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Itenitersnit Batlij Htspafrh rHIRTIETH YEAR HJP*SKL> W1KB 8EKV1CB OK 1II& ASSOC!ATKK I'HESS. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 20, 11)43 PUBLISHED KVKHY AKTKIiNUON EXOEiT HUNXJA*. FIVE CENTS COPY Russians Capture 130 More Villages In Drive on Orel Soviet Troops Sweep Everything Before Them, Despite Strong German Resistance Moscow, July 20 — (AP) — The Red army, moving closer t;> its jroJil of encirclement of Field Marshal von K luge's forces in the Orel area, has captured i:$0 villages in an advance on three sides of that nazi bastion on the central front 200 miles south of Moscow, the Russians announc ed today. I'ront tine dispatchcs declared Soviet troops were sweeping everything before them, although they acknowledged that the Ger mans were resisting bitterly and said the terrain made operations difficult in some sectors. The Soviet midnight communique raid the Germans were rushing rein forcement into the battle and were counter attacking tin* advancing Rus sians as many as tvvvlve times within a single day in some sectors with out success. The Russiars announced '.he cap ture (it a large populated place •! ! mile- we-t of Orel. This represents the most westerly advancv in the area north of Orel. From here the Russian line swings back cast and then cuts south around Or< t and runs we-t along the old line U> Sevsh. 'I he Rus-ians aiso re|»nrtcd the captuiv of Lgovo on the east bank of the Wytebct river and 30 miles northwest of Orel. Russian dispatches indicated that their forces have "considerably ex panded" their breach in the German lines although they admitted that the nazis were giving them consid erable trouble at several points. One particularly fierce engagement was fought i>n the outskirts of Frest where German artillery halted the advance for a time until Russian guardsmen tillered through in small detachments and outflanked the garrison. Ickes Blames Business Men For Failures New York. July 2i>. (AP)— In terior Secretai v Ickes declared today thiii blame tor any tricbous or I'ail urts in tin- war program .should be placed upon dollar-a-year busme.~ men rather than upon 'brain trusters' or "New Dealers" or "Imi'eauei ;»t>." Speaking to the sales executives club ol New York. Ickes described him.scir as "one ol the lew New Dealers lell in the Washington ad ministration" and declared in his prepared address that tins group had been subjected to unmerited criti cism tor w ar effort b... hies. "It isn't the New Dealers who have been running this war, it is fne dollar-a-.vear men—men like Kniut sen. Nelson, Slot linius and many others who I might mention," Ickes told his audience. "I have sometimes ventured to think all bv myself, of cour.-c that this sudden and great influx ol nun who, while highly competent in their own held;, were inexperienced and un'ramed in ibid unsympathetic wnn government procedures, was not as w II advised a- il appeared to be. "The clankmgs. the scrcechings of badly oiled machinery, the clashing ol one war endeavor against anoth er. may have been at least somewhat due to the fact that new hands ivcrc undertaking work that they did not know much about. If the war pio gram has broken down at any point, n ii has lailcd to keep the pace • ii.it had been imped for, it hasn't been rharageable to the "brain trusters, to (he 'New Dealers,' or to the 'bu reaucrats'.'" TRUCK DRIVERS QUIT IN ATLANTA STRIKE Atlanta. July 20.