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'1V;;.VVW vvrt-"'-; ..f ' V , S?'sft'(, , e. ; r;w i.:o:,?vO UARKET WEATHER FORECAST : Rain and cooler tonight J ; mostly cloudy and colder Tuesday. v v - Sunset, today, :12 p. m.; aunrlM Tuesday, 8:10 a. m. v ' Cotton, short, lb .. 21o to S2tto Cotton, long, lb ,. .. ,. 250 to 83o Cotton Seed, bushel .. ..... .. 75o Eggs, dozen .. .. .. .. 4o to 80s Corn, bu White, 1.45; Yellow, 11.35 Wheat, bushel ., .. .. .. ., $140 PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS BEVEHTY-SECONP YEAR MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1944 S-MONTHS75c; 6-MONTHS, fl.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR Si 0? iP V ! 7 Is Christened AKA Cargo Ship' Named For Union County Launched Thursday GOVERNOR IS PRESENT With State dignitaries, county offi clals and other guests In attendance, the V. 6. 6. Tjnlon, was launched. Thanksgiving Day at the North Caro Una Shipbuilding Company's yard In Wilmington. The U. 8. 6. Union, named In hon or of Union county, was christened Ty Mrs. W. O. Burgln, of Lexington, wife of the representative in Congress of the Eighth North Carolina district -of which Union ia a part. . , "We are united in winning the war and we must be united In winning the peace. Therefore, It is most ap--proprlate that this vessel bear the name of Union county," Mrs. Burgln said. Her attendants were Mrs. Floyd -Qoodson, Jr of Lexington; Mrs. J. "Ray Shute, (wife of the chairman of the Union county board of commis sioners, and Miss Bess Reid Houston, -of Monroe. The U. s. S. "Union" is the 28th AKA combat cargo tvne to near com pletion at the yard and the 188th tor suae aown its ways. "I have been Informed by the hloh st authority that when this war Is over, no shipyard in the countrv will lie able to show as fine a record at .mis one," Governor J. MelvllleJ srougnton declared at the launching vi me u. a. b. "union." His speech marked the yard's re oeptlon of the National Security .award trom the Office of Civilian Defense lor excellent safeguards against air attack, sabotage, fire and accidents. Recalling the launching of the yard's unit vessel, me uoerty snip "zebukm "M. B. Vanoe," on the exe of - the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, the state's chief executive reviewed the yard's contribution to the war effort The 8 JS. -Vance," he said, is plying the seas today after many thousands oi mues ox service. "Not only have you built ships at the lowest cost but you . have built gooa snips," fae said. Referring to the award of the Marl' time commission's "M" pennant in the early dayse of the yard, he said pre sentation of the National Security sward was "another point In achieve -tssnVUF Of yards 'trotraffiof tA -vancemeni "This award, the highest oi its type, certifies that you men and women have not only been capable but nave also been patriotic and public spirited." ' RAID ON TOKYO HITS AT JAP PRODUCTION The Super Fortress raid on Tokyo arly Friday morning hit hard at Japanese production which American experts say is about to reach Its peak. Increases in Japanese war produc tion will level off early next year, they estimate, and then canufacture of , war goods may begin to fall off. ' General H. H. Arnold, announcing the attack on the Japanese capital, said "no part of the Japanese Empire is now out of our range, no war fac tory too remote to feel our bombs.". He added tha ;"the s ystematlc demoli tion of Japan's war production, begun six months ago from China bases, henceforth will be carried out with decisive vigof. . . .." : The American experts' appraisal gives no assurances of quick collapse It is noted) because Germany Is be ll ved to have reached her peak a year sgo and been on the downgrade since. Vet the Nazis still are fighting bitterly. In the two main Items, airplanes and ships, the Japanese are described as having pushed ' about, as 'far as they can go.. Monthly ship production may rise, however, because they are building wooden ships. It takes 30 of these to equal" the capacity of a medium-sized cargo vessel. Manpower and raw materials are the prime stumbling blocks, according to American v information. . Many schools in Japan have been closed and turned into factories with children above 12 put to work. ' The present Japanese cabinet, head ed by Premier Kunlaki Koiso, came to power especially because of criti cism, that the Army and the home front were - not cooperating; well enough to speed the flow of munitions to the battle line, experts say. : - v Although Koiso has - more popular 'support than the former cabinet of HideM Tojo, he too, may fall, lt is be Me ved, when she - production impasss " topped by . military , defeats becomes svident'-t;V'-'.