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SALERN0 LANDING
ON A SH0ESTRINC
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NSVAeAAACu IL VII dSC OutJ
three months of warfare on the
Italian boot were reviewed in de-
tall at press conference by Capt
Vincent Ruwet OF Torrington,
Conn.,, supported by British colo
mel from Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hower's personal operations staff.
The Army spokesman said the
campaign had taught number of
lessons - that infantry still is
queen of the battle" but that the
men must be i'll top physical con
ditlon and display initiative and
that complete coordination of land
sea and air elements is vital. No
one arm can be successful indie
pendently.
They said the use of small cub"
planes for artillery observations,
had been of great help and that
air bursts by American artillery
have been particularly effective.
Other conclusions drew nbv spe
cial observers, they added. were:
basic training given Allied troops
is sound; American tanks and tank
destroyers Guido German models,
and service units m ust extend
themselves in difficult terrain such
as Italy.
The Eighth Army, composed of
little more than corps of British
and Canadian troops, landed on
the toe of Italy Sept. 3 at 4::30 am.
after 45-minute artillery barrage
and previous pounding of coastal
defenses by the airforces and bat
tleships.
The landings near Reggie were
virtually unopposed and the adj
vance of Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery's small forces up the toe
met little opposition, but was slow
ed by extensive demolitions.
By Sept. 8 the Eighth Army had
moved forward IS miles. That
night the Italian surrender was an
nounced and the next morning at
y m. the Fifth Arm task 10 &c
appeared off the beaches at Sa-
lero where the German 18th pam
yer division waited in full strength.
German planes tried to attack
the convoy but were driven off
with heavy losses by the Allied
airforces operating from fields in
Sicily.
A mixed American ranger and
British commando unit landed
south of the river and started in
land against intense opposition.
Not all the personnel of the three
divisions could be landed at once,
but during the 10th and 18th Lieut..
Gen. Mark w. Clark built up his
forces and pushed inland to cap
ture Battapaglia, Monte Corvino
airfield. By the night of the 18th
the Fifth Army, still less tn a n
three divisions in strength on the
shore, had established a bridge
head IS miles long and from three
to five miles deep.
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SECRET WEAPON
USED in PACIFIC
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are 1.-The mos: powerful carrier
based fighting planes in the world.
Also, he said, The Navy's air arm
now has in service "a powerful
new dive bomber" - presumably
the Helldiver, which the Navy re-
ported yesterday had come up to
all expectation in its first large
scale action in a raid against Ra-
baul November II.
Approximately $500 new vessels
of all types, Knox said, went into
service IN the last year and train
ing of personnel kept pace, with
the total Navy strength nearly dou-
bled in 1913 to a total of 2, 1888, 600
officers and men.
During the past year, destruc-
ton by enemy submarines h a S
reached a new low, and our de-
struction of enemy submarines has
reached new high" he contin-
ued.
"In the air. the enemy's most
determined massed attacks have
been driven off often with heavy
losss to his forces and with only
minor damage to OH: own.
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lake Lamotta To Swap
Punches With Kochan

NEW YORK, Dec. %. - up -
Jake Lamotta and George Kochan.
pair of rugged, rough and will
ing performers, will meet in a
out headlining the fight card at
Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night.
Lamotta, rated by some as the
best middleweight now active, has
suffered only two defeats this year,
one to the veteran Fritzie Zivic,
and the other to Ray Robinson, but
Kochan's record is even better.
He suffered only one defeat in
l943, and has kayoed seven oppo-
nents while Lamotta has knocked
nut only four.
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SPORTS TRAIL

NEW YORK, Dec 2S.-QP-Regardless of what you
think of the quality of the football teams which will
pete in bowl games next Saturday. from this distance
that from competitive angle bangup job has been
done in matching the various squads.
Teams appearing in two of the games met during the
regular season, practically unheard of circumstance
in normal times efforts made to pair off schools which
have heard of each other only through rmor and they
didn't have common opponent during the season.
much the better.
However, in these two games involving old friends
the oucomes matter of much speculation In fact in
the of Arkansas Southwestern Louisiana st
tute in the Oil Bowl you go the record of the
previous meeting you'll figure yourself into snar as that
game ended in a 1920 tie
Louisiana State and the Texas Aggies which meet in
the Orange Bowl the other teams which will be staging
reunion. Although the Aggies the previous contest
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New Years Eue
Mat Show Ready

