xhiktiktii year
':K^K.n. w'"« SKItVH l
Illh ASSOCIATED I'KK
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY
•t i:i.lMli:i» KVKIiV AKTUJtNOON
KXCKI'T SUNDAY.
FIVE CENTS COPY
fcigiitn Army Storms
Into South Tunisia
In Two-Way Thrust
British Vanguards
Clash With Axis
In Ben Gardane Area;
Other War News
I ■/'/. ! • ticilll < </ I'll v.s)
Itri: a if' army was of.
licially r» |" r! i • • = liavc storm
(.(| mi' axis-held Tii
,,jsj;t in a renewal i»l the two
way aliicii 'il iVn-iv »• in north
A'rini.
Itriti'li 11 iil'iHiirli'l s said Gen
eral sir I! I MontconnT.v's van
811.11(1% clashed with axis tr<m|is
jn Or- !"'••' (iardaiie srt'lor, ,
niile. in ill • i mii -ia. \\ liilc the
Crrmmi i'1"'!'Vii ln radio
aviTlnl Mm' two licit islt at- ,
triniii' i" lii-ik thriiHv.li axis |
Ijlir* !:.ul t.iil«**l
T.ii \ «• •i'iUhi inn- re- i
p.cYil . > i i*it tin- xi- i
in 1 • • '•no ' I'l l"!", km Ihc
" <i. nil i (I Uri
tsh ' n'.md wore ai- |
•at K ' 1 • ' y
\s flu- north African conflict
flaiiH'd Inward > h«»w dov n. the |
pliclii oi Xiloli ilitlrr's invasion
ainiie. i-i Kiis,i.* nrew ever I
IiI.k kri
T!ie : ' ■' :it :• i: i' ;it Khar- '
n •• .< 'I ■ 11 • ly mciiact (i as
the !;•• i •• • • d with S2 I
• si .. ;h ,lm ro- I
p>rl.- >i " i "J/1 won- already
a. »'« • • ..«•> ' ••! center.
S el.ii !• ri' .M fl tint it 118 ia'i
..h'-lk I; '■■■>'■ alt.iel;;j|o with.il
> \ t< !•i i' '■ "I liie eitv.
(Hi • t i ; itehe indicated
that li'.i ileleii <• y-tom wa -
ruin !■
A • • 'iii l.'od army
head i • .;d I.'ii -::i»» .-peai
: end- i 1.1\«. .id KliarUie.
:i ••• ' i'..in.- . c T.' mill's
• ' .ii .* 'ei ::n ir.ile.
i ■' '• i • 'he: :!•> miles n.irth
l'.".-t
At ' • 1 me ■ ii Iii*r .swiil-nmv
ii'S s ••- . ! . I :-> l» V ive relen ted
■ i i-:. ..c md 25(1.11110
<eTill II • ind their satellites at
fifi-le " • c .1- the M• ise.>W
> .iini li.nhtinu their
w.v ei. - .ii timin na/.i for
ti: (»'! ii
Si!i - uii'i .shore "!
!'•' >•' !he < -man !>•■; Ii >m
.it -lit I linn.ihmi .isi
'.T'H. v.. i- in mu . re.iflily drhen
' '■'■ '' i ... A l!i i i i adi.i itriiad
' • i ■ I! i;ills lamied
■ ni' :it in tin- \'n\.i|(i
*■'''• :. ii ni- e t" (lit .it!
I fin ii ..lldi |il t.. retreat
i! ' ■ : •:t !• • h< c.l'i.e..
Japan Eyes
Siberia
Slewart Says Rumors
Indicate Grab; Aid
Of China Sought;
Other Worries
liN I II \Kl.i S |\ STIAVAUT
< i lit • I '• i ('uliiii III t
W Ki l». 1! Japan is
pettwl • i .1 pljii it. )>riili ;■ 11 SilnM'i i
111 III! . r ,1 -ll.^pUII'll haM'll
I'"! i>h fU iiiii* m-w-. hut **ii I inn •:
■'llrt 1 ,i l i n \V\ i-rth<-h--s. Hiim >•
• I'l" ■ ■ •• -ti ilri able basis I"
the |f< i. lily has WiwhingtiMi
'"pi" i h v ..'ill military ex|>ort
i Oiii> can s Ultra t ion i- that
n:i hi cxi'<>e<iiimly mix*
' tii'- S"\ if! lonniiiiibly
>n tlw. «-nsU-rn frontier.
in tli.it Tokyo will
iiirlmati ii tn obl.jw- llu-m
i n-lltollic IMMM'lit. 1l"\v
,. i "ti\ r ■••ii| moment I«'i*
I ■ lli ili'i'aUc I i n'llililr ti-rri
Hi -' it \ .in' t'i n'llihlc. anyway.
