ItenJtersmt
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Utspatrii
THIRTIETH YEAR
1 *Tnp'*?«iiv 11 {K SKHVICE OK
Tlin ASSOCIATED I'ltRpfi
HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 22, 1943 i'fni.i.siiKi> i:yi:uy aitkh.noo.n
KTc.:iWxDAAV.fcKNOON FIVE CENTS COPY
PALACE SEIZED BY
BOLIVIAN REVOLUTIONISTS
pictured :il La I'a/.. Bolivia, is the President's Palacc. which is said to lie in possession «»f the revolutionists
wlui l-ave overthrown the daininistratiini of iCnt-iiiue I'cnaraiula. President siii'-e 1!)40. The l'enaranda
government was a eoliellincrcnt of the Allies against the Axis. According to proelaination broadcast
over the radio hy the central revolutionary command, the Atlantic Charter and other obligations of Bo
livia will he respected and maintained. an:l the intqpiatinnal sitivtio': at the side of the I'nited Nations will
not he alteicd. Victor l'a/ I'stcnsoro, arrested ill 1911 in conntction with ail attempted Nazi putsch in
Bolivia, is reported to have led the revolution. (International)
Various Issues To Arise
After Congress' Holiday
Increase In
1943 Acreage
Of N. C. Crops.
Ita'cigh, Dec. I!-'.—(AIM —Despite
Wiirtniii' ..Imitate- id labor. ->11>|• Iios
< |u11>:ni-(11 .Hid advcr.-c weather
conditions. North t'.n cilin.i larmci •
il.il 'vested ti,.r).'i4,0Uli acres of praii:
pal crop... this year. the Stall' Depart
ment hi Agriculture reported today.
Tiir !!)!£ total shows increase
ol t wo pei ci lit uvt'r the luiinbei u
acre h.ii'.istLiI l.i-i year, ami tour
percent above tin len-veaf average
Iron. Iil.'i'J lo !!tll l.asi Veal's total
acreage was (!,4<!.'i.U0tt acre- and the
ten-year aver gc i- liJai.UilO aire-.
In addition, (iol.oou acres ol wheat
have been seeded this tall for har
vesting next spring, ai d the de
partment lorecasts a yield of 7.212.
imhi bushels, compared" with .r>,8l2,00n
bushels harvesled 'ins year.
The department described the,
growing and harvest !ug -eason a* "
mixture ol good and bad". A late
spring freeze dan iiied track crop.- !
and was the p: ncip.il cause "I the
short crops o! apples, peaches and
pears.
Heavy rain- in midsummer were
followed by dry conditions in 1 te
s immei and lall. at'lecting t!ie growtii
of cotton, corn and tobacco crop
Added to the dil' :cullic- were an
acute shortage ol labor, eipiipmenl
and other iariii s..pplie- necessary
for heavy plantain and marketing,
tilt- depai 1 • i cut saai.
< >ii«- lavoi bio leature "l tiie 11M-I
season lias bee i the excellent wca
ther during tin harvesting season, j
li enabled grower- to gather large J
crops with a minimum of labor, par
ticularly m reference to cotton,
where field losses were kept at a
minimum.
Yields of mo-t ol the crops were
above average tins year, bill were
Hinder.lely lower than those last
year, the department said. An excep
tion was in peanuts, which yielded
1,1150 pounds an ar:e, compared with
Ihe ten year av« rage ol 1.1—— pound-.
The inciease in acreage was re
flected bv heavier packing ol corn,
tobacco, peanuts, irish |«»t toe-.
beans and hav crops. The depart
ment listed Ihese increases:
Corn, 1S5.IMIH acres above last year:
tobacco. 12.'»i: iri.-li potaloe . 20.onl).
peamils. 35,000: hay. 239,0'/l. The
acreage ol soybeans cui lor ljay n
crc se from H'.o.imhi to 2«-Umn while
the acrcagc for beans dropped from
208.0110 to 257.oim». Harvested acres
of cotton was the same at B40.000.
WEATHIR
lOl: NOItTII CAKOI.INA
Partly cloudy ;<nd colder Io
nic lit. 'IYiii|>cim lure to 'M
west pin!ion and 'J8 to '.V. e.isl
portion. Thursday partly clordy
and colder.
