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_, FORECAST .- " £gpr—: tlmtngtmt nntittg Star “Sr ___— WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1944 _ FINAL EDITIONESTABLISHED 1867 V; •, ; * * * * * * Damaged EnemyFlees From Fleet In Darkness BATTLESHIP HIT Carrier, Three Tankers Sent To Ocean Bottom By U. S. Planes u. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, June 22.—(JP) — Carrier aircraft of the U. S. Pacific Fifth fleet sank or damaged 14 ships of a power ful Japanese naval force be tween the Philiippines and the Marianas islands Monday before the enemy fled in darkness. Results of the battle, which did not bring combat ships together or involve the imperial grand fleet, were announced today by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. The enemy broke off the en gagement after nightfall. By then one of his carriers of the Hayataka class and three fleet tankers had been sunk. Ten other vessels, in cluding three carriers and a battle ship of the Kongo class, were damaged. Other Nipponese ships report ed damaged were a cruiser, three destroyers and two tankers. One of the destroyers was believed to have sunk. The tankers were se verely damaged and left burning. American losses were 49 planes. Many of these made water land ings at night. Some pilots and crews ‘‘appeared to have been rescued,” Nimitz said, and search was continued for others. Between 15 and 20 enemy planes were destroyed. That brought Japanese aircraft losses in two days to between 368 and 373. Ni mitz said revised reports showed 353 were shot down Sunday when carrier - type planes attacked American warships near Saipan island in the preliminary stages of the battle. Two United States carriers and one battleship ‘‘received super ficial damage” in repulsing Sun day’s air attack, Nimitz report ed. Twenty-one plan.es were lost in combat. 626 Planes Destroyed In the entire Marianas action, starting June 10, and supporting air strikes on the flanks at the Bonin and Caroline islands 19 Japanese ships have been sunk, 36 damaged, 626 Nipponese planes definitely destroyed and 25 more probably. Announced U. S. losses were 96 planes. Three warships were damaged, but still in action. Although naval circles had wide ly expected a showdown battle with the main Japanese fleet, even as late as Wednesday, it bad not put in an appearance. The enemy force that ran out on the fight was estimated by Nimitz |o have consisted of four or more battleships, five or six carriers, five fleet tankers and “attached cruisers and destroyers.” Despite this defeat — exceeded wily by stunning American vic tories at Midway and Guadalcanal in 1942—much of the imperial Japanese fleet has not yet been in action. Japan’s latest type capital ships have never been seen by American air cr surface units, unless some of them were in Mon day's clash. The latest Japanese naval de feat was an offshoot of the enemy’s (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) _v Carrier Boys To Make Collections Tomorrow Your Star-News carrier is a small merchant. He buys his papers wholesale and sells them retail to his subscribers. If h« Wakes the maximum amount froir his route, he is naturally bettei satisfied, and will render bettei service to his subscribers. We ask that you have his monej ready for him when he calls or Saturday, which is his collectioi day. In case you do not receive you. Paper please dial 2-3311. For th< Morning Star, not later than arm; For the Evening News, no Mtcr than 7 p.m.; For the Sunda; Star-News, not later than 10 a-rr1 A paper will be sent to you b, soecial messenge” --- ■ ■ ■ —. 1 Dancer’s Nylons Bring $1,500 Mike Thibodeaux, shipyard superintendent^ and Band leader Johnny Long hoist night club dancer Juanita Bias to their shoulders during 3. a. m. swing shift war bond rally at the plant of Todd-John son Dry Docks, Inc., at New Orleans, and auction her nylon hose to the highest bidder among bond purchasers. The -winner bought bonds worth $1,500.' Local Price Panel Doubles Strength Enlargement of the Wilmington War Price and Ra tioning board’s price panel and installation of a multiple panel was officially announced yesterday by the board. K_W-~ Vine- ' ---- »- £-- - been doubled and four new men will aid the original members in their work on the panel, which has been broken down by com modities into four divisions: food, durable goods and services, wear ing apparel and restaurants. Each division will be staffed by two men, a chairman and assistant, with 11 divisions united under one general chairman. The enlargement and division of the original price panel was neces sitated by an increase in work done by the board which under the origi nal set-up,made it a difficult and slow process. Division of the origi nal panel provides each section with some specific phase of price panel work and will facilitate more thorough discussion of the cases and enable the board to go more thoroughly into disposition of cases brought before .it. . . . In charge of the various divisions are: Foods, Kyle Bannerman, chairman, and L. L. Mills; Durable goods and services, Herbert Blue thenthal, chairman, and G. D. Greer; Wearing apparel, N. L. Foy, chairman, and Ranold Stewart; Restaurants, W. Eugene Edwards, cnairman, *uu. w. «*• ™.