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\ Served By Leased Wire 01 The . 4 . 414- , nrurunro " associated press * I + 4 /fTll + CT W REMEMBER gs 1 umtngtnn nutttmtg mar VOL^riL0- 3— _ WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1943 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867 t 1 . 1— - — -----i—:——-—-: —~—" _ “ * War industry Draft Needed By U. S, Army War Department Officials Oppose Deferment Of Fathers WOULD UPSET PLANS Possible Disruption In Air craft Plants Cited As The Reason WASHINGTON, Sept, lo— l/P(_\Var Department offi cial. called on to explain the need for drafting fathers, told Congress today that the global war situation demands ,10t onlv this step but also legislation allowing compul sory assignment of men and women to war industi ies. Gravely, Lieut. Gen Joseph T. McNarney, deputy chief of staff, testified before a Sen ate-House committee that a ban oil induction of fathers would necessitate recasting tft the strategic planning done at the Roosevelt - Churchill conference. Shortage of Labor Felt To this, Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson added testi mony that deferment of fathers would cripple war production be cause it would necessitate draft ing childless men who are essen tial workers in key industries. Already. Patterson said, a short age of labor in aircraft factories "is cutting down the number of planes that might be produced for waging war against our enemies,” and added that he believed the only solution to be legislation for compulsory manpower controls. “The War Department believes.” he continued, ‘‘that the prompt yjL a la v> iui na uunai v ice would be of prime value in bringing the war to a successful and swift conclusion." McNarney and Patterson testi fied before the Senate Military committee on a bill by Senator Wheeler (D.-Mont.) to forbid draft ing of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers before January 1. Wheeier has served notice he will try to bring the measure up in the Senate with out waiting for the committee’s report and also will amend it to prohibit indefinitely the induction of fathers. Members of the House Military committee are sitting with the Senate group at the hearings. With the issue of drafting fa thc-s holding top place at the cap itol, there were these other Wash ing on developments: The investigating staff of the House Naval committee recom mittee recommended government aid after the war to help indus '•‘es convert to civilian production but. retention, meantime, of the I1'"’ allowing renegotiation of con tracts to prevent ‘‘excessive’* prof its. Chairman George (D. - Ga.) of fee Senate Finance committee and Houghton (D.-N. C.) of the Ways a d Means committee met with ■ asident Roosevelt, Treasury of Mials and others to discuss a new program. Leaders of major farm organi zations also were called to the ,'™e house for a conference with Roosevelt, Secretary of Agri culture Wickard and Food Admin ., r‘!tor Marvin Jones. Some oi e agricultural leaders said they received assurances there is ‘‘nol ?°jng to be any general consumer sabsrdy program” for farm prod ucts, it was announced after the Que 6C conference that it was con ceed primarily with planning “ttPaigns against the Japanese "before. McNarney’s assertion: ued the implication that i 'Co"tinued on Page Two; Col. 5] Bond Drive Indicator To Be Erected Today A thermometer by means of which New Hanoverians will be able to chart progress toward the county’s goal of $6,053,000 in the Third War Loan drive will be erected Thursday on the postoffice lawn, officials of the campaign announced Wednesday night. The large sign will measure 20 feet. A donation of _—-—jrJie Junior Chamber of Commerce, AER SHOW TICKET SALE PROGRESSING About Two-thirds Of Seats Already Reserved For Benefit Movie Two-thirds—of the tickets to the benefit show, "This Is The Aim>, proceeds from which will be ab sorbed by the Army Emergency Relief, have been sold, according to Allen C. Ewing, chairman of | sales. | Remaining tickets are now on • sale at the postoffice by Mrs. Brad ley Wooten; at Morris Plan Bank by Mrs. George T. Shining; at Peoples' Bank by Mrs. Robert Way; at Security Bank by Mrs. James W. KeUy; at the Wilming ton Savings and Trust Bank by Mrs. Hamilton Johnson. Also as sisting are Mrs. WaddeU Corbett and Mrs. Joe Clendenin. As a special feature in connec tion witth the Wilmington pre miere, the 144-1 Combat Unit from Carolina Beach, under coipmand of Lieut. Col. W. J. Sutton, will on Friday make an advance through the city in full military battle attire. The advance will be supported by tanks and other pieces of combat units. The start ing point will be Castle stieet, and the group will sweep through the entire city, from this point, between Sixth street and the Cape rear river, ine auvdm.c ^ gin at 3:30 p.