—(AP)—Between 300 and 500 truck drivers and help ers employed by at least seven in terstate trucking lines walked out today in what company officials de scribed as an unauthorized work stoppage. Ollicials of one large trucking line here said the stoppage was a protest by the drivers and helpers against delay by the war labor board hi liililying a contract submitted to On board April 1. The helpers arc elass iied by the union as "dock workers." RKDN"ATTACK NORWAY. London, July 20. (AP) The Berlin radio said today that a Rus sian amphibious force had attacked the coast of Varanger Fjord in vx trcmc northern Norway, 'lhe broad cast said Ihe Russians had attempted a landing south of Cardoe, on the peninsula which cut into the Barents sea toward Fisher peninsula, the most norlhwesternlv point of the So viet Union. Admiral's Aide FIRST SPAR to serve as an admiral's aide is Ensign Tlielma Morgan, of Burbnnk, Cal. Wiien the U. S. Coast Guard Training "Station at Palm Beach, Fla., was commissioned, she was made aioo to Rear Admiral L. T. Chalker, assistant command ant. Navy photo. (iiitcr»ali:.iat) Long W ai ! Is Forecast i Vice Admiral Home Says N^yy Planning War Against Japan Until 1949 At Least Washington, July 20.—(AIM — Vlor Admiral Frederick J, Home revealed today thai tile Xav.v is planning Tor .1 war against Ja pan to last al least until 19-1 'I ho vice chi.:'. <>1 naval opeia tion.. appearing at .1 press confer ence at wl.ieh Secretary Knox .strongly deplored cii:°r«nt optimism over w inning 0! the war in a hurry. dc<'la:i'd We -till ha\ «• ■tremendous distances t > no in tin- I'.ioitic and wv have to build hast Irmn the ground up a- we advance.'' Questioned about I lie time re quired to win victory in liurope. Home saiil that his opinion was •'entirely a suess," anil he gave 110 dale. He declared, however, thai there is a "good deal «f wishl'ul thinking in expectation of a col la psc of Ciennany." He predicted tnore will tie no siieh "morale collapse in t!-.»• 111 my" us theie was in I!• 1 !S becaii <■ he said. (Som an soldici- have been trained ill llitlorisiu and have been .-eparai id franil the ranillv <M|ilieel|on.-> thro ugh which <1 spu it defeat was 11 alisiniiled in tlie la.-t v.at lb one and See: it ir* Kn >x vir tually joined in force -tin.: that l.n victory march in tile I'aeifie. long 1 hough it may be. will never .t"p short of complete Mi: render ot toe enemy. "I expect we won't be satisfied with the lail of the Japanese Heel," Home .-aid. "I expect 1 ■ ee mil i« • > pit* ill Tokyi before this thing . over unless we want another war w i bin a generation." "AW must make this so expen ive for them," Knox said, "that tiny won't want another one." Knox described the lighting b>r Sicily as the conquest of an outpost and said American troops face in Europe <111 army of 7,000.000 01 fi, 000.000 men. JAPANESE REPULSED IN TAIHENG SECTOR rhtmekmu. .1. I.v 2(1.—(AP> — A C'hine.-e communique reported today Hiiii hcin v IijiIiIiml; had been m pro Sre.