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Henlterson 30aihj Btspafrfj ffe THIRTIETH YEAR ^hKs^tSSVAk^?' HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 8, lim «»»■■»jm™ a^^oon F1VE cenxs copy ITALY SURRENDERS ********** * + + " r» A /I JPC ^ Russians Capture City Of Stalino i Last Great Donets City Has Fallen Germans Acknowledge Loss of Industrial City; Drive Goes On London, Sept. 8— (A1*) — Capture of fiercely defended Stalino by the Russians was ac knowledged by tlie Germans to day, restoring the last of the great industrial cities of the Donets basin to the Red army which already has won back two-thirds of the Ukraine rich grain lands. Tho Rett army advance also cross ed the rail line to Mariupol (if) miles southwest of Stalino on the sea of Azov, making it almost certain that ; Nazi forces which have been righting cast of that town must withdraw to escapc entrapment by the southward turning move. The Red army newspaper Red Star reported that other units had captured the main railroad from the Donets basin to Dnieperopetrovsk, 115 miles west of Stalino. The German communique, re corded, by the Associated I'ress. said Stalino, Russia's twelfth largest city, had been evacuated "to shorten the front" after all military installations had been destroyed. Russian dispatches indicated Stalino fell in flanking moves rather than by direct assault. This new victory followed upon Moscow's announcement that the Red army had killed more than 420, 1)00 Germans, wounded 1,080.000 ind captured 38,(>00 in taking back at least 30,000 square miles of occupied territory since .July 5. Stalino, a city of about 500.000 pre-war population, was threatened by the Germans in October, 1941. and the Russians never had been able to wrest it back until now. At the hub of the railway system serving the Donets basin, Stalino is an excellent base for a possible thrust to pinch the invaders com pletely out of their foothold in the Kuban and in the Crimea. Allied Air Blows Struck at Europe In Open Daylight London. Sept. 8—(AP) — Fleets of Allied bombers and fighters struck at Km rope by daylight today and the I'aris ra dio deelared American o>mbcrs hit In "violent attacks" at Amiens and pounded Abbcyvillc twicc. There was no immediate an nouncement from Loudon as to the day's targets. IVIos(|iiito bombers pounded enemy airfields and rail targets in France and Belgium, the air ministry announced, to keep the air offensive rolling through an other night, and naval planes destroyed a German U-boat in the channel. Hotel Fire Toll Rises To 50 Now Houston, Texas, Sept. 8—(Al') —Two more deaths in hospitals today raised to 50 the tolls of flames which trapped screaming, terrified men in the old, three story Gulf hotel in downtown Houston yesterday. Six have died in hospitals and 44 never not out of the building* turned ciuickly into an inferno by the swiftly spreading fire. . They died righting to reach the only fire escape not blocked by flames. Twelve others remained in hospi tals, some in serious conditions. City and State officials and the National Hoard of Underwriters be gan an investigation of th<> cause of the fire, and said it evidently started in a linen closet and baggage store room. Twenty one of the dead have not been identified. Most ol the 133 guests were tran »ients, macarthur has visitors in new gusnea ..... i i ■ TIH71-...AL. ..... GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR (right) greets Under-Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Lieut. Gen. William S. Knudsen at his advance headquarters somewhere in New Guinea. Patterson and Knudsen arc on aa inspection tour of Southwest Pacilic war fronts. (International Soundphoto) Marshall Says AUies Ready For Knockout Of Nazis Now Bicughton Asks Farmers To Retard Tobacco Sales Raleigh, Sept. 8.—(Al1)—Gov ernor ttroughton recommended today that farmers withhold or al least retard the movement of their tobaeeo to markers. Commenting that "the farm Jalior problem of the Slate is in its most eritieal stage," the gov ernor said that "every available individual on the farms of the State should give full time to pieking cotton, to housing or stacking hay, harvesting peanuts and other looii and feed crops. The marketing of tobacco in any quantities can well wait until these important crops arc saved." It was recalled that Governor RrouRliton said some months auo that he would cxcrcisc his war time emergency power to close the tobacco warehouses if food and other crops could not be har vested because of a labor short age. # Donels Is Cleared Of Germans New York. Sept. 8.—(AIM — Marshall Stalin triumphantly announced in a special order of the day today that "Donels hasin is cleared of the Germans." The announcement, broadcast by the Moscow radio and record ed by the Federal Communica tions Commission, added "our troops captured a number of cit ies. including the city of Stalino." The action cainc. the Soviet premier continued, "as a result of skilled maneuvers and a de termined offensive in the last six days." Forces of Allies Landed'Further Up The Italian Boot l/omlon. Sept. 8.