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'VI' t-JrV' --"'' v:'- t ' I 1 '.;''(' w-V'V -- '-e' V..- !"-' lull 1, r cr partly cloudy and moderately cool tonight; slightly biRher temperatures In the afternoon Tuesdays Cotton, short, lt. ., Sltte to 32o Cotton, long, lb . . .. . 39c to 320 Cotton Seed, bushel 79H0 Eggs, doaen .. ,, .V. .. 40c Corn, bushel i .. $1.60 Wheat, bushel .. .. tl.65 , Sunset today, 7:16 p. m.; sunrise Tuesday, 7:14 a. m, t ! PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CSVENTY-EECOND YEAR MONROE, N. C., tJNION C0UNTY,v MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1944 , 8-M0NTHS, 75ej 6-MONTHS, f 1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, 2.0 0 A YEAH V 0 Busy Seccion ocress Is Adjourned For . " Eectlon IIcLiay Reterns , fT i- November 14 " tlANY. FACE OPPOSITION -Congress began its second extended vacation of the year during the veek - end, adjourning for an electioneering holiday after an eight-weeks session In which it passed a program designed to cushion the Impact of the war's nd on the nation's economy. ; ' The principal legislative business of ' the closing day was unanimous pas sage In both houses of a resolution calling on all nations to adopt policy of press freedom and free exchange - . f news, as a measure to bolster peace. x ' The lawmakers will return to the " capital November 14, unless recalled - woner1, face a docket that may in 1 olude such N controversial matters as ' ' v peacetime compulsory military , train , Ing legislation.. ' - More than a score of incumbent House member already have lost their " light for re-election or have failed to ' .seek new terms, and the "lame duck" ' list may be longer when the law ' - makers return. Many face still con , tests in the November 7 balloting. The two-point reconversion program 3atd oh President Roosevelt's desk in the closing days created the War Mo , Tarnation and Reconversion adminl s, . tra to chart the transition from war time to peacetime economy and set up the machinery for disposition of an estimated $100,000,00000 worth of surplus war property. , 1 ! These two measures supplemented a two-fold reconversion program enacted . before the mid-summer recess, one U- part of which blueprinted the method ' for terminating war contracts . and the other the so-called "Q. t Bm of - ' Bights" provided benefits for dis charged servicemen. ; --v- V Supplementation of the reconversion program wll be eonsidered after the recess, Chairman Dough ton, Demo ' crat of North Carolina of the House "Ways and Means committee having surranged for a study of back-home travel allowances -and Federal em ploye unemployment benefits after .the election. . " Whether compulsory peacetime mili tary training 'will be taken up im mediately after the recess has not Dees determined, but man? members sre pressing for its consideration be fore the new Congress takes over In January.: E vents in the European -war will decide what other subjects will require- consideration before .the Urst'of-tbe jnbV rlT-rf-TrrS Few members remained In town for the closing Senate and House sessions, most of them 'having hustled home j ward for: the political , bustlings. Among those remaining were mem- ' twrs of the Dies committee which will begin public hearings this week in an investigation of the Political Action committee. - r :. " The political holiday can be ended Ahead of schedule' on. agreement by either majority or minority, leaders. In its six-months session earlier in the year, Congress appropriated $67,- - 199,127, : boosted the national debt limit to $260,000,000,000, passed a $2, 300,000,000 tax hill, extended wartime price controls, provided mustering out pay for service men and women, pro longed the lend-lease program, and -, arranged for absentee voting -by mem bers of the armed forces. V'tjv, OVEISSAS GITT r.!AIL VILL LZ COLOSSAL : '.j;,V. '-i..,; .,- - i Jit Least 7fl,000,0O Paokages For Men ; Abroad Expected Te Be Handled. ' ' In the 30 days from September 18 to October J5 the post offices in the .v United States are expected to receive, process and dispatch 70,000,002 . gift parcels addressed to men and women In the fighting forces -all over the . world. : '.-t...