SMASHES
MONASTERY
Germans Flee From Monas
tery Like Rats When
Bombs Crash Into Obsta
cle That Has Held Up
Cassino Advance; Rail
Yards at Rome Blasted
Heavily; Land Fighting
Lull Contines
Allied Headquarters. Naples,
Feb. 15. ? More than 200 Ameri
can bombers and scores of heavy
field guns wrecked the fortified
Monte Cassino abbey today while
other United States planes bat
tered targets in Rome iidelf in
smashing twin blows to end Ger
man immunity behind holy walls
at a cost of Allied lives.
The 'bombers sent German
troops pouring like ants out of
the monastery, only to be 'shelled
by the land barrage, while hund
reds of other German troops were
believed buried under the collap
sing walls of the abbey which the
enemy had garrisoned in defiance
of every convention.
Debris from the monastery was
sent tumbling over the German
pillboxes surround'ing the abbey
and reconnaissance pilots flying
Over the area after the four-hour
? aero-artillery barrage saw no
signs of enemy movement- The
abbey itself, appeared to have
bften blasted to its deep founda
tions, although part of the outer
walls still stood.
Attack on Ron^e
American A-36 Invader dive
bombers made the third attack of
the war on the Rome rail yards.
With clearing weather, the Allies
appeared to be having their big
gest aerial day since Salerno as
planes roared off from every air
field within range to provide sup
port for the stalemated Cassino
and Rome beachhead fronts.
Today's new assaults took up
without interruption the great
Mediterranean aerial offensive
launched^ yesterday and continu
ing until' dawn today, involving
more than 1,500 sorties.
(The Rome radio asserted that
in today's Rome raid the security
police headquarters was hit and
the vice commissioner of police
Injured seriously. Some of the
highest Vatican authorities were
said to have gone to the bombed
areas in automobiles, but were
NOTES ON NATS? The Naval
Air Transport Service, in a little
more than two years, has flung to
gether a world-wide airline cover
ing 65,000 miles, the Office of War
Information has recently revealed.
One of these superman jobs made
possible by the savvy of commercial
air operators, the NATS was born
on December 12, 1941. Its original
pilot, drawn from an airline, pio
neered a route to the South Pacific.
NATS planes on regular runs were
on their way even before he finish
ed his survey. Other achievements
of the Navy's airline have been: de
livering $250,000,000 in new cur
rency to Brazil; hauling a 5,100
pound propeller shaft for a war
ship; promoting the building of an
all -stainless steel transport.
' SKY'S THE LIMIT? The two air
lines advocating a monopoly on
post-war international routes have
been made to eat their own words.
?PLANE FACTS
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Grover Loening, Inventor of the am
phibian airplane and many other
aeronautical development!, served
the dish.
United Air Lines, only one of 17
domestic airlines preaching the
"single chosen instrument" theme,
declared the post-war field won't
be large enough for more than one
airline because Its statisticians
"proved" North Atlantic travel
would be only about 200,000,000
passenger miles a year. But, Mr.
Loenlng pointed out in a speech at
Minneapolis, Minn., Pan American
Airways ? which would be the bene
ficiary under Unlted's monopoly
plan ? last year alone flew 475,000,
000 passenger miles!
"It seems to me," Mr. Loenlng
?aid, "that these two outstanding
proponents of a monopoly in this
great Held should at least read each
others' articles before telling us
what a limited future we are going
to have so they can argue the Sen
ators into a monopoly In this ro
mantic developing field."
Saying that United made its pre
diction on the basis of pre-war
steamship travel, Mr. Loenlng as
serted. "We might Just as well have
figured the automobile Industry's
capacity -In 1910 by the number of
-? ? a
uvuinc miin8 around with horse and
S. M
1944, Aviation
forced to take shelter from ma
chine-gunning en route. Later a
heavy bomb fell near one Vatican
car and damaged it, th% German
broadcast said.
(German fighter planes engag
ed the raiders, one of which
crashed In the city while two oth
ers fell In the outskirts, the Rome
broadcast said.)
Monastery Blasted
Four waves of Plying Fortress
es and two each of Mitchells and
Marauders blasted the monastery
and while their , explosives still
were falling, American guns in
the Rapido valley opened their
long-awaited barrage on the ab
bey hill.
