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'Uii o.i n. C, Met^rsott Batly Btspatrif thirtieth year 1 ths";ass,hma™i" y£ks!K Henderson, north Carolina, Thursday afternoon, November 4,1943 ,,i;,t,',slt^-.,::.^;5irnuav^uno,>n five cents copy MINERS RETURNING SLOWLY TO COAL PITS *★★★★★★* Nazis'Position In Russia1 j Is Growing Steadily Worse ALLIES RUSH RECONSTRUCTION OF NAPLES WORKING WITH BIG CRANES, Allied engineers speed Hie momentous task of reconstructing Naples. Many sections of the city are being made habitable again for the thousands of Neapolitans made homeless during the battles between Allied and Nazi armies. A mass evacuation was ordered for four hours as Allied elec trical engineers turned on the lights once more. It was bclievd that the current surging through the city's numerous conduits would set otf mines left by the Germans. O.W.I, photo. (international Xouiidpliulo) Allies Blast Ships Of Japanese Navy Massed At Rabaul Large Losses Suffered When Allied Bombers Attack in Solomons Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific. Nov. I— I A I')—Allied air niijrht, (lis-j ptfM'd in strength at bases liuin which t<> strike hard ami swillly. has blasted into twist-j ril hulks the warships and, transports Japan massed at | ilahanl In countersmash the northern Solomons invasion. Ill .1 dazzling display of (li- ! vcrsirinl power. General Mae- ! Arthur's big bomber force sunk three destroyers and eight large ■ inereliantmeii or transport at Kabaiil Tuesday and ripped j open the hull of a heavy eruiser while planes of Admiral William K. I la Key ranged the length of embattled ItouRainville. blowing new holes in itN unusable air fields. Ilalsey's units also dived ami | s-'ii !t-cl hi day-long battles to keep I •'••panese planes away from the | Ameriean Marines driving enemy | soldier«. bael; into the jungles on iiougainville'..- west coast. In all these operations, nearly 100.000 tons of Japanese ship ping w ere sunk or damaged. I "If I enemy planes were destroyed or (Continued on Page Four) CIO Leader In Favor Of Fourth Term Pinlade Ipliia. No\. I.- (AIM Sid | '•ey llilhiinn, chairman <>i the polit- i "'at action eommiltee ot 'lie CIO. I '"Id Ins nalional convention today j "'at ii tin. I'll) president cil eleelieii j J'ero ;■ tew months away lie would oe ready to commit himself lor a | loot (|| icim i(ll president Hoosevelt • Iluuideroiis apolause followed tin'I •einai k. "Mo organization can commit it M'H m 1043 for IBM. tint it the elee- , 'ion were within a few month" i 1 would still raise my voice for (lie sale of the nation for ttie nomination I '•'id election of Franklin Delano I Hoosevelt," Hillmun said. I Only Sea Left ONIY "HANCE of escape of soma 00,000 Nazi troops trapped in the Crimea appears to be the sea, ng shown by map. Last rail mui liifch wyy cscapes were cut-when It'.is sians took Chnplinkn (star) anil pushed to Black Sea. Russian Black Sea licet is expected io block rescue efforts. {hitcriimioiial) Methodists Today Have Full Calendar Hoeky Mount. Nov. I—(AP) A loll culendiii nl hiionc.s. (Icvolfoii iils, iilid viirivd netivit ics today oc cupied delegate- t" tlu* iitiiitinl ses sion «>f the \"i'tli Caiolm.i Metho dist CoiifeicllCC here. The program opened with d<*\ > lioiuil exercise- led l».v lies. 10. I). Weathers of Weldoii, jiml this was followed bv .1 business session. A re port \\ ,i> Mihinittcd oil the conference I>i otherhood by the lies . I( (I. I)avv ton, pastor of Trimly Methodist church of Uiilritth. Also on today's schedule were fin ' iii\ ersiiry meet.in.