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I WEATHER FORECAST V j Pair and continued mild today and Tuesday; clear and cool with seat; tered frost! tomgiV - if Sunset today; 6:31 p. m.; sunrise Tuesday, 7:43 H nv .',H,,..f-j)r-i PUBLIStuZD ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS '''' j' ' aW 'j V. f V I 1 V V .V r ' a JfV7 f MONROE MARKET Cotton, abort, lb . , 31e o 22ttc Cotton, Jon lb 35e to 830 cotton ,t,8im mo Eggs, oW- O. .. 480 Corn. busheTaeS-ll-M Wheat, bushel .. SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR .Mrs' , MONROE; N. C, UNION COUNTY MONDAY, . OCTOBER 30, 1944 8-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, $1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, 2.00 A YEAR- O : o Allied Forces Hazi Counterattack' Against American Halted U Eft Battle BOMBERS 15F GERMANS t i . ;..--.,f. Allied force were throwing powerful punches throughout southern Holland last night , la, an effort - to prevent approximately" 40,000v Germans from fleeing across Hollandses - Dlep and the Mass (Meuse) river in the direc tion of Rotterdam. As the offensive against the des perate Nazis mounted, 'the Allies yes terday marked up .these advances: 1. Polish troops, under Canadian command, stormed into strategic Breda, midway between Roosendaal and Tllburg. X The Canadians, linked up with th British on south Beveland and drove into Goes, the peninsula's main communications center. (The Ameri can broadcasting station In Europe re ported Goes had fallen.) 3. British captured Loon on Zano, north of Tllburg .and then plunged within' four miles of the Maas. A front line dispatch disclosed that American troops under Canadian com mand had joined the spectacular cleanup drive somewhere on a 22-mlle front between Bergen on Zoom and Breda. The doughboys Joining the drive to knock the Germans from the lower coastal corner of Holland and open Antwerp as a port to receive supplies for) the conquest of Germany seized several unidentified towns, it was re ported. Late reports said that the Poles who seized Breda, a city of 48,000 and a keys to German nefenses in southwest Holland, found only a few Nazi snip ers s left there and late last . night moved up acres sthe Breda-Roosen-daal road. Allied Fighter-bombers ripped at the! fleeing enemy, and pilots de clared the area below the Maas was "alive with transports." The bohmers needed only good weather to take tre mendous toll of enemy forces forming Into bottlenecks at bridge and ferry crossings. The German -stand in the Schelde estuary, with guns barring the water pathway to Antwerpr ' likewise was crumbling rapidly. - Canadian who , drove onto South leveland island acros sa causeway iad swept nearly half the length of that Island. One southward, turning sunt, linked with a British beachhead paTnngr'iflotW thersotrthern 'coast, and another Canadian column drove to the outskirts of Goes, biggest city of South Beveland. Borne 8,900 pris oners of the Island's 11,000 garrison had been taken by the Canadians. To the southwest' across the Schelde estuary, Canadians reached the edge of Zutdzande, 6 1-3 miles southwest of Breskensfl. and had taken 8,000 pris oners from the dwindling German force trapped In a pocket there. Only a few hundred Germans were left there. BAUC0M HEADS FARM CENSUS IN 12 COUNTIES Headquarters for pJghtb. Congres sional D&trlct To IBe Here. o Hayne Baucom of Monroe has been annotated area supervisor for the 1948 I arm 'census, and will have 13 North Carolina counties as his territory. The counties are the 13 in the 8th Aonsresslonal district, which is com' posed of Union, Scotland, Richmond, Lee, Moore, Hoke, Montgomery, Anson, Davidson, Yadkin, Wilkes,' and Davie. Headquarters will be established in Monroe, Mr. Baucom sata us morn ing, In speaking of bis plans. He will set up an organization con alBtlns of a headquarters staff, super visors for each county and numera tors , for each county, Mr. Baucom will also have an assistant ; To prepare himself tor the complex task which will start January! and 1 teat through1 March, Mr. Baucom'' will go to Charlotte where he will attend a supervisor's school. . ' ' V;b The census bureau, ' in ' approving . Congressman W. O. . Burgin's . choice for the. post, said that Mr.