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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-12
Former Normdndie
Slowly Evening Keel

INV YORK. Aug. - INS)-
ThrobbIng pumps poured tons Of
mud and water out of the L : :
Lafayette the former liner Nor
mandIe, and derrCks moved away
p emnantS Of Super,iruclWc
Wreckage "a, the great m'tfusc
slowly 70 a point more Than nali
way toward even kcc' TODAY
AZ = p. ~ yesterday her list
wa, only 2s15 degrees. Nnor
salvage started jre inst was a
nnrrll.-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-12
New York Has Blackout

NEW YORK. Aug H. INSl-r
New York state bIackcd Out lasr
night Tor more than TWO hours .n
a practice 8ir raid thar covered
Ian COMMUNITIES. except New York
CITY Long Island NNack, P.a'ts-
burCh and Malone areas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-12
Senator Outlines
Plan 10 Avoid
Fathers Draft

WASHINGTON. Aug - ms
Senator DAVIS lRl OF Penn>y'
,ania today Joined IN demanding
congressional action DO halt draft
ms n fathers and bitterly ~
tackled the War NanpoVer Com.
mission.
DAVIS advocated thjs s0N-Po.n'
program
Hal, drafting - fathers I'M
iii other sources OF m7npoN ef
are exhausted
Make ~elcetNo service n1c-
pendent again. removing j. from
WNC domination.
End delrrUent of government
employees unless approved b.,
presidential committee.
WOULD CUT DEFERMENT
Stop industrial dctermentS
not based on scarce or fireplace
able skis
Limit. all dCicrncntS 10 SIX
months permit no renewals.
ReclaS>ty all rcLIStraniS IN
AZ. especially those rejected for
illteracy and slight physical
defects .
Davis denounced tho WMC S
draft-fathcr~ announcement as
"one of tho most i'l-conSIdercd.
arbitrary and unnecessary dIroc-
tiXes that has ever cWanatgd from
a government agency
WONT RECALL CONGRESS
Administration leaders in Con
gress yesterday rejected a pro-
posal that Congress end MS
summer recess and rcconNene I'm
medlstely 10 block the impending
draft OF fathers
Senate Leader Barley of Ken
lucky sent a telegram 10 Senator
Wheeler ID of Montana, vigorous
opponent az the induction OF
fathers. notifying the Montanan
Of refusal Of the request 10 recall
Congress 10 Washington
He told Wheeler that House
MAJORITY Leader Mccormick I'D
Of Massachusetts mad Concurred IN
the refusal
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
City Financial Plans
Moving approximately
As Estimated Earlier

The city has completed fl
nancial operations for the first
quarter of the fiscal year with
municipal income and expenses
approximately as estimated in
the budget, City Manager A.
c. Nichols said Thursday.
The city's income from all
sources for the three month
period ending September 80
was $484, 1890.
The total expenses for the
same period, including COM
mitments, was $428, 051 80, Mr..
Nichols said.
He said that no check, for
the city's share of the profits
from abe store sales here, has
been received for the quarter
and pointed out that the check
would alter the quarters figure
considerably. ABC store reve-
nues have been a major source
of city income for the past
two years.
Tax payments led ali other
sources of revenue for the past
quarter with q total of $685.
1874.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
2 American Destroyers
Lost In Mediterranean

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-P-
The two-year-old destroyer Bristol
and the slightly older destroyer
Buck were lost this week in the
Mediterranean. the Navy announced
today in a report telling also OF a
fruitless Japanese bombing raid on
Attu in the Aleutians.
Complete casualty reports from
the destroyers have not been re-
ceived.
The Japanese bombers, raiding
Attu for the first time since the
island was wrested from the enc
my more than four months ago,
were driven off without damaging
the air field from which American
planes have flown out to pound the
enemy's big North Pacific base at
Paramushiro.
Presumably the flight of bonn
bers in the Attu action - the
Navy reported 10 planes participant
ed - was sent out to do all posi-
BILE harm to the American air field
on that westernmost island of the
Aleutians chain, thereby to handi-
cap new assaults on Paramushiro
at the northern end of the Kuriles
chain in which the homeland of ia
pan is located.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
Germans In Russia And Italy Seem
Doomed To Renew Backward Marches

evitably also force evacuation Of
the whole of the Dnieper plateau
within the river bend. 1t would b.
vulnerable from the south as well
as from the north and east.
Russian bridgeheads on the right
bank below Kiev and east Of
Kremenchug already menace the
main supply route for all Nazi
forces in the bend, the Bel Ter
neutrality-suspicious. railway.
1t seems impossible that the
German high command has not
already begun a withdrawal from
both the Crimea and the Dnieper
plateau to add another chapter
of defeat to the grim story every
where unfolding for the German
public as memories of the World
War surrender are revived.
Allied seizure Of the vital Vim.
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
SALT WATER GETS
WORSE IN MAINS
No Possibility OF Pipeline
Extension In Time To
Avert Threat

