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Reds Pushing Deep Into Poland Gets Unique Honor AMONG THE FEW fighting men who have had battlefields named in their honor is Marine Lt. Steva Cibik of Leochburg, Pa. He led a platoon which took Piva Ridge on Bougainville, making possible a Yank victory over the Japs at Km press Augusta Bay. Subsequently the ridge was named Cibik Kidgc. USMC Dhoto. (Intenialiunali State Revenue For December Has Decrease Kal-icli. Jan. 4.— (API—Col lections of the Stale Krvniuc Department totaled S5.724.72l. 37 last month, compared with SI>.»RI.:i(iR.90 in Deeemher. 1942. or a decrease of S35fi.GI7.53. The Slate Department of Motor Vehicles, however, reported increas cd collection}.. Its December 1943 total was S3.447.329.34. compared with S2.595.S73.78. Sale uf licen.sc tag.s amounted to $3,04(1,010.70 last month, compared with $2,144,599.06. That increase gained more '.nan u ual attention because tin~ year driv ers are allowed until February 1 to mount their new plates. The ac counting department explained the increase l>y saying its handling of records we being expedited more this year and more reports had been received from the field. Sales lax collections continued to mount last month, with 51,725,431, compared with $1,515,925.01 in De cember. 1912. but income tax collec tion last month yielded $1,718,534, compared with $1,975,328,011 in De cember, HI12. (leverage i;tx collec tions experienced a slump of about $9,000. HANK TlttAL SCIII.IM Li:i» Ashevillc, Jan. I.—CAP) —Trial ol eishl riclciidants charged With con spiracy to misapply fund.', of I'u no>v defunct P.anU of iJlael; Mo.int iir was oil Iht! docket ill U. S. I) :-tnet Court here today. Tri I of the eight was I.emiii lasl November but was po.tpone l due tt illnts- t>( the presiding ju I ;e. Indict 30 In Nazi Campaign Wit-hiiiytoii'; Jan. 4, (AP) Twt women and 21! men were under in (lictmenl today in a widt t nig inve>li< g. lion ot what I he .lilslice Depart nienl called a na/.i piopagandt tain pa inn to incite mutiny in tin* armei forces and set up a fascist regime u this country. The defendants, some of whon were named in a previous indictmcn charging sedition were accused by i Federal gr. nd jury of conspirin; "with each other and with official of the government of Germany am leaders and members of the na/ parly' t<>: "Advise, council, urge and ca11s insubordination, disloyalty, ntiilin; and refusal of duty by members o the military and nav.l forces of th l/nited States. ' Hearings To Begin On Prohibition j 100,000 Petitioners j Cause Hearings By House Sub-Committee J Washington, Jan. 4.—(AIM — Rowing to demands or more than 100.000 inilividu.il petitioners for immediate legislative action, a llouse judiciary siiti-eoininittee will begin hearings next week on national prohibition legisla tion. j Chairman tlobbs, Alabama Dem ocrat, .-aid tlu hearings probably would start on wfflncsday, two days sifter Congress reconvenes, with pro hibition advocates as the first wit nesses. The hearings will he on legisla tion introduced last .March by Representative Rryson, South Carolina Democrat, to outlaw beverages containing more than 1 2 of 1 percent of alcohol h.v volume, the prohibition to re main in effect until "the termi nation of demobilization" at lln cnd of the war. lis professed purpose i.-> "to re duce absenteeism, cou-erve 111 n povver ami speed production of ma terials accessary lor the winning of the war. A bitter fight is expielcd to deve lop over the proposal, which has | stro: g house backing. Hitler Trial Unnecessary, Czech Says j Washington, .la: . -I. —(AD— .Ian j Ma aryk. Cc/choslovakuiti toreiftii j minister, predicted today that Hitlc;* ! won't live long enough to be tried a* I a war criminal. "He'll cither be taken care <>1 by ; the military or commit suicide." j Masaryk told an interviewer. People seem to forget, he went on. ; 111 t their is cowardice behind