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' .-r, l'" WEATHER FORECAST MONROE MARKET .it- it- Cotton. short,Ib .. .. Jlo to 91He Cotton, long, lb ...... 25c to 28oo Cottnn Seed, bushel .. ' 'iPalf to partly idoudy with moder ately high temperatures tonight and Tuesday. v ' : ? v " ' sunset today, : ;!. iunrlse Tuesday, 6:11 , g,vWV?iv ifZ"Zs, dozen .. ,. .. 38o "ijJnishel ... .. ., ,. ;ko PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ' Ws7 frbel',.1 .. .. .. .. $1) v esVvywV r. N MONROE. N. C UNION COUNTY,' MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1944 8-MONTHS, 76c; 6-MONTHS, 1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR, -EVE5JTyfECONl YEAR f . K S V - i'-y . kS- TO": 1 r-S V .?' 5-x 'iimer4;Nowiii fc3 " -Ste i . 's rWa enr. sal iug.twotfiJ Fueer! takes No?PlA Field Chieftain; Makes No Talk BELIEVED IN : SECLUSION Adolf Hitler, who three yean ago was burling his legions into battle with thunderous war dies, has disap peared from the German scene with a completeness that Is one of the major phenomena of the third week of In Ta&km. (Par all the outside world to aware or for that matter the German troops stretched from Cherbourg to Cernautl -4he JTuehrer no longer exists; v ' IBs has taken no public part as field commander or as Inspiration to the new Nasi generation to the campaign which began June eMand there are no signs he will emerge as the Bed. anny Joins In from the east and the Allies apply the bone-crusher against the Belch from three directions. . Allied psychological -warfare experts particularly are Interested m the fact that Hitler's disappearance follows ft Jong; gradual eclipse which" - was , ac celerated by the military disasters at Stalingrad, E) Alameln and Tunisia. Failure of the Fuehrer's "Intuitive" military mind at Btallngrad was1 be lieved to have caused the Prussian military clique to take over control of the war front, leaving Hitler the home front, and Incidentally the blame for its collapse If collapse must come. They believe it possible that Hitler lias been banished to his lair at Ober alsberg. , There has been no effort to 4apttallM on his mystic personality; the usual announcement that he had jet up headquarters with his fighting men on the Western front Was con spicuous by its absence; there were none of the famous "Fuehrer fief ehls" exhortlng the troops to "stand or die." Hitler has said absolutely . nothing and U he stU Is wearing-the famous military greatcoat he promised never ,to take off until final .victory, he must be sweating It out v In extreme aeclusloru. He has made no appear ances in Germany's badly ' bombed ltles. His only publicised activities tn recent months have been conference fwith Benito Mussolini which even the German radio propagandised half "heertedly, and a few visits from sat-' vtellte leaders like, Hungary's Admiral , Nicholas H"thT. r t-- ' v ' The German Army, which 1 a very realistic organisation, has kept its reserve in the great drum-beatmg for v4wife nlaitjji Sartv ' man like Joseph Goebbels have luxuriated in "descriptions" oi apau oi smose al legedly blanketing London, and the dMMnti ercuatJon" of the City. llllltary commentators like Captain Iiudwlg eertorius have pomiea out to the joy-drunk populace that this weapon Is not going to win the war. But from Hitler utter silence, Students of Germany In London be lieve his name may have lost Its mys tin Anneal for the shen flehtlnff de fensive battles on French, Italian and Russian oaiueneias. xne Army, taey believe, may at last have become fed im miQi the FeuhMra intuitions and decided that these, intuitions are ft disastrous luxury in tne nnai, aesper te phase of the war. Wnmnh iinrimwraUTut activltv Oollld explain Hitler's failure to risk estab lishing field headquarters near tne Western batUefront, but that would not explain his failure to do ft little safe, long-distance exhorting by proc lamation or radio., SAIPAN VICTORY NOW DEFINITELY IN SIGHT iDltimate American victory at In vaded Salpen now is beyond all doubt It is only si matter of time. , The crushing defeat and flight of Japan's fleet settled , that . ' Japanese defenders-of that Marians -Island, 1,500 miles south of Tokyo, were estimated to number at least . 