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1 ' ' ' I. 1. Cloudy and warm today, and to night. ,., Scattered . thundersnowers Friday. , - ' Sunset today, 7;63' p. m.j" sunrise Friday. 8:55 a. m. Cotton, ahort, H). ., .. 21M.0 to 2"o Cotton, long, lb. o .. 38o to S:o Cotton Bead, bushed .. .. 73M.O Eggs, doeen .. So PUELEED Oil MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS v-.r, i T,.; .:J:T, :-J:-7' : : : . T ""v1 Corn, busht porn, buahel .. ,. ., .. $1X3 bushel .. '.. .. .. 11X3 CTENTY-CnCOND YEAR ' : MONROE, X C., UNION COUNTY. THURSDAYy AUGUST 31, 1944 ij 1 t t , 80NT 7Bc; e-MOOTHOS A TSA3 V t) 1H O ;;V:', t - ;!!cl!:r.s Are Deisy Re- . , ctivcJ DiZ Cy Cocaty ' EARLY ACTTOrTlS URGED .," ' Approzlrnately - 250 Union 1 county tnen In aenrlea nave applied for bal . lota to Tota In tha Korember election, AooonUng to' J. David Blmpaon, cnair man of taa TJnlon County Board of " JQaotlona, ' Many mora applications mra expected tp ba reooiTod' during the next "few da'-,''" -HV The buaband, wife, father, mother, later or brother of a man or woman In servioa may make application for 'an absentee ballot for a serviceman or . woman, and these are asked to do, ao as soon as possible to give plenty of time far easting of the ballot for the November ' election, Mr. , Blmpaon . stated. ", .-;.v?" Tht time of the election is only. a . little mora than two months off, and 4me of the servicemen are ao. far away it will takft Just about all tho time, eonaidermg poadble delays, for v the ballots to reach them and bere-,i turned to time, .! ''' : The privilege of the vote is too vital a matter to be left to chance oppor tunity or uostponed too long, and ,ln order for Union county's hundreds of servicemen and women to be repre sented, their relatives must act within abort time.1 ' - .-, They may call at the board offloa in the court house, where Mr. 61m peon -win be glad to sea that the signed ap- pucattona-are forwarded at once to too soldier, sailor,, marine,' coast guardsman In whose behalf they ap nio:.i ALton sectioh (By Mrs. Once Plyler Bneed) I am rare that all of yon have been enjoying this weather. Do hope yon lurart bad a cold as X did. X went to Charlotte Tuesday, - stayed . until Saturday, cae bome with an awful . ttdd. and "was In bed fdr a couple of days. Summer colds make one feel lamoiav. 'i."v,..tc 1 .-,. ' Bet you women have been canning viots and exchangaing recipes. I have -And it's great fun, and I am very , proud of those shelves in the base ment they are to much fuller, than I ever hoped , to have tnem. I siui -want to can Mlsteaveseneavnd aomr xnore juices. - - a Fall gardens now are being piantea and from what I hear every one ex pects to plant more than ever. X hope to get some more seeds in the ground. Have radish, lettuce, beet and earrota : that I planted Tuesday. X really en joy making a garden. u . : ' . , we misa our youngsters" in church and bad ao hoped they would be back con. I hear there ( is a new caaexof ' plolo in the Mountain Springs com munity. Do hope with cool weather ahead the polio win soon be over. In Charlotte last week my brother drove by the polio tents at the Memorial : hospital so I could see the patients. Several were on cots in the yard; moat were playing. However, a nurse was mftgl"g the back of a tiny one who looked to be about a year old. ) We, of : course, did not stop. , . uv "J-' My brother, Clyde plyler, who has pent the past five months at the Memorial hospital, is improving and i we hope that he can come home next month. ?Z&Za "wSr m7M required to keep complete records ?JvTtai 101 ?'ot inventories nd. including the ' and Mrs. Walter Crook ' Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Helms, recently attended a reunion of Mrs. Helms' family at Unionville. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lum Hunnicutt 4 ' Mrs. Clifton Cash ia spending the week with her sister, Mrs. Albert Col lins. Mrs. Cash has come to be with her parents, Mr. . and V Mrs. Tom Stames of. Bethlehem for the, dura tion. Her husband who Is In Camp Barkley, Texas, expects to go overseas soon. He and Mrs. Cash made their home in Spartanburg, 8. C. until he , was recently transferred to Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Bunyan Oaye of Char lotte, are visiting their daughter, ; Mrs. A. O. Metlon and family. '- - ' Miss Bessie 1 arnirm who recently went to Charlotte, spent the week-end with her father, Frank JHai)rum. Bessie ia emjlTtd at U. S. EuLber Co. Her two sisters Misses Maurfe and Louise have been with Ce U. S. Bul-ber for more than a year. i'-s. W. P. Plyler who spent last weclt with relallvts in Uonroe, Is vis Itln? in Charlotte this week. I.. nds of U.S. J. D. GriSn, Sr, will fce glad to know that she is lm rrovi. r. and it is tve wUh ct - all tpt s e 8n,c n 1 fc.. T U i e the Ti&7 e 1 as hin for i r it s v ,e: 1 1 '. IT. O, e of i .m- . )-J-a 1 . r cf J V. !. V. t f . t . i r r (i . 3. L .-. a 1 i .-. i i t i r i r Ct I v ct t . t i tf 1 1. r t t , i i. i 1 Lii i JD tc.u..j rcn ODT Anwnmeea Change Today; Wfll ''i ' HrpedMe ' AppUcatlons. , . ::-"'X'k -' - J,', A new simplified appUoatlon form to acquire new commercial' motor vehl les.; designed to expedite action on ap plications, has been adopted by the Office of Defense Transportation 1 F. Manneschmldt, ODT District Manager In Charlotte, announced today. , .. , 'The new form ODT 663 upplants the older form WFB,66S. Mr. Manne schmldt explained. It must be used on all applications filed after August tt:.y,vv.;,,'f,,v,v'-',.Jii,,--;vCiS. In filing the new form with their ODT District ' office, - applicants must enclose the original and two copies, he emphasised. .Only two copies of supporting evidence are : necessary, however, he aald. :) :': .A.iv- ,-,f -( . The ODT1 District . Manager "also pointed out that on. applications for ngnt ana meaium trucas or wuci traciors umskfw. jlo.uw poitnus giuoo vehicle weight-, with the exception of bus chassis. It will not be necessary for appucanta to xhow the make or model designation. However, gross yehlcle weight must be shown. , , ' , s- ' On aoDUcatkms for trucks over 16,- 000 pounds gross vehicle weight it will be necessary to show the make, model, gross vehicle weight, etc, and certi ficates of transfer Issued for trucks over 16,000 pounds gross vehicle weight will be applicable only to , the make applied tor "H"'.. .f??V The ODT' official urged al persons filing applications to use the new form as failure to do so will result in un necessary delays in handling applica tions. - Applicants may obtain copies of the form. from the ODT District Office at 104 law Building, Charlotte. x . ;:- --" ' " vft :U sis: Is unition VPB Paves Way For Boest In Quota Fcr JFaraersV ' X, $S:A Ranchers HUNTER5 : hGET EWK . Trie ban on sale of ammunition to hunters was lifted yesterday by the War Production board,, opening the way for the Nimrods' first real season since .the war began. -.-'--- i-?"; At the same time, WPB " boosted quotas of ammunition for farmers and ranchers ' to . - use against predatory tpim1''. ' -' ' -Ammunition prodaction'ibla yea is expected to be about 63 per cent of prewar output, WPB said. Chairman Robertson,' Democrat of Virginia, of the House Conservation' s committee, estimated that between 450,000,000 and 500,000,000 shotgun shells will be offer ed for sale and said an- "adequate supply of rifle cartridges will be avail able. ' . v.;" rv;'-;-:'! Unta December , - farmers and ranchers" and hunters will have the following quarterly quota: 150 rounds of Xk caliber rim-fire -eartridgesr 40 round of center-fire rifle ammunition (or 60 rounds of customarily packaged 50 to a box-, and 100 shotgun shells of any -gauge,.'