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WEATHER North Carolina—Partly cloudy and continued cold today, tonight and Wednesday, snow flurries In moun tains this afternoon and early to night. Lowest temperature 15-20. Tshk Hin-um Daili Htscr CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES-1100 ~ State Theatre Today - “CAN’T HELP SINGING” Starring Deanna DURBIN & Robert PAIGE In Technicolor — Also New* VOL. XLII1—26 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, JAN. 30, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c, ) RUSSANS GAIN IN GIGANTIC NEW ATTACK 3-Pronged Red Army As sault Points Toward Reich Capitol INSIDE~BORDERS By The Associated Press ‘ LONDON, Jan. 30.—(/P)— 1 A Soviet armored spearhead fighting forward in a blizzard drove today to within 85 to 90 ^ miles of Berlin in a huge, < three-pronged Red army as- ] sault toward the Reich capi- t tal, Moscow ' dispatches re- t ported. l A German broadcast declar- < ed the Russians had launched a heavy, armored offensive on 1 a 42-mile front inside the J border of eastern Germany on i a bee-line for Berlin, and that i “the first onslaught gained appreciable ground.” The broadcast said the first ob jective was the communications center of Kustrln on the Oder and Warthe rivers 42 miles from Ber lin. A direct Moscow dispatch said Russian columns punched five to eight miles Inside Pomerania In a push striking northeast of the German heart city. Russian columns punched five to eight mUes Inside Brandenburg province due east of'Berlin, mad 18 to 20 miles inside Pomerania in a push striking northeast of theOer man heart city, a direct dispatch said. Sooth of these Wows by Mar- | shal Gregory Zhukov’s first j White Kasstan army group, tanks and infantry of the first | Ukrainian army were striking westward from bridgeheads flung ever the Oder river in Silesia. The Pomeranian and Silesian of fensives threatened a groat pincers from north and south on Berlin, in addition to Zhukov’s offensive \ beating In from the east in Bran- ■ denburg, said Associated Press Cor respondent Eddy Gilmore in Mos cow. ZHUKOV ATTACKING Today’s German communique declared Zhukov was attacking , heavily in the Obra river sector due east of Berlin, and said the Soviets had made "further gains to j the north” around encircled Schnei demuhl. The bulletin said counterattacks See RUSSIANS Page * William Walter Gold Dies Of Asphyxiation; Funeral Is Tomorrow William Walter “Blue” Gold, 33, was found dead from asphyxiation in the cab of his truck at Fred ericksburg, Va., Monday. The body is being returned here for services which will be held at ' 3 p. m. Wednesday from Union Baptist church by Rev. A. M. Kiser, ! pastor. The body will lie in state from 3:30 p. m. Mr. Gold was a native of the Polkville community, a son of Mr. 1 and Mrs. Will Gold, and was quite 1 popular as an amateur baseball pitcher before his trucking opera tions took him away from home. 1 Surviving in addition to the par- ] ents are four sisters, Mrs. Hector McMlllon, Mrs. Charlen Gold, Mrs. i Jack Spangler and Miss Blanche ' Gold, and a brother, Guy Gold, i with the army somewhere in France. He was a nephew of Tom ] R. Gold of Shelby, 1 uc wwu w suppui l uiuy nu luetu lstic foreign policy. Under questioning about the policy regarding Italy, the presl See HOPKINS Page 2 Germans Think Big Three Meet Is Underway LONDON, Jan. 30.—W—German and Swiss broadcasts today said a meeting of the Big Three was al ready under way or Just about to begin. London observers speculated whe ther President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill would meet prior to their conference with Mar shal Stalin aa they did at Cairo in 1043. Churchill's movements naturally are guarded by security censorship but it was noted he did not ap pear in the House of Commons this morning. Deputy Prime Min ister Richard Attlee substituted lor him. However, Attlee frequently sits in for the prime minister. A better barometer will be avail able tomorrow when Foreign Sec retary Anthony Eden is scheduled to answer questions in Commons. The foreign secretary is almost al ways present on Wednesdays if he is in London. AWAY Secretary of State Stettinus, War Mobllizer James F. Byrnes and other U. S. officials were reported to have left Washington. The gen eral supposition in London was that they were enroute to Eng- < land. Continental Europe or some point farther etet. With only mass speculation for a basis it seemed that a meet of the Big Three might be held somewhere in the east. Most quar ters still favored somewhere in Russia as the site although some believed it might be in Italy. Hopkins Has Talk With Pope Pius Concerned Over Trend Of American Opinion To Isolationism ROME, Jan. 30.