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TEATHia FOHECASI ; , 1X302 IIATJIET Cotton, short, lb ,,,.. ..21o to 32o Cotton, long, lb 35o to (So Cotr-v seed, bushel ,. . TOtto Cornv3,Q , l Wheat, bual: .. tl-M ; Fair and warmer today; clear to partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with moderate temperatures. , Sunset today, 7:06 p. m.; sunrise Tuesday, 7:19 a. m. , v . I . I I PUEUSHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS "C o 1 SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR MONROE, N. C., UNION COUNTY, MONDAY,' OCTOBER 2, 1944 8-MONTHS, 76c; 6-MONTHS, f 1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY,' $2.00 A-jJAB i.' J' 1 : i dV T) ) parity Prices D')Are Announced Commodity Credit ' Corpora i tion'Sets Prices Tor Cotton '.U:'-" Purchases PRICES NOW EFFECTIVE The Commodity Credit corporation, under its program of buying 1844 cot ton from farmers at parity will pay 31.90 cents a pound for middling U-16 ' Inch staple in October, it was an nounced yesterday, and beginning Oc tober 3 will offer its owned and pooled stocks for sale at 33.40 cents a pound. These prices an gross weight at Memphis. premiums and discounts win be the same as those for the 1944 loan program. Giving details of the program an nounced a week ago, the War Food administration Issued this schedule f prices for CCC purchases after Octo ber : . . . . , . . .,j'.''v.c'..'' -v .November 31.95 cents a pound, De cember 33, January 33.05, February 33.10, March 33.15, April 33.30, May 33.25 and -June 33.35. Cotton will be offered for sale from CCC stocks after October under this schedule: November 22.45 cent a pound, December 33.50, January 3335, February 32.60, March-June, inclusive, 33.65. -V WFA said this schedule of sales prices for CCC cotton will stand unless the price of cotton on spot markets should "average above parity, for a period of time sufficient to raise a question as to the adequacy of manu facturing margins under ceiling prices at U the Act f Conirees, the War Feed Administration will, effective aa soon as necessary ar rangemente can be mad and until Jane SO, 1945, offer to purchase through fwmtsdity Credit Corporation, frem farmer predue era, at parity prtoes, al eetton ef tne 1944 crop for which aohedals baa ken sasNSM which may bo placed in acceptable storage and tendered to it aeoerd inf to J. Hoyle Biggera, Chairman M the Union County AAA Com mittee. The cotton sales poliey which' waa announced en August U, 1944, will bo modified so aa to pennlt the Commodity Credit Cor. psrattoh to sell eotton at not less than parity, Mr. Bigger said. that are . being computed for major cotton textiles on the basis of parity prices for cotton.' In--that event It said," prices ttH reduced "only in an amount sufficient to prevent the price of cotton from averaging not, less than parity." "The seasonal .Increase in the cor poration's sales price is expected," WFA said, "to encourage the mills to purchase their cotton through regular trade channels and to keep at a min imum the purchases by COO." Cotton will be purchased only from fanners, must be stored in warehouses approved by the CCC, and the pro ducer must pay all storage charges until the date of purchase. In general, the CCC announced, purchasing agencies will be local banks and others approved as lending agencies under the loan program. With purchase prices based on Memphis, location differentials for warehouse points, the CCC announced, will be based on freight rates to the group B mill area of the Carolina except in eastern Mississippi, eastern Tennnessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama; where a aone system win be In effect as under the loan program. TWO it S. HOSPITALS OPERATE IN FRANCE Large, Newly-Opened Instltalions Sav ing Wounded Trip - Back To Eng- American boys 1 wounded in Euro pean combat Weed no longer be ferried back to EhglancT by air' for complete medical treatment; thanks to the new large "general" hospitals now operat taT M'-twiT sections of" France: " Only two of these new hospitals are m operation so far one In ap old French hospital and the other under tents but plans are being made 'to Increase their number as quickly as possible. The French hospital former ly bad been used by -the Nads m the treatment of their wounded. When Lt-CoL Walter Maddock and ttaff of doctors, and nurses, main ly from the University of Michigan. moved Into the buildings tney naa to spend hours