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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
REDS FRUSTRATE
new NAZI THRUST
Drive On Central Front
Positions Halted By Ar
tillery, Infantry

LONDON, Sunday, July 4-F'-
A German thrust toward Russian
nositions on the central front pe'
fore smolensk was frustrated yes
terdav by Soviet artillery and in.
fantry units, Moscow announced
ear7v today in the regular midnight
communique.
The bulletin, broadcast by the
Moscow radio and recorded mere py
the Soviet monitor, reported ex'
changes of artillery, mortar, ma
chine gun and rifle fire in that
area, where a German withdraw
al was admitted yesterday by Ber-
lin after the renewed skirmishes OF
recent days.
Russian troops were said to have
wiped out about company OF Ger
mans. silenced several artillery and
mortar batteries and destroyed half
a. dozen machineguns.
One German unit which attempt
ed to penetrate Soviet positions ran
into mine field, the communique
said. Many enemy troops were
blown up and the rest were killed
by machinegun and rifle fire be-
fore reaching the Russian lines.
Moscow also reported combined
sea and air attack in the Black
Sea In which Russian warships and
planes were said to have sunk a
German transport and a motor
barge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
VOTE IS 80 TO 33
Argument OF Senator Tru-
man Fails To Save g.
Year-Old Agency

WASHINGTON, July 3. -P)-
Congress agreed today to kill the
National Youth Administration.
The decision to end the agency
which was created eight years
ago as a work relief organization
came when the senate accepted by
a 80 to 80 vote a house demand
that NYA be given only $3,000,O00
to finance its liquidation at the
end of 1913. Originally, the senate
had voted the agency $48, ,8OO,0 ,00o
to continue operation for the fls-
cal year ending next June 80.
The argument of 'enator Tru-
man D-Mo) Of the senate's war
investigating committee that NYA'
program of training youths for
war industry work is absolutely
essential failed to save the a
gency. Opponents of NYA, includ-
ing Rep. Short tR-Mo.', hao coli'
tended NYA was inducing youths
to leave farms for work in ship
yards and was engaged in silly
crazy, cock-eyed' activities.
Nearing Accord
The provision abolishing NYA
was written into 81, 1876, ,Ooo, ,ooo
appropriation bill for labor-securl-
ty programs. Agreement OF the
house and senate on the NYA
amendment brought the two nous
es long step nearer final ac-
cord on the appropriation measure
one of group of big money
bills to supply funds for the us
cal year started three days ago
and over which congress has been
in dispute.
The senate postponed final ac'
ton on an $3.50, 100000 farm ap'
nropriations bill after Senator
Reed (R-Kans) protested agalns'
surrendering to house demands
for abandonment of federal lnsur'
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
INITIAL CLASH
May Culminate In Major
Sea Battle If Nipponese
Enlarge Forces
ALLIES ADVANCING
Soldiers And Marines Are
Driving Toward Enemy's
Air Base AT Munda

WASHINGTON, July s.
(P-American warships ly-
ing in wait pounced on a
Japanese force which tried to
shell Rendova island last
night, the Navy disclosed to-
day, drove off the attackers
with heavy gunfire.
This fifht, started by three
enemy light cruisers and four
destroyers, probably is but
the first of a series of brushes
between American and jap
anese sea squadrons which
may eliminate in a major
sea battle if the japanese
throw more and more units
into their efforts to stem the
allied South Pacific offensive.
Air and land fighting continu-
ed, meantime, with Army and Ma
rine forces on the Solomons front
driving steadily toward the ene-
my's Munda air base, and Ameri-
can and Australian forces in north
west New Guinea tightening their
ring of positions around the stra-
tegic air field at Salarnaua.
Double Threat
Like Salamaua, Munda Is SUBJ
iect to attack from at least two
sides - by army groups in Rem
dova island and by Marines press
ing up from the south of New
Georgia island where they already
have captured Viru harbor. The
attack by warships seemingly was
an attempt on the enemy's part
to harrass and delay the Rendova
phase of the operation.
The Japanese thus were trying
to accomplish with naval vessels
under the cover of darkness what
they had failed entirely to do by
heavy air attack on the day the
army landed on Rendova. At that
time they lost 101 planes of a
force estimated at more ITO. What
damage they may have suffered
in the sea skirmishes was not re-
ported here.
All the communique said was:
"On July 8 Saturday Solomons
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
THREE INVESTMENT
FIRMS HIT BY SEC
Fraudulent Practices S
Charged To Investors
Syndicate, Others

