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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Beth's eyes flashed through the
crowd getting off the train at 3
o. clock on Saturday afternoon,
looking for Andrea and, when she
saw her, she forgot all her mis-
givings. Andrea, with that eager
ness on her face, was Beth's An
drea, the pretty child who had a
hold on her heart. And when An
Grea flung her arms around Beth
Beth said, Its wonderful to see
you darling"
Wonderful? Oh, Bethie, I've
missed you like my right arm.
Pegs not too bad as a roommate,
although we do have our squabbles
but nobody will ever be like you. I
told Jim that you'd simply have
to come and live with us when
we're married.
wearing cotton gloves, dear,
and taking care of the children?
Dear Aunt Beth, who mas never
married." Beth said jokingly, feel
ing not at all humorous over the
prospect.
Got other plans" Andrea in
CURED. Tell me about this dash
ing Romeo, Vernon, who creeps
into your letters. Is he handsome?
Is ne rich? Has be proposed yet?''
Beth said, He's swell. He's not
rich. He's not handsome and he
hasn't proposed.
Then what in the world has
hep Andrea wanted to know.
1t was on the tip of Beth's tongue
10 say that he had more character
than any man shd'd ever known,
more genuine niceness, more gal
lsntry Then she realized with a
little stab of something that was
almost shame that she had been
going to say that. When there was
jim!
She said, 'How's JIM"
Something soft came into An
drea's face, but Beth wasn't look
ing at her. Jim is, well. some
thing, honey" Andrea had high
spots of color on her cheeks. II
would have stayed with him this
whole weekend, but he had to go
to Ohio with his adjutant this
morning.
Beth took her home to the
boarding house, where Andrea was
going to use the room of a girl
who was away for the weekend
and, when Andrea had got her
clothes put away, Beth asked if
she'd like to do some sightseeing.
She added that they were going to
the Blakes house for dinner and
Vernon had got date for Andrea.
IA boy who works with Bert, Yer
mons brother l didn't know wheth-
Ell you'd want date, but two girls
couldn't very well see anything of
Washington at night alone
Andrea hooted at Beth. Darling,
OF course l wanted a date, but l
cont want to 60 sightseeing this
afternoon. The monuments and the
White House will always be here.
! d like to see little of Washing
ton social life"
Beth said she was sorry that she
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DroH Boards To Send
1877 NEGROES To ARMY

New Hanover draft boards will
send 1877 Negro inductees, the
greatest number ever to leave from
this county, to the induction sta
bon at Fort Bragg on Saturday.
City Draft Board No. will send
l26 Negroes, including % transfer
red here from other boards. The
contingent will be principally made
Ur of 18-year-old youths.
Eleven inductees will go to Fort
Bragg from county board No. 2.
The city board is scheduled to
send 500 white men to the induc-
ton center in two calls, on Nov
% and 30.
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DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12-lRLThe
Federal Reserve Board reported
today that department store sales
last week were 10 per cent high
er than during the corresponding
week year ago.
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CANDIDATE NAMED

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 12- R-
Claude A. Watson, 58-year-old Los
Angeles attorney, was nominated
today by the National Prohibition
Party as its candidate for presi-
dent at the 1914 election,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13

Tantalum is such rare metal
that it is usually weighed in
pounds rather than tons.
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SYNPSIS

Roommates and cousins,
BETH KINNAN, serious-minded
and trusting, and
ANDREA BARNES, rather self
conferred and selfish, find that
the tenseness accompanying
Americas impending entrance
into the war is beginning to af-
feet their lives. For three years
Beth has been gong with
JIM RONALD, who still has not
been too successful in getting
ahead in the world, while Andrea
has been attracted by
DENIS ARCHER, IS years her
senior, but wealthy and interest
ing-and also married.
YESTERDAY: Andrea writes that
she is coming to Washington to
spend a weekend with Beth.
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BAERING DOWN ON THE NEWS:
This Is Bargain Day
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

This day Uncle Whiskers holds everybody for
ransom ~"
They figure 5O0OOo 900 taxpayers will lay it the linz
today s dyed mustache
lot of high goes the dam today And it is
all the good We paying for victories like the
Bismarck and Coral Seas and we getting them.
getting swell finance company to help me out on
this They they will take the whole thing on my
hands With those BOYS chopping il off at the wrist
BY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
BY JOE ALIEN MORRIS
United Press Foreign Editor

