Those Boys Need^j wmemu rmmtx] Lean _more than a [good investment] VOLUMJf LXXV. ? I $1.50 per year in Mvanoe I.OIHSBURO, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, l>K('K.MItKI< 29. 1D44 (Eight I'uges) ? NUMBER 47 AMERICANS MAKE STRONG COMEBACK Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, Paris, Dec. 27. ? An outright underestimation of German striking power, coupl ed with either a failure to learn of, or to appreciate, Von Rund stedt's mobile reserve movements behind the lines, today appeared more than ever to be the major factors behind this first serious Allied setback since the successful invasion of Europe. That would seem to place the responsibility for the Nazi break through high up in the Allied staff and to suggest that any im portant shakeup in the command ? none has materialized' as yet ? would amount to finding a scape goat. However, the forthright Allied battle boss, Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower, has shown no inclination to hunt for scapegoats, either . here, or previously during his command of the Mediterranean theater, In this respect it can bo recalled that the Allied comman der displayed squarefisted direct cess in supporting his general.-) right down the line from Field Marshal Montgomery on back in the days when slow progress around Caen brought some publir criticism of his British colleague. ^Troops Shifted ObvfiJtisly, as a result of the Nazi counterattack, certain Allied troopshifts have been made. When the enemy broke through, his forces were running wild against almost no opposition. Now they are meeting a real opponent. Ger man patrols have been probing ? our lines from the Maas to the Rhine in an effort to find out how the Allied lines were bolstered. > But there is no intention here to ^ hand them such vital information on a platter. It is clear, however, that the Allied command was caught nap ping more by the force of Von Rundstedt's blow than by the fact one was delivered. All of which makes it seem quite certain that someone somewhere made tht grievous military mistake of un derestimating the enemy. ) London, Thursday, Dec. 28. ? American troops, In a tremendous comeback offensive against potb side of the Oerman salient in Bel gium, have narrowed the neck of the enemy position to less than) 20 miles in width and relieved the. gallant beleaguered ' garrison of Bastogne, it was disclosed late last night in a flurry of Allied and enemy announcements. Apparently getting into high gear for the first time since the daring Nazi counteroffensive caught them by surprise Decem ber 16. the infuriated Americans had robbed the enemy of the ini tiative and gained as much as five miles in a day, the dispatches indicated'. High Spots , These were the high spots: Supreme Headquarters in Paris \ confirmed Brussels and Luxem bourg radio flashes that the Amer ican garrison of the Belgian town of Bastogne, which had been encircled and under attack since December 20, 'had been relieved and the siege raised. American tanks, which were five miles south of Bastogne 24 hours previously, bunt deep into the German bulge and linked up with the besieged fo^M which had spurned German demands for sur render and had knocked out 27 enemy tanks in it* week of isolat ed battle. A dispatch from Su preme Headquarters said the re lieving forces were of consider able site. The Allied-controlled Luxem bourg radio said the base of the German corridor t^ad been nar rowed to, less than 20 miles*, anil ibis was almost exactly the mile age from Bastogne north wfcrd ti Paths Community. He attended ; Edward Best "High School. He wat a member of the Loulsburg Com pany of tM, National Guards. He has been overseas SM'oe February At * present hef fg ? somewhere in Germany. Patronize TIM Its Artvart'awr* A ATHENS MEET WG TAILS Athens, Dec. 27. ? Peace pro posals offered by the left-wing E L A S (National Liberation ? Front) were declared unaccept able today by members of the ! Greek Populist party, and the con ' ference called by Prime Minister I Winston Churchill adjourned its > second meeting without agree ' ment o?T ending the Greek crisis. I However, other conference d plane hail crasli ed in a corn Held near Henry Edwards store near Gold Hand. II was understood the plane be came too heavily burdened with Ice. No one was reported In jured. Sheriff Moore trans mitted tl'e Information to pro per officers who assured him they would send a wrecker at once. No further details have been received. LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor will preach Sunday morning on "The Sin of Nothing ness." It is time to look ovei the year which has passed, and see ourselves in the light of re cord. Everyone Is 'nvited. In the evening there will be u Watch Service, beginning -at 11:15. -It will be a service given over to dedication 'of life to tlu highest things. Let each one come with a passage of scripture of a poem, or a thought out ?