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NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST t ********* *Jtt* * * * * Ctinrchiii Declares Axif Forces Recoiling On Every Front; Eden Says Germany May Fall In September London, Aug. 2.—Prime Minister Churchill Mid today- he felt that the final end of the War against the Axis would come sooner, perhaps much sooner, than he once expected. "On every battle front all over the wortd/* he-told the House of Commons, "the armies of Germany and Japan are recoiling, x x x I am increasingly led t» fed that the.interval between the defeat of Hitler and the defeat of Japan will be shorter—perhaps much shorter—than I had at one time supposed." He mentioned no dates. But, confident and cheerful, he sketched bright pictures of a swiftly approaching victory. He spoke one hour and 45 minutes before the house, which had just voted itself a sevenweek holiday. Aside from the Japanese reference, the ffioe , definite statement he made on this score was: "I fear greatly the raising of false hopes, but I no longer feel bound to deny that victory may come perhaps soon." In the same vein he said that "one cannot take more than a sweeping glance of the world war as it approaches the end of its fifth year and as it approaches perhaps its closing stage." The Prune Minister disclosed that the Normandy invasion and the coordinated Red Army offensive resulted from an agreement with Premier Stalin at Teheran. A possibility of German collapse by mid-September was mentioned by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in a speech preceding the Prime Minister's address. Eden said in debate over the government-sponsored motion for , a seven-week recess that while there was no chance of peace being concluded with Germany in that period, "surrender of the enemy" was possible. Perhaps because so many war and post-war developments are now in the stage of delicate negotiation, Churchill contented himself largely with generalities. "The highest personalities in the German Reich are murdering one another, or trying to, while avenging armies of the Allies close upon the doomed and ever narrowing circle of their power," he said. He pledged British aid to Turkey if she were attacked as a result of her break in relations with Germany. He reported Bulgaria's moment of shifting from her Axis allegiance had not passed, "but it is passing swiftly." He said Russia "has offered generous terms to Romania and I ~h&ve no doubt -they wolud be accepted with gratitude by tile Romanian people" if their leaders were not cowed by the Germans. Explaining a lade of expUcitness on post-war problems, particularly boundaries, Churchill said: "It would be very troublesome to all of us here if I made a pronouncement on the subject and found myself contradicted bv our most con •Sdanble Allies, x t x.' would be put into operation St the end of May or the beginning «f Jane. In nturn, he mid, • the Soviet leaden promised "that the whole of the Russian armies would be thrown, as indeed they have been, into the general battle in the east." Churchill said that Britain1* fleet in the Asiatic waters would be greatly strengthened by the end of the year and erprtsned belief that the interval between the defeat of Hitler and the defeat of Japan "will be shorter—perhaps much shorter—than I had at one time supposed." Telling of thi plan to augment British Asiatic naval forces, he said "it is probable, however, that the Japanese fleet will have its time taken up with the navy of the United States, which is already double the siie of that presumptive power." Churchill said he did not believe the invasion of France "could have been executed any earlier." "We had not the tackle," he said. Churchill asserted Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower "is a genuis for bringing all his allies together and proud to consider himself an Allied a* we, as a United States commander." J "In the air, on the sea, and under the sea our wril established supremacy increases with steady strides," the confident Prime Minister told the house. He declared; the German U-boat had been so badly beaten that the Allies, despite vastly greater tonnage, "have sailed the aeas from January to June with less than half the losses we have inflicted on the dwindling and largely immobile navid* resources of the enemy, both in the east and west." He added that the American highway in Burma now is carrying far more tonnage than ever was delivered in similar time over the old Burma road. WILSON NAMED SITE OP BEAUTY CONTEST Wilson, Aug. 2.