NEW YORK. March l5-The
United Nations Will have their
opportunity 10 break the back
Of the Axis in Europe before
Christmas. but the ultimate de-
feat of Germany almost GER
talnly will be a long, tough and
costly task. The final victory
cannot be expected until 1914
or later
That is the broad impression
you bring back from six months
of close contact with men OF all
ranks and positions in Europe.
There is no miStaking the ac-
cent on speed as an essential
of victory.
Details of how and when we
are going 10 strike at the con-
tinent will be known only after
operations are launched.
ALLIED POWER is being
massed along a great steel ring
drawn around Germany in pre-
paration for land. sea and air
attacks this year designed to
keep the enemy on the defensive
and permit us 10 strike where
we choose and establish a
bridgehead on the continent.
The mastering of Allied power,
especially IN the air, in the
European and African theaterS
means that when Tunisia is
cleaned up we arc going 10
strike at many points in both
the Mediterranean and along
the north European coast.
Every point at which we
strike in Europe potentially will
be the point tf major invasion
because we will be in a position
quickly to develop any bridge
head we establish.
Once we force the enemy 10
fight on two or more fronts we
will be in a position TO rally the
guerrilla strength of occupied
countries and 10 attack other
points closer TO Berlin.
THE ALLIED purpose IS h
keep the Axis guessing as 10
where and when we strike. and
this has resulted in consider
able speculation as TO the best
avenue for attack.
One plan often discussed in
London calls for an invasion by
way of Greece. This would have
the advantage of stretching
enemy lines TO the limit across
Europe and. if successful. of
opening the Dardanelles route
for our conveys through the
Black Sea to Russia.
The British and American Air
forces already have started the
pre- invasion "Softening up" of
the Axis, but il would be fool
hardy 10 assume that the pres
ent scale OF aerial attack can
achieve that goal. We have
made only a beginning and the
current scale OF planes and
bombs muSt~be increased many
times
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GOERING IN ROME

NEW YORK. March ID tINS)--
Goering's current visit 10 Rome
is aimed at overcoming the "in-
decision of Mussolini and his new
cabinet and to force them 10 &C.
cept all German demands" the
lass (RussianD news agency said
today.
Tass said Goering had arrived
in Rome March 6 but had ordered
his presence kept secret. He is
charged with a personal mission
from Hitler TO MuSsolini, Tass
added.
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Jdps' Ydngtze


CHUNGKING. March IS (UP)
The japanese drive between the
Yangtze River and Tung Ting Lake
has completely collapsed" after a
week of heavy fighting, Chinese
war communique announced today.
Gen. Chang Kai-Shek's arm y
had halted, at least temporarily,
the enemy's threat 10 the rich rice
producing lands along the river
and the shores of the lake. This
area controls important communi-
cations and supply lines in the VIC
unity of Changteh and Changsha.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15

STOCKHOLM. March Is (UP)
Swedish newSmen said today
that Propaganda Minister Goebbels
virtually had admitted by impli-
cation that Hitler had given up
supreme command of the German
army and left the eastern front.
Goebbels told Swedish CORE
spondents in Berlin Saturday
night that he saw Hitler several
days ago and found him in better
health and spirit than ever Then
he added:
Hitler still bears the respon-
sibiIity of guidance of the inner
and outer fronts"
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z Killed in Explosion
On Housing Project

MEMPHIS. Tenn, March Is
QNS)-An explosion ripped
through SiX-unit apartment
building in the William II. Foote
Homes. federal housing project,
yesterday killing two persons and
injuring ID others, the administra-
ton office announced today.
Cause of the blast was not de-
termined
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The War Today
Two Experts Size U p Allied Prospects
for Victory in Europe and the Pacific
EDITORS NOTE

