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Methodist Revival
Services To Begin
Sunday, June 4th
TO PREACH HERE
REV. P.Vl'I. HARDIN, JR.
35 PLANES FAIL
TO COME BACK
FROM ASSAULT
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Widespread Strafing Attacks
Fail To Lure German Fly
ers To Combat.
London, Monday, May 22.—-Allied
fighting planes, 2,000 strong, made a
giant shooting-gallery of Western
Europe Sunday, sweeping across Ger '
many, France, Belgium and Holland :
in their most collosal pre-invasion
assault.
American and British planes of ev
ery type participated in the sudden,
savage attack, dealing gigantic blows 1
to the German military transport
system by shooting up more than 200
locomotives, scores of troop carriers
and trains, hundreds of canal locks I
and barges and scores of grounded
enemy planes. '
Twenty German fighters were de- 1
stroyed in air combat, while 35 Am- 1
erican fighters failed to return. This 1
was a record fighter loss for one 1
day’s operations, the previous high 1
level having been 30 on a much ’
smaller sweep April 15. Twenty-sev
en of the American planes were lost i
in the tremendous sweep across Ger- (
many beyond Berlin.
Coming breathlessly after Satur- 1
day’s record-breaking 6,000-sortie *
bomber and fighter attack, the great 1
fighter onslaught was regarded as '
one of the most significant develop- (
nients to date in the long process of (
softening the Nazi defenses for the
invasion.
Intense anti-aircraft fire met some 1
of the swarms of fighters ranging
more than 600 miles from their bases
in Britain, but aerial opposition gen- 1
erally was light.
Drenched AYith Bullets.
Every military target encountered '
was drenched with 50 calibre bullets
as the Eighth Air force roared over
Germany and the Ninth turned its
fire power on Northern France.
A force of 250 Fortresses and Lib
erators added to the fury of the pre
invasion attacks which roared into
-their third successive day,, dropping
750 tons of bombs on the German
coastal rampart of Pas de Calais and
returning with their escort without
loss.
A U. S. Strategic Air forces com
munique said strong forces of Thun
derbolts, Lightnings, Mustangs and
Thunderbolt fighter bombers of the
Eighth Air force were thrown into
the attacks on Germany. Targets, be
side a locomotive, “included airfield
hangars and buildings, trucks, trains,
factories, flak towers, canal locks
and barges,’’ the bulletin said.
The loss of fighters was three less
than the record number of fighters
lost in one day—3o which failed to
come back from a similar series of
sweeps through Germany and occu
pied countries April 15.
Enemy air opposition was reported
weak as the fighters roared far over
the Reich, sometimes at hedge
height.
Lt. Col. Warren S. Wilkinson, who
was recently assigned to overseas
duty, is now in India, according to
word received by his sister, Mrs. Ted
Eurey. Another brother, Capt. Wil
liam H. Wilkinson, is in Italy.
Leonard Gordon Avery, who re
cently finished his training at Great
Lakes, 111., is spending a nine day
leave with his parents Mr. and Mrs.
John Avery, of W. Main street.
Mrs. M. L. Hoyle has returned
from Shelby, where she visited her
daughter, Mrs, Carl Ray Webb.
The Lincoln Times
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Rev. Paul Hardin, Jr., Os
Shelby Will Be The Guest
Preacher.
Rev. Paul Hardin, Jr., pastor of
Central Methodist Church, Shelhy,
will he the guest preacher at the re
vival services of the First Methodist
Church to he held the week of June
4. Mr. Hardin will preach at the
morning and evening services on
Sunday, June 4, and each evening
during the week at 8 p. m. There will
be special musical numbers at each
of the services and the congregation
al singing will he led by Mrs. C. C.
Herbert, Jr.
Mr. Hardin is recognized as one
of the most eloquent and gifted
preachers in North Carolina Meth
odism. lie is greatly in demand as
a preacher in special services, hav
ing held many revivals in various
cities of the South, including Rich
mond and Miami.
