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TIIIUTY-FIRST year %mterBott Uatly Uispatrlt TM?:KAsS>nl|A«\• UKJ»S.K HENDERSON*' M r Ti:i.VHW » i.wrmv, .v. FUUUSllKU KVKItY A ITIiliMjl in EXfKIT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY Tax Bill Vetoed By President *★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Churchill Promises Bombings Infinitely Greater National bervice Act Will Probably Be Campaign issue Sponsors Not Trying 1 o Force Show-Down I'rior to Elections Y>. linjrtoi). I-'c'l). 22—(AIM — N:.i i'lial service legislation v. a marked today for a president campaign issue when .-l» i is let it lie Known iliat tli- will make no atl<'in|it io tmi a -how-down in Congress 1.11 tin subject befor tlu' No \i !•! r elections. !>r\ :iti' recent War anil Navy !»• i.ii'lnii'iit itri'SMiri' lor early .1 t t ii. ii:;-tnlit'i'N said tlu- Srnali* \fi i.r* (omniiltcc prolial>l> v< :il ! il''l;n a test vole lor several months. i : !<-n: cut:itiI within the . ppatetilly is about three ! • ; 'ti.-l the prup« .sal. V l-> aim' .\ n.~: i ii (Yl. II.I. ■ utluiis <>: Ihi' Ii.l!. Mild .• n • ilfl ill>! In' ■ i:tie Ihr Ji nil.-in di-iiati'. Si i, .liil IJ I said hi' dlil lint si", lllil tall 1 i lii'i-i a • an i>"t \ i 'lent n|i|ji.si;ui!i by ■ 'I '.iljor. :• Kooscvoll. ill Ills niien1.1 I'liii^rc. January i ii cnart iicnt ill a natiuiilaw la prevr- I strikes, .i ided that he would not .such proposal unless were passer! In keep ' • en.-t ni living. Io share Jin- burden nf taxation, in • • st ihili/ati *11 line and I" • ndlic prut its. 1 has no! yet dune nnv of .'if- iii h s satisfaction and. t.. lily, lie wmld rot In. in t;i. work dratt legislation until Beachhead Activity Is Indecisive I iercc Local Attacks Made by Allies, But 1 ositions Unchanged Mlii'il lli'adtiiiarters. Naples, 1 • —<AI')—Heavy artillery rages and small Iml fierce in"llr> dashes marked (lie lichtj'1 yesterday in the Allied ,lf .i" hhead hrhnv Home where. 1 *'»»> officers said today. "•u '"jc American and Itiitish r.nice and their eomitrr-alt.nlv. ilefinitrl.v have licateii the all-mil drive to push the *"i< - into Die sea. ' •'•'it li ont line M imi|i allil Ihr 1,1 everything tin y li.nl hi 'Hut ,i( two 11<tint y<- (t i *'i1 neither side u;iin**d anv ' ""I |*«silimiK nil along tlic ! I ri'iiiiiiiicil .i iIn v tti'ic. " w.i ic|ii,illv true after I'.ntish " "irinued r>u Page Five) Ferguson Suggests Whisky Outlook Be Re-Examined . W.i-limuion, JVt>. 22 —(AC) A r 11-• • • itii11.■ i i .i) hi the industrial al- v ''""•I outlook wiih :i view l<> <lc'' ■I'i niuu whether sm;ill scale wlti ' > ni.iluif.icliirliiK may be resumed | '• "'I -oral i|y Wlis iici\ I rated today ''.v Si Ii;i|•>]' Ferguson (Midi.. IM< a ' iw'inl*'i' nf the Senate's spocliil h<i- I sli'ii'luKe investigation cmmil- i He. I I'' 'Riisi n said hr would prrsrilt I -uwtrstion Thursday al the 1 "'"milter's first inoetirK under tin* I 1 ''ai 'n.inslnp <if Senator McCarran < 'Ntv.. I).i who succerdcd to I ho ' I1'' ' after the death of Senator Van I * ;v, f tn«l.. I).). N-' body on the committee wants \ ' divert any alcohol to the maUmu I bltndert whisky unlits it can be • if without iitle !<•:ins; with liie . r In' t'>!»l a rep>rtor. ' I l"\vov< r. il app< 'ii -' t" he a wise* li p t<- sot I ist what (lie .11[<>!)