MINNEAPOLIS, July 3.-eR0
The Securities and Exchange Com
mission moved today in Fedora
district court here for a restrain
ing order to halt what 1t termed
fraudulent practices" on the part
of Investors Syndicate of Minneap
oils and two associated firms hav
ing assets of more than $2OO,OOo,
000
The SEC said it was the biggest
case it had ever handled.
In a statement, E. e. Crabo
head of the three firms, said, be
cause of the nature OF these
charges. which we firmly deny, this
action does not question the sol
vency of these companies and ne
certificate holder needs to be dis
turbed as to the soundness of his
investment"
Hearing, scheduled today, on the
SEC motion for a temporary re
straining order, was postponed un
til 10 a. m. Friday by Federal Dis
trict Judge Gunnar H. Norbye al
the request of syndicate attorneys
Business of the firm is frozen
pending the hearing.
Named in the 16-count complaint
filed Friday, were Investors Syndi
cate and Investors Syndicate OF
America, Inc, both. Minnesota cor
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
CATHOLIC WOMEN
WILL MEET TO-DAY
Bishop McGuinness Will
Celebrate Mass AT e. D.
OF A. Conference

Delegates from five North Ca.
lrolina cities will attend the sew
Ienth annual State conference of
the Catholic Daughters of Ameri-
ca today at st. Mary's Catholic
church, Fifth and Ann streets.
Solemn mass will be celebrated
at 11:30 o'clock with the Most
Rev. Eugene j. McGuinness, bi-
shop of Raleigh, in charge. The
sermon will be delivered by the
Rev. Eugene Live1sberger, OF
Burlington, state chaplain of the
Catholic Daughters of America.
Luncheon will be served at The
Tavern at 1:30 o'clock, followed
by business session. The Rev.
j. H. "evlin, assistant pastor OF
st. Mary's church, will deliver
the address of welcome.
The one-day meeting will be
presided over by Miss Elizabeth
Bullard, territorial deputy. Mrs.
c. D. Maffitt is grand regent OF
the Wilmington court.
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TIGHTER MIDWEST
GAS CURBS URGED
Senate Committee Also
Asks Wider Authority
For Secretary lckes

WASHINGTON, July S.-(P)-
frightened restrictions on gasoline
use in the midwest so that some
of it's motor fuel may be sent to
the east were recommends dto-
day by senate committee which
also urged broader authority over
all oil problems for Secretary lex
es.
The committee, headed by Sena-
tor Maloney D-Conn), and appoint
ed to investigate gasoline and fuel
oil shortages, said the outlook for
relief was not good.
1--WE must plan for the worst and
hope for the best" it said.
Oil and gasoline shortages along
this seaboard and in other parts
of the United States must be re-
garded as chronic wartime condi.
ton, it's report asserted, adding
that military demands are increas-
ing so greatly that they are likely
to absorb completely any additional
oil brought to the east by new and
old facilities.
"Setbacks with respect to any of
the new means of transportation
might create a serious shortage"
the committee said. "This is bad
news for the entire country as well
as for the east coast
The middle west will undoubted-
ly have to suffer more severe ra-
tioning in order to share its supply
with the states which are giving
up theirs to the armed forces. The
far west, with demand and supply
now precariously in balance, could
overnight be placed in a situation
equivalent to that of the eastern
seaboard as a result of intensified
operations in the Pacific.
"The northwest is even more iso-
lated than New England and could
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
Railroad Pay
Raise Dispute
Given To F. R..
Sharfman Refuses Wilson's S
Request That Board Re-
consider Increases
OFFICIALS CLASH
President May Appoint
New Group Or Order Old
One To Re-Convene

WASHINGTON, July sLRHA
new administrative dispute was
dumped on the White House door
step today when I. L. Sharfman,
chairman of the Railroad Emer-
gency board, turned down flatly
Sterilization Director Fred M.
Vinson's request that the board
reconsider its recommendation fer
an 8 cents an hour wage increase
for incorporating railway en-
ployes.
Sharfman told Vinson in a let
ter that he was without authority
to reconvene the board. At a
press conference, he added that
the stabilization director is try
ing to tell us how to settle the
dispute and we are the only ones
having that authority"
The board, Sharfrnan said, had
recommended to the President
what it deemed to be a fair and
reasonable settlement, and there
was no point in reconsidering it.
Opposed Award
Vinson set aside the award on
the grounds that it violated wage
sterilization policies. In memo
randum opinion, he suggested that
the board might use a test as to
whether wages are "substandard''
in reconsidering the matter.
Sharfman, professor of econom-
les at the University Of Michigan,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
Planes Provide Complete
Cover For Allied CONVOY

