a week unemployment compensation for 82 weeks- , A . . 3 If his education was interrupted when he put on a . uniform--and the bill establishes a presumption of in terruption if he entered service before the age of 25-e could get a years schooling, and in some instances a complete college education. The gov ernment would pay $500 for the year's tuition, laboratory fees, books and similar expenses, and 50 a month for ' artaistence. tdus $25 for dependents. 8. If he needed a Job, necouM en "' Ust the help of megrdeTM, BmjBoy ment service. 4. If he needed hospitalisation, he would get it through the veterans ao ministration. - - CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH ITEMS new name was added to the Oraddle Roll Sunday:- William Joseph Stonii TT ann Of Sat. and UTS. W. J. Stewart. Mnv.ank Beerest, who has been vlsiUng j i babjTs parents In Lubbock, Texas, W some time re turned Friday and the mother and babv came along. .' - 4 The congregation stood Sunday m memory and appreciation ox sa. u. Howie, who passed away, during the week. A good workman; noble Chris tian was be. Peace be with his family. The senior ebon sang the offertory Sunday morning, using "Prayer," by Guion. The pastor spoke on, "Will . We Knew Our Loved Ones Heav en." He affirmed that we will, because ' the Instinct of man decides 'it; the " persistence of personality, lore, an at V tribute of the soul, must have an ob- ject to . love; ana tne wora .oi uw Ateaches it ' " The Weaver Wesley Bible Class will hold its monthly business and social - meeting on Monday, g p. m, at the . ..church. , "i ) , The Woman's Society wm bold its general meeting on lionday jat f:30 ,. p. m. at the church. 3 ' s The Spbrttual Life Group will meet 1 on Tuesday, 1:30 p. m. in the' young 4 people's rooms. ' Miss Frances ' Plyler i . wlQ lead. ' , 3 'i : we were sappy to announce the .! Fifth War Loan Drive beginning Mon- day. The public Is called upon for the largest fund in the nation's fils tory. A good personal investment and I a backing of our boys over there. . i . v xhe Union County Youth Fellowship "' ' will meet at Central Methodist church ' Monday 8:30 p. m. Rev. Armbrust Will ' bring the message. A social hour will 'xi be held in Phifer Hall after the bosl i., ness and religious service. : ' The Upper Room devotkmal bpows - on sale in the church entrance... a good .dally reading for the times. Take a copy and leave a nickle. . " n The President of the United States . Mit nm tha nation to be in enn- - tlnuous prayer during- the invasion. We ei" fed to' the service of r ' ?er WedntMiay, P- n." We cannot g j to t rar but we can ro to prayer meek .nr. The dty-wide , Vacation - Chi . Bcbool opened its session on Mo at a a. m. Ases from throur years are meeting at the Fretrr church: and ages 4 through I Methodist church. The snbe meet dally through June 21. a. m. to 11:30 a. m. . Wanted: Every person who ' any of the Centennial sen register in a book provided i DurDose to be prmerved In t i d to at his torical cabinet. The book is at the church. The Centennial books are her for those who ordered a copy. We h ve a f-w ex"a dries. If j i v?. - one c t ; fe before t f j ' a : r -"-' en r . i 1 ; i i U ) ..a c.i fjr r: x aa pies'i..i'd to t eor Te.ra t arLiy Baorulng. Ccd to ee COLLEGE GIRLS iASXED ' TO JOIN NURSES AIDE Urged Ta ..Contact Local Bed Cmea . ) Offlee Far Information. Girls home tram college and others Interested In taking a day time nurses aide training course are urged to call the local Red Cross office at once. The need la urgent and officials are anx lous that the class be organized and started as soon as possible. The class will be taught by . nurses from the County Public Health Department. - Mrs. : Charles Napier, chairman of the Nurses Aide, spoke today of the great need for more nurses aides and urges those who are able to give time to this patriotic work to do so. Members of the new class will take an accelerated course in which they will complete their training In four weeks and wll lthen have several weeks of the summer to serve before school begins in the fall. Girls who go away to college nest fall will likely find time to do some nurses aide work in the cities in which they will be lo cated. , i Fix Ceilings On Used Cars Announce New Rnljng By 0PA Effective Next Month THE PRICES WILL VARY Price ceilings for all used passenger automobiles, under consideration by the Office of Price Administration for over a year, go into effect July 10 at levels generally of January, 1044. Price Administrator Chester Bowles, announcing the new regulation at a