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g™ THE .« -NEWS -=■ State and National News ■ ■ ^ , PUBUSHCP <n^ — W W ^^P AND BATAAN 1-^- —_tgHTMIB tg©KT <gHW ©IT &ME) PLEASIUEiete I__ —" vn 39 “ ■ ■ " — ■■--- -■ ___ - VOL. I5/" -—:---. WILMINGTON. N. C., SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1943 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS 4 !r__ ___L_-----i .. .— Stalin Avers Nazi Summer fusli Smashed ,psiians Advance Three fd Five Miles I o 1 lght en Vise On Orel praises generals Dussian Chief Says Nazis Have Lost 70,000 Men In The Campaign Bv JAMES M. LONG LONDON. July 24. —W— The „L vise on Orel squeezed X tonight with gains of three f ve miles from the south as iliCr Joseph Stalin announced ■ , rnrmanVs abortive summer 'I . was smashed complete 0 -l loss of 70,000 of the he Nazis had hurl faMinst the Red Army begin njflg July u "After S'.aim had congratulated Y; ^nerals lor proving m the A/vear of war that German aimme'r offensives are not auto jnatically successful, a special P-cijn communique announced I: Soviet troops in their own njn<r counteroffensive had cap A-ed a number of villages outside oA including Zmievka. 14 miles of the Nazi bastion. Oder Columns Advancing (Ye: Red Army columns were rer:.-;ed smashing at the Gei less than nine miles north er of Orel and eight miles on the east. . The communique emphasized the premier’s statement by announc ing that in the Belgorod direction, f'cuth of the Orel sector, the new frve-dav offensive of the Russians there had “completely restored positions which they occupied be fore the offensive of the German Fascist troops began.” The special war bulletin, broad cast by the Moscow radio and recorded here by the Soviet moni- j tor, called lighting in the south- j in the Donets basin, in the area south of Izyum and southwest of Voroshilovgrad — engagements of “local importance”. Positions southwest of Krasnodar in the Caucasus have been improved, i added. Wreck Equipment On all fronts yesterday Russian: continued to wreck Gerr an equip monte including 43 / tanks and 94 planes. In the third year of war. the Bed Army 'or the first time has withstood and then rolled back I the tide of German summer eon " guest, and thus Stalin said, “the legend that the Germans always are successful in their summer of (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) CASHING OF WAR BONDS CONDEMNED Wilmington Banks Issue Statement Against ‘Re treat Of Dollars’ Wilmington's banks, issuing agents of War bonds and stamps, condemned Saturday the cashing In of bonds except in extreme em ergency cases, declaring the prac t’.ce is the “equivalent of taking '’'"(I, clothing, ammunition and clber badly needed equipment from our men in uniform.” It would be far better not to bonds than to buv and on surrender them for cash, both up c 1 .'",s adding tremendously to ccct of fighting the war, with benfieio] gains,” it was Pointed out. I'etUiing that ‘‘should our fight , ' Bfn retr^sy without good thei" Quitters,” the - "O.-, agents asked "what Qtiniinued on Page Three; Col. 4) _ Marauders Wing Over Rome A flight of Martin Marauders w ings over Rome, their bavs full of bombs which shortly fell on Ciampino airfield. Smoke from fires set by the Flying Fortress attack on San Lorenzo railway yards is faintly visible beneath the tail of the foreground plane (upper right). This Northwest African Air Force picture was transmitted from Algiers via Signal Corps radiophoto. Cab Driver Killed Here In Argument Over Fare SHIPWORKER IS HELD Shotgun Blast Takes Life Of Milton Jackson On Lake Village Street An argument over an alleged j ten-cent overcharge in taxi fare ' yesterday resulted in the shotgun death of a 19-year.old cab driver . here, and Joseph Dewey Hinson, j i 26. young shipyard worker is in ’: jail without privilege of bond for ' the shooting. s Milton Buster Jackson, Jr., na tive" of Wilmington and employe of i the Coastal and Victory Cab Com pany. died almost instantly when a 12-guage shotgun blast ripped I into his chest following the argu ment in front of Hinson’s home at 41 Terrace walk, Lake Village. Investigating Officers E. B. Mur ray, E. J. Hale and H. E. Fales said the shooting occurred about 2:40 p. m., and that when they ar