BRUSSELS IS LIBERATED
Reds Ready for New Alloat Attack
FRENCH MOBS GATHER TO HOOT NAZI PRISONERS
FRENCH GENDARMES have serious problems on their bonds as huge crowds of Parisians, hooting and threat
ening, crowd streets through winch German t aplives are taken. The above photo gives the most vivid picture
of a typical scene yet to be received in America. Signal Corps Radiophoto. (International Soundvhotol
Mine Seizure Empowered
By Decree cf President
Others May Follow; I
All Those Seized
Are in Pennsylvania
• Ip. ,n. : ,rj f \ l A p i Pit
■ - * R.».* .»■ e!t t.-d ,v •' i j, j i< t • .
' • ■ ?. 11 v I rkf\s t«i pi/e t n» l t *i" 1' "
1 i ['run \y |\ ;in i,t 1 >i 11 i»tv,i non, **••■• I I
1 ; mu' tied up in l.ihui H1 p'.itn,
-I 1111 »‘.tfrneri to t.ik.e over R., uf’r ■
* • it I heir production i - mu 1 •
J 11; - I ’[ hv dispute .
P •• four companies w dei eo -ei/ -i
• '1 m IVnnsyIvmuw
r to today’s nctum, llie w.
f • nt hnd 'Ci/.erJ ten mine . I n
' I m the walkouts H e dem w i .
tv I lie new siip<‘) \ i • i l mi") ' '■ ’
1 '• i Mint' Workers d: tret Pi ? »i
1,1 : ’ 1111 ■ ■ J - nt 1)111 !,';n nine ;r I). - -p
-1 1 n Mr A I j)inp, pre. idisit >t I m .
,,;M' n. ponfen ing wit h Intei . *
! S i t men t officials \’j it'll tile \\ ! . o
1 "te it . .iniiminccmri it, Mr A ip ' •*
■' old not comment I" reporter- on
•I" h ike ;itii;ition, other th in to - *y
t; «1 members <*t his union v ho were
"0 * i i|,e ; 11 tho two ri.inpiillli • tkep {
1 it i i t week hurl hern order*-*,, ji
v 1 • this morning. I h rot used *o j
■> 'v hit the union policy would be |,
in ot Ik r m ines | i
FAST CAROLINA MARTS
TO REOPEN TUESDAY
'■V i ,on. Sept. 1 (AP) Kaslern i
Sai ih Carolina tobacco markets, it- I
'c unprcdecented light sales fm tIn
bi -I week, will swing back into ac I
tion Tuesday alter a Labor Day hot;- \
ba.v. Heavy sales are predicted M irt- j
big I'uesday.
ircniKT Bass Is
Bombed, I oj^etebr
With l Boat Pens
|: i • m<- Srpt ! , \P) -Thr
Hrrniin I’.iss r.i l iii;i- from fin
until h> imrUirrii Italy ini
lil.isl, il today a Ion." uitll stlliina
lines iiril up in (iritna barlior. in
u i<lcspread operations In ap
provimatrli '>0(1 Imiuliris of Hie
I piled Stall s I .111 air force.
Davao Swept
Free of Japs
In Philippines
( li’llel ill lb If!',.. . Si It 111 (•
’.icii !■, Si’pt i. i ,\i*i riii 11 hi 1:14.
j.. .1 . 1 | I : j HI' • rill lil'1 'I'll' 11' i * I' 111'
11 lei . Iireii ■ 1 ,11 ' ■ i i ■ 111.111 y Hi' a "I
1,1 -; 11v plain1-. Cii'iin ii, !\l irArihtit
I • |!' ill I 11 if i. 1 y . i 'lie 11 ‘ a i i 11 1V' i' all’
, 1 i.|',.iu|'u',i "I Hn riuiippinr.- rii.-r
, nr"' in"aIi 1 ,nl Iury.
,J.-ij 11 n .111' j" n ( r. -teadily in',"' -
n 11;n• |; 1, .1:11 h.. '■ ■ in the v-'sl »•»•*’i*r
.-.II I.( I,I'll'"' I ill- rilllip.pnn's. r. • 1
i;i- ■ | I ; I r I 111 T in '! • il INK ' '' '' ■
)n\M. i. c 1 . I a mt hr: n purl m 11>«• i --
II r I - aI.kAi 1 !iu mi! - I" ivcii'fin
| i \ .\ i*;(■ 1 u ill bin iibri;r n,t1,.’il
,v 11,114 1 11 i4*■ i.lit'ht ninK I. siH > r-;.
rli • h lien a r.-ri-rfi l.Nli! 11 I" * "H>.
i (’ (j! 1! i»: j * o ; on Pa^e Three.)
