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LOCI8BCRG, N. CAROLINA FU1DAV, .MARCH 3, 1044
(Bight Pages)
NUMBER 4
BASKET BALL
TOURNAMENT
UNDERWAY
FORMAL OPENING WED
NESDAY NIGHT
Mayor Webb, Oapt. Hill
Yarborough, Supt. Wiley
Mithell and Mr. W. G.
Lancaster, Give Words of
Welcome; Results of the
Games Played; Schedule
Of Games For Friday
The Franklin County Basket
Ball tournament held Us formal
opening Wednesday night at 7:30
in the State Guard Armory.
Mayor W C. Webb opened the
occasion with words of welcome
from the host city of Loulsburg
and spoke briefly of the advan
tages of clean, wholesome sports.
Supt. Wiley F. Mitchell represen
ted the County Bchools and
spoke forcefully of the purpose
and aims- of the Franklin County
League and the benefits derived,
by the pupils and citizenship of
the county, from clean athletics
and the practice of good sports
manship. All students and pat
rons were admonished by Supt.
Mitchell to help keep this tourna
ment and sports in general on a
high plain of good fellowship,
feeling and sportsmanship.
Capt. Hill Yarborough welcom
ed the teams and patrons on be
half of the State Guard and very
effectively presented the educa
tion and good citizenship gained
through clean athletic competi
tion. Capt. Yarborough said:
"We will soon forget the scores
of the games in this tournament,
but the impressions gained by you
and made on the spectators as to
how you played the game will
h^ve a lasting impression."
Mr. W. G. Lancaster represent
ed the City Council and congratu
lated the citizens of Franklin
County In being so fortunate as
to have as their Superintendent
of Schools, Wiley F. Mitchell,
who has obtained for the county
such high grade calibre of prin
cipals and teachers during this
emergency to help him and thu
parents to educate the children
of the county.
The following are the results
of games played Wednesday af
ternoon and night:
Gold Sand Boys ? 11. Youngs
ville Girls ? 10. '
Epsom Boys ? 24. Franklinton
Boys-7^6.
Youngsvllle Boys ? 33. Gold
Sand Boys ? 26.
Edward Best Girls ? 15. Frank
linton Girls ? 11.
Mills Boys ? 38. Edward Best
boys ? 7.
The tournament is missing a
day (Thursday) on account of
the State Guard having to use
the Armory on that day.
The schedule of games to be
played Friday afternoon and
night are as follows:
4:00 P. M. ? Gold Sand Boys
vs Edward Best Boys.
5:00 P. M. ? Bunn Girls vs
Gold Sand Girls.
7:30 P. M. ? Bunn Boys vs
Epsom Boys.
8:30 P. M. ? Mills Girls vs
Edward Best Girls.
9:30 P. M. ? Youngsvllle Boys
vs Mills Boys.
The games to be played Sat
urday afternoon and night will
be determined from the results
of the games played Friday,
which may be seen on the sched
ule posted at the Armory.
This article would not be com
plete without mentioning the ef
ficient work being done by the
referees in this tournament,
Messrs. Terrell and Whittlngton,
of Vance County. Their work
on Wednesday was splendid1 ?nd
your reporter did not see or hear
one dispute from player or spec
tator of their decisions.
?Ob Pay D?]r, Boy uoadi?
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PROGRAM AT THfi
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, March 4th:
Saturday? Wild Bill Elliott and
'Gabb'y' Hayes in 'Overland Mall
Robbery' and1 Alan Jones and
June Vincent in 'Sing a Jingle,'
also 'Captain America.'
Lat Show Saturdap ? 'Women
in Bondage.'
Sunday-Monday? Claire Trevor
and Albert Dekker In 'Woman o(
The Town.'
Tuesday ? Rciy Rogers, Ruth
Terry and the Sons of the Pio
neers In 'Hands Across the Bor
der,' also Don Winslow serial.
Wednesday ? Tom Neal and
Jeanne Bates In 'The Racket Man'
also Superman cartoon.
Thursday-Friday ? Bette Davis,
Miriam Hopkins and Gig Young
In 'Old Acquaintance.'
