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GERMANS LOSE OIL SOURCES Ixpartt Think Louts Will Show Up In Military Operations WASHINGTON, Jan. 19â6P>â The Red array's advance In south vast Poland is rapidly depriving Germany of one of its last re maining sources of gasoline. It now appears entirely possible to economic warfa-e experts here that the enemyâs synthetic plant and crude oil refinery losses in this area, coupled with bomb dam age to plants in central and west ern Germany, may soon sharply limit his military activities. The Silesian area and the ad joining section of Poland center ing around Krakow are import ant to Germany because of the, rich coal deposits found there. Coal is the source of synthetic gasoline on which the Germans have come to rely more and more in recent years to run their trucks and planes. HIGH FIGURE Back before Germanyâs stolen empire started shrinking and be fore Allied bombers began effec tive attacks, the Silesian-Polish production areas turned out only about 10 per cent of the German motor fuel. While the exact per centage as estimated here can not be disclosed now it is a compara tively fairly high figure. Near the little town of Blech hammer the Germans have been building two hydrogenation plants under ownership of the vast I. G. Par ben company to manufacture oil from coal. One is virtually complete; the other is in only par tial use. West of Blechhammer at Aus ehwits, Poland, is a third great synthetic oil factory of I. G. Far ben which is now directly in the path of the Russian advance. A fourth plant, using a hydrocarbon process, is located at Deschowitz In Silesia on the Polish border. Of the four refineries which de velop gasoline from ordinary crude petroleum, one, at Trzabinji, Pol and, has already been captured by the Red army. It is three miles north of conquered Krakow. A second plant of the vacuum oil company southwest of Krakow may even now be in Russian hands while two others at Privoz and Novy Bohumin In Moravia are within 100 miles of the advancing Russians. FIRST Start* Ob F&ÂŤÂŤ Ob* tank-led American column en countered Japanese artillery and camouflaged armored vehicles hid den amongst trees and shrubbery on the townâs outskirts. Urdaneta was ablaze as both sides were pinned down for hours at a time by mortar fire. Associated Press War Corres pondent A1 Dopking wrote from Urdaneta that âwhen the Japa nese failed to stop our tanks with their own x x x their infantry made fanatical charges at the Am erican group. Two Japanese with dynamite strapped to their sides ran at an American tank. They were mowed down by machinegun fire." For * time the Americans held half the imoklng town and the Japanese the other half. HAIL OF FIB*: Dopking said Yank artillery fire poured upon the enemy-held por tion and the Japanese "could be heard groaning and screaming as American shells exploded among them. Before dawn all was quiet." Hardly a house was left stand ing as the infantrymen moved through to find twisted and man gled Japanese bodies, but not a live enemy soldier. The remainder of the Japanese garrison likely was pursued south westward during the night, head ing for the low Cabaruan hills .where an enemy force is believed entrenched. Capture of Urdanota, which cleared the Nipponese from positions commanding the northern portion of the Ma nila-Baguio highway, will en able the Sixth Army's right wing to start rolling south ward again after 48 hours of marking time waiting for the left wing to catch up. After bringing up equipment, this right wing took Paniqui on Wednesday to consolidate com mand of two western highways leading toward Manila, 79 road miles to the south. MacArthurâs already overwhelm ing war machine on northern Lu aon gained additional striking power Wednesday when far east air foroe fighter planes began op eration off tiie Lingayen airfield, which was captured within a half hour of the Jan. B invasion. If baby has grown to highchair stage, uae some washable slip cov ers for hl6 chair* pad to simplify the cleaning up job if there is a mishap at feeding time. Harold Bettis Named Assât Superintendent Presbyterian Hospital