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THIRTY-FIRST YEAR ^■AHEI) WlltK SKItVICK OF HIR ASSOi-IATKK I UKSS. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY o, 1944 fL,'UL.lSIU:l> KVKKY AKTEII.Nuu.N KXCKI'T M'NI»AV. FIVE CENTS COPY Beard Is To Settle Rail Wage Claims President Orders Board's Reconverting To Consider Claims Washington, Jan. —(A1*) —President Roosevelt lias or dercd the reeunvetting 'of an ciiii'Wiiry hoard to consider the unsettled wage claims of tin- 1.100,000 non-nperat inn railroad employees. These claim; were not before the hoard when it recommended sliding scale increases of four to ti n cents an hour. 'flu* hoard, lii'ailcd Ity Jmlsr Ilwii IS. Shaw, of Sprincfcld, III.. will consider llir claims for additional pay. either for or in lint ol overtime. A White 11'>ii.se statement said: "Tie Shaw board has been re convened to consider tile unsettled claims lor wane adjustments of the noii-i • eiMtinf> employees which wi re riot pres< nted to them when Ilw v made their last report. ••'I lie hoard is requested to make its i< port as soon as practicable, hilt not later than ltd days from • late Their recommendations veil! bee< mi.' effective 15 days after their J i • P ' * t i I,led. unless and exccpt to tlie ev ent thai the economic sta i>i!i/.'ii .t. director otherwise directs." Tin' c tecutive order, dated Jan uary 1. . made public today. CHAIRMAN MAY NOT TO QUESTION MARSHALL \V:i;.l..ii';l'.ii. Jan. ,'j — (AP) — Ch.oi in.hi .May (l)-Kv.) ot tin llmse Military C'i>nmiittee told iv porici. today th.it CSen. CSeorge (' Marsh. 1. Aril y chiel of stall, "will hr delighted to furnish any labor leader . . . free transportation to the Knri'p'. hi i> tile fronts lor . . . lirst hard nfor.intion and verification oi tie results ot strikes on our own lighting forces." M i.v announced that 'he commit tee did not propi se lo question Gem i il Marshall or anyone else conicming a recent statement by a| hifih ilficial. that threats of steel and railroad strikes had delayed j victory over Germany. i Cannon Seeks Pay Increase For Employees ; l.'alciuh. Jan. a—(AP)—Cannon Mill;- *it Kaimapulis asked the War Labor Hoard today for permission 1<» increase its hourly pay for —i (Kill employees by seven and a halt cents and to grant comparable in crcases lor piecework. C. A. Cannon, mills president, as'kcd Mrs. I'ouhne W. tlortou, Fed eral representative ol the wane hour and public contract division, in a letter for permission. Mrs. llorlou advised Cannon, however, th.it the request must be tiled in application form then forwarded by her lo the regional WLB in At lanta Cannon voluntarily sought to in crease lus employees' pay and told Mrs. Ilorlon thai raises already had been planted under the Little Steel locim 11; i. The extra pay. lie aid. was sought to compensate employees loj' the increased cost of living and to aid ! in tbe war effort, since the mills have I u'ge government contracts. If the increase is granted, the minimum pay will be all cent ■ an hour. The employee* have not re ceived a p.iv boost since August, I!) 12. Happy Sun ivor Fireman First Class S. J. ."Mick iewicz of Springfield. Mass., smiles happily as lu* unpacks his Red Cross survivor's kit upon reaching the Tontpkinsvillr. Sta tcn Island. X. V., "sick hay" al ter liciim rescued from a I'. S. destroyer that exploded and sank in lower New Vork Bay. (International) Stocks Have Brisk Rise New Yolk. Jill) :>.