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Uatly THIRTIETH YEAR i.i:.\si:i> wiuk sKitvu i: or Tin: ASSO<*IATKl> I'UKSS. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 8, 15)43 I'i'iti.isiii:i> t:\i:i:v t si'XK.w. FIVE CENTS COPY AmericansReachRiver On Front Of 16 Miles Advance On Rome Being Continued Montgomery's Army In East Presses on Six Nazi Divisions Allied Headquarters in Al giers, Oct. S—T AI *)—I'.altliiiK ill heavy rain and mud, Lt. (ion. Mark W. Clark's Kill!) Army has forced ahead and reached the Yolturno river, the Oerman defense line north of Naples, on a lfiinile front from Capua t<> the sea. Allied headquarters an nounced today. C;i|>tiiieil in the advance wore C'apua. oil the south 1< lc> of ! lit' river, where there is an important crossing. ••<«! C'astel Volturno at the river month. 97 airline miles from Home. Capua, the main town on ttic Maizoni plain on whieh the first phase of (ieneral Clark's battle for Koine is being uacttl. is 17 miles north of Naples and I0<> straight-line miles southeast of the Italian eapital. It was taken in a ten-mile advance along the tin- Via Casalina. one or the two main roads from Naples to Rome. The other is the Appian Way, nearer the eoast. On the right, where the British Eighth Ariny was fighting another hattle on the approaches to the side door '.ii the Italian capital. General Sir Bernard 1. Montgomery's force. beat back more fierce German coun tcrattaeks. took the offensive and oc cupied an important high area above Termoli along the Adriatic. Si\ Cifiman divisions were now fighting along the Italian front in fierce action. The Germans threw tanks, in* eluding sixty-ton Tigers, and in fantry into their stah at Mont gomery's flanking force whicli held an area approximately 130 miles east and slightly north of Itnme and threatened Peseara. the coastal terminus of a broad highway across the Apennines to the eapital city on the banks of the Tiber. In the mountainous backbone in the center "f the peninsula. Allied forces maintained steady pressure' against the German- and continued to force them back. Allied b>-tabors maintained tlieir sweeps over the battlelincs despite bad weather "v'ucli somewhat cur tailed activities, but f'Uind relatively few targets compared with the pre ceding day when a heavy toll was taken of a German armored division being rushed through the mountains to oppose Montgomery. Ncvorthole.-s eleven vehicles were destroyed along with one of the Ger mans' big Mark VI tanks. American I.ightnincs made their first sweep into Greece three days ago. it was announc ed. on the same day that Amer ican Liberators of the Northwest African air force carried out another bombing attack on the airfield near Athens. In advancing to the Volturno, Clark's Fifth Army occupied all the towns south of the river. The Germans in withdrawing over the river left many determined nests ol resistance behind lliem, but these were wiped out in the relentless drive of Americans, supported by Briti-h armor. Negro Slayer Is Executed Haleigh, Oct. 8 — (AP) — Williimi llenry Poole, 2!l-yeai old Negro, died in tin1 Slate's k<i$ chamber todiiy for (lie slnyirg la.st January I of Andrew Jackson Sawyer, white sailor, in Eli/.abetli City. I'uole, small Matured, was com posed as lie entered liic tiny cham ber. and watched with interest the fixing of the straps and inask. lie admitted to Prison Chaplain 1.. A. Walts that he tiled the shot thai killed Sawyer, but said he did not know the shell he used contained buck shot, since he bought it from somebody else. State's e\ idence showed the shoot ing followed a street brawl, that Poole went home, procured his gun. and waited tor a group of men that numbered Sawyer, a Pasquotank county man. When the men passed. Poole fired. He told Watts he only meant "to sting them on the leg" and ho did not wait to see the results of his ambush attack. "Those men," he said, "had cursed ine and thrown bottles at me." Poole was pronounced dead twelve minutes after the pellets were drop ped into the ucid. FIRST LADY IN HULA SKIRT TWO SMILING SOUTH SEA IS'.AND NATIVES