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- fe“ the Sunday;,, -news ~Sr _-r ~_ gflTMg g>@®T eaw©IFg’ia®®l5E8S AMID IPLEAgMBBflg_ .•(iT 15.—NO. 50. _ ---—-— - ■" —_________ W 4—m~w> _WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1943_FINAL EDITION_PRICE FIVE CENTS I KUMlAflS DRIVE last mi FROM CAUCASUS AFTER GREATB.ATT'41 KILL 20,000 MEN Premier Stalin Hints Th&t His Troops May Soon Invade Crimea WIDEN BRIDGEHEADS Sweep With 62 Miles Of Latvian Border In Fight ing Near Nevel By JAMES M. LONG LONDON, Sunday, Oct. 10 Charging Soviet di sjoin have wiped the Ger mans from the Caucasus, killing 20.000 troops and cap turing 3,000 prisoners, Mos cow announced today, while in the north the Red army dashed to within 62 miles of the Latvian border. The beaches of the former Ttai Kuban bridgehead were covered with sprawling Ger mai dead and great stocks of isandoned material, the Rmns said, and Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin hinted triumphantly that the Cri mea. Russia’s “Florida,” a few miles across the Kerch Strait, soon would be invad ed, Tie Russians killed thousands more Germans and captured or destroyed more German guns and supplies m the great battle to extend their three bridgeheads across the Dnieper river where Soviet spearheads were declared to have gained additional ground north and south of Kiev and near Kremenchug. Nearing Kiev Moscow reports said one bridge head north of Kiev was less than 10 miles from the Ukrainian capi tal and at least 1.2 miles deep. In the White Russian battle, the fourth major war theater in Rus sia, t'ne town of Liozno, 25 miles southeast of Vitebsk, fell to three Soviet columns which forced the i Moshnia river to take the railway | town. F The Moscow communique, re corded by the Soviet monitor, an nounced the capture of 24 towns and hamlets in the drive toward Latvia from Nevel as German counterattacks were beaten with heavy losses. But a Moscow report broadcast c? ihe London radio said the Red Army was now 12.5 miles west of Xcvel, and only 62 miles from the Latvian border and 38 miles from Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) WEATHER VftpTii FORECAST: CAROLINA: Mild temperature and Sunday evening except ‘iLf cooler north portion Sunday afternoon and evening. p Eastern Standard Time) S. Weather Bureau) e2°rAgical data for th« 24 hours 7:30 p. rr,„ yesterday. ... Temperature „ l- 64: 7:30 a. m., 60; 1:30 Mbiim. ‘8’ 30 p- m-> 69. Maximum 79; ‘Minimum 79; Mean 74; Normal 67. Humidity Pm S;.1?- 7:30 a- *8; 1:30 ” 53; 7:30 p. m., 84.. Tnftsi r Precipitation p ! .». the 24 hours ending 7:30 ► m., 0.00 inches. COO inch^6 the first o£ th* month' niv— Tid's For Today V V r _ Tide Tables published by ■ boast and Geodetic Survey) ttilrainetm, HiRh I*w ra,nston .. 6:52A 1:33A , 7:18P 1:56P •onboro Inlet _ 4:36A 10:52A ISWri„ . 5:11P 11 :26P lC;-’ 5T3 a. m.; Sunset. 5:43 p. A.; Cap. v„4:1l,.p-' Moonset, 2:46 a. cn o». o r T.iver stage at Fayetteville ' M a4 8 a. m., 9.25 feet. Page Five; Col. 2) * Hopkins’ Son Gives Candy To Italians Handing out candy and chewing gum to barefooted Italian chil dren in Agripoli, is Tech. Sgt. Robert Hopkins, son of Harry Hop kins, presidential advisor. He is a member of American units driving the Germans northward from the Salerno sector. (AP Wirephoto from OWI) JNazi u - boats Lose Duel With Convoy In Atlantic RESULTS GIVEN More Subs Sunk Or Dam aged Than Ships De stroyed During Battle WASHINGTON, Oct. 9—(JP)—In point of vessels sunk and dam aged, the Nazis lost the duel last month between a westbound Al lied convoy in the North Atlantic and a big pack of U-boats, the British and American governments reported tonight. Three escort vessels and a “small number of merchant ships were sunk,” the joint statement said, but a “larger number of U-boats were sunk or damaged” in the four and a half day bat tle by surface and air escorts of the convoy. Joint Report The information was contained in the second joint report by Pres ident Roosevelt and Prime Minis ter Churchill on the results of the anti-submarine campaign. It said that until the third week in September, when the big U boat pack attacked, no Allied ship was lost during the month to U boat attack. The “average mer chant-ship losses from all causes in September and August together are the best record of the war,” the statement said, but immedi ately added the warning that: “This resumption of pack tac tics is evidence of the enemy’s intention to spare no efforts to turn the tide of the U-boat war, and the utmost exertion and vigi lance will be required before its menace is finally removed.” In their previous report, issued in August, the two government chiefs disclosed that 90 subma rines were sunk during May, June (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) Nazis Plan To Quit Baltic States Soon STOCKHOLM, Oct. 9.