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TillRTY-F1RST YEAR '■fr}i?cKs£"My'ISS" HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, i!M I PUULIS,^xl'KiWNi^7KUNU<^ FIVE CENTS COPY
SENATE OVERRIDES TAX VETO BY 72 TO 14
^ BRITISH MIDGET SUBS PACK KNOCKOUT PUNCH
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ONLY ABOUT 45 FEET LONG, British midget submarines have demonstrated their power by knocking out one
of Germany's mighty battleships, the Tirpitc. Shown for the first time is one of the craft that attacked the
battlewagon of! Norway in Sept. 1943. and left it seriously damaged. To accomplish this the subs and their
three-man crews squirmed through elaborate defenses to push home the attack. Several of the men who
took Dart in the daring raid were given the Victoria Cross. 'lnter"at>onal Hadionlioto)
May Hike Age
Oi industrial
Determents
A:;e Minimum Might
Have to Be Raised
I roin 22 to 26 Years
W.i-hinjrtr.n, Keb. U*>—(AI')
I In- .military draft situation
li t- licciiiue *o tight that seleet
)• orvice may sunn have to
rai i llie age miniimmi fur inil'i.-irial
deferments from -2 to
L!t> y« ars. Major General Lewis
15. ilorshey told the Senate AgiMriiitiirt'
Committee today.
!li hey, who directs selective
iappeared before the cumi
i discount estimates Ili.it revised
regulations for the deferment
I.iim workers might take halt
«•; tar 1.700.0(H) fanners now ex•
i(l from the draft because of
' i: occupation.
I :if din etoi coinmen'.ed in tiie
:< i "t testimony relating t• • the
ii I 11trees' need for stepped up
i .r'.ion.s: "It l<«iks as it we would
I . no to I'li years on industrial
( it i incuts before long."
Such deferments are now denied
iho e under 'i'l
llershey appeared after four matarni
organizations declared in
' i i ; statement that new selective
service rules would demoralize
liMI crop production. The Senate
«•' ninittee is investigating the situation.
Stock Rally
Stalls Today
acv York, Feb. —(AIM—lis
'"•p1 li>r a handful ol relatively
1 |mi: specialties, the stock market
i U.v t illed today and price trends
generally were indefinite.
.\ new 1SM3- I I high was posted for
American Telephone. Support wa •
H'lcd Western Union "A", United
State, Steel. Chrysler, and Mont»:■
niicry Ward. A trifle backward
were liethlchcm, Sears Ifoeburk,
1 nilel Aircraft. Weslinghouse and
'•midyear. Bolide were steady and
commodities mixed.
Fruitless Attacks
Of Nazis As Allies
Improve Positions
Frcnch on Cassino
Front Repulse Nazi
Attack on Mt. Abate
Allied Headquarters, Naples,
Feb. -5—(AP)—German force*
ringing the An/.io beaeliheail,
m»\v swollen to ien divi
sioiis. peeked at American-Uritisli
lines yesterday in two
fruitless attacks southwest of
l.'arroceto as the Fifth Army
steadily improved its position,
it was announced today.
The enemy likewise ill like
force assaulted French positions
no Monte Abate on the ('assinii
front, lint artillery fire
broke up tie* thrust, and on the
liswrr Garigliaun seetor (iermaii
probing attempts were blocked.
Despite a seven-inch snowfall in
I In- mountains around I assino, AlIit
<I troops ilnpiov e<l their positi ins
<•11 Motile Cnsli'llone in the mountains
west •»! I ho \ illagc <>l Cairo,
miflwiiv between Castillo anil 'I erclle.
J'l,e new Gi rmait division added
to the nine which have been containing
I lie An/.to beachhead for
some days was said I" have been
brought I mm northern Italy.
Tiie I wo bc;i:hhcad attack;, were
launched by only i company ot infantry
in i ich ca. o, usually aboul
2(10 men. They were repulsed wilii
heavy losses to the enemy, it was
announced.
Alln d artillery got. ihe range «>f
a German tank concentration near
the si -called laclory in the Carroeoto
area and forced it to disperse.
Although the Germans maintained
cl ';c contact against the Allied
j beachhead, the passing of another
day. the filth, without major developments.
g.ive the Kifth Army
valu.ible time to Irenglhci) its defences
auotli-t .iti expected third full
scale German offensive
The Germans continued (•> make
,i number of ntlisince infiltrations
around Allied outposts si otli of the
Nazis" mam rallying point .it I'nrrocelo,
bat a Kifth Army spokesman
said these were being kept under
(Continued on Pane Vive)
Smashes Deep In Reich
Continue Allied Air Drive
I'd i. H~> — (Al*) —Oiroal
I'i in i1 ioii:; of American heavy
•"'ml « i .. c.ii i icd llir unprecented |
Allied serial offensive thundering
through its sixth day today with
"••iiiishes deep within Germany at
aircraft production plants at ltcg- |
eushurg. Stuttgart and other target.
