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Evening star., 1943-09-08
Sir Donald SomerveI|
Speaks at Banquet
OF Lawyers Guild

Praised by spokesmen for Amer
lean organized labor, Sir Donald
Bradley Somervell, British Attor-
ney General, last night told
gathering of jurists and lawyers
here that the British system of
labor law was working successfully
for the effective prosecution of the
war.
Lee Pressman, general counsel of
the Congress of Industrial Organ
tzations, contracted developments of
wartime labor laws in the United
States and in England He as
serted the British system was su-
perior to that in the United States,
and praised the English for having
stabilized wages and living costs.
He praised the United States War
Labor Board and President Roose-
welt, but scored selfish blocs in
Congress"
Hits Labor Quisling.
without mentioning any name,
Mr.. Pressman took verbal fling at
"a labor Quisling," In connection
with strikes which he said dis
rupted war production" Organized
labor had pledged itself not to
strike, the CIO legal chief emha-
sized.
other speakers at the banquet,
sponsored by Washington Chapter
of the National Lawyers Guild, at
the Statler Hotel included William
H. Davis, chairman of the War
Labor Board, who outlined the
growth of the boards authority;
Martin Pepper, executive secretary
of the National Lawyers Guild, and
Thomas I. Emerson of OPA, presi-
dent of the local chapter of the
guild, who presided.
Among distinguished guests in
troduced we're Associate Justices
Black and Reed of the United States
Supreme Court; Gerard Reilly,
member of the National Labor Re-
lations Board; M E. Bathurst,
secretary of the British Embassy,
and legal adviser to the British
Ministry OF Information. and Judge
william Hastie, former assistant to
JllC oCCl Ctdl III w oi AIM AaoW
dean of Howard law school.
Joseph Padway, general counsel
Of the American Federation of Labor,
who had been invited to speak, sent
a message of regrets. because of
fitness. In his message he praised
Sir Donald for his work in Great
Britain to maintain the rights OF
labor"
Explains British Law.
Sir Donald spoke informally Of
the position of trade unions in Eng
land and explained the laws under
which labor is subject to control,
with compulsory settlement of dis
putes.
Stressing the increased role of
women in war work, Sir Donald said
that in the munitions factories and
allied heavy industries of iron and
steel and shipbuilding, where for
merly few women were seen, to-day
one-third of all the workers are
women"
Mr.. Pressman warned against
what he said were inroads being
made on the rights of labor, espe-.
cially State laws. But he expressed
confidence the Supreme Court Of
the United States would strike
down these State statutes as being
Evening star., 1943-09-08

completely obnoxious and repugnant
to our cherished democratic rights"
"A combination of selfish blocs in
Congress-" he charged, 'has viciously
fought every phase of President
Roosevelt's program in attempting
to control and reduce the cost of
living"
Evening star., 1943-09-08
'Hoppy-Am-I' Chorus
Gives Concert Tonioht

The 176 voice "Happy-Am-I" T"
chorus, under the direction of Elder
Lightfoot Michaux. will present a
concert at the Potomac Water Gate
at pm. today. The Happy Am L"
Evening star., 1943-09-08
orchestra will accompany

orchestra will accompany the
chorus.
The concert will be the third in
the Galilean series, under the spon-
sorship of the Bi-racial Washington
Water Gate Committee, of which
George H. Kendall is chairman. Dr.
Harry Jaeger of the American Bible
Society, who has just returned from
the Northwest Pacific battle zone,
will tell of some of his experiences
in the Aleutians The program Is
being presented especially for Gov
ernment employees and members
of the armed forces.
Evening star., 1943-09-08

The book of the week is the War
stamp book. 1t spells Victory il
filled in.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
GERMANS APPEAL
FOR MORE HELP
Ask Italian Soldiers To
Join Comrades In
Battle