(>I H-tuio is !<i Iho present time." The Mulligan l.'i'publiean s;ii<l lie liought tli" c--i 'iniltee would seek list-hand information in 'lie reedlt n-t*«<!:.•!• <1 ( ill'.in sugar agreement > find "ill whether t will alleviate lie aleohol shortage. Ferguson said offieiiils of state i|inn monopoly systems have urgI liiin in wlvoeato the new inquiry i bene! that s"me domestie aleool production can he diverted for se in Mendi"B whisky now being •ilhdrawn from government warehouses. thus spreading the dwind• MM'w' . . . Pilot Over Truk I r~" — CAPT. James Q. Yawn of Cogite l_'hi(to, .Miss., piloted one of the U. S. Liberator bombers that made n successful reconnaissance ilisht over Truk, major Jap sea and air | fortress in tiic South Pacific. One of the photos taken from the plane 1 showed 25 Jap war hips, inelitdiiii; two camci s. </»£jr.:c!:uiial) Compromise Soldier Vote Bill Offered Federal Ballot Bill Gives States Right To Accept Ballots Washington. Kcl>. 22— - Tin' administration fashion-) id a state-cont rolled Federal i'allot l»ill today it: an effort to break a congressional stalemate ovei voting procedure for the! armed J'orees. > Kl'st II. II tl 'II III III 11ll - OI)|H>Sltintl Inula <1 - il the two opposing camps -Kiilornl \ Stale ballot*—might make a trade al !asl. As a concession !•» Stale's riglils advocate.-, licprrscntaiivc Worlcy (Ti \ . I>.) ottered l" swap away a l-Vilii.il waiver •>! |M>llta\ payments and I• »«•.11 i' ::i Iration is volinu re(pureiiu i ' n c.a-li.iliai" for a Uoncial <t It i>iiti« il "I a iini'orni |-cdcral ballot !«• nu n and women ovcr f Con tinned on I'a;4c I'jvo) No Surety Of Peace In 1944 Seen Says Hitler Has 300 Divisions Yet; "Big Three" Solid London. I"YI». 22— (Al') — j Prime .Minister ( liuiTliill void J 1 lii* world today that Allied j bombing far beyond anything yet "employed <.r indeed imagined' would striKc Germany in every corner in prelude io ihe final -mashiiiK by American and I British invasion armies of "approximately equal" power. Tin* three great Allies still stand '.il.s' lulely united" and "ni ne nl the criiiind ma ~r romI .it Moscow or Telierau" lias I ren li st despite disiniirlim; articles in the Soviet prc»s. the Itritish war lender asserted in a ii ntident hut cautious w.ir review in ( ittnino-is. Ti ' Alii"': stand iM'.iii u nil v, |>l:i . v.lia-h ii.alio ceilain a \ cluv thai "may 'i ; bo far away," he I i. < Ui i«d. < hurchill raid he eon III neither guarantee that the war wruhl finish in lairope this year, or extend into I!ll.">. anil declared llitler still is in "full control" in (•erinany. with ">00 divisions in his army. Other i ia;r. S. :;!> 1 i««11t.-i of t'harchill'.s lirsl war review since the Telierau and Cairn conferences: Ail olfensne.s: tin.* t'nitcd Stales bomber force in I'.iitain "now l«i gins to surpass m r own ami soon will be substantially urcater." Thia r cacapai;{n aUainst (ot i aiy lie foundation fur invasion and "irir chit! olteii.-Ae ellorl at present" — will reach a scale "lar hivoiid the dimension of auylhili!! which yet has been employed or indeed im»g ined." Willi long ramie bombers h.tliim Germany from Italy a.- well aIJritai: . Kclali.il "T "Ti c (iera.ans are preparing on the French shore ne-.