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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-02
Future Status
is Clarified
FDR, Churchill. Chang
Agree on Deadly Offensives
BY JOHN r. CHESTER

CAIRO, Dec. ZAP - Britoin and the United
Stotes agreed detoiIs for invasion Of Eu-
rope ond perhaps discussed strike into the Boikons
it reported good authority todoy, at the epic
tpower conference where. with Chino, they pledged
unreIentins wor TO throsh Jopon into unconditional
surrender and teor away the whole empire she hos
in SO years Of conquest.
There feeling here thot big Developments
would come from the day meeting Of President
Roosevelt, Prime a-iniste. Ctx.niIi ond Gsnsreli ;
smo Chions koi-shck, who left for unonnounesd
distinctions Lost Friday after completing their talks
A Reuters dispoteh from Lisbon sold they had
gone Iron to Premier Joseph Stain, and Bsr
lin deeIored four-power meeting oIreody
derwoy in Teheron.)
For Jopon, the three war leaders promised "un-
reIentins pressure by SEQ, land, and cir" ond
deeored they would strip her Of oil her empire stolen
in five since 1894 - reducing Jopon virtuoIIy
TO the some territorial stotus as before Commodore
Perry opened up thot Oriental Iond Of the Shosuns in
1853. Only her home isIonds would Femoin.
Moor decisions reported reached for bril-
liant developments in World War Two and while
the Official announcement deoIt only with Jopon,
one questioned that the secret, doy-ondnisht
conference eobol rother thon strictly Far Eost
in character.
A reIiobe source - reporters we're barred from
the heavily guarded proceedings - indicated thot
the American and British general soffs in their big
sest meeting yet probably had decided dstoiIs for
offensive against Europe, as we'll as dstoIs Of
Mediterranean and Middle Eost offors.
At meeting not attended by the Chinese. these
general stofs reported to have Engaged in long
arguments and discussions a European invasion
before reaching q united front detoiIs coming
into the picture since the Quebec conference.
The question Of the BoIkons oIso wos discussed.
sold men in position to know details Of the proceed
inss. One Official observer reported that Msditer
roneon offors the first subject Of the biggest
riItory meeting Of the entire conference.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower presided at this con-
ference, il sold, and there sound reason to
believe that not only the present eompoisn in Itoy
wos reviewed, but oIso future possibilities. including
possible Boikons eompoien in which Soviet leaders
are intensely interested.
Only one reoI vestse of the conference, outside
OF newspoPermen, remoned when the offieioI COM
-,unque wos released lost night. II wos disclosed
that the senior American war planning group met
yesterday morning ond held joint conference with
their British opposite numbers in the afternoon.
The American group included Reor Admired B.
H. Beri, Brig. Gen. L. S. Kuter for Air. and Col. F. N.
Roberts for the Army but it not disclosed whsth
they were interested primarily in Europson or Far
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-02

Father Roberge is assisted in
his parochial work at st. Peters
by Rev. Albert Hutting and Rev.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
CAPTURE VILLAGE
Patrol Activity Enables AL
lied Troops To Extend
Their Outposts

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS. Sunday, Dec
H. up Australian patrols
swept aside light enemy resistance
! along the coast of New Guinea and
inland from Wareo Thursday and
Friday. further extending their
grip on Huon peninsula.
Advancing over high ground
Thursday, one Australian unit cap
tured Bazuluo village, mile and
half due west of recently-seized
Wareo. In the coastal sector their
comrades killed q Japanese in
patrol clashes.
Through the activity of their
patrols the Australians were able
| TO push their outposts from quar-
| ter of mile to a mile and quar-
ter farther northwestWard along
| the coast
Situation Unchanged
Eoday's communique from Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur's head
aucrters reported minor grounc
and air activity in the Ramu val
ley sector, northwest of Wareo
All stralian patrols clashed with
the Japanese there but there ap
parently was no material change
in the situate
An unspecified number of Jap
anese planes raided Allied posi-
ticns in the Dumpu area of the
Ramu valley early Friday morn
ing. causing minor damage ane
casualties.
| An 8,000-ton japanese freightel
was sunk off the coast of New Ire
land Friday. The ship went down
within five minutes.
Liberator bombers, escorted by
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
CHINESE AND U. S
DRIVE ON HANKOW
Seek 10 Relieve Pressure
In Important Struggle
Around Changteh

