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THIRTIETH YEAR 0* UaSUfc Itettlterson Hatly Bfspatrlj i.kasi:i» wiick sKitvh i: in.* -- Til !•: ASS« n • I ATI: I» I'ICKSS HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 2. 1943 rrni.isii 1:1 > i vi:i:v aktkkxuon i:\>■!•:i••(■ si Ni.Av. FIVE CENTS COPY ALLIED ARMIES DRIVING ON DPON ROME Senate Will Hear Report Wednesday Group Home From Tour Of War Fronts Will Talk in Closed Meet Washington. Oct. 2—(AT) — The Senate will receive a confi dential report next Wednesday from four members just back from the war zones, and there were indications their disclos ures may have a direct bearing on later consideration of post war economic and diplomatic policies. Following little used procedure. Democratic Leader llarkley (1).. Ky.) said he would ask the Senate to hold an executive ssesion, I mm which the public and press will be barred, to hear reports from Sena tors Hussell tl>„ Cia.). Mead. 1).. N. Y.). Illewster (H.. Maine), and Lodge (It.. Mass.) on their trip to all of tne lighting areas except Rus sia. The quartet has <lcmau.lr(l publicly that something be done immediately to establish Amer ican rights after the war to the use of aviation fields this coun try is building all over the world. They also have urged that steps be taken to remove some of the t'nited Nations burden from the dwindling American oil reserves so that the I'nited States will not be drained of petroleum. There appeared to be no doubt the Senate would hear something about British-American relations in the economic and diplomatic field. Some members wanting this sort ot thing said iyily in a closed session, because they fear any public discussion would have some effect on the pros ecution of the war. Chairman Conally (D.. Tex.), of the Senate's Foreign Relations Com mittee. expressed interest in what the four have t > say about diplo matic as well as military and eco nomic matters. Stock Shifts Very Slight New York. Oct. 2.—(AP)- It was another of those selective markets today, so far as stock buyers were concerned, and leaders generally shifted over a slightly uneven tcr- I rain. Stocks in front ;it intervals includ ed U. S. Steel. Chrysler, C. S. Rub ber. Western Union, Southern Hail way, Standard Oil of New Jersey, and Allied Chemical. Among backward performers wit Bethlehem, Texas Company. Sears Hoebuek. Wonhvorth. G e n e r a I Motors. Goodrich, United Aircraft, Dul'ont and J. C. Penney. Sharp Drop For Cotton New York, Oct. 2.—(AT)-Liqui dation ot October contracts and in crea-ed hedge selling brought a low er trend in cotton futures today. Futures closed (old contracts) 25 to -in cents a bale lower. < >pcn Close October 20.KI 20.43 December 20.19 20.13 March Hl.iMl 111.93 May I!).77 18.72 ! July 1 D.59 10.54 | Middling spot 21.07. RUINED KIEV-KEY CITY IN RED ARMY DRIVE ►anwfc-v#"** -»m SOVIET FORCES ARE SHELLING the Nazis on the high ilifTs of Kiev and, according te late reports, are ex pected to capture the Ukraine city within a short time. Ttiis photo, received from Switzerland, is from a Nazi source and shows how war has shattered sections of the metropolis. (international itaciiou/ioto) Reds Blast German Centers Many Kinds Of Taxes Suggested It's Open Season Now For Proposals to Get The Citizen's Money Washington. OH. 2.— l AIM — The open season lor tax ideas is .starting. They'll fly thiek and last for some lime. The I inures will sound pretty harsh to the tax payer. although by now he must be convineed that Ins tax bid will be stiff. lint there seems little inclination in Congress to try to rai.-e a> nitien money by taxation as the adminis tration has asked. In all lax debutes, there's hound to be a lot ol smoke before the lire really starts. The usual mulim- involves several months of exploring and debating ideas betore liual congressional op eration oil your pocketbouk. There'll l.»e talk about ;!•> percent (above exempt ioiis ) withholding de duel ions lri>in paycheck*. about dou bling surtax rates, posl-\v.