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PUELISIED 0:r I 3NDAYS AND THURSDAYS .: .. im tz;?E:ity-ci:coND year MONROE, N C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1944 8-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTIIS, ?1.25 EEMI-7EHXLY, $2.C0 A YT.U ifirm i (Www ... .. t T1 , 1 . fX V.-1. lW iiUl ViA W4iiA Reach IIcr-Ycsojlav Border la tlz Fifty EULCARIA IS .ISOLATED The Russians,' in an ' advance of more than 10 miles m a day, reached the Romanian-Yugoslav border y aster day, capturing the anaclent ' Danube river city of Turnu-fieverin, while In Poland they slogged forward two hard- won miles through dense German de- lenses and seised the Narew river for tress of Ostroleka In a new threat to East Prussia, r. : The twin triumphs, widely contrast- - ing In type and location, both presaged calamity for the Germans, whose radio commentators, apparently having writ- .. view of the offensive toward East ten off the Balkans, took a far graver Prussia and outflanking Warsaw, Capture of Turnu-Severhv at the downstream end of the famous Dan ube rapids known as the "Iron Gate," promised Immediate Juncture of So-' let. forces with the Yugoslav Parti- ' sans of Marshal Tito and threatened early completion of a line of steel clear . across the . top of , the Balkan peninsula. The noose was tightening for the Germans in Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia and Albania, .. The drive Isolated Bulgaria, already crylngtor an armistice In the war that Russia declared on her Tuesday night, and crushed the last glimmering ' German hopes of making any serious stand In the Balkans. The way lay open for Russians and xugosievs vo proa into un nuug&ruui , I i 1. A I , L '-- ft ' ma gninm ww last icnmiiiim wa amttelllte of any consequence, . Turnu-Severin la but 100 miles from the Yugoslav city of Nls, which con trols the main German railroad line from the sotuhern Balkans, and Is 360 miles from Budapest- Its capture an nounced in the Soviet midnight oom j munlque, permits complete by-passing of the rugged Carpathian passes for drive toward the Hungarian capital ' The Russians kept silent on German reports that they also had already-Invaded Bulgaria. --"iV."- .',: , The coinciding victory in Poland, far all its small advance in miles, was heralded by an order .of the day from Premier Stalin and a U-salvo salute , from 124 Moscow guns.'-, .-.-v -:! - -. The advance was pressed through some of the thickest defensive posi tions of the whole eastern front and succeeded In clearing the east bank of the tfarew river, an Important German line, the Soviet communique said. Stalin's recognition of the success may mean that the armies there nave been ordered to Invade East Prussia trom the southern underside. - Warsaw, already outflanked at a dis tance, was still the scene of bitter fighting with the Russians annonunc lng with the Russians announcing they iad improved their positions north east of the suburbs of Praga and had recaptured Wolomtn, 10 miles north east, which has changed hands several times. - : The Germans, saying the Russians had thrust several heavily-reinforced tank and Infantry divisions into that sector, admitted last night that a breach, had been made but claimed it later was liquidated. TIIAI"CS D0"0HS TO RED CROSS KIT FUT0) Ieeal Prd action Corps Has. Packed - : 150 Bags; Fands Needed . Mrs. G. B. Caldwell, Chairman Pro duction Corps, American Red Cross, wishes to thank the people who are donating to the Red Cross Kit bags. These bags are made and given to each man at the port of embarkation when he is sent overseas. They weigh 11-2 pounds each and contain soap, playing cards, cigarettes, shoe polish cloth, pencil, stationery, chewing gum, , matches, razor blades, sewing case and m small book. i . -The' bags which Union Chapter are filling were made by the members of the Home Demonstration Clubs . of Union County and are packed here tn the Red Cross rooms. There are 750 " fcsa which have been made and It costs $1.00 per bag to fill. ' Appreciation and sincere thanks are extended to toe flowing who. have already made donations: - . Lions Club, $103X0; 1" n't I ' ' Class of pre-r tartan. C tuwi, f- . l::cUaneous $-2X3. , These kits are urgently or w, 1 t i are considered an essont J ty U.e boys who are using tlicsn la Uie far Xlung battle areas. J k . ft ii I V . ft. 1 --"..