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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
ITALIANS JOIN
YUC0SLAV ARMY
Venezia Division Is Now
Fighting Germans In
Balkan Area

LONDON. Oct. 13.-lRHThe Yu-
glosav national liberation army
announced tonight that it had been
joined by the entire Italian Vene-
zia division, until recently an enc
my force, in fighting the Germans.
Announcement OF the switch
over of the Italian division was
contained in the Liberation army S
communique broadcast by the free
Yugoslav radio. It conceded with
the declaration of war against Ger
many by the Italian government OF
Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio.
The Liberation army, led by the
Legendary Drug Tito, also offici-
ally charged that it was being OPP
posed by the Chetnik forces of
Gen. Draja Mihailovic. King Pc
ter's field commander. as well as
the Germans. A similar charge
against Mihailovic was made re-
Gently by Tito's supporters in Lon
don. The conamunique as recorded
here said:
''The whole italian division We
nezia has come over to our side
and is fighting with US against the
Germans. Only a few days ago
the same Italian division was
fighting our units together with
German forces and Gen. Mihailo-
vic's units
A Yugoslav source here who has
contacts with Tito's guerrilla Par
tisans said that group greeted
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
POSTWAR PEACE
PLANS APPROVED
Subcommittee OF. Senate
Votes To Join In
Maintaining Amity

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-(P)-
A discreetly worded resolution
pledging the United States to joir
with free and sovereign ma
tons to establish and maintain in
ternational authority with power
to preserve the peace won z to
approval by a Senate Foreign Re,
lations subcommittee today.
Apparently assured of approval
by the full committee, the meas.
ure will be introduced formally
tomorrow by Chairman Connally
D-Tex) and may be ready for
Senate debate - possibly in some.
what revised form by the mid.
die of November.
The measure. recommended ov.
er the objection of Senator LaFol.
lette (Prog-Wis), is a simple Sen.
ate resolution which does not re.
quire House action. The subcom.
mittee thus ignored the House.
approved Fulbright lasting peace
resolution which called for Senate
concurrence, although generally
the two are similar. The full com.
mittee will consider the new pro
posal next week.
Confined to five short para.
graphs, the resolution said:
Resolved by the Senate of the
United States:
t'That the war against all ou1
enemies be waged until complete
victory is achieved;
"That the United States cooper.
ate with its comrades-in-arms in
securing a just and honorable
peace;
'"That the United States. acting
through it's constitutional process.
es join with free and sovereign
nations in the establishment and
maintenance of international au'
thority with power to prevent ag
erosion and to preserve the
peace of the world"
While Congress thus moved clos
er to a declaration Of policy or
postwar action Congressman gen
orally were hailing Italy's decla
ration of war on Germany today
as helping the Allied cause.
Other developments included:
Because of the death Of Rep
Creal (D-Ky), the House postpon
ed until noon tomorrow debate or
Legislation to increase government
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
JAPS OPEN DRIVE
NEAR BURMA ROAD
Chinese Aided By Airmen
OF 18th American
Air Force

CHUNGKING, Oct. 10. -R)-
The japanese have opened three.
pronged drive northward along
the Burma road at the entrance tc
southwestern China and are en-.
gagged in heavy fighting with Chi.
nese troops who are aided by air.
men of the 14th U. S. Air Force,
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek'
headquarters announced tonight.
The high commands communi
que said Chinese forces in the Yum
nan province border region had
succeeded in holding two of the
columns beating their way toward
the provincial capital at Running.
only after suffering number Of
casualties. The japanese in that
area have received large rein.
forcements, tn Chinese added.
Sever fighting which bgan Octo-
Der in an attempt to halt third
drive based on Changachieh, how.
ever, still continued today, the
communiquc said, with both sides
suffering casualties.
A communique from the head
quarters of 1t. Gen. Joseph Still
we'll, American commander in the
China -Burma-India theater of op.
erations, disclosed yesterday that
American planes were cooperat-
ing with the Chinese in the Yum
nan area, bombing military in
stallations and oil and gas storage
dumps.
The three-column Japanese drive,
obviously to expand their holdings
along the Burma road, was based
on Tengchung, $50 miles west OF
Running; Lungling, on the Burma
road 100 miles southeast of Teng-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
Waterworks Issues
Arrive For City's
Official Signature