Appointment of Harold L. Bet ti*, of Shelby, to the position of assistant superintendent of the Presbyterian hospital in Char lotte waa confirmed by the hospi tal board at its meeting last night. Mr. Bettis, for over two years administrator of Shelby hospital, entered upon his duties at the Charlotte institution immediately upon his resignation from the lo cal institution although not until last nightâs board meeting had the arrangement been officially ap proved. Meanwhile, he had in stalled a central supply system with perpetual inventory on cost accounting principles which hos pital officials recognized as an im provement in the operation of the place. Mr. and Mrs. Bettis continue residence here. CONFESSION Starts On Page One resolution, to return the body to his mother in Charlotte, of inde cision and confusion, and finally of losing his nerve and disposing\ of the body by throwing it into a North Carolina lake. OTHER TESTIMONY Earlier Dr. R. A. Harton, Dur ham coroner, testified thait Mis. Jewett was killed by repeated heavy blows on the head and that there were â20 or 25 stab wounds in her back.â Three Durham officers, Captain W. E. Gates and Detectives L. E. Whitaker and C. R. Lynch, des cribed the arrest of Martin in a Durham hotel last May 20 after the odor of decomposing flesh had attracted attention to his parked car and the subsequent recovery of Mrs. Jewettâs weighted body from Eastwood Lake, near Chapel Hill, N. C., on May 27. STATEMENT The statement attributed to Martin: "The death of my grandmother, Mrs. Addie M. Jewett, has weigh ed so heavily upon my mind and conscience that I feel I must make a statement as to what actually occurred. âI had been my grandmotherâs constant companion ever since earliest childhood, having few oth er close friends. I started drinking somewhat during my last year of college. My grandmother was much opposed to liquor in any form. That afternoon in Boonville I bought a bottle of rum* and before dinner on the evening of May 9, 1944, I (trank a good deal of the rum. After dinner, which we had at Holt's cafe, at about 8:30 p.m. we drove into the country. "While we were driving my grandmother attempted to take the liquor away from me. I refused to give it to her and pushed her away from me, because her ef forts were interfering with my driving the car. FELL OUT "She fell over against the door of the car and must have struck the handle of the door, because the door flew open and she fell out into the road. I did not intend to hurt her. I quickly put on the brakes and shoved the car into re verse gear and started backing up. "In the haste, and panic caused by this, the car must have trav eled backward faster and farther than I realized. I think some un derportion of the car struck her and I believe the front wheel pass ed over some part of her body too. I immediately jumped out of the car and ran to her. She was bleed ing badly and I knew she was terribly hurt. I put her in the car after much difficulty and started to the hospital with her. She gasped two or three times ana then stopped breathing. I knew she had died and was very shocked and upset. LOST NERVE âI intended to take the body to the hospital and notify the offi cers. The nearer I came to town the more frightened and mentally confused I became. I drove by the hospital but was unable to bring myself to stop. I then drove around intending to notify the of ficers but was unable to bring myself to do so. I drove around for some time and made up my mind that I would take the body to my mother, who lives in Char lotte, N. C., and tell her what had happened. âAfter convincign myself beyond all doubt that my grandmother had pasesd away, I put her body in the back of the car in the trunk, placing her head upon pil- j lows in as comfortable a position as possible. "On my way to Charlotte some times I thought I had better dis pose of the body in some secluded place. I crossed large rivers, through mountains and woods and big lakes, all of which afforded ample opportunity for disposal. However, I kept to my first reso lution of taking the body to my mother in Charlotte. I drove up to her home in Charlotte but by that : time the body had become so de-' t composed that I could not bring JUST OPENED New Record Shop MEZZANINE FLOOR MAXWELL-MORRIS dt KENNEDY FURNITURE CO. PHONE 788 - SHELBY. N. C. i DANIELS TO SEE FDR SWORN IN WASHINGTON, Jan. 1ÂŽ.