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HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 2», 1948
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Croals And Slovenes In Revolt
INVADERS TAKE FOUR SICILIAN TOWNS
BjSCUITS WIN OVER SICILY KIDS
A COUPLE OF BRITISH TOMMIES use a little Allied diplomacy in Pala/./olo,
Sicily. Soon after they helped rapture the town, they shanvl their
biscuit rations with many ol the youngsters The smiling faces attest
to the winning ways of the quick-thinUing soldiers (International)
Soviet Column Advances
From South Toward Oral
Outer Defensee
Battered Down;
Thirty Villages
Regained in Drive
Moscow, July 29.—(AI*)—The
Russian column advancing upon
Orel from the south drove over
the bodies of 1.500 Germans yes- j
tcrday to force that claw of the
giant pincers tighter about the
vital city and keep pace with the
northern and eastern onslaughts,
the Russians said today.
Front-lino dispatches indicated
that the masses of Hod nrniy troops
nnd tanks, in gor.oral . dvance.s of
fron> two and n half to four miles,
now had battered down the Germans'
outer hedgehog defense system.-;
and were storming the enemy
bastion's strongest defenses.
Stanovoy Kolodcts. railway station
11 miles southeast of Ore!, fell ti>
the Hussions yesterday, a communi(|iie
said.
Altogether, the Russians said
they overran 30 occupied places,
left more than 2.500 dead upon
the field ;i'id knocked put .29
German tanks yesterday in the
Orel sector alone.
The Russr. n communique said that
Soviet forces had maintained their
steady pressure against the Germans
in the Belgorod region of the upper
Donets river, in the Donets basin
and on the northern Ueningrad front
where it reported a heavy artillery
barrage h d demolished blockhouses
and ilenced t : emy gunners.
(Hitler's high c mnua (I declared
all enemy attempts of a breakthrough
in the Orel sector were repulsed
yesterday, and 'hat Hill lied
army tanks were knocked out along
the whole front.)
Leaf Prices
Drop Below
Opening Mark
(By The Associated Press)
1'riccs tor most grades of flue
cured tobacco on Georgia and
l-'lordia markets yesterday dropped
to an average of one cent a
pound under Tuesday's opening,
the war tood administration reported.
Offerings were of slightly
lowered <iuallty.
Gross sales at the 15 Georgia and
two Florida markets on opening day
totaled pounds, at an average
of 42.74 certs per pound.
Most .>f the leal brought between
33 and 45 cents a pound Wednesday.
On most markets the volume was
light. Several markets sold out before
noon. Sales averaged slighHy
above the OPA ceiling of 41 cents
a pound.
Three warehouses in Waycross
cleared their floors of a total of
250,000 pournls Wednesday. The
high was 50 cents nnd the low 20.
(Continued on Page Four)
Benito Marks
60th Birthday
Born. July 29.— (Al't—Ticnito
Mussolini, tlic mail who always
wanted to live dangerously,
marked his liOth hirtlida> today,
apparently a prisoner oi the sov•
cicn lie dominated for "Ml years.
There was no rrleliralion of
the event in Italy.
Mussolini s wnercanouis are
still a mystery, lie had variously
been reported a tuxitive in
Spain, a prisoner sonvwliere in
northern Italy, in a villa near
Rome or in Koine Itself.
(Madrid heard yesterday that
lie had been transferred for his
own safety from a village near
Koine to the royal villa on the
Gulf of Genoa.)
Sicilian City
Is Captured
London. July J!i—(AIM—'Ilii Oc
in«in radio reported tot!;.;.- tli.it it
avis fores had abandoned N1
Sicily, about seven and onc-ha
nulls in>i <ti of fallen Leon forte.
The capture of Linn forte was in
n.'iirced only today by allied hc«i<
(|ua:ters i;i north Africa.
The Germiin radio report, lio.it
in n broadcast recorded by thv A
sociaied Press, was atlniniled to I!
International Information Biireat>.
propaganda agency used for Tilii
reports to which the official r.e\
docs not lend its name immediate!
