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y. s. FIFTH ARMY PATROLS
CROSS VOLTURNO AND HIT
REINFORCED GERMAN ARMY
Australians Merge Gains AS They
Continue Drive Toward Madang

BY c. YATES MCDANIEL
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Sunday, Oct. 1O-tR- Allied
airmen had the better of an
exchange Of moderately heavy
blows in the southwest Pacific
during the past 48 hours while
aground Australian troops fan
ned out in the Ramu valley of
New Guinea to consolidate new
ly gained positions on march
toward Madang.
Adm. William F. Halsey's
south Pacific command report
ed no additional Japanese at
tempts to withdraw from the
central S0lomons since an enc
my navy task force was de-
feated by American warships
the night of Oct. 6 off Vella La
vella while bound for evacua-
ton of troops from that island.
Neither was there any re-
port Of expected American
landings on Kolombangara but
south Pacific reports indicat-
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Government Makes Plans
To End Butter SHORTAGES

WASHINGTON, Oct. g. up -
Military and other government
purchasing agencies have ar
ranged to get out and stay out of
the butter market until next March
to permit the entire production to
move into civilian consumption
channels.
This action, said War Food Ad-
ministration officials who disclos-
ed it today, should help relieve
shortages which have developed in
some areas, particularly those far
distant from major producing
areas, by making from ten to 30
per cent more butter available
for civilians than the average con-
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Senator's Report May Change
Nation s Dealing With Allies
PRESSURE EXPECTED
Military Strategy May Feel
Effect OF Critical Sum-
mary OF War
BY JACK BELL

WASHINGTON, Oct. g. Up -
The off-the record report of the
war the senate received this week
from five of its members has
started the ball rolling on what
may be far reaching changes in
this nations dealings with its al
lies and the peoples of reconquer-
ed lands.
Even military strategy, which re-
mains a matter for the high COM
mand, may feel the weight of legis-
lative pressure as a result of the
net critical summary of the war S
conduct given their colleagues by
Senators Russell D-Ga.), Chandler
O-Ky0, Mead O-NY), Lodge (R-
Mass.) and Brewster (R-Me).
Possible Results
The effect of their serialized ver-
sion of a 10000 mile trip to the
worlds battlefields, delivered in
two closed-door sessions, seems
likely to be translated into these
early results:
l. Strengthened opposition to any
declaration Of foreign policy that
makes specific commitments in adj
vance of statement of post war
intentions by Britain and Russia.
2. Revision of lend lease opera
tons to prevent other countries
(notably Brittany from obtaining
credit for furnishing supplies which
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Nazi u Boats Lose Duel
With Convoy In Atlantic
Nazis Plan To Quit
Baltic States Soon
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 9.-(Rl-

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 9.-R-
Reports reaching Sweden to-
night said the Germans intend
to evacuate the Baltic states
by Oct. 81 as the invasion-jit-
terry Nazis acknowledged that
American and British air arma-
das control the skies over much
of Germany and Europe and
that naval supremacy in the
Mediterranean permits the AL
lies to strike anywhere in the
Balkans.
German heavy guns and
troops already are being with
drawn east of Leningrad, and
some evacuation of troops from
the Peterhof district began last
week, Finnish information said.
The Germans are reported to
have been working frantically
to fcrtify a line running south
from Narva on the Russian
Estonian border, but Estonian
refugees said the type of fortifi-
cations being built indicated
5 they intended to use them only
for delaying action.
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Rails Win Court Ruling
In Seatrain Lines Case

NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 9-lR-
Fifteen railroads, fighting what
they termed "confiscatory'' pay
ment for use of their freight cars
on the ocean-going car-carriers of
Seatrain lines, won today fed
eral court ruling that the Inter-
state Commerce Commission lack
ed authority over any operations
beyond territorial waters of the
United states.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission had ordered the railoards
to interchange cars with Seatrain
for its service between Hobo
ken, N. j., ana Belle Chase, La,
via Havana. 1t also had ordered
the shipping line to pay the rail-
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ed some survivors of the re-
peatedly bombed enemy troops
there had escaped by small
craft during the past fortnight.
"a Japanese imperial head
quarters said the evacuation Of
both Kolombangara and Vella
Lavella has been completely
Belated reports from the
south Pacific described a heavy
raid a few hours prior to the
navy battle by American Lib
orators and Lightnings on the
Japanese airdrome of KhaliH
on Bougainsville. The Liberia
tors went in low to bomb gun
positions and grounded aircraft
at night. The enemy sent up no
fighters but ground batteries
d0wned three Of the raiders.
Ranging over the Equator
north of New Ireland, a Lib
orator Friday i.lorning spotted q
a convoy Of three transports,
escorted by destroyers, NOV
ing north. The big bomber at
tackled through an intense bar
rage thrown up by the enemy
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vessels and scored damaging
hits on a 10000 ton transport.
The badly battered enemy
airforce returned to the attack
in both New Guinea and the
Solomons.
Friday, IL Japanese medium
bombers with Is Zeros, raided
Allied positions around Fin
schhafen, the New Guinea air
base on the Huon peninsula
captured recently by Austria
lians. The new raiders failed to
cause any damage.
Over Vella Lavella in the Sol
onions Friday, patrolling Cor
sairs of the United States navy
broke up a formation of Is
Zeros, downing one enemy
fighter in a brief battle.
On New Guinea, where Aus
tralians have reached a point
As miles southwest of their OBJ
jective of Madang, today's
communique said "our forces
continued the advance and now
are entering the foothills of the
Uria river valley"
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FEDERAL SPENDING
ASSAILED BY COP
Martain Says Party Plans
To Insist On More Gov
eminent Economy

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. - Up -
House Republicans used the adj
ministration's battered $40, 500, 0O0,-
600 tax program today as a spring
board for renewed attack on gov
eminent spending.
eve are not going to let them
strangle the public with new taxes
without any effort to cut down ex-
penses within the government" de-
clared House Minority Leader
Martin (Mass).
1t was the stocky Republican
chieftain's first public expression
on the treasury's tax proposals
which received an attentive but
hostile reception from both major
parties on the Ways and Means
committee this week.
We're going to insist on more
government economy" Martin
said. THAT seems to be a thing
they're trying to overlook entire
ly."
Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) of the
(COnfinued m pora Two. ro1 ~
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~Ou'laued on Page Five; Col. q
zen. De Gaulle Turning
Followers Toward Russia

.. ALGlERs, Oct. 3d. Gen.
:. ''0f-es de Gaulle has taken the
; a1S step in turning his followers
goTop plooably the postwar French
Ssi: 81 definitely toward Rus
ms WI WIN the Russians reciprocal
nrs. py intense cultivation of the
" Fn1fs.F French leadership. WIN
it was snno Un me political front,
ander 1p9,1iouhced today that Alex
GATE f. D+1hgonolov, Russian dele
Rational "a ' l;s French committee of
Wilson liberation, and Edwin c.
new Alli a5nerl ,:a member of the
terranearu pohtleo-military Medi.
arrived IN commission Ii both had
au''es statement during .
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KILL 10000 MEN
Premier Stain Hints That
His Troops May Soon
Invade Crimea
WIDEN BRIDGEHEADS
Sweep With 81 Miles Of
Latviian Border In Fight
ing Near Newell
ny JAMES M. LONG

LONDON, Sunday, Oct. 1O
IP,-Charging Soviet d.
vision, have wiped the Ger
mans from the Caucasus,
killing 10000 troops and cap
+uring 5000 prisoners, Mos
COW announced today, while
in the north the Red army
dashed to within 81 miles of
+he Latvian border.
The beaches of the former
Ysi Kuoan bridgehead were
covered with sprawling Ger
MAI dead and great stocks
Of ahndoned material, the
Russians said, and Premier
Marshal Joseph Stain limited
tr}nphantly that the Cri-
nlea, Russia'S FLORIDA" a
few miles across the Kerch
Strait, soon would be invad-
ed.
The Russians killed thousands
more Germans and captured or
destroyed more German guns and
supplies IN the great battle to
extend their three bridgeheads |
across the Dnieper river where !
Soviet spearheads were declared
to have gained additional ground
north and south of Kiev and near
Kremenchug.
Nearing Kiev
Moscow reports said one bridge
head north Of Kiev was less than
10 miles from the Ukrainian capt.
tai and at least IL miles deep.
In the White Russian battle, the
fourth major war theater in Rus
STA, the town Of Liozno, Is miles
southeast Of Vitebsk, fell to three
Soviet columns which forced the
;1oShnia river to take the railway
town.
The Moscow communique, re-
corded by the Soviet monitor, an
aounced the capture of "a towns
and hamlets in the drive toward
LatvIa from Newell as German
were beaten with
heavy losses.
But Moscow report broadcast
Gy Inc London radio said the Red
Amy was now 1875 miles west of
seVel, and only 81 miles from the
la'Vlan border and 38 miles from
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ways 81 a day demurage for each
car in its custody.
Three judges who heard the
railroads plea for an injunction
handed down today a decision that
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion act neither compelled the
railroads to make such an inter-
change nor give the I. c. c. power
to enforce one.
Appeared to their opinion was
footnote saying:
1--WE can see no practical way
in which Seatrain can operate its
ships between Hoboken and Belle
Chase without going outside the
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sumed by them during the past
seven months.
They make no prediction, how
ever, as to possible changes in
the ration point value for butter,
which now is Is points a pound
compared with 8 points last sum.
mer.
The notice of the government
decision to remain out of the mar.
ket until production begins to in.
crease next spring has been sent
to Congressman who have inquir.
ed about recent butter shorta pes
and the sharp advance in the ra-
ton value.
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NAILS RETREATINC
Falling Back To Garigliano
River, About IS Miles
From Rome
CASERTA CAPTURED
British Eighth Army Also
Advances Despite Heavy
Rains, Floods
BY EDWARD KENNEDY