-s fur ten days in the Taiheitf; mountains Irnu: which tin- JapsinesC launched then abortive «»ffi-nsi\o this «|»riri« ;i 1 nu the Yangtze river I toward ("hiirifiJiinii ! The .lapane e. barked by planes • .iikI "siiiierioi armament," were said to have been repulsed and the Chi nese said Ihev now were striking ai ] tbc enemy's rear. TWO silii-s si \K An Advanced S«> Mi Pacific Mase. May L'!i (Delayed) <AP) Two hun I died and sixteen survivors of two American merehnnt ships torpedoed and sunk havt? arrived at this base ' port with the first eye-witness re i ports made here on new Japanese submarine offensive efforts a^a.nst South Paciiic jhippin,-; lanes. Failing to Stem Allied Advance in Sicily Italian Troops Mutiny ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★★★ ★ ★ ★★ * U. S. Liberators Bomb Paramushiro Fires Set At Northern Jap Base Bombers Apparently Strike from Amchitka In Western Aleutians; Other Pacific News Washington. July 2D—(AP) —'1 lie Navy announced today 'hat Liberator heavy bombers, winjrinjr over thv Japanese side i.J" tli<' north Pacific. had bomb cd the tin my base of Paranm shiro Monday, starting fires and scM'injr near hits on ship ping. The liijr planes wore described as "a formation," which may have been a dozen or so. They apparently operated from the American base of Amchitka in the western Aleutians. It is S(51 miles from Amchitka to Fa ramushiro. This is llic first raid in which bombers of the American north Pacific force have struck so closely to Japan proper. raranuishiro is at the north ern end of the Kurile chain, which rims south like an arrow pointing to Tokyo about 1.1(10 miles away. The attack puts pres sure nn Japan's northern defeiis.; positions in coordination witli the offensive against New Guinea positions far to the south. Mcnmvlrle. t«»f the seeand time ■ inee the Japane.-e overran the .Win L'liiinds K.-at Indus, allied bombers ] have made a daring. I >tin d;.-ianecj ittack <> : the enemy's major bases it Macnsar. A great ! •ice >f Liberator bomb ?rs I lew 2.1 ii ii i miles, rmrid trip. Sun :lay ni-ibt . nd left many tires lovv ?rins aln>M- tlx- lny harbor e ty <>n ['elebes. Tin-re was im report i>n the '.'.stent nf is.i • !»• done but some of Ihe fires. alonu the water front. in tir factory area, and on lb".1 iiirdp>m<'. i- 'iild In- seen !!(• miles .way. At the nthi-r «•»»<I nf thc^niiK •nth ivesl Pncilic iia'llefroat. ' American Iro'ips ei laiuril their beachficad w.th i limited adv.>ii"f at laliu. about limy mile- east n the Japanese key i-entral Solomon- a drnnie.it Mtmda. The cimmiiiii<|Ue said 1711 Japanese ivere killed. An i i iean losses were tlesei'ibfd as liu'it Avenger i'lid Dauntless bombers |ioiiM'li-d Japanr,:. position.. north "•! Munila airdrome mi Knla (Julf, wb le Mitchell Immlx'r- wooped low and niacin e spmncd the enemy on the beaehv.- between Munda and biini l>eti. On New CiiiiiKM. allied ground force.-, ele nod on: another Japanese strong p'.int on tin slopes of Ml. I ambu. near Kal nn iiia. wiping out !i2 Japanese. Allied ground troop ivere supplied by aircraft. 500 Bombers Made Raid On Rome Allied Itcadnnarter- in North Africa, July (AIM Allied headquarter ■ dcsei ihed yester day's shattering aerial assault on Home as an "iiiil.tluiHlini! suc cessful oncratj<>n" t*>rliiv and cli.