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MIGHTY II. S. FORCES ROLL INTO GERMANY
ALLICD dlAjI bKIDGES TO HALT RETREAT OF NAZIS
*■ ' ' vV-Min. .
MFRE IS ONE OF THE REASONS why the Gorman fore'-. couldn't retreat in southern France. Bidder; pinnaia
thr famous Rhone River alTaraseon were n irie a etc by Allied bombers to hinder tlm night of Nazi troops
and supplies. I ock npmka on one ot the islets (right foreground) indicate some near hits. {.Biteruabonaf)
Tropical Hurricane
To Strike Tonight
In WilmingtonArea
Romanm Accepts
Armistice I erms
From the Allies
Moscow Scot, 13—( \l‘i—-K‘>
mania, Hitler's erstwhile Balkan
ally, whose Iriops nnu am fight
ing beside the Russians, Inrinallv
(• nclmierl an armistice agreement
I <t night with tlir I nitcrl Na
linns, the S< vi-l government an
nouneerl today.
terms ol' the agreement were
not immediately made public.
Finns Given
Peace Terms
By Soviets
' •' in dm, .'•>« j •* Id 1 \ P)
P; ■' Min, 'r If ark\ id 1 d F:nland
'■ ~ JH'rtcrl In lei 11 i'll In I Irk. 1,1 ih I
i:.■ 1 M<iscow within 24 hours, > .ear
ing lilt-. .;m ;ii ll11-t ice terms, it was
le.n icd today.
An autnontative Finnish suiircc I
■aid the terms' would In presented
to Pari lament for approval, prob- i
ai'lv tomorrow
Tim agreement probably will he
pm. isliri immediately l>y Moscow, j
nr in ,i point Hussian-Finnish an
nouncement. if approval is voted. |
The 'erms are understood, in el feet, I
to constitute peace, with the excep- I
lion ol a few details, winch would
be a-tt led at some general peace
..femm p later
Southern Finland, this Finn -aid,
v oiallv is cleared of its three Ger
n . divisions and German civilians
A oig proportion'' of tin- seven di
\ -ions in tlie north was reported
e\ iriiated toward Germariy througii
southern Finnish ports. The intor
in.int declared, however, that it was
impossible technically lor all the
Germ,-ins’ northern army, to with
d ,vv by the September la deadline
set by the Russians, thus placing
upon the Finns the responsibility
of disarming those remaining.
Xlreahy Finnish troops are mov
ing northward and occupying those
areas vacated by the Nazis.
(Today’s German communique
said "In central Finland, the So
viet tried to make thrusts hito our
disengagement movement. I hey had
to lie repaJled with losses m man
power.")
Volume Low
With Stocks
New York, Sept 13 — (API-—Snnu
-fictions of the stock market today
extended the advance of the pre
vious session, but volume remained
low.
Leaders given fair support includ
ed General Motors, American 1 tele
phone and Standard Oil NJ. South
ern Pacific and Santa Fe were low
er.
Bonds and commodities, were h
J'egular.
Bear'll Residents
I old to Get Away
Before Nightfall
- *
Wilmington. Sept. — (AIM
Paul II<* , of the Wilmington
W< at her I’urruu ..aid at noon
today hr believed the hurricane
now in the Allant ic would st l ike
tin' Wilmington \ icinity “some
time tonight.'*
Hr rrrommrndrd I h;it resi
dents of erari>y \\ rightsvilIr
and ( arolina braelirs move in
land brlore nigliti'all.
At 1 . .'i lurk. KWT. Ilf’s - '■ I imaterl
Hii> I - rm ’.■■•!> 37.1 milt .i i il It nr
, ,i il li. ,i I "I Wi In-ill A i ai. ■ 111 ri moving
in i III nl' ri 'll 11 we: I.
II will gel very rlw.c to Wilming
ton wine time tonight, and vvr might
t ■ i be prepared." he .aid. lie in id
the tides and winds would hr wry
high here tonight.
Hess said hr tbought the hut ricane
wi old strike tile nearby bearin'.- and
Southport.
