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1 LEASED W1KB HERV1CK OV UfVIWIK""' »'
v TUB ASSOCIATED PUtflvm
THIRTIETH YEAR
HENDERSON, N. c„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER
15> 1'":1 FIVE CENTS COI'Y
U. S. REINFORCEMENTS RUSHED TO SALERNO
A - I ★ ★ ★ * ^ ^ -1- 1
Army Bitter
Over Laxity
For Fathers
High Command Claims
Strategical Pledges
Would Be Sacrificed
Washington. Sept. 15—(A1 *)
—The Army hijjh command to
day sharply rejected congres
sional proposals that planned
induction of pre-Pearl llarbor
fathers be postponed or can
celled.
Urtfinu: that selective service
be permitted to ko forward with
its program with taking such
fathers, after October 1, Lt.
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, dep
uty chief of staff, warned Sen
ate and House military commit
tees that any reduction in the
prospective draft pool would
necessitate a chanjre in the na
tions strategical commitments.
Ail sirmy of 7.711(1.(10(1 by the end
r»f tins year is "the minimum force
required for the task ahead,*' lie
said.
1'ndcr Secretary of War Pat
terson, following Mi'Xarncy as a
witness in hearings on the ex
plosive issue, told the legislators
that the production ol' war planes
would *'ko to pieces" if the de
ferment of fathers disrupted the
present selective service schedule.
Specil ically opposing the bill by
Senator Wheeler (I).. Mont.) to post
pone father inductions lor the re
mainder ol the war, Patterson said:
"II the proposal were adopted, the
men to be added to the military
lorces would necessarily be the 11011
lather.s who are doing skilled work
in munitions plants. In that ease,
our production ol planes would go
to pieces and with it would go our 1
surest means of \ ietory."
Fascist Decrees
Are Broadcast In
Mussolini's Name
I.iiminn, Sept. t."».—(AI*)—The
German controlled "fascist gov
ernment radio" today broadcast |
an eight-point proclamation un- I
tier the name of llcnito Mus
solini creatine a "republican '
fascist party" in Italy with the j
former premier in supreme di
rection.
While the proclamation was
said to have been signed by
.Mussolini, whom the Nazis have
declared they freed from impri
sonment by the I'ietro Badoplio
government, it was read by soinc
one else.
Tokens Will
Be In Order
By January
Washington. Sept. 15.—(AI*)—
Some time early next year you'll
be digging tokens out of pockets
or purse to get your rations of
uicat and fat and processed foods.
While General Malinger Chester
Howies of the Office of Price Admini
stration lias announced the long
awaited decision t<> use tokens us
change for food ration stamps, it'll
be at least four months before they're
ready.
There's much still to be decided
about the tokens.
So far OP A has decided there'll
be two kinds, red and blue—red ror
meat and fats, blue for canned and
other processed foods—because the
public «ot u.-ed to these colors jii
Ration Hook No. 2.
But OPA si ill hasn't selected a
material and a< yet has to approve
designs and specifications for the
tokens. They'll In- made either of
Cliiss or plastic. Probably they'll be in
a single denomination - ot e point oaeli
—and therefore, all of one size, line
of the problems is making litem dif
ficult to counterfeit.
The tokens will be used in con
nection with ration stamps.
When the system u.•><•- into opera
tion. a certain stamp will become
good on a certain day for a certain
number of red or blue points, pro
bably If! points. You'll turn in Ihc
stamp at the store on a purchase,
get tokens in change.
Russia's Armies Roll On Toward Dnieoer
Autumn Rains Are
Slowing Advance
Of Soviet Forces
En Route to U. 5.
t'nited States Ambassador (o
Turkey. I.aurencc A. *>teinhardt.
is rn route to Washim-ton. He
will consult witli the state l»e
partmeut conrernins the posi
tion of Turkey in a possible
Allied Italkau invasion. He also
will diseuss problems arising
from Allied penetration into
southeastern Europe, according
lo Ankara sources. •Interna
tional.)
Victory Tax
Repeal Now
Is Proposed
Simpler Forms Demanded
By Virginia Democrat;
Alternatives Studied
Washington. Sept. !•"»—(AT)
—-Repeal of the five percent
\ ictory tax was proposed l>y a
member of the House Ways and
.Means Committee today as a
cure for the decimal point jit
ters suffered by many income
lax payers.
