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r , . i . I V--, . Partly cloudy and rather hot , to day with afternoon thundershow ers. Partly cloudy- and warm to n!;;ht and Tuesday .'with scattered tliundershowrs..' .:.: ;, Cotton, short, lb. 31o to 23 Cotton, long, lb.'.. .. .. 23c to S 3 Cotton Seed, bushel ,. 73'' 0 Esgs, dozen ......... so PUELEIED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS Cf", bushel .4 .. .. .. .. t' ' i bushel 1.3 C-IVEIJTY-CCCOND YEAR MONROE, N. C., UNION COUNTY, MONDAY; AUGUST 14. 1944. 'i "1 .' 8-MONTHS, 76c i 6-MONTHS, $1.25 tSMI-VI CO A y: 1 Senate Vclcj ReccnveraDn Coalition Group Succeeds In ,:- Passus "State Riht" Measure . EENErTTS ARE STATED v With a Republican-Southern Demo cratic coalition In command, the Sen- 1 te passed overwhelmingly , Friday night a . "states rights postwar recon , Tersion bill after rejecting, 49 to 38, Aha Murray-Kllgore measure setting ? tip Federal standards of ; unemploy ' ; jnent compensation. . The vote on final passage .was 65 to Tha approved measure sponsored y Chairman George, Democrat, of Geor xia, of the finance committee, sets UP ' a offloe of War Mobilization and - "Reconversion under a presidentially appointed director to co-ordinate planning for the gigantic switchback to a peacetime economy. It embraces a provision extending ' war unemployment compensation cov erage to 8,500.000 employes of the ' . government, In addition to the mil lions now covered, but leaves the fix ing of rates to the states. Under It ibe government would reimburse states lor payments to ex-Federal workers and set up Federal fund to guaran tee the solvency, of state unemploy- ment systems. :?- -ta '' '.." ; The rejection of the Murray-KB- re bill, setting up much broader .. onto of War Mobilisation and Ad- justment, tame on an Indirect vote by ' .-wtitah th Senate mibstltuted WOVl- atone' of the George bQl for sections of . the rival measure, which mciuaea vw s. "Federal Jobless pay plan. . ;! . 4 : ; tin an eleventh-hour effort to over ome opposition, the Murray-Kllgore bill nroDonents reduced from $35 to ..-$28 a week the proposed maximum : benefits payable under Its terms. . But, with the votes In their pockets and the White House keeping hands -off, the opponents of the measure were t no mood for a compromise. .. The Geonre bill now- toes to the . House for action with indications that it win be referred to the ways and means committee for consideration ' eertr next week. '- .. r.- '. It provides foaa demobilisation set- up which sponsors say carries out rec ommendations of the Barueh-Hancoek report drafted at the suggestion of President Roosevelt. The director of the new agency would work with an advisory board of 13 members, three : 'each from Industry, labor, agriculture .'. and the'-fobbe;'-'- A Join committee of congress would maintain a "continuous surveillance'' over - the demobilization, program. ; Absent from the bill were APL-OIO proposals under which workers would : "be given six months vocational educa tion at government expense with pay ments for subsistence .while going to ',: achooL ;-.y :;.:, ; Also missing were ' labor-proposed ' regional and Industry advisory councils much Republicans said would mean another NBA." . C0ATJ) VILL DISCUSS t . 0?EITX 0? SCHOOLS pecUI Meeting Set For Aaxwst 17 Te Consider Uniform Date. . The State Board of Education wiH rxld a special meeting In Raleigh Au- . gust 17 to discuss a uniform opening date for the state's public schools be cause of the current Infantile paraly- ' als epidemic. Comptroller Paul Reid announced Saturday. - , - Re Id said the special meeting would be held in connection with a meeting of the board's finance committee, which is studying the 1844-45 teachers' salary schedule and teacher allot ments. ' ',' --".' ii..w--. a"-' 'te Governor Broughtbn had asked the board to co-operate with recommenda tions of the