The heavy daylight assault carried
(he mighty offensive racing on1
round the clock after the HAH look
"p the two-way scourge of Nazi
Plane production last night in a
1.000 plane raid from Britain on
Schweinluit and scat other forma
lii.it. I mm Italy to attack Stcyr, in I
Austrian.
Tn.iay's strong fold's <if American
fotr - onmiied heavyweights
were protected l>.v swarms nf Allied
fighters as they dumped now destruction
<"i IIk- aircraft works at
Kci'cnsburg and tin: ball-bearing
works at Stuttgart
All targets or llici daylight assault
were deep inside CJernany
with the assault on Hegensburg, in
southern Germany. requiring a
round trip flight of more than 1,100
.niiik
A Zero a Minute
A NEW RECORD for destroying rnciny
planes has been set by I,t. Eugene
IS. Ilanks of Gibbs, Idaho. In
his first combat action, lie knocked i
out five Japanese planes during a
raid by carrier planes on Mille in
the Marshall Islands. U. S. Navy
photo. (Intcmafioi.'al Souiidplioto)
RAF Attacks
Plane Works
In Austria
Naple . Kelt (API IMF
\V< llmgtons Iioiii li.ily ma..lied ,it
the < ei'maiiy aircraft fact try ;i*
Speycr, An.(it.i. ti t night while it
Mill wa • lit.i/mg front Flying Fortless
attacks cut tlt«- two preceding
d;iy •, tin' Mediterranean Allied air
forces announced today.
(tin- formation of Wellingtons
bombed Mir Hatmlei factory while
larger Wellington r< >|-< ■ 1411 ion . attacknl
bmlt-ll|i ,n<M ot railroads.
C'lewilicil .."Itl tllCV ill i|l|ll'd boll.b':
in flu* ni'd I o| laree lit*- (li<.:h|ir
anti-aircraft tut' and a few night
lighter..
Keroitii.it .iii«-«- bowed extensive
damage to the Speer plants. One assembly
hop's m it had eollapserl
and tint < wa. pouring from the jnterioi
(IoikK ol aooke billowed
from a( lea.-t two big tires in (he
main assembly shop. One-thud of
tlie machine shop- hail collapsed
front eight direct hits and seveial
other building- were damaged.
Ten direct bit- were eounted in
the coal and limber yards, and files
were visible in the pouer plant and
transformei -tation.
Swarms ot German fighters came
out about lot) utiles ahead of the target
yesterday and me' lite Fortresses
near Langenfurt. ju.-t across the Alps
They struck with the raiders througn
an hour of furious battle until after
lite bomb runs. Sixteen Fortresses
Germans Evacuate Vitebsk,
Falling Back 70 Miles West
Capture Of
Rogachev By
Red Troops
Vitebsk, Important
Junction of Railways,
Had Bitter Fighting
London, Feb. 12-">— < A1') —
Germany's Trans-Ocean news
agency broadcast today iliat
German troops have evacuated
the jrrent White Russian
stronghold of Vitebsk. to fall
back toward the old Polish
frontier 7'» tniles i<> !he west. I
The (irrr.iaii liish command's
hi n.idrast lalrr.
did !« I mention Vilrlisk lint
confirmed an curlier tlcrlin an- |
iiotinermrnf—als*i made hv
cow—that Kussiait troops had
talir'i llin;a< .»cv, a renter
miles south of Vitebsk.
M> . ciiv. .1 iry ."t 1 . di'i'larrd
i!':«! tlit!or*> H<Mt"eln:v-Vilcbsl{
line, ime <■! Ih«- .itiniui.-l • i the
lite; ian li'enl. is smashed.
a; in}' ii" n lie mi acni> - the ice on
llie l>!iie|Mi° ri.tr which firms a
lut-'e ill the line, dispatches
said.
Al• I ll'it till- |
ipltlio I.: \' 1 .
The (lorta n Tians-Occan news
il'.enoy. i'i ;i I*i : liti liri'.idiast recorded
Ii.v l!i" MiiiiMry of Information.
sa"J that Vitebsk. impoi taut
junction <1 !oui limil. railways and
undoi si< .a- by Hod .ii my Iniops
since last November. was cvaeuated
rmly after bitter fielding. An earlier
Hoi liil I'i<> mIi a.sl had arknowledjiod
tlic "ovai lalion" "I l{"uaehov.
