Iteniterstm ©ally Utepafrh THIRTIETH YEAR HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOV EM HER 2G, 1943 l'u;l'Nll^',:i?^^l:liN""N FIVE CENTS COPY Reds Seize Gomel From Nazis Servicemen Bills Open In Congress Bills Introduced to Allow Unemployment Insurance Benefits Washington, Nov. 2(>—(AI *) - Kills wen1 introduced in both Houses of Congress today providing unemployment insurance nl from $1"> to !?2~> a week, and social security credit, as out of service benefits for America's .service men and women. Carlicr, Chairman May (I).. Ivy.). o« llic llous? Military t i.mmiltce. had promised swill mmmiftcc Action on a hill he pi.iiis :u introduce which would pimiite s::o«» ill mustering out pay lor those holding ranks no higher than army captain or navy lieutenant, senior grade. Mil- licnelits wore a-kod by I'resii:> • : lSoosevelt. in .1 message to l • ngress lliis week. The federal unemployment liayiiU'llt. continuing up to a'i weeks il the service man remains unemployed that long after his discharge, woultl supplement existing state unemployment insurance benefits. No payments would be made, however, for any period in which the service man receives federal mustering nut pay or educational allow- | .lines. Identical bills wore introduced 1 j :nt!y in the Senate by Senators Winner (IJ., N. Y.». George (C».. Ga.l and Clark (D., Mo.), and in the li !>■• by Chairman Dnughlon (P.. .\ C.i nf the House Ways and Means eu; .r.i itco. ilt re is a summation of the main ;>i"iis nl the bills: Cnemployment insurance: $15 a v. eel; for a single man or woman. S.'i additional for a dependent wife. . il >J.rio for each dependent child up • a maximum of $L'5 a week. Keiietits would be paid through the vial security board cooperating i'li state unemployment agencies. Applicants would be required to reguter with public employment offices vi accept "suitable" employment v. Men it was offered. Payments up to .1 maximum of 52 weeks would :••■ ode in a 15 months' period alter he: orahlc discharge. Ago and survivor./ insurance: 1 • ■ i:! for military service would bo ■''■•wed for each month of service September 1(5, 10411—the date > ; the Selective Service Act—vvhe! <; or not the service men pre■ i-l.v had been covered by the So1.1I Security Act. Credits would be ■ elated to a uniform wage ba.-e of Sliai per month, similar to provi" i of the railroad retirement act. 'liie government would appropriate Mors eciuivalent to the employer ■ ml employee tax contribution. May's bill, which the Kentuekian •I has Ilie backing of the White Ho i c, calls tor payments of a maximum of $3011 to those who have been on active duty six months or longer. Europeans Win UNRRA Issue Over Germans Ntlantie City. Nov. 2I»—(AIM I'.nropean delegates t" the f'nited Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, who have been lighting here in a solid bloc for •• stein policy toward Germany, had won two major points at issue today. , 1. Delaying action on il proposil '■ use Nit ft A funds to return to Germany those Germans in other • lands at the end of the war. Defeating an amendment whereby Germans would pay only "to the fullest possible extent instead oT all costs for relief operations in their country. Argumentsover the first is-ur were highlighted by a dramatic address by Yugoslav mini-tor Constantin tub. who described how German? bad entered his country and driven people from their homes with nothing but the clothes on their backs He wanted the Germnrs accorded the same treatment. The committee decided to iron 011I the matter at a special scss'on oi I he UNRRA council to be called in a lew months, or in the event " sudden crack of the axis. 10 h-t V • Adolf s Berlin Home Destroyed The devastating HAF raids on Herlin liave demolished. among other houses and buildings, the private residence of Adolf Hitler. This photo of tl*t- entrance '.a tl'o Nazi chief's honie was taken before the record air attacks. The structure, according 'o eye-witness stories, was destroyed by flames. (International) Sena teWIayHa veNo Formal Entries In Presidential Race AH Sections Represented At Mine Talks Wellington. Nov*. 