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i'.f ic .-... . -X. ? j' Cotton, shortlb .4', 21c to 21 He I, fair SftiiU vvsaaasa o T.. J cloudy Friday, with widely scattered Cotton, long, lb .. .. ... 25o to 2':eo .Cotton Seed, bushel .. .. 73HC afternoon thunderstorms, ; , : Sunset today, 8:41 'p. m.; sunrise Friday, 6:13 a. m. ' Wheats , ..'.' . . $1X3 J5SVENTY-SEC0ND YEAR MONROE, .N.UNION' COUNTY, : THURSDAYS JUNE 29, 1944 1 , ; 8-MONTHS, 76c; 6-MONTHS, f 1.25 SEill-WEEXLY, $2.00 A YEAR A3T r H if "-..r?f V 4 Vir t T"e v Te 1 B Grip; On Caen tJemaa, Amy .Held Firmly In Steel, Vise By ACied : , - Troop i s-w . Nv y . . , k v, - FIGHTING. FOU' BIG POUT British end Canadian faroei caught the prise Inland port of Caen to. a steel nutcracker last night reaching " -within lour miles southwest or the city In the greatest tank battle of the TTormandy Invasion and pressing down Tram the north and northeast at dis tances of two to three miles, v --j-f , J The southwestern flank attack has thrown at .least three .opposing Ger man elite armored divisions Into "com- - plete confusion," a stafl officer, at Allied field headquarters ;,declaredw while front-line dispatches - described t&e enemy as milling around In con- . tiiilm all .Inno K front tilt Vftln at- I tempta (to stem tt continuing British sdTance. ". i' I .' -" 1-1 r-i T 'A headquarters i' oommunlque s late "Wednesday night announced contlnu ing progress , in spite of more bad -weather and intense opposition. 1 r v Both Infantry and armored forces tracked through the German's Odon Tiver line on a two-mile-wide front - outh of Tburvllle, the communique tald, adding: "Our advance continued toward high V.ground eouth of , the Odon." v.-.; ; . 'i 'y-.: The push went on at least two mites past the Odon and within two and one-half miles from the Orne river, on which Caen la situated. ' Other BrKlsjr troops fought 'two ; xnlles north of Caen and three miles northeast, ready to drive in trontally while the outflanking movement was the main threat looped rapidly around from the west anf southwest, y :'l,v "The bypassed Oerman position at the-village -of Rauray, southeast of , Fontenay and west of Caen, was cleaned out during the day. Reelstanoe there had been "most stubborn," the imny"11 aald. t -" !': On the Cherbourg peninsula : the Americans seised Uaupertue airfield east of the city of Cherbourg and were breaking down the last enemy resist ance 1 at the peninsula's northeastern and northwestern capes. ' ;; , The final tally of prisoners' was ex pected to reach 20,000 to 40,000,' bring ing dose to 80,000 the . total taken ' since the Invasion began June 4Y " A staff officer at field headquarters described this as Just a sweeping Job, with no remaining opposition worthy of the name, but said the Britsh In the southeastern .sector, pi. tne irenca beachhead were battling against fu rious German ormosition from .. the A 21st,- 12th & S.- (Elite Guard), and ehrpanser (model) divisions.'1 These probably are not now at full strength, due to battle losses, but are described as excellent troops. ' Nevertheless, they are In "complete turmoil'' west and southwest of Caen, he stated. ' ' Another panzer division, not offi cially Identified, was also in action , elsewhere on the British front, and It : was aald at headquarters that the present terrific battle might determine v the i fete of a large portion of the Oerman 18th and 17th armies. OTiECASE IJJANTILE v PARALYSIS EI COUNTY ';-.."fT 'Vv- v'Vi'' ! lt-Mantha-Old Child Is Vktimj Ne t-Ne4 Far Alarm, Says Dr. Ham. " ,. , ' ' " a. Clem Ham, oounty health offloer, ... stated thU morning that thus far only one case of Infantile paralysis hat de- ' veloped in the oounty, during the prea ' ent epidemic, which is prevalent over certain areas of the State. . ' " " - The victim in this county Is a child U months of age, and the child