2//W
pjysi&r
foot"
AV/;/
Christmas Vacation
Fakes Sombre Note
In Opening Today
Wadiinjrtoti. Dec. 22—( AI *)
—.Members of the TSt !i Con
gress went home today »«
I irate the Christmas holidays
and to recharge their political
1 latteries for the opening of
a presidential eampaitrn here.
They will rrtiirn January 10
to ciimp to grips ,uith a batch
of i|lirstious directly affection
the «oui»try's wartime economy,
of rhallcnsrs to President
Kcusevrlt's method for holding
the inflation line, of issues cen
tering around taxes, wage in
creases. subsidies and appropri
ations.
Two of the questions—sub-ilies
and taxes—await Senate attention:
a third, that of wage stabilization
rests in the House.
Marked for quick :'!ttv.;ion when
the holiday is over are two Usucs
allotting sen icemen. House aten
has uecn scheduled lor January on
I mea.-ure to provide musteriiv out
pay tor -erv icemen. The Senate al
reatlv has approved a liill providing
lor a -Uiing seale discharge pay
ranging trom S2(iu to $5(10. depen
dent upon the length of service.
Meanwhile, an effort is hem.;
made to work out a compromise on
legislation to give soldiers a vole in
'he .Vox ember elections, one which
will salistv both those who cla::,i
the Federal government s!imi,U|
make arrangement- for the ballot
ing and those who maintain it
should be handled by the states.
In quiet contrast to the hi-ji-iks
and hilarity typical of peacetime
wind ips ol Congress, yesterday'.,
adjournment came on a son.her
note, a prayer that the New Year
would brii g victory and peace.
Lin Area Is
Free Of Japs
Chungking. Dec. 22—(AIM—The
Chinese' high command announced
I" ight thiil Japanese forces liinl
boon cleared from tlx- area south
"il the I,in river, thus restoring half
of the Uice llowl to China.
Knemy remnants on the northern
hanks of the Lin ;iiso were said to
have been cleared. The commutr
»iue indicated the Japanese with
drawal was continuing with the
Chit o-e "pursuing the fleeing .lap
ani'S" on various routes, making
considerable progress."
'I n December 2. the Chinese !•
mated officially that the enemy h.'d
h st 3(l.0(ltt killed and wounded.
Stock Prices
Are Irregular
'Mew York. Dec. 22.—(AIM—Price
movements were narrow and irre
gular i . today's stock market.
Issues showing lair resistance near
the fotirlh hour included Chrysler.
OJoodyear. I*. S. Knbbor and Scars
Hoebuck.
Off frrc'ionally were Methlehein.
Consolidated Kdion. and Southern
Railway.
Ponds .inrl commodities also were
Deposed in Bolivia
Enrique Peuaranda, 51. presi
dent of Bolivia since 1940. is re
ported under arrest in La Paz.
Bolivia, with several or his
ministers, following the over
throw of his pro-Allied govern
ment by revolutionists consider1*"
ed friendly to Nazi Germany.
(International)
Chacon Urges
U. S.-Bolivia
Cooperation
L.a I'.i/. Bolivia, I)cc. 22—(AP)—
A desire for "ellective otipcr ition"
between lilt- United Slates iind Bo
< 11\ i.i and in) t'iii ly settlement of ne
gotiations concerning Im and qui
nine was expressed today by a min
ister hi the new government of
President Major (Suntberto V:!lar
roel. „
"i believe an effective co-ipera
tion ought to exist between the
I'nited States and Bolivia." asserted
Minister of Kcoiiomy Gustavo Cha
con, "and that within the shortest
tune possible we should face the
matter- left pending by the laxnes.<
Jul the former government, includ
| ing tin and (piinine. In the inter
ests of both countries these mat
ters should not be further post
poned."
NAZIS PLEDGE REPRISALS
★ ★★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★
MARSHALL IN SO. PACIFIC
Indications
Of Jap Air
Action Seen
Chief of Staff Has
Meetings With Heads
Along Entire Front
Army Headquarters. Central
Pacific, Dec. 22—(A1')—The
'long Pacific battle line was
tense with expectancy unlay
after a dramatic visit from
General George C. Marshall.
United States army chief of
staff, and indications of resur
gent Japanese air activity.
Marshall, pralieipant in re
cent Allied military councils
held at Cairo and Teheran, lieu
along the entire lice from the
southwest Paeifie to the Cen
tral Pacific*, hut only the gener
als and admirals. American and
Australian, knew what he hud
said.
