WEATHER FORECAST
Clear to partly cloudy and slightly
warmer today, and tonight Mostly
cloudy aid eoole Tuesday.
Sunset today, 6:11 p. m.; sunrise
Tuesday, 8:17 a. m.
i:o:;:ios iiatjlet
i I Cotton, short, lb ,. 31a to 33tte
?. r-otton, long, rt ...... aso to sso
V'n. Seed bushel
750
En.. n ...... ,,- .r 48o to 50c
f e a-
PUBLISHED Orf )tYS?
Corn, b-. fl.45; Yellow, $155
Wheat, bufci.. . .. .. .. $140
C3VEKTY-SEC0ND YEAR. ,
' MONROE, N. C.M UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, .DECEMBED 4, 1944
S-MONTH3, 75c; 6-MONTHS, L25 EEMI-WEEKLY,' J2.00 A YEAB
Yanks Drive
1 Hits Weshvall
Rolls Back Nazi Defenses In
; Triple Assaults By
-Affies
cross thTsaar RIVER
The V. & Third Army smashed or
ganized resistance in most of the
tactory city of Saarlautern and broke
across the Saar river into the Sieg
fried Une Sunday as the First Army
seised four towns in triple assaults
west of Cologne that rolled back the
Ror defenses a mile or more.
Tha empo of the Allies' winter of
fensive rose furiously. The 'British
second army sprang to the attack in
eastern Holland with a dawn assault
that -swept up to 600 yards Into the
stout Mass river' defenses at Venlo,
last German bastion on 'that front
abort of the Reich. .'
Hundreds of American an(l British
"tighter bombers swarmed up in sup
port of the new drives in the north,
and -the German sir force met the
challenge with the biggest show of
strength in weeks, sending at least
75 Jet-propelled planes against the
British. '
The third Army's 95 th division
hoiary seised a bridge over the for
midable Saar and sent infantry and
armored tank destroyers racing across
In the first attack on thi s front
against the Siegfried line.
The Westwall's big guns opened up
on American positions in Saarlautern,
sentinel city of the fortifications
guarding the Saar's vital war indus
tries, but all organised resistance in
the major part; of the city west of the
river wilted quickly, a front report
said.
IA. Gen. George S. Patton's aston
ishingly swift; hurdle of the Saar ap
parently heralded a quick opening qf
the battle for the Siegfried Une, As
sociated ; Press correspondent Lewis
Hawkins, said, v ! -.? v'--'-w-,
Patton'S troops' also crossed the Saar
frontier' at a new point eight miles
south of - Saarlautern, and expanded
their hold on the SaarU west bank
north of Saarlautern where the Ger
mans burned a village In the., first ex
ample of scorched early Inside the.
Belch.' '
The new crossing, made by the
Fifth infantry x division whose com
mander wa sdlsclosed to be Major
General Stafford L. Erwln, penetrat
ed a mile into Germany 11 miles
southwest of the Saar's main city of
.a.akmiVan iiHina ta fanlTsMirft-
ported counterblow,
, r JteUier . aouth-iia Sih -divlsloa-;e
aered Cite Stearbe. nine miles south-
west of Saarbrucken and. less than
a mile from the Saar border, after a
one-mile advance. ' '
Inden, Lucherberg, .Luchem and
Branderburg fell to the First Army,
which made an assault crossing of the
Inde river. It was pushing toward the
Boer at three points along a u-mue
front. : .
Another force T coming ufl from
theaouth seized by stonn the ham
let of Luchem, less than a mile be
low Lucherberg and on the Autobahn
ainerhitrhwav from Aachen to Cologne.
seven miles south of Duren the
Tirst army seised the ruins of what
once was the village of Brandenberg
and pressed on through the woods a
half-mile east to within half a mile,
of the Boer. . '
Nine miles northwest of Duron the
V. a Ninth army drew up to the
Boer al Ithe way from Linnlch to
Jullch two main river strong-holds.
This army cleared the 'Germans from
that part of Linnlch west of the river
and fought bitterly to extend Its hold
Inside Jullch.
