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AVERSA BLASTED
DESPITE ENEMY
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roared in over the coast heading
for Aversa. Marauder gunners
blasted 10 of them, and then swept
in to give the towns rail tracks,
warehouses and freight cars "a
terrific pounding" it was announc-
ed officially.
The Lightnings meanwhile were
locked in furious battle with the
enemy in low-altitude dogfights
that ragged 100 miles out from the
coast on the homeWard leg.
Messerschmitts equipped with
auxiliary fuel tanks for long range
took up the fight after the first
wave of attackers was forced to
turn back. The Lightnings account
ed for seven fighters.
The fierce defense was in sharp
contrast to previous days when the
Allied bombers met not a solitary
Axis fighter.
Fortress crews knocked down
two out of a score of fighters al
Viterbo, and laid their bombs OF
hangers and dispersal areas of the
airdrome 40 miles north OF Rome
Civita Vecchia northwest Of
Rome, junction on the Rome
Leghorn railroad, was hit by day
and night by American medium
Mitchells and Raj Wellingtons
without loss and without opposl
| ton.
The Mitchells wrecked tracks II
the northwest section, bombed the
station, warehouses and locomotive
sheds, and iWellingtons with block
buster bombs hit a chemical works
transformer station. and blew ur
an entire train. Their night-se1
fires were visible 100 niles away
American A-36 Invaders bombed
the railway functions of Sapri ane
Lambezia in southern Italy, wreck
ing bridge at Sapri and firing
oil stores at Lamezia, and explod+
ed an entire train loaded with air
plane parts near Reggo CalabrlaI
In other tactical airforce operf
ations, U. S. Mitchell bombers
hammered the freight yards al
Paola, and Raj Bostons and Bal
timores bombed the yards. at Ca
tanzaro Marina.
Warhawks knocked out steel
railway bridge near Decimomannl
airfield in Sardinia, and destroyed
radio tower at Pula.
(The italian high command said
40 Allied planes were shot down in
the Naples and Rome sections, and
that German planes raiding Au-
gusta in Sicily damaged an Allied
merchant ship and several landing
barges.)
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Sens Buy Buck Ne1uson,
From En1bittered Bro1u11s

! ST. LOUIS, Aug. 81. -(P)-
Louis Buck Newsom, who
made his 1943 debut with the
Browns in mid-July on the
promise of pitching them to a
pennant, instead will leave a
scene of bitter and humilia ting
defeats to join the Washington
Senator's.
He was sold today for an I'M
disclosed cash sum, Vice Pres
ident William o. Dewitt an
nounced. However, the trans
action was believed to be at
the waiver price of $500.
1t will be much-traded Be-
bO's third term with the Sena-
tors. He will join the club i'm
mediately, apparently in a late
season gamble to hold the
team in second place.
NewsOm's third and shortest
tenure with the Browns was a
bitter disappointment. Tenn
peramental, bulky Buck was
knocked out of the box nine
times while winning one game
and losing six. He appeared as
a relief pitcher in a tenth con-
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MUSIAL STILL
LEADS HITTERS
Cardinal. P layer Finding
Path To Batting Champ
| ionship Easy

NEW YORK, Aug. 81, - (P) -
The st. Louis Cardinals have been
hitting some rough spots lately
,ut Stan Musial still is finding the
oath to the National league batting
championship as smooth as silk.
He currently is batting 1853, a
point higher than last week and
Il9 points above Billy Herman of
Brooklyn, and also leading in dou-
bles, triples and total hits.
At the conclusion of Monday
games the ten leading hitters in
the senior circuit were Musial, 1853;
Herman 1874; Arky Vaughan,
.317; Nick Whitek, New
York .314; Bill Nicholson, Chicago
.312; Bob Elliott, Pittsburgh .311;
Walker Cooper, St. Louis .3o4;;
Johnny Mccarthy, Boston .3O4;
and Joe Medwick, New York 1902.
Musial had 178 hits, Of which Sc
were doubles and II triples. Her
man, who has been hitting steadily
to maintain his runner-up position,
was second in total hits with l57
and doubles with "a.
Nicholson continued to lead in
home runs with 81, four more than
Mel Oft of the Giants, and was
tops in runs batted in with 102
Herman also was second in this
department with 81.
Vaughan has scored the most
runs, SO, with Musial second at
81, and has stolen the most bases,
l6. Peanuts Lowrey OF Chicago
held the runner-up spot in base
stealing with IL and in triples with
II.
Rip SeWell of Pittsburgh con-
tinued to be the leading pitcher
measured in the number of vic
tories, 10, but his six losses allow
ed Clyde Shoun, Cincinnati relief
specialist, to pass him in the per-
centages with a mark OF 1873.
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new US0 OFFICER
FETED AT PARTY
Jesse Reynolds, Recreation
Director, Honored AT
Afternoon Affair