LONDON, July 3 -RE Carrier
borne and land-based planes, team
ing to provide complete shore
to-shore air cover spanning the
Atlantic, have helped bring valu-
able convoy over that dangerous
sea without interference from
powerful forces of U-boats," it was
announced today.
A joint admiralty and air min
istry communique described con-
tinuous air protection against SUBJ
marines declared that in attacks
over a two-day period recently one
U-boat was destroyed, another was
probably destroyed, and "others
may have been damaged"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
Senators Accept House
Demand To Abolish NYA
Rome Admits Palermo
Has Ceased To Exist

NEW YORK, July g. up -
Rome radio admitted tonight
that the Sicilian air and naval
base of Palermo has "ceased
to exist" because of the pound
ing of Allied air attacks.
The broadcast, recorded by
NBC, said Palermo had been
struck by "many times more
bombs than can be counted"
and is now useless.
Another Rome radio broad
cast complained that the AL
lies were not 'playing fair"
The American and British in
their bombing attacks, the ra-
diO said, are using the formu-
la:
''When your opponent is down
and out - kick him in the
teeth"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
FIR. F0RGFTS HOLIDAY
Senate And House Ar.
range To Get Back On
Same Jobs Monday
(By The Associated Press)

The peacetime practice of tax
ing an extra day off when the
Fourth of July comes on Sunday
will be lost this year in the dust
of Americas highspeed war pro-
duction.
Full-time working schedules over
the July 3-4-5 weekend are in
order for Joe the war plant work
er although banks, many stores
and other establishments will be
closed tomorrow.
The War Production Board said
it had received promises of gen.
eral adherence to Chairman DON
aid M. Nelson's request that war
workers celebrate Independence
day on Sunday only instead of car
rying the holiday over into Mon
day.
The President and congress also
decided to continue production and
forget the holiday.
The White House let it be known
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
TRAVEL RESTRICTED
Retail Stores, City And
County Governments
Take Holiday Monday

Celebration Of Fourth OF July
weekend which will be extended
10 a holiday on Monday for mos
i1n,inotonians. will be modifle'
az visitors are not expected Il
large numbers because of alread,
overcrowded living accommoda
tions and at nearby beach resorts
j and gasoline restrictions prevent
hing most residents from leaving
ethe city.
4 Officials of the New Hanover
War Price and Rationing board re-
ported Saturday that ''too many
people have made all sorts of eX-
cuses this morning to get gasoline
for travelling this weekend. In
most cases, gasoline ration cou
pons were refused -
All housing facilities in the city
and at the beaches are believed
to be filled this weekend. as many
reservations for the holiday sea-
son were made far in advance.
All retail store members Of the
Greater Wilmington Chamber of
Cimmerce will observe a holiday
Monday, which will not affect 9TH
er closing" days during the
week.
The city hall and all offices
housed in that building and the
county court house will be closed
Monday. The Recorders Court
VIII be in session for the disposi-
'lon Of Jail and traffic cases.
Postmaster Wilbur r. Dosher
sad the postoffice will give it's
regular holiday service, with postal
windows open only from II a. m.
10 IL o'clock. One city mail de-
livery will be made and none in
The rural areas.
Inc Shipyard will be closed to-
uay, with the exception of the
o woIk OF maintenance crews, but
VII, operate as usual on Monday.
MOST departments of the Atlantic
t1aS' t.} Line Railroad company will
4 ''he holiday Monday.
among others to observe a holi-
% srs monday are the Alcoholic Bev-
b.a nsse Control stores, the city's
oSs S%'AS and the Carolina Motor
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
REACH new PEAK
Planes Pour Tons OF Ex-
plosives On Palermo,
Catania, Cagliari
USE MANY CRAFT
Nearly 100 Liberators
Take Part In Raid On
Heel OF Italy

