POPULATION
(1940 Census)
Lincoln County 24,187
Lincolnton 4,525
Crouse 221
Iron Station 96
Denver 354
$2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE
E Bond Sales Far Below Quota Here
Army Needing Men
Under 19-Years-Old
On All War Fronts
Distinguished Flying
Cross Awarded Capt.
Robert S. Rudisill
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CAPT. ROBT. S. RUDISILL.
A Ninth Air Force Bomber Base, 1
France.—'For successfully restoring |
order to a formation of U. S. Ninth
Air Force A-20 Havocs after flak fire
had broken up the leading flight of
the planes, Capt. Robert S. Rudisill, f
22, son of Mrs. Cora Leola Rudisill,
of 302 Bonview street, Lincolnton, has !
been awarded the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross.
The action took place on May 27 in
a raid against the railroad yards at
Ameins, France. A control cable of
Capt. Rudisill’s airplane was de
stroyed by -German ground fire and
other flak bursts damaged the Havoc’s
electrical system, deflated the nose
wheel tire, and produced over thirty
holes in the fuselage. Despite the
heavy anti-aircraft fire. Capt. Rudi
sill led his formation ‘up to restore
order and bombed the target with ex
cellent results.
A veteran of 61 bombings missions ,
over | German targets, Capt. Rudisill
also holds the Air Medal with 11
Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters. His wife,
Mrs. Constance Rudisill, resides at
Haines City, Fla. :
QUAKEREPORTED i
TO HAVE STRUCK i
JAPANESE AREA
A violent earthquake, described by
observers as “catastrophic,” struck
in the vicinity of Japan yesterday,
third anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
There was no direct word from the
Japanese, but seismograph stations
around the world required a pro
longed earthquake of terrific intensi
ty, conceivably centered on th e Nip
ponese mainland.
The shocks were reported by scien
tists in England, Switzerland, Ger
many, India and the United States.
Each observatory said the tremors
were “extremely violent.” In West
Bromwich, England, Seismologist J. J.
Shaw sail “the whole earth” had vi
brated nearly six hours after the
shock.
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WESTERN FRONT—U. S. First
Army captures four towns, battles
into three others in fresh drive
against enemy footholds west of Roer
river; to South American Third Army
repulses four attacks against its Saar
bridgeheads; bombers pound Rhine
land rail targets.
PACIFIC FRONT—Yanks capture
Ormoc. Japanese supply port on west
ern Leyte island; MacArthur says
many thousand enemy troops trapped
south of the port; Tokyo reports an
other superfortress raid on Japan.
EASTERN FRONT—Russians seize
Alsogod, seven miles north of Buda
pest, in six-mile advance along Dan
ube; forty other localities also swept
up.
SOUTHERN FRONT—Heavy fight
ing rages in Greek civil war; in Italy,
American bombers hurl fragmentation
bombs on German lines around Fa
enza.
ASIATIC FRONT—Chinese report
recapture of Hsiasu, say Japanese in
Kweichow province fleeing; Yank fly
ers announce blows at Hong Kong,
Nanking, and Anking, sinking de
stroyer and destroying 56 Japanese
planes.
The Lincoln Times
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Say* Tempo Ha* Stepped Up,
Bulk Os Army In Action;
Casualties Now 474,898.
Washington, Dec. 7.—Eighteen
year-old soldiers are now being sent
to the battle front because of “ur
gent military requirements,” the army
uisclosed today.
Undersecretary of War Patterson
said at a news conference that the
Army has departed from its policy of
not sending men under 19 years over
seas for infantry or armored force
duty. H e gave these reasons:
The tempo of operations has been
stepped up greatly.
The bulk of the Army is in action,
and accordingly, the need for replace
ments has increased.
The supply of replacements from
the pool of men 19 and over has de
creased because the percentage of in- 1
ductees in that age group has fallen
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Casualties 474,898.
I His discussion of the use of 19-year
olds came shortly after he had report
ed in a weekly war review that U. S.
1 Army casualties since Pearl Harbor
| now total 474,898. Referring to the
unprecedented scal e of battle on the
western front, Patterson said:
“W e are suffering severe casualties
; and ar e facing th e grim prospect of
more to come.
' “The enemy, however, is suffering
| even more.”
j To some extent, the effectives lost
through casualties are replaced by the
return to duty of wounded men. Os
268,099 Army men wounded since
Pearl Harbor, 126,440 have gone back
to duty. This does not mean that all
of them were able to return to the
firing front. A great many are used
cr.ly behind the lines or within the
United States.
