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>0» Henderson Sally Itspdfrlj \R LBA.HBU WIHI HEKVICH OIT UVMIUMXJMM xt ry nnm.v A I'TI'lnwx,,.. V T11K ASSOCIATED VKES3. HLNlJlliKbON. N. " - H 1? I M A \ A I. 1 I THIRTIETH YEAli „ _ — n..tnM VT „ - —: — EKSUN, N. G., FRIDAY Ah 1KRXQON, SEPTEMBER 17, liM.J . aariuAilSBK 1/, li>4:i WBUau^G£?SaK£ffKUHwm FIVE CENTS COPY ALLIED ARMIES UNITED New Drives Promised ^ ir * ★ By FDR YANKS PITCH TENTS AMID RUINS OF ITALIAN GLORY SZ " ' -2 TENTS AND MODERN MILITARY VEHICLES arc surrounded by Reman ruins as a new war comes to the sccne o£ many old conflicts. American soldiers, for the first time in history, bivouac amid ;incient Italian build ings in the Salerno area during a lull in the savage lighting. Signal Corps Radiophuto. (International) 8 Indicted As Spies Of The Nazis Detroit Group Faces Possible Death When Convicted by Courts Detroit, Mich., Sept. 17— (AI')—Four women and four men acussod of acting as spies fur Nazi Ciermany were indicted today by a Federal grand jury 011 charges of conspiracy under the wartime espionage act, which carries a possible death penalty. Six lit those indicted have been detained since August 21, when two men and two women were arrested on warrants and two oilier women were held as dangerous enemy alirns. Two other men were arresteci early today. Sixteen persons, including resi dents of Uudapest, Stockholm alio Lisbon, were named in the indict ment returned today as co-eoiispiru tors hut not as defendants. United States Attorney John ( . Lehr said the indictments accused the eight of conspiring to "ciimimmi eate", deliver and transmit to the German Ueicli and to its various re presentatives photographs. blue prints, documents and information generally relating to the national de fense of the United States, with in (Cunlinucd on Page Six) Six Miners Safe; Dozen Die In Mine Marian, Ky., Sept. 17.— <AP)—Six coal-sineuied miners emerged alive last midnight Irom tragedy-struck Three Points niine tiller a twelve hour entombment caused by an ex plosion that caused sudden death to their twelve companions. The mine early this morning yield ed the bodies of the dead, thui mangled bodies being discovered at "tie tunnel entrance and nine others lying closely together not many feet away. The three were found first more than a mile from the main mine en trance. ileyond this group, almost a mile further back in the tunnel, lite twelve were found, and then the six men who barricaded themselves ('gainst the deadly black damp in their light for life. WEATHER FOIl NORTH CAROLINA Cooler tills afternoon, tonight ami Saturday forenoon. Wheeler Admits Likely Defeat Of Fathers' Hill Bricker Says U. S. Freedom Needs Saving Philadelphia, Sept. 17 (A I•) — This country's foreign P 'hi", s:iould ho based upon the nece.s.-;ty lor pre servation hi' our rational identity and freedom of action. Governor John W. ISrieker, ol Oh.", deflated hero today in observance ol Const i Uilion Day. The Ohio executive. in an address prepared for delivery over i natio nal radio hookup, and before the National Society ol the Sons ol the American ({evolution, also urged cau tion in thi- linal drafting of peace treaties at the -war's end. "No man is wise enoi gh now to state with exactitude what this na tion's obligations to others may be at teli conclusion of the war. or how they may best be carried out," he said. "Our foreign policy should be based upon the absolute necessity for tin' preservation ol our identity a< a nation, and on our traditional trce dom of action at all times." Gripsholm Is Now At Rio To Pick t p Japanese Citizens Itio dr Janrrio. Itrazil. Sr|it. 17 (AIM—The Swedish linrr (iripshiilin, cli irtrrcd l».v the t"lilted States Rovcrnincnl for ex change of Japanese-American nationals, arrived here today to pick up *!