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WEATHER FORECAST cloudy with moderate temperatures today, tonight, and Fri- Sunset today, 7:02 p. sunrise Friday, 7:22 a. m. SEVENTY -SECOND YEAR Markets, Cafes Are Inspected County Health Department Announces Ratings Local Establishments NO PERMITS REVOKED For the quarter ending September 30, 1 1944, the Union County Department announces the sanitary ratings of cafes, meat markets, hotels, and other food handling establishmenst in the country. These ratings are grouped in grade.

certificates of and and the ratings are based on numerous Items of sanitation, consisting of construction of the building, the equipment, the cleanliness and sterilization of all utensils used, the disposal garbage and other wastes, and the method used in storing, handling, and display of food. Visits are made at least once each quarter for the purpose of posting grade, and more frequent visits are made to check compliance with State Board of Health regulations. During this quarterly survey thirtyfour cafes, twenty-six markets, and one hotel were graded. No operation permit was revoked during the quarter. These ratings were made by local inspectors L.

T. Bragg and Frank DilIon, under the supervision of Dr. Clem Ham, County Health Officer, The ratings in percentage and grade groups are as follows: Cafes Grade A-Crow's Sandwich Shop, Monroe, 92; Royal Cafe, Monroe, 90.5; Gamble's Drug Monroe, 90.5; Monroe, 90.0. Grade B- -Brass Rail, Monroe, 88; Monroe Sandwich Shop, Monroe, 87; Victory Cafe, Monroe, 86.5; Dal's Lunch, Monroe, 86.5; Rainbow Grill, Monroe, 86; Godwin's Sandwich Shop, Marshville, 85; Mack's Lunch, Monroe, 84: Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital, 84; Montgomery Lunch, Monroe, U. 8.

0. Snack Bar (White), Monroe, 83.5; Fitzgerald Cafe, Monroe, 83; Hinson's Grill, Monroe, 82.5; Hotel Dining Room, Monroe, 82.5; City Cate, Monroe, 82.5; Center Lunch, Benton Heights, 82.5; Klondyke Cafe, Wingate, 82; Elliott's Canteen, MonToe, 81.5; New York Cafe, Monroe, 80.5; HIll Top Cafe, Monroe, 80.5; Alston's Sandwich Shop, Monroe, 80.5; Baucom's Lunch, Monroe, 80.5; Star Cafe, Marshville, 80; Red Pig, Monroe, 80; Shop Royal Grill, Gardens, Monroe, 80; U. 8. o. Monroe, 80; Wine Snack Bar (Colored, Monroe, 80.

GRADE C. Monroe Mills Lunch, Monroe, 97.5; Soda Shop, Monroe, 78; Manetta Lunch, N. Monroe, 76.5; Belmont Cafe, Monroe, 74. Markets Grade A-Funderburk Market, MonToe, 91; Fitzgerald Monroe, 90.5; Secrest Grocery, Monroe, 90; Baucom Preslar, Monroe, 90; Helms Grocery, Benton Heights, 90. Grade BA Market, Monroe, 86; Hancoth's Market, 84; Five Points Food Store, Monroe, 83; Mangum's Food Store, Monroe, 82.5; Little Star Market, Monroe, 82.5; Baker's Market, Waxhaw, 82.5; Union County Cold Storage, Monroe, 82; Moser's Market, Mineral Springs, 82; Perry's Market, Wingate, 81; Central Food Store, Marshville, 81; Helms Market, North Monroe, 81; Nesbit's Market, Waxhaw, 80; Star Market, Monroe, 80; Ross' Market, Monroe, 80.

Grade Shaw's Market, Monroe, 78; Dixie Home Store, Monroe, 76.5; Edwards' Market, Marshville, 76; Rice Market, R2, Matthews 75; Crenshaw Market, West Monroe, 73; Austin's Market, Wingate, 73; Smith's Market, Stallings, 70.5. Hotels Grade A--Hotel Monroe, Monroe, 90.5. CHILDREN'S MATINEE IS REPEATED AT FESTIVAL Youngsters Up To 16 Years of Age To Be Admitted Free. Due to many requests from parents of children who could not attend the Children's Matinee" last Tuesday, officials of the Union County Fair Association's Fall Festival, will conduct another "Children's Day," on Saturday of this week. On Saturday, children up to 16 years of age will be admitted to the fair grounds tree, and to the many shows and riding devices at reduced prices, from 1 till.