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, ALGIERS, Oct. g.
.P)-American Fifth army
patrols have smashed across
the Volturno river, where
the Nazis have chosen to
fight the first round in the
battle for Rome, and clashed
in hit-and-run engagements
with German troops reinforce
ed by an entire new division,
headquarters announced to-
day.
(The Cairo radio said in a
broadcast recorded in London
late Saturday that Allied
forces had crossed the Vol
turno ION a broad front"
The Germans were retreat
ing to positions along the
Garigliano river, some Is to
20 miles north of the VOL
turno and 80 to IS miles
from Rome, the broadcast
added.)
Caserta, strategic rail and high.
way center 16 miles north of Ma
piles, fell to the Fifth Army as
the last enemy resistance on the
south side of the Volturno and
Galore rivers was wiped out and
front dispatches said the Allies
now were in control of the Vol
turno's south bank along a front
at least 80 miles in length.
Encounter Fire
The Fifth Army patrols crossed
the rain-sWollen stream under the
cover of darkness, took a numuer
of smacks at the enemy and en-
countered considerable return fire.
some of it from artillery.
Their task is to probe German
positions along the north bank Of
the river and feel out the enemy's
fighting mettle there.
Relman NORM, Associated Press
correspondent with the Fifth Ar.
my, said in a dispatch from the
front that Allied troops had reach-
ed the Volturno "along its whole
length from the mountains to the
sea"-a distance of approximately
30 airline miles.
A commupique from Allied head
quarters said the American Fifth
Army in the west and the British
Eighth Army in the east both adj
vanced two to three miles in spite
of heavy rains which caused floods
in some areas.
Planes Active
Although the bad weather con-
tinued, bomber and fighter squad
rons of the Northwest African Air
Forces kept up their hammering
of enemy supply lines on both
sides of the italian mainland and
teamed with Middle East air units
to smash at Nazi air fields in
Greece, Crete and the Dodecanese.
Morin's front line dispatch, dat
ed today, said the Volturno cross
ing by American and British pa
trolls was made west of Benevepto
in an area where American troops.
their advance slowed but not halt
ed by the rains, were making
steady progress and were threat.
ening the German left flank.
Heavy artillery bombardment Is
continuing and the Germans are
subjected to relentless pressure
he said.
While 1t. Gen. Mark Clark's
forces were in complete control
Of the south bank Of the Volturno,
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speech in Corsica that the Medl-
terranean is pathway for "a ma
tural alliance with dear, powerful
Russia" preceded disclosure that
Bogomolov would bring a large
diplomatic mission.
Andrei j. Vishinsky, Russian
member of the Mediterranean
commission, is expected here soon.
and is said to be bringing staff
of 20 to 80 persons.
The combined stats Of Vishin-
sky and Bogomolov would number,
by these accounts, more than SO
political, military and economic
experts. Such large number
would reflect the Importance Rus
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WEATHER

