THIRTY-FIRST YEAR Itettlteirson Bally Bfspatrij 'AR DKASED WlllE SKItVICK l)K -- — irv.iv Tut' — TUB ASSOC!!ATh:D I'RESS. KIA7IC MOVE IT AI v/r am. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 27, I'M I FUUL.1S11ED KVKItV AFTERNOON fcXCKI'T SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY THE BIG VANS in this photo arc loaded with art treasures from the Monte Cassino Monastery and are on their way to the Vatican tor safe keeping, say the Nazis. In the background is the Dome of St. Peter's. The Nazi caption writer tried hard to prove that the Germans wora nuich maligned in regard to looting and said this picture disputed such stories. Radiophoto from a neutral sourcc. (International) Two-Thirds Army Will Be Overseas Bv This Year's End Some Domestic Camps To Close, Transfer of Men to Combat Units WasliiiiRtim. .Ian. 27.—(AIM — As present plans shape up. tw« lliiiils of America's steadily gtnwint; arin.v will be at ovcr s .is .rations l>y the end of this * car. '..is the word t >day Irom War * • STTmson as he .ninnuiuvd f' !••! dosing .1 number ill donies ■ iv camps durum the next low ni"1 ' nil transfer combat units substantial proportion oi the i its how assigned to adniinistra tive duties. ! i\ erseas expansion program v .i•1 i>!e our forces aiiroad. At the <1 "! Ionly about a third of t • uy had been sent outside the t" .n»ry. I add:lion, a number of olficers ovi particuhrly those eomnus . in : directly from civil lite or in • . i "- ni guard and reserve corps. i' placed on the inactive list <• "iio suitable assignments are ■ V or in prospect either at " • ■ !.c or overseas installations or i-stablishincnU." " I i' readjustments were diet ted f:t-1it illv iiy the progressive shift of . :ny operations from the defen-ive 1" the otetisivi* and by the growth of ;■ i' i\\er," said Stimson. Si on assorted that "the army v. no longer need all its present 1 housing facilities and it will be necessary to place a number ot ' posts, stations nd other in . t.il'.it ions on a caretaker basis, and t" ii'tiirn many of the civilian instal I 'i ri- aiirl facilities which previously h.'d bci'ti taken over by the army", II- announced th t the War I)c II 'i'l'uenl has ordered phv-.tally <|iia li! 'd mi'* in all branches ol t!:e ' v ,vtio have a total of more than I- n "iiths service at. five st tion 1 ••o\ciliead activities" in the United Si.iter tn be reassigned to combal im.ts "ni- mobile activities ultimately dc l n"d lor overseas service". I nlistcd men under HO wil !»<• re • ' gned first according to their Icng Ih of service in the United States Hurry Vote On Absentee Ballot Bill Washington. Jan. 27— (AP)—Ad ! ministratu n senators, fiicid vvr.h a possible week-end delay if llicy don"t get sonic (|iiic*k action. tried today to hurry a vote on their sec ond attempt to pass a uniform Fed eral absentee balloting pian lor the armed forces. At least 15 members probably will ! leav e the capital after today's scs | si"ii—some oi them t" attend the Indiana fnncral of Senator Van i N'nvs. Indiana Democrat, and oth ' ers .is oftici <1 v isitors t> the New York launching of the battleship I Missouri. With that number gone failure to get a vote today probably j would delay final action until next j week. Buoyed by a bluntly worded pres idential message and by the suppert of some of tin- southern Democrats who helped beat the lirst ballot Iplan. administration backers were contident lliey have the vote* to put over the new CJreen-l.ucas Rill, de . spite the heal .'"rendered when j Senator Tnft (Ohio It.) described is ! as a "fourth term ant ouncement." j Tal't. retorting to I'resident llriose | veil's assertion htat a prev iously I ripproved state ballot plan was "a [•fraud." declared the administration ' was seek ins to lino up She soldier Ivote "in much the sanje manner we used to see \VP.\ workers lined up." and Ihe.v will lie followed by those over 30. in order of age -youngest first i nese assignment orders will not apply to men who have served overseas at some time since Pearl Harbor, or to men with highly spe cialized skills wiiini cannot be utiliz ed overseas. Treasury May Simplify Tax, Seek New Revenue Washington, .I.ili. 27.