-f i r„c s *
heavy fighting forces nazis eastward
Fighting In
British Area
Intensified
I liree-Mile Gap In
Siegfried Line Is
Cut By Americans
London. (Jet. •’>—(.AP) ILa
vy fighting flared along the
Xijmegen-A nth; m corridor to
day as liriti.-di infantry attacked
in several sectors, gaining a mile
in one place, in a westward ad
vance toward the German fioh
. tier.
Below Uip.m: .sect a., United Slat'.a
'am', olid mi am i v. i .ght mg tju<
edge ot Jtic Cologne pi; in after :• ,r
ng a three- iC wide breach in 111"
"iigin.il Siegfried line at Uoach. oat
1 tlcfi :ana . wly .iganisl iiai'i"ii••• I
Clcini n ic-i.ilaiic cent' ri: g ,*n new
ly I'on-tr icted anti-tank ditches ,mi
i eccntly - crc-ifd pillboxe.-. Tti •
doughboy, bi'oi (ti.-.vn an armor;.I
cmintoi Black n the uthorn flank
'f their wedge driver inh.i the (lor
man lin*. in Uu- sector north r.t
A ache: . and the Gr ro ails ,1 i- .'I M
the Americans had v. i defied thin'
wedge.
General Hi - ; vymain iit"j.;
mi -a i- launched i: a ix-m ! ■
f nt ! i *. outh of • a n !
i ■ about two milt", 11. . tie ■ i
ill"': lllirlg'' lor whicil 1 v Ii tls.1
: ,i orb*irnr rii. isii .n rad : >at! !■ d .>.i
. m It a os o imci.l m tim dn vc* .A
■ ’a nerdcnsch. eight miles
f o ,i Arnhem and Hi*, ame dist " <• >
ii"r11.■ at it Nijmegen Sufi i.ppo
aI "ii amd"d the ad: .i *. in i ...> .•
", mile.
I" the .1, Canadian *iin*- j.
"d tin- G* i man:, navi 11 • an K a,
( appellm and Starbrof1-.-, |r i tn c
i n "ole math ot Antvvm p, in a ttiroat
within ..'wen mile. ... the ■ at , " v
land nerl. over which Die ply v id
cm I corn Hu niamlai"; hi hi*. Dutch
i.'dand , "I Beveland m. I: AK-f to. de 1
Wa-lchcren.
I" the o.i th "he pl I'.,. .Ii ange»?
battl'' "f the ai <I>• • I .p« d am. 1
g : n I. I c and l i * - r ' .ui• . .| 11; e gr
11 oh" on I ! ,.i i. pi ng * -1 ■ o 1 , i1 Km 4
Iba.i' t. I.ey iio-tjnn t* Met/ I)..ugh
' oy ■ ot tlie Aincriran 1 bird armv
'*' hi til,. Ip lop, Old tap ge , '.
on f■•mgfot wdh de 1 -i ■: .1 ■ mu in fh •
maze ■ t oiiderg: • and drfen
Ai' t ' 'ft' . }>■ "idlelit K'heard 1) Bad
I'lp it'd 111 a dispatch from the .Mm
fv> IP that I ii(. A ip ei man 1 irl m ai"
their ip ■' pciiel rat ion I . -t n . a ■■ • ,
tlie :ubtei 1 .mean tunnel., of fort
J triant.
Capture "i the tori war announced
prematurely ,v rpieme Headquarter
yeaIerday on the ba-i 1 front tine
dispatches bet a e Up, full tenacity of
tlie (lei 1 -on . land was known.
Koosln clt Plans
Italian Controls
Of J heir Affairs
Wa ihmgloii, Oi l. .V (,\P)—Plan.-,
arc now bob re President Roosevelt,
it wa - learned today, to change over
Jl'on military to ci\ ik.ui control the
control ol Italy.
The plan.-, whi.-ii iw; u: ir sendinj
home ltal i.n wai p. : .. an rs still hej 1
n a •'"'“a,
Ol a ntmen.ia- ::s .,dy eat : ed
ut. a :licit v. or, listed by the Presi
dent in a •.:.,ic.mcnt yesterday.
rhe ! i rat 1: iio basic Italian peed;.
