^ B^mnn
THIRTIETH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C.,
House Group Pares
Allowances Offered
Soldier Dependents
$50 Base for Wives
Will Continue Same;
Less for Children
Washington, (let. 7—(AI'J —
Tlii' House Military Committee
voted today to pare down the
liberal allowances for depend
ent children of enlisted service
men which the Senate approved
yesterday in refusing to halt
the draft of pre-war fathers.
Wrilinti •• new fni nulla Cur such
payment.*. the committee approved
mevNi.-ej, "l sl.'t monthly over the
preser.l m',i!c to the first dependent
child, a $ln hiio-l fur the second
chilli, and .hi increase of $15 lor all
additional children.
The committee left illicltanced
the present monthly payment of
$50 to a «ife hut extended the
scope of the present law to per
mit dependents of all seven
grades of enlisted men to olitaiu
ikiv men Is.
The figure reeoinmended by
the committer for House action
next week were S50 for a wife.
$75 for a wile anil one child.
S! 5 for a wife and two children.
£110 tor a wife and three chil
dren. and all extra $15 fur any
additional children under 18.
The Senate, taking the initiative
in seeking t<> ease the fina-rial bur
dens <it m -Idlers' tamilie.-. approved
monthly allotments of $50 l< r a wile,
plus li : the lir.-t child and S'JO
i'or each additional child
Kxistiiig law provide., $50 tor the
wile, St>U !i»j- a wife and one child,
and Sin extra lor each additional
child.
The House committee also made
eligible lor aid dependent hu.- hands
of wniien in the service, piovided
they prove actual dependency.
Fascists In
Rome Venture
Into Streets
Hern. Oct. 7 —(AP)—A Home 'I >■
patch to the Tribut e de Geneve said
today "'.it under cover of German
Kim.-, Fascists an.Im had (.-merged >>•;
tin- strei ts of the Italian capital,
hilt declared they slill dared to ap
pear in public imly in groups
The dispatch. which pas|.ed
through fiernian censorship, frankly
added tin- n mnient that opponent
of the party believe "the Fascists'
return hail doomed Ihein even more
than clirl the event o| Jnty 2.V—
Ucnil't Mussolini's abdication.
The Fascists. toward whom lie.*
Nazi occupation forces were said to
have a: atlilude of "tolerant well
willing. were retaliating tor the
p'ipiil. i destruction of party insig
nia 'tid emblems on the streets and
buildings of Home, the cor respon
dent added
lb- declared thai the emblem- of
the lion of Savoy have been re
moved and destroyed wherever pos
sible. anil lh.it over the I'ala/.zo Ve
nv/i.t flic, an Italian flag with the
center e nhlein of the House of Sa
voy cnl out.
Fascist headquarters have been
e tablisberl in the Piazza C'oloniia
and Itrasi hi P.llaec where Mussn
Iiii for i lime was held prisoner,
r.oth ai" protected by machine gi::i
lie. I - and tanks e(pi\|>ed with can
non.
High Court Crier
j The hours* of calling into sessrn-.
I llu- U. S. Supreme Ola I win n it
•P<nod il< 10 53-1! term wen' t > the
I ■ v' 1 hi 11 i|'- ymmuisl crier, .li.hn A.
Kilitinit!, IT. <il Cennai town, Pa. lit
reph.i ir I'M T. p. • ry Lippitt,
lot \V.:..hini;l»ii. vvli't is in He Way.
I liiV-t nut ion.. I S.iiitidphnto.)
CIO Unit On
Record For
[Fourth Term
i
Automobile Workers
Back Wallace Also
For Vice President
lii'lTal.., X. V.. Oct. 7— (AT)
I —The <lu Aulonioltile Work
! ers conditionally endorsed a
to urlli term for President
Roosevelt and the re election of
Vict -President Wallace today
! after a minority report of ihe
! convention's consiituiion com
i mitiee reconintendiiiK unquali
i lied support Jo ihe nation's
chief eNeetii i ve was withdrawn.
A mi'j rit.v iej»>!t Wti.s adopted at
i llu- I'AWCKI eighth < "in cut ion
which ■millMniril the ••tnl«>tseinent
'■■II "Ihf l>n:.is <il mi aKCiessive eftort"
! bv President lt«»■ ■ -«-\ t'lt a'cl Ins ad
| in1111? l;atioii ■ achant a "sound and
progressive" pmur.mi.