- (.\l') stoci..: had .1 l>ri~k use in today' early pro ci'rdiitjs but be>l ^aiti< we:e re-i ducid bit by petit sell inn Volume extended stibstautially on tin; upturn unci tapered wh<n the movement showed signs oi losing steam. . Holding imf>i oved positions were Ci(i"ilyi'ai', U. S. Steel, I!ethlehem. \V< tinghouse and Southern liailwav K .il loans extended Tuesday's ad vance and commodities were steady. Cotton Values Rise At Noon New York, .Ian. 5. (AP)—Cotton Inline- opened ten to Jo cents a bale lower. Noon values were ten to ;((> cent a bale higher. March lit.lid. May 1SI.34 and July Ml.ltJi. I'rev. Close Open March I!» ai! 111.55 May 1H.27 ! July Ml.01! I<1.00 I Ortobei (new) .... IK.73 liUi!) hecinoer (new) lit.til IJi.j!) X. C. A\ iator Is Killed in Crash New C'aslle. i >• I., Jan. a. (Ai') - Fiv« men from lite New Castle army air ba e were killed over the week end when their Flying Fortress crashed "in the lar norlit outside o( the United Sites," head piai ters oi I he Second Ferrying Group an nounced today. U. Stephen S. Woolen, Jr . "f Macceleslield. N. C., w a. among the cat dailies Pit s OF IN.II Itll.S Kinston. Jan. 5—(AI*) — Kelly .Ann Mills, eight.. injured when slroel by an aiitoniobile on It. S. Highway 70 near Dover Tuesday uiormnu. died in the afternoon in a hospital oi a sktlll liaeture Jliwl other injuries. Foes Of Renegotiation Oppose Tax Amendments W;i liiiiKt'in, Jiin. 5. (AP)—(>|>-i iMHit'iils <>f ilic win- contracts ic negotiation l.iw liberalization gather ed their forces today in a drive I" overturn new lax bill amendments and insi led I luit Congress must de < ide between i eno({oti;ition mid wat pl ot itcoring. The ti;:ht i> currently on the Sen ate side where Senators I.a Toilette, Wisconsin Progressive. Connally, Texn- Democrat, Walsh. Massachu setts Democrat and Lucas. Illiniotis Democrat, have >igned a minority' report scoring five amendments in I tin* S2,27r>.ii(iti.nti(t added revenue hill which would revise the contract review statutes. I..itollitte was outspoken in his criticism, asserting that "powerful, influence* aie endeavoring to scut tle" the law which he says has | piuuglit ubuul lelundti ami puce it dud ions amounting to more than $5, - OOO.tlOU.tmt). "Ye( in the face of thi< record," lie said, ";i piwcrtul minority of short sighted business loaders who cannot see beyond Hie dollar signs on the ends of their noses, are trying to put over on ('hngrcfts a series <>l amend ments thai will open up disastrous loopholes and ultimately sweep away the whole structure in an tin trolled wave of war pi ofiteerilig." Condemnation of the amendment by thi' four senators centered about several specific complaints, amoiu: tin m their finding that contractors fm nislung items for the Navy and the Maritime Commission would lie permitted "excessive profits" of $2"»0.0tl0,0tm through a provision ex empting from renegotiation all con tract * for "standard commercial ar liiltfdi Nazis Evacuate Berdichevln Uk raine * * * * * * * ********* * * * * Berlin And Northern France Bom bed Raid Follows Great 3,000 Plane Attack Nazis Report Heavy Damage Done at Kiel, Site of Naval Base London, Jan. •"> — (Al'> — IIAF Mosquito bombers ) i it wrecked Uerlin last night and other Hritish planes pounded targets in northern Franco, following up one of the great est daylight aerial assaults of the war by some :'.,<)(><) planes including I'nited States smash es