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' "Si f 4 'v . t if WEATHER FORECAST Pair and cool today, . tonight and Tuesday. , ' . r ' Sunset today, 6:67 p. m.; lunriae Tuesday, 7:39 a. m. , f1. .to .J j 4 IIW j V ' " ' ii ' Cotton, abort lb ., .. 31o to 22tto Cotton, long, lb ...... 25c to S8o Cotton Seed, bushel .. .. Tftto Vest, dozen ., .. .. .. ..... 45o Corn, bushel ., ... tlAO Wheat, bushel ...... .. $14 PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS 8EVENTYSECOND YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1944 S-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, fl.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR .4) I .V4 Raltiaay Governor Bronghton, Cherry, Hoey And Other Leaders j MEET IN COURT HOUSE A big Democratic rally for the Eighth Congressional District will be iheld in the Union county courthouse, -Friday afternoon, October 13th at 3:30 o'clock, with Governor Broughton, JR. Gregg Cherry, Democratic nominee tor governor, former Governor Clyde R. "Hoey and other high ranking Dem ocratic leaden la attendance. ' Thl announceemnt was made this itlcauan Oriffln, Secretary of the Executive Committee, who are completing plans for the rally. .- Ths meeting here Friday afternoon is one of a series of such meetings being held throughout the State by the Democrats of North Carolina and Is expected to attract hundreds of Democrats from the twelve counties of J which the district is composed. William B. TJmstead, state campaign chairman will be present and will probably preside at the meeting. Oth rs who are expected to attend the meeting are Congressman W. O. Bur gin, Thad Eure, Secretary of State and C. M. Johnson, State -Treasurer. Such a gathering of state officials and party leaders has not been held In this county in a number of years and the meeting Friday afternoon Is expected to attract considerable at tention and the attendance It Is be' lleved will be large . Several of the distinguished guests are expected to address the crowd and tram all indications, this section will xperlence an old time Democratic rally, the like of which has not been een In this county in many years. if-di ncrease Rate On Cotton Fifty-Two Points Higher Than 92i Of Parity : Rate SCHEDULE - OF - PRICES On October 4th, the Commodity 'Credit Corporation Increased the loan nte on 1944 cotton from 92 H to 95 percent of parity, announced Hoyle Siggers, Chairman of the County AAA Committee. "This .rate," Mr. Bigger stated, "is 53 points highter than the WH percent of. parity rate." The County AAA Chairman was also notified by the State AAA Office that the Commodity Credit Corpora tion will .purchase 1944 crop Middling 15-16-Inch cotton, basis gross weight flat cotton, at warehouses. In western North Carolina, at the following schedule of prices: .October 23.44 cents per pound, Janu ary 22JWcents per pound, February 22 84 cents per pound. March 22.69 cents per pound, April . 22.74 cents per pound, May 22.79 cents per pound, and June 22.79 cents per pound. The purchase price in eastern North Caro lina will be five points less. "Purchasing ; agencies will be ap proved by the Commodity Credit Cor poration. , Agencies will be local banks and other lending agencies already approved under the loan program. Re quest for approval should be directed to the OCO, Regional Office, New Orleans, ' Louisiana. The r purchasing gent win pay the CCO purchase price to the producer upon rthe tender of -warehouse receipts and , sales agree ment An allowanse of 7 pounds will be made on bales covered with cot ton bagging. Cotton will, be purchased when stored In warehouses approved by COO, and the producer will pay all charges on the cotton, until the date of purchase:. ;" Producers who t have placed cotton under the 1944 CCO cot ton, loan may sell the 'pledged cotton to COO by repaying their loan and tendering, the cotton for purchase In accordance wfth this program,'' Mr. WENDELL WILLXIE DIES : SHORT ILLNESS Heart Attack Take National OOP ; Leader Sanday Meratafc;: Wendell L. Wlllkle, 52 Tndiana4)orn ' lawyer who skyrocketed from political -; . unknown to Republican presidential , nominee ife , 1940 and subsequent na I tlonal - and international prominence. died unexpectedly at 3:20 a. m. Sun day In Lenox HU1 Hospital, New York. - - - Death was due to coronary throm basis. Dr. Alexander Ghiselln, a