Here IS an authoritative si-c-tp Of tho Allied pros
meets tor rctory ia the tro n6or thcatCrS Of the ror
Frank H. Bartholomew Ten his san Francisco desk
in Dcccube and riStcd from Horo' 10 Australia. Ne
iraS padcr trC H Ncr Guinea.
Joe 4I,f Morris JraS j charge Of the EHfopeo1
stof Of The L. p lrhlc the United Nations Cere laying
thcir plans for l9.} and making their trst h'1StS TO-
1card an jgUdSop Of the continent.
Both talked ,ritE military leaders IN Their rcSpcc-
rc areas about Allied strategy and the outlook for thS
near Thus dissertations and conclusions IN these
parallel dispatches are based the latest and most
authoritative Information that Il IS possible to Obtain
1rthju the froaCcort of the ruicS gorCRing security
Comparing notes. hcg toUnd Their material agreed
in one an poroHt cSpccthot ultimate rictory IS GER
oiR bat mag bC 0,uch trtbet array than most people
think
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Call Swiss in Bulgaria

STOCKHOLM. March Is (UP)
The German controlled Swedish
telegraph bureau reported from
Sofia today that all Swiss nation
ais in Bulgaria had been advised
by their government 10 return TO
Switzerland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Plant Guards 10 Vote
AT Packard on Union

More than 200 plant protection
employees of the Packard Motor
Car Co. including zone supervis-
ors, will decide by vote Thursday
whether they will be represented
by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aircraft and Agricul-
tural Implement Workers OF
America (UAW-CIO). Local ia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Naples Rdided
By Bombers

CAIRO. March Is GNS)-A
United States Army Air Force
communique said today that heavy
American bomberS, including Con-
Solidated LiberatorS, attacked the
harbor OF Naples last night.
Results Of the raid could not
be observed because OF heavy
cloud formations. the communique
said. All planes returned safely.
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Fire Chief Custer
Decision DELAYED

SAGINAW. March 15-The Sc
fremen demanding removal 81
Chief Frank Bender have all beer
interviewed but City Manager Pc
terson is not yet ready TO make
his report TO city council. He sale
the other 20 members Of the de-
partment would be questioned be
fore ne makes a decision.
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'Lifeboat Feet Sign
He S Gone Overheard

CHICAGO, March IS (INS)-If
that service friend of yours writes
that he has "lifeboat feet" you
can be sure he has been through
some sort of experience on the
high seas-even though the censor
has blacked out the rest OF his
letter.
"Lifeboat feet" Is wars malady
and is found among shipwreck
survivors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Windsor Hockey Player Dies

A collision with another hockey
player was blamed today for the
death of Gerald Anderson. l6, of
1888 Balfour. Windsor. Anderson
collapsed Saturday after the crash
in Windsor Arena the previous
evening.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Merchant Marine a la Ritz

NEW YORK, March IS GNS)
The 100-room, 100000 French
type chateau of the late Otto H.
Kahn, near Huntington. L. l., is
being converted into a training
station for merchant marine radio
OneratOrS.
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7 Believed Dead in Crash

SEATTLE, March Is UNS)-
The midair collision Of an army
fighter plane and navy bomber
over Richmond Beach. Wash, was
believed today 10 have resulted in
the death of seven men.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Jackson Filler Downs jap

1t. Thomas Fowler Of Jackson
today was credited by news dis
patches from New Guinea with
shooting down a Jap fighter plane
during battle last week.
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AVOIDS STATEMENT

Stockholm commentators be-
lieved that GoebbelS deliberately
avoided making a specific state
ment that Hitler still was supreme
commander Of Germanys armed
forces.
The press conference was called
by Goebbels after the circula-
ton of rumorS that Hitler was ILL.,
or even insane. Both London and
Washington had taken official cog.
niZance of the rumorS, although
emphasizing that there was moth.
ing specific TO support them.
GERMANS REALISTSIC
Goebbcls told the correspondents
that the German people were
taking "A much more realistic
attitude toward the British all
raids on their cities.
after reporting on Hitler's
health, the German radio said,
Goebbels said that Reichsmar-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
BirthCertificates Delayed

Withdrawal of % WPA clerks
has caused long delay in the
issuing Of birth certificates. Health
Commissioner Douglas said today.
WPA aid was withdrawn several
weeks ago
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Noel Coward Has Relapse

TORQUAY, England, March Is
(UP)-Noel Coward, playwright
and author, i'll of influenza. suf-
fered a relapse during the week.
end, and his condition caused con-
Germ.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
$4,000 Bonds Pledged

