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the Allied bridgehead on the Oria- tic coast to more than 65 miles.
 A town of 150,000 persons, Bari has a harbor capable of handling 4,000 ships @ year and Is the hub oi railway lines radiating southeast to Brindisi, south to Taranto, and north to Barletta. Directly across the Adriatic lie JugoSlavia and AL bania, which have been mentioned in recent speculation as invasion gateways to the Balkans.
 Sth Army Advanced
 On the Calabrian Peninsula, the British Eighth army advanced an- other 30 miles up the west coast oi the Italian toe to capture Cosenza, railroad junction of 37,oo0 popula- tion.
 The Gemans were reported to have broken off contact with the Eighth army in their haste to con- tact the main Nazi forces to the north. Only demolitions are delay ing the Anglo Canadian troops.
 Both British forces were speed- ing their advances in an attempt to ease the pressure against Lieut.. Gen. Mark w. Clark's Fifth army in the Salerno area, where the fight ing was described aS exceeding in fury any of the battles in Sicily.
 Front reports likened the battle of the Salerno bridgehead to that on the beaches of Gallipoli in the last war, when the British tried vainly to force the Dardanelles.
 Force Fighting
 The fiercest fighting was in the Sele River area, II miles south of Salerno, where the Germans hold positions in heights that extend close to the sea, enabling them to sweep the surrounding beaches with murderous artillery and mortar fire
 Some 120 German planes SUD- ported the Nazi counter attacks yes- terday, by far the largest force yet thrown into the battle of Italy.
 Front reports revealed that the Allies and the Germans were at- tacking alternately, each hoping tc catch the other off balance. Lines swayed back and forth repeatedly and few positions on the rim of nc mans land could be considered per- manent.
 Large forces of Allied planes plus the big guns of the British and American warships bolstered the Fifth army, sending a torrent oi shells and bombs crashing on the German positions.
 40 Nazi Tanks
 At least 40 German tanks, mostly Mark Vs, have been destroyed so far in the battle of Salerno Bay.
 Italian troops who joined the AL lied invaders have turned their ar tillery on the Germans.
 Over the battle area, violent dog fights ragged as Allied and German planes tangled in battle for mas- tery of the skies. At least 10 enemy aircraft were shot down by Allied fighters yesterday.
 American flying fortresseS, along with Allied medium bombers, blast ed and strafed roads in the Pompei area to cripple German troops and supply movements.
 During the period covered by the Allied communique, 13 enemy planes were destroyed against loss of three Allied aircraft.
 Allied air fleets attacked along a 6O-mile arc around the Salerno bridgehead at the rate of 800 SortieS a day. The highway between Na- ples and Salerno was under con- stant attack.
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vital supply and reinforcement base for rapid transfer of strength to either the southern or central fronts.
 1000 Naxls Slain
 More than 30 towns and villages on the semi-circular front before Bryansk fell to the Soviets in ad- vances ranging up to g 1-2 miles yesterday. More than 2,000 Germans were killed.
 Some 200 miles to the south, the Russians captured Kuty, only i2 miles from Nczhin on the Germans last north-south railroad east of the Dnieper river, to gain positions 82 miles east of the big bastion of Kiev.
 The speed of the Soviet advance trapped trainloads of German rein- forcements at Kuty, most of whom were killed and the survivors cap- tured. Forty other localities in this sector also were captured in ad- vances of up to 12 1-2 miles.
 TAO Towns Captured
 The Russians all but enveloped Romny, 70 miles southeast of Nez- hin and 125 miles east of Kiev, with the capture of 140 towns and vil- lages on three sides of 1t, including Brittany, IS miles to the northwest. and Yuskovtsky. 20 miles to the southwest.
 The Germans counter attacked with huge forces of tanks and in- fantry on a narrow sector of the Romny front, but were thrown back in fierce fighting that cost them 12 tanks and several hundred men.
 NaN forces in the southern Ukraine were reported in full re- treat toward the big bend Of the Dnieper. Pursuing Soviet motorized and cavalry units split up enemy troops into isolated units, then an- initiated them. Nearly 1,500 Ger mans were killed in fighting that yielded 90 localities.
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scale from captured airdromes.
 At the same time, the Germans probably have had time to concen. trate large forces against patttcu. lar points of the bridgehead and give fighter cover to their troops,
 Losses High
 The observers described the Sal- erno operation as more difficult than any previous amphibious un- dertaking since the country is so favorable to the defenders and since communications in the Naples area support fairly large troop movements.
 Although ground forces have pen. etrated six or seven miles inland along a 24-mile stretch of the coast, they must depend for air support on aircraft based 16O or more miles away.
 DNB said Allied losses in the Gulf of Salerno fighting had exceeded all expectations"
 Unladen enemy warshipS, mer. chantmen, transports and landing craft were observed yesterday and last night on the approaches to the Gulf of Salerno below Naples, a DINE dispatch broadcast byb the Rome radio said.