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m. Meanwhile, part of the 108th Anti-Aircraft group from Camp Davis will continue to demonstrate equipment on the postoffice lawr. between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. through Friday. Brig. Gen. Bryan L. Milburn, commandant of the Anti-Aircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis, exhorted Wilmingtonians to sup port the benefit performance in a radio address over station WMFD at 7:30 Wednesday night. Gen. Milburn outlined the work of the AEM in affording financial assistance to soldiers and their families, explaining that the men of the Army receive help through this source, when other channels are closed. He emphasized that full receipts from the show would (Continued on Page Two: Col. 4) it will indicate daily gams in the current drive. In addition, a large banner bear ing the words "Headquarters. Third War Loan Drive" will be hung across the front of the Tide Water Power company building Thursday to mark for campaign workers and prospective bond pur chasers the center of campaign activity throughout the month. Wednesday was described as another active day for participants in the drive. Statistics on total efforts were not forthcoming, but officials reported that there were good subscriptions for the special Treasury notes, issued for the first time Wednesday. Mrs. Berniece Stellings, chairman of the Women’s division of the War Finance committee, revealed that uptown solicitations reported to the Tide Water bond booth op erated by the Ministering Circle, Wpdnpsdav amounted to $6,975. Col lections at the booth in Belk-Wil liams department store, operated by the Order of the Eastern Star, totalled 56,436.85. It was announced that Mrs. F. A. Tatum has been selected to su pervise sales in the area between Third and Fifth streets. Mrs. Herbert Coddington has been named co-captain with Mrs. Henry Emory for the zone between 13th and 17th streets. It is estimated that a compre hensive report of activity among canvassers in the house-to-house phase of the campaign will not be available before next week. All campaign officials, however, agree, that the door-knocker work being accomplished by members of the Citizens Service Corps and other volunteers is bringing much coin into the bond treasury. Miss Jennie D. Stout, health edu cator who has been appointed to succeed Miss Louisa Eskridge, and part of whose job will involve Citi zens Service corps work, has en tered the drive and is assisting in direction of the block plan ef forts. Soliciting committees have been formed in various large organiza tions and industrial plants, and will be manned by the following persons: The professional groups and tneir chairmen are: Retail Oil, J. E. Brantley, The Texas company; Au tomobile dealers, L. A. Raney, Ra ney Chevrolet Co.; Bakers, J. B. Fox, Royal bakery: Barbers, Char les P. Murray. Cape Fear Barber [shop; Beauty Shops, W. P. Trout man, Troutman’s; Printers, Z. K. Bell, Jackson and Bell; (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 1) ACL Car Loadings Beginning To Level Off, Says President NEW YORK, Sept. 15—</P)— C. Me. Davis, president of the Atlantic Coast Line, said to day passenger traffic on the road continues at record level but car loadings are showing evidence of leveling off. Davis said reasons for the freight situation were attribu table to the fact that campari sons are now being made with a, period last year when there were large gains, while con struction of new war plants in the South has fallen off, There by easing freight haulage. Total revenue carloadings for the first 10 days of Septem ber are not quite 5 1-2 per cent above the same period in 1942. ODT AGAIN CUTS DELIVERY TRAVEL Sharp Curtailment In Re tail And Wholesale Mo tor Routes Slated WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 —— Director Joseph B. Eastman of the Office of Defense Transpor tation today ordered a sharp cur tailment of all retail and whole sale motor truck deliveries in the country, effective at 12:01 a. m., Monday, October 14. The restrictions will extend to the rest of the nation the limita tions on the frequency of deliv eries which have been in effect since last spring in the northeast Pl’D Crtlino The order includes a ban on the retail delivery of any - package weighing less than 5 pounds or measuring 60 inches or less in length and girth combined. It also prohibits any retail deliveries, ex cept ice, milk or cream, on Sun day. "The necessity for this action has been carefully weighed in the light of the ODT’s prime respon sibility to protect and maintain the domestic transportation facil ities essential to the successful prosecution of the war and cur rent conditions in the field of mo tor transport,” Eastman said. “It is the belief of ODT that this action is the best means of safeguarding the public’s interest in the field of wholesale delivery.” Under the order, retail deliv eries of alcoholic beverages, to bacco, confectioneries, soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Powerful American Raid Strikes Paris Industries . —- _ _ LONDON, Sept. 15.