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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-17
Axis Reports
New British
Push In Libya
Montgomery's Army Said
Attacking With Big
Armored Force
HEAVY AIR FIGHTING
23 Enemy Planes Declared
Downed; Allies Losses
Number Eight

LONDON, Jan. 16.-{P-
Axis reports said today that
the British Eighth Army in
Libya had renewed it's often
sive toward Tripoli with a
strong armored attack at
Wadi Zem-Zem, 180 miles
southeast of the main Tripoll-
tianian port.
Intensive air fighting was
reported throughout Tunlsla
in day and night engage
ments in which % enemy
planes were destroyed at the
cost of eight Allied craft.
Nazis Claim Repulse
German and Italian reports said
General Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
ery's Libyan army attempted to
envelop fortified Axis positions in
the dry gulch 40 miles west OF
Sirte but had been re9ulsed with
the destruction of S5 arnaored We
hicles.
The British comrnunique, report
ing action on Friday only, said pa
troll activity was more extensive,
with casualties inflicted in several
sectors" but did not confirm enemy
assertions that Montgomery has
started the third renewal OF his
drive to clear the enemy from all
North Africa.
London military circles said,
however, that the drive reported by
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japanese Hit
Hard By U. S.
In Solomons
30 Enemy Planes Destroy
ed And Four Ships
Bombed By 'Yanks'
WAR TEMPO INCREASES
Foe Believed Expanding
Efforts To Land Troops
On Cuadalcanal

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-
P)-American planes shot
down 80 Japanese aircraft
and bombed four ships Fri
day, the Navy announced to-
day, in increasingly severe
warfare in the Solomons is
lands area. Seven U. S.
planes were lost.
Three of the ships bombed
were destroyers. One was
afire when last observed, a
connmunique said, and the
other two were believed ser
iously damaged. The fourth
shin. a cargo vessel, was left
burning.
Enemy Destroyers Sighted
Il The r,resence of at least IA en-
o,nv destroyers in waters near
cuadalcanal island was disclosed,
indicating the japanese were ex-
handing their efforts to reinforce
and supply their forces on the is
land
That some supplies are getting
through to Japanese troops OH
GuadaIcanal was suggested by the
Nayy's report that American land
forces met 'stiff enemy resistance"
in making advances Thursday of
5000 to 1000 yards. There had
been indications earlier that the
japanese were running short of
supplies and that their ability to
resist was weakening but a dis
Patch from Guadalcanal told of
submarines bringing supplies which
were floated ashore by the tides and
currents.
Four major air actions Friday
tSolomons time) were reported in
today's communique.
i In the first, an American Cata-
lima reconnaissance plane observed
five destroyers 16 miles northeast
Of the Russell islands which are
about 60 miles northwest of the
American airfield ON Guadalcanal.
The plane scored one direct hit and
two near hits on one destroyer,
which was left burning.
Later that morning a force of
Dauntless dive bombers and Wild
cat and Airacopra fighters attacked
nine Japanese destroyers 140 miles
northwest of Lunga point on Quad
aleanal. They were intercepted by
II enemy Zeros. In the ensuing
nSht, eight of the Zeros and five of
the American fighters were shot
down. The dive bombers seriously
damaged two destroyers. One dive
bomber failed to return.
Ranging some 300 miles from
Guadalcanal, a force of Flying For
tresses, with fighter escort, attack
eu fire enemy destroyers near Short
land island in the afternoon. They
We're beset by twelve japanese
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58TH FREICHTER
T0BE LAUNCHED
SIS. Macon To Slide Down
Ways OF Local Ship
yard Today

