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, WEATHER FORECAST ;J;., ;!.rf.;t . I I , v r' - . : J! I Mill 1 , liffV. Ss S JM TS" J' I L -w -TvA A A e-J e-. . I ; ' yX'WfVJ .?r,-jft"iVr.-: I i t i i i i i m m ii-i i im x i - y i r p- v i r ' . i v ia; t in v i jac w m. w rv : r : . w .' 1 4r , Increasing cloudlnes And mild. A Sunset today, 0:44 p. nu sunrise Friday, 7:33 . m. , ' " PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS Cotton, short, lb ., .. 21c to 22tta Cotton, lone, lb .. . 25o,to 33o Cotton Beta, bushel .. .-,. 79tte Eggs, dozen ,Y i : Y ''." 46o Cora, buahel .V ; W-M bushel .. .. ,ij.' .. l oo BEVENTY-SB CdND YEAR ' , MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944 . Campaign Now O At , Fever Heat Only Three Weeks Remain ? Until Voters Trek To The Polls LIST OF THE CANDIDATES Three weeks from Tuesday, some 750,000 North Carolinians will go to the polls to select the men and wom en who will make the laws and direct the activities of the state and nation for the most1 critical period in the history of our country. It is a safe bet that only a very mall percentage of the voters know the folks or even the names of the candidates, for whom they will vote, except for a. few offices. Here is the list of candidates on the . National and State tickets to be voted on In, Union county. The. list In cludes only those in which there Is local Interest, with Democratis listed' first: For President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York; Thomas B. Dewey of New York For Vice President Harry 8. 'Tru tnan of Missouri; John W. Brlcker of Ohio. (These names will appear on a tleket to themselves- and under state law a vote for them is presumed to be a vote for the presidential electors whose nomination has been certified to the secretary of state. The follow tag names will appear on the state ticket.) For United States Senator: Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby; A. I. Ferree of Ashe- boro. Congressman Eighth District: W. O. Burgln -and B. O. Brock. For Governor: R, Gregg Cherry of oaatoma; Fran u. .Petton of Mor ganton. . For LI tu tenant Governor: L. T. BaUentine of Varina; George L. Greene of Marshall. For Secretary of State: Thad Eur of Wlnton; W. BV Gragg of Boone. For State Auditor! George Boss Pou of SmlthfleW; J. M. Van Boy of CHarlotte. .ft'-'f For Stated Treasurer: Charles H Johnson of Raleigh; a B. Roberts of Marshall. For Attorney General: Barry Me Mullan of Washington; Sam J. Morris of Raleigh. For Superintendent of Publlo In struction: Clyde A. Erwln of Raleigh; B. Carl Fussell of Wilmington, For Commissioner f of Agriculture: W. Kerr Scott of Haw River: Clarence IV Allen of Atma"' ,-'w-4 For Commissioner of Insurance: William P. Hodges of Raleiph; Halsey B. Leavitt of Asheville. For Commissioner of Labor: Forrest H. shuford of High Point; James E. Bpence, Jr., of Slier City. For Associate Justice of Supreme Court (3): A. F. Seawell of Raleigh and William A. Devln of Oxford; E. P. Still well of Sylva and Algernon L. Butler of Clinton. Union county Republicans did not oner a ticket in the county this year, and there was no opposition to any of the Democratic office holders, who were up lor re-election. O. L. Rich ardson, was re-elected to another term In the Legislature, which was the only major office to be filled in the primary held this summer. D FIRST BAPTIST PLAN NEW CHURCH BUILDING Instructs Deacons To Purchase Site) . Two SLOW Gifts Announced. At a congregational meeting of the First Baptist church Sunday morning, the congregation passed a resolution instructing the Board of Deacons to purchase a building lot. The lot Is the property of Steve Presson and adjoins the hut lot on the south and faces Hayne street. The' site Is halt of the present filling station lot and -in former years, was occupied by Slkes stables. The congregation further in- structea uve ooara to complete tne purchase at a sum of $5,000. - The resolution also recorded the de cision of the church to use this lot and the. hut lot for a new building, U. S. Jury Puts Value On Land Site Used By Government For Camp Sutton Given Over '. All Value $11,943 VALUATIOFIS" LOWERED .'A Jury In Federal court, In Char