 Tt is learned that the Allies are concentrating the ships for possibly embarking their troops, who were in Q steady retreat bordering on dis- order last evening"" the dispatch said.
 An earlier DNB broadcast said that whole divisions of the fifth army had been routed and wiped out, including one American die vision annihilated southeast of Sa- lerno.
 since Monday night, the enemy's formation have been in full retreat toward the coast and their rescuing ships" DINE said. There call for achievements was in vain. Mean. while, the Luftwaffe is wearing down the strength of the landing fleet"
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American bombers participated. yt @, the rate Of ioss was extremely high.
 Work of DombeEs
 The attack occurred on Monday lPaFamuahlEu timel end, the com- munlaue said. in spite Of spirited enemy opposition in the form of heavy anti-aircFagt Are and fighter CTS:
 1. Scored numerous hits on ground installations.
 q. set on Are q tranapoTt which was left iIi sinking condition.
 {. Damaged another lEanap0gt, z. Scored hits on khrn aHian cargo vessels. one Of which aKpIo6ed.
 8, &lFaEoM numerous small efaet, aetfina many on NFa.
 but aa Wne net smooth sailing iM
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NVOuLluueu 1EOLu EAHS 4J Ford didn't get patriotic until about ten days before his reclasSi- fication."
 Ballantine represented the defend- ant as mentally sick man." o. Connell called for stern. punishment of the busted commander, a vet eran of IT years service in the army.
 "The man who reaches the top hurts the army when he steps out of line" O'Connell said. When the man at the top does a single thing out of line he should be punished. Punish him for the harm he has done American youth all over this country; punish him for the harm he has done the army"
 The defense rested its case after the War Department refused to permit the trial to 90 into closed session to hear the testimony of Mrs. Jane Colman, wife of the de- fendant.
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innterial'' were taken when Bryansk lell originally, and now there was no doubt that the Russians planned a similar fate for the Germans, which must be considered a failure"
 The Nazis said the operations leading up to the evacuation had tlae objective of compelling the Soviets to carry out deeper follow ing movements owning to large scale German evasive actions"
 Force River
 Moscow dispatches, however, said that as soon as they took the rail stations on the east bank of the pesna, the Soviet assault forces began to force the river and storm the town.
 Other units crossed the river aith of Bryansk at several points
 ronverged on the city along the
 bank, while another force " down from the northwest to-
 Roslavl in an effort to cut the
 etreat route and trap the
 eh& garrison.
 6rting that the reduction of H2ntire town was believed to be g lnatter of hours at most, Soviet dispatches said the Russians were hurling shells across the river to silence dozens of Grman batteries while consolidating their passage The Russians said their forces slroce across the Desna late last week at several points some 20 miles southwest of Bryansk and steadily widened the bridgehead from which they pushed up against the city.
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(Continued from Page D futi, one of the Ellice group which was occupied by American forces early this year to strengthen the American ring in the South Pacific.
 Text of Navy communique No. ASA:
 "l. The U. s. submarine Gren- adler has failed to return from pa- trol operations and must be pre- sumed to be lost. The next of kin of personnel in the Grenadier have been so informed.
 Mediterranean area:
 "2. On Aug. g, the U. s. s. submarine chaser 694 and the U. s. submarine chaser 606 were sunk as result of enemy bombing. The next of kin of all casualties have been notified.
 Pacific Area: GA dates East Longitude):
 8. On Sept. l3, during the night, IS Japanese planes attacked F1lna- futi, Eice Isands. One enemy plane was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Material damaged sustained was slight"
 The skipper of the 0Fenadler was Lieut.. Cmdr. John A. Fitzgerald, TAO South J. St., Livermore, Gal.
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NCoutLuueu 1rOm FheS AJ ing in bed with Fear. she said. Grace told her that 'she wouldn't thwart our happiness together be- cause we had been separated SO many hundreds of years"
 But Mrs. Fear the first later persuaded her husband to sign over most of his property to her and then divorced him.
 Fear recently indicated that he would mourn until he dies" in his present incarnation, too.
 "Tll ! can say" he reported when filing suit to recover e2.iAe. .000 from his first wife (present ineaEnation) "ls that my association with women has cost me e3.O00.O0 oand left me with 6 broken heart"
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(Continued from Page D but 1t is a fact that that factor must be taken into consideration by the committees. Many taxpayers still owe unabated taxes"
 Federal revenue, George said, now is running over $38,000, ,0O0,0 900 a year. Certain amendments to the war contracts renegotiation law might yield an additional $3,000,000, 900, while new taxes possibly could yield another $5,000,000 900. This would bring the total to $46,000, 100000 a year - approximately one-half of the total war expenditures, he added.
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By HENRY SHAPIRO