- Baucom's ' duties wlU be as follows: " "To select the necessary . number of clerks and enumerators and . teach them waht to do and see' that they take a correct census of the farms, livestock and other farm activities in the two dlstlrct. He will select, train, 1 organise' and manage the enumerators iwho actually get out and count the farms 'and make the proper census, after -they have been instructeov ;. Further commenting .on- the-, plans, the bureau aaid the enterprise Is not r new but '"early In the history nf. the V eountry the congress, recognised the importance, Of having a record of the farm enterprises of the country.- Con CTess recommended the first census m ' 1940 and census of the gricultuEx1 enterprises of the county has been taken at regular Intervals since then. This is a quintan census; the last one -Ting been token in 14J. . Other reports from Washington said MX the enumerators would ask-195 Questions bearing on such things ae name of the owners, number of em ployes, wages, crop and livestock pro duction, value of machinery, buildings and tend. . " ' The information individual farmers give the census takers will be confi dential. OomDilation of the informa tion will provide a varied number of Dersons and onranlzatlonk . with" source of Invaluable data. - , LATE. ENSIGN WILLIAll SEYMOUR IS HONORED Navy And Marine .Corps Medal Pos ' thamowsly- (Bestowed By President The late Ensign William Oren Sey mow;1 Jr,' United States Naval Re serve, of Monroe, has been posthu mously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal by the President of the United States. Ensign Seymour was the son of Mrs. Ethel Seymour of 701 South Church street, Monroe. His citation, signed by the Secretary of the Navy for the President, reads: "For heroic conduct In bringing his disabled plane to a crash-landing in the water near the Naval Air Station, Squantum, Massachusetts, ; July 18, 1944.- When his plane developed se rious engine trouble necessitating an immediate - forced landing. Ensign Seymour realized that the beach where he could make a comparatively safe wheel-up landing Was crowded with Sunday , bathers. With indomitable courage he made a dangerous, low altitude 'turn to the left away from the shore and crash-landed in the bay. Rendered unconscious by the Impact, he was unable to free himself fro mthe cockpit before the craft sank in deep water, but by his valiant self sacrifice undoubtedly prevented the death or Injury of scores of persons on the beach. Ensign Seymour's ex treme bravery was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Services." Ensign Seymour was born in Monroe May 4, 1921. TrackAndfe Output' Drags Deficit In Small But Vital Segment Of War Produc tion Is Cited MAY DELAY V-E DAY There is an output deficit in a small but 'vital segment' of -the -munitions program, and if it continues it may delay .victory ' In Europe indefinitely, War Production board officials have announced;-'" ..Chairman Jr-A Krug told a news conference tab' while war production as a whole is "going well," a highly important" 10 per cent of the program including heavy trucks and tires, tanks and heavy artillery ammunition is lagging.. . "If we can keep the heat on, (or wree or row months, v-b Day win come sooner," Krug said. "If we cant get those trucks and tires, V-E Day is shoved back an indefinite number of months." Hlland O. Batcheller, WFB opera tions chief, said September output of heavy trucks was 2,600 units behind the scheduled 8,600. He warned that efficient operation of the famed Red Ball Express the Allies' truck supply line to the German Westwall is de pendent on this production. To step up output of heavy tires for these vehicles he said it has been necessary to trim production of other types even "run flat" tires designed to function In action despite bullet holes. Both Krug and Matcheller said there is an impression around the country that current war production is adequate. This is not true, they emphasized, adding that there' has been too much talk of reconversion. FORMER MARSHVILLE MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE Mfeet To ', TH ))Lii franco; Oust. Regime Slate beans For Overthrow Spanish ' ,, Republn ag For 0 Of Falangists PREPARE FOR FUTURE - Spanish Republicans will confer on November 2-4 In the French city of Touloufie, only 60 miles from the Spanish frontier to "decide upon the best methods" of overthrowing Gen eralissimo Francisco Franco's Falan gist regime. Republican headquarters said yesterday. A Paris dispatch disclosed that for the first J tune eince1 the Outbreak of the clashes along the France-Spanish frontier a Paris newspaper, France Libre, has taken up the defense of the JPtanoq regime, j Trance-.