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GERMAN OFFENSIVE MAINTAINS INTENSITY i _ Paris, Thursday, Dec. 21. ? Thel German army has thrown 15 di visions of from 150,000 to 225, 000 men and possibly 600 tanks into its winter drive of still mounting intensity, but American armored forces Wednesday open ed a two-way counterattack with all the power they could muster against "the deepest of four brea ches in the First Army line. Further enemy advances may be expected, Allied headquarters spokesmen said, and there was no attempt to shield the fact that the grave situation may become worse before it gets better. "We,^re taking counter-meas-j ures. but these cannot be taken In a single day; and it would be wrong to lead people to expect the situation to be restored in a day,' a spokesman said. "We are conti dent we are going to win this battle; but we are not going to win it this week and probably not next week." At Variance This view was somewhat in contrast with front reports quot ing a United States staff officer as saying that the German offensive had been "dented" after five days of the most intense fighting in history and other dispatches stat ing that the Americans were be ginning to stabilize both flanks of the 60-mile break-through area. The counterattacking Yanks were reported to have battled back into the crossroads of Stave lot near the tip of a 21-mile deep salient, and were biting into the German flank to the nbrtheast in an attempt to cut off the spear head. Among the more cminous signs here was that the Luxembourg radio had not been heard since Tuesday night, suggesting that the station had been destroyed to prevent It from falling into enemy hands. The Germans were dis closed' to have penetrated within 14 miles of the tiny duchy's capi tal in the southern most of their four break-throughs, which were pinpointed as of Monday noon in the first official lifting of the news blackout of theGerman drive. The weather was to the advan tage of Field Marshal Karl Gerd yon Rundstedt, with the celling 6o low Wednesday that not a single Allied aerial (tortle was re ported for the first day in more than one month. Grernvin Strength The 16 German divisions in' tlie attack consisted of si* panzer divisions,, with normally 100 tanks to a division, and nine In fantry division of the enemy stra tegy reserve which, however, Were traveling pn foot in the wake of the armored drive. At their old time strength of 15,000 men each, the German divisions thus would total 225,0,00 men. There wero no halfway measures about the German offensive and, consider ing other surprise elements in the situation, officials were inclined to lean toward the higher esti mate of the enemy strength. A front dispatch filed a^^6: 1 0 p. m. said that German pressure had eased somewhat in the Bouth ?rn Luxembourg area, but coh tinued very fierce in northern '?Luxembourg and the St. Vith area of Belgium. ^ IN EUROPEAN AREA Pfc. Philip McKiune, son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McKinne i.o now in England, according to information received by his par ents, and his brothers, Lt. Collin McKinne is on the Western front. When last heard from they -were in fine health and spirits. The new daily hog market at] Kinston is handling about 300 j hogs per week and providing the farmers of that section wltli a food market. P&OGKAM AT TUB LOUISBUEO THEATRE The following is the program 1 ?t the Loulsburg Theatre, begin-! Ding Saturday, Dec. 23rd: Saturday ? Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette in 'Oet Along LHtle Dogie' and' Richard Dix in 'Mark of The Whistler' also 'Zor lds Black Whip.* I Late Show 8at. ? Barbara Stan wyck, Joel McCrea and Walter Brennan in 'Banjo On My Knee.' Sunday ? Janet Oaynor and Predric March in 'A Star Is Born.' Christmas Day ? Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreld and Sydney Green street In 'Thtf Conspirators.' Tuesday ? Roy Rogers and Gab by Hayes in 'Lights Of Old San ta Fe.'. Wednesday ? Robert Lowery and Ellen Drew in 'Dark Moun tain,' also 'Black Arrow' serial. Thursday-Friday ? Dennis Mor gan. Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark and Faye Emerson In 'The Very Thought Of You.' Lat Show Friday, Dec. 29 ? Lena Home, Cab' Calloway and Band and BilhRobiuson In 'Stor JWCT Weather.' "V, Jap Leyte Resis tance Crushed MacArthur Says Enemy Remnants Fleeing Into Hills; Jap Supplies Seized Allied Headquarters, Leyte, Philippines, Thursday, Dec. 21. ? American troops have crushed or ganized Japanese resistance on Leyte Island and the enemy's beaten remnants are fleeing from the shattered Yamashita Line in to guerrilla-infested hills, it was announced today. "The battle rapidly is dr.awins to an end." said Gen. ' Douglas MacArthur, 62 days after his forces invaded the Philippines. The backbone of Japanese re sistance was broken when Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce's veteran 77th Division smashed four miles up the Ormoc corridor to within one mile of a junction with Maj. Gen. Verne D. Mudge's First (Dismounted) Cavalry, which hammered out a southward ad vance of three miles. Vast Supply Dump Indicating the speed with which Japanese resistance collapsed, MacArthur announced that tho twin drivfes also captured supplies sufficient to have lasted the Ja panese six months if they could have held out. Among the captur ed stores were vast quantities of rice, millions of rounds of small' arms ammunition, machine gufisj artillery and shells and vehicles. On Mindoro Island, 150 miles south of Manila, MacArthur an nounced that American motor tor pedo-boats and shore anti-aircraft batteries shot down nine Japanese planes attempting to raid the mile and one-half airfield, which front lispatches said American and Aus tralian engineers had completed four days after laiiuiug on the stepping-stone Island to Luzon last Friday. Germans Claim Push Unchecked London, Dec. 20. ? The (Ger mans claimed tonight that Field Marshal Von Uundstedt's winter offensive was prpbing deeper in to American lines Belgium and that more than 10,000 prisoners had been captured. The Berlin broadcasts admitt ed, however, that American re sistance' was stiffening. The German communique said that in addition to 10,090 prison ers taken, a total of 200 tanks had been knocked out and 124 Allied warplanes destroyed in combat by the German air force. The -communique withheld the! names of any planes overrun by j the Nazis, but DNB, the official \ German news agency, reported dislodging of American troops! from the town of Kesternich on the Monschauvosenack rood. The high command said American strongpoints overrun by the Germans "were cleared up, and the attacking spearheads advanc ed." Rushing Reserves The Germans said Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges was rushing reserves into the United States' First Army front and that they were being "immediately brought into action." The Berlin radio claimed thai the German air force was "very active despite unfavorable weath er, adding that "whenever there was the slightest chance, German fighters and bombers went up to support their ground forces. Confirm German Masacre With the United States First Army, Dec. 20.? The United States First Army today forward ed to Washington an official re port on the Qerman massacre Sunday of more than 100 unarm ed American prisoners ? one of the many examples of Nazi tactics In their present counter-offensive. Questioning of 16 men who es caped from the group of 120 to 150 Americans captured by S3 and panzer men of a Oerman tank column south of Malmedy con firmed that the Nazis lined up tha prisoners in a field and cut them down with mac&inegun fire. The Germans first stripped the capture Tanks of their cigarette* and other valuables and then lin ed them up in a field with their hands behind their heads. A guard fired one shot into the group and then tank machlneguna opened "P Official Report ?; The official report said that men who were not killed fell U) the ground. alqngside those woo were, but that the Germans con cfyeriy Christmas to Jill ?? * * v.'> u.vt :?#.%?? v ... 1944 -- "At Christmas play and make good cheer For Christmas comes but once a year"/ j- . ? . PLITTERING more fantastically than the jewels of Aladdin's cave are the Christmas trees in the win dows of this county and adjoining farm areas. Every where, everywhere Christmas, and the spirit which Christmas brings. We love this county and its environs. We have grown up here and have come to regard ourselves as a "fix ture." We have a great many friends, "but not a friend to spare," and at this time we want to thank them, one and all. Yes, Christmas comes but once a year, so it behoove3 us all to make the very most of it. On the Eve of this joyous season we take pleasure in wishing