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Tiii :y cloudy and rather .warm t i. y. ts ult,ht an1 Friday, with wkiuly scattered thundershowers UiU afternoon. " :y Sunset today, 8:08;, sunrise Fri day 6.45. . Cotton, short, lb. JiWo to ::o Cotton, long, lb. .. SJc to S.;o Cotton Seed, bushel 73 '-to Eggs, dozen ., ,, S.io Corn, bushel ,. ... .. U3 Wheat, r'whel ,. -t. .. .. ,. $1.55 ' " PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS . i . , , , v CZVEIITY-C-COND YEAR MQNROE, N, C., UNJON COUNTY, THURSDAY,, AUGUST 17, 1944 8-MONTHS, 75c' 6-MONTHS,' fl.25 S3MI-WEE n n A YEAR it I t A.i State ! Er-hycent Ceilings ; Ca3 Fcr That Many Thi$ HITS AT J03 SHOPPERS .'V.,r ' ' '.' '. i ill ' Employment cefllngi ..' set by the - . Manpower Priorities committee of the "War Manpower conimlssion in Raleigh -mm call lor . ei.ooo Nona uarouna workers in eeenttal Industry In the :- period front Jury 1 through August 3L Dr. J. S. Doofton. State WMO - director, sold. r ' ' In a report Issued After the meeting, n Sr. Dorton aald that Selective Sendee r ? withdrawals and referrals to out-ol- "' Mat DlanU on the national "must' , list would account for 114)00 workers. ' Tina remaining 60,000 will be allotted to essential industry within, the state. Approximately 80 per cent of the needed workers hart already been re- f erred to high urgency and esai 1 urodudera in the State, ha said. v "There Is an adequate number of workers In the State to meet the de- -': xmumL". Dr. Dorton said. ,. "Our main .. difficulty springs from a paradox: In many localities we have a surplus and shortage within the same labor market area. If all available workers . were of the right type for Job open ings, or could be persuaded to move ..-or aooept less attractive wages than they bad been led to believe are avail mble, we would have total labor ; ahortage ol about 8,000, This would not seriously impede production for the armed services or necessary cM Van xat." W; A? .! An effort ' win be made to stop workers from "job shopping," be said. U the needed workers eannot be ob tained by other means. It will be , tMcessary to refer workers from non essential establishments end to further cut ceilings on essential firms whose production Is not lmemdiately urgent . Our acUons wlU .be geared to the veeeds of the armed services end their needs must and will be supplied.' siT. ttu. ::gvrites n:c:.i cl:i fiuson mg In : Action f e Kareh CS; raraata Becu ve ist Letter. : Ur. and Mrs. Andrew J. Bushmg of US, Monroe, . received Monday, a letter . xrom their son Sgt' Joe r-'shuig, who is a prisoner of war of i e German Oovernment Hie letter was the first they had received f"ra nun since he was reported -tuuuw -to action over enemy territory on March 23. On May u (ner were nonnea oy cne war De partment -that he v was- prisoner of war,-. -.5';. ' ; - y.,:,.- ,.rt..', Bgk Bushing has been hi the service elnce February IMS and was a gunner ' on a B-17 and It was while in the ;, performance . of his du that his 'plane was downed over enemy terri tory., ;:.'.;" '( 't i.-v'.i' "('' i-i.M, ;...'S!'j':-': t Mr. and Mrs. Rushing have anent - many .anxious hours since the news was first received of their son's mls- V fortune and during the Interval hey nave corresponded' with parents and Relatives of silne of the ten crew mem-l oers of Sgc Rushing's crew, who were wrth him oil the fateful tnisaton Jive of the crewmen are prisoners of wpr, ; -wnue notnmg has been heard -O the " - Sgt. Rushing's letter la as follows: 'Dear Family: . i . "Hope everyone Is well and getting long nne. i am well and doing fine, gun lymg arouna pi&ying games and reading, not doing much work. . "Oueas it will be several days before . X get any news from you all but I pray that you-are getting along fine. This, is the second time X have - written, so you can get the news round to my friends that I am as happy as - could be expected under conditions. "We get a Red Cross package every ' week and they sure are nice too, I - owe a lot of thanks to them. ' "Dad you and mom keep your chin up and don't worry about me, for I am all right Hope Vance and Nancy re getting along Cue. Give my love to all and keep smiling. We will all be home soon. , . "Tour son, -JOS-..... Mr. and Mrs. Rushing also have two , other sons in the service. They are Pvt. Vance PirlT", xr ia etloed - at Camp 'Liunuii;,r, 1 .a, and jTt. v Trancy Rushing at tort Knox, Ey. IW. .11-1 to r.::::j j Eelectlve Eervlf e Local Board No. 3 has annonnrpd for a pre-i t.on ,v - "e j tiiat o I t . rs to "ort -,:c.l e . 1 f f Is . i s. 1. . i ro S CI . 1 . i to f ir 1. j t I i t t v .J i e i i ,r c 1 s i ,'y T l et 7:1 j y i A-l. 1 '1T8! en a-: j .'t i 1 e f - " -f 1 ( Vounded In Action ; rVT. BENBT L. MTdANUS Mr. and Mrs. 8toy McManua of R3, Pageland, S. C, have received a message from the War Department, stating that their son. Pvt. Henry u McManua, - had been wounded In ac tion, "somewhere m France." No fur ther information has been received. Reds Stymied. Kear Yarsaw Giant Ttck And Infantry As sault Force Romans To Vacate Ossow ; .' v' NAZI LOSSES HEAVY The Oermans went all out yester day to hold Warsaw, throwing gigantlo tanx ana infantry lorces lntto counter-attacks northeast of the old Polish Capital and forelnc the Russians out of the town of Ossow. seven miles from Warsaw's eonttnuoua suburb of Praga. u - boss of Ossow was acknowledged la tne midnigiit soviet oommunlque, the first announced loss of any importance since the vast victory parade pf the Kussian summer osensive began June The Russians never bad announced capture of Ossow, marking their elos est approach to Warsaw since they be ran the suburban sle" of the capital July 81- after seisms Woiomln. 10 miles This was the second day that the Russians had reported German coun terattacks before Warsaw, but ' they made clear that the price the Nazis paw ior mis fractional success was exorbitant . t The -i communique reported thai on Ifront Tuesdav the Germana lout 118 tanks, raisins the two-dav total at uennan armor losses to 333 and lm Plying that a great percentage of ume wore m rrom ox Warsaw. . .The German high oonimand'k com munique omtttted mention,, of War saw. .': J'r,'.-, fi'.-r-it' i Elsewhere, on tha l nnA-mn iiu front the Russians reported continuing suocessev'1-.! 'v.." i' On the' Estonolan' front they an nounced advanoes that swept up 70 more totwns, and in Uthuaanla, where we 'missions nave oeen bearing down toward Memelland, they announced repulse of German counterattacks. Oil the southern Polish front Soviet troops broke into the city of Sando- nuera ana engaged the - Germans ia street fighting. The city had been by-passed' closely for tm wt ti the extended . Russian . bridgehead across the Vistula. vErrL"GTo:( ravs Miss Betsy Hunter ; of Baltimore. Md, Is spending a two weeks vaca tion With her parents. Mr. and Ura. V. 8. Hunter. Miss Gertrude Moore is vial tin her sister, Mr J. N. Crenshaw at Van Wyck. . . Mr. Harper. Mrs. Vlnters and Mrs. Sherrard of Norfolk,, Va have been vuuung ev. and Mrs. J. O. Cox. . R. a Morris, U. & Air Force. Is at home for a few days with his parents, jot. ana airs. u. s. Morris; -vv Mrs. Cottle of Durham Is spending a week with her brother. M.-J. Harkev and Mrs. Uarkey and other relatives here. - , WedJIrgton church is getting a new coat of paint on the inside. Rev. Harold RoMnson will conduct the Thrre v ;u be no meeting 'of the bime ! "Tv;';at'n club In An3ust l.e -i's ioclety of C rla' a Service t t at t: e church for I e Ai guts n- 7. ITs. J. L. I.id--!