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3MI.KCu or\j I |IN IMUKMANDY WHEN CANADIAN and British troops marched into Carpiquet, a Nor l v village, it was a Sunday morning. There, white and glowing ir» t • , :ternoon sunshine, they came upon the figure of the Virgin Mary, - 1 above, in a blasted crypt of the Church of Carpiquet. But for tint fr • I i ight hand of the Child Jesus, it was untouched and Cpt. (1. K, C -.a he, of Sarnia, Ont., stands reverentially before it. (International) TobaccoMenClaim They’ve Just Begun Fight Over Prices Governor To W ashington in Protest Hroughton to Join ( )l tier (Governors hi I obacco Fight K 1 > ij•• h, .July -7 i A I’) <■ 'Tiior P.roughton will join urnnr nf nt her flue-cured ■■accu growing states in Wash '■ j11 Saturday to protest eeil i i\ia 1 liy t he ( M'fiee of 1’rire A oi.iinist ration and Kconomic vr Fred Vinson's refusal mvathem. , ■ iigliinn --.nil, however. 111.11 the ■ ■ni mu ni in Xnrlh ('amlina ant further postponoment u: dates, and that he would s hy the sentiment unless eir tiiitfo presented at the eonl'cr H isiateci ntherwise. ughtnn wired Economic Stabi ■ V‘11:11 m today that 'the tobacco ■ ,-s. ni Xorth Carolina, who pro ■ ■ pearly seventy percent nt all Mi''d tobacco, have joined with ■ i i of other fine-cured pmduc i to.. ip an urgent refpii'st for d "i ci 11mgs. and they have c\ i • .,|| |;i.i■ ji disappointment at the . p,c announced last night. V s .refused to increase ceilings ■ .a 111,. :;f) pud t:c:. cents a pound i . . ■ | sort hv tlic OPA for loose ip-d. graded tobacco, respective ly " th < 'amlina growers. Brouith inl. lilt feel that the reouested : of It cents on the Klorida 1 ■ :pp hell and 'la1- cents tor the ■ o to i si otina -N'orth Carnlina-Vir ' ' ,iira was lair and based on ju« I 'i ip . positions In attv event, how • ' ' ' , he growers i f this State will • a .^trenuouplv protest nnv change mi Mu- agreed differential of four and on i, nf cents between tied pud grad ed . ,i.irco and that which is sold 1.. .,nd ungraded. Tit is riiff'cren M-'.l Pet ween untied and ungraded M'M. aid that which is graded and licet is justified hv unquestioned cos' Iactoip apd has been agreeet to as <> fi a different i d by all parties and confirmed hv the price fi' " : nn till rities, and shoo'd pot under any < "reitinstanees he disturbed.” DliOl GUT »VT 'nruyrsiT BROKKN HY Sl»0\v*ms Washington, July 27 — (API—The weather bureau renprted t -dav that rain in the past 24 hours had gone a long wav toward hroai.-irw - drought in Up. Ohio and middle Mb s' sinni '-a |l"v< It'-, a,t conditions. oersisted. how ever. m eastern coastal sections from ' St.aland c uth""U'd t • 71 -ryl -nd. Broughton, DnrWcn Asked to Assist; N. C. Is Doubtful Wa Jiiii)'.t'.11, July 'V ( A I ’) - Soul hern tobacco ni• 11 stayed on tlio offensive today in their fight for higher pi-ires denied t hem by the ()ffin of Kcoiinmic Stabilizal ion. Although Director Fred 1M. \'i nsiin annonneeiI t but n |ecl ion of demands for increa- nl eeil ; ings was final, spokesmen for | flue-cured cro)i growers and I warelioiisemen refused flatly to ! back down and called for help j from at least two governors. Vim u upheld tale ye-ir .y 1 he 1 recently ;,:111■ .iitnvd c. ling ; ti!) ! cents a pound l<n lou.