at Kiel and Muenster. Tlti' stall against Berlin was the lirst since a ureal l!AK attack early Monday morning. llctiiriiine lo the north France ••invasion coast." ISAF and Al lied medium bombers attacked military objectives there again this morning, it was announced. KAK and Allied fighters accom panied them. I'he German-controlled Scan dinavian telegraph bureau re ported heavy damage at Kiel, v. ith a ureal shroud ol" smoke over t lie German naval base alter tiie Kiel and Muenster as saults. A j>>int Hritish-Anieriean coin iminiiiuc said the attacks were pressed In.me eftectivety despite heavy clouds which obscured both targets ami that tierce tires were lftt raiting in Kiel, site of a great German naval base and submarine pens. The raids were cxccu.ck in eotijiinclioii, with u daylong series ol' homliing attacks on targets in France by swarms of .both Amtl'ican and Hritish planes. Altogether approximate ly 3.000 Allied aircraft look the air—probably the greatest air armada ever thrown into action in a single day. AVERAGE WAR LIFE OF FORTRESS IS 231 DAYS Washington. Jan. a—The average life span «>f the typical Flying Fortress in one of the American theatres of wai in 2:il (lays. This was disclosed by (ten. II. 11. Arnold. Army Air Forces chict. in a report to Secretary ut War Henry L. Stiinson. lie said that during the average life period. .1 Fortress will engage in 2! combat missions and numer ous practice, training, test, supply, administration and ferry flights be fore it either is lost in combat or damaged mechanically in routine flights. This is true of tin- Fortress' per formance 111 one undisclosed the atre. "In some other theatres." Arnold said, "the typical 11-17 functions several times is long as the average 2:11 days bclore it is replaced." MAIL VALENTINES NOW, ARMY SAYS W ishingtoii. Jan. 5—< AI*) — (iirls. if you want your Valentine greet ings to reach the boys overseas by February M. you'd hotter get them in the mails right away. The War Department today urg ed wives, sweethearts and relatives of soldiers «vorseas to mail their gieetings hi tw-'on now and Jan. 15. That \v>11 make possible their de livery by St Valentino's Day to ail but the most distant areas. BCRLINOTON hi \ /1 I'urlington. Jan. 5—Quick action 011 the part of a truck driver helped avert what could have easily been a damaging lire here Tuesday Horning at 1? o'clock. A gasoline tanker, loaded with 4.200 gallons of gas. (aught lire on Church Street hut the blaze was extinguished by the driver and liurlington firemen hefi re i' reached the tank wcii i m rki'oictkd Warronton, Jan. 5. —Dr. II. II. Fos ter. Warren County health officer, reports hundreds of families of the coin ly are suffering with colds and a mild form of influenza. Probably one third of the people in the county have suffered with either one or the other trouble recnlly. NAZIS ('I,.MM SINKINGS l<ONI)( »N. Jan. 5. The (ler man high command el ;med today in a commtmi(|ue broadcast by the Berlin radio that l'-boats had sir k six allied destroyers in the Atlantic, bringing to 21 the number of des troyers sunk in the past 10 days. HOI .COMB FIRST FULL GENERAL IN MARINE HISTORY As lie turns over command of tlio l". S. Marine Corp< In l.ieu'.. fien. Alexander Vaiido?rifl. (leu. Thomas llolcomli Iu'imimics the first full RPlirral ill Leatherneck history. He ill remain on active duty fur an other assignment, Pictured. left to right. as Vandeg.