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WEATHER N6rth Carolina—Mostly cloudy with little change in temperature, showers over coastal section today followed by partly cloudy and slightly colder tonight. —I The Hhelby Baily Him STATE THEATRE TODAY "HERE COMES THE WAVES" Bing Crosby — Betty Hutton Sonny Tufts — Also News CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 i VUL,. ALilll—oi AOOUOIA1 £jU 1>JCjVVO on.CiJ-.ru, ix. iviuixjJAi, r EjH. o, i^o rMJi UKilib SINGLE COPIES—6e Allies Cut Colmar Pocket In Two, Trapping Nazis Below Strasbourg Of Manila ,# ##*#***##*****## ******* Zhukov Moves His Army To Oder River Line Alone 140-Mile Front I ROER RIVER HEADWATER DAM CAPTURED Yonks Fighting 13 Miles inside Germany On Central Front LINE CUTTHROUGH PARIS, Feb. 5.—(^—Am erican tanks and French Mor rocan mountain troops cut the Colmar pocket in two today, trapping elements of perhaps three German divisions in the Vosges mountains south of Strasbourg. American tanks of Maj. Gen. Frank W. Mllburn’s 21st corps crashed down from south of Col mar while the Moroccans advanced from north of Mulhouse in a com bined gain of eight miles. The pocket, reduced to less than 200 square miles by midnight, was vir tually erased and the threat to Strasbourg from the south was erased. In the center of the western front where the American First army has penetrated the Siegfried line, Infantry captured one of the Roer river headwater dams and won high ground controlling another. The Americans were ftehtlng 13 miles Inside Germany In the Schnee Elfel—snow mountain—and were within a mile of Gemund and Schlelden, Siegfried line bastions at the eastern edge of the last west wall fortifications. Battle dispat ches said the line had been broken clear through between the German towns at a point 28 miles from the Rhine city of Bonn and 16 from the communications hub of Eusklr See ROER Page 2 DEATH CLAIMS MRS. LH. LUTZ Wall-Known Shelbian Died In Local Hospital Sun day Morning Mrs. Dona Patterson Lutz. 66, wife of T. H. Luts, died yesterday morning at 6:20 o’clock at the Shelby hospital following a long pvilVAi Ui A** Mltv OUUW««»»VVI a broken hip In a fall about two and one-half years ago but became seriously 111 only a few days ago. Funeral was being held this af ternoon at 4 o'clock from the home 204 Orover street with service be ing conducted by Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church, and Rev. J. W. Buttle. Interment was to take place in Sunset ceme tery. COUNTY NATIVE Mrs. Lutz, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Yancey Patterson, was a lifelong resident of Cleveland county and has a wide family connection. She was a devoted member of the First Baptist church. She is survived by her husband, T. H. Lutz; the following children, Mrs. Paul Wellmon, of Clinton, Mrs. Henry Overton, of Shelby; Mrs. Madge Beam, of Winston Salem; Mrs. Hunter Neisler, of Kings Mountain; Miss Sadie Lutz, of Shelby; also by 11 grandchilr dren. The following brothers and sisters also survive: S. C. Patter son, of Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Frank Limerick, of Anadarko, Okla.; C. C. Patterson, of Shelby; Dr, R. M. Patterson, of Concord and Miss Lillian Patterson, of Norfolk, Va. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—Junior Chamber of Commerce meets at Hotel Charles . 7:30 p.m.—Piedmont Council Boy Scout court of honor meets at court house. 8:00 pm.—Regular meeting of American Legion at Legion building. TUESDAY 7:30 p.m.—C. A. P. members meet at armory. Kaunas^ KONlGSBER kl^lnjferburgj^ Kolban Mananbur Grodno Stargard PRUSSIA Schnoidemuhl oruiX Pojnwi ,» jFnnklurtS \ **DeNB.URG '-, L S|S^-0,,^u* • Siadlc* POLAND GERMANY AOrotdon \ iRadom tajtochowa Mabr. Oitraw Tar now' Jaroila MamatS|?J fLITHUANIA s/ ff X.. .. . flo/^ic Sea statuti miks !m^/ GMEJQCf*-, \ > ( So1* iny* S ^ Bialyttok Homza , , !*/ BERLIN . Kuitrw Whtra Offensive Starftd Jan. 12 WHAT RUSSIANS HAVE GAINED IN THREE WEEKS —> The shaded area on this map shows territory tkken by the Russian army in the three weeks that have elapsed since the start of the Soviet winter offen sive on Friday, Jan. 12. Dates indicate the week-by-week movement of the battlefront. The heavy line at left represents the present front as described by Moscow. I ti a Air Offensive On Reich Is Continued RAF Bombers Smash At Bonn During Night, American Warplanes Over Austria Today LONDON, Feb. 5.