- no longer has' anything against Franco," said an editorial in France Libre, ? "Let us admit in, good faith that Franca was under obligation to Hitler and Mussolini for their rec ognition and support; he paid only in words." The editorial, coupled with Gen. Charles de Gaulle's statement regard ing Spain at a press conference re cently was seen as preparing further against anti-Franco criticism in the event of a diplomatic exchange. . . De Gaulle said that Jacques Truelle, the French "minister plenipotentiary" was still at Madrid, while the Span ish consular representative Jose An tonio de Sangroniz, who has been in Algiers more than a year, would "without doubt" go to Paris soon. Rel ations have been- on a "de facto" and not a diplomatic basis. Two other newspapers, the leftist Franc Tireur and Resistance; urged Intervention on behalf of the Spanish Republicans. v , The London announcement 'regard ing the Toulouse meeting said all po litical groups among Spanalsb Repub licans In France had arranged' to send delegates. Frank Bailey, Who Shot (Wife May V iGet Sanity Examination. Mrs. M. C. Denver of Columbia, S. C, Mrs. -Everett Evans of Carlisle, S. C, If--s- i'aul Murphy of While ore, 8. C, Krs. Eupert James and Mrs. I n-: i leaver of Union. 8. C, vrere i i Dr. ai lira. K. U. Lor 2 James Frank . Bailey, - 65, former Marshville' resident was placed in the Montgomery county jail Friday after noon after his wife was shot to death in their ohmo at Troy, remained In jail today, with prospect that an ex amination to determine'1 his mental condition would be made. : ; v i Mrs; Bailey, -about, 86, w ihot in the back of the head with a bullet from a .22 caliber rifle. " Bailey went to the sheriffs office in Troy and sur rendered, v Sheriff Earle Breton-and hb officers conducted an Investigation. It appeared that nobody witnessed the ahOOtlng.-JV::- ;V .z r.,i,.-.-s- - The-" sheriff ""indicated that there were strong doubts, that Bailey was sane. He said that no Inquest would be held and that there was no more to set bond for Bailey., v . . .. , Funeral services for Mrs. Bailey were held at the' First Baptist church of Troy Sunday afternoon at I o'clock. She Is survived by her husband, seven daughters, ' MrsV O. H. .Haney, Mrs. John Callicut.and Miss Margaret Keal Bailey of Charlotte; Mrs. Horace Bras well and Miss Nina Bailey of Troy; Mr M.i,B. Elliott of Georgia, another daughter in ' Marsh viae whose name wis not teamed, and a son,' Carrol) BaQsy of Troy.'-;-; r.'i't'i'-' : . i ii - -3 SHOWING IN MONROE TONIGHT CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH ITEMS Prayer was offered the first thing hi the morning service for Rev. Joe Caldwell who occupied, for the first time, his own pulpit He Is now pas tor of Duncan Memorial, Charlotte. A telegram from him was read to the congregation. The Stewards met after the morn lng service to organise the every mem ber canvass on Sunday., and Monday. They ma meet on Monday, 8 p. m., for tabulation. At the Sunday morning worship ser vice the choir presented the anthem, using, "Father Almighty," by Franck. The pastor spoke on, "The Gospel Is Adequate." He indicated its adequacy on on three scores: 1. It Is the death blow to sin; 2. It can turn bitterness to blessing. 3. It has the power to change the attitude of man to man. The Spiritual Life Group will meet on Tuesday, 9:30 a. m., with Mrs. Lee Griffin leader. On Monday and Tuesday, 3:30 p. m. the members of the Woman's Society will meet to observe the annual Week of Prayer. The self-denial offerings will go to home and foreign work. The midweek service will occur on Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Last Wednes day we set as the attendance goal sixty as an average. Every member is asked to put the midweek serevice a MUST on the calendar of the weeek's activities. The pastor will direct the meeting. The Wesleyan Service Guild will meet on Thursday, 8 p. m., with Miss Evelyn Harris on Houston street. Mrs. Maurice Liles' group will be hostesses. Thirty-eight ladies attended the Mission Study Group last Tuesday. This was a decided increase in at tendance over last year's luncheon study period. Mrs. Claude Benton taught the course on "Christianity and the, Soclay Order." It is significant that . William- Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, author of the. text book. died since last Tuesday, You can bring clothing for European sufferers by Tuesday morning. An other shipment will go out on Tuesday afternoon.', This is the final shipment from Monroe. The -Boy Scout leadership training courses will continue throughout the county until November 11th. New, blood 1 ' entering this, great, work among Boys. You can contribute to the War Fund Drive untU Tuesday. . That Is the closing date of the campaign. Did you tielp take home influences to those in service. , - , c, -, f November - Sunday ' evening services will be called, The Gospel Hour." A series 'of sermons are ready. ' 'They are subjected: Nov. 8, "The Gulf"; Nov. 12, Why Be A Christian A Follower Of Christ"? Noy,3 19, TBos'tt Bill Was An Atheist"; Nov, 28, "The Riches or God's Grace." One feature will be the singinr each Sunday' night of one OospeH song 'which is regarded as a favorite of soldiers. On next Sunday night Major -Gray' will - sing. "The Penitent." : '. . -uXS ' , On Sunday night the pastor led the service and spoke on ."Living ' Life Over." The children's choir was in the loft and sang two numbers, the first THE LATEST WAR NEWS IINTBJUEF I PACIFIC FRONT Adm. NlmHs ' disclosed' '.JSI J, Japanese... warships , sunlC or Bamared in great Ameri i can '(victory fa Philippine seas; at ! least t4 eribe ettemyY ships deA uttely' ank M tost of six V- S. veMeb; organiied Japanese resist ance 'fm Leyte valley cods; Mac Arthnr. says 'Tanks efntrol two thirds of the Island. . WESTERN," IFRON'T-r-Nazi lines in sonthwestern Holland crumble; Poush forces capture taMtst of Bre Aaj other 'jAltted forces and planes slash at panaf troobs retreating toward (the (Maas; bombers blast German cities. EASTERN' FRONi; Russians mount ftuge. (offensives aimed at driving German ' remnants from Baltic state; Moscow announces capture of .Csap, strategic Hunga rian railway station. v ' 1 x - - SOUTHERN : FRONT 'Greek guerrUlaa adae Platamon, 46 miles southwest f Salonika; German radio report Allied landing on is land wf Meloa. Union Comity InS. irvice band of Mrs. ate, has re- tie Herlngton on, Kansas. Sgt. Julian Brooks, hu, Bertha Brooks of Win cerrtly been assigned to Army Air Field, Herlni Sgt. Brooks is an airpline electrical specialist having receive his training at Army schools. Prior to his Induc tion Into the armed forces, Sgt. Brooks was employed at the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Co. T15 Leonard Halgler.' jof Monroe, has been admitted to Moore General Hospital, Swannanoa, N. C., for treat ment. He has served in the European Theater of Operations, y PFC Billy K. Baucom has returned to Camp Campbell, Ky., after spend ing a 13-days furlough with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Vann H. Baucom at their home on ' Wadesboro avenue. PFO Baucom has recently been assign ed to the 20th Armored Division. His address is: ASN 34679317, Co. C, 70th Arm'd. Inf. Bn., 20th Ann'd. Div, APO 444, Camp Campbell, Ky. '. Pvt. Gene Plyler of the; V. S. Ma rines, son of Mr. and Mrs.; Weaver P. Plyler of Monroe, arrived it the States Monday, and called his father from tha hospital tn-OaklarKtrnftl -1 Pvt. Plyler was wounded on Guam, having a shrapnel wound In his left ankle and a bayonet wound in his right leg. His left side IS partially para lyzed, but he says doctors say this will gradually disappear. Pvt. Roland E. Estridge has been raised to the " grade of private first class at Selfridge Field, Mich., a base of the AAF. His home Is Route 1, Monroe. He has been in the Army since May 26, 1943. The promotion was gained through diligent service, It was announced by Daniel F. Skeath, captain, Medical Administrative Corps, his immediate commanding officer. S-Sgt. Charlie S. Deese, of Monroe, has arrived at Army Air Forces Re distribution Station No. 2 In Miami Beach for' reassignment processing after completing a tour of duty out side the . continental United States. Medical examinations and classifica tion interviews at this post, one of three redistribution stations operated by the AAF Personnel Distribution Command for , AAF returnee officers and enlisted men, will determine his new assignment. He will remain here about two weeks, much of which will be devoted to rest and recreation. Sergeant Deese, was a gunner in the European theatre. , Sgt Sirens' Group Makes Record An Eighth Air Force : Fighter