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Japs Hint Captives From Fort Raiders HaveBeenExecuted Back From Russia ERIC JOHNSTON, President of th*t U. S. Chamber of Commerce, is shown after his arrival in New York Cify after an eight-week visit to Hu in. He went to Russia at the invitation of Premier Stalin to study post-war 1rade possibilities between the U. S. and the Soviet. Johnston said he had a three-hour conference with Stalin but would | not discuss details. (international) I ___ j Leaf Holiday Proposed To Wait Prices Columbia Meeting Would Force OPA To Act Speedily ('nlumbia, S. <-!uly 1 •”> (A I’i A tobacco ''sales holi day" pending announcement <>t "sat i-factory" ceiling prices by tin Office of Price Administra tion was proposed today as growers, warehousemen and State officials of the Carolina.-, Virginia, Florida and Georgia met here to discuss production and ale-, problems in the cigar cite leaf belts. (S ii a;re h i i s- ii .1 "lui C Si oil. - 'i |), ogla , r;,i i i • | > i a ■ -on 11 in: ll’e eighth Georgia Hi trii't. i.-ked ll’e ennlor i ne,. tn ,ir|npl hi . re nlutinn ending on go\ el I , ,1 n| the Live lutes In el, i ,• win ('lion ;e , hy proclaim'dion until ii dings acceptable •" grower and cle,i 11’r ■ were announced hy July nr (, i nor ( Hin 11. John on. of ‘ i ml I| (’ill ol 111 I, who called 1 lie meet uir, and. ol fieial repre a’ulative . ol gn\ , i i,,,r. ol I lie other dale . placed a telephone rail to economic Stabil ization Hi reel nr Fred M \ in "H a , - leg that OPA ceiling, he made public in imeriiat ply, I he grower I (.11 eus or|. Ihen i li ned nvei to a eommitt.ee, a ie oiotioii a I.mg reiHaigs of 4a 1 ’ cents a pound for lied and t! cent.- lor nn I led iol .aero ,>n I lie 1 a I t market fob on, urging adoption ol In- re - 0 11111 on , asked that the lire .dates 1 a,;e a united front on lie prnpn .eft holvd e. Me ..llgge- led that iftCV »i» nouncenient of OPA ceilings, ihat market openings he delayed until t lie i ..ypiral mil of an e(|U.ai me lie; ol day. after the original da’e -el lor each hell, a the OPA delay, an nouncing a sal is!artery ceding under July ill." i oi k i vi; iiki is |{|i< I IM 411 i» M S Condon. July la (AP) f,all.m try awards were announced today for 41 officers and infantrymen for action m France Twelve were Sil ver Stars, the rest Brnn/c Si r-. Among the recipients were the bil lowing North Carolina men Silver Stars Pvt James Criswell. Connelly Springs: Cap! Kllis Wil ii;i*.;isnn, Raleigh. Bronze Slurs- Pvt. Klhert Freeze, Landis: Sgt Robert BonrcL-nii. b*T'R Broadcast States Order of the Day Is to Kill C rcv^s Now York, .inly Id < A1 ’) A -Iapain• Iirnadca I nr:n'deiI 1 >y I lie Federal ( d.mmunie.-ilions Fi.niniissiun hinted today that si \ eral i idled Stales airmen captured hy t!:• ■ ■lapam^'1, ap. par.mtiy follow ine; i lie fir-d l!-2!) Superforl r> . - raid <m t he si el town of Yawata .ima id, had beep exeruled. Iv ino rl * •. >m .in; j - c 1 ■ i V < i i - can ! *i in Tin- S<.-,» ••••• * Pc-i* r. 1 hr I a o a !'