'urn i! o Pres dent look mca .-up as
a. .-deviate we- q immed as food,
e a -cr\ i mu ami electr a power.
Tile next step, wild'll is expect:.!
to i" taken protn])tly. s to ropjace
military off trials by civilians. I:
Iterh »ps hert that May n 1 .,uluurdi t
of New Y ri. City, tit- into the p
vau pod ita! an picture, although high
' 11 mud sou roes insist that no dtsi
si n h ,s \ i • been e id'- on | recisch
when LaGu.udia wbl go to Italy,
and what Ins tub will be when aw
it he gets there.
As c Vo: ms step in one by on
to lake • - i s jobs now being held
bv Ml.i’d army . : fleet the plan j>
to t re ad mini.- 11 a( j ai of cove: n
mold d( |..n imont- brick to :1m Ital
ian . one by one Km i n the w.
nitty be eon rof i>vet scho
Cotton Prices
Down Slightly
New York, Oct. 5.— ( AP) ( ot
ton tutures opened five to 2a cents
a bale lower. Noon [trices were five
to 3a cents a bale lower < trt.-ibeV
22.08, December 21 94, March 21 98
l5. Close Open
October . 22.09 • 22.08
December . 21.97 21.9!
March . 22.0.'! 21.99
May . 22.01 21.97
lJuly . 21.78 21.75
U. S. NAVAL CHIEFS PLAN MAJOR BLOW AT JAPAN
If 'i r arr the I . S. naval chiefs as they met in Sail Franeisei to imp new w ar strategy against Japan. In
\ iew of their ranks and the number taking part, tn ■* vital lia'ure of their conference appears nhvious.
I.ett tr right are Adm. Raymond Spruanre, Commander ‘>’i i !■■(■'• Adm. lar-'st l. King, C i:iiinsiidrr-in
eliirl C. S. Fle'-t; Yice-Adm. C. A. Conk; Secretary of the Navy James Forres'al; Yire-Adm. Randal Jacobs,
chtef el Nasal Personnel; Adm. Chester Nimitr. ( oniinandrr-in-ehi-f l . S. Pacific Fleet, and Yiee-Ailm. Au
brey \V. Fitch, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. (Internationa!)
FDR Makes
Vote Appeal
Tonight At 10
V, isTunglmi, (>ct. 5 i .A 1 ‘) -Pi •• a
dent IN -i \ t It wiil make in mi I
i lit-and-out .speech for a lonrtli t.ei ■
tonight, a radio adclres., bean eri t i
Democratic party walkers md aim
ed primal ilv at getting out a lull
strength vote in November
Thcr*' is eorsiucrablc apda! pecu
lation whether the lac.admit will us"
the orr.tsh.n t” earry the campaign
light to Ins opponent. Piuninr Tno
mas 11 Dewey, a he did n hi ■
opening address September 2k.
Mr. R nsiwnii will -peak about '.M
minutes on a ladio program u'ffmged
by the Democratic National i.'ummit •
tee 1 ne bn adeast starting at ji)
p in. will be ear-led bv the I "Imu'
bia and Mutual networis...
Although the I rcriocnt gave >
advance indication of Ins ..object,
most White il<uis<‘ . euc" expect tin
address to confine it.-elf largely t i a
go-tn-the-poll - appeal llnviyp.
Mr. Roe .<■ 1it has had in opportun
ity yet to make a p' blic reply t ■
the sharp attack (Inventor Dewey
fired at hi. administration in tin'
latter's speech in Oklahoma City.
Democratic Chairman Hubert K
H innegan said tonight's hroadeast
would be directed to meeting o'
party workers in 125,00 voting nr a .
throughout the country Ten party
workers are suppos'd I i list'"' ui
each district, and al'tm the laouli . i.
each will be given a list, ol regi
tend voters and be eliaiged’ 1 ib Hi
resp msibilit.v ol gi ttmg llumi In ■ '
Hannegan and M’ .. Charle.. w Til -
lett, ass i. tent Demoer die m'i mal
chairman, will appear mi the program
with the President.