— (AD —A German communique said today that Allied forees had landed at the (rillf of Kulcmia. in Italy, about 10 miles above the point at which British and Canadian forees have been fighting. "Knem.v forees which last night landed at the Gulf of l.ti frtnia in Calabria have been mihjertcd to eoneentrated attack sinee early yesterday." said the ciimmiinhiue. broadcast by »he German radio and recorded by the Associated l'ress. An allied communique an nounced earlier at headquarters in North Africa, made no men tion of any landing 011 the instep of the Italian boot. Deaths Now 78 In Wreck Of Limited 1'hiladclpliia. Sept. 8—(AD — The (Icatli lull in the I<al>or Day wreck of the Pennsylvania rail road's Congressional I,united stood at 7S today as a procession or men and women with drcad li.milled laces filed past the rows of gnarlrd bodies in the eit.v morgue seeking iriends or rela tives among (lie -•> stilt uniden tified victims. Itailroad win Uci > searched, loo, in (he rubble ahum the northeast Phil adelphia curve where nine of the flyer's 10 cars wrenched loose for still other bodies, anil physicians said at least six <•! the !)!) injured who remained in hospitals might not live through the day. One of the r>4l passengers who boarded the Washington - to - New York train, Mrs. Marian Berry Mc Cauley. ol New York, was miss ing, and the list >>i dead and injured gave no answer 1" her six-year-old son's plea: "Where i< my n :amma?** A joint hearing i<> determine the exact cause of the wreck, blamed by the railroad on a journal box that "ran hot" and caused a wheel on the seventh ear to separate from it.-: axle, was Jo begin today by the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Pennsylvania l'ublic Service Com mission. A railroad spokesman said the axle, which catapulted the coach into a steel signal tower when it dropped, had been loiinri to be "scored as if overheated." appar ently the result of faulty lubrication. John Sears, district Kit! agent in charge, disclosed* last night he had taken possession of the equipment for examination and tests. Decisive Triumph Against Japs Also Being Prepared Now Washington. Sept. «S—(AP) — Allied preparations l'or smashing Germany's Kuropcan fortress—including an invasion of nortlnvestern Knrope—are virtually complete, Clin. George ('. Marshall disclosed today, and plans for decisive triumphs over Japan are well advanced. "The end i.-> not yet in sight," the army chief of staff said ui history's greatest war, "but vie: y is cer tain." Tliat the Inns heralded "second front" wa„ plotted as Ions ag-> as the Casablanca conference in Jan uary was made clear by his di.-clos ure that "the plans for air and other operations in northwestern Europe were reviewed and confirm ed" .>1 that meeting. Marshall's conclusion as to the invincibility of Allied arms Mas set forth ill an extraordinary re port to Sccrctar.v of War Stim son. in which he reviewed tlnw early months of heartbreaking! defeat suffered because of iua(lr-j| quale forces, revealed the swift* measures taken to stem Axis aggression, toid of historic deci sions made in Casablanca and Washington, and showed how flic enemy at last had been forced 011 the defensive road to retreat. "Strategically the enemy in Ku rope ha« been reduced to the de fensive (I the blockadc is com plete." Marshall declared. "In the Pacific the Japanese arc being stead ily ejected or rather eliminated (mm their ciiquered territory." "In brief." he said, "the strength of the enemy is steadily declining, while the combined power of the United Nations is rapidly increasing, more rapidly with each succeeding month. "There can be but one result and every resource we possess is bcilie employed (o hasten the hour <>l victory without undue sacrifice of tlic lives of inir men." The general estimated lhal the Russian :niv is now engaging two thirds "! the German army and one-third "I the German air fleet and to t'ii. statement he appended a footnut"' showing (hat American supplier ally delivered in Hu sia havi i-eluded: more "ha: 3.'l(i(i airplanes. '•.'.WO tanks, liHMinn sub mnchine guns and 75,(HKI tons of explosives V11THIP FOR NORTH ( AROUN.V Sltchtly cooler this afternoon, toninht and Thursday forenoon. Scattered showers cast portion this altcrnoon and extreme northeast portion early tonifht. Jap Losses Heavy In New Guinea Enemy Positions Are Precarious Around Stronghold of Lae Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific. Sept. 8 — (Al )—Field Artillery pieces dropped by parachute with American paratroops at Nab zab airport Sunday now are firing at Japanese targets in the Markham valley in the direction of Lae. Allied headquarters dis closed tonight. It was also announced that ;i strong offensive patrol of inn .lapa ne.se troops was routed with heavy casualties near Kiugaiia plantation, ten miles east "I l.ae. on Monday by Australian infantry which had land ed on New Guinea 38 hours earlier. The troops advancing westward along the lluon gulf toward Lae itself and were approaching the Busu river, only five miles from Mala hang. one <il the threatened city's maiii airdromes. Th,. Australians were within range of enemy guns at l.ae, but they have not been fired, as yet. The silence of these weapons indicated the effectiveness of the heavy aerial pounding of Lae by Liberator bombers before the al lied invasion Saturday. The held guns dropped from trans port planes Sunday, were as-cmblcd "as quickly as men could find the pieces in tall grass" and now have have been rolled into position and placed in action, headquarters an nounced. The gun- have been directed on a target along the road to Lae. Eighth Army Continuing Its Advance Coastline Now Held Stretches 70 Miles in Calabrian Area Allied Headquarters in North Africa. Sept. 8.