^ Hg^tHon
THIRTIETH YEAR IiJ?1^SEl> wikb hbkvicb of ~ —
T,IB *hm>k.-iatbu 1-KE.sa. HENDERSON, N. C.,
Haihj Htspafdj ^
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 18, 1943 PUBU811bbxdc1b%b8ku^daaftteknoon FIVE CENTS COPY
War's Worst Blow
To Jap Air Force
Is Dealt At Wewak
Jap Concentration
of 225 Planes Caught
On Ground And 170
.Destroyed, Damaged
Allied Headquarters in Jit'1
Southwest Pacific, Auk. 18—'
(AI * >—The Japanese air force ■
was dealt its most humiliating j
defeat- of the war Tuesday at I
Wewak, New Guinea, where]
225 of its planes were caught j
r.n the ground by allied bomb- ,
era, 120 destroyed, 50 severely j
damaged and an estimated
1,500 air personnel killed.
Only srven of the cncinv j
planes even got into the air and
three were shot down. Out of I
feme 200 planes in the raiding <
party, only three were lost.
This slaRcerinsr blow, vir
tually stripping the enemy of his I
air strongt'i in eentral New !
Guinea, was d?alt by 10.000
honibs dropped from liberators.
Flyini Fortresses, Mitchells and
Bostons.
"Numeric lly. (he optjosi 'g foitt;
were about equal in strength but ;
one wis in the air and the o'.her
was not." Grn ral Douglas MacAr
thur cornmenetd jubilantly.
"Nothing is s'> helpless as a plane
on the ground."
"I". was th'J opening battle for air
supremacy over central New Gui
nea." said Major General E. C.
Whitehead, commander of the ad
vanced echeli-" of allied air I'.vrces
in the southwest Pacific.
Tlw surprise was complete and
devastating.
Allied reconnaissance planes h;td
detected the Japanese massing the
greatest forces of planes they had
e\Dr a.'FeiYiblcd in the Wewak area.
Obviously, the enemy intended to
make some surprise move in sup
port of Japanese jungle troop< now
falling back slowly before Ameri
cans and Australian- near Salainaui.
Nipponese' air base 35(1 miles down
the New Guinea coast from Wewak.
The surprise worked the other
way.
Curfew Laws
Held Invalid
Ill the Sir '.Valid lintel.
Daily Dlstiaten Bureau.
By l.VN.V KIKBET
IJaleiuh, Aug. IK. The current
niiinia for getting towns in adopi
curfew law fur youngster w-i.
given n blow l*y Atlorney General
llarry TVit-IM111l;ui Wednesday. !n one
of .1 batch nl opinions released for
publication. tin* atlorin y kcihm .i1 had
rule;) "A immi<-ip;ililv luis no ;»•:»'n»i —
ity t-i adopt ;• ii ordinance re<|tiiri.ie
f'll children under l(i years <i agi
lo lie «>rr the sireets l>v ten oVIm'k,
p. in., unless 011 a lawful mis-inn u
errand under Hie direction of then
parent.; or guardians."
The particular ruling was given to
rover a specific in<|iiirv. and Ilie at
tuney general, like the siiprcnu
c.uirt. doesn't volunteer additional
inform.ition. However, it is clear that
the general rule will block many
(Continued on Page Two.)
AS1IEVII.LE 3IAN SHOOTS
DOWN TWO JAP PLANES
Somewhere in New Guinea. Aug.
18.—(Delayed)—Capt. Harry Drown
rf Amarillo, Tex., got three enemy j
planes today southwest of Lne and |
wits high scorer in a formation of j
1'. S, fighters thai shot down 12 and
possibly two more of an enemy
flight of 25.
Others who scored included Lieu
tenant Wcnigc of Asheville, N. C..
I wo.
Girl Charged
With Murders
Covington. K.v.. Aug. IB.—(AIM
Sixteen-year-old Jo Ann Kiger was
charged in a warrant today wits
murder in the fatal shooting early
Tuesday of her father. Vice IVlayoi
Carl C. Kiger, -19. and her yminge t
brother, Jerry, six. The warrant was
signed by Sheriff Jacob P. William*
' I adjoining Boone county, whcie the
thooting occurred.