news conference yesterday, said the ceilings would roll-back prevailing prices an average of 10 per cent. The measure covers sales by private own' ers as well as dealers. The regulation fixes maximum prices for 23 makes and about 6,000 models manufactured from 1937 through 1942. Celling for 1942 models are the same as maximum prices for new passen ger cars as of February 29, 1944, while prices for 1937-41 models are fixed at January 1944 levels. For older cars, the price is held to that established for the nearest com; parable 1937 model. Prices win vary, as they have done in normal times, in three geograpnicai price aones established, - They will be lowest In region A which Includes all states east ot the Mississippi river. highest in region C, comprising Wash. imrtonr Oregon,- California, Nevada' and Ariaona. and about half-way between the two levels , in region B, covering the rest of the country. .i Typical nrioes are 1990 for a IMS Ford V-f deluxe four door sedan sold aa is" in region A, 11,025 in region B, and $1,065 in region O. For warranted can, the ceilings in respective areas are 11.238. S1J81 and l J31. The ceiling on 1937 Chevrolet master deluxe four door sedan will be $340 "as is" In region A 1400 in region B and 9470 in region C. War ranted prices are $440, $500 and $588. The rgeulatlon permits additions to celling prices for extra equipment. such a $10 for any neater ana aw for any radio. , EXPLAINS INSIGNIA TO BE WORN BY ITALIANS WU Be Seen. On Uniform Of Italian Stationed At Camp Sette- t , Tiuarnuch as members of the Italian regiments are increasingly in evidence about Monroe Jt might be oi interest at thl stlme to clarify the meanings o f the various insignia which will be seen on the summer uniforms of both Italian officer and enlisted personnel. Commissioned ranks in the Italian army correspond to those of' ttoe American armed forces. Unlike our our army, however, where grade Is indicated on cap and collar, Italian grades are evidenced by start worn on eap and .breast A single Star' In dicates a second lieutenant, two star a full lieutenant, three stars a cap tain. Similarly, breast stars boxed In gold denote the grades front major to colonel. -A major wears one star thu boxed, a lieutenant-colonel two, a colonel three, ,t .., " Colonelcies are the . highest rated ranks of the Camp Sutton units. There are two' such at Sutton. , .. Non-commissioned officers are i not year wearing their grade stripes, al though in time sleeve ratings will be available fo rthoa entitled to their it. - Again, with oertaln exceptions, grades parallel those of the American non-com. A P. F. CV wears a single red stripe; a corporal, a wide above a narrow stripe; a corporal-major a wide above two narrow stripe. - ; Indication of a. sergeant ts the yel low narrow stripe above a wide; of a sergeant-major, ' two , narrow . stripe above a wide, w-1 -; : The variations of the three grades ot warrant officers are revealed by boxed gold stripes on the breast. One stripe within the box point eut the "maresclallo . ordlnarta," the lowest grade of warrant; two, the warrant officers of Junior grade ; three, chief warrant officers.. "-. .C -: . f. ' - ; Colored (blocks of white, yellow, or! red against the .Italy" sleeve insig nia denote the Sutton unit to. which each officer or enlisted man is at tached. ' - ' ' Identical both to Colonel and Priv ate are the OI sun-tans, the green and white "Italy" arm badge, and the fn "v cotton cape. , 1. Cp , r r !--iri and dauf - 1 ta their home r r a V'- - I . r r - 'iter, 't In . s 1 i t t 1 ani f i'.i. . t.iniam. aur. Js.en t Crous tar .the week ranled tehm home. Families Aided Camp Sutton BrancE W ler- tonal Affairs Division ' Helps MANY PROBLEMS SOLVED Wives and families of local Caro linians now serving with the Army Ground and Service Forces were re minded this week that the Army has set up a special agency to help them with problems - arising from their breadwinners' absence on the nation's j vnuuno. Lt. Shirley M. Phillips. W. A. O. heads the Camp Sutton branch of this Personal Affairs Division, whose motto Is '"Nothing ' too small or to great" and whose announced purpose is- to provide fftmily men In the Ser vice with a "fifth freedom1' freedom from worrit over their dependents. Many civilian dependents of service men, Lt. Phillips points out, and many servicemen themselves know they are entitled to government help in emer gencies, but dont know how to apply for lt. A short-cut to such asistance Is furnished by the Personal Affairs Branch, which not only refers prob lems to the proper agencies, but