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PAGE TWELVE THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER The Foremost Newspaper of The Two Carolina s- SUNDAY OCTOBER 3 1943 SECTION TWO Attempt To Seize All 1 1 pfj Sergeant Promoted For Heroic Conduct Italy Called Unlikely Floyd Lowrance Platoon Sergeant for Action in Guadalcanal Vessel Which Sunk Three Jap Cruisers and 32 Planes Is Named by Navy Department Gestapo-Storm Troop Reign of Terror Launched by Nazis Despite Swedish Protest 1 WJi East Park avenue 3:30 Monday Mr Aiken Moore leader St Elizabeth guild meets with Mrs Rohrer 2125 Dil worth road East Mrs William Van Every leader 3:30 Monday St Mary's guild parish house October 11 intsead of Monday October 4 at 3:30 mt Mrs Dean Hammond leader St Lydia's guild with Miss Elizabeth Green 511 East Boulevard Monday at 8 Miss Nancy Johnston leader GREEN MEMORIAL BAPTIST Circle 1 will meet with Mrs Roberts 1507 Belle Terre avenue Monday at 8 Mrs Phillips leader circle 2 with Mrs John York 2309 Commonwealth avenue Monday afternoon at 3 Mrs York leader circle 3 witn Mrs Collier 1316 Elizabeth avenue Monday afternoon at 3 Mrs Collier leader circle A with Mrs McMichael 1841 Plaza Monday afternoon at 3 Mrs McMichael leader Business Women circle will meet with Mrs Paul Nelson 1219 East 35th street Monday night at 8 Mrs Nelson leader Sgt Floyd Lowrance of the Marine corps has been promoted to platoon sergeant for meritorious conduct in action on August 21 1942 at Guadal canal The warrant of promotion to the new rank was sent to him by Major General A A Vandegrift commander of the First Marine division "During the early morning of August 21 the message said Japanese landing force of about 700 men attacked the position of the battalion at the mouth of the Tena-ru river north coast of Guadalcanal Throughout the entire fight Sergeant Lowrance displayed courage BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN The circles will meet as follows: Circle No 2 Mrs A Morrison chairman with Mrs Lamb 1911 Pinewood circle Mon day at 3:00 Circle No 2 Mrs Culp chairman with Mrs Maggie Hogan 521 Beaumont avenue Monday at 2:30 Circle No 3 Mrs Houston chairman with Miss Mollie Brown 418 12th street Tuesday at 3:00 Circle No 4 Mrs Hipp chairman with Mrs Gilbert Spoor 419 Smith Monday at 3:00 Circle No 5 Mrs Baugh chairman with Mrs Belue 323 Boulevard Monday at 3:00 Circle No 6 Mrs Davis chairman with Mrs Gallag her Providence road Monday at 8:00 Cars will leave the church at 7:45 ST JOHN'S PAPTIST The circles of the Woman's Mis sionary society will meet as follows Monday: No 1 Mrs A Hogewood chairman with Mrs Harrill 901 Boulevard 3:30 No 3 Mrs Lowe chairman with Mrs Lassiter 201 Ridgeway ave nue 3:00 No 4 Mrs Usher chairman with Mrs Janes 220 oCttage place 3:30 No 5 Mrs Duckett chairman with Mrs Duckett 1945 Crescent avenue 3:30 No 6 Mrs Hall chairman with Mrs A Bumgardner Wend-over road 3:30 No 7 Mrs George Avrett chairman with Mrs Hugh Brown 428 Hawthorne Lane 3:30 No 8 Mrs Nix chairman with Mrs Alexander 1437 7th stret 3:30 No 9 Mrs Ruppelt chairman with Mrs Charles 1719 Club road 3:30 No 11 Mrs Oris O'Danicl chairman with Mrs Claude Herndon 3829 Sclwyn avenue 8:00 SGT FLOYD LOWRANCE ranee brought the same gun to bear on a small Japanese field gun also and initiative A Japanese machine! putting that out of action Sergeant gun crew succeeded in setting up a Lowrance then fought as a rifleman position in an abandoned amphibi-jfor the remainder of the fight" ous tractor near the far bank ofj Sergeant Lowrance has been in the Tenaru The fire from this po-jthe Marine corps for 13 years and sition while intermittent was ex-j has been at Guadalcanal for ap-ceedingly effective in harassing ouriproximatcly 18 months He is the positions Sergeant a son of Mr and Mrs A Lowrance brought up an old 37 mm gun of Dixie road which had been mounted on a ma-j He has two brothers in service chine gun cart and knocked the Clyde Lowrance of the Merchant enemy machine gun out of action! Marine who is stationed in New In doing so he received a bullet! York and Carl Boyce Lowrance of wound in his shoulder Later Low- the Navy CHADWICK METHODIST No 1 Mrs Bill Allen Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock No 2 Mrs Griffin Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock No 3 Mrs Ervin Tuesday evening at 7:30 No 4 Mrs Pauline Bunn Monday evening at 7:30 CALVARY METHODIST Circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet: No 1 with Mrs Luther Saxon 15M Merriman avenue Tuesday evening at 8 No 2 with Mrs Mock 716 East Park avenue Tuesday afternoon at 3: No 3 with Mrs Gaylord 1021 South Cdllcge street Tuesday afternoon at 5 No 4 to be announced: No 5 at the church on South Mint street Tuesday evening at 8 WASHINGTON Oct AV-The famous "battleship" which shot down 32 planes in one engagement and then sank three Japanese cruisers was identified today by the Navy as the South Dakota Under command of Capt Thomas Gatch now Rear Admiral Gatch judge advocate general of the Navy the South Dakota bagged the three cruisers on the night of November 14 off the point of Savo island in the Solomons She was prowling in search of enemy shipping when the three cruisers came into sight The first salvo from the South Dakota set ablaze one of the cruisers Before the other enemy warships could get within range the South Dakota had sunk them all Earlier on October 26 in the battle of Santa Cruz she had slugged her way through a heavy air attack shooting down 32 planes SECRECY NECESSARY The Navy said the identity had been kept a secret for nearly a year because she was the first ship of a new class bearing new armament and with greatly increased fire power To have identified her as the South Dakota the navy said would have given the enemy valuable information on the new class The South Dakota's sister ships in the hard-slugging class are the Massachusetts Indiana and Alabama Gatch told of the aerial assault and the subsequent surface battle in a formal report in which he declared: "I was more afraid of ramming the carrier we were protecting than of the attacking planes" Telling of one of the aerial attacks he said only a single torpedo plane of a group of about 40 Japanese bombers did not fall or turn back from the South Dakota's fire "It came at the stern of the he reported "It appeared that millions of tracer shells went right past that plane without hitting it but some did strike it and at the right time They struck just before the pilot released his The torpedo missed and the plane struck the water and sank Earlier 20 enemy dive bombers had been CAPTAIN AND MRS CHARLES JONES Captain Jones Just Back from Africa Feels Allies Will Establish Themselves in Southern and Central Sections Sees All-Out Blow Any Time By JOHN COLBURN STOCKHOLM Oct 2HAV-The Germans have launched a purge of Denmark's 6000 Jews they an nounced officially in Berlin and Copenhagen today opening a Ges-tapo-storm troop reign of terror which prompted Sweden to intercede quickly tonight with an offer of haven for the victims and a warning for the Nazi oppressors The Swedish government announced formally that it had asked Germany to permit Danish Jews to come to Sweden but a Swedish spokesman said there were strong rumors that the Germans already had begun to deport the Jews to Germany and Poland German officials announced that the Jews were being "removed from public life" in Denmark Widespread arrests made only after storm troop and Gestapo reinforcements had been sent in to Denmark were begun on the night of September 30 and early yesterday morning coinciding with the Jewish holidays RAIDS The raids were reported to have continued through yesterday The Swedish minister to Berlin the Swedish government's an nouncement said tonight formally offered refuge for Danish Jews at the same time telling Nazi officials that the purge would have what he described as "serious repercus sions" in Sweden A foreign office spokesman in an nouncing the Swedish offer said he was not prepared to comment on the nature of the repercussions So far he said Berlin has failed to reply to the offer The Swedish government is providing care for Jewish refugees who already have fled lo Sweden Three hundred reached Sweden yesterday Although the state of siege in Denmark continued in full force establishing a record length or more than a month Danish resistance to the Germans appeared to be hard-oning instead of slackening Today's German