• » f *ir) In* • * i I iirl "ba ijeri • »m 1 »n iMi i ai!it ih* nine lair which • m iim'D rj **• 11 i - t ■ i»• ■ « 11 T, J;yn . n'ltl | • i t v , i . " \ y- All balls i <ii 1 liar .far*, n veil! ;•*• o\*v * iili’fl." the *p-1 i ! * d ily " i'hi> is lb*' *a c • : t! • 11 v \luid ins said thr nr |»l>*• n was so poor tliat onl\ i leu c\‘f*rpts from thr talk u * rr intelligible. Mon* than lour loans al'trr (hi . propaganda transnass*. m. l < t lispning stations had rn ordrd no similar Japanese statement Irorn ain other source. Tin• 1 )flie* m Wa» In ■ • r*t.ion 0 i . 14 i 11; i! ■ ■' 1' ' •' 1 ■ . • (1 f • n the Ft'( recording 11* • ? m . n .■ Smg.i - 1 < - 1 . • t ti rapt 1 ■ • Ii.ii i b< ■! ' < vecu' ‘ •« 1. Ill was followed !) v .1 l‘\*irf.ing ■lying might ha\ o tv »*n exec 1.1 ed, • <T d the broadcast .< igge .md 11,..1 they least wen h<■:ng 11*'Id I• r cd.ii»n. 1 ! \\ a.' ’ "1 1)! ' Might "Ut ' M . 1 11 V til.. 1 t! Ai: '*| lean • • .' ' 'll . ei ‘ i eri'W members, leaving open the ibility that the Singapon • - man wa ~ *eforrmg In the laying >1 flit V: eapi1:red ai • iit*r tm.< i f flu* destruction wrought by their mates. General, l wo Colonels Die In Airplane n i* no.iga, Term . -Iulv In ( A11) \1.11 "i (loner:! I I ’a1 ri Newga i rlen, , ;,n;.airier o| the loan. ... oreri di ; , .a. i a o ntliine! ■ . ml .t U .a t l xxa i other |H ;Mms warn in.-dalltly killed a, a liei e la.-t mg!.' hen all army plane n ..shed III a heir. :■ . torn). Captain Le-te; al. N'etmls. publir , e|at ■ >ffit- . foi the tenth armor ,..j ,I:\ i-i..11 .a i amp (1 'Ion, ill. an no .need 111*- tat.llil a He aid (ten et al New gai den. ('oh nel R< on 1 .aw - i.'iiee, n. mmandat ing at combat un it and the oilier- had broil ennuile from Fori Knox Ky. to \ugusta, G.I . where a troop rex lew wa ■ plan Iied it Camp Cordon today to cele brate tin- econcl :inne. i rsary ol <ten, oral New garden'.- coo e and. (Irnei al Ne.eg.,rdeu. a4. wa . a xet er, ,n ol 35 ve .r ■ erciee. I le w.i. a XX , a point gr.ate.aie, a gi ado do of ■ |H, \i m.v War ( 'ollege, and prex mus ty served from t O.'iti to 1040 as as .'istant eh let of -t .iff m the ixtb corps aia.i. then nl ('hicago lie be came In a gnriiei - gejm i a ' in 10 41, and ad\ anccd to major yir'i il .June 22. 10 42 Colonel Lawreiic.., vrii i an of a ycai’s oxer e,is duty, m World War I_ |,cr .mo a lull colonel ai July, 1 it 12 CHURCH ESCAPES WRATH OF WAR I-*'"*- - \ r « TWO FRENCH CIVILIANS grr/o at the spires of Abbnyc A u •; H-*:- m** in Caen, France, which miraculously survived the heavy ho ihnrdment of the city which preceded hr. capture by the Alla A b ■ hM- *cr (nqhh ,<> already clearing the debris. Signal Corps Radiophoto (1 "trrnational) 85 American Planes Raid Guam, New Jap Announcement Says L. S Pacific Mccl Headquar ters. Pearl Harbor, .lul.v 15.— ( \P)—The Tokyo radio reported today that 85 American planes had raided Guam, and that two American Liberator bombers at tacked l»ii .lima in the Kazan group. 