-. - . ;v This figure represents the conclusion ot the U. S. Postofflce department, ao . - cording to a bulletin received yester day' by Cam H. Lee, postmaster, from Trank C. Walker, Washington, post- , xiiaster general. The bulletin says that last year ap proximately 20,000,070 packages were . - sent overseas.; If every package of the e "jrated " TO.OOO.ODO sliould we'-n the Luiit of five pounds each, w. ey wnt perhaps, that wou'.J v rt z ;3, t 0 pounds of ovor s c: n. ..r.s raJ. v On the basis of ?' r " 3 r r tin, . It would mean ) t s. ...uld each ship csrr; t a ton j-- r ).,, 1 -ilred fr t" "It V . 3 1 i 1 - ! i. .. 1 ev-c-e' 4 v.'l Le re Navy Casualty TALMADCS CUNTON JENKINS SEAT.IAN JZKXINS IS 3 . LOST ON DESTROYER Townf - Man Was" Wen-Knewn Here; ; - . Native Jf -jBftawsSkr.-w News was received Saturday by rela- times of the death of Talmadge Clin ton Jenkins, seaman first class, son ot Oscar, Walter Jenkins,' who bad pre viously been reported missing when the destroyer Warrenton was lost, was a member of the '.crew. ; '; The message to Mr. Jenkins from the Navy department said that no information was available as to the recovery of his body, but if further details are received, they will be for warded promptly to Seaman JenUn's family. , r-iS's--i.-' " - Seaman Jenkins is survived by his father, two sisters, Mavel and Dorothy Jenkins and one brother Pic. Henry H. Jenkins of the air forces at Casper, Wyoming. ,- . - . ' Seaman Jenkins was 17 years old this month and had served in the South Pacific area for nine months. He had three stars on his Pacific theatre ribber, indicating participation in three major battles: ' He entered the navy July 8, 194S. -r The young seaman was well-known here and often visited relatives In the city. ' He was a member of the First Baptist church of Monroe. . ., Chief Warns 01 Forged Checlts :.,'"i- " . 1.""': . w '. 1 Merchants Have Lost Consid erable Srcas By Cashing, checks--, SHOULD KNOW ENDORSER Chief Emslev ArmflekL of the Mon roe Polios Department, Friday, issued a warning to all local merchants, con cerning the Cashing of commercial and government checks for persons, other than lawful owners or sucn-enecx. Durins recent weeks, many mer chants have lost considerable sums of money by cashing checks with forged endorsements. In view of this fact and m cooperation with "Know Tour Endorser," campaign of the United States Secret Service.': and Treasury Department.. '; -t-. The warning as v Issued, by Chief ArmfleM Is as followsr " "It has oome to my attention that merchants have cashed a number of commercial - and government checks for persons other than lawful owners of such checks. Many of these mer chants have Jost conskleraWe sums of money . by accepting checks , with forged endorsements. .'. "In order that this type of crime may be prevented affectively, I urge you not to cash checks for Strangers un less you are certain of their identity and their right to such eneexs. "Before cashing any check, ask your self this -question: Tf this check, is returned because of a forged endorse ment, can I locate the forger and re cover ftty lossf ' K :'; -t "This warning is brought to you as a public service by your police depart ment and in cooperation with the 'Know Your Endorsers' campaign of the United States Secret Service, Treasury Department." ,' Si: .-. , ' - ILD.CLU3r:Z? . AT STATE LIEETEG m Three Day Session In BaMgh At tended By Local Women. :. Mrs. J. Eoyle Ets, Fairview; V s. Ceorge Krooks, Fairfield; Mrs. .t - s iw"ton. Mloh: returned l r, r v ' i. rr Thmit.1nv aftr at- t r . a t rea-day meeting of tne 1 I' !rg -of the N. C. of 1 2 Demonstration f ' v at State . ! r ! f n 87 ; . i C.app, t f coin- -'ay l- 1 tie p-e-r J. . v.;i 1 cf f f c Hospital Plan Gets Approval President Acthoriza Exten- sive Program For Vets Hospitals -" ' MONROE MAY , BENEFIT Brig. Oen. Frank T. Hlnes, chairman of the Federal Board of hospitalisa tion announced Friday, that presiden tial approval has. been given to com prehensive program, calling for addi tions of 14,100 beds to the hospital system of the Veterans administration by ...June, 1946, yWs j .' It was emphasised : by Oen. Bines that the study Just completed by the Federal board does not recommend In dividual sites or new hospitals or where additions snail oe maae. rrei idential aporoval. however, clears the way for detailed, planning by the Vet erans administration. . .1 - -Monroe, Charlotte, Oreensboro, end Salisbury are the four North Caro lina communities which . have filed briefs with the Veterans' administra tion, pointing to the advantages of their communities as a site for one of the new structures. .