ii I IN ITALY
[OST STYMIED
„ -jn _-(iP)—The battle
J(OME. -?mmered down to scat
V f It ol clashes today, with
tererpCns adding to the misery
fte GHhog?ed Allied troops by trou
! artillery fire.
^Lnemv shelling south and
fnf Bologna was officially
*■**$ 1 heavier than anything
<e,Cr ,slv endured by tt* Ameri
V* rm army. Nazi engineers
«n FLLved p1 anting great new
were fields and stringing more
he front of Bologna,
bs:beLff thev intended to fight ob
JJateNfor'the big communica
tlrS Kohflv improved weather con
InS gvelte:;dav tank-supported
dlt:onf n infantry advanced a mile
Bo;
in captured the hamlets of
lcgna' onriSerra. and reached the
B°'c0,v Cf Casalecchio, within two
S Of the Bologna - Rimini high
'swift-running streams and exten
.■ve'flooded areas made every mile
A lied advance a slow, tedious
JLess even when it was not rain
ltGerman forces still held out on
1 ground near Predappio. a
lust south of Forli, which Po
£ l oops captured yesterday. The
JpL Were handicapped because
♦Vp onlv road into Predappio was
unusable. Supplies were carried
Loss the Rabb- river by hand.
The adjacent hamlet of Verano
* r-osta birthplace of Benito Mus
,tuppenny In Ger
man hands. Citizens of Predappio
L the Nazis had looted the Mus
solini museum on Rocca Della Cam
Lte high above the town, carrying
8way as souvenirs the assembled
rehe’s of Mussolini’s rise to power.
British troops driving up the Ri
mini - Bologna n-ghway near Forli
maintained contact with the with
drawing enemy, field dispatches
sai(j patrols were active in the
flooded country beyond the Nevano
rver, about seven miles southeast
of Ravenna on tne Adriatic coast.
Brazilian troops in the mountains
nea rthe extreme western end of
% line established themselves on
j,lt. Faeto and took a hill to the
west near Guile ano.
Allied planes attacked enemy gun
positions and transport in the bat
tle area and strafed and bombed
German shipping in the Adriatic.
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SCHOOL CHANGES
CHAPEL HILL, Oct. 30.—(^*)—
Dr. Frank P. Graham, vice chair
man of the statewide group spon
soring an amendment to the state
constitution providing for changes
in the state school system, issued
a statement tonight giving five
reasons for supporting the amend
ment.
“No one governor can appoint
a majority of the state school
board as now provided,” the state
ment said.
"The setting up of the needed
office of the controller should be
left to the legislature and the
board of education, who can safe
ly be trusted to provide for a
sound and efficient business ad
ministration of the schools.
"The provisions for members
from the state at large is a more
certain guarantee of representation
of the minority party as is just
and in accordance with the fair
and democratic traditions of our
people.
“The amendment eliminates the
requirement that a majority should
be appointed with business and
Professional experience and gives
more assurance of representation
from agricultural, professional, la
bor and civic groups as well as
business and financial groups.
It has the support of Governor
Broughton, democratic Nominee
Urerry, republican Nominee Pat
ton, democratic State Chairman
umstead, editor Clarence Poe of
the Progressive Farmer, the edu
cational organizations and a large
amber of lay citizens who con
Mer the- passing of the amend
,in , or the best Interests of the
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Kinkaid, Krueger Confer
Vice Adm. Thomas €. Kinkaid (right), commander of the Philip
pine attack force, and Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger of the Sixth Army,
commander of the ground forces, discuss last minute details of the
Philippine invasion while aboard flagship en route to the attack. (AP
Wirephoto from U. S. Army.)
ARNALL SAYS WHY
TO OPPOSE DEWEY
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 30.
—M—Gov. Ellis Arnall of Georgia,
tonight accused Thomas E. Dewey
of “narrow sectionalism” inimical
to the South’s interest.
“I know that there are times
when alphabet soup is a little un
palatable, but it is lots better than
the soup they served in the bread
lines when Herbert Hoover was
President of the United States,”
Arnall declared in a prepared ad
dress released by his office in At
lanta.
Arnall said the South had a spe
cial reason to reject the New York
governor for president because he
“is wholly opposed to any congres
sional action to correct the (rail
rate) discrimination against the
South.”