keeps on their track afterwards. To handle such assorted matters as compensation, maternity air, allot ments, pensions, employment, civil service preferment, hospitalization and legal assistance, the Personal Affairs Branch maintains close contact with the American Red Cross, the Veterans Administration, the Office of Depen dency Benefits, other Federal and state agencies and such military branches as Army Emergency Relief. In addition to this, Personal Affairs Branch personnel themselves handle problems which fall under no other agencies' Jurisdiction. On occasion they have organized day-nurseries and hunted down - missing allotment checks, el in accord with the theory that a soldier cannot give his best efforts to fighting the enemy when his mind is half-occupied by anxiety over the trouble of his family at home. Every Army post has its Personal Affairs Office. Its services are avail able not only to soldiers on the post, but to civilians In the neighboring areas, whether their servicemen-relatives are stationed locally or in distant areas, whether they are serving ac tively or are captive, discharged or dead. Says Cotton is Ahead - Official Predicts Economic Revolution In South; . Urges Action PRODUCTION COST IS HIT Oscar Johnston, president of the National .Cotton Council, has warned of an economic revolution in southern agrioulture If steps are not taken -to make American cotton competitive with loretgn cotton and synthetic noers. - Speaking before a meetliur of the councl lat tended by members of Con gress, Johnson declared that land now used to grow cotton will be put to other agricultural uses if effective markets for the fiber crop are not found. ' Cotton lands wll lenter competition with lands in Wisconsin. Minnesota, iowa and other states in the produc tion of dairy products. They will en ter into competition with Kansas and the West in the production of wheat, oats, barley and rye. Johnston said these prediction were in no sense a threat, but a "calm and deliberate statement of fact." "Other sections," he declared, "have a stake In the future of cotton. It is to their Interest to keen the cot ton Industry flourishing and strong." roe council cmer said there were three ways tor making cotton com petitive with' foreign and synthetic fibers Improvement of quality, reduc tion of price, and improvement of cot ton' sales efforts. ; ; - v The reduction in price must come he" said, not through 'lowering the termer's Income but through reducing the costs at production.: Johnston said cotton producers will not ' necessarily Insist upon any 'set price,' '-; ..:'' . i "Jt they can make money out of a price that will enable them to under sell i their competitors, provided, of course, that it gives them a decent return for their efforts, they will ac cept that price . gladly ,., J,:. - Johnston said cotton nroducer must depend upon the government hot' only! to peip woix out a "sensible - long term program.' but to help It through the "difficult years that lie immediate ly eJieed.- ;v 3 -., v , s,. , ... ' ' ,;-: ; 'Y ;. Chaadaaqma Book Ctab jf - A' called meeting of the Chaautau cua Book Club was held Friday after on wua toe president, Mrs. w. B. -wo. iim memoer rotea unanimous- ly 10 continue with their war activities t and have no regular meetings for the duration. Eight hundred and forty eight hours have been given to surgi cal dressings by eleven members and others have served a Orey Ladles on the U 8 O advisory council, chairman of women division of War Savings, O F A community work, hostess at t"0 rv"iTOied dances, assisted with 3 c 1. purtoH i Mr. J rent f iir. J a r t v-ps r,a War Loan rJiiiprous c ir activities. f 1 cjUcVjus fruit O'Dahlel of Charlotte, -end with her mother. LATEST INVASION NEWS Supreme . Headquarter . .Allied EzpediUanary Ferce American H troop hare eacttand Carcntaa, ' main atrtnghaU gaarding the nar aweat neck of Cheboug Feninsala, ha Geanan Hifki Command en ceded today and British, foree have battered nine miles aaat of Caen, threa tenia . enclrelement af that eastera binga of the Normandy- battlefront. r 8uprme -Headquarter? Allied Expeditionary Force A tiled air craft of varioua .type, lnclading a foree of between 100 and 150 V. 8. heavy bombers, roared eat toward the continent today after the BAP had Wt four more key rail centers m franco last night and I given Berlin- Its third bomb ing in as many nights. - For seme tirs after dawn, the noise of . aircraft was beard over the English south coast a planes headed -oat to give direct support t Allied troop on the Normandy battlefront. The forma