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TH1K11E1H YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 2,11)43 FUBU3HSk™nd™knoon FIVE CENTS COPY
Big Push For Sicily Is Opened
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Civilians Flee From Main Axis Cities
Mass Exodus
Of Italians
Beats Raids
Allied Radio Stations
Continue Warnings;
Italian Peace Stand
IL-1 11 iMot Clear
London, Auk* - — (AP) —
Hundreds of thousands of lt:d
ian civilians wore reported to
day ileeiiiK industrou center.-;
m italy. starting the mass exo
dus e\ en liel'ore Klyinjr Fort
resses liiasted at Naples Sunday
to resume aerial assault* because
Premier l'ietro UadoKlio's jjov
ernmcnt failed to answer de
mands Vol- surrender.
Dispatches ln<m Madrid sai.i
Itnin" advices indicated a flurry
of activity at the Vatican which
apparently was connected with
tome .sort of peace discussions,
hut there was no evidence that
Bailosiio had made auy move to
deliver a direct request for an
armistice.
The impression grew here that
nothing short of a direct reply would
satisfy the al'ios and that possible
attempts to put forth peace feelers
through iti'. intermediary would not
s'u-j Italy the pounding she has been
promised. 1
Hour after hour yesterday, allied I
radio stations dinned into Italian
ears the ominous warning of General I
Dwight L). Eisenhower that aerial .
death and destruction would be the
penalty ii Eadoglio's governn.vut
continued to harbor German so!- j
mors on Italian soil.
An immediate psychological effect
rn the populace was reported in
Swiss-Italian dispatches through
i'ein. whicn said that some 3,001,
OOti Italians already had lied the!
cili'-s.
Officially, however, the gov
emmcnt's position was no clear
er than it was when first formed
afler Benito Mussolnii was oust- |
cd as premier. . |
The Algiers radio reported that in i
rr.v Italian town marching women!
shouted "peace" and "set tree our j
prisoners." bill press reports au'l
broadcasts fr >m Itome eontinued to
criticize thc allies for lailing to of I'-'r
Italy "a place of horor" anions na
tions after fascism was ended.
' We want to negotiate but we
don't want to capitulate." was i!.e
tenor of Italian press and radio re-1
action.
Reports tl.at Badogiio's aim 'n
l-olding out was to win a form ol
neutrality which would renvw 1'aly
from the war but avoid an allied
occupation wore met with a barrage
of ridicule here. The press empha
sized that Italy will be used as an
allied base lor striking Germany
whether she surrenders or prefet
to be taken by force.
Nazis Guard
North Italy
Army Estimated
At 18 Divisions
Is Garrisoned
Below Brenner Pass
Madrid. Aug. 2.— (AIM —A
German army estimated at IK j
divisions garrisoned points in |
northern Italy today with up- I
parent confidence that if Alar- j
slial l'ietro Badoglio surrender
ed anything. he could surrender
only that part of Iialy lying
south of the I'o river line.
Nazi troops have been oil I he
move all during thc last week ot
shilly-shallying by the Badogliii j
government, according to ad- j
vices to Madrid.
Strong German units wore report- j
ed today to huvc c<«-uplcd the uppoi [
Ad (fie river valley both above and
below Trcnto. itself 70 miles south
of the Brenner Pass.
Italian divisions r.long the Dalma
tian coast were reported to have be
gun to concentrate at Zara and mov
ed toward the port of Fiumc. which
is now largely in German hands.
An Italian source said this move- >
ment left the future of Fiume in j
doubt. (However, Fiume is a logical I
center through which tr> funnel back
r
Peace Demonstration in Milan Square!
A litige throng of lt.»15:irs demonstrate for peace in I)
mass gathci iiiRs precipitated a revolt by Kalian troop
thousands of compatriots taking part in the parades f
London and then radioed t
ii»o MU-Mir. Milan. I! i> repotted that this and similar
stationed in the city when they refused to fire upon
ir peace. This photo was radioed from Switzerland to
i the 1'. S. (International.)
