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thikty-first year Uettfterson Brnltj Bispattlj JAR lji?A£l,:i.>--.\vlHK HKUV1CB nw I.KASKl) WlltK 8KHVirB op ^—~~ t.ib A8t»(H!iATKD i'rkbb. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 3, 1944 1'UU1-.1SHKI» KVKItV AKTKItNUON KXCKI'T SI'Nl »A Y. FIVE CENTS COPY Reds Merge Ukrainian Fronts U. S. Invasion Troops Menace Anchorage OfMarshallsA toll First Rumbling Of 1 he Iwvajalcin Storm (.ir.it smoke rises from an explosion in Kwajalei n Atoll of tin- Jap-held Marshall* as a I'. S. naval lher looks ilo'.vu in the eourse of a recent attack by air. Naval air strength hail already blasted Jap shipping in (lie area, and Hie more serious hombardmcn t cf shcre installations was just beginning. Armv planes joined the attack, which became thunderous a ud crushing when naval aircraft carriers and heavy li.illlc units moved in to add their bombs and ureal s hells. The two air strips on Kwajalciti Atoll were neutralized and ground installations were smashed in the devastating bombardment that prepared lor the landing of Army and .Varinc Corps ground troops. (International) Subsidy Plan Leaders Try For Support Threaten No Action On Feed Increases Until CCC Continued Washington. Fob. .1.—<AIM— Administrators of the * guvemnirnl's subsidy program today handed out a promise and a threat interpreted as an effort to "in support of southern llenioi rats in Congress who have opposed their polieies. Tin- it.real: there will be no ac• ;<'ii I") .it least three* month.- mi rc<1 • ii il tock feed subsidy increases, utilt Congress aets before Kcbmary IJ t«i eontimie Commodity Credit Cni'i" •iiil ion. Th- promise: it Congress .ieis bc! e ili.it date to extend CCC it will I)'1 pi'SMlde to increase stock feed Mihsidic- mi areas where ,-tieli action i linwn to l>e needed. hVpie.-dilative Peterson (Kin.. D.) tiiseln-ed the CCC decision. reportinn In was (old that in (ienrgia, Kloiida. and perhaps North and S'nitli Carolina the proposed subsidy I" -t v.'hi Id amount to alino.-t iiouIthe present rate, lie said the I i i <• would increase payment t" 7 > cent per hundredweight «>t mill; I iMluci rl. compared with the current rents. Plane Crash Kills Clapper Washington, Feb. :i. (AP) RiiyMiotul Cl.ip|ier, iil. the well-known Washington columnist and political '"imneiitatof, has lost his lite in a plane accident while covering the mva-ion o| the Mnrshalls in the central I'aeiije. Cliipper. long associated with the •Sciipps-| toward newspaper syndicate. |ctt here on December 2i>. go''i« lo Honolulu ami Australia and subsequently joining the Pacific Heel He is survived by his widow, a M,ti and daughter. and his mother, ;i" <if Washington. vkiaihuT for NORTH CAROLINA Cloudy and mild with oecantional light rain tonight. Fridav. mostly cloudy with moderate '•"iupcraliirm. Occasional light '■•in in east portion. j Senate Leaders Agree On New Amendment \ To Soldier Vote Bill \ War Ballot Would Be Confined Largely to Overseas Servicemen Washington. Feb. :»—(A I*) —In a <111ic-k shift of strategy. Senate administration loaders agreed informally today to accept an amendment to pending service vote legislation which would confine use of a proposed Federal war ballot largely to members of the armed forces overseas. Senator Lucas (III. I).) told a rewould ll"l <P|HISC adoption-<lf .1 reporter 110 ;111<I nihil' ■ >1 like views vised amendment by Senator Dataller (C'onn.. H.) which would make stale absentee ballots available I > most military personnel in this country. Tne I»analier proposal would retain the federal ballot for service men and women overseas and also would make it available in momljers i f tin armed lorres in this country whose slate tailed to provide adequate