^ Hctthcrsmt Bat lit tits patch ^pK THIRTY-FIRST YEAR erased wihe sefivk-e oe 7-—-—-— —_• ViL _____---HP associated pheW_ HENDERSON, N. C.t WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUCCSI 2::, Hill ^bujhbd^kvkk^^itekn.mji. j.’IVE <15.'STS COPY PARIS TAKEN BY FRENCH ************★★*★★★★*★*★* * * * f. * German Seventh Army Across Seine Being Routed PICTURED IN THEIR FIRST SESSION at Dumbarton Oaks in suburban Washington arc the leaders of the Ameri can, British and Russian delegations with U. S. Secretary of Stale Cordell Hull. Seated at the table arc (l. to r.): Britain's Sir Alexander Cadogan: Britain's Lord Halifax; Mr. Hull; Soviet Russia's Andrei A. Grnm vim; Under-Secretary of State Edward Stettinius. head of the American delegation. (International Soundohoto) New Red Drive Is Designed To Knock Romania From War New Invasion Below Bordeaux Reported London, Amj;. 2d (AIM A third French in-, a Jon landing:, .-tri|,inir into southwestern France near Kordean.x, was reported today from the Spanish frontier. French militar.N ant liorities •aid the landing was hejpui lf>?t nipht tinder rover oi a naval ,t 'inrini I u \in I . o n I nt.o n t ■ report' was cabled from the 'I 11 border by ( harlcs Foltz, in M-nl, who crossed the borrtci i 'Inc Associated I’rcs> bme.au " 1 'othern France alter the tier o id evacuated trndier posts. T 1 clve bout s after Ft llz's report " ' r-civcd, Berlin radio .aid a i ‘il lorec was p111 asllorc ucai SI. Jtap di1 Luz, which is six miles Irom the Xp.'ini -h I v111 ut. i'he Krench nftieiid .old the operii ; inn v. .is c • mi-din; ted .'. itlt • ip'(mtid ,11t.ie . hy A1:ie: lexn end Ki el;< h Inree ; which effected .i junction ;d nn >n ye.hidiy ,it tin o 111k 111 x nl IVir deux. fj■ my m mi tlinl city by in I.iikI mule. Th''re w.i,. n" eni’fii mil lion nl .'iiy "I the report, from su preme Allied heiiiitiunrtei •. Reconversion Again tut By Committee In House Wa .hington, Aug. ;!!!. (AIM -The II" e Way; and Means CommiUei l"'l '.V Irurk from the Senale a;, I.. |>ontwar' demobilization and rec,,nvcr ion lull a provision c.\ b'u-iing unemployment rmnpor-a lain '.i :t,aO(),()Ot) Federal workers. Ibis action followed a committee yesterday eliminating from the legi lalion all provision lor retrain ing md reemployment of war wmk i ' and throwing out a program to l>a.v for the transportation of those "‘"I'liers back to their homes or to Plan’s of new employment. The committee retained in the bill a provision that states shall con tinue to determine the amounts and duration of unemployment benelits fur covered workers. It also accept ed a Senate provision that the Fed eral government guarantee the sol vency of state unemployment funds. , The rum ■)' 111 - i'l i :u in.i I mu nf i the Kerin.fl employe,, including many shipyard and war workers from th<• unemployment program wa,s on iiolion of Representative Mills. These workers are not now re quired to contribute to the unem ployment compensation fund, as are those covered by the program. Representative Knutsoh, ranking committee Republican, and the committee "is more interested in planning to expand private enter prise. to create new jobs, than in -pending all our lime thinking about unemployment." He added "we can deal with unemployment when we get to it. Let's try to assure jobs 11 rst 50 Killed By Bomber Crash In England London, Aug. ‘i'i— (AD —An American bomber crashed flam ing into the Lancashire village of Frccklcton today, killing at lpast fifty persons. 