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UjmJteraon athj Bt spaidt thirtieth \ ear 'tVi?1*1* v.vn:i: «khvh-k HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 20, 1943 Hl'ULISHKli DVlCtlY M-'TKIt\«Mi\ i < 'I: i -r si • m .. v FIVE CENTS COl'V Soviets Speed German Flight AmericansDash TowardRome After Taking Of San Pietro WT.I.COMK FOR GRANDDAD {'resident Koosevelt steps frum his ear at the White House to ho welcomed home 1>> oiu of his little grandsons. John Itoettiger. Jr., who |)i'oliahl> has his mind .m Cltiistmas and he thinks not at all of world conferences. John. Jr.. is the son of Major John Rocttigcr, t". S. A., and the former Anna Koosevelt. (International Soundplioto.) Concessions Other Than Wage Boosts Considered Paid Vacations and More Overtime Arc Among Plans Talked Washington. I>«•!*. "!lt—(At*)— < onecssinns to railroad workers in siiini' Iorm iillicr tli.m ad ditional ll.it increases in basic vva:;es arc under consideration as possible measures to avert a threatened nationwide rail strike beginning December ISO. A inc.I: itiuii conleri'iiei* .wide' ■' 11 iit'oiiii'l 1'ir i(It-nt 1'iii'sr.el"'» <l<'.I. yesterday. iln-ii iii ncil 1i> tin* Wliilc limit' cnliincl roi'iu. Ji;l i*'in nnl lie i ly tii• limns I.iter vv lit '•iil <i "lir.al agreement." lull ihe i nileiccs planned li itlicr discus sions lieai' nin;; tomorrow i* timing. A variety "I concession* lor tiie I'lH'llliim brotherhood:- VVt'l'C Slli{" ■41 .led ImiI ii|i| 1.1 rent Iy 11' >n« • < >1 lilt s ' lias crystallized In Ihe |»>in1 ulit"1' any agreement may In- expected im mediately. Concessions I' Hie rail v. might lake Itie 1mm ot paid v;ii linn-, more Mm raI overtitne. or '.iv o\ er expenses for sueli pei io'.l , , the men who ride Die I; a.n. incur when tlie.v lay over I'r a <lav at 1 l< rtuiii.il aw i.v I <>■: hmiie. Sueli expen i s ie ret imed al in1 ire than SUM .. year per miui. There is ample prect'tit nl nude.' the staliili/al on priispaii li r e■ <11— cessions ollicf than twjiic wintb in* crease):. vvli 1I1 are the oily kind "f increases calciialed mnler Ihe "little steel" formula. WCATtfiFR I'Olt XORTIf < AKOI.INA. I'.ilr and slirlil'v colder 'Id* aflernnen ami tnnirht: narlly • 1' iiilv and ::;::tiHUCd uml Ti"". . day, I News Is All Good From Sick Bed Of Winston Churchill l.i>ii(li>ik I»«•**. HO. (Al') The news from Prime Minuter Winston ('hurehiUV ^ I led was .ill jtunid lu i.iv. A bulletin i-vtu-«I yc.-lerdiiy aft ernoon >jul tcuip'i ill in e \v;i>i normal .iiiti iliiii Hie |>11< i11111• 111.i which sent him t<i lied somewhere in lie Middle Kast was di>appe.uni'! ^ 'I'lie lutes! bull'"in made n<> rcl'er rnce ;ir il iriilll.n il v "k> pul.-e nien l uuied Saturday. This ii.id uiven some uneasiness. since I he iKl-vear nld prime mini in i- beiiiK attended hy ii heart specialist. Norwegian Capital Rocked from Blast ()f (icrnian 'Vessel Stockholm. l>cr 20.