,,or FORECAST;
sr 18Th CARCLINA: Mild temperature
s si,iady and Sunday evening except
aft smSs cooler north portion Sunday
'i'efhoon and evening.
~ eastern Standard Time)
NJ. ny U. S. Weather Bureau)
so chronological data for the "a hours
-'ts ''5U p. NJ, yesterday.
10, Temperature
Nv d, m, 81; 7:30 a. M, 60; 1890
Wn wiz, 10 80 p. m, SO. Maximum 70;
'''-''i''fn ~; Mean IA; Normal 81.
Lon Humidity
. NJ nv a. a., M, 50; 7;3o a. M, 90: / 80
= III" IS; 7:30 p. M, a..
ro4., Precipitation
, p''' d a the "a hours ending 1880
oo t0f ino, since the first of the month.
IT,. Tides For Today
tt0,a me Tide Tables published by
. Toast and Geodetic Survey
Wi,r,;rr. High Low
''-''iins'on -------- 6:52A 1:33A
"'''D'o'0 Inlet -------- 4:ss a 10 l :ssA
S,,.,. slip II :26P
! MssssTTssse s s a. m; Sunset As p. n;
CAM :, f:l7 p; Moonset, 2::46 a.
On o. rear River stage at Fayetteville
y at a. M, 925 feet.
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20 YEARS AGO f{TE EMPIRE
MARCH 2. 1923

2,
play of the
begin
entitled
Martha Nema Nemela Albert
Selma vesoja Glenn Graves
ketba picture
another
the Seote caption
tils,t
arrival southbound Juneau The
its message
raging.
Prince Rupert his
arising there
Registration books the
the the office
until March 81 Retiring members Council Mayor
Robertson W. Reck and elected the
preceding for
peting twoyear term No candidates yet
Scott c. reception
legislators families
invitations
Stackpole prominent citizen Kechkan passed
the First City February according
H L. Faulkner
buried Ketchkan Judge Stackpoe old the time
his death and of the
Weather snowy temperature OF
O
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Freedom VS.. Enslavement
philadelphia Record

philadelphia Record
If the vision of Franklin Roosevelt unfailing
in his program for rebuilding his country it no
less acute in discerning the mounting menace to
world peace in the policies of Hitlers Reich.
On october 6, 1897, he startled America with his
famous quarantine" speech at Chicago, in which
he declared
The epidemic of world lawlessness is spreading.
When an epidemic of physical disease starts to
spread the community approves and joins in quar-
antine. War is contagion. We are deter
mined to keep out of war, yet cannot insure
selves against the disastrous effects of and the
dangers of involvement The peace of the world
lis threatened"
Many laughed at those prophetic words. Many
more refused to take them seriously Yet as Hitlers
demands upon Czechosovakia mounted to the grim
climax at Munich-the laughter turned to fear the
indifference to indignation. The worlds peace had
been threatened-and the apneasement at Munich,
the deal for peace in time" deceived few of us
Yet then, Franklin Roosevelt had to fight for
the most elementary precautions.
Finally war came.
A "phony war;" SO some said during the first
months after the swift fall of Poland
President Roosevelt begged for ornaments.
He got through the cash-and-carry amendment to
the neutrality act, which permitted aid to Britain
He expanded the air corps-all the while he, and
most Americans hoped against hope that somehow
we could remain out of the conflict
When the fall of France shocked the world the
last bars to Roosevets leadership down. In
swift succession came the 10 billion dollar defense
program; the epochal Lend-Le Act, which helped
Britain save herself from destruction; the draft
which was to give America army-barely in time
And when the shock OF Pearl Harbor struck 1870
million Americans thanked God that Franklin Roo
sevet had been able to see, from here, what
Adolf Hitler really doing there.
The rest OF the war program is fresh in the
minds of us all. Yet watching its progress we have
scarcely realized that the most powerful contrast is
that We still wage democracy, while the
Third Reich has reached the full depths of that
degradation slavery and degeneracy which i'm
pcit on that day. 10 years ago. when Hitler took
power.
In Denmark Greece, Norway Jugoslavia France
Holland and more nations the hope for free
dom, for survival lies with the man who cut that
birthday cake at Warm Springs decade ago.
1t was he who what lay ahead; his vision
which planned our resistance launched the great
offensive in North Africa, and has climaxed the
decade with his journey to the battle-ground map
drive for unconditional surrender of the Axis"
So, today we may well give pause and thanks
for great leader. In the contrast between the
careers of Hitler and Roosevelt the world is given
the alternatives for its own future
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JOE SPEAKS PLAIN

