Russians Gain On Wide Froni ★ ★★★ * * * * ★★★★★★★★ ★ ★★★★★★★★*** New British Thrust Dents Nazi Line In Normandy _____ ______ __ _ _i DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AT PRE-CONVENTION PARLEY MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE of the Commitlcer on Tlosolutiotis meet at convention headquarters In Chi cago to make plans for the forthcoming Democratic meeting. They are (1. to r.): Sen. Carl Hatch, New Mexico; Sen. Claude Pepper, Florida; Congre.-'.-man John M• r I hr 11' nioc im t ic vice pres jili'p t i a I nominal inn, War Mobilization Director .lames F. Byrnes pulled up to a challenging position bi ds;. alone with Vice President Henry \ Wallace and Senator Allien \\ , Barkley in a coni' I a dark hoc e niiyrht win. Byrnes, wiiii .acted as Pi • ■ • 1 • ■ 111 I:.. <■ .■ 11' . personal agent, in help :>; dgemi the 10tO party coiiven ’ .in into nominating Wallace, ap i u- nPy was working behind 1111'j .. here in his own interests 7. .other lie had a "go-ahead" sig i il :join Mr. Roosevelt remained ai.uiswered question, led one ‘ s. as made clear in the Myna.-, i op his name will go bidm ■ ■ tie i .i i nlion, which opens here Wnl >• n iv. 1 nly ii strategists are con vinced he can obtain a majority -it liie vote. rile lormer Supreme Court justice (I lormer South Carolina senator! apt his own counsel, but such it ends Iriends at Senator Burnett Mavbank of South Carolina w re vi nly advocating Ins choice .is the i - ml man on a wartime ticket, cm i aiing the commander-in-chiet and h s ,\o. 1 hnmefront assistant. They believed that puhlieatio".. P" ilily today, "f a letter Pre. iein ■Roosevelt has written to Senator Samuel Jackson of Indiana, the eon \ention's permanent ehairm.'m. W" .Id crystallize delegate sentiment. Jack ton has the letter but el 1 to disi 11. its contents pending ; a - d i elea.-e. However, one pel s'" who had seen it said il < 'utamc I a ‘ cry "pong personal appeal" in In l;alf of Wallace. The letter was said In 11.n■ < hri* llv flii- Roosevelt-Wallace a . -oi aition o' or the last twelve years, "igltl > \v i»ich Wallace i pent ■1 • secretary ot agriculture and four as vice presi dent, stating that if the Pp\.id<’ni were a delegate lie would vote Im Wallace's renom mat ion However—and it was on this point (Continued on Page Three) South’s Demands Placed Before Democratic Chiefs 16 New ( Miscs ( M 161r;iI\ sis 1 .isled I)11r11154 Week-Knd ir..i l.-i« li .ljll\ 17.-- I \n Sixteen new eases ol inlantile p ra lysis were reported In the State Department of Health to day, bringing the total in the State since June I to '.IK. Must ol the cases are rnnreii trated in the Piedmont and up per Piedmont areas. V-w eases: Mamanee I. \she Burke ■ Caldwell Catawba I. 1 .iuenlii Meeklelilnirg !, Polk I I*nth erfnrd 1 and Yadkin 1. \n additional deaths were re ported. the number remaining at fourteen. Tropic Slorn.' Heading Out In Atlantic \Vi I mi n:: 1 on. Inis i . -i \l » — \ trepieal storm id hurricane vc Ineil 1 which has (hrealeped the \orth ( aiolina iremia mast tor North ( aroiina Virginia coast for tlier out m tin \tlaulie Ocean earls tod.n. The tm m v n: mm; «n ■ n at Mi aim. f*’ 1 * i , rt |_ m 1 . pan, d* 1 m'V, .aiii the till , rent, ml ..limit i-’aO ! a|e nft the ( .e-nlina 1 ol 1. appur .■ally |ka;.pi n>, .’ ill0 .)