THIRTY M VXD YEAR
I.I" ι ι ν»! ι : ι·; skkvick
Till: ASSI η Ί AT III ι I ■ U Κ
HEXDERSOX, X. C., THURSDAY AKTERXooX. MARCH
iVE ( EX'i S CORY
HANNOVER MENACED BY ALLIED ADVANCE
A * iT~*
met Units Reach Points on Austrian brontier
\ ;mi\s' i»i<r (iiuis ( !n>ss ί he Rhine
Heavyweight artillery for slugging Nazi strongpolnts rumbles across
tin· 1 .·' : ·ι· . ·: nank :n sup rt of Li. Go Palt -n's Third
Army as it :.,.'.;>t toward Frankfurt through broken enemy defenses,
l.ate in-.< . .· rls .-aid th;.l ; h · swift arnmr of the Third and First
am . - i. 1 · : ' ι ·, »'i t!ie open pi.ι :>:· of middle Germany ;.nd
was racing unchecked across the Reich. Signal Corps Radiophoto.
(Inter ati mil S undpheto.)
Price Control Extension
Is Passed By Committee
Continuation For
One Year Approved
By Senators1 Vote
\\ «isliin '.inn. M 1; < h îΓ*. ι \P>
I. viens it. η μ the prier < * 111 : > I
act i «> ι' > · 11 · ■ > * . ι r v. Uhotti < Iî.uiîî.'
was approved t ,da » I ; ν i c >t V
ate flanking C « mnnttce.
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tiniini '
■ c.v ρι;
. IJ ILVS
Till· en·,· ·.
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ι. ·, t1 ι', 11. :, ι :·.,·;
t ii., . Ill,III V, ι. η<·ι .ru York
I)rii)<H rut. t<.111 i. p.nirrs he
tlimiKht I'n· ri nimitti r ,u inn
\\ ;t> now ".ill set. lull tli.K it
t)l ( ( in -r. < hair. · ils η ind
and recommend ante. omcnis ί.·<·
I'orv tiling ils report. Tin* report
probabh will not be tiled until
next WH'k.
In aj)pi()\ .· , ,ex:· · ; » >: lhi
ί ι1 ■ t \\ it i; ",· . :■ (!!··( . : . · V.
m ·\ only 1 ;1 ; a < i ι if » λ : ι ! ,πΐιί : nriit..
«·: kI'd by i du.-!r\ -
lies ol cm ii... ι
Admit.: !··,.' : C .«>:« . Π .
ΊΊι»* ' "Λ cl. ··: 1 : e
i ο y I rice
jmnic né '·ί
i;
. ι
in,us on η >\ ι.· : ·■· « ι
and l.cautv - ·. .Me ..: <«1
asked that rents ί r business estab
lishmenî - in . .. . -1 : ι ' uidei c *j ί t r* · !.
Still anothei Bowie.*· proposal was
for actie η t > '. i' 1 ' 'it e.t ! !i ·, ι l ho
ι η Ma t ion ο! π I « . ; ν e · nd securii ie s.
()n tiiis latter propos ι!, the com
• :».·<| as
ittee sentiment was <1·^ e U1j(j
!at ion
hein;; th;r any ; ι ct ion ! ·,.· η
be h» mil i .,·· ί>.ι .·,:·.·
ι athi'i' than included in tin- pi i. ·
control law
Casualties
Hit 872,862
In New List
U'.,.. hints)'·:·. Mn.!· (AIM
Aniei ican ι · < ; 111 ! >. ι : r·. allies re;>· rted
since Ρη,ιιΊ II;:·:·· r 'eared the !MHI.
""'i mark today, with the army set
U"« lis loises .11 780,043
The lates* navy npurl added 32,
81!) to the . rmv toll, maki' ^ the an
Ri"fiate 872,1102 This " 1 :'|
eiease ·
week's rep< rt.
Secretary ci War Stimson said the
army's total was based ·ίι ι compila
tion of individual names received
here through March 21. atid rel'lectec
actual bnttlefruM) i|c·, ι lo'vccnt;
through the end ι Kebru ry and thi
bej,in ι : 11; ol Marc.'i. .
13,27") fi'"m the prccedini
Success Near
is Churchill's
i < nden. March ΐί).— ( ΛΓ) —
JVimr .Minister ( hurchili assert
( .1 tncia.v that the "hour oi suc
itsn" was near.
His prediction c;im" in a letter
endorsing a l iberal candidate
t'ir (ommons in a special elec
tion *o iil! a vacancy.
