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' ' -:r'. ' 'V vi. .. ;' :A A AA aa ,1 ( A A A Partly cloudy and continued mod erately warm wilh scattered thunder showers today; fair and not quite so warm Friday. .' . Sunset today, 8:01 p. m.; sunrise Friday, 6:50 a. m. ' C Cotton, short, lb. Cotton, long;, lb. .. Cotton Seed, buahql TT J io t. r jo to V . : ; I ' lK; '"M l J s uuwu e j bushel .. .. . . , ., .. 1.: I I A. tl ' l PUELISHED Oil MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS aV4 LIONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY,. THUCDiY,' ' AUGUST 24, 1944 , H c:;ve:;ty-c:::c"d year , , 8-MONTIIS, 76cj 6-MONTHS, L25 dlll-WZZZLY, O Q-'AiFprAIIii ;Vr ; Kiajf Say Romanians Will ; , Fight At Side Of Ailed ' -'S : ' Amies 5- IS BLOW TO NAZI CAUSE ' ? Romania . proclaimed per decision ' last night to desert Germany's losing cause and announced acceptance of armistice terms offered by the So viet Union, Great Britain and ; the United States. Fighting was reoprt- ed between Nazi and Romanian sol - dters. M','"-'';v'';' - '. ! -A proclamation by young King Ml- hal, read over the Bucharest radio, k said aU hostilities ' against the Red Army as wen as Romania's state of - war with Britain and America would cease "from this moment." ":" ' Russian armies were stabbing into 1 Romania; r to within 1ST miles of Bucharest and threatening the Ploestl oil fields as the announcement went on the air. ' tr Romania, the , King said, will fight . 1 "at the side of, the Allied Army and with their help." ",' ''There was- no - immediate official confirmation of the royal proclama tion by any of the three Allied na tions, but London showed no inclina .tlon to doubt the broadcast the first crack in Hitler's Balkan structure, Prime Minister Churchill has been in Italy tor more than a week and presumably had a hand hv the events i leading up to Romania's decision. On August J Churchill told the House of Commons, . "Russia has, of fend generous terms to Romania and I havte no doubt that they would be . . accepted with gratitude by the Ro " man lan people it only the Romanian . ' leaders had not a Prussian : pistol pressed closely against their breast or ax the nape of their neck." That same day Foreign Secretary ..Wen said 'Britain had concurred in . . the terms before they were offered. - The King's proclamation indicated! .. the terms offered Romania : would .help tn routing the Qennan'- forces - Xrom Inside her borders and recov ry of Transylvania from Hungary, , which was t?i the provluee by Hlt , let in the VlciuiA. award of August, The United Nations have recog nised the injustice of the dictate of Vienna, under which Transylvania was " torn from us." the King said. "At the ' side of the Allied Army and with their help we will cross the frontiers -unjustly Imposed upon us at Vienna." , Wt Interpretatloa 4n Ijondon f --this t phase of the King's proclamation was that- Romania: would not be accepted ai tn ally, but as a co-belligerent in :'i the category of ltiuy..rv.f!.i'i;- Italy provided an example for the ' Salkan power by her withdrawal from the Axis under Allied blows last year. The main points of the proclamation as broadcast were: - Premier Marshal Ion Antonescu has -resigned and, a new national govern " ' xoent will be formed, beaded by Gen. . 'iKonstantln Saaatescu.. ; y , .' ' 1 Romania will not be an ally bit the ' TJnJted Nations, but will take her fate v In her own hands and will fight ' against "the enemy." "All citizens must rally around the throne." - Romania rejects the Vienna award jmder . which Romania lost great part: of the province of Transylvania . to Hungary in August 1940." Loss of that territory and the loss of Bessarabia and parts of Bucovina and Moldavia to Russia two months earlier was followed by the abdication , of King Carol in September 1940, ' COUTITY AAA HICEIVES siCF;:j::iT u:nnx tsas 8ee4 Are Now Beady For Delivery; ' . Applications Should be v Filed ,, A shipment of Austrian Winter Peas has Just been received by the Union .County AAA. -These seed will be han dled. for the. AAA, by some of the Seed Dealers In the County who have greed to handle them. v ; The seed are now, ready tor deliv ery and farmers desiring to obtain them should file application at the County AAA Office at once. The seed wil lcost $7.40 per hundred pounds and the cost Is deducted from the farm payment Fanners may file ap plica'Oon and get the seed at the same tire. - i: e County Cce is asking that all 1 rs take ncte of f'le t t f t the 1 i AAA Frc:ain is a s .