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
July 3.-(P)-The allied as
sault on Italy's military air
fields rose to a new peak OF
fury yesterday when heavy
and medium American bomb
ers from North Africa and
the Middle East swung across
by daylight to pulverize four
important bases on Sicily and
the italian mainland.
Only a few hours earlier
heavy British night bombers
had poured scores of tons OF
high explosives and fire
bombs on the battered cities
of Palermo and Catania, Sic
ily. and Cagliari, on Sardinia.
The attack on Palermo was
termed "heaVy ana Successlul'
with two-ton blockbusters heading
the destruction.
In what a u. S. communlque
described as ga sudden intensltl-
cation of the attack" nearly l0o
four-engined LiberatorT OF the
middle east command swarmed
over the 'heel' of Italy to drop
more than 100000 pounds OF
bombs on Axis airdromes at Lecce,
Grottaglie and San Pancrazio -
all within the aerial defense zone
protecting the bit Italian naval
base at Taranto.
It was the biggest offensive ac-
ton yet staged by Liberators Of
the Cairo command. Three were
lost as clouds of German and 1tal
ian fighters rose to defend thel1
home fields, but II Axis planes
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
City Notes Fourth Of July Holiday;
War Workers To Continue Production
Deuers Lauds Power
Of United Nations

LONDON, JULY s. @ -
Lieut.. Gen. Jacob L. Devers
declared in a July Fourth
message to his troops tonight
that 1--WE are looking forward
to a world in which there will
be a lasting freedom guaran-
teed to the world in the At
lantic Charter by our great
leaders,"
The commander of U. S.
forces in The European theater
of operations added:
II do not believe that in all
history can be found strong
er confederation of nations
than now united in a common
effort against the axis and
this union will continue, am
sure, beyond eventual victory
and be an instrument for
moulding the peace"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
CHENNAULT SEES
BRIGHTER FUTURE
Head OF U. S. Air Force
In China Looks Forward
To Raids On Japan

HEADQUARTERS U. s. 14TH
AIR FORCE, China, July 3-RE
Major General Claire L. Chen
nault said today in an address
commemorating the first anniver-
sary of the United States Air
forces in China: II sincerely hope
that during the next year you men
will fly over Japan itself many
times before the first fiAecracker
explodes July 4, 1944.''
''We are starting a new year"
Chennault declared. '"Things will
be different before it ends.''
He recalled that on July 4, 1912,
the American Volunteer group
completed remarkable and
outstanding chapter in American
aerial history" He told the air
force ground crewmen and head
quarters staff that ''you strafed
and bombed IS important Japa-
nese bases and numerous other
targets of opportunity. You made
them pay high price for the
raids they made on American
bases in China
''In the past year." Chennault
continued, mot only have you
saved thousands of lives by pre-
venting the japanese from drop
ping bombs on Chinese towns and
cities as they once did unham-
pered, but you have taken an i'm
portant part in the defeat Of the
enemy on the Hupeh front-a re-
treat that is still going on under
the relentless pressure Of Chi
nese ground troops supported by
American and Chinese planes.
''For that work, the first of its
kind since American planes came
to China, you have received not
only the thanks of the Chinese
leaders but also those of the Chi
nese soldiers on the ground who
no longer fear the sound of mo-
tors cverhead-they know they're
American or Chinese
"You have earned the gratitude
of these men who have fought six
<ror,4:x,ucd NJ, Doro Txuo. rn1 9N
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04

The escort carrier H. M. S. Ar
cher and her planes took up the
task of air protection between the
time that the convoy moved out
of range of land-based planes on
the western side of the Atlantic,
and reached the range Of land
based planes on the western side
Of the Atlantic, and reached the
range of those based in Britain.
The convoy crossed "a few weeks
ago."
Today's announcement followed
one two weeks ago saying that
British naval and air units had
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04

irg of the City council which voted
the ban of beer and wine sales on
Sundays, quoted a commissioned
officer as saying that nearly all
service men who come to town
during the week-ends return to
camp with ''hangovers," and that
Mondays in camp are ''blue Mon
days"-rapidly becoming "black
Mondays because of the inability
of the soldiers to work efficiently.
This statement was immediate
ly questioned and Mayor Cameron
told the assemblage of city coun'
cilmen and citizens that he In.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 3.-P)
General Henri Giraud has pass
ed through Natal enroute to the
United States, an o Globo dis
patch from there said tonight.
The co.presldent OF the French
committee of national liberation
is on his way to visit Washington
in response to an invitation from
President Roosevelt.
Natal is an air base on the
South Atlantic route between the
United States and Africa.
In a statement for release on
July 4. Gen. Henri Giraud said
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
ALLIES CONTINUE
RAIDS ON EUROPE
Attack Trains, Barges, Oil
Tanks In Nazi-Occu-
pied Europe

