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THIRTY-FIRST YEAR ,^mkkas^m^^^VVr^k HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 22, 1944 mihumikd.,^Vhl-n,ft7B"n',uN FIVE CENTS COPY
ALLIES ESTABLISH BEACHHEAD NEAR ROME
Leningrad-Moscow Rail Link
Opened With Capture ofMga
U.S. INDIANS MAKE HEAP TROUBLE FOR JAPS
VISITING A SOUTH PACIFIC FIGHTING AREA, Gen. MncArthur stops to pore with Indian members of tha
"Bushmasters." Especially trained in the jungles o£ Panama, the knife-wielding American Indians drove
a hole into the Jap lines on the Arawe Peninsula during a recent offensive. Representing three of the 20 tribe*
in America arc (I. to r.) Sgt. Virgil Howell, Pawnee, Okln., Pawr.ee; Start Sgt. Alvin J. Vilcan. Charenton,
La., Chitmatcha; Gen. MacArthur; Sgt. Byrcn L. Tisgnine, Fort Defiance, Ariz., Navajo, nnd Sgt. Larry L.
Dokin. Copper Mine, Ariz.. Navajo. U. S. Signal Cui us photo- (international Souiulnhntnt
Workers On
Farms Have
Pay Control
WFA Orders Program
With $2,400 Ceiling
For All Farm Workers
Washington, Jan. 22—(A!')
—In a move unprecedented in
all American farm liistorv, :i
wajru control program agrictil
Jural workers, with maximum
ceilings of $2,400 a year. has
I>een ordered 1 »y War Food Ad
ministrator Marvin Jones.
Aides of the administrator. who
disclosed the plan, said War Komi
Administration's labor officer- have
lx i ii directed to set up state farm
wage hoards to hold hearings and
establish maximum wages.
These groups would function
lunch iu the same manner of the
War Labor Hoard in determining
the ceilings for industrial workers.
< >ri trie basis of the 1942 wage sta
bilization act. Stabilization Director
•lames K. Byrnes put farm wages
under the supervision of the WKA
but officials did not consider it
necessary to take any immediate
general action towni'd control.
New. however, farm wages have
reached the highest point in 211
years Many workers have gone
into war plants. Those who have
remained on the farms have repeat
edly received what amounts to .
blanket deferment from seleelivi
service. There are feu* restriction.*
on their transfer from one farm h
another. Tlias they are in a posi
tion to bargain.
I'tiis, it was disclosed, has player
big pari jn leading the WKA inb
the unprecedented wage control.
Soldier Killed In
Whiteville Crash
Whitevillo. Jan. 22. (AP)— At
army airplane crashed at Sueet
farms three miles west of here, lasl
"ight killing one soldier.
( Two others escaped serious injury
the names were not disclosed iiere
t he plane, said to have been fron
the army air base at Florence. S. ('.
struck a high voltage power line am
crashed into a tobacco barn, de
niolixhinK it.
I*he cause of the accident was no
known here.
I'fe. Coy J. Eaves
W ouiided in Actior
Washington. Jan. 22. (AP) Pfc
' '*y •! Envvs, son of George VV. I'. »\ r
Henderson, serving in the M.irifli
( orps. was listed by the Navy Dc
ywtiuput today a* wounded.
Senate Committee
Still Wants Higher
Mustering Out Pay
Hits Jackpot
THE HAPPY YANK is Ma]. James
Howard o£ St. Louis, Mo., a Mus
I tang (P-51) pilot. During last
I week's big American raid on Cer«
! many, in a solo battle with 30 Nazi
fighters he rhot down six. A former
I Flying Tiger, he blasted 6'.is J;>p
Dlanes in China. (International)
Cotton Futures Arc
Higher at Closing
, New York, .l;m. 22.—{AI *)—C'(»t t«>ii
I futures closed lid ccnts Io $1.05 <i
i b.ile higher.