lotte, hearing evidence In land oases involving land now In . use by, the U. S. government as sites tot Camp Sutton and the Camp Sutton hospital, near Monroe, Tuesday award- The present church building will be ! ed verdicts placing an overall value converted into one large 'auditorium and the new building will be for Sun day school purposes. It was also announced that Joel W. Griffin and Roy B. Funderburk were the first to make donations for the new enterprise and that each had subscribed one thousand dollars. The church also passed a resolution Inviting the Union Baptist Association to hold its next meeting here. It was stated that the Association has not met with this church In fifteen years. The following delegates were ap pointed to the coming session of the Association: W. C. Sanders, Roy Moore, J. Frank Williams, J. Frank Outen, and H. E. Copple, and Mes dames J. V. Brooks, J. Howard Wil liams, J. B. Murray, J. T. Akin, and Mrs. H. E. Copple, Sr. Alternates are: Mrs. Joel W. Griffin, Mrs. Annie B. Ashcraft, J. H. Myers, J. H. Mills, and Miss Kattuyn Orem. Mrs. Billy Kannupp and Miss Orem were received Into church membership. Farmers Urged To Cast Vote President Of Union County Farm Bureau Issues Statement BUREAU IS NON-PARTISAN TEACHERS OF SOUTH PIEDMONT TO MEET Those Of 15 Ceontlce; Inehidmg Union Te Asaemble In StatesvUle, Arrangements, for, the 22nd annual meeting of the South Piedmont dis trict of the North Carolina Education . association, to be held in StatesvUle Tuesday, October 34, have Been com pleted, accodrlng to announcement of the president, I S. Weaver, superin tendent of the StatesvUle schools. Paul Manning of New York will bo convention speaker. Leader in around table discussion will be A. B. Wilkins of Fayettevlile, superintendent of the Cumberland county schools, and chairman of the legislative committee of the state association. He will speak . on "The Legislative Program of the NCEA." - - - Other speakers Tuesday - morning 1 and the subjects are: , ' "North Carolina Education Lodks To The Future," Dr. Ralph McDonald, president, the NCEA, Winston-Salem; ' "Membership In the NKA," B. , N. 1 Barnes, superintendent, City schools, Kings Mountain; Greetings From the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers, Mrs. K. B. Hunter, first vice ' president, Charlotte; Greetings, v Allot Paulukas and Sarah Foust, field 1 aecretarles. Dr. Clyde A. Erwln, state superintendent of , publlo InstrucUon, Raleigh. s --V . Tuesday aTternoon's program' In cludes the. address of Mr. Manning, news correspondent; -Just back . from the European theater of war; report of resolutions committee, of the can ' vasstng committee; recognition of 100 . per cent membership units and an nouncement of; special departmental meetings. The district includes IS counties Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, ' Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly, and Union. CARD OF THANKS , . We wish to thank our many friends and loved ones, who were so kind to os through the short illness and death of --our darling little daughter, Myra Dale Price. May God richly bless each and every one of you, is our humble prayer. Mr. and Mrs. Lord Price , and Family. f . CAED OF THANKS , . Te Kl-h to thank the wiany friends a 1 for t e k'n ' and I ; : y ti.ou'n US d.;-'"j t i' ' i c of c-.r muwcrr. a.. 3 Pointing to the fact that only 02 per cent of the eligible voters actually voted In the 1940 presidential election, Fred Staten, president of the Union County Farm Bureau, today Issued a statement urging a heavy turn-out at the polls on November 7. y and small-town eltlzens, but as Amen- cans," said Mr. Staten. "Voting IS a right a privilege for which our sons and -brothers are fighting - in many parts of the world today. It is our duty to them and to ourselves to vote in this national election when so many crucial issues are at stake." Mr. Staten s statement. came In re sponse to an apepal from! the Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation which was sent by J. E. Wlnslow, President of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation to presidents of all county organisations. The Farm Bureau Fed eration is now