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£rsmt TU1RH-FIRST \EAR_ ^pkI-.T HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, DM1 .uBLiaHEr^KvicR^ afternoon CODY ---— _ I FRANCE INVADED ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ It + J. _A- A A AA A . . . » _ _ « ^ m n n n f h w h Germans Squirm In Normandy Trap m rUUK rUWtR P05T WAR PARLEY ARRIVING for the Four Power postwar record'/ conference'', Sir Alex ander Cadngan (center) chainn«n of the Bril h Dele it >n ; h wn at ' - Washington Airix>rt with Undersecretary Edward K. Stetfiiu'H i . Ji-vcuh C. Grew, former Ambassador lo Jaoan. (It; terra-toned) I i'»'iCommittf'o >v . it Is Urgent i 1 r Reconversion Am; i • i Ai‘» Ini on by State novc’u 1 H&& • ni;.p ol f hoi r 1 "* < oinponsation sy ‘ • »hr dura!i »n and Ic cl .'.•is recommended to • House postwar «• >m.:at . tin is necessary " n or « thr ronm\-er.;a»n pro * ’ w:il nmc with Hit1 eol '■ • ■ (forniatiy.” the c < , ’ ted lege hit i m Ui ere ■ e -»t war mobili/of on and ' "enf lonmy the cm rout i'on!; i »•'m v n . ri |**eo r • ■ploymenf romprn nation ‘ *t .y st em a .-tody h i> ‘ . t nt adequa t e pint ec . •' provide then* >h mid ■ • n the duration of hen •' i n the weekly amount.' m ■ *-d that tire Federal Social H' i in I iiad estimated that '• ideqiiato in most . tatc - ncn*a.a i htmcl it ■ dur - . 1 on or ion period. • < *; i• >iten iat ions wei «• !'lerl Hoi i r 1 Ky;m t w< > f ia v . "I m her po d wai me i a n r • :t)i ri i s po ;al ot hill ions ot i . war-act umulated sur Pl ' J i ;! Prices Arc About { nchan^ctl l or Border Belt I ! i'•life. S. < .. \ug. IS.— ( M*' •'i ii .- .h i rages ri maim’d un 'I' i 'il ye *it ci'di v as t hr t .i ro I * ii * Horder !.rl! tobacco market • i Ihr second wrek of auc < .on .,lrs, hut lugs were ii ii - 'Ii.mm ii in inn eeiils hishrr, mil lost thin nondescript ad ' "tit! Hirer rents, the War I'ond 'ilnunistralinn reported. ' - light decrease in the volume "I lugs was offset by a corres ponding increase in cutters. Most ci "!rs were unchanged hut good I nr. i t lugs were up one cent at ' ■ ' ruts; fair lemon lugs up one II Ii; low orange lugs up two 11 at 1.';. Best thin uondrscripl averaged If.'i cents, up there. New Invasion W as Most Poorly Kept Secret About Tar ' ! 1 'nr Ileadrjuarlers. Allied F':" pwliti nnry Force, Aug. 15 - (AP) I'" I"' sinn nf southern France was l',M 11". Hie worst kept secret "I 1 *'■*' \vu 1 Imus mds of Frenchmen and Am c "miis knew it was coming. Corre 'l""1di'ni.s in Normandy and Brit t " y were constantly asked about it, both by Frenchmen and Gl’s. I " question was among the first ''- "'I i,v Frenchmen in towns v. hich hatl been captured. The Fvenco underground probably was to.d ut ; ending invasion and thev : dd e.Lq j.,,. ! o Get Promotion It. Gen. G. H. Patton. Jr. Promotion Of Gen. Patton Is Approved IV < : II , 1 1 111, V. ' I C I .1 < \ I ’ I 'I'll ■ Si’ll. I ■ Cl I! •: (V '! iic ia .i m Mac, '.aicli had held up IV” ’a miipal a ill -inec l.aal October, I i’c.ni-1 i ■ Idi”i iaj)p:ng ilit uiciil flu: n: • Ii: ’ Sic., i in i■ •.I:piigll, ... Iff! ..Iter l’al'on - If .liter ho .a the Amor can i bird an ■■ 1 n X'nrmandy ; net Hri11 uiv nnounct'd hv (.eiioral hist'hhov.'cr ,.t a command po.