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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-19
Surprised laps
Wait 10 Minutes
ToGet Into Air

HICKAM FIELD, Hawaii. May
-te TfNSr- Seventh L. = air force
headquarters today disclosed that
ncW-tlpc bloCk-huSter bombs were
among The To tons of high cX-
ploSiNcS hurled down on Jap-helo
Wake Island Saturday by Ameri-
can Liberator bomberS.
Col Clarence F. Hegy. sc, oi
Hartford Wis, who led the raid
said both old and new-type Zero
planes were encountered over tho
target. The new m o d ! : were
equipped with cannon, firing eX.
iplosive bullets. The old-type ZeroS
apparently were manned by young.
SterS. he said, and the new type
by veterans.
Hecy. whose wife and five-ycar.
old son, reside AZ Nj. Clemens
Mich, said II took the JapS lC
minutes 10 get the ZerOS of the
ground 10 attack the raiders. Al
though several Of the American
.hOmbcrS were hlt by their fire.
there were no Yank personnel
losses and Jap anti-aircraft fire
was wild, he added.
TWO ZEROS DOwNED
Two out Of % Zeros were shot
down and q third probably de-
stroyed. All the bombers returned
safely.
Poor visibility interfered with
accurate observation of the re-
suits. but the bombardiers were
confident they had wrought con-
siderable damage.
This was the fifth raid staged
by army bombers against Wake
since June y.
Brig. Gen. Truman II. Landon
bomber commander Of the seventh
air force. witnessed the raid.
Col. Hegy revealed that weather
was perfect until the bombers
reached a point 100 miles from
Wake, when they ran into clouds
1900 feet in depth. The giant
warbirds were directly over their
target before they realized it.
ZEROs DODGE IN CLOUDS
"We made four runs over the
target TO insure best results"
said Col. Hegy. 1.-THE Zeros
started coming up after the sec
ond run, individually and not In
formation, using the clouds for
protection and lodging In and
out.
Probably not more than
dozen Zeros attacked u.s."
THE navy department, in
Washington said about % Zeros
attacked all the ships in the
raiding formation)
Light, inaccurate fax came
up during our third run" Col.
Hegy said. II could see the Jap
guns blinking through holes In
the clouds"
He said the Japs were COM
pletely surprised by the raid, which
lasted ID minutes. Jap ZeroS were
in action only during the last five
minutes and then pursued the re-
turning raiders for another 10
minutes.
Flimflamming Our Foes With
the Newest Tricks of Camou-
fiage. The Army's Dazzle Diyi-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-19
Four Jap
Air Bases
Bombed

UNITED NATIONS HEAD
QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA.
May 10 GNS)-New air blows at
four important japanese airdromes
north of Australia and a third
Jap aerial assault in four days on
the Allied air base al Wau, New
Guinea. were reported today by
Allied headquarters.
Twenty-Five japanese planes
which bombed and strafed the Wau
airfield caused only slight damage
and no casualties.
Allied heavy bomberS flew
through bad weather in a pre-
dawn assault on the Japs' Yuma
kanau airdrome at Rabaul, New
Britain, where fires were set
Medium bombers in night at
tackS bombed and Strafed the Jap
flying field at GaSmata. New
Britain, and defensive installations
nearby. Other Allied bombers at
tackled enemy air bases at Cape
Gloucester. New Britain, and Lac,
New Guinea.
A check by Australian army and
navy authorities reduced by 81 the
number of casualties in the sink
ing by a Japanese submarine 81
the Australian hospital ship Cen
taur Friday off the eastern coast
of Australia.
First reports said there were 1868
aboard the mercy ship and 299
were lost. The revised figures are
1872 on board and 268 lost
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-19
Americans Down
III Ndzi Planes
Registered U. s. Patent onioO


LONDON. May ~ 1NS)-Brit-
ain-baScd American heavy bomb
erS were disclosed today 10 have
shot down III German fighters in
three days Of a titanic Allied air
offensive that has raIned 1880
tons of bombs on Europe and its
coastal friuges in week,
The American bag Of Nazi inter-
ceptors was scored last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday
Only 20 American heavy bomb
erS, presumably FLYING Fortresses,
were lost IN the engagements.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-19

"The main line railways-run-
ming four tracks wide for 100
miles--are electrically operated.
Toxic, with population of
1000, 900. would be in total dark
ness. The same situation applies
10 Osaka. r city OF 100000.
Consistent bombing ~ Jap
anese water power dams would
paralyze her military Industries. +"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-19
Order Coal Now,
u. s. Warning!

Harold L. Ickes, fuel co-ordinator
warns that coal rationing is likely
and that consumers should order
their 1914 supply now.
You don't need cash on the De
troft Coal eompanvis Nfiff@up plan
Pay no money until July. then
make six monthly payments. For
complete information call Town.
send S-Shnn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-19
Var Today
Attack on A+tu
May Smoke Out
japanese Fleet
BY JOSEPH \ BoRS
international News service Washington
Correspondent