Sawyer Smith, attorney, retainrrt
h.v relatives to defend the girl, told
ih wsrnctt that "if she is guilty i f thix.
she needs medical at'cntiui. if she
is innocent, it is ciurl to keep her in
detention."
Kiger and his son di"d amid a
fusilade of bullets as they slept in
their summer home southwe-t of thi
northern Kentucky cilv. Mrs. Jennie
Kiger, 4!). Kiger's wife, was wounden
during the tragic climax to the cou
ple's 24th wedding anniversary, ob
served Monday.
Mrs. Kiger is c.infinod under police
guard in a Covington hospital. She
Was ihot through 'he right hip.
Life Is Such Fun
EVcfJ in those days of s.'io.: Mg
headlines and wars of nir\'fs, !l- I
month-old Duke Dunne Alien of
Cheyenne, Wyo., s??ms 10 have
the formula for co:itcnt;n:-'i. lie
bathos at a Cheyenne bc:ir\i i, \-i !
laughs at liJa. ilntsriui.j.ijl) !
Nazi Cities
Research Center
At Peenernuende Hit
In Strong Attack
42 Planes Missing
London, Auk. 18—(AIM—RAF
heavy bombers made a strong
attack <:n the German it-search
and development establishment
ol' lYrnraiiiende, 'jt) miles nortsi
east cf Stettin, last night while
Mosquito raidi'rs attacked ob
jectives in Berlin, the air min
istry announced today.
The attack on the largest and n>".<(
important cslablishmcr.. <>t i. kind '
in Germany was carried nut in ninon- !
light almo-t as bright a.-, day.
Forty-one bombers and one tighter
were reported missing !;••!■: the
night's opciali'ms, which, :n a(!mli"ii
I') raids on IVcncutticiidc .md I: ii.i.
included in'iudi'i attacks "it n .i.t
wc-t Cci m .iiy. Krnnee aiut ' i.",\
CvttnlritK by lighter *<|iiadi
The night raids loliow* i wide
s|)ie;:d daylight -..n!t • i.\ -
ican Flying K.irtn . ss-:. \. I>•• i-.i't.-.
ed two important •.ire.ail tact u.v.
di tp in Gcriiii'iiy >v tenl. y. in.-.i
guarating daylight ill itaisi-- '-Al; !: .•
. nullle uoiiibiug.
It was the 11 ret at tack mi "etiie
111■ it'llf 11•. which i- "li <•« ! !): iy i1
tic ci»ast opposite ISeitgc ' land
•ib' ti' -•> milt it' l l!.i Svine
niicnde.
The J'eem inlieiule plant i 1 till
center nl llr highest tyj.t w t,in
developing aircral. i nii-•-1- « i H»!• ,
i.nd ai'iiiaini'iil. !
The iillarl; w.i in the cl ■ ' ly o>- i
•mimuted pattern «»l the allied ;• • ■ j
of fen ive winch I «>k Ainnican r'ly
ing Korlris I i n'licr \ital lac-|
lories at Schw einflli I an i lit ^en -
burg yesterday.
Price Dispute
Affects Labor
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
I)all> Dispatch Bureau,
By I.YNn \iSBF7
Kaleigh. Aug. IX.—One unfortunate
result ni t!u controversy between
Carolina tobacco farmers and Of'A
on reasonable allowance i.i ceiling
pr ce for ihe work involved in grad
ing a-id lying tobacco is it- effect on
the labor mobil/ala>n program.
liar;' Caldwell. state farm nia-.
powei eoinmissinner. and his organ
i/.ali'in had lent dively adopted a
plan whereby a\ a.table I bor could
be used oa warehouse floors and als.i
to harvest In id ci -ps. Kffeclivcnoss
of the pmn depe ded upon orderly
! planninu "I t ■!>.u < •> -ale.-, plans in
which warehousemen ■'"« buyers
were cooperating When the squabble
I over price ceili i;- beg ii. farmer*
I slowed up lob.-1ceo sales, with re
sult that f tnges'ion i- expected latei
when tin lab'tr i- most urgently
needed I >r f«»<■<! crop harvest. Tin
governors special farm labor coin
mission had urged earl er opening ol
the ware'-" -es so "hat t >bacco selling
could be gotten "ill of i!ie way Thai
plan h s been largely sp illed by th«
natural rel ictance of Carolina far
(Continued cn P.13-' Tw >.)