getting the place dean. Now the building to as sanitary and as completely equipped both as to personnel and medical paraphernalia as most hospitals are anywhere back home in the United States. , The second general hospital is far ther inland, and is sprawled out under teaas. It took 5,000 individual pack ages to transport it to France. Hers, too doughboys receive efficient treat ment in surroundings as sanitary as battlefield conditions will permit. But the big service these initial general hospitals in France are giving to the boys Is quick, efficient' relief from pain and life-saving operations. , .. Vhnnk Rot Bomb - Ta Anles While entertaining s guests in the living room of her home kitchen. Investigating she found toat a to-pound engUieer's plumb bob had crashed through the roof of ts kitch en and stuck upright in the toor. It had evidently dropped from aa .air lfi fl I I jits fiPU U ea XJlssej ut su plane. - - Two 8an tot la tM Arro'rx. asd l. i. C. W. rwil.rwl received two teU jsms .Within 13 r-nurs from the T.ar iv;-?.rt"nt no. :ving them -of t2'e c s' cf U.f'.r fs Vns In Frye. f 't r -t. M'- a v 'and, SI. Whs k'.". i J. 11; I . w L-rnaa CH)...4, I J, later. at t. TUESDAY IS CHILDREN'S DAY XT FAIR FESTIVAL Program. Opens Tonight And Wfll y Continue Throurhoai Week. nated as "Children's Day" the Union County Fair Association's Fall Festival will get underway here tonight at sli o'clock. Coming ' direct from the Stanly County Fair in Albemarle. Marks Shows, Inc., will present their entire "Mile Long Pleasure Trail,'' consisting of 30 shows, rides, attractions and free acts, featuring "Daredevil Bruffv." the man who cannot hang. Special Children's Day tickets have been distributed throughout the coun ty, and the tickets will admit children under 16 years of age to the main efttes free, and to the many shows and riding devices at reduced prices, from WU O p. m. l-uesaay. Other features will be Art "Speedy" Spencer and his "Pit' of Death"; jump and Jive" colored Revue; Ohes Pares": "Wild Life"! "Zoma"; "Funnny Glass House'; "World's Fair Lwaiuea ana otner entertaining snows while the "Thrill zone" will feature such Tiding devices as The Flyoplane, Uooh J Rocket, Oiant Twin -Ferris Wheels, Merry-go-round, Auto Speed way. The Whip, and others. The Festival will run until and in- cUfdeing Saturday night, October 7th. nes Coffee Says Supply It Plentiful. And Rationing Wffl Not Be Necessary RUT.I0.1S ARE UNFOUNDED '-'"U-V'.. i ' l1'- """""SBW War. Mobilisation Director James F. Byrnes said yesterday that there is no necessity of rationing coffee now. Ample replacement stocks for re tailers are-available from wholesalers and' coffee roasters; Burnes said. His statement" took: cognisance of "reports that coffee' ratxmlng was imminent, causing runs on grocery stores in some parts of the country." Byrnes' statement: ."With four months' supply of cof fee now available to civilians, and on basis of assurances received yesterday by the Department Of State from Bra zil that the filling of orders for United States coffee imports would be re sumed today rationing of coffee Is unnecessary. " Stocks of coffee In this country available to cl vlllans September 1 totaled 670,000,000 pounds, compared with 301,000,000 pounds when coffee rationing began in November, 1943, and 487,000,000 pounds on July 39, 1943 when coffee rationing ended." Byrnes' office said that Brazilian Finance Minister Arthur de Souza Costa, had given assurance that 1, 000,000 bags of coffee a month would be provided in American trade through normal trade channels. American Importers have had diffi culty in recent weeks in contracting more adequate supplies from export-, ing. countries and stocks therefore had been declining. OPA said last night that "specula tive exporters" in coffee producing countries had been holding back on shipments In an attempt to force an increase in price ceilings. American Importers have appealed to the OPA to lift coffee from price controls, but OPA sources have said there is little chance that this will be done. Byrnes said that coffee stocks now in this country amount to about three and one-half months' supply "which is more than a normal supply. "These stocks 'together with coffee now on shipboard Bound for this country and that purchased for .shipment consti tute about four months supply. The resumption of shipments, he said, will make possible the .maintenance of an adequate working