^ closcd officially that more than ."itin American liomhers carried ■ •ill (he raid will) a loss of five planes. Aerial reconnaissance showed heavy damage all targets and a niijhl I'. S. aii force conitniitii (|tie from Cairo said the laM'tia railroad v:.rd> "were completely destroyed." •Very severe damage" was caused to (he vital San Lorenzo sail yards, also within the limits of the imperial city, while grounded aircraft and hangars were destroyed «>t the Rome air d: "me. WRECKED NAZI (iLNS IN SICILY Private S. !,. Mitchell, of Niobrara. Wisconsin, stop to examine wrecked German railroad ear guns, some where in Sicily. American. British and Canadian invasion forces have destroyed thousands of similar Axis Sims and captured thousands of prisoners, mostly Italians, as they speed up their advance in Sicily. This is an official r. S. Signal Corps radiophoto. (Intern itional Suundphoto.) Food Price Plan Offeree1 Ohio Republican Senator Proposes Government Purchase And Resale Program Washington. July "JO.—(AIM — Govern mi'nt purchase ol' the principal food crops and their resale at below-ceiling prices was advocated today by Senator ISurlon. Ohio Republican, as an alternative to the administra tion's subsidized price rollback program. Uiui.'i.. wlm opposed the Mil)si(«y i>i"11it-!I»i<• im11 supported the deleai «.'<I Ti lt IIIC'I■<ill 14. lit 1" till* Coiii :;i«ichly iV' ilit C'uiporati'.n lull which i w• ilet nave iiriividcd <i limited I ai.mimt I• i the rullhaci.. said tic had i;ecome c"ii\ iacetl that the Minple.<i ! v. .iv tu la-op IuikI prices I'loui ad valicilig v.«'ilUI be In: the govern 11it lit to buy entire crop-. While I'.nrton said In- had no idea . til the c« -t id a program entailing I the purcha e ul the entire produe-I turn ni ticli commodities as \\ lieal. ] com ami meal, lie averted that tl j would probably be lc.-- than pay ment ol outright subsidies. IJurn.li - pin|Misal loiind little fa- | vi»r with Ni tiiilnr Kilgore. West Vir ginia Dei rial, chairman of a mili tary all. UbC'iliiii.iMce studying the fund ittialiun. Kilgo i .><1 he would much lather see stili :• i:< conlitud entirely to trans|»oi • ti'in, believ ing Unit pay :m ni.. i: .■<:• I" Inwci the tti>i ol moving pplies In Hie larm and i tl ntispoi;. . IihxIs In market would be th" i! ' elleetive mean- ol holtl I nig d m il . ing costs. PRISON LABOR PROVES SUCCESSFUL ON FARMS Kaleign. July S!U<—The tirsl asMgnnn at ni Slate prisoneis to liirm \ "ik was highly .-ueci'-slul. Govern' Broughton mi id today m reporti114 t.'iiii they picked and . ark ect 3U.8* J ol potatoes in I'.im den cotiK-y. About !•>'• prisoners were rn pi >>•« ed 011 Iv"i.s lor three week- and landown paid $4,K!M lor their mi viiis, .1 '■• uli-o in .i i iiuii million, hi- Hie use ol prisoner*, ior >11 en ec'igeney won; (lining tne inalipov. <' Ivriage' perind. UOMKN'S KAMI Wa.-ln:xt n. .Inly 211 (AIM A Marine (' I'S Women's K ind i> lie 114 organic • ' ' replace the male hand at Canr I ' icime. New River. N. the X.i ' > ' pol led today. The M "e Women's Hand. Hie Inst /ation of its kind, will have a pet "niel of t:i. VEAIIIEil FOR NORTH CAROLINA l.iltic change in temperature today a'td tonight with widely Mattered thundrrslinucr?. mc-tlv in 1:'." -Hl®rnr>nn. PUBLIC WARNED TO LEA VE ROME Murray Backs Fourth Term W.i.-hin^lon, July (AP) Senator Murray. Molilalia Den - >n .il. endorsed Pre-ideni l!mn - \H' i >r a lonrtli term today with tiit- predictinn "In1 cainml «>.•>(*«•)"• la ,1114 1 nit mi mated and re-elect - <•(1 " "I .111 sure lie wonl'l jili 1.:.> lav down tin- icill- III Ko\ e !::< lit anyone the lienno ain paily might nl 1 cr ns a v. 1 <■ anil a I >1< leader to can \ through 1 . I111.1I victory," Murray t• In . <■ |M>rter. ••However, il ii|)|ic,ir.- a' * It. time that lie liillst lie a-l'.cd to .erve anoilier lei 111 on the 1ms. o! continuing I»i- great M ! 