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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
MACARTHUR'S men
STRIKE AT ENEMY
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Saga Karasa island" the commu-
nique reported on the Arundel ac-
| ton.
The Japanese. sensing the peril
to Villa, had been moving in enemy
reinforcements at night across the
narrow strait on barges but in
the mopup six of these barges
were sunk by infantry weapons
and artillery
The enemy on Kolombangara
then opened up with it's artillery,
inflicting some American casual
ties.
Complete control of this sector,
roughly a triangle bounded by the
Salamaua air base, captured Ser
TENDER u, the Lac air base, cap
! tured September 16 and Finsch-
hafen, once the enemy supply de-
pot for the other two points, would
pose a grave mena"e against New
Britain with its enemy stronghold
of Rabaul
This landing beyond Finschhafen
followed quickly the seizure by air
borne Australians of the n m y
base of Kaiapit north and west of
both Finschhafen and Lac.
Headquarters o disclosed
that patrol of the troops which
captured Kaiapit have killed 100
Japanese.
The Allied air arm struck heav-
lily north of the new operations
scene around Madang, making 46
bombing and strafing passes. Nine
Japanese planes were downed at
Hopoi
| Hopoi is an enemy air strip 20
miles east of Lac, or between there
and Finschhafen. From Finschhaf-
en-, for which General Macarthur
now is bidding, it is only 7G miles
across Dampier strait to N w
Britain.
Today's communicate also an
nounced the sinking by air bonn
bardment of japanese cargo ship
in the Bismarck sea.
| " llllZd tIOIl VI ldllO, sea dllO oil
elements in the Finschhafen at
tack emphasized the type Of war
fare which General Macarthur be-
lieves will fold up the Japanese
the quickest. 1t has only been re-
Gently. however, as in the pincer
development of Lac, that the fleet
has been able to play much of
role.
In a coordinated land, sea and
air movement, our troops in force
have landed six miles north of
Finschhafen," today's communique
reported.
The two enemy airdromes Of
New Britain nearest 10 Finschhaf-
en-Cape Gloucester and Gasmata
were heavily raided. Sixty tons
of bombs were dropped by four
engined units on areas at Cape
Gloucester where planes are dis
persed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
KILLED IN CRASH

Captain Roland b. Cooper of
Camp Davis, was among the rs
persons killed Monday in the
crash of an Army transport
plane at the Laurinburg-Max-
ton air base, according to an
Associated Press dispatch from
Maxton Wednesday night
The ship, making a shuttle
run to carry passengers, car
go and official mail daily be-
tween Pope Field, Fort Bragg,
and Stout Field, indianapolis,
Ind, fell shortly after the
takeoff here and burst into
flames in the woods near the
end of the runway. All passen-
gers and crew members were
killed.
However, the public relations
office at Camp Davis said
Wednesday night that there was
no record of Captain Cooper,
whose address was listed as
126 East Nadarre St., South
Bend, having been stationed
at the camp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
AMERICAN ARMY
NEARING NAPLES
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Allied troops IL miles across the
bay on the Sorrento peninsula
could see large fires burning in
and near the city of 925, 1000. The
Germans appeared to be burning,
destroying and looting anything
that would be valuable to the on
coming Allies. The enemy had es-
tablished strong defense lines on
the southern and eastern approach.
es Of Naples. which were under
constant pressure.
The British Eighth Army cap.
tured Potenza, which an Allied
spokesman likened to "a man s
heart so far as that part of Italy
is concerned-it is the center OF
everything"
Five primary roads radiate from
Potenza. The city of $4,000 lies
Sc miles east of Salerno, "a miles
southwest of Allied-held Bari on
the Adriatic, and So miles inland
from the Gulf of laramie which
washes the instep of the Italian
boot.
Many German motor conveys
had been seen fleeing northward
from Potenza in recent days. Its
fall meant that all lower Itely was
dominated by the Allies.
A small British patrol had bold
ly slowed away on an Italian train
and reached the outskirts of Po-
tenza three or four days before ii
fell. The British hid in the hills
and furnished information of Ger.
man activity which was instru-
mental in our capture of h c
town." a headquarters spokesman
said.
Lieut. Gen. Mark w. Clark S
American and British troops of his
Fifth Army famed out steadily
and cautiously north and north.
east of Salerno. They encountered
heavy German artillery and NOR
tar fire. East of Salerno, only
small rearguard attachments were
encountered
The Germans were in strong
mountain positions guarding Ma
Piles. Their continued control OF
volcanic Mt. Vesuvius and it's bot.
tleneck coastal routes presented
Gen. Clark with much the same
strategic problem that Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery had in
Sicily in the final coastal drive
upon Messina past Mt. Etna.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23

