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' LIage df Cerraro; Bombers Blast' Piraeus, Greece Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Jib. 12.—Allied bombers, Striking another day-and-night douMeheader Mow into the Balkans, battered Piaevs, the port «£ Athens in Greece, in heavy force Tuesday, while aground the Fifth Army seised mors high ground in Italy, Allied Headquarters announced Wednesday. (The German communique said the Naxis had been thrown out of Csrvano, fortified village four miles east southeast of Cassiso on tin J Borne road, "after hard fighting," " and also lost a mountain top to the northeast (Cervaro waa the last village outpost guarding Caasino, the powerful -Nasi stronghold Mocking the road to Rome. Allied troops had closed in on the village from the south and the northeast) Heavy Faroe In Attack. TVe one-two punch against Piraeus was delivered by "a considerable force" of Flying Fortresses by day, followed by RAF Wellingtons swooping in Tuesday night. Sofia, Capital of Bulgaria, was hammered Monday ift the same kind of swift blows, v Fortress crewmen declared many fires were started in the harbor area, and a warehouse blew up. The ground communique said the Fifth Army advance continued, "and some further high ground was seized. Enemy packets of resistant were cleaned up and our front line straightened out." One German patrol crossed the Garigliano River southeast of Sastel Forte, headquarters said, taking up positions in farm houses. But ap. Allied counter-attack dislodged the Nazis and forced them back over the river. Artillery Duels. Artillery duels and patrol activity marked both the Fifth and Eighth ~ Army fronts. The British destroyers Troubridge and Tumult prowling the Adriatic ( *st Sunday night damaged railway trains by gunfire, and hit a schooner, driving it aground. Their guns also bombarded San Benedetto. Eleven enemy planes were destroyed during widespread operations, and seven Allied aircraft were missing. Mitchell bombers hit the rail yard. at Faloonara northeast of ' Rome, and Fabriano in North Central Italy, halting traffic in the Faloonana yards at least temporarily, and Uaatfag concentrations of rolling stock a* Fabriano. , Strafe Trains, War hawks bombed and strafed two freight trains supplying the German* on the Adriatic coastal - front, and night bombers scored hits on Wtat furnaces and foundry buildings at the iron and steel at PiomHno on the Italian wertt «b«t. M| . f W° Cut-Over Lands Furnish Grazing ■ " Cut-over timber lands can be used advantageously to fill in the grazing gap between winter annuals and lespedesa, report research men of the State College Experiment Station. Teste at the animal husbandry farm near Raleigh durin* three years showed that beef battle made as average daily gcdn of 1.21 pounds ih the period from mid-April to the krt of May. -.-Silted 700 Plying Fortraesea and Liberators) batters heart of German fighter plane factories in Reich's middle; 5# bombe(»J|n<l five fighters we» lost, and more than 100 easmyplanes shot down in air battle; Genemi Arnold says German air forces dealt one of its hardest blows. Red Army opens new offensive in south'rf- White Russia, tears tf-mile gap ih Nasi defenses. Ukrainian army eaptres strategic railro«d town of Sarny in PolM^i r Army and Navy bombers damage Japanese shipping and groiAf' installations on KWajalein in Marshall Islands; Marine artillery beats off Japanese landing attempt at Gap# Gloucester. • - • . Nazi lose Cervaeo and American forces believed poshing toward Cn» sino in Italy. German tanks thrust 30 mites southward in Yugoslavia toward partisan stronghold of Jajce. ' Two U-boats sank by U. S. bomb*' era from Ascension Island Rev. W. H. Branson Of Ayden To Speak In interest of Education Day and the College at Wilson, there will bel an exchange of pulpits throughout] the state Sunday, January ISA, Rev. W.