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^^*000. SkS? THE SUWli^fcfc^iilR-NEWS r™™? -----~7~.~~^— ___ ^TlHld (^©OST (gQW ®(p ^H?@@E?|g^S AMIp) E>lUiAgygHl7to __ v0T l5."^”^0» • ~ ' ————————— - —---—--— - — -IT ~ r --WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1943 _ FINAL EDITION_ PRICE FIVE CENTS Reds KetaKe 200 Villages On South Line Threaten To Trap Thou sands Of Nazis In Cau casus And Crimea MOVE on pavlograd Claim Germans Retreating In Disorder Toward The Dnieper River LONDON'. Sunday. Sept. 12—WP)— ,,e Red army pursuing German p "retreating in disorder” in . Te;n Russia overran nearly 200 yesterday and cut down ,'0 of the enemy in smashing -vjt threatened to trap hun i "of Axis troops, including ,■ ,e ;n the Caucasus and Cri p, * 5 Moscow communique dis closed early today. ~-e bulletin announced a 7 1-2 r/'e plunge toward Pavlograd. irn poriant junction on the Kharkov C- irea railway, in the race for the Dnieper river, and said Soviet frees attacking on a 600-mile front K:e inflicting "decisive blows” on the enemy. Retreating In Disorder "The Hitlerites are retreating in j, -j.-" the bulletin said of the Gena flight out of the Donets basin. Xetr advances also were curled aBryansk on the north andi and a six-mile gain car ried ti Russians to within strik-j ing distance of X'ezhin, only 72 r ,';s from the Ukraine capital at i Kiev, the communique revealed. | Berlin added to the gloomy tid : .:s i r the German homeland by announcing a Russian sea-borne j attack on Xovorossisk in the west-1 err. Caucasus. The converging blows on Pav-' lorrad on the last trunk railway! east of the Dnieper river bend, [ and a powerful renewed drive j .-af.hwest of Harkov toward Polta-j va in which 14 German counter- j attacks were beaten down threat ened the early collapse of ene-, my resistance east of the Dnieper ; and the poss ble entrapment 01 huge enemy forces. Capture Equipment Hundreds of guns and tanks and | other German equipment was eith I (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) SCHOOLS TO BEGIN j j WORK TOMORROW! Transportation Provided For Children In War Housing Sections Regular work in the New Han over county schools will get under way at 8:30 o'clock Monday morn ing. H. M. Roland, superinten dent of schools, announced Satur day, and all is in readiness for a full day's program. School buses will be on hand to tiansport the children from the '.ii'ious War housing projects to the.r respective schools on Mon day morning, and all children are expected to attend on that day. Auangements have been com pleted for transporting school chil 0!cn fl'°m the Maffitt Homes to Various county schools, Mr. Ro und stated, although it may take ° few days to establish smooth '"inning schedules. Tsc cinder block houses south iL '■vo°den buildings in Maf t :llage will be divided for wvool purposes into four districts. !|e superintendent explained. Ail children living in buildings “umbering 300 between Bacon •Continued on Page Five; Col. 2> WEATHER \CjPtu .FORECAST a ' r.nm,, LrR0LrNA ~ Slightly cooler S da- Continued cool west portion •’ an® Sunday evening. ,Rv*r'r” Standard Time) .* Weather Bureau) tr.din-r 7.l°nglcai dala for the 24 hours " ° P m., yesterday. Hn „ Temperature 7£ 7*3o G9; 7:30 a.m.f 67; 1:30 p.m., .Mavv lJ-ni- 72 norma?,’ -J®1 minimum, 66; mean, 1:3* a . Humidity •i 75> 7:30 a.m., 65; 1:30 p.m., * *•«* p.m., 49. $0»ai . PfCripilation p.m. r a!?r .*he 24 hours ending 7:3( » w.uu niches. (From .• Tiles Eor Today 0. s. 'frv! Ti(je Tables published bj ast and Geodetic Survey). V.-Hmington m*h Ji™ fcaEonboro t«i «. 8:36p* 3:08p wo inlet- 5;45a. _ —a (An ,, a 6:22p. 12:01p SuiM,?' V1;*8 Eastern Standard) tooonrjcp' a-m-‘ sunset. 