-ie prc;, Jtl i.i t e a! 5"nce of t'-e pre 1 d"nt. i:is.'ii. D. Lcik gave tue L le i -Uv'y enj ln. C. M. Deal preseiu.'d the leaflet. . LT. T CY LA Y i 1 .' :. ilC 1 T ' 1 Pafucn Genius i Vins Tribute Slashis V: S. General Ac credited With Leadership 1 That Rooted Nazis VMS GREAT ;BATSE Plery Lt Gen. George & Patton. Jr. it the tactical genius who drove the rampant r Third V. B. Army across Brittany, through Le Mans and then northward through Alenoon and Ar- gentan, completing the southern Jaw of the trap on the KtaX Seventh Army, . , . , ' The controversial gravel-voiced Pat- ton, has been leading an army literal' ly "bora In battle Auirast. It ha. been on the offensive since the day It was created and never has let up minute. living down the soldler-slaDnunt in cident in Sicily which nut him under a cloud last fall. Patton Justified the conviction or oen. Dwight D. Eisen hower that "Old Blood and Outs was . of America's finest field com manders The Supreme Commander, revealing today that Patton was on the marching wing of the Third Aamy, sua it was wnere ne Belongs." (In Washington the Senate Tuesday confirmed Patton 'i promotion to the permanent rank of major general. The wnate military affairs committee had withheld approval ,of the nomination since last October over the soldier slapping ' Incident, but Indorsed it unanimously after disclosure of i his new - role. Reprimanded ., by Ebon hower, ;- Patton publicly apoligised to ms Roops. - (Senator Chandler, Democrat . of Kentucky, said the committee agreed Patton was "a great soldier" who had been "sumciently dlsclDllned") , une American drive across Prance. fastest ever made by any army, re sulted from a combination of methodi cal strategy evolved by U. Oen. Omar u. Bradley, American '' overall com mander in France, and the- driving energy of the volatile, pistol-packing fwnon. v , Bradley launched the break-out of fensive July 35 when all hU forces were parts of the U. & First- Army. When the campaign hit Its stride Au gust l, a small portion was taken from the First and placed under Pat ton as the Third Armv. . ; lacked by new forces pouring Into we ueacnes vw rear, return orove through Ooutances, then Avranches, then fanned out into Brittany. Bis front grew from a few miles to hun dreds of miles overnight., ,' .-. . The situation was delicate. , Patten's front was beta fed throuch tha -nar row coastal corridor. His entire armr would nave been stranded if the Ger mans couia .cut tne'eomoor. ; Bradley took the responsmmtv and Patton plunged on, often riding at the head of his tank columns. The risk was converted to solid victory. Many military men were amazed at Pat ton's audacity. His armored forces slashed through disorganized Germans on all sides and had to send out tanks to escort their supplies. Fast mechan ized calvary detachments cut the Ger man pockets into -smaller units and spread confusion. - - - French underground forces rose no to help corral the Germans and soon the Brest peninsula was held firmly. as ate- as two days ago one could drive - for 60 or 70 miles tn Brittany without seeing an American soldier. Bradley then turned the American First-. Army east to guard patton's flank and stopped a German break through drive on Avranches. : ': Although mopping no . of the Brit tany ports still was incomplete, Pat ton turned fresh forces north toward Le Mans and Paris. Hie 1944-modeJ vutiCKxieg sun is going onv ; '. ; nZWS AKD EVENTS OF : ; WELt f?.o:i wc:gate , - ((By Mm. B. R.Blvens) " Mr. and Mrs. S, 1 Smith and son Edgar Williams of Charlotte, visited Mrs.. Julia Williams during the week end. - ' r - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chanep have returned to Wilmington after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chaney and family. t ' : Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hill and daugh ter of Kannapolls, ; visited Mr. and Mrs. Lee WKmore during the week end. . Mr. and Mrs. - Carroll braswell of Charlotte recently visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pressonr , Mrs. WlKon Sinclair and daughter, i Janet, front- Marsh ville, recently vis- i""" Jre"!uJBr f """ v- M. Bivens and family. Mrs. Seagraves'of Apex, has come to vlsllt her daughter, Mrs. Baron D. Smitn.