Nazis Mount
New Attacks
At Kharkov
Red Lines Hold Firm
Against Powerful
Counter Offensive
Al T wo Points
Moscow, Auk. IS—(A1')—
The (leiman command lias
mounted powerful counter at
tack.- with troops, tanks ami
planes at two points on iho
Kharkov front, hut Russian
lines held firm, battle front dis
patches 'eported ;oda.v.
Seekii'jr an opening for :i
counter offensive, the Hermans
struck at a settlement wot of
Kharkov held i»y .he Red iirmy,
and along the water tine .v ," e
'.he Russians maintained
hridirehead on ihe west hank,
the dispatches said.
The fourth 'utile f«>- Khar
kov—which has Ihtii taken once
hy Ihe rrniy and tu ire by
the < c mans—became a tirj of
hit for the initiative.
T>' o ether Stiiss'an drive« in
I «• Biyansk »itl Snas Dcincnsk
>c t'»:s to the north also met
toiejher KiiinR.
R.ittlc rep rt fi'! m the Khark i\
?< ct< r s: id tie l.cd army wliicii
ha- forged a v n around tli •
t'lsrni i- n <• iv :i '!ii tluve fides
h:*d ivpulsed the nazi counter ai
l ticks ;;nrJ imj. \ d its t wn j><
:i' n• at nic point .
The Genua! weie report d t >
have :ic!on1 -d new tactics. lull ng
thv direction .r the counter blows
Ircciuently. pp hing t< i' soft .-|) >ts in
the Russian !i es. This indicate.I
:hry were preparing t<> go «>ver from
the defensive to a full flede.i d c-mil
ter offensive il they could lind an
• pening.
Pu-hed had: within IS miles of
the central fn nt bastion of Bry- ,
an-k. the Germans likewise were]
using reserves of tanks and piar.es
in stubborn delense there.
Vandenberg
To Offer Bill
For Soldiers
Washington, Aur. lil. — (Al*) —
•.\(it(|uaie" social security laws will !
be .-otiylil tor the veterans of this
"..ar.
'I hat i.- the no,11 announced toil y|
by Senalo;- Vandenberg, Republican :
il Michigan, wii > .said lie w >11 let
move rapidly v.lun Congress rerun-|
.•eiica next i : nth I > separate tile i
•III III Kol.io. ■: -«-«-i 11 I • legl lali'-n j
.'ion: the ovi .ill -tdijeci ol er:.(il •- !
1.: grave gen. i. 1 pi >tce i >n pro\ idt .il
:'l a hill iiltl'o i 4-1 'I I "st .HltV* liyj
Senator Wejaie . De.nocr::' of New
»'ork.
ViindenberR d< :iaicd to discuss in
di iail Ihe 'hapc I measure would
l:l.e, it lli iv.' il v. .1:1 ilifler if at all
lli in the social ecurity Icgislatim
■.•.chanced bv Wagner anil urged by
I're-idcnl l.oosevi t. hut said "I am
,n i oared to say tl.at il will be ade
quate."
"As for the rest ol Ihe program,
which conte-nplates .-it iriiy by go\ -
eminent action from the cradle I >
the grave. Vandeiibrrg added. I
ague'th.a' cei tain e.\p n-i >n> in ihe
social security act ai> indiSpensilde
as a part of our p ist-.var economy."
"Pipe I)omii"
Washington. Aug. !!'• (AT')—Sen
ator Vandenberg (|{-Mich) said to
day that soft pedaling political de
bate until the Kail of Mill as sug
gested by James K I lyres, W: r llo
bili/alinn Director, is all right with
him it the Democrat- will get Vice
I President Wallace to "pipe down in
, his program of disunity speeches."
Eisenhower Sets Axis Losses
iln Sicily at 167,000 Troops
Alix'rt llt;adc|iiaii< i 111 North \i
J licit. Ana. 1(1 — (AP) — Genera!
' I)wii;ht I) Kis.-nh 'ivit announced
' todav lli.il axis Ins.-. in the Sicilian
campaign up t<> Augu-t 1" totaled
; 157killed, wc.imde I and pris
' ar ers.