• Japanese eltl/"!is. Brazilian f'urelcn Office offi fieials will direct embarkation, probably today, of the Japanese, working in conjunction with the Spanish Embassy, which repre senting Japanese interests in this 1 country. Reynolds Tells Solon He Deserves Plaudits For Revealing Facts I Washington. Sept. 17—(A1') —'.Senator Wheeler (D.-Mont.) conceded today that his bill m defer the drafting of pre-war fathers might be defeated in the Senate, but contended that such action would be a blow at the morale of the people and a de feat for the nation's children. C hairman IJevnolds (D.-N. C.) of the military committee, which is holding healings on the bill, '.old Wheeler he deserved "plaudits" lor bringing <• t tacts, whether the mea sure passed or not. Wheeler asserted again that s<mc war bullish e> are hoarding man- ] power, with employees "tailing oy<\ one another." wl'.ile Colonel I *»v m Sander-, of tiie War Manpower Com mission, denied thai there are any cost-plus percentage war contracts whirl: would make over-staffing profitable. Sanders told the com mittee such contracts, widely u.-erl in the tii.-t World War, now are illegal. Senator Downey (l).-Cai.) Hook exception to testimony by Sanders that "lend-lease does not increase the drain un our manpower." The Time, Place Of invasion Agreed On But End Is Far Off; Says Japan Will Not Stop Until Crushed Washington, Sept. 17—< AI') —President Roosevelt said to day that "specific and precise" plans have been made for ureal, new blows at (Jerniany and Ja pan, incl.idinii' "definite times and places for other landings on the continent of lOurope an I elsewhere." In a war review sent to Con gress, ihe connnaiider-in-chief said Hitler lias iel'l vulnerable spots in the wall of ihe so-called fortress—which we shall point out to him in due Lime.'* Iltil the blunt lad i-. he .-aid, Iliat we are a long way linn victory in mix m.ijor theatre <•: the war, ::*stl there e.ni I e iki 1« • <1-i -.ii anywhe;e. "We face in the Orient a Ions and difficult fight." he warned. "We must be pr» pared for heavy losses in winning tliat lit;111. The power of Japan will not collapse uetil it lias hern literally liounded into the dust. 1| would be the utmost fell* lor us to try to pretend otherwise." In discussing the Kuropean phase of the conlliet, Ml lioosevelt gave a possible bint that the lialkan ; may be the scene <n one new llirust—and that in the immediate future. Ucporl ing "definite information" of uurest and a growing de-ire for peace 111 Rumania, Hungary and Burglaria. as well as in I'liiland, in northern Eu lope, he said: "We hope that in these nations the spirit of revolt against Nazi dominance which commenced iu Italy will burst into flame and become a consuming lire." Perhaps significantly he did not urge the people of those na tions to dela> an) longer Ihe hour of llieir revolution. His fi.WMI-word review titled ail the pieces of current war develop ments into a single pattern ol global strategy and In* poke conlidently of victory even as lie warned that it 13 yet still distant. Nonetheless, lie said, the time is here to begin planning, even legislat ing. lor tiie demobilization • •! the aimed forces to orovidc then mil lions ol members Willi grea'er econo mic protection and educational op portunity. and he spoke, too. i.t the ncccs.-ily ol seeking now "fair international relationships on a permanent basis." Calii •rnian declared lend-lease con tribution* to other nations rc(|.iired the services of six million Ameri ca lis. Sandeis countered thai 'it we didn't provide lhc aid, we would have to put more troops in the field and lake heav ier losses." 