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V:'" '", . ' V-..-Wi? ' V.f ' ;,t:vi :?:;, iA'ty VW ' 'V' '"f 3 I WEATHER FQaEOr i l Partly' cloudy. continued ' rather cold, followed by colder tonight end Friday. Low temperature tonight, 32 , Sunset -today: 8:13 p. m.; sunrise Friday,- 8:18 am. Cotton, short, lb ,j 31e to 22 Ho Cotton, Ions, lb 35o,to S3o Cotton Seed, bushel 760 Eggs, n .. ,. 48c to 50c com, ;viA5; WheetK,' .-'0"t Yellow, $1.35 PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS $1.60 sj,. 13EVENTY-SECQND YEAR PS, MONROE, N. C lJNI0N C0UNTYf THURSDAY, NOVEMBER SOT 1944 S-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, f 1.25. SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 TV lJ J "V. r t af , . V4 .! (O &1 Weather Heavy Bombers 72-Hoor Aerial Blitz A?aint Germany Continues With ,;,'-Forcev NAZI CITIESARE BOMBED An Almost unbroken 73-hour aerial tUta against Germany by Britain taaed warplanes, which ripped Nad transportation , and oil targets with -somet 16,000. toni of bombs and de stroyer 340 enemy fighters, was slowed yesterday by the weather. Before the weather closed In at least 1,000 RAF , heavy bombers In pre-dawn ' raids hurled more than 4,000 tons of explosives on Neuss and Freiburg, Oerman supply centers Just back at the western front. ' Preiburg Is just behind the French Tlrst and the V. 8. Seventh Armies' Xront on the- western bank of . the 3ihlne. Neuss Is far to the noth In in the Dusseldort area and- Is a Junc tion for rail lines feeding the Nazis before Aachen, Cologne and Oladbach, -where the British Second,, Army and tne u. a. nrst ana itmtn Armies are encaged.' The three-day concentration of air might climaxed the biggest winter -operational month of the war. " Since November 4, the V. & Eighth Air force -Alone has sent Its Plying Fortresses smd liberators on 11,600 sorties and slashed the .Reich with 34300 tons of -cxDuslves. Out of 17 operations more than the combined total for November ma adn 1043 U were aimed at Germany's main oil refineries, carrying the cam paign of draining the life blood of tM enemy's war machine into its seventh month. "On October 1 nodoctlon of Oer man oil refineries had' been reduced by 71 per cent from the time they -were first attacked In the latter part -of April and carry Hay." said Brig. oen. -nwara r. amis, ewer or shut, If. & Strategic Air Forces in Europe. Fighters of the Eighth Air force went out on. t,43S sorties this month nd wrecked fupply columns, moving to German! iJard-pressed western xront. troops on almost an unprece--4ented scale. v. .' Among eaulpment destroyed or bad ly damaged during .strafing jobs were 359 locomotives and 1,423 ran ana freight cars the equivalent of train 18 mUes Jang-. v ' NEWS A!3) EVENTS OF Three Hundred Fifty Dlare Kaised At Carnival For Lane Beem, (Mrs. Benson & Bivens) Mr. and Mrs.. William Edwards and children, feax and Nancy, visited Mr. and Mrs. R. AMdAughlln in Lexinf ton during the -week-end. A most successful carnival was held t the Wlngate high school on last Friday night The pbuue and patrons attended wen and the support of the entertainment excelled anything that lias been held there for some years. The proceeds ran over three hundred and fifty dollars. This .money is to be need for the newly equipped lunch room which has recently, been Install ed. ' i Pvt. John W. towery, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lowery, was -recently Injured by a piece of shrapnel while on target practice, but is getting along nicely. -f - ,v ,- r . .: , : Mr. and Mrs. Boyoe B. Orlffln have moved into the bouse with Mr. and lira. J. J. Morgan. Mr. and - Mrs: Ortffln have been living in Wilmlng- . ton. Mr. Orlffln has a position in Charlotte. - . " ' ' Mrs. Alfred Griffin. Mrs. 3, a Outen and Mrs. Fred R. Presson visited in Badln recently.'' t -A- .-i ''' z- f Mrs. Clinton Orlffln of Marshville -visited Mrs. Alfred Orirnn -recently . Mrs. Orext T. Strait and daughter, ZUie, have gone to New Tork to visit Mr. Strait who is in the Xt. & Navy. -- Pvt. Alrred Oriflln U spending a lew days with. Mrs.: Oriffln. --. