ItenJterson Bally Btspatrif thirtieth yeah I.KASIII. WlltK SKItVlil.; « ,i. tiiu ass«h'iati:i> 1'iticss. HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 30, 1943 I , ,!l',s 1 'k.V.• i'i--i1"sr.\nAv''1 :N'"'-s FIVE CENTS COPY President Declares Monday Is Deadline For Ending Strikes Speaks His Mind DURING A SESSION of the House Ways and Means Committee, be whiskercd F. E. Gimlett a gold prospector from Leadville, Colo., received permission to express his i views. He said: "I want Congress ; to put the WACs and WAVEs back in the kitchen with the pots, pnns and babies." (International) $13 Billion Tax Program Discarded Ecclcs Wartime Tax Suggestion Received Ccolly by Committee Washington, Oct. :!<>—(AI')J —Promptly discarding a $ 1JJ. Soi>,(»(»(i new tax and com pulsory savings program ol'lor vd hy Kcclcrsil Ri'scrve Chair-, ir.an Mnrriner S. Ecclos, House Ways and .Means committremen indicated today they would take several millions Iron) tin? #2,-| iiiin.iMin.nnu now in the new revenue hill. Tile committee will reconsider its vote raising postal rates and excises, and some members said llic cost or mailing charges and 1 the liiiiior lax would lie revised | tlnutiu aril. There was also pressure for telephone rales and the tax on I modification of the increases ill general admission lo amusement places. J1.: elf-, disclosed his tr.x program, iin 'iing a Miper wartime t.ix on aide. dual income at an e.xeciitive hi i! tig yesterday as the comniit tv. .ippeared ready t" approve a lax I culling for lc;s than one-fifth the SIO.fiOlMMKUNIO in new we ll e recommended by the Treasury. His proposals got a wintry re ception. Committee members, s iicl < i.iiiman Houghton (I).. N. C.). ti-lcl t:ie Iteserve Hoard chairman hif vva.. "fantastic and visionary." Ultimatum Promises Government Actions If Strikes Continue Washington. Oct. "0—(A1 *) —The 1'nited Mi in* Workers* leadership must art l»y Monday Id end tlu* spreading coal strikes ajfain. That v\..s Mr. Ilo >-cvclt's ultima tum last night as tin- n imber "I icJl-• soft coal iniiieis exceeded 80,01 Mi and continued t.• grov . lit- said hi- wnuId await the miner.** policy committee meeting on Monday, con fidect that the War Labor Hoard's I proposal* would he accepted, hut he added: "II' I am mistaken and the miners dn nut accept the hmini's inopo-als. I shall take decisive I action |o see that coal is mined.** This sounded like government seizure of the mines, once more. The President oxpressed this de termination in a letter to WLB. Chairman William II. Davis, reply ing !•> the letter notifying him of, the strikes. 4f "I am watching tin- situation carefully." said the President, "and shall not hesitate tu take whatever steps may lie necessary to see that the coal is ninied. We arc short of coal to meet our war needs. We can no more tolerate the letting down of eoal production than we can tolerate lettini; down of the shipping of supplies to our fighting men." In view ol tTMW President John L. Lewis' one utterance on the WLP. proposal, it i., extromciy dot i i »t fill that the policy committi-c would ac cept it on Monday. Lew :- .-aid ac ceptance of the |i ipo.-al would iai p( se a wage reduction. Nevertheless- defiance vitn Ft (levaI ag-'ncies before. They recall tnc potato flebacle last summer. So the joint statement closes with a (nullifying paragraph begin ning will that most important little word. "If these assurances should not materialize and the prices agai" ex J)ei "•>!