CTORY
BUY
UNITED STATES
BONDS - STAMPS
VOLUMN LXXffl
BIG BATTLE RAG
ING IN SOLOMONS
Navy Indicates Battle of Major Pro
portions Impending; Extent ofiFight
ing and Scope of Losses Not Yet
Clear; Americans Make New Gains
On Guadalcanal
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Washington, Feb. 3.? Ameri
can and Japanese air and naval
forces are pounding away at each
other in the Guadalcanal area,
the Navy said today in a com
munique which implied that a
battle of major proportions is in
the making.
A Navy spokesman said he
would not call the action a "pitch
ed battle" ? the same phrase used
by Navy Secretary Fi'ank Knox
a few hours earlier in minimizing
the magnitude of the fighting
?which a previous communique re
ported as a ?"major effort" on
the part of the Japs to regain
control of the entire Solomons
area.
The spokesman said task forces
of both sides are "skirmishing for
position."
"It's sort of like open football
? all spread out ? and the whole
thing is a sparring for position,"
he explained.
Today's carefully-worded com
munique refrained from hinting
at the extent of the fighting, but
it noted crytically and perhaps
significantly that "the military
situation does not permit publica
tion of more details at this time;"
Some Confusion
There seemed to be some con
fusion here as to how big a fight
actually is going on.
While Knox described the con
tinuing exchange of blows as a
"reconnaissance in force" ? feeler
skirmishes which may touch off
another mighty battle for much
contested Guadalcanal ? a spokes
man said:
n is periectiy sare to say that
the Japs are trying their best to
take Guadalcanal."
The same spokesman also said:
"Skirmishes are going on all
over the area between ships and
planes, but there is no concentra
tion anywhere. It is nbt a pitched
battle, but there are widespread
attacks on both sides."
One thing is certain! Both
sides have suffered some losses ?
Tuesday night's communique
made no mention of losses, a
Navy spokesman elaborated:
"We have some information re
garding losses we think is ac
curate, but our policy is that
until we can make -simultaneous
release of losses by both sides,
we'll have to hold off."
He added there was no indica
tion that Jap carriers are in
volved and that the enemy planes
probably were from land bases in
the Solomons area ? presumably
the central and northern Solo
mons.
Land Action
rne communique was consider
ably more explicit about the land
action on Guadalcanal.
It said that on Monday, ad
vancing American forces ? mostly
Afrmy troiops ? pushed westward
across the Bonegi river to within
a half mile of Tassafaronga, 10
miles west of Henderson field and
formerly a landing point for Jap
reinforcements.
Stiff enemy resistance was en
countered In this drive and 60
Japs were killed ? bringing to at
least 8,994 .the number of enemy
' troops definitely slain in the six
months of the Solomons cam
paign ?
A "Navy communique Tuesday
night said the Japs had launched
a"major effort to regain control
of the entire Solomons area" and
that both sides had suffered some
losses.
But Knox told a press confer
ence that any assumption of the
communique that a tremendous
battle is 4n progress at. the mom
ent is Incorrect. What is going
on, he said, is "a process of feel
ing out by both sides" With a lot
of preliminary dispositions.
(Dispatches from United States
, Pacific fletft headquarters at
Pearl Harbor said it was indicat
ed that American and Jap naval
forces are fighting a nfajor en
gagement in the Solomons.)
British cash purchases of es
sential war items in the United
States have exceeded $7 billions,
almost equal to the cumulative
value of all Lend-Lease aid ex
tended by the United States from
March 11, 1941, to November 30,
1942.
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Observers from the Office of
War Information traveled more
than 12.000 miles, visiting and
inspecting troop concentration
areas, to find out about American
soldiers' drinking \habits, and
found they were good. ? -
i Ration News 1
From Louisbni'K War I'ricc
and Kation Board
l'rice Oiling
The Local Price and Rationing
Board has received word from
the Office of Price Administration
that repairmen who render main
tenance or repair on farm equip
mentf furniture, home appliances,
oilfjurner or other commodities
are subject to price ceiling regu
lations and they must not now
charge more for their services
than they did in March of 1942.