-ift receive?' the command from liid'-omli in Mash iiiKfon ar<- Seneral ilolcomh. Secretary of the Navy I'rank Knox, General Yandegrift and Admiral I rnest J. Kins, commander-in-chief o[ the I". S. Fleet an I Chief of Viva! Operations. (International isoiind pho ,o) Allies Take Italian Commanding Heights, Hit Communications General Leese 8th Army Head Allied Headquarters. Algiers, Jan. —(AIM—I.I. Gen. Sir Oli ver Leese is the new eiimman tier of (lie British I'.iehth Army lighting in Italy, succeeding General Sir Bernard I,. .Mont gomery. it was disclosed today. I.eese commanded :» corps in the Kighth Army during the march from U Alamein in Kcypl (o Tunis that drove the (icrmans from North Africa. Montgomery has gone to l.on don as commander of British gri-uiid forces under General Ihvight I). Eisenhower. supreme Allied commander for new in vasion of Europe. Actually, I.eese has heen in command of the Eighth Army lor several days, hut the an nouiiccnicut was withheld until toda y. Allies Train In N. Africa For invasion Allied llf«tU|iii rlei . A1 'ii i,. .Ian. 5—(AIM A < Mi.ii'>, l!i-liii) i. nt1 Prcnrh troops . re ndertioimi li'jiin ing lln'• t '.oi tli Alrica lor coin in;1, .1111 r i >ss 11k1 Mi.-ditci - ranoan a :;iinst Uiu (jcim.ili*. il w . disclosed I 'day. North Air e i \ .is oil i i illy de scribed as "one \.t.i (rainitiK cen ter for lr<M|>s declined l«.i Intiire o|Mrraiii>ns.' 11 c.nnps scattered throughout Xtnu. Al^ciia ami Miiuktii. Ilea I i in- Imitiini! Ittnrlintf op eration;. i Ik : i \ i il Mediter ranean and Atlm'ic coasl conic - while, inland. (roups are J>etnu trained in battle conditions in (he modular >. imii<I<Iv plains, ho •. swamps and heavy wood?. The American and British . re newly arrived (roups while (he Wench are Ihoic recently rearmed WtATtStK FOR XORTII ( AltOl.lN \. Mostly cloiiil> and mild to nlglit wi(h slightly higher tem peratures in east and central portion*: Thursday cloudy. Iic romine cooler in east portions in I the afleruoou. occasional light rains east and central portions lliursday. Fierce Opposition of Germans Encountered In Allied Advances Allied Headquarters, Algiers, | Jan. •'»—(AP)—Allied armies] in Italy have seized command ' iiiir positions against fierce na/.i opposition, it was an nounced today, and bomber fleets reaching into Bulgaria and Yugoslavia dealt three hard blows to German Balkan com miniicat ions. Fifth Army troops advanced a little more than a mile west ol Venafro, stormed a 2.300 foot height in Sammuero ridge two miles northeast of San A it tore. gaining coimilete itonii nanee ol that bastion of the German winter line on the Home road. I ■ :<i:;ii« mi is of the Kighth army seized a spur • >i> a mountain ridue ii> pushing forward sever.ii hundred yards . flit's! enemy machine s'in lire southwest ul Tom.ism near the Adriatic. t S l.'itli Air Force Flying • i — 1 i - i s meanwhile ym.i.-i't d i -.I. ;i> v.: ii- and a bridge it' Putnitoa. 50 miles miiiIIi of Sofia, capital ol )• ' gari.i. Amei iean Mitchells scored live hits on railway yards and the sta 11■ at Doljnj, aa miles north o| Saraiio m You- l .via, mil po ind ed barracks and In op cmeenti i tions iit Tr.ivml;, J" in les north west of Sarajevo. <»ther Allied foiatmi:.; shot up west coast shipping <• tf Italy, nil ill tacked supply concentrations mid motor ti ans|i''I' ri 'lie lr<>nl hue are i Hridges were liwtbnl IS i lie • oila v. i ^1 i■ C.i.-sillO. 