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a1i. I c-LiJl Clear to partly cloudy, continued hot today and' Tuesday. " Sunset today, 7:48 o'clock; sunrise Tuesday 6:58 o'clock. - ' . ... - 'ill. ". -V- V fl Cotton, short, lb. ,. 21 He to 32c Cotton, long, lb. .. .. .. 28c to SOe Cotton Seed, bushel... .. .. 79 Ho Eggs, dozen .. ,. ,. .. ,. T. 85c Corn, bushel ...... .... 81-60 Wheat, bushel .. .. .. .. .. U5 . - FUnnZD Oil MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS C2VENTY-e"C0ND YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTTi MONDAY,;. SEPTEMBER 4, 1944 8-MONTHS, 75c j 6-MONTHS, jl.25 GSMI-WEEZLY. $2.00 A YEAR , ' I J i fi City CImrclba To Keep V-Bay t.!isisterial Association Met ; His Morcis? To Make SET HOUR OF SERVICE i In a called meeting ot the Monroe Ministerial Association this morning, definite plana for the observance ot - "V-Day by the churches of the city -were formulated, and step are being -taken to arrange an appropriate pro- " When V-Day comes, a city-wide' . service will be held In one of the up " , town churches, yet to be announced and will be held aoeordng to the fol-.-' jowlng schedule, . as arranged at the v. .meeting this morning. ' If V-Day comes between the hours ' .; A 6 p. m. and 4 a. m. the service will - lie held at 10 o'clock the following - morning; should the news be received twtween the hours of 4 a. m. and 12 soon, the services will be at 3 p. m. on that day. In event V-Day comes tKtween 12 noon and 8 p. m. the ser--vice wll lbs held that evening at eight o'clock. A committee has been appointed by the Association to select the church In '. -which the service Is , to be held and, , an announcement is expected within the next day or so. - ' -. .The North Carolina Council ot Churches has Issued a communication ; to the ministerial associations of the State, concerning V-Day. , It follows. To the Ministers' Assodatlona of Noth Carolina. '';'-v' , -The rapid- progress being made each day by our forces In Europe seems to predict an early and a successful con clusion of the Atlantic phase of, the -war. As churchmen, X believe ' we should be aware of the possibilities of "this date and of the weeks and the months thereafter. Since the Xuro pean areas are so much nearer to us, and so much more familiar, to its; the coming of Victory in this area will la -dine us to feel that the big end of the war Is over and so It may prove . . to be. . Even so, we will need to re ' member that there are - hundreds of : thousands of our, men in the other , theatre x undergoing : experiences - we little suspect, and tens of millions ot people pendent , .on, our leadership for their liberation. - For many f am- 1 inea ia ow ehtttcnwi,T-tWr in Europe - will bring little relief since their per sonal interests lie 4n other directions. I write to encourage w churches in Korth Carolina , to make . the wisest v possible use of this tremendous surge of emotion whkh . will doubtless be . felt among us. Can we not save our selves from allowing it to be wasted, or worse still, spent in drunkenness and destruction. The solemnity and ' dignity of our people will be tested in that time. - I should nope that we might on that day .assemble in our -churches, having worked out an im pressive service in which prayer, and thanksgiving and rededication of our selves to Christ would be foremost. If the peace after the war Is to be more ' , than an armistice, then, in the name ot the Prince ot Peace, we need to .humble ourselves in prayer and se rious purpose. " As the Church, we, by our faith and influence, have a real contribution to make to the cause ot - world peace. , X Join you In sincere interest and prayer In regard to this important matter. - . Cordially yours, ' ' " J. B. CUNNINGHAM,. t President, North Carolina Council of Churches. ...... a,ica u. s. Ac::Err ;i: . :". FREED HI R0r.IANIA Friday was liberation day In . Ro zoania's capital for 1,100 U. 8. air men who bad been shot down over ..the Balkan kingdom, and for King Jdihai's warriors captured with the Oermans