6:23 p.m. ■ o:4’p; moonset, 3:54a. vii'i!F„ear fiver stage at Fayette "n s<-pt. 11, at * ,.m„ 9.89 feet. Continued on Page Five: Col. 3 ■ ll_ Victory Smiles ' IMP—III—.I ...Hi . . ?.en- Dr^ht E[senhn«’er and U. S. chief of Staff Gen. Geor-c Mar shall must have had a hint of the victory ahead when they “flashed these confident smiles during a recent meeting in North Africa They were planning the campaign that led to Italy’s surrender. Kevoiutionary Movement Under Way In Argentina RAWSON ‘DISMISSED’ Chilean Radio Report Says General Farrell Named Vice President (By The Associated Press) Radio Agricultura at Santiago, Chile, said tonight in a domestic broadcast recorded by the Federal Communications Commission thal "the best sources of information ir Santiago report that there is a new military revolutionary move ment in Argentina.” The broadcast .aid that Gen. Arturo Rawson ‘‘has dismissed” Gen. Pedro Ramiree. head of the military regime established after the overthrow of President Ramor Castillo’s government last June 4 Rawson had aided Ramirez in thal coupe d’etat. Named Vice President Chile's radio quoted a Buenos Aires report via Montevido thal Gen. Edelmiro Farrel', Argentine minister of war, had been namec vice-president. Telephone communication be tween Santiago and Buenos Aires was reported normal, but when ef forts were made to get informatior about the political situation, "the censor interrupted, cutting the communications,” the broadcast said. Reuter agency dispatches receiv ed in London also cited unconfirm ed reports that an Argentine armj goup had overthrown the Rarnire; government following the serious rebuke his neutral administratior received from Secretary of State (oCntinued on Page Three; Col. 5; -V DR. HARRY MYERS TO SPEAK TODAY Will Appear At Morning And Evening Services At Presbyterian Church Dr. Harry W. Myers, for man; years a Christian teacher anc leader of international influence ir Japan, and recently a Japanese prisoner, will speak Sunday morn ing and evening at the First Pres bterian church, according to ai announcement by the Rev. Willian Crowe, Jr., pastor. Dr. Meyers brought Toyo Hiki Kafawa, one of the greatest Chris tian leaders of the modern world to his belief in Christ, Dr. Crowi stcited At 11:15 a. m. Sunday Dr. ^My ers will speak on the theme.^ “Ka gawa and the Cross,” in which hi (Continued on Page Five; Col. 6 Tokyo Radio Reports ‘Slight’ Earthquake NEW YORK, Sept. 11—(/PI— Tlie Tokyo radio in a broad cast heard tonight by NBC de scribed the earthquake in the city of Tottori in southwestern Japan last night as having caused “slight’' damage and “minor casualties." This latest account was in direct conflict with an earlier report by the Domei news agency which said that 1,400 persons were killed or serious ly injured at Tottori by Ja pan's most severe earthquake in 10 years. The Domei broad cast was heard in London and recorded by NBC from a Brit ish radio report. Tottori, the capital of Inaba province, is nearly 400 miles west of Tokyo. It had a popu lation in 1930 of 32,600. WALLACE SUBMITS POST-WAR SLOGA!* Vice President Suggests ‘Democracy First’ In Chicago Speech CHICAGO. Sep. 11.—Vic President Henry A. Wallace sub i rnitted to the nation tonight thi ■ slogan “Democracy First” in th< ■ peace to come. “The batle cry. ‘America First, means that sooner or later wi shall fin dourselves alone, encircl ed and fighting against a hostili combination.” he said. “But the slogan. “Democrc; First,’ intelligently followed U] and vigorously applied, can lead h peace. As a matter of fact, it i only by applying the principles o ‘democracy first’ that we can havi any chance of lasting peace." The Vice President's speech wa prepared for a Chicago Stadiun rally sposonred by the Chicago United Nations committee to wii the peace supporting the Ball-Bur ' ton-Hatch-Hill senate resolution fo : international post-war collabora lion to preserve the peace. He asserted that “freedom fron ■ want” — President Roosevel ■ enunciated four freedoms, c 1 speech, of religion, from fear am 1 from want—“must be the essenci of the new declaration of free 1 dom.” Wallace, however, expandei , “freedom from want” into seve ! freedoms and said the first ste toward getting them was for th • senate to pass the Ball-Barton - Hatch-Hill resolution. ; “I am for the resolution (for i i (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3 Baruch Says U. S. Must Produce More Efficiently Or Reduce Civilian Goods By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—— Bernard M. Baruch has prepared an analysis of the manpower sit uation, concluding that the nation has got to produce more efficient ly or else cut back war produc tion and trim still