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Jap Outpost HOO
 Miles From Tokyo
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remote reminder" of tho great earth- quake. The commentator did not explain this reference.
 Wake Island has been saidOd Ave times by American planes, tho last one on May IS, lo4S.
 one Line Communlquo
 The official communique consisted of only one line:
 ''Many enemy planes raided Min- ami Torishmi (Marcus) at dawn to- day, and the enemy shelled the land by naval guns."
 The broadcaster added, however, that the American planes assaulted the island "in several waves" indi- eating force of considerable strength.
 The attack was the second on the island, which lies about half way between the Japanese mainland and Wake island, in c year and c hall. Tn the first attack on March (, planes from Q .. S. aircraft care rier, dumped 12 tons of high explo- sives on installationse on the island.
 Previous Raids
 That assault was one of the United States earliest ofYensives In the Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Eight days previously, an American naval force delivered Q crushing blow on Wake Island, which the Japanese had captured from heroic American Marine defenders, in what was con. sidered he first penetration of Jap. ans home waters.
 Marcus island Is one of the iIn- portant stepping-stones on the road to Tokyo, being only about four hours flying time from the Japan csc capital. It was heavily fortified by the Japanese, containing an air. field and accessory establishments, oil storage tanks, machine shops, military barracks, radio station, anti-aircraft guns and shore bat- tertes of light and heavy machine guns.
 In the initial raid on the outlying enemy bastion, the Navy destroyed or seriously damaged most of these installations, but 1t was believed that because of the islands prox- imity to Tokyo. the Japanese made stringent efforts to restore the mil. iary equipment.
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Berlin Hurt In New Roid
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NCOnLulueO 1EVLII rage ~ sive against Hitler's European fortress into its second day. Amer ican flying fortreSses attacked an airfield at Ainien- -Glisy in north western France last evening to climax yesterdays raids.
 The RATS four-engined night bombers, including stirlings, Hali- faxes, and Lancasters, sent what was officially described as @ "great weight" of explosive and fire bombs crashing down on Berlin, GermanyS biggest was industry center.
 Four-ton super block busters lit- erally blew buildings to pieces, while spreading conflagrations painted the night sky rosy glow that could be seen by the bombing crews far to the west on their howeward jour- ney.
 Terror" Attack
 The German radio called the raid terror" attack. Hundreds of thousands of Berlin inhabitants have been evacuated from the cap- ital in anticipation of another de- vastating offensive such as the nine raids that all but wiped out Ham, burg. However, members of the ar raid precautions services have been ordered to stay in Berlin to fight fires and succor the wounded de- spite the fury of the attack.
 The raid 77th of the war on Ber- lin-- touched off ore of the greatest air battles yet fought by the British bombers over Europe. The Lu:t- waffe massed all available night fighter strength and the first form ations bounced on the bombers soon after they crossed the European coast in a futile attempt to disperse them.
 Clouds Helped
 Clouds helped the bombers es- cape the avening fighters, but radio Berlin said violent dogfightS ragged above and below the clouds all the way to and from Berlin.
 "Our night fighters, in coopera. ton with flax and searchlights bat teries, dispersed the enemy bomber formations so that the concentrated attack which the enemy had plan ned did not occur" {. German coIn- munique said.
 A few German planes crossed the English east coast last night, but their bombs caused only slight dan- age and no serious casualties.
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P. o. Worms Re Xmas Packages

Washington, Sept. 1.-(UP)-The Army postal service today antici- pated handling 10,000,000 Christmas gift packages for men overseas double last years 5,O00,000 but said 1t expected to deliver every pack age by Christmas "even to the re- motest outpost" if the mailings arc early enough.
 The dates for mailing overseas packages are Sept. IS through Oct. IA. inclusive, but the service warned that if it is subjected to a deluge of parcels during the last few days, 1t might be impossible to handle them all for delivery by Christmas.
 No gifts for service men abroad will be handled after Oct. i4. the Army postal service warned. Pack ages should be mailed as soon after Sept. IS as possible. They should be wrapped securely, but in such 6 way that they can be opened for inspection and repacking. They should be carefully addressed. bear- ing the full name, rank, Army serial number, service organization and unit. APO. number and respective port of embarkation postmaster
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Island, they could attack thu Japanese homeland.