Point* in liic |>r ';;i.iin were listed
•'Hull back nf prices: end .-peeii!:!
tiim ai d war profilcci injj: rcvisatn
til the little steel In-" ul.i In pei'inM
e.-onomie justice to Anieric.i"s waK"
earner.-: a democratic rationing ;■■ •
I kimiii; provision of <-< 111 a I <>|>;m»! tiiii
I 11y fin employment without discre -
! inatio.,; a democratic inobih/.nt; -r.
| o' i»iir total manpower n snnr.
I without iiM'itiiu: tn national service
i ••
Yanks Lead Series;
Beat Cards 6 To 2
R H E
St. Louis 000 200 000—2 6 4
New York 000 000 15x—6 X 0
7 — In whiil tip tn tin* last tiiill ol the
eighth inning was one of the most
thrilling baseball games one could
wish t<> see. the New York Yankees
defeated the St. Louis Cardinals i>
to 2 here this afternoon to win the
third game of the ID43 World Scries
class'e a: d to go in to the lead by a
margin of one game. The Yankees
won the opener Tuesday by a score
of t to 'J. onlv to have the Cardinals
turn tin- tables Wednesday with a
4 to .1 victory.
St l,ouis lost the game in the
eighth, largely on errors, with the
American League champions going
well ahead with a five-run tally for
tin- period, after their first score
in the seventh.
At the end of the eighth inning.
Johnny Murphy relieved Hank Bo
i'uv.y ' ii mi' iiioiiiifi ior mo YaiiKecs.
though I»«>' *»wy is credited with the
win. The Cards used Alphii Brazle
mi the MKiund until the eighth. Wal
ker C'»op« r was behind the plate
fur tin- National League champs,
while Kill Dickie was at his famil
iar post for tin- Yank.*. ,
Official tabulation- put the attend
ance at iust under S7n,nnn tor the
gieatest VVnrhl Series crowd on rec
ord Receipts for the diy were an
nounced a*> S2fifl.3(58.
Following today's third game of
the series, the clubs move on to St.
Louis, where play will be resumed
on Sundav al'tc ti<>■ m at 2:30 o'clock,
eastern war time, ro t.:iO p. m. cen
tral war time. There will, of course,
be rto games Friday and Saturday,
the two day* being allowed for ti a
ve! tunc.
511U.S.Men
Killed In
Italy Drive
American Casualties
Greater Than Those
Of British Fighters
Washington, Oct. 7—(A1*) —
Secretary Stimson reported io
duy that army casualties dur
inir the four weeks since l>it
lerly conti's'ed landings In'jran
at Salerno. Italy, totaled R.:»07,
cf whom only ">1 I now arc listed
I ms killed in action.
T'i'c war secrcfai \- told his press
collide::ce tliiil A, I2ti American sol
diers have been wounded in till? cam
paign on the Italian mainland. and
are mi-sing.
"I understand." Stimson said, "that
this is somewhat greuler than the
total casualties suffered by the Iiri
lish components <>r the Fifth Army."
Ai the time ul tiie initial lanci
ing- i'l the May •>: Salerno, the sec
Kilaiv .ai»l. the Fifth Army under
I.I. Co-n. Marl. VV. Clark v.a coin
P' ist" I ; • 1111 • t cpially '<1 Amerie.ia
and Mi it: li troops. hut sulisnincni
r< ; lorcvmeuU, havc been largely
American.
Clark Warns
About Money
issued Abroad
Washington. Octo. 7—-(AM) — Is
suance < ! Allied military money in
North Africa. Sicily .mfl Italy was
i hallcnged today by Senator Clark
11).. Mo.), as "additional appropria
lioiis for the army without any ac
tion by Congress."
Clark, questioning the legality of
using currency that heat-.'. 11 • promise
of repayment, asserted:
"The best construction that can be
put on it is that it is an additional
appropriation for tiie army without
any action by Congress."
lie said it appeared the army wa<
using the cash to buy supplies .md
that natives are accepting it read
ily.
Senator Lodge (IJ.. Mass.), one of
five members who made an inspec
tion tour of war zones, sounded a
warning note about the currency .n
a Senate speech earlier in the week.
He ..aid he hoped it bore no promises
of future payment that could not be
fulfilled l»y the I'nited States. This
provoked sharp questioning of
Treasury Secretary Morgcnthiiu when
he outlined a pn ipu-.il |ur the es
tablishnicnt of an international bank
f"c p>-t-war stabilization <>f the
world's currencies.
Morgentnau reportedly told Sena
tor.. that discussion* were progress
ing on the establishment of an in
trniational hank with sii..lHiii.llfr>.
null capital, of which III' United
Slates would bullish .C.aOn.nOO.OOD
and Great Kritain $1.000.0011,000.
