Reds Sever
Nazi Vital
Raii Line
Russian Offensive
Apparently Aimed at
Clearing Dnieper Bend
b.inl. ii. Dec. 7— (AP) -
Driviii" ..ci'iKs the bleak central
I'iiij'in <»utInvest of Kremen
i-lui.-T in >ii «»lTcnsive apparently
jiitn tl . i clearing the great
iMiii'i" i' 1 < "'I. lied army troops
ii;u> -«a i'»il the tlennans' vi
tal ri'ii<'i.v line between Smela
>'j;;:fi!enka to threaten ihe
imi *t t ronghold of Kiro-.
1.1:2 rail. miles further west,
;> Ku. iaii communique said to
day.
* i-hmmIiiI Soviet artillery
.mil ri hairane crumbled <«vr
111,111 d* lenses ill front ill' the III*
l.:::ti> .mil tank advance, wh'ch
s|n:n:. il ml > the town astride
llir mil.' long rail division.
T• ii«r l'»v.'iis wtiv
:• .in (ii'riruiiis v\*'!'*■ kil!"l
. • i . destioyed in lite I'eil
„ n.;. • lln* Soviet bulletin
, i l . iuve was stilled at the
i;"uiinu bli/zard through
L' i■. y !>'<l snow.
(i ' i • ijjs raptured .i great
• |!ii|iineiit and ainiiuini
i •.!!!•:.s were taken." tlic
tomw in te : .-.id.
'inline ill important rail
>li "ti:: Ik .III iilaeed Russian «•«!
miles from Kiro
virr.nl a ml apparently seali'tl
the late oi /.itamt'iika. where So
virl .altanee uiiils were reported
b.ilti'1 ins tlic town's outer de- •
fells-;-.
(V.I. i S virl troops wore ICFS fban
;« • I. -m Smela after an attack
'i'i' i • bypassed the Dn.eper
• i : I'hevkasy. Juncture of
'"«• • v.ilii those advancing to |
:• i|.|i;uontIy was regarded
i.- imi' i:i< nt.
Tin- developing Red Army of
fi'iivi* e. uhieli has already split
Ijf.a- (o-ruian forces guarding
their lateral rail and supply
list's, hum tlirealens the securilj
••I all enemy positions in the
Inv.er I ki line from the Itlarli
Sra In Ihe liiimanian frontier, in -
rhiiliii.; the stoutly defended
ntinc.oiese eenler of Krivoi Rog.
lid miles below /.namenka.
Ti II . uni war bulletin repnrte.i j
f !,t" Ju avy Cierman attacks
r north of Kiev bulge, all I
I aid. were repulsed -villi |
• '<•!>* 1.000 dead being.
a '.lie battlefield.
Low Wages In
South Mistake,
"V.iifl. V.I., Dec. 7.— (AP) —
11:: the .south sis "the land (if
: iiidnsti*i«»I expansion and
development" in the post
r jm i .(I, President William Green
"■ I!,i American Federation or I.;i
. (I tmljiy southern states "need
•i"' .mil must not commit the mis
1 try ng to establish a low wage
" " y and anti-union legislation as
an !• ducemcnt to business".
, '! address prepared for delivery
W'lcic the Catholic conference on ill—
• 1 11 I problems. Green said "in
'] •■■'ry In, learned that profits in the
■"''Me niu.t depend on expanded
l'""iii( lion rather than reduced labor
"'v he added, "llie experiences
I1' -•"'itlierii industry with union la
111 ' !»«• war production program
n'° < • ved (o dissipate former fears
"iitl prejudices. Labor and industry
"J llie oiilli, as in all other sections
' "i(' '"iintry, have worked together
' ' ''lose lc mwork to win the battle
production."
C;isc Is Postponed
'Weigh. Dec. 7—(AP)—The In
'' '•')( ('(immerce Commission ha.«
'Ix'iied from December 1.1 t» Pc
I'?m' i ''K a hearing on the appii
*11'*•!■ ,,f North ^aro|ina railroads
-"I uncase in inttrastatc coach
fir?' r.hk'f C'lerk H. O. Self of the
iii'v ' lilitics CojTiniisyion said to
^ I'nc railroads j>rc seeking an in
jp':1 ' intrastate coach fares from
'''cnis rnjip 2.02 cents,
'he Utilities r'ntntnictinn niTl'l
«o:,t
Fifth Army Takes New Peaks
As British Cross Moro River
Moment At L eheran Conference
Obviously enjoying a joke Cold by one of the group above. President Koovevclt poses on (lie porch <sf the
P-iviet embassy in Teheran. Iran, with Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill, the "Bis Three."