-g m .Vormandy Senator (.'handler. Kentucky Dem ocrat. chai: man ha .hi1 io mmiil tc(. on i lie iicmin.il io i. add rop. i Icr- lie would seek an nimous comint i i have ilic ■ a i.cr ■! .a hii irmed doamg ihe ciav. a i ia I pr.in .hire ••'fin ci milloe was at the opinion nat Gen ra! Patton had been dis ciplined ..mi 11■ a ntly," < handt< r n i d, ■■'('here was unainmous agi cement that In’ i- i great solrtier. I .t. Gen. I)e\ ers Is Now in (Juiroc Ot French Invasion l.oiubin. Aik. i>—(Al’> I>f‘ I’orts were published in London that Lt. Gen. Jacob I.. Devers. I S. Army, was rommandimr the forces which landed today in the south of France. General Kisenhower's supreme headquar ters declined comment. Ifeveis is an expert in tank warfare and is deputy to the .Mediterranean theatre command. Gent rat Sir llenrv Maitland- j V.'ilt'U. Four Armies Squeezing Nazi Forces All terl .Strategy Ir, to I »ri ye I' oe f- rrnn All I rani e Supreme 111 ■; 111 f i' i; i rl e] Alli'il Kxpedit miiar.v I'nrre, Any.. I > ( A I') A Hied a rmie. rla mpi•<I a joint nut -cracker upon Krone.' iiaiay, hitting with a mas. iv in \;ision in the south even as tie dying German seventh arm.' •truggled in a tightening Nor mandy trap loO mill's In tie nurt h. Id , ' |).. t all Allll'l i "a 11, I i ‘ : .11 nd Canadin armies, sqiice/ing ijmti Field Mar ha I a ; K luge'; ; n "I |;erhaj)S ]l|ll,001) In '20(1,01)11 m"n. pinched his t scape ga|i bch-w 'i: ■ ' 11 only t'.'n mi las. and s‘ a led i i: ■<' '1 with a wall nl bombs and h"h I lie I'.nwerrnl new Aleditrrr.i ,1 can invasinn. opening a fourth laaii.r iront, is designed to rlmv I lie (icrmans from Franre, ar.n link with tie nr rat Fiscnhnw<'r • warriors in Normandy and lirii tany. Americans who spanned the Loire river below tSrili.un already are i nly 100 miles from the latest Allied liberators. V i Kluge waited in a .a peel a i already narrowed to half it - t'a■ • 1 > . size, and apjinrentl.v was pin leg i:| ■ a forced last si and. 1.11'0 ■ linn - inert was nhserverl overnight in tii«; ( i me hatch (Pei lih broad -is-s said a viiSen' battle mjirecerientod in living men; 1 tv ; oeing fnnght" |nr ibis Harr >v ga p. I hit ing 011 1 hi: fur: I a venue ol I light were Ihe American Ihird army mim manded by Li. €»en Or< rge S. I’a1 - ton. Ji1., and li',- I am rli.'n lirsl army 111 in Ilf I lie.; rl "\vii f: "" nm'l h - . F. • - laise, ami now. • el in 1 w-> md mi' hail miles ol Ural (•"■; millin' ill >n renlcr. Pain n w - .1 rant eight it lies below I' 11 1 • The American I; 1 env rre'-'.oil ill from the we a ndi-d h.v the Pa m I ish seei nd le i m e: || .md the C ',1 nulir ns, [A (h'll 11m.ir Ib a-1|< y I com minding lb" lb; 11 "rl Si 0 . i w'd ,1 !i nn.v group, I m gi •• 1I1 • A met m force ever ma. ;rd in i mil le, it v I iselnscd. 'Ibis 'lehifli’-i Pat 11 m's Ihi'ml a 1 m.v and 1 '• m l i 1 st irm.v m '\\ leaded h.v le Can. Courtney \V. [ lodge... 