>i reiiales or compulsory savings, combination of present taxes, various plans l<>r sales taxes, increased le\ ies on lux uries and what-not. As one starling point, Chairman George (I). tia.) ol the Senate Fin ance Committee has pointed the way which may l>e taken tl the financial problem is approached by customary channels. That would lie through some raising ol rates, lowering ol ex emptions and the often-suggested eli mination ol the earned income credit now allowed on the lioimal mtvinc '.ax. Peace Feelers Made To Reds By Germans Hrrn. CM. 2—(AIM—A Buda pest dispatch (o Ihr new s|»;i|irr La Suisse today brought Into the open reports of Axis origin that Germany offered Russia an ar mistice iti June. 1942, and that Russia now is expected to take surprising new political meas ures in relation lo (tcrmany comparable with those of lfl.19. In Hi.'W Itussta and CScrmnny sinn ed n non-iiKKrcsslon pnet, » mmc which proved a picludr to C»cr nuinys opening hostilities iitfiiinst J'olond. l'rivnlo information. .still <<( Her man origin, said tHat Russia was us ing the free German committee of officers organized recently in Mos cow in discussion willi llic Herman military set. Impum that any arwi.; tier under.-tandiiiK would include i replacement of the Nazi regime, L.a Suisse said the German offer of an armistice on .lime 17. Iff 12. in cluded a withdrawal of German troops to the frontier of September 2ft. Ifl.'lff. across Poland, the ie.sm nation of Adolf Hitler and the a sumption <>f power l>y Uciciimarslt il Hermann Goerlnu. Grind Admi ::l Karl Docnitz and Marshal Wllhelm Keilel. chief "f the high command. It was reported that there ivi*'1 • similar offers now, but that Ihc tri umvirate was not mentioned. Europe's Defense To Last Man Given In Hitler's Order Stockholm, Oct. 2.—(AP) — Adolf Hitler has ordered Mar shals Erwin Hummel and Albert Kcssclring. Iiis commanders in northrm Italy and central Italy, to hold a "blood wall" in north cm Italy in an effort to keep Al lied armies from the borders of Germany. Berlin dispatches to the Swedish press said today. T h c German commanders were instructed to "defend the fortress of Kurope to the last drop of blood." the Slockholm Tidniimcu correspondent said. Whether that line will be alcug the Po river or somewhere else in northern Italy was not disclosed by the Germans who have conscripted thousands of Italian men lor work with the Nazis in building fortifications. Wheeler To Talk Further About Draft Washington, Oct. 2—(AP)—Se.i.i t<>r U'lvcU'r (D., Mont.) threaten-.1 talk tired colleagues with two mmv foiir-ln ir speeches nest week. administration leaders propose meanin&fess substitute" 'for Ins bill In halt induction of pre-war lathe.--. His measure doomed by the in fluence of the generals. Wheeler said he would "leave it t<> history to de termine whether ' nm ri?ht*" As the Senate recessed until Mon day. Majority Leader Hark ley (Kv > and Senator Hill of Alabama, tiv Democratic whip, continued confer ences with sponsors of substitute measures looking to a vote next week on a compromise hill. ARMY-NAVY GAME AT WEST POINT NOV. 27 Washington. Oct. 2.— (AP) The White House announced to day that the armv-navy football came will he played at West Point Saturday November 27. and that because of wartime re strictions on travel, attendance will he restricted |o military academy personnel and hniiahde residents within .1 ten-mile radios. FORT BRAGG CARAVAN ON WAR BOND TOUR Fori Mragg, Oct. 2.—Kort Hragg's War Bond Caravan, which has re turned to 'his post after visiting more than 25 cities in North Carolina, was instrumental in the sale of slightly more than six million dollars worth of War lloiuls, ,f wa- announced to day by 1st. I.t II. A. I„ llarvev. Post War llond Officer. The Caravan, which consisted of an armoured car. several large guns and the 13th Airborne Division Artil lery band, toured the western sec tions of Nf*rth Carolina. Terrific Struggle for Kiev Rages on in Fury; Drives Aimed at Cities London. Oct. 2—(AP)—The Russian and German Ukrainian armies were locked in a terrific struirjrle tor Kiev and the lower Dnieper river valley today, and Red Army air force bombers have unleashed a bombardment against three While Russian rail centers barring the way to invasion of German-held Pol and and the Baltic States. The i.id. ' said today tli.it Mogilev. Or.