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a.ss.m-iati-:i» i-ickss. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY G, 1943
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IAN DRIVE ENGULFS SIX MORE CIT
National And State Law Making Bodies Convene
Raykirn
Sounds Note
House Speaker Re
portedly 1 ells Caucus
that Congiess No
Longer Would Yield
to 'Bureaucrats' and
'Must Reassert Itself'
\\ .i.-l-iiij/lon. .Ian. <> - (AI' |
I he /.•II Ii I i illJJIVH.s n| ;t iiil
ti"ii i i' live |irn|i|»'.> convenes
tmlay consecralt'ti I<> victory at
aims lo prcscrv<• that freedom,
t It 11 i 1 ;i 1*1»I divided nil home
lr-'iii |>olic\ .eml uncertain of
t!ie i|ii• ami detail of the peac '
to f • si low the war.
'I hi- lirst M'svimi opens imi a
note ol m II-assertion. with Huilse
S|ii'.ikrr ita.vhurn of Texas rr
poitcdly telliiiK a Ocniorr.ttie
CitiiCHs lli.M Colic l ess no longer
would \ield lo "bureaucrats" an.I
that I'oisuress "must reassert it
self."
A d winU* li.n m'liiy ill the .'Kl
in. ri Ii n |i !l> ■ i.iril; in the l)«il
.mi-. :!• in-ill..ii likewise hliisteii
.•l •inire;niei:iey" and "waste." ami
called I'oi 11..•«i\ c.tansies in wartiine
Si'v eminent npi : ation all imintniK
in i'li^Ii ami iiiildy bitter days
a lie; d i \V;i-hillKton.
{'resident ISoosevelt. in an ad
dli'.s thai may vie in import
ance with Ids mos-H"?"*
war on the avis, will appear he
lm »• a joint sc-isiitn ol' the Senate
and llnii*e tomorrow to report
on the -I.ill- ol' the l iiiiiii.
!-'••• i U-..::eiy i ".peel him to deal
in! mily witis llit• progress ol the
ii nil it. .i. .1 di'i-.i- lie problems. hilt
In fiive -n:t i clue In Ills ideas nil
tii [ii•:ice In h'llow. .ii tin- writir.;*
■ il . ii lids ('■ ni;t e-- ii. .ij take a
plac.- in v\ iild history.
Cm; leaders wi'i'c expect
eii In r. v. .lh Mi Itim c. ell
lnd.i> i i; the text hi in- message,
and it w.i '.imtcrstiHid •"•me wo.dd
him It iii -i.:|i any prujiosals l"l'
ecu ity rcvi.-ion «»r oxjmiii iwn>
Cut .' II il : pi i.pi.-1! mils III
■ iirtin •• i ii'.h! cause 111 imncees
,-ar\ li:;iil that ".'j'-llit (li-rupl the
eiiliii i- >ii11-s-iniiiil program."
Demos Keep
Control
Rayburn Is Elected
Speaker by 217-206
Vote Over IVLartin; Mc
Cormack Demo Leader
Wiisliiiiulun. .Ian. It—(AIM —
Itv llir slimmest margin in a iloc
ado, Democrats kept control of
I Ik- llonsc and returned Sam
Kaylittrn of Texas lo (he speak
ership today in orcani/hiK (tie
<S(ii Coneress for President
ICoosoveH's report tomorrow on a
year of war and the way lo vic
tory.
Speaker Kaylnirn lold a cherring
h«Hi e that when victory at war i>
vmi "this lime there must be nn
t«>i>|>i111* until the vandalism and
par,mis'ii nf Merlin. Home and Tok
vo are wiped Iroin the faee of the
'world."
I! ivIhii" defeated Itepresentativc
.lo enh Martin. Massachusetts Re
publican. who, as a result of the
outcome. aiito'iiatie.illy heeame the
niii'oriiv leader. K<'|ire-<'ntutive Me
('oriiaek, another May State law
uiater, was renamed Democratic
floor le.idei at a party caucus yes
lei 'lay.