The North Carolina Shipbuilding
company will launch it's 5Sth
Liberty freighter at S:15 O'Clock
Sunday morning when the S. 8
Nathaniel Macon, named for a
North Carplipa statesman and pa
triot, goes down the ways at the
yards here.
The Macon will be christeneo by
Miss Mary Frances Miller Of Will
mington, daughter &C J. T. Miller
an assistant foreman in the filters
department at the yards.
Her maids of honor will be her
sister, Miss Martha F. Miller, an6
her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. T. Miller
both of Wilmington.
Macon was born In Warren
county on December II, 1857.
A student at Princeton univer
sity when the Revolution broke out
Macon left college in 1777 to joir
the Colonial Army. He served a:
a private under his brother, Col
John Macon, at the fall of For
Moultrie, S. c., the fall of Charles
ton, the battle of Camden, and will
General Nathaniel Greene in his
retreat across North Carolina.
He was elected to the state sen
ate during the campaign without
his knowledge and, after refusing
the office, took it upon the recon
mendation of General Greene.
Macon served in the state sen
ate until 1885 and, during the per
iod, settled on a plantation on the
Roanoke river in Warren county
which remained his home for the
remainder of his life.
He was elected to the second
Congress Of the United States ani
served in congress from 1891, wher
he became a senator and continued
in that office Until 1928.
He was speaker of the house
from 1901 to 1906 and twice de
clined the office of postmaster
general during Jefferson's admins
tration.
He died on June 20, 1887.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-17
WEATHER

FORECAST
NORTH CAROLINA: Continued mild
today with possible showers.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
1880 am, SO; 7:30 am, 81; 80 PM,
70; 1880 pm, 81.
Humidity
1870 am, SO; II 80 am, 81; ! 80 Pm,
"a; 1880 PM, 81.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:3C p.
un., 600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
c.98 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by
u. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
Wilmington - s 651a :26a
FLOP z:02p
Masonboro Inlet - 4:54a II lila
SLIP II lip
(All times Eastern Standard)
Sunrise, Z :17a.m sunset. 23 p.m.,;
moonrse, 2 :44p; moonset, 4:02a.
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Senator Believes Flyn
Nomination BadFOrU L

WASHINGTON, Jan. 49, R -
Senator Hawkes. (R.-N. J) opposed
the nomination of Edward j. Flynn
to be minister to Australia, as
serting that cit is against the best
interest Of this country to have
this and other important appoint
ments made as payment of politi-
cal debts"
Hawkes. issued his statement as
Chairman Connally O.-Tex.) an
nounced the Senate Foreign Re-
lations committee would start
public hearings Wednesday. A
three-man subcommittee Sena-
tors Georse D.-GaD, Thon Cd
Utah) and Vapdenberg Ok Mich.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-17
Report Submitted
On Shipynrd Labor
Practice Hearing

Trial Examiner josef L.
Hektoen has submitted 30
page report on his findings
and recommendations in the
National Labor Relations board
hearing here into alleged
charges of unfair labor prac-
tices against the North Caro-
lima Shipbuilding company
here and the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock COM
pany to the board, 1t was
learned here Saturday from
reliab BILE authority.
The intermediate report was
dated January IL.
Attorneys for the two ship
building companies and for
the Cape Fear Shipbuilders as
sociation, Independent union
here, have 10 days In which to
submit their own motions and
recommendations to the NLRB,
which will be argued before
the board in Washington.
The findings of the board
may be appealed to the U. S.
circuit court of of appeals and
thence to the supreme court.
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Back To Work Trend
Bv Miners Is Reported