Persons or Arms rendering a ser
vice in connection with commod
ities are required to file a list of
their . prices with the Local War
Price and Rationihg Board.
WtirniiiR
If you are not reported earlier,
!you WILL BE ASKED, when you
apply for a renewal of your pres
ent ration, "How much gas have]
you used for unnecessary and for1
bidden driving ?.sifice Jan. 7-, [
'1943?" If it appears from your
answer that you have so used any
gas, that amount wilt be deducted
| from your renewal ration or your
entire ration may be withdrawn.
If you misrepresent the facts
fin your answer to this question,
jyou will be liable to a very heavy
fine or imprisonment or both. ? -
It is not desired by your Ration
1 Board nor your government to
work any hardship or disrupt the'
economic life of our country, but
[the consumption of gas must be
[cut. Your patriotism prompts,
your govehiment demands, and
your Ration Board will endeavor
to see, that forbidden use of gas
is STOPPED.
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You will not be required, at
the present time, to exchange
!your oil stove for a coal stove but
there is little hope for any extra
I fuel oil and if you want to be
; comfortable you are urged to
j change to other fuel while you
can procure coal,a^id wood heat
ers.
A ruling is being sought to
j clarify the eligibility of a child
I for Coffee allottment, who was
'under 15 years or age when reg
istering in July, but has attained
the age of 15 since. The pres
ent ruling denies this privilege to
one who was under 15 years of
jage when registering in July,
11942.
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Red Cross
War Drive
j There has been no Red Cross
Drive since December 1941. The
annual Membership Drive has
been merged into the War Drive
ifor 1943. The amount to be
'raised in the United States (or
the Red Cross work is $175,000,
000. 00; Our Louisburg Chap
ter's part of this is $3,900.00.
The great work that the Red
Cross has done and is doing as
sures the success of this under
taking, Let everyone think it
QTer. ? ? J
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Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held
a short session Tuesday morning
and disposed of cases as follows:
Eddie Hicks, reckless driving,
continued under former order.
Robert Haywopd Strickland,
through counsel waives presence,
and requests for jury and pleads
guilty to operating an automobile
intoxicated, discharged upon pay
ment of $50 fine and costs and
not to operate "a car for twelve
months.
E. H. Journegan plead guilty
as to public drunkenness, found
guilty of allowing a person to op
erate car without license, dischar
ged upon payment of costs.
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The first Distinguished Flying
Cross awarded to an officer of the
Indian Air Force was won by
Acting Wing Commander K. K.
Majumdar for courage and ex
ample in the Burma campaign.
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Of the /Imported foreign labor
ers In Germany, 25 per cent are
women, and they are forced to
work from 13 to 16 hours a day,
many In nnhealthfnl occupations.
CLERK'S BOND
RAISED,
KEMP RESIGNS AS COT
TON WEIGHER
County Commissioners Hold
Regular Meeting; Dispose
Of Many Matters of Mi
nor Importance; Receive
Reports
The Board of County Commis
sioners met Monday in the Com
missioners room with J. Z. Ter
rell, Chairman, H. T. Bartholo
mew, Howard Pearce, T. S. Dean
and Percy ioyner, present.
The minutes of the January
meeting were read and apprpved.
The resignation of T. E. Kemp
as cotton weigher in Louisburg
was accepted by the Board and
on motion of Com. Bartholomew,
seconded by Cpm. Joyner, Roy
Holmes was appointed to All the
unexpired term, t?
Upon recommendation of Com.
Joyner, J. Henry "Cash was unan
imously appointed Constable in
Youngsville Township f?>r the bal
ance of the term.
After investigation the Board
directed the County Accountant
to refuild $2.00 to Percy Cooke,
'Franklinton Township for poll
tax listed in error, said Cooke be
ing 53 years of age.
The following reports were re
ceived__and ordered filed: Dr. S.