-e. ungraded, i i! lUaeeo. and Hi1 - rents a a aded and licri leal. Saving tliev would lake until nig less than a tun-rents in crease, tnharen men frnnt \ ir ginia. North and South < arnlina, Georgia and Florida reiterated that the decision was nnl> the beginning of the light, undertak en. thev said, because the ceiling provided scant profit margins. Tile lohacci. men, led Ii.v II I ■ Wingate, of 1 lie Gt orgi , Far ■ F.u rean Federal inn. oil the in new step would he an appeal m Govcrnm Rrougnt' n of Nr.rIh I ;11 o 11n i and Govern.a' Darden of Virginia lm op port nl a "market holiday " They wanted to know bo ■ : the governors would go 111 harking up their determination to keep flue mred markets eloserl indt'l inilelv. ' Georgia and Florida markets were scheduled to open lost Monday, hid a five-day holiday was ordered. Governor Rroi^lilmt -aid iu Ra leigh last night that lm doubled North Carolina growers would favor m definite postponenlenl ol the aueliou season. Tobacco aw,ailing sale in the Geor I gja and Florida auctions might be j damaged by continued suspension, government officials said, but they wcie reported as not concerned over delayed openings of later markets. Wingate said he new dtack will lie well under way by next Monday, with the tobacco men seeking the support of senators- as well as gover nors from the flue-cured belt and bin-lev tobacco interests. Re suggested that bortov growers should be interested because of a statement by F. G. Ragland, ot the OPA tobacco section, that bin-lev prices mi"ht tie reduced from 45.5 to -It cents. ’wfathfr FOR NORTH C AROLINA Partlv cloudy and continued I *:, I i(, ’ ’ * cut Friday, with scattered thunder showers Fri da-, _ 2. Americans Advance Two More Miles ★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★ Russians Storming Across Vistula Infantry Is Dashing in On Germans Last I'ijj Natural liamer to (irrman Silesia Is Cracked Moscow, -lul> Si < At’) Russian ml anl r,v u a n |nirt• •> 1 storming across the \ i tula n vit soiit Ilea I ol War aw I" la;, in thousands o i a n 1111111 li o 11 truck . (a.veia■<I lie ina ar1111r\ lire, negotiat mg the la 1 grea i natural I ia rrier he I ore (,' rn ia n Silesia ami gravely threateuiu;' 1 he whole (lernian rmil ra! 11 out on t he level plains. Tile ci ii.,,illi; "I II.. Mi" os ' Vistula was in lie IJ"I ■ t'11 i 11. , ■11 rega a i, 57 I <. c,u ' 1 Hie greater I Puli: Ii city I ’ j i • 1 : ..‘I a peaeel i M e j,. >pu I a 1 lull 1 a .. The surge ai iuss Hie are .m ..I an i iit f lank ing I hr( at I u 11 " Tile ,ii ea Ul the pencil am i airline mile.- t r« in I ha 1.11 '" histone m vasmu i ■ 111e P mi los I rum the hunter ul (.err ' 11 Silesia. There were no imlir:itions lh.it the (term.ms have been able to destroy the permanent bridge at l»e|i|j,i mid Rillnwi Indore tailing hark across the river II lied arniv eavalrv units moved last enough - as lliev diet at the ISug river—ii was possible tti.it the bridges were in Russian hands. It. ;.ppe creel ill Mu -my that the' | 57 miles southeast • •' \\ at -.av , •*->«■• mashed I ht Naz ent.in ill III,, relit . ! ' ■ -I '. s " ■ I 111 s I I 111 let’s troops .’'ll’ sii.'i >If * ’■1 t t tViisii on flit Ire vesieri > s ,. 11 ree -1r< ng enough l.> Is It a peedy erf issing. Meanwhile, r.ipiuie ol Ihe Is tom.i < itv ol Mansi .toil neigh boring towns on the south shore of Ihe Gulf of i inland split the north Baltic front wide open, an I additional successes were gained in the Stanislawow and Kolomya sectors of the route to < /echo Slovakia. In til, tin- Moscow communique announced tile cap ture of more (halt 5011 towns. ()f sevoi, large ' i :let i led by Red iirtev s'l'se s i hy-passioe tael ies. four s’ ■ i i !t■ v to fsI! at any tin's 'll ■ , I i.iiism vpi Is. in t he soil t lie. i to o r"! I .st vis : Bialystok, IT p ■ nilheast of the 1 [Cast Prussiai , ■ • i . Hi <>st Lite' sk I on the westi • B t >v\ many miles t behind Ihe front, n I avow in south ern Pol,anil. Large Towns Are Occupied By Russians --. I uMilmi Iul v 17. - -( API- I! ii . situ troops surged across the A is! ii la river southeast of AVai saw hula' captured Bialystok. 