â^P)â Josephus Daniels, in Washington for the inauguration (he has seen all the Democratic Presidentâs sworn in in the last 60 years and few Republicans), says: "Iâll be happy to see my old associate take the oath as he faces with courage the hardest tasks ever assumed by an American President.â The Raleigh, N. C., publisher was Secretary of the Navy during the first world war when Presi dent Roosevelt was assistant sec retary and Mr. Roosevelt still ad dresses him as the chief. Reminiscing about the tradition al foul weather that marks inau gurations, Daniels predicted it would be "Roosevelt's luck to have good weather." Remarking about affairs at home, he said the current propo sal for a liquor referendum in North Carolina âwill come to noth ing.â He told a reporter too many members of the legislature use the excuse that no referendum should be held while thousands of men are fighting overseas. 3 NAZI Starfts On Page One dolf Christin Zuehlsdorff, 25, for merly of Bogota, Colombia, and Os- ; car Max Wilms, 37, formerly of Managua, Nicaragua. Scheemann, who was employed in a glass factory at Pereira, Hpov er said, is a former Nazi partyj member and SS man who reputed-; ly went to Colombia to be a ges tapo agent and propagandist. TRAVELED He was trained also, Hoover went on, as a wireless telegrapher, and is said to have traveled in Mexico and to be acquainted with mining operations in Brazil. He is report ed to have been in Spain in 1943. Hoover said Schneemann en tered the United States at San i Francisco April 20, 1942, enroute from Colombia to Germany for repatriation. He was received at Camp Kennedy, Texas, Ap ril 23, 19: and left Jersey City, N. Jâ on the steamer Serpa Pinto on July 3, 1942. He was described as speaking lit tle English but being proficient in French, Portuguese, Spanish, and German. He was bom May 16, 1901 at Hoeehst, Main, Germany, accord ing to the announcement, which added that he is five feet, eleven inches tall, weighs from 160 to 170 pounds and is of athletic build. IDENTIFICATION His eyes are dark, his hair Drown and gray and cut in Prussian style. Hoover said that he sometimes wears a moustache, has a hand clasp tatoed on his right hand, is a good swimmer and bareback horse man. He was further described as be ing proficient with cards, may be posing as a gambler, and as a man who dresses well, preferring dark suits, and in the habit of combing his hair frequently. The announce ment said he has a wife and 18 year-old daughter in Berlin. Zuehrlsdorff was described as a commercial advertiser, and sales representative for a German firm in Bogota who is reported to have engaged in English language prop aganda broadcasts for the Nazis. Hoover said he entered the Unit ed States from Colombia, arriving at San Francisco, April 20, 1942, and wras sent to the Greenbrier hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. V., prior to his departure for repa I triation on the steamer Drotting holf, which sailed from New York on July 15, 1942. LATIN AMERICA He was bom at Guestrow, Mekl, â Germany, October 23, 1919, the an : nouncement said, but has spent most of his life in Latin America. Hoover said he speaks German, English, and Spanish fluently. He is described as six feet tall, weigh ing from 132 to 140 pounds and of ; slender build. His hair is brown and his eyes hazel. He has two line scars on his right forehead. His complexion is light and he wears dark glasses. His teeth were de scribed as false and he has a habit of cracking them loudly. Hoover said he sometimes wears a black moustache, is a fast walker, performs sleight-of-hand tricks, prefers flashy clothes, and is more American than German in his man nerisms. Wilms was described as a former partner in a German import-ex port firm at Managua. He is said to have entered the United States in 1936 at New York and to have entered on a number | of other occasions through May, I 1931 enroute between Germany and , I atin America. He left New York i on the steamer Gripsholm on Feb ! ruary 15. 