000 when Marines stormed trie beaches .June 14. Now the Nipponese are out numbered and outgunned. ' , ' - With the enemy fleet of carriers and battleships beaten and running. Sal pan's garrison can 1 expect on help against the Americans' steadily re inforced sea, air and land assault , American planes are flying from captured ,Aslito airdrome. The Amer ican officer assigned to command Sal- pan as ft TJ. & base -Is speeding con version of the Island into an air and aea fortress from which sea power, in , the words "of Adm. Chester W. Nlmlts, can be produced, hundreds of miles 'farther west and north" toward Ja- pan. ; . -v'v 'i -. .-,Z ; " , With ; "almost , the entire , plane strength of . six ' Nipponese carriers wiped out, enemy commanders likely will think a long time before attempt ing another such venture. - 1 Great disadvantages had to be sur mounted by Vice Adm. Mare A. Mlts cher In dealing that punishing blow lte Monday to the retiring Japanese warships. ' " j 'v . '. ' . ; ;" - Carrier flyers took their planes out at extreme range, with darkness near- ; tng, in order, to sink an enemy carrier and sing or damage 13 other ships, Including a battleship, Most of the American air losses resulted from wa ter landtags because of trie range and night hazards rather than the ene- i mjt crippled power to resist t v Japan's sea losses Monday were ex ceeded only by enemy losses at Mid " way In June, 1942, and off Guadal i canal later that same year. ' But the Monday battle was the most one sided of the three In America's favor. At Midway, Japan's losses included four carriers, ft light cruiser, one or more transports, and 275 planes, but te united States iosi i-'o crr-,-( Torktnu-n, the destroyer 1 " ... ra, an1 l. J CI ( f 1 ! T -final, the J- ' t H j two I . . a t ( r t iv - : t '.It Is t ! t to 1...V J LARGE NUMBER ATTEND SICUNE DANCE-CONCERT C!aptalB H. GHM of Monroe, Ft retentate, Henered Gwest I Oasis Temple Shrine, and a large number of Shrlhers, under the dlrec tionr'of Potentate) Shuman of Char lotte, came to Monroe 'Friday eevnlng and gave "concert and .dance at the Morlroe;Oountrr dub for. the enjoy ment of the Shrlners and their f am liter of Monroe. : ? : ; "The affair was a very enjoyable .one. with approximately 300 In attendance. Chairs vrere placed on the spacious porch of the club and lawn for those who did not dance, so that they could enjoy themselves In social 'conversa tion, and in listening to the music . The wives of the Monroe ehrlners and members of the Eastern star, wel comed 'and . Introduced the guests. Light refreshments consisting of sand- Wlcnev Olives pickles, . - wafers, and cape b. n. -ureene oi Monroe, ran Potentate, Oasis ' Temple of Mystlo Shrine, was an honored guest during the evening. He is well known through out the 8tate end this 'section of the country tor . hi outstanding work in behalf of the Shrine and the honor paid him Friday evening was timely and. deserved., , ' Captain Green, a retired railway conductor, has been a Mason for many years and has held many high offices in that fraternity. He Is the third old est living Past Potentate of Oasis Temple. , In addition to serving as Potentate he is -Past Officer of all York Rite bodies; Past Master Monroe Lodge No. 244; Past High Priest, Monroe chap ter No. 64; Past Master Solomon of the Silver Trowel Council No. 24: Past Commander of the Malta Commandery No. -19. . At., present Capt. Green .is Secretary of Subordinate Bodies of the TOrk Rite and Deputy Grank Mas ter rff 'thls Masonic district ; wo uauoninff Of Used Cars 0PA Announces That Price jCeifiiip WO! Not Cause Rationing WILL PROTECT BUYER VAvjf-Y ''"' '' , 4 The Office' of 1' AdmhilstraUon said yesterday it is not planning to order rationing of used passenger cars when they are brought under price ceilings July 10, but It left the door open for rationing later. In a statement which it said was a reply to "erroneous and widespread re ports" that rationing will go into ef fect with the ceilings, OPA explained that the War Production board and the Office of Defense Transportation have not reaehed a decision "on the question of whether used cars will be rationed." The statement substituted for an earner one quickly withdrawn In Which Price Administrator Chester Bowles asserted: "Rationing is not planned at this time and, so tar as OPA knows, no plan is contemplated for the future." OPA says It would take two months after receipt of a directive