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1 I 4 - . .'-4 A. f 1 Cotton, abort, lb. .'. 21e to : ) Cotton, long, lb. .. .. ., 2Jo to z i Cotton Seed, bushel 7. o Ej-gs, dozen .., ,. , ! 5 Corn, bushel' .. ., .. fl- ) V bushel .. .. .. Partly cloudy tad continued hot today and Friday.. . 8unset today; 8:30; sunrise Fri day, 8:29. .. ... . V 3 ' Florid) c:i l:::;days akd Thursdays : CTENTY-CZCOND YEAR MONROE, N." C.j UNION COUNTY THURSDAY tiJULY 27, 1944 S-MONT1T3, 75c; 6-MONTII3, 1JZ$ CEHI-VEL-. , "OA ..3 w fK2or Fbrcnc ' ELti Ar7 Fcrcti Repcrt . ed C-t Er;Lt r Frca fe'-j ;y- Art Cetlcr 7 progress cormronrx 'Spearheaded by New Zealand - vet eran of Cassino, Eighth Army force smashed Wednesday within eight miles of the open city of Florence, which ' was expected to fall wlthou to trug gle once its outer t defense , were breached. ''"'':. -"'-.'V' (The Berlin radio said July 1 that Adolf HlUer had declared Florence an open city to protect Its "Irreplaceable cultural Value.' "and there ha ilnoe been no report of Allied plane having . tf..Vju4 th Mtw'a rail Tarda.) ' - Mew Zealand tank ; and Infantry, tabbing forward five mile In two day' of bitter fighting against JJast parachute troop, were reported (clo- V tag on the - highway ' town of Ban - Casciano, las than eight mile outh of Florence. Other Eigmn Army col umn advanced steadily anong a 80 mils front below the city, renowned ' as the birthplace of modern art. v (A German military comemntator 'broadcast that a' "full scale" Allied at- tack was launched south of Florence on Tuesday Ind that after hard flghtr " tag Nad troop "systematically detach :' ed themselves from the enemy in a northern direction." Anotbed enemy , broadcast . said the Allies - alw had opened a strong new offensive along the Adriatic coast above Aneona)-. American troops holding the position of the city of Pisa south of the Arno river were subjected to increasingly heavy fire from big German guns em plinted on Mt Plsane to the north, and dispatches today said the medi eval city was rapidly becoming battle torn. Oerman mortars maintained a ' barrage on al points where 'the Tanks might attempt to cross the Arno inside ' Use. ;. - - . - The enemy's artillery fire for the - - iut nv1 in tirr the . famous Leaning Tower, f. which Is situated en the northern outskirts of Pisa fn territory stm held by the Kails. . . p M:;..' "s:-',. American force, strung out along the south bank of the Arno from the Tyrrhenian sea to a point soma 18 miles west of Florenoe, continued to ' conosolidato their positions and to Haul up men and material for a major assault on the enemy's "Oothlc line" ' - defenses north of the stream. . ? There was a possibility ' that Gen. tBr - -Harold . Alexander. .' .the - Allied - ground eomamnder, would delay the big attack until he could mass power . ful force both from th Fifth and Eighth- Armies along the entire river ' line from the west coast to Florence. Indications are that the "Gothic line" win be as tough an assignment as the AUle have had tn Italy. . Reconnaissance photographs yester day showed that the Hermann Goering tank works near Uni tn Austria-, was - "virtually destroyed" by Tuesday at- ulr Inr nnu BOO flirhtr eaenrtd Lib erator bombers from Italy, headouar " ten anonunced. - Tn this and other operation the AUle lost S3 bomber and three-other planes, while Allied gun brought down 93 enemy craft. ' ' ai.d evltts c7 yxei f?x:i v(x:gate (By ton. B. & Blvens) . -twTVr. o ci wnrria and friends this weA, Their son. Pvt Clarence Beach of the U. 8. Army, who has been, over seas for twenty-one month and Is ' back m the States accompanied them on the trip. ,,! prt. James Curry Burrl of the u. B. 'Army, who is stationed in Florida, la spending hi furlouch wltti per-i ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Burri. v Seaman Bobby Michael, TJ. S. N. B, Who I aatloned in Kor"a is on leave : end l visiting his pareuis here, Mr. nrf i.ln. Michael.' EDani, Kcbael and Mrs. Robert Edwards, no tea.