rived on the scene shortly there after. Jackson was found dead, lying across the death weapon. Murray quoted Hinson as say ing that he caught the taxi, driv en by Jackson, at Second and Market streets, and when they ar rived at Hinson’s home, the 75. cent fare was requested by Jack son. An argument arose, with Hinson asserting that there was a ten-cent overcharge on the fare, and, according to Hinson, Jackson secured a large jack from the back of his cab and threatened him. At that point, according to wit nesses, Hinson entered his home and returned with the shotgun, and ordered Jackson to leave. Jack son hurled the jack at Hinson, hitting him on the right leg, and continued advancing until he was shot down at very close range. Even after being shot, Jackson grabbed the gun and took it from Hinson but died a few seconds lat er' and fell on the gun, officers said. Runs Down Street Hinson immediately started run ning down the street, but was stopped by a neighbor, W. B. Jackson (no relation to the dead man) of 714 Greenfield Street. Hin son is said to have asserted that he was going to surrender at po lice headquarters. Jackson then ! (Continued oil Page Two; Col. 3 ) Tobacco Producers Vote Three-Year Crop Control erf,!^TA’ July 24.—(IP!—Grow £jv , hue-cured tobacco in the Vo,, .alp southern belt apparently 'tdo'ai0Ver'v'''e^mingly {n favor of yl ‘ cr°P control for a three t!av i’eriocl in a referendum to V;aV cjP‘ *n Georgia the margin li?e of partial returns of rnt ,Georg!a' the vote in favor 'Sf . 1 .“Ping the program was 3, th 'Yi. ' 31 against. With a two ej[( .vot« equired to make the Of ‘s.'°n effective, the favorable o-o, ”'a vntes were only a shade «per cent. hit c!os,jness was not appar oL ‘r®m incomplete returns in lit-V'a*es’ f-Pwever, North Caro "" tartners giving a tremendous majority on a heavier vote. In that state the vote was 882 for a one year extension, 32,908 for a three year extension, and 2,261 against the program. Other states were running in practically the same proporlion as North Caro lina. In the last cotton control refer endum, carried by the south as a whole, Georgia planters failed to give tne plan the two-thirds vote. The tobacco vote by states: Georgia: For one year, —; for three years, 3.790: against, 2.091. Florida: For one year, 184; for three years, 2.073; against, 381. (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6) Ceiling Prices Set For Flue-Cured Weed WASHINGTON, July 24—Iff)— A new ceiling on prices of flue cured tobacco, said by officials “to be in line” with last year’s prices, was set today by vhe Office of Price Administration. The new ceiling specified a “maximum weighted average purchase price” of S41 per hundred pounds. The actual market average last year, com puted on a slightly different basis, was S38.75. Today’s order applied to prices paid at tobacco auctions but a separate part of the or der prescribed for the first time a maximum of $5 per hundred pounds for farm scrap from the leaves of flue cured tobacco. Auction scrap remains exempt from price control. Officials said the “weighted average” was determined by averaging all purchases made by a single buyer during the entire season, without regard to grades or localities. COUNTYS ASSETS TOTAL $5,910,604 School Lands, Buildings And Equipment Top Or rell’s Annual Report New Hanover,county’s assets for the fiscal year ending _ June oO total $5,910,604.35, according to the report of County Auditor J. A. Orrell, who said Saturday the land buildings and equipment of the county schools, amounting o $2,886,363.63, topped the list of as sets. A surplus of $3,857,934.99 was re norted, and outstanding among the liabilities are school bonds amount ing to $1,143,001 and other bonds totalling $136,000, Mr. Orrell said Other outstanding assets of the county include half interest m Tames Walker Memorial hospital, tins to house and land, $347,201.54, re (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 3) WEATHER FORECAST NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA— No change in temperature Sunday. WASHINGTON. July 24.—(JP) Weather bureau report of temperature and rain *aU> the 24 hour, endrng 8^ P. m.^ Station^ _ 6Q 000 Asheville - . 