Jesse Reynolds, newly elected
director of the board of recreation
for the city, was honored at a tea
given at the USO club at Fifth
and Orange streets late Tuesday
afternoon, at which USO staff
members, and representative citi-
zens of the community were guests.
Punch and cake were served
from table in the garden of the
clubhouse by the three recreation
members of USO stats at Fifth
and Orange, Second and Orange,
and Third and Grace streets, Miss
es Aileen Reid, Glen Willard, and
Elizabeth Sengel, who were in
charge of arrangements for the
affair.
Miss Ingeborg Rudd, chairman
of the USO staff, headed the re-
ceiving line, followed by directors
o. the various USO units in the
city.
D. NJ Darden, chairman of the
organizations recreation commit
tee introduced Mr.. Reynolds in
the line, and later presented him
to the group for a brief address.
Among the visitors were minis
ters of several denominations, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Wellott, repre-
sentatives of the Board of Health,
dty schools, Girl Scouts, Housing
Authority, North Carolina Ship
building company and other in
situtions.
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ALLIED B0MBERS
SMASH AT NAILS
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their July record of shooting sos
enemy planes out of the air.
The steady whiting down Of
German fighter planes in air COM
bat was reflected in the action
today. Pilots of the Spitfires ac-
companying the Mitchells and Ty-
phoons over France encountered
no enemy aircraft, while Spit
fire squadron escorting the Marau-
ders shot down three Focke-Wulf
1905.
The Spitfires with the Marau-
ders reported accurate bombing of
the Vaudeville airfield at Lille and
the Mazingarbe industrial target.
At Lille the bomb hits brought a
terrific explosion from an ammu-
milton dump a quarter of mile
from the airfield and red fl. : and
smoke went up more than mile,
the Air Ministry news service said
Thirty enemy planes we're seen
in the air around Maingarbe, but
they did not tangle with the Allies.
The Germans used a delayed
action ground defense against the
Raj in the Rhineland attack, the
Air Ministry said. The Nazis held
back until the first salvo of bombs
had gone down, and then they
turned on their searchlights and
poured out a heavy barrage.
Many combats followed as fight
ers attacked bombers silhouetted
against the sky.
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FlREMEN DEFEAT
BRIGADE BOYS, 81
Edge Out Victory Although
Held To Four Hits By
Ace Parker

In a closely contested game
Tuesday night at Robert Strange
Park the Firemen advanced to
within a half game Of the League
leading Coast Guards as they
squeaked through to a 80 win
over the Brigade.
The Firefighters solved tn.
chucking of Ace Parker for only
4 hits, but took advantage of his
Wildness to place runners on base
in every inning.
Jordan, il winning his twelfth
pitching job of the season to lead
the league, held the Brigade to
7 hits but scattered them effec-
lively.
Both teams scored a lone run
in the first, and Brigade went into
81 lead in the second. In the
fifth the Firenen scored twice
to ice the game on two hits, a
walk and an error. In the Bri-
gade half of the fifth Crimson
banged out triple, but was thrown
cut at home on peg from Bull
lard and relayed home by links
Casteen to cut down the last Bri-
gade bid for q run.
Ace Parker. making his first
start for the Brigade, walked five
opponents and whitfield three. Jor.
dan struck out five to run his sea-
sons record to Al to lead the lea
que.
Wednesday afternoon at $50 the
Coast Guards play A. c. L. Tex
Lancaster and Slugger Brown will
be the opposing moundsmen. A
loss for the Guards will knock
them out of first place and the
Fireme1 will take over.
Score by innings:
Ri E
Brigade ...... 100 900 o. 7 8
Firemen ...... 100 020 %-3 4 2
Batteries: Parker and Conkey;
Jordan and ]. Casteen.
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ITALIAN Wrestling Bouts
To Feature Heavy1ueights

