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T1I1KTY-F1RST YEAR I'£A?.K1.' WIISK SKIIVH K ,,K TIIM ASS<K'IATKI> l-UKfM. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDN ES DA Y AFTEliN O (J N, JANUARY 2(5, I'.Ml f I! u l. i si 11:1» j; V i: it y a kt is it n uon KXCKPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY ARGENTINA BREAKS RELATIONS AXIS ★ ★ ★ ★ if 250,000 ★ ★ ★★ ★★ ★★ Germans Are ***★★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★ Trapped In Leningrad Area •TOMMY' RKI'OR I S IN PKRSON I irM I .it-ill ■: t Tommy Hamuli. I'. S. Ai mv lighter pilot just hark liiiii Ihr far last, tells newsmen at Mir War Department in W'asli irutmi ahout his rxperienrr as a twirr-losl ilirr who showed up .illrr .til In pc was abandoned. lirst in South America ami l.il«-r in ( Inn.i. Tltr former All-Americ.in halfh;>ek. now a srasnnril vrtrran rl Ihr .1 ir. is spcmliiiK a lurlnitMi at homr in Ann Arhnr. Micli.. Iicfi-re rcturnm;: to Ihr wars. (Independent Sotindpholo.) President Demands i Adequate Federal Soldier Vote Bill Slates Rights Vote Plan Labeled Fraud On American People Wa-hinvftnti. Jail. li<>—(AT) - I'lv-idi-nt Roosevelt ilematnl «»l i" Congress today adequate I iii tal machinery fur fi>rlil ii • nliliers and sailors w ho \ele ii< \t fall, ami bluntly la l» i I a States' rights vote |>lai) "a fraiul upon the American pi i.|»le." I tm- .illy vehement language. Hie President .-..ad "our millions oC i:i;:i! i!i.; en (In nut have any I >l«l»v os ... stirc jjro ;|i on Capitol Hill ! ■ -<■!• Ht.it .justice is done loi tllflll" and ..ildcd: "1 . ure Ih I I i an exi»rc..» tin v. . in . ii this ii.itI< r anil thci. i< intiinir against the di-i'i" iii ' • huii ij Ixiiik practiced against II n •: •.. " Mi it • .i -melt M'lil lln" Ci|>'"l t : r< i 1 in* sauc n:i tlic soltlici vole III in admitted departure III' i litlll Itlld pllX'Ctll'lll. III" * CM h"lu- •.! llnuse I au i' i' >> • mIiih uliuli iniulit penult filial ! "ii ■ 'i the .< Idlers' vole issue willi '• I .i i "II call \ >>t<\ ami flun^ .i rhulk'iiKC tu ciiimrc.^.snun "to sl.aivl lip and !>«■ emintetl. Tin' inoniellt 1 lit- Senate III t t • - islicd rciHlinu the I'rwitk'iil' n« - Senator Tnfl (Ohio, II ) .i hi p «'d to Ii, (eel and ilccl.'icd: 'I resent. as one ol llinse \\lr> • (Continued on Pane Six) Russia Rejects Offer By U. S. Washington, (AIM Ske letal v n| State Hull announced I day tli.it Kussia has ii'ji il(il t offer <>i th<- (Jnitcd States In om l'l"v j|.; ciflices" mi rc. liil in.'; di|i ■»! ,iirelations between Poland '""I Itussin. Hull made the announcement at ■' ii« v. s '-iniferoncc. brought out thnt the liussia• - t. 'he position thai Ihev do mt the situation between then; '' and Poland is ri|>e for sue ''e.ssful ise of the United Stales of "T 'I this time-. "'ereply states. Hull said. :!• i* l ie S 'vut co\ eimneiit dots r.ot (Continued on Futfc bix; Miik Delivery By Big Dairy j To Be Stopped i: iU- uii. ur»— (Ai'i Ciiiil< H here I oil ay '.li.it liis tl.iiry |)i • k' :<•!> i-<'inpsin.v i«l binuest wholesale distributor in North Carolina wouhl i'i'.im1 ii.lik ('.« liv r.v imivn i >\v I • his ihstribii ti . s because <»l ;■ 11 (iI'A rollb;itli nl three eenls .1 K 'il"". I It* tol«l • conference in tlu; i>f i <-o <il (iiivitmi»r I'.r-ni.nhton tluit the order, effcetive January IS, hs*l in t ii <•<i.stmi; him SI.'Jim :i day and tlx I'.'lrni1 lie rmilil not continue ill Ilia! lino of his busirc s. lie Ii l>«.