—(AIM—'J '* ic.ition mny lie the pt'^i upon which (he Treasury will hang ' ier whopping demand for added ic*. i-nm-a next sf>ritiK. l''*psirt»nonl officials pointed sitfni— I < ■ 11»1 ly today to President Hoose \cli-- recent budget message in which I'ie chief executive urged upon C*on • the "need for additional rev ' "in- beyond that provided in the bill now pending". Although Capitol 11*11 a! first cx l 'itoft jiny now recommendations to I"* routined to administrative m t primarily simplification -in all P'obiibility they will embrace a rev - onue only slightly less compassing "'■hi last October'* $u»,5CM)1imn,noo whuh — under Senate and House tnimning—now has shrunk to $2, ii- j,600,000. This bill now i» in u Sen Jite-liouse conference committee and, according l<» t'haiim n (Jeorjje (Oa., I).) ol the Senate Kinanee Committee, may reach Itie White House next Monday or Tuesday. One of the buses lor tlic expcctcd Treasury request is its dispute with both Senate and House estimates of tlie potential yield of the pending bill. It takes the view that by halt ing the scheduled automatic doubling of the Soci 1 Security rates ;i steu that would have yielded $1,400,000. 000 more tax -—Congress cut the bill's net yield to little more than SB0U. ; 000.000, The department probably will con tend .that hig:i taxes need not be synonymous with complicated iorm*, I offering specific suggestions for rc | during the taxpayers' paper work and ' at the same lime, suggestions for stepping up latck. Germans South of Rome Are Thrown Back; Reds Smash Through The Nazi Baltic Salient; Argentina Freezes Movement Of Their Fleet MoveFollows Break With Axis Powers Believed Unwise to Expose Unprotected Ships to Submarines iJtioiios Aires, .Ian. 27—(AI') —The Argentine military gov •rnmeiit froze ni<>\ ement of the •tate merchant fleet today as •lie of the first follow-up ac tions to its diplomatic break with the axis, all vessels being directed to remain in port "un til new orders."' (Although it* * reason was Riven fur !!>• Iiee/ nu order, it seems ap parent that the Uamirez Rovern mee* deemed it unwise t'> expose Hi"- v .' Is to tiie menace of any ItirkiitR enemy Miltmarbtc in the ■ south Atlantic until some provision J ••onlti In- made lor their protection. ;i 14s ol jinvorn nienl-owned peanufs. ;i furniture store. and lour residences here today. The damage was estimated at $21)0.1)110 by II. C. Gravely, owner ol the warehouse. When the fire w s discovered, the roof of the warehouse was falling in. Damage to the warehouse, estimated Jit $110,000. is partly covered by in surance. The government property damage, estimated at $150,000. fully covered. No estimate was made on other losses. i>i:c i..\ki:s war f.ondoii. Jan. 27.—(AP)—The Itritisli foreign office received word today that l.iherla. (lie Negro republic on the west coast of Africa, declared war on Germany and Japan yesterday. ART EXHIBIT AT (INC. Chapel Hill. Jan. 27.—Much in terest is being shown in the current exhibit of African Negro sculpture and German expressionist prints now on displ- y in Person Mali Art Gallery at the University. Miss Harriet Dyer Adams, acting director of the Gallery, reported today The African exhibit, which is being sponsored here by the American Association of Univer sity Women, was lent by the Univer sity of Pennsylvania Museum NKGRO CROP MKKTINGS. College Station. Raleigh, Jan. 27.— Negro county agents have reported to State College Kxtension officials i series of successful "Time for Teamwork" meetings. The purpose was to increase crop production through better planning. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Mostly cloudy and slightly warmer toniclit. Friday cloudy and mild with occasional light lain in rcntr.il portion. Breaks With Axis The map of Argentina shows | that country's relation to the | rest of South America. With the announcement Wednesday of her 1 break with Germany anil Japan. Arc-ntina w as the last American country to sever relations with the axis. Request Of Aid By Argentina Is Expected Washington. Jan. 27—(AIM— Ar gentina's new position in relati*.n to the rest of '.lie Americas will prob ably be clarified when and if she again applies for .'ond-lease arms and supplies. A request for such aid V expected as soon as Buenos Aires lias com plete i'ci rientation of her foreign policy begun yesti rdav when she