Russians In 39 Miles Of Berlin
« * * J.J. J.X XX ·*· + ^
BOMBARDING REICH WÊÏH LEAFLETS
AS STORIES OF UNREST and ri ting in Gei ni ltral capitals int
Europe, the Allies and Russians have stepped u;> their propaganda
1 .irrago on the German pe··; II· re j-mi . . that carry lcatkts
as they plummet earthward over Mmvi>ur.· (!· ■ y. :n the wake ··£
e\p: sive bombs. Tiie leal'; ! ! · bs b a. *,;·">··» ' ami scatter their
t intents over a wide urea. Th;. an Aa i- . .·, i- to. (iHtcrnatiw.ul)
Bills Ottered For
Changing Of State
Laws On Insurance
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Checks Given
By Meadows
Are Offered
Greein : ! le. Foi >. 1. ·. AIM- II . :··1
^ I < > I ! 11 c ! ■ SCCi'et .il \ πι t::· »»: ι ·-·
"i the treasurer ι » Γ F.a>t Carolina
11·,ιflicîfCollege, ti'slil:ed tod. >
ι· ·:·:ί>'ooration of a State wiine s .'.no
····· ; Dr. Leon Meadow -· !:a'i -
Iriu a check tor unperformed v. >' <^
Dr. Meadows i- on tr.al cnarnod
With embezzlement and I also pre
tense in connection with his hand
ling ni student and special college
funds. He formerly w a.- pre.-.aent
"1 the college.
Miss Willis, now with the State
Agriculture Department, in Raleigh,
•"aid R. C. Boiling, who tuned and
repaired pianos for the college, ask
ed her to make a notation ol ' the
transaction. Boiling tes'itied y a.- to
day that at Meadows' request, lie
en :iu sed a college cheek for .S.r>l)3.u.>,
and gave the check back to
Meadows. Boiling said that Meadow
told him the money was to be used
lor the purchase of band instru
ments.
F- L. Baker, Greenville hardware
dealer, said that he rec-eved a col
lege check for $(S7!) lor tw > ears of
cement which the college actually
had not received. Baker said tiiat
he endorsed the check tor deposit
before he found the cement had not
beep delivered to the college, and
then he turned the check over U"
Meadows with the suggestion that
Meadows return it to the college
treasury. The check, already sub
mitted in evidence, also bore
Meadows' endorsement.
ervice Bill
Now Headed
For Seriate
\V shington. Fob. 1. (ΛΡ) Its
lu'i· in..',.m·. ι ni··; ..'It.·- rie ι γι ·ι i. limit
i ; !'■ ■ t i » 111. - i service legislation laced
:ι λ I;.: ι w!v . run ι hurd It' today be
fore final House passage sends it to
ι hi* Sc· ! ι : : 11*
i : I'll ·-'. .Il) IIIH \pectcd upset, i'
will leave the House fn substantial!}!
tin· in· ι fi· ':;m t inicd I>y iht' mili
t ; ι ! > cuii.nii'U''.·, û.îmu.- controversia
antl-closed shop and onti-discrimina
lion pr> ι\· i μ 11 μ ι. .·. hii'ii earlier hac
ι threatened to kiil it.
Stile voting iu..rt>ins piled up yes
terdav to knock down those two ex
ι plosive proposals were counted or
by backers ol the legislation to hoir
firm today. They believe also the}
can tain hack nny other amendment;
to the legislation, which - re·
Miie-ted by President Koo.-i", elt ti
provide the ni;in|m\ver needed to
expanded war production.
"It's all uver but the tormality ο
la vote," said Chairman May. Demo
I crat, Kentucky, ol the military com
I mittee. "The bill will be passed hit
! today by a margin ol at least tw
to ι.ne. and there will be no majo
amendments."
Still to be disposed of are prop ι
sals:
To approach the manpower prob
lem on a voluntary basis by givin
! the War Manpower Commisso
power to enforce employment ceil
i in.gs on industry.
To put legal teeth into the WMC
existing job referral system b
whii h it has sought to persuade me
ι to move into essential jobs.
Commandos
Defy Japs To
I*'
SVi*. ϋ*.
Make Raid 23 Miles
Behind En.niv Lines
To I'ree Balaan Unit
i tead
31.—
of Ma
Singa
(i lierai MarAi
luarters, l.ii/.i.n.