-nes In the New Balem school are epeii short time in Saluda. N. C. Mis Margie Burgess of Einrstree, S. C, Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Eruoe .. ivens. '. . ' Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Eivens and Mrs. Wade Williams were the ruests- of J.: tiairsie Burgess at the iaeh for the week-end. u. b: U r oiman of Oastonla, is vlslt lr Mrs. Ilallman. 1 . . , Mr. and T .s. Jack Perry 'i etl dren a-d I.:r. and Mrs. 1,-bert Mi ere s- -ding ew days la itori , ..ere cley wll visit relative 1 :- xy.'i and Jewel llave rer,t .-a. a. J. I J"9. t.r. 7. r'-'in r-v an r . s at t- ? i t r 8 I c fj t i t a i- v. T Cf U r 1 i i 2 1 Ycui.a t:c:le c? city TO HOLD UZ8I! SZ1VICES Win Meet Sunday Evening At Six O'clock In Presbyterian church. The Young People's organisations of the city win meet together at the First Presbyterian church Sunday eve nlng at 6:00 o'clock In the basement for the first of their Union Vesper Service. : i : The Methodist young people will be tn charge of the program, with the Presbyterian young people serving , as host. The program topic is, "Ood And Nature," and will consist of pictures which, will be shown by Sgk. MceKnsle from Camp Sutton. The Presbyterian young people, with Barbara Shelley in charge, are planning an old fashioned "sing" with a period ox game ana the social hour following the program. 'All young people In Monroe are in vited to attend this special service. Members from the -Methodist,; Bap tist, Lutheran, Episcopal and Benton Height churches are expected. At present, plans are to have these inter denominational meetings on every 5th Sunday evening throughout the year. Guan, liniari Drives Mount Americans Battle For Import- ant Installations Including' Crack Airfield , REPORT PALAU B0R1BED 7 American assault forces on Guam, holding about 13 mile of the central wester coast line, battled for im portant " installations yesterday while then brothers in arms on Tlnlan Island reached for the best airfield in the Marianas. . - At the same time Radio Tokyo re ported an American carrier task force (truck at' Palau. east of the Philip pines, and that an Allied fleet again bombarded Sabang harbor on Suma tra. 7 -; ., The attack on Palau; If confirmed would be .the second by such an Amer ican force on that enemy stronghold 600 mile from the Philippines. The first, last March 29, dealt heavy dam age to Japanese shipping and aircraft The attack on Sabang, reported in a Japanese communique broadcast by Tokyo, had not received Allied con-' Urination. Sabang, at the western end of Sumatra, waa first hit by an Allied fleet last-April IS. Marines and .doughboys of the Third Amphibious corps on Guam already had the assurance of then eomamnder that victory was theirs. , After, inspect ing the front line. Ma. Gen. Roy 8. Gelger said, "There's nothing the Jap, can do now to run us off." . ? The American lines ran from point opposite Anae island, at the southern end, tn a general northward direction across the base of Orote peninsula to the vidnty of Aga'na. peacetime cap ital' of the American Island, which was seised by the Japanese a few day after Pearl Harbor. The line pene trated Inland as much as three miles in some places. - At about the center Is Apra harbor, the best anchorage in the Mariana. Orote peninsula, flanking the harbor on. the south, had been isolated with its airfield and enemy garrison. - j American warships and planes blast ed the trapped Japanese on Orote and a front line dispatch indicated the probability of a ground thrust Into the depths of the peninsula' to capture the ah-fleld and wipe out the ! enemy force there. WECDL"GTC:J It D. CLU3 HOLDS REGULAR MEET Win Hold Animal Pfenta Aagast First; - .New Prestdent' laeetoo. ' . .; v ; (By Mr, a A. Deal) i- " ' The Home Demonstration Club met Thursday afternoon. , The meeting was evened