>! the heart. 9:45 a. m. Bible School. 11:00 a/ m. Morning Worship il:15 p. m. Watch Service anil Dedication Service. EDMUND A. JOYNER . Franklinton.? -Edmund Apper son Joyner, 67, died at Duke Hos pital, Durham, Saturday after noon at 2:30 o'clock afjer a brlel illness. He was a son of the late W. H. and Sue Williams Joyner He attended the Institute tor tho Blind at Raleigh and served as an instructor there for several years. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. E, M. Speed of Franklinton, witl whom he made his home, one niece and one nephew. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday at 3:30 p. m. from the home of Mrs. Speed. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery here. BUYS 'BONDS The New York Life Insurance Company has subscribed $200. 000,000 to the Sixth War Loan it was announced at the Com pany's Home Office today. With this purchase the New Yort Life's holdings of United States Government obligations will amount to $1,971,000,000. TO OPEN GROCERY Mr. W. C. Joyner is having tin store room formerly occupied by Dr. H. G. Perry as an office, re modeled and' rearranged for a Grocery store. He expects to get in a stock of groceries in, the next few days and be open to the pub lic. ST. PAUL'S- EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services in St. Paul's Episco pal Church Sunday will be Church School at 9:45 and Morning Prayer at 11:00. The subject of the sermon will be "Christmas tide Thoughts," announces Rev. H. S. Cobey, rectgr. The business man was seeking a new employe for an important job. The first applicant came t? the 15 th AAF. has been awarded the ? Air Medal "for meritorious achie i vement in aerial flight while par ; ticipating in sustained operation i at activities against the enemy." I His group, commanded by Col. Philip R. "Hawes, Pearl River, N. Y., has flown more than 140 . combat missions and iias twir.o been cited by the War Department for outstanding performance against the enemy. Prior to entering the Army, Cash was a textile worker, em ployed by the Parker . Novelty Mill in Franklinton. He was grad uated from Franklinton,. High School. His mother, Oma Cash, lives at Franklinton. MRS. SAINT P. DENTON DEAD Mrs. Saint P. Denton. 62, died at her home, Norlina, Route 1, early Friday of a heart attack. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 3 p. m. from the Nor lina Baptist Church by the Rev. Bob Hart sad the Rev. J. F. Roach. Burla( was in Werreh dale Cemetery at Norlina. Surviving are her husband; seven daughters, Mrs. -J. F. Gup ton, Jr., of Raleigh. Patience Depton, of Louisburg, and Dora Ruth, Dorothy, Lucille, Lilly and Patty Denton, all of the home; ana two *on?, S. T, Denton, of Louisburg, and Sgt. H. P. Denton, of the Army Air Forces in En gland. Mrs. Denton formerly lived at Wood, and was the mother of Mr. Thomas Denton, night policeman of Louisburg. Determine fertilize require ments (or 1946 now. Advise your dealer of your requirements and cooperate by accepting early de livery wh?v? necessary.. , The mint ts the, only business that makes money without ad vertising. Local Soldier Awarded y Combat Decoration For Fighting In Italy With the FMth Army, Italy, Dec. IT. -^Private / Johnnie VV. Burnette, son o f Mrs. Fannie M. Burnette, whose home is on Route 4. Louisburg. North Carolina, has been cited by the 11th Armored Infantry/Battalion ot the First. Armored Division and awarded the Combat Infantryman Bad?c for actual participation in combat against the enemy with Lieuten ant General Mark W. Clark'u Fifth Army in Italy. Standards for the badge are ' high. The decoration is awarded I to the infantry soldier who has j proved his fightin,; ability in com j bat. The handsome badge consist i I of a silver rifle set against a background of infantry blue, en | closed in a silver wreath. ARRIVES AT HOSPITAL Daytona 13each, Fla., Dec. 20. ? Ffc. Claude E. Journelgan, who formerly lived in Louisburg, has recently arrived at Welch Conva lescent Hospital, the Army's new reconditioning center in Daytona Beach. The carefully-planned