With the chicl <>r stall' safely bae-;
in the United Stales alter Ins
OUU-nrile global trip. General Dou;;
las MacAiihur annuuneed today
that Marshall had been at advamed
Allied headquarters in New (Juii
December 15 when tin* Amerie n
Sixth Army units invaded New Bri
tain. at Arawe.
This invasion prompted Tokyo
radio to comment that ".lana -
ncse quarters do not deny the
seriousness of the situation."
and that "Kahaul (Japan's most
important southwest Pacific
base on New Britain) must be
held under all circumstances."
Japanese air strength, recenl!;.'
badly hit and reduced in that area
showed signs ol revival South Pa
cific headquarters said that when
| American bombers and fighters as
saulted Rabaul Sunday, doing heavy
I damage to shipping. 50 vneuiy
fighters jumped the Attackers. The
I Americans and Japanese each !o.-i
four fighters.
Marshall also conferred with the
staff of Admiral William K. Il.ilsey,
South Pacific commander, an! I.t.
General Willard K. Harmon, chi.'f
of army forces there, whose ground,
sea and air forces are driving the
Japanese from their lasl Soli ir.ons
islands holdings, on Bongainv d'v.
The chief of staff stopped lor I ,vn
days at llonoltdn to see Admiia'
Chester W. Niinit/. commander in
chief in the Pacific, and I.t. Gen.
Robert C. Richardson. Jr.. comman
der of Central Pacific arrnv lore.v..
Nimitz' and Richardson's army
and navy units took the Gilbert is
lands from the Japanese November
20 and their air forces have been
hammering enemy airdromes and
bases in the Marshall islands. 200
miles north of the Gilberts, ever
I since.
| While in the Southwest •';>-ilic.
| Marshall talked with Gen. Thomas
A. Blarney. Australian general in
J command of ground forces in the
S southwest Pacific. and General
j George C. Kennev. commander of
Allied air frrces in this theatre.
DORIS IH'KK GF.TS DF.CIlI'.K
Reno. New. Dec. 21—(AIM — Doris
Duke Cromwell, heiress to the huge
Duke tobacco lortune. received a
divorce today from James II. 1!
Cromwell, one-lime U. S. Minister
to Canada.
I . S. Landing Craft Under Attack on Wa\ to New Britain
Itomli bursts fill the scene as .lap pianos attack Am crlcan landiii" craft rs»» tlicir way to the beach on
Arawr. New Hritain. Two of the boats were sunk with light casualties. This is one of the first photos let
be received in this country showing Vank troops invading the Ja)i-1ii'ld island. Official I'. S. Signal Corps
iatli?l>lioto, ..... (International Soundptivto)
Thrust To Vitebsk
By Reds Endangers
Nazi Baltic Line
London. I Joe. 'J2—(AP)—The Kus
sian's lialtic in my. surgTng forward
unchecked. lias advanced another
five miles and now stands only l.'i
miles Irmn the Nazi fortress city it
Vitebsk. Kc liters reported today
Irom Moscow.
Kneii element of this enemy
stronghold thus became hourly
more imminent.
This thrust and a companion drive
toward the important rail junction
of I'olot-U, (in miles to the west,
threatened the stability of the en
tire German line defending the Hal
tie -tates.
A liussiau communique e.ulier
had re|)orted the forces of General
Kan ('. lingramian within -ti miles
o| Vitebsk Irom the north through
capture « i Gnhaldi and le.-s than
-■"» miies . way '.o the cast.
His triors. I'D ling down Irom
N'evel yesterday, blasted their way
through a all-mile gap 1 > deep
Germ.hi defenses, capt .ug more
than Urn villages and leaving l.liliu
German dead in their v ake.
Other columns. swinnnft tint in
the • e-t. wen within miics ill
I'nlotsU.
At the extreme southern end oi
the Wltl-niile Ion:; battle! rmit. mean
while. Russian ill n:ICS l.i|in<i;iU'il the
N'.i/.i I>i~iilui l)i-;i<i mi thi* .smith h.n.U
ill the Dnieper opposite Kherson,
r.ear the river's, mmith and dispat
ches Si.ill ;i tul! scale attack at;,tics'
the city itself was expected tno
.licntarily.
