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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 t<?
laM-reportedAllied positions on
I
the northern pide near Lierneux
l' ' Well in Hand
Premier Hubert Pierlot told th<
Belgian parliament that he had
word from "the highest Allied
! authority that the situation at tht
[front is well in hand" and "ther?
; is no reason for anxiety." He did
' not name his source, but on sue);
a military Matter "the highest Al
lied authority" could be only tht
high command.
The German radio, which at!
day had been taking a less cheer
ful -view of the situation, finally
announced that Allied troops were
striking violently both on the
i northern and southern flanks el
1 Field Marshal Karl Oerd Von
Rundstedts salient and conceded
that German troops in some fron
tier sectors of the Duchy of Lux
embourg had withdrawn to th<.
Siegfried Line.
The Germans contended that
"practically the whole Third
American Army" was counterat
tacking in the south and adpiitted
this was intended to "corner Gev
niau divisions between the Salm
and Ourthe rivers.
Trio Lose Lives
As Car-Train Hit
Three Negroes of Franklii
Coanty Are Victims
Fourth Is Hurt Seriousl]
Frankllnton, Dec. 26. ? Three
Negroes were killed and anothei
injured critically at 1:30 p. m.,
Tuesday at Wilder'g grade cross
ing, four miles north of here
when a Seaboard diesel train
struck a car in which they wers
tiding. )
The dead were: Jessie Allen
35, of lagleside; Emmett Bob
bin. 22/ and. Arthur Rodwell, 3G
; both of Franklin County. A young
Negro, whose name was not lear
ned, was hurt critically.
I R. H. Hester, engineer of tht
train, a freight north bound, said
he saw the car sitting on th?
tracks as he rounded a curve 50U
feet away. Brakes were applied
immediately, Hester said, but the
heavy train could not be brought
to a halt before striking the ve
hicle. Hester added that he saw
exhaust coming from the Tear ol
the auto and could not under
stand why the machine could noi
j be driven off the tracks.
The three Negroes were killed
instantly. Engineer Hester and
Conductor J. H. Maynard held
the train until Coroner R. A. Bob
bltt arrived from Louisburg
Traffic was delayed about ail houi
and a half on the main line of th<
Seaboard. The coroner has noi
yet completed his Investigation.
BRONZE STAB
Sergeant Willard A. Wilder hai
been awarded the Bronze Stai
for meritorious conduct In actios
oil 2 1st of August 1944, in France
Sergeant Wilder was assigned tc
duty as a section chief With a field
artillery organisation engaged in
a direct fire fight with an ag
gressive enemy. At a moment
when quick thinking and {in tell 1
gence was needed, Sergeant Wild
i er directed his guns from an ex
posal position and surprised the
en4Vy with sudden and1 accurate
fire so that rfn ammunition dump
and several large enemy guns
were neutralized, enabling infan
trymen to attack and annihilate
the remaining opposition. At all
times daring this operation Ser
geant Wilder was subject to en
, emy fire as he directed his gun?
from a position without conceal
ment.
Sergeant Wilder Is the son of
I Thomas S. Wilder, of the Seve>i
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.
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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<sl
i egates said they would consider
? the ELAS terms and present their
i reply ? later. As today's confer
ence ended, former Greek Prem
I ler Stylianos Gonatas declared
- that if the ELAS proposals were
' accepted, they would mean "a
' complete dissolution of the state."
1 While the peace terms were be
' Jjlg discussed in the Grand Bre
; tagne Hotel in Athens, fresh flght
I ing flared up in area behind
?| British headquarters as British
? paratroopers forged ahead with
'? tanks and armored cars In an ef
fort to clear the southern trian
- gle leading Into Omonla Square
I I Truce Violated
? VEarlier in the day, thp British
I announced that ELAS artillery
? had violated a conference truce
1 by firing upon a British warship
and Anglo-Greek naval headquar
ters in Piraeus late yesterday,
and that as a result British ab
action would start again.