Ball Thinks
Peace Policy
Is Unclear i
St. Paul, Oct. j- (AP) - Senator
Joseph H. Ball, Minnesota Republi
can, feels that neither Goternor Tho
mas K. Dewey, the Republican can
didate for president, nor Preside: '
Roosevelt has cleared stated his po
sition on two questions vital to the
problems of preventing future wins.
He said so last night in a broadc; si
address amplifying and repeating ins
earlier statement that he could not
campaign for Dewey at this time
because of doubts "he would light
vigorously for a foregin policy which
will offer a real hope of preventing
World War III."
"I cannot, iorget," said Sei’aioi
Ball, "that 25 years ago the League
ot Nations was sabotaged and k Fieri
by public officials who claimed to
be for its general outlines and pur
poses, but who (ought every specific
authority needed to make it ef
fective."
lie said Governor Dewey's position
ns outlined in his Louisvile, Ky.. ad
dress, "is fine as lar as it goes," hut
that arguments along the lines which
killed the League of Nations in th>
Senate 25 years ago, already urv
being heard against our joining an
international security organization.
Demands are being made, he said,
that ail peace settlements lie com
pleted before the United States joins
an international security organization
and that Congress pass on decisions
of a world council before permitting
military participation against an ag
gressof by the United States.
U. S. Submarines in
Pacific Bag Eleven
More Jap Vessels
1 hrcc Wnrcraft in
Number Destroyed,
Navy Report Says
Wait! i i i*:• t < n. i let. 3 (A I;')
Amet ican aihnia rim i\,.;>iny;1
Japanese simply mu ■ dm <1 ■- j
-i’'nyt’(l another eleven enemy!
U’s.iels, incimiimv three war-!
craft, ill' Navv atmouiu'eil to
•lav- ' j
1 iv' lighting ti u! .nrlu'v'il i (le
an iy< i . .ii • i ‘ vc; -i-l and i : i-|
plane tender. all ct which may have I
I'Pell ! ying tn pi i.t• -i■ t .I.i; i.i'i" i " ii- I
vn.v lioin American under .vat«*i 1
4 lack. «
. \ I .. i I 111 11 alcrl 111 I ’ll' late.! Is.; Ill |
the si tbrnei 111 w< rc % carf' i .. i >s
and a lar:;.. I, like; 1'p'in tin -pally
dwindling Japanese fleet • ; fuel-j
(jurying ci.aH
A iii dr drived \v a . a ca':il__^' in !
indicating that th<* utm arm, , may
have been engaged m in cal; ng u 1
previ nting repair nl enemy ..a im -
icatmils lines.
The newly reported In 1-. in:;- ' .
in !):!t Ihe number d .1 iptiv , -
nl ail types .•■link, prnba • i n m o.
damaged by iibmai ine a lion.
Pearsall Reviews
l iirm Problems ! n
St;11e After War
I;..]' igh, lid a - (A 1') ( )!■'■ - if f hi
a . ;■! pressing p■ st v, ar |■ r i>I■ lac
ing North Cri.noiia w ■ II be di.-po it mi
' I indnst ri‘,1 .s' a plusc ; w llio'il dis
i' a ■ it i ng I'a rin pm’".-, ili ] mi -Mil'. :i\c
Hvalias Pearsall, 1" 11 ck.v 'bai I.
iai ak lit si the Stale lares, .
\ mi! ion, told the tarm and avia-' ry
■ ■ inli'i'iaic ■ today.
He hsti d cai l ml ,\orlIi l ae "ins
faim problems as c/.oicnl piodu.'
tion, health and its rcl.ti o- !;ip to
soil l" tilitv. forest ci nscrvat ai. .
proved fai ill pract ice * year ■ aid
t mpli yincut, i'cdim"sc slabildy, mo
... 1 farming, pi ul it'll.' oat '-a . fm
t..rt i products, di■ t»• iti m ol i r
pl'.iscs, rctent: u ami regain a it
-. s.ctai markets, the future 1 I ce
l.ii. I.u rn prices, flip disiribnt a; ' t
ol maiiulact tired and processed ugil
eultural po .ducts, processing "I agri
cultur. I jiri duels in home anus, u r:n
advantages, health and niecluuii.-a
lion of farms.