„H. Branson, of Ayden, will speak here at the morning hoar and Rev. Mr. Mash burn will speak in. Ayden. The College is seeking to expand its usefulness to Eastern North Carolina and to do this adequately, it needs two more buildings; a Library building and a Dormitory for girls. Mr. C. L. Hardy, of Maury, a trustee of the college, has graciously given $60,000 to build the C. L. Hardy Library, and the churches are raising the $100,000 to match Mr. Hardy's gift These two buildings added, the college will have an adequate" physical plant for the four hundred students it annually serves. It is expected that there will be a good attendance Sunday morning, and also in the evening when the pastor will return to his pulpit. ccc The operations of the Commodity Credit CofJKwation topped 8tt billion dollars last year as compared with 1.6 billion in 1942, reports President J. B. Hutson to the WFA, Social Security Rate Unchanged! Senate Votes Again To Freeze Tax At One Per jCent; Spurns Barkley Protest " Washington, Jan. it—The Senate today voted to freeze 1944'« Social Security tax at on# per cent, spuming a protest from Majority Leader Barkley (D-K*>-tl*rihe action was building «p » tax burden for the future^ ■ . ' - . The 4S-17 vote to block a rfsaj in Social Security taxes te- tw»| ' ' - -—«- -n*." I ■Jfci an II i niTinlaif I per Cfmv oil vonwra | ew came as the Senate took up revenue bill President Roosevelt condemned as inadequate to w the test of "» realistic tax law." are obligated to make up by tion any deficit resulting from the freeze" of the Social Security joined " J was xutiift, bowerwhelming; senti "I dont fceHeve I: bare ever met a European who did not want to com® h^re-at leant for a long visit —and now I know the re*wn for their dreams," said the Si-yearn*! DmM, who wu a wporCer on Th® News and Observer when he joined the AseociatodlVees in 1887. After three jww »n the Washington and Ne^ Ywk bureaus of the Associated ftw, HP#* "■* 10 Bern, SwHsla*.' hey listening post ob the continent. 'With a few months erf European reporting under his belt, he Whs transferred to London, where he has spent well overj two yean and where he became hews editor <rf the AP bureau—the Largest foreign bureau of any press I association or newspaper in the worKL Graying a bit at the tenses, a little tfcinaer than when he covered a beat for The News and Observer, E. C. got his first look at wartime America a~fhw days ago whan he arrived In this country after flying from England in an Amy transport. He stopped first in New York, then in Washington, for conference* with Associated Press chieftains, and then came to Msnative Wake County far. visits with his parents In Zebu Ion, where his father rune » drag store, and with friends in Otis vicinity. «e disclosed yesterday that he bad resignadfhje pcteition with ' AP to join the foreign staff of U» Nw York Times, and upon hi* return to London in several weeks h« will be*, rin hi* new duties with the New York paper's office there. He will address t&e North Carolina Frees institute's midwinter meeting at Chapel Hill on January so, and shortly thereafter will begin his journey back to Britain, Between handshakes with newspaper people and other friend* in Raleigh, E. C. took time out to g»,ve i few sidelights on what he ha* oeen abroad and h» America on the first trip home, flis speech still is Southam, but with a da«h of o#pped PriV ish enunciation. v \ Granting that rationing h« Iwonght h**daWpf and - shsrtage* to some Americans. He oo mm en ted, "v™ * Tr ■ 1 ?T ■ I"Hy WW MFl - a ♦B»t they are not evident to a»vone •he Ma lived under the British syjh bem ft# over two yewf," ;*j...... "Sa far. I h*vf> not ashed farr-tnjfHMng in thi* eerantry that { wae jiot kble to gat—and I h-d«n «n«aw»u appetite when I arrived, «n--appetite for everything -etf*bie, - *w*ble, ttd enjoyabl^rtaw roust be-shortdgee—<the figures prwve fcr-iimt I have not- encountesed -them. ' "I have ^socialised, too, in asking for the so-called unobtainable; I did Save to forego ham with my ttipkfa*t in New Yprfi one day. but I had s doable Older next day." tout* Daniel w*s astonished at the num* ber of automobiles rollinjf along American street# and highway*, Talk he had beard abewt rubber and gasoline shortages caused Mm to wjwrt to «ee roads almbstempty of cara a* in "Instead," he commented, "traffic seems to flow as heavily as em. Of course, I have not been accustomed ss^:#vsk West, Eart, and Far West, and through February 21 in the Strath. MEAT, PATS—Brawn atamp* R, S, and T ara good through Jtnwy £$. Browq «Ump U b»M*» good January 16 and rom*in» good through January*.