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Allied Headquarter*, North Africa, Aug. 4.—Allied land, sea and air bombardments pii of Sicily's Axis Mt Etna today, blocking their la* two mads of escapo, wnile American troops drove to within 55 miles of Messina and forces Mt deeper into the Catania Has. A United State* naval force of cruisers and destroyers joined the battle as It swirled toward a flaming climax on the Measma peninsula, shelling the Cf Orlando ana on the north coast in the path of the American Seventh Army's advance, which had carried 12 mOea past San Stef ano and overran the side town of Corante. ? With the enemy fighting ately for .every foot of ground and counterattacking with tanks for the first time sisv the early hours of invasion,'the Allies directed the full weight of their firs power against hiy Ififrt Hnaa of British and Canadian troops cared their break-through to Centuripe on the southwest sector by capturing Cantenannova, which had been bypassed, then hauled their long-mage guns onto the heights overlooking Adrano and shelled the read from there to Catania all along its 22-mile length. For the moment, at least, the Garmans could not use this curving, back-door road around Mt Etna for either supply or withdrawal and their only other artery to Messina was the east coast mad. The Navy was taking care of that. On the night of July 81-August t, a naval communique revealed, British destroyers shelled the coast road near Tsorinina and blocked it temporarily by causing; rocks!idee. Then they ranged down the coast send shelled paints near Cape Molina, 17 miles aonth of Aaormina. Late dispatches said these bombardments were continuing at frequent interOver the entire German defense circle around Mt Etna, believed to contain considerably mom than half of the 1M£O0 or so Axis troops still fighting in Sfefly, Allied fliers were They concentrated TuesAdrsno and gun positions m tits Adrano area. Many vehicles were destroyed and damaged. WAR IN BRIEF Russians score great triumphjfa Germane admit evacuation at mighty fortrsas at Orel. Bed Army driven into mneU to fight read guards protecting rstnat of 260,000 Germans. British, Americans and Canadians, aided by air and sea power, phi Germans and Italians to their Mount Etna defenses as Sicilian battle roan toward climax. Two reads of escape for Axis now blocked. Badogtio regime in Italy takes increasingly strong Axis stand as it cools popular enthm ism fur peace and clamps stern cenaorvhip upon news. Berlin seems pleased with Italian situation. Allied headquarters reveals that General Eisenhower and his staff used Malta aa their base in launch&g Sicilian invasion. W&) CLINTONVILLE, WIS. - Virginia V*n Laarhoven, whose husband i*. » sergeant in the Marines now ! in war bands. She is Bond Gill at the Four Wheel Drive. Auto Co. here end her job is to deliver bonds; to employes, 923% of whom are investing 10* or more at their1 nay in bonds. Photo shows Mrs. Van Laarhoven delivering a bond to' Earl StiUman, Freight Wreck On Norfolk-Southern Greenville, Aug. 4.—Derailment of 16 can including four tank can of gasoline, of a Norfalk - Southern freight betweefi this city and Bellarthur last night disrupted mail and passenger service between here and Raleigh today. Railroad employes were busy today transferring the gasoline from the leaking tankers and clearing the wreckage in an effort to restore normal service late today. - The regular passenger train due here from Raleigh shortly before 11 o'clock this morning came a* far as Farmville and made Ha return trip to Raleigh and the Raleigh-bomu} afternoon train from Norfolk came only aa far as this city and returned to Norfolk. Cause of the derailment was not known hare today bat it was stated that the train crew escaped without injuries. . FamraUe Scoots To Be Hosts At District Camporee Pitt and Martin County Scouts To Hold P«trol Meet Here 9-12, With Rotary Club as* Sponsors Citizens of Farmville are joining in wholeheartedly with plant of the local Boy Scouts, their Scoutmaster, Lath Morrias, Asst. Scoutmaster Ed Naah Warren and Ratariattapcmaore to nuke the Greenville District Scout Camporee, to he held here Xnguat 9-18, in the Pamville Municipal Park, a highly beneficial And enjoyable affair for the scores of boys in attendance. t$jj» Janice T. U»te, Field Executive, has announced that the Camporee will begin Monday, August 9, at 1 p. m., and close Friday 13, at 3 p. m., and expressed his appreciatiom to the Farm villa Rotariana, their special Scoot committee, compoeed of fo. W. M. Willie, Walter Jenes, W. H. Duke, J. L. Creech and J. H. Moore, and all other citizens, who an lending their efforts toward* insuring the snw«w of this aasecnbly, to which the boys are looking forward so enthusiastically. The local Boy Scoot hut, which is situated to the Park, will be the cenrTo&eni, j. it. «ioyner, win ocriciaiiy welcome the visiting Scouts at the E- ■<*& night session and Hie Sotaa will provide the program for Tbeaday night camp fire. Other ■Governor Broughton's emergency wmr proclamations—to modify the labor laws, to put more teeth in the vagrancy laws to enforce the foverw. n ■ ■■ l „ll~ AM 1*1 il 1^y ' „M|I , — rl - jLj* norm