SOCIAL NEWS
Annual Baptist Basaar Saturday -
The ladles of the Ladles Aid Society
of the First Baptist church will bold
their annual, basaar Saturday in the
- Hut. ' Doors will be opened to guests
at 11:30 o'clock and the evening meal
will be served beginning at 5:00
o'clock. Turkey dinner with all ac
cessories, and at supper they win serve
either a turkey or oyster , plate, and
the sale of dainty Christmas gifts will
be an outstanding feature of the oc
casion. Come and bring your family
and friends., J v
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.:---,t, V".. HI I tfaatlnsl A l-
The Parent-Teacher Association wfll
have the regular monthly meeting at
3:48 on Wednesday, December 6th In
the John D. Hodges'- auditorium. Capt
J. O. Spendlove, 1 surgeon at camp
-Sutton hospital, has been asked to
speak' on the subject: "How Civilians
Can Best Help Returning Veterans.
Mrs. Rutha Dyal will direct the glee
club In several numbers ol Christmas
; XQUSiC. '.'
Members are urged to be sure and
bring the gifts for service men in
hospital here and at Fort Bragg.
The tea after the meeting will be
In charge of the grade mothers of
the second and third grades, , ,
Gaddy-Laney
A wedding of interest to their many
friends was that of Miss Christine
En Laney to Lacy Junior Gaddy,
both of the Bouishedfra community
which took r'ae t aturday, November
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CHAPLAIN DEAL UNHURT
DURING JAP ATTACK
Former Pastor Of St. Lake's Church
v Here Serving In Philippines
"I don't believe' anything will hap
pen to me, for the Japanese have
shelled our group, bombed it and one
day caught me out In the open and
machine-gunned me, but the Lord was
good and the Japanese were i rotten
shots." So. writes Capt Claude V.
Deal, former pastor , of St. Luke's
Luther Church here, and chaplain
with an infantry combat unit In the
Philippines, In two letters Just re
ceived by his wife in Hickory. ,
Continuing his account of the Jap
attack, Captain Deal writes: "I drop
ped to the middle of the road and
crawled to the other side with bul
lets spitting up dirt beside ' me. I
dropped off on the other side Into a
paddy field.' (Paddy Is the oriental
word for rice.) The water came up
to my waist but that was the nicest
water I ever took a dip in. It had
leeches and was probably full of
germs but It was still wonderful
water! :''' '-. ' -
"The other day I was out with a
squad of men bringing in a body,
when a flock of Zeroes came over.
We were caught In the open, no fox
holes, no trees, no nothing. 1 X told
the men to scatter, which they did.
We threw ourselves face down and
lay there with our hearts beating so
loudly we couM hear them. Fortun
ately, they were out for bigger game,
so they passed us up thank God!"
Peace Feelers
Are Nuisance
Hit Affied Capitals At Rate
Of One Or Two Each
NATIONS IN CONTACT
Peace ' feelers vague, roundabout
and evidently, unauthorised hit the
AUied . capitals' at the rate of about
one to' two a week. .
They all are based, it was learned
yesterday, on the assumption that the
Allies in the last' Analysis' are willing
to make, substantial concessions In
order to get Germany out of the war.
Those' taken seriously enough to get
any response at all receive, in.enect,
the - form -reply 'Unconditional sur
j ffloM gr embassies'
Of such neutral ' capitals as Madrid,
Ankara and Stockholm. They, live on
rumor and gossip, v ,
In addition, there turn up from timet
to time business or other representa
tives of interest inside Germany at
least so they say. One may prof ess
to eb acting solely -on his own author
ity, another to be a bosom " pal of
Gestapo. Boss Hbnmler, another be an
associate of . Hitler or somebody wno
knows Hitler, ,
They all want- to know whether the
time has come when the Allies have
had enough of this war to call It quits,
making concessions beforehand in or
der to get Germany to agree to a
"conditional surrender." All these In
quiries! and proposals are Investigated
on the spot or relayed to Allied capi
tals and so far4 none has proved to
have any sort of authority behind It
Should the . German leadership or
any responsible part of ft capable of
producing results ever want to under
take serious armistice negotiations It
has one obvious and wen used channel
through which to approach the United
States or other Allied governments
that is the diplomatic service of an
Interested -neutral ootmtry. -k
The United States and the German
government actually are In frequent
contact oh such matters as the - treat
ment . of " prisoners of war,' through
Swiss diplomats who protect interests
of Americans . in -'Germany - and or
Germans in the United States. -, ,
At present, despite recurrent rumors
of vagus negotiations at the Vatican,
there is no evidence that Germany
has made any legitimate peace try. In
ract, there is no evidence that there is
any group in Germany which at this
time has anything to gain by such an
attempt.
