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i i i r Partly cloudy to cloudy and little temperature change today with intermittent-rains. Warmer Tuesday. Sunset today, 7:55 p. m.; sunrise Tuesday, 6:63 a. m. ' ;. L.w..w i - w.i'r. W , - '-,.( ,v I Cotton, short, lb 21 Wc to I'o i f . f lit t ' I If j , -notton, long, lb. .. .. .. 2c to a 'j O, -" Seed, bushel ., .. .. 70 '1 f i ( . . i Jit r . . i '" . ' a ... " PUBLEJIFJ) OM MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ' "T ''.!, . ' f f . ....:.-4v . . v. GVENTY-SEOOND YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, ..MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1944 8-MONTHS, 75c i 6-MONTHS, $1.25 ESill-WEEKLY, $2X3 A" .YE AH 75.CC3 Pcuntli O ) Collected In , Campaign Sponsored By The 4 Uzki CrJ Nets. Large ; ,.M' ;: x Aiaocat Of .papier ANOTHER DRIVE SOON Members of the Monroe lions Club iwere out to full force yesterday, la ' spite of a drizzling rain and low tem peratures and collected 75,000 pounds , of waste paper in a drive, which took them through the city and outlying v areas: ' ' ;; , W. T. Wall, president of the Lions lub which sponsored the campaign said that excellent cooperation was re-- ceived from all sections of the county, with large quantities being collected , t Marsh vtlle and Wlngate.C through the efforts of R. P. Stegall and Mr. , Tlitt of Marsh vllle and Sam R. Oaddy of Whigate, who" were in charge of the collections at these, places. In "Waxhaw and Mineral Springs, a good showing was made although Waxhaw lias already had several such cam , palgns under, direction of the Business Mens Club. '-, :: s.' '- ' ' Another drive Is planned for the near future ' at which tlhe Mr. Wall - says it is hoped to raise a goal of 100,000 pounds. He believes that this could have been attained yesterday had it not been ' for the inclement weather and the -failure of many to have their bundles ; of waste r paper ready for the -collectors when they oalled. , in event collectors failed to call for bundles yesterday, local residents are requested to store them until the next collection or take them to the Quality : Chevrolet Co., where storage will be ;. made. :- - ..;. .;'.- -..- .v, ' '-- ' Proceeds derived from the sale of . the paper will be used in civic projects undertaken by the club. At s recent meeting of the Club a check for $100 ' "was presented to the Bed Gross to be. used in buying supplies for packing overseas kits, which are presented to the boys at the port of embarkation. The initiative and energy of lions i Club, plus the cooperation and pa ' trioUsm of the people both urban and rural, m the waste paper crusade, ;have borne rich and rare fruitage. ' The members of the club are to be highly complimented . for launching this effort and for the , heavy-duty work which they gave to the Job of seeing tnat tne paper which had been made available was corral ed and haul ed in. ' ' - - - - By the same token, the civilians of tne ommiiattyar-ntltied-'to a re sounding salute for the response they ,,made to the campaign and for having ; so neartuy lent themselves to this im portant patriotic enterprise. ' It was a dramatic exhibition of - teaming up for this essential war ser- -vice on the part of both the Lions club afti the public. ' REDS SAY ROMANIANS ; RIUST FIGHT AXIS FOE S?;'i ,yf ,;..'". ; ' T'n'i':'--, ,-: ' ' '.Russia has officially Informed 'Ro mania she must earn an armistice ; with the Allies by ordering her troops ' to fight "hand in hand with the Red Army" during the remaining days, of - the war. - -,.,,;',-.. , ?..-, v. -4 Such assistance "is the only means for speedy, cessation of military oper ations oh Romanian territory and for the signing of an armistice," said a statement issued by the 8ovlet Oom mlsarlat for Foreign Affairs. The broadcast Mescow statement, first official reply from an Allied Gov ernment to Romania's announced de cision to 'accept Allied peace terms, came simultaneously with reports that Washington and London .were con sidering a Bulgarian armistice move, ' Dealings with Bulgaria, It was re ported in authoritative circles In Lon don, were initiated by a petition de livered to Sir Hughe M. Knatchbull ' Hugesson, British Ambassador In Tur key, by an accredited representative of the Sofia Government. It was be lieved any terms would , be based on unconditional surrender. ' f i " ? From .various quarters came