-.. ..-- ' .. i-.; . , - Mrs. Oren Strait and daughter Elsie who have, been visiting Mr. Straits parents in Rock IJL S. C. and have returned to the home of her mother. l;rs. Ploy Hallmnn. Herman Klnaon. Jr, "and CelSa Jane Hinson children of lir. and Mrs. Herman Klnson- of C ' ere voting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. l.i.jii. lr.-and Mrs. Hinson an- noi'nce t J.i-s. I. end . i in c:. .. i h of a son. . l-jllman spent last week hen Pope and family - 4 1 . THE LATEST WAR NEWS , lil:jef v WASHINGTON prestdeat 1 Roosevelt1 returned te Waahtaigtoii today from a 1500 mile war trip ; Into "the Pacific to declare that Allied armies wlU drive In and eecapy Germany . and ; Japan - even shoelld reslstanes ' eeuapse short of enemy eetden. "...' It was the Ant definite asser tion that Germany and Japan will not be able to see the Allies' ' wn war goal encondltlonal aor- their : ROME 8 1. Tropes, St. . Arsein, t Raphael . have , been eeeapled by v Allied . forces in : Seathem France and - thej boaohhead em braces some" 50, square miles, . Allied Headqnariete announced to day in a apodal eoBunanlo.ee. Al lied troops . are WlUun tea salles ofTeolon and 1 ten miles from . Cannes, the eemmuniqoe added. V AD elements of beachhead forces have now bees finked, and a Jane- with strong air-borne units effected. . , , , 8VFREMI HEAIQU ASTERS , Driving with M saOes of Paris, U. 8. Third . Army troops - oaptnred Chartres and reached Dreia, it was officially anneoneed today. The German High Command earn- mnnlqae said Proas, M miles dee west of Paris and only 15 from tie suburb ef - Venauea, has feeen evacuated after ; hard . fighting. This doep-langing eaatward drive 6e aaUes beyond Le Mans carried a doable threat to Paris, and to enemy divisions ia danger of be ing bottled, ay along the Seine : River. , Fall of Chartres wae an- hi Uk LONDON Nearly L2M RAP heavy bombers 'damped about SAM tone of -explosive before dawn today eat the Oermaa parte of Kiel and Stettin and lighted great fires, partly among sappiles believed : destined for the Nasi ; treepa stranded hv the states and to FhUaad. Union Gbunty,s rJen In Service ' Teas Town; Ia Tranaferrad 8p. 1(A) 3-C Tom B. Toung. Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. T.' a Young, 8r, of Monroe, former athletic coach at the U. N. C, has been transferred from Pier ,02. New Yorri Ctbr to Cornell University; Ithaca," It V, where he wlU assist in the v-u program. His pres ent work is with college hoys, giving tnem exerewss and road work. He wil lalso assist Coach Carl Snavely in the football program at CornelL He likes his new assignment and considers himself fortunate In being placed tn v-u program which la headed by another former University of North Carolina coach. Tom's . present ad dress is 304 Bryant' Ave., Cornell Uni versity v-12, Cornea, N. Y. - y Cpl. and Mrs. Marvin Crook left Wednesday, morning for San Antonio,. Texas, after spending a 30-day fur lough with his paretna. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Crook of Monroe. ' Mrs. Mattle Thomas Jenkins, for merly of Monroe but now of Charlotte has recently received word that her son, Pvt. - Haryr Bryan Thomas has arrived safely in England. No further word . has been received about her other son, T-Sgt John Hurley Thorn' as, Jr., who has been mining in ac tion since April arm, 1M4. Seaman 3-C Welter Stokely of Camp Feary, va.,- spent the week-end here with Mrs. Stokely and son. Walter. Jr. at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Ben. . S-Sgt, Keith Moore Awarded DFO 8-gt Keith W. Moore, son of Mrs. Henry H. Moore, of Rl, Monroe, and the late Me. Moore, is stationed tn England. He has won the air medal and four Oak Xeaf Clusters for meri torious achievement over enemy oc cupied territory, and has just recently been awarded the Distinguished Fly ing Cross. . S-Sgt Moore is a tail gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. - , Letter From France . Cpl. Jas. H. Hinson. "Stoy" to his friends, is, stationed with a field ar tillery unit In France. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Hinson of R3, Marsh ville. In a letter written July 20 to his parents be said: "I received your two letters last night, , written July 8th and 13, and I surely was glad to hear from you. Hope all of you ere getting along fine, as for my self O. k. . . - ". " "I am in France now and liking It all right It is much better than England in some ways. Too bad I can't speak French. The people seem glad to see us. The money- here was easy to learn to count' too, much easier than English money. . Seems to be mild climate here and I hope tt doexnt rain like in England." "Ctov" has been overseas about a year. Kj brother, Pvt. Iiovla Hinson. left July 20th for Fort Bragg, and is reviving Ms basic training at Camp Whether, Ga. r: -e astln Boys In Berviee . Pvt. r ' "Tt L. Aurtln, son of Mr. ("1 r j. J. D. Austin of Rl, Wingate, t r--rv t. -Onlng wi the lnfnntry at i Cr. t. He me' -s t.,e f h from' to entr F.-t J. ' ..:h., ' ie i i 'S 1 ! t e s-r. I.-s ., Pf ! '3 Debacle Faces Reeirig Nazis 1 1 German Divisions Trap ped Bj AEiei i As Advance i Continues ESCAPE ROUTE IS CUT The German Seventh army in northwest France was reported - tn chaotic flight under the threat of a new encirclement hut night, while in the south of France the American 8eventn army thrust inland as much as eight miles from a firmly-established ,70-mlle beachhead. v - . - The day of swiftly-developing Allied successes enhanced the possibility that the Battle of France might be decided in ' matter of weeks or even days, with a chance . that the grand-scale pincers movement might quickly dom inate all the country from the Medi terranean to the Seine. . On the western front Natl Marshal Guenther von Kluge was conceded to have achieved some success in evtri catlng much of his armor from the snapping laws of the Ralaise-Argen-tan trap, but only at the sacrifice of his ' infantry, some 60,000 of - whom were : estimated to remain in the pocket, i A field dispatch said it was officially disclosed that elements of 11 German divisions and in the trap but that many, if not all of the units, now an far below normal strength. IA. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's forces have hemmed in enemy troops suffi cient In number, along with those al ready dead or captured, to make an' other Stalingrad in Normandy, Asso - ciaited Press Correspondent William Smith White wrote from the front, The Allied bag of prisoners was ex - pec ted to be large from an army which has lost close to 100.000 men in two weeks and 300.000 slnoe June C . ' .... Those Germans who got out of the trap were in a difficult position, and German broadcasts " said American armor was racing eastward in a new move' that brought confused fighting arouna Chartres and Dreux. some 40 mUes west of Paris. While the Allies gave no confirmation of this report, the Germans intimated that the Al lied aim apparently was to construct new and larger trap against the south banks of the Seine river. In the south the largest breach In timers European fortress was dis closed to be led by Major Oen. Alex ander m. Patch, commanding the TJ. 8. Seventh Army, of which the French Army of Maj. Gen. Da Lettre de Tas- stemv wae