fer to Italy or the Balkans. That
was The closest large troop pool
in Russia on which Berlin could
draw immedia ely when Italy
cracked up and capitulated.
In any case, the war in the south
along the lower Dnieper seems due
for lull Of some sort soon. The
autumn rains are on there. The
Russians must soon pause to re-
organize, re-equip and rebuild the
rearWard conn unications. And the
rising scope of Russian attack in
the north about the Smolensk bas-
ton and Vitebsk indicates that the
main fight will sniff to that crit
cal sector during the probable lull
in the south.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
Farmers Must Advance
Payment To Transient
Labor For Harvesting

New Hanover county farmers
who expect to use the Castle Hayne
labor camp this fall for their sup
ply of harvest hands must pay
SO per laborer, in advance, to COW
er transportation expense, County
Agent R. w. Galphin said Wednes-
day.
Checks should be made payable
to John Nuckton, treasurer.
At meeting of the labor camp
committee Tuesday afternoon, it
was revealed that there may be
some difficulty in bringing i'll the
$50 helpers needed.
Mr.. Galphin announced that farm
workers are expected to be re-
cruited by the U. S. Employment
Service. Soldiers will be used only
in an emergency, he added.
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capture of Demidov, broadcast by
Moscow radio and recorded by the
Soviet monitor, called the town
lone of the strongest German de-
Tense centerS.
The communique told of the cap
ture of Berezan, 80 miles due east
of the great city. Fifty m i l e s
southeast of Kiev, Red columns
won the town of Pereyaslav, five
miles from the Dnieper, and IS
miles to the south captured Zolo-
tonosha, eight miles from the riv-
er.
Oster, 81 miles north of Kiev on
the marshy shores of the Desna,
was taken in a push that brought
the Russians nine to II miles near
er the Ukrainian capital.
Other Soviet forces were dash
ing for the Dnieper banks in the
southern Ukraine, where Novo-Uk-
rainka, eight miles northeast of
the river town of Zaporozhe, was
captured.
German resistance was softer in
the fight to reach Gomel, inside
White Russia, south of Smolensk.
Advances of up to Is miles took
more than $50 populated places
including Starodub, 10 miles east
of Gomel. Pochep, ITO miles east
of Gomel on the railroad from
Gomel to captured Bryansk, also
was taken.
Of the Roslavl sector, between
Gomel and Smolensk, the Soviet
communique said only the advance
continued two to three miles with
the capture of 80 populated places.
But Moscow dispatches said Ros-
lavl was under immediate threat.
With the capture of Luibovka the
Russians were but five and a half
miles from the city.
In the southern Ukraine, with
the Russians only five miles from
the Dnieper at one point, the next
few days were expected to settle
the question of whether the Soviet
summer offensive would be halted
at the Dnieper river line.
If the Russians can cross the
river and continue the victorious
pace that has rolled back the Nazis
from thousands of square miles of
Russian territory and which has
ta@en almost 5000 hamlets and
villages in the last five days, a
new phase in the summer often
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
SEABEE SONG

Pianists who would like
sheet music for "Song of the
Seabees," official song for the
Nays construction battalions,
now may get a copy free of
charge.
The Wilmington Navy Re-
cruiting Station has a limited
supply on hand, according to
Recruiter Jesse Helms, petty
Officer-in-charge.
Copies may be procured by
calling 1868, or dropping a
card to the recruiting station.
The offer is good only for so
long as the supply lasts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
MRS. j. w. DUDNEY

