v Served b> Leased Wire of the flHHTB ■VH| H H associated PRESS TUC ■nlFy\lH With Complete Coverage of I ■ ■ I .1^1 IV State and National News . ® ® ® ——— -— — ~ » — w- «- ■ — —-. —•— ■—*- - ™ ^ — ■■■_gnrwe eairv®^t?>is;®©EiE8§ amb> ignBAsaMito --- WILMINGTON. N. C.. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1943 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS _ * I ' . " ' " —" ---- " ' ‘ -— - *- " -— --— RAr bombers Ratter Berlin And Stuttgart Hurl Down 1,000 Tons 01 Bombs On Nazi Capi tal In 20 Minutes __* |2 PLANES LOST Air Ministry Pays Tribute To Crushing American Blow On Bremen LONDON, Nov. 27— — RAF h(,aw bombers spread fresh ruin with steel and fire through stack ' Berlin last night, in 20 minutes hurling down "much more than 1, Er, Jong tons” of bombs in the third , ohtv assault this week in • the campaign to obliterate that heart of Nazidom. O'her bombers hammered Stut t-a>l 300 miles southwest, simul taneously. Thirty-two big planes were lost, hr the Air ministry Today paid unusual tribute to the crushing American blow at Bremen Fri {r, and said the American drain German air strength had con tjibuted greatly to the success of ifti- RAF's long hop in clear weath er to Berlin. < Guided By Fires Guided by fires still blazing in .]■[. German capital, the RAF ciiuged great new wounds and set rufiagrations visible for 200 miles, their whistling bombs spiraling to K 000 long tons the total weight of e plosive heapea on Berlin in 1943. and boosting the total for little mure than a week to some 6,000. It was the fifth straight night of raids—counting two lighter Mos quito stabs-on sleepless, doom ed Berlin, and wholesale evacua tion of the city seemed ever more Stockholm newspaper said the r.rw attack was concentrated in t:if west and central sectors, with l uge fires in the Charlottenburg area, and that 500.000 Berliners v ere homeless. Unconfirmed Stock holm reports said that war work er' had been forbidden to leave Berlin, blit that about 100.000 "es iwped" without registeiing their movements with the police. "Signal Victory' The Germans’ failure to break t;, the attack was a "signal vic tory" for the U. 3. air force, which Itoutinued on Page Two; Col. 1) iNESE TIGHTEN KITH HUNAN NET Ten Thousand Japanese Killed In Fighting For City Of Changteh CHUNGKING, Nov. 27—W—The Chinese declared tonight that they v.ere tightening their net around invading Japanese forces in North ,e:n Hunan Province and that near ly 10,000 enemy troops had been tJled in fierce fighting for the r'cc bowl city of Changteh. The Chinese have estimated the Japanese have approximately 100, UooPs fighting in the northern ■unan area, but a communique announcing the encircling of ene *•' f°rces in that area did not specify the number of Japanese caught in the trap. The Japanese, though suffering •ea\y casualties, were reported Jiting fiercely The Chinese said :‘al a force of some 1,000 invad i- noke through the north gate ‘ Changteh. stronghold guarding ‘v approaches lo Chansha, capital ‘Hunan province, but that the “Menders wiped them out in a 6i°ody battle. Other Japanese forces swepl and stormed through the 1um Sate but suffered nearly 3,. 'Continued on Page Three; Col. 4] WEATHER vnBT,. , FORECAST: Fjnday d<:iPotii0LINA: Partly cloud: S'uidav"lg,1lly colder west portio: '■r-'iv Monday fair to parti: 'BvEr?lreon Standard Time) ■ >J., *• Weather Bureau) ' - , data for the 24 hour ~ -w P. m, yesterday. 1:30 a w, _ Temperature prn~ 342.7i30 a rn, 52, 1:30 p n SiJ- Maximum 70, Minimut a 60. Normal 52 1:3S a ^ „„ Humidity *• *• 7'.30 a «. 1:30 pu * m„ 66. Total f Precipitation 'inches 24 h0U" ending 7:! *■« inches!06 the first o£ £he montl From in T !?.',* tor Today ' S. Tlde Tables published 1 oat al'd Geodetic Survey) 'r>!:nmgt0. Hit* Lo ..10:lRa 4:5 •’3soaW. inlrt _?