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Mlt. 5:1 r. M. tate.ftt MartUt CALVEITON, TIXAI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1M3 ESTABLISHED 1M1 Fall of Naples to Allies Expected at Any Time A A A A A A A -A. A.

A Russian Columns Are Driving Toward Old frontiers Progress Is Also Made in Effort if Kegain Kiev LOXDOif; Sept. 30 (Thursday) IP Flying soviet columns, more iniies apart, have pierced'io within 110 miles of the old Polish border ill the north arid the Rumanian frontier in'the south' while a third drive rolled in to a Dnieper River island little more than a quarter-mile from the gun- studded hills of Kiev, Moscow announced tbday. In the.north the red army advanced-halfway from lensk to Vitebsk by capturing the town of Jtudnya on the 80- mile railway, line between these two cities. Despite rain- soaked roads'the more than nine miles, kill- unltue said they killed more Germans and destroyed Ing 1000 Germans, capturing much war material and occupying 120 towns and Premier. Marshal Joseph.

SUlin, one of two orders of the day, called RUdnya. ten miles from the northern- border, of. White Russia on the rail line that, leads to Riga: "a powcrul'entmy stronghold and a center communications the Vitebsk direction." At Kiev. the-Russians burst out' through German's defense lines to capture the bridgehead ortlf ica- Uona of Island, a river bastion directly in of central Kiev. Tha river Is 1400 feet wide at this point I the the.

Russians also captured Darnltsa. The-com than 69 tanks and 78 guns. Much booty and many prisoners fell to the victorious "Remnants of routed German troops were: hurled onto the right (wist) bank of the river," It said; fighting (was) for the liquidation of the enemy bridgehead fortifications Our troops, capturing the epemy lirldgeheail fortifications In this district came out directly onto the Dnieper River in front of the town of Kiev." The' third a gain of the of Kremen- chugaon t)ii bank, the Dnieper River between Kiev and After a great three-day' battle by tight soviet divisions -and swarms the Russians town? Stalin Kid IB one of his "orders 4 of the r- of German troops were 1 hurled'baclt'ohtb the other side of the Many trophies were added the soviet communique, also recorded by the enemy hurled reserves Into this district and attempted byall'mcanV to hrldgehea'd fortifications on the left bank of the Dnieper." The capture of Kremenchug wiped out one of the last German on the east bank the mlghtv river and cut off large number of Germans'pocketei between the river and Poltava. In two other soviet advances on Wl Russia between Smolensk Kiev, the red army drove wllhln 12 miles northeast of Gome and marched on Mogilev When Do We Go First Query Washington, SepL The No. questioni-Ainsrlcan' soldiers and sailon asked a globe-circlint; com- tnltte of senators was: When do go home? Phat was first question asked us almost everywhere we landed," Chairman Russell '(D-Ga) reported, listing these other dominant Interests of the fighting men: vhat causes delays In the mail? Nazi Collapse Anticipated By Senators Group'Returned From War Fronts Expect Japs to Last Longer sehatolYVjust back from'-a nile inspection- trip of world bat said today' they belfeve( that the in-the Pacific would not-end before .1845 but that a col lapse of 'Germany, may.

come a any time. Reporting publicly on two- month flying trip to the war'xohejs Sens. Russell Mead IDS'. and Brewster (R-Maine: told a. press conference that army and navy are developing Intc the toughest, fighting machine the world has ever about getting.

the war? a job after Are. we going I allowed to vote while overseas? "They 'gripe like ill good soldiers," Russell told a Dr.ias conference. "They don't mind saying their' rations could be tastier, al- though.they'concede that the C-ra- tlbn.ls nourishing enough. "I didn't hear anybody "rotating against drafting of Manv of.these boys have children of their own. so I guess Miey could not get-exclted-about some others cominn ieWarns Turn to Pag "3, See THREE OPA to Fight Decision Given By Texas Judge SepL 29.

vP C. Braun. deputy' admjniatrator foi the office of price administration tonight that the OPA would ADneal from a decision here today hy Federal- W. H. A a OPA's auipen- lion system unconstitutional.