—Wl—Power ful formations of United States bombers struck at Paris and oth er sections of France late today and the Paris radio later reported ■‘there are many victims.” The U. S. Eighth Air Force command said Flying Fortresses bombed Nazi aircraft factories in the vicinity of Paris while other Fortresses, Liberators and Marau ders attacked scattered air fields in France. The attack on Paris was the second within a week by the For tresses and the sixth this month. They raided a German aircraft plant near Paris last Thursday. Preliminary announcements in dicated the Fortresses and Liber ators might have made up one of the biggest heavy bomber forc es ever to strike at the continent. Up to today, Flying Fortresses (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 2) WEATHER l forecast NORTH CAROLINA: Continued warm today. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U .8. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m., yesterday. Temperature 1:30 a. m., 65; 7:30 a. m., 63; 1:30 p m 84; 7:30 p. m. 74. Maximum 86; Minimum 61; Mean 74; Normal 73. Humidity 1-30 a. m., 83; 7:30 a. m„ 77; 1:30 p. m., 38; 7:30 p. m.. 71. Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 d m.. 0.00 inches. Total since the first of the month, 0.93 Inches. Tides For Today High Low Wilmington - l:Sfa’ ll:51p. 6:35p. Masonboro Inlet- 9:12a. 3:00a. Moore-s Inlet - |:05p. New Topsail Inlet- 9:22a. 3:10a. (Elmore's) -- 9j=°P- 3'3op' (All times Eastern Standard) Sunrise, 5:56 a. m.: Sunset. 6:18 p. m.; Moonrise. 8:18 p.; Moonset. 8:29 a. Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville on Wednesday, at 8 a. m., 9.80 feet. NEW BALKAN PUSH APPEARS NEARINC Mystery Of British Ninth Army Location Creates Much Speculation LONDON, Sept. 15.—{JP)—The mystery of the whereabouts of the British Ninth Army, coupled with :he reported successes of Yugoslav patriot forces apparently fighting along a prepared plan, hinted to night that a strategic Balkan thrust was in the making. A Cairo announcement that Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, who has been commander of all II. S. forces in the Middle East, had been drifted to an important new as signment suggested he might now be with the Ninth Army. Official quarters here expressed ignorance of the movements of the Ninth Army, whose size and equip ment have been kept a military secret. Ankara and Stockholm re ports had the Army sailing from Syrian bases after two years training. The Germans repeatedly have suggested the Ninth was be ing saved for a Balkan invasion. The route from the Middle East to the Balkans would traverse the German-occupied islands of Rhodes md Crete and these islands, in Al lied hands, would provide needed and valuable bases for bombers and fighters in any air umbrella, vital to a landing in Greece. Reports from Yugoslavia, said partisan forces had occupied more than 100 miles of the Dalmation coastline on the Adriatic sea op posite Italy. They were said to have seized a large area in Slovenia which previously had been occu (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) ALLIES REPULSE BIG NAZI COUNTERBLOW A T SALERNO; REDS PLUNGING TO DNIEPER NEZH1N CAPTURED More Than 6,000 Germans Killed As 200 Towns Are Retaken 15 NOTABLE TRIUMPH Enemy Is Pursued Beyond Limits Of Vital Kiev Gateway LONDON. Thursday, Sept. 16 —(/P)— Soviet flying col umns pounded toward the vi tal Dnieper river from cap tured Nezhin, 73 miles east of Kiev and from captured villages only 50 miles east of the river in the south, Mos cow dispatches said today. Killing more than 6,000 Germans and capturing more than 200 towns in the Uk nTtTAAn 4-Vi n Pneoionc registered their most notable victory of the day. Yesterday at Nezhin, which they captur ed after two days of fighting. Railway Is Lost Reports to London said they were pursuing the enemy beyond the city, a vital strongpoint of Ger man defenses before Kiev. The Moscow communique, re corded by the Soviet monitor, said the capture of Nezhin deprived the Germans of the last main rail way line on the left flank of the Dnieper and Premier Joseph Sta lin! who announced the capture in an order of the day, called it “the most important center of the Germans’ defense on the road to Kiev.” Three thousand Germans fell in the fierce fighting there and large quantities of war material and prisoners captured, the commu nique said. It marked an advance of 200 miles in 40 days. But Soviet forces were even nearer the Dnieper in the south where the river bends far east. Here they captured Gulai Pole and Pokrovskoye, both 50 miles from Zaporozhe, a river and rail road town upon which hinges the entire German defense of the Cri mea. ■'German attempts to stem the violent offensive of the Soviet troops by counter-attack ended with the rout of many enemy in (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) uluethenthal Airbase Gets New Commander r°m Bluethenthal Field