re conditioning program here will speed his convalescence and as sist bis return to good health. Pvt. Journeigan, whose wife, Ida Mae lives at Mount Holly, N. J., served for 10 months in th* European theatre before hts re turn to the States. He entered the service in September, 1940, at Henderson, N. C. Steer clear of "Land Mines," say Extension authorities. High priced land is loaded with dyna mite. . PROGRAM AT TH? LOUISBURO THEATRE The following Is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Dec. 30: Saturday ? Smiley Burnette and Sunset Carson in 'Code of The Prairie' and Janls Carter in 'The Missing Juror', also Zorros Black Whip. Late Show Sat. ? Dean J agger and Claire Whitney in 'When Strangers Marry.' Sunday ? Paulette Goddard and Sonny Tufts in 'I Lore a Soldier.' Monday - Tuesday ? Virginia Bruce, Tito Gulzar and Roy Rog ers in 'Braifl.' . " ? Wednesday? Btng Crosby and Fred Astalre in ..'Holiday Inn.' Thursday-Friday? Greer Gar 'son end Walter Pidgeon In 'Mrs " *.>.1 agios.' I ?* , : -i Woo ten - Sanderlin A wedding of unusual beauty was solomnized Thursday -evening at eight o'clock at the L&ulsburg Baptist Church, When Miss Shir ley Salonle Sanderlhi became tha brtde, of John Ellis Wooten Jr., United States Merchant Marine, of Wake Forest. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. Paul B&gby*' of jLoulsburg, assisted by the Rev. Samuel T. Habel, of Suffolk Va. (gladioli and fernery provided the floral background. Cathedral tapers burned in tall standards. Mrs. John C. Burrell, organist. of Warrenton, rendered a pro gram of nuptial mublc, using the Wagner and Mendelssohn wed ding march as processional and recessional. She played "Trau meri" during the ceremony. H. M. Hardy, baritone, of Warren ton, sang two solos prior to the entrance of the ^wedding party. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a wedding gown of white satin and Cbantilly lace fashioned with sweetheart neckline, The sleeves, with in sertions of lace, ended in points qver the hand. The full skirt, with panels of lace, formed a circular train. The full length veil of illusion fell from a coronet of seed pearls. She carried a show ered bouquet of white roses cen | tered with orchids. The maid-of-iionor, Miss Louisa Young, of Hickory, cousin of the bride, wore a gown of ice-blue satin and net with sweetheart neckline and bracelet length sleeves, and carried an arm bou quet of American Beauty Roses. The bridesmaids were Masses Bridget Gentile, of Suffolk. *Va., Julia Raney, of La Crosse, Va.. Gwendelyn Hobbs, of Cherryville, N. G., Elois'e Young, cousin of tho bride, of Mars _Hill, Gwendelyn Potter, Belhaven. ijid Mrs. Kays Gat-y, Thomasville. They woie Identical gowns of ice blue fash ioned after that of the maid of honor. The bridesmaids and maid-of-honor wore ostrich tips in their hair and carried arm bou quets of roses. The flower girl, Nancy Sander lin, cousin of the bride, of Coun cil, N. C,? wore a replica of the bridesmaids' gowns and carried a nosegay of pink roses. The groom's best man was bis father, John Ellis Wooten, of Wake Forest. Ushers were Georga Eddins, Jackson Heights. N. Y., G. Aubert Nimmo, brother-in-law of the bride, Suffolk, Va., Lt. Col. C. T. Wilkinson, Dr. Paul T. Har rell and Lt. Johnny Johnston, all of Wake Forest, and Pvt. Cam Stallings, of Zebulon. The bride g mother wore a gown of teal blue crepe trimmed in sequins and she wore a should er corsage of red roses. The bride groom's mother wore blue crepe with beaded emhraidery. Her flowers were a shoulder corsago of talisman roses. Mrs. Wooten is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Talmage Sanderlin, of Loulsburg, former ly of Suffolk. Va. She is a gradu ate of Mars Hill College and' the University of North Carolina, where she, did gradwte work. She is now with the Children'* Bmreau of the State Department of labile Welfare in Richmond, Va. Mr. Wooten attended N. C. State College and is a graduate ot Wake Forest College. He has Junt returned from seven months serv ice in the Pacific with that Mer chant Marine. ? For traveling the bride wort winter white wool trimmed with gold. Her accessories were black. Pinned to her musk rat coat she wore a corsage of red rosea. Immediately following the wed ding Mr. and Mrs. Sanderlin gave a reception at their home fbr'thn bridal party an$ guests. Mr. and Mrs. Sanderlin, ot Council, guests at the front door trodueed them to line comprising the ty, parents of' the and Mrs. B. J. Council, grandmother bride.