— (Al'i — ')• |<i was slialteli l(i(l,iy l>y c\ pldillni; ammunition thrown into (In* city by the hlowinc up of a (irrman miinllimis ship in tne harbor I hours rarlirr. The Gcrniaii-cnntrullcd .Scan iliiiavian H'lccr.iplt bureau called lite blast the worst catastrophe the Ncrwettiati capii\l ever rx •irriencrrt. The lintel Bristol v i- remiiKilimied i sim a hospital for deal numbers ol wounded. There wa- -ill no • >1 fici«iI list of casualties hut tir-t reports said only four were lolled. 'I'he explosion occurred i' !!.!<•> i>. in. yesterday while the f termini* hi ic unloading Hie munition- ship, illhiiiii'li I itere wer* widesnreiid sj'*. enl.il11 'i•v us I" whether sabnluKC is re "on-ihle dcrmall authorities « ci i- oi" i •'! f-s siiyjnx the explyiivii ^.i« - Uv»(«*""'" • .#».«■ . Enemy Gives Ground Before U. S. Forces And British Armies Allied Headquarters, Algiers. Dec. 20— (Al*> ) — l.t. Gvn. Gen. Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army, which captured ill • heavily fortified village of iSan Pietro after three days of fur ious fighting, has hammered out new gains toward San Vict tore, next strong defense on the road to Cassino, and in the mountains to the northeast lias registered gains up to two miles. Allied headquarters an nounced today. General llcrnard Montgomery's Kiglilh Army, supported by t*!ii'v. overra! an elieivy po.-ile n in t'n sevtnr along Hits .A11l' .ill** coast ;:i 'lieting severe I sses. white advanc ing about a mite further inland .ev capturing ihi* village of Coiisalv.. -ix miles Horn Orsogna. tilth Anns troops north i> Venafro. ending the Italian lice insula hilly haekliiine. were blasting their way through the diliclllt terrain and forciiiK en emy forces to Rive ground in what a military commentator characterized as a "hurried de parture." French troops in the central sector were said to he putting i p a spirited light for one mountain pass. Heavy 1> sses suffered l»v the CIt-e inaiis' !)0ih tight arm n cft div isi >n ior the second time threatened thai with extinction. A spokesman said reports Irmn tin: Ki^Iltli Ann; front .-howed this division had ! «' about half its strength. Two battali -ns <>t the division's t'litst regiment had been consoli dated. "it suid. and 2.40(1 infaetvy men from the division's two infan try regiments had been killed, wounded or taken prisorer. This division was a pari of M n— r.hal HosiiimTs' Alrika Korps nnlil i; was wiped oat bv tln> Kighth Anny. It was reconstituted in (' r «ica and transferred to the main land. Kan Pierlo marked an im port ant victory in ihe march tip the road to Rome. Federal Tax To Be Hiked In New Bill Washington, Dec. I'll. (AP: The 1!M4 Federal inniinc I.is pictl.ie may _'hange again tiefoie I'ongrc.s.s finally ;,giocs mi a hill, hul tlit* lutcst pi.iii calls lor a moderate hou.->t in taxpay ers' assessments. That's llir Senate Finance Com mittee's revision of the measure passed I v tin* House. To become law. ;l would have t<> win Senate ap proval and agreement >>y the ilmi.-i to the changes. The hoo t would come through < u ininaiion of the earned income credit now granled m liguring tne normal income tax. The tax rate would lie •lilt-hanged under the committee'; Dl.in. This proposed change would not affect .surtax"'.