State Board' of Health that school openings be. delayed at least until September 18, and longer If the prevalence of poliomyelitis neces sitates. Some individual county school units already have postponed opening dates. ' :' The Board of Education at a meet ing earlier this month left the matter of school openings to local school and health authorities, but Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state health oGcer, recom mended a uniform t ,e lor all schools to avoid confui.ion." . Manv,lille, Dr. Eeynolds reported tAx rww casps of the disease, two in 1 countlcs wh''h rr,?vlours:y had notice. I cnnot tflU you exactly when been a.Tcrt i. ' e a I 1..t "n r t' e r - w c -j , v 1 Q". ( n..:9 o . s r .' . .; aJu.oiittl c;rs Wf-e Io"-'-'n i, oasion 1, Iredell 1, 1. ' t t ! e 1 r.; i h i a.' 1 1 I. .. A rr. r . 1 : . . r - 7 t 4 1 1.. SHI" .1 n t .e t 3. 1" 1 t a 11 1 1 i- 1 f t a r '.--!, r r. 1 1 1 1 s ; 71 r ' ) 1 is f 1 1 1 a War Casualty PARKS W. COOK - J. EDGAR HOOVER PAYS ; TRIBUTE TO LOCAL BOY Parks W. Cook, Who Lest His life In India Was Employed By FBI. ' Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cook of Benton Heights have recently received a let ter from J. Edgar' Hoover of the Fed' era! Bureau of Investigation In' Wash' ington, . in which Mr. Hoover paid tribute to their son, Parks W. Cook, who lost his life by drowning while in service wtlh the .Armed Forces In India, April 33, W44. s . Parks was employed by the FBI and was held in high esteem by other members of the force. 7 The letter from Mr.. Hoover Is follOWS! H k w v . , ... ' ; . ... ... Mrs. Lucy Hamilton Cook, Route 3, Box 880, Monroe, North Carolina, v ' Dear Mrs. Cook: . - It was so considerate of you to take sufficient time In the midst of your distressed thoughts to write me as you recently did concerning Parks, .your son. The sad news which you com munlcated was a shock and I feel so helpless In my . desire to say or do something to make your burden of grief, easier to bear. '? To you Parks win undoubtedly re main "the little fellow" as yott char acterised him in your leter.. But to his asosdatbs fat the FBI, to his fel low soldiers, - anoV above all, to his country -for which he fought and so gallantly died. Parks will forever stand out as a man and a hero. Liberty loving people and free nations win eternally by,, IndebtedV.-to .sacrtflcmg mothers like you and courageous sons Uke .Parks. :-.;-:T:v'1-r-r.v7':'i,' I appreciate your permitting me to M th latter U rllnnlnff whlrh QH enclosed and as you requested, they are being returned In this letter. I thought you would also be proud to learn that Parks name will be placed on a plaque In this building as an other FBI hero who gave his life for his -country. - w - ! With best wishes and kind regards, ' Sincerely, " - v ; t 3. EDGAR HOOVER. Parks was a graduate of the Benton Heights school and had studied in Greensboro, where he took a commer cial course. Upon completion of his studies there he went to Washington where he was connected with the FBI until his , induction into the armed forces. ' 4 ' , ' Speed Refunds On Inccze Tax Federal CcEecter Says Not To Worry; 3SS3 Beinjt i .1 llzHzi WetUy, many rsmm mm Declaring that everv effort Is being made to expedite refunds on 1943 In come tax returns Robinson, Collector of Internal revenue, saw reiuna checks are being mailed to taxpayers of the North Carolina District at the rate of 8000 per week. : ' r- ''-A. "To every taxpayer of this district who is entitled to a refund on his l: J return, I would like to say," Col-Ux-tnr Robertson stated, "your refund u beiri nrocessed as raDhlly as possl- your refu'id viU come through, e it nvrn te toaay ana 11 hubhii not Je for a few months. But I can promke you Cat you will be paid In- t, t at t.;e rate ci six per ceni. y ' r every r -1 s.er 1 i .- n.-t Vre 1 3 r- c t. e rr v'l f ' '. 3 8 1 r . 