72 n no Birmingham - 9- 64 0;00 Boston - 70 n .00 Cleveland - |5 62 0.00 Detroit - __ q qq Kansas*0 city 99 81 o'.OO Kansas ^1 y o .00 Louisville0 - 89 86 0.00 Mobile - 96 18 0.00 New Orleans - 98 80 0.17 New York - 87 69 0.00 Norfolk _ 83 65 0.00 St. Louis - 87 68 0.00 Washington - 88 66 0.00 Wilmington - 86 74 0.00 Navy Reveals Joint Sea-Air Raid On Kiska Latest Bulletin Indicates Heavy Battering Of Jap anese Garrison ENEMY FIRES BACK Allied Bombers Continue Blows Against Vital Pacific Bases By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, July 24. — UP)— In a communique containing fresh evidence that the hour of doom is rapidly nearing for 10,000 Ja panese troops holding Kiska island, the Navy disclosed today that the Thursday assault against the in vader’s Aleutians outpost was a joint sea and air operation. The latest war bulletin on the action suggested that the Japan ese probably took a heavier beat ing on Kiska that day than ever before in the 13 and a half months they have held that bleak and rocky island. Starts With Air Raid The attack started with an air raid by Army four engine Libera tor bombers, Mitchell twin engine medium bombers and swift Light ning and War Hawk fighters. These planes heavily bombed and strafed Japanese coastal batteries, anti aircraft positions and building areas. This first air attack was follow ed immediately by the naval bom bardment in which heavy and light guns of the U. S. Pacific fleet poured tons of steel and explo sives upon the same targets. Then the aerial squadrons returned to the scene and mopped up. The communique reported, with what was regarded here as great conservatism, that these terrific air and surface onslaughts start ed numerous fires and observers of the attacks saw at least one ter rific explosion. The attacking groups included American War Hawks piloted by flyers of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Japanese fired back with coastal batteries and anti-aircraft (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) REPORToFPOPE’S PROTEST IS DENIED Pontiff Does Not Believe Pilots Intended To Dam age Holy Places LONDON. July 24. —fiP)— The Vatican radio, in a German lan guage broadcast beamed to Ger many, tonight branded as “en tirely unfounded’ German and Ital ian news agencies reports that Pope Pius XII had protested to President Roosevelt over Monday’s bombing of Rome, and also said that the pontiff did not believe that American pilots intentionally set out to damage holy places. The broadcast, which emphasiz ed that the pontiff is impartial in the war, denied the Axis state ments that after the raid the Pope called to the Vatican U. S. Charge D’Affairs Harold H. Tittman, Jr. A partial text as recorded by the Associated Press: “Reports put out by DNB (Ger man official new* agency, accord ing to which the Pope had made a personal protest to President Roosevelt about the bombing of Rome, as well as a report that United States Charge D’Affairs Mr. Tittman had been called to the Vatican on the evening of the day the bombing took place, are both entirely unfounded. “As the holy father’s movements after the bombing of Rome have been subject to many incorrect it is necessary to recall what had (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) AMERICAN BOMBERS BA TTER NAZIS’ BASE AT TRONDHEIM; ALLIES HIT MT. ETNA LINE MARSALA SEIZED ' Annihilate Axis Armies In All Of Sicily Except Northeast Corner TAKE MORE PRISONERS Reuters Reports Allied Fighters Have Entered Trapani Naval Base By DANIEL DE LUCE ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 24.—(IP)—Allied troops in 14 breath-taking days have annihilated axis armies in all of Sicily except the north east corner—trapping 110,000 enemy soldiers—and converg ing a shattering land, sea and air attack on the last en emy bastion, the Mt. Etna line. American troops seized Marsala in the lightning mop up of the western part Of the island, headquarters an nounced today, and it was the official estimate that 50,000 more prisoners would be add ed to the 60,000 already in allied hands. Americans cap tured 40,000 of this first 60, 000. (Reuters reported allied troops had entered Trapani, the last ma_ jor city in western Sicily, today. The naval base, hall way between Marsala and Palermo, had been expected