-l I--- nm only. " --'' r I i f r s ! - i i. Tl .Is i 7 out t ? t r ' Air : Home On Leave - r L MARVIN SMITH CAENES 0 'Pharmacist Mate S-C Marvin Smith Carries, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Rogers, of RS, Monroe, Is spend ing a IB-day leave here with relatives. He is stationed at Ola the, Kansas, and has beenln- service 16 , months. He would be glad to hear from his friends back home and be receives his mall care Dental Dispensary, Olathe. Kan. Require The To ; Demobilize Nazi Defeat ' May Release A F.IHIion Men From The -Services - k STATES DXAFT OFFICIAL MaJ. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, 'na tional director of Selective Servlee Monday forecast release of between I 000,000 and XOOO.000 men fro mthe armed forces after Germany falls. He indorsed the Idea of "gradual demobilization" when all . hostilities cease with Japan's defeat, but admit ted that ft "unpopular because when the war is over, people want their boys to come home." 4 u Discharge of a portion of America's fighting men when the Nazis .collapse will not be accomplished "tn one day," the draft !chlei cautioned.' -faAX t "It we. let out, 1,000 an hour, it- will stiu take in months to get . rid or,a,- 'm'ii ra jjuu.uu men. am bbio. ,v -.c.ley -plalned ithat graduar de- moblllaetion Is desirable because ,"we know that when the saturation point is reached we will not gain very much by nutting men' but where .they can't be reabsorbed." "We can keen people in the Army about as cheaply as we could create an agency for them when they are out," he said. . . ' -- The General disclosed that Selective Service now is taking from 70,000 to 100.000 men a month, and he Indicated that the draft will continue to oper ate at this rate after Germany signs an armistice. " 's; iu.:'.. v -' ' ART.IY FUXSUES GERT.IANS PAST RETAKEN PARIS Nasie Claim Z.000,00 Locked In The ' - .;' inTasioa Battle. An Amnrk!an armored ssearhead lanced on IS miles virtually unopposed across the heart of France last nigmi 80 miles southeast of liberated Paris cutting the ground steadily from be neath German armies now in retreat toward the Reich's frontier. . ' "The main battle for France is al ready over," declared Associated Press Correspondent : Harold Boyle, who watched V. 6, tanks drive 15 miles east of Sens to within 150 miles of the German border with no sign that the Germans were rallying for a stand. Truckloads of, prisoners streamed back in the wake of toe American ad vance, but ; there ; was not a single smoldering enemy vehicle to indicate the enemy had put up a determined fight, said his dispatch, datelined "En Route to Berlin."' ;.: Only swarms of German warplanes fought against this peril to the Ger man border. ,i3:--''u' i . Supreme Headtaarters . lifted - the cloak of secreey only enough to report t.h thrust east of Sens, which is.'W mUes southeast of Paris, and to W- rr. t ' :,--rtt of the noose aoouv -v.." - . , , - or t s r' e t f ; , r,or-s" st of Par'i f i-om the -' 1 r-n- E i i. V T t !- . 1 T a-r e ;- a c II i 15 r f 1 t r 1 J r 5 s e c r v. ' t .' ' at i " : t RoYefl Case Goes To Jury Expect Verdict Thb After- . noon In Local Murder?' N , Trial ' : ''',' OTHER CASES ARE HEARD Cletus RowelL 33, one-armed textile worker,- went on . trial tor his life Tuesday morning In Superior Court here, for the first degree, murder of his uncle, Zeb D. Benton, : 64, last June, and last night the Jury was locked up, following compeltlon of the evidence. -: , r .f;:'" .. ''": ; This morning the argument was concluded and Judge F. Donald Phil lips charged the Juryy.