Axis Forces
Stubbornly
I
Canadians Smash
Into Road Junction
! of Leonforce, Eight
IViiles Fmrn Enna
i Allivd Headquarters in North
Africa. July 29— (Al'l- ,\»ied
J forte, in S'rily ir»*v have taken
| 75,000 pri\(ii:cvs. a;»;>roximat.-l.v
] (liree-fonrths .if Ciein raptured
by the Americans.
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa, luiv •*!»—(AP)—American
and Canadian troops, pushiiiK
steadily into northeastern
; Su lly one! r rajrinjr aerial supj
port, have e:r»tur«d i'o'sr more
towns, including the vital central
road junction of I .eon forte,
j and have inflicted heavy casualties
on stubbornly retreating
axis forces, the allies announced
jtoday.
Canadian columns smashed
1 tlicir way into Lconforte. cijihl
irrlrs northeast of Enna. in fierce
fichline while the American
seventh army, poiim'tnir e:>stj
ward down the coast from I'ai
I le*mo. raptured the towns of
L ' I'ollina. C'astelbuono and Ganci.
With the occupation of I'- l'in-i
" representing :i nn*.'-day advane" <>l
j :>hout eight miles from the p'>r! oi
Cefalu, which was taken the i>«'evioi.s
day. the American armorer!
.-warhead had reached a point >i.I\
T."> miles from Mnwina, jumpi u >fi
I ni. cr> for axis forces defending lilt
| island.
| Cnstelbiionn and Gangi arc inli ne
j towns, on an approximate line oe
I Iwoen Pollinn and Lennforte. 'tnc
! announcement of their fall disclosec
; '.hut the American-Canadian eastward
push was a cordinated. ('■ vo
i tailing advance that the enemy wa
j powerless to .<t-»j>.
! Today's brief allied communi<|Uc
lulling of the ".steady progress" ol
til's drive m;idv» no mention n>' 'in
i fighting around Catania, souIIkti
archor of the axis Ml. Etna def* • •
j lino, where the British eighth a
i has been stalled against the enen ;'
j stubborn defenses f »r nearly a un .,
RESCUERS REACH
TRAPPED MINER'
Bridgeville, Pa..—(AP)—Resceor
attemptnig to re.icli six millers 'rap
ped in the Ollel Coal Co. mine !>.'
a flash flood reported today the;
had made contact with the men a
the mouth of the mine.
The trapped miners were shouting
for help, rescuers said. While el
forts to each them continued, t':x
| Hcd Cross set up an cmvrgencv lies
pital ard ambulances and physician
" I wore wiiting.
Earlier, an attempt to reach tin
'• i men failed been use not enough wa
i tor had l>ccn pumped out to pvrnii
^ I entrance of a raft.
! |» Dir. IN STOK.M
Houston. Texas, .luly 21).—(AP) f';
Thirteen persons were reported de i
s"; today, scores were injured and prop
|C' crty <1 mage -oared 1" around $10.
a (100.000 after the Texas Gulf Coa.i"
from Houston to Port Arthur wa
,\i battered by a raging tropical hurr'i
y. car.e.
Eisenhower Broadcasts Terms
j For Honorable Italian Peac€
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa. July 'J!*.— (Al't—General
Dv.isrht I). I'.iscnhowcr (old the
Italian people in a broadcast
mc Misc today tliat the prcMiicc
of German troops in Italy is the
only obstacle to an honorable
peace.
The American commander of t
lie:! force- promised that the hi
dreds of thous.v ds of Italian pinners
now held by the Allies win
be relumed '<> their homes provid
all Allied prisoners now in Mali
hands were restored safely and i
taken away i to CJerm ny.
Ite said (hat tile Italians wouli
have immediate peace uiidei
"the honorable conditions wlilcl
our Governments have alreadj
offered yon." and pledged tha
(he occupation would be "mlh
and bcneficient as In Sicily."