tion of heavy bombers winged its way ever London, . London AavioU from Spain said today that f Vichy authority in Soathern France Is dlsintegrat-' ing, except whefb it is close to German protection, and that French underground force are cutting communications between enemy ganttons. Meanwhile, in the harshest of a aeries of German steps aimed at subduing the In creasing resistance behind Nazi lines, Field Marshal Gen. Karl Gerd Van Bandstedt proclaimed last night that Frenchmen resist ing the Germans would be execut 1 Germans Would n capturedi i Fifth Array ed when Heme Fifth Army trocps have occupied MontefUvscone, an im portant road junction near the shores of Lake Blsena, and other columns paehing i Jong the Italian west coast are iproachlng Or beteUo, 71 mile northwest of Borne, Allied Heads uarters an noanced today. Union County's Men In 'Service Advanced Echelon: nth AAW Aunt. where In New Guinea Sgt. Boy C. Hamilton, aerial gunner on a Liberator bomber In the "Red Raider" outfit of the Fifth Air Foree in NeW Guinea. was recently promoted to Staff Ser geant. Re is the son of Mrs. A. K. Hamilton, RS, Monroe. S-Sgt Hamil ton has been overseas more than 12 months and has completed nine com bat missions, ever .Now Guinea-target. He is a graduate of Bentnn nrtohtM high echol, and the army gunnery school at TyndaU Field, Calif., and Lwery Field, Colo. T-S Cnl. George M. Flowe, formerly of Monroe and son of the late Michael B. Flowe and who la now stationed In New Guinea, has been awarded a good conduct ribbon. He is serving in the amphibious forces. Cel. Flow took his basic training at Fort Devlns, atass.. ana camp Edwards, Mass. He has also awarded a diploma from a technician school 'in Boston, Mass. He received his boot training at Camn uoraon jonnston, Fia. Pvt. Joe P. Witmore. who was in ducted April 4. 1944. is stationed at camp Swift, Texas, with the Signal Corps. His address is Pvt. Joe'P. Wit more, A. 8. N. 34968514, Co. B, 46th Big. Light Cons. Bn. Camp Swift, Tex. . Y Ueut. (Jg) Francis B? Lee who has been spending a few days here with his people, left Sunder morning for Ocean View, Va., where he Is station ed. Pvt. William M. Presson who has been at Tyndall Field. Fie., has re cently been transferred to Panama City, Fla. Pvt. Presson Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Presson of oMn- roe. Ueut. Warren Stack who has been stationed at Staten Island, N. Y spent four days here with his mother, Mrs. Pattle Stack, and left this morn ing for Orlando, Fla, where he will attend an Intelligence School. Ueut. (Jg) John B. Aahcraft. who has returned recently from overseas, came yesterday for a two weeks leave with his mother, Mrs. Eugene Aahcraft. Aviation' Cadet James O. Icensour, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Icenhour, Monroe, is enrolled in the class of cadets currently taking baste flight in struct ion at the independence Army Air Field, Kanea. a member of the newly-arrived cadet class, he ha suc cessfully completed both the ore-flight and primary phases of the aviation cadet training program. After ten weeks there, he will move on to an advanced .training schtioL ; Bit . record here will detennine which of the two final stages of Instruction ski gis en gine advanced for , fighter pllota or twin , engine advanced for bomber, pilot be is better adapted for. . B-Sgt t. W. McClellan spent Wed. needay night with his mother in Mon roe. A pilot and an airplane mechanic at Fort Benning, he brought a party to Charlotte Wednesday and came down for a brief visit to his mother. Another eon of Mrs. McClellan. Tech, Sgt OuS McClellan, may be to the in vasion. He had been in a hospital In England some time suffering with a broken ankle, but was able to leave the hospital on May S. That to the last his mother bee heard from him. Cpl. Thurman 1 Helms has been transferred from the .office ' of the Medical hospital. Camp Blending, Pla to Hq. Det- Srd Bn S pedal Train ing Unit, of the Reception Center, Camp Shelby, Kiss. , . - Lt Marvin Fetrfry, farmer athletic coach of Monroe high sohol. Is with Broughton Oii To Good Start Our Governor Arinoance$ Hit Candidacy For Vice . President PREDICTS FDR VICTORY Governor J. Melville Broughton, an nouncing his candidacy for the Demo cratic vice presidential nomination, told a press conference In New York Saturday that "the American public mind In Its present state will over-' whelmingly re-elect President Roose velt." Broughton, who said his name would he placed In nomination for the sec ond place on the Democratic ticket, declared that "the issue in the com ing