-.:! i The total of 14,1000 beds includes approximately 3,700 beds for mental patients, 7,900 for general medical ana surgical care, and 3,500 for tubercu losis patients. Individual projects falling within the program will be Included in the Veter ans administration budget request for the fiscal year ending June, 1945, and will be submitted to the Federal Board of hospitalisation for recommendation to the President. Flexibility must oe maintained. in this future program In order to take advantage of any suita ble Army or Navy hospitals, that may become available ounng uus penoo. . Oen. Hlnes pointed out that plan ning for the future hospitalisation of veterans . must be continued. loca tions must be- chosen and hospitals designed two or three years .in ad vance. - Estimates must be made as to what types of patients are most likely to require care and also .where they may be living a year or - two aner peace is declared. The approval by the President included an order-that the whole program should be reviewed frequently and that modifications be recommended as experience and changes in law may indicate. ' CLOTHING FOR NEEDY , " " WILL BE COLLECTED Contributions Win Aid Poor And Saf fering Of Devastated Regions. Rev. F. B. Drane of St Paul's Epis copal church has received literature setting forth the appeal of Ex-Gover nor Lehman of New boric, now oireo tor of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for a great contribution of clothing for the poor and suffering people ot the deva stated regions,' The week of September 24th has been set aside for the collection and a total of 15,000,000 pounds of usable clothing Is the goal for. the present. - This may be new or used clothing for men, women and children. Lead ers of the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish denominations immediately ac cepted the undertaking and the work has begun. The letter of Gov. Leh man is as follows: w .With the approach of winter, the need for clothing : in the .liberated countries becomes more acute. - Failure to secure adequate supplies of clothing promptly may mean untold suffering. Because of the needs of the armed services - and -. civilian requirements, manufacturer of clothing to relieve these . distressed people will not get under way for some time. This means that the needy men, women and chil dren In such countries must depend on the' help of the American people. "Like organisations of other faiths, yours has stated a willingness to work with' the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration In speeding relief and rehabilitation. It Will solve a relief -problem of great urgency If the, Church Committee on Overseas Relief and 1 Reconstruction, the" National Council of Jewish Wom en, and the War Relief Services of the National Catholic Welfare Con ference, as service organizations in their respective demonstrations, will assume leadership among their own groups in an effort to collect through the I churches, from members and friends, this vitally needed , clothing. .. "The week beginning September 24 has been designated as the period for this collection. Details of the program will be worked out in consultation with -your organization. . , "The task is Jarge. The time avail, able for preparation is short. But we i cannot fall these millions who-need he'- now. - ; "H e r- to tlits r-wiT! rd VI ' i f -' 1 j I "i t'-.e i '..( of t . i : -. , t i !- ! 1 I i t . t r Te r- "anr " Tust!n, C : len I 's rwfr"y r 1 1.' i i e i i t i f i ! -i : r i " ' fel l i it li 1 l !t ) it)! 1 ; c e I i a f It tir ? i i t TI1S LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF ''-;"-; i " ' M-; WESTERN. FRONT Poattlon of fcard-praned airborne troopa neart vArnhem "definitely brighter," Al lied headqsarters sayss ,vmBgward of rescue troops brines aid; supply "line strengthened; Canadians gain : In drive north of Antwerp toward Dnteh-Bclfiism frontier. , EASTERN 1 FRONT Ssawlans smash- 25 miles inside Cseehoalo vakJa and eross prewar Hangarian -border in V pincers . blow against I Hungary; Soviet naval forces in , . north seise Paldiskl, seaport on Estonian west eeast. , SOUTHERN FRONT Eastern half of . Germany's Gothic line. . ernmbles, NasnV fan back In dis order; Americans surge within 15 miles of Bologna, , ' PACIFIC FRONT Carrier planes ". sink '29 ships- in Manila bay area, wreck 200 aircraft; Nimlts says : Japanese fleet has withdrawn form . the Philippines, It alrforee la the r Islands has been "broken"; Mae- Arthur's. Bombers pound Dutch Celebes.' ' ' ASIATI FRONT Chinese com mand Indicates Japanese may be moving to outflank KweOin, key city in south China's defense sys- Memlh Service Five Baweoea Brothers In Service . Pvt Bruce B, Bauoom, who is sta tioned in ' New Jersey, left Friday morning for his post after spending a day with his parents, Mr.' and Mrs. F. Latta' Bauoom; R3, Monroe. . Pvt. Bauoom had a five-day leave, but due to transportation facilities in the flood area in .Virginia, he had only one day with relatives, A brother, PFC Oren N. Bauoom of Camp Ellis, - niinols, arrived, Friday afternoon, a short while after Bruce had. left on his return trip. . The boys have not seen" each other In several months, and were greatly disappointed st being unable to meet while at home. Oren will be at home 16 days. Mr. and Mrs. Bauoom have three other sons in - the service. O. J. is with the Navy in Illinois; PFC Frank lin L Is "somewhere in the South Pacific. John Vlh la "some where in France.? They also have one grandson, Jamef Clonts, who Is ih. the Navy,- stetionerf W , Virginia. He is now home on Je. , ; ' ' : ;: ' :, ' Pfc, Harry Williams, who Is sta tioned with' the Marines In Congaree, S. C spent the week-end here with his family. v- v 1 PFQ Bill Presson, son of Mr, and Mrs. Eugene Presson, who has heen stationed in Lincoln, Neb., has recently been transferred to Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. - , Andrew B. Crowell, 23, husband of Mrs. Leila E. Crowell, and son of Mrs. Clsra ' Crowell, both - of "708 South Hayne street, Monroe, was recently promoted to the grade of Staff Ser geant, it has been announced by Col. Stanton T. Smith, comamnding officer at Tonopah, Nevada, 8gt Crowell at tended Monroe high school And Qeyer Business College in Charlotte. Prior to his Induction in April 1943 he was employed as a bookkeeper , for the Shaw Grocery Company in Monroe. He attended Army . Administration School at Fargo, North Dakota, and is at present chief clerk in a squadron orderly room at the Tonopah Army Air Field, Nevada base of , the Forth Air Force. " 't r'-'S;1 y- ; VPvt John W. Beam, Jr., has been transferred from Willow Run, Detroit, Mich., to the following address: 2135 AAF-B, P Sec. K, Tyndal Field, Fla. i Pvt Charles W. Jordan, - who Is in France with the Infantry, has been' promoted to private first, class. He has been overseas two months. His wife lives on Route 1, Monroe. Sea man first class Maurice F. Jordan was stil lin England when heard from last He has been overseas seven months serving in France two months. They sre sons of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jor dan, vsv ' '-V4 .-.-..- ;: 'l-v ' ' --:i. .JX ij,;:..i' ,Vi.i,;Vyag""-;;; ' Sgt Wflllam F. Collins, ' who at tended Waxhaw high schol, has been In 'service since February, 1942 and is now in England. He is an airplane mechanic In one month he and his fellow mechanics overhauled . engines totaling two and a half million horse power. And they received the com mendation of their general who de scribed the results of their work as a "knockout blow against Germany." Joel Otis Horton. Jr, seaman first class, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hor Wti cf Monroe, is sewiing a 30 L.;a V ve with his family. ' - rn. Tanlel-A. r d. son of Kr. 1 I ..s. J. Pv i;c;-J,. a ho has been s-i .-..- in the srnsed s rvlces for t ie r t five do . i la r-"V stationed In C .tioma. He i Le tg hear f a his mends.' I.e new address is ! -': Daniel A. Flovd, 3 3, Co. A, i O Engr hiL, Camp Gruber, '1 r. rorwood 'a.T,&n f rst class, l i ti-en r-' ? a 14-cMy leave i i 3 pr.i$ f f t i V i .aw c . ; r :urr.-1 ti I s i t H New . . J has t lii '. e i At- j I r tifeve i ;. '; Is t I t 1 i 1 tve .1 13 - x ' Uhioii County Allies Brealc - German Block Tanks And Infantry Smash Roadblocks To Reopen linen . RESCUE HOPES BRIGHTEN The encircled British airborne force west of Arnhem, has received "limited assistance' from Allied troops batter ing their way to the rescut and their position U "definitely brighter,' Allied headquarters reported last night, con firming frontline dispatches from Hol land. ;" ,."'" :'' The aid to the beleaguered force came when a thin corridor was estab lished from Nljmegen to the south bank of the Neder Rhine (the Lek) and some Polish troops crossed the river Saturday night in rubber