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^■r ItenSteraon Brnly Uispatrfy THIRTY-FIRST YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 15)44 ,c,,usl;S;M'f";':M>N.iAv:KllNOUN FIVE CENTS COPY Red ArmiesOccup y Kirovocrrad BROTHERS UNDER THE SKIN GEN. OSHIMA (right), Jap ambassador in Berlin, appraises a section of the "Atlantic Wall" while touring German west coast defenses. lie probably wonders, as he looks across the Channel to the British Isles, whether the concrete fortifications will be »uflicient to halt the poised and revengeful Allied invasion armies. (international) 21 Days Allowed After Notification Of Passing Exams Many Workers At Fairchild Back At Jobs liurliiiKton. •I.m. -(AIM — A I number of tool iiiid ny workers a) i the Fnirchild Aircraft Co..'s plant hen- were reported bark on their lir>t shilt jobs today alter a walkout yesterday l>y approximately 10U in protest to supiTvisury duties 1:1 the department. The army sent an industrial relations olticial here from Atlanta. On. to confer with key men involved in the walkout. A meet ins was held yesterday to discuss the dispute hut no dec is i >n was readied and another meeting | was sehe<hiled today. Union officials said the walkout was unauthorized. Plane Crash Kills Five liattle Creek. Mich., .Ian i!. (AIM - Five army men were killed and two were injured at a. in. today when a It-'Jti Marauder medium bomber plunged into a field and ' burned J l-« miles south of the army j air base at Kcllogi;, according to j Captain Oavid If. Hales, held public ' i clat ions ofticcr. The plane crashed a few moment.- ! alter it-, erev. «\.i- in iadi> contact with the anbase. reporting 'he lelt engine had failed and III.it ihey would attempt an emergency landing. Captain ijales said. Authorities were unable t > say :in— mediately how two of the crew ol ( seven managed to escape death and said lliev had r«,**«*i\"f<» no reports on then condition Ironi Hie army hospital to which Ihey were rushed by ( Imhiilancc. Abductors of Cab Drivers Are Seized hi i\. Y. Theatre New York. .Ian. !•. (AIM- Two Norlolk, Va. men who p'lliee said admitted Iliey were the abductors of • ti Wimhiiigton cab driver and his | passengci and of another cab driver in llrooklyn, were seized today a* an J )!lh avenue movie theatre. The black sedan in which they were reported to have taki n the.i I captive on wild rides was located in | an Uptown parkin)! lot, and police said the men in rendered the parking ticket to them. '•'he hunt for the men was spurred by the report of the second ab- ! duction. A Brooklyn cab driver told poller that two sleek. I idtng-togged I bandits, who boasted ol being the men who kidnapped the Washington couolc. forced him into the sedan last night after relieving him of his ready ca;h. New Induction Ruling Is Clarified Today By Director Hershey Washington. Jail. 8.— (AD — t'mler the system of pre-induction physical examination announeed yesterday, each rcsistrant who passes the physical is guaranteed at least '*1 clays of civilian lile after his draft board notifies hiin he passed. Selective Service Director l.cwis It. Ilcrshey said today. Yesterday's announcement indicated the 21-day interval dated Irom l he examination it.»elf. Since it takes -eveial days to determine the result< .! blood tests. til is would have meant that Mime registrants would h ivc Had less than three weeks. Ilershey said .1! a press conference Ihiit draft boards fell about 30(1.000 behind tlu ir quotas during flic last quarter of 1013. a: d that because ol (he necessity of making up deliciencies, "we are caught in .1 very difficult situation** in changing over to the system ol pre-induction physicals. lie said 1)11.000 prewar fathers were tlralled in the 1 i.