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German Armies 7 A SqueezejPlay ers at Camp the I 1 VIM uv vnvuu U1I the crossing to have shown more A de KNOCK COW WITH JVHEN YOU NEED Lazenby Monlgoinery Hdw Co Elliott and McArdle DB BOBBS 5 15 LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE BIRD By PAUL ROBIN5ON1 DIR MORE ROOS 5 15 SCOKCHY SMITH Goodrich Tirat BE Ooodrichi 'CAUSE OR ONE THING WEASEL ONLY 1 4 Ju MAadk HE'S TAKING ME TO HEAR A SWOON CROONER I SAID THAT CHIMP DID NOT MURDER CHICK MARROW THESE SIGNS DOCTOR? 103 BROAD ST PHONE 337 for three health and SCARCE SEZ you! maybe' I GOT OLDER QUICK WHEN THEY 1KtnrkiN rP MY BROTHER1 WfTNcK WMRNITURE in MBacga Other Refrigerators as Inw $fi 7S DR COTTS WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS STRANGULATION zzzzzr CYANOSIS THE SKIN WITH PURPLISH VENOUS BLOOD jarir 1 1 XlJtJj JbUN IVl A i Germans apparently be lieved the gunner was still alive and shooting so dared not try an attack from thei bottom giving time and protection to th wounded plane into Switzerland say' how grateful we all arc to your son He saved al our lives and since he here I must thank his WITH PIN POINT I SEE ANY HEMORRHAGES ON SKIN AND SCALP uh nay with saving the lives of all other members of the crew when they Were trapped by eight Nazi fighters over ''Lifcut Sam Turner 1 pilot of the ortress said that Scrgt Jo i seph son of lr and' Mrs Joseph Moloney of Back Bay his gun in appar ent action even in death and supplied protection which enabled the ortress to escape into Switz BOYS PEDAL WATER Avondale Boys who tired oL hand pumping water for ths Avondale school rigged a bicycle to the pump and now Lake turns ped Caling water into a tank The ap paratus operates like a gymnasium exerciser BUT HE'S PESTERING I OR A DATE SIDES HE'S BIG OR HIS AGE states that Dr who had served as su Asheville HEY NOW NOT THAT I THOUGHT WE WERE GONG to git tight till this JOB IS OVER POR GOOP REMEMBER erland In a letter to young mother Turner now back at his home in lorida wrote: "Only a quirk of fate saved the men in the plane1 the front of which was blown away Sergeant Moloney the turret gunner whohad been badly wounded died Ilis hand closed on the grips of the gun causing the turret ball to continue to rotate AND BESIDES! BOYS ARE 1 care in going through the in tersection The complaint bmather nerintendent of the Methodist district for six years heiore coming ncrc months was in robust with annuities and contributions and a $4000 salary was making more than $6000 per year The plaintiff has secured as at torneys in the case Jones and Smathers of Charlotte Smath ers and Meekins of Asheville and A erree of Asheboro The are brothers of the deceased By K1RKK SIMPSON Allied troops in Italy arc again knocking thunderously at the gateways to Rome in the first ground phase of the triplefronted United Nations campagn to crash the walls of the Nazi fortress I continent of Europe I They are obviously fared with inch by inch progress against I natural barriers long in German hands and studded with gun nests big and little With every foot they gam however the strain on enemy rc erves must the 'enemy 'hold ncakrn not on Romo alone but on all the Italian peninsula and upon the Balkans as well Pushed to within gun range of the Romo rail and road hub that attack con force the Nazis hack into the inner walls of their con tinental defense system It could materially help to wn) d' an early Russian break through in Romania to bring a deaoly squeeze Loin the east upon harassed Nazis in the Bal kans that seems to ho the cards in vjew df the concentrated Allied air pounding' 'of Hungar ian Romanian and even Bulgar ian communications targets There can be no release of Nazi reserves in the south to bolster the cast front in Romania Nor by the sinic token can the German high command hope now to shuttle divisions from south to west against the impending An glo American invasion attacks from Britain That is a primary objective 'of the assault in Italy That attack is in no sense a feint It is a full scale offensive THARPE TIRE CO Hawkinson Tread service 10 Hour Service Cars in 9 a Out 6:30 NEW USED TIRES Salisbury Road Tel 808 and Miss 1 returned by every indication and holos within itself a grave threat to the whole Nazi southern defense per imeter I io far rts early reports frond the Cassino Minturno front jre vealed the situation the mhinSd tark appears aimed by the Tifth a) my at the little town of Ca'stcl forte west of the Guiigliano liver and the eastern knob of the Aurunci mountains just north of it That is the separate hill group lying at the head of the Gult of Gaeta barring the way to a direct advance up the coast to i form a junction with the Anziq beachhead near Rome American capture of the