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WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and warmer today and tonight, rain and sleet mixed in west tonight and in moun tains this aftemon. Thursday cloudy and cool, light rain in central. Tslxe Hhelhy Baily Stett « - State Theatre Today - “THE HITLER GANG” See The Shocking Murder Of Hitler's Niece CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL. XLIII-3 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c TANKS ATTRACTING GERMAN SALIENT—The arrows on this map indicate American attempts to break up the German salient in Belgium and Luxembourg. The U. S. Third army has widened its spearhead north of Bastogne. and has made gains between Bastogne and Moircy. Third Army troops now stand only about 13 miles from First Army forces which have captured Grandmenll on the north side of the salient. The shaded broken line represents the battle front. Violent Fighting Rages In Budapest Russians Smashing On Through City In House-To House, Street-By-Street Battle By DANIEL DE LUCE MOSCOW. Jan. 3.—(/P)—Russian storm forces were smashing on through Budapest today in probably the fierc est house-to-house fighting since Stalingrad. Red army troops yesterday captured 232 blocks in Pest, the part of the city east of the Danube, and 53 blocks in: LAND BOUGHT FOR AMT' City Closes Deal For 175 Acres Of J. Andrew Lat timore Land Movement to secure and construct an airport for the city of Shelby went a long way forward today when arrangement* were completed for the purchase of 175 acres of the J. Andrew Lattlmore land In the Sharon church community. The deal was being closed this af ternoon. Mr. Lattlmore accepting a check for $35,000 In payment for this property, an average of $200 an acre. This land comprises some of the best farm land In Cleveland coun ty and is a part of one of the largest farms in the county. Mr. Lattlmore's holdings in that sec tion constitute more than 1.000 acres. He has been assembling this acreage ever since the last war and is understood to have paid as high a^$218 an acre for some of See LAND Fage 2 WBATS DOING THURSDAY 7:00 p. m.—Regular meeting oT Kiwanis club. 7:30 p. m.—C. A. P. members meet at armory. Buna on tne opposite Dame. On the basis of preliminary re ports It Is believed in Moscow that the enemy garrison already has lost 10.000 dead and possibly 30.000 wounded. Although the Red army has not officially estimated the strength of the trapped garrison. Col. Gen Janos Voros, minister of defense of the provisional Hungarian govern ment recently set us in Russian held territory, said last night the total may run as high as 75,000 to 100.000 Germans, plus 30,000 Hun garians. WUh yesterday's advances, which brought In approximate ly 1,000 prisoners, the Russians now hold nearly 1,000 blocks of the battered city. How 2,000,000 civilians estimated to be cowering inside the city are 8ee VIOLENT Page 2 Community Center Project Growing With More Gifts Additional gifts of 1200 in cash from the Star Publishing Company and $200 in grading Work pledged by Stone and Wilson, excavators, today swelled the Foundation fund for Shelby's Community center nearer the Initial goal of $50,000, Treasurer Thad C. Ford reported. A number of individuals have made contributions which are In hands of the committee for cre diting on the 1944 quota, O. M. Mull, chairman of the Shelby and Cleveland County Foundation de clared. RICHARDSON IS SPEAKER: New Legislature Ready To Swing Into Action Thursday KALrJiufi, jan. a. —(»•)— wun Democrats holding the majority all the way, the 1945 legislature squar ed away and swung into action today for what was expected to be a momentous wartime session. Perfecting their organization both branches of the general assembly met briefly today and tackled the task of handling, among other maj or matters of legislation, an unpre cedented surplus expected to reach $70,000,000 by the end of the cur rent fiscal year. Topping the pre-assembly calen dar of events, both Democrats and Republicans caucused last night ana aner a noor scrap, which saw but two candidates In the running, the Democrats nominated Rep. Oscar L. Richardson of Union, as speaker of the house over Rep. George Uzzell of Rowan, the vote being 70 to 31. The Republicans—all 14 of them —nominated Rep. T. E. Storey of Wilkes. Storey automatically be comes the minority leader. With the speakership battle- out of the way and brief sessions of the two houses held today, attention turned toward the inaugural cere See NEW LEGISLATURE Page 3 BYRNES’ ORDER IS BACKED BY WHITE HOUSE Group Is Largest Remain ing Source Of Potential Fighting Men ARMY, NAVY AGREE WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.— (fP)—The White House today directed selective service to press, "to the full extent per mitted by law” the drafting of deferred farm workers in the 18 through 25 age class. Acting with President Roos evelt’s authorization, War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes called on Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey to draw as much as possible on this largest re maining reservoir of potential fighting men. Byrnes said there are 364,000 men in this age range now hold ing agricultural deferments. ‘The Army and Navy believe It essential to the effective prosecu tion of the war,” Byrnes said, "to induct more men in this age group.” “The President feels in view of existing conditions." Byrnes told Hershey, "agriculture like o#r oth er war industries can, with few exceptions, be carried on by those in the older age groups.” Byrne* noted that Hershey had told him that if men were not available from the farms he would have to call up de ferred men in the next high er age group, most of whom are fathers. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said the war mobilization director had made the request to Maj. Oen. Lewis B. Hershey “be cause of representations made to him by the Army and Navy that they must have men.” So, Byrnes proposed to tap this See BOARDS Page Z Postal Receipts Slow Greatest Increase In ’44 Postal receipts in 1944 here showed the greatest increase in history of the Shelby poet office as it closed its business year. The figures show that postal receipts in 1944 exceeded those of 1943 by $23,802.54. Postmaster R. M. Laughridge explains the steady increase at the post office due to the local post age rates being raised and an in crease in registered mall and in surance fees, although the insur ance fees have been lowered re cently to an even lower rate than before the Increase. 'The sale of air mail stamps saw one of the biggest years in the lo cal post office, Mr. Laughridge stating that when he became postmaster in August, 1940, air mall stamps were bought in small lots and their sales were hardly noticed, now they are bought in the same proportion as other stamps. An average of 50 pounds of outgoing air mail is handled daily at the post office. December of 1943 was the only month in that year to exceed $10, 000 dollars, and seven months in 1944 exceeded that marie. Receipts for 1944 were $126,604. 44 as compared with the 1943 fig ures $102,801.90. In comparing the months of December of 1943 and 1944, last year’s figures were $1,527.63 higher than those of See POSTAL Page 2 Bulletin LONDON. Jan. 3. —</P)—The Ankara radio announced tonight the Turkish grand national as sembly had voted unanimously to break off diplomatic and economy relations with Japan, effective next Saturday. Turkey broke relations with Germany last Aug. 2. The broadcast gave no details. SUPERFORTS BOMB HONSHU AGAIN TODAY Jap Announcement Says 90 Of Big Bombers Took Part In Raid AIRCRAFT CENTERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.— (/P) •— Superfortresses, 90 strong by enemy account, struck again today at indus trial targets on Japan’s teem ing home island of Honshu. A war department an nouncement of the raid was silent on the number and the exact objectives of the giant B-29s, but a Japanese com munique said the aircraft senter of Nagoya as well as Osaka and Mamamatsu were hit. Acknbwledging some damage frbm Incendiaries at Nagoya and Ham amatsu, the communique added “there were almost no damages in flicted upon vital facilities and fac tories. The enemy-announced number of 90 was the largest to appear in a Nipponese war bulletin. It claimed —in the usual broad propaganda vein—that 13 of the Superforts were shot down, four probably downed and 25 damaged. Two in terceptors failed to return to their home bases, the Japanese admit ted. The attack occurred by daylight, and Tokyo broadcasts said the bombardiers enjoyed almost per fect visibility. Two big Mitsubishi aircraft plants at Nagoya have been hit previous ly by the Superforts. Osaka is 75 miles southwest and Hamamatsu the same distance southeast. Both are large manufacturing centers. Today’s was the first blow against occ oua ARMY TIGHTENS REINS Of) WARD Military Officials Seek To Gain Complete Authority CHICAGO, Jan. 3. —<AP)— The Army, waving a big stick, tighten ed its control today over the feder ally seized Montgomery Ward and company properties in seven cities across the nation. Acting swiftly, Army officials yes terday moved to gain complete au thority in operating the big mail order house facilities. The first step in that direction was that ousting of 11 company officials who Army men said remained defiant since the military took over last Thurs day and had refused to cooperate in the Government’s operation. The alleged Interference in the Army’s operation was being investi gated for the first time by a feder al grand jury and federal attorneys had filed 18 affidavits in connec tion with the government’s petition for an injunction to prevent com pany interference and a declara tory judgment upholding legality of the seizure, ordered by President Roosevelt. A federal court hearing is scheduled next Monday. PENALTIES Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Byron, mil itary manager, who directed the Army’s movements; yesterday, said that officials or other employes dis missed for non-cooperation with the Army faced possible Selective Service reclassification. Interfer ence with Army operation, he said in posters in the plant, might re sult in "severe penalties.” Later, Byron said there was "in creasing indication that the War Department will have the cooper ation of a great majority” of the company’s employes in stores under government operation. Commenting on the dismissal of the officials, who were replaced by Army officers, Byron said x x x “The War Department has been given to duty to perform and it cannot continue in government service those who refuse to support their government in the execution of this mission. I trust that the few persons in this group will speedily recoaniz* their obligation.” ) Germans Lashing Back At Many Points Along 70-Mile Western Front PARIS, Jan. 3.