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^capture Kiangsian And
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DRIVING eastward
After Fierce Fight Japanese
Withdraw From Vital
City In Chekiang
CHUNGKING. Aug. 23—
m _ Pressing hard on the
keeh of retreating Japanese,
the Chinese recaptured
Kiangsian and Huangkintu
today, thus broadening their
hold'on the Chekiang-Kiangsi
ra’lway to more than 110
miles.' the Chinese Central
News agency reported.
Driving eastward, the Chi
nese crossed the border of
Chekiang province in three
columns and engaged the ene
my southwest of Kiangsian.
After a fierce fight the Jap
anese withdrew, burning the
Sty as they went.
The Chinese thus were
within 20 miles of Chuhsien,
a potential United States air
kse which was one of the
chief objectives of the Japan
ese when they began their
mid-summer campaign in the
coastal provinces of central
China.
Another Force Moves W estward
At the same time a westward ad
vancing Chinese force, after re
capturing Yingtun yesterday, push
ed northwestward and took Hu
angkintu this moitu'ng.
Kuangkintu is six miles from
Yukiang which also was reoccu
pied yesterday. The latter place
is about 20 miles northwest of
Yingtun.
The vanguard of the retreating
enemy thus was approaching the
southern shores of Poyang Lake
and Nanchang, the Japanese base.
They were drawing near Yukan
and Juihung in that sector.
The dual drives, whose objec
ts included the recapture of
aerial bases within bombing dis
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NELSON PRAISES
2-MAN INDUSTRY
Small Plant In Bay City,
Mick, Given Award
From WPB
WASHINGTON Aug., 23—OP)—
Two man production staff of a
P'ant at Bay City. Mich—A 60
5W old employer and his 79-year
wo employe — received a large
American flag poster, official re
cOenition as a labor-management
10,on drive committee, and a
' r from M. Nelson todav
tommending their pfforts
Jake Sparling wrote President
eison'er 2* ,1P.aPd Perey Foy'
entlrp “staff,” had
hours ?1flk'ng' an averaSe of 15
. day- *ven days a week,
forts'"0 ma‘1P 1M0° steel flanges
% »ar machinery.
Inv2f',inf’ Sai<1 "'TEe old gent and
,vo’"a Eke a pennant.
Nelson P'°osre,t f'pnt the letter to
Action Boarr" ,°f tte War Pr°‘
a laro-e. > ’ d'. " ln not only sent
tnountin- tTr 10-nn flaS pnster Sur'
Tour Best" s lnSCripHon “°ive Tt
tame ,r , , 0,'dpre(1 Sparling's
Plants JT an thp pp« of the
’farmed y Pnte>'ed in the
Uc 1011 Erive "in recognition
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I WEATHER
•P^ng );jj°8lcal data for the 24 hours
(t> / m- yesterday):
' *>• VVeather Bureau)
a.7'30 a' rn Temperature:
7:30P.rnuo.7:30 a- m- 75: 1:30 p. m.
' ^ean si1 • maymum 88; minimum
’ normal 77.
,J:3C a. m. 07,R_umidity:
u‘ 7:30 P. m '.g*30 a- m- 86; 1:30 p. m.
Total for Precipitation:
I, 1?" O.oo 24 , hours ending 7:30
,tle month oe|i to4al since the first
T,m 9.3n inches.
r'Fr°m TirllWr F0R TODAY:
"°ast and GeLab.les Published by U. S.
eodetic Survey):
ilm‘ngton High Low
8:01a. 2:46a.
'*asonbor0 lniBt 8:38p. 3:03p.
nlet - 5:45a. 11:58a.
... Pnrise 5:4nil. 6:24p. p.
'"J P: m°onset 3.5QaSet 8:49p; moonrise
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Jurist masses
JUDGE e. h. cranmer
JUDGE CRANMER
DIES SUDDENLY
Retired Jurist Succumbs At
Southport Home; Was
71 Years Of Age
Judge Edwin H. Cranmer,71, re
tired court jurist, died unexpect
edly at his home in Southport
about 2:30 o’clock Sunday morning
He had been in declining health
for several years.