1 H i' a. .1 national necessity." The Montana senat•• . lone a N< Ileal suppii'ler. .-aid lie ! ill ii"' discussed I lie n.aile: \\r:. tl < President, and had 11 > idc.i (il Hie i'le idenf.s intentions re garding a fourth term. "Hal we are in the mid. t o! .1 Will that W ill l°f<|Ui:'c I 1 leaili - . h 11 > to carry us through to .1 Miir.i ill conclusion. Murray ilecl.iieil. Veto To Have Grave Effect In This State Hale- July 2». (AIM Presi dent l>' evelt's veto i| a I>: 1'. 1 ' re quire certain federal ngt'iu'teji to comply with State inspects 11 laws will ha\c ;• wave c licet u|>"ii the N011 i (. lin.i Department 01 Ap i culture. (iovonior Uio.ighton .-aid today. The State c ollect- ai> iiit SwilUHHI ;i vt:,r mi fertilizer inspect: and alxMtt $10,1110 a yon fmui mt ti insiierti'it Federal ngetieU ever, have necn increasing tlicii a trihuti'Hi o| iitirseiy sloe,., icrtii. ers. livestock mid poultry lii'il. . cmI . nd soil < 'ndit inning malt lal And hiuild tii e iirticlcx l»c cxen i' In 'he Stat< inspection law-, (invent P.mught< • said, the State \gr cu! tural dep 11 t'i < lit v. onld receive .1 el ions Incincial blow. (iovt't'ii 'f UrouRliton said I" plan netl lo di-cliss the matter with tio\ crnnr.. II'Hand ol Florida and J >l.n •.ii.ii of South Carolina. President Roosevelt said in a statement yesterday that it addition al controls are necessary to insure the quality of materials riitnbuted ty federal agencr '!•<- fie CV.n. SXtH nhtuji prs;r. •..•.•i". City Is Overcrowded By Evacuees From Bombed Industrial Centers of Italy Bern. J'dy "Ml.— iAj'i —Alt person- not «t pt-11 <-<! t:> rem iin in Koine lo «arr> tin essential war work have been warned lo Sl't out illinit'(lial<'i> li> till- las eist Government. Swiss Ti u - Kiaphif iiKi>n<'> di-patches re ported today. Koine, tlie (li.vpati'iu il. v.ilii <•111 adequate 1111 .iiit !n-1 :< - and la i year.-. i>i>|Hil:itii>n of 1 .'JatMMW i«>|>(ll;it ion ha i•» • » \ ir» n.i!:\ u >u nled because >i !nr : ■•In ! hat !i:t iilv would ii' : i.i- i . . Inn .. . to li.r presence <• t Vain an City For the pa-t twelve months hun dred* of thousand o( ev.iruee* irom Italy's bombed mdn i .1 cita- l.a\ IMitn ed into I; >n .• until tin n nient wa.- loreed 1" . alt tl..." "iii. those person.- wln'.-r hu.-iiii-- v.,. imperutive would I t :il'.<<wed : \ . a the oveteiowded city, and 1" r: . in •I'ly until then buttins- wa ■•:iili. ac'ed. Itomc'a ev.ict;a i iii •■: npki ;• • i• illation, however, i regarded mi almost iiisoluable problem. ae< •. i IIIK lo the S-.M -s Ti li'K:-'|»tia ^riir*. ueeau.-e their i.- literally n.. plate where they ean no. Nine Convicts Given Paroles KaleiRii. July Ja. (AIM 1°. K Hopkins, eon.. ! t 11 in I'aiianu- ill 11141 iii ii charge aeees.-oi y altti tit' liiel "I inurdei in coiinictn'ii with lilt death of Men llopkm.-. ln hiili-bmther, wn.- "tie ••! nine prison er.» paroled 1 >riav by C> tveinor Ml " .KhI >11. II ipkuis was sentenced to ei^iit to ten year.-. (it: t i's I ret tl wen : Lttiwond Lev >\ 'liiiii -. I'oin leted ai Kdfietombe in Mil.! I di;a«i> «i.« iiui! utitl ii'iiitnccc! i • ii ci '• • five y. us. Ualei^li I". (' . a. . e >m ielt ti ii RdKt'l"in :>e i:i l!l.;!« ••! ealiiat knowledge • I a lit .1.- der 1 t vi al s ol ngr tllld MtlltDtlli 1 ' ten y.Ni:--; .l. ini - lv ll.v. e a it it ii Dtlpliti in 1!MH ol nv '1 df.'