® . The members, all leading busi ness men, are suited for the speci fic positions for which they were asked to volunteer their services, officials said. ' The formation of this new multi price panel is “a record for Wil mington,” W. A. Kavanaugh, Ra leigh district price executive now in the city to fa&lite completion of final arrangements for the new panel, said yesterday. it is the first time, he said that this improved type of panel has been installed in the Raleigh dis trict, which includes 54 such panels, and is perhaps the first in the stcilc* . Enlargment here, he said was made necessary because of the number of defense industries which created a pressure on the boarc •which is not felt by other boards in the Raleigh district who hav< • found the single small panel suffi i cient for their need*. 1 “We in Raleigh, he said, “ar< quite rightly proud of thi* board’s • operation.” i ROBOTS strike again t LONDON, Friday, June 23—(JV r After a lull of several hours, Ger man flying bombs buzzed ovei j England one right after anothe: early today. RUSSIAN DRIVE GAINING SPEED LONDON, June 22 —Thij Red Army’s new two-pronged smash toward eastern Finland gained momentum today as Soviet troops advanced 10 to 15 miles in 24 hours and cleared the Finns Leningrad - Murmansk railway, Moscow announced tonight. To the southwest in Finland, Marshal Leonid A. Govorov’s con quering army drove on from Viipuri and captured Tali, five miles to- the north an well as several other places in the flourishing farming and manufac turing, belt that extends toward Helsinki, the Finnish capital. Moscow dispatches said Govo rov’s right flank was striking to ward Lgppeenranta, 30 miles north west of Viipuri, "and pointed out that capture of that imporant rail and highway center would sever the Finns’ main communications with their forces?, estimated at 100, 000 men, in the area of Lake Lado ga and Lake Onezhskoe. Nine-Year-Old Youth Killed By Wood Truch Hercules Watson, riine-year-old negro youth was struck and killed near his home at Wrightsboro early last night by a pulpwood truck driven by Roosevelt Michell, negro, of Leland, according to the State Highway Patrol. The youth died immediately upon arrival at James Walker Memorial hospital. Investigating Officers M. S. Parvin and Charlie Snow reported the boy’s pulse very weak when they arrived on the scene ^f the accident. The driver of the struck is being held pending an inquest by a coroner’s jury this morning. -V LABORERS PROMISED i . ROME, June 22.—UR—A captur ed diplomatic document . signec May 21 by Benito Mussolini anc Rudolf Rahn. Hitler’s envoy to th. Italian Fascist puppet regime, pro vided that Mussolini supply Ger many 1,500,000 Italian laborers n ■ 1944, the Allied command announc ed tonight i Allies Near German Line Below Alps NAZI STAND EXPECTED ____________ Troops Capture Paganico In Swift Advancement Up West Coast ROME, June 22.—</P)—Am erican troops driving up the west coast of Italy have ov ercome stiff German resist ance and captured the tow« of Paganico, 14 miles north east of Grosseto and less than 60 miles from the Pisa-Flor ence - Rimini defense line ___\T_* .. . _ iv iuui aic ca pected to make their final stand below the Alps, Allied headquarters announced to day. On tne Adriatic coast, Eight army forces raced into Fermo, 32 miles from the important port of Ancona and approximately 85 miles from Rimini. Thus for the first time since Rome fell the pursuing Al lied armies were strung out on al most a straight east-west line across the Italian peninsula and the Germans appeared to have es caped any danger of a wholesale entrapment of their forces. Thirty-five miles east of the cap tured fortress-city of Perugia, Eighth army units approached Camerino through increased Ger man artillery and mortar fire. West of Perugia British forces drove on Castiglione del Lago, prin cipal town on the western shore of Lake Trasimeno. The villages of Villa Starda and San Fatucchio, southwest of the lake, fell after sharp fighting. East of the lake Allied troops were reported within three miles of the town of Magione. French troops, advancing