inventory. GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS . N. JC NEWSPAPER WEEK Governor Broughton last Thursday proclaimed October 1-d sis Newspaper Week in North Carolina and called upon the press "Including daily, week ly and monthly publications in every section of the state, and upon the; people generally, to give full observ ance to this week, to the end that the cause of a tree press in a free world may be -given the fullest em phasis . and consideration, 'y --w; Tne proclamation saw: "The1 nress of this nation and of the Allief Nations have rendered the greatest public service in all the his tory of the press, notwithstanding in evitable difficulties of wth censorship. There is now. being strongly favored a movement sponsored in - the' United States and unanimously approved oy the United States Congress looking towards the complete freedom of the press throughout the world and the Incorporation. - of - such provisions v in any peace agreement that la made following victory in this war, a move ment that will be strengthened by the observance of Newspaper Week." - "The press of the United States possesses and exercises tne greatest freedom of any similar agency any where in the world, and It is desirable that such complete freedom of tne press should be enhanced and pro tected in al respects."' WlUlam Dillon Laney, Rd. M. S-c LO.&U, Crew 78, L. C. C. School. A. T. B.. Little Creek. Va spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Ward Laney. at their home near Altn. He was accompanied home by his wile the former Miss Lois Cox c; this . county, who has been mending two w s with him at Little Creek. Mr. and iirs. Laney.have an other son, James Archie, who is in the U. S. Navy, "sosnemhere in the Is.. C." , ; ! 1 Kations air freight totaled ... J la U BKii.UA '- Make PI ans ror Savage Drive Arrangements Completed For Collection Of Ratjs And , aste Paper ON SUNDAYlLrTERNOON Plans have been practically com pie ted for the second scrap paper drive to be conducted by the Monroe Lions Club, W. T. Wall, president of the I club stated this morning. In addition T .... u. m this drive. Tooal t-MMmft am imrMt tn nntnara their scrap paper in the same manner as in tne first drive and to place rags in bundles, separate from paper. ' Beginning Sunday afternoon, Octo ber 8th. at two o'clock the city trucks, accompanied by members of the Uons Club, will cover the city in a city-wide collection of scrap paper, while in va rious sections of the county, collections will also be made or collection stations will be set up. In the rural sections where no col lections have been scheduled, residents are requested to take their scrap paper to the nearest collection station, where it will be collected and brought to the central collection station in Monroe. Trucks will v call for it at Monroe, from whence It will be taken to the mill for reprocessing. People are asked to leave the bun dles of waste paper, including news papers, magazines, paper bags, etc., on the sidewalks, in front of their resi dences so that the truck can pick it up. In Monroe, a lane tent will be erected on the vacant lot In front ofl tne wuaucy unevroiei uo., ana peopw in the country are asked to bring their bundles there any time on Saturday. Local residents who expect to be out of the city on the day the collection is made, can leave their bundles at the Quality Chevrolet Company this week, and it will be turned over to the proper authorities. At .Marshville, trucks furnished by R. p. Stegall and manned by Boy Scouts, will cover the town , beginning at 3 o'clock. Folks from the country arc asked to bring their waste paper on Saturday to the Stegall warehouse in Marshville; and the T. R. Nlsbet warehouse at Waxhaw. In Wlngate, the collection station will be at the Perry , Mill Company under the direction of Sam R. Oaddy. At Mineral Springs, the collection station is located at Coan's Store. People living in these communities are requested to leave their bundles at the above named places. . The first drive conducted on August 27th, netted more than 75,000 pounds of .scrap paper and those sponsoring the drive this time, are especially anx ious than this amount be greatly ex ceeded and with the continued cooper ation of the public, feel confident that they will not have any difficulty in reaching the goal. .. . 