• iv 1 v ill a purl In i l a .rrl direct ion Che ei i- waiiii rl. ho".'P' ‘.a, tlliit i r, ul in ■ n f’nee Thi rn» J'PfPral Meddling Must Cease, Under Assurance Sought < hieago. July 17. •—- ( \l’l— Dixie’s yvidcly heralded de mands for greater voice in se lecting presidential nominees and less of what it calls Fed eral “interference" with State handling of racial auestions had their first pre-convention test today. The Demur-rale Nabanal Commit tee set i hearing dm 77:30 p. m.. cen tral war time, to name -ubcommit- , lees to hear delegates seeking con tests fro:: Tex a:;d South Car olina. Chairmen of :ne 4il-votc Lone Star delegation ami the 18-vote South Carolina group, both named) at regularly-! died Stale convert- ! lions, and both m:iistruetcd as to a j presidential nominee. said they were ready for ’!.<■ “oiliest and ex pressed eon!' •' • their groups would be seated Contesting tie- .-e.ding are a Texas gro p n m ed d a rump con ; I'ntiMii aid in : i u'• 11■*ri tor a toutrh term m- malm: for President Finnwvolt. and an id Negro delega , jon f|-nm South i' irolina calling , a .. • , Pro gressive Demo ,Valia I. I. ■ . > favoring the p e dent a 'mu. Former Cur a ■ I fan Moody of Texas bead th< regular” delega i on from in ■ and Senator Burnett M t.vh ■ i chaiiman of the ,lt white ■" • Carolina group. The Mo., v delegation—and a 20 vote uneonti led Mississippi repre enation ire mdei orders to fight, for re lor n m, of Hie two-thirds nnmjna Png mie. which comes he lorc th1 * i d. aommittce, and tor platfoi m pi tn) ■ before the resolu tion. group, declaring the handling (Cv.n* i m-I on Pagp Three) ' Six Points Farm Plan Presented ("hi' i:;o. July 17 - (AP) —Six pMint '■•it hinting j sf-Pomcnt of policy "I N'lUon.il A..-ociidmn of ( *< >? 111. i »•»I">0i S. Sf*f i o | ,i i \( . ;mk! f )i r< c - ' I Apu if ulhji (' wrrr ont/med Uni.iv l-.fi' to 11,0 p|,i) form committee f>! tiif I0°mnri7ilic N;di<»n;d (’nnvpn tion hv Afjirn Ifuro Commi ; Jnncr W Ken Scott, r>f Noi tli (Vnolinu. Designated t«> h t us the ii,. r.oi.i ♦ inn'. ;pnko;ni;in, Scot! lifted hese .• .ml >. ! Agri'-ultiiiT mii’l hr mnddorecJ • . ;m 0vwnti.il ••. n industry uml ;;iv_ on »*fji*;11 'l.itu> Willi . The* ]). 11' 11 y i^uioopl n iundn monhil .iml h.i ir in i sound ooonn- i ny. J. Tho r. .iinfon.inoo of purity prices ' ;is ci wartime minimum based on a 1 KEYNOTER ARRIVES AT CHICAGO ADJUSTING THE TIE ol her husand, Gov. Robert 3. Kerr of Oklahoma. i» Mrs. Grayce Kerr, just after the couple arrived in Chicago to attend the forthcoming Democratic Cont ention. The governor has been chosen * risks thq kevr.cte speech? •-— Germans Are Surprised By Attacks Breakthrough I i;rpr>sr of I>ri vr Hupri me I feaiiqna i t < > A 11 i.•(I Kvpcilitinnnry h on .1 uly I i ( A I1) Ui'iti It t m n k ami in fa n try sl-i i tit111 info i he village of Meyer today and rtigaged in hand-to hand fight ing in the l I'eet a,-. I ,i (.Jen. Mile. | tern p ey .. I»i’iti h . erotid army at - tacked on a nine mile front ..out inve t of (‘aen. I eight "I I lud.’i I t' ' .v III r tli : 1 ;li 111 -I . v,.’h Irll lit III i! : J i .1.1-,- '; : :p-| I , I .■ ’ i Mai bat F?t>ii net threw f.i e de i .inn min iltc he’md one • >t till binge.d f»nto;.t m e the nr I -i '.i Normandy i.. -unt..<■■ I In de velop as Dcmp.'i'V at u-n pled In bn..iden In . iprinp.i• moi „ilienl foi a rnajei nffrriaivp ,ni »| the Nor mandy pepip alia. To tb«’ wesl \ n i c i it iii troops attacked SI, l,n foi tin- seventh straight ilav, gioping through call' turn mug nu-.ts, and field dispatches said operafiong u rrc grinding iloun diminishing (ter mini resistance. The Americans pushed forward about 100 yards and stood in one and a iiuarlri mites cf the tow n on the east and oil the west 111 Ibe trnb'r, 1,1 Clen lb alley’s •.van mrs p"in’"C i de.idlv nca he.id al Ihc n ,id bet'A'a n Peelers and SI. I ,n, eapluring Ren illy-sur-I.nz in i,f iC' ni iir ed "ii Pa .’a’ Three I I)i es at Duke Durham, • AP)—Dr. IIen_ ry R. Dwire HI. iep prc.