from WPB, to nut used car rationins Into effect. The I used passenger, car rationing discussion, followed ah announcement that full authority over rationing of new trucks and other commercial mo tor vehicles has been turned over to the Office of Desense Transportation, effective July I. Heretofore WPB and ODT have had Joint control. lrf. J. W. STO&K SERIESDF'SERVICES AT LEE PARK CHURCH Or, Si W. Stork Win Cbndaot Meeting : r Here Jaly , The session) ana congregation of Lee Park Presbyterian church are looking forward to series of services during the week of Julyl 4rd to 9th. One service will be held each day at !: p. m, and tlrecunlty minister. Rev. J. W. Stork. D. D, of Mt Gllead, will do the preaching. Dr. Stork Is well known throughout North Carolina and the 'South as a pastor and highly successful evangel ist. He was for several years stated clerk of Mecklenburg Presbytery and Is often called, utxm to act as tem porary clerk of the Synod of North j Carolina. ire is no s'Tgnger at Lee Park, hev fcg co: r ; . 1 x o jr'i"-' cunrg tie of the l..te if. B. B. f ! r i --. I.e TiM . v. v.". C. : .J. the J : s r ft T s I t in several i i ":i a t i a r-f&t ' t - x l - X forward to " i ' ; i. r-.w:-rs I 1 v f..t J ; : Visiting Minister Yanliee forces In Cherbourg Americans Storm hto German-Held Port City From Three Sides NAZI RESISTANCE WEAK .. . p .-r,z - . U. 8. assault iroope battered into smoke-shrouded Cherbourg late Sun day from three sides, clamping a firm grasp on the city, and Supreme Head quarters declared at midnight that France's third largest porf city was "almost in our possession." . (A' Reuters dispatch in London said an American, broadcasting from Nor mandy earl Monday morning, said, "Cherbourg has been , occupied by American troops.' .Ik was. not clear whether this meant complete occupa tion of the port.) An. Associated Press dispatch from Cherbourg declared veteran doughboys broke into the city on the 20th day of the invasion under a shell-shocking artillery, sea and aerial mombardment that crumpled Nad fight-to-the- death resistance. ; ' The power drive swept on against Germans still holding out in the-main portion of the city, and several hours later Supreme Headquarters termed the city almost In Allied possession. German broadcasts earlier had virtu ally written off the port as lost. Lt.-Gen. Omar N. Bradley's men trapping possibly up to 20,000 Nazis smashed into the city from the south, east and west, said Associated Press Correspondent Don Whitehead, who entered the city with the troops. The Germans turned the harbor fa cilities into an inferno of destruction. ne said. ' j. A. tremendous artillery barrage from American task forces and field runs helped crush stubborn Nazis defenses on: tne outskirts, and the Americans won the high ground defenses over looking the port city, Supreme Head quarters declared in its 40th commu nique. Whitehead declared there remained last night only Vthe slow Job Of clean ing out the .main part of the city." The outpost' defenses were virtually all blotted out. r .J Cherbourg's harbor will provide ! ft huge, efficient funnel to pour men. and material into the Normandy peninsula for grand-scale ' offensives designed to r--r-pr-TO;"ineT6 were oniy two. strongpolnts at Tort du Roule, and a few other scattered defense points, holding out" on Cherbourg's outskirts, Whitehead said. The last mile Into-the' city was lit tered with Nazi dead and streams of German prisoners marched back past them to prison pens, some to bunches up to 100. The Germans broke under the final, mighty American assault, unleashed at 2 p. m. without staging as much oi a bitter house-to-house defense as many expected them to make. Whitehead reported. The tremendous Allied bar rage struck the city's outskirts, with the city proper untouched by the massed destruction of naval and land suns. A senior British staff officer at 21st Army group headquarters said some 30,000 Nasi prisoners might be baggea at Cherbourg, and declared the Gere mans add suffered heavy losses. A powerful task force of American battleships, cruisers and destroyers, defying Cherbourg's naval guns, ham mered Nazi positions from the sea yesterday afternoon,... simultaneously with a withering barrage by field ar tilelry and mortars and bombs from Allied' planes for the final crushing assault The direct dispatch from Cherbourg came shortly after Berlin radio admis sions that "it Is to be assumed that the Americans have succeeded in tak lnr nossession" of Cherbourg. Cherbourg lay smoking under Nazi demolitions.' Its trapped defenders had been ordered to fight or be shot bv their own officers. The bold task force lending' support from the sea was commanded by Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo, aboard the 0. 