1944. Returns To College After Holidays PROSPECT. â Miss Jean Cobb left Monday for Maryville, Tenn., j where she will take up her studies after spending the holidays at home with her parents, Mr. and I Mrs. Bezola Cobb. John Bartee has purchased the Robert Eddley farm and is plan ning to move to it at an early date. myself to tell my mother. âI then decided that the best thing for me to do was to leave Charlotte and try to dispose of the body. I finally left the body in a lake near Durham and went back to Durham where I was ar rested. No one helped me in any way. "All the events leading up to and including my grandmotherâs death occurred in Cooper county, Mis i souri, and I want to waive extra dition, go back and take the con sequences. "This statement is made freely and without compulsion." Mail Not All Wet, Just A Part Of It No, folks, the mailâs not all wetâjust part of it got a dousing of Water, cinders and dirt this morning. The leather collar on a mall pouch from Train 37 came off when it hit the ground from that speeding train this morn ing and distributed Shelby mail over a considerable sec tion of Kings Mountain. The letters were gathered up, but thatâs why much of todayâs mail was the worse for its travels, postoffice officials ex plained after many inquiries had been directed their way. SHUFORD Start* On Page One us for guidance and leadership in the post-war worldâ declared Mr. Shuford. ââIf full employment is to be maintained in this country, each state and local community must do its part. We cannot sit back and look for a rabbit to be pulled out of the hat at our national capital which will bring jobs and prosperity to all people. The more we lean on Washington, the more we will give up in the way of in dividual freedom, stateâs rights and free enterprise." He cited some figures showing that this state is far behind the national average in wages earned and pointed to a direct relation ship whiqji he said existed be tween that low wage average and the deplorable record indicated by the state being 45th among the 48 states in medical and hospital ser vice. Labor Commissioner Shuford hasnât abandoned the idea of get ting a state minimum wage and maximum hour law introduced in the present general assembly, but he has practically lost hope of getting such a measure adopted this year, he has indicated. He has not lessened other activ ities for attaining the general ob jective of more and better jobs at higher average wages for North Carolina workers. Guests at last nightâs meeting included Griffin Smith and Rob ert Barnett, in addition to the speaker. Resolutions were adopted out of respect to the memory of Paul Webb, a member of the club who has recently died. INAUGURATION i - Starts On Page One : strata of American officialdom plus diplomats and a handful of out siders, are expected at a buffet luncheon following the inaugura j tion ceremony on the south por tico. Another 1,000 persons are : scheduled to attend a reception and tea later in the afternoon. For the ceremony itself, only 5 - 000 or 6,000 persons have invita tionsâbecause this is wartime. That compares with 25,000 to 30,000 in peaceful years. Most of those on the invitation list will have to stand out in the yard to see what's going on. No seats are being provided. Just plain spectators will have to stretch their necks from behind an iron fenseâat least 200 yards away. Half a dozen Roosevelts of the latest generation already are on hand to see grandpa inaugurated for a fourth term, but some of them are too young to remember much about it in later years. One of the presidentâs four sons is expected to see the ceremonies. Marine Col. James Roosevelt is enroute from Burbank, Calif. The boys may hear a broadcast of the ceremony, as will millions of other people around the world. Radio has arranged short wave de scriptions in English, French, Por tuguese and Spanish. KIRK Starts On Pate One ment to that measure Is to be tak en up by the committee at a later executive session. Since last April, Kirk said, 27, 000 nurses have graduated, while only 2,000 additional nurses have joined the army medical force. The surgeon general said the army has 42,000 nurses now and âmust have 60,000 to meet present needs. âIf the 18,000 are to be obtained," he declared, âit seems clear that selective service legislation is re quired.