a iwt .. r f- The southern ? fromV'was : under "Vt au-American command on land, sea ana m tne air. The invasion was de. clared officially to be progressing smoouuy, with "all initial, obtectives' taken and casualties "exceptionally ugm. - v The beachheads, eonstanthr helhar reuuoroea, were arm aHme a 70-mile stretch between Cannes and Toulon. The Oermans said the American aim was to take the latter point, an Im portant naval base, by the same land. warn encirclement, tactics that won unerDourg in Normandv. ine Allies were pouring ashore bv sea and air a steady stream of new ngnsers ana equipment. British and American airborne troops, landed on nig scant Denind the lines, were ef fectively blocking German attemnta tn rush reinforcements to the Invasion scene. The Americans used flimuhmnn to cum. uermans out of stone em placements. - ? . ? .','.. . FARMERS ENTITLED TO : . , LUOER CERTIFICATES County AAA Committee Is Aathortsed .. Te Aid Local Farmers. Farmers of Union county are en titled to rated orders for lumber if they use it for essential maintenance and 'repair of Implements and farm service buildings, aocordlng to J. Hoyle' Biggers, ehalrman of the county AAA commltttee. , - , A "Farmers' Lumber Certificate' Is a rated order, he. said. A dealer who fills a farmer order supported by a certificate may extend the rating and place a "certified and rated" order with his supplier for replacement of his stock. "During this titme of lum ber shortage,' Mr. Biggers said, "the use of Farmers' . Lumber Certificates is the only way we can be sure of keeping enough lumber in the yards to meet essential farm needs."! Farmers who need lumber shoulld apply to the county AAA office In Monroe for certificates. ' The county AAA Committee is authorized to issue certificates when the lumber will be used to maintain or repair farm build ings, other than dwellings, or maintain and repair farm Implements or for other approved uses essential to food proaucoon, or to construct necessary buildings, other than residences, Doa2a:aJfTK',w 52 as twriSiS emergencies. For construction which "--"-' .uuiwv U-cr&U-CU - must be approved by the War Pro nmA ur.. r-- duction Board, the committee also re ceives fanners' applications and makes recommendations, but does not issue , Farmers' Lumber Certlflcates can-, not be Issued for lumber to be used! ior owe..jngs. umiers are expectea to amounts of lumber to sell o c!v.?."s n frwrai ior tne main- t rr.:-re cf ct.-;s and for other !ms for whiwi iio rated orders are l.'U.rJ. , . r - " t T ' T Wa!ter Henderson, Jr. Is : Now A Prisoner Of War . 2-: ''' 'c;r-,"' ;'-- 1. 1 .. i.ii, ... , ': -ii-i .. : : Mr. and Mrs. Wv A,' Henderson ' of West Franklin street, Tuesday morning received information, stating that their eon T-Sgk Wal- ter Hendersen, Jr, ia a prisoner of war of the German Government. He had been missing In action ever Rewnanie slnee Jane Si, and mneh aaudoty had been felt for his safety. , ,; The message from the War De partment same to his Wife, Mrs. Nell XUes Henderson at her home -on Lamar Ave, Charlotte, and one telephoned hnemdlately his par- . ente, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hender- , son here. None of the retarntDg ' flyers en the mission with Sgt, Henderson had reported seeing the 1 plane go down, but they had re- : ported that his plane had radioed ' that it was badly shot rp with twe motors gone, and as nothing snore wae heard It was hoped that they were dean safely somewhere. . Baliies Shield Jap Soldiers Borrow , Youngsters To Use As Surrender Shields On1 1 . Battlefront PRISONERS ARE JOVIAL Hunched behind a gray limestone rock, two Japanese soldiers watched an American Marine officer drive his jeep into no-man's land, park It and 1 nonchalantly climb out to look around, I The Japanese grinned. This was itheir chance. 