Be Sure and Attend the Grand Roosevelt Ball Friday, January 29th ~ Help Some Poor Boy or Girl to Walk! Lincoln County’s Favorite Family Newspaper $2.00 PER YEAR Lincoln County Red Cross Chapter Asked To Raise SII,OOO War Fund Engineer Strikes Oil And Mineral Bed In Cleveland County Back From War Area lii? ' Hi,. ROOSEVELT RETURNS FROM CONFERENCE WITH CHURCHILL Vizit* American Troops in the Field—Trip to Morroco Is Made By Airplane Casablanca, French Morocco, Jan. 28. —President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, in the most unpre cedented and momentous meeting of the century, have reached "complete agreement” on war plans for 1943 designed to bring about the “uncon ditional surrender” of Germany, Italy, and Japan, it was disclosed to day. Defying every tradition, the Presi dent of the United States flew acoss 5,000 miles of the Atlantic ocean, for a 10-day meeting with Winston Churchill which saw the leaders of the two nations bring General Charles d e Gaulle and Gen. Henri Honore Giraud together for the first time in a little villa just outside this city. Virtually the entire war staff of both nations participated in day and night discussions which ended Sun day afternoon with a press conference befor e a group of war correspondents flown secretly from Allied hea,dquar-! ters halfway across North Africa. I These are the high spots of tile con- I ference, which Roosevelt and Church-1 ill agreed was unprecedented in his- ; tory and may decide the fat e of the I world for generations to come: One—The leaders of America and Britain, both military and civil, have agreed on a war plan for 194 1 design ed to maintain the initiative in every theater of the war; I Two— Churchill and Roosevelt agreed that peace can gome only through “unconditional surrender” of Germany, Italy, and Japan; Three—Generals Giraud and de Gaulle, meeting for the first time under sponsorship of the President and the Prime Minister, are negotiat ing for a united French movement designed t 0 put French armies, a navy, and an air force again into the field against the Axis Four —Premier Joseph Stalin of Russia was kept informed of the re sults of the conferences. In fact, Churchill and Roosevelt offered to meet Stalin “very much farther to the east,” but the Russian chief was un able to leave the U. S. S. R., because of th e need of his directing the pre sent Red army offensives. The President and the Prime Minister also have been in communi cation with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and “have apprised him of the measures which they are taking to assist in China’s magnificent and lielaring struggle for the common cause.” . Five—-Maximum material aid to Russia and China will be one of the prime aims of the United States and Britain. Six Roosevelt visited American troops in the fields in North Africa, the first American President to visit an active war theater since Abraham Lincoln. The meetings were in a close guarded, barbed-wire-surrounded in closure at a hotel in Casablanca un der the greatest secrecy. The Lincoln Times ★ * PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY * * Leases Held On Double Shoals Land Actual Wealth Is Now Being Probed Shelby.—Oil and mineral rights and leases have been taken on ap proximately 6,000 acres of land in the Double Shoals section of Cleve land County where a strata of gra phite has been struck and potential mineral wealth found, it wag an nounced yesterday by Norman S. Poole, mining engineer directing the operations. Earl Hamrick, Jean Schcnek, Lloyd Anthony and Tom Moore, all Cleve land County industrialists, are asso ciated in the development, with 0. M. Mull as counsel. No drilling for oil has yet been taken, although there is evidence of the poossibility of oil being present Steps taken thus far are merely pre liminary and investigative and no stock is for sal e in the firm under taking the development. The firm plans at once to map properties under lease and submit the data to three oil companies in the Centralia and Ken tucky fields before actual drilling is undertaken. In drilling for a water supply in the Doubl e Shoals community, a shaft struck graphite at a depth of 370 feet and analysis showed, Poole said, Seventeen per cent octane gas with value as an ingredient for ordinary gasoline. At 070 feet neither oil nor water was tapped, but quicksilver, arsenic and pyrites and nickel indi cations were present. The well drill ing operation encountered natural gas, also an indication of the presence of oil at some time, now or in the past. Approximately 50 landowners sign ed oil, gas and mineral leases for the developers on a one-year-basis, with option for renewal annually for ten years on a ten per cent royalty basis, payable monthly. The lessors will re ceive 25 cents an acre after the first year and the lessee will have right of-way over the land and the right to construct necessary machinery. UDC Members Asked To Send In Dues Members of the Southern Stars Chapter, U. D. C. are asked to send their dues promptly to the treasurer, Mrs. T. B. Smith, 507 South Aspen street, in order that she may for ward the chapter’s assessments for taxes and sinking fund. There will be no meeting of the chapter in February and it is neces sary to send off the assessments now in order that the chapter may be in good standing with th e national or ganization. Farmers Repay 92%, Says County