Sgt. H. H. Biggerstaff
Arrives From Overseas
Sgt. Harlen H. Biggerstaff, of Vale,
Route 3, N. C.. arrived today at the j
Asheville, N. €., Army Ground and |
Service Forces Redistribution Station,
where he will spend approximately
ten days awaiting reassignment to
duty.
Sgt. Biggerstaff has returned from
54 months service in the Central Pa
cific and will have access to all recre
ational facilities while he is at this re
sort town including among others,
swimming, golf, tennis and mountain
climbing. Full hotel service will be
extended to him. The furnishings in
the rooms and lobbies have been re
tained and the mess halls are convert
ed hotel restaurants.
The primary mission of this sta
tion, which is under the command of
Col. Ulric N. James, is to obtain max
imum possible utilization of returned
troops to future assignments. This
mission is carried out through pains
taking physical and occupational ex
aminations.
Processing will take about two days
and following that his time will be
his own. If he wishes to play ball, he
may, and if he wants to just sit and
relax, he can. Within a few miles of
the redistribution station he can visit
such scenic wonders at Briday Veil
Falls, Chimney Rock, Mount Mitchell
(the tallest peak in Eastern America),
Nantahala Gorge, the Cherokee Res
ervation, Lake Junaluska and the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park.
PRODUCTION OF”
ARTILLERY SHELLS
TO BE STEPPED UP
Washington, Dec. 4.—Production of
artillery shells at a rate 22 per cent
higher than the present accelerated
output has been tentatively set for
1945, reliable sources reported today.
The new W’ar Department schedule,
already discussed with manpower and
production officials, calls for 65 per
cent more rounds of artillery ammuni
tion next year than previously had
been contemplated, it was said.
New labor supply problems are ex
pected. Some officials estimated that
150,000 workers would be needed to
meet the new goal, in addition to some
300,000 men and women now sought
for munition plants.
The soaring demand for big shells
was interpreted in official quarters as
a response to Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower’s announced determination to
keep pounding the entire length of the
Nazi West Wall until Germany col
lapses, no matter how long it takee.
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, DEC. 11, 1944
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E Bond Quota _ _ _ . _ _ $232,000 J
E Bond Sales 100,000 ;
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WAR LOAN DRIVE!
Date Is Changed For
Filing Declarations
Os Estimated Tax
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr., Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, today reminded
individual income taxpayers that Con
gress has changed from December 15,
1944, to January 15, 1945, the final
date for filing Declarations of Esti
mated Income Tax, either original
(as in the case of farmers), or amend
ed, and paying of installments of es
timated tax for the calendar year
1944.
Among the taxpayers affected by
this change in dates are; farmers who
exercised their right to defer filing
declarations last April 15; others who
have already filed 1944 declarations
but desir e to change their estimates
by filing amended declarations; all
persons who owe thu final installment
of 1944 estimated tax.
If a taxpayer who would otherwise
be required to file an original or
amended declaration of estimated tax
by January 15, 1945, files his annual
income tax return for 1944 (on Form
1040’ and pays all tax due by January
15, his return will serve as both a re
turs and declaratios and he need not
file the 1944 declaration.
Also, if a taxpayer files his final
1944 return (on Form 1040) and pays
the tax due on it by January 15, he
need not pay the final installment
which otherwise would be due on his
estimated tax.
A bill from the collector for the j
final installment of 1944 estimated
tax may;be ignored by a taxpayer
who filed his annual return (on Form
1040) and pays th e tax due on it by
January 15.
These changes will enable a tax
payer, if he desires to do so, to wind
up all of his 1944 income tax obliga
tions by January 15, but it does not
affect the filing of his 1945 declaration
which will be due March 15. Also tax
payers who do not file their final 1944
returns by January 15 must do so by
March 15.
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PLACED ON SALE
OF THE ‘E’ BONDS
Washington, Dec. 4.—Treasury of
ficials in charge of the war bond
drive now are laying particular stress
on the sale of Series “E” bonds.
These are th e bonds designed for
small investors, and they are the only
ones for which sales are running be
hind schedule. The "E” bond quota of
two billion five hundred million dol
lars may seem small in comparison
to the grand quota for all classes of
bonds, which is 15 billion dollars. But
the treasury points out that if the
“E” series goal is reached, it will
mean that about seventy million indi
vidual “E” bonds will have been
bought throughout the country.
According to the treasury, the
worst lag in “E” bond sales is in the
farm belt states of Minnesota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, lowa and Mis
souri. Pacific Coast states also are be
hind schedule, as are the eastern sea
board states except Georgia.
