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Lincoln County Subscribes $440,958.00 To Second War Loan
L.H.S. Commencement
Exercises Announced
For May 25th and 27th
Will Deliver Literary
Address To Seniors
ur. Ralph McDonald
MAY BOY SCOUT
COURT OF HONOR
(By Scout Jack McQuinn)
The May Court of Honor wa s at
tended by a fairly large number of
Scouts, almost all of whom made ad
vancements. Chairman W. M. Glenn
opened the meeting with the Scout
Oath. The floor was then turned over
to Mr. W. G. Bradey, of Gastonia,
who assured Lincolnton Scouts that
regular Courts of Honor would be
held throughout the summer months.
Mr. Fred Rudisill will be official
Scout Secretary for the summer ses
sions with Mr. Z. R. Burri s as an
able assistant, in absence of regular
Scout representatives from Scout
headquarters in Gastonia. Mr. Brad
ty also announced that the camp will
be opened June 21, a week later than
usual. It was made quite clear that
no ration points would have to be sur
rendered by those Scouts staying
only one week.
Those serving as examiners on the
Court were: W. M. Glenn, Chm., W.
A. Bradey, Scout Representative; C.
Duncan, C. Y. Coffey, S. A. Loekman.
VV. L. Bookout, Z. R. Burris, Fred
Rudisill, J. A. Burris.
The following advancements were
made:
Tenderfoot Rank: Ed Radford,
Howard Wehunt, Troop No. 4; Lee
Roach, Jr., Troop No. 1, Rhodes
Rhyne; Steve Gabriel, Troop No. 1,
Boger City; Hugh Bracket, Troop
No. 1.
Second Class Rank: Benny Joe
Ross, Earl Smith, Troop No. 1; Yates
Cashion, Everett Cloer, Bobhy Ful
wood, Troop No. 4; Howard Norwood,
Jack Weaver, Troop No. 1, Rhodes
Rhyne.
Merit Badges: Animal industry,
Miles Beam, Troop No. 4; Bird Study,
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U. S. PLANES DOWN
16 JAPS IN FIGHT
Washington, May 15. United
States fighter planes shot down Id (
Japanese Zeroes, the Navy reported
today, when a flight of about 25 of ,
the enemy craft ventured into the |
southeastern Solomon islands area. (
Two more Zeroes, speedy, highly
maneuverable fighters, were re
ported probably destroyed. A Navy
communique said that while five
American craft were lost, two pilots
were saved.
The air battle took place Thursday
in the vicinity of the Russell islands,
lying northwest of the main Amer
ican base on Guadalcanal. The Rus
sells were only recently occupied by
American forces and an advance air
field has been constructed there.
The purpose of the enemy foray
into American territory was not
apparent, since the American fight
ers evidently intercepted the at
tack gruop before it had time to
carry out its mission. The Navy
communique said that of the 16
planes shot down, 15 were account
ed for by American Vought Corsair
fighters, the navy’s newest type in
combat.
On the same day as the big air
fight, the communique reported, a
Liberator heavy bomber dropped
explosives on Japanese installations
»t Kahili air base and another at
tacked Ballale island, but results
were not observed. Both Kahili and
Ballale are in the northwestern
Solomons.
The Lincoln Times
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Dr. Ralph McDonald to Deliv
er Literary Address; Rev.
Yancey Elliott Sermon
Commencement exercises in the
city schools will be held May 25 and
27, according to announcement made
today by Supt. S. Ray Lowder. The
baccalaureate sermon will be deliv
ered Sunday evening, May 23, by the
Reverend Yancey C. Elliott, pastor
of the First Baptist church.
Dr. Ralph McDonald, who is vice
president of the North Carolina
Education Association, will deliver
the address to the graduating class
Thursday evening, May 27, at which
time diplomas to the graduates will
be presented.
Class day exercises will be held
Tuesday afternoon, May 25.
There are around one hundred
member s of the graduating class.
CLOTHESRATiON
SEEN BY NELSON
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Washington, May 15.—Congress
received from Donald M. Nelson, war
production chief, a warning today
that rationing of clothes and tex
tiles in the United States “is immin
ent unless we can use the best brains
of the industry and so utilize all the
facilities as to get the most out of
them.”
Testifying before the House Ap
propriations committee on a defic
iency bill reported today, Nelson said
he believed clothing rationing could
be avoided, but added;
“There are many who think that
I am wrong.”
