BOLT TO HEAD PAPER DRIVE Joyceas Plan Sunday Col lection, Hear Dr. T. B. Mitchell President Doris Bolt will serve as general chairman of the Jay cees’ monthly waste paper collection Sunday afternoon. Committees for the project were named at the group’s last meeting when Dr. T. B. Mitchell, head of the local Alcoholics Anonymous, traced the work of that organiza tion locally and nationally and discussed the underlying bases of alcoholism which he said has come to be the nation's number four •problem*. REPORTS A minute's silent tribute to the late Bobby Lutz, a director whose death occurred since the group's last meeting, was observed at the close of the meeting. Reports of charity work done by the Jaycees among deserving families in the city and county were rendered by J. E. Noggle, chaiman of that program. Dr. Mitchell, presented by Dick LeGrand as one of the community’s outstandingly useful citizens, dis cussed alcoholism and the things which lead to it through person ality dispensations. He expressed the hope that no Jaycee member would become addicted to alcohol, but he told of the marvelous re clamation work done by AA In the community and nation and he feels the approach has an illness is pre ferable to the holier-than-thou tac tics some employ unsuccessfully in dealing with the problems it creates. NIMITZ Start* On Pare One template Invasion of Japan itself. The Pacific leader was cautious ly optimistic but he made clear rough going was just ahead. Then he was asked: “Would yon welcome Rus sian participation in the Pa cific war on our side?” “Yes,” he promptly ans wered. “I am glad you put that last phrase in—‘on our side’.” Another ally of the European war theatre, Great Britain, was warmly welcomed into the Pacific ocean scene. Nimitz said the big British fleet which will be put in to action has arrived but the work of British naval units there al ready is having a good effect. His press conference . yesterday followed the issuance of a 1944 war review which made point of the fact that Japan, presently be ing blasted by B-29s from Saipan, now has become vulnerable to at tack by carrier-based planes. The review condensed these ac complishments in 1944 against Ja pan: Surface ships and aircraft sank two battleships, five air craft carriers, seven heavy cruis ers, more than 300 cargo ships and transports and 200 other ves sels; submarines sank 468 enemy ships; carried - based planes de stroyed 5,450 enemy aircraft in Pacific areas; and land-based planes wiped out 1,200 more (to tals in the theatre of Gen. Doug las MacArthur are not included); an estimated 225,000 enemy troops and such strong bastions as Truk and Rabaul “have been reduced to impotence or ashes.” Later at his press conference, Nimitz said the destruction of Japanese shipping was at a pace exceeding production. "The decisive battles, the i greatest battles, the hardest battles in the Pacific war are still to come,” the war review emphasized. “The enemy, like ourselves, WOUNDED—William Stamev Peel er, S 1-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sum mle A. Peeler of Belwood, has been wounded in action somewhere in the South Pacific, Dec. 15, accord ing to word received from the war department by his parents. Sea man Peeler is a graduate of Bel wood high school and entered service in July, 1943. PATTON Starts On Page One Champs, three miles northwest of Bastogne, and near Viller - Ql Bonne-Eau. 5 miles southeast. The i communique reported progress northeast of Moircy, a much ex changed hamlet. Von Rundstedt’s attacks against the U. S. 7th army around Bitche and eastward to and along the Rhine appeared in preliminary appraisal to have netted little gain. These prob ably were the first of several strong diversionary efforts. The German still was throwing most of his strength into the Bel gian bulge. He was bracing the hard defensive line St. Hubert Wiltz and persisting in counterat tacks around Bastogne. The next moves in the gigantic test of men, strategy and machines were not yet apparent. It was plain, however, that von Rundst^t has been hurt badly by sustained and heavy Allied air attacks which went into their 11th day. The whole front from Linnich to Stavelot at the north-central part of the bulge saw little activity Monday. American flak guns des troyed 17 strafing planes in the IN HOLLAND Allied artillery beat off German self-propelled guns which the ene my ferired across the mass in dark ness north of Kapelle in north west Holland. Canadian guns threw back two German patrols which also slipped across the river. Elsewhere the British and Canadian sectors were quiet, just as for the past six weeks. During the night, British Mos quitos ranged in a broad arc be hind the main battle bulge destroy ing or damaging 15 tanks and 90 motor vehicles. The U. S. 9th Air Force alone claimed the destruc tion yesterday of 279 assorted transports, 11 railcars and the disabling of 11 locomotives. Pilots said 66 other vehicles and 182 railcars U’ere damaged. Supreme, headquarters disclosed that the Germans in a strong counterattack on the night of Dec.: 30 drove the Americans from1 Moircy and Remange, between Bas- ! togne and St. Hubert. Patton hit back hard, recapturing Remage and j also taking Hubermont, Houmont j and Chenonge. The Germans still hold Moircy. has just begun to fight.” Nimitz announced yesterday that Liberator bombers dealt two Iwo Jima, enemy air base in the Volcano islands, its 24th straight day of air pounding Saturday. PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW Automatic BENDIX Washer MAXWELL-MORRIS 6c KENNEDY FURNITURE CO. PHONE 788 - SHELBY, N. C. falter iW»»« Adnmsioi Opens Saturday Morning 11 A. M. Mon.-Tues.-Wed. Regular "Occasionally" Hollywood digs deop in the rich earth of its talent and comes up with a gusher of artistry. 