The Germans have appealed to
Italian soldiers to join their Ger
man comrades" in the 1lght
against the Allies, promising them
they will be ''well armed and well
paid" the Berlin radio said last
(Sunday) night in a broadcast re-
corded by the Associated Press
This hurried effort to gain re-
cruits out of the chaos of surren-
dered Italy was issued in the form
of a proclamation issued by the
German high command and broad
cast by the Rome radio. AS quoted
by Berlin the proclamation said:
italians! After the war which
has lasted more than three years,
and in which Italy and Germany
have fought shoulder to shoulder,
your government scandalously be-
trayed the German ally.
"While your comrades fought
bravely and your brethren shed
their blood in Sicily and Calabria,
the government (of Marshal Ba-
doglio) was already negotiating
with the enemy"
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MORE ITALIAN
SHIPS ARRIVE
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night, presumably for an Allied
base
CA Berlin broadcast recorded
by the Associated Press asserted
that two of three Italian torpedo
boats in a flotilla arriving at the
Balearic ports of Pollensa and
Mallorca had been scuttled.)
At the time of her capitulation,
Italy's war fleet was believed to
have included seven battleships.
Those at Malta are the IS, 000-ton
Italia and Vittorio Veneto and the
"a, OOO-ton Andrea Doria and Caic
Duilo. The Roma is known to have
been sunk but the whereabouts OF
the others is unknown.
Also the whereabouts most Of
Italy's submarine fleet, believed
to number so to 60 undersea craft,
remained mystery. Some italian
submarines had been operating in
the Atlantic but it was not known
here whether they are still there.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
COLONEL SAYS
MIND A BLANK
Selfridge Field Command.
er Does Not Recall
Shooting

SELFRIDGE FIELD, Mich,
Sept. 12.-(P)-Col. William T..
Colman, defending himself against
% counts of official misconduct
while commanding this Army Air
base, told a military court mar
tial today that his memory snap
ped under the combined strain of
increased post-Pearl Harbor du-
ties and an investigation he knew
concerned him, but of which his
superiors kept him largely in ig-
norance.
He testified that he could recall
nothing of the shooting of his Ne
gro chauffeur, Pvt. Willie McRae,
the basis of one of the court mar
tial counts and the incident which
led to the proceedings against
him. His mind was blank, he said,
from a few hours before the shoot
ing until the following morning,
when he found himself uA " a
physicians care.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
Radio Communication
Class Opens Tonight

A class in the fundamentals of
radio communication sponsored in
the city by North Carolina State
College, will open Monday night at
7:30 p. m. in Room 2O1, Isaac Bear
school.
All persons who have enrolled,
or those who are interested in the
course, should report for work
Monday night.
The class will meet Monday,
Wednesday,, and Friday of each
week, three hours a night, for a
total of 20 weeks.
The only charge to the student
is for textbooks. Women interested
in technical radio are especially in
vited to enroll. A knowledge of
elementary high school mathemat-
les is the only requirement.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
R0MMEL BOOSTERS
ITALIAN DEFENSE
Trains OF Equipment Said
Rolling Into North
Italy

STOCKHOLM, Sept. IL. - R -
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel,
commander of German forces in
Northern Italy, was reported in
Berlin dispatches today to have
taken urgent steps to strengthen
his defenses from the Riviera to
the Adriatic following a swift in
spection tour.
Trains were declared to be roll
ing into Northern Italy without
Interruption loaded with elite
German troops, Blackshirt units
and equipment from the Russian
front.
Another Berlin dispatch said that
German officers from the stale
mated Leningrad sector of the far
northern Russian front were being
rushed southwark.
A Nazi authority said that the
situation was quite serious" for
Nazi troops Immediately after the
Italian capitulation, but declared
they had now established control.
Berlin reported "Communistic
disturbances in Milan and Turin,
great northern Italy industrial cen
tiers, but said that both German
and Italian troops had fought the
uprising.
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RAIL STATION
RAzED BY FIRE
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lest, but about 1,500 pieces OF bag
gage were destroyed in the bag
gage room.
The fire did not damage the
company's new Broad Street SUBJ
urban station, which is connected
TO the Broad Street station by a
subway concourse.
All Is tracks leading into the
station were put out of service by
the flames consuming the ties and
warping the steel rails. All over
head shelters on the platform col
1apSed.
A former Broad Street station,
located on the same site across
the street from city hall in the
very heart of downtown Philadei-
phia, was destroyed by $1,000, 600
blaze on June IL, 1923. More than
100 firemen were injured or over
come by smoke at that time.
The railroad Immediately trans
ferred westbound train depar.
lures to its 3Oth Street station and
New York bound trains to the
suburban station.
The 10 o'clock New York train
was in the station when the fire
was discovered. When electric
power failed, a steam locomotive
was hooked to three of the cars
and removed them from danger.
The other seven caught caught
fire and burned rapidly.
All passengers boarding the
New York train were removed
safely.
Smoke spread through the Phil
adelphia transit company's sub
way system, and the company
closed it's 18th Street station
whic his Immediately under the
Broad Street station.
The seven cars that were de-
stroyed were two Pullmans, di'
ner, two coaches and a cafe cal
of the Pennsylvania, and bag.
gage car of the New Haven rail
road.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
PEACE IS FIRST
ON HOUSE LIST
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War Mobilization Director James
F. Byrnes has been comforting. with
legislators and is believed about
ready to propose comprehensive
support price program with en-
phasis on increasing production as
a means of reducing food costs.
Republican support may be
forthcoming if such a program is
proposed in lieu of general roll
back subsidy plan which Congress
previously refused to approve, but
which the administration has been
applying to meat and butter.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
END CONSTIPATION
this NATURAL Way!
Millions now take Simple
Fresh Fruit Drink instead
of Harsh Laxatives!

