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! v ; .' . V .i.- 4- y ; - v. . :: ' ' vV';'W',l - ... - 7 Fair to part'.y cloudy with moder ate temperature; tonight and to morrow; fair and mild Friday, Sunset today, 8:17 p. m.f sunrise Friday, 6:40 a. m. Cotton, short, lo 21 M to I ; Cotton, long, lb. .. .. ,, 2 jo to I c Cotton Seed, bushel .. .. ,. 7- : a Psrgs, dozen .. .. ,,?w.-.. . 1 -1, bushel .. .. .. ft, . - bushel .. .. .. .. Hij 1 .. v r ' PUCLEtED 01 J LIU .DAYS AND THURSDAYS CUVENTYIXOND YEAR MONROE, N. C.; UNIONtCOUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1944 ; 8-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, ? 1.25 ESlO-WEESLi, A YD All 1 III : I 1,1 :...n'i:-.V-.-t.; ai;"'.ff. a.': A..'"'? .,,'.. t;vy ; (, ' ? f.-A.U '. V " f I Over Invacion crce Aged Cituaas To Aid i: In DirZ Trenches As ,Redi Approach ' ' ni? ATM Pm hFSFRTION VIKMH'1.. w ; w - Hie Alarmed Nasi threw In savage .-..v."'.. h Rniwlaiu' closest WUUWI.HWVM - , point of approach to East Prussia yesterday ana summanea j i" . i -Wwiiail man and woman from 15tO 65 ' to dig trenches agalhrt the Imminent eniry 01 uie oa wuv v . . , oU ot the Fatherland. y , . . IV The Russians y In their , midnight . . . ..... ..) fha nnnn 1 , terattacks, east ot the East .Prussian .,, border town of Schlrwlndt, were oeaien. u f " , Targe German tank and Infantry lorcea " .employed, and told ot continuing hard " won Soviet gains at both ends and m the center of the. 1,000-mlle eaftero - tattle front against stiffening Oanaxi defense. . " ' -U the north the Russians reported capture ot 380 towns to twin drtrca ' northwestwawl , toward Rig. Itrta, along both sides of the Daugava river, 4Vm vriflamAri tA tnA ' WftflCWarU . their trans-Latvian : corridor to the ," sea; that bat out off i two German ' " iDlea.:-y'1.,f?:''--'',;, ' East of Warsaw and north of Bled- Hce, they progressed with the ripping -up of a large pocket of German re- alstanoe between the Vistula and Bug 1 x More than 130 miles southeast of Warsaw, they reported continued wid ening of their bridgeheads across the yitsula west of Sandomlera, : - -r On the southernmost of the active fronts, the eommunlque reported cap- tore of the town of Skole. In the nar. rowing Carpathian valley where the , ttoad and - railroad wind up to- the Beskld pass and the Ctechoslovak border 20 miles distant. ,,- The Germans said the Russians had driven breaches nearer to East Prus sia on the northeast and southeast m both aides of the region of the Oer German counterattack but the Russians themselves were silent con- ' eerntng those tronta. .-' The Germans , admitted that ' the latest Russian salient had forced them to abandon the town of Raaelnlal, 83 miles northeast of the frequently- ' iMmbed East Prussian city of THalt, and they ttiey had reorganised their ' , line to the westward, a ; y$ They later claimed to have pushed the Russians back out of. Raaelnlal In ' hard fighting, but were deliberately ague about the present status of the t6wn:.W..v,,-.-at-;;- Another. Soviet eohmm was forking j northeastward from Blalystok m old FOiana. with, flghtutg m progress west of Knyszyn, which is SI miles from the , East Prussian frontier and i 41 from the East Prussian town of Lyck, The Germans also attached impor tance to a Soviet spearhead thrusting southwest ward from Blalystok beyond lapy down the railroad towards War The Warsaw siege front remained static, the Germans said, but they ad mitted that 130 miles farther south,' In the Baranow area, the Russians made gains both north and south, extending tneir salient. M iff V MW V Mi It V VI - SUT.7iYSIDE REPORTER ;? V'. v , -v, -rf ,t : 'r Mrs. Emma-ThompsonVvrlfc. t T. B. Benton remains critically 111 at a Charlotte hospital as a result of Injuries sustained Monday when an oil . tanker struck his wagon and he ,. received serious head injuries. The wreck occurred near R. W. Kllleerig's home. He was first taken to the