at Stalingrad. . Bucharest, which had watched with restrained emotions as the first Rus aian troops entered the city, broke out in the greatest demonstration since the King cut the ties with Germany as the Bed Army arrived with Ro manian prisoners from Stalingrad. , Tho arrival was proclaimed by headlines in each of -Bucharest's 'six - lally newspapers, and then the for mer prisoners paraded in uniform once more before great crowds in the ' heart of the city. ! : .i The Americans had been libersted tee day -of the King's proclamation and given f e run of the cS'y, and more are thronging Into t:.e city 1-nn lrrouruUrig prison camps. . (A C "atch from Iisaiy said 1,K3 cf r -e end J " 3 V. B. airmen si.ct f vn f ' '3 CLi fie i: -sti o'J T ' f 1 i 1 1 to I.. 3.) .1 Cf f f t :j ty a t. 1 i f I t f r to Sutrf i I 1 f W S . . j t i ( 0s!y2 OHS43 Taxes .. Now Remab Uncollected .. i , Annual aadlt and settlement et collections of Union county" taxes r were eotnpleted last week by cer tified pu'.ilo aceeantaata. ' As rerrted by Jf. Hamp Price, ' ! Tax Collector, the report shows v that ef the 1943 tax levy amoant. I tog to I2C0.9U.10, there was eol- ' lectod 92H76L21. for a collected percentage of 88 percent ef ; the I tax levy. ''."?-"-;.-.. V v In addtion appreximately $20,808 In delinquent personal and real -taxes were collected. Uncollected : taxes for an years at a the least :' they have been In many a year. ; and the results ef good tax eol- ketone for the past few years are i shown by a decrease tat the county ! tax rates for three snoeesslve years. ;-4:y.vv-:v-y... Coanty tax facials today ex- pressed their appreciation to all j , eeanty taxpayera for their prempt- ; new and eooperatloa in selUing ; their taxes. Already a great nnnt) , bee ef taxpayers have paid ther , 1944 ebllgations to the eoenty. New? Gasoline Ceilinrrs Soon Kerosene And Distillate Fuel Oils Also fcchded In Price CnU , IS EFFECTIVE SEPT. 10th The new ' ceiling prices on ! gaso- Hne; kerosene, tad Qlstmate fuel oils' which ofleot swbiitattalretlnctlon8 become effective for consummers Sep-l tember 10 according to Charlotte dls-j trict OPA officials who said that the1 dealers hate been allowed from Sep-! tember I to 10 to -eel Ithe oils they! had on- hand whenjhe new reduction) regulation was announced. s ' J - The gasoline, otillng in Korth Car4 mII.. . J Cf a...u y-. u . V uuu uw ouuui --isarauuB was aroerea gallon. , The Kerosene and distillate1 fuel oil ceilings were reduced three-! tentns eg a sent on the gallon. - . ( These reductions are expected to' be reflected to the prices of the oils PW by the consumers since most of the products Involved were said to have heen sold at theeilinga by mosv dealers. - '(J!--"h The reuctiions NsaeTfnai ndue ed costs for wartime methods of deliv ery fo rthe petroleum products affect-1 led, it was- explamed." "" The September 1 effecUve date Is tor all handlers other than service statiosn and similar retail ' outlets which are allowed to September 10 to, begin their new price schedules be cause they may have made purchases at higher rates before September 1. In elaborating on the reasons for the reduction, officials said that in the early stages of the war, petroleum transportation by tanker to eastern seaboard points was seriously disrupt ed because tankers were diverted to war areas or were lost through U-boat sinkings. Substitute methods of trans port had to be used which In prac tically all - cases were from two to three times as expensive as tankers. The condition called for price addi tions to caija for the increased costs of delivery. Developments In the recent months have been such that transoprtatlon coats are less .expensive; now than in the early days of the war, and the OPA has therefore been able to reduce the ceilings on the oils mentioned. TYDC.'GS KEEPS EYE , Oil JAPANESE FRONT Senator Is Chairman ef Ckmsiesslon- al Rehabilitation ' Commission. All of us here In the United States are following the war bulletins from the Southwest Pacific war theater. where American