-- ? ''"! From the State's evidence, - It was shown than Benton .was killed on the afternoon of June 14 as he sat on the porch of his sister, Mrs. Henry Rowell, mother of , the defendant, reading 'a newspaper. ; Mrs. Roy Broome, who lived in the house of a sister, across the street. testified that Rowell came to the end of the porch, and shot his uncle with After deliberating for an hoar . and fifteen minntes, the Jury In the Rowell murder case this ejfter noen rendered verdict of first . degree murder with reeenunenda , Uon of mercy.: Jndge Phillips, 1m , mediately thereafter, passed the death penalty, ' setting Friday September 29,. 1944 as the date of execution.. Rowell, through his at torney, W. B. Love, filed notice of appeal. : Sheriff Nlven and .his deputies wffl take Rewen to the State penitentiary, Friday. With the eoncmsion of the . Rowell case; the. week's tens of - criminal coart adjemrned. - A term of errn eenrt win convene Monday l' a shotgun, , as hor sat hr a chair on the-porch. As he staggered to his feet and reached for the door, Rowell shot again and) his uncle fell Just in side the halL Sheriff Frank Nlven testified that he was called to the scene of the shooting and found Benton in' dy ing condition. After calling an am bulance, he started in search of Row ell ,who had left the scene, T About a . mile; from the home. State .Patrol man Greene found Rowen in a -fluid and brought him to Jall. ,i ? Taking the stand in his own behalf. Rowell declared: that he-and his un cle had .had several arguments arid !.. A. m 2 m 1 1 a . ft- . I'' " u no was airaio m mm. tie swore that' on' the aftemoonof the shoot- lng, when he passed by his mothers home, his uncle cursed him and made a , move -for his right pocket, pulling out a pistol. He said that he then ran to his sister's home nearby, se cured, a shotgun, loaded. ; and then started to his own home across the street ' He said that he remembered firing one shot .when his uncle Jump ed up from his chair but remembered nothing more until he came to him self Just before: Patrolman Greene found him. : He admitted to having bad a previous court record but re iterated that he was erased with fear and knew little of the actual shoot ing. , y.':;;4.,:; - The regular grand Jury of which J.. ; W. Laney is .foreman, completed its work and adjourned Monday after noon. J. p. Belk, a member of the standing grand Jury, Jailed to appear Monday and the Judge had a fine oi $20 entered against him. Presumably this will be omitted when Mr.- Belk appears with an explanation.. - Robert Lunson Robinson or Blake- ley, who killed his wife In Lanes Creek township was sentenced to 28 to SO years in State's prison on a plea of second degree murder. The charge was first degree murder but as the evidence developed the Judge and so licitor became convinced that the man does not have sufficient mental ability to plan a murder in advance, iU. B.IUUm .Mft4-Ajt Y mIaa f and the Solicitor accepted, the plea of second degree. ' , ..: James Columbus - Asncrait , pieaa guilty of manslaughter in having kill ed a man with an automobile, and was given three to five years in state pris on. A., y s ' In the case of Grover Newsome, charged with incest there was a pe culiar turn. His mother,, Mrs. Nancy Newsome, had shown in preliminary court that he was guilty of the deed. As a witness m this court she swore that he was not guilty. Thereupon the .Judge dismissed the case and ordered Mrs. Newsome taken into cus tody in lieu of a $5,000 bond, on a charge "of perjury. . . Raymond Tadlock got eighteen months on larceny-and receiving but it was suspended on condition that he remain of good behavior and not op--,te a motor vehicle during that t e. oitlow Mitchell got a double barrel f "rice for breaking and entering t larceny. Us is to spend 12 monJ: J . te chain girt and ftir that fve .9 In state pi .son. However, Jhe 5 years will be suspended on con n that he break no law durirj t t'rne. . v. Huntley - got 13 months f r ...t and batkry, with a -deadly . !,n. ' , , ' , 1 I t I t 11 A ' 9 C'v. ,'. . C i I THE LATEST, WAR NEWS ElEUEF New York NBC last i night aotod the Eadie AUantle, aeeret German la" - age station, as say ing thpt t port of Toulon was Im A' i i,-, tda, -. There was n ofoci i . London The Moacow radio said last night that "shooting between withdrawing- Romanian forces and . German troops' broke eat In sev eral places" the eastern front. ' ' . London-The Bratislava radio said last r' ht that the Slovak Government "held a meeting and . discwsed , errant problems," -and that ' import, nt , decisions were ;talwj:-vs.o -".., ' - General Headqnarten, ' South west Paotflc Bombers from the . Sooth west Pacific started large - fires In raid vpen Davae In the , Philippines, headqaartera ' . . an . noonced yesterday. . .,.'