P. Burt, Health Officer; Supt. E.
R. Richardson, County Home;
Mrs. J. K. Mitchiner, Welfare Of
ficer; W. C. ^.Boyce, Farm Agent;
Miss Lillie Mae Braxton, Home
Agent; H. H. Price, Negro Farm
Agent.
upon mouon maae by Coni.i
Tbarce duly seconded and carried , '
the County Attorney was instruc-j
ted to make deed to Emily Joy
ner Person far the Western half-r
jf th^ Hotel lot being No. 3 ol thei
1 1. H. Kearney lut on Water j
Street conveyed to Franklin j
County "by the Franklinton Realty i
Company, upon the- cash payment
of $125.00 and to make deed' to]
Jas. A. Daniel. Jr. for the East
ern half of the same lot upon the]
cash payment of $125.00.
Robert Etheridge was before j
the board asking, some help for
his sister who is unable to take
care of herself-and stated that lie
was not financially able to look)
after her. He was informed that]
this mateei' would be taken up
with the Welfare Department. "j
The commissioners were infor-]
med that there would be no Feb-;
ruary term of Criminal Court.
An offer for the Cheatham lot
in Franklinton was made to the
Board and Com. Pearce was ap-,
pointed to investigate it.
Upon motion by Com. Dean,
seconded by Com. Pearce and
duly carried the County Account
ant was instructed to pay to the1
Atlantic Coast Line thrf sum ofj
$240.02 and to pay tlt^ Courtl
costs in the case which Vas set- j
tied out of Court at the last term]
rbf Superior Court.
The County Attorney was in- 1
structed to employ the firm of
Masselich & Mitchell, Bond At
torneys, i New York, in the mat
ter of Louisbutg and Franklin
ton road bonds.
Upon motion of Com, Pearce,;
seconded by Com. Dean, and du
ly carried, the report of the Au-|
ditor on the Clerk of the Court's]
office was accepted by the Com-[
missioners.
| Due to the amount of money]
jcarried by the office and the]
number of responsibilities of said
office, it was on motion of Com.
Pearce, seconded by Com. Dean
and duly carried that the bond
of the Clerk of the Court be rais
ed to $15,000.00.
" The County Attorney was in
structed to write a letter to the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission regarding repairs to
a certain road.
Wiley Green was before the
Board in reference to the lot on
which he lives and the amount
due the county on same. He was
given two weeks to see what he
could do about the mattei;, and
!was instructed that he wouldl
have to pay weekly rent for said
[ lot in case he could not make
]arrangement to purchase same.
John F. Matthews, County At
torney, went over the various
tax suits, foreclosures and other
jmatters which has been attended
'to during the past month and
jwhich is being looked after now.
After allowing a'number of ac
counts the Board adjourned.
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COFFEE RATION IS
CUT TO POUND
FOR SIX WEEKS
Washington, Feb. 3. ? rThe Of
fice of Price Administration to
day reduced the next coffee ra
tioft from one pound every five
weeks to one pound every six
wefeks.
OPA said reduced coffee inven
tories in the "hands of wholesal
ers and retailers made npcessary
the reduction in the' next ration.
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. Rick Gets First Poster
NEW YORK.? First of 1,250,000 War Bond posters being dis
tributed throughout the country this month by Boy Scouts and othei
volunteers is received by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker from Life 1
Scout Domenic L. Mile to of Manhattan. Scout Mileto told Ameri
ca's hero of two wars that he has filled and turned in his Stamr
books as urged by Secretary Morgenthau in connection with the
Treasury Department's current drive to fill the country's 1C0,
090,000 outstanding albums for immediate conversion into" Bonds,
ivick paid tribute to the patriotic war work of the Bay Scouts.
L". 1 rcasury L cpiirlHU'iit
WAR BONDS
Epsom Evening Class Far
mers Buy for Uncle Sam
While Learning How To
Produce More Food For
His Boys
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Farmers of the Epsom Evening
Class Group, a group of about
forty local farmers attending a
series of nine educational meet
ings on Food Production, have a
special feature in the program for
1943 which is creating a great
deal of interest. It is known as
the Prize Giving- War Bond Buy
ing Campaign, and it works for
the benefit of all concerned. The
Donor gains the goodwill of hjs
neighbors, the Buyer ? purchases
financial security for himself at
a bargain price and at the same
time is being given the object
whiclr-is auctioned as an induce
ment for helping himself, and
Uncle Sam gains by having morn
ready cash on hand for financing
his" war.