1 A minute later they appeared before officer, smiled and bowed. Each soioier was nuggmg a solemn xime i Japanese baby. The babies they carried with faked fatherly tenderness were borrowed from Japanese civilians hiding near by. - But their surrender was genuine. Tinians defenses already had crum bled and they had r decided it was foolish, under the circumstances - to insist on dying for the Emperor. By walking out with babies In their arms, the soldiers made certain they would establish then peaceable .inten tions and run no danger of being shot as sniqers. The Marine offloer was Capt Lyford Hutchlns Of Boston, Miss who had got so Interested in studying the ter rain that he had unwittinelv driven between his lines and enemy troops. Beiore ne got away from the spot mix genuroe, Japanese civilians -ot-au ages had surrendered, coming out of grouna noies and from behind trees, t More than 4.000 elvilians have heen Interned on Tinian.fOn nearby Sal pan 14,600 Japanese and Korean ci vilians and natives are being cared for. The number -on Guam already has grown into tne tnousasds. Greatest problem on each- island has been in getting the civilians to disregard Japanese mllltarv ornDa- ganda and come into collection centers On Tlniaan. and before that, on Salpan. Japanese civilians were told oy Japanese mi lltary authorities that tne Americans were "n'Hl)ni "in truth,? they were told, "the asaxmes are the worst" Each Marine recruit, before his enlistment is ac cepted, must prove he has murdered either his father or his mother." .An American soldier- who speaks Japanese, Sergeant HokJil worn at Lahama, Maui, talked three Japanese sofldien on Salpan into surrender. But to, do It, he had to walk, unarmed into then cave. He at r4na. with them, discussed the progress of the war, end in 80 minutes sold them on the idea of giving un. . AH three were nrivatea iruhn ( n- 00.I?llwnea' h enterwl the cave. lt' a UtUe better when I found that outs" the sergeant Said. "At least outranked them The difference In rank made thm more respectful, and the sergeant was aw uaain wiring jjia visit the Japa nese, referring to the AnMrlnan favaf. ment in the camps on Salpan. told an Army interpreter: rn is un finding paradise m helL" (SNTIULKETIIOWST aiUr.CH ITEr.aS Sunday nieht tha vaiu vuuna worshipped with the other , churches of the city at the union service held at the First Baptist :,Rer" a a Burri President of Wingate Junior College was the P"fcher for the service, special mu stowas furnished by the Baptist choir and the church pastor, Rev. J. .T. Akin, who sang-an offertory sola During the service Pvt. Rill tm m fnr thiiJ "eota the Senrice, home - uu lurMjugn, was recognised and welcomed, if always good to see our boys when they are hornet ' ";:v:. ' . . tx. ..- . . . - r,. M vt. nw eniera VUnN Tn I li-lVJB T-V-ia - x the " ' We extend tions to Phllio Gravplv .nn'hOT f recently received his w. ven s Dors in tne ervlce, who tJOmmlSSlon in th trrrn It. -.-. . We congratulate you L:- t Mrs. Grady Da cr'srd r . Benton. rwen;'v I ty t an's Society cf c. receive the honor cf 1 in the V..-.ans Life iTen '. - t j U v y r '-. ! r a c i t ' - f 1 r It iIITL 27 Cllw w x y - Are Sdbub; Two Weeks Terra Superior : Court VLj Contene , PHILLIPS WILL PRESIDE A two weeks term of Union County Superior Court for the trial of crimi nal and civil eases wlB convene here Monday morning with Judge F., Don ald Phillips of Rockingham as the presiding Judge and & H. Gibson of Laurlnburg as prosecutor. 1 On, the criminal docket, two murder v cases' and one ease of manslaughter are scheduled for trial. Cloths Row-. elL will be tried for the tnurder of his :, uncle, Zeb Davts Benton, which took place on Saturday afternoon, June 34 in Benton Heights, and Robert , L. : Robinson, oolored for the murder of -his wife on the afternoon of June 24V James O. Ashcraft colored. wHl be tried on a manslaughter charge. A large number of other criminal cases are on the docket for the criminal term."