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T7EATIIER FORECAST :-'VvV 4 ,V Partly cloudy with moderate tern-: peratures ; today -tonight, and Fri day, . , v t v. ; Sunset today, 6:38 p. m.; sunrise Friday, ? fc-wr- f T', . (;;.-" PI 1RI IQUI7Ti fiM MiiNnAVC AMn TT-II IDriA Vl PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ;',: IMUtUkWU . ,.mI Cotton, abort, lb . 21o to Cotton, long, lb .. .. .. 15o to Mo Cotton Seed, bushel 750 Egga, dozen ,, ,,:. 48e to 50e - ;' ' EEVENTY-SECOND .YEAR, - '' J" W ; MONEOE, N. 0,," UNION COUNTY; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1944 j) " Hav : KiiHoniokcf ' III Lb I lllllfllll . -1 Red Army Thnuts Withm 33 f Miles Of Goal After Bi . ' " Advance MAKE STEADY PROCESS The Hed army thrust within S3 miles of Budapest yesterday In a great drive Tolling rapidly northwestward across the Hungarian plain between ', the Danube andjnsza rivers. , ..... , Armored spearheads undoubtedly al ready were .even nearer: to the Im perilled Hungarian capital as the mid nlkht Moscow communique announced definite capture of the railway; town ct Lajosmlzse, only S3 miles louth ast, along with more than 100 other oommmunltles . in , the marsh-dotted llatlanda between the riYers.v-' . ' " c, Among, thesei was Kecskemet, great railway Junotlon point and last major 'defense bastion M miles southeast of Budapest." . - ' Kecskemet fell after 34 hours of beavy street fighting during which the Russians also pushed past the city on both sides. The Germans contended this by passing was fwhat finally forced them to abandon Kecskemet, but the Rus sians also thrust straight through the city of 80,000 and northwestward sm other 11 miles up the railway toward Budapest. They also imnounced cap ture of Kerekegyhaza, 10 miles west of Kecskemet on a spur railway, and Ujkecske, 17 miles northeast o f the Kecskemet-Bsolnok line. Thus they had a firm grip on the Tail line and highway network for the continuing drive to Budapest. The 6o viet secondary drive in north east Hungary more than 100 miles from Budapest also made progress during the day. It swept more ahn 40 communities, including the towns of Zsurk and Zafaony at the Czechoslovak- border opposite Cop, indicating probable Junctrue with the other Russian armies that have moved west ward across the breadth of eastern Chechoslovakia. . The Moscow communique which an nounced these gains also repeated an earlier order of the day from Premier Btalln on final clearance of the enemy from the Petsamo region of Arctic Tinland, but said nothing of the Po lish, East Prussian and west Latvian sectors, of the long eastern front It made dear, however, that a big scale drive across the plains of Hun gary was progressing steadily toward its goal, Budapest. j Kecskemet was the last Important barrier Jn that open country, Another 1,500 Germans and Hun garians were captured in that cam paign Tuesday, bringing the total bag to more than 6,500 since the offensive began, Moscow said. While the Rus sians have not mentioned the starting date, Berlin has said it was Sunday. Besides Kecskemet) which the Ger mans acknowledged in advance they had lost after a hard house-to-house fight, the Russians reported the cap ture of Kesworos, railway Junction town SO miles southwest of Kecskemet. Indicating the speed with which the Germans fled the communique said that at the airdrome at Issak, 17 miles southwest of Kecskemet and captured Tuesday, they had seised ,48, enemy planes.-Jr' Kecskemet , itself is 44 miles south east of Budapest, butwOermany milU tarr comemntators admitted the Rus sians had broken through on both f .,.1 J ' .:'' . riTTTTmni, i , r . DR. JOHN SCHMIDT - ' Well known minister aud author who will be the guest minister at 6C Luke's Lutheran church, Sunday. ; , Allied Ships Enter Anhverp Men And Supplies Expected To Pour Tbrongh Port To Front GERMANS LEAVE CITY Allied shipping already has entered the three-mile-wide Schelde river es tuary with supplies bound for the great Belgian port of Antwerp, the Berlin 'radio said early yesterday. This reported movement of shipping toward the important port which is expected to supply future Allied thrusts into Germany came as triple assault forces stalked the last Germans within gunshot of the vital BO-mile-long in land waterway. "German E-boats attacked . enemy shipping in the Schelde estuary," was the way the Berlin radjo stated ' the situation, "and destroyed one a vessel of 3,000 tons and a smau gunboat." The. enemy broadcast was the first indication that supplies had Started moving . Into Hie estuary to build .up stores for the eventual great offen sive against the Reich itself. 