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F1VE CKNTSCOPY T1HKT1ETH YEAH '•TlVK|-:'AV^V/,'x1^,1tv;.l;t^,<s,K HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 1, 1948 kx.-k.t s«-m.avv FOUR ALLIED LEADERS CONFER ¥ EAST Heavy Air Support Of Eighth Army In Drive Past Sangro Fifth Army Gains Three Miles Through Barbed Wire Masses Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Dir. 1 — (AI') —The ISritish Highlit Army slashed forward !>oyi>nd captured Sangro ridge with the heaviest air support nl the Italian campaign, Allied headquarters announced today, and marked up advances all along the line of one to three miles in fierce hand-to-hand fighting. (The Algiers radio said tlic I i%hth Army had raptured t.an ciano. six miles beyond the San Brii and only about IK iniles from I'escara. (t'.istol Frentann and Castdi. the latter at the southwestern end ot s.i i»r<» ridge, also were capturcd. the Algiers station said in a broad i ,-t heard by Uoiiters.) In the ecntral sector Ameri can troops of the Fifth Army dashed forward three miles west of .Montatiuila through dense mine fields and great twisted masses of barbed wire. It was tlie first time in the Mediter ranean warfare that harhed wire had tieen used so extensively by the Germans in the manner of the first World War. l.ii»i.;tois of ili(> l.itli Air Force mi' i. to action in a raid to the ■■nthorn lip ut' the Adriatic which : :! Finnic its lirst aerial blow of the -<r. TIh* .-tratouie port, captured i v the Germans from Yugoslav par !i>■ I"; in a violent battle soon after !!>• Italian armistice, has boon trans !oinie<t by Marshal Krwin Itnmmel m ■ i.ne >ii his most important bases P..ili;an operations. "I I " advance of General Sir Der • •! I. Montgomery's warriors was de with the support of the Bri de trovers Quillian and Loyal 'iii h shelled Nazi positions from ' • a as well as by waves of planes ich made fhe otherwise solid Gei-v ,n positions shake with ex . '. IVCS. Gastonia Man In Charlotte Shooting Case Charlotte, Die. I—(AIM—U. V. Cai\er id' Gastonia. route I. sur rendered i«i police here today im : icdiatcly after a man idcntilicd as (* .1. Waltc rs. a(>. ol Alabama. had '•(■en shot and seriously wounded on the steps of city police heiidquar Uts. Detective Frank N. Litllejohn. who arrested Carver, said the lat ter told him he shot Walters to ivenge mistreatment of his 1 "-year old daughter, Nell. Walters had been arrested on a morals charge after the girl told oil jeers she had In en staying with him at a Charlotte hotel for sev eral days, the detective said. The shooting took place a short lime before Walters was to have | been placed on trial in police court. Krvin Resignation As Special Jud^e Italcigh, Dec. I — (AIM—Govcr I'-roughton announced today that Sam J. Krwin. Jr., of Morganton had resigned as special .indue to resume his law practice in Hurke county. Justice Justus C. Hudisil! of New ton has been named special superior ("nit judge, the Governor said, and will begin his duties January 1. Ilis appointment is lor a term expiring June 3(1. 1915. ACCOUNTANTS TALK WAR TAX PROBLEMS Chapel Hill, Dec. 1.—The fourth annual North Carolina Accounting and Taxation Symposium, to be held at the University of North Carolina next Krid y and Saturday, will fea ture round-table discussions on prob lems involving taxation and account ing relative to the war program, it was announce! today by L. It- Koger M>n. chairman of the University com mittee on local arrangements, and John K. I'resrott. Haleigh. president <>f the Worth C rolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, which is sponsoring the meeting with the cooperation of the University. Registration, set for !' o'clock 1' ri— day morning, will be held in the Institute of Government, and tin' first session will get under way at 9:45 with President Prescott presiding. New American Landing On Bougainville l.ondon. Dec. 1.