flatly Bispatch
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
SKMVICIf OE.
Tllh ASS(H'IATEI) I'ltKSS.
HENDERSON, N. C.,
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1, 1941
I'UKMSII Kl> KVKI1V A K'l'lilt NOON
KXt'KI'T SI'NUAV.
FIVE CENTS COPY
TEST NEW CRUISER'S GUNS ON SHAKEDOWN RUN
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THIS UNUSUAl PHOTO, taken during battle practice aboard one of the U. S. Navy's new cruisers on her
shakedown run, shows a fire ring and fire ball from the five-inch guns. It is during this trial cruise that
irieny oi our Navy personnel try out their sea legs and get acquainted with the sliio s ooeration. (International)
New Draft Rules Effective,
600,000 Man Induction Goal
Final Draft
I? Made Of
New Tax Bill
Kill Probably Will
(j;j to Both Houses
Srme Time Tomorrow ]
W ; .Illusion, Fob. 1—(AIM— j
I l.r new S3.315.800,000 tax bill
wbiih is intuited on !o swell the |
tut r: iinirnt'ii total income to
mm i«- iliau S»::..")tH».000.000 a year ]
unit to legislative draltinu ex
perts for a final policy today I
liriorc its ratification by llou«c 1
.mi! Sr'iate.
• i'jirnvod l:i>t ni.uht i\v a j<»i»it i
i < . i *i' committee named t«»
r differences between the j
the measure proposes j
1 • ni' iv than a billion dnllars
t! i s'larply iucrased excise
' .i half billion extra from
i'< i m i'ss profits ap
i .v Stiti-I.onti.ooo Iriiin .Ii(i -
\ iiK'niiu* tax payers ami the
• i in higher postal rales.
v' Cienree, ('n-iiruia Demo
< .i• I if the Senate conferees.
I i ' ill ili4. hill would be called
ii approved in both houses
t e ti ie tomorrow.
Girl Dies Of
Bullet Wound
I verieville, Kel>. 1.— (AIM A 25
.vi -I iiliI blue-eyed blond, identified
Mi Alexander Mil ke ol Syr.i
' i <•. X. Y . died in a Kayctteville
■ • titl early today "i a bullet
wound ii the chcslt suffered inder
II ii id 11-n is which set police and de
'•' • I" im estimating.
Mi - III.ike. a temporary employee
dental laboratory a' nearby Fort
was found lyinu upon the
I 1 vn nf i private home in winch she
"I 1 ■ imnil. sin- was conscious when
' to tin* hospital bill, police sml,
<i' ' .nitiv lelused lo answer questions
i' out ||I(, shooting.
1' ilice Chief N. A. W'olherisStnn
.•'ill Di'feclive Chief John Weem
;• 'Fl tl .- vming wninan had apparent
ly been shot with .. 32-calibrc pistol
while .siltinu in a parked aiitoinubde
11out of ner home, and that alter
(Continued on Page Six)
Nearly Two Million
Prewar Fathers Get
Reclassified Status
Washington, Fe!». I — (AIM
— New and more rigid draft
deferment ard /(-classification
rnles went into -fleet today
wiht alH>ut 2,-VlO.OOO tin n re
maining in dependency groups
as selective service lioards aim
ed for the goal of a (Jnn.non
man induction for the first two
months of IP 11.
Off cist Is estimated last niuhl tha'
in December ami January. a total1
of 2.000,01)0 inon who had been de
terred bccau.se of family obligaii n
wore reclassified Jrmn :?-A i f r'.y I
all of whom were prewar father.-.
Figures for Dceetnlx »• show that: '
50.0110 lathers were inducted: .VI,- :
ooo were pie. in 4-1- (physically or
mentally unlit): fitfl.noo lalhei's
were given occupational deferments,
and 11,500 fathers were deferred ;..
"hardship" cases.
There was no information ;.ail
able however, as to how many I
the 2,000,(100 reclassified fron I
were put into 1-A or went in'. > |
uniform.
