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Bmly T11IKTY-MRST YEAR ITii2'Bi,l!SinF! "kkvicb op 1 ASSOC I ATI ; I) I-IIKSS. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 18, 194 1 1'UUL.ISHKU KVKUY AKTKKNOO.N Iirwn KXOKI"r SUNDAY. l'lVlli CENTS COPY Tokyo Hints Allies Open Cassino Attack Following Intense Barrage Nazi Threat At Landing Beaten Back Tror.ps Move Under Cover of Barrage on Cily and Nearby Hill .\l!i«*d Headquarters, Naples, I ' ll. I— < .\I®)-—Allied troops, iitjs up under eover of a thici'h cinu six-hour barrage !>"(!) hundreds of jruns. one of tin m< st intense of the Medi terranean war, Ik'^an ail attack on tii** town of Cassino and the slop. - <>f Mount Cassino before ilav.i! this morning. M 'In* sumo time Allied liead ■iii.ctrrs announced that Amori 1.1:1 .out British troops on the ' Ir.trhhc.td below Home, with the j ,iid nl our of the greatest air j umbrellas ever raised in the tin* head-on attacks made by j Mediterranean, had beaten hark tin* Germans in an effort to | drive the Allies into the sea at j .on cost. at lark on Cassino and Mhii . II.II was with the benolit nl i- ly hail til steel which switcrt* 1 .1 whip from the town to .Ik .nd hack again where tin* <• were holding out in |>iP n the turn and battlo-blae!; i 1 mines and around the rtiinc.i ' !> nl Mm 10 Cassino. 'ire from llie.se pillboxes pic \ i :*' i :iu* initial attempts to occupy t':i* icsi of Monastery Hill iis* terrific bombing by Flyins 1 r- and other aircraft which '■ • I the ancient abbey on Tucs 1i.1v. .1 . i before the barrage ended si: ' y before dawn, the Allied (Continued on Page Three) Italian Labor Convention Is Being Held no. Kel». I J! — ( A11 > Southern I' icliorn 1 liMHilb M'nl ' > .1. In re today lor ;> three-day i 111 !• •■ i ul the Cicncial C'onled ' ' hi i i Labor, once-uical orj{;in i 'i ul ll.ilmti workers now rwn i' i • life attain sifter nearly -•> > "i suppression i»y fascism. < ■ireincd pnnc.paiiy with la i • rile mi Italy's wnr-striotcivi «• • •• v. the confernlion is exp<ct <>i ' >li-rii ,s three ni.ijor items: ! \ request tli.it Allied anth»ri • i l|> i<> In ins abo-it reopening "i idle factories. Adjustment ul' wii^rs t" Ifif 'i i " I of livinc by raisine r.ile* .■ and lowerini: prices thro'i".'; • . |'i< itn of the lil ('.•}; inarkol. ' < >> Sani/ation of roopenitiv on • ' ihi> purchase and (list rilmt ion ""ii-ialioiied foml stocks .nt nil.', \v>.il.ers. " possible also tli.it politics V men into the discussions. Kor II •• present, however, (lie leadors 'I'in mired Id keep I he new con '''• ' • • 1 ion ftee from iiny p.irtv af lili.itj.in. WEATHER J <»l! NOKTII ( AI.'OI.IN \. I'arlly cloudy. collier lunmlil: ■lii'iii'rutrly cool and partly cloiidv Saturday. GREEN ISLAND POKENIUM' ICNGOIAN PLANTATION I kavieng ;new Ireland; |NE W •GASMATAj BOUGAINVILLE tSAlAWAUA; CHOISEUL: IRIANI -<MOROBE= VBUNi NEW GEORGIA 'ISABEL! RENDOVfl woodlark; GUADALCANAL NEW MOVE DOOMS 22,000 JAPS CAPTURE of the strategic Green Island now blockades the supply line from Kabaul and thus trapj some 22,000 Japs in the Solomons who, as shown by the map, will face starvation and disease on Choiseul, the Shortiamis, lluka and Bougainville. Of great military importance is the use of the island as a springboard, the nearest base from which *o strike at UaUaul. Inset is closc-uo of Green Island. ' International) Soil Conservation I Plan For Post-War i Period Is Proposed To Dismember Axis Nations After Defeat l.i iuIoii. I ri). tis — (Al'i—CJer niiiiiv til h i tin r cin'inv i nit it »iis i-sin i vjici I 1 •) in- di-liu-mlund illUT III* r tlcliMl, l*'iii Si vrelar.v An thony Kdcii iiHtuaUd ill Ci'iumims ii day. The Atlantic I'harU'r i-laust? wliii'h in>|lei i il'M i.il i'liiin lint :tt aiin:d v. Ill l! «•«•!