'I lie Ciermans. apparently in lent in keening Ihc Allies from lioine as loin: as possible, are building up reserves of mobile moleri/ed troops and are rein forcing llieir C! or more divi sions with mountain troop*. I'lisonc ' id the (Serin ns are I working feverishly «m n«v rieifi'gi •i" oral mile.- hehind their l ues, especially :n the areas eo\ c inn • it ii - ,i!l(l Pe.-Ciiiii oil Ihc east ( CHil.sl. CHARLOTTE. WAR HERO FACES THEFT CHARGE j charlotte. <1nn, 8—(AP) - A My ii__n hero ot the war in the South I Pacific, veteran nl ii combt\ m -- moiis against the .hips ami weni-v "I the Distinguished Flying Cross, today was hound over to Superior : C'ciir! on charges of kidnaping and robbery. t The soldier was booked as Sgt Itiiyniond M. Irvin He and Bcn i nie Mann were accused of attack ing aid severely injuring Horace I A. Johnson, a taxi driver, on th< | night of Jan. 2. Spokesmen In Support Of Gen. Marshall Washington, .Ian. a—(AP) — I'pon the assumption tliat (Seneial Gcr^i Marshall wa.- tho annnyuv hi* lli"h ofticial wild <lfi l:.led that a\; propaganda. based on V'leru.an la bor strikes has prolonged tin- wai and cost allied lives, congres-ionul and public spokesmen have come to the support of the chief of stall. Chairman Andrew May, Kentuc ky Democrat, ot the House Military Committee, said hi.- committee does not propose to question Marshall ui :>nyone else concerning the state ment. and referring !•> .-Tike threats among rail and steel workers, in asserted: "I do not know whether it was General Marshall or snme one el*" v lw made tho statement, but re gardless "of who it was I egree 1hat such a (strike) move was calcu lated to give hope and encourage ment to Miller and his satellite na tion- and ispecially to provide a rich source .•! ellcctive propaganda for Hitter." Dr. Saliha Dies In Sax annah, Ga. Wilson. .Ian (AP) U'.i (I wa «•< ei\ i d hei e todav | »}... 'Vai.nah, ».a. I ■< i s.u i>a (;;; K»i,»K r K. h: Templar "I .\ 'i ili ( .11 olina, "»ie l'"! a l.r .ther l.ci • . Wilt re ll„. funeral will be hf-UI h ! • . | IV ,| j I Dr. S,»|i!> i | • «?>■,» v . :,;!..V":;-s .... ' •' 1 !•• • dicinc at * -I "M ,i\f RedsAttempt Nazi Trap At DnieperBend 500,000 Nazis Facc Entrapment Unless Can Retreat to Rumania L<iii(l<<ii. .Jan. 5— <AP) — German troops have evacuat ed th<' eastern section of Herdi chev, railway town 2"> miles south of Zhitomir that once was German Ukrainian head quarters. the Nazi hitfh com mand announced today. i.oss ill at irusl |»art of Ilcr dicliev was arkniwlnlerd as Red army [urn's smashed down through thr middh* I kr.»inc, taking the fortress of IJelaya Tserkov. 50 miles below Kiev, in a drive seeking to trap mure than .">(10.(Mill (iermans in the great Dnieper river hend. German dcle'al-s '"I Ilerdichev Ilea' hack Su» let .tUtl'l'.S other sectors i the t All, I lie Gci - in;.n ciimiiu ml decla.ed. Berli: asserted tin' •"repeat ■ ;i ar.d : '. .. iiu.s. an attacks had been throw :< back south and west ■ I Zhi".' ul 1::..', Si vie*. at tempts n ; iki- recent German gains northwest Vitebsk further north likewise }i;.u .ailed. 