CHUNGKlNG, Dec 11-lY-stab-
oul9 Stra'oht for the heart of Japa-
csse domination in central China,
SnllleSe troops and American
p.s!leS nave hit at the great metro
pOli'da area Of Hankow in order
~ IelleVe pressure on the struggle
today. '-o0
A commumique said that Chinese
uyopS had advanced within 80
n ' Of Wuchang, large city
across the Yangtze river from
4 .9 while the battle for Chang
,sa SUI was in progress and had
s s much damage with their
t T,.i activities, especially at
railroad 'i'N'' "i''0i'
oo ~ Was the first time the high
t Sunllaand had SPOKEN of any
. m-uSl against the Hankow sector
s a~ because of slow communica-
, noiis rom that strengthened apa-
s as'e Zone, the attenuation an
'''i'ea today concerned the loca-
'00h'llued on Page 16. Col. Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
GLASS ENDORSES
u. S. VOTE PLAN
Veteran Senator Aligns
Himself Against Eel
low Southerners

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL - R -
Senator Glass D-Va) aligned
himself against fellow southerners
tonight on the srevicemen's vote
issue which caused an angry flare.
up between the Senate's northern
and southern Democrats.
Senator Lucas D-IlD made pub.
lie letter from Glass, who is
now ill in which the Virginian
endorsed the administration fed.
eral war ballot plan. The plan
was killed by the Senate. which
substituted ''state's rights" bill
presented by three southern Demo.
Gratis. The substitute charges
states with the responsibility for
getting in the armed service votes.
Opponents Of the administration
plan for government supervision
of overseas votes attacked it as
an unconstitutional invasion of
states rights to set their own
voting qualifications.
Il have been and still am in
favor of giving our armed forces.
away from home in the federal
service, the right to vote in fed
eral elections for federal officers.
under federal authority and re-
Continued ON Page Is. Col 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
COP MAY PLEDGE
RIGHTS OF STATES
Clarence KeIland Is Named
Chairman OF The Reso-
lutions Committee

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. IL
CP-Western Republican leaders
we're told today that the party
platform for 1914 must contain
a pledge that states rights will
be recognized by the federal gov
eminent and that Individual initia-
tive and competitive enterprise
will be ''restored.'
Clarence Burlington Kelland,
Arizona national committeeman,
was named chairman of the reso-
lutions committee which was in
structed to prepare an express
sion representing the stand of the
II western states on contests of
the 1914 Republican platform.
Serving with him was one dele
gate from each of the 10 other
states.
Adoption of resolutions was the
concluding business for the two
day conference ending tonight.
Revision of ''the present repres-
sive tax program so as ''to per-
NIT enterprise to accumulate
postwar reserves" was proposed
as a conference expression by
Fred Baker of Seattle, Washing.
ton national committeeman.
The Republican party, saio
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
WEATHER

FORECAST
NORTH CAROLINA: Fair and moi
quite SO cold Sunday and Sunday night;
Monday fair and warmer.
,astern Standard Time)
(By U S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 80 p. M, yesterday.
Temperature
30 am, 50, 1870 am, 46, 80 pm. 50,
1880 pm, A.
Maximum So, Minimum "A, Mean Sc,
Norma so
Humidity
.3o am. 8. 1880 am So, l 80 pm, "a,
7:3U pm, 81.
Precipitation
Tota, fer the "a hours ending 7:3o pm,
900 inches. ,.,,
Total since the first of the month,
&c inches.
Tides For Today
+. fExo,,, tbo Tide Tables published by
Il Coast and Geodetic Survey
W D High Low
1O:16a a :48s
Wilmington 1O:33p :26r
1,,1e+ TIA 12:57s
NaSohooi' A''s 7:36p 1874
Sunrise. :O8 am, Sunset o;o4 pm
Nr1,onr;se. IL pm, Moonset' 1:4o am
o,ont;nued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
u. s. Menaces
|Naziis Holding
: sadToRonne
nth Army Increases Threat
: By Taking Another I'm
portant Height
ITALIANS FIGHTING
Eighth Army Establishes
Second Bridgehead
Over The Moro River