-on seiidin.; approxi mately :;o.nuu gallons milk ;i day |i> i'Miit ill !i ibulors In tin* State. mimic nt nlioai in (urn have been ■ .ijinlyinu .ir v i:• 111|>- aii(T~seln«ils. I nl I .lii'i.uiiy la. Coble li.is been Ii ii ivma it!! rents a U.ill'Hi f|o|n dis t! buloi's. I!epre-enlali\ i s i I Smith Hint In i ■ I».ii 1 _v a"d ll'illeilline's. Imlh "i Wake eotmly, told 'lie n»n fi 11 m-e t n v. Ini\\ever, that they m If I in (in i milk from outside the I Slate lor ai'e a gallon. Leningrad Railroads Are Severed Govorov's Army Is In Krasnogvardcisk, Strategic Rail Hub l.ontloii. ,|;m. Mi—(AIM—The <-a|I|lire Krasiiosvardeisk was announced today ny Marshal Stalin in an order of the ilav. Krasnoir varili'isk. large rail way junction :i(i miles siiulli v. rsi i:i' l.pningrad ami one of (lie last strongholds still to tin* (•crinans in that area, was taken li\ storm liy the troops of (ii'iK-ial l.conid \. (iovurov. I'lie special order saiil tin tow n had I n il transformed l»y the N'a/.is into a fortress with ;i developed system of permanent fortifications. ' M"»w, .Ian. 20— (AI') — 'Mm- T<nt Russian northern of lYnsi i lias reached tin- two main railroads riming west anil south i.f l.i iiin^rad. tilltiiijx off approximately .Nazi lioi: with tin- rest of the Ger troups from direct conimunica man army. A S i\ n t wiii niminiinitiiu* an nounced lii.st ti mil t thai General l.oen.il A. (invorov's lA-ningrad army had fought its Wiiy into the Mratcgiv rail 1;ml> ol Kiasno^var deisk, 30 miles scuthwest of i!iis sia's second city I<> sever the im portant trunk line runing west t • the K: 11*11i.111 cit\ <>I Kcval. Kras nogvardeisk is also the northern terminus ol a railroad running southwest ut latga and Pskov. (Jimmn's troops sti rmeil into Krasnogv .ireieisk irom Pushkin. II utiles to the northeast, and front dispatehes reported that the town, already outllanked Irom the cast and west. was c v. peeled to tall mo mentarily. Vla<Hniii>K.i.v . nine miles cast ol Krasnogvai <ic:sk on a i»r;ineh line t< Tosno. i metion point on the t.en ingrad-M''m-ow nam railway line. w;is captured n this drive. while other units ot CJovorov's forces moved across the Leningrad-Mos cow line between Tosno and ('hu ll...' (A P.ritish i.idio broadcast, recorded hv CI!S. said ti day that Tsolio's capture v...> expected soon The (ieriiiaii.-. wire reported bat tling \ .olentl;. to hold ;heit grip on these main rail arteries out tlieii use of tlieni already has been neu tralized by (lovorov's s'.vilt advance, and the Nazis have been forced to tall back on two sec< ndary lines running south to a junction with othei itiilroads serving Luga and Pskov. Tliese lines, however, were si inilltiireoii>.|y threatened by the welwanl idvanee ol (leneial K. A. Mcretskov's Vo||;ho\ army Irom Novgorod, whieh alreaflv I-. reported eli se to the junction points so v ital to German escape plans. Ciputre o| Mcretskov of Ostrov. nine miles east ot the Iicnmurad Vitebsk railway. placed that c.-cape valve Within range of So\ iet big guns, thus throwing tile main weight of Nazi withdrawal on the last line ;iv ol.ible. tile I .en e i;i ail - P. ;o\ - Warsaw railway. Second Attempt To Pass Soldier Vote Bill Stalled Wii-lnliBtoTi. .1 hi. L'<> (AIM Sep arate at.icl. 11 • i Ilepuhlicaiis ;m<i • •'>f!