further the out put of non-essential civilian goods. As one step toward more effi cient use of manpower, he sug gests in a memorandum disclosed today, that farm draft defermaitj be reviewed regularly, to assure that farms are not becoming ha vens for draft dodgers. This brought a prompt reaction frorr Capitol Hill. Chairman Fulmer (D-SC) of the House Agriculture Committee heatedly declared that the federal governmnt “is sheltering twice as many draft dodgers as the farms.” If there are any draft dodgers or surplus workers on the farms, Fulmer told reporters, he was unable to /find them during a re cent survey in the south. “Crops are lying unharvested in the fields because there aren'1 enough men to gather them In,” he declared, “and from what 1 hear that situation prevails throughout the land.” Baruch did not spare the sov ernment in his memorandum which was prepared for War Mo bilization Director James F. Byrnes to whom the financier anc War Production hed in 1917-18 is an advisor. The government ought to set an example for private industry, he said, by “cleaning out unneces sary employes.” Inferentially, the report backs up the decision to draft fathers by saying that selective service should give more regard to occu pation and less to dependency in granting deferments from the draft. Among other of Baruch’s con clusions: 1. There are indications that an over-supply of some types of war materials is being built up. (Continued on Page Nine; Col. 7) ITALIAN FLEET SURRENDERS A T MAL TA W/TER BA TTLING GERMAN AIR FORCE; Americans seize port of salerno s_ ENEMY REPULSED Clark’s American, British Troops Widen Wedge In Naples Section AIR FORCE ACTIVE British Eighth Army Meets Little Resistance In Southern Italy ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 11.—(/P) — American Fifth Army forces, hurling back German armored units | to expand their holdings around Naples in the height-* ening battle of Italy, have captured the port of Salerno, Allied headquarters announc ed today as chaos gripped the peninsula and Italian troops were reported fighting the Nazis in the north. i Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark s American and British assault troops drove steadily inland to widen the Naples wedge, and headquarters declared that the bridgehead was firm ly established, with “steady progress” having been made ever since the start of the campaign. Crack German armored units unleashed several more fierce counter-attacks against Gen. Clark’s troops at Salerno, but these were beaten back by the allies, who pushed inland here with the assistance of smashing aerial fleets and of big guns of naval vessels lying offshore. | (A Berlin broadcast recorded in London said American troops had l made a new landing on the Sor rento peninsula, south of Naples, i which separates Salerno bay from the Bay of Naples. Admit Capture <Another German broadcast ad i mitted the capture of Salerno by I the Americans and said their land ing was made north of Paestum, ! which is 23 miles below Salerno. ! (Continued on Page Nine; Col. 5) -V BULGARIA OFFERED ALBANIABY NAZIS Germans Reported Disarm ’ ing Italian Troops In Former Kingdom E - ‘ BERN. Sept. 11—VP)—Germany has offered Albania to Bulgaria ’ in exchange for fuller collabora-. 1 tion and the services of the Bui-] 1 garian army in the Balkans and 1 Bulgarian troops are already cross ' ing the Albanian border, a Sofia dispatch to the Gazette de Lausan ne said today. ( German troops were reported ^ disarming' Italian garrisons in A1 { bania, which Italy seized in 1939. I despite violent resistance. , The dispatch said that Bulgar ) ian Premier Bogdan Philov’s an nouncement of the Nazi offer to [ the national assembly Thursday ! provoked a stormy session in 5 which the opposition accused Phil ; ov’s party of ignoring the wishes - of the people. Developments in war-torn Italy i continued to shake the Balkans, I (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Italy Agrees To Give Up Corsica, Allow Use Of Ships Against Nazis ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 11 —!