Henderson Bmltj Btspatrlj thirtieth yeah 1 HI-. ASSCtC'IATKI) IMIK.VS. HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA, ~~ i TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 10, 1943 n isj.istii:i> i: \ i-:i:v AiTi:it.\<x>.\ i.'ivi.' ii'viv i:\.:i:i-r sinlav. I IVL t h.\ !.>(.( )1 1 Hull To Tell Congress Of Moscow Pact To Break Precedent In His Appearance At Joint Session W'asllilljft"!!. Nov. 1(5—(Al')' Strict a iv ("onli'll Hull lirokt1 pi nvilciit l»y traveling 2(».<»iki iniK's l'«>r llu* Moscow ci.nfVr cihi1 anil he'll break it anaitt Thursday with a two-milt1 trip from tin- Stati1 Department Lo Capitol Ilill. Ilull will be llir first cabinet member ever tn speak before a joint session of Oiiiricss. which wants to hear a first band ac count of tbe bistorie Moscow pact. Iiitl^iim hum On1 Secretary's ri1 n.ik- '«> ii news ciinfcn lice. hi.-. Ms! since In1 returned t •:> ■ the ,\! sin-American Itussiiin talks, he '• . I emphasize to ll'iusi* and Sen . to these |»<>ilit t. A call for a unified \incrican poliev of interest in foreign affairs, hacked by all poliliral parties. 'J. A proposed Allied com mission to maintain order in liberated nations until these countries can luild plebiscites to coosc their rulers. Father Draft Issue Can Be Settled Feist \\~ -lun«ton. N'uv. Iti—(AP)— Sen ■ tid House conferees today clear ed the way lov quick passage of k l; . -1:<1 i<»«» placing pre-Peitrl llar in . lathers al tile bottom of the (It. " list and .-tripping War Man I" , <•!• Commission Chairman Paul V McNli'.t of authority over the se iective serv ice system. — I'lie ennterees. representing the Senate and House Military Affairs <' • irinittee. agreed on a compromise • !l under which the Kilday procc • i lie for inductions would apply. Ti s would he <>n a nationwide ba iiy categoric.-, in which fathers \. > ild be '.he last to be taken. Policy authority now held by Me N'.itt oxer the selective service sys "«'ii would be returned to the Pres cient with tin- provision that if he de'ei'.atwl it. lie must delegate it to M:ij>r General Lewis IV ller-licy. ,■ j-:-lecti\e service director. Chinese Break In Jap Lines Chtitickiin:. Xnv. Ifi—(AIM — t lic Chinese high command an iiiiiiurcd tiiniRht that its forces on the Yangtze Valley front had broken into .lapanose lines at many points smith ot the river anil advanced to the outskirts of Icliang yjiid TaiiR.vanc to the north. Severe fighting was said to Im in progress near Ichang. a Yang I*r port which is the deepest point of .In pa ii csc penetration up the rivrr. Faillally severe fielding was reported at Tang ling. less than 30 miles north east of IcIiaiiK. In addition the Chinese claiin eil (he recapture of hotly con tested flokow. Baptists Open Convention In Winston-Salem Wiuston-Salcm, N<>\. Mi (AIM — ' li i iriil and lay representatives ">l some 2.(>2.j churches 111 North Caro lina with a membership ot atll.oon converged upon Winston-Saleiv to day for the annual IJaptUt State Convention. On the opening program were a general outline of the work to be •UToinplished. presented liy Modera tor I. (I. Greer of Thointtsx ilie: ap pointment of committees, and the convention sermon, by the Rev. (>. e«'r Creech of Ahoskie. The afternoon docket included a report of tho committee on social service and civic righteousness, rep resented by the Kev. K N. Gardner 01 Henderson. This report was ex pected to deal with the war. present humanitarian calls, the pod-war World, racial problems, juvenile dc li'tuencj?. the alcoholic beverage sit