davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
Russian Army Advances
To Point Near Vitebsk
Brcakthrough Perils
Whole German Sector
South of Leningrad

London, Dec. 2l - (AP) -
The Russian Baltic army,
steadily expanding its breach
in the heavily-fortificd German
line, has plunged down the east
side Of the Ncvcl-Nitebsk rail
way to within 20 miles Of Vi
teb$k. Reuters reported today
from Moscow.
This represented an advance ul
some Is miles r"r the Russian forces
from their last reported position.
The Reds stand barely 80 miles from
the old Polish and Laivian frontiers.
The Red army'S success i'm
northern Russia. threatening To
disrupt the entire Nazi defense
system south of Leningrad, had
immediate rcpercussiOns OH 9TH
or sectors of the long eastern
front. Dispatches indicated that
new rcniOrccmcntS the Ger
mans are throwing into the Ne
vel battle were possibly being
drawn from the front west of
Kirv, il not further south.
Troop" OF the first Ukraine army.
who successfully baked NaHI Mar
shat Won Man.stcin's powerful tank
drive in the Kivv bulge last wccs;
were baCk in the korDStcn sector
yesterday. front dispatches said, and
had rcpuiscd a series OF sharp en-
envy assaults.
Dispatches said that the Rus
SLAMS were now rNcriing strong
pressure from the southwest of
KriOvGGrad, Dnicpcr bend en-
envy base. in an apparent drive
to isolate that industrial ccnicr.
The Russian communicate said
the Germans lost 1900 men kill
cd and - tanks destroyed in
futile Coumlcratlacks there yes
tCrday.
\ German military spokesman
WAS Qutocd Ivy "a Stockholm news
paper ua saying that the Germans
had Withdrawn troops from the
Kicvc bulge southwark toward XII
(CuuliuG"d on Page Two)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
Resumption TODAY
Of Conferences In
Railroad Dispute
FDR Says Assurance
Of No Train Stoppage
Good Christmas Gift

Washington. Dec. 2l-(AP)
White House conferences de-
signed to settle the railroad
wage diSputr--and avert 4
scheduled Strikr-wcrc rrSum-
cd today. fast on the heels of
Il presidential statement that
the best Christmas present ,hr
American people could get
would be an assurance there
would Inc no general transpor-
tati"n Stoppagc.
The operating bruthCrhopdS have
already set December 30 as the dat
tor starting IL progressive wdll;uua
and iEc Is incorporating unions
planned 10 select their own strike
dric latc today. probably to cuincid,
with that Of their fellow workers
Workers of the five operating
railroad brothcrhnDds went
back To the White House in the
carly afternoon To discuss with
the President his proposal for
settling their wage case by SUP
plcmcntnc Il previous Inur cents
an hour award with an addit-
ional four cents in the form of
overtime compensation.
The brotherhood chiefs dIs,.IssrI
the situation with their rXCcu,ivc
committees tor several hours car
lcr IN the dav. II was unGry:tupl
That line tho leaders were not pre-
pare! I" picdc" AN outright nrccpt-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
Bolivia Tin Mines Are
Guarded By New Regime

lii pdG. Bolivia. Dec CAP)--
Troops guarded Bolivia, tin ore
mines today as nationalist jlDnta
which yesterday ovcrthrCw the gov
CrnmCnt "i GcnrCnl pcnarauda an
rouuCCd III II WIS firmly Cn'rCn-
chcd and discounted rmurs that u
coI:niCl. revolution had begun.
The troops were stationed at the
mines. producing large portion of
tin orc used in tho manufacture Of
United States and British arms. in
ono of the first acts OF tho nov gov
crumcut which pledged. however. Ia
1--we up :" BOLIVIA, commitments 20
the United Nations.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
1000 Tons
Bombs Hit
Frankfurt
U. s. and Britain Lose
80 Planes in "a Hours
Of Attack on Reich


London. Dec. 2l - (Ap) 800.
Hundreds Of RAE bGn,hrr.
,r.,,.o E,,l.r, ''''"
;ru II,u. - ~ ~ 'i'', "1'I-
80? "'" VI 'ic war last nl%hl,
raining Z.ooO long tons of in
ccndlaricS and rynluSiy,s n,
the German cbrp,ir.I and .,,.,
AMMAN, ,.nn,,,. GNU "' III
III 'llH ana subsidiary attacks
the kAf lost II bOmbCrS,
The great air offensive HrHIu,'
Germany reached Il ncw yutru.,,y
with these additional at,aciis dur
III" the past - hours:
!. Raj subsidiary formations al
lacked Mannheim L.udwiasha,cu.
Mosquitoes stabbed a.; western Ger
many and Belgium and mines ,,r..
.aid in CHcmy waters.
>. Heavy formations # hmrr.-
can LiDcralurs and FurIycssn, il,
daylight struck heavily at the Ger
nan C-b"ai campaign by DDmb!n,
5Fcmrn.
). American GumHcrS based on
me Mediterranean !ur the n.'n 'imn
III recent weeks blasts tac uHI
Yards OF Sofia. capital Of WAY weary
huIS'ria aEd 81 large uirt.c!d ncd.
Athens.
t. American and British medium
o"mbers spread destruction ON tar
gets IN northern France.
The Allies lost more than 90
planes in the 2I-hour opera
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
Senate Retains
Nominations for.
Generals Rank S