bos ' pital in Monroe and from there rush ed to Charlotte. He Is still unconscl- ous. Buss Miller a negro tenant was with Mr. Benton : and he received bruises. ;- The wagon was a complete i wreck. We have lived here on adjoin- - lng farms for 84 years and It somes ' as a shock for a good neighbor like him to be so badly hurt Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eason"of Wil mington, were visitors in the home of ': ' his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Eason - hwt week..." ;.yy:y:-- p. w. Hays who owns and operates a cannery had the misfortune to get scalded last Friday afternoon. - No seriously but very painfully. - - Little Miss Jackie Gulleyf six-year-old daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. James null? wan carried ta the memorial . '. $,n.nlial last VHHaV fIVfkTllnflr foT tTfi&t- i O - ment Her father is in the Navy and she with her mother and bauy - sfster reside in the home of Mr. and ISrs. Monroe Klncey for the duration. Our Etinday school has been su spended bore until the Infantile par . alysls epideralo is over. However, our rpacMr? services remain the same, i-t at 11 o'clock ln the morr.li:? and the tJrd Funday eve '" rir- s at 8 o'c' "X to ad;-ts only. , I r r v it? ' it r t I IT. I :l. son of , r It- ! r r 1 c y I . ' t ii. c I ( ? cs ; l- 1 C 1- . - , - 1 '1 1 i 'if) I : ii t i 1 1 v War Casualty PVT. REUBEN JAMES STACK ' Pvt Reuben Jamea Stack, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stack of Monroe, route 4, was killed In action in Prance, on July 9. according xa a message received by relatives from the War Department.-'' ; r f - '. Pvt. Stack was Inducted into the armed forces November 28, 1843 and received seventeen months of training before being sent overseas, May I. . Memorial t services for Pvt Stack were held at Sandy Ridge Baptist church last Sunday . afternoon ; at , S O'clock;;:;.... . y v?:x : Says Rucors Gestapo Chief Reported Vic tim In New Flaire-Up lit Germany --"i ',f.',".f : NAZI GENERALS HANGED Eisht eznelled army officers were hanged yesterday In the Hitler assassi nation purge, Berlin announced amia rumors unsubstantiated by German or by Allied authorlUes that Heln rlch Hlmmler had been killed and Hermann Goerlng wounded in A.new outbreak against the Nasi regime. " . . official broadcasts said Field Mar shal Erwln Von Wltzleben was hanged with ' seven colleagues for1 their con fessed participation in the July , 30 conspiracy to - kOT-Adolf . HlUer vnd surrender Germany to the Allies. The death sentences were carnea Out Just two hours after a red-robed "people's court" convicted, the defen dants of hign treason, j The two-day trial devetooed a story of vast Intrigue against Hitler and dissatisfaction of high dfficers over his .military ineptitude.' The rumor , mat Gestapo cmex Himmler. was ' dead came from the British front In Normandy. This re port, received with the utmost reserve in London, said a newly-captured Ger man intelligence officer .related that Hlmmler had been killed and Goerlng, Hitler's second in command, wounded. Other prisoners offered to corroborate the officer's story, but all the captives' information was based on what they had been : told and not what ' they themselves had observed, , (One - German officer captured In Normandy related: that he had made a "pep .talk" to his troons and for want of something else had made up a story that , Hlmmler was - dead. In order to encourage them, the British radio said.' There was no Indication, however, that vthis officer - was the same referred to In the Normandy dis patch). i i 1 Berlin's official account of the hang ings named those killed as Von Wits leben, the chief defendant MaJ. Gen. Erich Hoeppner, MaJ. Gen. Helmut Btien, 14. oen. Paul, Von Hase, Lt. Col. Robert Bemardis, Capt Fredrlch Karl Klauslng, Lt Albrecht Von He- gen and Lt Peter Count Tork.Von Wartenburg. AH the property of the executed men was confiscated by the reichy -.: y-,i.i.. -y This brought to 16 the deaths which Berlin has announced in connection with the bomb explosion which bruised and burned Hitler. : ';'- -v.