8. cruiser .Tuscaloosa. It was the first sea boambardment of the Cher- hours; area. ' . - t: , Even as the climax, approached' at Cherbourg, British troops toward the eastern flank m Normandy smasnea more than a half-mile beyond cap tured TUly-Bur-eeulles, 12 miles' wee t of Caen, in an exploding offensive officially described as "a defensive orfl cially described as "a definite success." This drive opened at 4 a. m. yester day with savage close-quarter fighting a field dispatch from Associated Press correspondent Roger. Greene sau. ' ,;- Bash Saves Yovthl life ' ; While he dangled on ft sheer wall of a mountain .canyon near Golden, Colo., a small bush to which heelung tor nearly an hour saved the life of a Denver youth, Kirk Canwnack. ' Jr. until rescuers could reach him. On a climbing party Cammack lost his balance and slid from ft narrow ledge, stopping his fall by grasping ft I small bush- growing from the solid roek. : He clung to It while a friend 1 ,i tm i i ii t .1. .n. to safety by' dropping a rope around his shoulders and hauling him upward "Get me the money quick, sister,' said a youth with one hand in his pocket to Mrs. Anlte Kresnlk In restaurant In Milwaukee, Wis. "Don't kid me." said the lirL "Do what I say or HI kill you, the youth replied. - Mrs. Kresnlk let out a' piercing scream. The youth fled. ' Needle In Haystack!' v.' f A. yM" seo fire cnw,d ft big anern et ho :e In Pa -.i E;rtnes. Ook., t muiir lt Into a hr pile of ra- i In v i vss i - i a c a- r: t U.- .j,,. g to ti. r. r v: cV-r"-i, s---v.ps 1 tw "s tse s"e T: -;.cd thr i t.e r'"3, i t THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF "" r'--r.'.'. 8opreme .Headquarters Allied Expeditionary . Farce American doughboys fifbUng. hand-to-hand with. German "snloMe troops" m to Streets;, el Cherbomrg j today Reared the en4 r thejr bloody, five-day jtmggle to free the port "Fish ting everywhere n the . port le extremely severe," said the Sn : preme " Command. ' Bet Its eem Branlqoe No. 41 added: "The liber ation of Cherbourg eannot be long delayed." It - sras apparent the Americans were nghtlng in virta ally all points of the city proper and the port area, but the Ger mans strll j isrere defending pfll boxes, atreeta and ha axes In their desperate but hopeless fight The British Front In France Advancing wnder a , terriflo bar rare with a big gmn, to every eight yards et frontGen. Sir Ber nard U , Montgomery's tanks and Infantry tracked into German de feases between Caea and Tilly-Snr Seniles 'today. , Borne towns fell to the 'sweeping' assault of British Tommies who charred into .battle under drizsllng skies and advanced about 1,000, 'yards In two and a half hours. London. Attacking with .shat tering force on a 250-mlle front in one of history's greatest land of fensives, four powerful Russian armies drove westward through the broken German "Fathesrland line" tat White Russia today, leav huf behind an Island of 45,000 trapped enemy troops. These were to pieces in the battle- of encircled Vitebsk. .meriean troops' of the seised the port of Pt- eattbinet without opposition yester ,ay, thereby gaining a valuable advaswed nppry base for eontht eed . tbtmst p lUfy's west coast, while both American and French troops ! converged on the inland town ef Blena; Allied Headquarters annoeneed :f today. In Service Auled - Forot Headquarters. Italy .Daniel W. Long, RS, Box S38, Monroe, haV betn, rrmiotedv 4rom Prtvata. to CoTporal-Technician Fifth Grade, It is announced by Headquarters of the Military Railway Service, Transporta tion Corps, in civilian life Corporal Long was employed by the Godfrey Contractors. He is now serving with a Military Railway Service Operating Battalion on duty somewhere in Italy. The promotion of Private George B. Rorie of Monroe, to the grade of cor poral was announced recently by headquarters of the DX Air Force Ser vice Command depot to which he is attached. Corporal 