has '. Improved to "such an extent that the quarantine was lifted on June 23. Dr. Ham la of the opinion that It will not be - necessary to take any drastic action in the county regarding' the disease, ' but is keeping a close cheek on the situation throughout the county, and If and when such action " la deemed advisable, proper precau , tlons will be taken by local health of - 'llcials. v, M ' Dr. Ham states that he sees no need for any alarm, In this immediate sec tion, relative to the paralysis sltua- tton, but states that all necessary pre cautions should be taken. A state-wide report released oh June 26, shows that through June 1 there were 77 cases of the disease In the State! Since that time, however, ad ditional cases have been reported In ' counties where the disease U preva lent, bringing the total to 104. Ad Joining counties where only a small number are known Include one . case n Elanly and two in Cuiarrus. - 1 wr t t.-.. X. 1 T t 1 :.r I. r. ; f 1 ; : T 1 lr. T ' r t HI ! 1 v 1 1 ' -.ill i 1 C U ' 1 ' . it .3 i 1 1 JJ" . - ! 1 ' " ' . ' . " . .Funeral Today i . i CHARLES S. MASSET FUNERAL RITES TODAY ? FOR CIIAS. S. MASSEY Farmer State Senator, Banker. ;An .t:f-- ' . Beslntesman Passes, ' ; ..', - Funeral services for Charles " S. Massey, an outstanding civic and re ligious leader, who died In a Char lotte hospital Wednesday , after a long illness, were held at the home in Wax haw this afternoon ' at four o'clock. Rev. X. V, Wiley, pastor of. Waxhaw Presbyterian church, officiated. Inter ment was in the Waxhaw cemetery. Pallbearers were Martin LBrasweH, T. B. Nesblt, J. M. McColl, R. A. Hud son, Dan a Davis; and John W. Col Una. ; :-: '''' v ' ' v: '' - The deceased, son of the late Reese and Elisabeth Henry Massey, was born September .12, 1863 in the Waxhaw community. From early life he en gaged In the mercantile business and wKh the exception of a very few years his business life centered in Waxhaw. Though having retired from active work some years' ago, hie Interest in business and church had not abated until his . recent illness. Until his passing he was president of the Wax haw Banking and Trust Co. The A. W- Heath Co., Waxhaw; Morrow Bros. Se Heath Co Albemarle; Massey Clarke Oov Mfc Holly; a' director of Marlon 81ms Memorial Hospital, Lan caster, a C, and was for number of years chairman of the board of the Morrison Training Behoof at Hoffman. ' In 1937 and 1938 he was state Sen ator fro mtbia district. He had been a jailing elder. ..la. Ihei'resljyterian church for many years, and took an active part in- all church work, serv ing at superintendent of the Sunday school and as Bible teacher as needed through the yeara.rVv.-:..n :1a 1897 be was married to Miss Maude Heath, who died In 1939. The survivors are three eons, Henry Heath Massey, William O. Massey of Wax haw, Olin X. Massey of Mt. Holly, and four grandchildren, Henry Heath, Jr and Charles D. Massey, Esther Heath and Alethea Fleming Massey all of Waxhaw; one brother; R. E. Massey of Van Wyck. and a slater, lfiss Minnie Massey, also survive. : . V - Pinch Is Near For Consucers CiWEani Are Warned That - Yartibe Shortages' Are NO , RELIEF IS EXPECTED The civilian Is "Just beginning to ft.. ninHh" nt vsrttnm abortaceS WW M.t w " " and, despite government efforts to flu in the worst gaps in civilian supply, can expect no large scale relief until the war ends. Director William Y. Elliott of the Office of Civilian Re quirements, stated yesterday. . . . ' "Tjp to this point this country has ciifTariwt tin anrimia dprwivatton." the War Production board . official said in an interview. "Now the war is coming home to civilians." ;.;' K ,"ni vaor AmMrtian must exoect a very thin time of It unless there to an early end to Hostilities. liarge suppT.es of consumer . goods Viniit un, in t ! neriod of Intensive manufacture before war work hit its stride have now been drained irom f Rctory, wholesale and retail stocks, EUlott explained. ' :; A n siortnje has developed in steel t' e jv' t of invasion demands for lane:': ? cr .t, heavy artillery shells i-ir t" v-M5 via a "ect all r- i' r 1 piade o t' t metal, 1 J, r t'. at t ninnl 1 r 1 t ft Te e 1 to c . r si ave r t c , ; 1. -4 r l U ft tit.iav in our r. 1 s ve i ves from rationing," Li 1 1. r, c . a sortn;s ve t of s - i i". Ko ' x to t f r t r t r ! ' 'e ' l ' i . n of c.