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VOLUME THIRTT-FIVE FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1«, IMS
NAZI RESISTANCE SLACKENS
AS ALUS ADVANCE IN WEST
8,000 Warpianes Pound
German Positions;
Montgomery's Men
Threaten To Turn
Northern Flank To
Rhine Plain; Ameri
cans Advance Near
Pruem
Paris, Feb. 14.—While almost 8,000
Allied warpianes battered German in
stallations from the Siegfried Line to
the Russian front today, British and
Canadian forces lunged nearer Hit
ler's industrially vital Ruhr Valley
against resistance that began to
slacken after a week of steady pres
sure.
The Canadians advanced all along
the front of their powerful wedge
which is inflexibly turning the flank
of German divisions holding the
northern end "of the Siegfried Line
and the Rhine plain.
They pushed to points northeast
of Kleve, four miles southeast of
Kleve, cleared the Kleve Forest three
miles north of Goch and established a
second bridgehead oves the Niers
River, west of Kessel.
Counterattacks Repulsed.
The German command hurled at
least four counterattacks against the
Canadian units driving eastward, but
they were officially described as gen
erally lighter than previous counter
thrusts and all were repulsed, some
with the aid of Allied planes.
Allied vanguards, muddy and tired
from their terrific effort of the past
week, stood and cheered as wave upon
wave of figrten and fighter-bombere
tore into the attacking Nazis and
magnificently-aimed artillery sent
sheets of steel through the ene
my's ranks.
Under the terrible assault the Ger
man infantry and armor broke, and
tonight apparently was palling back
into prepared positions under dog
ged pressure by Field Marshall Ber
nard L. Montgomery's men.
For once the weather was against
the Germans. Brilliant, springlike
sunshine flooded the battle zone as
the enemy launched his counterat
tacks. enablimr Allied nlanes to take
to the sir in the greatest numbers
since the Canadian opened their push
west of Kleve last week.
One Allied column was fighting
forward within a mile and a half of
the heavily-fortified road center of
Goeh, eight miles south of Kleve.
Another road center, Calcar, was the
objective of ohter British troops who
neared Moyland, three miles to the
northwest Moyland is 18 miles from
the important Ruhr Valley city o f
Wesel. s
Flanking Movement.
As a result of these advances and
the cleaning-out of the Reichswald
Forest, Montgomery's forces were
through the main belt c* the origi
nal Siegfried Line and threatened
to turn the northern flank of the
WestwalL Once they reach the
Rhine to the east they will be in
position to sweep southward and
roll up German defenses between the
Rhine and the Meuse
On the southern flank of. the of
fensive front, Scottish troops push
ed steadily down a road toward Af
ferden on the east bank of the Mass.
A field dispatch said that both
bridgeheads over the Niers River -in
vicinity of Besnep and Viller had
been expanded in heavy fighting.
One wos more than a half-mile deep.
Allied troops were within a few
hundred yard* of Keasel, road hub at
the southern edge of the Reichswald,
and its capture was believed near.
The Kleve state forest, at the east
ern edge of the Reichwald, was al
most cleared. Three of the enemy's
strongest counterattacks were made
in this vicinity, just southeast of the
captured village of Bedburg.
Despite flooded fields and roads
which farced them to use amphibious
"Buffaloes," Canadian troops pushing
northeastward from Kleve captured
the town of Warbeyen, less than two
and » half miles from the German
industriial city of Emmerich on the
east bank of the Rhine. Much at the
tertian east of Kleve was inundated,
and the Nadis oontinued to open dikes
and floodgates to hamper the Allied
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Two sons qf |b. and Mrs. J. A.
Weoten have bam spending a 15 and
10 day furlough at home.
l/fgt J. A. Wooten, Jr. has been
serving to the V. S. Marines at Quan
tise, Va. for four year* and 5 months.
Ha is now being transferred to the
Marine Base at New River. His wife,
th* former Mkv Sale Bowea, end wr,
James Arthnr Wooten, III, are now
staying at the home of her mother,
at Hookerton.
Pvt Willie L. Wooten
Amy in September 1944. He
stationed at little Rock, Art After
* J hai '
IN ITALY
Rome, Feb. 14.—Brazilian troops
of the Fifth Army, supported by artil
lery fire, raided an enemy hill poii
tion in the ana of Gaggio, just west
of the Pistoia-Bologna road, Allied
headquarter* announced today, aa ac
tion on the Italian battlefront sim
mered down to routine patrol clashes.