1 The front lines facing Germany, and at many places lapping, into .the fatherland, fe but ,7 mHes east- of Antwerp, until now Allied, supplies have come 400 miles by road and rati from Cherbourg or a slightly shorter distance from prefabricated beach harbors on - the Normandy . channel coast. ...... . , - It appeared likely yesterday, in view of the three-cross-estuary amphibious operations of Lt. Gen. H. Tf. Creart troops, that probably half . of the Schelde, as far west as Hansweert,' al ready had been cleared of enemy mines. Pleld dispatches Tuesday night said the big guns on Walcherea island, at the western tip of the north rim of the Schelde, had been silent throughout the day. The gun positions have been1 . repeatedly attacked by heavy bombers and dive bombers, some of which, made raids vesterdav. The island Itself is under attack ute. todleavtlnsr ther ware already! from the west, south and east. Royal well past that onetime barrier. , MRS. LONG CELEBRATES i NWETY-FtfTH BIRTHDAY Relatives And .friends Hsnor Highly , sirs. W. G. Long, widow of the late -Squire BUI Long, was at home to . her relatives and close neighbors on Sunday- afternoon, October 29 from ;two to five o'clock; The occasion was In honor of her ninety-fifth birthday. V At this advanced age Mrs. Long is enjoying very good health. She feeds .. -ber chickens, sews and reads and Is -"'' happiest when busy. " i 4 i, ' Relatives ; present for this occa i. C elonvwere:; .Mrs. James Long, Krwin, ;Tenn.- Mrs. Mark Long. Monroe; Mrs. '; (i MuiUzsle, Waynesyllle Mrs, Hugh Utmgr Hugh , Long, .Jr, eMrs ,W B. ' dole. Masters W. B.. 5r and Graham -fev-'vand Jlss Martina Oola. , Wllmlpgton,' '"rP i',W,(lr. ad Mrs. P.-B. MoCurdy Alms : k '-v 'S marie; Mr, and Mrv Pelrson, ; Raleigh. iV V.K T Mr. and Mrs, D. E. Bull aloe and Mas- ; V-1 '' l a &va Ed ana miss wary ttuu.x, --?'i;::iiaarnerH.-.0Mr, and Mrs. H. & 'V. i: ..'5; s: Wiley, Misses Robbie and Eleanor Ann x Wilev. RichmoncL va. Hi. ana sars. :-tC'' W. B Wiley, Misses Annie urates, w, -k fii; Moosu?Jnorene ana Master w. n. i:..'i?tS' WUey. Jr: Chesterfield, & C; Rev. -v and Mrs. Edward Long, Greenville, sS. C; Rev. Sam ung ana ur, ana ;. Mrs.; J. Edward Lor, - Monroe; Miss i, Annie Long, Rock Hill, S.' a . mends from a distance who came were: Mrs. Dora Richardson, Atlanta, Ga.;-Mrs. Gus Boger, Br, and Mrs. Ous Boger. .Jr," Albemarle, and Miss t : Eleanor Edwards, Rock Hill, a. a - 4'-. o Marines landed at Westkanelle yester day morning after a violent naval bombardment from the British Battle ship Warsplte, which used eight 15 lnch guns, and the Monitors Roberts and Erebus, each equipped vwlth two 15-lnchers. " tJ i ' .' . ' r Troops Of the British Second army broadened their foothold on the Mass river in south central Holland to more than mile and maintained relentless pressure against German rear guards, .- A spokesman for IX. Gen. Sir Miles C. Dempsey, obmamnder of the Brit ish Second army, tacitly admitted that a skillful withdrawal from the Breda pocket - had saved the bulk of some 40,000 German troops who for several days were threatened with entrapment He said only enemy rear guards were left south of the Maas and that the main German 15th army Jxw was fortifying a new., Rordam-Arnhem defense line. ... i . iy:;r'?'': , t. British commandos swarmed ashore on the southern and western coasts of Walcheren island which measures only 8 by 10 miles squareto the early dawn and were reported making good " progress last night -' Canadian troops at the same time fought theb way through- a .virtual wall of Nasi steel in storming across a causeway from South Beleland island o th east and establishing a firm foothold on Walcheren. t , miOniAL SUNDAY FOX PFC. JA!.'JES r,kCAIN Badly Smashed 8-MONTHS. 