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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
Attack MeSSina'

CAIRO, March rs - (R -
Allied heavy bombers raided
Messina, Sicily, Wednesday
night and bomb bursts were
seen near the harbor, power sta
ton and on other targets, Raj
headquarters said today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26

WASHINGTON, March rs -
R)-Army bOmbers raided the
Japanese base at Kiska In the
Aleutian Islands four times
Wednesday, scoring hits In the
target area, the Navy reported
today.
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Reds Advance

MOSCOW, March rs - R -
The Red Army on the western
front. driving toward Smolensk,
has continued IL Advance and II
consolidating its gains on that
front, the Soviet midday COM
munique said today.
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BRITISH CRUSH GERMAN 0NSLA uGH1
late X X X
bulletins


NEW YORK, March 26-(P
The British radio quoted
Stockholm reports today as say
ing that Adolf Hitler now plans
to run the German Navy, whose
U-boats are a major threat to
the supply lines which the Al
lies must keep open to invade
Europe.
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1000 Bags Of Mall
for Troops Lost
U-Boets Sink SHIPS
csvvyims letter.

WASHINGTON. March - -:
R-- The Army reported toooy
that 1000 sacks Of mail dogt1no1
for American soldiers. ovosDnnn
were lost in recent weeks - -
sinking Of United NatouD =
BY enemy act1on. \,
Il Was isnpoo1hoo 49, 60
any identillcalion g 60
lost, tlss Army soA6 ~ 60
u was firyt-eloD l111nr
which originated II
parts Of the eou1ey
during yebruary, -
drassed 10 poe
britain, Iceland.
Egypt and India
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Russians Gain
Despite Stiff
Nazi Defense
Grind SteodiIy
Forward Toword
City Of SmoIensk
BY EDDY GILMORE

MOSCOW, March 26 Up
Before mounting German resist
ance, the Red Army steadily
pressed on in one sector of the
Western Front today and halted
to consolidate its positions in
another, but the general pres
sure toward Smolensk was un-
slackened.
On the northern Donets River
battle-ground, the Russ ian S
fought bitterly against large
units of Germans, the battle
shifting this way and that in the
Belgorod sector where, the mid
day communique said, the So
viets recaptured two settlements
they had lost previously to the
Nazis.
SMASH TANK COLUMN
(The Russian midnight COM
munique as recorded by the
London Soviet Radio Monitor
declared Russian artillery had
smashed German tank and in
fantry columns making new at
tempts to cross to the eastern
shore of the Donets River east
of Kharkov.
ct reported that Soviet troops
north of Chuguev successfully
defended height against a tank
and mortar array supporting a
German infantry regiment in
one sector and that Russian field
guns in another sector killed
more than 500 attacking Ger
mans. Russian firepower also
dealt heavy punishment to Ger
man forces northeast Of khar-
kov, it was said)
1t was obvious from the char
acter of the violent battles north
of Chuguev that fresh German
forces were at the battlefront.
The Russians are stubbornly
defending the river aga n S I
heavy pressure from tank, and
motorized infantry outfits and
bloody battles have been resum-
ed. Yesterday it was indicated
See RUSSIA-Page 2
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At the present time How
ard r. Carroll, Of Van Dyke,
is the county'S sole represen.
tative in the state legislature.
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Impertisl covsEoss
Of All loeel News
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
Football Gunner Indicted
On Charge OF Gambling

CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-(RLCharles
Bidwill, owner of the Chicago Car
dinals professional football team,
was ordered seized and brought
before the Cook county grand jury
today by Chief Justice Benjamin
P. Epstein of the criminal court.
The jurist issued an attachment
fcr the widely known sportsman
after he failed to appear before
the jurors, who are investigating
gambling.
Bidwill, who operates printing
company and is a stakeholder in
the Hawthorne and Sportsman S
Park race tracks, was questioned
by the jury last Wednesday. He
had been asked to return today,
but Assistant States Attorney Viii
tert Crowley said that, instead,
he sent a letter saying "On the
advice of counsel I respectfully de-
cline to be present"
Before the attachment order was
issued, Crowley read to the Judge
a series of questions which had
been put to Bidwill Wednesday. In
the transcript he was represented
as declining to answer a query as
to whether he had dealings with
firm that permitted the firm
to make ''bet tickets" He was
quoted as saying ut might incrim-
mate me- He also declined to
answer questions about whether
the Bidwill printing concern print
ed tickets, hand cards and wall
sheets ''for various bookies in Chi
cago and Cook county"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
RUNNING ATTACK
DECIDING FACTOR
|Dyches, Lawrimore, And
Sutton Spark Will
mington Power

