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_FINAL EDITION_‘ WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1867,
More Fronts Worry Hitler—Allies Have Initiative
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Tlie smashing successes of the Allies on two African fronts have been followed up by a violent Rus
sian counter-offensive into the vital flanks of Germans besieging Stalingrad. Meanwhile, Red armies in
the Caucasus, guarding the gateway to the Baku oil fields, also have inflicted reverses on the Nazis. In
north Africa, the British Eighth army continued to push Rommel’s retreaters back toward El Agheiia,
determined to call the bluff that Rommel would make a stand in that marshy area. American, British and
pro Allied f rench forces hammered at the Tunis-Bizerte defense arc of the Axis and sought to cut a path
toward Tripoli in order to dose in on the rear of Ro miners remnants. There was air action on all those
fronts. The most punishing was the pounding of Italy’s industrial and shipping centers by the RAF in
long sweeps across the continent. The boundaries of European countries on this map represent their ter
ritorial domains before the war.
City Set To Observe First War
Time Thanksgiving Since 1917
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The Rev. Freed Speaks To
Rotary Club On Thanks*
giving At Luncheon
Pointing out that the people of
America have much for which to
be thankful, the Rev. Walter B.
Freed pastor of St. Paul’s Luther
an church, addressed the Rotary
dub yesterday on Thanksgiving.
Salient points of his talk follow:
"We in America have much for
which to be thankful. We are
thankful that we are a free nation.'
We are thankful for our army, our
navy, our air and marine corps. We
are thankful for the bountiful har
vest of the field. We ought to be
thankful for the African campaign-,
and the fact that at a long last
Dakar is on our side. We could
continue with a long recital of what
\vc as a people are thankful for
this year.
"But there is something less pop
ular for which we as individuals
and as a nation ought to be thank
ful. We ought to thank God for
hardships and for adversities, for
through them we may become
strong, sweet, and compassionate.
''It is for every American, this
year, man women and child to
make his way to his church, syna
gogue, cathedral and there with
bowed head to thank Almighty God
k-r the saving grace of the hard
places in life.”
Following the adddress, Mrs.
Will Henderson. Jr., and Mrs.
Charles King, introduced by Allen
Ewing, offered War bonds for sale
85 a part of the city’s observance
of ''Women At War Week.”
Visitors were J. Q. LeGrand and
£- Mial Dewey of Wilmington and
K. Kennedy of St. Louis. Presi
uont Eugene Edwards presided
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Christmas Mailing
Service Will Begin
A Christmas mailing and wrap-,
ping service will be set up at
'p Chamber of Commerce office
Monday. Secretary F. O. Fockler
■•id yesterday. *
0n,y Packages which are to be
>"311011 will be wrapped.
A postal clerk will be on hand
0 accept all packages for mail
lnS. The service is free to the
Public.
WOMEN OFFICERS
ASHEVILLE, Nov. 24—W—Nine
sheville women today began
taimng as cjty traffic officers,
o.ce Chief C. W.. Dermio an
■■®ced. He said they would be
on active duty December 1.
BRUNSWICK GIRL
CHRISTENS SHIP
Miss Eva Margaret Hewett
Sponsors S. S. Paul Ham
ilton Hayne Here
The Paul Hamilton Hayne, 43rd
Liberty freighter to near comple
tion at the yards of the North
Carolina Shipbuilding comp any
here and the second ship to be
launched within the past fouf_days,
went down the ways into the Cape
Fear river at 12:15 o’clock yester
day afternoon.
Named tor a South Carolina poet
the 10,000-ton vessel was christened
by Miss Eva Margaret Hewett of
Supply, daughter oi Sidney Hewett,
assistant foreman of the rigger’s
department at the yards here.
Her maids of honor were Miss
Frances Hill of Shallotte, and Miss
Lou'Ellen Hewett of Supply.
Paul Hamilton Hayne was born
in Charleston, South Carolina on
January 1. 1830.