, "Your men will return to th
normal life, productive avocation
he said . "The ancient liberties j
| traditions of your country will be n
I t-'ored."
General Riser hower brought ot
1 these five points:
I I. Only the Germans in l(;ily ai
!, blocking i>e ce.
; "J. Cessation of hostilities is poss
i,l>le immediately under honorab
kl- terms.
n- 3. Disconiinua.-ce of assistance h
s- the Miliums t<« German iinned foici
let -is a prerequisite to peace
i'd' 4. A pledge 1 hiit 11 .itiiifi \v r pri>
in oners w II be relumed if Allied prii
ot <<incrs in 11<iIi<in hands also are r<
I 4ur:ied.
I 5. If hostilities cense, the libertli
I and traditions of Italy will be r<
stored.
I "We commend the Italian peop
; rfind the house of S voy for rlddit
I I themselves of Mussolini, the mi
! who involved them in the war as
pir! tool of Hitler and brouaht them
s," I 'the verge of disaster," General Ei
nd enhmir iaid.
Twenty Persons
Believed Killed
In Airliner Crash
Legendary Air Ace
1 COL. EDWARD J. TIMBERIAKE, JR.,
| of San Antonio, Tex., is the comj
mantling officer of a bombardment
group known as "Ted's Flying Circus."
The unit has fought in four
theatres, American Gulf, European,
North Africa and Middle East. It
has traveled 3-1.000 miles, dropped
about 2,000.000 lbs. of bombs and
! downed 30 planes. (International)
Allies Raid
Jap Shipping
Bombf Set Fire to
Jap Destroyer and
Transport; 13 Planes
Are Downed
Allied Headquarters in the
Southwest Pacific, July "J!t—
(AIM—Allied aircraft and surI'acc
units ripped into Japanese
shipping in the southwest I'a1
c.lic yesterday, setting fire to a
destroyer and a transport, scoring
near misses on a small
freighter and destroying 13
barges.
llvavy bombers, summoned by ;
rc-conn lijf .iu c plane. dropped heav;
• cxplc.sivc .-quarely on the destrove
and transuovt off Cape Glonce-tei
New Pritiiin. Both ships were let
burring i.vrcvlv. The two vessel
' had a cov< i "f l ighter planes*, bu
there w.i.- n report that they ;• t
tempted ill' reption.
Aerial K.' iTing of the Mund;
' New Genu air base arva. con
tinned. I 'y-seven tons of bomb
i were dn>||e:l on enemy entrenel'
ments and n positions. The com
7 mnnifn'«• fi'• Ger.eral Douglas Mat
'! Arthur's liei.dquartcrs said nothin
of the R!"'.;'id activity at Mtmd;
" bill a s|> kisinan. when <|uestiopei
replied thi n were no new report
* American i fighters Tuc.-da.
were within -.100 yards of the ail
drome.
Fascist Body
Is Dissolved
London 'nly 2if—("AI')—Tt liv
''j chamber ' fa-ei and corpora'i >'
I hrg hvcii dissolved by order of Pit
c | miere M ■ >hal Pietro llarioi-.
Kovcrnn < 'bp Itoiiie radio : i
' | lictltu'i d today.
0 I The "'i- of fasei and coij»>r.
t tiony In . tlu- place of !lti 1 li
;v ehamb'i drntilics after 'bat !•'
" | vcar-' M I' "i-'atiw agenev was <b.>
1 s,.) ...| n , ■ ber 14. 103B.
"I 1) \-•:i- made up of th. 150 m«w
l>er< of ' ■<• tionaj fasrK' »■ u"'< i
beaded I'enilo Mussolin a- eh',
,. of g' vei'tv ' ot. arrd aOO menibe"s <
£ Ihv nil' i.il council of corpi'io,i
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA,
o I Conti"""'' warm today and lo*
>-1 niclit. S^'Ker^d f hi'mlprshowei :•
v.?:t rn*H Jills ?f(ern:;n:i.
