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Can’t Dispose Of Japan In Short Order Says Patterson WASHINGTON, Jan. 1,—UP'— Year-end reviews and forecasts from war leaders: Robert P. Patterson, undersecre tary of war: "I have found noth ing to support the notion that we can dispose of Japan in short or der, once Germany is finally beat en x x x. We will have to defeat them, the hard way.’' J. A. Krug, chairman. War Pro duction Board": “The -blunt truth Is that we are not producing war poods fast enough to meet the ac tual urgent demands of out forces. despite the fact that the overall level of munitions produc tion exceeds $5,000,000,000 worth a month. Marvin Jones. War Food Admin istrator: “The food production job for 1945 x x x will be just as big and just as important, to the war and to the peace as it was in 1944." SERIOUS Paul V. McNutt, chairman, war manpower commission: “A man power situation of the utmost seri ousness confronts the country, xxx Most the places where men are needed are in already very tight manpower areas where fewer workers are available. The jobs to be filled are often difficult and some of them relatively low paid. This very difficulty places a spe cial responsibility on all of. us to seek out work.” ' William H. Davis, chairman. Na tional War Labor Board: "We have had production, stoppages in 1944. But I ask the nation to recall that human limitations should prepare us to accept something short of perfection in war production. The •vital fact is that wc have achiev ed a war production greater than that of the "051 of the world com bined.” I Chester Bowles, administrator. Office of Price, Administration: “I ! think the vast majority of Amer I ican peop.le have a right to be J proud of the record they have maintained during the past year | in the fight to protect their earn ings and their savings by keeping ■ .living costs in line x x x but the | job is far from finished. The most i critical part of this light still lies j ahead." DON'T RELAX | Fred M. Vinson, director, Office of Economic Stabilization: "The [ government's national economic ; stabilization policy has met with ; reasonable success during 1944 x x x | We cannot afford to relax our ef forts during 1945. V-E day will not guarantee us a victory against in ■ flation." J. Monroe Johnson, directof. Of fice of Defense Transportation: I "With two wars raging at once the 1 months ahead will bring increases ' in the need for war supplies and the movement of military person ! nel." Ted R. Gamble, war finance di vision. treasury: "We hope for an early victory. Your war bonds can ' help speed that day. Rear Admiral Hewlett Thebaud, ! director of naval intelligence, and Ma.i. Gen. Clayton Bissell, assis tant chief of staff. G-2 (Intelli gence1. U. S. army: "Thcie is ! continued necessity, for guarding against, careless disclosure of mili tary information x x x during the 'coming months there will be con tinuing redistribution and commit I ment of armed forces against spe ■ cified objectives x x x disclosure of information concerning troop movements or shipping may cause great loss of life and treasure, as well as ado to the length of the ! war." "9k: ■ NEW YORK A. A. HAS OWN CLUB HOUSE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN MEMBERS (N. T. Herald-Tribune, Per. C2t A four-story chapel, vacated as a church only recently, w„il be dedi cated as the new clubhouse o,' Al coholics Anonvrr.oiis of New 'iork tomorrow night, with a party at which members will demonstrate they can have a good time with out intoxicating d ink. They are moving into the build ing formerly occupied by Knox Mejnorial Collegiate Chapel, at 405 West Forty-First Street, near Ninth Avenue, which discontinued serv ices early this year. It is a large, concrete-front structure, built, in 1898 for the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, The new quarters will answer the need for more room for the fast growing New York unit of Al coholics Anonymous. The. building is spacious enough for meeting and recreation facilities for the 1.00C members in this area, and also for entertainment of the hundreds of visitors who want to en.ioy visits to the'city without benefit of al cohol. In the new headquarters, Alco holics Anonvmous will eventually have available two bowling alleys, pingpong and pool tables, reading, writing and card rooms, a gym nasium, three conference rooms in w:hich personal problems arising .from the fight, against alcohol can be discussed with the secretary or other members, a kitchen and din ing room, a meeting room which can seat 500 persons and a chapel with seating capacity