He was the only child of a naval
officer, who died at sea when Paul
was an infant, so that Gov. Hayne
stood very much in the place of a
father to his nephew, superintend
ing his education, and always guid
ing him by his counsel. The family
had independent means, so that
young Hayne had every advantage
of education that his native city
could offer. Under the eye of his
mother, a woman of rare charac
ter, and the guardianship of his
uncle, he was thoroughly educated
and was graduated at the College
oi South Carolina with distinction
at an early age.
He studied law and entered on
its practice, but from his earliest
years the bent of his mind had
been toward literature. As a mere
child, he had pored over Frois
sart’s “Chronicles”, the old dra
matists, Shakespeare, and the
earlier poests. His study of the
literature of the Elizabethan age
never ceased, and probably no
man in the United Sttes was more
saturated with its spirit than he.
As a consequence of this taste
he gave up the practice of law and
addressed himself wholly to liter
ary life. When only twenty - three
years of age he edited "Russell’s
Magazine”, a southern literary pe
riodical, and afterward the “Char
leston Literary Gazette”; and with
ms friends. William Gilmore
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Nation - Wide Gas Ration
Must Begin, Says Jeffers
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.—UP)—,
,lon '’‘de 6asoline rationing as a
■ ei conservation measure must
Ss !nto e^ect on December 1
ifcde- ^U*ed’ William M. Jeffers,
15 rubber clministrator, de
lled today.
tfistaf nat’on» he told a House ha
lts e subcommittee, owes it to
S;stpcmeti forces and to th eUnited
tufcbc- n°u to "take chances” on a
. shortage interfering with
' war effort.
trol^V. the committee heard pe
ts di®. Coordinator Harold L. Ick
of a 0!>e Ph'ns for construction
Wei «pi.peline to carry 200,000
V'tst f ™ oil daily from the south
Uc seaboard^ fuel'starved Atlan'
Both Jeffers and one of his
aides, L. D. Tompkins, warned
that, the present stockpile of crude
rubber would reach the danger
point next year, but foresaw
brighter prospects for 1944 when
Tompkins estimated production oi
all types of synthetic rubber would
reach 800,000 tons, 200.000 a Dove
normal peacetime needs.
The blunt-spoken Jeffers conced
ed that there were ample supplies
of gasoline in states outside the
east, but added:
“Obviously, a car will bum up
as much rubber in Oklahoma, for
example, as it will in Maine.-’
“Our problem is to keep the ears
running,” he said. “When a car
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Public Holiday To Be Cele
brated Here In Unity
With Rest Of Nation
Tomorrow, Wilmington will ob
serve its first war-time Thanksgiv
ing since 1917. While the war has
separated many families, and trans
portation presents its own special
problem this year, there will be
the same united atmosphere which
has been the American custom for
so many years.
Civilians of Wilmington will ob
serve the day quietly; and if the
traditional turkey does not appear
on the family dinner table, the
housewife has probably learned
that a hen will serve her purpose
as well, during wartime.
Most Wilmington business houses
will be closed for the day. Officials
of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
announced last night that the of
fices would be closed in observance
of the day. Wilbur Dosher, post
master, announced that the parcel
post window in the postoffice will
be open from 10 o’clock until 1
o’clock in the afternoon; the regis
try, C. 0. D., and general delivery
windows will be open from 11
o’clock until 12 o’clock; and all oth
er windows will be closed. There
will be no delivery by carrier, to
morrow', Mr. Dosher announced.
Soldiers and Marines from the
near-by camps, who do not have
the day off, will find that Uncle
Sam feeds his boys exceedingly
well on Thanksgiving day, as turkey
and all the 'trimmings’ head the
Army menus.
Wilmington churches are plan
ning special Thanksgiving day serv
ices for Thursday, with special ser
mons and choir music as features,
The programs for some of these
special servics are:
At the Church of the Covenant,
services will begin at 10 o’clock
Thursday morning. "Thanksgiving
in the face >-f adversity” will lbe
the title of the message by the min
ister. Thanksgiving day music will
be rendered by the church choir,
and an offering for the Presbyter
ian orphans’ home at Barium Spring
will be taken.