10 miles northeast of the Polish aepital, and were reported In the Moscow radio to have stormed into the streets of Brest l.ihissk. Premier Stalin iimounred Ihe rap t ure of 11; , ly I ok in an ordei id 1 lie : day: ■‘Troops ol the eeond White l!u; -ian front, tti’i two day ol lighting, j today ca|it 11l ed by storm the town o| and large industrial center ol Bi.il,' ! sink, impo: hint railroad jmietion .ml I powerful fortified area, covering road to Warsaw.’’ The announcement from the AT. - cow radio, recorded by Ihe Soviet monitor, followed by several hour- i German broadcast statment that d’e city of 91,000 had been evacuated. Both the Russians and the Gei | mans said the Vistula, last natural hairier to German Silesia, 140 miles to the west, had been spanned. Brest Litov.sk is lit) miles east of Warsaw and 80 miles southeast of Bialystok. Both cities were crucial defense points along a line which the Germans had strengthened over sc _ oral years. Both have been bypassed and besieged for about two weeks. The fall of both, following the an nounced Red army crossing of the Vistula river. 57 to 05 miles southeast of Warsaw, would indicate a virtual collapse of the German central Hunt. W rs’ivv a euardian eitv to German soil, was under threat from tile south, loi i tiissst aid i1 i-I, Battle Action On I he T ast-\lo\ mjz Russian Trout In um- ol the rare pictures that have come from the current -v cep of Russia's armies. Soviet Irmmv gunners .m shown advancing on the run through a street id Pshov against the fire of huuered and r'*trc.iting Nazis Notice ot the smoke of a shellburst (lett). the ruins of bombardment, the dehris littering the pavement toil notice also that the debris is relatively l:gl»t and that sonic buildings stand almost intact. These details indicate the .peed with which Psliov. last important enemy-held city on Russian soil was snatched lioni the (ierman invaders. Soviet Radiophoto. 'International* Fury in Italian Battle Casualties Are 311,000 In This War Wi lull ', < %!’)—• I uti i I i:; hi ini; in luo hemis phere ha pushed the haltle cas n.illr - ill thr I iiili'il States past i In- :ill,00(i mark, with more Ilian 03.000 dead. The cost in men ni tin . nar now far exceeds the 178,828 total for World War f. Tile "VI 1 .1 is i i nmpil.lt i ’ll nl ul'l o' si i.ri navy 1 ilc-. plu l.iiei ly e i| have hoc. iii ni mnee,; 11. 1 ■ ■ lighting in \'"i'- , in:, in IV. ... j ■ -I IK.I Guam, uni all' IVirer |c- . Ill'll •• ea mi; illy li-t m nv ' -hind A• u v, , , ■ ■ 1 l in ■ nigh .July Ii, , III I c i c :;, . 111 n ■ i, |1 t, i ,, hi ml three v. ei ■ i: l'ir, ,283, ni which 37,2; 88.949 u i nd( i Hi.V'',0 | , ■ mi 39.3 1 ! r , i:ig .V. \, *, *.I ,11 in today, and pro ie >Iy 1 • ' m, ich later than tl . .n.49ti, of wh ich 21 . 183 ., ■ .,! i• • 1 1.939 w minded; 9, 05.3 mi ,1 , i. Hi!) prisi'lie, \ mm , 1 . '; ■ ■ ill Ni ua ■ sandy in lie I..11 .li.no 0 thr< nigh 2002 I HI.'. • * ' ' I,32 are killed; 13.121 ■.'.nilmil'll, and , 959 missing. I Tl . i,I' c'. ri* it’s not include tile recent lle.i .l day.-, of lighting 111 tin si. I..., oil, vim S.aipan e i - a ; m , including built Na\ y ami iota! 15,1)23 Of thi Si■ A '• II V ea-nail ie.- tola] 3,198 i1 a 11 .are kilied , 2. 18.i W' I, nn led ... nig. leaving I In tin- h1' s. . , ' v o; the rnsualhe among M -. h* *■ In ia urn. , ,1 el.I I'd I VO Mai nip and Olio \rniy a " aided in the mill d art ,,,n a ' , ■ ■ ' ( , ! i . , . 