-.f-r t O'T I - r lee Is 1 lto-rs 1 1 ' I t r tf ( 1 t" t r T Is r ' : t H ' f 1 l t s Nazis Halt Headlon? Flight ' S'V ' Nnrtli flf Rom. ' K Ait . mviw vi iwiuv mi'. .. v '. rf ' ' - mm ,:J .'Vj toimterblowtC;';K TANK BATTLE IS RAGING ;' M.-.i y-rvryxAv-i s Oerman forces have halted their flight in central Italy and are mak ing a. bltte rstand against the Allied Enghth Army on both sides of lake Traslmeno, about 88 miles north, and slightly west of Rome: - ' vV'i,fef '" (A broadcast by CBS said the Nazis had counterattacked strongly and re captured the town of Chlusl, nine miles southwest of Lake Traslmeno and 28 miles southwest . of Perugia.) Heavy rains have given the , Ger mans a .much-needed breathing spell in which to reorganize and strength en their defenses at the center of the line, and it appeared . they would not be thrown into retreat again until the Eighth Army could gather itself and attack In force. ,. The Allied , communique aald the Eighth was meeting "strong resistance both north and northwest of Perugia and at the southwest corner of. Lake Traslmeno, where several enemy coun terattacks had been repulsed. On, the two wings . the Allied ad vance, continued, though the Ameri cans pushing up the west Italian coast an dthe French on their imme diate inland flank; encountered in creasingly stiff resistance. Only in the Adriatic sector was the Nads flight unchecked. . There Eighth Army troops crossed the Chientl river and reached the vicinity of MorrovaUe and Montencosaro, less than 38 miles from the big port of Ancona. . v American tank and Infantry forces slugged beyond Gluncarico, it- miles, northwest of Orosseto, and approach-' ed the coastal town of Folonica, some 68 miles below Pisa. - Another Tank column, thrusting inland up Highway 13, waa reportea on tne outskirts of Roccastreda, K?.M i..iV'.A t French Colonials, keeping a ' little ahead of the Americans, reached a point slightly north of the village of Castiglione d'Orcla, which is IT miles due west, of ChlusL NEWS AND EVENTS OF I ' WEEK FROM WINGATE By Mrs. B. E. Blvens , , r (Harold Love, who is a Marine and Is stationed at - Cherry Point,- spent last--eet-endiwttnia-,paTjBta, -Ur. ana .Mrs.'' earn tiove. . v Mrs. j John W.. Blvens ,nd Master Johnny Blvens have returned from WrlghtavlUe Beach. . Mt. and Mrs. B. T.. Tyner, of Raleigh, accompanied them home. They have returned to their home in Raleigh after a short visit here with Mrs. Tyner's mother and other relatives ' , ' , ' Mrs. Bruce Blvens .has returned home after spending a few weeks in Greenville, N. C, with her mother, Mrs. M. J. Edens and sister,' Haael Edens. She also visited Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Plnyatello In Ooldsboro. Little Miss Patricia Plnyatello, niece of Mrs. Blvens, accompanied her home to spend tiw4uwi:3-H:i-HV:'''T Mrs. Biu cnaaeuer ana young daughter, Elizabeth, of Charlotte, vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Bertls M. Austin last week-end. Mv. y''r - ; Mrs. Shelton C. Hargett and chil dren spent last week-end m Monroe with her twin-slater Mrs. Aubrey Benton.