At St. John's Episcopal church,
there Will be two services. Holy
Communion will be taken at 8
o'clock, with the sermon at 10
o’clock. The offering will go to
Thompson orphanage at Charlotte.
Trinity Methodist church will
hold its services at 8 o’clock, at
which time Holy Community will
be taken, and at 11 o’clock, the
worship service will begin.
The First Presbyterian church
will hold a brief special service
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WEATHER
FORECAST
North Carolina: Colder and much
colder in east portion.
(EASTERN STANDARD TIME)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m.
Temperature
1:30 a. m. 66; 7:30 a. m. 65; 1:30 p m.
62; 7:30 p. m. 52. Maximum 65; mini
mum 52; mean 58; normal 54.
Humidity
1:30 a. m. 100; 7:30 a. m. 96; 1*30 p.
m. 61; 7:30 p. m. 76.
' Precipitation
Total for the 24 hours ending ?:.;0 p.
m. 0.62 inches. Total since the first of
the month. 0.72 inches.
Sunrise, 6:54 a. m.; sunset, 5:04 p. m.;
mconrise 7:35 p. m.; moonset, 9:20 a. m.
Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville
on Tuesday at 8 a. m., 9.81 feet.
TODAY’S TIDES
(All Times Eastern Standard)
High Low
Wilmington -11:26a 6:04a
ll:42p 6.43a
Masonboro Inlet --— 8:55a 2.43a
9:16p 3.19p
Moore’s Inlet - 9.00t 2.48p
9:21p 3 24p
New Topsail Inlet - 9:05a 2:53a
(Elmore’s) _ 9:26p 3:29p
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NAM GRIP ON STALINGRAD WEAKENS;
Me AN WAR SPREADS OVER TUNISIA;
WPS YIELD GROUND ON GUADALCANAL
NEW SECTOR OPENS
Allied Parachutists Break
Up Enemy Armored Col
umn In Deep South
TO BE HARD OFFENSIVE
Allied Spokesman Declares
Fight To Be Longer
Than Expected
LONDON, Nov. 24.—OF)—
The African second front
fighting spread over almost
all Tunisia today and blazed
fiercest on a new sector in
the deep south of the French
protectorate where Allied
parachutists broke up an
Axis troop train.
Previous operations in the
south had been reported as
mere skirmishes between in
filtrating Germans and
French outposts fighting on
the Allied side.
Cautious moves for posi
tion and the outbursts in the
south followed an Allied
spokesman’s comment _ that
“the fight for Tunisia is go
ing to be tough and longer
than might be expected.”
Repulse Nazi Columns
An Allied communique announ
ced that parachutists had repulsed
the mechanized column operating
in the south and captured pris
oners.
The train under attack of Amer
ican fighter planes had an aerial
escort, from which four Axis
planes were shot down In dog
fights.
No American planes were re
ported missing from these oper
ations or the continuing bombings
of Tunis and Bizerte.
“Local engagements” were
fought over the greater part of
Tunisia, said reports from Allied
headquarters in north Africa, and
ah American-French force fought
off a German “advance screen”
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ALCOA GATION
IS PI_N-HOLED
Four Of Supreme Court
Justices Rule Selves In
eligible In Trust Suit
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—CPI—
The anti-trust suit brought by the
justice Department against the
Aluminhm Company of America has
been pigeon-holed by the Supreme
Court because four justices have
disqualified themselves from acting
on the controversy and hence the
required quorum of six justices is
not available.
This highly unusual situation
was made known today in letters
to the Justice Department and the
aluminum company saying the
court was unable to act because
Chief Justice Stone and Associate
Justices Reed. Murphy and Jack
son considered themselves ineligi
ble.
