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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
WEST EUROPE
GIVEN WORST
AERIAL RAID

LONDON, Sept. 3.-B- Flying
Fortresses hammered tn e eau
dron-Renault aircraft factory on
Paris outskirts and an airplane
assembly plant nearby today as
sky-blackening fleets of Fortress
es, Marauders and fighters gave
western Europe it's heaviest bomb
lashing of the war.
(The Berlin radio and transmit
tiers at Calais and Paris went off
the air tonight, indicating night
Allied air attacks on the CONT
nent)
Five airfields in northern France
were drubbed by the heavy and
medium bombers in furious two
ply blow against Nazi air strength
in roaring accompaniment to the
invasion of Italy, and 20 enemy
planes were shot from the skies
during the day.
The Fortresses, ripping through
determined clouds of enemy de-
tenders, shot down % and planted
heavy bombs on n e important
Caudron-Renault factory and the
assembly plant at Meulan les Mu-
reaux northwest of the French cap
ital. The last raid on the Paris
area was Fortress attack on
Villacoublay airfield August "a. Re-
nault factories were attacked by
Fortresses last April, and by the
Raj last year.
Few German fighters challenged
the other fleets hitting the five
airdromes, and Allies protecting
fighters smacked down six of them
-four falling to PAT Thunderbolts
and two to Spitfires.
One of the fields hit was Rom
illy-sur-Seine, rs miles from Paris.
It was attacked by Fortresses with
Thunderbolt escorts, with bombs
laid on hangers and on or near
workshops.
Eight heavy bombers and two
fighters were lost, a joint Amer
ican-British communique announc'
ed tonight.
The first great formations swung
across the channel with the daW1,
of Britain's fifth year of war, ano
their numbers swel1ed by the hun
dreds as the blazing offensive pro
crossed in striking similarity te
the pre-invasion bomb paralysis
inflicted on Italy.
A Nazi broadcast said the in
dustrial western suburbs of Parl!
were hard hit, and that S o nj
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col z
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
ALPINE PASSAGE
BLOCKED BY RAID
Bremen Pass Broken By
Terrific Allied Attack
On German Railways

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 3.-(R-
Allied air power broke the vital
German reinforcement railroad
from the Bremen pass and block
ed rail routes near Naples in Grip
ping pre-invasion blows today. AT
the same time, thunderous waves
of Allied planes supporting their
ground forces smashed at the en-
envy on the toe of Italy in con-
tinuing assaults.
The Bremen pass is the funnel
for Nazi troops rushing into Italy.
U. S. Flying Fortresses cut the
rail line below it yesterday, wreck
ing the tracks and bridges at Boil
ano and Trento IS and IS miles
south of the strategic gateway, at
least temporarily hating traffic.
1t was their deepest strike
1900 miles roundtrip-into Italy,
and other formations blasted the
freight yards at Bologna on the
same rail route ITO miles below
the pass.
Mitchell medium bombers shat
tered freight yards at Cancello,
northeast of Naples, and head
quarters declared that afterwaro
photographs showed that "all lines
to Naples, Salerno, Tore Annun'
iata, Capua and Benevento hac
been blocked" Twenty-three Axis
planes were shot down at Cancelle
in a fierce air battle, and 10 P-3s
Lightnings were lost.
Allied air formations W. r
thrown across Messina strait con
tinuously today to bomb and ma
chine-gun Axis positions ahead Of
invading Allied troops, and bias
the enemy in the hills farther
north.
They gave constant protection
to landing forces, meeting no en-
envy planes, and one pilot said
In the strait we saw hundreds O.
craft darling to and fro unmolest
ed" Another airman described i
as 'like the changing of the guare
at Buckingham palace" as new
patrols arrived every so minute!
to provide cover.
Aerial reconnaissance after the
Fortress raids on Bolano, Trentt
and Bologna showed that st h
main artery of German reinforce
ments which have been pouring
into Italy is now clogged wi tt
wreckage at least temporarily.
a headquarters announcement to
day said.
This railroad shaking down from
Bremen Pass carries half OF al
traffic between Germany and tia
ly, 95 per cent of the oil needed
for the Axis war machine in Italy
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
400 PEOPLED AREAS
SEIZED BY RUSSZAl,
ARMYM NEW DRIVE
3 Jap Transport Ships
Sunk By Allied Planes
Prizes For War Bond
Auction Sale Include
Many Valuable Items