1 'V , Civilian Front Items In News Record Ration Value : For Creamery Batter Is Now Effective DEBATE GAS INCREASE Creamery butter was raised to the highest ration value yet 20 points a pound as an argument, continued today on the question whether A card holders should get more gasoline. The Office of Price Administration, announcing the 4-point , increase for butter effective Sunday,' said it was required by short supply, The intent, OPA said, is to provide some butter, for "more people, everywhere," v. An other rationed foods, will xejfttn current point values through October, Production of creamery butter has declined 13 per cent from last year, OPA said, adding that In many areas grocers already are selling only a quarter or half pound to a. customer, .Gasoline came up for hew discussion ma news conference statement by Secretary Ickes. Petroleum Admlnl stra for War, that a proposal by Sen ator Reed, Republican of Kansas, to doube A card allotments , is rthor oughiy mischievous." 1 Ickes said motorists cannot expect anything like the senator's proposal for some time, but expressed "hope for an easier situation" after the end. of the war hi Europe' ,si " V Reed, however, pursued, his earlier suggestion that there is a surplus' of petroleum products, wiring Chairman Clark, Democrat of Missouri, of a special Senate committee on raidwest ern fuel . conditions, urging hearings In Washington this week on the mat ter. . . - - ' . ' . . Other developments . affecting consumer- supplies; .. ; , OPA announced that a new shoe Stamp will be validated November 1 and will be good indefinitely, together with the two stamps now in use. - - The Office of War Information re ported that production of civilian I work clothes is likely to be cut further In the next three months and that the current scarcity of cotton goods probably will continue for one to two years after the end of the war in Europe. When peace In Europe cuts military ! needs, OVTI said, export demands will oouwe ior reuei neeas. were boosted 3.000 to a total of 105,' 000, while small truck tires were held at 2o.ooo and, passenger car tires at 1.6CO.00O. - . " Pvt. D. R Winchester, son of Mr. and Mr. Reece Winchester, who has been In the ground crew of the Avia tion Corps, in I .ulna, Kjl, and has recp'vo'1 a cedical discharge and ar rived tae last of tue week. THE LATEST WAR NEWS , IK BRIEF WESTERN FRONT The British break heftry German eoonterat tack in Arnbem-NiJmegen sector; . Americans seise Nasi stronghold SO miles southeast of Nancy; Berlin report' Allies massing for great ef -fenslvei Canadlana capture Calais Aastrlans U$A to prepare- "for the arrival ef the Allies." . EASTERN FRONT Russians rip deeper Into Yoogoslavia In a drive toward lower Balkans; Buda pest says Soviet .and Romanian troops nave pushed 22 miles inside Hungary. ; t , SOUTHERN " FRONT British capture Savignane; 19 miles in land from the adriatlo on the Rintlnl-Bolorna highway ; Ameri cans shatter German counterblow aimed at recapture of Mount Bat- PACIlhtO FRONTYanka near ly complete v ictorious battle ef southern Falaai islands; only iso lated enemy remnants left; Ad miral Nlmlts discloses 1400 Japa nese UHed American flyers sink or damage three? Japanese ships off the Philippines and Celebes. ; , i ,. ASIATIC FRONT J a p a n e s e drive into southern China forces American Air force to evacuate advance base at Tanchnk. Ifien In Service Lt. Phifer Laaey Back In The States First Lieut. Wnu Phifer Laney, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Laney, who was stationed with the army air forces in. Italy has. finished his missions and is arriving on leave. He landed in New York Thursday and 'phoned his parents, stating that he would report to Fort Bragg and from, there came to Monroe He ar rived here during 'the week-end. He had been overseas since January. His brothers,. Caps. George, w. Laney, with the ground crew of the army air forces, and Sp. 3-C Robert N. Laney, of the U. 8. Navy, are now in Francee. y. : Lloyd Sutton, son of Mrs. Lloyd Sut ton of Monroe, was among the group of selectees, from. Local Bard No. 3, who left here Friday, September 15th for an army Induction station. Lloyd is now stationed with the U. S. Army at Camp Blending, Fla Sgt. Roy H. Garrison, son of Mrs. Grace H. Garrison of R3, Monroe was recently awarded the expert Infantry Badge for having successfully passed a. series of comprehensive field tests on infantry training. He is at Camp Can Luis Obispo, Calif. Pvt. Wrlston Helms and Mrs. Helms of Petersburg., Va., came Wednesday to spend a ten daye furlough with Pvt. Helms' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Helms on North Hayne street. P. H. Deese, son of Parce Deese of R2, Matthews,' In the Navy at Nor folk, .Va., has been promoted to the grade of Petty Officer. Heme For First Time . Philip Deese, son of Joe Deese of R2, Matthews, is at home on furlough for the first time in two and a half years. He is stationed now at a camp In California. He is one of the five brothers in service. The others who are all overseas are S-Sgt. Joe Deese, Cpl. Roy Deese, PFO Tommle Deese, and Seaman First Class Horace Deese. Capt Jefferson Davis Be well is now stationed in New Guinea. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. 'J. W. Sewell. CpL McKenxie In Italy CpL Donald MoKenzie, radio man and gunner on a B-17, has landed in Italy where he is stationed with the 15th AAF. He was flown overseas, and says he likes the country ."all right" His twin brother, Sgt., Arnold McKenxie, 'is with the ground crew of the army an forces in France, on a visit to Paris he cast an eye at tne ladies. He said. "X thought X had seen some beautiful women back home and 111 have to take rnt hat off to these French girls." They are sons of Mr. -ana mix. ueotge w. Mc&enzie. PFC McUnghlla Wounded ted Time Mrs. Elinor Niven McLaughlin or Waxhaw was notified Thursday that her husband, PFO Harry D. McLaugh lin, had been wounded in Italy. ) PFO Mclaughlin has been overseas about eight or nine months, and this is the second time he has been touna ed. He is originally from Charlotte but was inducted Into service from this county. , . -..f. ''.':i-;v-.: Mrs. McLaughlin is a daugnter oi Mrs. Ellen Niven of Waxhaw, and the late.Olin Niven. -,.5 y -,yzx.,-in Sgt Hamilton With Red Raiders , Fifth Air Force. .Southwest Pacific- Staff Sergeant Roy C. Hamilton, con of A. R -Hamilton. R5, Monroe, arter serving over, 15 months With the Red Raiders overseas as a gunner, has compiled a total record of 38 missions and 335 combat flying hours in action over the Pacific. .., ! ' . A member of a Liberator momber unit of the Fifth Afr Force now strik ing at Jan defenses at the inner ring of operations In the Dutch East In- tues, penman niiuiiwa wmw ocuuu ovj. wadk . Bisk Csdo Gloucester. wewak. Hollandla, Madang, Noemfoor, Palau, Babo, Ceram and the Halma- The veteran gunner enlisted in the service of his country in October of 18 .3. and received his gunnery training at Tyn:..ll Field, Florida and then obtained his armament training at Lowery FIpIJ, Denver, ColoMdo. He attended Benton Heights hiti school at Monroe. tri. Hamilton wears the Asiatic Par c E!bbon w".!i ta stars, repre senting the Red Raider's participation Union County's Local Outlook For Vets Good Employment Prospects This Area For Postwar Era Excellent In JOB SURVEY IS MADE Returning veterans will find employ-! ment prospects In this area good at the present time and even better in the postwar period, they will find that food conditions, living conditions, and prices in this area compare favor ably with those In other areas, ac- TX7a Ulan OrtttAF Antvtttilaclin TanMun.'! . . ....... wnv. w.. ... i.uu.u.. .vf.wwi... tatlves in the Charlotte area for In clusion with similar Information as to other labor market areas in the nation in a handbook used ,by the U. 8. employment service for the coun selling of veterans. This handbook lists fer each area the major Industries, the employment prospects, the Jobs Immediately avail able, the Industry needs, the major firms, the working hours and begin ners wages, and the housing and living conditions. Veterans who go to the employment offices for guidance can learn from this handbook current Information as to jobs and living conditions in the area from which they came and may wish to return to, or in areas with which they are not familiar but would like to 'live In. They can also find which area offers the best emoloyment prospects for jobs they are fitted for. Figures used in these handbooks are largely confidential, but local area representatives pointed out .that pros pects in this section are highly favor able, both as to Immediate vacanacies and vacancies which will occur with postwar expansion. This area is fortunate in having few new war industries, since the sta ble industries will be reconcerted and perhaps even expanded, they note. This area also offers great diversifica tion of opportunity In employment, according to actual surveys Of jobs available. Also, while houses in the area are occupied almost 