. . !!!,? The previous ' quarterly quota ' for farmers and ranchers was 100 rounds of .22 run-fire cartridges,: 40 rounds of center-fire 4 ammunition . . and 25 shotgun shells. . ? x r f . The entire mint need not be pur chased at one time. Before any sale of ammunition Is made, the purchaser must sign a certificate stating that he is entitled to the ammunition.. Sellers certificates. , The WPB said recently that the temporary removal of the ban on am mmunltlon sates ; to v hunters was prompted because animals and birds were causing widespread ' destruction to crops and livestock in all sections of the country. (-. ..r'S'V-.':'-':' The ban was imposed in May, 1943, relaxed for the 1943 fall hunting sea son, and restored January 1, 1944, , ... About 3,000,000 pounds of brass is available for the production of am munition during the fourth quarter of this year Approximately 30 per cent of this will be used to produce, 340, 000,000 rim-fire cartridges, 15 per eent for 8,000,000 center-fire cartridges, and 65 per eent for 18,000,000 shotgun shells.- '. x- :,- Civilian use of 'ammunition for shooting rUertes, trap, and skeet scooting eull is prohibited,, and. the V, TB said there is no early hope for removing this ban.. ' . ;;;v- statz ccrji' ex? 3 1: IT Desrite the drot'- '-it .'of-'May and June In eastern Carolina, the corn crop In the elate has shown reftrv ble .-rove- t al . yl.l-ui 1 r the s??."a are e. oled. -to be a" .ut av ert ., o. D.ic-::;ns, statistk.i.a t. e if. O. I.. uient of AjX-. r 1 r 7. - : c s f ,J i t a yiCl ct :) I r's 1 1 3 s -: i li ! ----rs t i 1 1st i 3 t J r, t t c --v ; " .re, t t 1 i r t I ! ) J j i : r t ! v if f -r t i -1 ! ' 2 Uiiiaa rJen Die In Action Pvt Squires' And Pfc Smith Give Lives In Battle Of ' t l France RELATIVES ARE NOTIFIED Two more casuarfte were added to the fast growing list of Union cotm it's war dead this week, when relatives were notified by the War Department of the deaths of Pvt. Thomas Squires of the Wesley Chapel community and Pre. Thomas R. Smith of RS, Monroe, ' (Pvt. Squlrev 23, son of Mr. and Mrs, Mark D. Squires of the county, was previously reported as missing in action. , This week, notification of bis from the War Department,- stating he ag killed in actidh on July 81st ' infantryman, ' Private Squires entered 4he Army in the spring of 1943( ayeu m June of this year. He was a graduate of the Indian Trail high 'School and before entering the service was employed by the Allen Overall companyin Char lotte. ! . .v ' jf., , Surviving are his parents; , three brothers, -W. D, Squires, Nejr Squires and Billy Squires and two sisters Miss Martha Reld Squires and Mrs. Pau line Plyler of. R3, Matthews. ' 1 Friday night, Mrs. Orovene Smith of R3, Monroe, received a message stating that her husband Pfo. Thomas R. Smith was killed in action in France on August 8th. No other in formation was available concerning his death. . , .- Mrs. Smith is currently residing with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. F. latta Baucom, --v;.. : Pfc." Smith has five brothers-in-law in the service. They are Sgt. John Via Baucom, stationed somewhere in France; , Pfc Franklin I i Baucom, somewhere in the South Pacific; Pfc Oren N. Baucom at Camp Gills, 111.; Pvt Bruce B. Baucom of Fort Mon mouth, N. J., and O. J. Baucom. S- O. a-cof the Navy. Pier in Chicago, XO. - PFC. Smith, took part in the inva sion, of France. i HITLER'S BANDWAGON -FAST BEING DESERTED axif SateUiU Nations Appear' Primed Far Btampedf To Get Oat Of War , :T-' 1 . A stampede of Adolf Hitler's un happy satellite nations trying to get out of the vrar before German Itself throws up .the. apoagi appearr Immi nent as 4ndicatlonl grew that Nasi leaders fear revolt inside the Belch. As the shaken Nazis tried to offset the jolt of Romanians capitulation, the electric effect of the collapse was felt in the capitals of the satellite nations Bulgaria and Hungary and the co-belligerent, Finland. . t In Sofit, Bulgaria, already on record in public statements of her Premier and Foreign Minister that she -was anxious to get out of the war, main tained unbroken contact with the Al lies: and the expectation in London was that the Bulgars would quit the war in a few days,, perhaps In a few hours.--.'. A ;vv w In Helsinki, Finnish President Carl Gustav Mannerheim was - reported "clearing decks" for an armistice : in the face of "go slow" propaganda from reactionary 'forces. h:4-.