carrying on a nation wide campaign, strictly non-partisan, urging rural America to vote in the November elections. Farmers and citizens of small towns can have a powerful voice In govern mental affairs through their represen tatives if they will get out and vote for the men of their choice, according to Mr. Staten. He added that rural people have the power to Influence national politics if they will only use It. He called ' attention to the fact that 77 per cent of the senators and! 62 per cent of the congressmen come from districts which have no cities of more than 10,000 population and hence are predominantly ruraL He said, however, that if rural America stayed at home on election day and the big! city vote turned out full strength, rural people would have an ever hard er time from then on making their wishes heard. ', s ', ,vfV Mr. Staten said that an anneal for farmers to vote In the coming election was stirringly made by Edward A. O'Neal, resident of the American Farm Bureau Federation, in a recent address. Mr. O'Neal said: ' . : "I know the farmer has an obliga tion to get his crops In at the proper time, but I also know that he has a duty that transcends even the obliga tion to produce, and that is to con tribute to good government by exer cising his right to vote. Leave your plow, leave your cow, leave your sow, and go to the polls in wnat is one 01 the most precious rights and privileges that we enjoy under our democratic form of government, In my opinion, farm people carry a greater responsi bility for the r preservation of our great tradition of .democracy than any other group." ..! ., .i-, In his statement Mr. Staten said that although Farm Bureau members, like everyone else,, are .busy at this time,' they and all other rural citizens can take off the necessary hour or two that voting requires. "We should remember," he said, "that our . boys in the armed services art giving the best years of then Uvea to defense of their country. They were not ' too busy when the call came. We cannot and will not be too busy to vote. We should everyone of us go to the polls November T and thereby act as share holders in America." - of $11,943 on the property. (The land in question Is only a small portion of the camp site and Includes land in Lee Park and Roland Park sections) 'This4 figure was $2,654.80 below the previous award of $14,707.50 given by a commission selected to appraise the property. Values on several other tracts com' prising the sites for both the camp and hospital were reached satisfacto rily out of court, or by compromise, many witnesses from Monroe were on The hearings started last Tuesday, and the stand. These Included not only the property owners, but real estate experts as well. In some Instances, the government objected to the values awarded by the three-man commission. The two campsite tracts, settled by the Jury, were No. 8, commission's award $2,110; Jury's verdict $2,110. No. 23, com mission's award, $3,256; Jury's ver dict, $3,309. The 10 tracts Involved in the hos pital site were: No. 105, commission's award, $800; Jury's verdict, $741; No. 107, commission's award, $800; Jury's verdict, $264. No. 120, commission's award, $1,800; Jury's verdict, $1,100; No. 126, commission's award, $1,750; Jury's verdict, $1,030; No. 127, com mission's award, $210; Jury's verdict, $175. No. 137, award, $2,000; verdict, $1,237. No. 113, award, $350; verdict, $350. No. 118, award, $450; verdict, $425. No. 119, award, $287.50; verdict, $287.50. No. 131, award, $1,000; verdict, $925. The campsite case was styled U. S. Government against 2,200 acres and Bruner L. Braswell, et al, the latter being represented by O. L. Richard son and W. B. Love of Monroe. The hospital site group were the first to have a hearing. Representing the government were U. S. Attorney T. Lamar Caudle; W. E. McKlnney and W. M. Nicholson, assistant U. S. at torneys, and Clyde E. Goooch of Sails bury, special attorney. ;' The civil toast -a concluded,-and adjournment "was taken until the April term. "Judge E. Yates Webb was on the bench. U. S. Fleet Visits Manila rv T P L, . 