—(/P)—The American armored onslaught smashed 5 1-2 miles northeast of Bastogne today up the diagonal railway toward St. Vith, beating into the outskirts of Michamps and into the Maister woods through stubborn German resistance. But the German army was lashing out furiously at a dozen place salong the undulating 70-mile front from the Saar to the Rhine in diversionary assaults which already have cost the Americans their thin foothold on German soil northeast of Sarreguemines. The attack may yet prove to be another burst in Field Marshal Von Rundstedt’s offensive. So far, the American lines were holding the Germans to limited gains, but the Nazis were still striking along their two-mile-deep and five-mile long dent southeast of Bitche. The enemy, moreover, had driven a bridgehead across the Blies river east of Sarreguemines. Snow was falling again over the Belgian bulge and there was rain farther south. At least through this morning, close air support was lacking because planes were grounded. However, aiuiuugii axiuw auu ratal, negated close air support, 1, 100, American heavy bombers struck for the 12th consecutive day with from 3,000 to 4,000 tons of explosives on a 150-mile belt from Cologne to Karlsruhe. “The German communique said the Third Army was using eight divisions, half of them armored, in a supreme effort to encircle Na zi positions on three sides of Bas togne and admitted minor with drawals in "fluctuating fighting.” The Germans said the battles in Lorraine and on the Saar were taking a favorable course; that 24,000 Americans had been cap tured in their offensive and that U. S. casualties “far exceed 50, 000." Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, jr„ See GERMANS Page 2 BANK DEPOSITS UP $7,500,000 Current statements of Cleve land’s commercial banks show de posits up seven and a half million ' dollars over what they started with in 1944. The First ' National bank of Shelby at the close of 1944 show ed total deposits of $11j648,974 which compared with $1,760,442 deposits at the . start of the year. The Union Trust company shows deposits totaling $8,956,137 which compares with $7,064,223 at the start of the year, according to Jim Bridges, cashier. The First National Bank of Kings Mountain has deposits of $2,560,947 which is up a million dollars from a year ago, according to B. S. Neill, executive vice-presi dent. The deposits are up from a to tal of a little over six million dol lars at the war’s outbreak to over $23,000,000 at the present. On top of that near quadrupling or bank deposits, George Blanton, president of the First National bank and War Finance chairman for Cleveland county, estimates that Cleveland firms and resi dents have purchased approxi mately $15,000,000 worth of War Bonds during the same period. GERMAN SUPPLY TRAINS BOMBED U. S. Heavies Continue Offensive Through Twelfth Day LONDON, Jan. 3. — (/PI— Lt. Gen. l James H. Doolittle’s all-weather heavy bombers pinpointed attacks today on masses of German war material moving to the front. It was the Americans’ twelfth day light raid in as many days. The Berlin radio said the for mations were over western Ger many. Hours earlier a great force of heavy bombers and hundreds of fighters were seen over Dover Strait on their way to the conti nent. Nurnberg, Ludwigshafen and Berlin were attacked by RAF squadrons last night. British and American forces teamed yesterday in two 1,000 bomber blows—one by day and the other by night. Their targets were railway yards congested with freight, key highway intersections and tank and troop concentrations concealed in w'oods. Fighters and bombers operating from France. Belgium and Holland smashed the Nazis hard with day long attacks in support of ground forces. The appearance of these planes belied German claims of re sults obtained by Nazi pilots in their surprise New Year's day strafing of Allied airfields. 750 SORTIES U. S. Ninth air force divebombers alone got in 750 sorties. Their bag included 62 armored vehicles knock ed out and 34 damaged in the Ba stogne-St. Vith area, 27 German antiaircraft batteries destroyed, 222 railroad cars wrecked and nine locomotives blasted. A dozen Mustangs caught five i Messerschmitt-109s preparing to land and destroyed every one. One hundred and fifty medium bombers worked on railroad bridges and communications centers in the Nazi bulge inside Belgium. All told 13 German fighters were shot down for a loss of 11 fighters and 10 bombers by the Allies. THE WAR TODAY: Yamashita Seen Likely To Launch Attack On Mindoro By DeVVITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer The Marshal von Rundstedt ot the Philippines is bull-voiced and bull-headed General Yamashiia the Japanese commander in chief who is showing signs of intending to emulate his Nazi opposite in Europe and launch a counter drive against General MacArthui —and our newly acquired position on