—(i^P)— Harry Hopkins, personal ad visor to President Roosevelt, had an audience with Pope Pius today. Hopkins arrived in Rome yesterday for conferences with military, political and diplomatic leaders in which he intended to gather infor mation for Roosevelt prjor to the President’s big three meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. He was met by Alexander Kirk. 1 U. S. ambassador to Italy, upon his ' arrival from Paris and he confer- ] red with the Italian foreign min ister, Alcide of Gasperi within a few hours after reaching the city. Hopkins at a press confer ence yesterday expressed his i personal belief, the Allies are fully intent upon Implement ing the Dunbarton Oaks pro gram bat showed some concern over the possibility of an al- I tlnsate swing of American opin ion toward Isolationism. The report of this conference was not permitted to be disclosed until today. He pointed out that the people of the United States lack such in centives for participation in Eu- J ropean affairs as Britain* inter est in the Balkans and the Medl- ( terranean and Russia’s concern over her western frontiers. * Americans, he emphasized, could House Committee Seeking To Make FEPC Permanent By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. —(&>— Moving to head off a floor fight, the house labor committee decided today to expedite action on legis lation setting up the fair employ ment practices committee as a permanent agency. A ten-man sub-committee head ed by Rep. Randolph (D-WVa) was directed to meet Thursday and con sider ten separate FEPC bills. The full committee, Chairman Norton (D-NJ) announced, will meet Fri day to consider the sub-committee’s recommendations. The committee decided to hold no further hearings but to base its action on the record of hearings held last year. The PEPC has been injected into manpower legislation on which the house began Its second day of de bate today, and a fight between PEPC backfcrs and a bloc attempt ing to write strong labor curbs into the pending bill has threatened to kill the entire manpower measure. While the manpower bill origin ally was designed only to require men between 18 and 45 to move Into essential jobs under threat of ln ^ See HOUSE Page 2 IUSSIAN INFANTRYMEN ATTACK POLAND—These Russian infantrymen are running forward toward Jerman positions in an attack along the Second White Russian Army front in Poland northwest of Warsaw, .ate field dispatches Jan. 29 placed Soviet forces about 95 miles directly east of Berlin. 16 Injured As Milk Truck And Bus Crash )river Burned When Milk Truck Catches Fire; One Of Bus Passengers Badly Cut About Face Sixteen persons were injured, none of them believed :ritically, when a Greyhound bus bound from Atlanta, Ga., to Winston-Salem, N. C., struck a milk truck six miles >south >Jf Kings Mountain Qn the Grover road t£j&jmoritfng aife mock. The bus was badly damaged and the milk truck •nnorfit. fir* anrl won ftant.rnvprJ LIONS PLAN BOYS’ CAMP storing Committee Au thorizes Securing Direc tor And Councillor The lions Fresh Air Camp, de feated to happy Shelby boyhood, ;ame nearer to a reality last night is the steering committee of this :ivlc club met at the Eastside Baptist church to work out de rails of the encampment. Approximately 100 selected Shel ly boys between the ages of 9 and 14 are to be given the time of their lives during the first two weeks In July at Camp Cherokee iear the Kings Mountain Battle ground reservation through the sponsorship of the local Lions club. Charter for the corporation which will be responsible for the funds raised for this purpose and for the :onduct of the camp Is now In the hands of attorneys and will be Is sued within the next few days. Last night's meeting was pre sided over by Rev. W. P. Bigger staff who Is chairman of the iroject. A committee composed of R. J. Rucker, president of the club; Uhos Rostan, secretary; and Worth Morris, treasurer was empowered ,o secure a director for the camp is well as councilors: and other personnel. A committee to arrange for Ihe physical examinations of the boys who are to enter the camp was