The WPB textile division, Nelson
told the committee, j s doing every
thing in its power to avert ration
ing, which he said would be ‘One
of the worst jobs we have ever
had to tackle.”
While rationing of clothing has
been resorted to in all European
Officials See Little Hope
For Increased Gasoline
Supply For Civilian Use
Pressing War Needs Deman
All Applicants be Granted
On Basis of Necessity
The pressing war needs for limit
ed gasoline supplies in the East
demand that all applications for
supplemental and special rations be
granted on the basis of bare necessi
ty, J. L. Proctor, of the Lincoln
county War Price and Rationing
Board reported here today following a
conference in Charlotte Wednesday
with representatives of the Office of
Price Administration.
The importance of examing
these applications closely and of
adhering strictly to the milage ration
ng regulations in issuing all gas
oline rations was emphasized at the
meeting, which Mr. Proeto r attended
with members of other rationing
hoards in this area. The meeting was
one of a series arranged by the
state OPA office to discuss with ra
tioning board members the various
provisions of the regulations.
“It was made very clear,” said
Mr. Proctor, “that every gallon of
gasoline we give to one man is taken
away' from someone else. It’s up to
us- to see that the fellow who needs
the gasoline most gets it. That’s the
whole idea of rationing.”
The Eastern gasoline situation as
depicted at the meeting offers li -tie
hope of increased supplies for civ
ilian use this summer, Mr. Proctor
said. The gasoline shortage develop
ed in the East, it was pointed out,
because tankers which normally
brought in 95 per cent of the East’s
petroleum were withdrawn for mil
itary service. In the last year over
land facilities—tank ears, barges,
pipelines—have been increased un
til at present it is possible to bring
in more than 1,900,000 barrels a day.
Completion of more pipelines, and
other facilities may raise this rate
to an average of more than 1,500,000
barrels a day—approximately aur
normal rate of consumption—by the
end of this y'ear.
But this does not mean “driving
as usual,” OPA spokesmen empha
sized, because war demands have
LINCOLNTON, N. CL MONDAY, MAY 17, 1943
U. S. Flag Flies Over Coal Mines
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With coal miners back In their pits on a six-day-week work basis
the Stars and Stripes has been hoisted over coal mines throuirhoiit til
country, signifying government supervision. The slx-dav week w»!
dered by Fuel Administrator Ickes throughout the coal minlnv iL ,
as work generally was resumed, after a nationwide wTlkouf ‘p1 U ?‘ ry
pany S Pricedale.'plf. ° Ver miUC oS the Coal com!
Sinclair To Sponsor
‘Farming For Victory’
Meetings This Week
CHARLOTTE GETS
REV. W. T. SMITH
Rev. William T. Smith, formerly
of Lincoln county, was installed as
pastor of the Wilmore Presbyterian
church in Charlotte Sunday night.
Rev. B. Frank Yandell, the moderator
of presbytery, presided. Rev. Mr.
Smith, a native of Stanly county,
was ordained by Mecklenburg pres
bytery in the Spring of 1924, and
has had charges in Roberdell, near
Rockingham, Cornelius and Bethel,
Unity church near Lincolnton.
countries, Nelson said, “We are try
ing to avoid it.”
greatly increased our gasoline re
quirements.
Tremendous quantities of gasoline
are needed now for the battle fronts
: broad, and for funning war plants
and operating food producing farms
at home, it was stated.
Right now large shipments of i
gasoline are being withdrawn from j
East Coast ports to supply Allied |
fighting fox'ces in North Africa. I
These withdrawals are vital to vie- 1
too’ in Tunisia and elsewhere, since j
the same number of ships sailing
from the more distant Gulf ports
would be able to transport one third [
les s petroleum.
“We were assured these demands
—the military, industrial and agri
cultural demands—have been met,
and will continue to be met,” said
Mr. Proctor. “Particular emphasis
was laid on the importance of mak
ing available this spring and summer
thousands of barrels of gasoline a
(lay for farm use. Vital crops are now
under cultivation and gasoline must
be supplied not only fo r tractors and
otber farm engines, but also for
transporting the harvestd crops to
market.
’’But to do these things all civilian
uses must be restricted to bare ne
cessities as provided by the ration
ing regulations. Applications for
supplemental rations for occupation
al driving will be scrutinized to make
sure that mileage requests are ac
curate and that the applicant has
done all be can to share his ca r with
others, and to use other means of
transportation.