6 p. Marks Shows, who are furnishing the "Mile Long Pleasure Trail," have proven to be the biggest and cleanest outdoor amusement company, ever to exhibit in these parts. The many shows, riding devices and other attractions, including "Dare Devil. Bruity," the man who actually defies death, by hanging himself with regular hangman's noose, which he places around his neck and jumps 60 feet into apace, have proven very -popular. Art "Speedy" Spencer, and his "Pit of Death," where boys and girls still in their teens perform the seemingly Impossible, while mounter on motorcycles on a straight up and down wall, thrill their audience, when they turn two untamed lions loose in the pit and continue their performance with the lions in pursult.

"Jump and Jive" the colored revue; Paree," the miniatre comedy: Funny Glass House" and "World's Fair as well as the other attractions have been well reecived, as have the many thrilling riding devices, which grace the "Mile Long Pleasure Trail." Marks Shows will exhibit on the fair grounds in Moures, until and Ineluding Saturday night. Pet. Bill Lee, who is stationed Brags. camo several days ago a here with his parenta, and Mos. Andrew Let leave this where he with friends, return Monroe for a few before returnine to Fort The MEMORIAL, F-C SUNDAY JENKINS Services Will Be Held Sunday After- noon At First Baptist, Memorial services for Seaman Talmadge Clinton, Jenkins will be held in the Baptist church, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 and will be in charge of the pastor Rev.

Jack T. Akin. Special music will be furnished by the church choir. Seaman Jenkins, son of Oscar Walter Jenkins, lost his life in the recent storm which swept the Atlantic, when his ship, the -Destroyer Warrenton went down. Seaman Jenkins is survived by his father, two sisters, Mavel and Dorothy Jenkins and one brother, PFC Henry I H.

Jenkins of the air forces at Casper, Wyoming. Seaman Jenkins was 17 years old and had served in the South Pacific area for nine months. He had three stars on his Pacific theatre ribbon, dicating participation in three major battles. He entered the Navy July 8, 1943. The young seaman was well-known here and often visited relatives in the city.

He was a member of the First Baptist church of Monroe. Russians Open Second Front Break Into Yugoslavia Along 55-Mile Stretch In New Attack NAZIS FIGHT FURIOUSLY While Moscow announced no gains yesterday, Marshal Tito's headquarters declared that the Red army had joined units of his 14th Partisan corps in a converging drive on Belgrade. The first invasion of Yugoslavia, announced Saturday, meanwhile was continued on a north-south front beginning 50 miles east of the lower tremity of the new drive, and carried to a depth of 22 miles westward with capture of the town of Rudna Glava, 36 miles southwest of the Romanian border town of Turnu Severin. The Russians also announced capture of the town of Rudna Glava, 36 miles southwest of the Romanian border town of Turnu Severin. The Russians also announced capture of the Estonian island of Ristna by amphibious forces bent on ending Germany's domination of the Baltic sea.

Ristna, one of four islands commanding entrances to the gulfs of Riga and Finland, was taken by troops of Marshal Leonid Govorov's. Leningrad army, who captured the island of Vormsi September 27 and Muhu three days later. Now, the Russians need possession only of Saare, largest of the four 18- lands, to give the Red fleet clear sailing in the Baltic, where it can shipping be employed against German and in support of future campaigns to drive the Germans out of those parts of Latvia and Lithuania they still 00- cupy, and to invade East Prussia. The new drive into Yugoslavia not of I only places Belgrade between one the Red Army's vaunted pincers suming the more southerly offensive will drive westward to cut south of Belgrade as well as southward towards the communications city of Nis but I The Red army opened a second front in Yugoslavia yesterday, breaking into the country along a 55-mile front north and east of Belgrade and driving to' within 37 miles of the Yugoslav capital, already reported under virtual siege 'of Marshal Tito's Partisans. Welding an arc around Belgrade to the northeast, the Russians captured the communications centers of Patrovgrad and Bela Crvka, 40 miles north and 40 miles east of the capital, respectively, and a dozen towns and railway stations in between, including Ulma, just 37 miles from Belgrade.