national campaign will resolve it self into the question of the conduct or the war and negotiations at the peace table. All other Droblems will be forgotten." He predicted that a general dank In the Democratic national platform against federal encroachment of states' rights would appease South Democrats now threatening to bolt the New Deal. The so-called southern revolt rough ton said, was "not so much antl Roosevelt nor anti-fourth term as it was resentment against Federal inter ference with matters of sole state con cern." The principal questions at issue be tween Southern exponents of states' rights and the Administration, rough ton added, were 'the poll tax and the racial prociem I can agree with leaders of the movement that these questions and many others are exclusively state per ogatlves," Broughton said. He expressed the opinion that Pres ident Roosevelt would be renominated. would accept and would be elected with the "border states" Oklahoma. Kentucky and West Virginia going Democratic. H. D. CLUBS TO FEATURE FOOD CONSERVATION Miss Clapp Announces Series Meetings For Month. Of The Home Demonstration Clubs of union county will be giving "Food Conservation" demonstrations during the month of June. These meetings will begin promptly at 2:30 p. m. The meeting schedule for the first half of the month Is as listed: Tuesday, June 13 Fairfield, Fair field Club House. Thursday, June IS Lanes Creek, at home of Mrs. John Manse. Thuradiky.- ibu- '; jQllboa Gllboa uma Hoom. Friday, June 16 Prospect, Prospect escnooi. - The dates for the other meetings wiu appear in later issues of The En quirer. Topics for discussion at this meeting will .be on care of pressure cookers. canning equipment, and Jar closures. 'roe a Dove demonstrations will be given by Miss Ruth dapo. Home Demonstration Agent and Miss Ada Brasweli, War Emergency Pood Pres ervation Assistant. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for the kindness and sympathy shown us, and for the many beautiful flow ers during the illness and death of our husband and fattier. May God bless each one of you. Mrs. L, T. Marsh and Children. Each arm of the starfish contains a small eye. a eld artillery unit in Italy. In a recent letter to friends be stated that he was In sight of Rome, and that his outfit was occupying a nearby hill from which they could look down and see what the folks were having for breakfast. Our guess now is that the lieutenant has breesed through Rome, and still going places. Cpl. and Mrs. Joel Myers, Jr. re turned to Camp Swift, Texas Sunday after spending a furlough with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Myers. John S. Bivens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus L. Bivens, who has been over seas ten months, has been promoted to sergeant. He is a classification specialist in the American Air Force Eighth Fighter command in England. Sgt Bivens was educated at the Uni versity of North Carolina and before going into service was principal of the high school in Dunn, N. C. KA Frank Lander, Jr. has been transferred from Fort Eustis, Va, to Camp Stewart, Oa. Cpl. Claude Bell is stationed with the Infantry at Camp Pickett, Va. His brother,- Lt.'Loyd V.'BeU, Jt, Is in Hawaii. rThey are sons of Mr. end MIS., fc. V. BeH,: f: ....; , S' rVr Pvt. BID. tee who has recently been transferred from Fort . Lewis, Wash to Fort Bragg, spent Sunday here with his parent, Mr. and- Mrs. Andrew Lee. Bgt Cecil Holloway, who has been spending a live day rurkmgn cerejareesea m navy oiue ana tne groom with bis parent. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. dressed in the uniform of his country Hollowav. returned to his base, at made a very beautiful scene. Mrs. Parrit Island, S. C tills morning. ; -... -:, . 3 Bill BaHentlne, Oox, of the TJ. 8. Navy, . arrived Saturday morning to spend an M-day delayed order. leave with hi father W. T. BaHentlne. This Is his first leave since February, dur ing the rnonthi that cm aha been away, Bill has seen service hi the Caribbean sea with calls at Panama; Trinidad. South America and other Islands in that area. He will go from here to Washington. D. C- where he will at tend the Navy School for Deep Sea Diving and upon the completion of his ' course expect to see eervloe In the Southwest Pacific CoL EQirian Leaves Sutton For New York Auignment OoL Paal M, Ellman, C E- who summd command of Camp Sut ton en May 1, wall leave thi week . on assignment as engineer officer in Eistern Defense Command Head-qaarters, New York, N. - Y : It was revealed here today. His sooeeawr has not been announced. A resident