American Airlines
Plane Fails and Burns
Near Trammel, Ky.;
Two Persons Survive
IJowlinjr Green, Ky., Jttiy 21)
J —(A1 *)—An American AirI
l:n< s |iliiiu' t it route I'rcni Louis|
vili«* l i Nashville cr«i<l»"d anil
formed ;ii Trammel. Ky.. 2"
miles southeast of here, las:
nijrlit and first reports :;a!d
persons were killed.
Two severely injured person
were in a hospital here.
'riu- crash occurred about
J 10::»0 )>. m. |('\VT) in a remote
i section of Allen county near
I 'lie Kentucky Tennessee border.
Firsl word of the crash ramc
when First Liculncanl Glen *V.
I Felluws. attached to Love Firld,
I Tex., who was a passenger on
the plane, stumbled to the door
of a farmhouse three-quarters
of a mile from the scene &nd
summoned help. Farmers in the
neighborhood took Fellows ind
another passenger. S. K. Hoffman.
II. of Williamsport. I'a.. to
a I5o\\ lion Clreen hospital.
Hoffman told hospital attend
that the p'.nne was flying throng!)
unfavorable weather and there vas
no indication of any trouble rmii
the huge ship .-truck the ground.
Hoffman and Lieutenant F'-.'.owwere
thrown clear of the plane and
apparently were the only s;w
City Patrolman William A I.ylc.
who was on duty near the h voitnl
where the two injured men were
brought, talked with J. M. Claypoo!.
of Trammel, one of the farmev- who
helped bring the two men to Bowling
Green, and quoted Claypo. 1
frying that when he fir-t heard tl;
plane i- appeared to be flying ?|um?
high ;:iid then "it sudticny starte:
| coming down with a mighty roar."
Allen County Sheriff L. V Wil
i liam- - lid ih'> plane bit a field intS
i plowed along on the ground f.v i
quarte) of a mile. The she. ::! s i
ten budi's were visible in the wrer
age 1 >:11 no effort would be nnd.to
ren ■ 'V.' them until after ..n :
quest this morning by the o r • i;
Coffee Freed
, Of Rationing
. i Wahington. July 29.— (AP> I'm I
i<U-tiI l. i—in t'lt announced I.ist i: u \
i '.lie end i>l coffee rationing ct
\ ilians I a probable '•!>< re c .11
. si.gar allotments. He attribute.! tin;
move- ' > a vast ineTcasc n a».iil!
able shipping space and greater mic
ft'.-- i:i I n- war ga:n>t U h>. 1-.
s: "( >ih t'ligifolc result «( ar grea
_ | increase 1. merchant s!ippnig—
which will be gnod news ! ■ .ilian
. I at home > that tonight we- a.e abie
, to terminate the rationing • >: c :
"" , fee." lie -aid in his broach-..-' nv>:i
' to the nation. "We also e\pet". tli 1
'I within . short time we sha'i -a".
' greatly creased allowance's <>!
' ; sugai."
He warned that while v.v ' ive
been lo.-mg fewer ships and tkvtrovers
to L'-boats for sevoi-il 11 onins.
1 "we must not lower our gu. rd for
i one single instant."
Babson Discus:
: As Investment
By Itor.KIt \V. BAUSON
GloUccslcr, Mdm.i July 2!).—I ant
spending fe»v days here tn tin
{treat fishing ecler. In l.u-'. I hi:
.writ ng this I'olutnu in the Imiim
where I ua- born at 5H Middle
Street. "I annual visit- :
much to mt'. H ey »"t oniy enable
ine to rerrw old acquaintances. but
1 learn much from noting tin
change- (.1 lite' past filly \< .1- I#• 1
tit:' sunny and the d rk suie\- >1 tin
'' business and social cycles are so c v:
*• \lt Hi if -in- del city.
