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POPULATION (1940 Census) Lincoln County 24,187 Lincolnton 4,525 Crouse 221 Iron Station 96 Denver 354 $2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE United War Fund Drive Opens Tomorrow Yanks To Use Leyte For Great Offensive Base Against Japs MRS. ORA CLINE PASSES AWAY Mrs. Ora Cline, 62, died Sunday afternoon at the home of he,, daugh ter Mrs. Edward Marcel, in Char lotte. She had been in illhealth for more than a year. Survivors, in addition to the daugh ter, are three sisters, Mrs. Lyda Rein hardt, of Morristown, Tenn.; Mrs. H. R. Bangle, of Lincoln county; and Mrs. W. A. Rollins, of Lexington; two brothers, Can- E. Cline, of Morris town; Lee F. Cline, of Lincolnton. The body was brought to the War lick Funeral Home here and funeral services will be conducted this after noon at 5:00 o’clock from the Daniels Reformed church. Pvt. Edward Marcel, her son-in law, who is being treated at Welsh hospital, Daytona Beach, Fla., for wounds received overseas, has arrived in Lincolnton for the funeral. Goebbels Tells The Germans They Must Fight To The Death New York, Oct. 19.—Nazi propa ganda minister Goebbels has dec ared the German people must fight to the death for the sake of their children. In a magazine article Goebbels as serts that no father or mother would have the right to raise children in a defeated Germany. Instead, he says, they would have to endure national suffering and humiliation. Old men and boys—and “if need be women and girls”—-have been ordered to defend Germany with guns, swords, pitchforks, scythes and clubs. Va. Vet Finds Plaque In Italy; Art Object Sent Elon College Richmond, Va., Oct. 20.—A Vngin ian digging a foxhole north of Rome during the Fifth Army’s advance up, the peninsula inadvertently became an archaeologist when he unearthed j a plaque presumably ancient. He is Maj. John M. Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Phillips, 219 South j Mulberry street, who sent the art ob ject to his alma mater, Elon College, in North Carolina. The plaque, described as beautiful, is a carving nine by seven inches of a white material, bearing a Roman head carved with a minute detailing of hair and features. SINGING CONVENTION. There will be a singing convention held at Hebron Methodist church, one mile east of Toluca, on Highway 27, the fifth Sunday in October, begin ning at 1:30 o’clock, to which ttie public is invited. Top For Overseas Furloughs Put At 30,000 Men A Month The War Department, reporting that it now is returning to this coun try approximately 30,000 men month ly, says it cannot increase the num ber substantially and continue to press the war “vigorously to an ear ly conclusion.” The report, to the House Military Affairs Committee, was prepared as a result of increasing requests for fur loughs for men serving abroad. To permit the return of even 30,000 men monthly, the Department said, '“we must immobilize four to seven times this number, or the equivalent of eight to 14 divisions. Fo r every man that we add to this number be ing returned, the Army would lose the effective use of from four to sev er additional soldiers.” Selection of individuals to be re turned under the quotas assigned to overseas commanders, the report ex plained, is “the sole responsibility of the authorties in the theater.” Deter mination is based on local conditions, with consideration given to the length of service of each individual, his val ue to his unit, and “the morale of the individuals in the unit, including the extent of rebuilding of mind and body required.” "In no instance,” the Department said, “can a soldier be assured that he will be returned as soon as he has served a stated time” and “the War Department cannot justifiably initiate action looking to the return of any Give to the United War Fund How Big Is Your Heart ? The Lincoln Times * ★ ★ Ground Force* Expanding All Positions On Island Fronts; Build Airfields. General MacArthur’s Headquarters, Leyte, Philippines, Monday, Oct. 23. —(Via Army Radio) —Steady expan sion of American ground force posi tions on all Leyte island fronts today paralleled the beginning of work on what a communique culled “a great base for all armu for future opera tions.” . Simultaneously, Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur, in a proclamation declared the Americans had com e as “liberators for the entire archipelago.” He de clared the seat of the islands' govern ment had been re-established under President Sergio Omena, of the com monwealth government, who landed with the liberating forces. Enemy forces on Leyte apparently are withdrawing westward after their “preliminary defeat,” the communique