-ident md rk reel mi ••! puld ’elation.. a1 Dui’.e I 'nr. »•! 11 v. dn-d ■ ,i ly today at I)ukr hasp it a I. Dr. I )'A'ir»* ond' v-Tiit an operation at the hod*d-d • o'\ ago Saturd .y. For n -mv w : hr was co-publi.di rr ot *hc \Vm .»on-Salem Sentinel, lie . iiiit• of Win-ton-.Salem and a ;o tdu 't* of Trinity C'nllege, which ! •*. ... , . . Puke Univer-dv. lie w • • - her of the State School (’onion ; XI. I >wn • ■' o 11 a r the Unr rr -ity "•err m *nv ns n’ied. {Jo \v > a • lireetoi -»| ?r- P .r University pro.,, nrtinnmr ‘-du..- ,» Hie South Atlan ta < >l i n f hf 1 I >1 inf a a '• '■ ' 'I pr. P\\ iio will he conducted in t! Puke Univei .i'v chape] Imiii.i im morning at 10 TO o'clock Hui ial ' ill be Win h>n S.drill tom*. i“ afternoon, follow ing funeral a a \ . r at a p.m. at (Yn tcnai y ilh »h<.d. * church. There Hi r n* • i nmedj.iln -.pr'i' .11 >, ROBERTSON LEADS SECOND INFANTRY Supreme H. i i.|U.triers, \IIicd F\ I >t< I j 11".ii.ii v F‘ui.-. .Inly IV. (AIM The United St;iti’> second infantry, the "Indian lie.id" division, in Nor mandy commanded bv Major Gen eral Walter Kohertson. headquarters a'ii’ '1'’'cci 'c:-' I;! MOVE FORWARD IN NORMANDY A COMMUNIQUE from Supreme Headquarters announces that the whole l'. S. Army from St. Lo to the sea is on the move. Our troops pushed south for gains up to three miles and captured St. Germain-sur-Ay, Los-ayY. harbor. Unable to advance frontally against St. Lo (close-n> lower map), American forces deepened their lines on the south and overran La Baric do Semilly, two miles east of the city. Four of the nine roads leading into St. Lo ai c now control ed by the Yanks. Another thrust by American units carried to the outskirts of Le Mesnil Durand, three and one-half miles northwest of the citv. tInternat.inn/ilt Americans Are Storming Leghorn, Big Italy Port Flanking Movement Also is Under Way To Fast of Center Rome. -I , 17 - (A P) Am ericai ! turmoil roll n11 ly oh Io i i< ifii today all'!' oa twrim: ' i luminal, in a' height Mont, ■ \i ■ ’. a in ■. a leI | Hi i oil up II Italian \ve,i Mlir»ns an.l l« ii I ih 11 )>R i.iRrrl ill ilnn;; liir Ii mu, with (hr rnriiit I.jihm too : hup < otiii Irr t| 11.1 rU . \ ; • • i > 1 an non. nee* < c ’'1 • i fi < p. "1 1 iip t il tl) army. • hu h 1 •'* • . i ■ ( ?. i 'ill. ( i pf ip m ; \ ' • ; tnt( { t n i ■ Ini'll p>) 11 ion . In' In I ii id if . 11 i. >n !) \ • 1 tii it I Ik ’ < t * i m ,n . * I ■ : lor i >■1 • ■ ■ »? 11 1 * :yt • 1 I hivuyh I In • A ,I>H . I • w hoi ! ».**.♦ • i iv.ipiin f -i| Up v« > id i'*)' i n i ’ n , nu’O M fir- I wa> pritowo ■ n ■ ' t ■ - n r. ^ • I • * ' I . v ' ( irun.in moult') tin h .1 r im, in • . ! ... • alVy y• *f ( 'Hi. ’U, '; t of 111• (lr‘-pn .| A ilp I r • Growers Tc Vote About Leaf Recess ( .in < . July : . 1 \ r * C.il 'in I .111(1 \ ’ n u 1111 ■ I t M1 >. I < I - ' .. ( r.» (*|•> will v "In — \ .1 a pa npse a nnoiiinement asserted F'da\ th.it I Fit) planes, includ me eleven I» .*!) Superfortress-os. w ere destroy'd or damaged in Ion, against lapaip/e losses of i'.'i eraft. I he enrm\ ( laim. re eorded h\ OWI. said seven Su P« a a or t resses were shot down and three hea\il\ damaged in northern K>ushu \nother was i epoi ted llama:: j>. pu hod for ward tur! \ , ,h;' ,i 11r1 »a11 front 1 >'< irini ( r im | ho Cult u to the i’njit'i n ir i * at toy capturing the Gorman In id fortp-G city of Grodno, do i nil* d !