It's lemon and water. Yes!-just
the juice of / Sunkist Lemon in a
glass Of water-first thing on
arising.
Taken first thing in the morning,
this wholesome drink stimulates
bowel action in a natural way
assures most people Of prompt
normal elimination.
Why not change to this heaIthf full
habit? Lemon and water is good
for you. Lemons are among the
richest sources of vitamin C, which
combats fatigue, helps you resist
colds and infections. They also
supply B, and P. They alkalinize,
aid appetite and digestion. Lemon
and water has fresh tang, too
clears the mouth, wakes you up!
Try this grand wake-up drink
10 mornings. See if it doesn't help
you! Use California Sunkist.
Lemons.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
Germans Say II Duce
Rescued By Troopers

ously reported to have escaped to
Southern Italy or to Sicily.
Several sources said that Hun
gary, Germany's principal Balkan
satellite, was causing new and
grave concern in Berlin.
An unconfirmed Morocco radio
report said that strong German
troop detachments were arriving
today in Sofia, Bulgaria's capitol,
with view to stabilizing condi.
tons.
A Tass, Russian News Agency,
dispatch from Geneva, said Hit.
Ter had demanded additional Hun.
garian troops to replace Italian
troops in the Balkans, and that all
Notifications, airdromes, and COM
munication facilities in Hungary
be placed under German military
control
The Berlin radio said the Bull
garian cabinet had rendered its
resignation "as required by tradi.
tom after two of it's members,
Premier Bogdan Philov and Gen.
Michov, War minister, were ap-
pointed to the regency council.
The Berlin broadcast said that
a cabinet headed by Deputy Pre-
mier and Home Minister Peter
Gabrovsky, former Nazi Party
leader, had been charged with
continuing the affairs of state I'M
til a new government is appointed.
The Berlin radio said the en-
tire Dalmation coast, across the
Adriatic from Italy, was now &C.
cupied by German or Croatian
troops.
The Dalmatian port cities Of
Susak and Split have been incor-
porated into Croatia, the announce
ment said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
COMMUNITY SAID
POSTWAR BASE
DeDartment OF Commerce
ADOPTS Master Plan OF
Development

uAsHINGTON. Sept. IL. - III
department of Commerce
.onted the local community today
o. +s base for postwar job and
nrotit planning.
+ proposes to have the project
orating fully by the end OF the
y year in 1000 moderate sized cities
and towns
Guidance booklet prepared by
u "a 6epartment gives this express
Wv :or 70 the creed OF the planners:
S Of is present towns, present
.,siness organizations and present
.s;,,essmen who will form the
p p". for any sound free enterprise
"s+o,a in the postwar period"
+ asserts that 1.-The greatest
;io,a aid to postwar jobs will I'M
'sa@btedlv be the soundest possible
r ,,vS;ness structure during the
'S The handbook. Community Ac-
..or fer Postwar Jobs & Profits"
s ' that the word postwar" has
49, :,.on rise TO the misconception
.aa. post-war planning is some
. .., different, something vague,
. se exclusively for theorists
md economists.
Actually, it contends, the plan
rms is a Job that devolves finally
' rn1n the individual and the cen
.ssl question is what he will have
for his neighbor to do.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
Post Office May Bar
Esquire From Mails