100 per cent and rent control applies in this section, the liv ing conditions are not critical as compared to other areas, the represen tatives reported. FARM MACHINERY IS NO LONGER RATIONED Farmers May Now Buy Any Machin ery They Desire. Removal of farm machinery from rationing was announced today from the Union County AAA headquarters in the County Agriculture building by J. Hoyle Biggers, chairman of the County Triple A Committee. A s pe dal rationing board has functioned on the particular problems since rationing went Into effect under the general su pervision of the OPA. The lifting of rationing on tne wnoie list of farm machinery units affecting this territory is understood to be ef fective at once. The machinery and related items involved in the new development in clude combines, com binders, manure spreaders, mowers, side delivery rakes, hay loaders, pick-up hay balers, trac tors, garden tractors, water systems for. wells, power pumps, farm milk coolers, sheet metal water well cast ings, farm scales, gram drills, potato planters, potato diggers, silo fillers, lrirgation pumps, and power sprayers. The single item left on the ration list is corn pickers, and this article does not affect farmers in this area much, lt was explained. To all prac tical purposes, the farm machinery ra tioning program in Union is enaeo. The farmer may now buy anyy ma chinery- he desires provided he can find a dealer who has the needed item. Saturday indications were that stocks of farm machinery in this area are extremely low. so that the prac tical effect of lifting the rationing re quirements will be of little benefit right now, it was said. . However, lt is understood that grad ual increasing of manufacturing acti vity in the farm machinery flelld will provide larger and larger supplies' of machinery for distribution by the dealers in the next few months. in the Papuan and New Guineea cam paigns. .: 'y ? Lt Max Fl Parker has been pro moted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. He has been awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster and Silver Bars along with the Bronze Air Medal for meditorious achievements m com oat operating over enemy territory. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Parker, have received the Bronae Air Medal Pvt. .George D. McMan.ua apent last week at the home of us parents, Mr and Mrs.; John McManus, 809 South Parker at reet His wife Mrs. Doris McManus. joined him these for his visit, Pvt McManueu stationed at Camp Berkley, Texas. His address is Pvt George D. McManus, cist an. vo D A S F T C, Camp Berkley, Texas. Lieut Jake Plyler. Mrs. Plyler and son, Jimmy, of Port Knox, Ky, came Sunday to spend several days nere with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Plyler."', vv.-'-- ' . -4 ov- ' Sgt George Ayscue of Fort Bragg, spent the week-end here . with nis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cv W. Ayscue. Mrs. W. B. Houston and Mrs. Walter C Sanders will leave tomorrow for Raleigh where they will visit Mrs. Houston's daughter, Mrs. Horace Neal. Joe Darrell Griffin, who was induct ed into the Navy on September 18th. Is stationed at BainbiVe, aid. His wife is making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Garrison. Word has been received that Pvt Don Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank Harris cf Monroe, Is in the station hospital at yKeesier Field, County Schools To Start , Fall Term October 16th The Union County Board of Edu cation met Monday, October Z, with representatives of the various school districts of the coanty, and after weighing the school prob lems from all angles, decided to open schools on the 16th day of October. They will operate on a short schedule for the first two weeks, having five school days per week for the first school month; thereafter they will operate six days per week with short schedule . on Saturday, thereby attempting to ret in nine months of school and credit for the' year work. . The Board ef Education and the committeemen voiced their diasa tie -faction at having to operate on any short schedule and no one" sp proves Saturday school, bat all were unan imous in their opinion that this m the best solution to the prob lem. Germans Fail To Cross Rhine Americnas Rout Nazi Forces . As Eisenhower Warns Austrian PLANES BLAST ENEMY British troops on the Arnhem-Nlj- megen from last night fought off the nearest thing to a German counter offensive since the