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1 ' yeathr forecast . ' ';'' . . Increasing cloudiness this after noon; cloudy and cold with mow flurries tonight; colder Tuesday. "Sunset today, :14 p. m.; sunrise Tuesday, 8:26 a. m. - ' w 0:.7.02L!A!IXET Cotton, short, ft .. .. 31o to 33Vte Cotton, long, lb .. 35o to 33o Cotton Seed, bushel .;' .. 750 Eggs, dosen .. .. 48o to BOe Corn, bo, White, $1.45; Yellow, $1.35 Wheat, bushel .. .. .. .. .. $140 PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS EEVENTY-SECOND YEAR MONROE, N.C., UNION COUNTY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1944 8-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, fl.25 EEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A YEAR F. R "Freezes security lax Action (Draws Cheers From Solon leaving For . , ' Holidays PLAN NEW MEASURES President (Roosevelt's "reluctant" signature on legislation freezing social security taxes started a general con gressional exodus from Washington Saturday. ' Except for some State department and surplus property board nomina tions under fire In the Senate, the social security leglslation-nblocklng a scheduled increase from l to 2 per cent In pay roll and pay check taxes on January 1 was the , last ' major hurdle between the 78th Congress and Its final adjournment. Announcement of . the President's, action drew a burst of applause when Speaker Raybura -' made It In f th eHouse, members ' generally had ' ex pected a veto. ' There were less than 100 represen tatives on the floor at the time and many of them scooted away promptly to take up train and plane reserva tions for home. . - With only a few noncontroversial odds and ends In addition to the Sen ate nominations to be acted, on, lead ers set their sight for final adjustment not later than Wednesday. Rayburn's announcement of the President's action was followed by White House release of a formal statement declaring It would be In cumbent upon the next Congress to review thoroughly the methods of financing social security benefits. The President said he still felt that the tax should have been allowed to rise, on account of "long run requirements of the social security system." He asserted the measure "merely defers until next year" the necessary fiscal receipts. He added that it did not seem "wholly sound to enact a tax law and then defer the taxes year after year." "At an early date," the President said In the statement, "I plan to sub mit to the Congress a comprehensive plan for broadening and improving the social security system. At that time, I hope that a clear understand' 3ns of the sxjvernment's finaanclal re' sponslblllUes for social security wfll emerge and that a long term plan for allocating the costs of social security -will be developed." '" : . The President gave no details of -what he. will recommend but said he was "'less disturbed" by the present situation "in view of the expressed commitments ot both major political parties for comprehensive coverage." LIEUT. BELK REVEALS BRUTALITY OF GERMANS Witnessed Nasi Mercy Kflllng" Two Of His Compatriots. Of "The American people should never achieve a 'forget and forgive' attitude after this war," he said, lying in. his bed in the ward. It was Second Lieut Samuel E. Belle speaking as he lay in Samuel E. Belk. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Belk, of R-l, Monroe, speaking as he lay in a bunk aboard U. & Army , hospital ship Chateau Thierry. ;i The Chateau Thierry was easing up-river to dock at the Charleston, 8. C, Port of Embarkation and discharge .her 00 American combat casualties fresh . Irom the European holocaust. , lieutenant Belk, of Monroe, spoke with 38 days of conviction behind him. For nearly a month, he was a prsioner of Germany, first held In capture by Adolf Hitter's 63 Elite troops, who,- for. all their swaggering and fancy dress, were some of the most desperate fighters American sol diers have ever faced. 1 : Lieutenant Belk went Into Prance via the Omaha beach of Normandy on June 80 with the 35th Infantry division. His outfit was in Mortaln, near Avaranches. They'd gone to to boster the Brttanny campaign. Be-; lected to lead a patrol of tour men Into enemy territory, Lieutenant Belk and his men Infiltrated behind the German lines during daylight and stumbled across' four light tanks,! American, Isolated In a Maxl-held area,, -m V- Patrol and tanks Joined iorces to, crash back through the TJ. & lines, j - The five men disappeared into the 4ka mrA moved back toward ' the line of demarcation between TJ. S. and Third Reich soldiers, leaving early to escape the American artillery barrage scheduled that afternoon, f ft-- After crawling three-quarters of a mile along the ground, dragging his badly mangled foot behind him, Lt Beir was captured by the "skull and crossbones" Elite corps. ' - The Elite corps took the wounded Lieutenant Belk to their headquarters 1 tat Questioning. Threats of death -were made if he did not divulge his units, Its strength and disposition.