The best Informed authorities believe
that tha German crackup will come
piecemeal, army by army. . This prob
ably win leave Germany In a state of
chaos. ' Tha confusion win. facilitate
Nasi efforts to escape to , whatever
neutral havens they may think they
have. - :r -
Against this estimate of possibilities
which . authorities consider realistic,
the- men with the black hats and
turned, tip collars persistently carry
on their vague activities. -
Mra Prcssoa Hostess
Mrs. Eugene presson was hostess to
tha Tuesday afternoon bridge club
last week at her home on Washington
street. - Fall flowers and potted plants
were used as decorations. '
Mrs. Hughes Murray won first prise
and Mrs. W. A. Ingram won second
prize, each were given war ' saving
stamps. -
Those playing were Mrs. W. A. In
gram. Mrs. Kavne Eaucom. Mrs. Ptevet
Presson. -I " s. rrar.k v. -''e DUon,
Mrs. Lawrence I-e.wn, Mrs. J. J.
Ooudtilock and l.s. I: J.-.ca Murray.
l.'a'or John H. Lee 1 s arrived safe
ly in . --l, a here 1 is stationei
I?H i 1 ri.:'ery. Vat. Lee and
. " lusy and E;nn,.aravst
home v l 1 rs. I-f s moUier, Mrs. C.
A. I',
the d
;e on V.
i.
;bord avenue for
t. J.yl I Jr, has arrived
H r 1 r he is r-
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10
In Auto Vrecli
Accident Is Worst Two-Car
" Collision In The State's
History '
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BOTH DRIVERS BLAMED
The 10th victim died Sunday lnMor
ganton from the worst two-car col
lision in the State's history just before
a Burke county coroner's jury blamed
Saturday's accident on the careless
and reckless driving of both operators,
but postponed its hearing until - the
Identity of the drivers can be estab
lished. No time was set for resuming
the inquest ' '
Clayton Shook,' 30, Glen Alpine cafe
worker and father of five children,
died at Grace hospital in Morgan tan
at 8:45 o'clock Sunday morning, over
34 hours after the ninth death result
ing from a head-on collision involving
14 passengers with an average age of
31,. who were going from one night
spot to another In the western part
of Burke county. . ' '
His niece, Doris Jean Shook, 16,
was one of six persons killed instantly
when the two automobiles, traveling
at a high 'rate of speed, swept down
opposite hills on Highway No. 70, be
tween Morganton and Marion to meet
in a devastating amashup at the foot
at what Is known as Bottom (Drop.
Three others died within a few hours
after the collision occurred at 2 a. m.
The remaining four passengers are
in hospitals In Morganton and Marion
and are reported In. a satisfactory
condition. Still in a serious condition
with favorable chances for recovery in
Marion GeneraT hospital' are Pauline
Hoyle, 16, who has fractures of both;
legs - and whose -sister, Lucille, was I
killed; and Carl Li Wilson, discharged
war veteran of Morganton who re
ceived a skull fracture exactly one
year after he was seriously . wounded
In action in Italy. He was wounded
In combat December 3, 1943, and re
turned home recently with a physical
discharge.: The . girl was described as
still in a state of shock, and Wilson
has not fully regained consciousness.
Less seriously Injured are two youths
in the local hospital, James Powell; 18,
of Morganton, who has a fractured leg
and lost six teeth, and Ray Abernathy,
17, of Route 4, Morganton.
Witnesses at the inquest,' conducted
by Coroner Ted Shirley,: said, the
paths of the two separate groups had
crossed earlier In the evening, some
occupants of both cars having been
seen atthe,aame. time- at -midnight
or later at . Oak Park service station,
a roadside eatery and dance hall, a
mile west of the scene, where dancing
was in progress. Six men who occu
pied the blue Ford at the time of the
crash, had come to a night spot near
Lake James, leaving the other crowd
at Oak Park, but when they returned
the passengers in the Chevrolet Ave
men and three girls, had gone. The
two groups were not together, wit
nesses 'said. '
Lee Ramsey, young Morganton man,
who said he and Jack Pritchard left
the six occupants of the Ford a few
minutes befeore the crash, testified
that Pvt. Raymond A. Shouppe had
been driving prior to that time, but
he didn't see who was at the wheel
when the car drove away. Ramsey
said hfl got out to get his car but
admitted that "I didn't like to ride
with them much. There was not any
brakes on It.", Pritchard was not at
thfe Inquest but, officers testified that
he told the mhe left the six other men
because of the manner in which the
car was being driven. 0
Even greater doubt cloaks the iden
tity of the driver of the other car.
One person who helped remove the
dead named one man who seemed to
be , under the wheel ' Officers had
thought another man was driving,
while the family of a third had be
lieved, that he was operating the car.