task forces are grad ually pushing the Japanese back to their homeand, but one man In par ticular Is especially interested in our progres sagalnst the Nips. He is Sen ator Millard K. Tydings, chairman of the congressional commission named to plan rehabilitation out there. Political experts feel that the Mary land legislator, who rose from the post of a aixur-'tng Eel Air attorney to his present 1. ti position, will be elect el to his fo; . ,l term in the senate If 1's four-to-one majority In-the May Democratic primaries are any indica tion of fc!s pcpiilitrity. Aluior he's a Democrat of thelld school, ..o reived his political 'edu cation fr'n the late Governor Albert Ritchie, .Ty-'js has had many run ins wl.lt t i "rw nl. 1 r:s -- t"' nl J a ' ' ; ;'-f v b j i r r- I it t y t i 1 t.. - -i i . j 3 1 f i to tlirow it s t . a t y tlie head -i to a ho'piial suffering v y l 6' 7. i v 1 ! t Ar e-s. .y s- '.s i::c:c-s In super-bomb- it. r of t:e war. V I cn t si s I i i i 'x t'.orov - li- S Of KTf : k- .re v as I : y ft c- 1 t'-e fiy- General Urges 'Gtizcil'iisAi: ---vr Marshall ' Stresses t Reserve ;i Power Ra&er Than Bi $ ;:;":v: Organization idea c AiNSor.'nrruji Oen. George C. Marshall has told army planners that the postwar Amer ican army must Consist of the smallest possible professional organization, with citizen-reserves, " because - the large standing army "has no place among the institutions of a modern demo cratio state."--':' -;,'. ' - ' " Els directive, it was learned, has Just been issued as basic policy for an officers planning the permanent post war, army may be needed long alter the defeat of the Axis powers in order to help establish peace-tune conditions agreed upon by the. Allies,. . . .. 'that tha nnllnv rltritlva U ImjimI on the assupmtion that Congress will ap prove a system, of universal military urauung, - unaer , wmcn , -every aoie bodied young American shall be train ed to defend htov country ".remaining a member iot the reserve components of the army for a "reasonable period after his training Is completed. -' Details of the permanent organisa tion, the directive says, cannot be de termined . until . the nation's postwar commitments: are known they "change with the changes in weapons, modes of transportation,, and interna tional relations." It adds, however, that the type of organization the small professional nucleus augmented - m emergencies by the cltlxen army has been, the American way since the foundatton'oT.the republic -and "will therefore be made the basis for . all Plans for postwar v peace establish mente."..V'C'v:v ''i-v.'.1 v.----. 'V- .The ' statement then discusses . the two general types ot military organiza tion which ' a nation can choose for its permanent : protective force the large -standing' army, and the small professional army with citizen reserves. In the first type, the directive says', "the men of the nation are drawn into the Army to serve In the lower grades. The function of the common citizen Is ordinarily. to he .a -private soldier or, at most, a noncommissioned officer in war. ..-,.. t "Reserve officers are drawn from the beter educated classes but are generally employed in the lower grades and in subordinate capacities.; Under this' system, leadership- in war and the control of military Drenarations ana policy in. peacetuna arHsonvn-4 traced largely ana necessarily in a speclaT class or caste of professional soldiers.- - ; - , "This is tha system of Germany and Japan. . It produces highly , efficient armies. But it is open to seriolus po pltical objections. In a nation main taining such a system, Intelligent opinion as to military policy (and the international political policy associated thee with) is concentrated in a special class. -;;,;: : "Under such a system, the people themselves are competent to exert only a limited, intelligent influence on the issues of war and peace. Under such a system, only the brawn of a people is prepared for war, there being no adequate provision for developing the latent military leadership and genius