-l quarter of I compared with the original goal of 110.000. Ilershey said draft boards will give rcgistranis five day's notice before the men mti-t report to induction stations for the pre-mduction physicals. Firm Robbed At Greensboro Cireeii-'lioro, Jan. (AI') — lirewer Paint and Wallpaper Company. located on Madison avenue here, which police aid was robbed a year ago in the same manner, was robbed again la.-l night w hen the establishment was entered evidently with a pass kcv. in\ e tigaling otiieers said, and money and valuables, including t!j«- c uiipany's ledger books', were taken from the safe. Tin .epoit was made to police this mornini? by .In eph W. Williams, manager ol the (»ri'<nsboro tore • hat cash totaling $!!l, I wo war bonds of the value ol Slim each and eight cheek amounting to S7-17.17 weic removed from the safe in addition lo the record books. Head office ol file company is 111 llocky Mount. One Killed In Train Wreck Atlanta, Jan. ft.- (A1 •> An engineer wa. billed and sis other railroad men injured here eaily today when a Seaboard Hallway pa- eager triiin and a freight collided head on al Hie Kmoi v loiiversily station. No passengers were n parted hurt. A statement i-sucd from flu* office • if J. Wrolon. general manager of the Seaboard at Norfolk, Va , iden''tnd the dead mall as W. I), [lots 01 A|>i.ry\ ,ll<. S. . member of the pas San Vittore Is Occupied Near Cassino Capture of Fortified Town Follows Bitter House-to-House Fight Allied Headquarters. Algiers. J mi. «S— (AI') — Fifth Army troops captured San \ itlure. stn.iiK German bastion ^ix miles from Cassino tin die road to Home, it was announced of ficially by Allied headquarter today, as British {.roups i'ordiiiK up the Carijrliano river reached the edtfe of the Cassino plain where their tanks inifrht be thrown in the first iime. Tin' cupnirc of San Yitt'irc was reported yrstrrday by Assi;c?aletl I'ress Correspondent Jiilm Whitehead. who wrote from tlu- Irmil (li.it American troops seized (lie town Thursday alter a hitter htui>:--lo-house battle whieh raced lor nearly -10 hoars and swirled over the Ihe rooftop* and through the ccllars. .More than 1(1(1 prisoners were taki'ii in the town alone and at least an ei{ua} n u 111 Iter were killed. Across tlio peninsula, the F.ighth Army engaged in strung patrol aclivilv, t< day's i-> mmuni(|ue said, while Allied bombers pounded the air lick! la Perugia i.: central Italy. ..11 Held nl IVrugia 'ii eenti.il Italy, btir in northern Yugoslav ia. struck at the railway yards at Finnic in northeastern Italy and lashed at shipping off the Yugoslav coast. The ground communique, reporting that the Firth Ai»,my advance continued along U.e ten-mile front, said that in one area troops fought their way to the top of a 4.000-foot peak. In other air operations, strong forces ol medium liiimbers struck al rail communications north of Koine, hitting tracks at IVntedera and repair sheds ami the gas works at Lucca. Fighter bombers and fighters cooperated with the advancing ground forces. In the sweeps over the Yugoslav coast, si Mile merchant vessel wen attacked in the port of Makarska. just southeast ol Split. Four enemy aircraft were destroyed for a loss of four Allied planes. n Since the Fifth Army's offensive was launched Wednesday morning, the British and American troops gained from one to four miles, with no indication ■>) a substantial breakthrough. but bad weather has hampered aerial support. (A German broadcast sa*d that General Mark W. Clark, comm.nidi r of the Firth Army, was bringing up heavy reserves in preparation for a "large scale offensive." The broadcast said that Claris had moved his headquarters, the "implication being that it was closer to the front line.) Russian-Pole Reconciliation More Doubtful I.'inri>ui. .1,111. <>. (,>P) A ret >11ciliation witli litis- i vv ;is viewed ;>> merca-uidy rl'.iibliiil l>v Pules in London today mil uni- Polish spi.';vs- | n-iin expressed the belief lli;it I'niish { unci ill.is. even though they fought (irrniiiii-. would be taken prisoner1 as iho lied i.rmy plungel deeper into >1)1 PolillKl. Iirutu that Hi'" Polish gminimvnt considered eastern and western len Mortal <|iie li>n- separately. <i -pokcsinan al.