NO NAVY FLANKS OKIU KJ l>
TO KV.Vt 1 ATE AT NORFOLK
Norfolk. Va . Sept- 13 (AP) No
Navv planes liave been ordered 1 -
evacuate eoastal areas nt tin' dllli
naval district, a spokesman said lo
day in reply In a finely as In whether
the hurricane of I the Atlantic coast
had caused issuance of such an order.
It close approach of I lie hurricane
should necessitate the fieelai alion th it
evacmition conditions exist, aireralt
will be flown inland, the -pnkrsman
said.
Miami. Fla.. Sept. 13—l.M’i —
Storm warnings were hnistrd
along the Carolina and north
Georgia coasts today as a great
Atlantic hurricane moved rlose
to the threatened points.
At 10:30 a. m.. Weather Rtireau
advisory placed the storm about
300 miles east of Titusville. Fla.,
and ton-cast a course which
would "bring the center close lo
the coast of the Carolinas.
Meteorologist Grady Norton
noted, however, a tendency for
the big huricane to turn more to
the northward, or even t■» the
northeastward and thus spare the
coast a dangerous blow.
■•If the storm is to miss the
Carolina coast." he said, "it will
have to turn within the 18-hour
period which began at 8 a. m. to
day. There is still a good chance
that il will swing away, hut I
strongly urge persons in the
warning area to keep in closest
touch with developments."
NEW U. S. MISSION
LOCATED IN PARIS
Supreme Headquarters. Allied Ex
peditionary Force, Sept. 3—(AIM —
General nwight P. Eisenhower an
I non need that Major General John 1.
Lewis of the United States Army,
■ heads a newly-activc supreme head
| quarters mission to Franco located m
Paris, as of today.
| Major General H. Redman, nl the
British army, was named deputy. Thr
mission will represent the supreme
Allied commander with the Ft each
ivernment.
Foreigners
In Germany
Told To Flee
Supreme Headquarters, Allied
Expeditionary Force, Sept. 13.—
(Al’l—A spokesman for Gen
rral Dwight Eisenhower told
foreign workers in northwest,
w rst and smitliwest Germ.on
today to flee Ihe Gestapo's man
hunt for soldiers and trench dig
gers and to "leave Ihe fac
torir."
“Yeai are in danger,"' lie -aid in a
broadt'a t. "but in tlm next few days
von may time Hie “irate,I npjinr
(unity action In ■ de..pera|e et
I'ort In eliminate Mia "I support
a nr 111 g Hie v nrke -. linn liter plans
to repeat in the ".vest what be and
the Ge-tapo "nave . I ready done in
thr east.
■"Worker there have been sent to
man the I w ' il ira! .mi- Thousands id
other worke; .. including potential
lenders and "'.•■oue;\ hr e been he. d
cd into a.on ciitr.ition ramps a
hostages.
••Workers m thr Ruhr and Rhine
land are at tin ■ moment undo
threat of the one danger.
• Here are your instructions bo
meeting this danger, for saving vour
own lives, mrl lor rifling Hie Allied
Mnnics.
I, e; i v f • ill fd'rnnm t.irtnncs et
once.
undi'i'^i • >'-nd.
“Go into hiding, either m the
towns or 'ii Ihe lands. You must
art immediately, so leave the lag
lories now. The .alcM place is on
the land. German tanners arc m
need of labor. Many will give you
loud and shelter. Tim Nazis have not
the men to spare to search lor you
in control ymir movements.
“Further instructions will be
given to y in In" r i i" and byjeaflelx
dropped Irom Allied planes.
Nazi Troops
Are Bombed
At Frankfort
London. Sept. 1-1 -(AH) A gicat
I armada nl 3,000 planes converged on
Germany from the west and smith
today, less than 34 ... alter Gen
i eral Eisenhower promised "'devastat
ing bombing" i f the Ruhr and Rhine
land.