WMC IS CONFIDENT
; WORK CAN BE' DONE
Every Effort Wfll Be Made Ts Meet
. Eisenhowers Beqsest.
Mail-power officials, faced with the
job of finding nearly 300,000 more
workers for critical war programs, ex
pressed; confidence yesterday the goal
will be met. - - ' ' '
, Pressed for weeks to provide 300,000
men and women for lagging munitions
operations, the' War Man-Power com
mission has- been confronted sudden
ly with an urgent appeal for another
100,000. - These are - needed quickly
to meeUGenv Dwight D. Eisenhower's
request for doubled flow of small ammunition.--
! --' .4m.'. "
i. Tna agency's optimism prevailed de
spite fresh reports that a move of
war workers to peacetime jobs is grow
ing. V ( ' "'- ' -. i : : . : f
' In New Jersey, State WMC director,
Thomas F. Costello, said that 40,000
persons had "disappeared from mu
nitions work during the year prior to
September 1. Replacements, he said,
had not kept pace with departures,
with the result that "at no tuna in
the history of the war effort has such
a critical , labor situation existed In
New Jersey." 1
Similar reports have come from west'ukes to go hunting when the snow is
coast shipyards. ' on the ground. - - ; '
Man-Dower sources eolnted out that ' r . -
fce greatest need of tha ammunition
project will be women workers, ilany
en, they said, stayed in ammuni
i i plant localities when t..'s pro-
? a was cut back a y-'ar r -,
nd
t i not seek new mi,ioii.vi.t. Le-
cruiuripnt tHorta will be aimed at
tli-s Mis force.
Pvt. Guy Enead. son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. O. f'vd, of K2, Monroe, Is at
I - r 1 1. : and is b
t t v t: e AAF tr&.alr c
ex
pand f i 1 1 and 1 -
; to i e his qua Nation as
a I - . t ' ,'t.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
: IN BRIEF
. WESTERN FRONT-U. S. Third
Army hurdles Saar river at falling
Saarlautern and 'plunges toward .
Siegfried line. More nk troops
reach Roar fiver; ta drive toward
Cologne; ; several German ' towns
' eaptsredV.
. PACIFIC FRONT Salpan -based
Superfortress ra taaln raid Tokyo,
striking at aircraft plant: only one
B-29 lost, U.. -S. says; on Leyte
Island, Japanese and Americans
spar m heavy rains; Tank flyers
attack enemy sapply bases In Or
moo corridor. .
EASTERN FRONT Russians
seise three main objectives in
Hongary, sweep within 73 miles of
Austria-, ' ','
SOUTHERN
FRONT Italian-
based bombers
British troops
Vienna area;
In Po
valley (within
miles of Rossis.
ASIATIC FROVT-Japanese are
only 75 miles sptsheest of Kwl
ysng In drive throsgh southeastern
China; in Karma, British eaptnre
Kalewa, 140 miles northwest sf
ountys
Men? In Service
Local Soldier Helps Concoct radge
A La Cave In Italy
With The Fifth Army, Italy "Fudge,
a la cave" is tna latest .concoction
from C and K ; rations offered by
mnmtMra at the Sffl'st Regiment of the
91st "Power River", Division in Lieu
tenant General Mark W. Clark's Fifth
Army In northern Italy.
Fed up with the rations as a stesoy,
diet, Lieutenant John D. Boone . of
PhilUpsburg, New,'Jersey, and Staff
Sergeant Ernest BLIHlnson of Monroe,
figured otu the recipe while they were
to a cave during el enemy barrage.
Thev used: . two itronical chocolate
bars, one D ration' bar, one package
of C ration cocoa, one can of preservea
butter and IS packages of C and K
ration esugar. . -
"We mixed It on : field stove until
it was thick.", HlnsOn said.
Private First Class William J. Dil
lon. 223 Sapulveda Street, San Pedro,
California, agreed that the experiment
was a success. ' . ,j
"It was really tasty," he said.
Also expressing fagreement on the
delegability of thet. fudge were Pri
vates First Class Paul S. Gernica, 203
Fourth Street? Chtnl,Hf.i and Clarl
ence In Aldrich, Columbia, La.
Boone's home address Is 463 Purseil
Street PhilUpsburg, and Hlnson's, R2,
Monroe.
Joe S. Polk, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
S. Polk, R2, Monroe, has been pro
moted to technician fifth grade at me
Field ArtUlery School, Fort Sill. Okla.