absentee voti-K facilities. J.uc.is said the amendment would be aeeepled w ith an additional proviso that it a service man did lot receive a stab- ballol which he had requested, he could so state in an affidavit and then could use the Federal ballot Danaher said lie pl.mncd to revise his amendment to add this* provision. Blockade Of New Guinea Successful Allied Headquarter- in the Southwest Pacific, Feb. (AP) Sprawling bori.e- ot .lapaiu c dead, appaicnl victims of hunger and cxhauslloti. gave proof today of the efficiency of the Allied sea and air blocknde of the northeast Now CSuina cast. Australians pushed northwestward along the coast past licis> point. advancing another two miles toward the 32nd Amo'can arniv division's invasion area around Saidor. Only .'{(i mill's now separate advance units of the two forces, with the Japano-e uik.ti ultiy U i .iiji Ij Nazi Defense Is Completed Rommel Says l.nudim. Fob. "I—(AIM—"The I final touches li.ivc boon k>vcii to 1 German ilrlcnsp works in (lie | west and the west wall is now ! completely ready for the Allied invasion tlirusf," (ierman Marshal Krwin Kumniol was quoted as sayitiK today l»y the I'aris I radio. General Alfred .liidl. Adolf j Hitler's personal military aide, j inspected the fortifications yesterday. the radio said, adding that "there is considerable ncr- ] voiisness on both sides of the i channel." "The eoaslal defenses are a | formidable affair of steel, iron and stone." the broadcast continued. "The w liole coastline is | studded with an array of heavy j batteries of all calibres." IH'TCII PIANIST I\* l>( KIIA.M Chapel Ilill, Feb. :t.—Fgon Petri, the liitniiiis Dutch piam-t. who after: many successful tours ol Kurope ; made h..^ American debut in IJMU. will i>e soldi I o| the concert to be Si von by t:te Norlh Carolina Slato Symphony Orchestra, under the direction ol l>r. Heni.imin Su lin. in D irham Saturday ni^lit, February 5. The concert is being sponsored by Ihe Music Club of the Waman's Colli "I Duke I 'ii:\ «m 11y. and is scheduled for the Kaxl CjimpiM Auditori* up al ii:.tll o'clock. I'll I atlornoon al 'j ;in the < )rcli«'slra will uive .1 children's coucerl in the Fast Chapel, oseapi Ihe -fpioexo. "The eneinv's luhiing units in the area seem to have disintegrated into Ihe mountain p. 1 ■-< - and trails in an e-wipe ende.i\ or." General Douglas MiicAi thui'- communique said. The Atissios are constantly coining across Japanese dead which show thai slarvalion and exhaustion, not bullets, killed them. J Naval I'-T boa's ami Allied pianos have sunk or damaged scores of em my barges along the coast, cutting the main artery through which the .Japanese have tried In rem force or rcstipplv their troops or to evacuate them from the closing jaws of .lit' Auiti iuu* Au*ti alt an piticeis, OnKwajalein Is Captured Airfield and Harbor Are Keys to Largest Atoll of Marshalls 1'earl Harbor, Feb. :;_(.\P) — The four-day old United States invii.;i(.ii of the heart of the Marshall*. a tactical surprise so complete that a vital airbase for bombers and lighters was captured in less ihan a day, threatened the Japanese today with imminent loss of a fine harbor. Tin- 1" ir-nuiway airueld at Hoi, mi 'tt'.e M ntheast end «>l Kwajalein .•it 'll. \\;: overrun Tuesday, tlie second ii:iv m| invasion ami mi tho same day •' i' lurcis went ashore at that point. The deep anchorage ot booinei ang-sh.iped Kwajalein islet 011 the southern er.il of Kwajalein atolls is seriously menaced, with one-third of the islet already in American hands. Tl:e aitiield and the anchorage are the keys t<• Kwajalein. world's largest atoll. thus promising the Americans investment of all its more ihan 30 (:•!»»