Before a near capacity crowd at
Legion Stadium Friday night. the
Wilmington Wildcats nosed out the
invading Durham Bulldogs 10 to
0. The game had all the thrills and
spills of big-time football and the
local eleven looked impressive iii
scoring once in the second quarter
and again in the third. The Wild.
cats displayed an effective ground
game that was spanked by the
sensational plunging of Piggy
Dyches. The Cats relied almost en-
tirely on their running attack which
operated off a single wing forma-
ton with Dyches, Sutton, and Low
rimore alternating on the ball
carrying.
The Bulldogs were pretty well
stymied on the ground but exhibit
ed a scintillating aerial attack
that had the Wildcats in trouble
consistently. Late in the first half,
Carlton uncorked a long toss to
O'Brian who was knocked out of
bounds on the Wilmington three.
When the gun sounded ending the
half the Bulldogs had a second and
goal on the Cats two.
First score of the ball game came
in the second period and was the
climax of fifty yard sustained
drive. Dyches bucked over from
the four and McIlwain booted the
extra point.
The second half found the Dur
ham passing attack clicking for
short gains with Reed, substitute
back, doing a nice job of"spot pass
ing to the rangy Carlton in the flat
zone. On one occasion, McIlwain,
in the Cats secondary batted down
d pass on his own fourteen that
seemed almost certain for COM
p1etion.
Late in the third canto the Wild
cats started on their own twenty
and mixture of off-tackle slashes
and end sweeps drove to the Dur
ham seven-yard line. Dyches hit
the line for the score. but was
stopped by the Durham forward
wall on the attempted conversion
Both teams displayed a lot of
power at different intervals during
the contest, but it was evident that
the Wildcat running attack was the
determining factor in the outcome
A rather porous Cats pass defense
enabled Durham to complete IA
passes. of twenty attempts. The
Cats rolled up fifteen first downs
while the losers accounted for eight
most of which came through the
air.
The pile-driving of Dyches was
outstanding for the Wildcats with
the whole forward wall giving him
plenty Of support Reed, Lofts, and
Carlton were the big guns for the
vanquished Bulldogs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
3 JAP WARSHIPS
SENT TO BOTTOM
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warships in Rabauls harbor or
just outside in Blanche Bay.
(Many such warships had been
seen recently moving the 300 miles
from Rabaul to replace o h S
sunk and damaged.)
Reconnaissance Friday showed
the number of warships at Ra-
baul had been reduced to eight.
There was a possibility that some
might have been withdrawn 70 the
Kavieng, New Ireland, area but
in any event Rabauls effective
ness as a base against the Al
lied offensive in the northern SOL
onions has been impaired seri-
ously.
Reconnaissance also brought out
that Japanese aircraft strength,
which was approaching 300 before
this --latest assault, had been con-
siderably reduced tn following
day.
In a special statement, General
Macarthur spokesman said the
"greater part of the Japanese air
effort now apparently is b e in g
used to support the situation on
his Wewak-Rapaul 'front.'"
Wewak is on northeastern New
Guinea, approximately 300 miles
up the coast from the Huon pen
insula where General Macarthur S
ground forces hold positions only
10 miles away from the west tip
of New Britain. Rabau] is on New
Britain's northwestern tip.
There was no change in the sit
uation on Bougainville where Ma
rines and Army troops have Sc
cured firm beachhead at M
press Augusta Bay $50 m S
southeast of Rabaul. japanese po-
sitions near the beachhead took
an aerial pounding and Allie d
planes continued to render Bou-
gainville's airfields imperative.
Discussing the air situation
from the japanese standpoint,
Geenral Macarthur spokesman
explained:
with his intermediate island
bases, he can fly even his fighter
types from the empire itself to
this front in four days. By this
means, it is possible for him to
fly in from 100 to $50 planes
day.
In spite of his Eeavy losses,
much of which resulted from in
itial surprise of his planes on the
ground, he, is able to continuous
ly maintain the strength of his
air forces Cat Wewak and RabauD.
Little or no pressure is being
exerted on him from other fronts
which enables him to concentrate
his air forces here
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
STUDENTS PRAY

