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Evening star., 1943-03-21
VACANT.
6-BEDROOM BRICK.

New house condition, Belmont I'd tnear
18th and Col. rdD Oil heat. Ready to
move in. Out town owner will con-
slider reasonable offer and terms from
responsible party. DIXIE REALTY CO.
Evening star., 1943-03-21

Attractive frame home, Z rms, lavatory
1st floor, 3 bedrms. and bath End floor.
2-car built-in, garage. Wide wooded lot.
tation. Only S11,95O; $4,000 cash. 1t
should sell quickly. Call Sun. and week
days EN-. 1890. F. A. TWEED CO., 55O4
Evening star., 1943-03-21
S8,75O-BETHESDA.

GROUND FOR VICTORY GARDEN
This white brick less than 3 yrs. old:
contains liv rm. opening on screened
porch din. rm., kit, paneled recreation
rm.. 3 bedrms. and bath. Call Temple
ROBERT l. McKEEvER CO.
SHCREHAM BLDG. MA, 1850
Evening star., 1943-03-21

DESIRE DETACHED, 1st-FLoOR BATH,
bedroom or den NV. in D. c. or nearby
or Woodside. Cash client. E. w. BAILEY,
Adams 47S6. Write 1435 Meridian pl. NV.
WILL PAY CASH FOR HOUSES OR FARMS
n FRINGE Georses County. R. s. DAVIS
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
ACL Car Loadings
Beginning To Level
Off, Says President

NEW YORK, Sept. 15-(R-
G. Nc. Davis, president of the
Atlantic Coast Line, said to-
day passenger traffic on the
road continues at record level
hut car loadings are showing
evidence of leveling off.
Davis said reasons for the
freight situation were attribu-
table to the fact that campari-
sons are now being made with
a period last year when there
were large gains, while con-
struction of new war plants in
the South has fallen off, There
by easing freight haulage.
Total revenue carloadings
for the first 10 days Of Septem-
Der are not quite S IL per cent
above the same Period in 1912.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
ALLIES PIERCE
Lac OUTER RIM
Main Core OF Resistance
Broken West OF Vital
japanese Airbase
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Thursday
Sept. 16.-(R-A1lied forces have
crashed through the main core OF
resistance west of the japanese
air base at Lac. New Guinea, and
the other arm of steadily ad-
vancing pincers mas moved from
the east to within two miles OF
the towns center.
Following quickly the overrun-
ming of other prepared positions
on both sides of Lac, the new sue
cesses were announced today by
Gen Douglas Macarthur.
Heath's Plantation, eight miles
west of Lac, where a bitter bat
tie with the Japanese had been
expected, fell to forces moving
down the Markham valley. This
force, brought i. by big air trans
ports September 5, also overran
Vernon's Plantation, another cen
ter of resistance, and pu h d
ahead.
The force east of Lac standing
nearest the town is comprised
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16

The conventional thing to say is
that such high sounding, impre-
else generalizations are m
leadership to stricken world. But
the fact is that American states
men have been producing princi-
pies, detectives, aims and the like
for more than a generation, and
the net outcome has been strick-
en- world, and for the United States
the grim fact that twice the nation
has found itself unprepared for
war or for peace.
So I submit that this output of
general principles gives not guild
ance but confusion.
Examine the list Of Mr.. Hull S
general principles and then ask
yourself if he means to enforce
them everywhere by our military
power, or means that they are the
terms on which we will cooperate
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
0DT AGAIN CUTS
DELIVERY TRAVEL
Sharp Curtailment In Re.
tail And Wholesale Mo-
tor Routes Slated