More than 1,500 were heavy oomb
nr, and they struck at Frankfort and
Stuttgart, and Berlin still burned
from massive RAF night blows,
i The overnight raids upon Erank
: fort, now less than 90 miles behind
I the German front lines, was carried
out in particularly great strength and
I was aimed directly at matching the
■ flow of Nazi reinforcements to the
front.
j The RAF’ bomber command, it was
disclosed, originally had planned t“
i strike another target 40 miles eas'
hut changed its plans when it was
' learned that the rail yards at Frank
i fort were jammed with military ma
| terials headed west.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Thursday eloud.v. moderate to
heavy rains in eastern portion;
moderate temperatures: strong
winds and gales along the coast.
Assault On The Philippines Four Units
To Follow Quebec Gathering Are Heading
Americans to Eat
Thanksgiving Meal
There, Is Forecast
Quebec, Sept. 1M (A P) - An
Allied onslaught on the Philip
pines before the last echoes of
this Roosevelt-('luirehill victory
conference die away seemed pos
sible today as the P.ritish and
American commands discussed
the shortest cut - to global vic
tory.
'I tic intimi ii get together,; betv, > cn
Koosevel! mrl C'liurehill :n<- humid
by no gci igraphic Ijmit.U nm .. and u
I he mnnwnl Allied a: mica aie ■.lug
ging inti (j( nnimy ahead >a l)-l)av
schedule. International political re
lations across the : arrow channel be
tween Uni tin and France, invulving
the I Milliharti in Oaks .:er:u Cv l.iiks
at Washington, and the lutiir" i : tin
British - American - Soviet ad' isory
con mi.ssii n in London, press lor swift
dispalch "I strictly military buv
in the Pacific ii("';in, air and
naval attacks set the pace fur
events to conic. Mr. Roosevelt,
General MaeArlluir. southwest
Pai'itie commander, and Admiral
Nimilz, Pacific licet commander,
reviewed strategy for this huge
war theatre less than two month
ago in Pearl Harbor. Since then,
Allied power has mushroomed at
terrific speed toward Mindanao,
southernmost of the major islands
in the Philippine chain.
Sonic military men say (II Jo tv
will be opening K-rolio"s in the
Philippine islands before Thanksgiv
ing turkeys arc 01 their tab!".; hack
home. Such a stroke, backed by
tremendous American naval and air
power, would substantially chart m -
crall Pacific strategy.
The Philippines. Formosa, the -I ;p
anese homeland, presumably would
be primarily an American show.
India, Burma, Malaya and the
Motherland.- Fast Indies would hi
assigned in Bri fish command i fob
given in Admiral MoutUbatten .<■
mother historic Quebec cnnlrrmc'
II months ago
()n Ii;c China main1 and, (Icneral
Slilwcll and his forces would form
Iho laiKl-cnne"l ing link in territory
already integrated in the air ‘by the
Superfortresses ol General Arnold’s
20th air line
For Britain’s par*, report . fi nm
London relayed through U ashingl -n.
Hit vulunlly her entire licet — at least
III battleship-. 100 cruiser.- and de
stroyer.;. 100 or more submarines,
eight airora11 carriers, plus others ol
the auxiliary type —at the disposal
0 the Allied combined duels of stall,
nice Berlin i - occupied.
lok\ o Broadcasts
Report ot Attack
On karile Islands
(H.v The Associated Press)
The Tokyo radio said today
that ten t oiled States heavy and
medium bombers had attacked
the Kurile islands north of Ja
pan yesterday morning, while
another force of Liberators struek
at the Japanese base in the Mar
cus islands on Monday and Tucs
da v.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Federal Communications Com
mission, said two of the rai'C*
were downed and another dam
aged.
