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POPULATION (1940 Ceuni) Lincoln Count? 24,187 Lincoln ton 4,626 Crouse 221 Iron Station 94 Denver 264 *2.00 PER ADVANCE Berlin Ruined By Giant RAF Raid Junior Red Cross Breaks Own Record In 1944 Enrollment PWs Get Mail Italian prisoners of war "some* where in America" ira*;».»*.» uu*. iur their names to be called by the mail distributor. To both soldiers in the field and prisoners of war, mail from home is the next best thing to being there. ROTARY CLUB HEARS M. L. SIPE Rotarian M. L. Sipe was in charge of the Rotary program at its lunch eon meeting Tuesday atul as chair man of the International Service Committee spoke to the members on the fourth object of Rotary, which if, “The Advancement of understand ing good will and international peace through a world fellowship of business and professional men united in the ideal of service.” Supplement ing this talk Rotarian Luther McGin ty spoke briefly on trade relations with other countries and Dr. L. A. Crowell, Jr., on the exchange of stu dents with other countries. The president, Dan M. Boyd, in troduced Rev. Yancey C. Elliott as a new member of Rotary. Visitors were Chas. R. Roberts, Ernest Moore and J. Frank Love, of Shelby; P. J. Johnson, Raleigh; E. H. Moser, Zebulon; Chas. Bryant and W. L. Balthis, Gastonia; Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr., L. E. Rudisill and Frank McGoogan, city. Red Cross Supplies Carried To P. O. W. The following is a list of articles carried on the American Exchange Ship, Gripsholm which is, due to dock in New York on December 2, with Americans exchanged for Japanese and foreign prisoners of war: Food parcels (13 lbs. each)-- 140,000 Drugs & medicines (cases). 2,571 Surgical instruments and dressings (cases) 650 First Aid Kits 648 Multivitims (bottls) 1,830 Toilet and comfort arti cles (items) 282,254 Soap (pounds) 28,598 Mosquito netting (yds.) 7,000 Blankets 10,220 Bed sheets 5,000 Men’s overcoats (for north ern camps) 3,770 Men’s heavy overalls 9,395 Men’s shirts 11,895 Men’s trousers (pairs) 2,500 Men’s pajamas and under_ wear (pieces) 33,195 Women’s and children’s cloth ing (pieces) 22,065 Socks and stockings -(pairs). 29,115 Sweaters ... 1'),220 Shoes (pairs) 29,325 Shoe repair kits (with leather) 215 Sewing kits 32,460 Cotton and woolen material yards) 15,325 The Gripsholm also carried a car go of 12,000 cubic feet of Canadian Red Cross relief supplies. - Also on board are five American Red Cross nurses and a Red Cross worker, who are helping to take care of the returning civilians. Consider able quantities of warm clothing, magazines, children’s games and oth er supplies were sent out on the Gripsholm in order to care for the needs of the returning civilians. THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH Thanksgiving service will be held in Emmanuel Lutheran church on Thanksgiving morning at 10:00. The choir will render special music. The pastor’s topic will be: “Grate ful Under a Gracious God.” The Lincoln Times * * * PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY ★ ★ ★ Organization Very Active In Making Articles For Service Men, Says Miss Nixon The Junior Red Cross broke its own record in the 1944 enrollment of Lincoln county schools, according to the final report just submitted by Miss Evelyn Nixon, who was in charge of the membership drive. Ev ery school in the county is enrolled, with total collections reaching $376.27. Miss Nixon went on to state that at the present time the Junior Red Cross is a most activitated organiza tion. They have just completed 200 Christmas menu cards for the Navy, 100 nut cups for army hospitals ami they are busily working on 100 Christmas presents to go to the hos pital at Camp Sutton; 100 Kit Bugs j for army hospitals in this country; 100 New Year’s caps for the hos pital at Camp Sutton, as well as the production of library cards for an other army hospital. This organization has completed in the last year the following cred its: One hundred per cent enrollment; 100 diddy bags for Fort Jackson; Victrola and records for Camp Sut ton and Morris Field; ash trays for Camp Sutton and Morris Field; 175 games for Camp Sutton and, Morris Field; four first aid classes, two ad vanced first aid classes, 27 junior life saving certificates; 52 intermediate certificates; first aid supplies for all schools; scrap books for orthopedic hospital; 25 sweaters for civilian re lief; 200 hand-painted menu cards for the navy; 100 hospital bedshirts. Miss Nixon commends most high ly the interest of the school teach ers of Lincoln county in their promo-1 tion of this worthy and most inter- 1 esting program. Their leadership in j the work of the American Red Cross! is to be highly praised. With all the duties imposed upon Lincoln county teachers from wartime activities, their splendid work in Red Cross and its duties and obligations to the Red Cross and their work in the 1 armed forces received not only Miss Nixon’s commendation, but the wor thy appraisal of Mr. C. RHyne Little, chairman of the local chapter and its It’s up to every one of us to this Holiday . . . the kind of ; tradition which