' I lie endurance of the British
people and the steadfast devo
tion of the UK'htini? services have
at last hrounht lis near the hour
ot success," he wrote.
Cet ton Sags
After Start
llll.!·.
μ : ·ΐι 211. -( λ ι1 )
ι pi'iii'd I ivo t"
u'f.i' uni'han
low M...V
ι I ο
χ. "m price.
in 15 cents a bale
.1 ni ν 21.73. Octo
M.iy
.1111 v
fluM' Opc:
22.04 22.Of
" 1 70 21.7!
21.24 21.21
.Mm·. I:
Reels Near
V ieMia And
ϊΓ$ e * 1
Diausiava
German Communique
Admits Withdrawal
North I'rom Danube
Ι.οιηΙμι, March 2ί>. ( Λ !')
I lu· H il ai i:., lancing throuKh
ti·!' slialtired defenses ol Brati
slava (1,1.1 in 11;,· I Jamil).· valiry,
has 1 ache,I places alonj.·; the
A list riaji Iront hi', it was report-ί
fi I t ri in Moscow today.
lin· Ι)ίκ Stalin tanks and ar-J.
m ο rod cars uf the third I'krain-I
ian army hammered at the dc-1
l<r.-· ' !' I'amhap 11, miles
.-.out1; : ι s ι <. Γ Vienna; St. Jo
hann ·■.·! the frontier, and Mo
son. nrar the Danube. 21 miles j
souths a : of j tratislava, .Moscow!
disoatciie - said.
hutlier tin· unit.· which [ought |
tl.fi >· ■ .i.v to the t r< nt ici phi .an il
tu ιί ·> un <>r whet her those wrr·.'
so . iinn: «"t»up.s fei ling out the
strungi o: tie· lurtilicd /une i,-, nul i
k 1 .u'a η," , 1 !i I an ΑΙ' 11 'spatel 1.
The German ii>inniiini(|iir an
nounced a withdrawal north of
the Danube to the Nitra liver,
and a 25-mile advae"· by the t
Pnssians from the broken Hron
rivi 1 line.
Thi- push i". Slovakia, dovetailing j
with Hit· assault (glow the ^rcat ι
river of southeastern Kurope, appar- i
futly placed the Russians close to ;
the eitv of Nitrn. 40 miles east of
lirai is 1.1 va. cap ! η I ul the puppet gov,- '
eminent of Sluvakia, and possibly as
c!u;.;o ai. 3ll unies t< the border of
Moravia.
There was no w,»rd of the co
ordinated offensive of .Marshal
Konev from Silesia toward Vi
enna and l'iaiiiie i'rom the north
east. but tin- liussiins were
heavil.N bombing cities in the
Voravian Rap in their approach
fri 111 that direction.
i't '. 1 c i a '1; tii" center
. · ; ! I ine i iy the fall
m t ol Gdynia, and
ν ere giving up in large
the city's; main streets
I'll.· Germans sai.t the
u l and harl>ur installa
i< ■.· -, ived and only the
•••a was being held,
telles said nos» >f the
had abandoned their
ling by sea, and a lew
ere ...nil lui'Kini: about
■ ic nioi'e 111 the officers.
\ sc'-mcd likely !.. come
Τ · Russ
ol Dan/.ig.
oi ; : ιe Pol
I Ill,· Cierman:
Ici 'Miners in
ι and sqiiai'· ·
gloat city'
I t IOIIS Wl ! ι ■
{ old fort re
! Moscow di
ι commande
' troops, ι■ ι a
subniai ine.
ί Ι* liI of the
! abruptly.
The early all of Kuonigsborg, cap
ital of Kii.-t I'lMs-sia, also was prob-I
ι able. The ο >pulaUun was reported
reduced to ,c meal of dog.- as·.! cats j
for food.
SPANISH ENVOI RESIGNS.
Hern, S\ erland, March 29.—
I (AP)—The Duke of Alba, Spanish
! ambassador · ' I.ond . . has resigned,
j Spanish en reported tonight. He
said he quit inr learning of Don
'.Juan's appea restoration of the
monarchy, lei , g that he must leave
Franco and rt the royal house.
40 DIE IN FLOOD,
Rio De Jane ■ March 211. (API
—1'p to 4P pe may have died
in a flash flood Tuesday Jit Petropo
1 js. Brazil's tun ι capital, 411 miles
north of Rio (),■ Janeiro.