with a song followed by the Amerif-sn' Creed. In the busi ness meewiig Mr. C. A. Deal was elected president It was -voted to cor --te with the P. T. A. and the V.'axhaw men and women's club in having school open at a later date in 1845. Farming methods have tfwed to Union county and we should bung our schools up to a higher sunward to meet changing conditions. The an nual club picnic will be held Aur-1 St Mrs. Kbdman made a report on having a lunchroom. We were delighted , to have our new agent Miss Bras well, with us. ,he gave a very interesting onst.mtion on "It's Good Business To Keen V .X" In these times ofl huVry, if help, and other .Incon - it is oj! tn npfieci some cf f e single rule of heaUh and de r r l fcio much of the doctor's time. 1 e il'.ne saouid be given to such an 1 '. t item. ' ' si . ron of Monroe, was a r ..Is hostess served cookies and s c rtfiae Moore is at nomo,; A. a T. C. summer school at - "'i I t 1 l rkey has returned ti t V. 8. K'jnter to . J. C. ! 1 r i i r IS ' fO-si"ii 1 ' r J. C. Jr., f r t- t 1 I 'ii,.jhl ' y v. Yanks . Sznch Kazi Defences Americans Stea Enemy With riott Violcst Armored - Assault Of War , MAY FORCE A RETREAT . A sreat combined American tank and Infantry asault smasned through the German first and second, defense lines and into rear artillery positions west of 8t I Wednesday, scoring gains up to five miles deep through a four-mile-wide breach in the Nasi positions. . At least 14 towns, including two important road Junctions, fell in the drive, which outflanked the stubborn Nasi line running northwestward to the coast';.'.:.;; ' " The new push in its second ' day was "marked by a precision and co operation, among . armored Infantry, artilelry and air units not' reached by any American Army thus far in the war," Asolcated Press Correspondent Wes Gallagher wrote from the front late last night '-, i v- wy,.- ' f The Americans cut the nignway from 8t Lo to Coutanoes near St Ix and made their depest inland penetra tion of the Invasion, leaving in their wake uncounted dead and captured of the badly-mauled Nasi 835rd in fantry and Third Parachute divisions. The' assault with doughboys riding tanks into batle like cowboy on steel ponies, breached the enemy line be tween St. Va and Periers, badly mauP in? two enemy divisions in a hail storm of tank fire, bullets, artlllerv Shells, and bombs from the ky. It threatened to box in and force withdrawal of the Nasi fighting des perately to bold the line to the north west from Peners to bessay, near toe coast -;--'' -.vv.-.-,-."v5 The American First Army was at tacking all along a 20-mile front from Lessay inlandIn Its ' biggest blow since Cherbourg and possibly since D-day and the breadth and force in dicated at least a corps was in action. (An Army corps is at least two oi- vislons and probably more.) ' - v. The v, B. armored nrst crasneq throueh the outer crust of German defenses,, and in flaming street bat tle against Nad pansers including giant 62-ton tanks captured Marlgny, road Junction town seven miles west of St to and Just above the St l Coutances highway, 'v'- v Three miles nearer StLo, other elements seised St. Gilles astride that main lateral highway, .y r . y - Marignys fall put, the Americans within lonules'of Coutancefc' large German rear line base near the west ern coast Lessay. the enemy's present western anchor, Is 13 miles due north of Coutances, and V. 8. assaults there yesterday, could gain only 100 to 300 yards against fierce Oerman counter attacks.- vv-. . - -Vi.. Any drive down the Ooutances-St. Lo highway apparently would force the enemy to retreat from -hi Lessay Periers position or face entrapment In then break-through: hard-hitting American Sherman tanks and their cowboy infantry" . who leaped from the armored vehicles and knocked out Nasi gunposts, captured at deast e dosen other villages and sent back battle-stunned prisoners in uncounted procession.' ? -.'-..