â Kirk told the committee that army hospitals in the United States are understaffed because of the large number of nurses required overseas. He said more than 60 per cent of all army nurses now are as signed abroad. âThis country has an obligation," he concluded, âto care for its wounded men. There is hardly an American family that does not have a son or an immediate rela tive in the armed forces who may some day require medical and nursing care." FATS Starfts On Page One since April. Butter and margarine, alreadj under rationing, gre not coverec by the sales freeze. The sales freeze applies only at retail. Institutional and indus trial users of fats and oils may buy from any seller except a re tailer during the freeze period, and they will not be required to pay points until Jan. 28. These users are being given an extra week of point-free buying to allow OPA time to work out a special allocation program for them. I Furnished by J. Robert Lindsay mad Company Webb Boll dine Shelby, N. C. N. Y. COTTON AT 2:00 . Today Prer. Day March .32.04 May _ - 21.58 July - _...â21.50 October . ......20.83 December __..20.78 CHICAGO GRAIN WHEAT May . ..1-83 July .1-5374 September . .1.52% CORN May . -.1.1174 July .1.1074 September . .1.07% RYE May .1.1274 July . _-_--1.0974 September . .1.0574 22.08 21.93 21.61 20.92 20.88 1.62 1.54 1.53 U 1.12 1.11 1.08 1.13% 1.11 1.07% STOCKS AT 2:00 Amn Rolling Mill . ...... 18 American Loco.- 26 American Tobacco B --69 American Tel and Tel . .. 163 Anaconda Copper - - 30 Assoc Dry Goods . - 18 Beth Steel _ . Boeing Air . ... 18 Chrysler . . 93 Curtiss-Wright . - 5 Elec Boat . .. 14 General Motors _ - 63 Pepsi Cola-- 24 Greyhound Corp . .- 23 International Paper ... 20 Nash Kelv . ... 15 Glenn L Martin - N Y Central _ . Penn R R . 23 23 34 Radio Corp _ --- 11 Reynolds Tob B . - 33 : Southern Railroad ..33 â Stand Oil N J.57 I Sperry Corp . _ 23 U S Rubber.... U S Steel . 80 Western Union _ ..- 48 , Youngstown S and T . ...... 3-8 5-8 1-4 1-4 1-2 1-4 89 1-4 5-8 7-8 3-4 5-8 3-8 3-8 7-8 5-8 1-4 1-8 5-8 1-2 1-8 7-8 3-4 1-3 53 3-8 1-8 40 MARKET DEPRESSED NEW YORK, Jan. 19â(/P)âSell ing of rails continued to depress the stock market today and, â˘while scattered favorites managed to contest the move with mild suc cess, most groups stepped to lower levels. As in the session of Thursday, offerings generally were based on the idea that the good war news might mean quick European victory which, while cheering to Wall Street, inspired the majority of customers to trim commitments as a reconversion safeguard. In dividual issues were bolstered by special situations and the persist ence of inflation psychology was a bullish argument. Bonds slipped and commodities were uneven. N. C. HOGS ⢠RALEIGH, Jan. 19â(JP)â(NCD A)âHog markets steady with tops of 14.40 at Clinton, 14.25 at Rocky Mount, and 14.10 at Richmond. N. C. EGGS, POULTRY RALEIGH, Jan. 19â(JP)â(NCD A)â Egg and poultry markets slightly weaker to frim. RALEIGHâU. S. grads AA large 45; hens, all weights, 25 1-2. WASHINGTONâU. S. ÂŤrade A large 45 to 47; broilers and fry ers 32. BUTTER AND EGGS CHICAGO, Jan. 19âVP)âBut ter, firm; receipts 305,252; market unchanged. Eggs, receipts 6,158; firm; mar ket unchanged. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Jan. 19â(AV-Sal able hogs 11,000; total 17,000; ac tive, fully steady; good choice bar rows and gilts 170 lba and over 14.75; few 140-160 lbs. 14.00-14.50; all weights fat sows 14.00; early clcErsncCi Salable cattle 2,000; total 3,300; | salable calves 700; total 700! ! strictly good and choice steers and yearlings 26 lower, very slow; common and medium grades steady to 25 lower, mostly steady at 14.00 down; heifers steady to weak; j cows and bulls weak to 25 lower; j vealers steady; cutter cows 8.00 j down; most feed cows 8.50-12.00; few weighty bulls lighter sausage of beef above 12.50; vealers. 