- The in jur ted Germans sent him on to a hospital in Bernay, near Cannes.- There was room for SOO, but 1,700 wounded were lodged in the hospital. Lieutenant Belk spent 10 uncomforta ble days among predominantly Oer man wounded. There were five other wounded Americans in the wards. With 40 others, lying shoulder to shoulder, and deprived of adequate sanitation equipment, Lieutenant Belk and his five compatriots lived on ' black bread and water. Silently they . munched the tasteless bread, watching the ward boys serving meat slices, but ter and marmalade to the German wounded. One morning German doctors ap peared at the bedside of two Ameri- cans rfufferlng from burns. A German doctor plunged a r-j-podermie needle In the arm of one U. S. sokiier. An other performed the ss tre set on t'se oihT buro-paiipr.t. Two r".'.:iuJ 1st r, both c8.,,Rl'.i'?s t:.T"i'i ii c 1 It wns I.: --ft I rs f.-t . cf e iv . a, cr "j rry z" is i . t rtxva:..tv4 ia FFA STOCK JUDGING CONTEST DEC. 20 Monroe Hardware Co. Sponsors Event .' By Vocational Agriculture Dept The Union County Vocational Agri cultural Departments will holds dairy cattle and swine Judging contest ai elevens auu iarm. tout mues norm of Indian Trail oh' Wednesday. De cember 30, at . 3:30 for the F. V. A. members of the schools. ' -The contest is sponsored by the Monroe Hardware Company, who is giving $300.00 in prizes to the winning 'teams.. .i:'-- ,:.t -v.";-' The prizes consist of: First to Fourth prize, a registered guernsey calf for each; and fifth to eighth,, a regis tered O I O pig. The Vocational Agricultural teachers will supervise the contests and will have as their guests Wade Jenkins, county superintendent of schools, and 3. M. Osteen, District .Supervisor for Vocational Agriculture. . All F. V. A, members m the county are looking forward to the contest and hoping their, team will come home with first prize."1 The public is-L invited to come out and watch watch .the boys put Into practice. some of the things they learn in the classroom. The Agricultural Departments ap preciate the Interest the, Monroe Hardware' Company has taken in The Future Farmers of America orgaaniza tlon 'for this contest and for other contests planned for the future. Will Enfor ce Meat Labeling Public Urged To Watch For Markings When Making Purchases opa givkTnstructions Plans for the strict enforcement of new regulations requiring that graded labels be stamped at least every two inches along all primal cuts or dressed carcasses of beef, veal, lamb, and mut ton were being made yesterday, ac cording to Charlotte district OPA price control authorities. The drive will be aimed at eliminat ing what is known as the "Red Mar ket" which is the designation given the practice In many stores of up grading meat. -.The red market results In dealers collecting red ration stamps from customers for meats whioh actu ally are ration free. 1 Under the new grade labeling re quirements a customer need only glance at a cut of. meat to see what the grade is, and thus know whether it requires points. If the grade is O or D no ration points are required. Efforts win be made to impress on buyers that they should help to eli minate the selling of low grade meats for high grades. The markings on the meat should be compared with the OPA price chart posted in all stores. The maximum prices are graduated by grade. The AA grades of course, cost vmore than A, B or lower grades. By watching the grade markings and the price charts, customers may insure , themselves against paying too high prices for low grade meats. FEED AUBEBEY .. . .. Fred Auberry. age 68, was found dead at his home in Vance township Friday. Mr. Auberry lived alone and was last seen on Tuesday. ' Sherur Frank Niven and Coroner O. C. Jones were called and after- investigating tne circumstances surrounding his death were of the. opinion that he died, of natural causes and had perhaps been dead;since Tuesday.;::":i:.;.':: Funeral services were held at tne graveside in Bethel cemetery Sunday at noon, He la survived by one broth er, O. O. Auberry of the county; three sisters, Mrs. J. P. Turner, Mrs. Frank Erivette and Mrs. Belle Forbls all of the county. Pvi Mack C. Kiker, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Kiker of Rl, Indian Trail is at home on a 21-day furuough. He has been in the army six months