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iiiiiiia WEATHER FORECAST : Partly' cloudy and slightly warm r tviav followed W partly Cloudy V Cotton, short, lb ,. , 31e to tttta Cotton, long, lb .. ... ,, 380 to 33o Cotton Seed, bushel ,., ... .. .. 750 JEggk, dosen . ...,48c to 50o Corn, bu., White, $1.46; Yellow 3133 "1 and ool tonight; , Friday mostly cloudy and cool. : Sunset today,, 6:30; sunrise Fri day, 8:30." ' -A .':'" . - PUBUSHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS wneav WT'. .. .. .. SL60 yv, " I . . SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR . - it MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1944 9-MONTHS, 75c; 6-MONTHS, fl.25 SEMI-WEEKLY, $2.00 A .?"V ' ''''' ' Jlj DrMltMeat For , Civilians ... ... .... Will Govern Amount Ut ' N Supply .; AS 1945 DRAWS NEAR ,' Meat supplies for 128 "million Ameri n civilians next sear will be gov erned by the-date of victory In Eu rope. Analyzing the prospects for 1943 on the basis of government estimates, the American Meat Institute yesterday predicted 133 pounds of meat will oe Available, per civilian If the Germans jult early to the year. ,,,, ; . -. If , the European war la continued through most of ; 1945, ' civilian per apltal consumption or mea win do limited to 133 pounds. Per capital consumption In 1944 was 143 pounds. Despite, the prospects for reduction of total meat supplies, the institute -declared that more beef will be avail able next year when civilians are ex pected to get 60 pounds compared with 1 pounds In 1944. . The greatest reduction will be to Amounts of pork available. The civi lian supply probably will be M pounds per person compared with 74 pounds -this year. ; -. Per capita consumption of veal will average about 11 pounds, one pound less than eaten this year, and there'll toe about .two-thirds of a pound less lamb available. About 22,750,000,000 pounds of meat -will be produced next year, two bil lion pounds less than the 1944 out- To Insure supplies as large as those predicted, there must be normal grow ing conditions for grain and forage crops. Poor weather for feed crops next spring and summer would reduoe the amount of meat grown on farms. A 1944 fall 'pig crop much smaller -than that of the fall of 1943 la respon sible for the anticipated reduction. An 18 per cent cut to the 1944 fall crop was recommended because of a shortage of feed. Instead, the number -was reduced about 38 per cent and Irom that crop must come the hogs that will be slaughtered next summer. NEWS AND EVENTS OF WEEK FROM WINGATE XL M. Lilly's Residence Destroyed By Fire; Persnal Mention, (By Mrs. B. E. Bivens) , James Herbert . Thomas, who Is In the U. 8. N and has served- overseas ior two years In the Pacific la home on leave with his parents,' Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Thomas. , Joe Brower, cadet at Annapolis, Md., visited his parents during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Blvens spent the Tula holidays with Mrs. Blvens moth er, Mrs. Mattle J. Edens and Hazel Edens to Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Blvens also visited Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pinnyatello to Goldsboro. "Mr. and Mrs. Harold Benton of Wil mington spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Thomas and family. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Thayer of High Point, visited Mr. and. Mrs. W. L. ThayeT during the Tula season. The home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ully burned last Wednesday night about 3:30 o'clock. Nothing was saved and Mrs. Ully barely escaped from the fames. Mr. and Mrs. Ully are occu pying the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stokes until they can make further arrangements. The house that was destroyed by fire Is better known as the Bill Chaney house and was situ ated on U. 8. Highway 74 to Win gate, v " The following children of Mrs. J. B. Griffin visited her during the holi days: Miss Mildred. Griffin and 'Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thornburg of Dallas; llr. and Mrs. Tom Griffin and children of Marshvllle, and Woodrow Griffin of Akron; Ohio. Miss. Frances Perry of A.i 8 T. C Boone, and Thomas Perry of "Akron, Ohio,, visited their aunt. Miss Fronnle Berry, during the holidays. . Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hahn and children, of Mt. Pleasant, spent Christ mas Day , wlth Mrs. O. M, Blvens and family. -:$w-,4 -f " .... l A eon. Auoicy oeuiwn mm uiuuku v Urmnmrn muni thn halMaw with Mr. and Mrs.' O. O. Smith and family. . ; mt. ana jars, marenoe omu . m children of Anderson, 8.; o, visnea -w. ani urw. it. HAinw. mn-inir uib Aouaaya. - .., to ; lAHh nit n MAMn-ta If, 1 ,M UH John A. Blvens Christmas. -. . Miss Am peris Key of Wlngate Jr. College, spent Christmas In Cuba with .Mr. and Mrs. J. v o." Carrol and daughter, "Margaret, of Wake Forrest, yMr. and Mrs. B. T. Tyner of Raleigh, ana. sar. ana aui. w- o. otuyoa -' ntn 1 . . V a. tw mas holidays with Mrs. J. W. Blvens and family. " ; ; have recently Joined the Merchant Marines, spent Christmas with, their parents. .s 'r ; v . , Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Maye, Jr, and Misses Edith and Jewel Maye of ; Charlotte, spent the holidays with Mr. nd JTvm "nxjarA Utav ' air. ana mts.. wayne jjaitue, 01 Oalax. Va are visiting Mr. and Mrs. :. Mr. and Mrs. Robert u. Chaney of 'Wilmington, . have- returned to their borne after spending the holidays here. . . Ram R. Oaddv aivd daughter. Eula . Boss, spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bo wen " and daughter of Wilmington, visited Mr. and Mrs. I W. Chaney and family during the holidays. 1 r. and I' s. Karry W. Chaney of r,a, -Tiore, have been spending ythe ho'.ldavs n'.:h Mr, and Urs, Lee Chany and iamUy. - Pacific Veteran ' ' , lir t - 11 i i II i r II i ii i i COEPOBAL J, D. HELM8 LOCAL LEATHERNECK RETURNS FROM PACIHC Beoovering From Wevnds Beoetred )nly 28; Enlisted In 1943. A Jap who ran by a foxhole on Tlnlan Marianas Islands, and kicked dirt to the face of Marine Corpora) J. D. Helms, 30, of R3, Monroe, ap parently without seeing the Tar Heel Leatherneck' udnt last very long.- "It was nighttime and dark as It could be," said Corporal Helms. "We were to our foxholes with orders to shoot anything that was stirring out In the open. 'Suddenly I heard a noise caused apparently by a person running toward where I was, Before I could fire some dirt hit me. to the eyes and I was half blinded. About the same time I heard a shot from a nearby foxhole. There was the sound of .a falling body. My buddy, who was hurt pret ty badly a little later on, had got the Jap."- Wounded last July 38 by two bullets that hit him to the right leg as he was relaxing'' in a foxhole, neims was recently returned to San Leandro, Calif, for treatment. Also a veteran of the bitter fighting for nearby Salpan Island, the North Carolinian described that battle ; as very tough." "From the time we landed there on D-Day until organ alzed Jap resistance ended 25 days later we bad a hot time," be added. "Those Japs cer tainly fought lige cornered wild cats, with none asking for quarter and doggone few getting it." Corporal Helms, who enlisted to September, 1942, and who was over seas for 11 months, is also a veteran of the Marshall fighting. A son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Helms of the Monroe address, Corporal Helms was employed by the Charlotte Pipe Foundry Co., Charlotte, N. C, before entering the service. Slash Output In Auto Tires Sharp Reduction Ordered For First Quarter To Meet War Demands BACKLOG OF 750,000 A sharo reduction has been ordered to the output of passenger car tires to the first quarter of 1946 to an effort to increase production for the armed forces. . . . . James F. Clark, director of the War Production board's Rubber bureau has announced that about five million pas senger car tires will be produced to the first quarter, a slash of approxi mately 1,650,000 from present produc tion levels. t?t-J.- Clark said the action made it "very apparent'' that "A" card holders must get along i with their, present castogs "for a good part -of 194B." ; ; - The reduction Is even more drastic In the light of previously scheduled increases for the first quarter. About eight million passenger . tires have been produced in the first three months of , next year under : the old schedules.... ',"';(...''' Clark said diversion of manpower and conversion of facilities from pro duction of passenger oar tires to mili tary types was necessary to view of heavy r requirements . by . : the armed farces. -, r; -.