'Rorie Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rorie of Rl Monroe. He Is a graduate of Union county high school and prior to his Induction into the armed forees was engaged In fanning. The corporal re ceived, his basic military traing at Stimson Field. San Antonio, Texas. He also attended the Army's Motor Maintenance School at Chanute Field, 111. Corporal Rorie Is now with an Air Depot Group at a DC Air Force fighter' base where combat planes, currently engaged In aerial support of the Invasion of continental Europe, are being serviced. He has one broth er, William Rorie, In the Army Air Force, now in North Africa. Pvt. Robert N. Crook, has returned to Camp Berkley, Texas, after spend ing some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pink Crook. Lieut Percey Laney, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Laney is now with the In vasion in France and his brother, Lt. Phlter Laney has been promoted from second to first lieutenant and com pleted 42 flying missions. Warren , Oonnell, son of Mrs. R. E. Connell of Monroe, who is somewhere in i England has been promoted from corporal to sergeant. Lieut (J B) John B. Ashcraft left yesterday for Philadelphia, Penna, after spending two weeks here with his mother, Mrs. Eugene Ashcraft. Pvt. David Morgan 'who has been spending a furlough here with his family and his mother Mrs. Code Morgan, left the last of the week tor Port Bennlng, Ga where he Is sta tioned. - i Mr. and- Mrs. W. H. Morrison and Mrs. Claude Morrison have had mes sages from Lt Claude Morrison say ing' that he has -not as yet taken a part in the invasion, and is stationed somewhere tn England. Seaman Bobby Laney of 8avannah, QtL, was given ft 48-hour furlough and spent the week-end with his parents. Mr. and Vfr. j. W. LAnev. Emsiey Laney of Wilmington spent the week end here with his parents, and with his family at the home of her moth er. Mrs. N. M. Redfem. ; -v v ,f Lieut Roy. Bakers, of Fort Knox, Ky u spending ft few 'days in Monroe enroute to Camn Rucker, Ala, where he will be stationed. . ' Pfe Godwin Missing tn Action ' Mrs. Stafford Godwin received word last week that her husband. Pfo. War ren Stafford Oodwin has been tnlsS' in in action sinne May 23. somewhere in Italy. i i Pfc. Oodwta has been 'fa service si nee . ovp ruber 1J, 1943, -and has; served overseas fifteen months. 1 1 ! being jens ton streets Komt A Fifth Army snn Um6nrity Marvin T. ' r s. James L . -'i the e? i'tif 1 t T to (eat :. son cf i cf r . 1 !.. f'. it - 1 hat l ess lYiaae .:t it- '1. ! v. In Bond Sales 9k1 P. M .r.rfrt...' A Total Of $476,318.75 Has Been Sold Of County's Qaota' OUR GOAL IS $817,000.00 r ) "1 Bond sales of the Fifth War Loan drive In Union county have reached a total of $476318.75 It was revealed to day, by Claude Eubanks, chairman of the Union County War Finance Com mittee, leaving a balance of 340,681.25 yet to be raised of the county's quota og 1817,000.00. Even though reports reaching local headquarters are encouraging and sales are increasing daily, it Is going to take lots of effort to reach the goal set for the county, and citizens are be- ling urged to buy now as they have The needs of our fighting men are mounting hourly and every war bond purchased now Is a direct help to the men .who are giving their all for our way of life on the battlefields of the world. . The women's organization of the county Is doing an excellent' Job to the sales of bonds, with the able as sistance of the Home Demonstration clubs. While a complete tabulation of the sales made by the various clubs is not yet available, they are continu ing to exert every effort In behalf of the drive and are expected to make an enviable showing when figures are finally tabulated at the end of the drive. Last Thursday Union countv resi dents, in connection with Union Coun ty OBnd Day over WBT. nurchased a total of $152,843 In E bonds, which were featured during the sale. Sales at the several localities were: Marsh vUle, $27375; Waxhaw, $21,525; Win gate, $1818.75; Mineral Springs, $2, 793.75;,. civilian emnlovees at Cmn Sutton, $5,403.75. With only two weeks remaining nf the current drive, would-be-buyers are urged to buy their bonds now and not wait until the last day of the drive. Continuing the advertising cam paign, which Is being sponsored by the various business houses of the