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Seagraves have re turned to Apex after 'visiting Mrs. Bacon D. Smith and family. -J - - -Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Smith nave purchased the -home of Mr. and Mrs. ; Bacon D. Smith and will move tn aeon. -f i v Mrs. W. E. X. Wullams to VlslUng ber daughter, Mrs. Wade Flowers and Mr. Flowers. - ' .?. ' -. Mrs. Wayne. Edwards had her ton- taOe- removed, recently, r. We wish for '..''-:. ber a speedy recovery.' ;-- ; I -firs. Dt--8.I - o wer ; nd 4iassEatoUpent the4oays jthMrvand.Mra. Z -Shtc9Wtr have- gone; to Baltimore,-ML,Xiee Emiai. -' s' .r-5is--.-, ii rrawer-wta.be under ob-1 Mk and ' Mrs, -.- WUtoh Sinclair of -V rUon . -1 ' tresUnent . at Johns 5Vi. . little " lut iballe Smith Is visiting ber grandparenta, Mr. and Mrs. Shire in Concord. ' - . Misses Bess and Kate Mclntyw - spent the Thanksgiving bolldyv v-Ji their parents, Mr. and Mrs.' J. C.'Me Intyre.' S .'"r"v "' - Miss Joy Howard, a student at Coker V. College, EsrtsvlUe, S. O, spent the , boUdaye with -Mr. and Mrs. Herbert The Tuberculosis ' Christmas seals are sow on vale - Every citizen' is urged to buy tUese seals. The cause is a very worthy one and most benenclal to the prevention end cure of T.-B. This year re s letters are being sent to those V.o wUl not be reached fcy school chiiaren and these wiU contain sls. v Everyone is urjsd to re-.- i. sale is belrst r"r-3rfl .. fcy .t'e man's Club vnh Kn. 1 i E. r ens as. v!rr.a and I I yd Brwwt 1. c a an tor t ,onl; Jirs. 1 . wrs, t f r t e c' b Hi.'- ar.4 t !;!-. J--' 1- J '. ' c " e r si J . s 1 t r r ,-X'r PFC TH0JIAS K. MOOE M KILLED OCTOBER ,18 Parents Notified Of His Deatki , Pre. vioosly Keported Missing. . ', y ''.''is-..'".'' Mr. and Mrs. T. U Moore of New Salem, ' received Information' Monday from the War Department that their son, PF0 Thomas Keith Moore, was killed in action in Italy on October 18th. He had been reported' missing several weeks ago. t V,' , PFO Moore had been overseas since May of this year. He . entered the Army October 23, 1943, and While in this country was stationed at Camp Wheeler, Oa. Fort Meade, M&, and camp Patrick Henry, Va. v PFO Moore I attended New Salem high school and was a senior at the time of his Induction. He is survived by his parents, Mr. ana Mrs. t. i Moore; three brothers, Henry Moore of Florida, Oscar and Mack Moore-of the home; five' sis ters, Mrs. Carl Mlgator of Charlotte, Mrs. Boyd Baucom of Monroe and Mrs.. Wade, Lee of BurnsvUle,' Mrs. Agnes liove or Charlotte, Mrs. saran Hope Selgle of Charlotte, and one half-sister, Miss Bertha Bryant of Marshville. . 1 Ration Policy 1 Not To Gharige WFA Wilis First Round Vic- tory Kehuinr To Kevue Some Vainest REVISION NOT NEEDED An apparent first round 'vtetorr for ths War Food administration In A new rationing policy controversy last bight increased the probablltly of no -food ration value changes in December, i ; Kerusuig to vleld to Office- of Price Administration requests that a number or eommoditiea bfr returned to the ra tion list, WFA held the upper hand ior me presens m a aisnuta that so far hw Mocked preparation of point cnans ror nexs month. , ' Both, agencies agreed there Is little chance revisions could be made In time for announcement today or Fri day, ?.AV.:,;v The disagreement the second the sgendes have had in four months enrw rationing fundamentals has been sub mitted to StablllsaOon Director Fred M. Vinson for arbitration, It ' devetoned when OPA." for the fourth consecutive month, .urged that a nunwer or .pomfazrea meat uts to gether with most major canned vesre- taues,' oe pot back on the -rationed list. WFA turned thumbs down, Setting forth, reasons, WFA said that maximum consumption of food must be encouraged so that there will sot be large surpluses on hand; when Germany surrenders. This policy must oe pursued even at the expense of scarcities of a few commodities. WFA contends,' adding that the over-all food supply Is good. . Against these arguments, OPA holds that distribution of unratloned meat, particularly pork, has become ex tremely spotty, with some parts of the country unable to get a fair share. Itjays thafr while there is no scarcity of canned vegetables, some, including peas and. corn have been moving Into consumption too rapidly. Continuance of the present pace, OPA say's, will cause shortages next summer. , Since WTFA alone can say whether or not food products will be rationed. its views In the present