-- e-V" Stockholm reported that the Finnish minister to Sweden, George Grtpen berg, had left for Helsinki on a trip connected with efforts , to get Finland out of the war. -.. ; -;. ifn Budapest, the Hungarian govern ment decreed banishment of all poli tical parties "no matter what their political .tendency; apparently in an effort to block a "coalition action by combined parties such as negotiated and armistice for Romania. , Regent Nicholas Horthy was reported to . have caled the Hungarian cabinet into per-' manent session,-'4 ' '.'-i-W, The cabinet of satellite Slovakia was also reported in urgent , session, although there was no detail' A bad case of Jitters Inside Germany was apparent in the -German radio broadcast to the German Army, heard by , Reuters, which warned soldiers of "internal disorder such as terorlst at tacks against your own people.'' Moscow radio stabbed at the weak ening home morale by urging the German- population to "Join with al for eign workers In a mass strike." s-n In the tone of the latest editorials 'Further evidence of Nazi panic was plea Ung with the Germans to hang on "for a few more weeks."; w . ' The Muenohner Neuste Nachricten, Wuntty referring to . the "imemnsity of the threat confronting Germany in recent Allied victories, said there were a few weeks left before a deci sion, "but we must stand the test un less collapse Just before or at the goal is to nullify years of war." ' Mistake Fata to 11 In Tears I'rwurk, N. ' J. A but'on : tvt wa lnaw?ertetit'.y pushed' by aa emv-M ct r r ..wner of the Jem' y c' - ""i cf v.. .jrhU, Paul ti .J.-or. , t t t ; a t container which ill i I as rrotectlon f t I r j. 'il;e g i spread from t i ' v ca tie f cond C -"ir cf t. e 1 : - ::.ro t the bu. .:ir? J i .j i F 1 3 had to be g.vea eaisr y Ues...; t. ' .- .'.' 'r TIIZ LATEST WAR NEWS : , ITIERIEF ' MOSCOW The Bed Army waa beneved today te have entered Baeharaat, eapttal ef Bemanla, after eaptariag the great' PloesU ell fleM and preempUng perhaps i a third ef the German petroleum . supply. ' ' LONDON British Mosqoltos ; atmck at enemy war transport and industry in Northern France and Germany bat , night 4 despite the hanadicap ef peer weather. While the Maeqnitee bombed' the indoa-, trial center ef Frankfort withewt low, other ;, Sqaadrens ef these speedy aB-pwrpoae raiders, operas-'' ing as flxhtef bombers, battered ' rail targets from the fighting front ; to the .German border. Tf 8UPRBMB HEADQUARTEB8 ; ALLIED EXf EDITIONABT" FOECE American traps dashed within S3 miles of Belgium and 83 ' , milea of Germany today while Brl tons smashed date Amiens in a . Ucbtning advance flanking the whole Pae Do Calais rocket eoaat., v Gen. Dwfght Du Elsenhower an- - noeneed the Allied eaupaign te , liberate Northern France la ran- , nine at least ten days ahead ef . aeheda1e.'.,-vV.-.S. j.-j 'i,- ; . nupif-onuiMH oi we uer-. nun Nineteenth Army raced dee- : perately north toward Lyon today, fighting : eostly rearg-nard - actions ' with the pwiwoing Americans only . when necessary, while ether Sev- enth Army smite moved throegh the French WvJera snetrolopia ef , Nioe toward the Italian frontier, seaae weave nules ahead. ' GENERAL HEADQUABTEB8, SOUTHWEST i PACIFIC Allied airmen ataBdng Japanese Ships from the Karilea northeast of Nip pop te the Dutch East Indies have , Zl moro vessels, 10 ef. Union County's Men In Service -ylT-ggt, Balirhtlne In Italy ' With The Fifth rArmy, Italy T-Sgrt. George B. Ballentine, - of Monroe, is serving with the SB 1st Regiment in Italy, one of : General Mark Clark's Fifth Army units that helped to drive the Germans ' from the Garlgllano River to the Arno. Except for a brief rest period, the regiment marched and fought almost continuously for more -than, five niantbas;' -v-VS.wS c Part of the 88th infantry Division, the first selective service-Infantry di vision to come overseas in World War n, the 861st was the first element of that division to enter combat After twa months of aggressive patrolling in the Mlntumo sector, the regiment par ticipated In the smashing Fifth Army drive beginning May 11th. Three days later the regiment stormed