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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23

ouSIy weaken the manppwcr pro-
gram by divorCing milit ry and
civilian manpoWcr authority.
The proposed amendment is a
sabotage of sound administration"
he wrote.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
Absentee Vote
Bill Juggled
BY Senators

Washington. Nos. g3-,AIY .r,.
SGllat" luEGiCd the service mon. ,n Nv,
D.'I a. though D. WAS loaded via, ,,,,
"'ca' BOBBY traps today and ,bn,,,
"'," some Indication that +, r,inr,
DE- tossed back fu the Election. r,'''.
nI'I"" Tor extensive revision
democrats and Republicans .tri,..
nG I" present 1hcm,clvc, in ,bn ,'.i,,
.W INC soldiers best friend trcd 49,,
cry charec> at each other. uo,i,n-
H. they WlunClCd over tine rnr,, Of o.,
,NcaAiir" designed 10 make ,bsrut,n
nailn'ing possible nest year for ,,,r
l"."oo.oOO members of the ,,nirrr,,rd
.urCCS. "'"'''" ''n
Senator Lucas o.. ND tn,d , -,
porter nc is convinced RcpubIirn,,.
arc trying 60 defeat the rr.y,,,,,
WITHOUT attacking il fron,allv.
To his Senator Brooks CR III =,
r'pIlcd That, naturally. Rcpriblic.,u.
"ah' INC N"rNlc" men and women tn
vote because the COR is confident
vt the result.
But nc added. we don't ,,.,,,
aIl ~ the communists. 'hc rcIinu,
travellers and ihc payroll ho,dns nr
nc New Deal to br furnished Arson
zee ballots all over tho world !, ~,
"uisc Of providing tfe bgl,r' f,r 80
100 % &c. - ID. nv -. ..-.'JG"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
Campaign On
Cilberts To
Shorten Route

Washington. Nov. 23. APP
Landings by American Marine. ON
three islands in the Gilbert .rr.n
were described by Secretary Of me
Navy Knox today as the ..nrg,nnlrn
"i new campaign against .Ilp3n
from The central Pacific on q much
more direct route toward Japlu"
lie SAID two principal strategic OBJ
JcctINcS were ahead in the canpaIru
'irS' to drive the Japnmr,c ulH OF tnr
inundated islands and second to Shor-
Ten by hundreds OF miles American
supply lines Ia the southwest Pacific.
When the Marine, gain control
alter battling the Jap. IN Tarawn.
Maxim. ALBANIA. the supply lines.
Knox said. can ID" drawn ON a much
shorter an dmurr direct route.
The effect of the shortened SUNNY
route. ne said. Will bc the same rs
adding many ships Ia the Job of car
rying men and supplies To- the Su,Itb-
west Pacific. II will enable the Ships
I" make quicker turn around''.
thus increasing the number of trips
each can make,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
Mess Sergeant
Bags Two Jap
Dive Bombers

Somewhere in the South Pacific
iIpcIaycd). Nov. 23-(APD-''I have
an" hand on cook pot and the
"'n"r on machine gun
Thus the recipe given by Marine
ME-. Sgt. Jay Carter. of Pink Hall,
y. &. who is credited with shooting
down Two japanese dive bombcrS
"'d serving up batch of hot corn
bread all within an hours time.
Carter literally doubles in brass
ny taking charge of a galley and
10y serving as gunner on the ma
rhInc gun which is placed just Il
lew Steps from his kitchen door.
! was Just baking batch of corn
bread when the signal for the raid
came. the slightly built, 26 year old
Marine explained. Il quickly shut
mli the stove and ran 10 the gun.
mere were five Jap planes diving
down on uS. just opened up and
Asked what nc did then, Mess Sgt.
lct them have it,"
Garter replied:
i went back into the galley. lit
Inc stove again, and finished max
lng my corn bread"
Mess Sgt. Garter would be willing
!" overlook the whole incident, OK
Ccpt Tor one thing. lie feels that
II IS an unforgivablc error Ia in
,crrupt a North Carolina man while
mes baking corn bread.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23

ais" inland. without; loss To them
selves.
The Allied Communiquc said that
less rain tell in thc past - hours.
but the battlefront was still a sea
of mud and rivers rendering most
operations impossible.
On thc Fifth Army front. British
patrols observed movements OF
enemy forces on and near Mount
Canine. Immediately southwest q;
the town of Mignano. and NlliCd ar
trllCry. alCrtCd. promptly laid down
heavy b0mbardmCut over the on.
tire zone
Throughout the central portion Vt
The front. the Germans continued ia
apply Inc torch 10 towns and viii
iagc: near the front. particularly be-
v"nd San pietr" Avellana which il
~ ~ i.iH'a ....nys persecution.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
Eighth Army Repulses
German Counterattack