—"Miss North Carolina," who will be the lucky girl to represent the State in Atlantic City, N. J., at the annual "Miss America" beauty pageant, will be selected here in Wilson on the night of August 25 under the sponsorship of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Com merce, it was ornciauy announced today by Or. Geddie Monroe of Wilson, chairman of the state event. Jaycee groups all over the State will send girls to the state contest to compete for the title st "Miss North Carolina." ~ t LAYING HOUSES Poultrymen will find that this is a good time to repair laying homes for the introduction of pulleta. Leaf Prices On Georgia Markets London, Aug. 3.—The Third ^fhiti Russian Army thrust within eigbi miles of Ev»t Prussia's pre-1939 bor der yesterday in the foremost at twin drives aimed at the heart of the Junkers homeland.. Other Soviet armies on the long thundering front tightened theil violent siege of Warsaw, pushed a quadruple annihilation drive against possibly 300,000 Germans isolated in Estonia and Latvia and launched a new offensive in the south towards Krakow, Poland's second city. The closest approach to East Prussia came with tiu}^f*ifeire of Dydvizhe in a steady advance westward. The fall of this town, which is eight miles southeast of the Junction town of Sehinrindt on the frontier, was confirmed by the Soviet radio monitor's reception of the Moscow mid* night communique. The broadcast as heard earlier in London had listed the town of Viatytis, which is directly on the East Prussian border, as among the towns captured, but this was not confirmed in subsequent broadcasts. Other Threats. The" Russians further solified their positions threatening East Prussia by capturing the railway station of Vilkaviskis, two miles father distant Kpnigsbetg, East Prussia's principal city, lay 96 miles due weat The Soviet midnight communique which disclosed the advance, also reported a Red Army spearhead driving 40 miles due north from captured Kauaaq and another north of Daugavpils (Dvinsk), further squeezing the Gentians isolated ih the North Baltic UM. nnrf told at a hromV-thmno-h nn the southern Polish front west of Jaroalaw in a new posh towards Krakow. The Russian war bulletin did not mention directly either the fierysiege of Warsaw or the progress of the great Baltic entrapment of up to 300,000 Germans in Estonia tad northeast Latvia. German acknowledgements and other sources made it dear, however, that four Russian armies methodically were proceeding with drives on Riga find the slicing up of the two isolated armies, while Polish patriots rose inside Warsaw to aid the Soviet and Polish troop* prosecuting the allset battle along a 20-mile suburban arc east of tile capital. Major Admission. The Germans also made the major admission that the Russians had thrown two strong bridgeheads across the all-important Vistula river, 120 mites southeast of Warsaw, and bad driven 17 miles west of the river at one place, but on this the Russians kept silent, as is their custom when new drives are in their early stages. Several of the gains rsoorded by the Soviet communique wen confirmations of German acknowledgements earlier in the day. Theae included Soviet capture of the junction towns of Vilkaviskis and Kalvariia. on both sides of Marl ml pole. Forty-odd miles south. Gen. Cherniakhovsy's men were driving ulong the Augustow Canal, only 11 miles from the original East Prussian border. H*air twin drives against East Pnuts seemed aimed at groin* to the north and south of the difficult Nasurian Lake country. l. K., ,7^1 Roaring across the base of the Brittany Peninsula almost unopposed, General Omar Bradley's tanks now an heading toward Bennee and Brest in drives that may put the entire peninsula in Allied hands quickly. British offensive also continues surging forward and Allies in France may be on verge of stupendous and decisive victory. Russian forcee now are poised at the frontier of German East Prussia for tit* first invasion of German soil in this war. Battle lor Warsaw oon suggestions in an effort to control polio. ' ' ,. I "In order to keep ail regulations concerning poliomylitis as nearly uniform aa pesriai* in those counties where no cases have yet been reported, the following recommendations are being made in the hope that, if necessary, they can serve as a basis for action by your local board of Health: 1—Discourage all large gatherings such as conventions, assemblies, etc., at whieh there would be persons present from counties where tike disease has beet reported in the past two months. We would like to call your attention particularly to itinerant shows, carnivals, and commercial musical programs. 