Limited Frees Staff Correspondent Moscow, Sept. 14-(UP)-The Red army stormed Bryansk, once the most important Axis base on the central front, today and its fall ap- peared imminent.
 CMilitary observers in London said Russian capture of Bryansk could be expected within one or two days, perhaps sooner).
 Russian forces reached the banks of the Desna river opposite Bryansk yesterday with the capture of two railroad stations in the outskirts, Bryansk No. 1 and Bryansk No. 2 and set the stage for a companion thanking drive by sizing Tsementny, i4 miles to the north, and 1vot, 30 miles to the north.
 Railroad Hub
 The fall of Bryansk, a town Of / 'S5 900 and the hub of railroads ra- diating to Moscow, Kharkov, Gomel Kieve and Smolensk, would deprive the Germans of their last neutral defense line before the Iput river, 60 miles to the west and only 10 miles short of the White Russian border.
 Captured by the Germans on Oc- tober B. 1941, Bryansk and its net work of Hedgehog defenses with stood the Soviet winter offensives of i94l-42 and 1942-43 and served as a
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 small car. She noticed them par- ticularly. she said, because the driver appeared to be naked. His compan- ion, she reported, was dark-clad.
 Car Wobbled
 The next witness down the road saw the apparently nude man, alone at the wheel of the car which wobbled sot hat he appeared to be drunk. The machine smashed over the curb, halted among the cab- bages and jolted the semi-con- Scious Bacon to the earth. Wayne Powell, filling station attendant. ran to the scene. Bacon bled to death in his arms. crying: Help me. Phase help me"
 Mrs. Watterson had been mis- taken about his nudity. He wore swimming trunks, stained by his own blood.
 Police checked their records to discover that he had ben arrested once on charges Of contributing to the delinquency of a minor but, the case had been settled to the satis- faction of a juvenile judge. His conduct since then apparently had been exemplary.
 He was the scion of prominent Boston family, son of Lieut.. Col. David c. c. Bocan. now with the air force in England, grandson of United States ambassador to France, an intimate of young Roosevelt and a visitor to Hyde Park and the White House with his classmate from Groton academy. Wife in Near Collapse
 His wife, once kidely known in Europe as concert singer. was in state of -collaps, under care of her long-time friend, Pola Negri. Finger prints on the car were those fo Bacon, alone. The wound in his back convinced Medical Ex- aminer Frank webb that he had been stabbed by a long.bladed knife probably a stiletto. We said the angle of the cut indicated that a left.handed. short statured man may have committed tn crime. pr. Web stressed the word may" Only thing of which he was cer- tain. he said, wasthat Bacon had been stabbed not more than five minutes before he died.
 The detectives, who studied these reports and questioned everyDody who ever knew Bacon. admitted they were certain of nothing. In- spector Queen was the man, they said to holve the masked marvel murder mystry.
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(Continued from Page 1) sources believed that if a landing were being attempted, it probably was a new operation involving fresh forces.
 Allied sources sin London declined comment on the Maxi reports but acknowledged that the invasion had reached its most delicate and criti- cal stage.
 Between 5000 and 10000 Amer jeans were killed in fighting around Eoli, l8 miles southeast of Salerno, according to claims of another Ber- lin broadcast, while another 5000 to 10000 were allegedly taken pris- oner. The Germans said they had captured positions southeast of Eboh by storm.
 ''WhOle Divisions'
 Berlin also claimed that whole divisions of the Fifth army, includ- ing one American division southeast of Salerno, had been routed and wiped out.'
 DNB said that the last 24 hours brought a decisive turning point in area and the German victory there the fighting in the Salerno-E -Eboli can be compared only to Dunkirk.
 4 German communiQue said Brit ish and American troops were thrown back to their landing plac- ess from the Eboli area. Allied losses were described as "very se- vere."
 German planes were credited in the communique with setting fire to cruiser and scoring bomb hits on three medium transports.
 Military observers in London, while declining comment on the German claim that the Allies had begun evacuating their Galerno Gulf hridgehead. said that the most delicate and critical stage Of the invasion had been reached.
 These sources said that it was ob. vious that the Allied hFidgehead had not been sufficiently extended to bring the beaches out of range Of German artillery, nor had the Allies had time t0 establish themselves in any great strength CT to begin fightp eF operations on any eoslderable
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- maua airdrome at once. A small plane used for artillery spotttng landed on it only few hours after 1t was captured.
 Equipment Abandoned
 The enemy forces who held out 10 weeks in Salamaua left behind big quantities of equipment strewn through the bombed town and the narrow peninsula on which 1t is located.
 It was revealed that the American 162nd Infantry regiment of the 4lst division, largely men from the U. s. Pacific northwest, and the Austral- ian 17th brigade carried the brunt of the Salamaua fighting from the landing at Nassau Bay on June 90 in its first phase.
 Allied troops at Lac SO far have met only slight opposition. Flying FortresseS, IAberators and attack planes hit the area Sunday with 4S tons of explosives bombs.
 Mitchells swept the coast of Kuon peninsula above the fighting area and Allied planes elsewhere north of New Guinea sang six small enemy vessels in the steadyQ blows at enemy supply lines.
 Liberators flew 2,600 miles to at- tack Macassar in the Celebes with 27 tons of bombs. One bomber was lost.
 Ten enemy planes attacked the harbor at Allied-held Morobe, New Guinea, twice, but caused only slight damage.
 In the Solomons PIT boats dam aged i've enemy armed barges in a battle off Kolombangara Island.
 Torpedo and Dive bombers twice attacked the enemy base on Vila.
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 demanded that the military leaders prove beyond question of doubt" that such q need exists.
 May. who has a bill to ban the drafting of all fathers, said he would call . meeting of his com. mittee tomorrow or Thursday to re- view the manpower question with particular reference to the proposed induction Of pEe.PeaEl haTboT fathers,
 Meanwhile, indications supported the belief that President Roosevelt Is preparing 70 send . strong mes sage to Congress on the whole manpoweT question. topped by c recommendation for iegiElatlon similar to the Wadsworth-A Austin National Service Dill.
 Rep. James ". WadsWorth, n., N. Y, father Of the eeleellve service act and co-author of the National Service Bill, predicted Rn early fortnight declaration bY the white IEeusa on the labor draft.
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Compensation Agreements

