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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-14
Mrs. Roosevelt Urges
World Police Force
By the Associated Press.

By TIE Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. l4.-Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt last night advo-
Gated formation of an international
police force and universal treatment
Of economic problems to guarantee
lasting peace.
mo one can give you a blueprint
today on what peace will be like
after the war" she said. 1T would
all depend on developments which
may take place as the war con-
Jinues."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-14

United States Army" The legisla-
ton was defended by Walter L.
Bowers, deputy attorney general of
California, and Frank E. Coho,
deputy attorney general of Penn
sylvania.
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American General Hurls
7au1t At Jap Seapo1uer

AN ADVANCED ALEUTIAN
BASE, Aug. 21-(Delayed)-R-Lt.
Gen. John L. Dewitt hurled taunt
back in the face of the Japanese
today when he asked:
'Where is the japanese fleet?"
The command of the western de-
fense command, whose military
jurisdiction covers Kiska island,
spoke vehemently as he interpreted
the significance of TIE bloodless
reoccupation of Kiska. His ques-
ton was a sequel to the dark days
after Pearl Harbor, when the Japa-
nese sneered, where is the United
States fleet?"
And then the general in this ex-
elusive interview, answered his own
question.
'"The Jap navy is in hiding, dis
persed. Part of it is on the ocean
floor; part of it is in the South
Pacific to counter Admiral Hal
sey's forces; part Of it is at home
to meet any threats from Admiral
Ninitz's forces, and part of it is
in the North Pacific to counter
potential threats by Vice Admiral
Kinkaid's forces"
(Admiral William F. Halsey COM
mands the Allied South Pacific
force. Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
is commandments of the Paci-
fir fleet. and Vice Admiral Thomas
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-23
NAZIS BLOCKING
PEACE in ITALY
Italian Press Openly De-
clares Recent Occupation
Delays Surrender

BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 22.-
P- he Italian press tonight
openly declared what it has re-
Gently hinted-that the Germon
occupation of Italy was blocking
efforts of the Badoglio government
to remove the country from the
war.
This theme heads the agenda Of
conferences being held by Minister
of Industry Leopold Piccardi with
workers in bombed industrial cities
Turin and Genoa - in
which the workers are being told
the peoples desire for peace is
blocked by enormous difficult
ties.
A Swiss telegraph agency dis
patch from Chiasso on the Italian
frontier said that Italian newspa-
pers are "clearl,- stating that the
first aim of the Badoglio govern
ment is to remove the country
from the war, but Rome is seeking
to prevent the peninsula from be-
coming the theater of a gigantic
battle among the Germans there
andthe A nglo-Saxors threatening
to enter"
The Catholic newspaper Italia
declared that Italy has no power
to modify her attitude.
The Swiss dispatch reported that
the number of German troops con-
stantly were increase in the pen
insula, descending through the
Brenner Pass.
1.-The reality of the tragic is
clearly understood by the great
masses of the Italian people, whose
desire to avoid their country's be-
coming a battlefield has persuad
ed all classes up to now to re-
main disciplined" the dispatch
said.
The Corriere Della Sera at Milan
in an editorial asked the govern
ment mot to let even the least
favorable chance to take the coun-
try out of war, escape.
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Beaumont le Roger
Airport Is Pounded
By American Planes

LONDON, Monday, Aug. 23.-
R-Marauder medium bomb
ers Of the U. S. Eighth Air
Force attacked an enemy air.
field at Beaumont lie Roger in
occupied France late Sunday
after weekend of relative in
activity which started Saturday
with bad weather.
The Marauders were escort
ed by RAF, Allied and Domin-
ion Spitfire fighters, a COM
munique said early today, ad.
ding that "there were many en-
counters with enemy fighters.
Three enemy planes were shot
down by the Maurauders, and
six by Spitfires.
One medium bomber and
eight Allied fighters are miss
ing as a result of the raid.
During the day Sunday Brit
ish planes engaged in coastal
and intruder attacks on enemy
shipping, airfields, transport
and communications. The Air
Ministry announced this morn
ing that one enemy fighter was
destroyed in offensive patrol
over northern France, and one
British craft was missing from
patrol Sunday morning.
British and American heavy
bombers were not reported in
action over the weekend.
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SPANISH POLICY
CLEARLY STATED
Position OF Definite Neu-
trality Appears To Be
Main Theme