34 of them small children at a church school, flic toll may be much higher. I lie British Press Association said die plane was a Liberator, and that 'd least three of its crew were killed. American troops joined in rescue work in the (laming wreckage ol one of England's worst sky-ground tragedies. Some of the dead children were i.Lon'mued on Page ’•'href* 1 Last Barrier Northward In Pacific Hit General Headquarters. Southwest Pacific, Aug 33 (AP) Unchalleng ed Liberators and Mitchell.- have bo uun to pour it on Halmahera. Iasi is land barrier between General Mac Art hur and the Philippines. A record 135-ton bombing, which destroyed eight parked planes, -up ply dumps and defense positions and rank a freighter, was reported today against that Japanese base. A 110 ton strike had been announced yes lerday. Other air blows by planes based in J the Marshalls and in the Marianas, and extending over 1,000 square miles of ocean, were reported Iront Pearl Harbor yesterday by Admiral Nimitz. Other planes combed the ■ l \ hT’"IihH n»» Pflgp ,< 25.000 Nazis Slain In Last Three Days; Surrounding Warsaw Mo.'row, Vag. Z'i.— 1, M*).. \ l'i"v fil'd arm;, offensi\ r, proioi I iv designed in knock lioinania old ol (fie war, and break Hit ler's crip on the Haitians, snia di ed forward today on a I Jit)-mile front beyond Iasi In within IKK miles of .jittery llueharest. and 1 ai of the crrat I'loesti oil fields. (An official Gmnan broaden d said the Hi is mu had reached the hcaclu's at Riga. I.alymn capital, and largest Baltic la'r * -11 y. indie..ting a new I rap ha ( bn i.i.in iima . ) Adv aneinc over the bodies of 215.000 fiei'ii’.ins slain in three vi olent davs, while ll.Uhi others (i trod wearily link lo Pl'iion races, lied nrmv croups drove within at lines of the month of the Danube river. (Aertnan dpick 11 "op . t ■ led In stif fen war weary him mim division • i • Hu nan tanks roamed at lea* I ten miles south "I h i In nin t iici n I ’nl • nd. I lie lius.i an-, genrintly vere out i lank mg VVai..av and split ting Gcrn an I urn ■. bet wooi the hc.jegnl I'li.li capital and Kast Prussia !)<■ (a -1 .11 ■ German attempt, 1 i .al age Iv i I i a 11 iv poution brought new tank at I .n I lie direct mn of •lelgiiva, whc li 'null i|„ road and rail rinites m I ,sfv ia. As the lied ..i'n-y drive into I’o mania went ih ingli d . foin th day, liurhai c .1 - ■ i opm led in panic, with many • i I Vernier Ant.onc'seu's lormcrly I a na l ica I upporlprs openly di. cus ing the chances nl suing Ini' peace. Kacli i Jo the lied army ad vanced -iicngthcncd peace tremors hi Bulgaii . .nii, and gave new hupp to Yugoslavia and Greece. Rumania, l.c ,cl• • hieing Ger many'' grenle i nil rcsrrvnii, i,, one of her kirgi■ a bread ha -kcl . POLIO CASES NOW ARE TOTAL OF 590 Raleigh. Aug. 23.—(AP)—The number of the State's infantile para'vsis eases since June 1 mounted to 590 today, with re ports of eight others. The death toll remained at 23. New eases: Johnston 2, Lenoir I. Mitchell 1. Forsyth 3 and Mecklenburg 1. They were the first reported to the State Health Department from Johnson. Len oir and Mitchell counties. 50,000 Prisoners Ar^entan Sector Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, Aug- 23.— (AP)—Between 40,000 and 50. 000 prisoners have been taken from the Argcntan trap in Nor mandy and the German dead have not yet been counted. One of Lt. Gen. Patton's Am erican third army columns is op erating in Fontainhleau. 35 miles below Paris on the Seine, it was announced. Earlier in the week a field dispatch announced a bridgehead across the Seine in the FovtaipMeau area. U. S. Column Drives East Over France Tremendous Effect Of V all of Paris Likely in Germany S'up it-pi ' Headquarters, Allied Kxpedifionary Force, Any. 2.