WASHINGTON, Sept. 49,
Accusing the magazine Es-
quire of publishing matter of
IAN obscene, lewd and lascivi-
Gus character" the post office
department has directed the
publisher to show cause why
the magazines second class
mailing privileges should not
be suspended, amulled or re-
vOked.
A hearing, the department
said today, will be held Sep
TENDER 20.
The departments complaint
cited drawings and an article
titled "Those Star and Garter
Blues"
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BRITISH CAPTURE
BRINDISI PORT
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mans knocked down there and sew
en- destroyed elsewhere during the
day against total Allied loss of sew
en- planes.
Heavy aerial assaults to isolate
German armored forces opposing
the Fifth Army continued with
day-long bombing of rail lines and
highways and attacks on enemy
motor conveys.
Italian sabotage, unrest and
passive opposition doubtless tied
up large portion of Hitler's army
in Italy that otherwise could be
thrown against the Allies near
Naples.
The Furnishing Allied air assault
battered the Frosinone airdrome
48 miles southeast of Rome last
night and hit targets near and be-
low Naples, and Liberaors from
the Middle East bombed road juno
tons and rail yards at Potenza SIS
miles east of Salerno Friday
night.
Beaufighters of the Middle East
pounded the Martha airdrome on
German occupied Rhodes Saturday
and Wellingtons followed up last
night blasting the airfields at Ca
latto on the same strategic island
in the Dodecanese off Turkey.
Enemy radio reports told Of
German railroad workers pouring
through the Bremen pass to take
over operation of Italian railroads
"a sign that transportation in the
Reich itself would be further
srained in order to rush troops
into Italy.
Brindisi's excellent dock facili
ties were found unchanged, it was
announced. British and American
warships steaming into laramie
also found that naval base in full
working order.
Meanwhile, more Italian war
ships and merchant vessels con
tinued to reach Allied Mediterran
can ports. In addition to four bat
tleships and six cruisers finding
haven at Malta, Naval authorities
announced arrival there of at leas
eight destroyers and at least Il
submarines, with many more pos
sibly en- route.
Groups of Italian merchant ship:
have been shepherded to safety
and authorities expressed salts
faction with Italian seamen's eff
forts to comply with armistic'
terms and keep the vessels from
the Germans.
A considerable portion of Italy
merchant fleet. however, includin!
the Rex, Conte Di Savvoia ane
other big liners, is usually berthet
at Genoa, now in German hands
The drive from laramie to Brin
dist presumably took the British
through Grottaglie, one of tn
most important airfields of south
ern Italy some nine miles from
laramie. The field is LOO by LOO
feet.
This and several other airfield
in the laramie area could give Al
lied airnen bases for attacks upol
Foggia only 100 miles away
where system of IL satellit
fields serve as a vital German
Warplane operational center.
At least nine other good airfield
apparently were brought within
the area of Allied control. At Giol
30 miles northwest of laramie i
vital airbase used by the tia
1ans for long-range and torped
bombers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
RUSSIANS MOVE
NEAR BRYANSK
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Two railways remained open to
the German garrison at Bryansk,
and both were menaced by Rus
sian units converging on the city.
The new drive on Roslavl, 80
miles northwest of Bryansk, was
aimed at cutting one railway. The
ether road, running southwest to
Gomel, also was within striking
range of the Russians.
The conmunique said gains up
to five miles were made toward
Rcslavl, and 60 towns were cap
tured, but it did not disclose how
near the Russians were to their
goal.
In the Ukraine the Russians ad-
vanced up to seven miles toward
Nezhin and captured more than
20 villages in the push toward
Kiev. The Russians apparently
were only Is miles from Nezhln,
whose capture would cut the last
railway IN that area east of the
Dnleper.
The Russian army newspaper
Red Star said the Germans were
trying to make a last stand before
Nezhin, a big farming commune
ty, by using a considerable mum
Der of tanks, artillery and NOR
/ tars based along the highways anc
railways leading into the city, bu'
the Russians were said to have
kept hurting back the enemy witt
their usual thanking maneuvers.
/ Farther south other Russian
units striking toward Priluki, 81
miles east of Kiev, captured more
shan 10 villages, including the
town of Gadyach. The latter is Z.
miles southeast of Priluki, but 9th
err Russian units are nearer tt