—(AT)— The | Tokyo radio announced today dial American forces had made a new landing: at Cape Torokina on the west coast of Bougain ville island, some distance north l of Ktnprcss Augusta Bay whcie the original bridgehead was cv I tablishcd. The broadcast, recorded by I Reuters, said the troops came ashore in six large lauding barges under cover of a hoi.i ! bardnieut by cruisers and de ; stroyers. i The landing apparently ^rr.is carried out near the mouth of ) the l.aruma river. The Japanese sai«l their dr- i fcns.es had "annihilated iwo | companies" of the landing hirers. There was no immediate confir mation of the reported landings j from Allied sources. Repatriates' First View Of Homeland Jersey City. N. J. l>ec. I— (AIM— Shouting with joy. cheering «.md singing "God Biess America." al most 1.5(111 repatriates had their first view ol their homeland alter two years ol war internment a> die diplomatic exchange liner Gripsholm docked today. As '.he ship came within \ <ew ot the Statue of Liberty, the passen l{ers. the children, cheered wildly and shouted excited welcomes to the navy t:ig which pulled tip along side the liner to escort her to the pier. "They all looked line." a naval officer said, "and they all seemed to l>e pretty happy. Most ol them were dressed very well, with over coats. woolen socks and so on." ' The clothing, some 20.000 pounds of various garments, had been sent l>y the American Red Cross for those ol the repatriates who needed it. Stock Advance Is Moderate New York. Dee. 1.—(AP)— The stock market enjoyed a moderate recovery today. Stocks in the advanced column in cluded Chrysler, General Molors, U. S. Steel, Bethlehem, Sears Roebuck. American Telephone. DtiPonl. Allied Chemical and Southern Railway. The vvidei gainers included American Distilling. Mixed Prices For Cotton New York. Dec. I.— (AP)—Cot ton futures opened five to 2(1 cents a hale lower. Noon prices were 23 cents a bail' higher to ten cents lower. December 19.28. March 19.20. May 1*1.96. Previous Close Open December 19.23 March .. 19.22 May . 18.95 July . ... 18.73 October (new) .... 10.44 19.19 19.201 18.94 18.71 18.13 Ml MOPP//V& Mystefr h\. "BIG FOUR" ALLIED LEADERS MEET IN EAST TO PLOT WAR PROCDElRE I'KhSMKNT ROOSEVELT WINSTON CIU IU II1I.I. ( IIIANG kai-siii:k .lOSIIF STALIN Nazis Strive To Halt Reds NEW NIGHT FLARES DOOMED BERL8N rrACfi "bk so'ms'w< WWCW ft A MS 4#t> jwcM&Afr&.lZf'Z. Mines in The South Must Accept Plan, Ickes Says w WHEf> THE RAF STRUCK a death blow to Berlin from behind the heavy clouds, the world asked how it was done. This drawing tells as much of 1I10 "secret" as can be rcv.-alcd. The new "night Hare" was first tried out over Hamburg, but was perfected for the Berlin attack. The pro cedure is something like this: Pathfinders chart areas covering a few miles. As the bombers approach, the flares arc dropped, creating squares nnd rings of light about doomed areas. Other flares act as great flood lights, which cause targets to stand out clearly. (International) Wellington. Doc. I (AP)—Sec retary like- has promised .John L. Lewis thai the government will not restore southern I mines to their owner* •until tiiev join in :i general waye contract continuing the Icues Lewis agreement under which nifti er* now are paid. Lewis. on Ihe st length of the promise, sat down today with n lrlli ern and wc-tern «olt coal upeiators to write such a contract. Ickcs asked them to finish liie job within two • r three day-. The op erator.