on the right flank of the Fifth army, cleared the Germans from several more mountain villages in the neighborhood of Montenero. Here, as at other points on the front, the Nazis were making heavy use of artillery and mortars to slow the Allied advance and employing their infantry sparingly. An unofficial estimate from Fifth army headquarters placed the number of Nazi dead.wounded and captured since the Allied offensive began six weeks ago at between 80, 000 and 100.000. The enemy is known to have brought in ele ments of four new divisions since Rome fell, and one of these al ready has been virtually destroy ed. (A German broadcast reported the Allies had thrown fresh tank formations into hard fighting on the 5th army front north and north east of Grosseto. but claimed that Nazi troops “held their main fight ing positions everywhere.”) The ground still was muddy from a three-day rain, but a hot sun and a warm breeze today promised bet ter going for Allied armor. The .1_•___Z-l_ „ 1-'U«sN''.r#V.4 yy vuwivi, -- Allied Tactical air force out in strength again, 1,100 individual flights being made yesterday against numerous targets without a loss. -V Chinese Concede Japanese Advance CHUNKING, June 22 — (^P» — Japanese troops driving swiftly southward along the' Siang river have reach a point only 33 miles north of Hengyang, a Chinese com munique said tonight, and the high command admitted that the threat to this strategic rail junction was becoming more grave by the hour. Oh, Girls, Look At This! First Bus Leaves At 9:45 GREENSBORO, June 22.—(JP) —For sale, 5,000 pairs of ny lon hose! This is a free advertisement for Uncle Sam who will put the unheard-of quantity of stockings on the market to morrow morning in the office of the U. S. marshal in the federal building here, i The hose came into govern ment possession as the result of a trial involving charges that nylon yarn was stolen and fab ricated into precious leg wear. Judge Johnston J. Hayes, who ordered public >sale of the hose stipulated that it should be sold only to residents of the Middle V. S. court district and that no purchaser be allowed to buy more than three pairs. Court officials looked for ward with some apprehension to probably the biggest bar gain sale rush in Greensboro since the war began. Dewey Silent On Nomination | Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (right) of New York admits to newspa permen during a press conference at Albany that he has been in tel ephone contact with New York Republican leaders in Chicago but de clines comment on the leaders’ statement that he would accept the Republican presidential nomination if drafted. (AP wirephoto). City Limit Extension Favored At Community Council Meeting _:-;_;-m ■- ■-—■ • — HOUSE DEFIES COURT RULING WASHINGTON, June 22 —«*— Aroused by a recent supreme court decision applying the Sherman anti-trust act to the $37,000,000,000 insurance business, the House vot ed 283 to 54 today to exempt the business specificially from the act. Overwhelmingly, members ex pressed dissatisfaction with the high court’s 4-3 decision to the effect that insurance firms are in interstate commerce and thus sub ject to the Sherman law. The court decision had overturned prece dents extending back over the past 75 years. Insurance controls have been in the hands of the states, and the resolution passed today declares that nothing in the anti-trust laws shall be construed to apply to’the business “or in any way it impair the regulation of that business by the several states.” The Senate judiciary committee decided today however to hold off action until after the summer .re cess, and the propoal will be on the shelf in the meantime. -V Dewey Leaders Claim Additional Support CHICAGO. June 22— W —New York “Draft-Dewey” leaders an nounced today that party princi pals from 22 states and two terri tories have volunteered to join to make the Empire state governor the 1944 Republican presidential standard bearer. California, with its 50-vote un instructed delegation, was repre sented in the list and the /predic tion was made by the Dewey leaders that othej state ■; party chiefs would “join up” as their delegation reached Chicago. ' ———V-w._ BOMBERS HFf ISLAND ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea, Friday, June 33.