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THIRTIETH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1943 pubus1hck™ndaTknuon FIVE CENTS COPY
SEA-AIR FORCE ATTACKS MARCUS ISLAND
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Reds Smash Nazi Defenses
Long Front
Feels Force
Of Offensive
German Fortifications
From Taganrog on South
to Smolensk in North
Crumble Before Reds
London, Sept. 1—(AIM—The
DNK Gcnnun news agency reported
today another German
retreat tin the eastern Ironl in
the lionets basin area southwest
of Voroshilovgrad. The dispatch
was broadcast by the Berlin radio
and recorded l>y the Associated
1'ress.
Moscow, Sept. 1—(AP)—The
Rod army was hearing down
heavily upon the southern sector
of the German eastern front
today, smashing to bits ihe
remnants of the fortifications
which the nazi army has held
for two consecutive winters
along a GOO-mile front which
stretches from Taganrog to
Smolensk.
Marcus island is 1,200 miles
southeast o!' Tokyo and !)00
miles northwest ol Wake island
on a line with Tokyo.
The action is llic first against
this cnemy-lield outpost guard-*
iiifr vital Japanese positions in
the central Pacific since March
4, 1942.
There was no indication in
either the Tokyo statement or
the Navy disclosure here to
show whether the action was
limited to Marcus island or
whether American forces had
struck simultaneously at other
points.
New York, Sept. I—(AP)—A Japanese
broadcast declared that U. S.
warships and "m;my planes" attacked
installations on Marcus island
at dawn today.
A Japanese coinmunhpic broadcast
liy Tokyo and recorded by the
federal communications commission,
declared that "many enemy planes
raided Minaniitou Shi ma (Marcus)
at dawn today, and the enemy shelled
the land by naval guns."
The broadcast warned that the
island is close to Tokyo and "the
enemy could have raided the mainland
ir he wanted to. so the people
of Japan must further solidity the
defense against the enemy."
Marcus island was occupied by tlie
Japanese in I!!!)!).
The island is about one and onehalf
miles loin; and two-thirds of a
mile wide and is the easternmost
of (lie Japanese Itonin group, 3.0(10
miles west of Honolulu.
Plane Output
Below Goal
WPB Discloses Failure
to Meet Production
Schedule for July;
7,373 Planes Produced
Washington. Sept. I—(AI*>—
.Inly aircraft production was 12
per cent behind schedule, a war
production board spokesman disclosed
today, despite .Monday's
announcement that plane output
was 4 per cent above June, with
a total of 7.37.'! aircraft produced.
As a result of the summer sluni|i
some WI'M officials have concluded
that this year's $(>5.(i0(>.ooo.ooo overall
armed production goal will n«>
br met.
Top officials > fontly as-crtcd thai
lite coal still can he achieved, buI
<|tialificd observers within the agon
cy reckon that S <>2.000,000,000 i:
closer to the attainable.
Cooler weather and th,. end ol
the summer vacation period are expected
to have an accelerating effect
Army ammunition did not gnii
at all in .Tidy: signal equipment wen I
up 17 per cent: and the aircraf
/tain of 'I per cent was tempered bj
the disclosure that this still was fat
under the scheduled output.
WEATHER
FOIl NOKTII CAROI.INA.
Continued warm this afternoon,
tonight and Thursday
i lorenoon,
TWENTY ZEROS THEIR SCORE
THROOCII THESE rwHTALSj
PASS THE HOTTEST
PILOTS IN THE WORLD :
Authenticity is given lite sign above the entrance of a Southwest
Pacific air base "home" by Maj. Edward CrasK- Cos fob. Conn., who
has downed cicht .lap planes, and C'apt. George S. Welch, Wilmington,
Del., who shot down 12. Signal Corps Kadiophoto. (International)
Patterson Promises
Surprise' For Japs
World War II
In Fifth Year
London, Sept. 1—(A!')—World
War II entered its fifth yeur
today, with the United Nations
everywhere on thL. march and
the dream of Adolf Hitler and
axis satellites of world domination
slowly but surely disintegrating.