('< ;iti oipeiivtl't'1'' ' H wiirrvntcd tin |>. w will rev i ve the1 right to take such further action as may In- appropriate under the cir cumstances. We propose t>> (In overy tlnn» within e ex perled to work itself out. It they drop out an on i.~ Ihey did 111 the potato deal t will become neees.-ary for the governor* to take that "such further action" they mention. HKCHKATION- -While strenuous efforts are beoing made to get every able-bodied person at work in some pioduetiun occupation, even llireat 2?Z I: STORM STRANDS FREIGHTER OFF JERSEY COAST . THE 7,916-TON FREIGHTER James Longstrcet, her keel buried in seven feet of sand oil Sandy Hooic, N. J., Is being written oil as a total loss after it was grounded by the record-breaking gales that swept tiio East coast this week. The picture was token at low tide, when only a few feet separated the ship from onlookers on the boach. The crew of seventy was saved. Otlicial U. S. Navy photo. (International) Choiseul Invasion Menaces Jap Hold In Solomon Chain Four Perish In California Fire San Jose, ( alii. (III. :tll—(AIM —Four I'ldcilv persons wore Iiiii ui'il (11 death ral ly today when tire destroyed a two-story wooden house here, the police department reported. The vii'tims were not identi fied iiiimeiliately. The lire, or undetermined origin, started about I a. in. and iiuiekl.v ;\vept through the apart ment structure. Americans Win Battle On Axis Subs V'ashington, Oct. 3d. — (AIM - American forces have ginned the up Ikm" hand in the buttle ol the sub marines in the Pacific where the juu | is ti> break Japanese supply lines ami ! in the Atlantic where the tiKi>t Max ! heeti in drive oil Nazi U-boats. This Hat conclusion was supported Indiiy in Iwh staienlents by Secretary ni tin- X.i\ v Kims: 1—The wai against Nazi raiders in the Atlautie has lieen succc.-slul tii the |H>mt where planned must ruc tion ol l_'T additional .nt; -ubmarini j vi >sels can be cancelled. 2—"The campaign against the Ja panese merchant fleet proceeding! al lull speed and with steadily in- J creasing turns." KnoxV aniiouiiceincnt nt increas- j itijl ictivitir■- against .lapane-e .-tip-i ply lines sei \ nig their scattered j buses in llie I'acilic was a verbal : commcnt in discussing a commtini- i que which reported .-inking ol tell I Japanese ships and damaging ol loin others. Tin se brought to 474 the ; number ol Japanese vessels sunk, probably sunk or damaged by Amer ican submai incs which dared to o;>- I eratc even iu harbors of Japan itsell. j Irregularity . Among Stocks New York, (VI. HO— (AIM—The stock market today stepped out ol October at just about where it emerge i from September and. while rail., and .scattered specialties at tracted bidders, many leaders dis played mild irregularity in lite brie! proceedings. Hesislance wa.s exhibited by U. S. Steel. Chrysler. Goodrich. Santa Fc. Delaware Hudson. Lackawanna. Farnsworlh Television and Wool worth. Laggards included Youngs town Sheet, Oliver Farm. Douglas Aircraft. American Telephone. West inghi'Use and American Smelting. Cotton Closes Much Lower New York. Oct. -(AP)—Cot ton futures closed (old contracts) 6(i to 7a cents a bale lower. Today's Previous Open Close December 20.00 HUM March .19.00 19.7.-, Mav 1 11.07 111.56 May I».«7 I 0.50 .Inly ! ?