Congress Will Probablv
o
Pass Biff lioa<! Program
" a di i uglon. Nrpt. I (AP) A
>'7,1.230,000 marl rnnslruction prn
ftniin looking ahead to the lime when
ears and trucks, gas and lire:- will
again be plentiful, went to tin- lop
"I Congress’ work shed today.
A logjam over other postwar pro
psal- began breaking. meanwhile, n.
a spirit of compromise.
•Sponsors of a bill to authorize Fed
oral contributions totaling $'2,073,230.
000 to be Spent during the lirst three
postwar years on construed ion and
repair of highways throughout the
nation were promised Senate action
immediately alter Congtess disposes
td these other matters in the clays
J t*!Tvj j r?’n^ p t'uPoe ' '.’ hiC*1 1
; ■ . I 7 .1 a 1't 1) 7 ,’fnpt '7 n I if| I . i
! A measlll •• ell 11 1 l> an •>(fjcr
,,| war mubili/.al inn aiirl n i on -am
to ill i\ e the i acuin ei .inn ul induct:y
t i :i peacetime basis and dealing with
i|ie controversial problems ol unem
ployment compensation
o'. A bill fixing procedure lor dis
posal of upwards of Sl(H) billions I
surplus goods at the end of the wai
Under the road measure, the gov
ernment would contribute $<i50,00e.
000 a year lor three years lor Fedot
;,1 aid "highways, urban highways and
larin-l '-market roads undei a pro
eedttre calling for a sixty percent
contribution by the government mid
tv.yto I" tile .
Allies Pour
Into Gap In
North Italy
Rapid Progress
Pjeing Made Along
I'amcfl Got lii< l.inc
Koine, .-'.ept, 1 ( AP) —Rri
tish and Canadian troops of the
eighth army, •.(reaming through !
a 20-mile gap in the Germans’!
nannted Gothic line, have ad-!
vanned a distance of 12 miles at
some point,- and have planted J
their artillery well within range!
of the Adriatic city of Rimini,
Allied headquarters announced
today.
The r- i .■• 11 ! >■ ordei was issued by
President I’.ai .n Maine] brim a.
mm.n her in-chiel nl the Finnish
army. *
Failier liii- go •aliment declared it
would hi ..II ill pi.. relations
j with Germany, aid .11 German trr>->ps
is"!;,lie:n■: in Fin1 md aftei .Septem
ber la mild he di armed m- inlernerl.
|Tm, i>11 ii■ ia 1 S' li irl news agency,
expressed hi at isl art Inn wit h a Fin
nish Sahn 'lav rli riaraticn that Fin
lard was quitting live war. Tass said
the Soviets disliked the apologetic
attitude toward Hie Germans, and
(ailurc l" nicnlinn Hah Finland was
breaking relations with Germany and
| threw.ng Grrman troops nut of the
c 'miry, two <: srntial eonditinns pre
liminary to rnding the war as stipu
latcrl by Russia.)
The Corn an radio quoted a Fin
nish com men i iq nr eying 'the Fin
(C'on’inued on Page Tliree )
Two British l nits
Ad\ ;mcc Fast Into
Belgium, I lolland
Supreme Allied
expeditionary Fnrrr, Sepl. t.—
C AIM—Advancing fiitren miles
mirth nl captured Brussels, two
British columns have reached
Mechlin and Boom, less Ilian ten
miles from Antwerp and fifteen
from Holland
Another British column driv
ing up the Schelde river passed
Oudenard and captured Alost.
almost midway between Brussels
and Grout.
Between Brussels and Calais,
the British pushed into the great
French industrial city of I.ille,
population 200.000, and other
columns closed upon Calais.
Boulogne and Duulurke, all
e-rt ;.
Reds Enter
Transylvania
Alps Region
Long Last Front
Quiet Elsewhere.'
Bulgaria Invaded
.Moscow, S: * j > •-. I i A !’)
Ruilt summer offensive, eight
Russian armies, t'rm the slopes
at the ( ai'pathian in Roland to
the lake-locked count rv in t he
Raltie region, prepared today
for another all-out attack on
Hitler's east"rn l'r.nt.
In Jioln.ilii.'i tia - i i I' . 1 a ill I; i n
• ti m,v pushcfI into '••• '('i ;.m .yl- anian
Alps. re idling the ■: i ■ -.! i"t.... ( — ii
I’loe.-ti ,md Pi as. v. :.■■■i!a• Ger
mans .ad II ung; .ria:: are he I awed
to have ma.a.a'd in large uuinncr-.