850 miles northwest of Guam. Since ire ■ ,:i e-iand group here tofore has i.eo!, ai'vind 'he range <d Amcriean ind-ha-ed bombers, a i aid by Lib< ■ uld mean that the hea\y i nbei • p on newly captured S, S' in : land has been put into opera! i ■ Last night Admiral N’imitz dis closed in a press release that carrier plane attacks on the for mer I niled Slates outpost of Guam have been unbroken through ten straight days. Thur .day’ ■' . h . covered in t he press rclca ■1 ,ie.-.ii• i.ved annnuniti m dump.-, s'", ace I -I ilitie . gun po: i tions ind !>" 1 i>otii on Gunn and ne a iiv ih 1 All plane re turned safely. So cm .. • • > tie Vice Adn.i 11 Mark Me • ! I") ee, master of the sea and 1 that the pres, release said a d' 11 ■ -ver irun ed elo e to Guam and nl. an enemy < ■ >.i ~t.il traii a-"1 I .1111v Id A ehc k. 1 e.'|. iminique hepoi mg tlie < .'. ■ . it.nek show that tar gets pi or i ns ■ i" v weldmned are cltl.— lererl ah a" p, ' Apra i111 the weM i coast. f i. exec!h ill anchorage served m •••" •* 'line a a pi>rt of call for i 1 * I and I ’an Alim lean , Iran.- -Pad e clipper . (h'e ' e a imqtie li ted i fiery ' .weep i ' ir : 1 lie entile we .1 ill It e. I fin..' ih Iendei . .lap • who CLOSE VISE ON 45,000 JAPS | A STRONG JAPANESE FORCE, estimated at 45.000 troops, is desperately trying to battle its way out ot a trap in the Wewak area in New Guinea. American units on the west flank and Australians on the east (black ar ri,wS) have hemmed in the enemy forces along a 125-mile stretch of coastline. Reconnaissance photos show that the bulk of the enemy troop* m e massing for a breakthrough toward Aitape because Allied naval ves sel,, and bomber: h*v<? t'eaH^v blockaded escape toutes, {Internal: '-.nil • : • ' ' 1 1J1 11 g.i!'i ;:."M 'I 'ida• it -i M.■ i ':• I )•* comber !•>. 11)41 apparently are lighting v diio :i either naval «»r an' j support. Air dr me *>n Yap and Wnle.-ii are j in the he t p" nmn in hit Guam but i 1 hey h.■ • • 1 i * ;i • >\\ n tr*nible-. Today, Gent a innouneed S('Uth\v<■-1 11 t t headquarter.-’ that In hoi; ’.>• ; e n adc ncv.' craters in the well ; ’tori r aiway . nt Yap and W"l* a - - d French Units Given Cover By Eisenhower Si i |. >•!■•• H* •• limi l''i Mill'd Kv. ji'dit M m"i;i 1 > I' i . J 1 dy I .i i \ P) [ i joiH'i ! In' | I) Ki ' nli'over de I Hared i. i i . i • 1- i' nrli 11 im' •'! I he int <■ ri■ • i < • hi 111111c ,i combat uni tm cr ini i i an v CdTUMtls 1 r< ■:11 - me llm .!!:■ 1 '■ would I"' ln'"iiulli to m. 1; |ii in '[ In-,; up aid in all .'ill — 11.111111 i • 11 -H- •an: an i n t ccir. d part III till- \| Pi I o pi'd : I inn. I' \ 11 ii'f'r Tin' |.Min'd (•iinniandfi nil- ira , ■ i d i ‘ii i a ■ that 1111 ■ i f Jc i n Mil : . ■ • ■ I" .nil'" lii e ach'd I niiini i In ....nr•! input nf .bin*’ 7, i i tl i l n ilc ttm cm: in.mdci 1i ,ht‘>f of die ( banian a riocd foi Co in tile e ■ 'el'iii;; a., "t I'.inc-11.-. 11, "i (ii-rpyula' 1 11 abject l1' intfriito tmn.il I.. • p "tectins roRulai .. b. 1 I . I 111 I III eerolll’l 111 I''l'l’ticb I e i-1,nice cm i ji . .i irl ail of f icial . I I • I noid ! Pi mil.. ' lie idqll.'U lei, u lout ICC! I Tin .no • • ■ e.mm inrjoiy lie r foil 111 I la dll I. ill' iuiih; , I dement I Pi a nch Imre of the inH'i i - c. iii lilute i ■ unlialant lone com in. tided and .! .