Sta tion, England. Sergeant John S. Blv ens of Monroe, is a member of an Eighth Fighter Command P-51 Mus tang group which recently passed the 450-mark in victories over Nazi planes, becoming vthe third American fighter group in the European Theater of Operations to make such a record. Sergeant Bivens is a classification specialist in the orderly room of the service group here , and his work con tributed to the group's high record of combat efficiency. As a part of the FDR Outlines Postwar Plans 1 '-f .; ' ' Roosevelt Sets Goal Close To Sixty Million Productive Jobs HITS GOP "ME TO" CRY President Roosevelt, declaring he was giving Republican orators more opportunities to say "me too," enun ciated Saturday night a postwar econ- LIEUT. MAX F. PARKER IS PRISONER OF WAR First Reported Missing September 17; Held By German Government First Lieut. Max F. Parker son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Parker of Mon roe, is a prisoner of war of the Ger man government, according to Inform -aatlon received Saturday by his fam ily. Lieutenant Parker was reported missing on September 17. Hf was a bombardier on a Flying Fortress and had completed 28 successful missions from a base in England. A letter received from his commanding officer s:ld that Lieutenant Parker was one of four members of his crew reported missing, mat the other six had re- America no longer subject to price production and wage controls. From soldier field, a tremendous stadium on Chicago's windswept lake front, he delivered his fifth major address In a campaign he termed the strangest he had ever seen. And, al most, entirely. It was an exposition of his economic thoughts for his coun try after the war, spiced with stabs at his Republican opposition. He proposed: Congressional creation of a perman ent fair employment practices com mittee. A "genuine-crop insurance program" for farmers and continuation of a policy of giving them a chance to own their own land with veterans growing apples Instead of selling them on street corners. Expansion of the Tennessee Valley authority idea into similar develop ments fo rthe Missouri, Arkansas, and Columbia river basins. Specal capital and credit for small business, wit hevery facility to buy government-owned plants, equipment and Inventories. For business large and small, en couragements of plant expansion and replacement of obsolete equipment, with the depreciation rate on new plants and facilities accelerated for tax purposes. Amplifying his point that this is the strangest of political campaigns, Mr. Roosevelt asserted he has listened to various Republican orators - urge the people to throw out the present administration and put in the Re publicans. In effect, he said, they say Just this: "Those incompetent bunglers in Washington have passed a lot of ex cellent laws about social security and labor and farm relief and soil con servation and many others and we promise if elected not to change any of them." "And they go on to say: "These same quarrelsome, UredLold men have built the greatest -military machine the world has ever known, which Is fighting Its way to victory, and if you elect us, we promise not to change any of that, either. '"Therefore," say these Republican orators, 'It is time for a change.' "They also say in effect: "Those inefficient and womout crack-pots have really begun to lay the founda tion of a lasting world peace. If. you elect us, we will not change any of that either, but they whisper, we'll do it in such a way that we wont lose the support of Gerald Nye or Gerald Smith and and this is very important we won't lose the support of any isolationist campaign contribu tor. "We will even be able to justify the Chicago Tribune." The chief executive repeated and reindorsed an "economic bill of rights" which he first laid before Congress last January, and added: "To assure, the full realization of the right to a useful and remunerative employment, an adequate program must provide America with close to 60,000,000 productive jobs." The telegram received bv his mother Saturday from J. A. Tjllo, adjutant general, said that a letter of informa tion follows. Lieutenant Parker is a nephew of Mrs. C. L. Gulledee and Mrs T TT Helms of Monroe and Is wen known here. He has the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf clusters. all-round Infantry training. Olin Smith, son of Will C. Smith of R2, Monroe, is taking his basic train