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hannegan plans
1946 CAMPAIGNS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—(UP)
Chairman Robert E. Hannegan,
"'he Democratic National Com
° ;tjee, pledging to devote his full
:n' the inb "indefinitely,” said
time10 J'
,av he already is organizing a
s program on behalf of
vl°0' -ratio candidates in the 1946
S Sn.l election.
said the committee is under
r; immediately cooperation
ta.‘ tmu'e and Senate Democratic
campaign committees and with
c l organizations to enhance
b of victory two years
cna " Ho intends tc start with
he* delay a policy of meeting per
with State Democratic
chairmen to further that aim.
Republicans, at an Indianapolis
“lave their first since the No
c ber election reverses, are
'lljne on an "organization to
n 1946" which Chairman Her
bert Brownell, Jr., hopes will be
.tterned after his program for
modernizing and expanding pres
ent party procedures.
Hannegan told a press .confer
ence" following a meeting with ex
ecutive members of the’ Demo
cratic committee that the organi
se, is in unusually good shape
financially. -All bills have been
Daid and it has more than $400,
MO in the bank, he added.
SEARCH abandoned
for missing men
IN PLANE MISHAP
KNOXVILLE, Jan. 22. — (VP) —
Capt. C. F. Rising of the Army Air
jv.rces today abandoned search for
an Army plane and four passen
gers believed lost in tne Smoky
Mountains January 31. 1944.
' A searching party spent two days
last week dragging 1be waters of
Cheoah lake where an object had
beer, sighted on the day the plane
was last reported. However only a
Submerged tree was found at the
spot,
Tne plane, en route from Char
lotte, N. C.. to Lebanon, Tenn.,
uas last heard from near Ashe
ville. Aboard were three 3rmy lieu
tenants and a civilian.
A Knoxville newspaper is hold
ing $500 reward money, put up by
the families of the missing men,
for recovery of identified wreck
age of the plane.
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Paratrooper Arrested
By Charlotte Police
In Several Robberies
CHARLOTTE, Jan. 22.—(M—A
20-year-old paratrooper, identified
by police as Pvt. Curtis Brissette
of Flint, Mich., and Camp Mac
kail, was held for questioning and
investigation today in connection
with a series of robberies.
No formal charges have been
filed.
Detective Captain Frank N. Lit
tlejohn said a tag with the serial
number of Lt. John Belk, his spe
cial furlough gasoline ration tick
ets and rings stolen from the W.
H. Belk home, and four watches,
identified as ones stolen recently
from Greensboro, were found in
the youth’s possession.
OPA Will Gain Control
Of Residential Rents
!n Additional Areas
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. —(fP)—
Federal control of residential rents
will go into effect in 10 additional
defense-rental areas February 1,
*he Office of Price Administration
announced today.
The names and extcn* of control
areas, with maximum rent dates
include:
Daytona Beach, Fla., Volusia
county, as of January 1, 1944: Troy,
A'a., Pike county; and Green
ville. Miss,, Washington county;
bi'th as of July 1, 1943.
If Your Child
Is Coughing
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender, in
• amed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
" “Oit’.e of Creomulsion with the
understanding that your child is tc
, rtofited and you are to like its
Quick action in allaying the har
*®jng cough without upsetting the
or you are to have your
“Citcy back. No narcotics.
CREOMULSION
Chost Colds. Bronchitf?
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The Yanks Pour Ashore On Luzon Island
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Loaded with ammunition and oth
er supplies, trucks and other vehi
cles roll ashore from this LST
(upper left) nosed up against the
beach of Lingayen Gulf. This ship
had been under fire from Jap ar
tillery a few minutes before it hit
the beach. In the upper right pho
to, Gen. Douglas MacArthur wades
ashore, eager to get about the busi
ness of cleaning up ihe enemy on
Luzon. Members of the party with
MacArthur are not identified. In
the lower picture, the ruined capi
tol of Lingayen is mute evidence
to the terrific bombardment by
U. S. Navy guns. This beautiful
building was destroyed because it
had been made a fort by the Japs
The storm of battle having moved
by_ Yanks of the Sixth Army pass
unarmed in the foreground. (Pho
tos from International and NEA).
