Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 2

Lv7Uii-i XjaaJAJ AiaWA1AA AliAliAliA' Uj OJkAlV 1a 'l vvO Lj mu A WU ALLEGED SLAYER I I IE 9 1 1 Fishing Party Comes to Grief When Motorboat Explodes and Burns COLONIAL BEACH Va Oct 11 (TP) Raymond Snellings 43-year-old res dent of Salmouth Va was missing from a fishing party of 10 persons here tonight after the motor of their boat apparently exploded and set fire to the vessel while they were fishing in the Potomac river It WdS believed that the motor had stopped running while the boat was cruising across the river After members of the party had spent some time in trying to start the motor the explosion occurred and the vessel burst Into flames Miller Colonial Beach sergeant said Snellings either had jumped overboard or had been thrown into the water by the blast He said the fire was extinguished and the boat was towed to shore Miller said the search for body was abandoned after a couple of hours because of the darkness He said nobody could estimate exactly where the vessel was located when the explosion occurred Bishop Lee Gives Ordination Sermon at Hoi ston Conference Meet KNOXVILLE Tenn Oct 11 (JP) Thirteen elders and five deacons were ordained this afternoon on the fifth day of the annual Holston Conference Bishop Edwin Lee recently of Singapore presided and gave the ordination sermon Elders orddined after serving two years as deacons were Henry Powell Richardon Tazewell Va Joseph Samuel Peebles Leona Mines Va William Shirley Steele Chattanooga Carroll Skeene Johnson iCty Glenn Edward Boye Oakwood Va Frank Jackson Cleveland Hiram Tiller Rmer Va Claude Elmer Strait Oneida Keith Bowman Anvil Chattanooga Lorenzo Don Perkins Clintwood Va Lon Mitchell Moneyhim Morristown Elt on Finis Jones Pulaski Va and Henry Earl Crowson New Tazewell Tenn Erneist Dugan Jr Bland Va Edwin Charles Berwanger Wood-lawn Va Walter Lee Gates Dunbar Va Willis Stanley Humble Emory Va and Walter Edward Mustard were made deacons rtf MANPOWER CHIE Fraul McNutt (above) chairman of the war manpower commission testifie before a special house committee on war migration that broad government control of labor resources is RENOIR MODEL VISITS ACTRES Actress Joan Crawford (right) shows Gabrl-elle who modeled for French Fainter Renoir aome paintings In Hollywood Bristol Briefs Frank Smith Negro is Wanted in Washington in Stabbing Affray Frank Smith 30 a 6 feet 1 inch 200-pound negro wanted In Washington in connection with the knife slaying of Isaac Capers 25 another negro in a brawl Saturday night was arrested here at 6 15 list night by Police Chief John Hicks and Patrolman Poo-e of Virginia Bristol as he al ghted from a South-bound bus at the Union Bus Terminal The police officers infoimrd in advance that Smith was a passenger on the bus ide the arrest with such precision that the negro was in custodv befi re he was aware of their pic-cnce Notified that Smith via' in custody here Richard Mansfield chief of the detective buic at Washington wued Chief Hick that he would arrive here todav to return the negro to Washington According to information receded last night Smith allegedly stabbed Capers during a brawl in Washington early Saturday night Capers later died of his wounds and Detectives Robert Murray and Waldrop traced Smith to the bus station nt Washington where he purchasid a ticket for Marian Alabama Chief Hicks received a wire from Chief of Detectives Mansfield early yesterday afternoon and was ready for Smith whn the negro stepped from the bus here Searched at police heaeiqnarteis Smith had in his possession $1 25 in money a bunch of kejs and a small knife and a receipt fioni the Metropolitan Police Depit-ment at Washington showing th it he had paid a $10 fine for public drunkenness on Septemoer 27 after being arrested by Officer A Harrison 1 The police receipt was made out to "Frank but a selective service card found on the negro carried the name of "Frank and had been issued by the draft board of Etowah county Gadsden Ala Smith made no comment after being taken into custody and offered no resistance to the offueis WILBUR VOLIVA FAMOUS CULT LEADER EXPIRES (Continued from Page One) had healed be preadied each Sunday to 4000 followers members of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion He owned the Milage He headed its church He edited its publications Tie directed the cduca-t on of its children He as all that his title of "general ovci-seer" implied Nor did the