British Seize five CENTS COPY Gily Of Fogaia F our Cents An Hour Increase Suggested For Rail Workers Replaces Welles EDWARD R. STETTIN1US, JR., I.cnd Lcase Administrator, has been ap pointed Under Secretary of Str.te by President Uooscvcit to fill the vacancy created by Sumner Welles' resignation. Mr. Sclltinius, vviio is 42, cm it private business in l!MO to take a Federal job. (.International) Find Parole Racket Ring In The State Kalcigh, Sep.. 28. — (AP) — Dis covery ol a parole racket ring thai allowedly has victimized an undeter mined number >>1 State's prisoners, .>■ 'ine of them in for long sentences, v. as announced today by the gover nor's office. An official announcement .-aid that at least three members now are in pii-on and a fourth io being sought in a distant state. A detailed description of the ring's activities was released alter a thor ough investigation, conducted by the Paroles Office, which is a part ol the Governor's ol'liee, and \V. I. CSatling, special agent ol the State Bureau of Invi tigation. Names of those being detained were not giv en. "Only the good l,ord know- how far reaching this thing is," Catling said, adding that other arrests were expected at any time. Governor Uroiighton himself or dered the invest igat ion after receipt ol a letter, the contents ol which Were not disclosed. Tracing each clue, Paroles C'om ini--ioner Hathaway Cross and Agent Catling said they tumid the ring liad acquired Slate letterheads bearing the names of imaginary judges, Slate ollicials and others identified with the law. The ring leaders allegedly would .show the false letters, some forged •o show reductions in sentences, to other prisoners, who would fall for the scheme by thinking the opera tors could get their sentences re duced. Fees ranged in size, but Cross and Catling said they knew that at least $300 had changed hands, possi bly a good bit more. In one instunce, the ring men were alleged to have approached the mothers of two Negroes just impri soned for long sentences. They were Quoted as telling the mothers Iii.it 'heir sons would "be home lor stip (jcr tonight" upon payment of a cer tain sum. The sons never appeared, although the mothers had pnparett a fried chicken supper. The investigation led into several states, resulting in the detention ol at least one person out of North Carolina. Cross and Calling said they would present their evidence to a grand jury, the county undetermined, and let the formal chargcs be brought then. In announcing the ring's operation, Governor Broughton, Cross and Gat ling issued a warning to prisoners and their relatives to beware of such schemes to obtain freedom. Undoubt edly, it was said, others have been victimized but their cases have not been reported. The ring leaders. Cross and (Jai ling said ,wenl so far as to claim re lation by marriage with State offi' cials to erect a selling point to pros pective clients. Head of Operating Union Calls Scale Insult, Unacceptable Washington, Sept. 2S—(AP) —The White House disclosed today that the Railroad Knier gency Hoard had recommended a wage increase of at least four cents an hour for :»()(),0(K) oper ating employees of the nation's rail carriers. The board reported li> President Koosovelt '.hut these workers wore entitled to th.it much under the Lit tle Steel formula and implied it would have recommcndcd a higher figure if it had felt the government would approve. The report was submitted on a two to one vote, the minority mem ber dissenting sharply because he favored a more .substantial increase, amounting to 71 -j percent. RECOMMENDATION' CALLED lNSn/r BY t'NIOX CIIIKF IUiffalo. N. Y.. Sept. 211—(AP)— Thomas C. Ca-hcn, international president of '.he Switchmen's Union of North America, said today the Railroad Emergency Hoard's recom* meiulation of a wage increase of four cents hourly for operating em ployees "is an insult." "It is my opinion the employees will not accept the recommendation," he added. Some Ration Values Hiked Very Sharply Washington, Sept. 28—(AP) — Reflecting still dwindling production, another sharp in crease in (he ration cost of lnit-j ter—from the current twelve toj 1(5 points beginning Sunday—j was announced today by the Of-1 l'iee of I'rice Administration. The point values <>f most meats will remain unchanged, OPA said, except for some slight upward ad justments. Processed food chances for October. announced lust night, railed largely for stiff increases in raiined fruit values, although there will lie small reductions for some important vegetables. The increase in butter available to civilians continued !