-..?'. Xi. ,.(f : .. v . ' , - ' U. S. Paeifie .Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbors Sinking of ; two cargo ships, with a third set afire, near Chichi Juna In teh Bonln , Islands DX-navy search Liberators was announced yesterday by A dm. Chester W. Nlmlts. , s New York The German sm-- bassador 1 to Switzerland was re ported by the secret German lan guage station Radio Atlantik last ; night to have asked the Swiss gov ernment for asylum for Pierre Laval. NBC recorded the broad- Men In Service CpJ. Mffls In Italy, , With The Fifth Army, Italy-Cor- j poral Theron a..mius M Monroe, a member of a gun crew manning a 40 millimeter Bofar anti-aircraft weapon, recently lamented the lack of targets on the Fifth Army front in Italy. r His weapon hr becoming obsolete from lack of use, the corporal com' plains. :A':i ;.,''-. ;,s, Mills' unit made the Italian inva sion, landing at Paestum before the lnrantry. Cinmanded by Lieutenant txuwei, KODem i uarnson, or nquo ton Texas," their mission was to pro tect e beach from frequent Luft waffe attacks on the harbor. Enemy planes flew over the area with Teu tonic regularity and stubbornness, in hoasijf ,"'&J men were kept busy knomgumowna arjy lng them .away. o 1 As the campaign progressed, the ad- nnratrf with dlvlslnnal Alemanta. mov ing frequently due to swiftly changing tactical situations. - At . Casino tney were credited with shooting down sev eral planes. . ; , .-. ' In one drive, they used' their Bofor as field piece, firing at enemy for-, nations. - This practice was dangerous in that tracer shells used by the gun make it easy to spot the position when the piece is fired in horizontal trajec tory. : i ';yr:-: CpL Mills Is a gunner 'and Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mills, who live oh Route 3, Monroe. " .. 'W '.-;j M Av m i A('iAi i.)A: PFC Bfll Presson iwho has recently received his wings at Tyndall Field, Fla., has come for a fifteen days fur lough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Presson, before going to Lincoln, Neb., for further training. L , 'Seaman S-6 Bin Rawb hasrecentiy returned here from , Italy an; will spend his leave with Mrs.: Rawls at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Reece Winchesters .AA-A AA$. A AA'A' ". :v.' 1 ' vT.i Major Clark In England AAi ''; Major John N. Clark is a Squadron Executive Officer in a Liberator Group in England, states a release from an Eighth Air Force Liberator Station In England. He is a. resident of Monroe " 1 i VI Ift.wjt 'msfjatn sTtlawV and is well known here. Major Clark has been overseas tor the past, two years..; v::'A' fA ;'",;.:7.? ?.',::' The' all-Important Job of ' heavy bombardment Group Is to drop bombs as many bombs as possible en the target," said CoL John H. Gibson of Hinsdale, Illinois, who commands this veteran Liberator Group. "Not every one can be In the air, but everyone has an Important part tn the bomb dropping, and every Job is necessary." This Group has done a good deal of bomb dropping since the commence ment of the Battle from Britain. Well In to Its second hundredth string of missions Its blows have been felt in nine separate countries. Operating from windswept airfields In England and sand bound bases in Africa, its men have shot hundreds, of enemy airplanes from the sky and have help ed to destroy the plants that turn out the replacements tor these losses. ICaJ" Winia-t t Home ' Afr participate t In t"- lnva-iojis cf i i KT. va, and I-'y, Ia- j-T V. IL Williams 1 s returned to . i:e has i awey from 1 a 11 r'onths, 1 t .eres no. ir.g l.s I " rer wou I l'e more t..an t) r 1 ' n tell I 1 s e-'-er;-. nee s, tit tie thli.: Kfl'i homtiown I " Ions i' . 1 j.StS . ( '-en, r. T ..nnr : . Vs.. and i i Ms r 1 e r i t t- -rd t i , 1 f .1- r 'irn 1 i ; s 1 C'i : s r a Z nm.-"Xy. 