into Santa Maria Infante, a key enemy bastion. Over rugged mountains and across brbad valleys, the 351st pushed for ward and helped to liberate Rome." Soon after the city's fan, the regi ment was given a well-earned rest. Three weeks later, however, the driv ing 351st was again slashing enemy lines and backing the defeated Ger mans to the north. At times the In fantryman' had to move rapidly to kee pup with the fleeing enemy. In other instances Important points were captured only ,, after bitter house-to-house fighting. ' . v yisv-v' "; In addition to being the division's first regiment to enter combat, the 351st was Its first regiment to arrive overseas, first to arrive in Italy, first to earn a Distinguished Service Cross, and first to recieve a battlefield pro motion. silks' ' :'t"-'-'-:ivii:t -:'' 1 Cpl Bivens Stationed to Italy ; ' An Eighth AAF Fighter Station, Ehigland-i-Corporal John S. Bivens of Monroe, North Carolina, U engaged in the "pigeon hole" department of the V. 6. Army Air Forces. - Perhaps you've never heard that ex pression before in connection with military activities so let Cpl Bivens, a classification specialist in the order ly room of an Eighth Fighter Com mand Mustang squadron based here, explain' it to you'..fi .vy..:,-, "You see, the Army Is mighty par ticular about using men where they'll do the, most good," he pointed out, "They want to make full use of a soldier's abilities, 'v After an, if you put a fenow at the Job he knows best then that's where he is 'going to do the best work, f :f:.:w ( ii s jny job to maxe sure uu eacn man in the unit ia doing the task for which he is most suited to 'pigeon hole' him. There are quite a few things which Influence this; his civi lian occupation, his training In the various technical and administrative schools of the Army and Air Corps, and sometimes, merely a strong feel i t that he can .do a. sweU Job . In s . s l. in which he has always been int 1 but has. never had the op- r rt 7 tO fOllOW. ', :. ' ' . a c:, - l3cation starts way back i t e - : when the men enter the v. : 'ever,' the big reception c .s 1 .. ,.e so r .any men each day t ; t ' -es tby a. p up and place a r y l i t a wrors school or position. it man i s Into a regular i.i i you 1 ve an opportunity t t 1 more c; - 1 1 is y and decide f capable of i duties, . e- J It's sin ter 'i r'sce a sol- i t at r--e a - X-'t'- 1 . .1 to m..i- l.'s a 1 0t -. V : f ! T. sr. J ; Camp Sutton Soldier Killed Pvt Warren GiUiei Brushes Against High Tension ' Wire DEATH WAS INSTANT A Camp Sutton . soldier was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when (he pick-up cable of a loading crane bushed against a Duke Power com pany high tension wire traversing the camp and discharged 8,300' volte through his body. He had grasped we came to guide it to a bridge pontoon which the crane was about to lift into a waftlnE truck. , - The soldier was Private Warren Gillies, 38, of Minneapolis, Minn, a member of the camp- supply detach ment - The fatal accident occured shortly before 8 p. m.. and his widow. Mrs.. Isobel Gillies of 83 South Kent street and his father Robert D. Gillies of 1839 Park Ave, both in Minneapo lis, were notified immediately of his death by Camp authorities. The accident involved ne negligence on the part of Private Gillies,: who had beenin the Army since April, 1042, nor on that of the crane - operator, M-6gt Coleman Tarborough, neither of whom observed that the cable had crossed the high tension line. LETTER TO STUDENTS OF PROFESSOR 11 B. DRY Well Known Edacater Now Confined To Wheel Chair. Students and Friends of Professor M. B. Dry: .'i. Two-score and eight years ago the doors of the Wlngate school,, now Wlngate . . Junior College, opened Its doors to students. Its first principal was Professor M. B. Dry who had then recently won his Master of Arte degree from. Wake Forest Cottage.. ','- :, To students of Professor Dry noth ing needs to be said concerning his scholarship, hia. interest In students and his ability to manage a prepara tory school; but to those who came later, it can be said that he stood among the highest hi scholarship dur ing college days, has maintained a ranking position as an educattor In the South and continues to enjoy the admiration and love of ail who know him. :-''-k: ; :- y-"'i.