Standing behind Stalin is Soviet .Minister Molotnv, while at the rich', is Anthony Kden. Kritisli forrign
secretary. During the iiistorv conferenc:'. time oua was taken celebrate Churchill's li'Jtli birthday.
Stalin, in offering a toast, referred to Roosevelt as "iny fighting friend." L". S. Army Air Force Photo. <In
ternation Soundphoto.)
Early Invasion Of
Marshalis And New
Britain Expected
Task Forces' Smash
Like That Preceding
Battle of Gilberts
I Yuri Harbor. Dec. 7—(A1')
—Two years aftfr Japanese
plant's touched off ihe Pacific
war at Pearl Harbor, Ameri
ca's expanding air force is
ruining heavy offensive blow:,
which hint at early invasion of
the Marshall* and New Iirituin.
two vital links in the enemy'-:
chain of outpost defenses for
Japan and the Phiiippines.
Tersely. Admiral Chester \V.
Nimitz announced that strong <
aircraft carrier (ask forces
smashed hard Saturday at the
Marshall*—the same type of at
tack which immediately precetl
cd the successful, bitterly waned
«oni|llest of the Gilberts only two
weeks ago.
Kncmy iiir and hipping bases in
the Marshalls 2.IMI0 miles s<iiIIhv<- '
of Hawaii and about .'{HO mites ic i :'i
cast of th« Gilberts, form steppin;;
stoi.es on what Navy Secret a r.v
Frank Knox has termed "the most I
direct route to Japan."
Nearly 2.000 miles to the i
southwest of this action. New
llritaiu island, whose capture
would hurst open the sea
lanes to the Philippines, was
blasted Saturday night and Sun
day from the fortress of Italian!
on the cast to the alrbase of
Cape Gloucester on the west.
General DimikI.is .MacArthur re
ported today.
Within two weeks, his planes hiivr
exploded 1.000 Ions ol bomb-: nv
; Now llrilain. ,i posit'i in on ivlecit
Japan has hinjied her Solomnt m I
; New Guinea defenses. The In.!!; of
Ihnt to!iMni*e has fallen on pli« :
and inalallali'ins ;>t the western < "I
which is separated at the rlosost
! point by only 70 miles of wat'v from
MaeArthurV uroiind forces, on New
Gideon's llnon peninsula.
(Keverl fo these offen-ive *li"irr'-s
was Ihe disclosure in Was'il is*!<»'i
today that 20,000 United States
(Ccr.'.i y.t:d cn Two.)
Markets Open
Season With
Strong Prices
(By The Associated Press)
The Virginia dark-fired tobac
co markets opened 1013 auctions
with strong prices yesterday and
buying on the Old Kelt flue
cured markets was stimulated,
apparently by purchasing orders
given the export companies by
the Commodity Credit Corpora
tion.
Although the season for sell
ins the Hue-cured, or cigarette
varieties was on the wane, the
Virginia Old Belt prices were
good yesterday.
The Lexington, Ky., hurley
tobacco market started its 1013
season with prices averaging
nearly SI.'! a hundred pounds
above last year's opening day
figures.
Fifth of Oilseed
To Shortage Areas
Washington. Dec. 7—(AD-Tho
Fond Production Administration has
issued an order rc(|iiirinu processors
of oilseeds - such "s cotton seed, s>v
beans. pcan'.its and flax—to set a-ide
•jm percent of theii .limitary produc
1 i >n of oil eed meals for distribution
in shortage areas.
Th- oilseed meals are used as a
s'limlemc'-tary livestock feed.
The order was issued by the F1IA
ruder authority u ran ted it several
ri'in by Wat Food Administrator Mar
vin .Tones.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Continued rather mild this
afternoon. Cooler tonlfht.
End Of War
In 1944 Seen
After Iran
Teheran Conference
Strengthens Belief
In German War End
Washington. Dec. 7—(AI')
—Belief that the war against
Germany will be won in the
third year of American partici
pation, which bejrins on this
second anniversary of the l'earl
Harbor attack, was butt res.-/1
today by the hijrli command ac
cord reached at Teheran.