I'OK NORTH CAROLINA
l'artly cloudy with little
I change in temperature tonight
except not <iuite so cool in cen
tral portion. Sunday, partly
cloudv with moderate temper
aluiu.
March .
May
| July
October (new)
December (new)
Open Close
20.00 20.15
10.72 19.84
Hi ll lit 53
111,07 10.12
lii.il I 18.98
Middling . i-<>t 20 !•!».
Speedily Agrees to
House Amendments
On Payment Denial
Washington. Jan. 2"!—(AP>—
Senate conferees gave ground
today in their battle to retain a
$200-to-S500 scale for service
men's mustering out pay.
The House had slushed Sen;ite al
lowances down to Slot) for men unci
women of the armed forces of less
than (it) days in service and S.'iOO
for those with a longer period in
uniform and the legislation went to
a conference committee of senators
and representatives yesterday.
With the llou.se standing pat. the
Senate group quickly agreed to
Mouse amendments denying dis
charge payments to:
Service peiple drawing above
SL'OO a month base pay (above the
rank of captain): service people ell—
gbile for retirement pay: and stud
ents at service schools, including the;
military and naval academics.
They put oxer until today further
discussion of the amount to be paid
when it became evident there wns
no prosperi. of breakum 'lie dead
lock without separate consultations.
Chairman Hoys olds (X. 1).! of
the Senate Military Committee told
a reporter his group miuht seek a
compromise on the basis of a lop
payment ol $100.
Chairman May (Ky„ I).) of tiie
House Military Committee has esti
mated th.<f the House bill would
cost *3.«00.00n.lH)0 and the original
Scnr.tc version S»r>.r»oo,noo,ooo.
I Bri^s, ke\ in Case
1 Of Hopkins I .otter.
In New York Now
I
Washiviilnn. .Ian L"J - (AP)—T'l"
I wheie.iboul:- "f (',{■> i ije N. Ilrigas,
key figure in the ' Hopkins IcMcr"
' case. Was established today but even
| that adds "tie more contradiction to
| the ci nlusion.
The 55-year-old assistant to [n
I ferior Secretary tekes. named as (ho
| man who delivered the mystery let
ter l<> an author for use in an anti
Wcndell Willkie book, turned up ■•)
j New York when all Washington
thought he was here "in seclusion
I The letter purported to carry Harry
Hopkins' prediction that Willkir
would be tiie Mill liepublican pres
idential nominee
llriggs wired Federal Pmsecu'r'
Henry Schweinhaut he would be ir
Schweinhaut's office at 10 o'clock
Monday morning. Presumably h<
will testify before tin- grand in: s
investigating the letter which Presi
dential Advisor Ko:iy s"vs is a for
Red Landing
On Shore of
Lake llmen
Lcnd-Leasc Supplies
New Reach Leningrad
From Murmansk Port
I.oiidun. .Ian. 21—(AIM—Tin*
German iiich command said to
day thai Russian forces hail
landed on the southern shores
of llmen, but that Nazi
counterattacks hail smashed the
hriflsrliead.
This Itussiail assault, perhaps
over the iee of the lake, ap
parently was aimed at flank
ing Starava Russa. Xa/.i slrom!
hold ami railway terminal south
of the lake.
London, .Ian. *22— ( AI *) —
Sovi.-t capture of Mtfa. key vail
jiitic!i<>11 miles southeast of
Leningrad, has reunited Rus
sia's second city liy rail with
.Moscow for (he first time since
the city was laiil under siejre
by tin- Germans two years ajjo.
Moscow dispatches reported to
day.
At the k:i:i!»- time Leningrad i»;»in —
<>(1 a permanent rail link to lap
lend-lease supplies coming from the
northern ]>■ rt ol Murmansk through
Volkhov. During the seine Allied
supplies hail been reaching the
northern city over a railway built
on Luke Ladoga's ice and a high
way wrested from the enemy a
year ago.
Capture of Mgu. hailed by Prem
ier Stalin yesterday in a special or
der of the day. liquidated the tip
of a salient long held by the Ger
mans southeast of the former czarist
capital.
