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THIRTIETH YEAR 1 Heniterson 20athj Bisjratrij » LEASED W1KB SERVICE OF umir.n^r,«.. - - " * Til IP — THE ASSOCIATED l'KESa. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMEEI! 1, l!M:i PUULJS1IED EVEKY AKTKKNUUN EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY Ten-Mile Bridgehead Is Held Lancasters Smash Berlin Government Buildings Are Hit Twenty-Minute Raid Loses 1,120 Tons of Bombs on Capital; 22 Bombers Are Lost London, Sept. -1—(AP)—A great bombardment fleet of Lancasters smashed Berlin last night from a clear sky, casting down 1,000 Ioiik tons (1,120 U. S. tons) of fire bombs and howling steel in 20 minutes of attack officially described by the British air ministry as "highly concentrated." Stockholm, Sept. 4—(AD — Government buildings ill the heart of Berlin were hit in last night's heavy KAF bombings, dispatches from neutral correspondents in the nazi capital said today. The dispatches said the Germans described the raid as "obviously one of the largest ever undertaken against Berlin." From a night of far ranging operations — other British airmen rooe the skies above the Khineland and beat at enemy flying fields in France and sowed mines in enemy waters—the British lost 22 bombers. DNB, the German news agency, reported in a radio broadcast from Berlin that a preliminary count showed that 15 four-engined bombers had been shot down. The Berlin raid was the third within eleven clays but was not on the terrible scale of (lestrue • tiveness of the two that went imediatcly before it. But it struck the cilv already scarred and smoking from attacks thai have already thrown upon it more tons of bombs than fell on London in all the month- of Reichsmarsh.il Hermann Goerirg's attacks and 111 ■ had a cumulative effect far beyon . the weight of explosives let loose. The loss of British planes announced by th0 air ministry are less than half those of the two previous raids—58 and 47 respectively. The bulletin reported that the Berlin raiders encountered "thick clouds along the route." but said Ihat over the target the sky was clear. SOME CIGARETTES INCREASE IN PRICE Washington. Kept. 4. (AP) priced cigarette* will cost more :«11 'nday. Price increases from our half to one conl per pack for (lie so-called "economy" brands were authorized by (lie OPA. The new schedule permits a masimuni retail price of 13 (•••ills in single pack sales, or 12 1-1! cents in sales of two or more packs. At the same time. OPA denied (lie petition of manufacturers fur price increases for standard, • rands. Manufacturers, because of increased volume. have been iible to absorb the increased costs of tobacco, and will show a greater net profit, in dollars, for 1943 than in the base period re- I fleeting normal conditions in the in-| dustry, OPA explained. CROSS IS AWARDED TO NASHVILLE FLIER Somewhere in India (Correspondence of the AP)—Nearly three score decorations were awarded to officers and men of the tenth afr force by Major General Clayton 11 i«— sell just before he gave up his command to return to America lor "an imporant assisignmint." For more than 200 hours of combat. bombardment, the Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded to a group including, both bombardment crow members and pursuit pilots. Among members of bombardment squadron crews honored was Kirst Lieutenant Edison C. Watherly, 31 Hcitoii avenue. Nashville. N. C. UNIONIST INDORSES FOURTH TERM RACE Milwaukee, Sept. 4—(AP)—It. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Wrokors (CIO), last night voiced his personal indorsement of President lloosevelt for a fourth term. Thomas told 278 delegates to the sixth annual convention of the Wisconsin state industrial union council: "I don't know what you are going to do, but I am going to support the commander in chief.'' her WISH GRANTED BY' FDR ify-5E—— * MRS. CALVIN COOLIDGE, wife of the laic President, assists Henrietta Partyka, 16, christen the "Polish Yankee,"' one ol the six bombers purchased by Polish-Americans of Massachusetts. The young girl wrote President Roosevelt that she would be the happiest girl in the world if she could christen a plane or ship. Her wish was granted at this ceremony at Westover Field, Mass. (International SouudpHoto) Added Thrusts At Italy Expected In Washington Milk Sales To Be Frozen Washington, Sept. 4.