Liberators
Raid IPicesti
Biggest Low Level
Raid in Hirtory
Made Against
Rumanian l\l Fields
Cairo. Aug. 2—(AP>—An ar
mada »r 175 Liberator bombers
ol tin- I'. S. Ninth Air I'orce
flow a 2100-mile round lri|i yes
terday to dump :;00 tons ol' ex
plosives in a low level attack on
the IMoesti oil fields in ttiiinauia. i
one of the eliicf sources of the
axis fuel supply. I
Announcement of Ihc mid. do
scribed ;is the "biggest law-level
mass mid in history, was t.a'ie i«. ,
night by Maj. Gen. Lewis II. B/e-'
ret on. commander «>I the X nt'.i A:r]
Force.
A communique issued by i-ie Mid
dle K st Air Command txl v .-ml
that "211 of the liberators are reported
to have been shot down ov«v t:ic;
target area and a : umber lave not >
yet returned to base."
At least 15 enemy planes. includ
ing Messerschmilt 10!).s and 11«• - and
Kocke-Wulf 1 tills were e tied de
stroyed. the bulletin added. It do-1
scribed ciumv opposition over the1
t. rget area a: d on the retain jour-1
ney as heavy.
The Ploesti area. 35 aides north,
of Bucharest. Rumanian capital, .-up-j
plies about iino-third ol i.:i' a\:s oil
requirements and accord mh t > (Jen
era 1 Brercton has a d ii\ i>rnd;ietioii:
capacity of about ltt.tioo t >
BURMA JOINS WAR
AGAINST ALLIES
(Hv Tht? A--'ociate i Press)
The Tokyo radio said yesterday
that Japanese occupied Burma hail
' formally declared war ' .igai'.st the
United States and Britain.
The broadcast, which was recorded
by the Associated Pres.-, said a Is >
that Burma's independence had befn
formally recognized by the Japanese
govci nment and that Burin.de
fense would ; w pass from the Jap
■ i>es'» into the hands of live new
Stat.'.
'Hie broadcast said that Prime Min
ister Ha Maw had ii >titied fricvdly
governments ol Burma's indepen
dence.
Ha Maw. long a leader of anti
British factions in Burma, was once
sentenced to pri < :i bv the British.
SWISS FASCISTS BROKKN t'P
London. August 2—- (AP)—Swiss
radio broadcast sr.id today that Ital
ian fascists partv headquarters in
neutral Switzerland had bee i dis
solved and the headquarters, "the
house of fa-cism" closed and placed
under police guard.
into Italy Italian troops who ore be
ing withdrawn from Balkan occupa
tional assignments.)
Homeward movements of Italian
troops in northern Greece nnH Mon
tenegro. Serbia nnd Albani? nls?
\v«r« reported
Soviets Tighten
Pincers On Orel
Week's Sales
Of Leaf Total
$9,792,753
(Ry Tlv AsocinU-d Press)
T(il>;ui' • tanners in Georgia
and Florida, with nearly $10.
000,000 in then pockets from
the tirst luir days ot the I'.ICS
marketing reason, ,-wung i:.tn
ti e second week «>: sel'u.is !>'
day wiSn renewed optimism.
Totlll i!« - at tin- l.t Georgia
s.nd two H I >i: i.i market.n" cm
icrt were SU.7iKi.753, nearly ..
million dollar- niore than the
returns I mm tin- opening week
"I the I!)»2 .-•■ a.- in despite the
fact that tin- v. ar'- ottering:
were considerably lighter.
1 he war ti on administration
reported all tjitaii;ic-s i:i strung
demand, with average pi ices by
gtade.N miieh 1 ighci than last
year's opening quotations. The
nii rket .season start.-d off slow
becau-c ot later than usual cur
ing. but sales mounted d.'ilv
rntil !>y Friday they aggregated
22.2:i!»,_'.a2.» pound., at an average
e! 11."- cculs a pound. This
compa ■ ! v. ,tli I!»I:'."s lirst week
offerings ot 25.1 .VUiol, which
brought an average price ot 33.60
ccnts.