reports that Romanians already were begin ning to fight the Germans. Moscow said Romanian soldiers were surren dering in droves as the twopronged T'u an offensive drove deeply into Northwestern Romania and Bessara bia. ,. '. The Soviet Foreign Commlsarriat made it clear that Romaninn troops would be welcome Allies e'tlser ia lie!plng drive the Gcnftiss from Ito ranla or in atfacU'.rj t.e i:.i"saiins t .roiirh Tranjrivaiun, half of ml.;, a B'-pped from Komanla in t. e 1 ) Vlerma dictate and given to l- -y. ' ! a thus rve t'-tirj to rv"i r' s r""iui- i if' -I of r l- : - ; s l t . Vaste Papsr Drive Yesterday Visiting Minister' REV. DAVID F. BROWNING RALEIGH MISTER TO SPEAK HERE WEDNESDAY Missionary To British Honduras wm - OT v m A T -tt t ; .1 ! Rev. .David F. Browning of Raleigh, will apeak at the Monroe Church of the Kasarene Wednesday Sight at 8:00 Rev. and Mrs. . Browning have been appointed by the General Board of the Cnuroh of the Naaarene as mis sionaries to Belize, British Honduras. Rev. Browning's address to the local church will be in the Interest, of for eign missions. j-jV? v. During the' past four 'years Rev. Browning has been pastor of the Naaarene Church in Raleigh. There be built the first Naaarene church to be constructed In the vicinity of the capltol city. Rev. Browning Is a grad uate of Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kq. OBe Is the son of Ray mond Browning, noted sotuhern evan gelist and superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene In the state of North Carolina. luviera Iotos Fall;To? Yaiilcs t " ' , ; , y " iy Sudden Lunge Eastwards En- velopes Famous French - Resorts t . ITALIAN BORDER NEAR American troops, lunging suddenly eastward from the Riviera beachhead in southern France, haw - captured the famous resort towns of Cannes and Antlbes, and are fighting forward less 'than 20 miles from the-Italian frontier. ' : .' Nice, within short artllelry range of the advancing Tank forces, was ex pected to fall at any hour. ; Other swift Allied columns drove methodically toward ' the . heart ct France and a Junction with ' Gen. Elsenhower's victorious forces In the north. - A headquarters communique said forces probing into the delta of the great Rhone valley were close to Aries and Tarascoiy river town only a few miles apart. .-: ; ' ' (A German high command com munique - Indicated that, a general enemy retreat was In progress up the Rhone valley toward Lyon, wmcn had. been reported in the bands of French patriot forces.) ; ' ; ' Bitter fighting still ' raged, in the naval base of Toulon, where French troops drew their ring of steel tighter about a stubbordly-reslstlng Nazi gar rison. A heavy Allied attack had been launched to wipe out the alst four pockets of Germans in Marseille. Two German generals and 5,020 prisoners had been captured in . the Marseille area in the last 73 hours. - ' American units driving westward from Baton, north-west of Marseille, were reported within less than eight miles of the city of Aries on the Uione river. Another Yank column pounding along the Durance valley was approaching Avignon, , on the F.fNwe north of Aries. tvUl c:..cially unconfirmed was the report from Switzerland that ad-v-no- J- Arerlfan units had reached ti.e t s b .' t prnr Geneva. How-' evr, f . t a:,;; Ki columns habitually f r in ec'.v -.--e of tne roaln body tt 1 t ' - 5 r 1 it VI tnVy . i If I f 1 c.l L,.uvS i 1 t e 1 f e i t-.e in , '. i " s f i i a ' i f I l a IS ? ( ! ) i f WINGATE JR. COLLEGE . OPENING IS POSTPONED Term Will Begin Sept. 19tkr Flan - Debt Faymeat Celebration.' At the suggestion of the State Board Of Health and the Board of Health of Union county, the opening date lor Wlngate Junior College has been post poned from September 1, until Sep tember 19. L Although, . there is no Polio around Wlngate, College au thorities are anxious to cooperate with the Health Departments In every pos sible way. .: ::''!,..'-.' The College has recently leased a large building in town ' for a boys' dormitory and ' the rooms are rapidly ruling up. A hoc air system Is being Installed and the boys will have the very ' best " accommodations for the school year. ' 'The girls', dormitories are being renovated and the sanitary fixtures are -being over-hauled. A number of fixtures have been installed In the kitchen and quits a bit of other work is also being done. The College authorities hope, to have the plant In excellent Shape for the 'opening on September Students will arrive on the 18th. The B; 8. TJ. pre-school retreat will be held on the 16th. This will be directed by Miss Elizabeth Hutchens of Newton. The first faculty meeting wil be held on the evening of the ' 18th.