—(AP)— Fearful the butler shortage may reach the danger point, tin- j>-.\ eminent is soiling tip i: arhincry ti> hold mill; sales ai their present levels, without point rationing. The new restrictions on mill:— the1 only major dairy product n>t now under distribution control— were promised by the war food administration last i-igiil with this warning: "Should fiiiid mil!: on.-umpIi'>ii expand .still further, production o« cheese, butler. evaporated ii i'lk and otluv dairy foods would decline below the amounts necessary to meei e>senlial civilian requirement A formal order limit tig nillc dealers to their current alloimenis was re|>oriod in pioce.-^ ut preparation. New Decrees For Denmark All Citizens Ordered to Turn in Weapons and Ammunition; Sabotage Continues Stockholm. Sept. 4 — (AIM — General Hermann von Ilannecken, nazi military dictator of Denmark, today ordered Danish citizens to surrender all weapons and ammunition hy September " under pain of the most severe punishmen/s. The order accompanied a decree last night rescinding the recent modification ol martial law because of continuous anti-German sabotage and was announce'! by the nazi-controlled Danish radio. Krforcomeni of a new curfew and the weapon decree will be carried out by the Danish police, the German announcement said. This was interpreted here a- a further sign i'tal I In; Germans had been forced to yield some enforcement powers io the Danish authorities because they were not prepared lo handle the country's administrative functions when tiiey established their military dictatorship last Sunday. burins Thursday and yesterday 110 persons were arre-ted i'i Copenhagen alone for violation of the curfew, the free Danish press bureau in Stockholm said. WEATHfR FOU NORTH CAHOMNA. Continuril warm this afternoon, tonight and Sunday forenoon. American Seventh Army and Fifth Army, With British First Army Available for Attack Washington. Sept. J.—(AIM — This capital rocked an car today for news of round '! in the contlU'.sl of Italy, with expert opinion generally agreed that additional thrusts onto the hapless peninsula \\ mild he made to back lip tin- successful invasion h.v the British eighth army. This view i expressly based <>n tlu- fact thai during the first hours of the operation only the single British nriiiv was involved while dispsitchcs mini the war /.one made no menlion "I the roles assigned the Aniericsiu .seventh nrmy nor the British first arniv. both of which sue presumably poised for sietion, si'iong Willi the Ameiicaii fifth tinny in north Africa. Italy litis a I'tig and vnlnersiblc coast line, olti mg many points for -.ssitt11 north i>! the t<>(>. Heavy attacks i.n one or more of those points, especially tiiined 1 cutting the nortlisoiith rail line that runs through Rome, woitld spi i <i the conquest and complicate cxlrci; <'lv the enemy's deployment ot st. .itegie reserves. Whether the sillied plans also call for striking out toward southern France is sin open guess that undouhtedlv lii'u.'c- importanlly in the war <•! nerves on the naxtx. It sill sittack on France is I" he inside, however. it will almost ciilainly be preceded by a drive "it Corsica. Allied pos: essn-n "I that islsind inside lamous by Nap ilcm w-'tild be highly useful in securing supply lines to a beachhead oil the continent. ! NEW FIGHT BARED BY RESIGNATION Washington, Sep!. 4 — (AP)—A bitter, new sidniiiii.>tra1inn cpiarrel exploded into the pen when James I), bee roll tossed up the job of incieasing food production in South America, stud nee ised the st;ilt. department of "inlcrletcneo. obstruction and uninteligcnt dktation." Lecroii. a elost, a.-soiate of Vice President Wallace to'- many yesirs. resigned yesterday sis director of office of the coordinator of interAmerican affairs. In this post, his duties included increasing Lsitin American agriculttir.il output in accordance wi!h the over-sill needs of the United Nations. llo t<>ld Nelson Rockefeller, the co-oi'dinator. in latter that the State department was msiki"B it impossible to carry out needed projects. i.ampki: to itrriui: Raleigh. Sept. 4—(AP)- l.icuteliiint Colonel Louis J. I.ampke, sit tsiched for the pa.