Premier Stalin, in no «•• Inn nrdois
of the day, announced earlier
that General Constantino K"knssnv*k>
army, in a new • tfensivo ninth
of the i'ripet n:arsh< . had raptured
Ruoaehev and had advanced 15
miles mi a Mil-mile wide front, taliinn
nmio than 30 towrs and villages.
One Soviet formation alnne
killed 4.0110 i neinv troops. captured
many prisoners and quantities ol
war materiel, including lili big guns
the announcement said.
The fall ol Hogachev and Vitebsk j
—the fnriner a rail town 1.1 mile.-. |
rorth i I /.hlohin, iiinctioii point on
the Vilcbsk-Gomel and (iontelMinsl;
railways was viewed here1
as an indication th.it the Itusslans j
intend mounting a new oflonshe
aimed at the White Hussian eapital
of Minsk, less Shan 1(H) miles west
o| tiie ii< a rest Russian line on the
rapidly changing front.
Rod army troops lor weeks have
been astride the railway between
Vitebsk and Polotsk, another strategic
Nazi stronghold 55 miles to
lli west ol tin Vitebsk-liiga railway.
< )n the Itallii In nl. I'jn miles
north "I tin Vitebsk sector. Hod
army troop, , in.orging on Pskovhad
not only i .| tilled lino, last important
Na/.i I', -e to the east of
Pskov, hut h nl Is • occimied a \ illago
^1) mil'. t " the li."* V. M'i:.c< w
said.
Cotton Quiet
At Midday
New VnU. KH>. 2a—(AP> Cn(t"ii
future.-. opened leu In i:> cciils 11
li Ic Ifiwei i\ ..>ti values H'i'ic miehaiiut'd
I" l:. ■ ciils ;i Ivilc Inciter
March 2IUSI. M.iy 20 .|r,|v I'Ull.
\vnr» lo;l
III I.lli.i M l 1 .! .,|.(.|.iii..n . I:'lIi .III
I.mi.' MMHiHf allneked l.•ml.in;
' 11• -in mile mil (Invest i,|
ami S|nl fit i' .ml Kiftyliawk . » ;.«•in>J
ii|> I lie A* i'//auii-("lii< l i mid
destroyed l\vn locuiniiljyes .itiii ||
i mil or truck*.
WfATHER
Kill NOIITII CAROLINA
Cloudy anil continued uarm
tonight anil Saturday. Slightly
higher t o in |i p r a I u r.r tonight.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms
Saturday.
Previous close
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CLARK EN ROUTE TO ANZIO
HERE IS nn excellent study of T„t. Gen. ilark W. Clark, Fifth Army chief,
ibonnl a PT boat speeding him to the Anzio beachhead. Mis troops ai«
•w.iu.nj, ,1 thi- d Nazi "drtve to the ^iea" alter bre: king'tlic hsfck of l\v<i
previous onslaughts. Signal Corps photo. (/iiti-ritationai Soiindphoto)
Account Of Bold
Truk Attack Given
By Eye-Witnesses
E'attleships Move in
Near Base and Blast
Cruiser of Japanese
I*. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters.
I', arl llarlior, 2">—
(AIM First eye-witness ;»cemint
i'l tin- I>i>1<I two-day attack
February 1(5 l<» IT «>ti .lapun's
nuvul li.ase ..I Trnk <li>
dosed thai I'. S. I>at I li'sli i |is
niiivi il in cl«.se cnmiv.li to Mast
an enemy cruiser u> the ocean
I >« >( t < >tn.
"I'll. i. v. if i>.• i . i;>.itcd
in tiic Ihlllidei I ..it • .■ i ll
<>l>\ I'tu.sly : ii! m i i'I .ui'l ' iiin.'d the
.1 i|>; \ ,il ■. in, i Ii- t . . |h-i illi.'lll
disel. 'til" .
.1 i;>.• 11 «• .. i <i|.|> ■ ii \ • 'iisideraidy
v.r.d.e: th.in "I n <
|H'Cled.
/Villi ill i l .it I I IK I llllr I II
l\ Iiiiiii cruisers i.illirr III in
friim .I.iim its v.itml'.i ni'iiind
drlrnsrs ;i( ||ir < .iodine i-.l.iiul
li.isliini.
Allli" ii.h I i i i."-"ili. il> >n
vcik ti «.i y. 'i Inn* w •.