controversy are likely to prevail, at least pending A decision by 'Vinson. '.Mr.' and Mrs. B. ' J. Maye, jr.of Chariotte, visited Mr. and Mrs. B, J. Maye, Br, during the holidays. . Miss Jean Stokes, student at: Co ker College, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. .W. Stokes. .',. :' .' Miss Elsei -Smith who teaches et PlnevlUe, spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Smith. Pvt. and Mrs. Max Smith have been spending , a few dayt'wlth Uf., and Mrs. O. C. Smith. Pvt. Smith has been stationed at Columbia, 8. O.. , -Mr. and' Mrs. W. C. link, 8r," of Charlotte, Visited Rev. and Kra;r, W. a link, Sr, recently.' Tt..: U"; , Miss Janet Roblnsoh who teaches Bible at Central, high school in Char lotte, taught the mission, study book on stewardship, - entitled, "Give Ye." All those who were fortunate enough to hear Miss Robinson were greatly benefited. ":' ';v-',V.v.';".v Miss Dine Domlngues has been vis iting at Coker College, Hartsvilie, B. C. JUrs. Morris W Chancy of Charlotte HarshvUle visited Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Elvena during the- week-end. r Mr. and Mrs. Jack Perry and chil dren, and Mr.' and Mrs. J; J. Perry visited Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mem- trie in Badln during .the, week-end asr.H.' H.nUI!y pnstirrlegve aoorJ ior , m vuuh mau .jwa mug ,-ui kubhv nooga,-Tenn...: "H. ?' - . -;' Wade Flowers has gone to Florida on a fishing trip.-- ' '' "X." . Rev. and Mrs. W. C. link, Jr. and son spent Thanksgiving in Charlotte with relatives. - Miss Frances Perry a student at m - l i i. i . ... ,ni l -. . 1 A. & T. C, Boone, recently visited ber aunt. Miss Pronnle Perry. Mrs. Carlton Bivens has returned from Wilmington where- she visited friends. Mrs. Bivens also - attended the launching of the ship U 8 8 Union County. ' - - . - fjr. jnd .Mrs. Edwin L..Lory have r";mel trom Baltimore, l..'J, .."re t y vlfi'.ted Mr. andTMrs. H. W. ' r. and 1'rs. IVK!as I ' ens and ( t rf Cbarl.-tu, receo:y vld : i : U. C. livens,.-. r. c ' c s. v :, E. I 'r 1 . pkyif Blasted By SuHbfts Americans Based On Saipan - Plunge Bombs At Foe's Capital THE THIRD TIME IN WEEK American Superfort crews, defying uuniy-veuea Japanese threats of tor ture and murder, plunged bombs Into Tokyo yesterday for the third time in a week. Up from their bases on Saipan is land 1,480 miles away, flashed forces of the vigorous new Twenty-first bomber command to attack objectives in the area of the Japanese capital. Details were not available. Smashes were made last Friday at an important aircraft plant by a large force which left fires burning In the heart of Tokyo. Then on Monday a sizable group of the B-20j picked out its waterfront Industrial section for instrument . bombing through clouds. Yesterday the Japanese radio hissed angrily that" the Americans are "ene mies of civilization.'' The propaganda broadcast described the bombing as discriminate" and the speaker said that "American flyers participating in such attacks are not entitled to pro tection of 'international law." The broadcast was headed by the OWI. The Japanese followed up the April, 1943, Tokyo raid led by Jimmy Doo- little by executing some of his men. That any of the personnel of the Twenty-first are in Japanese hands as a result of the first two raids appears unlikely on the basis of official an- aouncements up to yesterday. One plane was lost to enemy action Fri day when a Japanese flyer- smashed into it. Meantime an expect opinion that the exploits of Navy and Army flyers had virtually "eliminated" Japan's naval aviation came - yesterday from Vice ..Admiral Marjc A. Mttscbex, fam ous commander of a Pacific fleet car rier task force. At a news conference in Washington Mltscher, one of the heroes bf the Battle of the Philippines, said that flyers have shot down about 4,000 Japanese in the last IS months and that B-30 bombings of the enemy homeland have further cut the Japa nese aviation potential. n Mltscher called Japanese fighting men "vicious brutes'' and "educated savages" and warned the nation that It is in for a long war in the Pacmc. General Douglas MacArthur under. soared, .the eftoatrveness of the Totyo attacks yesterday by wfting General H. H. Arnold, Air Forces' chief, that they had diverted Japanese attention from ' the Philippines campaign. - "You will help me greatly if you hit hard ana often.