stand beside Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as she poses in a hula dancer's skirt during her recent trip to the Pacific area. The photo is-from an Australian ne-.vspaper. The oris inal print was not distributed in the U. S. (International Soundvhoto) 3 German Cities Bombed; iendon Raided By Nazis London. Ocl. "X—(APt—Hang ing over a ercul area of soutli { cm Germany lasi nighl, a pow erful Ko.val Air Forces bomber fleet pounded three important German cities—Stuttgart. Fried richshafcn and Munich—while a much weaker force of German bomber* hit l.ondon and south east laigl.ind Willi the sharpest retaliatory blow in many mouths, the British announced today. Heavy cloud formation* prevented full nlwrvsit ion of the results <>t the IIA !■' operations, .in air ministry | communique said. but the German t radio announced that "extensive damage" \vas inflicted on Stuttgart, I where the Junction of eight main line railways rivals it> industries in i importance lis bombing targets. | The air ministry said that the ~ Germans were able to push through to l.iiiniliin only l.'i of (!0 raiders whieh crossed the Kng lish coast before midnight .mil Uro|ipe<l slightly more than 33 tons of bombs on the capital city. Besides blast inn the three import ant German cities. Briti-h planes laid mines in enemy waters, and the air ministry said that seven aircraft were missing from the night's exten sive operations. The London alert lasted approx imately two hours and was one ol the largest since May. 1!»III. The raiders came over in tw>> wave.-— exceedingly small !>y comparison with the great Allied arm:idns which have been blasting steadily at the b'eich lor many months. Hriti>b officials dcscrilied the at tack as a propaganda raid. New Planning Board Of State Assumes Duties I Governor Addresses Group Which Is to Study Peace Status Raleigh, Oct K—(AIM— Governor Bruughton outlined the duties ol the new Sliite Planning Board .it iin organization meeting today and rec ommended Hint it "keep its eyes on the stars and its feet on the ground." The board i> particularly cotuvrn ed with making po-twar plans l<>r North Carolina, to lead in the devel opment of its resources and indus trial possibilities, and t<> make roe ; ommendalions for the State's gen | eral betterment. ■ Governor Broughton told the I board, ol which George Ivcy ol Cliar | lotto is chairman, that one of its first duties would be to determine whether its ^ork would justify an office with a full-time statf to be supcr\ iscd by an executive director. The governor said lie and the Coun cil of Stale had authority to allo cate funds for that purpose "on a reasonable basis." The gnvrrnor also suggested that the board call upon State depart ments for a-.y information or reports it desired, that il or its representa tives hold conferences with munici. pnli'.ie.s thai have <e| up planning boards and to confer wtih officials of those municipalitie. which have mad." no such plans, that it pay care ful attention to Federal plan-, stu dies and recommendations, and that, ainony other things, il determine Un availability of hydroelectric |tower after thivwar. The board, be added, would also want to confer with representatives of organized labor and its recom mendations in handling the postwar unemployment problem and Negro lendei ship. Allies Seize Aegean Spot From Nazis C'iiiro. Oct. K (AIM Allied occu ] palion nl 11 if island o| Sum. only about tw enty itt■ it's north ot German occupied Hliotle* in the Dodecanese, wa.s disclosed in a Middle Kastcrn coinnuini(|iie today, winch said a German attack on the island had been beaten off with heavy casual ties to the enemy. Prisoners were taken during the attack, the coniimini(|Ue .