Allied Headquarters. NlgicrS. Nov.
23-tAFO-A strong German force
has launched a sharp countcrattack
on tho British Eighth Army lines
northwest of NgnOnc. but was beat
en- back after two hours of fighting.
official reports from the front dis
closed today.
AgnonC. IN the inland sector of
the Eighth Army front. was cap
turcd Sunday by General Sir Bcr-
nard l.. Montgomery troops.
NJ the same time. othCr Eighth
Army units chased the enemy from
more high ground overlooking Al
icdcna from the southeast in rug
gcSt inland mountain sectors.
United States troops attacked and
wiped out German machine-gun
position g".!l,ls. :. .l.u..-.,..5.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
Reds Regain
Initiative
Near Kiiev
New Advances Made
In the Dnieper Bend
And in White Russia

London. Nov. % - (AP) -
After nine days of desperate
Fighting. which Russian bat
tlctr0nt dispatches said equal
led in fcrocily that which ragged
during the Scigc of Stalingrad,
Red army troops were reported
today to have rrgaincd the mi
tlatlvc in some sectors OF the
bulge Yves tot kicv while ham
mcring out new advances in the
Dnicper bend and in White
Russia.
ButtrcSsrd by fleets of giant
talks. the Russians smashed
powerful Nazi attacks near
KurOstyShcv. 20 miles east of
ZhitOmir. carpcting the battle
field with Nazi dead and wreck
Ing 80 enemy tanks, a Russian
cOmmunique said. Besides blast
ing this new drive, Soviet forces
rrpulscd two vicious thrusts
near ChernyakhOv. ten miles
north Of Zhitonjr. apparently
aimed At KOrOstcn. key rail city
Straddling the Lcninerad-OdcSsa
and Kicv-WarSaw railways.
Field Marshal Fritz vun Mann
stein. who launched the tremendous
rev Nazi onslaught 20 halt the Rus
sian offensive. apparently had little
Ia show for his pains except the
city of Ihiotmir and a few Scgmcnts
OF territory tO the north and cast.
The Russian war bulletin annpunc-
Ing his rcpulSc for the third success
Sivc day Indicated a possible col
lapse OF the savage Nazl cuuntc! Of
!cnS!Vc.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
GiLberts Offensive
GrolUS AS Marines
LandOn Abeman1Q
Jap Defenders Put
Up Fierce Fight at
Maxim and Tarawa

Pearl lIarbor. Nov. 23 49,
(AP-Unitcd States Marines
have swiftly expanded the four
day-old offensive in the Gil
bertS by landing on Il third
atoll even as japanese defend
erS continued to put up fierce
fight while falling back from
the beaches on the other two.
The new amphibiOus operation
on Abemama atOll was annOunc-
ed by Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz yesterday. 4 day after he
disclosed Saturdays initial land
Ing on Maxim and Tarawa. in
dicating powerful supporting
naval forces remained i'm the
Scctor-onc nearer to JaDan's
Pearl ilarbor" of Truk than il
Is to Americas own.
ne broadening of the wedge be-
ing driven into Japan'S mid-pucifir
outpost dcirnScS wa, described ~
six words which supplied no details
as L" time on oppoSitiOn-"W have
landed on Abcmama Atul'-bu;
'hcfc was sufficient implications in
reports on Maxim and Tarawa la
make clear the battle there is !,
bloody one.
on Iarawa. which * 80 miles
northwest of Abcmama. and on
Maxim. still farther north. both
pounded from the air ana the
sea prior to the invasion. .our
troops have improved their no
IONS. but are still cncounteriue
considerable resistance"
such resistance is being met nm
dcr conditions which afford Ijt;Io
natural protection for either side
II Is a matter of conquer or de.
IheSc operations wcro intcrr3trd
WIN DINERS 10 the southwest In
INC H"l"monS the opposing air forces
exchanged blows around tho Amor
icah oeachhead on BougainyiIIc. ON
me huon peninsula of New Guineo
Australians and tanks bored to viii.
IN nall mile of japanese nI,tco,,
aeicnScs in the iunglcs which nrr
strategic because they overlook ,br
Allied positions.) '''N '''''
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
FDR Urges
Veterans
Pay Plan
Enaction at Once of
Mastering Out Pay
Measure Requested

