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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
EISENHOWER SEES
INVASION ACTION
American General Visits
Sicilian Battlefront In
Amphibious Jeep

Editors note: John Gunther,
representing the combined
American press, tells in the
following dispatch of the trip
to Sicily of Gen. Dwight ID.
Eisenhower, the Allied COM
mander-in-chief. The first part
of the dispatch was lost In
transmission from North
Africa.)
BY JOHN GUNTHER
Representing the Combined
American Press
Distributed by the Associated
Press
SOMEWHERE IN SICILY, July
12.-Our first sight of Sicily came
near Celia just before dawn after
a quick, secret voyage across the
Mediterranean.
When Gen. Eisenhower stepped
ashore astonished soldiers stared
at him. He found an officer and
Eisenhower said:
Glow do you do? I am General
Eisenhower.
Our first stop was the scene OF
great activity. Cruisers were fir
ing on the invisible enemy behind
the hills. Their angry guns crack
ed. echoes doomed across the
beaches and yellow smoke slowly
lifted.
Eisenhower watched the scene
with close attention and then,
assisted by his naval aide, Com
mander Harry Butcher, held a
breakfast conference with Lieut..
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., Vice
Admiral Henry K. Hewitt, COM
mander of the amphibious force OF
the Atlantic Fleet, and other high
ranking officers.
We then steamed along the coast
and made a landfall near the ex-
treme southeastern end of Sicily.
We passed various navA units,
some of them American, and to
all Eisenhower signalled the mess
age: congratulations and good
luck"
We saw black bomb bursts on
the shore but could not tell what
they were. For the most part the
coastal villages looked peaceful
and deserted.
Two aircraft were spotted far
overhead and the crew took to
their battle stations until the scare
(Continuel1 on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
County Commissioners Approve
New tuberculosis Sanit0riun

The New Hanover Board of County Commissioners vot-
ed unanimously Monday afternoon to flavor the construc
ton Of county tuberculosis santorium and to seek ways
and means of making the institution financially possible"
The decision read resolution to representative
group of citizens at the meeting, reached after force
full peas for erection of hospital made by Dr.
J. c. Wessell H. A. Marks, and State Senator ]. E. L.
Wade
Commissioner Harry L. Gardner moved that the reso
luton be drawn the motion seconded by Louis D. Cole
man.
When County Attorney Marsden Belamy asserted that
his onnon construction of the sanitorium by the county
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
u. S. Bombers Sink One Jap Cargo Ship
And Heavily Damage Others At Kiska

the size of the cargo vessels nor
warship protection for the supply
craft. This indicated that the Jap
anese may be seeking to take adj
vantage of the fogs off the Aleu-
tians in effort tosneak into
Kiska without detection.
But the plan failed. Heavy Lib
orator bonbers accompanied by
medium Mitchells and Catalinas
located and attacked the cargo
fleet on Saturday, 2s0 milea south
west of Hotz bay on Attu, on a
direct sea line from Japan to
Kiska.
Swooping out of the sky they
poured bombs down upon tn e
scurrying ships. The attack brought
to II the number of Japanese
ships of all types sunk by Ameri-
can forces in the Aleutians. In
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
Stimson Talks War
Views With Devers
AT U. S. Headquarters

LONDON, July 12.-R)-U. S.
Secretary of War Henry l..
Stimson conferred with Lieut..
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, COM
manding general of the U. S.
forces in the European theater,
at American Army headquar-
tiers today, preparatory to an
extensive round of discussions
expected to go far toward
crystalizing plans for invasion
blows against the Axis from
Great Britain.
The question of the unifica-
ton of the Allied command In
any such operations was as
sumed to be among the SUBJ
jects high On the list for dis
cussiOn with British and Amer
lean officers and officials.
Declining to hold an early
press conference, Stimson ex-
planned that he would rather
'Iook around a bit" in Great
Britain before commenting on
any phase of the war situation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13

Lieutenant Fulton T. Allen,
young Wilmingtonian in the
Army Air Forces, was killed
when the B-26 medium bomber
he was plotting crashed near
Georgetown, Fla, Sunday.
He was, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd C. Allen of IO5
North Fifteenth street.
According to reports receiv-
ed here, the plane, in which
three other fliers, died was on
a training flight from the
Army Air Forces school of Ap-
piled Tactics at Orlando, Fla.
Lieut.. Allen graduated from
New Hanover High school,
where he was prominent In
athletics and took an Outstand--
ing part in YMCA sports.
He served a three-year en-
llstment in the Air Corps prior
to the war.
Funeral arrangements are
pending.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
TEN TOWNS TAKEN
Syracuse And Others Fall
To Drive OF Allied
Invaders In Sicily
NOTED GENERALS SEEN
Patton And Montgomery
In Charge Of Land Op-
erations With Armor