wont or iigni oraar, ana to clarify a IMS law dealing with the driving of vehicles by 15-year-oMs. It also approved the investment of, an additional JlO.OOO.OOO faj a post-pit reserve fund, and authorized the allocation of an additional $67,000 for complettofi of the teatile vocational braining school at Bel The labor law modifications would permit adult women to work 10 boon a day, but not more then 48 hours a week, would permit minors 16 and 17 years of age to work a full 10-hour shift,' would permit minors 14 and 15 years of age, to work aa late ai » ft m., in nonmanufacturing and service establishments, would permit girls from 14 to 18 yean of age to deliver newspapers on established routes, provided publishers deliver the papers to the girls' homes, and would give the commissioner of labor authority to issue permits allowing male minors between 16 and 18 ander certain conditions in plants aiding the war effort. The work or fight proclamation provides tor an inventory of all manpower in the state, directs its mobilization, conservation and distribution "to the end that the same may be employed in the prosecution of the war." County committees would be appointed to oompile names and ad the ages of 18 sad 65 who are not gainfully employed, jVphp- are not in the armed forces or maritime service, and who are physically able to work. The names ..would be turned over the the U. 8. Employment Service and pn unemployed person would have 24 hours to accept a proffered, job. Law enforcement officers would he given the names of those failing to take offered jobs. In clarifying the vehicle driving law, the council set the weight-limit on a vehicle driven by. a 18-yearold vst 10,000 pounds grass weight The governor said he beikwed the intent of the legislature was to set the load limit to a ton and a half but the law was worded to include gross weight, limiting the mhtor to only very light vehicles and thus avoiding -the intent of the act, which was to allow farm youths and others in essential work to drive heavy vehicles. ^ The additional allocation for postwar investment brings the state's total hi that category to *30,000,000. The money must be invested in securities of the state or federal government v:"\-■ Wallace Wants a U>ng, tough fight before they -fall— battles similar to ***** which raged for months across the southeastern part of New Guinea before the Allies conquered the Bwtfr-Gona sector sad drove the Japs from Papua. The Wednesday communique itsued by Gen. Baugtas MacArthur said Japanese "resistance on New Georgia was stiffening. American troops there fcavw driven to the eastern end of Muada airfield while farther inland they captured the north eastern slopes of Blbolo Hill, about a mile imfth of the eastern end of the field. At Balroko harbor, eight miles nerth of Muada, another Japanese garrison was undo* heavy attack and apparently resigned to making it a fight to the death. Hold Top Of HiQ. . The Americans bold only the slope of Bibolo HiU while the Jap ansae still hold the crest, which dominates Munday airfield. ; Front dispatches ssid that -lit the Bsiroko area the Americans had made no prigress for days, although the Japanese were being kept under heavy sir and ground assault, t At Salamaua, AlUed artillery was in action against file Japanese airfield for the first time since the offensive started June 30th, but a dispatch from United Press Correspondent Harold Guard in New Guinea said that from aerial reconnjiaaance flights he had made over the area, it was certain that the battle for Salamaua would be a tough one. (The Berlin radio broadcast a Tokyo dispatA ssserting that American forces were using tanks in the fighting southeast of Salamaua, claiming that in a fierce engagement the Americans lost 12 tanks and "great quantities of war material before they were forced to evacuate their positions.*) < Tough Assignment* "The Japanese obviously are in strength atop precipitous ridges and their positions are spotted to cover all approaches," Guard reported. "The Japanese show every determination to fight strongly, aiming to extract the maximum Allied price for Salamaua despite the strategical disadvantage of bieng cut off by sea from their big base at RabstuL" Allied jforoes moving up the cost", below Salamaua face extremely difficult country studded with enemy strong points which must be reduced oae by one. Guard reported that the Japanese positions,-ss seen from the air, appeared to be seputod into defended localities chosen obviously to command the minor connecting trails from high ground. The positions formed islands of defense in the thick jungle country.'