of Mt Vernon,' N. Y, OoL Ellman ha twlse drawn assignment In that locality, once in the New York district engi neer's offlee when he spent moat of hi time directing the Wlnooski Vallew Flood Project in Vermont and again in New York Uni versity, where he taught military science for two year. From thl latter assignment he was relieved to train a combat amphibious Engineer regiment which he later led overseas in the North African landing. Yanks Drive On To Cherbourg Allied Forces Only 14 Miles From Prized French Port MAKE FIVE MILE GAIN American troops, making news which Headquarters declared today was "excellent lt could not be Jletter," plunged to the outskirts nf Mnnta- bourg, 14 miles southeast of the prize port of Cherbourg, slashed halfway acros stne (jneroourg peninsula, and drove deeply southeast toward St. Lo Sunday in furious battle with the Germans. Quickly following the midnight com munique No. 12 which announced these gains and heavy fighting on the British wing of the Normandy invasion front below liberated Tilly-Sur-Seulles, Headquarters said the American progress on the right wing towards Cherbourg was "extremely good news." The Americans also won high offi cial praise for an advance on their own left wing, in the center of the 50-mile Allied front headquarters dis closed that they had liberated the town of Lison, 10 miles south of the coast below Islgny and, in a continu ing push on a broad front, had moved several miles farther south and east to the forest of Cerlsy. So encouraging were these gains, of five miles or more that headquarters announced: "The phase of securing the bridgehead Is nearlng a successful ena.'' The situation around Carentan, big town 1ft 'the- neck of the ' Cherbourg peninsula, was described as "obscure." The Germans still held the town but Americans were advancing deep along each side of It. West of St. Mere Eglise, on the road to Cherbourg, Americans who have crossed the mat npeninsula railway In several places still are fighting stiffly, beating off repeated German counterattacks. The Germans said there were mas sive new landings of troops and equip ment Sunday on the east coast of the peninsula, and the Allies announced that rail yards, junctions, bridges and the airfield at the city of Cherbourg itself were bombed and strafed during the day. The Germans conceded that it was obvious that the Allies intended to seize Qherbourg and the top of the peninsula and "make it a platform for the second phase of the invasion." The Allied communique announced that in the vicinity of TiUy-Sur- Seulles the Germans had thrown in heavy armored forces and were stub bornly resisting the British advance along the Seulless river. Tilly-Sur-Seulles is a dozen miles inland, south east of Bayeaux. Its capture by the British with the aid of heavy naval artillery, plus the American surge past Llson, put most of the beaches out of range of German guns. There was a strong indication that the German defense command of Field Marshals Rommel and Von Rundstedt was committing Its armor and reserve troops piecemeal along the entler deepening beachhead in a desperate effort to contain the Allied drive generally rather than stopping it In detail by overwhelming concentra tion of forces. - The rolling American offensive un der Ueut. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, which won such high and rare praise from conservative staff officer at headquarters, was spearheaded by the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions and the First and 29th Infantry divisions. It coincided with crushing aerial blows which saw more than 1,000 bombers go out on a single "H, while British and American warships pounded enemy defenses to bits deep Inland and broke up repeated attacks by Oerman motor torpedo boats. - . , la a quiet and simple ceremony at the home of Miss LUlie Bennett n north Monroe on Thursday. June at o:M Miss Amanda Bennett became the bride of Pvt.. Roland Estridge. Judge P. Hayne Johnson, Justice of the. peace, performed the ceremony. The bride, an attractive brunette. ntnage is tne ugnter of Mr. ana Mrs. P. A. eBnnet of Cordova. Pvt. Estridge is the son of Mr, and Mrs. O. W. Estridge of Monroe. A private hi the V. & Army, he to With the Medical Service, stationed at Self ridge FkJd. Michigan. v . Miss Amy Riser Harrington who is a member of the school faculty in Kanna polls and wtoo has been spend ing several days here with fcer rr ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B 11 i: .m since the closing of school, ui reui'-o to Kannapolis Friday v'r be v .: ne connected with toe