and is stanonea in xexas. ae is Tuning his wife. and two sons, Johnny Mack and RonduU, of Midland, i He would like to hear from his friends. His address Is: Pvt. Mack C. Ktoer, ASN 34866943, Sec. A P A A F, Pecos Field, Texas. ' -i: " Ray Shute, lit, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ray shute, has enlisted in the Air Corps and left this morning for Fort Bragg to : begin his training. From there he will be sent to Keesler Field. Miss. ; ' -vv '-'W the TJ. & Army Medical corps. . . As the Germans were shoved back toward their Rhine defenses, the pa tients were evacuated to the east. Lt Belk and the remaining Ameslcans ar rived in a hospital at -Rouen. , - . . Following his Short stay In Rouen, the entire hospital was loaded aboard a narrow gauge European style train. Half the cars were loaded with wound ed, the other half carried ammunition. Traveling a circuitous route because endless Allied bombing missions bad wiped out thousands of track mllerf, the train rolled on to Lille. It reached Lille In two and a half days, safely emerging from strafing by an Ameri can plane although the car. ahead of Lieutenant Belk's was set afire during the mel!e. - The French hospital at LEle was the first genuine medical and surgtcan installation the lieutenant saw. Upon arrival, he was immediately given a hypodermic of penthathoL While sleeping under ' the drug's effect, he ras wheeled into the operating room. There, Ms right fot was amputated. Ey S-'ptrmber B, the rrl. h had sent Lieutenant T-.'.k to Ireland by fur. 1 a arr.vei 1;1 char tn, S. C vxvri the C'l'.f ' i It.'- r r li 1 a K-.t W tl.s i k Ci Draft Boards Gven WJers Uncle Sam Sends Instructions i Implementing "Produce Or Fight" Edict REPLACEMENTS NEEDED ' Selective Service, announcing a "much larger" proportion of older men will be inducted after February 1, has sent out instructions implementing the government's "produce or fight" edict. It ordered that registrants in the 36 through 37 age bracket whose job shifts are not in the .best Interests of the war effort should be put In 1-A and placed near the top of the list for Induction. Draft boards were directed that when these registrants are put in 1-A after - leaving essential jobs, they should be made available for service In the .same manner as registrants who leave agriculture.' This would make them available Immediately after volunteers and "de. linquents" those who violate draft regulations. In leaving to local boards determi nation as to which changes will aid in prosecution of the war, . the agency made it clear that in some eases a switch may be approved even though consent of the board was not obtained prior to a move. It also ruled that men who changed Jobs before December 13 are excluded from the new provision for clearance through local boards. The memorandum instructed boards to "give greater deferment considera tion to registrants 36 through 37 who are engaged In war production or in support of the war effort, than those engaged in activities not supporting immediate prosecution of the war." Implementing a directive of the Of fice of War Mobilization and Recon version, the revised regulations provide that registrants who are now in war industries "must stay on or run the risk of losing their occupational de ferment classification.'' The . memorandum said registrants of lesser skills In war plants "may be found more hnportant to the war ef fort than those of greater skills in other activities not in direct support of the war effort. While the primary aim or owmh Director James F. Byrnes' directive of last week-end is to curb labor turn' over In critical war programs, Selective Service., pointed up the need for re placements nor Hie armea services. . "Estimates of available men indicate that the Armed Forces' calls after February 1 cannot be filled substan tlally from ben aged 18 through 35. The larger number of American divi sions now actually engaged In com bat, the countinuing pressure against the enemy has increased the require ments for physically fit soldiers ana sailors. "For these reasons, lt win be neces sary to induct increasing numbers of men from the older age groups.'' Oocupatlonally deferred registrants who leave essential jobs will be put in 1-A unless: ' ' (1) Their local board rules a change "Is in the best Interest of the war effort." ' '- (3) The local board finds that there were adequate reasons . involving the registrant or his . Immediate family which Justified switching Jobs, RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY WINGATE CHURCH Rev. W. C Link, Jr., offered his resignation to Wlngate Baptist church on November S, 1944, to take effect on December 15, 1944, to ' accept the pastorate of the First Baptist church in Wytheville, Va. In stating his resignation, Mr. Link said that he definitely felt the Lord was leading him to make the change. It was due to this statement that the church re luctantly accepted the resignation. Mr. Link came to Wlngate as a graduate of the Southern Baptist The ological Seminary in May 1941, to ac cept his first full-time pastorate. In September 17, 1941, Mr. Link and Miss Virginia Deal of Charlotte were mar ried. Mrs. Link attended the W. M. TJ. Training School and came well pre pared to meet the demands of a pas tor's Wife.; a,- 7 ' A-r.'