assault boats to contact the trapped British. British tanks and infantry have smashed a German roadblock north of Eindhoven to reopen supply lines and American forces holding the Nlj megen area have been reinforced by the new glider troops which arrived yesterday. - (Headquarters said the morale of the .pocketed British force was high. : The British Second army under Lt Oen. Sir Miles Dempsey Is fanning out from Eindhoven and driving southeast toward ' Maeseyck, a town only seven miles from the northern most units of the United States First Army commanded by U, Oen. Court ney H. Hodges. American- troops under the Second Army command Saturday captured the village of Beek. less than a mile inside the Reich southeast of Nljmegen. This sdvance, disclosed by Second army headquarters, would put the Ameri cans on the main road into the Rhine land, headed for Kleve at the north end of the Siegfried line. : ' v There were reports that the Ameri cans actually had captured Beek a week ago but bad not discovered until Saturday that they were Inside Ger many, but the announcement from Second , Army headquarters did not confirm this. Meanwhile, indications that the Germans were dithdrawing along the Antwerp-Turnhout canal - were ex ploited by Canadian forces, which moved up eight miles to the northeast and established a bridgehead over the canal seven miles from the Dutch Belgian frontier. The ground , actions, in spite of bad weather, were supported by hundreds or Anna planes, wmch blasted Ger man positions in the Nljmegen : and Arnhem areas, as well as those to the southwest in the Nancy area where strong enemy counterattacks were re pulsed. The first contact with the encircled airborne force was made under the cover of darkness. Details of the river crossing were few, but it was known that the Poles ' brought . at least a message of hope to the trapped men who have been fighting night and day for a week without respite. - -ino narrow -eomaor was iout to flee miles wide at Its narrowest points and the German threat to sever it was ended, a dispatch from the Second Army said.-- ' ;.-v.-.,T-----:--.-."-7v The Allied position m Holland was improved considerably by the reopen ing of the Elndhoven-Nijmegen road. which had been cut by the Germans, but the Nazis were expected to con tinue their determined stand at Arn hem. 'The situation around the vital Anrhem bridge was obscure. Appar ently the Germans have given up Nlj megen as lost. ) REPORT SHOWS FATS STILL BADLY NEEDED Housewives Are Urged Te Salvage AO . Grease Poasfblo Far War..: : Belief of American1 housewives and operators of public eating places that military successes in Europe porteno victory over the Germans is causing an alarming decline in salvage I rats for the war effort, according to a re port received hers today from tne American Fat Salvage Committee's headauarters in New York. The committee's statement saia mat Americans "should realise that fat salvage is still urgently necessary; re gardless of victory in Europe, because after the defeat ot Germany there still will be. needed a vast amount or mu nitions and medicines to defeat Japan, and these all need used fat" Also, lt was " pointed out that tremendous quantities ot American products which require use of- waste fats will be need ed -in Europe after Hitler's downfall for , rehabilitation of the war-torn countries. ' .'.:.- -V': --..-. Statistics compiled by this commit tee showed that during the first seven months of this year, nationwide fat salvage totaled 112,000,000 pounds, an Increase cf 115 per cent over the sal vaged t:,: 3,C :3 pounds in the same months of 1843. However, salvage -,t into, a severe slump with tie advent of this" Summer. The peak month this year for fat salvage was April, when 18, CI 8,000 pounds were turned in for war uses. Reflecting the slump, the poundage salvaged In July dronpeil to 14,Eu7,0vfl. The committee emphasized a com ment that victory over Germany still will leave "Japaan in possession of me Fr.nirr'n. Dutch Fst Indies and !t Fbt .-.c Islands from which ti;e Vn d former'y i -ported a tl'-Uon r -'- of fat and c .s annu a'.'y, sfd f-.p'-e Imports cannot be re- .; ; -ed i:- It are e" '-atd and, c; i f. i t j t -..ry." A' s f "11 ' A"- -- i. ( ' ' - 1 : - 1 -.1 : 5 i ! 