It was just lour years ago
that the then mighty (<< man
military machine began history's
most catastrophic contact by attacking
Poland. It took j:i,■ nazis
only II! days to eon<|ucr most 1
o! the country, Warsaw alone ]
holding out until September
l'olaud d.-appearcd in: the \
map. divided between •;:<• third
reich and itussia, winch had
moved in to recover what slu*
claimed was originally liussian
territory.
In 11)2 days more thi.- most
terrible of all wars will have
lasted as long as the fi:.»t World
War and today's headlines blazon
the upward surge ■ l the
United Nations against the axi<.
The nazis are on the run in
Hussia. Germany i.-, treu •! ny under
mighty aerial blow -. Italy is
facing catastrophe and American
forces are on the inarch in the
Pacific, i - 3
State's Land
Mostly Unfit
For Cropping
Raleigh. Sept. 1—(AP)—Of II.000.000
acre.- in North Carolina
which surveys show arc suitable for
cropping, only 1,5110,000 can be
fanned safely without conservation
iiieasurcs, II. II. Bennett, chief of the
U. S. soil conservation service, .said
tdoay.
Bennett. speaking before soil consen
lion district supervisors at their
state ineeitug. said the other 9.500.000
acres, which are mostly in crops
now. need a well-planned combination
of conservation practices and
' uses '•> protect them from erosion
and to increase Oleic production.
He said that North Carolina farmers
were not using their land in
such a way as I" brinij about the
highest production. To make the
most eftirient use "I their land, lie
said, farmers need to retire more
than 000.000 acre- and convert them
to trees and gra<s "because this land
cannot produce enough to pay off
for the seed, material and labor that
are usually expended on it."
On 3"o farms where complete soil
conservation practices have been
carried out. Bennett said, an inereasc
of 127 per cent in cattle. 92 per
cent more hogs and 61 per cent more
poultry were reported.
Statement Is Made
as Dispatches State
•laps Have Pulled Back
New Guinea Air Bases
(By The Associated Press)
War I'lulerscerctary Robert I*.
I'atlerson. on tour in tlx- South
seas battle /.one. declare:! today
that "there will he more surprises
before very Ion?" tor .lapan,
and amid this hint of new
blows in the offing, dispatches j
from allied headquarters said the
Japanese air force bad been so
badly mauled in New (iuinei
that its reinforcement bases were
being pulled back.
Allied lo.'i-enjoined bombers, striking
without <'|>|><>.sitiott. dropped !•more
tons of explosives 0:1 the Japanese
inrdi'i me at Wewak, New
Guinea. and destroyed upwards •!
:!"> Japanese planes on the ground -making
a total of more than :tt;o
enemy aircrai". smashed at Wewal;
alont. since i- .d-Augllst. A head(|iiarters
spola-.-nian said -J7 other
Japanese plane were shot down in
the Solomons islands in August.
Latest reports Inim the New Guinea
lighting liont said American
and Au.-tralian troops surged forward
in limited advances on the
fringes of the big Japanese air base
at Salumaua. after previou ly having
been thrown lack slightly by
frenzied Japanese counter attacks.
In the Solomons. American troops
who landed at Arundel island, just
west 'i enu(|iiered New Georgia, advanced
without oppo tion t' ward a
poin' where artillery can easily .-hell
the 10.(tli0-man Japanese garrison at
Vila on Koloinbangara island.
Detective
Kills Rapist
Trying Escape
I Now Orleans, Sept. 1—(AP)—A
I police detective today shot jinT
killed the confessed rapist who had
| been 1 wie'e woumlcd yesterday ;il
] the |>■ >1 it*t' showup here by a Coasi
Guard lieutenant <onimander whose
1:11If daughter had pointed him oui
with cries of "'I'll. t's the man."