- Mrs. Floy B. Hallman and Mrs. Oren Strait and Elsie visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green in Monroe last week-end. Seaman Second Class Benson v XL Bivena has arrived safely on one of the New Hebrides Islands , in. the South Pacific, near Australia. .. '; . Mrs. Ralph Smith and Bailie nave gone to Concord to visit' her mother. Mrs.. Shine. '-v-, Lt. Robert Bivena is spending a few days leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.' John A. Blvens. ri-?:is:tt The .Hastys, . of Wadesboro, spent Sunday with Mrs. K. G. Hasty and family here.; They gave Mrs, Hasty a aurprlse birthday dlnn S Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Unk. jr, nave gone to Rldgecrest Baptist Assembly for .the week."., -".'"i'': , J. to. Helms, Jr, and wife are vis iting Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Helms, - Sr. J. C. is stationed in Florida and Is in the Navy. , Miss Martha Wright, of Charlotte, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wright. Martha is employed by the Western Union in Charlotte. . Mr. and Mrs. Bernard' Helms have returned to Norfolk, Va,, after visit ing relatives here. - Mrs. J. J. Perry is confined, to bed by illness. Friends of Mrs. Perry wish for (her a speedy re "ery. - . Misses Alice C.cy f 1 L's Jo Thorn as have fine to . 1 to vi, I'T. S 1 I I I l. . i:r. t i I s. 1L 1 ' t- - f.e I', .ii of a son, j . .' - 1 1 J 9 13. i: 1, i l 2 I C ) U Ci I . r 1 .. a I.. ' ' ' t of I C. it Liveiis, and : i 9 I r. 1 s. J. J. r y is s::tr.,'.:-g t'.e r 1.' i l....ii;ul Convenuon la C. i.a- l i e fuiiowlng O. Am fron T.'ir I v C'i' 111 ' "v Crm;J- O. A. . I 7 I I a, 1 t- 1 i t J J J HIE LATEST WAR NEWS LTKUEF ' i 'Meeeew--gevlet armies eenverg- ing en Mini - drove withm 7 milea ef the White BuKdaa capital today, peabing the Germans swift ly back ever the eame road to Warsaw and Berlin which Nape leen followed to his eUaastrews re treat front Moscow. Like hag grasping hand,- the Bed Army reached for Minsk while artillery and bombers blasted a way for the ground f oreea. ... ;i ; , .. ; i Supreme .s Headquarters . Allied ' Erpedltlonary Force The' Ger- , ; mans were reported today to have thrown the bulk of their 15th and 17th Armies into the defense ef ; ; Caen in an attompt to halt the British flanklngi thnut aouth of ;' the inland port! ' But Gen. Sir 'Bernard . L. : Montgomery's men smashed nine counter-attacks in 24 hours and widened a breach in the enemy lines, Supreme Bead quarters announced British tartan-, try and armor were streaming across the Odon ; Hirer southwest ef Caen 1 in bridgehead. an ' . erer-widenmg London Pewards ef 1,008 For tresses and IJberatora attacked Germany today, hitting foer air craft production centers, ' a syn thetic oil refinery and a number ef other military! and industrial targets In the eenter of the Reich. ' " ROME Alone ' a highway Ut tered with enemy dead and aban doned equipment, American troops of the Fifth Army punched for ward another five milea along Italy's west coast yesterday 'and captured the town ef Caatagneto, . ' only 5 milea from Livorno (Leg horn), 'whilo a second American eolumn farther inland piereed threwgn miles 1 of Siena, Allied Headqaartera said today. Kj: Prisoner Of War .. Pfc. McDowd Belk. who was report ed missing in action on the night of January 30, is now a prisoner of war in Germany according to a message from the War Department to his fath er, W. M. Belk. , - a ,a - PFu Belk was with, a Ranger Bat talion omewhereJ in- Italy. He has been in tne Army wince November 13, 1943. ' Before entering the service PFO Belk', was femnloyetf , with the TerjeJl,iMaf.hlnar d,. jpaay, Charlotte. Before leaving . for overaeaa duty, he was stationed at Camp Walters, Texas. He has served overseas since A pril, 1943 and is 23 years of age. Mr. Belk has one: other son, Roland Belk, serv ing in tne U. 0. Navy, at Camp Peary, Virginia. . , . . W- Friends of John B. Gaddy. Jr.. Ph. M 3-c, of Wingate, Will be glad to learn that he has now been released from the hospital at Great Lakes, TJL, wnere ne nas Been seriously m. . He underwent an operation for mastoidi tis, April 2ft. - ; 1 ! Second Lieut Watler James Doug- Jr- received his committee in Meteorology at Chicago University, on June 8. After a ten day furlough he reported for duty at Morris Field June 16. ' Lieut Douglass Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Douglass of Chester field,. 