• I ".37 ... American Landings Follow Treasury Isle Attacks Wednesday Allied Headquarters in the Southwist Pacific. Oct. •>"— (AP)—American invasion of C'liiiisetil island pointed a men acing spearheading today at tin last 2(>0 miles tile Japanese con trol in tlu> (5K0-niile ionjr chain of Solomon islands. Already tin- airfielils left to thent are laiyely in ruins. Latest war reports today told ill Die Americans landing unop imst'il down mi the southwestern side of t'hoiseul: nf a trap clos ing around Japanese soldiers on invaded 'treasury (Mann) Islan.l: and ol' hundreds of bombers and fighters dropping record ton nages of explosives on enemy runways and airdrome installa tions without any interference ol' Japan's badly crippled South Pacific air force. The invasion of t'hoiseul. flanking the hist bin Nipponese base of Bou gainville now barring the way to itiibiiul. opened Thur-duy :il the v 1 lage <"f Viiz;i, a starling ba.-t; for enemy bi-rfti's Japanese in the area fled north without • fight. Only th,. day before. amphibious. American and Xev. Zealand Iro.ip.s landed with naval and air protec tion on tin* Wn Treasury i-l.md-.' HI) miles south <>i Itougaim illc. Pur snort by troop.- and pounded by \Yn t lira'bom her.-. the lew bundled Jap anc.-e ihert. now .1 e beii g co: ".ered. Willi .1 sea and 1:1 blockade .-el i|> , lo prevent their evacuation. Tuesday the v. i.v was paved b>i the execution oi the Treasury Choi- 1 seul o|H"ratioiis by an air blitz of j BoiiRuinv ille such as the South Pa- ' cific had never known before. It reiiflercd the Japanese utterly help less to offer air opposition. Miami Detective Accused of Seeking Xotorictx in 1 rial Nassau. Hah.: m i-. Oct. 30—(AIM — An excited. !•" ' "U defense at torney sngge-tcd today that 1\\.' Miami detective- planned iter the slaving ol Sir II..r v Oake- lo obtain a ' fingerprint v. b . is being used in the Bahamas Supreme court in the Crown's effort to convict Alfred dc Mai:Jiil.v of Till 'ie: Kudinu a w tiier.ng cross examina tion <>l Miami I'oi >'c C plain J.one <» Baker, chiel counsel Godrey r. Karlier. i' «' accused l.ailut of Irving !<» invito the tin to °t Kunicc Oake-. vv »l tin* education !<>r "p; ivision; I" tuembeiship. Negro. C *!. Campbell .loii!i-<>n nl the nati n.. Ne'ect've Service, talked to leag 1 cand.Kites, lie gave calm picl ie t certain professional. ('duc.itani.il . id civ if d;sci iui'liations becaiiM ■' ft*. The young "provi- «?i.«I- vve-i* 1 Interested in the t• »i« .>•.<' t;■• • • way in which he prc-ented t 'la' many nf tiiem chose tile race ;■ *1»If:: 1 as tile subject !•»i" tiie themes which arc nee?-wiry In .1 in >r I t*ag ireipre liminary cnurse. Knr 15 years lar diMinwiwM have been conducted ill the \V. sh iligtmi league I ..is; yea the ran* problem wun voted th< Washington league's most popular subject. Lot gui- 1 other cities iiavt also di cit>«ed 'hi- pi 'ult 111 All.Hit lO.OIIII w • i t'll, cltoscil front what i> I'liiet: 1 e« called the priv - lege I r:.:-s. ocloiig to the Association 01 Junior Le gues Its membership le.ich. l.i l c tie- It.- \ "iff. tlmUgll pitcht* i ' > .1 gentle key. .s therefore pi ■'.*. erf u I. f •!.•. o tsl> th s organization lias d<* te; 11 uied not to be o-irich-lii;e. hide it,-, head ipprehen.-ively and whisper ■ s -I -! the less said about the race priiblc: 1 . the belter! Well .lust pre (Ci li'itiued on I'iige Two.) Harker wen! tM uio to attend the i Inner,d nl the aged gold miner, one ..! the 1 iclie-t men ill the world. "I -uggesl." Iliggs shouted. "tlii* you wen! to Hi r Harbor to a s« Hilt I.v (lakes' hatred against the ac j cased " I did not.'' replied (iarke:. "And 1 1 did not go 011 my rain squareiy ayain.