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> —
» •• • ****??' <i
A GROUP OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS, intent upon mopping up retreating Nazi forces, pays little attention to
the classic ruins of the Greek-built temple of Poseidon in the Paestum area near Salerno. The historic
structure dale* Irum ;he time this section of Italy was a Greek colony. (International Sound photo)
Reds On Verge Of Capture
Of three Kev Nazi Centers
MacArthur Opens Drive
On Jap Base At Madang
Allied Headquarters in the
Southwest 1'acific, Sept. ::s.—
(Al*)—General Douglas AlacAr
tliur, whose New (iuinea troops
have won virtually complete con
trol or KO important miles ol'
coastline troin Salamaua to Fins
chhafen since September 1:1, now
has opened a thrust toward. Ma
tiuiiK. 170 miles to the northwest.
This movement. while Australians
are battling at the last Japanese de
Ieases before loitering Kinsiihalen.
is an overland one developing in '.lie
bruad Markhum valley al a point OH
miles northwest <>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. ;><!.- N'nw the
.slnry can In' 'old why American
Flying Fortrc-sc> 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 <M>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<inu<<< l
25 Cfiil.s ;i Iv.lf liiuhfr. October 20.11!,
Offfinljor 20.20 .incl Miircli 20.(!o.
Ocli.lK f
I )«'('<'IiiIh'i
March
May ...
July ...
I'rrvions Close Opri'
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10.06 jirir
10.75 10"(
19.56 10.51
Great Air Base Center
In Eastern italy Fails
Americans Gain Five Miles in Area
Around Salerno; German Losses Heavy
Allied Headquarters in North'
Xl'rica. Sept. 28— (AP) —A|
ilronjr llritish moliile armored'
(.hiinn has rait (I 1"> 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.<s of that vital i«aso.
Ainn'.-I ti! iHe omen, Ihiil l>eli
: Dwipht 1 >. Kiset.! lower's <.inii>.ini
. i|iic disclosed Hi. 1 (it'll Sn I! I.
Montgomery*.-- forces )i:irl overrun
K<nici;i. the ti«-rm;i!is announced t\v.>
| (|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
i<i i-111i;iti<>ti 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 <aid
the port i'l Split, "n the Adriatic
coast netoss from Italy and almost
due north of FogKia. was stonreel
and captured by Gt. rman troops.