He quoted the republican candi
date as telling an Interstate Com
merce Commission hearing upon
Southern class rates in March, 1943
that “I insist that the rate struc
ture should not be changed.”
Arnall said that “what we are
being asked to do by the repub
lican party is to vote to wipe out
12 years of our national history,
wipe out the recovery and the pros
perity that these have brought, and
go back to the day when Herbert
Hoover was president.
“This year’s candidate has
another name. . . but, really, he
is just as much Herbert Hoover
as Mortimer Snerd is Edgar Ber
gen.”
The Georgia governor told his
audience that the people who are
supporting Dewey "are, strangely
enough, the people whom Frank
lin Roosevelt saved in 1933, and
they never have forgiven him for
saving them.”
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Paris Paper Suspends
On Government Order
' PARIS, Oct. 30.—US—The after
noon daily, Liberation Soir, has
been forbidden by the French War
ministry to publish tomorrow
(Tuesday) on the grounds it print
ed a military story despite a ban
by Allied censorship.
The newspaper, in ■ a two-col
umn front-page article announcing
the suspension—which it said had
been reduced from four days after
being appealed—asserted the cen
sors’ ban arrived cnly after a num
ber of copies of the paper already
had been printed. The paper said
that as soon as (he order was re
ceived, the presses were stopped
and the article removed. The story
concerned Allied operations in the
Moselle 'region.
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Ming Says China’s War
Revolution Continuation
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.— US —Dr.
Wei Tao Ming, Chinese ambassa
dor to the United States, said to-'
day China’s war effort "is in a
sense a continuation of the revo
lutionary struggle of 33 years
ago. .”
Speaking at exercises commem
orating the 33rd anniversary of the
Chinese republic, Dr. Ming said:
"This is as much a people’s war
as a revolution in China was a
people’s revolution. We are fight
ing for world democracy as much
as for national freedom. The Chin
ese revolution was to preserve
what was best in the East and
take over what was best in the
West in order to adapt our civili
zation to the New World trend.
This we are doing today."
PEANUT HANDLING
RALEIGH, Oct. 30.—US—'The
entire peanut crop this season
will be handled by the Commodity
Credid Corporation, and in vir
tually all cases farmers’ stock
peanuts will be shelled by the
cleaners, with the No. 2 grade
being diverted into oil channels,
Rarry Westcott, state agriculture
department marketing specialist,1
said today. !
8 Children Orphaned
When 3 Adults Die In
Domestic Quarreling
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.— (IP) —
Eight children ranging in age
from one mpnth to 18 years were
orphaned today when three ad
ults died after gunplay in a
domestic quarrel.
The three dead adults were
Mr. and Mrs. George Altman,
and Mrs. Altman’s former
husband, Edward Lynch. De
tective Howard Cliff said Ar
thur Lynch, Edward’s eight
year-old son by Mrs. Altman,
gave this version of the shoot
ing:
His father, Lynch, came to
the Altman home on the south
side yesterday and began to
quarrel with Mrs. Altman.
When the elder Altman at
tempted to interfere Lynch
drew a gun, shot the two and
then put a bullet in his own
head. All three died in a hos
pital.
Mrs. Altman is survived by
a daughter, Laverne McNally,
18, by her first marriage;
three children by her marriage
to Lynch, Arthur, Daniel, 6
and Carol 3; and one son, Ron
ald, one month, by her mar
riage to Altman.
Altman has two sons in Ar
my service, and a married
daughter by his first marriage.
All previous spouses are dead,
Cliff said.
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Frink Tells Fraternity
Of Coast Guard Record
-
Lieutenant S. B. Frink of the
Coast Guard addressed the Senior
Fraternity last night at its reg
ular bi-weekly dinner meeting.
He pointed out that the Coast
Guard, established in August, 1790,
lost more men and officers in
World War I than any other branch
of the nation’s armed services
in proportion to the number of
men on the roster.
Lieutenant Frink, who was in
troduced by Wilbur R. Dosher,
president of the Brigade Boys club
told of the duties of the Captain
of the Port.
Thurston Davis, president of the
Fraternity, introduced the guests,
all of whom had helped the or
ganization in its recent waste pa
per campaign.
Arthur John sang to the ac
companiment of Ben Clayton.
