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POPULATION (1940 Census) Lincoln County 24,187 Lincolnton 4,625 Crouse ..... 221 Iron Station 96 Denver 864 $2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE First, Third, Seventh, And Ninth Armies Headed For Berlin Prisoner Os Germains WSsamscZ, ° jUmip ■ Pfc. Zeb F. Wease (above), who was reported missing in action in Luxembourg as of December 20, is a prisoner of the German government. His parents, -Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wease, of Lincolnton, Route 3, were officially notified to this effect last Friday, though the family had known for a week he was a prisoner, since his sister, Mrs. J. W. Barkley, had received a letter from him which was written January 11 and which stated he was in Stalag No. 3 prison. Pfc. Wease had been overseas nbout eight months when he was taken prisoner. If Germain Prisoner j ok / T/5 Kenneth E. Keener, who was reported missing in action in Ger many as of December 21, is a pris oner of the German government, it was learned here last week. The in formation came in three letters which his father, Lewis Keener, of Lincolnton, Route 3, received from him on March 21. He stated that he was well and was receiving Red Cross packages and asked his family not to worry about him. It was the first word they had had since he was re ported missing. T/5 Keener was inducted in the Army March 12, 1943 and trained at Fort Jackson, S. C., and Camp Atter bury, Indiana. He landed overseas last October, as a member of the 423rd infantry, 106th division. He celebrated his twenty first birthday on March 2 and is the youngest of three sisters and five brothers. Health Department To Conduct Clinics The Lincoln County Health Depart ment will conduct the regular pre school clinic, according to announce ments made by Dr. H. C. Whims. All children entering school next fall for the first time should visit these clinics. It is especially import -ant this year, due to the war and sccarcity of doctors, that children be examined and defects corrected be fore the school term begins. Below is the schedule for the clin ics as released by the Health Depart ment for 1945: April 2, North Brook No. 1, 9 a. m. April 3, North Brook No. 2, 9 a. m. April 4, North Brook No. 3, 9 a. m. April 9, Union, 9 a. m. April 10. Love Memorial, 9 a. m. April 10, Howard’s Creek, 1 p. m. April 11, Triangle, 9 a. m. April 11, Macpelah, 1 p. m. April 12, Long Shoals, 9 a. m. April 12, Laboratory, 1 p. m. April 16, Asbury, 9 a. m, April 17, Mitchell, 9 a. m. April 18, Denver, 9 a. m. April 19, Crouse, 9 a. m. April 19, Hickory Grove, 1 p. m. April 23, Academy, 9 a. m. April 24, Aspen, 9 a. m. April 26, Iron Station, 9 a. m. April 26, Tucker’s Grove, 9 a. m. April 26, Rock Hill, 1 p. m. April 30, Oak Lawn, 9 a. m. The Lincoln Times Lt. Gen. Geo. Patton’s Famed Armored Division Spear heads Break-Through. Paris, Mar. 25.—U. S. Third Army tanks tore loose in a 27-mile break through along Germany’s waist, cap turing intact a bridge on the Main river, as the U. S. Ninth Army on the north smashed clear through ene my lines into open country in the heart of the Ruhr. Simultaneously, the U. S. First Army burst the bonds of its Rema gen bridgehead in a general assault along a 35-mile front that ground three miles eastward, moving it 14 miles beyond the Rhine and smash ing back the first big counterblow in that area. The Third Army also forced new crossings of the Rhine only 11 miles south of the First Army’s bridge head. It was Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s famed Fourth Armored division which speared the new break-through and now has 40 miles east of the Rhine by road, and possibly 240 miles from Berlin. Ten Miles From Essen. The Ninth Army’s break-through forces last were reported only ten miles from Essen, industrial heart ol the Ruhr. The Third Army from its Mainz bridgehead seized the German indus trial city of Darmstadt. The Third Army’s new Rhine crossing were made at several points tie tween Coblenz and Boppard, which are seven miles apart. One force had pushed two and a half miles inland, but a second struck a hard core of resistance ami was held to a foothold little more .han a mile deep. All resistance crumbled in the face jf the Fourth Armored division, the lard-hitting outfit that began the rout of German forces west of the .thine with its crossing of the Mo .elle river. With the U. S. Ninth Army.