8. C, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gaddy of Wingate. . . , Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis of R3. Monroe, have Just received a letter rrom their son, Pvt John Hayne Davis, teiilSeryice V:r:- 'l",';':;; 'i-r :i saying . that he has arrived safely missioned a second lieutenant in the somewhere in England and Is getting Army Air Forces a Turner Field, Al along fine, He entered the servloe In bany, Georgia, Colonel John B. Pa November, 1943. trick. Commanding ; Officer. Turner -x .:. -j - 4n - Field, an Army Air . Forces Pilot , , .VWVH, w. ., M...m...., with the V-13 nrogram at the TJhl-1 verslty of Vlrgjnla, Charlottesville, is opcuumg; ten-aays lurtougn wnn ms , father, Lawrence Presson and family on Washington street , . , First Sergeant and Mrs. L. L. Helms and daughter, Lillian, of Fort Knox, Kentucky, ' are visiting relatives In Monroe and vicinity, t.-H v Pvt Aiken : Wolfe, who has been spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Ben H. Wolfe, left for Greenville, a O.. for a short visit with his sister, Mrs. Jack Mulligan, before leaving far Camp Beale, Calif-, where he will be stationed with the Ordnance. Charles Haigler, A -8, with the Naval V-13 program at Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, came Saturday night for a nine-days visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. & O. Haigler. lie will leave Friday night on the re turn trip. r'aT fjt Joseph Deese, Jrl, is sta t'. : ' 1 in New Guinea, and has been f r t r 18 months. In a recent 1 r to lis father be said he had J t r TKi-d from a 15-days furlough tJ 7, Australia, and he had the i e nea ever nao in us me, 1 1 t he was well and happy. Since 1 ill the army he has acquired t e r ' -me of Duke." He is son of J , i Deese of E3, Matthews, and is ci a cf five boys In service, four In t' e f y and one in the navr. His " t !(: Pvt TT tias Deese, Fort r ' : 1 iK) Roy r . -e, Camp Pine- ? ' ' :'Pvt F! Deese, Camp " :', exfts; 8 i-O J'rswe Deese, ' ; v. Over in Kcw Guinea, a I i a pof.a er.t home by p - e, the t can't make " en, S3 t. -t 'e i. 7 sit around 1 U. S. Invasion Losses Listed Supreme Command ; Gives Total Casualtiet As 24,162 In Two Weeks tf. CAPTURE 32,000 NAZIS ''v.i-i : jrniimi.ii-iK" iv . i h: in The 'Supreme Command announced yesterday that the first two weeks of the European invasion cost the Allies 40,549 casualties, , ', including 34,163 Americans killed, wounded and miss ingfigures that .still do not Include last week's losses In the ; Cherbourg assault or the start of the present British offensive In the Caen area. Of the casualty 'total for the period from June 8 to June 30. Inclusive. 8.- 387 'were killed of which 3,083 were Americans, 1,843 British and 863 Can adians. - . , - Against these Allied losses German casualties in Normandy through the fall of Cherbourg have been estimated by Supreme Headquarters at not less than 70,000 men. . N A large percentage of the American casualties came in the first two bloody days of fighting on the beaches when elements of the First and 39th Divi sions ran headon Into a German di vision practlclngv invasion exercises along the landing coast The British and Canadians were able to land with less opposition. The complete Allied figures for the two-week period: United 1 States-8,083 killed. 13.131 wounded; and 7,959 missing, a total of 34,163.., Vj'j.V British 1343 killed, 8,599 wounded,' and 3,131 missing, a total of 13373. . Canadian 363 killed. 1.359 wounoea. and 1.093 missing, a total of 3318. Acralnst these casualties are more than 33,000 German prisoners already In the Allied bag and many nunareas more still uncounted as well as many dead.. .,..;;':. ..