severed diplomatic relations iwith Germany and Japan. The issue is considered by the Argentines to be of immense im polance because they see themselves suffering as a South American pow er in relation particularly to Bra zil. which as a full-Merited fight ing ally of the United States has been receiving arms and equipment since HM1. What Washington reaction will be. however, probably will depend on the extent to which the Buenos Aires government has gone by then in cleaning up axis spy nests, prop aganda and revolutionary intrigue within her borders. It probably will depend also on the need Argentina can show for lend-lease in the in terests of hemispheric defense and the Allied war effort. Relaxation Of Wage Controls Being Sought Washnigton, •' ii. 27—(A!')—Sen ator IN ppci. I'll' ida Democrat. t<•— (I,iy expressed I he ln.pC thilt I C|M>rlK ft..m War I.;>> Board Cliaitmail Davis and I't e Administration Howies will lead to a relaxation <>t Federal wane controls as they af reet tlu* "•while* i •liar" worker. The two ageti v ehiels were re quested to test ' \ before the labor sub-committee headed by l'cppci' which is inc|(i:t !>C into eronomie conditions among the workers who nave missed the war boom in wages. "We are hopeful." said Pepper, "that Mr. Davis can point the way toward a relaxation of the govern ment wage pol <•> on wage increases ! insofar as it at frets the sub-stand i ard grouos struggling along with out sufficient monev to maintain health and efficiency.** Me said Howies would he asked to outline the steps taken by Ol'A I to police its regulations "to keep ! prices down to a minimum for mil I'ons eking out a bare existence." The sub-comn ittee chairman said testimony thus far indicated that many fixed income workers "need lax relief, higher wages and more •igid price controls even to get by." II • has under consideration .1 lax •unendifiem to exempt from "double taxation" the amount deducted from workers' checks as social security taxes. "It does seem wrong for a worker lo be taxed on the one hand for social security and on Ihc other hand for income lax on income that actually is taken before receives his check." the Florida senator as serted. Pincers Is Tightened By Soviets Russian Forces at Bank of Luga River In Westward Drive * Moscow. Jan. 27 — (AP) — The Russians have readied tin; bank «»l" tlic Lttga river west of Novgorod, a l';<«\(la dispatch reported today as the Lenin grad army c»f General Le iin-re than 40,0110 Nazis 1:1c! had routed ten enemy divisions— normally 150,000 men—on the Len ingrad trout alone, the Russian com mnni(|ue declared. Govorov's veterans a 1 so had loos ened the last German stranglehold on the Leningrad-Moscow trim'; railway—a 500-mile stretch bet we 1 Tesno and V'okhovo. Tosno itself was :-ll but surrounded. {Indicative of the scope of the Russian threat to the entire German front, a Polish underground 'Titiio station yesterday broadcast a report that the Nazis hail begun an eco nomic evacuation ot the city of Warsaw. Gorman engineers ar.'l technicians, the broadcast said, were departing, "taking u 111 them whole factories, administralive staffs and the workers." The broadcast was recorded by NUC.) Farm Workers i Deferred May j Be Inducted. | Chirac". Jan. 1!" CAP) — Soleo live ktvcc served m it ire today on ' tlir 1.700,000 farm workers wli > ha\o Iwi (lofrrinl fn m mililiiry scr' irr thai il thrir individual pro duction does n«>t add substantially to Ihr nation's food supply thrir de frrnirhts may bo cancelled. | Commander Patrick H. Winston, assistant executive. National Seloo- j the Service Headquarters. said in a speech prepared for I he National font ril of Private Motor Truck i day. Governor Broughton reported, i and the Coble Dairy Products Com I pany of Lexington, largest milk job ; ber in the State, remained adam i ant in its decision immediately to j cease wholesale deliveries. The Office of Price Administra I lion was I'eported to have suggested j that George Coble, the firm's presi | dent. continue deliveries until the I matter of three cents a gallon roll— I back could be thrashed out. C'o ble countered with a suggestion that the OPA suspend its order, in ef | led since January 15. until the mat ter could be settled. Coble con I tends the rollback has cost hi>\ Sl. 200 a day. Governor Broughton asked the i OPA yesterday to suspend its roll I back order 15 days. jBaruch Heads NewCommitte< Washington. Jan. ~•—(AP)—Ber nard M. Baruch. 