War bond pledges totaling $780,
600 were taken Saturday night at
a dinner Of Michigan candy men
at Webster Hall, it was disclosed
today.
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BATTLE SOUTH OF Belly

The Germans also were stepping
up their attacks in the Izyum area,
20 miles southeast of Kharkov,
presumably in an attempt to force
the Donets and outflank the de-
tenders of Kharkov.
More than 30 of the newly cap
tured towns on the central front
were in the area south OF Belly
where the high command said the
Germans were putting up strong
resistance from previously pre-
pared strong points in futile ef-
fort to stem the Soviet advance.
The bodies of 300 German dead
were counted in one town.
A third Soviet column smashing
southwark from Vyazma captured
Milyatinsky Zavod, so miles north
Of BryanSk. strongest German base
southwest OF Moscow. The Ger
mans were throwing fresh infan-
try and panzer units into futile
counterattacks in this area.
The advances northwest of
wanna carried across both the
upper Dnieper and Vyazma rivers.
Field dispatches said three Ger
man defense lines crumpled under
the weight OF Soviet attacks on
the upper reaches of the Dnieper
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Hitler Still i'm CHARGE?
GOebIDeIS SideSfeDS

shall Goering and Foreign Min
lister Won Ribbentrop also were
in good healthO
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u. Planes Blast
Ndzis Inside
March Line

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
North Africa. March ID tUP)--
American bombers flown by Brit
i>h crews have attacked enemy po-
SltionS inside the Mareth Line and
Allied planes have scored an air
victory off the Algerian coast, to-
days Allied communique reported.
These widely separated air ac-
lions highhghted a day of COM
parative quiet along the whole
TuniSian front. There was some
patrol activity which amounted 10
feeling out operations by both
sides.
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Children
In Hospital
Bombed

LONDON. March Is (INS)-
Fifty children miraculously es-
capped injury today when Axis
bombers scored a direct hit on a
hospital in northeast England.
II was the third attack in four
nights on the northeast coast.
An official announcement said
that no children were trapped In
the hospital. which was severely
damaged. All the children were
safely removed in ambulances and
motor cars to other hospitals.
2 SCHOOLS DAMAGED
Two schools, church and
business establishment suffered
considerable" damage, according
10 the announcement, and some
persons were killed.
Fighter bomberS OF the Raj
struck hard at NaZi airhelds In
northern France, destroying at
least two enemy planes.
Enemy waters were mined dur
| ing the night. Four British bomb
erS failed 10 return.
Residents of England's SOUTH
east coast reported heavy ex-
ploSionS had rocked inland dis
ItrictS behind the French and
/ Dutch shores. but no official ex-
/ PLANTATION was made.
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Japanese
Convoy
Blasted
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comparatively quiet. with most oil
the japanese activity centering
around the flanks from Timor, in
the Dutch East Indies. to Rabaul,
on New Britain Island.
ATTACK STILL ON
Dobo has been previously re-
ported virtually wiped out in
Allied bombing raids, but appar-
emily the japanese are making
hurried efforts to reconstruct IT
1t appeared curtain the convoy
was attempting to reinforce and
supply the Wewak garrison and
the attacks presumably were con-
tinuing. 1t was not reported
whether or not any enemy ships
reached their goal.
The exact position Of the Jap
anese convoy at the moment is
uncertain. But il is indicated that
the flotilla is jockeying back ano
forth somewhere outside Wewak
Harbor.
ENEMY STRONGHOLD
Remnants Of the Japanese
convoy may have been able TO
slip into Wewak Harbor under
cover of bad weather which has
hampered the Allied bombers,"
the British radio said today
Wewak is a small port on the
Northeastern New Guinea Coast,
about $40 airline miles northwest
of Buna. and appears to be the
newest and one of the most pow
erful enemy strongholdS in New
Guinea.
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Surprise Attack
By Ndzis Seen
Accessibility