®*P 5:3 Sunrise -r-,7 „ _ SiOfn 2:S N 'onrise ' m- Sunset, 5:03 p. r ' '* • Moon set, 6:19 n ' °minu,'ri °« Two; Col. : | Wi'l Call Here LORD HALIFAX plansTnder ay FOR HALIFAX SIT Ambassador Will Be Hon ored At Luncheon, Visit Shipyard Friday Arrangements for the visit of Viscount Halifax to Wilmington on Friday, December 3, during which time he will be the guest of honor at a luncheon, tour the yard of the North Carolina Shipbuilding company and review British troops stationed at Camp Davis, are now being completed, Storer P. Ware, British vice consul, said Saturday. Lord Halifax will be the guest of Governor J. Melville Brough ton at the executive mansion in Raleigh Thursday and that night will speak at Duke university, in Durham. He will return to Ral eigh and the following morning, accompanied Dy Major w. u. j_.ock hart, his secretary, and Hugh C. McClelland, who will assume the consular duties at Baltimore on December 1, he will leave for Wil mington and will arrive early in the afternoon. A number of prominent Wilming tonians and representatives of nearby military establishments have been invited to the luncheon at the Cape Fear club at 1 o’clock. Following the luncheon, he will tour the shipyard. Some of the 126 Lib erty ships built there are under British flag and the company is now engaged on the construction of C-2 type ships, a longer and better ' vessel than the Liberty. Ten have ; been launched and officials an nounced Friday that, as the re- ! ■ jult of “certain major design changes” on a substantial number of the 60 C-2 craft under its first contract for this type of vessel, the present construction program will be lengthened. Lord Halifax is expected to end his call at the shipyard at about 4:30 o’clock and will then go to City hall where he will review the British anti-aircraft troops, who (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) -V POPE ASKS PEACE PRAYERS DEC. 8 Declares ‘Only Gospel Can Bring Nations To gether Again’ LONDON, Nov. 27— W) —Pope i Pius XII, designating Dec. 8 as a | day for public prayers for peace I throughout the world, said today i ‘only gospel can bring the nations ! together again. In a papal letter to Luigi Cardi nal Maglione. papal secretary of j state, broadcast by the Vatican ra | d'o in both English and German, I the Pope said: ‘While the rumbling and crash ing of arms goes on and while so much hate is prevalent, the fraternal voice of charity is si lent or, if about to utter a syllable, is immediately silenced ’’ Calling on the faithful to turn to God, the Pope said “even if (Continued on Page Three; Cdl. 4) Major Allied Politica1” Appears May Mean Final Cru Against v LAST WARNING SEEN Chiang And Benes May At tend Expected Meeting Of The ‘Big Three’ BY JAMES M. LONG LONDON, Nov. 27 — UP)—Mount ing evidence of information from abroad strengthened belief in Lon don tonight that one of the Major developments of the war is ex pectable momentarily — in tba diplomatic rather than the mili tary field — closely related to Al lied warld-wide victory strategy. . The nature and full implications of such an important break could obviously relate directly to the flashing of a go-signal for the final crushing blows which leaders of the United Nations fighting have promised Germany and Japan. Final Warning When it comes, a development of this significance probably can be expected to serve as a final warning to those waging the war of ever-more-certain doom under Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito. Certainly the rumored move will find Russia taking a full place alongside the United States and Britian under the determined pur pose and the clearly-expressed ac cord of the Moscow conference. Meanwhile reports from abroad gave a new turn to the recent welter of foreign accounts of the possible meting of the Allied “big three’ by -uggesting a fourth big Allied power also .night be repres ented by its leader at such a con ference. This is based on the likelihood that any such talks would be of • such broad purpose that General lissimo Chiang Kai-Shek might sit in with President Roosevelt. Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. Mystery Men One of the mystery men of the! conference may be Eduard Benes, 1 President of the Provisional Czech- ] oslovak government, who left Lon (Continued on Page Two; Cot. 5) -V SUBSIDY PROGRAM AIRING REQUESTED Senate Consent Of Pay ments Hang On Com promise Effort WASHINGTON, Nov. 27— W — Any senate consent to continuation of food subsidy payments appar ently hung today on efforts of a small democratic bloc to split strong opposition ranks with a compromise that would permit out lay of the funds for a limited period and a restricted amount. While administration lieutenants fanned that faint hope vigorously, majority leader Barkley (D-WY) called for a public airing of the controversy “so the people will get the full story.’’ Farm Bloc leaders—confident of outright defeat of president Roose velt’s price subsidy program — pressed, however, for a quick vote on the house-approved bill which, after Dec. 31. would ban govern ment payments to keep down re tail food prices Meantime, the group of demo cratic senators were striving to win over Farm Bloc spokesmen to the compromise proposal although no specific subsidy ceiling or time limit for the program had been decide/1. Administration contentions that food prices would soar if congress prohibits subsidies sounded to sena tor Aiken (H-vtl “like a threat to (Continued on Page Two; Col. 8) Butler Suggests Wallace Apologize To Taxpayers For‘Wild Global WPA’ WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—(B— 11 Senator Butler (R-Neb.), reiterat ing his charges that the New Deal i, is wasting billions ’n Latin Ameri ca, suggested tonight that Vice c President Wallace apologize to "the hard-beset taxpayers of this l* nation who are paying for the wild and wooly activ'ties of this global y wpa* w Wallace apologized to Latin ■a Americans for this shocking Slur’’ \p after Butiej filed a report with !p the senate yesteiday saying the administration is spending $6,000, 000,000 south of the bolder in wild i) | extravagance. Butler called it a form of dollar diplomacy winning the United States, at best, the “sucker” label, and, at the worst, a suspicious mistrust of motive. Wallace also desctibed the fig ures used by Butler at “fantastic and said they would be ^ refuted by the agencies involved. yin reply, Butler went or the radio tonight In a prepaied speech he caned Wallace “that notorious modern Don Quixote, who persists in engaging mysterious enemies m ^“My’advice to Mr. Wallace,” he said “is to get an adding machme, go through the federal reGiste get the names of the various agen cies dealing with Latin America, obtain from each agency the mon ey they have wasted in South America, and add the figures. “If he uses an old-fashioned add ing machine—and not a New Deal kind—I am sure he will arrive a1 the same figures I presented tc the senate yesterday and give you tonight." Butler also noted that Nelson Rockefeller, co-ordinator of Inter American affairs, had challenged his figures. Rockefeller said spend (Continued on page Ten. Col. 3) Freed By Court Canadian WAC Betty Trimble leases General Sessions Court in New York City after receiving a suspended sentence on a charge of robbing service women at a canteen. She left for Canada in the custody of an officer to stand trial for going AWOL. (International) MACARTHUR-LODGE GROUP ORGANIZED To Be Pushed For GOP Presidential, Vice Presi dential Nominations WASHINGTON. Nov. 27—CP'— Letters circulated here amon? Republican members of congress and other officials announce the formation of a committee to boom General Douglas MacArthur anc Senator Henry Cabot Lodge o: Massachusetts for the party’s presidential and vice-presidentia nominations. The committee was formed ir Doylestown, Pa. The state has the second largest delegation to the Republican national convention but next year for the first time in years will have no favorite sor to advance. In 1940 it put for ward Arthur H. James, then gov ernor. Lodge was not in the city to day. His secretary however, saic he had not heard of the Doyles town committee. The letters are signed by L. W McCormick, of Doylestown, as chairman. He is described by ac quaintances as an investment pro moter with offices in this city as well as in Pennsylvania. Although his announcement doe; not mention those associated witf him on the political committee it declares: “Our survey shows, and the past election bears us out, tha a Republican can be elected ii 1944. After sifting our informa tion, we are convinced that oui nominees should be General Doug las .MacArthur for president anc Senator Henry Cabot Lodge foi vice-president. With this combina tion we are confident