of the people as a whole. It therefore has no place among the institutions of a modern democratic state based upon the conception of government by the people. " ; EARLY MAILING FOR THE H0:.!E FOLKS REQUESTED Christmas Hall Expected Te Be Heavy As Season Approaches - Postmasters, supervisors and ' em ployees of the U. 8. Postal Service have -been instructed by the post office department in Washington, that It is urgent that persons planning to do Christmas mailing - this year,, follow the slogan of early mailing In the do mestic mail dispatch as well as over seas mailing, it was announced today by Postmaster Sam H. Lee. - . -. ' ; "Large business concerns, depart ment; stores and . newspapers should be Informed that the department ur ges" the 'public .to shop and. mall in November," says' the communication. "The slogan of t previous years, 'shop early, mail early,' is more Important this year than ever before. Over 40, 000 postal employes have entered ' the armed services, creating a, serious shortage in trained personnel and transportation lines will be overbur dened with swr traffic in December. It is therefore Imperative that the public respond to the appeal to mail early this year for Christmas. : Already annour. merit has - been made that -verse- j n '.ir? must be ffiade between r lj and Oc- tuber 15, d!!'"? " "i rnrin1 r-rk-t r-y . jv : I t. C . C S t v - j ; .'.ca wraj , i.a, ciuit uiu. mwe ti.an 15 inchfs in It- h p-t f 5 inches In let., .a and t .-a c 1. Perlsha'-'e tooi' intoxi- vn, v of tr.y t.jid, pi.ions and 1 e materials, including irr s a.,a lighter fluids, will be r. - ' . ,1 - Cad T E I e Los Ari-:.:.'i T r v ""i r-i-rints of an t ' ' . liner. 41, In t 1 . j i r t, i ' 1 i i if il. it M f Id' 1 1 ( 1 t ) f 5 l . i ; t j j 1 t t . s .' . y-' TII2 LATEST WAR NEWS r- LI CHIEF r , .) f '. ; . Supreme Hesdqaarters, Allied . , ExpedlUoaary ftrtm-A British , tank aoloma eaptared the Belgian capital ef Brussels today and sped en to wtthla Se. miles ef Holland . as ' anorQciai - f ereiga advices re- ported- Americaa First and Third Amy spearheads inside Germany ' Rself at twe points IOC miles apart. This time It was the Germans who were fleeing Dankerqne and Calais and Bsologne !aa' well aO In the -heart 'Of their rocket bomb belt. " ' Helsinki Th Finnish Govern ment announced this morning that ' hostilities ' between Finland and. Russia would reease today.' - The German rapi quoted a Finnish conttnonlqlie saying "ths Finnish : Government, has severed . xelations with Germanyand demanded the withdrawal ef German troops from Finland by Sept. 19 at the latest. If German troops are net "with drawn by the stipulated time, they wUl be disarmed and handed ever ' as -war prisoners to the- Allies.") . Moscow BniH p and refreshed after a : great. Summer Sffenstve, eight' Bossiaa' v armies from the northern slopes'; ef the ' Carpathi ans In Poland to the lake-locked country of Estonia, in the Baltics prepared- today fotVnother all out ' attack en Hitler's' Eastern front . ROMS French ; ' troops '... ' have reached TUIefraache, fifteen miles narth of Lyon, and American forces have beaten eft a Mast rear guard - ooanter-sttack at Mont revel, 42 mles northeast of Lyon, in tha pursuit f Germans fleeing Southern France, Allied Head quarters said today. Ujiion .County's Hen In Service . Ernest G. Goxdou Promotad Promotion-to the rang of corporal of Ernest G. Gordon has been an nounced by IX. Col, Edwin M. Dixon, comamndlng officer at Dover Army Air Peld, Dover DCleware, where Cpl, Gordon Is stationed. ' CpL Gordon is the son of Mrs. Lils E. Gordon, R8, Monroe. He graduated from Mineral Springs' high school in 1843, and ' entered" the service April 15, 1844. 