of 700. Most of all. it. will be a place where alcoholics’can be sure of con versation or counsel, contempla iion or recreation, at all hours: a haven to pass the hours when idle ness or gnawing of old habits oth erwise might, drive them into bars or taverns. And it at last, will give the New York group a, way to of fer congenial but sober hospitality to those of the 15.000 national mem bers from 365 chapters who visit New York. PIXIE CLAY ( HARTER COLUMBIA. —.Pi— A business charter was recorded by the Sec retary of Sta:e for the Dixie Clay Company of Bath capitalized at $250,000. Officers listed were Robert T. Vanderbilt, president. E. P. Hen derson, vice-president: F. C. Gens secretary, and W. J Norton, treas urer. WHY BE FAT\? Get slimmer without exercise You may low pound? and havp a more slender, grateful figurp No (ierosing NofaXaTives. Nodrugv With this AYDS plan vou don't cut out any meals, starches, po tatoes. meats or butter, you sim ply eyt them down I'V. caster, when you enjoy delKious (vita min .fortified) A YDS before rivals. \hsolutflv harmless Try a large viz** bo* of AYDS 3(bda\ supply only |2 26.Money back if you dor. t get result' Phone CLEVELAND DKVCi CO. f V, Rationing Guide By the Associated Press Meats, fats, etc'—Book four red stamps Q5 through X5 now good. No termination dates have been set: OPA says none wiil be invali dated before March 1. New red point values now in effect. Next series of stamps will be validated Jan. 28. Processed Foods—Book four blue stamps X5 through Z5 and A2 through G2 now good. OPA says none will be invalidated before March 1. New point values for fruits, as well as vegetables now in : effect. Next series of stamps will be validated Feb. 1. ■ Sugar—Book four stamp 34. good ' for five pounds, is the only sugar coupon still valid. Termination date has not been set. A new stamp for five pounds will be valid Feb. 1: must last three months in stead of two and a half months." Shoes — Book three airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 valid indefinite ly.. Gasoline—14-A coupons valid everywhere for four gallons each through March 21. B-5.C-5. B-G and C-6 coupons good everywhere for five gallons each, Fuel oil—Old period four and five coupons and new period om and two coupons good throughout current heating season. In mid west and south, jieriod three cou pons also good now and valid through heating year. Period three coupons become valid in Pacific northwest Jan. 8; in cast., Jan. 15. GAFFNEY PLANS $400,000 ’PORT WITH LONG RUNS GAFFNEY. — South Carolina Aeronautics Commission engineers will come to Gaffney early in the New Ycaf to investigate possible sites for a proposed $400,000 air port for this city, according to a letter received by. Edward R. Jef feries. chairman of a local joint airport committer, front Dan Yar borough, chief engineer of the com mission. By an' arrangement approved at a. meeting of members of the county legislative delegation, the county commissioners and the city coun cil several weeks ago. a site for the airport will be purchased jointly by the city and the county on a fifty fifty basis. The port with paved runways approximately 3 000 feet in length, sufficient to accommodate the larg est airiiners now in use, will be constructed bv the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission, which will 'also sign a contract for the main tenance of tire facility if the local authorities agree to the arrange ment. Ptpti-Cola Company, Long Island City, N. Y.t Pmtckittd BoUler: i’EPSl-COLA BOTTLING CO., CHARLOTTE, N. C IN NEW GUINEA — Pvt. Charlin Hope has arrived safely in New Guinea, -according to word receiv ed by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Hope of Kings Mountain. Pvt. Hope entered the service in Nov ember, 1042 and received his train ing at Edgewood Arsenal, Mary land. Losing An Eye Didn’t Stop This GI Hero Inside the Siegfried line. Dec. 27 —i Delayed) —",.P— An Ameri can private with his eyeball shot ■ out singlehandedly covered the withdrawal of his squad and then carried back a badly wounded comrade under heavy fire. It was only-then that the priv ate agreed, with a muttered ’:okay" to co to the first aid station. The young Oklahoman was lending an attack when it was stalled under strong couiiterfire. "Come on ... keep on coming!'' the private shouted to his buddies, and starting across an open field at a quick, crouching run. Halfway across, lie was struck in the face by a burst from an enemy "burp gun"—a machine pistol. One bullet tore his left eye from its socket. Blood streamed down over his field jacket, but the pri.vate yelled again to