-.n c ' 's r 1 a c( ( i t ' t t e I i s 7 n n is ' ' It let ', it . 1 t e. l- 7 f 7 r r ) t y 1 . ? Receives Decoration - i r J. SGT. HOOTER a BATJCOM ; T-Sgt. .Hoover C.'Baucom, son of Mr, and Mrs. G. O. Baucom R3, Mon roe, a radio operator, gunner, on a B-24 Liberator, has been awarded a second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air MedaL ' The presentation was made by his group commander, Colonel Jacob J. Brogger, at an Eighth AAF Base. in England. ' -. ' The citation read: "Meritorious achievements In "accomplishing with distinction aerial operational missions over enemy occupied Continental Eu rope. - The courage, coolness and skill displayed by him In the face of deter mined . opposition materially aided tn the successful completion of these missions. His actions reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United states." . Ration Change Is Announced Virtually AD Procemd Can : Foods To Be Removed v From List t' Awr:; ORDER EFFECTIVE S00!I Virtually all processed foods other than canned fruits will be returned to prewar nonratloned status In , 10 days the White. . House Announced Wednesday,' and f War Pood admin istration spokesman Indicated that ad ditional meat also may be made ra tion' free soon. -, .' ;;.J"-" War Mobilization Director James P. Byrnes directed the removal from ra tioning on September 17 of these Items: ;wv-Hiw!..r. All Jams, jellies, fruit butters,, as paragus, lima beans, corn, peas, pump kin and squash, ' mixed vegetables, baked beans, tomato sauce, paste and puree, and all varieties of soups and baby foods. - . ' ' -.M Byrnes' acted on the recommendav tlon of Marvin Jones, WFA adminis trator.' who had advised that avail able and prospective supplies of these foods Justified the step. -. All other canned vegetables except tomatoes are ration-free at present and are expected to continue so, WFA said In elaborating on the Byrnes' announcement. v.--c- ' Among the various types of Juices, pineapple, tomato, grape and vegeta ble combinations remain on the point charts, but indications are that grape fruit and orange Juices, blends of these two and prune Juice, will con tinue to be available without stamps. A WFA'pokesman said that com mercial grade beefsteaks and roasts probably would be removed from ra tioning In October, or November if heavy marketing of cattle develops as, anticipated; , He said there was practically , no likelihood that' the top grades of. steak and roasts "A" and "AA" will be made ration-free this year. Utility grade beef, the classification below commercial, is now point-free. WFA said also there was no pros pect that points on canned fruit would be eliminated in the next few months. : - :- ' Jones said release of the additional processed foods from rationing was made possible "by the magnflcent prodiif in done by our farmers and uie I ( 1 processors." ' ryrrus announced the "unratlonlng" ', of t. e f . j' g: . rru t E-r 's. All varieties of Jel lies, J-.iiis, and fruit butters. (Fruit bn'. v.'-e removed from ratioti''-sj e: :ve ( :'cr 3 by -the o...ce of Fr' e i t 'ration, but the other s;Toa..s t -U r .-.ire blue points.) C '1 v ..Lies: Asparr ?is. t.-t's V. ' 1 ), corn, pess, pu.rp i. i cr . . d vc,-"'.;'' V s. I i i s (canneJ) : T ' -d t ' I O f ..: , tOU'UtO I t')- i r i I i i I i . i ... ., ...r 1'ood t s- t v i ? v.'.,nt 1 C A U t ) ! 1, t ) 1 i ; -J h i J r '. .. . c Sweden Snnlis WarlCrinina! Refutes Asylum To Those Seeking Safety In Their ' GIVES A)Ei1VARNING Sweden will refuse -asylum to war criminals and return to their own countries for Justice any who , "slip through the Swedish frontiers, Min ister Of Social Affairs Gustav Moeller declared In a speech last night. Nothing .