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WEATHER North Carolina—Saturday, mostly cloudy and mild, becoming colder over north portion in afternoon. Light showers tonight and Satur day. Tslxe HhelhyBailg Steu CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 STATE THEATRE TODAY Jinx Falkenburg In "TAHITI NIGHTS" Also News—America—Short VOL. XLIII-11 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JAN. 12, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c U. S. CARRIER PLANES RELIEVED ATTACKING JAP REINFORCEMENT CONVOY; YANKS GAIN ON LOZON * * * * * a m a ic x a x x a. — -- I _ Reds Open Drive In Poland f NAZIS REPORT PUSH TOWARD KRAKOW AREA German Garrison In Buda pest Squeezed Into Narrow Strip SIEGE NEARLY ENDED The German radio said today that the Russians had opened an offensive on a broad front in southern Poland, striking from the Vistula bridgehead west of Baranow toward Krakow. The Russians established the Baranow bridgehead, 125 airline miles south of ruined Warsaw, during the summer. In drives across the rolling Polish plain, they struck with in 35 miles of Krakow, ancient capital of the Polish kings and a city of 254,000. ‘The first attacking waves were completely wiped out by fire from our guns, mortars and infantry h weapons,’' the Germans asserted. "Succeeding columns which reached the main battle lines were forced back in extremely violent fighting. Bitter fighting is going on for some penetration areas. "Russian losses in the first hours of the battle were extreme ly heavy” When the Russian offen sive ground to a stop beyond Baranow during the summer, the Russians said they were within 80 miles or so of Ger man Eilesia, second only to the Ruhr as a German arsenal. See NAZIS Page X GREEK FACTIONS REACH TRUCE Will Cease Hostilities For Conferences On January 15 ATHENS, Jan. 12—(/P)—A truce has been reached in this country’s long and bloody civU war to enable left-wing EL AS representatives and the Greek government to dis cuss their fundamental dlffemces, British headquarters announced today. "At the request of ELAS repre sentatives hostilities will cease at 1 a. m. on Jan. 15 (7 p. m., EWT, Jan. 14),” said an official state ment. The agreement was signed at 10:30 p. m. last night by Lt. Gen. Ronald M. Scobie, British com mander in Greece, and four ELAS delegates after two days of confer ences. By terms of the truce all ELAS forces will withdraw from desig nated areas, the ELAS will sur render all military prisoners they hold in exchange for an equal number to be released by the Brit ish, and all British civilians now See GREEK Page 2 a* »s ,'vs * M— Two Allied Armies Driving From North And South Thought To Have Pinched Off 7-Mile Tip Of Bulge PARIS, Jan. 12.—(tP)—Ameri cans driving up from the south and Britons closing in from the north were believed today to have pinched off at least the western most seven miles of the Belgian bulge. The two forces presumably met somewhere south of Champion, 13 miles west of the key road center of Houffalize, and may have trap ped at least enough German rear guards to raise the bag of prison ers since Field Marshal von Rund stedt struck to above 35,000. Ecxlusive of today’s action, the U. S. First Army bad bagged 18, 348 since Dec. 16; the Third, 11, 360; and the American 7th in Al sace Lorraine 4,901. STRASBOURG Against the 7th and the French First Armies in the south, how ever, the German First and 19th armies were hitting with increas ed armor, and threatening Stras bourg from positions nine miles north and ten south. Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo chief and German home army comman der, perhaps was directing the at tack on both sides of the Alsation capital. French troops, apparent ly surrounded because they were supplied by air, lost Oberheim, 15 miles south of Strasbourg. The Allies lost Herrlisheim, 12 miles northeast of the city of 193, 000 on the Khine. . A staff officer with Field Mar shal Montgomery said the Germans had pulled all their forces from the shell splintered forest west of the Laroche-St. Hubert road, a difficult tract of about 120 square miles The Nazis, however, still had remnants of some divisions behind the Ourthe west of Houffalize. 13 TOWNS FALL At least 13 towns fell to Allied arms on the western front. The First and Third army prisoner to tal since Dec. 16 rose to 29,648. St. Hubert (pop: 3,221), south west anchor of the contracting Bel gian bulge in the Ardennes, fin ally was entered. The Germans an nounced its evacuation two nights ago. Southeast of Bastogne, a troublesome German pocket was all but erased in a welter of ene my blood. At . least eight towns fell to Al lied arms on the western front. The Germans, admittedly yfiv See TWO ALLIED Page 2 i8 Planned Ne« SpeedupHuct.on Plan« Many War 50% Of All War Goods Output To jblncreased At "A Tremendous tfote0"1*** - WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—(/P>—Fifty percent of all war production programs will rise at “a tremendous rate” under a new speed-up which includes a three-fold increase in air craft in six months, J. A. Krug revealed today. AID TO RUSSIA: Turkey Grants Allied Shipping By Dardanelles LONDON, Jan. 12. —UPh- Au thoritative British quarter said to day that Turkey had granted per mission to the Alles to ship sup plies to Russia via the Dardanelles. No details were given, but the In formants said they were under the