|I ; :J ;V' • PROCESSED FOODS Qroen stamps D, E, and F ill Bosk 4 m good tferoogh Jasoair 3». Groan stamps G. H. and J hi Booh 4 are To allow food pro«waor« upward adjustmenta of their mMowt prfaee becaoae of wage increases, the Off}* -# T>,. | ^ OX jrjriyff AQIinniSvIftUOn fjiyf {unou(4* ad food regulations cevating-canned fruits and vegetables, frown fruits, Kawiaa ■«■>} ir<M*^aKl*o >■ »n— i»m«, HUt". nicklee. pickled orod» . f #-» » 'P IJ ••*1^ V J11 ■„ 1 'I» • f HM."| ■ *"T -** ucta, and appi® product*. OPA mated that bMnsass at retail will ■ ■■■■•■>« «*• ■! p.. ■■ > *w*iHe '•7t"~. ran sot more than one cent a <!kn «,i* the caae of frozen fruiU, we cert a pound. Ttaw *iH be no creases ill wicM civilians fifty for tomatoes, peas, snap beans, «on, p'mmmbei -. - Tighten* WMtlaihiir IftcnUttMi. ^ ■ ,j»np»wp®5rwpi^■PBW * ■■ - ■ An * farther vamp to itamp a»rt tlm black market in gaaolime, OPA has ruled Hurt any local board or special hearing officer, after a proper hearing m& a finding that the tire o# gasoline regulations have been violated, may not only revoke a ffa«otine ration, 1ml al*o may prohibit the use of gasoline in the violator* T^oasession whidrwjji obtained M part rf the rtftan, Civilian Meat Supply. About two-thirds (67 penxmt) o? the lisitpd States supplies g* w*t available for all needs in HM has been allocated to IT, 8- nivfliwa, <*tprding to the W« Food Administration. This aiioaotien will allow about the same per capita civilian (neat consumption in 1944 an in 194& On a- dreaeed weight basis, it 'M equivalent nousds per capita for tiie year com| i , i't 1 ■ ■ — ' »red with the ms-war W8W» arer*ge m. ahowt Iff pound* ( ' P*k And Beans ftelaa—dAbout 440>000 cases (approximate Iy 20 million pounds) of canned port ind bean* Will he reJeased to civilian cunsamerq within the next few weeks. Price Rise la '41 Was S»all. At tfae end of 1M, the general level oTprieas inwhaleaale nvMa was two pereont higher than at the ties* of ma, and the pri*w of stapiM that «wnilU* buy In retail markets for evei>yday living war# by atait'tiwoe and ooe-haif Thia price rise any pear atace 1*40, v virtually any of the 9M07 apprentice training Mmmt in the Usited States. Am rtftrictiofii tnd other limitations have Jteen especially lifted for veterans hi -many apprenticeriiip standards so they may obtain <rf .tea civilian lionsum - Canty haw responded <o prvrioqa i-»y . 1f^ -j — -1 « - -i -*■— -J — ... ft war wnq 19MI MQ we ire eofuiST/^w qno**thU H« WMMMit «4 u forwm will be WW st'the coort house Friday aighi ** '7 SO to £ormul»te plana for—mag-th* AU<aMmkwa of 'I'Wlir flinim ' Goaunittee, county, dty and town arg*nta*tioiw, H*io |<1W() MhtH)l NnontttHli wW6«B>^«hrl*e,«imytmW ~ 4iHgionand tOTaapp -aMmww are Invited to attend forum. laauhur J. H. Pitt Oounty chair - Mitch-1 ell, <WU)«; A. a lW, Pwrnm»; J. M Haitoa and R. A. Fountain, Fountain; G. H Ptttman, Poland; F. L. Blount, Bethel; J. T.«wl E. a I****, Behroirj J. B. " ' m, Carolina; Coy L. Forbes, i| Or. 0. IX Splnde, L. C. and H. H. Porter, ChiAxi; Bollins, Wintervtlle; A. F. and J- R. Tvwge, Ay*»; a Smith and W. I. BfaMtto. i^nce Strickland, Ji PivMm - Mm- Ora •attU, chairman, Pitt Gewty; & B. McBrayer, Greenville chairman! H. U 'ftrraend and O. E. Blair, QrwnvlUe; Jno. P. Hooker, Bethel; Hal Edwante, Ayden, mi Jo* MmNW "flWIIWiafc *1' X*rs. John Warner, county chairman of the Women's PwrWoc of the War Staaace CoaMniHee.hai Bet «».J, the ftihrtrtng mctnlaatton lor the tow a 19-mile plant bed just baton pulling «»• in the field imrrtediately after setting, has been given attention by the research men. The testa show promise of an economical means of protecting «»11 plants from flea beetle damage during the critical stage. If the plant beds are destroyed after transplanting to the field, it will ram ore * prolific breeding place from which flea beetle* move to the fields, the scientists point out Jt was shown that fall plowing and cutting of tohncco stalks after priming will prevent the bwfld up infestations of honnrorms. jwuntiiuv Pweuty - Onf i Jap Aircraft Shot Down Over
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