- ol the Hoiird of l..i.v Activities, with ('. l». Moreloek if Nashville. Ten ii . ol the General ; Board of Lay Activities, as the (Continued on Page Four) * ^ RAF Bombs! . Two Cities ! in Germany Dusseldorf, Cologne Heavily Hit After Attack by Americans London. Nov. 1—(AIM—A jirwi. I'leil of liAl'" heavy lioinh-1 its hammered (lie Clerman in-1 dustrinl eities of Dusseldorf and Cologne last nijrld in a se quel to a smashing daylight at-! tail< on Wilhelnishaven hy the larjrc-d forces of American air-! craft ever thrown ajrninst thej Reich. The main blow was eoncenlrated I on Dii-scldi'i I. makinu tbat loii Kuhr armament renter probably tile I v i'. Id's iin -1 heavily iiomiieil cit.v I iv.\1 In Hamburg. while a divor.-ion arv assault bv a smatVi lorce wvs I l.l. fit <m Cologne on 'I e I'lline. I Aiii-(|ir.tiirs also bombed n jectivesj i . tiie liulir and .ilnne!a"<i Nile-teen aircraft were lost in the nichl's operations. which in < lulled mine laying in German waters and iiitruitrr patrols over targets in France anil the l.ow Countries. Four enemy aircraft were ili'stroycil by the bombers. Dispatches from Stockholm <|'.ioi eel .1 new-paper ;is sayiiiK more than t.000 persons were killed in Tue.s-i day'- attack by tin- United Staii ■> heavy bombers based hi tiie Menil errancaii theatre • >n Wiener Nt li st.idt. The size ni previous at tact's mi Dusseldorf. yesteilray's rce ord American strike at Wil hetmsliaveil, anil the fail 'hat the ItAF has had two weeks nt bail weather in which to prepare last night's olfensive hinted tli.it (Continued on I'.iKc Four) Casualties of I . S. In \leditcrranean I otcillinjr 31.126 Washington. Nov. I. — ( AIM— ! American army casualties in the Mediterranean war /one from the initial landings in North Af rica the niclil of last November i 7 to X until October '!!» totaling .'il.l'Ifi. Secretary of War Stimson I reported today. Of this total, he said ."i.'ilifl were (tilled. I7.fi*I were pounded and 7.!»fiti missing. of whom most un doubtedly are prisoners of the Germans. | Soviet Army Approaching Dnieper Port Berlin Announces New Russian Landing In Eastern Crimea Moscow. N«»\. 1 — (A!*) — I he I whole (icrman position in south' Russia jrivw worse hy lite hour, today as (In- Red army reached' the lower reaches of the Pr.k'-I per river in strength at mtnurr-j • us places and approached the port of Kherson at its irtoulh. In other sectors. Soviet lnimi).v:. and Stoi nioviU plane.. blasted hun dreds '>r Germans trying to m.sj-i« their way to the western hank. <TIk' Berlin radio announced a iit'w Kilssian landing >n tin* favlrrti Crimea south of Kerch. Tin- German-, asserted that tlic three-da.v-old hriduchea.l south of the Crimean port had been re dueed. (The (iermans also annouii'." eit a renewed Itussian offen sive pointing north and west of Kiev in the sector above the I krainian capital. Strong ar tillery preparation preceded, the attack covered by formations of battle planes. Berlin said of the "heavy defense battle.") The itu.-siiins iiave ti<>t intimated | a crossing of t!ie lower Dnieper. The; liver in Hie south is very hrosid— an c.-tunry. in la<-t. of the Black Sea. Hanks on either side arc n combi nation oi mud and sand. Ponto.in bridges across the river will rcfiuiri; extreme cngincci mis dexterity. Time is on the side of the fleeing and demoratiy.ed i ier mans and the Russians are easier to follow up their successes by keeping contact to chop and trap the foe. i General F e o d o |- Tolbilkilin's Fourth Ukrainian army which seal- 1 cd ;:ini liy-p;.