The Brixiliane, in platoon strength
engaged defending German forces in
a lively fight in a long dormant sac
tor of the Fifth Army front. Far
ther to the west other Allied units
repulsed an enemy patrol. A third
clash was reported near Fraaatneto
on the right flank of the front Frss
sineto is a village approximately six
miles southeant of the Faensa-Bolo
gna highway town of Castel S. Pietro.
In the Adiratic sector Eighth Army
Canadian patrols were actjye hi the
area just south of the Comacchio
In a day of considerably stepped up
air activity medium bombers and
fighters of the tactical air force
bombed rail targets on the Brenner
Pass line "with good results," an air
communique announced. Light bomb
era continued to blast the German
rail system throughout the Po Val
ley.
The MAAF flew 2^00 aortiea yes
terday, from which 15 planes failed
to return.
Final Rites For
Mrs. Chas. Meyer
To Be Held Today
Final rites for Mrs. Dorothy Louise
Meyer, 24, wife of Charlie Meyer of
Washington, D. C., who succumbed to
a lingering illness, Wednesday, in the
Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium,
Wilson, will be conducted from the
Farmville Funeral Home today at 3:30
o'clock, by the Rev. E. C. Chamblee,
pastor of the Baptist Church, of which
she was a faithful member. The Rev.
C. B. Mashbura, of the Christian
Church, will assist in the service.
Interment will be made in the family
plot of the Scotland Neck cemetery.
Members of the Vivian Nowell Cir
cle and the Junior Woman's Club, of
which Mrs. Meyer had been a member,
will be flower bearers.
Active pall bearers will be Dr. John
M. Mewborn, Bill Rollins, W. H. Fish
er, Frank Williams, R. L. Manning
and George Leonard, of Maury.
Mrs. Meyer was the only daughter
of Mr*. Pearl Fargis, of Farmville,
and the late John W. Fargis. Though
a native of Scotland Neck, Mrs. Meyer
lived in Farmville several years prior
to«an Illness of two years duration,
and had a large circle of friends here.
\ She is survived by her husband, a
daughter, Peggy Ann, age three years,
her mother, Mrs. Pearl Fargis, and
two brothers, Cpl. Julian W. Fargis,
of the United States Air Forces, sta
tioned in Florida, and E. M. 1/c Ed
gar A. Fargis, of the United States
Navy, who is in the South Pacific
Theater.
reus story ui
, Home Demonstration
A human interest story of how
home demonstration work overcame
all early obstacles and grew to be
one of the great educational move
ments of the past quarter century is
dramatically told in a new book writ
ten by Mib. Jane S. McKimmon and
just released by the University fot
North Carolina Press!
The book bears the unassuming title
of "When We're Green, We Grow"
and in its 353 pages will be found
incidents, hitherto unrepealed history
and much remarkable human insight
which tell better than statistics how
the farm woman of thin State work
ed to form the present successful
home demonstration program.
Mre. McKimmon was one of the
five pioneer state home agents, be
ginning her work in 1911, to promote
l girls tomato ehibs. The idea was
based on the successful boys' corn
clubs which had been organized
by the Fanners Cooperative Demon
stration Work.
Mrs. McKimmon was able to get
14 counties organised in that first
year and 230 farm girls planted one
tenth acre of tomatoes each and fill
ed 35,000 cans. Thege pioneer coun
ties ware Alamance, Catawba, Edge
combe, Gates, Granville, Guilford,
Hertford, Madison Moore, Mecklen
burg, Pitt, Wake, Wayne and Wilkes.
Each of theee counties put up >75
for a year's work, with the exception
of Wayne which was willing to risk
only $50. The first agents were sup
posed to work qaly during the can
ning season but, as Mrs. McKimmon
tells, they worked the whole summer,
aid have continued to work in that
taanner since that time.
Thi book should be in the library
of every farm home in North Caro
. . ,
Prepare tobacco plant beds mo that
they will be ready foe the fight
against blue mold. A good set
tunities for
Japanese Murder
Manila Civilians
Trapped Foe Fires More
Areas of City as Ameri
can Troops Advance
Cautiously
Manila, Feb. 15.—Fighting for each
street intersection America^ infantry
men pushed forward inexorably with
caution Wednesday toward the south
Manila Bay front while enraged Jap
anese killed civilians in cold Wood
and dynamited and fired sections of
the city so well kBown to tourists.