village limits bound domam for factors and nus-si'-raries Jamaica Austral a and the Orient got monthly allowances from him for preaching the gospel and taking oidois fm baked mds and thiv sent him $1000 a day from missionary offerings and sale of publications Yet Voliva himself lived an aseetc life supposing his family on an allowance as meager ns that of manv of his agents woik-lng days and nights at a mo without sleep living with a modesty which belied his income All Vo FUNERALS Widely Known Washington Countian Had Been III for Past 3 Years John I nutte Phillips 74 a ishmgtnn county Va magistrate fm twenty yeais died at 4 30 oi leak vesturlay afternoon at his home ne Wallace Phillips had been in de-elm ng health fm time yedis and 1 1 itnallv ill for the past two weeks A native of Cairoll county Vn he had been a resident of Washington county foi the past thnty-five yens vvheie he was a ptonunent farmer and livestock pi oclurer He was a member of the Oak Giove Baptist chuich and active in its piogiam as well as in the civic life of his community Sun iv mg aie his widow and the Billowing childien Mis Di will Mis Bioce Mis Ruby I unsloid Mis Paul flee-noi ss Lmnd Phillips Phillips John Phillips Fied A Phillips Unless A Phillips and James Phillips i unet anangcnients have not be rumple ted The body is at the like ns funeral home MRS JOHN lit RKE Mn Join Jiuike dieeL in a 1 he spit ii Sunday attumon at 210 ti dock altci a short illness Mis Buiko was the daughter of II Buikett and the late Mis Buikett Sunning be sites hei husband ue her lathci two brothel Buikett oi Roanoke and DEA THS and II Services for Prominent Woman at Blountville Presbyterian Church Funciil sci vices for Mrs Chi lev Mugs Dulanty who dit I at hei home at Medical (Move ntai Blountville faatuiday attei-nooii will le held the Ihc bv-tenin chinch at Blountvilc it 3 oilxk this a'tmionn in cluTtt of tlu Rev Dan Giaium Pali real cis will be Heniy Haynes Jr Joe Blown hi ink Mainey Tom Cuitin Fud Dul mey Wancn Hicnoi Piul Andeisun and Philip lnhait Oflicers of the Piesbytemn chuich will seive as honoiaiv pallbi at eis The body will be iki to the church at 1 whue it will lie in st ite until the hour of the sei es Mis DiiLm was a membci of one of the most piommont and best knuvn lumliis this section and a widow of Ui Mugs Dul mey widely known Sullivan county phy-ium who died in 11112 She was boin at Shouns Turn in 1871 the daughtu of Di Robot Rhea and is mimed to Dr Dul mey in lli'ld Guatly beloved hir com mumtv she ob a lorn nt ust in her family and vide eiule of fi lends and was aitive itl the woik of Ini chuuh Hu death came uddenlv die having bet erne ill culy Satuidiy mn nmg Sutviwng Mis Duluny me two daughtu Mis Rueku Blountville and Me Divis lloushm Ieis and lorn son Chalks Dulamv and Wihimi Dulniuv Blountville' liobeit Du hum and Liuiteniiit Jam 15 Dul mey Tin ne 1 i ianv Li i Al sun iv ms an i ne biotliu Dr 111 lie Mu i and sli Mis ii'vnllhii mil Mi 1 iv- ton Wiuht of Mi lint Cits Pm mi del YMPPI I I i) '1 1 del it i Mis I I 1 st Cl lit in i tol ml 1 11 is 1 1 lint o' la hut i 1 ie ul( 1 fm the ist I I ALLIES JUBILANT OVER SUCCESS OF THE BOMBERS IN RAID (Continued from Page One) off from their formations not singly but in twos and threes and flew straight at the bomber tails in an effort to knock out this defense point by presenting too many targets for the rear gunner to deal with But the twin 50-caliber high velocity guns had sufficient range usually to force the fighters to turn away short of effective shooting distance for their 20-millimeter cannon Those that came on refusing to swerve usually were seen dropping away with smoke pouring out A interpretative a Chronicle article today gave credit to the heavy machine-guns which the article said "can penetrate the defensive armor of German planes designed to deal with the rifle caliber of British fighters The combination of fighting power and range has offset the value of the new German fighters as combat planes As for the fighter escort normally used in layers above below and around bombers it was employed in much more imaginative fashion Friday The Allied fighters went out ahead of the bombers so that Nazi interceptors which wentup to meet them had largely exhausted fuel and ammunition by the time the bombers arrived Enemy Forces Completely Confused At the same time others went on wide diverging sweeps which drew many German defenders far away from the chosen course of the Fortresses and