Washington, Nov. 23-(AP)
49, President Roosevelt sent
Congress Il formal request 10
day that it Ito something now
about providing mastering out
pay. unemployment allowances
and social security credit for
men and women in uniform.
In addition. he urged the lcgiSla-
tors III Il message 10 enact with
uut delay measure setting up an
unemployment Insurance system for
tuc merchant marine.
The Congress will agree, am
sure" Mr.. Roosevelt said, that,
this time, we must have plans
and legislation ready for our re-
turning veterans instead of wait
ing until the last moment. II
will give notice 10 our armed
forces that the people back home
do not propose 10 let them
down."
Tn" steps which he specifically
requested OF Congress today were
part of a program of minimum as
sistHmcc tor those serving their
country which the President ou;lln-
cG IN a radio address To the M
i.on last July.
This time he omitted. however, :,
proposal ne made then that persons
80 In" merchant marine be given
mastering out pay.
For those in The armed forces. he
SAID. the !nuStc!ing Out pay should
"c uniform and reasonable and
should be paid in monthly install
m"ntS. rather than in Il lump sum,
81 The time of honorable DISCHARGE
o.. return 10 inactive duty. Tho
cilri executive mentioned no DEF
mt" amount, leaving that for Con-
SIcS> 10 determine.
For service personnel unable To-
got Jobs within Il reasonable :.mC
alter they become civilians agnin.
MIR. Roosevelt said. Unemployment
allowances should bc provided un-
u! they can reasonably DC absorbed
by private industry"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
Runor7hatChiang
May Participate In
7hreePowerParLey

London, Nov. 23.-(AP)-ThC long
awaiting conference between prcSi-
dent Roosevelt. Prime Minister Chur-
chill and NJ. rShall Stain. which re-
ports from abroad indicate is immi-
ncnt. assumed greater potential pro-
portions today as rtmOrS circulated
in London that GcncraliSSimO Chang
kaI-Shck might participate
In Keeping with the strict official
silence which has been maintained
in connection with all reports con-
corning a possible meeting of the
American, British and Russian states
men the rumOrs concerning Chang
passed without comment.
The presence of the Chinese gene
raliSSlmU, however, q Ou BIT e ;
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
Charles Ray, Star
OF Silent Screen,
Dies of Infection

Hollywood. Nov. % - (Ap) -
Charles Ray. -. who gained nation
al lan'c for his portrayal of country
bumpkin roles on the silent screen,
died today after lnr= Hines
The peculiar naivcc with which he
tune as an actor only To lose most of
1t through an lll-Starrcd venture as 1t
Him producer. had been IN Il hospital
Tor five weeks. suffering from n
malignant throat infection.
The peculiar naivtC with which he
played buCnliC roles took the public
imagination. and at the height Of his
success he was reported 10 be GET
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23

would he welcome - demonstrating
The determination of the four pwcrs
To c"llabratc in keeping peace after
the war. regardless of tho fact that
they are not now fighting together
on all fronts.
Even without Chiang'S pariicipa-
lion. any meeting between Ronsc-
volt. Churchill. and Stain. unoucs-
tionally would exceed i'm scope. and
significance anything previously at
tempted in the field of international
diplomacy.
Certainly no such meetings Of the
chiefs of three great governments.
involving travel over enormous dis
tanCcS with attendant risks. has ever
been attempted before.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
General Patton Apologies
Apology Made After
Hitting Sick Soldier
During Sicily Battle

Allied Headquarters, AlgicrS,
Nov. 25-(AP)-It was dis
closed officially today that It.
Gen. George s. Patton. Jr.. had
apologlZcd TO all Officers and
men of the Seventh army for
striking Il soldier during the 81,
Gillian campaign.
At the same time. Allied head
quarters SAID that correspondents
might reveal ali of the fact they
kmcw of the incident which since
last August mas been one of the
main subjects OF discussion among
soldiers in this theatre.
While Patton was not relieved
OF his command of the Seventh
army aud was not given a for
NAL reprimand, he received a
castigatiOn from Gen. Dwight ID.
Eisenhower such as has seldom
been administered TO a COM
mand of an army.
Inc story Is a strange ONE
the story Of 4 general whose cx-
ccllcncc Is admitted by all. who
in the heat of battle lost his
temper and later admitted he
WAS wrong and made amends.
The incident consisted of this, &C
Cordiug To- eye witnesses:
General Patton slapped shell
shocked soldier in hospital toni
because hc thought the soldier was
Sinking his duty.
In a fit OF fury in which nc OK
pressed sympathy for men really
wounded but made it plain that he
did not believe that the soldier be.
fore was IN that class. the general
struck tn" youth in the rear of the
head with the bacl; of his hand.
The soldier fell over slightly and
the liner of his helmet which he
was wearing fell off and rolled over
the floor of the tent.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23