Rushing Brothers On Furlough
Pvt. Charlie B. Bushing son of Mra
Green Bushing' of R3, Monroe, who
was stationed at Fort Knox, Ky, has
been spending his fifteen-day furlough
with his wife and mother. He entered
service on June 22, at Fort Bragg and
then went to Fort Knox, Ky, where
he finished his seventeen weeks train
ing before coming home.
He left Friday, November zn to
report to Fort Meade, Md, after
spending his furlough with his wife,
mother and friends.; -
Another, son of Mrs. Rushing. Pvt.
Onlce Rushing, who is now stationed
at Camp Blanding, Fla., came home to
be with his brother, ri
All the children of Mrs. Rushing
gathered at her home on , Tuesday
and gave the two sons a dinner. It
was a wonderful dinner and was en
joyed by all. Pvt. Onlce left Saturday
for Camp Blanding, Fla. Mrs. Bush
ing has only two sons in service.
' Sgt' Penegar In Ireland
An Air Service Command Depot In
Ireland Here It is nearly Christmas
and Staff Sergeant James W. Penegar
of Monroe, Is giving away almost an
the money he can get his nana on.
But that's his lob. He plays Santa
Claus twelve times a year to the offi
cers and enlisted men of the Air ser
vice Command depot in Ireland, where
as a non-commissioned officer in tha
financial section, eh computes tne
Sergeant penegar is me nusoana w
Mrs., Louisa v. penegar or xio m
Fifth St, charlotte, and the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Penegar of Monroe.
Ha has been In the Army Air Forces
jlnoe December, 1843, and has been
overseas more than a year. He at
tended Wlngate Junior College, was a
mnhhM- nt tha Junior Chamber of
Commerce and was unit manager for
a commercial credit organisation,
Petty Officer 8prtarsSto Pacific Area
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Springs received
a letter from their son. Joe O. Springs,
Petty Officer S-c recently, saying be
would certainly nit to do dc m
Monroe for the cold weather ahead.
Ha has been in the Southwest Pa
dflo for IS months, where bo has had
a test of the Jungles and hot weather.
He said he hoped to be 'back before
the winter is over. He especially
j - Mr. and Mrs. Mark Belk of RS,
Monroe, have received word that then-
son. Pvt. . Euirene Belk, has ianaea
safetv in - the Philippines and since
arriving these has seen Ralph Baker
from back home.
CpU Haney Cited
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Eaney of Marsh,
viile, have recently 'bn noticed by
Lt. Colonel Harold N. Lo'.t, command
1" orcer of a Fishtor Oiwp in
Irar-re, exresing bis "pprsonal ap-
cri-.i.:;-iti for. and in. tie excclnt
prior
snce of duties of your son.
C,L Thomas J. liancy. Alitoui
last
Mvaaoing
twb
Strike
In Error
American Fighter Planes
Strike Russian Column
In Yugoslavia .
U. S. EXTENDS REGRETS
American fighter planes swooping
over Yugoslavia attacked a Russian
column by mistake, ' headquarters of
the Mediterranean Allied air force
disclosed yesterday.
Results of this attack last November
7 on an ally were not revealed.
An official headquarters statement
declared the attack was due to an
error In target identification through
rauity navigation, and said that apolo
gies had been sent to Moscow and to
the commander of the Russian forces
Involved.
"Mediterranean Allied air force
headquarters report that on November
7 a squadron of fighters from the
u. S. loth Air Force, engaged In a
strafing mission In Yugoslavia, at
tacked by mistake a Russian column.
"The error was entirely due to a
mistake In target identification
through faulty navigation.
"The Incident was promptly report
ed by the squadron when development
of gun camera film verified the erorr.
"The XJ. 6. joint chiefs of staff from
Washington expressed their deep re
gret to Moscow, an d Oeneral Wilson,
Supreme Allied commander of the
Mediterranean, sent a similar mes
sage to the Russian commander of
the forces involved."
A Rome dispatch last Wednesday,
reporting arrival there of W. Averell
Harrisan, U. S. Ambassador to Russia,
said he was believed conferring with
military officials on efforts to achieve
closer cooperation between Soviet
trope operating In the Balkans and the
Allied forces based In Italy.
The dispatch, part of which was
held up by censorship, said Harriman
came to Rome with Lt. Gen. Ira C.
Eaker, commander of the Mediterra
nean Allied air force, after visiting
the western .front, and that "Eaker
has faced the difficult task of trying
to bomb Germans In Hungary , and
Yugoslavia, which are Russian sones
of operation."