The 100000 waterworks bond
issue, recently sold by the city
to the Union Security Corpora
ton of New York city,
through the Local Govern
ment commission, has arrived
rom the engravers for sigma
lure, City Clerk ]. r, Benson
said Wednesday.
The bonds are in $1,000 de-
nominations, with coupons at
aehed, and each must be
signed by the clerk, Mayor
bruce B. Cameron and City
treasurer Robert LeGwin and
The official city seal affixed be-
lore the bonds can be deliv-
cred.
In addition, the signature Of
The Local Government Com
mission is necessary to vail
aate the issue.
The issue was sold for an
average interest rate Of 1885
per cent, the lowest in recent
years which city officials
pointed out reflects the better
eu financial status of the city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
CHURCHILL WARNS
| OF CONTROVERSIES
Prime Minister Says Blood
lest Fighting Is
Still Ahead

LONDON. Oct. 13.-lR-In lee
ture on wartime national u n y
which might just as well have been
intended for the United States as
for Britain, Prime Minister Chur-
chill cautioned the House of Com
mons today against controversies
which could prolong the war,
whose "bloodiest fighting he said
was still ahead.
Without mentioning the United
States, Churchill held up Britain
as "a model to the world in its
unity and its perseverance," and
he declared emphatically that he
would not imperil this unity by
acceding to a socialist demand for
naturalization of Britain's CO
mines-a highly-controversial pro-
posal.
At another point in a speech in
tervening in two-day coal pro-
duction debate. the prime minister
said that postwar political SQUAD
bling was to be deplored, "but at
any rate is not so bad as the ex-
ample of some countries, which l
would not venture to name, where
soldiers are fighting abroad and
politicians are fighting at home
with equal vigor and ferocity."
In a more direct reference to
American political quarrels, Chur-
chill had declared in an earlier
statement that Britain's peacetime
civil aviation policy would "have
no aim prejudicial to the interests
of the United States"
This was an obvious reference
to some Washington charges that
Britain is attempting to monopo-
lie the airlines after the war.
Churchill disclosed that L d
Beaverbrook, lord privy seal, had
assumed responsibility for coordi-
nation of the postwar civil air
policy. Beaverbrook is expected to
return soon to the United States
to confer with American officials.
Present discussions, Churchill said.
are purely of an exploratory ma
ture."
Describing an empire air policy
conference in London this week as
family talk" he said that United
States interests would not be pref
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
Government Tightens
Controls Over Labor
N. E.. REGULATIONS

RALEIGH, Oct. 49, tR Any
worker who leaves a job in an es-
sential industry faces the prospect
of not being able to get another
job for 60 days, under new War
Manpower Commission regulations,
DR.. J. S. Dorton, state war man.
power commissioner said today.
Dorton said this new rule was
included in changes in the en-
ployment sterilization program for
region w, which includes North
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Co.
lurnbia.
If a worker has been employed
in an essential or locally needed
activity within the preceding 60
days. he may be hired only if
his hiring would aid in the war
effort, Dorton said. He must be
hired in an essential activity or
through the U. S. Employment
Service, and he must furnish his
new employer with statement of
availability from his last employer
or from the employment service.
Dorton said this provision lis
certain to aid in stabilizaton,"
since worker will hesitate to
leave an essential job if, by so
doing, he faces the prospect of not
being able to get another job with
in so days"
New regulations provide ais o
that worker in essential employ
ment may receive statement of
availability authorizing him to &C.
cept another essential job, if he
is employed at a wage less than
that provided under state or fed
eral labor laws, or if WORKING con-
ditions at his place of employment
do not meet these standards.
Dorton said that a region-wide,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
REGIONAL RULES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-tR-
New regulations giving the gov
eminent control over job transfers
by critical workers and tighter
rein over labor migration were an.
nounced today for manpower re.
gion four, which includes Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia.
North Carolina and the District OF
Columbia.
Under a revised employment sta.
Utilization program made public by
Henry Treide, War Manpower
Commission regional director, a
worker moving from one commu-
nifty to another must have the ap-
proval of the U. S. Employment
Service office at each end before
he can take new job.
The more stringent program will
take effect Friday in all parts OF
the region except the District OF
Columbia area and the Hampton
Roads, Va, area. Both of those
areas have adopted new plans of
their own, also effective Friday,
which go slightly beyond the re-
gional program.
Baltimore will be governed by
the regional program for the pres
ent but is drawing up an area plan
which is expected to be much more
drastic, Treide said at a press con-
ference.
He said acute labor shortage
areas, such as Baltimore and Elk
ton, in Maryland; Hampton Roads
and Petersburg, in Virginia; and
Elizabeth City and Spruce Pine,
in North Carolina, were authorized
to consider adopting special con-
trolls like those in effect at Buff
falo, N. Y, and on tn e West
Coast.
Thus he opened the door + o r
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
SHELLS SCREAMING
Artillery Active As Battle
For Volturno Nears
Climax
SAN CROCE CAPTURED
Eighth Army Takes Riccia
After Americans
Triumph
SAN CROCE CAPTURED