--i'V;'i-V-v:4 A'V i. .American bombing raids, are ex pected , to help , topple , production . especially in Manchuria where .Japa . Dese 'armlet are 'now reported 'to be self -sufficient Enough - factories have been developed theme, according to estimates In Washington, to keep up . the armies in Norton. China without i importing supplies ' from the home Island. ' , v PLAN FOR PEACE, , . FAn'IZRS URGED If agriculture Is to maintain Its ln- t dependence, , sound marketing prac tices, rather than leaning on the gov ernment should be agriculture's chief reliance, Albert & Goes, master of the Rational Grange, told that group's 78 annual convention In Winston-Salem. Urging farm families, who have given nearly 6,000,(aX) young men to the armed services, to "plan aggres sive for peace," Mr. Gws put forward "the three Grange "'iepo3ts:p' (1) All prosperity swings l.om the' pro duction of wealth. (2) The compen sation of each person should be based on what he ccr'.butes to the general welfare. (3) "lr.e pi lire purpose of government Is to protect its citizen from ajres&ion. RAID ON TOKYO HAS TELLING EFFECT Men Who Flew ' Snperforta Pleased With Minion Well (Another Tokyo raid broadcast said daily practice and "preparation of the mind" prevented panic In the area attacked. "If we continue to act In this tempo," Kumag&i told his people, "there is not the elast need for fear in future raids.") Returning American airmen dlsr closed that a new type of two-engined fighter bore the mirden of Tokyo defense. They said this fighter had terrific speed and was a slick lob all around. Ack-ack was light, the Tanks said, except In the area of the Im perial palace. One of the B-29's came home on two engines and several others limped in on three. Some of them landed at Guam, 150 miles south. The round trip from Salpan to Tokyo Is about 3,000 miles. The Supenort men of Salpan yes terday counted their Thursday (U. S. lme) raid on Tokyo a successful first more for an aerial knockout of war Industry In the Japanese homeland. The raid did not come up to expec tations so far as results were con cerned but on the whole was profit able, Brig. Gen. Haywood Hansell, Jr., base commander, told newsmen. Clouds prevented some of the B-29's from-finding their designated targets but only four of them failed to find worth-while objects of attack. ; Hansell said that one of the "doz-j ens" of Buperforts which participated wa sbrought down by enemy action over the Nippon capital and another failed to return and was presumed lost from causes unknown. (Tokyo callmed there were 70, Buperforts In the raid; that five were brought down and nine damaged.) Reconnaissance photographs taken a few hours after the attack showed great fires still burning In the cen tral Tokyo area. The 1 Americans claimed only four enemy fighters shot down for sure but: said ten or more others may have been destroyed or damagedi The Japanese admitted los ing seven- defending planes. Hansell said he was convinced that m future attacks the B-29 could ."take care of themselves and do a good Job." (Kenichl Kumagal, Japan's assistant air raid chief, said the American planes, "fearing Interceptors and an. Uaircraft batteries," stayed high in the air 20,000 to 35,000 feet and car. ried onfy light loads of small caliber mislsles and mcendlary bombs. Bpeak lng over Tokyo radio, Kumagal vow. ed that the.rald would mejMjtocreased Japanese" war production because It had "heightened (the anger of the Industrial soldier.' Double Output Of Ammunition WPB Head Says General Eisenhower's Request To Be Met PRODUCTION IS SPEEDED The War Production board has moved to "roushlv double" cutout of small arms ammunition to meef an urgent request from General Elsen hower. - r . -Chairman J. A. Krug said at a news conference that this "tremen dous" boost, to be put into effect "Just as fast as possible,"! will require up wards of 77,000 more workers than are engaged in this program now.-- This needed increase is uie direct result of battle experience of the last few 'weeks," Krugr said.