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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
Community, War Chest
Season Now In The Bud

to extend sympathy and practical
aid of Americans around the world
TO fighters, merchant seamen,
prisoners of war and victims OF
aggression in IA Allied countries
through UsO, Unite d Seamen's
Service, War Prisoners Aid, Bel
gian War Relief Society, British
War Relief Society, French Relief
Fund IN Friends Of Luxembourg s1rg
creek War Relief Association, Nor
wegian Relief, Polish War Relief,
Queen Wilhelmina Fund Russian
War Relief, United emma 1i4ai
United Czechoslovak Rehei' onl po
Yugoslav Relief Fund; R e'9s e,eitt ts
lief Trustees, the U. S. Commltsee
for the Care of European Chilofe''
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
50 TOWNS TAKEN
Thanking Movement Reach
es Toward Krivoi Rog,
Big Rail Center
THRUST BELOW KEW
Berlin Announces Power
full Red Thrusts
With Tanks

LONDON, Oct. 22.-(P)-
Russian forces tightened their
wise on the German armies
cornered in the Dnieper bend
today with the capture of a
west bank town only "a miles
from Dnepropetrovsk and to
the north suddenly thrust out
from their bridgehead below
Kiev in new thanking drive,
Moscow said tonight.
50 Towns Taken
Over so towns and hanlets in
the Dnieper bend area fell to the
advancing Soviet troops, who made
gains of from four to six miles.
BY the capture of Verkhnedne-
provsk, they pushed the Germans
back toward the river city where
other Soviet forces already were
waiting on the east bank.
To the west another thanking arm
of this drive, reaching out toward
the railway junction and iron cen
ter of Krivoi Rog was reported
by Reuters to be only 10 miles
from its objective. The Germans
were reported hastily improvising
defenses as they lost all semblance
of line in this area.
North Of Melitopol the Soviet
forces attacked in waves, and in.
side the city's battle-wrecked and
flaming streets Red army fighters
advanced to the last defended
northern districts. Heavy losses
were inflicted on German man.
power and material. said the Mos.
COW communique recorded by the
Soviet monitor.
The new Soviet thrust b e l o W
Kiev was launched from the Per.
eyaslav area, mentioned in h e
communique tonight for the first
time in many days. The Russians
improved their positions at their
bridgehead here after heavy fight
ing, the bulletin said.
A breakthrough in this are
might send an army south to en-
close even more Germans than
are caught in the river bend. or
westward to the Bug river, which
may be the next German line Of
defense.
Earlier, Berlin had announced
powerful Russian attacks in this
area, where they said the Soviets
were employing massed tank for
nations.
A bowling southerly wind - SC
strong at times that fighters could
hardly stand upright-added to the
din of cannon and machinegun in
the battle for Melitopol, southeast
of the Dnieper bend, Moscow re.
ports said.
A dispatch to the Moscow news
paper Izvestia said IN ruined
city, where once $4,000 cop c
lived, is ablaze and the beautiful
orchard country on its outskirts
ruined by battle.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23

An estimated staff of 1900 vol
unteer workers in Wilmington and
New Hanover county, along with
million and half other Amerl-
cans will begin the campaign Tor
the first united appeal to be made
by the National War Fund and
local Community and War Chests.
During October and November
these volunteers will participate IN
more than 5000 campaigns
throughout the nation. President
Roosevelt officially opened the fail
campaign with a short talk to the
nation October S over the COM
bined radio network facilities. The
Wilmington and New Hanover
campaign will begin November 3.
A goal of $125, 900. 900 has been
set for the work of the National
War Fund agencies whose aim is
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
PLACED TO M0VEUP
German Dispatch Declares
Attack On Rome Is
Now Imminent
AID YUCOSLAVIANS
Dalmatia And Serbian Rail
Centers Are Smashed
| By Air Fleet
AID YUCOSLAVIANS