Despite the “E” bond lag, total fig
ure§ for all types of bonds are well
ahead of expectations. In fact, the
present grand total of more than
three and one-half billion dollars is a
comfortable one billion above advance
i situation.
Miss Ruby Hoover
To Graduate Dec. 15
The Gordon Crowell Memorial Hos
pital, School of Nursing, announces
the graduation of Miss Ruby Jean
Hoover on December the fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and forty-four, Lin
colnton, North Carolina.
Discuss Problem
Os Absenteeism
Recently a committee was ap
pointed by each of the two clubs, the
Rotary and Kiwanis. to discuss the
problem of production and absentee
ism in the industrial and commercial
plants in Lincoln county. This com
mittee, consisting of W. A. Mauney,
Zeb Keever and Gordon L. Goodson, of
the Kiwanis Club, and J. Alonzo Bur
ris, Ed Little and Edgar Love, of the
Rotary, met Thursday evening at
Walgreen’s club room to discuss plans
for initiating a drive against adsen
teeism. Mr. Earle W. Brockman, of
the War Manpower Commission at
Gastonia, Ralph L. Winchester, of the
local WMC office, and Rev. A. B. Mc-
Clure, of the Ministerial Association,
were also present to help with the
plans for the drive. The committee
adopted as its title Lincoln County
War Production Committee, and the
slogan for the drive, “They Work
When They Fight, We Fight When
We Work.” An intensive effort is to
be made to get the workers to realize
that their efforts here are actually
supplying the boys in the front lines
with the materials that is making
and will make victory possible.
As the first step in the campaign
the committee is sponsoring an open
meeting in the county court room on
Thursday evening, December 14, at
7:45, to discuss further plans. Every
employer is urged to attend this meet
ing as there are several phases of the
drive which will depend upon the ac
tive cooperation of the employer.
County Agent Graham
Morrison Guest Speaker
County Agent Graham Morrison!
was guest speaker for the annual
meeting of the Carolina Road Build- j
ers’ Associatios, which was held tat]
Hotel Charlotte Friday, December 8.
Representative contractors and engin
eers from most of the Southern
States wer e present.
Mr. Morrison spoke on the subject,
“Farm To Market Highways.” Inter
mingled with many good reasons why
farm to market roads are so badly
needed, the speaker is his inimitable
way told many rich jokes which held
his audience in rapt attention.
Mr. Morrison has made 24 after-din
ner talks in the last few months
which indicates that he is rapidly be
coming one of the most popular and
sought-after speakers in the state.
Four N. C. Marines
Given Purple Hearts
Somewhere in the Pacific.—(De
layed.)—Four North Carolina Marines’
with the famed Second Marine Regi
ment, were awarded Purple Hearts
at ceremonies here recently.
The North Carolina Leathernecks
were decorated for wounds received
in the battles of Saipan and Tinian,
in the Marianas Islands, when the
strongholds were wrested from the
Japs in some of the bitterest fighting
in the Pacific war.
The North Carolina men are Pfc.
David R. Harrell, Jr., of Windsor;
Pfc. David D. Deans, son of Mrs. Bet
tie Deans, of Route 2, Wilson; Pvt.
William A. Bost, son of Charles E.
Bost, of 380 W. Congress Street, Lin
colnton; and Pfc. Jamieson F. Byars,
husband of Mrs. Dorothy Byars, of
403 Morris street, Durham.
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Returns To Base
Cpl. Julius L. Hoffman has re
turned to Mac Dill Field, Fla., after
spending a fifteen day furlough with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Hoffman, on Route 3. His address is
Cpl. Julius L. Hoffman, 3435519, 326
AAF Base Unit, ,Sqd. A, RTU-HB,
Mac Dill Field, Tampa, 8, Fla. Box
2125.
PFC. FRANK HULL, JR.
MISSING IN ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hull, of Vale,
Route 2, have been notified by the War
Department that their son, Pfc. Frank
Hull, Jr., is missing in action. He had
recently been reported slightly woun
ded and had returned to duty.
HOUSEAPPROVES
FIVE-STAR RANK
FOR ARMY, NAVY
Washington, Dec. 8. —The House
passed a hill today to creat e eight
wartime five-star Army and Navy
commanders.
The legislation is a possible fore
runner to a move to give the Navy a
permanent admiral with a rank high
enough 'to match Gen. John J. Per
shing’s “General of the Armies of the
United States”—highest military ti
tle in the nation.
Today’s bill, which now goes to the
Senate, provides four appointments
each of “General of the Army” and
“Admiral of the Fleet” for the war’s
duration. Guessing for the House, Vin
son predicted th e jobs would go to
these men:
For the Army: General George C.