-aid. The announcement said Allied 11aht naval hirers also destroyed a German convoy and escort* in the Aegean sea yc.stcrday. The coiti muniquc did not disclose the size of the forces involved in the action. Stocks Show Modest Gains i « j New York. Oct. H. (AIM The i stock market swung into a modest ; and specialized recovery jaunt today. Among re\ i\ tug i-siics wcr« I' S. j Stcd. General Motors. Chrysler. • (ioodi u'li, f. S. Hubher, Montgomery I Will <1, Scars Hochuck. Kaslern An • lines. American Airlines. Westing ' house, Anaconda. Allied Chemical, j Texas Company, ami Genvral Klec i il t':. Demand For Sales Tax Increasing Congress' Sentiment Defies Administration Opposition to Plan Washington. Oct. K—(AP) — determined administra tion opposition, talk of a ten peril nt Federal retail sales tax. calculated to funnel around Kti. OOO.OOO.UIIO into the Treasury yrrew louder today. Oiu veteran lawmaker. who-o j judgment <>n tax matter* is highly iv>|)K H'd. said ho believes a ma I jority of his colleagues on Capitol j Ilill consider Ihis form of levy the j most accessible Vehicle lor gathering in new billions to tinance the war. j but thev are not yet sure how their I con.-t itutents back home leel about it. Those who have taken definite positions lor the tax include Representative Tabor (It.. N. V.>, ranking minority member of the House Appropriations Commit tee. and Senator Kyrtf (I).. Va.). momliiT of the Senate I'inanrc Committee. The .-ales tax boo ic led into the forefroi.t of discussions on possible -«ib.-li'iites fo|- the administration's S1Mill.IllMl,(Hill now revenue pro gram. which called for heavy rates on indi\ itlu.il and corporate incomes and iiii such luxury items as liquor and tobacco. Congress is m no mood | to acce.it the administration's plan, especially as il relates to heavier ! binder-, en individual incomes. Hitler Attempts I o Boost Morale W itli Home Front I.ondon. Oct. 8—<AV>—Adolf Hitler Ittld Nazi leaders gathered al his headquarters yesterday that the German people must not he permitted to lose morale, for if tlic.v did th" Mar would he lost. | In a patent attempt to whip I up 1 laggingspirits on the home front, he was quoted by the Ber lin radio today as saying: I "Weapons alone Mill not tilt the scales unless human will hacks them. "The party has never allowed ilsclf to lie discouraged by set backs. If power of action, hard resoluteness anil extreme readi ness to help provide the German people again today with moral backing and support, particular ly in the difficult hours of air attacks. "If the (>erinau people pre serve this morale, which many have shown on the battlefields and al home. Ih(. war can never It? losl bill ntusl and will bring a great German victory." Interest To Increase In Postwar Era Babson Speculates On Possible Changes In Economic Customs By ROGER W. It ARSON Copy rich I IfMS. Publishers Financial Hurrau. Inc. New York Ci'v. Oft. I!. From the Ileecmbcr. 1941. low in lit cities of 2.40 per ccnt .1- the average rate fori top-notch comncrcial loans In bunk customers. inteics: rales have been gradually creeping upward. In Au gust. 1942. the average bank late was "J.4JI per ccnt. liy June of this year rates were up to 2.71! per cent. Currently the bank rate for com mercial loan- is averaging 3 per cent. Rates for prime commercial paper now average 3 -t per cent. These arc I tip oxer the average for 1941 but un changed from the average for I!>42. I In lie\e that alter the War all inter- j est rates will l>e higher. | I'rexent liates Too l.«w • I'p lo the time of the New Deal, economists considered 'he actual; hard-earned savings of individuals as the primary source of capital. In i the past, out of such accumulations were fina: ced our railroads, public utilities and other great enterprises I The rate of interest depended upon j the amount of Mich capital available , al any given lime and the 1.1 itti ol the owners thereof that it would I promptly be paid back when duei with money of c<iual value. In other Words, upon the old law of supply' and demand we depended for 111 tcrc.-l rales. Now under our "mana ged curiency" system the picture I temporarily is changed. Because of the large current sup ply of money, rates for commercial' bank loans, lor commercial paper and j (Continued on Fagp Seven) Soviets Cross Dnieper In Surprise Offensive CELRRATE ANNIVERSARY ON JOB A UNIQUE GOLDEN WEDDING anniversary is being celebrated above by Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Avery, 73, of Long Bcnch. Cal. They're finishing sandwiches before eating their anniversary rake a! the aircraft plant where they are employed. The couple said they wv:e : -> btt.