Perkins Asks Extension
For Soft Coal Contract
V.'a 1 · March I'D -(ΛΡ)—
' Si ■<·!■; ι:..; .. 1 ■ I ι y «>\| en ι m >>:' the
p. esc t ι · ' ι.ici. Secretary <Ί Labor
Ι'ιι kins apposed today before soft
coal wage negiitiatnrs in the wake
; nl in overwhelming miners' vote to
1 strike.
I certainly am going to irv for
' an extension of the contract," she
told newsmen as she entered th>
' ci η fen nee.
Meanwhile, preside tial press sec
retary Jonathan Daniels, replying to
. ι question whether President Roose
velt is getting ready to step into the
coal situation, said that yesterday's
strike vote has to he rep irted to the
President and he did not think tli<;
laid happened yet.
i .Miss I'crilins' appearance was her
second before the ν ι itor< ; ι cl
l'nited Mini' Work' ropn ^'illa
tive- Two days ago 1 '' expressed
optimism that a new 'ntract could
be written before the Saturday night
expiration of the prex nt agreement.
Still awaited was .lohn L. Lewis'
reply to a proposal of Solid Fuel·
I Administrator lekes th. ι the contract
be extended thirty Hays and an)
I wage adjustments be made retr >
I active. The operators have re.iecteo
| the Ickes proposal in the form i
; was presented.
The better than eight to one mar
gin by which the miners voted t>
-trike at Lewis' cal! does not ne.es
ι sarily mean the l'. M. W. leader wil
call a strike when the contract ex
pires Saturday midnight.
ADOLF REACHES THE BOTTOM Cv -ΑΓ.ΓΖΙ
AT A TIME WHEN COMPLETE NAZI COLLAPSE is indicated on ovcrv ' .♦ this ' recent }.·. .to of Hitler, r it.
oed from neutral b.veden, takes un particular significance. The German . · . · ■ x·.· · u'· ■ ι
taken at the Fuehrer's headquarters when lie vi ited the Ru.·. an i;..nt, an · ; :·. m .· · . a
12-year-old hero—one Alfred Czech, to whom an Iron Cross v as awarded, Som 1 twenty oth< r : >ldiers, not
much older, were similarly rewarded for courageous acts in battle. (i -jw.il iiuU.v. <:.>)
Ο
Front line Barber
m ι· mi—ι « ni-iir-iTT—mr'T'inmn—
THIS CARSS^ SHO? is loc:>! 1··η! ·ϊ
doorstep of a shell-scarred hou β
less than a mile from the Sc.. ;ι
Army-front. Capt. J. J·'· ■·. of
Edinburgh, 1ml., si's atop a \ '
η chair a ■ 1:0 ha- hi.; hair cm ! ;
Valter 15. Ode of 1, .
Korth C'a. ■ (fultv/.w ··>
General Clay
To Ruie Nazis
As Civilian
' W :·: ! .. Mat :1| :■!.
: Ma.iol ( ί ι ' ι : ! , III ι, ι I ) '
has br"n w;in 1 hi· ΟΓΙ e
i bi 1 i/M ion : ! ' ; i il l', 11 ·\ CIS; li ■ )
I ignated t' il.iy in lake char.:
! affairs in Germany when that coun
I try is occupied.
President Roosevelt made the an
1 liaunn μ : ι ·: 11.
I The apii.-intm-Mit. the \\ t t· >->·
said, was by General Gcornt 1 .lar
shall, chief of staff. Cla\ i be
j deputy to General Bison h ·.' > t hi
: announcement asserted. 1 nave
charge of civil affairs when General
I Eisenhower, as supreme commander,
j assumes ,·ο -tr>l under the ..· ι .nge
ment agreed upon for the occupation
I ut Gei'a any."
Niinitz Says Losses
By Enemy Are Heavy ;
Japs List Our Loss
Ou π., M;· ■ ■ ! ι 2'J. ■ ·.!·» ( >1;
linva uiuk·.··.·. cut it.- :xl ·ι <ί ι\
ι !ι : ι inn ■ : ι ! .the Γ ■ ! S il·.
■ ίι ■· ■· '.- lai yt st r. fie ■ a i ■ .· ι : !..
a trior aircraft k ; li f'< 11 ι η ι ■ > its π
I ί·:ι ' ' : I · Η ί -. Ι'Ί( et Λ'!ΐ·.ί
ν . 111 ί.1 » : ' i ί \ I today.
I . ·.·.·< Τ· ..yn lie·! ι i t . P'I» !
ί aniv troops bad landed on the K<
; .a . i a mi- . -i i". in:. a i a ·.
t v. ctity to thirty tr:.: rts '
tti ιit.n.n : . npply America
. ■ ίι i·>m.· on the ι Kinds, i■ ■
Ok. av.'j. There \\ ; η
:. η I ! on ι 11ι··.·ΐ I .eadci u. ! ' ·
my ·. tin s·.· ! « . ts.