Liberatons The effect was to completely confuse the enemy as shown by an intercepted hurry-up radio call for all German fighters to come bacit to Lille when the Americans began methodically dropping their bombs on warehouse railway yaids and locomotive works targets In addition other fighters accompanied the bombers and kept at a minimum the interceptors which weie able to drive home an attack on the four-motored planes For the most pdrt however Nazi fighters refused combat with this escort and lemained intent upon bomber quariy This accounted for the fact that the 500 Allied fighters were to destroy only five axis planes compared to the 105 and lost none of their own number Although American aimy headquarters did not say whether the four bombers missing fiom the raid were brought down by ene my fighters or anti-aircraft the crews said they met of exploding shells from ground batteries and had to engage in almost continuous evasive action 1 1 1 I (l L- i Lrrif wwrwy RAF WAGES DAYLIGHT ATTACKS ON GERMANY (Continued from Page One) on these flights said they encountered little opposition One Spitfire pilot after raking 1 target with cannon fire flew into a telepnone line tearing away poles and wires The pilot managed to keep plane In control and he returned without further adventure The attack today wds first raid since Aug 1 when the RAF visited it by day and the forty-third since the beginning of the war Directly west of Beilin and half way between the capital and the western frontier it is a busy railroad and industrial center of about 500000 population It is on the main railway line connecting Berlin and the industrial Ruhr The city has many machine factories most of which have been converted to making of arms It manufactures many rubber products GERMANY ON VERGE OF 0LLAPSE SAYS BELGIAN (Continued from Page One) are entering Belgium Delfosse recounted He added that German soldiers on leave from the Russian front have a real terror at being sent back and that desertions are increasing His report in this respect tallies with recent reports from Norway telling of virtual mutiny among German soldiers with many being shot when they refused to return to the Russian fronc The attitude of captive King Leopold is the minister declaied and 95 per cent of the Belgians have "fierce implacable hatred of the and are waiting and preparing for downfall Helium was discovered in sun In 1868 the of modern excellence ftONmfxOlDlCATtOMEftVia Breakfast Sets Porcelain Tops and Chrome Legs Kitchen Cabinets Porcelain top TABIES and UTILITY CABINETS of the regular stvle from Marsh No advance In price Get them while they are available at JARRETT Furnilure Go 23 Sixth St Bristol Tenn SHOP FROM 9-4 Do your shopping early to avoid rush hour crowds and do it by bus! be saving oil tires and your own precious time so travel the ous-wayl ALL BUSES TERMINAL YELLOW GAB And G0AGH GO Thinking Fellow Rides A the earnings went tn a 'ink ng jn j(hn fund i ii Business sagac tv and unfl nch-ing 1-bor he called the pillars of his succeisful 1 fe which begin on a Newton Ind fmm Mai eh 10 1370 carried him into the pulpit of the Disciples of C'u st church at 16 attracted him to 'he Christian Cathol Churrh 7ion early in its history and hi ought him its oversemhip at 37 JOHN lohn i i the une hi 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 lllf a dim known i Slone 0 10 si np'x 'i i a NAZI TROOPS CEASE ASSAULTS AGAINST CITY OF STALINGRAD (Continued from Page One) patches said after hurling one tank and five infantry divis ons of between 50000 and 75000 men into a futile effort to reduce the Soviet Verdun The Red army attributed the German change in tactics to exhaustion of nazi frontline manpower and armored equipment there rather than achievement of their as Berlin propagandists boasted last Thursday Nazis reeling Strain Of Long Struggle It is believed too early to call this development a decisive turning point but it was taken as a sure sign that the Germans were feeling pretty deeply the strain of their long and costly struggle (The German Sunday communique continued to subordinate the Stalingrad action reporting that where the enemy had gathered were destroyed by effective artillery fire the course of continuous With positional warfare developing within Stalingrad after 48 days of siege the noon Soviet communique announced still more gains by Marshal forces knifing -into the German left flank northwest of the city Two platoons of nazl