The eigh prize articles to be
auctioned by Fred Willetts at
the War Bond Benefit show
September !, all of which have
been donated by local mer-
chants, were announced Friday
by John A. Sheehan, secretary
of the Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION.
Many other prizes are ex-
pected to be donated before
the premier showing of "Heav-
en- Can Wait" at the Bailey
theater at 9 p. m. Tuesday.
These article will be among
the prizes to be auctioned:
blanket, FL free meals at q
cafe; SIS war bond; alarm
clock; 100 yards of material;
Apiece chinaware set; slack
suit, and raincoat.
All war-bond buyers attend
ing the "kickoff" bond show
of the Third War Loan drive
will have an "equa chance" to
be awarded the door prize, he
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04

and French forces were poised in
North Africa.
No Official Word
Hours after the assault at 4::30
am. across the narrow Messina
strait from Sicily, there was no
official word of the progress Of
the strong Allied forces involved.
None was likely until tomorrow.
But returning airmen who wit
messed the early hours of the in
vasion indicated i IS continuing
success. One Raj Spitfire pilot
said he had maintained constant
patrol over the landing area with
out encountering any Axis planes,
and added: I'm the strait we saw
hundreds of craft darling to and
fro unmolested."
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, AL
lied commander in chief, directed
the assault with assets never be-
fore available to him. His air
strength was prodigious; the Roy
al Navy and American naval fore
es dominated the Messina strait
and other southern coastal areas
Of Italy; he had hundreds Of thou
sands of seasoned warriors under
him.
With excellent coordination, Fly
ing Fortresses made their deepest
strike into northern Italy to wreck
the Bremen pass railroad feeding
German troops into Italy; U. S.
Mitchell bombers also tore up the
rail network radiating from Can
cello above Naples in order to
seal off southern Italy and make
it ripe for land conquest.
The United Nations radio ap-
pealed to the people of Italy to
receive "the Allied forces of lib
Grafton in the same manner their
ancestors had received those Of
Garibaldi, and the broadcast con-
cluded: "Out with the Germans"
1t made no mention of Marshal
Pietro Badoglio's government that
took over after the Sicilian in
vasion saw Benito Mussolini's exit
from power.
"Allied forces are prepared to
face the most bitter resistance
since it can be foreseen that Ger
man resistance will increase in
violence as Allied forces advance
within the so-called fortress of Eu.
rope" this broadcast said.
CA German broadcast recorded
by the Associated Press told Of
fierce Ais resistance in the rug
ged mountains between R e gg i o
Calabria and Srilla, but indicated
the fall of those two points when
it said British tank forces had
pushed eastward from Reggie Ca
labria and also had penetrated
Up the coast as far as Scilla.
ct declared the Allied landing
was ION a large scale" and that
Continued on Page Five; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
NEARING STALIN0
Germans Make Announce
ment Of Grand Scale
Push By Soviets
sTEAMR0LLER MOVING
Nazis May Be Preparing
To Abandon Vital Base
In South

LONDON, Sept. 3.-P-
Russia conquering Red
army announced the recovery
Of 400 more towns and vii
lages in advances of up to II
miles on four major sectors
d the 6O0-nile front today.
rolling up it's most sensation
Al cain with a steam-roller
smash through the Donets
basin carrying it to within
% miles of the great Nazl
southern front base OF Sta
limo.
The Germans, perhaps pre-
pairing the way for the fall
Of this bastion. long Hitler's
headquarters for southern
front operations, made the
unusual announcement dur
ing the day that the Soviet
army had launched a grand
scale" Of fensive in this area.
Driving Hard On City
The Russians were driving hard
upon Syalino from the northeast,
and tonight's daily communicate
as recorded by the Soviet monitor
told of the fall of half dozen
towns and railway stations in this
region, the closest to Stalino be-
ing the large community of Alex
sinovo-Orlovka, % miles to the
east and slightly north.
Altogether the Russians reoc-
cupied $50 populated places in the
Donets basin, said the bulletin, in
a successful development of the
offensive which carried forward
for gains of from 9 to u miles.
The Russian troops that broke
across the middle Donets above
Stalinos network of railways cap
tured the junction OF Popasnaya,
only l3 miles east of the larger
junction of Artemvosk, and the
same distance north of Debaltse-
Vo. Another Russian column hit
ting from the east took Chernukhi-
no, only 5 miles from Debaltsevo.
10 the northwest the Sow ct
unit that had taken Lisichansk,
swept on Is miles west to seize
Pfoletorsk, only 20 miles from the
Dig rail city of Slavyansk.
IN a second swift drive west
ward across the northern Ukraine
me Red army gained from 9 to
IL miles and ran through 1Co pop
pafed places, including Altynov-
Aa' only IA miles north of the
Dig rail junction of Konotop. The
Town Of Putivl, 30 miles northeast
o. me big Axis base also fell.
honotop thus wa threatened
MIN imminent seizure by R e d
army units that already had cap
'@eo big stretch of the Bryansk-
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
ALLIED ARMY MOVES
INLAND; TWO PORTS
REPORTED CAPTURED
Other Crack American And French Troops
Are Standing By For Action Against
Hitler's Vaunted European Fortress