 Japanese homeland.
 The Navy contented itself with saying that "a carrier task force raid planned for Sept 1. is presuTn- ably in progress" but that no dir ect report had been received from the ships involved.
 Tt is presumed that there will be none," the Navy said, "until need for radio silence ceases to exist"
 The Navy'S statement was made orally by Q spokesman.
 Observers paid particular atten- ton to the word "raid" in the navy's announcement. Its use would appear to mean that this attack was in the nature of Q hit-and-run affair rath- CT than an attempt to occupy the enemy outpost. Such Q raid was made on Marcus Island on March 1, 1042.
 Some quarters, however, believed that the American task force would hardly venture so far from U. &. bases into enemy dominated waters unless 1t intended to accomplish more than brief blasting of tiny Marcus. Perhaps, 1t was speculated, the Americans hoped to lure the Japanese fleet into battle.
 Halsey Led 1st Raid
 Admiral William r. Halsey, now commander .n- chief in the south Pacific, led the first raid on Marcus. His force heavily bombed and shell- ed the runway, hangars, water tanks, radio installations, and fuel and ammunition depots. Eight days before that raid, the Americans similarly blasted Wake Island.
 Some observers believed 1t possible that Wake may have received a visit this time, too. Halsey's raiders found Marcus well-equipped with aircraft artillery.
 A brief Japanese communique. broadcast domestically by the Tokyo radio and reported by the Federal Communications Commission, was coupled with Q warning that the raiding party could have attacked Japan had 1t so desired.
 Warning To Japan
 'SThe enemy could have raided the (Japanese) mainland if he wanted to, 50 the people of Japan must further solidify the defense against the enemy" the broadcast said.
 A later Tokyo broadcast for Amer ican consumption said, however, that "the enemy raid on the island is regarded as just one of the enc emy's nuisance guerrilla air raids now being made sporadically in the Pacific ocean"
 The later broadcast also said that the raid had given the Japanese "a
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Young Girl Gets Wish

Westover Field, Mass, Sept. r. (UP)-One day last April, Henri- etta Teddy Partyka of Chicopee Falls sat down and wrote a let ter to President Roosevelt.
 T am a young girl of 16, doing my share to help win this war;" the letter read. T helped my mother save fats, paper and all the neces- sary things to victory. I'm the cook at my home, so I do my best to keep the family going. My mother and father are working at defense
 I'm just a young, poor Amert- can, but MT. President, if l could christen a plane or ship, I'd be the happiest girl in the world"
 Today, Henrietta dedicated the army bomber Polish Yankee" as part of a $2,50O,O00 Bonds for Bomber" drive conducted by Po- fish American groups throughout four western Massachusetts cotin- ties. At the same time, five other bombers. still under construction at scattered war plants, were dedi- cated by proxy.
 Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, widow of the former President, attended the ceremonies.
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5000 Workers Placed On Connecticut Farms
100 Jamaicans to Be Transferred From Tobacco to Potato Fields Year-ROund Workers Rapidly Needed

the live other New England states combined, and represents nearly 6 percent of our nations war goods. There is practically no city, village, or town in the state where workers cannot commute to jobs in a factory. Men and women, boys and girls, are drawn to these jobs because of the high wages paid. Stores, garages, gas stations, and many other types of business have in turn been forced to increase their wages.
 "This situation has created @ ser- ious farm labor problem. Many boys and girls placed on farms corn- pare their wages with those of their friends in industry. Although our farmers are paying boys and girls of IA years or older 40 to 55 cents an hour, they believe they are under paid. Farmers, on the other hand, feel they are overpaid. And this sit- uation is likely to increase as the war continues"
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Storrs, Conn, Sept. lover 5000 workers have been placed on Con- necticut farms since the start of the state extension service emergency farm labor program last May, ac- cording to Paul L. Putnam, state farm labor supervisor at the Univer- sity of Connecticut. Of that num- Der approximately 5400 are seasonal workers and about 500 are full time employees. County farm labor offic- eS throughout the state were unable to fill orders for an additional 360 full time workers.