75c; 6-MONTHS, 1.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, ii'jAR American Naval Flyeri De stroy 2,846 Enemy Planes In Two Months REPORT IS INCOMPLETE Japan lost 3,848 planes destroyed or damged by American naval flyers -in September and October, a blow to the enemy's air arm perhaps matching the stunning defeat of Nippon's naval might in Philippine waters. Admr. Chester W. Nlmitz said the 3348 aircraft Included 1,462 bagged In the air, 1, 132 destroyed on the ground adn 252 damaged or probably destroyed. The figures are conserva tive, he said. American naval plane losses during the same peeriod were placed at ap proximately 300, a ratio of about one Yank aircraft to nine Japanese. This destruction of enemy alrcrait gave added weight to the opinion of American naval officers that Japanese ship losses in Philippine battles last week made a "naval runt" of Nippon. Sixty enemy war craft were sunk or damaged in the sea engagements in cluding four carriers and two battle ships sunk and seven battjesnips aam aged. Jananese Diane oroductlon has been estimated at 1,200 to 1,500 a month, about equal to the losses tabulated oy Nimitz for September and October. . Nimitz' figures do not include the enemy planes destroyed or put out of action by V. 8. Army Air forces op erating in Pacific. These figures are not now avauame, but probably will total many hundreds thus keeping Japanese plane produc tion far behind battle losses alone not counting replacements for train ing and general wear and tear. Nimitz figures covered the pre Phllipplne invasion period. The toll of planes was taken by flyers oi som. William F. Halsey's Third fleet which includes Vice Adm. Marc A. Mltscher's Carrier, Task Force 68, and Vice Adm. Thomas O. Kinkaid's Seventh fleet Most of the Japanese were victims of Halsey's blows In the Bonln islands, only 650 miles from Tosyo; we r laus, Ryukyus, Formosa and the Phil Kinkaid's flyers got in err portion m covering - MacArthurs landings at Leyte and in the naval engagements off Samar and! Leyte. DR. JOHN SCHMIDT WILL'. SPm HERE JSlfflDAY Noted Minister (And Awther Te Be At St Lake's JLatheran. I i ' 1 1 '1 The truest " nreacher ' at St. Luke s Lutheran church, Sunday will be the Rev. John Schmidt S. T. M, Lit. D., professor of Homlletics and New Tes tament Exposition at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Co lumbia, 6. C. - , Dr. Schmidt 4 one of the outstand ing younger ministers of the Church. He was born in The Netnerianas, coming to the United states as a baby with his parents. He Was edu cated at Wittenberg College and Hamma Divinity School, Springfield, Ohio, and had the Exchange reuow ship at the University, of Leipzig in 1931. He has- served pastorates in Detroit Mich., and Blacksburg, va. While pastor of Luther. Memorial Church. Blacksburg, he served es Chaplain at Virginia Polytechnic In stitute. professor Schmidt received the de gree Master of Sacred Theology from the Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, and last spring the degree Doctor of Literature was comerrcu upon him by Roanoke College. . He has been a frecraent contributor to such magazines as Revelation, The Lutheran, eta He won his spurs as a writer by his splendid translations of nr Karl Helm's works: "The Living Fountain,'' and' "The Gospel of the Cross."' He is also the author of sev eral books among which are: estrange Evangelists," "The Cross Destroys,'' and "The Riches Of His Grace." His moat recent is a booklet captioned "In His Care," which is an exposition of the 23rd Psalm,-', '.-v---'. "J Dr. Schmidt and hU family win er rive In Monroe Saturday, where they win spend the week-end in the Luth eran parsonage. Rev. Harry D, Haw thorne, pastor of the local church was a student of ur. scnmiat's ior rnree years in ths Seminary. .1 The subject 6f Professor Schmidt's sermon Sun day morning will be, "Coals Of Fire.' The public is most cordially Invited to attend fhls service.' V u .i:,r:x --"j CHIEF ! ARCTELD WARNS OF TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AT'';';tr.v " vtj . .. miuf Tmiin Armfield of the Mon roe Police Department has I issued a warninc to the publle In general eon- FamDr Kccic Itus Notice