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WEATHER North Carolina—Increasing cloud iness, slightly warmer today, rain, warmer tonight. Sunday, rain, moderately cool in extreme west portion in afternoon. Tfhe Hhelhy Baily Him« s STATE THEATRE TODAY JON HALL In "THE INVISIBLE MAN'S REVENGE" Also News, 3 Stooges Comedy TELEPHONES 1100 CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 VUL. A Lilli—b ASSULIATUD rKhiSS NEWS SxiEi-i.Dx, IN. U. SATUKUAI, JAN. t>, iy4& TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c . SEES 1945 AS GREAT YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT Hopes Year Will Bring End To Reign Of Ter ror In Europe NOTES DIFFERENCES WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.— (A5)—President Roosevelt call ed anew today for national service legislation during the war and universal military training afterward. In a message to congress which bespoke of confident hope for enduring peace, the thief executive declared that while great problems lie ahead, “this new year of 1945 can be the greatest year of achievement in human his tory.” Making the nearest thing to a prediction on the end of the war which he has thus far essayed, the President said this year "can see the final ending of the Nazi-Fascist rein of terror In Europe." as well as the closing In of the forces of re tribution about the center of the malignant power of Imperialistic Japan. * Moat Important of all he added, “1945 can and must see the sub stantial progress toward victory. It looked toward the future, too, and rang with notes of confidence. ON RADIO The message, which Mr. Roosevelt plans to summarize on the radio tonight for the nation and the world, was read to Congress after the counting of the electoral votes that gave him a fourth term in the White House. "In the field of foreign policy,” the chief executive told the legis lator*. “we propose to stand togeth er with the United Nations not for the war alone but for the victory for which the war is fought. “It is not only a common dan ger which unites us but a common hope. Our’s is an association not of governments but of peoples—and the peoples’ hope Is peace," He renewed a demand for “un conditional surrender,” but ap plied It only to “the armies of our enemies." That, he said, Is the first, but only the first step toward the peace we long for. DIFFERENCES The chief executive accorded rec ognition to differences which have arisen to plague the Allies, and he pleaded for understanding. The nearer we come to vanquish ing the enemies, he said, the more we inevitably become conscious of differences among the victors. Assailing any use of power politics In the future world, Mr. Roosevelt declared that It ► “must not be a controlling fac ¥ tor In International relations.” While some cries have arisen In this country that England and Russia already are applying power politics to Europe, the president made no specific cases. But he did appear to be an swering to some extent recent Bri tish harping against American for eign policy, or an asserted lack of one. Differences between the Allies, he said, must not be allowed to “divide us and blind us to our See SEES Page X Bulletins CHUNGKING, Jan. 6.—(AV Wanting, Burma road border town which the Chinese claimed to hare captured Jan. 3, was “subsequently recaptured” and still la in Japanese hands, a spokesman at MaJ. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer’s headquarters said today. ROME, Jan. 6—UP)—Canad ian forces, pushing northward through Italy’s eastern Po val ley, have captured Sant’ Alber to, eight miles above Ravenna, Allied headquarters announced today. LONDON, Jan. 6— (fP) —Be tween 70 and 80 Superfortresses bombed the western part of Tokyo'Saturday morning (To kyo time), the Japanese radio said in a broadcast heard here today. J NOMINATED — The Right Rev. Geoffrey Francis Fisher (above), Lord Bishop of London, has been nominated by King George of Great Britain for the post of Archbishop of Canterbury. He would succeed the late Dr. William Temple. KYUSHU PLANTS HIT BY JB-29 S Air Giants FfyFrom China Boses, Specific Targets Not Told WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. —(fP)— American Superforts today renew ed their attempts to knock out war production centers in the Japan ese homeland. Flying from China bases, the aerial giants smashed industrial targets of the island of Kyushu, which is at the base of the Jap mainland. The raid, sixth on the island since July, was a daylight blow by MaJ. Curtis Le May's 20th bomber command. Details regarding the striking force, specific target and damage were not announced immediately. AIRCRAFT The five previous attacks, how ever, have all been directed at the huge Omura aircraft factory, and it was presumed today's smash was aimed there, too. Gen, H. H. Arnold, who announc ed today’s action in a communique here, said information would be re leased “as soon as available.” In the last raid on Kyushu, Dec. 19, the Omura plant was plastered with bombs from approximately 40 Superforts. In other action aimed at Japan ese aircraft production, the Super forts during December completely knocked out the enemy’s largest^ twin-engined bomber factory, sev erely crippled a second and dam aged many others, according to re ports from Pacific bases. WHAT’S DOING SUNDAY 10:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m.— U.S.O. center open to service folk visiting in the city. MONDAY 7:00 p. m.