the ! Na/i strategy Discussing the trial of war ciiiini nals by Allied nations after the war, j he said there will be two kinds: I The important ones will be taken j care of quickly, the others may dr.ig ! on longer. Robbery Of Virginia Bank Stuart. Ya., Jan. -I. — (AI*)—A bandit carrying a little black satchel uallied into Hie First National liaiiK I here today and. at the point of a guu, robbed the institution of bc | tween $3,000 and S4.000. j L. S. Ituckcr, e.ishier of the bsink, ! said the bandit entered shortly bc j fore lb a. 111.. and demanded $500 in 1 cash. When Hucker started to count I out the money, the robber told him he was in a hurry and would lake all the money in the drawer. Kucker tinned over everything 111 the cash drawer to the bandit who immediately fled the bank and en tered a car parked immediately in trout ot it. lie proceeded south on 1 route '• toward the North Carolina slate line. An immediate hunt was organized by Sheriff F. I). Mays and Commouweiilth s Attorney Frank J'. 1 lliirton ol Patrick county. Early Start For 1944 Presidential Campaign I'rj^cd | I Washington. Jan. I. —(AIM— An j early start for the presidential cam : paign with June conventions for , ' both major parties was advocated to day by Senator Vjindenbcrg, Michi gan Republican, to I cililate nbsen Ice voting by members of the sirm . | ed forces. I Vaiidcnberg, who supported the , Senate-rejected CJrcen-l.ucas Federal ballot bill, told a n porter he is con vinced that if servicemen are to vote ' in November, presidential nomina tions must be made by Julv 1 at the \ latest. SI'DAN C.RASS VAUABl.F. 1 College Station. Raleigh. Jan. 4.— The new Tift variety of Sudan grass • has proven itself resistant to rust ' and has given increased yield* of f supi nor hay in North Carolina, rc :' port research men of the Agricultural , SUliuil at Stale College. Two Jap Cruisers, i Destroyer Are Hit By U. S. Bombers i Jap-Held \\ ake Hero' This exclusive photo of I.t. Col. .lames 1\ Devcroux. leader of I lie I'. S. Marines (luring their heroic stand at Wake Island, has just lieen received by his son l'atrick. 10. alone; with a letter, ihc first he has received in two years. Col. llevereux is in a Jap prison camp in Shanghai. (International) Opposition To Bombing W eak In Marshalls Washington. .1 ;i:i. I (AIM Sec rctaiy hi the Navy Knox reported 1 <>ct;iv that American air lorces lire "continuing to soften up" Ilu* Mar shall island^ and arc encountering weal; opposition in the air. lie referred to continuing raids on eneii.y base-- in M'M'ral ol tin' Mai - shall group. "We are putting I lie enemy <>n the defensive throughout thai region," the :ecretary .-aid at a news confer ence. Tliore have been several aerial en gagement- . he said, but American torn-- have suffered few losses. Throughout the South Pacific art a, In- said, "enemy air .strength seems to be very weak and ill such ret ions a- have taken place the Jap anese have been uii the defensive." Lar^c Increase In Coast Line's Revenue in 1943 W'ilminuton. .fan. -J.—(AP)— The monthly sta'cnmit of r<'venue.-, and expenses is.tied by tin- general of liccs be e id the Atlantic Coast Line Company".-- operating revenues | lor the lii t II months ol liM.i were i _$1 compared with $I••'<!, lor the cone ponding period I in I I he statement. issued last nighl, said the total for the Inst II m nitlis o| ID II was $liO.'J5l,K78. ItKI'OKT KKAI)V I College Station. Italeigh. Jan. ■! — Director I.. I'. Haver of the | Aurieilltlli a: Kxpcrinicnl Station I at Slate College announced here i I today 111 it the 1941! annual rc | port of the tatoin has now been j compleb il. .nit n pics will be sen' | . to other stations and colleges • n I lie j ! United Stale . The report is not designed lor general distribution. The piih!n it if >11. embracing an en-j ' (in- year ol research by the station, leatiin s tl i conversion of a peace time organization In Hie needs of a slate al war. mf:w rfxistration FOR NAVY AT HILL ' Chapel Mill. Jan. -I.