town and the hill beyond it 'could crack German defense on the south side of the Lil i valley through which runs highway No 6 the main motor route to Rome It could provide flanking fire to aid the Eighth army drive into the valley itself On the basis of the meager data yet available however it seems prooaoie mat ine seizure of the main Aurunci mountains nmy be the immediate objective of the Allied attack It will take bitter fighting to gain possession of the Aurunci mountain pass if that is the Allied purpose Once in Allied hands however the German defense front south of Rome would be seriously crack l'd It would put the Rome com munications hub in such serious danger that a fast paced Nazi retreat up the peninsula to To could result WlUl Richfield Stanly county the de ceased was crossing when the truck heading north 52 to ward Richfield collided with the auto driving it such vio as to send it sideways across the intersection and into a filling station The automobile went through the front of the station which was on the north west corner of the intersection knocking down two five inch iron posts supporting the front roof hurling two gas pumps 50 feet tearing down three 2x12 timbers supporting the outer roof bring ing the weight of the shed down on the truck and aiding in stop ping the truck before the auto was completely crushed Dr Smathers was thrown out of the front seat and skidded across tle intersection one of the grand daughters Patricia Simmons 9 died several hours later and the other Mary Anne 14 was seri ouslv maimed for life the com plaint alleges The plaintiff states that the defendant Morris 'was coming over the crest of a hill and sjiould have seen that the plaintiff in estate had already started across and was more than half way over when hit that he committed seven traffic violations in care lessly and negligently operating the truck failing to heed the nu merous road signs along the and driving much in excess of the 20 mile speed limit Morris is charged with being familiar enough with II KNOW BUT TAKE IT OR ME O' COURSE ITS HAPPENED TO THOUSANDS O' OTHER MOTHERS'" BUT THAT CANT MAKE IT ANY EASIER OR ANY ONE EM WHEN HER BOY negligence in the death" of Smath then nastor of the irst 'Methodist church of Asheboro in a collison near Richfield at the intersection of state highways 29 A and 5:2 The amount in cludes $1500 for the 1941 Pack ard automobile belonging to Dr Smathers 'which Was destroyed and $60000 account of the wrongful death of the plaintiff The complain alleges that the defendant Coble Dairv Products Incorporated is a with principal offices in North Wilkesboro and owner of the trailer truck involved that the defendants Coble1 Mae Col trance Coble and rank' Buck' own and operate a dairy process ing and wholesale hiilk business in Lexington and that they had in their employee Erkhait Morris as driver of the truck in question In a review of the circumstance of the accident the complaint states' that Dr Smathers a na tive of Canton and 63 years of age was driving east on 29 A about 5 ebruary 1 (He was at the time returning heie Concord with his daughter two granddaughters) Approaching the interesection MONDAY MAY 15 1944 May 15 1919: Mr Stimson Kathleen Stimson have 'tfom a several with Mrs I lempieton Moriison near Newport News Va 4 lake arrived home Tuesday after his recent feturn from 'overseas Miss Lois Barkley of Aberdeen i is spending a few days with rela dives here 1 Mrs red Thomas of High Point is in Statesville visiting Mrs Keiger and Mrs Bunch Miss Mildred Bedford of High Point is visiting MissJIattie ow ler Mr Gus Deaton has gone to Newton to take charge of the New ton branch of the Carolina Motor Company Philip Bost wireless 1 operator with the Navy is spending a furlough with relatives here David Brown went to Chat lottc Monday to take a business course Mr Dwight Ware of Not th 1 Wilkesboro has been spending a few days here avith friends 1 Mr John Henry Gray Jr re Iturned Sunday from New ork dinavian advices reported a laud ing of fresh Allied troons at the Anzio beachhead riday and Sat urday' where an accelerated of fensive action was expe ted mo mentarily When not fishing for informa tion The Berlin commentators sought to minimize the offensive in 'Italy a ii J4CIOSS LI1L LlidlHLUlj SMlJvlX itarv 'and naval might in the' Boston 13 A 1 1 ing British Isles tough and ready as never before awaited a signal fleath 0 the controls go ahead of his weapon was credited yes THE HOME 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Sen our line of Bird shingles now shingle lust made for your home Easy forms arranged Jf desired Statgsyille Dray Co THE STORE QUALITY PHONE Dr uEstate Starts A Suit fot $61500 Ashebm May jj Damages amounting to $61500 are sought in a civil suit