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iHnrning Star 1 "ST WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1944 " FINAL EDITION BOTH BRANCHES OF CONGRESS STILL DEMOCRATIC _— —■ ' " 1 —— ■ — ■ ■ '■ ___ - _. . » ' A Party Makes Clean Sweep In Election GAINS 3 GOVERNORS | Electoral College Vote Stands, Roosevelt 413, Dewey 118 j By The Associated Press Momentum of a massive i vote boosted the Democratic strength in Congress today (Thursday) and gave the vVhite House added power to combat tricky problems of war and peace. And, as the popular vote ;from Tuesday’s election roll ed toward the 50,000,000 mark President Roosevelt de clared the balloting had shown the world that “democ racy is a living, vital force.’’ Thomas E. Dewey, obviously re lieved that the political scrap was over for 1944, attributed his defeat entirely to the war. But he had held the president to the narrow est margin of popular votes since the Wilson-Hughes race of 1916. Late last night the 44,065,730 bal lots tabulated were divided this wav Roosevelt, 23,437,275. Dewey, 20,628,720. The difference, 2,808,554, com pared with 591,385 in the 1916 elec tion. And, if it was any solace to him, Dewey amassed a bigger vote in the solid south than did Wendell L. Willkie four years ago. The southern states went democratic, of course. Republican leaders In Louisiana were so set up about the showing there that they even began discuss ing the chances of establishing a two-party political system in the state. The Republican presidential nom inee, heading back to Albany from New York City, found one thing to be happy about in defeat. He told a news conference it was the “high confidence the people ex pressed in the state government.” And he was pleased, too, about the manner in which his foreign policy views had obtained support within his own party. But the Roosevelt administra tion saw the democrats retain their majority in a Senate which will (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) SOLDIERS DISCUSS ELECTION OUTCOME ■ I WITH THE U. S. FIRST ARMY IN GERMANY, Nov. 8.—(iPi—With the presidential election decided, the strict Army censorship which has prevented any sort of poll or questioning of the troops on its political aspects was relaxed to day. (A aispaicn iruin mime sam Ar my Public Relations officers there notified correspondents that the War department had ruled soldier* could not be quoted on political aspects of the election.) In the areas around Aachen GI’s discussed the election, many of them expresing approval of Presi dent Roosevelt’s re-election. Up in the front lines where the doughboys are battling German* there was not a great deal of in terest because those men are [Continued on Page Nine; C»l. 4) 0.S. 3rd. Army Opens 2-Tined Pfive 0 n Metz CAPTURES 16 TOWNS Little Change On Holland Front; Rains Hamper ing French Sector Fight By AUSTIN BEALMEAR ; SUPREME HEADQUAR TERS ALLIED EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE, PARIS, Thursday, Nov. 9.—(/P)—Ele ments of U. S. Third army infantry lashed out in a two pronged attack along the make-like Metz-Nancy front yesterday capturing 16 towns and advancing up to three miles on a seven-mile-wide front. • As that long-stagnant iront sprang to life amid the thunder of heavy artillery early in the day, American fighter-bombers syste matically knocked out German command posts one by one. The major American effort was centered midway between the for tress of Metz and fallen Nancy, where the infantry forced multiple crossings of the shallow, muddy Seille river and stabbed on more than two miles at some points. The towns enveloped included Mailly-sur-Seille, midway between the two. Several hundred Germans were report d killed and hundreds more captured. (The German radio said Lt. Gen. George S. Pc-iton, Jr., had opened “a large-scale attack’’ in an ap parent attei. ;ot to break through to the Saar river, which runs along and just inside the German border some 30 miles northeast of the site of the assault.") <• First reports reaching headquar ters indicated the Americans were meeting only light resistance, ap parently having caught the Nazis tv surprise at a spot where their icrces were spread thin. Unfavor iCcntinued on Page Nine; Col. 21 EASTEWflONT STRANG LY CALM LONDON, Nov. 8.