'Stationed at Dover since December SO, 1944, Cpl. Gordon is assigned as a suply clerk. ,;; 1 M.fit( Huey.CaaMrietes Course .i-i:.: An Air Service- command Station In England figt. William E. Huey, the son of Mr. ahd Mrs. E. E. Huey of R2, Waxhaw, recently completed an orietnation course designed to bridge the gap between training in the States and combat soldiering against the en emy In France. . At this Air Service Command Sta tion, Sgt, Huey attended a -series of lectures given by battle-wise veterans which Included instructions on chemi cal warfare defense .and pertinent tips on staying healthy In a combat thea ter. His next station will be one from which America's fighting planes cover our liberation ot Occupied Europe. . Before entering the Army Air Forces he was employed by the Merita Bakery in Charlotte. Pvt. Vance' A. Deese has returned to camp after spending a 20-day fur lough with his wife and baby boy and his mother, Mrs. : Alice Deese. ' He writes his. mother that he likes his new camp fine and that Kentucky is S pretty nice -state. - His address is Battery 896,. A. P. A. Bn, Fort Knox, Kentucky. , .. vv . -; --y. vi It' Clementine Mills, daughter of J.' H. Mills, is stationed in Italy with the 38th Evacuation Hospital. ; In a letter received last Thursday from her she says: "Just got. hack to my group again; from a four day leave which I enjoyed t very much.? Rome is still a beautiful city. I saw two operas, had two Turkish baths, got a permanent and went to a couple of parties. The invasion news and news . from all fronts is so good, we become more hopeful every day of maybe getting home soon,: But then one can never tell. We arent busy now. Have been to several nice -parties -recently and enjoyed them. One was my, own birthday, party." , r - - Thomas Leandsr James, S 1-c son ot Mrs. J. T. Price of R8 Monroe, Is somewhere to the Pacific. He says it is awfully hot there and that he tog brown ana hopes to get Browner. tus ( sunt, Mrs. W. I TomDerun uvea on Everett street Jn Monroe. - ' I,TaJo John H. Lee, fonnerry sta tioned at Camp Bowie, has been trans ferred to Camp Hood, Texas. After 8' ng a leave at home he has gone . to i s new post.' Mrs. Lee and the, cVL.cn axe remaining in Monroe. ' ,i:,e Flo. Cast i 1" ,ter, who hss : f a sc 1 days furlou; ti v i .U -p .a, Mr. and Cue 1 oilier, will leave Thursday for r roo! 'yn Navy Yard, where he Is sta l.oued. ' - . ' r '-,nt Tal-ed 8.3 Klsht ri- tr t Seaman L',-ne Elack has l li t e Admiralty l:ands for sv- e- i r and haJ Just missed Ms it , I - Timf. ' t ..ird Class Jas. k. . . ly ti.i-s i "i when Laj-ne U- i a li his c.-t. ! ! ' x ry c i t. Their parent i. s. F. C. k.'have J- ! ftpr J t: e 3 " -t . : IS 1 1 t f the two h e from e I ' Tie h"- as c" t t to t ! J i i if i ! t County Given 5 New Teachers "'"'jf',.'!': ' "W-1 ; '.- ' y ' '! j,-iZ.-' -it' : : '1.. -s , " y J', :. ' ' Additional Allotment Made By State Board In Recent . .Meeting OPENING DATE NOT SET .The Union County School System is to get five new teachers for the 1944-45 term, it was learned this morning from Superintendent E. H. Broome. !: ...,. The additional allotment was made by the State Boatf ot Education In accord with its recently adopted sys tem of lightening teacher load In the State.- -; Under the old set-up. six teachers were allowed for the first 180 Dtmils in average dally attendance and one additional teacher for - every thirty five children. As amended, -the new ruling nrovidea fix teachers for the first 175 students and one additional teacher for 'every thirty-five - students in average dally attendance during the previous year. A review of "Union county's 1943-44 atetndance report in the light of the new ruling, permitted the allotment of nve teachers, three high school and two elementary teachers. The county school system employs 311 white teachers and 83 colored teachers. ' - , The opening date for the county school system has not yet 'been de termined and will depend entirely upon progress made in the harvesting of the crops and the polio situation. The State Board of Education at a meeting in Raleigh Thursday adopted a resolution to pay all . teachers - a month's salary after -the first : two weeks of -school. This ' action ' was taken because of a delay 'in - school opening dates set by the board tor September 18th because of current In fantile paralysU outbreak. ; " CEmiUL I.XTH0DIST