Previous Rome dispatches, reporting
on the complexities of the allied Med
iterranean command to which Field
Marshal Sir Harold Alexander has
been elevated, said cooperation among
the Russians, Yugoslavs- and Allies in
the Balkans was difficult inasmuch as
neither tha Russians nor Marshal Tito
apparently wished the people to think
that the Western Allies were doing
much to liberate the Balkans.
oftime, his services may seem routine
and boring, as they are bound to be
come under . grueling combat condi
tions, it is common knowledge that
they, multiplied many times, by the
efforts of his fellow soldiers, are re
sponsible for the continued admin
istrative and operational efficiency of
our group.
"I am proud, as I trust you are, to
have your son wear the Distinguished
Unit Badge, symbolic of our Group's
outstanding achievement against the
enemy and I am confident that lt Is
well-earned and greatly deserved."
Cpl. Haney entered the service In
November 1943 and went into Foreign
service April of this year.
Promoted To Corporal
With The XIV Army Corps In The
Southwest Pacific Private First Class
Clarence W. -Melton has been promot
ed to Corporal as announced by nls
Company Commander, Captain Harold
W. Toy. He is in an Engineer Topo
graphic Company somewhere in the
Southwest Pacific.
His duties are that of Chauffeur.
' Before entering the Army,' Clarence
was employed by Comey Griffin oi
Monroe as taxicab driver.
He attended Prospect high school In
Union county.- . '
Clarence entered the Army Decem
ber 18, 1943, receiving his basic train
ing with his present organisation at
Fort Lewis, Washington. He has been
overseas since January, 1944.
His -parents, Mr., and Mrs." B. L.
Melton, reside on Route 4, Monroe;
his wife, Mrs. Minnie M. Melton and
baby son, Larry, reside at 111 Wash
ington St Monroe. -
Paul P. Ward. S 3-c of the U. S.
Navy,- stationed at Camp Peary, Va.
spent Thursday and1 Friday In . the
city with Mrs. Ward. ,
Benjamin Franklin Newell, A8, son
of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Newell, Wax-
haw, Rl, has reported at Carlsbad,
New Mexico Army Air Field, where
be win receive advanced flight traln-
ine in hlsh-level bombardiertng and
dead-reckoning navigation. The Clan-
bad Army Air Field is tha newest
borbardler -school In the Army Air
Forces Training Oomman. During the
twenty-four ' weeks training course
Student Newell will study bombarcuer-
lng and dead-reckoning navigation
under simulated combat conditions. On
rraduation , he will -be awarded silver
bombardier's wings and will be ready
for active duty as an officer in tne
Army Ah Forces. -
Joe Lewis Cook, "popular clerk at the
A and P store in Monroe, laid off his
tracer's SDron last Saturday and Mon
day, and took up arms with Uncle
Sam. Joe would like to get some
letters now at this address: Joe Lewis
Cook. H. A. T. C. 2 4. 45-65, U. 8.
Naval Training Center,, Bainbridge,
Md. Joe is a son of J. A. Cook of
EL Monroe, and his two brothers are
already seasoned soldiers far overseas.
Est. J. A. Cook Is in Burma, and Pvt.
Larrison Cook is in Inc.a.
f ft. Bayne Clonts VToniJed
Last Friday Mr( and 1,'rs. O. J.
Conta received a notice from the var
J-.mrtmr,t that their son, t Tayne
t.ji'.j, had been wounded la tiermany
COUNTY OFFICIALS TAKE
OATH OF OFFICE TODAY
J. Ray Shute Is Be-Else ted Chairman
Of the Board Of Commissioners
County officials elected In the Nov
ember election assumed office this
morning, with J. Emmett Griffin,
Clerk of Court, administering the
oath, without any formalities.
Immediately after receiving the oath
of office, the Board of County Com
missioners went into session and re
elected J. Ray Shute, chairman of
the board. Other members of the
beard who were re-elected are J. Vera
Griffin, Ben1 F. Price, C. M. Rogers
and Fred Staton.
P. Hayne Johnson was sworn in as
County Recorder; Henry 8ml th Pros
ecuting Attorney; Miss Clara Laney,
Register of Deeds; Mrs. Faye Wells,
Deputy Register of Deeds; Ralph El
Hott, County Surveyor; B. L. Simp
son, Cotton Weigher at Waxhaw; J. L.
Brooks, Cotton Weigher at Marsh-
ville; C. F. Smith, Constable, Monroe
township and A. S. Purser, Constable
of Goose Creek township.