-' that Sweden's frontiers have been open to all refugees, Moeller said 'Muring this war, however, there have ' been committed tertble Meeds of such a nature that hardly anybody previously would have thought them possible in a world calling itself cm lized. Such deeds have been commit' ted above all in the occupied coun tries.", : , Moeller continued: ' "It is Drobable that many neople. knowing they are responsible for ae tions which have shocked the minds and sense of Justice of ordinary peo ple, and which cannot be Justified by the requirements of war. wia try to escape to neutral countries. Including Sweden, In order to elude punishment. "Our policy so far has been to keep our frontiers open for refugees, but it would not be concluded that Swe den will be open, or is prepared to grant asylum, to those who by their actions have defied the conscience of the civilized world or betrayed then- own country. "It can be taken for granted Sweden will close Its frontiers in the face of a large or a small Invasion of such po litical' refugees and should anyone slip through he will be returned to his own- country." "' " : ' 1 This was Sweden's first public pro nouncement regarding : her attitude toward war criminals since the United Nations appealed In 1943 to neutrals Jto close their borders to them. Turkey was the only country which responded then. ' - " - - Moeller disclosed that Sweden It at present harboring 61,000 refugees of whom 5,000 are from Germany, Aus tria and Czechoslovakia. r.IET.IORIAL SERVICE' FOR CAPTAIN JAS. P. MORGAN i ;. - Serviee -WH1 Be -' Held la : Central V. Methodist Churoh, Sanday. A ' memorial c service for Captain James P. Morgan, who died m France on July 19, will be, held In Central Methodist church next Sunday at five o'clock in the afternoon. Captain Mrgatt Is No. 43 on the service - roll of Central Methodist church in Mon roe. The Rev. W. R. Kelley, former pastor of Central church and now pastor of Main Street 'church, High Point, will deliver the sermon. Rev. J. H. Armbrust will be In charge of the service and win read the Scrip ture lesson.' Rev. J. E. Caldwell win offer the invocation. ; Dr. C. C. Burris, president of Wingate College, wlU offer the prayer, The 1 senior choir will sing, "Abide With Me." Rev. Jack Akin, pastor ; of - the Pint Baptist church, Monroe, . will - sing, "Going Home." Chaplain Lv W. Teague,-Post Chaplain of Camp Sutton, has ap pointed Chaplain Bruce Lowe to rep resent the military. Chaplain Lowe wlU pronounce 'the benediction. A bugler wlU sound taps at the conclu sion' of the .service,- ;?K r Mrs. Zeb . Jones, carilloneur, wlU play the tower bells Immediately pre-; ceedlng and after the service. T. O. Flanagan win be -ta--" charge of Hie ushering. J. Hamp Price wul place; the Legion flags about the Honor Plaque.. Members of the American Legion and Auxiliary are Invited to attend in a group. Captain James P. Morgan, son of the late P. M, Morgan and Pet TruU Morgan, died of s heart attack Jury 19 In France. Capt Morgan entered the service with the Monroe Battery of the National Guard In September, 1940. Since February, 1944, he had been In foreign service In the capacity of Battery Commander with the Field Artillery. :y.,n-'- v - Before entering the service Capt. IT "tt owned a shoe repair shop; lakr he traveled for Morrow Distribu-1 ir? company. He was a graduate of Ktanroe high school and attended A. and M in Monroe, Georgia. Captain Morgan is survived by his wile, the ; former Miss HalUe Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. a Lee of 1'irshvllle, one brother, NeU Morgan, of the armed forces In California, one maternal aunt, Mrs. W. D. Ful'.en aU'er of Monroe and one paternal sunt, Mrs. E. F. Belew, of Glen Allen, Va. . . .t..1 .' ECU.rrS-TAELTON la r' a ceremony of simplicity and n 1.:: .1 1ii1s Maude Klolmes, t r of 1. s. Ora I'Dlmee of v. o, t -ime the bnue of W. 1 ."l, Jr., son of I t. and Mrs. 1 lanu'ii. a'.;o of 1 - ' 1 . , Eat v : - ii, f :-r i id at c X in C I. a c. 1 . a f!T f 8 1 e V.ns 1 l.i aa t l a f t ... l 1 -e s. I. r t ... r co; s 5 s. t,ir" -n, a r ' 'a -f I'-.V 1 ' "i a '-ov.1 v use' i t 'il r !i 1 r I f i ? TIE LATEST WAR NEWS : U CHIEF ' : Bme American 1 troop have -eeeapied the important Italian ctty ot Lucca, ' ten ' miles northeast af Pisa and drivesi the Germans back to within lew than six miles eC the main Gothie Line defense be- yond the town, Allied Headqnar tew announced) today. . -i ml -i..A .:' , Meseew Swtft Rosalaa treepe were reported iflrhtlng. within 9t miles of Belgrade today and were believed already to have ferried the Danube and reached TagoalaT " sou ealth of the Iron Gate gorge where . the aUchty river eats through. the Tuisylvanlan Alps, - London Botiy ; the ' Parts and London radios declared today that " Bnlgaria had broken off relations .with Germany ;bnt there was no1 hnmedlaie v oonflrmaUon of a ronndaboat