Of da Death i eerning 4he strict observance of the . . ' . .1 . mm UlA U.K THE LATEST WAR NEWS 'MW BRIO7 ; ' WESTERN FRONT BerUn ra dio says Allied shipping has enter ed three-mile-wide Bcheide river ' estuary with supplies boand for Belgian port : of Antwerp; British troops supported by warships land on southern and western shores of Walcheren, Canadians drive ontot island' from east; elimination of Walcheren opens way to Ant werp. ',' PACIFIC FRONT Dismounted earalry , troop battle large Japa nese foree at.Carigara for control of town seven miles east of only escape, highway left open to re treating " enemy on Leyte Island; Adrm. Nlmlts announces "several" warships of American Third and Seventh fleet damaged in second battle, of Philippine sea, October 22-27; Japann's radios give con fused reports of United States Super-fortress raid an Tokyo which was unoenflrmed. EASTERN FRONT Red Army smashes within 33 miles of Buda pest in drive rolling rapidly north westward between Danube and Tisxa rivers; Kesekemet and La josmlzse, railway-towns, captured. SOUTHERN FRONT Nazis evacuate Greek port of Salonoika In lower Balkans before British push; - Germans launch counter attack aaginst Americans in hills south of Bologna in Italy. Union County's Men In Service In Germany . October I ,;y,.. ' .V :.' The family of PFO James B. Mc Cain has been notified , by the War Department that he was killed In. ao tion hi Germany, October 6th. , PPO McOain entered the service in September, 1942. . He received his training at Camp Blanding, Tl-. was trafno regulations, and urges the pub- lio to cooperate with the oflfcials in seeing that the regualtlone are prop erly' observed. 4, j.. Uff- ' - The respect and observance have been let down, somewhat -through army days. Now that the soldiers are leaving us. Chief Armfield says that the trafno laws must be strictly ob served. - He Is giving notice that on ' W. C. ,T. V. Te (Meet Saturday , The Woman's Christian Temperance ;s . Union will meet Saturday afternoon K-wpmber 431. at 1:30 in .rimer iau. Co'lection of dues is very important j on r tneuvers in Tennessee and was Every member Is urged to be t-ere. , tmrv;: erred from there to Camp At-and after November loth all traffic If vou are not a memoer wont you, as . tertiary, ind, for runner training. ii j laws must be-strictly observed. .- a ClirUtian mother or sister, come snd J was sent to England in February, 1944 1 As head of the fire department the Join us? V.'ont you please-attend this j and entered France with our invasion Chief makes a request - He says that Busang t n.. y aiiemoon ana , lorces. sie eaw action in rranoe, sei-i people snoum Clean out tne gutters guim. flouand and Oermany. t and get 'leaves removed com tne roors. i Bgt. George Milton Sledge has landed ire 1 -cmn u survived ty r.is wixs Leaves collected- in gutters orten re-: safely m New Guinea, s ixi tipniiy, r.;s par-1 suit in nres ores ting out. wow uiat 1 I'-s. E. T. I'-C" v ciff -fs a?e going all the time the danger -Tie star: ,.rg lacis tnat exa u I nroer If y u do not car to Jo'.a, r a- t?"e ery way. Is your s-n or j the f ,.vr, trpw;er or hu.-iand i ems, 1 X i t ;1 cune that is ; t 1 r .' r - I 7 1 see- e s-i r " : i ;, . . . 1 - 1.- Three Clonts Brothers In Hospital Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Clontz of R5, Monroe, have lour sans and one grandson in service. Three of the sons are now in hospitals, two in the States from overseas and one in Eng land. S. F. 3-C Ralph Clontz has been in a hospital in California since August first being treated for shell shock, and at last reports was better. Pvt. Jonah Z. Clonts returned to the States on August 4th after 20 months overseas service and Is now In a hospital at Greensboro and not doing so well. FFO Boyce Clontz Is in a hospital In England recovering from minor wounds received In Belgiuc or Holland. Cpl. Oren Clonts, the fourth son, is stationed In California and was home on furlough in July. The grandsotuts in the navy. His address is: 6. t-C James O. C16ntz, 2641956, U. S. N. A. T. B. Ploat 54, Camp 3, Group 188, Dlv. 22, Fort Pierce, FTa. PFO Boyce Clontz has an overseas address which cannot be given in the paper but