No provision has as yet been made
for cotton weigher of Monroe, which
office has gone begging and no ap-
DOlntment can be made to fill tne va
cancy until action is taken by the
Legislature. In tHe meantime, the
present weigher will hold offllce until
the matter is settled.
Nan Industries
Get Pounding
Planes Of 15th Air Force In
Italy Hammer Targets Of
Vienna Area
NAZIS LOSE 42 PLANES
imvtna hviH-tmuim and Liberators of
t.h tt 8. isth Sir force in Italy ham
mered targets In the Vienna area yes
terday, continuing a week-end scourg
ing of German industries ana trans
ports. The planes, bombing by instrument,
encountered little flak or fighter op
position in the sweep to Vienna. They
Ant thA wMir-nd sorties into the
Reich from Britain and Italy well
above the 3,000 mart aespite umavar
able weather. Saturday's operations
cost the Germans at least 43 fighter
A gray, wintry overcast sept tsiv
ish-based American and RAF planes
1 O. ......... nM.. t,OW YAf1
poured some 0,000 tons of bombs on
five German industrial cities near we
Western front in a 13-hour period.
Aatiirriav nlcrht nmhftblv 800 British
Heavyweights spilled about 3,500 tons
of explosives on tiagen, an unporwuii.
railway center in the Ruhr, and Gles-
boti annKhar rail huh. 35 miles north
of Frankfurt. Night fighters supported
the bombers ana straiea airneias sou
transport targets, shooting down two
enemy interceptors.
Speedy RAF Mosquitos spotted an
mnnnltlnn train ntAfl.mln? into the
station at Papenburg, southeast of
uvutan Ra.t.irrris.v Tiiffht and destroyed
lt with gunfire. Vivid explosions from
bursting Shells ticketed for Nazi front
line troops lit up tha countryside, me
train was riddled.
While more than 350 Liberators and
Fortresses of the U. S. Eighth Air
force were hitting Jam-packed rail
mrAn at. ttin Rhine cities of CoblenS
and Blngen Saturday, their escort of
550 fighters tackled formations of 30
to 50 German planes and shot down
I.
Meanwhile. British Lancasters bomb
ed the big benzol producing plant at
Dortmund in the Ruhr and American
heavy bombers based in Italy made
the aerial offensive a two-pay ai
fair by attacking Nazi fuel and rail
targets from the east.
Continent-based planes of the U. 8.
Ninth Air force gave German rail,
road and river traffic a terrific pound
ing in sweeps along the Western front.
In the areas of Duren, Linnlch and
Saarbrucken; . fighter, medium and
light bombers destroyed or damaged
more than 38 locomotives, 507 rail
cars, 51 motor trucks, seven- Heinkel-
111 twin-engined bombers, two rail
road bridges and several barges.
In the Saarbrucken area, medium
and light , bombers concentrated on
the enemy's newest Siegfried Una de
fenses. :
on November 7th and was In a hos-
Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Clonts were
very much happier than they had
been, for they had received a letter
from their son, written in his- own
hand-writing on November 15. While
ft did not say how badly he was
wounded the letter was written in his
own smooth handwriting and that was
a great satisfaction.
Bayne has had a wonder career, on
tha day that ha was wounded, in tha
fighting In the Aachen section he had
been overseas two years. Ha landed
with osr forces at Casablanca Novem
ber S, 1943. He was in the African
campaign, went to 81c lly and from
there to England in time to go to
France on D-Day, June etn. He is in
tha third armored division and his
outfit gave support to the artillery in
the bloody fighting on the Normandy
beachhead ' and he went throu-h
France and Belgium and t t-,e
great battles around Aa-hon. in t.'s
letter he says be has fcn t'-.wi.l
several hospitals but is d.: t f a i
cautions his foils not to y at.:
about hlm.v .
Harold Scrs S 1-C of the V.
Navy is spending a 10-day leave '
bis parents, Mr. and Vrs. C. It. f
RS, Monroe. S?sman . '.'s r.-s r
ry com-lf-ed a-C3ur?e as n ?
twhriaa and Is now r
Norr-in, C-Ua. l"e tss t
. rv .. 14- mor s a ' t
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Factory Bombed
U. S. SaperforU Are Oyer '
Target In Jap Capital
Thirty Minutes
ATTACK IS! SUCCESSFUL
' .j n .i", .'.::ir'.-
In the first Sunday raid from Sal
pan bases, a substantial task force of
American Superfortresses . attacked
Tokyo a( mldaf ternoon and with vis
ual -pinpoint bombing hammered tha
Musashima .plant of the Nakajlma
aircraft factory; , - ;
Early reports indicated the opera
tion against the important aircraft
factory, about 11 miles west of Tokyo
harbor, was the most) successful of tha
tour b-m attacics on war Industries .
in the Japanese capital. .