It was a decisive step to save
American lives taken only after
every efTort had been made to
force the Germans to respect the
religious neutrality of the mon
astery, the oldest such sanctuary
in the world.
When the Germans defiantly
kept observation and machine
gun posts In the buildings, a 24
hour warning by means of a leaf
let barrage was given to the -3,0 00
monks and civilians believed
sheltered in the monastery to
leave at once. But it was uncer
tain whether they had departed
or only burrowed deeper into the
subterranean chambers of the ab
bey.
James E. Roper of the United
Press, who watched the spectacu
lar aero-artillery bombardment
from a vantage point in the Rap
ido valley, said that the monas
tery appeared to be damaged
heavily. The eastern wall lay
crushed .gray-blue smoke poured
out of the southeastern corner,
and only a ragged stub marked
where the great blue dome, with
its gold cross, had glittered in the
sun.
The heaviest damage was caus
ed early in the afternoon hy two
waves of Marauders which dump
ed many 500-pound bombs
squarely on the southeastern sec
tion of the monastery.
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CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Raleigh, Feb. 15. ? The fifth i
anniversary of the Brewing In
dustry's voluntary cooperation
program in North Carolina will
be celebrated May 18.
Organized in 1939. the Brew
ing Industry's Foundation North
Carolina Committee has cooper
ated with law enforcement offic
ials and military authorities in
maintaining wholesome condi
tions wherever beer is sold.
Edgar H. Bain of Goldsboro.
former State Senator and a vet
eran of World War I, has head
ed the program in this state dur
ing these five years.
| LOUISBURG HOSPITAL NEWS
Phm. 1-c and Mrs. D. C. Phil
lips announce the birth of a baby;
boy on Feb. 15th in the Louis- j
burg Hospital. Mrs. Phillips It ?
the former Miss Bettte Hamlet,!
and Mr. Phillips is overseas.
Master Geo. Holmes, son ' oi
Mr. Alvin , Holmes, who has been
quite ill in the Louisburg Hos
pital, has sufficiently recovered
to return to his home.
Mrs. Sam Horton of Louisburg,
Route X, is convalescing nicely in
the Louisburg Hospital.
Miss Elsie Burnette of Louis
burg, Route 2, is getting along
nicely in the Lou'isburK Hospital.
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MER L. WILSON, Brookdale
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R. 1. 2-18-2t
NOTICE ? OF RESALE . .
Under and by virtue of the au
thority contained in that certain
order made on 14 February 1944,
by the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Franklin County, in
Book of Tax Judgments 3 at page
158 C, in that certain tax fore
closure proceeding entitled "1392
County of Franklin v.
Sallle Sills, widow, et al.",
tt\e undersigned commissioner
will offer for sale for cash at pub
lic auction at the courthouse door
of Franklin County in the Town
of Louisburg, at or about the
hour of 12:00 o'clock noon, Eas
tern .War Time on
THURSDAY, 2 MARCH 1944
the following described lands
situate in Cedar Rock Township,
Franklin County, North Carolina:
- Containing twenty (20) acres
more or less, and being par^t of
the 86-acre tract of land former
ly owned by Littleton Sills, hus
band of Sallie Sills, and being
more particularly described in
Book 157 at page 400, Franklin
County Registry. See also ipap in
Book of Orders and Decrees 9 at
page 2$8.
The successful bidder will be
required to deposit with the com
missioner a sum equal to five per
centum (5%) of the amount bid,
to secure compliance with the
terms of sale and to be forfeited
upon noncompliance.
Dated and posted this 14th day
of February, 1944.
JOHN F. MATTHEWS,
2-18-2t Commissioner.