Marshall, chief of staff, General H. H.
Arnold, head of the Air Forces; Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Gen.
Douglas MacArthur. All are now four
star generals.
For the Navy: Admiral William D.
Leahy, the President’s chief of staff;
Admiral Ernest J. King, commander
in-chief of the Navy; Admiral Chester
Nimitz and Admiral William F. Hal
sey.
“But I’m merely guessing,” Vinson
told the House.
Adoption of the five-star bill would
give Pershing the right to wear six
stars.
The five-star bill retains the pres
ent basic pay of top commanders—
sß,oo0 —but increases the personal
money allowances from $2,200 to j
$5,000 a year.
FATHER OF 27
CHILDREN DIES
Funeral Rites For H. B Garris
Os Near Lincolnton Will
Be Held Today.
H. B. Garris, 75, father of 27 chil
dren, 18 of whom are living, died at
his home near Lincolnton Saturday
afternoon. Funeral services will be
held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at
McKendree Methodist church, on the
Lincolnton-Maiden highway, with
Rev. J. T. Bowman officiating. Burial
will be made in the church cemetery.
Mr. Garris was a native of Chester
county, S. C.
Mr. Garris was twice married. His
first wife was Miss Ella Fincher. Aft
er her death he married Miss Mollie
Ghant. She survives him. Surviving
children are D. J. • Garris, of Great
Falls, S. C.; W. B. Garris, of Rock
Hill, S. C.; Mrs. B. H. Pyler, of Char
lotte; Mrs. W. B. Belk, of Fort Mill, |
S. C.; Mrs. W. V. Thomas, of Bessem
er City; Mrs. W. H. Rollings and Mi's.
Fred Lowery, of Lancaster, S. C.;
Mrs. B. C. Watkins, of Rutherfordton;
B. S. Garris, of South Bay, Fla.; Mrs.
Jackson Carter, of Marion, N. C.; M.
T. Cecil, Dallas, Broadus, Harner and
Miss Clara Jean Garris, of the home;
and Boyd and Mack Garris, bith in
the armed service overseas. In addi
tion, 44 grandchildren survive.
GERMAN LOSSES
PASS 4,000 A DAY
ALLIES’ HIGH TOO
Paris, Dec. 5.—(AP) —At supreme
headquarters, it was said today that
the winter campaign which became
general on November 16 started off
at a rate costing the Germans four
thousand men daily in dead and long 1
term casualties.
Enemy losses now are estimated to
be running much heavier, representing
a terrific drain on the WehrVnacht’s
thinning manpower. The Twelfth and
Sixth Army Groups comprising one
French and four American armies a
lone have captured sixty-seven thou
sand prisoners in three weeks.
Headquarters released no figure on
Allied casualties, but General Eisen
hower’s men were bearing the burden
of the attack and this indicated their
losses, too, were heavy.
The Germans had studded the East
bank section of Saarlautem with con
crete advance posts of their Sieg
fried Line belt. Patton’s following
forces still were beating, street by
street, at nests of Germans still in
the city of 32,000, second largest in
the Saarland.
The enemy was trying frantically
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People In Town And
County Asked to Buy
Before December 16
Woodside Church
Dedicated Sunday
CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR.
Impressive ceremonies marked the
dedication of the Church of Our Sav
ior at Woodside yesterday afternoon.
Presided over by the Rt. Rev. Robert
E. Gribbin, the service was attended
by a capacity congregation. The choir
of the church was assisted by the
choir and acolytes of St. Luke’s
Church of Lincolnton. The procession
of choir and clergy began in the first
floor Sunday School rooms, and led
by John Seagle, grandson of Mrs.
j John Hoke, one of the oldest mem-
I bers at Woodside, carrying a Proces
j sional Cross, marched to the front of
the church. Bishop Gribbin and the
I Rev. Boston Lackey and Rev. Grant
| Folmsbee read Psalm 24 responsively
j as they entered the church.
I The Bishop then prayed for God’s
blessing upon the church, mentioning
each activity and service that might
I take place in it. The Certificate of
I Consecration was read by the priest
' in charge at Woodside, the Rev. Grant
Folmsbee, and placed upon the altar.
After further prayers, the congrega
tion and visitors welcomed by Rev.
Folmsbee. A hymn was sung, and then
the Rev. Boston Lackey preached the
sermon. He touched upon the influ
ence of the chapels that had stood in
that place since the work was begun
in 1881, especially upon himself. He
referred to niany whose efforts had
nurtured the children in godly faith
and living. His words were very ef
fective as he urged all present to
continue to teach the children of to
day. and bring them to the sacra
ments of the church, that wars may
cease and peace reign in the hearts
of men. His eloquent ple a for faith in
the reading of God’s Holy Word
deeply stirred the hearers.
