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tiiikty-first year \ft 1.KAHKI) WMII» I.KASKl) WIKK SKItVH'K ow Til M ASSOCIATE!)Viuibs HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 1, 11)44 PUBLISHED KVBItY AKTEKNOON EXCEI'T SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY Icngress lc Assert Its Own Rights Seeks Independence Fiom Administration In Daniels Affair W'jcliiujrton, March 1 — (AP) _('.»ijrress asserted emphatically t< 'lay that its authority is imli pomliMit of the administration as it challenged the right <if I' > dcral officials to refuse io testily before congressional commit tecs. Chairman Dies (Tex.. II.), of tlx- committee invrstiRutiiiK unAmerican activities, said lit" mtuld make ail issue on the lli-use lloor of what was termed ••administrative pressure" which lie said led to suspicions of an iiivcslieatioii of the Federal ( rmniunicatiuns Commission. K.ii in slate senators who have so unsuccessfully In obtain inl,i • .i nn on the Hural KlectrifieaIji'ii Administration, intimated that ( .1 :• |ii Mmccedings may he filed ,-ic. • .I'Mi.ilhan Daniels, administer < assistant t<> the President and aci<'iist Secretary of Agriculture \\ > . (I A Senate farm sub-committee is r >n (i'TiiiB contempt action against D.ir i ; because of his refusal to nr r (|iiestions concerning the lil'A. in.I Chairman Smith (S. 1) • • i:>rloscd today that the proi may be broadened to in- ! dml. Secretary Wirkard who haj made . miliar refusals. I Soldier Vote Not For Use Within U. S. V. ::'on. March I (Al'i Ad- [ i lie it.i'iolv fur :u in* 'I • < 'inu I'd' another iTiiiip in I ni'lrrrtifin's Federal ballot I ' v blocking it- list within l!.. I III .1 Si.iio-. ' i work >m it eompronii-e 1 i i i!" •• members won conference ; '••• approvill <ii ii provision j' •i.'' l-erieral ballot available those m i v irt' voteis who are ■ • on flection cliiy. ! '■ li-iday's compiomiM.* tin* K' i b.ilot tiiii !><• iiM'd only i>v ' Vnt< I' i states wlvisc governors I ' Ilit'd ib> iicecptainc iis it i "• '.d<' absentee ballot, s. ; i onferecs today said ilu* ] i c hill will bo iiii.cn np the Senate, probably next Vltv 1 . "iiiproini^c Federal ballots J I i" inni'd forces only il tin* i • c lo their list'—WiiN born i .i ■ ■ Iliiin two wicks ul aruu Bricker Is At UNC Saturday i 11 ill. M;ir< h I—John W. Hi • • i now serving bis third suc-■ ■ term as governor of Ohio riidatc for the Republican in ' n (or President this year, will n'iili ;it It o'clock in Memorial Hall .it the University of North ' ■" 'i i i Saturday night, Mareli I. Hi Id'c.s is to be broadcast i.ver .i S. iilicrn .u>twork. S| ■ ored here by the Carotin i ' ' 1 t'nii'i. non-partis.hi slu•I'-nt i .i - iiiix.it i«• ii. Governor Miiek"' " I !«■ entertained .it a banipiot "t 'lie ('iirolinii Inn preceding his oid. following the program ' '>!• -mi rial Mall, a reception, open 1 Hi* 1'iibiic. will bo given in bis ' li"ii'.' ,.i Graham Memorial. I ii .ii ;iD Ohio farm in I WW. ! {' ' ■ Hriekcr grew up in the • ni Sterling community, and ' v''''1 • •' I In: w.'iv 111 rough Ohio State ' . i (Continued on I'nt'o Two.) Southern Democrats Begin Drive To Draft Sen. Byrd Vl ■' I'MiKlon, March I —(Al')—A 'Hifrii Democratic movement to Marry K. Hyrd for the I'nty s presidential nomination rnl'!,'! '"'Ward today, despite the Vir1 'an s protestations that he is not " 'andidute. .> ^'sli,'-v encouraged by Byrd's e>."f appreciation for their 'il' o s,l'cr,KthcriiiiK the position s,i '<"CisUitivc branch in tncacrn, ^""'"ny and sound tt«>vK„.1'',lc.nV a 12-member com mi'too learl y J"h" u- r,!,rr »f New Orcmn """"W* a southern eonfer'Ji Dyrd-for-President advc eates. The lime and place lire ycl to be lived. Willi an enthusiasm apparently not shared by llvrd, Harr iircdicl"',! Hi;il "well over '.0 percent" of 'ho Democratic convention delegates lo bo selected by southern slides cout I bo lined up behind the nfi-year-old Virginia senalor. ' Iliirr lisled North and South Curolinn. Georgia. Alabama. Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas. Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia as areas in which I ho draft movement is already under way. He said clubs also had been :<Tr.,v. ' i r sy'v-n.a and Ohio. YANKS CLEAR BLITZED AREAS AMERICAN SOLDIERS stationed in England use their spare time to clear blitzed areas in Liverpool. Otic of tlicm is shown removing rubble from a bombed site with a 21-ton bulldozer. The Nazis have resumed their rr.it'* en English cities after a long lull (International) Argentina Crushes Revolt By Colonel Against President Attempted Revolt of Infantry Regiment Massed Near Capital Mciili'viden, I'rujjuay, March I — (AI*)—Tin* Argentine jrov•rj-ment announced toda/ it lad (ph-lled a revolt by an army and his infantry rej?irient seeking t«» oust Genera! I'alelmiro Karrcll from the msidency lie assumed last \v«-eU in a palace coup enginrrt'd by the country's strungly nationalistic dements. |,t. 'Iiti.ns l'n->>. ;i I riend ■ ! General P» dro liamircz [ vim delegated his presidential pow- 1 •;>, I i Karroll l.isl Thursday. massed ; ns 3rd ntantrv icnimer. t <>ii the [ uitsUi'.'ts ill Mikiids Air*..-. l>nl tailed ii move 'Hi the (*iii>iI;il. Instead. he ■ntered tin* city liimsvll on a gov•rnnicnt in\ it.ition inr ;i (•• inference \ 111 • I'. hi ill .iiul W;n Mmi.-ler .luan . Vroii, liimvv n n. liic man behind lie throne in Argentina's turbiilen' jolitics. The conference \v;is Iv.M in the i var ministiy. Dial was arrested and Ti^T^ at leadtiuarlers of another regiment, a iispa'.ch direct from IJuenos Aiivs aid late this innming. and his ••e;.*ilit..; was returning to its headqitaii is under C'.'iiiiaiul of officers .oyI to Kartell's government. A|ij iirenfly the attempted revolt !iii not extend heyond linen's own n»if. inn the Argentine navy was (ported to have deniiinded thai mvvr he returned to Hamirez. whoi' esigned ostensibly because of his | ic.alth, or to the supreme court. I The i <nniiiiini(|ue annonncing the ! unsuccessful revolt was read over he of I iciii I Huenes Aires radio ;■! :1() a. in., an hour after a previous (>nimiini(|iie th;it <|iiiet prevailed in Vrgentin.'i. There was a strict censorship iit Sucnos Ain.-'. TO SPICAK ON liot SISf. Chi'pel Hill M.ilcli I -l"'ir;.t in a ' erus of spe.ikei s tr lie presented j' tcre during the next two weeks hy , lie I'niver. ily':. School of Public leaItli will lie I>• (' I ,\ Win.low, lircrtor of 'lie John II. Pierce Lnb- 1 iratory <it Hygiene i| New Haven, 'oiiii.. who is to give a public ail- . Iress 'I Inn sday lltghl .it H o'cloel; in he auditorium of the incdical cIiik I Ills 1 'P'c will be "Housing , ind the Public Health Program." ( )r. Winslow is i professor of pnhli.* le.iltb nt Yale University and ctiair- ( n in id I he I baring Authority of , Jew i lav en. Also Kills Time LT. LLOYD MILLIGAN, Navy torpedo bomber pilot from Frcdonia, Kans., who saw carrier plane scrvicc over Kwajalein and Tarawa, finds it relaxing to drop a stitch after dropping a few ton3 of bombs. Any male who considers sewing "sissy ! stu/I" is invited to go along on one ! of his air missions. (International) Price Control Action Asked Ha hing'oii. March I.. (Al>) lou r in I.f.uh-r Marl in. of Ha. .,. cal'ed li.dav for :peedv cvtn■i <•> ion ii action to prolong Hit- life >f the price control act. declaring pricc coiii rol i^ absolutely ncces •iry." A«l:ini! ilial Iho llouso I! inking '"Hirnillor begin liearinij.. on the exi i' kiii immediately, Mm tin s<ii<l: "We have hail two much of the inreaiicialie techiii<|ii«< of wailing mill the la.