-hu and Viterbsk. strong lv tortit i<-d German lia.-~e., in White Hussia. ui'iv pounded for the .second straight night by large formations ot li.issian bombers. This operation evidently v\as in tended to .soften ii|' Na/.i defense liiu'.s and pave the way lo|- advanc ing l!ed Army I uw. which yester day surged torward over rain-soaked terrain t" reach the Pronya river. 29 miles e.t-l of Mogilev and 17 miles west ot C'heikov. capture ot which was annoii: ced earlier in the day. J Viic H<>\ ift columns rolled west ward through -Kid towns and vil- j lam s, killing more than 5.5IM) Cer* j mans and collecting huge stocks of ahandoncd war material the Ger man* hail failed to destroy, a com- | miini(|tic said. The war bulletin, detailing land | advances in the While Hussian sec tor. said othe:" drives were aimed at Gomel and Vil" sk. The Germans j brought lip ; rtilleiy |o meet the ad- ' v.ince on Viteh k and counter-at tacked several times, it said, but i lied army shoe:. troop< battled their wav to a stublvn Iv defeiuled height. ' The Germans also were fighting desperately to 'i<>ltl Gomel, further to the smith. Here defenses studded with numerous otoek houses and pill ' boxes checked the Sovie*, forces, al- I though they acceded in breaking through at some points. Ited army troops were reported within eleven miles of Gomel several days ago. Mussolini To Try His Betrayers Item. Oct. —(AIM— The new Mussolini-headed puppet fascist government lot Italy decreed today the establishment of special tribu nals to try for high trea on party members whom Mussolini has char ged With "passing to the cneinv at the moment of trial". These ir.elude Count Ciano. Mus solini's son-in-law. A dispa'ch to the newspaper La Suisse of Geneva from the Italian front >a d that among thousands liable !" be brought before estraordi nary tribunal would most certainly be all members of the Fascist Grand Council who voted again*' Musso lini at the historic meeting on the night of July 25 at which the duce wa* forced from ppwer. GermanyIsBombed By Planes In From Africa And Britain Munich Is Attacked By American Bcmbers Winging From Africa Allied Headquarters in North Africa. Oct. 2— (Al*>— North west A l'riran air forces Fort resses and Liberators Learned up yesterday for their first double blow at Germany from African bases. In this first demonstration of the offensive wallop that even tually ma\ wrack Germany from the south as well as the west, especially when the four eiitfined bombers are based in Italy, the Fort resses made an l.SOO-niile round trip flijrht. their lonjrcst front their Afri can bases, to pound .Munich. 'the Libera" - returned 1<> a tar get which lliey hit on ;i 2.5no-milc jaunt ;il Wic Xeustadt, 25 miles southeast ot Vienna. The Allied a.rmcn lost 1 1 planes in these two :• ily blows and in raids in Italy in which night bombers at tacked 'inc. • the German retreat fi'om Naples. The American losses were small cnmpaicd with 59 heavy bomber. which tailed to gel hack in an at tack on Si'hweinfurt and Hegens hurg. in tin Mine area of Germany, in a raid ftvm Britain on August 17. Between 55 and (>a (ierman light ers attacked the For'.resses but the bomber.