.nt mtn.lei and -rntenet tl to 1J i. In years: and Daniel Kuril, e n\iti ti in llobes'-n in HMO "ii two ei Hint- ol lor^rlv and :-entei:eed to livt I' mk ti years. I.WIIOI Till FttHH Ibilrigh. .'uly :.*<• (AIM—Mugged mdiv iduiilism is rot dead. A Raleigh man douhie parked his car ti a downtown street. opened the door, Muck out hi- teet—and calmly proceeded tt have an urchtn fh:n? h;» jh.'ts *» hmkti p\ "'iiU ^ i.' Hundreds Of Italians Surrender Gorman Commanders Of iiaiian Forces Reporied Killed As Mutinies Spread Allied lir;-,i.|U;irt«'r> in North A i rica. ; • i iAI'i Amer ican irii !iijiiijr deeper into \\. >11'!'U ii- I central Sicily against Weakening axi- rcsist ance by Italians reported muti nying :i; .1,.;-. (.n rniaii officers. - IS:'!* - in the vital i#il-1.'.i... =ni i.i'n >d l'(l • • '■ • • :iiis tank cm. i i . . . , • < •. «t it May. Ail's i. • • '.v< •• within ;>r t ii\ i • ! • ventral Sic:l\ .. .»; v- :i mandinji man - at .iti/unds ea.st and u < : and p<>iiikIiiik at the iTate- ..t Catania prop of all eastern coast del en-.s. "tlicrcaif inau\ imlications of mutinies l>> it.ili.tii troops com inandcd l>\ (•erni.ri otiiccrs." and hundreds o; lt.ili.in> arc surrcn di-riim to American troop-, strik ing ithoud westward, tin- allied com m unique said. On the siiu'kv - i 'U red Catania pb bntisli eighth army advance HUiit(U> shattered a . e ies nuzi tank :.i-: e.l !i (le.<(JC. .ite de le. . e of thu great seaport. Wita several bnogvlivudi cstub* I..-:.eu i. lite netvvi rk •>: three r:\c.s <■ ,>....n. the Uri I..-M . • lidly held a line running from the sea da'oelton ot l;..::..... i :«•> . : e WiUl I; at least three miles i»l Cala tin. ::.i German i; ermg" regiment ami ii;.. ; i- i i. t t. •!> used with ini..:i'. v i*1*1 • tne eon tin.. ' ...id ulleied heavily. It V..- !« p-'. U li. 1 t > e\ e . my "I Lieu tenant Coin . . i l« org< S. Pal tun, Jr.. u...- • it in ■ - >: i'.iiernio, the le, <i .it ■ ! Sicily, ami i .. uie j>..:h Uiruugh t!u : , t . ,i • v lute ninun tei si ' :... !..i-i, iv.«is' anct " > Itid an . an mficiul itafe< nun" i Mutinies anions Die Italian units tril In (it'riii.in ol liters was one ol tl.f m.ivcst sijjns yet reported to ultini.itc axis collapse in Sicily. Si.nv Il.ihai! units already re l>«! tcdl> have killed < ii-i ni.in com ma udiis v. ho tried to prevent their surrender. ■ . i. M.ander of ■ ■I > ■ il.v - ii. has been i it ') n \ nal rnin .e (i. neial Por 'ii 1 ' >..ei. !<> Sicily .i i:eld ci'iumunder (ii i alii .. > y troops n^iii .ind ii'mored the defenses" of y <>i blishrd a! '•'! . ' ' bar the ■ i mighty ■ « - \« i s s.i id • Ki Sirait almost i ith army ;id Passern to the S A J. REORGANIZATION PLAN TO U. S. COURT Norf 'it;. V.,.. July 20 -(AP)—The 1 " '• ■ - N«..: 1 plan I l.i. d: .il; 1!k Scabmirct ' > ' " i'i V. S. fli ' < ' .i. >. railed lor a t i m three I'HiiniAiiinn plan placed with .. < •immttce (jf MM :.u is.Iii .... I mill attache . !() (he ■•!)]>• other I'liango '• 11v\«• ii t:t- fli iilt ,n(l final report* were m| i inoi nature, The l,f>'V I r-K .71 llli l l.in ..i rc,i. i:.iii/ati n i. iii i). !u id (ii'tubcr IK bcii.re .1 urlui I the, I; Wa.v of the s. district court i"i on*tcrti Vir --i.1" and Judge Alexander Akcrinaii t I lie M.ulhein 1-1 -nda federal dis 'lict court. OIRAI-n IN KNGI.AND. 1 .onrtr-n. .inly ;io (AP>— General Horn Oiraud. co-chairman of the French Committee <n National Lib ers- n arrived in C»-«a: Britain :o Aa-: . :r.
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