unsuccessful drive to split the Brittany-bound American armies at Avranches in Noramndy two months ago. Although some German infantry and tanks were able to cross the Neder Rhine at Helssen, four miles southeast of Arnhem, the drive defi nitely has been broken up, lt was re ported at Supreme Allied headquarters. The massing of Nazi tanks and in fantry eight miles north of Nljmegen had been, spotted by British lorce. Rocket-firing typhoons were sum moned and ripped into the enemy forces. Field Marshal Walter Model teamed with his western front ally, bad weather, to stage his latest attack. It was coordinated In haphazard fashion with stabs that were not quite so strong against the American First Army front southwest of prum ana in the Gremecy forest northeast oi Nancy. Nmef - their - thrusts .yarned any ground tor the Germans. The size of the German force indi cated it was not a local counterattack: such as have harassed the British Sec ond Army and the airborne American troops since they landed in Holland two weeks ago. The Germans apparently had plan ned to drive east from Huissen and nip off the tip of Lt. Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey's spearhead, still on the banks of the Neder Rhine west of Arnhem. American troops routed the enemy: from a key stronghold 30 miles south east of Nancy yesterday in one of many battles fought across sodden plains and mountains of northeastern France, which the Supreme Command said soon would spread to Austria. A spokesman for Gen. Dwlght D. Tlsenhower told Austrians to "prepare for the arrival of the Allies" in the same sort of a broadcast as those heralding Allied entry into Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Germany. A similar broadcast came from Mos cow. Canadians on the French coast, striking a blow to ease the supply problem for the momentous battles of Europe, captured the French channel port of Calais and took a total oi 5,000 prisoners. h The Berlin radio, adding to the air of expectancy over the .460-mUe front, asserted that the British Second Army and the United State First Army had massed strong tank forces for a great offensive that would be aimed east' and northeast at the Rhlneiand. i All along ate' rain-drenched ' front the Germans lashed out with vigorous counterblows In an. attempt to keep the flght'r'g lines- static, . In Holland the British battered two stout blows at, their Niimegen corridor and widened It further as . strong forces began driving the last enemy across the Maas (Meuse) river, where Tommies already are entrenched, along 35 miles of the west bank south of the Siegfried line's northern terminal at Kleve.. .-, ',- .- - The United States First Army dug deeper into the Siegfried line from east of the besieged fortress of Aachen to 40 miles near Prum, overran a number of pillboxes and repelled at tacks by tanks and flame throwers. ERIDGE OF VESSELS " " NOT SPAN PACIFIC Steaming westward every day in the Pacific with military ' and naval' sup piles are about 300 ships. Rear Ad miral ' Carleton H. Wright command ant Of the Twelfth Naval District has j disclosed, emphasizing the huge ship ping proDiem wiucn wut arise wnen the war in Europe ends and the all out attack against Japan begins. "The i end of the war in Europe,'' Admiral Wright said, "will Increase rather than decrease . the load we must carry. "Assuming one-third, of the total number of ships tn operation, are westbound, one-third eastbound, and one-third loading or discharging, we need a total of 600 ships in the pool at present If' the rength of the run la doubled, we will need at lrast 630 more. Where will we get these ships and trained crews? The answer Is obvious th"y don't exist." Admuil Wrtiht estimatf 1 t...t after the Furor,en v'r the r" 1 cut back in si.;;:bu..irg i4 a.oui.t to only "three per cent , Plane fares cf S dieted by Ciu .s-Vri, .t - 3 Uiiiop.Boys Die In Service .. v i . , ..t' ' . .. .... . ." Lieut Roland C. Williams, Jr. And Pfc Harold Love Vic tims Of 'Accidents PVT. iSNYDERJS KILLED Three more Union county boy were listed as casualties of war during the week-end when the distressing news was received here Saturday that Lieut Roland C. Williams, Jr, of Monroe had been killed in a palne crash at Avon Park, FUu, Friday night and PFC Harold Monroe Love cf Wlngate had been accidentally killed at Cherry Point N. C, Thursday afternoon. The third casualty was Pvt Jason Snyder of R3, MarshvUe, who was killed in action in