- "General Elsenhower has sent word that our boys are shooting off about four times as "much small arms ammunition as anyone ever Imagined they would." The stepped -up program wtu oe carried on in 13 .plants scattered about the countyr. Most of these are al ready in production but a few are on a standby basis as a result of a de cision several months ago to out back production. . to these plants ss.too worxers are now employed and an additional 62,200 win be needed, Krug said, adding that another 15.000 will be required In plants producing materials and com ponent parts. t . f - Present production of small arms SO-cahbre ammunition Is about 30.000,- 000 rounds a month, the WPB chief said. " - 'li ' ! "This must be roughly doubled," he stated. "We know we ans faced with a tough Job In getting-tse man pow er., we dont expect to . get going overnight a may take four or , five months to meet the goal but, we wui do It In time." .r;viXS-'-'"' The plants involved nave been put on WPB's production trgency Ust to divert all possible man power to them Krug .said. - -r; , ,;- - He announced also that a program for a "very substantial Increase" In mortar ammunition -will be put Into effect soon. This program, he said. win require some few. facilities. . : pool corntiACT advice A F0XI.IAI0JFACTURERS For the first time; the many gov ernment agencies handling termlna' tlon of war contracts and disposal of surplus war. goods will get together to advise and give pertinent information to manufacturers ai the annual Con gress of American . Industry - in New York, December 6,7-and a. v Qualified officials from each of the seven agencies handling disposal of tiiilitoru of dollsrs' worth of surplus war goods and plants win be on hand at the congress, which la sponsored by the National Association of Manufao ttrrers. - A' complete - exhibit of all pilar es of contract termination will be manned by representatives from the Army and Navy. Cotton Prices Arc Unchanged Activity Declines But Prices Stay Near Level Of The Previous Week LOANS N0WBEING MADE Cotton prices held about unchanged last week as market activity declined, the War Food administration reported Saturday. Prices for middling 15-15-inch cot ton In the nation's 10 markets aver. aged 21.33 cents a pound on parity compared (with 21.36 Cents a week earlier and with 19.38 cents a year ago. Cotton is reported to be entering the government loan and purchase pro grams at an Increased rate, but labor shortages were said to be retarding the movement The government's pur chase price is slightly above that of fered in the regular markets. Sales in the 10 markets totaled only 128,200 bales as compared with 181,200 m the previous week and with 85300 during the corresponding week a year ago. Mill buying of raw cotton was lim ited, the WFA said, mostly to small lots for both prompt and future ship ments. Mills were still hampered the agency said, by difficulty of maintaining a sufficient labor force textile supplies for civilian needs continued to be available only in limited quantities. Rains and labor shortages delayed harvesting In many areas last week, H T i08 "lat picking and ginning is making fair to good progress generally. NEGRO ATTACKERS DIE IN STATE GAS CHAMBER ' . . Brooks Freely Admits Crime; Buchan an Dies Claiming Innocense. Two South Carolina negroes who criminally assaulted a young farm wife in Mecklenburg county on May 29 were asphyxiated In the gas cham ber at central prison In Raleigh Fri day, one .steadfastly denying the crime and the other freely admitting it. The two were James W. Buchanan, 19, and George Brooks, 20, both of whom, Jial escaped from Mecklen burff prised' camp gang and were be ing hunted by a posse at the time they committed the crime. Buchanan later was arrested In York, S. C, and Brooks near the scene of the crime. Buchanan, a husky youth, was the first to go Into the chamber. He was calm and watched with Interest as the chair straps were tightened about him After briefly ssannlng the faces of witnesses, he requesten Prison Chaplain Lawrence A. Watts to say a prayer. The. chamber was closed and the pellets dropped at 10 a. m., and the negro was pronounced dead 10 minutes later. Brooks, small and obviously nerv ous, entered the chamber unaided at 10:47 and was pronounced dead nine minutes later at 10:56. He also re quested a prayer by Chaplain Watts and nervously avoided the eyes of the packed witness chamber. Watts said Buchanan denied to the last that he "had anything to do with the crime" although his signed confession taken at the time of his arrest was introduced and accepted by the court. Brooks freely admitted his part in the assault and Implicated Buchanan, Watts said. The chaplain quoted Brooks as saying he "didn't know what made us do it." "Brooks spent most of Thursday; night In prayer," Watts said, "The prisoner told me he had been living a sinful life, and that sin win make you do anything. 