-, A Berlin ' broadcast by the Trans ocean News agency said five other officers cashiered in connection with the conspiracy would be tried bv the people's court, presumably Immediate- J ly. They were listed as Gen. Fellgiebel j (signals intelligence), MaJ. Gen. von ! Treschow, Col. Hanson (general staff) MaJ. Hayessen (general staff) and Lt Count von Der Schulenburg, a relative of the former, German ambassador to MOSCOW. , ! Five of the defendants asked to be shot rather than be hanged, said the rambling report of the trial broadcast by DN3, German oElclal news agency. '! '71. r.y'utt I".' ',s rretytrian Church H. rJwln r: fcard, Fastor Ar ;: t 13, 1ZU ' ' ' T ' x ' v 11 fJ o'clock, ": : ct i 1 'a" Li '.s 9:: ; i tv f.e 1 wr. I ; i i ' "CTirU n r ." J j S.J. i ::r a ty t .e City Trucks To CoDect Pap2r Salvage Drive SpoBsored By ' , lions Cfob To Be f v'V- Coimryide'i.v:4,ft ONSubAY7AUGUiSTf27 .n".'".; yy"-'!.v: The Monroe Lions Club in coopera tion .with the City of Monroe- will maks the first collection of scrap pa per on Sunday afternoon, August 37, starting At 3 o'clock, instead of Wed nesday afternoon, August 30, as pre viously announced. . i . ' ' h J" This decision was reached at a meeting held yesterday by W. T. Wall, president of the Uons Club; R. . S. Houston, city clerk and Mr. Zimmer man, representative of the War- Pro duction Board, who was in the city for the purpose of assisting in the local drive, and to give . added impetus to tne campaign. -... , t Officials. stated that In the past, Union county has not produced as much in salvage drives as neighboring counties, and they are anxious that the scrap paper campaign will show excellent results and achieve a record of which the county will be proud. The drive, which at first was plan ned for the city, i has taken on a county-wide scope and collections will be held In. various sections of the county. ; ' :..:.: r " ; At Marsh vllle, the collection win be made by R. P. Stegall in cooperation wjth the Boy Scouts on Sunday, Au gust 37. However, waste paper brought In from the rural sections of that area will be received by Mr. Stegall on Sat urday, preceeding the drive in Marah Vffle. : , ' -v- -y'-r - ;yy. y,. ( T. R. Nlsbet of Waxhaw will receive waste paper from the rural districts in the Waxhaw section, at his ware house in Waxhaw. y '-- "':-.'- " Collection arrangements tor Wlngate and Mineral Springs will be formu lated before the drive starts and an nouncements concerning collections at these places will be made In ample time. - The city has agreed to furnish trucks for the collection of salvage paper and each truck will be accom panied by representatives ot the Lions Club.-r;;1''h-:.y:l:;'-f.:.:' : Collections will als6 be ' made In Benton Heights, North and West Monroe and residents in those sec tions are urged to prepare their bun dles for collection and have them where they can easily be picked up when' the trucks are in that area. y Also assisting in the drive will ' be the nineteen Home - Demonstration Clubs of ' the county iindef the mrpeT vision of Miss ' Rtuh Clapp, county agent wno win organise the clubs ana. make plans for the collection in the various communities of the county, In which ' the clubs are located. - The clubs have been Interested in scrap paper collection for some time, but have had no outlet and they are co operating one hundred per cent in the campaign., yy.y- kv y y-yv'Syy-, Permission has been' granted by the owners of the vacant lot across "the street from the Chevrolet company, for officials of the drive to erect a large tent on the lot, where a re ceiving station' will be established, to receive paper brought to Monroe from the rural districts during , the drive. Hie shed will also be used for storage of paper until it Is delivered to the proper salvage headquarters. . Local residents are urged to have the salvage paper tied in bundles and placed onithe curbing in front of their residences by the hour of collection on Sunday afternoon, August 37th. GOVERNOR ASKS iiUYi IN SCHOOL OPENING Wants a Action To Curb Any Further In view of the polio epidemic Gov ernor J. M. Broughton yesterday asked the State Board of Education to adopt a uniform delayed opening date tor the State's publlo schools. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State health officer, and the State Health Board have recommended that the school openings be. delayed until September 18, or later, if the epidemic has not subsided by then. ' -yy y- .'y , At its regular meeting last week the State Board of Tducatlon left the matter up to local school and health authorities. A special meeting of the Board will be necessary to act on the Governor's request .. .-, -;"v Five additional polio cases were re ported to the 8tate Board of Health yesterday bringing the total number of cases since June I to 475. . The Board appealed for 40. additional nurses to work In the emergency polio hospital at Hickory.-.-',-.:. : y;y;; ; Dr. Reynolds said the additional nurses were needed because of the increased number of patients being treated at the Hickory center. The hospital is now caring for 180 patients and only 60 nurses are on duty there, fifteen of them assigned to iron lungs. J:t A n. :r, I!j I!:-. . Dr. Clem I x. county bea'h e".oer, t r I 1 m tt'..:v!y f ' p. 1 t ? 1' rr 'l- r t ' t f - ; t t v C Mf I - i I II I TIIE LATCT WAR NEWS ' . U E?JEF . 'iy- ': ...u...- :--,y.. ,i ; Vv'.:;..?. - Moeeew Soviet tanks, snpport . ed by bembera, rambled forward, : toward the Latvian port f liepaja ' : today in a new drive that carved ; additional chunks eat ef theNasit' Baltic flank. J , . ' :.:.)-','' y ;. V. 8. Paoifle. Fleet Headqaar- - ten, Pearl Harbor :The vlrtaal re- . eonsjuest ef Guam after nineteen , days' fighting was aanovnoed last ? night Admiral Chester W. Nimlts, , . Pacifle commander, said In a cbm- - mnnlqne that, a final throat Tnea- i day brought all of Guam Into ' American hands again, except for 1 a small 'area mland from Patl , Point the , Island's northeastern extremity. . - 5 : ;v'.,v ." . ,y Sopremo Headquarters Allied , Expeditionary . Force An Ameri- ' , can-British front extending In a winding 17S-mllB are- drove the Germana battered forces, back to- ' : ward the Seine today In what the , Nasis called the, "Battle for Paris." The enemy's last report placed , American vangmarda within , 87 ' , miles of the French capital, and .... his next potential defense line ap peared to be only 58 nulea from, ; Paris. ;!,( t.y ' London Allied bombers striking from Brritaln and Italy eat far- ; ther : Into . Hitler's dwindling eO applies last night with assaults ' on storage depots and production : centers,- and today the German radio said the Belch was again smder attack. - -.. New Fork The British radio said u a German -language broad- ; east today that Stockholm had rec porter SS : empty German vessels sighted In the Baltic, traveling In the direction ef Estonia and Lat- , via. This seems to indicate that ' the Germans - may v attempt , to eraenato troops and materials by by sea,'' said the broadcast record ed by the Office of War Informa tion. Union; County's Men In-Service :i,y ??y;.r'i;-r$ y V 11 m ,;'. f yyt Price Brothers Meet In Hawaii .' Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Price ot traion vllle received a letter from each of their boys in service recently. Tommle Lee Price, 8 3-c and Cpl Dewitt W. Price. - Both are in the Hamailan Islands and they have met each other for the first time since they went overseas.'.- ( ' itr y ' "" ,.Opl Price has heeal B -she Army twffl years and Seaman Psjce has been in the Navy four months, v It was the first time 8eaman Price had seen Cpl. Price since he has been in the Navy. Mr.