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Algers, Oct. 22.-@
Beating off enemy counter
attacks at two points, Ameri-
can troops of 1t. Gen. Mark
W. Clark's Fifth Army have
captured the strategic in
land Italian towns of Alife
and Piedimonte d'Alife to ha-
rass German efforts to install
themselves in new mountain
defensive positions north of
the Volturno river, Allied
headquarters announced to-
day.
In F0rmable Position
Seizure of the two towns in ad-
vances north and northeast from
Dragoni, captu4 ID two days pre-
viously, placed the Americans in
position to continue their thrust
along both banks of the upper Vol.
turno toward Venafro, 10 airline
miles away, where the Nazis have
sunk the inland anchor of their
new defense Line.
Both at Alife and at Cancello.
where British troops hold posi-
tons eight miles inland from the
mouth of the Volturno, the Ger
mans struck back with everything
in their arsenal in an effort to
relieve the Allied pressure, but
In each instance Clark's alert
forces met them with whitening
fire that threw the Nazis back and
Uttered the field with bodies.
Berlin dispatches to the Spanish
press relayed German reports
that an Allied thrust against Rome
both from the air and from the
sea, was imminent. Spanish COR
respondents in Berlin said the
Germans had reported that heavy
Allied naval concentrations were
maneuvering off Ostia at the mouth
Of the Tiber and that Allied para
chute troops were standing alert at
many air fie1ds.)
The great Allied air fleet ex-
tented its manifold activities as
it undertook to givB aerial support
to Yugoslav ground troops fight
ing the Germans along the Dali
matian coast. In the initial en-
gagement of this new Balkan op-
Grafton, American Warhawks fight
ers shot down an entire flight Of
six Junkers-87 Stukas that had been
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JURIES HOLD TWO
in DEATH CASES
Third Person Figuring In
Fatal Crashes Is
Exonerated

WH1TEVILLE, Oct. %. - At a
three-way inquest into three fatal
accidents, which occurred in Col
umbus county within a few hours
last Sunday coroner's juries con
vening Thursday ordered two drl
vers of the machines held fol
grand jury action, and released
third.
Coroner Hugh Nance Of Cerrt
Gordo, presided at ALL three In
quests.
McCroy Frink, a Negro of Halls
boro, was placed under bond II
connection with the death OF 8
year-old Jane Dew, daughter O.
Mrs. Cathlees Dew, near Halls
horo. The jury found that Frinl
was driving his car in careles!
and reckless manner on a dir
road three miles south of Halls
boro. He allegedly sWerved to thu
left and struck the child as she sa
en- a ditch bank off the highway
Two other children with her a
the time were also hurt.
A jury also held Frank Brown
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
Thanks To Expended Shell
Castings Copper Pennies
Coming Home From War
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-(R

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-(R
The copper penny is coming
back from the war.
Mint director Nellie TaylOe
Ross announced today that be-
ginning Jan. I. production OF
the old copper-hued one-cent
pieces will be resumed through
the use of expended small-cali-
bre shell castings.
No effort will be made, how
ever, to recall the much-crit-
icized dime-like steel pennies
that have been pouring from
the minis since early in the
year. With more than a half
billion already in circulation,
they will continue to be mint
ed right up to Dec. 81 in order
to meet an unprecedented PEN
ny demand. After that date, no
more of this type will be made.
A small portion of virgin
copper will be added to melt
ed down shell castings as re-
trieved from proving grounds
and rifle ranges throughout the
country to mint the old-type
coin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23

WASHINGTON, Oct. o. Up -
The administration pla n to in
crease individual income taxes by
$500, 100000 was fatty rejected
by the House Ways and Means
committee today as it decided to
streamline part of the tax struc-
ture without altering materially
the total ''take" from personal in
comes.
Under the plan the present S
per cent victory tax w GU d be
abolished but the revenue would
be made up in other ways, such
as increasing the normal tax rate
on individuals from 6 to 10 per
cent, and disallowing the 10 per
cent earned income credit.
Whereas the Treasury had pro-
posed lifting the victory tax in
such way that the tax burden
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
NAURADERS HIT
BASE NEAR PARIS
Find Target As Fresh Evi.
dence OF Faster
Cycle