■*'t ed , , formal pul of I lie All nil . ■; pedd binary P iron ;> pn 'lie n il'Ci ’ . of tile lllll'l I" he " arm ooi i ly aRam i tht otn n> and am in ’ clod In <uinduct the i iijior.it ion , ay o I bun 111 ace. ird.mci• with Hie i id. • a ar I’liin no pro vided wiip a d .'uirtive emblem and arc regarded bv (loner.d Kisenltowci a - an .ai n is i a ■. ier hi; command :t In lb., ci rcumslance-. re prisal .a(>.iiti ' o i dance croup - vio late ndos nl a by which (iermany is bound So i r i ■ mi’.-, only st relict a en the deter- . it ion nt tho I 'nitod Nat nut' 'i i ■'"ii;;Inc the wai to a speedy and \ ci u'lous coiiclu■ mu to ; see that .jii'i a ■ is carried out." FOR NORTH C AROLIN A C'oesi<ii"':>l'b' cloudiness, warm and humid tonight and Sunday, with scattered afternoon and twain., tkumk’i alius iij Offensive Begun North Of Tarnopol Br est-Litovsk Is Ihreatened; Gains Made Near Baltic I.ntulon, .1 uly 1 -i i ,\ I’) T he (Icrniaii; aminumvii : (lay that lhe Russians havi utinuTicd a long awui11a! uf 11 i • m soul li in Roland, extending to TOO miles a fn.lit which m t he north challenges the last ditch string nt' forts guarding the Junker homeland in Ka -t Rn ■ ia, now le.-- l lian t wenty mi,• ahead of the Red army. The Get i. 01 n mr| .o l tb< Russian t1 • i irthwest of Tan pot, .• ■ • ■ i ('ported within Hi 11•. ini' . uf ,ira- I togi' L\v 'W a lift . I .1 r k , j oi j mil* ■ • "i(In•,i• I .an, which ' guard., the ruiiHii ,i ' i ;n ■ .ache ; 1" Wai iv. V drive Irum 1 ml, dm would j posi ii srutbrin dunking threat to Brest l.itovsk. furlrcss town scarred by two wan, which stands on tlic main line west to Warsaw and anchors the enemy's Bug m cr defenses. Su r,i■ Russian p'S 1 'l ,1; .11 -,v 1 ■ i■’ ted m count! • ist.s, the Bel tin ' adio said "a i,i".v uffen M" row, habit1i- . ieni on nev opor 11,. 1 ns lint It ii"s ■ 1 c, v. ■ -II tl< eloped, hud not m> 1 nd ny new ■li'ive south of the Pripct n.irshe:;. I lie Russians kept up their breakneck pace through waver ing defenses as they struck on in the Baltic states toward the for tied line guard East Prussia. The British radio said in a broadcast beamed to Europe that the Ger mans had begun to dismount in stallations in the East Prussian port of Konigsberg. (CBS recorded .1 broadcast by London .mying thy Russians had :lo gon shelling Grodno, old Polish I w tress town guarding the ipproachiv lo southern East Prussia.) Moscow dispatches said the Rus sians were wi thin set en a ies Gn dno Street barricades wore being thrown up in Grodno. Bialyst ok. ind Brest-Lit sk and the Germans rcporle'i bent on a fight to the ri 1 .it;, m thir 1 ■ l ines. Tile P; 1 ns radio said counti" : - 1 laris - i iioeii launched by Hr G. - 1 n ' 1 the north ol Grodno i1 : w.is ' ' sector that Hu R ,n ! we e -! to the East Pi frontier « ! « m- m Mine oweeper Almost Got Clark’s Boat July 15 (AP) ri • I : •> X'lV.V dl closed I .