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Sen. Mead Says Norfolk
Yard Wastes Manpower
By ANN HICKS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.—(UP) —
Chairman James M. Mead, (D.-N.
Y.) of the Senate Wa ■ Investigating
Committee, today cited examples
of an “alarming waste of man
power and enforced loafing” at
the Norfolk Navy Yard, and the
Navy promptly countered that the
yard’s production record speaks
for itself.
Mead showed the Senate an or
nate mahogany chess board which
he said was made for higherups
on Government time and with Gov
ernment materials.
Demanding that Congress seek
the facts on manpower utilization
before passing National Service
legislation, he told the Senate that
high “ranking Naval officers tried
to conceal conditions of “wasted
and hoarded labor” from commit
teemen who visited the yard.
‘ ‘The higher up we went, the
more they tried to cover up and
tell us we didn’t see it,” he said.
Expressing surprise at his “sud
den attack,” the Navy said in a
statement that during 1944, the
yard constructed a large aircraft
carrier and repaired 2,458 ships,
of which 830 had to be drydocked.
“Obviously someone has been do
ing a job,’ it added, “and on an
overall basis the Navy is proud ot
the accomplishments of the offi
cers, supervisors and workmen
employed in its production facili
ties.
“We have the best men avail
able in the Navy in charge of these
operations. It is unnecessary to
say that these men are doing their
utmost.”
Chairman David I. Walsh, D..
pledged the support of his Senate
Naval Affairs Committee in uncov
ering the cause of the alleged waste
and suggested court martial for any
Navy officers who might be re
sponsible.
‘‘Let’s set an example of the men
responsible once and for all,” he
said. ‘‘Should we remove the Sec
retary of the Navy? Should we
remove the commandant of the
Norfolk Yard? Let’s get at this
thing and do something.”
Mead said that despite the fact
the yard is calling for 4,400 addi
tional workers, committeemen
■found draft deferred workmen
building an oyster table for shop
masters and other examples of time
and materials being wasted in
making personal trinkets for su
periors.
He said that many days were
spent, at the direction of super
visors, in building hand carved
furniture, an elaborate Christmas
tree, and a model village with
miniature lights.
‘‘A few minutes before investiga
tors appear,” he added, ‘‘Paul Re
veres” tear through the shops
sounding the alarm. ‘‘Our commit
tee did not receive this treatment,
probably because we appeared on
short notice.”
Sen. Homer Ferguson, (R.-Mich.)
who inspected the yard, reported
that 100000 gallons of diesel oil
were pumped into a sludge tank;
that large quantities of good tim
ber was burned on a fcrap heap,
and that scarce lucite was wasted.
24,000-TON VESSEL
GREATEST BUILT IN
BALTIMORE, LAUNCHED
BALTIMORE, Jan. 22. — (fP) -
rhe 24,000-ton ore carrier Venore.
largest vessel ever built at the
Port of Baltimore, was christened
ioday by the daughter of Vene
zuela’s ambassador to the United
States.
Senora Maria Teresa Escalante
3e Bustamante, daughter of Dr.
Diogenes Escalante, cracked the
ihampagne bottle on the prow 1
the Venore, the first ot a series oi
Eour being built at the Bethlehem
Sparrows Point shipyard.
Among others present were Se
nor Arturo Bustamante, husband
of the sponsor; Senor Don Arturo
Lares, Venezuelan embassy coun
selor; Senor Hugo Crozeo, assis
selor, and Senora Isabel de Velu
tant Venezuelan commercial coun
selor, and Senora Isabci de Velu
tini.
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RODEO CHAMPION DIES
DENVER. Jan. 22. —(£’)— Clyde
(Sagey) Burk, 32, world’s cham
pion calf roper from Comanche,
Dkla., died early today of injuries
suffered yesterday at the Nation
al Western Stock Show rodeo.
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Eenjamin Franklin was the first
postmaster general of the Unitec
States.