A Ii 1 E D HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Algiers, Oct. 13.-(P)
Allied troops cracking
tough Nazi defenses for a
nine-mile breakthrough in
central Italy have forged a
new threat Of outflanking
the Volturno river line, where
the Germans were massing
new strength, and thousands
of shells screamed today in
prelude to a great battle.
In accompaniment to ire
mendous artillery duels. both
sides concentrated new forces
of men and guns along the
Volturno for what may be-
come a bigger battle even
than that of the Salerno
bridgehead a month ago.
Fifty miles inland, Allied
forces punched through the
mountains to seize San Groce,
eight miles northeast of Pom
telandolfo, and the Eighth
Army driving westward cap
tured Riccia only eight miles
northeast of Sap Croce.
Germans Are Active
The Germans were also reported
making heavy movements along
the Adriatic behind their arlnored
forces and parachutists bitterly
contesting the Eighth Army march
up the Adriatic coast. But whether
these indicated that the Nazis were
tossing substantial additional
force into the battle there as well
as on the Volturno was not clear
Immediately.
Farther inland on the Eighth
Army front, enemy artillery re-
acted violently 10 the STEADY Bit
ish advance, but gains in virtually
every center were reported by
Montgomery's headquarters.
Latest advices said the Allied
line now extends from a point on
the Adriatic four miles a b o v e
Termoli due south through Gug1:-
onesi and Larino to Bonefro, then
it dips southeast short distance
to Colletorto. From there it runs
southwest through Riccia and San
Croce, then due south to point
on the Galore river west of Ponte,
along the lower Galore to its juno
ton with the Volturno, and along
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MOVE IS ACCEPTED
United States, Britain And
Russia Give Nod OF
| Approval
MAY NOT MEAN ARMY
Italian Military Machine
Seriously Handicapped
In The Field

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Algiers, Oct. 13.-F
declared war against
Germany today and was ac-
copied by the United States,
Great Britain and Russia as
a co-belligerent.
Premier Marshal Pietro
Badoglio declared in a mess
age to Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, Allied commander in
the Mediterranean, that "all
ties with the dreadful past
are broken, and my govern
ment will be proud to be able
to march with you on to the
inevitable victory"
With Italy an exhausted
nation and most of her SOL
diers showing little disposi-
ton to fight, it is not likely
that the Badoglio government
will be able to put any great
army in the field beside those
Of the Allies.
It's action, however, may
increase the rear guard re-
sistance in those parts of the
country under the German
heel and facilitate coopera-
ton with the Allies in that
oart of Italy so far wrested
from the Germans.
Acceptance Announced
Acceptance of Italy as a co-bel-
l1gerent was announced in a joint
statesmen b.. President Roosev. g.,
Prime Minister Churchill and Pre-
mier Stain. This amounted SIM
ply to putting an existing state of
affairs into writing Virtually all
Italians now detest the Germans
and some have been fighting them.
Italy still is far from being &C.
corded the status of an ally, and
so far as can be learned here, no
promises have been made to her
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
RUSSIANS VETO
FRONTIER TALK
Military Discussions Will
Feature Three Power
Conference