- i>d th<. Crimea was tilling the eastern bank of the lower Dnieper swiltlv. A crossing any-i where Ironi Xikopol in life bend I to the Ixhei .-oii sector Would in-1 cnv.-c the |ler11 t» thon.sailds of Ger mans still in the Dnieper elbow and | arotinrl the iron mid rail center of Kri\o| JJoy. IVoubled Relations Between DeMari^nx And Murdered Man] Nassau, N><\ I. (AI*)—IJcscrib injj Ins 11 • xi 1 >I<-<t elalions with the mini <»l whose murder tie is jiccuscfl. Allied IX'M.ii iuii\ swine in a diaina 1 if willies.- stand appearance in Ba hamas Supreme Court today Dial tie spoke tn Su I l.i !)• (takes. Ins latli ci-in-law, I'M tin last lime Miireli ISO Ttie lilli'iui'i'iied ;nid burned body ill the lined multi-millionaire was lnuud July hi .1 bedroom at Ins sea-ide villa and Hie next day l)r M.irmny was a esled. The final me n. came, lie said in a voice Willi • French accent, when Hie lined Su i I;111 > came to his home at I a. it' March HO. threatened to kirk in the floor, and pulled Ills youim son, now Sir Sidney, out o£ a tied and maile him lea\'e. "I never -poke In Sir Harry alter that niornnm." lleMfrriRny fleet,u cd. "I'll' hi yoin clothes and uet lite lu ll oiil ot tin liousc." OeMai iui'.v <|iioted Sir llarrv as tellinu Sulney. who now is Ki years old. I lie BIG Boss—And We Ain't Kitklin' President «>f tin- 1 nited Mi"e Witriicrs of Ainciifa. .IiiIiii I.. Lewis is shown here a- lie pir.ided iiti'r •. meeting in IVa^iiiniil'in id the uiiiim's pulley ciiinniittiM*. prior tn granting «i' tin* Inch wase inerease lix I lit government as a eoii.iitnin ant! iiulueemonl fnr I .mis' order WpiIihs (lay night ralliiiR <>lf the strike throughout the country. President Koosevelt li.id already do« imi.tled Seeretar.v Harold lekes to seize the mine., fiir the government. Fifth Army Gains Made Within 85 Miles Of Rome Allied Iicad<|iiartcrs. Algiers, Nov 4—(AP)— Lt. Gen. Mark \V. Clark's Fifth Army dashed forward on a -IH-inili' front for gains of live to eight miles on tlit- western Italian sector, ad vaitcing to within So miles of, Rome and throwing the enemy back in a steady retreat across the hroad (jarigliatio river vail-1 ley. Allied headquarters an nounced today. General Sii ISertiard i. Mor.tgom ery's Kmhth Army :■ i.-■» .idvanccd m nearly all sectors, marching up the 1 llntann-lserma load an<l hatter' ^ its way into Castclprtro.-". tc-s lii.e seven mill's southeast of l.-eruia. '!.«• mountain hmhvviiy hub .11 the cen ter of Marshall Erwin iioinn < !'. present defense line. fifiipral Clark's British and Americans swopl the <;erm;ins from their last strongholds around Mussicn ridge. ttie mas sive anchor of the stronglv lor tified mountain line which the (iermaiis apparently hoped to hold until winter, and brushed them out of their last fool!edtl. of lofty San ('lure mountain to the northeast. At the end ot the .i..> \. :. I>y steadily root n • , • 1 sisfancc. Clark". astride the n . .11 1 i • . Rome at a point 1 — \ ' rtinca, the pur-a • .. !'• ■ -! 1 ..•id , Amei icans 1 r. rd |J n camonfiii.i. 11\. c as' Teano .-it the I • • set ,u:tl Pi'esenxano. n-'ih >■ ' San Cr< c< und only five miles southern?! of] MiKn.ui>>. The I'itthlh \111n of Monl e»mer> furred urn i-rossing* of | the Triano river 011 the Adriatic front, hut .1 siivaae ha file raiv-il aroiK'd its original bridgehead at the railttin station id' Sail Satvo uhere tlir Nazis threw tanks anil artillery into repeated attempts to luirl the British hack over the harrier. A! least L'U Mark IV -peeial tanks I participiiteil in the one ay's despe: ate hut 11111 !