A lie ian ir ; S,.| m di. ■ 1 • >-■ ■ ri
the •■aptinv I i t w. n lit n lie !>c
yend the PI ii s| :: • • i r > . and only
1 •’’a miles Irani Ills Yngo lav I'ronlier.
this drive ."a. m a dirertinii Myc
would lead ‘ , , i i net i me i I i i Mar
shal Ti In’ . pa I 11. ms.
Still nt h..; .... 11 ■! ant:, mop:ling
up a llth ; I tilrilnro ,t, wipi , I ..III
or Inn led '• ", , 'lie I)anul)c ri\ er
into linlg I V, I'm la I ( Irrni.m r u -
Harts ca gill i a -ni , i' area.
Hut a,.iili. ■ . mi I lie activity hi Ho
man hi. I in ■ mg e istern Id ml va
generally '|iis > p was dillirnli I'
prediet just • ■ the first Red anr.y
blow a Ill la 1.1 ;■ the Ru gsi a, , foi.
low then pee . la.'Or,, l! "i|| or
an a tl af■ I; ol attrition i a 11ior than a it
often ice in I - m;: lion one end
Of flu- I i . .1,1 I, la, , .tins
The, r ... a |a 11 a 1 I 1. 11 . pi"' I r1 1 tlg
* heai I. . hi- I" I Im G' l ltla lugh
comm md:
V.' ill Pi cm 1 -a a Ii n I. ■’.• : n 1 hr
dire. I ion ol '. m. m. ' Ki oni tin ■
bridgehead - . ,.| Wai ,-av. to-wai d j
III-' ea pi I a I. , i i.iuai'il Krakow a g I I
the Heidi ’ \\ !I SI.din upon up j
aga iiis.t T ' I : sa oner nr in ■ or
will he le ad m tin a t and north of j
Warsaw ill i ". w i a-n l r|. .igned |,, .
out I lank Isa i ! i -,ia
Poles Cease
Resistance
Inside Warsaw
— j
sf|:l. 1. — —Pol
ish resist.im <* i’orrcs wen* re
po*! ted tml.M i.» be abandoning j
tin* nioiiih long battle insiw* '
Warsaw rnitl evacuating their j
Capital hi'Miise food and weap
ons are larking.
The pi » i)':i"c*;im Ini thr I *nli di
forces i • | j * > i' 11 ■ r I that General h ,{ hid
abandoned t! o i ghl, but Inter, w 11iI• *
insisting th.at ihe dispatch w..-. rv'i- |
rote, >aid ii tint ni l irially con- |
firmed yet
'Flu* nyiiri ad in outbreak o| an f
epid< niic ' i"•'lending in 1 ho :• mi
| ;md burning my Earlier .i
' munic|ii(* 11 »n < b-noral Bor annoem
od a I) a n f 11 * 111 ’ 1 ' •' »l 1 he old ciiy
t inn »'I W;i i f aid I Ik* dis*. n't «• *
of t he V: -!.ni i ( daicral Ik n - i i -
numirated h • < i ion to . band- t
Warsaw to ’i< t omninnder-in-chiel
of the Poll h n ■•••»•. hoi o The mes -
sage by undergi iimo r-.dm fry.>; a
1 sized then* \ no ..iirmidi'r. but
that the pah ,mI were rlispeismg and
do i v ing t|)i im|i,!.i| with the i nten t a u
ol reassemhh ’ , if. 'in as :i mi I. <
ground Inn*** < < *t >ide ’.he r. pjl.d .
For ,*»4 rl the I ,nlr> I .a. •.» rep > t -
11 'out imp’d on Page Three.)
Posfwar Figure
THE STATE DEPARlMENT has ap
pointed r? >bcrt D. Murphy, veteran
Am one r.: diplo italic trouble shnnt
er, as political advisor to Gen.
J*’i -n bower for the military occu
pation of Germany. Murphy will
return 1 o Wa-hingh *n for consult a
lion before proceeding to his new
post in Loudon. (lute''national)
Fighting On
Finn Front
Has Ceased
Prrsirlrnt Orders
F'.iif I of II osl i i it ics
Willi .Soviet Armies
11' ■ | dill; i, Aept. 1 (Al1)
I 'iV. 111 iliii' ''ii ihi' Finnish front
era i'll Ioda v, fi 111; i ] l r | an nonne
|'(I- t h n•«• y a r , I h pt mont Ir.
and nin-' day-; aft")- Finland and
Russia cnI:;ijyed in hostilities for
tile (('olid time in tile present
war.