The new regulations provide:
1. No registrant shall be ir.dia 1 •
o.! until he has passed a th"i'oii;:'i I
physical exam by army and navy i
doi to/s at least 'J I days previ >'i !y. 1
i'tar to the ordering of pre-lnd-.r--j
tio;i j liysir.iis by Congress, exatri-i
nations were given at induction.
1!. Itegistrants from 11! to 21 i.o
longer will l>e granted occup:it.o-i !
deferments unless they are engaged
in farming ro a state select i. o sen- j
ire director eertitied that a pot ell- |
tial iiiduetee i- essential in iml:•
Officials < xpressed belief that one ]
result of the new reguliiiioi - will
he a las in inductions in the early t
part of this m< nth and a he.ivy in- j
crease toward the end.
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Casualty List
Totals 146,186
i
Washington, Feb. I. —(AP)—Tliel
Office of War Information (MWIi
reports that ca-lialties among the j
armo'l loree total 1 I0.|I!I» IMimati
of the dead do not TneTude victim..'
of Japanese atrocities as di closeo in
the recent army-navy report.
The OWI'- report, made public
tod, y and ba.-ed on War and Nn y
Deparlmcnt liguies, shows the: r j
totals:
Dead. X'l.lat!: wounded. Itl.all!;:
missing 3:Uil7; and prisonci . 2!',- i
808.
New Burma
Road To China
Eeing Built
New I) ill. Feb. I.—CAP)—Fresh
I: in .. >' .! In the Ia'iIu 1 iiiiiL ill
lloltacill I 1 . :..l, I.I (in. .Ill-Cpll W.
si.h'.in 'i i pros coiilorciico today
tli. t i - i|h 11.111; <>i .1 land nunc
!o (.'Ii ii la a workable Jul), ami
lhat tile Clinic.-f an.1 Americans were
lij{!iliii}} weli tn make il so.
Asked whether l!io I'nincse and
Americans arc coopei at .114 well. Slil
woll 11 ported "Uicy nave been as
sociated lor ii! monlhs'. i hey have
been 1;: 1 loci ;.si uiu. 'Naturally they
e «i; i'. at« ".
Slilwell e ■neeivcil t:;e project ol
building road Inrou^h the north
Burma jungle In connect with tile
old Itur.na land route which formerly
bewail at Kati ; •"!! now .11 .)apanr-o
hands.
The ui Moral said tin' road would
Work and .cr;tic.» wiio had .-aid U
wo.iid be i.n|M->!i>ic to build a high
\\ y thr.' iHii the In.iia Burma jungle
had -ceil tin- "impossible" accom
1)1. shetl.
State To Buy
Cattle Farm
I; • Jcijj!;. I'l l.. 1 AIM—The State
board 01 agriculture today dccidcd
t . buy. w it. a,». 1. .1 ot the council
• i stato, a L'.'i-.ii n- tract ot land in
IVal. t'riel; town :ap ot Aslio county
and i" convert il nti» te.-t farm for
bleeding 01 beet cattle and sheep.
'I lie property will be purchased lor
SJI.liWi and will so into it.se liiis
irinr:. Am ii'iilt re Con 1111 issiolicr
\V. Kerr Scott .said.
Two hundred-lifty acres will be
devoted t'» pa.-luie. I"ti aires to
imp.. 17 in orchard and the re
mainder in timber.
1WSTI l!i;s I OK ito<;s
( •>llt :c Station. J!alc:i;h, I'Vb. I —
A larRcr u:-e • »l It tnporary pastures
lor lion production is necessary 111
lilll to reduce feed cost.; and pro
duce profits. Kllis \'estal. Kxtension
wiin- ♦ipeciali-.t at State College, de
1 I.'i 11I here yesterday.
Vestal railed attention lo I lie fact
that rcxenrch work by the Ajtrlcul
tnal Ksperimcnl Slation last year
r Hie iteil tli.it a larger per cent of
I he oil ineal> ran be successfully
userl m protein supplements fort
hogs.