(Jay t ■ • I ,i i 1 • d St-111 , nunc .veepct '■ i ■ ic i' 11' ■ lire was rez.poiva ole t ■ ■ r 11 < ■ me of fitan1 and on. ■ in a j i "dnu; oi three nthei . ,.>■ • : " it which rai l villi; 1 ,t Cm. ’. \\ Clark ;mri olhei oft i " . \n • a beachhead Januaiy \ 1 a t ii si I a nnouecen a n I .. ed u. i •’| V 11 ,fI ( ai.ablished that Die P •; d. ■ I ,i id 11 esci ad "entered tIi,■ a * r'i de ini' alert v, as on," m ■ n oi i Nazi I'd, wid ■ ( mtimied on Pace Two.) Ame ricansA reNow In Mile Of St Lo, After Fresh Gains Action in Italy i YANK ASSAULT f <r h:i . ■ I and captured the Ce an: a -i stronghold oC Lajatioo, whfh cated 20 n dcs -uitheast of Leers-" n (A), in soir.*} of the bittern t light ing on the Italian front sit o It <* fo,; '.nzi to. • inre on tUg \d> - • : pod of ttie i no a* Ancona tP. > ported In i'G apprnv'i ■ • tei nv of - , ■ a sod do '■ a, Abac ■ advance. 1 •• , Paris Area German Supplies For Battlefront Struck by Planes London, -I uly Io- - l A P) — P.ri : i s h Lancaster bomber- ham mered at railroads in the sub !i'b> of Paris early today. This ivas a climax to widespread light air assaults in which other leavirs liit flying bomb instal at ions it: Prance and iMosqui oi's ripped into (German posi ioiis in Normandy and ob.jee ives in (rermany. The asp'ci.int Villein ve-: ra-iha ah yards »>n lilt • • ..st ■i n otilsk i ’ '-! Paris # g n Jh. i. .n msIgig then i n -.l ta: #< 4 ■ trnin#. fv<v> 'fin., t-,n •. 1 ad •Iused iar#e .-.rKvnl rat!. in. . 1 • in>.in# from tlit' -itjia. The Mins said visihilitv w poor w )iil“ lhc.\ w err < u i mid to I*.iris, hut the wcalhei m n the target was cleai One of two explosions during thr attack m u* .i sheet «»l flame along tin- track-, indicating an ammimitinn ti mi was hi I The yard, la i v • < c ,j u 1 y \. () n < ■.; • ■ • ’clltrr in |hc I'm ■ i tre a dish •mb..! Ian.., whfell vcrr. pH ' . .1 pe in day I i#h1 > ' I * * m ' T*' It- v !)•* ■ .ni I'it FIERCE FIGHTING FLARES ON E ’CNF SMASHING BACK heavy Nazi counterblows, American forces in Nor mandy slugged their way to within two miles (. 1) ot Los.-ay. Twenty Gorman tanks were blasted in the St. Lo region (L'l when they charged hi ad on into Yank positions. American forces are reported dosing m on the town from two directions. Although Allied forecs have destroyed ltl Nazi tanks in the hist few days, Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery warns that ''enemy armor -1.. is strong.” In the Caen sector Lit British— G ad.an lines have been pushed back belwe a, .In’ Odon and Otz» Kisers and Nasi resistance Is sa ltobeegp«< dly strops (jrrman Rond i .inr Bastions Also An Near to Capture Ml pi «' llii \ * * ■} i i- < ' I > l \ 11 lrf] ) \ prilit lop.t t I on i* fnl v J5— i \f* — \mer»< in lumps reached th»* outskirts of I < ss.iv shortly after noon tn<l.i> .<nil arc light ing in the sulmrhs. Suprcni* hc.ichiuartcrs an. nniinml (h it British ln:nps have »•♦ * ;i ntnnd Hill II ‘ between the OiIoii ami Orne rivers. a height fh.it hi 'Ji.iMril hinds repeat - rd|\ in hlo I'• lighting, and were in \ «11of uiitliui ( of ( ten. \ o ii t i• !