MAnRID. Aug. 22.-CPl-Span
present policy was clearly oe1ineu
TO-DAY in an article in the weekly
ell Espanol which established theSe
two points:
/. Spain is out of the war because
the government, despite move
ments of sympathy or compassion
in certain sections OF the popula-
tion." kept Spain non-bellgerent
ssbv it's own free decision. The in
ference was that Spain will stay
out of the war.
2. Spain's Falangist party re-
gime is a national regime and
therefore above international ev-
ents and not to be influenced by
the fall of Facism in Italy or 9TH
er foreign developments.
(This explanation of Spanish
policy follows two-hour inter
view by Sir Samuel Hoare, British
ambassador, with Generalissimo
FRANCISCO Franco and his fooreign
minister, Count Francisco Gomez
Jordana, on Friday night.
mo communique on the meeting
was issued, but. it was assumed
that questions relating to Spain S
neutrality, the status of her "blue
division fighting for Germany on
the Russian front the situation in
the Spanish occupied zone of Tan
gier in Morocco and other prob
lens were reviewed.
dondon dispatches Saturday
quoted the Evening News as de-
claring lone thing we shall de-
mand of him (Franno) is that
Spain shall at least exhibit COM
plete and careful neutrality from
now on and not harbor any Axis
war criminals. And we are in a
position at last to make these de-
mands.")
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New Sabotage Flares
Up In Denmark After
Plea For Cessation

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 22.-R-New
acts of sabotage in Denmark, with
bomb explosions in three places at
Odense on Fyn island, were re-
ported today on the heels of the
Danish government appeal to the
people to halt such violence.
All rail and telephone cornmuni-
cations with the island of Fyn
were broken as a result Of sabotage
and disorders. Odense was cen
ter of resistance, with dispatches
Friday telling of clashes between
patriots and soldiers, dynamiting
of Nazi rail supply line and kill
ing of Is Germans in rioting on
Fyn.
There had been no announcement
yet of German reaction to Den
marks refusal to yield admins
tration of justice to the Nazis, re-
sulting in the appeal yesterday by
King Christian x and the govern
ment to the people to stop sabotage
lest the Germans impose heavy re-
prisals.
Germans in Norway meanwhile
were reported trying vigorously to
stamp out underground forces, and
have arrested 40 policemen since
a purge of police disloyal to the
Vidkun Quisling government was
begun August 16.
1t was also said that IA police
men who were arrested when they
refused to sign a loyalty declara-
ton on the same day that Gunnar
Eilifsen, chief of civil police, was
executed, now had disappeared.
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MURDER HEADS
POLICE DOCKET
81 Arrests Reported Rang.
ing From Staying To
Traffic Violations

! The 81 arrests recorded on the
blotter at headquarters indicated
a busy weekend for the city police
force, with violations ranging from
: failure to observe traffic signals
to murder.
Leonard James Donaldson, Ne
gro, was held in Jail for the fatal
shooting of his wife, while two
Camp Davis soldiers reported to
police that they had been attacked
and robbed.
Staff Sgt. Edgar W. Miller and
T-5 Richard R. Edwards of Camp
Davis declared that they were at
tackled from behind by unidentified
Negroes as they walked along Cow
an street Saturday night. Miller
was said to have been robbed OF
a black, military billfold contain
ing 50 and identification papers;
Edwards reported the loss of a
black billfold holding $50, identifi-
cation papers, and photographs.
Miller said that during the scuf-
file with the Negroes he severely
injured one around the mouth and
eyes. Neither of the soldiers could
furnish description of their alleged
assailants.
Jimmy Kelly, Negro, charged
with storebreaking, larceny, and
receiving, in connection with thefts
from Berger's department store
last June II, when $500 in mer-
chandise was taken, was appre-
hended in the county Jail at $3.50
p. m. Sunday, where he was al
ready being retained on another
charge. Bond was fixed at $1,000.
J. A. Webster, white man, of
2O8 McRae street, told police that
he was sitting on the banisters OF
the upstairs porch at his home
Saturday night when he lost his
balance and fell. Friends, who
brought him in, were unable to OBJ
tain a doctor. At p. m. Sunday
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
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RAIL CENTER BLASTED:
RUSSIAN TROOPS GAIN ON KHARKOE;
NEW STUDY OF LEND-LEASE SIGHTED
Allies Occupy Height
Commanding japanese
AirfieId AT Salamaua

