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Enemy Rests tan ce Crum bling Throughout Southern France I ALLIED INVASION LEADERS Aii nlijt-.'ul announcement frm Washimrtcn reve;>i~d the nmr . of the (ii:i Allied roirtr 'eaupi v hr o i'»-r ir '." M,*> • -,i 1 against the Nazi-held south roast «jf France, They air (1. to r,); o l»c|..iltie do Tassicn.v (lop, tell), commander of the French troops; Alii (ien. Alexander Patch iticlit. riclii). commander of the ground ferns; \dm T K Hewitt (bottom, left), eommander of naval forces; and Prir Gen. Gordon Savillp (bottom, right), commander of air ton f'., (International) Roosevelt To Propose New League To Senate Before The Wars End ' . Aug. In (AP) !’»■«' • -rh piaV.. in .nl>injl * !i‘ * i >t n ni'iii In I iif* -*‘'n - c'i< i lain t»> a..!: it lor pov •' n * 1' t pf ••M O I i f >n t jp t h« hi »*Vr V i! I’ 1 1 • iv. in j (Ii'.pad’ll from Wa h imy-.u I -1 ri"" a»appr ays that l*v • fir.'i Mu vorIH ppmity nrganix M"'i ! pparp t|t itip., tim ii!i< in ' ! iiiij)<•. 1 • i i*c\ tiip upv inagiJp nl • ' 1 m ; po 11> 1 v i)p|‘m p t in* pari *1 •l'1 - Id rsm1 plan it addrd, am h»i 'p tahl hing thp new ‘ 'a i‘ 'hi, i ion h r pr * •< nhd n»n t*1 1 i *■ natp brforr tin* 1 ii* ’ 11 • > ‘‘ ' dp h* >p os t ha I 11 \v 11 i »»r 1 ‘ it '"<■! i» :pring. 1 : a ay-; Dip Turn*d i • ** •! ’“:t • * h ' ••• r.‘ v Irappp and >rld po;ii ' Id ; .. • : ,jv to Hp-iI v:\:" pi 'Ii in' ll might arivp at th. * pn '• c ■ t n<- • Trnr *. of 11n* pra( •’ prill n u I l.lir ■ 'Mil'’.' .el-up would , 'mi, pile- in-ill e.H-ii * it I iei under :tCt niini-di. 11 h hi p'-in , I he Tihja odd • Oiiotieh ' re .pniisild" ol I ipiol;*, T'hf Time. uvs lie' .idniini drotion would not rely en’inj'ly on tire nev ■■ rRuni/.nt e-n lo de.'il '.’.‘illi luluro ;ir| p re;; ion . be p re.-el 11 enemie.,, till would .-i k llu S', mile In the pef>e< 11 e;11 i• ■ "in nullmri/e them iv>1 only den- eulv.e Ihe Clen ion ■ ond the I;11) ,, 1 <• e eid hi n oil rol I lieu hull. I pi('ii, hid I" enI'. rre lie e lei ms -'v i n il l hey hove to pike miliPu v oe t loll In do SO. ’ ■| |i(. Tin ■■ . eid khoi Ihe den .ieti. inheii ;• IT**r months ol priv.ile dis Mii isions. "nol only reve, 1 Ihe pio s \,,'!,;eh I 're odenl Wil on HJJ pm (cd, lop ir.die.ile-; more eleurly tin iiwicliins ry hv vriiieh lln ■ -i.lnoni - I ,-,i11,m hopes lo Inii Id on el't'retivr pel,ee . Il U('l lire." President Asks People To Decide On Training W: i. 11:• I■ n, Aug. Ill (AD-- t’rcs hli iu |; i ,.1'viit |inlay muni the Am p'i'pe pie to hum gradually an opiiUM' nn tin need lor one years postwa i training for youths from 1' 1 1 both m a military and civilian way. | IP !•■ ir1 a news eonlerenee that h«'; dal i" i have compulsory military tipiii111j; ,M wind because the 1,0011,-j ,H|tt t" l,:\>ii,imn hoys who might l)" available Pa- such training would ho fti'*" a ia mbination "I military and civilian I raining. Ho said that fa cditie; ' :iild he found in the < xten s'v" Ir.lining camp housing in and ( '"'hide Hie United States proper, in-i eluding Alaska and the Aleutians,! and Ilia! such structures were built nua.ii stronger than those in the first '•Vnrld War. The President said lie wished the people would study the question be cause of this tremendous housing sur plus which will exist after the war. Thi w-as'ng in these cantus., he. added, could arrnmmnd.’d'’ ahold ■>. 