PubUc p. Relations Office f01. henthai Field, Wilmington's : ^ ' Municipal airport, which H,1',1 the past J’ear been developed ‘ J fjne of the most modern and ^M'utant airports in the South, n month came under the com of Colonel John N. Jones, 411 Corps. ai r]1 ihis. pel’’od 'n its development thn , these critical times, u, air hase has drawn as a com Vj{^r a Man with a broad and If /r tactical background and sol ftlinistrative experience, ti ll! tolonel is familiar with vir c ! every branch of the Air tlisT Snt' practlcaHy every part of l9'>fiC°Untry- ^or f°ur years between and 1930, he s«jed in Pana ° )as * pilot and W^arver. He . has spent four ears as a flying in structor at Randolph Field, Texas; four years at Mitchell Field, New York, in bombardment and recon naissance; and two years in a pui suit griup at Selfridge Field, Mich igan. Administration, too, is an old game to Colonel Jcnes. Bor 16 months he served as assistant staff supply off'cer for the entire First Air Force, and prior to coming to Bluethenthal, he exercised two im portant commands in New Eng land. From September 1942 to July 1943, he was in command of Otis Field, Falmouth, Massachusetts, and he came directly to Wilming ton from the command of Grenier Field, New Hampshire. (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 2) ! New Nurses’ Ready For Occupancy WT : ——— The four story addition to the nurses’ home at James Walker Memorial hospital is now complete and has been turned over the the board of managers by the Federal Works Agency. The structure will provide living quarters for 70 nurses, C. F. Churchill, FWA engineer, declared. Equipment for the in terior has not bean received but temporary provisions for occupancy have been made. k Americans Lose Ground—British Advance j ^fe*^r|2^^^Ancona SibcHikte:^1^- i \\L e g h o rnT ^ V. '% - •}' *=^r ym YUGOSLAVIA^ R ^ Adriatic \\ lSeo American forces, locked in desperate battle with the Germans at Salerno (circled), have been forced to yield some ground. Allied headquarters said in announcing at the same time that the British Eighth Army, advancing in southern Italy, had captured Cosenza and Bari (arrows). Another Eighth Army column was at Gioia, be tween Taranto and Bari. V1UCH AIR SUPPORT Small Bits Of 27 Mils Beach-head Yielded By Clark’s Army MONTGOMERY DRIVING Eighth Army Captures Mediterranean Village Of Belvedere ALLIED HEADQUAR rERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 15—(/P)—Supported by she strongest air attacks ever launched in front of an Al lied army and by naval bom oardment, American and Brit ish troops beat off the most violent German counterat tacks yet mounted in Italy after again yielding small bits ox tneir 2/-mne urictgeneaa in the week-old, see-saw battle of Salerno. On forced march from the south, Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery’s Eighth Army dashed' 25 miles up the Cala brian coast to capture th* Mediterranean village of Bel vedere, narrowing the gap be tween his force Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army to 67 miles and raising the pros pect of early relief by land as well as by sea. The crucial battle of Saler 10 roared and flamed through out yesterday and last night along the whole slender front from the port of Salerno around its crescent-shaped bay to Agropoli, with both sides throwing fresh troops and armor into action. Allies Occupy Capri Offshore just west of Salerno, the Allies occupied Capi, the lit tle island to which the Empeor Tiberius retired in 27 A.D. to build villas to the Roman gods. “Bitter fighting continues in the Fifth Army sector,’’ the Allied communique said. “Determined counterattacks have been carried out by both sides. In some places our troops have been forced to yield ground, but new positions are being consolidated and rein forcements continue to arrive rap idly. “Troops with their supplies and equipment continue to be disem barked on the beaches of theSa lerno area bv the Roval and U S. Fifth Army rront Line Holds Firm Under Fire By REYNOLDS PACKARD Representing: The Combined American Press Distributed By The Associated Press WITH THE U. S. FIFTH ARMY IN THE SALERNO AREA, Sept. 15—The front line of Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army held firm today after the enemy unleashed at tacks yesterday — one just east of Salerno toward the center of the British-American bridgehead. In all the attacks the enemy used a number of tanks to support the infantry. Today, however, Allied air and sea forces and infantry joined together to give the Germans the worst blasting they —-★ have yet received since the land ALLIES PIERCE LAE OUTER RIM Main Core Of Resistance Broken West Of Vital Japanese Airbase ALLI0D HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Thursday Sept. 16.