> rxpivsscil u i.-lir.-. ill the |» « jilt- ca: ivrnrd is iinl irusirdi-tl :i: applying I" wii'iny ciiiinlrics, (it* sii<l in ;i reply !•» a 'pH'sti' HI. Mimhw hilr. Uiiss'.Vs proposals Ii»f handling nf .1 diiratcd (Jiritiany wit*- rt'|M»rii*(| in lisivo 1»'< n pre sent! >1 in , Kiii'upi'.i i ;id; is"iy ciim liiiss i<i|i. Ili 'isli .iiid Aii'etiean vii w .-. Ii.iv« already I>• i-ii jii\ <-11 t'ic rnmii'i imi. wli'eli act;. merely i'l sin advisory eupiietiy ti the i>;^ three Allied ynvi'l ll ' flll - A I :;l.l I I'l i'l retiv .1. lup ha: Ijee'i plaecd mi ;111 proeeediiij-.s nf tilt" <•1 -111111 issmn. Cashing Of Rail Stocks N. V V«.,I . • l« ( \l')-I.iiilil Iiin|11-c.i li ti i.ill. .si. in unci I Jlic OCIim nil I'll' stuck market lii'luy vfilli'Mil mii^ sentiment 1'> my «i«;ii «-vi<iii I)• »\vII fi.irlions !'» «i point ni' s> wii' .Ml,nit ■ ("h i I I..n«. Cluysler. I' s. I! ililx'i. (iciHM'iil Klcclric ;iihI Ti'N.is ( i m i my. Kcsistjmcc wsis <\liilntcil iiy U'm»l\viil III. Dul'i'lit .mil ( Ii ir'i. lim il- v.v i ii.iiiow. (iiiiin fii — lures \\( ;ik< m il ;it Cliicw. <\000, OOOMan Standing Army Bill Introduced W.I lnnf;t<iti, Kelt. III.- (AIM The | •l"u <■ M11 jt;it y cunimilU'c plaits I•» . V|" n li<jiiinu> iioxl wt'i'li "ii Iftfislji '"■i> |»r<>viclir.(j for the «\-liil»li>hmpii< i "I .1 .i.imio.ikki in,m pcMceliinc ~i.mil "ii; . rmy. ' liaiimini Miiv (Kv„ I).) m-ciitly '"•>"(lured ;i bill calling for ciiinpiil M"'.v "i iiiiv.il IniinltiK for one year "I! male upon rrarhinj! '.lie am* IV. Those >11II m high or prepiira j iiiioul v>uuld be ullm.cd tu lit f. then indue*pifi i>illiI tiu-v finish ed their >tudie<. I" I km i di.-eiiai i;<\ .ill Iniinee Would he (I m -i re»« i vi" loiee .n il he mibject i" additional ' retiHshof" training from time l<> time under regulations pr< -'••I ihed l»v thf Presi dent. The fie<|nenev ol the •'ictresh er" period |m «• -11111.11>ly would depend on world eondilions. Miiv estimated 'hid AIMl.tHin young nu n would I"' stihieet In Hie propos iti p<-4*Cfe o.in mail . Program Calls For 200,000 Men to Be Employed Two Years Dcs Moines. Fob. 18.—(AIM — II. II. Keimctl. chief of the Asri cii 11II re Departments soil conser vation service. proposed today a post-war Miil conservation pro gram he saiii would employ as many as °!uO.(IOI> men tor at least two years after the war. l'.ennett, in :iii address prepared Inf the He\inth National Kami ln -'ilute. > lid the workers could be either men deniohili/ed from Un armed forces or released from war ii.dust rie.-. i-icmietl proposed putting ItHl.tltlfl men to work within six to eight months after I he war "to improve the productive eltieiencv of Amer ican agriculture, and .it the same time to proteit. maintain, and pei petuate the mil ion's No. I natural tesourccs is productive soil.'* lie declared the numlier of men who could i>e employed • >11 such work was limited "mainly l>y the avuil aiiililv of proficient conservation technician- to guide and supcrvi.-o the vvork." l'.ennett piopo-ed thai urli a pro grain include drainage of wet farm land . planting ■<! sleep eroding land - w ith li i"- shi'tilis, \ ines. le :;tliiir- and gr.i 1 . development "I tai 111 wa'< i 11 lin e-. c>in-Iruction • >l : toll; water re el' inr, flood con 11 ol work, quarrying limestone lor tic 'Hi acid land, and varmu- other work- designed to pre er»e land ai d 1 el 1 irit worn out ground to a produc tive Ijjisis. "Conservation ol soil md rainfall 1- of pi imarv nnpoi tam e because il is Ihc onlv way. short "I wholesale human .daughter, lo maintain the halance hetween the demand lor and production ol IoikI and other