his men: "Keep shoving!" He covered their advance with his rapid fire Browning automatic rifle and- the squad made its, way across the field to the next hedge line. There, they were pinned down by German fire so heavy that they could move neither for ward nor backward without severe casualties. The doughboys called back for some smoke shells to cover their withdrawal. They waited, but the smoke failed to appear. Realizing that the whole squad Would be wiped out unless it was pulled back quickly, the wounded private told the other melt to start back while he kept the enemv engaged. "Don't worry about me.’’ he called, "start, your withdrawal" Hr pushed -iris automatic rifle over a hedge and began raking the .German positions. His men started, slowly to crawl back. For more than 15 minutes the private stuck to. his post, until'he was! sure the squad was out of its tight spot. SAVED ANOTHER 'As he turned to leave himself, with enemy bullets clipping "thru the hedges, he noticed a badly wounded American nearby. Weak and almost blind, the, pri vate painfully dragged the other wounded man back with him, yard by yard. When he- got back to the com mand post, officers had to argue with him before he would let him self bo bandaged and taken to the hospital. He still wanted to fight. graduate In one day, Pvt. Francis K Daubner of Kenmore. N. Y., was , graduated from a rookie replace ment to a veteran combat soldier. His platoon leader assigned him as a frontline observer Soon after his arrival from the replacement depot. Before dusk, they heard him fire a rifle clip. The leader crawl ed out to where Laubner was ly ing. . ■ There were a bunch of- Jerries creeping in toward our lines." ex plained Daubner. T think I got one of them." "Sure.” said the leader, crawl ing back with the belief that the rookie had seen trees move and wash'd his bullets. Bur tire next morning, the plat oon leader was amazed to find four very dead Germans and one wounded Nazi lying in front of the company position. "You'sure caught on fast,” he | complimented Daubner. Cherrys Sell Their Home In Gastonia GASTONIA —Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Dixon have purchased the home of Governor-elect and Mrs. Gregg Cherry on South York street and. plan to occupy it within a few Weeks. Governor and Mrs. Cherry will relinquish the property about January 15. It is a two-story brick residence of nine rooms and j a total frontage • of 189 feet on 1 i York street and a depth of 175 1 feet. The new owners plan to have I the house renovated before oc l cupytng it. Mr. Dixon is president of the Trenton and Dixon Col 1 ton'mills and one of the leading I textile executives of this section. Since the United States went to war domestic steel production ca- j parity has been boosted from 81, 000,000 tons annually to 94,000,000 tons. RECUPERATING—Pvt. Flay Hoyle, son of Mr. Clem Hoyle of route 5.' Shr’bv. who was reported seriously j woi ccd in France November 8, isj now in a hospital in England re cuperating. He has been serving overseas about four months. Pvt. Hoyle has one brother in service, Sgt. Boyd Hoyle, stationed at Mary Anna, Florida. Evening Classes At Gardner-Webb Draw Number Of Enrollees Thirteen ministers in the two Baptist associations of this area j have enrolled for the Gardner Webb adult education evening col lege in homiletics and New Testa- ; ment interpretation which will get | underway January 30 it is announc- j ed by Dean C. H. Sullivan today. : Additional enrollments for the j special courses in the new field ; into which the Boiling Springs in- j stitution is moving will be received ! until January 15. It is the purpose of the college officials to offer; evening classes in any course of j the curriculum for which suffi cient number of students enroll. : DOUGHBOYS ARE NOW SPY-WARY HtJMAIN. Belgium. Jan. 1 - .P’ —Even a battle commander can t pull enough rank now to get spy warv Doughboys along the front to give him the password. One commander was in such a hurry to get to a sector of his battlefront- that he forgot to ask headquarters for the password for the day. When challenged by a G. I. seh try he said. "Son, I don't know the password, but you recognize your commander don't you?" "Sure, sir. I've seen' you lots of times.-’ "Then you'll let me pass?" "Sure, sir." "That's fine." said the comman der. "Now tell me the password." The Doughboy gripped his rifle nervously and replied: . "I hate to turn you down. sir. but I have been told not to tel! that password to anybody and I ain't: groin’ to.’’ '"That's a good soldier,” the commander commented, driving' cn. j If Today Is Your Birthday Bj STELLA MONDAY, January 1.