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* WEATHER Partly cloudy and mild today and tonight, somewhat higher tempera tures over north central portion today. Thursday cloudy and lit tle change in temperature. Tshe Htxkihg Bang Him CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - “Experiment Perilous” Starring Hedy Lamarr — George Brent — With Paul Lukas VOL. XLI1I-39 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, FEB. 14, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5r IMPORTANT NAVAL BASE, TWO AIRFIELDS SEIZED # * * * * *.* * * * # * * # *,* * * * * * * * Reds Crash Th rough Nazis ’ Queis River Line, On Road To Dresden ALLIES REPEL DETERMINED NAZI COUNTERATTACKS CANUCKS GAIN SLOWLY IN DRIVE ON GOCH r Warmer Weather Slows Ground Action, Improv es Air Support MASSED ARTILLERY By The Associated Press PARIS, Feb. 14.—(JP)—'The Canadian First Army in a flanking threat to the Ruhr industrial valley advanced to day within a mile and a half of heavily fortified Goch, beating down with cannon and planes the most determin ed German counterattacks yet mounted on the northern front. Massed artillery firing from the dank recesses of the cap tured Reichswald forest roar ed incessantly at the seven crack German divisions op posing the Allied thrust be tween the Rhine and Meuse, through the northern end of the original Siegfried line. Wave after wave of rocket-fir ing typhoons flew low over the foe to hurl their deadly lances. With flamethrowers, tanks and bayo nets, the Canadian, British. Scotch and Welsh troops commanded by Gen. Henry Crerar advanced up to two miles in mud and icy flood waters of the Rhine northeast of Kleve. The Scots attacked with bagpipes skirling. Goch. meeting place of 11 roads and railways, was outflanked by the capture of Hasselt and Bed burg east of Kleve. Kellen and Griethausen fell. The nearest approach to Goch was a Welsh smash Into See CANUCKS Page 2 JAYCEESPLAN PAPER DRIVE Boy Scout Troops in Coun ty Will Cooperate; Two Sundays « Shelby’s Junior Chamber of Commerce Is making plans to launch an all out paper drive dur ing the month of March. They are asking the Boy Scout troops in the county to cooperate with them in making this the greatest drive conducted here. At a committee meeting held at the Cleveland Cloth Mill office yesterday the chairmen of the va rious paper drive committees dis cussed plans to pick up paper in the Shelby residential sections, the up-town district, and the county communities. Leaders of the many scout troops in Cleveland county will be contacted in the next few days by the Junior Chamber of Com merce to explain their duties in the drive and how they will bene fit financially by participating in it. The Scouts have, in previous drives, • offered their services in helping the Jaycees pick up waste paper, but they will have even a greater responsibility in the March drive, as they will be asked to canvass their respective communi ties urging the people to save their waste paper and instruct them in bundling separately magaz i n e s and newspapers. The up-town district is asked by See JAYCEES Page 2 Government Said Moving From Berlin LONDON, Feb. 14. — (JP)— The Paris radio, quoting German fron tier reports, said today, the Ger man government was moving from Berlin to Nuernberg, 225 miles of Berlin and 90 miles north of Mun ich. Nuernberg is in Bavaria many miles from the nearest Allied front but nearer the American than the Ruslan sector. TORNADO FLATTENS HOMES IN MONTGOMERY OUTSKIRTS—Shattered, flattened homes lie in an outlying residential district at Montgomery, Ala., after a tornado swept through Feb. 12, killing at least 17 negroes and eight white persons. The main part of the city was missed by the storm’s center. GERMANS PROBE ALL1EDUNES Action On Italian Front Confined To Patrol Clashes ROME, Feb. 14—(M—The entire Italian front subsided Into minor patrol clashes and artillery duels today, with the Germans probing more actively at Allied lines. A Brazilian platoon with artil-1 lery support raided an enemy-held hill a mile east of Gaggio, 29 miles southwest of Bologna, and engag ed the Nazi defenders In a sharp clash, Allied headquarters announ ced. South of Bologna an enemy patrol was driven from Montecal deraro and a small party was captured near Frasslnet. In the Tyrrhenian coastal sector. Ameri can tanks made a demonstration which drew enemy fire in the vi cinity of Gallicano. Similar activity was reported In the Eighth Army sector. A Ger man combat patrol was repulsed with losses in an attack on an Al lied outpost on the east side of the Senlo river north of the Bologna Faenza highway. Meanwhile, the Allied com mand's reports noted a number See GERMANS Page 2 City Election To Name Two Aldermen In May 8 Voting With less than 60 days remain ing for filing of candidacies in the off-year city election, in which aldermen from Wards One and Four will be named in balloting May 8, little interest appeared to day as yet the forthcoming spring municipal campaign. Neither of the incumbents, Al dermen Tom Moore and J. F. Led ford, has filed as yet for re-election nor has any other candidate filed with Miss Reeves Forney, city Filing deadline is April 12. The two aldermanic posts carry four-year terms. Debt Limit Likely To Reach 300 Billion Dollars Soon By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.