Braunr acting In the absence of Max McCuHough. rrgional admin. istrator. declared the OPA "wil take prompt steps to appeal the case and to have the hearing on the appeal Atwell held that the OPA had authority to ration ruoline and. other commodities, but ruled that such authority did not Include newer to suspend from their rights to" deal in the rationed' commodities.

"While this precise point has not been decided in anv other OPA cue." said Braun, "federal district courts thrcughout the country have heretofore upheld the administrator's suspension 'thus hv deciding he had.au thorltv to enter them." Alwell granted the netl? tlon of Amos F. and Foy O. Wilemon. operators of the Good Luck Service for an injunction restraining the OPA from enforcing A Iwo-week shutdown order against their jtasollne service stations, court described the OPA hfturlnr Administrator who issues suspension orders as "a modern Instance of pure dictatorship," The svstem is employed by OPA against business firms and Individuals found nv a hearing officer to have violated rationing regulations. Thft rleht of president under concessional law to make wartime allocations of commodities upheld by the court, however Judire Atwa.l adding that the act Itself supplies punishment of criminal prosecution or Injunction, not orders to reouire a firm to suspend business.

USUAt, ADDltWOB IjOndnn, Sept. The Swiss tort In said tonight that Pope Plus XII resumed his usual audiences today Vatican Clt.v. The Weather East Texas. Including Gftlvejton: Little temperature change, scattered showers Thursday. Other United antes weather feurMu data on pafi 1L Negative Policy Sept.

M. JP Wendell L. Willkie, 1910 republican candidate for said to- daj; that, his party "can't" ivin by a process of negation, and wouldn't deserve to." captious criticism of ihe policies of the i.Jininlstra- tion not entitled the' republican party to victory, 1 Willkie said a- press conference. The 1940 republican bearer said that he win rcnfer jjlW with Earl. Warren, aUfornla'.

republican- governor who often has been mentioned 'as a possible GOP nominee, cither for president or vice president Asked directly how manv ctotn ns he felt he could count a oun uporf. Wlilkle countered by. asserting he detected a "rapid drift by he republican party toward the repub things 1 advocate. Wlllkie was asked If he Warren would talk over the dentlal situation. "I don't suppose spend all our time end there, was believe that Germany 'might n- to no ast because Hitler, had los oil of 'of the Mediterranean and tba submarine battle with that reason, they agreed 'tha plans, ought to be worked out now move into Germany to contro Jie' civil population, reorganizi transportation and prevent chaos.

On the Pacific front, they-said there.was the closest between the- army and the navy that not enough supplies- and men were being sent there yet, but lha the-jBTi know we are on the of- ensive." other 1 of -th, world picture, Russell said -he did not believe the American people md been enough information the "seamy: the American other the Josses had not.been "Mead Truman vwar'uu vesUgatlhg: -which he Brewster would turn attention to develop- ng -a. postwar, aviation policy un der-which commercial planes from this oKOJjId: have-access to some the airfields built nil: UslteoVStates- funde.v|n- TV.5- th't'co'milUee" iiso would, urge.thar additional oil for United. Nations be taken from the Persian Gulf area" so tha American be ex hausted, after. the wa an hour'ff review of what they law and found on the. three senators reported folk on the home-front are itlll underes.iima.tlng danger from Japan; said.

Chinese officially estimated the -Japanese are build ng 1000 planes a month Instead of the 500: usually cre Irewster said the doubled their shl Brew credited to them. Japanese have their shipbuilding capacity i-ster said he attributed a recent-statement by Gen. MacArthur concern in Australia over re- Turn to Page 3, See FOUR we will Refugees, Escaped W.ar Prisoners Enter Switierlanil Sept 29. IP A total of 21,860 refugees from Europe's war-torn countries and escaped Prisoners of war arrived In Swit- between Sept. 17 and Sept.

the Influx continues at the to 300 a day, a Swiss TJJ' 1 11 broadcast recorded OWI reported today cl a Thi-broadcast described a discus- Swiss national coun- i rllve problems posed for lilt mountain republic by the Increasing.number of refugees as Spitfires are being ands where Settlement of Mexican Oil laims Announced Sept. 29. 'IP The state department made public tonight an agreement whereby Mexico will pay American nationals 137,700.84, In addition to the $9.000000 ln-cash paid In 1941. in the final settlement for expropriation of oil properties in 1938. i companies had set the value of their properties in hundreds of millions of dollars but the valuation was cut by a commission of experts.