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACI-
FIC, Monday, Aug. 23.-Pl-In
a general tightening of the Al
lied battle lines below Sala-
maua, New Guiena, Australian
and American jungle troops
have occupied the forward
slopes of a hill south of the air.
strip there and now command
the airdrome itself with their
guns.
The new positions were Sc
cured at 8 A. M. yesterday
Sunday, a communique from
Gen, Douglas Macarthur an
nounced today. Headquarters
reports said the japanese in
the area are continuing the CEN
tai Withdrawal they began Fri
day.
from their latest vantage
point directly to the south of
the airdrome, the Allied troops
are approaching wnat is ex-
pected to be the enemy's main
inner line of defense around
the field. The field is located
roughly a mile south and slight
Iy west of the town Of Sala-
maua.
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c. Kinkaid is commander in the
North Pacific and leader Of for
ces which occupied Kiska in the
Aleutians August 15.)
"We are now on the offensive
in the Pacific" declared the tall,
stern-looking general who is re-
sponsible for the military safety
Of the American Pacific coast.
s'The Jap is on the run. We
must retain the initiative now in
Our hands. The reoccupation of
Kiska has cleared our shortest
highway to the Japanese empire.
We are today where the Jap was
after he had his Pacific bases
ready and struck Pearl Harbor and
then swept down the Southwest
Pacific.
Then, we had to split our for
ces and attempt to check his ad-
vance. He taunted us where is
the United States fleet?'
'It was one heartbreaking hold
ing after another. Wake, Hong
Kong, Macassar Strait, Java, the
Philippines, Burma, all raped. FL
nally we were able to make stand
and we held him at Midway, Qua
dalcanal and New Guinea. Now
we have driven him out of the Aleu-
tians. Now we ask where is the
Japanese fleet?"
Continued on Page Five; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-23
VITAL RED MOVE
MAY BE AT HAND
R e moval OF Litvinoff
Arouses Speculation As
To Soviet Policy

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-tR-
The conviction that Joseph Stain
does not do things just for fun led
capital diplomatic observers to-
day to expect an important Rus
sian development to follow the re-
call of Maxim Litvinoff from his
post as Soviet ambassador here.
This development - and there
was 30 concrete idea offered as to
what it might be-may be two or
three months materializiag, it was
added.
Litvinoff is regarded as a SYM
Dol of Russian-American collabor-
alton and his removal at this time
aroused keen interest. There was
no official statement but the ques-
ton of what might follow was a
topic of live speculation in diplo-
matte quarters.
One Interpretation was that per-
haps Premier Stain is drawing
farther into his shell, pulling in
his American and British ambas-
sadors on the theory that if for
eign governments want to discuss
Russian matters they can send
men to Moscow. In other words,
that Litvinoff might be of more
value answering the doorbell in
the Kremlin than ringing the door
bell at the White House.
The fact that the last time Lit
vinoff was suddenly removed
from the scene foreshadowed vi
tai Russian policy change-sign-
ing of the 1899 non-aggressio1 pact
with Germany-intensified inter-
est in the question of whether he
will remain an important figure
in Russia now.
Litvinoff was foreign commits
sar in 1889 and it was noted that
the removal of an ambassador Or
dinarily would not be as signifi-
cant.
Those who think his recall now
is a portent of something impor-
tant yet to come, however, said
Litvinoff was no ordinary ambas-
sador. His appointment to Wash
ington in November, 1941, marked
the beginning of new era in col
laboration between the United
States and Russia. His prominence
as statesman and his associated
interest in working with the west
ern democracies, they said, made
him unique.
Discussions of Litvinoff's recall
linked it with other recent news
affecting Russian relations with
the other United Nations.
There have been expressions OF
discomfort in Russian editorials on
the second front question, an offl-
cial Russian news agency state
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
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Germans Are Perturbed
Over French POliteness

MADRID, Aug. 22.-REThe mass
of the French people have suddenly
become extremity polite, cheerful
and pleasant towards the Germans
and Laval government officials,
and neither the Germans nor the
Laval followers like it.
This is part of an extraordinary
picture of a new atmosphere in
France brought to Spain by French
men, neutrals, Italians and even
Germans who travelled from Paris
since the Allied radio first began
to warn Frenchmen that the hour
of action was close.
Nothing has worried authorities
and the Lavalites so much recently
as the sudden decrease in acts OF
sabotage and violence and the ex-
cessive concern over the Germans
wlfare.
when our train stopped at Vier-
zon station Thursday night on the
way from Paris to Montauban, "
said a Spanish merchant OF BARGE
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-23

