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La gaceta., 1943-07-17

Ash llamaDa Ell pueDlO mauihS
no al palacete que pertenecio a
Goya y que fue habitado por este
en- u ultimos amos de estancia en-
Ia corte. Estaba situada la quinta
en- las afueras del puente de Sego-
via, a la izquierda de la glorieta
v en- un ~altozano del canine de
San IsidrO, por donde hoy la esta-
ci6n que tiene Ell nombre mismo
del pintor insigne.
Magma y divina era la casa.
Magma, porque frecuentemente Sc
veia honrada con la vista de aris-
tocraticos p~ersOnajes. Divina, por
los primorosos Objetos que guar
daba, las bellas pinturas con que
Sc adornaba y ell excelente agasajo
para los visitantes por parte del
pincel que de ella r dueho y Sc
nor.
La casa de Goya estaba coloca-
da en- Ell centric de un frondoso
jardin de jazmines, en- ell que ha-
bfa escondida una fontana de mar
mol rodeada de expresses y lirios.
En- puertas y verjas veianse bla-
sones de marques; por la bocaza
de un jarr6n asomaban unas rosas
monumentales de Glen hojas, her.
manas de las que adornaban la es-
calinata que conducia al estudio,
de techo envigado, y en- esta ha-
bitaeion, como en- todas las demas,
las cuadradas baldosas, las arahas,
los sillones de vaqueta, las cornu-
copias, los r~elojes de flauta y los
valiosos 6leos de los muros, pos
treras obras del artista.
La quinta y su campo aledanO
sabfan la vida errante del gran
D. Francisco y guardaban Ell secre
to de sus aventuras junto a las
orillas del Manzanares. Sus muros
conocieron la fogosa inspiration
del geniO de aquel hOmbre singu-
lar que de aprendiz de torero -
haraposo y hambriento de pueblo
en- pueblo - hubo de llegar a PIN
tor de Camara y a director de la
Academia de San Fernando.
Autores POGO dOcumentados
suponen a Goya habitando por vez
primera la referida casa hacia ell
ano 1912. Els cierto que en- ell We
rano de csc ano ALI trabajaba ell
pintor; pero no es menos cierto
que cuatro amos antes - 1903 -
estuviese va en- la quinta. Y aun-
que parece que hay en- este un
cOntrasentido, puesto que, 81 he
mos de seguir fielmente la biogra-
fla y los %anales, Goya presencio
las escenas del 2 de Mayo desde
su domicilio de la Puerta del Sol,
tambien contempl6 con un catale-
10, desde las ventanas de la quin-
Ia, los fusilamientos de la monta-
ma del Principe Pho. La explica-
ci6n, va presumida por alguien
que Sc ha detenido un POGO en-
estas andanzas, es que, ante ell te-
nor de la revoluci6n, Goya Sc
traslad6 o su familia a la quinta
del Manzanares.
En- ell estudio que he llevado a
cabo he pOdido apreciar que Sc
trata de una finca de recreo, de
n casa de campo, de un retro
veraniegO donde ell pintor aeos-
tumbraba a pasar no pOcas tenn
pOradas.
otros detalles, por ejemplo, ell
del coche que usaba para sus ex-
cursiOnes hacia 1885, han hecho
La gaceta., 1943-07-17
LA oUINTA DEL SoRDO
POr ANTONIO vELASCo zAZo