The will -begin tomor- a remittance 391,04. and the balance will be MS. fouv nnua Installments. The department announced the agreement had reached exchange of notes by Adolf Berle acting secretary of state, and Rafel.de La Collna, Mexican charge d'affaires. The total of $29.137,700,84 reore- senta plus M.141.70934 merest at 3 per cent on all un- aid balances from March 18, 1938 Sept 30.

1947, the date set for thr final payment. The first payment of $9 000 000 was made Nov. 19, 1941. when the wo governments agreed to appoint experts to determine the just compensation to be paid for the oil properties. The experts, Morris for the United States, and J.

Zevjuls, Mexico, de- oMlf' ld NC ch lrm -inlled declared, "there Is a rent sense of urgency here. That i the message I shall take back America." Military Parade and Gala Hollywood-Style Premiere To Aid Army Relief Fund Washington, Sept; 29. JP Confrii- stre today behln ngt na i- th" built up sttadily "moves for induction" of childless government employ and the under-30 age group in larger I'D aa to cuihion-the Kcneral Impact of. the draft on older men with children. Most attention centered on proposal by Sens.

Bally (LVN. ar.d Clark- (D-Md.) which would: 1. Forbid government employment of ablerbodied, draft-age lon- fatheri not Indiipentablft In their Forbid Waihington desk assignments to able-bodied, -draft-kite nonfathers holding army and nivy commissions who could spared 'or combat 4uty. Bailey told war department i epresenUtives -r two (cnerala and major-- had assured him and that they had no objection at all to the first section of. the bill.

He whose, names, he-would not suggested some changes, however, in the second'section. promised to 'send us a communication in' the morning embodying auggestioha for a. Bailey added. At same time, (R-Ohio) disclosed that a san group of senators would offe a plan, to prohibit, deferments men. under 30 years old on Oct unless are "indispensable" in agriculture or "in.

a plant producing ordnance, munition or ships, or in a mine producinj minerals for This measure would wipe ou moat occupational fo men under 30 in both goyernmen and "civilian, activities. of fatherhood; and make them ahead of all older pre- fathers. 'the, goverhment-employi cted Turn to Fags 3. TWO Must Buy $2,383,801 Bonds In Three muBt' iearly two and'a half million dollars in war bonds 'during the next three pi- fail in. re md brotheri fightiffgVo.verseas,- County Chaiimaii Gebrge'Sealy declared las jEuiettsses.

of -bonds yesterday' rebiained slow as the midnight 'deadline dreiv-i. a tbtar'6f io. be'Taised- lhe quota third war loan A wfci Street Judge.Charles G. Dibrell of" district court. yesterday afternoon denied', tlie application of Joseph Cane, for a temporary injunction 61st street.

"north from 3ro'adwayV across the railroad racks to access to a piece of Kane Boiler Works Intends to build a number, of: steel -thnkers for-the government-- V- When Albert' J. attorney he would Ike a final trial of'the case pn its merits at the earliest possible'time t.was indicated that the case may be set trial a jury- on Oct. 11. At yesterday afternoon's session if the. hearing, cited a number of cases to support his con- ention that Kane should be permitted to cross the railroad -tracks un 61st street.

He he vanted the court to ailroads -from interfering with Cane's passage acrosn racks on Gist, and he' said the ilalntiff willing to put In a road ver the crossing at hip own ex- lense. Jlldge Dlhre'll" remarked that a mint -be Turn to Page See FIVE talian Fleet Vses Problem Allies Gfllveaton will turn out for the army today, proclaimed by Mayor George W. Fraser as official "This Is the Army Day," as the military might of nearby army posts Is exhibited In a psrade and display In connection with the local premiere onlght at the Martini Theater of he motion-picture, "This tha for the benefit the Army Emergency Relief fund. A complete I6r the pre- 1 which will be attended by anj. Qpn.