LONDON, Sunday, July 4-R-
A strong force of planes-presun1-
ably Royal Air Force bombers -
flew out over the southeast coast
early this morning bound for some
place in occupied Europe.
The last time RAF bombers were
out in strength was the night OF
June % when they attacked Co.
logne and Hamburg.
The bomber movement followed
widespread sweeps over France,
Holland and Belgium yesterday by
Raj light bombers and fighter
planes which struck at enemy OBJ
jectives by daylight for the third
consecutive day.
The air ministry said Bostons,
Typhoons, Mustangs and Spitfires
attacked locomotives, railway
switches, barges, oil tanks, fac
tories, gun positions and a plane
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
Davis Chief Denies Beer
Causes BLACK MONDAYS

No Nothing could be further from
Nib,,ttuV rum than the statement at
h 'useo w'3 to a Lutheran minister
Jona n"allmlngton to the effect that
b ~9y ba at, at Camp Davis had gotten
peel ~ black Monday due to
sissS sssS-end dissipations of our SOL
Ind VIZ; caused by drinking beer
s1sbl" l"lae' and that the camp is
nGone, 10 operate until Tuesday"
stioas stsl A. E. Potts, commanding
sttse er Of Camp Davis, said in a
n Brnoa neeelVed yesterday by May
the SeV' os Carl Fishsr, pastor OF
ehurch ''' Matthew's Lutheran
D' at the last regular meet
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday, July
4.-PHBy sea and air the
Allied invaders of the central
Solomons have thrown back
Japanese attempts to interfere
with the Pacific offensive, hav-
ing increased to 1874 the total of
, enemy planes dOwned and driv-
Ell off enemy ships bent ON
shelling Rendova, it was an
nOunced today.
Eleven more enemy planes
were downed on Friday and
Saturday over RendOva where
the Americans landed on We'd
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
Giraud En- Route TOU.S.
To Talk With Roosevelt

that ''in the work which the Amer
leans have taken upon them
selves to maintain. the French
people, traditionally devoted to
the same aspirations. associate
themselves with all their means
and all the strength of their soul
and heart.
"At the moment of my depart
ure for Washington I send my
most ardent and sincere greet
ings to the President of the great
republic of the United States on
this American national holiday. I
hope to renew them to him by
word Of mouth soo~ "
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
AMERICANS DRIVE OFF HPS
TRYING TO SHELL RENDOVA:
ALLIES BLAST SICILY, ITALY
Allies Down Eleven More
jap Planes Over RendOVa

nesday within five miles of the
Japanese air base at Munda
which quickly underwent she'll
ing from Allied shore batteries.
Today's communique also told
of continued Allied efforts to
conquer the New Georgia area.
Allied ships poured shells in
to enemy positions on Vangu-
nu, an island off the southeast
ern tip of New Georgia.
On the western arm of the
Pacific drive, four Japanese
Zeros and a bomber were de-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
LUMBER WORKERS
SUBSIDY STUDIED
Three U. S. Agencies Con.
slider Plan To Overcome
Labor Shortage

WASHINGTON, July 3. - tR -
A proposal 10 provide a guaran-
teed weekly wage to lumber work
ers, partly through federal SUBJ
sidy, to overcome an acute man.
power shortage, is under study by
three government agencies.
D. c. Speaker, the mythical Dis
trict of Columbia figure who rep
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Eastern Standard Time)
By U s. Weather BureaD
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 p. NJ, yesterday.
Temperature
30 a. M, 70; 80 a. M, IL; go
%. M, 81; 7:3O p. m.,77. Maximum 81;
minimum 69 mean Is; normal 79.
Humidity
1880 a. M. e5; 80 a; M, 80; 1:so
o. M, IS; 7:30 p. M, So.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:sc
r Total since the first of the month
200 inches
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
wi1noin pton - II :O6A :05A
II pap 6:05F
MI. sonboro Inlet 8:50A 2:49A
902P 2:50F
Sunrise sos a. M; sunset 1927 p. M;
moonrise 1854 a.; moonset 900 p.
Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville
on July 3, at a. M, 1875 feet.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04
WEATHER
FORECAST

FORECAST
NORTH CAROLINA: Little change
in temperature Sunday except
slightly warmer west portion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-04

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