-', as the earned in come credit does not apply on them. The Sen; te Finance ('nininittee al •o would make the victory tax a liai thr-e percent on all income, whether married <ir single. o\ er .S'ilM a year. However, no mailer what lonn Hi-, revenue hiil finally takes, it w ill not :ilfeet 11)13 taxes. Six Persons Die \ iolentk in N. C. During Weck-Knd Charlotte. Ore. "JO.—(AIM—At •cast vi\ persons died by violence in Nnrtli Carolina (hiring 'tic* HTck-cml. Ilrxlrr S. Orr. 17. his wife. Mrs. >lurv Amies Ore. 10. and thrir sis months old ilancliler. Kcxtrr Devnttnc. burned to dritli in a tirr that tlcslrovoil their home five miles eait of Charlotte on tiir Albemarle blchwity. Ail's. Donna Combs, tit. "I Mt. Aiiy Hied in it imsiiitiil oi burns she le < eivwi ill her home when her ni"hi e<i ill her heme when iter lliKhl cloth inu iisnilei ;is she -I'mci heiitre a fireplace. W illie .bines. a Negro. was fotnul fiejul on i 'trc'l here nil.I police ex pressed llie iieliel lie was the victim ■ >i a hit and run motorist William I'A Cl'elt Dean. :>J. was 1 killed when his cm lorned ovc and relied down an einbaiiUment in .n Ins home in liu < Ct'iici, in YudUiu cmum l» ., .... BLAZING ALLIED SHIPS AFTER NAZI RAID AT BARI THICK BLACK SMOKE billows from 3 number of IliC 17 to 25 Allied .-hip were set afire Iiy kinq N'a7.i pianos in the harbor of Mari, Italy, on December 'J. Secretary of War Siims-on diclo.cd that more than J,0(in casualties were eau.ed by the raid. Five of the hips destroyed in Use low-level attack wit. American. In t.hc i ii,lit foreground is an anli-airerMt gu:i. Oflieiol U. S. Signal Corps pix-t-J. (/iitcruationa! i'oiuic/pliolo) .i.EsHiDer" Northwestern U-Boat Eases Are -Hammered; Attacks from South Loudon, Dec. 20— tAl') — American heavy bombers struck ■"nun tlie- Wi si al miii'li battered Germany in dnyiiidvt today in •i miick follow-up to yester day s Mediterranean-bused Al lied heavy bomber assault on Innsbruck and Au^sbutv. miles noiihwesi of Munich, on ■ he Brenner I'ass route. The l>ii> Ann rican plain - •-co: ted by 1 led fighter* their renewid insLoiiiht on favorite recent targets, 1 f i Hot boat nests :itnl tin* shipbuilding of thi' North Sea. vrsterila>'s 1 ir-1 hlim in the one-two punch at (irrinan in - clustrv from the v\est and south was made Unou.h tierce li-ditcr imposition. The Ih-rinaiis threw ti|> more than ilHI plant's ill a futile attempt to lult the l.iher ators and Flying Fortress for ntaliots \\ in;'.iii': ill from the south v\ ere 1111 in t Ilea 's IT P'lls .-nit Thrity-j • v en •-llllt <low 11 II probably were hi lti Mi elite planes, <i11:i.: Snmc "I t! i • ■ were be! friend I .■ I -Fhe I w< re >.iil• i late IioiiiI "omii"iii;i: -litio-i ti which !i< md : t •a-ed pi ■ • cat o 'ti- i' • • ' .e attacks were l ot I-. und 22 othiMM di- * nyi'd. t i a 1' •i i e ni-based Allii i : • (I iyV ope .I'inii.