announcement of the purge said that Danish soldiers interned during the period of open revolt against the Nazis in late August would be released soon Danish sources here said that Prince Viggo nephew of King Christian and an active officer in the Hussars is the only member of the Roval family still interned ANNOUNCEMENT Today's German announcement issued in Copenhagen said: "Interned Danish soldiers will be released within a few days by order of competent German quarters An official German statement Sat-day emphasized that it is now possible to fulfill the wish of the Danish population for the friends of tht interned soldiers because elements have been removed which continually poisoned the atmosphere "The speed of the release depends upon technical conditions measures mentioned The German Arrives in England Mr and Mrs Baggett have received word that their son Corporal Delwin Baggett has arrived safely in England CALDWELL MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN Monday afternoon at 3:30 Circle 2 with Mrs John Kenyon 1803 East Eighth street circle 3 with Mrs Frank Thies 119 Cherokee road circle 4 with Mrs Roy Robinson 218 Colonial avenue circle 7 with Mrs I Walker 708 Oakland avenue circle 9 with Mrs Henry Hackney 1412 East Seven'h street Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock: Circle 1 with Mrs Grubbs 417 Hawthorne Lane circle 5 with Mrs: Burke Fox 2209 Belvedere avenue circle 6 with Mrs Yandle 1308 Hemlock avenue TABERNACLE A The circles meet Monday at 3:30 as follows: No 1 Mrs Caldwell lead' er at the church: No 2 Mrs Smith leader with Mrs McDonald 813 Hawthorne Lane No 3 Mrs Kennedy leader with Mrs Elliott 320 Lillington avenue No 4 Mrs Ellie Irvin leader with Miss McCall 116 South Fox street No 5 Mrs Irwin leader with Mrs Jenkins 415 Ethelind avenue No 6 Mrs Dixon leader at the church Zeb Vance P-T A The Zeb Vance P-T A will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 and will hold open house The public is invited Red Wing Council Red Wing Council No 41 Degree of Pocahontas will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock at the Piedmont building with Mrs Nora I Oates Pocahontas in charge Captain Charles Jones executive officer of an American fighter squadron in Africa be surprised to see screaming headlines in the paper any morning announcing that the United forces had begun invading Fortress Europe at many points The Captain just back after a year in North Africa much of the time attached to the British Eighth army made it clear that he wasn't giving away any military secrets It was just his opinion he said but it is an opinion shared by the troops in his part of the front as well as the front porch strategists here in' the United Slates 1 1 wouldn't he aiirprisrd any Vittorio Emmanuele Denounc morning to see that the Americans and British were storming across the Channel into France" said Cap es Germans As To Meet Monday Troop leaders and council county Girl Scouts will meet Monday at 5:30 o'clock at the Scout Little House for an outdoor supper and square dance Parks Hutchison P-T A Parks Hutchison school r-T A meets Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 for the first meeting of the year in a get-acquainted session with Mrs A McClure president in charge TRITCHARD MEMORIAL The following circles will meet Monday afternoon: No 1 with Mrs Willing- ham 2928 Avondale avenue at 3:30 shot down in the first of three 2 and 9 combined with Mrs tUeship ter Charnley 416 Kingston ave- The third attack brought 24 divejnue at 3:00 3 with Mrs Wm Har-bombers and torpedo planes Onejrison Williams 1115 Boulevard bomb landed on top of a turret at 3 o'clock 5 with Mrs 'That was the only hit we took 'Casper 1109 Boulevard at 4 and one bat o'clock: 7 with Mrs Stephens said Gatch A fragment of the 1208 Mint street at 3 o'clock: wSltDTO CAVeSt C' Describing the surface engage Dale terrace at 3 Lrthcn and Marie o'clock Mary Smith circles and Urges Fight Dr Schwarze to Preach The Rev Dr Edmund Schwarze pastor of Calvary Moravian church and president of the Southern Moravian Foreign Missionary society will address the congregation of the Little Church on the Lane at the missionary lovefeast this evening at 8 o'clock The service sponsored