< )ii ilu- a •1 tepn end of the ' i on t,
nv urn. ! I*. 11. e ' aillrt in .aid. the tilth
a i . 11 y h. i . c |e ai «>i I lie I a at ot t m cn -
cm v t f m ii i.:h p i>und nverh »< h o ,
• 111 • nnpo. I'm! lateral load b, tween
I ’i a and Kloia aree.
T he g.ip toi n in thy eastern end
of th« Gothic line \ tended inla u
If> ei the port o' Pf’saro, on mbirh
I’oii.h ' • > i ■ e e , tightened their grip
by i' png ( 111 the !a.,t .tuhbom p ir';
*-*t -a ! •■ dance and executing an
• •lit me: mg fit n to the rna t alrm» -t
twice 11 * • lo the north The Pnjrv
• nlheted h‘*uvy Co ua!■ ir upon tin’
Nazi-.
Nazis Admit
Allies Near
To Victory
Iynprion. Sept. 1.— < \i’> !;i
one ot the franked Nazi Iv, •> -I
lasts rvrr directed to hum* list
nuTs. tlit* Bclriin radio ife»|ircd
lor|a\ that tiernni most
hr warned at this hum In,it Mir
slightest sign of wavoiru," or
weakness now will present the
rnein \ with \ ictor.i
With \mcrican forces !i the
\ er\ th rman frontier—p.-.h;|s
already aeross the holder—a
Herman spokesman told the
lionie front:
“We are lighting for our hare
existence, and the choc .ill" is
not on our side. Weaklings wid
probably flag under the strain
which is now being exerted on
us But the strong must keep
the banner flying.
•‘The enemy is flooding us with
a veritable thunderstorm of
propaganda which may bring
confusion and conflict in the
homeland. He is out to split the
nation ?nd its unity.”
Antwerp Occupied, Online* Rv.tpe
Route ul \;i /is I <>w;ii d (he Reich
I.iillfi<i!I, . .1 ■ ji! 1 I \ I ' ) , . 11
toda > Hi lil»o;rat ion of I:i i ■
of 1 icialh In. ii.v. • <■ i.h■ i ■ ■ I Aw u
< sea])! ■ rout i - o| ,p; (niiui i. -n
Beljiinm.
!'\v<i A tnerirat: |>< aim. ■
1 he Raich it si.‘i i a1 i ■ ■ m i ,1 loo i ■, t ■ *
confirmat ion f< ■ t i j arcoim:, j
t elling' of an in int" \ ni vit|
from tin1 Diiti-I ■ ami on th
tfiant mu * a,; i n.i 1 mli mrl
Kruno and all if lunm .
An' a. 'Tii . . tl. a
sol: , seized : , 'I. iil a .
m ..a imra ill : -
!!: i - a . t ! 1 ■
can forces .vero i i
where tliev, 111: ri',". ' < i a! Wa
in ('< I- .i;iii', Do- .etc: , wifi 1) an a ,ry
— the a iin roads 1.. !J<■ 11 11
The -'.'.III i >: l It la a - ■ - , t If T! I F. . Her'
was in it - final piia -a. •• th tiie Ger
mans apparently ’ j:: Li "'.a id
vanre * -f the t.'iiitc i Si a!.-- -f enth
army o iy enough to fai'itilali- | light 1
hack to 'ii.- Kaicli.
A Frencii lolimm penetrated 1 <> :
VillWraiu'lie. 1.1 a lies north oi l.y n. !
a a I Ann a' a a at Mollt re ' ' ti’ a a li ■ -
northeast a Ly n. repaIse.i a a. n- 1
: attack ■ v \.,ni i a.a' yoni " -. Tin
Gei mans mnoiinci'ri c i ion
l.y. n. In a Gencr: ! I 'aicli' 1 • ulpa . i
ters sa a! only that pat i • >la r'li'ri.i
tip. city y. -tar'I v.
There was liarp I mill iny vesta riav
,, 1 tiie city, mil<'s i" .r111• ■ i ' '' .
I .von. vlcre one German 1 ■ a . |, '
route 1 aa . a an. iced
Til rollyi: ,at :1a a P hern 1'
t i y h I my " .aa I teem y n • a ■ a
tlie l.f a. a ( ;,■ a an t'Ph ..
at the mercy if relent li-* ■ I - n a
aid I ."111 a ny I. v the Alin'd a
t n \llied iiiiiiiiiinn'mcnl -> >i<f
lh, (Germans now hu\(. virt'i.iiK
evacuated all of southern I rani *
from In on westward to the \l
la n I le.