'I'm vote tor speaker: Rayburn
21, M irl 20f>. on strict party lines.
'.!!■ lies were jammed to capacity
m li'ith the Senate and Mouse, with
I1 waiting lines at the doors.
The Senate's first ncffllofl lasted
o\ac'ly 3d minutes, with <10 menibcr
i>'( cut It was largely devoted t<i
• I e wearing in of new and re-elected
members Anion:! the firsT senators
worn in wa« .losiah W. Bailey,
North Carolina Democrat.
With a larger membership and
r ue routine to he followed, the
II u-e co'ilfl not complete its- first
(!. >■'. doings so <|uickly.
NAZIS STRAFE OWN WOUNDED IN TUNISIA
Alloiiti^li (lie lied Cross -.in-i was elearl> visible on I .«• side of tliK ambulance it was strafed liy a German
Junkers KK <ni a road >ii Tunisia. lrci*ii-;<IIv. the ambulance carried wounded (irrnMii prisoners to tin
rear lines tor treatment. Tin* driver «a- Killed and found t>.v the door lie tried to open when the atl irk
rami'. .Major William Yarl>orou*:ii ot Seattle. Washington. French liaison officer with Hie I . S. lories
in Africa, stands w ith rifle as the (ii'inuii nrisoner■. remove tiieir comrades from Hit* anihulaine.
Allied Planes Blast Rahaul
Nine Months
Bill Offered
Measure to Provide
Longer School i erm
Introduced as Legisla
ture Organizes
IS;ilciKli. Jan. (>.—(AD—A liili
to set up a statewide nine
months sellout term, indorsed l>>
both major political parties, was
introduced in (lie house today as
the North Carolina legislature
rapidh organized in near per
fect harmony.
Tlie measure. introduced by Kep
iesentsitive Cuss ot Forsyth, would
lengthen the |>ulilic school lei ii ,
tin- pre-cut Kin diivs t• • liSo day.-. i.ut
would he optional. The Stale an-l
(oiiiity htsircl- til t>tlik*;i1>ii u- iilti lie
authorized tn detci mine whether trie
Iinittcr term would be ad\ isable.
Sinne sections. particularly i.( mi.!,
legions. contend the iiiiic-iinuitii
term would serinii.sly mtertere w it;
I >i < •< Itn-t ii in. especially inti meic i
• i .sluolajte lit Inlivi
M iHiey nut u.M'd wniilil l" returned
to the treasury for opci.Htoii <>l
: ciiool the followititt y .11
I .i<-n ■ i-na n I (ioveriior Harris
announced that Senator II. I'.
Taylor of Aiisnii would head the
appropriations committee and
Senator Thomas 0'ltrrr.v ot
Wayne the finance coiiiuiittce.
The opening praver in tin .en it
Wiis delivered by i>r. Km re-1 *
Fee/.or, linlcigh I•;ipti l in. e t• • i .i :
Ihiit in I tic* hour bv |Ji < II I'm
liiiin. .mother It.ileiith ISapti ' >■ ■
i.ster.
Itcprcsciitalive Ken noniiii.ili i
lleprc sunt;iti\e Tiiyloi ot \V.i.vi>>
elected spejikcr ol the hou-e Ml I ■
ten over Itcprc.-enlidive A I. I*•
li.uidolph Mcpiililicau. v ii"
nominated by ltepreseiitaii\•• si ny
ot Wilkes. Senaloi 1'iice, lion.. ■ • < • I
ji> president protein of the en.He
by Senaloi llallciitinc ot V ; • •. v. a
without opposition.
Canned Juices
And Butter
Supplies Cut
Washington. .Inn. <• tAI') Am
erica's armed forces and her jilltcs
jiit going to get III' per cent ol (no
tuition's iiotithly production of
creamery butter ,uid virtually all of
the canned citrus juices.