OVERSELLS QUOTA
W. BLAIR TUCKER
W. B. Tucker, Chairman, and
his committee did a splendid
piece of work in over-selling the
quota allotted to Loulsburg Town
ship In the Fourth War Bond
Drive which has Just closed. They
were the first in the County to
sell their Township quota.
Mr. Tucker is a local man who
has made good in his home town.
He Is the owner and manager of
one of the largest and most pro
gressive ginning businesses In
the County. Not only is he an
outstanding business man, but he
is also a leader in the social, civ
ic and religious life of the Coun
ty. As President of the local
Golf Club, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Mills High
School, Director in the Lions
Club and Deacon in the local
Baptist Church, he has proven
himself to be a most valuable
citizen.
As a veteran of World War I,
he knows what it means to a sol
dier when the people at home do
their part and he never falls to
do his full share.
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COUNTY SCRAP
PAPER DRIVE
Scrap paper, a product which is
sorely needed iu the War Effort,
is being assembled throughout
the County, stated County Chair-,
man Walter E. Fuller. The towns
of Loulsburg, Franklinton and
Youngsville are being canvassed
or have been canvassed already.
Rural peoplfe are requested to
make all scrap paper available
through one of the following
neghborhood Chairmen:
Franklinton ? W. C. Morton,
Franklinton School.
Youngsville ? Mrs. J. K. Thar
rington, Youngsville School.
Harris' ? Mr. C. C. Brown, Har
ris' School.
Pearce's ? Mrs. Louise Massey,
Pearce's School.
Bunn ? Mr. R. M. Aldrid'ge,
Bunn School.
Pilot ? Mrs. Valmore L. Jones,
Pilot School.
Loulsburg ? Walter Fuller, Ag
ricultural Building; Loulsburg
School, Jackie Word.
Gold Sand ? Mr. R. G. Stevens,
Gold Sand High School.
Justice-Edward Best ? Mrs.
Clara Long Moore, Justice School.
Epsom ? Mft D. J. Dark, Ep
som School.
Newspapers, magazines and
cardboard should' be separted and
each packaged and corded for
easy handling.
AMERICAN BED CROSS
INFORMATION
Mrs. Virginia A. Hall has been
recently appointed Home Service
Chairman of the Loulaburg Chap
ter of the American Red Cross.
Her office is In the Lumpkin
Building next to the Loulsburg
Theatre
Office l)our4 will be 9 to 12.
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STATE BALLOTS .
Washington, Feb. 24. ? The
War Departnvent is arranging
under existing legislation to fa
cilitate the voting by soldiers in
11 state prinwrlrs during May,
it announced tonight.
The prinyuies are Alabama.
May a and May 80; California,
May 10; Florida, May 2 and
A; North Carolina, May 87;
Ohio, May 9; Oregon, May 10;
South Dakota, May 8 and West
Virginia, May 0.
Maryland will Issue both "of
ficial war ballots" and state
absentee ballots, voting to be
for federal offices only. Flori
da and New Jersey will Issue
"official war ballots" covering
federal, state and local offices,
while the other state* will -fc
sue absentee ballots covering
federal, state and local offices.
Conyiyindlng officers are in
structed to Call the attention of
soldiers to the prinytries and
necessary step* for voting. Poet
card applications for ballot* are
made available to all troops.
KERR TO
KEYNOTE
AT STATE CONVENTION
MAY 4TH
Saturday, April 29th Date
For Democratic County
Conventions; April 22nd,
Date For Precinct Meet
ings
The 1944 State Democratic
Convention will convene at noon
on Thursday, May 4, in Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium, the State
Democratic Executive Committee
decided at a meeting in Raleigh
Friday.
Keynote speaker for the con
vention will lie John Kerr, Jr., of
Warrenton, 1943 speaker of the
House, it was announced by
State Democratic Chairman Mon
roe Redden, who presided over
Friday's meeting.
The executive committee also
set Saturday, April 29, as the
date for county conventions, at
which delegates will be elected to
the State convention, and Satur
day, April 22, as the date for
precinct conventions, at which
delegates to the county conven
tions will be elected.
Banks Arendell of Raleigh was
appointed secretary of the execu
tive committee succeeding Arch
T. Allen of Raleigh, who resign
ed to accept a commission in the
Navy.
