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Hfcttitersott Bally thirtieth year wiiti: si:itvi«-i: i ill-. assih;iati-:i> i*iti-: HENDERSON', NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20 DM3 i ««:«.« ninu.x,„lN ' K^'KIT \ FIVE CENTS COPY BREAD FOR HUNGRY NEAPOLITANS •«—m " ' ■ Zi■■.zz HliiiGRY NEAPOIITANS crowd around a bread seller to buy the first l>read baked Iron. Hour brought to Italy by the Allies. The citizens of Naples were deprived of both food and water by the Nu/.is who had occupicd the city. Signal Corps Kadioplioto from UWI. (iulcriiaiiuiudj State's Rights Is Issue In Voting By Absentee Fighters Advocates of Bill Say Government Has Control Over Men Washington. Oil. 'Jo—(AIM I 'hampions hi Stale's rights ui.ii' locked in sharp controver»v with advocates of Federal icntrol uf balloting today over ilr question of how millions oS" service men overseas may vote ii, ihe 1!M I national elections. 1'. th iactior.s have expressed ap!_• -:il in principle of legislation nuw '•i.'e the House committee on naI elcrtion.- which would provide i vote by absentee ballot. |5ui <• rim in. i tire members, including ,■ i. cnl.ii i\e Hankm (Miss., I).», i iiiuli'il tli.it propo-cd Federa I . ndling "t the iialloU would be an \ ,i>:oii ol Slates* rights. i in t!ie other hand. Postmaster ' iei.il Kia:ik Walker. Democratic •ional rli.ii. ii,an. and rcprc.-entae-. o! the Army and Navy as:<•! that \ ot iit|* systems in some !• > are : l p.-hiid and thai lurtlicr• e tin* Federal go", ei iiiucnt lia e i UHt t > ilircct the vote nt ir.eti i' the armed .-ervice- while tin v , e overseas. Hani.in noted th.it many >l:ilcs had -id absentee ii illot laws and the ' ii"i; :;o\ eminent -hould not set 1 a ii rini>-inn whali would "reach ■ nil try t" control n.n elections." heclarnm that the Kedcral ;jov crn• ni has a constitutional right to P ■"> -de lor voting iiy its >er\ icemen " are away Iroin home. Walker jaid: "If we deny ii.lHm.llUti men trie :uiit lo lialloi. v.'e won't have a general expression at the election." Cotton Lower Around Noon W'.v York. Oct. 2l»— (AP)—Cotton ' '11r«' . (old roll tracts) opened iin' ini"tvl live cents ,i bale lower. •••11 prices were Irn to in cent., a li- lower. December 20 Oa. March 1 !*.!>!!. May 111.77. Previous Clo>e I nbci .20.01! Mauh 111.5)4 May 1 <( 7!l •lnl.v 1 <J.(!7 5 Senators Ask Study Of British View Washington. < >ct 2»~<AP> Two "I (lie live Senators who aroused the llritish pres.- recently by their eritieal ohsci \ ation- on lcnd-lca»c and othei Allied operation* railed 1o<jay f»»|- a flank discussion ot AnKlo-Am« t c;in relationships. II "minoi problem-" can't he tied now . said Sc!':it»r Hussell <(>a . "it dims my hope.* for interna' >' al collaboration m the |ieace •md I have cn.ii hope- for such colliilioi ation." Senator Chiindler (K.v., I> >. anolhor member of the party tiiiit toured Allied hiittleli'onl-. said the retiirnina senator- had spoken more "l sorrow at the shorlcwinns of AmcrK'tin representative- abroad ihuii ill •UliCl at I 'a rivh. Bi^ I. S. Bombers Strike Targets In Western Germain London. Oct. 20—(AIM—l'nilrcl Stales heavy bomber* supported by fhuuderholts and Spitfires. attacked targets in western Germany today. Meanwhile, a small foree of German air raiders dropped bombs at widely separated places in eastern ICiiRland lust night, touching off the fourth successive night alert in l.nniTiTh and causing sonic casualties! Government To Tighten Whisky Grip Wushttiftlott, Oct -ii. (Al»)—The govoi union! i- gefMig m .i'U Sako .1 tighter 4 [> ;m wbisl.y 11. cos in abolif t\\ i Air!; . Tlliil benefit .' !i . -'lil ea.i !