report from Ankara, : that .the Sofia; Gevarnment had declared war npoa the Reich. The Paris iMwadcast ' said the German r Minister tn Sofia was preparing , to return home.; -'f.vvV,' ,-. Southeast Ada Command Head- : quarters, Kandy, Ceylon After a swift f oar-mlle' advance, - Allied troops have regained contact with . Japanese forces tetreattng ' Into western Marma along the Tlddlm Read, 7 AWed headaaarters.an 1 noonoed today, i . , London The ''; Amerlean ; Pint : and Third Armies hammered east- ' : ward en two bread fronts toward Germany today;, heading for the Siegfried Una where a decisive . battle, perhaps the last great bat tle ef the war In Europe, may be fought. Lt Gen. George S. Pat- ton's Third . Army, moving np to the Moselle River en a front of mere, than SO mile from Laxem bewrg to Naney, wedged Into the onUklrU of the fortress city, of Mets on the rtvef s east . bank. : They had won ono costly bridgo- Sgt? Moore Awarded Dlstlngvlshed V .;','" Ftytni Cross . An Eighth Air Force Bomber Sta tion, England. tafl .Sergeant Keith W. Moore, 23, Monroe, tall gunner of the Eighth'. Air -Force B-17 Flying Portress, "Spirit of vValley Porge," has been awartjed -32ienstmguisneo ny ing Cross to a dor to his previous dec orations of the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf-Clusters. -4" --;' He Is the son of Mrs. Eulalia Moore, of Rl, Monroe. A graduate of Win- gate high school, he was a snipwngnt for the North Carolina Ship Building Company of Wilmington, before Join ing the army m October 1942. h The flvlns snmner received air me chanics training at Keesler Field, Miss., and gunnery training at Pyote, Texas. ; '.,.;?'"- v,'-' "s While on a mission to synthetic on plants at Brux, Chechoslovakia, Sgt, Moore shot down, a Messerschmltt 109, when several hundred enemy aircrait kept , up repeated . attacks' for over three hours.. "He came in low from the tall," the sergeant related. - "I poured about 400. round into him at 800 yards. By the time he reached 300 yards distance from my position, he blew up and pieces scattered all over the aky." -'.'v---, ..; Mrs. M. E. Aldridge. of R2, Monroe, received a letter from her son, S. H. Thompson, Coxswain . of 1 the XJ. S. Navy, stating tie has been released from the hospital and returned to ac tive duty. He has been In England, but his letter today did not give his location at present. . V " Sgt. Williams Pnmioted An Eighth AAF Fighter Station, England. An aircraft mechanic In a service squadron at a Mustang fight er base is the overseas assignment oi Henry p. Williams. Wingate. who has been promoted from the rank of Staff Egtn to that of Technical Sgt Son of Mrs. Julia Williams; Wingate, T-egt. Williams aids to keep the high altitude Mustang fighters in the group led by Col. Avelin P. Tacon, tn excel lent mechanical condition. This crack Eighth Fighter Command group has accounted for the devastation of more than 140 Nazi aircraft.. - Prior to entering the service Au gust 22, 1942, Technical Sgt Williams was employed as an automotive me ehanle In Winsata. where he also at tended high school. He has been serr- ing in England since last October. rmr .Ta Vnnmnnil . vtiA : mmentlv praduated In the .Army Specialised Training school at the University In Cincinnati, Ohio, has come for a ten-days stay with his mother, Mrs. W. O. Lemmond. i. , w Pvt JrA Wttmnro! who Is ta camD In Florida, has come to spend a fur ku,f;h wi.h his wife and children at their home on Waxhaw road. -. UMit. I'arold Lander, who had been spfn , j a few days here with his , I."r. and Mrs. Frank Lander, 1 1. ' iy to Presque Isle, v' i he Is stationed. Lieut i : k Lan 'Pr of Mint Hill t a l'w d-vs here with his . s S i .rs. Lander and i i , t , hfise srrees the Meecille Union County's Men Ini Service Yanli: Forces Driving East Americans Run Into Stillest " Hghtioi Since St Lo Victory REAL BATTLE STARTS The swift, Germany-bound drive of the U. a Third army has been stalled fo' ralmost a week by lagging supplies, but in the north, American First army tanks in mass formations were on the move eastward toward Liege after leaping across ' the Meuse river and breaching the Nasis' Belgian defenses before the Reich, fleldT dispatches dis closed today. The First Army drive was along at leasct a 25-mile front, and Supreme Headquarters Indicated lt