that immediate objective.
Southwest of Kharkov in the
drive on Poltava, the communl
que reported only two-mlle al
vance, but front dispatches to the
Red Star said the Russians hae
smashed repeated counterattack:
bv German crack reserves ane
now were plunging into PotaVs
province.
The center of this battle that ha'
RACED for weeks was at ZenkoV
40 miles north of Poltava, ant
Zenkov has changed hands sever
al times in the swirling tank ane
artillery fight between the Pse
and Vorskla rivers, which empty
into the Dnieper below Poltava.
The Germans used as many al
25O tanks in their futile charge
AGAINST the maneuvering Russian
tank and artillery men, Red Sta:
said and suffered frightful losses
Some German divisions were whit
! fled down by entire regiments
and some regiments were reduce'
to mere company strength, tn
newspaper said.
1t sid the Red Army's victor
/, was the supreme test of tn
summer offensive" and could nc
be overestimated in the overa
drive to reach the Dnieper.
This great tank and artiller;
battle was fought in the same ger
eral area where Peter the Grea
defeatd Charles of Sweden in 170e
Nv
Average human heart beat
more than $3.50. coo. 600 times i
lifetime of go wears.
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Hull Says Postwar
Alliance Necessary
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social and cultural welfare. He
drew no distinction here between
nations now fighting on the two
sides of the war.
In addition to his tribute to Rus
STA, Hull praised the contributions
OF the Chinese, the French, ''in-
vinclble Britain and our other
allies of the United Nations in
Waglng the war which, he said
IS now characterized by ''hearten-
ing victories" in contrast to the
last time he spoke to the nation
over the air in July, 1912.
with all but one of the nations
OF the Western hemisphere, said
Hull, in an apparent reference to
Argentina, 1--WE have today the
closest ties of solidarity and as
sociation-the fruit of ten years
of unremitting labor on the part
of all these nations to build in
this hemisphere fraternity Of
good neighbors.
Here we have, in peace and
in war a highly successful example
of cooperation between sovereign
nations"
Hull said that the victories of
the United Nations have been the
direct result of closely coordinat-
ed military, economic and diplo-
matte action-"both within each
Of the nations and among all of
them"
For example, he said, "our pro-
tracted diplomatic effort to achieve
a fair and peaceful solution of
difficulties in the Far East afford
ed our military authorities and
those of other countries many
months of precious time to
strengthen their defense before
the japanese struck.
HUI. said that traditional ele-
ments of American political
thought could be applied interna-
tionally.
He listed them:
Cd All peoples capable of dis
charging the responsibilities OF
liberty are entitled to it.
CD Each sovereign nation, large
and small is in law and under law
the equal of every other nation.
90 All nations which respect
nc rights Of others are entitled to
f-ooJo,,, fro,, o,,tci1o i,,torfpropce
in their internal affairs.
ca The basis of order among
nations is a willingness to accept
international law to settle interna-
tional duties.
60 Non-discrimination in econ
ornic opportunity and treatment
is essential to the maintenance
and promotion of sound interna
tional relations.
g. cooperation between nations
in the spirit of good neighbors
founded on the principles of liber
ty, equality, justice, morality ane
law is the most effective method
of safeguarding and promoting
the well being of all.
Vigorous participation in eft
forts to establish system OF IN
ternational relations based on these
rules of conduct, and thus to create
conditions in which war may 1T
effectively banished is and mus
be fundamental feature OF ou1
foreign policy" Hull asserted.
"It is abundantly clear that
system of organized international
cooperation for the maintenance o
peace must be based upon the will
ingness of the cooperating ma
tons to use force, if necessary
to keep the peace he continued
Independent nations, he said
have further responsibility to
ward dependent peoples who aspire
to liberty, and should help then
attain it. A good example OF VIVA
can be done along this line, N
noted, is in our record in thu
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-13
ENROLMENT

RALEIGH, Sept. IL. up -
Present indications are that State
colleges civilian enrolment for
the fall term will exceed 800, with
half of the number being fresh
men, Registrar w. L. Mayer said
today. Freshmen will have priori-
ty on all dormitories not occupied
by military personnel in training
at the college.