The Game's Up
TYPICAl of thousands of German
prisoners taken in Belgium is this
fellow whose lace shows clearly
that lie's had a tough day and is
read'’ •? a'tit. (International)
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IN LOWER MAP arrows show how two key Allied drives swing (A> across
the Netherlands above the Siegfried line toward the hcait of the Nazi
industrial areas noith of Cologne while (B) the drive through Aachen
a iv. directly at Cologne and perils war production zones. In upper ir, <p
the large circle gives a close-up of important manufacturing centers
c ..ai d which the drives aim while black stars in small rime ;nd cate
XcV objectives in Fiance which cither are well in hand or have beep
taken in the smash toward the Reich, (International)
Reds Fighting Near
Border Of Hungary
Mn in, Nopl. |— (Al’l (’ ’.epr
ful IJu.• ■'■,11 lank I'iiti’s and Roman
ian nlantry emerged today from
the w i'rrn !• >■ >thi 11 s of TransyK ama
and anight Ini' ci ntrol n| the "ad
ncln n . ,idialing Haim Tima, an i. H)
miles .1 .ill i I ilie prt war Hungarian
.aii'di'i. mid 7a milcs i • irlh nl ■ I.e
Yugoslav capital of Belgrade.
(The paris radio said the Red army
had reached the outskirts ni Sofia
and that the Buigarian capital w;,s
preparing a reception, having aneu
cd all members nl the l< rmer pro
Nazi government.)
Marshal Malinovsky's offensi e
was rolling forward during ins hnct
absence to sign an armistice with
Romania in Moscow and his Russians
approached within 25 miles of Chii
capital of central Transylvania, -md
largest Romanian city still in m
emy bands lie broke i pent
fort 11 ied line v. Itieli the II nigai i.nts
had been building since l!)H), ••• lien
Hiller awarded them the nnrfhpm
hall of the Romanian pr u 'e.
Battle reports from north !’■ l.ieii
said 1 hr major rail rente. "I H"teza
20 miles below Hast l\ :,~sia. a a
' irtually encircled. The Gum am
were leaving a double cicei.er mill"
field to cover their slow retreat, and
were milliter attack sporadically wi'lt
tanks and soll'-prupellcd g n but
11< d iorees steadily gained ground
The battle in the Balkans !< '.
Transylvania now is bee an mg
campaign to envelop Serbia (south
ern Yugoslavia i from tin’ north and
reach the 'I l/aa i i ver. '.'.Inch 11 >v
north -old south aeros.-. the hear!
ot the Hungarian plain, one >! Hit
ler's major breadbaskets
i - n -w
American A rmies Meet
In Force Along Seine
Sept |;; — (AP) The a-v.
i-ntli and third armies have met in
finer mi the Seine river at UhaPlIon
closing the last enemy reheat route
from southern and western France,
Allied headquarters announced to
j day.
The full force cut off substantia!
numbers of Germans', an ' ffioiui in
| noimcement said. Patrols of the two
; armies had met previously
I French troops of the seventh army
surged 4R miles northwest of Dijon
i m less than Iff hours and completed
i the union.
American troops moved n.rv trd
ngam after capturing the Don is \ al
ley town ot Vesmd. 30 miles wo..' of
the gap 111 a hitter two-dav 'ighl,
but ran nto stiff 'resistance i tr"
miles lo the east and norlhoax'
On the seventh army right liars,
near the Swiss holder, french t ■> p.
U-Boat Base Near
Bordeaux Is Freed
B\ French Forces
London, Sept. 13 — (AP) — The
French radio at Mat seille said to
dav that French lorces of the inter
ior had liberated LaKoclv He. U-boat
! base. 45 miles north of Bordeaux.
1 >; 111 (• I pH i ill I a ”a III of | i ■ ,• • > in It
in i til u si ri n” (j r tan an P at i I ir-i ; m_
si I ions al P' >in t He Rnido
At least 20.000 Germans wue In
lieu ed tn remain behind the Allied
lines west and south nt the Clio Unn
junction point, and a !ioad<ptarlers
officer said they all are Maced with
■ h' likelihood nl InMim e; pP.ired nr
killed.
For Reich
C ountrr At Inch*
Ry Gormans Fmi;
Nearer to Rhine
I,(>i)ilon, Sept L: — ( AT) —
Powerful American reinforce
mi nts rolled today into double
invasions of Germany carrying
within AT miles of the Rhine,
while two oi' more other 1’nited
states columns beat to or near
the fronter of the Reich's "holy
soil,'
-Sij)>i-e11,,. headquarters imposed •?
cunty .!11 e11 co on the hi,;, lunge;, ->f
the I'niterl Slates lust srinv eh,'h
,c(| Pie Xa/.i border from Luxem
bourg tn northwest of Trier, and from
Belgium cast to Euperi. But fresh
torce.! were being poured into the-"
the t 65 mile.! apart.