-'-...?r t A front dispatch, said some of the first prisoners were parachutist. Hit ler's picked troops, so unnerved by the bomb and artillery fire that they Sur rendered sobbing and screaming. "This to not war it Is criminal." - ". Ssrvice Vote; Llettads Cited Twenty States, Inchdm? Horta Cere Lna, Authorize Usa CI Cj&it LITTLE CilTZESr SHOTII The governors of 20 states, including Governor J. .M. Broughton of North Carolina, have certified that laws of then states authorize the use of Fed eral ballots by servicemen overseas, and governor of -the remaining 28 states have certified that their state laws do not authorize votlrg by this method, the United States War Bal lot commission said today, . No state authorized the use of the Federal ballot by persons stationed within the United States. Since these 20 states provide for 1 voting b, g, , fca the . - i their citizens only if thpy take oalj that they arplied for a suite absentee ballot before fp)Tvor jt not receive it ty t . er 1. The Federal hZ.,t c -y be fumthel by ti9 Army, r avy end War t ' t i illr '... fti.wa to c; fro-.i t " f . s v o are ci. s t .5 t 1 f- r "rs cf i s. r nit sr or f $ b iv ( in 1 i C i t ! :!, V. 1 S ' . ! f t r 1 V r cl , i i I 1 1 It !l 1 tJ t i i f e s' -a i f ". i i .1 ; LATZ3TWAR NEWS L I C?JEF ' '; A' TJ. 8. Paclic Fleet Headqaarters, Pearl Harboc Yanks eremnnlna; tb Mariana have eaptmred the north foarii f Tlnlan, with Us 4-a-fee4 VM airfield, and today Streve to anni' 'late tloesMid Java- , nee half wsy eat en Omasa's Rrete Peninsula In a bid far a 170-fMt airfield and the Samay aavat- base. -- v " :.,':,. . . i ...' : twm The battle for Florence, the lasti big Itallaif eUy la Ger man hands south, of the Gothic Line, flared to a new fary today with the- E.'s? ih Army i smashing Deroe German eownter-attacks - eight mlleo from the heart of the historic town. London American Liberators at tacked Belgtana sanitary targets in the Braooels and Ghent areas to day and Berlin saM ether V. 8. ' bomber , formation from Italy made a "terror attack" en the Haararbui eapnal of j amid great air battles. Moaeow Raoslan Infantry was reported sAersnlng aeross the Vls tala River eowtheaat of Warsaw today in thewsand of amphlbioas track covered by mat-sen1 artillery fire, negotlatmg the last great nai ral barrier before German. Silesia and gravely threaten ins; the whole Oerman central front on the level Snpreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. A powerful American armored offensive crash-: ed more than two miles deeper today through German one at the center of the . battle-flamed, 40 mfle V. 8. front in France, seized Canaisy below St Lo and drove beyond. - This ; deepening . crash through the middle picking up mora than seven miles in two days - and supported by fighter planes which alone wrecked or damaged 7 Nasi tanks yesterday threaten- ed to tarn the enemy's whole ' Bank, Lessay. . ... B-8gt Melvin - Brooks Promoted : An Eighth -AAB Bomber . Station, England. The promotion of Melvin K. Brooks, 23 years old.-, of Marahville, engineer-gunner on an FJghth AAF B-n Flying Fort -fk front staff, ser geant to technloai'sergeant has been announced. at this base. ; I r A farmer before ' entering the air iorces, ne is tne son or Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Brooks, R2, Marshville. He at tended New Salem high school. - He Is a member of a Flying Fortress squadron (which recently has taken part In both strategic and tactical blows against the enemy hi Europe, from Berlin to the Normandy battle front ' .. : ' - : , ' 1 J;') Sgt George Ayscue who has been on an Army mission in New York and Boston, spent the week-end here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Ayscue. Sgt Ayscue is stationed at P r,v, 4' Pvt Aubrey Benton who has' been stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla, is spending a Vurlough with his family on Houston street. He will soon leave for Fort Meade, Md. - ? t . .'jj-.''"