•'■> tin ii:' 1111 the im-tern A.siatu
r,»»l" tin as iiini'lioii is that llw*
* . ' i p tin- I'liit' <1 Statf'
"" "in1' ! . • 5111 Lt "li lliciii | »i fi i i<i
Ii ••• their ,,t.iii(h>niiil Ar
linn ■
i :
n
hiivc t
«•(
I ' n il 'l>i' i Ii\ <•. before we
r,,"1"' 1;l' busy ill their (Ii
'1(1 1«l|l,
' J'I1 • that T..kyn ha> lid'H
v' > liberal oiler- In C'hi
ni.ll, Hi;
• - "i". iii in .. Chi.inn KiisheU.
I' tn'nuld i;. c Hi,. .ii|i|ii>i i of his man*
I*W-« a'.'.a II t Ilu»siii, lint .ill il
> n ip.it hi t It" attitude—iin
•'•'I'."- i.i\ n ; mil iHTi-s-arily in f'«*
v«" till- whole axis.
I 11' 11 r t ,iv that ChialiU's H"i>ll
Iftith t,.w art t|„. foiled Natio".- was
I'" "v '.M il uii.ii aiitci'il I>v hi.- I»'<"
Vi'M i*.|;,v Still. the -lip hilVO
wtir iiwi, rwikitlitiin in nirli mat"
'*r Ai I I hey Know that hi- has
•».i ..■ ni-nin-l by tin- United
''"It ' pi lii'iil.i' alifl till- r«'-l
' " '• <1 \ ilmiiv pi yi-nrral
Ailditi "i,i||y Tokyo lias proposed
ln,l|'|vmlc it f. tin- Philippines.
"1'' 'lap ,11pi i Asiatir ..'ilifl.it'ily
(Continued on Page riv)
Nazi Leader Slain
IONE TRAITOR among Dutch gen_
*r.ils, Lieut. Gen. Ileiuirik. Alex- '
•'"Her ScyfTardt, 70, commander of
the Dutch Nazi Legion, died after i
having been shot by unidentified !
assailants in front of his home in
the Hague. SeyfTardt had tried to
raise' a Netherlands Volunteer i
force for Germany. (International)
Cooley Sees
Chant's End
Congressman Blames
Price Control.
Grading and Supply
For Situation
Washington. I'rh. II — (AIM —
Has the tobacco auctioneer. whose
unintelligible elianl moans dol- |
l.irs and rents In tobacco grow
ers. siinu his last sihik l»r the
duration?
I'rar has been crowing in (lie '
South that lie lias, anil the feel
i'li; lias moved lo the halls of
• 'oimrrss.
l{c|>re.<ont i*.\ c \nrth C.ir-l
•linn IVmocr.it. wliosr di-iiiel grows!
iboiil a- much pMilc'ii leaf .1- that
»l any other wwnl>ci> Odupphs
ile.-ri iIhiI the tli <•■! 'lie ante n
er'.< Iiiliiii- tliu Iv:
finM'inmi'iil price «• *nt r«»l of |o
•aceo liv grades. i*o\c ii 1 ill at .d tig
>1 the crop and a dt m aid lamer
•l.iii supply I'jblic am t "i "t 1"
■ >. he said. become u-rli »n
• ' ins t!ii- It ia"ule of i it>• »n.
"The goveinm''nl grade- the b>
I •acc •. the (>l\*\ >iiv- what c.ich Ui.ifli
hall M'imj mil tin- Hi in.mil is are iter
!ia the -ipply. so why. uiie might
ay. there any reason I'm- public
nietiiin "" ('""lev bemoaned.
Legislative Committee Named
i o Study A. & N. C. Finances
K.ilciuh. I'VI>. II (AO (>■ i\cnior
Hft' iUliloll it« noiii'iidi'd I • III'1 '
t > I. • 1 'in* iii.it n i>|nnii1«'!i a
spi riiil >rniii11f"(•> ;;i\c plumpt
('1'IIMllC: it mil In till* llllilllf'l ll I' "Ij
Ii'Iiin < • >1111 • >1111 ii 4 the All.iltl r iilnl
Not iii Curolinii niilrixul/* imw in tte
r.iuit.