The new government order, eflee
tive February I. is expected to sef
j,side about SKl.fMMi pounds of butter
this year for war requirements, leav
ing about I.IIMl.tMHi.ttltU for civilian*.
Secretary of Agriculture Wiekjird
said that the curtailment would per
mit eivilijins about 13 pounds of l>n(
tcr cjich in Ifll.'l as compared with
jin estimated per capital consumption
ol 11! pounds last year.
In reserving production ol ail
citrus juices, except non-conccntt at
ed grapefruit juices, for war needs,
Wickard declined his order will not
tujilct uilly aflecl civ ilian supplies.
Auto Driving Eight Vessels
For PI —- jr*L 1 -i
• /. t j •
is Out
Wellington.
I a*' i>i(■<*•- ni
linn ti>«ta.\ (ml:
lirh ini; i».v mil
"( " gasoline i;
Alia!:'*- i-.'iiii:
the ('iliiiriliiliu
lions us (lit- |i
to comply.
'llic aid ol
and municipal
agencies in Ihi
aiul District o
iiu aski'il to
got eminent in
uii' driving. In repiirtinK viola
!i<>iis to local ration boards or
lco.il OI'A ollircs.
•' I lie iiri'si'iHT ol' p.issniRCV
cars at any gathering for pur
po>cs ol sport or ainnscini'iil will
lie taken as evidence tliul gaso
line rations and tires arc being
dissipated ncedlcssl* and ille
sall.iOI'A said. "Tin.1 hail on
pleasure driving will also apply
In driviii:: li: purely social en
gagements."
siiiniltaiieoiis!.\. OI'A declared
luel Mil iicaliiic rations of all
buildings cvcipt lliose used lor
n siticuli.il purposes in llic east
it until lie "cut sii'islautiully
within (lie next '! I liours." No
dclails were Riven.
Potato Trial
Witness Heard
| WiImmi. Jan. li (AC i The gov
ciiiiMdil |>!:• iii>< >1 to |i-cut .i<Mi
lioiKtl testimony lod.iy m I S. di>
Irict niiiit hen- in it- i !•> t t«t coii
\ il l l:t r*<11 |><>1,111>«ms 11 in Mi iti<liiri
tial-.nl ch.n ge.x nl violiit the S'ter
m.in anti-lrnst jicl 'ii dealing in
IMit.itm- in North C.ii- i ill* ilui»ii.i
and Maryland.
(»nly I wo vilite • \ • <• examined
yesterday They v. cie Ualph W.
Merger. seel clary "I " <• (iie.it At
lantic .mil Pacific 'IV i Co., ami as
sistant secretary "I the Atlantic Com
mission Co.. and A It. Green of
Chtirchland. Va.. .1 potato producer.
Merger testified that as far as lie
knew there \va ii" connection he
I I ween I lie Atlanta Commission Co
' and the other dciendants.
firoen testified operating
through "e Mlatil.e Commission
Norfolk \'.. . "Iiieo and of at
Mending .1 cetiim •( growers and
extension depart ment officials ;i1
Norfolk which he *»lcl was Attended
hy reprc-cntali'. e- •! the Atlantic
Ciini Co and ollwr product
dealers.
wfathcr
FOR NORTH CAROLINA,
ISisiiiK temperature tonight
and early Thursday with light
rain or sitnw beginning in fho
motitilaiii.s early Thursday.
; '..',11 lU'l'l 111 III'- StllllllV.I'M r.It lilt.