Delayed) (AIM
taan, Corregid-ir
I",ore - M ·'. ι .Γ
snatched Γ
ing mu/.zl
last night
matched daring.
Some 100 picked men of the
Sixth ranger battalion and
Filipino guerillas made a com
niaiulo ι aid miles behind Ja
panese lines tii cmpt\ a prison
camp and parii,ill\ fulfil one of
the object i\es closest to ('encrai
Douglas .Ma: Xrthur's heart.
Then· tun·; .l.i ;i.u\»e guards i
•1 an.
Men
and
I.Γ them — wen
under the I'lam
Γ Japanese guns
an exploit of un
)V
and
■4!iti Atneri
Xetherland
ii—all that
camp in
ι>;' eastern
I'M
d I
c
an.
re aolc
■η sen)
I lundp-ίΐ.-.
of others liad died.
\ 11 but two m the men were
brought out alive by the I'M
men of the sixth Hanger bat
talion who stormed into the
prison stockade under the com
mand of I.I < id. Ileum Alucci.
ol Bridgeport, ( mm. Their en
feebled hearts flickered
when they were in sight ol
erican lines.
The rescue r i>l the live'
Hangers and I·'ι !. : min.- in ι „>
unit led by Maj r Knhert 1,
out
Am
Il C: ill:
l·
\v :
d .1
lit ο
a M a ι
nr.
or
1 )avenport,
savage tank
»Hii the ''.-cape c . ·;·.
The raiders killed
ese—more than one
prisoner released. and
out )'? enemy tanks.
This first ma-s liberation of
Allied prisoners of war in the
western Pacific was accom
plished b\ an all-night forced
.lapa n
c\ cry
knocked
march cast ol the
lines to ( ahu.
The c· in;· nai ■ - i '
short not lee ·.■.1 · ■.
ports disclosed the w
the camp. »;i
General M uv\r!·.
man in the 1 ■ n >
American
Mixk'i'e:! "ii
lligenee re
•leahouts <>!
-1 iccess th.it
n a ted every
George Bill.
Voted Ahead
Of Wallace
Washington. Feb. I.— (AIM —
Tile administrât inn «on a slen
der victory in the fight ti> >al
vase a cabinet post tor llenr.v
Wallace loria.\ when the Senate
voted 43 to It to delay action
on the nomination.
The original vote on a motion
by Senator Bailey, North Caro
lina Democrat, was a tic. tï-4'ï.
but Senator Taft. Republican.
Ohio, changed his \ntc in order
to be able <o move reconsid
eration of Bailey's motion to put
the Senate in executive session
to consider the nomination im
mediately.
Taft's motion to reconsider,
(Continued on Page Fu :r.)
Strength In
Some Stocks»
New York. Feb. 1 (AIM Se
1 lected mils, utilities ;md industrial
'specialties operated on the recovery
side of today's stock market, al
- though many leaders failed to pro
| gre«s.
- I Ridding was based mainly on ac
i ι tual and expected dividends, in ad
ι ! dition to peace prospects for cer
- I tain companies. Numerous custom
j ers continued to hold aloof, how
s [ ever, as the Russians smashed t<
y j within shooting distance of Berlin
ι I Bonds steadied. Commoditie:
I were a trifle uneven.
RcDS PICKING OFF FLEEING NAZI REAR GUARDS
ONE OF THE RFASONS for the rapid Π : a ! nee is pictured here η S vict 1 : y .gunners Are at re
trcalin·.· X ...· - Hoeing from the biirniii.^ ι .. 1 in tiic background i.n ·:.·· St :.-i Kile Russian front. Ί e
Germans were forced from the structure !>>· Red Army artillerymen and then picked "if l>y the gunners wait»
i : ι ^ for such niovi ; The nhoto has just been radioed from Moscow to Ν < - a· York. (International)
Absence Of
Une Oashon Ai Ler
Ano'ner 1 aken în
Dash ί ο ward Manila
(i. (ici .il AiaeAi tliur's Head
«■ ■ r( is. !.u/on. I ci). I.— ι.ΛΓ)
— .MllMc lia.ν and its naval re
iiair li t .o ul Oi»l:!;a»o, dollt'ii
villi till l><i\rs l)lit ine\|»i;: ai)l\
■ lundanrd I» lie ,lai>ane-t ,
w ι-ι ι bark in Ameri* ιιι I ml.