Xjniird "ii tin- Iru'sliitu «• (''>11111111
tlM V.I'M' Hrprol'lltilt * C W.ill.K'c llf
Lenoir, Sell,ii- n| AI.iiimii"' . (tiiss
lot K'ir ytli. Tiiyl'M of W;iytir ;iticl
S'niicy <>f I! irkr .mil Keiuitors
K;iulr- ni Wilson, fill in i ii of (i icons.
.Hid Smith oi Surry
At the s;imc time. Ittovrrnor
s.iKI frHi-i.il fmiilv would In- jiviiil
ililc foi ri'i I "in roil IrnelioM mid
n'iimlr'Mnr,. of (lie io.ul.
'The !( ili-i;il i;o\ r nmrnt." Iir s.iifl.
"i, dirntly ;i"d \ it.illv interested
in the >.iierr -Mil ■ 'Iirr.ition of |j|jK
r uliii iil. ;md p n liriil.'ii ly tliiit p.nl
from N'ru' l!rrn to Moroho;irl
1 Cilj. Iiy rr,< «f Mir loi-dtlon of
| the United State; Marine base at I
United Nations Military Leaders
Agree on Offensive Against Japan;
Churchill Tells of African Drive
Churchill Declares
Half-Million Men
In Africa Under
Unified Command
London l'Vli. 11 — (AL') —
1 'rime Minister Churchill de
clared today that tin* allies had
landed nearly a half-million
men in Africa and planned an
offensive campaign during the
next nine months with the goal
oi i i'^a^tnji i In- enemy "on the
largest possible scale and at the
• arliest possible moment."
In a war review vibrant with
his usual fighting spirit and
brightened l»\ unusual optimism,
tin* prime minister brought hack
from tin- Casablanca uneondi
tional surrender conference the
news fit a new unification of
command in north Africa and
(lie pledge that Europe would be
invaded as soon as the I'nited
Nations were ready.
These were high points of his ad
dress to 'ho chi'i'iiiiji hou.-e of com
ii ons:
1. As the British eighth army
move- into Tunisia. the north Af
rican ciiiniiiiiud is utiilied under the
American commander. Lieutenant
(mi.ci.i! Uwight Kiscnhower, with
Washington. Feb. 11—(AP) —
rresident Roosevelt today nomi
nated Lieutenant General Dwight
M. Eisenhower to be a full gen
eral, coincident with 1'rimc Min
ister ChiircliiU's disclosure that
allied forces opposing the axis
in north Africa would he uuified
under Eisenhower's command.
The promotion, cxpectcd to
receive prompt approval by the
Senate, will make Eisenhower
the fourth lull general ill the
American forces, counting Gen
eral John J. l'ershing. comman
der of the first AEF in Europe,
who has been accorded that rank
for life.
The others are George C.
Marshall. Army chief of staff,
and Douglas MacArthur. in com
mand in Ihc Australian area.
General Sir Harold Alexander sec
mid in command, and with Medi
tcranian air forces tinder British air
Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, and
-ca forces under Admiral Sir Andrew
Cunningham.
1!. The allies are more than hold
ing their own in the U-boat was tare,
with a million and a quarter more
Ions of shipping available now than
>i.\ month-- ago. with losses ol the
past two month.s at the lowest t>g
iire mi over a year, and with the
licst rate <>t U-boat sinkings so far
in the war.
3. British Field Marshal Sir John
Dill and American Lieutenant Gen
es al Henry II. Arnold have con
ferred al Chungking with Chiang
Kai slick who expressed satisfaction
it the plan.s lor giving China addi
tional help.
4. Churchill will meet again with
President Roosevelt within the next
nine months. The prime minister
rl'sdosed thai tlie President h;ul i>een
willing to go us far as Khartoum.
Kgypt. to bring Premier Stalin t■ • the
Janttiiry conferences hut that St.din
iv.i., too engaged with Russia's mighty
winter drive to leave his country
even for a day.
f>. Britain has offered to embody
into a "special treaty" her pledge to
help carry the war against Japan
in to unconditional surrender, but
had President Roosevelt's answer
that "the word of Britain was quite
enough for him."
Churchill's speech emphasized that
the allies were preparing l<» strike.
Cherry Point, and the war activities
now hcinn earned "ii .it Morchead
City."