Navy Bombers
Pound Japs
At Munda
Allied llendqua 'it i:i t'ie S uith
wc:* Pacific. A a ~ (Al'i 'Navy
bnaibc'.. hacked away Sunday at'
.liij...111^0 barrio '■ mmandaig the
;>pr .!•}>«*- to M'inda.
Km-'t terl by Na. > and Army fight
e.I he boinoer. dropped 27 t 'ii.» *>'.
explosives on giai i-k.- i> > and sup
ply damp areas ai >im I the s'.ivngly
foi' 'I ic I centra! S ilmnnas auba.-i'
M my i>t the bomb- tell squarely on
th.e r target-.
I' was a light aM'icU. compared
with ether reein' r d- on Mumii
i- which the bom7> weight has bacn ]
a- high a> IW> ton*.
Kot he second c if so i»t i\ <• day
the communique I: ••!! General
I) <uglas MacArthur's headquarters
said nothing about h >\\ American
troops were doing around Munda.
Five barges were destroyed off
Cape Gloucester, New Tintair. nrt a
rrconnaissancc plane bombed Lie.
Xpw Guinea, with unrep'rted re
sults.
One Hundred Towns
Regained in Gains
Near Nazi Bastion;
Nazi Losses Mount
Moscow. Auk. 2.—(AD—lied
army troop*. lontiuuiuu tin- slow,
identic-s divestment of Hie
German defenses around Orel,
yesterday hurled the na/U nut
of 10(1 villages and lightened ll»e
pincci* threatening mat hase
with advances at live In seven
and a half miles, tin- Russians
reported today.
Soviet ti ■ >i>s opera ti 4 to the
i> • i *.! 1 iiiul r-'i'thwest ol ti.<• «•:*}• heat
o:; counter Hacks in a cii vc which
too . t(i \ ill.incs, leaving 3.0IM) Ger
man dea'l i"i the field and s nash
iivj . lunplri' • >1' ta- ks. mobile g .ns
and Ir.ick and lieavy aridity, a
c*.mt said.
Tii" spearhead opera'ng '.•> the
nor' .M'-i oi the city is iminj{ at
cutting the Orel-Bryansk r;ii!\vay.
leeUc: li e the Orel l»aso. Soviet
report in the la-t few days have
indicated I: ; the line is under fire
of Soviet t "77 cry.
Front line dispatches reported
the Russian air force Has ha
rassing toe iuv/is in an attempt
io prevent them from consoli
dating neu lines.
The K" iei idvunce 1> the south
ol Orel v •new'wit hainp"red by
numerous 1 leny mine field-, the
c minum q 1 reported. hut Soviet
engineer : - 1.•>-ts in one da . cle red
•I.IIO'I la: '1 . :ics from 2.'5 separate
ficlus.
C'ounle . " i:s in the .-eet'ir.- east
of Orel were repulsed with heavy
Genr. n ' • the war bulletin - iid,
and S >vii' ' »»»> advamed. caplnr
inu (| 1 intit !.■- of German \v r tnntc
rials.
The lie my. principally occu
pied on t ■ ee tral front where the
fall of O. <• - cm- t . be a matter of
days, met v. lit other successes in
sharp figi ' • • snutlnve-t •! Vorosh
ilovgrad 'i the Donets ha.«:n. the
coiuniuti • added. '
Rally Boosts
Stock Prices
New V \ur. 2.—(.\I•)- A rally
bi i'jhtcm I ' 'lay's slocu i-arkt't.
It <id- id conimodi'if- were
steady.