SURVIVORS OF SHIP SUNK BY JAP SUBMARINb
STANDING ON A LIFE RAFT, survivors of the sunken Liberty ship John A. Johnson await rescue by the Navy’s
motor yacht Argus. Their ship was torpedoed by a Jap sub in November, the Navy has just disclosed, some
where between California and Hawaii. It was the first such attack on the U. S. side of the Pacific in two years.
1 Sixty-one of the crew of 71 were saved. Official U. S. Navy photo. (.International Soundphoto) i
ASSISTANT NAVY
SECRETARY NAMED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.— UP —
H. Sturve Hensel of New Jersey
was nominated today by President
Roosevelt to be assistant Secretary
of the Navy.
Hensel who has been serving the
Navy Department in a legal capa
city on contracts for some three
years, will move into the position
vacated when Ralph Bard became
Undersecretary.
Other nominations submitted to
the Senate included:
Aubrey W. Williams of Alabama,
former head of the National Youth
Administration, to be Rural Elec
trification Administrator. He would
succeed Harry Slattery, who re
signed under protest.
Edward Jackson Kyle of Texas
to be ambassador to Guatemala.
Joseph F. McGurk to be ambas
sador to the. Dominican Republic.
R. Henry Norweb of Ohio, now
ambassador to Portugal, to be am
bassador to Panama.
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Veteran Landing Ship
Sunk By Enemy Action
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — (JP)—
The Navy announced today that
the landing ship LST 2b9, a veteran
of five invasions, has bepn lost in
the Atlantic, sunk by enemy ac
tion.
Two of the crew were killed and
sixteen wounded, the Navy said.
A landing ship, tan.t, normally has
a complement of about 50 men. The
sinking occurred while the ship
was being towed back to this coun
try for repairs.
The commander of the vessel was
Lt. Christopher Masterscn of Sum
mit, N. J., who survived
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RETURNS TO NEW YORK
Seaman 1/c Benjamin C Horrell
las reurned to his post in New
STork after spending a 10 day fur
ough with his family and friends
n Wrightsville Beach.
WEARS WINGS AND BOOTS
Sgt. Floyd M. White, son of Mrs.
iCatie White of Route 2. Leland,
las won the right to wear the
‘Wings and Boots" of the U. S.
\rmy Paratroops. He has complet
'd four weeks of jump training,
luring which time he made five
umps, the last a tactical one at
light involving a combat problem
>n landing.
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
P f c Thomas
Lae Horrell is
now with the
armed forces
somewhere i n
France. He en
tered the serv
ice more than
two years ago
and was formal
ly emp’oyea by
the S and G
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HORRELL mington.
• IN THE VVAC
Pvt. Gei U ude I. Grimsley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Grimsley, 816 Dock street, is cur
rently taking a course of basic in
struction at the Third WAC Train
ing center at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,
in preparation for filling an army
noncombatant job. Prior to her en
listment, Pvt. Grimsley was em
ployed by the State of North Caro
lina as a teacher, having obtained
her B. A. degree from the Woman’s
college of the University of North
Carolina. She has also taken some
work at the University at Chapel
Hill, and is a member of the N.
C. Academy of Science
RECEIVES PURPLE HEART
Marine Cpl. William M Baker,
son of William B. Baker, of Wal
lace, has been awarded the Purple
Heart for injuries received during
the Saipan-Tinian campaign in the
southern Marianas Islands. The
award was made by Colonel Walter
I. Jordan, at a special parade for
mation of his organization—a unit
which also participated in the as
sault and capture of Namur Island
in the Marshalls. Cpl. Baker has
now recovered from the injuries,
and has been restored to active
duty.
PROMOTED IN' RANK
George T. Rich, son ni Mrs. Mary
I. Rich, 314 South Fourth street,
has recently been promoted to the
rank of First Lieutenant at an
Eighth Air Force base where he
is a P-51 Mustang pilot in the 339th
Fighter Group. Lieut. Rich has de
stroyed a Messerchm-'tt 410, a
Focke-Wulf 190 and iwo unidenti
fied German aircraft all on the
ground. As a Mustang pilot, he
flies daily escort to the heavy
bomber armadas hitting targets in
Germany. Entering the AAF „ in
August, 1942, he received his wings
and commission in December, 1943.