There is no possibility that the
Guys new municipal water sup
ply system will be completed
elmer to temporary intake on
hoods creek or to the projected
permanent intake above U. S. Lock
ana Dam No. ! at Kings bluff, in
ufe to prevent salt from fouling
me city water this fall, City
manager A, c. Nichols warned
Thursday,
revealing that the salt content
u me city water was growing in
V-easIngIy saltier, the city manager
pointed out that only rainfall
9oAg the watershed of the Cape
rear river could avert the threat.
ne sad, however, that the city
y taxing all possible steps to
lave as many emergency sources
" pure water available when and
" me river water becomes too
salt for use.
Mr. Nichols revealed that the
s i've stage is growing lower, and
"''' Inc high tides from the ocean
'oohtlnued on PAGE Five. Col 2}
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across the peninsula from entrap-
ments.
Russian troop battling at Nell
topol, south of the great bend of
the Dnieper, meanwhile are within
less than 100 miles of the only re-
mainnig Nazi escape route from
the Crimea. No formidable nat
ural obstacle remains to impede
a quick march to Perekop that
would make the Crimea a deadly
trap for invaders caught within
it. Subsistence of fall rains make
the terrain below the Dnieper
available for a war of maneuver
in which Russian Cozsaok cavalry
could again figure.
That the Nazi situation in the
south is critical cannot be doubt
ed. Russian penetration to the
head of the Perekop isthnus con-
nection with the Crimea must in.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
~ Jap Zeros Destroyed
Over Kahili War Sector

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC, Friday, Oct 15-QP9-In raid on Kahili,
Japans chief airdrome the last important enemy Solo,
holding of Bouganve American planes have down.
ed IL Zeros in sky battles.
This announcement in today's communique added to
the latest bag of enemy planes there Yesterdays
munque had reported the downing of Fl Japanese aircraft
in the Bougainvile sector
In the new raid, than 100 American bombers and
fighters attacked Kahil which is BUN south
Bougainville.
Mitchell medium bombers swept above Bougainville
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15

ana III attacks on shipping are De-
leved to have sunk two enemy
cargo vessels.
The Japanese airforce made
raids on Allied New Guinea posi-.
tons at Morobe and Finschha.
fen.
The raids were characterized
as harmless.
The Kahili airdrome is the big
gest air base barring the north
ward progress of the Allies up
the Solomons toward Rabaul, the
enemy's New Britain fortress
which on Tuesday was hit by a
350-ton bombing attack.
The latest Kahili raid was ex-
ecuted in daylight by Liberator
heavy bombers, Avenger torpedo
bombers and Dauntless divebomb-
ers. Fires visible for 30 miles were
started in the supply areas.
Airdrome gun positions were sill
enced. A building and bridge
were blown up.
After shooting down IL out OF
the Is interceptors, all the raiders
got home, the communique said.
The ships attacked at mast
height by the Mitchells south OF
Buka passage we're described as
two large enemy cargo vessels. -
Both were badly damaged and
are believed to have sunk.
The communique also reported
a successful raid by medium and
heavy bombers at night on ia
pans Penfoei airdrome near Koe-
pang, on Dutch Timor, 500 miles
northwest of Australia. A fuel
storage tank was exploded, build
lngs demolished and fires set in
area where aircraft are dispers-
ed. These fires could be seen 30
miles away.
On New Guinea, where Austria
liam troops in the Ramu valley
are approximately 40 miles south
west of Madang, long range AL
lied fighter planes tore into enc
my positions in the upper Floria
river valley.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
CklMEA CU! 81
Capture OF Vital City Gre
ates Opening For
Real Landslide
10000 NAILS KILLED
Russians Fighting Way To.
ward Early Triumph
At Kiev
LONDON, Friday, Oct. !!