-t lofty Mount Massico. western anchor of the new German line in Italy, it was announced to day. Farther nl;> American force.- 1 rtevflii|>eri a l tanking threat against i Mount Mansion, eaplnriim I'ietrav.n- i rann. which dominates both the up- j per Yolturiio r.ve. valley and the i main C"ap:ia-l{ome highway. Simultaneously. the British j Kighth army to the cast forced ahead In take Monte mtiro, on ttic lower Itank of the Trienn l river II miles inland trom their | bridgehead ill the Sun Salvo area, where the heaviest light ing 011 the Italian front still raged. Some 1-r> towns in alt fell to the Allied advance, hindered by | heavy rains and mud in all sec tors. .Mule transport had to lie substituted for motor vehicles in some mountainous localities. The British sprang tr-m trench*.. I and K>\ti;>U'. aliinu the southern hank- of the I'eggia canal :akt ' Mondragonc. They had been lieit! to that line. paralleling the lnwe. Volturno rive:, fur inure than a | wee!; by heavy enemy i re I:■« -. • the lower >1h)h*s ol Massico i:dge Mnndrngone was deserted. and ati | Allied otlicer -aid the town had be come valueless to the Cierinans. who i j would make their really importan' .stand., from the ridge itsell. Several] bridgehead- lorced across the ca:..i! | all along the line rcmiimdet -ndei | . lire of long range German guns. | American troops drove lor ward four miles to capture I'ietr vaino. I'ietravariano. la and one hall miles north of ( apu.i and ( j five mites southwest ol '.S.ivis • eauilia. Also raptured :•! this pUs'll were | Pctran.clara. four and a hall miles nnrtheas; oi Sparanise. . il n aner- i I • u> Mii.i!: \ illages. It likewise yielded |xisscs? 11 •! I'onlc di liaviscanma .. alge o\ ei , the ippc. Vulliirno and th|. ent.:r ( lateral mad nilinnig li i;.:\isca- \ 1 mii.i southwest. The British drive n :n< wesie n , coastal seetoj- carried tin -ugh -cv-' cral small villages ' Flying Fort reives ham eretl Oc-| I nna ye.sterdav in tlw I . -■ bombing : ' ot that city by plain-,- ha.-ed n the Mediterranean. h tlmg "in- An-ald"' steel work- and Height yard- Heavy | air support .,| gro.md opera ti>n.s , contin. i d. iGrapplcrs Resume Search tor I nitorni , In 1 ,<>ner«;an (>asc New York. <»ct. BO - (AP) As] i Wayne l.mcrgai, wo., i. i .pi today i his city pri-oii ,ell. g ■ ' | piers returned to the l'as, , ;• ei \ . ; re.-ume their dragging •<. - rig |RCAF uniform. which authorities' Cossack Cavalrymen Lead Other Forces Dashing to Crimea bunion. ■Set. — ( AI') - - l lir.. U armies • •oiiver;; cil on 1 ii<• key stronghold "I Ni k< ■) m >! mi ilii" lower Dnieper river today in ;i multiple drive to complete tin- entrapment of (iermait forces in tin- Dnieper bent I. Two tilhcr Itril army forces ,il tin* Mini' time were surging west ;|!!|I south of Melitopol to sr.ll oil the <»orm:i» positions in tlu> Crimean peninsula. One. paced by squadron* of hartl-rid ini: Cossack cavalry men and tank units. smashed through KU tow us to lake Holslioi I tlyiis. I a miles from ll»c northeastern cor nr. of the Crimea, while the second captured Torsayevka. less than III miles Irom Pcrckop. which bottlenecks the escape eorridcr at the northwestern idee ot the peninsula. (iaiiis of 15 miles were re ported in tliis sector by the Rus sian cnininuni(iuc, with the de moralized enemy abandoning ad ditional Inure stores of military equipment. Tw.i pioii.us >>i the tr.ple threat In \ iiiip'il uere leit hv General Keo dor T<: khin and Gent nil Rodi »r.y Mali'ttA ,-U> '! : .»