-y :<uimg in the war Drum-ant for a suociul uarty. (/ itct.c'irtmZ Germans Piedge Greatest' Submarine War Yet Made I.ondon. Oct. K—(AIM—Admir- , al Karl Docnit/., supreme rum- ! mauder of the (ierinan navy. , declared in a Merlin broadcast today that submarines are (ler- I many's greatest threat to the Al lies anil promised a new naval war "greater than anything wit- I nessed so far." 'It is my firm and fanatical intention to carry on the war against the enemy's tonnage to the highest level <if perfection aiul \\ ilti all means at our dis posal." he said in a war sum mary broadcast l>> the German news agency DNR. "Willi new weapons and new devices, German I - boats will engage the (•nemj" Hi all the seas." In- asserted. adding lliat "ill the lotif; run this type of warfare mas he of decisive sig nificance." Japanese Are Giving Up Central Solomons Area French Purge Is Extended Alg;ei>. "it. R—(AIM I a? »• fort to eliminate cx|f>nriii.- <•! I;ilx>r;itn'ii from pos !> >>1 int. < ><■ in a pivt-war France. .1 v.-Um. ' ptligc "I Viehyiles heuun hi ,\ 'i Africa by tlii- Kit in-li Cnri n ■ •■ .1 National IalxTati'ii has been o\ tended t■ • ('oi-ir.i. ,ind i' 1 • d!'iii> arc lii'iitg m.xle to r-llow <• 1 > the drive in meti • >|»-i::i I'. . e when the tin e is ripe The |HtrRo. which General Charles DeC'i.illlle ui.-i>l> i:iii>' >e . .1 ed nut. is under tin* directi n • >f Francois de Menthon. e >m:> >-!• >n« .•! justice, who came out o| Ki.iiiee two month ago idler -eivinij a> .1 member of Die under-covei ce.,nc I 0:1 French soil. Although the committee want* to remove and pe ii.ips punish pei-ons in iiuthority v\ ho "went tar" along Vieh.v'> road. the purge will not involve ,111 indiscriminate rolling of heads. I>e .Menthon explained 1o day. asserting th.it it is realized th.it there may be seme in Vichy win did 1.0 more than their duty. "We distinguish between those who merely obeyed orders and tlioM. who were enthusiastic 111 helpitm the Oermans." lie said "These T.ist ones are the ones we want to purge." Allied Chiefs Reported in The Balkans London. Oct K (ATI—The tree Yugoslav radio announced today the presence of American and British ot I iters at partisan headquarters a short time after German sources re ported a small Allied force had en tered the llallums. In Cairo, it was announced that Yugoslav partisans had beaten oft German efforts to land 0:1 islands t»ll Zcira on the Dalmatian coaot and Barge Traffic Ended Toward Kolombangara; Ground Fire Ceases Allied Headquarters in (he Sitillhw est Pacific. del. K—( \I*> —The Japanese air giving ii|> llic central Solomons. imuiiiird into retreat by co'itinuotis Amcr icaii air bombardments which loft tlirin short of ammunition and sank main <>l the loaded barges in w lii<-li they (l ied to sot awa.v. General Doug! is MacArlhtir'x lto:id<|iii«>.iici today thr »ncmy appaii litlv had already abandoned ill! "I si .thern K' • ■1'i :>a: itara. in cluding t:i«- j>«•!hi• pal .i.riM.-i' .it Vila, and :• trying lit net out ol tia- north ern pari i>l 1)ii' island through a tight mm anil .i.r blockade (A headquarters spokesman re ported ti'.at all l» ..ui tiat::c between I Kolombangara ami Chm.-eul t" the j north viiitiallv had ci ased. indieat 1 nm 1 In- Japanese either had i|ait the ■ island "I" had given up attempt.- to (remove straggler..; who have pushed on fool t<> the northern shore-. (Since the mori. October 1. iv cnti-uireraft fire iu>m the Vilu I eld ha- been elio untei eii by Am e; a an plane.-, l The Vila Japanese week* ( >r.i prosed between A oilcan forc( s to the north on Vella l.avclla and to the MHith on New Georgia, xuflored loose.