by the Missionary Com mittee of the Moravian Advance Rev Herbert Spaugh is pastor of the local church tain Jones "None of us have any information on that score and of he "if we did we LONDON Oct 2 King Lt-Commander Penland lieutenant Commander rcnliind who has been in the Pacific war zone is visiting his family in Kings Mountain over the week end He is at present stationed at Daytona Beach Fla would certainty not be talking: Viltorio Emfnliele tonight about it But I have an idea and not just mine that before I humane enemy" condemned FIRST BAPTIST The Woman's Auxiliary will hold its circle meetings Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock as follows: Wesley Heights circle Mrs Haignt leader with Mrs Nannie Garrison 107 Grandin road Apt 4 Plaza circle Mrs Berryhill leader with Mrs Claude Smith 2009 Chatham avenue Morrhead circle Mrs Marshall Lake leader with Mrs Luke Castile and Mrs Minnie Wriston Smith 924 Monticello Terrace Apt 2 Elizabeth circle Mrs McCarty loader with Mrs George Fields 2600 Sherwood road Dilworth circle Mrs tL Agnew leader with Mrs Agnew 1214 Myrtle avenue (at 3:31) Church circle Mrs Frank Elam leader at the church The Business Women's circle Miss Goldie Rushet leader will have a supper meeting at the church Wednesday evening at 6:15 o'clock the long well be hitting Europe from illegitimate shadow government' many sides maybe across Norway Lf Benito Mussolini and appealed as a feint or the Low Countries! (0 ple people to rally to with an army plunging straight prpmjer Marshal Pietro Badoglio across into France and with others lhe interpreter of my will" pushing up through Southern France the Balkans and away over east In the Mediterranean" NOT ALL ITALY To Meet Tuesday The Red Cross volunteer special services group will meet Tuesday at 10:30 o'clock at the Red Cross headquarters at 510 East Morchead Mrs John La-bouisse chairman will preside In the first direct appeal to the Italian people since the establishment of Mussolini's "Fascist the King broadcasting from He expressed the opinion that the B-n declared "The Fatherland's men Gatch said the Japanese will have a joint meeting and cov- thought they had set a trap forced dish supper at the church American war vessels between the Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock islands of Guadalcanal and Savo "We -wanted to get caught" Gatch added "They weren't expectitng us they had set this trap for foxes i ers please note revised list: and we didn't think it would hold1 No 1 Mrs James Moore bears" chairman with Mrs Mc- The lookouts spotted Eachern 2000 Cumberland avenue the enemy warcraft Big 16-inch Monday Oct 4 at 3:30 No guns sank the three enemy cruisers 2 Mrs Willis Clark chairman with before their own guns were in Mrs Lachicotte 2200 Mai- range "They never knew just whatvern road at 3 Monday Oct sank them" Gatch said 4 with Mrs Lachicotte co- Subsequently the American force hostess No 3 Mrs Frank Bovvers turned south in a passage west of chairman with Mrs Harry Wink-Savo island Japanese cruisers lor 2323 Westfield road at 10:30 BOSTON Oct 2-iAV-The Amcr- dashed 01'' t0 at' Monday Oct 4: No 4 Mrs can Federation of Labor which' 5' opens its 63rd annual convention on ra? And Tav lor 827 Beik ley avenue at Monday is almost certain to take a thp baUe fndcd- thp 3pm Monday Oct 4 No a Mrs i vessels had sunk one Japanese Rosalie Haynes chairman with firm stand against the enactment of British and American leaders would not attempt to conquer all Italy hut Would be content to establish themselves in the southern and central sections from which they could strike terrific air blows at the Bal- sacred soil must b- freed as soon as possible from a secular enemy who has been unable to conceal his natural instinct of oppression and hatred" Hinting at a possible Italian dec Poetry society Thacker s' vention Say Unions Will Take who kans and southern Germany and Oration of war against Germany perhaps set up bases from which the King said Italian troops the actual invasion forces could pushjajr force and navy had taken up out But all of it he hastened to the fight against the Germans "with make clear was simply conjecture enewed enthusiasm at 6:30 the program in the statement refer to Jews who