MOSCOW, Oct. 13.-P-The Of
fetal Communist party organ
Pravda bluntly let it be known
today that the Russians do not in
tend to discuss frontiers or the
status Of the Baltic states at the
orthcoming horsepower confer
ence any more than "the borders
of the United States or the status
of California;
In its first announcement Of the
conference to be held in Moscow
among representatives of Russia,
the United States and Great Brit
ain, Pravda said the Russians in
tend to use the meeting to discuss
the "second 'front.' and Hitler's
complete defeat. and not to de-
bate postwar frontier questions.
Pravda followed the position re-
peatedly expressed in the Soviet
press that the war first must be
won before the Allies get into
deep and serious discussions over
the fate of the world after the
fighting ceases.
british Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden will head the British
delegation at the tri-power meet
ing. 1t was believed in Washing
ton that Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull would represent the
United States.)
Pravda also took definite notice
of contradictory rumors in Allied
countries that the Russians intend
to make separate peace with
Germany when the Red army
reaches the Soviet 1910 frontiers
and that the Russians will try to
get to Berlin first in order to be
able to dictate the peace terms
and the future organization of Eu-
rope.
1t quoted favorably the British
observer which had secuted these
rumors. The Communist party or
gan took to task "some Allied pa
fCou<:xyoJ ~ D,> T,. ry ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
JAP LOSSES HEAVY
so Per Cent OF Enemy
Planes Are Destroyed
By Bombers
SAID TURNING POINT
Gen. Macarthur Says Raid
Broke Back OF Big
Enemy Base

ALLIE D HEADQUAR.
TIERS IN THE SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC, Thursday, Oct. IA
-(P)-A huge air armada
crushed Japan's main south.
west Pacific fortress of Ra.
baul Tuesday, wrecking &C
per cent of it's planes and
1880 tons of its shipping
in a blow so titantic that the
American air commander as.
sessed it as "the turning
point in the war" in that sec
tor.
Massing all available heavy
bombers and fighters-mak.
ing their debut over Rabau
for the attack, 1t. Gen.
George C. Kemey's airforce
surprised the enemy so COM
pletely that General MacAr.
thur said the raid broke Ra-
bauPs back.
Air Mastery
Having already largely wiped
out Japan's Wewak, New Guinea,
air base by destroying some 500
planes there, the destruction or
damage to TT planes at Rabaul
now gives the Allies mastery OF
the air over the Solomons sea and
adjacent waters, Macarthur said.
ut was crushing and decisive
defeat for the enemy at a most
vital point" the general said.
The announcement today of this
staggering punch at Rabaul was
contained in a comm,mique which
also proclaimed complete eradi-
cation of organized Japanese re-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
MELIT0P0LFALLS
Fighting Now In Progress
In The Center OF
Ukraine City
yIry IS HARD PRESSED
sov;et Armies Are Within
Five Miles OF
Zaporozhe

LONDON, Oct. 13.-P-
The Red army cracked Ger
man defenses in three major
brpakthroughs on the long
Russian front today, sweep
ing into the center of the city
If Melitopol and to within
five miles of Zaporozne in
the Southern Ukraine, smash
ing close to Kiev in the mid
die Dnieper, and pounding to
the immediate vicinity of
Gomel' in White Russia,
Moscow announced tonight.
Breaking their silence on
HE bitter fighting in the
south Ukraine, the Russians
said fighting was now going
on in the center of Melitopol
after three days of fierce
fichting broke the German
defense line to the north and
south.
20 Strongpoipts Fall
In an advance of five to six
miles Red soldiers forced the Mo-
lochna river and captured more
than 20 German strongpoints.
Melitopol is % miles north Of
the Sea Of Azov on one of the two
German escape railways from the
Crimea. r
The Dnieper river bend town OF
Zarporozhe came we'll within Sow
let artillery range after four days
of fighting that broke the German
defense line. Soviet troops are now
fighting from five to six miles
from the town, said the Moscow
communicate, recorded by the Sow
let monitor.
More than 30 German strong
points fell to the onrushing Soviet
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
Allied Troops Said
To Have Taken Some
Of Cyclades Islands

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-tR-
Allied troops were reported in
an NBC broadcast from An
kara tonight to have captured
some of the Cyclades, Greek is
lands in the Aegean north Of
German-held Crete.
Unconfirmed advices from
IstanbuI last week said British
forces had landed on some of
the islands and the new report
indicates the fOothOlds have
been made secure.
The islands have air bases
and port facilities for subma-
rines and small shipping.
Fighter planes based there
could range both to Crete and
far over Greece.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
REDS CRACK NAX LINE 4
AT THREE KEY POLNTes<x
ARMADA RAZES RAE. II
Macarthur Points
To Surprise Move
In Rabaul Attack