Supervisor ’ The U. S. Department of Agricul ture has announced that repayments on Farm Security Administration re habilitation loans jumped to 92 per cent of maturities on December 1, 1942, compared to 75.4 per cent on the same date in 1941, The figures were received from the Department by FSA Supervisor, Franklin A. McGoogan of Lincolnton, and cover loans throughout the coun- I try. In addition, since the beginning of this program $42,527,738 in interest had been paid up to December 1. The repayments on principal include $16,- 238,625 paid in advance of maturities. Exclusive of these prepayments, col lections on loan maturities were 87.4 percent on December 1, 1942 com pared to 71.7 per cent on December 1, 1941. Better incomes resulting from in creased production to meet war de mands enabled delinquent borrowers to repay some of their back debts and enabled others to maintain and get ahead on repayment schedules. | Collections are showing heavy in crease over the same months a year ago, when previous records were set. Collections in November totaled $19,- 644,629, compared to $12,141,194 for THE LINCOLN TIMES, LINCOLNTON, N. C.,THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1943 Enemy Tank Facing Allies in Tunisia " vr i A heavy German tank rolls through the streets of Tunis, according to caption which accompanied this picture, which was received via neutral Portugal. This monster with its long snouted gun is part of the Axis force facing American, British and Free French in the North African fighting. Vale Couple Placed Under Bonds For Aiding Deserter Son FARM MACHINERY REPAIR PARTS QUOTA INCREASED Washington, Jan. 28.—The War Production board officially today in creased the quota of farm machinery repair part s whic may be manu factured this year. It raised output to 160 per cent of the average annual sales in 1940 and 1941. The old figure was 130 per cent. South Fork Ass’n Meets Here Sunday The union meeting of the South Fork Association will be held in the First Baptist church of this city Sun day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The general theme of the meeting is “Christian Literature”. Th e following program has been arranged: 2:3o—Praise Service. 2:3s—Rev. W. C. Reed, Maiden. 2:50—Roll Call —Recognition of Messengers and Visitors. 3:oo—Worship With Offering. 3:lo—Music. 3:ls—Presentation Os Biblical Re corder.—Rev. Norman Ellis, Maiden. 3:2O—A biblical recorder club in each church of the South Fork Asso ciation. 3:4o—.Solo—Dr. W. D. Yelton, Hic kory,Accompanist—Miss Louise Mil ler, Hickory. 3:45 —“Give Heed To Thy Read ing.” Dr. L. L. Carpenter, Editor Biblical Recorder, Raleigh. 4:2o—Closing Hymn. Prayer and benediction by Rev. Y. C. Elliott, Pastor. the same month tb e year previous. Not including advance payments, the collection of 87.4 per cent of ma turities already exceeds the 80 per cent which the Farm Security Admin istration reported to the Congress in previous years as the amount it ex pected eventually to collect on re habilitation loans to farm neople un able to obtain credit from any other source. , The 12.6 per cent not yet paid on maturities is not loss but lepresents current delinquencies, much of which will later be collected. Up to December 1, 1942, the Farm Security Administration had made loans totaling .$690,133,091. On the same date, $351,029,321 was due on principal and $322,973, 484, including prepayments, had been repaid “Since the outbreak of th e war, and lor several months previously, FSA loan s have been made primarily for increased production of food and more efficient use of manpower on small farms. Advance production re ports for 1942 indicate that borrowers have made large percentage increases in milk, eggs, oil crops and other foods and fibers for which war goals are set,” it was pointed out. Henry Powell and Wife Essie Bound Over By U. S. Com missioner W. A. Fair i Henry Powell and his wife, Essie ■ Powell, of the Vale section were charged in a Federal Arrant with harboring a deserter from the Army, their son, Carl G. Powell, Tuesday. W. M. Nicholson, assistant district attorney here, said this was the first such case on record in the Western District of North Carolina. The Powells wer e arranigned Tues day before U. S. Commissioner Major W. A. Fair of Lincolnton and held under bonds of SI,OOO and SSOO, re spectively, for trial at the Shelby term of Federal Court in March.— And with the hearing the story of the Government’s effort to catch Carl, by a hairbreadth as he dashed out the back door of his parents’ home, and reports that he was some times disguising himself as a woman came to light. The case came to a head Sunday. Federal men, deputy marshals, mili tary police, deputy sheriffs and civi lian police have been periodically making efforts to take Carl Powell in custody ever since he was declared a deserter last April, officials said. Sunday George E. Rudisill, sheriff decided it would be a good time to appear suddenly at the Powell home. He enlisted the aid of State Patrol man B. C. Nesbit, and called in several deputies, including O. C. Bost, R. C. Wilkins, Ben Sain and Pink Caldwell. The group drove to a point near the Powell home. Alighting, they ap proached th e house on foot—lbut as in the past they were seen. This time the elder Powell started toward the Sheriff’s posse. Mrs. Powell, the of ficers said, grabbed a handful of rocks and shouting