-t 13 in "iths to the St.ite college military department. Jia~ received notification from the War departme: t of his retirement December 31 under the age limitation His tour of duty sit the college will cease September 30, however, whOn he begins a leave. Japs Fiee Rekata Bay Plane Base Once-Important Base 145 Miles Northwest of Guadalcanal Island Is Abandoned L*. S. Headquarters in the South Pacific. Sept. I—(AC) —The Japanese have abandoned their once important seaplane base at Kekata Hay on '.Santa Isabel, 1 l"» miles northwest of Guadalcanal, a south Pacific headquarters spokesman said today. (General l)im;las Mac Arthur's e»mimiiii<iue f"r Thursday. Sep- I (ember 2. spoke »( heavy l". S. | bomber units striking enemy in- > stallations at Hrkata Bay without meeting npiuisition. It was ! thought likely the enemy hail withdrawn without a tight.) Unofficially, ii was thought here j the Japanese had e\ leuak-d the en- i tire island as we!! as Itekata Hay, ; but there was no intimation that U. j S. forces have occupied Santa Isa- ' bel as yet. Small barges could have removed the enemy to Clio -eul and othei , nearby i - I a n d > <>t the central | Solomons group in an attempt to | reach Japanese-held l:<>UKaiiivillc t' the north. It lost it strategic value ; to the enemy with the tall of New . Georgia and the occupation ot Vella | Lavella islaiui within Hit- past 11:0:1th. Santa Isabel once served as an advanced seaplane base for attacks on Guadalcanal. State Dairy Meet Called Kalciuh. Sept. 1—(AP)—Governor Broughton t< •ci;<y invited ;i II members of the N»rth Carolina congressional cleleR.ition to a conference on problems affecting the stale dairy industry, to be held here next Friday. The governor .-aid that the r.ip'dly growing dairy industry has taken o\ C|- the number two spot, lormerly held by cotton, as a moie'v maker for the farmers. It brought ia an est ated S4fl.000.U00 last year, (•■■inpared with $45.1*00.000 to: cotton, ruin .nu second only to tobacco, the governor said. Th(. conference is necessitated, he said, to acquaint the congressional member- with the numerous problems confronting Ihe dairy industry. Expau I dairying is needed, the I governor -aid. because of the p >ssibl0 null; shortage in New York and other slate.", from which North Carolina has been importing a large i part of 'lie dairy products used in the stale. I'AKTH TI.AK Aurora. III.. Sept. 4.—(AP)- Tl want ad The Aurora Beacon New . had employers guessing: "Wanted: Four hours of work pen day. Am part cular as to what kind who for. imd how much. Call before I change my mind. ] Italians | Apathetic Hern. Sep'.. 3—(Delayed)— (AIM —The initial surprise over the allied landing in Calabria apparently passed qaa-kly in Italy today an I was followed bv almost a sp'ii! el apathy a.- the Italians realized that the hope ' peace was not on the immodi i'.c horizon. A Sv -" Telegraphic agency di<paleh It'ie Home said "(here is no, partirul; : uneasiness in the capital." ! ! The ll 'inc correspondent ol the Tjbunc de Geneve reported that Hie I Italians have now realized that "nothing U-s Iban a miracle" c miI<I spare the r mlrv the tragic lot «f being traiist 'rmed into a battle lield A di-patch to the Zurich I*te Tat from Ihe 1' ban frontier said the first reaction n Italy to the invasion .was one ol "complete calm, almost, indifference." adding tti;■ t m of'i- . cial Ilal ail i a les there was till the j impression that the larding w.u a diversion while the real nvasiori [ would be launched at some other I point. FAVORITE PIN-UPS AT QUANTICO PIN-UP PICTURES are favorites with all branches of the armed services. A Murine Corps photographer assigned to get an original "cheesecake"' picture at Quanlico. Va.. returned with this shot ol twenty-five luwly born children at the Quantico hospital. (International) Russians Gain Momentum Along 600-Mile Front LENINGRAD fvOiOGDA >TA®AVAJHJSSA ,» TAROSlAVl* ^yUlKTT I UK I ^MOSCOW SMOlffctlK [oaSMA ,bosia! • byansk^j VOtONIZHl %/CKTAVA# KKASNC&RAD DNMOfCTHOV! K)IOZM£ MAaikJKJJ iVOiiOG# MfllTOtOlJ ODISSA /obossisk) Reds Drive Ahead GERMAN* COMMUNIQUES disclose lluit the Keels are attacking on a COO-mile front from the Sen* «,f Azov to Smolensk. The ground retaken I>v the Soviets is indicated by the shaded area. In the suulh (he Nazis arc fallif.