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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
Death OF 3rd
In "a Hours

Washington, Nov. 23-(AP)-ThC
Hcnatc today mournCd the death oi
W. Warren Harbour. New Jersey
republican. opponents of Mayor
frank Hague Of JrcScy City. mil
H"nairc thread manufacturer and
ohc-timc amateur heavyweight box
'ng champion.
BARBOUR, who was -. succumbcd
!" heart disease last night after a
nrlci illness in his Washington home.
Ills death followed within "a hours
INC fatal injuring of Senator J. viii
craSi and the death iiorn heart dis
lam Otter tk Pd). ~ al d1rp1"c
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-23
Raj Attack
Mightiest
During War
Wreck Heart of CITY.
10000 Are Estimated
Killed and Injured

London. Nov. % tApl -
In the heaviest aerial bpmbard-
mcnt in history. the Raj en-
quilted Berlin last night with
fire and devastating explosives
Numbered down from 1000
bOmbcrS.
FIRST hand account, from Brr... -.
correspondents Ui S'ucEnuim uyl.s-
papers told graphically how dcstrl.r-
non ran through IN" hear: of Tho
citE. wrccking government bu!d!nas
and foreign Legations.
Berlin can never recover
from this blow" the Aftuu,id-
nlngen quoted it, sources rs
saying.
Industrial areas still buruin.
from the heavy raid last Thurs
uaN night were smashed again.
ST"nG formations of daylight
D"mbrrS reared across the Eng
"Nn chahncl Ia add further
weight To the growing Allied eff
iorl 10 wreck the Reich by acriai
assault.
Inc Aii.udn.u@om gave "a Dyc-
!mli"!y "S;.mT'" u! 10000 urr,r,..
dead and ljuri. Berlin officially
"on'.'cd - very large rurbry"
killed and injured
There were two attacks. said
another Stockholm currcspou-
dchi. The first came early and
wren the all-clcar was given
people Swarmcd from shelters
Inn
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-12
SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBERS NEEDED
New Employees Should
Make Sure That Rec
ord Filed On Job

every new employe of an in
dustrial plants Or commercial con-
Germ should make sure that his
employer has seen his Social Sc
curity account card and has made
note of the number shown
thereon because the law requires
that each employer who is sub
ject to the Social Security act,
shall make a quarterly payroll tax
return to the Federal govern
ment," N. R. Avera, manager Of
the Wilmington office of the So
cial Security board, explained
Monday.
Men and women who are en-
ployed in canning factories during
the canning season and work for
part of the year on farms; young
people holding their first jobs in
business or industry; and in fact
everyone who has job that is
covered under the Social Security
act has a right to expect that the
wages they have earned during
the past three months will be in
Guided in his employers next
quarterly payroll report to the gov
eminent. But unless the employer
knows the Social Security num-
Der of each employee, he will not
be able to include that number in
his report
The third quarter report of 1913,
which must be mailed to the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue on or
before October 81. will give the
name, social security number, and
the amount of wages paid to ev-
cry employe during the preceding
quarter-July, August, and Sep
TENDER.
The information given by the
employer in his report is trans
mitted to the Social Security
board" Mr.. Avera said, land is
used in setting up its wage rec
ord system
Accuracy is most important be-
cause benefits payable, later on,
to the worker or his survivors are
based upon the wage record that
is kept for the worker by the So
cial Security board.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-12
library GIVES
new TITLE LIST
Approximately 100 New
Volumes Placed In
Circulation