Front line reports increasingly de
picted a story of horrors as the en
raged Nipponese in south Manila
turned ruthlessly against unarmed
Filipinos.
George Thomas Folster, NBC war
correspondent, reported ''wanton mati
murder by the Japs of men, women
and children who were burned or mar
chinegramed"—burned if they re
remained in the houses the enemy
Fired; killed if they emerged. He said
some civil tare were bayoneted or
hacked to death with sabers.
The enepiy demolition fires black
ened the skies as the Yanks tight
ened a circle on doomed Nipponese
weakened but still fighting in an
area between the Pasig River mouth
utd the bay front.
uoginniiig vi i *»•".
The devastation, threatening to
match the wrought on Manila's
ravager Escolta business district on
the north side of the Pasig, per
haps portends the beginning of the
aid of Japanese ability to resist in
Manila.
There was a marked falling off of
Japanese artillery fire, due in large
aart to the fact that American guns
hroughout Tuesday and Wednes
day bore down with concentrated
ieaduness upon a system of con
necting fortresses in the old walled
:ity, Intramuros, and adjacent dock
irea. There a tiring enemy has been
jattling day and night for well over
i week.
On Wednesday, Thirty-Seventh in
fantrymen fought through to the
University of Philippines campus
i half-mile from the high oommis
rioner's residence on tre bay front.
Until Japanese are destroyed In
he general hospital, which they
lave converted into one of their
strongest [positions, the Yanks can
Tat safely hold the university area.
U nightfall yesterday, the Japanese
in the hospital were still fighting
>ack although the Americans were
[touring fire into the building from
three sides,
Fred Hampson, Associated Press
:orrespondent with Maj. Gen. Oscar
jriswold's 14th Army Corps, said:
"Generally speaking, the Japa
nese in south Manila now are crowd
id into a sector about 5,000 yards
ong from the Pasig River south to
Harrison Field and 2,000 yards inland
'rom the bay front.
"It is not a large area and the
Japanese there have taken a terrific
seating but it still is a dirty houSe
»-house fight with American tanks
seing called in for point blank
'ire in every block."
Yanks on historic Bataan Penin
sula won 11 miles of the bay's-east
srn arm by driving down the penin
lula short to Abucay.
Out in the bay, Corrrgidor, bar
ing entry of American warships,
pas -battered by 107 more tons of
jxploeiyes affiled by bombardiers of
Liberators at its coastal batteries.
The Japanese, who have wantonly
ihot down civilians in the streets
u»d even fired into their houses in
south Manila, are still believed to
have many Filipinos and other na
tionals with them inside the Intra
muros, thus forcing caution on the
attacking Americans.
Medic's Ingenuity
In Britain Lauded
Buffalo, Feb. 8-—Pfc. Ernest C
DiPasquale, 27, of 859 Bind Ave., has
l>een commended for helping devise
and improve equipment to expediate
laboratory operations (it an Army
hospital in England. In addition to
constructing ligttt reflectors from dis
carded plasma tins and projectors for
microscopic study from kitchen fun
nels, the medical aide and his com
rades converted scrap lumber into of
fice furniture.
Giving urgently needed blood trans
fusions, making examinations and as
sembling important data are respon
sibilities which Pfc. DiPasquale shares
with the other ten men in his de
partment. Their painstaking work
has been an important contribution to
the recovery of thousands of Ameri
can soldiiers evacuated to this hos
pital from the front lines since D
Day.
Pfc. DiPasquale is the son /&f Mr.
and Mrs. John DiPasquale of the Bird
Avenue address. His wife, Mildred
Wood DiPasquale, daughter of Mrs.
Ada Wood, of Farmville, N. C., and
daughter live at Oxford, N. C. Be
fore entering service in September,
1942, he was graduated from Lafay
ette High School and was associi*|4
with his father in the wfcoUeale
leather '
M-n WAmon
lncii, nwicu
Volunteers To
Solicit Fmids
To Give Time, Energy
Doing Their Share For
$180,000,000 by Mar. 31
Washington, D. C.—Sparked by a
vast, carefully-planned program, three
million American Red Cross volun
teers will set out March 1 to knock
on their neighbors' doors, and ask
their help in patting' the (190,000,000
Red Croes War Fond drive over the
top.