-o -.iid Poland w;is unwilling l>> givi up territory in the eiist in return I" promise- o| comix it. iit ii.ii .it (ici anvV expense in 11 If west. An A-veiated IV dispatch |ifiiii Mo-('>w s :nl III >' the Sov iets (In not (•niisid'T <li.it the licit jinny litis moved in o.-s anv 11• >i11n i or imidci in advancing tow.in' Siirny or other puinl.>- in Koviio i>:>vince, eastern pin t ol old Poland. Ton\ Martin (joldsboro I' iclcl Miiimi Hciicli. Flii, .Kin. ft. (AP) Tony Mm Im, former radio -inner, luis been transferred l<i Scyn>oin .lolinson held id fJolilsboro, Ihc .iriny iin force officiT-eanilidiite school announced today. lie has been assigned in tin school lr.it Ifi tlic hint tw .i iii")itlib. GUNNERS LOAD UP-ON FRUITCAKE FROM HOME THESE FIFTH ARMY GUNNERS in Italy get a taste of home as they share a buddy's fruitcake. They are (1. to r.) Pfc. Walter Samerd«k, Central Falls, It. I.; Cpl. Je o I,. Hammer, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Pic. Gcorye Dcnmcndc, Struthers, Ohio; Pfc. Paul SugalsUi, the host, o£ G'.en L.yon, Pa.; Pfc. Arthur Smith, Providence, R. I.; Sgt. Jcft D. Dermid, Jr., Asheville. N. C.; Pvt. Leonard ITicUey, Glen Falls, N. Y.; Pfc. Vincent Cavallario. VVatertOTfii. N. Y.: and (right. parlly hidden by Run) Clcad Fitzpatrick. Ganaio. Tex. (International) Allies Sink 2 Barges In Rabaui Bay Troop-Laden Barges Sunk in Large t>ay With 100 Men Lost Advanced Allied Headquarters. New (uiinea, Jan. S— (Al'>—At Kaliaul's Illatuhe Hay. s<> hu«re it could accomnio-j date battleships and ocean liners. t\\®> Itarj-es loaded with j Japanese troops have heen simk hy Allied fijyhter planes from! the Solomons. This humiliating lilnu. announced today hy General Douglas Mac.Arthur's headquarters. is in sharp contrast with reports of last October when the enemy's New Hritain strong- i hold merited tin- attention of hi; bombers w hieli had sucli choice target- as cruisers and big cargo vessels. 'I 1.1 bai"jo -ini:.tms iii'o c»tincited to hi ve t ■ .-t the enemy UNI dead and injured. In the Katicng orea of Veu Ireland. Itill miles northwest of I'aliaul. where cruisrrs and deslroyers have been aerial target recently, another destroyers v I oinbed Tlnnsda.v. Ayrat C;i|M! Gloucester nn iw'liv < 'im'm N'< ISritai' . 2.V» miles • •■iitlnve-l ' ill. id. the .i:tnple li«hi »»•; v 1 ; ro o t> Mich . pilcli « :•' tier in ' • \.e« sided, v !ti the To no fp>nl lineal It' ll.' " v ' IIv iincli, Mjeii On Xov On. i •. Aiutrail m.mov ini> tip Ht■ • cnmMilii !■> ion forces v ! :i A i:r. idi i • , Said"'- weimied Kelnnoa \ i■•. The Sold 'i ■ •< mov rd south to Scl. M'..t li it :-,m i'i t».~» initos n whi Docketed. troops Wm. K. ^ ;mdcrbilt\ Wc;ilth\ Yjeht sin nil. Dies in New York New V'.rU. .1; n '.MM Will-am Ki sain V'uidei i'i:' •■■>. f«.rini i i>-c iden( or (he New York Central Railroad and < lie <•( tlx ition"; Ion-molt yachtsman. died at IU:X> n. m. (.i.terti war time today of n Henri minenl which had i'-reed him in n— turn t«» ins hon <• here Xratn Fl ■ <-i««.