which can be obtained from his mother. U- . Lieutenant Robert W. Blvens, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bivens of Win gate, has returned to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, after a short leave at home. He will soon be transferred to New York where he will have further training in the Signal Corps. Lieutenant Grace E. Bivens, daugh ter of Mr And Mrs. Corum Bivens of Wlngate, who has been serving in the Army Nurses Corps in England for more than two years has been at home on a two weeks leave. A number of relatives and friends from Charlotte, Rfuelgh and Monroe visited her here. Lieut Bivens was doing private duty, nursing in the Memorial hospital in Charlotte, before she joined the Army Nurses Corps. She will , rejoin her same unit for further foreign service. Moore Brothers At Home There has been a happy reunion in the family of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moore of R2, Matthews. The two sons, who had not seen each other in 23 months arrived on a fifteen days furlough. When the boys met they remarked that 33 months was a long time. i Cpl. William E. Moore's address is: Hdq. Co. 46th Tank Bn., 13 Armored Division, Camp Bowie, 1 Texas. His wife is the former Miss Mary Ellen Matthews. VFC James1 E. Moore's address is: 1883 V. S. C. Med. Det, Sec. B, Wil liam Beaumont General Hospital, An nex, El Paso, Texas' TIs wife is the former Miss Mary Lee Norwood. Their son, little Jlmmie Moore, Jr, greeted his daddy with evident pleasure. Sure he recognised him although he had seen him only three times before. When the fifteen days furlough was up, a time when all were so happy together, the brothers left for their respective stations, traveling together as far as Fori Worth, .Texas. -.-u Spent Heavies Busy October 17,500 Bombers From 8th Air Force .Terrorize Nazis GREATER AIR ATTACKS The Eighth Air force raided Ger many with more than 174100 Fortresses and Liberators and with almost as many fighter planes during the month that has hut ended, losing about 200 bombers and 100 fighters. The bombers were grounded only 11 days in the month, a compilation showed. In October, IMS, the heavies were idle 34 days, Instrument bombing stepped up this month's pace. The RAF. whose bombers usually fly in an weather, were out all but two nights. K The Eighth Air force losses were little over 1 per cent for heavies and about six-tenths of 1 per cent for tne fighters. Fifteenth Air force bomber crews operating from Italy struck German targets on five of the 11 days their buddies of the Eighth were grounded in England. RAF Lancasters wound up the month wtih an attack on a synthetic oil plant at Bottrop, one of 10 In the Ruhr smashed during October. The German radio reported fast bombers over the Reich in a bright moon. Mosquitos went to Berlin Tues day night. An exabple of Instrument bombing was disclosed yesterday by photo graphs showing 85 feet of wall breach ed in the Mittelland canal. This east-west waterway In Germany was attacked October 26 by 243 Liberators from an altitude of four miles, above yv. cloud layer so thick the bombardiers did not see the ground from takeon to landing. Three miles of the canal were drained near Mlnden. Water rushing through the opening carried five barges and three tugboats to an ad jacent field. Twenty barges and 10 tugboats were stranded. The Mittel land canal connects Berlin with tne Rhur valley and the Rhlneland. During the record month the Ger man Air force; lost 174 planes to the Eighth Air force gunfire. Another 63 were destroyed on the RAFs night raids. Cologne was the favorite target of bo'th the RAF and American airmen during the month. This Rhine river communications hub behind Nazi de fenders of the northern Siegfried line was attacked 16 times and hit with almost 20,000 tons' of bombs. NAVAL RECRUITER HERE TO HIRE CIVILIANS Miss Farnum Says Typists And Sten- ographers Are Badly Needed. PFO Clifton Davis, who hss been stationed at Camp Chaffee, Ark-; will be at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Davis, of the . Macedonia community, this week-end. . . . ? Charles Picket Helms, coxswain, of the Navy and his wife, the former Miss Lois MoOee, of