-'" :"1'-'.v " The church has moved forward in all phases of the work during their ministry. We feel that under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. Link, the church has made great spiritual prog ress. .Excellent meetings have been held, study courses promoted, dally va cation Bible schools conducted, and many other things that tend toward advancement in a Christian education program, i The effects of -these for ward movements will be feld for years to come. -The church has also made marked progress in a material way. A new parsonage has Been purcnasea and modernised. A complete water system has been' Installed and the church has been redecorated both In side and out. The church now has a modern equipped plant which can be uesd in a splendid way In the future. Mr. and Mrs. Link have- endeared themselves to the church and com munity and have efficiently met the demands upon them. They have been able to help in the development of a beautiful spirit of cooperation among the organizations of the community, and especially between the church, the high school, Wlngate Junior College, and other denominations. The seeds of love and good-will have been so em plan ted in Wlngate through their leadership, that ws are praying the seeds sown may continue to bear fruition throughout the years to come. As they go into their new field or ser vice, we pray that God's richest bless ings may be upon them and that His spirit may always lead them to do His wUL I!eectfui!y submitted, WTKGAT3 EAFTT-r CTrTT.CH (Com".i:u V.rs. 1 ..-,y L,.;'.man. Grace Vow, Ralph CaiiUiJ THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF - WESTERN FRONT First hajor German eomnteroffenslve since Normandy slashes across borders of Belgians ad Lnxemboarg at three points, Wnetrates four miles Into - American lines; heavy air activity reported ever new front; Seventh arm continues to drive Nazis back hit Siegfried Una, 33 miles from i Ludwigshafen and Mannnnm. PACIFIC FRONT American ground force on Mlndoro advance six mile past Can Jose, seise air fields; Armyand Navy flyers re . port 681 Nipponese planes downed over Mlndoro four days; Tanks en. Leyte atflank TamashlU line In bloodiest Philippine battles. EASTERN j FRONT Red army units advance to within 5K miles of Budapest;? Russians report no jchangea on Sbvakian drives aimed at Vienna, Germans elaim Red at- r stopped.' SOUTHERN FRONT New Zea- land. troops (capture Faenza, Po valley fortress 29 miles from Bo logna, ending; long siege; British ELAS warfare continues In Athens after British ' commander spurned peace proposals; RAF attacks County's Service j Commissioned Ensign In Navy Henry Clayton Curlee, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. . Henry C. Curlee, of Monroe, graduated recently from the Naval Air Training Bases, Corpus Chrtsti, and was commissioned an ensign in the TJ. S. Naval Reserve.. He reecived his preliminary flight instruc tion at Norman, Okla., naval air base. Each Naval Aviator is an expert flyer, navigator, aerologlst, gunner, and radio operator.' Naval Aviators, fly carrier-based or land-based planes In combat zones, or at Naval Air Stations at-home and anroaa. ; S 3-C Daniel Melvin Mullls left Tuesday to report to Balnbridge, Md., after spending a nine-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Mullls Of R3, Monroe. He Said he enjoyed being hack home very much. Receives Battle Decoration "WltK TheJ rses, -France-Lt. Col. John W. Dandridge of 303 East Jefferson street, Monroe, fighting in fTance since the first week o: the In vasion, is one of a group who have received the Bronze Star for excep tional heroism and service in combat. Presentation of the awards was made at an impressive ceremony by Major General Leland S. Hobbs, dlvl sion commander. Sgt Winchester In Eighth Combat Mission 15th AAF In Italy Sgt Charles- T. Winchester, Jr., 26, Monroe, radio- operator and gunner with a 15th AAF B-34 Liberator group comamnded by Col. Philip R. Hawes, Pearl River, N. Y., bas recently flown his eighth com bat