..,';'I'-:. $:-t, " i"V:.'ft '"i tA:)lV- i First Sergeant George Browning, son of Mrs. H. D. Browning, who has been to North Africa, has recently been transferred to Italy. t iJUf'-'' ' Pfc. Thomas Henry Baucom has ar rived safely In England and would like to hear fro mal his friends. His address may be had from his wife, who resides on the Morgan Mill road. Lee Allen Carnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Carnes, entered the service on June 22. On the same day his grandmother, Mrs. Healy Stewart was burled and he was unable to attend the funeral, having had to leave on the - early bus for Fort Bragg. He would like to hear from his friends and schoolmates. His address now is: Pvt Lee A. Carnes, ASN 84996994, F, 211-85 Reg. Camp Blanding, FU. . " Mrs. Charle W. Jordan has ' re ceived word that her husband. Pvt. Jordan, has arrived safely in England. Maurie F. Jordan, seaman first class, who has been stationed In England is now tn France. They are the sons ofl between ' Perler and Union Gounfy's tlen Ir Seimce Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jordan of R3,jthe deceased. Honorary pallbearers) Monroe. Their son-in-law, Sgt Crow- json L. Pressley is at present at Fort Meade, Md. ,; - Cpl. Perry & Gave, son of Mr. and I.rrs. Lee Gays of E4 Monroe, has re t"HiPi to Plant Harbor, Tampa, Fla, e r spending ten days furlough with f. n 's and relatlv?. ire was acoom ' 1 by Miss Virginia Jenkins of i r ubor, who also. visited relative t X f.-iend.1 ;. , x - .- ' r Thomas J. Fowler of DeRld- me r mui '"".fa- u ages. ; i rinv JJr . VT I Momln Worshlp-H o'clock. "Fol on a cross-cou. . y ..-.t krwlng God's Plan." Exodus 40:34. -. r1 Mrs. J. rrank Fart hav. word X-otn thPlr Son,! . u r t i in Ca.. '-irarUy "e it i to f ! f.ir a ' ' "-! 1 ... 'a w B!" 1 """s .area i and .j t..e next cf C 4. V 1 t r t FU::ZRAL SERVICES HELD FOR V ALTER A. LAI,'E, JX Prominent Toang Man And Nephew v. Meet Ttagie Death At Beads. , r Jii.; i'- . '' 'V.--.i -. r,':t' Funeral servloes for Walter A. Lane, Jr, who, with his ten-year-old nephew. Caldwell Johnston, Jr of Charlotte, lost bis life in the surf at Myrtle Beach, Tuesday morning, were held rthls morning at 10:30 o'clock from the First Presbyterian church, eonductea by the pastor, Rev7 Robert Turner, assisted by Rev. Harry Hawthorne, pastor of St Luke's Lutheran church. Interment was in the .Monroe ceme- .' ' "'. ' v ' Active pallbearers were: Grier Hud son, Spartanburg, 8. C: Gray Hunter, Annlston, Ala.; ' Joe Morgan, F, : A. Blood worth, Graham McClintock. Charles W. Sheperd, Gadsden, Ala.: Cpl. N. O. Laney and Lieut J. .T Orlfflth.!-:''':;''';.:v . . ; Honorary: Chas Green, Spartanburg, S. C.r Major R.G. Anderson, Memphis, Tenn.; K. O. Hudson, W. J. Hudson and Michael Hudson of Raleigh; W. H. Belk. George W. Dowdy, S. H. Scott B. Frank Matthews and E: A. Anderson of Charlotte; C. C. Slkes, Burlington? 8. H. Greene. J. W. Yates, J. T. Griffith, J. W. Hlnson, Boyeson Langley, W. H. Morrison, 8r, R. A. Willis, W. A. Henderson, L. A. Everett W. C. Sanders, Slkes Bandera, Eddie Faulkner, Capt. Ed NeaL Hall Wilson. George McClellan, John Secrest Olin B. Slkes, Walter Laney, Jr., Maurice Lfles and O. B. Caldwell, Jr, all of Monroe; Yates Laney, Chester, 8. 0.; J. L. Anderson, Huntsvllle, Ala; Ver non McGwier, Decatur, Ala. . " Mr. Lane was 32 year of age. the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lane, well known residents of Monroe, -and Is survived by his parents; his wife the former Miss Jane Bikes, daughter of Mrs, John Slkes and the late Mr. Slkes, of Monroe; two little daughters, Jane Lane and Margaret 141 v; also two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Lane. Thomp son of Greenville, S. C and Mrs. P. H, Partridge of Fairmont West Vir ginia. .... .... .'V.'.x? 