strategic Mindoro island is likely to be an early objective. The battle of the Philippine Archipelago is rushing towards its crisis, and the MacArthur-Nimit? partnership is crowding the Jap invaders hard. | Yamashita has sworn to force ! MacArthur to surrender uncondi | tionally, and there's no doubt that j the war-lord means business. Ya . mashita isn't to be regarded light i ly. tor he's one of the outstanding generals of our time. True, radio Tokyo recently put him in a somewhat ludicrous light by boast ing naively that he's so clever he ■ can 'doze off and even snore in the midst of conversation” How ever. while we might like to gauge his capabilities by this doubtful See YAM A SHIT A Page » > GERMAN AGENTS, SAYS FBI—The Federal Bureau of Investigation released these pictures, describing them as William Colepaugh (left*, and Erich Gimpel (right t, German agents who landed from a U-boat on the Maine coast last Nov. 29. They made their way to Boston, then to New York where they were arrested. Bombers From Leyte Batter Clark Field Patrol Planes Approach Formosa, 225 Miles North Of Philippines, Firing Jap Ships GENERAL MacARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS, Philip pines, Jan. 3.—(jP)—A smashing new year’s day bombing of Manila’s Clark Field by Leyte-based Liberators was report ed from a Fifth Airforce advance base as Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur’s stepped up air assaults brought Formosa into his communique today for the first time. Ti,iorhtov_oc/'nrtnd T .ihorafrkrc BLYTHE FIRM GEIS CONTRACT Contract for sewer and water im provements involving a cost of $43,861 was let last night by the Shelby Board of Aldermen to Blythe Brothers Construction com pany, of Charlotte. Work will begin in February and j is to be completed by May 1. The construction job includes the build- ' ing of 10,000 feet of sewer outfall j line and the construction of a j new water intake in the river. Four bids were opened at the city hall last night, A. H. Gulon and company bid $53,000 on the •work; B. R. Hinson Construction company $52,700 and Reid and j Abee, $47,649. The low bid was ac cepted immediately and by unani mous vote of the board contract was let on the spot. ESSENTIAL These improvements in the wa ter and sewer system have been recognized as essential for some time. Right-of-way for the new outfall lines have aheady been ob tained across the Hubbard. Ham rick and O. V. Hamrick property in the western part of the city. Representatives of the successful contracting firm told aldermen that they were ready to begin work within 10 days of the time the contracts are signed and it was in dicated this would be done about February 1. the veteran Red Riders group flew through intense antiaircraft fire to spill their bombs on the busted airdrome in the Philippines. Many bombers were pierced by flak, but all returned. The fighters tangled with Japa nese interceptors in numerous dog fights, and at least two enemy aircraft were seen to go down. "We gave those Nips an unhappy start on 1945,” observed bombard ier Second Lt. Raymond Seidel of Olympia, Wash. The raid was an extension of strong land-based assaults on Luzon, reaching targets as far as 150 miles north of Ma nila, the past few days. ^General MacArthur said in his communique today that patrol planes approached Formosa, the enemy’s island bastion 225 miles north of the Philippines, Sunday, setting five coastal ships afire and shooting down four planes. FAR NORTH It was the first strike by south west Pacific planes so far north. Formosa was bombed in October See BOMBERS Page 2 AUTO WRECKS TAKE 5 LIVES There were five fatal automo bile accidents in Cleveland coun ty during 1944, it was revealed this morning by Sgt. W. L. Hatcher of the state highway patrol. Two of these accidents occurred within city limits, one in Kings Moun tain and one in Shelby. The rest occurred on roads outside the two Cleveland cities. A GIRL S YEAR: Jean Goodman Of Belwood Is Miss 1945 Of Stork Derby This morning els the assembled judges of Cleveland’s annual stork derby were disconsolately thinking that bird had made a New Year’s resolution to shun the county he flew into the northern edge of the county and dropped a little bun dle of feminine pulchritude to in dicate 1945 is a girl’s year. The deadline was drawing al ready at hand when Miss Jean Goodman appeared on the scene to claim the legacy of gifts pro vided by Cleveland and Shelby merchants snd business firms to welcome her as the year’s first bom in Cleveland county to Cleve land. wjilte parents. The little blue-eyed Jean is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Roy Goodman who live on a farm in the Beiwood community. She is the youngest of five Goodman chil dren, her father being a 34-year old farmer and the mother, the former Miss Fannie Swink, being 30 years old. Little Miss 1945 as the fifth ot her clan comes with a V for vic tory. She has hefty lungs and can smile, but beyond that offered no comment upon the strange world and reception into which she had come. As in past years the derby win ner will Teceive various and sun dry gifts from business concerns that cooperated with The Star in conducting the contest.
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