The (lead man i.- William Stevens
.'U>. Alio confessed. police said, t(
at least five assaults upon yount
Kills enticed to h s car with the
promised of a ride and candy ant
then threatened with a Unite. IP
was living to escape, fiic detectivi
re|>ortcd.
i Steve: , was kill* I hy a hullo
fired i"'o his chest b\ Defective ,f<>
1 soph Vigurie after lie had beet
moved from the .seventh prccine
police station to b|. tahen to the d<
tcctive headquarters lor fnrthe
(|iie«Honing.
I Vigurie said Stevens was sho
! while resisting and lighting ofri
cers.
| Chief "I Detective^ .John .f. Grose1
i said he had left word late yesterda;
i (Continued on Pa£e Four)
Danish King
Encourages
His People
Brief Message Spoken
to Crowd of Danes
Ignoring Nazi Ban
Against Assemblies
'Stockholm, Scp.t 1 — (AT) —
Encouraging words from popular
Kiiij? Christian X today
heartened the Danish people
who have refused to crack under
a German military dictatorship
enforced, eye witnesses said, liy
merciless .street executions.
Kefutfecs wliii niadr a darin:;
flight to Sweden through ua/.i
patrols dcclari i! i!i-\ had seen
German mechanized trin-tis pour
volleys ol' machine -{un Sire into
groups of Danes waiting on safely
-/.one platforms fur street ears.
Three Danes v. ho I .niched and
jokeil when (•erinau i.oidiers
marched by wire shut (o death
without a word of wariittnf. eye
witnesses added.
Drastic measure ivi'iv onie-ed i>y
General Hermann voa !ia.i:e.-Kcrt.
military dictator. ie>'":i .1 "Mate
ei 110 :.,a!cy" '» <• .'inn whLii
revolted .inst • ■ .cvpatio'i and
« ;•« ,-abot igmg Ci- .1 " troop Kiip1
:c> and ; 'ills pi'- <i .ct • 1.
In the littl" town <>: l.vngby near
Si rgcnlri c.i.-tle, .acre Kiiik C'hristian
and Queen Alexandria are held,
a th<>o.»a: (I Dane ignored the na/.i j
pro.iibitii M against assemblies I 1
elwer their (: ng and queen.
King C hri.-' mi's words to the g.itlierir.g
were b. ef—• I am happy to
heai the Dani-a language still spoken
in my country: continue with
that." They were significant, however.
for the Danes who apparently
interpreted them as approval of
thei stout-hearted resistance ag.iinsl
overwhelming odds. Vet there was
nothing 11 the king's remarks against
which the ( . mails could protest.
Synthetics
Improved
Washington, Sept. I.— (,\i' > Kuhber
Diniciiir William M. Ji ffcr.- am
todav that the all-synthetic tires on
wiiiii milii'iiis o| inoton ' v.ill be
lolling next year will come close to
pie-v. ir wearability.
Siniild i! Income possible to lilt
the ::;>-milo an hour speed limit. Jeffer.»
1 'Id eporiers. drivers could tin
"at none; 1 . peeds" on synlhetie 1 asings
will' lit tear of lire failure, lie
didn't del an normal speeds.
Inciea-ed i.nniliarity of tiic makers
win the new material and constant
n > ueh improvement, .leltei ;|
said, will put synthetic about <»n •> '
par with nude rubber for mileage. <
Kepov' that the war-born tires
would have i" be bundled along as
covered igon speeds were disuii. -ed
as "piuiu lujoey."
PRICE PAID FOR VICTORY AT VIRU
STANDING AROUND A CEMETERY in Viru Harbor, New Georgia, U. S.
Marines listen to a salute given tlicir dead buddies. An American lluf*
waves over the graves, marked with small white crosses, as a bugler at
the right stands ready to blow taps. (International Sonnd^lwto)
Flying Fortresses
Raid Pisa In Italy
Pope Pius
Urges Peace
Before 1944
London. Sept. 1—(AP)—Pope
I'iii.s XII i. lii-il u|n>ii tlie world's
leaders tudiiy to roach "a just
peace." e.'.j.:o--iiifi his ho|ie .r (1
tuith thai I'.i-Ti would .-co the cud
of war "and a new dawn u£
jwace."