3, T'Ui s t t r- h voiur refund is n 15. country we have niJs to make. In n must e com- . s' w'.U.I'e'r? it-r documents. In turns con-Uin errors "reeled. i 1 sat" ous amount r t te ).ine wr.li a :1 6' ...T, ti-.ie to r- ) 1. e f.i . t 1 r c ,,e, r 1 e t - 1 Ration fJust Be On Watch President Back From Tour, . Warm Of Future Jap V Agjrejttorii - - RETURNS FROM PACIFIC President Roosevelt returned to the United States Saturday night an ex tended tour of the Paclflo to declare this nation must be permanently pre pared against future Japanese aggres sions for all time.. " "That Is a simple statement from the military, naval and air point of view," the President declared In a speech ; broadcast from a destroyer docked in Puget Sound Navy yard, Bremerton, Wash. - "But with the end of a Japanese threat there. Is an excellent outlook for a permanent peace in the whole of ..the Pacufle area.7 , Mr. a Roosevelt said "We nave, no desire to ask for any possession of the United Nations. . But the unitea Na tions who are working so well with us In the winning of the war will,, I am confident, be glad to Join with us in protection again aggression and In machinery, to prevent aggressions.", The President docked at Bremerton 30 days after he left Washington for his first war tour of the Pacific - Dur ing; his war tour of the Paclflo. ' Dur lng his f absence during which the Democrats nominated him for a fourth term the Chief Executive and his military aides visited Pearl Harbor and Alaska military, operations. ..; In Saturday night's address he praised highly - the - preparations for warfare in both places.- He pointed out near the start of his address that, durinff his absence, he has been ' In constant dally communication with Washington and with fighting forces in the European and Far Eastern war theaters, '-'"" ' Sailors, workers and guests who Jammed the dockside of : the Puget Sound Navy yard waved as the Presi dent's ship -moved in. - The , Chief Executive. . weartns a felt hat and dark suit, waved back and chatted with those on shipboard as the vessel came in. . He puffed easily on a cigar ette and conversed with his daughter, Anna Boettiger, who went out to meet the President's ship early. .Saturday afternoon. i-.y-,';-'.-... i-.iV.-w The President revealed that near Juneau. Alaska. "I played hookey for three hours, went fishing and caught one halibut and one flounder. - For. the most part, his talk was de voted to a. serious discussion.' of the Pacific war ana future military ana economic developments in the vast area. . -..-.:!.. bv!-.-.. -( . "The self interests of our Allies will be affected by fair and friedly collab oration with us." Mr. Roosevelt said. They too win gain In National securl ty.- They win gain economically. The destines of the peoples of the whole Pacific wU for many years be entwined with our own destiny. Already there are stirring among hundreds of mU llontf of them a desire for the -right to work out their own destinies, and they .show no evidence of seeking to overrun the earth with one exception. That exception is and has been for many, many years that of Japan and the Japanese people because wnetner( or not the people of Japan Itself know and approve of what their lords have done for nearly a, century, the fact remains' that they seem to be giving hearty approval to the Japanese policy of acquisition of their neighbors and then neighbors' lands, and a military and economic control of as many oth er nations as they can lay their hands on." .;:':---..,-' " ; '-- -": -.--.-.-: Mr. Roosevelt said it is "an unfor tunate fact'' that the f world cannot trust Japan, and added: "It is an unfortunate fact that years of proof must pass before we. can trust Japan and before we can classify Japan as a member of the society of nations which . seek - permanent peace and whose word we can take." LT, COLONEL f "ITCHELL . AT MACi STREET US0 'i-T '",.'?',. 