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Uatlu Utspatrij THIRTY-FIRST YEAR I.KASI-;i> WlltK SKItVICK OhTUB ASS.XMATKH VrKSS HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 21, 1943 1'UUL.ISKKli EVIiltY AKT1SKNOON KXCKI'T SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY BERLIN HIT FR Probably Will Ignore Draft Plea Delegates Arriving % For Committee Meet, Urging Fourth Term Washington, Jan. 21—(AT) —I'resident Roosevelt probably will ignore the fourth term: draft noise being created by I members of the Democratic na-| tiun.il committee so completely! that he may not even send an official message to the com-1 mittee's meeting here tomor-j row. Tin. President, explained Chairman Frank C. Walker, is nine days belli."d "ii his appointments bccaiaw | of a bout with the "flu" and bojades there is a w ir on that leaves | l.-.ilo time for po|;,.-s now. In |ii'o "t tU's si:e:n or cold sho'ilcier. the chorus of I .urth term dema'.ds grew louder today as addiii i.. I delegates asvived for tomorrow's session. The tomtit tirm be. >i»i, start?-! by |..nner Governor I '..Inert L. Oltci ni <'.iliioi'iiia. found recruits to<i;iy hi Cio, ernor Roberi S. Kerr, of Ok-j l.ijnni.i. .1 natioiril committc'i in: Thomas K. King. Wisconsin's nation. il committee member; Klmer F. | Kelm. Minnesota state chain:-..n. ! anil Jake Moore, Iowa slate chairman. Their theme was that their st:ile delegations would support Kue:e\elt. that with the President at th? head of the ticket tlie I)em«;< rats would win, and that without him they were sunk. i.o\ ernor Kerr discounted retiort of ili-unity within the party. These have emanated from the actions of James S. Qnigley, Nebraska eo.nmitteeman, in cailing a meeting today of tlic midwestern IJenvw r.itic conference. Moore, who is secetary ot the conference, said the group would open its session to any complaints that midwestern stat members had, but he predicted the President, who lost Iowa to Wendell I,. Willkie in 1940, would carry it this year. Iowa Democrats, lie said, want Henry Wallace renonti- ! natcd for vice-president. Fire Sweeps Most Of Business Block In Elizabeth City Klizabeth City, Jan. 21.—(AP)—! Fire swept most of a block in the | Klizabeth City business district early ! tod y. causing damage estimated by j an insurance representative at ap- 1 proximately $125.(100. The blaze broke oul at 4:40 a. m. and raged almost three hours before il was brought under control by firemen of the Elizabeth City fire department and fire fighting units from the Coast Guard station here, the Wiiv I air station, and the Harvey's Point Navy auxilliary station at Hertford. The city was without electric power from the time the fire started until shortly before 8 a. m. Origin of the fire was thought to he either a short circuit or chemical j couilmston in the photographic studio of Charles Sharreo, at Water street and Colonial avenue. Civilian Milk Use Should Not Increase Washington, Jan. 21. — (AP) — Civilian milk consumption must be held jit present levels or quota restrictions now in effe'J in 112 areas will bp extended to other localities, the Office of War Information said today in a report on the national iniIk and cream supply situation. Estimates of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics indicate that milk production during 1944 will decline to 116,000,000,000 pounds, 6.000,000,000 pounds under the War Food Administration goal of 122,000,000,000. the OWI said. The WFS said farmers would have to increase their dairy herds by two per cent in the year, and increase production per cow by 50 pounds, to attain the production goal. The survey said the 1944 milk output depends entirely on the cattle feed situation. The total feed supply is large, but the number of animals dependent on it is even larger, the OWI found. Maldistribution of feed, with seriou.4 local shortages in prospect, could adversely affect milk prouucUuu. Front Line Dentist WAR or no war, a toothache must be relieved. So Pvt. J. L. Williams cf the British Eighth Arh.„- is having one of his teeth extracted by Capt. D. F. Glass, of the Isle of Man. The scene of the molar-extracting is near the front line at Lanciano, on the Italy front. (International) AFL Demands Overseas Vote Of Servicemen Miami. Fl.i., Jan. 21.—<AP)—The AKI, executive council was nn record today with an emphatic declaration li>r congressional enactment of a law assuring every serviceman abroad an opportunity to vote. The Sinate-approved mea.