MILLS HIGH COMMER
CIAL DEPT. TO PRE
SENT "LENA RIVERS"
"Lena Rivers" will be present
ed by the Commercial Department
of Mills High School on March
31, at 8:00 in the school audi
torium.
Martha Ray Matthews and
Howard Raggett play the leading
roles as Lena Rivers and Dur
ward Bellmont. Lena Rivers is a
cute and pretty young girl of
seventeen, who comes to live with
her aristocratic relatives In Ken
tucky. Durward Bellmont. who
comes from a fine, wealthy family
falls in love with Lena.
John Livingstone, a somewhat
hen-pecked husband and an uncle
of Lena's, is played by Willie
Robertson. Mrs. Livingstone, his
wife who has social ambitions, is
played by Talmadge Thomas.
Caroline Livingstone, who is Tin
echo of her mother, is portrayed
by Nancy Griffin. Doris Holmes
will play the part of Anna Liv
ingstone, a sweet and warm-heart
ed young girl of eighteen. Their
brother, John Junior, who is ad
dicted to slang, will be played by
Jim King.
Aunt Milly, colored servant in
the Livingstone home, is portray
ed by Suzanne Jernigan. Bill
Herman will play the part of the
colored man servant who is al
ways flxin' to do.
Granny Nichols, Lena's belov
ed grandmother, will be played
by Mae Bell. Clyde Collier plays
the part of Malcolm Everett, a
tutor in the Livingstone home.
Weldon Kimball will portray
Frank Graham, a Southern gen
tleman. Mrs. Graham, his jeal
ous wife, will be played by Nicky
Alston.
ST. PAUL'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Second Sunday In Lent will
be held In the following order,
according to announcement of
Rev. Harry S. Cobey, rector:
Church School and Bible Class
? 9:45 a. m.
Holy Communion and sermon
11:00 a. m. Subject of sermon:
"The Fourth Beattitude."
Evening Prayer ? 8:00 p. m.
Week-day Lenten Services
Wednesday ? Litany and ser
mon ? 8:00 p. m. The sermon
at this service will be delivered
by the Rev. Henry Johnston, Rec
tor of St. Stephen's Church in
Oxford. Mr. Johnston is the first
of several visiting ministers who
will preach in St. Paul's during
Lent.
Thursday ? Holy Communion
and address ? 10:00 a. m. Chil
dren's services 5:00 p. m.
FORMAL ANNOUNCE
MENT
> Ralph w. Mcdonald " *
Winston-Salem, March 1. ? "Air
out support of the war and peace
efforts" and "an emphatic lead
ership in a sound program of pro
gress in all fields" were the key
notes of Dr. Ralph McDonald's
formal announcement here today
as a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor of
North Carolina. McDonald re
cently resigned from the State
University to make his second
race for the Governor's office
which he barely lost in a memor
able contest with former Gover
nor Clyde R. Hoey in 1936.
Educational progress, a major
postwar road building program,
increased farm income, adequate
pay for State employees, full pro
vision for returning service men
and women, opposition to the
sales tax, reduction in the person
al income tax, payment of the
State General Fund debt, devel
opment of aviation, and a strong
temperance stand were the prin
cipal features of a twenty-four
point program setting forth the
Winston-Salem candidate's views
on major issues.
"The people of North Carolina
know what I standi i for," said
McDonald. "My record is an
open book. I stand where I have
always stood on major issues.
Since I began fighting for these
principles the tide in State af
fairs has turned definitely in the
direction of the policies I have
advocated."
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FARMERS AND SHEEP
R. S. Curtis, sheep marketing!
specialist with the State Depart-j
ment of Agriculture, was iir
Franklin County on Tuesday con
tacting farmers in regard to a
recent shipment of 200 yearling
ewes from WyomingL into this
State.
Curtis explained that these
sheep are being brought into
North Carolina in an effort to re
build the sheep population of this
State. He said the sheep are be
ing resold to farmers at actual
cost.
The ewes, ten months old, may
be sheared in April and may be
bred in July or August, said Cur
tis. He added that the income
from the wool will offset to a
large extent the total cost of the
sheep.