that the election is certain.” -V CONDEMED TO DEATH STOCKHOLM, Nov. 27— I® — Danish refugee sources reported today that six more Danes had been condemmed to death on sabo tage charges in Jutland, rising the week’s total to 13. The six lat est cases were at £alborg; The others were at Aarhus. The exe cutions were deJayed for appeals. REDS SET TRAPS FOR LARGE NAZI ARMY FLEEING GOMEL; BRITISH GAIN ABOVE SANGRO BIG GUNS ROAR ‘ U. S. Fifth Army Smashes Two Counter-Attacks West Of Venafro WEATHER IMPROVES Eighth Army Advances Be hind Cover Of Intensive ‘Bomb Barrage’ BY NOLAND NORGAAKD ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS, Algiers, Nov. 27—(VP) — The Eighth army has sliced deeper into the elabo rate German defense system northwest of the swollen Sangro river under cover of one of the wars most inten sive “bomb barrages,” Allied headquarters announced to day. The exact extent of the gains made yesterday in a drive toward enemy hill positions was not dis closed. From these high strong points German guns poured a de structive fire into the Eighth Ar my’s hard-won bridgehead across the river. Flooded by more than a two-foot rise, the river now is 1,000 feet wide in some places. On the other end of the Ger mans’ winter line across Italy, the American Fifth Army smashed two counter-attacks against their foot holds in the mountains west of Venafro, from which it threatens a broad valley leading toward Cas sino and Rome. Better Weather The American forces were fa vored by somewhat better weath er, but the Eighths operations were carried out in continued rains which made the going aground ex tremely difficult and aerial at tacks unusually hazardous. The Eighth Army’s attacks fol lowed the technique of remark i ably close coordination of air and j ground forces developed in the ! Tunisian and Sicilian canmaians. Waves of medium and light bomb ers as well as fighter-bombers swept over the German trenches, machinegun posts and artillery positions, scattering hundreds of bombs. While the bombs were explod ing, driving the enemy troops to cover, the British troops moved forward behind an aerial versions of the “creeping barrage,” of ar tillery fire. Bridgehead The Eighth Army’s bridgehead, which extended for more than five miles along the lower Sangro, ori ginally was reported to be nearly a mile and a half deep, with ad vances of another mile or two necessary in some places to reach the hills where the Germans have established more formidable de fenses. Obviously alarmed over the fact that the troops of Gen. Sir Ber nard L. Montgomery have been (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) -V SHIPYARD MAKES GIFT TO HOSPITAL Roe Expresses Thanks For Contribution Of $5, 000 To Institution J. C. Roe, president of the board of managers of James Walker Memorial hospital, yesterday an nounced receipt of a gift of $5,000 to the institution by the North Carolina Shipbuilding company. “It is an excellent contribution and we appreciate it greatly, ’ he said. He added that the gift shows the large industrial concern rea lizes the problems the hospital faces as the result of Wilming ton’s expanded population and de clared it is to be commended for contributing financially toward their solution. Mr. Roe pointed out that trie money comes at a “most tune time” because it will be used to continue the program of improving the institution’s physi cal plant. The contribution raises to $10,000 the amount the ship yard has given the hospital in the past two years. Recently the shipbuilding con cern gave $5,000 to Community hospital, which is also carrying out an expansion program be cause of the increase demands resulting from the city s large growth in population. U. S. Extends Beachhead At EmpressAugnsta Bay SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AL LIED HEADQUARTERS, Sun day, Nov. 28. —(IP)— American Marines and soldiers have driven 800 yards to the north east during bitter lighting to extend ther beachhead at Em press Augusta bay—stepping stone on the west-central coast of Bougainville in the northern Solomons leading toward Ra baul. A spokesman for Gen. Doug las MacArthur, in announcing the advance today, said strong enemy opposition was