“Applicants for special ration
must remember that the regulations
give us authority to grant extra
gasoline allowances in only a few
emergencies involving life and health.
Some motorists forget that they
already hold a basic “A” ration book
for family and personal necessity
driving.
“Knowing the seriousness of the
situation, every motorist in Lincoln
County, I know will co-operate with
their ration board by not asking for
one coupon’s worth of gasoline they
don’t absolutely need,”
Meetings to Be Held at Union,
North Brook, No. 1, and
Denver During Week
“Keeping tractors and other farm
machines operating at top efficiency
is one way that farmers have of
overcoming the labor scarcity,” said
Elmore Goodson, local Sinclair agent
in announcing the date of the Farm
ing for Victory meetings which will
be held at Union High school, Wed
nesday night. May 19, at 8:45 o’clock;
North Brook High school No. 1, on
Thursday night, May 20, at 8:45
o'clock, and Denver High school Fri
day night, May 21, at 8:45 o’clock.
All Lincoln county farmers and
their families are invited to these
meetings which will be both enter
taining and informative, according
to Mr. Goodson. The main feature
will be a motion picture, “Farming
for Victory” which was made espe
cially for these meetings. Also shown
will be an entertainment picture.
These meeting are part of a
“Farming for Victory” campaign be
ing conducted nationally. The main
purpose of this campaign i s to keep
farm tractors and trucks operating
efficiently and to give all farm
equipment longer life, according to
Mr. Goodson.
SLEEPING SICKNESS
Farmers are urged to be on their
guard against seeping sickness among
horses and mules. It i s believed that
biting insects carry the disease, says
C. D, Grinnells of N. C. State Col
lege.
DAIRYING
Five more registered bull calves
from Biltmore Farms will make a
great contribution to the growing
dairy industry of Rutherford county,
reports Assistant Farm Agent J. J.
Hamlin.
Hitler Is Reported
Ready To Abandon
Italy To Her Fate
King Vittorio Emanuele, It Is
Rumored, Will Abdicate
In Favor of Son
London, Monday, May 17. Two
London dailies reported this morning
that Hitler is preparing to abandon
Italy to her fate, leaving her to face
the threat of Allied invasion unaid
ed.
A front-page siory by the Daily
Mail’s diplomatic correspondent,
headlined “Hitler Withdrawing from
Italy,” said that German officials
and Gestapo men now were return
ing to Germany and that there ware
unmistakable signs that Nazi troops
in Italy might soon withdraw, estab
lishing defenses at Brenner Pass.
Earlier, the Morocco and Algiers
radio reported what they termed “A
sensational rumor” in Rome that
King Vittorio Emanuele would abdi
cate in favor of Crown Prince Um
berto. Rumors of imminent invasion
are sweeping through Italy, said the
broadcasts, heard by the Ministry of
CHURCHILL SAYS
ALLIED INVASION
HOUR IMMINENT
Declares He and Roosevelt Are
Planning Ahead of Armies
Now Moving Forward
Washington, May 15.—Prime Min
ister Churchill said today the time
is approaching when troop s concen
trated in Britain will advance across
the seas “for the assault on the
strongholds of the enemy’s power.”
The British leader’s intimation of
an imminent continental invasion
came in a broadcast in which he
also said he and President Roo-e
--\elt are planning “well ahead of
the armies who are moving swiftly
forward.”
“It is no good only having one
march laid out,” he continued. “March
after march must be planned as far
as human eye can see. Design and
forethought must be our guides an i
heralds. We owe it to the fighting
troops. We owe it to the vast com
munities we are leading out of the
dark places; we owe it to heroic
Russia, to long-tormented China; we
owe it to the captive and enslaved
nations who beckon Us on through
their prison bars.”
The global nature of the strategy
plotting in which the Anglo-Ameri
can leaders and their military ad
visers are engaged w r as emphasized,
too, by the disclosure during the
day of some of Mr. Churchill’s ac
tivities since he arrived here last
Tuesday.
The White House made known
that he has conferred with T. V.
Soong, the Chinese Foreign minis
ter, who is in the United States,
and Herbert Evatt, Australian min
ister of external affairs. He also
has tlked with President Eduard
Benes of Chechoslovakia.