Representative Robertson ( I).,
Ya.), member of the committee
which originated the tax. said
there must be some simpler way
of collecting the S2.<MMi.lM>n.000
a year netted from the Victory
levy.
C'.i|>il««l 11)11 heard, meanwhile,
that the .'dinim (ration probably
would pre.-e it !•> ('iniuress Sept. 20.
: not a speeil program to ia-c more
wartime rev enue. I>ut several allern
I alive plans l"r diuuing deeper inl'»
the taxpayers' pocket-.
The Administration's tax proced
ure.-. were reported to bii\> been de
cided upon 1 n lly veslerda} at a
While House ri'iilerenco.
Holiertson did not succest a
specific substitute for I he Victory
tax. hut some authorities were
known to he discussiue a "• per
cev( sales tax as a possible al
I ternativc. However, concrcs
isional lax leaders privately ex
pressed iloubl that there is much
prospect of imnouneetni'tit of a
sales tax.
('bairn n l> .million M>. V. CM
called Ibe W and INI«n~ Commit
I lee into i closcl meelim; lonighl
I for n dlxrnsflon with Treantiry und
.congressional tax export- «l Ihe va
(C ntinued on Pag" Tv. >.)
Last Ukraine Bastion
Of Germans Threatened
By Push Ioward West
Sept. I.T—(ATI—Rus
sian troops have captured Ncz
Iiin. <111 the Kirt Kursk railroad
SO miles northeast of Kiev. Mos
cow amiouiiei'il today in a special
ordrr of the day.
Capture ol this important town
en the main rail line opens the
way for an assault evidently in
tended to crack llie middle
Ihieiper defense-, of the (iermans.
jus| up the river from the l'k
raine capital.
Thp order <if the day. signed
hy 1'reinier Josef Stalin, was
broadcast hy the .Moscow radio
and recorded here hy the So
viet monitor.
Moscow. Sept. 1">—Tin- Soviet
army newspaper lied Star re
ported today that a Russian
nijflit attack broke the (ieitnan
intermediate line defending l«o
•/.ovaya in the central Ukraine
as tlii' Rett arnt,\ pressed a Ken
eval advance toward the Dnie
per.
The autumn rains had started
falling in the Ukraine, the dis
patch said, liojfj;i»K down roads
and fields and slackening the
speed of maneuvers. but the
tank- and motorized infantry
continued to slojj forward in
])tirsuit of the retreating enemy.
Xo i ;rlher reports el the pos.tiun
ai"inci liryansk were i-.-uud . nee
yesterday's dispatches said the lied
arn.y 11 •" elied t< • withi:. view t>! t!ie
city J Cllie (iermans have reported
they o\ .it Mated Bryansk >
The Soviet drive west across
the I krainc proceeded steadily
despite the admitted difficulties
created temporarily l>y the mud.
l.ozovaya. miles northeast >>t
Pjivlojjrad and !>•"> miles northeast
I)nieper">peti""V.-k. was the last I
the old UU ainiiiii bastions left 1"
the German.- It served as one <■
the main dcfe-i-es south 'it Kliarkn
during the fir ' " liter oltcnsive ami
was the scene one <>1 then cun
ter attacks during the second win
tei. It was the high water mark of
the Itussian coimU . offensive in 'be
south.
Red Star said the Itussians were
advancing toward Lo/.ovava along
the railroad running west from Slov
yansl; through llarvenknva. both id
which have been captured.
German Spy
Is Arrested
Wellington, Sept l'» • (AP)—Di
m-tor .1. KdKiii I! ••vor. "l tin- Ki-d
llurciui n Iin est iu;itif»i. iin
nouncrd iiKlny I • .nicst in N'cwiirk
J., of John D.iSilvn Purvi-, 411
<>ti chiirucs that i acted .u ;i sj> \
for Germany.
Hoover said l'-.nv;s transmitter
information to "principal" ii
Kurope. and on ' -ca.-ions re
reived cash payments lor his seiv
lire-'.
Plir\ i.-. a Porti -Uic-c citizen. ;il
I lewdly Ih'K.'H III.- pio: iKe arliv
tics early tn when ho wa
contacted I'V ii i-i'-w member of ,
neutr.il vessel \vl Ii >d hern re
cmited I»y (lie Uci.i..ni intelligent-''
sen nr.