Marshall
I'c.irl ll.iil'ir. l-'pli. I.—(.\I*> —
I niled N'.iles troops l.mdcd in
(lie .Marshall Islands and took
lloi and W.ijalfin and have es
tablished I1r.1rl1hc.ids.
Admiral ( hosier W. Nitnifz re
ported in a romnitiniiiiie today
tli.it .fap.inese are pulling up
strong opposition, hut initial In
formation hidiealcs American
casualties so far have been mod
era le.
This is Hie fir-t lime Invasion
has been attempted of any ter
ritory the Japanese held before
Pearl llarlmr.
Veterans of the Gilbert and
At) 11 operations are leading the
hit J..I011.
Parties Clash In Senate
Over Soldier Vote Delay
W.,jihinuton. Feb. I—(AP)—Dcni
' ''i-'it-s and Kcpublicans clashed in
' Senate today over responsibil
V i- d( l.iyjng :i vote »'i the ad
""iiisl rat mil's war ball"V lor the
i'lnu-d services.
'''■ Ihc House side, meanwhile.
Minority l.eader Martin ul Massa
<•!»• isctts predicted that the majority
"! F{r publicans would oppose a spe
cial r< II call vote on the war ballot '
"•Kislation.
Majority Leader Bark ley. Ken- i
lucky Democrat, dcdaitd in llic
Senate ".il Ihc puce wt'ic fining the
.soldiers will !>»• lucky to vole in the
presidential election <>(
Senator T«i ft, Ohio ltepubliran.
immediately countered with an as
sertion that Democratic leaders in i
the House were to Maine for hold
ii fi up tin- legislation. 'J'alt dt-clai
ed the speaker and majcrity le.tder
ot the House had block lloor con
sideration until of a Semite-passed
"Slates' rights" bill, which Presi
dent Uoosevelt denounced last week
u *,.. .
Allies Are 16 Miles From Rome
★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★★ ★
Wake Island Air Base Bombed
No Reports
Of Actions
At Marshalls
Official Silence on
further Operations
Of Huge Task Force
IVarl Harbor, Feb. 1 — (AI')
A highly accurate bombing bj
two squadrons of navy sea
planes, intended I<. prevent .Ja
pan's Wake Island air base from 1
interfering with the current
American offensive in mid Pa
cific, was reported last night
by the Navy but, further oper
ations of a mighty task force
against the Marshalls were
cloaked by official silence.
In two announcements. spaced by
only ;i few hums, the N. • y t• >lci of
Citron ado* lii >; ;>i: g >11 their bomb
on i>r lie ir llie ili .sign 'i-ci tin sels a!
Wake Su- tiny nielli, mil ol latid
liiiM'il i:.\ mid navy planes sus
taining t?.r >n.*ih the Hath straight
clay llii ir pounding i>l the Marshails
Sunday i!:ght.
Hal M.'iici. v was permitted I i
pass without word »n the move- >
n cuts ! at ci ly "I the iargesi mass j
ol w .a s'l'.iis e er sen) against the!
Japanese. Saturday. it had boon I
disclosed fi;ia!!.v ♦!.:.« carrier
plains •>! tin- tasl: f>> ccs opened a
powerful drive ol the Marshalls.
Toll miles south of Wake island. >
Sunday the nav I units including
hattli': hips, wei r reported to liavt
mnvi'd eli seel to pour shells on the |
air bases ..nil shipping lagoons of i
thoM* atolls. j
Xn official credits wan given ra-1
dio Toky > v.-; ■ rts tint "Japanese '
army nv.d n;.vy ,.ni.ts> have intei - i
copied powerful orient. units which I
have been nttacianj.' the Marshall !
group." Lacking this substantia-!
lion, there was inclination here to
doubt the reports, particularly as to '
the inference that the .lapanese
na\ v. .,t || ng list, had joired battle.