Other countries would subscribe pro
portional'* amounts'.
Machinists
Return To
Fold Of AFL
I If ».~1 hi. Oct 7 (AC) The An <•'■
lean Federation nl l.almr today wel
comed hack tin* luti riuitioiiiil Asso
ciation nl Machinists .is tin- largest
nt its affiliated tin ions.
A packed ciiiivcniion h.ill cheered
I lit- news nl the reconciliation mid
Secretary (inirgr Mcany's announce
ment that I lie* AKL'< IiiIjiI paid ineni
lift ship now was (i "i(i|.l II
The machinists' membership us of
Aiikh-i :*l was nlficiiilly announced
as 025,(100.
The machinists quit the federation
Inst Miiy HI nl lor mi extended row
over jurisdictional liuhts, involving
principally the em-pent erft" union.
The terms nl reconciliation, however,
were nut immediately announced.
Stocks Trail
The Low Road
New York. Oct. 7.- (AC) -Stocks
enteral ly again took the low i--iid in
today's market without working up
' a Kren» deal "I speed.
Conspicuous mi the down ^ide
were C'hry.-ler. Crucial Motor*.
' Smite Kc. Western Union. Goodrich.
I'. S Rubber. Monfgnmery Ward. .t.
! Cise. United Aircrali. Kastnum
, Kodak. Dnw Chemical. lntcrnation.il
| Tele|)hone. Standard Oil of New
I .fervpv. International Harvester and
Dul'ulil.
«. lbue ftrn'
Brnly Btspatrij ^
URSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7, 1943 ,,r,:lJ-s,\VVr,'^MIrNiVvv.,:ux,H,-N FIVE CENTS COPY
Battle For Rome Has Begun;
Germans Resisting Bitterly
VICTORIOUS AMERICANS ENTER NAPLES
RESIDENTS OF NAP'.SS wave on a tmckload ol American soldiers as they roll into the city shortly after the
Nazis had been u. ivcn out. Note the arrow on t!ie wall, painted by the Italians rerunning in tba city,
indicaUnu the direction that should be taken !>y the Yank troops. Signal Cuius Radmphoto. (Inurnaiiunai)
U. S. Stroke
At Wake is
Not Ended
I
Naval Vessels And
Planes Hit Japs at
Pacific Stronghold
I Vail llarhor, Oct. 7—<A1')
—A stronjr force of l/nited
Stales warships, including at
lesisl oiu- aircraft carrier, op
ened a heavy attack with trims
j aril planes Tuesday • >11 the Jap
anese at t i 11 v Wake island, more
than 2,000 miles west of lla
waii.
'I he ! ' tii.it the >iii|>s had m >ved
in rli i I'-u::! to |»««n:- their .il'.i.iy?
dca(li\ .kcii. iIi' I lie on the e ei \
' M'iik (I I - in- clear 11 id i c. 11 i< >i i that
the .lapam -e (Irlvibi'i there were
o\ ei whelmerl
lluv. long the attack lasted. or
il it lull yet cea-ed, was not
staled in a l\vo sentence ctiin
muniiiiK' issued yestcrdas l>\
Admir.il Chester \V. Nimitz.
ciinmaiid-.'r-iii-cliicf of the I'a
c'lic I!>'<-!. The rommiini«|iie con
fined itself to the report that
the atluU I s naval (mils under
command i:l' Keir .Admiral Al
lied I'.. .MoiilMimcfv enmnieneed
at dawn October ami tli.it fiir
I tlier detail-, .ire not available."
| (New blows a*ain-t the JnfMincnc
also wen' i. : 'ii tile southwest
I'acihc aiea I (ictiernl Dmml.if
MncArlh'ii \ commiue'iuc today
from l> . lit- ■ I'niiirters .said Alisti i
Iniii tikht<-r id ;id\ iiuced seven
. niill':, up the K.nnil valley nn New
Guinea to ue' lliin all niili - ol Hie
. enemy'- coa.sl.il base of Mad tni:.
1 That liiise' ilt tui.se niit|>o>* iit Ho
j gtidjim vva- :: .ell a :<!»-1 • >ii pou <1
' inn willi liom • from lour engined
j tinils of the I til Air Force.)
(Ill the Soloiions. where the Jap
anese are !■. vuia to net out of the
central N'ett (ienr(in croup, other
j Allied planes pounced on cneirv
shippinc a.i'Uini lJoiijjiiiiiville and
I I'hoiseul.)