pNAo0A "a RNA &N~~
tara va la citada casa. Puedo ase-
gurar que no. Sobre esOs amos, ell
mismo o parecido carruaje lie a
g~uardaba a la puerta de su estudio
de la Carrera de San Jer6nimo.
En- coche iba a pintar la ermita
de San Antonio de la Florida des-
de su quinta. Esta quinta he en-
pezado dieiendo que era llamada
del Sordo, sobrenOmbre coli ell que
ell pueblo distinguia a Goya por
la terrible sordera que padecia.
Los frescos de San Antonio Sc
terminaron en- 1898. La enferme-
dad que cause la sordera padeci6-
la ell pintor en- 1892, al regreso de
un viaje a su pueblo natal. Por 10
tanto, puede afirmarse que Goya
habita por vez primera la referida
casa entire 1893 y 1913.
Els la epoca en- que pinta los
primeros cartones para la fabrica
de tapices. Repuesto en- A~ndalucia,
vuelve a su finca de Madrid, y
tras la obra maravillosa de la err
mita de San Antonio, ~frecuentan-
do las tertulias mas en- boga y
distinguido por los e~sclarecidos
ingenios que lie admiraban, pintA
la serie de retratos que lie dieron
nombre immortal. Despues de la
guerra de la Independence, y por
encargo expreso del Rey Fernando
VII, de vuelta de Zaragoza, graba
las planchas de los Desastres, y
alterna su labor embelleciendo las
paroles de su quinta. Tales pintu-
ras, en- n1mero de catorce, deco
ran ell comedor, colocado en- la
planta baja, y las habitaciones del
piso principal.
En- 1918 vive de lleno en- su re-
tiro. Entregado a los placeres de
la GAIA, sostiene serios medicines
con los guardas de la Casa de
Campo, burlados por Goya c1andO
este sc siente cazador, maxine
tener que apelar al lenguaje de los
dedos, unico medic de entenderse
con Goya, dada la p~rofundidad de
su sordera. Anecdotes que revelan
clramente ell ingenio, la indepen-
dencia y la entereza de caracter
del mas espanol de los pintores,
quien, con su nieto Mariana en-
brazos, pasea por ell campo vecinO.
Dibuja entonces los caprichOs y
unas miniatures en- marfil. Todas
las ideas y todas las luchas de a.
quellos tiempos sc amalgaman cla-
ra Y perfectisamente en- las postre
ras horas del maestro.
Nj antes, nj entonces, nj des-
pues hemos tenido un pintor que
encerrara en- sus obras mayores
e~nsenanzas nj mas asperas censu-
a contra los vicios de la sociedad.
iY u litografias? Aqui llega a
la cumbre de la inspiration y del
talento. En- este procedimierto,
nuestro pintor tiene ell privilegiO
de haber side ell espahol primero
que 10 puso en- practica.
Su imagination acaricia fantas-
ticas figuras. Sin embargo, acier-
ia en- su Ultima obra espahola v
religiosa: "San Jose de Calasanz".
Dolido por un ataque de gotta,
pide licencia para ir a los oanos
~sdlfurOsos de P~lombiers, en- Lc-
rena, sin llegar a ellos, y qued&n.
dose en- BurdeOs, donde lie sorpren-
did la mUerte.
En- 1928 la quinta pas6 a ser
N
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
Huge Italian Cannon
Litter Salerno Beach

WITH THE u. S. NAVY AT SA-
LERNO BEACH, Sept. 22-Oe-
layed -LP-Several huge 15-inch
Italian shore guns which were
intended to repel Allied invasion
litter the shore of the Sorrento
peninsula where they were knock
ed out by Allied Naval artillery.
The guns, manned by Germans.
were Vickers Armstrong;, given
to the Italian government by Brit
weekend. His homme is at 1918
were sisters to the 15-inch bat
teries that held back Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery Eighth
army at Catania, Sicily, for so
long.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27

NOUS problems OF political and
economic readjustment w h c h
have been developing in North
Africa and Southern Europe since
American armies started freeing
lands from Nazi domination.
Such a reorganization had been
in the making for almost three
months. Several plans were pre-
pared and submitted to the Presi-
dent. Even so the final form
agreed upon surprised many Oh
the people involved in the shifts
and some involved did not even
know of the Presidents decision
until last night.
From this it seemed that the
President and Secretary Hull stu
died number of alternative meth
DDS and personalities and made a
final determination only in the
last few hours before announce.
ment.
Some Of the peopfe considered
were not acceptable to Hull, but
Stettinius had his full approval
and is assured of his cooperation
a fact which should help abate any
difficult situation remaining from
the resignation of Welles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
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Red army, the communique said.
Russian troops were reported
only Is miles from Vitebsk, in
upper White Russia, in smash
parallelling the drive beyond Smo-
lensk to the southeast. The Kaplya
river above Vitebsk already had
been reached by Soviet units, and
repercussions were expected on
the enemy's positions near Lenin-
grad in the north.
One German broadcast recorded
by the Associated Press said Rus
sian parachute troops were drop
ping behind Axis positions and it
was obvious the entire Dnieper
river line was imperilled by the
crushing Soviet offensive, which
began July IL and has already re-
gained more than 10000 square
miles of territory.
The Dnieper is the last big nat
ural defense barrier before the
Polish border, and Moscow dis
patches said the Red army was
making sensational progress from
Smolensk to the Zaporozhe area
on the rivers bend In the south.
Russian troops low were In a
position to force the Dnieper al
several points in an effort to ous1
the Germans from the doomed city
of Kiev, high on the bluffs OF the
western bank, and also to turn
southwark and envelop huge Ger,
man armies in the rivers elbow
to the southeast.
The situation by sectors as dis.
closed by Moscow:
Vitebsk - A six-mile advance
swept through the Smolensk dis
trict center of Kaplys and more
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
|L0RIS RESIDENT
dies OF WOUND
Keiver McRay Succumbs
After Shooting By
Brother-In-Law