2—Discourage all large gatherings of children such as pknks, camps, etc., where children from oat of the immediate vicinity would be admitted. This would not, necessarily mean the closing of camps that already have a group that will remain isolated for the balance of the season, but the admission of new children to any camp is not recommended at the present time. 8—Advise against the use by persons under 16 of public swimming pools. This does not necessarily mean that these pools should be closed before cases are reported in your county but merely that the responsibility for allowing children to go 111 swimming is placed on the parents. 4—The quarantine of children coming from the infected areas of the state is recommended, gerhape by putting quarantine on a voluntary basis this problem could be met in most counties, that is, merely publicise a request by the oounty board; of Health that all parents having children return from the infested areas keep these children on their premises and not allow contact with visitors for 14 days after, returning home." The County Health Officer states that there have been no new developments locally in the polio situation. Rival Soldiers Drink from Bar at Night With Secret Discovered and Spirits Destroyed Popularity of Night Patrol FeH Off Witt the AEF in France—(Delayed)—That cosy little deserted French Inn in no-man's land, where German and American patrols took turns nibbling at a basement cache of hooch, has lost its role as the leading battlefront tavern. ;' It is well within the American lines now, and the liquor supply is gone. The situation came to the attention of staff officers when it was noted that one outpost patrol kept returning at night smelling like something that ofcwously hain't been distilled from roses. The boys 9ter* entirely too eager to go out into the night on patrols. That alone was enough to make the commander suspicion of his merry men who always returned from thii dangerous work in such high spirits, A check disclosed that they were the solitary American pattons of _____ t Strong winds and heavy rains, ftwn the wak« at the tropical harricajte that struck ,the Wilmington area, Tuesday night, swept this section, causing heavy damage to tobacco and com and power circuits knocked out by broken tree limbs. Some hail was ai/so reported £. 7'.^^ . Farmers of this section with all the help available were busy Wednesday and Thursday straightening up tobaeeo and corn crops in ordsr to resume the taak 01 priming and putting in the tobacco which is now beginning to come in about as fast as tMy are able to take care of it Power line workers labored all day, Wednesday, repairing the damage to municipal and rural wires. The automatic sounding of the fire siren, at intervals, Tuesday night, indicating lifiA tmiikln /Uofnsh^l +]»«%««» managed to drop asleep despite the raging storm, and residents here were sleepjreyed next day. Wilmington, Ang. 2.—A tropical storm apparently spent itself over the swamps of eastern North Carolina Wednesday after damaging Wilmington's beach resorts aad temporarily paralysing the city's utilities. Waves 40 feet high at times eresed huge sand dunes at the summer resorts of Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach even as the Coast Guard and details from Camp Davis, a military, post, evacuated thousands of persons in the nick of time. The storm refugees poured into Wilmington, normally a city of 40,060 swollen to double its population by ship-building and other war-related activities, and created an acute housing problem. Hundreds of them were taken in large convoys to Camp Davis. ' So far as it cpuld be ascertained, everyone was evacuated from the beaches. Scattered storm casualties were hospitalised in Wilmington, but no one was seriously hurt Traffic was at a sta.idstftl here, with scarce* ly a block not littered with fallen trees and limbs. For four hours Tuesday night the area was lashed by drenching raia and high winds. The wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour hare. In the midst of the storm, while Wilmington hotel lobbies and ths streets wow crowded with evacuees, the city was plunged into darkness by a powsr future which lasted 80 minutes. , • The boardwalks and ptere at the beach resorts were washed away. A number of cottages were damaged and unroofed. At the request of Gov. J. M. Broughton, a military detail from Ft Fisher patrolled deserted Carolina Beach on tyadnesday. The storm hit with sudden fury even as evacuation of the beach cottages was underway. Water reached the floors of some of the houses as women and children wsre rescued hi boats. At the time, water covered tue bridges on the only highways leading inland. • •• • RESPONSE TO URGENT CALL FOR CANS AND PAPER 18 ^•iV^RAfWflHND CRAIRMAN ■ ■ t !"