3SrjuVran|. flatly Utspatrl? THIRTY-FIRST YEAR '*•!?,^iV':i,.\vlui-: »biivu'k ok _ illlu ASSnt'lATKI) 1'IUCSS. HhM)hhSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, 1!>44 kvkhy. afternoon KXC EPt'suN jA^r^IL.nNOON F1VE CEN^rs C01>Y PINTS OF PLASMA PUMPED INTO TOT GAMELY FIGHTING for h!s life in a Dallas, Tex., hospital, young Billy Meers has used 227 pints o£ plasma since September in ail eftort to cure a kidney disease. Due to the drain on the hospital's plasma supply, the Red Cross might step in to give him a fighting chance. lie is shown being fed by his mother. (International Soundohoto) Federal War Baiiot Advocates Predict Measure's Passage Service Law Would Slow Father Draft Washington, Jan. 15—(AP)—The | induction of pre-war fathers would lie slowed by a national serv ice law because it would provide replace ments lor non-fathers engaged in essential pursuits, selective ser> ice' has advised Congress. To bring the combined strength ! i-l the army and navy to 1 1.000.'tot1 | by .July 1. some 7011,000 men. must 1 be grafted during the I irst .-»i\ moiittis of 1944. in addition to iv placements running as high as I tut.- j 000 monthly. A selective service message to. Congress said: "Although at the present time many of the men now occupation ally deferred in industry or on the J farms are irreplaceable from thej standpoint that there arc no sails- i factory replacements ready and , willing to come forward and re-1 place them, the message presented to Congress by the President '.v coiniiiciuling national service legis lation, if acted upon by Congress, would prove the means of making replacements available for many of the non-fathers who arc now de ferred. . j ^ PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN. Washington, Jan. 15.—(AP)—The War Department announced today Hie temporary promotion ol Stephen Fowler, Wesl Main street. Washing ton, from first lieutenant to captain. School Set-Up Much Muddled ! Despite Laws 111 tlic Sir Walter Ifufol, Daily Dispatch liiir«MU. BY I.YNN NISBKT K.ileigh, Jan. 15. — The situation that developed in the State Hoard ol Education when Comptroller Nathan Yelton went to the wars, not only stumped the attorney general and the governor, but it near about slump ed the seven Supreme Court justices. They finally came through wilh an advisory opinion that the comptrol ler could be given a leave of bsence to serve as a captain in the military government branch of the army. The situation further directs at tention to the differences between the amendments to the Constitution that was adopted in 1942 and is now in effect ond the one presented to the voters for consideration at the gen eral election next November. That recalls some of the arguments for iuid against the amendment adopt ed last time, anl sugests simc of the discussion that may develop over the new proposal between now arid elec tion time. There would have been none of the difficulty over the comp troller's leave if the amendment to {Continued uu Pa^u Three) Lucas to Resurrect Proposal if Slates' Rights Bill Passes Washington, .Ian. 1">—(AT) —Aduicutes c»r a Federal war ballot of tin* armed services to day confidently predicted its passage despite the apparent; steady progress in Congress ot'j a States' rights l>iii intended to keep Washington hands off soldier votes in the coming presidential elect ion. As the House advanced for floor consideration a Scnate-pass nl bill leaving armed services voting a problem for tlie States, Senator I.uc.is (III., I).) prettifi ed that the Senate now is reailv to adopt a war ballot if it c'H a elianee to undo its month-old decision against the pl;>n. Ho said he would resurrect his Federal ballot proposal ami try to p 11 it on the States' ri^et.- bis) it tnat measure is passed b.v tno House and returned to the So-iate. It that fails he will press lor pas sage of his own substitute vVieh revives a Federal ballot but ie.ves it up to local pieci'et i.ttuials t> decide whether the service man or woman who uses it iias cast a legal ballot. Kslcwhcre 111 the Senate tliere \\;.s a growing sentiment to pass a Fed eral voting law in time for this year's elections. Shipbuilding Yard Has Disturbance 0\ cr Payoff Hours Mobile. Alii. .Ian. 15—(AIM—Op erations were back to normal at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuild ing Corporation's Pinto Island yards today a company official said, after guards used tear gas to disperse a millirg crowd of workers during a disturbance last night. Vice President !