1100,000 men, oHhiiui'h he I i 1:111 *"I "ill .' • il:oul a filth "I that ntimhei would hr' needed l< i' trniniiiK. INVASION GENERA). TO GET PROMOTION Washington, A UK. IS—(AIM — President Roosevelt today nom i i.a led for prnmition of Liruten ;,„t (ieneral Alexander ,M. Patch, ,lr., eoniniander of the seventh American army new invadiiiK southern France, to major gen eral. FOR NORTH CAROLINA Scattered showers and thun derstorms today; coaler in north ar d portions. Partly cloudy and slightly cooler tonight; fair and imld Saturday. j H, S. C.tr,unities Well f.clnvv .’*00; Drive Pusher. On Rome. Ail}'.. 1,1 I A I’) I'lnp "i.v it i I:iiut in out 11«• r11 !'eattee was officially reported enimblinjr today licfore tin- ad \ alien of the I nited States ,-;e\ - nt h armv, now eon solidated into a migdi'y 1 ril<inj»‘ lore" by I he utiir.u of all I he elenvul landed on 1 he Riviera beachhead I n,m t ho sea and air. Known Alliorii an a . .anil r.x.aia! ti‘0 thus far lolal less Ilian .Till, Al led heaik|uailers said, while Git ma iii'isniiers. including a general a: d 11is slaff, were estimated at 7,0110, i'ii the muni still i'lpnmnlote. Major General Alexander yj Patch's lore's stria I; inland tinnugli a- valleys of Inc maritime Alp, md "iread nut fifty airline mile.; alr-pg 1 lie ci ; st hut 11 east and west I. i’st official report place them within ten miles of th** once gn at French naval base of Tonlcn, ami within six miles of Cannes. Ger man broadcasts hinted that the resort town already had been penetrated. The doughboys already, pox,rv; iig chunk of the main lateral mail across southern France, which in tins irea parallels the coast about a dozen nil-os inland. They were a consiri to bln distance up Hie roarl that ronx into the Rhone valley, h.v way ■>! Aix-tT-Provence, I t miles north ol Marseilles The siti.'atjon in southern France was grins so well lint Mediterranean air forrrs were aide to ii;vert ll-avy ImmlwTs to ll’r It.alkxn targets again. Tarli cal aircraft swcpi nver th* skies ill ■ iippar! of ground troops with out meeting any opposition The Ma/i i" mm; ml had -nt u i ' i I he Helen n r,f Ihe iir xr -on i ex *o two German u lantr;, HP axiom. I lie main Allied I h ru .1 axis n ad" ■rtwecii then I dud.aw . rn-Ping uns'dei aide e.intii i w atm n" eu-niv ""up . Hi' ,ad.y l adly halt-red by oinbins .. Wild- Ihe in arlei - had " Hnl-d hen head Hi i ad fitly a r I m ■ mile,, lung the mad, act1 ■ 111 .• 11 i, :' :; i -,! ■ hat di lance It" ” , ■ , ,f f h<- < ;f r- i.e. y trrturi'ux hore 'in-■ Officially the l|uup. were l—| o"t-d 'a miles inland, but unnffleial wad;; pu| them bevocd tflll'lv mil". A naval coiT'inimique di ;rln.,i'd that dreraft earn-rs ;\-crr heme used with \ineriean and iirili h plane, opera! ■ dig f l" a 11 them, la,I nnly la -ie ■over tu '.