Hilt (lie milit.o v and naval of
ficials wliu hold this belief fore
see at least lw i> mure years of
lidding before Japan ean br
forced into the iiiironditional
surrender derided uiion at the
Paeifie war conference in Cairo.
Studying tile i U- Is of the Cnil' i
mooting and the l!u •ih iii war con
ference ;it Teheran. announced yes
terday. strati in.re sunimcd up
l!ll.'{ sis lli»" !;,^i >c ii "I preparation
on the home jnul iuh'.ing fronts and
predicted tin1 tv. the months now
beginning will m <• the launching "I
tmpreeedenled oftensives against
both Germany and -I.•:»;»n.
As a re:-ilt these milestone
nicotines the Alii* i ;;ronps mimed
against both for- • 1.1. • perfected the
overall pattern •>: their victory stra
logics. determining "he lime and n.i
tlH'e of the filial thre -pronged «>
saull on Germany as well as ill"
advances designed !•» bring the full
power of Mritain. America and Cliinii
against Japan.
State Raises Over
$3 Million in Drive
Winslon-Saletn, l)t< 7 (AC)
Robert M. Ilaiies. State chairman or
the Uniled War Kimd. reported
more than $S.non.nno had been rais
ed by Ihf comoiunitv and war mills
associated with the i'nited War fttnrl
of North Cari ll'ia.
llanes sa:d the SS.njt.VMIt.n la ser
by the l"t campaigns was 102 >> ;ici
eent of their combined local and war
fund goals.
Important
Beaches In
West Held
Nazi Airfield Near
Athens Hit Heavily
In Violent Battle
Allied Headquarters, Algiers.
Dec. 7 — (A1') — Fifth Army
infantry has crashed through
Nazi defenses in hitter assaults
to capture ihe most dominating
posili«.iis in a 25-mile area ov
erlooking the road to Home, it
was announced today, while on
the east coast of Italy Mritisli
tanks rammed across die .Moro
river.
A headquarters officcr, lie
sci'thini; Ihf faille in lli«' vital
.Munle i amino area (in the wvsl
crn sector, dot lured "wo now
hold the intist important beaches
in thai area roughly live mill's
lung and live miles wide."
On the Adriatic side <>1 the Ger
mans' Tenth Army line. General
Montgomery's tanks ami inl'antr.v i
drove across the Moro river, ten ;
miles abovi tin- Sangro, in a t'iu'\ ;
battle l light in a log. Konr tit:'- j
man tanks were wrecked.
The iii'w I'. S. 15th air force !
struck lit'aviiy at the Germans' j
Kalamaki airfield near Athens, ]
with Ftviug Fortresses 4ml Lib
erators knocking down ten Nazi
planes in a violent air battle.
Ann ■: ii an troops wading Hooded j
areas, with water lip to their nocks
at in.;iiy places, marked the second
anniversary <■'. I'earl Harbor with |
blooJ\ lighting.
Field Marshal General Albert
Kesselring. realizing the prime im
portance the I.aim ami :>.Him-;oot
peak- ili initiating the road to Home j
limning through C'assino, threw the
lull weigh; o! his divisions into ties- j
pe: ate counterattacks.
But despite these heavy blows.
I". S. troops captured a moun
tain point six miles west of Alii;- |
uano and farther inland plunged I
a mile west of Filignano, taking
10 prisoners in a localized as
sault.
South of the American position
on the ridges of Mount Maggi >ro.
1'ritish lorces were driven oil' a '
ridge by lurious Nazi assault, hat
in a nearby sector seized a Genua
strong point.
The Kiglith Army punch aero-:
the Moro river met less difficulty
than anticipated, but the tank action
was one of the few fought in moun
tainous country. It occurred at S •:
Leonardo, two and a hall- le
northwest of San Vito, and tw •
mile- inland.
North oi the Moro. the Germans
threw in two counterattacks that
were beaten off.
Launching Of
The Wisconsin
I'hiladclph a. Dee. 7- < AIM—The
i'm.iMin.imn super battleship Wiscon
sin. her l>o\\ |o\v< i ng higher than a
five-story building, was launched
into ihe Delaware river at the Phila
delphia Navy Yard today, bailed by
Assistant Secretary ol Ihe Navy
Halpli A. Hard as "an answer" t >
Japan's IVarl Harbor attack on the
xocoitd anniversary ut the aggres
sion.