The Wake laid, tenth o| the war
to hit that island since it was can
ti.ifd December -t. 1941. by the
Japanese. was in do l>> between I I !
and SO seaplanes. each probably
carrying n >>re than a ton of bonibs.
None of the raider.-! was lost while
making what was described offi
cially as a "strong attack "
Meanwhile, spotlighting the speed
with which Japan's constantly rein
forced southwest P.icifie air force is
meeting piecemeal destruction. a
south Pacific navnl spokesman to
day reported 1 lift enemy planes
downed in the past mx months.
Ilis figures make the Rahaul
ISoiigainvillf campaign one of the
greatest Allied .->:• victories of the
War.
General D o gl as M.icArthtir's
commiini(|ui' today added another
r>ii destroyed aloft or on the ground
at Rabaul. r i. rd : Saturday iv. this
New Britain base. Ileadifuarteis
taimlalii ns disclosed nearly 550 of
the defenders' lost planes were
downed in this area in January
alone.
Ki ll* At.Mil < OMPTI!OI.I.I.i:it
Ihileigli. Feb. : (AIM Pjtui
Heal was sworn u loday as acting
muiptroller >> ti • Stale I'.i ard ot
Kdueation. st|e> i i ii:ng Nathan Yel
; Ion. now .>n with the armed
forces. Ueiil. unlive of Surrey
county. can-e ■:>• from Kli/.abef'h
<"itv. «here la - ill public school
work.
UI4 r HER
I Ol! NOI! I III \KOI.IN \
l-'air anil vlichllv colder to
night: Weiliicsila\ partly cloinlx
and ronliiiiii'il rather cold, with
sliclitly higher temperatures in
the afteriiiiiin.
Islands
I Vice Admiral 15. A. Sprnaitrc.
liew I> appointed cnrnmandi'i' of
fIn* rentrul I'aeitie. is in clnirci'
ill lilt' operation.
IliNir Admiral Uielimond Kell v
Turner. who eontmanded atn
pliiliintis operations in the Solo
mons and I lie Ollhorts. is in
eharce of all .imphiliioiis oprra
tions in lh< Marshall*.
Onr (roups an- fichtinc to lake
islands whirl) the enemy lias
Im'cii prcparinu a quarter of a
century.
Admiral Niinit/. said the
Fourth Marines division. headed
liy .Major flrnrral llurr>
Scfiillicit. landed in tin- lioi Is
land aua. and »lie Seventh lit
ALLIED TROOPS ON WAY TO ROME
TROOPS OP THE AIDED Fifth Army are show 11 advanrins al.ins flat
terrain a lew miles inland from Ncttimo, Italy. The Allies arc con
tinuing to advance niul have expanded lite beachhead south <>f Romt
Jtritish tr- ops are within 1" miles of the Ktcin.il City • id Yanl;s are
33 miles from Uic city. Signal Corps Kadiophulo. (/uicniatioiuiij
Russians Now Near
Estonian Frontier
Turkish 1 own of
Gerede Destroyed
By Great Quakes
(By rise Associated Press.)
The Turkish town of Ormlr
\>;is destroyed |»y a iiuwrrflll
earthquake toda> and many m
ils '>.">.060 inhabitants were kill
ed.
Karthfiliakc deserihrd as "very
severe" and of "devastating in
tensity" and apparently oricinat
iiiit in Turkey, were recorded h>
seismographs in hnth the i'uited
Stales and Kim land.
Gerede is in northern Turkey,
some (>» miles from the illack
Sea and 1X0 miles east of Istan
bul. Ucporls from Ankara s.iid
the tremors lasted 50 seconds
and were fell throuKlioul Tur
key.
Grange Favors
Tobacco Plan
RnMgh, Feb. I—(At*) - 'I In* North
Caroli : i Grange's • <■<> t
lee fiivors ;i crop insurance* |>in
Krain. rut.lit.ii.mi i- ' : , • •
cuntii>l |>r«.«rim. .r<l >t "ii oi
wh.it it terms mi "wvt-niging up"
prur ciilinu.