-. v I it the lonttracl i< sail ed. expect ••• net their -ei/cd proper tie* hack fiom the government. The «oiit heritors from West Vir ginia. KeiiMieky. Virginia, Tennes see. and \laham. -now are outside the conference rloois because they refused to accept the present ar rangement whereby miners are paid at .1 >|>eeial rate for underground travel time, as-tuned to lie 45 min utes a day. \t llie Interior Department yes terday heloie a I 'oiuftll of operators > and fluted .Mine Workers officials. I Ickes urged that all those willing to it g hate within the kUoi-Lcwii | IrsillU'WiTl; .ihe.iii :in<l do it Ail those unwiliiim -.hould withdraw. lie ;iid. I«vwi.->. v • o up in then hurl in-i-ted mi .ill mtIioiiv tioinj! represented m :i sinjik' «•«'• >11.n '. is reported I • have ii>l:cd leki •» mi i licet: "wind protec tion wmild v.« Imve in Mm- ;ni i- not in tin* «i»»iti• Could \\c —shut Illiif Hie pie-c III ii«e ,mf c • I'll! would May in force until Miper-cd ■ d liv :ie(|tiii'M etiee Willi tin.- Kisic .•ollll iK'l 'Without (|iicslion," leUe,, leplied (The milv wav Hh present lormuli eotild rem in nt etf«ct j- ilitotiull iiiiiliitlied i>o\ i iiiinent pos-c^ion > Ickis IIh ii a-.-erled Ihul .ill opera tors W'>tllfl h: i i' l<» siKM eventually anyway. and In thought t w. lai\ inu in "Aiiici ie:in horse m-iisc" f'»r any lo postpone il. WfcATISfR rott NOIITII (AltOI.INA Fair to partly cloudy and maimer toiiichl and Thursday. Capture of Korosten Its 1 heir Second Major Success in the Ukraine .Moscow. I )ec. 1 — (A11) — German I'urces. strujxjjlii'K restore their shattered l>nieper river lines, have intensified their counterattacks in the I'K raine and have stiffened iheir resistance in White Russia, ad vices from the front indicated today. By capturing Korosten. which I lie lint arnty evacuated Tues day under orders to adopt a more favorable line or defense. Hi Germans scored their second ma jor success in the t kraiue since they began their heavy coun terattacks early in November. Despite the tics man leiceupatoa i>l I he strategic railway junctions nt Zhitomir ami Korosten. the ini |H>rtaiit lateral railway line connect ins Leningrad and Odessa still s cut al Ovruch and Yefsk. both I uni ty in Russian hands. In the north, t lie Germans fought back fiercely on both banks of the Dnieper south of Zhlobin. attempting to maintain a bridgehead in the Gomel re gion. but except for tin- loss of Korosten, the Ked army contin ue:! its gradual progress on all active sectors along the <>00 mite long front. German losses were reported he running into the thousands daily in the Berezina ri\er valley. a- well as m the Pripet river area t.> the south. Southwest "1 Krcmenchug in the Dnieper herd. the Soviet bulletin said, the Russians in :i sudden . :■ a" captured live v illages. Ucd at:' i tve planes blasted two valuable n flu. German supply and count mira tion> networl; in this ;ihm. while other Russian drives were r iking progress smith from Cher .. s\ aid in the Nikci|M>l-Kriv(i It sect >r. Increase In Liauor Tax A Is Protested Wash ngt mi. Dec. I (AIM — A New Vo kit pi toted to the Scn tae Finance Committee today that a proposed a g..l! >n boost ill the liipior levy "taxes the poor man's drink double that "1 tiie rich man." In lieu of the promised exci-e ik lease to S!» a gallon. the witnes.