'I In- pontitl spoke lor 14 • ulltcs
over Vatican radio. Tut?
broadcast, in Ilaitan, was :ccorded
.!id translated at the A .^ociatcd
Press listening po-'
pope Pius recalled el'foi | to
halt ho-iili! . before they San
.11*d suggoslcd that his present
words i)l mediation addr<
ed especially to ••all t'i -e
wiliaiK lii cooperate lor p .i-c''
—w'aid iie lo the ad\ anta:a •>! I
every he liferent without <•>.- I
eeption. ;
SpeakillK on I he day tilat
opened the tilth ve.r ol the
KiC. 'e t iiltd hloodie.-t str.i-Ule
in human history, the Pope v >
al pain- to stress his conci i n
not tor any one nation hul : -r
Hi,, whole human family—to i
those lie «i\v us nsking now for |
n ■• a "hut peace, bread and
wik." 1
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Hettiterssott Saily JHapatHj
1,000-Mile Round Trip
Mace to Blast Targets;
Other Planes and Ships
Hammer Italian Bases
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa. Sept. I.— (AIM—Pressing
■ lie atrial nl'Ii-nsivf attains! llal.v
w ith ever dealer \ icor, American
I"l\ina Fortresses yesterday
made a I.OUO-nille round trip
from northwest Atrican liases to
pound railway tines, airfields
and an airriat factory at I'ia.
Medium numbers meanwhile
delivered slrons: blows at railway
communications at Salernn.
Cosen/a and Catau/aro in siiutiiern
Italy.
At the -tut:.- A : «■ :c.ui l.iocrat
n.- Iroiii ti:> Mnielli: lv.-t potilld■
ti enemy rail ins! ill.ili -ns at IV.-eiti.i
••!) the eastern • • • it Italy, .\ 1
C'a . > c immtiiii<|lie -aid tin- I'remht
yurdi "wore well coveied by bombs
u .Mi it-uliinp fires and explosions."
flu l<un-< iiKined i».•■.!>« r- -cored
ci i ii !ii' i ntheraiiv.il> -t..t:->n and
a railroad bridge nnd shot down ten |
du n > lighUij which attempted to
inn. opt them.
Two British battles) ip joined in ;
the daylight offensive against the
lta':an mainland. Tlieii l(i-ineh Rttiis |
|ii>ine«l a hca\ y liun.ha. c'.i- i ll' into
i ! < : \ enastiil bnltcric in the . rcy of
Ii• • t'alahi'ia • n 1 < Italian tot.
knocking out at least one gun nnd
i.. . nu iirt tipp.iiently Irons c.\pl>
uling aiiinitllnt ion.
i'he .-.nne buttle hip-, with a
ci in. i. and .-tverai dc-Hovers ctsgisged
batteries in the tufa t»l Ctipc
PelJato, also oil the Strait el Me.-.-iii.i.
Berlin Hit
In New Raid
RAF Loses 48 Bombers
in Fourth Raid Made
in Eight Nights
j 011 Nazi Capital
l.lllllI'MI. Sc|»l. I. t.\i')
1 fleets of IS.M linnilicrs struck in
massive wrisfil ;>I Merlin acain
I last niclil. nslierinc i.■ tlie fifth
yriir of war with lilneklnister
.in»l incendiary Immlis causing
I "sreaf damage" in tin- (lerinan
j capital, il was announced ufftclallv
today.
I igltl Ii.m' Ih"- wcic 1i»>t in
Die iUt;i<«'»iKTHti i'ed into ,i 45|
minute HoldfHUftt. the fourth ruld on
Merlin hi citi'il ni^lil .
i "Ttis enemy pill ti|> very Itkrjc
Imliter l uces over tfie capital and
it. iipp:oacln-s in an ' nsucce.olul attempt
t" prevent the launehinit <•!
the r<>incnir;itc(t iittaek." and it large
i .i:i«1«t "I "'<• was devstroved, the
nir ministry said
H cl-i ni- ..i l«v level- made
il dilticult to ns.-ess ie-ults usually,
(Continued on Page Four)
Tokyo Says
Many Planes
Make Raids
Planes and Guns
of Aircraft Carrier
Task Force Assault
Jap-Owned Outpost
Washington. Sept. 1 — (AP)'
—The Navy announced today
that an airplane carrier task
force raid on Japanese-owned
•Marcus island "is presumably
in progress."