iiution and other problems. The convention will last until 7hur.ut.ty noon. Named to New Post ADMIRAL Sir Jolin Cronyn Tovey (above) has been appointedAd miral of*the British Fleet. Tlic va cancy was created fry the death of Sir Dudley PouniS, who was re cently sur.ceded in his post of First Sea Lord by Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham. (International) Price Rollback May Affect 1944 Politics \\'ashi:-gton. Nov. Ill (AIM—Sen •tJ'ij* "Cotton Kd" Smith. Smith Car olina Democrat, anti-New Deal chair" man of tin* Senate Agi u nit.ire Cnin mittee. cosiiini'iitfd today that tin? ad'iih'islrationV price riillhack-sub sidy program should bring a* "politi cal rolling back" in l'.H t. W. I). Fair «»f Greeley, Colo., sec retary ot ih,. Colorado-Nebraska Lamb Feeder* Association. had just te<ti!ied befort* the committee that li vest*irk producers were I he prill cipal sufferers under the govern ment's rollback of retail heel prices. "You've given a picture of what's happening under tiiis rollback." Smith interposed. "Now it's up t . the people to do some political roll ing back at the next election," Smith remarked Covell Says East Theatre j Important New Delhi, Nov. Ili (API — Ihig. (Jen. W. K. H. Covell, who has ar rived here to assume* con.inand of the l" it'.-d States armed r«:>!y ser vices hi China. ISurma anil India, said t >day that this was one ol the 1110s! important theatre- ol th,< war and might become the m>>st import ant >" the not loo distant future. General Covell i_ taking over shortly froin Hrig. (Jen. Uavmond A Wheeler who. it is under-toid. is getting .1 .other assignment. The piil»*:c in the t'liiled States, is elsewhere, (Jen. Covell told cor respondents. is inclined t<> be :iv>rc optimistic than is the nrlit.uy over the coai <• of the war. "They reali/.e." he said, "we can not lick (Jermaii.v in tin- next six months i > 11; that there i.. a possibil ity that Germany Will collap e be fore that." Cotton Prices .1 i. ii, higher. iJcrriitlx-r l!l.7«). i M.iich IJI.fil» ;11ii| M;iy Post-W ;ir Schools Ni'« York. Nov. I(>. —(AIM A ! i>ni|>ii.s;il Ih.il mililiiry camps he used j ; ftcr the wiir «is school.*- o| citi/en (ship training. which tin- nation'* yoiilh would <ittend for ;it least six mouths. w is advanced today l>v l)r William Mather Lewis. president <>I ' hiil.i.velte college. In these schools, he said. in tin . d dress here, students of 17 or It! would be trained lor ti.it i<>n;iI civil and military service, would study government and "lie taught lite r du ties .is re.-pnmiblc meinbers of a Ureal nation". "IT we arc to establish just and {righteous peace, il we are lo rebuild a world which has been wrecked both physically and spiritually." in- said, i "we must rapidly train meat bodies of youth and net them into active 1 liie , t tin' earliest possible moment." lie suggested also that "those in authority -liould revise flic policies nl government employment and promo tion to the end that piiblic service j i iii', i. i.iirn ri outl to iKMlt'." I ,e\vis Proposes I sc of Camps for More Nazi Communications Lines Cut ★ ★★ ★ ★★★ ★★ ★★ ★ ★ ★★ -k it Americans Driven From High Ground New Hilltops! Gained By Eighth Army U. S. Liberators Join Yugoslav Planes in Greek Airfield Hits Allied Iheadquarters, Algiers, Nov. Ki— (AI') —Two Nazi counterattacks li a v e driven .American troops of the Fifth Army from high ground north of Venafro. Allied headquarters announced today, hut the lOiKhfli Army won new hilltops in the eastern sector of Italy. The German