In speaking of Mr. Hardin’s com
ing, Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr., pastor
for the First Methodist church, said:
“1 feel that we are very fortunate
to secure Paul Hardin as our guest
speaker. The phenomenal success of
his ministry at Central Church in
Shelby since he came there last fall
is an indication of his spiritual pow
er. Immense congregations pack that
church each Sunday to heat his stir
ring sermons. The attendance at his
Wednesday evening prayer meetings
is regularly between 150 and 200. It
has been my privilege to know Broth
er Hardin for a number of years, and
1 am confident that all who hear him
will be charmed by his superbly ef
fective preaching and blessed by the
deeply spiritual content of his mes
sages. I trust that everyone in the
community will take advantage of
this opportunity to hear him.”
There will be services for young
people each week-day evening, Mon
day through Friday, at 6:30 p. m.
The circles of the Woman’s Society
will serves light supper, and Mr.
Hardin will speak to the young peo
ple present.
Next week there will he a series
of prayer services in preparation for
the revival. These will include neigh
borhood cottage prayer meetings in
addition to a general for
all on Wednesday evening. Detailed
announcements as to these meetings
will lx; made later.
Prior to his coming to Central
Methodist Church, Shelby, Mr. Har
din was pastor for four years at the
First Methodist Church in Asheboro.
He is a native of Chester, S. C. A
graduate of Wofford College, he re
ceived his theological training at
Emory University. Among the
churches he has served in the West
ern North Carolina Conference are
Matthews; Forest Hill, Concord;
Wa.vnesville and Wadesboro. He is a
member of the Board of Trustees of
Brevard College, is on the board of
Education of the Western North
Carolina Conference, and serves as a
member of the Executive Committee
of the W. N. C. Conference Brother
hood. He is a member of the Shelby
Rotary Club.
Methodist Conference
To Meet In Charlotte
Myers Park Methodist church,
Charlotte, yesterday was chosen as
the site for the next annual session
of the Western North Carolina Con
ference of the denomination, and
Bishop Clare Purcell set Octobber 17,
18, 19 and 20 as the dates.
Mrs. Henry Rudisill is visiting
relatives in High Point.
General Wash Day
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Brig. Gen. T. H. Landen of Los
Angeles, commander of the Seventh
army air forces bomber command,
does his washing in a homemade
windmill wishing machine, at an
advanced base somewhere in the
South Pacific,
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
LINCOLNTON, N. C.. MONDAY, MAY 22, 1944
U. S. Bombs Carve Victory Sign in Italy
This prophetic ”V”-for-Victory was formed by a dislodged piece of
masonry knocked down by American bombs while this Italian city
proudly before 7 the Vlctory-v'' U * ° f U ‘ e U ‘ S ' ar, " y 12 “‘ a ‘ r furce pos ' ;
20,174 Enemy Planes
Destroyed By R.A.F.
Measured for Beauty
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Here Norma Brandt is being
measured for tile Kelfdorado beau
ty contest held in Las Vegas, Nev.
Maxwell Keloh, president of the
Las Vegas chamber of commerce,
is doing the honors.
MAY LIFT LID
ON ALL STOVES
WPB Is Studying A Proposal
To Remove Restrictions On
Manufacturing.
Washington, May 18.—The Wav
Production Board is studying a pro
posal to remove stoves from ration
ing, and a spokesman said tonight a
decision may be expected next week.
Chairman Donald M. Nelson or
dered the inquiry at t ie request of
Representative Calvin Johnson, Re
publican of Illinois, who urged that
coal, wood, and gas cooking and
heating stoves he freed and that
manufacturers he allowed to increase
production. WPB has included oil
stoves in its investigation. Electric
ranges are not rationed, but are sold
only to those holding priority rat
ings.
Miss Sarah Yoder left last night
foi a visit, to relatives in Washing
lon and New York.
Remains Os Will Rogers
To Rest At Birthplace
Claremore, Okla., May 19.—0 n aj
hill overlooking the Verdigris val
ley, where Will Rogers hoped some
day to settle down among the home
spun folks he liked the best, his
body will be brougt to its final rest
ing place.
Last remains of the famous Okla
homian, taken from the Glendale,
Calif., cemetery, will be interned in
a stone crypt beside the Will Rogers
Memorial museum here. .