^ (Hie Berlin nuw broadcast a Tokyo dispatch quoting the newspaper Mainchi as indicating that , the future, in&at hie new c Bowleg are tioii. <£■ »3k-^ applies to tobacco to be sold on tha ■aider, Eastern, Middle and Old Belt markets. Production And kbor costs ait 25 per eiet more this year than last, Caldwell said in his requaatXfand the average price of 41c a pound will not take tare of these increases. Furthermore, he pointed out that under the allocation system now in force mssty buyers will not maintain the avenge pries since they normally purchase only low-grade tobacco. ' %•:- A Thus, Caldwell said, the effect of this price order "will be to reduce tha general average el* prices re that graded and tied tebaoco loses approximately 10 per cent in weight, because of the elimination of foreign mater, and burned and broken, leaves. " --V'-'* ;• Wiping out the price differential, Caldwell emphasised, will impose a hardship upon North Carolina tobacco growers since their tobacco will weigh less on the market than Georgia-Florida tobacco, and since •% will cost approximately 6c per pound to grade and tie tobacco for Caldwell stressed that GeorgiaFlorida prices have advanced 24 per cent this year over the prices that prevailed for the corresponding period last year. "This increase," he Hid, is In line with increased labor and other prodrction costs, but North Carolina growers will be State College Hints § For Farm Homemakers By Both Current, | N. C. State College. When beets are ro«mg and tender, theyVe really two vegetables in one. The tops count as a green leafy vegetable, rich in iron and valuable vitamins. And the beet roots contain vitamin B1 and 6. to cooking beets, the important thing is to save the red color. That's why the home economists tell you to leave on the skins, the roots, and part of the steins. Cook the beets whole, so there's no chance for the color to "bleed." When they're done, drain the water and slip the skins off the beats. Slice for serving, or if you have tiny beets serve them whole. Would you like to have our good Harvard Beet redpe? Writ* us. KAGG SETS NEW RECORD ^ | Utiofu Gender Hagg, the nwt Swedish runner, is shown winning Ms first American race. He greatly outdistanced Greg Bice to win the 6,000 meter run at Randall's island Stadium, N. Y. Next at Los An-' gel** he established a new 2-mile American record at 8 minutes 63.9; .seconds and at the same time low* >*ed the official world record «£' feSsrSaBs Ifl:' ROTARY CLUB Featuring the Rotary program this week, ww a splepdid talk by Irvin Morgan, Jr., who as a delegate and speaker m the program of the Rotary District Conference held la Wilson last week, attended all of the sessions and brought echoes to. his fellow Rotnrians of the many addresses, of action taken on business matters'and of the enjoyable social events connected with the meet ... I Paul Ewell presided in the absent of «b» praMwt, L. E. Walston and K. A. Joy-oer as program leader, pre nSZl IOke Berlin Well Pleased With Growing Resist anee; Peace Enthusiasm Cooling1 into the ruined city and started driving the desperately-resisting «Hemy i«r guards through its streets in Land-to-hmad fighting. A German official DNB agency bulletin recorded here shortly More ,1:36 a. m., admitted the first great summer triumph of the Bad Amy in the capture of the city, an anchor point for the entire German front, which the blitzkrieg hordes of the German Wehrmacht had taken nearly 22 months age. DNB's announcement said: "PI is leaned that moat powerful Soviet attacks have been repelled at' the shortened flanks of the Orel salient and that after the evacuation of ail military and war economically essential installations according to plan, the German lines have been taken back behind the remnants of the town." The agency added that "uanoticed by the enemy" the Germane had "disengaged" themselves and taken up more favorable positions "prepared in advance long ago." "Several hours after tin* methodical evacuation movements, the Soviets probed their way in the direction of the nsw German positions," DNB said. It meant that the .shattered German garrisioa was fleeing for its life to escape a Bed Army death trap, after being driven from one of the most strongly-fortified towns of 'the eastern front. . " .V. Smashing the German rear guard fighting to save the »■«<« enemy body of some 260,000 men, tha Bad Amy broke through along thtrailroads north and south of Orel aad poured into the city streets with sub-machine gun aad pistols biasing and hand grenades wiping out the German last-stand guards posted in machine gun nests and, windows of buildings. Entire German units were wiped out as the Russian* drove with crushing force through 80 towns and villages for' gains of more than-four Frtty inhabited places were taken by itorm southwest of Orel alone. The * the German rear guard had ta*d to hold a line of bills and fortified villages to protect the main body as it reeled in defend bade along the only paths of escape open to them, dirtjroida and forert trails, through a gap now less than 12 miles wide. .. • •• V|v.. Prisoners reported that the illth German infantry division, thrown in to winfon* the lines, had lost 70 V per cent of-to 3,000 of the city. ■!_. Nineteen hundred Germans killed in fighting southwest of OreL Tanks, guns, laden motor trucks, more than 1,000 machine guns, shells, supply damps and spoils of all sorts fell to the Rwisiam as thay charged in for the kill. Fifty-four German places were ^ shot down over the lines. As the Bed Amy rapidly closed in its drive to trap the entire Ger-' man garrison and make the attmatn in the to the sooth at the lower o&ttafc'Jvursk If -■* fiSFW ■ ''.'.Jift'jV,gjp. . ■ u
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