•'. II. Spencer .-aid the (rouble arose Irom a change in payoll hours. The company an nounced in newspaper advertise ments this week that workers on the 111ret- shilts would i>c paid at the end <>i the working —Cot-j ton futures closed unchanged to 2.*> | tints a bale lower. Open Close j March . W.A3 1N.77 | Mitv 1D.M 1 n. Irt July . . in.30 10.22 i October (new > 10.00 iK.fto D- *e»,,l»«,r 'new* 1«.M 1«82 | AliUiUiiii, --put «0,W. _ __ i Brunswick Struck In Heavy RAFRaid ★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ *★ ★★ ★★ ★★★★ ★ BatteredNazisPushedBeyondHoryn Reds Smash Enemy Line in Pripet Russians Are Within 70 Miles of Kovel, Communications Base Moscow. Jan. 15—(Al') — Russian troops pursuing' a bad ly disorganized German army over a lar^e sector west of Liu; Horyii river beyond Sarny have driven within 7<» miles of the biff communications base of Kovel (in old 1'oland). front dispatches declared today. To tlir north, a White Russian army oflciisivc batterij-ig into till* Prinet marshes toward I'insk 115 miles away have smashed .he liaekhone of Nazi defenses. Red Star asserted, and General Konstaiitin RuUossov sk.v's troops are (louring through the broken enemy lines. The army new spaper saifl the German high command vainly had ordei«l a line held between the Much and Hi.iyn river. Ii.it General Nikolai Valium's Ukrainian torccs btilelred through and the Germans probably will attempt another bir» stand in !he Stvr river running -•"> to miles west <.t the Horyn, or between the Styr and Stoehojj ri ver. only 20 miles east of Kovel. Moscow radio said the N'a/is did not even have time to blow up or mine bridges. Soviet units that seized Stepan, li! miles southeast of Sarny. were driving down behind Hovno. 35 mile.; smth. which w;'s reported becoming b.-'ly < utllanked. Rokossovhky's live-day old of fensive hammered into the I'ri liet marshes on u 30-miles front lieyond fuller. Mozyr and Kaliu kovielii with extraordinary ar tillery sti|i|iorl after breaking one of the strongest lines the enemy has yet established. Ine one st\en-mile sector the Germans had built in depth de fenses of h.ur trenches. 27 artillery points. 37 heav\ machine nun nests and many mortars and mines. Red Star said Soviet troops have crossed the Ippa river 13 miles west of Kalinkovicbi. and ski troops and cavalry dashed after the Germans and raided rear areas. Moscow radio said the Ger mans appeared bewildered by the stunning Red army blows in the Pripct area. Rumanians were dying in great numbers, it said. The Russians already had reach ed Skrigalov. 20 miles beyond Mo y.yi and 115 miles from Pinsk, the industrial river city. liar Heel Nominated Brigadier General Washington. Jan. 15 — (AP) — President Hoosevclt today nominat de 1 Jrif>adier General DcWilt Peek t" l>o a major general and Colonel Oeraitl C. Thomas to be a Brigadie; gcneial in the Marines. Peek's home is listed as Clayton. New York. Thomas's address is given as 7(i.'{ Fifth street." Green ville, N. C. Determination Of Senate To Pass Tax Bill Washington. J.in. 15— (AP) — Willi fingers crosscd against further de lay, the Senate reassembled Unlay determined to act on remaining revenue features ol the $2,275,000, 000 tax inerease bill. Th;.t was the Senate's aim yes terday, too. but it tailed to reckon on a series of speeches on matters tint .it all related to taxation. Con sequently. only a lew amendments weflL aijiccd upon. Owe of those would raise the Federal tax on c< smctics and loilet articles in 1!0 pereer.t. The i)resent rate is 1" percent; Hi House voted 25 percent. Several important finest ion? are tip today. Senators Ulcus (111. I).) and Clark (Mo. IV) favor striking out a House provision which would require labor unions, farm coopera tives and other non-profit organiza tion* to lilt- financial