■«-■ n Driin ri ill if • |.i.ii lers today battered the iciniin 'ration's second lie" i>l in i>.i .i uniform Federal absentee ballot bill lor (lie armed forces. Senator Taft (Ohio. II.) declared In- would move to eliminate the pro |io-< <1 Kcder.il hallo! form heart ol I the administration lull and leave a Kede al ballot commission with the sole job of hclpuiu the states ,;et then own ballots to ,ind irom the i fighting front. T It also said he "probably" would renew his fiKht to push the service vote bill aside tr.id brum up In its place the controversial food subsidy "Why >l»>liM we tx1 debating the soldier \«•»c (|in sti<in mm while the House is ready to take up a hill we've already pav-«f7. ' lie said. lie referred In t hf Senate 's I. is I soldiers In lake r.ne hi Iheir n\vn absentee votinu". The I Ion -e. meanwhile. postponed floor con iderat.on uf the measure; until next Tuesday. Sen le Democrats from the south who helped K the first armed ser vice votniK plan -.iid they woiddn't 11 p|m>rt the new l>ill if its floor nuiliaKi'; defeat their "states' riRhls" amendments which would restore local registration and poll tax re quirements Senator l.uca- (III. D) co-author of tiie administration plan, served notice yc«ctrday lie would ucccpt I.U - 1* '.3 tO it* | ALLIES START THEIR END RUN AROUND NAZIS Itiitisli »rt:ops in Ilren tarricrs lust* no linn- in moving to inlaid! positions after thev liit ihr liinich during the surprise landiinr in the rear of the (icrnian lin Smith of Home. 'I In- gigaiitie amphibious opera tion r.tir.c otf without a hitch and Allied troops aie fanning out from their beachhead against slight Nazi resist nice. Latest reports put patrols halfway t» Koine. t. S. Signal Corps plioto vio OW'I radio (International I photo. Battle Of Cassino Renewed, Invasion Forces Posh Deeper Germans Apparently Take Cassino Troops To Meet Rear Threat Allirri Headquarters. Algiers. Jan. i(i. — (AIM — I tilted Stairs troops liavi* stormed across the liapido river in renewed battle lor ( assino—already entered l>y patrols, field dispatches said— and Fifth Arin> invasion forces below Home have speared deep er against "increasing resist ance." it was announced today. Tin- Nazis app. rcntly were ptill it'j; units back from tin* Cassir." front to meet the iireat threat In their rear. It new ><•<•1: certain that the in vasiii'i thrlist h ■ at least cut the Appi.m Way. .mil seriously threat ens the rein.i7v.inu I'assmo-ltnnu* highway. perhaps having it uikIlt aitilleiy ire. Ainerteati comhiil units are ad vancing 111r<ii»U mine fields north of Cassi' • .tier .1 second erosstns; of the Ii:■ 1 > 11i• • ri'. er. .1 head<i . 1: t«• 1 oflieei declared. Ili.id'l .ntei (I i! haii n>> tur f I it i i u 1 ■ ••.•II1.11:. m that I' ■ 111 1 had been taken. French lr<« i> mvth <>1 tin- I»1 - - lion t'"\ 11 Wen- forced lrn;:i Mi. Croci h\ iiitt' i/i (1 unteral'acUs. w ili' <1 ••. • ':h' ■ 11 • <111 i in lint*. While I lie •ftermnw Ihrrw in creasing "p • ' "i av tin ! I he 11 viisimi *.i ni|« ." IVulcti V» the (Colli in ;e I nil I'ago Six) France Again Hit In Raids l.oll'l dl .1 li - (At' I \l!ir<l llOII llCI' Mil I "Is ll.lf 'l CI I (i till - t'fls lli I • 'hi I'l inrc I'M1 tin liilli llt slr.iiul I " \ Iniliiy 111 • -1 svvi!' I!AH' M« M|ii t"i nl l)i <i|.en .i • «ii«• Itittltl lull hi H i Mlied aerial ni '-n sivr l>v .-I.iIiImii ;it lltispeeitnil ob jectives '1 tvi's'i it ftermanv. UAI*' i litis .ils" .vI ruck .11 iidi IIh i m H'riinrr ihii'iiiK 'In' uiulil I'lMT.it;■ i i.-.. whirli wen' ear ieri out willntit I >s.-.. saiil lite air ministry. Pie day raiders eveonntered poorer e'.ndile • , lltan yesterday, when tin wr.itliT was almost nle.il. and were llym.. tinder a layer of IirIij el<nid* they ..\ve|»t aem.