Gaining no personal glory and re
ceiving no remuneration, these three
million men and women will repre
sent 3,766 Red Cross chapters
throughout the nation.
The hard-working little women
down the street, the tired business
man and the farmer whose nearest
neighbor livee two mileB away—they
are the type of Red Cross chapter
volunteers who will undertake the
personal solicitation Job.
As loyal members of a Red Cross
chapter i nsome community in these
United States, the door-to-door volun
teers will seek the contributions Which
will not be collected through factory,
office, school or theater solicitations.
Mrs. Housewife, busy wiith the day
long tasks in her home, will be asked
to pause a moment and give to the
Red Cross. If she has a blue-star
flag in the window,. she will be espe
cially aware that this year, as in each
war ye&r, the major portion of the
War Fund quota will go for Red
Cross services to the armed forces.
Each Red Croes solicitor will have
his official identification cud, so that
no householder answering a ring or
knock will have any doubts as to his
identity. For the most part, the
cards will not need display, for the
volunteer solicitor ia usually someone
in the same block, or from the near
est community.
Families who give to the 1.946 Red
Cross Fund will receive from their
solicitor the white window sticker
bearing the world-known Red Cross
emblem and a sentence testifying to
the solidity of their support.
BOUQUET-ZIMMERMANN
t
Mollie E. Zimmermann, nee Mollie
E. Holloman, of Hialeah, Flat. and|
Ramon Bouquet, of Springfield, 111.,
were married February 10th, at 12 AO
o'clock noon In the First Baptist
Church of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., by
Reverend Hoke Shirley, pastor. The
bride wore a white sheer wool drees. *
with white topcoat and Kelly green
accessories and carried a bouquet of
white orchids.
Mrs. Bouquet is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Holloman of Route
1, Farmville. She is a graduate of
Fountain High School and later at
tended Atlantic Christian College, in
Wilson, and Duke University, Dur
ham. For the past two years she
has been rending in Hialeah, Fla.
Mr. Bouquet is the s6n of the late
Charles Wesley Bouquet, of Spring
field, 111. He received his education
at the University of Illinois.
After an extended honeymoon in
Palm Beach, Fla., they will go to
California where Mr. Bouquet is an
engineer with Bariod Sales Division 0
of the National Lead Company. s
Almost five hundred years before
Columbus, Vikings made regular
trips to America to get timber for
their sailing vessels.
SERVICE MEN'S
• CENTER •
Registering at the Service Center
during the week end were; Pvt. Her
bert P. Norman, on furtaugit after
four months at Camp Wheeler, Ga.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Norman,
of Farmville; Pfc. Carlos Pattevaon,
Cherry Point and Huntsville, Ala.
Camp Lejeune: Sgt. Salvatore G.
Carfi, Tarrytown, N. Y., Cpl. John
Borich, USMC„ McKees Rocks, Pr.,
Cpl. Lawrence R.. Tinsman, Holly
wood, California.
Milk was donated by Mr. and Mrs.
Bennie Wooten and Mr. and Mrs. B.
A. Norman. Devils food cake was
also served.
The hostess group for this week
end will be Circle No. 4 of the Meth
odist Church' at which Mrs. Nonie
Barrett is president.
A letter from Pfc. Lester C. Skin
ner says he recently visited Henry
Skinner, Ffc. M., in Northern" Italy
and pesseff through Pisa, Leghorn and
Rome, and some places that had been
practically wrecked by the ravages
of war. The most interesting thing
he saw, he states^ was the Leaning
tower of PtpK and a Cathedral
it These bdfldihgg are almost eight
hundred years old and are marvelous- J
ly well preserved. He enclosed some i
pictures of places there, and paid <
tribute to the people for their care i
of these buildings. <
1
For results of official variety tests 1
on corn hybrids, cotton, wheat, oats,
[and barley, ask the county agent for
[Bulletin No. 85i, called "Measured
Crop Pefformance." 1
FarmviHe Kiwanis
Off To Fine Start
The FjUTOTille Kiwanis Club, re
:ently organized under the sponsor
"hip of the Greenville club, held its
tecond sapper meeting at the Farm
r'ille high school cafeteria Monday
light with nearly 100 par cent attend
ince. President "Rod" T. Williams,
rho presided, spoke appreciatively of
he interest of the business and pro
eesional men and farmers who com
irise the club's membership and add
d a "nod of good will" and appre
iatiion for the Greenville Kiwanians'
lsbIstance. A fine spirit of fellow
hip prevailed.