LONDON. March Is (UP)vI
Official quarters were giving Sc
rious consideration today TO the
possibility that the Germans might
launch a desperate and surprise
assault soon against the. Allies to
avert a second front and give the
Wehrmacht last chance to crush
the Red Army.
Such an assault obviously would
be aimed at prolonglng the war
and increasing the chances for a
stalemate or a negotiated peace.
If the NaziS could prevent a
real fighting front in Western
Europe this year, their general
staff could muster its last resources
for a supreme attempt to crush
Russia in battle of humiliation"
for which Hitler has been striving
since June, 194l.
WHAT THEY COULD DO
The Germans have several posi-
bilities for a surprise assault in
the west:
Gas bombing of British cities
L and gas Smelling on the Rus
sian and African fronts.
C-Large scale air attacks
- against Britain to disrupt
Allied offensive plans.
0-Large scale commando raids
- on Britain. possibly accom-
panied by paratroop actions. de-
signed for the same purpose.
h-Invasion of Spain. or Tur-
n key or both, TO force the
Allies to divert strength to
new front.
The possibility that the Nazi:
might spring a secret weapon
against the Allies also has beer
considered but military authorize!
are inclined 10 scott at this a.
1.-THE perennial Goebbels night
mare"
WOULD PROLONG WAR
i 1t is generally admitted here
that. should the Germans succeed
in forestalling a second front ant
in knocking Russia out of the war
which is doubtful in view OF al
previous attempts. the NaZiS coul'
concentrate military strength 81
formidable in Western Europe tn
war would be prolonged indefi
Initely.
: AS for gas. Allied leaders do no
believe its employment would al
feet our offensive plans
; The Germans undoubtedly coult
: resume large scale air bombing
of Britain, informed sources be
: lieved, but not on a scale com
parable to the current Anglo
4, American air offensive. Anythin
> less, il was said, could hardly brin
, the results the Nazis need.
COMMANDoS POSSIBLE
=. Large scale commando attacks
however, could be launched. il wa
said. In this connection. the Sun
|. day Observer recalled that tn
Germans have new siX-engin
Blohm-Voss flying boat. capabl
of transporting so men, and powe
gliders which carry 120.
Even il the Germans had 4
sacrifice 100000 troops in carry
ing out a huge commando raid OF
Britain. observers said the result
certainly would. be worthwhile j
il gave the Nazi high commant
time 10 deal with Russia befor'
being faced with an Allied invasion
of the continent.
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DOWN TORPEDO PLANE

One Spitfre squadron OF the
Royal Air Force spotted eight Ger
man Heinkel-l11 torpedo bomberS
off the Algerian coast yesterday.
In the ensuing combat one of the
| German planes was destroyed and
Others damaged.
AXIS torpedo planes have been
attacking Allied shipping along the
Algerian coast.
Although the communique men
toned no big scale land fighting,
the AlgierS radio carried a hint
that an important Allied drive
might be getting under way IN
northern TunSia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
RAID FRENCH SUBURB

The Nazi-controllcd Vichy radio
said lat great numbers OF
Allied bombers flying at great
altitude had attacked the suburb
of a town in Picardy, northern
France.
The Vichy broadcast said that
a large number of bombs were
dropped, destroying many houses.
killing Ia persons and injuring 30.
In another town in Picardy, the
broadcast declared, five persons
were killed.
The Paris radio said that Amer
lean bomb ers had attacked
Amiens. but gave no details.
Late hast night and early this
morning, air raid alarms were
sounded in Zurich. Berne and
Geneva. Switzerland. indicating
that Allied raiders might be on
their way TO Italy, but there were
no reports OF any raids on Italy
from official sources.
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TAMERA AREA FIGHTING

1t reported that Allied troops
supported by artillery and tanks,
have begun an attack in the Ia
Imera area.
Bad weather restricted aerial
Operations generally and Allied all
patrols over the Mediterranean
were forced 10 return TO their
bases. One group of Spitfires in
northern Tunisia spotted small
enemy transport column and shot
lup two lorries, motorcycle and a
staff car.
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Reds Battered
Inside Khdrkov
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dispatches said the fighting was
the fiercest since the battle oil
Stalingrad
While the situation was worse
on the Kharkov front. the Soviet
armies 10 the north captured
nearly 100 towns and hamlets II
their converging drives on Smo
lensk, Germany's most important
base on the central front.
The Soviet midday communique
announced the smashing Of ar
enemy defense line northeast Of
Smolensk.