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
Sept 3--British and Canadian troops landed success
fully the toe of Italy before today the long
road to Rome and plunged inland under Gen. Sir Bernard
L. Montgomerys order to KNOCK Italy out of the war;"
(Scilla and Reggie Calabria, Italian ports IL miles
apart already had fallen the Berlin radio Indicated
Rome in phrases reminiscent of the Axis debace
IN Sicily also said the enemys invasion is in full
swing The enemy has set foot the Italian mainland and
is taking full advantage of his material superiority
This the first of several expected nvasons of the
Hiterheld European continent. The American Seventh
Army of Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr not yet in
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
Montgomery Tells Eighth Arm,
To Knock Italy Out OF The Wa

3--Vctorous British
o
Montgomery
ito "knockIt of
he added.
Axisde the mainlan OF
the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
WEATHER
FORECAST: ,
NORTH CAROLINA: Continued Warn


FORECAST:
NORTH CAROLINA: Continued Warm
today.
Eastern Standard Time)
By U. S. Weather Bureap
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 p. M, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 a. M, IA; 80 a. M, Is; ~
p. M, SO; 80 p. M, 70. Maximum 8oi
Minimum 71;Mean 80; Normal 70.
Humidity
1880 a. M, 81; 80 a. m, 86; ISL
p. M, 81; 80 p. M, II.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 81
p. M, 600 inches.
Total since. the first of the month
600 inches.
Tides For Today
Sunrise, SAT a. M; Sunset, "a p. M
Moonrise, los a.; Moonset, 9.34 p.
Wilnnin pton 12:16a 1885
12:53p 8:03r
Masonboro Inlet -------- 10 :25a 4:16s
10:29p 4:48l
Moore's Inlet - 10:30a 4:21I
1O:34p 4:53K
New Tonsai1 inlet - 10:35a 4 rs;
(Elmore's1 10:39p 1881
(AN times Eastern Standard)
Cape Fear River stage at Fayettevlll'
on Friday, at a. m, lo.Sz 1eet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04

Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville
on Friday, at a. m, 10.s2 feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-25

rolled in the WAC to offer my
knowledge Of photography, and my
ability to speak French. italian,
Spanish. German and Serbian.
II am living and working with
American girls training to assume
hard, non-combatant jobs so that
men can be released for war duty -
Miss Lane was born in Rome,
Italy, while her father was Third
Secretary at the American Embassy
IN Rome. She has lived in Warsaw,
Poland: Paris, London, Baden,
Switzerland; Germany and Mexico
and has attended the Potomac
School here, the Madeira School at
Greenway, Va, and Chaplin School
in New York. She also studied pho
Biography.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-25
Orson WeIIes in Bed
With Back AiIment
BY the Associated Press

~ tut hssuNIdVtu FIets,
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 25.-Orson
Welles, actor, producer and general
dramatic factotum, was confined to
bed today on his physicians orders,
suffering from a back ailment.
Jack Moss, MIR. Welles' manager
attributed the attack, which necessi-
tated cancellation of the actors
radio program last night, to over
work. His condition is not serious
the physician said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-25

Margaret Bliss Lane, %, only
daughter of the United States AM
bassador to Colombia and for several
years a student In Washington and
nearby private schools, is an auxil-
larry in the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps at the 1st WAAC Training
Center in Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
Civilian work seemed so futile,
when kept remembering the hor-
rjble conditions I'd seen in Europe"
Miss Lane said in an interview re-
Gently. ITO help avoid their dupli-
cation In the United States, en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-25
Former Star Seeks Divorce

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. IS (P).-Mar-
guerite de la Motto, star of the silent
screen who frequently appeared OPP
posite the late Douglas Fairbanks,
ST., has filed suit for divorce from
Eidney Rivkin, former attorney now
In the Coast Guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-25