Richard Pnnovan and ilgh-ranklng officers from Camp Wallace, Fort Crockett and the ualveston army air bust, was In- Icatcd Isst Anight only M.m) reserved seat tickets re-i 'malned to be sold. The ihow Is scheduled to begin at 8:30 o'clock. The spectacle to accompany the premiere tonight will resemble that typical Hollywood first night, Alfred Borofsky, chairman of rangementa for the premiere here, said yesterday. Thousands.are expected to turn out at noon today tor iht military parade which will be held to promote further Interest In "This Is the Army Day" and the Army Emergency Relief fund, the local quota, for which Is 110,000. The of the parade has announced as follows: Start SIM anil Boulevard, move jorth on Md to east on t) lo Turn to Puge 11.

See NINE Allied.Headquarters In North Af- ica. Sept-29. jP Disposal of the fleet Is developing into one 'the nottiest political questions the war. So far the. Italians have been ai- owed to keen their, warships, hlch are admitted tp be of great alue to allies, but thev have shown ttle inclination to fight.

The jn the other' hml. ave pointed out lo the United tales and Britain that they have reserve officer and sailor pool of 5,000 men willing to fight aboard le ships either here or in ths Pa- fic. situation frames one of th- questions will be taken up by the Medlterranenn commission the allies are establishing. The Dutch, the Greeks and the NorweiHans. all of whom lost their fleets fkhtlng pn the side of the allies, also have reserve pools of sailors.

It take considerable time to train crews to take over the battleships, but the small cruisers and destroyers, which urgently needed by the be put. Into talon quickly. The speed of the Italian warships, would make them MM-I valuable In the Pacific. -Host of the Itfllan warships are Idle, although a few. destroyers art going about on missions.

some military minds there may bt doubt thstWt Italians ire enough In a military way the shipping space the United Nations hove allowed them to keep them In the wat. The already have requested that thev be supplied with ciothlng for 300,000 persons. Including who attacked Albania and Gfeect have been stationed there but now. disarmed the Germans, hivs been rfturncd to Italy. pur chased -the: extra: war- bond -which will mean round; of ani munition -for', him: in his 'despe'rat irthenv.

dom your "saidV.ii every, the for' another sacrifi'co for the csLuae'Of victory those boys Many already have made the su preme- sacrifice; giving, up extra fuFnish extra food--is 'such 5 -a cto-'back the -ithoiei. gallant 1 chairmari'-'decla'red On all in the city yester- a JV'he to buy. more 'wai was-'made. Civilian defense continued their efforts as did members of the AWVS Turn to Page 3. See SIX State Drivers' Licenses Begin Expiring Get.

1 Drivers' licensed now.in use will begin, expiring 1, and new qhea should be secured before the stamped on the present licenses. The licenses now being, used were Rood for two years from the' date of issuance, and the expiration date-Is stamped'on each license. Motorists' should nu'ti the date their- license! expire and make application for renewal plenty of time, officials said. applications can be obtained at the drivers' license examiner's office which Is located in the fire engine house at 29th and Market. The" renewal stub from the present license must be attached- to the.

application for a new license, and the renewal fee is Me. Motorist who allow their drivers licenses to expire without fil- 'ng applications for renewal. will required to take the regular new driver's examination. ToMakeFight For Subsidies Campaign to Gain Support of Congress jte Cominencied Waihington, Sept M. JP The administration opened campaign -today congressional lupport- iti 1944- food production progranc which would farmers somewhat'higher brices on ess eh- tfal items while protecting conium- ers price advances through the.

use of i Farm bloc leaders congress and. some ofvthe major farm or- raniiations have- indicated they pDOfie uae of; subsidies to save lonev- --'i to throw, his office and influence back of a billion-dollar subsidy; and arm' price orogram which his ai- ministrator, Ifarvin Jones, outlined brief lv: before house banking committee' today. 1 after Jones 'appeared before Hhe committee to. tension in. the.