LONDON, Oct. 22.-(P)-Ameri-
can Marauder medium bombers
working with an escort of Raj
Spltfires wrecked Nazi airdrome
% miles west of Paris today to
maintain at a brisk pace a new
cycle Of round the-clock bombing
Of the continent.
The Americans sped to their tar
get, the airbase at Evreux-Fau-
VlAe, over approximately 5 miles
d Nazl territory and returned to
nelr British bases without en-
counterlng single enemy plane
ms performance, probably the
AEA time in the war that such q
sAeaole operation into an enemy
sI0Aghold had been allowed to &c
s.efy unhindered, attested to the
=. asNe'lon Of the German air force
Strength.
Inc raid came in the midst O
WI autumn fur of cross channel
S bs.ial warfare IN which the Allies
r ,,%Gt been landing solid punche.
ita a!ie The Germans have been linn
l'eo to light jabs.
SINE me Nazis made their seventh
DIV sN' nuisance raid on the Lon
NJ area tonight when a handful
81 so.,, planes set the sirens goins
,l, after olackout in the earlies
Ts aliA OF many months. Search
ir sa.s and guns went into actor
rr a.aeolately but a few raider,
H. 8asged to drop flares and bomb,
s a. one urban district and in on,
., enf + Typ p bombers with a,
tb 1sors Of Typhoon fighters dive e.
ove 0ug n. openings in the cloud,
dsv 1T. nnr5,c'q1ueville, France, late to
fsbts and they also encounte red NJ NJ
anti i'ef opposition, although u 1ig III
aircraft fire was reported LS''
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
Il SENl0RS GIVEN
TOP RECOGNITION
Student Body Vote Reveals
Ratings Enjoyed By
Favored Group
VOL. 76.-N0. 239

fourteen seniors Of New Han
ray High school we're chosen as
,r.st9nIine in their respective
,s1ties after recent student
v'-e. Billy McIlwain was the only
s~aent to receive two positions.
9vah Thomason, student body
sident, and Billy Mcllwain. ath'
Is+e are the best all-around Sc
rors while Mary Emma Humph'
rev. four-year scholastic leader
sno Pat Preston, highest cadet Of
fjcer in ROTC, were voted the
most intellectual. Both Pat and
Mary Emma are members OF the
National Honor society.
Lucy Sheffield, co-head cheer
leader. and Billy Mc1lwain, sports
editor Of the wildcat" as well as
outstanding athlete, were acclaim,
ed as keeping the school spirit
high. The school tries to make
athletics outstanding IN the rec
reational program of the students
and seniors who have forwarded
this are Billy Aud, captain OF
ROTC and athlete. Dicky Watts,
lieutenant of ROTC and athlete,
and Louise Davis, also an athlete.
Any school needs wit and hui
NOR and those who seem the hap
piest are Cleo Patruris, legisla-
ture member and journalist, and
David Gaylor, ROTC member and
dramatic club leader. W h e n it
comes to looks Jay Carter and
Lottie Farrar took the votes. The
ability to wear clothes well seems
10 be with Jimmy Snow, athlete,
and Laura Roe, battalion sponsor
and journalist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
HEAR YE!

Secretary Morganthau and
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower will
be heard direct from North At
RIGA over the CHS network
Saturday at 6:00-6:15 p. M, ac-
cording to word received Fri
day by Mrs. Bereniece Stell-
ings, local chairman Of wO-
mems war finance committee,
from Allison James, associate
manager of the war finance
committee with headquarters
in Greensboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
CLARK BEATS OFF ENEMY'S
7HRUSTS; RUSSIANS TIGHTEN
THEIR GRIP ON DNLEPER BEND
Wildcat Mine Strikes
Spread; 4 Rail Groups
Reject 4-Cent Raise

Pennsylvania, Illinois and
Ohio, and 1900 additional walk
ed out in Kentucky. The total
of idle included Alabama, TO-
600; Indiana, 5000; Kentucky,
1900; Ohio, 1850; Pennsylvan-
Ia, l,2OO; Illinois, I,4OO, ana
Arkansas, 400.
The current series of walk
outs began in Alabama Oct. IL,
and the War Labor Board has
formerly ordered the miners
there to go back to work. AT
the request of the WLB, John
L. Lewis, mine workers presi-
dent, also asked return to
the job.
Yesterday, the WLB order
ed officials of the United Mine
Workers to appear before 1t
today and explain why the min
ers are still out.
Local quarrels figured in
some of the Kentucky work
stoppages but most of the
(Cnntinuod m pauo Txun. Col
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
srators Drop 221 Tons
On Enemy's Jungle
Defense Line
JAPANESE FACE TRAP
Usually Such Operations
Precede Land Attack,
As At Lac
ALLIED HEADQuAR