onslaughts pushed the U. S. troop* iilll hi area> pre vi« iisi.v occupied on Mount Santa On ice above Venafro, where a Fifth Army wedge seriously threatens the enemy's powerful winter li e. In the air war. Liberators of ] the f. S. 15th Air Force—join ed by lend-lease Liberators of the reorganized Yugoslav air foree—.mashed at airfields near Alliens yesterday, and Ameri can medium bombers hammered Kalamaki airdrome in the Alliens area. Kesistance reinained strong along the length ot the Fifth Army front in Italy, headquarters .-aid. Soldiers of General Bernard I.. Montgomery won new high ground north of Atessa—11 miles inland from tile Adriatic —and Kighlh Army patrols made j new sortic.s aero-< the Sangro | river on thU east flank, feeling cut German strength. Land operations generally were held at a near standstill by inuci ar.d bad weather as the opposing forces girded for showdown battle. The weather also prevented e\ tensi\e aiactivity in Italy, although some sweeps were made, with an assault upon a truck convoy near Ancona on the Adriatic coast. Two Allied plane.< were lost in these activities. Ross Guessed As Chairman Of Highways Daily Dispatch Bureau. Ill (lie Sir Walter Hotel. I»V ! VNN NISISKT li'.ilc uli. Nov Mi Kincr Cuvcnvu' Kroiighton w ill lie nut i>l thi" State I when tlit* 111nil\v;i.v cnuumssion meets in rcui• i;imonthly session Kritlay. i there v. il! prol>ubi,v he lii> olfieial action taken mi a lull time cli.iir- j man. Such aetiiMi may be confi dently expeeled before the turn of i tlie year. The subject nay not even lie dis cu.-sed in open meeting of Ihe inm ii i i s-ii >n It ha., been meticulously avoided in the past. IJut il has heen the topic ni many informal group. and hotel room conferences. There ha> Iii i■ 11 no siiggc-tion al any lime thai I! I >. MeC'rarv was un.-alisfac lory a,, acting chairman; in fact, il iN believed on basis of iinipiotahl" iiish authority thai MeCrary lias been ollered the full time post, hat I could not accept il. When Chairman l!cn I'rince went (Continued on Page Five) Allies Must Win Definite \ ietor\ Sec. Knox Asserts New Kivcr. Nov. Id—(AIM —As-1 suring thai Ihe \v..r ".-hall not be an iirmisliee war" h'.d "shall no through to a definite and linai conclusion". Secretary of the Xav.v Knox expres sed hope in .1 speech here thai "this lime the rait ion will be undivided in its efforts |o support the peace." The Secretary addicted Ihe seven 111 officer candidate- class ot the Marines Corps Woman's Heserve al graduation exercises at Camp I.c ieuiie. lie came here with I.I (Jen. Thomas lloleomb and other ollccr» on an inspection tour. Secretary Knox demanded "uncon ditio-al surrender" of the enemy and said, "there should be no doubt" in hi- mind us lo who is dcleated "We should impress upon him That wars of aggression jne unprufilable. This sliall not he an armisliec war. It shall go through to a definite and final conclusion." Among the more than three score new -cco: d lieutenant- wore I'atty Heig of Minneapolis. ?.?Tr\ii., gelling fclai. ' i AMERICAN RANGERS ADVANCE UP A HILL IN ITALY U. S. RANGERS, the spearheads of advancing American forces in Italy, move »it» a hill <«f n bombed IlalTan town. Note the shell-riddled houses in the background and on the left. The famous Yai<l; iiuJ■ ■: are 5 ■«it played us nbl lo make a good target. Oflieial U. S. Signal Corps Radiophclo. (Intcntatlo ;il Hound photo) Aerial Offensive in Solomons Costs Japs A Ship Daily I - Over 40 Jap Warships Sunk or Damaged by Planes Since Oct. 12 Southwest Pacific Allied Headquarters. Nov. I<>—(A!') —Allied Iminliers. constantly searching for Japanese war ships iu general—and cruiset in particular—have sunk or damaged better than one a day during the northern Solomons offensive. (>n Octoliei 1-. a record io.id ol :s.">0 tons hit I;.i.miiI. New I in >. 