Judge Cranmer was a native of
Brunswick county, born in 1871,
and had spent his entire life in
and near Southport except for ab
sences in the line of his civil
duties.
Educated in New York and in
North Carolina, he was admitted
to the North Carolina bar in 1900.
In 1917, he served one term in the
state senate, representing his home
county.
In March, 1920, Governor Thomas
W. Bickett appointed Judge Cran
mer to the bench as judge from
the eighth judicial district. In June,
1920, he was elected by popular
vote to the office and served in
that capacity until his retirement
in 1938. Since then he had resided
in Southport, acting as emergency
judge for this district.
He was well known m political
and legal circles throughout the
state as he had served on practi
cally every superior court bench
in North Carolina during his
career.
Surviving the deceased jurist are
his widow, Mrs. Mary Pearce Cran
mer: one brother, Dr. J. B. Cran
mer of Wilmington; two daughters,
Mrs. E. A. Arrington of Havana.
Cuba and Mrs. R. I. Mintz of
Columbia, S. C.; two sons. J. P.
Cranmer and Horace Cranmer,
both of Southport. Also surviving
are five grand-children, Priscilla
Anne and Stuart Arrington. Mary
(Continued on Fa?e Three; Col. 3)
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Quisling Policeman Dies
In Oslo Bomb Explosion
LONDON, Aug. 23— (IP) —Nor
wegian sources in London reported
today a Quisling policeman was
killed and two others injured ser
iously by a bomb explosion in an
Oslo police station Friday.
Several persons, described by
Quisling authorities as “Commun
ists” were arrested in connection
with the case, but two of them
escaped.
The same sources said disturban
ces have broken out among sev
eral thousand Norwegian workers
compelled to build fortifications at
the Tromsoe naval base.
The Germans, who have intensi
fied their guard over the area,
have threatened the workers with
reprisals if the outbreaks don t
cease, the sources said.
American Labor Party
Strength To Be Tested
NEW YORK, Aug., 28 ——
An outright test of the strength of
the American Labor Party in New
York state politics seemet' assured
today with the completion of a
three-party lineup for the Novem
ber gubernational election
For the first time in iLi six-year
existence the labor party, whose
power to swing elections often has
been debated by politicians, has
failed to endorse the Democratic
nominee and instead has named
its own candidate a New' Deal Dem
ocrat.
The man chosen as ALP stand
ard bearer in the party’s state
convention yesterday was Dean
Alfange, a bookish, 47 - year - old
lawyer of Dreek parentage, who
made a successful race for congress
in 1941 on the Democratic ticket
in New York’s 17th silk-stocking
district.
Alfange will run against states
attorney general John J. Bennett,
Jr., the Democratic nomh-.ee whom
the ALP spurned on the ground
he failed to meet true liberal
standards, and probably against
former District Attorne'1 Thomas
E. Dewey, who seems certain of
the republican nomination at the
party’s convention this week.
Pour years ago the labor party’s
419,000 votes in the Democratic
column were credited largely with
the re-election of Governor Herbert
H. Lihman, who defeated Dewey
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Senate Finance Committee Faces
Problem Of Income Tax Decisions
■---——
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23—(A>)—
Closing its doors after three weeks
of public hearings on the tax bill,
the Senate Finance committee
buckles down tomorrow to the
problem of deciding how much of
the new revenue must come from
individual incomes with indications
from Chairman George (D-Ga.)
that the rates approved by the
House may be increased.
The committee, striving to com
plete its work by the end of the
month, also must decide on meth
ods by which the heavier income
taxes would be collected, as well
as alternate revenue-raising pro
vosals.
At the same time, George appar
ently cleared the way for prompt
Senate action Monday on a House
approved measure to give service
'men in continental United States
the right to vote by mail in na
tional elections for senators, rep
resentatives and presidential elec
tors. He indicated a compromise
had been reached on the state’s
rights question which led him to
block action on the measure last
week by pointing to the absence
of a quorum.