lamed as follows: Dr. T. B. Mit :hell, Dr. Ben H. Kendall, Dr. H. 3. Thompson and Dr. Robert Wil ;on. The finance and ways and means committees of the Lions club were appointed to look after the raising of the funds which will >e necessary to conduct the camp. Acknowledgments of gifts will be nade through the Star. Joe Piner’s Greeter committee was named to look after the trans portation of the boys to and from ihe camp. Tokyo Says B 29's Bomb North Luzon By The Associated Press An unconfirmed Tokyo radio broadcast today said 36 American Superfortresses bombed Northern Luzon Island in the Philippines. The Federal Communications Commission said poor reception prevented recording the rest of the broadcast. If the report is true it would be the first B-29 attack on the Phi lippines, is reported to have strong concentrations on Northern Luzon. The worst injured in the wreck victims was John L. Dixop, driver of his own milk truck, who had to be pulled from his truck with his clothing on fire. He was res cued by H. L. Beam, a farmer who lives at the location where the wreck occurred. The bus was op erated by Max L. Barker, of Jones boro, Ga., who was uninjured. Mrs. Mary Louise Welchel, of Gaffney, S. C., was carried to a doctor’s office in Kings Mountain where 10 stitches were required to close lacerations about her face. The rest of the injured, passen gers on the bus, were sent to the City hospital in Gastonia by bus and were given first aid treat ment there. They sustained only minor injuries, lacerations and bruises. OTHERS HURT They are: Mrs. A. W. McDavid, of Hills ville, S. C.; R. E.| Johnson, of Gaffney, S. C. Mrs. Margaret Windsor, of Hillside, Md., Miss Charlotte Oliver, of Chester, Pa.; Miss Grace McClary, of Lenoir; Miss Bernice Gl^ybill, of Lenoir; See 16 INJURED Page 2 Gen. Guderian, Nazi Commander On East. Front, Said Replaced LONDON, Jan. 3C —— The Paris radio reported without con firmation today that Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian, German chief of staff and commander-in-chief on the eastern front, had been re placed by Col. Gen. Lothar Rendu lic. Rendulic is former commander in-chief in Norway and Finland. Reports from Stockholm last week said Rendulic had been transfer red to the eastern front. Guderian is a tank expert who wo nhis first fame in the unsuc cessful German battle for Mos cow in 1941. atojs RAJLEKJH, Jan. 3U.—(if)—-Bins lO further regulate the Small loan business In North Carolina, pro viding that brokers be placed un der supervision of the State Bank ing Commission, were introduced in the legislature today by RepS. Vogler of Mecklenburg, Hutton ot Guilford and Chalk of Richmond. The commission would be au thorized to make its own rules and regulations for brokers to protect the public. It would be express ly directed to pass rules against excess interest rates on small loans. Loan agencies would not be al iowea to cnarge in excess or iees or lawful interest rates charged by industrial banks or installment loans. Another bill by the three rep resentatives would amend the pre sent law to allow banks to charge fees of $2.50 on loans of $50 01 less, and $1 fees for each $50 or loans of more than $50 and uf to $250. The present law allows only a $1 fee on loans up to $25C no matter the amount. The measures went to the com See BILLS Page Z PVT. JOHN BURTON PVT. BURTON IS REPORTED DEAD Son Of Late Mr. And Mrs. John Burton Of Kings Mountain Pvt. John Burton, 32, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Burton ot route 2, Kings Mountain, has been reported killed In action In Bel gium, January 2, according to a telegram received by his sister, Miss Nellie Burton of route 2, Kings Mountain, from the war depart ment. Pvt. Burton entered the Army hi September, 1942 and received his infantry training in Texas, San Louis, California and Camp Rook er, Alabama before going overseas in April, 1944. He was slightly wounded in Frandb in July but had recovered and returned to action Pvt. Burton is survived by four brothers and five sisters, they are Lester, J. G., Fred, Carl, Nellie Margaret, and Laura Jane of the home, Mrs. John Bennett of Fine ville, and Mrs. J. D. Hooker ot Chester. First White Russian Army Forces Obra NEW YORK, Jan. 30—<£>)—Lon don radio today quoted a Moscow dispatch as saying the First White Russian Army had forced the Oba river, which runs on a curving course 75 to 95 miles east of Ber lin. CBS recorded the broad cast. ALLIED NAVAL FORCE ACTIVE IN DUTCH ISLES Engaged In Operations Against Enemy North Of Walcheren occupiesTcoasts SUPREME HEADQUAR TERS ALLIED EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE, Paris, Jan. 30.