- and Mrs. Price also have a son-in-law in France; He is Pfo. Amos D. Presley. - Philip Stanley Gravely, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gravely, of 417 Wadeshoro Ave., Monroe, recently was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air : Force at the Air Force B-25 Advanced Flying School, Mather Field, California. He gradu ated from North Carolina State Col lege and before entering the Army was employed as a shipyard worker. . ,y,y i.,.i. :v Pvt Marvin E. Medlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Medlin ot R3 Monroe is now stationed at Camp Blandlng, Fla. He would like to hear from an his friends. His address Is: pvt Mar vin B. Medlin, 34888682, Od. E, 301st Bru, 63 Reg. I R T C, Camp Blandlng, Florida. , .-i - , .. . T4th Or. Ralph ,8. Ootbett Jr, of Fort Bennlng, Ga.r husband of Mrs. Ralph a Corbett, Jr., of Monroe, has won the right to wear Wings and Boots of The united States Army Paratroops.: He has completed four weeks ot Jump training during which time he made five Jumps, the last a tactical Jump at night Involving a combat problem on landing. Jumping at the Parachute School has been steadily developed to a recognized war science. . There is less than one per cent chance ot injury While Jumping at the School. In addition to produc ing Jumpers, . Parachute Specialist Training Is given to qualified men in Communication, Demolition, ' Riggers and Sewing 'Machine Maintenance. Vital skills for Airborne troops. Glenn Wolfe, Jr, who Is a member of a rail road battalion and has been stationed at Camp' Plauche, La has recently been transferred to Camp Warren, Wyoming. Mr; Wolfe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wolfe of Monroe. . Pvt J. B Simpson, son bf Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Simpson of Monroe, is re cuperating from an operation In a station hospital at Keesler Field, Miss. Mr. and Mrs. Henry West have re ceived a message from their son, S- tgt. Kenry West stating that be has landed somewhere in England. TTielr other son. Pvt David West is at Kern Field, Utah. ; Miss Helena Whiten er who Joined the Air WACs several weeks' ago and r. m 1 -r taking her basic training in C :. , Ga, has now been trans-j 1- it) Orlando, I'ia., where she will ' a la some definite course. Miss it Is the daughter of Mr. and I i. U. J. Whltener of Monroe. Cjy Wall -s v'.ia is tsatlon ': N. V", 5 s a r- : l.i De 1 ;(( I s. A. D. ci V'a ' o svcuiie. . r --t 1 Acericans Race Toward Paris r , y, Bradley'8 Whirlwind Wedgei Rush Unchecked On Road To French Capital i NAZI ATTACKS HALTED Lt Gen. Omar N. Bradley's whirl wind wedges rushed without check on tiie last 100 miles toward Paris last night after sweeping . through ' Le Mans and forcing the die-hard de fenders of Brittany's sea fortress of St Malo to knuckle under in surrender,- -, , y.Vyy-::yy.''y':; ;'Uv:-;;f -vv.'':. iv The capture of St. Malo, whose de fenders had been ordered to fight to the last man, was reported in. field dispatches. Never before had It been taken, though lt had been the secne of many sieges in the Middle Ages. The historic fishing village and resort on the north coast was perched on an island connected with the -mainland by a defender causeway.. v.rTv'yy-v' Unconfirmed reports said American troops had pushed into Nantes on the Loire and into Angers, Just north of the Loire and 50 miles upstream from Nantes, indicating the Americans were still sweeping forward . without any stiffening Nazi resistance that would presabe a real fight lor soutnern France. On the northern end of the far- flung Allied battle line British and Canadian ; forces continued to ad vance. The Canadians broadened . their wedge Into the German lines to six miles at the base and pushed a three-mile-wide spear to within about five miles of Falaise. , British troorjo defending their bridge head across the Orne river beat off German counterattacks and advanced amid indications the