WHITEVILLE, Sept. % - Mrs
]. w. Dudney, 81, died at 8 pm
Sunday at her home, near Chad
bourn, after a brief illness.
Funeral services were helc
from the graveside at Ford GENE
terry, near Lakeview, S. c., at
pm. Tuesday by the Rev. w. L.
10y, Chadbourn Methodist pastor
She is survived by her husband;
two sons, ]. L. ard Earl Dudney
both of Chadbourn, three daugh
tiers, Mrs. Lloyd Buffkin, Mrs. Wi
ley Strickland. both of Oak Grove
S. c., and Miss LA Mae Dudney
of Chadbourn; and by IA grand
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
ACL SAYS UNABLE
TO GIVE SERVICE
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Coast Line is short of equipr2 ent
because % the present demands
made upon il, anu the. .ft:e could
not give extra service between the
two cities.
On August 10 the Atlantic Coast
Line appeared before the commits
sion and asked permission to dis
continue its passenger service be-
tween Wilmington and Fayetteville
in order to add to it's Wilmington
Rocky Mount service. The commits
sion refused the request and in its
decision ordered the railroad to
show cause why it should not give
additional Wilmington-Rocky Mount
service anyway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
|NAZIS MENACED
IN THE DNlEPER
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II ,nntInue0 L
Smolensk-Vitebsk sector. The Vite-
bsk gateway was the scene Of the
Nazi initial break-through above
the Stain defense line on the
Dnieper to drive perilously close
to Moscow. With the tables turned
by the massive Russian summer
offensive, that gateway could now
become a bloody trap for the in
vaders.
Red troops are not only within
easy gun range of the Smolensk
bastion by current Moscow reports.
They have been holding Velizh 40
miles or less above Vitebsk for a
week or more. North of that a
Russian spearhead has been pois-
ed in the Vehkie Luki-Nevel tri-
angle for months.
It is in this sector, above the
Orsha bend of the Dnieper, that
the possibility of an ultimate ma
ior Russian offensive to turn the
Nazi Dnieper river line from the
north has always seemed great
est The Russian surge to Velikie
Luki months ago looked like a
preliminary move to that end.
1t is highly possible, however,
that the original Moscow plan con-
templated the Vitebsk-Nevel sec
tor as the scene of winter attack
rather than as a part of the sum-
mer offensive. Winter will close
in first, and in a few weeks, on
that sector of the active front in
Russia. Winter successes have SO
clearly demonstrated the superb
GRITTY of Red armies over their
Nazi foes under cold weather con-
ditions that it is quite likely Mos
cow expected originally to reserve
the attack which would crack the
Dnieper line itself until the chill
season was at hand.
In the summer offensive, how
ever, critical Nazi weakness be-
tween now fallen Bryansk and
harkov developed. 1t has per-
mitted the Russians to stab 200
miles westward to within sight of
Kiev and at the same time threat
en- he whole Desna bulge from
the south.
The only explanation yet ad-
vanced for the startling Nazi weak
ness east of Kiev is the theory
that it was due to withdrawal of
reserves from that front for trans
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
MINISTERS LAUD
MAYORS DECREE
The Rev. William Grove
Commends Religious
Education Week

"The Christian forces OF Will
mington are pleased with the
proclamation of Mayor Bruce
Cameron designating the week o,
September 26 to October 8 as Re
ligious Education Week" the Rev
William Grove, Jr., pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church and
publicity chairman Of the Will
mington Council of Churches said
Wednesday.
He said that most of the
churches of the city are planning
to give special emphasis to the
religious education movement dur
ing the week.
Wilmington, DR.. Grove said.
was one of the first cities in North
Carolina to arrange for the teach
ing OF the Bible in the public
schools.
The Bible courses offered in
New Hanover high school are
popular among the students and
have had wide influence in spir-
itual development of the city's
life" he declared.
He revealed that Miss Maude
Weber, who has taught the Bible
in local schools for several years,
has returned to Wilmington to
take up her work for the coming
year.
Miss Weber is from Novinger,
Missouri, is graduate of the
Louisville B aptist Theological
seminary.
The other Bible teacher here is
Miss Halle Covington of Darling
ton, S. c., who has recently re-
turned from the Orient where she
has been a missionary of the
Presbyterian church for some
years.
This will be her first year as a
teacher in Wilmington.
THE religious leaders of Will
mington are grateful to the mayor
Tor his proclamation" DR.. Grove
stated, land unite with him in
calling the people of the COM
munity to regular religious pro-
gram"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
SCHOOLS AIDING
| IN BOND DRIVE
Partial Report OF Sales In
dicates Strong Chill
dren's Campaign