• lo.ine:' cracked a wide (tr'r.all ' itetell-,. in depth" l.lie 11 tin II:.II;I A!.. i..y a-iiyeli i/.ei 1. . >..! i '. ' .«• M i w bulletin .-aid, and battled '.v..v 1 i.. Mii^h the stepne t'iv.1' •: Malaya-Mallows chiu-Ua and |: . I'.veUi/e! kit. wes' ami -ouihwest i»i Nikopol. chief iiianuane.se producing ee- tei .11 south Hu-ia. I ! e third thre.it to Xilaipol was revealed by the He! in: radio, which -aid struiiu I! issiatl Imns were pl'.ii.uinu ac. is.- ltn- Dnieper rive; j 1st uelow Z;i|«i|ii/.1k*. with the e\ - den; .tiUllli'i Ii! j. in;nu TolblikIll's corps ii.' di'ving down the we-t bank • • the *i\ in sit Xik »p »l Irom tiu' Thi' Moscow* bullr tin d.(J noi nu!»l t.ii iii:new thro;iJ. Bni/ili.ui Plane Sinks Nazi L -Boar In Duel near Rio l!io dr .laniero. Oct. 30.— l.\l*> — \ Itra/ilian air Inrre plane and a Nazi I -hoal inrt in a duel lo the death ibis ninniing not lar from ibis capital city and I lie I lilted Slates • (rained tlicr triumphed b\ sinking Ihe miIi marine with live wcll-placcil bimitis. The Itr.i/ilian aircrall return cil to its base >afel> despite damage i.ill-ed !>> the I -boat's anli-airi rail weapon*, hut with Ski. iliinibcrlo Mirabelli of I lie plane's crew wounded, it was announced. ]J»VC de,c bed a- a key ,.V1. donee in !he si i.viiijj his pretty W:!e. Patricia. "•spite ind.ctinctit yesterday "• •' •'< ~ 'nil ile , alter 1 lis trie! Attorney Frank S. Ilugan had Hill i meed a roiife->. Hi ol 1'ie bludgo hi killing. _■ tn-ds a' the city pi -i i said the Royal Canad an ail cra Its n.in e-ted Mast like a:iv other prist mer". Me i)-.\ii ' authorities believed the state 1 '4ht .i flam. ol pre liedi tatiou in the story. Pn i iee -a d I/miit San told then of i-«>ttmiiiit* to tiie 1 ■ ' '"•'1 ' I" aa II I! .emi tnieilt :.i-i Siuid iy three hour* after Mrs. I.niiei sen was Ik .Men .ml choked lo death, t.i leave a ' >y elephant lor hU habv boy. Yugoslav Guerillas Are In Hungarian Territory I.ondoti. ( if! :i<» (AIM- Ami.ui | i oii> Kiicrillii.- cii»-ed llie 11tn*K>*ri'in i front nr tmliiy in widening !»;• 111»-.- | iiUiKiisI Cit'iimm ;ind >op>. • f liberation announced The classing wiis made I loin , ZiiKoryc pro\ nice. north "I < I KxIcmisi\ c operations iilong tiic j Dalmatian coast, in which a (iermati coliiinii w.i- deloated .illcr ten hours ot iicrce lighting. also was reported > in the coinniuill<|lie Iron (•cncial ■ .lo>i|i Hro/ (Tito), Some I .ill N i/.i jtroo|». were killed or wotindt d f Twentj \llicd plain - .issish fl in till' I tilllli.ltlllll o|MT.ll loll . holuh Og I enemy column- near St on Mctkinic | Split, and oilier kn •! •;« • ••• ■. Kl.it, 4."i mill - ii"ith ">l Split, Ilio bulletin Continued. Tito's (•"li inllliiqilr u.i\c (|C liiil other iictioiiM West ill /.;iki<-I>, piirlis.in IkiikIs wrrc holdmu Mumi- own ;iii troops in tlic Zluimbciiik .nr.i SmiiIIicji-I hi Zii«|rli. In nips of tin* K"/;ii.h briK.ide destroyed .1 ten milt* Mrclch o 1 i.hIw.iv ,nul ciiptlired the towns "I Itisknviic, OinoisVii mid Bint lira. Mill other piii'ti^iiu units smashed ii (ii n..111 1 o| 111• 11 nciii Lii/,uf\ii< . .<.*> mill's south of I irl|ii tide. t'lie T lo <'< 11111111111 i<|iif stilfl that (•> in 1,11 1 iiik.ioovk rhetnlk leader iiKiitmu on 1 in si (to oi the (ierniuns Hi .Yliiirciio>;io mill |i<. v\,i i;ipUir 1 • 1 • ■ ijfll I 1 rl ■ if;<*'