Since the case was not dismissed,
court attaches said it would remain
on the docket pending further ac
tion. There is no limit, it was said,
on the length of time it can stay
before the tribunal.
Meanwhile, a lower court decision
in favor of the aluminum company
will remain in effoct. This was de
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‘ Over The Top ’
United Community
War Chest
Theromometer
$45,000—
$35,000—
$25,000—
$15,000
$5,000
-$50,000
-$40,000
-$30,000
-$20,000
-$10,000
WAR CHEST DRIVE
GOES OVER QUOTA
$51,819.98 Turned In As
Figure Reached Four
Days Ahead Of Time
The United Community and War
Chest drive went over the top of
its original quota, when reports
last night brought the figure to
$53,819.98.
The North Carolina Shipbuilding
company turned in another $10,000
report and the objective ■- was
"cached four days ahead of sched
ule
The final victory dinner is set
for tonight, and Chairman Harriss
Newman urged committeemen to
contact all remaining firms not
yet reported, and bring in all final
reports tonight.
Mr. Newman said “we should
make every effort to bring the to
tal to $100,000. We expct every
firm to report their entire sub
scriptions tonight and we are
looking for the greatest single re
port for any one day.”
All workers are invited to attend
the final dinner, together with
members of all agency boards in
cluded in the Chest campaign.
Reports last night gave the Wo
men’s Sales Army $339.72, the
Men’s Sales Army, $513 and the
unit account division, $11,918.79.
The Atlantic Coast Line’s report
on Monday night brought that
group’s report up to $3,470, but W.
H. Henderson, chairman of the
railroad's campaign, smiled as he
made the report. Pressed for fur
ther information, he explained ‘we
will make our final report Wed
nesday night, but I will say that
we are pleased with the fine re
sponse given the Chest in our or
ganization. I hope Wilmington will
double the goal, and that should
be the objective from here on. ’
The report made Monday night
was $1,231.25, with $10,000 in sub
scriptions from the shipyard, top
ping the list. Adding this to the to
tal for the first night, brought the
figure within close range of the
$50,000 goal originally set for the
drive.
Determined workers left the
meeting Monday night to reach
th entire quota through collections
yesterday.
Tabulated results of Monday
night’s report gave the Women
Sales Army $118.75; Men’s Sales
Army $1089; Wrightsville Beach
$55.50; initial gifts, $218.00 pub
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3 Condemned T o Death
For Helping Saboteur
CHICAGO, Nov. 24. —(IP)— Three
men were condemned to death and
their wives were sentenced to long
prison terms for the high crime
of treason today, by a young jurist
who regarded their punishment as
a stern warning against aiding the
nation’s enemies.
The three middle-aged couples,
natives of Germany who betaine
naturalized Americans, were pale,
tight-lipped and tense while Fed
eral Judge William J. Campbel
decared they had committed “the
most iniquitous offense on the un
holy list of crimes,” and pronoun
ced their penalties.
He directed that the men be
executed January 22 in the elec-j
trie chair, and ordered that the
women be imprisoned for 25 years
and pay fines of $10,000 each.
The prisoners were convicted of
treason by a jury November 14
for sheltering and assisting Her
bert Haupt, one of the eight Nazi
saboteurs who were smuggled into
this country by U-boats last June.
They are Haupt’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. .Hans Max Haupt; his uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Froehling; and Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Richard Wergin.
Tears of women spectators
heightened the drama of the pro
ceedings—second instance of the
imposition of the death sentence
for treason in the United States
in 148 years—but the rapt audi
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FOE IS ISOLATED
Vigilant Patrols Make It
Unlikely That Jap Rein
forcements Are Landed
CONTINUE WITH DRIVE
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American Forces Advance
Slightly West Of Matini
kau River Near Airport
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.
— (fP) — Apparently isolated
by a tight blockade, Japanese
on the island of Guadalcanal
are yielding ground to slowly
advancing American troops
whose ultimate aim is to
drive the foe into the sea,
the Navy disclosed today.