- ' -r''? '-r-: -; i ' He estimated today's action would make possible expanded production: of military tires; to addition to output already scheduled, at a quarterly rate of 350,000 to the critical A-flve classi fication, and make it possible to elim inate an existing deficit. These tires are used on medium sized army trucks. ' W. J. Sears, assistant director of the Rubber bureau, said he believed the reduced production level would be suf ficient to keep essential ears run ning." , " ,' '. '- ', In December, two million passenger car, tires were released for rationing, an Increase of 150,000 from November. As of December I, a backlog of 750.000 approved applications remained un filled but this is expected ' to be re duced to about 350,000 by January 1. ' Clark said "B". and "C motorists cannot expect to receive aa many new tires as had been expected, and urged them to conserve their existing tires to every way, possible. : The reduction to passenger car tires will be brought about through alloc tion of cotton tire cord and fabrto, Derviously unallocated. - Clark said a .sufficient supply, of rayon tire cord will not be available In the first quarter for the production of military types of tires, making It necessary to subxiltute cotton cord to some of the smaller truck sizes. 0PA Outlines Point Values Housewives Told To Destroy Stamps; New Ones Are Announced CANCEL SUGAR STAMPS A tightening of belts for millions of Americans was decreed Tuesday by OP A officials when instructions went out Invalidating five sugar stamps, re turning point values to a number of canned vegetables; cancellation of ao number of red and blue stamps and the boosting of point values on butter to 34 points. Housewives were asked by the OPA to destroy all food ration stamps that became Invalid Tuesday. The request was made in order to prevent voided stamps from being used to food purchases either through ac cident or design, to violation of OPA rules. OPA assured housewives that red ration tokens will continue good for meats, fats, cheese and butter. Gro cers will continue to give them as change for red 10-point stamps. The use of blue ration tokens now Is ban ned, having been discontinued to Oc tober when OPA began listing pro cessed food point values to multiples of ten. To clear up another point not brought out to earlier announcements, OPA said that changed point values for canned fruits do not go Into effect until 12:01 a. m. next Sunday, al though the new values for processed vegetables became effective Tuesday and butter was advanced from 20 to 24 points a pound. , The ration stamps invalidated as of 13:01 Tuesday, and which OPA asks that you destroy ade: red stamps A8 through Z8 and A5 through PS; blue stamps A8 through Z8 and AS through W5; sugar stamps 30, 31, 33, 33, and 40 along with all home canning coupons outstanding. Stamps continuing to be good and those soon to be made good are: red stamps Z', RS, and 85 which became valid December 3. Red stamps TB, U5. VS. W5 and X5 will become eood on Sunday, December 31. Blue stamps XB, Y5, Z', A3 and B3. In addition, blue stamps C3, D3, B3, F3 and 03 will become good on January 1. Sugar stamp No. 34; another sugar stamp will become good on February 1. It was stated that A-14 sasoltoe coupons which became valid December 33, will remain good for four gallons each' through March 31. Cltlne the record of the Office of Price Administration since it -was founded Jthree years ago, District OPA Director LW. Driscoll urged all resi dents of this district to include re newed 'observance of rationing and price control regulations on their list of New Tear resolutions. Rationing has meant fair distribu tion and continued supply of scarce commodities to essential users, he pointed out and price control has re sulted to the cost,, of living price line being held on essential Items. The record, the OPA director said, Is out standing in comparison with shortages and high prices of the last war, espe cially in considering that America has now been at war twice as long as to World War Black markets and gradual relaxa tion of virilanoe of the nubile have been the greatest handicaps to OPA's program, Mr. Driscoll said. With the beginning of the new year another year . of war Americans ane . being called upon to get into the fight against breakdown -of civilian - price control and rationing structures.