26—(AP)—For tin- first time ill history, soft coal operators .'ii.<1 union loaders representing every coal producing section of the country sat down today to period a wane contract. Koproscntatives of coal p ines owned by the steel companies ended their holdout today and joined the wage t.enoliations between John I., l.fwis and soli coal operators. Nearly all of the nation's soft coal tonnage was represented in the new contract talks for the lirst time. The "captives" mine about !).0011.000 tons a year. Lewis, president of the United 1 Mine Workers, has agreed with most 1 northern and western coal associaI lions on the basic outline of a wasje i contract, hut would not sign until the agreement was on .i nation.il basis. The Southern C'oal Producers Association, though repro-ciifed in the talks, lias hold out against the | form of the agreement. Jap Homeland Only 650 Miles From Bombing New Y»rk. Nov. (.AIM — Allied planes struck within a hunt l>.">1 miles of the Japanese homeland yesterday when approximately "JO planes raided Shineliikn. port ellv on the northwest coast of Formosa, the Tokyo radio said today. The raid, unconfirmed bv any .Allied source, presumably was launched from .Allied liases within China. The broadcast claimed that three of the raiders were .shot down by Japanese naval flchtTs. '''lie Ma ml of Formosa Several Potential Dark Horses Quiet Ant! May Remain So Washington. Nov. 'i'i—(Al'l — For tin* first linn' in yours the Sriialc. historical stamping griuui:! for presidential candidates. lias m> formal entries nr\l year for cither major parly nomination. Although ihr clcrk culls tin- names nf :it least 1-J potential dark horses every lime he lists a ((uonim, cir- j cuiv-t.mil> tlnis l;ir have kept any Mnat-'f 1't'i-m publicly declaring that he will be .1 presidential candidate and may combine to keep all of thom in the background. Tie Democrats. of course. aren't likely to announce anything until tip y find out what President Roogeveli is going V» about a fourth term. ,1 decision few of them think will be made Imally until a tew days before the ll'TI convention. At least si\ Republicans are in the dark horse category, including Senators Taft and Burton of Ohio. Vandonburg of Michigan, Revercoejb ot West Virginia. and Langer and Nye of Xorth Dakota. On the Democratic side. some serious moves ha* e been made to advance Senator Uyid (i).. Va.). aa potential candidate, and "Byrd for ! President" headquarters have been : opened in New Orleans. Senator (Jcorge (D.. f?a.. also has i been mentioned is a possible candidatc of the Southern gr 'tip and iriends <•! Senator O'Paniel (I").. Texas) are scoutm his prospects. Si i.Vnr Whcclei (D. Mont) and Heyia Ids f I •„ \. ('.) have received : nient'on as* p '-sible third party candidate. and Senator Akien (H . VI.> attracted widespread attention when 1 lie suggested that the Republicans nominate Srimlnr Gillette (D.. la.). of China, some 100 miles north of the Philippine Islands. *«»»| only a Ml lie more than li.*>0 miles southwest of Kyushu, southernI most island in the Japanese homo /iroiip. I WEATHER" T OR NORTH CAROUNA Fair to partly cloudy and slichtlv w.irmet "mirhi. .MMI Mars ha lis Invasion Route Is Pounded By Bombers Few Enemy Defenders On Gilbert Islands Sought by Americans I'earl Harbor. Nov. 2(5 — (AI')—The invasion route into Japan's Marshall islands is being pounded by army and navy bombers while on tile nearby Gilberts victorious American ground troops, seek out the few surviving enemy defenders and planes from aircraft carriers warded off retaliatory air blows. These developments, which included the > hooting down or 46 .Japanese planes by lighters of only i.n> 11! the several aircraft carrier divisions supporting the Gilbert op;"ations. were contained in yesterday's advices of Admiral Chester W. ■Niimt/.. .liiluil. th/ main Japanese air base in ilic Marsliulls 450 miles northwest <>f the chief American position on Tarawa in the Gilberts, has been bombed anew by Seventh Air Force Liberators. A spokesman also disclosed that during a carrier plane raid earlier in the week on Mili, another Marshall airhasc. approximately 200 tons of lioinbs accurately hit the triangular field. (Strategic authorities in Washington expressed beiiet that the Japanese in ti:e Marsha lis. exposed by the Gilbert conquest t > increasingly heavier bombings, must retreat or die.1 Of the 5.000 or more enemy soldiers estimated to have been encountered on captured Makin. Tarawa and Abeman a, "few live Japanese remain in the Gilberts." Admiral Nimitz said Southwest of the Gilberts in the northern Solomo . other American forces expanded to six miles along the west central const of Bougainville the beachhead they have carved out .