—(A>)— Reports reaching Sweden to night said the Germans intend to evacuate the Baltic states by Oct. 31 as the invasion-jit tery Nazis acknowledged that American and British air arma das control the skies over much of Germany and Europe and that naval supremacy in the Mediterranean permits the Al lies to strike anywhere in the Balkans. German heavy guns and troops already are being with drawn east of Leningrad, and some evacuation of troops from the Peterhof district began last week, Finnish information said. The Germans are reported to have been working frantically to fortify a line running south from Narva on the Russian Estonian border, but Estonian refugees said the type of fortifi cations being built indicated they intended to use them only for delaying action. EPISCOPALCHURCH APPROVES BUDGET No Final Action Taken On Proposal To Liberalize Remarriage Canons CLEVELAND, Oct. 9.—MV-In their last full legislative session, delegates to the Protestant Epis copal church’s 54th triennial con vention adopted today a three-yeai budget of $8,027,572 and selected San Francisco for the 1946 meet ing. A proposal to liberalize the church’s canon governing remar riage of divorced persons, twice rejected by clerical and lay depu ties, was debated at length in the house of bishops, but no final ac tion was taken. The triennial budget, approved previously by the house of bish ops and confirmed today by dep uties, provides $2,615,382 f°r l9 i $2,677,132 for 1943, and $2,735,058 for 1946. The funds are allocated to Episcopal missionary, educa tional and social service activi ties. , One budgetary item approved was allocation of $50,000 for “handling new situations m t ii . 6 uaif of which is missionary field, nan oi to be spent in Chma. Debate by the bishops on the marriage issue foUowed presen tation of a joint commission s ^, port, with a proposed revised can non, the report was rejected oy (Continued on Page Two, Pol. 6) Gen. De Gaulle Turning Followers Toward Russia Ar Ks’ 0ct- 9 -W>- Gen. ,aa‘*es de Gaulle has taken the and nJnv? ul1 turning his followers goveram aWy the P°st-war French sia, whh6 deJ.lnitely toward Bus I ins hv • , e Russians reciprocat prlsent p!ens? cultivation of the Furth ench leadership. iSJl® the political front, aider Bo ° today tflat Alex eateVthlT - Russian dele nationai iihfi'r.encb committee of Wilson, Abbepratl0n. and Edwin C. new Allied*rJniv" member of the 'erranean pohhco-rmlitary Medi ***** in AS810"' b°th had G*»’‘ . speech in Corsica that the Medi terranean is a pathway for ‘‘a na tural alliance with dear, powerful Russia” preceded disclosure that Bogomolov would bring a large diplomatic mission. Andrei J. Vishinsky, Russian member of the Mediterranean commission, is expected here soon, and is said to be bringing a staff of 20 to 30 persons. The combined staffs of Vishin sky and Bogomolov would number, by these accounts, more than 50 political, military and economic experts. Such a large number would reflect the importance Rus (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) U.S. Bombers Sjast Gdynia, Danzig Yards Planes Also Smash Plane Factory In Pomerania During Long Raid SET DISTANCE MARK Mighty Force Downs 91 Craft In Deepest Pene tration Into Germany BY ROBERT N. STURDEVANT LONDON, Sunday, Oct. 10—(,T) —A mighty force of American Flying Fortresses and Liberators, in perhaps their biggest raid of the war, made what was officially described early today as their deepest penetration into Germany yesterday to blast remote Nazi industrial targets in Pomerania, East Prussia and Poland, and shoot down 91 enemy fighters. Declaring that “good bombing results were reported,” the U. S. Army communique announced the record operation was carried out with a loss of 29 U. S. bombers. “Preliminary reports showed 91 enemy fighters were destroyed,” the communique said. The unescorted bombers fought many aerial combats with the en emy. Thunderbolts, which provid ed withdrawal support, were un opposed. Targets Targets of the American bomb ers were the fugitive German fleet's base at the former Polish port of Gdynia, the submarine yai'ds at the former free city of Danzig, a large r ocke-Wulf fac tory in the East Prussia city of Marienburg, 30 miles southeast of Danzig. The Deutschlandsender, main radio station in the Berlin area, fell silent last night along with transmitters in Breslau, Germa ny; Kalundborg, Denmark; and Bratislava, Slovakia, indicating that the RAF night shift was keeping up the rolling attack now going into its 12th day. In their spectacular penetration American bombers yesterday dropped their loads approximate ly 450 miles from the active front line in Russia, offering direct sup port to the Soviet army on the eastern front, and completing the Allied aerial vise closing on Ger many. Caught By Surprise The attack on the plant at Ma rienburg, which has been assem bling 50 per cent of Germany’s fighter planes, caught