— (f) —"Russian armies were moving into position tonight for the blows described by Premier Stalin as ‘‘the decisive of fensive against the vital centers of Germany.” The massing of men and mater ials along the eastern front has brought a lull in the fighting, and fci the third consecutive day the Soviet communique said only that there were “no essential changes 3t thf* f.'nni ” Already, however, the flames of new great battles were flickering in strategic sectors, and the Ber iin ra(Po said, "if one can speak 0 comparative calm on the east ern front, it is certainly the calm Wore the storm.” Premier Stalin, in his order of _ dav for Tuesday. 27th anniver *ar-v °f the Russian revolution, as seited, "the Red army and people 'ie ready to strike new blows at enemy. One of the first of the new blows !ay *>e struck at Budapest, under ciose siege by Marshal Rodion Mal |nQVS,k>’s second Ukrainian army ‘ and in increasing danger of being surrounded. cilin reported new concentra . .n® of Soviet tanks in the out ■ r s of the Hungarian capital, on Page Nine; Col. 5 Japanese Warplane Losses Exceed 100 Daily Through Nov. 6 By The Associated Press Destruction of Japanese war planes is running at the high est rate of the war—more than 100 planes a day for the first six days of November. If anything like this is con tinued, November will set a new high for enemy aircraft losses for a single month. Oc tober, with destruction of around 1,900 aircraft, holds the record. Official communiques show 612 Nipponese planes were des stroyed in the first six days of November—594 of them in the Philippines. WEDEMEYERSEES HOPE FOR CHINA CHUNGKING, Nov. 8. _ (#) _ Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer. in his first interview since arrival in Chungking to succeed Gen. Jo seph W. Stilwell, described the military situation in China as un favorable “but not irretrievable,” and he made it-clear that he would not interfere in any way in Chi nese politics. nc uiociuseu uiai ms command of American forces embraced French Indo-China as well as Chi na, with Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek as overall supreme Allied commander. Non-commltal on the Stilwell epi sode, Gen. Wedemeyer scored American criticism of the Chinese, and Chinese criticism of the Unit ed States, as hindrances to the conduct of the war. “Our job,” he emphasized, “is to kill Japs.” He sidestepped a question as to whether he-thought a major continental campaign was necessary to defeat Japan. On the question of Chinese poli tics, Gen. Wedemeyer said “after the war the people of China can determine by whom- they will be governed.’’ He said he had comp to China to serve with the Chi nese and to do everything possible to bring the most effective employ ment of Allied power against Ja pan. “An initial survey,” he said, “leads me to believe that We should not be pessimistic.” He said that the Allies had the stra tegic initiative on all fronts, as they did not have two years ago. He said Gen. Douglas MacArth ur’s success in the Philippines had made a very important contribu tion to the China theater, and that within a fortnight or a month he would be able to operate on a large scale from Leyte and Sa mar BROUGHTON SETS NOVEMBER 23 AS THANKSGIVING RALEIGH, Nov. 8.— (/P) — Governor Broughton today of ficially proclaimed November 23 as Thanksgiving day in North Carolina and urged that that day for an early peace throughout the world, based on justice, freedom and democra cy.” “The day should be set apart for religious and patriotic con secration,” his proclamation said. “I call upon the people of our state to renew their al legiance to the ideals and prin ciples upon which our republic was founded, to reconsecrate themselves to the cause of popular government and free institutions, to acknowledge anew our dependence upon Almighty God, and to rekindle / their devotion to everlasting spiritual values.” The date is the traditional fourth Thursday in November. Council Group To Confer With County On Fire Bond ce:v ’ Council yesterday re frnm r.,? comprehensive report 0 ®.Clty Manager A. C. Nichols limit!;16. s,ervice beyond the city ,0Dostand ‘he county’s proposal tee‘ a 5100 bond as a guaran * for such service. a Ronald Lane appointed Sw VeNiCh°1S’ Cit* At‘ Currin . j Campbell, Garland with NewHEdgar L' Y°w t0 meet >o si,',/ haoover county officials The y the pro?