1 nil' y b el led 11 bclni'o lecnm'ng -iianv :a ■ m 1. > nman'le*-. Allies Reach Accord With French Group VV • '! 111 :' ■ 'l i, la (AIM V; f-;.d riiivlu 'Oil Hrdish and Am ericaii agre ncii' '.vdh the French National Ci niMcc ■ -n civil adinin istrat i-Hi I" Fi amv, today f i lied lip aiir gap :n Alla-I diplomacy, with lwo rankling .dilations still on the hunks. The French pads arc to .-.ignod in France tins week, in time to take effect when Allied troops enter Paris. Prime Minister Churchill, mean while. is going his personal atten tion to dddicidt.es of tile new Yugo slav government, conferring with the premier and partisan leader Marshal Tito in Italy. In London. Polish Premier Miko lajczk reported on his inconclusive Moscow talks with Stalin and rep resentatives of the pro-Soviet-Polish Nationalist Committee. Both American and French offi cials expressed their satislaetion with the agreement negotiated in the War Department here, which Gen eral Dwight Eisenhower and Kren.yi General Pierre Koenig are sched uled to sign. Eisenhower retains su preme authority over military areas, and control behind the active /. me goes to tlie French committee. Def inition of which areas can be luM to French administration is u,j U Eisenhower. WtAUHR FOR NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy and warm to night, with scattered thundcr shcweis, mostly in afternoon or evening. Partly cloudy and mod Allies h:\;ide Southern I* rnnee r' of««!ftll*!» AFRICA X \ ^ mmsi I be Allir.l Mediterranean invasion of southern frame, w hich began today, was launched in the area between Marseille and Nice, and include s Toulon, where the French licet was scuttled at the time of lh<> Allied invasion : t N'ortkr \iricr' nearly two years ago. First reports w “i e that all objectives had been achieved, and com para ti vclv little enemv opposition was rueounter^d. \Ilied airborne troops were sent over before clown, with beach landings beginningat 8 a. m. Last Major Island Before Philippines Is Now Neutralized <',< i:<-rnl II' i' i > j 11. t r J i •; .. .: m 11 h .1 Pacific, An;;. | 5 - {A P ) .Min'd linmliii , .ttikiiii'; .will 1 y and a i 11 j ill •. a A at niy accuracy, have " | 'rart leal I;, unit rali'/.i'd'' ! lalmaluwa. tin- la ,1 major island l.lork t' t!:’- I ‘ i ■; i 11 > t) i n ri * - _ They w • • ; ’ ml the t.*sk m on ]'('•'< n i 11• . 11 i! iir(. i i.ii t wo ’•.wok ., o if I i * f ‘ hr- reenr d «w » - . *mv •. I on I v l k. i • •• • 1 • ■ • • n * ■ t ael; u \ ,< *• nr 11 'tin'':. lib" . I', ’fin ir : i. we ;f '.I b'l'v: (. . iir.i, i : abon! ,10(1 inile ■ h11h o! M no mao. "( )n: air iliac, : >< o II a Inn! he • v ri c r< m? inner!. mu 0a*.* I lie arr| r:< pi■ • I in," < a : wra| Mac Mlier aniwuneed tndav The i’hcm y ■ 'id at Halm > nt ia anti at into: 1 -'hate bases are 1 r.actirally nei.t < ili/rd, his m an ore Inner. lariwiy :nt< r-iirtPd anti la. m oimrl troops i n * *ili/«al in th* n pre.-t nt p< a t ions ■ 'I lie tlrxihihtv ■ • thi; :p*eat Im.-w i s in >\V ,y< no Me.rArthm Min" lerment .oihy added tins wa mm: T deepei pm: ( ilCs to e a1 e S!a tile HlC py I . 