The Russian drive, announced in Moscow's midnight communique, recorded by the Soviet monitor, penetrated 24 miles into Yugoslavia at Petrograd. It was launched from positions along the Romanian frontier southwest of Timisoara, The new offensive apparently had been under way at least two days. threatens to cut the last Nazi escape routes from the Balkans Romanian troops were believed to -be participating in this new drive, and Col. Ernest von Hammer, Nazi radio military analyst, mentioned the presence of motorized Bulgarian formations. Berlin placed the Russian strength at five infantry divisions, probably more than 50,000 men, and indicated they were thoroughly motorized and accompanied by some armor.

The Germans announced evacuation of the principal cities taken by the Russians before the Soviet communique was issued. LOCAL BANK SENDING SPORT NEWS OVERSEAS Miniature "Sports Being By Service Men. The miniature dewapaper "Sports Slants" which the American Bank and Trust Company is sending to the meri and women of Union county who are on foreign service appeara to be comed, according to letters the bank has received from both the European and Pacino theaters as well as from the Navy. A portion of one letter from Union county boy In New Guinea reads, "I not only enjoyed myself but so did dement of other lows in the squadron. Reading terial da very scarce and we enjoy Immensely The that the men and county who are on that ch be them regularly mail without charge.

MONROE MARKET Cotton, short, ID 21c to Cotton, long, Ib 250 to 830 ton Seed, bushel 45c Corn, 81.50 Wheat, bus $1.85 PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS MONROE, N. UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1944 8-MONTHS, Collect Waste Paper Sunday City Trucks Manned By Members Of Lions Club To Make Collection RAGS ALSO INCLUDED Sunday is' the big day the Lions Club and many patriotic individuals in Monroe and Union county have been preparing for, the day that the second county-wide collection of waste I paper and rags, for the war effort will be made in Union county. And with the big day almost here, W. T. Wall, president of the Lions Club, and others who have been responsible for the leadership in the campaign, are expecting the scrap paper to come in by the thousands of pounds until the goal of 50,000 pounds or more has been obtained.

Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the big canvass will begin, when approximately forty members of the Lions Club attired in work clothes, will, with transportation furnished by the City Sanitary Department and other patriptic truck owners, call upon every home in Monroe, Benton Heights, North and West Monroe. These trucks will be manned by Sanitary Department employees. In the rural sections where no collections have been scheduled, residents are requested to take their scrap paper to will be nearest collection and station, where the collected brought to central collection station in Monroe. Trucks will call for it at Monroe, from whence it will be taken to the mill for reprocessing. In Monroe, a large tent will be erected on the vacant lot in frent of the Quality Chevrolet and people in the country are asked to bring their bundles there any time on Saturday.

Local residents who expect to be out of the city on the day the collection is made, can leave their bundles at the Quality Chevrolet Company this week, and it will be turned over to the proper authorities. At Marshville, trucks furnished by R. P. Stegall and manned by Boy Scouts, will cover the town beginning at 2 o'clock. Folks from the country are asked to bring their waste paper on Saturday to the Stegall warehouse in Marshville and the T.

R. Nisbet warehouse at Waxhaw. In Wingate, the collection station will be at the Perry Mill Company under the direction of Sam R. Gaddy. At Mineral Springs, the collection station is located at Coan's Store.

People living in these communities are requested to leave their bundles at the above named" places. People are asked to leave the bunI dles of waste paper, including newspapers, magazines, paper bags, on the sidewalks, in front of their. residences so that the truck can pick it up. LIEUT. MAX F.

PARKER IS REPORTED MISSING Message Received Yesterday States Missing Over Holland, Sept. 17. DORITA THEIR TOTAL AGES EXCEEDS 500 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. H.

F. Parker of the Union community, Wednesday received a message from the War Department, stating that their son, Lieut. Max 'F. Parker, of the U. S.

Force, had been reported missing over Holland, since September 17. No other information was available. Lieut. Parker is 27 years of age. He attended Union high school and following his graduation entered the University of North Carolina.

After completing his work there he was connected with the Ford-Ferguson Company as field representative until he entered the Air Corps in May 1942. Lieut. Parker received his Wings about a year ago at the Government Air Base at Albuquerque, New Mexico, I from which place he was transferred to Tampa, Fla. He went overseas in March of this year and remained in England for several months before being transferred to the mainland, presumably in France. He was recently promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant and had been awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster and Silver Bars, along with the Bronze Air Medal for meritorious achievements in combat, operating over enemy territory.