17 Killed In Blast At Base At Norfolk Norfolk. Va.. Sept. 17—(A I*)—A terrific explosion, origi nating from ammunition in transit at the Norfolk naval air station, killed approximately seventeen persons and injured -">7, fourteen critically, and damajred a numlier of Imildinjrs today. iVaval authentic emphasized mat the number of iitju:t'<l was unly ;m estimate, and said .• would he some time before tiic.v could make an accuriite tabulation of sill persons 1 rented in service and eivilitin hos pital.'-. Hear Admiral H. K. Leary, U. S. N.. commandant oi the tilth naval district, said witnesse- reported they believed the explosii n was caused by sunmuniliou in triinsit. A board of invest it; it ion has aln Hy begun to probe the cause of the blast. Tin hoard consists ot Captains L. P. Tread well. U. S. N : C. C. West. U. S N : and .1 H Tauue. IT. K. N.: and l.ioutenant llrooks U. S. N„ judue ad\ oeate. Tlospilals in Norfolk and Ports mouth cent the ambidances with spec'al crews ul d -ctoi> and nurse to tin scene. The pxplo-ion. described as ono of the worst it' the lu.-lorv of the Norfolk naval air station, lore away sections of the hangar and flung twisted metal lor hundreds of yards. ]C>rc;it s:;rr|s of ihme roared hiijli into tli, -l»v ;:ii<l billows <>( smoke poured nwr tin* dnmiificd build.rus. Witne.-ses said I ho steel girders of :i building neitr the damaged !v.n Bar wen' stove in by the force °f the blji-t. Injured workmen wcic made as comforla ile as possible as Ihe,v lay on the csu'.md awaiting the arrival of the t anibnliinccs. Ait- station trucks v.i' <• used at first In remove the wou'ded. Norfolk. Va.. Sept. |*.—(AIM —A Irrrifir explosion and reslll tinc fire damaged several build ings .uid caused an nnderler wincrt ntimbrr of canailles at (lie Norfolk naval air slalion to day. Forcr of the blast shook srelkms of Norfolk, ten miles from I he station. TIk 'naval district r 1)1 c re lation- (ifi.ee only said, "l ine will (Continued on Pa^e Six) Clark lo Salerno 11 i i ——MMMMI Commander of the U. S. Fifth Army, Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark (left). and Vice Admiral H. K. He witt. commander ot the L\ S. Med. terranean nr.val force.-, study maps aboard the ship that took '.he army chiet to the Salerno liv.nt. !!«_• went ashore to watch his lui'dll^htinji troops in ae'ion. Signal Corp. I{adi;> Photn. (International I Japs' Great Lae Base Is T ottering 48, Possibly 58 Jap Planes Destroyed in Great Aerial Battle Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific. Sept. 17— (Ai*)—Reports from the J'ijrht injr front indicate Lae is totter ing and its fall is imminent. While Allied airmen marked lip another ana/niR aci ial victory over the JuiNincst with 48 and probably .r>!) enei. \ iit>h!er> destroyed out <>1 an attacking force of ti'i to Tit - rlronK All efl u:<>und forces were re ported (Miiveifiinu on the New I Gllinc ba-e for I he kill. Australian forces, moving ill from the cast, have taken >lala- | Italic wharfage, just outside flic j airdrome, and the town itself. A western force has oeeupicd lal \\ arils' plantation, not far I rum I the lown. and troops are coming up fast from captured Sala in.iua. The .lapauu-c .it l.ac have been bombed !um\ ilv -ince Allied troops k.udi <1 aiine and below thai base | Sep'euilx I •">. What little there is lell o| the i i.i 11 anehoraRe town on ; Mil'>11 (lull liUe'v I..is liren sin; lied by at till* ry lire. The desperate enentv at l.ae prohahl> has taken the worst heating of any Japanese force in I this war. There is no indication I as to I In- iiumher of .lapanesr in the area, hut fliers who have bombed and sfrated it the last few days say aiiti-aireraft lire has been noliccald* weak. The Icilliant aerial victory caiiie miring a raid by Liberators with a lighter rseorl on flic Japanese base al Wcwak, near New Guinea. Against the overwhelming loll oi Ja panese planes destroyed, every Lib erator returned and only one fighter was lo.st. Germans Forcing Allied Prisoners Into German Xa\ y At the Swiss-Italian Frontier. Seiit. 