was operat ing, from three secure - bridgeheads over the Meuse at Namur. Associated Press Correspondent Don Whitehead, with the First Army, said the Yanks had started the real bat tle for Germany,, and that as Infan try and armor pushed relentlessly to ward the Nazi homeland, the rate of advance soon would bring it within range of Allied big guns. The Americans poured across the Meuse after ronudlng up hordes of Germans In the Mons trap. . They stormed the river banks . where the Germans were waiting In a midnight thrust Tuesday ,and a battle raged aU day, Whitehead wrote. Some of the fighting, he said, was the hardest since the St. Lo break-through. ;" On the Americans' southern flank, supplies and necessity for regrouping stopped the Third Army's swift drive toward the German border, and re inforced Nazis taking advantage . of the lull have begun their ' first real stand since the Allied Normandy break-through, other front dispatches disclosed. . A heavy battle raged In the Moselle valley Invasion corridor.. An American mechanized cavalry column smashed through stubborn resistance to with in four miles of Mets, key city on the French side of the Siegfried line. But as the Yanks closed In on the stronghold every yard of ground was being contested bitterly. - , ; ' After the enforced ; halt . suppUes flnaily have caught up with the Third Army, but the Germans, fleeing in confusion a week ago, have had time to regroup and "reorganise, front: dis patches disclosed. " Associate Press Correspondent Wes Gallagher wroto fronx, the front- that' temporarily, at least the brunt of battle; against the newly reinforced German strongpolnts has been turned over to the ever-ready Infantry, which must . drive a wedge through which Lt Gen. George 8.. Patten's armor once again can start 'German flight In motion. :.,.-" The Third Army, after having sent reconnaissance patrols across the bor der last Sunday and Into Germany itself, first met strong recslstance at JouavlUe, eight miles northwest of Mets. There the Germans, their backs against the last-ditch defenses of the Fatherland, met the Americans with 88s, mortars and antitank guns. Below Mets a bridgehead, now firm ly held, has been ..thrown acorss the Moselle, and Americans poured across this last great water barrier before Germany short of the Rhine Itself, and pointed a new threat from the east bank toward the Fatherland and the Siegfried line. , - ' - - , Hitler's forces are expected to be able to offer nothing more than heavy detlaying actions while the border de fenses of the Reich are strengthened. His main problem is man power with which to hold the great bulging Al lied line which runs several hundred miles over France, Belgium and Hol land. . WhUe the Third. ' Army bears the brunt of the frontal assault on the Reich, the Brutish Second and Amer ican First armies are driving toward ouier Bonier defenses. DR. ft. L PAYNE DIES SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT Faneral Services Win Be Held Friday .' Afternoon At 4:00 O'clock - Dr. Robert L. Payne, age 57, prom inent Monroe physician, aied suddenly at tils home on Houston-street this morning about 1:15 o'clock, after a short Illness. Funeral services win be held at the Harris-Wells Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. H. Armbrust. Interment wul he tn the Monroe cem etery.'. :. - . - "" Dr. Payne Is survived by his wife. the former Miss Margaret Reid Hous ton, of Monroe; two sons, T-8gt Rob ert H. Payne, in Italy, and Captain Robert Lee Payne, Jr., of Camp But- ner, N. C; also one sister, Mrs. 8. S. Wolfe, of Monroe. - Dr. Payne was weU known in medi cal circles throughout the state and bad practiced his profession here for many years. He was a veterans of World War 1 and served as a Cap-! tain In the Medical Corps, following the end of that conflict he returned to Monroe and again resumed his practice. He was a Mason, a member of Cen tral Methodist church, a number of medical organizations and a mem ber of the American Legion. r j r S, vho r'i I 'I rf i s - ; j v it till ' i - t i " ' T-Sgt Waiter Henderson Reported Safe And Well T-Bgt Walter Henderson, Jr., ef Monroe, who, since June 24, has. been a prisoner ef war In Ro mania, was among the eleven honored flyers who were rescued ' last week, when Romania, broke ' with the Nasts