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Jan. 16-
R-Growing sentiment for back
to work movement in the strike
gripped anthracite coal fields was
reported tonight as union miners
awaited important Sunday meet
ings with their leaders to discuss
the War Labor Boards ultimatum
for resumption of operations.
There was no spread of the un-
authorized walkout today, but some
6.1OO members of six locals not
on strike took their usual Satur-
day holiday.
Several local union leaders said
the men may decide to return to
their jobs on Monday for a few
days to see how matters develop.
Their representatives who attend
ed the WLB session are scheduled
to report at tomorrow's meetings.
The War Labor Board, in an
action regarded as clean-cut VIC
tory for John L. Lewis, fighting a
revolt against his leadership of the
UNIV, told the miners to 60 back
to work Immediately and submit
their grievances to processes out
lined in their contract with the
operators.
The miners are asking removal
of 51cent monthly increase IN
dues and So daily wage bonus.
Lewis contended the principal
grievance was not the dues in
crease, which he said was voted
in a democratic manner at the
UNIV convention. but disSatisfac-
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and the board, in conformity with
the National Railway Act, asked
both sides if they would be willing
to submit to arbitration. No agree
ment could be reached on tn is
point, either.
The carriers joint conference
committee, representing all rail-
foads involved, announced it was
willing to arbitrate the demands
for wage increases and for min
imum wage of 70 cents an hour,
but that it refused to submit the
closed shop question to arbitration.
Such action, it contended, would
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FOE SPURNS 4
Germans Before St(
Reject Soviet Su
der Terms
ANOTHER PUSH
Fifth Major Often
Red Army Now g
Underway
ANOTHER PUSH

(By the Associated
LONDON, Jan. Id
The Red army has
through the defense
starving, freezing
at 'Stalingrad, who I'd
Russian ultimatum
render, and is rapid
ping up the 10000 i
troops left of a ford
once numbered 220,Q
a special Moscow com i
said tonight.
In a seven day u
annihilation which
January 10 after the
had rejected the ult|
the Germans have
900 in dead and thI !
force has been cut to|
600 or $4,000 total,
nouncement, heard
the Soviet monitor,
Pressing closer til
girdle about the trapI
which totaled % divI
the beginning of the
ment ON November
Russians said they |
tured 0U important
points, villages, TOW
railroad stations d
vanced from IL to "a
Marinkova Captul
Among the captured stu
was Marinovka, 30 mile|
Stalingrad on the railroad
to the Don river.
The development of q
s;ve to liquidate the Germ
at Stalingrad was told IN
ond of two special COM
read from the Moscow
night.
The first told of the q
another offensive, the fiji
drive of the winter, alon|
per Don in the direction
kov, the vital Ukraine N
Striking out from just
Voronezh hinge on the
Russians said they had
up advances of 80 to Sc
captured 600 towns and
including one 120 miles
of Kharkov.
Among the captured tt
Rossosh, 80 miles below
on the Moscow-Rostov
Enemy casualties in the t
of the new drive total
captured and $1,000 killet
nolncement added.
The second communlqu'
Germans trapped at $
we're dying of exhaustion
ticn and freezing and tt
bers had been reduced fro
ginal 220, 600 to 10000 or 81
with 500 dying from the {
day and 1000 from othe
1.-The liquidation of the
Fascist troops enclrcled !
lllgrad area is drawing te
the communique declared
The German militar
pondent, Capt. Ludwig
in a Berlin broadcast sa
man high commands
ment that its Stallngrs
were defending themsel
all sides was an admls
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-17
Big Stores Of Supplies
Sent To North Africa

LONDON, Jan. 16.-(R)-Thirty'
six thousand tons of supplies for
civilian consumers have been land.
ed at French North African ports,
the Ministry of Information said
today.
Food, including flour, cheese,
sugar, tea and dried fruits, COM
prise the bulk Of the shipments.
Textiles, soap, medicines and kero-
sene were also dispatched
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-17
Allies Breach Japanese
Positions At Sanananda

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, JAM 16
-Aed ground forces attacking the last pocket of Jap
resistance the Papuan Peninsula of New Guinea
have broken through and destroyed section of for
ward positions at Sanananda and have slain 1852 Japanese
who attempted to stop the advance Allied communque
said today
Quantities of and equipment were captured by
the Allied troops the bulletin said, but there
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-17
Latest Railroad Labor
Mediation Effort Fails