—(/P)—An Allied nav al force is now engaged "in active though small scale op erations against the enemy” among Dutch islands north of Walcheren, Adm. Sir Harold M. Burrough said today. The new Allied Naval comman der in chief added significantly of future operational possibilities: "The coasts of Germany and the remainder of western Europe still occupied by the enemy offer op portunities for the use of sea power, such as the assault on Walcheren, which turned the key to the Port of Antwerp.” Current operations in the north sea are commanded by Capt. A. F Pugsley, who directed the assault upon Walcheren, which guarded the northern entrance to th< Schelde estuary leading to Ant werp. Numerous islands have beer carved in southwest Holland b; the rivers Rhine and Maa <Mense> as they meet tne sea Most important of these still ii enemy hands are Schouwen, Noon Beveland, Goeree, Tholen, Oorm Putten and Tien Gementen. Fre quent German troop concentra tions have been noted and raide< on Schouwen. NO DETAILS The admiral gave no details or new operations except to say: "The Navy, on this occasion 1 happens to be the British Navy is now busy among the island north of Walcheren. You will havi seen German claims to have re pulsed attempted landings. “These claims are untrue, but 1 do not propose to inform the ene my of our objects. I can tell yoi that naval force commanded b; Capt. A. F. Pugsley x x x is busil; engaged in active though smal scale operations against the ene my.” Of German submarine activity he commented: "You will remember that then have been one or two brushes ii the last few weeks, and more mus be expected.” BANDCONCERT ARM0RY8 P. M. Public Will Hear Clinic ians In Closing Event Of Two-Day Program More than a hundred high schoc bandsters, the pick of the 13 dif ferent bands represented at th clinic here, today were respondini beautifully to the training of Di rector' James C. Pfohl, Miss Dor | othy Parker and others as the: j pointed toward their public con cert at the armory at 8 p. m. to night when the public will b given an opportunity to enjoy thei work. The two-day clinic, offering in struction and counsel to the youn musicians, will come to its clos with tonight's concert which i sponsored by Co. 30, North Caro lina State Guard. DINNER DANCE The clinic reached a bright spc of the program last night whei the musicians together with higl school teachers, school board mem bers and other special guests wer entertained at a dinner at the higl school cafeteria. Rev. Paul Har din, jr„ pastor of Central Metho dist church, praised musical train ing and urged his hearers to sticl to their training because they'! never regret it. Following the banquet the youn people went to the gymnasium fo a dance at which Miss Parker wa crowned queen of the clinic, whil Bobby Evans, high school junio who plays the trumpet, was crown ed king of the clinic ball. Training groups continued thei special work today as yesterda looking to the general concert c a 125-piece band tonight. Other U. S. Troops Move Up To West Wall Along 40 Miles Of Ardennes PARIS, Jan. 30.—(TP)—The 78th division captured three miles of the Siegfried line today in a surprise attack through waist deep snowdrifts in the Monschau forest, three miles inside Germany. The First Army outfit struck just north of the eliminat ed Belgian bulge while other troops of Lt. Gen Courtney H. Hodges’ command and the Third Army moved up to the j West Wall Defenses along 40 miles of the Ardennes front. ■ Thp Third Armv pymmripri its --- Our river bridgehead nearly a mile into Germany on a two-mile front. . The Germans were pulling troops from Holland, also toward the east, and bombs fell among them. The First and Third moved in to the fringes or within cannon shot of the Siegfried Line on a 40-mile front in the Ardennes. To the north, the American 9th army was through the line for 35 curv ing miles along the Roer river from Linnich to east of Mons chau. Weather still was the worst handicap, slowing the advances even more than the shaken Nazi defenses. More snow fell among the seven foot drifts in 11 degree weather. Visibility was low. South of Rtrashnurir American ind French troops crossed the Col