and same ever to the Allied aide, This news was received here Monday evening in a cablegram from Sgt Henderson, who wind ; his wife in Charlotte and his par ents, Mr. and Mrs, W. A. Hender son ef W. Franklin street, that he was "safe and well," and was back at his base in Italy, . Sgt Henderson was an engineer '. and gunner en a B-24 liberator ", and It la thought that while en . , a bombing mission ever the Ploistl -: , oil fields In Romania, that his i ..plane was shot down. -. On June 9, Sgt Henderson, was awarded the Silver Star for gal lantry tat action. Climax Battle In Italy Soon Decisive Engagement Looms As British Near Key , City AMERICANSTAKE TOWN The decisive) battle for northern Italy on the broad stretches of the Po river valley appeared near today after Eighth army troops plunged within five miles of Rimini on the Adriatic coast and Americans on the opposite end of the front seised Lucca, provincial capital 10 mUes northeast of jPlsa. . ,.-.,vv.,,:i ,.r v Once Rimini is captured, Gen. Sir Harold Alexander wul pour out onto the flatlanda of northern Italy the greatest armored striking force ever assembled In the Mediterranean area to. proceed with the annihilation of Field Marshal Gen. Albert Kesselring's armies. -; r: - Due south of RiminL Canadian forces crushed all Nazi counterat tacks, and carved out new positions only five miles from the city's out skirts.' Other-. Eighth t- Army units striking directly up the coast were reported less than six miles from their goal as enemy forces weakened considerably under combined blows by AUled ground troops, warships and planes. ,,''?-i,rr$ "t" ;Sonie; of "the fllercest fighting oc curred around the key town of Cori ano, seven jnUes south of Rimini nad about two miles from the sea. Allied shock troops captured an important ridge running from Coriano to the coast and sent patrols for time into the town itself. ; : The German First Parachute di vision, which met the first assault of the Canadians below Rimini and tried desperately for nearly week to- stem the advance, was laid to have been so mauled that lt was relieved. 'v -"For the second day two British de stroyers stood offshore' and slammed more than 600 shells Into - German batteries and gunu positions guarding Rimini. An Allied communique said several batteries were silences. Return fire trom enemy guns was described as Ineffectual , , A ; , Rimini, an ancient Roman port with a prewar population of 65,000, is at the Adriatic terminus of a Po vallev highway which r ' runs northwest through Bologna into the heart of the northern Italy industrial regions. Ten miles northwest of the city is the. Rublcaa of Caesar's fateful cross ing, ', . .vr. ......... ... ; ' ' - : :- . -. Lucca, captured by American patrols in. the Fifth Army's thrust near the western end of the line, la an Im portant communications center with a normal population of 82,000. An AUed announcement of its occupa tion aia not mention any enemy re-1 sistanoe, leaving the' supposition that1 Nasi troops In that sector had with drawn into the depths of their Goth- ic line defenses. - , - . Also taken In the Tank advance was Altopascio, nine miles east of Lucca, on a main lateral hlghtway to fiswia, a Key oojecure . 36 airline miles northwest of Florence. Patrols were reported weU past Altopascio anjd driving toward Pescla, six miles to the north. ?.-.)-. v. , Nad resistance to the Fifth' Army was confined mostly to small BTonm of enemy rearguards, but Lt Gen. Mane w. Clark's men had to contend with elaborate minefields and demoli tions. .. ... V uc::s tlati j:dtizli sciap patz: CIUVE Public Urged To Start Saving Now cor oecona; wui set Date Later, Plans for another scrap paper drive are now Being formulated, W. T. Wall. president of the Monroe Lion's club, nas announced. The drive will perhaps be - held some time within the next month and local residents were urged today to tart saving up all scrnp p -v r f ir the drive. If a sufcient eroov t ! been saved bffore t.ie nt'.t r and local residents wi:,h to c' ( It they cun ta'e tv"r c i the Cn8-''-7 Chevrolft C - y cr t tlie t'aU-n BToa f 1 t i rr 1 p d i r. r t. . 3 . s i rs i. 1 1 t'-e r''f"'-t C :. r : t' e c: f - ';'. ! 1 f pi T V l ( 't !