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... r S ' f 4te v . . .4 tV. Considerable cloudiness with mod erate temperatures today, tonight and Friday with showers Friday. Sunset today, 7:13 p. m-1 sunrise Friday, 7:16 a. m. - Cotton, short, lb .. .; ,.21o to 22o Cotton, long, lb .. .. .. 25c to 33a Cotton Seed, bushel 78MO Eggs, doaen .. wc -n, bushel tHO PUBLISHED rw FnwnAVQ awh tuiidchavc hushel Iixa IVENTY-SECOND YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNIOtf, COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1944 ; S-MONTHS, 75c J 6-MONTHS, 1.25 , SEMI-WEE " A0 A YEAH f n 1 "new . w m . w S- N-f 'N ' 1 reaps; In Albania New Drive . r,!ay Eciaajer 2CCCC3 Gercan Between -V . Two Forcei ""' NAZIS AD'IIT INVASION .La a move to trap large German : forces In the Balkans ' and : eastern Mediterranean. Allied seaborne and " airborne troops have landed In" Al bania and on the . Islands off Yugosla- . via, the Allied command announced yesterday. -.The landings squeezed some 200,000 uermans in Hitler's crumbling Balkan flank between the Russians on the 7 northeast and the Allies on the coast - in the Interior, Partisan forces hacked way at enemy units attempting; to . nee to the Reich over tortuous moun tain passes. . i At the same time Allied warplanes - : and naval vessels continued their at- ' r tacks against enemy transport at tempting to evacuate German gsrri- eons rrom the Aegean islands. - ri. A. Balkan Ah" force communique aia: "seaborne ana airborne troops of the land forces of the Adriatic are " fc present operating on a wide front - In 'Adriatic country, which Includes Albania and . the islands off Yugo . alavla." Berlin acknowledged landings were made "from Albaanla along the Whole i ? Dalmatian coast," which, lies to the 1 north in Yugoslavia, and declared the action "is still going on." v "British and United states forces .are meeting with fierce German re " totance." a German broadcast . said, t i " The Allied communique gave no in ' dicatlon of the slse of units Involved. ; Generally, in the past, Adriatio land loroe activities have been of a com mando type, Involving relatively small ' groups of troops. The Allied command said the Ger anan garrison at Hlmara, m Albania, . had been destroyed, forcing the Oer mans to abandon use of the Albanian : voastal road and take to the sea to supply other garrisons. . A naval announcement said ' Royal ,f Navy landing craft, supported by de stroyers and light coastal vessels, had s feeeen operatamg since September U : among the southern Dalmatlau Is lands carrying Allied troops and Par- ': tlsans, who are striking swift and a sudden blows at the Germans. Allied naval craft ' and i aircraft , - struck repeated blows at the enemy In . the Aegean. The RAF announced the t destruction of three big German troop ' transport planes in an "attack last slgbt by Beauflghters, and the third successive assault on German targets on Crete. -.,. ,., M -Naval craft drove a small German' - ship asore on the Island of Melos. (A report from Istanbul said Greek Patriots had taken over the Island of Samothrace, facing Kavala- harbor, after the Bulgarians had evacuated it The Turkish report also said the v Germans had removed their garrisons from the Island of Paros and Naxos s In .the Cyclades, and had begun clear , ,-, tng out the island of Xjemmnos, which was -used as a submarine base and " alrtase. '- Five of the eight bridges carrying rail tramc across the Danube between : Budapest and Belgrade - have been made unserviceable by Allied planes, the Mediterranean Allied Air force - announced and a 1400-foot railroad viaduct near Borovnlca, Yugoslavia, 40 miles northeast of Trieste, has been , badly damaged. Other Allied planes continued their ' Attacks on enemy supply depots, troops concentrations, and motor transport throughout the Balkans. r t:zys at:d events of TEL1 FTX:i WL"GATE Promotion Day Held At The , Baptist Church; Personal Mention. - (By Mrs. B. E. Blvens) " Mrs. C. A. Thomas and Mrs. Bruce Blvens attended the meeting in Char lotte on Tuesday of the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service at the First Methodist church. Mrs. Raymond KJCntyre of Tadla has been veiling her skiter, Mrs. J. J. Perry and ISr, rery. , Mr. and IT.s. A.'ryoe I.TVae of Cu lax. Va, i," I 1 v.j-.g l"r. -l Mrs. A. G. . .m&au. i .!. r , . IS 1. 