Germans were getting ready to withdraw from their positions - between the- British and Canadian forces. ' - . With Allied forces sweeping forward in France Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower moved his headyuarters from Britain into Normandy to be closed to the battle front :' The official announcement of . the complete occupation of Le Mans au tomobile manufacturing city 88 mues east of Rennes made it clear that American tanks 'were well beyond the city and the German news agencies reported the fast spearheads were only 87 miles from Paris, ;5 There was no Allied eonnrmauon that Bradley's Juggernaut had scored this further advance of 33 miles from Le Mans but ft might be possible as the Americans had hot yet nut: into anything like solid resistance. TV There still was no Indication when, short ot Paris, the Germans might be able to check the storm of American steel which In a little more than two weeks had swept over an are of 300 miles from St. Lo, through Avrsnches, Rennes, Lava and LeMans. Behind : the streams - of machines plunging eastward, the American bat tering ram opened an assault on Brest at the western tip of BrttUnyrj beginning a rear door attack on the outer defenses when the garrison of the French naval base rejected an offer by the American commander to accept its surernder. ::..;,' ";-,:-:.;:.';: Seventv miles north of Le Mans the Canadian First Army In a great dual thrust steadily pried open's second doorway barely 100 miles from Paris, breaking cleanly through the Ger mans first and second lines of defense and advancing to a point -18 miles below Caen. ''-' ' . The Canadians, springing open the German bars In a total advance of 11 miles or easy gun range of Falaise, a- communications senter esential to the whole - Germ ah position . at - the northern end of the Normandy battle line, - . , ACTIVITIES CONTINUE AT STOLVJNG POOL Fool, Not Likely Te Be Closed TJntl Ena ui tseason, . "We have had numerous telephone calls." says Amos M. Stack, supervisor of recreation for the Monroe Park and Recreation Commission, "asking if the swimming pool has been dosed. ' "The pool has not been closed,' is not closed, and Is not likely to be dosed this season. The pool is in ex cellent : condition and the water is inspected several times weekly by doctors from the Station Hospital at Camp Sutton. In fact a recent test showed the s water in the pool to be purer than some of the drinking water in camp. . - ;-. "Children under sixteen are not al lowed to swim because they are not allowed Jn any public gatherings. "A swimming and diving contest for soldiers will be held en Wednesday afternoon August 15. A fine army band will be on hand and we would like as many of the Monroe Military Maids as possible to dance with the soldiers after the swimming contest Since Wednesday is a half holiday with the business firms we would like to have large numbers of citizens of Monroe come out and spend the entire afternoon with our O. L neighbors. "Inspect your country dub, golf course, tennis courts, and pooL Use the free picnic grounds. One of the most beautiful recreation spots In North Carolina belongs to you. Why not use it?" , . . CAEO OF THANKS We wish to tafce th's method to errress our sincere t' s s 1 t e- ci:on to our tvw 's rs rty-. s for t::e n;ar.y acts cf k..:. --s -a-.d ex- pre''ns cf ty. nty f' fa vs C ir-J 1- Killed In' Action 'VT. HOWARD H. DTJNLAF . Mr. and Mrs. Leon W. Dunlap of R4, Concord, are In receipt of tne following telegram from the Adjutant General, War Department Washing ton, D. O.: "The Secretary ot War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, Private Howara h. Dunlap, was killed in action on the 18th of June in Wane.". The letter following: save no further details,, but was rather an eulogy of the boys' worthy service in tne army in - which he gave his life for his country. , , Pvt Dunlap was a native of Union county and a grandson of 8. S. Dun