throat ' - specialist, said a streptococci infection ' A affected the heart muscles, and that j Wlllkle died in bis sleep after sufter- lng three attacks, the last of which occurred at 2:00 a m , " " " With! him at the end iri addition to) Dr Ohiselln were his personal phy . aician, Dr Benjamin Balser; his wife. who also had been ill with a sore ' throat, and Lamoyne Jones, Wlllkle 's personal secretary and spokesman In 294 w The Willkies bare one child, Phil Inv a lieutenant (J. f.) on duty with the Navy "somewhere In mid-ocean." The colorful. , 200-pound tousle hraded Hoosler, Who first gain'' re c "TiltSon as president of Couu.on--eaiai Sc Eouihern Corporation, en - t -i 'the bos; .tal SepU-oiber 6 for a r v;-!cal chei;ic-up and rest. The t rvftt lrfTt'.on developed Wednesday. i if f -e crltlral at c : 1 . i 1 he i t .. NEW BASIC "A" BOOKS Is ARE TO BE ISSUED New Gm Ratten Effective November th; Make Application Now. (By 8. M. Kale) . The Local War Price ana Rationing Board announces that the Office of Price Administration has invalidated the number 12 stamps In the present A books and has ordered' the Boards to Issus new Basic A Books to be In effect by November 9. Application forms for the new "A" Books have been . received and are being distributed to service stations throughout the'oounty. Motorists are asked to get these blanks, follow the Instructions printed on them In filling them out, and mail them to the War Price and Rationing Board as soon as possible. The Job of fixing and mailing five or six thousand Basic A books between now and November 8 constitutes a problem, and motorists who wait until -22; SX ItCW ' WW tjffWV In GV ' IUUUVUHIIM serrice. '( The cooperation of all automobile owners in getting In applications im mediately is requested., . Postwar Jax Faces Solons Doughton's Ways And Means Committee Plans To Study Subject WILL AWAIT ELECTION Congress will begin to grapple with the post war tax program when it re turns from its present recess, but It probably will be well into next year before taxpayers will know what their postwar obligations to the Federal Treasury will be. Representative Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, who heads the powerful ways .and means committee of the House, which originates tax legislation, has revealed that he ex pects to call his group together short ly after Congress reconvenes to start to work on the framing of a new tax statute. For the past six months or more the Joint congressional committee on internal . revenue taxation, which the North Carolinian also beads, and a staff ' of experts from the Treasury department have been at work gather ing Information on. which the .ways aneT means committee caa base its cal culations. What that Information will show and what recommendations might come from these staffs is not known at this time, but indications are that they will suggest a lighten ing of the present tax burden on in dlylduals and corporations. Chairman Doughton has expressed the belief that as much tax relief should be given as is possible consist ent with keeping the country sound financially. However, as he points out, it is most difficult as this time to determine what the national income and the Federal Budget will be when the country bets back to a peacetime basis. . These basic facts are necessary before, any worthwhile Job can be done toward mapping a 'postwar tax structure, according to Representative Doughton and members of his com mittee. ''.' Topflight economists and tax ex perts connected both with Congress and the administrative agencies agree on the desirability of altering the tax law in the postwar period so as to encourage risk capital, unless this is done, they contend, private enter prise win find It difficult to finance itself both In new undertakings and in expanding industry already in busi ness, and new business will be neces sary to provide full employment in the 'pbstwar period. There is no agreement, however, as to V the: method by which this ene couragment should , be given. Some suggest that the' capital gains tax be drastically lowered, others that .the earnings or corporations should be taxed only once, Instead of twice as at present once as profits to the cor poration and again as income to the individual wno receives the dividends. Several .other suggestions nave been made, but none has the support of any substantial group. COSTS OF LIVING UP; PAY INCREASES SEEN .... J-"."