ing at Camp Croft, having been in ducted at Fort Bragg in July. Capt. Edwin Niven, Jr., who is with the Marines in the Pacific, has "bump ed" into Ensign Eugene Fuller of th Naval Air Corps, and Lt. Charles Spencer of the V. S. Navy, and not having seen any boys from this section during his overseas service lt was quite a happy meeting. Lt. Spencer, whose wife is the former Miss Elise Falrley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Falrley of Monroe, met Ensign Fuller by chance. As he passed a building he say a bag with the En- 1m' ram nn It unit iiMkta tM hulld- orgaanlxation which enables the fight- he f0UD4 none other than Eugene. Mail Deadline For Gifts Set Wartime Conditions Move 0DT To Require Packages Be Mailed By Dec 1 FOR YUIITTDE DELIVERY December 1 Is the deadline for mail ing Christmas parcels this year and even then the various transportation services will be unable to guarantee delivery by -December 25, according to L. F. Manneschmidt, district director of the Charlotte ODT headquarters. The wartime conditions have made the Christmas season this year a pre mature season. The . transportation facilities of the' country are already overburdened and they will have po be given plenty -of time If the gifts are to be delivered by the holidays, the ODT official warned. -There are a number of reasons for the early deadline. One of the reasons is that prospects are that there will be considerably more mailing and shipping of gifts this year than ever before. The gifts also will have to travel greater distances because of the wartime population dislocation. The holiday furlough travel of servicemen also will, add burdens. to tih&.transpor- tauon systems and this will mean tha package deliveries may suffer. The Christmas gifts this year as takens of good will, affection, and esteem are particularly important be caues of the war conditions, and the ODT authorities requested that the December 1 shipping and mailing deadline be observed so that the value of the tokens may not he impaired by late arrival at their destinations. LT. WESLEY KEeIs, JR. MISSING IN ACTION Parents Received Message Friday; Details Are Available. No 58 Jap Vessels Toll Of Battle Admiral Nimitz Issues Com munique Covering Action In Philippines VICTORY OVERWHELMING '-I The Third and Seventh U. 8. fleets sank or damaged 68 Japanese war-, ships in the second battle of the Phil-, ippine Sea, scoring one of the most. crushing ocean victories of the war and perhaps the most decisive In naval history. Admiral Chester W. Nlmltz has just reported first details of the three related actions which were fought in the early days' of last week, and which cost only six American vessels. This overwhelmingly one-sided vie-, tory was more devostatlng to the Nipponese navy than the hammering given it in the first Philippines sea ' battle last June 19, during the early stages of the American Invasion of ' Saipan In the Marlannas. 1 Nlmltz said that the toll of enemy ships In the second Philippines bat tle was 24 ships sunk, including four carriers and two battleships; 13 so severely damaged they may have sunk. and 21 damaged. ' "Amplifying reports, although still subject to revision as more Informa tion is received. Indicate an over whelming victory," the admiral stated in a 1,100 word communique, his first since he received preliminary figures Wednesday midnight. "The Japanese fleet has been de-. cisively defeated and routed. The sec ond battle of the Philippine sea ranks as one of the major sea,' battles of World War n in the Pacific" Not more - than' possibly-two Jap- anese warships escaped destruction or . damage In tthe three phases of the battle. Nlmltz communique listed 68 to possibly 60 ships in the three Jap anese forces, , n. -' v-A-'i - Although , the t admiral ,M; reports indicate an' overwhelming U. 8. vic tory, the Japanese, defeat unquestion. ably was the most crushing In the history of naval warfare. ' Never be fore, so far as could be learned, has any nation's fleet been so nearly de- . strayed. ' j:'vvit-"'u:," - Nlmltz unqualifiedly said, "the Jap . anese fleet" was engaged in the over- all battle. Naval observers stated -that Takyo threw virtually'' everything tt . had into the desperate attempt tqtsury ' prise and trap ttie Third and Seventh U. a -fleets- and- to -wlp80ur Oftn. Douglas MacArthur's mighty Invasion force on Leyte island. ; v 'I. ' It I : !'ft-,.