reported. It said work had been begun to pre pare the captured airfields near Tac loban and Dulag for American use, as other preparations commenced to make Leyte a great offensive base for future campaigns. MacArthur’s proclamation declared the laws and regulations of Puppet President Jose P. Laurel’s “republic government are null and void” in areas “free of enemy occupation and control.” The authority of the common wealth government will be extended bj “constitutional process” to liber ated areas as soon as they are freed, the proclamation said. The commonwealth government is “subject to the supreme authority of the government of the United States.” The headquarters communique re ported the Japanese supply problem bud already become difficult and might become worse. The Japanese attempted “minor and > ineffective” air raids on* American I shipping off Leyte, the announce-1 metn said. Allied bombers, however, were extremely active in bombing* Hank bases in the Philippines and other Southwest Pacific areas. Heavy bombers unloaded 84 tons of explosives on Mindanao, smashing buildings and other installations. Among targets was Tagayan, princi pal communications center in the northern part of the island, which was attacked without enemy opposition, the communique said. OH, DOC- Determined to pas s the physical ex amination for the Air Force, an un derweight lad ate a pound of dried prunes and soaked them up nicely by drinking several quarts of water. Swelled to capacity, he stoically en dured the doctor’s probes and pokes. Then came the verdict. “Fine, fine, my boy, except you are underweight just one pound. Now run along home and eat a box of prunes and drink lots of water. Then come right back and we’ll try again.—Cap per’s Weekly. specific individual through the opera tion of these procedures.” “Reduction in the size of our forces in areas where further threats from the enemy are not anticipated has permitted the return of some men. Others are being sent back to this country on temporary duty for a rest period, afte r which they are re turned overseas. Soldiers capable of further useful service abroad, the Department said, ate returned “only if trained replace ments are available ... or if the total strength of the command can be re duced either temporarily or perma nently.” The availability of shipping space, the report pointed jut, “imposes a very definite ceiling” on transfers, shipping limitations primarily affect ing the movement of personnel from overseas theatres rather than the re turn of men ffom abroad. While a man sent home from abroad for subsequent return to his unit may obtain only 30 days’ fur lough, it added, he actually is absent fiom his unit for approximately four months, the balance of the time being used for travel and for retraining. On the other hand, a man returned for subsequent assignment to a new overseas post may be absent from an active theater for six or seven months because of the longer period of train ing required. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY LINCOLNTON, N. C. f Mayor Issues Proclamation Whereas, The United States Navy is the vanguard of our victorious of fensives against the enemy, and, Whereas, our Naval forces now con stitute the mightiest fleet in the his tory of the worlds navy’s; and, Whereas, the surface, underseas and air arms of our fleet now hold al most complete superiority over those of the enemy; and, Whereas, the unprecedented success of our Navy is putting Allied ground forces ashore on hostile battlefronts throughout the world has been mag nificent; and, Whereas, by national tradition the recognition of the people of the Uni ted States owe their Navy is annually emphasized by setting aside of one uay to acclaim that branch of our armed forces; Therefore, I, E. M. Browne. Mayor of the city of LLincolnton, hereby proclaim Friday, October 27, 1944, as Navy Day, and call upon the citizens of Lincolnton to take part in observ ance of this fitting tribute through the many channels open to you, and to join in the salute to the United States Navy, and its coordinated sea- Methodist Ministers Are Appointed For Gastonia District Reverends Herbert, Bowman And Rayle Returned To Lincolnton Charges. Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr., pastor of the First Methodist church, was re turned here by the Methodist Confer ence, which met in Chalotte last week. Rev. P. K. Rayle was also returned to j the Rhyne Heights church and Rev. J. T. Bowman to the Lincoln circuit. Rev. A. A. Kyles will succeed Rev. H. E. Stimson as pastor of the Boger City church. The full list of assignments fo r the Gastonia district is given below: JG ASTONIA DISTRICT. District Superintendent, E. M. Jones. Belmont, Main Street, J. B. MeLar ty; Park Street, F. E. Howard. belwood, J. M. Morgan. Bessemer City, Bethea, Kelly Dix on (A. S.); Central, J. R. Duncan. Boger City, A. A. Kyles. Cherryville, L. P. Barnett; Cherry ville circuit, N. S. Ogburn. Cleveland, J. S. Higgins. Concord-El Bethel, C. W. Avett. Cramerton, C. T. Burny. Crouse, D. L. Stubbs, Jr. Dallas, G. E. White. Ebenezer, F. W. D. Bangle. Fallston, C. G. Isley. Gastonia, Bradley Memorial, J. L. Ingram; East End, A. W. Lynch; Main Street, C. H. Moser; Maylo- Smyre, M. C. Ellerbee; Myitle, G. C. Starr; Trinity, F. R. Love; West End, J. C. Grose. Kings Mountain, Central, J. C. Win kler; Grace, W. L. Harkey. Lincoln Circuit, J. T. Bowman. Lincolnton, First, C. C. Herbert, Jr.; Rhyne Heights, P. R. Rayle. Lowell, E. 0. Peeler. Lorvesville, C. L. Grant. McAdenville, M. E. Leftwich. Mount Holly, 0. L. Brown. Polkville, W. L. Scott. Rock Springs, J. H. Green. Shelby, Central, Paul Hardin, Jr.; Hoyle’s Memorial (to be supplied); Lafayette Street, J. S. Gibbs; Shelby circuit, R. M. Hauss. South Fork, J. E. B. Houser. Stanley, L. E. Mabry. Vale, Iverson Brendle (A. 5.3 District Director of Evangelism, J. S. Gibbs. I District Missionary Secretary, L. P. Barnett. Director of Religious Activities, Duke University, Shelby Central Q. C., R. N. Dußose. Chaplain U. S. Navy, Main Street, Belmont, Q. C., P. W. Townsend. j Chaplain, U. S. Army, Stanley Q. j C., Cecil L. Heckard. Chaplain, U. S. Army, Crouse, Q. I C„ W. F. Baker. Chaplain U. S. Army, Park Street, ■ Belmont Q. C., L. R. Spencer. Chaplain, U. S. Army, Crouse Q. C„ T. A. Summey, Jr. Retired: E. D. Ballard, J. H. Barn hardt, D. F. Carver, I). H. Rhinehardt, and B. Wilson. * Safety measures for home dry cleaning. Only a noninflammable fluid should be used. Cleaning and drying of garments should be done out ol doors; Hands should be kept out of cleaning fluids. Don’t dry clean at home unless It is abbsolutely neees- I sary. Be careful. MONDAY, OCT. 23, 1944 ; m MAYOR E. M. BROWNE. going might, the Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Naval Aviation. Whereunto I have set my hand this 20th day of October, 1944. E. M. BROWNE, Mayor City of Lincolnton, N. C. LINCOLNTON, 6; LENOIR, 0. Lenoir, Oct. 22.—’Lincolnton defeat ed Lenoij. here last night 6-0 in a hard-fought Western Conference battle. It was a bruising deadlock until the fourth period. Lenoir drove to Lincolnton’s 15 but was stopped. The Lines then drove 85 yards to score with three passes playing a big part and Clanton bucking over for the touchdown. Clanton, Hudspeth and Schrum starred for the winners, with Haas, S. Winkler and Presswood for Lenoir. TREATMENT OF NAZIS TO VARY Supreme Headquarters Allied Ex peditionary Force, Paris, Oct. 20. The Allied treatment of the German people’s army which Adolf Hitler is raising to combat invasion will vary according to the circumstances under the rules of war which the United Nations are following. Unde r these rules inhabitants who take up arms at the approach of Al lied forces to resist are accorded the rights of beligerents, provided they carry their arms openly and even though they are not organized. But if the people of a region al ready occupied by the Allies rise against the occupying army they are violators of the rules of wa r and may be put to death on capture. All offenders against the military law which Gen. Dwight D. Fisenhow er is imposing on occupied Germany will have the right to trial. But in practice armed civilians caught in hostile acts are likely to b e shot as Allied soldiers naturally would open fire in such cases. J HUMANITY IS ON THE MARCH! J HOW BIG IS YOUR HEART? $ i Km * GIVE NOW! i | i |! United War Fund of Lincoln County j; October 24th to October 31st 5 Quota, $11,510.00. j * It costs $6.00 per man in service to support his mor- J ale. Is your hero worth that much? “How Big Is Your • Heart?” * i J B. C. Lineberger, Jr.) | Frank P. Heavner ) Co-Chairmen. I' I GERMANS FALL BACK BEFORE ALLIED DRIVE Sent By Germans For First Time Over American First Arm v Battlefront. London, Monday, Oct. 23.