— W —Continuing their attack on Noem foor island, west of invaded Biak in Geelvink. Hay, Liberator bomb ers heavily hit the island Thurs day, Headquarters announced to day. Civic Club Members Back Movement To Take In New Territory Strong sentiment in favor of the proposed extension of Wilmington city limits was expressed last light at a meeting of the Com munity Council by members of local civic bodies. The expansion, which has been proposed by the City Planning board, would incorporate Green brook, Princess Place, Chestnut Heights, Kenwood, Brookwood, Mercer Place, Forest Hills, Co lonial Village, Longwood, High wood Park, Glen Arden, Oleander, and Country Club Pines into the city of Wilmington. Speaking for the Kiwanis club, H. R. Emory, who also is chair man of the planning board, re ported that Kiwanis members were definitely in favor of the expan sion plan. He said many city or ganizations were showing extreme interest in the plan and that a good bit of sentiment also was be mg expressed in iavor oi me in corporation of Sunset Park, but, said Emory, if this area were tak en into the city, the city would realize a small net annual loss, while on the other hand, the sec tions now included in the pro posal would bring the city profit. W. E. Yopp, representing the Lions Club, said that organization would “heartily endorse the pro posal. J. Fred Rippy, secretary of the planning board, following the ex pansion discussion, submitted a questionnaire prepared by the board of projects falling within the scope of the planning board. Members of the council were ask ed to list, according to importance, the projects which in their opin ion should be planned in the fu ture. Among the listed projects was consideration of construction of a city auditorium, which met with almost unanimous approval by council members. Representatives of other civic organizations who spoke in favor of the city expansion plan includ ed W. A. Raney of the Civitan club, Mrs. Lewis Bright and Miss Dorothy O. Forbes of the North Carolina Junior Sorosis, Jennie D. Stout of the Business and Pro fession Woman’s club, N. L. Foy of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Andrew Howell of the North Carolina Sorosis, R. A. Dunlea of the Exchange club, John A. Sheehan, W. Preston Herndon, Jr., and W. Elliott O’Neal of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Members of the City Planning board present were A. C. Nichols, W. Houston Moore, Emory, and Rippy. H. A. Marks, chairman of the Community Council, presided at Hie meeting. Troops Cut Way To Sea Artillery And Aerial Bombardment Wrecks Steel Ring Guarding Approach To Port SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE, Friday, June 23.—(/P)—The final mas sive assault on the surrounded fortress of Cherbourg rag ed toward an explosive climax today, with Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley’s American doughboys wrecking the last steel ring of suburban fortifications from the south with a Gigantic, perfectly-timed artillery and aerial bombardment — the greatest onslaught against a German stronghold since the Allies invaded France June 6. ___„ Tt was the last act of the sdcc 1,000 Planes Join Assault supreme headquar ters ALLIED EXPEDITION ARY FORCE, Friday, June 23.— —UP)—More than 1,000 bomb ers and fighter-bombers of the American tactical air force pounded the last wall of Ger man fortifications separating American troops from the port of Cherbourg yesterday as both British and U. S. heavy craft delivered a one-two punch against Nasi rocket bomb nests. ARMY SETS UP SPEED TRAPS Speed traps have been set up on the Wilmington, Ft. Fisher and Burgaw highways by Camp Davis Antiaircraft Artillery Training Cen ter authorities in a concerted move to eliminate unnecessary fast driv ing of military vehicles, it was learned here last night. Explaining that the speed drive was started with a three-fold pur pose, (1) to save gasoline and equipment, 2) to impress military personnel with the necessity of ad hering to the same laws as civilians and (3) to enforce military dici pline, Capt. L. H. Huth, automotive officer for all AAATC units said, “Thete are no ifs, ands or buts whei^, my patrol catches a GI speeder exceeding the 35-mile limit. ‘My speedometer doesn’t work’ ex cuses just won’t pay off.” In operation for over a month now, the speed traps have snared quite a few violators who have been dealt with under military regulations. Five groups patrol the highways. Each group consists of two fficers and three enlisted men whose equipment are preci sion watches and field telephones. “The way we work,” said Cap tain Huth, is to measure off a certain distance on a highway and thsn station an officer and enlisted man with a stop watch and a tele phone. One man takes his position in the middle. When a military vehicle passes the first point, the patrol member punches his watch, while his companion calls the N station on the field telephone with the identification of the vehicle. 