1 to ret int*va1 In ■ '■ • ■ »' ’ an ,. -m 1 Iain > het the main line ■ ■! defer se lor ip eonr|tiered empire m the southw •.•* Pacific, extend m *' pinch I!ahr be *•;' .uni the i*'niki■; lies, is thr'' ’ - o pal ” Karlier the ”enpral had said should this line all of h's <.tv rousts south <1 (dm i will he im peded ind in crave dancer r,f • i.mk I ( nvciopment.*’ I mllc\ (Operator Sn Philadelphia Is Pacing Black list Pi l> p id. Aug. 13 (AP) Tii " A ' iglry, ,'tO-yrar-old tiel le.v • . •>'. !.n :ailed to herd the A i n ■ v' n '. - ■ >rk ultimatum t A igui' ii i;it1 Philadelphia trim.at sir ,u . rf'i ai Army-impose.I ei pliiyn It :•! whilst today. I : • ,'ti g i-y. reel .-itied I - A :>v his dir. ' bii.ird. is physically imti' tii . •. ■ ic prohahly veil I lie u - d i a i' 11 ■ • 1:■ A rm v < n Th' i rsda v II In- rejected, he will have t earn living ti>r his wile and t ■ i.. employment p farm. d<> ini t c. Sr ••• ' r Ki'deral governin' vv.'i iiicii iwcs not mine under the w .y, ta 1 ii:i/at a.n prngr.air . -air! Kr i McNamee. War Manpower ( i ■ -a - ai regiona I rl i reel or. Ill \miri -aid w hen May -r fe’n . r ,| II iyr- tin ir over the transit sys tem wd -wed his back-to-vo'k di rer' ’ ■ that the "WMC will not -n|er iiy ''ther j ib any PTl' worker v ia ret wes to return to his regular w. rk .< ith the PTC within the dead lire." anrl the ban would coni line u r the duration of the war. New Russian Bridgehead Opens Route To Prussia Mn re,\ 11;; f. I -\ I ’ ) I TpH I i the pr. Ieel r in ; 4 Soviet 11f’ht,.| ] squarli hi . Gen - ' i!;hnrnv'y <md U’b P n ii • i i my ii i s w u> | bridi'oht • 1 ■ ■ ' I'.i-'ii. / . rivei I and Mil >i • n in; 'it ry - a. me: -i i ' -'penrhend t" " 'em • do. <'n miles 01 t he ?. 'si I’l'.l >1.1 In '111 ier nil t 111 -nuthe.'i-t, tn Id fli .' 1 dies said today A German P rtiiled zone throe t" -i\ miles in depth 1 iv litteieri with ; 1'iro-blaekonod Nazi ; inks and wreea ed liehl etuis behind Zakharov's van guard. Flat, boy.a.v e untry. intercepted b> ntimer us ere.’!; . now separtes the ,■ ■ , ■. x Fast Prussia! c..1111! 1111■■ w a I' n . center, bill file Bi t-Ill /a '< i - the lit major ],11 n ai oli tai-lf Till- i ■. in.; i! the Riciir/ > r-.i;-i I-11*- Mn r-rtia victory cun-. >iinri in^ in lii,. nrsl lime in nearly a ■■.hi., were in;11■ k11-.U the tall o| ihe iortres eity and Osnwiec, near the stream n northern Poland . Zakharov'.- new menace to the Nazi province appeared likely to ease the pre-surc on General Cherniakbov's third White lUi-sian army, which nad 11,■,'n stalled a lortniKht by desperat German resistance near th,» Hast Prussia-Latliuania border larthar "i't; Resistance By Germans Scant All Mill'd ( )bj<‘( 11\ rs ki'.K hnl In I |oi ii; Mncrii .ms in \ la |ont \ It* m<\ Aiij:, l-i i A ' i \! t lit■ I ' mil. i. n, Francs Hi*' .Here f.ll. i ! " ;i . 1 ! ■ ,1 1 !!('< 'I! I A jxt i ;i, '■ n. i' i . i: : ' ,i' I :.",h , • i !'"vVT) ;iid, "l.y millin'.riiin ■ ,.'l ..iid.ni: . ■ pi ; .. . • ■ -..fully aiTonlinjj In I •':■•<! 1111 ■ ;r ail- I '.III-, I, V i.' '. I ; X, jtion, find ri) air op|>n :11■ 111. "i ■ i i;.• • r' 11 .