Avoid Doing as Others On
It was only a few years ago t'vr
:lte Gloucester city father.- iclt tnai
the fishing business was "gone I";
good": and that their future prosperity
would depend upon the tour
:<t ; nrl summer htmnrs . TMnv
H Wl?) the fish t'.'. v :• tp 1
Grandma in WAC
MOTHER OF SIX children and grandmother
of six more, Mrs. Margaret
Conklin of Susanville, Cal.. polishes
licr shoes on arrival with a
WAC contingent in England. Wcr
oldest child is a daughter. 27. and
her youngest, a son. a U. S. Army
sergeant. (/mcrnaiisneil)
Bulgarian
Crisis Near
Bulgaria May Be
First Axis Satellite
To Break Away If
Italy Surrenders
isiuniiui. july —(Art—.A
serious Bulgarian crisis appears
t<» l>c developing as a result of
Krnitii .Mussolini's downfall and
there are indications that 1 »ti I garia
may he the iirst Haitian
satellite to break awa\ from the
axis if Italy surrenders,
fitllgaria's posit >> . . n.l ".:;»t '.inotaer
Balkan |ihai r- t > i les-ct* cx•ent.
is reputed : ■ !}..• <•
rapidly since the I'.' m uphc.u.!.
A:i iminediale e.ilinp i fiermanv's
i inior partners hud ;•••«-:i considered
1 ly a remote p s- I'll tv :>e!'.>rc this
v. i ck.
News from the In;liratc
thai the people 'he e :.e!ie\e Italy
i> finished.
l!.i!gai ia. one Cie: .imii\ :n ■
... ored lesser I!.i s. now hoid:- ..!i
Yugoslavia and pa.'! 't ciiv... .
Macedonia. a.vl ail Italia calla|MC
would affect hoi re (puekly and
i:. >re ftirectly than any «••' or oi t!.e
e .' tern European na. ons i the (ie:ni.n
camp.
ri:»> form i I> il'4..ri.ri collapse
. gilt take nccrt II. fur it i?.
passible that King Boris, faced with
iiva >:i and defeat. :ght ittenipl
to .■ c.'t a pop uplu vul. wiiich
I hably would i >st him his throne,
by discarding the Philov govern nenl
.<!..i ;11.-1;111 i g i:nit':ie;- instructed t"
nge peace.
The situation is regarded m so
; .is-., Imwev.v. 'n..! .. relatively
in« dent iuiit be sul'la-ient to
touch off rcv v oion
MO!Si: SUITS
Now York. Jul* 211.—(AP>—
I'll tt .1 St te- sllip.Vill'dl hsivc
r i-i 1.11H! :ntnvi:int vi- s»v> sinei
Pear J llurbor. or mora Ihuu existed
M the en ,\ ■ < : ic,m i|;:n iliot ;ii
! Ihe outbruik (it -.v; :• iii Kuropc ir
1 !•»!». J. Lew;.- Lueke ouch. picsident
<>t the- A:nene;ui Bureau ol
1 Sli ,ij>:tig disclo. cd tod.iy.
ses Mortgages
Securities
t:tJJ tit .i iill-t itii' high wi'n gre.i
profits i'» ill! engnged therein: wlilli
nuitiy of lite «immer hotel uii
ivi-cl iiiid e >ttiige- cm be rentei
for si .-"iic. Yet tin brctsu* ore u
fun, he liithing >s .i fine <<ml tn
h.i -el- r< ;i- oeji'iiiftll a- evei
Ceil il>. tin- lie ;<te..l sur.ime
t<» \ it O'oiioc iw Mini hit rc
' io get both re.-t and i.'l':i;
tiini.
I':iit- n it ehiiiue in the l>. •' -t
"i in i- remind;- nie "f one :>T th
ni:in% wise thi « whieh my fiithe
t;-ert 'ii -iiy: "The wheels of bu.-i
ne.-- find inve.-lmcnt- ;ne ">ntimi:ill
i irnin?!. A few poison? havt tti
c'lii* ro ti set or the wheel whe
prire- arc nt the hrt'oni and to g<
o'f when nt the top. Most peop!