1 a ' IS CITY MANAGER ROBERT S. HOUSTON PASSES Victim Of Sadden Illness; Funeral Ar . rangements Incomplete. , Robert & Houston; 50, city manager and treasurer of the city of Monroe, died Sunday afternoon at 6:30 of a sudden Dlness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending the arrival of relatives, but will be held at the home oh West Franklin street perhaps some time Tuesday, conducted by his pastor, Rev. J. H. Armbrust, of Central Meth odist church. Burial wiU be in the Monroe cemetery. v,- sy". ;f ''-'' " As a tribute of respect all city of fices will be closed, for two hours dur ing the funeral. , ' " Mr. Houston was a son of the late R." B. Houston and Nannie Stroud Houston, well-known residents of . Monroe. He was bom to Monroe, Jan- UEn jai 1MU Tin nui mmz nrao. 1 ticauy his entire life here, He married the former Miss Mary Rowlings, of Sandersvllle, Ga,' Who, wttn one son son, Robert Houston, Jr, survive. - Robert Jr, is bow serving with . the Armed Forces and is sta tioned in Texas. Surviving also are two sisters, Mrs. R. L. Payne and Mrs. Phil Fisher; and two half-sisters, Mrs. A. A. Heath and Mrs. Eua Houston of Monroe. K '' --- ': . Mr. Houston enlisted in World War X and was a member of . the first Army Air corps as a lieutenant, and he saw service in France. . He was a Mason, Legionnaire, and a member of Central Methodist church. For the past four years, Mr. Hous ton has served ; most efficiently as city manager and 'treasurer of Mon roe. He was one of the city's most prominent and highly esteemed clti sens, gentle. in spirit, kind In motive and deed andalways respectful of the rights of his fellowman. t -During his four years as city man ager, Monroe has enjoyed a pro- gressive, yet economical, government Extensive improvements have . been made to the streets of the city; a po lice radio station installed and. nu merous other proresslve steps taken. He was also Instrumental in plan ning a post-war program for the city and increasing the city's water supply as soon as war-time conditions will permit. - . . ' ' In his passing Monroe has lost one of its most valuable citizens. U. S. Casualty Total. 400,000 Uteitv fiTire By Stinuon Shows The Army With -337,743 Listed NAVY CASUALTIES 63,017 War casualties of the tThlted States armed forces now exceed 400,000. Secretary of War Stimson said to day that Army casualties : reported through August 29 were 837,743. The latest Navy casualty list totals 63407. iw new Army a gure was an in crease of 10,127 over that announced a week "ago, but only about half the rate of Increase in recent weeks. The drop apparently reflected a compara tive lull in lighting between the break-through from - the Normandy and Brttany areas, and the resump tion of heavy fighting as Allied forces neared the Oerman border. " Army casualties, together with fig ures for the previous follow: Killed, 64,468 and 62,357; wounded ' 17735 and 172,042; prisoners, 48,725 and 48, 181; missing, 47,319 and 45,036. . ' Navy casualties: Killed, 25,152 and 24,450; wounded, 23,867 and 23,064; missing, 932 and 9,529; prisoners, 4,466, unchanged from previous week. RETENTION OF WORKERS A BIG STATE PROBLEM North Carolina must shape Its post war development to attract the work ing population If it hopes to capitalize on its own potential supply, of . labor, Dr. William R. Curtis, state director of the Unemployment Compensation Commission, said yesterday. . . The question of whether North . Car olina win retain many ot the 115,000 out-of-state workers who have mi grated here since the beginning of the war, or regain many of the nearly 33u,wjo iw Heels who have found em ployment in other states, is a chal lenge to post-war planners, Curtis With the ratio of out to in-mlirra Uon now roughly two to one, the net loss to the state's business and Indus trial economy may be thought of as at least 100,000 workers a recent UCC survey shows. , The State tJOO. which has com pleted a nationwide survey of migra tory workers, received reports from 40 states showing that North Carolina has added 117.3:4 workers and that labor shifts durlr? the v r to and from this state , sx-ar to have ter-n at. the ratio of aixiut two to one in favor of ' the other states. . A . general northerly movement cf labor has beri apparent w' 'i t" e ex ception of Florida, where 9,47 Kor.h Carolinians are now err'oyed. T e largest groim to leave-t.'s ' 'a H located in Virginia, arl t ... 'a f ' Maryland now. employs Sl, J I 2 Carolinians. , South Carolina h?s 4-3 ":7 r work In this state, the r t . ; Virginia is next in lire t i : A tabulation f r t - -, vhole si-s t t - : workers have cy . 