7. C. Iir.k, Er or 'C arltfe, is viL-.lrg T-ev. and Mrs. XT. O. Link, jr. . I'-r KVoda r-'k Is visiting Ur. nl I '.s. J. M. Losry. . 1 'ifre ITaroM Love, son of Mr. ar 1 ' .1. ; "i I cv o Is stat!ond 1 Lis parents 1. J'S f .. 3 it J r 1 if t. v r r 1 L C ' e to c s u. - El D. TYLEIt C'JLOYEES GET SL1VICE AVAHDS Civilians Beeentiy Cited For Merttori- , mm Service At Navy Yard. ' Lt. Comdn w. F. Weaver, acting for Public Works. Officer, Captain E. C. Selbert, recently presented Meritorious Civilian Service Awards from the U. S. Navy Bureau of Yards and, Dockc to fourteen employees of the R, B, Tyler Company, Inc, of Monroe. All were employed on or connected with Jobs In' the Charleston- Navy Yard, contracts which wra let to the civilian ooncern. These awards Were made to those engaged - in work for the Navy who have shown or rendered unusual ser vice, skill and loyalty In the transac tion of their representative operation on. the work. Letters of commenda tion from Admiral Ben MorrelL "Chief, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Wash ington, , D. C and lapel pins . were distributed by Lt Comdr. Weaver W N. K. Dickerson, Jr. H. C. Shirley, Hoyt Ferguson, Wm. P. Williams. U S. Hollands N. C. Hlghtower,- B. C. Crenshaw, R. B. Johnson, V. 0. Fos ter: W. G. Ooloock. Earl Smart. Ralph Rigglna, Raymond; James, and Mack Coleman. Lcal Officers Nab Convicts .-it Escaped . From Newton In Prison Track; Both r .Had Guns, . HELD IN-'COUNTY JAIL Sheriff Frank Nlven and his force, a number of City policemen and State Highway Patrolmen, last night Joined In the search for two white men who escaped from a State prison camp at Newton and subsequently two miles north 01 HUntersvuie, . commandeered an automobue, . in wmcn they con tinued' their flight; t-. The escaped conovicts were captured last night about midnight on the Waxhaw road, . with a companion, whom they had picked up earlier in their rounds, where they were ap prehended by State Patrolman Greene and City- Policeman Bennett. The men held nip and robbed Ray ' Pene gar at his oiling station, on the Wes ley' Chapel road and also Donald Smith at Smith's Tourist Camp on the Charlotte road, before going to Lancaster, a C where' another hold up was made "at Twin Pine Service Station. It was. while returning from the Lancaster hold-up that the' men were arrested and " brought to the county Jail, to await trial. ' The convicts are Lloyd Lester Hlte, 33, height, five feet and seven Inches; weight, 120 pounds; dark hair; resi dence, Rockingham. - . James Hackney, 25, height, five feet and eight Inches; weight, ISO pounds; medium build, dark ban-, high bore head; home, Route 3, Plttsboro. - Both were in brown prison clothing. one was reported to have been carry ing a shotgun, and the other to have been armed with a revolver. .,- - County officers were informed that the two men in prison truck, left that machine at a point two miles north of HuntersvUle, on Raman church road, after driving the truck Just ' back of the parked automobile Of A. L. Meachum, agricultural teacher t nuntersvuie, wnu auo is a mem ber of the Mecklenbrug County Aux iliary' Police force. One of the fugitives got into the Meacham car. glibly explaining to the owner that it would be necessary to move the 'machine slightly, officers were told. . A moment later the other erstwhile prisoner Jumped into : the Meacham automobile,- and ' the two dashed off in, the car, proceeding tow ard Concord, and nothing more was seen of the men until they made their appearance in this section and com mitted the holdups. SUFFLO 0? IORA SHOUT OF DETvlAI.'DS ' The United Nations are scraping the bottom of the barrel for some of the basic supplies needed for the relief of vir-wrerked countries, Herbert H. I ' n, ?, jrectnr fnersi, told tne I 1 ' .ns IleKa.and Eeha'uiUta 1 1 1 ''iiiitratlon conference in V. )u.,:iul, Canada. If1 -,i fated European needs h t j . t t r t-vts after defeat of 0 yni 1 ! ( .0 yards of wool ei i , f ;,.D yards of cotton te. . -h, ', pairs of shoes and m- "-i.J to r? fair ,000,000 pairs, 8,- 1 J t" i cl v'"at and rye, 8C4.000 j t, f. 1, c' fese,-and etiss, ) t 1 cf 1j ? find oils for soap, i 5 f .PS Cf t "S S"d PPM. "" av-JuLid, he said, v . f j ... s cf voolen textiles, i of c ion, 12,CvO,000 . .' . , I'Z' f iumls of meat . , . fe I ( .3, and 67,000 tons , Hsle, s in .