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-lA-Media-
ION Oh the latest railroad labor
C5spute (.S ended in failure today, but
Chalrman George A. Cook of the
M ns{lonal Mediation Board express
90 confidence that the issues could
pe settled by President Roosevelt's
new railway labor panel.
olhce January 7 the mediation
eoard has been in session here
nEhS to bring unions and class
oi'e railroads together on the de-
n mSnas of 100000 Incorporating
"orNrS for wage increases of 20
"5,a ,. an hour and a closed shop.
Efforts to mediate the contro-
'NSF We're abandoned yesterday,
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was appointed by Col
advise on the selection o1
es and on what evidend
be admitted.
Conna1ly said that FL
phoned him today that
return to Washington
from Chicago, where he
sign the Craftsmanship of
ocratic National commit
meeting Monday.
Hawkes. said he oppose
appointment for the folio
sons:
q. His unfitness for
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Coast Guard Giuen
Control Of Beaches
For Special Patrol

.. Fl. Hutaff and Charles
Parmele have given the gov
ernment permission to set up
Coast Guard patrol on sec
tons of the beach they own,
extending from Moore's inlet
TO the north side of Elmore's
inlet, they announced on Sat-
urday, adding that the Coast
"uard is already in possession
and that the public is excluded.
MIR. Hutaff explained that
private citizens may still fish
III 1ne marshes or use the
beaches, when necessary, but
ehiy on special permission
from the Coast Guard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-17
Japanese Suicide Plane
Had Woman At Controls

ASBURY PARK, N. j., Jan. 16
-(REA woman was at the controls
of one of the Japanese planes
which made suicide dive on the
aircraft carrier Hornet, Petty Off
GER James H. Prince, 20, related
yesterday at his home.
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notice.!

If your carrier fails to
leave your copy Of the Will
mington Morning Star.
Phone 1911 before 900 a.
M. and one will be sent to
you by special messenger.
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ASSOCIATED PR1
With Complete Csverag|
State and National Ne|
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Evening star., 1943-03-23

Washingtons frost-bound Eski-
mos, er. Nationals, were headed in
doors for another session of calls
themes. throwing and pepper drills
today at College Park, and those
groans you hear are the real Mccoy
not sound effects.
1t Is apparent by now that Ossie
Bluege intends to put a hustling
ball club on the field if he has to
kill couple of players doing it
Some were on the verge of collapse
when he rang the recess bell yes
terday and Manager Ossie admit
tedly hadn't even gotten down to
the real strenuous part of his set
ting-up exercises.
1T won't hurt 'em," he said al
the finish. That sort of stuff il
good for them, especially those ex.
ercises to strengthen the abdomina
muscles. Pitchers have got to have
good abdominal muscles and if they
do these exercises for a week
guarantee they'll be in shape"
Behind Bluege's calm. dispas.
sionate demeanor is a business like
attitude best expressed In his owr
words.
When you're on the field in uni.
form you've got to dig in. do youl
work and get it over with. Wher
you're through you should dress anc
60 home. I don't like to see bal
players loaf1ng in uniform and we're
Evening star., 1943-03-23
Run-Around Puzzles Duh|qren,
Phil, With 7 Clubs in 7 Years
First Bosemon Deemed Good by Critics;
Treated Like Hot Potato in Moiorse->

| The much-shuffled first baseman
also has a bitter remembrance OF
the treatment he received from the
Cubs.
In 1941 I hit .270 for them, clout-
ed 10 home runs and batted in 80
runs. 1t was real good year and I
thought I had cinched the first-base
job
I'VE went to Catalina Island to
camp the next spring and I played
the first six exhibition games and
then was benched. Manager Jimmy
Wilson never did say why"
Arms Too Short, Yanks Said.
Dahlgren smiled wryly as he re-
called the Yankees claimed his arms
were too short when they let him
60 after the 1910 season. They lost
the pennant. so they had to blame
somebody ard guess 1 was it, he
unused.
Babe, now 30 years old, married
and the father of 4-month-old son,
said he was glad to be with the Phil
lies and gave good reasons why.
Il always have hit well in Shibe
Park and III be glad to see what I
can do in there in a lot of games.
In 1899, the year hit Is home runs
for the Yanks got eight of them in
the IL games l played in Philadel-
phia.
Il know the Phils want me and
that 1 will have a chance to play
every day. Besides I'm impressed by
Bill Cox. the new president. He's a
go-getter."
Evening star., 1943-03-23
BY JUDSON BAILEY,