'1'iic commander in i iiicf said G't
lii" . ln-.-c- while (•!•<.' !»U the S'nit
(it Mi ;-ina. across wli eh allied gii is
booifcd ti day in a (I -I with heavy
iixis ha'tari:"-. probably never would
be '.nown.
' He estimaSifl thai tic nay.; com
manders had between "a.iiiin and 78.
(100 tr<> ps on the island of which
lit least 30.000 were I in t count
ing the number drow.cd ai the evac
nation.
The enemy's lo <c.-s i:> tanks de
stroyed or captured up to August
lo \\:tc given as 2flo.
I Allio'i casualties loi ■ h" entire Si
i cilt n < .-:rr i. n tin • UStd st
2iS.00(l p
hiiid.
The in
,"l02 Cllt'll
CJip'med
Axis pi
pix tint
1.491 fo
•illit's fr<
The* u>
f liilcivir
hsiltle <>(
•Tl, ■
Would fii
the Tl
Europe
promise
tbnl not
thvir .• •
"The
within «'•••
severe fir
vine1
n* • r
t Geiiersil Kisvnhowei
report snid .it le.i.-t
y :i- de-t royid .>r
XuguM lo.
- hit.' more Hum
•• sillied losso-. !>i nu
i \is 1<> 2IV lor trie
ti •' i .v 1 to Alien. ! IV
•lid i i si |>. r|i iretl
• ing thv end oi tin
S '■
v's proud I. i i t !i
■i "ie sillied toicef i t
ever he nvt thVm i"
>i t" he lis empty si
■ CJerinsin pe"ple ■'
«i.e bomb w<> Irl lull
on
sirmios linve twin
few mnn'h. inlii'.'ted
"ii the m-rnllrri 'it
Allied Artillery On Sicily
Duels With Axis Batteries
As Planes Attack Mainland
THEY BELIEVE IN SIGNS
./ MESSINA
THE SIGN IN THE BACKGROUND points out the road to victory to Lieut. Gen. George Patton, fighting
leadci of American troops in Sicily, as he chats with I.ieut. Col. Lyle \V. Bernard near Brolo, on the road
to Messina. Col. Bernard had an important role in the landings behind enemy lines on the north cast.
This is an oflidal U. S. Army Signal Corps Radiophuto. (Iiitcmatiouul)
Anti-Strike Roosevelt Joins
Law hi Force Quebec War Talks
Drartic Policy
To Force Compliance
With WLB Orders
Placed in Effect
llo\
IV.!:
Washington. Auir. 18.—(AIM —
Drastic policy to I'wcc cmn
piiancc v. lilt war labor In.aid de
cisions liv iniions and employ
ci.-. alike was placid in i !ic;i to
tia.v h> I'M-siocnl lloos. r rll.
V. i!h:l:a\\ al »l a union's mi.
li actual li 'Ui;. and priviHv.i •> i>
ttUl ..-rived—i:r w ilniioldiiir ot
I'..laiiti.-s aiitl war cimtrac: Ironi
i n.ij'.oyc: s.
It t|; .i.In.mi-: j-jit i. it n..-;
|a II !;/.■• tall I II.-. In] I'^ll . ill;
I:: 1M VVl.li dici-l'ii. .11
p'^vcis Ii:i\ L. been acted
I c ca-es.
1 !. 1 )>1:: 1 i.-l 111;«_-nt t"i tini.iii.'
, I'lnr I)low 111 the |>'icl;i t
a ; 1 tho.-e h;i\ 111;: >hc
•1 :1 til dues ciilliji l lull.
mil 1. 1I1 jirivi1.! hi due.
1.1 1 • 'ue;-.-' |i;iy ci;veii.|ic
C'Hii! u.alice.
I. I'lar ivi1 ;ii mice. i>
the Cor»n.il!y-S:iutii
ii<' White ilotisi
I. 1 ter t 1 William I i.
. !.i 1 ;iiul an *\i euli\ e
liv; st;il>i!i/.it 1 hi I )i
]. Vinson t" pmccvd
:;.nt> a- reported !"
.■id.
nmcdiatelv a:<se a
W1.1S w >111(1 ciK .1 ihn
1 hi lite Lniie.l Mini
a- United Si iii t»,'V
riled by the V.I.I!
i ion and ni.mai;'. 111
to dale.
th
again
lilt
I.s a p:o.-pt ci
•jiiiik. ..t .1 ••
■In ck- .'