-ersfy 7. Lt 1- i. g in pn- J. r 1. J. K t St 1 I il 1 ff Italians yill Take Control Affairs Of Country VCl Be - Turned Over Increasingly ; ByACies 5 HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT ! President Roosevelt and Prime Min- lister Churchiu have announoed that oontrol of Italian affairs will be turn' ed over Increasingly from now on to the Italian government . itself in order to speed the restoration of peace and Justice and order to the war-ravased oountrv. ' , ' At 1 the same time) they promised immediate steps to reconstruct Italy's shattered economy as a means of put ting the full resources of the former enemy nation "into the struggle to de feat Germany and Japan.' A Joint statement issued, here and In London declared that as an initial mark of the new conversion from Allied military to Italian civil control of , the defeated country the . Allies Control commission hereafter will be known as ' the ."Allied commission'' and the British and American prlncl pal representatives here and in Rome will be known as ambassadors while the Italian government will be Invited to ' appoint direct representatives to Washington and London, v ' ' . " ' The United States representative In Rome, Alexander Kirk, has held the rank of ambassador personally since his assignment in Italy. - The President and Prime Minister reached their decisions on Italy dur ing -post-Quebec conferences at Mr. Roosevelt's Hyde Park, N. Y- home. September 18 and 19. The present proDiems m ltaiy oonsuturea omy one of the subjects discussed, the others being mainly "postwar policies in Eu rope," the statement said, and added: "The result of these discussions can hot be disclosed at this time for stra tegic reasonsi pending their conosider ation by .our other Allies.'' Jn stressing that the "first and im mediate considerations . In Italy are the relief of hunger and sickness and fear" the President and .the Prime Minister evidently took cognizance of mounting reports of unrest, disorders, black market- operations and mother disturbances which have shaken Italy during recent months. '' ' The British and American ? chiefs, the statement explained, instructed their representatives at ; the recent United Nation relief conference at Montreal to seek "the- sending of medical aids and. othea essential sup plies toltaly." . . i . "V- ;we are , happy to know tnat tnu view commended itself to other mem bers t of the UNRRA conference," Roosevelt and Churchill said. . Thev opened their statement with a declaration that the Italian people have earned the right to greater con trol of their own affairs and with tni creasing responsibility should be able to prevent a recurrence of such acts as the recent mob violence In Rome. -They closed with a forecast of the day "when the last vestiges 01 fascism in Italy have been wiped out and when the last German will have left Italian soil, and when there will be no need of any Allied troops to. re main the day when free elections can be held throughout Italy, and when Italy can earn her proper place in the great family of free nations." YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO MEET IN ASHE VILLE State-Wide Meeting To Be Held On f 1 Saturday, October 14th. . . A statewide meeting of the Young Democrats of North Carolina will be held at the Langren Ho ten, Ashevllle, Saturday, October 14, it to announced by Miss Henrietta Price, president. The meeting will be In the form of a banquet or "Victory Dinner" in the Governor Vance room and Clyde R. Hoey, former governor, and R- Gregg Cherry, Democratic nominee for gov eernor, are scheduled to speak, Don 8. EUas will serve as toast master and will preside at teh meet ing, which is expected to be attended by Democratic candidates for state of fices as wel las representative Demo crats from all parts of the State. Mr. Ellas is chairman of the program oom- mittee for the event - E. C. Greene has been named ehalis