—Chamber of Commerce directors meet at Hotel Charles. 7:30 p. m.—Board of dea cons of First Baptist church meets at the church. Tokyo Believes Yanks May Have Landed On Luzon; Convoys Sighted The Tokyo radio said today “the Americans may have landed on Luzon.” This statement was recorded in London after Tokyo had reported a big American armada with landing craft and transports off Luzon, the main island of the Philippines. Similar Japanese uroaucaaia wuc heard in the United States. The Japanese Dome! news agen cy said today that “three groups jf enemy transports with carrier protection appeared in the Philip pine waters Friday, apparently with the intention of attempting land ings somewhere, probably at Lu zon.” There was no Allied confir mation. The dispatch recorded by the i Federal Communications Commis sion said that one convoy, com prising “about 100 landing craft escorted by a task force” pene trated waters west of Lingayen Bay, Luzon. Another “large group of U. S. vessels,” said Domet, “together with about 10 converted aircraft car riers” was reported cruising west of Panay Island. THIRD CONVOY The third convoy reported by Domei was ‘‘sighted speeding west ward in waters south of Negros Is land.” In a broadcast beamed to China, radio Tokyo said that “the battle of the Philippines will decide the outcome of the greater east Asia war.” It added that “the Leyte and Mindoro campaigns are merely local operations” and the “decisive struggle” will take place on Lu zon. Luzon is the main island of the See TOKYO Page 2 Paul Webb, Pioneer Druggist Here, Dies Prominent Shelby Business Man, Civic Leader Dies, Funeral Rites Sunday Thomas Paul Webb, Sr., 70, lifelong resident of Shelby and one of its pioneer druggists and business men, died last night at 7 o’clock at the Shelby hospital after an illness which had lasted since Thanksgiving day. He entered the hospital for s second time again yesterday morning after having been brought home two weeks before in what was thought to be an improved condition. Funeral rites will be held Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock from the First Baptist church with Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor, in charge. All drug stores in the city will close during the hour of the funeral out of respect to the memory of this pioneer Shelby druggist. Interment will be in Sunset cemetery. Mr. Webb was a deacon in the First Baptist church and had given a life of devotion to its causes. To PAUL WEBB his church and other altruistic and philanthropic causes he was loyal and generous. He was particularly devoted to Shelby, the city of his birth, and where he had spent most of his life. Serving as its mayor back during See PAUL WEBB Page 2 REICH RAIDED DAY AND NIGHT 5/000 Tons Of Bombs Dropped On German Targets During Night LONDON, Jan. 6. -h(/P)— War torn western Germany — battered during the night by more than 5,000 tons of British bombs—reverberated again today under a weight of ex plosives borne by a great fleet of U. S. Flying Fortresses and Liber ators. Flying with fighter escort, the U. S. bombers struck before noon. The targets were not immediate ly announced by U. S. Air Force headquarters which said only that "United States Eighth Air Force bombers with fighter escort are over Germany today.” British bombers made five raids during the night—two each against Berlin and Hannover and one against German troop concentra tions in and around HoufTalize, in the Ardennes salient 10 miles north east of Bastogne. RAILS, ROADS The night sweeps came as a se quel to attacks on a score of road and rail junctions yesterday by more than 1,500 U. S. heavy bomb ers and fighters. American planes yesterday hit virtually every major supply link in the 150-mile distribution zone supporting the German western front offensive. The fleet dropped 3,000 tons of explosives on freight yards and highway junctions from Cologne south to Karlsruhe. New Yank Invasion Unopposed By The Associated Press GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS. PHILIPPINES, Jan. 6—Unopposed American invasion of Marlnduque, only 100 miles from Manila, was announced to day by Gen. Douglas MacArthur who 6aid this seventh Philippine' island liberated puts the Yanks in “direct contact with the southern Luzon coast.” With air and naval support, the Americans seized the lit tle island Wednesday, the same day American carrier planes p-ere pounding Formosa and General MacArthur was an nouncing fresh U. S. landings on Mindoro. Marinduque is about 20 miles east of Mindoro and is only 12 miles south of the Tayabas Penin sula on southern Luzon, principal Philippine island. DIRECT CONTACT “Our ground forces, supported by naval and air elements, made a surprise landing and occupied Marinduque,” General MacArthur reported in his communique to day. “Through seizure of this is land east of Mindoro we gained control of the Sibuyan sea and es tablished direct contact with the southern coast of Luzon.” The landing was at Buenavista, on the southwest coast. The in terior of Marinduque is virtually impassable, but a highway runs along the west coast beach shelf. The island is 20 by 25 miles in size. On Mindoro, likewise 'invaded without opposition on Dec. 15, the enemy persisted in night air at tacks. MacArthur said four Japa See NEW YANK Page 2 95 JAP SHIPS, 111 AIRCRAFT DESTROYED Heavy Damage Inflicted On Enemy In Formosa, Okinawa Raids two-daTassault U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Jan. 6.