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
July 12.-(P-Historic Syra-
cuse and nine other major
Sicilian towns have been cap
tured by the famed British
Eighth Army and the newly
formed American Seventh
Army and tonight the British
were smashing northward
along the coast toward Mes
sina, key to the islands de-
fenses.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow-
er, Allied commander-in-chief
visited Sicily during the day
to confer with the battlefront
generals, a Dispatch from an
Allied force command post
said.
General Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery was directing
his veterans in a lightning
move designed to seal up the
cream of the Axis armies on
the island and bring a quick
end to the three-day old cam
paign.
Messina is only 80 miles
from Syacuse and the British
already had driven many
miles beyond the latter.
Americans Bearing Brunt
On Montgomery left flank bear
ing the brunt of German and Ital-
ian counterattacks were the Amer.
leans of Lieut.. Gen. George S.
Patton's newly-formed S " n t h
Army, who we're battling above
Celia bay apparently pinning down
large Axis forces and threatening
their flanks should they attempt
to halt the British drive.
That was the picture at the end
of the third day Of Sicilian fight
ing which found the tremendous
Allied amphlbious forces firmly
holding along a 150-mile front t
these towns in addition to Syra-
cuse: Licata, so miles west Of
Syracuse; Celia, on the sout h
coast; Pachino, Avola, Motto, Scog-
1;+t; roe;o, Doco1ipi opI po17o11o
There were unconfirmed reports
that both the airport at Catania,
midway between Syracuse an d
Messina, and Florida had fallen
tc Allied arms.
The extent CT the Allied success
es had increased their southeast
ern Sicilian beach-heads from 100
miles to 15O-the distance between
Licata, Westernmost point on the
flank held by the Americans, and
Syracuse on Sicily's cas- ern
shores.
(Reuters reported the Allies
were attacking Agrigento, four
miles west of Porto Empedocle,
on the extreme left flank, and
also roads a n d communications
that fan out into the central Ca
tania plain, on the Eighth Arny's
front on the right.)
In the area of Agrigento the
enemy's efforts to draw in support
from the far west were stemmed
by some of Patton's veteran Amer
leans who were holding the bridge
head there ard beating northward
from Celia after smashing tn e
heaviest of Axis counterattacks.
Qualified military observers
here said more serious resist
ance is expected hourly on all
fronts"
tThe British news agency Reu-
ters in a dispatch from Allied
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
Patterson Minimizes Recent Reports
Ut Conditions Of Aircraft Factory

w. WASHINGTON, July 12.-(R-
sSs4!uIefSecretary ss!I of War Patterson
onSa G Today the Army took "vigor-
n,s N.Y. action more than three
A. "t'ns IN ago to remedy conditions
fon. wright aeronautical corpora.
ct1s5 c59,s LockIand, Ohio, plant criti-
r.0 u N the Truman committee
report Do t. satu, lay. '-''l''''S
tba "alle the Army confirmed "in
u,n.S. greater N"rt the information
,sss Fpl'ea 1t by committee investi-
rH,s' r,tia,s Patterson added, the sit
Ia n VI was much less sensation
dana ~ian some of the inferences
nsn.n a~n ! IN recently published state
ts,t, findings of the Senate inves-
bSf'ng bp group were turned over
sen ea'' n General William S. Knud.
S''erson said in a statement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
AXIS LOSES MUCH
Russians Repel All Thrusts
Along 165 Mile Orel-
Kursk Front
ENEMY QUITS ASSAULT
Red Army Lashes Out With
New Counteroffensives
Against Germans