county and city. The Enaulrer in tmfev Aim ing an advertisement on. the bond campaign, sponosored by BeBc's De pertinent Store. xutpust aenominauon. Now news comes from his headquarters of the European Theatre of Oneratlons. which says that the bronze star was recently awarded to Sergeant Marvin T. Belk tor "meritorious achievement In connection with military oneratlons in Sicily during the period from July to August, 1943. Sergeant Belk was a radio operator with an armored unit during the campaign. CpL .John R. Welsh, Jr., of Fort Jackson Is being transferred to Wash ington and Lee, Lexington, Va, tor a special training course. He, Mrs. Welsh and little daughter, Nancy Benton, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. John R. Welsh. PFC Fred Williams, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Williams, of Wades boro Avenue, has arrived safely over seas and is in the Pacific area. He is in postal work. Mrs. Williams and son, Bobby, of Sparta, are spending some time here with Mr. and Mrs. Williams. Lt Robert Bivens Commissioned Robert W. Bivens, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bivens, of Wingate, was one of ten young men from North Carolina who received commissions of second lieutenant Wednesday upon graduation at Officer's Candidate School, and Fort Monmouth,- N. J., at the Eastern Signal Corps Training Center. First Sgt John Glenn, son of Mrs. J. W. Glenn, has arrived safely in New Guinea, as stated in ft cable re ceived by Ills wife, Mrs. John Glenn, and little daughter, are at home in Monroe. Sgt. Sam Howie, Jr., of Camp Plaucbe, New Orleans, came Thursday to spend a furlough at home. CpL B. F. Starnes, Jr., has arrived to spend a furlough with his narents. Mr. and Mrs. B.. F. Starnes on East Windsor street) He is stationed at a Signal Depot Baltimore. , v MANPOWER CONTROL ON NEW BASIS SOON i. , - ,.x:- Sweeping- new controls over the na tion's supply of male workers will go into effect July 1 under supervision of the War Manpower Commission. They provide that virtually every job-eeek- lng man will be required to apply to the United States Employemnt 8er vice for assignment and that employ- uJb Pmltted to hire only men1 i bjcui uj u uom. In all labor shortages areas, and there are 184 of them at present the government will fix the number of men who may be employed in specific establishments, and manpower priori ty committees will decide which in- ' dustries are entitled to work priorities. The objective will be to channel idle men Into plants where they are need ed most with less imparts nt industries taking any available surplus of work ers. The program is voluntary, but lt win be difficult , for workers to get lobs unless they apply to the' USES, and 1 on the other hand workers win not be referred to employers who do not co- operate, Labor shortages exist In such Indus- trie as foundries and forge shops, r-' sr and tire production, ship re T jr. and hrriibertng. OrJy exem; H'cmh i n V-t pr M"l will be fr-rloyfrs of f .t c-r'Ie--r v-r sv.d farm 1 ! fiv. ,3 i 'area. rrogr THREE HELD IN DEATH OF UNION NATIVE Indications Are That Horton Was Victim Of Fool Play. Three men. whose names officers declined to disclose pending the out come of an Investigation, are being held in the Gaston county jail on suspicion In connection with the mys terious death at Belmont of John Horton, 68, textile worker, and a na tive of Union county, Sheriff Clyde O. Robinson, of Gaston county has re vealed. , Horton's body was found about 11 a. m. last Monday on a utue-useo pathway between the plants of the Aberfoyle Manufacturing Company and the Piedmont Processing Com pany at Belmont. First reports con cerning his death carried no intima tion that he had met foul play. How ever, Sheriff Robinson's staff began an investigation and discovered Horton hadevldently come to his death as a victim of caustic burns. His body was covered with caustic bums and an analysis of his garments indicated they had been soaked with a deadly chemical, officers said. Sheriff Robinson said Friday he was holding three men on suspicion' pend ing completion of his investigation. Because no formal charges have as yet been made against the men being held he declined to reveal their iden tity. "We have some very damaging evi dence," said the sheriff, "and are ob taining more. It Is probable