Impression negotiations had been handled mainly through military channels. Turkey recently broke diploma tic relations with Japan, sending the last official Axis listening post out of the country and depriving the enemy of bases for Japanese agents who might report the movement of Allied supplies through the straits between the Mediter ranean and Black Sea. DIRECT ROUTE The strains are the easiest and most direct route of supply be tween the western Allies and Rus sia. f Until now the chief routes have been the northern sea Arctic sea route to Murmansk, where there are difficulty handling problems In winter, and the Persian Gulf route, where a long overland truck and railway route was set up by the United States Persian Gulf com mand. An announcement last Sunday said Maj. Gen. Donald H. Connolly, who set up the Persian command in 1942, was being recalled and that his chief of staff. Brig. Gen. Donald P. Booth, was taking over. ±*aruy to equip new rTencn army divisions for the fight against Ger many, about $2,500,000,000 worth of new arms output Is being added to the 1,945 schedule, the WPB chair man said. The expansion brings 1945 total output to some $64,500,000,000, slightly higher than 1944, and is "a more difficult program to meet.” Krug told a news conference. “There will be plenty of Jobs for every body in war industry and everybody who wants to get into war industry,” he added. “The feeling of the average worker last fall, when he didn’t know whether or not he would be laid off, can now be dispel led.” The volume of munitions sched uled for shipment to the French army was not divulged, but other sources have given the Impression that it is a substantial part of the $2,500,000,000 increase.) The Italians have wanted arms and material for more active par ticipation against the Nazis, Krug acknowledged? but “I don’t know that we are furnishing them any.” 65 PER CENT For the Increasing programs, he continued, the production rate for April, May and June must be 65 per cent above the level of the same programs in October. Increases range from five per cent to as high as 600 or 700 per cent for some items,” he added. “Hot aircraft”—which include Superfortresses, C - 54 cargo planes, Jet-propelled fighters and all navy fighters—is sche duled for a rise from $67,000, 000 to $925,000,000 monthly In six months. A nine per cent increase in all aircraft is planned, and Willow Riin See SPEEDUP Page 2 METHODISTS TO RALLY TONIGHT Methodists from churches throughout Cleveland will gather at 7:30 p. m. at Central church here in a county-wide rally launch ing the Crusade for Christ which the church is conducting through out its far-flung organization. Dr. O. Ray Jordan, pastor of Charlotte’s First Methodist church, will bring the principal message on a program arranged by Rev. Paul Hardin, pastor of the host church, to include special music and a word for the laymen from J. Horace Grigg, county chairman of the Crusade. Several churches in the county already have undertaken success fully their fund-raising portion of the crusade which church offi cials emphasize is, however, not just a money-raising proposition but rather a five-point program calling for continuation of the church’s campaign for a new world order, a drive for $25,000,000 for rehabilitation and expansion evan gelism, stewardship and increased attendance at church school and religious services. U. S. Resuming Relations With Finns ‘Informally’ WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—<A>)— The United States is resuming re lations with Finland, on an infor mal basis. The State department announc ed today that President Roosevelt has approved the assignment of a foreign service officer with the personal rank of Minister to Hel sinki. Pending his arrival an of ficer has been dispatched from Stockholm, Sweden, to handle Am erican affairs at Finnish capitol. ) HIHWMl Mi ^ > *» > LANDING CRAFT OFF LUZON AWAITING INVASION—Landing craft and troop transports are shown in Lingayen Gulf off the coast of Luzon island, the Philippines, at dawn Jan. 9, awaiting the hour for the Luzon invasion to begin. This picture, by Associated Press Photogra pher Frank Fllan for the war picture pool, is the first received showing the Luzon operations* i CIVILIAN GOODS PRODUCTION IS AGAIN CUT Results From Sharp Cur tailment Of Metals Available militaryHsieeds UP WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.— ; 1 (/P)—The War Production j Board has ordered drastic' new restrictions further cur tailing civilian goods produc tion. The additional tightening, a government source said today, will have the effect of “wip ing off the books a large per centage of the consumer pro jects already authorized under the spot reconversion pro gram.” This will result from a sharp cut in the allocation of metals for the program, due to greatly expanded military requirements. Moreover, WPB field offices have been instructed to be "very care ful” in their approval of new appli cations. This means that the spot plan, already suspended in about 125 labor-short industrial centers, is for all practicalp ur poses now on the shelf In all •parts of tite country. Dollar volume of projects auth orized through 1945 under the plan was more than $620,000,000 as of late December. Operation of the spot program has been limited from the start to spots where manpower, materials and facilities could be spared from the