Poetry Society to Meet are accused of having considerably accentuated the situation in Denmark by their anti-German agitation and their moral and material support of terror and sabotage actions By the German measures they will be deprived of the possibility of further affecting public life" The German announcement failed to make clear whether the Jews were being interned in Denmark Germany or Poland or whether they were being deported to eastern Europe to work on German fortifications and the possibilities regarded here as most likely The North Carolina will meet at Tuesday evening Those take supper will meet o'clock downstairs and will begin at 7:30 upstairs Advisors to Convene Hie advisors of the Girl Reserves will hold business meeting of the afternoon at 4:15 at Ihe A The will meet with Mrs MYERS PARK METHODIST At 3:30 Monday: No 2 with Mrs John Trotter 2554 Roswell avenue No 3 with Mrs Charles Williams 215 Ridgewood avenue No' 4 with Mrs Baxter 1601 Queens road West Mrs Louis Rogers co-hostess No 5 with Alts Hugh Boyer 2029 Beverly Drive Mrs Frew co-hostcss No 6 with Mrs George Westbrook Mrs Hunt co-hostess No 7 with Mrs A Hilkcr Sardis road No 8 with Mrs Davenport 1420 Scotland avenue Mrs Hoyle Smat'n-ers co-hostess No 9 with Mrs Creighton 610 Hermitage Court Mrs Brock Barkley co-hostess A their first compulsory labor control at thi' "'P nr heavy cruiser three Mrs Gaither 1903 Pinewood As for actual operations in the North African and Sicilian campaigns he was not at liberty to comment upon them beyond the information that has already been carried in the newspapers He praised Britain's General Montgomery Commander of the famous Eighth "Monty" he called him --but declared General Wavell and! he was happy his staff had already laid much of her traditional The broadcast th- ministry of SATISFIED At the same press interview United Nations lecorded by voiced Allied capture was recorded oy information time Badoglio in a reported by the radio at Algiers and government monitors "satisfaction" over the of Naples and said 'to see Italy and friends marching season time early arrivals among the nffi-Tuesday clock cers and delegates predicted today advisors Convention emphasis and interest Rogers Ma- will be divided among the subjects cruisers and one destroyer and circle at 3 Monday Oct 4 damaged other vessels 6 Mrs Hart chairman met at 2 Monday Sept 27 FIRE DESTROYS at hospital with Mrs 11 rs-iu A ftTin A Harry Nightingale as hostess: No 7 WOMAN AUTO c- Worrall chairman at 8 Monday Oct 4 at the side by side in the right direction" The broadcast added that Badoglio said political participation would Pc extended "over a wide basis" when the Italian government is re-estan- Vehicle Operated by Mrs Landston Consumed After Spark Sets Blaze Rectory 1436 East 7th street Mrs Purnell co-hostess No 8 Miss Harriet Osborne chairman at 8 Monday Oct 11th with Miss Esther Skclding 2312 Pembroke avenue gee Girl Reserve secretary To Sponsor Bazaar The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Trinity Methodist church on Beaty's Ford road will sponsor their annual bazaar and chicken supper on Friday night October 8 at the church Supper will he served from 6 until 10 o'clock Wilmore P-T A The Wilmore P-T A will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock Rev Ted Smith pastor of Wilmore Presbyterian rhurch will have charge of the of man power the application of John Lewis for rcadmission of his United Mine Workers postwar planning politics prices and wages and the war-labor disputes act About 500 delegates ar expected application may become the highlight of a convention that is normally almost free of internal controversy Tho AFI executive board referred the application last August to the convention without recommendation Under the convention procedure it will be referred to the resolutions committee headed by Matthew Woll The Federation's position on the man-power problem is expected to be substantially the same as it was a year ago despite new stringencies in the labor market and the the groundwork for the success that was achieved under Ihe brilliant leadership of Montgomery He was attached to the British army during the heavy fighting around El Alamein and occasionally sawllishcd