the mys tery will soon be cleared up and the assailants charged with the crime." Mr. Horton was an empolyee of Crescent Spinning Company. Just when he was last seen was not dis closed ' but physicians stated he had apparently been dead about 24 hours when his body was discovered by Major Jones, a Negro. Seaman's Bill President Signs "G.I Bffl Of Rights;" Benefit Are Listed SUPPORTS MARINE BILL President Roosevelt in . signing the veterans aid " G. L Bill of Rights." urged Thursday that Congress make similar provision for unemployment compensation and government fl nanced education for members of the Merchant Marine. Mr. Roosevelt used 10 pens to put his signature to the "G. I. Bill" which authorizes Federal loans, hospitallza tlon, Job Insurance, education and other postwar benefits estimated to cost $3,000,000,000 to approximately $6, 500,000,000 for the men and women now In uniform After a stroke or two with each, the President handed the pens one by one over his shoulder to leaders of Congress and veterans' organisations who watched him sign tne measure. "With the signing of this bill, a well rounded program of special vet erans' benefits Is nearly completer," Mr. Roosevelt said. "It gives empha tic notice to the men and women in our armed forces that the American people do not intend to let them down." The President added that he wanted one thing more for veterans extension of social security on old age pension and survivors' Insurance for time spent In the armed services. "1 trust," he continued In a state ment, "that the Congress win also soon provide similar opportunities for postwar education and unemployment Insurance to the members of the Mer chant Marine who have risked their lives time and again during this war for the welfare of their country." The United States now has about 155,000 Merhcant Seamen. Mr. Roosevelt also prodded Congress for action on general legislation for postwar economic reconversion. Declaring that what service men and women want most is assurance of sat isfactory employment when they re turn to civil lite, he said he hoped that Congress, would speed action on legislation for "development of unified programs for the demobilization of civilian war workers, ' for their 're employment In peacetime pursuits, and for provisions, hi cooperation with the states, of appropriate unemploy ment benefits during the transition from war to peace," GOBS WITH SIMILAR .C ' NAMES BIG PROBLEM . - - i. Navy Has 16MM0 Meea Named Smith; Careful Utter Addressing Asked, There are ' 16,000 sailors named Smith and 300 have the same first name and middle initial so the Ot- fice of War Information has suggested that home folks, s pell out all middle names when addressing letters to navy men. . i-.a. , i . ...--"';.. About 15 per 'cent Of overseas mail is carelessly or insufficiently addressed, the Owl said In explaining why let ters from the TJ. 8. take detours before reaching the boys over , there. The Veterans' Administration has joined in the plea, asking dependents to Identify carefully the service man they are writing about. The master index of the administration now car ries the names of 19,000,000 veterans Jot all wan. Mvlng and dead. . They Include more than 300.000 Smiths, 136 - 000 Johnsons, 100.000 Browns. 82,0f0 William ses, . and 88,000 Joneses. At least 13,000 of the Smiths are John Smiths. - , Common "errors of "wrUirar " ' 'i hold trp mall to service ir i. ? I. lnclu 'e making sevs !, ; , or r...i.mg a sera, l -c o' . "50." OAer character r tf"'ay are the t- i.i a-" evt c" r : and 1 ... ;e t Recommended .j if. ,i Monroe Man Is! Fa Shot Zeb Davis ; Benton Dies Of Wounds While On Way To Hospital ' NEPHEW ISHEU) IN JAIL Zeb Davis Benton, 65, of Monroe, was fatally shot with s shotgun, Sat urday afternoon about 3:00 at the home of his sister,' Mrs. Henry Rowell, tn West Monroe, and died shortly aft erward, while being carried to a hos pital. , ' . '.'' Cletus Rowell, one-armed nephew of the slain man, also of Monroe, was arrested by . Sheriff Nlven tor the shooting and is being held in the Union county Jail. . I ' Sheriff Nlven,' who, with his depu ties, arrived at the scene of the shoot ing a few minutes after the affray, said that domestic difficulties, seemed to be at the bottom of the slaying.: Rowell, who lives across the street from his mother, was reported