war effort. Partial suspension was ordered in December primarily because of a manpower shortage in the areas affected. However, the ruling did not cover projects already approved for those centers. CANCELLED The new measure not only puts a sharp brake on authorization of new applications for other areas, but means, an official said, "that a good deal of consumer goods al ready okayed probably will not be The new jolt results, it was stressed, not essentially from a lack of manpower, but from a serious shortage of materials. The additional curtailment comes close on the heels of WPB's order freezing all regularly programmed civilian production at levels author ized for the last three months of 1944. The order dictated by mount ing munitions requirements, was designed to keep consumer goods from rising beyond minimum essen tial civilian needs. Because of the metals shortage the allocation of carbon steel for the spot program the first three, months of this year has been cut from 250,000 tons to 150,000. The alloy steel quota has been trim med to 10,000 tons, down from 25,000. Copper allocations also have been cut deeply, with the quota of type down to 500,000 pounds from 1,500, 000 pounds. While actual allotments of alum inum for spot reconversion have not been trimmed as yet, mills have been ordered not to ship sheeting or the so-called "Z” or non-prior ity orders which most manufac turers receive under the program. counTynattve DIES IN WRECK Andrew Alexander, a native of Cleveland county but a resident of Hickory, was killed in a train and automobile grade crossing accident Thursday at Hickory at six o'clock. He is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Alexander and had lived in Cleveland county until a few years ago when he moved to Hickory to work at the plumbing trade. The body will be brought to the home of his sister, Mrs. Claude Di xon at Belwood Saturday rooming and remain there until the funeral. The funeral service will be held at the Kadesh church at three o’clock Sunday afternoon, and the body will lie in state in the church from 2:30 until three. Mr. Alexander is survived by* four sisters, Mrs. Forrest Philbeck of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Tom Willis of Polkville, Mrs. Claude Dixon and Mrs. Frank Stamey of Belwood. Japs Report Attacks In Camranh Bay Area; Miles Of Luzon Roads Overrun GENERAL MacARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Jan. 12.—(A1)—Rapidly ad vancing Sixth Army invaders at Lingayen gulf have seized more than 10 miles of the San Fabian-Manila railroad, over run 50 miles of road networks commanding the north ends of four main highways to Ma nila and turned what could have been the flank of a good Japanese defense line behind the Agno river. There are developments for the first 48 hours since Tuesday’s in vasion. Much more remains to be disclosed. Today’s communique, covering ac tion up to Thursday morning, re ported advances in strength during the previous 24 hours of seven to nine miles—generally in the direc tion of Manila a little over 100 miles south. Those advances, which added five towns to the more than two score communities captured, were limited more by caution and supply lines than by the Japanese. The width of the beachhead along the gulf, originally 15 miles, now is 25-, with -tHS first real combat con tact with the enemy reported on the left flank nine miles southeast of San Fabian. From Lingayen to Manila, Am erican planes ranged over the cen tral Luzon plains where great tank battles soon may be fought. They cratered airfields in and around Manila, blew up bridges over which enemy reinforcements are trying to move, wrecked trains and scatter ed columns of artillery and supply. BOMBING American war planes hammered at Luzon targets, meeting negligi ble Japanese air opposition but heavy ack-ack in the vicinity of Clark Field, about 40 miles south of the beachhead and a prime ob jective on the road to Manila. “The enemy still is suffering from the effects of surprise caused by our landing in this sector (Lingayen) in his rear,” headquarters said today, "and as yet been unable to displace the mass of his {prces forward from the south in sufficient strength to offer serious resis tance. Here at a glance is the oificial See PHILIPPINES Page 2 Tokyo Orders Nip Fleet Out 01 Hiding SAN FRANCISCA, Jan. 12.—(ff) —Bud Foster of the National Broadcasting Company reported from Honolulu to#ay that Tokyo has “practically oftlered” the Nip ponese fleet out of hiding. Foster said a Japanese broadcast recorded in Honolulu today order ed its fleet to end passive resist ance shown American moves, aid Japanese forces opposing the Am erican invasion of Luzon in the Philippines and oppose U. S. Third Fleet units. THE WAR TODAY: Japs Will Have To Be Beaten Militarily Before They Quit By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer While we made a most auspicious beginning of the Luzon invasion— and the fair fortune continues so far as appears from news dispatch es which are lagging because of security censorship—we should be prepared for som# of the mast bit ter fighting of the whole Pacific war—and that means bitter. As Secretary of War Stimson remarks, although the landings were made with surprising eas. this is only the beginning. We shall see more of those amazing fanati cal sacrifices by the Japanese sol diery. Apropos of this I was talk ing a couple of days ago with a British general just back from Burma, and he said that | in the final great battle which U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Har bor, Jan. 12.