'iA':M A- A - A' Union. County's New Paralysis ; Case Reported Mineral Springs Youth Is The . Third Victim In County . This Season- PUBLIC AGAIN WARNED Dr. Clem Ham, county health officer today stated that another case of in fantile paralysis had developed In. the county, making a total of three cases in the county, thus far. " ..! :. The victim is Raeford Helms, age 8, jot Mineral Springs. . The youth was stricken. Friday afternoon hut nr. Ham was not called until Sunday, at whicn time he made a tentative diagnosis of the case as Polio and immediately isolated the victim. ,tA- . , Monday afternoon he made another visit to the sick child and confirmed his previous diagnosis of the case, and immediately took the victim to Me morial hospital ' in Charlotte, where the case was hospitalized. Two cases of Polio have previously been reported in t the county. The first case was never hospitalized and was released from quarantine several weeks ago. - The second case, was hos pitalized and has since been receiving treatment in a Charlotte hospital. There are no active cases In the coun ty, all such cases having been removed to 'hospitals, where they are receiving treatment. x:.-: Dr. Ham expressed his appreciation for the cooperation of the public in general and called attention to the ruling passed by the Union County Board of Health : In special session, Monday, July Slst, which states: "Be it further resolved that all churches,' theaters, swimming pools, playgrounds, nurseries, or other places where children might congregate or assemble on the streets or In private homes. Scout camps, family reunions, camp meetings, or any other assem blage be closed to all children sixteen years of age and under, until such time as the Board of Health of Union county deems it advisable that these restrictions be lifted. - v This action taken under authority vested in the County Board of Health under Section 7085, Article 8, Public Health Laws of North Carolina. Any person , or persons Who violate the above regulation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not ex ceeding $50.00 or imprisoned not ex ceeding thirty days. - ' . A; -- This action in no way alters or af fects the resolution of the - Union County Board of Health, : dated July 36, 1944, which requires that any child under" sixteen years of ere coming into Union county- from ,n - Infected area be placed in quarantine for a period of twenty-one days." . .y, i FBI AGENTS VfCTIMS " , : OF MANY HEADACHES '-v-.', ?'r"--AAi . " ' Camp '. Sntton Officers Hear Special .-'. .Agent E. C Kennefiy, , j Activity which ranges from tracing the fata of a missing tanker from the clue of a human hand found In a shark's stomach to Operating a secret shortwave radio set on behalf of double-double-crossing German spy, bent on trapping his Gestapo masters. Is all routine grist for the war-time mill of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, Special Agent Eward O. Ken nelly told Camp Sutton officers yes terday afternoon. s;'i.A-,:-A'Ai Speaking before the regular Monday orientation meeting tor officers spon sored by the Information, and Educa tion branch a new Army department organized last week to replace . the Morale . Services division Kennelly traced the five-fold growth of - the Bureau from its p re-Pearl .Harbor, 900-man, anti-gangster days to its present strength as the nation's, chief Internal security agency. To his- present post with the Char lotte Field Office of the FBI, where he has served six months, Agent Ken nelly came; from Bureau headquarters to Washington.' His assignment to the oragnlzation's nerve -center, where al cases of national scope are co-ordinate, followed shortly after his grad uation from. Harvard University Law School and put him in a position o' view the Bureau's expansion during the past four years. v ; Although he outlined a number of spectacular cases, such as that of the unwilling spy a naturalised 'American who was forced Into his role through threats to his family, but who outwit ted his persecutors, contacted the FBI through American consular ' oQcials and led his Hlmmlerlte. associates into m trap Kennelly pointed out that much FBI work connected with the war-effort was more laborious than glamorous. - ' ' : ' realuted, had brought ,:. hundreds v of cases of fraud In Its train, as well as opportunities tor sabotage. The ex pansion of the armed services had deluded the Bureau with more than a quarter-million draft-evasion Investi gations. "Lady Bluebeards" had set out on marrying sprees In attempts to collect multiple Army or. Navy al lotments. - ' v Investigations it Army or Navy In stance reveaied startling oddities to human bi havior under war-titie pnr- cholcslcal sUmulus. A"int I p,m recounted the case of Cu... r "i.