in Rome) the British leader and his armored The King declared corps beret Captain Jones has a 20-dav leave dating from his arrival in the United States He has not received orders assigning him to his next tour of duty If the usual procedure is followed however he will likely be assigned to some United States post as an instructor At present he and Mrs Jones are visiting Mr and Mrs Cyrus Campbell at their home on Crescent avenue navy after proof of loyalty and discipline by the armistice is again seas of the fatherland tricolor flying as high He explained at the broadcast that he had "free part" of Italy i Prince Umberto) and "in Ihe hope of more serious damage intangible capital of WILMORE PRESBYTERIAN The executive board of the Woman's Auxiliary will meet Monday at 3 o'clock at the home of the president Mrs Culp Sr 258 West Park avenue Air Force Commander Declares Pounding Has Made Successful Defense Impossible An automobile operated by Mrs Langston of 428 North Laurel street was almost totally consumed yesterday afternoon by flames which spread so rapidly it was impossible to extinguish Ihcm Mrs Langston told police she fled from the car after it had stopped on West Morchead street when someone shouted to her that it was on fire A spark the report said devotional Parents are urged to attend this first meeting of intensifying fight for 'Federal law the new school year to provide broad positive controls that "our the conscientious required sailing the with the as ever" outset of his gone to a with his son the government preventing to the the Father-land" Bern Switzerland dispatches told meanwhile of the first Rome-dated Swiss telegraphic agency report since the occupation of the capital which asserted that Mussolini's proclamation of a Fascist Republic had provoked little sympathy and said the working people were more concerned with economic than social questions isolateTunit FLOWN SUPPLIES ST LUKE'S LUTHERAN The Ladies Aid society will meet Monday at 3:15 o'clock at the church The hostesses are Mrs Small Mrs Rhodes Mrs Copses and Mrs Bolton rRITfllARD MEMORIAL BAPTIST Circle No 4 will meet Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs Blanche Jennings 1616 Cleveland avenue Medical Society ARMY AND NAVY OPEN TO YOUTH Examinations to Be Held Nov 9 for Specialized Training Courses The regular meeting of the Mecklenhurg Medical society will be held in the Medical library on Tuesday at 8 A medical war film will he shown and there will be talks by Dr Hillis Seay Dr John Kennedy and Dr Johnston sp an on rp' The alleged attempt by Lerov Monroe Negro of 415 West Berry street to snatch some chicken ham lard butter and fat meat yes terday at 4:50 quickly led to his arrest and jailing by the city police He is charged with attempted larceny Frank Nance of 320 North McDowell street was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon shortly after he was alleged tn have cut Elliott Kemp of 916 East Seventh street between the eyes with a pocketknife The affray took place at 923 East Seventh street Kemp was released from Good Samaritan hospital after the wound was sewed up Pilots Take Off with Cumbersome Bundles to Aid American Infantrymen Nearly Two Billions Oversubscribed to Third Loan and Figures Still Coming in WASHINGTON Oct 2 tT) The 24-day thirr war loan endrd tonight with it $15600000000 goal oversubscribed and Secretary Mor-genthau voicing his satisfaction for a job well done When Ihe Treasury offices closed tonight the drive was over the top by $1887000000 and the final count is yet to Sales reported up to that lime represent cd atL increase of $087000000 over the previous day Mnrgcnlhmi said reports from various stales indicated there was a last-minute rush to buy more bonds Reports will continue to come in for the next 10 days or two weeks and a final tally Is expected October 18 Stale Exceeds Quota WINSTON-SALEM Oct State Chairman Clarence Lcin-hach announced tonight that North Carolina had bettered its $145000-000 third war loan quota by $4-800000 a of 2 yesterday when the latest figures were totaled This meant that North Carolina had raised 103 per cent of its assignment with the rest of Friday's purchase all of nnd future and serie bond ale reported by October 18 