Stassen Will Run
In Nebraska Vote
For Ci.O.P. Choice
l.iiiroln. Neli.. Oct. 7—( \I*) —
Harold II. Stassen. former cov
ernor of Minnesota and now a
lieutenant commander in the
Navy, will hp entered ill the
Nebraska presidential preference
printarv on the llepuhlican ticket
nest year, John Qui"", w ho
said he will handle (lie cam
paign for Slassen in this state,
announced today.
Qllifin disclosed this in an
noiinriue Ids resignation as dep
tit} secretary of state,
Russians Planning
Great Offensives
For Coming Winter
Corsica FalJs
THE CONQUEST of O r ! .i been
con ■ plctcd* bringing tno Allies to
within striking di.t.m.f of north
ern Italy and southern I lance.The
Berlin radio li is announced that
j evacuation of tiio i. land had been
I coi- pleted from the poi t of Bnstia
nfter tho de.-Uiittion of n.Hilary in
stallations. (1'U'Tiiatioiia!)
Mountbatten
Arrives At
India Post
New Delhi. Oft. 7— ( AIM— .Ad
miral l.ord l.ouis Moirilbatlcn.
Allied commander - in - chief in
Southeast Asia, arrived today by
plane at the New Delhi airport
to lake over his new post.
Mouiitbatten was met by a
large Catherine of Xtnerican.
British and Chinese officers.
Original leader <»i Britain's famed
Commandos and .1 cousin i>l Kiiir
George VI. Mountbatlen is the first
British officer to be placed i:i su
!>reme eomnuind ol Allied forces in
an entire theatre ol war.
Mis appointment was announced
■ August ,2"» immediately following
1 the Quebec eonlcrence of President
| Moo-evelt and 1'i .mc Minislei
; Churchill.
Tiie new military comu and
I Southeast Asia was created I > 1 ten -
I sify the war against the Japanese in
Burma,
Goal Is to Clear
All Russia of Huns;
Present Drive Wanes
l.ollllnl). ()<jt. 7 — (AP) —
Fierce Imt inconclusive Wattles
for -t ratvirie position-; in White
lln--ia were reportcii l»y Mos
cow today as Red Army l'orce
< i' tile middle Dnieper river
i if 'ill apparently settled down
t■ • r •orjranizinjr their coinimin
ii at ions and l»a>e.- for a nijran
tie winter offensive to clear alt
Russia tin (icrinan. invaders.
A' (he .-1:1.c I:;)!
that the Gcrmaiu
.slio; telling t'lcii"
Dnieper. sail t:ev
V. < IV <lr\ elop I>j;
l.i ninn .1 i m i-'
i- I'.cllli. Ililltili:;
I d succeeded i 1
I: "lit tiloug till
ii .--. i! <!: \ c
tile ItniK (|liic*t ,
■ lac i. r north.
\ (mtiimii nuiii.irv ciminirn
t:«(<>•- said (Millionth in .i licrliii
bltmdt-asl: "II m.i> • lit! l«r ton
r.irl\ to speak hi ilii* iltliiiilc
In • ■ >:fi.■ Iihi tlx- r.rrat Soviet
nlti'iisi'.T. II ran nev erthclrss
Jir stateit tli.it the enemy's
itHVi'sivc ritersie-. are sliouine
eitnvidcraMi* sign., nt ii.haiislion."
Tl.e lin-■ i.ill midi: ,i'' ni!iuini(|iii
>../i German counterattack*
against Soviet spearheads in While
Hm • were Ii licit back with I.MNI
Nazi dead :t • the battlefield.
"I'n- el.is toei* j -lace ..round the
CJorniaa stiotnihold "t Vitebsk, M"U
ilc\' and tit unci. u-lierp the Nimin
attc i'i<-I to i cl'ev e i ■ i is nu Ited
a. •• v pie-sure on thest enemy base
Ti e Germans tai tichcd lmi| sep
..tc i"'tinier drive., n limit nl \' -
Malt. supported in force by tanks
and low Hying plane*. the Moscow
loniniiiniii e s:.id. li.it dec I a red they
vie i- rep ilscd and that several \ i!
liifie.s Icll into litis an hands.
Nazis Shift
Division To
British Area
Montgomery's Forces
Are Also Rcinforccd;
Volturno Not Crossed
Allied Headquarters. Algiers,
Oct. 7—( A1'>—The battle for
Rome lias begun. with tin- Her
man:* launching powerful infan
try and armored attacks in tin:
Termoli area along the Adri
atic. where the Kighth Army
of General Sir JSernard L.
Montgomery stands i:'o mile*
east and slightly north of ihe
capital city.