all the full est measure of Christmas Joy and Happiness. THE FRANKLIN TIMES and Entire Force Franklin County Makes Its Best Record in Sixth War Bond Drive 1 Chairman Gaither Beam announces that Franklin County over sold its quota for the Sixth WanBond Drive by $80,000.00 before the closing date of December Kith. This is a splendid record but it is more interesting due to the fact that the county over sold its "E" Bond quota by $25,000.00, which is most unusual. Heretofore, Franklin County has not been able to get its "E" quota, and it is very gratifying to know that this quota was over sold in the present bond drive. In addition to the sales already made, we will be given credit for all sales of "E," "F" and "G" bonds and treasurer saving notes which are sold in Franklin County through December 31st, and this should give us at least $150,000.00 more than our over-all quota. Three townships sold their quotas before December 1st ? in less than ten days after the drive begun. These townships are: Sandy Creek ? J. 7k Terrell, Chairman; Youngsville ? J. L. Brown, Chairman, and Dunn No. 1 ? O. G. Thompson, Chairman. Certainly the boys on the front lines oan have no complaint of the Franklin Coun ty citizens in this drive as we have sold our quotas in a hurry this time. A list of the townships, their quotas and the amount sold is as follows: Township Dunn No. 1 Dunn No. 2 Harris Youngsville Franklinton Hayesville Gold Mine Sandy Creek Oedar Rock Cypress Creek Louisburg Quota $12,000 7,000 12,000 15,000 70,000 12,000 12,000 15,000 15,OO0 10,000 75,000 Amount Sold $37,950.00 7,100.00 12,250.00 31,150.00 85,000.00 14,000.00 11,800.00 16,500.00 14,500.00 11,100.00 87,650.00 Untied to spray bullets Into the mass of men. A few stood up and made a run for It. with 15 escap ing. several of them wounded badly. After the tanks ceased shooting, Individual Germans went through the pile of men and fired rifles at any who appeared to be still allvfe. The story has spread up and down the entire First Army area, giving cold determination to the Americans' desire to finish off the attacking Germans. GASOLINE FOR TRUCKS Truck operators in Franklin County may apply NOW to theii' local board for their: gasoline al lotment for the first quarter of 1945. v_ They will be required to. bring with them their 1945 registration card showing that the truck has 1946 license. After January 15. deduction of allotment wljl begin. , Patronize TIMES Advertisers PROMOTED CAPT. DAVID W. SPIVEV Who was promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain on Decem ber 7th, 1944 according to infor mation received by his mother, Mrs. D. W. Spivey, In Louisburg, the past week. WOUNDED | Mrs. L. P. Hicks, of Louisburg, Route 1, has been notified by the War Department that her hus band, Corporal Lawrence P. Hicks was slightly wounded in ac tion on November._13th. Corporal Hicks, son o( Mr. and Mrs. L". C. Hicks, of Rolesvllle, en tered service in 1942 and has been^ o-erseas since January of this year. At the time he was wounded he was with General Patton's Third Army and had won a Combat Medal. Cpl. Hicks Is now recuperating in a hospital In Bngland after be ing transferred from a hospital in Paris. Mrs. Hicks is the for mer Miss Helen Joyner. ? '< 1 MILLS TAKES TWO FROM NASHVILLE In one of the most exciting games played to date, the Mills High School basketball teams de feated Nashville in a drtuble h eider here, December IS. The girls' team took their gam* 32-28. While the boys chalk ed up a ?7-21 score Against the visiting team,' ? On Pay Day, Buy War Bonds ? POWER CONTRACT The following, although worded as, and titled an application, becomes a contract when signed. The tax payers and electric current users of Louisburg should be interested in reading it and knowing its contents: Application for Power Service ? V' Nov. 6, 1944 * 1. The Town of Louisburg, a municipal corporation (hereinafter called "customer") hereby applies to Car olina Power & Light Co., (hereinafter called "Com pany") f&r all power and energy required for and in connection with customer's plant, in accordance with the provisions herdof. Said power and energy is to be sup qttied under Company's standard Rate Classification ,No. 8 for redistribution and resale and under Compan's rate Schedule and Rules and Regulations, copies of which are hereto attached, marked "Exhibit A" and "ExliibitrB" respective. 