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
eiers, Dec. II. --R-The American
fifth army has increased its threat
to the Germans blocking the road
to Rome in the upper Garigliano
valley by a mile thrust that cap
tured an important height, and
the British eighth army in fight
ing as bitter as any in the Italian
campaign, has taken San Leonardo
cn the north bank of the Moro riv-
er, allied headquarters announced
today.
One section of 1t. Gen. Mark
W. Clark's fifth army was batter
ing its way toward Casino from
the east. Others of his troops were
fighting their way toward CASH
no from the south These units ran
INTO a roaring battle for San Pietro,
fortified village southeast of Cas-
sino.
Italians Fighting
For the first time, Italian troops
we're in the fray as organized I'M
its. They advanced into the hills
ncrth of Migano on the fifth army
front, but were hurled back by a
counterattack OF units of the Her.
mann Goering armored division
and lost ground.
(These Italian troops went into
action Dec. 6, and not Nov. 6,
as incorrectly reported yesterday
due to an error IN radio TRANSMITS
s1on.)
In addition to putting army units
in the line to back up Marshal
Fietro Badoglic's promise that
Italians would nelp drive the Ger
Esans from their native soil. the
Eadoglio government moved to
give bands of fighting italian pa
triots in German-held territory
protection under international law.
Il ordered these men to wear dis
tinctive insignia, thus making
them in effect a part of Italian
| fighting forces.
Second Bridgehead
DetalllnS bltlef 1lShtlng on the
eighth army's sector of the front,
the allied comrnunique said "a
second bridgehead has been es-
tablished over the Moro river de-
spite considerable opposition"
Allied headquarters previously
had reported two crossings of the
Moro, but it was explained today
| that these were both made at the
same bridgehead,- near the coast.
The second bridge reported estab-
llshed today is farther inland.
From London Canadian press
var correspondent Ross Munro,
writing on the basis of Canadian
Continued OH Page 16; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
Influenza Nears Plague
Proportions In England

LONDON, Dec II. R-The
worst epidemic of world war II
threatened Britain today as the
influenza death roll was disclosed
to have jumped to 709 N 1876 ma
;o1 towns of England and Wales
fer the week ending Dec. 4 and
tens of thousands were sent to
ced by the disease, approaching
plague proportions aIarmingly
early in the winter.
This outbreak was far from the
scope and virulence of the terrible
EPIDEMIC of 1913 which killed 112..
500 in England and Wales, but it
threatens to eclipse that of 1910.
previously the worst year of this
war, when influenza caused about
1850 deaths in the additionally
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
TO CUT PRODUCTION
Newport News Spokesman
Says Order Expected To
Affect Yard Here
BY STERLING F. GREEN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11-CP)-A
cutback in cargo ship production
for 1914 appeared in store to-
night as the Maritime commits
sion ordered all shipyards to close
down every Sunday starting Jan
uary l.
A commission spokesman, con
firrning the shutdown order, sale
the Sunday holidays were intend
ed mainly to give a regular day
of rest to shipyard workers who
have put in millions of overtime
hours in achieving the present
five-ships-a-day production rate.
However, since most major
yards now are working on a sew
en-day. 24-hour schedule, it was
evident that voorhees, Sundays
would cut next years production
we'll below the present rate Of
20. OO0,0O0 lightweight tons a
year.
situation EASIER
This was tactily acknowledged
in the spokesman assertion that
ship situation is a lot easier.
thereby making the Sunday holl'
day possible.
However, high commission oftl
Gals were not Immediately avail
able for comment on whether
the order meant an actual de
cline in tonnage or whether the
commission intended to make ul
the loss by other means.
The action also would cut doWr
considerably the governments IL
nancial outlay for cargo ships
for Sunday work is paid at over
time rates under zone wage sta
bilization agreements.
The 1914 goal was originally
fixed in August at more thar
20, 900, 900 lightweight tons, com
pared with this years schedule
of $4,000 tons, and the large.
figure was approved by the JOIN
chiefs of staff.
! Cutbacks Predicted
Some officials predicted at thu
time, however, that so large
1914 program-itself equal to thu
entire U. S. merchant marine OF
Jan. /. 1941-would not be neces
sary from the military standpoint
and that cutbacks would, occu
early next year.
If Sunday is as productive
working day as the weeks othel
six. the action would mean
drop of more than 2,5OO.0O ton
CONTINUED on Page Nine; Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
Australians Widen Grip
On Japs' Huon Peninsula
Allied Leaders Draft
New World Structure