‘..ii, hips I a 11 .to hopil, a ii ; Uxaf'e enemy p* allow; A st ream i ■ t * ein I'e reem 'nix a " ' iippiiPx continued lu j><.11r into th >earhhead ft m the ;ea wdlm'it i.i oreforenee, t , H . ffil ial ;.air| Paralysis At Record High New Yni'1;, Vo; 18 - C AP) Tge hiilcd Slide., had inure rase., ri| nfantile par.riy a,, repotted for the irv| 2 | week.-. nl I it I t than at any ■nrresponriing lime in the la>l 28 .ears, the Nnlinnal Foundation for nfantile: Parlvsis reporsl. Quoting ligtiri: nl the TJ. S. Public Health Sei-viee, Hie Inundation said yesterday there were 8,992 eases hrough Am: ml "> or 1,22(5 more hail lining the same period in 1912, VINE ADDITIONAL OASES \RE REPORTED IN STATE Raleigh, Aug. 18—(AP)—The St.al• • loard ul Health today reported nine iddilional eases of infantile paral ysis, bringing the total to 559 since lie outbreak on Jure 1. New cases tire as follows: Guilford Avery 1. Forsyth 1. Randolph I, Sampson I. Stanly 1 and Waite I. JOB SHOPPING MOVE IS BLOCKED BY YVMC Raleigh, Aug. 18 (AP) —In an an nounced effort to eliminate "ion hopping," the management-labor ommlttee of the war manpower •ommis ion today denied 20 of 25 ■ ppee11 s made by employees desiring t> change jobs under the war m.m inwer stabilization program. Dr. J. S Dorton. state WMC direc tor, said that -a majority of Hie ap peals which the eommitee denied showed the worker “had insufficient reason for desiring to change jobs, or '.here was evidence Hiat the worker was joli shopping without regard to his skill or his greatest use in Hie war effort.” A total of 27 eases of appeal wore heard by the committee. FORMER CONSUL CONDEMNED Stockholm, Aug.18.— (APt- Otto Kiel, former German consul general in New York, lias been condemned to death for defeatism by a nazi court, a reliable informant from Ger many .mid today, ENJOY A SMOKE BEFORE SOUTH FRANCE JUMP - *'■ —— . —im 1 I . "»ll... t3®sS38SW* THESE HARD HfTTINC AMERICAN PARATROOPERS it!;; \ \viI h a rarh>ko. as their C -17 transport p! !';i t f i,„ dropping z«me in southern France. The jumpiru/t r (lol l; provides a light for one of the men. I’ . ■•at that about 1 1 000 air soldiers were put down in the initial landings, the largest number nf a,,-;: ,rn~ tro >ps used bv the Allies to the present war. U. S. Signal Corps Radiophoto. fintnrnatiom' •.••j.w-.. Gentians Are Putting Torch; To East Prussian £3 Joins French Army THE fftEUCH InTnmi.'ition Ministry antisuncrd that \ViIlia®t C. Bullitt, 53, funner r. S. Ambassador to France and Urn Soviet Union, ha» joined the In ncli Army as a com mand ml, e pi <!• tnt to the rank ol major in the U. S. Army. Build! will he able to retain his American citizenship while serving with tha French forces. (Internationa1) Industrials Arc Firmer New i'll \n" ! r; (AT.,, lee' f rl 11 e 111 I, i i i i •»: it imicrl to !lr till i niDrci v , 11‘ i ■ i ;n I id oy1 , tor ’; mnrket. '..hile c . moim ity of roils were n.'.'J clr 'l ..I lisdvdy Inver lc\ - ■3 Is. Modest improvement wns i"’ai - tered lor U. S. Slcel, Chrysler mrl Dougin . ,\ii n it' 1 i.iekwoI'd vei New York fVnli d. Kniled \i cr.ri't mid S' 11 It ooi i I . I" oy. ,Snvi<~l ( Old'" Air I PoUr(| for l.i.intrr in}:; Nazi f'r.avincE Mm i'i . A if. I < W) Tlir < Iii inai: , a I'm e* I Ilf fir*' L" Ka .