\ means of aitack on this coantr.v. eithei ol pil'>lle;-s aircraft or p"ssiblv nickels. i r l»oth. "ii consideraiile scale." Iml \ iy:lant Allieil air commands are 'striking at all evidences of Ihcse preparations." Invasion- While Ihe Uritish avfl American forces will be relatively eipial al ihe "nisei. if this battle ipri lonited "Ihe continuous flow of Americans would make their lorce the greater." I.ons ranue bombers from Uril iin and Italy will reach inl<> every pari ef Germany lo smash and destroy , German munitions. he asserted. | WEATHfR FOI! N'OltTII CAROLINA Partly cloudy and slightly m armiT tonight. Wrdnrstfav. j mostly cloudy and continued warm. Senator Taft Is Regarded As Possible GOP Nom inee * Special to Central Pi ess \V slnnuton. Im-Ii. L'li.— Watch studious "Molt" Taft, I ho senior .senator from '»hin. as ;i potential "dark horse" l'>r the |>rc-1 'cut1.11 nomination when tlx Ueptiblicans moot in C'liiciiKo. TaIt has plcdned himscll to the (•.imp of Ohio's Governor •lolin Hrickcr who. iit present, appears to have slight chance of he dins Hie GOI' ticket in November. The prineipiil object in Mr eker's way is New York's Governor Tlioiriiis K. Dewey. who appears liii' out in front a> the likely He|iublic'iifi standard beiirer. If Mrieke > presidential drive fizzles. "I'nft is reiicly to climb aboard the Dewey handw son. but eonservalive Hepiiblican forces already are marshalling n "Draft Tuft" campaign to lie put on if. |o|- any reason, Dewey also is stopped. Despite Tail's protestations Ihiil he i- for Mrieker nd Mrieker only, and then lor the parly nominee, observers leel that he w ill welcome an opportunity In run. Mis vote-Keltiiiu potentialities, however. arc in the dark, lie eonccdedly is one of the ablest men in the Senate, but some »piarters question whether he has political "it." They think he lacks the human, personal . ppeal of a Dewey or MaeArllntr. One tignificant fact which ha<> en r;i|n I nenoi.il .• M<-iit11ni in di sions i>l tin1 I' m- i wiir has been tin* sharp lediii • mi n tlie* length <>i tIn* I ill-, between ri-i.t«»r Allied operations. Heron t cle\i'."i' < nt indie to 11 ml the pei "(I- betvceii <>|>cratioii-. will t;r'i'A shorte ii the eomint: months and that two " mnc may be latlliched Miriilt it < >. "\ because of the rapidly ino.mi nu strength of American land, -ea and air forces. After the Jap attack on Pearl II rbor. there Was i Ii»iik wait before t!:e American'' yathced ships {ilic! men l<»: the O ladalcanal 'tiva-ioti J in \ii«'ist. I!HL' The next ma.ioi ni(i\e w.i- in May. I1M3. when lite Jap- not );ii"ikcd off Attn and had to abandon \V:~Ua few month'- later. The pace w > topping lip tremendously bejjiniMii! Ia>-t November I when I'liited States forces landed <>n Houttaim ilie i.«land in the Northern Solomon K\en while that beachhead still was bcini! enlarged sl<>\\l\ otlic: powerf d mit- «'n (November 'Jo swept 01 to the fiilberts and cleaned up •I.OtMi .1 ps in four days. I C Then, in December. New llrilatn o island w.;s invaded and a land drive I si was started acainst the Jap base at : I Habaul. A little more than .. month j f< (Con'inuccl on Page Five) LIBERATOR SLIDES HOME FOR SAFE LANDING W p —— SKIDDING TO A STOP in a cloud ot dust and flame, an Amo.'ican Liberator makes a