—The famous “Old Hickory” 3Uth division jroke clear through Hitler’s Rhine :efenses into open country north ol he Ruhr today in one of the most rilliant infantry successes of th .var. The 30th troops found German re istance apparently completely disin egrated at a point eight miles from he Rhine and jumped on tanks short y after noon and "took off.” London. —A second mighty Soviet rmy has entered Russia’s Vienna iound offensive and has slashed 2b niles across western Hungary with it six miles of Komaron, Danube riv .r key to the Austrian capital, Mar dial Stalin announced tonight. U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Guam. —U. S. carrier pilots de stroyed an eight-ship Japanese con voy Saturday west of the East CKina ea inland of Amami in the Ryukyu group while fast battleships were ombarding Minami Daito, tiny is and about 250 miles southeast. The actions were a continuation of the carrier strikes Vice Admr. Marc A. Mitchner began against the Japa nese homeland .March 18. With the British Second Army.— A glancing thrust by elements of the _sth Scottish division drove Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgom ry’s bridghead eight miles inland to 'ay at a point northwest of Weasel — he deepest penetration on the Brit sh front. The spectacular thrust from the Canten crossing area bowled over nemy opposition, including a small ank detachment which got in the vay near forest crossroads. Manila—Nine freighters and a de troyer escort were sunk in the Chi a Sea by patrol bombers Saturday vhile Liberators with 145 tons of 2,- 00-pound bombs wrecked a biy hy lroelectric plant on Formosa and softened up Cebu, in the central Phil ppines, with 210 tons, Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported today. With the U. S. First Army.—U. S. ?irst Army troops and armor drove nine miles east in • massive attack which began before dawn today, burst out °f the Remagen-Espel bridgehead on the road to Berlin and continued to plunge ahead. Tanks and doughboys encountered opposition running from moderate on the right flank to heavy on the left flank which borders the strongly-de ffended industrial Ruhr district. Whooping, dust-covered doughboys rode tanks in a series of leap frog at tacks. London.—Mosquitoes and Ameri ■an night-prowling planes joined in lammering Germany last night after German strong points and reinforce nent centers in front of Field Mar ihal Montgomery’s drive north of the Rohr were pulverized in daylight by PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND LINCOLNTON. N. C.. MONDAY. MAR. 26, 1945. What War Has Done to Holland Holland, most picturesque of countries in prewar days, present* this scene of devastation today. The two photos above were made on IValcheren island, where one of the bloodiest battles was rought when the British opened the seaway to Antwerp. Awarded Bronze Star I/ ‘ -fr fiff Fgt. Guv An t bo , 'y, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. U. Anthony, of CKerryville, 'oute 1, was recently awarded the Bronze Star for heroic action on Fifth Army front in Italy. He was dec orated by Major General Geoffrey Keyes, 11th Corps Commander, in an impressive ceremony held just be hind the front lines on December 11 n Italy. - Anthony left a protected position to fight a fire.on a camouflaged net covering his tank. The blaze started ■vhen enemy shelling hit a nearby die of ammunition. Despite nuraer ius explosions he assisted in remov ng the burning net and in extinguish —ing the fire in the ammunition lile. He was cited for his courage and devotion to duty in the perform ance of this hazardous deed. Tha Sergeant is a tank duiver, fighting with the 157th tank Battl ion. The unit was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Vermillion star for cooperating with the French forces. Anthony’s deed saved a medium tank frm destruction and prevented possible injury to perhaps 30 of his comrades. He has been serving in the Italian front for two years. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony also have two other sons serving overseas. Pvt. Stowe Anthony is in Germany and Pfc. Charles Anthony of the U. S. Marine Corps, is in the South Pa cific. thousands of Allied planes. The Mosquitoes hit Berlin for the 34th consecutive night. With Allied Forces East of the Rhine. —Prime Minister Churchill I crossed the Rhine today for an in-1 spection of British and American bridgeheads and came within 50 yards ] of being struck by a German artillery shell while standing on the shattered western end of the bridge at Wesel Give to the Red Cross War Fund! RED CROSS WAR FUND Setting Proud Record ★ ★ ★ Cash on hand Saturday, March 24 $18,220.50 Mininjum Quota for Lincoln County 14,100.00 Donations will be accepted through Mar. 31 Go to the Colored Singing Festival, Court House, Wednesday night, Mar. 28, 8 P. M. Sponsored by Colored Division Red Cross War Fund. Pfc. Thornburg Given Bronze Service Star The 106th Cavalry Group (MECZ) of the Seventh Army.