-. ■ - ii". Allied Vic I ti have landed i i linn : railway yards d 1 • i .ureal ami ccn l : , lillld tllC Allied fr< ni Aljglera. In ad 1 ! at Ini•>*»i •• .. • th ol I". . ii e . Aleditei : •d rait common - Ituly, ii railway i r sliippiti" in !h> I' dy's west e ' u" rnid on A - c ' • •: (horn i>cn<Mi - \ mi the Mrrfi'u ■ ■ . ' ■ date, it al-o < s '<• .'i'Oi I'rum lliat 1' 'r.ded lll.lt fr • i.v iv e\ne;'f . i. v ■ ■ b neli nd fr. m llse '' e west. Hint Allied rimiM < ■ iHiwer is now i n • nlrato nit Oer • o • \<i: iat: Not <ii:l» biii'K *'i ' ' (ion or <:, "anean (In 'lie l >n •ilrc. and now n <; attacks "'i SOI-Ml It PP". and we-ti nnsifiiin t.i •artfets -i'l I'me tisiy to dot maximum wei«ht ol e\pli>si\ f//0PPAV<? Mysterr iW ^\ -i American Invaders Continue Advances On Big Plane Base Allied Headquarters. New Guinea. Dec. 20—(AT)—Am erican invasion forces on New lirih.iii island are approaching ilie Arawe air strip six miles east of the lip of the Arawe pe ninsula. a headquarters spokes man announced today. Japanese nil' attacks against po sitions <i! Ihe United Slates Sixth Army mi the southwest n ast of the biK esi'-held island. are 'li 11;iiitsiiiHi; m the lace of strong Al lied a.r .support tor tl»o jjfoinni 1. ice-. Possibility that 1 lie presently unserviceable Arawe air strip may lu- in American hands by this time was suggested by the headquarters spokesman's state ment that the Americans are ap proaching the field. lie said Ihc bulletin was based on re purls as of late Saturday. I . ptuiv <•! the air strip ii give tin- A Ilie# another hopping ft pin ; for acri 1 attacks ii^am-t K.i batll. the mailt tfupunmc liiiw on New I *i*i t :> in. which is Uf»*i miie. ti"in Arawe. But Allied planes rcidy h: ve struck ill ll.il>. ' I'om in nly-v.i.n bases in the S uiy 'I he I list all-l'ittllter s ct ' over ll .h.i 1 ii the \\ nr \V i " . Ki - • ila> l>y the S>ut!i P.ieil i n der Admiral William II..!-••>• and I lesJi! ed to the creeping i ..f .. . b.!-e> (lie All if.— <• : 'i : .i ' I the already bat tore stmt shnld. Htilscy's spokes: an said th«? W» I nla' e-- ci>ilie from "vi«fiotiH s. ill) Pacific l>:i.-< t> 1 cpnt Ir »m j (ienera! '>i>lm'. M ('Arthur's a<l vanccd i •• !(( i mrlcrK indicated at ' I -ast p i ' -! 'I: li ;hter I ree e , from the new nil* strike carved on: ' ol the '• ,'i;\ ' 'e ii:11:'*«• - :•! Iv • i prc>s " \ .! : a bay. airlmi 1, ilrs ii.ibai I Ha' "V* • . : >1 li the set". ((I ;I.- p!irt»li il to si rale the , <>\\ .lai :irn-<e I •liter plane: .1..I • : irm« n st il but to Stir tip ti \\ reck i- ;> tali tics Now Placed at 72, \\ itli More 1 akel\ l/.i:.il>i ' Inn, l)f .VI. M"| — I'll 111:1: m»i ol !:n< . ■ ik.id m the (I i - I)! - wii'rl. |.i>t Thur-day nl two A' Uiiiiip Coast line ixiificngei trains wa> 72 1 tftav. although railroad ol iM'iiils 11si-i 1 • -1 il! 111 ii*l>t I»*• nil. or uvn luxin - under 0110 Mi-tioii • >! a i-ouch. The 11I tin' derailed smith bound Irani. into w licit nnoilu-i t'ailt plowed. -.. (I yesterday "wo did o\ eiythinu we <1 hi id. and tli.it nhotit sums up 11st" whole 111.iltc: The engineer. Willi;" Mvi r. sain In .. siiil'.'. ill . 