After Tokyo had broadcast a
report that the planes and guns
of a large American naval force
had struck Marcus at dawn, a
Naval spokesman issued a statement
virtually confirming the
Tokyo asserted.
The army of <M-ncr.il Vassill.v
Nokolovskv <>ii Hit* western front,
which was honored yesterday by
a salute from Moscow's guns for
the victory at Yelnya. began the
offensive against that vital railway
station and highway junction
by cracking the German defenses
on the eastern hank of
llie I'gra river -.-verat days ago.
Tin- Ru8K.ni! reported that fierce
battles mi ;c.i • i ■ . .ii the
Ugra »•!• c ' • .1 it lor two day.i
before tan! <• crceded ill
cross inn ;-ver to | .• •• the way
for Ked a .. . . :11 .•> «I • isio-is.
Tlie Cii : at > pat up terrific resistance
and launched tanks. artillery
;.nd plane- :it i a counter offensive
n all ett.' l 1<i keep the Hiissian
close I" tin- iver. hut finally
the Hussian tanks broke through the
enemy lines :•cl cut the railroad
and pulled the eneu.y i:.i.uiiry into
the gap.
Two t.mk brigades watered the clljr
August :tn from the east onri northeast
sinailtaneously and began the
battle lor the city itself. Street
lighting was taken up by the infantry
under Major (Ji-neral Stuchenko.
Infantry groups quickly penetrated
to the center ol the city and spread
out and con pietely cieancd it out in
a lew hours.
OhHCtRS Or WAAC
SWORN IN AS WACS
Wash ngloti. Sept. 1 <AP>—The
<>11»«■< i - : li i WAAC <1 t>|n-ri a letto!
tllfi.l V ■ « I I It r. lit the
\VAC ti" I iiu :iU\ihai.i> k>nt in
the Arn:v.
At IhmcI(|;i;.! it i *'li rials - id they
expected "all i>il* . \ >• \ lew" ol the
slightly i: • • than A.l'itti i■!! jeers nf
ill Women's A: v A \:liuy Corps
in ini !i hv nightfall as officers
of the W on'- Army Corps.
The shift 'in- outiiv organization
1 i it- ni v.' >i;r ■> :> i: integral part
111 III- Alll.v. 111IW. i . 'lot scheduled
i ■ !>e i 'ii i'ii ti-fl until Septetnboi'
'in. There v.. im • •tiniiitc availt.ble
todn.v "i how uiny of the ;if—
proximately tUi.OtiO enlisted auxil.:n
ics would iv-en! :ii the Army.
New Parleys
In Prospect
Question of Bringing
Russia Into Councils
in Forefront of Plans
for Allied Meetings
Washington. Sept. I — (API —
President Itonsevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill arc heading
toward a new series of talks
against a backdrop of rcsurging
upheavals in na/i-fettered Kurope
which sounds here like the
first rumblings of an allied
I stnriii over that freedom-parched
continent.
There wrie indisputable sign.. that
! tin* foc.il point "•! .some ol tht" forth"
coming diseu.-sions would be the
ipie.stion of how to bring Hussia into
tin- allied councils ii"t only for the
coordination of military operations
but also |.ii tin- .solution of posti
war political problems.
' Hussion participation in future
meetings. ; t least in som0 degree,
was described as "ncces.-nry and urgent"
by Air. Churchill in his speech
from Quebec yesterday. And ho
President said at his pres- conference
a little later that things were
aning along prefix well with respect
to a ihree-power conference.
Then. too. ore of Churchill's clost*
associates. Hrenden Hvackcn. British
minister of information, declared
thai while in his opinion thc war
; against Germany certainly would
continue into next year "post-war
I problems must he discussed becausc
I obviously you never know when the
war is gn-g to er.d."