Resumption of the strategic junc
tion climaxed a r.evv brcakthrcugh
on a 30-mile front from the N'erva
river southeast to the town of Vin
yagolovo. It freed from German
control the railway running from
| Leningrad to Moscow. 400 miles to
the southeast. t'nder direct pres
[ sure from the advancing Soviet
' forces was the main laluingrad
I Moscow tiunk railway a tew miles
j westward.
The two northern Russian armies
were on the offensive along the
I wholf. leugth and breadth of the
I Leningrad and Volkhov front, the
Moscow ci:mmuuii|tic reported.
"t'nder continuous blows by So
viet troops the enemy is rolling
back in a southerly direction and
abandoning one fortified place alter
j another." the war bulletin an
Inounced.
The Germans also were in trouble
In lower White Russia. Here Gen*
( m;;i| Roki ssovsl<>'s Hallic troops
j I need nut and c.Mured nine towns.
While th«> notthern armies press
ed their drive t recover the en
It ire P.altie frotil irum the invaders,
| the Russian penple were experienc
ing a tremenduo- emotional life be
cause the full liberation of Lenin
grad yesterday coincided with the
Until anniversary or the death of
Nikolai I,e!tin, [ under of the So
viet states.
Uruguay Not
To Recognize
New Regime
Montevido. I'riiuay, Jan. J'J -(AIM
—The I'ramiavan government tins
decided not to establish diplomat ir
relations willi the month-nirt rev
nliil onar.v ian regime "wliil<
prosci't circumstances persist.'' it
was announced loday.
The foreign 01 fice said vcslc:d.i>
that die exchange of informatior
pmnnu (hp Amen in republics on I In
Tlnlivinn revolution hns been com
pleted and that each of the 10 coun
tries which have been consulting
since December were now readv t<
make known their individual de
cisions.
Argentina is the only Latin .Vne
ric. n country to recognize the gov
j eminent of Major Ciualberto Vdlaf
I roel who displaced Enrique Penaran
! Uu uit December 20.
ON THE TRACKLESS 'BURMA ROAD'
A CARGO PIANE of the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command,
s-pecds above clo..tl. and treacherous mountains on a thousand-mile
round lli^lit to supply the 14th Air Force on China's war front. Planes
of this V.'mg were recently praised by Gen. II. H. Arnold, air chief, for
vital support of Allied bombing operations otherwise impossible, tho
Burma lioad beinc closed. U. S. Army Air Forces ohoto. (International)
City of Madge burg
Crushed Last Nigh t
| In Bombing by RAF
—
\ Railway Junction Is
Attacked With 2,000
Tons of Explosives
1 .oiuloii. Jan. 22 — <AI>) —
> Tin KAF > campaign to l'latten
; ('. e r ni a ii industrial target*
lcriisli.il tin* city of Maiigeburg
I in Saxony last night under
' more than 2.000 long tons of
! Ixuiilis as the major phase of a
) great aerial operation which
included a smaller attack on
Berlin.
Th«- new blows against Germany.
I rnllow.nR up a hoax} 'J.'JIIO long-ton
j assault fii the capital the prcx i«»us
I iiikIi:, ci»t I!.\K :>:> bombers. one
I of tin1 heaviest losses yet sutfered.
Till v Qir.i' while the Otnr.jns
|thomscl\es ueic stabbing at Lon
don and southeast Falkland with two
shall) r i<i ~ l>v a force "f approxi
mate!} !»0 bombors.
MadKeburg. a t':y oi 30ii,oimi mi
the left bank oi the Kibe river,
about t;:! null s SM.ithwest 't He: : n,
i> a in: ciixn point for the main
railv ay.-. to l.eip/iu, Ka.-^el and
ftanili; . ^—all pievioiu>1.v hit heav- |
ilv.