Belmont recently visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs: Hugh K. Helms In Wlngate before leaving for California where Coxswain Helms will have several months train-' ing. -Pickett who has served for. the past twenty-one months in the South west Pacific was in seven major cam paigns which Included two sea battles, seven air attacks and nine bombard ments on shore installations. .. ' . in i ...... : "Our battle on the homefront will end only with the defeat of Japan," declares Miss Elisabeth Farnum, a representative of the Navy Department now in Monroe to hire civilian workers for Navy headquarters in Washington, D. C. The false optimism sweeping the country that the war Is almost over is merely playing into the hands of our enemy, Germany. The Germans realize they cannot win the war but plan to make Allied victory so terribly exoenslve. aided by the breakdown in civilian work and morale, that we wiu make a compromise deal rather than rjav the nrice of unconditional surren der,' Miss Garnum stated today in her temporary office in the U. 8. Em ployment Service Office. There is a more tuneiy neeo ior civilian workers no wthan ever before, Miss Farnum believes, for to quote the classic reply of Lt. Gen. A. A. Vander- grift, Commandant of the Marine Corps, when asked if the war were not practically over: "All over but the fighting." Monroe women manning to won: as typists and stenographers for their Navy in Ks hour of greatest need, may see Miss Farnum at tne u. . nm- ployment Service Office, Health Bldg., today through Saturday, Hovemoer . Civilian positions with the Navy pay from 1146 to (164 a month, depending UDon experience t and ability. Tne Navy pays transportation to Wash ington and housing at moderate cost is guaranteed. Women 11 years old and over may-be hired for these civil service positions with the wavy ue Dartment but women now employed in essential industry at thelx, highest sxiu shouw not appiy. - PYTHONS PLAY SPENCER HERE FRIDAY AT P. M. Mrs. Milton Sledge has had a mes sage stating that her husband. Staff - t, 1 xi trf f : i r - - t C: a, 1 A i ,er t.J t,t Mr. and Mrs. U H. Price, Sr, have received a letter from their son .eld aJso calls attention to ixm9 H. Price. Jr, , stating that he t yo:i mut not burn ki' j transferred from Hoses lalrr. . . : d;i- t f x 1 1 ' "V Kraska.' I:: It ( ' . i ' ' n-- J i . r l -"up, f-jl i-im i . i - : .. s a i .., I. . .... i .v, .X it sui's to coiii-ui tie ti. iM.i-... , 5 . 7) j First Home Game Of Season Te Be is Flayed' ftere. -Wv-v t Monroe High's Purple Pythons who have dropped two. straight defeats. will, tansle with . the. strong .Spencer Hish Railroaders here tomorrow im day) afternoon. ., It wiU be the first home , game of the season .far tne Pythons. The kick-off Is slated, for The Pythons dropped a U-0 decision to the strong Harding Rams of Char lotte Friday night In the Legion- Me morial stadium. The Pythons played well but seemed Unable to get started. Three fumbles In the" first quarter hurt the Pythons greatly. They will be gunning for a win over the tough Railroaders tomorrow afternoon. No serious injuries were reported after the Harding same and Coach Snyder , will be. able to throw the Pythons In full strength against tne Rowan Invaders. - v .. ' Ths backfield will be sparked by Durham. Prurtt Lemmond and - M. Trull The line will be beld-by a Trull, left end; Wolfs, j left- tackle; Hadley, left guard; ir.Eauaom, tenter; Capt . Powell, - x' t r :ari; Tonng. rtchf'taekler CoV-.o, t ' t -end. Car. Pow-f'l .a ca'i p'."' ar A f.r and Vouog wl ca4 s4.iis from X.