/P)—Italy has agreed to sur render immediately French Corsica, transfer its naval and air units to Allied territory, hand over all United Nations’ prisoners, and allow its mer chantman to be used in the war against Germany under the terms of the armistice, dis closed here tonight. The armistice, signed by representatives of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Marshal Pietro Badoglio on Sept. 3 and announced Sept. 8, provides: 1. Immediate cessation of all hostile activity by Italian arm ed forces. 2. Italy will use its best en A V V • Pk • deavors to deny to the Ger mans facilities that might be used against the United Na tions. 3. All prisoners or internees of the United Nations to im mediately be turned over to the Allied commarider-in-chief and none of these may now or at any time be evacuated to Germany. 4. Immediate transfer of the Italian fleet and Italian air craft to such points as may be designated by the Allied commander-in-chief, with de tails of disarmament to be prescribed by him. i 5. Italian merchant shipping i may be requisitioned by the Allied commander-in-chief to meet the need of a military naval program. 6. Immediate surrender of Corsica and all Italian terri tory, both islands and the mainland, to the Allies, for such use as operational bases and other pui poses as the Al lies may see fit. 7. Immediate guarantee of I free use by the Allies of all air fields and naval ports in Italian territory, regardless of the rate of evacuation of Ital ian territory by the German armed forces. These ports and fields are to be protected by Italian armed forces until this (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) e T Allies urive Japs rrom Kiages Along Coast South OfSalamaua MO fGOMERY SAYS NAZIS ARE TOUGH British General Warns Against Underestimation Of Germans WITH THE BRITISH EIGHTH RMY IN ITALY. Sept. 11—UP>— ,-cn. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, \ jmmander of the British Eighth Army, in an interview today warn ed that the Germans must not be underestimated and said that it was agreat mistake for anyone to do so. Montgomery, whose Eighth Ar my marched approximately 100 miles in the first seven days of the invasion of Italy, cautioned against attaching decisive impor tance to the Italian armistice in considering the factors in the pres ent Allied campaign on this pen insula. “The Italians ceased to be a fighting factor by the end of July when we were still engaged in Sic ily,” he said. Montgomery said the Germans are conducting a skillful withdraw al from the southern exhremity of Italy, making continual use of de molitions and mines, and that the Eighth Army had been hiking on foot in pursuit. “The Germans facing the Eighth Army are experienced, well-train ed troops and have been conduct ing a fighting retreat. The Ger mans can’t be underestimated. It's a great mistake to do so,” he de clared. Montgomery paid hearty tribute to the Canadian and American forces for their roles in the Sicil ian victory. "I'm sorry th> Australians, who played a great part in knocking Italy out o fthe war when Africa was the battlefield, aren’t here tc see its final phases. But the Cana dians are with me now and they’re first class—excellent.” —V COAST LINE PLEA DENIED BY BOARD Petition To Discontinue Wilmington-Fayetteville Trains Refused RALEIGH, Sept. 11 —(/R1—The State Utilities Commission today denied the petition of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad to discontinue trains No. 56 and 57 between Wil mington and Fayetteville and or dered the line to operate an addi tional passenger train between Wilmington and Rocky Mount, re turning by way of Warsaw, Golds boro and Wilson. The ACL contended in its peti tion before the commission that removal of the Wilmington-Fay etteville run would allow it tc meet more pressing needs else where, particularly to Rocky Mount. The commission held, however, that Nos. 56 and 57 were meeting a pressing public need. The order directed the ACL tc inaugurate the new service be tween Wilmington and Rocky Mount on or before October 5, oi to show cause before October 1 why the additional train w«uld be impracticable. The Office oi Defense Transportation has au thorized the addition. 