>uy wlr.^ky -nmv sc.uco mk! w» -c.iii'i- :i- it si'it'.v from *i regular dc.ilci I! •tloggc!make •|i«,n nu'ii prices. Tills is what out- government siiiiiti' sav-: 1 Thw has iron ;i in- hi whisky hoarding iiv do.tic: - -.iico the go\ o.'ilnifiit -waning .iliohol t• >i war p:irpo-.es -topped •. h sl.v :i:ui.;ng altor IHtouer lit I.'. 'J. In stores .11 over the country would-be purchasers aro being turned away by dealer.- who have taken whisky nit their shelves ana are solium t fro;n under the counter to their old or regular customer.-. H. Smee the demand - greater 111.in the supply, these dealers are parcelling out their .-upplics because tiiey want Ui slay in business as long as pi issible. I. Bootlegging :< growing. Whisky shipment- have been stolen on the way Iron- the distillery to the warehouse: t logger.- have been buying up whisky at regular prices Irom icgular dealers lor resale at their own prices. America Needn't Fear Competition From Foreigners New York. <><!. i!<» (AD— America need not tear foreign competition alter the war il world markets are large and prosperous. Francis li. Say re. special assistant to the secretary of stale, told a meeting of ■the Cotton Textile Institute. Inc.. here today "Our industries are amply able 1" lake care of themselves m a world wlieiT there is ■ lively demand for all kinds "I products." he said in a prepared speech Kueli a world could be achieved only if a unified program of relief and rehabilitation for war devas fated areas helped sllcli areas lo ye! themselves back on their feet. Snyre . added. WEATHER I OH NORTH CAROLINA Continued mild extreme west | and moderately tool east i»ori tf'ii » , Germans Are Fleeing Into Mountains ★ ★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★ I Reds Rout Four Crack Nazi Divisions WhcleEnemy Position Is NowMenacec Russians in Advance All Along East Line Despite Resistance Moscow. Oct. — (A1*) — Tlu» n lioU German position in! side tin- Dnieper river clliow i was threatened lotlav as ha! ras.-cd Nazi commanders hurled ! t'res|« divisions ol' men. tanks | and artillery into the I'ijiht in | an attempt to halt the lied ' army's flunking drive to the i wt si of the river. Four crack divisions were : routed hv the tank-supported Mussiau attack, which rolled westward from nine to twelve i miles yesterday t<> liberate more j than 100 town.-, said a Moscow I commuuitpie which also an! nounced the fall of I'yatikhatka. Mure III..11 l.isnn Nazi officers and men well- '.v|»ii!ecl i.iplul'i'd. ;inci >1 tlic < <i el tin- day - fighting the German i»;.r ;shm ;it Dlieprn|»ctroVsk was left w.lli but ;i single railroad tine : a: 11ihi* sotitliwe-! In the Black Sea. .