- MasArtnur saia A . Twentieth Air Force spokesman said this week that attacks on key Japanese industrial targets will in1 crease in weight and freuuency. The job of the B-30, reduction of the enemy's production sources, is shared by the veteran Twentieth Bomber command based on the AsU atlc mainland. On Monday it hustled over from India to tangle up vital transportation facilities of Bangkok, canital of Tailand. . The third mission against Tokyo was the eighth assault by the Super fortresses in November.on widely sepa rated Japanese war production centers. PROGRESS IS MADE IN CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE Local Residents Urged To Remit At 4 Once For Seals. The Christmas Seal is the symbol of hope in man's struggle against to berculosls. Over the centuries tuber culosis has killed more people tnan has war. In 1043 tuberculosis kiuea approximately ; 57,000; people in the United States. That is equivalent of four army divisions four divisions who will not march In this war either on the home front or abroad. This is the toll exacted by our. remaining complacency . towards an enemy we know how to conquer. . . This Christmas season , wnen . our hearts hold warm, thoughts of victory and peace, let ns not forget tne oerae still to be wbn right here at home. Tuberculosis, like the enemies of de mocruT. strikes without warning, de stroying or crippling thousands - of lives annually. . . T - It is the Christmas seal, synwoi oi th flffht . ecratnat tuberculosis, that farms and equips; the forces bringing ns ever closer to ultimate -mumpo the eradlcatioa fcaameeeswdsr asel '- v-:i:-"Vt i n annual Christmas Seal sale m Union county with a goal of 1430 fort the " county, - startea - uonaay. - m mailing of seal to prospective buyers has been completed. Mrs. Albert S. Orr urees everyone to return- their remittance promptly for.the.sels..Tbe4 fo-ri0ri'.ontT -this year? was . . j.. .- . . , set by the ,North; Carolina Tubercu- losls Association. Tne saisis spon sored by the P. T. A. And last-year the total- receipts amountea to eizzs. .'Saiatma' Bible Clees- The Susanna Wesley Bible Class of ventral Methodist church will meet Tuesday afternoon, December 5 th at 3:30 in Fhiier Bail. All memoers are nrred to attend. ' V I Mrs. Horace Neai or Baieign 9 (pending several days here with ber Mother, Mrs. W. B. Houstoa - Pvt'Cart Ik erJn, son of Mr.-and :ra O. W. V:.a of FJ, r'onroe, has --a statloBei at Ctxrn V.Seeler, Ol : e entered - service l.ov ber- l' ..a. - s writ's -that he wou'l tke to I a Ms many -f.ieiKis back bo-ne. : e' res Is:- I t Carl U- M-..n. Co. C i.Jl Brv:Z R T C, t? ..etlcriC-r ' .- , , .l'roUct t. 's as a I -t asset. THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF PACIFIC FRONT Tokyo says new fires started by raids ef Su perfortress B-C9 bombers in third raid within week on Japanese capital; Japanese radio says raid "blind bombing on civilian homes," but admits ene wave struck Indus trial districts; Tj. 8.. dive-bombing fighter pUaeeislnk 10 transports, three destroyers, spilling estimated 4,000 enemy troops into sea to drown. WESTERN FRONT tf. 8. troops fight into Daren, important road center 23 mike from Cologne; V. 8. First army takes Jollch; TJ. S. Third army forces steadily into rich German 8aar basin, threaten ing Saarbrocken and Saariautern; Seventh army launches to within 14 miles of German border north- -west of Strasbourg on Rhine. EASTERN FRONT Stalin con firms Russian crossing of Danube tn fares ea tl-mile front south of Budapest and capture ef important town ef Pecs with 330 ether places SOUTHERN FRONT Only pa trol actions reported from maddy Italian front. AERIAL Clearing, weather per mits TJ. 8. heavy bombers with lighter escort to renew bombing of Vrail yards and oil refinery near Hanover. ' , Union County's Men In Service ggt MsKsnsie Gets Air Medal 15th AAF In Italy Sgt. Donald Mc Kensle, 31, son of Mr. and Mrs: Geo. W. McKenzie, 503 Marietta street, Monroe, has been awarded the Air medal for "meritorious achievement In aerial flight." ' -Sergeant McKensle, 15th Air Force:: gunner, recently tooK part in tne aerial ' Campaigns launched against Oerman communication and - supply lines in northern Italy, which sup