7V :;'''.'' Retired Army Officer To Direct Clab Activities For Twe Weeks . r ' Lt. Colonel Franklin B. Mitchell, re cently retired after 30, years of ser vice In tiie U. 8. Army has arrived to serve as Acting Director of Main Street USO, While the Director,. M. E. Shepard, is away on vacation. Colonel MltcheU is no stranger to be-(this section and ' especially Union county, naving servea nere aunng me maneuvers in 1941. He recalls with Interest some of his experiences, when he was here, before the days of Pearl Harbor. '.. ' ' :- , - ' He is a veteran of World War I, havln? seen service In France with the Cambat Eng'neers, 2llh Infantry Division, are was awarded the Pur ple Heart for wounds received in ac tion t 1 aVo hoi 's Uie Frent h Croix de G rre r n. Colonel a;.tch I has worked Us way up i "i the .... r i ranks. 1 s hns serve! tU grades snj ra;.r.s to iiclude Ltuutennnt Colonel. J"e is a f. luato of the Ft. Eenjnlr.? Infantry fchnal and 1 bs served s'''"n y: s in t:,e ln:,ntry. He has e.. 0 f : vt i on tl.f ,nmnd and Ge- '-nn, his l;.-t ral ft Isv- r C Loc&I Motorists Snmmoned - To Appear Before Board fv w,;-;; u ;i .;:1rvf NoUoes were nailed today te 13 Union eeanty eitiaens to appear : before the gasoline ration panels . of local War Pries and Rationing Board and tell bow they were able . te get to the beaok on their gaso- line rations., x';' i-. :44 No names were released by the , local board," and it la net yet known whether they will be re- leased later or not. The names Of the 'local cltisens were furnished the beard by the' . District OPA office In Charlotte, which had Hs representatives ' check ears at the teach resorts re- eently. r..lyiv: ,:; ...?.''''' No indication has been given as U what penalty will be Imposed en . motorlste for asing gasoline for . pleasare tripe. Ah' t.: ,? . -' -..(-. 1 .v ' J ',!)';? UnidiT (uhly-a5 Pfo Crane Parser Is Wounded Mr. and Mrs. N.-C. Purser of R3, MarshvUle, received, a message from the Was Department Thursday nignc, statins- that their eon. Pfo. Crane T. Purser had been seriously wounded In France on July 37. No other informa tion has since been received. - ; Pfc Purser Is a gunner on a glider. He has been In the service for two rears and ' was . sent overseas two months ago. ; Mr. , , and Mrs. Purser have another son evBgt.;iney w ser, who Is also In fiance. : - Robert F. Hunnlcutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hunnlcutt. has been pro moted to corporal at . the Bergerstonn Air Field. Texas, where he u a me chanic and .proud of f lt. He services the big .bombers and has them . aU ready for the puow to tace on, maa taxles them up to the starting point He wrote home that be can now -nx' anything." . -. it' Tho Mwlv-ereated Combat Infantry Badge,- given for exemplary conanct in action eoalnst the enemy, has been awarded to Sgt Roy CaudUl of Mon roe, a member ei tat Nintn uuanvr Division in rrance. i , v. pwr! wniiam W. Klker. sono of R. O. Klker, R3, Monree, has graduatea as a skilled tank mechanic at Fort Knox,- ySS: ,r Four Manes Home At Same Time ur: and Mrs. Lester1 Mane of Wax- haw, who have foui children In uni form, had the -unusual experience . of havlns them aO home at the same time, and 1 wasnaf lt ry nappy ur prlse. The list lias follows: - 3 PFO Woodrow D. Marse, Engineer Parts and Supplies, Granite City, HL, denot: Willie E. Marse. ! wno : was wounded in the South Pacific and who was hospitalized for ten months m New Zealand and the States, and la now ready to report to Camp Butner for reassignment; Petty Officer Oscar Marze of the Jacksonville Naval Air Base; And finally the lady of the famllv In service.' CW. Dorotny ' u Marse. WAC, now stationed at Lang ley Field, ye. Staff Beraeant Stokes N. Huntley, 33, of West Lancaster, Avenue, Mon roe, now with the 15th AAP In Italy. has been awarded the Good Conduct medal for "Exemplary Behavior, Effi ciency and Fidelity." Sergeant