crops," lie declared. FHA Includes Service Men r.'i.tnii, l-Vb. U! (Al*)—Sunnier K. Wiley, n 41 " 'I dint-tor of til'-1 Federal IIoiimiiu Authority. lias an nounced tli it public housing pro ji'dii sooii will open their doors In the 1 inilie of service men and to wiir veterans Id or al'lc their re dlieed in< nines In keep pace with rentals. Wiley said details of the new plan had not been completely worked out but probably would be made public shortly. The l-'IIA official explained that families ' f men in the armed serv ices would he admitted to the low rent projects if "as 11 result of mili tary service, the family income was reduced to a point whe^e the fam ily could not afford rent in a , ij .r.L houie." Landing Ai Truk ONE FIGHTING BRANCH HONORS ANOTHER GIVING HONOR where it is due, the crew of a U. S. Liberator in England takes the salute of WAC Cpl. Hazel Illiss during the ceremony which marked tlic christening of the first Ann: xan h- her to he nan.ed lor the women's service. On tlie fuselage of the plane is drawn the head of Pallai Alhcae. the G iidc.-s o£ vxsdom. used as the corus' insienia. U. S. Signal Corus KadioohoU» 'International) Troop Ship Is Sunk By Action of Enemy In European Waters Washington. I'YIi. IS—(AIM —The Army has announced the loss of l.ooo American soldiers in the sinking, "due to enemy action." of an Allied troop shi|> in Kuropcan waters. Approxi mately 1,000 men were saved hut the toll was the greatest suffered hy Allied convoy forces. The brief announcement gave few tithe! details hut word I rom Lon don that ivme at the .survivors had been landed it) Britain indicated that the ship may huve been humid tdf the Mediterranean. although there is a ). ssibihty that the sur vivors may have been landed in Iceland, or relurr.cd to the western hemisphere. The army st itrment. \Jiich said the ship was struck at niglit. point ed ou«. the enemy probably dues not know lully ol the success of the attack, and that for this reason the date .j! the sinking was not dis closed. A numb":* •! American transports have lire list but never before with much a loll American lives. Abn'it .. vear ago. the Na\v d s eloscd sinking ot two cargo-pas scngcr • :-st■! in the Atlantic, load ed wit'i Ai . Xavy. Coast Guard and c lian personnel. Six h ni dred ot the !mmi un one ship were lost, and about I ...If the aOO on the other. The President Cnolidffe hit a mi c t! :••• S th Pacific (Kt. L'li. ISM2. i:ie lives were lost while let. I.VI! and fi.niln were saved. lii'yi ■ « i• ' tlil sa\ e<l half the 2.1)00 ;•! tb<- ' ' disaster appar ently were 1 ! > ic, at that. The ship v. " a d in darkness anil sank rapid l\ iit a hevay sea. "Milit i v •> ii >H pei mil atinouiici the :■inking. due In enem.\ l an Allied :'i carrying i n l\ iropran v ater on an undi I date." said tin brief annoMiM . <•■!(. "America' • I is n substanl a! numbers were board the ship, which was I ' ' ■ iiJibt. In a heavy sen. tin- uliip . rapidly and l.oriil wen were > ted missing. Rescue efforts ie the saving el about the number. "The • addressees of ; II who are I t. i - missing have ivn\ been inl"i ni' • I here is n-i on In believe tli.i* e enemy does not know the results -f this attack and therefore ti date is withheld." Farm Leaders Plan For Goal Mom phi.*. Feb. 18.-—(AP) South < rn fin in I*I > v. ill inert \\>ih un\ 01 nnient officials here nest McihI.iv to (ll.-CII |il II- I'T IOCI inline tin* -I. 000,Him kIiMioii.iI farm workers needed to meet the tuition's increas ed food proflye|ii>n lioals this ye.iv, St i'e extension director* and f.iitn liiljor S0)>e: \ i >i- Will littend If nil Alabama, ,\i li.'iisns. Florida. fiooi Cia. Kentiii-kv. I .unsi.mi. Missisippl. North Carolina. Oklahoma, Smith Carolina. Tennessee, Texas and Vir ginia. . _ . German Evacuation Of \ Mighty Base Presages Retreat In Ail North Veto Holds In Measure On Subsidies 25 Votes Short for Overriding Veto on Anti-Subsidy Bill Washington. Feb. IS—(AT) ;—I'rc.