ported the Fifth Army in its drive to Bologna. Graduate of Monroe high school. McKensle 4 entered the Air Forces in May, 1040. He flies with e group commanded by tit. Col. John P. Tomhave, Montevideo, Minn.. Ensign Floyd Leef Carelock left Sat urday for Long Beach, Calif , after spending seven weeks in Monroe where he, was called onjattymt of the se-1 nous mness ahd 4eath or his motner. Mrs. J: L. Carelock. Ensign Carelock was assigned to a supply ship in the Pacific after .being commissioned from the U. 6. Maritime Officers School in California. a Grady Plyler is visiting his mother, Mrs. W. P. Plyler. and Mrs. Plyler is vifritlntr her mother. Mrs. John Claw- son. Their postomoe address is now Manchester, N. C, and Mr. Plyler is connected with Fort Bragg where he is a senior engineer under civil ser vice. He has been there four years. While Mr. Plyler is not now in the actual military service, he most cer tainly is an old hand at the business. for he was in the navy twelve years and went through the first world war. During his service in the navy he traveled 43,900 miles, visited 57 -differ ent countries, and the capitals of most of them. Ensign Wsde Secrest is spending a 15-days leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Secrest of Weddington road. ' Bascom Walden, of the Coast Guard stationed in New York, is spending a 12-dav furloueh here with his Bar ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. ETWalden and with his wife and baby In Kanna polls. He has been in service twelve months. The Waldens have three other boys tn the Army, one hi Way, one in Ger many and one in Belgium. PFO Willie Byrum returned to Camp Croft Tuesday after a 11-days furlough which he spent with Mrs. Byrum and children, Willie Edward, Kenneth Lee, and Larry, on R3, Mon roe. -He has been m service about eight months, and has been stationed at Fort Bragg, Camp Slebert, Akv and now Camp Croft where be Is with the Prisoner of War Detachment His brother; 8 l-O 'Walter Mason Byrum, of the U. B. Navy has been! n service about , one and a half years, and: is en duty in the Pacific; '-They are eons ef -Mr.' and Mrs.,X I Byrum of .Ri, R. J. Moser, A-R'soa of Mi sjrf Mrs. Raymond Moser, who Joined the Navy on November 14, -writes- his par enU that be bad a'Wr Thanksgrring dinner: last Thursday and ha eapects to like the navy service flo. His ad dress Is Co. 1001, Barracks 13, Upper. tliCPC.. BalnaridM.- ltd. His brother. Prt.' Clayton- Moser ,-whO' is stsrtSonedtltaly. -r St Fort Benning. Oa,. expects, to, get. a fur lough the last of next monta. Mrs. Lola'CoOms Dawson's son. PFC Thomas Collins Dawson, has landed safety, in England and getting ajong nicely. , i Seaman 3-D Ray Ashcrart who -Is stationed at Bambridgev Md, has come to spend a ten-day furlough here with his parents, . Mr. and Mrs. W. Bay Ashcraft. I Techgt Arvln Csssela; son of Mr. and VCrs. Sam Cassels, who has been serving in the Army in the Pacific for four years, ass -landed at Fort Mo Dowea, -CallL, and s&ya "XII be horns soon -. .. ' ,- v .. irsr!n' PFO John J rartoftMcWhor tr, son of T. and i Irs. -CUn 8. afe ' T-r of T.'axhaw.' has returned to '- J. R. a kw J overseas -duty. i .3 "hortr .ts .a.meBsr of 1. 1 1, 4 lrlne vision and xJt part City May Get Airp brt Would Receive $380,000 In Program ' Recommended To Congress NATION-WIDE PLANNING Acting to meet the needs of postwar aviation, both commercial and private, the Civil Aeronautics administration has sent to Congress recommendations for a giant national airport program under which Monroe would receive $380,000 for a class 3 airport, of the $19,000,000 to be expended on 123 projects throughout the state. In making the recommendation to Congress, the CAA emphasized that the present airport system is not ade quate to serve the needs of aviation, expected immediately after the war. On a nation-wide basis, the CAA recommends that this nation construct more than 3000 new airports and im prove 1,625 of the 3000 existing fields. The total cost of the nation-wide program estimated by the CAA at $1,021,567,045 and would provide for clearing, grading, paving, lighting and installation of radio facilities. The cost of the land and construction of buildings other than hangars would boost the total by an additional $230, 000.000. The