H.cy u..
akin '.
pennm;; <■•
'the 1- in
er.1111ciat. it :
s»nti->triive
made |an
Davis o! '
order em;
rector Kr<
against : 1
hint by I)
Specula!
to whelhei
L. Lew i>,
wi>rkei>,
sum Co.. i'
the prineii
non-comp!
War Output
At High Mark
L' iidon. Ans. li>.—(AP)— Wii •
prodllrtioii i>v the Ullili'd S•:11 • • -
find the I'.riti h C'omiiionwo.iiiii
is Ix-I vmtii I wo :! 11<I three times
the to!;il output mI l!io iixis )».\v
ci>. Ministei ul Prodlleti :i
Olivi l.viii Iti.n said t«day.
H|:i .iKimv. .<' ■ l iMciUMm Isi-ti -
iliU Krir .lo!iii.~t« n. picuieiil • :
tin- I'! illllie "I C'ollnlUMW • '
'1 he i niled S ates. Lvtlt lion -
clariii lii;.t I'.iiI.iiii .ciiic.cd ii
prorilii■:i ii rali* tI iron mi :-i ,•
iny ahotii pir cent ul hei a -
piitv l'riii-1 Ihf I'nited State
.fol.ii.-t.iii i■ iIti member* ul i
I.i ii i ii t'liaiaber ul ft.inn • e ■
that Aiut iicaii loeall.-m the . <• i
■ I In. linn y hi I' Ii >me to\ •
hoifi., till' jierin of a s mildly •/.. -
i'd world hull'.
Allied Planes
Slash at Japs
In Burma Area
Now i'ill.1. . \ 11 o. 1<!. i \ • *» -
Sli'ikinu .l.ip. iu'm- nislallat
.Mciktil i ■ i i i i .\ ti pping :•
fitllf ol W i.i!•::i. I'nited si..
MIL'ditllll . . I I f Ii V lj. Illl'l'.
done "extensive dniiuigt" lo ineniy
transport : hi in the Ultima ana.
Hie ttinlh . force announced t <ria.v.
M Mr. . ... yesterday, B-2T> M t
cr.ell me(!;l. hombtis (lamaue.l 1 • i«■
...ilioad j-li.ii <it. rolling stitcK. t
..nd a rai'. '.ul 1
Heavy b.-rs ; t'sirlu d en y
"hinping ii 11 <• Rull • hi Munii v
B-24 Liberators It'll two ir,
in a "yink-tm e unlit; n." Km rou
home, tin v lanylt'd v. illi >i\ cut n y
liiililois a H i lull' ill tv.o «, !in■:•
ably destroyed. Ail i . s. plant
liii lied Kan' > ■
RAF Hca i nihti i > und Hut
•ii > o\ 11 'in I iiwadd.v. Maya.
Kaiad.n and Kvw»nu liver ... > r.
lit.una vc: lei«l:i\ (I.ii' ..irc I 41 t m i >
v,,|)|i|y In.at .i ll'iii^ii coi niiiii mi
(I t .(lay. I'■ addition the lltUll
'mhlt - bin?led ■ li oil >i i':•!;<' I ail;
i..ai Kanlil;. leaving it m ll.mr.
VC4IHEH
fOI! NORTH CAROI.IN \
>lo»lci alrlv rnol this nftrr
noon. tovlnlit and Tlmr-d.iy
ferriionn. with sl!slttl\ lower !»•"•
pel iltirrn t and ecnt'.il |»or
;i ■< :n: , 'tl.
Historic Conference
Expected to Last
Another Week; FDR
Gets Warm Welcome
Quebec. Auk. IH —(AIM —
President KoosevHt ami I'rinic
Minister Churchill. surrounded
li.v lhr highest military leader,-,
el their nations. p.aaiM'd today
into the task of m.i|>i'ias the
next strategical moves t<: eom
Ite'i the uncavditinnal surrender
«>l tlie axis powers at the ear
lit r-t possible moment.
v i:... hMnric cutilfi crice in u..
i!.. it- v in' indicate .11.- that '
;i uivk l<> coniplelv the new
war pu'.tern mid place the final
p <it appnn ill oil pi ,11- dr..\Vtl
,i,i l.v talis nt military evpeits ii
light «•! recent allied victories.