—(IP)—Several hundred RAF heavy bombers smashed the railway center of Bonn in western Germany last night and the German radio reported today that American raiders were thundering over Austria in con finnatinn nf allied air offensive. Other Industrial and communica tions targets in the Ruhr valley were attacked last night in con junction with the assault upon Bonn, with both heavies and Mos quito bombers participating. There was no confirmation, however, of a German report that Berlin—target of a record breaking assault by 1,000 U. 8. Flying Fortresses Saturday—had again been hit. Reports filter ing through from Berlin via neutral sources Indicated that the Saturday raid had cut many vital rail lines feeding the east ern front, in addition to laying waste an area of two square miles in the heart of the city. Last night's raiders split into five separtae fleets over the con tinent, striking also at the Nord stern and Osterfeld benzol plants and at factory districts in Hann over and Dortmund. No fighter opposition was en countered, but five bombers were downed by flak. RAIL YARDS Bonn, on the left bank of the Rhine and on the main line from Cologne to southern Germany, has See AIR Page 2 TANK CRASHES GATE: Prisoners In Santo Comas Greet Rescuers Joypusly wnniv Avmny a vnujj. , MANILA, Feb. 5—(TP)—Liberty was a steel tank with a 75 mm gun for a torch and a white star on Its tempered flank. The driver slipped the clutch and Liberty Idled before the chain ed gate of this war prison which held—we prayed—some 3,700 men women and children of the United Nations. “Open up” roared the tank commander. No hand appeared to slip the gate’s bolts. "Open the goddam thing or * w vvwhih mmjiwmjp »uc turn* mander shouted. Again the order brought no response. Inside the prison a low specula* tive murmur had risen to a cres cendo of cries with overtones of fear, and doubt and hope. The prisoners sensed that this was not just another of the Inexplicable Japanese orgies. The voice be yond the gate was American and contained a resolution of its own kind. But the gate did not open. “Go on in,” the tank comman See PRISONERS Page a SEVEN WE AS TANKERSCRASH NEW YORK, Feb. 5. —m— At least seven men were reported kill ed and 50 to 60 Injured today when two tankers collided In New York bay, causing an explosion on one loaded with high octane gasoline. The navy public relations office said the Panamanian tanker Clio, In ballast, rammed the American tanker Spring Hill carrying the ga soline. The Staten Island medical ex aminers’ office said It was notified that seven persons were killed. Police had a similar report and said 50 to 60 were injured. Police said a third tanker caught fire, but the navy said it had no confirmation of the report. The fires were brought under control several hours after the eol lisloft, which occurred at 8:30 »jn. (EWT) off Stapleton, Staten Island. iwia vmmv ‘RESISTANCE’ Warn German People "Big Three" Will Urge Them To Desert By E. V. W. JONES LONDON, Feb. 5.—<JP)—German radio propagandists stepped up their campaign for last ditch re sistance today as reports that the “big three” conference already is under way gained general accept ance. The Berlin radio warned the Ger man people tha tthey could expect from President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier LONDON, Feb. 5.—</P)—The Berlin radio reported today that there was fear In Tokyo that Russia may enter the war against Japan as a result of the Big Three conference now generally believed to be in ses sion. Stalin a new appeal “to desert their present leaders’ and surrender. “But this time the Germans will not be taken in by this childish device,” the broadcast added. "There is only one slo gan—unconditional fighting. Seeking to stir up German fears of surrender, the Berlin radio Quot ed an officially inspired article ap pearing in alT German newspapers to the effect that Premier Stalin would demand the services of 4, 000,000 Germans to repair war dam age in Russia. RED DEMANDS “You may be sure the demand will soon be raised to 10,000,000,” the article added. “One can see that the annihila tion plans of our enemies are aim ed at forcing the German people at See NAZIS Page 2 Anti-Firecracker Law For Cleveland Sought A movement to have the anti-firecracker law, projected in Mecklenburg county, extend ed to embrace Cleveland coun ty and thus make It unlawful to pop firecrackers in this county made its appearance here today as leaders planned to confer with Senator Lee B. Weathers, who will be home for the weekend, to ask him to sponsor such an extension of the Jaw. REDS ATTACK FORTRESS CITY OF KUSTRIN Kustrin Outflanked On North By 18-Mile Sov iet Advance SECURITY”SILENCE By The Associated Press LONDON, Feb. 5.