-. \V. J. Sch eftclin. Jr.. representing' the New York State t hamber of Commerce, suggested a la percent | liipior sales tax. Schieftehn asserted the si! in crcusc amounted to lit! cents a 1:11 h. • or 20 percent of t he p u' ma s s:> ! lug. hut only ten p< rcent on a si! ; hot tie. [ At the s im*' time, he recommend ed sunilai selective sales taxc- on gasoline and fol acco. Kenneth C Richmond. spoiiesman for the National lit tail Dry G i >ds Atmrlnllnn, iipinvcdi cliininiillun the earned income cred t hereto ore granted dividual taxpayers, and dsn pleaded for toh ntion of the privilege of deducting excise fax payments from fax tide ncoine. He crifici/ed file proposed liighci post al rates. In preference to the -elective lux urv taxes proposed n the $2,140. 0(111.1100 Mouse-approved bill. Ilie dryg. ods group expressed favor for a f.ve perccnt general retail sales Bcnga in New Guinea is Taken Occupation Nov. 29 By Aussie Troops Without Opposition Southwest Pacific Allied IIc;nl(|ii;iilci-. 11. c. 1 - AI') — I'lie i;t! 1 iif I'n ii.ua. seaward an chor nf lhe main Japanese sup ply line on Ilium peninsula New (iiiiiiea. I • > Australian tmops was announced unlay h\ lieneral Dotyjlas Mac Arthur. I'lit' Australians. moving ti•> the ni!rthea>lfrn riiritfr m the ;;rninsiil.i Iruin !■ insi-lih.ilfii. oc I lipii'tl i">nil<:;i November '!!• without u|i|>iisiliiiii anil also look I hi* village ill' (insiku ami estab lished positions at tllr li'Mllll ill' lilt- Kalniim river on tlir smith bank. They Were obl:>>e<l. however, to \\ |>r • t enemy k|>|>si'aon beliiri' reaching the river. Tlir coastal advance dcvclop i'il into mil' prima of a pincers ii oxi-mi'iil. with Hie i uptnis ol I'rniia moving westward along tlie smith hank nl' the Kalllcnc river toward Wareo. wliieh is thr uti.jertive ol another Allied force pushing northward from Sattelbcrc in the interior. Still enemy renin!iiiuv met the 1:1 te: :<>r force as il i i ^-sed the S -iik ri\ ei ;i: it.s drive Iowa .i Ware... the western tera i :u> 1 Me sapplv tmil to Honsja. All I'd naval .iiul .. v 11 ' helped the i/routd forces n 1: i i'.. nu.i ■ -e ; up.ltioll. the pi:.II s 111 INK •' pi ll I m- iivi<ilion l.ii.i'ie- .1 Cape Gloucester. *vestcrn.i ■M p nt ol New Britain island \\; rii i- east i l Mnon peninsula. ;i!'rt light warships hop I'.nilum the S<> onetliv plane anil hatfje area to the no; ill uf Mongij. BRANHAM RE-ELECTED BASEBALL PRESIDENT New Yi. k. I ' I- I i AI' i Wil Hum O. tlriinhnni today was re elecled president I the National A--oi i.il .in it I': :i - "-i.il IJ.iM - hall LnijttKf for a five-year term as the "relH'llioii" . >1 • o' m nor leagues was br >ki ,;i <>n 1he lloo: of '.lie .inn tal hioetii Meetings In Cairo And Iran City Reuters Dispatch Sent From Lisbon Broadcast by OW1 ( /»// Tin As.-'iicki11 (I I'ri ) Speculation that mighty new thrusts against the Axis are • 11 the tnakinir was stilled u»dny i»y unofficial reports that I're - ident lloosevelt ami l'rinic .Min ister Churchill were speeding u» a conference with .Marshal Sta lin in Iran after meeting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Cairo. The ivp i.t. i :. ma: iiu .rum Li. bon and quickly given wide eir» 'Illation. cli'i .iM'd ;i w«vl. >1 !• iii; ijy (Ionian |ir«.^..u-uula .iani cies, which have been hailing .<1 *i;• r possibility at an imminent i-eelim; >1 the Allied hadcrs in Cairo or •lsew Inn- ;n lhi Middle Kasl. The l.isliou rrp.trt was cir culated l>> Kculor\. Itritish news iisvncy. which s.i.d it was kiiitwn "(li'finilct • ' ii t. e t'ortuuiies. capital t!u:l ili:» ( airo m clui; already had taken liae.e alid ilia I Itmisrvclt and ( hurchill had dc I .tried lor 11 an. 