Hunt ley, a waist gunner on an AAF B-17 Flying Fortress, entered the armed forces on September 13, 1940 and be gan his tour of foreign duty on March 18, 1844. ;v: S'--::v. ':vV::i CdL Sldnev W. Crowley has returned to camp after spending a 15-days fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Crowley of Rl, Waxhaw. y- Pvt Sam Duncan- r arrived home Monday night after being overseas In Italy for one year and two days,. He is sDendlnsr a 30-days furlough with hto parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dun can on R3, Monoroe. He served with the infantry and was in' battle 169 days ; on the Ando beachhead. He was wounded In the hip by a shell on January 18, and has since beenln the hospital. He saw his first cousin, Pvt. Heath Duncan of Rl,- Indian Trail, shot and killed, and got to him about IS minutes afterward. . The boys are grandsons of the late John T. Dun can of Goose Creek township. Fol lowing his furlough he wUl leave for Palm Beach, Flav where he win, be stationed. 'IjU,. .,; 'XCvvv -5 '' cant. Roy L. Walters, of the V. B. Marines has received a transfer from Camp Lejeune, New River, N. C, to Klamath Falls, Oregon. , He and Mrs. Walters left Wednesday en route to Oregon.. ..y,. -V: ., 'UiV P Cpl. Edjoster. son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Doster, who has been stationed In Wales, is now in France.., v, i, a PFO William' : 'JR. Strawn recently wrote home that he had arrived In New Guinea and was petting along fine. He writes that he never dreamed of attending church in New Guinea. I s v:;e and fcaby are rnnfctrg their house with his father'. PFC Strawn has been in service about two years, Pvt. Howard R. Cordon, sori of Mr. 1 s. J. T. Go I s been t" j to Camp 1 n or K3, wax-f-?m Fort .- r 1. I n v ' v -i in- 7 J.:'V Z, ft ' f .-rci t ) t: I'.t d. : '- H. C :a X e f .., r.., , -s r t .. Gfiman Forces Badly Mauled Von Khige , Trylnjr , To PuD Army Eastward Under Heavy fire ESCAPE ROUTE BLASTED A German retreat toward the Seine river, along a 30-mlle front west of the Orne river was In fidl swing to day. !.:.:,:;,-. -;. . Under terrible punishment from Al lied sky armadas. Field Marshal Gen. Ouenther von Kluge was trying des perately to. pun his armor and troops back through a narrowing gap south of Falals4 thus tacitly conceding the biggest German defeat on the wes tern front since D-Day. '. v ' Caught between American and Brit ish fire , on . both flanks, : German troops, transport and . tanks were Jamming roads headed east In broad daylight as urgency of the , crisis heightened hourly. . .. - "Very large enemy movement in cluding armor, an going east toward the escape hatch south of Falalse has morning, said a British staff . offlcer at forward headquarters . ' , So far lt is a fighting, retreat cov ered1; by screams of tanks and there Is no immediate sign of chaos or pan ic as Von Kluge seeks to extricate the bulk of 30 divisions from the- trap. .. But with clear, sun-sparkling skies. great fleets of Allied bombers ' and fighters. Including rocket-firing ' Ty phoons . are inflicting tremendous damage on the, long columns of ene my transport . and plodding Nasi troops. ' '. ' ...,.'' ' 7, ''.:. -V ,' : Throughout the dav there- was 1 constant drone of American and Brft lsh aircraft shuttling back and forth on their deadly missions, .-.- v The thunder of bombs, churning roads into black geysers of earth. blasted vehicles and torn flesh, mixed with the roar of Allied artillery in a mighty crescendo. Clouds of yellow dust billowed over the long German corridor of retreat as If from a giant dUSt DOW. Tens of thousands of enemy vehi cles were estimated to be involved In the mass trek toward the Seine. The ultimate goal of Van Bluse's retreat whether to the Seine or be fore Paris) Itself was still a matter of conjecture, but the Nad Marshal may attempt at least a delaying stand in Falalse, depending of course on what he Is1 able to save from the wreckage. ' , It -wa 'asignificant. however, that fthere. were no reports of the Germans trying to build a reserve army to cover Paris. j;' v 1 j As. Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom ery said in his message to his troops two aays ago: "The great bulk of the ..German forces in northwest Eu rope are in a bad way. We are be hind them In many places, and it is possible some of them will not get away." ..,:-a;v;v...;,.. -:',aa Less than 34 hours after Montgom ery put the official hallmark on the plight of the German armies. Von Kluge was beginning the retreat that may foreshadow the beginning of the end.'-' ' & ';-,,. :,;!.. .,.-., -.. The highest optimism reigned Brit ish quarters but it was tempered by warnings. '6V:-.W V. , Lt. Gen. Sir Miles O. Dempseys second British Army still Is pressing down against Conde-sur-Nolreau, about midway along the northern flank of the German escape corridor, where lt last was reported 'within less than three nines of the objective. Other . British 1 columns striking down toward Falalse In "the Battle of the Rivers" between the Orne and the Laise advanced nearly two miles yesterday for a two-day gain of close to four miles, capturing , Cesny and Bols-Halbout. - - The Tommies executed this broad thrust to the south over 5 thickly wooded terrain long held by the Ger mans, who established a series of "washboard" defenses lines of dug-in guns, tanks and sUt trenches spaced at intervals of several thousand yards aU the way back to Falalse. . 5 ,n j "The Battle of the Rivers is a real infantry war with tanks able to op erate only in close support of troops," a headquarters officer aaid. days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Thomason and family In Ben ton Heights He graduated from Ben ton Heights school with the class of 1937. Before volunteering his service to his conutry he was connected with the Western Electric Co, of Wash ington, D. C. He has seen fourteen months of action in ten Paclflo.. ; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hunter have had a message from their son, Marine PFC Robert Caston Hunter, saying that he had landed In New York and will be at home In a few days. He has been overseas nine months. ; ;- : '-, Mrs. Amanda H. Pressley of R3, Monroe, has received a letter from her son, Pvt. Arthur Pressley, who is now stationed to Corsica. He states that he is in the best of health and having a swell time. Of course, he wants to come back home, but not "until the Job is done "over there." Anyone wishing to write him may get his address from his mother. Pfe Johnny Floyd and his brother. -ry I i, have wr'tten thotr 1 t' ? r ? t - ' p - e 1 i rf I !. ! t 0 c r f y nt in ei. 1 cf T -'v..'". I'"i. silt e f r- - e. p. I i 3 o& hayke jo:::;so;r DIED FRIDAY LIGHT ?'v..: - :; Faneral Berrioce For Beloved Monroe Woman Held x"esteroe.y, : V -j Mrs. Sarah MoOoU Johnson, wife of P. Hayne Johnson, and for many years a teacher in the Monroe city schools. died at her home on the "Lancaster road, Friday night at 11 o'clock fol lowing an illness of 18 months. - .. Funeral services were held at the Harris-Wells Funeral Home . Sunday afternoon at 4:30 conducted by Rev. J. H. Armbrust pastor and Rev. Joe Caldwell, assistant . pastor of Central Methodlch church of which Mrs. Johnson was a member. Burial was in the Monroe cemetery. : I Active pallbearers were: W. R. Klrk- man, V, V. Secrest, G. H. Clonts, W. Z. Faulkner, W. G. Gravely and Frank T. Richardson..- ri .;v' Honorary: A. M. ; Secrest. ' J. D. Simpson, J. Frank . Williams, ., Robert E. Lee, Sam H. Lee, John Secrest, J. Ed Stewart, Raymond Parker, Henry B. Smith, Roland H. Helms, W. M. Davis, W. B. Love, Rupert Funderburk and Edwin Nlven. - . ':'.-?.'':'.