-:;j ' On the afternoon of September 33, a celebration will be held In the Col lege auditorium due to the fact that the College debt has been paid In its entirety. An excellent program Is being arranged. Dr.' Luther Little, pastor emeritus of the First Baptist church of Charlotte, will be the pruv cipal speaker of the occasion. llRiuSS In Tire Quotas Total For; September Much Leu lhan Number r or VVVVJ August; APPEALS TO MOTORISTS Drastic reduction of passenger tire quotas . from- the 19,752 allowed for August to 18,112 for September' was announced yesterday by the Charlotte district OPA office where officials ap pealed to motorists in western North Carolina to refrain from applying for new tires -unless the need Is for ex tremely essential purposes. -,, When' the August quotas became ef fective, .there were 14,p0tt Approyd'a pucauons tureaoy ua uuua in uis va rious rationing: offices throughout the district, and next week when the Sep tember quotas become available tne boards will still be approximately 11-000- applications, behind according, to Sam E. Knowles, mileage rationing of ficer for the diatricV'wv-.v-.v.rS'' ; If the boards Issued certificates on all their approved applications Sep- Henry Massey, chairman at the Tire Panel of the Union County - War Frioa and Rationing Board ; today stated, that andess motor ist is engaged In' highly essential. work or he is unable to drive Us ; ear at all, dne to the lack of Ores, the Tire Panel will not be in a po '. anion to consider the appUcaUoa. , The Panel urges motorista to . fram from making appboatlons, ; nnless the Urea have passed be yond the running stage. . Union -eountys tire quota for the month , ' of September is expected to be the lowest in recent months, doe to ' . the new tire shortage and only es- V aential motorista can be expected , to get any consideration from the . board. . -4 i i'vt: ;,.v " tomhor i ' thn thoxft would be only about 2,000 tires left ' for the whole western North Carolina in Beptemner. The reduction of the tiro quotas is said to be due, In part, to the rapidity of the invasion forces which i- are burning up tires mighty fast chasing Germans 'across-France. .yW;---'-''- TTtuto nmant. OPA refutations holders of both B and C gasoline ra tion books are eligible for new tires. The holders of these type ration books however, far outnumber the tires available lor distribution py tne ration boards.''-"- v-. ' .v-s.ifv'.; ; . Tha rtok tmHMjui Tiitv nlnced on the rationing boards the responsibility for picking out the most essential tire user from the mass of appllca- Hnrm Tho inH U a dleiAt nn and considerable agitation has resulted from tne lact that every moionji teen his need is the most essential. The OPA authorities yesterday ap pealed to the motoring public to co operate with the rationing boards ss much as possible, ana to use every mum tn Annurvn tire until the tres- ent crisis is ended and adequate tires can Deiurnisnea. , ; ; . ' U. S. T. ' S - : t" - T-r-- l j ' i ' - R. '.'dV'", i ! t s l. ?, ! - 1 ' :n i ' , i t . . . t ' - r - f o)9' - i . L' i i L - ; e ( i i jw.t o::eiiiive on the i...:ia f.oi.u '"al v.t','"-s In te ration's i ty Ncs . e -s, F'S- it t'-t rre " - t I lor wit i C'-'V-'wr 1 . y in t e r-s r. l, r t .- 1 c ' i i r 1 "1 l:i t' e s-ulhw-r-it SC- ( tf r- Men In Servicc3 T-Sgt Ckgg Sell Decorated With Air ; yh-&- Medal ;,, . -yA , Mrs. Clegg Sell,' who Is residing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.; Hal Love on West Franklin street for the dura tion, has received -the following letter from Set. ' Sell's 'commanding officer. telling of i the awarding of the Air Medal to her husband: v ; "Recently your , husband, Technical Sergeant Clegg B. Sell, was decorated with the Air Medal. It was an award made in recognition of. courageous ser vice to his combat organization, hi fellow -American airmen,' his country, his home, and to'you. , i-i i --, , 5, "He was cited f for meritorious achievement while participating in the Southwest Pacific Area from February- 15 to , April" 13, 1044.i "Your husband j took part in sus tained .operational . flight -' missions during which hostile contact was prob able and expectedr These flights In cluded bombing missions against ene my installations, shipping and supply bases, and aided Sonsiderably In the recent successes Jh this theatre. - "Almost every' hour of t every day your husbund, and the husbands of other American women, are doing Just such things as that here In the South west Pacific. . X- - T- -"Theirs IS a very veal and very tan gible contribution Ho victory to ; to peace. - -V I,'-. ' ; :;' Cr "1 would like to fell you how genu inely proud I am to 'have men such as your husband In my command, and bow gratified" I am to know that young Americans 'lth such courage and resourcefulness 5 are fighting our country's battle against the aggressor nations.' . J ' - : '"You, Mrs. Sell,' have every 'reason to share tnat pride and gratification." Sgt Lang In Med(terranean Area 'Staff Sergeant '-''Samuel Long. Jr, son of Rev. Sam Lonog and the late Mrs.- Lonog of Monoroe, Is a member of the B-29 Bombardment Group which has set the all-time record, of 500 combat missions over German oc cupled territory. , : . ' Five hundred la the largest number of attacks flows by any bombardment group, medium or heavy, In the Medi terranean Theater or operations, v During IB months of active combat sergeant Long's group has flown 000 sorties, logged 39,000 hours, drop ped 11,500 tons of high explosive bombs, sunk or damaged 305 German ships and damaged op destroyed 481 German aircraft, y, -Under the continuous, command of OoL . Anthon-.(a.. XIuBter, toe-am-bardment Group has participated In some of the most vital battles of the Tunisian, Sicilian, and Italian cam' palgns. . , This includes making sea sweeps at Tunisia, blasting airdromes at Sicily, giving close ground support to Ameri- tnan ground forces at Anzlo, and sink ing supply ships which were carrying food and munitions to enemy troops at Cassino. ' . ; More recently" , Sergeant Long's group has specialized in hitting bridges railroad yards, and other pinpoint targets with precision accuracy In the "operations . strangle" of y German forces in Italy. This type of bombing has cut the enemy routes of supply and scrambled his system of commu nications."' -. . r : , Sergeant Long has' been overseas 30 months and is serving as a clerk in his B-25 unit. -tr. a'i.vh'';vviv The B-25 bomber Is the famous BlOy Mitchell medium aircraft which made the Initial attack upon Tokyo. Pvi "Charles T. Teagle, who; was Inducted into the Army July 20, 1944 at Fort Bragg is now stationed at Camp Croft, 8. C- to. begin his basic training in the Infantry. His ad dress Is Pvt. Chas. T. Teagle S4868811 Co. A, 4lst I T B, Camp Crort, S. O. Pvt. Floyd Wonnded ' Mrs. J. P. Floyd of. R2. MarshvUIe received a message from the War De partment Monday, stating ' her son Pvt. Johnie Floyd had been slightly wounded In action In France on Au gust 7. Mrs. Floyd has since had two letters from her son saying he is get ting along all , right and not to worry. Mrs. Floyd has four sons overseas and another at Fort Bragg. Also son-in-law, stationed In Nevada.v,V;v:;"A Lt James H. Williams, civilian per sonnel officer, Ogden Air Service Com mand, Hill Field, Utah, has been transferred to Santa Barbara, Califor nia. Lt and Mrs. Williams' address Is: 13 B, West Flgueroa Street, Santa Barbara, Calif. Receives Psrpla Heart From Son m. T. BaUentine of 508 W. Windsor Street, received the Purple - Heart re cently from his son, T-Sgt. George B Ballentine, who is with the Fifth Army Front in Italy. Accompanying the s"!rd was a not sayirg he was wouri : i 1 ' y 18, IS I.. J.'r. I alien t' r 'v l two let- t"oi Owps ; h v sinik 1 aL-out t ct i I t:.tt he ., i a r I i t 1 s $ In t- i .1 t t a i i i : a half. . -r, I e 1. s r- vj J a since Le ts returned to Ms o . ..t 'and set..is to be getting along nicely. - r Liut Fhlllp Gravely, who has re- cr-.. y ref'-'ved his c - . .on sna vir- s end fcas been r ? a thr we" s l'-ave here wl'i 1 s f a nts, 1 r. and l.u. W. O. C iv, " '. las rw r--e to V. .:i Roc. s j. '1. C i.. . l.e take tiu.e aJvaiiwcd tra.iu. g. i r Jr., t vo hs rd a Tt U- - 1, i - 1. - ' r a 1 ? -. f ' - i g 1 r 1 e 1 -i 1 i . his ' e. 1 a, v FOOD PROSPECTS FOR ' ; ; 1945 APPEAR GOOD Civilians '' Win Have Ample Supply; '' ii -Fery- Few Shortages. .vK,.;'.