Tickets for the sparkling
New Years Eve graphing
show will go OH sale at the
Orion Hotel today, Promoter
Bert Causey announced. This
holiday bone bending perfor-
nance is being offered because
of the numerous requests for
such a card, Causey added.
The feature affair of the
nights entertainment will be
duel between popular Pete
MannagOff and rOwdy John
Aurthor. A large crowd is ex-
pected to turn out to cheer on
the likable MannagOff.
An equally fine supporting
bout is scheduled between Chief
Little Beaver and Milo "The
Muscle" SteinbOrn. Little Beav-
er returns to ITALIAN Hall af-
ter a long absence and is re-
ported to be bringing along
many newly added tussling
tricks.
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CARDINAL SLAB
men HEAD LOOP
HOWE Pollet Turn. In
Brilliant Earned Run
Average Mark

NEW YORK, Dec. 3d. Up -
A glance at the official National
League figures. released today,
give hint as to why the St.
Louis Cardinals walked away with
the pennant this year.
The three pitchers leading in
earned run averages for the sea-
son are Cardinals, with southpaw
HOWE Pollet topping the list with
a misery LIS figure, the lowest
since Carl Hubbell's 1856 in 1888.
Max Lanier, another Card LEI
ty, is second with a 100 mark,
followed by Highlander Mort
Cooper, who had an E-E-A of $50
in rolling up his II victories. Rip
Sewen Of Pittsburgh and Elmer
Riddle of Cincinnati also won 81
games each to tie Cooper for lead
ership in that department.
AS an added tribute to the St..
Louis mound staff, two pitchers
who did not complete 10 games
led the field of hurlers in that
category Alpha Brazle having a
1883 mark and Harry Brecheen
holding the opposition to 2.27. That
makes cardinals holding down the
first five ERA positions when
pitchers in both the more-than-10-
game and less-than-10-game class
es are considered.
Whitlow Wyatt of Brooklyn had
the highest won ana lost percent
age, winning IA and losing five
for a 1877 mark, and Hiram Bith-
orn of Chicago pitched the most
shutouts--seven.
Sewell hurled the most complete
games, Is: and Ace Adams of New
York, by pitching in 70 games,
established a new modern league
record for personal appearances.
He also finished So games for an
other New Mark
Johnny Wander Nicer of Cindin-
natl started So games, gave 1852
walks and famed 174 to lead in
those divisions, anG Nate Andrews
of Boston lost the most games-20.
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20 to IL, we understand the
Louisianans are somewhat
steamed up over this encore,
making the outcome a real
question.
With no profound reasoning. and
with very little reason, we would
pick the bowl games to result this
way:
Georgia Tech to beat Tulsa in
the Sugar Bowl.
Texas Aggies to beat L. S. U.
IN THE Orange Bowl.
Randolph Field to beat Texas in
the Cotton Bowl.
Southwestern to beat New Mexi-
CO in the Sun Bowl,
Washington to beat Southern
California in the Rose Bowl.
Southwestern Louisiana to beat
Arkansas Aggies in the Oil Bowl.
Some of these selections are
pure guessWork, but on others we
got quite scientific. That is, we
played huHhes. The basing of Sc
lections or seasons records is
more hazardo than usual this
year, inasmuch as most of the
teams have service tinge and
some of the star performers may
have moved on since the regular
campaign closed, leaving only a
skeleton team.
Tulsa has a better record than
Georgia Tech from won and lost
standpoint, but we have an idea
Tech played on the whole tougher
teams, including Notre Dame,
Duke and Navy, and if Eddie Pro-
kop plays up to his. usual style
we like the Georgians' chances.
Texas Aggies did it before, and
it would be natural to expect they
can beat L S. U. again, despite
L. S. US resolve rot to let it
happen. TO pick L. S. U. would be
too much like picking man out
of the gutter after he had been
hit by truck, setting him up,
and saying.
Pm betting on you next time
that truck comes along"
The Randolph Field-Texas game
figures to be hum-d,nger, but we
have a bunch Glenn Dobbs will
swing the arrow toward the serv-
ice team. That guy really can
pitch, and his support isn't so bad,
either.
Southwestern has been through
tougher schedule than the New
Mexico team, which is something
of mystery eleven. We have
heard enough about Southwestern,
though, to know it is grade a."
priority stuff.
We're picking Washington over
the Trojans partly on the say-so
of our friend Joe Miller of Lewis
ton, Idaho, and partly because, al
though the Huskics played
bobbed schedule, they haven't
been licked, and have yet to be
shown up as false alarm And
so as not to leave you in the dark
as to why we ike S. L. I. over the
Arkansas Aggies, that's the rea-
son-Alvin Dark, a real pigskins
packin's papa.
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tack. Probable starters are Ain
site Bell, Eddie Saenz, Qua n g
Whitehead and George Callahan.
Todays rain interfered with
plans of both coaches for hard
work. The H'1skies had only a
light workout yesterday. Cravath
wants to drill his team all week
on a new defense against h q
Huskies' tricky T. The Trojans
never have defeated an exclusively
T formation team.
Neither Rose Bowl team h a S
played in the mud this year. The
present 2 TO / odds in Washing
tons favor arc based on the two
teams performance against t h e
formidable Fourth Air Force FIJI
ers. The Huskies whipped the FIJI
ers q to 7 and Southern Califor-
mis-, after a successful season, suf-
fered IS to defeat at the hands
of the air force team, shortly after
losing four star players to the
Marines.
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MOST OF STEEL
WORKERS RESUME
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case for more wages and would
spur steel operators in the negoti-
atoms because they will not be
able to get higher prices until ac-
ton by the VILE on the contract
and by the OPA on prices.
At Washington, Rep. Wolcott (R-
Mich, leader of the house fight
against the Administration con-
sumner food subsidy program, said:
IF the President allows a wage
increase for steel workers beyond
the Little Steel formula, then the
Administration will have no argu-
ment left in support of consumer
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Cotton Bo1ul Dominated
By The Lone Star Staters