°sal. alPtt,,C?Uncil was piesented with o( rom Thomas Woody, clerk SuaranteCe0l!hty board’ DfferinS ,0 Sloo f,y 6 ,ne c:'y the payment of eqUjD ° (lesponding with its fire AC? 10 the call of any in buildinc i extmguish any burning locate/ ® New Hanover county, being dt/Utside the clty Hmits. ‘ It board ” understanding of this $100 in, °ody wrote, “that the “mount heretofore required of individuals in cases where re sponses have been made at their request.'’ Councilman Yow made, the n o tion, seconded by Robert R. Romeo, that pending further study of the county’s proposal that the council go on record reiterating its position and continuing the same fire policy of December, 1843. The motion, also authorized the city manager to notify the chief and subordinates of the fire department of this action, apd.to state clearly the,policy at the coun cil Nichols was ordered to secure acknowledgement of the notice from the fire chiefs. This*motion was carried without the affirma Uve vote of Currin and Robert In connection with the Moot® child’s death, Nichols declared 1 (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 2 Leyte Lashedj FIGHTING IS HEAVY Filipinos Disrupt Enemy Freedom Of Movement In Ormoc Area ' GENERAL M’ARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP PINES, Thursday, Nov. 9,— (lP)—Lashed by a raging trop ical hurricane, the U. S. 24th infantry division fought in mud and slime yesterday along the winding road to Ormoc against fresh, veteran Japanese troops guarding the approaches to the enemy’s port of last hope on western Levte. For perhaps the first time since Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur’s forces landed on eastern Leyte Oct. 20, today’s communique claimed no advance for a 24-hour period end ing at noon yesterday. Instead, it told of “heavy fighting” extending into densely wooded ridges over looking the road where it makes a sharp horseshoe curve at Limon, four miles south of Carigara bay. The communique said a “tropical hurricane is . restricting opera tions.” The phrasing was-modest. Few Yanks ever, have seen such a raging storm of wind and rain which turned their foxholes- into wells, soaked them through- and 1 through and made life even more miserable than usual. FIGHTING IS HEAVY GENERAL MACARTHUR’S HEADQ U A R T E R S, Philip pines, Thursday, Nov. 9—Iff)—Heavy fighting with Japanese reinforce ments raged along the ridges bor- ; dering the twisting road to Ormoc on Leyte while artillery pounded the enemy’s rear, headquarters said in today’s communique. For the second straight day, headquarters told of bitter fighting by the 24th division of Maj. Gen. Frederick A. Irving down the nar row, ridge-dominated highway and in the tortuous terrain nearby against elements of the Nipponese first, 30th, 102nd and 16th divisions. , Throughout the Ormoc defense ; zone Filipino guerrillas disrupted the enemy’s “freedom of move- 1 ment,” headquarters said, by cut ting communications. Prior to the storm which ground ed the opposing airforces, Leyte based fighters blasted bivouacs, supply dumps and assembly areas ' around Ormoc. The Nipponese airforce hit back on a limited scale. Seven were ! shot down. ' On American-held eastern Leyte, the 96th infantry division still found *! (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) POLESPROGRESS ; SOUTH OF FORLI ROME, Nov. 8.— (P) —Polish troops “continue to make good progress” south of Forli near the eastern end of the Italian battle front, the Allied command. an nounced today, but Germans still clung to shattered, buildings on the Forlia airfield. The Germans, held on at the airfield, two miles soutnest of Forli, in the face of persistent bombing- by the desert air force and a sharp attack by medium bombers yesterday on German po sition's closer to the town. Near Forlia British troops -remained in close contact under heavy enemy shelling. With improving weather Eighth Army troops were increasingly ( active all along the front. Polish ( troops in the hills between the , Rabbi and Montone rivers south ,j of the Rimini-Bologna highway , captured Monte Casaluda and sev eral other dominating