to fall at any moment as it was cut off from aid. The deep water harbor will provide excellent facilities to speed un loading of American supplies and cut off the main home base from which axis submarines have been operating in the Sicilian Strait.) Stab Nazi Flank The formidable British Eighth army still is battering at furious German resistance around Cata nia, while Canadian troops are stabbing at the Nazi flank by land and allied warships ranging the coast hammered the axis positions from the sea in unceasing bom bardments. American armor and motorized infantry meanwhile has cut the vital north post road at a point officially described as “well east of Palermo”—and therefore much nearer Messina—and they are ob viously in position to strike via the back door of this final axis stand in all Sicily. (A Berlin broadcast describing a clash with the Americans at Termini on the north coast, indi cated that the Seventh army had advanced at least 18 miles east of Palermo. Other clashes were reported with Americans and Ca nadians in the neighborhood of Leonforte, about 37 miles west of Catania.) Thus were the remnants of the Italian and German Sicilian ar mies being hemmed in by land and sea. Occupy Airbases All the splendid system of 10 major airbases on the island was either occupied by the allies or completely neutralized. Allied planes beat in wave upon wave upon the enemy. “A rapidly diminishing portion of the island is all that remains to the axis,” today’s allied com munique declared. But this section, from Catania past Mt. Etna to Messina at the northeast tip of Sicily, was being stubbornly defended and “south of Catania the Germans are fiercely resisting the Eighth Army’s pres sure,” the Bulletin said. (Alfred Wagg of NBC, aboard Continued on Page Fifteen; Col. 8) Reynolds Accepts Post Of Recreation Director Jesse A. Reynolds, of Richmond, Va., has accepted the position as director of recreation for Wilming ton, City Manager A. C. Nichols announced Saturday. His job will be to direct the rec reation program of the city, for which the city council has provid ed $16,000 in the new budget. Mr. Nichols said it is hoped that sup plementary funds may be secured through the Lanliam Act funds. Mr. Reynolds was graduated from North Dakota State college in 1930 and the National Recreation school in New York in 1931. For two years he was Boys' Work su pervisor for the Church of All Na tions, N. Y., and for two years until 1934 he was recreational di rector and assistant superintend ent of Albany Home for Children, Albany, N. Y. In the winter of 1934 he was recreation planner for Elmira Reformatory, Elmira, N. Y„ and for the next year and one half Mr. Reynolds was Boys’ Work director ’at the Council Neighbor hood House, Richmond, Va. For five years, from 1936 to 1941, he was director of recreation for the WPA recreation program for the State of Virginia. In the next two years he was superintendent of recreation in Richmond, and comes to Wilmington from that position. L * English, Greek Planes Widen Raids On Crete CAIRO, July 24.—(#■)—Brit ish and Greek warplanes, more than 100 strong, widened their attacks on the invasion step ping-stone island of Crete iu a bold daylight assault yester day, blasting German encamp ments, gun positions, ammuni tion dumps and wireless sta tions iu addition to the usual pounding* of airfields. Seventeen Allied planes were lost in what was officially de scribed as ‘a large-scale of fensive operation.” (The scope of the attack, one of the biggest ever made on Crete, indicated that it might be the start of a softening-up campaign as prelude to inva sion.) RAF and Hellenic Air Force Hurricanes, Beaufighters and Baltimores hammered targets throughout the Nazi-occupied island, which lies off the southern tip of Greece, with Greek fliers taking part in their first major operation against the enemy on their na tive soil. (A Berlin broadcast said the raid was “obviously made for the main purpose of probing Axis lefenses in Crete.” The Germans asserted 10 attacking planes were shot down by anti aircraft fire and many more damaged and said the raid was “unsuccessful.”) A Middle East headquarters communique said the raiders bombed and machine-gunned factories engaged in Nazi war production and strafed enemy trucks on the roads. Several German staff cars were shot up. While the Hellenic Air Force carried out its biggest vengeance mission to date. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3 ) Three Killed, Six Hurt In A. C. L. Train Wreck NEAR FAYETTEVILLE Section Of Streamliner Plows Into Observation Car At Pass Track FAYETTEVILLE, July 24—W— The pullman coach section of the Atlantic Coast Line streamliner, Tamiami Champion, plowed into the observation car of the forward section at a pass track one mile north of here today, killing three passengers and injuring six. The dead: Sgt. James H. Ledford, Kersey, Colo.; Charles Chester Foley, a soldier of Pittsfield, Mass.; and Mrs. William E. Lucas, the wife of a soldier believed stationed in Charleston, S. C. The bodies of Foley and the woman were taken from the a woman, about 20, who had not been identified tonight. Injured The injured were listed in hos pital records as: J. M. Hanberry, Florence, S. C.; Virginia Dorothy Kass, Richmond, Va.; Albert Ross, Paterson, N. J.; Lt. James Smith of Camp Van Dorn, Miss.; Paul Neviol, a sailor, Huntington Rd., Chester, Mass., and Mrs. J. W. Sandor, Norfolk, Va. Both trains were en route from New York to Miami, Fla. The forward section, composed- of day coaches, was at a switch of the pass track when the pullman sec tion crashed into it from the rear. None of the cars were derailed. Officials of the railway came here and tonight were investigat (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6) trainTbusmen POSTPONE STRIKE F. R. Promises To Reopen Wage Demands Of West Coast Workers LOS ANGELES, July 24.—fJP)— The Brotherhood of Railway Train men called off a scheduled strike of operating employes on the Paci fic Electric Interurban Lines today on the promise of President Roose velt that the whole issue of the union’s wage increase demands will be reopened. The walkout, which would have tied up an extensive electric rail road and motor bus system serv ing a vast region of diversified war industries in southern Cali, mornia, was cancelled after Alex ander F. Whitney, international brotherhood president, had tele phoned local officials that he had the personal assurance of the pres ident that a committee will be named to study the union’s wage demand anew. William P. Nutter, president of the local grievance committee, expressed satisfaction that a tie up of the Pacific Electric-had been averted, and voiced gratitude “to the President and those who have been sympathetic with us in our endeavors to effect a fair settle ment.” President Roosevelt told Whit ney, Nutter said, that Fred M. Vinson, economic stabilization di rector, will name a committee of (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3 ) Rail Union Authorizes Withdrawal Of Pledge DETROIT, July 24—(If)—Pres ident E. E. Milliman of the Railroad Brotherhood Mainte nance of Way (AFL) was ru thorized by the union today to withdraw its no-strike pledge to President Roosevelt any time he deems fit. The authorization was given at the concluding session of the week-long convention of 500 delegates in a resolution empowering Milliman to order “whatever further action” ne cessary to enforce wage in crease demands. Originally, the union de manded a 20 cents an hour increase. An eight cents an hour award from a special railway labor panel was de nied by Fred M. Vinson, direc tor of economic stabilization. HA' SAYSF. R. W1 BE RENAMED Predicts Renomination Un less War Is Ended In Next Few Months WASHINGTON, July 24.—(.1?)— Senator Hatch (D-NM) predicted today that President Roosevelt will be the democratic party’s nominee for a fourth term unless the war ends and peace negotiations are concluded in the next few months —a series of events he regards as improbable. Thus adding his name to the list of legislators who have come to regard the President's renomina tion as almost inevitable, Hatch told an interviewer: “If we are in the midst of war, or even in the midst of peace con ferences, the democratic party cannot and will not nominate any body but Roosevelt, under those circumstances I would support the President for a fourth term.” This latest pronouncement for a fourth term was coincidental with another development