Ill iili ;"ill.llnll Ii.tij. Ill slll|i|)inu . 111 -
'nrd nudri lti< ,11'Wi' t 1 i|ti\\-~ til iIn
. I.ll'l'i i V.illlll Il.tVt i»«■»-II lllilUlllK
i i.\ili;uil. I'.ipit.il '.i New lirifiiiii ts
| I.Hill, tin Iilijl-I M\'C "•! lliluontl.llfli
| ::lliit'kn i\t i illi't* tin' SiiloilllH) is
I l.illd- it:<>;iiu> 'ipi'lM-ll riic diri-rt
hit w.i- Mti .1 ill ivi'i leii'lri AI'MIK
Kit' iirr \\;i. i do li >iit'll
misfit h;r i- l>i (liniM^i'il
The 1'iuiil ■ • ships v.cif iiii'i'
1 i ll.Ill' v <• I'l
' (tin* I*imilri'pMi ti'il I".I nit
Ihr 111 "4111 li .l;i|>'iiii ' pi -11 if -
n'l'll' llii'.' lift) 'U-'i I lii;M i'l ilmlll
• i iln/'-ti ii rd In 111• 11• |»i Hit
: .it.Hi..
SIX PERSONS KILLED
■ BY BLAST IN CHIC AGO
CliiriK". ! 'i - ( Al' I Six pi'l
; " i'.i'i 11id 111• • i < in I mi
injun >1 in <ii id i • \ 111 pel in i
l» V. 1111:; .ill 'lie In ii 1111 i(k'
• I il.i i'ii ' nmln ulil
M i'iy i>l 2IH1 | i.i I run... wll<>
('•irii.td twt v.cii' l>l"wn
Hi i : ..i i d' the I "i i i' "l I he
1 I.I,i.-!.
S-'i i «• \1. • • Anthony M'lll.moy
i f ln-i ti ll 1 liiuc ;il >1 in linn
Harmonious
Legislative
Meet Seen
Nominations Run True
to Predictions, With
K.err Named House
Speaker and Price
Nominated Senate
President Pro Tern
Raleigh, Jan. — (AI') —
North ( arolina's I|:i General
Assembly launched into the leg
islative urind at ii'h in today
with the election of officers
nominated in I>t moeratie cau
cuses last ni^ht.
Tin* bii'ieii.il session convciird
I'ollowini; a prediction li.v Liru
tenant Governor It. I.. Harris, the
senate's presiding officer, that
the legislature would eomplete
its work within 50 days.
Harmony marked the house and
enate caucuses last night, and Rep
resentative lahby Ward of Craven
ex pre sed the hope that the harmony
displayed at the Dee oeratie meetir.jj
wolil'i prevail through the session.
Nominations ran true to prc
nenv nredietions. John II.
il
v I.
n
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lo
A
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. 11 >
fns
not
R«
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i* > $-> * * *"*■ j[
Miners Out
Factional Disp
Over Increase in Ur.
Dues Halts Work
Pennsylvania Mines
Wilkes-Ham'. I'a.. Jan. •>
( M'(—Nine thousand miners r
in.lined away from tlieir .jobs i
nine of the largest collieries i
the Pennsylvania mine ficl:R in
day in a factional dispute center
inn around a 50 cents a month
increase in union dues.
Tlie iimvcinenl. condemned hv '■
I'nited Mine Worker.- A"
de\ i li>pe<l when • I>»■ I'MU aii'l
operators worked • i a plan to
I'll m e plod .rt ion to i war !.•«•«) i
accordance with i ic<|ue I ti .||i
fuel- ('••nrdill.ltol lekes
Seven rollierie.s weiv closed <nd
operatio- - in two others, v hull
Were -in i ounded liv picket .
cm tailed
Unofficial Legislative Groups
Convene As Assembly Meets
Mul Dispatch Itiimiu
In lli- Sir Waller Hotel.
Itv nw NISIIKT.
Halei«h.
rfl (11 ,ni
I'll In ith Ih
lily la.-' ii
• lien -ki'lt '
Icelion ill i
! .iikI i'miM'i'
11<*n w ill in
1 men! • >1 \\«•
• < • eneral scin
'I today pi'ifeetid
nil/.,it inns willi :.e
i ml: "I liwrs, clerks
I'lii' two
rii« oi u.iiii/.i
••'cl with <i|i|Minit
iiiliilinttccs In In*
announced v •«• fl.iys prob
ably rmlil .i. ernor's nus
>;ih«' i- ii'i rni I .ii noon Thursday.