The widespread belief here that
the planning covers major cam
paigns against the Japanes was
heightened by the word of the meet
ings with Soong and Evatt. Also
adding to this was publication of a
message from Mr. Churchill to Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek. It said:
“I send you warm thanks for your
message of congratulation on tin
great Allied victory which has
crushed the last resistance of Ger
man aqd Italian forces in Africa.
The day will come when we shall
rejoice at similar feats of arms of
the United Nations which will sure
ly drive the Jap invader from the
soil of China.”
President Roosevelt indicated at a
press conference earlier in the day
that the conferences have not yet
reached the stage of making decis
ions. He said there was nothing help
ful he could tell reporters about them
because they were still in the con
ferring stage.
There would probably be no de
velopments of a news nature, he
added, until Mr. Churchill’s visit is
about over. How long the Prime
Minister intends to stay here has
not been revealed, and, for security
reasons of course, will not be.
Mr. Roosevelt did disclose one
matter which has been discussed.
He said that is what to d 0 with the
large number of Axis prisoners tak
en in North Africa. Many probably
will be brought to this country, he
said, although plans are not com
plete.
Information.
The Morroco radio, in a broadcast
recorded by the Federal Communica
tions Commission in New York, said
in a Bern dispatch that the King “is
alleged to have abdicated, and the
Roman cabinet to have offered its
resignation to Mussolini, who refus
ed it.”
Qualified London sources took
scant stock in the abdication rumor,
adding that the King’s prestige was
now higher than at any time since
the Fascist march on Rome in 1922.
It was recalled that Rome radio ac
counts of the final fighting in Tunis
ia closed with “Long Live the King
—Long Live Italy,” conspicuously
omitting Mussolini’s name.
The Daily Mail story declared it
“seems fairly certain that Hitler is
getting ready to leave Mussolini and
his gang in the lurch in the same
way that Rommel deserted his Ital
ian colleagues on the desert.
“It is reguarded as significant that
the Germans have not paid anything
more than lip service to their partner
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April War Bond Sales
Almost Double Quota
Assigned To^County
Reports to Chief
|jPj
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell,
commander of the U. S. forces in
the India, China and Burma thea
ters of war, is shown as he left
the White House after a confer
ence with President Roosevelt. Gen
eral Stilwell also had several con
ferences at the war department.
WOMEN’S DIVISION
SELLS $133,467.25
WAR BONDSIN APRIL
Many Sacrificed Luxuries They
Otherwise Could Have En
joyed to Invest in Bonds
The Women’s Division of the War
Finance Committee and the War
Savings Staff, under the efficient
leadership of Mrs. C. H. Hinson,
Chairman Finance, and Mrs. Walter
Costner, County Chairman Women’s
War Saving Division, are to be com
mended for the outstanding success
of the Second War Loan Drive.
Through this division every home in
Lincolnton and throughout Lincoln
Oiunty was invited to participate in
the great drive. Realizing the tre
mendous stakes involved in fighting
this war, citizens were not only will
ing, but eager, to lend their money.
Many citizens did not wait to be
asked to aid in the cause, but ap
proached workers here and there and
offered their money in exchange for
bonds. They realized without being
told, that the investment would pay
two great dividends —buy war equip
ment NOW, and provide a safe “nest
egg” for the future. Many fine peo
ple in Lincolnton, and in the county,
bought bonds to the very limit, sac
rificing luxuries they otherwise
could have enjoyed—-for the “Four
Freedoms” of tomorrow. Thanks are
due all the women whose untiring
efforts made the success of this
drive possible-—also to the citizens
who responded s 0 liberally.
Through the Lincolnton
schools there was a to
tal of $ 66,979.10
Through the Lincolnton
Wards:
Ward 1: Mrs. Zeb Keev
er, Chairman $ 30,164.25
Ward 2: Mrs. J. L. Line
berger, Chairman __ $ 12,208.25
Ward 3: Mrs. Nick Sap
penfield Chairman $ 10,500.00
Ward 4: Mrs. Guy Cline,
Chairman 8 8,075.00
$127,926.60
Mrs. Annie Biggers,
(Col.), Chairman __ $ 318.25
$128,244.85
Miss Elizabeth Francis, County
I Chairman of the drive, and her crew
of faithful workers, are to be com
mended for their success in the drive.