C · ...; (>: c lia aiiirj rep ir'..·
• v . ·'· ·! 'ίι tin· enemj.
1 : ι : ι ' 11 u· said iai all rr .
■ι >:i os ι ii. I!) .· nips eripplt ·
. a · .set· tii·. · η .vers, ur
' i.iin.iL'.i ;l. 11\χ· ι ..
..α and η,any sni ι
. .·.■.■ ■ ΛI i 1. t a r>- .nst.i' '
sa ri lie pens,
.. ι !v heavily Int.
\: :/ ; i knowleda.i :
ered da . , ι
,;.· attacks," including ' ■ ■
_;c to one destroy e n.·
11. :and am>ther sh. ;.. and ■ : ■ ' ■
ί.·. · ,4.· to several ·· X· .
ι · m· hips was rep· ···■ -i ■" ■'■·
1 η furt her ιι s 11 ί ·.·, ■ ■ d .·!„
lap. lies·· i ill peri ' ·. ..di·
isted ot sinking ·:· d..,a ·:·
thirty warships, e: . . d» »*
·.> and tianspi rts" hetweiη ,\i
Wednesday by ·· . e .··
pi , iie.
T! .· t'lei t* - as.-·.·! ".· ·η ' h. P\
I>y air md s'-a is proU a>ly t i,
e>t in the Pacific, and imperial J;i|
; ■ · -, headqnartei - ι ■ plie·ι ·
ι η 11 η i ( ρ ι e ι it
111111 ; : ι ^ intp: tile . e\ ent h da; 1 ■ .;
al . . reported cai i-tr : I irtr
na\ al hase -·Ι Klin· on 11
Laid.- e.n'ly today.
Stccks Slow
In Forenoon
\'.'·λ Y·.;·:;. Ma π·1ι .'it \ 1 ' ι :■■··
li :·'(| stocks continued η 1b· :e
covrey ranks today, although many
•arket leaders found the going a
bit ihllicult.
At 1 !145 peaks was A neriean Λ
Lines Ahead were I". S. Steel,
'·. 'iMlworth and United Ai lanes
1.. awards were Pennsylvania. CI od
l rich and Montgomery Ward.
> ï iS"^ ·■ ®
g 3 S £
^ ® %st? Î**c w £ W 4^/ c3
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k*£ €â <? Ή/sj Κκί ''.<5<ά V
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L Ι. Ο"ΛIί È, Ά€&0
i oolbal! : ormation
PW ν Cl'!'.-· Fiiots
From Up: η fields
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. · ·« 111· i · :1π:- · ·»:! Î Λ k'tlcr>
1 ' \\ . : r j ι ι ■ ·ι n i λ : w ar. The pilots
not b; !uiv 14 men
.u 27 'A·.· . nd'd.
■\ ed up,
·· i;«rman> were
^■1 i..a.-y ν tin dec!
: ( ί· ι ,] ι I Γ
ι " .ι η ,«· ;dl
i,,. ' · · . ι : l y 111
»■ mdition iront!
înu nt
lit e t mv has
\vh< m ι. ι» m >4
° iaciv ' ·ί t )!'- >j)< Ί' :n" : iί'a
,nid ; >, a li : 111 π ' ι π. 1 ; ι
lie:! in r . « ι μ ί > ι ί m « ■ ( > nor ^a.v'lini1
i'\ . ... ό ί > ρ ι : ,ι
At W't ν'· · . η * Ί·.;.· u* ί, m berg,
tilt 11 : î ; t ! ; t «·> In ,nd 277 Amu
can prisoners <·: war locked in boss
i: · iv. a\ -id:nil· Ί hey ini
·· .(ii.ir'* ! ι't · · ' lht*m i'rnm tiie ;-ar?
,v*d t· »· -k them tn evaeuati >n hos
pitals : τ t •/calment.
Some of the prisoners at Limberg'i
; Staia.L; 12 i-sr^ped in·'.·. ire the Ger
·· .vis t ed the ewciiati r. move
The^e a i s « · were differing fit m mal·
111 . ti ι i "η and impioper medical care
Security JBîackout
Hides Vu·.·, Victory
lo West of Berlin
I'j-ri . .'· - < ΛI' ι —
Π rit is' p.-;,
ι .. 11:·' . ' ■ ■ !i a wi'lo
' >··—·;<k κ German linos north of
till it. 1 · !li· •line
ill!· 11 ;. i: 11 · . il' πι
1 »t ι' 1 i!ί. \v! : Ιι ι' ;i'i"k
troniw rat····! : · . :·<·ίΐ:* 2<'7
mites southwest οί the; cauital.