report recommends that Con gress immediately appropriate $3,000, 000 for surveys and preliminary work. It was also recommended that the huge undertaking be financed by Fed eral and State governments, on a matching fund basis over a period from five to ten years, the estimated time for completion of the program. As a by-product of the war, CAA pointed out that we have the neces sary manufacturing facilities, and a huge pool of potential pilots. There will be at the end of the war approx imately 350.000 Army and Navy pilots and 150,000 orvtUan pilots and stu- 4en ts. ' Also interested to trying will oe jjmjKM SBuatramea oy we anueu forces in other aviation skills and an almost eoual number employed in our aviation factories.. Add to these thfl 350,000 students who are taking aero nautics courses in the high school! each year, and there is total of a, 000.000 prospective flyers. Under the new program CAA sets ud five classifications of airports. The largest airports are classed un der a number five classification, which airports have minimum standards as follows: Length of landing stripe, 570O test and over,- width of , usable landing strips, 600 feetj lenth ef runways, 5500 feet and over; and width or runways. 200 feet. Edenton. Elizabeth City, Max ton, Wilmington, Winston-Salem and Cherry Point have been placed In classification number five. The class four airports must have landing strips' ranging from 4700 to 5700 feet long and 500 feet wide, with runways 4500 feet to 5500 feet and 200 feet wide. Charlotte, Chapel hui. Goldsboro, Hoffman, Hollyridge, Kins ton, Lumberton, New River, Raleigh Durham, Rockingham-Hamlet, Wash ington and Wilson have been piaceOj In classification number four. Class three airnorts must have land ing strips 3700 to 4700 feet long, 500 feet wide, with runways 3500 to 4500 feet; The class two airports must have landing strips 3700 to 8700 feet long and 500 feet wide, with runways 2500 to 3500 feet long and 150 feet wide. 1 ' - The smallest airport is the class one which has landing strips from 1800 to 3700 feet long, with usable landing strips 300 feet wide and no specifica tion for the length of runways. In making Its recomemndations to Congress, the CAA stressed that a na tional airport system 1 so essential that it cannot be laid away on a "shelf" of public works plans for use only in a period of widespread un employment '".'.'' : CAA also pointed out that tne use to which many civil airports are being put by Army and Navy aviation today Indicates clearly the place of civil airnorts in bulwarking our air power. They are Important in providing not only potential military pases, out aiso training facilities for a reserve of ctvihan flyers who ean be called on tn an emergency, Just as they , were in December 1941. .-' . ' - M the invasion of Pelelu. He served 30 months in the South Pacific. Prior to enlisting in the corps he was en gaged .in lanningv. : :.,-v;-v;(: , Mrs.' Harry ! has a message from bar hueban Major Harry Le saying that be baa tended., hy: England ana ctij SsieWsssf Oir Tcse- :witb. Tbe Jlfth Amy, Italy-Cor poral -John C. 4joyd of Monroe, has supervised the laying of 360 miles of telepboiiev jiues 'luring j operations in . 8ettsiion..w!re chief, m an artillery unit of the First" Armored Division tn lieutenant. General Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army. Loyd and bis seven-man crew installed and maintained mots of tbe lines under enemy fire. The sec tion also operates a switchboard 34 hours a day. ' ' ' ' . While oa the Anslo Beachhead the group was forced to bury every yard of wire due to the Intensity of Oerman shettflre and on several occasions while maintaining fines to forward observa tion posts, loyd was subjected to bo tile small arms fire. - : Loyd, who vu awarded the Bronse Star for' heroin on the Ahzio Beach head, has seen action throughout the Tunisian and XtaUan eamri?ns. He entered service tn-Koven ber, 1941. Ills' home 1a on Route 4, Monro. pt Frank D. g-er; , son of Itr. and Mrs. J.'W. laney, Wolfe Pond road, Mwttw,' t - t-a' gradu ated from tv g Com mandtaucra.t ro l.ws school Seriously Wounded if- i PFO LONNEB E. 8NEEP Mrs. Rebecca P. Sneed. of Route 5, Monroe, has been notified by the War Department that her husband, PFC ed in action In France, November 