11 Kocky Mount that the headlights .it lus riiiiinc woil- on i!i 11 and that then' v..i no reason why thev should have hhndt'd Frank tselknap, engineer of tlie northbound .rain. Pro-Allied Regime Out In Bolivia l..i I'a/. I'olui.i. Pit. '!<••— ( \ I*)—The |»r»- Mlircl Bolivian eiivornnit lit of I'rrsident IViia l unda \va> overthrown toda> in a coup (t I'la. v.iders ol the national revolutionary mo\ c nicnt. .111 ortani/atiiin de.i ril>r:l as strontl> oppose:! in Ii:<* pull rirs ol' tin* I nili'il *l;ilis. President IVnar.ind.i was re ported to have >*»•« 11 I lied under arrest l»y the evolutionary movement, pride i:;> lit lioth >ol dirrs and youth or iiu/.iliuns. Victor I'.I. r.-'en- • in. tevoluli (C.ill' Hied ..-I i'.i-, I timbrel I. i ng •• m>\v 1y-won Bvrd Demands Guffey Quit; Gaffey Refuses To Get Out Washington. Ore. !i>—<. \ I * > — The feml IipIwpcii Hie Senate's imi llie n :>n<l southern Deino •Tilts UOt ils Slell'llt wind (ml I V. Sci.ilfr (iiifrrv, Drmncrat. I'el"i s»lvanla. assertiiic lie uouhl nut ! »• "furred <nit" as rhaiiniaii "f (lie party's senatorial campaign c nimltlfc. ami Senator Jt*nl. Virginia Oonwrral. demanding (tiat (iuffpy be replaced imme dlatHv. C. iffcj*. \v1"» 1- .<1 "fried til* tV« mnit on. (old .i ivjmi'ior that lie \v:is ii"t fn 114 ! 1 i»'.!ci d in ;i pi wit '• 1 • il In iiv.: "listed IHTiiiiM* of iittneha tMiit Invl Iw'cn m;idr '"»i liiin lot- his riMI'lV tti.it .niitl'ri 11 It' I i< 11. d in ;in ''n linlv iilli.nico" villi Hi imltliv 'i'v .lg.iinsl the ;idmin sIim 1. i.r rn- fftlf Wfl. Af r used vJ thij, E. id .>d)cl 'f.b £ net other FoulhuvncrM would toko (lie n 1, 1 i. ■ " n.til1 i '> ■ f. (• ' ' - *> • . I ".t ! • ;i mj. ! < i.i. r. .•••.• .. Kcnl 'i I.; ii' ■■ *r >* lil.int tin* IV;i"M ! . .Mr,, • \V<> .i n't v ni <; ffcy . - i-ba man." liv il <!«•• !,.!•• il "11' <1 • • 'I |C|l|'0-..|l| 11' • •. |-|!V 1 . II. | "i riitii: nirinlN ; ■ . ' " ScimI. -> >i hr HnA it" right |t» HlWIik for litem Wo V, ;i!ll lii - i - ^ll.itlOII ilj.' i. " The ><i!di«'r \' which |>i " \ i<i •<■! It" si will H " i .v . v .ill I lin\ <• .(•! up .1 I'ril' : I r him'' ■ ■ i ' t.i cullri'l .r <! i Mini lite l"ill«»|. or llir ium<vl I'iri'fB in 1!i|l 'flip <•> which C•'if(«• > .itiu'l.iii rr> nl u c-H I''.' m«»ii> nc \v i' 11 .i I'H'ii ,il '■.-CIMIV r-'.fi ij'j ls ID hand/ Ol til*. .Udtti. Nazi Anchor In South Is Wiped Out Hitler May Retreat To Bug River Line; Near Riga in North L'.niimi. I)ev. liu— (AIM — The Red army ir?s smashed the southern aiii'lio!* «»i" Hitler*. Russian front. foninir tin- tier maiis to retreat from their Kherson bridgehead at the lower ext remit v of the Hniipi • river, tin- Merlin radio arkimwl edjred today, wliilt to tin- north powerful Soviet units p«>nrin;v through Nazi deti nse.- in tin Xevel ,-ccLur in a new w i?.t • r offensive. stretched to within "»7 mile- of ihe Latvian oord< r. Til • ! : : Ill Ihfi Kh< rn< II br m.v - hOati tell llti I !< man.- V Urn ' ' ■ li tieil 11 O I)! . : I ■'(•! sil .1; < ! lit ' Butt river. the rttii- . 