County clubs reported as follows:
Denver ... $ 656.25
Hickory Grove 150.00
Howard’s Creek 375.00
Machpelah 75.00
North Brook No. 3 ... 225.00
Salem 206.25
Union _ 168.75
Vale 2,212.50
County Line 56.25
Iron Station 862.50
Oak Grove 150.00
Anne Priest 18.75
$5,231.25
TERRACING
Roy D. Jones of Bullock figures
that the S2OO he spent in terracing
has increased the value of his farm
by $3,000.00, says W. B. Jones, as
• sistant farm agent of Granville
county.
POPULATION
(1940 Census)
Lincolnton 4,525
Lincoln County 24,187
Denver 264
Crouse 221
Iron Station M
SINGLE COPY: FIVE CENTS
Treasury Department Pleased
With Wide Distribution of
Purchasers of E Bonds
; War bond sales in Lincoln county'
during the recent Second War Loan
j drive reached a total of $-140,598.00,
according to final Federal Reserve
I figures just released. The county’s
quota was $237,400.00.
| “From the very first day of the
| Second War Loan Drive in April, the
only question that confronted the
| Lincoln County War Finance Com
mittee was how much more than our
quota of $237,400.00 will it be. Well,
everybody just put their shoulders
to the wheel, worked up the best
War Bond chatter anybody ever
heard, and by golly, when the U. S.
Treasury Department tabulated the
returns, the citizens of Lincolnton
and Lincoln County had loaned Uncle
Sam nearly half a million dollars.
Mighty' fine record of which to be
proud,” said Chairman W. C. Hen
derson. But he also added that “This
was just a dress rehearsal for more
drives to come. The Government ex
pects every person to invest every
cent, after providing for only the
necessities of living, in War Bonds.
And of course it is not a gift—it is
an investment; first, to rid the world
of the enemies of this country, and
J second, for those ‘rainy-days’ that
are sure to come later on.”
“The following facts about the pur_
chase of War Bonds during April
I are of unusual interest. $440,958.00
represents 37% of the total purchases
since Pearl Harbor and 59% as much
j as bought during the sixteen months
: previous to April.
! “The accomplishments of the citi
| zens of Lincolnton and Lincoln Coun
ty has received high praise from the
Treasury Department, especially in
regard to the wide distribution of
purchasers of E Bonds—those that
the average person buys.
“The April purchases of I Ronds
amounted to $144,525.00, which was
th iee times more than the monthly
average since Pearl Harbor. Also
that this accounted for 01% of the
quota and 33% of the total April
purchases.
“Os the total sales, the Women’s
Division, with Mrs. C. 11. Hinson,
General Chairman, and Mrs. Walter
V. Costner, Chairman, and Miss
Elizabeth Francis, Assistant Chair
man, of the War Savings Staff, ac
counted for the amazing amount of
$133,407.25. This figure is reported
separately to the State and National
Women’s Division of the W'ar Saving
Staff.
“It is worthy of re-emphasizing
the splendid job that every person
performed, and special recognition
is made at this time for the outstand
ing publicity and valuable assistance
rendered by both the local news
papers.
"There is a solid proud satisfaction
for each one in a fine job that has
been done.
“The May quota for the Lincoln
County War Savings Staff, of which
Henry W Rudisill is chairman, i 3
$51,390.00.”
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ROUNDUP OF WAR
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The great Pacific war theater
flamed with sharp and prehaps deci
sive fighting from the Aleutians to
New Guinea and China over the week
end, while in Europe the Allies main
tained aerial stabs to bleed the
strength of the Hitlerian continent.
Over Burma, heavy United States
bombers smashed at Lashio, railhead
of the Burma road and other Allied
bombers ranged wide to hammer oth
ei Japanese positions.
The Russians in another offensive
thrust carved out a second bridge
head on the w'estern bank of the
Donets river, and pushed onward.
The bloody battlefield near Novo
rossisk was still the scene of bitter
fighting.
While the Tunisian battleground
was being cleared of the debris of
war, Allied planes struck from North
Africa at Axis defense in Europe.
Fighter - bombers and fighters
ranged along the Atlantic coast of
Europe to disrupt enemy shipping
and rail transport.
Mussolini appeared virtually con
vinced that Italy would be the scene
of the second front in Europe, and
Bern dispatches said he was tighten
ing his control on economic life and
I rushing coastline defenses.