(. ; Mrs. Johnson is survived by her husband P. Hayne Johnson, Judge of Recorder's Court; , two. sons, Lt. (J. g.) P. Hayne Johnson, Jr., now stationed at San Diego, Calif, and Petty Offlcer H. McOoU Johnson, who Is somewhere in the Pacific; four brothers, J. B. McOoU of McColL 8. C; W. L. McOoU of Albemarle, N. C; F. M.'McCoU of Trenton, N. J. and L. T. McOoU of Oordele, Ga. - One sister, Miss Annie May McColI, who- Is making her home in Monroe and has been with Mrs. Johnson during much of her Illness. Mrs. Johnson was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wellington McColl, prominent residents of Marlboro coun ty, a C, and was the youngest of eleven chndren, five of whom survive. She and Mr. Johnson, were married on November 4th, 1918 and since that time had made her home here. . . - Mrs. Johnson was one of the city's , fa below that on Saipan, first Marl most beloved women; a devoted wife ; nas island to be conquered In the and mother and a noble christian bloodiest ground campaign In the Pa woman. . Her influence will be radiated i cia- The U. S. casualty list for al throuahout the Tears in the eommu-'pan was announced as 16JJ63. nlty, through the lives of hundreds of boys and gins whom she taught. Those attending the funeral from a distance were: j-v -,:---: .-;.;,... . - Mr. and Mrs. X B. MoOoU, Mrs. H. G. McColl, Mrs. Jesse Adams, of Mc Coll. SC.; Mrs. C. T. McCon, Miss Kate Woodley, Miss Janie Manning, Miss Margaret Manning, Miss Mamie McKinnon, Frank . Manning Jr, of Clio, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. W. I Mc Con, Miss Bettie McColl of Albemarle; Mr. and Mrs. Union Reaves and Misi Jessie Reaves of Badin; Mrs. . Marvin Richardson, Mr. and Mrs; Henry Kl nard, Mrs. Edward Klnard, of Ninety Six, S. C; Miss Ada Cuthbertson and Mrs. Margaret Craig of Waxhaw and Mrs. Raymond Wilson of BlshopvUle, a. if. '- . Children, Aged May Get More State Board Votes To Give ' Increased Financial Aid ToNeefr PLAN POST-WAR HELP The State Board of Charities and public welfare has voted' to Increase Its financial aid to dependent children and to the. aged, and to "establish with approval of the General Assem bly," a state budget to help provide payments for general relief now paid entirely by counties. - . " In other cash payments to the needy, both the state and federal gov ernments participate with, county units with the national treasury . footing hahVthe MEL ' - Figures on the proposed Increases and the amount to be provided for general relief were not released by the boara pending further study, of the items Involved, Dr. Ellen Winston, commissioner' of welfare, said. increased appropriations were . rec ommended for county welfare admin istrations, to assist in carrying out sta tutory responsibilities of cooperating with . other state programs such . as paroles and child labor, An increased equalizing fund to aid counties In meeting costs of public as sistance grants - was approved. The fund operates among the less wealthy counties to ease the cost of nrovklina for many grants. : in order to provide for the expected postwar increase In requests from country welfare units for financial aid, the board voted to ask for a contin gency fund as part of the budget for the next fiscal year. , Pvt. Sen Arrives In England Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sen today received six letters from their son. Pvt. Hoyt Sell, dated from Ai'ift 65h to August 9th. The one c . ; i August 8, stated that he had ar: j safely "somewhere In England." 1 c said in part: "I wish you to " s o'.'l see the country here. It Is r-iu: 1 Most like a story book. Tl.e tn must be two or tliree hundred y old. The Ells are bfa'i':'ul. ; land Is cut up In m, around it. The h.r seen was four eers. about the tr. e of must Itia! " 1, .