—(/P)—Pacific fleet carrier planes destroyed 111 Japanese planes and sank or damaged 95 enemy ships in a daring, punishing two day assault on China-guarding Formosa and Okinawa, fleet Adm. C. W. Nimitz announc ed today. Striking all the way across the Pacific, many planes from Vice Adm. John S. McCain’s force winged down 500 miles of the China coast searching for Japanese ship ping, reported Associated War Cor respondent Rembert James aboard McCain’s Flagship. The Formosa attacks were made Tuesday and Wednesday (U. S. time). Twenty seven ships were sunk. Sixty-eight ships were dam aged. Nimitz communique did not mention the first China prob ing flight by * Navy carrier planes, apparently because no material attack targets were sighted by pilots making their first reconnaissance of the China coast, goal of a three year fighting advance across the Pacific. But James significantly reported that pilots who flew over China’s green mainland declared the could have flown inland to American in terior air base$ to refuel. This report-discloses that Amer ican carrier planes possibly could make shuttling air raids on China mainland targets in major forces after refueling and rearming at Chinese-American land fields, they could fly back to their carriers. OTHER ATTACKS Following closely upon Admiral McCain's air sweeps over Japan’s strategically important Formosa and Okinawa air fields, another task force of Admiral Nimitz’ mighty Pacific fleet shelled Japanese bases at Haha and Chichi Jima in the Bonins Friday. In his terse report on the Formo sa Okinawa strikes, Nimitz said 220 Japanese planes were damaged in sweeps over virtually all operating enemy air fields on the two island bases linking Japan with the Mac Arthur-threatened Philippines. “The enemy offered ineffective air opposition,” said Nimitz’ com See 95 JAP Page 2 BOLT ASKS FOR PAPER SUPPORT January Round-Up Will Be Conducted By Jay cees Sunday An urgent appeal to every house holder to get together and make available for the war effort scrap paper which will be gathered in the January ruond-up by members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Monday was made today by Doris Bolt, president of the Jaycees. "Paper is the number one vital ly needed war material and no one would deny it for successful pro secution of the war, but failure to make it available is the same as denying it,” Mr. Bolt said in re questing that the bundles of paper be placed at the curbing for con venience of the men who will op erate trucks in the collection start ing at 1 p.m. Sunday. Members of the Jaycees will meet at 1 p.m. at the Southern depot and go forth from there on the well organized roundup directed by President Bolt. Arrangements have been completed with Grover Ham rick, commercial waste paper collec tor, to bundle the collected paper and handle for shipment, the Jaycees finding that a more satis factory arrangement than spotting a car which might, not be filled and thus carry higher shipping rates by reason of the less than carload shipmawAj. iSSSgigji MR. TOMS H. lIoSbon DRAFT BOARD H. L. Toms, connected with the Ora Mills, has been named new member of the Shelby draft board succeeding Horace Kennedy, who resigned several weeks ago, it was announced this morning after Mr. Toms had attended his first meet ing of the board. He lives on West Warren street. Mr. Toms was appointed to the board upon recommendation of a committee composed of Everett A. Houser, jr., clerk of court, Horace Grigg, superintendent of schools and W. L. Angel, chairman of the board of elections. D. E. Grigg will be new chair man of the board, succeeding Mr. Kennedy in that position. The oth er member is M. L. Turner. President Has Confidence In Gen. Eisenhower WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. —(JP)— President Roosevelt told congress today that General Dwight D. Eisenhower “has my complete con fidence.” In his first formal comment on the German breakthrough the American lines in Belgium—a break which brought criticism of the Al lied command both here and in Britain, Mr. Roosevelt said: "The speed with which we recov ered from this savage attack was largely possible because we have one supreme commander in com plete control of all the Allied armies in France. “General Eisenhower has faced this period of trial with admirable calm and resolution and with stead ily increasing success. He has my complete confidence.” Wants Nurses Drafted WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—(^P)— President Roosevelt urged congress today to provide for the induction of nurses into the armed forces by amending the selective service act. More nurses is “one of the most urgent immediate requirements,” he said in his message to the state of the nation. “Since vol unteering has not produced the number of nurses required, I urge that the selective service act be amended to provide for the induc tion of nurses. Allied Losses Reported Lower Than Germans’ SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE, Paris, Jan. 6.—(/P)—Allied casual ties have been far below those suffered by the enemy and have not been particularly high compared with the scale of action since the opening of the Von Rundstedt offensive, an appraisal at Supreme Headquarters said today. PARIS, Jan. 6.