Vice Pnaident Charles Hotchkiss,
irho had charge of the program, in
roduced Ed (Little Lamb) Rawl,
ice presidmt of the Greenville club,
irho was master of ceremonies.
Miss Josephine Gibson of Green
ille, talented singer, sang two spark
ing songs, with Eleanor Etheridge
f ECTC as accompanist They were
ivited bo come again.
Ed Rawl made a happy short talk
i which he felicitated the Farmville
uwaniana on the club's fine person
el and the desire of the members to
aie a more active part in community
ffaira He introduced Don H. Con
:y, Pitt county superintendent of
chools and a former lieu tenant-gw
rnor of Carolines Kiwanis District,
s the speaker.
Conley gave an Inteeesting history
f Kiwanis (the word means "We
uild") from its founding by a group
f business men in* Detroit, Mich.,
lore than SO years ago. He traced
lie growth of Kiwanis up to the time
f the forming of the Farmville ciub
ist Monday night
"Farmville will be a better place in
'hich to live," the speaker said, "since
ou organized this club. Kiwanis
leals and principles will make each
f you a better citizen and the work
ou will do in the building of a great
r Farmville will make you happier
len," he said in conclusion.
The Wilson Kiwanis club will pro
ide the program at Farmville next
[onday night at 6:45. Secretary
►avis Moore, Jr., of the Greenville
lub, was a guest Monday night A
ladies' and charter night" program
ill be presented at the club on March
6.—Reflector.
TATE MUSEUM SHOWING
ORIENTAL ART EXHIBIT
Raleigh, Feb. 15.—A valuable col
jction of Oriental art, owned by Mr.
nd Mrs. George V. Monk, of Farm
ille, has been loaned to the State
tuaeum, according to Harry Davis,
irector.
Monk, a former Raleigh citizen,
rent to China in 1917 for the British
merican Tobacco Company in whose
srvice he traveled'' extensively
iroughoqt China. Later, he became
tmnected with the A. C. Monk To
aceo Company, of Farmville, which
e has represented for 14 yean.
The Monk collection, consists of
hinese carved ivories, porcelain.
Etrved semi-precious stones, Japanese
rories, and other rare objects of Ori- j
ntal art
Commenting on the collection, Lee
arker of Raleigh, a close friend of.
tank's and -a former resident of
Ihina, said: "This is the finest col
sction of orientals I've sepn. Some
f the pieces are of great size and
ntiquity, many of them bong tem
le pieces. A great deal of time and
atiehce must have been consumed in
Electing these pieces."
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Revival service* will be conducted
Lpril 15-22 inclusive. Dr. John C.
Henn, Pastor of Duke Memorial
huith, Durham, will preach through
lis series.
In a recent meeting of the Farm
Hie Ministerial Association plans I
•ere made so as to avoid conflicts.!
t will be appreciated if other organi
ations will cooperate.
A Valentine party was' given for|
lie children's choir and other mem
en at the Junior group in the base
lent of the Church on Tuesday eve
ing. Twenty-two children enjoyed
ames and stories under the direction
t Mrs. Sam Lewis and Miss Effie
«wis. Hot chocolate, sandwiches,
ookies, peanuts and candy were serv
d by Mis. L. J. Williford, Mrs. Ed
fash Warren, Mm Lynn Little and
frs. M. Y." Self. This party was
ponaored by Circle No. 4 of the
VSCS, Mrs. Nonfe Barrett, Chairman.
Rev. M. Y. Self was back in his
ulpit Sunday after an ateence of
everal weeks due to illness. Rev.
telf has recovered entirely and is able
» assume full charge of the church
gain.