- V' The casualties showed remarkable uniformity as to the number killed out of the total casualties. - - , Out of the 40349 casualties, 8,387 were killed. 33379 wounded, and 13481 missin. The per cent of fatal casual ties of the total was 7.6 per cent The per cent of American -killed was 73, the British 73 and Canadian 7.7. ' Borne of the missing probably are dead, others are prisoners. I . A Washington announcement on June 33 placed total American casual ties In all war Cheaters since tne be ginning of hostilities at 325383. This included 178,677 for the Army through June 6 the first day of the Normandy invasion, and, 48,706 for the Navy to June 33. '.I- '-v:iK: '-'ft-.f Prime Minister ChurchlE told ; the House? of t Commons yesterday that casualties for British , forces for the first four years of the war total 667,- This morning's Supreme Headquar ters announcement showed a revision of the American losses over the figures announced June 17 by Lt Gen. Omar N. Bradley for the first eleven days of the camrjaign. . He said they In cluded 3,383 killed and 13300 wounded. and makes major repairs on Mustangs. He is one of the "Keep "Em Flying" technicians commended' , by higher headquarters when Co. Graham's pilots secuUve days of air combat, 80 of these destroyed 103 Nad planes in 19, con were shot out of vthe aky. . ; 8gt George Ayscue of Fort Bragg, spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ayscue. Aviation Cadet i Vernon' Talmadge Helms, Jr ton of Mrs, -V. T., Helms, Sr. R3, Monroe, was recenuy com' puuum, ,0 v m .vm w whirf oamrjoses the Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training eCnter. It 1 here tnat Aviaoon vmcxm axe . obuh for their final phase of training which culminates in their receiving their much coveted wings and commission as Second Lieutenant In the Army Air Forces. James A. Outen, son of, J. Otto Ou ten, of R3, 3, Monroe, has completed his course of studies as an aviation, mechanic in the Army Air Forces Technical Training School, : Amarillo, Texas.' His graduation from this technical, school now fits him for air plane maintenance and he will be sent to an air base where he will assist tn keeping America's Flying Fortresses in the atr for Allied victory. . Mrs.' George Hlnson received a letter Wednesday from her son, T-B John H. Hlnson, who is with the armed forces Overseas, v The letter Wednesday was first .Mrs. Hlnson had. received ..from her son in ten weeks., ,; : , PFC J. B. Long arrived Sunday to rnd a snrteen-c 5 - v furlourh with his parents, Mr. and 1 Vs. N. E. Long of Indian TraO. J. B. win r- -ort back ta Camo Maxev. Texas, t.a 7th of jr July. Jm F. Wlncheater Promoted (A Ninth Air Force Service Com' mend Unit S. T. O. The promotion of Joe P. Winchester of Monroe from the grade of private first clas to that of technician firth groe has been an nounced recently ty the healquaiters of a Ninth Air I orce E rrice Com mand Unit sort'' ; : rre in f.e E. T. O. Corporal V ... r. a heavy r, is t' e s"ri of Itr. . . - cf T "on ce t t V I. is eQ1.; t '"nt ov - and l-'-s. ' roe. I. s Xf r v .: r the forn fr tr cf I'r. t a o cf ? seaaeaaeeeeee"een"weee,eem f . New Pastor , i r n J;, REV. JACK T. AKIN REV. J. T. AKIN ARRIVES TO ASSUME PASTORATE First Baptist Congregation WnT Wel eo me New Pastor Sunday. ' - h ReW and Mrs. Jack J. Akin and little daughter will arrive in the city today, coming by car from Louisville, Ky. ; Rev. Mr. Akin, recently accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist church here and will assume bis new duties, Sunday morning. ; . .. i . Rev., and Mrs.. Aken will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Griffin at their home on the Griffith road, while completing arrangements to be gin housekeeping. They will occupy the former