Last Saturday, was a red letter day for number of old folks, friends, of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Funderburk of the Smyrna church neighborhood, when they entertained at dinner at their home.

Mr. Funderburk is 80 and Mrs. Funderburk is 74. Their guests were taken from "the older set," and the youngest one present was 69. The total years of the lives of all of them were 0581.

The guests and their ages were: Mr. and Mrs. Funderburk, 80 and Mrs. Sallie (Mattox) Walden of Buford, 93; Mrs. Jane Funderburk Phillips of Matthews, 92; Ellis Godwin, 90; Mrs.

Jane Franklin Funderburk of the Mangum sehool section in South CArolina, 83; and Mrs. Lizzie Davis Deese, 60. They talked of things that have happened over a long period you may i be sure. An account says: "This was a great day for them, talking about all kinds of things as they were In the 60's, the 70's and the 90'; wars, earthquakes, schools, all manner of things they were, experiences through four wars, the Blueback daya In school, going from 10 to 20 miles to Monroe with one bale of cotton and two mules, hen which was to be sold for ten for cents, how they made out of wheat ahd the politics pubile matters of the lone gone Miss Lairs Heath days in whate bee Mrs. King 75c; 6-MONTHS, $1.25 War Casualty PFC JOSEPH H.

THOMAS PFC. JOSEPH H. THOMAS IS KILLED IN FRANCE Served With The Infantry! Landed In France On D-Day. PFC. Joseph Hubert Thomas, son of Mr.

and Mrs. J. Hurley Thomas of the Mt. Pleasant community, was killed in action in France on September 4th, according to a message received by his parents from the War Department. PFC Thomas was 23 years of age on August 14.

He volunteered for service with the Army in November 1940. He received his training at Fort Jackson, 8. and before going into foreign service was stationed at Key West, Camp Forrest, Camp Leonard Wood, a camp in Arizona, and thence to training points in Ireland. At the time of his death, he WAs serving with the Infantry and was with the first invasion troops to land on D-Day. PFC Thomas was reared in the Hamilton Cross Roads community and attended the Marshville high school.

He married the former Miss Doris Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Murphy, of Winnsboro, S.

C. Mrs. Thomas died June 13, 1943. PFC Thomas is survived by his parents, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. C.

C. Parker of Monroe; Miss Avis Thomas of Charlotte; 3-C Petty Officer Billie Thomas, of the U. S. Navy; Bettie, Bobbie, Lucille, Brackie, Shirley, Barbara, Charles, Doris and Carroll of the home. Memorial services are being planned for the near' future and will be held at Hamilton's Cross Roads.

Planes Pound Nazi Targets Munich Rail Yards, Brenner Pass, Bombed In Big Raid BATTLESHIP IS ALSO HIT Up to. 750 Flying Fortresses and erators of the U. 8. 15th Air Force hammered Munich railroad yards and the Brenner Pass area yesterday while RAF heavy bombers dumped thousands of tons of explosives on German U-Boat pens at Bergen, Norway. The Air Ministry revealed that RAF Lancasters which used a Russian airdrome as an intermediate base, recently scored a direct hit with Bap-12-000 bomb on the German battleship Tirpitz anchored near Altenfjord, Norway.

The attack, made without loss, involved a roundtrip flight of more than 5,000 miles between bases in England and the airdrome in Russia near Archangel While Allied heavy bombers were busy, Ninth Air Force mediums destroyed 10 enemy gun positions that had been holding up the U. S. First Army. drive into the Siegfried line near Aechen. Other warplanes supporting the U.

S. Third army near Luneville, knocked out one gun position. 35 locomotives and a viaduct. The heavy bombers of the 15th Air Air Force, flying from Italian bases, smashed points on the Brenner Pass railroad and other Nazi communication routes into Italy. The plunge to Bergen by RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes, round trip, caught the Germans by surprise.

It followed the spectacular puncturing Tuesday of the seawall on, Walcheren island, which the Germans said trapped 6,000 trops in floods. Berlin broadcast said "the fate of 3,000 others of our comrades who made for Flushing in small boats 18 not yet certain." Escorted by Mustangs and Mosquitos the giant RAF bombers flew unopposed by Bergen except for flak over the target which brought down one Lancaster. The submarine pens attacked were mostly under construetion. The base is Germany's most advanced since the coast of France fell. Crews reported they saw sels scrambling in all directions.