—Ger man and Russian guns dueled across the Oder today as Mar shal Gregory Zhukov moved First White Russian army tanks and infantry to the river line along a front of 14C miles, threatening to out flank Berlin through north Germany as well as in the south. The German high command said violent Russian attacks Were in progress against the Oder rivei fortress of Kustrin 40 miles east of Berlin. Latest official Moscow announ cements told of the capture oi Barwalde, 38 miles northeast o1 the German capital, in an 18-mil( Svance wUJfch, outfkrhkfd Kustrlj the north and placed Russia* spearheads within 45 miles of th< Baltis port of Stettin at the moutl of the Oder. Zhukov’s tanks thrusting fnwAPd in o threat in topple that port and circle Berlin on the north were trav eling in radio silence, Moscow said, but were believed to be cutting behind enemy groups and causing great damage. German accounts, far ahead ol official Moscow announcement! in that area, told of Red Arms penetrations to the area o: Schwedt, on the Oder, 28 mile! south of Stettin, and the regior of Pyritz, 22 miles southeast o: Stettin. FLANKING THREAT Simultaneously, Zhukov’s force in the Frankfurt bulge betweei the Oder and Warthe poised i southward flanking threat by th capture of Ziebingen, 13 mile southeast of Frankfurt and fiv miles from the Oder. German underground reports received in London said the Germans already were building flying bomb ramps 50 miles west of Berlin and facing the See REDS Page 2 Senator Hoey Will Spend Weekend Hert United States Senator Clyde E Hoey next weekend will pay hi first visit home since taking hi seat in Washington and will teacl his men's Bible class as usual a Central Methodist church, it wa announced today by C. Knox Har din, president of the Hoey class. Mr. Hardin said that a genera invitation is extended for the oc casion which he hopes will see th large classroom filled to gree Senator Hoey. Japs Report U. 5. Landing On Jolo In Philippines By The Associated Press An unconfirmed Tokyo broad cast today said 3,000 American | troops landed Jan. 18 on Jolo Island in the Philippines. Jolo is the largest of the Sulu group, lying midway between Mindanao and Borneo. The broadcast claimed that up to Jan. 27 the Japanese garri son on the island had inflict ed casualties on the landing party • “amounting to more than 300, the loss of one mountain gun, three amphibious tanks, and 20 bivouacs, which were de molished.” The broadcast, recorded by the Federal Communications Com mission said the Yanks brought ten tanks ashore. PRISONER OF NAZIS—2nd Lieut. Ralph P. Blanton, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Blanton, sr., of Mooresboro, is a prisoner of the German government according to ! word received today by his wife, the former Miss Ava Blanton, of Shel by. In service since November, 1942, he was pilot of a B-17 and had been unreported since December 5 when his co-pilot was listed as missing. KINGS MOUNTAIN WOMAN KILLED Mrs. Max Yarbrough Dies Of Injuries Sustained In Wreck Mrs. Maj Yarbrough, formerly of Kings Mountain, died in a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, last night at nine o’clock as a result of in juries received in an automobile ac . cident yesterday afternoon. She and her husband were enroute tc Camp Barkley, Texas, where Mr ! ' .rbrough was to be stationed, anc their automobile was sideswiped bj another vehicle. > Mr. Yarbrough, who is serving ir 1 the Army, was stationed at Cami \ Roberts, Little Rock, Arkansas anc | had beep transferred to Cami , Barkley, Texas. The couple, tra veling by autpmobile were just c few miles out of Little Rock whei the accident occurred. Both Mr. and Mrs. Yarbrougl were taken to a nearby hospita and Mrs. Yarbrough's father, Har vey Roberts, of Kings Mountain was contacted. He left immediately for Little Roek by train, but shortly after his departure a message wa; received that Mrs. Yarbrough wa; dead. Mr. Yarbrough’s condltioi ) was not learned, but he talkec • from the hospital in Little Rock ti Mr. Roberts after he had been ad' mitted as a patient. 5 Mrs. Yarbrough’s body will bi s brought to Kings Mountain anc i funeral arrangements will be madi t upon arrival. She was Miss Olivii 5 Roberts before her marriage to Ma: . Yarbrough. i Twelve Injured LANCASTER, PA., Feb. 5—m s Twelve persons suffered minor in t juries when the Iron City expres and locomotive and tender collid ed head-on two miles east of her early today, the Pennsylvania rail road announced. The express train’s electric en gine and the locomotive wer damaged, but no coaches were de railed and traffic was delayed on ly briefly, officials said. Manpower Legislation Runs Into Prospect Of Delays By FRANCIS J. KELLY r WASHING!^. Feb. 5.