A .survey >howed il would cost
more thiin (Hill In put I lie road
bed. bridge* {iikI .-tinctures in Rood
condition front New Hern to More
head City. The c".-t due- not include
the laying of heavy rail. which can
not be ohtiiincri at this time. But,
the governor said. I lie present rail
is (>n ikmiikI rail and would serve
the purpose, provided the necessary
improvements are made to the truck,
in the way of hallast. cro.vtics and
structures.
""file federal authorities have in
dicated that, il the Atlantic and
North Carolina llailroad Co. can
provide as much n> $200.0110 of the
post "f lliiv coiislrui linn. the balance,
of sm.nnn or such sum in addi
tion thereto a> may be required,
will be provided by wav of u grant
(Continued on P*ge Five)
DEAD JAPS WASHED ASHORE AFTER FALL OF BUNA
Whi n Hit' lutIIIf ended :il Hiim.i Mission Now (iuin
of dead .laps reniaried. Tin- tun hint: on tin- heat
vessels tr\ ilia t» earr> I
;i. between .lap ami Yank-Aussie forces, a cnoil number
i «rn washed ashore alter allie«l planes had honibed
'it'll i.l! (international)
Guadalcanal
Safely Held
All Organized Jap
Resistance Ends;
U. S. Planes Bomb
Japanese at K;s!:a
Washington. I'cli. I I — (AIM —
AM »reani/c<l Japanese resist
ance lias lirrn halted on Guadal
canal. .in.l I "niti-il Stairs plain's
are allackin:: inoniy bases in
other parts of tin- south I'acifir,
tin- Navy reported loila.v.
Announcement :ls ;t .lapauc-c i c
.*ist*inee had oivi i '.<•< i>t tni i
luted putrid skii ;..!!• n< i
immcemciit l>\ M .' (ii'iut Alt
iinrier M. Patch • • day It t
I roups had jjainci -lotc hi:
>f Guadalcanal I m-sdny
Tin* Navy c • in 'inc. N :*7
which also told n« "'mb.n i
on Japane-e |> ' ' I
low.s:
"On Feliruai * in. during the
morning. tiiitril Elites lic.iv>
and incdiuni bombers, with
fishier escort. Immlicd Japanese
positinus at KisUa. Many hits
on enemy installations were ob
served. A single ciiem> float
type plane attacked I niteil
Stales surface mot- in tile west
ern Aleutian*. No damage was
suffered.
"Ill the • »i|i '' I ■<*. .1.■ |in' «•
lorees oil Cii.ui > i-I uid h.>
1 ceased all mg.iM -(ami-. Pa
I ml opcrat ion .«• I - • ■« I ■ n
j einy groups c n i 11« Hini'iy th"
' flight of Fein ua !»t illlt. a pat >1
j bomber attacked > v po.-itiuii. .it
Mtinda.
"<>n Kelirti.n'N 1 I oiled S! to
plane- attacked cm irnitil m
Mitnrtn. Result! . • •' reported."
(Secretary n! \\ Slinisotl aid
that Lieiilenant Mdlard I-'
Harmon, ruiniii 1 "i Ant ••
forces iittder A"' William !•'
llalse.v in the • i:r ;• •■«•«...»■!«• I
that dtirintf th' •• w-eel
■lannary tin1 I\r.• v div i"ii- on
Guadalcanal kil • " 1
and look H»r« i« «h'l" l>
• only 199 killed •: ' t.-d ltd
five luissinit.)
Arnold Named
For Judgeship
Washington. I >• ' ! ( \P> 'Pun
man W. Arnold i laid .dtorncy
1 Ketternl in chaii;' nl• li n-' pro,
Cettlirinx, w is it ■ it ileil lit I' c t
dent lloo.cx I'll I <1 I III' ' a ■ I
ciale juslice "I I'udcd Stilt'
eotirl of appc.il, I" Hie district ol
! Columbia.
Arnold, on confirmation I•> tin*
Scnaie. would It ic Ihr |ilaci vai ilod
by Wilev I! lint ledi!«' Who has m«.t
i been antiro\ "<•! i>\ «"i•■•(«> (t
membership on the btipreme Court.
Hershey Opposes
Draft Limitations
FDR Speaks
Friday Night
\V;«>!« nuloii. Feb. 11— IAPI
The While 11■ >n-«• announced to
il. iv that I'n'.-irliMt I{<•■ >-t-v i-lt
would make a 20-minulo radai |
speech bcuir.niiiK .•! H:3l» p. ■:>
I'AVT tomorrow nmht in which
l.r will discuss many .i>irft>
concerned with the foreign
!i-•«»»«• fronts.