2. Upon acceptance of this application, Campany hgrees to fijrnish and customer agrees to receive and pay for the power and energy applied for herein, in ac cordance with said exhibit A and exhibit B, hereto at tached as aforesaid. Customer shall equip and maintain its plant adequately and in readiness to receive and use said power and energy. 3. Provides for changes in rates by Util.it ies Com mission with both parties agreeing. 4. Customer's plant above referred to consist of ; its electric light and power distribution system, located at or near Louisburg in the County of Franklin, State of North Carolina. ? The quantity of power applied for hereunder is 500 Kilowatts of Demand. The plant of delivery hereunder shall be on a Pole Structure, located on customer's prem ises at a place suitable to Company, which customer shall furnish without charge therefor. Customer shall furnish and extend its receiving circuit to the aforesaid Lpoint of delivery for connection by Company. The pow j er and energy shall be metered at 2300 volts and shall i be delivered in the form of three phase alternating cur rent at approximately sixty cycles and approximately 2300 volts, and the maintenance by Company of power in said form available to customer in the quantity ap plied for at the aforesaid point of delivery shall consti tute delivery of power and energy hereunder whether or not customer makes any use thereof. 5. The term of this agreement shall begin on the 1st day of February 1945 and shall continue until the 1st day of February I960 and shall automatically extend thereafter for a successive period or periods of 15 years each ; -Provided that either party may terminate this agreement at the end of the original term, or at the end of any such extension period, by giving six month's ! previous notice in writing to the other party of its in i tention to terminate same; and Provided further that if, i during the life of this agreement Company's municipal or other franchise expires or is otherwise terminated and Company, by reason thereof, discontinues serving the territory within which customer's plant is located, Company may terminate this agreement concurrently i therewith. or at any time thereafter by giving to custo mer thirty days written notice theregf. , 6. All payments hereunder, shall be made to Com pany at its office at Henderson, N. C., or to its duly au thorized collecting agent which Company may designate. 6 (A). The redistribution and resale of power ser vice supplied hereunder shall be .confined to an area j bounded by a line one mile distant in all directions from ' the present corporate limits of the town of Louisburg, and along rural lines to the extent now built by customer beyond said area, which lines are shown on drawings of the Company F4938, F4939, F4940, F4941 dated as of Oct. 2 and 7, 1944, prints of which are on file with both parties hereto. These lines and approximate distance extended beyond said corporate limits are described as follows : 1. On highway 59 North 8,500 feet. 2. On highway 39, 2,400 feet, thence in a north erly direction on dirt road 7,300 feet. 3. On highway 59 South 9,900 feet. 4. From highway 59 parallel to highway 56 to ward Franklinton 5,900 feet to County Home, and a tap line 4,500 feet to and along high "? 'way 56. 6 (B). Company shall hav^ the right to solicit po wer customers and supply their requirements of elec tricity for power purposes and lighting incidental to the use thereof within the area described in section (A) whose conditions necessitate an installation aggregating 25 Killowatts of demand or over and the Town shall not solicit or supply such power customers without written permission of Company, which may grant such periufe sion for certain customers without waiving its rights as to others. 7. Provides for extension of establishment of ser vice delayed by causes reasonably beyond their con trol up to but not to exceed 90 days. Also. Customer shall furnish without charge therefor a suitable location and adequate space acceptable to Com pany for J;he installation, maintenance and operation by Company of such transformers and equipment as may be used in supplying service to customer hereunder. Com pany shall have the right to use such location and space, provided as aforesaid, during such time as sarvioc is ? ? (Continued on Page Four) " ;
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