—Born to day, you have many elements of leadership. Your executive ability is outstanding and you have a great deal of determination, tenacity and j will power—plus a commanding personality. You men might be at tracted toward the military as a life career and would be particu-, larl.v interested in having a post in some distant country or one which would keep you on the move. You are fond of studying any subject which will bring you added knowl edge in your profession. Original ity is one of the best qualifications for success which you have! You will enjoy much better fortune if you work independently of part nerships and avoid tying yourself up with contracts. Your word is as good as a contract. You are not one ' to make close friends readily but your bonds of home, family and kin are particularly strong. You will lavish all your love and affection upon your family—and the larger—it Ms, the happier you will be. Travel may be enjoyable, but you will never neglect or forget those who are left behind at home. When you go places, however, you much prefer to take the whole family along. You women are na tural homemakers; in your house, there's never a question of who’s the real manager! Pvt. Wilson Awarded Bronze Battle Star Pvt. Max.A. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adkin A. Wilson of Shel by, has been awarded a Bronze battle star for his unit's participa tion in the Rome-Arno phase of the Italian campaign. He is a member of a Corsican based B-25 Mitchell bomb group which holds the air force record for bombing j accuracy. The B-25's have aver aged better than nine bombs in the target area out of every 10 drop ped during the past three months of sustained combat operations. RALEIGH.—i/P)—Reid A. May nard of Burlington has been ap pointed by Governor Broughton as a member of the board of directors of the North Carolina Railroad. The appointment filled a vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert H. Sykes of Durham, recently ap pointed as acting solicitor of the 10th judicial district. ESTHER CLASS HAS PARTY J 3roup From Friendship Church Entertained At Gary Home FALLSTON. — The Esther class i 3f Friendship church met for its nonthlv class meeting at the home | if Prof, and Mrs. W. R. Gary on ruesday night. After the biftiness r social hour was held. Delicious refreshments were served . by the nostess. The next meeting will be it the home of Mrs. Warren Mar tin. Mrs. Leroy Hull and Miss Mar gurea Hull left Thursday to visit Private Leroy Hull, who is station ed at Camp Blanding, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Colon Wright left for their home at Tryon, Georgia Friday morning after spending the holidays with relatives here. Mrs. Ray Willis of Morganton is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hull. Pvt. E. F. Killian, jr.. of Camp Wheeler, Ga., visited Jimmie Cline Thursday. Pete Armstrong of Denver, spent Thursday night with Herman Bax ter. Lt. Ormand Champion is visit ing his mother, Mrs. Edna B. en drix. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Treece have returned to their home near Al bemarle after spending the holi days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gettys Bingham. Leo Adley of ghaw Field, S. C. spent Sunday and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Royster and family. Pvt. Clemmie Lee Rovster of Sh'aw Field. S. C . is spending a 15 day furlough with his wife and parents. The following people were Sun dav guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lester willis, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Bar nette and family of Hickory, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spurling and chil dren of Shelby. Mr. and Mrs. Odus Wright and son of Taylor. S. C.. Mr. and Mrs. George Ross and family. Mrs. Claude Ross and daughter, Julia Ann and P. O. Ross. New Regulations On Air Express Given A new tariff, containing many changes in raites and rules affect ing property moved by plane be tween 28 air express points, was announced today by Clyde Esk ridge, agent of the local Railway Express agency. Marking the eighth domestic air tariff in the company's history, the new express rates will go into'ef fect January 15 at about 575 air port express cities and associated towns presently maintaining air service. The new rates and rules will apply to all remaining, points covered by the tariff- as soon as air service has been inaugurated a these places, Mr. Eskridge said. Airport offices served exclusively by All American Aviation, Inc., and Northwest Airline,,. Inc., will bene fit by rate