17.—(AD—German autho rities were reported todax to be rounding up all Allied prisoners released in Italy after lite I'iedro itadoKlio eovrrnment and to have orderrd all Italian troops to re port for duly in the German navy. The order Riven Italian soldiers until (> p. m. iItalian time) today to present themselves to the Ger mans was said to have been is sued lit the area of Cotnii, about 1 miles north of Milan. A similar ortler was believed to have been Issued throughout the German-occupied portion of Italy. Two British Forces Join Americans On The Salerno Front German Ring of Steel Now Broken; Clark's Army Resumes Its Advance Allied Headquarters in North Africa. Sept. 17—(AP) — The Fifth Army i.f Lieutenant lieneral .Mark \V. Clark and the British Kijrhlh Avmy fused their fronts with establishment of contacts between patrols following an amazing northward march of nearly 200 miles from the Italian toe l»y General Sir l'.er nard L. Montgomery's \eteraiis. Allied headquarters announced unlay. The Kighth Army also made con tact with British lorces heating up thL. I'.ali.ili im : coast troni Taranto. I a communique troni General Dwighl I). Ki.enhower s Headquarters an nounced. All three i>1 tilt' Allied beachheads <m the «e-t, snath and east thereby were welded in' • a .sin- : gle ront. Tlu- contact between General i Montgomery's speeding warriors and General ( lark's American j and British troops, who tor eight days had fought the greatest engagement of the Mediterran ean war in order to maintain i their west coast foothold, was ' made somewhere in or near the southern end of the Salerno beachhead. I.inking <>l the two ari'.ies broke the er.emv's rim of steel around General Clark's soldier.- and appear ed to have ended the critical per iod ol the battle tought against lour or more German armored divisions on the blond-stained beaches. Announcement of the contact was madc bv Allied headquarters shortly a communique had told of Alont gomcy's capture o| Yailn Delia l.u cania. only sixteen miles from Ag ropoll at the southern end ol the twenty-seven-mile front held by the Filth Army. At the same time. Clark's j army struck out from its hard won shoreline and recaptured the mountain village of Alhauclla. ten miles inland, smashed three German counter attacks and straightened out several German salients thai had been driven into Allied positions. An Algiers broadcast by XP.C sriid Montecorvino. eight and a halt miles ! inland and several miles cri-t of Sa ItMT.n a: the northern end nf the briduoheud. al •• \ as captured m the ii'pukL. 11! one <«! '.ho Gorman at tack (l. ndon dispatches; said seizure of M titi i Hi \ ino would ho •■no of the nm.-t ,-iuti'l nr. A11»<•:i VIC*' rios. ih the liiu'n mult : s' . >d i • he the site <ii <>t tin- ho.-', i r fields alur •: the whole lower t.etch of Italian west o<u>;. W" an autield in Allied hands t . .scope and effectivone.-? of t.^ tet pi.n o protec tion toe General ( iarU'.- l>;«.se ol op erations would i>i' greatly extended. (A Itrilish broadcast from Al sirrs, recorded l»v ('IIS, said the i'iftli and liiulith Army patrols met about half way between Aqrtipnli and V.illo ili-lla l.n rania. or less than ten miles from the beachhead. f ii nei at 111 ■ : .• , r • ..:i unique >:iid tiie fie: \s tfl >1 • • t i reduce the Allied l»t dttchcad "have weak* oned cons; do ably" theit nit and naval Mipport o: the land lighting whieh continued to be heavy and elfeel!\e. and repeated General t'larl;'.