Mr. Rr.<wcvelt. I;,,; ivurlt t;:.
iri fanndi 11 si <■. e •. il i :>cr. -
t. which iilmost ec tiiiitly \v:ll
result in ilcppi ^ up tie Wiir i:1
I ill pc ■ lift She K. . Ka-t a ew
!« p e iino in ' Washington
!; 1:«• yesterd; y to |>c "irt'ted by h -
!'i ' 1 11illra::;a s (I Canadian
II • Mf among cheering tinni
• ■ '! through the i| 1a nt. winding
s'lltrts ui the city ttie parade
a . v.l t the citad'l II' 1>: el «if—
!i.-. I v.. Imntittft eeremontis. the
(il" t '(I tlie eWni u t" e!a\ it nil
- ' v dinner guest. with Church'll
and Pi M nistei M ickenzie K-ng
. Cfnndti. ol tin* Karl • AthlonV.
l'• in ir general i f the dominion.
lint tbeiv wore n" s u ial . moni
t 1 - 11 the war c<' fc.etice sched
ule i -day.
All through Inst night, a.- for many
■ I v- bclnre. liiiht- hla/cd ;im.v:(
II 1 rroto and lowers of the Cha
; 1 FY ntetiae. v. hi iv lite highest
rtmk'ng mililnry. naval nnd air eomJ
1 ■!.!• .. I'.: *■; 111 a'ld th(. l:ipted
S . and I'k ii- lei nie 1 sliif ■
' !i- i <•:! new K ie pi nt aeti •
ii'j.rnit t'e.- .'.ready mined by bil
let defevls in Africa. Sicily, lxiissi.
and Ii." Piie ' e
.1APS l>(> NOT Si t'l'l V H 1.1,
I ISTS Ol H %R PRISONER!
' London. Aug. iT. «At»>. Dwpiti
-■ t11 ■ Japanese h \ e 11 »' slip
pi ui full IMs ■! Tie prisoner# o
war and civ li.r s ' iev hold, ani
cl\ ' his (i-iim M.i ay 1. S njMpuri
U >tig Kong d elsewhere have no
i * been acciemtel (nr. (••'verntnc-.
0! I :e a!s s,ud !'•:! J
'i :n -ail every el furl is hem
n a it- 1 • learn the fate • »t the |>rw
; 1 in .-. biti the Japanese have n<
C vctt 1>I» ■•'. 1 • 'se he'd al iill cam|:
and d I ■ nt open a p" t il service tir
| t.l .1 n I. HM3. tth-mgh they ha
p.vtmi-ed it ff»r a year earlier.
,\ plane rnrryitii mail from pri.<
etK'.-- f war he'd by the .Tanane;
, - i in F::e ftld ultnoit all tli
1 •• -t r> <v»s dutrtysH.
Battle for Sicily
Finished 'Ahead of
Schedule ; Warm-Up
For Invarion Starts
Allied 11«■;!<l<11u»i t«.•!"- ill North
Africa. Aujr. IS—( AI')—Allied
v"ins lioiiDnti in •( duel with
heavy axis batteries across the
Messina Strait today in a warm
tip i-jruinst ihf Kuropcan fort
ress.
The battle for Sicily had been
finished "ahead of schedule,"
allied headquarters said, with
the occupation < I Messina yes
terday.
Mjwd formations of allied
« ur pl.i ••(>> already were carry
ins 111- war t:* ill • ! alian main
luml in pursuit ut the discom
fited lee, s'rinijiii'i a trail of
Iximliv Ion:: Mghwa^s and
riruls and chewing till troop
cart y in: trc.iiis an J trii-ks with
mat-'iiiif M il and caiMion lire.
'I li he i ■ t > ■ 1! • .<• -t . k> were
speai ed Sit l)ulli|u;!iii Freight yards
- iM:i oi Nuple . ;■ : etworl; it high
ways at Castrovillare near Salerno
••i.ilia i t Naplc . . i .• bridge at
Xnjjit'ila.