<• inuntoiattacks and 1, the end >>t a dav "t Moody fichtrm Molitnoinery had driven them all I hack, «a ncd ground .m<i taken 1 I (Continued 011 Pago Knur) British Are Now With Guerillas Officers Pay Tribute To Fighting Qualities Of Yugoslav Guerillas I...n,lull. Nov. I — ( AI *) — Prime .Minister Chun-hill dis closed today that Uritisli otti ei.ii> are now with forces o! Albanian guerillas, who he -aid ;ii" l'ijrlitin>r l»y tiie thousands in the nn untains and are beluK counted upon for ;i part "in the future military developments in the Mediterranean area." ]tt 11 >111 nil.4 ' ' Allied "t I cei Ii;i\v been " into Albania .is well 11 i'. i , . ikI V j>ii>la\ i:i. the !>: •• .• n i>Ui lolit ("■ i.mulls ttiiit !' ■ t' i -i'.e> »> .nl |iiii(t high • t• fill linn qualities <>1 the guerillas. (InuHiiir*- ciiimiK'iii was mmlc in rrplv in .i <|iuMi<>n about tlu> Kovrrnmnil unlit*} toward the Albanian guerillas anil In* as M'ltCll tin- polio wa* to "sec Ali aiii i frri'il troni tin- Avis Mikr and restored to ln*r inde pendence. Hit frontiers. of course. will l>(. considered at the peace settlement In Vii}><is|ji\ ia • ie p..11,-.in.- >11 (l. i < i it .1 <-~<|> IJio/ I'l'itui today an ii'• Hired capture nl I'lilim. a .ii| nmd town in youth initial Vugo ,-l.iv a. ifior inflicting liea\y Ik.nsiv ■ it (">i rii ..ii and Mil ail ivic Imccs. WEATHER 1 OK NORTH ( \ROLINA Coot .main tonight. Iridaj partly rlouili and warmer. 20,000 Still Held By Japan I'oil liii/.iitH-th. Union "i Sonlh i All Tii. \<|\ t <AI*>—Nearly iJO. I iiimi Occidcntiii civilians, <i.:ioo ni l I hem Ainei k His. slill leiliiilll m ill ' tci tunciii e.nnp in Jiipiin. Chin;' 1 lllid the Philippines, iinci nil |• • steiidy ilvvnidl'iiu food supplies .n><l <i kiowiiiu shmtiijio (.ii medicines ' This whs disclosed by ;i survey ni the 1.500 icp.ili liilcs aboard the c\ ehunjje liner Criipshohn who came from 2# "i Ihc 33 large and small ci vilian turnips the Japanese »ire known to be maintaining in those countries. The food and •redieine shortage* wen? jilt iimlcd i" ilie disruption hi . l oimmiuH ittKin.x unci iimiij; Ii\ tin, i C< i--Is The siliiiition u,i.. .-.nd tn lie |i;nli- I culiirly neule mm J It »f 11; <:«it lit »-!; • 1 if I. i which is entirely dependent mi im- ' ported foodstuffs. Kfp.'it■ iiil(«s dccliir 0(1 llllll IIIOVC III,111 I .(rllll.lllllP Ch.llCM' 1 .mil foreigners, inrludinjj .'t.lMin I'.ril- I t-h » l\ 11 internees. ;ire nenr st«r\! turn there. These source- c\|iccl .i (iimiii(. this winter in llonukoni* city .iikI unless (lie .l..|>.iiic-c e\clt.itn:e liner Teiu Miiru deposit.- <t e;irgo of Heri Crosk supplies promptly—n I Ihmv.v toll ,.| deaths will result iilticiliu internet- in fin i|i Sl.ililcv In nddilioti !<• the 0,3110 Aincrlciinn ii|i|'iii\iiimt'.'ly I;<,•<!)