—The new . Navy Armory was the scene loda.v for registration ol both new and old students at the t' iversity of North Carolina. Classes w ill gel under way tomorrow. Hegistr ti"ii is for civ ilian students only, since Ihe Navy and Marine V-12 units and the ASTI' trainee* are running on trimester systems. A number of rcw freshmen and transfer students took their physi cal exam illations and placements yes terday in order to bu ready lor rc ji*tiat,on today. 32 Planes of Enemy Are Destroyed Over Kavieng and Rabaul Advanced Allied Headquar ters. New Guinea. Jan. 1 — < AI *)—Japan's naval strength' is weaker by two cruisers and one destroyer which were dam aged, possibly sunk, by United States planes in an attack at Kavienjr. New Ireland. Wliilc the planes from a far rier hirer of the smith Pacific command were hammering the enemy warships with heavy bombs ami lor pedocs. oilier aircraft I rum South I'acific liases were destroying :ir! Japa nese planes over Kavielig ami Kahaul. big enemy base in northeastern New (■uinca. Five American nlanes were lost in the two raids. The attacks, reunited in C.eneral Douglas AlacArtlunV ciiminunuiac today. occurred New Year's Day. and in extending unhappy holiday greetings l" 'he Japavcse the army and navy >el a fa.-: pace lor 1911 opera!i >■»>. American troops of the Sixth Army. Il'ind division. have se cured their objective at Saidor. on the north coast id' New Guinea, where they made an in vasion lauding Sunday. The communique stud the Amer icsir.s easily overcame light enemy resistance, being aided •>> l.ihersitoi* heavy bombers whicli dtopjK'd ll!li tons of i xplosives in the area, from Helmhdlt.' Point to Si< . Other bombers leit 55 tons at Madang. the Japanese coastal base 55 miles north of Saidor. Warned by reconnaissance planes that a Japanese naval lone <>: two cruisers and two destroyers was ap proaching Knvicng. where another carrier-borne plane attack had sunk an enemy destroyer and two big cargo ships Christmas day. the car rier force sped out to meet them. Fighters and dive bombers hit the warships as they ncarcd the harbor mouth. Bombs and torpe dos scl the three vessels aflame while intense machine gun tire sprayed all the ships. Weather unfavorable for later reconnaissance inside il imposs. >|e to determine whether the cruisers and destroyers eventually sank. But a headquarters spokesman said that even if they survived the I lames it would be a long time be fore they could be returned to serv - ice. even should they be repaired at the nearest enemy repair base •it Truk. Thirty Japanese Zero fighters streaked in to meet up with Hellcat fighters which downed 11 enemy fighters for sure and four more probables. RFCOVFRING FROM GRIPPf; Washington. Jan. 4.—(AP) Pre sident Uoi.M-velt called off his news conference today and -laved in his bedroom on orders of his' physician. He is recovering from an attack of grippe. May Attempt Pole-Russian Reconciliation Washington. Jan. I.— (AP) — Secretary of State Hull unheal ed today thai Ilie t lliled States may make an effort to brine Po land ami Itussia together ilip lomaliealfx and thus prevent any flareups now that Red troops have crossed the old Polish fron tier. Asked ;tt his press conference about the forthcoming visit here of President Mikola.ie/yk of the Polish government in exile. Hull said the purpose of the visit could he inferred from ilie sit uation in liurope. I.omlon reported that the Pol ish leader is coming to Wash ington shortly to discuss Polish Kilssian iiuestions. Hull said this government turns its attention to all matters rising in eonm-ctiou w ith the Allied situation when it is prac tical and feasible. We do il in a triendh spirit, he added. WIATHIK FOIl NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy and slightly tonlt>r liiiiijfht. INVASION JITTERS HIT BALKAN NAZIS THAT THE GERMANS are fearful of an Allied Balkan thrust is shown in this photo just received here. Troops stationed on the cast of an un named country fevet ishlv work to complete concrete fort fic:.ti'ins while sentry on top cf rock watches for g icrrilla activity. ' 'iiiernatio; n!) .Forts Wreck Bail Bearing Plant And Turin Rail Yards A Hud Headquarter*. Algiers, Jan. I 4. (Al'J — United States Flying F<Htrcs>c.» kuockcd out tin* ball ( bearing plant at Villa l'ero.