lift the the Commodity Credit and an increase of 1500,000.009 the power, i i a leaders emerged, from a. House con- disclosed that Roosevelt to sire on (the food situation to 'ths Hill, CCC-already' has 1600,000,000 which, could bt 'used for food, officials expect nresidehtiai meuaxe tp server that 'the administration to stand.b^iU.policy^ofiritabintirigV'in far -food 'prices the of September; liW2, 1.Turn to; See (escihded petition that order 17 arid amendment 3B- be rescinded' r.r modified: on that the order- is. and -impracticable," -it can not be serious in- ury and would seriously harm almost every business has been the Galveston Chamberpot Commerce, with" the office; of' defense division of.motor transport, according to F. G. Robinson! chamber, traffic who prepared petition.

to Oct-'ll, is designed-to exercise strict, control "over deliv- retail'deal- Germans in Full Flight Across ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Sept. M. Trw Amtrican Fifth Army "need tonight to within a tiw milts tf ravaged Naples was expected to enter ter'rejzed city at. any moment after driving the Germans into full flight 'across the coastal plains near Mount, Vesuvius with string armored forces. Castellammart, the naval bast 15 miles from Naples, and the whole Sorrento; Peninsula flanking the Bay of Naples to the south, were in allied hands.

(lii broadcast from London, Elmer Potersbn of HBC said the Dallied shoUIdV-be entering- Naples" tomqrroyr (Thursday), (The German-cbhti-dlled a radio said the-British" fleet had ap-- proached 'the Gulf-of Naples: of'the fleet, the batteries-of-which tb gVbuhd haye.been patrolling area for. several stoutV '-'defenses' nortlrpf Which.theVC^err! inans -for -slx' days' -gave' ground Srrudgingly in'ithe face of attacks, sagged suddenly terda'yi quarters -The 'victorious- of Lti "Gen; Mark then rolled down on He" into tahks-and-mobile artillery.J which almost us'eles's invthe' past week of'inburi- tain- WO--the first even'approachinif th'a't siie.In'-all. the areas of'Africa; wrested cities. in 'swiftr br- HIV-" Britlsh, capture: of strategic Fog- in the Germans an- npuncedy-that'theyrJiad' landed- forces off west, Greece, and harbor of- Split, which previously had been seized by Yugo- anaYalmbst'due-. west' 1 1 acrpss' 1 the jierii fell -with-: its -13 vir: "defensive arpiind Naples is broken," a 'mill-.

spoknirjui declared cmphat-' era, reatrictinxr'Sill'rsrics to a maxi mum number tich, week for VaU-i oua typei, of products and- controlling the size and of the packages, delivered. alternative.sto reatinding -Turn- to Faye 111 See EIGHT" Hitter Said Angry At 'Stalingrad- Psychosis' of Army London. Sept -29." fp Radio rance of Algiers, quoting the so- alled German "freedom" station Atlantic, said today that Adolf litler- had reproached a confer- nce of German marshals and gen- rals for a "Stalingrad psychosis" which he said influenced trategy. This the scene the conference as the.headquar- ers of Field Marshal Fritz Erich on Mannstein. slav Army iattlesGermans )n WideJront i 29.

Yugo-. av 'army of liberation battled over" a wide" front including the Italian city of Trieste, where its troops told.of killing "a large number of nazi soldiers." 'patriots continued successful in Mbnte- and the Province Sandraki-'said aTugbsfaT released through the Jtovernment-in-exile tonight, but- was.forced to' evacuate the of Split to avoid encirclement The reoccupatlon of Split was announced by the Germans yesterday; The Yugoslav'army attacked routed a strong German; column-in northern and nazis, the communique said, i3 more killed in.Bosnia when, two and sji armoret KEEP PRICES DOWN; lUr MOM BONDS ayment of Poll to 'Start Poll tax payments will start tomorrow morning, Oct. 1, Tax As- Sfssor and Collector W. E. Lewis yesterday.

Collection of state and county taxes will not be started until the tax rolls arc completed, which will 12 miles southeast 6f; Jfa-. the volcano destroyed lii 79 German' radio acknowledged that San "Giorgio and 24 miles southeast of had been'evacuated and that American had landed. The German' communi- que said that, despite cohtimiom rain and "difficult own movements took their anticU patcd 'The crackup of German' resist, ance was accompanied by sharp by American troops farthesj ''Turn', to Page 13ea New Executive Of ficer Assumes at Fort were' derailed. German told of S3 troops, being-supported by the-regular, army apparent confirmation.that--the operations of Yugoslav patriots had compelled Hitler td send top grade troops into the. This broad cast said the Italian'city of Gorilla.