man of the reception committee, Miss Price said. . Service men are especially invited to attend. Miss Price said that one of the objectives of the Young Demo crats in the State Is to assist to get ting applications from service men for ballots and In aiding county election boards In handling the ballots as vol unteers where such service to re quested. ' - Speakers for the spe akers brueau being set up in connection with the campaVn also are being furnished, M's Price said. Kea -'f.rters wlU be opfTted by t' e Young 1 --"ocrats In 1 t' e I va IIou;l :. i a f .w t s s i V...1 -ve as a ci 'av. t 1 - tji tlie acilv-.lcs of the c l in t" e i i!e. t:i!-,G(? ..a; n.t.;o-g. kNry.--o i. r. E. L. i V : .-. o. s. r i i i 1 Local Boy With Marauders - , 1 ,i. ntmm . V Corporal Moke Wayne Williams, Monroe, Is' now' 'serving as a cryptographer at Ninth Air Force Bomber Base, with the Silver Streak Marauder entered the army at Camp Croft, 8. C., Field and 'at the RAF cryptographic taw student at the University of North Shown In the above group' with Corporal Williams, who is at the extreme right, are three of his companions. medic, -of Elizabeth City; Staff Sergeant Seldon M. Pierce, personnel clerk. Weldon; Sergeant Karl M. Thomas, Moke W. Williams, Jr., cryptographer, Union County-s Men Iii Service Local Boy With Engineers At Front PFO ' Archie D. Moore, son of Mr, and Mrs. Roy iMoore of R5. Monroe, is a member of the combat engineers of the 45th Division of'the Sixth-Army In France.' Movine forward with the advance trooDS. often .ahead of the infantry, these soldiers are, clearing mines, building by-passes and temporary bridges and removing .booby traps and road blocks with such speed that the infantry can move ahead without pause. f- .. . So far, say these soldiers who have made landings In Sicily, at Salereno and Anzlo, and in Southern France, the Nazis have A had little time to plant mine fields or booby traps. A few Teller mmeaJtave been, picked up in the roads, a few booby traps found in road blocks. And most of the road blocks have been simply felled trees that are-milled aside with trucks or pushed off the roads by bulldozers. The bridges and lootnnages man these men throw up. where the enemy has smashed a bridge are. only, .tem porary structures, designed to move the division forward and to be re placed by permanent structures by corps of army engineers. ; But even eo these are constructed in aimosi record timesix to eight hours .Hardest task for this company to to keep up with the advance. Such a thing as a permanent camp is un known. Usually the men move at least once a day,; sometimes as often as three times. And always then- squads are ahead, tearaing out road blocks or sweeping the way for the infantrymen. T-Sgt. Walter Henderson Arrtres In . ... ; New York . ' V, T-Sgt.- Walter Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Henderson of West Franklin street, last night re ceived a message from Sgt Hender son's wife, who to residing in Char lotte, for the duration, stating that Sgt Henderson had Just called her from New York, that lie landed there yesterday afternoon. He v expects to reach Monroe about Wednesday of next week. Sgt Henderson was among a group of American airmen, that were re cently liberated -from : a Roumanian prison camp, when t&aj country ca pitulated to the Allies., A dispatch from the 15th AAF In Italv Tuesday morning stated that T-Sgt. Henedrson to one of the Amer ican airmen who have been reieaseo from a Roumanian prison camp, fol lowlnir Roumanla's canitulatlon, and that he to authorized to wear the air medal, with two oak leaf clusters, the African-European-Middle East cam paign ribbon with one campaign star. "Rmrmanlft canitulated to the Al lies on August 33, and total of 1,128 in stockades in and near Bucnaresv American airmen, held prisoners there were technically freed.' The next day the German Luftwaffe unleashed an infuriated bombing attack on Bucha rest which lasted 72 hours, and one American ex-prisoner was killed. Lt CoL Jas. A Dunn of Kelseyville, Calif, whose plane was shot from under him st Plucstl shortly before the Rou n ;..nalan capitulation, who Joined the f ison membership, oEered fee un o ..:;ornx solution to the men's prob-i- n, "Why not have toe IVCeenth Air 1 .irce Cy us out?" He cs g-vert tne v-e of a pilot and . xXsten Up r me y tie Rout 1 , ur aluir after t; ' to re' urn to the a trc-;.:. On Anrr-'' " out v .h an MS 1 s, but half f ! J forcedl i VI errSne 13 t'. e'artd f r 1 ". On . '-l.)