"During the past two years the
State Department of Agriculture
has brought into North Carolina
over 2,000 fine sheep, and the
200 we now have on hand are
among the best we have receiv
ed," declared Curtie.
Any farmer Interested in pur
chasing any of these sheep are
requested to get in touch with
the State Department of Agricul
ture, Raleigh.
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LOUISBURG -
METHODIST CHURCH
The Celebration of the Lord's
Supper will be observed at the
Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing at 11:00 o'clock."
"The Apostle of the Inner
Circle'* is the subject for the
7:30 o'clock service.
Church School meets at 9:45
a. m., led by Prof. I. D. Moon.
The Mtthodist Youth Fellow
ship groups meet at 6:45.
You are welcomed to these ser
vices.
RED CROSS DRIVE IS ON!
The Louisburg Chapter of the Red Cross has ;
been organized for the 1944 War Drive. The great- ;
est amount of money ever raised for this organi- ;
zation is called for. To raise $6,500.00 in our area j
is quite an undertaking, but the Red Cross has al- j
ready sold itself to every loyal American. An in-'!!
crease in each person's gift is asked.
A. PAUL BAOBY, Chairman.
HAGWOOD
ELECTED SUP
ERINTENDENT
STATE HIGHWAY PRE
SENTS MAP TO COUNTY
Com. John N. Hackney, Di
vision Engineer E. Mark
ham, Capt. F. G. Baker,
and J. W. Taylor Before
Board
The Board of County Commis
sioners met in special session
Tuesday night for the purpose of
electing a Superintendent of
County Home to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Supt.
E. R. Richardson, for the unex
pired term.
The following names were pre
sented to the Board (is applicants
for the position: Charlie D.
Hagwood, Franklinton, O. J. Wel
don, H. A. Faulkner, of R. 3,
Loulsburg, and D. L. Ayscue,
Louisburg.
After carefully considering all
the applicants the Board elected
Charlie D. Hagwood, as Superin
tendent to fill the unexpired term
of Mr. Richardson, whose resig
nation becomes effective March
7 th.
State Highway Commissioner,
John N. Hackney, Division Engi
neer R. Markham, Maintenance
Engineer J. W. Taylor and Capt.
F. G. Baker were before the Board
and presented the Board with a
most up-to-date and complete
jnap of Franklin County. The
map is approximately 3x5 feet
and shows the road system of the
county, those that are hardsur
faced. and the old roads from
which the new locations and sur
facing has been made. It is a
most complete and masterful pro
duction and the TIMES reporter
was assured it would be preserv
ed in a neat frame.
No other business coming be
fore the Board adjournment was
taken till the next regular meet
ing which is next Monday.
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F. G. Banks Dead
The! funeral services for F. G.
Banks, who died at his home
near Banks' Store about five
miles West of Loulsbiirg, Sunday
night, were held from Perry's
Chapel Baptist Church Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. W. T. Smith, pastor, as
sisted by Rev. S. L. Blanton, of
Wilmington.
Interment was made in the
church cemetery nearby. Both
services were largely attended by
relatives and friends who had
gathered to pay a last sad tribute
to one so highly respected.
The pall bearers were James
Mltchiner, Harry Banks. Jr., Mit
chiner Banks, Qerrard Banks.
Curtis Pearce, nephews, and Will
Banks.
The floral tribute was espec
ially large and pretty speaking a
sincere love and esteem for the
deceased.
Felix Banks, as he was so well
known to his many friends, was
76 years of age and is survived
by his wife, the former Mary
Mitchiner; two sons, Douglas
Banks of Patterson, N. J., and
Joseph Banks of the Army; one
daughter, Mrs. William Shugart
of Warrenton; one brother, Dr.
C. H. Banks of Louishurg; two
sisters, Mrs. W. A. Anderson and
Mrs. S. D. McPherson, both of
Durham, and three grandchild
ren.
His demise followed a seige of
illness, beginning with the flu
and ending with pneumonia.
He waj a progressive and civic
minded citizen, whose passing
represents a loss to his County
and State. He was a devoted
member of Perry's Chapel Bap
tist Church and was always In
terested in matters tending to
the upbuilding of his community.