."." . . On the civil docket numerous di vorce cases will again claim the at- tentkm of the court, most of which are scheduled for the first day of the second week of the session. - " . " The complete docket for the term follows. Criminal: 8. L Belt carnal knowledge of f e- . male under 16. Lucile white, Ida May Steele and Susie P. Cowan, colored, larceny and receiving. Julia Watts, colored, forgery, S cases. Olln Mane, larceny. v' -,.. Ethel Covington, colored, forgery. -Richard A. Reams; driving drunk. - , Graver Newsome; incess. Robert L. Robinson, colored; mur der. :,:: i .i.'"l.'fY Sr'ii"' -Cletus Howell; murder. .. . ' Ambrose Crosby, "colored: robbery. Wlnfred MuUis, abandonment and, non -support, ' . , ' Raytnood Tadlock, larceny and re ceiving, v W. F. Simpson, reckless driving, James O. Ashcraft, colored, man- ? slaughter. 4- EUle Starnes, colored, possession of Whiskey for sale. . ... Cutlow Mitchell, oolored,' breaking -and entering and larceny, n ' Heath Huntley, oolored. assault with ' deadly weapon. . . .; !, Second week, civil cases follow: 'v Monday, August, 28th Helen L. He- siah vs W. I Kezlah: . William M. Starnes v Mary H. Starnes; Lucille Griffin . vs Walter J, Griffin; a cierg : Rape vs Hallle OD. Jtape; sEfnha Kelly . wm. tn- Kelly; Julian Parker vs.- Sadie Parker; - Clyde Funduihurk va Helen B. Funderburk; Thelma a Lee vs Thomas C. iee, Jr.: Colt Baker va Lavinla Baker; F. A. Johnson va, Louise Johnson; . Peart B. Hyatt vs -Herman Hyatt; Lex Pressley vs Lou u. jpressiey; xaiard A, Greene vs Ro berta W. Greene; Troy M Masks va ' Mildred Masks; Roy Tarlton vs Ethel & luiwuj caiia o. XMYIB vs njw V. Davis; Josephine Maness et al vs L. O. Polk et al; J. a Rogers et al vs Russ' W. Rogers; O. H. Phillips vs Lilly B. Tadlock; a F. Broome vs J. B. Parker 5 ; et 1; a A. Alexander vs W. F. Simp son;. T. H. Starnes vs Ruby L. Starnes. Tuesday, August 29th J. R.Detfn vs ' J. It. Helms; o. V. Griffin et al vs -Theron Griffin et al; N. Baumrind vs W. Bright Funderburk; E. O. Robinson ' vs Thomas J. McWhlnnev et al: Maude E. Nance vi J. H. Nance; WU- lie Phflmon vs N. W. phfunon et aL PVT. JOE II IIATXEn j ; IS KILLED n ITALY Memorial Services Te Be Held Sanday f ' v t Aftorneoa In Charlotte, ' ed Pvt. Joe M. Hargette has r l in action in Italy accordinT .tl i re i, JTr. , cf 2120 flcatlon from the War Dei... ceived this week by his p and Mrs. Vernon W. Hart Edison street, Charlotte, the Infantry and had 1.3 Vus with be.' i serving overseas three months, frv ;-j him are his parents and cne 1 r, Mor ris Hargette. -. . -; - . v Pvt. Hargette wa4 a nau. j of Union county and was reared in the Watson community. His parents are well known here and have -a large num ber of relatives In this section . Memorial services for Pvt. Hargette win be held at Hutchenson Avenue Baptist church in Charlotte, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. A letter was received this week ty Pvt. Hargette's parents which was written the day before he was kiiiui in battle. It reads as follows: "Dear Mother and Dad. I trust that these few lines will find you 1 an i putting all your trust in t e I - ! These days I am running into t I never exrected, but God rns a pose.' If the Lord t..-s n s e will have a good 1. -e in f the way I have it r turpi is t r - faith in God Is 1 ? t now. Some day after t i and prav that I mi. ' t I s spread the $arpe cf 1 . i men t:-.e wv to C i. I l sore ore ,i r;e t f. I 1 r, I Jl' f I I s v : r ( t r 1, ' r i :i v 1 r :
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Aug. 17, 1944, edition 1
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