to have asked her to make Benton, who made his home with Mrs. Rowell, leave the premises, some difficulty having arisen between the two men, who had re portedly quarrelled earlier in the morning. ' i; i? Saturday afternoon, Benton was sit ting on the porch of the Rowell home reading the paper, when Rowell went across the street to his ' brother-in-law's house, next door to his mother's and procured a shot gun. He Is re ported to have gone around the house and shot Benton in the right side and arm, while standing some distance from the house. . After first shot the wounded man Was said by witnesses to have started Into the house and had entered the front door, when Rowell, approached from the other side and fired another shot which took effect In the neck ana oacx oi tne left shoulder. He fell to the floor and was found lying, in ft pool of blood by the Sheriff and his deputies. An ambulance was call ed and he died while being taken to the hospital ' Mr. Benton Is survived bv a son. Clarence Benton; . five ' sisters,; Mrs, Mary icoweu, Mrs. John Clonts, Mrs. LUlle Jones and Mrs. Oscar Broome of Monroe and Mrs. Pearl Crane of ine county; and three brothers. emsUa Benton of Charlotte Zeno.ftotosi.Dt, us vuumy ana rfonn senton of Mon roe. Funeral services, and .burial were held at the Lucy Helms cemetery sun day afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Elder Mullis. 0DT WILL TAKE OVER TRUCK DISTRIBUTION New Ruling To Affect Cesmty; ICO Now Handles Duties. The Charlotte district ODT offices July 1 wiU take over the htwrnM. & all aplplcatlons for commercial motor vehicles from the Bureau of Nnenr Carriers of the Interstate Commerce commission, and prospective purchase us oi sucn venicies after July I were notified to file , their applications at the local ODT headquarters, according to L. F. Mannesctamidt district mana ger. ;iV. . Mr. Manneschmidt In addition to being head of the whole ODT struc ture In this district, win become alio-. cations officer in his capacity of de ciding who shan be allowed to buy new trucks and buses. The handling -of the program has been under the ' HOC since since the truck and motor vehicle shortage became acute shortly after the war began. The work, how ever, has long been recognized as es sentially a function which the ODT can best perform, and the transfer of the department to the ODT Is now bfr lng effected. , v - -r - : The new function will be placed in the Highway Transport department of the ODT office, Mr. Manneschmidt said Friday. Under the plan of pro cedure, an application, when reechred, is turned over to an investigator, who' studies the facts set out toy the appli cant If the statements are an fonud be satisfactory, and the applicant v is eligible for a new truck or bus. then the application is sent on to Washing-, ton. In Washington the application is passed upon In the light of the number of trucks available and the number of applications 1 from other 1 parts of the nation. ? If the application -finally Is approved, the applicant Is eent. a certificate to- buy the truck, and the local ODT office Is notified. 1 : The change of the program from the ICO to the ODT was an effort to give applicants, more nlaces to ! Uiir applications than was possible under : the ICO regime which has fewer oi-, flees than the ODT throughout the nation. , -, , , ,', - The policies and nranmiiir nf v, ; ICC wjll be continued to a large ex tent by ., the ODT, it was explained, ; and the strictest standards regarding approval oi applications will be observed. Only a small percenters of ine new commercial vehicles feeing . manufacturer now wll or can be used tor civilian purposes. Mr. Manne schmidt explained, and so it is neces sary to enforce the requirements far' eligibility carefully . The Charlotte offices which w;U -now- handle the rationing of eomrr r clal motor vehicles is at 1 03-112 law building, and the office has Juri; ... .o tlon over Union, Alexander, -,---, Burke, Cabarrus, Cata-ha, C Cleveland, Gaston, L-edi.J, 1 Mecklenburs, Mor.' "', 1 Richmond, Kowan and :x...y c r.'"-e,' .1 ! ) ' Car a. Til . u r . ':y-r;-y - d m'i- IP,: 1 yy-:yky I y?::f V : ' , -v ' S f
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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June 26, 1944, edition 1
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