—The whole waterlogged Western front from Holland to the ltelfort gap burst back to life in a thunder of Allied at tacks Sunday as the British and Ca nadians launched a clean-up squeeze or. the western Dutch flatlands and the American Third army made a new thrust toward the Saar. The Germans, surprised, reeled back before the fury of the attacks, and in this hour of vengeance, their civilian slaughter weapons, the robot bomb, was seen for the first time in the frontline battle zone. The flying bombs were noted “in some numbers” over the United States First Army front, which included the Aachen area. At what they were aimed was not clear and where they fell was not disclosed. Rising Menace. The new Allied offensive flamed with rising menace to the German hopes of maintaining their block on Antwerp and holding the Americans from the Rhine. Striking at dawn yesterday in a surprise offensive, the British Second Army drove within less than four miles of the Germans’ Dutch bastion of ’S-Hertogenbosch and put a giant squeeze on southwestern Holland in concert with a powerful Canadian drive from the north. The Canadians meanwhile seized Esschen, 16 miles above Antwerp, and also captured the stronghold of Bres kens, in the pocket south of the JSehelde, thus racking up a double tri umph in the fight for Antwerp’s port as a floodgate for Allied supplies. The United States Third Army at the same time broke forward in a push east of Nancy, in France, ad vancing two miles in the sector below enemy defenses inundated by the bursting of a dam by air assault. Fighting of growing intensity raged along the Belgian-Dutch front from above Antwerp to near ’SHerto genbosch. The British westward push was described by Allied sources as in the same strength as the Canadian northward drive. Doughboys near Aachen fought for the town of Wurselen, but the Jay’s main American action opened at dawn ! to the south in the Nancy sector, breaking a two-weeks’ lull here. The American 12th Corps’ new at tack opened in a sector 18 miles east of Nancy, and southwest of the Ger man communications zone flooded by Thursday’s aerial breaching of an 800 foot earthen dam near Dieuze. Doughboys advanced nearly two miles and fought into the edges of the villages of Bezange la Petite and Moncourt at this southern end of the Third Army front. This advance was or. a sector about five miles below towns swept by waters from the dam. Wrecking of that barrier, person ally ordered by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, flooded an area 10 miles long and up to a mile wide, inundating or isolating four towns along a line nine miles southwest of Dieuze. Some of the sternest German resistance has been offered in this area. Remove lightning-struck or other damaged pines from the farm wood land to prevent beetle attacks, says K W. Graeber. Extension forester at State College. ★ ★ ★ Everyone Asked To Donate Generously, Quota Is $11,510.00 Governor Dewey Speaking Dates Speaking dates so,. Gov. Thomas E. lsewey, Republican candidate for 1 Piesident, has been announced as fol- * iows: 1 Tuesday, October 31 (NBC), 9:00- 9:30 p. m. Wednesday, November 1 (NBC), 0:30-10:00 p. m. ( Saturday, November 4 (NBC and CBS), 10:30-11:00 p. m. s Monday, November 6 (NBS, CBS. 1 1 Blue, MBS), 11:00-15 p. m. j ROUNDUP OF WAR ! • i WESTERN FRONT Surprise , British offensive smashes toward ( Nazi stronghold in southwestern Hoi- , land; Canadians seize two towns in t tattle for Antwerp; Yanks advance two miles to drive in east of Nancy. ( —: — ( EASTERN FRONT—Berlin reports i Russians battle 21 miles inside East Prussia, cut important highway gap; ( other Red troops reach Niemen river j opposite Tilsit; Russians in Finland | drive to Norwegian frontier. —:: — ( PACIFIC FRONT —Yanks enlarge hold on Leyte island’s eastern coastal , area, beat off Japanese counterat- i tacks on southern secto,. and seize 1 road junction on Dulag. SOUTHERN FRONT—British na vy announces new landings on Lem- ■ nos, island guarding entrance to Dar danelles; in Italy, New Zealand, tank men spear seven miles into I*o Valley j north of Cesena. What Women Miss Most In The War Are Coming Back 1 —::— Washington, Oct. 19.—Hern comes , good news for our women readers. The War Production Board has an- ; nounced that the way has been j cleared for the importation of raw ; silk from China. That may mean ■ small scale production of silk stock- ■ ings. i Women probably will find silk . stockings acceptable, although if they had their choice—well, a Chicago i newspaper has conducted a poll to i find out what civilians miss most in , the war. Three hundred thousand bal- : lots were cast in the so-called ::What 1 want most” poll. The first choice— . Nylon stockings. And the second choice—girdles. Laval’s Property To Go At Auction Palis, Oct. 20.