1 have found the Lord Jesus Christ since I've been on death row,'" Watts quoted Brooks as saying. "I dont know anything at aU about the crime," Buchanan told Watts. "I win take death when Jt comes. I feel that I am saved. I isa tired of this old world. I wish I 'could have seen my people before I go down. X do not have any hard feelings toward anyone", the negro said. ,, . Watts said both prisoners request ed hi mto write their mothers and convey the information that they were Christians. Both expressed apprecia tion for what had been taught them about the , Christian religion since they had been on death-row, he said. , Eighteen . witnesses, including a Mecklenburg County 'delegation head ed by Sheriff -Mack Riley, attended Buchanan's execution. : However, 30 persons. ,: 'including . . ' newspapermen, crowded Into the tiny witness cham ber for" Brooks-;', death. 7" Assistant Warden. Bruce Poole . Conducted - the executions in the absence of Warden Ralph McLean. ; - .. . , Brooks, - serving four years tx housebreaking, and Buchanan, serv ing 12 months for larceny, escaped the road gang the afternoon of May 20. Later that afternoon they saw the farm wife feeding chickens - in , the back yard of her home near Derita. She was clad in sun suit The two negroes hit in s. nearby wood until after dark then entered the house and grabbed the woman from behind, throwing a coat over her head. The negroes' confession, as related to Mecklenburg officers, said that the escaped convicts forced the woman Into a near-by patch - of woods and criminally assaulted her. They fled the scene when they saw the lights oi ner nusoana s car approaching the house.' Evidence revealed that the woman's husband and two. children had-gone to the home of a neighbor. Capt George Laney, who recently left for Miami, FUu, for replacement spent ft short visit; with his parents Mr., and Mrs. Walter Laney. Capt Laney was enroute to Norfolk, Va, wnere ns is stauonea. THE LATEST WAR NEWS. IN BRIEF WESTERN FRONT Tanks seise WeisweOer, H miles west of Co lagns almost - clear Nads from Hsrtgen, forest in heavy fighting; U.. 8. Third army drives four miles into Saw bub; in Hol&nd, Brit ish wipe oat virtually all enemy resistance west of Maae river; American flyers, in strike at oil refinery, down 112 Nasi planes. PACIFIC FRONT Carrier planes sink 16 Japanese ships, destroy 72 planes in raids on northern Philip pines; other p)ahes sink three Jap anese . beats carrying reinforce ments to Leyie island; MacArthur say enemy resistance on Leyte ".steadily decreasing." EASTERN FRONT Russians slashing 18 miles inside Slovakia eaptsre Strongholds of BDchalovee and Hnmmens Berlin says Reds also gain la drive en Budapest. ASIATIC FRQNT-Japanese re porter (urging' through China's K wangst province toward Kwei chow provincial border; also be lieved moving senth toward Indo Chlns frontier i near Burma bor der, Chinese drive last Japanese from mountain passes. Onion, County's Men In Service Mr. and Mrs. W. Henry Griffin, of MarshvUle, received a telegram from the War Department that their son. wounded m Viod on Leyte Istand in the Philippines, on October the 21st He entered. the service in March of 1941 and has served in different parts of the Pacific ever since. Petty Officer fcfarold Winchester, who has returned? from seven months service overseas, Has been spending a fourteen-day furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Recce Win chester. He is with the amphibious forces. His home' station is in Bos ton, Mass. PFC Richard Elliott of Camp Clai borne, La., who has come for a fur lough here with his father, C. H. El liott, left Tuesday night for Portland, Maine for a few days visit with friends. He will return here before returning to camp. Sgt. Robert Payne, who has been overseas for twenty-six months, is spendlng"a three weeks furlough here with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Fisher. Pat