‘>— IA F) — French patriots liberat oil Paris today as Allied airmen described the f'liyht of the bat l,,|,ed Gorman seventh army an-o s the Seine as haviny the appearance of a route. f>ii the left of fhe Allied line F.ntish and Canadian armies raced ahead ten to fifteen miles, pushiny He Germans tiyhtor ayaitisf the Seine and into the 1 ire of American flankiny forces moviny toward the sea alony the left hank. Still a third dramatice develop nit lit came as an American armored column drove more than hall way icros- France and plunged past the ancient town of Sens, only 1 GO miles from the German border. Supreme headquarters had no comment lo reported Allied land ings near Bordeaux, in south western France. II such landings look place, it was believed they " ere on an extremely small scale. It is regarded as unlikely that General Kisenhowcr would un dertake a dangerous amphibious Fxpedition to capture an area which the Germans are trying Itifir best to get out of, and which be had h.v the Allies for Ihc asking F ronrh r< ,i .'.unco iu111; —answering 'Ik coll , ; General Koenig, head of 'be French F n i 13.48 cents, and North Carolina markets sold 3,320, '32 pounds at 1.8.78 cents. Roosevelt And Churchill To See Parade In Paris Condon. Aug. 23—(API—The Condon Daily Herald said today plans yvere being made for President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to he present in Paris, “if that is practical." when Allied troops parade un der the Arc de Triumphe. French troops will head the Allied parade, with General Charles de Gaulle probably hav- ; ing the place of honor, the newspaper added. I Declaring '.*i? march into th< French capital will wait until the "campaign of destruction of the (ierinan armies goes a stage further," the Daily Herald said, special news reel operators al rcady have been detailed to rec ord the events, and military bands which will participate sow are practicing in France. The Daily Alail said a confer ence between Roosevelt and Churchill would take place within a matter of weeks on French sod. Leaves Turkey FRANZ VON PAPEN, Germany's su per-slick ambassador to Turkey, is shown here (slightly disguised by dark gla.'.ies) alter being ordered out ol1 Turkey and heading home to Berlin, t International) Yanks Push 140 Miles From South Spectacular I bru it From Mediterranean Marie by Americans It nine, \ ug. — (A 1* I — \mrrie.in troops n! the srvenlii army, in ,1 spci tin ul.ir surprise thrust ! the interior play ing at. elked c upiioii 1 oh', A Uteri lie.id' | . n tc 1 ■ -aal Ibis (Iiiick advance (lilt Maim General r.ilch’s spearhead w illi in less than MO miles air iine from the most southerly point officially announced as reached t>\ \merican troops below Paris, and it appeared that the two \iiiecl French fronts would he joined much sooner than ori ginally thought possible, f; i ciioble, bo mile , c it lie a.»t ii | ,v< m mid ilia i ted on a river load ing directly n, tIn' Illume 'alley HO . j V . hi .... 1, 1,1 80 miles of ,,, beyond * ho hist reported Al lied p, lion in ■ • uthern France. A iip>,ideas! by radio France at ,\|g , rs aid Allied forces were less than eleven mile- from the Italum fronticr, but there was no confirma I ion. A: Grenoble, the Americans wee mughly mly 70 air line mile.- from the S\vi-.s frontier, and for all prac tical purposes already had -ealcd •iff the Xa/.i forces in southern Frame from communication with tiie enemy in northwestern Italy. The Americans also were :n posi tion, iiy striking westward, t , cut off German units reported fleeing Ca p i ta l Fre e A ga i n After German Rule Lasting Four Years - —— - ■- ■ —- - N;i/is Hr< ' i>risino ot ImvikIi i nixes; (jt\ Almost Surrounded b\ Amrriemis I.'