automatic riflemen were reported annihilated in this advance Down the Caucasus the communique said the Red army has smashed 12 nazi assaults in two dajs annihilating two enemv battalions southeast of the Black Sea port of Novorosslsk Farther ea in the Mozdok area the Geimans also were on the offensive but the Russians indicated the enemy had made little progress there In one night attack Soviet scouts were credited with killing 200 nazis Dispatches from the Mozdok front told however of increasing pressure by German forces newly reinforced with mfdiitry and tanks The army newspaper Red Star reported that in the big five-division attack through which the Germans hoped to clinch the battle for Stalingrad the enemy registered Home gains but fell far short of their goal Attacking under an umbrella of planes the powerful nazi force advanced from the northwest to the northern suburbs through an industrial section From dawn to dusk the German airmen raided a settlement in formations of 15 to 20 planes methodically leveling the area section by section But when the fury of the German attack was spent their ground forces still had not occupied the entire district and they failed to reach the west bank of the Volga If they had they would have split the Red army defenders and gravely imperiled the entire defenses The brunt of this assault was absorbed by a Soviet guards unit against which the Germans hurled 50 tanks and two infantry regiments After a three-hour battle Red Star said the Nazis retreated leaving hundreds of dead and 18 smashed tanks In the evening the Germans made another desperate try only to be rolled back with heavy losses Amid the litter of bricks from crumbled buildings fallen electric light poles and trees which made many streets impassable the Russians employed trench mortars to good advantage They installed these stubby high trajectory guns behind ruined buildings and placed observation posts atop crazily tilting roofs One observation post established on a stable roof supported only by three poles was said to have duected three mortars which blasted the Germans from a strongly fortified position I Firing both shrapnel and ex plosive projectiles the mortars were used singly in street combat and in mass firing against German-held squares and other open spaces Russian Guns Batter Enemy Mercilessly By yesterday Red Star said activity simmered down to artillery exchanges which continued throughout the day with intense aerial activity on both sides There were no more German ground attacks during the day but another at night was reported thrown back by a guards division which has been cited re- FLYING FORTRESSES TURN JAP BASE AT RABAUL INTO RUINS (Continued from Page One) hampered by continuous wet weather as well as incredibly difficult terrain Formations of allied bombers went ahead of the giound farces how'ever and attacked Kokoda at the base of the northern slope of the mountains where the Japanese first set out for Port Moresby five weeks ago Two formations of medium bombers and attack planes scored dnect hits and started fires and strafed targets along the rugged mountain trails All returned safely Both Missions The second successive attack on Rabaul brought a wide smile to the face of the commanding officer am proud of every single man who participated In that rdid the first the commander who mav not be named said "What they do that first night they did Saturday morning Both missions were entirely successful Lieut Donald Graham of Sacramento Calif and Lieut James Harrrow of Waco Texas were among the first pilots over Ra-bnul Saturday and said fires set the previous night still were binning "We circled over our target which was the wharves on east side of the harbor and dropped our bombs" Graham said Flares from other planes CHURCHILL STANDS PAT ON 2 FRONT STATEMENT (Continued from Page One) rule against interviews had his reply sent from No 10 Downing Street his official residence It was signed by Martin pri- ate secretary to Churchill It foL lows' "I write on behalf of the prime minister to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Oct 6 in which you ask certain questions corresponding to those put to Premier Stalin by the chief of your Moscow bureau will have seen Mr reply to a question on this subject in the House of Commons yesterday (Tuesday) to the effect that his government are quite clear that no statement from them is called for at the present time further than those which have