All-Star Baseball
Teams Arc f<> I our
Pacific War Are;
Washington. Sept. 1< - f AP> 'I'll
j Wiir peparlmeiil 11111 Hired todii
[lh.it two .ill--t ii hii-chiitl teams fron
tIk* National i'id Aim ■ i't leautK
! will |>l«y ;i scries nl inter-leajtu
K.nt e* for trnojw bvciwi* in th
Pin-it ic the' i
"Tltr team- ulH l>r .-cut t<> mi
I rli*(-|oKod di'stiti.-i!ions Paciti
. theatre of opnnliors How ins th
I close of thr World Si-, es," the ar
nonnrernent said.
YANKS PISH ON TO ITAI.Y I \1 )1-.|< I-.NKMY BOM us
An A \is rocket Imml. thai missed the mark c\plode* harmlessly in the water ol" tin- middle distance is
, I.ST boats n«d other crall loaded with Ameriran invdaers drive ahead lor the Italian mainland t s
Signal Corps Radiophoto. (International Soimdphoto.)
Great British Army
Of The Middle East
Is Secretly Moving
London, .v-pl. 1> — (AI ) —
I ,. .. , .-I
, I ncont lrnu-i! reports rtacninv
' London from Stockholm I»y way
j of Ankara to.iav said that l!ri
! tain's jrrc.it Ninth Army—a
! t'ori'i which the licrmaii- assert
lied drive into ;lie ISaikans—
was on tin- mow today :'rom it
Middle Kant bases facing the is
land pathway into Greece.
11! :isii i! Iit.irv dllicial I ii"
on uncut !<> make '>n tin- .\tti..u\i
I ri-p- i t-. |iut>lislic(l m Hi,. S' . !11
ISvci ,i l>a«blail.-\ which 'i ":iat
iJi-i • Sir i leu y Maitland :
■irii-y l. fi embarked fur "..it
t knov.: ik-Miiiatiiiii."
| Tin- dispatch couuidcd here. \c
ever, with authentic reports of lor
!i ents .M til' I5:>!!:ans. "1 .-weep; HAV
by Y'.i«".»la\ Kxcrilli.- and
lop.its o: :.i-;vr fighting be'.v.ion
German and Ital :in troops in the
l)odi rane .lands oi: Ihc 'I . :i
mainland.
Tin- \ljtit-rs radio. im a br»;.dc.,.-l
report* 'i • e by ;:.t As.-i'i a'.ml
1*!VS«. ' .1 > 4 ' ! I ! •. ' IM.-t tha*
portent eu mil tary develop •
are ■ ' .i was |> :i?ed
• ■111 i lr :cit•: III the ! ..
navy i I !> rd |v Mi-dite:
for nny assuult attains! Ovrm.m po
nit ions in southeastern Ruro|x
IV..-' "I I e Ninth inny ii v
and 'I': n-.i" il.i .. c only -4c>»> -
ll>' (ill' liil'.i; ■ •' liillltlos a . •
than i:..le. I ■ i Crete .\\ •
oa:;>'■ 1 :m ti.r Mnl.'i'i ..mean.
Japs Retreat Further
Before Allied Pincers
Allied lliNnli|iiartrrs in l lie
Smitltuesl I'aeifie. Sept. !."•—
(Al't— Japanese. faerd willi m
niliilatiim al l.ae. Now (iuiiiea—
a fair uhieh has overtaken mi»t
(if (lie runted Salainaua carri-mi
—fell link Imlav liefoie Allied
pireer Inrees from prepared pn
siinis mi l«« sides of Che bis air
base.
ti> ms ill ttilery e\< • •
1 »i • n • i i.-i rdi licit t s 11 \
fi«-«l Ihe strujjcle
i im*s I: tided from t , m*
• •ti Si ptrmber l :t■>i\ ' 'ti
m i!c ■ I nut the ••!
M i! 'h:ine iiirdri ■■ . ill
• t\v | I.:ic. T
' |>' hit by • « II:
Ni-w Viiiiusi. lull: \\ ,.\
.1 1111 *>inc and ' !'•
Tluin
iind ;u
sides it
Alliet
above 1
I only n
!end of
bigger
reiiehei
' | village
' i, tween
I I vol. • " ■*
Ann i (1 \ *: .. liaii v. "
!. tl< i :• iu ; .<n«|xtrl l.ii'i •
::i Itii Ma sham vallej SoplcDiiN'i'
"> ii!i\ r V . t il' 1: 1 ,;.:i pre rl
position* west "i !..'<■ and ait «•>■
prrtvd • < ••• ' 'in. . in
hitler i11.;• v ,-;i tla|>anc»i' •
HftllllV ...•.',,1' ■ . r miles 'HI
till' t<>\\ II I \ • it . • a l\
llSIVt. !■•••! «• • .! . cil lii>;i| ' :,!•
I»i mi.ttii
Kitfhti-vn : ill-.- IjoI 'v. I,.it-, v. icre
the Ali i- tia\«■ < iipttn«•! (lie
<1 • >:i <• ali i tin- •1.111>*i t»«ri >1 S
tuatii . («( !'i .i! M i A *ii ;:'s In .1
f|li jfli'i > ■ {| "t! c i- ■ > i~ <
)>|i*tr'.\ I" • (I .iikI n its (I -
M \ '■ •< i.l ti I
JJIClln: - iflTI itl'.l II . :<ving '
till' . I ■ ..If.