- MONROE SCHOOLS SELL $37,953.20 WAR BONDS Fund Win Be Used To- Boy Two Landing Craft For Navy. With the close of the sale of bonds and stamps to the city schools for the Sixth War Loan Drive on Friday, De cember 33, the goal of two ucwa was reached. Bonds and stamps to the total amount of $37,935.20 were bought to the city schools. One of the lnwing craft for personnel will bear a dedicatory plaque with the' names ) of Walter ' Blckett high school and Monroe Junior High School, . while the other will bear the name of the Monroe city schools. ,'. ' For five consecutive weeks the high school and the Junior high have aver aged 88.4 percent of all students and faculty buying stamps or bonds, and for': this stanading - have - won ' the Treasury Citation. This citation bear ing a picture . of the Minute Man. reads: .This award is made to the members-. of t Walter Blckett 'high school and the Monroe : Junior high school . over 90 percent of whom are buying U. a. War Bonds through a systematic purchase plan." The award is signed, "Henry Morgenthau, Jr, Secretary ; of .. the ; Treasury." 1 ' Of this Treasury Citation, Allison James Executive Manager of tho War Finance Committee of. North Carolina writes Miss Annie Lee, Principal of Walter Blckett high school, "We are very pleased to enclose our Treasury Citation, . recognising your schools' outstanding accomplishment. - Tour averages are certainly excellent." .. ' Bo long as an average of 80 percent of school personnel , buying stamps weekly is maintained the school-at-war flag will be flown. Students are determined that it win take its place with Old Glory and toe Red cross flag as a permanent fixture.; i ' ' '' ' 1 Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hsxgette of In dian Trail; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Doug las, Sr of Chesterfield, 8. C; Mr. and Mrs. MW:1 J. Douglas, Jr, of Morris Field, Charlotte, and Seaman and Mrs. John B Oaddy, Jr,- and children visited Mr. and Mrs.: SSunyan Oaddy. of Wlngate, during the" holidays. : . .M i r,-.t; or' l Government calls for 6,000 machine tools lor war production. THE LATEST WAR NEWS '.. IN BRIEF WESTERN s FEONT Counterattacking- C. 8. troop and armor drive . deep wedge into Germans' ..Belgian salient In past 34 hoars; Germans repartee! on defensive on northern flank 'of 50-mile deep salient; Held dispatch declares Von Rundstedt "has -lost the initia tive," in gamble to smash through Americans frant " PACIFIC FRONT Mae Arthur says V. S. planes and P-T boats repulse Japanese naval force which shells TJ. 8. positions on Mlndoro Island; three . enemy destroyers sunk and hlU scored on battleship and heavy cruiser; U. S. IJberators again bomb Clark Field, Manila, and B-39s attack Tokyo for fifth time In five weeks. EASTERN FRONT Russian troops smash across Danube north of Budapest and split German -Hungarian - force defending eity, Moscow announced; large Soviet forees strike swiftly toward Vien- SOUTHERN FRONT Churchill meets second day with rival fac tlona in Athens without reaching agreement; British' troops and ELAS militia continue skirmishes in Athena. Union County's Men In Service CpL Brooks Thomas Cited With The Fifth Army, Italy Cor-j poral Brooks F. Thomas, son of Mrs. Daisy Thomas, Rl, Wlngate, has been cited by the 11th Armored Infantry Battalion of the First Armored Divi sion and awarded the Combat Infan tryman Badge for actual participation in combat against the enemy with Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark's army to Italy. Rtandanln for the hftdire are hleh. The decoration is awarded to the In fantry - soldier who1 has proved his fighting ability to combat. The handsome badge consists of a silver rifle set against a background of Infantry blue, enclosed to a silver wreath. Pvt. Roy L. Mills of Camp Croft, S. C, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brice Mills, recently spent a , ten-days furlough with his wife and two children Edward and Barbara, and relatives. He report ed to Fort Meade, Md.,-on