■ snrVotiding a 655square mile lagoi n. The capture of |{oi airfield and the invasion of Kwajalein islet were announced late yesterday by Admiral Chester \V. Ximitz. These develiipn.ents had been made possible by initial landings Monday on nearby bays from which artillery was able to support the larger moves. Admiral X i m i t z's Wednesday coinnilini(|Ue made clear that the choiei of Kwajalein for the invasion scene had lo> led the Japanese, who for °J5 years had been on the mandated Marshalls mil for long had been preparing tin ir defense. Parallel lines n! eastern and western atolls make up the Marshalls. with Kwajalein near the center of the western group. Apparently, the Japanese had looked for an attack on the eastern group—the chain facing Hmvnii more than 2,000 miles away -or at the southern extremities of either chain in the direction < I the American-won Gilberts. ' American Marines landed Tuesday i ll Namur. adjacent to Hoi or> the jort hern end of Kwajalein atoll, and Alva Uopking. Associated Press war correspondents reported If>m there yesterday that the Leathi-necks were mopping up the last enemy res stance. Namur was used bv the Nipponese for barracks and dsipurse planes. It is connected !>v a c msew >y with the Roi airbase. The invas'i ii. M'.ide possible by new type Wea|»oi - as _\%ell as a massed ihiwi i. i icojinlered trouble |ii ipcipall.'. Ir< (lie raging fires and explo ion i'-li continued long being touched bv tile propnra-| lory shelling . bombing. Over 1,100 Yank Planes Bomb Reich l.i.iul'>i\ !*Vi>. (AIM—Mure than I.I(mi Anii'i "t bombers mid 1«»n«ranue filthier iiHtickcd targets in Wilhellushavhi. (»t rmany. today, army headquarter- announced. The sixth operation in seven l»y British-based American boniber .md fighter forces was made in clear weather against the ureal north fieiman I'-boat and shipbuilding ••entei The flight represented .1 700-mile ronnd trip. Wilhelmshavcii was last hit by the Americans "ti November -1 with 500 bombf i'-. belit ved to have been a record force .«l four-cilgined crafl I lip to that time. Th target i.- >ne of Germany's maim- ports -capable of nccommo- I dating tin' lamest ships. The shattering daylight assault followed HAK Mosquito attacks on targets in western fJerninny last night. tliiis keeping the greatest stistained Allied otiensive of the war' ulhug uiound the clock. I Bombed ami Masted rut i>f Berlin by the iincCL'siiv, Allied air c'tensive from ICiiKiaiKi. Germany's leaders have moved the aiv.l bas^anc of their government to Bresiau. pictured above in a scene of years ani. Some observers tiiink that tlie Nazis may iind no tie ace even there. 200 miles he.vo^d Berlin (se° the map. inscl above)—for the Allies, east and west, may soon be over Bresiau with hnnbs. (International.) U. S. Troops Within !Cassino?s Suburbs BRESLAU, ERSATZ CAPITAL, NOW NAZIS' HAVEN GERMANY ♦♦ I»»hnI ' : POLAND]. ^s>v k Czechoslovak??! Great Gaps Ripped In the Gustav Line On the Way to Rome Allied Headquarters in Italy, Krl>. 3.— (AIM—American troous.— hud battled to within 500 yards ol ( assinn Iroin the north today and Allied headquarters anneuiiced the eore nl' the Gerinans' (justav line was "furiously threatened." The Americans and French tore wide gaps "> t'11' Glislav line in bloody l.fili1111 hi the mountains to the rear of the stronghold. At the same turn oilier Americans were m; lung a direct frontal attack on the ancient city guarding the open Lin valley. In the north, meanwhile. Allied troops enlarged their Ali/.io bridgehead in the laee ol desperate German counterattacks and engaged in hard lighting m several sectors. One ol the German counterattacks throw n back was just west of t.ittoila. With then C'as.-ino Iron! near collapse tiie Germans weie throwing attack - again t the beachhead W illi inirca-iug strength a.