I"|ii|l< 'I •" l>> hi ■ '' • ;:elf-MI
lililipiu II I II ' 1 "til I !• I.ll III.;
di yd I
.1.1 tun: -c \. irsliii>s, inslr.id nl
ninvin: 'Hit lii i li.il'rnrr (!<•*
I'iiwiIiiI \ num.111 l.ish fiilrr.
Iri' il In I li r imrlli.
"'I In i' .1 iiij>''•>:-! mi I hi'1
A ,i ■ I " ■ - .1 v ro li 11 y |. I
ots iiIhiic lliroiiith nml got
ennui'I •' "■ p tl'ivvii," ...iid
l.i ( oiiint I Harry W. Il.irris »n.
Ilf M Hill i" I . 11 ■ I. I !.l„ 11" ' ll. •!" < I • ■ if
Mill l Ml" .Hill. I v ltd \\ ,i ■•■..-il >1 (>n
n| ll" .11 i l • ' i il l . il: 1li" I i
«>|M>r»t fi
A t ' .I .ti ""I .1 .(i.in.-■ • (.l.iii" .
M«| i..l (I. ..Vli III lli|. ;|l.
lark I li ' <lii d -.1 > .i'ii"i til.itio.
"I In* I1H-II!\ f ' liisrr. iiilr ill lirl\M
i li lii .mil III ships Mink .il
'link. Ilrd uilli Hirer oilier «nrsliip.
Ilinniuli llir nrrlli |i,ism <•!
Ilir n-i'l rnrinlinc (In- ID-nillr
Imuihmi.
Hailin ,-jli'i • r. necessary I" |irnIrrl
iii.i\ i'ii,i nl- "I >Ii11i.s, still |>■-«'vi-nli'd
iij-i :ls mi I In* iirroiniili.Oiinenls
"I .i liij; la.sk force winch
sr ill lliilidrrds nf | tallies fiKiilllst
I" " '1 > ii I In- Mai inna islands.
7'MI niiIrs iinitliwrsl of Trnk.
1 lul l ad iii silence was ended yes
(Conlinucd on Pnge Five)
Farmer Draft
To Demoralize
Crop Yields
Washington, IV. i MM- Khiii
major larm • > tn '/i- ns declarc-i
in a joint state..ent th.it new ,-eleetive
service rules vvoiil-l (!• imr.'ili/1!M4
crop production t -* Senate
Agricultural ComnrMce began .111
investigation of the .inn
Major (icitfral I n . U llershey.
select p. e sOIA ice Ct >1. V as called
The Willie.- .(1 . i . it n; pi .Mlljil
ed liV .111 1 ir "ier dill
hoard in rovic •. !
ti< leimeiil
: i "1 I 'lr.it t
»'» t.i: m |;ilu»r
•\ (iiinl -1 t'eiiiiii
01 !: <III;'.|1 ion . I-;iIN•• •
ill"
ll't
I've ".I t . - p.I
natiai.d inteie-!
Hi,. oi lier. II .
essential employee
:ic -Iv li.ilI
11
llele.l Hit.1 tile
\ ON
1 ;<itlie
(Ciiiriniieii .in i' e I',vet
Sen. Barkley
Votes With
Supporters
Doughton Looks on
As Senate Follows
Mo ve by the House
Washington, Kelt. -o—(AP)
—Willi it-; jralleries overt'lowii»jr
with curious spectators, a
determined Senate climaxed
the congressional revolt against
President Roosevelt's tax bill
veto liv making the measure a
law with votes to spare.
Tin* iiwrriiliiii; vote was aniioiuiccd
hi Vice crcsidi'iit Wallace.
presiding. .11 7'! In I I—iir
Hi innic llun tlio ncee.-isary
twc-tliirds majority. At that
instant tlie* liill. which ennsressinnal
Miiincs estimate will
brine in S'! .'! 15.1100.000 in additional
revenue annually, limine
lav.
M iorily 1.' , Rarklcy. principal
figure 1: ' i<" drama as a result
i»l in., diiii'ii (lonuticiiiliiin "f the
P .1'■ I* vol Sen*
lite • 'i 1 Wed esHiiy. Ktii'k by tin1
i' Mi I : '■■■ ' • 1 . \ t« ovi rritlo
Mr. Roosevelt
Tin* vein »>!'••,:. uc :-n:irk«-d n
:;ii 1 il iwcll which from
the vcr> start I scant riouhl
.is ti> Hi" 11 mit ciitciiin- of the
lav liill, which 1 lie President
raited inadc-iuat.c The I louse
acted tiliickl vcslcrd;:-.. Ketlilir
aside til'.* vet 11 liv a v«.lt- <if 299
to !l.">.