!) Hritish. Cana dians anil Nclhci I.iikIi r> remain in '.he ramps seaUereri tlirmiKh Japan. ( lull 1 <111(1 tile Philippines. A few hundred si ill .ire n ee hceauso <•! inedii'.il jiiid religious t \einplinns m sperial tcrlimca! <n) |>l • • \n ion I. M">| "i Ihe Americans. some "1. •mmi «.» Ihoni, renin m in Hie Philip pine* 111 three major c. 11111>- I'(tssilrly less than l(Hi lire in Japan. Uie re - mulnder having '<wu nil t > China Wage Boost Granted In Settlement War Labor Board to Consider Agreement "First Thing" Today Washington. Nov. 1 — (A I') —The nation's coal miners re turned slowly to production to day. released from lite j/rip '»•" a paralyzing three-day strike by an agreement increasing the hitiuninoii> miners' earn ings at least S!.">'• a day or ahout sll.oH for a six-day week. The miners. alter virtually ijj noriiiK tIk- appeal of President ItiHisrvrtt to ri'inirl lor work yesterday, started back to Hie pits on orders <>l John I.. I.cwi*. president, and other officers of the t'riled Aline Workers who advised them of a "satisfactory agreement" with Secretary of the Interior lekes, the I . S. fuel buss. The War l.ahor Hoard said it would consider the agreement "first thinK" today. I'iil l :iie s. ;t c>«;il V. i(«e is a(\ • >11' 't il l>.i iiy cilll.im til*' i lie i hour !i-"in till n mile- ;>> l.i t'ude - UmuuhI t.:ivcl time ..l>t> i., in In- kt onipt'ltsfi! .11 :*•: 40 limit' wee:,. Iclic.- :•!i<i Lewis I \ ed I it- lt\i\el lime a! I~i initiates a (l.<>. There is i (pic.stam whether the WI.IS Wu.iltl accept tl i,. .-lack n>t inula • • «i .ill in.nc, because travel time varies considerable. 'I In. aKreemeiit also In |]ie hard coal miners. Anthracite miners are allowed I an additional :;>.X cents a day | under the pact. Added to the ."•'J.*! cents allowed by the Wl.l' last week under its little steel formula, the total cash incrcase is 70 cents a day. foil cession-, approved b.% the Wl.lt in the form of free tools are not in cluded in either totals. They arc estimated lo he worth •?<) to 25 cents a day for all miners. Appropriation Bill Slashed By 82 Percent | \V..shins' >n. Nov I - . AIM -Tl»e ! .~i;« ii-1.•»i c ' Mil. .Ill- "I .. Sl.lWi. i 4*.N..74J» -.ill apprnpriatiMii> •>'U en rriirti it.'i tho Hii.im* Appropria | ti.n- l' !>.'!■ fee • • mI.i> .-lashed hy )Y2 !>«■! . t-rit II .. ( • 'IIKI t»Uiliiil Ocmi niiiy drive totul S2I5.36H.441 ■ Alt. : i: al!l -i\ wool;, <if day li;iik: s.Tiiliny the requests |..i iilniu't two sciw Kuvvrnnictit ajirneiCji (hi extra fund?. the moa >1111* wont '•> the Ho.i-e !l«»i<r with I SOMV.il pi "1" •."I'll .. >11 - .■rdne , od drastically, othc - eliminated in : tircly. | Kw-api i k the "bone removing I oration" ,i iIim • ipt :on which oamo I from ("ii,ii'in..a Canii.iti (!). Mo. i - .till1 Ml t emli.itt led •Uliic • War In I formation v. .is itriiiili^ it# request I tor ;.n :i• i<t .1 ii.it s.<.iiU0.li|tii alter top i rankmii i .1 l.m i i. e ' ;ghlv pi.i. - : oj it wa. k\..ik, 1 «iponinu tin way tui . ili'plien i mi ,i i»;i:* ii• iivcr the future -it the [ Kai n S.-i t\ Adiv nistraliMti, thu I'liniiniltiH' turned down that agen ley'- i r(|a--t i. st; .iiiiijiliHi lor sal J uncx and cxik'Uhv and denied it" r wiliest authority 1o in irrow S3'. .1111,(11 in ni n !.ii ..yvratini} 1m,no | in I ii inoi Pay Raises Are Granted C Teachers ii.ileiKh, .Mm. i .,A|M The Slate •oard i.| Kdnc.itimii lodav m anted Mill year pay raise- tor school teach cl'\ cla.-s elementary ,\ and It cert ilicatc.- undei both the mi it 11 n i ii in .md iiiaNiinlim schedules. I'ho raise-. depending upon the years «.| experience the teacher might have, were doUgned to help lho.se in the Imwci classifications, particularly those who have returned to the classroom.- Inr the war s dura I ion. The increases were made retroac tive and lor tho year only. The total ■ ii'lC" ' "" 1'ttient wui
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