1111. I! was the "'iieiiiim blow el lite cur rent d ive I : ee desl reyer- wei e aim mi; Ihe >!i.p> .-link dlii im; the raid. i'l'Kooihis with th.it raid. \l licd fliers in III, ir favorite limit - imf ground for enemy warships —lia'iiiil and llaviene. New Ire laud—have sunk or da in.iced more than 10 to date. Three rrui.-e:'-. at least ten de stroyers ami gunboat h. \e l>,.en Mini; At le. I I erui>ci I > de stroyers. .1 dest oyer lender, .1 Kills marine, a submarine tendei ami 1 eorvctlo have been damaged. Two additional ci Misers were li led a probiihly hit ul Kabaul. The air lihius lo the cruisers have heen so heavy lli.it Navy Secretary Knox said Japan has been seri»usl> impaired in llial category for lullire opera I ions in Ihe liahaol iium. Adding to .la pan's cruiser losses during the period were one sunk and two damaged in .1 naval halllc oil ■ •out: a in \ ille. Ilcadipi.rti reported today tii.it a 1.0WMb. bomb, dro|i|Ktl by a fly ing lM>al. lamhd on (he stern ol a •la|>a"< e If. miles norlhwi -I ol IJ.iImiiI S it 1 day night, penetrat ed llie arie nil exploding insale Ihe wai !: i' I 'In* bomljer \va.~ )>ai I ol .1 nielli |«.,:io| group which late; scored a Int Midships with a aWi lioiuide "i large enemy met eh I Four Negroes Killed From Poison Drink Lenoir. N«* 16 (AP) Chiel 01 Police .I (lord**ll Mush reported I"1 Negroes died over the week-end li ter they ippa ently drank i|iiiin!iii' s o! "lacpie; llinincr" taken Irom ■' furniture plant here. Hi sh »a:d Ihe four men died S m day and .Monday and he oxpie.-scd tear that other death., might iollow since five gallon- of the liquid were reported taken Saturday. lie .-a I undoubtedly others joined in drink ing t. Ijiiitiuer thinner was described is a lifpiid used in tinishuif! furnilure and von.ewli.it -iniilar to wood alc" hi'l. or "mule." which is rot gener ally obtainable now. iJush -aid lie believed the Negroes mistook the lj'.quci UlillllCj foi "llllllC." Burma Hit By RAF Bombers Calcutta, Nov. 16. — i .-\ I • > — RAt f;ilruMa. Nov. n;. — (AIM I».\I' medium and lu-av.v bomb ers today carried out the heavi est and most t'oiiecntrated at taek on Burma since the war in the l.asl began, it was announ ced here tonight. The target was the railway station. freight yards and lur raeks at I'cgu. Hi miles northeast ill' Rangoon. A large number of aircraft dropped a heav> tonnage of high explosives, complete^ shattering the target. Heavy clouds made bombing conditions xrrv difficult, hut most homhs fell in the taruet area starting man* fires. Liquor Stocks Prominent •Mew York. Nov. Its » AI- Pn Iii Inkers hifjli.'.icUed n. > : c r eently boisterous i;i, ,,,, ir'm. tlay s murkcl . ucl Icndei * Isi w Ik ic U<'IH'l'.llly s;il nil ,i ;i,i ciiuc .111(1 iii.i:iil<i;tu'(i lhc r i • <n<iMkvi Anicriojin I) \|. iki.iv - |mt taettliir iM-rii-i nicr. i n up : 1 'i sit the Klart mid I <•: lor u net |m.s. "i Jik milch l»e| recovery Allied A! 111-> touched i in \ Vc i! top. al'»n4 with Scin nic;. , il l>. tiller. Cor poration. I Solid- Ii.- (I m;i. Kill. ('..Ml mod it «• •! ., < r i Six To Eight Are Killed in Explosion Warehouse Explosion At Yorktown Depot Heard for 30 Miles ^ (irk tow ii. \ :i.. Nov. I!