CAIRO, Dec. IL. - (P) -
President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Churchill and Prem
Ter Stain in their great war;
and-peace conferences in the
middle east drafted rough
plan for a new world structure
different from any previously
atttempted-a structure having
room inside it for various
fraternal associations of ma
tions-it is believed here.
1t appears, however that
the ''big three" did not even
attempt to tackle the multiple
and detailed problems involv-
ed in creating a world family,
and that the three probably
will meet again during 1914.
1t is thought here, for in
stance, that although the three
leaders at Tcheran touched on
such questions as the new map
Of Europe, they did not try
try to draw the boundary lines,
lea wing these questions for the
future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
US. Shipyards Ordered
To Close Every Sunday
Wisconsin Democrats
Endorse F.D.R. Again

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 11-(R-
The Wisconsin State Democra-
tic convention endorsed Presi.
dent Roosevelt today for a
fourth term.
Voting by acclamation, the
convention adopted unanimous
ly a resolution which stated
that national and interna tional
events, coupled With this world
war has placed his president
ROosevelt's) name far in adj
vance of any other in America
as the leader TO bring victory
to our nation and permanent
peace to the world
The convention endorsed a
slate of delegates to the ma
tiOnal democratic convention
pledged to Roosevelt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-R(-
Selective service headquarters to-
day ordered draft boards to delay
the calling of pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers as long as possible, and
set out on quest for more young
srgle men and perhaps, ATS, to
serve in the nations armed forces.
1t. Col. Francis V. Keesling,
Eaison officer of the selective SER
vice system, tolc reporters a plan
was under discussion which no
draft registrant under % years of
ase would re granted deferment
because of his job = except in
cases where the law makes such
ceferments mandatory.
This would sharply cut the num-
ter OF young men deferred for oc-
! cupatlonal reasons, because the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12

most dangerous months of Janu-
cry, February and March.
+ In that winter the comparable
week of December saw only %
deaths, and the worst week - at
TIE end Of February, brought only
629.
The latest total of 7O9 deaths for
the week ending Dec. 4 was a
jump of nearly loG per cent from
the previous weeks 375, and il
was the highest for any seven-day
period since the first week of
February, when 976 died.
The increase in the deaths
from influenza is unusually great
Tor this time of year, and the epi-
demic still is affecting most parts
Continued on Page Nine; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
Three Balkan
StatesWarned
1oLeaveAxiis
Hulls Tells Bulgaria, Hun
gary And Rumania They
Must Share Defeat
FLAYs GOVERNMENT
Statement Issued Day Al
Tor Waves OF Allied
Bombers Strike Sofia

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL iR -
r1o limited States, in a move to
,Dlt Hifler's Balkan satellites away
trom the Axis. tonight solemly
warned the governments of Bull
osria Hungary and Rumania that
45oy must share the consequences
Il mo terrible defeat that United
Nations arms are so surely bring
mo tbe Nazi Germany.
The somber warning came from
Secretary of State Ccrdell Hull on
tba second anniversary of a declar-
,tion Of war against the United
States by The three governments.
If implied an appeal to the peoples
of 4be three nations to overthrow
-be puppets Of Hitter" and take
their governments into their own
hands
Attacks Governments
Regardless of tire sentiments Of
their peoples" HUI said, 1.-The
governments in rover in these
three countries have recklessly
continued their participation in
the war against Us >
They must by this time realize
that they Will have to share the re-
sponsibilty' for aiding the Nazis,
he said.
The strong statement was is
sued Just one DAY after waves of
Allied oombers struck heavy air
blow at Sofia, capital of Bulgaria.
Il came, too, at a time when there
are haunting indications that the
up.IaA bulgarian and Hungarian
ornaments faced showdown
With their own masses.
Following is the text OF the secre-
tary Of states announcement:
1t is just two years since the
governments Of Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Rumania having already
become servile puppets of Hitler,
obedient to the orders of their mas
Ter, declared war against the Unit
ed States.
TO what degree they have been
counting on our magnanimity to
spare thelr peoples the consequences
OF this rash step foredoomed to
disaster We do not know.
The fact is that whatever may
Continued on Page Nine; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
WALLACE ATTACKS
DRUG MON0P0LIES
Vice President Says Com
ing Peace Must Smash
International Combines