| I’i ii .. j a i i i il.ure in I If pat Ii mI' (iii . i; 111 111 v i . i i *ii,". drawn up at tlir I iiii'diw adiri ■ t i'i ail I lie I i'miiI aid today. Sm\ ft flier., .aid 111'' t<>r<‘!i had Ir ' ii pul In Tii'lii y\\ indt. ami 11;"t If r vil ia jp'.y and that anj'.iminimi . of .moke and flame , h i i liekii);: t If I'ia I’m,, ian kief < ;r I * ai ii;lv>' it v' , lint l \\ t■ ■ > i; i ■ i .a 'Hip ’• i ■ i i’. pi >1 1 >-»| i ’1 i .* <l«i me "1 * i i ' S/e /111 I e i i i vh I eh hue . pel t >' the (Smidii It a: i id. 11y. I ' , ' •! . ; -ye ir old » t e X p ( i t. a'li I hilt I ■ n g pi- ; v/o V eel; , again..1 1 r« .h mt ml • t111 v and t. n it m • < n n I admani t, aier 1 III- ( O'l ! !' 111 I e :! ,t .1 re i , .id-' • 11 a in : ' t e« ■ It I Ml'i i , a a : > > t * i \ , . • . m i* i « .mmitpi'P" ... IV : I Jill i Iff < . • •' ' i a de.;p'T.,l< tempt 1 - ■ 1 i ' • IJ a lan ad' |;,mii i ■ : .hi*’ .. ... lit agam 1 i•: . * .- i i ni (‘herniakIi > i i;»h« ■ • ,. ft K'kiujj nurihwest. ■ ,i S *1.1} * f • | ! a at ilia i, in la* a • llama ...at •!•*’ report . lid rneinv !< . ..d;,, y ; the Nazis :h: e. v* i d . ,: and infant ry ■1 an ill):, *i iii d; 11ni to break till' ; .! i*’ • ■ < Y < t i . o'. ..ky'a rear (ierir. »! i' . • i in i :i 'ii ‘ Malt i■ ■ army (mvt in ihh »• l;y' • ! .ml: guards in he .t'jhbt i n deten.- ■ I « I ’. i: • i. a here derisive b; i 11»-. i .1 11 .• I it a! m i »rIrl war x< i • •d : :h’, ■ - thrratrnefl by three pt w <" ml [Si t■ i mips along a fr ait it • I v via St king, extending '; m iv a t In rn I ’eland at a point in ' »\v the Snwalk; triangle northward be y.-nd the Xienvn river, in nnrt.hr a 1 athiiania. Meanwhile. Soviet offensivi-; n Kstnma a nl west of the Vistula h aid ('• >r,t jnued on 1 ’age Five.) Creeping Paralysis New Strangling Jap Holdings General } i *1 . a | u 11 I rr Snntlr.vrd Paeiiir, Atig. lit \ P) An Allied ai, and nuv.a1 Pluck id" spread rre> j i;i:; pa ra Iysi - tods;. s " .s \ it a I ea I nn . below 111' I lii I i,'i ’ini' po mr; an nil i inalc threat n all .l.ipanese hnldina,., south of China. Alt e ' !y em niv gan isons on is lands scattered along a distance of 30(1 mill ■ .i" forced lo rely i n “makeshift shipping”, inadequate . r even esseniial items such as muiv tions and aviation gasoline. A graphic picture of this mountin'; disaster for Nippon was prc-tenU d yesterday lay General MaeArthur in a communique reporting the fifth air raid tins nioiilli on the hilippine.^ and I;n< irkini; • " 11 "l plane.- a* Ha I > n * - niTii AlacAi ! imi . till .Japan' - In'.; hip> tm iom;«T (l in e! venture mithoau •.I a hm* c .. \ i‘d 11 • -in i he Ph !i;»; me thrush (’< II >* • an! ('< • n ■. "Fm* (list lihii* i »n loiwirr! >1 Ilal mahria," Hie mniimii ifpie said, .pm an "i.-> in vv cm mpelli I Id icvly upon the inadequate liaise iraific which r> ■ 111 j j i i • t ; > 11 * ■ ' v a t J r 111 c i n .. an * i tempt to e v ade mar extensive air and naval patrol neck.” The stnu ,^ic effect of this rapid shrinkage «»l Ins sea commununli >-i^ is further to threaten he enemy’s v i tal Philippines Iialmahera line.” Allies Agreed On Occupation FDR Reveals iri'Ttl If O "it iui t• d . *!. * i o um . a :■<•!