crash-landing at Its bas« in England. The big ship, piloted by Lt. Claude E. White. Tushka, Okla., can-.e i:i on one wheel and started to burn, but the ground crew auickly doused the lire. Oilicial Signal Cuius KaUtvphoto. (international) Yanks Sink 92 Jap Vessels In 3 Weeks, 'fake Eniwetok Knox Cautious Over Undue Optimism Of War With Japanese Washington. Kelt. J'J—(AD —Sicivlary ;>i lite Navy Kn<>\ imiay ihi <lest ruei i«»n of Japanese vessels the last throe weeks. I>ut warned j "there i> nothing u. justify any estimates of any early ml •»!'' the war <r the Hnvilic." "We hmon't yi t tested I tie I siren Jth <>• the he said. " V.'i- .1. c npei ..I nn only .n the inti immediate dcUliscs: we haven't >«-1 l-liler. .1 the inner dc'etises <>'. the I .•ill | lire." With Undersecretary .James V. Fnrrcstul, ciiiir^til witli production problems. at his siii'-. Knox said iltl- : due optimism results in a prodiiclion decline and declared tiiat manLitai turam must ix> maintained at : leak capacity. In '.lie thl ie W< i L; tl irinf! wilieil j American suhm. lanes. a.rplanes and »u lace i!. t ili'.-l 'ivi'd !»_• Japanese vessels. lie said oar losses were two aibmarim s 't in 1'iiemy ships sunk, ic sai<i. i:h !iiiI(iI two light cruisers, our destroyers. ■ m- seaplane tender ind seven other combat vessels. The other Japanese ship tosses a ere seven lleet I.inkers. three : ranslMiits. ~i'.l ear^n ships and 15 Miscellaneous \ e-sels. In addition. \nos s i d. one liitlit cruiser pr<>!>ibly was vail; and ci'4ht ni'iunmlian nt vessels probably were tent clown. In eautioninu against undue op. inn • . tie s.iirl that Admiral Che— i.e.' W. Ximitz. commander-in-chief >1 Ihe Pacific lleet. has indieated lhat he lavnrs an attack on the Japiiiese coast. Knox remarked in ;iiat connect on that the .lap army la stlllei e:l \ et v little thus far and "bir.. \m 'i 11) pped and tan iti•allv l.r.ve," "We lc i:iu in Italy." he mid. "Hi.) in .. - heads arc ii > joke mil in Janan t1 • v :-iay prove prettv •os'lv." Lead l>2ew Invasion VICE ADMIRAL Richmond K. Turn, er (top) is in command of all U. S. /"i ces taking part in the invasion of Eniwctok. 'Marine and army assault forccs participating in the attack on this westernmost island in the Marshalls t:ro-.;p are under tha command of Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Watson (bottom). N.ivy nnd Marine Corps nhi't.'S. f/ii Vmnfioiial) FOOD LOSS DUE TO LABOR SCARCITY C..!l.-K<- S- t I: :!.( Feb. L".! -Tlicrc was no appreciable l«*s >; >• >ti in North C'ii < i. i ■' year due . tli.- liibni :<. epnrt* Fred i. Si'iiii <•: State <'• 'il) m char# I |> .^i )•.; .ni'14 I• >r the Kxtcninn Sirvii-II. i 1 • i:: ic It-mil ajjeni.„ in cneh i— nit) nnart cooperate • the fullest w <.i ilu <• -unty aflrn! irot.yh tin ic.-ltu mI work* n-i ri| |n t'.iint,.:!! tl record • i tut year and iwovent any hmtt »| miH ami fei <l ti ■; 111 .- year. M.W J'.t IM U I MilNI l it ('. > liiittiet. K« ;'J. The new c engineer ■ the Camp But* u-r r.i. eiivev:: • \ stations i- 1.1 ,r-tr W I'r-.'V. inr-ucr issist..nt reidrnt engineer. it \v is announced toil* it Camp I"• 11in-v l>v Col II. M •nil, pust en- m<'i■ I* Hr.iy sineed* Maim- It.iy Wnn-ii who hiti-i-ii t: .hi-: I erred to ailolhei- station i ono\ n.KTii i/i n ni si i,ts i-'leue St ' mi. II.dentil. Feb. 21!. 