CHURCH ITEMS ; The congregation, stood"sunday momlnr in honor , and memory of Captain James Morgan who died In Prance on July 19th. He is the third man from Central Church , who has died in the service. Peace be to his surviving loved ones. , Four men were recognized Sunday morning: Lt, Warren Stack, Lt Harold Lander, Lt. Frank Lander, and Pic William Presson. , . Welcome home I .letters- aJKl scards-have reached from and about the following men: Major J. S. Stearns, Jr.. CpL O. W. Pressley, Sgt James Lingle, S-Sgt. Dewey Lee Belk, Chaplain E. & Ack erman and Henry Fowler. A minister's wife in Sidney, Australia, writes that Henry Fowler has been in their home on frequent occasions. How good It Is to know that our boys are entertained in homes over the earth as we enter tain other mothers sons who are in our midst Thanks to Martha Brooks for typ ing a competed and true record of our Honor Men. There are 175 names on the Boll of Honor. The circles of the Woman's So ciety were announced to meet as pub lished in the Monroe newspapers. The Spiritual Life Group will met on Tuesday, 9:30 a, m. Mrs. C. N. Maynard directs this group. - The Susuannah Wesley Bible class will meet in Tuesday at 7 p. m. in Phifer Hall. . -. . It is good to be home again after a month of vacation. : During that period we canned 392 cans of fruits and vegetables. A public cannery In Brevard Is doing great good. Mr. Caldwell did valient work during the vacation month. ' : , . , 7 r - J. H. Price, chairman of the Finance Committee, reports that all obligations for August are met In fulL This is the twenty-second month that this good result . has obtained. The an nual conference comes in six weeks. Let aa the people meet theu- oblige-1 tlons for the rest of the fiscal year as soon as convenient so that when the pastor goes to conference all matters will be cared for. . ,- :--r The Board of Stewards will meet next Monday night at o'clock. It was postponed until then on account of Labor Day, a holiday. At the Sunday mrning service Rev. Joe Caldwell read the Scripture les son. Rev. T. J. Hugglns pronounced the benediction. The younw women's chorus sang as the offertory, "O, Di vine Redeemer," by ; Gounod. The pastor spoke on "Loyalty." He stated that the insistent demand oi me nour is loyalty to Country and Church. .. v i Plans for the Wednesday night ser vices for the month ot September have been completed. This coming Wednes day at 8 p. m. is designated as "After Vacation Sevice." Mrs. J. H. Price will make a brief talk about the Pleas ant Grove camp meeting. Tha pastor will direct the service program. Sgt riward sTorfan will be guest soloist The attendance responsibility has been placed on several persons: Seat Ho. 1, the young people; 3, Hamp Price; 3, Vann Secrest; 3, Rev. J. Caldwell; 5, T. C. Flanagan; 8, J. W. Yates, 7, W. Z. Faulkner; 8, H. H. Day; S, W. W. Knox. They are respnalble for filling those seats.:- v-, i At the evening hour Pgt Donnis Conn, member of the WAACS, of Camp Sutton was the guest soloist he sang, "Ava Maria Rev. J. A. Fry was in the pulpit and offered the r toral prayer. Rev. Joe Caldwell de tvpT Use sermon of the evening on "Trusting Our K'gher Moments." The cvucrh pastor led the Informal Gos r 1 sorr TV-e, rv. T. A. riyler, jr., fis st t..e r;..no and Mrs. Zeb -ts et t' e c n. It vs a good t.:y m.;iut. s i:i t....; i .e. And so ,e 3af .ylr.y day. CAPTAIN JAT.IES C02GAII DIED IN FRATiCE JULY 19 Official Notloe Of Bus Death Waa Be eelved Here Sunday Morning, , Mrs. James Morgan of Marshville. received official notice-from, the War Department Sunday morning stating that her - husband. ' Captain , James Morgan died In France July, 19th. No other details were available. ' captain Morgan was a son' ot the late Mr, and Mrs. F. M. Morgan of Monroe and before entering, the ser vice with the National Guard In 1940 operated Morgan's Shoe Shop here. His wife is the former Miss Haiue Lee, of Marsh vllle, and since Captain Morgan entered the service, she has made her home there with relatives. In addition