>' I d a do ‘ a n d ip i: .ipv HR Hi" \ Mic*' t>rv OfVi 1pa' mn. ul »Dv! my l ‘ p: 11 f i I • • • * * I ! ■• • ’ ■ " i a t) ‘ * / i 0 i|, 1 . 1 • Pi « -id td '! .. Ii ' "IP' cm <• Ilia' ,-i; i !r !■ n < • I • i -» d" :■ f 1 ■ • ■ * i i-i a I nude: .f a • •• i:! i.•. • . i 111 l?u , ia and p,v11,11n i1 l hI- • j11* Mm II" < id v ' i could um! - la il nl M,m d"!a IU m ,ir11 .11’c<• {,1 • iTvIiiin:1, - a . pur., .di ll.: di ■ i • Id I'll’. pMudin : ' » • O'im ta n. he py pro . ,cr| ih..- ... 1 ad that it ■ • dd 1 I ■ .1 i . i v ''i I'l'.ir i i an nd< , ,t a nd in;: with f' Il 111 ' 1 i mi •rup.a tl n ■ ! .Ia pan 11*- idfh'd that in tin . in .'an ton, th.oi'M i nnllunq n pap* !', and that mo: > d o I'hanip . Ivd Milan 1 ’ 111 K 1 i Iv till I'M u tar. The h • • ■ t • kmm :f 11 . • iid Hi t or - i * inly wa -1|||£» tn confer 11 h Pill . • VI llll; I I i ■ i "dill , uri.n, hilt ■ h< u a of| ,' hot !o y it aiid hi* thl , v* . i ojdjo.i jo. . i •, n Mi »i that •• . . t ho • I me ■ Id div Tense Stalus In Morence Is Relieved | I I I.'! I II IM I 11 1 I If I 1 ' i • p> .1 It... ,1 I' If > l<-111 ; ■ II) I ■ ■ .' 111. I • 1 I • ill lull'. Vr.-1"!'ii.i Iucl I u i it'll ■l i .licit. u cnhi'il n In I; v -i . II."I 1. i lu !...■■ . i; u I lili .■ is . t ' 1 ! I . 1 ' 1 I lllil ‘ I '. | | 11 ’ i y lir *'11 I ill')!)'.' i ■ I . 11 r I pi ; I! i • -: i .| pun I it Aril', il'' ul 'i- Mu- .1 ! ' I •. i ! — in front ;i i wl lc rci . <>d lit;hl. bcliiiK I niiiturl ulmo.'l iilu'1' 'n :i : - IV r |in1: ul pIjisIv* .uvl u i;1 ‘i : y riu cis. Thu cnomv .itosnjf the p h Ikiuk nl I hr Arnr, him cvci. b ■•.1 .' in i' rn vi'iisi!ivify In | . n« \- • r ir.in pulrnls, briruhni; lio'.n tillrry funcenl rat ii ills I i nnmbi of points. Border Belt. Prices Firm For Tobacco Flni'PIK ", - » < ' • \ : JIF. • A P -A - 1 ho i ml lot id i' t lilt* . Iff I d »h . ■ ni min k» i 1 •. mind up it -'c,-ufI v. -k t < day, • ■ (a .i■ pri> <• ip;11{ly mifita ilio h", 1 - < < lin,; o .m,. d ,,ii« d by the ()t 11mo of i a \< r Af'tnim.d. mu. The ,AVi imo prirt > ior ’a. !), .:i70 pOUllds ul Pii.'iiV'i mi r. uth (dn’i.lma and South Caruhiin i.mrkri , was 343.40. Yesterday waivhnu..os all through \hc market arta reported heavy >i- | lerin^s and vditual.lv «• iI rejeated 1 blocked ales. Several baskets ol fine cuUers yes- : ttrduy brought J3C. Knock-Out For Nazis Looked For Germans Attempt. Dunkirk Kscape Al nnfj the Seine, SiijiP’nir He;irh|uartrrs, Allied 1\ peiii 1 inn.t r \ I ur<r, \ng. |g— 1 \»'j (icrm;iits south of the >on.r retrr.itrfl today in the gen eral direction ol Kourn, London. Anjr, IH — (AF) — Anh i h au u imps, cruising at will, sped into the environs or r.'tris today. "American armored pat r o! s arc operating in the vicinity o{ i an.s and ni twecn 1’ari.s and dartres, said a dispatch date ined "i tn the Road to Pans." ii"' < a t man ram i, which pro i >ii-ly hail repm ted Paris in the in.nt line of van' with the sound o; g1111s plainly aurhhle, declared Sher nau lanks were only about twob. c mil ', Iri ni Ihe city limits, and were inly about twelve miles 1mm the 11y limits, anil were waging a '■••ear i! movement in the him adjacent" [o the city. .iliiir l.t Gen, ratten s forces struck liglitnm.; blows at the symbol ol German strength in trance, General .Vlnnlgomervs British an t Canadians were rap idly scaling the new trap on remnants of the broken German seventh army, estimated to have been reduced to between 10,000 and 100,000 men. The whole Allied front to the itS ■'•a . lepcrled winging cast ' si d from i urn cg.jin.'.t a cry gloggv enen • attei pad i at l-ngth li id shot com pletely nib., the Falaise-Argentsn nap. A I'.*’" trap i- 'dosing and ■ t!ia ill e! e i.. Uemg 'oinplet'o." i Briti?! .1 III l,11 1< • e I ■ a111 Is i ini i 11 ■ i , 11 , • *■ ■ i ■ o a n tI e r of the i 1 madiaii ! n army, derUred ui me age ■,, hi.- troop., oi then suc . • . till lull. again, i the enemy t'ia . "e hall .hort l.v knoi is him “ip " General !• isenlinwrr's supreme liradi|iiarlers maintained a I most a mplete silence on the dazzlingS thrust ol General ration in the tails vicinity, hut announced (own is 'I mdes dur east of nod die rapture of Author. This I harirrs. miles southwest of I'.ii is and nine m'lrs west of I t ampes. The only v a .tanee reported ;,'a£ Ie■ (ham.in- till entrenched in i er.neirt'y in■' ■ oiside Chartros. and i mo Germ m r soi which had been h. r,i\'n'i'f| lii-1 v'en Pan ■ and Char - I 1 I'S Tin- If'ihn rs"’ ■ agency Tran.? i -a . .|ee 1 a red that German foi ma il which we " I'-.. * nea ted from the \ ! grills I' - pa la I,.|' : i a g .1- ObVIOUSly hi" I' ■ ■ f'ted by . ViWl lean h>» ark.. I mm the . with." Ti the enemy von *wl ten tha* pall ,n I ■ feinting at Pari..' under i r! i.il; , .f of fieia I 1 b nee, while ac iii.iUv intending lightning driv 1. .1 tie1 II d to the Seme In form i ei omi pnel,ei as lie did 'd Argentaa .a week. Retreating Nazis Raked By Planes London, Aug. 1H WAP) — Allied warplanes scourged German troop? noth west and east o| the Seine es cape barrier today and smashed a ci ir.eback attempt of the German a r force by shooting down 23 eneirtv planes in a scries of ail battles. A- Allied fighters slashed i1 -warms of German planes in the air and heavy bombers- campaigning against German forward air bases marie two big raids. The Germans w ere reported con r< m rat mg hundreds ot river barges in the Seine for a "Dunkirk" escape attempt. American Thunderbolt lighter bombers spread great carnage among Germans retreating in col. uinns three abreast yesterday on three highways leading from Argcn tan. the United States ninth air force announced. Hundreds ol Germans were killed as they sought refuse in hedges and bridges At least 11)0 vehicles were destroyed. Horses stampeded. ov°i— down through the overcast, sending turning carts The planes dropdop streams of fifty-calibre bullets into the nanie-stricken masses. “The shooting was the best have ever had." one pilot said. “The scene looked liked a three-lane h'gh wav leading from football stadiums hack home on Saturday afternoon in the fall.”
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