1 V MJK' V. S . Ndvf Mot, MANILA-rAdmiral - William F. Halsey Jr.'s Third Fleet paid a surprise visit to .the Japanese at. Manila and left these blazing docks in the harbor as a calling card. Warplanes from units of Vice Ad miral Marc A. Mitscher's fast carrier task forci roamed at will over the former capitol of the Philippines, selecting military targets of a priority nature. Municipal buildings, built by the- Filipinos in the days before the Japanese invaded their homeland, stand out in the right background. The swank Manila Hotel with its yacht harbor and gar dens may be seen in the immediate right foreground. Planes Smash At Philippines Nimitz Also Reveals Occupa tion Of Atoll And Jap Losses TOKYO CLAIMS VICTORY Not Many Idle In This State Compensation Benefits In August Placed At Less Than $25,000 DECREASE IS REPORTED Industry in North Carolina is con tinuing to play an Important part In the war program and there is very little unemployment among the work ers In the State. This was revealed today In a re port by the Social Security board, wnicn snowed that during August un employment compensation benefits In the State totaled only $23,523, a de crease of 29.9 per cent under pay ments went to an average number of $14 persons a week and 'represented compensation for 2,507 weeks of unemployment. North Carolina, with a balance of $85,459,484 in the unemployment fund available for benefits, as of August 31, will be prepared to meet in a large measure the Impact of reconversion when Industry moves to a peace-time basis. South Carolina's balance In the un employment compensation funds. $32, 092,484. ; During August the state paid out $14,158 In claims, representing pay ments to 291 persons weekly. This marks a decrease of 59 per cent under August, 1943. While both North. Carolina . and South Carolina showed a decrease In the amount and number of compen sation claims paid dudrtng August. there were 28 states reporting in creases in benefits compared with August,-, 1943. .' Connecticut was number one on the list with an increase of 110.1 per cent in the amount of un employment claims. Next to Con necticut,, the largest Increases were In Michigan - where the . Increase was 236.8 per cent-'. - ' v;"- ' - North Carolina ; workers filed " 1.001 initial : claims during . August, . which was 43 per cent lower thad the num ber filed In July, 1944, and 19A per cent lower than the figure for August, 1943. -v V..,,,,--.,,.,;-.. - -v-vo. In South T Carolina 1,368 Initial claims were filed during the month representing an Increase of 85.9 per cent over July, 1944, but a decrease of 238 per cent under August a year A new raid in the smashing series of American carrier aircraft strikes at the Phlllppiens. occupation of an other atoQ flanking the Important Japanese base of Tap and additional destruction to enemy shipping at Formosa were reported Wednesday by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Planes of Adm. William F. Halsey'S mighty Third fleet hit the northern Luzon area Tuesday (U. S. time. They destroyer 18 Japanese planes on the ground, knocked another rrom the Skies and sank or fired seven enemy snips. This latest of the4taeef aerial in vasion, strikes at the archipelago, new in ; tne second week, smacked the enemy as the Tokyo radio clung to its. unconnrmed propaganda line of a great victory in the Western Pacific and of a withdrawing United States fleet. All such claims have been denied by Nimitz. Ngulu atoll In the Western Caro lines, but 80 miles south of Yap and 210 miles east of Palau, was occupied by American ground forces last Sun day. There was only slight resistance, Nimitz reported. THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF WESTERN FRONT Rain soaked British supported by Amer ican armor cut deep into enemy's Maas (Meuse) river salient In Hol land with lunge toward German border and Bohr valley, capture Junction town of Venray; U. &. First army advances slowly In Aachen, Third army moves within four Indies of Mets; Hitler calls old men and boys for last-ditch defense. EASTERN FRONT: Red army plunges across Carpathian moun tains southward Into Czechoslova kia on 170-mile front, cross east ern tip Into Transylvania. UNION FARMERS SHOULD FILE PRACTICE REPORTS Must Be Returned To County AAA Office By January 1, 1945. Farmers