to his wife, Captain Mor gan is survived by one brother, Neal Morgan, of the U. a Army who Is at present stationed In California. Draft QiiotdsJI To Chairman Of , House v Group ' Believes Fewer Men To Get CaD WHEN GERiMANS QUIT Chairman Costello, Democrat - of California, of a House military draft subcommittee 5 said yesterday he- be lieved an immediate easing of draft calls Is possible in view of Selective Service's estimate that at least Hr 417,000 persons now are in. uniform. That would seem to Indicate, Cos tello said, thai the armed forces are "over the hump" and ' would need fewer men from now on. . , . ' The draft report was submitted to the military committee by Colonel Francis V. Keesling, Jr, legislative llason representative tor Selective Ser vice, who said nothing of any reduc tion of draft calls. : - Keesling did say, however, that cur rent draft policies should be adequate for at least the rest of this year barring military upsets. ' Should future Induction calls remain constant Keesling said, few men over 36 will be drafted the rest of this year. Current policies are concen trated on the group under 36, and In July, Keesling said, 83 per cent of all inductees were men between 18 and 36. :f e'-'C- H-A-i .'-.-,.:".,,.;.- : Keesling's report showed that on August 1 there were 10,384,000 regis trants irr OlaJM 113ie draft number assigned to registrants who have been inducted or who have enusteO This total, he emphaslbed, does not Include nonreglstered ' enlisted men and women and registrants over 38 who are in uniform. It does Include some 1,500,000 who have been dis charged for various reasons. - The Navy announced recently that it has an over all strength of approxi mately 3,717,000, and the Army earlier attained .an overall strength of 7, 700,000. ' ' "-"..;; - " On the basis of those figures, Kees ling expaned, lt could be assumed that the Army and Navy personnel ag gregate not less than 11,417,1)00. CHANGES ARE MADE IN : RATIONING PROGRAM Dry Beans Removed From Ration list a Effective Sunday . No ration points will be required to purchase dry beans, fruit butters and prune juices between September 3 and September 30, and other changes In blue point values generally will be minor. Fruit 1 butters which become point free Include apple, apricot grave and peach. . ' The aero point value applies omy to raw dry beans, regardless ot variety or color- Ration points will contilnue on al varieties of canned dry beans. Changes in point values for pro cessed food Included: Com, vacuumpacked, whole kernel, 13-ounce can only; . 3 to 8 points; mixed vegetables, such as succotash and carrots and peas. No. 3 (18-oa. can) 10 to 8 points; tomato Juice, 7 os. container, 1 to 3, 7-10 ounce con tainer, 1 to 3, 10-13 ounce container, 1 to . !C:-::.W::-'- ,-: :; k Values of tomato pulp and puree go down. A 7-ounoe container will sake t Instead of t points, with cor responding declines tor larger sixes. No changes were made In present red. point values of rationed meats, but foreign-type cheeses, such as Swiss, Italian, Greek and Edam, will cost 10 Instead of 8 points. . '-' ; L0A.D Vi iLL r. T The-fall meeting of the eruttve board of Jthe Brewing Indu'.'-y rot n datlon's North Carolina con v e v i be held in Raleigh Thursday, GctoU.r 19, - Chairman William E. Grt."n, cf Durham, will preside over the one day session.- Other members of t e executive board are: W. S. I r. Of Raleigh, treflsnrer; R. R. 1 and H. Q. Wr ' t. of Ore P. Nanney cf C 'i.'.a, N. SI. 1 of North Vv . ' ' -o, C. F. f r Jr of Faye.