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