-4 C At Wingate Church v e -.t L mmj ' REV. 1. RCtr CLIFFORD The revival meeting at Wlngate Baptist church will begin on Sunday, November 6th and continue through the following Sunday. However, Rev. J. Roy Clifford of Lexington, who Is to do the preaching will not come until time for the Monday services. Services will be held each day at ten thirty in the morning at which time the college will go to the church for the services and the evening service will be held at 7:30 o'clock. Everyone Is cordially invited. Forecast Vote Of 44 Millions Survey Of Election Officials Indicates Many Will Vote Tuesday BIG SERVICE VOTE SEEN A survey has Just disclosed that state election officials expect at least 44,102,000 persons, Including 8,392,000 service men and women, to vote No vember 7th, These figures, compiled by the As sociated Press, are based on incom plete registration reports and 0001818 estimates, "uniy a lew states seep official registration tabulations. Some officials gave varying esti mates, but even the higher ones only pushed the total expected vote to 44,637,000 as compared to the actual vote of 483152 ta -lMO. ' The de crease was-attributed to wartime dis locations. Other estimates of the prospective vote have ranged as low as 39,500,000 and as high as one by Henry J. Kai ser, the shipbuilder, of 50)00,000. Vice President Henry A. Wallace has fore cast a vote of 45,000,000. State officials canvassed in the sur vey reported registrations and esti mates indicating a combined total of 60,766,625 qualified voters, as against 60,576,979 estimated to have qualified for the 1940 election. The Census bureau put the number of potential voters persons 21 years of age and over at 88,600,000, or 8,- 000,000 more than four years ago. While the bureau made no forecast on the 1944 vote, lt said that if lt were not for wartime factors a vote of 55,327,930 could be expected pro viding the ratio of voters to potential voters was the same as in 1940. Four years ago, 62.4 per cent of the poten tials actually voted. Two states with large electoral votes, California and Illinois, reported rec ord registrations this year and officials In eight states predicted a heavier vote than in 1940. These were Arkan. sas, Colorado, Connecticut Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina and wisconosm. Chairman Broome Makes Earnest Appeal For : Cause t " ,. REACH HALF-WAY MARK :; i , (.-. r::3 Although much progress has been made in the United War Fund Drive In the county and approximately halt of the county's quota of , 114,208.09 has been secured, there yet remains much work to be done, before the quota Is reached. ; v. ;'.. , Yesterday, E. H. Broom, chairman of the drive. Issued an earnest appeal to the citizens of the county in the fol lowing statement to The Enquirer: . To the Citizens of Union County: The war . Is not over. However, Judg ing by the. response to. the War Fund Drive, one would think that our boys were on the way home. We only asked ' for the small pittance of one day's wages in the drive (of course, one can give more). Yet numbers of you who are working at good salaries have given one dollar and even less. Have you no heart for the sacrifice that Is being made for you? Does your con science let you sleep you knowing ' that they are giving their all you practically nothing. What cause has ever confronted you in your life time that has such appeal such merit Can you think of a more worthy cause? .'. V: - Our men in arms, not mentioning: giving their Uvea, if necessary, are making greater monetary contribu tions, from their wages than are we. The war Fund Drive costs less than 3 percent of the total collections. More than 98 percent of every dollar col lected readies its destination, because willing workers give their time freely to this campaign. :.: Citizens of Union county, we cannot fall them, the need Is much greater today than one year ago. This cam paign win not close until our quota is reached. Today, we art less than half way attaining our coaL Union county has been blessed with good crops; there is more money In ; the banks than eveer before. - Providence has been generous to us one bomb or shell landing in any of our towns would do far more damage than our enure quota amounts toy i Today, records are of more fcnport ance than ever before. The return in men win, be record conscious they will want to see the record. From all standpoints, will your record of sup port scano inspection? It will pe avail-' able. Let's have hne.thai.w can. be proud of mfflvldually and collectively.