30-miles northwest of Trieste, as well as were -recaptured by the Germans in full-scale battles. The Germans obviously were be kept on the nlert-in northern Italy and Yugoslavia, Swiss the German-controlled jress In northern Italy had published orders directing all membe of the Italian air force? includin he sometime during October, I tax collector the! Italy Seems to Have Some Chance to Improve Status With Allies by Giving Aid London. Sept. 39. JP A chance or at least a limited reprieve for 'taly from the status of a defeat- id aggressor nation was seen tonight following disclosure that talian ships and ire working In the Amerlcan-Brlt- ah Thus far.

It Is understood here, taly definitely has classed ts a defeated enemy, but there Is concrete basis for the belief that he will be given an opportunty alter her status provided collaborates fully with the allies. Whether Italy will be asked ac- unlly lo declare war on Germany ft A question that can not be answered categorically In London to- night, but such an act was believed possible. Edward Kennedy, Associated Press correspondent with the allied iurces In Italv. said In a dis- atch i-eceived today and dated ept, 26 that "it now appears possible Italy may be accorded status of a cobelligerent. and that any concessions she may receive he measured by the aid Ehe delivers." This correspondent pointed nut.

however, that there are difficulties barring granting of "anything even approaching United Nations u- tus." "One." said Kennedy, "Is thr rc- ing those demobilized, to report foi service with thn German air 'ore- Congressman Says New Cut in Gas Ration Planned Washington. Sept 29. ff Anticipating a new cut in Midwwt pnso- line coupons, congressmen from the region today blamed the oil and gas shortage on what they characterized as bureaucratic bungling and urged a congressional investigation of the rationing program. Rep. Brown (R-Ohlo) told the MIdwesternera had a well established report that an order reducing; Midwestern gasoline ration to two gallons has been prepared by the OPA" but was being held Un pending the Issuance of new gasoline quotas by the petroleum administrator for war.

The congressmen a resolution urging congrew to make a full-scale investigation of oil and corps -of engineers, as' assumed duty as.executive officer Crockett, replacing yVade--WV Rhein, who retired from' the States it was announced by ice of A. RlhearBon, com. mandmg-offleer, according to Capt. Albert H. Graves, public relatiorjl officer.

Coi; Coghill was Jast statibnedva) Oklahoma-AM College where hi was an assistant professor of tary science- and tactics. Later he was senior instructor in tha army -specialized, training program at- the 'school. In.1911 Col. CoghiH was gradual, ed from Texas- AM College, and he first action Texas national guard oh the border against Pancho Villa in 1916. During the.

first world war he action in thre SL world major engagement Mihiel, the.Meuse and tha Argonne. He served four months ir. the army of occupation. Following the first world war, he joined the Texas national guard and last July celebrated his 27th year of service. Col.

Coghill is a native of Stillwell, Ok. With him here is Nr.3, Coghill. He has one daughter, Hazel, married to an olCiccr stationed Jn Dallas. Col. Rhcin was retired in accordance with new army regulations.

Prior to his us- signment at Fort Crockett, was in command of haibor defenses at Pearl Harbor at the tiira Of the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1911. In The News Toclav Lomn oil test, oil new Father receives son. one casualties of wnr- In AlLi -Page 9. Turplo" Hearl of first local Turn to Paga 3, Sea ONE jand distribution.

prices, consumption Pujrc t. Second man oharced In rate rnh- wry hound over to jfrand jury-- ane 12, Observance of Jewish New Yrar Kjr.in* here "Pnfrc S. Soldier at army air base drowns Rtilf-- Pngc 3. Monsnnto plant nt Trxns City ncnrs completion, mainland news Pnife 9. Mtistnnjf flphtcr he for Intveston-- PncR H.

Other Spfirls fi. Society nml rluhs-- Prtifl Denlhs--rncn I I Arnunrt tha City column-- Pnge II. Kdltnrlnlj Cmirta Poco 10. 1L.