features. They were in contact with the Germans about five miles south west of Forli. Farther, west, San Rufillo, on highway 67 running southwest of Forli, was cleared of the enemy and forward troops pushed up the road a mile toward Dovadola, about 10 miles from Forli. Fifth Army units generally con fined their activity to vigorous patrolling, although in the ex treme west Negro troops of the U. S. 92nd infantry division fal lowed up a slight German with drawal. Vt, Shortage Of Big Shells Forces \ Rationing Officer ■ 8--w- Lt ^ -d *" Higgins, United (WV® ,ny ordnance officer, 0lfV ■ .fiat a shortage ration ^ -c'fls has necessitated ration ing on the western front. Addressing workers of the John T. Hepburn war plant, Higgins said shells for the 240 mm or eight-inch guns—those Wed to knock out the super fortifications of the Germans’ West Wall—were rationed to * limited number a day. "Sergeants in charge of the big guns’ crew count off the shells, call ‘that’s all for today, boys,’ when a limited number have been fired,” he said. ‘‘It is very important that we sup ply- Gen. Eisenhower’s men with all the shells they need. There’s a big push in the off ing from one end of the West W»H to the other. The Allies stand a good chance of ending this thing with that push. It’s up to us to see that they do.” MEADOWSGRANTED 60-DAY TRIAL STAY KINSTON, Nlv. 8 —(fl— Judge Clawson Williams, presiding over Lenoir County Superior court, to night granted a 60-day postpone ment in the trial date of Dr. Leon Meadows, former head of East Ca rolina Teachers college, and set the new trial date for January 19, 1945. Dr. Meadows, charged in Pitt county with 19 counts of embezzle ment and false pretense growing out of the handling of college and student funds, was scheduled to be tried at a special term of court jrdered by Governor Broughton ;o begin at Greenville Monday. Judge Williams had been appoint 'd by the governor to try the case. Counsel for Meadows presented affidavits at the hearing to show hat their audit of the colleg books lad not been completed and that it least 90 days more would be leeded to complete their defense, rhe three members of Meadows’ iefense staff asked for the full 90 lays. Fifth district Solicitor D. M. Hlark, who opposd the postpone ment, contended that no more time was needed and that the case should be tried “in accordance with :he governor’s wishes” as soon as possible. In granting the request for post ponement, Judge Williams said he loped the governor would reassign lim to try the case, adding that 60 iays would be all he could allow he defense in preparing its case. Defense attorneys and prosecu ion alike went on record favoring he appointment of Judge Williams o preside over the trial at its new late. Appearing for Dr. Meadows were fudge Alvin Dunn, chief of his :ounsel staff, of Greenville; H. C. Harter of Washington, John Dawson >f Kinston, and Frank Wall, an au litor who was appointed to ex imine the college books. Solicitor Clark was assisted by f. A. Jones of Kinston, special prosecutor, and J. H. Harrell of (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) TOUGHLUCK WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—C/P) A telephone caller asked the Washington Evening Star today if Representative Bell (D-Mo) was reelected. Told that he was, the caller said: “That’s a shame—now I won’t be able to rent his house.” The Inquirer identified him self as a naval officer. ‘Roosevelt—Tree Grower,’ Casts His Ballot Accompanied by a guard, President Roosevelt, who listed himself as “Franklin D. Rosscvcit— tree grower,” is shown emerging from a Hyde Park voting booth after casting his ballot in the na tional election. (The president raises Christmas trees. (AP wirephoto). North Carolina Vote Running Ahead Of Forecasts; Amendments Approved. _W ■' ' ~ -±._ ALLIED BOMBERS TOIL SUPPLY LONDON. Nov. 8.