A generous offering for the funds of
the church was made, and a hymn
sung, during which the choir led the
way to the cornerstone. All gathered
outside, while the Bishop prayed and
struck the stone three times with his
pastoral staff, declaring it consecra
ted in the name of the Trinity.
Afterward refreshments were ser
ved the guests and members, some of
whom had come from Charlotte and
other points for the ceremonies.
Next Sunday a number of baptisms
will take place at the church at 3:00
o’clock.
REVOLTCRUSHED
AFTER OUTBREAK
JOLTS HUNGARY
Stockholm, Dec. 10.—The newspa
per Svenska Daghladet today reported
an attempted revolt against Premier
1 Ferenc Szalasi’s regime in Hungary
had been crushed, and that martial
law had been declared jo all parts of
the country still under Nazi control.
The story, the source of which was
not given, declared that mixed Ger
man-Hungarian military courts had
been established and “sensational ar
rests and death sentences” resulted
from the attempted coup. Three gen
: erals were reported hanged.
Leader of the revolt was said to
have been a Peasant party leader,
Bajsci-Zsilinsky, who went under
ground when the Nazis took full pow
er in Hungary last October.
with mortar and machinegun fire to
hold its thick-walled positions. The
Volkssturm opened fire from street
barricades and house windows. (Ber
lin asserted that a counterattack had
wrested the Saarlautern citadel from
the Americas.)
Lincoln County's
jjrtiuy avorite
Family
Newspaper
SINGLE COPY: FIVE CEN'
A War Bond For Christmas
Will Be A “Present With
A Future.”
With only six more days left of the
Sixth War Loan Drive Lincoln county
is far behind in her quota. Figures
released Saturday show that E Bond
sales to date amount to SIOO,OOO,
which lacks $132,000 of reaching the
$232,000 goal.
If the quota is to be met there must
be an intensified effort on the part of
everyone during the remaining days
of the drive, which ends December 16.
And this effort must come from citi
zents of both town and county. Only
in reaching our quota can wc rightly
keep faith with our men in the armed
forces.
The following statement on the
Sixth War Loan Drive was issued re
cently by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower:
“Your assistance is needed and the
most important job now for the people
at home is to make the Sixth War
Loan a success. To make sure of final
victory we must redouble and sustain
our efforts, both here and everywhere.
The fighting man still faces a grim
task and he still urgently needs much
food, clothing, and battle equipment
that must be bought. The money must
be raised and our men on all fronts
depend on you. On behalf of your sons,
brothers, husbands, and friends in this
great W'ar theatre I request that you
do your part to see that the Sixth War
Loan is vastly oversubscribed.”
Purchasing of bonds for Christmas
gifts should help materially in reach
ing the quota. A war bond makes an
ideal Christmas gift, and solves the
problem of selection. A w’ar bond is
“a present with a future.”
CPL. PAUL GABRIEL
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Mrs. Paul Gabriel, Jr., has been no
tified by the War Department that her
husband, Cpl. Gabriel, was slightly
wounded in action in France on No
vember 29.
Cpl. Gabriel, who is with an infan
try division, has been overseas since
October.
MRS7ZADOK PARIS
DIES IN ATLANTA
Mrs. Lulabelle Cannon Paris. 76,
wife of the late Dr. Zadok Paris, who
was at one time pastor of the First
Methodist Church of Lincolnton, died
Friday morning in Atlanta, Ga., while
visiting her son and daughter, Ralph
Paris and Mrs. Robert Scott.
Funeral services wore conducted in
Charlotte Saturday afternoon and in
terment took place there.
Mrs. Paris was born in Gaston
county September 21, 1869. She was
married to Dr. Paris, then a young
Methodist minister, January 29, 1889.
They celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary in Atlanta, in 1939. At
the time of his death, Dr. Paris was
the oldest living alumnus of Duke
University from which he was gradu
ated when it was known as Trinity
College. He held a number of pas
torates in the South, particularly in
North Carolina. Dr. Paris, who died
in 1942. and Mrs. Paris made their
home at Lake Junaluska for many
years.
Surviving Mrs. Paris are one broth
er, E. B. Cannon, of Charlotte; a
daughter, Mrs. Robert H. Scott, and
her son, Ralph Paris, of Atlanta; and
four grandchildren, Ralph Paris, Jr.,
Edith Paris, Robert H. Scott, Jr., and
Lulabelle Scott.
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