'utt -I! ler' li/ei with iiiuli tiinoiinb I iblr ..It.-. Ii ive decreased i ind> iiy .'Hi ;k i i out nd yields bv •i w-rceiil in tests eniitiniied now i>r twii years. repo-i research men t iae Auncultnal Kxpcriment Sia.0:1 at S'.a'.e College. Northern Islands of Ja pancse Homeland Again Are Bombed I". S. Pacific Fleet llcadipiartcrs. I'earl Harbor. Fob. 'AIM . Capture of Kniwetok island l»y l". S. army troop.fivrhtiiiK in tlu- Marshall l>i lands, and the Ix.mhinjr of I'ar: attuishiro and Shnmuslui isj lands at the northern end of i Japan, kept the Japirtiese invar.' i today thai tin- \merican >>f|Vn| ive in the l'acific was mllin^I aloltjr. I Admiral ('! i • : \V. Nin ./ rv! polled la.-? niulii ili.it I'niwetoi; i hind, in Hie at >11 the name .it ihc We-tcrn cd.:<- ■ .t the Mar.-challs. had lu i'ii taken, and that l';u ry island, another segment i>l the atoll, was in!<■>*> heavy attack by American a.r ;utci siirlacc lorce.-. The Marines alreadx had captuicd Kiikjei.i island ill the atoll, and with the taking nt Kmwet >k despite t ukixirii rwwtance and the exjH'cted (ii|ilnrr o( Parry. the strategic a toil v\ ill be completely m America hands. Search plaue> of Fleet Air Wins ■I dropped mure than live ton.- H Ini:ill>> on Taramnshit'o and Shnnui'— lui islands the night nl February 1!». Xmiit/ said. The plain's encountered hi'avy anti-aircraft lire, but all re turned. It was the fourth air and -ca attack of tin- veal' on I'araimishn <■. where the Japanese have a navy ImsC. Shtih. -hu island i- 111st to ti.e north, and In th foim the nnrthcrni:: ist segment ot the Ktirilc inlandill the .liipanese archipelago Although this north Pacific area is under Nimit/.' jurisdiction, .is con m..ndcr-in-chict of the Pacific licet. ' was the lir-1 ti tie tin- announce- ' ejit of an attack on the Klirilcs had n e fr« in his headquarter*. laigebi. c.iptmed in - \ hour- alter the M.n ne landed Fi nrua v IT. ha,, .'i.liimi. 11Hit ;11: -11-11 > \\ l eii |1| coj.ie in handy !• r lntur» aei.,1 action -t re- ,'iiu .laj ill' -c installations in the Marshalls. and those in Measure For Greedy, Not Needy, Folk Congress Will Try To Override Veto Later in the Week Washing!.in, •>'!—(AP) —l'ii ~itl< lit Umiisi-wIi tossed ill.' tax bill back t'< ( undress today with a veto message in wideii lie described it as "wholly ineffective" and a relief measure "not j,,r the needy but for tla- greedy." J|. I J!,, ss» yc i . ihc House, ;j|. V l.i!I; i,| ovcrM iS veil sari » :licit! wiUi » in-: oij'y ;.llt»Kl ivm!;' rami vu;i'(: .;i i!p> t i u.ingci Hi precedent.-- loi iiii: tulurc." Mr said thi> teiideiic.v in ilsi-ll v. a s s.ifticlentb dangerous li: counter the luss «f "a very iuailciii.'te ->11111 in additional :v.riMii*. I!«• « ilculuted lilt- bill u iiId « nrivli tl;e treasury f>v I.-- than Sl.fiC'.l.dlMI.OUO net a year. • i i- 11 . . ' v the Cong« ;hc Unfed Stales." the iesatt lit s. ut. i.-. i . supply ;tl" yovtrun <nt ot tin* United Slates with adequate revenue for wartime needs. I" provide fiscal support t>>' Ho stabilization pioHram, lo hold li:ni au ii list the tide of special privileges, and to achieve real simp'.ici v I a- 111111.