-- new element.-, arrived in the enemy line 111 an elfort to <ea! oil the most serious threat to Koine. Fighting grimly to halt 1.1. Gen. Mark \V. Clark's Fifth Army at r,.-.iilio. the German* threw in c ninti i'attack alter cnutitcraliacl; on the American I lank.Ihii the Americans and French the north w idened the l>.• ,.> n .:i i e Giista\ line In three mile . i :il ing sevt i.il height.- near Te. i • I ■ c Americans crossed I lie innIVrclle i'"ad and T<-relic :l >11 \\a.alim-l Mirrounded aitei the captu e ol a scries ol heights on '. CasIrlloMC. a ^tllll-l.ii.t peiik w lie i It'll prisoners were lakeu Cussino laced ci'circlcn cut it Ihc (ii'iniau conlinili'il ' llgM lhe I i; -1 iii.ill .i they gave every uni . .iliun ol doing The Americans i ing down Ironi the mountain.', were m a position to cut highway No. (> to Home behind the defenders. The highway aire.idy w.i "t hllle u-e t • lhe Germans since it was under Ihc i ininiaii'l nl All i ll . tillery on ilu* slopes iibu vi. Faycttcx i 11c I )e«ith l>clic\cil Suicide, Iii\ estimators Sn\ Fayelle\ ille, Feb. :{. (AIM Ctinnter W". On vis Mild today th< pis* tol bullet death ol Mi-., A1c\ Uldia Helen Ktiskc. attractive 2a-.vcar-old blond. was "apparently a case ol suicide", btil Faylleville officers continued I heir invc.-ligatinn. I>elec1ive Chief I.. F. Worrell said he was checking the story of two army sergeant- from nearby Fori lb am: thai thev had -ceil Miss Buske standing beside a parked convertible coupe on the Fort IJr.igg road a short time befort -lie was lound lying mertallv wounded carlv Tuesday o:> lhe lawn of the home where she roomed. She (lied several hours later, refusing steadfastly to answer any (pie,linns about the shooting The coroner said he had not vet decidrd whether an inquest would ye ncctceuiy, Furloughs For Men Overseas Are Planned Washington. I eh. —(Al*)— American vrtrrtii!< of long hitches in World War II may soon l>e coming home on farlough under a "troop rotation" plan to be inaugurated by the War Department. I.I. Gen. Millard I'. Harmon, commanding general ol' army forces in the South Pacific. dsiclosed yesterday that such a program will begin with men who have been in the area two years or longer. Hut he warned that it would be tempered by combat requirements and transportation facilities, and that it could not be construed as promising a furlough for all men of two years' service in the South 1'acfiic. Harmon also disclosed that approximately (>0 pcrrcnt of the pilots and crews shot down down over enemy territory in the South I'acil'ic have been rescued. Farm Leaders Are Against Subsidy Plan Raleigh. Feb. :i. - (AP)— Kdw rd A. ( i'XimI, president ' << A i" ..i:i Farm Bureau Federal ot:, today advocated el.n motion *. . •:i - . > ei sub<i the continual -n 01 ttie Ami cultural Adjustment Ail n.-t a' -:i ..lid (lie Com modil v I'i *i.* corporation after the war, and t ie breaking down of world monopolies and . rl:lici.il trade barnc: "DctipiJe professional >pugundi.sls and n.ncli of the biu c t\ ;> ■>-. lie form bureau is opp uu .ubsidies ;is ail effective and practical control .I'.'ainst a dangerous. deduct <• ami tin uncontrolled mi ' 1 Xeal said. "We . re oppo-iiu: subsidies n order lo tireal; down price control-. It is our belief that ".he gene; I price level ol farm con- orlit es high enough at the present t e. "(>11 the other h net certain commodities need sens' > i rm iimi ( sense price ad.iustn ent . i< <ti r to . meet increase I cos's .d '« a--tire | adequate an.I abundant ;ii'otiuc'i >n, in lime ol war. Such a p'" cliral and . sensible program is ..r n >re desirable than a billion dollar program ot consumer subsidies, which are not needed, and winch will increase the inflationary gap ol tinsoendable income." \M MaT'n >IISn|\«, Ma\ti ii. Feb. •Another silum'vis ot Presbyterian .'iinioi ( allege. Stephen \lvili Woolen, ol Macclesf'eld. N. C„ has been reported lost by the air forces, lie is the ~i\th former student of IVcsb.vterian .tunion College who has given Ins lite in defense of our country, or who has bteu reported muung. Ten Nazi Divisions Are Trapped Germans Admit Loss Of Lutsk and Rovno, Smela Is Captured l.ondon. Fell. I!