-' gunners accounted tor eight of them. KL'lIlt VALLEY IS AGAIN SUBJECT TO STKAFINGS London. Oct. 2 — (API — With American bombers participating, ac cording to German reports, the llAFs Britain-based night bombers added momentum last night to the Allies' new two-way assault on Ger many from the wc-t and south by hitting the Huhf industrial city of Hagen. Ilagen, which h.is a population of 15)1.000, is ten miles south of Dort mund. often the target of the big 1(AK night bombers. It is in the center of the Ruhr region with im portant iron and steel foundries, en gineering and armament works and has a big railway center with ex tensive yards and railroad car repair Shops. The Berlin radio, in a broadcast recorded by The Associated Press, said that both British aval American bombers were over the Khineland and Westphalia—which include- the Unlit* industi.al area hit Monday night. There was no officio! indication of American planes participating i . the raid bill this is the third or fourth time in recent nights that the Nazis have reported American planes over their territory a: 1 as far back as March Major <-ral Ira Kaker. commander of the Eighth U. S. AAK. said that Flying Fort-1 resses would bomb at night. Birtlulax Presents Could Not (iet lo Dead Paratrooper: Albany. New Y<irk. Oct. 2.— I (AIM—Present* mailed lo Pfe. Moeliael A. Sc.iinbclluri. Al bany paratrooper captured and shot seven times ill Sicil.v, did not reach him lnday, his 26th liirlhday. for he lay buried over arm. Scambell.ti i died September 22 in the North Airican urea ot "wounds received in action", the War Depart ment no*>fieri his wife yesterday. .Seamlielluri landed Ironi the skies in Smi'v .Inly lo "in an area alive with enemy troops and was stu rounded and captured before I could join my mates," he saio later in an interview. Questioned by a fascist captain he divulged only his name, grade and serial number. He I hen asked the ol licer the name ol the town. The cap tain accused 'lie American of being a spy. stood him against a wall via -hot him seven times. Soldier- lob bed-two hand grenades at hint auTi left him for dead. Scambelluri crawled until he reached his outfII. He was placed aboard a hospital ship, which wa homhed and sunk. Another hospital «hip removed him from the active lighting /one. WfATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Continued mild this afternoon, tonight and Sunday forenoon. Blow May Fall GERMAN CLAIMS that their forcei have seized the island of Corfu from lis Italian garrison and the port city of Split on the Yugoslavian coast from Yugoslav guerrillas, in dicate that the Nazis expect troubla in these areas. Distance from tha Alhcd-held heel of the Italian boot across the narrow Strait of Otranto is <5 miles. (J)i(cnialional) Japs Slowly Pulling Out Of Solomons Plight of Enemy Now Approaching Disaster; Supply Ships Are Hit Allied Headquarters in the' Southwest Pacific. Oct. -—; (AIM — Kclciitlo>> air and jrr.und pressure appeared to day to l»c driving tlu- Japanese on! of thi* central into the r.iitlurn Solomon- and to pose; new perils for tliein on New lluinea. In lite S lemons. '.aey arc about tn be pushed <■!. Yella l.avella. A a mount.nt: e «st 1 ships. the hit- i cat being u destroyer and two rncr-l C'liiilltnien. tr.ey also urn to be pull- : injj out their 10,000-nuin inrriMin. piooeitie.il 1 • " K li i I'.uigaia. (Mi New C. :iea. where slowly ad vancing Australians have ringed In Kii^ohhalen. an .\ 11 ■ d lie are to; Madant! on up tl.<• C'-ast look form in tin- Hani tl 11\or \ aliey. I Today's communique from | <irnpr.il MaoArtliur's liradiiuar ters supplied more pioors to a Krowim: picture ol Japanese dis aster in the Solomons. The day brlore. Smith Pacitio hoadiiu tr iers of Admiral William V. liai se* saijl the Japanese appeared to tie seiiditic supplies down to their isolated garrison at Vila. Kolomlia ncara. fur a holiliuc finer and (lien lniiminn oat nion on tlio rrtiirn trip Today's conimumi|uc said an elev en-ship enemy i-ntiviiy heading to W.ird Vela was e.mul ! by I/itera tor* i'i Hotiguim illc Strait Tuesday' night and Wednesday morning.' I'll Mil! V exploded t!ir flestroyc; it Naples Left Behind In Speedy Push Population of Naples Welcomes Allied Army; Italians Giving Help Allied Headquarters in North Africa, Oct. 2—(AT)—British and American troops, feverish ly welcomed by the surviving population of Naples, forged on past that devastated city today and fought steadily northward toward Home and the next de fense line of the Germans. (A Keuter.