WHITEVILLE, Sept. 26-Keiver
Moray, 3O-year-old Loris, S. c.,
resident, died EN- route to the Co.
lurnbus County General hospital
Yesterday morning of a gunshot
wound in the thigh.
Moray was allegedly shot by
his brother-in-law, Wade Soles, B.
Gordon Lewis, editor of the News
Reporter here said. He said Soles
maintained that the shooting was
accidental.
However, law enforcement au-
thorities are investigating the
death.
Moray was the stepson of the
Rev. A. R. Soles, well-known Ia
Dor City minister.
Funeral services will be held at
the Oak Dale Baptist church near
Loris Monday afternoon at 3
clock with the Rev. D. P. Vipp-
man of Mullins, S. c., officiating.
Interment will be in the church
cemetery.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Josephine johnson Moray;
his mother, Mrs. A. R. Soles;
three young children, Willie, Vir-
ginia and Mary 10 Moray; AND
one sister, Miss Naomi Moray OF
| Tabor City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
AUSTRALIANS SLOW
DOWN in ASSAULT
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Today's communique disclos-
ed that a second Allied force,
moving east and north from
captured Lac, some so miles
below Finschhafen, already
has reached the vicinity of
Hanisch harbor, halfway to
the beleaguered ena,ny base.
Still a third element, COM
posed of units from the ORR
ginal Finschhafen assault
force which landed above the
settlement September ~, was
reported to have moved west
September "a, and to have APP
preached Staelberg, six miles
and ten miles from Finschha-
fen.
The following day Allied
planes supporting the ground
troops bombed and strafed
villages south of the Bumi RI
yer. The enemy retaliated with
an attack by nine bombers
along the Song river, seven
miles north of Finschchafen
and directly north of the Al
lied-held Finschhafen airfield.
Little damage was caused, the
communique said.
Inland and to the west, Al
lied war planes dropped 46
tons of bombs on enemy camps
in the valley of the Ramu ri
Bismarck sea north of New
yer, which empties into the
Guinea in the vicinity OF We
wax.
Another bomb load, of 20
tons, plastered roads and brid-
ges in the Bogadjim area, 20
miles south of Madang, further
hampering the enemys over
land retreat to the north shore
of the island.
On the Solomon island war
front to the east, the sharp ex-
change of air blows was reSum-
ed after a three day intermls-
sion. Over BUN, one of the en-
emy's principal airbases in
the Bougainville zone, 60 Jap
anese fighters rose to inter-
cept an American attack, and
nine of them were shot down,
General MacArthur's commu-
nique said.
In the central Solomons,
where American forces are
drawing an ever tighter knot
around the enemy's last impor-
tant position of Villa, Kolom-
bangara island, the cleanup OF
Arundel island, two miles
away, was continued.
A total of 345 Japanese dead
have been counted there the
communique said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
Taxpayers Get Apology
For Crashed Aircraft

NEW YORK, Sept. 26-tR-Lt.
J. w. Dalton's new plane was
damaged during raid mission
and came down go miles from the
English coast.
After the British Air-Sea Serv'
ice rescued him and the crew, he
wrote a letter to his mother, Mrs.
]. Ward Dalton OF Vineland, N. J.
The letter, made public today by
the War Department Public Re-
lations bureau, said: :.
1--WE were plenty mad about it
when we got hit. We are still had
about losing that airplane-lt sure
was a good one. Tell the taxpayers
we're sorry about losing that
plane. It won't happen again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
END CONSTIPATION
THIS NATURAL Way!
Millions now take Simple
Fresh Fruit Drink instead
of Harsh Laxatives!

It's lemon and water. Yes!-just
the juice of Sunkist Lemon in a
glass of water-first thing on
arising.
Taken first thing in the morning,
this wholesome drink stimulates
bowel action in natural way
assures most people of prompt,
normal elimination.
Why not change to this heulthful
habit? Lemon and water is good
for you. Lemons are among the
richest sources of vitamin C, which
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colds and infections. They also
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ap> water has a fresh tang, too
cle>'ss the mouth, wakes you up!
Try this grand wake-up drink
10 mornings. See if it doesn't help
iyou! Use California Sunkist
Lemons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
Defeated Enemy Hurled
Into Dnieper By Reds