Till- I'll us' K\<\ :t I\t- al
>;•< .< 1. mi Wa.-li »n*> I! id..v.
Kehruavy .iildrcss.n:; 11 n
George VViinliiiiRt •!! dii nt s un
der the auspici ■ of the I>i ill"
cralic iiatum.il rimmittc . The
hour i>l thi- address w.i- H'l
ar.ni •uiiccd.
The Lincoln l>.iy -peccii
morrow night will l«- in >adiv.-t
on ill radio ui'tw o! i. .
Cotton Prices
Turn Higher
New York. Ki-lv I! AIM ' n
lnl'iic.- opened .v ii-iil li •' or
In l.» cents a hale higher.
Noun value, were !."» m
li.ile higher. March 10.77, M i> If
and .Inly l!».::7.
Previ-u Toil iv's
C'l.-c C|«m
March ... l!» . I
May ism:: l!i
.li'ly I si "'i
i >e| ilier i 1 I
I •eeemhor It' 1!'. Ill
•lanuary 1!M.>
Stock Buying
Is Selective
New York. Keo II -i MM IStiy
er* turned a i»u • o'cct . <• in
tmlay's stock ii-.it .< liuml weic
mixed.
Slock* po ii-1; |«cak marks for
Mil;! lit or Ioni"t r "• i ileil (lene il
Motors. I luponi. a"d Te\.is Co. He
sistnnee was d> ni m i I v ("hrv-ler.
Montgomery W.ikI aiiii New Yo'k
Central.
WEATHHR
If I ft NOItTII i \itoi IV v
Cultl wave louichi with frrp/
iuc to eimsI .mil li.irtl Ircf/c in
iuli'rior: shower* and mncli
udder lhl> aMftnmni ni e.iM poi
Hon.
Selective Service
Director Declares
Proposed Deferment
Of Fathers Is Unwise
Washington. I'ch. II — (AIM —
Major General I.ewis It. Ilershcy.
Sflprlive jifrvifp director, said to
toilay Ik1 opposes legislation that
would require tin- deferment of
men with children until all single
men and married men without
children are drafted.
"I feel that i; would be n11 \vi•
It. enact this it-ui-i.it ••!!." -aid lie.
-iay. first wittn - ■ .:Ied in house
" litary n 1:1111:,ttee f. l:s on a !>,!!
to -ot up lour eatc^'iii's for indtic
11 and to put tli, <i .ill iiu ul me
. -talewiiie. in-Tt i ul .1 lacal
• 1 rd. I >.i> i -
"In it> pre t ni form, t would ren
(it ,uJ■ : 111 ~tI'.i11' 11 '•! loci \ e SOIV
.1 vety dltlir.ill." IIi'l.-ln'.v 'c- Iiiu-il
adti.nu that while .-<>11, chance.
. ■' it made "In ell!!!:' :<• my oh
if! 'ii " lie t I tin leci I t"ii .-I
u .Id l>c undesirable
More than a million single men
ot dr.ill au«—ciiiiikIi to I ill more
than .1 fourth of the require
ments of the armed services for
the rest of the * car if they are
physically fit—are now deferred
011 occupational grounds.
Selective .service estimates, it wa<
(• lined '■•1i.1v. • >\\ -hi e 1 .tiiMi.utlo
I'll ill '!•<• ! t; :{7 am* bracket h'dd
such deferments (II vided a- foil w*:
.:7<»iifi<> r: r -s 2 \ which rover.
Ihise in nocesfiiry civilian Iulir rs
f" 111 I to f|»"' ' "I w : '
;>7ll.lKiil it rli-> i>. rnvei' u those
holding e.-se ttial jobs In industries
dnectly •••' it'll i • 1 lie \\ : el!
1 .'ill mill ii' e! ~-r. nece sary men
in am el' ir .1 pursuits.
Many .1 Hies, men will and in
the fichtins force* a- then defer
ments—which local l» lards must re
• 1 \. wit! '' \ m nths alter jirant
hi; thi'iii it c'.maialed a- rthor
me or women replace litem In their
pi.-ii.on-.