Britain Honors Memory
■ I Of 1940 Blitz Aviators
I
\> Sc|>l. 15 — < \I*» 'llir
, ' . I1"' fMV" to w ' 111 I** ItV
c Mmi . I ' '' ''ill siiiil • ";i>i\
!• i<\\ (. ' \v;is linn
nj11i» .1 \ "ii the Itr ,n • n < -
. s.„.y ■ • UAK's kit iti • >
i- in '• I' <•( Hritnin
(•' \v ' emotion jiki" ' • •'
. it • p- I'T.illnrt hov s-n
I temnn 1'. 10If- Bvitifh oirnien <nd
• n1i .in (Milt :: iniiri . oi'mmhl
Ccriniiii pi.iiifs in furious n\
it '»*];; tM.11 hciMh :*1 (i:i\VM .it/
: t> til .n til itt ;i wltl«d I'M • ti
hill i Konl .nifl Sussex.
11 v\, i... Ihr l.i iu< si '!11 mi 1 >(*r i<| pi. i r
•t fii.u •] • i\ • *t lit l.i ii in otic n •
• ?ifi !>i ike '!v bin-k "I llip (
■ K 1 (•th,n<t\ r. |nr novor siivr h
the Xnzi* stnirk at England by day
Famine For
Italy Looms
As Certain
Germans l ake All Food
In North; Rad io Calls
For F ood for Romans
Itl'l'll. Si|tl. — i.VI'l—Tli<
spciiic ill lamine Italics iixit
liiuilr and till* Vi/imviipnd
«ilii"- nl nurllieril ttil>. ili
lialrlirs I ruin the Italian fron
tier saiil today.
A S • : U'hfinipllir u' • y <«. -
patch from Chiasmi • ;• • :••«* *♦...♦
Xn/.i parachute troop* hart taken up
positions in Kt I 'elf ■
added that rh.- fate t»i
XII and tl. ii tin ir«t
jiii'l te> vi .. j ,i) ; . i-wf
Vatican City i* at pre • at unknown.
The l.'oine radio I.i ■ ii.uhi ap
|.| ill,I 1 > IihmI pioil I • - and till -
i'is i:i tin- •. n-iniIy ■ tin- Italian
capital t" bring food t-. !; :• i1. protn
isiiiK i' would 1m- u-«tl solely to
let it . ill..ii- All f{.. .
been i!.»ed ilidel ini!• ! . ' \v; -,ii(i
l» it llll-l: ' 4 I ...d ; : .• •tit
II . ill :i:< north. ' C tl '' t>r
nians lui\ «• rttiuUitii'iifd till jiv ail
able supphc-. The Swi- teleerapiu<
,i: i in \ . <i 1' .1 l" ■: y it- d.iv .i
thal
I: !,..i> h i.| ■ v. ore ul ot ' •
possibility : .i inuiilr.v .. ide famine.
Jnr\ Is Selected
For I jquor I rial
()t Wilkes (Jroup
U°i!i.e»bo:-o. Sopt I'.--,'AIM- A
I!
il-t: i.ul
> Ciiiy I. - -t. : U.-I.t for
lUiieau "i I • . st galioii,
it. I.< m'.-. ii> ii the
. •'.« .m--" i a
i charges "I larceny And
contraband l iiuor dm
ii ju
and
i tluifd
A: an iiiim : i-i
. tl. ..i tin" r. of H iiavi
A i "ti irt Mai (thai Dmvding pal
tl t.- fir i I,- rli It \V ' :vi ,
Hi'ir Killed that day iliul ti
•. 1
which fhey fought. Omvditig >.»:<!