LONDON, Tuesday, July
13.-(P)-The great week-old
German offensive in central
Russia, after costing the
Nazis tremendous losses" in
men and material. has begun
to diminish in power, the Rus
slams announced today.
All along the 165-mile Orel-
Kursk-Belgorod front Monday
the Nazis attempted repeated
ly to smash through to new
positions, but each time were
ground down by rock-solid
Soviet defenders, said the
Russian midnight communi-
que, recorded by the Soviet
monitor.
Finally, at many points the
attackers despaired of their
hopes of crashing the Red
lines and set about bolstering
their initial positions, while
the Russians lashed out in
their own counter-offensives.
Nazis Lose 122 Tanks
The Russians said that in to-
days fighting, the Nazis lost 122
tanks, bringing to 2,622 the num-
Der of tanks the Reds destroyed
since the offensive began. The
total of German planes destroyed
was put at 1,126, 1S shot down yes
terday, and 40 additional craft ac-
counted for on Sunday.
Red troops repulsed numerous
Nazi attacks on the Orel-Kursk
sector, the communique said, ad-
ding:
'The enemy launched his at
tacks with less strong forces than
in preceding days.
Soviet counter-attack cks, growing
greater and greater in ferocity as
the day wore on, were announced
earlier by the Moscow radio, and
then the Berlin radio in a broad
cast recorded by the Associated
Press reported the Red army had
thrown powerful masses of re-
serves, including crack guard
units, into the counter-fight.
The Nazi broadcast described
the counter-offensive as extending
over a 6O-rnile front in the area
of Belev, Kirov and Sukhinichi,
midway between Orel and Smo-
lensk, where the pressure to the
southwest on the flank of the Nazi
thrust might force the Germans
to disseminate their forces and
weaken their summer drive.
The communique said that at
one point enemy tanks and infan-
try several times tried to cut
wedges into the defending lines
but Soviet troops hurled them
back to their initial positions.
About 1000 Nazi officers and
men were slain at that point and
II tanks, six big guns, Is ma
chine-guns and a mortar battery
destroyed.
Fighting in the Belgorod area
was described as especially fierce.
Supported by artillery and air
craft, Nazi tanks and infantry
tried to buck the staunch Russian
defenders, only to be disappointed.
At one point, the Nazis quit cold
when their efforts failed, and
transferred their attention to an
other section. One Red guard S
unit smashed back two violent
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
WEATHER
NORTH CARLOINA: Little change
in temperature.

Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 .. NJ, yesterday.
Temperature
l 80 a. M, 78; 7:30 a. M, 80; 80
p. M, 81. Maximum So; minimum IS;
mean 30; normal 79
Humidity
1870 a. M, 81; 1880 a. M, 70; 80
p. m. 80; 1880 p. m. -.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1890
p. M, 0.38 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
g. 90 inches
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13

(AII times Eastern Standard)
Sunrise $40 a. M; sunset 7:25 p. M;
moonrise 1927; p. m. moonset 1877 a.
Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville
on Monday, at 8 a. M, $3.50 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13

Continued on Page Three; Col. 1
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CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 4.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24
Griffin Denies
Issuing Reporton
Court Reform

Denial that he had made public
a tentative report on recorder
court procedures of the Detroit
Bar Associations committee or
criminal law and procedure, as
charged by Recorders Judge
Maher, was made today by Will
liam j. Griffin, chairman of the
committee.
In a letter 10 a newspaper
Judge Mahcr said he had been
informed that the report is not
that of the committee of seven
but Griffin'S individual report"
which was rejected by the com
mittee. Ending his denial Crit
fin said:
'Tf Judge Maher or any other
member Of recorders court has
been told that l released the
report for publication, or made
available for publication, such a
statement is an absolute false
hood, and I deny absolutely that
i caused its publication"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24
% Wounded Inspect
Willow Rum Planes
By SILER FREEMAN

There were privateS, corporals
sorCcantS, heutCnantS, major
and captain and even a lieutenant
colonel. But they stood on common
ground all had seen action, all
had felt suffering
SURPRISED BY SIZE
At the end OF the tour, several
OF the heroes were asked what
they thought of the plant. Pvt
Francis r. Paul of Peabody, Mass,
summed II up with:
Gee whiz. I never dreamed IL
was A. biz as this"
SGT Walter Nettum, a former
nCwSpapeTman from stanton,
Wis, shook his head admiringly.
I'D like To work here" he
said quietly. 1T looks like
they're really getting places.
I've read LOT about Willow
Run hut YOU really have to see 1t
Ia appreciate it,"
1t Roland w. Russell and 1t.
Richard Kenney, pilot and navi-
gator respectively, could speak
with authority on the progress
shown by Willow Run. They at
tended the operations school there
last AuolICt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24
KNOW THEIR B-2is
THEY'RE really going TO tow

ntN re really gong 10 Town
now" they both agreed.
The two are now experienced in
battle and gave expert appraisal of
the B-24 standing on the air field.
The only criticism they made
was the absence Of a floor gun in
the nose. They were aSSured/ by
Mai. Frank Moonert. army fesi-
dent representative, that this was
being taken care of before the
boubers were sent into action.
Russell was the pilot of the
famed Dirty Gertie" Liberator
which played havoc with the Japs.
Kenney was navigator on a
Liberator which downed four out
of II. Zeros. His ship. however,
was badly shot up and was forced
TO make. a crash landing. Kenney
was tossed into the bomb bay,
spine injuries from which
he is now recovering.
Local interest at the bomber
plant centered about Pfc. George
Agney, %. of EcorSe, whose two
brothers and sister-in-law are all.
at Willow Run. His
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24
Engineers Sought
For Liberty Ships