Iona, NEARLY 100 men and women
of the town gathered on the plat
form went Immediately to car
occupied by German officers.
There they stood silently nod
ding and waving until the Ger
mans demanded what they wanted.
The reply was, 'oh, nothing, we
SIMPLY came to the station to greet
you and do anything we can to
make your stay in Vierzon pleas
ant"
Women among the group made
smiling, exaggerated comments
about the good looks of German
officers and men, and offered them
glasses of water and every att3n-
ton.
'This scene was repeated at Cha
tauroux, Limoges, Brive and Gour.
don. At Cahors young Frenchmen
and French women even offered
to dance for the Germans. BY this
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various psoposals that in the re-
negotiation of war contracts, allow
ances be made for postwar recon-
version reserves. The naval COM
mittee now is studying effects OF
the renegotiation law. The Ways
and Means committee, OF which
Dewey is a member, will open
hearings September 9 to determine
whether revision Of the statue is
needed.
American industry had its hum
BILE beginning through what is
known as risk capital being avail
able and seeking investment he
wrote.
"If risk capital is to be induced
to resume its historic place in
American industrial development,
our tax law should be so amended
as to offer an incentive for people
to risk investment in new and un-
certain undertakings.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
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RESULT OF PARLEY
Roosevelt And Mackenzie
King Announce Forma-
| ton OF Group
TO MAKE FULL PROBE
Problems OF American
And Canadian Heads
To Be Clarified

QUEBEC, Que, Aug. 22.-
(P)-President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Mackenzie
King announced tonight the
creation of a joint war aid
committee to study lend-lease
problems involving the two
countries.
Major General ]. H. Burns,
executive of the munitions
assignment board for the
United States and Great Brit
ain, was named chairman of
the United States section of
the committee and E. P. Tay-
lor, a Canadian prodution Of
ficial was named chief of the
Canadian section.
A statement released at a
press conference held by rep
resentatives for the three
principal conferees here -
the president, Canadian prime
minister and Prime Minister
Churchill - said the commit
tee would "study problems
that arise out of operations of
the United States lend-lease
and the Canadian mutual aid
program. and where neces-
sary make recommendations
concerning them to the prop
er authorities"
Actul Work Not Defined
Otherwise the actual work of the
committee was not defined, but it
appeared possible that this agency
might be an experimental organi-
zation which, if satisfactory, would
serve as the prototype for joint
committees on lend-lease with
many other nations.
Those holding the press confer
ence were asked for comment on
the Moscow statement that Maxim
Litvinoff had been relieved as So
Wet ambassador to Washington.
The matter being one which in
volved only Russia and the United
States directly, Stephen Early,
President Roosevelt's press secre-
tary, replied, saying there was no
reason to expect any statement on
the subject from Secretary Of State
Cordell Hull, who is here.
Despite the absence of comment
it was apparent here that no grave
significance was attached to the
Moscow action. There was no ten
dency to interpret it as gesture
of Russian displeasure with the
proceedings at Quebec or to see in
it a demand-by-action for the i'm
mediate opening of a western front
in Europe.
One obvious fact in connection
with relating to Litvinoff' s removal
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Neturn ct To Risk Capital
Urged BY Lawmaker

Revision NJ Aug. %. - B-
,ssssasso Of rsas5 tsss5a} ! "a. statutes s to
ssooaFss0 ssspolsoses0ne risk capitar' ayi'em wes Of
NJ jpssFu as Today by Rep. Dewey (R .
and eynsan. means of reinvigorating
enternrippa n9nipsnding private industrial
Tsa ''',se ,s' after the war. u l'-
hat arI Io.al Illinois member said also
tries 'a4s otfs by banks to local indus.
solution uilered the most practical
Try 0r to n1e Tor reconversion Of indus.
he sugaasa7 peaee-time operations. and
tent tsssested s,,s1 a system Of govern. m
Thessau guarantees on such loans.
letter. erse ts proposals p, were made iuas'iI in .
lee in W v,!s 'ne House Naval commit.
sistant an which .a1 Dewey, who ;lsi'rs was as
h. tba secretary Of the Treasury
Gave e Ii. Coolidge administration,
Tan be me NE reconversion problem
HpA to, met net without "a gigantic
H. h do sor Industry" e's'A'e
Inscribed as impractical the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-23
30 VILLAGES FALL
New Advances On Bry-
ansk, Spas Demensk And
Donets Basin Revealed
$500 NAZIS KILLED
Heavy Fighting Rages In
Unspecified Area North
OF Vital City