The following took place in the
auction sale last Monday night
which was the second meeting
night in the series, the first nam
ed being the article, second, the
donor, third, the buyer, and
fourth the price it brought in
bonds:
1. Horse Collar, J. P. Timber
lake, Tollie Smith, $500.00.
2. Horse Bride, Dave McKinne,
George 'Robertson, $500.00.
3. Shirt '& Tie, LSfegett's Dept.
Store, George Eaves, ' $275. 00.
4. Bag Growing Mash, George
Robertson, Tollie Smith, $50.00.
5. Baby C.hicks, 25, Roger
Mitchell, George Eaves. $200.00,
Total Bonds sold, $1,525.00. '
All of the above prizes were
donated by Louisburg merchants
except the growing mash. J. T.
Griffin, agriculture teacher, ser
ved as auctioneer. Mr. Walter
Bowen and Mr. Frank Ayscue
have agreed to bring prizes next
Monday night at which time the
group will study METHODS OF
INCREASING MILK PRODUC
TION. The subject used last
time was INCREASING POUL
TRY PRODUCTION, and Mr.
George Robertson, a local poul
try farmer had charge of pro
gram.
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LOUISBURG
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
Holy Communion will beg celebra
ted. In connection with this ser
vice there will be a special in
stallation program for the offi
cers of the Woman's Society 1 of
Christian Service. ?
Evening service at 7:30.
Church School will convene at
9:45 a. m.
Young People's services at
6:45 p. m.
You are welcomed!
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Breaks Leg
Mr. William Eden fell from a
scaffold while working on the
home of Mr. J. H. Best near
Mapleville and suffered a broken
leg. The accident occurred about
5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. He
was brought to Dr. J. B. Whe
less' office where he received
first attention and was taken
from there to Park View hospi
tal at Rocky Mount.
Last information stated he was
resting easy.
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?Oi P?y Day, Buy Bonds ?
Rationing
Calendar
Kl:KL OIL
February 19. ? Value of Peiod
Three, indefinite value coupons,
has been decreased 1 0 - per cent
for aH non-commercial users and
are now worth nine gallons per
unit expiring February 19.
March 20 ? Period Four Cou
pons. scheduled to become valid
on January 6,.^ were made valid
January ;'o to explYe on March
20,
COKKKK
February 7 ? Coupon f?'o. 28
will he good for one pound of
coffee and valid through Feb
ruary 7. '
Hl<i.\|{ i
March 15 ? Coupon No. 11 in
War Ration Book one is good
for three pounds of sugar
through March 15.
K(H)I)
January 27 ? Ration hanking
'effective January 27 on a nation
wide scale. Consumers are not
affected by this plan. Institutions
and small dealers are not requlr
Jed to use ration banking until
later date.
MIIiEAOK ? <iAh()M\K
? TIRKS
March 22 ? No. 4 coupons in
basic , "A" ration books- expire.
30 Days ? Temporary "T" cou
pons will be issupd directly by
rationing boards fcjr a period not
more than 30 days. Boards will
use original ODT .certificates only
for checking tire inspection,
i March 31 ? All holders of "A"
coupons books will now have un
til this date for their initial tire
inspection, and subsequently will
jhave their tires inspected every
| six months, instead of every four
i months as previously designated.
! February 28 ? Motorists with
;"B" cm1 "C" cards must have their
tires inspected by this date. After
that, inspections for "C" and bulk
jcoupon holders once every three
i months.
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MRS. KATIE M. RICH
ARDSON DEAD
Mrs. Kate Mann Richardson,
wife of C. F. Richardson, of
Louisburg, Route 1, died .sudden
ly at her home late Monday after
noon. '
i Surviving are her husband; two
brothers, Wright Mann, of Wen
l dell , and Billie Mann, of Cariyle,
Ark.; one sister, Mrs. Ina Harris,
!of Louisburg; three daughters,
Mrs.Jl. P. Wright, of Dudley, Ga.,
Mrs. P. W. Joyner and Mrs. J. B.