already been made upon this particular subject The prime minister has nothing to add to this The United States ambassador to Russia Admiral William Standley who announced he would return to Washington for consultation last week has arrived at Teheran Iran on the homeward flight He conferred with the British ambassador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr at Moscow on Monday the day following publication of Stalin's letter The German radio reported In an Ankara dispatch that Standley in a statement to reporters at Teheran explained his trip was not directly connected with the Stalin letter Buikett ol Tampa Ha and a made he entne town bright but we could see part of Chinatown still burning from the night be-foie There were lots of The Fortresses took off from a field la New Guinea Friday night dining a slight ran One by one thev roared down the runway covering nerilv the entire strip before finally lifting into the air As the planes snppeared into the blackness only pinpoint spaiks from their exhausts and the running lights could be seen Mnior Hipps rode with Capt Borin 7ubko of Kearny on the first plane out "We found we had time before the flights weie scheduled to arrive to make a run over the business he said "We dropped our bombs in the center of the business district Large fires still were burning at the head of the bay among warehouses lighting up a considerable aiea The flares we dropped lit up the rest of the town We could see one entire block burned out with the buildings gutted "It was a wonderful show Each bomber made runs over the town doeks or airdrome One string of bombs even hit a ship in nud-haibor -istei Mix Glbcit bbons of Kn put Tenn lso sunning ne fueo niphcv and two mi ei- Hi he tt Ji Hunter rc't It 1 Burkett Jr me Bui Kelt and Vnginia Bulked fiunnil will be held Tucs- iv unnin it 10 nt luvmlis Mmonul chuich and li i si will be it untain View i I Iv 11 he 1 1 nun i 1 fi uni Vei 1 in il Home to the inside me i is 11 stmt this mmn-in i 1 10 a funi i il at nngoments i 1 he nnnouui esl hlei INTERPRETING THE WAR NEWS (Gout mu 1 liom Page One) bv lmth ilm and Moseow the Vms oust meut ibly intend to i ipi the ii aetiv tie the th ui i us i ming at push-11 i the ulgu tune lion vv i i the ispiaii si i at Astrakhan amt clinching cin'iol ol the Black SL 1 Vhiilv dspjtches of i i i in pms no on the Mozdok 1 ml 2i 0 inks south of btalin- MILDRED KING announced yesterday that the Citizens Service Corps Council will meet 'at Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning The meeting is scheduled for 11 and full attendance of members is uiged GADSDEN Ala relatives of Kathryne Moses are attempting to locate her Bristol and have asked the local police department to aid them contacting her Candace Moses a bi other wrote Police Chief Jerfin Hicks that his sister when last heard from was woikmg in a Bristol cafe and asked that she get in touch with him immediately The request it was indicated was due to serious illness of some member of her family at Gadsden BRISTOL is rarely without its Saturday night stabbing affair and the latest victim is Virginia Huntley colored The negress was stabbed in the left side and slashed on the arm in an altercation on Sycamoie stieet shortly after Saturday mid night and police are holding her husband Enos Huntley and Rob ert McDowell for questioning in the case Police Officers Houston and Walling investigated the affair EARLY APPROVAL OF VICTORY LEVY SEEN (Continued from Page One) to the level they voted and throw out the victory tax The House voted to place a combined normal and surtax rate of 45 per cent on the profits of larger corporations which now pay 31 per cent The Senate cut this to 40 per cent Aside the corporation taxes and the victory levy there appeared to be few major controversial points that would require lengthy debate in conference and George said he hoped the joint committee could complete its woik within a week after it starts probably Tuesday There was no indication that the House would object to the Senate move to freeze social security taxes at their present level of 1 per cent on employers and employes although President Roosevelt had urged that the tax be permitted to advance to a total of 4 per cent next Jan 1 as Congress onginally had planned A Senate-approved provision for a post-war rebate of 10 pei cent of excess profits taxes to corporations however was not highly regai ded by some House members and argument also was