—<JP)—Allied heavy bombers hit twice today al Nazi oil production An American force of more thar 350 fortresses and Liberators, ac companied by more than 850 fight er planes spoiling for a fight weni back to the Merseburg area anc bombed the Leuna synthetic oi' works. They encountered neithei strong enemy fighter opposition nor heavy flak. Five bombers and 42 fighters did not return, a communique said RAF Lancasters concentrated « load of bombs on the synthetic oi) plant at -Homberg, in the Ruhr, and left great clouds of smokt hiding the factory. They met enemy fighters, but anti-aircrafl fire was intense Both Merseburg, about 100 miles southwest of Berlin, and Homber* were attacked last Thursday. The RAF assault was designee to interrupt repair work on th* Homberg plant, which had a nor mal capacity of about 16,000 tons a month. A clear patch over the tar get allowed visual bombing. -V American Bombers Hit Jap Destroyer GENERAL MacARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines. Thursday, Nov. 9.—{JP)~ Mitchell medium bombers hit and damaged a Japanese destroyer off Mindan ao in the southern Philippines, Glen. Douglas MacArthur announc ed today in a communique sup plement covering air actions of he past 24 hours. West of the Leyte invasion scene liberators and fighters ranged over Gebu, Negros and Panay, destroy ng 35 enemy planes for certain, probably destroying three others md sinking a 1,000-ton freighter. Gne bomber and three fighters vere lost. RALEIGH, Nov. 8—(A)—Presiden Roosevelt and the entire state dem ocratic ticket clung to their lop sided majorities over Governo: Thomas E. Dewey and his repub lican colleagues as late return were complied today from the gen eral election in North Carolina yes , terday. Reports from 1,434 of the state’ 1,922 precincts gave 433.681 vote to the Roosevelt-Truman ticket, am considerably less than half tha number, 189,697 to Dewey am Bricker. The results of the voting were si evident that election officials ap parently made little effort to maki a full count of the ballots cast, bu it appeared that the total vote wa, well above pre-election estimates o around 700,000. Still another result of the one sided vote, which left nothing ii doubt, was a seeming lack of inter est in total vote cast for senator governor, congressman, and a lonj list of state officials. Partial re turns indicated that all democrats candidates were elected by a: great, if not greater, margin thar Roosevelt ran up over Dewey. In the senate race, former Gov ernor Clyde R. Hoey polled 293.931 votes against 1111466 for A. I. Fer re e, republican, with only 1,008 pre cincts tabulated. For Governor Gregg Cherry, received 203,35f votes in 1,062 precincts as compar ed with 115,308 for his GOP op ponent, Frank C. Patton. All democratic nominees for Con gress were re-elected by normal oi larger majorities on tha face oi the available returns. Also the adoption of all five proposed con stitutional amendments was indi (Continued on Page Nine; Col. ^) _\7_ COUNTY STRONG FOR ROOSEVELT By a vote of more than three tc one, New Hanover countians Tuesday gave their support to Fianklin D. Roosevelt in his race for a fourth term in the White House against Thomas L. Dewey, the Republican candidate. The county, which in 1940 gave Roosevelt more than a 'five to one majority over Wendell Willkie and in 1936 a seven to one majority over Landon, yesterday gave him a total of 9,444 votes against 2, 821 votes for Dewey with all 18 precincts reporting. Tuesday's vote set an all time high for the county, accord ing tb H. G. Carney, chairman of the county board of elections. Be reported that 12,441 of the 18. 743 registered voters • dropped bal lots in boxes, giving a 66 per cent vote. In 1940 a previous high, of 10,323 was set and in 1938 it was 9,012. The presence of many Democrats for Dewey was espied in the re sults. The largest vote given any Republican candidate other than Dewey was with 17 of the 18 pre cincts heard from, 1,245 given George L. Green, opponent of L. Y Ballentine for Lieutenant Gov ernor of the state. Deducting that number from Dewey’s vote of 2,821 leaves 1,576 people who ap parently voted for Dewey for (Continued on Page 12; Col. 4) ROOSEVELT ASKS ; UNION FOR PEACE ■■ ' HYDE PARK, Nov. 8.