• J’p mier Gt a I in a "(■>)■, oi 11 ■ the ap I'foache . to I•:.i t ppi ia.-' (• i'Hiv.. ■■ hr h t).. ' a i ms an •nnilired ’ ..| 1.1 . wy )ted. "idy C> mih o i- • o- jj* i.-.i Pin,, ” '-•"■•'li ' '• 1 -hr Grr. ■ o,- up. 1 1 ' ■ ' ' .'and. t > .ii'mg SO'ill would bo * oi *| I 11*' (.“11*1111, II I) li.irl,. a( <*l IKlll'l 111 III,- *A “(I: 111; ,,f ((jp N" n n* “i , *a Im li p.tialh Is (hr I o.t Ih IP si,* II I * i '• in that ser in' lii’lil ilr 11.>: In ,.11(1 ,i npu “Missing in tie \i“inrn u is made fillring I he (, ii ir i in i 0,i tile. The I’ivei ti.is i*““n t Missefi t)\ the Russians tartlipi mirth in the Alvtus sector, where tin- Rrrl ■ limy, imshing u cst of Wiinn, ha* driven iiitliin fifty miles of l;„ast Prussia. M * * ■ ft n i * 11 I * , *■ - r i i *rt n 1 ed a it (’he id *; r . *■ * i*•.; the Niemen river, tak.n ire than forty ' l‘" ■' 'it* across tic •ream in the Alyt to : lispatf hes cd. .Martin Hallensleben. military expert for the German news ag ency DNB, suggested in a Berlin broadcast that tin* Red army* might lie entering a trap in its lightning offensive, threatened to isolate German troops in the Baltic. ! Hallenstehon, otmitting it was P"*1' strategy * * hold n the north while giv rig u;, vnrnp.e -n lively ex tensive are.* :: t.-te middle of the (Cf nlinaed on Page Tliree) bridges Back ( )t Nazi Battle Line 11 it b\ Px>mbino\s I ondon. lu!\ 17.— \P)—l'p to 7.»() I nited 'elates heavy bom bers attacked i dozen river bridges lead in.*: to the Normandy Lout, the railroad yards m (‘astern I ranee tind a fix ing bomb supply dump near Kb rims todax in one of tin lagest scale attacks by lour-engine aircraft fluring the invasion. I i> to aOO tight* is escorted the tour-engined hnmhrrs, Fixing Fortresses and l.iberators. Kadio P.cilm said the Kcich it self was under attack for the fifth lime m a week. It was one ot the rare davs since in '• • o‘n that < b ar .kie, have per mitted till! use ot OX rlpowTJ'illg \ Hied I If poxx ♦ f . fie 11ot t c, near sxvitzeTlaiid md ’i < mib outheait of Par is. Kb* im i V » miles northeast ot th«* capita! and eloser to the < (In. coast. wlirrr the robot plittoiin. huil buz/ bombs at I ondon Pessimistic Note Given ■ ' • Hi V I ' .. ..! I •-,T * * • I' * . 1 <. i \ I ’ i \.n tit an * . uid ... at!- U . —ii i i ; . i| 4,|.I '' • • ■ ■ I H' e J , .«!..* • (I .e home Ian i ’.v; r,- ■ ,... . . ,: < . IIH'll| el npt m-.Mi " \ d 11,11 ■ d ? 4 i:: 111 /. I ’ ' . 111. h i - •2. .min• « < .i n i« m : ed imiViin i s p» * . ' d i > kct s ,i t id h- If n 1 I »n ( 1 U.I ll i. .1 - ; >. I i ii c-m • d lobed >»I i• i-. pii. c -i)ii, and i; tn tin ii*>i tin-i -I. m Saturday's a .-sat i It; \v!:ier i blasted build ings, 11 — u3d£ :,v ' "::• ' 1 -if?, which ' ‘ ' 1 ■ iienL. and " : ’ lr| • n ‘ ' ■ l' >kv<.-broadcast w-11'11111:• ,11;a i > i .pMn nil . N 'I " '••Id del.,,! . ,| the July 1 •’ !"'" 1 1 1 kc ■ t !•> -i Jima, an l ui i in 1. i*■ * Mi mil : i iup ony 750 ; i • ii' - si illt lie,i .1 i Tokyo. 1 n tli. . .i |\vn ,1 ima by uni ... nl i .I.,i ,, doubtless tv ii-: tin'll in c hi., on Saipan, 121 m lo> tn tin' ■i»tii,,1 .i destroyer. de ■'’rnyrr esrort. tv. . < , urge vessels, a tui'ixi* smaller i r.iit were bombed and strafed. The Liberate! frr.ni fleet air wing two, I'.line I'l.v to plant 500 pound bombs squarely on the de stroyer The strafing of one 6,000 ton cargo ship and another of 3,000 tons started fires and explosions aboard.