Russ Premier Joseph Stain spoke out in plain
language again the other day to tell his friends of
the United Nations what he thought about things in
opinion of the way the war being fought in
other theaters
The fact that he omitted any mention Of The
fight row raging in Africa significant. Just
What Joe is expecting is not too clear
He evidently endorsed the invasion of Africa and
1t is also possible that the offensive in Africa has
reflection in the Russian theater 1t should be
all RICH, to go far to say that if the African
operation had not been launched Stains Red Army
would have found many more German reserves in
action against the Soviet juggernaut
At the same time, the United States has made
it plain to Stain and all of the rest of the world,
that the North African campaign is the jumping off
for entry into Europe. The American soldiers
who go over told in their instructions which read
mo other American force has been given more
important mission. From North Africa armed
forces will make entry into Europe
But Stain comes out with the statement that
the Red Army alone is bearing the whole weight
oil the war"
We think that is slight statement with
all due regard to the excellent offensive which the
Russians carrying
Stain, however, gives no like assurance to the
Allies that the Red Army will pursue the Axis beyond
Russian borders The goal is merely to free the
Soviet of the invader, he says.
If that the goal of the United States, mere
ly the United States of the invader would
not be fighting outside of the Pacific
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aii-plane production.

Wilson, as former head of Gen.
eral Electric, having spent his life
at production, knew what Eber-
stadt, a banker, and what Army
men, trained to fight, did not know
namely, how to adapt these big
machine-tool hammers to airplane
production instead of letting them
remain idle in Ordnance plants.
But when Wilson asked Eberstadt
for the tools, Eberstadt declined
to release them from Ordnance.
Eberstadt is close to the Army
Navy. was reputed to take advice
from them. The machine tools di-
vision was under him.
I've got to have those machine
TOOLS" Wilson demonstrated.
Machine tools are my province
and you can't have them," Eber-
stadt replied.
Then I'll take 'em anyway
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WHY THEY FIGHT

Here is the behind-the- scenes
incident which brought the recent
crisis inside the War Production
Board and led to the dismissal of
Ferdinand Eberstadt as its vice
chairman.
The issue was some machine tools
not being used by Army Ordnance
and which Charles E. Wilson, in
charge Of WPB production. wanted
shifted for use on airplanes. 1t
was question of taking the ma
chine tools from one branch of
the !. Army--Ordnance-and using
them for another branch of the
Arrny-the Air Corps-and involved
the old rivalry between the ground
and air forces.
Ordnance had been using the
tools for making tanks, and the
tank program was well along, while
the airplane program needed spur
ring, especially forgings for crank
shafts which is one bottleneck of
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Daily Lessons in English y. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: do
to us?" Say. WHO, you spoke to
MISPRONOUNCED Caricature Pronounce
first AT in unstressed
OFTEN MISSPEILED: Pellet LIS. Pelican L.
Invgorate exhlarae refresh enven
WORD STUDY Use three times
vocabulary
STIMULUS something that
The to
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RED CROSS SAVES BUTTONS

Mrs. Dwight Davis, wife of Coo
lidge's Secretary of War and men,
Der of the Central Committee of
the American Red Cross, called on
President Roosevelt last week to
RECEIVE from him the first contri-
button to the Red Cross in its ma
tional drive for funds.
In return for his contribution,
Mrs. Davis slipped through FDR' S
button-hole little paper tab with
Red Cross marked on it,
.But where is my button?" asked
the President
I'VE aren't using buttons this
year explained Mrs. Davis, I'VE
are saving metal"
Then she went on to point out
that even the small amount of
metal used for Red Cross buttons
ran into sizable figures measured
In terms of war goods, and that
they were using paper tabs instead.
Actually the Red Cross will save
81 tons of metal this way-enough
to build one medium sized tank
plus eight jeeps.
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countered Wilson.

countered Wilson.
That was what led to the order
of WPBoss Donald Nelson removing
the machine tools division from
Eberstadt and transferring it to
Wilson. 1t was this row, with the
Army Navy vigorously going to bat
for their friend Eberstadt and
pulling wires behind the scenes to
get Nelson's head, which led to
Eberstadts dismissal
NOTE: Wilson has now notified
the Army and Navy that in the
future he will demand the trans
fer of machine tools from certain
of their factories to other plants
where they are more needed. The
Army Navy are grousing behind the
scenes and trying to get a super
cabinet of elder statesmen (Admiral
Leahy, Bernie Baruch, Jimmy
Byrnes and Harry Hopkins, ap-
pointed to supersede Nelson. They