-Aci:on" v .si -' a to Sljt the " ore than 1 on Sept 1 .. ' t bacfc t 1 j en f.-t; i t 1 ne. -.lie r t x i..fy t v ;re not ! i cgp-p. woiit, f r tun i a i . e r . der L.ise. , cr have 1 1 1 vrled , er, 1 I' t s a r; t , r t t 1 j ' 7 son of Mr. and Mrs. Moke Williams, of group In ETO, Corporal Williams in April, 1943, and studied at Chanute school in the ETO. He is a former pre' Carolina." " On the left is Private Robert L.' Jones, cryptographer, Lincoln ton; and Corporal Monroe. THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF WESTERN FRONT IS hundred wounded paratroopers left behind as WM er LS00 ont ef original 8,000 trapped at Arnhem eseaped, British staff officer discloses. Field dispatches say deep Allied corridor into Holland firmly held and being rapidly expanded. Four thousand Allied planes batter Germans on western front and in Belch. EASTERN FRONT Busslaas tighten noose around Riga in Lat via, remain silent on Berlin ire ports that Red troops penetrated 10 miles Into Hungary. : Soviet forces also capture island of Vor msi off Estonian mainland. . SOUTHERN FRONT A Hied seaborne and airborne troops land in AlbanabV;, and on.' ftilf Ai off. Yngoslavia in move to trap; large German forces in ' Balkans and , SteAterraneaiL Americana tm Italy :rbattle to regain lost ground south of Bologna; other Allied forces score slight gains. PACIFIC FRONT A meriean - control of all of Palelin except TJmorbrogol mountain and small pocket at northeastern tip of to- land. Admiral NImits - announces, i Allied planes strafe BatvU on Java island for first time. . Japanese be lieved to have abandoned Tiddlm base in Burtna. Chinese suffer new setback as enemy approaches Kungcheng in drive on Kwaaagsi capital of Kwellm, COUNTY 4-H DRESS REVUE HELD FRIDAY Mtae Marie Carriker Is Winner In i County-Wide Contest. Miss Marie Cariker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Carriker of R2, Monore, was winner In the County 4-H Dress Revue held Friday, Septem ber 22nd in Monroe. Miss Carriker will model her outfit In the 4-H Dis trict Revue to Charlote on October 12th. She to president of the Fair view 4-H Club. - The winners in the blue ribbon group were Mary Ellen McRorie, Chat tie Price, Louise Keziah, and -Martha Dean Clonts. " - The following girls received " Red Ribbons for their outfits: Bonnlelee Walkup, Jenny Lynn Walkup, Hazel Simpson,' Bonnie Philemon and Jackie Williams. vThe White Ribbons were presented to Ruby Steele, eGorgia Mae Starnes, and Azalee Eubanks. ' - Miss Carrlker's dress was beige wool and rayon combination sport dress with brown accessories. Miss Hazel Simpson, Unlonvllle 4-H club member, daughter of . Mr. - and Mrs. B. C. Simpson of' RS, Monroe, was also chosen as first blue ribbon winner in the County 4-H Food Con serration contest for 1944. Miss Ruby Steele, Jackson 4-H club member, R2, Waxhaw, , was winner in the Junior 4-H club canning group. Other win ners in thr blue and red ribbon groups were: Chattie Price, ' Georgia Mae Starnes, Bonnie Philemon. Jackie-Williams and Azalee Eubanks. - aEDCio:sTOz:D GIFTS TO SOLDIE? The American Red Cross soon will begin shipment of 150,000 Christmas boxes to service men In overseas hos- pitals and front-line areas. They win also be delivered to hospital ships, planes, and trains and at isolated sta- tions where Red Cross dub facilities are not available. Each package will contain clgarets, candy, postcards, chewing gum, water proof pouch, ldentiacation folder, small metal mirror, nwmo book with r .. ri'.'ar, and a packetbook eondTwa : i t-f a Ixx.k or rp-rints of t.'iree 4 -t '!'. i for f' - 'r.-rt l.r! ? s 1 w ' the r U r r 4 t V a of i " f 1 ( ' !. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CPL H0"ER E. f.HLLS Servioek Will Be Held Sunday After noon; Died July 15. A memorial service for CpL Homer E. Mills will be held Sunday after noon at 8 o'clock at Midway Metho dist church In K anna polls, where CpL Mills had been a member for eight years. The pastor, Rev. R. A. Taylor, will have Charge of the service. CpL Mills was the son of Rev. and M..K. w. mius or w Moruoe. e 7 , J "' tM" July 15, 1044 "somewhere in New u, ., wutu while operating a machine gun against the japs. ' Homer was burled with full military honors in a . United Statei wmetery(marked the raids and . 43 , American overlooking the ocean He Is survived Journ8lnej bombers and seven fight by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis i ... . s T Mills and son, Harry, of Kannapolto. His rather and mother, four brothers and five sisters also survive. Comamndlng Officer Pays Tribute To CpL Mills . Capt. Winston C. Balrd, of Flint, Mich., Homer's commanding officer wrote that Homer died of shrapnel wounds while protecting some of his buddies from Jap fire. It to my sin cere belief," Capt Balrd said, "that if Homer had not , exhibited such courage, the entire group would have been annihilated." Capt Balrd said that he had asked that the General award Homer the highest honor they can see fit to bestow upon him. Capt. Balrd wrote that, "Homer was one of the cleanest-cut, most honest most sincere, hardest working and abelest men in the company.'' - "I re-j gret," said Capt Balrd, "that our ap- preciation was not more ruuy snown while he was with us." strabon To Begin Soon 4 j fsi ir - 1 i i t A Books For November Elec- tion To Be Opened On October 14 th 500 SERVICEMEN FILE Registration books for the general elections on - November - 7 will open Saturday,' October 14, and registrars will be at the voting places three Sat urdays .to enroll voter and one Satur day to accent challenges. Registrars will be at the precinct f headquarters from 9 a. m- unta sun down on October 14, 21, and 28. , Persons who were properly registered for the . primary in-May-and ' have moved since 'win be eligible to cast ballots In ttie November election but must get a certificate of transfer. Persons who will reach their 21st year on or before November 7th are entitled to register and -vote to. the elecUon. A voter must be a resident of North Carolina for at least a year before November 7. ' ' Election officials also warned today that application' for absentee ballots to be sent to members of the armed forces should be filed immediately, because the ballots must be in the hands of the county board by election time. . Applications for service men's bal lots may be filed by mothers, fathers, wives, children, brothers; or sisters of the men to uniform,, Requests may be sent directly to the Union County Board of Elections. David Simpson of the County Board of Elections, said this morning that approximately 500 Union county men In the service had applied for ballots to vote In the November election. FAIR FESTIVAL WILL OPEN HERE MONDAY Sponsored By Union County Fair As sociation; Children's Day Tuesday. With next Tuesday designated as 'miHHMmB TU flnnl nil. Kegi Union County Fair Association's FaU ! 'iJ1'?- 0e2TS w Festival hv Wn mmhuui tnA i of Mount CroghaB, a C for Ches the big celebration will get under way, at p. m. Monday. Coming direct from the Stanly County Fair in Al bemarle,. Marks Shows, Inc, will pre- mtt tTlh nt.r Taiis Mumn Trail," consisting of 30 Shows.' rides attractions and free, acts, featuring uareaevu BrufTy'' the man who can-1 v. j ...;(!,.' . . . n has been announced, that special children's day tickets Will be dis tributed throughout the county, and tha 'tfekcta -win Hn.ii : ,hiwn ,nvin 18 years of age to the main gates free, e&te Great Day and referred to t,.. and to the many shows and riding 'f01 had letl t0 v e e: devices at reduced prices, from 1 till 6, "r1 of sacrl.e, i t 1 p. m, Tuesday. faith, that, derate i's i t Other features will be Art "Speedy" j criticism It has c t t .- Spencer i and ; his "Pit of Death"; ! opportunities to r. n "Jnmn and Jivm- . milnr Pm' I have CPn 1 ' 1 ' ' 'Jump and Jive" Colored Revue; dies Paree"; "Wild Life": "Zoma" "Funny Glass House": "World's Fair Oddities" and other entertaining shows wane the "Thrill Zone' will feature such riding devices as The Flyonlane. Moon Rocket" ' Giant Twin Ferris Wheels, Merry-go-round, Auto Speed way, The Whip, and others. The Festival will run until and In cluding Saturday night, October 7th. Farmers living In the I'v school territory are r"")''j t) con tact some member of t e 1 Is' - 1 committee this week :-.J e ' Uie proper date for o---school term. This is i the committee exppf"s to E-aturUay n'.bht to c,..