prance, August sutn, accora- ing to a message received from the ' War Department! by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Snyder, of Marshville. Lieut Roland 8. Williams, Jr, Lieut Roland O. Williams, Jr., 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Williams of Monroe, was one of nine airmen from Avon Park army air field. Flori da, who lost their lives Friday night When their heavy bomber crashed 20 miles east of the field, - according to a telephone message received Satur-' day afternoon by Mr. Williams. The body is expected to arrive here some time tonight and will be taken to the Harris-Wells Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at the home of his parents, 305 East Houston street Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. Lieut Williams to survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roland O. Wll- . llama and a brother, . Ray Williams, of Monroe. ' ' PFC HareM Lev PFC Harold Love." 31. of Wlngate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Love', was accidentally killed Thursday at Cherry Point N. C when he was struck by a truck, while in the line of march. No further details of bis death were available today. . , . The body arrived in Monroe una morning and was taken to Harris- Wells Funeral Home. Funeral s vicea will he held at the Wlngate Bap tist hurch, of which he was a mem ber, Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by his pastor Rev.- W. C. Link, Jr assisted by Rev. O. C. Bur rto. Interment will be tn the Win gate cemetery. uy. :" Pallbearers will be Will Reaiern. Wade ' Flowers, J. B. ; Ellis, John- A. Bivens, Jack Perry, and Coy May. since March"34,r I94. " He Is Burvrved by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Love; two sisters, Mrs. George Whitley and Mrs. Dewitt Sprague of Wlngate, and three bortbers, James P. Love of Newport News, Va.; Grady E. Love of Columbia, N. C, and Roy Love, who Is with the U. S. Army in France. Pvt Jason E. Snyder Pvt. Jason E. Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Snyder of R3, Marsh ville, previously reported as missing in . action, was .- last week reported as willed in action in' France on August 30th. . " ; - , Pvt. Snyder was 30 years bf age and entered the service December 8, 1943. He took his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas, and went overseas with the Infantry in June of this year.; He was first wounded on August 7 and was awarded the Purple Heart He returned to active duty on August 19. Pvt Snyder is survived by his par. ents, three sisters, Miss Alleen Snyder, Mrs. Florence Griffin and Mrs. Lorena Thomas Of Rl, Indian Trail; , one brother, Grover Snyder and also his grandmother, Mrs. Rena Crisco and a number of uncles and auntaV . A. F. WTDENHOUSK ' Albert Pinkney Widenhouse, W, who for more than SO years had been a promlnent lumber dealer of. Midland, died at 8:30 o'clock Thursday morning at his home. He had been in de. clinlng health tor several months, but had recovered sufficiently to be at his ly as a result of a heart attack. ; - Funeral services were hejd Saturday at the Center Grove Methodist church of which Mr: Widenhouse had been a steward for more than two decades. Rev. A. C. Kennedy conducted the rites and burial was tn the church : cemetery. i Ni "HiH ';, v. 'j'.":;.! A son of the Late Martin -and La vinla Furr Wktenhouse, Mr. Widen house was born February 10, 1873, in . Stanly county. He had served for 30 years as secretary of the Midland lodge, No. 818 of JL F. and M, in addition to his business interest at Midland. Mr. Widenhouse was a di rector of the Citizens National Bank OX uoncoro. v. Mr. Widenhouse is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillian Gibson Furr Wi denhouse; two sons, William M. and Marvin, . G. Widenhouse, of MWand; two daughters, Miss Ida Mae V i 'pn-. house of the home, and Mrs. LL. n Polk, of Midland; two sisters, r s. r. T. Albright of Huntersviile, a..J 1. s. U. D. Heymond of WhitevUle; a broun- er, Ed Widenhouse of Charlotte, and six grandchildren. - . Mrs. James Klndley receive! word last week from her hiu;band, I vt. J . R. Klndley, that he had e ri ' 1 f i d ly in New Guinea. Jrs. 1 y es i two children are mftUrg t r 1 8 with het parents, l,;r. t i K.s. 1 y Garrison; tor the dora . n. University C i Waukecsn, TA . will cf tie 1 r" v t t it t s . U t 1 I .
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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