'HI'. Hi Uil I .. . i(|. The Heaters d>ip.;teh was broadcast to l-itropc.iu countric. in seieral languages last night h.v Die Olliee of War Informa tion. which said it had acted with tile authority ol tile Office of Censorship. I .Inter Davis. (HVi chief, d • clawed later in \\ asliitigion that lite OWI had broadcast tile Ilcti lers dispatch because it "al ready was all over Ktirope." The , German news agency. I)NB. and "virtually everybody else" has circulated the lleutrrs report and OWI felt it "should give its customers something, too." Da vis said. 'lite idea that a imvI tin l» tween Hoosevelt. Churchill and S'.al ii \ n prohabl,. h.is u.iini'd tacit en ;.'.air <_• lit recent Weeks. I'ltmi'i's lii.it ( hiang might join such a confcrcnce slipped into the picture several (lays ago to add new global signifi cance to reports of an impend ing meeting. Th« Rettlertt dispatch said thai Chiang also would meet Stalin. The dispatch. as broadcast by OWI. was as follows "l.tsitor N"> :{'i- ( Unite:-s > — President !;<• -«,\«-!t ..nri Prii' <• Min ister Churchill have coiipletccl a Ii ng coniereiicf .-i Cairo arid are now en mute to somewhere *.t Per s a to meet Premier Stalin, it ia known hen- definitely "C!eneralissimi> Chiang Kai-site.. t «ik pari in ft,, lontcvcncc iind will a;>o ■ eet Stalin. "A <•••;• nuniq .e agreed on ait'v tin1 Cairn conlercnct wi'i lie pit i> lished later 1!i - weci; The three statesmen met 11 one occasion •. a ten: !n the shadow ol the pyra mids. "During Ihe conference Ca iro was cut of: f!i>m communications wi'n the rent ■ »t the world. Hoosevcll ami Chiang K. i-.-heU. w!io was aec nm. .{•allied l'v Mad.i'i •• Chiang. traveled to Cttrlo by nir while Ch treh I! Ira vellerl i>y sea." Ration Point Values Of Beef Cut For December Wiij-lllllClnn. Dim I (Ai't Tin Oil 101* 111 I'l I •(' \ • i llMiiil |I)|| 1 • d.»y unriotinml .1 cut In IkvI I• 11)t lllti >:i \ ItU'.s. t'lll .-iilti the !V'i<i|i c<».-t> .>1 Lin l> . iul 'iltt111>ti iiiul l> \.oIio;iIIv .>11 voai will iviiMin im ch;inf!o<l ii Dccon In : Miiny pin iv nil.- r<i .'in .<1 'he . i • dtl< • (I viihio >ol by ()|'A in niid Nm otiibi r. The now -choriule > eltootivi r-tili <1.1 v. "The entire li»t <• r. • »in•(I boot items. ' nmiliu l' l'"ilorJli>ti.-r »i« iik l-i h.rnlmruoi ' ml lr»m Inn l> three rut I* mi points." I'rtoo Adniu.'.-t i-jitur Clu'-'i r lV)wlo< siiH. Until IwMor .Hid it .ii u.irino will roniiiiti ;it llioii pro-cut point values. Mi points iind ,si\ pn nts ;i pound, rospoot i\oly, The schedule ottoo'- l.i" Iv sharp increases in point values Inr ;•!! typo-- "f chooses iind major canned , •;li i'.cnij. American t'hww Is niiml two |1 Hilts i.' tell .1 pound. \\ I > I; (• <ir;uu rhcc-c boosted Hirer |><>*nt • •■ijjlit. point - .1 p. i i H Such tv ]x' i Sv. i Mini.-<«■!'. .n.d ic will i --t eight point*, up 1 wo front (he November table. • Willi 1hf lAtvpii >ii "I oysters. (ill rationed eanncd tisli i- raised 11iiir points to a toliil "I I(> a pound. 1 Oysters .lie dropped one i>-»i»it lu four a poijnd. l,.ir>i reduced on< point t" two point.* p.»n• -<t Slt'M tcnini; an'! Hitari .«itit nvtk ti(j oils remain un» changed at livt points a pound Nlirirnui- beef ( lit-. ;ire listed in I lie new table at <•■ near the rein lively I iv. j ii ii jil values of last spring, porterhouse *tc.ik will cost nine | points a pound under the new sche dule. as against I'.! at present: top round ten point . :i compared with 13: 'lie ten inch rib r iast. m\ against | niill-; rump, live rgaknst eight. _j
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