---,' , v There's no food pinch In the offing for well-fed Americans. . Civilian food prospects for 1945 look "might good" to Lee Marshall, of Washington, di rector -. of distribution for the War Food ' Administration. ' ' ' ' Mr. Marshall said civilians will have as much to eat In 1945 as they've enjoyed this year or maybe more. we'll have very - lew shortages," he predicted. '"It looks like butter and some other fats will be short, but that's about all." -w.-;--- r.,...----y :..'v--.' ; A11 of which means that the United States is about the luckiest country in the world, the rotund director noted. "We've had eight uninterrupted years of good crops, especially the last three. Our fanners have done a remarkable Job In the face of many difficulties. God has truly been good to us." 'And Mr. Marshall feels there Is Utile reason for citizens to worry about our food shipments to Europe. He doesn't think this country is likely to go hungry because of them. "We'll proba bly have to help them until they get one crop raised, but that's about all," he said. "Most of them are resource ful people who are not as dependent on mechanization as we are." Mr. Marshall promises there will be no food dumping after this war, such as fololwed : World War I, much to the disaster of farmers and merchants. WFA Is safeguarding against this, he said, by buying no more food than Is actually necessary and by "learning how to dispose of food In an orderly, Busmess-iike manner." Agriculture should also be Benefited by another aspect of World War u: Apparently farmers will be 1 able to convert to peacetime production lev els In easy stages, far .more gradually than arte rthe last war., "II Japan fights on after Germany is defeated. as Is now expected, farmers . will be able to reduce production In accord ance with reduced war demands," he explained.. WACs In Italy , .. .Returning from a year's service as director of WAO operations In the Mediterranean area, Lieut-Col. Wee tray Battle Boyce reports that most of the 1800; WACS who originally went to Africa have crossed the Mediter ranean since the Italian campaign started and are now serving In Italy. She says that many of them wish, to stay after the war to serve In re habilitation work with the Army., v Aid To Parity Government Announces In crease Of Half Cent On Controlled Cotton ACTION TAKEN BY WFA The government announced yester day that the selling price of cotton owned or controlled by has been in creased 50 points or one-half cent a pound In a move to help to bring market prices , prices nearer the pari ty price goad sought by Congress. . The new selling, price Is 50 points above parity prices. The parity price for 15-18-inch k middling cotton of standard density stored in the south eastern mill area i 23.85 cents a poun&Y'.w.;-.,; . The ' government price exerts a strong influence on the market price. Decision to Increase the price was made by the War Food administration, the agency which controls , govern ment-owned cotton held by the Com modity Credit corporation, :: and tne Office of Price Administration In con nection with a provision of the price control extension act which directed the government to take "all lawful action" to t assure producers parity prices for cotton and other principal farm products. ' The margin of 50 points will not be reduced prior to May 1, 104S, unless the price of cotton should average above parity in an amount ana xor period of sufficient time to raise the question as to the adequacy of manu facturing margins under the celling prices for cotton textiles, wnicn are being computed for major items on the basis of parity .pnecs lor cotton. In that event, the sale price of gov ernment ootton would be reduced only In an amount sufficient to prevent the price from averaging above parity. The WFA and OPA agreed-also that no- celling price would be placed on raw cotton prior to May 1 below the price at which the government offers cotton. r :? . .- of the Navy gun crew aboard a mer chant vessel.. He enlisted on Septem ber 13, lSi . T e Navy gunner Is a gradual f ! . e t'! school find of Ot ic 1 ' -t 1 '.'ii'o. I-e was a.w . .. ...e iora C'ol.e, when he entju i t.e s rv' 5. - He is tne son of Mr. and Mrs. E.. R. Coble of 308 Blckett street ITaJor V""n.m tTears Etht Stars I" - )or w. H. vr;::: -rs, who partid r ' ' i In the Invasions cf North Africa, i .v. y and I.;-'y, hfs reUuned to h horv.e in l,';nroe afier 27 months cl S' rv -s r' rosi. lie Is on lrave ftun an r-.r y hrt "-1 vhe-e he t t i u:;.' .