I > 11 i - » · ; ι ■ Κ 111 r. ran
un the white Π; ._·.
. v i? «:: I ιnki ιιï t-uii- lfi(·- !Main.
thf iini ΐίϋ'Γΐι outskirts,
u ..· « ;» -if iirt'fl \\ J··· third army,
\; hi.si1 λΛ\λ u ··r! tJ"(»p>. op<?at
iir \\ it h li · lu t ϋΐιιιν. move.]
<aslu.:'il ίο wiihij) :;1 milrs oi
lierli.i.
I « ιι in l> : m. : ι J :.(! ■ n, flatum
: nd ι' m î thriiî hah o, Mann
heim " i) to M'tr Ivisrr.frm
cr ν vi: lor \ ι hivh<';l a r m ι r s
ί iii hi ι ? m i4 if f > to îi."i mîit,y» dip Hi
ί ΐτηικιη:
"ί
\\\\ [),: «■< ί: ty
■ ·Lift;" .!, ;·ι.ι: :· ·. ·«·.-·!»·ucieiit
j said Mucnslei, Oanabru ck ι rid ΙΓοι
! no- .ill ·. · 11.· '.■■■<■.' \ :.·- ί by the
1 ·;ΐι.l: L;ai ' .·= th·· Hihr
1 ■ ι ! i ι L' ι ' ι" 11. v·· < : . ·· ■ π . -
' crs v't'ir era st d l;î: ily I la>i:n »vcr
ι , ! ιΐί;ΐ·,'- ! ;.ι r it· 1 puhlish
ρο-1 ■.ι>ns ·· · il · ta
! Muenster, capital c i West! hal ι·
Th.·» nearest Mrsi armj ai»·,
nroach to Berlin was at VniTiir- ^
! iirfi. 85 miles he· ojhï the tviiiaie
and !rom Kossian lines in
tUe east. Tho l'i'st a ml third
armies sf<>:,,,#.l atîvv>f*es from tiO
miles or more overnierhl, eàptur
iiv: t h »' important ri ν «τ ' riffic
center oj' -t> rlr. ; . v\ îthout op
posit îo:ï.
Th<.· ' ' ■ ' A rïrt
!
• · ' : · . ' : ' · η uv,
' 'le!· nrU-rj
! »v ; . \ ;e Neck a r
The
'· t w. · ,. . ; i 1 : ί n.
. in -ouuh
,,|,l ν thai Field Marshal
, , . ...,ι jft . tv.inty
> «·,ι * ji»· r. ! ; ' clity of
ti„ns " This suggested
h
t ,· c ;■ ! ι i dec ■'
I ρ ■ ,t
M
nce
St'ï ! 1
vvhoU la:. ;od Ruhr—
ssentiÂl to German war econonsy—*
:·.·! 1 ; : i · '· '· : - : (.··!!
, η \ · ■·.·· th ' i1.·· I .· . rmy group
a ci ng across the Wo s: phalian plain.
Ι!· 1-1 · als. ■: ,1(·. ν.·ο -t.
• Li·.Hcr ■■ ν'. : ·· ι eity, an I
: '
■ Ά Cbt OÎ
an· oc
t
Three Nazi
Parachutists
17· J? a Tj m
Rilled Mayor
\\ ith V, s. First Λ -w. March
A.tfhi-r.V .M! ··>:- s» 1 ' i π .y : w.i >
chutists in uniform, it was disclosed
S: . . , ·■ - . ·: S ·!·.)'·.
η iili 1 :. \ ■ ;< l ι,. : 'ι I ι he
■ .i,\ . : . -1 :. 1 ; th'-:i
t ' * ·!..· fir t
11 cupied Germany city by the Allies·
His death was announced yesterday.
Mil;' : ν ' . 1 ' . <:d they
had 1 «·ιη n.thle to Jeter·· no an
exact :. lot i \ ' ■ u' ! \ν:ι. re· · ' i"·i th.it
Hitler often has threatened retatia
' i m ι ;ii (;. i! ' 1 · | >'· ; at ing
j with the Allies a'd there were some
i who believed this might be tlie first
; mani l'est a t. >11 it that t hre.it.
WEATHElT
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly clourh and unseason
1 abl> «arm tonight and Friday:
few scattered thundrr^how ers in
1 mountains Fridaj afternon.