- u you nave not given enough, ate your community chairman at once or mail a check to Union Oountv War Fund Drive. We cannot fall them. ' E. H. BROOME, Chairman, -Union County United War Fund Drive. M V - i .' t V-.1 '1 1 . ' NEWS AND EVENTS OF WEEK FROM WINGATE Mrs. J. 8. Blair Te Address Parent- Teachers Association Friday Night - (By Mrs. Benson E. Bivens) Mrs. J. a Blair. Field Supervisor of the Parent-Teachers Association will meet with the Parents and Teachers of Wlngate high school to organize for the year. Every parent is urged to attend.. Time 7:30, November 3, 1944, Friday night at the Wlngate high school auditorium. V . , k. The Business Woman's circle met on Monday night with Mrs. Charlie Mc- In tyre. Mrs. Frank M. Helms bad charge of the program and those ,tak ing parts were: Mesdames - Ralph Smith. Benson E. Bivens. Floyd Bras- well. Among the members present were: Mesdames J. L Orr, R, Burns Hlnson. Ralph Smith. Brady Broome, Benson E. Bivens, 6. C. Hargette, Jack Perry, Frank M. Helms, Wayne Ed wards, Floyd Brasweu,. Thuriow ana C. B. Mclntyre. " . - , Lt Robert Bivens, U. & Navy, has returned to Fort Monmouth, N., for duty. Lt Bivens has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bivens- Mrs. Oren T.. Strait and daughter. Elsie, have been visiting Mr. Strait's parents in Rock HOI, 6. C Mr. -and Mrs. Reynolds have gone to-Florida where they will spend the wfntvr. ... ' , - ' v , - Misses Edith and Jewel Maye of Charlotte, . spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Bayard May. Misses Maggie H. Burgess ' who teaches in the Monroe city schools and Miss IUie Nesbit of Waxhaw. spent j the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce 1 Bivens. ' , : v ' Woodrow Griffin and Thomas Perry iof Akron, Ohio,' spent the week-end i with their relatives here. ' T"--Mlsj Mildred 'Ori-n rfr"--, N. tc; r nt tie wre'k-end v i J J. 3. j John -It" Oa 'i, Jr., r tr. ai r-s. j. r. - I wVH t. e I " i 1 j AjL!er to se L e t-.l 4.-4. . - i 4 i 1 T i STATE PTA PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK IN CITY Be Held Annual Fathers. . Night Te Tuesday Evening, fess; - The annual Fathers' Night of the' P. T. A. win be Tuesday, November 7th at 8 p. m. The meeting win be held In the auditorium of the John D. Hodges' school. The State Presi dent of the P. T. A, Charles Phillips win be guest speaker. ' For the first time the state organization is headed by a man. 60 fathers should feel very comfortable and - attend in' large numbers this year. , '..:;,' There are thre general reasons why Parent-Teacher associations , should be an auxiliary of every 1 progressive school: , ,1. To give fathers and mothers op, portunity to study how to develop the highest physical, mental ; and moral possibilities of their, children through study of . child nurture, and . home--making. - - t 2. To learn what the school Is doing and give intelligent aid to teachers promoting the welfare of the children. S. To learn oonodltions affecting the children outside oft home and school, and by united effort awaken the com munity to its responsibility to the children. ' - Mr. Phillips can qualify under both designations - of " a the name - parent teacher, the two persons ' most con cerned with' the welfare of the Child. Mr. Phillips can" be very helpful' to both in solving (heir problems. " The most valuable result ofa ' par-' measured because it Js not possible' to ent-teacher association v cannot - be measure wiser fatherhood and mother hood I achieved through child study. There .are ;. many material benefits however, , to be secured by a progres sive, active organisation. Come and hear what others are achieving and what we can do tor the good of our chUdren at home and la the schools. " The high school band will give sev eral numbers and these will be a social hour after the adjourned ssion. The officers of the local t gaaniza tkm realize that November 7 is. elec tion day, so they have given urs-'n anoe that the meeting will be over be fore returns come in that win show a ! definite trend. - ' r , I i'!t Hi 1 ' 1 Ml 1 1 - P v; ) 1 j, 1WALKERSYILLE CHARGE v Rer. Olln Whitener, Pastor Sunday school at WalkersviUe. 13::: a. m. - - Church at Walkersville at 11:?:) a. r Church at Turner at IS.Zi a. j There will not be a conrmir u.i t at Turner until lattr. T. s 1 . be announced as s i ss j : are made. There v'.'i be a r " 1 r Boyd 1 Elvtn I, marv : at 1, f
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