'lli" lleiiiti lint." spnKo ill li^ht inn it "unahak i ti-roeitv." and Mum.iv. dispatches declared the great battle tu drive the nazis from the D' iepe. hend had iicgiin, Willi tin- enemy lighting desperately tj liulil his line >>t coiv.munieatir.ns. The (Germans in the Dnieper hend were eleariy in growing «la niser. Advises from Moscow indicated that these German forces, al ready eiltflanked from Kiev as far south as Cherkasy hy the capture of !trla>a Tsrrkov and ID other t kr.iinian towns, fac ed thr same fate as that met hy the arm> which surrendered at Stalingrad unless Marshall Von Mannstcin can extricate them hy a mass retreat across the Bug river into Itumania. At the northern e: d of the south ern front, win re other Soviet troops hail i "ssed the prewar Polish fron tier west of the customs station of Olevsk. fierce German counterat tacks were smashed yesterday hy units of General Nikolai Vatutin's tirst Ukraine army. Here, said a broadcast Russian communique, 4.11(10 Nazis were killed and 65 tanks destroyed as Vatntin's veterans pushed Inward into the western j Ukrainc. far t" the north. General Ivan Bagramian kept up his incessant hat'ering against the ti>>rihern w ng ■ if the Gciman armies driving the Hail tie front. The Germans launched their counterattacks along the I'ol -h border in the vicinity of ncwly mpttimd No\ograd - Vnlynskl, 15 miles e.ist i>l the herder. Thev threw 'i two hattalions— pel !i.i|\. 1..VHI :• i'ii strongly sup 1' i'< ' v ' n ind j! Mis. and ■•suc ceeded n hri Anc flu" i^h to the p.»iti'.ns »i Sn\ iet troops," the Ihis '< sian communique said. Soviet col in • were said to have surrounded the attackers and wip» fContini'ed on Page Three) 0. S. Landings Show Japs On Defensive In Pacific Somewhere in New tltiituM. .Ian. —(AP) < "i the i' I • . i wit tl( ss uti erviit I'll ii ! II' iv iitliJ uhlhioll I v«'hteh Sixth Army loree- liiivo pintle r V i\\ New Hiitinii. I >iTi->rl»<-: l .. C , »• c; ice- - ter. New U 1 in l>ii t -.'H, .fill Stridor. N< ■■ (Utiiu'it. .1 muaiy :• m is .-itltf to > Hie .1 j>• e .111' I'll tlie (lelensi\«• II,: uulmilt t' •• S" i wiv-t Pacific. I >: fact. * 11«> -1 I lllllo.-l nil tho run. Willi Hir exception i'l "iii- >n ill rtivrrsinliiil'i ••aid .it Ai ivv • ■ wliicli suffered hmvy hwnr*. 11 three in \ isi >li- were in coinpllshecl viiltl.il l.v without nppii- tion ' Since those landing-. only llu- • p po> 1111 ill ,ll I'tipc (iloicCstCI lien worth nirnii'iiniitt. There, today's ad vice* from hei'Hiiiinlor* of (iencia MacArthtn told of Min inc< ;• 11i«ch• ed to the Sixth Army, killing 2ot enemy soldier- Monday m .-hatter iiiu .i cownirrattack in;i<le m I lie Hot gen Hay area. Approximately 1,501 . Jap-uifrf-e have been slain at Capi . (»1<.<irc>ici slice l!ir invasion. J lie i« port t<>fI;t>- ln>m hc.idqii.il • i>1 (»«)!«• i •.I MiicArMiur were lumen "I i|'-\ i !• inurtil c«mt'ciniiiR j Arawe. which wa intend' <1 Irom tlic hemnninu a» ii diversion l<n <lit* 1 <'. | II GloUCl'sler <)|K'l'Ull(lltK, Bill I he trap -et 5■ >r .lapaiic c |<u»-«-- (Mlitihl I iwiwwn Hiioii peninsula and Snidor nil New Guinea beuan to close, i The lowei jaw of the peninsula h heen moved l.i miles noitlnvjiid in tin< i' days by All-ti-iiliiins who jire now 8n .hii no ii'i'c- 11mi' Knjiliii. The 111»|><•: )iiv. . ' Kaidor itsfll is ;< beachhead 'hi'" miles dei'|i and 11■ 11■(* miles alone tiit hore. whIrwI m' • the enoiiiN ■ coiisttil supply I mute. H.'ih.iiil. the New Britain slrnn# liold '.!<>■> mile- multicast ol Capfl | Ciloucosler. was kept on the defen i \ sive l>v tw« new Allied raids, one a i 32 ton bombardment Sunday niijht I ,.nd ilie other ii midday strike M»n • . clay during which 11 ol 30 enemy in» J t*rictptt;ift «hot down.
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