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CARE BOY = is U. s. war slang for the driver of a tank. He has work to do. Important business: we have work to do. Important business too. Buying more and more War Bonds than ever before. It's your duty to buy an extra $l00 War Bond in September.
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the Americans. Upwards of 2B eI. enly llehiers'atiaeke6 the raiders ln e running engagement whieh lasted for 60 minutes. The American holnbeFs shot down 70 enemy AghseTn and pFqbably three more but four Americana bDMbeFs were knaWn e have been shot down and six others failed se g1lurn,
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Drive Jops
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New Type
 Ron10ncing

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Germons Say U. s. Retreats

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Mystery In Star Murder

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BUY WAR BONDS. STAMPS
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Navy Reports
 Sub Losses

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maua airdrome at once. A small plane used for artillery spotting landed on it only a few hours after it was captured.
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small car. She noticed them par ticularly, she said, because the driver appeared to be naked. His compan- ion, she reported, was dark-clad.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-07-22

E,'ot.Cn f,bers. impregnated to
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20 n, U.tacture house screens.
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ITALIANS ARE PLEASED
OVER BEING CAPTURED

With the American Army in
Sicily - Italian soldiers are sur
rendering by the thousands and
their stomachs are being gladden.
ed and their smiles brcadened
every day by rations &C" and
k until their thoughts are be-
ginning to turn to politics.
Large concentration centers
have been set up for them but
they could hardly be called
camps or cages or stockades
since the Italians Discrimination
to leave good food makes it posi-
Bile for half dozen American
troopers to guard hundreds of
their willing guests.
Many Italian prisoners have al
ready been sent back to North
Africa, presumably to be trans
ported thence to places better
supplied with food, possibly the
United States or Canada.
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Highways Praised
In Greyhound Ads

The current advertisement Of
the Greyhound Limestone in a
series which is featuring the va
rious institutions and wartime
activities of our State-gives
some pertinent and interesting
facts about our highways.
I'VE think that many citizens
take our extensive highway sys-
tenn for granted-Without ever
stopping to realize how lost they'd
be without it, said Mr.. H. Pierce
BraWner, traffic manager of the
Atlantic Greyhound Lines, in
discussing this particular adVer-
tisement. Every resident of this
State should know more about
the highways. how they're built,
paid for, maintained and many
other vital facts-and should give
proper credit to the various
boards and commissions respon-
sible for their construction and
USE
Mr.. BraWner reports that the
newspapers of the State are next
in line for discussion in this Sc
ries.
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TROOPS ARE
MOVED WITHOUT LOSES

Washington - Invasion forces
to join American troops in North
Africa in preparation for attack
ing Sicily were moved across the
Atlantic without the loss of a
man, the navy reported.
During the eight months in
tervening the invasions, of French
Morocco and Sicily" the navy
reported, "ships under Adm.
Royal E. Ingersoll, commander in
chief, Atlantic fleet, shuttle back
and forth across the ocean, NOV
ing troops of the U. S. army to
Africa"
The navy also reported assign
ment of American warships to
the British Mediterranean fleet
of Sir Andrew Brawne Cunning
ham, commander of allied naval
forces in the invasion operations.
'These large U. S. units" the ma
Wy said, took part in the bomb