8 Lonnie EL Sneed was seriously wound and is now receiving treatment in a U. & Army hospital. , PFC. Bneed has been in the service approximately 17 months and received bis basic training at Camp Shelby, Miss. He Is a graduate of the Monroe high school and was wounded on his twenty-first birthday. His wife is the formes Miss Pearl Lessley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lessley, formerly of Monroe, who now reside in Denmark, S. C. PFO Sneed is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Sneed of Waxhaw. He also has a sister. Mrs. -Doris Be lk, living in Waxhaw. Russian Sweep Nears Austria New Offtnsnre In Hunrary (httlanks Embattled City , : Wr Cjf Budapest NAZI DEFENSES CRUMBLE The Red Army has thrust westward 25 miles beyond the Danube, in south ern Hungary and extended its break throughJjQ. width ol 93 inflss, outr nantiug emoatuea Buaapest ana pos ing a mounting threat to Austria, Moscow disclosed but night The great offensive, about Which the Berlin radio has been talking dolo rously for a week, was confirmed in an order of the day by Premier Stalin, followed by the regular nightly com munique, which said that more than 350 communities had been captured in southern Hungary and northern Yu goslavia. Most notable were Pecs, coal-mining and railway center 98 miles southwest of Budapest; Mohacs, the same dis tance south of Budapest; and Batas sek, 85 miles south of the Hungarian capital. The Germans acknowledged toss of the first two. ' The broadcast Moscow communique specified that the break across the Danube of Marshal Feodoro Tolbuk hln's Third 'Ukraine Army and Yugo slav partisans was north of its con fluence with the Drava. That point is 130 miles due south of Budapest. Extension of the break-through to its announced width of 93 miles there fore would' put the Russians within 37 miles of Budapest on the west side of the Danube. Moscow named no captured towns north of Batassek, apparently keeping the northward extent of the break through secret for operational reasons. Apparently, however. Red Army troops yesterday stood somewhere be tween the Danube and the large Lake Balaton, barely -100 miles from the Austrian border and some 130 miles fiyim Vienna. Pecs, one of the an nounced . captures, Is but 115 miles from the southeast border of Austria. The Russians for weeks bare stood almost as wear to Austria on . the northeast side ' of Budapest which re mains under dose' siege but towards which no gains have" been announced. Now' Budapest apparently -was rapidly j being; outflanked. -. ::-.-': '-.-.. 1 I The , Germans acknowledged still further reverses on the long front stretching northeast from Budapest announcing that, the Russians . finally bad broken Into Eger. $0 miles north feast, M the capital, and were fighting in the streets Eger has been virtually surrounded for' devout the Russians have laid no ralm to It -:.':.'-. - at Troax Flt.li yadlson Wlsi -where be . studied the' ..servicing- iot radio equlptnent used on U. & bombers and fighter planes,: it was. announced to day by tbe post commander. Trained primarily as a technician, (be also studied defense against chemical war fare, aircraft identlfieatlon, and re lated AAF subjects designed to fit him for ' combat duty. Depending upon needs of the AAF - throughout the world, be may be assigned to an advanced school or to another center aa an instructor in radio mechanics. .... ,. WDI Reoarre .Parple Heart, Peetaa- Mrs. Grovene W8mith of R3, Mon roe, has received a letter from te Secretary of War, Informing ber f t the Purple Heart has been ewar. i posthumously to her husband the 1. Private First Class Thomas R. 6m':.S of the Infantry, who sacrl3ced his L- in the defense of bis country. "PTO t-n..h was klHed la action 'to France Avrust t, 144. He hsi in he service since February, -i: -J. -" p1 " r Yk I - t. It L. 1 ton stt S'C. :s rr 1 t r if '. ..! f -y xji it l.t: ... " County tagging In Bond Sales Chairman Eabttnks ' Reports Union County Short In "E? Bonds $100,000 SOLD TO ! DATE Sale of E Bonds in the Sixth War Loan Drive in Union County is lag ging sharply. County Chairman Claude Eubanks said in a .statement this morning in which he urged wide spread" participation in the "E" field in the current campaign. . - Union county's E quota in the Sixth War Loan drive is $334,000, a substan tial portion or half of the county's over-all quota of ; $668,000. Citizens of the county are urged to buy bonds now as they have never done before. The campaign is' half over and the county is far behind It's goal In K bonds, while other issues are selling well," states Mr. Eubanks. "But as a matter of fact a very limited number of our people, are buying them. The faithful few par ticipants who have carried on all along in previous War Loans are buy ing them again thai.