Washington, Dee. 2l.-(APD-lIa-
i"r'tr Leader Blrl,Icy. Kcntuckv
Democrat. IntCryc"cd tod To- keep
adv" presidential nominations 10 in
cTIas" In" permanent rank of -
generals. among them H.. Gen.
George S. Patton.
t'arkicy "blaincd undmipuS con-
sent for the Senate iu retain the
nominations through the Christmas
holidays. Without the consent the
nominations would have been sent
ID q; :" the White House and could
moi have been acted upon until re-
submitted by the President.
Tho promoters were frozen in Il
military subcommittee. which has
been investigating Patinn'S treatment
OF soldiers. as final gave! fell ON
HE iIr<t session of the 18th Congress.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
lugosla> Army In
Great Advance In
For Major Battle

London, Dec. 2l.-(AP)-Thc
25O,00-man YugOSlav PARTISAN
army of Marshal Tito announced
today il had advanced into the
vicinity of the CrOatian capital
of ZagreD, in campaign which
London termed a major battle.
TitO'S resilient forces were de-
clarcd in London TO be engaging
nine German and three puppet
divisions in the main fighting
areas in addition TO containing
three To four NaZi divisions in
sporadic c0mbatS in the Istrian
peninsula bordering Italy. The
Germans and their mcrccnaricS
were said to have six divisions
in Croatia. two on the Dalmatian
coast and four in the MOStcr
region. including the Prince
Ugenc IS Elite outfit.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
Americans
Taking All
New Britain

Adv - cd Allied Headquarters.
New Guinea. Dee. n -tApD- The
American Sixth Army expanding six
miles from lis Cape Mcrcus. New
Britain bCachhCad has taken the
Arawc air strip. adding another land
inc field 10 the pcrchcs from which
Allied war birds arc purgng the air
of japanese.
Ger oral Douglas MaCArthur'S com
muniquC today I'd the Nrawc field
was secured Sunday. and by failing
70 mention any japanese aerial actI-
witty i'm the southwestern New Bri-
tain sector. for the first time since
the Americans StOrmcd ashore there
December 10. il UNDERSIGNED Allied
air power in the skies.
4 headquarters spokesman termed
the Slackcning japanese activity over
(CvuLnLed Oh Page IwO)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
Wreck Probe
Is Launched:
Dead Are II

LunbcrtGn. Dec. 2I.-tAp)-- The
Red Cross completed today its idcn-
LITIGATION of civilian dead and plu
the final death toll IN last Thursdays
train wreck at 72-5l service men
and women and 81 CiVIlanS-us the
Atlantic Coast Line went ahead with
plans Tor an inquiry INTO The disas-
.CT.
The figure WAS reduced from %,
u Red Cross spokesman said, in a
r"Chcck with army officials. The last
body identified was that of Mrs.
Irene de Gregory. West Warick. Il.
J.. wife ol an army sergeant. vino
Mas one "l tine l23 injured IN Inc
collision.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
management plans To conduct an in
curry at Rocky Mount December -
into the collision uf two trains near
here Thursday IN which ~ persons
d!"d and many more were blurred
This was announced last hight IN
Wilmington by {. &. SIbIry. general
manager oi the railway. vino said
Interstate Commerce Commission in
Spcc'orS would assist He said the
'JIE'ttNt N'WIN " lp ttNtl'b inc
facts and I" place responsibility for
the accident"
S. y. Mills. director "f the ices
bureau Of safety. mad said IN WASH
IngIun that three officials were in
Vc,'igat!uG the accident but were
not conducting formal hearings. In
stead. he said. they were CuupCrat-
ing with other Interested parties.
The work of identifying the dead
and notifying relatives meanwhile
went forward. The Rcd Cross said
only ono civilian remained yet 10 be
identified.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
Naziis Fight
To Bolster
Satellites
Bulgarian Bombings
Severe With Growing
Losses for Germans