The wrestling card at ITALIAN
Hall Friday will be the biggest OF
Promoter Bert Causey's career
from weight standpoint if not in
the quality of talent.
Blimp Levy, a New Yorker, heads
the list with weight of $40 pounds
while Bobby Stewart runs second
with 800 pounds. The two aggre-
gate just one half ton.
Levy is matched NTH Cowboy
Luttrall, an old meanie who has
made himself name as a tough
guy in the ring. Luttrall may run
into trouble this time as Levy is a
mighty hard fellow to knock off
his feet. Once down however, and
its job for wrecking crew to get
him on his pins again.
AL Massey, North Carolina
product, will tangle with Stewart
while the Masked Marvel meets
Abe Tourist, a popular grappler
in this circuit.
All matches will be for the best
tWo-out-of- three falls with no time
limit. They may last ten minutes
each or they may run all night.
Causey advised Tuesday night
that advance sale of ringside tick
cts was progressing rapidly and
that the public should make ar
rangements for seats Immediately.
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LANCASTER HURLS
FOURTH SHUT0UT
Coast Guard Pitcher Sets
Down Air Base Squad
ron, 9 To 0

Coast Guardsman Tex Lancaster
continued to set local softball re-
cords Tuesday afternoon, pitching
the Coast Guard ten to a 9 to 0
victory over the Anti-Sub squad
ron ten from the Army Air base
here for his fourth consecutive
shutout in as many days.
The victory gave the Coast Guard
team a three to one advantage in
the Servicemen's league playoff.
Lancaster held the air base team
to two hits while Filler McClaren
was nicked for II hits with the
Coast Guard scoring in the first,
twice in the third and six times il
the fifth inning.
Beaudet and De Pompolo led
the hitting with two hits apiece
Score by innings:
Ants ---- 900 900 90 2 4
Coast Guard - 102 $50 x-9 II
McClaren and Molitor; Lancas.
ter and DeCover.
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FIR CALLS WRITER
A CHRONIC LIAR
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anti-Russian will stand up better
than his recent denial that Sumner
Welles would resign
There have been persistent re-
ports that Welles has resigned as
under-secretary of state. Asked
about them today, Mr.. Roosevelt
said he did not have any news
on that.
Following is the text of Pear
sons statement in reply to Mr..
Roosevelt:
81 am complimented to join the
long list of neWspapermen whom
the President has attacked.
However, the Russians, being
shrewd diplomats, were fully
aware of Mr.. Hulps long and con-
sistent anti-Russian attitude. Il
didn't take me to tell them about
it.
That's one reason why our re-
lations with Russia have drifted
to their present deplorable a n d
dangerous impasse.
Ambassador Litvinoff was re-
called long before I pointed a fin
ger at Hull's anti-Soviet policy.
mot only has there been no
second front, but we have failed
to consult Russia on Italian ar
mistice terms, and the State De-
parment still holds Russian ships
though the Soviet has demanded
their release.
However, if the President need
ed a scapegoat, am glad if any,
thing I have said now forces the
Administration to make clear in
words what certainly was not clear
in deeds"
T hope they now really follow
through with deeds"
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TODAY'S GAMES
National League

Chicago at Cincinnati-Pa sseau
14-8) VS.. Heusser (3-3) or Riddle
Q7-8).
St. Louis at Pittsburgh (x) -
Munger go and Cooper 1888 VS..
Sewell $3.50 and Gee (4-D.
(Only games scheduled).
American League
mo games scheduled).
(x) Munger and SeWell will op-
pose each other in resumption of
game which was suspended at end
Of seven innings July 10; regu-
larly scheduled game will follow.
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SPORTS TRAIL