we’re now flj I fighting to preserve for all f. Br time. LINCOLNTON, N. C* THURSDAY', NOV. 25, 1943 Marines \\ in First Round on Bougainville ** ■ jIMUr ' United States marines battled their way through another part of Japan’s defenses by forming a six-mile-long beachhead on Bougainville. This photo shows a part of the landing party. Adm. William F. Halsey Jr., commander of the South Pacific forces, called the landing one of the most difficult of the Solomons campaign. Story Os Patton’s Rage Finally 7 old Harry Sherrill Hurt In Automobile Wreck Near Long Island Harry Sherrill, 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Sherrill, Sher rill's Ford, Route 3, sustained a compouund fracture of both bones of the left forearm in an automobile wreck Saturday afternoon at 3! o’clock. The young man was driving on the highway near Long Island, Catawba county, when his car overturned. He was brought to Davis hospital for treatment and is still in the hospital. If you are in trouble and seeking someone on whom you can place the blame, take a good look at yourself first. board of directors. Under the bright banner of the American Red Cross the Junior or ganization will continue to serve both the able-bodied and the sick members of our Armed forces. The wholehearted efforts of the schools of Lincoln county, shown by the splen did enrollment of this program, is a patriotic barometer of our people as a whole. General Apologizes In Person To Army For Striking Shell- Shell-Shocked Soldier Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Nov. 23.—Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., who led the American Seventh Army through a brilliant conquest of Sicily, at the close of that offensive apologized in person to his army for having struck a shell-shoeked soldier in a hospital tent while in a fit of rage while the. campaign was in a critical stage. The incident led to an investiga tion to determine whether animosity of his men toward Patton was so gieat as to impair his usefulness as a commander. This investigation ap parently convinced Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and the War Depart ment that this was not the case, as Patton retained his command and was promoted in his permanent army rank from brigadier general to ma jor general. The incident was disclosed official ly by Allied headquarters today three and a half months after it oc curred. Behind the headquarters an nouncement is one of the strangest stories ever told. Tree-Crushing Tanks Being Used Against Japs In New Guinea Southwest Pacific, Nov. 22.—Gas mata, Japanese air and supply base on New Britain, reeled today under its heaviest bombing of the war, while on New Guinea the enemy gave grounud reluctantly under armed piessure of tree-crushing tanks, new in this jungle area. The Yanks are applying the lash on the Japs in all sectors at once. Opportunities Better Now For Enlistment In Aviation Training Seventeen-year-old boys of North Carolina who would like to apply for Naval aviation training now have bet ter opportunities than ever before, it was announced today by Lt. Com mander Charles B. Neely, officer in charge of navy recruiting for North Carolina. “New regulations are now in ef fect,” Commander Neely said, “where by a 17-year-old boy may continue school although he is enlisted in the Naval Reserve aviation program, provided he will graduate before June 30, 1944. This opens the doors to hundreds of young men who want to take advantage of a $27,000 edu cation which the Navy gives them while they’re learning to fly.” In addition 17-year-olds who have already graduated from high school are eligible for the V-5 pro gram, and a few 18-year-olds will be taken through the induction chan nels, if they are qualified. Naval aviation is the most thor ough educational system offered by any branch of the armed forces as it teaches a man not only to fly, but also the techniques of naxigation and gunnery. Many boys who enlisted in this program through the North Carolina Navy Recruiting service have already won their wings and are proving thmselves a credit to the nation in theatres of operation all ever the world. Any 17-year-old boy who is inter ested in becoming a naval aviator, and who will be graduated before June 30, 1944, should contact the nearest navy recruiting station lo cated in Raleigh, Asheville, Salis bury, Charlotte, Newbern, Wilming ton, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Elizabeth City. Complete applica tions and instructions can be ob tained from those substations or they will be forwarded by mail. We don’t know how he did it but John L. Lewis seems to have by passed the Smith-Connally-Act. City Lies Shattered And Smoking From Mighty Air Attack Finds Former School Mate In Fox Hole During Jap Raid I - Seaman Paul Shuford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Shuford, of this city, who is serving his country with the U. S. Navy somewhere in the South Pacific war area, relates in a letter to his mother how he found a former schoolmate in a fox hole dur ing a Jap raid. He writes that the Japs came over and he dived for a fox hole, but found that it was al ready occupied, but he crawled in any way, and after the raid was over he asked his companion what his name was, and upon revealing his name Paul asked where he was from and the sailor said South Carolina. It was not long until they were in full conversation, as the two boys had been schoolmates and had occu pied rooms next to each other for one full year at Clemson College. He states they were both happy to see each other again, even if it did take a Jap raid to bring them together. Neither had known before of the other’s presence in the Pacific area. Mother Os 5 Sons In War Service Dies Newton, Nov. 22.