- of Littleton, V a folk, W. J. I , . D. I . r e ''i''t (f r of C . L Lewis of Tak h, C. L. 1 y 1 Douglas Gordon of l,a,-k, I,. J, On PtKchi ACied Troops Said To Have ; Captured Vise Inside f i Tf y- Gernany f-i'":'?:;,,j;-' DRIVE ACROSS BELGIUTI American troops stormed Into Ger many and captured their first town, neutral reports said yesterday, as oth er Allied armies ripped through Bel giam and Into Holland, crushing rem nants ot the broken German army. r While a Stockholm report said American tankmen had captured Perl Just inside the German frontier near the Junction of Germany, France and Luxembourg, farther 4 to the north in a sweep through the low countries U. S. First Army units took Mpns, 30 miles from Brussels. - There was no oonflrmation at Su- . preme headquarters that the Ameri cans had crossed into Germany or of a German report that they were now flghtng In Holland. . ' i Armored columns . of . Americans plunging up the broad valley of the ' Meuse reached Namur, 35 miles inside Belgium Saturday while 125 miles to the south Lt. Gen. George 8. Patton's : Third army pushed through Meta and Nancy toward the German fron- , tier 35 miles away. , . According to latest reports both Ameerican and British troops were closing in on Brussels, capital of Bel- The Germans, nowhere on thi scat . tered battlelines, were making ny de termined effort to stem the racing armor and. there was no Indication they were planning to use the French-. ; built German-dismantled Maglnot line as a defense. - . -, British and Sanadlan forces swung , two more bridgeheads across the Som me, east and west of Abbeville which was being mopped up, and reached Allly Ls Haut and Clocher, four miles beyond the river, and Grand Davlers, about two miles northeast of Abbeville. . Supreme headquarters had no offi cial confirmation of reports that Allied forces had captured I Touquet Bou-, logne, Calais and Dunkerque. v i , (Axis reports said American troops had reached tha Mass, Juliana canaL which ls actually Inside Holland In the Maastricht appendix Jutting down between Germany and Belgium. As the battle for France apparently ended and the fight tor Belgnum ap peared nearlng Its end the BBC in a London broadcast recorded by tha FCC eald .'the Belgian government, now in London, Is to return to Bel-' glum . m a few days." ,v;?;.v . (Supreme headquarters generally was silent for "security reasons on the rapid advances of. Allied forces by lt -appeared the showdown battle tor Germany was on.),. , ' , . v With Allied armies drawing closer to the Reich the Germans were re ported -pouring troops Into the Keg- , fried line for the showdown battle for Germany. ' The i speed il with . which u Patton's forces were rolling and the insignifi cant opposition the enemy was offer ing probably means the American Third Army wll reach the German frontier-today. 1 The battle for Germany was draw ing nearer hourly with no strong op position In sight short of the Reich itself even as shots of by-passed Ger man rearguards punctuated the 'dying v hours ot the battle of France on the fifth anniversary ot Britain's declara tion oi war. ... FULL-SCALE ATTACK LAUTiCIlED IN ITALY : Smashing through veteran German" parachute troops in the first full blown atatck on the Italian front in recent weeks, British and Polish forces are driving the enemy off his last hill po- sinons oeiore me Adriatic ena or tne Gothic Line and are within eighteen miles oi the Po valley rim. Heavy fighting was reported as the Eighth Army dislodged the crack Nazi First Parachute . Division reformed since Its defeat at Casslno from a three-mile long ridge overlooking the Foglia River after crossing the Arzilla River. . . - The Foglia flows Into the Adrlatio at the heavily fortified town of Pesaro, which would be threatened with being outflanked if the advance further In land were continued. Op the coast British forces operating with the Poles advanced more than two miles beyond Fano. Capture of the ri,'"e overloctlrg t'.e Foglia River put L-ghla Amy . ments In Monte Cicaria, e : 'r,t r -s southwest of Pesaro. Iu " r t? southwest other units re- 1 C " dolo, eighteen inL.s sot, t cf : -mfnt, end rn r t ' i l.i 3 y '; f ' : Tesaro, f 1 t - t i n C . - 1 i .4, S . Its i s c ry s: i i i t t i I I i i i. l.i t ( ' r f r V .e C c i ' '. i .) s ' i r x. i :- S"-' '1. S '. v 8 1-1 ' T t i ii a i 1 r t : I r f 1 "i i ' ' l r 1 I V I e t -i V e t cf e r
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Sept. 4, 1944, edition 1
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