- ' t ti-Hi..-.cr.t. I'ajor s weais t .t f Vo:;j r Ko. ltd funr I r Woiid V. ar i;j. 1. -. - -1. 1-c (! i' r : it v- -, i 1 i 1,'S f i 1 C, 1 -i r IIpsJBrickAs Monroe Is! Included On Route No. 1 Of Proposed Nc;7 Airline 13 COIllPLETE COURSE -: NURSES AIDE TRAINING Capping Exercises Held Friday Eve- , ': nlng At HospitaL , The third class composed of thirteen members taking Red ' Cross Nurses Aide, training, - has completed the course. Capping exercises took place Friday evening at eight o'clock In the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital. The exer cises were . presided over by Mrs. Zell M. Coleman, superintendent - of the hospital. Rev. Harry D. Hawthorne, pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, gave the Invocation and an appropri ate talk was made to the class by Mrs. Coleman. Mrs. George S. Lee capped Bie members and presented a stripe to Mrs. Clarence Marsh for 150 hours of volunteer 1 work ; completed. Mrs. Marsh was s member of the sec ond, class to complete the 80 hours class room and training work. 4; ' ? Following received their caps;: Mrs. Vann, H. Baucom, Mrs. John Neal Clark. Mrs, 8. A. Hatley. Mrs. John Hearn, Mrs. Stacey Helms, Mrs. Henry Hinson, Mrs. H. M. Johnson, Mrs. Frank Lander, Mrs. Bruce Liles, Mrs. Hoyte Maness, Mrs.' Ira Tucker, Mrs. Reece Williams, and Mrs. Byron Wil liams. ;':J',iS,.'if'; rv A gift was presented by Mrs. Cole man, to each member at the conclusion of the exercises. Refreshments were served and an informal hour was en Joyed by the class and their friends. U.S.. Columns Cross Marne ' i;v-i-;"'-v,'i '" '.' 1 " - '. I ' -' -American Forces Sweeping NorUWard To Cut Off '? , ; Nan Escape 1 ' THREE DiiiVES STARTED . After virtually clearing all Germans from the Seine between ' Paris and Troyes, : TJ.. -8. armored ' spearheads wheeled northward yesterday" . In a move taking shape as a flanking drive against the retreat route of the bat-ejreOjsrman- Fifteenth-, army.rom, the channel coast to Belgium and the Reich. , ' " One dfhe" 'probing -spearheads reached the Marne in the vicinity of Lagny, 15 miles east of Paris and with 10 miles of Meaux, -where the Kaiser's armies were halted 30 years ago. Far to the 'southeast, forces which reached Troyes last week, thrust a column northward ' 13 miles toward Arcls-sur-Aube, encountering stiffened Nazi resistance. This force was but 118 miles from the Reich border. :. (The Algiers radio said TJ. S. spear heads had crossed the Marne at Vitry 45 miles southwest of VerdunJ Between Paris and Troyes ground trops mopped up small German pock ets by-passed in the -armored ad vance. ! Tank forces i also reached Pecy, Nangls and Provins aH south east of Paris between the Seine and the Marne and farther east drove to Romilly. i Between Paris and the mouth of the Seine there was activity of three types the British building up a bridgehead at Vernon to strike out probably in the direction of Beauvais, the Cana dians, and Belgians and Dutch engag ing in what one observer called a "fair-sized slaughter" of Nazi Seventh army remnants and the Americans cleaning ,- out German stragglers be tween Mantes and Paris. '. " In Paris itself , where Gen. Dwlght Elsenhower wss a Sunday visitor, the Germans have been eliminated from aH but a few Isolated strong points. As Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhoweer ar rived In Paris, his armies on the northwest i and southeast streamed across the Seine in great strength, driving the Germans pell mell from below the rocket coast toward Ger many, now only about 118 miles ahead of the rumbling TJ. a tank columns. ' The British Second Army and Cana dian : First Army , poured Into four bridgeheads , over the lower Seine, where Nazi resistance evaporated un der s tremendous artillery barrage, and struck out in a mighty pursplt aimed at the rocket coast. - Rouen and Le Havre were in dan ger of being enveloped, and the Ger mans already were reported evacuat ing the great port of Le Havre except for a few rearguards and demolition troops. ' , -,--'. . . - German resistance was broken at Melun, '25 miles southeast of Paris, ahere heavy f v.tlrg or.'y yes- Wd.v. r Air t -v t" ' ' "-1 I .-. 7 : -. i y l a t :i r ( "1 p ! t - -i ti 1 1 i f t 1 1 - r J . . . Sni. . H 1 i . 