who have completed carry ing out their soil-building practices for 1944, may report such practices at tne county AAA office and sign their Applications for Payment, Kenneth Gaddy, secretary of Union C. C. C. A announced today. It is the responsi bility of each farm operator to report the soil-building practices carried out on his far. These reports may be filed at the County AAA office any time from now until January 1, 1945. Farmers are urged to call at the County Office at their convenience J and report their soil-building prac 1 tices, as soon as possible after com pletion of the practices. I Farmers who have obtained lime- Stone or winter peas through the AAA Program, are urged to use these ma terials as soon as possible and report sucn use to the County Office. The Program Year ends December 31, 1944 and all material should be used by such date. Another shipment of Austrian Win ter Peas, has Just been received and farmers who desire to obtain some of these seed should call at the County Office at once. These seed are avail able at the rate of $7.40 per hundred pounds, such cost being deducted from the farm soil-building payment. Any farmer, who desires any fur ther Information in regard to his payments, should call at the County Office. Report your soil-bulldlng prac tices and sign your Application for Payment as soon as possible. 9000 Packages Sent Overseas Record Number Of Christmas Parcels Enroute To Battle Zones PACIFIC FRONT Adm. Nlmlts discloses new sweeps across Luson, major Island of archipelago, as aerial invasion of northern Philip pines by carrier-based planes of Third fleet oontinnes; 150 Allied planes smash airdromes on Ceram and Boeroe Islands. SOUTHERN FRONT British Eighth army's advance antta with in two miles of Junction town, of Wiley. Union County's Men In Service At Home After Being Cone Four Tears Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Eason of R2, Seizure of Ngulu, a tiny group of , Monroe, were made happy last Wed- atolls, completes the outflanking oflnesday when their son, Everett, came Yap Nimitz announced only Tuesday night that six islands in the Ulithi atoll had been occupied, also without opposition, September 20 and 21. Uli thls is about 100 miles east of Yap. Amerlian forces now hold spring- j has been in service eight years, boards for the Invasion of the Philip- pines, or for an assault on Yap, in Sgt. Hal Icenhour, son of Mr. and the Palau, UBthl and Ngulu atolls of 1 Mrs. P. O. Icenhour, of R2, Monroe, is home after being gone four years. He was at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. He served In the Navy In Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and in the Atlantld and Pacific Oceans. He Hurricane Hits FROM CITY AND JC0UNTY , Postmaster Sam H. Lee of Monroe, stated today, that more than 9000 packages had been mailed to service men overseas through Monday after noon of this week and issued a re quest to all persons to mall Christmas gifts to service men and women in the United States as early as possible. The deadline for mailing packages to service personnel overseas was Mon day, and packages to men overseas cannot be mailed unless the partlcu- l1"?! jjfbthem service man and the sender can show the specific request. While the Post Office Department nas not as yet set a deadline on mail- Mlng Christmas packages to service per- roonnei in tne continental umits 01 the United States, all persons are urged to mall by "December 1, If possi ble. The Office of Defense Transporta tion is also urging observance of that date, along with the Railway Express companies, In order to lessen the cus tomary Christmas mailing Jam and to insure delivery by Christmas. Mr. Lee said that the number of overseas Christmas packages this year, was considerably larger than the number sent in 1943. The large In crease he said was due to the fact that more Union county men are serving in foreign theaters at the present time. Charlotte District ,Wt M. V. Meeting Among the women of the First Bap tist church who attended the Char lotte District Woman's - Missionary Union -at Pritchard Memorial church in Charlotte today are, Mrs. Howard Williams, Mrs. Vernon Brooks, Mrs. H. E. Copple. Mrs. Horace L. Puller, Mrs. Joel Griffin, Mrs. R. B, Staten, Mrs. Frank Williams, Mrs. J. B. Mur ray, Mra. C. .. jb. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank my friends and neighbors for their sympathy and do nations In helping pay the burial ex penses of my beloved wife Especially do I extend my thanks to Lee Bil lingsley, D. F. Munson, Benton Heights Methodist church. West Monroe Bap- U Lantrnam, Mrs. Byron J c5" Pd My prayer Is Williams, Mrs. Annie Ashcraft and ber sirter, Mrs. Brewer, l i s. II. D Fmirr.'-T. Mrs. T. JC iietns, T. f-t. V.-i-y. Rev. and i'.-S. Jact T. .n and Miss EU-xine Oicm, Cie church secretary. - that God will restore to each of you four-fold and that my life my be a blessing to you all Dart S. L'elms. If It were not for hope,-the heart e-ould break. 1 English Promb. the Western Carolines. A recheck of the October 11 carrier plane strike at Formosa, north of the Philippines and within 100 miles of the China coast, gave this additional damage to Japanese - shipping: five cargo vessels and 34 small craft sunk; 13 vessels. Including a minelayer, prob ably sunk; 18 Ships and 34 small craft damaged. Sixteen enemy vessels previously had been reported sunk In that action, the first of several carrier plane raids on Formosa, and 19 damaged. Nimitz also reported the loss of 21 more U. S. planes, 31 pilots and 31 crewmen In the October 11 raid. That brought American plane losses to 43. Reassessing Japanese plane losses, on the basis of still Incomplete re ports, fdr the period of October 9-15, Nlmlts reported the destruction of 350 aircraft on the ground and 565 In aerial combat in the Tyukyu-Formosa-Luzon area. The total did not include recent attacks on the Philllpines. UNIONVILLE RESIDENTS WILL STORE POTATOES CoBUnsmlty Caring Hons Now Open -U: For. Storage Of . Crop. , B. O. Latham, Vocational Agricul ture teacher of the Union ville high school announces that the Unionville Community Sweet ' Potato Storage House is now ready for storing pota toes and states that the storage house should be filled In as few days as possible, so that curing may begin. The nouse will be open to receive potatoes from October IS through Oc tober 21st, and crates will be avail able on these days (or gathering the potatoes. t -,;-: The potatoes tnould.be picked up in the field, ' graded and placed In the crates. In which they are to remain and be carried directly to the curing house. ' - ; -. Mr. Latham urge every one who has potatoes to store, to' try and get them harvested '. and In bouse this week. ; now in overseas service. Hal entered the service in July 1942. He also has a brother Otis Icenhour in the ser vice, at Pampa, Texas Ah Base, who will graduate as a pilot In the. Air Corps next month. Otis has been in the service since July, 1943. Tuttle Icenhour, a third son of Mr. and Mrs. Icenhour, graduated as a radio me chanalc at Truax Field, Madison, Wis., October 10th, and is now stationed at Chanute Field, HI. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Plyler of Marsh ville, received mall from their eon, Sgt. Carl W. Plyler, stating that he had left Belgium and was now in Holland. Sgt. Sam Long, Jr., In Rome At A 12th AAAP B-25 Base The Allied Governments try to make life as pleasant as possible for the men overseas, furnishing as much recreas tlon and entertainment as the war will permit Recently, one - Twelfth Air Force B-25 Mitchell bombardment group Staff Sergeant Samuel Long, Jr son of Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Long, Sr, of Monroe, a well-earned vacation in In the Eternal City, .h j ,i , ' Sergeant Long found. Rome to be the most beautiful oity he. has seen in the Mediterranean theatre. , The boulevards, : apartment , houses, city parks, hotels, monuments, and depart ment stores rival those of Los Angeles or . Washington, D. C. - - ? . u On one morning, It was possible for this serviceman to visit the Colosseum, the Monument to Victor Emanuel H, the Tomb of the - Unknown ' Soldier, Mussolini's balcony, the Pantheon, the donia. Then a leter from him last week said that he had now entirely recovered and was ready to go back to active sea duty. Friday Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Goodwin