Im tile c( nter 'it the line, the CIiv
iii n> were said t<' be coimntcratl;ick
iiik in three ke\ sector-. The Mos
cow wai bulletin said the Na/.;
stnuk in the area between Ziilibii.
and the llere/i .. rivci ill White
fitis.-ia. south • Korosten in tin
Kie\ Imi^e. and n the K.r 'vimrad
sector in the Dnieper river beml.
Kherson's capture would reticle:
i r.teiiable tie German positions i:.
N'ikopi I. manganese center in the
Di ieper bi nd. Krivni K»k. an t
Nikolaev. nurthwest of Klierv n or.
the Buk river. together v.itli !*iru
German forces scattered thrnllgh
mil the urea.
5th Army Reaches
San Vittore After
Capturing Heights
'Tito's Forces
On Offensive
On All Fronts
London, Dec 22—(AIM—Marshal
Tito's partisan army of 2f>0,liu0 i».««
tliug German <nul collaborationist
forces twice it.s size, has taken to
the offensive on every sectoi «,i
Yugoslavia'.- irregular battled 'it! >
communi(|ue trom the Yugoslav
army of liberation anno n eed to
day.
The German force.-, -pearheded
by the German 37 3rd division,
.struck hack with large scale
saults in Croatia in an effort to
regain the initiative, the war bulle
tin disclosed, but T:'>' seventh pa
triot division deci.-nely thwarted
the enemy thrusts.
With Yugoslavia developing into
I a biittlelront ot broadening scope, .1
I recapitulation ot Hitler's losses to
' clear his llalkan tlank shows th.it
he had 10.into casualties 111 October
and November alone. These figures
i were giv en in .1 Moscow broadcast.
1 which -ail the casual!ies included
| 16.000 Killed and 11.000 prisoners.
German broadcasts hoard in
Cairo claimed the capture last Sun
day .'I the llosnian town ol Jajcc.
desci ibed as Tito's headquarters.
The reports said he and his gov
ernment were in lliuht. There was
no confirmation ol this report.
French Participation
With Americans in
Drive Is Disclosed
Allied Headquarters. Algiers,
Dec. 22— (AIM — American
Fifth Army forces, bolstered
by heavy artillery and nurt.ir
fire, captured several new
heights and reached the out
skirts of San Vittore on the
road to Rome today, while The
Mritish Kijrhtli Army ball -red
the Germans with lank- and
infantry in the streets of Or
toiia.
American and French 'ro.ips
along the northern mountainous sec •
tors of the Filth Army front won1
reported attacking the villages 01
Ac<|iialondnta. five miles wc-t :|
Kilignann. and I'ardilo. lour miles
north of Acqunfoiidata. after occu
pying a high point in tin- Ml.
region :n the push westward on
Cassino.
The annouiiremcnt lti.it the
French furccs under (ienrr.il
I'ierre Juin were participating
with the Fifth's attack in this
sector was the first disclosure
of the location of the French
whose presence on Italian soil
was announced last week.
The Kir eh. wlm have been ' ;u
glinij for the past three (lavs i .
possession ol \.ial nu ait.iin pas
were reported to have taken the
southern p i!h. t)ther short gains .1
this area were reported.
In their assault on Sail Vit
lore. the Amrrirans were inrth
n«licall> wiping out the numer
ous pillboxes the Germans had
Imill around the town, usinj
every house and every natural
obstacles lo sluw the Allied ad
vance.
flene il Montgomery's Kightli
Army Innks. meanwhile. slugged i;
out wilh CJerman Man; l\"s in the
streets of ()r|ona. which had bee 1
the in rthern anchor of the Xa/.i
line.
Soith west ol Ortona. Uritis'i
troiin- made slight uh nee: if'er
repulsing two despoafe (Jernia'i
counterattacks
lr the air w r. Allie I t nht.'i
heiel'i s swarmed oxer the Yt mo
st: ■ ■ >i'st 'infl attached German p
silions i t stipporl of the partisan
forces ot Marshal Tito,
A naval eommnnicpie said tIlia*
Mritish torpedo boal- captured two
dernia" schooners off the Yugnsl.r
coast eembi 1!' »,iking their
•,icv.«. prisoner*.