than 200 other localities in
ing movement on the edge Of WEI WEE.
Russia northwest Of SmoIe3s %'''e
Mogliev - The troops that
Monastirschchina still waro '0o6
miles from Mogilev. Another ~, %
umn farther south took Cigr,' Vol
ka, II miles west of fallen p ,'i+AOV'
A total of $50 villages We're o" W.
run in both areas. WEE
Gomel-A Red army coI,n,.
sweeping west of Bryansk adv.na
ed Up to II miles and cap+,,r.,
more than 800 towns and viIl.~
including Novozybkov. This ars
was only u miles from the b 9,g.p
OF White Russia, which sdio GSP
Poland. '0JoIfS
Kiev-The Russians now n,....
within artillery range of tho , Gs.e
largest Soviet city and ancient ' ca.
ital of Russia which has baan "a =
German hands for more thar N4 +., N
years: Berlin has reported SOW Wv y
eral Soviet attempts to Grace ' W
Dnleper above and below Kew
during the last few DAYS '''
Kremenchug - The fall Of fiji,
eastern bank city 100 miles SOURI, 1,'.'
! east of Kiev is expected soon G Sa
Wet, units already apparently uo aY,
encircling it after reacbing "t tb
Dnieper nearby.
Dnepropetrovsk = The Russian,
already were within sight and ar
tillery range of this iron and stool
center whose maze of chimnnN,
and factories resembles Americs,,
Pittsburgh. 1t lies On the west
bank of the Dnieper at the ton NJ
the river bend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
AMERICANS GAIN
AGAINST ENEMY
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+he American troops was noT dis
closed for security reasons but
their new advance places them
considerably inland from the
coast.
American forces hold the east
ern flank of the Fifth Army line
while British troops hold the west
ern flank just north of Salerno
where they are engaged in the
most violent type Of mountain
fighting.
AS the result of the American
advance on the Fifth Armys right
wing and the British Eighth Ar
my's entrance into the Foggia
plain on the heels of the retreat
ing Germans, the Allied line now
runs directly across Italy from a
point above Salerno northeast to
The Adriatic at point just above
the Ofanto river. Thus hundreds
of square miles of Southern Italy
now are in American and British
hands.
The French high command
threw the dreaded Moroccan
Goums, who terrorized German
and Italian troops in Tunisia, into
the Battle of Corsica which mount
ed in intensity with the French
announcing the capture of Oletta,
town less than seven miles
southeast Of Bastla, only remain
ing German stronghold. in the
northeast sector of the island.
French forces, who also cap
tured two other Corsican towns,
were driving on Bastia from ev-
cry side while the Germans tried
trantically to get out by sea and
air in the face of the Allies tight
blockade.
(The United Nations radio at
Algiers said in a broadcast re-
corded in London by the Associ-
ated Press that Bastia had been
occupied by French troops.
Although British forces en-
countered little opposition in their
lightning thrust up the Adriatic
coast. Fifth Army troops on the
western side Of the mainland met
savage resistance in the third day
OF their northWard drive toward
Naples but pushed forward an
ether mile and captured three viii
lagos.
At the same time, American
Flying Fortresses made 1000.
mile round trip deep into enemy
territory to blast rail installations
leading to the Bremen Pass at
Bolzano, just 80 miles south of the
PASS, and carry out their first
attack on Verona.
Other Fortresses delivered their
heaviest blow of the war on the
vital rail yards at Bologna, focal
point for traffic through the Bren-
her Pass from Germany as well
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
ALLIED B0MBERS
SWEEPING EUROPE
Continued From Page One)

of skeins as the formations reach
ed the enemy side of the channel
and challenged Nazi fighters.
While Allied air fleets gave the
continent brisk bomb-lashing in
demonstration of the overwhelm-
ing aerial might achieved in three
years, the British people, from king
to commoner, paid tribute to the
RATS few who won the Battle
ii Britain.
For the Britons who were on the
receiving end oil the bombs in the
Battle of Britain three years ago
this Sunday was a day of thanks
giving for their deliverance.
Leading the nations observance,
the King and Queen attended
morning service at St. Paurs and
during the afternoon stood outside
Buckingham palace and reviewed
parade of civil defense and air
craft workers. anti-aircraft Raj
and Dominion air forces.
U. S. Ambassador and Mrs. Johr
G. Winant attended the service a
the cathedral.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
Wiln1ingtonian Helping
America Deliver Goods

Der of times in the $4,000 m1es
OF voyage during the year but Buck
was more interested in talking
about the more mundane problem
with which he was Immediately
concerned feeding the soldiers
that were passengers aboard.
Those boys feed we'll, he de-
clared. bette than they do at
home"
II got into the Navy to satisfy
my mother and to free my sister
and the rest of the people in the
world Buck said.
Il mean that from the bottom of
my heart"
THE boys who are dong the
fighting are getting everything
they need, but, if we're going to
win this war, the people back home
have got to keep up what theyr
doing now"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
PILOT DESTROYS
MUNITIONS DUMP
California Filler Blown Up
With Explosion; Lives
To Tell Tale