to be added io the mounting total Leinbach explained that Ihe task of figuring all the various city and rmin'y sale nnd compiling thesp figures into stale totals required much time and that therefore the $149800000 total was the latest available on North Carolina sale One-Wnrd Parrot SPOKANE MaJ Olio Ilaalnnd home from Guadalcanal tell of a vlsllng colonel approaching a tent who froze In hi track upon hearing the command "hall!" He stood it sometime before discovering he wa Ihe victim of a self-appointed a pet parrot with one-word vocabulary TENTH ARMY AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS India Oct United Slates Air forces by pounding Burma at an increasing pace already have made a "successful defense by the Japanese nearly impossible" Brig Gen Howard Davidson declared at a press conference today have seriously hampered the movement of all Japanese supplies and the commander of the 10th Army Air force declared "In many cases we have slopped them altogether Shipping at Rangoon has been disrupted to a point that supplies entering that primary point are far below the level required tn maintain the Japanese adequately in Burma" Pointing out that the air blows had been mostly of a' strategic nature to disrupt supply lines he said "We have been busy getting prepared adequately to do this job right once we start" and he added: "The formation of the Southeast Asia command and the appointment of Admiral Lord Louis Mounlbatten as Allied commander are definite Indications that the time is not far ofT when our enemy will begin to feel the weight of these He said the month of September was the 10th Air "record for the monsoon seasonrand the second largest month In our history from dip standpoint of tonnage of bombs dropped It exceeded the previous month of August by 50 per cent" Approximately 1000 tons of bombs were dropped he related Cnmlwit crews went on missions on every day ef the month except two Four American planes were lost but only two due tn enemy action while destroying five Interceptors and probably destroying several others WASHINGTON Oct 2-(P)-The War and Navy departments today set Tuesday November 9 as examination day for high school students who wish to enler specialized training courses High school seniors or graduates who have reached their 17(h but not their 22nd birthday will be eligible to take the examination for enrollment In college courses leading to service ns specialists technicians or officers Those expressing a preference for Army service will be enrolled in the Army specialized training reserve program Students between Ihe age of 17 and 20 may express preference for the Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard More than 360000 youths took Hie first examinations for specialized training last April over labor supply RECOGNIZED AFL officials recognized the labor stringencies in some war production centers but contend that the existing authority of the War Manpower commission has not been fully utilized and the possibilities of management-labor co-operation have scarcely been tapped Until voluntary methods arc given a more extensive trial Federation spokes men say they will oppose compulsory measures The convention hIko is expected to demand representation In writing the peace nnd the postwar program domestic and international eco nomic and political Attention will be directed to next year's congressional and legislative election campaigns in connection with the War Labor Dilspules act and a number of Slate statutes which organized labor considers inimical to it welfare Demands for the defeat of legislator who supported these measures will be heard Most of the first week will be devoted to addresses by guest speakers Among those who have accepted invitations are Secretary of the Treasury Morgcnthau Secretary of Labor Perkins Undersecretary of War Patterson Commander Atherton of the American Legion Dan Tracey Assistant Secretary of Labor: Monsignor Francis Haas Chairman of the Fair Employment Practice Committee Arthur Alt-meyer Chairman of the Social Security Hoard Joseph Keenan Vice Chairman of Ihe War Production Board and Metcalfe Waling Wage and Hour administrator Taxes for lighting and cleaning service and for use of a government