- dispatch from Allied headquarters quoted a military spokesman a* .-ay i tig "the road to Home is now open. The town of Benevento i.s directly threatened." (He added that the American Fifth Army was "already well north of Naples." Benevento is 32 miles northeast of Naples.) Meeting sharp opposition hy Ger man tanks, mortar.- and machine guns, the torce- ol I.t. Gen. Marie \V. Clark were said i:i a communi que lo be making good progress, both in the north of the captured port city and l.i the. east. The British Kiglitl: Army of Camera! Sir Bernard I.. Mont gomery. speedily spreading over all the Fiicsia plain, meanwhile, captured Sail Severe. 18 miles north of Foggia. and Lucera. twelve miles northwest of that airbase center. Allied lieadquar ters ainioiiiieed. All the Mnn1<> Gargano peninsula —the .-pur of the Italian boot—also has been occupied in a 30-milcs ad vance by Montgomery, a spokesman said. Allied troops entei ing the city of Naples, once lamed tor its beauly, found the waterfront a .-olid area of ruins, reports from the battlefxont -aid. but the rest of the city was orderly. General Clark himself entered the city yesterday afternoon, and the firsl advance patrols which look over She occupation were followed by a steady stream of troops, tanks and vehicles. All ol the ,-ity\» million people who had rem., ned :i Naples through the bombings and then survived the Gere an reign ol terror joined in a i appv welcome to the American warriors who drove* on through the ( ;v in pur.-uit of the retreating enemy. A military -poke.-man said mili tary nolice bad taken over control of She cil.v tmtiI local police could be reorganized for the task. Before retreating the Germans hravil> mined the city's street';, but as fast as they finished the job the Xeopolitaus (lug out the explosives. and according to re ports given the Allied vanguard, luirird them on the road north of the eit.v over w liieh the Ger mans were about to retreat. General CI irk\» troops found few buil'l nt i the Naples waterfront habitable a a re- ill of heavy bomb ing- a d at.c German demoli tions The greater part of the town itself had been spared by the bombers, Italian officials said, lint extensive damage was done to the central and eastern por tions when the Germans mined buildings and set others afire. (Tod .v's German communique gave the German people the first off'c al anno ineement on the Allied cap; ire of \ap!r- It aid the city was e\ acu 'etl alter military instal lations bad been destroyed. sent up an'.i aucratt fire. In addi tion to the t\\ i ( irgo -hips sunk, a third \\a> damaged and the other ships we re dis|iersed. "n Veil;, I,a\olla. American sol dier* arc closing in on remaining enemy groups at the northern end ot the island Four American Bombers Downed In Switzerland Horn. Oct. 2. (AIM I'mir \mcr irdii IioiiiImt.- wri' slml ri<i\\ii v«-> tnd;i v ii\i i Swi.v f''i-i it• »iy durum n liu'lil wiili (Jmi in lijsl'io plinrs. includmu "lie del 'v.ilH.v downed l>y Swiss jitili ;iin iiiH Inc. ,i romnilllil <|iip iiniixiinccH todn.v. Two ill ilii- IiomiImtv foil nt'iir I,and(|ii;nl. iinollirr holwrcn Ai * iino;in IS.d iind llctcini, iinH the I'Uirlh in (lie Sunt is irumn. Ilir ;tn imunicnHMt Hid It jiddrd thai the |bndie? r>| jevprj flier.' had bP»n f<Hind ;md that oilier 'tow members had p.nilflnttcd to sat ety. ilii' pl.utc* wcii |i;ii I of ;i fortnn 1 i'"> "f 11"in I" I'M) which enroufl teiert N.i/i opposition during the raid "ii Herman objectives and battled it "lit in the sky over the St. Moritz re -"i t area in eastern Switzerland < l"-e to the AiikIi lan-llali.in frontier. The Swbs communique said sev eral planes crushed, but it wag not determined whether there were any German plane? aimn# them.
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