WASHINGTON, Sept. IS III
Director Joseph B. Eastman of
the Office of Defense Transport
tation today ordered sharp cur
tailment of all retail and whole
sale motor truck deliveries in the
country, effective at 1901 a. M,
Monday, October IA.
The restrictions will extend to
the rest of the nation the limita-
tons on the frequency of deliv-
cries which have been in effect
since last spring in the northeast
ern gasoline shortage" area.
The order includes a ban on the
retail delivery. of any package
weighing less than pounds or
measuring 60 inches or less in
length and girth combined. 1t also
prohibits any retail deliveries. ex-
cept ice, milk or cream, on Sun
day.
''The necessity for this action
has been carefully weighed in the
light of the ODT's prime respon-
sibility to protect and maintain
the domestic transportation facil-
tiles essential to the successful
prosecution of the war and cur
rent conditions in the field of mo-
tor transport" Eastman said.
1T is the belief of ODT that
this action is the best means OF
safeguarding the public's interest
in the field of wholesale delivery. -
Under the order, retail deliv-
cries of alcoholic beverages, to-
bacco, confectioneries, soft drinks
and other non-alcoholic beverages
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
Secretary Hull's Speech Lacked
Definition Of Foreign Policies

with our allies, or means that they
are obligations which we have as.
sumed, or that they are like the
sermon which President Coolidge
heard in which the preacher was
against sin.
General principles are not for.
eign policy. They are in fact
dangerous substitute for a foreign
policy. A wise statesman will be
very sparing indeed of his use of
general principles that can mean
all things to all men. For he will
realize that loose words in De-
partment of State are like loose
checks scattered abroad, which
will come back to him to be re-
deemed. So he will eschew gen.
eralities. They are the fools gold
of diplomacy. He will instead seek
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16

have yet received since the land
ings last Thursday.
From an advanced observation
post overlooking the triangle form.
ed by the Sele and Galore rivers,
I saw the intensity of today's Fifth
Army comeback.
I also heard, at the same time
that many reinforcements were
pouring into the Allied bridgeheads
with plenty of heavy equipment as
the fighting was taking on fast
er tempo.
allied naval units let loose a
terrific artillery fire in the enemy
territory in the Sele-Calore tri-
angle, their shells sizzling over our
observation post. At the same time
planes blasted the same area.
From that area the enemy tried
advances yesterday towards Saler-
no. The Allies also smashed the
town of Eboli. I could see great
columns of smoke rising from both
places, especially where freight
yards, stores and ammunition
dumps were targets.
I also could see German tanks
maneuvering for battle positions
in the Sele-Calore triangle during
which a number were knocked out
with some shooting flames.
The Germans surprise attack
which apparently was diversionary
in character, was quickly repulsec
by British Tommies. The SECOND
enemy advance yesterday already
was pinned to the wall, while a
third German thrust, near the cen
ter of the British-American bridge.
head, petered out at dawn.
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
Powerful American Raid
Strikes Paris Industries

LONDON, Sept. 15.-lR-PoWer-
full formations of United States
bombers struck at Paris and 9TH
er sections of France late today
and the Paris radio later reported
there are many victims.
The U. S. Eighth Air Force
command said Flying Fortresses
bombed Nazi aircraft factories in
the vicinity of Paris while other
Fortresses, Liberators and Marau-
ders attacked scattered air fields
in France.
The attack on Paris was the
second within week by the For
tresses and the sixth this month.
They raided a German aircraft
plant near Paris last Thursday.
Preliminary announcements IN
dictated the Fortresses and Liber-
ators might have made up one
of the biggest heavy bomber fore
es ever to strike at the continent.
Up to today, Flying Fortresses
CONTINUED on Page Eight; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
Observation-Disclosures
Gets Neu Commander

has spent four ears as a flying in
structor at Randolph Field, Texas;
four years at Mitchell Field, New
York, in bombardment and recon-
Nuisance; and two years in a pur-
suit griup at Selfridge Field, Mich
igan.
Administration, too, is an Old
game to Colonel jones. For 10
months he served as assistant star
supply officer for the entire First
Air Force, and prior to coming 10
Bluethenthal, he exercised two I'M
portant commands in New Eng
land. From September 1912 to July
1913, he was in command of GUS
Field, Falmouth, Massachusetts
and he came directly to Whining
ton from the command of Grenler
Field, New Hampshire.
Continued on Page Twelve; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
By WALTER LIPPMANN