-ndo", ' : i A lb i’ari ■ ■. a..,-! > . of i our Via i' s nl i'I'iii;' io miajii' loiia;, ami 1 • mi f,,,. r . iibvi ai'•(! by armi <] a mirimal t i n ill . . 1,1 | ■ : Who a' I'pt the Xu«i from f la city* tm'fs. v. hil< \ a rican .irm'd mil’ll I ib • ". iia .ml 11., capital. A spccia! o mru a r io; a from < d ih ■ ra l I >* baa| tors i.l Lotaii'il ;: i.!; ■ > i i i; l '«- i j ,)1.. ra I u a i alter I- nr n; i r.iei I iylitimi that r cum ii i i , • a bastille .j;,> , ■. r i,. mob of Pads , no, hm oiv *1 1 1 a ii hi t or if blow i ir 1 i burl Tl * n i 1 'i ‘in : , . • the t ight .1.- !«-ii . French l'< •n- . ; •: • stored by luttitlr •. " ho 1 >ii ed .: it ... they cot!lei !,nd 1 he dramn; ic ii.i ■ ■. ■ . >< i. eft oi I br. ahrnsl. i ,. : y where as i lie :: . in, ., a- : "La Ma s>. i!I,, v ,a. the nows i,i -iii • v There \\ 'a. a just four yea.. iiri 7 1 the iimp Atlolf Hi!Ic: •. »,;,) ru.■!•••••,i>d ■in. G< rman troops, tide > I cpiiqin st. i nti-red .1 a 1 1, , HI to. The city iif'-’Ti'" rh.-- fjr ! .t nrnfal < ipda . ! i 'all 'Vd.,, Ill I)( I I'C. f | t 1 ■ i. fra .11 - a lilln.it Roipe has b°en 1 ■ • ■ | darted tin- v ai ...a i" c ..... i r:-, Is I n-brlligei cut. The patriot flare m> begun They si-j/rfl the I’refrctnre anil yy >th a strike of Paris police, lot lied die I .minus lie de < ite into a "Inltress against yyiicli (lie firrmsii attacks broke." IV f »;. 1111 <' M J r I'l f.fj a <,■■■■■ F ten I kiwi-i n Fra Per I ■ i tia y .. pi't'sinti.aillv • m deta. 1 : ■.( in' 11 ■!,.■■ c lit i • 1 . ! ti:c c.qiit -.I, ■■•liM .) ■ more ■ . flip pride of ill Fi • There " a., no aim.. ii,i. i . an the I V( ia a He-1 .cnln. ■ va i’ . . 11:. ■ • ■ i * It . cpjacrl |,i;c|y ’In- i’ ■ c I rccr! 1 Ilia r capital, would in .: i , .-a la a (i 11 ■ I n i ■-1 • ’ i it. There 1 c- no ind u d n Fi i nch '■ mu unique vh. • had in cii inflicteil . ai i in- i ;,a in., a • n n t he Medi: i'ia . ■ •. a i -<■ along the Rhone ,.u|..v (Iri'n .i lie ha ■ id wav arc la e center of Fi enr.a |. .!■ .> I Hire. i'n the Mc'i itei ratio 1 lei halt le -1 ill rage i •••, • Toulon, and French cm . am o fan try had pushed irta .! I v nt" ’iv ■ na m ol Marseille. ton * »r : .\y many id ,:i »••*: Devastation Poured Upon Nazis By Air1 '■ iifl" •. A- 4 .13. A J’ AJiiM ■ r. :■ -r 1 • , , ’ ie (»«•;• •: on noity crn Ki’.incp as the e.pher showed oi rli'aiin^ today, and iieud (\ ;ai ‘‘is .!in »min'd «}t*• ! ?d s :. i h rd finC) a.: anted Ian;.-.. • •, . o, the Sf 11 • ’ a Pan : * he p i ‘ .* 1 h- w; r .. The G». . a • a ere »• j »■ ated in a ■ • • ’ at ten• pit to rr a ’ ’ • • Sem° n tmrty places we,? a P-,., a • 1 aft any eollap.niile rain >•■>' i -<>a1 i ie C »e ! • .', i ,id]n, 1 ‘ I ; 1'1 ■ h : j r» ed 1 d for the 1 d i \ . • o' ?vTed.' eri i > • • • , • .. a i "H b"o her an i i'i filler v • • <• a11.,. U'-t * a 1 ; tile i) ,il I *':poH V *>m ?•:'•; n ir 1 he -■ :, , .o t the? Ml" a •*:; Inrec. v»*c ■ la v l>-'' 1 U ii) ■!' ? I e , r.»;' v a. , h . .ire <*i£h f h o’ ? ho* r ])- ! ) a v : •'f' •' i b P )■ * i• ■;a better than the prcviin, day when a. e , he: 'o; ipeP i ’ : !y ia it The 1 uttered (h- a- ,e a , ! >• < y "... i* y , . ,• |. t uyed on the _ i nd. a11 • t ?■.*..> .Mi wd plane - '•< ' so far. HIAIHIR mi; \oi;T!i < \Koi i\.\ i*.ir11 > ( loud - j nil continued inoi?riMtrl?. w.mn \\ nlnml.i v .ind Ihursd.iv, \\dli scattered showers mnPl\ in the after noon. EVIDENCE OF NAZI TORTURE BECAUSE HE REFUSED to collaborate with the Nazis when they took over Chateaudon, his native town, this Frenchman’s hands were chopped off at the wrists by the brutal conquerors. Here he tells his story to a sym P .-Sr* >0 Yank. Signal Corps Radiophoto. {International Sonndi'.oio)_