$ i a ! t 1 1 1 - I inounc2 " utv School Faculty AD Vacancies Have Been f Fded with Exception 01 Principal OPENS SEPtS'ER 18th The Monroe City Schools win open September 18th. The faculty meetings wul be held on September 14th; stu dent registration on Friday, September 15, Superintendent W. R. Klrtman an nounced this mornlns. - On Frtdav morning, September 15th, at nine o'clock, aU students are asked to report to -the auditoriums of the various buildings. Students in grades one through five, Inclusive, should re-' port to John D. Hodges . or ; Nortn Monroe school; sixth, seventh, eighth and high school students should report to ths high school ? Colored students win report at the Winchester Avenue school. . ';, ; ; v , ; AU high school students, white and colored, wlU be asked to report again at one o'clock Friday to be issued their books and receive assignments. The bus wlU run Friday morning over the same route as traveled last year for the purpose of bringing stu dents to registration. ; - AU white teachers are asked to meet in the high school building at eleven o'clock for a general teachers' meet ing and win met again In the after noon with principals of each building. AU ' colored teachers have been asked to report Thursday morning. September 14th, for a general teach ers' meeting. Metlngs with the prin cipal wul be held in the afternoon., AU vacancies In the faculty have been flUed with the exception of a successor to RTW. House, principal of the high school Miss Haldee Thomp son, Miss Nancy Paris, Miss Prances Canlpe, Miss Ann Mann, and Mrs. Ruth Haas in the high hscool and Mrs. Annie H. Williams and Mrs. Carolyn Toupa in the grammar school resigned, and have been replaced by Miss Eve lyn Baker, Mrs. Ted Moore, Miss Helen Gardner, W. P. Whi taker, Mrs. Bernloe Busch, Miss Pay Helms and and Mrs. B1U FuUer. , Below Is a list of the faculty of the Monroe City Schools! ' ' , High School Evelyn Baker, Mrs. Bemlce Busch, Maggie Burgess, Helen Gardner, Annie Lee, Mrs. Ted Moore, and W. P. Whltaker, Jr. : - Junior High School Airs. Hallie J. Bivens, Lucy Lee, Mrs. Sarah Mapp, Florence flRedwlne. HaUle J. SneU,. and Arnette Steawhorn. vi, John D; Hodges School-OUle Alex-- ander, i Mrs. , AUie Austin. Mrs. Vir ginia ML Crowell, Mrs. Helen B. Eng- UBU, JU1Y. DUX K UilCI , f J ncuiut ftftft-. Wincy Rooker, Mary Waters, Isabel Wolfe, and Mrs. Miriam Houston. North ' Monroe School Beatrice Falrley, Mrs. Annie 8. Helms, Eliza-;, beth Stevens. ' " " -Colored High School Judge - W. oranam, liouise v. creit, Anna u. ra rest, Ltvy T. Lawsoa Colored , Elementary ' School: Ella Mae King Alston, Pauline Barbour, Portia Chambers, Annie S. Chres field, Hople N. - Dawson, Vennest Perkins, Mary Shaw, Duval Halth Simmons, Bernlce 8. Smith, Eula Carter Smith, . Auralla Williams and Missouri B. WU- UEUT. PERCY LAi;SY . KILLED VA FIUi;CE Prominent Young Officer Reported Missing In Action Since Angnst ! Lieut Percy Laney of Monroe, pre viously listed as missing In action, was killed in action in France, August 1, according to a message received here Tuesday night by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Laney from Lieut. Laney's wife, who received official no tice from the War Department, Tues day .of her husband's death. ' ' He is survived by his wife the for mer Miss Martha Frasher of Barnes- ville, Ohio, who Is currently doing Red Cross work in Danville, Ky.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Laney, gr ot Monroe; six brothers, four of whom are In the service of their country. They are Emsley A. Laney, of Wil mington, N. ; Of Capt c:r9 tL Laney, in France; Lieut. William Phl- fer Laney, in Italy; - Crl. Frank D. Laney, Truax ' Field, J"V. is.; Eeaman Robert Laney of the V. S. ITavy and J. W. Laney, Jr., of Monroe; his tm sister. Miss Margaret Laney of 1 ' ' h and another sister, Mrs. Arnold Li. a of Monroe. Lieut Laney was a graduate cf V a Monroe high school He at " !:;i 1 i gate Junior College and e I t college, and ' later stii i 1 v it George Washington I. " He was a member cf t e 1 staff of Senator Jo i . ; when he volunteered 1 r i i 194a. Before t.ht he v ? t with the or.ee of for- r man Walter Lcr ' "i cf r district for several 7 of Monroe's mo-1 1 " ' and has tnar.y f.-' . ) -where, v'-;o 1 -.vi 1 it 4 nei s v 1 t 1 1 One t ; ; fi.' t t-i
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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