Richardson, son of J. B. Rich ardson of Rl, Monroe, who is sta tioned in England, has recently been promoted to sergeant. He would like to hear from friends and his address may be secured from his father. - Lt HarreU Gets Medal At a Twelfth AAF.B-25 Base On Corsica. "For meritorious achieve ment1 while participating in aerial flight" First Lt Beemer C. HarreU, MarshvUle, pilot on a B-25 MltcheU bomber, has Just been awarded the Air Medal. -This award was made for the de struction of a road bridge near Nice, Prance, thereby blocking another vital link In the enemy supply and com munication lines. Arriving overseas four months ago, Lt. HarreU has been piloting his plane over enemy-held targets in Southern France and Northern Italy destroying enemy gun and troop concentrations and enabling our ground forces to ad vance. Receivinir hidfcommlsslon and wings at Freeman Field, Ind., he received further combat training at GreenvUle, S. C. He is entitled to wear the European- Middle East-African theater ribbon with one battle star and the distin guished Uhlt Badge signifying he is a member of a group that has been cited by the War Department His mother, Mrs. Ruth Harreu, makes her home at MarshvUle. Whitley Brothers Home On Furlough PFC George E. Whitley and Pvt James D. Whitley, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Whitley, R2, Monroe, have been home oon furloughs, ppo Geo. E. Whitley entered service on August 3. 1942. He was first stauonea si Camp Carson, Colorado where he re mained fourteen months. From there he was sent to Camp Roberts, Calif- where he was on maneuvers for al most three months. Be was sent from there to Fort Penning, Oa where he la now stationed, t PFO Whitley re turned to camp Monday, November 3D, Pvt J. D. Whitley entered service on June 22, 1944. From Fort Bragg he was sent to Camp Blandlng, Fla, where he took his seventeeen weeks baslo training. His training was com pleted on November 4. , He wui report to Fort Bennlng, Oa, on November 28, after spending his furlough witn his wife, son and parents. s ' Mr. and Mrs. Whitley also have two other sons In service. They are CpL Carl and Pvt Noah A. Whitley. Carl entered the service on March 12, 1943. He was first sent to Fort Bliss, Texas. From ' there" to Camp Wallace. He stayed In Texas nine months and was then transferred to Portsmouth, Vs.; then was sent to Camp Davis and re mained, there until December, 1933. He is now somewhere in France. - Noah 'A. entered service on Novem ber 27, 1942, and was first sent to California. He was there about 14 months, and trom there went to Texas and remained at that post until he went overseas, .Pvt Whitley is now in the hospital in England recovering trom wounds he received on August 28, 1944, in France. ' ; CpL Helms Back Is 8 tales CpL J. D. Helms of the (f. 8. Ma rine Corps, wounded on Salpan July has returned to jhe States and Farm Census Drawing Near Training Finished For Super visors; Office Opened Today BAUC0M ISIS CHARGE Training of local supervisors for the 1945 census of agriculture has been completed at the state headquarters in Charlotte, and the seven local of fices opened today to receive applica tions for census enumerators, It was announced yesterday by C. C. McGin nls, area supervisor of the Department of Commerce Bureau of Census. The seven local offices and their su pervisors are: Washington, D. W, Lupton, supervisor, George Taylor, as sistant; Clinton, Newton Robinson, supervisor, J. Loftln Kerr, assistant; Rocky Mount, A M Atkinson, super visor, John L. Coohtz, assistant; Greensboro, Thomas H. Street, super visor, H. A. Carroll, assistant; Monroe, H. Hayne Baucom, supervisor, Mrs. Anna Myers, assistant; Salisbury, Hugh M. Bailey, supervisor, Silas Sunter, assistant; Shelby, James W. Osborne, supervisor, J. B. Raby, as sistant. Hayne Baucom, supervisor for the Fifth Farm Census district, with' headquarters in Monroe, an nounced today that the local of fice which will serve' twelve coun ties in this district U located in the laUhan building on East Franklin street The office is now ready to receive applications for enumerators who will assist in the census In this area. Mrs. Anna Myers of Lexington, is assistant supervisor. Between now and January 1 these supervisors and assistants wUl select enumerators to conduct the agricul tural census beginning January 8. This census is taken every 10 years and is Included in the 