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 R =
Six hundred of his fellow pupils
in Gonrzaga high school went tc
a special mass today and prayed
for the speedy recovery or hap.
py death" of Tommy DUNCAN,
15year-old end of the school S
football squad.
The boy suffered a fractured
vertebra and severed spinal
cord in a practice game Tuesday
and is near death in Providence
hospital.
THE fracture is a terrific one. :"
said DR.. c. J. Murphy. 1T is the
sort of thing doctors come upon
after a train wreck-only in those
eases the victims die Immediately.
That he is alive makes this a
rare case"
DUNCAN, youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter A. DUNCAN of
Chevy Chase, Mr., was injured
IN making diving tackle.
-V
! Handban was introduced into
the U. S. from Ireland about 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
Spain Denies Story
Of Assisting Nazis

WASHINGTON, Nov. IL. - up -
The Spanish embassy said today
it had been authorized by its gov
eminent to deny categoricany re-
ports that SPANS Blue Division,
withdrawn from the Russian front,
was joining the German Army
There is no truth at all,' said
the statement, in the reports re-
Gently published in some papers
about Generalissimo Franco having
sent letter to every member of
the Blue Division urging them
to join the German army"
The division is reaching Spain in
relays, the statement continued,
adding that not one of it's men,
bers had been incorporated into
the German army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13

ment, is the one and only sure
way to make all OF western Europe
underwrite what was achieved and
planned at Moscow. And if west
ern Europe is secure for good
settlement, the prospects in CEN
trail and eastern Europe will be
immensely more favorable.
The latest news from Algiers-
if we do not misunderstood it and
act unwisely--is reassuring. This
may astonish those who continue
to misinform themselves about
French affairs by thinking tn
what is at stake is a personal con
test between General De Gaulle
end General Giraud. They should
note that the changes at Alg;ers
occurred at the precise moment
when Mr.. Churchill was saying in
London Il rejoice with every in
crease of unity and consolidation
that I notice in the French Ma
tonal Committee at Ayers" The
changes at Algiers, which have
just been carried out, have been
anticipated for some time by those
who are we'll informed, and Mr..
Churchill is very well informed.
There is no contest between Gen.
eral De Gaulle and General Gil
raud because General Giraud has
no political following in France
whereas General De Gaulle's fol-
lowing is now greater than it has
ever been. But that does not mean
that General De Gaulle is moving
toward a personal dictatorship. On
the contrary, the signs are clear
and ncreasingly positive that his
personal power is contained within
French republican traditions and
institutions. 1t is very republican
and very French that General
Giraud, as commander in chief of
the armies, should hold no political
office and should be placed under
civilian authority. 1t is equally re-
publican and French that the COM
mttee should now have been made
to inclue members of the resist
ance in France and also of the
French Parliament. The National
Committee today is more demo-
cratic and m representative
than it has ever been before.
In this development, which we
ought to encourage, lies. our best
hope of an orderly liberation of
western Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
GERMAN SUPPLY
TUNNELS STRUCK
Continued From Page One)

in the entrance to the Mt. Gents
tunnel at Modane, France, which
the Germans had only recently
repaired after an Raj raid Sep
TENDER l6.
Coupled with these two Gripping
blows to German efforts to keep
the Nazi armies in Italy supplied
was the Wednesday daylight Fly
ing Fortress attack from Mediter-
ranean airdromes on the railway
bottleneck of Bolzanc just below
the strategic , Bremen Pa S S
through the Alps from Austria to
Italy.
In addition to these major heavy
operations, the British b m b r
command last night once m ore
sent 400-mph Mosquitoes over Ber-
lin-the first time since October
Sand others attacked Hanover
and detectives in the industrial
Ruhr valley.
From all these operations seven
Raj bombers were missing, Civ
ing the Raj a total loss for the
month TO date of rs bombers in
three major assaults. All of the
Liberators returned safely to their
Mediterranean bases fir m the
raid on the Cannes area, Which
they made unescorted.
In moonlight so brilliant tn e
crews could pick out roads, fields
and railways II across France,
making navigation only a matter
Of map reading, the Raj bomb
ers sent a great concentration OF
explosives showering on the glis-
tening rails of the Rivera France
Italy line. A communique said
the line was attacked at several
points, the main blow being at
the railway center at Cannes,
with bombing heavy and W veil
concentrated T."
Returning crews reported n
big bombs landed squarely among
flares dropped by preceding path
finder. groups which marked the
target, and said that only slight
opposition was encountered from
coastal defenses and from one or
two fighters seen over Cannes.
The fact that a plant producing
ball bearings again was target
for the Americans was new indi-
cation of the intensive drive
against factories throughout Nazi-
dom producing this vital part OF
war machinery.
The Fifteenth Air Force itself
has twice bombed a bearing fac
tory at Villar Perosa near Turin,
and the Briths-based U. S. Eighth
Air Force had delivered two dev-
astating blows on the Nazis' great
bearing works at Schweinfurt, Ger.
many.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
CANINE PROBLEM