■. ■ ->;* John Lewis, chairmanof tfee Farmville salvage committee, and Rotarians assigned to collect waste paper and tin cans from tactions assigned to each, report a good response ftrona Farmville housewives this week. The quota ot ewery Individual is set at 10 Hbs. of waste paper and 1 lb. <i till can per month. Fata, which are sorely needed also, may be handled in the usual manner at turning them in to yowr grocer and receiving designated number of red rationing aftwnps. The wuU paper must be tied ik smalt bundles, tin cans cleaned, the ends cut out and mashed flat, boxed and placed an the front porches by noon each Wednesday, or taken directly to Ellis' junk yard or filling bring TIN CANS ED and efforts must not of thin worthy movement. The teacher's salary will be raised by voluntary contribution*). It is left to the individual to determine the amount he will contribute. Are you interested in your child and your neighbor's child having: this opportunity for becoming. &-better citisen. and « more useful Christian for the Tomorrow? At a very early date committees will call for contribution*. This worthy matter is having prayerful consideration and liberal support from majority of dtisens here ahd the worthwhile movement in close to an assured success. IN ITALY Rome, Aug. 2. Eighth Army t loops, their goal in sight, are advancing slowly, bat surely along the rati re, mountain line below Florence •gainst as fanatical a defense as the Germans hare put up anywhere In Italy, includiig Caasino. At Pisa, near the Italian west coast, Lt, Gen. Marie W. Clark's Fifth Army battled the Germans in that Kbtrient city. (The German radio said Pisa had been evacuated, bat Jfei* had not been confirmed by the Allwa.) Far to the east, on the Adriatic end of the battle line, Pottsh unite of the Eighth Army ran into stiff apposition across the Mint river north >f Ancona. f 7 . , *,' . By far the heaviest fighting waa southwest and south of. Florence, where the Germans are making a uajor stand to delay their final retreat to the Gothic Line north of that city. Enemy action waa entirety defensive, with the initiative every Shake-Up In Officials Believed To Be First Step Toward a "Peace miles of the French front. The Allies appeared on Mm verge of «"stapendoue victory that wwid strike a decisive blow in the battle of Paris and perhaps for all of France. Fran deep in Brittany te VillereBocsge near the mKmi flank, the Allies were smashing forward across open country rod SlssMng right and left across German rear positions. They threatened to link their spearbeads in at least three sectors and trap large groups sf enemy forces who were in foil retreat The Germans admitted themselves that 36 miles ot their former Western France line had ceased to exist, reporting that between the Atlantic coast and the Vire river "numerous German of resistance still are offering Stubborn resistance." The entire Breton Peninsula, 100 miles across at its base sad 176 miles long, may fall in a "surprisingly short time," authoritative quarters said, eliminating at one stroke such U-boat lain as Lorfent and St Nasaire. "Disintegration" bwt described most parts of the line which a week ago waa referred to ss ths German front naming west from ViBers-Bocsge to the sea. Villers-Bocags itself had bssa one of ths major bastions of ths line, but either captured or bypassed the stronghold in gains at nearly eight miles, reaching the Oi&le-Fontsine area, six miles south of <, and rapturing A unay-Sur-Odon. "flSe advance was striking into t£j* vital supports of the lone intact section of the German line in the Caen area. T1>e British also advanced to Vire, 19 miles to the southwest, and fought through the streets of that big defense base, widening their offensive front to 20 miles and putting behind thsm 100 spuare miles of territory which a few hours previously was heid by the enemy. In Brittany, rampaging American tanks were stopping only to take on gas and ammunition, reports said, and at many points were advancing mile after mile without firing a •hot Phmnmensl Gains. Information to Imdkpuurtors indicated that the Yank* may hava ■cored phenomenal gains of assre than SO miles in a day southward and 26 miles to the west from last reported positions at Pbntoremt, IS miles sooth of A Tranches. Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the Havre of Commons that the United States First Army "well might be approaching Bennes," and information hare also placed the Americans in the vicinity of St. Melo, ancient lair of the Breton pirates on the rand to Brest British troops la the eentsr of the line brake dear Of the throttling Bocage country when enemy resistance snapped abruptly, and plunged to the edge of both Vire aad VillersBocage, deepening their breakthrough to 1£ miles. The Yanks captured Percy, TessySur-Vira and Villedieu-Les Posies
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