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN THE Sc UTHWEST PACI-
FIG, Thursday, Oct. 14.-R-
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, aft
er studying reports on the ter
rifle air assault on Rabaul,
New Britain, today issued this
statement from the airforce
battle operations room in New
Guinea:
ut was a crushing and de-
cisive defeat for the enemy at
a most vital point. Once more
surprise was predominant. Ra-
baul has been the focus and very
hub Of the enemy's main adj
vanced air effort. think we
have broken its back.
"Almighty God blessed our
arms"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
BADOGLIO REGIME DECLARES
WAR ON GERMAN OPPRESSOR:
ALLIES FORGE NEW THREAT
Move May Cause
German Internal TremOrS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. up
- Washington interpreted the
Badoglio declaration Of war
against Germany today as the
start of a bandwagon move
ment that could leave the Nazis
completely isolated and inter-
nally shaken.
Nobody expected decisive, di-
rect military aid, at least not
Immediately.
Typical Of congressional
comments on the Italian &C
ton are these:
Senator Mcclellan D-Tenn)-
"I'm not surprised, and / ex-
pect others will want to get
on the bandwagon soon. hope
that Portugal, Spain and Swe-
den all will be climbing OIL the
wagon before long"
Speaker Rayburn (D-TeA)-
II am glad to see that the
liberty-loving people of Italy
have lined up with the other
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iberty-loving people of the
world"
Chairman Bloom (D-NY) of
the House Foreign Affairs
committee II don't think it
changes the position with res
pect to the arrangement be-
tween the United Nations and
Italy which already is in ex-
istence. The language used by
the king and Badoglio empha-
sizes the character of the Ma
zis and shows that all decent
peoples must unite in crush
ing them.''
Rep. Martin of Massachu-
sets, Republican floor leader
1.-THE declaration should speed
up the winning of the war
against Germany"
Rep. Bolton (R-Ohio)-"The
psychological effect on Ger
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-14
WEATHER
Forecasts:
NORTH CAROLINA: Continued mi

Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. s. Weather Burcau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending Z: 80 p. M, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
80 a. M. 81; 7:so a. m. 50; Icy -.
n. M. rs; 80 p. M, SO. Maximum 10;
M;njn,,m So: Mean Sc; Normal 66.
30 a. M, 81; 1880 a. H., 81; l:3o
n. M. 48; 1880 p. m, 81
- PRECIPITATION
Total for the 4 hours ending 1880 p. m.
600 inches. a.. =. A.. r,,n+h
Total since the first OF the mon'h'
n m incheg
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Evening star., 1943-04-13
Dietitians' Aide Corps
Created by Red Cross
Volunteers Will Serve
As Hospital Workers

Creation of a new Red Cross VOL
nteer corps in which American
women can serve the war effort bv
working as hospital dietitians was
announced today by Mrs. Dwight
Davis, national director. American
Red Cross Volunteer Special Serv-
ices.
The Volunteer Dietitians' Aide
Corps is the third Red Gross VOL
unteer group to enter hospital serv-
ice. 1t was preceded by the Volun-
teer Nurses AIDE Corps and the
Hospital and Recreation Corps, bet
ter known as the Gray Ladies'"
The corps will be organized for
the duration and only in communi-
ties where hospitals request such
service, Mrs Davis said, explaining
that the demand arose because of
the shortage of hospital dietitians.
many of whom have entered the
services of the Army. Navy and war
industries.
Volunteers must take A 6O-hour
training course under the super
vision of graduate dietitians. They
must be over l8 years old and pos
sess high school education Or its
equivalent 1t is expected that many
Of the volunteers will be recruited
from the 100000 American women
who have completed the Red Cross
standard nutrition course.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Maj. 6. 6. Narter Awarded
Navy's Silver Star Medal

Mai Guy G. Narter, USMC, %.
Of 9ll Oak street. Arlington. was
awarded the Silver Star Medal yes
terday> by Secretary of the Navy
Knox for gallantry in action on
Guadalcanal Island.
The citation which accompanied
the award read
For conspicuous gallantrv and
intrepidity during action against
enemy japanese forces on Guadal-
canal, Solomon Islands. on October
l3, 1912.
In order to lay telephone trunk
line to headquarters after all others
had been destroyed, Mai Narter led
out wire crew following heavy
japanese naval bombardment
During construction of the cir
cult the crew was caught in the
open and exposed to hostile bomb
ing on five separate occasions How
ever despite this hazardous dis
traction, at no time did the per-
sonna scatter or suspend their &C
tlvitieS
Under Mai Narter's courageous
and aggressive leadership they we're
able to complete their mission before
daylight and thus establish COM
munications between headquarters
and important units
Maj. Narter is on duty at Marine
Corps headquarters here His wife
is living at their home, North
Inversion. R. I.