Tin* »!»iiiti11• »•*■.!> • • i n.itti
motttt favor for theve tilings at a
Iiicctinu Ik i ■*.
St.iti* Oritt at' Mii It i ! ( : try Cald
well ..I tin•« 11 H i* i >111
init'fi* Ii. i i ■ !" inn-nt
>t;itii>ti •' N . s> •• . .-ili u.i• in
.study co.sl.s i'i ■. |im rl.nii
and "!i 11 llin tal 11. study tho
cnminillci* Ii !»■ • riiMiiit tin*
propel iiiifi• • i • ■ i i n |irii*e.
Inr yi.idi'i) .ii ■ iniil tohnreo.
faniry division, commanded Itv
Major General ('Itarles II. Cor
leti. landed in the Kwajalein is
land area.
The plan of operation presum
ably calls for seeuriuc liehtly
defended islands near Kwaua
leiu and Itoi. and thru blasting
at those two strolls points of
Kwanaleili atoll preparatory to
rapluriuc them.
In these landings. covered In
coit<illll(MI* heavy aerial bom
bardment of the entire Marshalls
Kmiip l» carrier aircraft and
surface forces, the Americans
have struck at the ver> heart of
this island chain, both cco
[ graphically and from a vulner
able standpoint.
Red Successes on
All Northern Fronts
Are Still Unabated
l.rildmi. Mi. I — I AIM—The
Ki i! arm> continued its steady
drivc Inward the Kstonian fron
tier today with units of the vet
eran l.eninfirad army buttling
stul>liorn German troops in the
streets of KAngisepp, gateway
to the Italtie and 13 miles from
the aneient fortified city of
Narva, five miles inside tlie ICs
tmiian frontier.
Both the Moseow eommuni
<iue and front line dispatches
| reported continuing Russian
successes all along the northern
i front.
I Soviet troops crossed tin- L.iga
I rive: 27 miles southeast of Kingl
I sepp ard captured the town of Lipa,
two i .lev further west, in addition
to tun ing tlie water barrier at scv
« -:ii points north and south of that
p< sit ion.
T'jc Germans were I gliting bit
| lerly hut apparently were not able
i Mand lip under the relentless
Hammering i f tin- Russian power
1 drive. Describing the progress of
' the Leningrad veterans, a Moscow
I war bulletin said:
"Retreating ;nder 1>1 iws of the
Soviet troops the enemy i.- aban
doning piik • v n. 'itar- and
i it- i! military s«:p:«l:i Tin- on
i v .-ulfered heavy I i.-jc- of man
I power."
In .ildit '-n to tin : otilal attack
■ •ii Ki'igi.-epp and other enemy po
tion- .ill'!.:; the pieu ars jCstonian
. Ii' : tln between the Gulf of Finland
•nd Lake Piepus. :U> miles to the
- • tli. the liiissini ■ .-ent another
loi-ec flow n the I i ningrad-Pokov
( railway Inward Luka, capturing a:
It • st i ne major siio-g point along
the way.
Here sprarhnnb . the Leningrad
army were (cw llian "7 hiiles from
; i' net ion with citl t ■ et forces
. • i \ |i from • •• I.aky Union
(Continued on Page Six)
Campoleone
Outskirts Hit
In Offensive
New Gains Made By
Americans on Front
To North of Cassino
Allied Headquarters, Algiers,
Feb. 1 — t AI' >—Allied troups
bursting forward in ;i ititf of
fensive from their invasion
beachhead lut\«• struck to tin:
outskirts of ( ampolcoiic. only
It! mill's -outheast of Home,
and also to the edge of ("in
terna, communications town on
the Appian Way 1 1 miles
northeast of An/.io, headquar
ters announced today.
Aiwim .hi troops attacking on tho
main front north ■»! Ca.-sino have
hammered out new gains mean
while. and seized !!.">«• prisoners
1: the Ciern:; :: 11th Inlautry di
vision.