-- f :-,.,V-; -.... i Two War' Labor Board panels have reported that tiring costs have In creased 25: to 43 per cent since Janu ary, 1941. base peeriod of the "little steel', IS per cent , formula, and thus have cleared the way for WLB re commendation that President Roose velt raise' wage ceilings. : The reports summarize findings on which the WLB will bold publlo hear ings Sept 26-27 and then make rec ommendations to the President prob ably before the Nov. 7 elections. The board will meet in executive session at, Washington ths week of Oct 9 to consider both reports and evidence taken at the hearings. ..v;-,..-i , said Wlllkle awoke at 1 a. m. and the oxygen tent was removed be cause the patient appeared improved. "When he awoke," Jones said. "Mr. Wlllkle began to Joke with the nurse as she swabbed bis throat, comment ing when ' asked bow be felt, 'How can 1 talk with my mouth full of that atutrri" ;- Mrs. Wlllkle arrived at the bedside five minutes before ber husband died. "She saw him, although his face was concealed by the oxygen mask." Dr. Ghiselln said, "he was still breathing. Mrs. WllUde seemed to know , the exact second that death came. She wavered and Dr. Babser and myself ran to her side and sup ported her. EIjs would have collapsed '' r-!..". V . 'a 1 " r r---e, e-n- r I ' I... . cf Orr ; 'in. .:v a- fe.:-.:y::i.-V:'-SS::-i::: I 'v. Shown in the above photograph, ia a typical scene in the mailing room of the Main Street U80 Club, where already 2187 Christmas boxes have been packed, wrapped and mailed for wives, parents, and friends who have rel atives In the armed forces overseas. M. E. Shepard, Director of the Club, is shown wrapping packages, while his assistant, Mrs. Daniel P. Higgins, Jr., stacks them, preparatory to placing them In the mail. Three army wives are seen taking advantage of the wrapping and mailing facilities offered by the Club. CHURCHES TO COLLECT CLOTHES FOR RELIEF Cmuty-Wlde CoDecttM Of dotldng Win Be Made Thnttgta Charches. The churches of Monroe and Union county have been asked by the local Ministerial Association to collect used clothing for the , purpose of sending it to the "Unite Nations Relief Admin istration. This Relief Administration (UNRRA) recently sent out a call to the church . and religious groups of America for 15 million pounds of clothing for immediate shipment to the liberated areas of Europe; where the clothing shortage is acute. . In view Of approaching winter the situa tion will become more serious, and millions of women, men and children are facing untold hardship unless out side relief is forthcoming. Such re lief is being furnished by UNRRA, the international relief agency set up the 44 United Nation. The suggested plan for Monroe and Union county is that the clothing be collected on the basis of informal co operation, with each church serving as a collection center. After each church has made its collection of Clothing, the Ministerial Association will pool all the clotbing and make shipment at one time for all of the church groups. Central Methodist church has been designated as the central collection center for the city and county. Shipment of clothing win be made from Monroe the last of October, so each church group is asked to make its collection as soon as possible. Clothing needed is, any usable gar ment of substantial quality, either sumemr or winter. All types of use ful, wearable garments are needed. Garments specially needed include the following: infant and children's gar ments of all types. 1 This clothing Is most urgently needed, particularly knit goods. Men and boys' garments, in cluding overcoats, topcoats, suits, Jack ets, shirts, all types of work clothes, sweaters, underwear are urgently needed. " Also needed are girls ; and women's clothing such as coats,1 Jack ets, skirts, dresses, ' underwear, aprons, smocks, robes, nlghtwear. Bedding, lnoludlna- blankets. Afghans, sheets, pillow cases, quilts, will be required. Bedding and underclothing or cot ton coods should be washed before being donated, but they need not be ironed. Shoes are not to be collected. For Information regarding clothing collection, It is suggested that Rev. F. B. Drane or Rev. J. H. Armbrust be contacted. v -. ' '-;-.. :- -.' CIVILIZATION HITS - r ISLAND YANKS TOOK Civilisation is slowly creeping into the Southwest Pacific as allied forces push the Japs back toward their- na tive dens. Typical of the dviliaed progress being made in remaking the islands Ja that M Majuro atoll. In the Marshall. y ? '.