A measure -p-.i'M". ed hy Kcpre
it.;i\i Kihl.ty. It s.i- Democrat,
who -aid t war itmpired »y a con*
u c- i' nal dete 1* ir.atn'n If pre ervc
the futnlly unit .1 lontt a- possible,"
set., up t in - if dei ind tol «n:
r.n.up 1. men wltho t dependent*:
croup 11111.irried 11.en wit'i sec
ondary dependents. Kiieh mothers,
lather* .si-tor- or brothers', group 3,
married men without r duren: nn-it 1»
I. ii .lined men with eh 'd en.
AXIS TROOP SHIPS
SUNK BY BOMBERS
MlieH I loaf hftia rtei> in North Ai
lira. Kel>. II iAI'i- Tw" small
In" 11 slii)»-- laltinc iv- lorrr- from
Su l\ Ir T tin- 1 h.t\ e heen stllik hy
. 1'; 1 • -rl lorres. .1 headquarters com
IllUUiqUr aid toil i> .\ 1 ei .ran liou b
>■:lottrd thi ship* .1! »m» tin con;
muiiiqut aaitt.
Dill and Arnold Meet
Chiang and Wavell;
Ail ies Make Gains
On New Guinea Front
(I!if Tin Axs'H'iuh </ I'nss)
A concerted I'i>iti*ci Nations
offensive against Japan was
foreshadowed today with the
•flicial disclosure that Itijrli
anUinjr American. Ilriti li and
'hinose miliary leaders have
met and agreed mi "offensive
ohms'' against Japan's far
flung invasion armies.
The llritish government an
uotinced in London that Field
Marshal Sir John Dill, repre
senting l'rime Minister CMiurch
ill. and Lieutenant General
Henry 11. Arnold, representing
President Roosevelt, had held a
series of conferences with Chi
na's Chiang Kai-shek in Chung
king and with Field Marshal
Sir Archibald P. Wavell in
1ndia.
A British communique said the
fullest possible coordination
would lir insured by subsequent
conferences between Marshal
Wavel and General Douglas Mac
Arthur. allied commander in
chief in (lir southwest Pacific.
Prime Minister Chtircnill told pai
liamunt in London that General Chi
ang had expressed -atisf.iction about
'strong addition;*! help that will be
provided for China ;it this stage of
lcr long-drawn, undaunted ,-triiggle."
Amid this augury of heavier
I'nitcd Nations blows to bp de
livered against the Japanese,
dispatches from the New Gui
nea battle front reported that al
lied troops had killed nearly 800
.la pa nose in a 13-day drive to
«a'/ the big enemy basr at
Salamaua.
General MacArthurV headquarters
aid the allies, in a sudden display
•: offensive power, had thrown the
nain Japanese force back mx miles
.■ward Salamaua. killing 12f» of tlv>
enemy.
Kiont line report# said that what
tailed out a.s a surprise Japanese
Macls or :hc allied air field at ffmi
.'.i- turned into a victory for Au«
ralian infantry and artillery flown
o ti.e jungle scene by American pi
ty is Ame-ican transport planes.
Simultaneously. General MncAr
mr .;:cd .it a Japanese communi
pie ■'attempting to minimize the
WKJ i'ig \ > tory which the allie
• i : .-t 'iMli mi the Papuan cnin
C m: i l;yi>'> as-, riion thai
u N't w Gun
lap
eft the Papuan hat
iicconipliKhing their
il MacArthur de
:e
no evacuation
■ tui al the cd
•Ian
A! thai tune, the
•nu..'iil.- of the en
• :1 that e\ .i n
rer pos.-ible. Gen.
y vvi
■il w t.»
Horii
i > perished
Cold Wave
Tonight
Atlnnta. l-i!.. It—(API—A cold
.vavr with heavy In killing fro.-!
•xtend ng as for south as the north
vest Ftnridii coasl. was forecast to*
day i>y the weather bureau.
I'"■ 'I \viirn:iiK to l;n mors in the
Carolina*!. Georgia, Alnltxina, Mi
. •- ppi ,iit<l Florida. the weather b i
reau said inereasinu cold may be
expected late today and t >nif!bt.
North ('.uoliit.i ,ui(l South Carolina
He c\|weti'd to encounter freezing
teniwriitiircs to the < with ,t
hard freeze in the interior.
French Get
U.S.Equipment
j Allied Headquarters in \'oith Af
rica. Kelt II—(AIM Some French
' troops have been withdrawn from
action <«n the Tuni-ian front for re
ci| opuient and trninine with Ameri
can amis. it was officially announc
ed today.
I'lilted State.- force- have be n
takihK o\ el l.ii'ije actions of the
French 1 Me- in central and' south
ern Tunisia while the British fits)
army ,iIm> extended it positions in
lodr. to the tired and poorly
armed French.