over the shoulder, “Run, Carl, Run,” made for the posse. , And Carl ran—out the back door into underbrush and got away. Then Mrs. Powell got excited and told all members of the posse just what she thought of them. The posse withdrew—and a Feder al warrant charging them with har boring a deserter was issued. It was served on the elder Powell who sub mitted without any show of resist ance, other than, officers said, cer tain very definite expressions by Mrs. Powell of her low opinion of men who would try to take Carl. “Now they are under bond for trial at Shelby,” said Mr. Nicholson. “And Carl is still at large as h e has been since April whe n he evaded efforts of officers to take him; some times, we understand, disguising as a woman in order to work in the fields of his parents’ farm.” Nazis To Mobilize Youths Os 15 to 19 Bern, Switzerland, Jan. 27.—The Berlin correspondent of the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera at Milan reported today that Nazi authorities will mobilize all boys from 15 to 19 years old. The correspondent said the boys will be assigned tasks of secondary importance to release older soldiers for combat service. American Air Force In First Raid On Reich Lightning Stroke Swiftly Fol lows Allied Conference In Casablanca At A. U. S. Bomber Base In Eng land, Jan. 28.- In the war’s first lightning stroke following the Allied strategy conference in North Africa, large flights of U. S. Fortress and Liberator bombers made the first all- 1 American raids on Germany proper today. They struck successfully at the submarine base of Wilhclmshaven and at the industrial area of Emden, with a loss of only three palnes in all. Yank flyers, most of whom return ed unscratched, piled out of bombers and expressed surprise at the little resistance encountered. Antiaircraft fire, encountered only when they were near the targets, was described by the flyers as light and inaccurate. “It was a picnic,” they exclaimed. “We caught them completely una wares.” The raid brought from the R. A. F. bomber command chief, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, a special message of congratulations to the Eighth bom ber command for “this well planned, gallantly executed operation which opens a campaign the Germans have long dreaded. To them it is yet anoth er sentence in the writing on the wall. Between us we can and will bust Ger many wide open.” The commander of one group of Flying Fortresses, Colonel Curtis Lemay of Columbus, Ohio, said: “It went pretty well except that it was rather dull compared with some we’ve had. Given a bit of better weather, we’ll give ’em a show next time that will really mean something. As it was, we managed to get a large num ber of bombs on the target and near the vicinity.” Th e flyers included the first British soldier to go on an American raid, Maj. Errol R. T. Holmes, Royal artil lery flak expert doing liaison with the U. S. Eight air force. He said was astonished by the precision of Ameri can formation flying. “It was abso lutely tip-top. The Hun wouldn’t come near us.” The main hindrance the crews en countered was extreme cold at high altitude over Germany, running to an estimated 35 below zero. One waist gunner froze his face so badly that his lips were bleeding. A pilot and a copilot in one plane, alternating at the controls, sat on their hands to keep warm. I No official estimate of German Sellers Edwards Tells Os Great Naval Battle Friends here of D. Sellers Edwards, former Boger—Crawford baseball star, will be interested in his account of the naval battle of Guadalcanal as told to an Asheville Citizen reporter. Seaman Edwards, whose home is in Columbus, N. C., spent thre e years in Lincolnton as a member of the Boger-Crawford team. Three weeks ago he spent several days visiting friends in Boger City. His interview with the Citizen re porter follows; “A flaming enemy plane crashing on the deck of his ship ... a Jap flier, standing on the wing of his sinking plane firing a machine gun at Americans trying to rescue him . . . men, holding their hands over their wounds, fighting on till they fell over dead . . . the beauty of the vari-color ed fire a s a Japanese cruiser explod ed .. . men everywhere “calling on the Lord” . . . “These are some the impressions brought back from the naval battl e of Guadalcanal, November 12-13, by D. Sellers Edwards of Columbus, N. C„ 26-year-old seaman first class who was aboard the flagship San Fran cisco—the vessel on which Adm. Cal lahan was killed during the engage ment. Steelman Will Head Local Campaign To Be Held In March WILL HEAD DRIVE I)R. S. H. STEELMAN Lincolnton Yarn Mill Incorporated Raleigh, Jan. 28.