-ince November 1 on Kmpress Augusta Bay. In General Douglas MaeArtliur's theater, where Australians on the lluon peninsula of northeastern New Oiiinca are closing from east, west and south on Japanese plateau positions in the jungles northwest of Fiiisehhafen. reports today told of several local enenn counterattacks being broken up. / I Subs Sink Nine More Jap Ships Boosts Sinkings by Submarines Up to 5C5 Japanese Ships Washington. Nov. 2(5—(AP) —American submarines, hitting hard at Japanese supply lines in the Tai-ilic. have sunk nine more enemy ships,-bringing te 505 the number of Japanese vessels sunk, probably sunk or damaged by United States undersea craft. The latest reports of the sub- I niariit? activities listed seven ' Hied ill in freighters, one medium tanker and one medium sized j nir plane transport vessel as sunk at undisclosed points. The new sinkings boosted to 74."> j the number of Japanese ves-els sunk by all types of American weapons since the war started. Of |he aOa credited specifically lo subinari:c>. have been sunt . III! probably s ink and 114 damaged. Today's report on submarine activities ill the Pacific came as all indications pointed toward :in c\- ; pal.-ion ol the already large nr.H.'r- I water fleet. The navy has urged vo'^'iVers from other broiehcs to alien I ;:p:'eial tr-iining classes for sulnear'no duly a! New l.ordoti. Conn., and the rale ol submarine launching.* has dill bed sharply in rccelit weeks SIX CHILDREN AND MOTHER DIE IN FIRE Tellico Plains. Tcnn.. Nov. 'if (AIM Trapped in their lite--uepj iog cabin, a molher and her sis children. ranging in age from one In 15 years were burned to death, but niolher daughter and a grandi Vld c>caned llu'-ugh a window. Die two iooi* cabin, eight rules ,, ||f0 ulK,.. , , , .. BLIZZARD HITS NEW YORK STATE TOPPLED POLES and snapped telephone \vi. w show the violence of a'snow storm that covered upper New York State and New England in depths varying from 20 to 30 inches and taking the lives of six poisons. The scene abova is at Clarksville. a few miles from Albany, (international) American Daylight Raids Follow RAF Berlin Hits Bremen Probably Is Target; Frankfurt And Offenbach Hit London. Nov. 2(5— (AP) — American heavy horn hers struck into northwest Germany today, taking tip in daylight the massive aerial offensive against the Nazis alter the RAK gave Merlin its fourth straight night of homhing and heavily attacked Frank flirt-am-Main. The I'. S. announcement (liil lint specify immediately the target »r the bombers and their fielder escorts, but the Itrcmeii radio went oil the air. suceestinc that much battered purl as objective. This was the l.r-t opera!!-!! i a week by heavy fonruilion.* Kiglith Air Force. tin- liJ'li heavy ! Allied attack Irnm llritair in November and the ninth tor the L". S. Air Force. In addition to Frankkfiirt. the German radio said KAF bombers liit Offcnbach, leather and chemical cowls town si\ miles east of Frankfurt. Marauding K.\F Mosquitoes simultaneous struck Berlin. The twin raids were achieved with , small ' rti:t!"en lirit.sb bombers fil led i.i i t turn, compared with 44 the i.is" lime Frankfurt was hit on (Vloiicr when" expiring Kassel also wa> smashed in ;i tmal i low. The visit to IScrlin meant the Nazi capital had been weakened In Itombs on "HI out of 'J."i nights in November. The late-t attack "il Germany c incited with only a \esliHe «»t :he Nazis" uprnmised reprisals for the Merlin bombing. This was a small scale incursion which caused a slant alert in London and little else. Tne air ministry communique «:itd miivs also were lai — < AI' >—Tlic Office '>1 Price Administration stif- I !ot:ed it.