—(A>)— Congressional fiscal leaders bit their lips today as they conceded that the national debt limit will have to be boosted to $300,000,000, 000 very shortly. But they foresaw a chance to start whittling it down not later than two years after the war, pro vided, as one of them put it, "the people wake up.” Confronted with legislation to add another $40,000,000,000 stretch to the present debt lim it of $260,000,000,000, the chair Liquor Referendum Bill Is Introduced Measure Calls For Vote On Sale Of Alcoholic Bever ages Six Months After War RALEIGH, Feb. 14.—(fP)—A bill calling for a referen dum six months after the war on the sale of alcohol, brandy, whiskey, gin, beer, ale, porter and wine of more than one half of one per cent alcoholic content, was introduced today in tne legislature. Its sponsors were Senators Rose of Cumberland, Matheny of Ruth erford, Weathers of Cleveland, Barker of Robeson and others. The bill bore the endorsement of J Governor Cherry, carrying out his I campaign pledge, and the Allied i Church League of North Carolina.! “This a tide shall be liberally construed to the end that the use of intoxicating liquor as a beverage may be prevented,” the bill said. "Liquor for non-beverage purposes and wine for sacramental purposes may be manufactured, purchased, sold, bartered, transported, import ed, exported , delivered, furnished and possessed.” It would declare unlawful the ad vertisement of any beverage named in the bill. , SEIZURE Any person transferring such be verage shall be liable to have it and his vehicle seized and sold. Pos session would be prlma facie evi dence that the liqubr is for sale. See LIQUOR Page 2 WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—Officers and teach ers of First Baptist church meet at the church. 7:30 p.m.—Presbyterian pray er meeting at church. 7 :30 pun.—Fellowship hour at Central Methodist church. 7:45 p.m.—Mid-week prayer and praise service at First Bap tist church. THURSDAY 7:00 p.m—Regular meeting of Kiwanis club at Hotel Charles. 7:30 p.m. — C.A.P. members meet at armory. 7:30 p.m.—Special communi cation Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. at Masonic Tem ple for work in third degree. man and the ranking Repub lican member of the house ap propriations committee joined in demanding sharp curtail ment of all government spend ing. The debt now stands at $234, 000,000,000. A month before Pearl Harbor it was . $35,000,000,000. NECESSARY Chairman Cannon (D-Mo), who heads the group through which all appropriation bills must pass, said it was "a matter of regret” See DEBT Page 2 BABY FLATTOP HAS BEEN SUNK Ommaney Bay, Which Helped To Save Leyte Beachhead, Lost WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—f/P)— The Ommaney Bay, one of the in trepid . “baby flattops” which de fied a Japanese battleship force and saved the Leyte beachhead last October, has been sunk. A rookie in the Pacific fleet, the escort carrier since last June had tallied this imposing record against the Japanese: A heavy cruiser and a troop transport sunk, four cruisers and four destroyers damaged, three battleships probably damaged, 16 planes shot down, other planes de stroyed on the ground, troops wip ed out with bombs, ground installa tions smashed. She fought through three inva sions—Palau, Leyte and Minodor. In the Philippine area, the navy announced, she was sunk by enemy action. The minesweeper Long also was lost. The number of casualties was not disclosed: their next of kin have been notified. Both com manders were saved. The Ommaney Bay was the 10th U. S. aircraft carrier and the fifth of the “baby flattop” class sunk in this war. The losses hiked the total of warships sunk to 209. Japan Will ‘Not Reject Any Hand That Offers Peace* LONDON, Feb. 14.—(A5)—A Tokyo radio commentator told the world today that it is Japan’s policy "not to reject any hand which of fers peace.” The commentator made his asser tion during a discusion of the decisions announced by the “Big Three” at the Yalta conference. “The American plan of world domination is clearly recognizable,’ the broadcaster said. “The only way to reestablish peace in the world is by a just policy as outlined by Foreign Minister Shigemitsu. “Shigemitsu’s principle is nol to reject any hand which offers peace.” OTHER UNITS ENTER JUNCTION CITY OF SORAU Konev's Forces Threaten To Split Germany Be low Berlin ZHUKOV MASSES MEN LONDON, Feb. 14.