V". ,* ■ the end «f tin battle oik
the ceting there had bwtt ... . .
»'ri.i! fi '■ :'te i' t< i'ii' '1 to alte
t! I- ,-ei| nee o| -ni'tlt!" which Woul(
otht-nv;$e have occurred."
Attacks Of
Nazis Are
Beaten Off
British Stealing Up
East Coast, Raciny to
A?d oi the Americans
Allien l!i ailqiiiiit» i > in Xurtli
Alrica. Sept. 1 — ( AI *» -Al
lied tr< >•>]!.- have I icateii ol'f
llerce (m rman o.iinier attacks
•ij-rJiiit-I tile Salt-ran liridvvltead
in Italy. Inn were fnrceii last
ni,"'lit 1 <i yield <■ ji».- ground jjain
• <l earlier, in ..rder t-i straighten
(heir lines.
New sit(i|i<>r;- eain*' >n |,t.
'•fit. .Mark \V Clark'- lures
the ail* attacks of the
.Me«l:*i rr.ii • an war and the
thunder nl ii.,\a. V'i'; "I !'->hore.
l'l , \ ' \ I I
'■> \ ■ i ,e oi.—
cl sii..' ..I , . st>-<|iiaitt'r ci>m
I'iiKe.t a..ii.„ ■ v.: .• Filth
! . ASr .,v
;:i si tie.-,
moms ni
If
\i
li. I? 7 ni:.e.
tlii'i-v. iiiK In
iriHips .
■ >i ilisli l.ijjlitli Arms troops,
stealr'u up |hc m-st eoast In
supper) ilie landing. drove
llirmml: (lie village Hf IJel
vedere. !.; air mile.s troiu .\grop
iili. In i lose |hc gap between Al
lied Corel's In some SO miles oC
eoast line l>\ l.uid.
ii- y i K'll n
the Salem.. . id u»o mirTh
J llllll .
Ill flil
'll.l\
ill.
N •
i'!ls 1 I ' h 'III m ilI! di\ i«in!i
ml—were
' 1 1 1 i le A1
■•»• At !< • • rs. the Her*
' ' 1 ; • : i If,' 1
■' ' .■ i: i adv v.ere in
Mlirii n.iv.it tones were l.inil
i ii - leiiiloreemi'iUs .i It .itoni: the
s.ilenn- \:• 111j>i.ti innii despite
t .i riii.ui inlrrt.'i i inc .aid the n.i
\.i! rii!iiraiiiiii|iie .mnou'ieed oe
elipntiui! nt ( iipri Island west of
Salerno on S u n d.iv.
I i> • •! • ■ • ■ epi'ited
!:> ' «" -f • • 11'"'P> have
l'l 'I ' l'l' i ■ • I U' 'lltul. I >111
e ileitis ««HM•!.dated."*
■ lie ' I"'i ; • cl f 'llll'er
■
Tin- (tri m.in attai lis were
sh<i-i;lv supported In tanks ili.it
«pre (irk rn bark rcpc.itcdh l»v
bli»leritn: \iiicriian .mil British
tin. (tin- I'niti'tl Stales rum
ba I train alone dcslrn> oil 13
tanks
I'lic »irlilinc «if eround at
tlichtfall straightened Mlied linos
anil permitted i nnsiilidalinn of
positions against exprrtcd night
assaults |>\ thr enemy. it was
aviimimed.
(vi • ii.- i ii : it. t ,c end
| *;n day v. rd tlw initiation was
. "a I " • • i ' .\ :. o-|>ivially
I v. '• . • .ii t:T-h n il': »:«•»
I men!* "
Tht Highlit Ai V- . dv . iter t<> l"i*l
, v •■<i<- »• »-j> i . 25 iv '<■ pii-li
'm \ tn(' ' : v .-li b id
I Ihtii announced .vtvtordtiy as Hi po
! sitii'M.
ITALIANS. GFRMANS
FIGHT IN ISLANDS
Niiosia. ( * tu ns. Sept. 13—
(M'i — I iuli I Italian vessels. in -
eluding a uiinbnat and ttyn mine
sweepers. readied this cast Med
iterranean port tuilav. carrying
about !00 ttali.iHs from llic l>f»d
ccaucsc Isla'ids who told stories
of fieri-,, fighting going on lliere
betwceil Italians and Germans.
WEATHER
FOR NOKTII « XROI.1NA
siightlv uarinpi litis atter
1 . noon. tonight and Thursday tore
t ""in. <(