.is ur.hlunted ι auk spe.u
ne.ids Id the fast rolled ileal'
οι ι daniicous bottleneck uas
*;m· mil.', load miles liuin
U.ilill.l
Well 'oi ' 1 I rande island. tin.·
"I if. a· ('..·· ι·.;.·!·»γ ' ;»u. s Ί:ιι«{ ' ■1 cll
iv, was taki ta
unt .>pp> Τ ;esday in ■ ulr.h
a ι my ii. Units of the Um:eu
St tii· . · l I eel then ate...;.eii
: ι ! 1 » S i .
< M lier e ' ■·::! ο' Lt. (lei !i ,.j
ert K.che!. >< . ' ■ eighth a ν.,ν : 11 < ».
el 11 y ι· .ad .in; the inner ιν· ι .it
S. ι : >.r ixi> 'π lire t : le ( > i· 14.1,1:1
naval ha. e, which uelure in·- λ ar
w; 1 an ,\ii;rr,eii:i depot.
Si ν 111 arm,\ troops. niin-s
to Hie e.i>l meanwhile re.riled
the i'lii ii ol ( aluiiipit. \'X ruail
miles from Manila in a drive
ile.w 11 an easilv defenesihl ■
stietili of highway flanked l>\
hu-'e swum» lands
Ka lui e ul t.ic Japanese t 1
a light in tins natural delense /.me
was as puzzling as the enemy's luck
ul opp< 1 - : : >1 a; Subie bay.
Tile Λ ■: a . a as enissed the I '
pani»a river ,ί 1 ' north ol t" ih. . i·.
to swing ! ree ul the swam.
ri; "or and down the ' ...
Manila highway. They were ap
proach.114 Mai 'lus, 2U road .··»
from Alain,
Trcop Shift
To Pacific
To Be Rapid
Wnshingtr > l i b 1 ( ΛI ' 1 ! ' .
I poets ni a speedier end 1 I tin- I ; :
nose war di". 1 >ped lodav with ois
closure ni a plan fur a quiek -lull u
troops from !v : ipo to the I'ar lit
once Cierman\ ..· defeated.
Under this -v.-iem, which was de
I scribed b\ high sources, I roups 1
Kurope will leave the bulk ul tliei
ι equipment >>n the continent 11 id the
re-arm in the Pacitic with equi|
nient piled up there from this c am
I ;ry.
This could mean a saving 1
: months 111 throwing the full v.eigl
of American I >:ees against the .1 t.>:
I nese. The campaign against the
already has been described by W.
, Secretary Stimson as ahead
schedule.
; The plan will add to war cost
require a continuation of a high ra
I our-Milc Advance
i-î Germany Scoops
In Many Villager
raris. Itd. 1.— 1ΛΓ1—Patrols
of tin* fighting first division
smashed iiil othe first «amnaiis
ο ïthr Siegfried Ii 1:* today
clcvi'ii ?i«iι«*-» southeast ο» Mon
seîïau and found onI\ a ffieker
of life · ϊ ι Mi tier's eoneieli· west
ern ioitil n ations.
I 'an -, !·'· 1. - ( Λ l') Tin·
American lir-t urn·;. advanced
uitliin |·' : siji'ht of tin
st : ;:ΐ'ΐ!'·Ί\ .-! ι ni Sic.i;fried lin«·
un a ai Iront today amid
.' i'liw inj/ ÎH-nt i< ns t hat 111<
.iιί m ti; Ιι.id withdrawn far
tiler liaek.
( )\ ru i ■ : ι : advances nvnernlh
r< aiiied ! "ί ι r miles dee ι ter i ι11 <>
(ii'i'inai ' . \ illair·:· alter viiiaj···
fell.
I \ιΐ < ι " ι. ' el tile I'm ο '
Sa : : ι : ι ι ί Η' Λ1< ι: ι · r. ·. ;
; ; . < Λ. Mill·· til IW- I : le ' " -
t ' ( 11 i '. '■ , I ; ttlUX'd cal'liei ι M ' . : ■
\vc» . 'i 1 ί army infant l'y men
cl : a!.·: ι· Gel man town-.
\I. eerie silence covered the
bU \.i/.i suns in lin· line·- !>nl
Xinciic.in artillery of both the
first and third armies laid a
ban ane on the fortifications
aJoi'u ι 10-mile sector opposite
Hruiuni and Luxembour. I he
heaviest enemy resistanee nas
i i > ! : i t <■ (i strictly to small arms
and accurate mortar screening,
troops frankly «ere ama/cd at
t lie «iinpb'te lack <>l artillery,
ami. in most eas( s. the enemy's
reluctance to stand and liuhl.