December I9th. He also has a brother to France. PFC Helms Awarded Medal Somewhere In The Southwest Pa cific "For excellent performance of duty over a period of time," Pfc James H. Helms, Wlngate, son of Randolph Helms, has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal. Overseas 10 months, Helms Is with front line troops which fought at Guadalcanal, with other units of the America! (spelling correct) Division In the first army offensive against tne Axis on any front, continuing to ac tion until the Japs surrendered the island In February, 1043. Again on Bougainville the regiment distinguish ed itself to the bloody battle for Hill 260. Helms holds the Combat Infantry man Badge for his performance of duty to action against the Japanese on Bougainville. Lt. Samuel E. Belk, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Belk Bonroe, Rl, who was seriously wounded to France on August 10th has returned to the States and Is now a patient to the Thomas M. Enland general hospital, Atlantic City, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Pink Crook of R4, Monroe, have three sons serving in the armed forces. Sgt. Ray w. croox and Pvt. Robert Ney Crook are now In the overseas service. Another son, Pvt. Mtrshall Crook is now enroute to an overseas destination. Ney is with a hospital outfit, stationed In France and Ray is with an Ordnance detachment, also in Prance. Vncterti TCwkrnt.t. D! JhnM. RT1T1 of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb F! Jones. 507 Talleyrand Ave., Monroe, has completed a refresh er course at the Hutchinson Naval Air SUtton, Hutchinson,, Kansas, and is now qualified as a co-pilot of a Navy PB4T Patrol Bomber. Ensign Jones will now Join a' squadron which soon will go into comDat. rirj -Marvin n Williams, who has been overseas three years, landed m Charleston, 8. C December 24th, He m nnm in tha Rturtr General Hosnital. recovering from injuries - received to an accident in France octooer stn. (Art ThMM r Rallentine has been transferred from Camp Shelby, Miss, to Fort Benning, Qa. ;. Ha is the son of W. T. BaUentlne, who has three other sons to the aervica. ; v : PTO Brioe N. Williams of the P. W. Branch Camp, Suffolf , Va, spent three days during the Christmas holidays with bis wife. ' ' . '.CpL .Max Chaney Promoted i CpL Max W. Chaney., who Is sta tioned at Salinas Army Air Base, Calif, has been promoted from the rank of corporal to the rank of ser geant. His duties in the Air Corps are the operation of a, radio ground station for the Fighter Control Sys tem. Night fighters are trained at the base. His address to California is: 8et. Max W. Chaney, ASN 3459085, Sqd. A. Salinas, Calif. He will be glad to hear from any of his friends of union county. : - , - 1 : , ' Pvt. James W. .Helms, soniof Mr. and Mm Leonard-i H&mi, arrived from CatcD ' Cooke, Caltl.: Sunday to spend a -21-day furlough-1 with his family. - Mr., and. Mrs. Helms also have another son r in service, 8 3-C Richard C. Helms, who will arrive Says U. S. Navy Has The Edge Navy Secretary Reports Japs Not Winning In The Philippines ADMITS "STOP LOSSES The United States has succeeded to the second phase of the naval cam paign for the Phllipipnes the battle with enemy land-based aircraft, Secre tary of the Navy Forrestal said yes terday. Reviewing the recent months of the Pacific war in a statement Forrestal said this second phase opened with the crushing defeat of Japanese naval forces late in October. "Having driven the Japanese fleet from the Philippine area," he said, "the United States Navy In the phases of the campaign since October 25 has been pitted, not against enemy naval forces primarily, but against enemy land-based air forces. We have suc ceeded In this latter phase of the naval campaign for the Philippines just as .we succeeded In the second battle for the Philippine sea." Forrestal acknowledged that Ameri can forces have suffered damage not yet reported in detail, to this second phase but lt was not sufficient to dis rupt plans for continued heavy offen sives. "A concrete demonstration" that lt is not, he added, is the fall of Layte and the American landings on Mln doro. Announcement of the damage has not been made, Forrestal explained, because "we do not wish the Japanese