Vigilant day and night pa
trols, presumably by aircraft
and naval vessels, have made
it “very unlikely” that the
enemy has been able to get
reinforcements ashore, Secre
tary of the Navy Knox said
at a press conference.
A short time later, a com
munique said that on Nov
ember 23 “United States
forces continued limited ad
vances west of the Matinikau
river.” This stream lies west
of Henderson airfield, vital
point in the American posi
tions.
Japanese Active ..
Japanese in mountains southwest
of the field have been active, the
communique disclosed, but it was
not known whether they were seek
ing to flank the American fordes
driving westward.
On the night of November 22-23,
“United States aircraft attacked
enemy positions,” the communi
que stated, without giving details.
Before he^great naval battle a
fortnight ago, the Japanese were
landing reinforcements on the is
land almost every other night.
Cruiser - destroyer groups would
come close to the beaches and
feed in forces of up to 900 men.
But now it “is possible but not
probable,” that the Japanese are
able to get reinforcements ashore,
Knox said, “because rigid United
States patrols are working d ? y
and night.”
The naval secretary also indi
cated a belief that Japnese troops
to the westwrd of the American
positions have been virtually cut
off from the remainder of their
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HOUSECOMMITTEE
FLAYS SHIPYARDS
Demands Cancellation Of
One Contract; Urges Stop
To Exorbitant Profit’
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—(0)—In
a double-barreled action, the House
Merchant Marine committee today
demanded cancellation of one ship
yard’s contract for alleged inef
ficiency and urged steps to fore
stall “exorbitant profits” in other
parts of the nation’s ship-building
program.
After an investigation of the af
fairs of the South Portland (Me.)
shipyard, which has a contract
with the Maritime commission to
build Liberty cargo ships, the com
mittee in a report filed with the
House recommended termination
of the contract on grounds of "in
competence, inefficiency and obvi
ous inability to perform its con
tract duties.”
The second report urged the
Maritime commission to “tighten
up” its standard contract form to
curb profits. This report was
drafted by a subcommittee head
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NOTICE!
If your carrier fails to
leave your copy of the Wil
mington Morning Star,
Phone 3311 before 9:00 a.
m. and one will be sent to
you by special messenger.
Killed In Action
Shown above is Lieut, (j.g.) Doug
las Wiley Gillette, son of Col. ami
Mrs. George Gillette, formerly of
Wilmington, who was “killed in
action in the performance of his
duties and the service of his coun
try” in the Pacific area recently.
He was born here and attended the
University of North Carolina and
Georgetown university before en
rolling at the Naval academy. Aft
er three years at the academy, a
long illness prevented his finishing
his studies there. Following his re
covery, he completed ' his schooling
at Northwestern university. Upon
his graduation in June of 1941 he
was called into active duty in Sep
tember of the same year. Col. Gil
lette is now located in Boston, where
he is IT. S. Army district engineer.
FAMOUS AUTHOR
HELD BY POLICE
Jan V a 11 i n (Richard
Krebs) Arrested On War
rant For Deportation
WASHINGTON, Nov. U.—HJP)—
Richard Julius Herman Krebs,
whose sensational book on his ex
periences as an agent of the Rus
sian and German secret police was
a best seller, has been taken into
custody on a warrant ordering his
deportation to Germany.
His apprehension near Bethel.
Conn., was announced today by At
torney General Biddle, who approv
ed the deportation order based on
alleged violations of the 1917 and
1924 immigration acts. Krebs, who
wrote “Out Of The Night’’ under
the name Jan Valtin, is accused of
illgally entering the country after
once having' been arrested and de
ported and after committing a
crime (perjury) involving moral
turpitude.
The author had been at liberty
in $5,000 bond pending a decision by
the immigration board of appeals
on his appeal from the deportation
proceedings. -The board voted
unanimously for the deportation or
der or the ground that Krebs had
had been a person of good moral
book described in great detail his
years and that he was otherwise
deportable.