ί :.<■ army uimic cap:..red 1.
' - mer- in the J-l ho : - t ι
■ α ; it, ;ts largest haul since Jan
i ... ·. λ That was a commentary mi
German morale.
The German cross-Rhine holdings
■ : ■.. ..mi - iut h ο! Straslio .. 4
! : ί m to collapse, reflect: nu a wear. -
Ici: mu "1 the enemy along the v. :i"ic
I w-. . . ί I font.
Λ c i plane.- spotted heavy Gcr
' mail ni novemeut s east v. 'a r,i
k. ; - ulic and Mannhc η and '·:·
• imii 1 leiIbronn, in icatins a hi. r
; 1. : · ι1 ins; .it ( ierman del en.-'- Ho. el
' η. 11 : : ; ol Wis.-enl m.. rg. above . ·
tinted States seventh a/m> 1γ·ίΓ
wc: c .iamnied.
Γ proiluction and postpone the π :v
l ι ι (inversion. < )n 11" : 'a r ban.I,
, . pointed οι it 1 hat il ν·■ . t
-. can the -aving ot perhaps thou
•-..nil- "1 lives that might otherwise
f I be lost in a prolonged campaign.
WEATHER
1 I
I OR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and continued cold to
night: Friday partly cloudy and
ej slightly warmer.
j rmpcnmirc i )ips
ίο Six ;it Raleigh,
I lirec ;it Richmond
■ S » \ Πιο \ssnriatcd Γι ess.)
I he deep south today ri'cci\
i<l ι chilljn;: sample o! the
weather Hi.ι: plasties the norlh
ern pari ol (lie iialiim.
Minimums reported to the
( iiicago Weather Bureau and hy
I ί ι \ssocialt il l'ress included
15 .it \tlanta the season's low
there, and tin' same mark at
•i..( HMinviil.' l ia., and .Mobile,
il . ; > ι; V| H Orleans 57 at
Miami. Florida. !T at Charlotte.
m . .ιι Kaieigh. and 18 at I!n
mm!-·ham. \ia.
I.miisv: I'e. h · .. iiad two ahove
/ero season's «oldest. < incin
nati reported the same mini
mum. it ν as three it I'ichm
moiid \ ι and Nashville. 1'enn..
and the .;t Washington. 1> ( .
i'rei ipitalinii was eontined
mostly ι ι western New York,
.nul snow tluri irs in Michigan
and tlu Dakotas. and rain ill
southern and centra! ( alilornia.
and in southern i'< vas. from
where it sped northward.
Cotton Weak
Most Of Day
Ne
Feb l.-tAP
L-ned ten cent.-.
: .«VI . Mai
July 2 1 2t>.
Ma ! C':i
21.76: May
.1)4
α
Γ. C
ose Open
21 ;;:î 21.35
217 1 21 til)
21 :;i 21. .so
20.lit) 20,65
2ti à7 20.57
Quick Smash
Ai Capital
Is Planned
Nazi Communication
Lines Are Raked By
Planes ot Hi u /..rrny
I.'Unl··!!. I · 1 (AJ') —
The Russian», with their fast
paced tanks their infan
try. ha\f >n::i-Mi<i tu 1 f ι « · I),"inks
ίΓ the Oder northwest of Kus
triii at a jn-int at»out miles
Γπιιη Ueriin. tin· (ïerman hi^h
:< ir.înain I î ι J ι ; ι > · 11 .· ι « ■ « ■ ι ! today.
Π w.e- possible that the Kus
sians Hi'ir rvrn closer than 39
miles l'or the German com
munique <1 id nut ι;ι\ ι· the exact
location of tli" penetration to
th" rivei. Thi· Oder swings to
within ;s miles of Berlin north
west ot Kustrin. But immediate
ly northwest of Kustrn it is 3!)
miles from the capital, and it
seemed moi e iiheh that .i point
in the Kustrin ν i <i :i it > was
meant.
Τ■ ■ <? i.i-: ·. ■ ι.;· Κ ...-t : iil i L
me o: ti.e eh «·: defenses Oi the
C ; ■ ... ! ca ι ι . :l"i ! i> the
-·.'. S r iet .·. ;i . ,·· pally spreaC
ing tht : .re- ,·., . "m "in heart of
the Reich, said German broadcasts.