-A -i.it,"-:- 'r'K ; In 1908 Professor Dry became Prin cipal of Cary high school, Cary, N. 0 a position held by him until nig, Je- - Thettecltation of a single seven m Cary 'eome years' ago Is sufficient to indicate the town's regara iot us foremost citizen. The professor's Sun day school class decided it wanted to surprise him 'with gift" The class not only surprised the professor, but the menfbers themselves were aston ished to find they had raised enough cash to send their teacher to the Land of Palestine. The professor insisted he did riot deserve the trip, but the people of Cary knew better. He went and one of the supreme Joys of his life was to come back and share his experience with hi homefolks. ' Last February the professor's phy sical strength snapped under the load of teaching. Although " retired, he wanted a share in the support of the home front Today he Is in a wheel chair and also learning to walk again. He has few gray hairs and his nana is as alert as ever. ' r-- Having experienced his keen pleas ure over visits and messages, I wish to suggest to you that you can make him very happy with a message either by post card or by letter. - Of course, the girls win use their maiden names and also that since marriage. The years you were in the Wlngate school should follow your name. -: - It is too much to expect Mrs. Dry (Miss Wilme Perry) to reply to mes sages though the writer win be very happy to send messages ' through the Monroe papen. f"; - -m ' IRA, B.'; MTJLIJS.V-r'' ' H 2519 'Clark Avenuev'fc- . ,:-Bie8h.'N..a,:; :::- "YOUTH ON PARADE" TO HONOR LAD FROM N. C Vj'fv-f 'l in ' -;-7.vy-K-"h: Tenth Who Gave Dog For Bend Awe v '.-'ttoaVftete Acclaim. ' . , . The United States -Treasury's radio nrosram. Youth On Parade, broadcast on a eoast-to-eoast hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting System, r wul salute North Carolina Saturday morn ing, September 3, at 10:30 a. m East ern War Time, when Philip Weaver, 10-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Weaver of Whitevule, N. C, win be awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Treasury . Department according to an announceemnt made' today by Alli son James, executive manager of the North Carolina War Finance Commit tee. The Certificate will be awarded in appreciation for the presentation "of a Cocker Spaniel puppy, Philip's bosom companion, to be sold at auc-. tion during a war bond auction held In the Vv hltevllle high school audi-. torium last January for which 150,000 was high bid. . I'hiiip and his mother left Whitevtlle Wednesday for Boston, Mivssachwetts, were t1 prcgram wiU orisate. I .... p wUl appear In person on the PFTBB. - ' "' ' "' i..e situation' created an 'Intense human lnterert sfiry which E.I!tor James rrs of f . :utevU'.e ii l.a- r ir'-'r v s r"' to t"t i:. . '-- 1 r 1 - i t f V ! i t WILL RECEIVE PIOTLE HEART P0STHU Mra Milton To Becerve Purple Heart For Hawbaad Who Died In Frahee . Mrs. Clara N. Milton of Monroe, has received notification from Henry U Stimpson, Secretary of War of the awarding of the Purple Heart, postou mously to her husband, private Henrar H. Milton of the Infantry, who was' nuied in action in France, June 18. The letter received from Secretary Stimson by Mrs. Milton states: "At the request of the President, I write to inform voir that the Purnle ! Heart has been awarded posthumously to your husband. Private Henry H. Milton, Infantry, who sacrificed his life in defense of his country. - "Little that we can do or. say win console you for the death of your loved one.' We profoundly appreciate the greatness of your loss, for in a very real sense the loss suffered by any of us In this battle for our country, is a los snarea oy.au or us. wnen wi medaL which you will receive shortly, reaches you, I want you to know that with it goes my smcerest