A L l. | E D HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN THE SOUTH
WEST PACIFIC, Saturday.,
Oct. 23.-{P)-Many Japan
ese soldiers were killed and
their jungle defense level
led Thursday by a record
weight of 221 tons of bombs
dropped by Liberators as
saulting the ivperiled posi-
tions northwest of F'inschha-
fen, New Guinea, from which
the enemy is making frantic
efforts to escape entrapment.
In Dire Peril
This fiery aerial assault was di-
rected at the Sattelberg mission
area where the japanese in con-
siderable force are attempting to
avoid the peril presented by Aus
tralian forces on two sides. The
re sultant explosions and fires vir-
tlally levelled the enemy occupied
area.
Reinforcements which the Japa-
nese painstakingly had m o v e d
from the north through the jungles
were hit heavily by the Thursday
raid, made in daylight by con-
siderable force of liberators.
Even SO, the growing battle was
expected to assume still larger
proportions in triangular sector,
five miles in length, chosen by the
Japanese for the operation
The bomb weight, particularly
large when the almost pinpoint
target is considered. was the heav-
lest ever unloaded in single days
attack on New Guinea, although
it was exceeded by the $50 tons
dropped on the much larger target
of Rabaul, New Britain, Oct. IL.
(In the past such pulverizing air
assaults by General Macarthur on
New Guinea jungle defenses of the
Japanese have preceded land ep-
erations of moment. AS an in
stance, Japanese headquarters
were demolished by a concentrate
ed air attack on Lac shortly be-
fore Mac Arthur began the pincers
drive which won him that r
base).
Any japanese reinforcements for
their imperiled Sattelberg force
from the north would inevitably
have to come either from or by
way of Madang, itself presently
threatened by an Australian force
moving up the Ramu valley to the
northwest of the Finschhafen
ground scene.
No mention was made of any
additional progress by the Sattel-
berg japanese in their efforts to
cut their way from the jungle in
terror through elements of tn e
Australian ninth division.
Allied planes, in addition to Civ
ing air support to the operations
north of Finschhafen, also attacked
the enemy ahead of the Aussies
in the Ramu valley. These planes
attacked Bogadjim, the main de-
tense outpost of Madang.
Beauforts have damaged a light
Japanese cruiser off Kavieng, New
Ireland. today's communique an
nounced.
In the latest of constant air op'
erations over Japan's last main
base of Bougainville in the Solo
mons, six more enemy planes have
been shot down and five destroyed
on the ground.
For the second straight day, the
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JAMS FROZEN

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-tR
The Office of Price Admins
tration (OPA) today ordered .
freeze on the retail sales Of
jams, jellies, preserves and
fruit spreads at midnight to-
night eastern war time), pre-
liminary to the start of ra-
tioning Oct. 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-23
WEATHER

FORECASTS:
NORTH CAROLINA AND SUTH CA
ROLINA: Slightly cooler east portion,
little change in temperature west por-
ton Saturday and Saturday evening.
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TIDES FOR TODAY

es Eastern Standard)
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Pacific Front

Faced with certain elimination, jap
anese troops inland from Finschhafen
on New Guinea attempted all week to
hight their way through Australian lines
to the coast where they hoped to Join
with other Jap units and make their
escape, either up the coast or by sea.
For several days, they made some prog
ress although the gains were declared
to be only those of few forward patrols
which had managed to force their way
into the Australian lines.
The movement was brought to an
abrupt halt with the raid which Gen.
MacArthur's headquarters announced
yesterday morning
Most of the action of the week was in
the air with additional successes for
our aircraft
Striking at TaraWa, $500 miles south
west OF Hawaii and most important Jap
base in the Gilberts, a small force of
Liberators dropped their bombs and re-
turned unchanged to their hopping off
point. They encountered heavy anti
aircraft fire, but no air opposition.
The Japs claiming some successes of
their own, declared that they had sunk
four American transports and damaged
fifth in the harbor of Buna on New
Guinea and that they had raided Amer
ican installations at Espiritu Santo, in
the New Hebrides. 1t was stated that
IA American fighters were shot down at
Buna. There is no American conflrma-
ton Of these Jap claims or even admis-
sion that the points were attacked.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Balkan Front

The fighting in Yugoslavia is becoming
increasingly menacing to the Germans
who now find they must face the patriots
on at least three fronts. one of which
has extended across the Hungarian
border. So serious is the situation, Hitler
has called some of his Balkan associates
into conference.
The Yugoslavs have received vital as
sistance from Allied aircraft which have
flown deep into the country to smash
German communication lines and to
break up Nazi efforts to straf the patriots
who have no planes of their own to
throw into the battle.
In fact, from the Greek Islands to the
Adriatic, Allied aircraft were busy. Mon
day they blasted the railroad yards at
Skoplje which is the main line over
which German supplies must pass to
reach Salonika and other Greek centers.
The yards were badly mauled in the
attack.
Gen. Mihailovich's guerrillas are carry
ing on a fierce campaign in Serbia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the Par
tisans are engaged in their own CAM
paigns in the north and along the upper
Adriatic coast. However, during the
week, there were evidences that the two
forces, widely divided politically, are ap-
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Italian Front