-- doclaia!i"ii of yesterday th.it tin1 Salerno po>.-on wa now "tuin lv established " MUSSOLINI MAY BE AT CREMONA, ITALY New Vork. Sept. I".— (AIM— Itcnito Mussolini and Koherto larinacci. former fascist milli ter of state, arc now at ( rcmona. Italy, which has become the pro vincial soat of the fascist sov rrnment. the German controlled Vichy radio said t oday. The broadcast, heard by t 15s. <inoted the Swiss newspaper Die Tat. Fall OfKrasnograd To Russians Near London. Sept. IT—(Al'j—Three Soviet armies surging westward through the western I'kraine arc closing in on Kras nojirad. Nazi Itastior. am! rail junction on tin Kharkov-Dniepero petrovsk railway, a Renter's dispatch I'roin .Moscow said today. Other Hod army c.11.-. having! seore.1 four impressive , ictoi a s ye terday. were pllin^iim :• »r\v;ircl on | many sector-, of the (iHimilo front, j intent on throwing the Germans i back niro.-- tin* formidable Dnieper ' river valley In-fore tin1 heavy autumn rains render large M ile niilit;nv i operations impossible. DNB bmndciisl from Berlin to- ; d;iy admitted that Die Hermans had lost Novoros.-isl*. the lit.:- i ill Black Sea n;iv;il b;i.-e in the A Gerni.'in eummui>.t|iic. bro;.dc.i-t by Merlin and recorded by the As sociated Press, also conceded once more that the Nazis had esac:i;itod Bryansk, important base on the cen tra] front." Berlin ana >unced three days ago that Bryansk had been evacuated, but denied it ai a bro.id I.omlon. Sept. II—( \r t—The Kiissians announced loday the capture i>f Bryansk. junction for si\ vital railways at the sates lit White Russia. in a major vie too for Soviet arms. i ' yolord.iv The Hii.--ians have tnlitie n<> el iin « I the i ity*n capture. The speed vvi'.h which the Soviet columns were eating i.p German held i-•>:::••!:> i. si -i ilK" Dnieper cnc i. mii hel e! they might rc .v'ii t!.« \c w ! ' 11 the next few :l..\ la inch .1 drive against the While If - in fn iit er. <;r> miles west o! Novgorod Si'.c .»ki. torce a C»cr 11.11 ret 1 eat Irom the Caucasian brdigchend ubove raptured Nuvom* ;it>d Complete th<» investment of Hie citadel ot Bryansk. Germany's Rail Routes Into Italy Are Broken I.ondiui. Sept. IT.— —A larce force of KAF Iximlicrs • wrpl deep IiiIii southeastern i Frailer la>>| night In make a «*•••( ccntralcd attack on en rim rail wav stations at Miiilinc on tin* I'rench-llaliaii frontier, it was announced today, and .Mos quitoes again hit Iterlin. I'm home hiixed I'ritish l,:iliea te.» ' .•'rikinu directly .it enemy effort- to ! itish reinforcements 11il«• the It.-iliiiu i haltle grounds, also made a low , Unci .it'aek on tin* Asithe «r viaduct, i iieai' S' U iph.icl, <>u the French l!i\ tern r >ule. At Mi'datie. a Krelieh frontier | town, near tlic opening of the Mont clietus tunnel, a "heavy and eoncen trnied attack wiis ninde" >'11 the | lieii'.ht yards. it wa» announced. I • Kir.-t reports indicate both allack.s | were eliective," the communique Si.wl K "i tlu- night bombers were rep ' tell ii:i ■ -illU ln hittiin: .it Ilir Modaiie area, (lir Ifritisli bombers probably «li*>rtipt«>«l traffic tlirouch one of (be feu remaininc railroad channels through I lie Alps over which I lie Germans can funnel reinforcements into Italy. The I>iu Alpitu Monti lienis lllll nel. .<i• •iin<i which (Jcrmans iind 11..! iiis have in rn reported ImiitiiiK. i- »\t-- imli ii >rtli\\e>t cil Turin on tin- rail route to IjVoim suid Paris. Tin II .LjsIi attacks carried tMo new i oiind-the clock bombinu .spurt into the third day. Tliey came im ncdiatclv alter American Plying Kortresscs had made one of the heaviest davhitht assaults ol the war against port installations, decks and iinpjtU in the Bay ct Biscay urea.
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