While Democratic Leader Bark
ley of Kentucky issued a week-end
call for absent members to return
for Monday’s vote, proponents of
the measure suggested a clause to
safeguard the states’ control over
the qualifications of voters. George
said this would meet his objec
tions.
Although George declined speci
fic speculation on likely changes
in the tax bill, which would add
$6,271,000,000 to annual federal
revenues as passed by the House,
he made it clear that still higher
income rates than th'-'se already
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Oi Crack
And
Materials Arrive
LIBERTY SHIP IS SEEN
For First Time In War,
New Type Freighter Ap
pears In England
WITH THE U.-S. ARMY
SOMEWHERE IN BRITAIN,
Aug. 23. — (fP) — Arrival in
Britain of the largest Amer
ican convoy of the war, with
vast quantities of war mater
ials and crack fighting unts,
was disclosed officially to
night.
A large proportion of the
convoy was composed of men
and material for the Ameri
can Air Force, which already
is active with fortress bomb
ers blasting the Nazi trans
portation system with preci
sion bombing.
Many war experts are look
ing for an “aerial push” by
the American Air Force and
the RAF designed to soften
Germany on the ground and
in the air for an eventual in
vasion.
Stocks Soon Unloaded
Despite the great size of the con
voy, which was unloaded at many
ports, both soldiers and munitions
melted rapidly into the interior of
(Continued on Paso Two: Col. 6)
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25TH FREIGHTER
LAUNCHED HERE
S. S. Thomas Pinckney Is
Christened By Miss
Mary E. Gregory
Launching ceremonies were held
here yesterday morning for the
Thomas Pinckney, twenty - fifth
Liberty ship to be constructed by
the North Carolina Shipbuilding
company.
Named for Thomas Pinckney,
early American statesman and dip
lomat, the 10,000-ton freighter was
christened by Miss Mary Edith
Gregory, daughter of R. J. Greg
ory, general foreman of the steam
engine department at the yard
here.
Her maids of honor were Miss
Patricia McCarthy of Hampton. Va.
and Miss Lucille Cameron of New
port News, Va.
Born in Charleston, S. C., in 1750
Pinckney was educated in England
and served during the Revolution
ary war under Gen. Benjamin Lin
coln and Gen. Horatio Gates.
After the war he served as gov
ernor of South Carolina and as
president of the state convention
which ratified the Federal consti
tution in 1878.
From 1792-96, he was minister
to Great Britain and as envoy ex
traordinary to Spain.
During the war of 1812, Pinck
ney served as a major general.
He died in Charleston in 1828.
Downs A Nazi
Shown in the cockpit of his
fighter plane is Capt. Frank A.
Hill. 23, of Hillsdale, N. J., of the
L. S. Army Air Force, who is re
ported to have shot down a Focke
Hulf 190 during the "Ranger”
Conimando raid on Dieppe, France.
This is a radio-plioto. — (Central
Press).
oSeTleading
IN TEXAS PRIMARY
Rural Votes Give Former
Governor Edge Over
Senatorial Opponent
DALLAS. Tex., Aug. 23 —(JP)—
Senator Wilbert Lee O’Daniel,
shoved to the front in a close race
by rural votes, continued today to
hold a lead which apparently gave
him the Texas Democratic nomi
nation for a full six-year term in
the United States senate.
Such nomination in Texas is tan
tamount to election. The Texas
Election Bureau, releasing at 4
p. m. (CWT) a tabulation which
showed O’Daniel leading James V.
Allred by 11,610 votes, continued
its statement that the incumbent
“appeared to have won renomina
tion” in the run-off election and
said there was virtually no possi
bility of an upset.
Hardly more than 34.000 votes
remained to be counted, the bu
reau said.
O’Daniel, who campaigned as a
“common citizens senator,” ap
pealing for an overwhelming ma
jority as “an old cTocEh'opper that
you’ve picked up" and sent to
Washington, had 436,450 votes
against 424.840 for Allred, a for
mer Roosevelt-appointed federal
judge who resigned to make the
race.