-uie which lea- os the ballot control to indiv idual states was condemned as "indelensioly resti ictive." The statement called for a "simplified and "uniform .soldier vutv law." A special order of business next Monday will be the report ol the committee appointed to negotiate with John I.. Lewis on his application for reinstatement of the United Mine Workers in tin- federation. As the AFL council met, the Florida State CIO addressed a letter to the 15 member.- urging rejection of Lewis' application. "Lewis." said the letter, "does nr.: speak in the interest of our war effort or in the interest of any section of labor." The council picked Monday, also to consider a bid from British labor leaders to attend a world conference in London next June. EIGHT FLIERS KILLED IN FLYING FORT CRASH Dyersburg, Tcnn., Jan. 21—(AP) —Two Flying Ki rtresses collided in flight last night near Gates, Tcnn.. a few mles from here, killing eight Army airmen and injuring two. All the casualties were from one plane, the Army said, the other returning safely to the Oycrsbllrg Army Air Base where both were stationed. IN BIGGEST BOMBING OF WAR Reds' Baltic Fleet Virtually Freed In Surge To Leningrad AttemptTrap Of Nazis In That Sector City's Siege Lifted, Novgorod Taken and 40,000 Nazis Slain Moscow, Jan. 21 — (AP) — The Red army's great surge to the south from Leningrad has virtually freed Baltic fleet. Locked in port for two years or more, the I.aitie fleet is "now free to operate in the Hay of Kroustadt and possibly beyond. London. Jan. 21—(AIM—Russia's northern armies, encased in two tremendous drives which in six days have lilted the twoyear siege of Leningrad. captnred llie ancient bastion of Novgorod and slain lO.Ofltl tiermans. rolled on today in ail effort lo complete the entrapment of upwards of 250.001) other Germans remaining in the Leningrad seetor. * Capture of Novgorod, ion mile* southeast of Leningrad, by troops d General K. A. Meretskov's army southern Estonia. The city h.rl opened the road to Lake Peipus and been in German hands since August. 1911. Oilier Ked army forces operating in the Leningrad sector under General I.ei nid A. Govorov were reported to have encircled large units of enemy troops caught in the 5(1 square mile Strelna corridor, running north from the Krasnoye Selo sector to the Gulf of Finland. These troops faced certain capture or annihilation. Moscow dispatches said. The Soviet war bulletin said spearheads of Govroov's forces were less than niiio mles frmo Krasnogvardcisk. rail junction directly south of Leningrad, through which most of the threatened enemy troops would be froccd to withdraw toward Estonia in order to escape capture. • Meretskov's troops were pushing eastward from Novgorod in pursuit of the fleeting garrisons and latest reports placed them more than ten miles along the road to Kstonia. Far to {he south on the 1.200-ni;l>; front. General Nikolai Vatutir.'s First Ukrainian army hurled back German attacks north of Kristinovka. where the Russians have been stalled in their drive toward the Odessa-Warsaw railway and Rumania. j ASKS FOR BIDS Goldsboro, Jan. 2i—Call for bids on additions and alterations at the Goldsboro Hospital was issued Wednesday by the building commit tec of the board of trustees of the hospital. Deadline for submitting bids is 3 p. ni., Tuesday, February 8. Rules Counties Can Sell Property When Desirable Daily Dispatch Bureau. j In till' Sir Walter Hotel, IIV I.YNN MSIU.T t{.11«• n;t). Jjin. 21.—in :i digest of j opinions released for publication, Attorney CJcneral II try McMullan held: A hoard of connty commissioners ran sell a tract of land belonging to the county and not being used for governmentul purposes without advertisement and the .sale may be made without public auction. Tux-paid whiskey being illegally transported in any county of the State is subject to confiscation, whether the county has an ABC system or is legally dry. A justice of the pence may hear a ease outside his own township, but he cannot be forced to do so. The judge of a county recorder's court is not authorized to perform a marriage ceremony. (This question was asked by Walter I). Siler, judge of Ihe Chatham county court.) A marriage may not be celebrated by proxy in North Carolina. A married woman must file a separate income tax return if her net incomefi. e„ her gross income less exemptions) is a thousand dollars or over. Where an illegitimate child dies intestate, unmarried and without issue, ikuviiia jo iuuU\t0 buili K»il invito and illegitimate brothers and sisters all born of the same mother, his personal estate should he distributed . mong his mother