Along a 70-mile front, Marshal
ι Γ(.',2
Zhukov massed waves
tan!·:· ::: I . .'antry :·>;· quick
smash at Berlin's greatest defenses.
Bui at t! · < enter ot his
spearhead in the 10 mile wide
Frank! urt salient between the
Oder and the Warthe. the <«er
man high command said it had
hurled in its reserves to halt the
invading columns which already
had broken through a defense
shield -3 miles east of Frank -
I urt.
Red fleet ;■'..:.··- ι ·,-.<■· 1 tl;e
Berlin - Frankfurt highways, and
Moscow dispatches said Nazi pri
- >nei ; ··: · : ··( ,·ι .· in the Cîer
man capital because German civil
ian.- believed the airmen's red flares
were artillery i'l■ 1she.-..
Officially Μ ι •sen·.·. placed the
closest Soviet approach to Berlin
at (VA ■:· ·. .· ·: Λ ■ ι.·· a'i·;! Pre-.-;
πj11 a ' ι'I ' M ι.· a ι λ . : rt ually
Cl 111 I : · : e i : ·(· C M> rep , I s of a
much ei per ad·, ance.
I · .· ...,·· ' F ,.· . ' · ' ι city 'if
7.>,tioii mi r. e ι ' >!·· ··: ·· .· t )dcr,
17 ..·- · .· K i-—that the
r.e : _ , ■·.'! till : slronR
c-t tin t, : a .·' . .·;· aa; ·::«· line of
the ΟιIet t 1 ; . - .'ee· cinimunications
between Met η and IV esta i in
Silesia. f
Superforts
Again Blast
At Singapore
Washington, Feb. 1.—-CAP)—Su
perfortresses bombed Japanese mili
! ! ι tin· Singapore
.·.···.. : ·:.·· : ,rd Mme today.
,\ < ■- : : 1 : ; L'lit ji air l iirce
, : : d H-29S ill Bn
ΰ.ι'ί.ι· (ι·.! Κ Λ1. Rîimey'.-,
2('· ·■ en ■·.!·..ind struck by
day -g: ' ' ' ■ - :. Ind'a bases. Deta ils
■ ■•ι will bo announced
when operational reports are reeeiv
cd.
I · .■ . r ·. .1 niuary 11
on Ml,-; : · -1. ·η at t :10 tip of
t! e Mai i.v pen usula. Superf'irts
blasted shipping installations with
S···>fi re.· ilts. 'Πιο In ·; strike was
ade X "a" oe: 5.
ι ·:u-e i' di ii IV '.ain's ΐ ibraltar
·..·· Κ . S.ngajMi'o ••va·; seized
; i.v l : ι· .1 a pal :<· c m 1 !» }2 and eon
verted into lin· r pi audpal naval
ba-e a t : 111 M.da.v-Xel herlands Kasl,
Ind:e.» area I'· huge naval works
can repair the largest vessels.
Churchill Submits Plan
For Control Of Germany
I.( null m. F ι .1 1 ! Λ !1 ) Ρι\ >no
Λ11 η i s t ( ■ ι l'1 Μι! ι. !. ι . : 11 g tu I lu·
I ii u t i iree ι· .il I ci ι t m i· a plan for a
II ΊΙΓ-I · i\\ l'!' L,o\ cl 11: '(Mil tin postwar:
• •onti· I ni tin- ιίι ιι: m Homeland, an
unit: peach..bio -ouree said today
Tin plan is undei >tood to call for
sopir; tion it the Rhinoland <md
linlu frum Germany and placing
them under economic and political
control ι Γ Great Britain. Russia, the
I'nited States and France.
ΊΊιι >.i:i:i : ' .·>(> -aid Br.tish,
Russian and United States represen
i.itive h.r, c . ; · 11 · · i an "instrument
■ >! surrendr i" ho presented to the
Germans when they capitulate. This
was signed hy r S. Ambassador
John G Wmant. Sir William Strang,
British under secretary ot state, and
Fyodoi' Gussov, Soviet ambassador
to Britain.
The document. formula. M by
leaders ot the European Advisory
Commission, is so secret only a tew
high officials know its contents. It
lavs down spec fie terms to which
Germany must conform.