-.J-i-.".-r ? : Here where only recently Ameri can boys were fighting bloody battles beneath, the cocoanut trees moaern highway, sewage systems, communica tion and electrical networks, and oth er landmarks of a typical American scene are already dotting the Island. Bulldoeers are leveling trees to make an airfield, and trucks and Jeep roll along new road. The three ervice represented on the island marine, navy, and Seabeea have their own daily paper. Other improvement include a general store and vaaoline station. - " TMiriMit imnmmmsnt. an Tar aa ana ' average O. L u concerned, i ine stalaltkm of portable showers to take baths such a he often dreamea ox ini the sweat-begrimed days of fighting. Fresh water to supplied by portable ! eondenniira which develoo it from salt water from' the nearby sea. Boatswains Mate 2-C Jimmy Fur reson, who Is stationed at Vero Beach, Ha, has come for a furlough with his wile and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee F-lingsly on Pnton Heights. .its in r v ? r i causM by Christmas Mail Rush At Main 3treet 1 fT Ms 'Tij' Jmmmmr . mwf00mmmmmf 1 THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF WESTERN FRONT Hooae-to-onae ngbtlnf reported In Aachen, anest aarroanded by ad vancing Americans; V. -8. Third Army seise eight towns In six nrile phmge x. between Mets and Nancy; Allied flyers give Siegfried line super "boa Job.'7 EASTERN FRONT Russian smash 63 miles n. 175-mile front in massive drive aimed at East Prussia and at trapping thousands of Nads In the Wga and north western Latvia areas; Red forces also hammer out new gains In Hangary and .Yagaslacia,. .. SOUTHERN FRONT British ap-preaeh Corinth, report Ger mans fleeing from Greece; Tanks in Italy broaden their front below Bologna. PACIFIC FRONT Allied aerial blows around Ceram and Halma hera destroy or damage 25 small Japanese vessels; Marines advance aaginat penned-np enemy on Pele Uu; unconfirmed Axis broadcasts report American planes hit Palaos and soathern Philippines; Japa nese Premier calls war situation "very grave," and urges greater production. ASIATIC FRONT Chinese re port holding Japanese foree try ing to outflank Kwellin en the west; General StUweQ announces 14th Air foree destroyed some 163, 000 tons of Japanese shipping and killed 4,000 Nippon soldiers last month. Men In Service S-SgL Melton Wounded S-Sgt Walter E. Melton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Melton of R4, Monroe, was slightly wounded in ac tion in France on September 22, ac cording to message received by hi parents from the War Department. Sgt., Melton is serving with the In fantry. Joe O. Helms S 1-c of Newport. R. I, recently spent a 12-day leave with hi mother, Mrs. Effle Helms. Ensign Floyd Lee Carelock of the Merchant Marines, stationed in the Pacific, arrived Tuesday morning from Long Beach, Cal., on account of the fllneas of bis mother. Mrs. J. L. Cars lock.; He attended officer candidate school in California, finished in June, and baa since been at sea. This is hi first trip home In six years. : . Pvt. 1 Brioe N. Williams baa "been transferred from Camp Butner to Camp' Asbeby, Va. ';,3 Mr. and Mrs. a U. Hlnson of Pros pect have been very much worried by news from the War Department last Monday saying that their son, PFO Lynn A. Hinaon, - bad been slightly wounded In action in France on Sep tember 16. On the same day they received a letter from Lynn himself. which was written on September 14A, jtwu UHjr ociwv lie wm wvuuum. said that he was going into battle ana would probably not be able to write again for some time, but not to think hard of him, a he would write again ua . - - .": ' ' " , v xmxm Helms, ha returned to New totk after spending a 17-day leave with bia parent. Since b was at home last be has made several trips across to different place. He said he en Joyed bis leave very much but that it seemed very abort to him. ' - Li. Harold Lander, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lander, baa arrived safe ty hi Greenland. In fetters to bt parents received last Wednesday and - (Continued on pags t -V Union County's US0 4-iw. od .i m u -iu !lly, HOYLE