-a in northern Italy ye-terday and batter fii the Turin railway yard.-, it was announced today, while aground Kightli Army Indian troops seized a liill and advanced inland from the Adriatic. Snggv terrain stymied large scale land lighting, but American troops probed defemc- of San Vittore guarding the Koine road, and other patrols also stirred up the Xa/.is. Allied tilers wrecked or damaged do/ens out oi hundred- ol Gere supply trucks round . r.owbuund in mountain passes, and bombed tjio Yugoslav port of Split. The Fortresses of the lath A r h'lircc, .-0:11 nig mil l"i tii«- lir.»t time under command i>f Major Ciftit-i;• 1 Nathan Twilling, wrecked tile m;i building "i the Villa I*• rasa plant producing eight peiccM ut the "U - put. ol hearing.- for the Nazi*. Villa Perosa is INI miles southwest <■[ Turin. (A Berlin broaden*! ikcluntl "terror attack" was made ye«tcr<iaj .in tlie communications centri nt Pistoia. 21 miles northwest <>l Flor ence.) On the Eighth Army trout, In dian forces captured a hill a mile and a hall from recently captuied Toniasso, and advanced up the I >acl from Ortona almost t" Tollio, live miles inland. The Nazis replied :>• Aire .can pa trol stabs on 11n- Kilth Army .sectoi by shelling Migiiau<>. Military Objectives In France Hit In U.S. Raids London. Jim. 1 (AIM I'. S. Miniiudcr 11 «*11• i•; I i :n il\ attacked military m the I*os IX' Ciiliii iirrii i I . mcc < t»{. ■ \ in I lie w.ikr nl i." '.(■ .i i ' i into wesU'in <;• • •...nv.' All planes returned rnm 01«ruiituu Tilt' .Vliiraud)':vi-iv escort <*d l.y ItAF, Dominion iind Allied fighters. | A> tin .1.hi .in' <1 »lii- (iiTtii.in I 11.lltrolli'd I»;I; .1 r 11!1.1 It'll tl , II, I S<i|lii\vcd bv the M'Kiiin Ioiik ; I'i'llfO ll'iin lllltll 111. J111 d [ Tromwic. This — elime i an indi i)ti<in ii;11 Brili h Aiiu'i'iciiM ..:i I ill in c <r i | liiMii ' j, i r ;iri';is. SI 1 11V .III! : I'l I,., ,,f in tli11• 11 boinbci , , mgiy o-cni'i-ci >> (iglllcry, M' rpl • it ;i<T<»ss tllU Jijfilifli t'hniiiicl, ii the ucncral <li i-clion of |',i- |),. Cjjji 'ti -iniifl be » silo l»f CM ! 1 »',;,«•« Jlll-IIt.- lor (ici many'* "nickci i. ■ l*ht" i it.uk on \, Gornmny l;»t niglii iiv Hn- ; • M^xjintu lorititiliiiiw \vn« Hit* sccmd -tu-rc> ! i night raid OH tl>i li .lie.. I.iy llr .<• )>l.ii.t .ii i ,i i int v.itliou; |o-s. (Ilf HI Jfli • U \ Mid. Kaicigh Hears Strangr Talk About Kcyuoids Ill tin* **ir W.illrr Until. . l)ail\ Dispatch It urea ti. KY I.YNN NISItKT t( iK'ikK .Inti ' -.lu-» tvhoii j irjil Wrilcr? bofttin to p mittcttf wii the t;icl thai ( nmernn MoriMin \xa "Hikilia ii" priThC' hi ciHiiin'lHiii with his <'<tnl('i»)il«ii('({ raw lor :hc I Milcd Slate.- Sciiiilr, cnna- \\ i• rl from AIIkmill Ir lhal Inr ('h.r !■ .f|«• ri.|ii;i','^sniiiii W"ill nifikr a "nnn-po 111 i cv 11' s|ttwli ihrrc on 'I'ncsd.iy niulit, .tanuary 1. Occasion is tho an nual Hireling ot the inerrh.inls us socintioii. The speech 1 nay have im ichtlinn In anv particular campaign, lull H is expedin# almost ton nillrli in work for a nun-political sj-cccli |(i in Mnrrli.oi\. iiKVN't >i.l>s !... \ j|. j, I*, in y - i i' unii hi W• 111iitjii'ii WW it • lo.i.-nod sii.it •. p .ii it It'll) Reynold* gojliK lilt., the (•-till. I>l.>jl)(s- ,1 \|j „ IclircMiont 111.1)1 tile Set' I. I i. It .| cxnclly lrut'." Mi- K-,..y up with the llcj'iKildi i m ,.i during the li'.iid.ivs ..mi i."t t!ii <1 .]» s<riu#hf. si.i1 ,i» ii i. true iltvy own ('i' \!