-idrnt Uousewli tired th«' anti-subsidy I »i 11 back t" ('onvre-s with :i veto to«Ia\ ami pnui.ptly won liis battU n>r subsidies wln-n opponent- « • ii cd to inn*ter enough stn ■ to override the veto the House. The House voted UliC. i" !•»! to pass the hill o\i r tile Win, "J*> \'ot« s short oj' the 11 • • two-thirds majority. Ihus the veto was sustained. Mr. 1.. . M - .-tt. >: Hi vol.. filled llu- II. !>• r "an inihiiioii mea> i'. •• '■ " li\ ins mciisui c. :.■ • i * ImrlUBw measure"—the •• l«i»)SU 5c used in I'cjwtins i '■! i lcghslati mi lust summer. Ilis vrto wns Mistain t ! «>D 1li.il <KT >11 it i Republlram vote I prcpwidci nt ly In oveirido Hi'. I'rc idcnt lm(a> and wisi- ,!•• in i •> ' manlier of tkmnerntit fr«»n farming area*. Tlii' 1! • i- •• ■ii (ibviated nccculty "i (lie Scuutc'# voting i"i • Ik* veb . 'C!'.c mibjHdy rim lied wax altadi* ctl as a rider i" a lull extending the Jj:ot iln (' 'niino'iitv Credit Cm ; pur il:«-n. ivi" oh ( spired y. -tred i> S|M»krr llayhurn (Tex.. J).) said Llu- corporation would be continued by now to.:to 1 ion. Th • legislation proposed In end nmont subsidy payments I >r • I at lor .limo if1*. In n' lition. t wmil-l i stem! t'io 1 i- of the C'"in vpoHitv Credit Corpora! ion until .June 30. tUt.i. Mr Honsevelt <aid th.it it. in ol foot. would reverse a rnngression.il i <iii \ anil r- pt il the eci>noinic fct.i l>ili/ i(i(in not. !!<• said *-.ii iv.ii 'i' warring nation had In on able V stabilize living ousts without subsidies an'J that ho did nut s«*e how the wage *'no could bo held i' the bill became Taw. Once thaj line breaks, he assert od fo.'d costs will rise still further and ali .itiior ousts will gn up. in cluding those nf munitions and sup i plies for the armed lorces. 52,000 More Killed And 11,000 Captured Of Trapped Divisions London, lVb. 18 — (A1') — The Germans announced ihe evacuation of Staraya Russa, their mijrhtiest base between Leiiinjrrad and Smolensk, in a broaden injr crack-up of de fenses which seemed to presage the complete German abandon ment of northern Russia. The Ht-tl army triun.pil south • Lake llmen came just .• day attei the Russians said they Mad cum ilctod the liquidation <>t the Ger man eighth army trapped arounc K• i sun rear the Dnieper bend. in , ::• i!; mi the enc::y hi.- \vo:st sin gle disaster in Russia since Stalin ;;::id. .Marsha! Stalin announced thai .V!.nilll had been killed and II. 000 captured from the ten divi sions and a brigade. Another 11.000 had been killed in futile efforts in break open the trap hrinciiiq: total (ievman losses .ii vand Kor-.nu to S1.000. IU 1 n"s • tin newest re iv i I ' , II.il' Mates ro-t '• ••■ 11 :• 'i'- r. \v tin manpower I Cici mil sorted that In ret re: v - tn short - i 'her oper lias not en II t'»til and :: reserves." : tn. d the I jtine t ready Mechanized Units Used In Assault Powerful Jap Base Struck Wednesday by Mighty Task Force New York. Feb. IK—(AIM — Tin- Tokyo radio said today (hat "I'oyvert ul nuchani/i'd units as well as air power" had liecn used in tin- American attack on Truk. TIiitc was no explanation of what Tokyo meant tiy "mrcli ani/i'd loiri's" and nothing I rum any other source to support lh<* implication that A in eric a n ground lories might have at tempted a landing. Japanese broadcasts in tlir past have hinted prematurely at Anierieun landings, perhaps with the pur pose ot claiming that tliey had been deleated in the event that thev did not develop. Washington. Feb. 18 — (AP)— I'll-.rl<nt I! • ' told reporters today in lu< .