lap of Waxhaw. , Yule Mailing Dates Are Set y yvyy;, yfcy:yC-y: tfl Packages ' For Overseas Most Be In Hail Not Later , Than October 15 EARLY MAILING IS URGED Postmaster Sam H. Lee. today re minded local dtlzens to begin saving stout boxes and heavy twine to wrap Christmas gifts for early mailing ,v army and navy personnel. . - :: Mailing dates for . botht. the Army and Naw will be the same this year, September 18 to October 15, according to the announcement by Postmaster General Frank O. Walker. These early mailing- dates artf necessarv . to Insure delivery ot parcels In time for Christ mas, not only because or tne great demands made upon shipping by war materials, but -also because of the dis tance, which the packages must travel to reach overseas destinations. Xveryone mailing parcels through the Monroe post office last season co operated wholeheartedly . with - the early mailing regulations. Postmaster Lee renorted. and he urged that local dtlzens continue then excellent cooperation this year. Post office offt- dais are as anxious as the mailers to get parcels to their destination by De cember 3S, but unless the packages are started early, they may be delayed, Mr. Lee noted. Since many Christmas gifts wrapped so insecurely last year that they . were damaged beyond salvage and oould not be delivered, Mr. Lee again pointed . out that . the phrase "parcel the else of shoe-box does not mean that an ordinary shoe-box Is strong enough tor packing. ' Heavy card,: wood,, or metal boxes should be used, wrapped in strong paper ana tied with heavy, twine. The address should be written en Inside and out side wrappings. Tne parcels should not weigh more than five pounds or be more than 15 inches in length, or 38 inches in length and girth combined. They should be labeled "Christmas ParceL" Not more than one package can be sent in one week to the same person by one mail er, he reminded. . -y ' Prohibited for Christmas parcels are perishables such as fruit and vegeta bles; Intoxicants, Inflammable material such as lighter fluid or matches; poi sons; and objects that might damage other piall. Gifts in glass Should be very substantially packed, and gifts such as knives and rasors Should have the edges and points protected so that they cannot cut through their cover ings and injure post office personnel or damage other packages. :y y-yy Relatives and friends who know that the personnel in the armed services to whom they plan to send gifts are at far distant points should begin to mail their packages on the opening day September IS of the mailing period. Last year late mailings, causing con centration of great numbers of pack ages in the final days of the mailing period, threatened to defeat the pro gram, k is stressed tnat success can be assured, with the limited personnel and facilities available, onlv if the public gives full cooperation through prompt mailings of the overseas gift parcels from the opening of the mail ing period y 'y-yy..- -;;'V- APFEAL ISJJAD2 IT?. Interested Tartlcs I'rf d To Tt Fres- ' , ent Satai-Jay Srnlrg. The Enqtiirer bus sn concerning Cie met . August 12:h, at srv- t o purpose of c'- a:.:. ' church c , ' y. this parUt- ' r t J- to others It t i I ca"s sre t nAt V' 1 Uo p w mm aL-JLo -m0 sl '. -- E DcnJ (hda Final figures Reveal Ccczty " Surpassed Goal Cy A Large PURCHASED $937,474.75 i Union county exceeded Its 1! bond ' quota in the Fifth War Loan drive by -( approximately one hundred thousand dollars, according to figures released v by Claude Eubanks, chairman of the union uouncy war Finance vommiw- . teei-yy '-.; y-y--;.;:v.t. y'.': . -'i-i The final report from the Federal , ' Reserve shows that with a quota of 88.7,000.00 the people" of Onion county actually : purchased 1937,474.75. A credit of 8243,000.00 form state pur -chases made the total for the county 81,180,75, while the E bond quota was 8373,000, which was exceeded by ap proximately 8100,000'. . . 