DALLAS, Dec. 28.--It'll be q
sort of homecoming for Texas and
Randolph Field when these two
football teams clash Saturday in
the Cotton Bowl.
In the first place fifteen starters
will be Texans.
In the Second the University Of
Texas will be playing its fourth
time in Dallas within a year. In
fact, the Longhorns will lack only
one game of having performed
here as many times as in Austin.
The starting Longhorn eleven
has ten youngsters who are ma
tives of the lone star state: Joe
Parker and George Mccall. ends;
Jim Plyler and Charlie Phillips.
tackles; Franklin Butler, guard;
Keifer Marshall, center, an dJoe
Magliolo, Ralph Ellsworth, Andy
Robinson and J. R. Callahan,
backs.
Randolph Field. which gathers
it's men from all over America,
will start five Texans: Martin
Ruby. tackle; Joe Vaughan and
Delbert Davis, guards; LELAND
Killian, center, and Walter Park
err, fullback-
There also are four other Tex
ans on the Randolph. squad. The
University of Texas has only sew
en- on its squad who are not from
this state.
The foreigner" on the Texas
starting team is Guard Bill ST.
mons, who came to the University
from Santa Monica, Calf, Junior
College in the naval training pro-
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BACK IN GRANDMA'S DAY

colds often called Tor med1cated mutton
suet as home remedy" to comfort
muscle aches. coughing. Today. it's for
Penetro, modern medication in a base
containing mutton suet. Penetro's dou-
BILE action relieves these miseries-(D va
porizes to soothe stuffy nose (2) acts like
warming plaster right where rubbed on.
25c. Double supply. 35c. Get Penetro.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-29
CAR RECOVERED

A car belonging to N. A.
Merritt, manager of the Open
Air Super Market, was stolen
Tuesday night from Fourth
and Chestnut. 1t Is 1:::o
Chrysler with the number
576403. Police later reported,
however, that the car was
found abandoned in Whitevilie
by State Highway PatreIman
Porter Davis Jr. It was ap-
parently unchanged.
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WILSON TO BE HERE

j. Finley '.7ilson, grand ex-
allied ruler of the 1. B. p. O.
E. of w. will deliver the
Emancipation Day addresses at
st. Stephens A. M. E. church
Dec. 80, and the public is
invited
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SERVICE WIVES