slaughter house now contribute to the revenue of Limo Feru ST PAUL'S PRESBYTERIAN Circle 1 Mrs Hamilton chairman Monday at 3 with Mrs Little 100 Sylvania ave nue: circle 2 Mrs Spralt chairman Monday morning at 10:30 with Mrs Griffin 2620 Shenandoah avenue circle 3 Mrs Woodside chairman Monday st 3 with Mrs Ward Flowers 586 Louise avenue The evening circle will meet Monday evening at 7:45 o'clock with Mrs George Haynes 624 East Eighteenth street WEST AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN No 1 Mrs Heller chairman October 12 Ht 7:30 with Miss Florence Jamison 908 West Fourth street: No 2 with Mrs Hendrix chairman meets Tuesday at 7:30 with Mrs Sam Sutton 1005 West Fourth street: No 3 Miss Margaret Smith chairman meets Tuesday at 8 o'clock with Mrs Moore 1119 Vest Fifth street No 4 5 6 and 7 meets Tuesday at 3:30 No 4 Mrs Mattie Dunn chairman with Miss Rose Henderson 917 West Trade street No Mrs Barkley chairman with Mrs Barkley 409 Walnut avo-nuc: No 6 Mrs Tuckctl chairman with Mrs Johnston 1035 Brandon road: No 7 Mrs A Carson chairman with Mrs Booker 422 West Trade street huruhToTi'ih: holy COMFORTER SI Anne's guild meets with Mrs II Coffin 2328 Forest drive Monday at 3:30 Mrs Barrow leader St Agnes guild Arrives in Australia Sergt David Rennett son of Mr and Mrs Bennett of tfi35 Logie avenue has landed in Australia his parents have been notified by the War department Sergeant Bennett 20 years old last week Is a graduate of Central High school and has been in the Army seven months Regular Communication The regular communication of Excelsior Lodge No 261 A nnd A will be held Monday evening at 8 o'clock At the conclusion of the business meeting the Entered Apprentire degree will be conferred on class of candidate Carriker junior warden will have charge of thin degree Writer Club to Meet The Charlotte Writer club will hold Its monthly dinner meeting at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday evening at Thacker's restaurant Mrs Harvey Barrel runner-up In the spring contest will read her story and plan for the next story contest will be discussed A welcome is extended lo anyone Interested In writing nd those interested are ssked to make reservation by railing 3-7841 not later than Monday FUTURE FARMERS ELECT OFFICERS PLAN WORK SPINDALE Oct Future Farmers of America organization of the Rutherfofdton-Spinriale high school met In the agriculture department and elected the club officers for the current year a follows: president Willie Phillips vice-president Britt Hemphill secretary Russell Taylor treasurer Claude Daniel reporter Fred Crow advisor Morris teacher of agriculture In the local high school The member of the club discussed the sponsoring of a war bond and stamp booth In the school ns one of Ihe club's activities IVHI Start Meeting MOUNT GILEAD Oct 2-Rev Slone of Charlotte executive secretary of Mecklenburg presbytery will begin a meeting at Tee Dee Presbyterian church Sunday October 30 lo continue through the following Sunday New Zealand's Liberty Loan drive hai passed the $80000000 nark ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS Oct Four American A-36 invader pilots taking off with cumbersome bundles lashed beneath their planes dropped food ammunition and other supplies to American troops holding an isolated sector ol the Italian front an official report disclosed today Lt Col Dorr Newton of San Antonio Tex who commnnds an A-3fl group led Hie mission 'and roneded it was "rather sporty" even for darevilles accustomed to diving through enemy flak to drop bombs Other pilots participating wore Wallon Jr 22 of Shreveport Lh and Arthur Sortorc 23 of Atlanta Ga The load were packed In canvn bag and hooked lo the plane' bomb rack The pilots found their loads vastly altered the flying characteristics of Ihelr plane and Newton aaid: "I thought I would never get off and then It wa a job to get altitude We finally abandoned hope of rlimbtng and made a run on the deck" Charlotte Book Clubs The Raedan Book duh will meet with Mr Sinclair Slewart at her home at 1560 Dilwnrth road Friday afternoon at 2:36 o'clock Mr Stewert will have charge of the Handleless British rups are the lonly one being Imported into Aus- meets with Mn A Palmer 30D traha.