73-year-old advis or to two warmtime presidents. will be isked to head the staff of the ni"». ly created Mouse Kronomic Pol icy and Planning Committee, set up yesterday to help get the country back on a peacetime basis when the time comes. Bsiruch was head of the War In dustry Board in World War i. ad vised President Wilson > :i ec< nomic policy, and now is head of Presi dent HoosevellV ad> sory unit on war and postwar policy. The new House committee will take over many of the activities en visaged for President Uooscvelt's national resource.^ and planning board, which was abolished by Con gress last year. Th« commiltee will study and make recommend;.'iocs on such (ac tors as «•«11111 ihle tc min.iti"n o| war eontraets: disposili 'ii ol .urplns war commodities and government-own Supplies Of Allies Flow Into Wedge Elements of Goering Armored Division Met in Engagement Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Jan. 27—nt inue tj pile into the sti«- wedge threaten ing the Italian capital. General Sir Harold Alexander's cential Mediterranean headquarters announced that elements of the Hermani (i on: u armored division had been met southwest of Llttoria, i •:»■ t town oi Mussolini's Pontine Marsh agricultural development. in a •'fierce local engagement." The Germans left 120 dead on the field as they were tossed back. The Herman Goering division, formerly an armored grenadier outfit, has been strengthened by new equip ment to a fully armored unit. It was last encountered on the main Fifth Army front. Its appearance on the Ixachhead front indicated it has been shifted to counter the threat fo the German rear. Meanwhile other Americans of the Fifth Army. 4f! miles cast of Lit toria. continuing to uproot Germans, mines and meshed defenses, strug gled slowly forward across flooded streams and over steep crags just north of C'assino where field dis patches said they were within half a mile ot the Liri valley gateway and were overlooking the • bomb jumbled mi: s of the ancient town. Patrols had penetrated the outskirts of the stronghold. Some four miles farther north the Fre.'.ch rushed down from their mountain positions on Mt. II Lago in the Sant' Elia area, across the Secco rivci and the Cassino-Atina road and attacked the Germans on the slopes of Mt. Delvedere. Cassino itsell appeared to have been largely abandoned by the Ger mans but their positions on the rug cod mass of M t Cairo and other hills nearby enabled them to rake the streets and ruined houses with their artillery. Allied naval units continued to excit a powerful control over the coastal road by which Germans could shift their fighting front from the C'assino area to the northern beachhead, and again ploughed up so-1ions near Formia Tuesday night with their plunging shells. This sea attack on enemy road traffic is con tinuing by day and night. All cd air forces, despite deter iorating weather, put new rents on other sections < I the German com munications network in the angle between the two Allied fronts, ham mering especially at Cistcrna, Cec eani and Itri. oil plants; development ot now mar kets. boih foreign and domestic: de mohili/iaion and reemploy, m-nt oC ex-soldiers and war workers. 7 Ships Sunk At Rabaul, 24-28 Planes Shot Down Ailvjit; r I Albeit 11 ,i(l<|ti>irt -t>. •fail. 117. ( AP I M.n.nm ) Ihiiiii) fount. IK Avengers torpedo bombers I in a masterful demonstration nl ac | cutae.v sank >r It'll sinking sovni ' i ships in the harbor ;ii IJabaul M in day while nmrc th.in Kti e>eorlir.g I fighters shot down J) ;nirl possibly j 28 (Hit ot 00 ifiipiiiit'sr intercepting planes I A South I'aeilic spokesman. ela bonding rill headquarters alinounce I 111011 ts today of 1 lie raid. sfiid the lighter* afforded the Avengers such I brilliant rnverage that the Nipponese river their supposedly strong New Britain nir base »<•< through lot only 1 one run at the bombers. ! Utiluing what the pilotu tall a •side splitting bombing from i low lev el glide,'" tho Avongeis sent their l.ddO pound bombs into the sides of the ships ;it tho watorline. Kvery homb lilt ;i ship. F