A lieltl ti.spatcii ,-a.il German tle
fci sea in me corridor above Cas
sino were bt ginning in crumble.
fil led Stales nil.- striking ir 'li
ens' of Al.i.ii liavt i v.u hed \vith'*i
I.all i !,i n: C'.-leri.ti. .. key rail
s.iui ."yd junction ii:id large air
iiSim- 1'iii > : • •: i i!i< Germans we't
dag it: mi the hurtle.' t>l the city
ur.d resisting strongly.
British lorces pushing northward
carried aiiead in .■ c >ordinalcd as
sault i a the edge ul Campoleone.
Tlu twill attacks were the lirsl
b.g i.lfcnsives since the landings.
An Allied oil leer said the Nazis
brought troops from t!.« area north
I of Koine tn meet tl:i' Allied blows.
| Hut the N'nvy said that Allied land
ings nf reinforcements and supplies
were pn>ceedi "g ..n schedule, un
der favorable conditions.
American heacv bomber.'- ranched
clear ;nV Austria seeking to destroy
German iiii strength, pounding tiie
air biise at Klagcnliirt. The rour
cligincd bombers also smashed at
two fields ir. northern Italy.
A field dispatch dated Monday
from Associated Press Correspon
dent Hni Bo.vle said the Americans
ul the Fifth Army who tiro\e a
wedge into the Nazis' (Jiistav line
were pursuing "the retreating Nazis
through the hills north i.l Cassino
today as the entire enemy defenses
iii this key corridor to Itonic began
to crumble.'"
The nature ol extensive and pow
erful enemy lortnications was dis
closed with Hie capture of nunicr
ous German troops, including olli
cers, Boyle added.
Some prisoners cmplar ed they
had been m the line two days witn
olit In.id. indicating that air attacks
on German communication lines
Was giving tiie Nazis ":i major Slip
ply problem." Boyle said.
Patrols saitl the town of Cassino
itself still was .strongly held by the
enemy.
Meanwhile. French troops made
local advances h the hills above
Cassino. Aine can artillery fire
drove off two German countcr-nt
Jacks S intia> night, headquarters
continued.
On the Highlit Army front, Ca
nadians attacking in clear weather
with strong tank and artillery s'lip
poit. advanced against heavy Ger
man opposition front diiR-in yosi
tions. Gerniiin lighter planes twu'«
v etc ropiiUcfl jn raids on Allied
posit "iis in the Orsofina area.
•STATE DEMOCRATIC MEET
Kale :;h I • . 1 .(AIM Chiiirmait
; Monroe Hedden today called a meet*
ms the Sta'e I )• v.ocialic eveen
;li\c comtri'ttee lor February 21 t'»
set the ill.les lor llic Stale. cuuuty
and precinct meetings.
House Has Hearings On
Crop insurance Revival
W. shingtun Kb. I — <AI') - The
H»>ii>e Agriculture roinmittee. op-j
hear ngs • >n Ii uishiiiun 1<> if- |
■ i1 c government er«>p :• mm hicc. to
«iay placed inti (lie recrd letter* |
'i ' " War (•"«'(id Administrator Mar-<
\ m .lotu s and the lludget Hurcau,
then adjourned until tomorrow.
The adjournment was at the re
quest .>t Republican members nt the
committee who said it was neces
sary they attend a party meeting,
j .Tones stated it was desinible that
p< rmancnt program for agriculture
j* lie.lid pi'Ovidf lui llOp II fcUldllC^o
and thul In* tavorcd tin* purpose*
> I a !>iIT i>v Chairman Kulmer. S. C.
Democrat. which is before the com
mittee.
I he It<Iii«-t n f,m. however. cx«
|iir-sed tic opinion the legislation
should not »>,. considered at this
time.
Undei Kulnier's proposal the gov
ernment would pay the insurance
premiums on .ill "war crops" such
as potatoes, peanuts and sov beans
and farmers would pay premiums
amountin« to ahout half )host. undec
, Pton the m.ijor crops—*
v/heat, cotton, com ami tobacco.