—OT—Allied forces have crashed through the main core of resistance west of the Japanese air base at Lae. New Guinea, and the other arm of a steadily ad vancing pincers nas moved from the east to within two miles oi the town’s center. Following quickly the overrun ning of other prepared positions on both sides of Lae, the new suc cesses were announced today by Gen Douglas MacArthur. Heath’s Plantation, eight miles west of Lae, where a bitter bat tle with the Japanese had been expected, fell to forces moving down the Markham valley. This force, brought in by big air trans ports September 5, also overran Vernon’s Plantation, another cen ter of resistance, and pu s h e d ahead. The force east of Lae standing nearest the town is comprised (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) ings last rnursaay. From an advanced observation post overlooking the triangle form ed by the Sele and Calore rivers, I saw the intensity of today’s Fifth Army comeback. I also heard, at the same time that many reinforcements were pouring into the Allied bridgeheads with plenty of heavy equipment as the fighting was taking on a fast er tempo. Allied naval units let loose a terrific artillery fire in the enemy territory in the Sele-Calore tri angle, their shells sizzling over our observation post. At the same time planes blasted the same area. From that area the enemy tried advances yesterday towards Saler no. The Allies also smashed the town of Eboli. I could see great columns of smoke rising from both places, especially where freight yards, stores and ammunition dumps were targets. I also could see German tanks maneuvering for battle positions in the Sele-Calore triangle during which a number were knocked out] with some shooting flames. The Germans’ surprise attack, 'which apparently was diversionary in character, was quickly repulsed by British Tommies. The second enemy advance yesterday already was pinned to the wall, while a third German thrust, near the cen ter of the British-American bridge head, petered out at dawn. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) navies working under Vice Ad miral Henry K. Hewitt, USN. The bombardment of enemy positions by strong forces of cruisers and destroyers continues. "During the night of September 13-14 and throughout yesterday, heavy, medium and light bomb ers, fighter-bombers and fighters of the Northwest African Air Forc es in their most intensive and con centrated operations to date at tacked roads and railroads, ene my positions, transport and troop concentrations at numerous points around the Salerno area.” The whole battle scene was veil ed in smoke and dust. Generally the Allies were in the low flats and the Germans were ensconced in better positions in the wooded hills rising sharply from the coast al low lands. The Germans brought up at least a fourth division, the 29th motorized, through heavy day and (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) Secretary null s Speech Lacked Definition Of Foreign Policies By WALTER LIPPMANN Mr. Hull has promised to make some more speeches, and there fore, he may at some later date discuss the subject which was an nounced for his broadcast. But on Sunday evening he did not dis cuss “our foreign policy in the framework of our national inter ests.” No one can find in his ad dress even the name, much less the definition, of any American na tional interest. He will find in stead a list of six, supplemented by a list of three, general princi ples so general in character that they could mean everything, any thing or nothing. Nor can any one find more than the faintest traces of the foreign policy which the United States is in fact forming and following. The conventional thing to say is [ ■ that such high sounding, impre- j cise generalizations are moral leadership to a stricken world. But the fact is that American states- ] men have been producing princi ples, objectives, aims and the like for more than a generation, and , the net outcome has been a strick- , en world, and for the United States the grim fact that twice the nation has found itself unprepared for war or for peace. So I submit that this output of general principles gives not guid ance but confusion. Examine the list of Mr. Hull’s general principles and then ask yourself if he means to enforce them everywhere by our military power, or means that they «ire the terms on which we will coAperate with our allies, or means that thej ire obligations which we have as iumed, or that they are like the :ermon which President Coolidge leard in which the preacher was igainst sin. General principles are not a for ;ign policy. They are in fact a langerous substitute for a foreign policy. A wise statesman will be pery sparing indeed of his use of general principles that can mean ill things to all men. For he will -ealize that loose words in a De partment of State are like loose phecks scattered abroad, which will come back to him to be re ieemed. So he will eschew gen pralities. They are the fool’s gold pf diplomacy. He will instead seek [Continued on Page Two: Col. 5)
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