Mr.. Hull has promised to make
some more speeches, and there
fore, he may at some later date
discuss the subject which was an
nounced for his broadcast. But on
Sunday evening he did not dis
cuss "our foreign policy in the
framework of our national inter-
ests." No one can find in his adj
dress even the name, much less
the definition, of any American ma
tional interest. He will find in
stead a list of six, supplemented
by list of three, general princi-
pies so general in character that
they could mean everything, any
thing or nothing. Nor can any one
find more than the faintest traces
of the foreign policy which the
United States is in fact forming
and following.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
new BALKAN PUSH
APPEARS NEARING
Mystery OF British Ninth
Army Location Creates
Much Speculation

LONDON, Sept. 15.-P)-The
mystery of the whereabouts of the
British Ninth Army, coupled with
the reported successes of Yugoslav
patriot forces apparently fighting
along prepared plan, limited to-
night that strategic Balkan
thrust was in the making.
A Cairo announcement that Maj.
Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, who has
been commander of all U. S. forces
in the Middle East, had been
shifted to an important new as
signment suggested he might now
be with the Ninth Army.
Official quarters here expressed
ignorance of the movements OF the
Ninth Army. whose size and equip
ment have been kept military
secret. Ankara and Stockholm re-
ports had the Army sailing from
Syrian bases after two years
training. The Germans repeatedly
have suggested the Ninth was be-
ing saved for Balkan invasion.
The route from the Middle East
to the Balkans would traverse the
German-occupied islands of Rhodes
and Crete and these islands, in AL
lied, hands, would provide needed
and valuable bases for bombers and
fighters in any air umbrella, vital
to a landing in Greece.
Reports from Yugoslavia said
partisan forces had occupied more
than 100 miles of the Dalmation
coastline on the Adriatic sea OPP
posite Italy. They We're said to
have seized large area in slovenia
which previously had been occu-
(Continued m Page Two: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
NEZHlN CAPTURED
More Than 5000 Germans
Killed As 200 Towns
Are Retaken
IS NOTABLE TRIUMPH
Enemy Is Pursued Beyond
Limits OF Vital kiev
Gateway

LONDON, Thursday, Sept.
16 -P)- Soviet flying col
umns pounded toward the Vi
tai Dnieper river from cap
tured Nezhin, 70 miles east
of Kiev and from captured
villages only so miles east OF
the river in the south, Mos
COW dispatches said today.
Killing more than 5000
Germans and capturing more
than 200 towns in the Tx
rainian sweep, the Russians
registered their most notable
victory of the day. Yesterday
at Nezhin, which they captur-
ed after two days of fighting.
Railway Is Lost
Reports to London said they
were pursuing the enemy beyond
the city, vital strongpoint of Ger
man defenses before Kiev.
The Moscow communique, re-
corded by the Soviet monitor, said
the capture of Nezhin deprived
the Germans of the last main rail
way line on the left flank of the
Dnieper and Premier Joseph Sta
lin, who announced the capture
in an order of the day, called it
''the most important center of the
Germans defense on the road to
Kiev."
Three thousand Germans fell in
the fierce fighting there and large
quantities of war material and
prisoners captured, the commu-
nique said. 1t marked an advance
of 200 miles in 40 days.
But Soviet forces were even
nearer the Dnieper in the south
where the river bends far east.
Here they captured Gulai Pole
and Pokrovskoye, both so miles
from Zaporozhe, river and rail.
road town upon which hinges the
entire German defense of the Cri
mea.
German attempts to stem the
violent offensive of the Soviet
troops by counter-attack ended
with the rout of many enemy in
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
AER SHOW TICKET
SALE PROGRESSING
About Two-thirds OF Seats
Already Reserved For
Benefit Movie