11 • *o date I11 3.0 I a lor both ' 1 n itli t 1,1 killed (t id .me I on Page Six.) IVrlm I K d.ircs Allird 1 . !iulm«'s Rr;id\ in lt;il\ 1 .oiidon. I id i .’7. ( \ I* l .Masses ol Mlied warships, transports .iiid landing craft Mere reported by the Herliu radio tonight to he concentrated with several divisions of troops in the coastal area of the Tyrr henian Sc i for an imminent iicm landing in northern Italv around I.a Spezia and Verona. The ships and troops were said to have been massed dur ing the Meek. There Mas no \l lied confirmation of the enemy declaration. I.a Spezia is on thr Italian west coast HI miles above Pisa, the southern section of which is held hi the fifth army. Genoa. Italy's leading port. is 90 miles up the coast from Pisa Landings at La Spezia or Genoa Mould flank the Gothic line and pose an entrapment threat for the survivors of tMi> German armies that have been pushed 200 miles northwest ward from t assino through Koine. _ . ; _ Round Trip Return THIS NAZI PRISONER was a butcher in Brook!.' n N. Y. for ten years be fore lie returned to Germany in light f-> ’• ' ./.is. He was captured by A 1 i forces in Normandy and i. i. -,ard a Coast Guard Iran |o ■ h is headed back l/i the 1 v war prisoners, ('.id Guard , . (.International) Luftwaffe Is Hard Hit In South Europe ( M’l I lie ' I Mlied a - * fell's 1 i I orce . .11»- ol I I . i : . . ■ !e e I il ’ • ii ' il I he air nvri >u'h'- •’ I. d ..ling the mi ii . ' li'ii’p day,; Io 1 IK'.. .Me, ei,- i ,ne in record. i.ineously, il wa., amn■ "a --, t - I - ' - a':g and Mustang "g- ■ - I'. S All F n-i-e i their Italian base h ■' ' - per a I ion In H.e.,- ■ i i - "\ shot flown 111 ne - \ pi tv, i" lb imani.i and Poland an ' desl any more on Iho g vest erdnv's viet i ■ ■ • ..-I uy the Lightnings ami '.In. - •-.- atiiins returning I'voin tin tin-, e- lay sliuttle. M - , ,f the other victories • m . r idles when Fortresses r.d I. lie ,'o ■ he in hod an aircraft engine iv oil two airfields, all with1 n ■ Vienna, an ;■:r!i- id in H :,:-g.i. > sd an oil refinery n A I ban in. I: si.:' n ■ the 7R once \ •> n - . shot d -ii. 2D were desti \ < . -. or I rl. age'I th.o ground yes'.eid y vl-er, Thunderbolts raided the \ lende airtield in southern Ftane-: omis (in itoosrvi i.T ARE EIGHT TO FIVE Clue .Intv 27.- President lb-s_ evelt is -n ■ ihl-to-five favorite to defeat Gov Thou is K, Dewev next X .- , . K. .ink Stone, loop betting ci>i ,» eoo'-ied today Stone Mini S', il' "'ii m "Roosevelt money" ' .;■ ; l,.-oi, p| ■ h * »• ip hih ’ Fierce I hrusts By Germans Smashed; Prize is Florence Rome, .Inly ~7 (AT) The Tittle for Florence. I he hist big Italian city in German hands south of the Gothic line, flared to a new fury today, with the ■ighth army smashing fierce German counter attacks eight tuIcs from the heart of the his toric city. \l the smile lime, indications grew that the ancient city of 1’isa would heroine a major battle mound. The Germans were oh served erecting barricades in the main street north of tin* trim river. It was officially reported the enemy was using the famous I,canine; Tower as well as chur.\'i steeples for observation posts. '' he mar oi heavy artillery aided along the fifth army :. a' •1 i |iiv. er Arno from San K" tile sea. American long . a lies! n ived lii g enemy : .. ' 1 ■ ’ a • n. several tanks and se!.-pn - •• . i*• i guns, and t numboi ■ a eilein•* ; i■ during I lie day-1 tig s! ‘11 a a !' ■■ Germans continued I" figo* ■■ v m the horse--line bend i • I ’ a I heir oel v I n 'lighe'. I n ' , ' h . i (11. o I | i i e \ 'a. !' : ':i . r i'ile last pocke’ i I \ . - ’ 1 < ; -.1 . ' > ’e "g the railway embankment nr; ‘ ;; iano 1 vipod nit and 1hi AiYic ■ s ans ais'n cleaned nn a tc Germai iiS' srn V\ M.l \( I \ IOI M<ll!s I’! \ \l I/ll) l\ lt\ls V ml >. .lulv ': MM -\ lot it o ■ 1 . , ,11 II. w age and inlaw .dpi I ■ 1 •’ • a h 'he go- e, moeilt . !