to know what ships they have hit, nor to what extent vessels have been in jured, nor how soon they may be back In action." "He described Japanese claims as "fantastic," and made to fish for In formation. The Navy secretary denied specifi cally what he said were rumors that the Navy had not announced all losses to last October's sea and air battling when the Japanese fleet, thrusting into the Philippines In three prongs, was "beaten, routed and brok en." About 60 Japanese naval vessels were sunk In that fighting while an nounced American losses were a light aircraft carrier, two escort carriers, two destroyers, a destroyer escore and "some lesser ships." "All vessels lost in that battle have been announced," Forrestal. said. "All planes lost In' combat during that bat tle have been announced." He summed up: "In spite of all the Japanese have been able, to do, both with their navy and with their land-based aircraft, we and not they are winning the cam paign for the Philippines. We now dominate the waters around those is lands and the air over them." Wingate College Receives $10,000 From Efird Bros. Officials of Wingate Junior Col lege today received a gift of $10, 000 from the four Efird brothers of Eflrd's stores for the erec tion of a Library Bonding on the campus of the institution at Wln gate which is to be a memorial to their parents, the late Mr. and Mra. John E. Efird. The check was presented to coUege officials by J. B. Efird of Charlotte In a meeting held at Hotel Monroe this morning1. Those present were J. B. Efird, Dr. and Mrs. Luther Little and daughter of Charlotte, C. C. Burrls, Presi dent of the college, H. K. Helms, Chairman of the Board of Trus tees, Rev. Jack T. Akin, pastor of the First Baptist church of Mon roe and R. F. Beasley, also a mem ber of the Board. Donors include the four Efird brothers, and are: 3. B, Paul, 3. W. and E. L. .They are the owners of Eflrd's stores, known throughout the Carolina and the South. For many years they have been interested in Wingate Junior college, having at various times made considerable donations to the Institution, which they attend ed as young men. Methodist Circles The circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of Central Meth odist church will meet Monday after noon at 3:30 at the following places: Circle No. 1 with Mrs. Emmett Gul- ledge on West Franklin street, : with Mrs. Hazel Belk a co-hostess. Circle No. 3 is postponed until Mon day, -January 7th.- ; Circle No. 1 with Mrs. ward .Broom on Griffith road. ? -.j;-iv- Circle No. 4 with Mrs. t. . An derson on Charles street ;c i t : ' I Circle No. 5 with Mrs. Lawrence Presson on Washington street. The Wesleyan . Service Guild :- will give a "New Year Belle" supper on January the 4th ia Phifer BsJL - ; Mr. and Mrs. Dock Williams and baby, Birby Ann, of Charleston, a O, returned home today , after spending the holidays here witn Mrs. wuuams mother. Mrs. : Klrby Helms. : MM Helms also had as her guests this week Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Griffin ez Concord. " Mrs. Griffin Is Mrs. Helms', daughter. .-.''J-.yry'j w-.:.v.. from Batobrtdge, Md tonight. Sea man Helms has been confined to a hospital since completing his "boot training" three weeks ago. " '.. Warren ConnelL who Is scrying with the TJ. 8. Army to England, has re cently -; been promoted , to staflV ser geant, jtgmuaa fan vsjivhruto . ; ( Pi'-'-fv "-.f';.T'; .-O .3' ffikt, - Pvt. Edgar Ci Whitaker left Monday night for Fort Ord, Calif, after spend ing nine days with his paretns, Mr. and Mrs. U BV Whitaker on Park Drive. . - Fiineral Held ;,iS:;ia'':ir.X N j -i,H I MICHAEL C. LONG Funeral services for M. C. Long, age 86, one of Monroe's oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, were held from the First Baptist church Friday afternoon at 3 o. clock, con ducted by the pastor, Rev. Jack T Akin, assisted by Rev. F. B. Drane, Rector of St. .Paul's Episcopal church. Interment was In the Monroe ceme tery. Mr. Long died at his home, 400 E. Windsor Avenue, Wednesday after noon, December 20th, after an illness extending over a period of several months. City Observes Quiet Holiday Around Every Hearthstone Were Solicitous Friends Of Men In Service FOURTH WARTIME YULE Except for children