rcliirns with the Treasury even though tlicv do .... l.d\u to incuiue tixei. GLAMOROUS DOUGHBOYS LOSE BALL GAME TO NURSES "GIAMMER BOYS" is the lillo the group of American soldiers above gave themselves when they challenged Army nurses in Now Guinea to a soft ball game. Then, to annoy the Rirls, tlioy dressed themselves in tha costumes they're wearing. But they're sorry now—the zn U beat them, 3 to 1. The defeated warriors arc (1. tor., rear row): Pvt. Will Herman, Faycltcvilte, N. Y.; SSgt. Francis Connor, Sayie, Pa.;T/5 Donald Van Hoy, Portland, Ore.; T/l Kddie Merlinser, N. Y. C.: rte. G-jor«o Lawless, Splint. Ky.; T/4 Pay Zotti, Chicago; T. 5 Frank Loderbauer, Chicago. Front row (1. to r.): T/5 lv;iv. .iid Oderkirk, Bloominqton. 111.; T/5 Robert Dris coll, Toledo, O.; Pvt. Pedro Saliche, Puerto T/3 Herbert Dichl, Baltimore, Md., and T/5 Edward Stokes, N. Y.C, The "Glammcr Bays'' look forward to no future in Softball. (International) French Gain Two More Miles i : COMfl NEW DRIVE CHERNIGOV ,y ZHITOMIR SEBDICHP >. CHERKASSY UMAN j CIRNAUTI RUMANIA ^ODESSA, J OPENING tlioir sixth new ofTensiv® within a month at a point on tha upper rim of llie Pripct Marshes, indicated on the map, the Ited Army is driving against the C!cr man White Russian stronghold of RIozyr and seeks to drive the Nazis into a trap in the marshes. South of the Pripets, as shown by arrow, the Iieds-are well beyond Sarny and further south, German troops are counterattacking near the I?ug and putting up a terrific defense ol their rail centers. (International) Evacuation Of Sofia Ordered London, Jan. l.v—(AP)—The I'.nl yai'i ordered im mediate luliil evaluation of S«>ti.r^ 311(1.0(111 citi/.ens ,i.- a result of llu' heavy Allied ulr blown against flic I capital. Hie German radio announced last night. Dispatche- Iroi'i Istanbul quoted travelers a.- sayiiii; I ho center of the city was alnwM nocked out l>y 11 j<■ Annrican-Hrilish day and night at tacks thi> week The German marine headquarters and a hotel honing most of the German ai my staff, wcie report ed dest r< >.vc—The (ipimm liieh command an nounced today thnt Russian for ces had launched a new offen sive "nortli of l.ake llincn." I,nkc llincn is about I'D miles «ciith of (.eniiigrad on the lone dormant norlliern front. The announcement was not confirmed l>\ the Russians. WEATHER FOR NORTII CAROLINA, flood.v and slichtl.v colder (o nieht. Mostl> cloudy and coil I Umttcl ulhti cold buixU). Nazi Counterattacks Overcome in Fierce Fight Near Cassino. Allied lleaclquartre.s, Algiers, Jan. J"> — (AT) — Flench troops, .staving off five German i counterattacks in tierce light ing mi tin right wing of the Fifth Anny front in Italy, haw pushed forward two more; tniies toward Cassino. it was announced today, capturing the: village o!' Acquafomlata and three important heights in its viciiity. Pressure l>\ the French forces under fieneral Alphonse Juin was applied over a considerable length after their mountain line ' in I lie general area northwest of Cassino and greatly streng- i thi'iieil the llank of Americans driving toward that stronghold 70 miles from Home. 'Hie iai\aiice i>l the Ficncli put tin- A11 it >■ in . commanding position j •m hoiyt-:.- entirely sum unding the I village t>l \ iteti.-o. which now ap parently w;. in Allied control. (The Berlin radio announced yesterday that the Germans had evacuated Ac(| uafehdata. which is ippruximatcly 7 miles northeast of Cassino.) All the heights taken by the French wee over .tool) lect. Mount Fcrro, the navi ad\ niccd • •! the ill *v, is two miles noi llevc-l "I" Ac(|iialond.:tu and directly over looking the village oi Vallrntonda. which about .-is miles lievth and •slightly east of Cassino. They also took Mou?'.t Pf?»"nd Mount Pile. The fiercest of the Cier.'