10-year popu lation census which wUl be taken for the next time in 1950. Data for the agricultural census wUl be sent to Washington immediately and the report wUl be issued from Washington as soon as the informa tion can be compiled. The Informa tion will later be Incorporated in the population census. The agricultural census Includes records of all agricultural activities, a county, of farms, an inventory of Use stock, value of farm machinery, and other pertinent Information. is in a hospital In California. He says he "got two Japs and two bul lets." He was wounded In the hip, but says he's fine now, and has him the prettiest blonde you've ever seen In your Ufe. He was overseas about 18 months. He has two brothers in service, Pvt Sebe Franklin Helms of the V. 8. Army, stationed in Sotuh East India, who has also been in foreign service about eighteen months, and Pvt. Lawrence ' Edgar Helms in service four months and stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Helms of R2, Monroe. 15th AAF In Italy Charles T. Win chester, Jr., of Monroe, has recently been promoted to the grade of ser geant while serving overseas with a B-24 Liberator group commanded by Lt. Col. Philip R. Hawes, Pearl River, N. Y. Winchester graduated pom the Wesley Chapel high schoo land worked for the Southern BeU Telephone and Telegraph Co., before entering the AAF In November 1941. He attended radio school at Scott Field, 111., and gunnery school at Yuma, Ariz. T-Sgt. John C. Baker of Fort Mon mouth, N. J. spent Thanksgiving with his parents,, Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Baker of Rl, Monroe. Pvt Mangum Completes Two Years Overseas Netherlands, East Indies -Pvt John C. Mangum, motor pool man with, a TJ. a Army Corps headquarters com pany and son of Frank W. Mangum, R4, Monroe, has completed two years of duty overseas. A farmer prior to his Induction Into the Army in Febru ary, 1942, the taU soldier, 24, is a vet eran of the Papuan campaign, of the HoUandia operation which cut off the entire Japanese 18th Army, - and of Biak, which again advanced Gen. Gouglas MacArthurs forces several hundred miles nearer Tokyo.! James Otis Icenhour, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Parks O. Icenhour, R2, Box 59. Monroe, has- been swarded his sUver pilot's wings nd appointed' an officer tn the Army Air Forces upon completion of his twin-engine ad vanced training at the AAF Central Flying Training Command, ; Pampa, Texas. , He is married to the, former Mildred Miller of Rockwell, N. C. - : Ensign Wade BecresV Is spending a 15-day leave with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. C. T. Secrest of Weddington road. ' Oollel Blease McManus Sl-c, TJBNR, left Friday, 'November 24 to report to his ship after spending ft 12-day leave with his wife and family of Wlngate. He is ft gunner and has had one trip across the Atlantic. Seaman Mc Menus is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fairley' McManus of RL Wlngatev CpL Andrew B. Hlnson of the V. 8- Alr Corps, and Pvt Hayne Hlnson of the Army Engineers, are spending this week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dallas Hlnson of Rl, Monroe. This is the first time, in three years "the boys have met at home. They have both been in overseas service. CpL Hlnson is recovering from ft leg injury received in England last February. He wUl report to Miami, Fla at the ex piration of his furlough. Pet Hln son is stationed at Camp Swift, Texas. He returned trom overseas duty last may. . REV. ROBERT TURNER ACCEPTS NEW WORK Resigns Pastorate First Presbyterian Church, Effective January 1, 1945. Rev. Robert Turner, for the past two and a half years, pastor of the First Presbyterian church here, an nounced to the congregation yesterday morning that he was resigning as pas tor of the local church to accept the position as Executive Secretary of the Concord Presbytery, effective January 1, 1845. The session of the church, regretedlv caUed a congregational meeting for next aunaay morning to Join with Rev. Mr. Turner in reauestlna- the Mecklenburg Presbytery to dissolve tne pastoral relations between him and the church and dismiss him to the Concord Presbytery. The meeting of the Presbytery wUl probably be held in Charlotte, Friday, December 8, at which time other matters wUl come before the Presbytery. Before coming to Monroe, August 1, 1942, Rev. Mr. Turner was pastor of the