■ before Christinas. lie w.i- one <•*! flic wealthiest men in the I'ni'ff) St,ile- and ,i j-rcat i'i and -on <m C'ommodoin Cornelius VaiiderbiIt i iin.lcr of both the rail i'wl and the Vmiderbill family fortune. At death lie was a diredor of the railroad . lid a innnher of its exeiitive committee He is survived by his widow, two daughters, one brother, and civ . in ter. 4 ty RAF Bombs Reich After Yank Blow At Ludwigshafen No Losses in Raid On Western Germany; Death Blow to City London. .Ian. S:—(AI')—Britain'. wooden Mosquito l><>ni!>ii*s. raiding Germany for ihe seventh consecutive 11 i>*tit. tiit targets in tin* western Reich last nijrht without loss in the wake i.f a strong Americnn daylight attack which Swedish reports said jrave tile chemical city of Ludwiirshafen a "death l)loW." Stockholm ivjMills .said tlte twin city "1 M.iiilllniin was s'i \iel; The Herman high command, confirming Swedish reports that l.utlw isshafrn and .Manitoba were (lie larnots lor the American lioav> liomher smash. arknnw leilced that heav> ilanucr hud het-n done (lie twill industrial cities. It olaimrd that Ml American and British tour-onKinrd bombers were shot down over ISeieh territory during the first week of the iipw year. Meanwhile, indications that t!ic Alio . weie allacl.in . N- ' «-r»« 1' .inn' t tl'.e 1711! I in. i.» <s..y came in a Vichy broadcast rC*[Hfrt . I liii.niinK raids in fat area la > rstoi ila>Iiv.c scale Aii><-rii.in orar.iti'in. 1 'man Hunters wore -hut down. 1 niled Slates Iii,tilers. in.iKiiii. a round liip flu hi of some K!'t' miles, areompanir.l the I I . inn Kuril osscs and I.isolators l> yesteiday's l.»f ;<•!-. in ••oplhwest Orimuny. \nn iiian. I! \1 < ,inaiHaii ami \ilied li,liters hnvorod ah nn Hie re'nrn rnnte lo live additiiin.il protection. The n'.tmi p"- , ;. rI the Ivim'i|ors prcs*ed honu their titlarks III • null lie i\ ■■ elm <ls. I'wcive honiljei> mid m m n lighters were if.' I. Knoi.n 'mii onnc.intenvl ia the •»!>«• i 'I'll yen* rally was v.ea*;. allh"iii!h sain" l>i inlier anil field e : r nn' VVCtf ifll I'pll'll iiy rtUtTM.-r« (i v \.:/i lighters. Of the I;; enemy pi men i (Cotilinued on l-'ajjc Two) Cotton Futures Arc Lower at Closing \| V York, .loll II. (AP)—Cotton futures elo.ed 2l» to III eenls lower. 0|H-n Clo ,• March 1JM5 I!!.»:«: May til fill |fl.5fi ♦tuly 19.215 10.32 Oeloher (new) 1P.12 19.13 Deermhcr (new) 19.04 1U.90 Middling spot 2(1.67. Attempts Fail For Short Race For President Washington. Jan. K (AP)—Party loaders have abandoned attempts to I'.uti an agreement on shortening <)u political campaign and today signs pointed lo mid-Jane presidential and viee-presidentii.l nominations hv the Republican.-. loll.•wed by Democratic action a month later 'I'lu' Democrats talked seriously ot p.. tpomnu thei conventi.m tmlii September bill this plan now has ■ 'en d'scarded beeatise indications Mi.it the (JOP ii.ition.il committee. acting in 'l.e lllotnis metropolis .Monday and Tu<Vd..e .i\ ti\ the <i.ile til : t par. y I. <. :-.ll"li ill advance or July I. Such ac'i.'ii i.ci ". -uugc-ted by Senator Vandenlierg. Michigan Rc« p ibbc.il'. 5 i tai'ilii;.ti> tni c •mpletion ..i absentee ballots . . niting by the arnnd lorce- The tactor has .<111 c • idt . I'd bv l)t . atic lcad 8i/lk B SfiER FOI" \OltTll » \s:«)!.l\ \ Folder tonight. i ;\est teniI'cr.itinr riSf In ."N decrees muiIIieast purl ion. ( li.ndt and conIi 11 in I cold Miiid.n with snow I lurries. Industrial, Rail Center Is Captured Russians Move in After Routing of Nazis in Disaster London. Jan. S—<AP)—Kirovojrrad. industrial and rail center of t lu' Dnieper bend, has been capt urn! by the Russian army. Marshal Josef Stalin .111nounced today in an order of the day broadcast by Moscow and recorded by the Soviet monitor. "Troops i>i the 2nd Ukrainian iron;. Iia\ inn i>t'i>kt:n through strong enemy defenses, today. January n. as 11• result i ! bold enveloping nioveim nt. hav> occupied the large industrial city ol the Ukraine, the city "I Kirnvograd, a most important enemy strong point." Premier Stains announcement said. Three Nazi tank divisions, one mechanized division and tour iiitantry divisions lab-nit IUd.oon men) were routed during the lour days ol tiitter I'ijjlitins ia the drive on ttie vital ri\er bend stiouyhol :l. mi which Soviet lories advanced front l!