the Ger (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) -V FEDERAL SPENDING ASSAILED BY GOP Martain Says Party Plans To Insist On More Gov ernment Economy WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — W — House Republicans used the ad ministration’s battered $10,500,000, 300 tax program today as a spring board for a renewed attack on gov ernment spending. “We are not going to let them strangle the public with new taxes without any effort to cut down ex penses within the government,” de clared House Minority Leader Martin (Mass). It was the stocky Republican chieftain’s first public expression on the treasury’s tax proposals which received an attentive but hostile reception from both major parties on the Ways and Means committee this week. “We’re going to insist on more government economy,” Martin said. “That seems to be a thing they’re trying to overlook entire ly.” Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) of the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Rails Win Court Ruling In Seatrain Lines Case NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 9—(#)— Fifteen railroads, fighting what they termed “confiscatory” pay ment for use of their freight cars on the ocean-going car-carriers of Seatrain lines, won today a fed eral court ruling that the Inter state Commerce Commission lack ed authority over any operations beyond territorial waters of the United States. The Interstate Commerce Com mission had ordered the railoards to interchange cars with Seatrain for its service between Hobo ken, N. J., ana Belle Chasse, La., via Havana. It also had ordered the shipping line to pay the rail ways $1 a day demurage for each car in its custody. Three judges who heard the railroads’ plea for an injunction handed down today a decision that the Interstate Commerce Commis sion act neither compelled the railroads to make such an inter change nor give the I. C. C. power to enforce one. Appeared {o their opinion was a footnote saying: “We can see no practical way in which Seatrain can operate its ships between Hoboken and Belle Chasse without going outside the (Continued on Page Four; Col. 4) U. S. FIFTH ARMY PA TROLS CROSS VOL TURNO AND HIT REINFORCED GERMAN ARMY ... — ■ ■ ——— — _Lp NAZIS RETREATING Falling Back To Garigliano River, About 85 Miles From Rome CASERTA CAPTURED British Eighth Army Also Advances Despite Heavy Rains, Floods BY EDWARD KENNEDY ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS, ALGIERS, Oct. 9— (tP)—American Fifth army patrols have smashed across the Volturno river, where the Nazis have chosen to fight the first round in the battle for Rome, and clashed in hit-and-run engagements with German troops reinforc ed by an entire new division, headquarters announced to day. (The Cairo l'adio said in a broadcast recorded in London late Saturday that Allied forces had crossed the Vol turno “on a broad front.*’ The Germans were retreat ing to positions along the Garigliano river, some 15 to 20 miles north of the Vol turno and 80 to 85 miles from Rome, the broadcast added.) Caserta, strategic rail and high way center 16 miles north of Na ples, fell to the Fifth Army as the last enemy resistance on the south side of the Volturno and Calore rivers was wiped out and front dispatches said the Alius now were in control of the Vol turno’s south bank along a front at least 30 miles in length. Encounter Fire The Fifth Army patrols crossed the rain-swollen stream under the cover of darkness, took a num. er of smacks at the enemy and en countered considerable return fire, some of it from artillery. Their task is to probe German positions along the north bank of the river and feel out the enemy’s fighting mettle there. Reiman Morin. Associated Press correspondent with the Fifth Ar my, said in a dispatch from the front that Allied troops had reach ed the Volturno "along its whole length from the mountains to the sea”—a distance of approximately 30 airline miles. A communique from Allied head quarters said the American Fifth Army in the west and the British Eighth Army in the east both ad vanced two to three miles in spite of heavy rains which caused flood* in some areas. Planes Active Although the bad weather con tinued, bomber and fighter squad rons of the Northwest African Air Forces kept up their hammering of enemy supply lines on both rides of the Italian mainland and teamed with Middle East air units to smash at Nazi air fields in Greece, Crete and the Dodecanese. Morin’s front line dispatch, dat ;d today, said the Volturno cross ing by American and British pa ;rols was made west of Benevento in an area where American troops, Jieir advance slowed but not halt ed by the rains, were making • teady progress and were threats ;ning the German left flank. ‘Heavy artillery bombardment 1* ;ontinuing and the Germans are iubjected to relentless pressure ” le said. While Lt. Gen. Mark