—Pfc. Clyde W. Thornburg, who lives on Route 4, Lin colnton, N. C., has been awarded a Bronze Service Star for battle par ticipation in the Normandy, North ern France and Germany war cam paigns. He has materially assisted his unit in the completion of all assigned mis sions which has contributed greatly in the rout and destruction of the German forces in France. The soldier’s organization has been fighting in France since July 2, 1944. The 106th Cavalry Group (mechan ized) participated in the Normandy campaign and later on the front of Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s Sev enth Army in Eastern France. The 106th Cavalry Group has been spearheading many drives as a for ward reconnaisance force and during the Foret de Parroy fighting on the Seventh Army front fought as infan trymen until the German defenses were smashed in that sector. Recent ly the Group held a major German division attack long enough to allow troops to be shifted to meet the threat. The 106th was formerly the Illinois National Guard 106th Cavtflry (Horse) Regiment. Inducted into Fed eral service in late 1940, the regiment was completely mechanized by the spring of 1942. After three and a half years training in the United States, the regiment left for England in Feb ruary, 1944. Reorganized in England, the 106th Cavalry Group (Mechan ized included the 106th and 121st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons. During 1914 the First Illinois Cav alry, which later became the 106th Regiment (Horse), did patrol duty on the Mexican border. The unit went iverseas during World War I and participated in four major cam paigns—St. Mihial, Champagne, Ar gonne and Alsace-Lorraine —prior to becoming part of the Army of Occu pation. Pfc. r lyde W. Thornburg entered the s ! ce March 5, 1943, and has served overseas since February 27, 194-*. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Doras C. Thornburg. Before joining the Armed Forces he was employed by Crown Converting Co., Lincolnton, N. C. PLAN IWO JIMA STAMP. San Francisco, Mar. 22. The famed photograph of Marines raising the Stars and Stripes on Mount Su ribaehi, Iwo Jima, may be honored by reproduction on a postage stamp, Postmaster General Frank Walker said on a visit here today. The strik ing picture was made by Joe Rosen thal, Associated Press photographer, with the wartime still picture pool. Local Men Given Demonstration In Aeronca Champion Dr. F. R. Burris, Robt. G. Wise and Leonard Wright were in Charlotte Sunday, going especially to see the new Aeronea Champion trainer plane which was being shown and demon strated by A1 Bennett, director of sales, and Charles E. Smith, regional sales manager, of the Aeronca Air craft Corporation, of Middletown, Ohio. Each of the Lincolnton men, all being air-minded, took a spin in the new plane and all were much pleased with the many new improvements and the maneuverability, visahility, etc., of the new Aeronca Champion, Mr. Bennett gave a number of dem onstrations with the new plane, in one of which he took it off the ground, made a complete turn and landed back where he took off from in exactly 26 seconds, and, boy, that was fast. Bennett is famous all over the world as a flyer that knows how r , and is at home in the cockpit of any plane when it comes to “stunt and testflying.” The Lincolnton me yere guests of Don W. Frakes, genial vice-president and general manager of the United Aero Service, Inc., and enjoyed a de licious fried chicken dinner as well as flying. Mr. Burris and Mr. Wise have been awarded the dealership for the Aer onea and expect to secure one and bring it to Lincolnton at an early date. United Aero Service, Inc., of Charlotte, are Aeronca distributors for this territory. Dr. Burris secured a picture of the new plane is having this newspaper to make a cut which we plan to car ry in Thursday's issue. Watch for it. Cpl. Wiley Smith Gets Good Conduct Medal With the Army i n the Philippines. —Cpl. Wiley E. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley E. Smith, Sr., of Lincolnton, has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal while serving with the Army Engineers in the Philippines. Cpl. Smith, overseas more than 28 months, landed in the Philippines with the 14th Army Corps. This Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. O. W. Griswold, directed all the army’s fighting in the Solomons and is now in its fourth campaign in World War 11. Principal combat units of the Corps for this operation are the 37th and 40th Infantry Divisions. Cpl. Smith received his basic train ing at Fort Jackson, S. C. Pfc. Clyde Smith Wins Bronze Star With The 100th Division Os The Seventh Army In France —The 100th Division, in recognition of individual bravery and abilty under fire, has made twelve awards to Carolina men of the division during the past month according to a recent announcement from division headquarters. Pfc. Clyde 0. Smith, 375th Field Artllery Battalion, of Lincolnton, Route 4, is on e of the twelve. These awards, consisting of twelve Bronze Star Medals, singled out the part these men played in four months of the division’s fight through the Vosges Mountains and the Alsatian- France sectors of the western front. The 100th is the American divi sion which has broken all previous lecords for time spent in the front lines during its first trip into com bat. It is now celebrating its 135th consecutive day in contact with the enemy since it first reached the Sev enth Army front in early November as a “green” division. Several other older organizations have piled up similar totals—although there are not many who can boast such a string —but they were already combat vet erans before starting their long stretches. Never before has a - new division gone through such a gruel ing period without a rest in the rear areas. During those 135 days the 100th has helped in driving the Germans from the Vosges Mountains, the first time any army has broken through those virtually impregnable heights; cracked the strongest point in the entire Maginot Line, at Bit che; and staved off the onslaught of three enemy divisions in the vicinity of Bitche and Rimling during the Nazi counterattack on the Seventh Army front In January. Blanton Rites To Be Held In Cherryville Cherryville, Mar. 25.—Funeral services for Jesse A. Blanton, 1500 Statesville aveue, Charlotte, who died Saturday at a Charlotte hospi tal, will be held at First Mtethodist church in Cherryville Monday at 4:30 p. m. Rev. L. P. Barnett, pas tor of First Methodist church, will officiate, assisted by Rev. E. S. El liott, pastor First Baptist church. Mr. Blanton was the son of Mrs. Enoch Blanton and the late Mr. Blanton, of Vale, Lincoln county. He married Miss Vida Moss, of Char lotte and he was a dispatcher at the Charlotte Union Bus Terminal at the time of his death. His body will be •t the home of Mrs. J. N. Moss, his Big Drop Foreseen In Draft Calls As Law Is Extended Killed On Iwo Jima. Cpl. J. A. (Jay) Blackwell, Jr., (above), was killed in action on Iwo Jima on February 21, according to word received by his parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Blackwell. He joined the U. S. Marine Corps eight years ago and trained at Parris Island, S. C. He had been in the Pacific area for thirteen] months. Cpl. Blackwell is survived by his parents, his wife, the former Miss Georgia Lee Cone, of Charleston, S. C.; two sons, Donald Reece and John Arthur, Jr., the younger of which he had never seen; and one brother, Cpl. Reece Blackwell, who is now in Italy. Cpl. Blackwell’s family has been making their home in Lincolnton for the past several months. His Regiment Is Awa/rded Citation ""jjjjjjjjjj”""* " -' i Jim > MBfm Thomas L. Bost is a mem-j her of the .338th Engineer General Service Regiment, which recently was awarded the 'Meritorious Ser vice Unit Plaque. The citation reads as follows: ‘ The 338th Engineer General Ser vice Regiment, Peninsular Base Section, for superior performance of duty in the accomplishment of an ex ceptionally difficult mission in Italy, from July 17, 144, to September 30, 1944. .This regiment enterted the Fort of . . . under artillery fire and through extensive mine fields, moved equipment over bombed out roads and bridges, cleared streets and dock areas that were completely blocked by debris from demolished buildings and other structures; removed thou sands of enemy mines; built new roads and bridges, repaired utilities, and planned and constructed berth ing and unloading facilities in one of the most completely destroyed ports as yet encountered in Italy. The 338th Engineer General Service Regiment by careful planning and proper or ganization, the efficient use of avail able materials and equipment, vigor ous prosecution of the work over long hours of exceptional ingenuity and engineering skill placed the Port of ... in operating condition within six weeks after its capture.” Sgt. Bost is the son of Mrs. Pearl Bost, of Boger City, and the husband of Mrs. Jane Whitworth Bost, who is now employed by the Seth Lumber Co. Purple Heart Medal Awarded Cpl. Barkley Mrs. J. Van Barkley last Friday received the Purple Heart medal awarded her son, Cpl. Ray Barkley, who was wounded in action in Ger many. Cpl. Barkley, who is now in a hos pital in France and improving stead ily, wrote his mother than his wounds were not of a serious nature and he expected soon to be out again. mother-in-law, until the funeral hour. Surviving are his wife, his mother, one brother, Horace Blan ton, of Hickory, and one sister, Miss Emma Blanton, of Vale, Lincoln County's Favorite Family Newspaper SINGLE COPY: FIVE CENTS May Decline Average Os 31 Per Cent After July 1. White House Reveals. Washington, Mar. 22.