 Next Two Months
 Boys and girls have formed the bulk of the seasonal farm help, MT. Putnam said, constituting about half of the total seasonal labor placed. With the exception of harvest labor, of which about 1000 will be needed during the next two months, all sea- sonal farm labor demands in the state so far have been filled.
 Note all the labor secured for farm CTS has been the kind they want" Mir Putnam added, but farmers generally appreciate the situation and realize the necessity of using inexperienced and otherwise unsat- isfactory people during the war emergency. The help supplied has, for the most part, filled their xieeds.'
 The 100 Jamaicans brought into the state last May to work on tobac- co farms will be transferred to the potato harvest about the first of the month. Efforts to secure 250 addi- tional Jamaicans for the potato and : apple harvest work this fall were un- successful.
 The Jamacans sent to Connecti- cut" MT. Putnam added, have been @ great help to us. Although most of them were assigned to tobacco farms, they have also been used in emergencies on vegetable farms and in other work, Tobacco growers have been very cooperative in re- leasing them for short periods when other emergencies have developed"
 The most difficult part of the farm labor situation, according to MT. Putnam, Is to find year around workers. Seasonal workers are com- paratively easy to secure, but full time help, particularly that with the experience needed by dairy farmers, is much harder to locate.
 War Contracts
 "T'he large war contracts awarded Connecticut industries have created c tremendous competition with farm labor" Mir. Putnam continued. 'Their total amount, $4,7S5, 900, ,o00 through March of this year, is only slightly less than the amounts given
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CT bases along the nortseast coast
 Altogether 246 enemy planes were destroyed at the Wewak system oi airdromes in the first two days oi attack nearly three weeks ago Since then approximately 150 others have been destroyed.
 No Allied Plane Lost
 The liberators in their latest raid dropped 92 tons of 500 and 1000- ton pound bombs on the Dagua and But airfields in the Wewak area and the Tadji field 75 miles beyond Most of the enemy planes destroyed on the ground were medium bomb- CTS. Big fires were set. There was no Interrogation and not an Allied plane was lost.
 The communique contained no new report on ground action either in New Guinea or the Solomon Islands. Air activity in the Sol- omons area was limited to recon- naissance, probably by bad weather.
 Besides the Wewak area, Tinschc harbor above Lac was raided by at- tack planes which wrecked five loaded barges on the Mape river in a low-level attack. Heavy bombers attacked an enemy destroyer near Cape St. George, New Ireland, and a cargo ship off Kavieng.
 Eight more enemy planes were destroyed or damaged in other raids, five on the ground at Cape Glou- cester, New Britain where medium bombers dropped 13 tons of ex- plosives, and three on the ground and in the air over Taberfane, sea- plane base in the Aroe Islands. One plane was lost in the Aroes.
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Pulverize Batteries
 In Daring Raid
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peared In q cloud Of brown end orange smoke. Seconds later came c sound like the beating of O biw bass drum.
 The first shells landed near tno hillside batteries and others oKashed In the town that once served e tho mainland terminus Of tho Siclliam ferry line.
 Thirty minutes later, the othar battleship opened up with high ez- plosive shells. Then, from 6 range of about 70 miles, the two battle wa- gons sent 90 rounds each into RegRiO Calabria's coastal Qualifications.
 The other warships, which just about filled the straits, joined in tho bombardment and thunder seemed to split the sky.
 The bombardment destroyed bat teries which were out Of the range of Allied land artillery in Sicily and provided Q daring demonstration Of Allied air and sea dominance for the next phase of the invasion of Eu- rope. Tn preparation for tho attack, this and other destroyers last night car- ried out sweep around the toe of Italy as far as the gulf of Squillaee, just below Catanzaro, without eEA- countering any resistance.
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were captured. Red air force planes, actively supporting the offensive, shot down S7 German aircraft.
 The capture Of Yelnya also out flanked Bryansk, 100 miles to the southeast and already under direct assault from the east and southeast.
 Take Over 200 Towns
 Farther south, in the second of the two offensiVes disclosed yester- day, the Russians pushed deeper into the northern Ukraine against weakening resistance after captur- ing more than 200 towns and vil- lages in an initial break through of 37 miles on Q 62-mile- wide front.