15.50, mostly 15.00 down. Singing Sarvict At Tabernacle Sunday Sunday afternoon beginning at two o'clock a singing service will be held at the tabernacle of the Church of the Nazarene on East Elam street. Quartets expected to participate in the service are, Smithâs Four from Spartanburg, the Melody Boys from Gastonia and the Steward Quartet from Belmont. WANT ADS WANTED TO RENT A HOUSE âany sizÂŤâanywhere. Call 129-J. It lBp FOR SALE: 2 ELECTRIC brooders, S00 capacity each. John Norman, 280 West Oraham St. 4t 10c FOR SALE: 30 MODEL A FORD pick-up truck; one McCaskey register. Reinhardt's Grocery, 108 West Graham. ltc I LOST: YELLOW GOLD LAPEL pin with green set, between Rog ers Theatre and Snowflake Laundry, lost Tuesday after noon. Reward. Mrs. C. C. Horn, R-6, 8helby. 2t 10c LOST: BETWEEN DOUBLE Shoals and Clover Hill church), tire and wheel off Chevrolet truckâsize 800x18. Notify A. P. Spangler, Rt-5, Shelby. Reward. 3t 19c ASSEMBLY Start* On Par* On* $179 for âG-llâ certificate holders, of those with mastersâ degrees who have 11 years experience. Matheny estimated the additional cost under the bill would be $2, 200,000 a year. COMMISSION Rep. Moseley of Guilford intro duced the bill creating the general statutes commission. The commission, to be composed of nine members with terms stag gered from one to two years, also would advise and cooperate in pre paration of statutory supplements, carry on a continuing study ot preparation and publication of modem codes of law, and submit reports of its work to the gover nor. President of the State Bar and Bar Association would appoint one member each, the law school deans of Wake Forest, Duke and North Carolina one each, the speaker and president of the senate one each and the governor two. The commission would be ap pointed by May 1, 19i5, with fu ture vacancies filled by the gover nor. Members would be paid $10 per diem and traveling expenses,. Formal reports also would be sub mitted to each legislative session. COMMITTEE VOTES RALEIGH, Jan. 19.â (JP) âThe house public welfare committee voted f favorably today on a mea sure to permit the State Board of Charitiea and Public Welfare to inspect and license boarding homes, rest homes or convalescent homes for the aged and mentally or phy sically inftrmed. The measure would apply to homes caring for two or more per sons where compensation is charg ed. The licensing authority would not apply to institutions establisn ed, maintained or operated by any unit of government or to commer cial inns or hotels. Dr. Ellen Winston, welfare com missioner, said the measure would not require additional financial as sistance from the state. Her de partment already has authority to inspect homes for dependent chil dren. The committee also approved bills to stagger the terms of coun ty welfare boards throughout the state; and to provide for the indi gent sick in Mecklenburg county, placing them in existing hospitals, and to levy a special tax for that purpose if general fund limit is already reached. ' CpI. Hawk Reported Wounded In Action Cpl 'rtromas W. Hawk, son of Mrs. Era P. Hawk, has been re ported slightly wounded in action in Belgium December 16. accord ing to word received today from the War department by his mo ther. DEFENDERS Starts On Pare One German garrison had withdrawn across file Danube in the Hun garian capital. A fourth winter offensive in southern Poland, announced by Stalin, swept forward 38 miles on a 50-mile front southeast of Kra kov and put the Germans in Slo vakia in a vise. The Germans said they were pulling out of eas tern' Slovakia. On a second order of the day, Stalin said the capture of Krakov, seised after a fierce street battle, had uncovered the defenses of the huge Pol ish coal fields of the Dom browa region to the southwest. In the new offensive the Fourth Ukranian Army led by Gen. Ivan Petrov, hero of Odessa and Sevas topol, captured Gorllce, 65 miles southeast of Krakov; Jaalo, 15 miles northeast of Gorllce and 400 other towns, Stalin said. His order of the day indicated, however, that the Russians in this drive south of Tarnok and west of Sanok, had advanced