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-R-Beth
Brown wrote a book called "All
Dogs Go To Heaven but today
she was looking for an earthly
home for SO dogs.
Her responsibility started when
she took over the care of 10 dogs
owned by an 83-year-old dog train
er cited by the health department
for keeping them in his home in
violation of the city's sanitary code
The trainer, Daniel Lewis, receiv-
ed suspended sentence on the
charge.
But Miss Browns problems snow.
called, because she placed tn e
Lewis dogs in Long Island ami
NAL shelter on the condition she
help its owner find homes for 70
other dogs already being cared
for there.
To date, she said, she had found
homes for only two of Lewis dogs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13

NEW YORK, Nov. IL. - up -
Our chief crystal gazer has beer
Ill the past week with the flu ane
the following football selections 1T
offered with some reservations:
Notre Dame over Northwestern
Frank Leahy, Notre Dame coach
says he discovered this summer
during preparations for the Cnl
cago all-star game just how gooc
Northwestern's Otto Graham is
He probably found out at the same
time how to stop Mr.. Graham. line
contest is a sellout of 1880.
March Field over Southern Call
fornia-the Trojans aren't the same
since the transfer of Mickey. NC
Cardle, their quarterback and ace
runner.
Dartmouth over Cornell-figur-
ing that Dartmouth's cripples Will
be cured by time of the klckof1
and knowing that Bill Maceyko,
late of Cornell, now is a member
Of the Sampson naval team. The
game is being played at Boston
where 10000 are expected.
Georgia Tech over Tulane-The
Georgia Engineers are the class
Of the Southeast Conference as
long as Eddie Prokop romps be-
hind that Tech line.
Ohio State over Illinois - some
10000 Ohioans will be on hand to
cheer their freshmen to victory.
Texas A & M over Rice-Hardly
more than scrimmage for the
Aggis on their way to the title
game with Texas on November Is.
Texas over Texas Christian -
and the same goes here.
PENNSYLVANIA over North Car.
clina-a spot for an upset but the
Quakers should sneak through de-
spite their mauling last week by
Navy and the ailments acquired
by Bob Odeu.
Michigan over Wisconsin - Elroy
Hjrsch, star of the 1912 Wisconsin
team, and numerous other ex- Bad
gers now compose the Michigan
team and have nothing to fea1
from Wisconsin's 1943 freshmen.
Navy over Columbia - Despite
Columbia's six straight defeats
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
Hungarian Premier Says
War Approaching Country

NEW YORK, Nov. u. - R) -
Premier Nicholas Won Kallay of
Hungary warned his people today
that war was fast ching the
country "from all directions" and
announced increased military pre-
paredness.
Quoting a dispatch of M. T. l.,
Hungarian news agency, the Of
flee of War Information said Kali
lay warned against "cowardly trail
tors and declared he was prepar-
ed to take energetic measures to
prevent a recurrence of "the stu
alton of 1913"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
LEBANON CRISIS
MAY HIT ALLIES
Continued From Page One)

Italy proper. Eisenhower inter
vened with the approval of Lon
don and Washington then to tell
the French committee that Gen.
eral Giraud's command of the
French army in Africa and its
officers must not be interfered
with in an attempted deGaullist
purge of alleged Vichyites from
its rolls
Giraud's resignation as joint
committee president has left de
Gaulle in sole authority over that
body. 1t has not changed Giraud's
function as commander of all
French troops in Africa, Corsi-
ca, Sardinia or elsewhere within
Eisenhower's Jurisdiction.
The Washington government has
remained silent thus far both as
to the reputed deGaullist-forced
retirement of Giraud from the
committee and as to events in
Lebanon which prompted the
British warning. Presumably it is
now being left to Eisenhower, as
previously, to take such action as
he deems necessary to insure sue
cess of further offensive opera
tons.
Among those operations must be
eventual Franco-American land
ings in southern France from the
Corsican or other bridgeheads.
Giraud's forces are being re-arm-
ed and re-equipped for that. It is
estimated that full 100000 French
and French colonial forces will
be available when that re-equip-
ment and training in the use of
Allied weapons is completed. How
far that project has yet progress
ed has not been revealed.
If, with the Corsicon jurnp-off
secured, French forces are now
posing with American comrades
for thrust to regain footholds
in metropolitan France itself, Gil
raud's willingness to step out of
his committee role would be I'M
derstandable, also Eisenhower
failure to take any known action
in that respect. 1t would mean
that the French veteran is too
busy with military matters to
engage in political fight-and too
well secured in control under. Eli
'senhower of the gateways to France
itself to be. much concerned by
committee actions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
MAT SHOW MOVES
AT SPEEDY CLIP
Luttrall, Weston And a.
harias Take Easy Vic.
tories Friday