HERSHEY, Pa, March 23-The
most mysterious run-around ever
given major league ball player
has fallen to Ellsworth T. (Babe)
Dahlgren, the present first baseman
OF the Phillies
In seven years in the big show he
has been with the Boston Red Sox,
New York Yankees, Boston Braves,
Chicago Cubs. ST. Louis Browns,
Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia
Phillies. Some of his stays have
been brief and the Browns didn't
keep him long enough to don a uni
form.
Dahlgren, in the opinion of many
observers, Is one of the flashiest
fielding first basemen baseball has
had in recent years and he also is
a dangerous hitter, Just why the
various clubs have treated him like
a hot potato, then, is something the
average fan cannot understand.
Mystery to Dahlgren.
Dahlgren himself says he has no
Idea what the rap is against him.
i>ooouN eNel IldS gwen me an
explanation and I never have asked
for any he said.
why, last fall, when the Dodgers
tried to send me to Montreal, Larry
MacPhail told me he wanted to keep
me, but that Manager Durocher
didn't want me. Then later Leo
told me he wanted me, but that it
was MacPhail who was sending me
to the minors"
Evening star., 1943-03-23
Mack Gets No Answer
After Wiring Terms
To Pofah|, ex.Nat
Red Sox Take Day OFF
To Be Blood Donors;
Six Browns Unsigned
By the Associated Press.


WILMINGTON, Del, March 23.-
Connie Mack. veteran manager OF
the Philadelphia Americans, wired
Second Baseman Jimmy Pofahl. OBJ
tanned in the deal with Washington
for Bob johnson, his terms yester-
day, but received no response Po-
fahl is at his home in Faribault
MINI.
MEDFORD, Mass.-Manager Joe
Cronin gave his Boston Red Sox
the day of today and they all
trouped to the Red Gross blood donor
ONCE and made contributions. Only
eight players missed yesterday S
opening drill, but only Pitcher Yank
Terry is unsigned.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.-Pres-
ident Bob Barnes of the st. Louis
Browns interrupted his search for a
spring training game long enough
today to say that six players still are
unsigned. They are Pitchers Stan
Ferens and Archie McKain. Catcher
Frankie Hayes and Infielders Floyd
Baker. Harlond Cliff and Bobby Dill
linger.
BEAR MOUNTAIN. N. Y.-X-rav
pictures today disclosed a bone
growth in Albie Glossops weak right
wrist. but the doctor suggested that
the Brooklyn Dodger infielder post
pone any thoughts of surgery.
Glossop sprained his wrist last
August while with the Phillies and
believes the growth is a result of
the injury. 1t does not handicap
him in play, although the joint feels
weak.
Evening star., 1943-03-23
Hamb|etonian Trot
May Go 10 Ohio
TroveI Pinch Endoneers
Classic for Goshen
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. March 23-
Harness racing's top event. the $40
900 added Hambletonian for 3-year-
old trotters, may be run in Ohio for
the first time this year, State Racing
Commissioner T. A. Billingsley said
today.
The rich stake race probably will
be switched from Goshen, N. Y. to
North Randall track at Cleveland if
the Eastern plant doesn't get some
relief from the transportation
pinch" Billingsley declared as the
commission granted dates for four
race meetings at Buckeye tracks.
He added North Randall's June
29-July % meet probably would ex-
pand into the most lucrative in har-
ness race history If Eastern driving
and transportation restrictions are
not relaxed.
The State Racing Commission
granted meeting dates requested by
North Randall and three other Ohio
tracks subject to transportation
problems being worked out satisfac-
torily by the track management"
Evening star., 1943-03-23
Big Hitters Lost
As Cronin Gets
Good Pitching
Must Replace Pesky,
InfieId Key, Rebuild
Once Hot OutfieId
BY BILL KING,
rcNn,nt>A nrare o-zrts yHy.,.