LONDON, Friday, Oct. Is
-(P)-The Red army captur-
ed the Dnieper river bend
stronghold of Zaporozhe yes
terday, sealed off Melitopol
for early conquest and cut its
railway link with the Crimea.
and in a new break-through
north of Kiev smashed three
German divisions, Moscow an
nounced early today.
The fall of the east bank
industrial citadel of Zaporozhe
opened the way for a Soviet
landslide southwark into the
Crimea where 100000 Ger
man troops risk encircle-
ment. Front dispatches said
Soviet units already were pur-
suing German remnants from
the broken ZaporoZhe-Mellto-
pol line.
GarrisOns Overwhelmed
Nearly 10000 Germans were
slain as the Russians overWhelm-
ed Zaporozhe's desperate Nazi
garrison, and fought their way to-
ward early triumphs at Kiev on
the middle Dnieper, and Gomel in
White Russia.
The Germans, still throwing their
precious reserves into the inferno
"a ging on both sides of Kiev, lost
5000 men in one area there, 5000
at Zaparozhe, 1,500 at Gomel and
1000 at Melitopol, On the basis OF
preliminary data, said Moscow S
midnight communique supple
ment. Sixty-one German tanks and
1O5 enemy guns were destroyed.
''In the area north Of Kiev.' 1t
added, "our tanks broke through
German positions and smashed
three enemy divisions. :"
Huge quantities Of equipment
were declared to have ben aban-
dond by the Germans around Ia
porozhe and inside that city which
is near the site of the giant Dnie-
per dam.
Sixty-five miles to the south Rus
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
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RUSSIA REMOVES
IRRITABLE SPOT
Acceptance OF Badoglio
Government Big Help
To The Allies

MOSCOW, Oct. IA. - (P - Rus
sia's acceptance of Marshal Bado-
glio's Italian government appear
ed tonight on the eve of the three
power conference in Moscow to have
removed one of the main sources
of irritation between the Soviet
Union and the United States and
Great Britain.
The three nations joint declara-
ton accepting Italy as a co-belll-
gerent, recognizing the Royal TIA
liam government and accepting its
cooperation against Germany was
published prominently in the Of
fetal press. Detailed Soviet COM
ment was not forthcoming imme-
diately, but the statement was
taken generally as welcome cla-
rification of atmosphere.
The Russian press previously had
not concealed its dislike for such
figures as Admiral Darlan and
Marshal Baroglio, and frequently
has criticized the Allied military
government of occupied territories
and the policy of maintaining for
mer opponents in power in occu-
pied territories.
Soviet insistence on the appli-
cation of the principles of demo
cracy in territories previously &C.
cupied by. the enemy was salts
fide by the provision of the joint
declaration that the Italian gov
eminent would submit to the will
OF the people after the war.
Thus agreement appeared to have
been reached between the Russians
and other United Nations which
are faced with the problem OF
maintaining order and marshal
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
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valves it's rules, it will not be sent
officially to the president or the
House.
While MIR. Roosevelt might pub
licly endorse it, he probably would
express unofficial approval at the
same time of the Fulbright pro-
posal, which the House adopted by
an overwhelming vote OF 36o 10
%.
The Fulbright proposal was cast
in the form of a concurrent IeSu-
luton requiring action by oo'h
houses but not needing the presl-
dents signature. Neither resolu-
tion would be more than an eH-
preston of attitude, since TO De-
come law a measure must oe
passed by both houses ana slsA
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thority with power to prevent ag-
erosion and to preserve the peace
of the world"
There is every Indication that
the Senate eventually will pass
this simple resolution as it stands
despite efforts to make it more
specific. Thus the House-approved
Fulbright measure, which favors
"the creation of appropriate in
ternational machinery with power
to establish and maintain a just
and lasting peace among the ma
tons of the world" would be left
high and dry.
Once adopted, resolution such
as Connally's stands as an express
sion of the Senate's views. It
does not require President Roose-
velt's signature nor any action by
the House. Unless the Senate
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
ENEMY PUSHING
ON BURMA ROAD
Reinforced Japanese Units
Advance AS Chinese
Fight Back