—(ff)—Pres . i ident Roosevelt, re-elected to a j f fourth term in the first war-time 1 presidential election since the Civil t.war, said today “we have again [! demonstrated to the world that ! democracy is a living, vital force.” > Presidential Secretary Stephen - Early destributed this statement ; from the President late this after t noon: > "For the first time in 80 years l we have held a national election in the midst of war. “What is really important is that i after all of the changes and vi ■ cissitudes of four scores years, we have again demonstrated to t h e I world that democracy is a living, vital force, that our faith in Amer : ican institutions is unshaken, that i conscience and not force is the source of power in the government of man. “To that faith let us unite to win the war and to achieve a last ing peace.” Early said “bundles of telegrams and messages” arrived at the President’s Hyde Park estate to day. “Many of them contained the phrase, ‘isolationism is dear’,” he said. Early made public this message received by the President from Secretary of State Cordell Hull,, now undergoing a physical check up in a Navy hospital at Washing ton: "I extend my warmest felicita tions on your re-election to t h e presidency. “Under your wise leadership our country will rededicatc itself, unit ed and strong, to the attainment of complete and speedy victory ov er our enemies, and to the es tablishment of a just and lasting peace. "The kindest personal regards and best wishes.” Reporters asked Early if the (Continued on Page Nine; Col. 4) Democrats Hold Margin Of Power In Congress By the Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov 8. — Dem icrats held a sizeable margin of :ontral in the Senate and piled up i considerable, numerical majority n ■ the House, latest election re urps showed tonight. They had elected 234 House members—16 more than an actual majority and were assured of it least 54 Senate seats—five more han a majority. Indications were that final tab Ration of the remaining 36 House races and seven Senate contests would further tighten the grip of President Roosevelt’s party on the legislative machinery. The democrats needed four cf the remaining Senate seats to re tain their present representation of 58. The republicans needed three more to reach their current strength of 37. Of the 35 Senate reats at stake in the voting, dem ocrats won 18 and republicans 10. There are 36 democratic holdov ers. 24 republican, and one pro gressive. Among those who went down in defeat in the Senate were Gillette of . Iowa, a democrat, and Nye of North Dakota, and Danaher of Con necticut, republicans. Gillette lost co republican Governor Bourke Hickenlooper. Nye bowed to dem ocrat John Moses and Danaher gave way to democrat Brien Mc Mahon. ■Twenty-nine republicans, includ ing the veteran anti-New Dealer Ham Fish of New York, were top pled from their house seats as the democrats raised their current house membership by a minimum of 20 seats. I The republicans captured six democratic and two minor party (Continued on Page Nine; Col. 6f More Women Will Enter Forthcoming Congress WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—Cff>— i The weaker sex will be stronger j in numbers in the forthcoming I 79th congress. Election returns disclose an in crease in the seven house seats now held by women. Eight fem inine candidates have been elect ed and three more still are in the running. Furthermore, the feminine con tingent will divide more evenly in partisanship, the couut now show ing four ,or more democrats and four to five republicans. One dem ocrat woman and six republicans are sitting in the 78th house. Two democratic newcomers defi nitely go on the roster, a third apparently wins a place, two chal lengers still are to be heard from. Democratic incumbent and dean of congresswomen, Rep. Mary T. Norton of New Jersey has been re-elected as have been four of the five republican women seek ing re-election. The fifth was not expecting much of a fight. Eight major party women can didates have been defeated, as has Mrs. Elizabeth Chilton Mur ray of the 8th Virginia district who ran on an independent demo crat ticket in an attempt to un seat democratic incumbert How ard Smith, anti-New Dealer. Democrat Helen Gahagan Doug las finished a dash ahead of Re publican William Campbell in * hot race ^p grab the 14th Cali fornia district seat from which Rep. Tom Ford, democrat, is re tiring. Mrs. Douglas, former Broadway stage and concert star and wife of Capt. Melvyn Douglas, screen actor now in Burma, made one of (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) n
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