generally in terpreted as having political im. plications. At Detroit, Vice President Wal lace told reporters that he intends to spend the time he formerly de voted to the Board of Economic (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) RECORD FLIGHT Fortresses Leave U-Boat Base Mass Of Exploding Bombs, Big Fires ALSO RAID HEROYA Seventeen Nazi Craft De stroyed In First U. S. Attack On Norway By JAMES M. LONG LONDON, Sunday, July 25. —(VP)—In an unprecedented 1,800-mile round trip to the edge of the Arctic Circle, a strong force of American Fly ing Fortresses pounded Trondheim in Norway by day light yesterday, leaving that big German U-boat base a raging mass of exploding bombs, flaming oil tanks and black smoke which mush roomed up several thousand feet. The attack, announced early today in a U. S. Army head quarters communique, was the first American one on Norway, and one Fortress formation also smashed an aluminum plant at Heroya in southern Norway. A French colonel who rode to Heroya said the factory there went “poof” after the American preci sion airmen had planted their bombs on it. This formation made a 1.200-mile roundtrip to reach its target. Results Good The communique said bombing results were “good at both tar gets.” Seventeen German fighters were destroyed by the Americans. One American bomber failed to return out of the big force used in the operation. It landed in Swe den safely and its crew of 10 was interned. The returning flyers were prac tically unscathed after catching Nazi defenses off guard. Photographs of the damage at Trondheim, called the German “Gibraltar of the north,” confirm ed that submarine repair shops, docks and other naval installations were heavily damaged by many thousands of pounds of high ex plosives, a jubilant intelligence of ficer said. “We really hit it on the button,” he said, for pictures showed that not a single bomb was wasted. Trondheim, sheltered by its fjord approach, is the lair for Nazi warships and submarines that prey on the northern supply route to Murmansk, ft was the last re ported haven of Germany’s great battleship, the Tripitz, and the two 10,000-ton cruisers of the Admiral Hipper class. Reluctant To Attack Returning crews said they en countered a fair amount of anti aircraft fire but only about 25 enemy fighters challenged them. The majority of the German pur suit planes seemed reluctant to attack. The longest previous flight by Britain-based American bombers were raids on La Pallice and Bor* deaux U-boat bases, each approxl* mately 1,400 miles round-trip. Three formations flew to Nor way, but one, finding heavy clouds prevented accurate aiming, return ing to its base with its bomb loads in order to avoid indiscri* minate bombing. Heroya is within a hundred miles of the Norweigian capital of Oslo. The attacks involved round-trip flights of more than 1,200 miles. One formation hit the target at (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) New City Budget Shows Increase Of $262,322.63 The City of Wilmington’s budget of $1,498,385.09 for the fiscal year 1943-44 shows an increase of $262, 322.63 over last year’s budget, J. R. Benson, City Clerk, announc ed Saturday. At a meeting to be held on Au gust 18, the City council, which has already tentatively adopted the budget, will again consider it and is expected to pass an ap propriation resolution for its for mal adoption. Chief among the increases in cluded in this year’s budget are salaries for employes of the police, fire, sanitary and trash depart ments and the highway workers. Allocated to the police depart ment will be $165,873, in compari son to the $141,786.41 received by that department during the past year, while the fire department will receive $173,090 in comparison to last year’s $129,179.47. For the highways this year, the amount has been increased from $79,611.79 to $128,680, and the sani tary and trash department will receive $138,978 instead of last year’s amount of $119,747.58. A slight increase has also been made in appropriations for health and hospitals for the new yea r, last year’s amount of $76,630.47 being increased to $79,137.34. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5)
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