.ian cme five miles nroth "i Aeqiiafondnla along the Sail Pie!ro i idge. During the ! it si Iwt «l theii current campaign in this sector the i French have taken 2.">n prisoners, it i was iinnourccd. | American I'-rces to the south and i west of Cassino !m\c plowed into 1 strong em my i Mirations on Mount Troedii". last hit* physical | barr>:■ on the nwl ' Cassino and are • 'igaged in hard lighting. The flriiv.nir liar coveted the slopes of the mountai- with mortars and machine gun nests requiring slow, determined el!" t to rout them out. Extensive pat-til activity contin ued on the F.ighth \rniy fronl. I Knj.nneer Killed, Twelve Injured In Train Wreck t l>:'ii"n. Conn.. .Jan. lii--(AP)—A I |«>. motive engineer w is killed 'ind I:' persons. rd an empty ba<| , ?.i :e ( in on the rear end of aii"th i u tiam uul.nig a regular stop. Chain Of Jap Island Bases Hit By Allies Advanced Allied Headquarters. New Guinea. Jan. 15—(AP)—Japa nese tropical island bases in an alimxt unbroken chain of 3.UU0 miles from Horneo to Bougainville were listed today as having felt the wrath ot bombs and bullets from f ar ranging Allied planes. Bomber formations, night patrols and reconnaissance units helped chart one of the most extensive op erations reported in several weeks From end to end of the long line. General Douglas Mac-Arthur's com munique told of fires and explo sions among such enemy warring faciliies as a big oil refinery, a 7,000-toa cargo ship, planes, air dromes, barges, supply dumps, buildings and bivouacs. Flying more than 1,(1(10 miles northwest of Australia. Liberators set ablaze a cracking plant at tin1 Balikpapan oil refinery on Borneo m the westernmost end of the op erational line. On adjacent Cele bes. the W'ilhelmina wharf area was blasted. Io Stockpile Excess Paper Washington, Jan. 15, -- <.\p> Chairman Donald M. Ncl>un says the War Production IV. d will hold 1. its nl,at to stockpile newsprint lur eishcd by Canada in rxicss .i| ori ginal estimates. Publishing groups had urged abandonment oi the po licy. flu newsprint inv.lvid i- an e-ti i< ated lo.iMK) ton.- month which Canada recentlv said it can stlpplv f as vivr m excess ol pre\ ,o.is c.-ii nii.tes. | U'PIJ spokesmen said, however, thi.t the stockpile v ouid be much smaller than the ( at-, dian annuunce n"m indicated, -ino iv.ucii of it | would have to t>e usi'd ivjr grants of I additional tonnage hi "hardship" I ease-.. Rails Lead In Stock Bidding Berlin And Madeburg Also Bombed 1,400 Planes Strike Military Objectives In Northern France London, Jan. 15—(AIM — American and Allied heavy and medium and light bombers at tacked military objectives in northern France with good re sults yesterday, shooting down 27 enemy planes and losing lli aircraft, three ol them heavy bombers, a joint British and l oiled States communique said today. London, Jan. 10 — (AI') — The 11AF threw its full weight, into the pre-invasion campaign to exterminate the German air force, burying the central Ger man city of Urunswick under a heavy load of explosives last night as an afierstroke to the Anvricar «l i/iiidu attack la>t Tuesday when Fortresses and Liberators fought one of the great battles of I lie war to bomb i lie Viesser.schmitt plant. As this main li»«'«-e was over Hi uusw icii. Mosquito bombers returned again to attack Berlin, and other planes bombed Mad gebitrg. important chemical and war manufacturing city south west ol' Berlin, and targets in northern France. The oxernight bluxv ;i! Nazi cie fense figl Uts swung the Allied ■« - rial offensive into a round-lhe-c'oelt ••■tiack again. fulloK'inc by only a few lumrs a daylong asssult on r i.itary targets in :-.ort lie. n Frirei! by strong formations of American Ub< rators and Flying Fortresses, medium Marauders and Allied me dium and light bombers, filthier bombers and swarms of fighters. Nine enemy craft were destroyed in tbe daylight raid by lhe Ameri can heavy bombers, and 18 mor • !>v their escorts and by Allied meditun and light bombers ant hit by the ItAF's night raiders on September 27. f'u airplane works and plants turning out artillery, motorcycles, tractors and railway equipment were tar gel.- nf the powerful Tuesday as sault by American bombers Ask Inclusion Of Merchant Seamen In Act. I Washington. Jan. I">—(AIM—The C'H> maritime committee. repre scntini: .ill CIO ;■ I filiated maritima unii iu. today promised to take to ( "iiuics> its li«ht for inclusion nf merchant seamen in any mustering "lit ony legislation enacted bv C'oti I gross. I Ik* measure. :is approved l