—(/P)—A second German winter of fensive threatened Strasbourg from three directions today as British and American troops butted against stonewall German resistance in the hard wedge driven by Field Mar shal Von Rundstedt’s first surprise attack across Luxem bourg and into Belgium. The second German drive had burst through U. S. Sev enth Army lines for 15 miles in five days southeast of Bitche in northern Alsace. The Americans still fought to wipe out an advance guard which had filtered into Wingen on the Moder river, 9 1-2 miles southeast of Bitche and 28 miles northwest of Strasbourg, where the Germans were within 12 miles of Saverne, the Vosges backdoor to Strasbourg. LEGISLATORS ADJOURN UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT Assembly, In Session Only Few Days, Appears To Be Harmonious RALEIGH, Jan. 6.—MV-With most legislators spending what may be their last week-end at home for some time, the general assem bly met for three minutes today and adjourned until 8 p. m., Mon day. No bills or resolutions were pre sented in either house and the ses sions, scheduled to be devoted to the consideration of local bills only, were given over to the recog nition of visitors in the gallaries and to naming honorary pages. The Monday night session will begin the first full week of delib erations and legislators were ex pected to clear the decks early in the week to speed the enactmnt of legislation recommended by Governor Cherry. HARMONY The assembly, although a mat ter of days old, already has shown a disposition to go along with the chief executive and yesterday mov ed along speedily to pave the way for enactment of two of the rec ommendations containe,. in the governor’s inaugural address Thurs day. Enacted into law, under a suspension of the rules in both houses, was Gov. Cherry’s rec ommendation to continue the war bonus to teachers and other state employes, and on the other matter the legislators cleared the way to amend the constitution so |is to grant equal rights to women, includ ing that of jury duty. It was estimated that under the bonus measure, state employes will receive approximately $2,496,773 in the remaining six months of the fiscal year. The old schedule ex pired on Jan. 1 and sponsors said See LEGISLATORS Page 2 ine enemy imu wuucu m uat talion strength at least along a seven-mile stretch on the west bank of the Rhine within seven miles north of Strasbourg, and had lashed out from the northern rim of his Colmar bridgehead and driv en into Nenukirch, 19 miles south of Strasbourg. Although front line dispatches said this new offensive had been blunted, it threatened to pinch out a 30-mile deep Allied salient be tween the Saar and the Rhine which had been pointed into the Wisembourg gap toward the Ger man Rhine city of Karlsruhe. The Americans were drawing back from the Wissembourg area and Allied authorities were battling to prevent the spread of panic flight among civilians in Strasbourg and Haguenau. See CASUALTIES Page * ALLIEDSTAFF FEARED SPLIT This Is Assigned As Reas on For Giving Montgom ery New Command WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. —(TP)— British Field Marshal Montgomery probably was given command of all northern armies because the Allied high command, at that time, feared the Germans would slash to the channel and split the forces in western Europe. In voicing this idea today, in formed military students expressed belief that the circumstances of Montgomery's apointment suggest ed the regrouping of armies under the British officer is temporary. They did not, however, entirely dis count the possibility that operation of the temporary setup might prove sufficiently satisfactory to be made permanent. Whether the assignment would have been made if the high com mand could have been certain of containing the break-through was not clear to those who discussed the matter here. RETROSPECT In retrospect, some Washington military men described the situa . ... • - • See ALLIED Page l Battle Rages Above Budapest MOSCOW, Jan. 6. — (A>)—'Tank, artillery and air battles virtually as fierce as any fought since Germany attacked Russia raged northwest of Budapest today as the Germans made a supreme bid to break through to their isolated garrison in the battered Hungarian capital. The fighting has reached such a nitch that neither side has given any clear indication of how far the German penetra tion has gone toward the city from the Komarom area. At last report the Russians held a zone possibly 30 miles deep, but said the whole sector south of the Danube bend now is most fluid and places are changing hand several times daily. A Russian communique said the Germans threw 300 tanks into the battle yesterday. TANK BATTLE The Germans were said to have brought up numerous King Tigers from the^Vienna area. These met a strong foe in the Red Army's new T-34 tanks. The Germans also poured great numbers of other mo bile weapons into the area in the past two days. Strong forces of German aircraft —in greater number than have been seen on the eastern front for months—are providing steady sup port for the enemy ground attack. Although the Russians are tight lipped about the way the fight ing is going northwest of Buda pest, dispatches said one thing is certain—no units of the Budapest garrison have been able to break, through toward theft would-be rescuers. The Germans hold several Im portant heights in northwestern Budapest and are firing with tell* ing effect, but the Russians have See BATTLE Page > 4
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