> 'o :U miles ami widened the breach in the German lines tn ?;> miles, the announcement said. WORST DEBACLE OF WHOLE III 'SSI.AX CAMPAIGN IMPENDS .Mi >c i\v. .Ian. !! - < AP)—Troops or the First ami Second Ukrainian armies poured ti .rough great naps in the Germans .n swift advances today anil units which had surrounded Kirovugrad smashed to within three miles of the city in one place in the Dnieper bend country. as the Hed army's winter offensive continued on the upsurge. Advance units of the forec which captured Klesow. at the northern lip o: the great drive, were plunging deeper into Ftovno pro\ nice (eastern i>a:t ol old Poland) and reached a point within 11' miles of Sarny. Farther south from encircled Kirovograd. stronghold for the German forces in the Dnieper bend, some Soviet forces lunged forward to within 18 miles ef Polinovka. western railway Junction which feeds Krivoi ' Kog. "" | Troops ol Generals Nikolai Vatu: tin and Ivan Knnev. which hav e I joined south of Kiev, meanwhile were within striking distance of Kanev. »!-) miles southeast of the Ukrainian capital. Front line dispatches said thai I he f;ite of the German garrisons cut off at Kirovograd was already decided. They said the Germans were hattlings desperately to halt the westward drive toward Xovoukrainka. junction on the next to last escape railway left open to large German forces in the Smcla area between the Korovograd and (he Kiev offensives. In the Kiev offensive, Ihc Soviets' southwest ward drive in which successes were reported west and smith ol IJerdichev and along the ShcpIetovkn railway wns tightening a I ■about ihc Cinnitsa from three ! sides. General Konev's tanks were rcoorlcd to In- creating panic i'lonr the rear of the Nazi I ki r.iinian forces, with German communications reported to have been reduced to bottlenecks. The entire German position (Cotilinii.-d or, I'.me Two ) Evacuation To interior Is Begun By Rumanians I'.t • S" ; • i ' ■> (Al' i '111 . Ill i rl II -.In 1 .'A tl> 111 ill" w>rtlnTii |»r«r. iin' <>i line »vin;i •lid tli r,u!( in |" "iir I 1" i ■- -,n i '1)1, !|i !'. •(!,||> f d: ; i lfh -,n<l t"(i<iv. rh^ itclii rl !•' *-ov i el .iiI\ -iiu'i'^ I whlci\nrc Within about Ml mile* ol I i>v i.;.i Mi' it11ii • • . iin- Kn•i >iii' ■ i.i mi n(i the n..k liiioiy i'i ;i> n i.n'tiifu-x as , .'i' .-il'lf In ii'. nril I" I hi' *iit«Ti«*l' b< linifl <M>niilriin^. Tlic loll ni'-.'i-ii ; < \1« mini till«n I ell ">rt* "o '.ir.'lhM if) I ti ii ('OVltUI with pf-'Siiltt r.il l.- |nii(lt-d hi/' Willi RIKKis. Mori, HB 'lie I'liiid' I in I* I iff H t into the inici i/h, The |hmsI uii.- were sold be nli-ivlng lynj j u;liiiAiit, ol calWe eloiju th**n. ( Iv■i an- h i. i Ix en 11 ii I>i(l(lc!i 1 hp lu c •! the ruihvnyn tippiiit'iillj/ to I;.(ill',ilc the i.-c ii| trniWIKMi for withdraw ii ci troops mid the tarry* I' t <mi Hi (lc"luse mcasuro in liic •.'ant. Ml' mwhiU' I lll|li;;il |;n, frontier Bun >' were said i.v tftc B»»ler Niirlii'ldcn »<■ hiive refused entry to I .(ion i Ntaehi* (Croat puppet troops) ;i"ii about itio Oeriruin militnrlxod cli'e guards fli-cmu from Yugoslav parlisan*. Till- Mlilmn |>i<-»Utlial)lv ( (Hint on iheir old friend Russia ) ■ |)(. |;nK( ■find loumni! in poslwnr deals. i,ut (hi the i>;ims <>r information available heie today Rtinifiniiins arc fiabkly Won icd as (he Ked uriny speeds ty« i ard the irontier.
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