—<Draft calls may drop an average of 31 per cent after July 1, the White House dis closed today coincident with a House military committee vote to extend the draft law without change. President Roosevelt, sending up a request to Congress for $54,500,000 to finance selective service another fiscal year, said this contemplated an average draft call of 93,000 a month. This compares with a figure of 135,000 which Maj. Gen. Stephen Henry told the House committee is the expected average from now until June. MAINLY REPLACEMENTS The White House spoke of the aft ter-July need as being merely one of replacements. It said that by then “mobilization of the largest armed force by far in the nation’s history” will be complete. After hearing only two witnesses —Army generals who emphas— ized the necessity of furnishing fighting replacements until the last enemy has quit—the com mittee sent the bill to the House floor for a vote probably early next week. Without the legislation, the Se lective, Service act under which mil lions of man havte be«n inducted would become inoperative on May 15 The bill approved extends it for another year, or until the end of hos tilities, whichever is first. The committee heeded, though re luctantly, the Army’s request that no restriction be placed on the pres ent policy of putting inductees into combat five months after donning the uniform, if necessary. TEEN-AGE DRAFTEES Many members had talked of keep ing teen-age draftees out of combat until they had been trained a year in this country. They still may seek to write such a provision into the bill on the House floor. Such a restriction, said Maj. Gen. Idwal Edwards, assistant chief of staff in charge of twining, “very definitely would be harmful” to the orderly system of furnishing fight ing men. General Edwards disclosed to the committee the present training pro gram by which a man can reach a fighting front five months after in duction. He told of one man who was a combat casualty “five months and nine days” after entering the ser vice. The average training for a green recruit, he added, is about six months for a man going into the European theater and seven months for a man who will fight the Japanese. That time includes a furlough before embarkation and a short waiting period prior to assignment to a combat unit. Edwards told the committee the Army never intended tlo 12 months of home training to its com bat troops. Any impression Congress had received to that effect during discussion of the teen-age draft bill, he said, was based on a misconcep tion of the testimony. WAYS FOR SUGAR TO TURN SOUR —::— Sugar may be sweet to the user but it turns sour for the grocer who accents loose ration John D. Shaw, OPA’s Enforcement divi sion said at Charlotte yesterday. “A surprising number of counter feit sugar stamps are turning up at our region verification center in At lanta,” Mr. Shaw said “and it’s be ing pinned right back in the grocer. “Any dealer who accepts counter feit sugar stampq,” explained Mr. Shaw, “Will have the total value of the counterfeits deducted from his future allotments of sugar. And if it turns out he accepted the counter feits willfully then apppropriate ac tion will of course be taken.” The best way a grocer can make sure he doesn’t accept counterfeit stamps for sugar, Mr. Shaw emphas ized, is for him to refuse any loose stamps that might be offered. “The housewife, too, can cooper ate with the grocer,” he added, “by never tearing her ration books. Let her offer the books themselves to the grocer, and they’ll both be playing safe. She won’t have the danger of losing the loose stamps, and he won’t be running the risk of taking coun i terfeits.” Many textile workers must return to their fams during the summer. I Their textile machines may stand i idle unless new workers are wound. ■ H you are not working see the D. S. i Employment Service about * job in textile work.
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