The Hin(I ii 1 coiniMisod nf Hie
lobbyists. rl ■< n't filed regular or
jMiit/aikmi t it .derail members
ore on the I I ■ bin -i\" n| the
gr»ll|) v\ ei i • I'll II ''videiuc Mon
diiv nifiht .inn T e»iliiy
The but v si.»11> has Brown Id
eight. jiihI tlx re .ire other additions
oi members just it* cffectlvo but us—
| (I.illy if:... ( • -pilloll Tin big six
group is eoini -ed ' I U II.nd Howell.
| i ('presenting l ie retail inorchnnt.s:
Hurry Hiicliansin. representing the
'moving pieiui< 111(I• i'i > C A. Kink,
pie.-ldl'll' <>l tin* I itl ! "• M« I |< -II of
Labor. S.im lllniinl. In the l»eei in -
I torosts. * • 11 r; u-I Sp.oui-1. t«>1 IM.') 11)1
<-11111 prorliKt . .iri< 1 K: kmc Snnlli,
l«»i" inlor-eiiy I'i In.' Also Ix-I'ini'.
inu to the top-iwleliei . lute arriving
11>iiI liiiiiiitiriit h c\|«. « ic <1. ik Krrfi
Hownian. wlin |ihii\ I lor llic iwii
I tlciN mid il; iu:o -i •. Mi'M. Howie
■ i'luuMiiN I'MTiiti\c -oeretary ol Iho
.iiltomolnlr ilisilei*, I.iy- on the Job
I hw 52 trivk* a yciiI AliHinfl IIIher
l;1111111.11 I,hi .tit- .liiliii ("affev. re
I»»•«• 'iiii'iu (In wiik' industry. .iikI
It l> (Hub) Cnlen ;ili o| Champion
Fiber. Ioi tin |>iil|>w "ii.l unci paper
folkn.
There will It do/j ii i| '-Ili< i lull.
I»yi t> on tin- >eene dining the legis
lative -c-sioii Some ol tlii'in may
>eek .-.penal privilege* lor lliclr
( III Ills; some ill tlu'in limy lint l>r
of thi' highest type ol eiti/enxhip;
moKt of Ihcm w ill be lionot(iblc and
piitriolic men and homuii. eoneern
, cd only about .i scpiare deal and
I equitable distribution ol the State
((.'out illlieil on Page Five.)
KO's 2 Nazi Planes
('apt. (ivii'.'f ]» M ' almve) of
I,illl«* IJock, Ail . M'-upcratiii^
from shrapi»< ' \\ ivr< ivc*<t in
an nit* bat: I.- ;»i downed
two \a*/.i »•$■»». ami !•
Sf|ua<M nn sir : . v«*n M< •
nchmifts nv i i•.i• Marl»l<*
aitli-M. wi • jt w:».i lu'ld
l» l liiail... t in.' ; • :» ni<*
(I V
Cciir
A
L.
I -a.
for L
Speedy -
II. <».
(i*ii;iiiI fio\irnni'
itviii«* lijs enniniittei
in*-nltoday. apparently ,
i ""is upon the senate llie
.i!\ I'ur s|ii'c(l> emisiilerulio »•'
leri>-l:ilive mailers, \ormail.v.
•mi!i ippoiiitiiirnls jire not ma lie I
"I'lii a il.iv mi In after the I
si;iri nl tlie session.
!h< lulled . ( (l.'M iiK'ii "i • I
I!, lit"
II.,111.
il I >i11»|>i>;
l"llli 'in i.f
Noted Negro
Scientist Dies
Tusk. l.i .1 .11 «> (AIM Dr.