[White, of Louisburg; four sons,
Bruce Richardson, of Danville,
Ga., Earl Richardson, of the Ar
my, Charles and Carl Richardson,
of Louisburg; and 12 grandchild
ren.
K. L. LILES DEAD
Mr. K. L. Liles, 68, died at his
home here early Saturday after
noon a?ter a long illness.
Surviving are his wife; a son,
R. V. Liles, of Raleigh; four1
daughters, Mrs. B. W. Cash, of
Louisburg; Mrs. F. G. Ogle, of
Corpus Christi, Texas, Gleunie
Liles and Ramona Liles, both of
Louisburg.
; Funeral services were held at
Louisburg Baptist Church Sunday
afternoon at 2;30 with Dr. A.
Paul Bagby officiating. Burial
jwas in Oakwood cemetery.
|. For> many years Mr. Liles wai
prominently connected with the
lumber interest^ in Louisburg and
\ later served on the police force
I until his health forced him to re
linquish this work.
WAR NEWS
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ELECTED PRESIDENT
P. R. Inscoe, of Castalia, was
elected president of the North
Carolina Society of Surveyors
Thursday at -the society's annual
meeting held at State College,
Ratolgh. i
j A. I... McNeil, of Rockingham,
was elected vice president, and
Prof. C. L.Mann. head of the
college's department of civil en
Igineering, was ne-eleeted secre
|tary-treasurer. Inscoe succeeds
] Weidon Mills, of Marion.
| Prihcipal speaker was R. Getty
iHrowning. chief locating engineer
of the State Highway pnd Public
Works Commission, who discuss
ed "What Constitutes a Land
Survey."
The Income
Tax Dates
The FRANKLIN TI.MKS is re
'questerf to announce that Mr.
George D. Davis, representative
of the Internal Revenue Collec
tor's office, will visit Franklin
County during February and
March as announced below for the
purpose of assisting persons in
making up and filing their in
come tax returns, lie requests
all persons coming to see him,
farmers especially, to bring with
them an itemized list of their in
come and expenses. This he
says will save a. lot of time for
both parties.
The dates of the visits will be
as follows: T s
At Louishurg. in the Register
of Deeds office' in the Court
House on February 19th and
20th, and on Marcij 4th, 5th and
; 6th.
| .At Franklinton, at the ' Bank,
on February 23rd, and March
12th.
At L. II. Dickens Stbre on
February 22nd.
I -$?take a record of these dates
and meet him.
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LOUISBURG
BAPTIST CHURCH
The subject of the Sunday mor
jning February 7th sermon, will'
be "Lighting a Candle vs Cursing
Uhe Dark."" At the evening hour
:the pastor will preach on the
subject: "Fighting against God."
Oliver Wendell Holmes once
said: "There is a little plant call
ed Reverence in the corner of my
garden, that I love to have wat
ered about once a week." How
is It with you? Has the plant
altogether dried up in YOUR gar
den? ?
9:45 a. m. Bible School.
11:00 a. m. Morning Worship.
7:30 p. m. Evening Worship.
A hearty welcome to all!
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Boxes Arrived
The First-Citizen Bank & Trust
Co. announces that it has just re
ceived a . large shipment of safe
i deposit boxes, and are now at the
I services of the people of this sec
tion. These boxes were ordered
in September and just arrived
the past week.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following is the program
a(^ the Louisburg Theatre, begin
nin& Saturday, Feb. 6th:
Saturday ? Johnny Mack Brown
and Tex Ritter .in 'Cheyenne
Roundup' and Warren William
in 'One Dangerous Night' alsc
'King of The Mounties^V
"Sunday-Monday? Monty Wool
ley and Ida Lupino in '.Life Be
^ins at Eight-Thirty.'
Tuesday? George Sanders and
Tom Conway in 'The Falcon's
?Brother,' also Bill Elliot inJVal
' ley of Vanishing Men.' -
Wednesday- ? James Ellison and
Jane Wyatt in 'Army Surgeon.'
Thursday-Friday ? Brian Don
levy, McDonald Carey and Robert
.Preston In 'Wake Island.*
London, J'eb. 3. ? The RAF d?