sympainy, and the hope that time and victory of ur cause will finally lighten the burden of your grief. : "Sincerely yours, ' " " v "HENRY L. STIMSON." Another Case Polio Reported ChOd an Monntian Springs v Commnniry Is Victim 01 Paralysis FOURTH FOR COUNTY Another case of infantile paralysis, the. fourth for Union county, during the present epidemic, was reported today, ' by Dr. Clem Ham, County Health Officer. - The. victim: is ' Barbara Griffin, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Camloe Griffin of the Mountain Springs community, and is affected in the lower tight extremity. Dr. a. M. smith who was called to see the child Monday reported the case to-Dr. Ham, -who visited the victim Monday and Tuesday and concurred with Dr. Smith in the diagnosis of the case. Five new - cases of . infantile pa ralysis were reported to the State Board of Health yesterday, bringing the total number renorted since June 1 to 638 and the number of counties affected to 73. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, -state, health-office, aWL axtr4.. Madmroounty aparteaHwe. cases, fk"wdBtehmond county reported one case, Its first of the current epi demic. Caldwell county reponea swo new 'cases, bringing-Its total to 37, and Buncombe. Durham. Gaston, Gull - ford, Iinooln, New Hanover and Polk counties one aach,'''-' , Dr. Reynolds said there had been no new reports of deaths and the total in the current epidemic stands at 33. A poliomyelitis case listed in Beaufort county was found , to oe mcorrecujr diagnosed, he said. . t " The current epidemic thus lacked but 41 cases equalling the record 878 cases reported in 1935, when a general outbreak started in May and con tinued through - August ; The present outbreak started one month later and health department officials believe it wlU continue ono its present scale until early September on the basis of past records. ., . ' Dr. Reynolds released this tabulation nf hum renorted bv. counties. ' - - Alamance 6, Alleghany , Alexander 13, Anson 3, Ashe 87, Avery e, Beau fort 1, Bertie X, Buncombe 18, Burke as, Cabarrus 8. CaldweU 37. CasweU 1, Catawba 70, Chatham 3, Cleveland 14, Columbus 4, Cumberland a, uaviosoa 5, Davie 1, Duplin 3, Durham 7, Edge combe 1, Forsyth .,37. .-...- ) ' nsstnn S4 oranville 3. Guilford 34, Harnett 1 Haywood 7, Henderson - 3, Hoke J, Hyde U iredeu . jonnswm a, Lee 3, Lenoir 1, Lincoln 17, Macon 3. McDowell 10, Mecklenburg 38, MltchenJ I. Montaomery 1. Moore L New Han over 8, Onslow 3, Orange 3, Pasquo tank 1. Pender 1, Person 3, Pitt 1, Polk 4, Randolph 7, Robeson 8, Rockingham 4, Rowan 19, Rutherford 10, Richmond 1, Sampson 8, Scotland 1, Stanly 8, Stokes 3, Surry 13, Transylvania 1. Union ,. Vance 1, Wake 4, Watauga 18, Wayne 3. WUkes 85, Wilson l, Yadkin 11, and Yancey 1. c ''-'f " ; ' '' ' ' '.'".-' ?'?"' ?.'' 0 - . ' ,- An m Win Denver.. The wind blew down a maple tree in F. J. Blanc's front yard. That wasnt all. The tree fell ono and wrecked the family car, snapped three high tension electric wires, blocked the alley, damaged a neighbor's garage and feU on Llackle, a ScotUe, who managed to wriggle free.- And, to top it all, the tree smashed a hornet's nest and att five members of the Blanc family who rushed out to see the damage got stung. , . 4 . '; Bees A-E3xln, rvvnwtniriunr. Pa. A continuous buss ing kept Borough Treasurer Howard! Shelley from Bleeping. Ee called a bee-keeDer. who searched the house. cr.aiiy tearing up floor boards and. underneath he found thousands oi b' s and 65 pounds of honoy. The queen bee followed the tplarut home and the rest of the bees foUowed. Price control is t:' C A cn f e stores. .htencd by t.e r cf C r.rt IT. i 1 -e rf ' It 1 1 Aid Of Allies ChnrcHH I!h:ts Axis Ilatioa ' l!ay Get RehahCItation ' . - Program RELATES ALUED PLAN " Prime Minister ChurchUl In a fare- well message to the Italian people re leased yesterday . declared his hope that a "free and progressive" Italy wlU ' " take her place among the leading na tions of Europe, but indicated she can- " . not expect to sit as a full ally at the r