It's long step from photographng European royalty and
visiting the Kremn to sweeping barracks floor Margaret
Bliss Lane daughter of United States Ambassador Colombia
Arthur Bliss Lane and Mrs Lane takes it with
An enrolled member of the WAAC Auxiliary completing
her five weeks basic training at Fort Moines Iowa
WAC Official Photograph.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-06
Current Rationing Regulations
RED AND BLUE COUPONS

 Red E and " valid be through the month of May Red must be presented for purchases fats oils but ter hard cheese and canned fish. Blue C "H and "J stamps effect 3 fruits vegetables dried fruits baby beans en fruit juices kehup other varieties
 PRICES The OPA check commodities with lists at the store the ration board Inconsistencies should reported to the Price Panel of the ration board SHOES Each will be allowed about three pairs of Coupon IT Book will be valid Non-leather shoes not ratoned.
  Coupon effect, may o Sept 30
  Stamp purchase pound coffee through May
 SUGAR valid purchase of The ration
  valid gallons coupons are worth five gallons
  through July period long prey1o's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-06
CONSCRIPTION IN
 IRELAND FEARED

Belfast, May 6-CUP)-Sir Basil Brooke, new prime minister of northern Ireland, probably will raise the question of conscription for northern Ireland at a confer ence with Prime Minister Winston Churchill soon and thereby touch off a political row that may lead to bloodshed, informants said today.
 Jack Beattie, leader of the Ulster Labor Party. said in a statement that conscription would cause "civil revolution all over Ireland. The outlawed Irish Republican Army op- poses any Irish participation in the war and is known to be recruiting volunteers to use arms to resist any conscription attempt.
 In independent Fire, Prime Min ister Ramon De Valera is expected to call special meeting of the Dali (Parliament) if conscription appears likely. He has opposed conscription as part of his campaign to bring Ulster into the Irish Free State.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-06
DRUM CORPS
 PLAN TRIBUTE
Mothers to Be Remem- Der at Special Exercises
 Sunday Afternoon

The Stovill Manufacturing Com pany's colorful Drum Corps will pay a stirring tribute to Waterbury mothers with sons and daughters in the service of Uncle Sam at diver sified outdoor program next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Victory House on the Green it was announced this morning by Edward Bolger, corps director.
 Realizing that between 6,500 and 1000 men and women from the Brass Center of the World are now in uniform in distant points of the world the Drum Corps are dedicat- ing this undertaking to Mothers fur ther realizing that the majority of sons and daughters will be unable to be here to pay tribute to their parents personally.
 The members of the Drum Corps will meet at the Monument at the end of the Green and parade in military cadence to the Victory House where & basket of colored flowers for all living mothers of servicemen will be placed, in addi- ton to basket Of white flowers III commemoration of deceased moth- CTS of servicemen.
 The Victory House will be elabor- ately decorated for this program by members of the Drurm Corps with pictures of boys and girls in every branch of the service displayed. A feature of the program will be a solo by George Schwenterly entitled, Mother. The Drum Corps cordially welcome the general public to this gratis program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-06
News Of Connecticut

Hartford, Conn, May 6-(UP)-- The Episcopal Diocese of Connectt- cut will hold its annual convention May 18 at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, 1t was announced today. The reception and diocesan dinner will not be held this year because of the war.
 Elections for five places on the standing committee, two places on the executive council and eight dep uties to the general convention at Cleveland in October, will be held.
 Hartford, Conn.. May 6-UP) - The Connecticut Association of Boards of Education will hold con- ference on "COnnecticut Schools At War" May 26 at Hartford Public High school, it was announced to- day.
 Lieut. Col. Clifford l.. BrOwnell will speak on the physical training program for the army air force technical training command. Igor !. Sikorsky, noted airplane designer, also is scheduled to speak.
 Simsbury, Conn. May 6. - CUP) - Miss Peggy Descomb, 16, who took her first airplane ride on her first birthday anniversary, held license today as the youngest pilot in Con- necticut to solo.
 Miss Descomb lives at Wethers- field and is the daughter of Charles and Edith Descomb. who operate the Descomb Flying Service at Sims bury Airport. She passed her final tests for . lAnarsa late vasterdav,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-06
MONROE MAY FACE
 CONTEMPT ACTION
House Military Affairs Committee Considering
 Advisability of Move
BY EDWARD V. ROBERTS limited pr,e~w Staff CorraSnnudentl