-time, but the great majority of the people in the county are not participating as they should. k.v1; ''-x.- This Is not just a Joo tfor A few of - our . cltlsens. The faithful particl pants, who have always bought are still buying, but they cannot and should not carry tbe -burden alone. This is everybody's war ant its financ ing is properly a problem for all the people and mol just a few.r. During the remaining , few days of the drive, every effort will be made to give tbe cltlsens of the county aa opportunity to purchase bonds.' AH issuing agencies are ready to serve the public in this patriotic cause. . .in Monroe tne nrancn omce or tbe American Bank and Trust Com pany is remaining open each after noon until 5 o'clock, for the conven ience of the public who wish to pur chase bonds. :.:'-,;?-'. Continuing the - advertising cam. palgn, launched witb .the opening of toe Bixtn wan Loan drive, by pa triotic buslnese bouses and individuals of Monroe, The '- Enquirer - today to publishing at page '-advertisement sponsored by Davla-Willlams Com-: pany, which carries a' message of vital importance to sU the cltlsens of the county, in behalf; of, tbe campaign. RE-EEECTED'XT RIZETHvG Convention Held In Agriculture BsfM- tng, Saturday' Morning. : community AAA Election, meetings were held in each of the 39 districts of Union county during the week of. No vember 20 through November 35, 1944. Each district elected a delegate to attend the County Convention. These, delegates assembled at tbe Agricultural". Building in Monroe on November 35. at 10:00 a. m. A representative was present from each of the 39 districts. , The. old County Committee consisting of J, Hoyle Riggers, Chairman, Geo. Tlmmons, .Vice-chairman, and H. CU ' Haney, regular member, was re-elected. F. H. Hawfleld was elected first -alternate county committeeman and R 4. Rushing was elected second al-' ternate county committeeman. , The following community commit-. teemen and alternates were elected: Buford No. 1 J. 8. Broom, L, O. Lathan, H. E. lathan; alternates, H. Ware Broom and J.. B. Murray. Buford No. 3 R. U Laney, O. K, Gulledge, W. M. Melton; alternates, J. R. Eubanks and A. I. Collins. Buford No. 3 W. T. Medlin, C. B. Traywlck, W. B. Rape; alternates, M. C. Pigg and R .F.. Eubanks. . - - , Buford No. 4 John Vinson,- H. W. , Plyler, Hoyle Starnes; alternates, Belle. Greene and R P. Yarbrough. - ooose creek No, 1 H. o.; Simpson. Paul GrifibLv J. O. Trull: alternates. : Venn BrasweU and Dowd Mills. ' Goose Creek No. 3 W. O. Hairier. 1 V. S. Simpson, G. O. Baucom: alter-. ' nate, a W.. BrasweU and J. A. SelL . Goose Creek No. 3 R. B. Helms. : Charles Long, Lee Austin; alternates, , J. H. Belk and Wayne Outhbertson. . " Goose Creek No. 4 L. C. Tucker. Carl B. Price, B. 8. Carriker; alter-- ' nates, s. v. cnaney ana Albert Tucker. ' Jackson no. 1 J. W. McCan. H. H. Howie. K. J. Sims: alternates. W. J. Sims and Olin Byrum. - Jackson No. 3 . D. Mosley. O. M. . Simpson, J. J. Wilson; alternates, K.' : T. McCain and O. B. McV.'horter. lanes Creek No. 1 B. A. Rushlnf O. K. Baucom, A. W. Rosers; alter-1." nates, Boyce H. GriSn and C & j Baker, - .r.X.,.--:. lanes Creek No, J J. F. Lee. Thorn-; . as Timmons, O. F. irrCn: altsrnetea. ' C.H. Mills and L.B.Pr'-e. Marshville No. 1 W. C. Frtsr. T7 : Fred Staton, M. C Au 'la; f r .fa. H. M. Brewer and J. C. s. Marshville No. 3 U F. V J.i niites, -.7 -1 C Helms, T. Brice C-l; J. O. Little and W. D. Marshville No. 3 C - Haney, W. L. Green; 1 B. WUllams and I Marshville No. 4 J. tJ Olin Marsh, J. B. I John R. E.-ni'J ar 1 : Monroe Ha. 1 C. V. A. McCain, L 7. I L. KarrcU and I 1 lionise I. a. ? . .: thur I . I. nafs, I s J 1 " - : l.Tinr - T" -. ' -Cut' 1, . I. C. C. . 1 1' I. T - 3
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