NlilSu ilcauuulflSfS. AlElcrS,
Dec. II -- (AP) - American
Fifth ARMY forces b,yn I,,nrnJ
forward oI.. n,;Io.. i,
...o,., III Hi'o"
'' III - capture -'OVO 1901
ioullt SplnuCclo. while L. >.
10Th Air Force heavy hammers
pSrovtnI nv l,u,r r.,,',,, r;,.L,
,...,.I.,.I :.
n.,, ''"' a. 'Hc 'dpllal Oh
"i l"' anu an AlncnS all
llc!u, 1t WAS announced today.
In u companion drive. General
Nc: t%UmCry'> f.i.hih Army forces
pushed ahead ia stiff lighting" TO-
ward l"iio IN ihr central srCior 81
IN, AdrITjIc lroni. improving their
positions rear Grtrua. the Allied
headquarters CpumunluIr added
German resistance Was said 10 be
increasing.
Allied planes shot down 28
enemy planes in thc twin al
tackS on SOFIA railroad yards
and the ElcvSiS airficII in
Greece and in other operations
which included riChtcr-bombcr
RAIDS on rain and motor targets
IN The Rome area. Eleven al
he'd planes failed 10 return.
This brought The German aII. force
losses in iw" days ot sky battles 10
- planes plus three more shot down
ny american .anti-aIrCrHit fire dur
In% 'w" German attacks on newly
captured San Pictro.
Another announcement said
That American motor torpedo
boats. which gained fame in the
Pacific. teamed up with British
craft TO fight vigorous night
action December 10 off the is
iand OF Eiha with two Nazi de-
cS'rnNcFS on which torpedo hits
were scored.
Apparently trying hard To
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21

Advanced Allied IIcadIuar-
tors. Ncw Guinea. Dec. IL.
(APD--No comment was avail
able from General Douglas
Macarthur or his staff today on
the latest Washington press
stories suggesting that he would
accept the Republican prcsidcn-
tiaI nomination.
Tho Southwest Pacific COM
mandrr and his senior officers
were described as too occupird
with the current New Britain
campalcn 10 have time or op-
r"riunitv for comment OH 10.
liliCal Issues.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
Broughton Seeks
Relaxing of Bans
On Hog Rationing

Raleigh. Dec. 2l-(AP)-GcyCr-
nor Brouchion has asked Chester
BnvlCS. administrator ui the Office
of Price Administration. TO climb
nac rationinG ct hog meats for %
days tn case what tho governor
termed grave" hog. marketing
situation.
In Il telegram 10 Bnwics. Broucr-
ton said North Carolina farmers
were unable Ia market hogs because
packing companies were operating
ON limited schedules duo to the la
boz shortage and were unable Ia
take ;hc farmers offerings.
'p Marin I"ns. Wsg Food 9d?iriS-
traitor.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
lcltOn to Enter
Army at Custer

Raleigh, Dec. 81 CAP)) - Con-
iro|icr Nathan Ycltnn Of the State
Board "f Education will leave De
r"mbcr 20 from Fort Custer, where
ne Will assume his duties as cap
tam u the army military gGvcrr-
meat.
He Ind been deferred once n tho
rchuCSt of the state. which said his
presence was desirable when IN"
nov board assumed Office shortly
alter the legislature adjourned.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21

general assembly 10 enact cciSia-
ti"n to aIl9w ab-cn'cc voting prrvi-
lceCS L. member. OF the armed
forces.
Euro. who as secretary OF state i'd
ministers federal voting in the state.
SAID the present law. iir~t enacted
by the i9il general assembly. pro-
,iisy iuI voting by SCryiCcm"n aud
w"mCr in primaries and general
cleo ions. and Tor community. Cuun-
~. state and federal Officers.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
Death Sentence
RcpriNes Granted

Raleigh. Dec. 81 -- (APD -- NlC%
Harris. lG. OF iTukC county. and
Waytnan Granger. 81. Columbus
county Negro. who were scheduled
tc die December - for murder have
hccn granted tCn-day rCpriCvcS. Pa
roles Commissioners hathaway eros.
said today.
Thr sinvS au'"m2iicHllv e"i The
new deuln dates as january 70.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
1919 SCuttIer of
German Fleet Dies

London. Dee. 21.-(AP)-Thc
German DNB agency said today
that Vice ADMIRAL Ludwig Won
Reuter-. -, who ordered the
scuttlinc Of the German fleet i'm
Scapa Flow i'm 1919. died today
of heart disease. The Berlin
broadcast was recorded by The
Associated Press.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21
CHURCHILL is STILL.
SLOWLY IMPROVING

London. Dee. 81 - Cap -
Prime Minister Churchill CON
linurS to improve" in his rccov-
cry from pneumonia. No. 10
Downing street announced to-
day.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-21

Continued Oh Page IwO)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-18
German, Allied
Lero Losses Equa!