A partial report of bond sales
in New Hanover county schools
Wednesday furnished evidence to
members of the War Finance COM
mittee that the schools are push
ing the Third War Loan campaign
in fashion that all Wilmington
ians would do well to emulate.
From Chestnut Heights school
alone, children and teachers bought
$2,225 in bonds Wednesday, E. R
Blakeslee, director of the school
bond sales, revealed.
Lake Forest pupils spent $1,000
for victory paper; Sunset Park
$3.50; Washington Catlett, $500;
Wrightsboro, S167; and Winter
Park, $500.
A mid-Week report on booth sales
showed that members of the Col.
onial Danes operating the Tide
Water Power company booth have
sold S9,751 in bonds since Monday;
the Catholic Daughters group at
the postoffice have sold $685.
Concordia society members in the
Belk-Williams booth, $3.50.
The Stamp Defiance chapter Of
the Daughters of American Revolu.
ton will begin operation of the
Belk-Williams booth Thursday
with the following workers: Mrs.
Wayne Spencer, Mrs. H. F.
Hamme, Mrs. L. o. Fonvielle, Mrs.
L. Crayton Grant, Mrs. F. A. Mat
thews, Mrs. N. L. Foy, Mrs. J. X.
Bannerman, and Mrs. Harry Nc.
Girt.
The postoffice booth will not be
open Thursday, but will resume
business Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
7owers OF Kieu Looming
In Soviet Army Sights

sive, now in its third month, will
begin. go
In addition to reaching Pereyas-
kav, five miles from the river south
of Kew, the Russians were only
IA miles from the eastern bend
at Dnepropetrovsk. H ere Soviet
troops advanced up to IL miles to
capture Novo-Moskovsk and 80 9TH
er villages. At Zaporozhe, to the
south, they-~were eight miles from
the river.
In the far south the Russians
already were within three miles of
the Crimean railroad at Melitopol.
but military sources in London
pointed out this did not cut off
the Nazi escape from the Crimea.
Since their occupation of the Cri-
mean peninsula the Germans have
completed a second single track
railroad line across the Perekop
land bridge northwest to Kherson.
But the Kuban bridgehead def
initely was at the liquidation stage,
with the Germans expected soon
to move their forces back to the
Crimea. A Berlin broadcast ad-
mitted the evacuation of Anapa a
few hours before the Russian an
nouncement of its capture.
Other German broadcasts took
a gloomy view of h e Russian
fighting. announcing that exceed.
fingly heavy fighting on the eastern
front underwent no weakening of
the ceters of gravity. G m a n
troops stood up to the furious on
slaught of the Russians in a strug.
gle which often demanded their
last ounce of strength
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
New Course In Aircraft
Inspection Will Begin

RALEIGH, Sept. 22.-R-Call-
ing attention to the pressing de-
mand' for aircraft workers, DR..
". G. Friedrich, acting head OF
tne aeronautical engineering de-
partment at N. c. State college,
Today said that new short course
IN aircraft inspection and manu-.
Monday.
Inc course is open to men and
we with high school diplomas
ana will last IL weeks, he said
G;A1penses, except books and SUBJ
essence, will be paid by the fed
efal government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
Invitation To Bid

Sealed bids in triplicate will be
received at the office of the Housing
Authority Of the City of Wilmington,
located at Lake Forest, until / 100
P. M. October 5th, 1s43, and then
and there publicly opened, for fur
nishing Boiler Explosion Insurance
coverage for the boilers located on
all the housing developments man
aged and operated by the said Au-
thority. Bid forms may be secured
by addressing Housing Authority of
the City of Wilmington, N. c., P. O..
Box l491. Wilmington, N. c., Atten-
ton b. H. Marshall, Jr., Comptroller.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-23
DRAFT OFFICIALS
WILL MEET TO-DAY
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theirs to fill calls and the iroo,.
lance of distinguishing between ' y.
Invites designated as critical ~.
sential, and non-deferabIe ro.I.. '''
highly desirable that all seleeti, =.
Service agencies In the sta,a "
as uniform as possible in thew /; "
depreciation of the reguIationr > Il'
1t is to this end that selac+;,..
Service groups throughout Nor,s
Carolina will meet to discnss ,'u y. N
policies, he said. liz"
The Valley settler., 1943-08-06
August 6 1943.