.Two-thirds--of the tickets to the
benefit show, This Is The Army,
proceeds from which will be abb
sorbed by the Army Emergency
Relief have been sold, according
to Allen C. Ewing, chairman OF
sales.
Remaining tickets are now on
sale at the postoffice by Mrs. Brao-
ley Wooten; at Morris Plan Bank
by Mrs. George T. Shilling; at
Peoples Bank by Mrs. Robert
Way: at Security Bank by Mrs
James W. Kelly; at the Whining
ton Savings and Trust Bank by
Mrs. Hamilton Johnson. Also as
sisting are Mrs. Waddeu Corbett
and Mrs. Joe Clendenin.
AS a special feature in connec-
ton with the Wilmington pre-
miere, the 144-1 Combat Unit from
Carolina Beach, under copnano
of Lieut.. Col. w. ]. Sutton, will
on Friday make an advance
through the city in full military
battle attire. The advance Will De
supported by tanks and other
pieces of combat units. The start
ing point will be Castle street
and the group will sweep through
the entire city, from this point
between Sixth street and the Cape
Fear river. The advance will be-
gin at $3.50 pm. and conclude al
4:30 pm.
Meanwhile, part of the 1oStf
Anti-Aircraft group from Camp
Davis will continue to demonstrate
equipment on the postoffice lawn
between 2 D m. and 4 pm. through
Friday.
Brig. Gen. Bryan L. Milburn
commandant of the Anti-Aircraf
Artillery School at Camp Davis
exhorted Wilmingtonians to sup
port the benefit performance il
a radio address over station WHIT
at 7:3O Wednesday night.
Gen. Milburn outlined the worl
of the AEM in affording financla
assistance to soldiers and thel
families, explaining that the mel
of the Army receive help through
this source, when other channels
are closed. He emphasized tina
full receipts from the show woule
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16


it will indicate daily gains in the
current drive.
In addition, a large banner bear
ing the words Headquarters,
Third War Loan Drive will be
hung across the front of the Tide
Water Power company building
Thursday to mark for campaign
workers and prospective bond pur-
chasers the center of campaign
activity throughout the month.
Wednesday was Described as
another active day for participants
in the drive. Statistics on total
efforts were not forthcoming, but
officials reported that there were
good subscriptions for the special
Treasury notes, issued for the first
time Wednesday.
Mrs. Berniece Stellings, chairman
of the Women's division of the
War Finance committee, revealed
that uptown solicitations reported
to the Tide Water bond booth op-
Grated by the Ministering Circle,
Wednesday amounted to $6,975. Col
lectionS at the booth in Belk-Wil-
liams department store, operated
by the Order of the Eastern Star.
totalled $6,436.85.
1t was announced that Mrs. F
A. Tatum has been selected to SUI
pervise sales in the area between
Third and Fifth streets.
Mrs. Herbert Coddington has
been named co-captain with Mrs
Henry Emory for the zone between
18th and 18th streets.
It is estimated that compre
hensive report of activity among
canvassers in the house-to-house
phase of the campaign will no
be available before next week
All campaign officials, however
agree, that the door-knocker worl
being accomplished by member!
of the Citizens Service Corps ane
other volunteers is bringing mucf
coin into the bond treasury.
Miss Jennie D. Stout, health edu
Gator who has been appointed tt
succeed Miss Louisa Eskridge, ant
part of whose job will involve Cit
zens Service corps work, has en-
tered the drive and is assisting
in direction of the block plan ct
forts.
Soliciting committees have beer
formed in various large organiza
tons and industrial plants, ans
will be manned by the following
persons:
The professional groups and tnei
chairnaen are: Retail Oil, j. E
Brantley, The Texas company; Au
tomobile dealers, L. A. Raney, Ra
ney Chevrolet Co.; Bakers, J. B
Fox. Royal bakery; BARRIERS, Char
les P. Murray, Cape Fear Barbe
shop; Beauty Shops, w. P. Trout
man, Troutman's; Printers, L. X
Bell, Jackson and Bell;
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
War Industry
Draft Needed
By U. S. Army
War Department Officials
Oppose Deferment OF
Fathers
WOULD UPSET PLANS
Possible Disruption In Air
craft Plants Cited As
The Reason