—Whitener Spin ning Mills of Lincolnton was incor porated today to manufacture, finish, buy and sell combed and carded yarns. It ha s authorized capital stock of four hundred shares and subscrib ed stock of 150 share. Incorporators were Howard R. Whitener of L.ncoln ton, Joseph Busch of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Sam Bayer of Far Rockaway, L. I. Methodist Pastors, Wives To Meet Here The quarterly meeting of the ministers and their wives of th e Gas tonia district will be held in the first Methodist church next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. E. M. Jones, of Gastonia, district superintendent, will preside over the meeting of the ministers when plans for the work of the district will be formulated and important matters discussed. The meeting of the Ministers’ Wives Association will be presided ever by the president, Mrs. J. S. Gibbs, of Shelby. They will also plan for the work in their respective or ganizations. losses can be made, hut at least two Fortress crews believed they each shot three German planes. Two more crews were sure they each got two enemy planes. It was not Seaman Edwards’ first engagement. He has been in the navy 18 months, and he has seen a lot dur ing the last 13 of them. He saw the Wasp go down. He saw famed Navy Flier O’Hare shoot down five Jap planes in six minutes. He watched the Juneau disappear beneath the waters off the Santa Cruz islands. He was in the battle of Savo island in October when the Boise was hit; “that fight lasted about 26 minutes, and we came out without a scratch.” “And he has been in “several suc cessful engagements where we didn’t lose anything.” “Nothing, that is, but some ammunition,” he grinned, as he recited some of his experiences. “But the battle of Guadalcanal was different. “I always liked fireworks; used to save my money as a kid to go to the fair so I could see the fireworks. Well, at Guadalcanal we really had them.” And he added: “I used to say that was sport Now I say it is sport—at times.” “It was about 5 p. m. on November 12, he said, that 31 Japanese torpedo planes attacked. “We shot down 30 of them, but,” and he grinned rueful ly, “one got away. One of the 30, (Continued on Page Two) POPULATION (1940 Census) Lineolnton 4,626 Lincoln County 24,187 Denver 264 Crouse 221 Iron Station eg SINGLE COPY: FIVE CENTS C. Rhyne Little, Chairman Os Local Red Cross Chapter Gives Plans For Drive 0. Rhyne Little, chairman of the Lincoln county chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross, today gave Lincoln lounty’s quota in the 1943 War Fund at SII,OOO and at the same time an nounced plans for the drive which is t 0 be h*ld in March. Dr. S. H. Steel man, who has suscessfully conducted the last two Red Cross Roll Calls, will head the War Fund drive in this county. Th e people of Lincoln County are being called upon to share in the greatest war effort that has ever been undertaken by any American organization. Those of us who remain on th e home front and have not been drawn into the Armed forces are anxious to share with those men on the fighting fronts the prosperity we have experienced her e at home. Our boys are depending on the American Red Cross to bring the comforts of home to the battle front are counting on us to support this great organiza tion that administers to their welfare in all parts of the world. Mr. Little said, in discussing the world wide functions of the American Red CrossHhattit acts as the medium of communication between the peo ples at home and the men in the foreign forces in all parts of the world, it is one of the few agencies that can make contact with and render aid to the soldiers who are held as prisoners of war, it is the welfare agency permitted to operate within camps or with forces in the field, it conducts programs of enter tainment and recreation at th e re quest of th e Army and Navy, it has established service clubs for the bene fit. of American soldiers through out the world, and it spend millions of dollars for the relief of men, women and children made destitute and homeless by aggression or hostilities, Every man in the service has access to a Red Cross field director with whom he can take up any personal problems, he continued. Other Red Cross services include making 0 f sergical dressings, which are now- being produced at the rate of one-half million an hour, produc tion of garments and knitted articles for soldiers, recruiting Red Cross nurses, conducting First-Aid courses and the blood donor program giving canteen corps and nutritioal courses, work of the hospital and recreation corps, conducting home nursing courses, operating a motor corps, ob taining volunteer nurses aides, and giving disaster relief t 0 combat nature’s sabotage. Mr. Little announces the re-ap pointment of Dr. S. H. Steelman as War Fund Planning Chairman. Lin coln County has rallied to th e Direc torship of Dr. Steelman in th e past tw 0 War Fund drives and has whole heartedly and enthusiastically con tributed to the American Red Cross through the channels of the Local quotas. Mr. Little conmmended Dr. Steelman’s excellent leadership and Lincoln County’s splendid co-opera tion in the work of the American Red Cross. He says he is confident that our War Fund will be exceeded as in the past two years where we have almost broken National records speed in exceeding our appointed quotas. Calverts Returning To United States Word has been received in Lincoln ton that John S. Calvert, who has been i n diplomatic service in Barce lona, Spain, for a number of years past, has been ordered to return to Washington and he and Mrs. Calvert are expected to retar n t 0 this coun try at an early date. Mrs. Calvert is th e former Miss Ellen Graham, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Graham and a sister, of State Senator William A. Graham, of this county. MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO MEET The Women’s Missionary Society of the Mt. Vernon Baptist church will meet Saturday, February 6 at the home of Mrs. D. C. Upton, at Vale. The hour for the meeting is 2 o’clock.

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