In- his home he was devoted1 to
his family, and courteous and
hospitable to his friends and his
neighbors.
His legion of friends extend
deepest sympathy in this sad be
reavement.
LOUISBURO
BAPTIST CHURCH
The emphasis (or the month of
March Is on the Sunday School,
ro this end the pastor will speak
Sunday morning on "The Ideal
Sunday School Teacher." In the
evening the subject will be "Sa
an's Devices."
Every one is called upon ' to
?vorship tbe Lord in tbe church
)f his choice. We cannot live
lormal lives without worship.
9:46 a. m. ? Bible School.
11:00 a. of. ? Horning Worship.
7:30 p. m. ? Evening Worship.
"c "? 'i.
Several farmers In Hoke Coun
ty have definitely decided' not to.
(row any cotton this year, and to
plant small grnitis'and hay
.-tcead.
WINS AGAIN
G. M. BEAM, (Imiriiuui
Franklin County Fourth War
Bond Drive
who announced this week the suc
cessful conclusion of the cam
paign with a big margin "Over
the Top."
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OVER THE TOP
[ Franklin County Over-Sells
| Its Bond Quota in Fourth
Bond Drive
With the finest possible coop
eration from Franklin County
citizens, the Bond Drive Commit
tees sold $636,722.00 worth of
bonds against a quota of $260,
000.00.
The quota of $190,100.00 for
"E" bonds was also over-sold.
This quota was completed with
the splendid auction sale held at
Epsom last Monday night when
more than $10,000.00 of "E"
Bonds were sold. The final count
on this type of bond has not been
made, but the last report shows
the total sales to be $190,962.50.
Unusually fine work was done
in this drive by the women, with
Mrs. L. E. Scoggin, Jr., Chairman.
These ladies sold bonds at the
bank and made personal canvass
] es which produced splendid re
| suits.
Franklin County negroes have
| also done splendid work in. this
campaign. A report of which [
will be published later.
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MA Kit I AGE LICENSES
Register of Deeds Alex Wood,
reports issuing marriage licenses ;
to the following couples during
the month of February:
, WHITE ? Willard Vann An
drews and Hallie Mae Merritt,
Robert Samuel Perry and Ruby
Lee May, Joe Thomas Tharring
ton and Mary Alice Evans, Hay
wood Wiggins and Stella B. Per
ry, Raymond D. Jones and Pattie ,
Odell Husketh, Claude Young
and Frances Talley.
COLORED ? Otis Lee Gay and
Durena Holden, Thomas Perry
and Maggie Mitchell, Ernest Wil
son and Mary T. Branch, Adam
Neal and Winnie Belle Harris.
PURPLE HEART
V. A. Bailey of Louisburg, has
been notified by the Navy that
the Purple Heart has been ward
ed posthumously to his brother,
Walter Grover Bailey, a ioxswain,
who was killed In action In the
Pacific last year.
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Plenty of grazing crops, a full
mineral mixture at all times, and
a limited amount of grain and
protein supplement, will enable
growers to produce cheaper hogs.
GAS COUPONS
Washington, Feb. 27. ? Inten
sifying his drive to wipe out
gasoline black nyirkets, Price
Adn^nistrator Chester Bowles
warned tonight that motorists
failing to endorse each gaso
line coupon by March 6 face
possible loss of their rations.
He announced that OPA in
vestigators, on that date, will
begin a nationwide check of
ration books as part of the
agency's program to track down
and ferret out "organized bur
glars, counterfeiters and rack
eteers" who siphon off supplies
vitally needed to keep essential
transportation going.
"Ration holders found with
unendorsed coupons after the
deadline date," he said, "will
be given a notice explaining
the endorsement requirement
and directing them to show 1
fully-endorsed books to their
local war price and rationing l
boards within 10 days. i
"Any lqotorist who falls to
do this faces revocation of ra- i
tions." i
Bowles said OPA has found > i
that the requirement that every I !
coupon bear the license number ii
of the owner's car is "the only 1 1
surefire way to identify the <
*v?->i?le who are responsible far I
la uur rationing system."
WAR NEWS
London, Thursday, March 2. ? .?