-cverance <>1 winch would i~«•late tlic la rite Na/i forcc* crowded it the pocket hi the big Dnieper liver l»en<l. I'urtlier Kelt arms nrnurrss was reported north and south of the t'krainiau capital ol' Kiev, tlere Soviet troops "completed tlie annihilation of remnants" of motorized Nazi units striving; to prevent encirclement of the (treat stronghold, the ronumini<iuc saitl. South "r CJii'iirl, southern ehchor, of the German defense line.- n White li i iii. tti(. Ifns-uin- swept more Germans irom liic Dnieper triangle ! ar.d turther extended Iheii bridReheacis on Hie west bank of the Dnieper. More than 2 linn German ollicf. s and men were .-lain in yesterday'. battle. Ilenry Cassidv. Associated I'ress war correspondent in .Moscow. said advices from the t'kraine indicated the Germans had started Inter demolitions in Kiev. \\ illkic 1 oSpeak In Pivotal States On Mast Seaboari Washington. Oct 20—(AIM -Wendell Willkie will -peak n t|u. politically important -1;11«•-. <>! New York. Now Jersey and Miiwaichiusctts within the nest 11-\*. weeks, but lit" is not expected by his friends formally to enter the race for the liepublican presidential not .nation until some time after tin- lirst of the year. I This mueli l»eeame known l.» -1 night jitter the 11)40 CIOP standardbearci addres-e<l ail informal oll-the record meeting of freshmen Republican Congressmen and then submitted to more than an hour's questioning on international, domestic land iioh'.u.il affairs thai gave him I the appearance later of having (list I emerged Irom a wrestling match. ASSAULT CASE IS RETURNED TO PITT llalcigh. Ocl 120 -(AIM The Suite Supreme Court in one ol nine opinions found error today and n>nlanded the case o| Waltei Tyson, who | pleaded guilty in Pit! co-mty ol I !in assault on a female and Wii, sen] teneed by Judge .1. Paul Kriz/elle to serve eight to ten years in prison. ':"v tj originally was charged with assault with intent to commit rape. The Supei ior Court, however, acI eepted the defendant's' plea because j it wis of the opinion that the State's j evidence was not sufficient to war! rant the submission of the case to | the i'lr.v on the orig nal charge. The opinion the child referred ! lo hi the indcMnent wa.- tune years j old and the dele: dant 't I | RECREATION MONEY SENT CHAPEL HILL l{ichmond. V.i . Oct l'o The re i glottal oftiee of I lie Federal Works j Agency has lorw inled to City ManI agcr .iohtt I. Caldwell ol Chapel ! Mill. N'. ('.. a check drawn on the I United Stales Treasury for sl.ofio. to I i.ssist in financing the operation ol ieiTCi.hon hicilities lor sen iceiiien. Kdineth MarkvR"!'. KWA regional director. iiliitounced. The cheek wa.- I he third payment oil ;i Federal ( "111i ilnil ion ol :sj.7(111 for the maintenance and operation of facilities lor the entertainment of servicemen attached to the Naval Pie-Flight Training School and other military establishments in the " i\. . . . • .li l'Vlt'lIk • J: BLOOD RUSHED TO WOUNDED IN NEW GUINEA NATIVES OF IAE, NEW GUINEA, cany a.-lnue froru a landing barge a crate containing !• I ill • i>ccl fur Allied soldiers wounded in llic drive that t'»ok tlint Ja|i base. The speed with which the p:<- ...us lluid— donated ty Xolki tit liuiue— was rushed tu the lighting 11out resulted in saving ir.any live.-, livnmliouul) 60 Jap Planes, T wo Ships Sunk Envoys' First Meetings At Moscow Satisfactory * Moscow. Oct. '10—(AIM—Apparently satisfied with the results ill their first formal talk last 11 is lit. t . S. Secretary of Slate Cnrdell I i ill I. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Kileu. and Soviet I'oreiRii Coinniissui .Molitov settled down todax io a program ol' dail\ conferences on wartime and postwar matters. Their initial meeting lasted l««r I v. n hiniiY and IS n imiU-.-, at.d while no details wen- ant; . inced it was understood tliiit lilt session was -aI s factory. The conleii'es Disclosed that they will meet once a d:i,v ..util then discussions are t included X . I . nial annuuiiet neiit concerning 1 1 progress th(. talks wi/ be issued until liiev ,.i( under way Before last night's session, which still ted It (i || 111 a ! I. die • . . II ...i it would ;iive li.e three li jil. .,t a chance to -ha , "frankly .aid lrec!y wh.it's mi ■ another's mind." Kdei: and Mull .■■incised ii;l. Voting At IS Is Urged By Gov. Arnail Wimiiintttoii. >i. i. ai»—«ai*>—c»«ivcrnoi Kilt? A • (ii Tgia. ad\o. eating amend eiit ol the Kcilc •■! Constitution ■•■ I'Uver the vii'.nsj age from 21 I" asserted today that teen me \ "h.- are intellect iali\ and initially i| ilitied to vnle and would it n et into government <ii-irahlc entli ,.-i,.>ni and ideali.-n . Testifying lid i* the House .Indiclary -ubcoti; t'ee considering v.e proposed a mend n cnl. Arntill said in his prepared ' itemeut th.it * * 11 • ii. damelitai req renietit for particip.iw tint! iii an election . i> that tinVoter shall In* ca|>iible •'! mule standing the i^stioK upon which he volt's and -I ill huve iin intere>l ii the dec:-ions n which he pa.: i pates " Newspapers Mcr^e In Announced Deal Made at Roxborn Ko\hoio. Oct. !!«». (AP) The' Hoxljoro C'onr er airl the Per t->i County Tunes long estahl ~h«*«l new — papers here, h.ivc lieen iiic'^'d t > form the Co rier-Times. the •nan,u:cmcnts a' MoiitK e'l today. The ('•> • u-i Times will he published cni-wi. .'kI> Kditoi-. o! the new ptibbe. t; in .ire .1 W i\im'II. lor hall a ccnturv eil to of the Hoxljoro Courier; .1 S Mci vitt. (r»rmcr editor of the Per.-on County Times; and Thoifuis .1. Shaw. «lr„ former city editor of the J'.itiw. 'veil . •-■it' o-rhlfl . l.cii.l residence i>i tin- L". S. ..mij.i..-ador Ill-litre tlie meeting An American spoke-man -.nil Hull had liiil prcparou a .schedule before <•"1111:1; here. and 1h.it tup '. would take ,-liape as tin- talks progressed The foundation 1 • • ■ future vital <li.»i-..>-."ii.- among I'nited Nation.Icadcrs will be largely !.,>,| at this conference. which is : e\|)i-eli-cl tn lut ,.ny lasting snags. althougli urgent natters will be diso.is-i-d In. lite first time. I: In expected lhat the talks will iron nut numerous is-in - bi'fure other leaders confer. (Crime Minister I'lun v: .ill hacxprossed hope t".' a i; msevell(.': irrhill-Stalm meeting til .. yea. N 1 military men attended 1::,. tir.-'. meeting. Meanwhile. Ilic signing • . ti.e - I lend le. e agreement. wi: • v brill}.- .iiintlter year'.- 11.-v. .1* \:n rail. II: ;1aim I'anad .ai in Hussia. Wits taken here ' eate that closer cooperation bet w« tin- 1 a tlnlls 1- a-.- Ill I'd Arm\ Air Korccs (ii\ cn l'A|ii;il l\;iuWith Ground I nit Washington. Oct. ;it—i.M't—• I <|iialit> of (lie arm* nil' lorces \i itti cl ound troops li.is been est.ililislicd formal!