Licensed stationary engineers
are sought for maritime service
training for essential berthS as
engineer officers with enSign's
aboard Liberty ships, Duane G.
Phillips, regional enrolling officer,
announced today.
They are asked 10 apply al the
y. s. Maritime Service Office,
Hammond Building, Fort and Girls
void.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24

brother James accompanied him
on the tour while his step-brother,
Carl Schramm, was summoned
from his Job to greet him. James
wife was due on a later shift.
Agney was wounded in the arm
and leg while scouting at Guadal-
canal.
Another OF the severely wounded
was 1t. Albert V. Cole of Grand
Cole bombardier aboard a
attacking a Jap convoy,
was struck in the mouth by anti
fire. Part Of his lip was
shot away. his jaw fractured and
both knees broken.
Others in the party were Mai,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24
British Workers Get
First Rest Since 1899

LONDON, April % CUP)-Brit-
aims 100000 industrial workers,
half Of them women, will get a
three-day holiday starting today,
for the first time since the sum-
mer bank holiday in August, 1899.
The rest for the workers rep
resents the governments recogni-
ton of their WEAKNESS after four
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24

Constantine V. Primpas, Air corps
1t. Cig) Claude M. Evans, navy
air corps; 1t. Stephan J. Pacula,
1t. Col. John NJ. Ende, Capt.
Vincent Mcrendino, engineers; 1t.
Michael A. Magnolia, air corps.
Master SGT. Frank *. Elberti,
air corps; Cpl. Lacy Harrington,
coast artillery; Cpl. William c.
West, air corps. who wore the
Distinguished Flying Cross; Cpl.
Edward Bernware. Cpl, Emile
Canty, engineers; Pfc. Benjamin
d. Fedefef, AIR corps.
Pfc. Lyle Dahlbom, engineers;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24

years of war. including the back
breaking 100-hour weeks after
Dunkirk.
The holiday also will give the
skeleton maintenance crews an
opportunity TO overhaul and tune
up the machinery These crews,
together with workers busy with
rush orders, will be the only ones
working until Easter Monday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24

Pfc. Elwood Crawford. Pvt. Cor
don II. Hudson, Pvt Henry c.
King, Pvt. Anthony Comai. Pfc.
Merritt r. Ball Pvt Aubry Smith,
Pfc. John Czarnik and Pvt. Joseph
Ball.
Staff Sgt Vincent DePalO, who
has just returned from nine
months in the Middle East, joined
in the inspection of the plant.
DePalo was with the Ninth Air
Force as engineer and gunner and
participated in 30 raids, ranging
from Tobruk TO Naples, without
receiving a scratch. He has 355
combat hours to his credit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24
Car Thief Gets 3 Years

BAY CITY, April % Don
Mathes, 15-year-old Flint youth
who ignored two probation terms
TO transport a stolen car across
state boundaries, will have three
years 10 consider his mistake in
the national school for boys at
Washington.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24

Work at Willow Run today had
. new zing and ZcSi
From the tiny mldeet> who
crawl into the incredible spaces
in the R-24 bomber wings 10 the
pilots lounging about the huge air
FIELD where the giant LiboratorS
are tested for battle duty there
was q new spirit ot hurry up and
get en- out. which should make
The carefully guarded production
figures a source Of JOY 90 Ford
officials.
All because q little band Of men
most Of them mere boys. left their
hospital beds yesterday 90 tour
the bomber plant and wonder a.
It's size and activity
WOUNDED ARE VISITORS
There were 26 soldiers. one
naval officer, who came of the
big bus from the Percy Jones Hos
pital al Battle Creek and lrooped
into the administration building
JuSt before noon.
Some walked jauntly. some
Carefully. Others hohhlod on
crutches. awkwardly because they
were something new 10 them.
Here and there were canes. here
and there a brace holding an arm
up in the air. An empty sleeve. "A
folded trouser lee showed that
war was not all bands and paradcS
Faces were drawn and hagEard,
hospital pallor showing through
the tan burned on by the South.
Pacific suns. Medals and service.
stripes dedecked tuniCS Most
prevalent were the Order Of the
Purple Heart, given those wounded
In action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24

an % mely tai
lored Boys Suits in
fine quality Tweeds.
clearinghouse an q
Plaids. Some all
woods inclu q o q.
Single and double
breasted m ~ dels.
sizes Z to 20.
HURRY!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-24
Seek Blood Bank Volunteers