—(/P)—! Manpower legislation ran Into the | prospect of Indefinite delay today I when the senate military commit | tee reversed an earlier decision and ordered hearings. Chairman Ttiomas (D - Utah) said the committee voted 14 to 3 for “limited executive hearings.” He explained that by limited it was meant only invited witnesses would be heard. He said that Sec retary of War Sthnson, Undersecre tary Patterson and Navy Secretary Forrestal would be invited to testify trnn—w. The dicision to conduct hear ings was reached after the war department swung anew to the view that manpower controls should be placed under War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes. Asked if the closed hearings might be completed this week. Thomas said he did not think so but added the hope that they could be concluded "readily.” He said there had been no deci sion on what other witnesses might be called but that possibily repres entatives of labor, agriculture and See MANPOWER Page 2 RESISTANCE MEAGER: Half Of City Is Already In American Hands By The Associated Press GENERAL MacARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Feb. 5.—The Stars and Stripes flew over half of Manila to day and thousands of American and British civilian prison ers were free as Yank columns, including a new paratroop regiment landed to the south, pressed against little more than sniper fire toward complete liberation of the Philippine capital. First cavalry and 37th infantry division forces controlled the northern part of Manila a few hours after entering the city late Saturday night, and penetrated Sunday as far south as the wide and deep Pasig river, which divides the city. The first cavalry Yanks, in an encircling move by night, speared immediately to the Santo Tomas internment camp from the east and liberated about 3,700 civilian prisoners, mainly American women and children, held there since May L, ±2*4. Associated Press Correspondent C. Yates McDaniel reported that for 34 hours the lives of 270 of the internees hung in the balance as the Japanese camp commander bargained for a truce of safety for his men. A Blue Network broadcast said the truce was finally arranged and 65 Japanese soldiers were es corted to a mile from Santo Tomas and were released. Lucien L. Rock, former oil man, was quoted as saying the Japanese held the 270 intern ees, including two women and 35 children, in the Santo Tom as university education build ing until the exchange was a greed upon. Two of the chil dren were under 10. (The exchange was made at Monday noon, the report said.) First Cavalry units also seized Malacanan palace, former govern mental headquarters of the Phil ippine commonwealth, finding no Japanese officials, while Yanks of the 37th division entered the capi tal fj-om the north and pushed cautiously through the northern suburbs after capturing Grace Park airdrome. i See HALF Page 2 Jap Oil Targets On Sumatra Attacked Powerful British Naval Force, Including 4 Carriers, Strikes "Damaging Blow" [ KANDY, Ceylon, Feb. 5.—(TP)—A powerful British East Indies naval force which included the carriers Illustrious, ; Victorious, Indomitable and Indefatigable has struck “the most damaging blow” at Japanese oil supplies with attacks ; on southern Sumatra, southeast Asia headquarters announc ■ ea today. ( The first attack by carrier-borne planes was against the refinery at ' Palembang Jan. 25, a special com munique said. , The second attack against an j other Palembang refinery was four , days later, on Jan. 29. [ The Japanese heavily defended ; the installations with fighter air craft from several airfields, an in ner and an outer ring of antiair craft batteries and a balloon bar rage, and in the widespread fights ‘ of the first day 13 enemy fighters ' were shot down and 34 more de 3 stroyed on nearby airfields, the ' communique said. i Eight more were shot down on ' the second day and four others destroyed on the ground. Six more enemy planes were shot s down in the course of attacks on " the battlefleet, bringing the total See JAP Page 2 FIRES SET IN RAID ON KOBE 12 Left Burning Along Edge Of Mitsubishi Ship building Plant B-29 BOMBER HDQRS, Guam. Feb. 5.—iJP)—Returning pilots from the first Superfortress raid on Kobe, Japan, reported today that more than 34 fires were visible as they left the city. Twelve of the large ones were burning fiercely along the western edge of the Mitsubishi hevay in dustries which is primarly a ship building plant covering 10,200,000 sqaure feet and contaning 18 mam buildings. ; Other fires sprang up almost im mediately in the center of the city. Two others were seen in the most congested part of Japan's sixth larg est city, near the waterfront. OPPOSITION The sizeable force encountered moderate fighter opposition and moderate anti-aircraft defense* but no B-29s were lost in combat. One was ditched, however, on the long flight back to the Marianas but the crew was rescued. (Twentieth air force headquar ters in Washington said that three Japanese fighter planes were de stroyed, 10 probably destroyed and 29 damaged.) This is the third raid in force against Honshu since Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May took over the ever growing Superfortress force In the ^ Marianas. 1
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