( ifi.l nc I '.II i .1 . -ill (>|
Ni'KIii !.. • I'll .it ilVIIM' •
I'll! I.. U... • ' |li I. 5 • 1111. UmV
mi* In ii "l.i • it 11' ;iki 1
ciilliii..i <■<■"• \
De-pile in ii i>Ii .'minium. In
iH'I'tlll l mil '• ' l I..'nil - UlCIllrst
i I(• 1111s' in lii field >1 .i^i it'll 11IIr;it
chcmlilr.v <li in. ••mitillosi iiwh
11 ir I ii 11 iv i -Hi ■ :i ji ■ lint- . 11 )• I He
i \ «*l« »| ■ I •; u Iiii'ii ' • ciinir eieiiil 111 ill
Milium.
1)1. (in. ri III', el knew I In* d.ile
I nf his birth mi .i fiirn ill Diiimotid
(Ii iiM M ■ Im; '• In-1 ■ in <*<! ii Ii. lie
ill >< >111 IHfil 111 > liilhri died when
Ciirvci v. .i I'- '•> C'iiiA i t iilid hi."
Iimlliri wen- -l"lell illld tiikl'll •"
A i-k;ihs.i>
('in \ it hi iillh, iil\vny» fi'iiil. tiiok
;i f in ti Im llif v. ") i' after Ins return
'<e\er.il ni'iiiih. ;ij;ii from visit inn
llcnrv F'nd' e 'lei (iieenlirld Vil
IjiKc hi Mu'liiu-iii i't 'lie invitiifinn nf
Hie iiiiif«i»ti»• •lit- •n.ilillliielllier.
Nazi Armies
Retreating
In Caucasu&
Final Drive Believed
to Have Begun io An
nihilate Remnants *.>i
22 Nazi Divisions in
Trap Before Stalin
grad ; Other War Nev* s
iHn 'l iit l
Km.- i.-' ..•!"
till- i'li ■ i;• •>: ' i*l t !'! .
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|ii •euU'iiitf .il !•■ i
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iLitiil'i- Don.
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il;c Kt'i! .11 niic-.
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.to.l s• i■ j*iI)!' ;.hr;irl ,m .1 •
ont. f»v«-n uiinmu .i l;irK«- '.ii
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t rtoi - ■•«■!>• -rts-«i :t bn',!I-- n I
st.-'lll "I-., ■ S'
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in i.ii- n«-r i| i\i
• i.omv i * i*ii "*r-r*
•i ■ re- !■ .ii .'in .j, !
liolfl iilld pr - < ■ r ■
•.-• i- c.-iptiircH."
Il is tin- Mini \ ntir.i n- >!>••
• riiiiirdi.it<*l> rast nl <.1.i i • nj: •
lli.il siirviviijs "I Mi. <.••• in • •
»iot; •• m mil 'ivi- i-: i
st.-l-l rilip fin w-vi'i il vi ' •
• ill ||V I III- II? 'Jil l
lurri". i i ii s ll:i- mi f l|. 1) mi
^llpjliv I <■ .» 11 (I t*n-1 n
JIr Mil- ni.il' ' ' • ! •• ' <• I • I;Ir
A mill ">i •• !>• (. 1.1.... In
t.'I'ill lliHn'
is r.iins < fit ii" • tf•
»is iiii-ilimi in ii-i! Mi M 'i .i
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OF 11 Al\ VAi'i • 111: ~
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Til.' :i;h ii <<
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III) l<- l<|f| •!
idles <!■«-<I li. i
Kaiser Loses
NLRB Appeal
W.i 11 ili.M'iii. .Km (I I 1*1
li.llu'J' '1 l.llj'll .li.ltiO . b'-.Hil •'< 1
,i im»1iiin 1 ■ i di11ii 1 .y 'v.
Itiicc mrmti' i i n i>.n'
lh(. K,»ij-< ■ i !.!•>,.in 'I
mounds ihoy ii.ui pro ufi " ) ■
i < !• Tin* tx'in il i * iii.n
Coin,>rl fur Hii'iv m>r!' • •.
ni licnry Kuln'i Jwfl •
motion, iind null' |»m ' n' I i
•hi ."• |>|>c*iil tn tiic l imit . r • l i
will procorcf Willi ii In irn ' I"<
liiml. Ore. >>11 .l;r iiinv II "it
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