GRIFFIN HEADS FARM ADVISORY COUNCIL Aim Is Te Provide Full Coordination Between OPA And Fanners. After an all day meeting at Hotel Charlotte Thursday attended by out standing members of the farming in dustry and OPA officials in western North Carolina an OPA district farm advisory council was elected with Hoyle C. Griffin of Union oounty be ing named general chairman of the entire unit. In addition to the general chairman, the executive committee is made up of H. Bernard Helm of Union oounty, ! chairman of the poultry and livestock ! subcommittee; C. L, Petree of Forsyth, 1 chairman of the farm crop subcom- ' mlttee; and William C. Thacker of Forsyth, G. S. Anderson of Guilford, A. M. Secrest, T. J. W. Broom, W. B. Nicholson, al lof Union, members. The meeting was under the general direction of L. F. Brumfleld, district OPA farm liaison officer, who acted as chairman, and welcomed the farmers, government farm agency representa tives, and other Interested in the farming situation generally. Edgar C. Young, regional agricul tural liaison executive from Atlanta, Ga., was on hand for the meeting and spoke on the various aspects of the farm council and its connection wltn price control. The purpose of the advisory council is to provide the district OPA officials with direct channels of information from the tanning interest through the area served by the Charlotte office. The launching of the organization Thursday is expected to be carried on into a full program of co-ordination between the OPA and the farmers. The subcommittee heads and other executive group members will help to expand the functions of the advisory council until a full representation from al farmer groups has been obtained. The farm advisory groups will be called in for consultation with the district officials on specific problems from time to time, and they also may volunteer such recommendations as they wish at any time it is understood. The farm advisory groups are sim ilar to other industry organisation which have been created throughout the country, It was explained. The object of the organizations is to give the OPA the machinery for creating the fullest possible cooperation be tween the, government ration and price control agency, and the folks who are most vitally concerned In it THE WHY AND HOW OF Sf fllUINfi IN COUNTY Vw. ' wrm" -a. n.niiiid,;eent over the last pre-war year, or Training Cotarsa Will Be Coiidm, f q. the U. a AU DrODerty ' Hen Starting Monday Oct 16. (By Rev. F. B. Drane) ' Union oounty has had some ac quaintance with the Boy Scout Move ment for several year past, but many parent and cmo leaders are Ignorant of the potentiality of Boy Scouting a a character building and citizen train-the lng organisation. . n is weu-anowu of tbe sessions will be neld ,on Mon that a Scout is a boy willing ' and :uy. October 16th at 1:30 p. m. In ready to do a "good turn" dally. " It the Pariah Bouse - of the Episcopal is also known that a Boy Scout Is fond of hiking and camping, and that he- learns many useful accomplish ments In connection with hi program of advancing from a Tenderfoot to the ; higher rank of Bvouung. - But tne will discuss the Advancement program. Why and the How of Scouting la still j and will conduct a Court of Review for a dark subject to many who could u Scouts who are seeking advance make good use of this knowledge, r ment. This will be an actual demon CapV Eddie Rickenbacker ' gave etratlon of bow a boy advance in credit to two former Scouts for the rescue of himself and bis companions on the raft They sighted him, and not content to wait far a P-T boat to come to his rescue with ' night ap proaching, Lt Eadie. an Eagle Scout jmad a perilous landing on the sea. ana arter iransi erring we men irom the raft taxied them for 40 miles to safety. Oapt Rickenbacker says that this waa typical of the spirit of Scouting as be say lt among our former Scout in the Navy and Army. Rl two boys are Scout and from them be kerned r-'-y t '.rr that rere of pr-t t ; to 1 . n i 1 . compariw-R on t. ,r 11 -t y C . t c. AMERICAN LEGION TO MEET AT MAIN ST. US0 State Commander - George W. Will Be Gwest Speaker. 