-s tin- cli.innei. WtATHCK roi; \oicrii caroi.ina MNIt clnudt and slicltllv warmer t o n i « It I. Thursday ehuid.v and mild with orcasioit al lisiii rain. b ive Jap Vessels Sunk Near China < liunskiiis. Jan. Hi—(AD Mitchell homhers of the t'hincsc Amorir.in wiiiu oi llic I uitcd Stall's I Itli Air I hi ro attacked a Japanese coiniis otf l-'uchnw on tin- i-ast < liina I'liast Monday ami sank live vessels totaling il.000 tons. I.t. Gen. Joseph \v, Slillwoll's hi'adiiuarters an nounced today. In adilitiun. the aimouiicc inent said, a !.:(>()-ton freighter the announced said. All airi-rafl were saiil to have returned safely. $600 Million Is Asked For Price Prop Would Hike income Of Fanners Above OPA Crop Ceilings Washington. Jan. !l».— i M'i War li.od \ilniiin~ii.ilor AI. ■ i* % in Junes Im!.:■, annoiimcd tile minimum lex els al u hieli the cfiiturn( pt'o)Mtsrs to Mfiipnrl producers priees ol more lli.m :ic tarm commodities under .1 l!i|| proiliieliou mom.mi «.1111 in; lor a eord output. I 'lid • IK I it price Control the siipjwin prounun would ens' ' 1 ' ■ ' cell sir Ml 'itMi.llin 1''t* final iimoim lIcjl'tlllillK '111 \ • 1! The i'" ' wn'iKi 111 rred in stiriu4 (aimers 1 ■ I'll 1 r'.,r. •: OPA 1 cilins# '»n ei«p Jones cmiihiiKlitrd i)m; the - ,>• »<<1-1 pr^ci.ini was subjcit I'» '"action o: t*iMiK>( - making provision fur carry- | itm "tit the siippm-i in kos and will! tint hcclleetive inle such pro\ isioii ! is made". lie sad wlministratioll leaders in 1 Congress had as^ red ic e was ii" st 1 oin* nppovit mi in the support , a- sticli. 1T1 iwever. a (Hiwcrful anl •> p. dy block is liKlitiliu '.i mtticxl <'( l*re-i- 1 dent Hoojtcvclt that the WKA's Coin j mod tv Credit Corporation he allowed | to ass itne Ihe cost of the price sup- 1 pm ' program It i> m, -t nil that the OPA p d t ceiling price.- in line with 1 (Conl.r.ued on Ta^if Blame Nazis For Polish Massacre Soviet Commission Reports on Incident When 11,000. Killed l.oiiiloii. Jail. 10 — (AIM—A special Soviet investigating com mission today placed the hiame squarely on tlie Germans for tlie Kat> a» I-'urest massacre of 11.000 Polish war prisoners. This incidcut led (o a Itreak in diplo matic relations between the So viet and the I'olish government in l.ondon when tlie latter ask ed the International Kei: ( ross lo investigate after (•ernians hi.imcd the liussians lor the at roeily. Tin- rrpnrt ITlJiy liiiM- iill iii|>i>l"l iiii hearing mi tin- KtisM.in-Po|:.«h border dispute ;in issue which r<* cdwed in the H<m.sc i> Commons 11* lufliiy. Foreign Srci"> tjir\ Mil en. fCmliniicd on F.ige Six) Decree Says Spy System Discovered U. S. Officials Make No Comment After Break Is Announced I'.ueiios Air» s. .Ian. 2<J- (A I1) —Arjrentina today !>n»ke off relations with (iermany and Japan. She was tin' last nation in tin* Americas to break with the axis. Th<- German and .1. panose am bassadors will bo handed 'In-ir !>.■>> poii.s today. Prsoidmt General IV dro Uamac/ msiiim decree oieiU ing i"« *l:i t i« •: l.- Willi (icmmiiy and .1 apan which 'i« !a «•<i hi intense axis spy system had been dismn'> ervd i n the country involving ntem Ixn luith sntii-lj In Argentina. Manv arrests v. riv madi last night. The act hi t >rl; y. two years after most other Latin American coun triiii :::.