Apparently settled were several
state races and the bureau drop
ped tabulation in these after a
noon bulletin On the basis of
those returns John Lee Smith had
defeated Harold Beck for the lieu
tenant-governorship; Beauford Jes
ter was elected to the unexpired
term of railroad commissioner
over Pierce Brooks, and Jesse
James was re-elected state treas
urer over W. Gregory Hutcher.
Throughout the senatorial fight
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S. C. CANDIDATES
LOOK FOR VOTES
Beat Bushes For Few Re
maining Ballots In Com
ing Run-Off In State
COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 23—(A1)—
The few opposed candidates in
Tuesday’s democratic primary beat
the bushes for votes today after a
traditional campaign tour that took
them into each of the 46 counties to
speak from the same platform.
The campaign drew unusually
small crowds. Chief interest cen
tered in the senatorial race be
tween the incumbent, Burnet R.
Maybank of Charleston and Eugene
S Blease of Newberry, former
chief justice of the State Supreme
court.
The nomination is equivalent to
election.
While no clear-cut national issues
developed, Blease devoted much
of his speeches to a discussion of
“white supremacy,” and said May
bank had failed to champion it in
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 7)
Huge Battle
In Progress
On Don Bend
Reds Drive Enemy From
Some Sectors But Cross
ings Are Effected
MAKING SOME GAINS
Nazis Are Moving Forward
Northeast Of Kotelnikov
ski; Units Smashed
MOSCOW, Monday, Aug.
24.—(TP)—A fierce give-and
take battle was in progress
along the Don bend northwest
of Stalingrad, the Soviet mid
night communique indicated
today, asserting the Russians
had driven the Germans from
some positions but that the
enemy had effected a new
crossing of the river.
The communique also ac
knowledged the Germans had
made some progress north
east of Kotelnikovski, the
southern arm of the Nazi
twin thrust at Stalingrad.
“In the area of Eletskaya
our troops fought active oper
ations and improved their
positions,” the communique
said of the Don bend fighting.
“Guardsmen of ‘X’ unit drove
the Germans out of a number
of populated places.”
Fierce Battles Continue
The Russians said, however, that
in this area fierce battles contin
ued for Don river crossings.
An earlier report to the Soviet
army newspaper, Red Star, said
the Russians had succeeded in
smashing one German attempt to
make a new crossing and the Ger
mans had lost more than 1,000 men.
"The enemy is increasing his
pressure in the center of the Don
HCootinited *n
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NEW ARMY GROUP
SET UP IN EAST
British Announce Forma
tion Of Independent Com
mand In Iraq And Iran
LONDON, Monday, Aug. 24—WP)—
The war office announced today
the formation of an independent
Army command in Iraq and Iran
under General Sir Henry Maitland
Wilson.
This step, which divided the
allied middle and near east into
three seperate commanlds was seen
as a result, of Prime Minister
Churchill’s recent visit to Egypt,
at which time he held a long con
ference with General Wilson.
The first result of the prime
minister's visit was the substitut
ion of General Sir Harold Alexan
der for General Sir Claude ,T. E
Auehinleck as commander of the
North African front.
The new set-up gives the British
an independent command facing
in the direction of the serious Ger
man advances into Russian Cau
casus.
Iraq and Iran formerly were part
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 2)
13 Vessels Destroyed
Bv Axis Subs In Week
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Destruction of 13 vessels, nearly
half of them Brazilian craft, by
Axis surface and undersea raiders
operating in western Atlantic
waters was disclosed in official an
nouncements last week, as the
enemy sea offensive off the eastern
United States appeared to shift
sharply to the northern and east
ern coast of South American.
With the recent sinkings of Bra
zilian ships, in which more than
600 soldiers, pasengers and seamen
were lost, an Associated Press
count of announced sinkings in the
Western Atlantic since America’s
entry into the war reached 439.