In I: i a a ■ ; a i i H i e Gain •
in 11 lyi t la -m their .lad ■ > : i
is last, the 1 ■' 11 *' Li n i -I 11-a !)-.n
-trip. Hi.- a.. Fi an.. , •
Knyland. 'I lew . n l ! r ' • '.
i h I'"' iyh northern He !i; 111
a jliee/ert no I Inn Had < I . ■ e. .■ '
\,i,a :111■: • ■ ei. tiia .
i It It*. Tl:a i li'ini. a ."
the el1 , eei eo a-t vr.i . i v a I
M>ie " ill.- 'all to Ilia I ."' . " 'll
any, v 11 e|i ■ ,. tin- S' 1 ." i • "ii
l)i .t ti side- ol Hu Iowa. Hr a’]
which with it; aihur'o.- ; ei i M'u
1 ition ' : lit:’,non. ■ . . the irt
IT ir- peaty eapit it ek • . "d a 111,- G< - ,
a a: The 11 rst .v.i ■ I! ••: e tn>"
Pai is and Hnehai e.-t
Belgium v a ,.s yand a ■
Freedom appeared to lie aa tuny,
n ;a, for tile I lately, "ho e <
told 'o.v General F.isenh i'ivr the' !
their nr was "erv near
tn re ichiny Hi ll - -el yi ' r ia v,
I jo '. G ii. Miles ( Hemp i y - 1 Jr -
• -• yen md army advanced it ;pw I
of ten miles an h<mr, an : add
4 • ' 1 u nnirorj
x : • ' ’ • ; • .11. iiniinrrr|
1 1 • t ho la U
a i ni i. ;• i ’ v. '■ 1 a nr<’ a nr]
It- ' ' ‘! nr!< .| a < ■ h. ra .• p*arho»|
apart '1 ■ ••!■ ?■•» .iffiris*
•ii ol i tvi.’ch I'roi:’ • r ;i!dviro;;
> I hi city - mile*.
• la -t ]■«•!:: i; i!1! ;• ra : r* ,utr of \
!al»‘i I < a ia i .«> ! rkc i :i
IP': i d" 1 ■' r, f !<•<•, a ]T*fi tlO! -
el! v a:' t ‘ ( a i n. my. (’rnv. d \
»l •< p! • »• : i - : ' ' t pc Bl'lt i ‘h
ank - ;i!i ' (nil . i .<:,•• fi fpiwcrs.
Reports from Stockholm s.nrj
Xmrrirun lankmen had e\:p%n*ed
Perl, .just inside the German fron
tier. near tiie .junction of firr
maie, . Prance and Luxembourg.
Perl is \ i miles northeast of Thi
onville. where the Nazis reported
fighting ‘hi hours age*. \ Paris
broadcast In the Preneh forrrs
of the interior said another I lilt
ed States column had driven
through 100 miles to the north of
Aachen. (Jcrmanx. .jn t hevond
thi Belgian border 70 miles east
ol Brussels.
C. v*
■ l) -*h l’-..
... IV. 1
Air Attacks
Checked By
Bad Weather
1. • '* i • \ IM Mi
■ • (M- t’lp
M(iay n
1" « i A • 1 I I •• » i ‘ • 1 KM V, V
1.(a i11 ; ""-Mn A.ii
; • • • -I Hr- t.
■ ' 1", - ■ ' ' ' i - i? a
• • Ssferlay ;ii
■ I i I ii Ft ii •■(•, aiirl
!' •• ’ll '!■• V " ’ <■ ’I'.-i n| Ho! •
; ,.i.- i1' ■ i • I ! Till, Hid
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i" , ii >• it,-. t ighf'M
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ILIl ' I
INtW IMU UKIVfc (VIAT JUtl^l KtUj
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ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE FREE Yugoslav radio that Con. Tito's troops
had opened an offensive between Uzicc and Uolicvac (11 may mean an
important new move in the Balkan campaign. The S->\ iet forces already
have entered Bucharest and the Tito drive appear.- to indicate an effort
to form a juncture with the Reds even though Bulgaria, which is not at
war with Russia, is crossed. Meanwhile Russians have reached the Dan
ube (21 and may pres.- north. Also (31 they continue to uiave through
C.. pothian p • - a toward Transylvania ana Hungary. v.H .u; net}.
WtAllltE
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Clear to partly cloudy and con
tinued hot tr.niitltl and Tuesday
Scattered thundershowers in
(west portion Tuesday, and a few
in mountains this afternoon and
evenvis'.