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10
lp,-War Department Off
ei.1s. called on to explain the
need for drafting fathers,
t hld~ Congress today that the
c cI(t war situation demands
mt only this step but also
l LEGISLATION allowing compul-
sorv assignment of men and
women to war industries.
Gravely, Lieut.. Gen Joseph
T. McNarney, deputy chief of
staff. testified before a Sen
ate.House committee that a
ban on induction of fathers
would necessitate recasting
AZ The strategic planning done
at the Roosevelt Churchill
QroAoc conference.
Shortage of Labor Felt
To this, Undersecretary of War
Robert P. Patterson added testi-
mony that deferment of fathers
would cripple war production be-
cause it would necessitate draft
ing childless men who are essen
tial workers in key industries.
Already. Patterson said, short
age of labor in aircraft factories
is cutting down the number of
planes that might be produced for
Waging war against our enemies"
and added that he believed the
only solution to be legislation for
compulsory manpower controls.
The War Department believes"
he continued, that the prompt
passage of a law for national serv-
ice would be Of prime value in
bringing the war to successful
and swift conclusion"
McNarney and Patterson testi-
fled before the Senate Military
committee on bill by Senator
Wheeler D.-Mont.) to forbid draft
ing of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers
before January /. Wheeler has
served notice he will try to bring
the measure up in the Senate with
CT waiting for The committees
report and also will amend it to
prohibit indefinitely the induction
of fathers. Members of the House
Military committee are sitting with
the Senate group at the hearings.
With the issue of drafting ia
thers holding top place at the cap
ltol, there were these other Wash
mon developments:
The investigating staff of the
House Naval committee recon-
mlttee recommended government
ald after the war to help indus
trles convert to civilian production
out retention, meantime, of the
law allowing renegotiation of con-
tracts to prevent excessive" prof
its.
Chairman George ID. -Ga.) of
the Senate Finance committee and
Doughton ON. c. of the Ways
and Means committee met with
rIesloent Roosevelt, Treasury Of
lIclalS and others to discuss a new
TAX program.
Leaders OF major farm organi-
1 I'd also were called to the
wnlte house for a conference with
MI Roosevelt, Secretary of Agri-
culture Wickard and Food Admin
aNator Marvin Jones. Some of
ule agricultural leaders said they
lecelVed assurances there is mot
sOng to be any general consumer
sapSldy program" for farm prod
ucts.
II was announced after the Que
wy conference that it was con-
ssaea primarily wit h planning
n Tslpalgns against the Japanese.
~, .-slefore. McNarney's assertions
'@'led the implication t h a t it
NOA'lnued on Page Two; Col. 81
D1 y y
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
MUCH AIR SUPPORT
Small Bits OF Il Mile
Beach-head Yielded By
| Clark's Army
MONTGOMERY DRIVING
Eighth Army Captures
Mediterranean Village
OF Belvedere