Clark's orrces were in complete control >f the south bank of the Volturno, Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) Australians Merge Gains As They; Continue Drive Toward Madang BY C. YATES McDANIEL ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sunday, Oct. 10—</P)— Allied airmen had the better of an exchange of moderately heavy blows in the southwest Pacific during the past 48 hours while aground Australian troops fan ned out in the Ramu valley of New Guinea to consolidate new ly gained positions on a march toward Madang. Adm. William F. Halsey’s south Pacific command report ed no additional Japanese at tempts to withdraw from the central Solomons since an ene my navy task force was de feated by American warships the night of Oct. 6 off Vella La vella while bound for evacua tion of troops from that island. Neither was there any re port of expected American landings on Kolombangara but south Pacific reports indicat ed some survivors of the re peatedly bombed enemy troops there had escaped by small craft during the past fortnight. (A Japanese imperial head quarters said the evacuation of both Kolombangara and Vella Lavella has been completed.) Belated reports from the south Pacific described a heavy raid a few hours prior to the navy battle by American Lib erators and Lightnings on the Japanese airdrome of Khalili on Bougainsville. The Libera tors went in low to bomb gun positions and grounded aircraft at night. The enemy sent up no fighters but ground batteries downed three of the raiders. Ranging over the Equator north of New Ireland, a Lib erator Friday Morning spotted a convoj of three transports, escorted by destroyers, mov ing north. The big bomber at tacked through an intense bar rage thrown up by the enemy vessels and scored damaging hits on a 10,000 ton transport. The badly battered enemy airforce returned to the attack in both New Guinea and the Solomons. Friday, 11 Japanese medium bombers with 18 Zeros, raided Allied positions around Fin schliafen, the New Guinea air base on the Huon peninsula captured recently by Austra lians. The new raiders failed to cause any damage. Over Vella Lavella in the Sol omons Friday, patrolling Cor sairs of the United States navy broke up a formation of 15 Zeros, downing one enemy fighter in a brief battle. On New Guinea, where Aus tralians have reached a point 45 miles southwest of their ob jective of Madang, today’s communique said “our forces continued the advance and ndw are entering the foothills of the Uria river valley.’’ LOUISIANA CHIEF : DETHRONES PEREZ ! Governor Jones Sets Up Military Rule In Pla quemines Parish POINT-A-LA-HACHE, La„ Oct, 9—(.Pi—Governor Sam Jones, in voking martial law, dethroned his bitter political enemy. District At torney Leander H. Perez, at the Plaquemines parish courthouse here today and set up a temporary military rule under the command er of the state guard, Brig. Gen. Thomas Porter. Jones issued a proclamation of martial law effective at 12:01 a. m. and with the use of about 600 state troopers removed Dr. Ben R. Slater from the sheriff's office and placed there his own appointee, Walter J. Blaize. The move was carried out with such strength and precision that armed resistance to Blaize which had existed in the parish for four months was swept aside and the guard wa? not forced to fire a shot. The governor's proclamation de clared that martial law was in voked “to suppress insurrection and rebellion against law and or der’’ in Plaquemines parish and to install Blaize in office and keep him from being interfered with “while lawfully approximately five hours to negotiate the 40 miles from New Orleans to this little river town by winding levee road. It was held up twice by obstacles, first near the home of Perez at Braithwaite where a barricade of three trucks had to moved from the road and then one mile outside of Point-A-La-Hache where a pile of oyster shells was fired with oil on the road. The troops were carried in 31 trucks, fully equipped for action and with machine guns mounted. Then only shots fired were some stray bullets in the accidental dis charge of a machine gunt at the trluck barricade. A clash with parish special dep uties was narrowly averted at the Brainthwaite barricade where 75 deputies were massed but the dep uties retreated and scattered with out giving fight. When the convoy reached the (Continued on Page Four; Col. 6) Senators Report May Change Nation’s Dealing With Allies PRESSURE EXPECTED Military Strategy May Feel Effect Of Critical Sum mary Of War BY JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Oct. 9— (iP> — The off-the record report of the war the senate received this week from five of its members has started the ball rolling on what may be far reaching changes in this nation’s dealings \yith its al lies and the peoples of reconquer ed lands. Even military strategy, which re mains a matter for the high com mand, may feel the weight of legis lative pressure as a result of the net critical summary of the war’s conduct given their colleagues by Senators Russel (D-Ga.), Chandler (D-Ky.), Mead (D-NY), Lodge (R Mass.) and Brewster (R-Me.). Possible Results The effect of their serialized ver sion of a 40,000 mile trip to the world’s battlefields, delivered in two closed-door sessions, seems likely to be translated into these early results: 1. Strengthened opposition to any declaration of foreign policy that makes specific commitments in ad vance of a statement of post war intentions by Britain and Russia. 