with faces too young to carry war-anxious creases the people of Monroe and the sur rounding area observed Christmas without the Jubilance which character ized Its celebration before the United States became Involved In the world wide hostilities. L- In the mto, -three-pnrposes "were dominant. Determination that the war with its grimness of visage and its recurrence of perils should not prevent youngsters from experiencing the wide-eyed wonder and the ex cited delight inherent In Inspection of the pack of Santa Claus was re flected everywhere. Around every hearthstone were soli cltlous parents and other kin of men and women in the armed forces, in cluding a vast number in hazardous service overseas, and these home fire tenders had striven mightily to provide Christmas cheer for the heroi cally absent. At the same time the prayers of the back-at-home contin gent were fervently lifted for the well being of their warriors abroad and in this country. The other resolution also translated Into reality of accomplishment, had as its center the welfare of less fortunate persons. A number of individuals and churches of the city effectively exert ed themselves to furnish holiday cheer for people In necessitous circum stances. Many Instances of such gen eeroslty occurred and the benefactors faces 1 were wreathed In smiles hardly less expansive than those which made luminous the countenances of the re cipients. Marking the fourth consecutive war time Christmas in Monroe and this area, the observance was vested with increasingly deep spiritual meaning. More people perceived something of the majestic and soul-stirring signifi cance of the date as the highly bis torts anniversary of the birth of Christ. In families where bereave ment had struck, through casualties of war and otherwise, since the last pre ceding Christmas, the availability of divine resources with which adequately to meet these exactions was sought with far more than usual earnestness. Christmas bonuses provided by a number of firms brightened the faces of many workers. In the main Christmas Day was a veritable as well as a traditional holi day to this section, and in most in stances the off-duty period, which for. practical purposes Included Sun day did not end until Wednesday morning. : . " ';';:-.":- .So v",--'. . I City schools, which began the holi day period last Friday, December 23, will reopen Monday morning, January L enabling pupils to make their New Tear resolutions and class schedules simultaneously. In the county schools the- holiday period also began last Friday and they will resume regular work Monday morning. - , Christmas Party " Miss Klrby Helms delightfully en tertained the young people at North Monroe Library last Tuesday: after noon, December 18th. old Santa Claus was on hand, much to the en joyment of the young folk. The li brary was decorated in red, white and blue. Rev. Jack Akin pastor of First Baptist church was present and gave the children a talk on the Christ Child. The dhldren sang carols and played some games. 150 bags of fruit were distributed among thee hildren which was furnished by the Mnnetta and Monroe mills. Mrs. Helms was assisted by Mrs. Ed Elmore, Mrs. Lil lian. Smith, Mrs. Henry Crump and Mra. Ramsey Helms. ,o Mrs. Clauds' Helms of Bnton Heights has returned from I-nncas'-r, 8. O, where she was ca..( 1 c . t-- t t illness ' of - her mother I s. !:. D Thompson, who is ti-:ie I f. -fling sn attack of pneinc. .j Yanks Open Up On Nazi Lines Make Furious Comeback As Germans Fail To Reach ; , Objective ENEMY DRIVE HALTED American troops to a tremendous - - comeback offensive against both sides of the German salient In Belgium have narrowed the neck of the enemy position to less than 20 miles In width and relieved the gallant beleaguered garrison of Bastogne, lt was dis closed late last night to a flurrv ot Allied and enemy announcements.1 Apparently getting into high gear , for the -first time since the daring oounteroffensive saught them by sur prise December 16, the infuriated Americans had robbed the enemy of the initiative and gained as much as -five miles in a dav. these disnatchKa indicated. These were the high spots: Supreme headuuartera in Paris con firmed Brussels and Luxembourg ra dio flashes that