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Damaged Jap Battleships
Of New And Heavy Class
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—UP)—
Two of the Japanese battleships
damaged in the Philippine area
were disclosed today to be of a
comparatively new and heavy
clciss.
, The Yamato and Musashi list
ed by Admiral Chester A. Nimitz
in his triumphal communique yes
terday are 35,000-ton ships. They
mount 16-inch main batteries and
secondary fire power of 8-inch
and 4.7-inch rifles. They are be
lieved of better than 25 knots.
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discomfort — and to retard simple
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J. W. SMALLBONES
KILLED IN ACTION
Sergeant John W. Smallbones,
23, son of Mrs. Ellen W. Small
bones, 2214 Walnut street, and the
late H. G. Smallbones, was killed
in action in the north African area
Oct. 13, according to an announce
ment from the War department,
received by the family last Sun
day.
Sergeant Smallbones, who had
arrived in Italy on Oct. 6, and was
on a mission in Africa when kill
ed, was a student of New Han
over High school, but graduated
from the high school at Gains
ville, Fla.
Before volunteering in the arm
ed service last December, Ser
geant Smallbones was an em
ploye of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway company here.
He received his basic training
at Miami, after which k was
transferred to Laredo, Texas.
From there he was ordered to
Lincoln, Neb., and he graduated
from the Air Corps Training
school at Mountain Home, Idaho.
Survivers besides his mother
are one brother, Harry G. Small
bones, Jr., three aunts, Mrs.
Hicks Bunting of Wilmington, and
Mrs. Henry Wade and Miss Fran
ces Wells, both of Gainsville, Fla.
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tough on ducks
MOYOCK, Oct. 30.—(JR—Every
blind and guide of both Currituck
and Mattamuskeet areas are en
gaged for the opening of the
waterfowl season Thursday, Ru
pert West, game protector in this
district, said today.
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Survey Shows44,102,000
May Cast Ballots Nov. 7
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30_GT) —A
survey disclosed today that state
election officials expect at least 44,
102.000 persons, including 3,392,000
service men and women, to vote
Nov. 7.
These figures, compiled by the
Associated Press, are based on in
complete registration reports and
officials’ estimates. Only a f e w
states keep official registration tab
ulations.
Some officials give varying esti
mates, but even the higher ones
only pushed the total expected vote
to 44.637,000—as compared to the
actual vote of 49,815,312 in 1940.
The decrease was attributed to
wartime dislocations.
Other estimates of the prospec
tive vote have ranged as low as
39.500.000 and as high as one by
Henry J. Kaiser, the shipbuilder,
of 50,000,000. |Vice president Henry
A. Wallace has forecast a vote of
45,000,000.
State officials canvassed in the
survey reported registrations and
estimates indicating a combined to
tal of 60,766,625 qualified voters, as
against 60,576,979 estimated to have
qualified for the 1940 election.
The Census bureau put the num
ber of potential voters—persons 21
years of age and over—at 88,600,000
or 8,000,000 more than four , years
ago. While the bureau mad® n*
forecast on the 1944 vote, it said
that if it were not for Waiuine
factors a vote of 55 327,930 could
be expected providing the ratio of
voters to potential voters was
the same as in 1940. Four years ago
62.4 per cent of the potentials ac
tually voted.
Two states with large electoral
votes, California and Illinois, re
ported record registrations this
year and officials in eight states
predicted a heavier vote than in
1940. These were Arkansas, Colora
do, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland,
Mississippi, South Carolina and
Wisconsin.
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Two Officers Called
In Gould Army Trial
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.— UP —Two
Army officers were called today
as witnesses against Capt. Joseph
Gould in his general court martial
trial on charges of conspiracy to
defraud the government by unlaw
fully influencing the award of con
tracts for manulacture of army
equipment.
Gould, in civilian life a man-!
eger of boxers, pleaded innocent
to four specifications chaiging vio
lation of the 96th article of war
while he was on duty at the New
York port of embarkation.
Capt. David O. Kuti, trial judge
advocate (prosecutor), detailing
the government charges in his
opening statement said Gould had
conspired to influence awarding of
seven contracts for life floats, pon
toon fenders and other articles “at
exorbitant and excessive prices.”
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One out of every three retail
stores in the United States is a
food outlet.