* In order of <•«••!. (•coruc < Marshall. chief of stall, in .1 step m hu ll appear-(at cinplm Ihr prim iplc III a srpa rule air arm wil limit an actual divorcement. A 111.111 .il ._ ■■ :ijj ti e cuniin.r ali'i e.-'|-l 1 ' •: ...• |MWcr. 1". .. ipuc'ly t• •: tr 1 .• months. descr'ta the l<itid and air force# a- "ciHXiUi . nd .lite- lejieinleiit" neither bci .a . 1 v i 1 . > 1 • tin- Mlher. I: I' ■ nalis s|H'( Itic.illy llial a 111al e rna 'i atidei must not at'.u .1: ■ \ an lorces tn ground units t" ttp: when such wilts "are opera in dep. dent > or are isolated n 'i-•' 'ice i'. lack -i! cuiiiiiiuii.tatioa. BEN BERNIE DIES ON WEST COAST It-•• erlv Hills. Cn II . <H*t 20 <AIM ' lion He rule. Ihe --Id maestro ot the stage, screen and radio, died a" li . apartment tin.- m-iDlig altei ' l«t"U lllicss It'om .1 pill 111' 111.1 :\ .it fcction with heart complications The ai!-yeai -old baud leaner was ■ tricl'.en > 1II1 p'fii isy while play im an oi^jagemcnt 1:1 t'hicac-- last February. Alter a short pci ori abed he disregarded his physician's orders and came t" the west ro.i.t to full ill enterlaiiunent engagements 111 w ar plants. Soon after arriving here he filtered a relapse and lor 11 weeks was cotiluicd In an oxygen lent lJuring most o| tilt j.e aid rs lite dPtp'.'irod x. _ 1 Warships Are Lost At Jap Rabaul Base; Second Big Pounding Aliird Headquarters in the Suutliucsl I'aiitie.. Oil. — (AIM—Mitchell bombers, flying , so low tli.it iHii'Mliiig Zeroes in advcrleullY dipped u incs into the sea ancl crashed. have destroyed (in ninri' planes and ••link two mure warships at tin- lapanese ke\ liase of Kahaul. 'I'll:.- m>i ••('!? .1 : iiiiuiki.iij \\ I: i . .• i, , . i .1 week Hii' New Brita n :• rtifs • i«> which tiip oneny'ii Xew Guinea I and Solomon line* are •■. need > | .-miloiuircd < •(!:.>• Iiv i <• <■ t<|(i.■: ter«. , I in: .. m il-i> ii.m'«I 'lii' 1 Japanese itnop# have gmie '..| tile i • e auaui>1 '.:]<• A • ,i|i,iti» ' ! • I- -i hhaveti. N'< (i r-it . ' area when General MaeArthur's l.riv. -!..!!i! Nr.'. ISr:?: in ! T! e iek M mda.v mi !;,.!> il heaped new destnietioii mi "he 177 e > ..nil - (li-;ti<■!:~ • -ii .1. 1 ; : m aerial sfi.nl.itm ..1 W Iti .idd t .... : is:.-iu !< ■ - c ..irtin .-sit .. 1 • t t . \«; rd 1. !-,. >:»• » fap. Ii..-l;.!is ait-ii -..n-,. ; .I'.-Iei 1.1-ld • '. c v.. V I*oivst I'nlhini Is .Appointed I lewd of ! ,oc;tl Rental Area (»!•:. _•'! Al*. k.im-! .• .,:t • ''.i 'lie 1>n.'(!,•'<. 111'. art .1, iv 1 • >'t.e d eetoi■ .let ey. Haleij;h Office l.> ill-- ■■ .1; d.-! .t ! eti: . ' . Oi'.av d C. > licmsi. \V I'. . e A< Devastation Is Greatest Of This War Italian Civilians Are Being Slain by Retreating Germans A11 i«*«l ileaihiuartcrs. Airier.-. I>i-l. Jo (AIM —Threatened 1.11 tlit■ i«• left flank t»y it -\vi!"t American drive that cut l"i' ward t"i\• • mile.-. tlic (iermans ivil hack toda> l !*<>ni the \ i»lturio valley t>> a I'resh mountain liii< . it was announced, leavinjr t >• 'It i in I one «*t the war s worst scenes if destruction. •I'll. C.e: inans retrcate B i" establish :i stronst new mount iiti iiin i'-'.i!>! .