SERVICE WIVES
The service wives club of
the Third and Grace USO will
hold their regular luncheon at
1880 Thursday. An old-fash-
Toned musical New Years
party will be held at this club
Saturday evening and all serv-
ice men and women as well as
service wives are invited.
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RECOVERING

Mrs. r. j. Turner of lit
Red Cross street, Is recover
ing at her home following an
illness of flu.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-29

HOME FROM MIAMI
Miss Eula Thompson arriv-
ed Thursday from Miami to
spend several weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. p. A.
Thompson.
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PARTY CANCELLED

The Christmas party PLAN
ned for Thursday night by the
Earnest Workers Bible class
has been cancelled due to i'll
ness among members.
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WEATHER
Continued from Page One)

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. -(P)-Weath-
er bureau report of temperature and
rainfall for the "a hours ending D. M,
in the principal cotton growing areas
and elsewhere.
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City Briefs
MEET POSTPONED

The mems night Of the
Lions club which was schedul-
ed to be held Thursday is be-
ing postponed due to illness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04
ARGENTINA TO IGNORE
 BLOCKADE
Merchant Ships lnsfrutfed to Go 10 New York
 Sub Danger Over

BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 4.-Argen- tina acknowledges success of the Allied war against submarines and has ordered state owned merchant ships to use the port of New York instead of New orleans, thereby disregarding the German blockade ships ordered to use New Orleans issued in July, 1942, after Germany announced a blockade on June 6.
 The Germans at the time of fered to permit Argentinian ships to run the blockade without danger but the offer was disregarded.
 The decision appears to have no connection with any possible de- fiance of the Axis governments or a break with them but rather ap- pears that the Allied patrols have made the route safe from at tacking Axis submarines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04
' KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK, WASHINGT0
Moses Lake Scene of Aeti. denf-Twelve Injured
 All in Army

SEATTLE, Aug. 4-Seven men were killed and 12 injured at 12:50 am. today when a l9-car Pullman train sideswiped locomotive at Moses Lake, in southeastern Grant County.
 Fifteen ambulances sped to the scene from the Moses Lake Army base B miles away but not until AIS am was the last injured freed by acetylene torch.
 All dead and injured were mem bers of the armed forces. No train men were injured although both locomotives overturned. The Mil- waukee company said the branch line was instructed to walt at the siding to follow the passenger into Othello but apparently overran the switch at the clearance point.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04
FALL OF MUNDAlS
 EXPECTED
Yard by Yard Battle Being Won-SuppIy Barges
 Are Sunk

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 4.-The east end of the Japanese airdrome at Munda, New Georgia Island, has been reached by hard fighting of the United States in- vasion forces in a yard by yard battle against cave entrenched en- emy jungle fighters.
 Gen. Douglas Macarthur made the announcement today, adding that slow progress was made against the key objective in the Central Solomons because of the jungle fighting but the action is part of the general advance and will suc- ceed.
 At the other end of the 700-mile battlefront, Allied planes in New Guinea and New Britain destroyed or damaged 29 barges, bringing to 200 the number of enemy supply boats wrecked during the past ten days.
 In a night attack, a plane bombed and hit an enemy ship, believed to be a destroyer.
 Heavy explosives from some Of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04
REDCApTURE OF 0REL IS
 INEVITABLE
Russians Crash 10 Within Five Miles of Base
 Nazis Flee

MOSCOW, Aug. 4.-The fall of the German stronghold of Orel ap- peared inevitable today as the smashing Red Army offensive car ried to within five miles of the city and the German retreat from points north and south of the city proceeded steadily.
 It seemed only matter ot time before Orel, itself, is abandoned, eliminating the entire enemy sah- ent on the central front.
 The British radio, quoting B Reuters dispatch from Moscow, de- clared the Germans escape corri- dor west of Orel is narrowed to 13 miles, threatening the Nazis with another disaster perhaps equal to that suffered at Stalingrad.
 The fighting Russians crashed into suburban villages of Orel last night, capturing railway station seven miles from Orel and aIl- other village five miles east of the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04
Two-Day-0Id Baby Is Kidnapped in Strange
 Mystery; No Ransom