Fires were started and a hit scored on large ship as well as on submarines in their pens, Of the -Tirpits mission, the mile of the RAP Lancasters with heavy bomb loads from bases in England to Russia in 11 hours described as a great feat in After refueling In Russia the to Altent jord, where the directly hit with an bomb, Most attacks against the have been made from the the the SEMI-WEEKLY. $2.00 CAR THE LATEST WAR NEWS IN BRIEF WESTERN FRONT American tanks plunge into Germany thru wide hole in Siegfried line above Aachen. First Army troops less than 30 miles from Cologne and Dusseldorf. Hand-to-hand fighting rages inside Fort Driant in northeastern France. EASTERN FRONT Russians advance 14 miles in drive into Yugoslavia and seize railway station 23 miles northeast of Belgrade.

Moscow announces Red Army forces made contact with Marshal Tito's Partisans. Finns close in on Kemi, German-held port on Gulf of Bothnia. SOUTHERN FRONT British radio reports rioting in Vienna and other parts of Austria in respose to General Eisenhower's plea to Austrians to break with Germans. American troops in Italy within 15 miles of Bologna. AERIAL American bombers pound Munich and Brenner pass, as RAF heavies pounce on U-boat pens at Bergen, Norway.

PACIFIC FRONT-Allied planes sweeping over Philippines, Celebes, and Molnocas, leave 10 Japanese freighters sunk or damaged. Enemy troops in China within six miles of Foochow, last big east coast port remaining in Chinese hands, and pose new threat to Kweilin, Union County's Men In Service Sgt. Pressley Cited For Bravery 15th AAP In Italy-Sgt. Houston Pressley, 28, of 507 Stafford Street, Monroe, ordnance technician with a 15th AAF Flying Fortress Squadron, is now the proud possessor of the blue ribbon designating that his unit, the oldest heavy bombardment group in the European Theater, has been cited for "heroic performance of duty against the The acting for which his organization was cited occurred on February 24, of this year, when they led the heavy bombers of the 15 Air Force against the aircraft factory and installations at Steyr, Austria. Despite fierce attacks by more than 100 enemy fighters against their unescorted formation, the Fortresses fought their way through to bomb the target successfully.

The gunners destroyed four enemy fighters, probably destroyed three and damaged two others, while their own losses were one man killed and one wounded. In all more than 35 enemy fighters were destroyed by the other bombers and their fighter escort that aided in destroying the manufacturing center. In presenting the award, Major Nathan F. Twining, commanding general of the 15th Air Force stated, "The folks at home are now doubly proud of the oldest heavy bomb group in the European Theater. Its record speaks for itself.

Sgt. Pressley attended high school in Unionville, and was formerly employed as a truck driver. He enlisted in the Air Forces July 15, 1941 and attended ammunition school at Aberdeen, Md. He has been serving overseas for three months and has earned the European-African-Middle East Theater Ribbon with one battle star. Pvt.

Bill Walton who has recently been inducted into service, is with the infantry at Camp Hood, Texas. Wade Medlin, 2-c, of the U. S. Navy is spending a seventeen-day furlough with ihs parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Yates Medlin of East Windsor street. Sgt. P. O. Whitaker, who was stationed as engineer on a C-47 cargo ship at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, finished up two years there to the day on Friday, September 29th, and has been transferred to the 832 Specialized Regiment, care Air Inspector Office, Topeka, Kansas.

Robert Fowler Promoted An Eighth Air Force Bomber Station, England Flying Fortress engineer and top turret gunner Robert B. Fowler, of 515 Everette street, Monroe, has been promoted from staff sergeant to. technical sergeant in the European Theater of Operations. The thirty-year-old gunner, son of Mr. and the late Mrs.

H. D. Fowler, of Monroe, holds the Air Medal, won for "meritorious achievement" in action over German targets and has participated in 10 daylight heavy bombardment missions to date. He joined his squadron in England last August 2. Before induction January 31, 1943, T-Sgt.

Fowler was lumber inspector with the U. S. Engineers in Charlotte, 8. C. He was trained as an airplane mechanic at Gulfport, and, after volunteering for serial gunnery and undergoing course at Las Vegas, Nevada, won his wings at the latter station October 18, 1943.