Mis Walter S. Gnodland. wife 'jf
ttic governor of Wisconsin, chri.-t
ened the vessel before a cheering
crowd I workmen, imvj oflicoi.-.
Wisconsin state officials and gov
ernment executives.
19 Mxratr
L v. tm. ^ k 'i-i
In New Role
f
RELAXING after I:irli ipat in^ in the
niort important rule h career,
movie ;tar Ivmis iI;.yv.(»kI, now a
Marine captain, .<.• in charge ot
the Marine unit tt::t photographed
our tly victoi y ;.t Tarawa. Me is
married I > hla Latpino, well kiinwii
si rccn action. (lulcmatinM0U
iters Cm
Help Keep
World Peace
O'Neal Favors Farm
People Having Voice
In Settling Problems
Chicago. I»ec. 7.—(AP)—Farm
people of the world ran "do
more lit preserve peace than
could an> other group." Fdward
A. O'Neal, president of the Ame
rican Farm Bureau Federation,
told the organization's annual
convention today.
In ai address prepared tor de
lively the ope ins; scssmii, l>Wea
assorted. "I have great confidcnce ii
lile com in>n -enso of farm people am
I behove that if farm people cat
have voice in working out some o
i'ii' ntciii.it ioiia! p"nb loins '■at t!i<
Wiiii.i wll lie hotter nil.
"1 hope to set" the clay when re
presentatives nl f nn people. mori
eieeted b.v the peon'e and no: appoin
tod i»y the governiue- t. ,vi!| got to
gether at regular lib r\ al- to con-idei
their mutual problems and to work
them oat.
"I'.i be (|iiito fan'.. I iol •■.(• tha'
the tar n people of the w> In. work
ing in this way. could d> more
prosoved world peace than could any
other group or agency.
. . If WO are In na nta.il th<
pi ce of the v. >rld. we mist <
courage world trade on a a r b.v
To accomplish tiiis. it will bo nee
sary I'd'hai I tin tarill ol r.cs
•ill nations, .oi l it will be o.-os-.
•<i stab.l:/o t'uo currency the t
' :on -.
"Wlcii net oils lr do • 111 enoh I
■ ither they bi i ime acipia 'oil with
t ach other' • '.'1cm-. 'i'r ie 1 :akc
friends It ■> -.! m- apparent ' • every
body that reconstruct ion c ei
ninnies of tin- initio s put ni" tig
tlie war can never bo . • .1 i
MtceewfuJIy unless caeb nation
given ai i i ss to r w m.d< .is. and
the right I" exchange some ol their
surplus product- for the products
other nations that they need and |
want . . .".
He attacked subsidies on ground*
that it would !>o a "Here oa i t i-V
to ol,in.'rite tin m. and be i so, once
the war - ended. " i >' m.!d be poli
tic.illy i i-y to it !;.-<• tlie det'l ' on ay
proco-s as a potent arj i etr to'' tin.
■outiiiualicc of a.'si I i
\\ iation I fearing
For December 161
Burgaw. Dei. " (API A hearing1
to obtain (lie \ ows of poisons in
the urea Interested in Ihe develop
on) of a\ iat ■ i in North Carolina
will be held Pocernbci la in Kli*a
l-otb Citv by the Slate Aoronan"cs
Commissio!'. This was announced
today by Chairman Rov How e. »vh •
said am ine those inv ited were Mv
mayors, eouiitj- commission chair
men. airport operators, avia'ovs.
post-war nlanning groups and others
interested.
Talks Chart
War Efforts
Of Turkey
Berlin Claims That
Turkish Cabinet to
Have Special Meet
London, Dec. 7—(A!')—A
.•onlVmicc between I'iv nl -nl
Itoosevelt. 1* r i m • Minister
'lnirchill and l'iv>id« ni 1 lift
Inomi of Turkey ha.- in
progress in North Africa. i(
ivas learni'd today, and Mie re
sults will concern Turk.\ li:
ure position in relation (o ilie
Allies' war aj.rain.-l Vin Axis.
The p.irta |>;iti<■:i • ; In ■> i iti ■ t
eronces with la» i-\elt • 1 1 n (■•■
II apparenlly was on tin*
lever-implemented Hi h-'lurl.i
Ktcl ef l!l3sl which pit -dyed 'I nr .. .
i. aid British in tin- i-.nil oi
Iimiun leading war In the .\l< d -
■rranean.