filed here in Supe rior com riday by Bla lock of Asheboro administrator of the of Dr M' Smath ers deceased an' action involving the death of Dr Smatheis in an automobilc collison ebru ary 1 Plaintiffs arr named as Coble Dairy Products Incorporated Coble Mae Coltrane Coble rank Buck trustce for Edgar Coltrane Coble and Gcoiganne Coltrane Coble trading and doing business as Coble Dairy Products and Erkart Morris of Lexing ton The plaintiff charged careless ness and INSECTICIDES Cel rid nf annnvini and dost rurtive nosis We have auiEk'and effective remedies for wiping out i jhcse insects 5 ly Snrav Lime Sulphur Roach Powder Rat Poison Arsenate Lead Bordo Mixture Pa ris Green Rotenone Dust Black lag Leaf 40 See us Tor your needs WE TRY TO PLEASE 111 A Charlotte' May 13 John 4haw OPA district attorney said Hyesteraay 400000 gallons of gas i qlinc had been charged back to distributors and filling stations in1 ortn vAroirnft Jrduntieg in the Charlotte district bfit he added some dealers will be as at least a portion of their shortages unendorsed coupons and no 5 counterfeit coupons will be for gtvtfi but in some cases in which violations were caused by 1 igno ance or even by carelessness dealers will not be penalized the full 'extent of their gasoline 0 slidi said how the plan will be explained a dealer 'ran induce his war price and rs tjdmng board to write us a 'letter saving the dealer is a reputable person then we will consider his case provided no proceedings are 1 "penSing against the dealer in our 400000 gallon shortage was disclosed by an audit of gas ration bank accounts which has been in progress in The Charlotte district for several weeks Id ehses where dealers been found to possess in valid coupons they have been de nied the quantities' of gasoline represented by The invalid cou pons forgiveness feature is a one time said Shaw SHERRILL LUMBER CO 1 Phone 43 COOLERATOR Washed Air Refrigerators 53 CAPACITY ULL' AMILY SIZE Price W500 DO TOO REMEMBER? ftrn ii i lenimiBmMMiiBwinM What Happened 25 Years Ago: TIRMONEY Quolftecf Driver! 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Me maintain a free complete delivery service for jou and your Physician Britons Warned Hitler May Make Desperate Move Ixmdon May As the of assault upon fortress drew hearer Britons again were 1 warned today the Germans might tryto land on these isles while the Nazis in fresh out burst wf mingled bravado and in vasions feelers boasled their arms we're ready for any Allied blow And in Tokyo Premier Gen Ilideki Tojo in a radio pep alk declared is fully pre pared to meet any situation she may find herself confronted and added that has perfected a position enabling her to carry through counieroi fensive operations" At the same time here was ample reason tofbelieve from re ports in Sweden that th'e Ger man anti invasion commander in chief 'ield Marshal Erwin Rom mel rather than perhaps the' militarily waning Hitler iwas being proclaimed as the potential savior of the jeich Rallying the home guardsmen at a crucial time ield Marshal Lord Ironside commander of the British home force and former chief of the British impel ial de fense staff said in a speech yes terday that is quite possible that when we make our great in vasion the Germans will inane some sort of effort 'to land in this Similar expressions of caution were forthcoming regularly from the press wid platform the argu ment being that the Germans might place their last desperate reliance upon a bold if suicidal attack in the hope of disorgan izing Gen Dwight Eisenhow plans or this or any other counter scheme Nazi propaganda by turns defeatist'and defiant os tensibly favors Rommel the whip ped marshal of the Africa corpswho nonetheless still popular and even legendary Propaganda Minister Goebbels' attempted to bolster the home front impress outsiders with talk of vast combat along the Atlantic wall citing es 1 pedally the assembly of parachute troops to grapple with the invaders The German high use of the term invasion in a communique yesterday provoked the widest attention in military and political circles Berlin Stockholm dispatches said adding that is considered that the high command would not have made the statement if observa tion had not led to the belief that the invasion really is Berlin military experts harped also on the theme that the Allied Gustav line offensive in Italy was intended as a diversion to draw German forces southward prior to new Anglo American landings on the northern Italian coast The same 'experts according to Scan AB GasShortag Charged Back Are aced With 1 A VMiAAnAillAr tPOOR POOfc LILfXC I HER SOLDIER SON SHARK KILLED IN ALMOST MORE THAN SHE CAN STAND SO YOU THINK I GET INTO MARINES EH? 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