-t id1111itand then forcng the acceptance bv Congress of ii'ci'ssarv legislation in a form not lc; ired." I he (.Ml ice of I'rief A(hiuni>lraion cie ited hy ihe coiiiro| act will 'Npire .' me ;i'l. unless the ad is rcicvvcd. Southern Cars Are Derailed ! CJolfl 11' in, M:trrh I. < Al'i Six | "I !■"'illiri M K.ulwav p;is:;enger | tram 21 liotind from (iobbhorn ~i,, i (ilecnshoro were (limited ;i| ,i grade ' cros.-ing near I'rinreton enrly today. I A number <>f passenger.-s were shaken up .iiwl bruised hut continued to trovel filler brum given first jilt) ;it ih- scene. They were l iken to Selma by bus while workmen repaired the traek in time l> ciiiitinite ; sorviec today. Only (lie engine find the Inst Pullman remained on the triwk as two baggage ejii's and four passenger coaches left th.- r;.'«». The baggage <••'"1 s turned over on their sides, blocking the Goldsboro - Rfileigh highway. The other four coaches remained upright. Yanks Land On Admiralties; Germans Use New Weapon In Anzio Beachhead Assault Third Great Offensive On Tanks Controlled by Radio Introduced in Second Nazi Assault Allied Headquarters, Naples. March 1 — (APj — German troops, armed with ;t new "secret" weapon tank loaded with explosives, have slugged out in new assaults against the Anzio beachhead, and Allied headquarters said this may Im> a third great offensive aimed at driving the invasion troops into the sea. The Nazis opened ;i heavy attack midway between Carrocflu ard <'isterna Tuesdav morn inn, and til's was crnwini; stronger. Ar'il'ery duels thundered. and rvonl dispatches I.' .I iimhl j-;:«irl lie* -•ncmy h:nl pounded 111" be.ichhcad with the heaviest bombardment since Ihe initial landings. Headquarters disclosed Hie (!i>tmans had used new radioecntrcllcd tanks, bcarins 1.000pound cli:trscs ami designed to blow up within Allied lines, in their sccund major offensive against the heachhead, hui that Allied artillery had exploded II of tlicin before the.v reached the Allied line. Tin- blast probably caused creat damage to Nazi positions instead. The (Sennauk stiu.-k nt '.be beachhead al I wo points M oulay and Tuesday nighl. and continued to "exf rf. pressure" without result:;, headquarters said. There were no details on tho thrust attains) the eastein half oi the beaehhead ltd ween Carrnceto and ("iilfnrii;. ■■ •' ■ Anzio Begun kiicring a;i/i troops .1 ncj tanks tin* Cistorna area. \ i» < > r . ... i ii ;irea, Examiners To Check Bank Liabilities BV I.VNN NISBI/r Daily |)is|i.iIcli Hutimii Haleigh, M nil ! — Chief now. , ValllO ' 111 III!' t:ilcill«*tl( Ily flank | ('ononis loner <; :rnoy IV lloocl lll.it liorc*:*ft**l ll.ili'lil r- :i . well a assets i>l hanks will I"1 examined, is bringing lo public ;ilf<tilon 11if liicl tin. i'«nit «• has ii"t I»«•••• i FomowcI m Hie past. Th«' IIim. I IimiiimiI says: "Smc«* 133.1 il has been the policy of I he Sl.it'* Handing Commission constantly In improve the prncerllire used in in iking examination <il Stain lianks in North Carolina ami recently j Ihr conclu ion has been reached that not only should the assets ol e i ll I lianl; lin checked aiifl verified lint I hi" liabihtie.- ol each hank mirier i-xaiiiinatioti should hi- verified." j lie goes "it I" "'i.v thai the I'xaniin prs have lust started sending notices lo depositors. and Hint il will proli ably. I >ke two or three years to net le system working smonlhly. Commissioner llond points mil thai 2flH hanks were plaeerl in rereiver ship between IW and IIKI.'I, and only two have none through rereivership in the nasi eleven years. These were al Draper and Black Mountain. In both the two last named e ses depositors were paid oil hv the Federal Insurance Corporation. "It i- our opinion." says the commissioner. "that if the procedure of verifying all assets and liabilities in our examinations of banks sincc 1933 (Continued on I'age Two.) ANOTHER KNOCKOUT FOR HITLER FINLAND DESPITE HITIER'S personal orders to "hold Pskov to the last man," Nazi troops arc reported withdrawing as the fall of Pskov appears imminent. Map shows various crucial activities in the far northern batlicfront, Helsinki (arrow 1) is being heavily bombed by Rcii plane.', and flrrmany, fearful that Finland will soon withdraw from Use \ ar, hr.s ordered seizure of all Finnish ships in port...'Russian pi nr. J, ;<id;ca'.c<; by arrows 2 and 3, call for a quick clean-up in the Baltic states and n p'.i h to the. sea which would trap Nazi troops in the Worth. Yhc vital railroad to Warsaw (•)) will be cut at Pskov, adding to iho Na~.i crisis, ii rri is closo-un of Pskov, showine its stratceic imoortancc. (Intcrnaiiomii) Britain Agrees To Terms Submitted By Russia To Finland British Acccptance Nccessary Because Of Russian Alliance London, March 1—(AP) — final Britain agreed today to peace terms submitted by Russia In Finland, demanding that the Finns "cease military •Iterations," break relations with Ciermany, re - establish HMO borders and interne all Nazi t roups and ships in Finland without Soviet help. Moscow dispatches said the Russians were ready to receive l>r. .Inlio K. l'aastkivi. who negotiated the end of the "winter w.ir" in 1910 and mho received (lie terms from the Russian ambassador to Sweden, .Mine. Alexandra Killontuy. I tic l imiisri |>;.rii iiifi11 lipid two cert t m vsinns .lcr<l;>v l>i 11 I lie <>(trial ttiiiixi>ii<iit<> :;.ivr tv> inkling »l tli*1 Mallie country's atlilude. A Mn*c«\v disptlch said Naviel authorities uerc aware of lli>' difficulty in clearing the (•crinaiis from 1'iiil.iiid. The same dispatch s.ml "there is reason t-i believe the Finns would soon meet (lie Soviet suggestion and thai discussi>ms would begin shortly." Should the I' im re I use to ia?e "Hi If11 i in icmal lernw. pn.KiRiil.' which would I><• made suh lllctill.v winiId In- extremely hai..li. hi' advice lioln Moscow said fleniiiii loii-i:;n office spokesmen Tsel'M'll C'lll'lttclil Official linn ii 1111.• 111■ • . %;ti(| H, j. i si i acccpt tine of 11 peace lecins •aoie after cmi 1111.111.• n with llttssia nifl llt.it 11 fl<-i lerni.; of Hie I'.ritisliIiiSM.m alliance, • a cp.inile p«\ir(. •anti'd In- tieijidialed." Cotton Prices Stationary Nov York. March I (AIM Colon I til ures opened five to 25 cents 1 hale higher. Noon values were five ■ .'a cents higher, March 2(1.72. May 10.30. .Inly IB.7I. Previous dose Open March 20.07 20.72 ! JJf'V 20.25 20.28 '"'y lo.oo 10.70 October 19.24 10 25 December 10.05 10.05 Airdrome On Los Negros Is Captured General MacArtlhur Directs Operations From Warship Bridge Allied Headquarters. Southwest. Pacific, Mar. J — (AP)— American troops of the Sixth Army have pushed far into Japan's Month Pacific defenses with a hold landing on the Admiralty islands under the personal supervision of General Douglas MacArtluir. who announced the invasion today. Dismounted units of tin- First Cavalry l)ivj';li:n hit tin- beach at l.os Neurits island in the i nrlhfi's' r m llir Admiraltics anil miivklv raptured Moiniitr ai: ilri.i'if. in « m- of tins.prifoi'ilv 'tioi'iliiiaiiil armynavy-.sir thrusts which caught the .*it| aiwM' ecmoleicly unawares. i\ol .1 : .;le enuny plane "l ship disputed tin- operation. 1 ti hi .1 ..|><-eial comnumicpic, it w .i.. . iiii 'unt i il th.it MacArtnui went ashore ;uul inspected the quickly (apturcd Mnmnte aird.omc. M;'cArthur. who directed the amph Ijmhis operation I rout 111'- bridge «■ •' a warship, was accompanied by Vice Admir il Thomas C. Kutcaid .