Bethpage church near Kan napolis. He is a graduate of Davidson col lege and Union Theological Seminary at Richmond, Va., at which latter In stitution he received the B. D. de gree in 1932. He was ordained by the East Hanover Presbytery and after several years of service to Virginia, came to North Carolina. Mrs. Turner was the former Edith Hudson of Mooresville. They have two children. Mr. Turner, as executive secretary, will be the first of this line In Con cord presbytery. His duties wUl be su- tary of stewardship, and co-worker perintendent of home missions, secre- wlth the commission on the minister and his work. Mr. Turner Is a member of the! home mission committee and the committee of religious education, and has assisted in the camps for young people held by the presbytery. He Is a member of the committee on loca tion of churches. Mr. Turner has taken an active interest In local affairs In Monroe and is a member of the Monroe Rotary Club. Be has been especially interest ed in servicemen stati6ned at Camp Sutton. Lend Leasing Plan Defined Aid To Allies Should End With Close Of War; FDR Tells Congress Plan getsapproval President Roosevelt has put the Al lied world 'on notice that lend-lease ends with victory. , At the same time he sought to make it clear that In the final settle ment with Allies there wUl be no ef fort to match dollar for dollar. "Neither the monetary totals of the lend-lease aid we supply, nor the totals of the reverse lend-lease aid we receive are measures of aid we have given or received In this war," the President declared In a letter to Congress. "... There are no statis tical or monetary measurements for the value of courage, skill and sacri fice in the face of death and destruc tion wroght by our enemies." Throughout his letter the President hammered the point, recently in some controversy, that lend-lease Is ft war time arrangement only. There have been rumors that the United States might 6eek to strengthen Britain's postwar economy with a kind of lead lend-lease. "Lend-lease and reverse lend-lease are a system of combined war supply," Mr. Roosevelt asserted. "They should end with . the war. But the United Nations partnership must go on and must grow stronger." The President's position was hailed at the capltoL Chairman Connelly, Democrat Texas, of the Senate for eign relations committee said, "I am glad the President wants to end it at the end of the war. have always said it should be ended then." MeanwhUe, lt was learned, British and American lend-lease experts, in lengthy secret sessions here have vir tually completed a $5,500,000,000 pro gram of lend-lease to Britain for 1945. This program is built on the as sumption that the war in Europe wiU end at least during the early months of 1945 and thereafter lend-lease to Britain wUl be justifiable to the extent tnat -it? helps the British -fight 'the Japanese. -This s reflected ta the ' estimated over-all1 total of the new : program which - Is about 80 ' per cent of the present' !, annual - rate of ; shipment which in recent months has averaged between 10 and 11 billion dollars a year. -. ? Mr. Roosevelt's letter formally pre sented to Congress the President's 17th lend-lease report, concerned exclusive ly with reverse lend-lease received from Britain. This showed that total British ' commonwealth.' contributions to the American war effort had risen to 83J48.127.000. ? " l- Goods and services supplied in the United Kingdom, Australia, India and New Zealand, Mr. Roosevelt declared, helped prepare the war machines now hammering the fortress walls of oer many and striking steadily closer to the heart of Japan. - without trus assistance, Mr. Roosevelt said, it would have taken months longer toVprepare for the Invasion of France and it would have been much more difficult to get ready for Gen. Dotifrals Mac Arthur Invasion of the Philippine. Mr. , Roosevelt 1 report to Congress foUowed by a few hours the release in London of British white paper on mutual aid including British as-s-t a.."ve given to the United States and to American forces abroad as reverse lend-lease. ' Germans Lose 122 fighters Yanks Shoot Down Third Largest Ba Of Nazi Planes OIL REFINERY SMASHED At least 122 Nazi fighter planes of approximately 200 which rose to pro tect Germany's largest natural oil refinery at Mlsburg were shot down in aerial combat Sunday by an American fleet of 700 fighters and 1,100 