much closer to Krakov by forcing both the Wisloka and Dunajec rivers, north-south tributaries of the Vis tula. The Dunajec is about 35 miles east of Krakow. AT BUDAPEST Berlin said the "garrison of Budapest withdrew to the western bank of the Danube," a confirm ation of Moscow announcements that the entire German force in Pest on the east bank had been disposed of. The language of the Berlin communique indicated. how ever, that the entire Budapest position had been written off in the high commandâs books. With the German communique speaking of the âonpushlng Rus sian*â in that sector, it was evident that German forces in Buda, on the west bank, were resigned to Soviet occupation of all quarters I of the city shortly. Moscow dispatches said the roll of prisoners rose from about 60,000 | last night to 65,000 this morning I in Budapest. Less than three per cent of Budapest was in German hands Jan. 16, by Moscow account. ! 17TH LIBERATED Budapest would be the 17th Eu ropean capital to be freed from German domination by the allies. Berlin admitted that several key towns shielding the German bor der had been evacuated and hinted that a general withdrawal inside the German border was underway , A mighty frontal drive on Ber 1 lin is beginning to take shape, said Moscow dispatches. Lods is 250 miles from the German capital. The troops of Marshals Oregory and Zhukov and Konstantin Ro kossovsky in the center and north were overrunning the snow-cover ed country-side in a fashion hard I ly matched in this war, with Cos : sacks and Siberian horsemen ' spearheading the advance. SOLIDFRONT J Start* On Par* One helm below Hatten In the area where the Maglnot line closes up to the Rhine. Rundstedt was trying to catch his balance between Luxembougr and Holland, where American and British attacks ground up to two miles forward in snow. FULL ONSLAUGHT Any of the thrusts by the three Allied armies in the north and center might burst at any mo ment into a ull force onslaught. Endangering Germany from the west as the Russians endangered her from the east. The German commander had managed to get a few pummeled tanks and guns of his Fifth and Sixth Panzer armies back out of the smashed Ardennes bulge, but these constituted his only known mobile reserve. Most of the units needed refitting; the reserve could not be before Dusseldorf, St. Vith and Trier at the same time. (The German radio said the Al lies had opened a broad offensive on the southern flank of the Bel gian salient between Wilts and ^ Wallendorf). Hongen, which fell to the Brit ish Second army with American artillery support, is 38 miles from Dusseldorf on the Rhine. It lies about eight miles from the Roer river, along which the P. S. 9th i Army .held static positions with-' f in 38 miles of Dusseldorf, an ar ! senal city of 340,000. DEFENSES STIFFEN All along the British front curling from Gellenklrchen to Roermond, German defenses stif fened after the Tommies had gain ecT more than four miles and driv en the foe from at least eight vil lages. The main Roermond-Sit tard road was broken. The Brit ish crossed that road from Echt and fought into Schilderg. They also seised Heide, a half mile north of Echt. German infantry in battalion strength launched several attacks ; yesterday between Echt and Schil berg, but were beaten off. Far north in the flooded no man's land two miles north of Nij megen, a strong Oerman fighting patrol attacked British outposts j and held their ground overnight, renewing the assault at dawn. This was not believed to be a major ; thrust, however. PEACEMAKER 8TABBED TAUNTON. MASS.â(A'jâA ne gro soldier, Pvt. Johnnie E. Ever ett, 19, of Delco, N. C., waa sub bed to death at a nearby Army camp while acting as peacemaker j in an argument between two oth ! er negro servicemen. Capt H. T. Ford announced. Ford, public relations officer, said Pvt James H. Coston, 24. of j Ross Hill, N. C, was being held 1 for questioning. Enjoy The Instrument Of Your Preference Large Stock To Select From SELECTED PIANOS BABY GRANDS ⢠PLAYERS ⢠UPRIGHTS Coma in today. Actually try out any piano on our floor!. 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