One of three sons in service, T-Sgt. Fowler is married to the former Miss Norma D. Braswell, of Monroe. T-Sg4. Clonta Wounded Tech 8gt.

James Hilliard Clonte, of Route 1, Indian Trail, was Slightly wounded in action in France on September 13, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Clonts.

He was serving with the Infantry and has been overseas since June. Bat. Clonts volunteered for service November 20, 1940 and received training at Port Jackson, 8. Camp Forrest, Camp Phillips, Kansas, Fort Dis, Net Jersey. He atFairview, school and ompleged by the Pepal-Cola Bottling in before entering the service.

Captain Botser has (Continued page Joint Armies Near Belgrade Soviets Joined With Tito's Forces, Make Swift Advance PUSHING GERMANS OUT The Red army, now joined with Marshal Tito's Partisans in a campaign to drive the Germans out of Yugoslavia, gained a point only 15 miles from the capital city of Belgrade yesterday in a spectacular 27-mile advance across open country to the northeast. Belgrade appeared ready to fall soon, perhaps "in a day, unless the Germans offer more resistance than they have put up so far against the new offensive on the capital from the north and east, the opening of which was announced only 24 hours ago. Knifing overland so swiftly as to suggest the Nazis were able to put up but little fight after long harassing by the Partisans, the Russians captured the railway towns of Banatska Kraijevivevo, 15 miles northeast of Belgrade, Crepaja, 16 miles north of the capital, Debilyacha, 18 miles north and aBnaska, Novo Selo, 18 miles northeast, Moscow announced in its midnight communique. The plunge to Debilyacha represented a again of 27 miles eastward from Ulma, capture of which was an nounced 24 hours earlier, and overran the rail stations of Alibunar and Vladimorovac en route. One hundred miles southeast of Belgrade other Red Army forces racing to smash the rail network over which the Germans must escape from the Balkans, outflanked the three-way rail junction of Zajecar, capturing the town of Vratarnica, nine miles to the south, and penetrated to within 40 miles of the important junction of Nis, astride the main railway from Bulgaria and Greece.

The Soviet command in its communique announced that Red Army forces had joined with the Partisans in this region "and with them fought engagements for the annihilation" of German trops- the first Soviet comment on a junction formally announced Monday night by Marshal Tito. Altogether the Russians overran 13 towns and railway stations in this area, including the town of Bor, center of the second largest copper deposit in Europe. and villages within 10 miles of the Adenpek goldfields. Bor is 50 miles north of Nis and the Maidanpek fields lie farther northward another 25 miles. In the race to cut the Nazis" raid escape lines the Russians at captured Vratarnica stood 45 miles east of the main Belgrade-Nis railway and 80 miles east of Kraljevo on the last rail line the Germans could take out of the lower Balkans.

Berlin reporter that the Russians, in cooperation with Romanian troops had struck a new blow at the heart of Hungary along a broad front south of Oradea, but last night's brief war bulletin from Moscow told only of actions on the Yugoslav front. Oradea is in Transylvania, 135 miles southeast Budapest and 165 miles northeast of Belgrade. Capture of Belgrade would add to Moscow's prestige in the Balkans and provide a tonic for Marshal Tito's Partisans, who have fought the Germans at great odds, and militarily it would give the Russians control of one of the key points on the long transbalkin railroad. SUNDAY HOME COMING DAY AT. FIRST BAPTIST Services Sunday Morning Will 1 Honor Older Members Of The Church.

The congregation of the First tist church will observe Home Coming Day at the morning service Sunday at 11 o'clock at which time all the older members of the church will be the guests of honor. The pastor, Rev. Jack T. Akin, will bring the message and will acquaint the members of the congregation with the type of program, which has been planned for the coming year and "what the members may do for the church and what the church may do for the members." Miss Kathryn Orem of Kentucky, who has recently arrived in the city to assume her duties as church secretary, will be introduced 'to the congregation dufing ythe service. Following the services Sunday morning, communion will be observed.

The interior of the church building has recently been dedecorated and much favorable comment has been heard concerning the appearance, since the work has been completed. of the church are anxious to have large atendance at the services Sunday morning and those in the city who are unable to attend due to the lack of transportation, are requested to call the pastor, who will see that transportation is provided. WEDDINGTON NEWS most enjoyable study class on "The Church After The War." was held at the parsonage Thursday by Mrs. W. W.