CHUNGKING, Oct. 14.-tR-Re-
inforced Japanese units-five col
lums in all-pushed north along the
Burma road at its entrance into
southwestern China today, Cen
eralissimo Chang Nai-shek's head
quarters admitted, as Chinese
forces fought desperately to hold
the five-pronged enemy drive in
check.
After announcing yesterday that
the japanese had sent three col
umns into the advance, the Chi
nese high command said tonight
that two more columns had en-
tered the fighting in the vicinity
of Lake Shuanhungchiao and Lun-
gina.
Japanese troops, based on Chan
gachieh, continued their northWard
push toward Kantingchieh, the
Chinese said, reaching Tatangtse
where brisk interceptive fight
ing is going on.
Most of the fighting appeared to
be in the general region Of the
west bank of the upper SalWeen
river, the crossing of which was
a possible japanese objective. 10
days communique, however, made
no mention of the river which
flows south from Tibet to the Bay
of Bengal al Moulmein.
The communique reported only
harassing action against an enemy
column which was said yesterday
to be pushing south on Mingkwang,
while third column moving north
from Tengchung was reported
stopped in its tracks.
Of the two new drives, the com
munioue said the Japanese had
won a position on the west shore
of Lake Shuanhungchiao from
which it shelled the Chinese posi-
tons on the opposite shore. Chinese
counterfire, however, sileneced the
Japanese guns and caused heavy
damage to the enemy"
A fifth push near Lungma was
being held.
Of all these operations in south
western Yunnan province, the hlgh
command said the "severe" fight
ing had resulted in heavy casual
ties to both sides.
Operations on the east China
front in the Siaofeng sector, mean
while, sprang to life again yester-
day with Extremely heavy tight
ing in the suburbs of that city
southeast of the former capital al
Marking. Both sides are suffer
ing very heavy casualties the
communique continued, ia
fighting is still going on"
The high command said Its
troops recaptured Potien Tuesday
but Japanese reinforcements with
the support of ''many bombers
forced the Chinese back to the
south where they "are now en-
gagged in a brave, bloody fight
against the enemy"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
City Tax Collections
For Year Gross Over
SO Per Cent Of Total

More than SO per cent of the city
taxes assigned to City-County Tax
Collector c. R. Morse, for the tax
year just ended, were collected
during the year, City Manager
A. C. Nichols revealed Thursday.
Total tax collections deposited
to the credit of the city during
the year were $500, 608.79.
Only$8, 1858 was listed as in
solvent at the close of the year
and only 500, 933.19 as sold for
taxes.
The council, which failed to meet
this week for lack of qurum,
has yet to approve the collector s
annual report.
The city-county tax collector re-
Gently made a similar record re-
port to the county board OF COM
missioners, causing Chairman Ad-
olson Hewlett to remark that "1t
looks like all this prosperity is
causing people to pay their
taxes"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
DELINQUENTS MAY
BE DRAFTED SOON
Registrars Face lmmedi-
ate Induction Unless
Rules Followed

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA Up -
Draft-age men who haven't kept up
with their Selective Service obliga-
tons - including the fellow who
forgot to notify his local board OF
change of address - are to be
tossed into class la after Noven-
Der l and ordered to report for in
duction.
Selective Service announcing
this today, said delinquents who
do not respond to such orders will
be reported for prosecution which
could lead to a sentence of five
years in prison, $4,000 fine or
both.
Most men become delinquent for
failure to do one of the following:
Register, return a completed
QUESTIONABLE within ten days. fill
missionaries truthfully, keep the
local board advised of an address
where mail will always reach the
registrant. report a change OF
status which would affect CLASH
fication, report for physical exam
nation, or report for induction.
By September l about $4,000 de-
linquency cases were pending,
about half of which had been re-
ported to United States attorneys.
Selective Service said manpower
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

A month short of the 25th ami
versary of German surrender in
the World War, Nazi armies in
Russia and in Italy appear doomed
to renew their current backward
marches, stalked by disaster
perils.
In Italy, the Northumberland
front is crunbling to its collapse
under combined Fifth aid Eighth
Army thanking and frontal Allied
attacks. The roads to Rome are
being forced hour by hour. Ger
man hope Of long delaying its in
vestment and capture are waning.
1t is questionable even now Wheth-
err the. enemy stand north Of the
punctured and outflanked Voltur-
no line is more than strong rear
guard action to facilitate escape OF
the main Nazi forces deployed
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
United States Governm ent Is Headed
Toward Two Plans On Foreign Policy

NJ. WASHINGTON, Oct. IA Up -
t tr,. government is headed toward
% ,So separate Congressional de-
. :. Il. of foreign policy-neith-
~ VI which can be officially con.
r ,%Fed IN by President Roose.
. ,S1-that may confuse our Allies
TSa America's postwar plans.
+o, me Senate received officially
Gay pay a resolution offered by
pnS a1ltnan connally D-Tex) and
o If tha : supported by a majority
Committee. 'sn Nelauons
ei5 ms measure, which an Asso.
cd e.'' ed Press poll shows is f aSop.
vocs by y Of the % members 3e sSe ed
''i oin s.. that the United e's sta +o.
to o5s with free and sovereign n'a ns'
'S'lSnee of International s AN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
People Told.
BLACK Marts|
Their Making
Attorney Of District 0PA
Addresses Local Group
On Thursday
PLEDGE is OUTLINED
Public Asked To Cooper
ate By Observing
Simple Rules