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
Sept. 15-F-Supported by
the strongest air attacks ever
launched in front of an AL
lied army and by naval bonn
bardment, American and Brit
ish troops beat off the most
violent German counterat-
tacks yet mounted in Italy
after again yielding small bits
of their 27-mile bridgehead in
the week-old, see-saw battle
of Salerno.
On forced march from the
south, Gen. Sir Bernard l..
Montgomery's Eighth Army
dashed rs miles up the Gala
brian coast to capture tho
Mediterranean village of Bel
vedere, narrowing the gap be-
tween his force 1t. Gen. Mark
W. Clark's Fifth Army to CT
miles and raising the pros
pect of early relief by land
as well as by sea.
The crucial battle of Saler-
mo roared and famed through
out yesterday and last night
along the whole slender front
from the port of Salerno
around it's crescent-shaped
bay to Agropoli, with both
sides throwing fresh troops
and armor into action.
Allies Occupy Capri
Offshore just west of Salerno,
the Allies occupied Capt., the lit
tie island to :rhich the Empeor
Tiberius retired in q AID. to build
villas to the Roman gods.
Bitter fighting continues in the
Fifth Army sector" the Allied
communique said. Determined
counterattacks have been carried
out by both sides. In some places
our troops have been forced to
yield ground, but new positions
are being consolidated and rein
forcements continue to arrive rap
idly.
Troops with their supplies and
equipment continue to be disem-
barked on the beaches of theSa-
lerno area by the Royal and U, S.
navies working under Vice Adj
miral Henry K Hewitt, USN. The
bombardment of enemy positions
by strong forces of cruisers and
destroyers continues.
During the night OF September
1874 and throughout yesterday.
heavy, medium and light bomb
ers, fighter-bombers and fighters
of the Northwest African Air Fore
es in their most intensive and con-
centrated operations to date at
tackled roads and railroads, enc
my positions, transport and troop
concentrations at numerous points
around the Salerno area"
The whole battle scene was veil
ed in smoke and dust. Generally
the Allies were in the low flats
and the Germans were ensconced
in better positions in the wooded
hills rising sharply from the coast
al low lands.
The Germans brought up at
least fourth division, the 29th
motorized, through heavy day and
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
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'Vhi bluethenthaI Field Public
Relations Office


fons -uethenthal Field, Wilmington's
hoe ieF municipal airport, which
,nta Al the past year been developed
in', NV one Of the most modern and
tb tp0' Vant airports in the South,
n'a month came under the COM
la ia OF Colonel John N. Jones,
,n5 ~ .hls period in its development
,ba during these critical times,
,na, DIR base has drawn as q COM
,,r ,.oef man with a broad and
IA - - tactical background and SOL
~ administrative experience.
t,am ne colonel is familiar with vir-
cor' every branch of the Air
Tho 20 and practically every part Of
ls9s 'opntry. For four years between
ns and 1880, he ssXed in Pana-
VIC as a pilot and Ga>rver. He
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
Fifth Army Front Line
Holds Firm Under Fire
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD
Representing The Combined American Press
Distributed BY The Associated Press

WITH THE U. S. FIFTH ARMY IN THE SALERNO
AREA Sept 15-The front line of It. Gen. Mark W. Carks
Fifth Army held firm today after the enemy uneashed at
tacks yesterday just east Of Saerno toward the
center of the British American bridgehead.
In all the attacks the enemy used number of tanks
to support the infantry.
Today however, Allied air and forces and infantry
Joined together to give the Germans the blasting they
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16
Drive Indicator
To Be Erected Today

thermometer by means of which New Hanoverians
will be able to chart progress toward the counys goal of
$685. 900 in the Third War Loan drive will be erected
Thursday the postoce lawn officials of the campaign
announced Wednesday night.
The large sign will measure 20 feet. donation of
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-16

eastern Standard Time)
(By IS. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. M, yesterday.
Temperature
80 a. M, IS; 1880 a. m., 81; l:S ~
n noe 81: 1880 D. m. "a. Maximum 86;
Minimum 81; Mean IA; Normal Is.
Humidity
1870 a. NJ, 83; 1880 a. M, II; / 80
%. M, SO; 80 p. M, II.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:ao
%. M. 600 inches.
r Total since the first of the month,
q o. inches.
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tElIIlOlc ~
(All times Eastern Standard)
Sunrise, 5:56 a. M; sunset o;ao r. ILL.,
Moonrise, 818 p; Moonset, 10 q.
cape Fear River stage at Fayettevlu'
on Wednesday, at 3 a. M. $50 feet.