Aoproxinately 100 fiction and
r,alfiction books were added to
+.e shelves of the Wilmington pub
f. library during the month OF
spYenber. according to Miss En-
VA Woodward, librarian.
In the list Of fiction material
rs~e. Murder at Belle Camille,
he Conspiracy of the Carpenters,
~rvjyal. White Victory, Sound OF
;evelrv, Without Passport, To
.e.her Again, Tidewater, Cats
Bowl al Night, Air Force Sur
cam Golden Herde, Ministry OF
Fsar, Paradise Street Goodbye,
Dslr Elizabeth, None but the
lonely Heart. Whitney and Son,
! Am Thinking of My Darling.
Wv Darling from the Lions, Thun-
[arhead, The Enemy Sea, Nurse
ssIJv Dean, Aftermath, Depths and
he Heights. Equinox, Lilly Crack
Ell, Too Many Bones, Spanish
Lady At Heavens Gate, All Force,
and Angela Comes Home.
Noa-fiction books: Basic Teach
irs Of Great Philosophers Release
from Nervous Tension, Psyche
ls5y and Human Living, joshua,
Lesder of a United People, What
is Religion Doing to Our Conscien-
ces. Challenge to Freedom, Civil
Service Cheers for Girls, Spy in
America, Luftwaffe, Wings Of Des-
av, Plotting Comes Natural, This
is Fashion, Men Before Adam,
handbook o. Psyschitry, Flying
Fortress, Up Periscope, Joy OF
Co26lng, Your Child His Family
sto Friends, Round Of Carols, Re-
Neile, Six Plays. Here in His
Try Great Painters, Clinical En-
lors, Reflections or the Revolution
q Our Time, Between Tears and
L~ughte.. The End of the Begin
mig, White Mammonths. Bridge
lead 10 Victory, Letter from New
Guinea. Twelve Months that
C2anged the World, The Last Days
c, Sevastopol, Malta Story, One
c. Our Pilots is Safe, One World,
H.ocent Empress. Bovdutch. Case
oi Mrs. Sarratt. This Is Lorenzo,
Glenn CurtiSs. Bret Harte, Auto
Biography Of a Curmudgeon, and
Roughly Speaking.
Children's books: Young Cow
ooys. Peplto at Capestrano, Little
Maid of New Orleans, Jonathan S
Doorstep, Nicodemus Helps Uncle
Sam, Jerry Jake Carries On,
When We Grow Up. Our New Baby,
Peter Snow. Surgeon; The Good
Master. Visits in Other Lands, Ev-
sryday Birds, Martha Washington,
Daughter Of the Seine, Islands on
5uard, George Westinghouse, Be-
yoAd the Clapping Mountains, The
story of the Pennsylvania Dutch,
ooys Life Of Robert E. Lee, and
Drawing a Cat.
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silly of him-but that's the way
it was. Anyway, he was far from
calm and happy. If anyone had
asked him to explain exactly how
he felt, he would have said, Il
feel as though I were in the exact
corner of cyclone funnel of cloud
and underwriting around, n d
over and over" That would ex-
plain the matter perfectly. He was
certainly in something of a mental
maelstrom-what with making love
tc Susan Potter on the stage, Won
dering if he was actually falling
in love with Brenda Leigh in re-
atty, and being constantly nagged
and worried about the troublesome
things that were happening at the
factory almost daily.
He sat at his desk and tried to
concentrate on the business at
hand, but it was difficult, for he
kept remembering blaze in the
engine house with had increased in
vehemence when a fire-extinguish-
er was turned upon it, for the
simple reason that the extinguish-
er had been filled with gasoline.
He also remembered the piece of
machinery that had suddenly gone
bad for no apparent reason, and
batch of tools turning out badly
because of someone's carelessness.
Things that pointed to sabotage,
and yet things which couldn't seem
to be traced. No matter how care
full the investigation, he always
came up against blank wall. No
one could be accused, because ev-
eryone appeared to have a cast
iron alibi.
Because of those things, and be-
cause of his feeling of uneasiness
the feeling that espionage as we'll
as sabotage had come to Linville
he had increased the guar
around the factory and grounds,
had appointed men to report every
slightest matter that looked in the
least suspicious. All the fire-ex-
tinguishers had been examined and
a careful watch kept over them.
Workmen's papers had been re-
examined, many of them question
ed infinitely, and every precaution
possible taken in each and every
department of the plant.
But Adam kept right on worry
ing.
Miss Leigh to see you," Ruth
Mooehouse announced from the
doorway. breaking in on Adams
thoughts. 'She says it's impor-
tant"
Then send her in Said Adam.
Yes, sir"
Ruth disappeared, and Brenda
appeared. She looked lovelier than
ever, Adam thought, her Tor
high, her eyes bright and her
mouth looking decidedly kissable.
Then Adam thought. Il must be
going crazy, thinking such things
when l have so much that's i'm
portant on my mind"
Hello. Adam!' Brenda greeted.
Adam got up and held out his
hand. Glad to see you," he said.
In town pretty early, aren't your"
Yes" said Brenda. She took
the chair Adam indicated, drew it
up closer to his desk. adam,
someone visited the johnson place
last night" she announced.
(TO Be COntinued)
"