Am >n: bout snpporlcd st icks
writ fSe'w I Motors. ({•Hvtvcnr,
I'hcl" I' ■ and Great Northern
Back waul ies included Americ.ii',
T< !eph< •. — uidurd Oil ol N. .1 and
WEATHER
FOK NORTH CAROLINA
Continued moderate teinprra
turt tid'iv and toiiigiit. Scat
tered «hnwcrs and t'luiidcr
«torir« loni.chl and in net • or
tinr. (>'l-« ■
Nazis Speed
Evacuation
Of Berlin
All Non-Essential
Civilians Advised
to Leave Capital;
Schools Are Closed
Stockholm. Aiik. -—(AT) —
j Spurred by the stupendous air
! attack ; t n Hamburg. wnicn
lia\e left iliat once 'treat port
a heap of smoking rubble. Oer
nian authorities were reported
speeding the evacuation of all
non-es.-eiit ial civilians front Mer
lin today in fear that the city
may he next on the allied blitz
list.
Advices from the (Jermiin
capital said leaflets were hi■ i11v*"
circulated instructing w. men.
children and elderly people to
find homes with relatives out
side Berlin or g:o to special evac- I
nation areas prepared in east
ern Germany.
The instructions, these «liv
nalrhi*s declared, were issued
during a day of Iran lie prepara
tions as lifrlin papers warned
tlic population it must be pre
pared to meet bomb attacks on
a scale never before seen in the
capital.
A Berlin dispatch to Stockh lai's
Aftcnbladet reported that "near
panic" prevailed in the city and said
that Herliners were out early yester
day in parks, squares and yards
diRsinn trenches and preparing fam
ily air raid shvlters.
"All Germany i- now impressed
that .1 new phase '>1 the bomb w ».*
is at hand and that for the lirst
time a really seriou.- situation con
frov.ts most |>-.-i>ple at home." a Ber
lin correspondent of tiie Swedish
newspaper wrote.
He •; d thai all school.- had horn
clo-od in I»e:!in and that pupils wore
beinu i.wvd as rapidly a.-> p «s.~il»!c
to the e.. stern evacuation area
Mother- «»t" small children were
being u".' ii an opportunity t> ;.c
company th(. students the eorie
spondi ' .-aid.
I.e lie'.- told WntnVii net employed
in \\ • • work and elderly people tha'
"it i- n your own interest ' « y>
to le.-s threatened places.
Intangibles
Tax Exceeds
1942 Total
Kaleuh. Aug. <AP>—A total
ol 1.7 121!.!)!! in inta'.Kible lav
, \\. ill e'ed by the State Depa.l
incut •! lievenuc during the fiscal
i yeai e:idi*K .lime •>»».
I ('•■• •tier Mdwin Gill aid the
funds. |> •. t of which will be re
turned l ■ county and I >cal >: >vcrn
men' r. > were an increa.-e ol
SI I4.22n.23 over collections ii.ic
fiscal yea: cycling June Hit. 11112.
Alter a 1 per cent deducla>n to.
administrative purposes ha- occn
made, the ::i o will be divided with
75 per cent goinc to local govern
ment unit* and 25 per cent to tin
Stats.
Collect r..- by counti.'s. incl ded'
I Vance. $22,414.20: Grav. villi*. S8.
208.51: 1: ii. .Iin. .S:t.29i) 7 I: Warren.
£6.913 41: Pea Ho t. Sil.li 11.!)»: Cra
\ en. SH.'.iH2.7n: Painlic >. $171 <i-':
Martin. st!.21: llvde. $4).; 2i>.
Wa-hinat'-n. S1.2I1IS.I7: Kduecorav.'
S!5.25IMla W.l-oi . S22 27eK.V N
$20,026.H2: 1* It. »I9.648.UH: Wayi..
<.21.305.51: .loh lis ton. Sit.-172".'.
Nanip-on. $4.701..Iff: Duplin. $4,037
(M: l<enoit°. SI4.078.flft: Greene. s;t.
022.26: Robejiiin. $11,886.36:
Cotton Prices
30-40 Higher
New York. Aug. 2. (API Cotton
inline.- opened tinchanged tn 2n
I rent* a bale higher.
No «n prltw wore 3n to jo ctiI a
I1**!® hilncfi t I.I 10.10,
c«r. v ■'■' 12.7V ;.!?