■> dwindle dur ing September because production fell an estimated ten per cent under a year ago, OPA said n explana tion. OPA .aid farm (">r country) but ter would ho rai-ed also from six to ten i»oints and announced: 1. Standard cuts of beef and veal and lamb remain unchanged, while Iamb and veal meats arc reduced one point. 2. A total of eight standard pork cuts, including center chops and loin roasts, are increased one to . Iwo points. 3. Eighteen meat cuts, mainly variety types such as brains and kid neys, are now point free. 4. A number of cheeses, includ ing cream cheese, cottage chcese, Swiss, pleu and Cuivembcrt, arc in creased a point a pound. Higher Crop Loan Sought For Farmers Washington. Sept. 2K—(AP)—Con tending present government loan rales of 90 percent of parity on cot ton. corn, wheat, rice, tobacco and peanuts do not reflect increased la l)0|- costs. IJepresentative Pace (f»a.. I).) today proposed that the loan rate be boosted to 100 percent of parity. He has introduced a resolution in the House to authorize the increased loan rate. "Present parity prices lor the ma jor farm crops," he said in an in terview. "are based on what the far mer wa. paying for his labor in j IWlfl." "Today farm labor Cost- are tip | .'10(1 percent from that period, and even giving the farmer a 100 percent I loan on his crop would still not give him more than about 7!) percent of a true parity." new conquerors pass ANCIENT PRE-ROMAN ruins r> — » •• • ****??' t Lae. Today's comnnmuiiie disclosed the1 capture ol Sagerak, ,i village approxi mately 711 miles suutii and .slightly east of i\lada:g. It was the first hint ol a land drive in that direction. Sagerak is eight m:le.s northwest of Ka>apit, a valley village where Sep tember !«{. two days after the fall of Lae, big transport plar.es landed on a grassy field and unloaded Austra lian soldiers who clashed with an enemy force of 200, killed 1-0 and routing !ho others. Whether SageraU's capture was. achieved by the airborne force which took Kaiapit, or meant a consolidated Aliicd line fur all tiie (!8 miles from Sagerak to Lac, v.as not made clear. Since I.ae's fall. MacArlhnr'.s force.; definitely con trolled the valley l'ur 2<> miles from that airbase back to the air strip of Nad ab. .-ei/.ed by para troopers Scptemoer 3. Today's communique reported a 28-ton bombing by lighter-es corted Liberators 011 .Manna Bay. midway between .Wailang ana j Wcwak. and a 33-ton raid on ( two airdromes at Wawak. The ! Japanese sent lip !0 new No. 3 type heavier armored fighters, but American l'-3rt*s downed three iu fights ranging from (!. 000 to 20.000 feet. There were no Allied losses. At Finschhafcn. Ali-°ralian troops which landed six miles to the north i September 22 menacr the airfield i and supply base from two directions. | 0:.e force which crossed the Bum: ] river near its mouth i.~ three-qaar- j ters of a mile north of the town. | Another force which •• •■veil inland before crossing the river is closing] in from the west on '.'.dues over looking Kinschhalen .S*.|l another j contingent is battling Japanese a roiind Sattclbcrg Mission. Giant U. S. Bombing Planes Change Into Huge Fighters Special l» Central I'ross. Wn.-li11»J4I<>ii. Sept. ;> iiiirl i,jljcnili'i> have been able: 5o inainlain such a high balling average against I he (icrmiin Luftwaffe ( I and (> t■ > I). Normally, I hi- bis bombers carry 13 large calibci machine guns, mak ing lliem 'lie most powerfully-armed planes in the skies. Km a Iting time alter Hie United States Ai Forces began their raids on Germany such armament was slllficii'nt to keep the Nazis at a re spectable distance. But, after paving bloodily lor the experience, N /.i fliers discovered a blind spot here and there. They also learned thai. 11 order to carry as many bombs possiuie. the heavy I»i "ilirrs were forced to nit clown thi : supply ot ammunition. Thus tin- hun-motored M>- were unahle to engage in prolonged (Ion- , lights and tlic N;i*is foun.l m (asieri picking il they laid 111 \v;iit lor the bombers. winging homev.ird with much, il not nil. of their niv.:nunitiou already expended. Th '.-o hiippv hunting d;.y- clitl nol lust lf ■nt!, however . On one raid the Na/.is tore into «i , lorn ;ilion of "Forts" only t" tind the bomlKT.s spewing back death from j utterly st:%nge plaees. And. "ii the j way nome, the bombers fought <>11 ; cloud- of interceptors with appar-j entlv inexhaustible machine gun.-'. In April, May and June, Flying j (Continued oil Page Fivcj Two Spies Given Limit In Sentence ! New York. Sept. -K—(A P)—Two {rainier Ktalen I>tand air raid war (|< is who pled u 'ty to charges <»f i c"fispiracy I" violate the wartime ! espionage act were sentenced today |n :{|I yea is impri .minient each by I .fudge Mortimer \V. Myers in Brook lyn Federal Court. I Judge livers told the two men, Krn«v»t I'. l.ehniti*. and Krwin II. iVSprcllcr. 