-' s 1 1 , v f 1 E '11 s Air Creccerio Hits Nov High Nazis Drenched With Bombs Ai 4,2C0 Craft Surge ,-. ' - .Over Enemy " 49 SHIPS ARsTdESTROYED a campaien of i)titX obstruction ' rising to its highest pitch to weeks,. 1700 heavy bombers and an estimated 2,500 fighters as-, Murted mmtary and industrial targeto Germany and along the Western ' ,.f La. . o.n -.h h.ftiM Nearly 1.200 Fortresses and an escort of 700 fighters, driving through thick , walls of flak and temperatures 50 de grees below zero, ripped apart rail way yards and Industrial plants at KasseL Ludwlgshafen, Colonge, . and -Mains with 4,000 tons of bombs. - The day's heaviest opposition was encountered in this operation of the U. S.' Eighth Air force, ; whose loss was the largest In weeks, but the -Americans ; accounted ' for 41 enemy planes 31 in the, air by fighters, five : ' by bomber gunners, and five on the. ground by strafing. Three hundred RAF heavy bombers pounded the " Bottrop and Wilheim " synthetic oil plants six miles" north of Essen and 200 other RAF heavies hit : Calais with well over 1,500 tons of ex- plosives, bringing the bomb tonnage dumped on that besieged channel pon. to more tnan ijauv n uw u seven days. Simultaneously, medium ' bomDers slashed at communications at Coch, a Ctai-man framtlAr town, and nounded . fortifications to the Met area ahead of ... Lieut . Gen... George 8. Patten's " , forces, communications in tne tuune land alos were raided.' No German interceptors were en countered by most of these formations . but many of the flyers said the flak In the last 72 hours of almost con tinuous day and night attacks on German -railway yards, ' more than y 5,000 heavy bomber sorties have'either f wiped out or badly crippled the yards ' at Hamm, Kassel, Munchen-Gladbach, Emden, Koblenz, Bremen, Frankfurt, Osnabruck, Cologne, Mains, and Lud- , wigshafen. While the American heavy bombers ' were' over Germany, RAF Lancaster and Hallfaxes hurled 1500 tons of bombs on the German garrison at Calais In their fifth attack on that -point in seven- 4ays. During' the -might strong forces ,of : , RAF heavy : bombers kept up the as saults on , the German railway yards S with large-scale raids on Frankfurt -and Karlsruhe. RAF ' Mosquitos - hit the yards at 1 Osnabruck and transport In Holland , and west Geanany by night. . INCREASED ATTENDANCE AT WING ATE COLLEGE Institution Now Free Of Debt; Note , Burning Ceremony Held, Wlngate Junior College, with Its encouraging Increase ' in Attendance has opened for its forty-seventh year ( of service to this section of the coun ty and state, and the formal opening together with the celebration of the freeing of the Indebtedness on the college was held on Friday afternoon : in the college auditorium. , Rev, J. CL Meiggs of Pageland, S. Ci president of " the Alumni association, presided over the program and recognized the fol- lowing who brought brief greetings and congratulations Rev. W. O. Link, Jr., pastor of Win gate Baptist church; J. G. Michael for the Union county schools; Rev. J. N. . Watson of Marshville for Union As sociation, .Rev. Joel Tyson, of Kan napolto, for Cabarrus Association; Rev. Clyde Yates of Charlotte for Meek-." ' lenburg Association: Rev. L. D. Munn. of Badln fo Stanly Association; C. B. Deane of Rockingham, for Pee Dee terfield Association of South Carolina: L. P. Beck, of Badln, for the Alumni Association; Mrs. Mark Hill of Karsh vine for the W. M. U. of Union As sociation: Mrs. David E. Eobhitt of iDArwtsv lor the Charlotte Division i"1 V: u-na J- tmmeit urn- . uuiv "" . ioi unmn eountv. of Union, county. Rev. C. O. Burris, president of the college Introduced the guest s-'-ker for the occasion, Dr. Luther Liuie of Charlote. 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The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Sept. 28, 1944, edition 1
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