Back in Key Post
ACCORDING to a Japanese broad
cast recorded by government mon
itors in New York, Prince Kunimaro
Konoyo has been named ach isor to
the Imperial Rule Assistance Asso
ciation. the totalitarian government
party. He was premier of Japan
before Tojo. Untcriiulional)
New Ricts
in Harlem
Four Negroes Dead;
195 Persons Injured;
Looting of Stores
Breaks Out Again
Now York. Auk. 2.—(API —
With lour Negroes dead and l!l.">
persons injured, including -to po
licemen alter a ninht of clashes,
iresn disorders lirouc oui in
Harlem today when Negroes set
lire to a" parked, unoccupid auto
mobile.
Flames s;. >t So foot int > the air
and smoke ro-e inn ieet. Fire de
partincut apparatus was called to
est aguih the blu/e.
Tilt.re was anothc" oiitoiv ot
1.>1 .11 •. Negroes -lie grocery
Mores. having entered through
broken windows, ci 11112 t> shelves
and tossed can? o! t .• I - nnd vegr
t hies ir.l 1 tile street '.'.acre other
Negroes waited. gi.iithed the cans
.i; d ran.
A white man v. . ng along Len
nox avenue near l!fii:i .c • w .s at
tacked by a crowd • Neu -e.-. The
two Negro soldiers. walking nearby,
r.i'i to the victim's J. • h-red tile
as,.ail.Hits to get away a::;! then es
corted the man t • safety in a sub
way station.
Siiecial policer en were placed ■ >:!
('. rv 0:1 subway t.-i.n- and t > .b
w y stations ••• the I terb< rough
.. .1 Independent file • 'lie s|ier:..'.
.•ui uay policeman pat-.- I nail was
pn-led ai every .-tairway leidmg t>
subway stations a I add.! oal men
were posted in the -t it ■ 11.
The new trouble c me v. thai an
ho i- alter May -:- 1 .1 Cuardi.. hai
{•one on the air (»r the fee >nd t m
and clled on t!ve "dec* nt. law-abid
ing citizens of Harlem" t > help euro
the wave of d'.s >rders.
kale-Nazi
Fights Grow
German Soldiers
Seek to Disarm
Italian sStationed
Outside Italy
l.cudon. Aim. '!—l.\P) — Kilter
clashes between German soldieis
on tlie Maud ol ( rele and Italian
troops whom thin solicit! to di<
ann. a"d growing friction be
tween a\K garrison- on tin main
land ol <»recce, h ei e reported
in dispatches 1 caching here yes
Ictda.v I rum ( ali o and Istanbul.
British Middle Ka 1 !••• .d<iuartci
s.iiii ye-tt rdav it had " rrevokublo
e\ d< ce" t a (»e!:* alt p'.ati to dis
:tn !ta'. in t■ tjj, ni t rete and to
ai .-est tli.' conimandi.ig ol I ccr and
slat;
S nit. Itai.ii '."o ps. the Hiitish
» 1 id. vi''' ' eked t:l • siir 1 v.d»i lig
the 1 wcapi 11s i'lid one unit which
rel :'I to obey was surrounded and
f led ip"ii. The di-patrh added that
!!ii Italian* "are standi g lirni "
Kr • 11 1st an' 'it] came .1 report that
fieri ot and Italian garrisons <»n the
Ciitck mainland were nt bayonet
points <il one Italian barracks which
the C.rvmars approached and tried
to take over.
haVen guard.* were -•"■'d to Vnve
,irel *o ho v. 1:;t ins'.:uc
1 !: ".'1 '•
Eighth Army
Makes Gains
At Catania
Allied Bombers Renew
Threatened Attacks
on Mainland; Ships
Bombard Harbors
Allied Headquarters ill North
Africa, Auk. 2.— t AIM—Ameri
can forces have captured Sail
SUiani) on llic north Sicilian
i i:ast. northern anchor of the axis
1-tna line, it was announced to
day.
An allied communique also
announced the fall of .Mistretta,
six miles south of San Stcfano.