NO MARDI GRAS
New Orleans, Feb. 13.—Today is
iardi Gnu in New Orleans, but the
;aily costumed merrymakers who
hronged the streets in pre-war years
rere nowhere to be seen. They were
J1 working as usual, and confining
heir celebration to joining in the in
engive one-day war bond sale which
he city is staging on its former
play day." T
toy War Bonds To Have and to Holdj
RUSSIAN TROOPS Ci
I SEVEN NAZI STRONGHOLDS;
ALLIES BOMBARD
WAR IN BRIEF
Soviet* capture seven major Nazi
strongholds in German Silesia; Ber
lin admits Breslau encircled; First
Ukrainian array smashes into Bran
denburg province, 79 miles from B«r
lin.
U. S. troops smash 11 miles into
Bataan; capture town of Abueay;
street fighting goes into 13th day
in Manila. >
Canadiain Fret Army sends seven
spearheads into northern Rhine!and
defenses around Kleve; gain up to
two miles threatening four major bas
tions.
Mighty Allied force of 8,000 planes
pounds Germany in savage attacks;
hit Western Front targets and give
direct support to Bed armies by raid
ing Dresden, less than 70 miles from
Russian spearheads.
Fifth Army troops in Italy raid
enemy hill positions in area of Gag
gio; other action limited to patrol
clashes.
When a horse recovers from an at
tack of infectious anemia, or swamp
fever, the infection may remain for
years after all symptoms of the di
sease have disappeared.
BALLARD'S CLUB
The Ballard's Home Demonstration
Club met at 2:30 p. m. February 16,
at the the home of Mrs. C. L. Jones,
with Mrs. Letha Edwards at joint
hostess.
The meeting was called to order by
the president, Mrs. L. E. Jones.
"America the Beautiful" was sung
after which the Club Collect waj re
peated in unison. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and ap
proved. Eighteen members answered |
to the roll call.
Ml*. A. C. Turnage gave a read
ing on Rules of Simple Parliamentary |
Procedure. ^
A report was given on "The March
of Dimes" campaign by the president,
?4.50 was contributed.
In the absence of Miss Verona Lee
Joyner, county agent, the meedng
was turned over to Mrs. J. H. Moore,
our Clothing leader. The Demonstra
tion'; "Selection of Pattern in Rela
tion to one's Figure." Mrs. Moore
was assisted in the demonstration by
Mrs. A. J. Garria.
The Jane S. McKinmore Book was
presented to the Club. Each member
was requested to read it during the
year. PI ins were made to send cook
ies, nuts candy and flowers to Camp
Lejeune Hospital for Easter.
After the meeting was adjourned I
the hostesses served coca-colas, nuts|
and cookies.
The U. S. has delivered 20,000
tons of seeds to Russia to replant
war ravaged sections. One pound of
cabbage seed will produce about
200,000 pounds of cabbage.
Farmvllle Boys-Girls
Win Double Headers!
Take Two From Bethel and Two
From Scotland Neck Daring
The Past Week
"Cor-mxrillA "R/vtro Aexfcut fV»o> RfltVol
Boys in a game of basketball played
in Farmville. The score was 37 to
20. Donald Walston scored 21 points
for Farmville and Harold House, an
outstanding' guard, both on offense
and defense, scored 5; Jaclcie Willis,
4; Bobby Butts, 8. Hemingway, of
Bethel, scored 10 points.
Farmville girls defeated Bethel by
a score of 86 to 19. The fine work of
the guards for Farmville enabled the
forwards to pile up a tremendous
margin; making it possible to use
the second and third string players.
Johnsie Moore scored 28 points;
Killibrew 10 points, and Ann Moore
8. Windham was the high scorer for
Bethel with 10 points.
Farmville boys defeated Scotland
Neck by a score of 83 to 7. Donald
Walston scored 11 points for Farm
ville, Rouse 6, Butts 2. Garraway 2,
Corbett 2, Willi* 3, Hortou 8, Gay 2
and Williamson 2.
Scotland Neck scored three field
baskets and one free throw.
Farmville girls defeated the Hali
fax girls by a score of 40 to 23; Killi
brew scored -15 points, Johnsie Moore
13 and Margaret Williams 12. Jotey
with 9 points was best for Halifax;
The Farmville boys have won six
teen games this season and lost six.
While the Farmville girls have won
eighteen gam«s and lost only three.