1 ' During the drive, ' excellent sales -were reported from booths which were -open dally at Penney's, Woolworth's, .. Belk'f and the Smart Shop. .Women from various church auxiliaries, the American Legion Auxiliary,, members of the DAB, Girl Scouts from Benton Heights and . others worked at , the . , booths. -.,;uy-I?J- iy'i': ?'..'" - . ,::.'-'.,; - The house to house canvass, con-' ducted in Monroe and Benton Heights -brought in a total, of $55,650. While the Woman's Club of Waxhaw under y the direction of Mrs. John A. Davis, sold 824,125.00 and the canvass in Marsfaville, v under the leadership of Mrs. Heath Fhlfer netted a total of $18,880.25. - Mr. Eubanks, the county chairman ; and Mrs. Olln B. Slkes, chairman of y the woman's division, express their sincere thanks and appreciation to all those who had a part in the drive and also to the Home Demonstration Clubs, the committees at Waxhaw, Marsh villa and Wlngate and to the colored committee for the excellent wort done during the campaign . Tentative dates for the Slxttv War Loan drive have been set for Novem- ' ber, 11 to December 7. . NEWS AKD EVEIiTS C7 week nun v;i::gate ' .' (By Mrs. B. E. Blvens) airs, uren strait came last Week to attend the funeral of her aunt Mrs. ' Ben Pope. Mrs. Strait is. visiting Mr. Strait's parents In Rock HUL a C. Pvt Shelton Hargett will return this week to his station in Florida, after famlhT;'-'-;' ''hTi,-;'-"-y';l-t;.:.y , J- Mr. and Mrs. Ira a. Mums of Ral- eleh. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Cheney. Lt and Mrs. L B. Mullls, JT, of Florida will Join them here for short visit - , ' Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Chaney of : . Wilmington, are expected Friday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Chaney and family and Mr. and Mrs. Lonnle Mills of Marsh ville. - - , , . The W. M. V. met in the church Tuesday afternoon with a most inter esting program. A short-business ses sion was heM;"1 -:'-'.'' s-.-y-r''itV:-:: The Dorcas Sunday school class of -the Baptist church had a class meet- ing on last Thursday night at the home ot Mrs. W. C. link, Jr. Mrs. William Edwards, president of the class presided over the meeting. The group discussed a suitable room for the class to use permanently for the ! Sunday school; also a regular teacher to take Miss Roberta Love lace's place.: Other matters of busi ness were discussed by the group and also by Mr. Link. The group enjoyed a short social hour conducted by Mes dames William Edwards, J. L Orr and ' Benson E. Blvens. Among the mem bers present were; Mesdames W. C. Unit, Jr., O. Bt Mclntyde L.' L. Helms, Wade Ftowers, Robert Smith, Baron Smith, Brady Broome, - Olln Austin, Benson E. Blvens, WUllam ' Edwards and J. X Orr. Misses Mildred . OrlfOn, Kate Grlffln and May Lee ' Baker. ';.-. y -.?-.;: .yy.y:--;;..: : Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Strawn have ' been visiting . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Broome. Mr. Strawn was wounded on D-Day in'. France, y x"-: --.-' - :. J. .J; Perry, Misses MUdred Perry and Kate Mclntyre have gone to Washington, D. C. to see Seaman Walter Perry of the tr. S. N. R. i Masters John and George Belk. sons of Mrs. Beulah Belk. have returned to t Greensboro, after visiting Miss Fronnie Perry. Pvt Jimmy Burris and" Miss Ben Burris have returned from Myrtle Beach, 8. C. Miss Katie lee Austin spent the week-end in Fayetteville with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Northcutt W Mr gkv nt-resM-B . .Onrnoi Mrs. Benson E. Blvens Is r?w yiat- ' ing from a tonsil orwaf.. n' she underwent in the Monroe f : 1 re cently. She . is getting s.o. j v j nicely. BXail On E'.ow r It took a po .1 c 1 make Oie 43-nw.e t Sulphur f : : : card v ns r Erutl t ii was acfi-- t t e c y . -. i , . ci i t.r S t r T ! tl !
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Aug. 10, 1944, edition 1
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