of Mineral Springs, received a letter from each of their sons. Russell L. Goodwin is on sea duty in the Pacific in the submarine service, and so they don't hear from him very often, Geo. W. Goodwin is in the medical de partment of the Marines and they have been hearing from him frequent ly. Both are well and happy. How ever, since George W. has a wife and a two-year-old son, he would Just naturally rather be at home. His wife and boy are living in Norfolk and recently came to see his parents at Mineral Springs. Lt. Thomas Browning of Ft. Meade, Md., is spending a 10-days leave with his mother, Mrs. H. D. Browning. PFC Griffin Back In States PFC Fred V. Griffin, son Of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Griffin of R4, Monroe, is back in the states again. He Is in a naval hospital recovering from wounds he received while the Marines were landing on the Guam Islands: . He was wounded on the face, shoulder, in the Stomach and both legs by a Jap hand grenade." A piece of metal went through the pupil of his right eye leaving him blind. The metal Is im bedded in his head behind the -eye ball. He says be is doing finer now and Is very thankful that he to stm alive. He would be mighty glad to Violent Tropical Disturbance Plows Over Keys At A Furious Pace HEADS FOR MAINLAND A tropical hurricane which left m its wake death and damaee across Cuba vented its fury upon the little Island city of Key West last night and set a course toward the west coast of mainland Florida. Dangerous winds and hleh tides battered Key West as the storm ven ter passed about 40 miles to the west, plowing northward through the Gulf- of Mexico 10 to 12 miles an hour. Tne southernmost city of the United States was on the "strong" side of the hurricane, where the speed of the iorwara motion is added to the force of the spinning winds. A 5 p. m. yesterday weather bureau advisory said the Caribbean-born dis turbance probably would move into the Florida mainland this morning on the west Florida coast between Fort Myers and Tarpon Springs. 'All of the Florida peninsula was warned to prepare for strong gales, and possibly stronger winds, and the bureau extended a hurricane alert into south Georgia. There was no late word from Key West, where the war-swollen popula tion sought refuge . In substantial buildings of the naval operating base ' and In other parts of the small, flat Island. Nothing was heard from a Navy tug with a crew of three which picked up 21 men from an abandoned light ship off Key West. The Navy was hopeful, however, that the tug had put In to another port. ,. ... ,. , . ; -, As early as 2:30 p. m. yesterday, the flat, low-lying string of keys extending southwestward from the Florida, pen-' Insula was being attacked by hurri cane winds from Alligator reef to the Dry Tortugaa. . .-:.,;V."' " .--.' The storm center at the time was spotted by die weather bureau about 40 miles southwest of Key West, mov ing northward about 10 $0 12 miles an hour. . , ,. Meteorologists said ft would pass ' just west of Key West within a few -hours, and apparently would endanger the southwest Florida coast from the keys northward to Tampa.- There was -no Indication of a change in direction. The Cuban Red Cross reported that at least six persons, including two- winds, reached 160 miles an hour In gusts. i-i C Key West was without lights most of yesterday. Power was cut off as a precautionary measure once several wires were blown down. Trees were uprooted and superficial damage waa caused even before the wind had In creased beyond gale force. The city, of 13,000 population In 1940 but grown considerably In sum with the wartime expansion of tie naval station, has survived number of hurricanes in the past. , k The south part of the Florida penin sula was ready for the gales, and possibly winds of even stronger inten sity, on the basis of repeated weather bureau warnings that the storm, was severe. Schools were closed. Several mili tary bases were evacuated. Almost all airplanes in condition to fly were taken out of Miami, and the city's great airport was virtually closed. 