Official announcements -il
Allied headquarters today aid
the (iermsins had shifted an en
tin- armored division s'n m .he
west side of the peninsula and
thrown it into an onslaught
against Montgotnery's forces.
General M>>n !ritroop* also
have Ke.! rcinloiwd the *how»
down 1.4 .:. . .111 hav« m nfi. nit
Ihe at'.uci.b, Umei'uL Owight I». Ki
8t*nhi>\VCl**:i conuitlitlfquc illllllHIIlCCd.
Two ttriti-.li destroyers brought
naval artillery to tlx- aid of
Montgomery, driving boldly into
the narnu Adriatic and pound
the narrow Adriatic and poun:i
tarsets to tlir northwest of Ter
moli. countering and .lislocatins
tlie German attack jusl as naval
forces were used to assist in
the oflensivc against Naples.
*111 o northwtM African tiir forccs
also were i tensely active over C »• -i 1
eral M r.:j*omei yI:on' ! r the !irsi
time ill weeks
Until I!AK and American lighter
planes swept northward fmm Ter
nuiii a., far ii< Petciiiii on the Ad
ratic. and nland .is la: as Altcdena,
hallway in liumc nn the Termoli
Hume highway.
While frenh German tank intiiss
ha-tc. i'd tn 'ppn«e 11.e KiRhth
Amy's Ilan. iik threat. the (Ice
man.- rushed the Ins: 01 tnrtityinK
the V ilt.i nn \ t- 'Jo miles north
11I Naples aftniiv-t Lt. lim Mark W.
( aru'.N K.:lh At v. w ii.eh reported
fli -jyi'd pi.iii • • 11 •. liiw.t 'd despite
extensive demolitions and hetivv
rain- \\luc;i 1 npeded the muwmcnt
■ •I hi' iv y ei|tii|>ment
••'nrllirr information from Ihe
front >aid the crossing of the
Vollurno in Fifth Army clr
niei ts. which was reported yes
terday. was o':l> along the main
tributary of the Volturno system,
ciuimiinlx known as the Calore.
The t ;<• : : 1:t de!i tt-i - nn 'he nm th
hank .'I t: - Y..1- . ■ . t-elf across
the plain from the mountain* tn the
Tyrrhenian cii are stil! Intact, it
was Mated here
Although the crossing of the
( alcre. .01 eastward extension of
the Vollurno. constituted a
flank threat to the enemy river
line, a military spokesman said
the Germans were believed to
lie holding Ihe northern hank of
the Vollurno "in some strength."
The headquarter* comnuiniquo
-aid me'ely tin' ":hc Ki11! 1 Army
ha? 'Had, In taer pi"nrr-s .ml is
work nn 1 • ii *11 Hie 1 in' ••! lite
in el Wit u. nn "
Thi* stream !-..i- been .1 fnrarito
deli 'iv |i" it' 'i tiir hafii's •• Italy
fr-■ ! the 1 1' a llaimiiial. and the
Cici 11 ill- w« : e ipparcntly ready to
taki advair .:<■ •! possibilities
I", a timiii de'ayini! action.
MCATHCR
l Oi: NOIITII (AltOLIXA
( o -iiniied cool this afternoon,
tonight and Friday forenoon.
British Admit Germans
Gain in Aegean Region
Cairo, (>(•'. 7 - (AP) A Hriti.Ot
I ' i)n ,lilil)K|il|. ,i"nmmcc(i tnd.iy tllllt
Ocnnnti (iirccs. *liikmu liiii'k licrcc
ly m.in.si tile 1lnc.it their "irnn
lira" drfense "I (tie Acuc.in. had
captured a number <>( landnm
| ground* "ii ("no ijilmul tint declared
i that resistance w.is continuing i n
the Dudcciinosr island
I Tt.i Germans control the town oi
Cm), Cic Middle Kast comnutnkiuo
«aid.
KAlr' bginbei^ continued to pound
(»t*ffll«tft i ■ fields «»n the* fM*,• i i>y is-*
1'ikK i>| Uiiodcs .-.nil Crete Tuesday
1 'ii'wl I iwere scored mi han«
! i[«irs i'iihI ;iie. and cx|>t'i<in|iK Weri;
> ' '-id ;'l M:in'/.;i. on Rhodes. A:i
rn( my enrumpmciii ,il K iMhvim on
I!Ii.(I< vv;is mat-nine gntim-d. and
llic airfield .11 Kiisli'lli mii C'rctc w-i<
l>nml»ed.
, The hiirlx-i- at Syms ninth of Crete
also wps attnrked, the cnmtmiMun3
1 kind.