Next Wednesday is Rumanian
Day at the Red Cross blood bank
at $50 w. Fort, and the women's
auxiliary of the Rumanian-Amer-
lean Alliance for Democracy has
made arrangements TO recruit as
many volunteers as possible.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-16

museum established as a founda-
ton which he created to serve
all people regardless Of race, CO.
Tor or creed.
At his death he was still the
humble and positive G.. w. Car
yer although he was famous the
world over.
1t was said at his funeral which
was attended by thousands that
he left no family but he did leave
a family of 13 million negroes who
are proud of him and his ACHE
vements. AT Tuskegee Today there
is a bronze and marble monument
to him but his real monument will
live in thousands of Negro boys
and girls whom he taught and
sent into the world to teach our
race to begin at the bottom, lay
sure foundation an diff himself
by his own bootstraps. He was
a devout christian and his chief
assistant in all experiments was
God. This assistant he carried tn
rough each one of his 70 years of
useful life. This Was George Wash
ington Carver, American.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-16

ing to over $100,0O0.00 per year
each of which he would accept
none. He was offered millions of
dollars by companies who sold pro-
ducts made by him but refused
them all with the humble state
ment that God didn't charge me
for them why should I charge you
AS is true of all great men
there was human side to this man
of which few people knew about.
He was an expert pianist and play
ed at all times of his spare momen-
is when it was too dark for him
to go prowling among the flowers
and wild plants of the woods as
he did every day of his life. While
teaching he knew each. one of
his students by name and I would
dare say their life history. In class
he had no regard for time when
here was lesson to be learned.
He made student give a reason
for all answers, a basis for all
theories, and proof for state
ments in a practical way so that
the most common layman could
understand All of his lecture of
which he was approachable by the
humblest child to the President of
the United States who visited him
upon two occasions.
Upon one occasion the local ba-
nix went broke. Losing over Ii
thousand dollads his only comment
was II guess someone else is US
ing it now, I wasn't" He could
never be persuaded to buy a new
suit until he was visited by Hen
ry Ford in 1899. The boys leased
him so about that that 1 hardly
think he has wornit since.
He had never married, but
understand that he was in love
during his young days, but dis
appointed.
In 1910 he gacve his life saw
ings to the school for which he
worked all his life, Tuskegee In
stitute. He would not leave this
school during all of his glory and
honor for his work neither would
e accept salary. He made over
As coast to coast broadcasts and
his life history was portrayed in
many motion pictures and books
of which the returns netting thou
sands of dollars were forced upon
him. This he gave to Tuskegee
Institute before his death.
There is at Tuskegee today a
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-16
Former Student
Writes About DIR.
George w. Carver

Tuesday, January 5, 1913, DR..
George Washington Carver, SER
want of Southern Agriculture, died
at his home at Tuskegee, Insti-
tute Ala.
He was born of slave parents on
farm in Missouri, and later swa-
pped for horse valued at $500.
During his lifetime of about 70
years he was known as the gre
Attest contributor to southern agri-
culture, and the closest man to
nature alive.
He worked his way through Sim
pson college and other universe
ties to be finally awarded Hon
orary DR.. Degree from Iowa State.
He began work at Tuskegee In
stitute in 1896 as head of the De-
there he made over 300 different
products from the peanut, over
$50 articles from the potato, whi-
ch increased the income of the So
nth many millions of dollars. He
was appointed collaboration in the
Bureau of Plant Industry u. S. De-
partment of Agriculture Washing
ton, D. G. A meber of the Royal
Society of Arts, London, awarded
the Spingarn medal 1923, the Theo-
dore Roosevelt Medal 1929, one of
his paintings, of which he painted
his thumbs from paint of native
clays dug at the institute, is in the
Luxembourg Galleries of Paris, the
first person to make newsprint
from southern pine, made cotton
useful for building highways and
hndreds of other things too num-
erous to mention here of which
he woulr accept nothing for inclu-
ding offers made to him by Henry
Ford and Thomas Edison amount