CAIRO, Nov. 18 up The re-
capture of Lero island cost Ger
many at least as many casualties
as the total number of Allied troops
engaged in the defense of the Dode-
canese island, Gen. Sir Henry
Maitland Wilson said today.
tThe Nazis reported that 5000
Allied troops were OH Iero.)
On the other hand, Wilson re-
vealed that a substantial proportion
of the British garrison on Lero was
lost, the number who got out being
reduced sharply by the complete
exhaustion of the defense forces.
Wilson described the Lero CAM
paign as a diversionary operation
and said 1t had paid dividends.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-18
Casualty List
Remarkably Low

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Nov. l8.
(UP)-Hartford hospital director
DIR. Wilmar M. Aliens maternity
report to the annual directors
meeting follows:
"Never ending squadrOns of
stOrks have bombed us with l7R
tons of babies. Forty-twO were
block-busters weighing more than
10 pounds. There were some in
cendiaries, with some spark of
life, weighing as little as one
pound, IL ounces. There was no
damage and casualties were cx-
tremely light. No storks we're shot
down, SO we may expect con-
tinued assaults"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-18
Moscow Program
Would End Peace
Pact Need..hu
u. S. State Secretary
Gives Congress Full
Report on Conference

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.
(UP) = Secretary of State
Cordell Hull told an historic
meeting of congress today
that the Moscow declarations
will hasten Allied victory and help
to create a postwar world free of
the conflict-breeding power politics
of the past.
The 72-year-old Hull, making
the first recorded appearance of
cabinet member before joint
meeting OF senate and house, as
serted
"As the provisions of the four
nation declaration are carried into
efefct, there will no longer be need
for spheres of influence, for alli-
anceS, for balance of power or any
other of the special arrangements
through which, in the unhappy
past, the nations strOve to state
guard their security and to pro-
mote their interests"
ADMINISTRATION ANSWER
This statement appeared to be
the administrations answer to pro-
posals which have been voiced in
this country that the United States
and Great Britain enter into a
military alliance as the keystone of
future security.
He described the declarations as
dynamic entity, destined to grow
and flourish until complete inter
national understanding, agreement
and cooperation are achieved.
Asserting that the Moscow con-
ference and its results were IAN
important step in the direction both
Continued on page s, col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-18

AIlleTlCdl1 dllu bIlLlSll lledNy
bombers teamed in day and night
bombardments of Germany proper
and outposts of Nazi Europe in
occupied Norway to put The west
ern offensive back on a running
basis.
Mediterranean based bombers
joined the campaign against Eur
ope with attacks on German air
bases in the Athens area and other
targets scattered across the SOUTH
ern part of the continent.
FIRST TIME ALONE
American army headquarters an
nounced the new attack on Nor
way without specifying the targets.
1t was the first time the Liberator
bombers had gone out alone on a
major mission without Flying Fort
resses since their temperance in
the European theater after a pro-
tracted absence.
FortreSSes and Liberators struck
the heaviest blow of the war at
Nazi targets in Norway Tuesday
when they devastated the Knaben
Molybdenum mines and the Rjukan
power station and electrolysis plant.
Today's raid was the third by
American bombers on Norway. In
the second, Tuesday. two bombers
were lost and six German fighters
were destroyed.
The LudWigshafen raid-60th of
the war on the home city of the
I. CT. Farbenindustrie huge Radi-
sche Anilinwerke plant, largest
chemical factory in Germany =
probably wiped out most of the re-
pairs made by the Germans since
the attack on Sept 23.
TURNS OUT TANKS
Factories at LudWigshafen, sit
uated on the west bank of the
Rhine river opposite Mannheim,
turn out explosives, tanks, armored
cars, turbines, electric motors, u
boat pumps and precision tools.
Joining heavy bombers in TAX
ing advantage of the break in foggy
weather over Europe, formations of
ol iJioIl-bdobu iiiuodItltOo ilit oClliii
and western Germany in diversion
ary raids designed to keep the
bomb jittery Reich on edge.
Only one plane was lost in all
raids from Britain, one of the
smallest losses in recent months.
The attack on LudWigshafen was
the second on Germany this month
by the big bombers, although two
attacks have been made on rail-
way targets in southeastern France.
SPEARHEAD ATTACK
American Flying Fortresses again
spearheaded yesterdays offensive
from Mediterranean bases. Blast
ing the Eleusis airfield II miles
northwest of Athens, the FortresseS
scored hits on five out of nine
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-18