Other first army forces struck
15 miles beyond Bastogne into
the northern tip of Luxembourg,
n arliinc near (Icrcaux, three
miles irom Germany. This yvas
the biggest disclosed gain of the
d a y.
The te nt ii-patch told ul a IlghJ
mng 60—im.iie ihu -i from AiunoG
to the Our re cr ! order of Luxem
bourg and Germany and within a
mile of the Siegfre'd line. This pre
iii ably referred to die United States
third army separate irom the ("lcv
voux are..
Slid another threat of more nr —
ins Into Germany was posed by Am
ericans win captured Maimed v. eight
miles from the Belgian-German L w
der.
There •■van no news of the nca , ,
noi dree.. I of Trier since the mid at
announcement it had carried Is e
miles into Germany.
Twice dip Germans counter d
Isoserl but they were thrown hark
or held.
\ new American army—the ninth
-was disclosed to be lighting 1C on
tides igna ted sector. The junction
oi the third .mu seventh army v •
■ I rengt hened.
Thp third army -like the first
- knocking it German ilcfeus
'i multiple threats, many of whn-h
i ight explode into a I ,11 lorrc on
laught
General Patton's men had cleared
almost all of the we ' back of the
Moselle and were building a broad
i i idgehead on the east hank near
Nancy.
The British second iirniv steadily
was expanding its breakthrough o'
the Albert canal line into n weds’
into Holland It built up an 111 ack
flank within (ill miles of Dusseldorf
and Essen.
Lt. Gen He dges' first annv alijp
v. s almost on ttie Dutch border.
Battles continued for the ports of
Brest, Pm iogne. Calais and Dunk
kirke
Democrats Open
Headquarters In
Raleigh Friday
Raleigh, Sept. 13. — l API — Tim
Democratic party will open Stab
headquarter! Friday in the Sir Wai
ter hotel here., launching its fall Vud
tor election In State, congressional
uid United States senatorial office-.
F.xpectofl to be in atlendai\
among others, are R Gregg Chci rv,
>f Gastonia, gubernatorial nominee,
W. B. Umstead. State chairman, ot
Durham; Mrs. B. B. Everett. of
Palmyra, vice chairman: Leroy Mar
tin. of Raleigh, secretary: and \V. P
Horton, of Pittsboro, national com
mitleeman. and Cherry'.! prumu v
campaign lieutenants.
Rallies will he held in each ol 'lie
congressional districts.
Senator Joe Blythe, of CkarloPe.
Jackson Day dinner chairman - ex
pected to head the money rai.nng
division.
Berlin Expects Fresh
Ultimatum by Quebec
1 nil' iSept | ( A P ) Pi edict
ng that a new Allied airrendrr ul
timatum would emerge Inin the
Rnnscvelt-Churehill eorderenee In
Quebec, the Berlin radio told the
German people today that 'to give
in now would 11 low the Allies to
gain viet wy by sneaking through the
hack doer.”
The bn ideas! disclosed that simi
lar warnings were published by all
German morning newspapers as Nazi
propaganda sought to bolster home
morale for the final defense of the
Reich by harping on the theme that
j defeat would be "worse than death."
, and that Germany must "fight to
the bitter end
,\ dispatch from ,'('<■ itzerla’id. nr"
rvor, declared that i\d. (Jen. Hem?.
Gudcrian. chief of the German gen
eral staff, with the support of his
lield marshals and the whole high
command, had advised Hitler that
the worst could be expected at any
moment. At the same time other
neutral reports indicated that the Nazi
party itseli was divided into two (ac
tions—one under Hitler. Himmler.
Goebbels and Von Ribbentrop. called
the ‘‘destruction party"; the other
under Goering, known as the "peace
party. _