nar canal and further encircled hat city of 46,000—largest French :ity still in German hands e-x :ept the long by-passed Atlantic ports. Paris newspapers said the Colmar defenses were under at tack. At last reports the Allies were half a mile from the city imits. SEW SYSTEM The First army kept scoring ;ains with its new system of pre iawn attacks, catching German rearguards off balance in weather when assault seemed impossible, rhe First division drove the Ger mans two miles to the edge of Mur range. Other infantry pushed into Hons Sm OTHER. Parr 2 ON HOME STRETCH: : Yanks Gain Beyond ' San Fernando 1 Jap Casualties On Luzon Exceed 25,000, Against U. S. Losses Of 4,254 GENERAL MaARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, | Jan. 30.—(/P)—Armored Sixth Army units, rolling past cap i tured San Fernando along the narrow, swamp-fringed home 1 stretch to Manila, speed unchecked Monday toward Calum pit, only 25 air miles from the commonwealth capital. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, an ’ nouncing the seizure of San Fer [ nando in his communique today, r said his advance forces were “op r erating well in advance and to 1 the flanks” of that second city of . Luzon and "gateway to Manila. ” Yanks in the north, meanwhile, made progress toward Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines . and likely Japanese staff head [ quarters. They repulsed two enemy ; counterattacks less than 15 miles from Baguio. MacArthur announced Japa nese casualties on Luzon had exceeded 25,000 against Ameri can casualties of 4,254, includ ing 1,017 killed. r San Fernando, provincial capital I 34 air miles from Manila and 40 by road, fell virtually intact to the liberating Yanks Sunday noon. The mechanized 37th cavalry reconnais • i sance troop knocked out an enemy I roadblock several miles north of | the city and entered to be greet I ed by cheering Filipinos in one of the most colorful celebrations of 1 the Luzon, campaign. Associated Press Correspondent See YANKS Page 2 r WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:15 p. m.—Executive board ! of Piedmont Boy Scout coun r cil meets at Hotel Charles. 7:30 p. m.—C. A. P. mem bers meet at armory. f 7:30 p. m. — Cleveland lodge 3 202 A. F. & A. M. meets for s work in second degree. 8:00 p. m.—Band concert at armory. HITLER RULE IN 13TH YEAR No Speech From Nazi Leader On Anniversary Of Rise To Power By RUSSELL LANDSTROM LONDON, Jan. 30. —</P)— Amidst portents of perhaps the greatest defeat in Germany’s history, Adolf Hitler started today the 13th year of his rule. His downfall and that of all who have clung to him was apparent in signs blazing in a Europe battered by nearly five and a half years of war. A Berlin broadcast quoted Labor Minister Dr. Robert Ley as saying the day would be one “of work and fight such as all days are now.” Heretofore it has been Hitler's custom to speak, but London was skeptical and guessing that if he did it would accomplish little more than further depressing the home folk. "What can he say?” asked the London News Chronicle. WORDS NOT ENOUGH ’Words will not satisfy the Ger man people now.” Hitler’s whereabouts were not clear. A Moscow radio commentator said last night he was thought to be on the eastern front. Today’s German rumors, stem See HITLER Page 2 : Gen. Stilwell Says War With ^ I ; Japan To Last ‘A Long Time’ I . J WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. —W Trom the man who should know ' ;.en. Joseph W. Stilwell—comes i j uick sizing-up of the Japanesi war. r Says the new army ground force: 5 chief who is known as “Vinega: r Joe” and as ‘‘Uncle Joe”: s The war with Japan will last 5 “a long time.” r Japan won’t collapse inter nally before its defeat. The bulk of her army may r have to be engaged on the f Asiatic mainland, f The Japanese hirthrate is rapic that “we would have to kill 10,(MX ■ japs every wees 10 seep eveu. I Stilwell was asked at a news con ference yesterday whether the United States might be called upon to furnish the bulk of manpower to fight the Japanese. PRAISES CHINESE He reminded reporters of Gener alissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s promise of a . 5 counter-offensive and he praised the Chinese soldiers and officers. "The Chinese soldier,” he said, "when properly fed, clothed and trained, turns out to be as good See GEN. STILWELL Page t I l
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