H also made official the capture
ol Assoro. Nissoria and Nicosia.
'I tie war bulletin said steady
proxuss was reported in all sec
tors of Sicily, despite strung
enemy enunlcr attacks.
Ten thousand prisoners fell
into American hands with the
capture <1 .Mistretta.
in iters in North
- ( AI') —The
rnv ha iaimcli
.ii^r push
d 'iv'ii.'i' lines
smith <>i' ( ati.nia. ami the French
and (It nr.au radios admitted
that tin- I'ritish had gained im
portant new positions near the
city.
Allied bombers renewed the
aerial war upon ilie mainland
i»f Italy yesterday, carrying out
the threat of Saturday's ulti
matum. and blasted the dock
area of Naples and the nearby
airfield of Capodichino. allied
headquarters announced today.
Warships bombarded two har
hois in southern Italy and
American troops slashing into
the northern end of the axis
line in Sicily swept up nine key
towns and possibly turned the
German right flank.
Until target ; 1 ea.« .it Naples a-.d
('apodiri: v.<< < o 'wi-li' covered by
:.u; tile headquarters
eoniiii in!<|ue -".iT«• 11. and eight axis
nlnnc- were : t fh'\v!i :i aerial bat
tles.
(Tlif It ! i high command ad
mitted • i-. i- It i i>!c (i iiiauc" and
listed ton por n* killed and 63 in
jured at NupKs. 1; -aid five allied
rairii i> were shot d iwn.t
Other < i ;>' oies r. nged ahead
uf tie ; •' . . Mil gvo 111(1 troops III
Sir ly. wit >i.n:i i<.mi; hers liani
nieri g tin' ••••■it of Mila//.i. used to
bring i i a\ ei!it< rcenients. and
other |»1..;s h t!ie vital com
rntini it • - ri'ti'.t . - i l A(li ano and
Randa.'-' '■><• d:.;inis!iing axis
bride head.
ATed ..... ;> v. er 1-" again carried
the war t . the Italian mainland,
with warsh - bombard ma the port
f V;.i" V..'.e:it. i Mai i:ia. nn the
seiittj s;de 1: e (I If of San Ell
v: i .">ii ni V> n.n t least ol Messina,
i l-iivay n'.idge across the river
01.\ '2- ■■ <■ the north. and the
t Ci-i'toiie. >ii the Ionian
<e t . tin • i-t. These actions
v. i • car i' (i ■ t from Saturday
I '.-Ml thiol:; e.ii'lv Sunday.
NORTH CAROLINA'S
POPULATION DROPS
\V.. h'ngt<>ii. A J. J-(AIM—Due
to the w ir. North Carolina's civilian
population dccrca-cd from 3.562,592
on Ap 1 1. nun. to .'UOI.194 on
Ma;ill 1 U»i:t. th" census bureau
est a ted tod .v The drop was liiR,
39ft. or 4 4 per rent.
The decrease for the coip'try as
a w( le was 3.000.000. or 2.4 per
rent. The inere .-e in the size of the
aimed f«rrr# ■ > outstripped the nat
ural inc eit«V i population that there
we t- ir. March 1. l!U:s. only about
l2II.2tHi.iKHI pel's m n ei\ :1 life as
i i • i;».ilc'l w 'ii about Kl 1.300.000 on
April 1. 1!' 10.
Three Persons
Die Violently
CharMtc. Aug. 2 — (AP)- At least
three pel's >iis died by \ e lence in
X<:tb Carol • a this week-end.
iVwe.v I. it/. 21. ol Whitnel. died
in a hospital ol iti.fii; ie~ suffered in
an antomobih* accident near Lenoir.
Gordon Buck. i'0. a timber cutter,
was injured fatally when struck by
a tailing tree near Whitevilte.
Calvin C. .tones. 18. of Goldsboro.
wpc killed when an oil tanker truck
in vV>j<~s l-r iv-<- •> n.. a-H m
o'.it'iv j'.e c VI:".er'i V.v