• lii J H"i(i (:••( - > ,i «(| i|i <.I UihkI 1.111(1 il'Hti: til. I<( icIi thill tl <>V ttiiiv cii| iii< iiit.i I.iiiIiI.ih: lot ,iih| 11 I'd' .I1. lor ; It) \ rcmii.M ■■ il c.. Into business. Ihciv is _;ir.il riouM. ill'MOH Hhhh.i |ii*i «isls Hi ,i |..i - (CoatinucU oa Two) OlevskT aken In Advance Over Border Demoralized Nazis Surrender to Reds By Whole Companies Moscow. Jan. 1 — (AIM — Red army forces under Gen eral Vatutin. liberator of Kiev, were rolling over tile flat ter rain of old Poland today after capturing the former frontier town of Olevsk and .smashing their way across the prewar Hussian-l'olish border. I.iII ol Olevsk. and another slroiiK point II miles to the siiiith. was announced last nichS in a Kussiaii comiiiuniiiac which declared that lill villages h.Mi heen recaptured ill thr swift Soviet advance. Front line dis patches disclosed that Kussiaii vanguards, pushing on raiiidl.v I'rem Olevsk along the Kiev Warsaw railway, had crossed the old frontier a short time later. Ti i • . I'.ii lu adva ting ll'O'n Olevsk. .1 . n»er customs station Ki > miles o;h:\< i .• t •>! Kiev. was siippcried I'M t r lo!t by another column which .-. ucmpicd Emit dill" :ii:le: t !l:« :■ .u!b«lM. li t .ill \\!i ill the Knssiaiv; c o-.i ll ltn picw;.. I'tiii.-h !><tr uer >\iiiiatci.\ 1"»ii ;i lies cas* ol the frontier Irom liidi the Gcr .n> launched the.: invasion of i; i after the purtition • >i I'o l.i:id. and :j at :$IMI miles front Warsaw. (The Russians made no olticial C' :i;ment nil till' (Tossing ol till* old border, which no longer is recoj* iii/cd ;,v Mosei.w ;.s an intcrnalion i.1 boundary line.) Tile southein wing l VaUilin's v. n i-.iiiw iiiU , w cis plunging on i>t .<•«( I).i ivh.nsk. miles soti'invcst Zhitomir. in a drive which Marshal Mannstcin's scar gn..rds have appeared unable to check ever since eight Nazi tank and 1.» intantrv divisions were tit*— Seated in the battle of the Kiev i>: i^e. .V "" alons Hie (iU-niile «"<!«■ drive 011 old I'olanu. ap parently. u;,s Mannstein able t(» rail.* his lli-oins. demoralized tr.M.iK I or a Maml against (he slashing Hussiiiii offensive. More Ilia 11 (i.000 (• or ma 11s wore re puted slain yesterday—the ||th May of Valulin's unchecked 011 iti'is'i N:,/N- lh«' Kussian ((iiiiiiiiinidup. were sur "■"deri..,; In the hundreds. Ilirouinc do\ni their ;ir,ns and nlT "nvTS, the d army |,, entire companies. 1 reii.endmis 1, inline linpnient ni t\ nthored ,i|> i.v I ' • • * 11 • I ICS O! Will* L,,u,pnio"t «ery description ZH inn ' ht" a<hi,,ui"K While Promt Stalin ;/ed the lie i ii my ;kI\ ,ih'c l).v ;m order 11I the <1..x other >peat In ads i>I V:i 1111 iti's ain.y wi'iv pushing toward tin- 1." . i.v mm border. slightly more than I!" miles In the southwest. Front dispatches said them; spear I.rarK v.ik- within :tl 1 miles o| tho main Warsaw-Odessa tmnk rail— v food mu I'll- !>nicpei bond, and were d:' vim: t< 1 Vinnitsa, 'i'l miles In the sautliwcst. Demands That Author Reveal Name Increase . n«lon. Jan l (API—Oe ■ "id.- 1 1 'I'lis l ii il today ih t ':>• • '''tit tate evl that as pro pa.:, til '• -ed in \ 1 criran tail and steel disputes had prolonged the war ad 1 All id ' ves he supported ptiiil.cly in recanted by the an<i"y mo is author. \nlli" 'i p sin latcnienl wilt Hi 11 mi' 1 1 1 1 (ionei a I (Joorco (' Mar shall I i.v .Ml, I 'reside lit William Green who said tho chlol of staff "wa> rot 10 '•< ' e made il, and he eh.ilU-'iue i 1 • ' > prove it Tliero wns no Immediate common! front Marshall. Koltov nii . \ u • eloronco lo lite Kotirei l>> W te Mouse Secretary Steuben K it lv '11 little hit more 1 1,tii: y' tli n I'losiHent Hoosevelt, •oiir of protest arose over the ,1 .lei' .'lit and the 11' onymity ol it. In ("otii*re->. one Republican. two |>t" oorals .inn Senator la Kollette, Wisconsin Progreaslvc. joined In vou ii-K a belief that the unidentified personage -liotild assume the burden 01 rfspotuibiliiy lor tht statement.
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