M d^ei'iir; l.-elt v. ; bo i hodj
exaclly v.ci ; holme I>\ Mi\-<|iii
tocs while a big fleet "i British I
bombers concent rated ■ t» the air-1
c alt manulait .. i..f center ot
Brunswick, 26 miles away, which I
some "e i" i" d > ■ • • now say
"IT.i-r t eNl-t."
The It A K ' ■ .r<' v. i. t i r' -ted t"
Merlin. x. hen trt blazed from!
the ^,:!'io I • : n mb of the
night lieii re. d< ' both tour- ;
engiucd I . nil the swift 1
little AIomhiPo.
At the same time if her bninbera
Strucl. unidei! ie.l ' • in France,
follow :il; up v v daj's 1.001) plane
daylight assault on the so-calletl I
"|-ocl;e< i*• I ■; 1" in thl neighbor- :
hood >1 I'a de <. •.
The C.e n . goaded into mak-I
ins a cm mter-hlow. e, I one group
of bi.irl e - at ■ '>s the channel be
fore midnight and another in the,
early hours of tb ^ moining.
Thcv operaled mainly "\ er south.
oas( Kimlaild. bill about .'{II o| Jhe
imadcrs struck into the I<onrl<>n
area
RiiiIs Continue to
1 ,c;id Stock Mjirkot
New York. .Ian. L'L' (AP)—Hail
i stocks and bonds continued to hold
I the buying play m today's market,
I Transters approximated a00,lini)
J sh. res
Stocks ahead the greater part of
lhe time included Westinchouse,
! (Senernl Motors, OuPont and (»ood
| year About exen or a trifle lower
I were t' S Steel, liethleheiu. Chrys
'Jti, dijtl .•louU^uii.iy Wdtd.
British Seize
Argentine As
Enemy Agent
Buenos Aire.-. J. n. 22.—(AIM—The
British have seized .111 Argentine
consul as an "enemy agent", the
Argentine foreign office has an
nounced. and an investigation is now
under way to determine whether <i
spy ring is operating within Argen
tina.
Several persons nave already been
detained in connection with the
probe, last might's nnouneenient
s.nd. The investigation wii< launched
bv the Argentine government aftei
Osmar Alberto llcllmuth. recent 1>
named as auxiliary consul at Bar
celonn, Spain, was taken ijv British
officials from a vessel at Trinidad
while enroute to !iis post.
Trinidad is a British pos.-c.-s!on oil
the Venezuela coast.
The British foreign office inform
ed this chancellory (torcigii olficel
that detention was the result of in
formation that proved ilcllmuth wa
iin enemy agent." the co ,n iiiiquc dc
dared, and llellmutli "ha.- been re
lieved of his timet.on- bee.iuse h .
conduct appc rs to have been com
promising."
As-erting thai "a- :• mation sup
plied by the British !•■:< -■ 11 olfic<
may imply tiie cxi-'o • ■<> o an cso -
oiiage organization •« o r country
ot which llellnuith i to bi
a member," the aim 1 m e < nt sa ci
that "the gov ernnic t ha.- • >t derer
and ample invest ga< 011 nd ha»
uivt n .ill infoiillation 1U 'ue Federal
police.'1
Weeks Is Probable
Candidate in Mux
For Congressman
Koei.y Mminl, Jan. 22 (At*)—
Cameron Week*, fcdgeomb count)
recorder ami turmer State legisla
tor. said in an interview in Ti.'hor
this morning thill he on 1-aMv vvoul
be a candidate m lite May pnma';
for the Democratic nomination In
I'nited States representative fron
the Second Congressional Dislru *.
Blind at the age >t I'll. Week:; h i
practiced law in T.uboro 'or seve'a
yeai*.
rnoMoni)
Washington, .1 n. L'2, i.M'i Th
War Hi p.irtment anno meed t»da
the temporary promolien of Kdca
Kllisworth Barton, fid a Ka.-t Walnu
street. Goldsboro, from second lieu
tenant to first lieutenant; and th
( appointment <>f Kstlier I?. C'nsev
i route 3. Goldsboro. seem id lieu
, ttiuiut in liio /fin/ nuft>e corps,
Landings On
Fifth Army
West Coast
Berlin Says Landing
Made About 16 Miles
Southwest of Rome.