Stocks Drop
Early Gains
New York. Or*. 0— (AT1)- The i
.stock market tod iy made another j
brisk early stab at an advance, led :
by steels and .specialties, but r'<>
maud eventually tapered and many j
initial -printers Inilcd to loliow I
through.
In I runt most of I he time .‘.ere
Chrysler, Genera! Mntni , li'.uni . j
Aircraft and DuPont.
Hail bonds exhibited strength.
Commodities were lower.
VSVBIIII
I
FOR NORTH ( AROI.INA |
Tartly Gaudy with moderate j
temperatures trir-iui auti Friday. 1
His 73rd Birthday
■hi ii ii —i mil ii w — u^iii ii iiii j i m
AlIHOUGH Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull was celebrating his sev
enty-third birthday, it was ‘'busi
ness as usual” in his busy Wash
ington office as this photo was
taken. Hull has held this post
longer than any other U. S. Secre
tary o£ State. <International) |
New Russian
Drive Begun
In Lithuania
London. Oct. ■> - - (AIM — Russian
Iroiip: 11 Lithuania have mounted an
all-rut uUVu.-uvr west ..1 Siaulai, Col
onel 1 a nst van. Hammer, the German;
news agency's military commentator, :
said b day in a broadcast.
The Gi rman report said 111 to It
Russian dr i urn attacked n tin- !
Similei an i kit mile,, northeast ml
the I' i.-l i'rr si in eily of Tilsit, with
the lour tank corps A drum lir"'
;n till* iv ir i tge ol guns “ol the
heaviest caliri'e” preceded the drive.
The enemy ud the nfgansivc was;
i" ,i broad front, lino of its pur
poses might he to cut o!f the H*»g'i
gan isi.n to the north Successful
Ro... i.'in operations also would pre
pare a northern push into East Prus
sia. along ti e eastern frontier.
The Germans announced earlier
that .even Russian divisions of pr r
haps HID.htlh men had invaded the
mam KsOe ion island ol Same (Oseh,
at tin- mouth oi the Gulf oi Riga,
during tin' morning. Possession ol
the 1,00(1 square mile land mass
would block tlie escape of Germans
m the great Latv ian seaport ol Riga
and permit the Russia fleet to burst
intc tiie Baltic Bea.
Allied Landings In Greece
May Oust Foe From Balkans
German Occupation
May I'old Up There;
Key Points Seized
Rome. Oct. ."> (A I’) Strik
ing' I’n in the sea and air, British
troops have landed in Greece,
entered the pert of I’utras and
seized airfield, from which KAK
Spitfires already are operating
m support e.f the effort to dri\ ■
out or destroy German resist
ance.
Tic' Aliieil command, announc e.,
the e vasion I day, iid I, nciing f u
el-: had mud" contact with the enemy
both in Greece and ncigl a win.;
southern Albania, wheie other un i.
went ashore tin days arm.
There appeared a irony o utility
the operations might swiftly end
German rule throughout the li. Ik.ms
There v a. n > immediate rep a ;
on the extent of German resistance
at Patras, Greece’s third largest p ■ ,
or elsewhere, but tin1 Germans re
cently were >ai<1 to have three dive
.-toils on the Greek mainland, a . w II
as other elements evacuated in in
Crete, and tin Aegean Sea islands
All these have been reported ready
to flei in,rthw is! "ii a moment'
notice to e rape the iav.s n! a great
tia|a closing in the uhole Baikal
with Ru-so.ns advancing from the
east and .Allied forces with patr:o;
. uppoi i striking li on the we ,■
Tire landing for, , s a ", o beiim, a,I
in be of small a/,, compared with
the major m\ a ion ■ !' Irie.a, Siei
Itaiy and Fr uv'.
In Albania th" Allied fore.
attt mpting to cut enemy communi
cation:. «i"»n.d ttm p'wi ..f Fai male,
supply ha e lor lie German gari is »n
on the .-tr .ugly detended island of
Corfu.