Since he can not be deported to
Germany until after the war, it was
assumed he would be interned as
an enemy alien. Krebs is a native
of Darmstadt, Germany, and is 37
years old.
He once declared he was "the
Comintern's chief trouble maker on
the water front of Europe" and his
book described in great detaeil his
work as an agent of the Russian
O. G. P. U. and the German
Gestapo.
Krebs testified before the immi
gration appeals board that he led
a life "of conspiracy and violence”
as a member of the communist
party in Germany from 1923 to
1937. The communists, he said,
sent him to America as an agent
of the Russian secret police to stir
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REDS ADVANCING
Kill 15,000 More Germans
And Capture 12,000 In
Great Winter Drive'
IN PANICKY RETREAT!
Many Wounded Are Freez
ing To Death On Frozen
Steppes Of Russia
MOSCOW, Wednesday,
Nov. 25. — (/P) — The three
months-old Nazi grip on Stal
ingrad was weakening today
as a swiftly advancing Red
army killed 15,000 more Ger
mans yesterday and captur
ed 12,000, including three
divisional generals, in a great
winter offensive rolling so
fast that some Nazi units
were cut down from behind
in panicky retreat.
Russian official announce
ments raised the toll of Nazis
to 77,000 dead and captured,
not counting huge numbers
of wounded who apparently
are freezing to death on the
frozen steppes as did other
German units last winter in
the rout from Moscow.
The Red army’s effort to
encircle the entire Nazi army
stalemated before Stalingrad,
estimated at 300,000, clearly
was gaining in power. TwO
communiques told of vast
stocks of war equipment fall
ing to the Red army tide, of
at least one enemy airdrome
being seized so swiftly that
scores of German planes were
unable to take to the air.
Gain Inside City
Inside Stalingrad Itself the Rus
sians in front assaults also were
gaining against Nazi detachments
whose rear communications have
been slashed by Russian flanking
armies sweeping across the Don
river far to the west.
The regular midnight communi
que said 900 Germans were killed
and dozens of enemy blockhouses
occupied in a slow but steady ad
vance inside Stalftigrad, while in
the Caucasus Red army units cut
down additional hundreds of Nazis
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BRITISH HOUND
AXIS IN LIBYA
Getting Set For Another
Punch At El Agheila’s
Defenses Soon
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CAIRO, Nov. 24.— UP)—The Brit
ish Eighth Army hounded the
remnants of the fleeing Axis des
ert army beyond the native Liby
an village of Agedabia today and
poised another punch to throw at
El Aghelia’s defenses, where the
Germans were believed gathering
al' their available strength to hold
the pursuit off Tripoli.
(In London British military
sources expressed the belief that
there would be a three or four-day
lull in the desert, pointing out (hat
Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery Is
i ot likely to make any half-pre
pared lunge at the Germans. Some
tii«.e is required to bring up guns
(Continued On Page Five; Col. 4)
Fighting French Leaders
Discuss Dakar Situation
LONDON. Nov. 24.—ffl—The na
tional committee of fighting
France met here today, apparent
ly to discuss the situation arising
from yesterday’s announcement by
Admiral Jean Darlan, former
Vichy second-in-command now co
operating with the Allies, that all
French west Afrfca had placed it
self under his command.
General Georges Catroux. fight
ing French commissioner for the
Far East, and former commavd
er of the French 19th army in
Algeria, who arrived yesterday,
attended the meeting.
While Allied quarters in Africa 1
continued officially to regard the
reported change in allegiance of
Dakar and the rest of French west I
Africa as “purely a French mat*
ter,'’ sources familiar with the sit*
nation believed the big force of
French fighting men there were’
eager to join the Allies in their
battle against the Germans and
Italians.
Informed quarters in London
said approximately 60,000 French
Iroops and sailors were stationed
at Dakar, and described them as
“in better condition” than any
other forces in the French empire.
The Dakar radio quoted Gover
nor-General Pierre Boisson of
French west Africa as saying that
that territory “will remain com
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