—Property confisca ted from the French Quisling, Pierre Laval, will be sold at auction Octo ber 22 and is expected to bring the 1 state four hundred million francs ($8,000,000 on the basis used for in vasion currency). Items: Laval’s lavishly furnished chatteau at Chateldon and art ob jects. Mineral waters from springs on the estate were sold by Laval for I medicinal purposes. Laval’s newspaper plant at Cler mont-Ferrand, where Le Moniteur was published with its extensive le gal notices. Extensive lands around lake Day dat and the lake itself; sections of Laval’s well stocked wine cellar; ei garet boxes engraved with his daugh ter’s titled initials and various for eign decorations, mostly Gorman; two or three white ties I -aval was so fond of wearing, and several business and apartment buildings. Laval’s daughter became the Coun tess de Chambrun by marriage in the chateau. The building now is used as a leception center for returning refu gees. Funeral Rites For Miss Buff Are Held Funeral services for Miss Roxanna Buff. 70, of Maiden, who died Thurs day after a lingering illness, were held at 3 p. m. Friday at Zion Luth eran church, with the pastor, Rev. Leo Smith, officiating. The body lay in state at the church from 2:30 until 3 p. m. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Miss Buff, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buff, was born October 18, 1874, in Catawba county. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Fan nie Self, of Cherryville, Lincoln County’s Favorite Family Newspaper SINGLE COPY: FIVE CENTS Campaign to Continue Through October 31; Plans Are Complete. Tomorrow, October 24, every vol unteer solicitor for the United War Fund will begin calling on every available citizen of Lincoln county seeking generous donations fo r the great humanitarian work being car ried on by the member agencies. The United War Fund is a federa tion of the leading war-related ap peals, except Red Cross, to provide as sential war-time services to our armed forces, merchant marines and prisoners of war, and to supply essen tial war-time relief to our Allies and to refugees from occupied countries. The National War Fund, of which the United War Fund of North Caro lina is its representative, is govern ment endorsed but not government controlled. It operates in full accord with the President’s War Relief Con trol Board. The United War Fund of North Carolina works through its affiliated county organizations, such as the United War Fund of Lincoln county. In cities that have established Community or War Chests the war ap peal is included with the appeal for the local welfare agencies and residents are asked to make one gift covering both appeals. In the 1943-44 campaign some thir ty-five million Americans gave $126,- 016,617 to the National War Fund. This year the National goal is 250 million dollars. Lincoln county’s quota is $11,510.00. The funds contributed are now at work, being sent by the member agen cies of the National War Fund in urgently needed services. These funds provide for the off-duty recreation and entertainment of our own fighting forces through USO; for comforts and care for our merchant seamen through United Seamens s Service; assistance for prisoners of war through War Prisoners’ Aid; and phy sical relief fo r those of our Allies who have suffered at the hands of the Axis invaders. Close contact is maintained by the National War Fund with government agencies and other interested organi zations to insure aid being given where there is present need, and where such aid can be administered effectively and economically, without duplication. One drive for funds is made for all affiliated agencies and organizations including in Lincoln county the Lin colnton Community Service League and Girl Scouts. Instead of our citi zens being “pestered” perhaps for over 100 separate donations—one do nation cover sail. Any person, how ever, may designate to which agency he desires his money to be credited. Many donors give specific amounts to several agencies. The Lincoln county campaign will end October 31. Everyone is urged to make his donation promptly and to make it a generous amount. Ten per cent of a person’s income would be a “bargain” compared to the price a man in service might pay, or a prison ers of war, or a homeless, destitute, half-starved, naked refugee. “How big is your heart?” NO BARGAIN. Lawyer—The cheapest you can get a divorce is about SSO, which covers court costs. Rastus—ln dat case, Ah guess Ah don’t wan no divorce. Dere ain’t S6O difference ’tween them two women. Growers have been warned to pick cotton free of trash and gin only when thoroughly dry. Anl yet, some farm ers lose as much ts sl6 a bale by not heeding these warnings. j GAS AND TIRE I j RATIONING GUIDE j * j t i j { GAS—I:3O P. M. every J J Monday, Wednesday and J J Friday. \ • TIRES—I:3O P. M. every S ; Tuesday and Thursday. \ ■ J For the benefit of the pub- J i { lie the Gas and Tire Panels J 1 J will meet on the above spec- * J ified days at 1:30 p. m. No * ' J applications will be acted S 1 ; upon outside of Panel ses- J ’ J *iona, excepting Emergencies » '* i