— (AI' > —An explosion in a warehouse at the naval mine depot In iv today killed an estimated six to eijrht civilian employees and in .Hired between and 'wo of t hem seriously. The Idas: awakened thousands of resi dents of Norfolk. Portsmouth and Newport News .some :><' miles distant. (.ipl.iin It. I». Kirkpatrick. I s\. retire:!. commanding ofl'i eer of llie depot. said he be lieved the damage was extensive lint that mi estimate coultl lie given immedialetv. Several tires broke out alter 11n* blast tint were niticklv exliugtn-lied. n.r i'\|>ii>.-ion c■ i i .I u 'jr» .. , >1 tilt* explosive pi int :i - The ;•> i 4- threw the* liRht .-v«tem mil nn--io i and all :•••>>- >ns nut l>arii<'i|)idint: in rescue work were • • dei i-ri • III llarr* Nash. Associated I'ress stall' memlicr. said lie was awakened in Portsmouth In ;i violent sti iliiui; sensation w Iiicli continued lor I iv«- or sis sec onds liiil heard no noisr. Per sons on the street in Norfolk said the Hash, visible just lie lore the concussion, resembled a bilge rocket. !l v.M.s liflicv c(l .it I •• ' ..it tin explosion hnd ncenrrcd .it iNor folk Naval Air Station where «i SeptfndKir 17. 28 i < 'u-«» .m<l ' ' "I < Ii i. t 11 i ^ |»!•>11 ol tleplli e'l.irw.s. !" I'.tMi Naval l>i \ iAriscnimo Back ills 4»ol<l Deposits lien' I»\ < ciitr.il I'rrss \V i liinn'uii. \<>\ Hi I) ife:enrc >t «>;> riinu niiiim uc>\ ci na.ent • • 111 lave dcl.iyed 11 ]> | . mnv tin* hee/aiu "i Aim ni i!i<- itinds held on dcpos.t in tin* United States. And ><> for as t'jin be nsct'i'ln wd there > m» immediate pros pert ')| t Mil ,H,rc mcnt will be rcnehctl «m thU <|ucsli<>n soon. Tin1 result i- that wli.it h ppencd II lilt? cast" ol (icilll.lllV alld same nlhei countries is happening 11 tin cast • Ai'Kcntina. 'I'M.it is. il tile f S ever nets iirotind in locking Un stable door. 11 probably w 11 in' alter tin* horse is slnlen. The Arijeiiline government foi some time now lu'is been withdraw ing . pproximjilely 200 million do] 1 ii - in gold which 'lie Central Hank ol the Argentine h is lias li.id on d» • I po.sii in thin country. Tltl.< is extraor« dmary because ol high war risk in i -malice rates in shipping g"ld. hnl i tti«- governinc:it ol the Soi.tli Amcri I can nation ,ipp rcntly is iilraid that I the I'nited Shite- might tin.illv make I up its mind to tire.x all Aigen'inc d«*pn-its ai this coun' > A n'c 111 I'm; ! direct hi WilH liuidl" l.i.-t Arrk v\'ln*ii Hit* a* • »< >•'. twn <•! tin* 1;u ;;i*M hanlis »■ i,n* \ijjrnt lie ttrn* fin/ell here. T'v . I An r - run KlIWHI Willi 'hat the I Nin'.s a ere a <1 iiu the N.i/ I i n* a- <oeii m«i <*\ -idelire "I an iteati'ii in<.ve\ er. In i.r.il) M "In Ardent.lie I iid- ,'n tins r<iintrv Hut the IJaeisns A es |i,.y« \v>< ij(l liilliei hair their .; *ld !».■ < .. Iihiiu* llia'i isk liliv iil; !<• dieUe- w ill I'nrle Sam t.> jjet i We. aieidcntaliy. me losiliu a trum|> i .1 a- tin.* tuiuls lll<l\ e "lit If We had till* ArUPIlt.Mi* d the dutal'M- government flown .smith would he in |i.n|-cr p<- '.<<n thtnnii it-- ii we at lis (»<<\ eminent otfieiii! interested in 1T<<11<M11M ,mi: in* nnvt' been ins sting mi a li' i'/c <>rdi . hut tin- S al< Department ;»lavini* i. a lioiisly. The clepa rtmen' til n . tin people <<t tin- S i !:i ,\ <*i < :i re public a v Iik ihIIn and doesn't wan; in turn thorn auam-t the United Stu (Coir.itnied o*i Fpgr Five) Russians Put Gomel In Danger Red Drive Evidently To Eliminate Nazi White Russia Attack Moscow. Xo\. Hi—( AI')— Tlie lied army swimjr sharply north jilonv the eastern edjje oi tin- I'ripet marsln- today, rip ped out another important sec tor <•!' the (ierin.tn coinnnmica tions system ami eoxcrinj' < h«: llaids of the jrreat Russian linljie west of Kie\. Titi uem i ;i. . e.e "I it'.. i l> -:i Itcd, at lea.