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
AMERICA TO BUILD
BASES IN LIBERIA
WASHINGTON, Oct.' 30.—(AT—Li
beria, west African Negro Republic
has granted this country permission
to establish and operate naval, mil-!
itary and air installations there, i
The agreement, negotiated Dec. i
31, 1943, and disclosed today by
the State department and the For
eign Economic administration, per-1
mits the installations “for,, the pro
tection of the strategic interests
of the United States in the south
Atlaan-ic.”
Under it, this country "under-!
takes to respect, in the future as
in the past, the territorial integ
rity, sovereignty, and political in
dependence of Liberia.”
One of the first concrete results
of the agreement will be the con
struction of a seaport in Liberia
under the supervision of the Navy’s
bureau of yards and docks. Funds
advanced by this country are to
be repaid from commercial port in
come.
An American mission neaaea oy
Earl Parker Hanson, FEA special
representative in Liberia, and in
cluding several Negro professional
men, shortly will visit the African
republic to assist in increasing pro
duction of strategic materials such
as rubber and palm oils, and to
develop other reso rces needed by
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the United Nations. The mission al
so will be concerned with construc
tion of the port.
Liberia, one of the least develop
ed areas of Africa, Is strategically
located on the west coast at the
so - called “na'rrows of the South
Atlantic.” j
Ties between the Republic and
and the United States have been
close since it was founded in 1847
with a constitution, flag and gov
-nt n-'i'ernud after ou- own.
In 1942, at the request of the Liber
ian government, American Negro
troops were landed there and a
few months later the Liberian gov
ernment gave this country the right
to establish wartime air bases
there.
Because of Liberia’s strategic lo
cation, the FEA and State depart
ment said, the ties and associations
hke’v would become c’oser “in
the forthcoming aerial age.”
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SEARCH YOUR HEARTS
DEMOCRATS of North Carolina
Are You Satisfied With the Road Our Party Has Been Traveling?
Do You Like Our "Fellow Travelers"?
Let us forget our political habits and look at the party which now professes to be our party. Forget the
label which it wears and look at its aims and objectives. Compare them with the principles of the Democratic
Party of our forefathers.
Was there ever anything in ANY Democratic platform which advocated a Federal bureaucracy in Wash
ington which is now trying to regulate every detail of our daily lives? Has there ever been a plank in ANY Demo
I! cratic platform which advocated spending our tax and bond money to build up labor unions and win elections
with government money—our money? Has the true Democratic Party ever stood for the discrediting of Con
gress and the packing of the courts; the killing of pigs when there was hunger in the land; the setting of race
against race, creed against creed and capital against labor?
| No, these things ore the very opposite of the Democratic principles as we have
known them. About the only Democratic thing in the party which now carries our
beloved name, is the name itself, and that has been stolen from us.
No doubt you have already made this comparison and the picture troubles you. Your conscience and
your good American common sense both say “Defeat the New Deal and Vote for Dewey and Bricker.” But
i our habits of a lifetime keep you from doing this, and the New Deal politicians, backed up by the CIO, Browder
and the ghost of Pendergast make selfish appeals to us to “be loyal to your party.” We should and must re
fuse to heed their appeal.
The sad truth is that we HAVE NO NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW. The New Deal, which now
falsely wears the Democratic Label, is steeped in socialism and infested with Communists and “fellow travel
ers.” Socialism is NOT our doctrine. The “fellow travelers” are not Democratic and are not worthy of our
| support.
Let us follow our conscience and VOTE FOR DEWEY AND BRICKER and clean
the Democratic Party of its alien elements; so that true Democrats may again re
sume leadership four years from now.
i The New Deal has attempted to intimidate and threaten us. You have the personal bravery to aggressively
I assert yourself in deep sincerity, along with thousands of other North Carolina Democrats in this crusade ,
; against New Deal domination. i
Remember that you can still vote as you please. When you get into the voting
booth you are alone with your conscience.
VOTE YOUR TRUE CONVICTIONS
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supported the Democratic ticket. Their only interest is to awaken the citizens of North Carolina tc the fact
that there will have to be a change to re-gain the principles for which the nationU Democratic Party stands.
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CANDIDATES FOR STATE DEMOCRATIC OFFICES
Those desiring'to contribute financially to this cause are cordially invited to do so.
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