Roy Funderburk residence on West Franklin street and Mr. and Mrs. Funderburk will move Into the parsonage, which they recently pur chased from the First Baptist church. ; Sunday evening a Union service will be held at the Baptist church with all the churches of the city Joining in the services. Rev. Mr. Akin will de liver the message of the evening and ministers of the city . churches will bring greetings. ' Mr. Akin comes to the local church from the pastorate of the. First Bap tist ' church " of Campbelldburg, ' Ky, where he has served most effectively for th past three years. Previous to this pastorate he served churches in Ohio and Kentucky. . ,. He Is a native of Cullman, Alabama and holds the M. A. degree from Howard College of Birmingham, Ala.; B. M. degree from the Cincinnati Con servatory of Muslo- and the Thi M. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary., at Louisville, Ky. ,-He ' Is also a well-known tenor soloist and has had several years experience as soloist over radio stations WLW and wapx. i 'W'-.-'ftv-fVvij 'X- t- The new pastor and his", family will be warmly welcomed to the city by the congregation of the First Baptist church and . by the people of the community. t , J. HOWARD WIUJARlS is NEW ROTARY PRESIDENT Annual Installatioa Of -Offleers And -f Ladiea Mght Taeeday Evening. .' At the annual ladles night and In stallation of officers Tuesday evening, J. Howard Williams was Installed as president of the Monroe Rotary Club for the ensuing j year, succeeding George Davis, who has served as pres ident during the past year, other of ficers Include NeiQ Huggins, , vice president and Virgil Henderson, secretary-treasurer. Directors are George Davis, Edwin Nlven, Ooble Funder burk and Edwin Lowery. i . During the evenhw the Rotariana heard . Edmund .Harding, nationally known humorous speaker, fat one of his entertaining speeches and a talk by Charles H. stone, new governor of we lwtn district of Rotary. xne regular meeting of the club next week will be held on Wednesday at the usual hour instead of Tuesday, due to the fact that July 4 will be observed as a holiday and business houses of the city win be closed In ob servance of the day. Tne guest speaker for the meeting next week will be H. E. O. (Red Buck) oryant of pharlotte, formerly y f Washington, D. C a well-known newspaper columnist -. ALIENS IN FIGimr.'G AREA I.IADS CrnZETIS Becoming a citlsen of the united States usually Involves a great deal of red. tape, but aliens fighting In this country's armed forces against the Japs In the Bougainville area, in' the 8olomons, are being made citizens by a simple process. ?;'.;' Differing from the regular require ments, the soldier aliens have no age limits or -racial bars to keep them from securing citizenship papers. TJiey must only enow that they la juy en tered the United Eta tea er1 t: rst f ' '.r military services has I : i: a ? f-e y o cf t -iii new c. ' s, whu-.h even I: -. e aliens i -: g f,T t e t . I I is Dr. i-.nry B. 1 . 1, t 1 de!phla, who Is tne d'.'ei-tor cf i and educational f rv s f r t e 1 m!r"aion rat i i i. ;irg A"'" , l 1 In the fcjulh 1 1 i i has tocn ho....: t 1 dcsi:i;'g to tv. e i been a.sm:ntMer' ' i ! r.oa t: jo-.: nout t f i. ii C - t i t 1 1 ' !s r Meat nrii::i Changes Xlaib Steaks And Roasts ILed la Points; Cfceese Hack 1 -.' On list : EFFECTIVE ON SUr0)AY Choice lamb cuts and some cheeses . go back on the ration list Sunday and current values on beef ' steaks and roasts go up to two points a pound, a pound, the office of price administra tion announced wet nignt, -Tn - nmriM-lnir . the : first ' lnrnortant 'changes since most meat was removed from rationing May 4. Price Admin istrator Chester Bowles said: -"We are restoring nolnts to choice lamb outs not because of any expected decrease in supply, but because such cuts have been very unevenly distrib uted, v:.'"''''' !.''