2. Revision of lend lease opera tions to prevent other countries (notably Britain) from obtaining credit for furnishing supplies which (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) -V BAN ON CONSUMER SUBSIDIES LOOMS New Challenge To Admin istration Anti-Inflation Methods Seen . i WASHINGTON, Oct. 9— <-?> — i A poll of the House Banking com- 1 mittee disclosed powerful backing today for a congressional ban on < consumer subsidies in a new chal- i lenge of the administration method i for combating inflation. i The outcome, however, may de- j pend on a group of lawmakers who ( describe themselves as “still on the fence” and hopeful of drafting / legislation in a way which will pre- ' vent repetition of this year’s earl ier battle between the farm bloc > and President Roosevelt. The survey of the 25 member | committee—14 Democrats and 11 Republicans—currently engaged in studying legislation to extend the 1 life of the Commodity Credit Cor- p poration, the agency used for part r of the subsidy-rollback program— t produced these results: '%■ ^ Ten members firmly for a pro hibition against consumer subsid ies with two more leaning in that c direction. Four members stoutly in favor of the program. Five “on the fence.” Four members could not e be reached. * The Republicans stand almost solidly against subsidies, with one d of the group, Rep. Talle (R-Iowa), d (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) ft f V LEGION AUXILIARY TO RECRUIT WACS Plans Made For Organiza tion To Conduct Cam paign In County Wilmington and New Hanover county have joined with other cities and counties in. the United States to spur Women’s Army corps enlistments, Civilian De fense officials said Saturday, an nouncing that the American Le gion auxiliary has been designat ed to conduct the local recruiting campaign under the chairman ship of Mrs. J. Carl Seymour, auxiliary president. The campaign is scheduled to begin immediately and to con tinue until December 7. The appointment of Mrs. Sey mour as chairman, and the en listment of Legion auxiliary Eorces behind the drive, was made last week. Mrs. Seymour is scheduled to appoint a steering committee and to release other plans for the county's part in the program within the next few days. Lieut. E. Scott Dyer, local re cruiting officer said “we are for tunate in having Mrs. Seymour as the chairman of the campaign and the cooperation of the Legion auxiliary members. We feel con fident that New Hanover will con ;ribute its part towards the cus :ess of the campaign.” All North Carolina girls who oin the corps during the current state-wide campaign will wear iniforms with special North Car ilina insignia, in addition to other narkings, showing that they vol mteered in response to the emer ;ency call. Lieutenant Dyer said the cam laign is an effort to increase the VAC reserve so that Army men n the behind-the-line jobs may be eleased for active duty. “There is an acute need for oldiers on the fighting front to eplace ranks left vacant by cas lalties. In order that enough men nay be made available, the desk ' obs must be taken by WAC offi ers and enlisted women.” Government Makes Plans TO End Butter Shortages WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.— (/P) — lilitary and other government yrchasing agencies have ar snged to get out and stay out of te butter market until next March ) permit the entire production to tove into civilian consumption lanneis. This action, said War Food Ad linistration officials who disclos I it today, should help relieve lortages which have developed in ime areas, particularly those far stant from major producing 'eas, by making from ten to 30 sr cent more butter available r civilians than the average con sumed by them during the past seven months. They make no prediction, how ever, as to possible changes in the ration point value for butter, which now is 16 points a pound compared with 8 points last sum mer. The notice of the government decision to remain out of the mar ket until production begins to in* , crease next spring has been sent to Congressmen who have inquir ed about recent butter shortages and the sharp advance in the ra tion value. (Continued on Page Two; Col. It
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