-s i i t Pvt. fcx.l v.;-s i of this j-f r f ', s tra!vi:-9t tt f i t-': ? i i x a 1. s v : i 1 1 1 . S' , y , ' i " f 0 TV e'e - . ' Deteminaiica To RetdLe -v. Islands Er;?2:ized In V-"- S sxi. !. . GUAM IS NOT OCCUPIED The Philippines now stand In the fuU glare of the Allied Invasion spot light, j Guam, likely - springboard for an American amphibious strike Into the northern end of the archipelago, was completely In American hands. Mandanao, a potential landing spot at the southern end of the Philippines, was under air attack for the first time since the fan of Oorregldor. The American determination to re-1 take the Philippines and to drive Ja pan .to unconditional surrender had been reiterated by President Roose velt following a conference at Pearl Harbor with General Douglas Mac Ar thur, Admiral Chester W. Nlmitz and Other top-ranking Pacific commanders. ' . Also significant was the announce ment of Vice Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner that headquarters 'for Paclflo fleet and troop amphibious forces bad been established on Saipan, deep in Japan's Inner island defenses. Saipan, 125 miles north of Guam In the Marianas, wlU be headquarters. Turner said aboard his flagship In the Marianas, "until I can move farther west or northwest." West of Saipan "are the Philippine and China. To the northwest la Japan,-. j'-,..-.. ;-: vv ; :- Guam, the first American Insular possession seized by. Japan, was re taken at oost of 7247 casualties, m- 'eluding L214 dead. Admiral Chester IW. Nlmlts reported. The total was . unemy aeaa on uuam, n units an nounced Thursday night night, had . reached 10-97L The total was mount ing dally as American Marines and Infantry probed the wooded Island for the last scattered groups of a force that once numbered at least 15.0CX Organised resistance, ended Wednes day. .-..;. 1, . : , .,-:....'. ' The raids by American Liberator bombers on Mindanao were announced Friday by MacArthur. - The attacks feU on three successive nights, the lart starting Tuesday night and ext-mdu-T into Wednesday morning. Results of these first aerial strikes were not re ported. ' J. -:-: . ;, The Japanese were caught by sur prise as the heavy.: bombers awert over Davao, most important city la . Mindanao ana aiiseuded 4heie bomhs on enemy airdromes. Llehts of the city glowed throughout the first raid, last Sunday, and not a shot was fired at the American planes. LANDBA!;xTor:A::z loat;s on v;cc2LAi.-D ,;- -t- - ::: i. ". . iL . New Timber Loan Plan WlU Serve Many Fanners In 'Comity. - - The Federal Land Bank of Columbia has extended Its loan facilities to In clude loans on farm woodlands and forest lands according to notice re ceived from Julian H. Scarborouglv President of the Bank, by J. L Purdy, Secretary-Treasurer of. the Monroe National Farm Loan Association, whichhandles Federal land bank loans in this county. The new timber loan plan Is design ed' to serve ail farmers who have timber land In excess of normal farm needs and are following sound, for estry practices as weU as those en gaged in the growing of timber on a. large scale. "It is now generally rec ognised that farm woodlands consti tute a substantial part of the value of farms In the South and the recogni tion of this value for loan purpose will enable the Bank to extend its long-term credit facilities to more farmers," Mr. Scarboroi";h said. . Loans on forest lands' will be tasf 1 on the expected normal eamirrs tf the tract under the management cf a typical operator following soui.l f.-r, estry. practices. Normal vahi-s r 1 not current market values of t r 'and marketable timber ty a 1 appraiser where ail or a su, i part of the loan is basrd en t land. Loans wUl be na j c 1 I 1 marketable pine and l.nr 1 t -ber and st Vttive ci T 1 I 1 mltted under stanc.-r.1 i r j tices. The lnnn r- f, ' be made to f t t' e j 1 . and loans will u !.: j r 1 : 40 years. r---'...,l tr 1 1 will be rpr 1 st r ' "Tin I - 1 I f l bia is r s louns c.i 1 ploneedd lit ? t n r s r i 1 1 1
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Aug. 14, 1944, edition 1
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