reductions amounting to approximately 10 per cent, bring ing their charges down to the level covering other airport of 1 ices since July, 1943. - Reduced mileage between manv airport offices made possible by the opening of new airports and shortening of air routes, has brought about other rate reduc tions. "Air express rates are based generally on a charge of 3 1-2 cents per pound for each 100 miles flown with an appropriate minimum charge of low weight packages. In this way, a reduction in air miles between airport offices permits a corresponding rate reduction," Mr Eskridge said, A complete set of rules and reg ulations, adopted with specific ref erence to air transport, is included in the framework of the new tar iff. Use of air express service through out the country will be further stimulated and numerous questions of a technical nature concerning regulations applicable to air trans port will be resolved by inaugura tion of the new air tariff, the ex press officials predicted. War Fund Headquarters RALEIGH, Jan. 1.— </P>— The United War fund headquarters for North Carolina was established in the Capitol club building. It was moved here, Executive Secretary Chester Kerr said, to be near central offices of state or ganizations and a more central location. It was moved from Win ston-Salem yesterday. C ATHOLIC ADMINISTRATOR CHARLOTTE, Jan. 1.— (Pi — The Rt. Rev. Arthur R. Freeman has been elected to act as admin istrator of the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh pending the installation of successor to Bishop Eugene J. McGuinness, who is now Bishop Coadjutor of the Oklahoma City Tulsa Diocese. Monsignor Freeman will contin ue to make his home here and serve as pastor of St. Patrick's church. HEADACHE LIQUID Capudine relieves heartache fast because it’s liquid. Its in gredients are already dissolve' —all ready to begin easing the pain. It also soothes nerve ten sion due to the pain. Use only as directed. 10c, 30c, 60c CAPUDINE THE WAR TODAY: Allied Cause, All Things Considered, Is Going Well By DeVVITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer Despite the dampening effect of the German counter-offensive, we can approach an assay of the year end military position (as I've been asked to do) for the rock-bottom fact that the Allied cause on bal ance — is going well the globe around, A pencil and paper, with a mo dicum • of unemotional figuring, are all one needs to demonstrate that the United Nations are on the broad highway to victory both in Europe and in the Orient. That conclusion makes allowances for military setbacks like the present in western Europe and the recent Japanese successes in hard-hit China. It takes into account short comings of the home-front. When you've added up and made subtractions, the answer is that the Allies can't lose excepting through their own folly. TOUGH GOING Having arrived at this point, however, we find that at the best we still face a tough and bloody business which calls for all-out ef forts by both the home and mili tary fronts, unless the conflict is to drag on interminably. We must profit the lesson the Germans are giving us—that the wounded beast fights hardest at the kill. We may find this doubly true with the sav age and fanatical Japanese. One of the burning questions in all minds is how long the Euro pean war will last. There's no sat isfactory answer to that. It depends first on the outcome of the titanic battle which is growing out of Nazi Marshal von Rundstedts counter offensive. General Eisenhower still has his chance to administer a knockout to von Rundstedt and so force an early peace. On the other hand, if the German survives his terribly dan gerous thrust into the midst of great allied strength, then we may find him .retiring slowly and resuming his fight ■tn the powerful Siegfried defenses west of the Rhine, thus protracting the war. HARD-BOILED Our safest course is to adopt the hard-boiled theory of the war pro duction board that the Hitlerian , war will go cn indefinitely. That's not an invitation to pessimism but a safeguard against over-optimism We Yanks really should get rid ol our school girl fluctuation of emo tions and hit a middle course. One element of shortening the war remains in -anticipation — a full-dress Russian offensive against the Nazi, Vistula line in Poland That might change the complexior of things quicklv by putting the Nazis between two mighty mill I stones; It's unlikely that the Reich could long withstand wholesale major offensives on both eastern ; and western fronts. A Red assault against the Vistula may soon com ! plement the magnificent Musco ! vitc