1 ' C' nee slace 1 s t 1 a 1 President Raps GOP Criticio Says The Repcllicans Clana ' ; ; : Social Progress Under . '. ' Admiautration AIRS ARMY CHARGES President Roosevelt opened his fourth term campaign Saturday night with a hard hitting speech accusing the Republican opposition of attempt ing to claim credit for the New Deal He charged that Q. O. P. orators were . suiltv of 'Via most .obvious common d of fraud- : ; - . . . Sneaking before the AFL Teamsters union, the President said the "whole purpose of Republican oratory these days is to persuade the American . people that the Democratic party was responsible for v the 1929 crash and degression, and that the Republican party was" responsible for all social, progress under the New Deal" "There is one thing I am too old for," the President declared, "I cannot talk out. of both sides of my mouth at the same time." ' Mrs. Roosevelt made a " point-by-point reply to almost every criticism leveled -against his administration by bis Republican - opponent, . Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. , He declared the government wel comes "all sincere supporters of the cause .of effective world collaboration, adding that "millions of Republiacns are with us." 4 . - v -. "And they too will resent this cam palgn talk by those .who first woke up to the facts of International Ufa few short months ago," when they be gan to study the polls of public opin ion." the President said. Mr. Roosevelt, speaking before the same union which heard him open his third-term campaign on September 11, - W t&amsters by saying "I am actually tour years older which seems to annoy some people. In tact, millions of us are more than 11 years older than when we started in the clear up the mess that was dumped in our lays in 1933." From that he launched Into an' at tack upon the Republican campaign, although he did not mention Governor Dewey by name. - . : '; He termed a "callous and brasen falsehood" an assertion that the Ad ministration plans "to keep men In the Army when the war la over, be cause there might be no - Jobs for them in civil We." "Why," Mr. Rooseyelf '.continued, ; "the very day- that this' fantastic charge was first made. a formal plan for the method of speedy discharge of the Army had already been announced by the War Department a plan based upon the wishes of the soldiers them selves.'" ' Mr. Roosevelt said Republican lead ers have carried the attacks against ' his administration even down to "In clude my little dog F&la. unlike the members of my family - he resents thiS." V..-: "..'' V'.z-Hr .,'';--r'-:--!(. ' The President said as soon as Fala heard that "Republican fiction writ ers" had made public a story that the -dog was left behind In the Aleutians during the .President's Padfio tour and had to be rescued by a destroyer at a eost of $20,000,000 "his Scotch soul was furious. He has not been the same dog since I think I have a right to object to libelous statements about by -dog.".'. a .. n " v Turning serious again, the President said the nation's ml litary leaders are not helped by men who, "without re -sponslbility and without knowledge of the facts, lecture the chiefs of staff of the United States as to the best means of dividing our armed, forces and our military resources between the Atlantic and the Pacific, between the Army .and the Navy, and among the commanding generals of the different theaters ot war." .u v? . V::;. RED CROSS I3VS; Information Be: BUsslng Mea ' The following explanation of one phase of Red Cross work is mMe by J. Hamp Price, Home Service Chair man of the local chapter: "America Red Cross does not Initiate search f r or list missing men at Interc&tkii 1 Red Cross Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. - Inquiries' are not ser t by American Red Cross to Genets about a missing ' serviceman vt name has not been received st t . t clearing house as a p to" r cf v- - ". The International E. d Cm-s w 1 not wish to report him tot ee y by making an inq'ilry sl,oi;t 1 1 t 1 lessening the man s cl:anr of r s lng to his organii-atiori. ';; r Navy Department r . 1 t tive search that c ; the man is a rr', " r i ' ' turned to duty, cr 1 i. g"y, at a I.. ! e 1 1 ! 1 I ' r c' i if t e i a i 1 1. r 3 i y. r I
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Sept. 25, 1944, edition 1
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