Brill.,h paraeiupe troop;, .true!; *h.■
first blow :o Greece, then (juieklv
seized an irfmld on the P''lepb,l%
iv.,u.-, from .'. iiieli Spitfires were
operating !.< f. c n., i;!,uiing;j , rom
the sea began.
Strikers At
Detroit Vote
To Go Back
nplH.it, I'm -f AP > A | i> ,1 , S,|
mt't.t’ly ->'1,000 pviinl.’! ;ilirn w. > l I-;
whore .trike ;.11■.11 yesterday tip 1 .
up nr imjiair.'cl war production m At!
Detroit are-, plant;., voted today to !
return to work on afternoon shifts,!
according p touted AMiUimobde I
Winkers (CIO) ookesinon.
The action was announced |..Unty
ing a meeting of officials oi the exec- |
Utive board ol the WAW-.CJO and
representative; n( local unions mak
ing up the maintenance, con .I ruction
and powerheu. c cornutls.
Tin strike, which had begun to
spread again Ihe. morning, had made
more titan ati.Ollu wonters idle through
plant closings and assembly ime in
terruptions. Oflieials of the affected
plants said q was necessary to send
production workers home because
Ute skilled and semi-skilled m.-unt
nanee men —elect rici a ns, carpenter.-,
millwrights, machine repairmen. <*tr
—keep the assembly lines- and ( quit -
nu ni m running r-mditinns.
Hardest hit by the walkout >"sler
day ’At re |)l;m1s ol the Briggs .M mu
I'art tiring (A mpsny, Chrystli-i Corpo
ration, Kelsey-1 laves Wheel Com
pany and Bolin Aluminum and Bi. --
Corporation.
j U. S. FIRST ARMY OPENS DRIVE
Mi THE HAGUE
g NETH
OME OF THE GREATEST combined land and air assaults of ihc European
campaign is under way with Lt. Gen. Hodges' U. S. First Army hurling
an offensive on a 60-mile front (1) against the Siegfried Line in the area
of Aachen. A heavy bombing attack of the Cologne region figured in the
opening stages of the assault. To the south, progress was reported in t' »
Luxemburg region (2). while the Third Army occupied Chainbi nf
teen miles northeast of Nancy (3). Untern&tionc;1)
Belgrade, Slavs’ Capital,
May Fail In Few Hours
German Position
Is Held Untenable
In I'.ntire Section
Mo.'-cow, Oct. ■>—(AI’ > -Rus
sian armored spearheads ad
vaneed today on tIn■ raiI \iiih’
tion of I’aneevo, a city of
0(H) less than nine miles south
ol Belgrade, and front dispat
chcs indieated t hat the Yugoslav
capital m;iy fall in a matter of
hours.
I'he Gcrin.in position in all ,,f h,,.
Belgrade arc • wa . declared uni -li
able. 'I lie Ru.-.iai- have a leg en
circling maneuver ready {o he pul
into effect il Hie enemy trie. to
dig m.
(■ i‘ g m i ••• mi hie captured town
of Banatska, la miles nurUie.i-t n|
Belgrade, and Delnlyacha, If! mile;
to tile north, M.o .hal Malinovsky‘.-,
forces cleared two rail lines leading
to I’.inccvo and aimed toward cut
ting the main railway running north
west irom the capital—major re
maining rail escape route tor (hr
bulk of the German forces <m the
Balkan penin.-uia
Bed by Luge,:,|,av partisan nenuts,
yiaIinov ky • troops advanced 27
mill . in 2 t hours
A compar, m Russian offensive
(Continued mi Page Two.)
Casualties
Now 417,085
In Army, Navy
Washington, t irl. .1 --Set
relar.\ ot War SI,in.on reported to
day that army i\, .unities on all
te nt., ■.■.■ere 3.)i,898 September 21.
1 la* I.o ’ Navy casualty figure ot
63,<92 Drought inn total lor toe arn.
ed scivtre: to 1)7,UK;’).