Wrestling affairs went forv.,,
at a rapid clip Friday night " y
ITALIAN Hall with all winners fol-
ing care of their opponents in ron
ord time.
Cowboy Luttrall entered II,
ring with two strikes against b;..
in his match with Jimmie cnt
field, but the old Westerner srr
passed himself to batter ONT :,
victory over the Kansas Civ IN
in 20 minutes of a commute bo~t
Mae Young ran into a goo0 HI.
of trouble with Betty Weston and
after another hair-pulling, Slam,
ming and banging affair, Mis-,
Weston got the tap from the rsf
cree.
Big Bill Zaharias had tbino,
his own way all through his on
counter with Chief Thunderbiv5
but the Indian was able to st,aa
enough of a comeback to win tbs
second fall. The burly Greet
went into the third fall with blood
in his eye after the count was sot
at one-all and finished off THIN.
derbird in l minute flat.
A telegram was received dr.
ing the matches from Elvira Snod
grass, a rough and ready gal
grappler, and a challenge was i,
sued to the winner of the Yonns
Weston bout. Miss Snodgrass will
appear here next week against
Betty Weston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
WARNING IS SOUNDED
ABOUT OVER-OPTIMISM
CONTINUED From Page One)

persal of industry means t ha
bombing attacks must be contin-
ued and even extended.
The submarine menace cannot
be forgotten, Strong went on, be-
cause new or modified undersea
raiders may once again play hav-
&C with our long supply lines.
He was not any more cheered
up by the Japanese situation, sum-
marizing it:
The japanese fleet is still in
being, we have ye; tc reach any
main line Of resistance. Geogra.
ply is all in the enemy's favor.
His morale is good and there are
sufficient supplies of all but few
commodities to carry on a long
war.
He found one gooo thing: Due
to, Allied attrition Japan's ship
ping situation is getting worse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
Wildcats Edge Visiting Bulldogs, 80
Navy Highly FAVORED
Over Hapless Columbia

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-REEl-
dor Thorsen, Colunbia's best tao
lie at the start of the season, will
be substitute center and second
string quarterback tomorrow in tn
Lions football game with the heav
lily favored forces from the U. S.
Naval academy.
Injuries and illnesses have so
reduced the Columbia squad that
the transfer was necessary to as
ure the Lions requirements for
the two positions. Yves Holden,
regular quarterback, is i'll and Ed
Moran, a freshman who became
eligible last week, will start.
A crowd of 10000 is expected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
PRESS RESOLUTION

NEW YORK, Nov. -. - @ -
A resolution condemning the
practice in any government of re-
garding the press as an instru-
nent of government will be pre-
sented to the annual meeting of the
American Society of Newspaper
Editors IN January, the society's
bulletin announced today.
The resolution was drafted by a
committee appointed by Roy Rob-
erts, managing editor of the Kan.
sas City Star and president of the
society. Members of the commit
tee are Wilbur Forrest of the New
York Herald Tribune, Erwin D.
Canaan, Christian Science Mont
tor, and William Allen White. EN-
roria tKan.) Gazette.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
DEBATE ON TAXES
WILL BEGIN SOON
CONTINUED From Page One)

of individual and corporation in.
comes. Most of the added revenue
would be gained from higher pos
tai rates, boosted excuses on so.
called luxuries, and by an in
crease of the corporations excess
profits tax from go to 95 per cent
It repeats the victory tax,. COM
bining it with the normal income
levy.
The postal section increases the
in-town letter rate from two to
three cents and hikes the airmail
rate from six cents to eight. II
leaves unchanged the three-cen1
out letter rate and the
rate on second class mail but dou.
bles third-class rates.