--V'V' ;i YOUNG PEOPLE OF CITY HEAR REV. W, C. LINK, JR. Union Vesper Services Held At first Baptist Church Sunday Evening. The young, people of the churches of Monroe joined in a union vesper ser vice at the Baptist Hut Sunday eve ning, October 29th. ' Rev. W. C. Link, Jr, pastor of the First Baptist church, , Wlngate, was Ithe guest speaker. He gave a stirring message on "Life With A Purpose," which was on the level and in the language appealing to young people.. He guided the group along the line Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wesley Keels, Sr., of R5, Monroe, residents of the Wesley Chapel section of the county, I of what in life was most important received a message Friday, October 27, from the War Department stating that their son, Lieut. (Jg) Isaao Wes ley Keels, Jr., Is missing in action since October 12th. Further details concerning Lieut. Keels were unavail able. Lieut Keels had lived to the county since 1935. He attended Prospect and Waxhaw schools and graduated from Brevard college In 1941. He attended an aviation school at Hendersonville and was a licensed pilot before enter ing the service. Lieut. Keels entered the seervice In February 1942. He received his naval training at stations in Georgia Flor ida, Virginia and New Jersey. He has a brother James Anderson Keels, with the U. S. Army Engineers In the Pacific area. He enlisted last June and has been overseas since Feb ruary of this year. and what would make life abundant money, popularity, clothes bringing out that the way of life which Christ lived, taught, and died to give us, is the only, means to truly abundant liv ing life with a purpose.' "?'; ' The meeting -.started off with a fel lowship supper at 5:45 served by ladles from the Baptist church. Much of the food was donated by ladles ' from the Methodist, Baptist and Pres byterian churches. A group of ap- -served. The pastors and adult ad proximately 125 young people were visors to the . various young people's groups were present The Baptist Hut was decorated in the Hallowe'en mo tif by Mrs. Cleon Hunter Gordon, Duney Hasty and a committee. - It is hoped that these union vesper services can be held every fifth Sun day, or once a quarter for the young people ot Monroe. pin. He is in the 82nd Airborne Division. er pilots to devote al ltheir time and energy to the pursuit and destruction Ml8 Hubert Fuller of Everett street WlnsUad's Mighty- Minstrels- are marins in Monroe tonight Monday. October 80th in what the manage calls "the greatest show on earth for the 4 was a. solo by Frances Curlee, singing, money. David-O. Buries presents Win-1 "Ood's Goodness," just after the pray- stead'a- Mighty - Minstrels in Monroe for one nlcht only, The show ground is Oriffln's stable ! lot on .West Windsor street and we management advertises "a show that is clean in every respect. Built for ladles and children and for laughing purposes only." One side of the big tent Is reserved for white people and the doors open at 7:00 o'clock with the show startlrf at 8:00 p. m.' Wlnstead's M My Minstrels has been coming to I mroe one or twic a jrtmr lor qul'e ns time now, and re alTi i t ' j received here by fo'k v-'-o v a r".l r6. c'l t?me f -1 , r . iu: ;,.. .) c.e r.:toht orl - er.' The other by the entire-choir, 1 Heard The Voice Of Jesui Say." Joe Armbrust Jr, was at the organ and Miss Bess Reld Houston at the piano for the congregational singing. The children paid dose attention to the sermon and when finished they ' re peated the three points made by the preacher. The sermon was subjected. "Living Life Over." The three points were; Recognize the moral purposes of life, pay attention to friendships, and put Christ first in life. It was a good hour. ' .' ' t'T. e-1 n. E. rarr.ll of C ar kuta, t t j - v t.. gut- 4 of 1ST. Bud i'jl C. li. 1 X , American ; fighter planes in combat against the enemy over every corner of occupied Europe.1' : :"V, 'This fighter group, commanded by Colonel William J, Cummings, Jr, of Lawrence, Kansas, established a record for : American units in this theater when it destroyed 44 enemy planes on the ground, and aeveeni n the air in one mission. And in four-low-level attacks, the roup destroyed 118 Ger man planes on the ground, an average of more than 29 per mission. Sergeant, Bivens, who formerly re sided on Route 8, Monroe, was the principal ot Dunn. N. C, high 101)001 at the time of his induction in Sep tember, 1942. ''. ': . --; -TV