heavy bombers. The American fighters reported downing 110 of the Nasi interceptors, whUe 12 were destroyed by bomber crews. The escort planes also de stroyed seven German planes on the ground in strafing attacks. r ' Thirty-seven American bombers and 13 fighters were reported missing from the operations. But it was the third largest bag of Nazi fighters shot down in combat. Just last November 2, American pilots picked off 134 enemy planes over the Merseburg oU center 13 miles west of Leipzig end Germany sacrificed 117 the same area on September 11. A gigantic aerial battle swirled through the skies over Mlsburg. Through dence clouds stained with exploding flak from hundreds of ground guns, American pilots engaged the Germans in temperatures ranging from 40 to 50 degrees below zero. Yesterday's attack was the ninth on the Mlsburg refinery, which Ues 15 mUes east of Hannover and has yearly production of 220,000 tons. It foUowed up Saturday's raid by 2,000 American planes on the Leuna works at Mersevurg, one of Germany's larg est synthetic o& plants. Only ft dosen enemy fighters were encountered on the Merseburg mission. ' The Saturday attacks cost 12 bomb ers snd five fighters, ft delayed com munique disclosed. Other targets hammered yesterday were a four-lane rail viaduct at Biele feld and raUyards at Hamm 15 miles farther northeast The , viaduct, ft link between the Duhr and central Germany, was attacked . November 2, but reconnaissance had shown traffic stul moving over it UNITY FOR EUROPE THEME AT MOSCOW Political 'Influence 'tn Soviet Advance Poses Problem. The central Issue between" Marshal Stalin and Prime Minister CburchUl In their conference at Moscow is be lieved by American diplomatic ex perts to be Anglo-Russian cooperation throughout Europe. - ,, The issue has been forced by the advance of Soviet armies and poUtlcal influence in the Balkans. It has come toto sharp focus . in Yugoslavia and Poland, and to ft lesser extent, in Bul garia. If Stalin and ChurchUl cannot get together on this problem, projection of the grand wartime aUiance of the United States, Britain and Russia into the Deace. will be gravely Jeopardized. Hope for prolonged, cooperative world security may be seriously threatened. These are the estimates or officials who have been watching European affairs develop toward their, present confusion, -with Britain on one side and Russia on the other side of many important questions. ' j ! T - . What ChurchUl wants specifically from Stalin though the question may not arise in so many words in their talks is information whether Moscow , Intends to follow up Red Army ad vances everywhere with extension of poUtlcal Influence. What are Stalin's ideas on Hungary and Austria? Stalin may look to the Prime Min ister for assurances that Britain Is ready to pursue a-friendly and co operative course with Russia, respect ing her plans for eastern European areas and her interests elsewhere. Yugoslavia Is cited here as probably the key to the whole puzzle. Unofficial reports from Europe that Marshal Tito has bean summoned to Moscow are accepted hen as probably correct Tito has relied bn Russian support tnrougn- , out his career as Partisan leader in Yugoslavia, but has been , courted by the -British since early in the war. - FAtaVBEW DRAMATIC CLUB NEWS . The students of Rairvlew nigh school have . recently organised dramatis club. We meet every Fridaly after noon in the school auditorium. We also elected our club officers es fol lows: - . -'.- - - v ' - President-Marie- Cariker. . -- ., : Vice President Dean Williams. f Becretary-Treas.- Heath Bigger. ; I Reporter Ethel,Morgan. ; - Each meeting we appoint com mlttee to be in charge of the program- for the next meeting. Friday, November 23, we presented ft one-act play, "' The Model T Ford." This really afforded lots of laughter and everyone, enjoyed It - . ' . our motto is: "We will do our best to' do our part, in everything we'do." The Club pledge Is: "I pled je myself to do what is asked of me If it Is possible." Ethel Morgan, Reporter. ; Gunners Mate Clyde Wlncteiter re turned to Bis base et fan Iranr' ,-o, CaL, the last of the W'k .' r r J ing a several days f" . . i 1 y i his uncle and aunt, i.r. t 1 : a. o. O. Young. ' Very C 1 t Spokane, Va ' - I asked ty !' 5 'of Kwvfv. 11, t f a'Ji'-T, c ; wo.iM fce s heard f :; ' letter, 1 1 w i Vi
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