Washam, district study leader from Cornelius. Union and Weddington churches joined for this study. A picnic lunch was served at noon. Mrs. Stough of Cornelius was guest.

The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. J. 0. Cox. PEC and Mrs.

Marvin Norris Arlington, and Willis Summers of Statestille, spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Deal.

W. Williams is visiting her Clifford Deal, Price visiting friends in and Mrs. W. H. Sunday in Charlotte with Americans Hit Nazi Westwall Sweep Through Defenses After Infantry Makes Breach SURPRISE FOR ENEMY Squadrons of hard-hitting American tanks which had been held back for two days while doughboys hacked yawning hole in the Siegfried line north of Aachen were sent charging through the breach yesterday to blast German secondary defenses and help clear the path of Lit.

Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' First army to the Rhine. Pouring into a gap two and a half miles wide in the vaunted Westwall, the Yanks last night were fighting through minefields, tank traps and hastily-built rifle pits more than two miles inside the border of Germany after having thrown back three weak enemy counterattacks in the early morning hours. Front dispatches said the Nazi commanders, for all their desperate need to halt the burgeoning Allied drive at the heart of the industrial Rhineland, did not have enough first class trops to throw against Hodges' crack infantry divisions and tremendous reserves of armor.

More than 100 miles to the south in France, Lt. Gen. George 8. Patton's Third Army veterans fought bitter hand-to-hand duels inside Fort Driant, a great rabbit warren of defenses guarding the vital city of Meta from the west bank of the Moselle river. After Yank troops stormed into the gun-studded fortress and began driving the Nazis out of underground tunnels with blazing oil, the enemy rallied from hidden machine gun and rocket nests within the mile-and-ahalf long maze and a deadly closequarter battle ragged into the night.

While headquarters announced officially that the fort one of several similar strongholds protecting Metz had been captured, field dispatch from Edward Ball of the Associated Press said that the Nazi garrison, composed of former students of the German officers school at Metz, still was putting up "fierce resistance." The American officer commanding the attack told Ball, however, that he was optimistic his shock troops would stay inside Fort Driant this time. They were thrown back in their first attack last week after fighting across moaat guarding the fort. Metz, which never has been taken by storm in all its war-torn history, stands between Patton' forces and the Saar basin of Germany 30 miles to the east. Capture of the elaborate fort would open the way for an assault on Mets itself, strongest fortress city in Western Europe. The attack on Driant, whose thick walls stood almost intact under heavy preliminary bombing and artillery fire, was delivered head-on by tanks and infantry who just kept going until they smashed through.

There were losses of American men and tanks, but information reaching headquarters said they were consider ably lighter than were to be expected in storming one of the main fort rings of the German defensive system. One factor in this, officers said, was that the Nazis apparently never expected infantry to slug through the barbed wire and moat defenses and that the fortress guns, consequently, would not depress far enough to cover the last close-up aprpoaches. Patton's men wriggled under the big guns on their bellies. A 48-hour truce stilled the roar of cannon at historic Dunkeerque, last channel port to which a German garrison clung, while 20,000 refugees streamed out of the town into the safe countryside. British and Canadian troops there waited impatiently to storm in.

The assault was to be resumed at 6 a. m. Friday, and it was doubted the 15,000 Nazis inside the port would put up much more than broken fight before surerndering. OBITUARY MRS. RACHEL AUSTIN Mrs.

Rachel Austin, 67, wife of Mark Austin, died at her home near Pleasant Grove Methodist church late Wednesday afternoon after prolonged Illness. Funeral services will be held at Pleasant Grove Friday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Walter HIll, assisted by Rev. Mr. Hope and Rev.

J. B. Fitzgerald. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She is survived by her husband, one son, Raymond Austin of the county: four sisters, Mrs.

Fannie Terry of Pinehurst: Mrs. Jim McOry, Mr. Baxter Starnes and Mrs. Jim Montgomery of the county; three brothers, E. G.

J. Z. Nash of the county and Worth Nash with the United States army overseas; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. ARTHUR TRAVIS SIMPSON Arthur J. Travis Simpeon, died his home in Goose Creek townahip, Wednesday evening at 8:20 following an illness of only three weeks.

Funeral services were held this afternoon Benton's Cross Roads church of which member and deacon for many The services were E. C. Snyder Entley. Creek cemetery. He survived by his Rosanna Cpl.

three.