Allied Headquarters, Algiers.
Jan. 22 — (A1*) — Powerful
American and British forces of
the Fifth Army striking by sea
toward Rome landed on the
west coast of cent ml Italy he
lore dawn today in a heavy at
to smash the Germans" flank
and turned their winter forti
fications into Gustav and Adolf
Hitler lines.
The first landings were suc
cessful. winning a beachhead
several miles long, ami "tin;
situation i> developing favor
ably." Allied headquarters an
nounced at noon. The an
nouncement did not locate the
invasion point.
(Berlin declared the landing \\ as
mi.de between the m* ■: itll i«l tin:
Tine: . Ifi n jit■ - southwest <•! Ii'>me,
a:id \ettt: o. about 3(1 mile.* s >uth
easl ol the Tibe. anil the same dis
bv General Ma', i; W. Clark under1
tance from Rome.
'1 he ...lit tr.in.--t was commanded
tin- direction <ii the new o nwian
itei u; central Me.'t.'.i 11 .nean l ues
.11 It..ly. General Sir Harold Alex
andi r.
Kndmg tin- s!.«w process on tron
tal attacks alone, u was supported
by blistering air and naval bom
bardments. and followed air attacks
that have severed the Rome area
11. comm..meat."ii- t.. tile north.
This lilt the Germans there witn
only their immco:atc resources on
the sp<>:. air officials declared.
it was coupled with a general
USSil lit from General ("lark's Filth
Army front tarther south along a
]S-milc line. American troops fnrc
i ed their way across the Itapid<>
i river near Cassino against "witiiei
( ing lire." French troops seized two
| mountains in the same area, an I
I British forces captured more \ i!
j luges on tin north bank ol the Ga
| rigliano.
i The Nazis launched several tierce
| counterattacks on this front, and
[ indications that the great amphib
| ions flank attack apparently had
taken them by surprise.
American rangers and British
commandos ol the Fifth Army spear
headed the new leapfrog landing,
the biggest seaborn,, attack in Italy
! since the Invasion near Salerno in
September.
Hannegan Is
New Chairman
Of Democrats
I
I Washington. Jlin. --—(AP)— fhO
Democratic national committee to
day elected by acclamation Hubert
E. Ilannegan .is chairman b> suc
ceed Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, who resigned.
Immediately alter bis election.
Ilannegan tendered bis icsigna' ion
from the Internal rcvcntM pmiition
and President Housevelt accepted it,
lelfeetne today.
No other nair.es were placed in
i n« ninatjons tor tlie chairmanship.
Ilannegan. appearing before the
i n.it .■iijil committee to accept tha
| ebaiimanship, appealed for "tcam
I work" and party harmony. lb'
j av oided a y reference to a fourth
! term tor Mr. Roosevelt.
Washington. .Ian. 22— (AP) — A
i uirth term nomination lor Presi
dent !{••' .~e\( It loomed so certain in
| the minds "I r any members of the
Democratic national committee to
day that ti-ey began planning I ir
; what may 'h< the only major battle
' it the projected .'lilv convention in
, Th'iago—the choire of a vicc-presi
: dent.
Most party organization members,
| meetina formally today to hear
Chairman Ft.ink Walker otter his
<•■ gnati »n and elect Robert F. Ham*
negen. 4a-year-old St. I.onisian in
hi . place, gave only perfunctory at
tention to the •■•mtinc business of
the ''ay. Their minds admittedly
. were on the touch battle ahead with
• the Republicans.
Almost to a man they tvere agreed
t that President Hoo.cevell must net
. , again if they are to stem to ve
• surgent OOP tide. Kven the mid
, west Democratic conference mem
- j bers recognized this with a resolu
tion endorsing the fourth term.