Reports from Rio De Janeriro re
vealed the Brazilian fleet and air
force have intensified coastal pa
trols in the vicinity of the vital
“Natal Bulce,” which is only 1,
600 miles from Dakar, west Africa,
and has the Western to the East
ern hemisphere.
The deaths of more than 640
troops, seamen and passengers
were reported last week, but at
least 550 others were rescued and
safely landed at U. S., Caribbean
and South American ports.
Sinkings since Aug. 16 included
six Brazilian vessels, four British,
one American, one Panamanian
and one Swedish.
Meanwhile, indication that At
lantic coastal convoys have built
up comparative immunity to the
submarine menace was contained
in a report last week by Captain
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 6)
Where Allied Planes Continue Raids
Arrows and plane symbols show how 500 Allied figh
ters swept across English channel in an unprecedented
daylight follow-up attack on heels of the smash against
Nazi-held Dieppe, France. In the attack U. S. Flying
Fortresses bombed the Amiens railway yards (broken
arrow) and returned without loss. Virtually no opposition
was encountered from Nazi planes, leading Allied sources
to believe a major blow had been struck against Nazi air
power on this front.
3 PLANE CRASHES
FATAL TO 21 MEN
Unrelated Wrecks Of Army
And Navy Ships Take
Heavy Toil
(By The Associated Press)
Army and Navy authorities re
ported that 21 or 22 men were
killed and three others were in
jured yesterday in unrelated mili
tary plane accidents near Boga
lusa, La., Las Cruces, N. M., and
Dalgren, Va. Names of crew mem
bers have not been announced.
The naval plane which carried 10
or 11 men to death was on a rou
tine flight when it crashed two
miles north of Dalgren, Va., the
Navy department announced in
Washington. Its base and destina
tion were not disclosed.
Seven men were reported killed
and two others injured in para
chute jumps when an Army
bomber crashed 18 miles west of
Las Cruces, N. M. The two in
jured rrisn were taken to a hos
pital in El Paso, Tex. Col. W. B.
Hough, commander of Briggs field,
said more details would be avail
able as soon as the field’s repre
sentative returned from the scene
of the accident.
Four men were killed. and one
injured and wreckage was scatter
ed over a five mile area when a
medium Army bomber smashed up
five miles southwest of Bogalusa,
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U. S. Air Force Bombers
Attack Axis In Desert
CAIRO, Aug. 23— (IP) —Medium
bombers of the United States Air
force, operating in brilliant moon
light, attacked Axis workshops in
the western desert last night, while
RAF medium and heavy bombers
raided enemy bases and munitions
dumps.
The RAF scored hits on various
keypoints including the communi
cations center and the region in
and around Matruh.
RAF fighter-bombers, stepping
up their activity, attacked groups
of enemy vehicles in the southern
and central sectors of the desert
front, a communique said today.
British Middle East headquar
ters reported only patrol activity
on land.
(An Italian communique said
‘ enemy armored thrusts were re
pulsed” yesterday).__
Nazis Bombard England
On Southeast Shoreline
Early Sunday Morning
LONDON, Aug. 23—(JF)—1The
Air and Home Security minis
tries joint communique issued
tonight follows:
Shortly after daybreak this
morning bombs were dropped
at a place on the southeast
coast of England. Some dam
age was done but no one was
seriously injured.
In the afternoon two enemy
fighters dropped bombs at
places on the south coast of
England, causing some damage
and a small number of casual
ties.
An enemy bomber which was
attacked by our fighters over
the Irish sea this morning was
destroyed. One of our fighters
was lost.
URUGUAYACTION
EXPECTED SOON
Nation Voices Complete
Solidarity With Repub
lic Of Brazil
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug.
23—UP)—President Baldomir in
formed President Vargas of Brazil
today that Uruguay is in complete
solidarity with the Brazilian cause
and will put into effect the Hanava
agreement which he said “makes
the continent a single nation
against aggressions of a non-Amer
ican state.”
This was interpreted as further
indication that Uruguay might fol
low Brazil into war, for the Havana
declaration to which paldomir re
ferred provided:
“That an attempt by a non
American state against the integ
rity and inviolability of territory
and against the sovereignty and
political independence of one
American state will be considered
an act of aggression against the
states signing this declaration.”