< back to Stalino after losing *11.000 men at TaganTog. I'oltava, IJryansk and Smok al.-o are imperiled by the advancing Hcds. (Intcrnati'.nalt No Politics For Rationers Washington. Spct. 4—(AIM- The nation's fid.null ration board members wet told last night that they can't keep their jobs and take part in politic.-. "The agency must remain nonpolitical.'" said Chester IJowles, general manager ot tiiL. oil ice o[ price adir, nistraiion. in .1 statement ol policy. 1 tut strict enforcement ol the rule Im'-c> new personnel problems tor many "f the a.iiia local rationing ooards winch already are having trouble keeping stalled because ol mili' <ry .Hid ir.dti-trial drains. With MM I polities already vimmenus in many section- an (>P.\ till ci.il recalleil a year-old administrative order that no political candidate. party officer or campaign worker can serve on a rationing board, even though the jobholders are unsalaried volunteers. There was roiijective today that th(. directive might lie modified snflicienliy to lot rationing officers retain their jobs so long as they re not actual candidates or campaign sb ategi.-ts. Ililt Howie* stopped it with the statement, "we can hi.v. no political activity." Three of Germans' Most Important Positions Threatened by Continued Advance I.ondtui, Srpt. I.—(AI'l—Itiissian armies, (Mining momentum in their summer offensive, were rocking (In (iermuns liaek <m (lieir licels all alom; a (iliu-mile front today to threaten three of the lia/.is* most imiMtrlaul reliiainini; positions east of lite Dnieper river. A Soviet cnmin'aniquc. broadens' Inun Mo-cow. announced that Iii< lied army had rocapluicd Ion vii lanes which have hern in licdman hands since the early day- «•! IIP itussiun campaign in tue I.ill >>1 1JMI Itussian troops were reported closing: nil SlahiM. (ierni.m heacujUartors for the Donets are;, in the .-.intli. K »ndtor, vital junction point <■) tlx III vansk-Kicv railway: and Sn.oien.-I;. Inline ol the north central are: and jumping «>tI point ior the Germans. A lotirlli offensive ainie.l a llryansk apparently Id si.i wo(. down I>111 had in>t been st 'pped. am only in the Kliark >\ area dul th< |{iis-taiis admit thai ui>h. .n (iern . n lesi.-taiiee 111 the ,-hape ol I:c(|iienl counter attacks i..id I .lied tlx lied sini.y without app.ci oh-gain*. The lius-ian drive reached it.height in the Doliel.- area. v. here tlx lied army advanced tui.c : > Uvelvi i miles on the approachc to Stalmo | twelfth largest city in llnssia suit I headquarters in:' Hitler's sotitlion foices. Tin1 city li II In li e na/.i invaders (letobcr Ul. 1!MI. and ha. been developed inlo a stiong ba.-c. CROMWELL SUES WIFE FOR 1 I MIT ED DIVORCE Trenton. X. J.. Sept. 4.—(AI'J— L ii.Med divorce proceed nns attain.tobacco heiress Doris Duke Cromwell were mslittiled yc-terday ii New Jersey's Court of t'naii.'ory li\ James II. li. Cromwell, former C. S Minister ;o Canada. Accusing hi.- wife ol "wilful, continued and obstinate" desertion s.nci May. 1010. Cromwell as .ed to hi divorced "lron\ bed and board." Interprcti: K the len 1 maneuver. i source in the Slate Attorney (ten oral';; ollico said that it a divorc( w .is Ki'iili'ed. the inati omnial bondwould not be broken and Cromwell": curtesy rights in his wife'* real estate would be protected. Neithei would lie Iree to remarry, the spokesman .