The time of the body’s arrival is
being kept secret to avoid curious
crowds. A brief private ceremony
will he conducted beside the crypt
with attendance limited.
Arrangements to move the body
from Glendale, where it has rested
since 1935, the year Rogers and Wi
ley Post were killed in a plane crash
in Alaska, were made by the Will
Rogers Memorial Commission, head
ed by Tulsa World Editor, N. G.
Henthorne.
Lew Wentz, Ponca City oil man,
and Ewing Halsell, Vinitia cattleman
Our Loss Only 6,154; Nazis
And Japan Yet To Feel
Peak Os Power.
Washington, May 18. —Reporting
the destruction of 20,174 enemy
planes by the Army Air Forces
against a loss of 6,154 iu two and a
half years of war, Gen. H. H. Arnold
today declared the sustained bomber
offensive over Europe has not yet
reached its peak.
German fighter defense forces
encountered by Allied bombers have
dwindled by nearly 50 per cent, the
Air forces commander said, whereas
‘‘we can maintain our peak strength
in planes, in men, and in supplies.”
Arnold said he did not know, and
did not believe anybody else knew,
whether Germany could be knocked
out of the war by bombing alone.
“However,” he added, “we hope to
get a pretty good idea of what can
be expected in future air operations.”
Despite the intensity of the battle
in Europe, Arnold said Air forces in
operations in th? Pacific have been
increased, although he added that
strategic bombing so far “doesn’t fit
the Pacific theater” because of the
necessity of long overwater flights.
Army Air forces operating in the
Pacific and Asiatic theaters sank
320,489 tons of Japanese shipping
during the first four months of this
year, he reported.
The biggest single month was Jan
uary, when 159,704 tons were sent
down.
Box Score.
A box score presented by the Gen
eral at a press conference disclosed
that from December 7, 1941, through
May 15, 1944, the Air forces in aer
ial combat had destroyed 16,510 ene
my planes, probably destroyed 4,650
and damaged 5,546, and in addition
had destroyed 3,664, probably de
stroyed 347 and damaged 1,432 on
the ground. Losses for this period
were 5,718 combat planes in the air,
236 combat planes on the ground,
and approximately 200 noncombat
aircraft lost to enemy action on the
ground or in the air.
Bombers of the Air forces drop
ped 468.391 tons of bombs during the
period—but Arnold said that “mere
tonnage dropped doesn’t mean any
thing.”
who was Rogers’ classmate in Willie
Halsell College, an Indian territory
school at nearby Vinitia, will accom
pany the body home.
The Will Rogers Memorial, a na
tive stone structure in rambling
ranch-house style, was built in 1938
and dedicated on Rogers’ birthday
anniversary November 4 last year.
The crypt is on a gently sloping ter
race in front of the main building.
lt commands a sweeping view of
th e valley where the great actor and
writer was born and rode the ran
ges before his adventurous spirit
took him off on the road to fame
and fortune.
Rogers purchased the land many
years ago, intending to build a home
there after his retirement.
“When I’m old and the world is
tired of my acts,” he said then, “I’ll
sit here and whittle and gab with my
friends until the big boss stages the
last roundup and heads us strays
into the home corral.”
—Editorial—
TANKS OF SUNSHINE.
Sometimes we wonder if au
tomobiles run on sunshine.
For it is apparent, on every
bright sunny day, that even
the “A” card holders, who al
ways seemed to he running
out of gas in the colder
months, find some way to get
out on the road.
11 it wasn’t’ for that insati
able appetite for driving in
nice weather, it seems quite
possible that Ihe government
might relax gas rationing
somewhat this summer. But,
realizing Ih e itch to drive
which bests most of us during
tli,e warm months, they are
probably alraitl that if we are
given an inch we would take
a mile.
We heard of one man who,
having no gas, backs his car
out into his driveway every
nice Sunday afternoon and
just sits there. When Ameri
cans are that fond of automo
biles it is apparent that gaso
line rationing cannot be lifted
entirely until the supply is
practically unlimited.