—0P)— Red army troops have crash ed through the Germans’ Queis river line less than 68 miles from Dresden, a Mos cow dispatch said today, and Berlin declared armored units to the north had broken into Sorau, junction city 83 miles southeast of Berlin. Marshal Ivan Konev’s forces hitting westward “in a sensational threat to split Germany asunder south of Berlin” were approach ing the upper Neisse river, which runs about 50 miles from Dres den, a direct Moscow dispatch de clared. The German high command said Konev’s armor, beating northward toward a junction with other Red Army men a long the Oder east of Berlin, had broken into Sorpu, eight miles northwest of Sagan and across the Bober river. Sorau is five miles inside Berlin's province of Brandenburg. The Swiss radio uoted German sources as saying Konev already had lunged to Sommerfeld, 13 miles northwest of Sorau, and within 17 miles of a junction of Marshal Gregory Zhukov's troops See OTHER Page 2 Poland May Be Test Case For Big Three Plan By FLORA LEWIS WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. — (#)— Historically-troubled Poland emer ged today as the first crucial test of the Big There formula for li berated Europe. The Allied commission establish ed in Moscow is empowered to "select a new provisional govern ment (for Poland) and prepare for an election,” in the words of War Mobilizer Byrnes. Byrnes provided a first-hand ac count of the momentous Roosevelt Stalin-Churchill conference short ly after his flying return from Yalta in the Crimea. He told a news conference the idea behind the declaration on liberated Europe was to show everyone they can’t “play off one big power against another." The pledge of major Allied unity should “act as a deterrent and prevent acts of violence,” Byrnes said. For this reason, the Allies don’t expect that they will have to set up commissions similar to the one on Poland for other coun tries. OBJECTIONS The exiled Polish government in London has already voiced its ob jections to the Big Three decision moving Poland’s eastern boundary westward and promising recognition to a reorganized and unified gov ernment in Poland. According to Byrnes, however, the See POLAND Page 3 SERVED AS CHAIRMAN; FDR Expected To Report To Nation On ‘Big'Three’ Parley WASHINGTON, FeD. 14—(/F)— President Roosevelt may report directly to Congress and the na tion on the accomplishments and far-reaching significance of his meeting with Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill. He is reported to be greatly cheered by the agreements reached on both military and political issues. Associates con sider it likely that he will want to tell the American people himself, when he gets home, how these agreements can shorten the war and contrib TO SPEAK HERE LARRY ALLEN LARRY ALLEN TO SPEAK MARCH 16 Joycaes Arrange '-Engage ment As Benefit For Youth Center Arrangements were being com pleted this afternoon by Doris Bolt, president of the Shelby Pun ior Chamber • of Commerce, to bring Larry Allen, celebrated war correspondent, to this city March 16 for a lecture as a benefit event for the projected Youth Center. Time and place of the lecture, which will bring to Shelby one of the outstanding reporters of this war, will be announced within the next few days and committees for handling the ticket sale will be shaped at the Jaycees meeting next Monday night. 17 WHTTEMEN GO TO BRAGG Curtis Gilmore Sanders, Sr., Leader Of Group Leaving Today A contingent o{ 17 white men from the Shelby draft board left via bus this morning for induction into military service at Fort Bragg. The class was headed by Curtis Gilmore Sanders, sr., as leader. Comprising the ‘group were: Isaac Walker. Joseph Astor Anthony. Odell Thrift. James Samuel Towery. John Erie Tessineer. Curtis Gilmore Sanders, sr. Lester P. Lail. Carrell Propst. Dow Charles Southard. Ralph Orville Putnam. Paul Walker. Lewis Childers. Ralph Montgomery Wallace. James Robert Wilson. Bill Eugene Gold. Billy Edwin Ledford. Howard Lee Addington. Jene Downs Hambright. ute to an Atlantic marter peace. First hand information on the historic Big 3 gathering in the Crimea came, meanwhile, from James F. Byrnes, War Mobilization director, who arrived yesterday from the Crimea and met news men. Byrnes - said he hoped that Mr. Roosevelt would make a radio broadcast or address Congress. FDR CHAIRMAN He disclosed that the President had acted as chairman of the meeting and proposed two of the agreements — those on liberated CAVITE TAKEN TUESDAY: Battle Of Manila Is In 12th Day, End In Sight Says MacArthur MANILA, Feb. 14.