< for snail inc.'iiu taxpayers." "In the interest of strengthening the home front, in the interest of speeding the day of victory I urue the earliest |iossilile action." The i>' 11. designed t . briny Fed• rjl re\eiiaes t" a tutal ot approximately s 1L''J'Mi.liiiii annually, would have provided ihe 1< • 11< wina increases: $664.1100.00(1 in individu il i*eo e md V.ctorv taxes S.Vi2.IO(i.000 additional c rporatiO'.. excess profits levies: St.051JtOO.nol) more in exci.x - led MMi.OOtt.iioo more in postal revenues. It would have I'ro/en the Social Security pay roll tax at one percent each on employer and employee for the remainder of 1911. A temporary freeze statute expires .March 1, when thr rale will go lo tun percent on each unless Congress acts in the meantime. -V imthis clianjzcs would have become effective in the war eonti at r. law. including an . ni< ndiiient opening the way for eniitraetoi? in appeal lo the courts !« i' renejMiiia* on they consider unfa, r Tin inco:- i> • ix changes would (Co!i i:i:icd on Page Five) '' ' 1( •■''!! inlands. ' ' "I ' '• eiok island, c.nno il" , "i ewidc south , : »ie atoll's |aW„,,i. When i.nry island i> taken, the deep c«*U <ni ehtinnel will be clear. Powerful Soviet Thrust Made Into Krivoi Rog !.dikIiiii. l oli. — i \l*>—Today's German inninmniiitii-. broadcast from Berlin. said !>c.n > lintiso-ln-Ionise i'iclitiim is r.iqins in Krivoi lint. Kussiali Iron ore renter. i Aiiimou. l'rli. I!.— ( \ >—The !ird army pushed inln the inner defenses of Krivni Kn; Ixl.n in 1 a thrust so powerful lli.il il IK-rmrd unlikely Hie Germans would lie able In retain I licit crip much looser on this important . iron ore and communications center in the Dnieper bend. The full Krivrtl I! •«. <>ti ! trip "i ilic l<w> "i tin- ratingnm1 •• witt--r .<i N'lkonol. would inni<liltili' iww . .'f tii<- harden! iwitiMHiil Mow* tr.• i X /i m.'n tunc li;>> Mltlcicd since the Iwmiif.mg nl tin- Hi: ~i hi \\ inter i ol tensive. I A Soviet coinnumupie .aid Hint , llt'sfiiin troops IiikI dm i'n yc.teidny into the outskirts o| the city. throiiKh which one oi the two (lorn .n; hold I i ..i I way.- runs ivost irom the 1'mepoi l.riid. The other line parallels it ub' ut 'I') nuke t j the oo.itlKwoi. A Soviet Hi * i' .'K'l'os Ihr.-c lines v ulit ti .p . ('tcitr.m force probably i.m thill t lie << n divisions pi e1 vmnsly cneireled und eriwhcd in tho CI crknsy p< < t t i 10 mtlcx to Hit? ' 1;• ■ •• In'ii • i'uUhcs indicated. <>n th< northern end ol the front* 'In- I! inn \ bulletin said, So,l i-• ■ < apii. rd 'In bit Cierm.in I bare nf Kholm, midway between 1 ik> l'i rii . ',i Nov • '-(ili'ilnikt. and , ntivil'cr > I •tlier ii .iin>, including II-,<• town of Poddorye. district c.'ntcr ■»! tin- Kalinin tonion 25 miles ii"i Ihwe-t ni Kholm. \V• ■ -1 o| I.ak" llmen other lied ' . I■ i; ces v < ! I dl villg nil Pskov. ('.(•!• ii «i'n i uitii'iii 1'iis base. Irom i| ii (Inerti.>n These forces were • ii .t officiiilty with cnplurlng ap» pi x • tely I"" t ms and villages iti ycstci iljiv s ;i<lv mice. (North ol Pskov Soviet troop* hist \v"ie reported within 2J» miles of the city. hut today". communique did not nietitioii the progress of those in. i tinman broadcasts recorded Iiv the Associated Press in London acknowledged a Nazi retreat in the tnuith, to eiiort«n German lmua".)
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