• .: i,,oi • ,: . ii v. a din ticrr. d'lilh i ■ ■111<■ <! Knur, \ a/;, i i I’ I he \ I lie l»»v< hrrn ma in-, mrn and materials lor morPhs on < oi.oa. ,i t •«»i ■ 1 I Ji mm .onlne/csl of th<* coast nl I ram *1 .i I Nice, acr oss lh<* l.igmi.oi Sr t md nnh .I«-» ia v <ha H»’, III) radio I I'.oitrd |:r;;r \liicd r'liivn hid hern nh.rivcd pJS*jug fiihrallai j) fo i he Mediterranean. H'.ajf. An:;. I ">■ < A I ‘) \ r< ■ .<1 xim.- -.«rmcd o\ r r 1 lie I ii a i ! i - i! ..ill ! n r 11 I i :i 111'. I 11;. i •. : 11 AT;) I :<>i|]x3 a) i f I A, * < * * ■ 11« i I h< a i. a 1111 .11 a i r I io r 11< ■ ' i ■. -. p .. > I 111 , p pr. I 1 iph i tld < in n- r. .as! a I I '.ri i f ira t :< n . Field (liapalrhcs aid American, llrili h and 1'i. nrli a-^ault forces rc.Mciu-d Iheir first oiiji ctiv. s within an hour living at 1,000 fret * * •'i* (hi ?>eaohc-. Associated Press War < <yr rc,{undent Kenneth DP on aid that an hour after Hr' landings began at 8 a. m. ( l a. in. I \\"i , . I*»r as tw enty miles inland, i complel.** lack of any kind of a druggie marks the landscape." The 1 11 u i i:. - w ■ i. • - . clear v. r ■< : o\ act jy fill schedule. it ' ni!'.!J . ■ d l:tm]]y All c«* *lv rf*} h r» nd • • '• i * r::»t • I.mcn • ■ ,t iM . i ’aye. *,i th«= o|.orations was in • !: .* Mi ;.nMrip,,tcd Pilnts.tr fist H h • > • m said they cn • ui rid li’t r ■>: u ■ ark-ark Ii • The ^iv;r *m < r • : ‘o ’r. • M* ‘ 1 r;-mean — more than Han . , am ;• ; anic-nip. m • 1 m • t md hacked them up with an ;nM n - ■ ( ring lire. (Although there was no mention of specific units involved in the the invasion, Donald Coe, blue network correspondent, messaged that h° could clisclr.se that "the major part of the* landing forces was composed of American troops.") The I and i lifts w< made at sw-rr;,! j .« uM < »nft a i ■ i ^>r*ir>n of the c< asl at places widoiy -.epar.iVly tmm «■ • *• ii ■ '1 hr' i •. 1.1 <1 ! i no ! ’•■ i • \1: i r <n:! \ (■ > 1i1 — N'iee had bristltd willi big gun- .li st ailed i*v the Germans in heat nil just ich an all acl; - ... *hi morning. b:;l these had been in n ically attacked by Allied au a. ■< - ■ i intrn live ini.r-d: y offense which lhoiisand • o a ns ; bomb . were dropped. The swarms of landing craft did not begin disgorging their fighters and armor until after daylight, but parachute troops were streaming into southern T railer lietere dawn. • The assault winch was ,n s'ro g 11 rt'e, " a . led v .-perl a 11y t ’ i mod 1111 erl 1 r< ii '| i . a , a;y ol I hem \ otor u a pi even:.- i..sinus and o hii a • a ; "i Die Medic r: ane an the itre," A Ilf. dpi la i't "1 ■ I 11 an IllCPf I \mi"imeement of the im-asm a i a 1 ill pa n led by an appeal i. ■ j i (1 oral Sii Henry Maitlaud-W -e 1 irrl Mod i tot isi noan ' uuna■a t , the Id ■•uoh people to "play pa rt' in the now hat I le m Fi Vi'il.si n declared the object.! o d the troi ps now ashore in the ■ 1; v. .s Pi drive "lit the ftona.m join up with the \ 1 lied a nr u-. id - \ Hiring In 'in N i1 iimly I’ l\ in<»" I1 rcnchmcn Bomb the Soil ot I heir ()wn N.it ion W "d Ml erl \ I ■ ■ S V ■ mg Sih:11 itii France, A1ig i \ P Flying Frenchmen 'd Pie ■ • ■ ■ • 1 .a:ayoi ip K.oa id]|o .md a s'rnI■ •firiills unleased their Td m I' holts nvo" their native land tod.