<i cut »heir connections with tin* a \ is. Il< v.t-d an '.in i iiicc merit last week of iii«' arrest by the British Argentine consul when his i ■ ' i ppi' i .it Trinidad en 1111110 ;n Karope. The consul. Dinar Alberto llel imith. was mi h s way to Barcelona. Spain, when tie was removid iroin tlie boat and chained w :th spying. Acting on evidence supplied by Brit sh a thorities Argentina began I rounding up numerous persons im plicated i' the ring. (Montevideo disptitehes said the espionam* lig had >cot1 working -'t close touch with the German and Japanese embassies in Buenos Aire-. (Subversive activities, appa;cully originating in Argentina, were held responsible by the United Stales. Britain and other countries for the overthrow of the Bolivian govern ment in December. Argentina alone has seen fit to recognize the now Bolivian rem e leaded by Major (i albert i Villarocl. (Montevideo's reports said Ar gentine's break with the ass was interpreted as .i l..st mmutc attempt to regain good standing among the American nations and forestall pos sible stern action against it by tne rest of the hemisphere.) Washington. Jan. 2t>—(AIM—• t'niled Slates unvcinmivil oMici.ils made n< immediate comment today as Argentina announced hor long de layed lufak in diplomatic relations with tin- ..s - powers, and there ap peared t" In- a disposition here to adopt i "wait and see" attitude pending artion on related orders which normally attend such breaks. Sai ii orderts s lallv extend to suspension ol communication tacih tcs. like the i.idio-telephone and lMditi-teleij'aph ard termination o[ commercial relations. (>'i the hasis • ! past statements by Secretary of State Hull, it eotild • .is.- med lice was gratii icaticin here that the action at Buenos Aires will close the last German and Jap anese emhass.es in the western hem sphere. a|>, iiently coniplctma unanimous application «>l the hem ispheric defense resolutions adopted l>\ < 1 i A rcri ill republics al h'io do ■l.i' en two years ago. Over Fifty Jap Planes Lost In Raid On Rabaui Ad- iv • i AI' i lU-.i'li i ii.ir'.fi s. N- '• li< n. .1;11• \ 1 * More '• .1' J .VI \ !(• i. II ;i! .'I N« Zt'lllillld ■ • • i • id n.del i i <ls since llic win* shot down between tti iilid •>! .1 I'.ii'oi- p!;nu I (If— troved (mkIiI more <>n llii" ground S in fiilV to I'illM' CIH-m> Ili'M - II dlMl'IIM1 of t'Jiul liiis ninnlh ;i!iovr mill. (iciHM'nt H.ilph M trl i . cot unl et- of i' folic- Ti l ie Solon Ml-, -.ml tins hit I'M III ii -it ol -ll'lnncd ;i.->4»»111> on the New fJritiin >Imwu llitlil lio n Solomon Ivises w.r- ' one of till' mo.-t OffOl'tlX'C CVOI 1'oilljllctccl ill this .him". First more thiin ♦'i dive bon>l>ers swept down on Ltikun<ii. K.il),mis prinrip I fluhlrr strip, nnd silenced t~ niiii-iiircrnft positions with I .(Kin ]li bombs Then lf> torpedo bombers lullowtd iii, ailcr *iound tkien.t., were paralyzed. plant 2.W0 lb. 1'ii'i'b- in tin- imtl —«•*■!i«•:i >1 eoncrettJ i .mwiivj- md "ii tin" cor.il extensions. A* the bomber* turned away, SO .Tapani i* planes attached. mily In lie <•: iipim by 70 tighter* piloted by Nine: :ran and New Zealand tliers. These -iijt»t down at least 32 and probably 1i> enemy planes whirl* . were added tile eight plane.-, des troyed on the gr<>liltd. "I'll,it attack w.i- made Sunday ni" nuiu Sunday aMenu'on. HO Al lied tmhii" v. repeatedly circled Ka li ul. I it,ally enticed upwards el tin enemy lighter- t• • . n t over Duke ul Yoi i; .-lam* Fourteen. perhaps ; la, ul the defender.', weie bagged ! aaginst no Allied losses. Headquarters also reported a heavy raid Monday by fighters and Mitchell medium bombers in a "ill mile troop and supply area of the Admiralty , loltilidt. nui tliwcbl ul ii«ib ui.
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