—Mrs. Julia Put nam, 55, mother of five sons who are in the country’s armed forces, died at her home near Conover Wednes day night after a stroke of paraly sis, Mrs. Putnam, wife of T. N. Put nam, was recently honored at a Hic kory bond rally because of her fam ily’s participation in the war. She was a native of Cleveland county. Germans Recapture Samos And Hold Whip Hand Over Turkey London, Nov. 22.—A German broadcast said it is just announced in Berlin the island of Samos capitu lated to the Germans this morning. New 1944 License Plates Go On Sale Here December Ist State automobile license flutes will bt on sale, beginning December 1, at the Western Auto Associate Store on East Main street. Owing to the scarcity of steel, from which tags are made, the State will issue only one plate for the coming year. This plate will be of standard size and will have a black background with yellow numbers. The law re quires that this plate be attached to the rear of the vehicle for which it is purchased. Something else that should be of special interest to motorists, is the fact that they have thirty-one days of grace this year in which to pur chase and display their 1944 tags, the last legislature having passed a law mking the 1943 plates valid until midnight, January 31, 1944. No change has been made in the fees to be charged for auto plates, the old rate of 36c per cwt. still being in effect, and continuing in effect until such time as the State Legis_ lature should raise or lower the pres ent rate. Automobile and truck owners who expect to operate their vehicles dur ing the coming year are urged by | i,inr»<-' 1 n County’s übroTi *. avorite Family Newspaper SINGLE COPY: FIVE CENTS Swedish Correspondent Says Capital Can Never Recover From Devastating Blow London, Nov. 23. —Berlin, the heart of the German war effort, tonight lay sprawled smashed, smoking and trembling after the greatest aerial blow ever struck in warfare—a 1,000 bomber RAF raid last night during which more than 2,300 long tons of high explosives and incendiaries were hurled down on the Nazi capi tal from its center to the suburbs. The Allies did last night what the Germans once dreamed of doing to London, but on five times the scale the Germans ever attained. The record raid on the Nazi capi tal, which German leaders once boasted never would feel the terror of Allied bombs, was made despite Lad weather, and huge black night bombers of the RAF flying through thick clouds not only smashed the industrial suburbs but hit govern ment buildings in the great city with their record weight of explosives. The previous record weight of just 2,300 long tons poured down on Ham burg last August 23. Capital Stricken Reports tonight from Stockholm said a heavy pal! of smoke hung over the stricken Nazi capital all day, and tonight parts of the city still were in flames with fire fighters and other raid workers already weary from coping with a heavy attack four London, Nov. 23. —Adolf Hit ler’s private residence adjoining the Keichs-chancellery was de stroyed by fire during last night's RAF raid on Berlin, a Reuter's Stockholm dispatch said tonight. nights before, still toiling desper ately. And tonight, as the terror-stricken populace of Berlin attempted to check the devastation of last night's raid, continental radios suddenly closed down hinting that the world’s fourth largest city was again being pouunded by the Allies. As was the case last night, com munications between Stockholm and Beilin were cut, suggesting that the Nazi capital again was the target. U. S. Marauder medium bombers kept up the attack on the Nazi-con trolled continent during the day, bombing Cherbouurg in northern France and German air fields. Berlin is the heart of Germany's war effort because it is the center of the government and one of the coun try’s major industrial areas, especi ally for electrical equipment, and it is the nation’s key transportation center. Key Building Ruined First reports from Berlin through (Continued on back page) It is next to the last Aegean island held by the Allies. Castelrosso, easternmost of Dode canese, is still believed in Allied hands. Samos, just north of the Dodeca nese and near the Turkish coast, has been under German attack since Sat urday, at least, according to Ankara broadcasts. Mr. Henry, to avoid a last minute rush, by buying their plates before the deadline, January 31. HEW AUTOS SO HARD TO SET SOME O' THESE BIS SNOOTY CARS ARE SONNA- W/ND UP BEIN' AIL PAID FOR. : _
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