H..UI. ! • i) II; 1 I: • t ><■ 11 I,. Dough'
'N < . I' I. t-li.ttriiliiii nt the
H<' i,i' U mil Mi-in:. CnmnuttCR
which nrnji: a'cd the 1ax bill months
aU". :-l >od with other llon.se nicmi
hers at the renr of the Senate
eh; nibei
ii! • i;. rowing ;>1 limes with
emotion. Senator Pciqwr (Fin.. D.)
i> Idlv p/orla::ned l»Illinvavoi'itlg
i< tion t. "liberalitim" and Frank-*
in ' >. I{l» ; «\olt.
With lull knowledge. lie .s iid. Ui.tt
; ho si<>«"I with a smail minority
against overriding the veto. Topper
1 solemnly declared:
"I have 11 ithinK to gain except
| :Ji«' i"estiniable satisfaction of ex|
pressing my own conviiti <11."
j If iho issue were simply overrid1
nig tin- vet > of a tax lull parsed by
| Cone loss. Pepper asserted. In- would
not he mi nn-ved. He was afraid,
I he said, that the defeat of the PresiI
dent on the tax hill might alter "the
s permanent course mid character o£
our party "
! Taking the floor after Pepper finished
Senator Lucas (111.. D.) who
usually supports administration policy.
said he disagreed with the flori
'da sinator < 11 the issue irvulved in
1 ti e 1 vi : riding vote ' I'm voting on
the issue of t,i\ legislation a"Vi tax
legislation alone." Lucas said.
The roll o ill followed.
Thus ended another act i:i the
r.ipitar.-. ■ «.-t stirring political
\ drama 111 wars. ^
Allien W Rarklry, the genial,
r.iddv faced Kentuekian who won a
ir aniniir.s vote of confidence from
his Dim ciatio colleagues as Senate
ujnrity leaner yesterday, helped
clear t!ie .1 i' after a three-day poli:;<
■! storm hv dispatching a letti
i M tiicnil hip to President HoosoveU.
\\ I'. o i.iev'.- !. *W expressed
•incut ti 1 Mm d'.-pnte would
It 11 el"" ' o;.t ; .itinn between
' the legislative and executive braneht'!s.Jt
contained no indlcntion thai
in I *l rVitim-d '1 mind about ov■
• 1 iriith«- 1 ■. lull veto.
Ii> ii' in Ir post as leader
. '1 \v. ill." d.o III- declared C. 11would
> to »■ • override if it
• I .ii'.v t It-re nect It It."
I II < 1.1 bal dly wait to
fCon'inued 011 Page Kive>
three Jap Vessels Sunk
Oil iXevv Ireland Coast
Mil* •) H I'lii.n If s 'tlhwr.-sl
I'aelMe, kcl. \iuer>ra»il
!r i,vi'i . • lit (!<■ M I t) mi .I.ip- !
• f I -«• Ill) ' ( I).nil \ i . Is .111(1 a dr. |
.vlniyer <>11 \(.u 11 • • I 11;tl. mid se(»r- |
inii I lii.ii i- M. . Acilmr->
imitni «rwnil U-H ij that i . Allien
(Ion in.ilc the mm iim'l, „ the- IJj^.
in. ri ... cllipelai,'".
Captain Ai h uii T, lint kc of •
Chevy ( haw, Md.. (nmnutiidcil the |
'IcMniyrrs fn :ti Admit.il Willi,mi !•'. i
lliilsc.v's force which sank the throe
j-hiI>s. shelled the Kavieim. \'fw I
Ire! uid. tneniy base a :d bombarded
Japanese installations (in DiiUo df
York island, between New Ireland
and New Britain, all in 13 hours
I ilf;rl,tv.
M ' ■">' i'"1'1 "'i Mabntil. New
• ' "- Monday iiid Tuesday, with
H't !(in>, ..I I»m11» dropped <>n airilfini
i and .shipping m Krravia bay.
' '"'i'llKHl tin- I'imIi It'll (if the
b«sc» which MacArlhur
' • helped i„ "tightening the
•''pane.se Hist nark.
smivitt h'Hnts.
I'm,ted States have pushed
i•< >•'.i,(I the Mot river on the north'l'
W, <"»8l and arc;
!" "iiles northwest of Said or
n ','v'•' •r,Amcr'<1,ns lnndcd J«n1.
* ' r,ho"' progress is toward
. J>'d<jng: Japanese coastal base
about -i.i miles farther northwest