• m ♦minimi attacks <•1 in-. I t.* if .rah wrre reported m (In British seefo* !‘hr air Ini n -, a i: nomirrd fo f I.»\ was one of (hr worst fly ing days siller (In 111 \ isinii he g,;r and up uii(!l (hi .;!(♦ nioon 14■ l ha n I »M \ : t *i had hr «• n "nulc * ,K|{fl| ii Allied I. . ! .1’vl.V < ' 1' i 1 •! 1 m<.[is ■ d-• ii I ■ i ' 1 • n ;ii-(ls in lilt: .. I.- - f the • Hit. i. i rt .r- >ad huh ■ i Si I. i i * i 1h<- era sh in;- of ;i man,i- ti ai-i i1 ii-r\ duel, am! <■! ■ / a mile nr 1 wo - .,i th* nt iii-i (h i man rnad line hit t n Li a and Periers, . 1:V erican ,ir. I an try . > n i ■.. i t i • b .. be from L.i-s.-.iv and v. > a • t - miles from !’■ : • • ai tlii- i'l- 11* r striking ard inti. . . '■ -' i .lighten a loop a then lines. Three tew ns fell in the four mile southward drive from the marshes ot 1‘lessis toward I’er. iers. closing in the \mcrican line menacing that middle stronghold in the largest singh -day advance since Cherbourg's capture Six teen towns and villages on the Vmcrican front have been seized m the Iasi !1 hours. The Germans m .-gilt desperately to hnki their line on 0 lateral road running Iron 1.. -- ■>. ' imies south eastward thr 11 g a l’ei t is SI Lo. A Irani dispaieli the enemy pnuieb hii •" able.-' a- v lire vet eneountt'a 1 ■ g ' :i.e United Shales I • . -I. . IS! tie !’ I,.hcrl road, i. ' S- 1. . ..iter a 600 v.ird ao'. ' a I n; ant y men lought v ,rd iiv y i i a lu,- big mad hub ol St 1. aid were closing in from a Se.nilly, t-.vu mill-., t-- ' Hritish troops liavc capturedN more than 7,0<M» (i-rmans and killed or wound. 1 tour tunes as manv—-’8,1(00 'o 10 000—since l> Hay. a Itiilish -daft officer at the front dia l..red a- a lull per sisted on the Hellish - < .uiadian sector lo the e *si Th- wh --f p' isor.ers ■ i. .> i.-1■ 111 American a II that 16, . i ■ i i . :■ a - • ■■■• taken by 60 German Divisions Now In Normandy S\n»i '•in* II* tflijii.u Irr ,, Allied I \ i>«-<111 inti.ii x I urn' July 15.— \l'i U In n l!u Xllics landed in I i .ini r mi lime li they iolind lln Nnrni.imli rn.isf defended hy one '.erm.in division In each twimtv miles md f.nneial risen 1 . v\ ,-r (n-nind ashore more than ms m divisions. InlalniR more than Din euihth the stt’eiiRlh of tilth i s entire arm in the VVpst. it w a . dis* !used tml.i v. 1 lot I. a n| an PIV i ’i■ ' X o ■ .nr i •• D-l.'.-jy, but ■ i . • i .. i;'u, ds I id I m o i hoy . ,i■ i. i , i"*t ■■ k ■ 11h any . i * ■ 1 ‘:. ’ i’ y olomonl s of o i a: o’lirod dr i a»n Id •.!•.: k. i on’ ti • lo on coming i. i. d;,v i . -i oil -iy now has ■ .% ■ 1 n N‘o'lnandy, ! 1 , 12 ni 'la -. t.icing the Ameri can front K old Mtad \' mi liundstedt was allowed -ixty division with which In : opol tho invasion l)o>piti the fact that two of these have di-..npisii'n i eompleely and parts of *ithers havi been killed or .pturod. the Gorman .a my strength n the west now is estimated at (JO to do divisions, .
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