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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-03-13
Woman Power

Pointing out that women
workers are unsuitable for on
ly Sc out of 1900 war occupa-
tons, Chairman Paul v. Nc
Mutt of the War ManpoWer
Commission, declared that APP
proximately 100000 women
will be employed in war pro
duction and essential industry
jobs by the end of 1943.
Opening an exhibition of
Women in War Work" at the
Franklin Institute in Phila
delphia, Pa, on Thursday,
Feb. Is, Mr.. McNutt urged
housewives, schoolgirls, college
graduates and all women
whose families can spare them
to prepare to enter industry.
The exhibition, sponsored by
the Franklin Institute in CO.
operation with THE Ladies
Home Journal" includes a
number Of pictures of colored
women in war work. 1t also
calls attention to the fact thai
colored women are now EN-
ployed in war plants as cleo
tricianS, welders. sheet metal
workers, assemblers, machine
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-03-13
NAACP Secretary
Chats With China's
First Lady in New York

NEW YORK-M m e. Chang
Kai-shek, wife of the Chinese
generalisSimo, was assured here
March of the deep interest of
colored Americans in the brave
struggle of the Chinese people
and in more United States aid
to China by Walter White,
NAACP secretary in a brief chat
with the famous visitor in her
suite at the Waldorf Astoria a
few minutes before the brilliant
reception arranged by the Chin
ese consulate on another floor
of the hotel. Nine. Chang Kai-
shek, in her gracious manner,
thanked the NAACP official for
the expression of interest in her
country on the part of Ameri-
can colored. Mr.. White was one
of several prominent colored
persons invited to the recep-
ton.
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nurse at the Welfare Hospital,
Long Island.
Registering another success
in its energetic advance, the
Cropp Realty Co., TIT fremont
st, recently took over the man
agement of the large and com
modious property at 453 Mass,
ave, near Columbus ave.
There will be a Community
Choral Concert at the Harriet
Tubman House, Is Holyoke st,
Boston, Tuesday night, Marcn
16 at $3.50 p m. A special rlu-
sic committee headed by Mrs.
Lillian Williams, Mrs. Charles
Doors, Mrs. Lucy Bennett, and
Mrs. Willie Mann will present
the concert. There is no charge
for this concert. Some of the
participants are Mrs. Thelma
Clarke Johnson, Mrs. Blanche
GonSolvas, Miss Alexander
Joyce, Miss Harriet Perry and
the Quintet. The community
singing will begin promptly at
$3.50 p m under the leadership
of Claudius J. Broadfeld; Mrs.
Gladys Moore Perdue, accom-
pianist.
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and Dupree; Taylor and Wyche;
Chritchlow and Reid; Lane and
Howard; Houston and Caution;
Somerville and Lane and many
others. The tournament is to
be played on four consecutive
Monday evenings, beginning
March Is at 8 PM. Trophies
will be presented to the two
teams having the highest score
at the end of the Tournament.
To enter see DR.. Taylor of Lin
coin Pope.
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Louise Parks, young dramatic
student who pleased the aud
fence so much at the Ruth
Morris and TheodoSia Goodman
Recital in the early Fall will
appear again in the heaviest
role of her dramatic career at
the Finer Arts program this
Sunday afternoon at 3:15 at
Fourth Methodist Church Will
liams and Shawmut Ave.
''The Harp" Augusta Saw
ages masterpiece, will be the
outstanding sculpture Tin tab
leau) piece at the Finer Arts
program. This magnificent
work of art is named and died.
icated to the anthem, Lift
Every Voice And Sing" by
James and RoSamon Johnson
and step by step of its creation
will be depicted on the after
noon of March IA at Fourth
Methodist Church. Suzette Per-
kins, the energetic dramatic
teacher at the Music Academy,
is working untiringly to make
this a splendid showing.
Conrad T. McKenney, son of
Rev. M. C. Mckinney of Eve
rett and brother of Manuel v.
Mckinney, was recently prom
oted to Master Sergeant of one
of the companies of the 9th
Engineers Reg't. Conrad was
indicted into the army on July
IS, 1941. Since then he has been
located in Virginia, Florida and
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Miss Artelya Whitley, who
while in Boston, made her
home with Mrs. Catherine S.
Manning of 16 Greenwich
Park, Boston, has been induct-
ed in the Women's Army Aux
iliary Corps (WAAC). She left
for Fort DesMoines on Monday,
March /. She was scheduled to
go on December 5, 1912, but
was detained on account of a
shortage of uniforms and dor
mitorieS. Miss Whitley is a ma
tive of North Carolina and
has attended Mary Potter Me
mortal High School, Oxford,
N. c. and State Teachers Col
lege, Fayetteville, N. c. She lie
also a graduate of the Apex
College of Beauty Culture in
Atlantic City, N. j., and mas
graduated from the Brookline
Red Cross Unit of Massachu
sets.
Stanley Kirton, piano and
organ student at New England
Conservatory, having attained
an honor average in his stud
les has been placed on the
Deans list. Kirton is taking
the course leading to the
Bachelor of Music degree.