CHAPEL HILL. Dec. it,
Vice President Wallace declared
tonight that the coming peace
must smash for all time inter
national 'monopolies' on vital
medicines and other elements ne
cessary to fight disease.
THE power to condemn mil
lions of people to suffering be-
cause they Cannot buy health at
monopoly prices must be ellml-
nated,' he said in speech pre-
pared for delivery to the Carolina
Political Union at the University
of North Carolina.
The vice president said Amer
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
u s. ALRlNEN DOWN 1873 NAX
PLANES IN RAID ON EMDEM;
REDS HALT PUSH NEAR KEW
i. S. Pushes Timetable
Raids On Marshall Isles

engincd bombers, compared
with only ten Oh the previous
day, indicating Japanese re-
Inducements have been coming
in to meet the threat of an
amphibious invasion.
Four of the Zeros were def
nitely shot down. Three more
were probably destroyed, Adj
miral Nimitz reported, and an
Mother WIS damaged.
Against this, all of the U. S.
Army planes returned to their
equatorial: base despite the
Japanese fighters attempt to
bring them down, with aerial
bombs, nachineguns and cam
non. All six aerial bombs the
Continued on Page Three; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12

PEARL HARBOR. Dec. IL
R-United States bombers re-
sumed today their timetable
blasting of the stategically
situated Marshall islands.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
announced 18th air force Liberia
tors shot down four and posi-
bly, seven Japanese Zeros
Thursday in their third raid
in two days in Mill atoll.
The raiders apparently re-
turned to a daily schedule We'd
nesday. when Mill and Jaluit
atolls, KEY Nipponese outposts,
were twice bombed,
In the latest attack the Lii
berators dropped Is tons of
bombs. Twenty enemy inter-
ceptors rose 10 meet the four
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
Draft Boards Will Seek
More Young, Single Men

law calls for mandatory deferment
tcs' only limited cases, such as
ciergynlen, 1rrellaceable farmers,
elected officials and medical stu
dents.
Chairman Nav D-Ky) of the
house military committee said Sc
lertive service director Lewis B.
Hershey testified at closed SEES
sion today that the idea of lower
ing physical standards to take in
some ATS dmen below par phys
ically) would be explored fully.
This quest for unmarried men
develops from the enactment OF
the law directing the determent OF
fathers as far IS possible. Early
in the day May quoted Major Gen
Continued on Page Nine; Col. a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12

without a single casualty. Most
of the crews of the Sunderland
coastal patrol plane and Liberia
tor bomber were rescued.
1t was the third time within re
cent weeks that German U-boats
have tried costly mob raids on
trans-Atl antic conveys, one an
nounced on Dec. 5 costing them
six submarines.
In the most recent engagement
Iceland-Dased Liberators Joined
with coastal command bombers
and between them sank three u
boats and damaged at least three
others.
Filters said the submarines were
large and powerfully armed, rails
| Continued on Page Nine; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-12
Allied Planes, Warships
Destroy Five Nazi Subs

Any,, LYNDON, Dec. II -lRE- In
b. tolos 48-hour day and night
jsb ' ne m the north Atlantic, Brit
sb 81; a"o American planes and war;
"a 20'P p beat off a pack of at least
fi,a GERMAN U-boats recently. sank
bro and damaged three and
thrn%5 II TWO valuable conveys
1 Ts virtually without loss.
vi1dI submarines fought back
s stGly with their newly-installed
two @ nI,! guns, forcing down
roi v Alled planes, but joint ad-
said "l .s ministry communique
M M more than SO per cent of
g. Total number of escorted
4. ) reached the harbor in safe
ss o1ItSh destroyers and corvettes
>'S0f'llg the conveys escaped