The Red Army, in new offensives
at opposite ends of a 400-mile
front, has by-passed the German
stronghold of Narva by smashing
ten miles deeper into northern
Estonia, and advanced to within
six miles south of Vitebsk, key
Nazi base in northern White Rus
sia, Moscow announced last
night.
Moscow's broadcast communi
ques announced that the northern
wing of Gen. Leonid A. Govorov's
Leningrad Army, wliich won con
trol of the east bank of the Nar
va River on Feb. 6, resumed its
offensive several days ago and,
blasting through strong German
defenses, forced the river to ham
mer out a bridgehead almost ten
miles deep and more than 21
miles wide on the west bank.
Rail Line Cut
The Russian thrust cut the Nar
va-Tallinn railroad near the sta
tion of Auvere, a little more than
nine miles west of Narva, and
left the German garrison in the
by-passed Estonian city of 25,000
a westward escape gap of less
than three miles between the
railroad and the Gulf of Finland.
In resuming the drive against
Vitebsk, which the Russians al
most surrounded late last year.
Gen. Ivan C. Bargramian's Siber
ian veterans of the First Baltic
Army toppled more than 30 towns
and settlements as they closed in
on the city of 167,000 from the
north, east and south. On the
north they captured Pekari, 12
miles from Vitebsk; on the east,
Skukovichi, seven miles away;
and on the south, Selyuty,, six
miles from Vitebsk.
Allied Headquarters. Southwest
Pacific, Thursday, March. 2. ?
American troops have repulsed a
counter-attack on their newly
won positions in the Admiralty
Islands, killing 66 and wounding
84 of the enemy in a "bloody en
gagement," it was announced to
day.
The Japanese assault at dawn
Wednesday was directed against
Momote airstrip on Los Negros
Island, where dismounted Ameri
can cavalrymen had landed 24,
hours earlier. The attempt waa
beaten back and the airstrip will
be in full operation shortly. Gen.
Douglas ftlacArthur's communique
said.
U. 8. Losses "Negligible"
The Japanese were reported to
have withdrawn and established
lines west of the airstrip, leaving
behind their dead and wounded.
Americans destroyed two 20-mil
llmeter guns.
"American losses were negli
gible," a spokesman for MacAr
thur announced.
The announcement that the air
strip on Los Negros, 610 miles
south of the Important enemy
base of Truk, would be in opera
tion shortly Indicated that Sea
bees and construction engineers
had gone ashore immediately
Tuesday in the wake of the dis
mounted cavalrymen of Brig. Gen.
William C. Chase's First Divis
ion.
Allied Headquarters. Naples,
March 1. ? Equipped with a "se
cret weapon" ? a radio-directed
tank which in its first test proved
a dud ? the Germans have launch
ed powerful attacks befween Car
roceto and Clsterna on the Anzio
beachhead, it was announced to
day.
But 24 hours after Gen. Eber
hard Von Mackensen's 14th Army
troops opened their attack they
were reported still pinned to their
starting positions by the effec
tiveness of Allied artillery and
by a new and violent rainstorm
that brought fighting almost to a
standstill this afternoon. Heavy
enemy pressure was continuing,
however, and there was every in
dication that Von Mackensen
would resume his push when the
weather improved.
The German's new weapon, not
so secret since - the Russians had
seen enough of it to nickname it
"The Beetle," is a low-slung,
crew-less light tank carrying a
1,000-pound explosive charge
which is supposed to be detonated
by remote control when the "land
torpedo" reaches its target.
Frankensteins
The "Beetles" in their only re
ported appearance in this theater
was a fiasco.
Allied artillery picked off 14
beetles before they even came
close to our lines and the others
failed to get going, proving more
of a menace to their German mas
ters than to our positions.
The new Germafl attack was de
livered against a background pf
constant enemy shelling, the most
prolonged and widespread of the
entire beachhead campaign, and
fiarelit aerial bombardment by
night of our shipping in the Anzio
and Nettuno roadsteads.
Montevidjeo, March J. ? A brief
and bloodless armed rebellion by
in army colonel who marched his
regiment out in battle kit In an
attempt to overthrow the Argen
tine government of Acting IT? i
ient Edelmtro Farrell fluted eaf
(Con tinned on Page I)