-iv. ippc nd iig the A111od m . uni borne invasion which France's southern short. Kuril pilot ol the P-47' w ' T Colors ; nted on the tads, i a a leaf from a tree in Fran< •• : ' to his hi art as he flev. The Fa"' major who command.' a tig'P'i bomber group supplied the a'. • He flew a plane over Ft a a o eently and swept so |..e ■ .' >■ struck i tree, hut the p ve " Thiinderholl earned thr > g ■ brought ill lit hack, with a :>.g I of leaves decorating In pi.' to Ho div: od them among h ■ . ■■ 1 pilot s. Churchill \\ us In It.iK I n Help In In\ asion i'.llurls K ane. \iig I "' i A P i I'1 u vasinn "| out hern F •.•in >• , -i altr ted the disclosure In lay that ' '<• main purpose ol Piano Minister Churchill's visit to Italy 'a as to be here tor the final preparations of me operat ion. Churchill spent the past week conferring with military leaders and seeing troops ot this theatre oft on their newest venture. He also has given some attention to Balkan matters, conferring with Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia and oth South France Is Plastered For Invasion 1. 1 m. \n.: 15 (A P * \l]jed : 1 * 1 ’ ' t1 * ranf.nn ■ •. c t ■ •t ■ , ■ /» t;,('! n France ■ i l>* • n;i n ..: ,y t-, t.hr ne “ ■ HI ‘ i - • ' . ’ 1 V ’ .' ■•■) f >! < t i.>h - • • 1 y :) >r ber ■ ’' < I ’ Ml • Vf ’ • v * • : • • ‘ .t3 - Tl hi l : v .infI PwlfiUHr. 1 1: • him I ,i 1)»' r < ■ or... >t >n king M • I ’ ' • . • <•,,( ■ ted by up ■• hed a vt • • >P«'l a’ a ■: ■ v it's t« a- the ••d u ct1 Jana pc rat■] 11 u ’ h:c| nave rlu ’• t wo k . p- ad '■ na -»us m '.I'M. !• i >:nn*r,aiu'r and rc cn* .crl the •■11 the tar nt o^ults. ■' • r» Marking v ■ ■ e tilth con p 1 ■!i "t blazing ein:r hr Am Bnt:Mi force: Mediterranean South French Wah Broken By invaders Siipirmr llradtiiia rtrrx, Alli^H IxpcclitionaiN Force, \ug. 15.— MM—Allied armies, clamping a giant vise upon France broke through the southern wall near Toulon to«la\ in successful land ings against weak resistance, w bile 150 miles to the north an nihilation battles cut the d> ing Cierman seventh arm\ in a tight ening Noi n:aii(i> trap. 1' op A "cr can. British : C >d n ics to t}ic* north : c: Kiel*; Ma r.-Mia 1 van Klin ed cntl irmv. Hi 1 la r •• ■■■• tj'a* iii'i* h \» a< reduced to m-! H ndnais upon hundreds ■ ' in vans were captured. 1 r 1 i'. :gh* ti'.c wv'tcrn ur\ a si on *' cl dou!.led n sc.»pe, exploding ■ •; •' * i i a !<» •r*!i M'ont against Hitler • Mri Ma' Ch'! :n,ii! hold in southern Pr ince had hren weakened. The Allied <'bice! mo " s to drive out the Germ m> and join up with the AMa'd .um.O" d\ ancing tr■» N<irmandya- e ten General Wi - son. c unmandiiu* the southern in vasion. MOIU.FNTH U TO SPEAK. New York. Aug. 15.—(AD—Se<>; rotary of the Treasury Henry Mol-* genthau. Jr., now m London after a tour ot European battle zones, is scheduled for a fifteen - mm « tran>-Atlantic broadcast by the CBS network lor t?'3n p rn.. EWT today.
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