Alex Vanm S 2-c TJ. S. Navy, has completed "boot"' training at Camp Pearv. Va. He came Wedensday night 'to spend 13 days with his mother, Mrs. J. C M. vann. seaman vann was formerly in the Merchant Marine but transferred to the Navy. , '.;.?' v.,-wv Ensign Fuller is the son of Mr. and Lieut Thomas Browning who has been stationed at Fort Meade, Md spent a leave here with his mother, Mrs. H. D. Browning, and left the last of the week for Port Bragg where he will receive further orders. Cpl. Frank Falrley, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Falrley. -who is in a tank destroyer outfit, writes that, he was in the Normandy campaign, and had passed through Paris and . Luxem bourg. He is now in Germany, and has put in bis order for the home folks t to tend him a wool sweater, wool socks, and a wool scarf. ... A -'--':---"'t sLi-Oont. W. W. Gentry of theTT. S. Navy left Thursday night' after spend ing a leave with his wife and little daughter at the home of Mrs. Gentry) mother, Mrs. J. C. M. Vann. v 'S.-Sgt Charles B. Cames, stationed at Pahn Springs, Calif, AAF Med. Dot, left last Tuesday after spending a 21-oay furlough with his wife and twin : daughters and son, , who - are maklmr their home with Mrs. Carnes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. 8tegall of RV Wlngate. 8-8gt and Mrs. Carnes also visited Sgt Carnes parent, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Carnes of Lancaster, 8. C. Before entering service two vm n..m iir IT...!. mii - nf wr vean . moo B-Bin. ana mi, umn and Mra Reece Pressley. has been lived in Charlotte where be was em awarded the expert infantry badge, it ployed by the American Bakeries. somet. nere to the South Pacific area.) PFO vann W. Pt, son of Mr. and rro rrwwdpy to 23, and his parents Mrs. Jessie M. Pigg of Monroe, who live on Rl. Indian Trail. The attain-1 has been to three previous invasions rr-' t ct f)s bortge and h!fh honor to now to Kblland. He has wm the it rJ rys physical stamina 'Presidential citation ptn.- a ms lar.d i.j proL.R-ncy to shooung anli Cider Wings and Combs Infantry Lieut Stephen J. Welsh has return ed from a year's service overseas, and Mrs. Welsh went to New Jersey where she met him. They came to Monroe for a week-end visit with his Welsh relatives, and left this morning for Abbeville, 8. C, where they will spend some , time with his mother, Mrs. Frank Welshj; .' Ralph Williams, who has been em ployed at Camp" Sutton, haft . been transferred to Camp Gordon, Ga. Mrs. E. R. Hooper who Is with the Red Cross,, and stationed at Camp Croft, Spartanburg, 8. C, came last night for a leave with her mother, , Mrs. O. B. Adams. - and Sgt Stearns Artillery. is with the? Field! Bgt .Sam 8. Howie. Jr who has been stationed at Camp MiQard, Bu- cyrus, Ohio, has recently been trans ferred . to Fort Francis & Warren, Wyoming..v ri.vv,:-1;:j v:.' v1'. - j: 1 1 - .a -Si-.''. . Seaman K. B. Laney. Jr, returned to his station to Washington, D. C, several days ago after a visit here wfth his father, K. B. Laney and oth er relatives. Mrs,' Laney remained for a longer visit and returned to Washington last week. . MM -C Marvin Earl Williams," who lL , tat attending Welders School in Nor- i -Polk, Va came Thursday for a week- 1 end: visit with ins parents, Mr. and Mrs;- John Wllliams. a Pvt Helena Whltener, daughter of , Mr: and Mrs. G, J. Whitener, .who to a member of the Air-WACS, and has : been to training tn Orlando, FU, has been transferred to. a training center to Asnevuie. ." - Capt Prank vSteams . and gt George Btearns, who have been in France for some time and. had not met up with each other, have recent ly met in Belciura and had lunch toother a few time. Th"e fc-n r' boih in the r& DlvUlon. C; t. t la with the Quartermaster I. Pvt. Franklin Baucom. Is Awarded : - - ... . Battle Star' - In Combat WiHh The Xlv Army Corps' Service Command In The Southwest Pacific. Private Frank i io ta. Baucom, Jr., whose wife, Mrs. 1.I.U dred J. Baucom, resides at Eoute 2, Stanfleld, has been awarded a I e star for his Aslatlc-Pac:2o C 1 Ribbon. It represents h s cot c 7 while in the betle of 1 . l addition, he has bwn a i t e Good Conduct Tll for r ;- behavior, efficiency t 1 f ' Prlv&te Tftur-'n U t ; and Mrs. I 1 L. Monroe. I v anr: ' If 3 c i . reef--1 t c s at c. -; 1--. . t-v-" - ! t.i
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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