8 now The Melvln Deese Post No. 27, American Legion, will meet at the U. S. O. Building Just across' from the pots office, on Thursday evening, October 12, at 8:00 o'clock. State Commander George W. Snow, of Mount Airy, will be the guest speaker of the evening. All veterans of both wars and offi cers and enlisted men of Camp Sut ton are urged to attend this meeting. Commander Snow has Just returned fi om the American Legion National Convention at Chicago, and will no doubt have an interesting message covering the recent G. I. Bill of Rights and other subjects. A program in conjunction with the V. S. O. has been arranged and a full attendance is desired. "Be sure to come and bring a new member with you," states Oscar B. Shelley, the adjutant. r Rhine Valley Plants Bombed The Airmen Continue Mighty Offensive Launched Against Reich- HEAVY LOSS INFLICTED The mighty Allied aerial offensive which poured more than 16,000 tons of explosive from 7,000 plane yesterday on German targets continued with medium, light and fighter-bombers blasting Nazi communications and supply depots despite bad weather. Switching' from Saturday's record strategical, bombing to tactical offense more than 300 Ninth Ah Force Ma rauders and Havocs raked German communications and supply depots In the Rhlneland and Ruhr servicing the Nasi armies opposing the American invasion of the Reich. Fighter bombers, slashing through more than 200 Nazi fighters, ranged in great strength through the Rhine valley and behind the German armies from Saarbrucken to Duaseldorf, bombing and strafing airfields, military positions and water and rail transport. A heavy fog over Holland, Belgium and northeastern France grounded the bulk of Allied alrpower and air chiefs surveyed reconnaissance photographs of the damage inflicted on the Nazi war machine by Saturday's record on slaught. Two of the Germans' largest tank production plants were heavily hit and seriously damaged by Eighth air force Liberators. According to photographs, oombar dlers over Kassel sent explosives and incendiaries into every building exoept one of the Henschel Worke plant, 111, which manufacturers nearly all of Hitler's Tiger tanks, and 21 or 23 buildings at the Krupp Mark 17 tank works at Magdeburg were struck. The Magdeburg plant' is also believed to be producing heavy guns and armor. ' "Three of seven large workshops and a test bed were damaged at the Daimler Aero Engine plant at Kas sel. Both assembly buildings at the Zwkka Pocke Wulfe assembly and repair plant were hit," the air force announced, adding that "freight yards and railroad repair centers at Kassel, Zwickau and Dresdon were damaged considerably." The amount of damage done to synthetic oil plants had not been completely assessed but fires and ex plosions were reported at Polite, Bo len, Merseburg, Lutzkendor, Ruhland and Magdeburg. American losses from both British and Italian base Saturday were 51 bombers and 15 fighters. Eighth Air foe re escort planes knocked down 22 Nazlflghters. Ninth Air force fighters and bombers chalked up 16 kills against an equal number of losses. The RAF lost five heavy bombers. Iron Long No Cm To Operation Seattle. Wash. Mrs. Theda Anna Carl, 24, was recently operated on for appendicitis successfully although she was in an iron lung.. Stricken with acute appendicitis, she was wheeled into the operating room tsill In the lung. Oxygen was administered while, one section of the casting was lifted and light anesthetic waa given. .. 1 Last year fire losses were up 25 per $380,235,000 for the U. 8. All property owners are urged to check their fire hazards during the early Fall months. the raft. Union county Join the rest of the Central N. C. Council of Boy Scouts in putting on a training course aimed at showing- the Why-and the How of Boy Scout movement. . The first church, Leslie Stames will discuss the organization, and management of a Scout Troop from tbe standpoint of the sponsoring Institution and the Troop Committee. Rev. F. B. Drane the Scout program. On Friday, Octo- ber, 20th, Ralph Mulllnax will bring a picked group of Scouts from con cord, and will give a demonstration of bow a Scout Meeting is conducted. On Monday, October 23rd, . there will be a grand Scout Rally of all Scouts in Union county with their sponsors to be held In the high school gymna sium. At this time amny of the Scout games and contest will be put on. There will be awards for the li ning patrots. Every lauher f a Pvmt M ;"'" ct'.V-n ir."