He was formally employed as a
salesman for the Atlantic Tobacco
company.
TRANSFERRED
R. M. 3/c Harry Ferrel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peri el, Sr.
4308 Market Street Road has been
transferred from Norfolk, Va., to
San Diego, Calif, where h; will en
ter a training school for -air sup
port.
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
LEOPOLD STARVED
BY NAZI CAPTORS
By RONALD CLARK
BRUSSELS, Jan. 22 — (UP) —
King Leopold III of the Belgians
now is believed held prisoner in
a medieval castle in central Ger
many under rigorous supervision,
and has lost considerable weight
under increasingly brutal treat
ment by the Nazis, Belgian au
thorities said today.
(Recent Swiss reports; said that
Leopold was believed held at Bad
Godesberg in southern Germany.)
Informed Belgians with know
ledge of the latest developments
in Leopold’s long captivity are con
cerned for his health and safetv.
and indicate that the brutality of
treatment directed against him
has increased steadily since the
Allied liberation of Belgium.
Reports here indicate that t h e
King is underfed. One of the few
messages which have reached the
outside world from him said:
“Send me food and send me a
book.’’
Belgian sources say that after
the King's refusal to make an anti
Allied statement when the Allied
armies crossed the Belgian border,
he was separated from his wife
and children and began a long suc
cesssion of transfers from prison
to prison.
Now his associates have been re
stricted to a single aide-de-camp,
according to reports here.
Specially trained SS guards
watch him all the time, and he
and his aides are sealed off from
the rest of the world.
The King may not communicate
with his family.
Despite this treatment, Leopold
has asserted consistently that he
must not attempt to escape. He
has been a prisoner since May,
1940, when the Belgian army sur
rendered before the German on
slaught through the Low Countries
into France.
French Soldier Tries
Frozen Radiator Cure;
Three Trucks Explode
PARIS. Jan. 22.— <JR —A
French soldier's idea for thaw
ing a frozen radiator—pouring
gasoline on the hood and then
lighting it—backfired this morn
ing.
Three munitions-laden trucks
on the left bank of the Seine ex
ploded in the resulting fire.
Police said there were no
casualties, but civilian and
military firemen struggled two
hours to arrest the flames and
prevent their spread while
munitions continued to explode
in the midst of the blaze.
Georgia Truck Driver
Held In Connection
With $10,000 Robbery
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 22.
— (UPl —George F. Davidson,
truck driver for a Columbus, Ga.,
concern, today was to be return
ed to Georgia where he is want
ed in connection with a $10,000
theft from the Georgia Highway
Express Co.
Sheriff Frank Stoutamire said
that Davidson was arrested last
night at an auto court, and that
he had $8,566 on his person. He
did not resist arrest. According
to information here, the $10,000 wa»
stolen last Thursday.
Millions Switch To
Mutton Suet Idea
For Chest Cold Aid
Relieves Muscular Aches and Pains,
Chest Muscle Tightness
Many mothers all over America
are switching to this idea of get
ting fast relief for these chest cold
miseries. They are simply follow
ing Grandma. For years she count
ed on mutton suet to help carry her
home medication to do its pain-eas
ing work on nerve ends in the skin.
No wonder so many more now wel
come Grandma’s idea as improved
by science—Penetro, with its multi
medicated formula in a base con
taining mutton suet—that acts both
as counter-irritant and pain-reliev
er when you spread it on, and as
a soothing aromatic when breathed
in. And so today Penetro hurries
along newer help in the old reliable
way—help that eases painful mis
ery, lessens coughing, loosens
phlegm, soothes chest rawness—so
that you can rest more comfortably
and give nature a chance to restore
vitality. That’s why millions are
switching to Penetro today—why
druggists are recommending it. 25c,
double supply 35c. For all your fam
ily’s chest cold miseries, be sure
you get white, easy-to-use Penetro.
Those Long Distance calls from Army Hospitals and
camps mean a lot to service men—and to the folks at
home.
So whenever you can, please let the service men have j
the Long Distance lines between 7 and 10 P. M. That '
will help their calls get through quicker.
W. B. BRYAN, Manager
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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