and all such persons as would be his next of kin if all had been born in lawful wedlock. IIU real estate goes to his brothers and sisters. Minors under IB are not permitted to work in or about establishments selling beer, except where beer is sold but not consumed and where only "off premise" license has been issued. A notary public who is a partner in a business cannot probate papers dealing with p rtnership matters because lie is an interested party. The lay requires counties to bury legal paupers who have no relatives financially able to bear burial expenses and where no other provision for their burial has been made. Property owned by a church and used < s a parsonage for its minister is not exempt from liballty for street improvement assessments. A person who was at any time a member of the armed forces of the United States after declaration of the present war is entitled to exemption from payment of poll tax, even though his service was terminated before enactment of the law granting «ULh c..uupliun. NAZI MULTIPLE ROCKET MORTAR IN ACTION A GERMAN ROCKET gun crew scoots for cover just Lie Tore firing the five-barreled mortar at toD Tliii weapon, lircd by clcclricity, lias been used to lay smoke screens on the Russian front and is not t . be confused with the fabulous rocket suns reported to be along the invasion coast of Fiance One of nU rockets streaks through the air (bottom) after leaving the gun. The projectiles used in the mortar it i< «id can be fired indeDcndcntljr. These exclusive ohotos came throueh a neutral country. (International) Foot Of Mountain North Of Cassino Taken By French 12 More Jap Vessels Sunk Washington. Jan. 21.—(AIM — American submarines have sunk twelve more Japanese merchant vessels, bringing to ,">5K the number of Japanese ships sunk, prolialily sunk or damaged by siiltmrrsihles since the war started. The new report on damage inflicted by submarines ranging the distance w.tiers of the I'acilie, was aiinouiu id today by the Navy. Of the .j.~>X total. IDK ships have been iTcfinilcl\ sent lo the bottom. In addition, our suhmarines probably have sunk !!li Japanese vessels and have damaged 111 others. The Nav> gave no indication of where the Japanese s*ii|is Mere de>tro>cd. but American submarines have operated williin Japanese coastal waters. Strength In Rail Stocks New Ymk, .l.iii. i!l.— (AIM Kt.r- | liier stronclh hi mils and .-pccialtn wns the pi u< 11>.11 bulwark ol todaystock market. Prices, slightly irregular at Hi" start in quirt dealing-, stiliem'd iiround midday and. Willi activity picking ii|> a Int. g;nn< nt traction-; t i ( a point wen well distributed ue.it | the fourth limn . I.omtn, however,! were pleiitiliil. ■binds wen- toady and coniinod itios improved. ciirititv point iiorsi:s New Horn. Jan. 21—Five hutidrod now Iv iscs are being built at Cherry Point, to help relieve the housing sh<> tago in that area. All tho unit no occupied in the lornior housing project there, with long waiting libU ul applicants. British Forces of Fifth Army Capture Town of Minturno Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Jan. 21—(AIM—French troops, crossing tin- Kapido river in tliflictill inonntain fighting. have captured (he font of Mount II l.ai;o. north of Cassino, and arc threatening to outflank the Clerntans' "Gustav line" of defense in Italy. Allied headquarters announced today. Hi ti Ii ii i.i :• i- I- :ii \i my. suiT'iUd by the i;rc or cruisers ,'iikI (It t i overs, s:: a. ! < il forward aloni! !h( Api'i V- > c*.<i-t irint .M ntiiMio, 7Ii mile- !i >; liotne, ami taking :S(M) prisoners. 'I hey are assaulting tiie twin Nazi defensive villains nl C'astclloile and Ycutosa i>n the slopes of I.IMin-fool Ml. Kan!i (*i »s 11 * a o l);imi <> : \ miles inland Ir-'in the Tyi rhetiiaii. In weather v li !i licrnian j;risoneis described "we. -e than Lonii m ad." "Arnui c.m piitrdb of 1.1. Cien. Mark W. Clark's Fiftii Army slashed act ss the river below C'a ino in probing expeditions and r<-!,rid. Kigld h Army patrols likewise were active m weather lb.it was gi >\\ ing colder. All'ionch 1!e Fiench push from captured .Sa: t' Flia, north of Cassino. il contained would allow llicin t>> take ( a in • tl in till' real', tie.i" 'ii pi isotiers said tliei'e was annlher (Jernvin line of fortifications called llio "Adult Hlllcr line." six n ili' behind the fiustav belt which till Allies are DOW attaekVg. l',ir the first time in many weeks cruisers and destroyers of the Hiilish navy engaged in heavy action ;igainst Nazi sliove rlefenses along the western end of the I nc, throwing several hundred rmmds of s'eet ahead of the Filth Army attack last Tuesday i ltd Wednesday. The In ivies' shelling was eenccnlraled on the Appian Way where the road nuts close to the sea near the village of Tel racinn. Minturno was taken by the British after "hard fight inn." the conim amine said. The Germans already had announced evacuation ol Wit. tow n. Russia Has Not Accepted Offer Of U. S. Washington, Jan. 21.