NEXT WINTER’S
FUEL OIL CARDS
WILL BE ISSUED
if Consumers Fill Their Tanks
Now, Dealers Can Stock Up
On Reserves.
\\ ithin a few weeks the mailing
of next season’s fuel oil rationing
reapplieation forms to consumers will
begin in the Charlotte district of the
Office of Brice Administration, a dis
trict spokesman has announced.
Prompt return of applications, ex
ecuted, is expected to facilitate issu
ance of the coupons. Present plans
call for boards in North Carolina and
all other 32 states under fuel oil ra
tioning to start issuance of coupons
about July 1, thus enabling deliver
ies of fuel oil for next season during
the summer.
It is important for several reasons
that householders fill their tanks in
July, The Times was informed.
“First, oil dealers will he in a bet
ter position to serve the consumer
throughout the heating year if they
can make their first deliveries early.
Early deliveries will help them solve
their pressing man-power and truck
ing equipment problems by spread
ing out deliveries more evenly.
“Second, by filling up consumers’
tanks early f dealers will be able to
refill their own tanks and thereby
add appreciably to the total storage
capacity of the rationed area for use
later in the winter.
“Third, in order to secure prompt
action on the part of the busy local
boards, it is imperative consumers
file their applications with as little
delay as possible.”
This year’s form was said to con
tain “only six simple questions which
can he filled out in a few minutes and
sent back by return mail to the local
board from which it was mailed.”
Only the first three of the six ques
tions need he answered by persons
receiving rations for premises other
than private dwellings.
The renewal application is to be
answered only by householders whose
oil ration last year was for the same
address as this year. Other consum
ers will he given an opportunity later
to fill out a special application.
Back From Kremlin
The Rev. Stanislaus Orlenianski.
New England Polish priest, whose
visit to Stalin in Moscow aroused
much diseussion, is pictured upon
his return to this country. He re
ported thet Premier Joseph Stalin
is “friendly” towards the Roman
catholic church.
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Morale Os Allies In
Italy Now Soaring
As New Men Arrive
Downs 27 Nazi Planes
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Capt. Robert S. Johnson of Law
ton, Okla., in the cockpit of his P-51
Mustang, after having shot down his
25th Nazi plane. He has now shot
down his 27th Nazi plane.
Large Crowd Present
At Memorial Service
For Lieut. McGinnis
The Boger City Baptist church
was well filled yesterday afternoon
for the memorial service held for
Lt. Broadus McGinnis, who was killed
in action in the South Pacific on
March 11. Members of the David
Milo Wright Post, American Legion,
attended in a body.
Rev. 11. B. Jones, pastor of the
church was in charge of the service.
Scripture lessons were read by Rev.
H. K. Stimson and Rev. Bruce Little
ton, and prayer was offered by Rev.
Robert L. llolt. Rev. A. B. McClure
delivered the memorial address.
Col. W. A. Fair presented the flag
to Mrs. A. C. McGinnis, mother of
the fallen hero.
Appropriate music was rendered
by the church choir.
Rev. L. A. Carpenter
Accepts Conover Call
Conover, May lit. —Trinity Evan
gelical Reformed church, at Conover,
lias extended a call to Rev. Lonnie
A Carpenter, of Rockwell, N. C.,
pastor there of Faith Evangelical and
Reformed charge, and he has accept
ed and is expected to arrive in Con
over with his wife and young daugh
ter, to assume pastorate of the Ca
tawba charge, tire first Sunday in
June.
He is president of the Catawba
College Alumni Association. He was
graduated from the Eastern Theolog
ical Seminary at Lancaster, Pa., in
1938. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Perry A. Carpenter, of Lenoir. He
takes over the pastorate made va
cant by a division of the Catawba
charge with Rev. A. Wilson Cheek, I
pastor, who accepted fulltime pas-,
torate of Faith Evangelical and Re-|
formed church at Brookford, and |
who is now located in Hickory.
Mrs. T. M. Houser and daughter,
Mrs. James R. McCauley, of Bir
mingham, Ala., are visiting Mrs.!