-, it-jj::I;tti<»n> today !v la.indrios. shoe repait 1 -Imps and other agencies tj otto*' only "lie !. m " scia.ccs at fancy , prices. Sellers "I all "son ices" under coiling controls hereafter will have only four \.iliit excuses for dropping any : <>! '.heir choapcr typc< of sen ico: I. When needed special ec|tiipinont or supplies i' -.i>i available. • Wlii-i c nitim' iiii i* W" U1 \ i >late a rovci::: lit i such a g»vornmont order. ?». When disc' t n.lancc woul.i enable the seller n. in .1 Main other -orviees nio.o e*»oir :i! t. Iho eoininiinitv. -t. U'lien othi r up.' • ill the community are able mid willing l»> supply the service- .1 prices II» higher than the ceiling of the seller who is discontinii.nu the ser> ice. Nazis Raze City Before Withdrawal German Deiense Is Declared Improved By the Evacuation London. Nnv. 2(» — (Al1) Tin' Rod army has captured (lonii'l and surrounding White Russian territory, completing the separaiton of Nazi forces Get etal N Uoi.u \".11min ■ st mMing lirm and t!vlll-il; y-iihi (It : :;...si d ive appear."1 tu Ijc weakening Ne", \a/ altar.;wire launched lit;.: Is •!' • ■s'en. !v>\vevei 4.ri miles north l /.liitonr: Tin- Hussian-. as is their custom, o.d in'*, .nimediately conlii'm the rapti'iv ul C»\|{ dispatch lirodarasl by Berlin said. "The evacuation of (iomel and the n«-ghhoring sectors led to a considerable shortening and improvement of German defensive positions." 'I he Oerman communique said Uussian attacks on the lower Ihi.eper near Nikopol were * largely rc!• ii.-ed and That heavy lighting c intitules southwest >| Kremenchun."* I'!.' new iiiis-.an otfen.-w,. the l!lth noi.i teil -nice July, l/asted i ;tT-niile };.'i|i in fieri a:: defenses n the area Hl> miles north ol Gomel and KM miles .Vom the W'ii te Itu siati capital ol Minsk. Adviimxt u( 111 les in three dav.s ca: i ed alII 1 e! tl.t edge "he IJipri Dllilper. engulfed ISil villages and accounted r L'.aou slam Germans. Era rn oiw booty and "a I .rge numbe of J risoners" v.err raptured. Cotton Lower 40 To 95 Cents Ni \ Vol.. Nov. UH. (Al») ton nit ne.- opened in to ;;;> rent.- a bale lower. N'oo prices were 40 to 05 a IkiIo lower Dereaibei lll.ld. Maivh UI.L'li, HI- eliiM Oh m li:i l"» : i ;!• •!» lii.m; i !».i» i lit.iai liiii.i i".al> I Kali May IIUiK. l>eee i:in r March Mav .1 dy October (newt 45th Division Fighting With 5th Army In Italy Allied IleadqnartciAlgiers. N'i>.. '«!() (AIM The Aim t in t.">tn Oi\i>ion. once piii I i>l tin* Seventh Army i>f 1.1 Genei .1 <»» ■ •> • S. I'.i!tnn. .Ii'.. in Sicily. has been in action w ith the Fifth Army in Italy, it w is announced today Allied mils br;it off enemy counterattacks along .1 generally urch.nmcd tront. The impact ol the "tig! ting I 'llh." one <>I the most p.'\veili. I divisions 'ii the Aiv.iTic.in army. helped roll hack the German t de when the Si' lerno bridgehead iippeared likely !•< he overrun in the e.i'lv crilical period alter the first landing, it was disclosed. The division, made tip largely r»l trenps from Colotado. Oklahoma, and New Mexico with a sprinkling from a number nl eastern states and more than l.non s Mithwe-t Indian*. Is rated in army chile* is one of the toughest and hardest h ttintr ot|U flls (t"Hrr II .! I< "-rid" i's ha', t»•_ ' l'. ii. " ntiaiiist Sicily allot only a btiel p,n:M' in North Africsi. The (iorman • ir force joined ground I'irci's in determined attacks yesterday auainst Kiulith Army forces now securely entrenched in the liridschciid car\ cd trom the winter defense lino news the Hooded San* gro nisir Italy's Adriatic shore. The Nazi planes made passes at tem(>"! aiy bridges over which tlx* Uritish are sending reinforcements and s ipplios ici 'ss Die flooded stream. Allied pianos hacked at th'j enemy insl hack of the line. Despite the rl,,v long enemy on-" -langht the KlgMh Army troops im-, piwed then positions, it was an« nopnrod officially. Tharksgiv nig Day activ ity on tlu; f'itth army front on the western half of the line was limited to two violent la-inimito artillery bombardments against targets behind ♦ '•r rf^mv's 'I »•.. ni.« .1