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, May 6.-UP)-The House military affairs committee must decide soon what to do about the "very bad memory" of John P Monroe, whose lavish dinner parties at the "big red house on R street have been the subject of commit tee Investigation.
 Chairman Andrew J. May, D., Ky. said the committee would confer with counsel to consider advisability of contempt proceedings. Monroe couldn't recall names of Thigh New Dealers" who allegedly warned him that the committees investigation of his social and business affairs was a smear campaign.
 The best Monroe could do was to recollect that Sen. Ralph O. Brew ster, R., Me, told him they're go- ing to do a job on you," and that Senator Styles Bridges, R., N. H., had received five anonymous phone calls about me-"
 Brewster and Bridges are not New Dealers.
 "I'm sorry but I've got very bad memory" Monroe told the com nnittee, really I have"
 A motion to cite Monroe for con- tempt was made and seconded when he couldn't remember the names of his tnformants during an executive session of the committee. During an earlier open session he would not reveal the names because fl would violate a confidence but agreed to tell the committee in ex- ecutive session.
 Monroe and his mysterious black clad woman aSsociation-Mrs. Eula Smith will be called again next week, May said. The committee then will try to detremine whether gay social events at 2101 R street had any connection with war con- tracts.
 Mrs. Smith-who will be asked to explain $500 in checks paid her by 8 New Jersey war broker for ''reSearch"-was present throughout yesterdays hearing but remained in a4i office adjoining the committed room, in company with Mays sec cetary.
 She's q lovely woman,' the sec retary reported, "she invited me tc come out to the R street house and SC cher"
 May said that committee investi- gators wanted "to look a little fur ther ito things" before summoning Mrs. Smith who is said to have act ed as hostess at dinner parties at the Monroe house where war con- tract brokers allegedly met import ant government officials.
 Committee memebrs indicated in- terest in reports that Monroe's brother, Sam Kaplan, identified as an "OPA textile advisor, attended ;ome of the R street functions. Mon- roe changed his name from Monroe Kaplan in 1940. The New York of- flee of Kaplan prominent WOO, dealer reported that he isn't interested in what John Monroe id"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-06

Naugatuck, May 6 - Harold E. Chittenden, superintendent Of schools, announced Wednesday that dates for grammar school and high school graduations in June will be set at a meeting of the board of education today at 5 p. m. in the Futile house.
 The session will be the first of the new board and will be an organiz- ation meeting, with chairman and secretary to be named and con- mittees appointed. Necessary ar- arrangements in connection with the graduations will be made by the board.
 It is expected Emil Mannweiler will be reelected as chairman of the board and reports are that Michael Nolan will be chosen secretary. It Is reported that there will be two vacancies in teaching ranks next month bus no action on this is ex- pected as yet.
 According to the VILE, teachers are now frozen in their jobs and be- cause of this 1t will possibly make It more difficult to fill the posts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-06
President

chael c. Murphy, Victor Reynolds. John F. Miller, E. Vincent Maloney. Kenneth Alderman, Earl Belanger, John Collins, Maurice Noonan, James Spillane, Edward Sheel1y, William DzinSke.
 Dr. F. P. Barnes, Edward Har- vey, Edward Phelan, James Moran, John Carolan, Francis Delaney, George Brown, Thomas A. Lawlor, James McGeever, Michael O'Rourke, James Sammon, c. Lester Manning, Fire Chief Thomas Cavanaugh, Mi- chael Caputo, Robert Coughlin;
 Christian Poulsen, Charles Curtin, Harold Reeves, Francis McDonaldt Edmund Fossbender, Anthony Car. roll, John Casey, James Curtin, Raymond Stone, John R. Clark John Lane, William Dillon, Court ney Moorhouse, Patrick McDonough. Edward Clarke, Charles O'Connor;
 Hon. Frank P. McEvoy, Frederick Harder, Vincent Kelly, George o. Rourke, Reginald Lau, James Lynchs William Sheehey, Mar''n McDonal6 and Dr. Joseph Burke,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-06
Coming Home!

The two little runawayS, as the local police referred to Mar garet, 12, and Leo Deary, g, bro ther and sister, who were missing from their home at 1106 South Main street, since Tuesday morn- ing, were found this morning by the New Haven police The New Haven police informed the Wa terbury Police Department that the kids" were wandering the streets of New Haven when they were picked up.
 The New Haven police were able to identify the youngsters from the accurate description radioded to them from the police radio system of this city.
 New-type cigarettes being made ip Sweden contain American and Oriental tobacco.