'enemy is trapped Capture Of Important Air dromes At Salamaua, Lae Appears Near ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sun day, Sept. 12— dP)—American and Australian jungle fighters, covered by a heavy artillery barrage, drove the Japanese from ridge positions along the coast below Salamaua, New Guinea, into panicky flight Saturday, bringing close the fate ful hour for an enemy army trap ped there and at Lae. The Salamaua Japanese, who broke so abruptly from defenses southeast of the Francisco river that they left behind artillery and hundreds of dead, can retreat north along a trial to Lae. But Lae’s peril appears even greater with Australians throwing back Japa nese counterattacks at a newly won river bridgehead only twc miles from an airdrome on its Allied force surging down the northeastern outskirts and another Markham valley from the north west. The breaking of the Japanese lines below Salamaua apparently augurs early capture of the large airdrome which is between the Francisco river and the town, built out on an isthmus in the Huon gulf. The Allies are bidding for twc other airdromes at Lae. Near the Malahang airdrome, Australians who crossed the rain swollen Bust river for the first time came un der the fire of medium Japanese artillery Saturday. The Australians have the support of 25-pounders wheeled into action with great dif ficulty over jungle and swamp Advanced guards of the Austra lians inflicted losses on the ene my which tried to dislodge the bridgehead yesterday. Appear Doomed A few soldiers of the encirclec Lae-Salamaua army, which some estimates have placed as high as 20,000, may be able to run the A1 lied sea and air gauntlet by sneak ing from Lae in barges. But the greater portion appears doomed The other force moving on Lae from the Markham valley is grow ing by the hour as more men anc equipment are flown in by big ail transports. Allied losses around Salamaua in yesterday’s line-smashing at (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) ITALIANS URGED TO RESIST NAZIS Radoglio And King Call On People To Abide By Ar mistice Terms NEW YORK, Sept. 11—UP)—Mar shal Pietro Badoglio and King Vittorio Emanuele tonight urged the Italian people to abide by the terms of the armistice and to de fend the nation against German attacks. The appeals were made in proc lamations read over an unidenti fied radio station and reported by the United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence service. The Badoglio proclamation re called his orders of Sept. 8 “that the armed forces of the govern ment should not carry out any hostile act against the Anglo American troops but that they should be ready to act against at tacks from any other direction,” and continued: “Now the Gorman armed forces immediately after the armistice have by violence occupid towns and ports and are carrying ou1 (Continued on Pace Two: Col. 3) NORTHERN FRANCE RAIDED BY ALLIES Shipyards And Airports Bombed; Nine Enemy Fighters Downed LONDON, Sept. 11—UP)—U. S Marauders and RAF medium bombers and fighter-bombers at tacked targets in northern Franc: today, a joint Eritish and Ameri can communique said tonight. The airfield at Beaumont-Le-Ro ger was bombed by a formatior of Marauders and Royal Nether lands squadron oi Mitchells. An other formation of U. S. Maraud ers bombed the shipbuilding yard: at Le Trail. RAF, Dominion and Allied Spit fires, which escorted and coverec the operations, had several com bats with enemy fighters, nine o1 which were destroyed. City Raises $2,358,250 In Third Bond Campaign Following the disclosure Satur day that Wilmingtonians have al ready invested $2,358,250 toward this county's quota of $6,053,000 in the Third War Loan campaign, officials announced that 118 volun • teer women will start the "door knocker’ drive here Monday. The sum already reached rep resents reports as of noon Satur day from all bond issuing agents and proceeds from the War Bond Benefit show, where a total of $501,437.50 was netted. Pointing out chat volunteers who will knock on every door in the city to ask for purchases of gov ernment securities are patriotic, and busy women, Mrs. Bereniece Stellings, co-chairman of women’s division of War Finance commit tee, asks for a "big response’ from Wilmingtonians during the next 18 days of the drive. All Must Buy ‘‘Every man, woman and chile in New Hanover is expected to in vest $50 in war bonds during the Third War Loan drive,” she said. Among women who will starl the house-to-house canvass Mon day will be: Mrs. E. C. Hicks, Leader, Zone 1, Mrs. Jere Freeman, Mrs. C. C. Jordan, Mrs. W. D. McCaig, Mrs, Wm. Schaeffer, Mrs. R. P. Pres son, and members of the Gir Scouts. Mrs. Henry Emory, Leader, Zone 2, Mrs. Harry Stein. (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) ( ONE SHIP SUNK Four Battleships, Sever Cruisers And Six De stroyers Escape Nazis MORE EXPECTED SOON Allies Race With Germans To Partition Assets Of Fallen Country ALLLIED HEADQUAR TERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 11. — f/P) — The back bone of the Italian fleet — four battleships, seven cruis ers and six destroyers — sail 1-1 All? 11- 1 i it ir 1i cu iulu x^uicu nanuo clL lviell let today after a spectacular l running battle with the Ger man air force which sent one ! battleship to the bottom. The battleship which went down under the German at tack was the 35,000-ton Ro ma, one of Italy’s newest ships, and those arriving safely at Malta were the bat tleships Italia, formerly the Littorio, the Vittorio Vene to, both 35,000 tons, the An drea Doria and the Caio Dui !io, both 24,000 tons. The cruisers included the Luiei di Savoia Duca Degli Arbuzzi, the Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Eugenio di Savoia, the Emanuele Filiberto Duca d’Aosta, the Raimondo Mon tecuccoli and the Luigi Cadorna, all 8,000 tons (the seventh cruiser was not immediately identified. Drop Roma’s Survivors (A dispatch from Palma de Mal lorca said that seven additional Italian warships stopped in ports of Spain's Baleric islands to drop wounded survivors of the Roma, most of whose 1,600 man crew was reported lost. The ships, reported j en route to surrender at Gibraltar, i were given 24 hours to leave. They may, however, request an exten sion to make repairs. The ships ... —, Additional Italian fleet units were expected to reach Malta shortly, marking a major bloodless victory for the Allies as land forces raced with Germany to partition the re maining assets of bankrupt Italy, which had fallen into chaos. i Allies Widen Holdings ! The Germans had seized all northern Italy and Rome after scattering weak Italian resistance, while the Allies, 110 miles below, expanded thir holdings around Na ples and captured the port of Sa lerno. In the far south the Eighth army stepped up its advance to reach Maida, 70 miles from Italy’s southern tip. King Vittorio Emanuele was re ported still reigning in Rome, de spite German radio reports that he had fled with his prime minis ter, Marshal Pietro Badoglio, to Sicily. Allied airforces were pounding the peninsula and Algiers radio reports told of I'alian-German fighting in turn and sabotage against the Germans throughout tne country. But the major event in the Medi terranean today was the dramatic dash of Italy’s fleet from the Ger man grasp in i€s greatest show of spunk during the entire war, in which it has been largely inactive. Escorted By British The battleships, cruisers and de stroyers steamed into port under friendly escort by British warships after a half-hour battle with Ger man bombers which attacked them off Corsica and split in tw«s th* Roma. (La Linea dispatches corrected previous reports by saying that no Italian ships were visible at Gib raltar from the Spanish town across the frontier. They had said Friday that six Itali in ships found haven there. (At least five and possibly six of Italy’s seven battleships have now been accounted for, and seven of its ten cruisers definitely locat ed. Twelve of its 25 destroyer* i were in Allied hands or interned by the Spaniards. Fifty to. 60 sub marines are still unaccounted for.) In addition to the Italian war ships, there were indications that the United Nations would gain some portion of Italy’s merchant fleet, although many were at north ern ports now in German hands. Come From Taranto The 17 ships which arrived in Malta late last night and early this morning came in two flotillas (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) ►
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