1ulOuBIl Gllc OlllCldl SOVClIuIlcIll
newspaper, Izvestia, the Soviets set
forth their opposition to any ar
tificial union of small nations and
revealed that it had been made
known to Britain and the United
States at the recent three power
conference here. prompting no OBJ
lection from either nation.
REGRETS POLICY
This must be especially en-
phasized-the Soviet Union firmly
rejects any attempts to launch n
policy of the Gordon sanitairc. re-
gardless of the form under which
it may be masked" IZveStia said.
ut must be recognized that sew
eral projects of federation recently
emanating from the west pungent-
ly reeks of the long bankrup anti
Soviet policy"
The use of the old French diplo-
matte term of sanitary Gordon, y
in the sense of establishing a ncu-
trail zone TO preclude trespassing
and friction, made it evident that
the Russians expected to tolerate
no barricading of the Soviet Union
to the west.
Arguing the prematurity of any
discussion of the artificial en-
couragement of federation in any
form, Izvestia said Russia con-
sider5 it unjust that Germany's
satellites should enjoy status
within any federation equal to that
Of the occupied Allied countries.
Finland, Rumania, and Hungary,
for instance, cannot and must not
escape the consequences of being
Hitler's and Mussolini's accomplices,
even though they are small ma
TONS the editorial said.
NO OBJECTION
Informed of RusSia'S attitude on
the matter when they were here,
Secretary of State Cordell Hull and
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
Continued on page 6, col. g
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-18
Stain Convinced
Allied Bombing Is
Really Worthwhile
Air War to Be Carried
On with Greater VigOr
Now, Declares Writer
BY WILLIAM b. ZIFF
Written for the United Press

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. - Com
rade Stain, boss of all the Rus
slams, has finally become convinced
that Allied bombing of Germany's
vital production centers is worth
while, I am informed by high air
authorities.
AS a result the Allied air war
will be prosecuted with increased
vigor. utilizing even more terrible
aerial weapons than have yet been
unleashed upon Germany.
Stain does not go all the way as
do many American and English
airmen, such as Lieut.. Gen. Ira
Eaker and air marshal Sir Arthur
Harris, but he goes far enough to
make a synchronized Anglo-RuS-
siam American military effort on
the continent possible.
RESPECT AIRPOWER
The Russians have always pos
sessed high respect for tactical
airpower used directly to assist a
slugging match between troops. But
al tile JdSG obdllil lido 'iCWC' "ioii
impatience the Anglo American re-
lance on strategic bombing, which
as far as he was concerned left
Russia holding the bag.
The Russians still want badly a
great frontal land attack which
would pillow right across the chan
mel into northern France, Holland
and Belgium. But they understand
the advantages of giving the Reich
Continued on page 6, col -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-18
FOR ALL IMPERIAL VALLEY !:
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ANY Time THURSDAY
GOMEL'S FATE SEALED BY
VICTORIOUS RUSSIANS

armies on the Gomel and Kiev
fronts have effected a junction,
establishing a 170-mile continuous
line on the west bank of the Dniep-
er river and booming thousands of
German troops trapped in pocket
to the east, field dispatches said
today.
RUSH REINFORCEMENT
The junction, which pointed TO
an early German withdrawal into
the heart of the Pripet marshes,
came as the Soviet command was
rushing reinforcements into the
southwestern tip of the Russian
bridgehead west of Kiev in an at
tempt to smash a German counter
attack that forced the first Red
army retreat since the start of the
summer offensive in July.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-18

LONDON, Nov. 18. CUP)-Russian
mobile units and shock troops have
captured Rechitsa on the upper
Dnieper after three days of fierce
fighting, Premier Josef Stain an
nounced today, crushing German
resistance in the key White Russian
base and sealing the fate of Gomel
to the east.
A special order of the day an
nouncing the capture of Rechitsa,
Is miles north of KieV and 25
west of Gomel, revealed that Gen.
Konstantin Pokossovsky, hero of
Stalingrad and the early phases Of
the Kiev campaign, had directed
the final assault.
POSITION UNTENABLE
The fall of Rechitsa, on the west
bank of the Dnieper where the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-18

TIC government COfIlf1lUn1qut III
nouncing the vote of approval was
interpreted as sanctioning what
ever commitments Foreign Minister
human Menemencioglu gave Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
at Cairo early this month following
the tri-partite conference of for
eign ministers at Moscow.
The communique said parliament
had discussed questions resulting
from the exigencies of the treaty
of alliance" with Britain, but did
not elaborate.
Can Ankara dispatch transmitted
after the Cairo talks said the i'm
preston was growing in informed