St< l>:.dly : <• road* on
lie y i i■ ol Italy
:!i;• i 'i (■ 'vying lt»
tno\ •.■•• • • v.i.-nt n irth
wanl . .. . eoa -1
and : wd" •■. |i tus til < nee ft*
tenm."•(' i i '
Tiny : . I ■ ?... . \e--els «»f
var -lis !. . o . m d -3
OtllCi s.
Tu.niu, i'l ;; new I.ill:: ranga
direi'liiin. 1*1;. in;; Fortresses yes
terday Mnaslied at southern
France for the Iir«-1 time, dump
iin: great loads of fragmentation
bundle anions t">(t parked Ger
man planes at litres le Tube
and Salon near Marseille and
breaking up hangars and admin
istiatio'.i buildings.
The official report .-aid "heavy
damage" was done. 'l'v. u Fortresses
were lost.
The allied c> mmand \|liich had
counted > m •• struggle liwlint pos
i':»ly 90 day* was confronted yes
terday, after 38 days, with the task
•f rounding up Isolated German and
Italian soldiers deep in the Sicilian
hills and preparing lo" the next
.ihase.
The-e -tr: > pri- >r.ers were strag
gling n wiili \i: .-!u>wirg any iign.i
of resistance.
Axis coastal artillery has been
pounding incessently at Messina
and .idj uiie\e: iiu'e Hie
Ameriean. i i' t< d tin ii nccupa
;it>ii liefi'lV 7 l. y. 'irday.
*1 i!t. ,\ in ■ ii li\ sion had
neen lully < ' '• - ' d tiiere for
three r - t'< iin- I.:st British
] i< ii .its Ii tic t!i .-mured bri
gade ..t t> c I ■ ' 1 ' •■'lb army ar
is'.'d al I'• •
wii.MiNf; rov MIIJIICI!
AWAItDI 1> SIIA Kit ST AH
Allied Ui-.i i«i • i <• - Southwest
Pacific. Aug. i:' Lt. CJen. George
(' Kimhu'.v. r i 111; Allied Air
Forces in the southwest Pacific,
awarded silvw stars today to 11
' men bers ul the crew ni a bomber
wh:i:i louuht . .: < « V. t .1 panose
Zero planes Man i 30 while shadow
nu .1 enemy . >n\ y
The ••itatinn mid the bomber, on
;.ii • ei .nil. inre near New lln
tai'i island. i-ighted the convoy and
I'n ir deM: • ye:.id • >ed 'lie position
<it the e:;i :n :• n<t .-tood i>v to
guide boniljers flying in t»the alt ck.
Those decorated Included S Si;;.
Frank M. Mortiio • Wilmar. Ark.;
2nd 1.'. IJ >• i n e y S Thompson of
Monticello. At nd Sat. Stanley
l". Weaver ot \Vil.".ington, N. C. t
State Imports
Much Milk
In lltr Sir Wp.ilrr Hotel.
Dally Dispatch Korean,
«>• l.VNN \ IS RET
Halexh. A i; i<". Report <»i Ihe
dairv (1;\ s .>ii i.i 1 e State Depart
] men «'i Agriculture show* that for
the ' -a! ve . i nd« d .1 ne .">o. Xnrtn
Ciirolm r ed (i • i other slates
2.PI)li.3U3 r.allon*. mi... About half
ul tiiiv .nilk cm(i.e. t a New York.
' with I'enn.-vh > ia. Maryland and
Tennessee beam tin thcr main sour
ce.". Imp..: lat.nti* reached peak i.i
March whei Kalian- were
' received f: «m outside.
!:i adilit 'ii t• i thai imported from
' other states Tar Heel farmer# told
1 nearly w > aid .i half t me- ;i.> much
milk laid yeat an they - >'.fl f Hir years
• alto. Whole ni!U old I • :uiy njj plants
■ Jt.mpod fr«mi in(».flaa.3.i4 pounds iti
103SI to "J 11.11 :>.!»! 7 pound* in 19-12.
> At the same time whole milk sold for
fluid consumption wc 1 from (II,
1 307,000 pounds |.> 111.17.1.nil pounds.
FV>r the ,-amc period icc cream pro
- duction increased from 3.B43.000
c pounds to 8.722.000 pounds in the
c1
(Crntir.ut'd rn f— Two )