Friday night of -this week; Farm
ville will play the strong Grifton
teams in a double header in the Farm
ville High School Gymnasium. Mon
day night, Feb. 1#, Ayden will invade
Fkrmville for two ganfta. and Tues
day night, Feb. 20, the South Edge
comb* boys will play in Farmville.
Ci**«tte&£r U. S. smoke* last
compared with 268 billion
before. About 110
BR
Soviets Continue Gains
Toward Berlin, Stettin
and Dresden; More
Prisoners Seized In
Budapest; Breslau En
circled; Americans and
British Drop 4,<»0 Tons
of Bombs On Dresden
London, Feb. 14. — 11m
Pint Ukraine Amy
German city itnoihoMi hi
today aa it bludgeoned ita way toward
Berlin and Dresden with the aid of
British and American bomber* that
smashed Dresden, Chemnits sad oth
er centers ahead of the Soviet ad
vance.
In Pomerania the Firat White
Russian Army liquidated the hold
out fortress of Schnektomtuhl, It
miles behind the linee, killing more
than 7,000 Germans and capturing
5,000 after a two-weak aiege.
In Budapest.
In Budapest, which fell Tueaday,
the Russians picked up another 12,700
prisoners, mostly abandoned wounded,
raising the list of captured in that
one city to nearly 123,000. The final
toll will be higher, as Moscow aid a"
fragment of the garrison set sped only
to be surrounded again .wast of the
Hungarian capital.
The day's successes, announced in
two orders of the day by Premier
Stalin and the regular nightly Mos
cow communique, also credited the
First Ukraine Army of Marshal Ivan
S. Kor.ev with begging 2,100 prison
ers and taking more than 200 populat
ed centers in Silesia.
Dresden lay 68 miles or less ahead
of the southern arm of Konsv's
drive, by Russian account, while the
Germans said the northern am had
reached within 71 miles of Berlin.
Breslau Eutirclcd.
In between lay sa ill-defined
pocket or pockets or bypsaaed towns,
including surrounded Glogau and
the Silesian capital, fereslan, whicr
the Germans Wednesday night said
had also been encircled.
Importance of the drive through
Silesia was pointed up by Russian
announcement that another 200 Ger
man planes had been captured, mak
ing 645 in two days.
Up ahead to the west the Rus
sians could see in the skies the red
glare of fires set in Dresden by 4,
900 tons of British and American
bombs, apparently the first fruits of
the Crimea conference. Chemnitx, 94
miles farther west, also was hard
Hie BBC quoted a Soviet military
observer aa saying the Allies were
working together "with precision and
according' to a definite plan."
Konev'g men held the spotlight,;
however. Moscow news dispatches
said they had crossed the Quels
River defense line in their driva to
wards Dresden while the Swiss radio
quoted German accounts a* sayying
the northern wing had reached Sum
merfield, only 71 miles southeast of
Berlin. TV German DNB agency it
self broabcast that Konev had broken
into Sorao, 84 mfles southeast of Ber
lin.
By Russian official adlount Kon
ev's nearest approach to Berlin was
84 miles, with capture at Pteystadt,
75 miles northwest ot bssisysd Bras
lau.
Other cities taken in this north
westward - sweep included Nsusals,
six miles northeast of
Neustadtel, seven miles
and Sprottau, 18 miles south.
The south western wine swept
Boldberg, Jauer and Striegau, from
45 to 28 miles southwest at Breslau
and a score of miles, from the
Czechoslovak bonier.
Nazis Concede Rewenss. £
The German radio conceded that
Konev's forces wars "inevitably
tearing gaps in our lines" and said
the people's armf and "alarm units"
had been thrown into the struggle
to keep lines of retreat open.
A Moscow news analysis, Nikolai
Kkimov, declared that Lmi> drive
was of such great important* that
"it is difficult as yet to foresee all its
consequences." He predicted that the
Germans would have to throw in
"several dosen" more divisions to fQl
Konev's 100-mile gap in their de
fenses and that thia inevitably would
weaken the other enemy fronts "m
the eve of new and bun powerful
blow* planned by the AUlas." M
In 12 hours Dresden was struck
by 4,000 tons of bombs, and it was
suggested unofficially in London that
RAP Marshal Sir Charles Portal
chief of the air Staff, Just returned
from the Yalta meeting of the Big
Three, carried orders to support the
Red Army advance
sible.
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