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-QP)-There is an old +hr;f+
slogan that if you watch the pennies the dollars will take
ce Of themselves ~, Inc st. Louis Cardinals are giving
that new twist They figure that if you hammer the
Knights out Of the little teams you won't have to worry
sut the big teams.
The Cards are where they largely because thew
m adept at defeating the lower second division teams
they have defeated the last-pace New York Giants ID
fines in is starts, the seventh place Phs Il times in -
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comes, and the slxth-place
Braves Is out Of Is times.
D1 nov have no such margin
lH, their leading rivals. They
as 70 IL square with the Reds, each
. ai[ ~ nine victories, and, through
% .soy had won eight out of IA
WI. r5e Reds. although going strong
l%s the Giants and Phils, have
. .sr'-' OILY seven games from the
o wa, while losing II, and that
O t',ayioa has hurt the Cincinnati
INV IN fact. The Braves seem to be
no stepIadder on which the
c ~ are climbing to the pen
C oo5r-' Winning only two from the
rai the Braves, in addition to
.binning the Reds II times, have
y. nd decisions over the Pirates and
nine over Brooklyn.
' casev Stengel should be voted
dire of the Cards World Series
money.
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NAZiS EXECUTING
DANES ON STREET
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German soldiers marched by. One
Dane said something to make the
THO laugh. The Germans took Of
tense and shot and killed all three.
Refugees reported that the Ger
mans had jailed the more promi-
hent educators, clergymen, politi-
cans and all Copenhagen news
paper editors. Danish soldiers and
noA-commissioned officers were re-
ported demobilized and sent to
their homes.
Inc strikes, which began yes
.sfoay paralyzed every kind of
BUSINESS The German occupation
army rushed troops to the affect
gu areas and began to round up
.sde union leaders in their eff
.''s 10 prevent the stoppages from
growing
nN except for the strikes, which
"e'e reported to be spreading, the
su4+-'Ty appeared to be generally
srs'' subdued by the iron hand
y, Germany's military forces and
NE Gestapo.
-V-
Forty seven percent of the
t'',!'lF bank clearings are made
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Two More Big Five Squads Open Drills
Nien1an Bats Braves To Win Over Giants
Navy Orders Schroeder
Away From Tennis Play

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-R)-The
Navy turned good neighbor today
and removed the principal barrier
to Francisco Segura's victory in
the National tennis championships,
which begin tomorrow at Forest
Hills.
Ensign Ted Schroeder, the de-
Tending champion, received Navy
orders that will take him out of
the district and withdrew from the
tournament because he could see
only remote possibility of being
able to play through to the finals
next Monday. Schroeder previous
ly had expected to leave his after
moons free for tennis by standing
his Navy watches during the night.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
National League
Boston 6, New York 0.
Brooklyn 4, Philadelphia 2.
St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 2.
Chicago 2, Cincinnati 3.
American League
(No games scheduled).
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CAUGHT SHORT

one of the objections Bill Cox
,.d ia Bucky Harris is that Bucky
cors;dered the Pills only a
seventh-place ball club. Well, that
wasn- Pittsburgh in seventh
nIsra the last time we looked.
Brokvs error, it seems, was in
teT1ina the truth. PFC. Steve Mark
,eu4cz who labels himself "a
Red Seeker forever, postcards
from Spokane, Wash: Just to
nroye who was more valuable last
yoar-take a look at the major
ieagIe standings and notice the
6:ftererce between the Yanks and
-be Red Sox. Now-was Ted Will
Fsrs Of more value to his team
that Yankee guy named Joe?' 1t
is assumed PFC. MarkiewicZ
means Joe Di Maggie, although it
was Joe Gordon who won the most
valuable player award last year,
ANYWAY. the Red Sox, in sixth
place. do seem to miss Williams
more than the Yankees. in first
place. Miss Di Maggie. PFC.
Narkiewicz' s question is good for
a lot of arguments, anyway.
HEADLINE: Dodgers eager to
on abroad = We can lust ina CINE
ball player, polled as to his at
titude on going abroad with an all
star team. declining TO be inter-
ested in the idea He'd better
start running right now. No mat
ter what their personal attitude
The ball players have only one
choice. Here's what the war has
done to college coaching stats;
Ed Caraway of Lehigh University
handling the work normally diStri
outed among five men, is actine
director of athletics, ang faculty
manager, assistant football coach,
baseball coach, physical education
instructor for the Army training
program, and acting track coach.
Ace Adams participated in his
58th game of the season as relief
pitcher for the Giants last Sum-
day, There's nothing like a steady
job these days. Maybe they should
take the Athletics and the Giants
on a tour after tn eseason. Well,
people pay to see a two-headed
calf, don't they?
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The bones of Ponce de Leon lie
in San Juan cathedral in Puerto
Rico.
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DEPLETED SQUADS
REPORT AT STATE
and WAKEF FOREST
Camp Davis Included On
Schedules OF Both
State Elevens