rhere couldn't be a black
rlot or transfer without
a t;sEsts if people didn't part,
s s;ns+s in that practice. said
y ,-or,r Shepard, district en-
sh,ppe l t,r attorney, who was
a 1ol'I Of the principal speakers
o 81 the meetings held tins
a when district OPA
osfficials discussed the pledge
.sn,naipn with housewives
srd businessmen.
This campaign will get under
,sr shortly and citizens will be
.,5ed 10 sign the following pledge
:, the hopes of keeping down prices
md preventing the rise OF 'ne
~ will buy no products which
-. listed above ceiling price
VI will not buy products With
crendering the necessary ra1loh
r'1ts. ,;.r;o+ opA
d.roc+or and w. A. Kavanaugh.
s;.sr;c4 nrice executive, spoke with
n. Shepard.
. Mn Kavanaugh explained the
campaign calling upon citizens to
assist the local War Price Panel
Who in turn will remind merchants
ia post ceiling prices and call at
tention to errors in their product
nrces These assistants will be do
inc a service for the community,
and unless volunteers do help, this
program cannot be forwarded.
Hold the Line" was the mes
SAGE sent BY President Roosevelt,
and citizens must do pust this II
they expect the boys who are fight
ing for freedom to hold their line.
Mr.. Shepard also added. I'VE hate
to be regimented and give up
things. but we know our boys are
being regimented and think of the
sacrifices they are making. Ours
is only a small part. How can we
give funds. buy bonds, send our
boys to war, and make other sacri-
fees and still uphold the Black
Market? We defeat our own pur-
Continued on Page Five; Col. u
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Americans Smash Volturno River Line;
ZaporGZhe Ripped From Germans Grip;
FlyinIF ortresses Pound Schweinfurt
Sixty Bon1bers Are Lost
In Big American Attack

LONDON, Friday, Oct. IS -lR-
U. S. Flying Fortresses reached
deep into Germany yesterday to
smash the important ball bearing
plant at Schweinfurt and lost a
record number of go bombers
while knocking down 81 fighters in
what was probably the fiercest
single air battle ever fought.
Escorting Thunderbolts - PAT
fighters accounted for another 10
aircraft, boosting the total of
enemy losses to 1O4. Two of the
American fighters were missing,
boosting the raiders total losses
to g..
The size of the attacking groups
was not announced but U. S. Army
headquarters referred to them as
large formations.
1t was the second smash in two
months at the industrial city in
south-central Germany.
The heaviest previous Arneri-
can losses was so borbers on the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
IR0MMEL FIGHTS
YUC0SLAV ARMY
Nazi Fox Given Command
OF Operations Against
Balkan Patriots

LONDON, Oct. IA Up Adolf
Hitler, whose armies have been
pounded increasingly hard in Yu-
goslavia, has placed his ace SOL
der, Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mel, in general command of op-
erations against the Yugoslav pat
riots. the Berlin radio said to-
night.
The announcement followed re-
ceipt of a Swiss report through
Stockholm that Marshal Rommel
had been placed in full charge
of all Nazi-occupied Italy, With
Field Marshal Gen. Albert Kes-
serling recalled from his COM
mand of southern Italy after a
quarrel with Rommel.
Announcement of assumption of
the Yugoslav command by Rom
mel was made in a German home
service broadcast recorded by the
Ministry of Information. Circum-
stances indicated it was made to
quiet unrest in Germany regard
ing developments in the Balkans
The Germans thus made it clear
that they regard the Yugoslav pat
riots as a full-fledged battle foe
and that they no longer are try
ing to dismiss them as mere "ban-
dit bands"
There was no indication that
Rommel was being withdrawn
from his Italian command to take
over the Balkans personally, but
rather it appeared he would act
in a supervisory capacity with
Field Marshal Baron Macmillan
Won WEIGHS, recently named Bal
kan commander in chief.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15

Regensburg- Schweninfurt shuttle
raid to Africa August II.
The Berlin ardio declared in
broadcast recorded by the Associ-
ated Press that competent mill
tary authorities announced 70
British-American planes had been
shot down during the day and that
this number was '1ikely to be
augmented" later.
About the time the news Of the
new attack on the German in
dustrial center was released, the
U. S. Eighth Air Force announced
that both the huge Focke Wulf as
sembly plant at Marienburg In
East Prussia, and the component
factory at Anklam, in eastern Ger
many, had been knocked out of
production by American precis-
blows October 9.
The plant at Marienburg alone
accounted for almost half the
(Cnntinued nm Pare Five: Col. 81