52, •• thought they j had "not (old tin- t ith to the Rov prnment" and had "tailed to cooper at< ■ th l ie Federal Hureaii of In vestigation" and ttiat consequently he w.is imposing tiie longest prison tern . prescribed by law lor such of I feiists. Rails Lead Stock Gain N<".v York. Kept. 28.—(AIM Kails led ;i i node.-1 and selective rcctivltv shiil n today's Mock market. Irre gular trends con!iimed .-it tin* start but siitficiviit bids then appeared to pill (.iviuite- fractions to ;i point nesn the lourth hour without touch ing "II any Kid speed SJ0.07.'! (Jilt to Grrrnslioro. IJ i'hinond. Vii.. Kepi 'Jo.—A check drawn on the United States Treasury Tor I -*»(•. the second payment 011 an c-timated Federal cnti ibu'ion o| ,S8itoward the • >st «'l main tniicng and operating Id care lac - I litics for a si\ month-' period, has I,ecu lorwarded by the regional ol fice 'i the Federal \\ ,> Agency to I; |, Smith, superlntt " ic ' "t .schools ;,t (iiccnsooio. C. L. V i-M'ij, KW'A assistant regional director, announ ced. The initial payme was $20,073. Last Caucasus Base Of Germans Smashed; Nazis Fight Bitterly London. Sept. 2S—(A1') — Throe key cities of White Ilns sia—Gomel, Mogilev ami Vi tebsk—were in danger from advancing Red army forces io-j day. while further south some; Soviet columns continued their unrelenting pressure against Kiev and Melitopol, sprint; hoard for a possible drive into the Crimea. Tin- last German Caucasan base of Temrvuk was smashed yesterday, a Moscow war communique said, virtually scaling tlie fate of what ever Axis forces were left in the northwestern Caucasus. They faced certain capture or I light across the Kerch strait to join th<- German garrison.- in the Crimea. The Berlin broadcast said Tcmryuk was evac uated Simtfay after military instal lations were dynamited. Most sensational of the So viet gains recorded yesterday was the capture of tlie east hank suburb of Dnepropetrovsk, in a savage hand-to-hand struggle across the river of that big sleel and power city on the Dnieper river bend. Their backs to the broad Dnieper, the .Nazis fought to the last. Itein nant.s nf their rear guard were hurled itit• > the Dn.eper as Hed army troops overran the suburb and .-ei/ed huge piles of abandoned war loot, the ltus>iau communique said. The Russians said they re elaimed I0 towns and villages —biggest one-da\ haul of the smashing summer offensive—in yesterday's action on the war's longest land front. All along the Dnieper length "our troops were wiping out or capturing in dividual German groupings on the left bank." the communique said. Xcarlv 7.non Nazi troops \werc reported killed on .ill sectors of the front, ll.ono falling in fierce fight ing on 1 Ik* approaches to Mogliev. north of Gomel. Kntire battalions were said to have been slam in bit ter lighting mound I he Kremenchug bridgehead, where air battle- enliv ened the struggle. Moscow said thai German troops, reeling under the im pact of the Soviet steam roller tactics, were surrendering l».v the hundreds. Tlie ISed air force, blasting concentrations ol' enemy forees at the river crossings, also ranged far ahead to blow up German troop trains and rail .junctions west of the river. The battle for Kiev, the great cen tral bastion high on the west bank of the Dnieper, was developing and a Berlin broadi-:>t said that Soviet troops, striking by night, had cross ed the river all miles t" the north and were battling the German- on the west bank. Cotton Shows Slight Gains New York. Sopl 2JS. (AIM ("ni ton fulniVS (••Ifl c oliti iic(s) opriUT uncliiiiiftcfl lo t< ti font* ;i bntc high •')■ N'niiti values v ( if lllifh miles hrouirh Field .Marshal Albert !\».'ssi'lriiij;"s defenses and cap tired tin- mvut aii'hase city of Kojrjria with its twelve satellite lirlields. Official reports disclosed tin uinjruard of (len. Sir II.' L.I Montgomery's troops entered the city at :*> p. m. yesterday, easily overcoming minor oppo sition. At llie sane Jane Ut.-fien. Marl; \V. Clark's m» :i ot I lie Khtli Army legi.-tered gains "1 troin Uvo !«> live miles to the north in tiie Salerno area in the lace ol stubborn German resistance. The historic city ot Melti was j taken, and two other li-un- t" tin eastern flank ol the lic.e were over run. North ol Salerno l> ti.