- -H It t - ' - i f T I I. ! Yak Rshting Inside Aachen Front Blazes Along 30 Mile Sector In New Tank-Sap- ' ported Assault DRIVE FOlT COLOGNE Front line reports reaching London early yesterday said American First Army troops were engaged in house-to-house 11 ghting inside Aachen while the American Third Army forged six miles ahead on a -20-mile front be tween Met and Nancy. American infantry entered Aachen. . which is almost entirely surrounded by the American force from the southeast, the report . to the British press said. -y:-:., v The German radio said the Ameri cans bad thrown two fresh tank di visions into the battle north of Aachen "where attacks now have assumed the character of a major assault" ? The American First Army's newest assault launched befre dawn from east of Aachen, carried to within IflOO yards of the enemy's last road to Co logne. Above the rubbled city, other troops from tbe Ubach-break through in the Siegfried line sturck a mile deeper south, bringing In tbe upper Jow of the vise. Even as the Aachen front biased along a 30-mile sector, the Third Army to the south in France struck between Mets and Nancy on a 20-mile front quickly toppling eight towns in a six mile advance.- But ground was lost farther norm in the furious, bloody struggle for Fort Driant which guards the southwestern approaches to Met& - Plane supported the two American Army drive. A small iask force 'wttb tanks and 1 . self-propelled guns probed the de fenses of Aachen itself, biggest city encountered in the Invasion of Ger many. Thirty-seven t2i : city of tbe prewar Reich, ft was the size of Nashville, Tennenesee, or, Hartford, Conn. , ,.-.f. --i.. '-?!'" With little mors progress, tbe city will be pinched off, an American offi cer said. :: 'O.-K; v.'-.- Staging one of their rare night as- i saults, Lt Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' men southeast of Aachen caught the , Germans by surprise,- hit up east of . the besieged city,' and late yesterday seized Crucifix- HilL dominating the ground near Haaren. 114 miles north east of Aacbf,t';.'i..'-rvr They. we. withjlJtttle.Jnor thaxt , half t mile of the Aachen -Cologne " road, sweeping that last escape route for the Nads In Aachen with Shell an -heavy machine gun fire. The strength of tiie Aachen defenders was not known, but a Router dispatch ' esti mated it as low as 1,500 s. 8. troop In the upper wing of an Aachen , squeeze, First Army men who scored " the Siegfried breakthrough at TJbacbr -cleaned out Alsdorf, seised Afden. and . thrust within four miles of their com rades near Haaren. . ' : 4 :u , t v' lo tome rirst - ". -"' "'JK: -- ' Spikes Talk Of DemobOua tion Delay To Ease The " . Job Problem . V, RUMORS ARE UNFOUNDED Secretary SUmson asserted Friday . ., that "no economic or political factors' enter Into the army's demobilization plans and declared that there was no truth in reports tbe War department would delay the program In order to ease the Job situation. The War secretary made this state ment at his news conference after be , was told there "has been some com ment" to the effect that demobilization would be geared to the employment situation. - Governor Thomaa E. Dewey, In his v first presidential campaign speech quoted tbe director of seelctlve service as saying that "we can keep epopte in in the army about as cheaply as we could create an agency for them when 1 they are out.") , - 8timson said the speed of demobili zation would be governed by only two things the military ; necessity of re taining sufficient troops for the war . with Japan and available shipping. Except for , those two limitations, the : army is arranging to muster out those eligible a quickly . as possible after Germany is defeated, be said. To another question what were hi views on the reported proposal of Tec retary Morgenthau for reducing Ger many to the status ' of a pastoral state SUmson had "no comment t ) ' make." Asked if the War and Navy depart ment boards Investigating: the Pearl Harbor disaster might have their re ports ready soon, he replied t. at r a army board "is still working very 1 ar 1 and X do not know when its r . -t will be submitted." In a tatement the sevrr' i ' ' the re was a "tendency tu; -r l a 11c let-down in prert. s t safeguard miliary 1; ai'ded that such a t ous and must be c I i shifting of !-" ! i scale" from 1 t . lie r'""". ; ' -Pearl I . : r -21, t"!-. i for I i t e . r 1 X
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