-e-box com-nf,po," a Kavy rr wi:o b"'"-'-.t an c .;tr's v t a b-eerl i, n p-.-.-. .1 1 5 f r tt V t C t ' K Assigned To LST .GEORGE C YOUNG, JR. , George Toung, O M 2-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Young, is preparing! lor duty ' With the amphibious forces aboard an LST Landing Ship, Tank-r one oi trie biggest ships in the Navy's invasion fleet. , ' - George Young has been assigned to the crew of an LST at the Amphibious Training Base, Camp, Bradford, .Va, Where he is going through the strenu ous training required of bluejackets wno man the beach-bitting tank car riers. "'"3"-,"".V''.V;.V'"J 'i-. t, ; : Heavier than a modern destroyer, the 300-foot LST lands assault trops and equipment directly onto - enemy beachheads, " under the protective bombardment of heavy warships and wavy pianes. -t i'-'';:; Despite its . size and weight, the landing vessel Is designed to navigate shallow approaches to hostile beaches, spilling Its troops and tanks ashore through huge cow doors.- V . Camp Bradford, where George - is stationed, is one of a group of bases operated by the Amphibious Training Command of the U. 6. Atlantic Fleet along , the eastern seaboard. -, The Bradford base alone Is readying thou sands of Navy men to operate the ships of the amphibious fleet, fast growing toward Its year-end goal of 80,000 new landing craft Oeorge entered the servlee on Au gust 10, 1943 and received special training m Baltimore, Md, and New York and other points. - 1 NevrPahel For Ration : Board Members Of Public Relations , Panel Administered Oath r, On Wednesday DUTKS : At a meeting held yesterday morn lng in the office of the local War Price and Rationing Board, Mrs. Loo T. Fogle of Mt Airy, representative of the Charlotte district office of Price Administration organized the Public Relations Panel of the Union County War Price and Rationlno- Board. Members who were administered tneT oath of office at the meeting- yesterday morning, were J. Howard Williams, chairman;; W. R. Klrkman, representa tive of the city schools and Rev. Jack T. Akin, representative . of the city churches, and Z. Bright Tucker, rep resentative of the press. It is under stood that other members will be add ed to the panel at the next meeting which will be held Tuesday evening. As outlined by Mrs. Fogle yesterday, the Public Relations Panel has two basic responsibilities: 1. To provMe citizens with accurate day by day, week by week Information, necessary for Intelligent cooperation ' with our wartime rationing and price control, 3. To create community-wide underi standing of Just how the program protects all ' people, . consumers and sellers alike, and to build respect tor the vit&I work being done by the War Price and Rationing Board. The District Office of Information is located lrr Charlotte, lit Is offi cially called the Western North Caro lina District and is composed of forty six extreme western counties of the State. -.."'. ' ; - -In order xto reach everyone tn this district and to a?ord bedrock dlsseml nation of Information about the alms, purposes and methods of the OPA, the Public Relations Panel has been formed. V- - --' From time to time, the local Public Relations Panel will issue such Infor mation and news as may be , of Interest to the publio, In general concerning the rationing 'program. Dt kz:.:czy tr r .3. lausa e. v - TIT-ZATT. Mrs. Laura E. "P watt, 71 years cf e, well-known c.:;:en of res"';;r 1, , t1 & C died IVMay at her hon.e v 1 1 a heart a" ru"rfJ t Tn! were Y' at 5 p. n r '.;Jr.y at t e r."- ! l 1 r ' I :o ti ar.J 1 v. 1 t I iiJfiht 'I , n' - u tcrv at -r r 1. l..rs. I"-'- t v-: t 1 1 1. 