—(fP)—A tremendous naval-air battle likely is raging today off French Indo-China between Adm. William F. Halsey’s Third Fleet and Japanese warships escorting re inforcements seeking to smash Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s invasion army on Luzon in the Philippines. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz called in war correspondents on short notice last night and stated cryptically: “Carrier aircraft of the Pacific fleet are now attacking the enemy off the coast of French Indo-China between Sai gon and Camranh- Bay.” lhat was all he would say The Japanese Domei news agen cy said today that “approximately 90” carrier-based planes raided the “Cochin - China sector centering around Saigon” for nine and a half hours today. (The Japanese broadcast recorded by the Federal Communication Commission, claimed that Nippon ese antiaircraft units shot down “at least 20 American planes” be sides damaging others.) (The Japanese Domei news agen AU the circumstances of loca tion and responsibility of Hal sey’s powerful fleet — he has been handed the job of keep ing the Japanese away from MacArthur’s men—sugest that | an enemy convoy, escorted by warships, was intercepted en route to Luzon, 1,000 miles from Saigon. Camranh Bay is the closest Asiatic Japanese fleet base from which the enemy could attempt einforcement of Luzon. It has su Derb natural harbors and without i doubt has been developed and protected as one of Japan's key naval bases. It is 200 miles north cast of Saigon, Indo-China’s chief commercial port before the war. Pacific fleet carrier forces, en gaged only a week ago in attacking Formosa and reconnoitering 500 See SEA-AIR FIGHT Page 2 Bill Would Prohibit Handling Of Wines Measure Introduced In Legislature Today Would Af fect Only Dry Counties RALEIGH, Jan. 12.—(/P)—A bill to prohibit the sale or transportation of all wine or spiritous juices in counties which have not held a referendum or have voted to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors was introduced in the legis lature today by Senator Daniel of Beaufort. The measure would affect all wines over one per cent alcoholic content, but would not prohibit the sale of beer. Aiiuuiei inea&uic, uy wixclwl Hundley of Beaufort, would require railroad companies to guard trams standing across highways, for the j protection of the public. The trains would be lighted or guard arms provided. Senator Price of Rockingham in troduced a resolution petitioning the state’s congressmen to support the continuation of the tobacco control program. Circulars signed “state employes” and asking salary increases were placed on legislators’ desks before their session. “The great state of North Caro lina has grown rich out of this war,” the petitions read. “Its employees have grown stead ily poorer as a result of the higher cost of living. Basic living costs have gone up more than 30 per cent since 1939. State employees have had their meager salaries supplemented by a war bonus which averages only 10 per cent or less. This means that the state’s em ployees have taken a cut of 20 to 25 per cent in real wages while See BILL Page 2 grew out of the Japanese in vasion of Indian territory near the Burmese frontier last year, the British killed 50,000 Japan ese who made a suicidal stand after being trapped. And that figure wasn’t guess-work, be cause the bodies were counted. This question of Nipponese re istance cropped up last night when o.r correspondent subjected him elf to a hot barrage of questions at a big gathering of enlisted men land WACs at Mitchel field. They asked: "Will the Japs have to he beaten militarily before they are out?” That's a tough one because we don't know the limits of Japanese i See JAPa WILL Page 2 FIFTH ARMY PATROLS ACTIVE Canadians Continue To Meet Desperate Nazi Resistance ROME, Jan. 12—(/Pi—American Fifth Army raiding parties stab bed deep into enemy territory to day as patrol activity was stepped up with the advent of better weather along the entire Italian front. Canadian units of the Eighth Army, facing desperately resisting Nazi units along the Reno river, increased the tempo of battle in that sector at the southern end of the narrow spit of land sparat ing the Comacchio lagoon from the Adriatic sea. Allied headquarters said “very strong” forces of fighters and fighterbombers ranged over north ern Italy, continuing their assault on enemy communications and stores, as well as frontline instal lations. Despite bad weather yesterday, headquarters said a force of Brit ish and American light naval craft engaged an enemy convoy south-' east of Genoa, scoring torpedo hits on two lighters and probable hits on a third. Cherrys Moving In RALEIGH, Jan 12.—(A1)—The Cherrys are moving to Raleigh, lock, stock and barrel The governor and his wife plan to leave late today for Gastonia, where they will oversee the pack ing of their belongings for trans fer to the executive mansion. They" recently sold their Gas tonia home. WHAT’S DOING~ TODAY 7:00 p. m. — Double header basketball game at high school gym between Shelby and Lincolnton 7:30 p. m. — Crusade for Christ meeting at Central Me thodist church.
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