- n.it onlv in Ihei barge retreat lint also dun '4 (lie dally attack* l>\ American torpedo bomber^ and dive bombers on then ., rba-e dolen-cs on the island of ll\. r. south ol split. The lujc Yugoslav broadcast gave tin details as to the number ol Al lied ollicer- at h ind i>ut i; ccrlirnied a previous report Iroin Cairo that several had Hone to the headquar ters ol b>i'h («eiier.ils IV.ija Mihai l«i\ ic and Tito. The inforniation gave significance to a statenie: ! lasj night by King ' Peter, who told his people the day |ot deliverance is not lar nil." A dispatch to Siocklu<lm from I Na/. -c(>iitrolled Budapest la 1 night snd a Czechoslovakia!! brigade I 0(plipped and (lamed by (lie British ; in tile Middle K.ist had landed in I Yugoslav ia to cooper.ite with parti sail forces. If thr report ls true, the brigade I coiifM'ites the (n-l Allied forces in i the Balkans since Greece fell in April, 1941, Widen Three Bridgeheads Around Kiev Further Crossings Of Great River Are Now Being Prepared Moscow. Oct. 8—(Al')—The lied Army, pressing its new surprise iiutumi' ol't'ensive all the way from White Russia in the Black Sea. was reported to day extending its three bridge heads west of ilu Dniepty river, particularly the one below Kiev which threatened to cave in Germany's entire eastern front. Front lini* d,-patches to Hit* army new-paper lied Slur said the major cm-suiK tl'i- Dnieper smith of Pere vaslav. ."in miles helnw the Ukrain ■.111 capital city ul Kiev, which may l»s"««\ o tn l.i' mie ul the decisive t>p < i atnm* nt the war. (-alight the en en y liv suipii-e and was carried nut : ■ i t.iur hi mi's under the rover of darkness. Russian forces which turmoil the wedeo in tin* Oermans" vaunted llnicpt-r line were re ported already to have orcanizod at basic nninls. consolidated crouiid au.l enlarged the bridge head l«r furtlier crossings. Dn/.cn - n! |>|i;ilati d places al ready have been capt.ired nil the wes! haul: nl the Dnieper ,il the central ci'n-.-i u and at the two oth w* north of Kin neur the contlu encr near the IVIiict and Dnieper river,, and southeast of KrcntenchuiJ between that capt id city and Dne propeti'i >\ - k. tne dispatchc- -aid The announcement nl the cidss I inns wa» taken here to mean that ! the Heel army positions heynnd the | Dnieper "how are secure and that the i hallle is mule: way lor the complete | lifiuidat , n 11| the fJermnns" main de i ler.se line and occupation ,,t Kiev. | The suburbs »f Kiev nn the east I hank n! the : iv i and a city-island I in ti e Dneiper were captured pre viously. Report Nazis Are Seeking Peace Terms I Stockholm. OH. X.—(AIM— ' New reports of (iernniu pence overtures »rri' rirciil.dcd today .ind lite Stockholm newspaper I Social-Ormokruten said it hud I learned that efforts of some Nazis In discuss an armistice Willi ISussia eolla|>-<ed when (lie Soviets ilematided the etislod.v of Adolf Hitler and the with drawal uf the (•rrman army lie hind the oltl (ierman frontiers, j The rc|K)i"ls. which must be j e'l Willi i < >er\at ton. wore .it t rtltitl — ii(l l>v tin- newspaper to i!iI■ >111 uitton I «i\ en l>\ a liiisli German military of I licial to titllll.ii \ II I II :i nlM* • >1 (<er jlllii'ixV satellites I II.- . i port added j thiil Nit/.i eniiMwrivx now arc making • attempts t'i e.'til.iH the I'nitcd Stales i ..iid P.; it.,in i; i>nt*h Madrid and Lii> I Pun. ! Smutiealilly. tlic new peace 11« — I ltl< o.s e.ii: • an id pi' pill nitons lor il I ti t-power citileience. and the possi bility tli.it thev were planted Ity C5t?r | til.Ill p ••pau.itida mi-l l>e lal.en into j consideration in Hie liijlit o| repeated Na/.i el; nt. to - pi it 111«- unity ol l<u> | Ma. Ilnta,n tid the Tinted States. (MIC upoitei David Anderson ■ Kiid in .i bioadeasl from Stockholm ° ili.it Hie i \u ic indications tli.it lite 'new riinio s ot (ietmiin peiicc over 11tires to Ann,.. Kiissii. iind hng | land "ri'jiresettl nwrc thah just a I pi • •panantla plant ' • Early Cotton i Market Lower N'< w York. Oct it t AO— Col toil Inline.* (i,Id coiiti,ict.s) opened live I i tell cent- a 1 iaI'■ low el. Noon pi ice unavailable. Previous Close (Ipcn <)ct ilior 20.47 20.41 December 20.17 20.16 Mot eh 10.118 11).90 Miiv tO.80 10.70 July 10 «2 10.61 WIATHIR K>lt NORTH CAROLINA l.ittlr change in temperature this afternoon. bniitlit and Sat urday lurctiuoti. j
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