mission over enemy territory, while participating in an attack on Munich, Austria. Winchester is a graduate of the Wesley Chapel high school, where he served as president of his senior class and captain of the basketball team. He ' worked as a lineman for the Southern Bell Tele and Tele Co., Greensboro, N. C, before entering the AAF November 4, 1941. He reoeived training for radio at Scott Field, HI., and gunnery school ing at Yuma, Ariz. . His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Winchester, live on Route 0, Monroe. Four Williams Brothers In Service Mr. and Mrs.' D. L. Williams of New London, N. C, . formerly of Union county have four sons serving In the armed forces: warrant Officer raicua E. Williams, serving in the South Pacific for over two years; Sgt Wil liam Heath has been In England 14 months; Pvt. Walter Nathan, stationed in Italy for nine months; and 8-Sgt. D. L. Williams. Jr., recently landed in England. Upon receiving the news of D. L.'s arrival in England, Heath immediately located him .through the Red Cross and they spent three en joyable days together, It was the first time the brothers had seen each other in i almost two years. U"It was the next thing to being home," said Heath. ' H. D. Purser, 8 3- returned to Nor folk, Va, after spending a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Purser of R3, Monroe. He also has two brothers overseas, Dalton and Boyce Purser. His parents are looking for ward to the first of 1945 when Dalton will return to the States. ? Second Lieut, Robert . 8. Houston, son of Mrs. R. 6. Houston of Monroe, has been graduated from the Hondo Afr Field base in Texas and received his sliver navigator's wings. . . , ; . ii ' n '. '! Pi'' j...-.'.- PFO Jack Lemmond, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Lemmond, has been trans ferred from Peublbo, Colo., to the fol lowing address: . ASN 35773363, 16th Bomb Grp. (VH), 17th Bomb Sqd. (VH) FAAB, " Geneva, Nebr. He re cently spent, a 10-dayt furlough at home. Also guests la the Lemmond home were Lt. A. F. Burgess .of the Royal Australian navy, and Mrs. Bur gess, who is the former Miss Frances Lemmond, ; - ,c ,,.,-' - 8-Srl Plyler Awarded Air Medal An Eighth Air Force Liberator Sta tion, England StaS Sergeant Fred E. Plyler, of Lancaster, S. C, gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber, has been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement' while participating In bon harOment missions over enemy territory. ' - . f rffant Plyler is a member of the Sard "Bombardment Croup, the oldest targets. Union Men Beloved Minister Passes REV. ROBERT High School To Fly "E" Flag School Sponsoring The Pur chase Of Landing Craft : In Drive SALES REACH $11,336.15 The E Flag, indicating 90 percent or about of students and teachers buying stamps or bonds regularly will fly over the Walter Blckett high school as soon as lt is awarded by the War Fi nance Committee. This privilege was won by the high school and Junior high on Thursday, when, for the third consecutive week 100 percent of the school personnel participated in buy ing. For one week the average was 95.5 percent. These two schools are sponsoring the purchase of a Landing Craft Per sonnel which costs $13,000, and with this week left In. which to reach the 13,000 goal, students confidently ex pect to place a dedicatory panel bearing their names on the L. C. V. P. B. Up to date, their sales amount to $11,336.15. Attributed to the high school also in bonds of a denomination which may not be used for sponsorship is $13,500. The other schools In the city system have bought in the Sixth War Loan Drive the following amounts: John D. Hodges school, Bonds, $4,031.35; stamps, $474.40; total, $4,495.65.. Win chester Avenue, Bonds, $1,03155; stamps, $63.40; total, $1,094.65. The total amount bought by all schools then is $39,436.45. Liberator . group in the . European Theatre of Operations. This veteran Eighth Air Force group has bombed the enemy from Oslo, Norway, to Ploestl, Rumania, and has completed over 370 missions over Germany and enemy occupied territory. The group is part of the 3nd Bombardment Di vision, Commanded by Major General William E- Kepner. Sergeant Plyler is , the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Plyler, Route 4, Mon roe. His wile resides in lAncaster. Seaman 1-C A. M. M. Clayton H. Deese recently a pent a 14-day leave with his mother Mrs. J. J. Boswell R3, Monroe. He received his boot-training at Balnbridge, Md and s pent six months at Norman, Okla, He has corn Dieted his course as an aviation ma chinist mate, and eight weeks training at Jacksonville, Fla, and is now in San Francisco for additional training. ' Pvt. Daniel T. Deese and Mrs. Deese of Baltimore, Md, spent part of his 10-day furlough with his mother, Mrs. J. J. BoswelL ' Pvt.