dy paper for the summer. War Bond Drive Opened Today Union County's Quota In ' , Fifth War Bond Drive Is 817,00t.00 GOES THROUGH JULY 8th The Fifth War Loan Drive opened here this morning with considerable Interest as officials and workers man ned their posts, In a campaign to raise the largest' quota yet assigned the county in any of the four previous campaigns. In the drive, which is now on. Union county cltisens are being asked to pur chase $817,000.00 In bonds, or approxi mately 1164.000.00 more than the fourth campaign in which sales totaled more than a million dollars, of a auota set at 1653,000.00. The county's quota in "E" bonds has been- set at $372,000.00 in the current campaign. '.. Extensive plans have been completed by Claude Eubanks, chairman of the Union County. War Finance com mittee and other officials and every effort will be made to reach the goal set for the county In . this . cam paign, which will end July 8th. ; Booths will be open daily at Belk's, Penney's and Woolworth's for the convenience of uptown shoppers and the Bond Booth In the Main Street Branch of the American Bank and Trust Company will remain open daily during the drive until 5 o'clock in the afternoon for the sale of bonds. In connection with the campaign, the Union County War Finance Com mittee is asking all ministers of the county to assist and stress the ne cessity of purchasing bonds during the drive. I Assisting also in the campaign win be all the Home Demonstration Clubs of the county under the direction of Miss Ruth Clapp, Home Demonstra tion Agent, and Mrs. B. H. Dorminy, Jr. These organisations will make a thorough canvass of their respective communities. While the ' ouota is considerably , larger than the quota assigned the . county in the fourth campaign, lt la , believed that the loyal and patriotic citizens will not let our boys down, now that the decisive hour has arrived and . the invasion has at last been launched. In this jdtlve as in previous cam- paigns, the Treasury Department does not allot any money for newspaper advertising to support the bond sales in the communities, but Instead relies upon the patriotic business firms and , -citizens to sponsor the advertising. , ln today's issue of The Enquirer, sponsors for the page are from Waxhaw and ' mdude the following: Waxhaw Benk tng,;.flfliasJBtr! Oo.,J-Wvn'Prtce Coy;-.' w W. Heath Co," Fanners Ginning A' Trading Co, L. B. Baker, and T. R. Nesbit ... Shadow Amy AwajteSignal 1 00,000 Frenchmen Readv To Pounce On Germans When Ordered ARMED WITH TANKS, GUN A shadow army of 100,000 organised French guerrillaea, including former army officers, is expected by De Gaul list leaders to hit the German rear at the call of General Elsenhower. Some of them probably are already at work. Millions of French civilians also have1 been, ordered by Gen. Eisenhow er's radio spokesmen to go into action. ritiey were told to spy on German troop movements and dispositions, to gather vital information- - on fields suitable for Allied glider l-mting-, on bridges whidh can be wrecked to prel vent a speedy German deployment on forest paths which Allied parachut ists may use after they drop out of the night 1 , The hard core of the Fench pa triots Is the Maquis group, bearing a name originally applied to the thick undergrowth In Coraican hill which were a favorite hideout. The Maquia even have a few tank and 75 mm. guns belonging to the former French army. Berlin has told of finding equipment hidden in cave and buried in pastures during the last few months of intensive German counterespionage. As recently as May 23 a French an nouncer broadcasting over the Oer- . man -controlled . Puis ' radio " said French saboteurs already had knocked out - France's entire . hydro-electric system In conjunction with. Allied bombings which put the rail system hi chaos. The gigantic operations now unfold ing will determine the truth or falsity of that statement, aa wen as the ef fectiveness of the carefully nourished . French resistance movement which has been built at a cost of greet sacri fice. rA '. .";:,. .. In thi i ' beginning (he French re sistance movement waa confined to larger dtiee, where members could more readily hide and where1 the could hold such meetings as on Paris' suoway trains. But ta time it spread all over France. - .t . Belk-KlndH-eoga Alias Nellie Eva Belk of Monroe and Pvt. Raymond Janvs Kiml o 1 of Camp Sutton and Panama C. r ., were united in rs am; - ci ! June 4. 19 it, in I." r, 8. C , 1 O. RotiJpv I J r ring oer- '. 3 1 Pi '1 mory v of t i t Fi"':. "1, 1. . Vr. ' Ivt. a d 1 ' t. r, 1 n L.