.
MEDFORD. Mass, March 23.-
After masterminding his Boston
Red Sox into first division births
for the last five seasons with some
of the most erratic pitching stats
in recent baseball history. Manager
Joe Cronin appears destined to come
up with finely balanced set of
chuckers this year.
But, unfortunately, he can't see
much of anything else to gloat
about on his roster.
When such seasoned pitchers as
Tex Hughson, who had % wins
against six losses in 1912; Joe Dob
son. Ken Chase, Dick Newsome.
Mace Brown and the most durable
Mike Ryba checked in yesterday at
the Tufts College cage and Oscar
Judd indicated he would be along
shortly. Cronin admitted that his
| staff should boast of at least one
more dependable pitcher than any
other in the American League.
Outfield Talent Uncertain.
when I had Ted Williams, Dom
Di Maggie, Lou Finney and Johnny
Pesky taking the best possible care
of our hitting I was crying for nine
inning pitchers. Now that I appear
to have the pitching I lacked, I
haven't any sluggers," Cronin la
mented.
To replace such superoutflelders
as the amazing Williams, the SEN
sational Di Maggie and the depend
able Finney would be almost
superhuman task in normal times.
Just now all Cronin knows about
his outfield is that it must be built
around the .262-hitting Pete Fox,
the only fly-catching holdover from
| 1912.
The Red Sox have obtained the
40-year-old Al Simmons. a pro-
digious slugger in his heyday. and
such minor league prospects as
Ford Garrison from Fort Worth,
Tom Mcbride from Little Rock and
Johnny Lazor from the Louisville
! farm.
All of those rockies were highly
recommended by eminent baseball
authorities, but each of them must
make good In sensational manner
to keep the Seekers pennant con-
tenders
Pesky Is Serious Loss.
Pesky was the only serious infeld
loss. but he happened to be its
handspring last season. Cronin still
has Tony Lupien for first base, the
great Bobby Doerr at second and
Jim Tabor at third. He can round
it out by playing either Skeeter
Newsome or Eddie Lake. a Cardinal
chain-gang product, at shortstop.
but he's certain to miss Pesky's
hitting Joes hard-hitting short
stop himself, but these days he's
much too heavy for such exacting
work .et =, " ~..t :
Last year the catching was at
tended to by. Johnny Peacock and
Bill Conroy, who strictly were
good df1eld-no- Those veterans
still are available and probably are
the only ones in danger. for three
ambitious rockies, Herb Bremen,
late of Little Rock; Verne Richards,
up from Wilkes Barre, and Roy
Partee, youngster up from the
Portsmouth Piedmont League Club,
appear capable of worrying those
veterans
Evening star., 1943-03-23
A||-Age Stakes Today Ends
GordonsviIIe Field Trial
By the ASsociatec Press

BY the Associatec Press.
GORDONVILLE, Va, March 23.-
Running of the all-age stakes
opened the final day of the annual
spring trials of the Virginia ANA
teur Field Trial Association today,
after the start of that event had
been postponed from yesterday
when blanket of snow prevented
it being run.
The puppy stake was run yester-
day afternoon instead of the morn
ing and was cut to heats of 20 min
utes instead of the scheduled 30.
Pointer bitches made a clean sweep,
the winner being Rodney Princess
Lou, owned by r. Otis Carpenter of
Harrisburg. Pa. Second was Gay
Nell, owned by r. w. Gates of Spar
tanburg. S. c., with third going to
Ola, owned by Ralph Kellans of
Wilmington, Del.