- id. •■This.' he said. "v....ill protect Cromwell'- Guilts hi Mr- Cromwell'.land m the event -lie pi e-do.caso<< him." AMERICAN OFFICER WITH EIGHTH ARMY INVASION OF ITALY I With the Dnl -h I-'. nidli Army, j Sept. H -(Delayed) (Al"> Hi- gunI tie: v n.atcs claimed for Captiiiil 'Timothy Cleary olts nation olficer I (if the t'niled Slales artillery batI tery. tlie distinclion ol being the lirsl .Vicriralt to m\ ade Italy today I Clcary. whose Itoine - reported t" be Most"ii. Mass . and w ho was grad tinted from llarviivrt about a decade ;ie«». o'Maiiied the a,-- iittimc I to cro« |he strait with Mritish forces in ordei to se-ul back information on enemy mini ire. Ho is attached to h battery of Lcng Tom 155-mm. • artillery. Two Towns Are Seized By Invaders Only Weak Opposition Is Met; Many Italians Surrender; Supplies Move Across Strait Allied Headquarters in North Africa, Sept. 4— (Al»)—British ami Canadian troops have clamped a firm hold on a tenmilt bridgehead between Rejtgio Calabria and San Giovanni on tile Italian toe, .seizing both brails. and are plunging ahead, aif.t-d headquarters announced today. Only weak opposition has been encountered along the coast since the invasion started yesterday morning. and many Italians surrendered quickly. (Italian headquarters acknowledged evaluation of the southwestern edgr oi i!ie toe opposite Sicily and th« fur'.iier loss of Mclito. a: <i Cl.rman broadcast declared nr-.v invasion forces had plunged asliu-c on the southern tip of iMelilu and Cape Spartivento. l.atc*. the (iernian rummuni(|iie declared. him ever, that allied attempts to land behind the advanced axis lines had been defeated, i X.\v icini'ini'!iien1s of I'.oops ;ind -oppla*- arc piMir.ug across the narrow Mess.na :;i11. allied headquarters announced. and "the advance .s continuing." ' Italian civilians at lteggin Calibi i.i waved while llags and cheerid i>ccupv i:.g Urilish eighth army troops. In other pails in the coastal an*.i llic civilians. apparently as weary ol war as the Sicilians, recived tin* invaders with a friendly air. The in :ial invasion spearheads met inly "relatively weal; opposition." ,cad<piarter- said, and Canadian War Con espondciit ito.v- Manro said the .'anadian landings were almost bloodi:> ,. w itness accounts said Italian troops were surrendering in numbers, as in Sicily, and even rude across (he straits in small boats to surrender before the invasion begun. The grand olton.-ive rolled deeper nt<> Italian soil with armadas ot illied plane.- iting enemy positions iver the toe a: d hitting at airdromes iear Xaple . while l". S. Liberators "ro il She Middle li.--t j" ned thL. as-aiil" with a punishing blow on rail• >-:(! yards at Sdniina. 75 miles •a-t of Koine, .shooting down i!7 .•ih my jightc.'-. (There v.a- 11 ■ allied e• *n!irmation »f the Berlin report ol new landings between Meiito. la miles south .1 Wefjgi.i Cape Spar•ivento on the southeastern tip of he toe. The (ioniums said Italian •protective *.o:vcs" in that area retreated to nioiintain itioiis. (Home declared that "after bitter lighting during whici: severe losses \ ere 'ntlicted oil the enemy by our let end i g troop.-. S.ni Giovanni, Heggio Calabria and the area ol Mesto had to be evacuated.") The a.rtield south of Kcggio Ca'abria also was seized. The allied naval communique re•»orted that landings on the beaches between Heggio Calabria and Cann.i so • e ii\e miles north "met Aitli little or 110 opposition." "The tirst load- were cleared well ihead of the time laid down in the Mi.grni. and by early afternoon (Friday! the second series of craft Aere moving across the strait with rci' force'iients and supplies. This .vorIs continues."' CHURCHILL TO MEET WITH STAFF CHIEFS \V.t>li;ne'."". Sept. 4 (API—Prime M.it..<•:<<! ( '•::■ ii H v. r.l mwl tonight. •. || B li h i embers of the joint ■hie:.- t.i stiiif in ;i continuation of hi- war conferences hero. Aim asked tn tin* conference nt the IJri'.Mi embassy were ministers •I tin- 1lriti>l' dominions and memhers i>f 11:«• British supply mission. \ -id(. frc in this meeting, Mr. Churchill .mil Pirsident Hoosevelt kept the day open for their own conferences. All. Kosoevelt had only (•■ e eni! cement, with Arthur Haves Sulzberger. nre-ident and publisher of '.he New York Times, in the forenoon. 81.80 FOR SOYBEANS Italcigli. Sept. 1.—(AP>—The Commodity Credit Corporation has au» thorved the payment <>f a support priee of SI Ho ;i bushel on nil soybeans crown in North Carolina. W. It. Hust. field crops marketing special t»r 'he State Department of Agriculture, said today. Dar.«t said the base price w.is 20 cents higher than was pa.d in 1912,
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