•itirl other high ranking Allied officers. The supreme Allied commander in tile seuthwest Pacific walked tlirouch the debris caused by the terrific naval and air bombardment which preceded the landing and congratulated the officers and men of the First Cavalry l>ivision on their performance before he left the area. Dc: tfoyers of the Seventh fleet carried the troops to the island thn ugh the liismarck sea. which a vcar ago was almost wholly er.etny domain. 1 he invasion, MacArthur .said, makes the end of the Bismarck campaign "clearly in sight," and "in addition to troops trapped in the Solomons some 50,000 of the enemy, largely in New Britain anrl .it llabaul, arc now enclosed." First reports mentioned only invasion <ii Los Negros island, which lies off the northeastern tip of Manus island, tin largest in the group. Lorcttgati, on the northeast tip of Miinus, may lie the next objective of the Americans. !'. is on Seadler harbor, a 55-mile waterway formed by a lagoon which could accommodate a large fleet. The Admiralties, former German pu::sc::»ion and an Australian mandate under the Versailles treaty, were occupied ! y the Japanese lit January. lid,!. The enemy has b*cn using them as .i refueling stop on the 1111«- from Trok. 750 statute miles not thea -t t i New Guinea Stocks Make Some Headway Now York, March I (AIM —Hails. ' ;:ulmc> and specialties had a la.r 1 following in today's stock market. Making a !i11 !<• headway weir 1 Southern Hallway, Texas Company, (inodrich, C hrysler, I'an-Anierican Anways and United Aircraft. Kail loans U»st ground in tlie bond market. Commodities were slcairy. WEAl'HER FOR NORTH CAROI.INA Fair to partly cloudy and eim1'inird rather cold tooieht. Temperature slightly below irrezniR • except on the coast. Thursday, Parlly cloudy and Mariner. Reds On Pskov Outskirts As Furious Battle Rages 1...i . Manh I—(Al'» R iniait i ti...>i... wore reported fiKlillniS <»n J tlii- \ ei v outskirts "I Pskov :i.- the tt.il11< l< r Hie K'eal (ieni'iti r un- I t,ol <1 ill" IViltir i iiui"l "ii with mi- I inuniriilions l*aso and key I" eon- i abated fury t«'l:iv. - f >111 lio'i|ts ;nr ovrieotti'iii: < !erli.;>•! r«'»i: llllll'i' an«l "I" K'UIS mviIII.v." •> Miusum c«immuiin|uo de< I. H «'<"(. I'll'' liull'lm Slid tli.it Ur«l a'Miy hoops h.iil eiipturori iiioi ( than i!Ml , < < I < 1111 11 towns Jltirt villages. ill chiding Pojiorelka. sin miles north lit Pskov .and Kutn/.ovo, II mi!<s In ' he oust. Helsinki disp itches reuieil II oujlii Slockholn . meanwhile, rcp>v1cd ;t Soviet (tiivo across ice-l»oitn<l I, ke Pi i pi is h;id established bridgeheads on lli<' Estonian shore find asserted i th;il the Russians were also attach- I ing across ttie narrows between ! Lake Peipus and Pskov, 35 milesj northeast of the Baltic gateway city, j There was no immediate Russian , confirmation of these reports. Twenty-eight miles southeast of : Pskov. Soviet columns stormed into j the town of Malkova, three miles from Mi'- tuhv.jv running south from r i" Point..k unci II miles from tlw Pskov - Ostrov - Warsaw linn'. line. I i.Hi possible escape corihIoi , from llu* N.'i/i: Al Malkov.i the Hiisswius were within 215 mile;] nl the l.iilviiin border. Thirty-seven miles fnrlh«-r to tho ;.oiith<- 'si. other H'-ii army troops, driving from tlx- Novosokolnikt urea. sm ashed tho VIKih German infiintry divirmn find raptured tho large town of Nnvnrzbev, mounting ;in additional threat to the PskovI'olotsk railway, the Moscow bn'.letin wiid. The Germans were fighting desperately to hold the Soviet advunce, the eommimiffiie said, mining roads, blowing tip bridges and staging fre(fiittent hut ineffective counter-attacks. Moscow reported a new Soviet offensive in the Ukraine south of the •ron ore city of Krivoi Hog, where the Kussiars were declared to tfavc captured 70 towns in a 2fi-mile drive down the Ingulets river to Nikolaevka. liquidating a German regiment and 700 other enemy troops on the way.
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