—(AIM—In ;i triumphant order of tiic day, Marshal Stalin announced today the ji:ininK ot' the first and seeoiul I'krainian fronts. trapping ten German divisions, alter tinGerman high eonimaiid li.nl acknowledged the loss ol I.utsk ll.ucki and Koviio in old l'oland. Stalin proclaimed the capture el Sim la, rail renter in the l>nie|ier Iteiid. and said the two mights licit armies of General Nikolai Valutin and General Ivan S. hail made gains ol up io l.'i miles ir. a I III)-mile breakthrough of the German lines. London. I'tit. —(AIM—The (icrniun hijrh command announced today that Nazi l roups Itatl abandoned l.utsk t Luck) Tit mill- inside old Poland. rr.ul Ko\ no. a m <• i li i' r important | - tnuiirii- Id • mill's inside ;hu I prewar border. ahead «.f a dcI vi-ldpiujr il.'d army offensive | driving west I'mm Novojrrad\'n!yuski. To .Ik- north. meanwhile. llu* ('•crman« saitl they uviv evacuating Narva in Estonia. 'I lie Nazi witlid awal Irnm Lutsk wa - surprising. since last previous reports Iroin this sector to the eastern front had placed the litsh'ints iU_JLis»t jta ,iil Rovnu. -Ill miles to the p;i.st. ard there harl been no indication tii.it Lutsk was .vet nienaeeii. The h.yh command's con muni(|iie. broadcast in Kngiish by DNB. said: •'Kiivno ami L.uzk were evacuated .n tlir course • ! embittered rietensive 1 i«lit iiin." (L'.i/.k is the German spelling; I .uck Hie Polish: Lutsk an Angliri/eil linn.) An earlier announcement by till! Berlin radio aid: "In the course • >t German movements on 'he eastern front Rovnn and Luzk were abandoned by German troops yestrrdav. The German troops have taken up new positions west of the two towns." Although the Russians themselves have not disclosed a new offensive in this region. Berlin reported last night that an intensified Soviet drive had been launched and said the Red army bad crossed the middle Gorin riccr which rurs west of Rov in > Farther to the southeast the communique said the Russians were attacking Shcpetovka New Soviet tbrusts also were reported on tile Nikopol bridgehead while southwest ol Dnepropetrovsk t'le Nazis adagainst advancing Soviet lank foragains (advancing Soviet tank lorniations. The Germans als. were being pushed back inside F.stonia. where the Red ar.nv driving along the Gilt of K i n I a" d West of captured Kingi.-cpp reached positions along the Narva rvier. northwest of the . ancient seaport Narva itsell This | ndirntrd tIn11 tin* Russians now aro I battling on Fstonian soil. Mixed Prices For Cotton -i - - < .-\ I * >—Cotton , ,1 i i "«*'»«' 25 <*eniB hale high. " n,s \,«ui xi.hM-j, .i halo higher to 2(1 "" • Mid, -0.4-1 M;,v -ii in iiiul .Inly IU.(57. l'revious Close (>|ien . \ • v 20.38 i -<>»>» 20(11, I Hi.70 Oct. (new) Dec. (newt 10. Ml Hi. IK I1M>2 10.00 debate theme For SCHOOLS SELECTED f*h pel 11,11. Kel> ~ .T- 'MeselvecL ' •>' the United Slates should join !," . »"'"»ns in program „C M'<"'"-ity and that the »moci« ' formed should have an adeforce" wii, bo O high «h«N.| debates throughout ho this spring. I.v' ih'3mK|('"n,,'s, s"onsored T)eh h.^Vr •' Car"lin" »'Kh School 1Kb..I ik Union, with C. K. Mcintosh C hapel Hill as secretary, will begin on a triangular basis March 13 aii4 Lontjnue through March 13.
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