-lied > 1 ilu hi.nh Mas-ic i i dv iiid Itn t1 »v n Mniidragotic s \ miles north "i the Villi ii'im river t iiui t NtcmlitiK i'1 'es iimUle.ist nl Wiialrn. Official dispatches from Fifth Army headquarters said III\a*i-> w ere Imrniim house-, sliiiolinu civilians destroying livestock. tcarim; up railroads. il\nautilinu roads auil tiring havstacks to provide smoke screens lo cover their retreat. The devastation ol' the countryside and wiping out of civilians as well as their farms v as the most complete vet cucountercd as the (ierman fury toward the Italians reached a new peak. * The new enemy lint* is made tip • ; ;i m. ; i - •! high. .'lit i it'll 11 ndg«\intor.-ectod by deep valleys through which pas. the 'i.;ii: highways it u Naples in Come. Mrivinu ln:'ward live irile- i... • 11 and northeast ni Capua. the Vi . i ir.'ilis oli-T iiiaTcci ill' Ot'i niiii;<- last hope o:' i >iiKiiiu stand anyxvli. re south ol the Mniiiliagonc Venafro line. The advance carried tne Fifth Army iulo several German strongpoints as much as II miles north ol' the Yollurilii. Mtacking hcuvilv alone the Adriatic coast in the face of in creasing resistance In reinforced Nazi troops the British laghlli \rm> c.iinured I'etaecialo. nine miles \ie>i ni Tcrinoli ■Tin- Cit- ni. M. I : Ui \v \ n. ills .ill i It u l ||«J • I ] i(.,, stance all ihl. i • '• •!'. and i iii\ ii • i-1 v !' !'e-n troops alii i'> in the line, some of >adly knocked alMiut n " • •> liearic|uai'icr< > III IV 1 11 il.'iCK t Voli| \i iianiss. 'in- Kilth ■ 1 • fmur rcinforcei' <•- ;icr.-> at ,.|i (f'.i .. >elit up Allied i> \ ithdr.iw .nu lit l&uit) in HEAD OF TRAINMEN WON'T URGE OFFER < lev eland. Oct. Ml I \|*» 1'rcsidcin \ 1 . W hitnev of the Itroihci'liood ol Kailriiad Train men said lod.iv lie would not rcc ominciid acceptance of a fiuircenl limit'lv pa v increase approved last ininith In tli(. I'revident's emergeiicv hoard lor railroad opera I iui; employees. New 16 Percent Cut In Newsprint Consumption Washington. Oct. !(l—(AIM— I A !ipv\ <-nt of lli iiriii'ill in newsprint consumption m November —.1 slasli as nil'.11 .1" .ill three prcvinns cuts 'lii* >f.ir combined—Was |ini|n»ril 1<> newspaper publishers lmlsi.% lu il. M. Hit hit. rliirf of llir nniiliiis anil I'liiilKltinc division of tlit* War Production Hoard. H:tncr. WI'H .inn' 'i"nl. h id ;ni\ si'd tin* NV'V.sp.ipc Iiuhis|i\ Nil \ IS" iv ('mi inilti i • 1 f|i«* lli |it-rci'iit (icwit rurtiiiliru'iit in*tt'ticl <•! the iili«Mti;iii\v <i !>|> i!t; in)<» !fvi'. winch \\ * * 111 < I papers' newsprint ir\ cntii'-it's In ffit d.iv •-ui'i'iy. riiis ui'uki (1 imbiMiciilivetilnncs Irom IP i«' .ilI days 11• l!i» ii. i' i" I-- ii'i i • i. • jjfi i ,1. ' i .v> ii. ys .i mi .•) .mil wo>l '! i • «• \ 'lor. licit i < • iiin ■■ .. 1y !■! <•i-ii.hu to «(•»♦ ( -;< i" 'blou ptopofOd liy Ititimjp. oxiieotod to rofoiivoitc ®n l>'i • .1 ~itm ihi> alto tiooti iikI • « r><o \\;'h «•< <>mmoncla1i<<n ho :on' tht* ond tho day "I"1 ■ <• )>•->.I• .. 1 > l<-n tlx (| 1 lull lis iti-i " v ' lid I" l<< tompi'i tho rilitailfl ont h\ t . nu .i lo»sor slash milli in iHTimtti'd im< iiihI i;i tin rnloru - 1"<ss i<h in appros iinit<■ I" poieoijt cutf ailiront •>! u>o iiiiH a fir o-day di-<<p in nvontmy. I'.iIiio ,<d\i>od Inking tlio lull c<<n.-II ptii-n i- i< Hoctaniiit thai fnrthot' ll.ppi"L nt'i IllVOlltllllOS Wllllld 1)0 <liitlf{i inn... a* il would croato a .»oriuu.» vitiation io tin <■ S| m i
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