Ivastated new areas of Cologne in
I their 112th raid of the war upon
the German arsenal city last
night and followed throjugh today
With attacks on railway objec
tives and an airfield in North
France.
Other British bombers may be
'swarming over. Germany tonight,
lit waii indicated when the DNB
station at Berlin we&t oft' the air
j' for technical reasons." _
American and other Allied
Spitfire squadrons escorted Brit
ish Ventura medium bombers in
daylight attacks upon railway in
stallations at Abbeville and an
airfield at St. Omer, the Air Min
istry announced.
i Two bombers and eight fight
ers were lost, but one of the
tighter pilots \fas- saved. Three
enemy fighters were alio! down
during the attacks. ? '
The British (light raiders,;
| mostly four-engined bombers,
dumped 100 two-ton hlock-bust
ers and literally torrents of the
latest and heaviest type of fire
bombs on Cologne is a thunder
bolt saturation raid.
Moscow, Thursday, Feb. 4. ? ?
Soviet troops have cut the Mos
cow-Kharkov railway above
Wursk in a lightnight, 60-mile
advance that slashed into terri
tory held by the Germans since
1941 and Caucasian forces have
pushed to within 30 miles of Ros
tov, the Ked army announced to
day.
The triumphant" special com
munique reporting the rupture of
the Moscow-Kharkov artery also
told of the capture of Kupyansk,
key railway junction 63 miles
southeast of Kharkov, and Kush
chevka. 43 miles below Rostov
on the main Caucasian railroad
from Baku, in smashing victories
on a 4' lO-ii: i 1 + ? southern front.
A more potent threat to Ros
tov was revealed in the Wednes
day midnight communique, which
reported that other Caucasian
troops had driven another 10
miles up the branch railway from
Salsk and captured Kagalnitska
ya. 30 mil^s southeast of llostov.
Striking westward on the Voro
nezh front, Soviet troops swarm
ed over two towns on the Mos
cow-Kharkov trunk line between
Kursk and Orel. The Germans
had swept eastward across - the
road in the first months of the
war, never had been dislodged
from it, and from that area laun
ched their 1942 campaign.
The last .reported westernmost
position of the Russians in that
region wajs at Kshen, on the
Kursk-Voronezh railway. 65 mil
es .past of Kursk, which was cap
tured Monday.
London. Feb. 3. ? German ra
dios which have blared so many
Nazi paeans of triumph today
broadcast to the 'accompaniment
of funeral marches the news
that the figjit for Stalingrad was
over, and proclaimed three days
of national mourning for its vic
tims. -f..
A special communique announ
cing end of the sacrificial strug-'
gle <m the banks of the Volga was
followed by the funeral march
from Wagner's Gotterdammer
ung, the love death Trom his
Tristan and Isolde, "I Had a
?Comrade," and the German, Ru
manian and Croatian national
anthems.
Then came the decree by Prop
aganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels that Germany would ob
serve three days of mourning for
her soldiers who fought at Stal
ingrad. All theaters and enter
tainment places of every nature
will be closed.
While the Germans were di
gesting the word of Adolf Hit
ler's worst military disaster, they
were dealt more bad news from
Russia. The daily war commu
nique said:
I' "Between the Caucasus and
the Lower Don, our armies, car
rying out ."their movements ac
cording to plan, reached the ob
jectives ordered for the- day."
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa, Feb. 3. ? American tank
crews who sing "From Maknassy
to the Sea," were dug in astride
the railway one mile east of
Sened and 47 miles from the
coast in central Tunisia today,
where their wedge poised a new
threat to the lifeline of Marshal
Erwin Rojnntel.
From the east the British
Eighth Army based on the Nile
continued its eight-miles-a-day
advance since taking Tripoli and
?was reported in contact with the
Rommel rearguard at Pisidta. on
ly 12 miles from the Tunisian
frontier, after passing through
Zelten.
Although the American column
of medium and light tanks and
armored half-tracks scored an
unexpected success by taking Se
ned yesterday and remain to es
tablish a strong spearhead .in the
position during what had been
scheduled as a mere raid. Allied
headquarters frankly acknowled
ged a lack of the necessary punch
farther north where the Germans
still held strong positions in Faid
Pass.
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