-li tr.io|>s plunged then way torward two miles. Sonic i«l«'a of tlie intense fiftht ins encountered by the Fifth Army was Riven by prisoners of the German 16tli Panzer Divi sion. who said their division had been virtually put out of action, with its losses e\eeedin({ 50 per cent. (Today's (Serman communique said tlu> "pressure of the Anglo Amcricar-. in stuiliiern Italy had been considerably increased with the l;«'.ditiK ol fresh forces." It I.Q. Expert BENEATH this buck private's hel met is a brain that should go well villi the gold bra d of a Rcaeral'a cap. lie's Pvt. Earl O. AltholT, son of a St. Mary, O., baker, and he has jutt made one of the highest intel ligence scores on army record? in the general classification test. His marks were just 4 points below a perfect ratinu. (International) added "wli.le oil attacks were beat en back 111 tin- Salerno area our : Mill) havf cli !■: gaged themselves iccording :n plan in the area of ami 11:• \ ■ retreated to pre pared nountaiu p isitions. Foggia ivas cvaciated ..:tr. destruction of .11 installations ol war importance.**) tin tin- Kigh'.ii Army Ironl. "con •ider.ible casuallie " were mtlicted upon t!i< Gcrn ..us in tlu1 drive on Foggia. Iieadipiarte: s announced, but tliere Were indications th/\ German rc.-istancc \va> slight on the swift advar.iv against Kcssehing's rear {•Hard iilife- which wen- Ictt at the mercv ol Hritish columns From a strategic standpoint Foggiu is perhaps the most im portant city captured in the Italia:i campaign to date. II is a city of about 85.000 and possesses one of the best air (Irnmes in all Italy and a dozen smaller satellite fields that \till place powerful Allied air forces within closer strik ing distance uf the Italkans as well us southern Germany. Foggia wa« the No. 1 objective of liie Allied drive :n .southern Italy. In addition to being an air haste, it is a road center .\itli at least six main highways lead.ng into it from all directions. So swift was the Ai led ad', .nice Mat the enemy was prevented troui destroyi:ig the air 1 ields. 'Ilic All ed drive again made some headway ca-'. of Salerno toward the Adriatic, v. here hea\ er opposition was met. The drive into the hills toward Xocera. ten miles northwest of Su lci no. made steady progress in hit ter hand-to-hand lighting. Capture of tl-.is road im'.ctioii will take the Allies to the edge of the plains lead ing to Naples. \ ital port which the Germans have been -systematically destroying. The capture ol Meili. JO miles from the Adriatic, represented an advance ol live mile- beyond the previously reported Allied position. This gain was made by the Ameri can cast wing of the Fifth Army and it place- the Allies within the road network leading to the back door of Naples. Self-Go\ eminent For Porto Ricans Proposed by FDR Washington. Sept. —CAP) — President Roosevelt submitted to C'mc.re.sK today ;i l.-,il| which he said would give the I'orto Hican people the right to elect their gov ernor and "an opportunity lor the free exer cise ol the powers of local self guve.nment." The bill \va, dratted, for the guid ance of ('..ngre-.s. hy a committee under the cha itvuisliip of Secretary of Interior IcUcs. WEATHER FOli NORTH ( AItOI.INA l.ittlc change in temperature this afternoon. tonight and Wednesday forenoon. Germans Seize Adriatic Bases As Foggia Falls; Balkan Peril Increases London. Sept. 2S—l.\l'(—With Folia's »:lahorato string of airfields in Aliiod hands. the (icrmjin- struck at onco today in an of fort to shield thomsclvo from the grave strategic conse quences of the |o.eli : Dwipht 1 >. Kiset.! lower's <.inii>.ini . i|iic disclosed Hi. 1 (it'll Sn I! I. Montgomery*.-- forces )i:irl overrun K | (|ii eU steps "1 their own: 1. They threw l.mdam forces ;ii ' the island of Corfu oil the west I coa.st ol Ctieece. 1!. Tin v attacked .iiitl claimed to h;.\i renamed the Y • u<>>!;i\ harbor city Split. prev iously stormed ;ind captured by Yugoslav pierillas. !• these operations. Hitter u .is liv. na w i'.ll :■ iI uruelicy attains! ;i men.ice suddenly and vastly increas ed iiiin -t his Mails .n front. Im the rapture "I Kouuia t»y the Hr.lirh mount tlvil the whole ol nortliern 1 t.t'v. the I">.iii he valley iinrl south eri! <">ei uany ilself now lisive been : hinugiit adequately under the shii I doiv of the Allied air arm. It ;< ,i-it ;il.- . lii.it ur.inri scale !.icilil;c.- • Allied i: action against 1 In* 11.11Ui111.- !..nl now boon obtained in hi .iroii niily ISO miles across tlu* Ad: a'.ic mm. T'ii lUv I'll announcement ««f tho iti i>! ("ml i. diroclly across tin* I• •it .in Sc.i trom tlio liool »f tilt? Itiiliiin simI tho Germans took <>\oi tho onti c i-land after a short ' ijjht with Italian troops who turn od d"wn an ultimatum to surrender. "Tho (ii rmiins broke down resist nil' and bro'ight in several tlious and pn-'iters." said tho broadcast. In ,i sepai ate .nii'iuiHoniont broad east ii short time litter. Herlin