ALBANY, Oregon, Aug. 4.-State, county and city police were engaged today in a widening search for the kidnaper of a newborn baby taken from the hospital early today.
 Judith, -day-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. w. B. Gurney, was snatched from her crib by person entering the second story window by climbing up vines. He fled through the fire escape.
 The father is head of the Amer jean Federation of Labor Veneer and Plywood Workers local.
 The only clues were footprints outside of the building.
 The family is not rich and no ransom is sought.
 Police appealed to oregon doctors for aid in solving the crime, asking them to report anyone asking medical attention for newborn baby.
 The child was in perfect health and was wrapped in light blanket when taken. The doctor broadcast the proper formula for feeding the baby, hoping the kidnaper would hear the broadcast.
 The mother is grief stricken. The father and relatives know of no enemies which would help identify the kidnaper. The nurse heard the baby crying, went into the nursery and found the baby gone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04

 FORCES IN
 BIG PUSH
Air, Sea and Land Units Bombard Axis Mt.
 Etnd Line

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 4.-The Mt. Etna line trembled under one of the greatest concentrations of fire the war has seen as huge forma- tions of Allied bombers and fighter bombers joined British and Ameri- can warships and hundreds of bat teries of field artillery in hammer ing at Axis fixed defenses.
 The full fury of the tremendous combined air, sea and land bom- bardment was unleashed in support of big push by land troops which. a communique reports, marked up an advance of six miles by Ameri- cans in the northern sector and gain of several miles in the cen- tral zone flanking Mt. Etna.
 The American Seventh Army was strengthened for the final push by rested veterans from North Africa who took over from weary advance guard forces in Sicily after the latter captured Caronia. four miles east of Sanstefano and Is miles west of Cape Orlando on the north coast.
 The Algiers radio declared last night the victorious end of the Sicilian battle is in sight"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04
EISENHOWER
 LED BATTLE
 FROM MALTA
British Island Is Used as Headquarters Dur
 ing Invasion
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 4. = The island of Malta was disclosed today as Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's op- erational headquarters for the Allied attack on Sicily.
 The general and his staff went there four days before the scheduled beginning of the offensive. He stay ed in the place built in 1540 by the Knights of St. John as guest of Field Marshal Lord Gort, Governor General.
 These facts were disclosed as the Allied general paid special tribute to the people of the most bombed spot on earth
 Offices on the island are placed in limestone tunnels, grm reminders of the year in which Malta was subjected to more than 2,0o0 air raids.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04
IT ALLAN FLEET IS
 BIG ISSUE

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-There is growing optimism in naval cir cles here the Allies can count on a reasonable certainty of captur- ing or destroying the major DOT ton of Italy's hapless fleet and possibly soon
 What becomes of the Italian fleet is of utmost interest to mili- tary and naval authorities here be- cause the effect it will have on the war against Japan.
 With the fleet out of the way or used by the Allies, the war on the Japs in Burma can be inten- sified.
 At present the Italians should be able to muster about half a dozen battleships and less than a dozen cruisers and a maximum of about 100 destroyers and some 10 sub marines. The fleet is believed to be based mostly at Spezia and Teranto.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04

 BAD0GLI0
 |5 TOUCH

MADRID, Aug. 4. Marshal Badoglio's regime is slowly but firmly imposing military dicta- torship of the toughest type and the prospects for an Italian sur render are now extremely dim, ac- cording to Italians who left Rome only last Sunday and arrived here by plane.
 While the Italians, in general, are anxious for peace, these new arrivals here declared that the peace movement lacks capable leadership.
 Badoglio, the arrivals claim, shows every sign of doing his best to keep the situation muddled
 Peace demonstrations that fol- lowed the fall of Mussolini enabled Premier Badoglio and his military followers to ascertain possible peace leaders but it is said many of them have been jailed,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-04
EDEN SAYS
 NO PEACE
 OFFER YET
German Report About Roosevelt Offer Is
 Termed False

LONDON, Aug. 4.-Anthony Eden reiterated in the House of Com mons today that the Allies have offered Italy no peace terms when asked how it happened that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke of the honorable conditions of peace in a recent broadcast to the Ital- ian people.
 Eden said the Allies continue to demand unconditional surrender and that T don't want to argue this matter now but I can under stand circumstances under which unconditional surrender might not be dishonorable to those who made it."
 Eden's statement gave a lie to German broadcasts which quoted Geneva dispatch as saying Roose- welt had advanced a seven-point peace proposal to Italy.