- Deese has just completed 17 weeks of, basic training at Fort McClellan, Ala, and reported to Fort Meade, Md, December 13th for replacement. . 1 ' ' ' Reece Warren Deese Seaman ' 3-0 has finished his boot training at Baln bridge, Md, and ia home spending his nine-day leave -with his wife and baby at the home of his mother, Mrs. J. J. Boswell. j r ' . " Mrs. Joe A. Carpenter of Waxhaw has received word that her son, Dowd W. Laney 8 ' 1-c, V. S. N, has arrived safely overseas in the South Pacific Area. Seaman Laney has been In the Navy two and one halt years. Sgt C. T. Winchester, Jr, radioman on a B-34 Liberator with the 15th AAF In Italy has been promoted to Staff- Sergeant. Recently his group received a presidential citation. CpL Houston Winchester is now in the PhiUppires. He says the Filipinos were glad to see them land a-1 hi'? them. CpL Winchester is t-.e f x"'7 " '.,;'( "i J. McILWATNE FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR REV. R. J. McILWAINE Beloved Presbyterian Minister Suc cumbs Following Short Illness. Rev. Robert J. Mcllwalne, 84, highly esteemed and greatly beloved Presby terian minister,, died in a Charlotte hospital Friday afternoon at 6:15. He suffered a fractured hipln a fall at his home on Lancaster Avenue, Wednes day and was taken to a CbarTdtfe'hos' pltal where the Injury was treated but he failed to rally to treatment. Fu neral services - were held from the Banks Presbyterian church, near Mar vin, Sunday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Dr. W. H. Fraser, assisted by Rev. J. G. Garth of Charlotte; Rev. R. H. Stone, Executive Secretary of Home Missions for Mecklenburg presbytery and Rev. Robert Turner, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Monroe. Interment was In the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Elders and Deacons of Banks Presbyterian church. Honorary were: W. H. Belk, Rev. Q. N. Huneycutt, Dr. J. W. Ormand, Rupert Funderburk, Whlteford Blake ney, John Welsh, Sr., R. F. Beasley, Sr., Sidi Stewart, Parks Elliott, Capt W. A. .Lane, G. B. Caldwell, R. A. Morrow, W. A. Henderson, Henry Adams, James T. Griffith, Sr., and Charles Sell. Son of the late Dr. Willaim Mcll walne and Levicy Potts Mcllwalne, he was born March 16, 1860, at Waxhaw. He received his education at Hopewell high school and Union Theological seminary at Richmond, Va. Rev. Mr. MoHwaine was ordained by Mecklen burg Presbytery July 37, 1895, and his first pastorate was at Long Creek and Shiloh churches near Kings Mountain. In 1898 he went to Saint Andrews Bay, Florida, where he served three churches. . In 1903 he moved to Clio, Alabama, where he served the Clio and Pea River 'Churches for six years and resigned because of ill health. After two years m Montreat he came to Monroe In 1910 to take up the work of evangelist for Union county. From 1916 to 1933 he did mission work in the county with W. H. Belk and the late Dr. J. M. Belk. He established more than 30 churches and manses in the county during that time and was honorably retired In 1934.. He Is survived by his widow," the former Miss Delia Shields of Carthage whom he married In 1898; two sons, Dr. A. 8. Mcllwalne, professor of Eng lish at New York State Teachers Col lege, Albany, N. V, and Ersklne Mc llwalne of Monroe, and one grand child, Robert Shields Mcllwalne. Field Artlllerv ' and th aniul 1s knee deep finds It difficult to keep the vehicles moving. -r ft, -,. r ----P i I i :':?-':.-:;. PFC Roland Estrtdge son of Mr. and Mrs, George Estridge of Monroe RL has been transferred from the Air Corps to the Infantry. . His sew ad dress la PFC Roland Estrkige, 34674443 Co. .B, 16 Bn. 5th Regt, camp Gor don, Ga. , He would' like to hear from all his friends, . Capt James W. Powell, who Is with the U. 8. Army In Belgium, has re cently been promoted to Major. Mrs. Powell and lltle daughter are making their home in the city with her sister, Mrs. Kathryn Pearson. - , ' Pat Richardson, son of J. B. Rich ardson of Monroe, was promoted to the rank of S-gt on the first of De cember. . He la somewhere in England, serving in the V. S. Air Corps. l' i address may be obtained from I s father. He would be very glad to he ar from bis friends. Brice N. WlUlams has msdc I ' and has been transferred to i Va. lie was fta' -ntd at c.i"' " Iry, Va. If ary f "" "i n ! .'"'