'Since You Went Away' is that kind of a sweliuloid!" Since You Went Away Itorring th§ gr*olt»f cll-itor cost on tho icrttn if CUM COLBERT * DMffJ HKS * JOSEPH COTTDI * SB1EY MU e MONTY WOOlliY * UONfl BWVNOOE * SOBtBI NWffl * i J AMERICANS ATTACK GERMAN FLANKS—Arrows on this map indi cate action reported Dec. 28 along the salient (shaded line) which the Germans have' driven into Belgium and Luxembourg. Americans attacked along ihe Marche-Manhay line on the north side of the German wedge. On the south they had driven a relief corridor into Bastogne to rescue encircled Yanks, and had crossed the Sure river farther east. Yank forces north and south of the bulge were only about 20 miles apart. FEDERAL-INTERSTATE RELATIONS COMMITTEE GROWS IN IMPORTANCE By LYNN NISBET RALEIGH, JAN. 2.—Tradition ally the most important commit tee in either branch of the general assembly has been the finance committee which fixes tax levies and provides the money that makes the state mare go. About two sessions ago it became evident that since a “permanent” revenue bill had been adopted in 1939, the most important committee was that on appropriations—the one that said which state agency would get how much of the tax money raised. Appropriations still holds precedence, but the committee on federal and interstate relations is looming as one of the top rank groups. That is a natural and logical development, because in recent years there has been more coop erative activity between the fed eral and state governments and increasing sentiment for uniform state laws affecting many phases of civic life in which the states retain complete sovereignty. NOVEL IDEA Lieutenant Governor Ballentine has conceived a somewhat novel idea for setting up such a com mittee. He proposes to select a competent chairman and to make the rest of the committee almost ex-officio. It will comprise the chairman of the committese on appropriations, education, health, labor, public welfare, roads, unem ployment compensation and oth ers dealing with subjects in which there is cooperative effort on part of the federal and state govern ments. Then when a bill is offered call ing for additional money for vo cational education, as an exam ple, it will be referred to educa tion, then go to appropriations and then to federal relations com mittees so that all phases of the question can be considered in committee before coming back to the floor of the senate for final action. The lieutenant governor believes this will save a lot of time and duplication of effort in handl ing legislation. It is known that both Qscar Richardson and George Uzzell have given thought to the same idea, but they cannot go along as fast as the lieutenant governor be cause it cannot be positively known until after Tuesday night which one of them will name the house committees. Nazi Soldiers Surrender To Get Decent Meal By HAL BOYLE IN GERMANY.—(Delayed).—{A5) —No man in the U. S. army hates the Germans wore than Lt. Dil lard E. Boland of Clinton, S. C — but it took six months of fighting before his grudge became personal. Boland, who fought though the Normandy and Brest campaigns in France was leading his platoon in an attack when a shell struck nearby. The lieutenant didn’t get a scratch, but one .'mall fragment ripped through the sleeve of his jacket and cut a package of ciga rettes in his breast pocket. Then it passed through the other side of his shirt, jacket and sleeve. “I didn’t mind those Helnies ruining my shirt and jacket and scaring me half to death,” said Boland, "but that hunk of shrap nel cut my last packet of cigarettes right in half—and just at the time When w* couldn’t get cigarettes for love or money.” CHOW CHARM American chow is holding an in creasing attraction for German troops. S-Sgt. Cyrus Ainsworth Grossback, Tex., said he met an old German soldier still serving in the army although he had a wood en leg. "How are they feeding In the American army these days?” asked the German. "The same as in the last war?” "Better,” Ainsworth retorted. | "Then it’s a good time to sur render again,” said the German, who added that he'd-been captur ed by the World war I AEF. Four German soldiers came run ning across "no-man's land" to , ward the American lines, waving ! long objects over their heads. Fearful of an enemy trick, Pvts. ! Walter H. Zeims of Chicago, and ; Charles J. Allen of < 204 Colonial Drive) Thomasville, N. C., kept ' their rifles leveled as the enemy ! quartet came forward, shouting "Kamerad!” COOKS COME OVER They turned out to be four Ger man cooks, carrying long loaves of bread. They said that while bring i ing up the supper to their com pany, they decided to get out of , the war. They dumped the whole meal ; into the mud, except for a half dozen loaves of bread. These they brought along as peace offerings. 1 Then they set off for the Ameri can lines at a full gallop. . Taking one tentative bite at the heavy German bread, Zeims spat it out and observed: "No wonder some of these guys are so anxious to surrender. If that’s the kind of stuff the Jerries are eating, you can see why they are glad to get into a PW camp I where they can get a decent meal.” Michael O’Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers and Carmen Miranda make up the frolicsome foursome in the new 20th Century-Fox Technicolor musical hit, “Something For The Boys", which plays today and Wednes day at the Rogers Theatre. An outstanding hit on Broadway, the song and-dance-and-laugh-packed hit revolves about the adventures (roman tic and otherwise) of three cousins who find themselves joint heirs of a j broken-down southern “mansion.1’ and who in an effort to “do something for the boys ’ open its doors to army wives, and one of the most hilarious series of sequences fiimed. _ j /* ■ * Furnished by J. Robert Undaay and Company Webb Building Shelby, N. C. N. Y. COTTON AT 2:00 Today Prev. 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