It had been agreed previously
| that no artillery action would be
! taken by ELAS fighters, or air
1 action by the British, for 46 min
J utes as of 3 p. m., while ELAS
j delegates were being taken to
last night's conference) at which
, Prime Minister Churchill appeat
. ed for an end to the strife. The
atmosphere at that conference
was so tense that all delegates
surrendered their sldearfhs at the
[ door.
INSTALLS OFFICERS
The Epsom School Committee
, held a regular meeting at thy
; Epsom School on December 18, in
J order to install new officers, and
i transact certain business,
jl G. W. Eaves was elected to act
1 as chairman of the committee. K.
s'G. Weldon, red^Bt appointed mem
i ber, is to serve as secretary, and
[ R. T. Renn will "fill the duties as
!? treasurer. ?
With reluctance the Committee
. acknowledged the retirement of
? former Chairman J. Ira Weldon
! who is now serving as a member
? of the Franklin County Hoard of
; Cqpimissioners. Mr. Weldon has
served as an efficient member of
1 the Epsom Committee for the past
I eleven years, and during this .time
I he has given himself wholeTieart
? edly in service for the growth of
. the school. Among many lmprovo
? ments that have come during hU
I years in office are the addition
t of four new rooms to the main
building, the agriculture build
ing with workshop, and the in
stallation of a home economics
department in the school.
s Due to the late date on which
school began last fall, it is fore
seen by the Committee that It
will be essentfaf for school to be
conducted on certain Saturdays
after the Christmas Holidays, in
order that, school may close as
early as possible In the spring.
In this time of emergency, the
school is endeavoring to cooper
ate with school patrons by clos
ing school as early as possible,
so that pupils may be released
for farm work in the spring.
Pupils are urged' to make plans
to attend school regularly includ
ing Saturdays, in order that, the
plan may be successful for the
school and for school patrons.
The future progress of the poul
try industry In North Carolina
lies largely In reducing mortality
and increasing the performance of
i Individuals In the flock.
" I
Latin American "fcrowers will
produce a substantial supply of
Manila hemp, which was cut off
Iby the advance of the Japanese
Plane Crashes
l
Iloports reached Sheriff -J oltn
1*. Moore's office Wednesday
that an Arnv> 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<J
the door:
Business Man: Come in; lock
the door and sit down.
The applicant obeyed.
Business Man: By the way, are
you sure you locked the door?
The applicant arose and tried
it, finding it locked.
The second applicant t wen.
through the sanfe procedure, but
when he was ?sked about th?
door, replied:
Second Applicant: I don't need
to try it; I know its locked.
Business Man: When can you
come to work? I need a man who
is sure of himself.'
The Director of Distribution in
WFA said recently to th# na
tional canners that "the present
food Inventory la less than (00
million dollar*, about half of one
j?r ago.
Two Minutes Old ? Owns Bond
Pamela Ann Smith, of Valejo, Cat, became the owner of a IT. S. War Bond
at the are of two minutes. Her father, Edward Smith, telephoned to have
the bond made oat In her name the minute he heard of her birth. She la
?mb with her mother, who holds the Walt Disney certificate showing
Pamela's bond cradle roll membership.
(K. L. McKlndsey photo)
FACULTY member
h Fort Sill, Okla., Dec. 26.
(t AS)? Lieutenant Colonel Frank
, W. Wheless, Jr.. Louisburg, Nortli
i Carolina, has been assigned as a
[ member of the staff and faculty
of the Field Artillery School, Fort
Sill, Oklahoma. He is a veteran
, of campaign in the South Pacific.
, Colonel Wheless is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank W. Wheless. 297
. Church Street, Louisburg.
I AIH MEDAL AWARDED TO
FRANKLINTON MAN
15th AAF in Italy. ?^Sgt. Hugh
X. Cash, 224 Hillsboro St.. Frank
! llnton, N. C., aerial gunne'r on'1?
P-24 Liberator bomber in >? 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.