NOTICE OF MEETING OF
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND
REVIEW FOR 1944
Under and by virtue of tM
authority contained in Chapter
310 of the Public Laws of 1939,
the Board of Commissioners of
the County of Franklin will meet
and convene as the County Board
of Equalisation and Review of
Franklin County, for the purpose
of equalising the valuation of all
property in the County, to the end
that such property shall be listed
on the tax records at the valua
~""1r*>d by law{ and said
iiouiu win cot rect the tax records
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for each township so that they
will conform to the provisions of
law; the said Board will on re
quest hear any and all tax payers
with respect to the valuation of
property; the Board will examine
and review the tax lists of eich
township for the current year, and
will of its own motion, or on suf
ficient cause shown by any per
son, list and assess any real or
personal property or polls subject
to taxation in the County omitted
from said list; and will correct
all errors in the names of per
sons. in the description of pro
perty and in the assessment and
valuation of any taxable property
appearing on said list; and will
increase or reduce the - assessed
value of any property which in
their opinion shall have been re
turned below or above the valua
tion* required by law; and will
otherwise comply with the provi
sions of said Chapter 310 of the
Public Laws of 1939.
The first meeting of said Board
of Equalization and Review will
meet Mid c#Wrene in the Commis
sioners' Room in the courthouse
of said County of Franklin at ten
o'clock A. M., Eastern War Time,
on Monday, the 13th day of
March, 1944, and will adjourn
from day to day until the work
of the said Board shall have been
completed,' but said Board will
not meet 'later than Monday, 3
April 1944:
Dated arid first published the
18th day nf February, 1944.
J. H. BOONE, County Ac
countant and Tax Super
visor. for the County of
Franklin.
ORDER AUTHORIZING $35,000
REFUNDING ROAD BONDS OP
LOUISBURG TOWNSHIP
WHEREAS, the Board of Road
Trustees of Louisburg Township,
In Franklin County, North Caro
lina, acting under the authority
of Chapter 184, Public-Local
Laws of North Carolina, 1913,
duly tissued MO, 000 5%% Road
Bonds of Louisburg Township,
dated February 20, 1914, and
maturing February 20, 1944, for
the purpose of constructing and
improving public roads in said
Township, of which $38,000
bonds are now outstanding and
unpaid and constitute valid sub
sisting bonded indebtedness of
said Loulsburg Township; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of the
provisions of Chapter 145 of the
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LOUISBURQ, N. 0.
Public Laws of North Carolina,
1931, the said Board of Road
Trustees of Louisburg Township
was abolished and the Board of
Commissioners for the County of
Franklin was constituted fiscal
agent for the purpose of provid
ing for the payment of said road
bonds, and was vested with au
thority to levy taxes in Louisburg
Township to provide for the pay
ment thereof; and
WHEREAS, the sum of $3,000
will be available for the payment
of said outstanding $38,000 Road
Bonds at their maturity, and It
is necessary to issue $36,000 re
funding bonds of Louisburg
Township In order to provide
funds to pay said $38,000 Road
Bonds at their maturity; now
therefore
BE IT ORDERED AND RE
SOLVED by the Board of Commis
sioners for the County of Frank
rin:
1. That bonds be Issued in the
name of Louisburg Township,
pursuant to an Act of the General
Assembly of North Carolina rati
fied on the 5th day of March,
1943, entitled "An Act to validate
certain bonds heretofore Issued
by Franklinton Township and by
Louisburg Township in Frankhn
County and to authorize the is
suance of refunding bonds," and
purouant to Chapter 257, Public
Laws of North Carolina, 1933, as
amended, and the County Finance
Act, as amended, In any amount
not exceeding $35,000 (or tho
purpose of refunding a like
amount of the principal of 6V4%
Road Bonds of Louisburg Town
ship, dated February 20, 1914,
and maturing February 20, 1944,
which bonds constitute valid sub
sisting bonded Indebtedness of
Louisburg Township.
2. That a tax sufficient to pay
the principal and interest of the
Refunding Road Bonds herein
authorized shall be annually lev
ied and collected upon all taxable
property in Louisburg Township.
3. That the holders of said Re
funding Road Bonds shall be
subrogated to all the rights and
powers of the holders of the in
debtedness refunded thereby.
4. That this prder shall take
effect upon Its passage and shall
not be submitted to the voters.
The foregoing-order was final
ly passed on the 17th day of No
vember, 1943,*and was first pub
lished on the \8th day of Feb
ruary, 1944. Any action or pro
ceeding questioning the validity
of said order must b4 commenced
within thirty days after its first
publication.
ALEX T. WOOD, Clerk
Board of Commissioners of the
2-18-2t County of Franklin.
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