't,;;i" Mr. and Mrs. Lane lived in Gads den, Alabama, where he has been the popular manager of Belk's store for the past five years.. They had recently taken a cottage at Myrtle Beach, & C, and Mrs. Lane's sister, Mr. Caldwell Johnston, of Charlotte and her four children, Margaret Slkes. Caldwell. Jr, John Bikes and Mary Yorke were with them. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lane had also been with them for a few days stay but left for their home in Monro a short while before the tragedy oc curred Tuesday morning, and were not aware of it until they reached the city. . . . v''-'' 5.v;.. According to reports, Mr. Lane and the lad were swimming !and Mr. Lane got out of the surf onto the beach. A Utle girl nearby saw that : young Johnston was ,ln difficulty and called for help. ! Mr. Lane went to rescue the boy, but in some manner, both were drowned. . It was believed that his death may have been' caused by a sudden heart stack or cramp or that the Johnston lad 'might have pulled him under when Mr. Lane caught hold of him. -, ; : .. Lt Dave Olds of the Myrtle Beach Army Air base recovered young Johns ton's body. The body of Mr. Lane was recovered by George K. Cutter of tne u. 8. Merchant Marine. Attempt at artificial respiration failed to re vive the victims. ':r:- r?-"'- Funeral services Jor Caldwell John ston, Jr were held yesterday after noon at 5 o'clock at the Harry and Bryant Funeral home In Charlotte. Dr. John A. Redhear, Jr, pastor of Second rresDyterian cnurcn, officiated and In terment was in Elm wood cemetery..; Hels survived by his parent, his paternal grandparents,- Mr. and Mrs. Zeke Johnston .of Charlotte; his ma ternal grsttdmother, Mrs. i John C. 81kes of Monroe: two sisters. Margaret Slkes and Mary York Johnston; one brother, John Slkes Johnston. ' MRS. T. B. LANEY Funeral servioe for Mrs. Jennie Eu- banks Laney, 63, widow of T. B. utney, who .died Monday afternoon, were held Wednesday afternoon at 6:30 at the home of her daughter! Mrs. Craven Gordon, conducted by her pas tor, mv. j. a. Armorust. or central Methodist church. -'. Interment- was in the Monroe cemetery. , : , Mrs. Laney was the daughter of the late John C. Eubank. Three broth ers and two sisters survive her. These are Seth Eubank of Pageland, 8. C J. R. Eubank and Fred Eubank of thl county, and Mrs. Kate Laney of Chlpley, FIa.i Mrs. W. H. Moore of this county, and the following daugh ters: Mrs. Craven Gordon, Mrs. Em mett Oulledge and Mrs. Johnnie Bai ley. One son, Albert Laney of char lotte also survives, '.t..javn"- Active pallbearer were, nephew of were B. Frank Nlven, F. W. Walters, V. V. Secrest Ames Stack, P. T. Stxawhorne, Rupert Funderburk, Geo. Boone, Frank Gamble, Roy Funder burk. J. Walter Laney, J. Ray Shuts, A. M. Secrest Dr. O. M. Smith, Dr. W. M. Love, Dr. K. E Neese, J. A. Llngle. J. Cull Ungle and R. F. Beas- ley, 8r. Benton Heights Presbyterian Chsnch H. Edwin Plckard. Pastor ' July SO. 1044 Sunday School 6:45 a, m. Classes , Z. w Vm.m tnr.!tt'a VoCTMr- f ' Art ft m N. , frrn-,t,in a nn - n'r-wv i "Temptations Of Faith." Matt 4:1-11. Rormnn hv the twrtnr. A welcome awaits you. The Benton (f",f'("7 v '-'1 be ed cJ Tup '"7, Air.- t 1 t. A.l twfil r"". a1 r"-; i to r i i- -' f t C :. 1 1 I Union- Comity Beard 01IL:2j Takes Action On PcIid pvt. hetot il tnLTorr' v v IS KILLED. VI FRAI.XE News Of Hb Death Reoelved By Hi Wife Tnesday Morning. ' , I PVt Henry Harrison Milton of Mott- roe, was kUled in action tn France on June 18th, according to a message re ceived Tuesday morning by his wife, the former Miss Clara Boone of Ben ton' Heights. M ... 