Bitter fighting ragged all week on the
Italian front, but the American 5th and
British 9Th Armies moved steadily for
ward, battling against a vicious rear
guard action by the Nazis which held
them to small gains each day.
The most important advance came on
Thursday when the 5th broke up an
enemy effort to establish defense line
IN the mountains around the Alife area
Allie, road Junction was captured
after rapid 10-mile advance by the
Americans, who pursued the retreating
Germans too rapidly to permit them to
set up defenses.
Units of Clark's Army which had
crossed the Volturno and occupied the
towns of Cancello, Ruviano and Ner-
rome began Monday to push westward to
gain access to the Apennine backbone
leading toward Rome. The British CAP
tured Cancello, which is 5 miles inland
and north of Volturno the units max
ing the capture being part of the am
phlblous force which landed above the
mouth of the river and by the threat of
a fanking drive forced the enemy to
withdraw from the north bank.
British Of the 9Th Army, moving in
land from Termoli on the Adriatic Coast
had reached Montecilfone, where bitter
street fighting started on Sunday,
BY Tuesday it became evident that
the Americans had Won the battle for
the Volturno and even more important
that the Tlerno tributary of the VOL
turno extending back into the noun
tains, also was likely to fall into Allied
hands, crossing having been effected
1t was stressed that any action driving
the Germans back out of mountain POSI-
tlons is highly important because de-
tense of the coastal regions is next to
impossible for the Nazis Montgomery's
troops, in the meantime, after losing
their toehold in Montecilfone, came
right back to capture the town ard con-
tlnue their westward movement
The Germans, forced to give ground
on Wednesday, began to apply the torch,
and when the Americans moved into
Dragoni, Alvignano and Pignataro they
found nothing much but smoking ruins.
The German defense line by this time
stretched from the mountain town of
Venafro to Mondragone on the coast
putting them back at one point within
SO miles of Rome which, based on the
present speed of Allied advance, is still
long way off.
All week long planes of the North
African campaign kept up a harassing
attack on the German positions and
little fighter opposition was encountered.
At the end of the week the Americans
were in position to flank the Nazis and
then move forward along the Forth
bank of the Voturno from the noun
tains to the coastal plane.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
European Front

German efforts to move important war
industries out Of the blasted Ruhr VAL
ley apparently is not to deter the Allies
in their campaign to render Hitler's
armies impotent by eliminating their
sources of supply.
A huge flock of British night bombers
sWarmed across the Channel and deep
into Germany Wednesday night to blast
Leipzig in the second line of industrial
defense to which many former Ruhr
industries have been withdrawn.
Leipzig, which is rated as Germany's
sixth industrial city, had not previously
been bombed since November, 1910, and
apparently felt reasonably secure. The
raldlng Lancasters. of which II were
lost, smashed heavily at chemical air.
plane, machinery, textile, munitions
and rubber factories with highly salts
factory results.
Mosquito bomberS started the weeks
fireworks with raids on Berlin Sunday
night during which no plane was lost
Other targets in Western Germany we're
nlt at the same time. At least 10 loco
motives were hit and damaged during
the raids. Reconnaissance planes re-
ported that the Schweinfurt ball and
roller bearing plants which were smashed
by American bombers in a daylight
assault costing so planes are completely
inactive. Brig. Gen. Anderson, 9Th Air
Force Bomber Command chief. declared
that it will require two years to put the
factory back into full production and
that even Is per cent restoration will
take long time. The factories pro-
duced half of all the vital ball and roller
bearings manufactured for Germanvs
use
Monday night Berlin and Hanover
were raided and various points in West
ern Germany were struck in minor raids
Wednesday,
Along with the Leipzig raid on Thurs
day, American planes with heavy fighter
escort blasted airfelds in Holland and
the light metal plant at Dueren,
Friday, continuing round-the-clock
assaults. American and British planes
hit at German airfelds in France. fol-
lowing the pattern long ago developed
IN which vital German installations are
destroyed and then left alone until close
to restoration after which they are
bombed anew.
Many minor raids occurred on London
and other English towns during the
week