—(AP)—Secretory of State Hull said today the Soviet government has not yet accepted this country's oiler to act in a liaison capacity looking to a re- • sumption of diplimatic relation.-, between Poland and Russia. Hull made that reply when lie was asked at his press conference w hether Moscow had responded to the otfer. He added that he was keeping in close touch with Ambassador W. Averell Harriman on the matter. Hull's carefully worded answer left open the ciuestion whether any response might have come and also ! left without any indicated answer i the finest inn whethei he still hoped j that the offer may bo iieeepted. Hull announced a week ago that '.lie American government had otleied to use its good offices in bringing about a resumption of diplomatic relations between the Polish and Soviet governments. AmendmentT c New Tax Bill j Is Rejected Washington, Jan. 21. -(AP)—The Senate today rejected a proposed amendment to the S2.27.».fi0n,000 added tax bill whicTl would have permitted co rporations . ltd individuals to lay aside up to "JO percent of their taxes as a postwar reserve. The amendment, offered by Senators Truman (Mo., I).» and Hatch (N. Mex.. I).), was defeated by a standing vote. I'nder the plan, the t xpayers beneficiary would have been required to invest the reserved moneys in nonnegotiable. non-interest bearing government bonds, redeemable after the war. and taxable as income at that time. WEATHER FOR NORTII CAROLINA Fair ami slightly warmer tonight. Saturday, fair with moderate (Mnperaturtb. j2,576 Tons Explosives Are Dropped Large Bomber Force Continues Offensive In Daylight Assault Lnodon, Jan. 21—(AP)—The RAK's heavy Lancaster* and Halifaxes smashed at Herlin with over 2,300 long tons (2,576 U. S. tons) of bombs in the greatest <>f the 11 blows at the Reich's capital city at dusk last night and today American heavy bombers launched attacks on the mysterious targets of the I'as de Calais area of France. The air ministry. announcing the great wake ot explosives liurled down on Ihe German c:i|>it;i!. indi| catcd th;it the attack was made l>v the biggest fleet yet sent against Herlin since the campaign t> erase | the city waj launched two months ■ ago. London. Jan. l>1—<• \n, . \ , ed tho'a,cr««8EXta h';;yy attack ,„. ilt.|-!ir». ",Rht's t c-l 1 -1, i L- lVt ' V Vl I "l •' • ,'* .'I «»1H? ills,) WiiS th "1.. wn Kil{" "'<• five-ill,V diivlhJhl '"1 <llf' UAF "shier • bo'tnb S su'""," ",H "cross thi fhiiiinni i UV|" *"'t ;,i . .. "w'"d northern formations. ' °u'e<l by Spiifiro tJtuI nL1,hrL,,rr,,ro "clock alter »i • !'m bout 7 the hravjcsf'n'r. «ne 'brown barrages over M M-wtcLs ,1, Nazis had I,,.,. ^io" fl»c» !'u" number of n.'>■ niIiiii; ,t>s around theV m, battelj'tteinpi to stem th V,i 1;,kl bUM;,t".„ thl. niStal*»tU~ obbad a sai«l tbc RAF wpil.:! itself and th^'V^' ,ho were able to com„ .. . f°!"iaHon« attatck. There \ nv fo'" 'lie 'l&Ucr o,„^;ti(^s JJ»®. cloud lornwlSo,," defenses' ent'i're,byaCk on antiaircraft *azis w-eiv'' haMenin'g 'j", s;,i<l the I! "hl"r -^iiied bSs tifihlcn ng fcl !ckou,COn, ,ollod -"W. »•"<* "frnngilS'^'^lions in unotiiched bv th„ f^'and "his fiu;rh^aid came ,Mhd'r,R "'bich Ihe axis i end. "f dav of Rome for L,. SO tht' bombtwo days, the R<>mP '"no in tng outskirts; of th ',rt,n "nnounr"" Noon Values ^ Cotton Up ;i'fMm,SjVned n <*'*> <■">' bide higher. \,„,n v '„. a •o ten cents ;i ...., J,,ie.«. were live ,oo<>- M.iv iy.5^,:;l;;;,,«h'Kr- M«.n, March .. n'vy- c'"»- ' 0„rn w»y »?? nU" July 1J.57 10.111 October (new,' " !!!?!! >»-3n December (new) " , -7. '» «« — 18«() Three Escaped Soldiers Are Recaptured sold'n f 'wi!;Z A•'>~ Three escaped floll, , police l;"e .vcslerdav after A1i,lk"ll fiunrd. were ice i,!»^ JtM ,Hnvei'in« •< «'•" scclion here elrIv iI!i " ' v^"I'obce, hlRhwav ,y,,Z ,"fli,-v by ,-itv riffs officers. ' and shetl IO, (||)j(<(>] ,.f „f all-nighf W'illi b|irodho„,ids to , i ""rl C.iu«ht as thev walkefi • i WtMO 0,1 r the bomc of Omh .',' VV* " *«"wt <7:nbehi,hway^x::;,t-F-K-',m''vj* "-nv'Mna" "(T\S, "lr«* "3 I ">rce hit their KuaVd o!'"" Ii,id th(? '«»" X»k Uu uHZZ^uT lw"i
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