the American garrison, of the Belgian town of Bastogne which' had been encircled and under attack since December 20, had been relieved ana ue siege raised. - American tanks, which were five miles south of Bastogne 24 hours pre viously, burst deep Into the German. bulge and linked up with the besieged force which bad spurned German de mands for surrender and had knocked out 37 enemy, tanks fn its week of isolated cattle. A dispatch from su preme headquarters said the relieving forces, were of considerable size. The Allied-controlled Luxembounr radio said the base of the German corridor had been narrowed to leas than 20 miles, and this was almost exactly the mileage from Bastogne northward to last reported Allied po sitions on the northern side neat Llemeux. ' Premier Hubert Pierlot told the Bel gian parliament that he had word' , from -"the highest . Allied authority ' " . that the situation at the front is well In hand" and "there is no reason for anxiety." He did not name his source,., but on such a military matter "the highest Allied authority" could only be the High Command." -The German radio, which all da: had been taking a less cheerful view of the situation, finally announced that Allied troops were striking vio-' dently both or the northern., and,,. southern flanks ot Field "Marshal Karl ' Gerd von Rundstedt's salient and.: conceded that German troops In soma frontier sectors of the Duchy of Lux-,- -embourg had withdrawn to the Sieg fried line. The Germans contended that "prac tically the whole Third American army" was counterattacking to the south and admitted this was intended to "corner German divisions between : the Salm and Ourthe rivers." - In the north, the Germans said that ' a crack British division had Joined with an American division from the Aachen front to "particularly grim " counterattacks" on the' German right flank. A late night field dispatch told of - continued clear weather that gave , American planes and artillery full ' scope against the German lines in both Belgium and Luxembourg, with -the 19th Tactical Air command alono reporting at least 34 enemy tanks and' 116 motor vehicles destroyed. , ' American artillery, aided' by excel- , lent observation, was extremely active and completely outweighed the Ger man gunfire, said this dispatch from Associated Press Correspondent Lewis Hawkins. He said the Germans, who -' took St. Hubert, 15 miles due west . of Bostogne, were seen mining roads, . ' blowing bridges and setting- up road a blocks. This is a usual defensive ac tion, hot the tactics of an army that ' expects to continue advancing. , Another front dispatch during the -night said the American doughboys i and tanks had given the Nazi marshal his "first serious setback1 since the n German drive began and that a smashing American counterblow was t . in progress at points Which could not j . be specified. . . : ) DRAFT BOARDS ISSUE ; WARNING TO FARMERS Mast Have Farms Tabulated At The Expiration' Of Deferments. The Local Draft Boards of Union county are calling the attention of all farmers who are to Class II-C to the , regulations requiring a reclassification at the end of the deferment period, which cannot be for a longer period than six months from the data on too classification card. - . A large number of TJhkm -county farmers have let the period of defer ment expire without going to the U. S. D. A. war Board tor a new tabulation of their farms or to any other way furnishing the Draft Boards with information to show that they are are entitled to a further defer ment. Registrants who neglect to do this need not be surprised when they get a I-A classification card. Attention is also called to that part of the regulations which reads: "V. nei a registrant to n-C leaves an agri cultural occupation or endeavor ?s sential to the war effort, he ah el rs reclassified In Class I-A, l-A-O, r - Class rv-E, unless, before leavlr? f i agricultural occupation or e: he requests a determ.lna' determination is rnaJe t the best interest c( t ? him to leave such t pation or endeavor l. r c t it itr. a-.i I.:.-. Vislf1 J.'r. or! Of V.'ii: .'8 I r-- T ' -
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Dec. 28, 1944, edition 1
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