(v'lin imicv' on Pi£p Five)
Axis Troops
Are Rushed
To Istria
Demonstrators
Demaiyi Separation
of Istrian Sector
From Italian Rule
ISern, July 29—(Ai*)—Italian
a:id German troops were
rushed to Fiume and Trieste,
where Croats and Slovenes
were d( mon-Uratinjr for separation
of the Istrian peninsula
from Italy, and the situation in
other eastern sections of the
kinjrdi;m was de-cribed as tense.
Swiss newspaper dispatches
told of the crisis in Istria, soil
which Italy annexed rem Austro-llumrary
after World War
I. It juts into the Adriatic sea
between !t:ily and the Croatian
coast.
Th|. Rtii:t TavAacht said
('mats :■•'«! .. who numl»ci
on Hi • acjir.sula.
were ir.- iu-io:i of
Isliia ii: a Miul'i Slav ••tit*.. Ailditicr.al
t I.mi -s Ik I .vki. Ijw'sts
and ua.i-.... isi» v.c.'c reported
ts Prr:r.ier I!2ctrn
slrassl d tc rratn'.ala order ar.d
save the cc-antiy from chaos.
v.'iw ih.- .Swiss border
said that hundreds o: persons hart
been killed ir. widespread riots and
thi-t ten-ion was growing hourly.
Thv :: :li-fascis" outbreaks, paralleled
by loaded peace demonstrations.
occurred in wi'leiy -vparated
citie- despite Premier Badoglio's
-tern orders to t!n» atmv to lire into
groups <•! molt* th in th;ee persors.
Badoglio :<s-timed control of the
government :>ve days ago in fha
hop,, of org. living and stabilizing a
new authoritarian re?: me. advices
irom Rome indicated, bat the na|
tlor wide ciem- nut ration; for peace,
the rioting and lighting. slrikvs in
Italy"* most important war and industrial
factories c >mbincd with increased
political agitatior. apparently
I have brought the country to tho
verge n incipient civ ! war.
Tiie i-i i- - in Italy's internal affairs
have reached the stage where
even a -p »«e m;.n tcr the Rerlin
foreign : i-t. r p rted'y admitted
! the p •. I. •• :jty . : a new government
! in IJ..1. V be' re th" i ad of th, week.
' Berlin politic ,! circles went so far
as t' iv." limit C" ■ >\\ !' nee Umber
tn a^ a rallying point around
. which a ne1 regime \v< uld be «st up.
Stock Market
Again Rallies
Xmv York. .Inly :!»—(AP)—Slocks
I rallied ttit iill'l" today.
i Bond- ri'i a"d .grams were
I .-ilri'Mf! :ii the ccininndity division.
Among issues advancing were
jCSoodycar. <; •odrirh. Chryslvr, MontBon
i ry Ward. Senr< lloebuck, American
'IVIr|i!io".e. Western Union,
DouaUi.- Aircralt and Standard Oil
I of X. .1.
Fortresses
Shower Bombs
Near Berlin
London. July —(AD —
Boldly defy inn Hitler's failing
air strength, swarms of American
Flying Fortresses flew unescorted
and in broad daylight
yesterday lo within SO miles of
Berlin to smash the na/.i aircraft
pln.it at Oschersleben.
Kiisscl. sit<- ot >i l»ig Fockv-Wulf
. assembly |>l:mt about "Jon miles
. I southwest oi Hi'il n. also was bat|,
lived by t':i(. biu American bombers.
; I which were reported to have shot
• I down upwards of (in na/.i Jo'.hters
.i attempting to beat thV'in off, the
•; Americans losing U3 K'mbcis during
the round 'rip of more than 1.00(1
miles, the communi<|ue said. One
! illi--I fi'.'htei' plane also was lost.
The Oscherslobcn raid was the
; j dit-pcst American d. v light thrust of
r the war into Grcinany.
Indicating that the round-thei
clock bombings had extended into
e last right, the Berlin radio reported
ii earlv todav that British planes had
t made scattered "nuisance raids" on
c n^rthwes'^rn Germany during the
Th*re was r.o imrr.ediatc
i renflT.;4..; i.