expected over the action in reducing to $5000 a flat $10-000 exemption the House had allowed against the excess profits levy With the tax bill cleared through the Senate and no other controversial legislation sighted for the immediate future numerous senators arranged to spend the last three weeks before election day in their home states The seven conferees on the tax bill necessarily remained in Washington as did members of the appropriations committee who are holding hearings on a $6236 000000 appropriation bill principally for the navy Majority Leader Barkley said the big money measure probably would be voted on Thursday and expressed the hope that a quorum would be present at that time peatedly for brilliant action In Stalingrad's defense Russian guns meanwhile were declared to have battered the enemy mercilessly One guardist mortar was credited with killing more than 400 Germans and an artillery battery pinned down and cut to pieces two Nazi infantry battahons Red Star reported that in recent combat the Germans had been compelled to throw five sapper battalions into the fight without rest after they were brought up hurriedly It said that the Germans also sent in 10 companies of convict troops The newspaper warned that the diminishing strength of the German attacks did not mean that Hitler had abandoned hope of taking the ruined city It said the Nazis were bringing up new troop concentrations About one-third of the production of commercial arsenic comes from the United States 1 i' 0 1 1 1 i the gdeiiuv to the Gioz-nv i il fields vvheie the unadeis lni bun si mud A neuli-ar-h" imiil elite division is itpoitod on BOMBS DROPPED ON JAPANESE VESSEL (Continued from Page One) in the face of a strong allied counterdrive However Allied attack planes escorted by fighters carried out a sweep from Kokoda Japanese-held mountain town along the route of the drive down to the coast bombing and strafing Japanese supplies and installations along the trail Fires were started At the coast barges were machine-gunned along the beach MORE IMPORTANT KANSAS CITY It's getting so a fellow has to know his alphabet "AWOL WAACS TAKEN BY said a newspaper headline NEW LIGHTING FIXTURES COST LITTLE TODAY BE VISIT FURROW ELECTRIC CO 408 State St Phone 162 NOTICE HOWARD TOWNrsn It now follcltlng In tho Clt-r of Bristol again Ho will apprrrUU DRY Cl MN( business from sli hit old cut tomeri Home Dry Cleaners Phone 1701 Be Need Coat II mgers Will pty 1 rarh In raih or lit? Cloning Bring thrm In or call rou hav morr Ilian Vo and wo will pick them up 4 4-H-H-M-f-H-H- MOUHTAIH VIEW GLENWOOD CEMETERIES IT IS BETTER to buy your CEMETFRY LOT when'ion MAY than when sou MUST YOU ARE GOING TO I0 1 IT ONE BAY OR Tilt OTHER OFFICE I 610 Shelby St Thone 374 Be Surprised How Easily loons up to $300 FAMILY (MAIL LOAN CO OF BRISTOL INC 527 STATI STREET Telephone 5208 I Itl spet ul Tt Hit Hrr ild (ountr mill it 2 CP Sin i an 1 Mi It' i 1 1 in i ri 1 "ci li i 1 1 iv nr il( ns be m-cfi i 1 nji din of he I monos fimn ii gracious courtcsH consideration fUNERAL HOME CASH LOANS On Furniture Co-Makers or other Seiurili i FRANKLIN i to too 3 til tb SC Brlilol Tens V-wvvvvvvvvvn Ji DEFENSE STAMPS KING ROGERS GRO FHONt 33 900 Fifth St PROMPT FREE DEI ERY tin' seem th Mimhil Timoshenkos deli nding ui nn suit only a frac-1 mi of the immense lone the izis uiplov in the vain seien-wuk i in it to tike btalingiad vv ill mi be tequ nd to com I i the ninth Caucasus otcupa-e on If Hticr 's bvui obliged lo I svv ovv hi pioinise that shill tike bt ilingi 1 a laige )uopo lion of tlu air and annoied louts which (ompustd the spear-he id of the assault on the Red eid miv now be shitted As has bi'ui suggested iccent davs these may be destined for i ktun Iuiojk to meet the i i i ng Bntish-mcriean thieat i'r the Mexiiteudnean theater but the Lin ngtad possibility will bear tilling The movement noimally would requite piobably ten days two weeks One rutan'y is that the Ger mm high command covets the Ft per canst capital as the noi them anchor of the winter de tins ve line if which Hitler has spoKen Its captuie would give untrol of the Baltic to the Nazis at a tone when the equally impel tant Black sea traffic artery is almost within their grasp Until the last few days not tniieh had been heard horn the noithein front since the defenders of Lemngiad celebrated the anniversary of Idst ears siege A 1 6-mih Coa-t aitillery gun Am be led about 2J0 times be ta! ns bairel must be rtlined i.