peace table at the end of the war, , which he said "may not be so far off as was formerly expected." , , He announced that he was directing British representatives ono interna- , ' tional bodies to "do their utmost" to correct Italian hardships. and that "large new Italian forces win soon Join the Allied srmles." ; ; 1 His reference to international bodies . was interpreted as meaning that be ' supports the application to Italy of. ... the United Nations Relief and Rehabl- -Htatlon administraUon. - The UNRRA ' ' win make a report on the Italian situ- v, ation at a Montreal conference in Sep tember. " '- ; Churchill, who left Rome last Wed nesday, said "I am sure those efforts ' (at relief) win be warmly supported by our Allies. ",, . , The Prime Mlriiflter declared -that . "there is one gift which certainly wlU be given to Italy when normal eon ditlons are restored the priceless gift of freedom.' But in emphasising bee , felt that the Italian people were re sponsible for the Fascist regime he , apparently indicated she could not be : accepted as a fuU ally. 4 - " "Naturally we cannot forget the cir cumstances of Mussolini's. attack on France and Great Britain when we were at our weakest - and people thought that Great Britain would sink ' forever which in fact she has not doner la-taAA. frX: J't,, ."When a nation has aDowed . Itself " to faU into a ' tyrannical regime it " cannot be . absolved from the faults V due to the guilt of that regime ., finvViin, who during bis visit con ferred with. Pope iiua XH, Premier ; Ivanoe Bonoml, Marshal Pietro Bado gho and Crown Price Dmberto, added : that "In the main, speaking for the British though the other victorious AUies would have to have a' say in this I believe that the British nation wUl be happy to e Jhe day when , , Italy, once again tree and progressive, takes a-plae artoongat aU.. peace "tag"-riattona":-M'-;JY - ' I ChurchUl said the- first 'autr' "To purge the soil of Italy from the foul Germant taint" and added: : . "After this has been done and the ' power of Hltlerism Is broken forever, the responsibility wUI lie on Italy to ' make sure that no similar I ate de v prives her of the Uberties she win gain at the end of this hard road of error - -and suffering. y : . f' t ' Asserting that "true unity", wHl be needed if. Italy is to resume her place among the leading nations of Europe, ChurchUl said: "PoUtical eicltement and the clash of many parties wUl not achieve these simple Joys and rights which the mass of people-o desire ' NEWS ATvD EVEIITS OF v week fro:i vc;gate . ; (By Mrs. B. E. Bivens) ' 1 " We are delighted to have Mrs. C. O. Watts back 'With us for another col-' lege year. Mrs. Watts was formerly x Miss MoseUe Ball. ; Edwin L. ILowery is expecting to ' leave Friday for Florida where he win visit his brothers . Pvts. Tom Lowery and John Lowery who are sta tloned there. While away he wUl also visit friends in Georgia. Mrs. . Jack Hargett has returned " from, '- Mississippi . where she visited -Pvt., Hargette who Is In .the U. S. . - to' Friends of Mr. and Mrs. ' J. G. Michael wish for them a very-speedy recovery of their smaU son, Billy, who underwent an . operation on. his eye Wednesday,'. "-7 i-'j.'"'i' ir-- : ; ',.'.'..'-, Harold Love, : who is stationed at Cherry Point spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Love. ' Mrs. linn Challls and brother Mat Sanders, are visiting Mr. and Mra J. C. Mclntyre. . Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Funtferburk and daughter Betty Jane of Charlotte e a visiting Mra. O. B. Mangum and I. s. Alice Burgers, ' Miss ' Mildred Perry has returr 1 home after visltlns friends in I v jYork, Washington, D. C. and I.'orf Virginia. . - " Rev. and Mrs. Tf. O. J-. -i cf ; -., Pauls. N. C recff.lv vU,.:l i f." i I in Wlngate. 1 '-. J... nson la a f pastor of the Earb churca 1, L.ii-i i . r f r " I " Ss A k . To save n. t!me 1 I :.- f cr t s- i cf i t 5, I.C, I 1. 1 !
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Aug. 31, 1944, edition 1
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