'iu- v av < iii- • Tile liin I«ii»«\hi drivp ::i 111' iv rlli. in:", in sistli da\. Ii.i . altealv «>» riii 1 vhi 1 ul r i'v ,ii: ' rsv:i!r\ ird u hite-rolicd st.1 hanilvK. I l:tan*. . (icrps I • ! \ > -rr - irtsJiMii; tf ward I ■ .!;<!•-!». 1 1 .ill j'liirtiiia linr f!ip (if-; l i>! ttl l..tl\:.i.i rruiiHiTv. A M. -ii'.'. 1: ■ : ► ■ ..I • •' it ...... Gentians us!- lor nun, 1 >0 1 whole I .< niiiurad :,:t(l in.. |\v e>l ■ '■•i iits. These now are with .< -■ j ill!; di-tanco. "T1 »• tiptv Km-d-Jit S'lso diverted (lie ficrnnlis I'r ».*m their |vus!i wcsl nf Kirv an l shuiiltl hall |l|p him,- rpiiuan-/*. iiipiiIs which lltpy have hppn ■touring- li> this front." M I tary en 11 1. t, | 1.. I : the now drive heernse it i< . , • i direi ! Inwiii'il Oeriranv pr tier. 1 K.'sf I'r i.-su he n? :• little le-s !h:m ; 300 mile- wet ,1 th<- Novel mc r. Funeral On Tuesday For Mrs. Daniels I.'a «■ . I »•-. (Al'i Mi . Afi'ilr Uui.eU. 74. vile of .loscplltl- I>.il I'!-. ' i :* \i l.i ' !i . t her Itonic here after ti long ill cks. Sin* w s ' if v If "1 till" |nii»!i.-in't" i>! The New* and Observer. wl#i was secretary of tlie navy during World 1 War 1 and recently K'n'cd as .. . - bassador to M< xico. | The tuiieral will lif held In i iivin.'.' | .it 3 p r.i. iii the K.i.-S IVe.-byter.an i Hum h lii'l'i'. Mi* Daniels. ,i native ul Raleiuh, I w.i> the daughter of Majoi Will n 111. Bagley and Adelairk Worth, the I latter a diiugtcr "i Governor •Iona<* ; than \V..i1h. Alter einnple' im ! e;' i etiin.." .it IV.ici In-":ii 'f. ■ >■ ■ came art \e n vvo.cii's altair-. She was the ! ' Woman t' •• I of hei !•• .i ."i" . ill "ft :i'e 1 i In 1 I I at 'he ' tin ol ■ iv ii-:.J . and r ' w a- a leadi; women's woil.fi est ibl Mm ei | t» •• V M. C. A. here, sin- was a former president ot tlui I Haleijth chapter ot the United I Daughters ot the Confederacy and was t le air • the la*, on re i f) i ~ 11rith.it 1 f: 'OS ul Confede " te ie • . i mi Stone Mo I• 1 t if.. Georgia Mr. I» "i «i- ' i- the in>t woman ' i -ti f i l!e\ ' ■ ■-1 i' i! he; f. a" 'I sll«? 1 >!• afd i t n ' the !>na:"d troni 1i 11nI 1 ■ h -hand Imv.hiio j ■ is-acio: • . Mi a in l si:;.!. Till. ! !i .>|iital i> " a .1 ".u home l.i.t, vi".il" anil na veel ; :i lie:' honor | I'u.. 114 the World War. Mrs. I) mels w.i- president ol the iVavy Ited C'o.ss. iiui n 1 !•:!»» -he repie sented " i" I'niif 1 «it.«*. s t the Wot Id Woman'* Sn age Conference In (iflie-, ; Mr IVf • e!d the M'loi ir_v 'If give ot doctor of law* from tin I'm , l" t> I' \* nth Il l Woi:. Ill's Colleai M thf ti •• ' was awn did. .IiiiI f Klovfiici Mien, o' iff I'n led State- (' ti nt Co '1 heneli. w the i tiIv other wi>"< iii to have hfen ;:iveii M hoi: y desree '• v this lllsl 11'it •• '. Mi mil Mi 111'i fl- ei'leliralcd their DM It wedding annivcinafy last May. i Si ivor- ini'l '(• her husband; I fiur -mi- Kraut; Ai thin Daniels, •Ion; than I >.1111c• I-. Captain .foscphil.4 I'm els. .1 iii ul 1,1 ("ol Woi III l!au le\ Daiicls. id i brother. Admiral i D,f ni Worth o: ban Diego, ICahlorn.d.
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