3 1 a ' . . with!n118 Biues of t,,e C . border. It as the C:st Tr?rt cf r to of r ? c rais..y 1 t '-ed C At 1 1 - s " e. ( f i ' r c - tf . '-"re H f i a i i .....1 f a c Application s Fl!ld To Oper- V ate Liael Server ti , Section' 5 ' ' ' PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED Monroe is included on one of nine ' proposed local airline routes laid out - by Piedmont Aviation, Inc., of Wins-; ton-Salem, which has filed application with the Civil Aeronautics Board for a certificate to' operate air routes for passengers, mail, express and property . pick-up service, it was announced to- piedmont Aviation,' headed by Tom Davis as president, Is seeking a cer tificate and necessity, eitner perma-. nent or temporary; , authorizing the scheduled transportation by sir of passengers, mail and property over 1 nine routes." , The service Is designed so as to give direct air transportation service to smaller towns throughout -North s , Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, Ten nessee, Ohio, and Maryland, by con necting them with larger cities having : through airline service. Points to be served include towns having a popu lation of from 878 up to cities having 155,000 1 population. ; Monroe, It la anticipated, would be ; designated as a regularly- scheduled . stop as soon as the proper landing fa cilities are completed, of the proposed airline routes, as differentiated from the smaller communities, which would be flag stoas and pick-up stations. Plants would stop regularly at the scheduled stops and would stop at flag stops only for passengers or -express originating ' or terminating at that particular point, -v 1 1 At points not having adequate air port facilities along the route, mall and express would be picked up from ' the ground by an automatic pick-up, device, as the plane flies low over s small ' open ' area. The plane would . then continue the flight without land ing. This system of mail and ex press pick-up has proved successful and is now being used In scheduled -operation for the Post Office Depart ment -over several routes throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, and Ohio. At the same time, the com pany proposes to serve several towns lying immediately adjacent to- those . having direct service, by messengers. Monroe is pn Route: 7 of the pro- . pooea ims wnicn ioui uj ei win Circle , route from ' Wins ton -Salem- ' vis, the intermediate points Elkin, North Wilkesboro. fcenolr, . Hickory, ' Morganton,. Marion, Ashevllle, Hender- sonville. Tryon, Ruthertordton, snemy, Kings Mountain, Gastonia, Charlotte, Wadesboro, Rockingham, Laurinburg, Lumberton, Whlteville, Wilmington, Burgaw, Wallace, Jacksonville, Beau fort, New Bern, Kinston, Goldsboro, Smithfleld, Raleigh, Durham, Hllls boro, Burlington, Greensboro. The routes, totaling 4,965 miles, would Include 76 scheduled stops, 94 flag stops, 67 pick-up stations, and - serve 53 towns by messenger. Tne average distance between stations Is 30 miles. The average population to be served per route mile would be Conventional single and multi-engine aircraft will be used over the -route. Mr. Davis said that the com pany plans to Inaugurate the system as quickly as equipment can be se cured after the certificate is granted by the Civil Aeronautics Board. The company has its main offices and operations ' base at the Smith Reynolds Airport, Winston-Salem1, and has for a number of years conducted extensive pilot training courses for the united States Government. . In addi tlon, the company has held contracts for the training of Central and South American pilots.- In these training programs alone the company has op erated aircraft over 3,500,000 miles, or the equivalent of 128 times around the world, without a fatality or sn ious injury to any Student or Instru' tor. The experience gained by the p- n nel of the company In teaching s oountry flying in these courses v ; i e of inestimable value in ope ? i e proposed airline, because ail ex 1 .:s flying was done in the t.rr l- .i y i ,r which the company' sei'-s cir r s. The company is now opera!,;. ? a i i- scheduled airplane chm . r f , vl. e ta any point in the United Li., s. Complete Information r ir 7 To proposed routes and servii e to 1, f fered Is included In a t, '. f v i will be presented to the C. A. IX 1 1 a hearing which has r t 3 t 1 .11. TTT"""T " r V" 11 r ' w
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Aug. 28, 1944, edition 1
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