In his letter to Vargas, Baldomir
said that “the situation created by
the unjustified attacks is under
stood with emotion by our people”
and that they were “deeply im
pressed by the sad circumstances
which led to your action.”
“In the name of the Uruguayan
government,” the president contin
ued, “I am happy to transmit to
the government and the Brazilian
people an expression of our com
plete solidarity as well as our de
cision to proceed to the fulfillment
not only of the duties which arise
from our fraternal brotherhood but
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 3)
MISSING^WRITER
POSSIBLY ALIVE
Vern Haugland, AP Cor
respondent, Seen Landing
In New Guinea Jungle
SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. • 23—
(5*)—A war correspondent of the
Sydney Morning Herald reported
today that Sergeant George T.
Richman of Hopewell, Va., and
Sergeant Paul Ramsey of Vincen
nes, Ind., had arrived at Port
Moresby, New Guinea, after being
missing with other members of a
bomber crew and Vern Haugland,
Associated Press war correspon
dent, since Aug. 7.
Richman was the gunner-en
gineer of the bomber and Ramsey
was the bombardier. They ex
pressed the belief Haugland and
the others were safe, saying they
saw them landing in the jungle
after bailing out of the bofnber
which ran out of fuel in a storm.
(A dispatch from Melbourne yes
terday said three crew members
(Continued on Pofe Three; Col. 1)
Brazil Opens
Spy Round-Up
Against Axis
All Persons Suspected Of
Enemy Association Are
Taken In Custody
INTENSIFY PATROLS
Start Standing Watch Over
Waters In Region Of
‘Natal Bulge*
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil,
Aug. 23.—Searchlights swept
the skies over Rio De Ja
neiro’s harbor as protection
against surprise attack to
night and police car sirens
shrieked as authorities car
ried out an intensive roundup
of spy suspects on Brazil’s
first day of war.
Great activity marked the
preparation of the govern
ment for what the people be
lieved would be a long and
hard fight with Germany
and Italy.
In Rio De Janeiro and other
cities civil, military and
special police carried out a
roundup of persons known to
have had dubious association
with Axis agents in South
America.
Begin Spy Round-up
Authorities started a search for
secret radio transmitters, and an
nounced they had found one in the
building of the German embassy,
and others elsewhere.
The Brazilian fleet and airforce
intensified their patrol of the coast
in the region of the Vital “Natal
bulge,’’ eastern promentory which
is only 1,600 miles from Dakar,
Africa, and which is a jumping-off
place on a route of war supplies
from the western to the eastern
hemisphere.
Military authorities turned clos
est attention to French Guiana to
the north, a region assuming in
creasing military importance as
the French government at Vichy
moves farther on the road toward
full collaboration with Germany.
French Guiana, it was pointed out,
lies directly across the coastal line
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 1)
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BRAZILIAN MOVE
TESTS ARGENTINA
South American Republic
May Declare Solidarity
With Neighbor
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Aug. 23 —VP)— Signs of complete
solidarity with Brazil came quick
ly today from her South American
neighbors notwithstanding that the
Brazilian declaration of war
against Germany and Italy drew
them immeasureably closer to the
world conflict.
The Brazilian action, no surprise
to South America, placed on sharp
focus the international position of
Argentina and Chile, only two La
tin American nations still on dip
lomatic speaking terms with the
Axis.
In concrete support of Brazil,
Uruguay ordered frontier guards
reinforced after some German and
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 3)
CD Needs
'Auxiliary Firemen: 172
(Men Only)
Duties: Similar to regular
firefighting forces.
Training: ueneral course,
Fire Defense A, and B, First
Aid 10 hours.
Enlisted to date: 28. Quota:
200.
Enlisted Friday
Air Raid Warden . 30
Auxiliary Police . 17
Filter Center . 5
Food and Housing . 2
Messenger . 1
Control Room . 1
Total .. 56