 Most important conquests were Rylsk, 80 miles south of Sevsk, and Glukov, 37 miles to the west and IS miles from the Bryansk- -Konotop railroad. Units southwest of Sevsk were credited with killing 5000 Ger mans and wrecking 2S tanks and seven self-propelled guns yesterday.
 Tanks Captured
 Eight tanks were captured intact southwest of Sevsk, as well as 26 field guns and four self-propelled guns.
 New advances also were reported west and southwest of Kharkov, while Red arynies along the sea of Azov killed 5000 more Germans in the process of liqLadating the Axis forces caught in a Russian encirc- lement maneuver.
 One large column of German in- fantry and trucks attempted to break through the Soviet lines, but was largely exterminated," the So- viet high command said. The Sur- vivors were taken prisoner.
 Asserting their command of the sea of Azov, Russian torpedo boats sank two self-propelled German barges and one motor torpedo boat and captured a trawler and a tor- pedo boat with their crews.
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ing up enemy communications m southern Italy,
 The only Italian answer Co the bombardment came from the Cape Pellaro battery, which fired six times, dropping shells o few hun- dred yards from this and other de- strcyers, before it was silenced.
 We had Q front-row seat for the bombardment as this destroyer ad- vanced up the straits to Q point near Reggie Caiabria while the bat- tleships and other vessels fired over our heads.
 As the battle squadron moved into the straits, Q couple of enemy planes were detected too high to be seen with the naked eye, probably on routine reconnaissance. They were driven off by our fighters, which darted in and out of clouds for ovef- head throughout the bombardment.
 Fighters were assigned each bat tleship to act as ''spotters" to guide the gun batteries, as well as to furn- ish protection from air attack.
 We saw the first battleship open the bombardment with arnor pierc- ing shells from Q distance of eight miles. A sheet of flame burst from the side of the warship, then disap-
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Hatred Against Total War Grows, Pope Says
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Europe, as well as that of Italy.
 It also was expected to reinforce the moves by Spain toward Q posi- ton of absolute neutrality as against non-belligerence on the side of the Axis.
 Referring to his appeal for peace in August, 1889, just before the war began, the Pope said that events happening today are proving our words"
 Justice and love are inspiring us to address our words to everybody for everybody's welfare" he said.
 War Reaching Climax
 "War operations are reaching @ climax; everywhere people are look inf at ruins. Tn all nations hatred against total war is increasing"
 The Pope asserted that trust be. tween nations has been swept away"
 we are addressing ourselves to those who can bring justice to all and we tell them that the truly strong need not fear being too gen. erous," he added.
 ITO continue the war is to con- form to national interest as against human and christian conscience" |" the Pope said.
 "Give to all nations the hope of honorable peace by arranging just peace.
 Blessed are those who are pre- pairing the groundwork for peace. Blessed are those, no matter of which belligerents, who are trying to solve the present situation.
 Blessed are those who are listen- ing to the voices of mothers who bore sons, not to have them killed but to bring about a new and bet ter world.
 Must Look to God
 Blessed are those who heed the voice of the people who are asking for peace, for bread, for work, ever more clamorously."
 The Pontiff said that 1t is in- possible to construct a new world unless we look to God who admin isters justice"
 Woe to those who are building their power on oppression, on tor ture of the innocents, on injustice, and those who interfere with the building of a just and lasting peace" the Pope exclaimed.
 In conclusion the Pope said:
 Hope must be given to the op- pressed peoples that this year will be the beginning of @ new era of reconstruction and peace. In this confidence we are blessing all those who are working for peace"
 After his formal ending he ut tered the latin words "urbi ct orbi" his blessing to the whole world.
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When Welles' resignation was first mentioned, there were reports that he might be offered @ rowing diplo- matic job. Many sources doubted that he would accept such a Job because 1t would be necessary to work closely with the state depart ment. MT. Roosevelt's reluctance to discuss Welles yesterday, how ever, led to speculation that the President might be trying to per suade WelleS to accept some other position with the administration.