.' . ' . "We are forced to Increase the point values of the more popular cuts of beef because we will have a 13 percent decrease in supply of rationed beef for distribution to civilians tax July Bowles said three out of every four OPA district offices had reported that lamb was short of demand, and in a majority of areas it was scarce. Choice steaks, chops and roasts are the cuts returned to rationing, values range from three to 10 points , a pound, slightly higher than In April. - The increase ordered for beef raises point values for the choice cuts to the highest level slnoe the start of ra tioning, OPA said. " The new red point chart, covering the period through July 29, -continues butter at 13 points a pound and mar garine at two. Cherrar cheese remains at 10 points a pound, but the so called perishable varieties, ration-free the last 10 days, go back, on the list a four points a pound, instead of at the 10-polnt value they had previously. Except for choice beef and lamb, all meat including canned varieties re mains'' point-free. So does canned fish. But the ration value of canned milk is hiked to of a point a pound up from Ja half point - Despite : restoration of points for lamb, 30 led points for buying meats and fats will - continue to be the monthly , aloltment ' OPA explained that the amount of lamb put under rationing, balances the expected de crease in beet supply; and that con sequently points will go Just as far. While points on lamb and the in crease for beef is expected to level out distribution., Bowles cautioned against over-optimism with regard to imme diate. larger suppllaa hyretail stores, ' "In some " sections - where snrDllee fnive been unusually tight there should oe a gradual improveemtn and house wives, in time, will find a wider choice of these meats," Bowles said. "In other sections, where lamb and beef supplies have been better than aver age, the July point action will bring a slight reduction tn the amount of meat housewives can buy." - CROPS TOIEATETZD BY LONG DRY PERIOD Many Union Coanty Farmers Have Bees unable To Get Stand Cotton, (Dry weather is beginning to present a real problem to farmers in some sec tions of the oounty, according to a number of farmers who were in The Enquirer office today, who announced that unless they get a good rain In the next, four or five days many of the crops may be hurt beyond saving. Already many farmers have had to give up trying to get a stand of cot ton, because the seed would not gar minate in the dry weather, warious sections of the couty are now under going, i one season is so far advanced, that it Is hardly practical to replant Some, farmers are reported to be plowing up their cotton., where they failed to get a stand and are planting peas. If the price of peas holds v.p to the present level, then they say this crop will Insure them an Income from their erstwhile dormant cotton land, in spite of the bad season. There are some sections of the coun tw which have had showers, but the majority of the county Is in tad shape from the dry spell. . The dry ' weather, ' however, has worked to the advantage of the small grain harvesting, v The small grain crop this, year, in most sections, e s to be one of the best and yields have been large generally speaking. Com bine and, harvesting machinery oper ators, have done an excellent J o l i getting the small grain harvest !, Li spite of the labor shortage. xne corn and gar Jen crcs 1 been hard hit by the rainlr-s v and" the prevalence of t:.e t ' ve ' r in some sections hasn't 1 It it prospects any, lt was t 1. Eome good rains lit i da vs, however, V " ! wiia a la"? r , crops, it v i i i ,. . - f T. ' .: re" r 1
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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June 29, 1944, edition 1
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