4';; Pvt Melton was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Melton and was ' weu-Kuuwu in himwuo, iw aw iwij friend who will' regret to learn of his death. For some time following the death of his parents, be made his home with his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Couch untU he entered the army. v. .v . He was twenty-three- years of age and had been overseas about nine month. Prior to leaving the States, hs was stationed at Camp McCoy, Wis and had served in the infantry and had also had ranger training. , Since his arrival overseas, he had served in Northern Ireland, England and in France. He bar not been heard from since his last later was received by his wife on June 1st -. ' A year ago, this past June Pvt Mil ton and Miss . Boone ., were married while he was borne on furlough. She makes . her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Boone, and 1 employed by J. C. Penney Company, , NazilGeneralsl Captured . Commanders" Issue Appeal To Soldiers TV; : Stop War V.-V' STRUGGLE IS HOPELESS A statement printed over the sig natures of 16 captured Nasi generals appealed yesterday to Oerman officer and soldier to break with Hi tier im mediately - andv end "this senseless bloodshed." . . c..it',' Germany and German-held territory were bombarded by leaflet and short wave radio with the text of the state ment and officers said that by last Army should be aware of It: The statement which was1 attributed to Lt Gen. Baumler, commander of the 12th infantry and f owner chief of Norway occupation forces, said a con clusion that the struggle now was hopeless had been reached because of these factors: , ' L Adverse conditions for Germany on the eastern front ;- y. 2V Hitler's war leadership, his con tinued, undereetknatkm of Soviet Dow er, and the absence of a Quick victory which gave the Allies time to gather forces for fronts in Italy and France. S. German failure to capture the initiative in the east since the Autumn Of' 1943. .fc,' ,,.. .,! ..... The document said that Gennanv-s best forces had been spent and "lt Is Impossible to restore them.' " '"' '" -we face an alternative." the statel ment said, "to watt until Hitler sacri fice everything or to resist him -now ana end hi regime and bring about the end of the war." . R. W. HOUSE RESIGNS fro:,i KpraoE high Principal Here Per U Years; Aeeepts , wwc in Charlotte, -. R. W. House, Princinal of the Mon roe high school for the Bast IS veara. has accepted a position as associate hi the industrial service department of the National Carbon company's Char lotte plant it was announced there yesterday by Bob Allen, head of the department nw-fvn-n-.v .-' Mr. House has been with the Char lotte company for the past two months, but it was only this week that he decided to resign from his position here as principal of the high school . Since coming to Monroe, Mr, House has made manv friends, wna win . gret to learn of his resignation from the local school system. He has work ed untiringly in behalf of the school and notably In the organization and wjuuns oi ine . nigh school band. wuuai ns gained a state-wide reputa tion a one of the best in North Car olina. , , - --. .- '. .- .,. . , mi. Bouse is a graduate of Duke wiuversny ana taught In the States vuie schools for four -years before coming to Monroe. I ho K n Mnr m Ciyie an airs and is a charter -uiemoer oi tne lAmx f.uH Acooramg to the e""-uncement he plans to move his f , ... y toy Charlotte J ooon as suitaliie living can be secured. quarters iuj::ia a : "When the bat: are finished : i no lon.fr rc-." f In A'; airars. ; . t V f 't:j war-i '' T. ' t CtHirea tfcicr 16 Ycirs Cf : Agt ATtctrJ Cy R-Jij "'v;-, Of Ccsrd EIG PENALTY FR0VIBZD The- Union County Board of Health met in special session . Wednesday, ' July 26, for the purpose of checking. upon the Polio situation, one case of Polio having developed since the- Board-last met After lentrthv dls-, cuasion ths following rullnr wax en- . aciea Dy we Bosxa or ueaitn: wnereaa, u appeals w uie coara; of Health that - numerous persons- have brought into Union county chil- '' dren' under 16 years of age from sec tions where the disease of infantile paralysis is prevalent, and it also ap- ' pears that persons living In Union ' county have carried - then . children under 16 years of age to sections , where said