 Welles, a close personal friend o1 the President and Mrs. Roosevelt still Is resting at his Bar Harnor' Me, home. He has declined to comment.
 The Controversy
 The Welles' resignation is Inter- twined with the controversy be- tween Pearson and Hull. Pearson long has been regarded as one ot Welles' closest friends and was be- lieyed to have had access to inside state department sources of in- formation which others did not en- joy. ..
 Pearson refused to back down from his charges, answering the Presidents accusation by asserting:
 If the President needs scape- goat am glad that anything l have said has now forced the ad- ministration to make clear in words what was not clear before in deeds
 "The Russians, being shrewd dip- lomats, were fully aware of MT Hulrs and our state departments long and consistent anti-Russlan attitude. It didn't take me to tell the Russians about 1t. That's one reason why our relations with Rus sia have drifted to their present deplorable and dangerous impasse. Ambassador (Maxim) Litvinov was recalled long before pointed an anti-Soviet finger at MT. Hull.
 Mot only has there been no sec ond front but we have failed to consult Russia on Italian Armistice terms and the state department IS even today holding Russian ships though the Soviet demands their release.
 Pearson COmplimented
 T am complimented to join the long list of newspapermen whom the President has attacked.
 Later. Pearson explained that the ship controversy was over Esthan- ian. Lithuanian and Latvian ships seized in United States ports when Russia took over" those Baltic states.
 The President did not refer to Pearson by name-just to the colunnist denounced by Hull Mon- day. He said that he did not hesi- tate to say that Pearson's column on HuIl's Russian policy was lie from beginning to end and that II was detrimental not only to the tor- eIgn relations Of the United States but to the unity of the United Na. tons and, in effect. the winning oi the var.
 After branding Pearson as q chronic liar, the President said he was not the only oEie-that columns of that type hurt the press and that public confidence in the press would Increase materially when the preki realizes that faet.
 MF. Roosevelt often has criticized the press and certain groups el eomFnentators and newsmen, but hia blast against Pearson was c new kigh in White House inyective agninst on individual newspaper. man.
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manitly was prompting his words, and they were not designed to dam age anyone but to aid everyone.
 Blessed Are Those"
 Blessed are those, no matter of which Belligerents who are trying to solve the present situation" he said. These words were taken as an indication that some actual, specific peace move might now be under way, possibly by Italy, although there was no indication of how far advanced 1t might be or of its pros- poets for success.
 His talk was expected to affect the Catholic populace of Germany, Hungary and elsewhere in Axis
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Big Reception
 For Mrs. E. D. R.

Auckland. N. C.. Sept. i.-CuP)- Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt told . crowd at a civic reception today that President Roosevelt had eabled her T feel everything vent very well at ouebeE."
 She did not expand on inc atale- mcnt. which referred to the Preei. dents conference with Prime Min- hfer Churchill.
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.Yunk Planes
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kttacking the railroad yards at Sal- ' @rno in south Italy last night.
 Fire and explosions were touched , of at Pisa, while the railroad tar- gets ct Cozensa and Catan2aro, in the foot of the Italian boot, and al 6apri and Cetraro, on the west coast rail line further north, suffered heavy damage.
 i The middle east communique from Cairo said Liberators that raided Pescara, 100 miles northeast of Rome, covered the marShalling yards un the coastal rail line with bombs setting of fires and explosions, and scored direct hits on the railway station and 6 bridge.
 Beaufghters on Monday attacked and damaged an Axis merchant ship off tine west coast of Greece.
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(Contlnued from Page i) members of the council. Both have since Fenounced iell presidential aspirations. Vandenberg in favor ef 0en. Douglas MaeAFthur end Taft in favor 0f BriekeT.
 Notably absent vii he former president Herbert Hoover and the two most recent Republican n0m- ineea. Alfred ~. Random of nIansas and Wendell k Willkie.
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Full Weather Report

Boston. Sept. 1 (UP)-weathsV forecasts
 MAssA ACHUsETTs, C0NNECTIs much change in temperature te~ -hlght or Thursday morning.
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THE LOW COUNTIES: ShOrt ROute 10 BerIin

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.Nozis Reel On Big Front

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