drives into Hungary and Slo I FULL STRENGTH We mustn't overlook that Jhe Nazis appear to have committed their full strength to the counter offensive in the war. They've gam j gled most everything. Sure sources | of information agree that the ■ Reich's rapidly deteriorating re sources are vastly inferior in all J categories to those of the Allies. That's equally true of manpower 1 and material. It's amazing to see them dig up sufficient strength for their present drive. As a matter of fact their attack likely would have died at birth had it not been for somebody fumbling the American military intclli i _ gcnce. We were caught off., guard and heads may roll for that. The length of the Japanese war depends largely on when peace comes to Europe. Many experts fig ure it may take eighteen months or so to finish the Japs off after Ger manv surrenders. Maybe that | guess is as good as any. though per sonally I don't indulge in prophesy unless I hold a straight flush. STRIKING POWER Conclusion of the European war will release vast striking-power tc be employed against the Nipponese Already the British have moved big supplementary naval forces into the Orient. More than 2.000.000 Indian troops are trained and under arms waiting for possible employment in reclaiming Burma and tire East Indies.- ' The Allied position is good for final onslaught. We've broken the back of the conquest of the Philip pines. We've established bases from which we are hammering at Jap an's life line to her Indinestan sup plies. We are reaching Tokyo and other Jap cities almost daily with Super-Fortresses. Wove closed ir about Nippon to a point where we can carry out amphibious landing; both in south-eastern China anc Japanese territory. Despite China ; terrible weakness, the Allied posi tion is secure. No wonder the Mikado in his cur rent imperial rescript bemoans th( fact that "tlie war situation is be coming more critical. ’ Liberia's rubber industry wn? first exploited by Europeans ir 1898 WEATHERS AND HORN LEAVE FOR 4 RALEIGH TUESDAY Senator Lee B. Weathers and Representative C. C. Horn will leave here tomorrow morning for Raleigh to take their places as members of the 1945 general assembly which convenes at noon Wednesday. Th a will be Senator Weathers’ second term in the North Carolina senate and Representative Horn's fir^t term in the house. Among the major pieces of legis lation undertaken for this county i will be an act setting up the ma chinery for a $400,000 bond issue for a hospital building program which will be submitted for the ap proval of the voters some time this | spring. The board of commissioners rf | Cleveland county also have a frv ; items of pending legislation to be drawn up by the county attorne •, Henry B. Edwards, and submitted to ! the senator and representative from j this county. ! Both Senator Weathers and Mr. i Horn emphasized that it is their i intention to keep the- people iri ; formed of all pending legislation 1 and give them ample time for study 'and time to express themselves — j they see fit. Both local members will attend™ the inauguration of Governor Gregg Cherry on Thursday. They 1 think the session of the legislature 1 will not likely sit over 60 days. ; They both will be back in Shelby over the week-ends from time to time to confer with their con stituents while the assembly is in session. ; WANT EXPLANATION I WASHINGTON. — I/P) — The United States and Great Britain are asking Russia to explain in detail thc^Roval of equipment from the oil fields of Romania to he Soviet Union. Officials here said no criticisrruof Russia's action in seizing the equip ment is implied. Washington and London are merely trying to get at the facts of a very confused situa tion. it was explained. How women and girts wav/get wanted relief '^from functional periodic pain Cartful, many women *ay, has brought ft* ]:>f from the cramp-like acony and nervous •train of functional periodic distress. Taken like a tonic, it should stimulate appetite, aid dictation.* Thus help build raatot i ance for the "time ’ to come. Started 3 days before "your time", it ahouid help relieve pern due to purely functional periodic causes. Try ttt CARDUI A NEW RECORD FOR LONG DISTANCE MO&CAU* p/eR BtfOtt There were more Long Distance calls in 1944 Man in 1943—more than any other year in history*? 1945 has started off with a rush, and seme I circuits are still crowded. A When that’s the case, Long Distance will ask A your help by saying —’’Please limit your call to ^ 5 minutes.” Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company INCOtPORAUD
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