35 days with the Invasion forces and after a rest back In England. . This ' week comes more news from Curtis stating that he Jumped again in Hoi- ;.' land on September - 17th. He - re ceived a leg wound that has kept him In hospitals since. Letters lndl- .. cate that he has been In eight hos pitals in 12 days Holland, Belgium, France and Thgland. - t . Curt reports plenty of good food In all hospitals, but none to compare with American hospitals. A letter re ceived tills week on Monday was mail ed from a Canadian Red Cross hos pital in France, and Tuesday another, mailed from England, expressing his regret that they would not release him so he could get back to the front with his outfit. He said that his, wound was all OK now and that he was feeling fine, but . that It i was tough going" In the battle of Hol land, some of the ' boys refer to having plenty to eat in Holland, but . 'the "plenty" - was all apples for a period of eight days. Curt, as he Is known to his friends In Monroe, was connected with HU1 Top for more than three years before enlisting In the 502nd Paratroop In fantry. He arrived In England in July, 1943. Curt Is a nephew of Mrs. , Claude D. Helms of Benton Heights. and Kelly Thompson of Hill Top ' Service, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Blackmon of R5, Lancaster, S. C. ' Lieut ' George Browning who has hear from all his friends. His address been stationed at Fort Meade. Md, Is: PFC Fred V. Griffin, U. 8. Naval came Tuesday for a leave here with Appian Way, the Wall of Rome, St. . Hospital, Oakland, 14, Calif. . - ibis mother, Mrs. H. D. Browning, Peter's and St, Paul's cathedrals, the :: -r-t;-.; 1 : - ... ,,,s.,-.. CpL George W. -Gum, Who Is sta-t Sgt.' W. U Hemby, Jr, who1 has Tiber River, plus a dosen other equal' ry historical places. - All the men and women in uniform Honed at Fort Benning, Gsv, was home been spending a furlough here with on a 11-day furlough, and also hie his mother, Mrs. W. L. Hemby, wUl. are given (be opportunity to see the brother, 8. T. M. 2-C Thomas Guln. leave Saturday for Harrisburg, Fa. Pope.- s- v - And the payoff In the trip to Rome: American ice cream at the Red Cross. CpL Andrew Henderson, who Is sta tioned at Drew Field, Tampa, Fla win come this week for -tv furlough here with his parents; Mr. and Mrs. VlrgQ Henderson. " . Mr. 'and Mrs. R. & Starnea who Uve In Kannanolla but Own a farm the curing j m the old neighborhood about Rough ' ledge and visit it frequently, had some ' good . news from their - son, Robert 1 : n,ni Pvt. Caldin tJcLaugtOin, who Is station at Camp Beale, Calif- wQl snend Fmny night with his Mrs. W. U. Davis and family. Harold Starnea, who baa been In the Navy a little over three years and likes It very much. Robert is a ma chinist mate first class and was in service on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific' An explosion on the carrier one day wounded him in the face and eyes with steel fragments, . He was treated on a fleet hospital ship for a month and then sent to New Cslt- who Is In the Navy at Balnbridge, Md., where he Is with a railroad battalion. ' was home on a nine-day furlough at ' ' ' Vat same time. They - were happy 8 1-C Frank M. Griffin is spending brothers to be at home visiting their a few days leave with his par"- parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.. W. Guln of Mr. and Mrs. Needham Grur.n of : '. Indian Trail, and wish al their friends Monroe. After returning to No; . .. would write them. ' ' v ;Va, Seaman Griffin will lnve j r :.-, ' ' '.": - !sea duty soon, where he m..l 1 a 8gt & M. Walters, whose wife and cook on an A. P. D. (All Purp, e ; -little daughter reside -on Everrtte stroyer). . street, Monroe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Melvin v' o v -5 ' F. W. Walters, belongs to the - 15th ducted in the Nsvy o : AAF, operating hi Italy. - A dlstin- la s'ationed at 1 guished Unit Citation has been award- ; is r e s"i ct '. r ed his outfit for outstanding bomb- ,T 3 cf I ing missions. - ,- Cnrt's FlarkBMii Y,'orle4 . Curtis EiAckmon writes hoir.e af - 8-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, 1.25 4SEMI-WEEKLtA(). A YEAR '.. ill : V r " 1 1 t. j. -1 - V
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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