Allied War
Prisoners
Threatened
| German Indignation
| Over Kharkov Trials
Turns to Aviators
I Lt.inlon. Dor. 'J'J— (.\ I' i -
Dark t h r c a t 'if reprisal.;
against Allied war prison* r.
came flying mil of Clerniaiiy
today ami Nazi propagandists
worked up indignation against
tin* Kharkov trials and l'a'd
I .11 >of Ciucltliel.- railed ISrili :l
and American aviators "ll'iu.;
| ol' iIk* air.'"
1>NB. tin* ii lit i.il iicrm.in
news agene.v. said it! :t broail
cast statement mi Ihi1 Stiviet
trials ih.it Nazi militaM <"•;:)'■
would "socn ileal with tlm>
Biitili ami American piNt-.
ers who are guilty «l a >rr'ii:is
breach nl in'eraaliiltal law.'
Cioebbi I- V - M I* . : i " - v .1
jair i..ill protection ..i- r. .- :ha. t i,~
tin i- attai i:.- .. tin- Gern can I
. .st l)i expected hut 5h;i" .' il ■>'
lour e\ or t;i .U iiiu anti-a : < ■: .ilt <lr
I toilscs ami HIT re re'.al ations . ill
| make an eml t tiit* ar i. n ihj
mius of the air.'*
i I'gl.v hints of measures to lu
be taken against captured "ir
, men were closely eonneeleii
with a German press campaign
a*, aiiist American Biers inipris
niieil after the November !'l on
Bremen ami accused of haviiv.
"•murderers incorporated" wiit
j ten on llieir uniforms.
TI;o bomncd ami battel<m /i
I ire screech.ins that tin* uamcs «»!
some of the planes prove ti.ai ,;uii,
| sters control the American iir
I forces.
' In seizing on the Kharkov
trials for further justification*
of German brutality, a Nazi
foreign office spokesman claim
ed the trials were agreed upon
in principle al the Teheran ?on
ferenee. so the "British ani
Americans share the respnn*i
i liility," Swedish press reports
said.
DXB's ollieial stalement sp ■ i -
i icallv aeeused President Ho >■ \-el!
ami Prime Minister Churchill .
sociatini; themselves with tin* !<• ..i
I Uo\ proceedings and likened t!i<• - ■
' pi leeedinijs ' "meilieval wiV i tri
als."
I liree I'n'l ■ ii .. .'1 a l»ii» . n '
I tor. \vl ■ idmitted 1!u r Ir ' In -
'orc Kharkov military c. •••! : "hat
ilhiy had cininitted anil vvitne-..' I
j numerous acts ol atrocities ia • i -t
1 imainst l> ussi .11 civilians and s •!
idlers, wen- banned Sunday in Khai
jkin's public square.
Yank Bombers
Return Near
Bremen Area
l.iimlnii. Dor. '!'!—( MM — I or
tlir lilt li limr in txxo H rrks
American heavy bombers sup
ported lt> fighters ranged into
nurthxi otcrn (ii*iiiian> in day
light luil.it while a constant
stream <>l" medium and liulil
bombers poured across the cli.lii
nel tor tin' third straight day
headed fur mysterious target,
in liorttiern France.
I The lti« bombers of tin.* Kivhlli
I'mtrd St.i!< * Air l- 'i t t . ;< 1 *«• .1
1 one day layoff, (tended right Uiclt
■ for the same wtliiw where on Mmi*
| <in.v .->i» ixii-i'-c iittiirknl Hreiin-n,
.ilhtna: i i ii:d s!ii|>l> -ililnn ithI.t,
It appeared tit'w cxiiletUT <! Site:
ntetition t<> neutralize the el lee
. tiveinx >>f thi- le^nai t<> the Na/.l
, war effnr.t
It was the sexenth heavy
tion of the n <i'itli ti>r the Ann rieaivs
ami kept t'<>11:< 11* the urea' day and
•iiu'it oflensixc xxlmh pined M> -
day.
I In addition. wave "it wave n.' M
i !i- tl bombers swept t in wl-at
looked like nne "i Hie ureatest j.'i».
'a 'tied cross-channel assaults of the
vear t •xvaid thr I'a- de C ilia- >e
?ii"i. nrentimnblv l>> attaek the sanio
larcets which liax e had succvs: vrj
blow. in the two prrccdin.; ,tav»
in<i xx h'i h ltax <■ heen described <>t ily
^ (t_' ntinui'd i>ii I'wo.)