.:- is: B P V, I .... . : t. ua a c, Ea:r. a. i Nazis Launch BJOffensive Germans Take Initiative In Major. Offensive Catting Allied Lines ROLLING INTO BELGIUM The German Army relnvaded Bel gium and Luxembourg yesterday in its first major counter-offensive since Normandy, striking " along Its 1940 1 route of conquest after engulfing U. " S. First Army lines In an inferno of ' artillery fire and calling out Its long- bidden air force. A dispatch from the U. 8. Ninth Army front said that for the first time 1 since the Allies went ashore last June, -' the Germans had seised the Initiative. Striking with tanks and . Infantry, ' - ' the enemy drove an armored spear hear Into American lines south of Monschau, 16 . miles southeast of Aachen. (A blue network front broad- T ' cast said this attack was checked short of the Belgian border. ; ' , Another tank-led assault rolled Into 1 Belgium and to within 10 miles of the Belgian city of Malmedy, 32 miles south af ' Aachen. American posl- , tkrns near Honsfeld, two miles Inside Belgium, were overrun.' Terrific air battles raged overhead, ., and by nightfall 110 German planet . had been shot down at a cost of 85 -U. S. fighters. ... ' , (The minimum penetration of the v American lines appeared to be abuot four miles, although the absence of information on the exact American positions in the long-quiet sector at , ' the time the counteroffensive started -makes it difficult to determine the j - ' precise depth of the dent) - ' Smaller attacks were mounted all along an 80-mlle front from Duren v' south to the area of the German for tress city of Trier in what looked like '" -a grand attempt to ease the tremen dous, pressure of the United States First and Ninth Armies on the Roer river line before Cologne and the . Rhine. ' . . .... v-v-v '- :' 'y'J--- A (CBS Correspondent Richard O. ( Hottelet said in a broadcast from the front that the Germans were attack- ' ing with a number of divisions, and scores of parachute troops had been : t dorpped behind American lines on a 50-mile fronts These were being mop ped up quickly, he taid).v- , Two hundred miles to the southeast, the pnited States Seventh Army, drtv-' lages, as' much as. two miles deep Ins -the Reich, on a . 14-mile front and were eight miles west of the. Baden province capital of Karlsruhe. " ' The enemy quit the villages to clear the approaches to the Siegfried Una for the battle of the Palatinate, but his withdrawal ' put " American van- . , guards within 33 miles of the arsenal cities of Ludwigshafen and Mann-: ' ' . helm on the Rhine. : - The United States Third Army on the Seventh's west flank scored a bril 11 ant victory In the western Saar , . basin by smashing the primary Sleg- - -fried line defenses at Dillingen. ' - 1 5oiHet jtroops drive on toward budapest The Red Army advanced within 5V4 miles of besieged Budapest yesterday, and reached the Slovak border at a new point 73 miles northeast of the Hungarian capital in a rapid but me thodical slashing apart of the remain ing small German holdings east and : northeast of the Danube river..' ... The thrust to Slovakia with capture . of the town of Susa represented a gain of 15 miles from previously-reported Soviet positions in that area north west of Miskolc. En Route, the Rus sians seized the big rail town pf Put nok, eight miles east of Susa, said the Soviet communique. . 1 A supplemental - communique this -morning said more than 600 of the enemy , were slaughtered at Putnok and eight German tanks . and self- -propelled guns were knocked out Hundreds of the enemy - also ' were slain in bloody fighting that resulted in capture of Tot, 5tt miles northeast of Budapest - and Mogyorod, eight miles from Budapest, the Russians an nounced. This was the first official word on the great battle for the Hun garian capital since Wednesday. Other Red army units took the big town and railway station of Paso, 37 miles northeast of Budapest and Kls barkany, six miles north of Paszto, in a drive north from the Hatvan area, while others fanning out ' northwest and northeast of Miskolc capture! more than 40 communities." These Included the rail and road center of Putnok, 80 miles northeast of Budapest and only four miles from the Slovak border, "j -. . . . The advances in the Budapest area were .the first announced by the F ts slans since wt Wednesday when t 't y reported the' capture of Klsalaj, t miles northwest of Fot, In the C 9 through the thick defense zone no: . i east of the capital. v Moscow has not verified this c -tion, possibly being carr!ed o ; ! -units of General Ivan Petrov's 1 Ukranlan army, which also Is westward toward the C!vak i point of Presov, 17 n.ties t Kavsa. The .' - Rodion y. ; nian army ti . is piL"'r. t rex . . ) "f " 1 u. r.
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Dec. 18, 1944, edition 1
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