-t ic.i.|n<i .irilv, ! r*».: tile* I<►: - 11*-, v. estwai (i tl.list It» .. tU• V *'i\ ■ to llie li". .■)>>•■• n t.".y ftesiuiK it 1 ' t .!'•> |>" silnlity • r tor German imintctattack in White Mai. Tlie most immediate el'ferl of llie nc«tv| turn in the campaii'ii was :.lir riiltiiiu of tlit* railroad and liitdtwat lunniny west limn (jnincl. suiilliern anchor m the <■cim.ni While Kilssian line. The strong (•cnnaii yairisiin which lias hri'ii holding nul in (liniifl was iIiim virlualh isolated anil thai While itii--i.ni cit\ east of the llniviii'r was in immediate iliiiiiirr of falling. Sn.i|>piim ■•! tin- CJoivel Kii^nk't viehi eomiminical "ii> lines v....- ae» comjilislicil l>y lied .. n ' 'nice-, vsiich i>.'nl;e til. ■URi: the r'icniy lir ts - ■ .t1» i'l Itcrhil-a aiul pn-hed • in southwest .it tli.it i ty Tin.- I out iipp.Mi ". ly was :. • iii:ii? In hy-|i;iy> Koii.s|>en the north and -lash ;u- • - t!ie I .en n^r.ici < )de-s.i :i;!way. which already has been sewed ,ij n::* ; t • i lect a .'unction w.tii S . ,ct imrrs j deployed below U■ . ii.• The Hermans have thrown strong lank and iiilanlrv forces ititn llieir counterattacks with Vaslov. mi llie lell tlank of the Kiev bulge. Front line dis i patchcs, however, reported thai all llii'M' tliru»t.s had lireu re liulsed. j Nevertheless the. tied army ' :i«\ ins <*a it oMjtly to «i\ere»i c Kind :11• i ii iv- -'. iiHe .. ni sateitiiard tins ; Hank lwr..re res in n« the we.-1-a aid i: . I • n\-;i; <i *' le p. imrdlV. I The IScrlin radio had report ed a force of ncarlv .">0(1.0011 Kiissiaiis advancing near Krivoi Itog. far lo tlie southwest in tin Dnieper liend. in an effort lo lireak through lo llie lil.u-k Spa and trap Herman limes in thai area, Moscow remained silent for the second da> on develop ments in tlii* sector, i , The Itussian cmiiiuuni<]iia sakt f that 3.INH) Hermans bad Imn killed | it. the successful (laiikiug drive wiitli • I (i tm!. ikI t'i • II- .-v!i inelti;' j ins 'he rail slat <•»» Ik'tneklii. XI ' miles t<. the west. !/ad been CIH>* tin i d i; c v stoi'4 - i v amateriel (were sci/iii, the bulletin -.id. Bombers Hit Norwegian, Greek Targets I, , ii N. \ 1 (• (AIM }'.iilH> iiui Hitler* rttiN|Nir(i> iiidtT uttiick I int||i ti the norilt ntul wutli, AinerN I t*iii nlHTu Mrtifk tai t# i" Nw« \ lutliiy tiftcr iiiintlici' liciivy blow 1 .it C . Hi .. : Holds. | The No• \v'~ • tsii were not i i >>cd • • it i'< > Tl (> Nii/.i.-i ' |iii\ r H i • ,i ii- iij. .i number of I tlio • i■ iwill -Ii p> in Norway"* dec|) fjords. Tod..\ - \\;i., 51 >«• eenlld by ' Nnif: r.m i ,i\ y l><vnl>eis "it No w.iy < >ii .1 i'v Jl |>iirt "I ' he»l\ y 1111 < i1 ! 1 ,i C*-i>«»•• t liiiM1 ;iml oilier inst I'i.ilinns it I -i•• dhe >' while >1hei> u roc .I'd ;iii npmi.int ntl'liil pliint ;it Hero* 'I'll*1 i'pe :;dion> followed upon it icnev.ed (}ern .in ,i ofienjsive mm .1 lit -1 ii ill with .m idhiek fur the i -1 trie n miiiy months on ■son'invent !*'• ul.uwl i iitl 111,, icuiou i \r i r e mi trmsK .i e rollouts-* mu fni in iM\;is:nii 11I lie (•••nliiion). The X.i/: rjiider.- dimmed ineendi lines illld hush PXplimlvi't, CflUslll^ ,i mi i he ni i'tis i.illie,, iind eonsid I er.ible d.uiiiine. WtATHtR" Kill NOKTIt CAROLINA Cloudy, lifilit rain cant por tion tonight. Coldci Wcdnciday.

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