'If the vehicle is found to be speeding, the driver is stopped, questioned and given a ticket. Those barely under the speed limit are warned to exercise more caution.” In addition to the speed traps, the new system also includes a rov ing reported who combs the high ways in a private car looking mil itary vehicles with his speedo meter and at times stopping drivers to make a routine check of their records. On Route 17 from Camp Davis to Wilmington, a check area has been set up on which GI drivers are •encouraged to check their speed and the accuracy of their spedo meters. A 30-mile-an-hour pace takes exactly two minues to tra verse the check area. -V Congress Ends Work On Most Money Bills WASHINGTON, June 22.—0P1— Congress finished work tonight on most of its accumulated appropria tion bills and prepared to recess tomorrow until August 1. Although a last-minute hitch de layed final action on the $49,000, 000,000 War department supply bill for 1945. Senate and House both worked late to send five other money measures to, President Roosevelt -A \ tacular American drive which gan on June 14. smashed bittjjjtr German opposition, sheared off tie Cherbourg peninsula from the rest of France, and finally isolatedj^he great seaport. Unofficial reports reaching here shortly after 3 a.m. said the Am erican assault troops had »«i£hed to the sea both east and west of Cherbourg. Exact locations were not given, and headquarters had no official confirmation, but it was said this development was regard ed as likely. With an air of expectant con servatism, the Allied midnight communique dealt with the battle only in vague, guarded terms, and then turned to an account of Thursday’s widespread aerial op erations. In them there was more than a hint that the Germans were re signed to Cherbourg’s loss and were preparing for thp next and greater phase of the invasion, for the communique said Allied planes “swarmed over northwestern France from dawn to midday to Harass cucjiij icunuttcuicma ing westward from the Paris area.” Such reinforcements, coming up from 100 miles and more from the beachhead, could be the strategic reserves which the German com mand thus far has hesitated to commit to battle. They could not now relieve Cherbourg, whose gar rison is doomed and dying. Close Teamwork More than 1,000 planes were dis closed to have participated in launching the all-out assault on Cherbourg Thursday afternoon, streaking in at practically pistol range above the ground and plant ing their bombs and bullets as lit tle as 500 yards ahead of the ad vancing infantry. Despite this flying artillery and their own big guns, the men on the ground had to clean out sur viving Nazi pillboxes one by one in methodical hand fighting. As a vital prelude to the main attack the. Americans thrust north ward on both sides of Cherbourg and c.ut the coast roads, thus slic ing into three segments the remain ing German footholds on the north fringe of the Cherbourg peninsula. The bulk of an estimated 50.000 German troops and workers was believed to be in embattled Cher bourg, but for none of the three groups was there any possibility of escape. Cherbourg already was caught up in a confused’ swirl of close quarter combat, witn aougrmoys and Germans fighting through the suburban streets and houses. But there was no confusion about the American onslaught, which started with stop-watch precision at exactly 12:40 p.m. (6:40 a.m., EWT). At that moment American and British divebombers began an 80-minute attack on the last ridge (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) -—V Navy Men Send Cash To Buy Off Strikers NEW YORK, June 22. — ()P) — From somewhere at sea, a com munication signed “The crew of the U. S. S. Coos Bay,” a seaplane tender, and offering “to help pay the wage increase money-hungry strikers are demanding,” today aroused labor leaders to vigorous rebuttal. Making the point that wage de mands were not involved in the strike to which the Coos Bay let ter specifically referred, two la bor leaders contended organized labor is doing its utmost to curb all stoppages and keep production rolling. One asserted newspaper publishers were creating a “deep feeling of antagonism between la bor and. the armed forces.” The Coos Bay letter was address ed to the editorial department of the Associated Press at San Fran cico, and enclosed $412 in paper money. The letter requested that the Associated Press “act as our agent to buy off the present strik ers of the Wright Aircraft corpor ation.” The letter, stamped “Pass ed by Naval censor,” began "We, the crew of the U. S. S. Coos Bay” and ended with a postcript read ing “If the Wright strike is over, just choose another (for the dis tribution of the $412). There are always plenty at hand.” £
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