LONDON, Monday, Aug.
22.-(P)-A Russian column
striking north of Kharkov
gained three and one-half
miles yesterday and captured
80 villages, Moscow announc-
ed early today. The Red ar
my last was reported within
10 miles of the city on that
side.
A communique announced
new advances on the Bryansk
Spas Demensk and Donets
basin fronts as we'll, and Ger
man losses for the day were
set at $500 killed, and 1873
tanks and '32 planes de-
stroyed.
Six hundred Germans were
declared wiped out north of
Kharkov in the steady Soviet
effort to enircle that city.
Several days ago dispatches
said the Russians had only a
13-mile gap to close south
west of the city, but today's
bulletin acknowledged furious
German resistance and nu-
merous enemy counterat-
tacks.
80 Tanks Destroyed
The heaviest fighting ragged in
an unspecified area west of Khar-
kov where 1000 Germans were
reported killed, 80 tanks destroyed
and more than 200 trucks knocked
out. This action may have occur
red in the important Poltava Sec
tor IS miles west of Kharkov on
the approaches to the German
Dnieper river bend defenses.
One Russian unit was said to
have crossed a river barrier to
occupy several localities, wiping
out 1900 Germans on the farther
bank and capturing sizeable guam
titles of guns, ammunition and
other equipment.
Southwest of Kharkov Soviet
bombers vigorously bombed con-
centrations of German troops,
tanks, and trucks" said another
Moscow radio announcement re-
corded by the Soviet monitor.
On the Bryansk front the Rus
slams captured one village, but
the lack of details suggested the
Russians were making scant pro-
gress in that area, where their
columns last were reported within
25 miles of the city.
Farther north in the sector south
west of Spas Demensk the bulle-
tin said a strong enemy force of
infantry supported by tanks and
planes was repulsed and "our
troops pursued the beaten enemy" ;"
At least 1,5O0 Germans fell in
that action, and Is tanks were de-
stroyed, it added.
In the Donets basin far to the
southeast of Kharkov the Rus
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WEATHER
NORTH CAROLINA: Continued rat

NORTH CAROLINA: Continued rather
warm today.
Eastern Standard Time)
By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. M. yesterday.
Temperature
1:3 Oa. M, II, 1880 a. m, So, 1880
D, M, "a, 1880 p. m, 78. Maximum 86,
minimum Sc, mean 76 normal II.
Humidity
1870 a. M, 80, 7:3o a. M, 81, 1:3o
o. M, go, 1880 p. m, n.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:3o
p Total ,a since the first of the month,
4.68 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
wilmington ------------- 3 :36A 10.48A
Alp II POP
Masonboro Inlet ------ 1:3sA 7:46A
2:13P 8:31P
Sunrise 5:ss a. M; sunset s so az M;
moonrise, -; moonset "A p.
Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville
on Sunday at a. M, 1o.55 feet.
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LANDING REPORTED
Radio Liberation Says AL
hes Strike At Italian
Mainland
RUMORS DISCOUNTED
London Views Story With
Caution; May Be Axis
Reprisal Move

ALL E D HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
Aug. 22.-(P)-Great fleets of
Flying Fortresses, Liberators
and Maurauder bombers rain
ed a new concentration of ex-
plosives on vital railway CEN
ters near Naples yesterday,
seeking to seal off southern
Italy.
"a suspicious broadcast
from the Axis-controlled "ra-
dio Liberation" station said
the Allies had landed on the
East coast of the Italian
''toe". yesterday and sent pa
rachute troops into Crete at
dawn today in invasions in
considerable" force. London
Immediately discounted the
reports, which perhaps were
intended to cause under
ground forces to tip their
hand prematurely.)
The Flying Fortresses and
medium Marauders slammed
heavily at the rail functions
of Villa Literno and Aversa
north of Naples - still smok-
ing from devastating raids
Friday-Allied headquarters
announed today, while about
70 Liberators from the Mid
die East hammered the air
depot and rail yards at Can
cello northeast of Naples and
the airdrome at Pomlgllano
d'Arco.
Battipaglia Is Jolted
Heavy Wellingtons by nlgn'
iolted Battipaglia south OF the Dig
Italian post.
More than fifty German fight
ers were downed in some OF the
fiercest dog-fighting yet seen in
the battle for Italy.
The Axis fighters left the For
tresses strictly alone, but sWarms
of them hoped upon the Marau-
ders. which knocked down u. and
Liberators in their daylight raid
destroyed 25 enemy p,anes and
probably disabled II more. Light
nings escorting the Marauders
bagged three other Germans. One
other Axis plane downed Friday
night brought the 24-hour toll to
81 ships.
Eight Allied planes were lost in
these and other operations, includ-
ing two Liberators.
(The "Radio Liberation" broad
cast, heard by the Ministry of In
formation in London said two in
vasion fleets sailed at down Satur-
day from Sicily with strong naval
escorts, one striking the eastern
coast of the Calabrian peninsula
and the other steaming to Crete.
CPreliminary operations took
place on the beaches around Fran
caleone north of Cape Spartivento
which the Allied navies seem to
have passed without hindrance.
Landing forces are considerable"
the broadcast said.
(Then it said further details
''about military actions at the
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