The iliplimciHc rorresp'iittlriit
of (lit> llritivli I'li'ss Association
wroti' "Churchill ,in«l lioowelt
art- in ronlereiirr with President
Ismrt Iiiritu <il Turkey ami their
deliberation'^ ill due course
h:»ve s'lwost iie;>ort.int in n
feet noon the Mirsc t ii*l roil
f I lie I ol l'i« »v;:r ;s ilir greater
inter-Allied talk*. v-ha-'i •Irr i«l\
have taken pl-re in ( i■:«» .mil
Teheran."
•| :ie Bei !i:' ! Jiiu
>nfort :n .• hao • ■ • c i "«hI hi
"aim aid that In a i 11 « :rii«'d
\> Ankara, where the T irk sh i i>;.
at W' lild meet i Slice', ! ■ -:.-i mi.
i nnilnn. Dee. 7—< A ?*»—The
Kerliu radio said tiday that
President Ismrt Imam of Tur
key had returned to Ankara
from a ronferrnee at Cairo ivilli
President Kim>m'\.*II am' I'ri'nr
Minister Churchill and that !h<'
Turkish ral im t would meet i*i
a special session.
German vpokcsatnt meanwhile
"old Swed s i r i f widen' 1 i '
'the Allies are exerting heavy pros
III" to force 'I'llrlii y III J' ill IllO
war."'
(A Budapest broadcast heard hy
U S. govern men t ni'.iiiiMs -aid Uni
tarian Premie Hi • 1 > ><i iMile:
• ed willl the 'J'u! llia.i.-loi 111
Sophia after a meet g t)i«> Bul
garian ruliinc' I -t v. '. 1; <!• -
■tared that "well informed politied
•ircles ill Soph:a r. nneo' this ea'a
let meetiiiK with iho Tn; sii-An
;l«»-Saxoll'So\ iet cnlei eiire.)
Flu Epidemic
Not Believed
To Be Near
Washington. Dec. : -(AIM-a r■—
ng rate <>l intlucn/a cases in \ a
•ious parts <■! the c aitiy w*s ile
vrihed by .i U. S. pablic IkmI'-'i
•er\ ice spokesman .i "normal ca
st ma I increase."
Alter studying th,. \ a >ti Iiu.n :
ivailal.de. Ill se lor '.in- \\« • . i-nd J,
.Vovcmbor 27. )it- pointed nut that
the Dumber ui case; during tho
•ailie period in 1HU v. . f..e l.ni'S
greater, vet no t. io e,'ideaia «<••
cured then.
"There is no evidence now thit
we sua coin inn 11' ■ • ..nv'hiiig It.. •
,ve had mi I!»11!." he asserted l'l he
worldwide epidemit of tli.it yeir
siiuwd a.ore ilian !0,WKi,(Klfl cleatl )
Commenting on London reparlx
that influenza claimed <» liveii in
'urge i'in - in l$i ita.n l aring the
.'. eek indi'lg Nov i L'7. the
spnkesmtin "The c if no reason
to stipiM'se tiiere my wo: !d« <l"
^ignifirniice in the British wave, de
scribed ,.n the v. i ■' : Illei■ J!*M7 . • .
ciiused ".Otm deaths w < < .!> at it.s
peak."
Health ou'h« ities .« -^'•.-t that
OcramM Buffering from i grippe
>r fin remaii. ■ t lv ::'e in pid« l >
prevent spre.al 'lie i'ae.- s. c oe
C.aliy fince t1 eri i'e lever do't ■ .;
and nurses a\aii.i'jie t> civilians
now.
Hl\(i <;I ouc.i: ,\M(>\(i
BRITISH si rum its
I otwkin. Dot*. 7 - < AKing
fJeorge VI. h: s Iwn st e en villi
m attack of itifli'i ii/a ■> »l v. i'l lie
■onliiied to lii«» • m - t< r wvernf
lays, thickinehum f lai c nniKmncotl
iodny.
The tsiin: Joined i grew ng lint of
•uffwern From iii( malady, wh cti
has wen <preartina throughout the
coim'.ry n recent weeU - !.rc. t
fignri's released vivle'dny showed
'hat 1171! per-ons hud died of influ
pnza in t.ondoii and oilier lar'te
cities doling the week ending No
vemher
It was understood that the Kite's
altdck was not ^criouu, .