(••I kite reports alwut I ho A11 : . . i: ".ii i; on Trill;, the Japanes*. id-Pacific stronghold, and ..<:•!• •! h ■ ;.s ev. nothing of rc ports that Aiwncnn forces had gi-ne ashore '.hero. I. S. Pacific i'lrct H.'ail «ltiarl«'i* . i'i ar! llaritor. Feb. IS—( AP)—lapan's mijrlity na val iia.-e <»!" Trttk. crowded with warships, was attacked for the fir.-! t iiiu in tlic war Wednes day. Today official silence left op« 11 tlic possibility tluit the powerful American aircraft carrier task forces had pro longed the heavy assault. The carriers, protected by bat ik.-hi|.». cru;sers ;u:d dert rovers, on» -< \> ral hir ilnd planes • ! dawn Febi mry 16 against Truk, the inid I'..| :ii- gu:. d'..11 nl 'lapan. 2.ldll -t..ltile miii - to ii> northwest. One reconnaissance pilot brought back report* of sighting more War ships in Til l;'.- -til-mile vv.de lagoon than "1 ever saw at one time in Pearl Harbor." 3.200 miles to the north west. Admiral Chester \V. Niuiii/ used the > yn::ii- words. •••• menced •ii attack." in disci using T:•..* the :>f in>:\e wrath ol th< I'niled S' lies Vav.v had :.dlen upon the *'>ng-.sc cretl.v fortified bastion—some 1*00 (Continued on Page Three) State Takes Farrell's Life Kaleigh. Fci). 18—(AP)—Andrew Wilson I' an I'll, 25-year-old Durham taxi driver, died in the State's le thal yas chamber today still deny ing lie raped li;s eight-year-old step-daughter. .. crime for which ho twice com ic tLcl iii Durham comity superior court. ^ ■ I'm 1.. nativ e oi Columbus; county, was led into the Cham— bcr .it 10:01 a. n Smiling family, he nsked Chaplain Watts t<> write to his mother. He then maclo a firal denial ■ >i the crime. Breath— iiiL; <>«■«•(»l_v hi :• • <■ y;is Itiipes, he was !"'*'H' 'Hrii rle.id ten minutes later. His mother, Mrs. Chess Jolly of 1 wroj na lJeach. claimed the body. It will be i-ii ;i|.,d t,. vV.'uiev lie foe burial. Tax Bill To Be Returned— Presumably With Veto Wa-hinulon. 1 "fl» 1 !. ' Ni'i - PrcjtMunt !:i" pvcll ■ r< iiiu to n-nd •i ■ tit c..f:'i.~v r Monthly i»r Tuw day !in-'i"Kihiv v t|i .tun M r. (•' • iv > itl\v di *t i ' i •iday ill h |>r*• 1 li'» r.'lM' i i-ni ' . ,.v l V ' lit- . I ..n !!, • I'lll \vut«l 1 c. , ' ini: l|i«' ri !■ 1'iil 1 . i i|:to| il l) Monday hi 'I ni' il i\ i tll.'it it V li(< ih , • 11rt ii ■ 1 J.. rilwliisc iii i >»tcm|»tnti«t nctinn 'ti it. >'»- vi ' ii-r Ifl't l::tlc (iiivstion ili.it In* had tint rli.inzi'il l><~ ii,mil nb"tit 'Ii. I"!I which hits e.illed "im rmillf'lr" i*n mi additj'iul rcvontw mi-ii'i in thi* iiuht of Iiiibo wartime CNIH'tlfl'tlll'l-. Oo*grw»tnn«d mMiith hcnrd .vcj Irrcliiy M*at the lull would he vetoed Oil M O 111. I it has VIIIIT llioplllllrv, and itl-o la lis far short nt llu* $10, .idO.ltnii,(Kid additional revenue which the Tmmuy urged for the next ta.; law. ^ •V V. " ''. vt>'° coming 1 ' ''' ' 1 nnoimied pi,-in ' » " l.v I., full" out anv Mi'i-ch ! effeetiv« <liiir for the long l,s1 "" < • v.l Krdoral oxtise tiixe* •''• -i vt,,Mld ,1Mlv '''I Ho I iv. had I,c-ii »'"• •«.(«• IhkiUs dnys before tl«. t ,,, nex, monlh Till' Ill'W 'imaled to yield approximately $87,000,000 lliontn. A vein would Ket aside the deri/dtm "I < oncrcss to l>> ,• ||,r cr_ iv payroll tn\«- llt ,„.rfipnt x"'»• Ihtcciii hi iMtiplovors lif employers. !>a->mi('h :is .1 t'em M • " V Mr, , measure expires Maxell 1 .'Hi '!i Il.c ahscncp ..l the new || i|in« d law. till ate will iitiloniali '•illy iim> I" J wo iM'irent on employ. .111.1 employes at l|„. f.n,| ,,f s,l,;h 11 " I- <st,mated, an additional $1,300,-. oon,oon in annual revenue,
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