Houser’s father, Edgar James, and
sister, Miss Eva James.
Broughton Expecting
More War Prisoners
Raleign May 20. Governor
Broughton said today indications
were that North Carolina would re
ceive an additional number of pris
oners of war for essential agricul
tural work and that facilities for
handling these prisoners were now
being arranged.
The Governor had returned today
from conferences in Atlanta with ar
my officials. North Carolina War
Man Power Director J. S. Dorton,
and Dean I. O. Schaub, of the State
Extension Service relative to obtain
ing a larger number and better dis
tribution of prisoners of war for ag
ricultural and other work in the
state.
DUCE ORDERS NEW
FLAG FOR ITALY
London, May 21.—The Vichy radio
said today that Bento Mussolini had
decreed a new flag for Italy.
The broadcast said that the de
posed Duce had ordered the arms of
the House of Savoy replaced by a
black eagle with open wings, perched
on a bundle, against a background of
green, white and red vertical stripes.
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Optimism And Fury Displayed
By Troops Pursuing Fleeing
Germans.
With the Fifth Army in Italy
May 20.—The temper of the Allied
tide which has rolled over the Gus
tav line and eaten into sections of
the Adolf Hitler defenses today is
one of optimistic fury and victory.
Whether it soon materializes into
actual sweeping triumph in the en
tire Italian campaign remains to be
seen. Rome is still many miles away
and the hills which lie ahead are no
less high and rocky than those which
lie behind.
But not since the first bloody
ciossing of the Voturno river last
October has the morale of the Allied
fighting man been as high as it is to
day. Before that he hurdled the first
big obstacle at Salerno and swept
into Naples ahead of schedule. After
that he began to hog down in mud,
mines and mountains.
During the slow inching progress
of a miserable winter’s campaign the
soldiers’ ’morale skidded steadily
downward. Then, when hurled again
in futile, costly assaults on the Gus
tav line, the spirit of even the most
dogged doughboy and the toughest
tommy sagged to its lowest ebb since
the Kassering pass.
Morale Now Soaring.
And now, the surging progress of
the new offensive threatens to blow
the top out of the Allied morale ther
mometer.
When Allied soldiers finally stormed
Mignano, San Pietro and San Vit
tore during the winter they dug
grimly in and regrouped under a fear
ful shell attacking before moving
on. Understandable pessimism bred
by heavy losses stayed their punch.
But yesterday at Cassino I had to
keep carefully out of the way or 1
would have been run over by men
and machines racing forward beyond
the town to continue the onslaught.
That was in the British sector, hut
today 1 found the same spit it pitch
ed in high key throughout the Amer
ican area. Vicious forward slashing
of fighting Frenchmen speak volumes
for their battle eagerness.
This is due to a normal shot in the
arm which accompanies any offensive.
But; the men did not have this furi
ous drive when they splashed ashore
at Anzio beachhead four months ago.
It is partially due to the taste of tri
umph at the outset of the offensive,
But there have been other and bigger
victories in this campaign which were
not followed by such optimistic feel
ing.
Rested Troops.
It probably is mostly due to the
fact that new or rested men are hear
ing the brunt of the battle.
Whether they are right or wrong
in that belief is something the Ger
mans would like to know. But it is
contagious. You see it in the snappy,
confident step of soldiers striding to
ward the combat line.. You hear it in
the noisy jubilant shouts and honking
horns, as long, endless lines of trucks
cur forward on all sectors of the
front, carrying food, ammunition and
supplies swiftly to the fighting men.
And if you’ve spent a long winter
watching soldiers huddle hopelessly
in the cold rain and stumble dispirit
edly through the mud, their eyes lus
terless and their prematurely old fa
ces forlorn under blackened beards,
this transformation seems a terrific,
wonderful thing.
And despite miles of mountains
ahead, you find yourself becoming
convinced that this time they are go
ing to be mighty hard to halt.
Eddie Seagle, M. 3/c, of Bain
bridge, Md., is spending a leave here
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Craig
Seagle.
Mrs. W. H. Young, of Lawmdale,
was a visitor in Lincolnton today.
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