disease Is prevalent "Now, therefore, for the protection and advancement of public health In ' Union county, be it ordered: That any child under the age of 16 years now in . Union county who has been brought from a section infected with said dls- , ease, or any child under the age of 16 years who may hereafter be brought . Into Union county from a section af flicted with said disease, during the ' period of time that said disease is prevalent and or any child under the ' age of 16 year carried from Union . county to any section where said dls-, ' ease Is prevalent and brought back , into said county during "the aforesaid , period of the prevalence of said dls- . ' ease; said child, or children, under , 16 1 years of age so brought from said section or section where said disease Is prevalent sjxl said child, or chil dren, under 16 years of sge carried from Union county to any section or -sections where said disease is prevalent . and returned to Union county shall be quarantined for the period of 21 days.,.-., '.'.yf- .". . ' " ' ' "It Is further ordered that 'the -head of any household, in which any children as aformentioned are present or visit shall make a report of the same to the Union County Health Department within 24 "hours after the . arrival of said child or children - in 1 said.. household. : - -V' -v; " 'Any person or person who const!- ; tute the bead or heads, of households who fall' and neglect to report any child in their home Who has come from section In which said, disease . is -prevalent or to report any child hi '. their borne who- has gone out from ' .Union county to section Infected - ' with said disease and returned vto Union county within a period of 24 ' hours after said child shall have re- . turned to his or-her household as -aforesaid shall be guilty of mis demeanor and fined not exceeding $50 or imprisoned not more than 30 days. .. a., rat bhtj i e, unairman E. H. BROOMS, Secretary." .. Appocrr co-auc:z:i f Miss Hattie Eudy. county nurse, rep- reeentative of North Carolina Nursing Council, of Monroe, and Paul Gamble, -Monroe pharmacist., have been ' ap- pointed co-chairmen for Union coun ty in the state drive to recruit 1500 .. young women in the United States ' Cadet .Nurse Cprps..:.,i;v,;.',,.:'i::i The campaun is sponsorea oy tne North Carolina Nursing Council . for , War Service In cooperation with the North. Carolina Pharmaceutical Asso- . elation. Appointments were made by Hasel C. Williams, of Raleigh, state student recruitment officer, and by L T. Roamer, of Durham, state chair man of the pharmacy committee, . . union county drug stores and drug stores throughout the State are serv ing as information centers for the re cruiting campaign. . Application blanks ana informative literature may be ob tained from the stores. Other activi ties planned by the local chairmen are window displays in leading drug ' stores and appearances before local civic clubs. Drug stores Were selected for their role in the campaign by Dr.. Thomas Farran, Burgeon General of the U. S. Public Health Service, who sald: "Pharmacies as health and youth cen ters in North Carolina can be of in estimable value to the urgently needed U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps." Young women who wl to ap'y for theyCorps must be betw n 17 i and 35 years of age, be in good he- I.h graduate of an accredited hich .:iooi and preferably to bsve been In t 9 upper half of tVr c: -. - The training picfaram cou '...Is cf S3 . months of theory and practice "1 s'x months of srv e in s-- " . Ail exrenses for t e s' . i t "j i during trabUng plus i , t allowance. "Thousands cf t-- i r-'ned the Army f ; 1 -t "- I --''? a f i. t T ; t - 1. . 3 V- 1 V I U I.J j , I ! , , ; sn."e t t" - - 1 1 t " i
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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July 27, 1944, edition 1
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