'a J,! n T. 1 T"' f - 1. , 1 It ' 1 , ..t I ... ' ! t n V e.4.f 'V-' ' lbs " C ": dH Sunday The City Tracks T'sssed Cy r.Ien:bers Of. Lioss Club ; Till r.!ake Collection Ccl!::t MAYOR GIVESrsUFPORT v-v;;-V? "v- ., - A Sunday Is the big day ' the Lions Club and many patriotic Individuals of Monroe -and Union county have ? been preparing for the day that the first county-wide collection of scrap ' paper for the war effort will be made . in Union county. - And with the big day almost here, . W. T. Wall,, president of the Lions Club, and others who have been re- : sponsible for the leadership In the campaign, are expecting the scrap -paper to come In by the thousands of pounds until the goal of 50,000 pounds of more has been obtained, ' Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the big canvass will begin, -when approxi mately forty members of the Lions : Club attired In work clothes, will, with transportation furnished by the City Sanitary Department and other pa triotic truck owners, call upon every , home ' in Monroe, Benton Heights, ' North and West Monroe. These trucks will be manned by Sanaitary Depart ment employees. M -; In connection with the drive. Mayor . V. D. Sikes, yesterday added his offl dal support to the campaign by lssu- lng a proclamation, designating Bun- ' day, August 27 th, as "Collection Day and urged every citizen to have some part In the drive. - . Mayor Sikes described the Urgent need for scrap paper and asked that all citizens gather up their waste pa per and place hV In bundles on the sidewalks in front of their residences, Sunday morning, so that It will be ready when the trucks come by In the early afternoon.' In the rural sections where no col lections have been scheduled, residents are requested to take their scrap paper ' to the nearest collection station, where " It will be collected and brought to the central collection station In Monroe, Trucks will call for It at Monroe, from whence it will be taken to the mill for Kprooessing. - . . - in Monroe, a large tent win be erected on the vacant lot m front of the Quality Chevrolet Co.. and people v In the country are asked to bring their ' bundles there any time on Saturday. Local residents who expect to be out of the city on the day the collection is made, can leave - their bundles at . , the Quality Chevrolet Company this weex, ana it will be turned over to the-proper: authorities.-----' Ai. " At Marshville; 4rucksTufnished by R. P. fitegall and manned bv Bor Scouts, will cover the town beginning , ai a ociocx. polks from the country are asked to bring their waste paper , on Saturday to the fitegaU warehouse , in Marshvllle and the T. R. Nlsbet warehouse at ; Waxhaw. ; v S In Wingate. the ooUectlon ' staftinn , win be at the Perry Mill Company unaer tne direction of Sam R. Gaddy At Mineral Springs, the collection sta- s tlon Is located at Coan's store. Peonle , living In these communities are re quested to leave their bundles at the a oove named places. , NEWS AI.D EVETiTS C? : m week fho:i wit;gate 03y Mrs. Benson E. Bivens) Mrs. Stovall of Badln. has neen visiting Mrs. C. B. Mcmtyre, ' , - Miss Bessie Gaddy has returned from Chesterfield, S. C, where she visited her sister. Mrs, W. J. Douarlas. Thomas Perry and Woodrow Griffin have gone to Akron, Ohio, where they will work. Messrs. Perry and Griffin formerly worked at Camp Sutton. . Miss Maggie H. Burgess of Kings tree, S. 43, has been visiting Mr, and, Mrs. Bruce Bivens. , , , Mrs. R, ' Burns Hinson. Mrs. Tom P. Lowery and Miss Gloria Lindsey spent the week-end In Florida with Pvt. Tom P. Lowery and Join T7. I-owery who are in the service. e in Florida they also visited Mr. aud U-s. Henry Cox. : y"; - - Clyde Bivens of Charlotte visited Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. chaney durir j the week-end. - Miss Dean Smith of Ooldiboro and a former student of Wir-nte Junior College visited Dr. and 1 us. A. F. Hendricks during the wetk-er.i. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thavr cf r"i Point are vlsltln? his r s 1 r. and .Irs.W. L. They sr. On last Sunday evenl. t t j t - dellphted to have in our c. a at the r-nust church l ev. -tor of I st Baptist church : . Ite?s l.'oward Wlan s t . IT- vbi-k. 1 ...a.' --ry r ' i r '. ' d"i, cf l..jnroe, fits v. i l "T rsrents. l.r. til t I .. son aM x . f 111.'
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