■ i, grd ■ ■ , . o iir| ai viola' ion of the * ige l, 11 mu act by I a outle t Bin w ere i ernmiie nii' .j - ie . i ,pei a mg evpense 11 ■ com pu' ■ g ro e | a s e • i i v tlie l m 11 ■ 111 < .; a ■' v . a ; iii,.r Iv yard t nij.i v I ; act mil. am i la i | o I In' I a !,ei i in previous cases, w.i ■ miHui.ml a' te tile firms had agreed I” >11i>n lal s n . 1 live! v ed in v io! a' a a , and v ed formal hearing. Cltn n M T. \ a n lii ’eke said. Nazi Flank In Normandy Is Menaced British ( aiui<li><U I'rout Pushed Back Slightly by Nazis Xupretnt 1 i< piiij ... :•!. 1 Allied Expeditionan Force. July 27—< 1 A I1) \ 1 <>\\> r 11 d A merican am m 11< d - ■ 1: m , , ■; < - In ■< | more than fw 11 ip • d« i p t<iday t ll i'i Hi;1 h 1 p ! • ■ • 1111 r a t pi 'lit it ill I i.. 1 at!. | la rued jO niili- I tiiiiii .-'.'ill front in I'Y.'inii. I'lmd * a 111. y below St. l/i, and drove beyond. tins ili'i'pi'iHng 11.ish through tin- 111 ill ii I e picking tip n)iii'“ than seven miles in tun (lavs and sup ported In fighter planes which aloile wrecked or damaged see elite Nazi tanks vesterdav. threatened ' i> till i■ tip' enemy * ee hole western Hank lieluertn I’eriers and Hclsae I p 'a. . . pad. 1 ii '■ . apt . 1 'at f ' lie, po ll lev St M ... !. .—("<■■ 1, — I a 111 a•• : : . \ ■. ' e west, n'tsSn il ' ■ ' 'd ■ iguy, just all" •' tii..' a ' .'■ .1 highway. I>1 ■ l 1111 the r.ritish-t anadian I lank in Normandy the <i‘'rman« hit with tanks, artillery and mnr quay, seven mil's southeast of ( aen and hills II! and II.'!, head quarters and field reports said. Due south ot < aen. the British second army h Id on to Vrr tierers, smashing enemy counter attacks. (jencral Bradh \inerican first j ant y ball in : i "it' ■ ■ i . ■ ladened to !• >i ty ■ les I > " '.vs /.sin a tow n Oort hens; Pet ■ < mri : tshed •Ut ' • ('li .mill a ■' 1 . m.le- east of Si. Ln; in all. at lea.-'. ;d'teei tillages .la- l, ca. ns ii. , taken .11 48 j hours. Front dispatches said tanks, hearing sharp-shooting infantry men. snipers who cut down Ger man rocket gunners, had advane ed hey olid < anisey, four tnilrs southwest C’f St. 1.0. The otlu . United State- tank spear head i ' M : guy 1 a - .11 h 1 ig , .ply eight null'- ! ■: tin- (!erinans' sup ply marl i ■ i ".g n it|i from Cou tances t" the "h" nit at Periers I'he Ail e.i ".ad which IhrtisT C'.iiii-i ;. " '■ ith of St. i es, threaii 1 tt the GeF 1 ■ lining out in ,■ V't ' ■. • ■ ■ M of St. Lo, ■ a \ i "t aied the Gen. McNair Is Killed On French Front \n—i,t. ,;i. intjl re ■ • I of the "Tu killed i indy. if fhp ( Mar gin' ‘ iank . bed in ac "mceinent ' has been Lt. Gen. it ■ 11111, Page Six.) Bombers Hit Targets In Belgium and in Hungary Louden. July 27 i AP> — Ameri can L do dors attaia-icd Belgian military targets in the Bi t ssel; nt Ghent areas today, and Berl.u sai< . ither L'li ted Stall's hon-bot ton: tions from Italy made .1 ''terror ,1 tack" on the Hungarian capital ■> Budapest amid great air battles. Lowered clouds and squalls lim it'd tactical aerial operations in Nor mandy. During the night Brit si heavies bombed the rail center o Givors-Baden. 12 miles south o Lyon m southeast France. Mo.squi 1.M-S kept >1,1 burg twako h.unhvi itfcei Get irgets or the four in night running m-i harassed troop movements m X nmandv l'p lo tan Iain dors, a ;th an equal escort "i fighte- s. .-'truck in Belgium, near the same general .■ tort whete Thundrrbolts late yesterday hurled high explosives and incendiaries on dozens of rail bagels Brussels and Ghent both are rail bottlenecks lead i mg from Germany to Normandy. A single bomber and one fighter were lost to flak today. No fighters rose • Go challenge. _
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