— (AIM—The Bri tish eighth army has occupied Hovamarina. HI miles cast »l' .Melito on the southern shore of Salabria. and lias advanced up the western eoast of the pe ninsula to the mouth of retrace river, six miles above 1'almi. al lied headquarters announced to day. The advance extended the stretch of co. st line in the possession of ".lie Allic-. to aproximately 76 •miles. At the mould of the Pet race, the I3ritish and Canadian forces were ememtig from the moir tainous country through which thev have been traveling onto n small plain extending northward eight miles to Mesim.. river. The allied "TVndgehead previously had been bounded by Palmi in the north—capture of which was an nounced yesterday—and by Mcli'.o in the •• ith. The brdgehead thus- h s been i\ I ended by approximately 10 miles in the last 24 hours and the advance was reported continuing. Slieht skirmishes with Axis forces were reported. Such opposition as developed was easily routed, hut extensive demolitions by the retreating enemy forces continued to make progress relatively slow. I The bunding lip of allied reserve ' of men ind material on the It. I a i mainland, meanwhile, was being vi gorously pursued by fleets of boats traveling back and forth across the S'raits of Messina under the protec tion of allied warships and plane t\ S. Flying Fortresses pound>'d Foggi, airdrome near the Italian cast coast Vom Naples, shooting down 11 enemy fighters in a great air battle. Medium bombers and fighter bom ber? attacked railways and roads in northern Calabria, headquarter> an nounced. Allied armies now control un uica ot nearly 100 square miles. Greatest Victory Of War For The Allies Is N ow Accomplished Armistice Granted by Eisenhower; And Hostilities End Immediately Allied Headquarters in North Africa, Sept. S—(Al')—Gen eral lJwiglit I). Eisenhower today announced the unconditional surrender ol' Italy in the greatest victory for allied arms in four years of war. General Eisenhower announced he had granted a military armistice—approved hy Russia as well as llritain and the United States—to the war sick, conquered junior Axis power being chewed by invasion. Hitler's "European fortress' was cracked, the way was opened for new offensives, the course of World War II was immeasurably shortened. Surrender of Italian armed forces "unconditionally" was made by the government of Marshal l'ietro liadoglio, successor of Benito Mussolini, the architect of fascism. Thus the Casablanca "unconditional surrender" ultimatum received its first application. Armistice Granted Announcing the brilliant news. Eisenhower, who led the allied triumph in Tunisia and Sicily as well, declared: "The Italian government has surrendered its armed forces unconditionally. "As Allied commander-in-chief, I have granted a military armistice, the terms of which have been approved by the gov ernments of the United Kingdom, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic;. Thus I am acting in the interest of the United Nations. "The Italian government has bound itself to abide by these terms without reservation. "The armistice was signed by my representative and the representative of Marshal liadoglio, and it becomes effective this instant." Eisenhower said in a broadcast at I2*.o0 (EWT). Hostilities Ended "Hostilities between the armed forces of the United Na tions and those of Italy terminate at once. All Italians wiio now act to hell) eject the German aggressors from Italian soil will hold the assistance and support of the United Nations." The truce actually was reached last Friday at Allied ad vance headquarters in Sicily—the very day that British and Canadian troops swept across Messina Straits to invade the Italian toe—but it was agreed, a special announcement said, "that the armistice should come into force al a moment most favorable to the Allies, and be simultaneously announced by both sides. That moment has now arrived. Germans Outguessed "The possibility of a German move to forestall publication of the armistice by !iie Italian government was discussed during the negotiations. "To meet this eventuality., it was agreed that one of the senior Italian military representatives should nut return ^.o Rome, lie is now in Sicily. "Further, Marshall Hadoglio arranged to send the text the his proclamation lu Allied headquarters." To Resist Germans iSadoglio issued a proclamation saying the armistice had been requested and granted, and called on all Italian armed forces to "cease all acts of hostility against Anglo-American forces wherever they may be nut." Hadoglio instructed the Italians, however, to "oppose at tacks from any other quarters."—a warning that German at tempts to interfere would be met by amis. (Axis radio stations broadcast nothing immediately on tho capitulation. About an hour earlier the German radio told of fresh British troop landings near l'iz/.o, about "><• miles north of the place where British and Canadian troops had been last reported lighting.) Peace News Hits Stocks New York. S«>j»t. 8.—(Al')— News o! I':11v s capitulation prompted < i .-<•11 tm movement of small propor t :< >ns in I he stock market today. International Telephone marie a vapid gain of a point or more. Kadi,) Corporation l.-o moved up. In the minus division were U. S. Steel. Methlchem, (ieneral Motor.-, Chry ler. United Aircraft. Dojjjias. Allied Chemical and Southern Rail way. Fresh Gains For Cotton New York, Sept. (AP)— Cot i"M futures (old contracts) opened 3.'» to 4"> cents a bale higher. Neon values were 3 to 50 cents a bale higher. October 20.86, December 2(1.23 and March 20.IK. Pre\ ions close, open: October 20.27, 20.37: December. 20.16. 20.15: March 10.08. 20.16; May 1U.!)7, 20.06: July 19.84, 19.83,
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