Toe ea'iipai.'tii in Italy, Stint,- an
• •aid, hi- cn.-.t 22 111 ground lorce
ea..uall.ie-.
Munson's >v erall <rnty total was
up 12,550 i rum . ' report ol t.. <
week., ago tor the pc ■ ■! ended Mp
tember 6. Inc Ual.'tri a ■ dtvn.ed
as follows: 66,568 tilled; 1115,921
wounded; 4 i.4ilo mi.-i.-iue, and 5L
361 prisoner.-. J .vo wee...- ago the
army total n 3,7, .713 And 64,466
kl tied; 17i,23,) \\ -suoiU. 47,31a
nu.-smg.
1 lie 11a v y <ai aalt.i . • Ah ecopar
;- "ii." or ; a. ,. wee,..- ago T.4a 1. 65
792 and 63,017, it i lieu, 2.7,963 and
2a,1.72. Wounded. 2a,5(13 .nd 23,867.
a itig. 9,76 1 and 9. 12 mei .
1,489 Vl 4.166
Stan.,on -aid that 81,379 • <: tin
army wounded have returned to
duty.
The ejiarate report of Italian
campaign casualties did not include
air lorce personnel i It sjiou
id 1.7,389 killed, ami 76,178 sound
ed and 10,044 ims-ing a.- 4 SepU'm
her 2.7.
The iii t previous Italian casualty
report covering the lighting thro
ugh September 7 had l.sled 91.823,
but thus included air operations c
well as ground action.
German I arrets
Bombed b\ 1,000
American Planes
London, tvt. • (,\ 1 * > ihan
1,000 Lulled Suite Flying F m ti ■a .-e•
and 1 afjer.atnrs lot tier'll n tat gel a!
Cologne, Hhcin 11 mdori, Lipp-tadt,
I’ader'nnrn and Mimalcr m clearing
j’.veathc1 t<*d:.\
'IVh main force.-.. with 41-mg tight
■ cr escort, attacked (In' chok’d rad
1 terminals at Cologne and Rhein,
| while .-mailer format ion- raided rur
1 lelds at the other place.-.
Rhein i- ,iii important western
front rail junction, ui-t across die
, Dutch border near Munster.
RAF' Mosquitoes kept the nl tensive
I going last night with a stab at 18
ignore trains in Germany and Hol
j land It was the 28th night out of
I the last 34 that Allied bombers had
I visited the Reich.
Budget Requests Resolve
Into Realm Of Ridiculous
Flimsiest Kind of Excuses Presented for
Enticing More Money From State’s Coffers
MV LYNN NISBI.T
Itailv llisii,iti'li Bureau
Raleigh, Oct j Oup do ,i' nil rr
vcr and believed lo lie a competent j
authority on the matter remarked |
Wednesday that it the advisory hud- I
get commission and ttie legislative
appropriations committees granted
one-half the requests for additional
money for S' iti departments, agen
cies and institutions, the next li
nanee committee would have a hard
time raising tin* funds, it lias been
generally assumed around the
square that the appropriation- com
mittees would be more important
m the next assembly than the li
nance committees. That will not be
true n a major part ot the requests
are granted. The much boasted sur
plus will melt, and the tax raisers
will have to dig deep.
Nearly cvcrv request for increase
in appropriations is prefaced with
the statement that the war is ex
t*MO
peeled to ho nvci hofoi e t]i<- end of
the next biennium on .bine .id, 1917
Some of them indicate .1 -pint of
optimism. many imply a feeling of
pe simism about conditions.
l ake I he ease 0! the motor \ e
hirle.s department. Commissioner
Hodilie Ward Wednesday morning
pleaded for a lot of money for his
s.ilriv work, which roughly includes
driver license, automobile theil bu
reau, and traffic lav enforcement
branches The optimisin' angle mv
11 his prediction Dial with war's end
there would be more work 101 the
registration division, because there
would he more cars to register. The
same reason was offered m .support
of request lor increase in driver li
cense examiners. The pessimistic
side of the picture was that the
greater number of ears on the roads
would add to accident tolls, and
(Continued on Page Two.)