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Sept. Is. -tPl-
Twenty-three year old Maj. J. c.
Gunnison blew up German am
munition dump so successfully that
he went up with it and lived to
tell the story.
Gunnison, whose home is at 81
Hawthorne Avenue. San Anselmo,
Calf, and the American ABS In
vader squadron he commands at
tackled a camouflaged German
bivouac area near Capua. Italy,
shooting up vehicles and artillery.
Gunnison trained his machineguns
on the ammunition dump.
at went off like the Fourth of
July and my plane seemed to shoot
up about 1000 feet in the air. he
related. 81 though it was blown to
pieces, but it still was flying when
I c\sne out of it.
He headed out over the sea, but
an oil line was broken and the
plane caught fire. The young Ma
Tor Coolly climbed over the side OF
the cockpit twice, but each time
he wasn't suited with the angle
of the plane and reentered to right
it before he finally bailed out at
700 feet.
Before his chute opened the plane
exploded above him.
He was in the water only 81
minutes when his pistol shots at
tracted an Italian boat which land
ed him on the island of lschia off
Naples. He hitchhiked a ride to
Capri and then to the mainland.
1t was Gunnison's first mlshap
in so combat missions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27

as from Yugoslavia and Hungary.
Verona, in the Alps about 100
miles south of the upper Italian
frontier, is where Benito Mussolini
was reported to have set up head
quarters for his Nazi.inspired
Republican Fascist" regime.
In spite of the stiff opposition
by German forces clinging stub
bornly to the Mills around Ma
pies, 1t. Gen. Mark W. Clark S
Fifth Army troops captured Cava
oil Tirreni, Tirreni, seven miles
northwest of Salerno, and the twin
villages of Sentrchia and Valva.
% miles east OF Salerno and 10
miles northeast of Campagna.
The towns of Spinazzola and
Atella, inland from the east coast,
fell to the advancing British, a
headquarters communique an
nounced
The Fifth Army is fighting its
way forward through difficult
country and the Germans are be-
ing forced to give ground slow
w. the bulletin from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower's h e a d quarters
said.
A military spokesman said the
Germans are well dug in along
the Salerno front in the mountains
and it is a question of going for
ward and Wiping out one machine
gun nest after another Eighth
Army troops, the spokesman said.
are brushing aside Nazi rear
guard actions.
1t is not known where the Ger
mans will try to make stand,
now that they have abandoned
the big Foggia air base and its
satellite fields. The Foggia plain,
extending beyond the city for
about 80 miles, is ideal for tank
warfare and the Germans might
try to make mobile battle there.
II they pull out of the entire
Foggla area they face the danger
of being completely cut off in the
Naples sector which they are de.
Tending SO bitterly.
Capture OF the Foggia air fields
would give the Allies an air base
from which their bombers could
sweep every part of the Balkans
and southern Germany.
The Foggia system consists of
one man air field and IL satel-
lites. The main field is well
equipped with night landing IA
cilities and accommodations for
a large force of planes.
The satellites vary in size from
landing strips 100 by 1000 yards
to considerable fields measuring
$50 by 1,700 yards. The larger
fields can accommodate up to
three squadrons at time. Some
of the fields have dirt runways
but it would not be difficult task
10 lengthen them for heavy bonn
bardment groups and turn them
into all-Weather fields with iron
mating or concrete.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27

In little over one ear in Uncle
Sans Navy, Ralph H. Buck, Il
year-old Wilmington. n, has travel
led $4,000 miles on a troop trans
port that delivered 10000 Amer
lean soldiers in trips during the
year-all without the loss of a
single soldier.
That, NOR than anything else,
teNifies to the way that the Navy
is doing business in this war.
Buck, petty officer. is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Buck OF
Castle Hayne and is now home on
furlough. Prior to enlisting in e
Navy through the recruiting station
here on Pearl Harbor day in
June, 1912, he was a merchant
seaman.
The troop transport on which
he sailed saw enemy action a num-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-27
BOMBER CRASHES
IN DENVER LOT
Seven Airmen Die When
Liberator Attempts
Landing

DENVER, Sept. 26.-IR-A four
engined Liberator bomber, evil
gently attempting a pancake land,
ing in a vacant lot. crashed and
exploded in flame in a South Den
yer residential section today, kill
ing seven Army airmen. No CT
villains were injured.
The B-24, based at nearby Low
ry field, struck a wooden garage
adjoining wide vacant lot and
exploded. Two houses short dis
lance away were damaged after
a great sheet of flame shot out
from the wreckage. The plane was
on a routine training flight.