over come and, "although no count has been made, Japanese loss es were heavy.” (More details were supplied from the South Pacific head auarters of Adm. William F. Halsey where it was reported that the fight opened Monday, requiring four days to gain the precious yardage. Halsey’s headquarters said both sides sustained considerable casual ties. (The enemy fought from well prepared positions. They used machineguns and mortars. (The Japs appeared to be moving overland behind the beachhead from the Jaba river on the south side of the Amer ican positions to attack on the northeast. An American naval blockade has prevented the Japanese from moving barges down the west coast from Buka (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Cairo Parley Increases Turkey’s Chance Of War - *___ YALCHIN AIRS VIEWS Newspaper May Be Prepar ing Public For Entrance Into Conflict ANKARA. Nov. 26.-(Delayed)— W)—In what may be a part of a campaign to piepare the Turkish public for war at the side of the Allies, the newspaper Tanin said editorially today that the Cairo conference had greatly increased the possibility of Turkey’s entry into the war. Referring to the recently-conclud ed talks between British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Turk ish Foreign Minister Human Mene mencioglu, Huseiii Yalchin, promi nent pro-democratic journalist, wrote in Tanin: "If it could be said that before the Cairo talks the possibility of Turkey’s not entering the war was predominant, that situation is now reversed after the Cairo talks. Not Prepared Despite Turkey’s increasing co operation in the form of sub rosa assistance to the Allied armed forces, the man in the street has not been prepaied for war and a campaign to that end has been considered a necessary step. (The German - controlled Vichy radio quoted Turkish newspapers Saturday as saying that Istanbul’s municipal authonties were prepar ing "to black out the city.” The Droaacast, picKeu uu cy i_r»o, auu ed that the measure did not imply Turkey’s immediate entry into the war.) Yaiciim made no attempt to pre dict when* Turkey might be expect ed to drop her neutral status. “The precise conditions under which Turkey would enter the war are not apparent at this time,” he wrote. “When and where are still questions to be decioed.” Meanwhile, Istanbul dispatches reported a flurry of diplomatic activity. Tha Anatolian news agency corresponcenl at Budapest said that'the Turkish ambassador to Rome. Rushti Ur.aydin, had arrived in Budapest from Rome with his entire staff. The corres pondent said also that Franz Von; Papen, Hitler’s ace diplomat and ambassador to Turkey, had arriv ed in Budapest en route back to Turkey aft si a trip to Berlin. In the Tamn editorial Yalchm, went on to point out that, under the terms of the Turkish-British treaty of 1939 it was not necessary for Turkey to be attacked directly “to necessitate her entry into the war.” Turkish action in accordance with the alliance ‘ comes at the head of our vital interests,” he said. __e — - City Awaits WPB Ruling On Pipeline Job Request Despite the efforts of city offi cials to extract an answer, be jt negative or affirmative, from the War Production Board on the city’s request for permission to extend its water pipeline to King’s Bluff, as of Saturday afternoon there was no word. Mayor Bruce B. Cameron learn ed in a telephone conversation Sat urday morning with a WPB rep resentative in Washington that the board had not yet rendered a de cision in the matter The officials have been waiting for several weeks, expecting the answer momentarily. A week ago is seemed certain that the decision would be forthcoming directly. Mayor Cameron, ir. Washington last week-end, discussed the prob lem with WPB and expected to learn the final outcome of the ap peal by Monday, ar the latest. Meanwhile, work on the project is virtually at a standstill. Work men have carried the line to the turning off point for Hood’s creek. The Lock-Joint Pipe company has completed the cement-steel links for the distance to Hood's creek. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) j Man-Days Lost Because Of Walkouts Increase WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—