—(/P)—Grim Yanks, advancing among ruins strewn with bodies of the foe, loosed the decisive blow for Manila today at Japanese cornered in a three square mile area near the Pasig river’s mouth after other doughboys on the southern outskirts seized Cavite naval base and two airtieids. “The end of the enemy's trap ped garrison is in sight,’’ Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced on the 12th day since his columns en tered the city, which since has be come the most devastated battle field of the southwest Pacific cam paign. Doomed to be added to the more than 68,000 enemy casualties in flicted on Luzon Island in five weeks, the Japanese survivors with in Manila are massed behind thick walls of the centuries-old Intra muros, within government build ings and among docks. Cavite, on the south shore of Manila*Bay, fell Tuesday. The last Rising Sun warrior was killed at Nicholas airfield near the city’s southern outskirts, ending five bitter days of strug gle. Nielson airfield, on the southeast, was cleared of the foe. Most of the enemy’s big guns within Manila have been silenced. Thousands of Japanese have died here, adding heavily to casualties which during the fifth week of the Luzon campaign exceeded 20,000. Every Yank knows the last Nip ponese will fight as long as there is one man left with a gun. Ene my troops man the thick walls and fill the narrow streets of the In tramuros (walled city), built bv the Spanish who founded Manila in 1571. STREET FIGHTING Thirty Seventh division infantry men of Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beight ler, using flamethrower, rifle and bayonet, moved on the Intramurcs i after a slow push through streets and alleyways, over and around wrecked houses, churches, hospitals and cemeteries. Many Japanese yet to be added to the casualty lists are buried in the debris. The First Cavalry division of Maj. Gen. Vern D. Mudge which crossed the Pasig on the eas tern edge of Manila and skirt ed the devastated battle pit of the 7th, plunged all the way west to Manila Bay yesterday See BATTLE Page * Dresden Gets Rain Of U. S., RAF Bombs City Is In Path Of Advancing Russian Troops; Nerve Center of Central Reich LONDON, Feb. 14.—(/P)—More than 2,250 U. S. bomb ers -and fighters struck Germany in widespread attacks to day, delivering a main blow at Dresden which was already burning from a night assault by 800 heavy RAF bombers. iJICOUCU ao U1*V **** *VU from advancing Russian troops, and is a nerve center of Nazi defenses in Central Germany. The day and night air blows were in direct and coordinated support of Marshal Ivan Konev’s First Ukrainian army. The RAF bombed Dresden twice in attacks three hours apart. Announcing the night oper ations, the British air minis try declared: “As the center of a railway network and a great industrial town it (Dresden) has become of the greatest value for con ducting any defense the Ger mans may organize against Marshal Konev’s armies.” Altogether the RAF dispatched 1,400 aircraft to Germany during the night. Other targets were a synthetic oil plant at Bohlen, south of Leipzig, objectives at Magde burg, 75 miles southwest of Ber lin, and the railroad towns of Nuernberg, Bonn and Dortmund. All the night operations were at a cost of 16 bombers missing. BOMBERS OVER Soon after breafast this morn ing the German radio began in terrupting its programs every few See DRESDEN Page 2 areas anu uie uuiuuiti iua waits voting issue—which were announ ced in Monday's communique. The Dumbarton Oaks decision, like many others arrived at, re mains temporarily secret, but it cleared the way for the April 25 United Nations conference at San Francisco. That date, Byrnes in dicated, may reflect important es timates of future military develop ments by the Big Three. He expressed conviction that it had nothing to do with Russia's I See PRESIDENT Page 2 GUAM REVEALED AS FLEET BASE Marines And infantrymen Still Clearing Out Last Japs U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Guam, Feb. 14.—UP) —Marine and army patrols—some times armed with guns and some times with loud speakers—are clearing out the last few hundred Japanese from this island which Fleet Adm, Chester W. Nimitz an nounced today as his advance head quarters. Nimitz said several weeks ago he had moved from Pearl Harbor to a “forward area" to keep ud with the war marching westward ly toward Japan. Guam, long mentioned as the site of the new headquarters, also is the base of Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May's 21st bomber command which dispatches Superfortresses from the Marianas Islands to the Japanese homeland. SNIPER BULLETS At this headquarters “You can get a sniper bullet from almost any area of the island," said Col. Shel ton C. Zern, operations officer for the island commandant, Marine Maj. Gen. Henry Larsen. Such fire however usually comes only during darkness or in unpopu lated jungle areas. “Our patrols are gradually fer reting out these people," said Col onel Zern. “Sometimes, too, the need for food drives Japanese stragglers to our camps or supply points. Then the camp guards get them." Some Japanese on Guam are in good health and well adjusted to jungle-hiding. Others are emaciat ed. “Most of them are scantilt* arm ed," said Zern—"sometime! on« rifle to four or five men."
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