The plant was the target of the
initial Superfortress ral d there No
vember 34,, when photographs show
ing considerable damage wa slnfllcted.
lng considerable damage was inflicted,
many fold by the latest blows.
(Radio Tokyo ' claimed, without
American confirmation, - that 15 out
of "some 70" Superforta in the raid '
wereshot down. The Japanese, in a
domestic Dronaeanda broadcast, said
damage was slight.) , ' '
In the raid, the first bombs were
away toward the target at 3:15 p. m,
Tokyo time, considerably later than
the two previous daylight strikes at
the heart of Japan. . The earlier raids
started around noon.
The attacking force today was sim
ilar in size to the first two striking.
waves of the sky giants. The Yank
fryers kept Tokyo under attack more
than an hour and a half. ;
The first planes over the target re-,
ported good visibility and accurate
bombing. s
Nakafflma is one of Japan's oldest ,:
privately-owned aircraft companies. It
shardes with the Mitsubishi company
distinction as one of the empire's
leading producers of army and navy ::
war planes. ' The plant consists of '
compact buildings. : Most of them are ;
one story high, of concrete construe-'
tion with sheetmetai roofing.
The first plane to hit the target )
was commanded by Capt. John H.
Greer, of Buhl, Idaho. He was de- v
layed in taking off on the first Tokyo
raid and flew all alone far behind ;
his comrades. On that flight, his gun
ners - drove off two intercepting
"Nicks." ; -
(Mrs. Geo. 8. Lee, Publicity Chairman)
Mrs. G. B CaldweU, Chairman of .!
Production Corps, wishes to thank the
following for their contributions which
added to the names already oubiisn-
ed, made possible the giving of TOO
finished kit bags going overseas:
Fairfield Home Demonstration Club,',
H55; Mr. and Mrs. Olin Slkes, $500; ,
Robert Lee, $100; Indian Trail Home
Demonstration Club, ; $10.00; OUva :
Branch Home Demonstration Club, '
$10.00; Olive Branch Home Demon
stration Club, $18.61; Prospect Home
Demonstration Club, $5.75; ' Trinity
Home Demonstration Club, $5.00.
Call For Nanes . Aides
Capping exercises for the present
class of Nurses' Aides will be held
Tuesday evening at the Ellen Fitz
gerald Hospital. This Is the fourth ;
class to graduate as Nurses' Aides. )
However, more Nurses' Aides are need
ed at the hospital during the morning
hours. Members of the Corps now
serving are almost all women and girls
who are employed and are abl$ to give
their time In the afternoons and eve-
nlngs. Mrs. W. D. , Johnson, Vice-
Chairman of - Nurses' ' Aide Corps,
states, "There is an urgent need for
Aides who wiU volunteer for morning '
work In the hospital. Anyone who will
take this - course and volunteer for.,
the morning hours, please can the
Red Cross office.'
. -Nanes Needed . - .
The following Is an editorial from
the New York Tunes which Miss Pat
Eudy, Chairman Nurses Recruitment
Corps has requested us to publish:
"Not since the war began have so '
many 'nurses been needed in so. shotr
a time as they are today. At present
there are approximately 40,000 women
In the Army Nurse Corps, 9,000 In the -Navy
Nurse Coorps. By July, 1945, the
Army must have 10,000 more nurses; ,
the Navy 4,000. --
"Muntlng casualties, , being returned ;
to this country in the greatest number '
since Pearl Harbor, make the need for
nurses immediate and lmperatlbe. If
necessary, tha 1,300 Army nurses sta
tioned in the United States will have
to be reduced further in number to
meet overseas demands, arising with
advancing battle lines. Hospitals
which the Army hnd not expected to
use before March will have to be or
ganized in November as a result of in-
creasing casualties..
"Recruitments in recent months
have been te -low r'ee Pearl
Harbor. In w.;e, Ju a,,J Ar.rwt
the Army- needed I.5S0 more nurses
monthly, but t? 8 t 1 'p1 to
both Army and Kavy l;i a cf Vwa
months never eTir d
tem'oer the A- r f "--nur
but c' ' i f
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