RALEIGH. Aug. 81. -(P)- Two
Big Five grid squads-N. c. State
college and Wake Forest open
practice tomorrow, their ranks rid
died by loss of men to the arm
ed forces.
At state, Head Coacn Williams
doc" Newton is expecting 80 can
didates to report for the opening
drill at 8 a. m. Newton said two
workouts will be held daily until
the opening of school September "a.
Not single 1etterman from the
1912 team will greet Doc tomor-
row. Most of the squad will be COM
posed of 1917 year olds. Heading
the list Of newcomers who looked
good in the summer drills are
Louis Mauro, back, from New
York Cit. and Bill lick, tackle,
from Phillipsburg, N. J. Five of
the reporting players are in draft
classification At.
Summing up the prospects, Doc
said: "We should be much better
than a good freshman team, but
not as good as good sophomore
team. They'll make lot of mis-
takes, but will show lot of hustle
and fight
The Wolfpack schedule opens
September Is with Newport News
apprentice On successive week
ends come tits with Clemson,
Camp Davis, Wake Forest. the
University of North Carolina, Duke,
Davidson, and the closing game
on Thanksgiving day with Chapel
Hills Navy Pre-Fight Cloudbust-
ers.
Over at Wake Forest, Head
Coach D. C. Peaheap Walker
looked forward to his first session
tomorrow with about Is candidates
for his Demon Deacon II.
Peahead has four men returning
from last years varsity. They are
Bill STAFFORD, center, and Russ
Berry, Jeff Brogden and Elmer
Barbour, backs. Nick Sacrlnity
back; Buck Garrison, tackle, and
Albert Cernegul, guard, perform
ed for the frosh last season.
Walker announced the addition
of Pag Geer, end on the 1912
Deacon team that beat Duke, as
an assistant football coach. Geer' S
hons is in Hagerstown, Md.
Wake Forest opens its season
September Is with Camp Davis.
Other games include Maryland
(pending), the University OF Geor-
gia, N. C. State, V. M. l., Glenn
son. Navy Pre-Flight at Chapel
Hill and the University of South
Carolina.
All games will be away from
home.
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Scrinnage

CHAPEL HILL, Aug. 81. -(P)-
Although they just received heavy
equipment yesterday, the Univer-
sity of North Carolina gridsters
held their first scrimmage today.
The backs were hard-hitting, and
the entire squad was full of pep.
OF course, there were mistakes and
plenty of rough spots.
Jack Fetch, Tar Heel soph, stole
the backfield show, breaking loose
for two long runs. Bull johnson, all
Southwestern guard from South
ern Methodist, was a standout al
blocking, as were Captain Turner
and Jack Hussey, Carolina ends
and Ray and Barney Poole, ole
Miss flankmen.
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Because of its song, the hermit
thrush is also called the swamp
angel and American nightingale.
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.'I'y seven percent of the
''i'fy $ bank clearings are made
>'% York City banks.
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Batteries. Parker and OUnKey
Jordan and j. Casteen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-03

RCMe still stonds but the modern
Romon Empire thot MussoIini
built hos in large port fallen And
the foil Of Benito Little Coesor
MusscI'n probably will be more
I9nomlnous thon thot Of the original
Coesor GIoncIne back on his coreer,
Musso'n,, os m'lltont young editor,
olomored for ItoIy to SIDE with the
Allies IN the FIRST World Wor In thot
struggle he SOW service ond ~os
wounded After If he became Ieoder
Of the fosolst porty spawned in the
inferno troubles Of post wor toIy
As O result Of the foscist morch on
Rome, October 30, 1922, KING Victor
emmonueI told hum to form q cob
met Little Coesor promptly showed
the King into obsour'ty He became
dictator, dreamed respondent dreams
OF bigger, greater Romon Empire
Now Little Coesor IS puppet Of
Adolf Hitler his empire is cracking
at the seems, his vounted 100000
boyonets hove never been rolsed in
much more thon gesture Broken
in heoIth. he must be hounted now
by the specter Of on Allied invasion
Of the continent by woy Of his ItoIy-
haunted by It as he recalls the troqic
proeres s'or Of events pictured here.