WITH AMERICAN forces
winning the battle OF Attu. the
possibility arose today that the
latest United States offensive
would smoke out Japan s
Pacific fleet. which has been IN
virtual hiding for weeks.
Unless powerful units Of
Japan home fleet come 10 the
rescue. there is little hope Tor
l,s enemy 5 Attu garrison, which
.ss been pocketed by conyerEing
Solumns OF American troops.
Despite The apparent i'm
dlnence Of an American victory.
conservative navy men warned,
However. that final outcome of
The battle still depended on
Ackle North Pacific weather and
N the possibility that Japan
night send IN warShipS 10 chal-
Pnge American sea forces in
4hat area.
Such a move by the JapS
yhight preCipItate a great sea
cattle which could decide the
fate Of both Attu and KiSka. oc-
cupied by the enemy nearly a
year ago.
ALTHOUGH THE main
enemy positions in the Aleutians
are located on Kiska. the latter
island now is isolated by Ameri-
can forces on Attu. 200 miles
westward. Capture of Attu by
the United States would virtu-
ally seal the fate Of KiSka.
The navy's story Of the Attu
operations revealed brilliant
American strategy in the latest
United States offensive which
may be the prelude 10 even more
important sweeps against the
japanese.
Instead OF attacking strongly
entrenched Jap positions on
Kiska, L. s. forces outflanked II
by invading Attu. The move
caught the Japs by surprise.
The land operation also was
brilliantly executed by u. s.
army ground troops. One column
landed on Holtz Bay, on the
northeastern end of Attu and an
even larger force moved inland
from Massacre Bay on the
southeastern side.
japanese forces with machine
guns sought TO stave off the
drive from a high ridge that
separated the American columns
executing a pincers movement.
DESPITE ENEMY counterat-
tacks. Y. S. forces ousted the
Japs from the ridge. thus open
ing a way for an assault against
the main enemy defenses
around Holtz Bay and Chichagof
Harbor.
Capture Of Attn would give
American forces a partly COM
pleted plane landing strip which
could be used for defense from
sea attacks and offense against
Kiska. The Japs also have been
building an airfield on Kiska.
Another significant develop
ment in the Pacific war was the
fact that, while American sea
and ground forces were attack
ing Attu, long-range army bomb
ers swept into the mid-Pacific
20 hit the enemy-held L. s.
island of Wake.
During the same period,
American and United Nations
air1nen continued their aerial or
fensive against japanese posi-
tons in the Australian and
Solonons war zones,
Japan now must decide how
TO deploy its land, sea and air
forces against new American
thrusts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
FOCClA IS BLASTED
BY ALLIED BOMBERS

Continued from Page One)
already undermined by the day
assaults.
Italian and German fighters ap-
peared in strength for the first
time in several weeks to meet the
first wave of raiders, but SO of
the attackers were shot down be-
fore the combined fire power of
the Fortresses flying their tight
formations.
1t was shattering blow against
the Axis defense of southern Italy.
The city is one of Italy's four
largest rail functions and if the
German plan 10 reinforce the
italian toe they must maintain
Foggia's rail connections.
The appearance of large num-
Der of fighters sharply emphasiz-
ed the Importance Axis command
ers place on this strategic point
across the peninsula from Naples.
Fall OF volcanic Lipari and
Stromboli Tuesday put all seven
of the islands in Allied possession.
headquarters announced today,
winning absolute control of the sea
between Sicily and lower Italy and
improving positions for any jump
onto the mainland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
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Continued from Page One)
of the slowly advancing jungle
troops.
Japan's grip on Salamaua be-
gan to slip as far back as March
when the loss of an entire convoy
of % ships to Allied planes in the
Bismarck sea halted all enemy at
tempts to reinforce it by means
OF large ships.
The announced flight of the jap
anese from the Salamaua defens-
es constituted something new in
enemy operations. Usually, as at
the Munda airfield, they h e
manned their defenses to the death.
The third Wewak raid was made
after reconnaissance planes re-
ported the Japanese had reenforc-
.u the Boram airdrome, one of
four in the WeWak area.
The Liberators, with their Light
ming escort, struck shortly before
noon yesterday. Nineteen enemy
planes definitely were destroyed
in the air, six others probably
destroyed and three damaged.
Five other enemy planes were de-
stroyed on the ground.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
Japanese Jungle Troops
Retreating At Salamaua

In the Solomons area, today's
communique reported that patrol
ling United States naval units had
sunk one of two small enemy ships
sighted off Doveli, on the north
east coast of Vella Lavella island.
Doveli is the point where more
than 1000 Japanese troops perish
ed in the darkness of last Wednes-
day morning as American war
ships blew up the barges on which
they were being moved toward
Doveli bay. AS many as 300 Japa-
nese may have landed there. Vella
Lavella is in American hands, hav-
ing been occupied ia surprise in
vasion last Sunday.
Today's communique also men,
toned American air attacks on
barges in the area. One large
barge was sunk off Choiseul island
and a small carg oship was hit
and had to be beached in the
same general area.
Above Vella Lavella in the north
ern Solomons, American planes
attacked a small japanese ship
west of Buka, leaving it in a sink
ing condition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
ITALIAN KINGS
TALK IS TIMID
Continued from Page One)

future by withholding Pantelleria
and Sicily from Italian sovereignty.
King Vittorio Emanuele's proc
lamation was broadcast shortly
after the Rome radio accused the
Allies of bombing Italian cities in
discriminatory and declared that
no official reply had been received
by the Badoglio government to its
recent action in declaring Rome
an open city.
Gn Washington, Undersecretary
of State Sumner Welles indicated
nothing has been received from
the Italian government to show
any measures taken to make Rome
an open city. He told press con.
ference that it remains to be as
certained whether in fact, Rome
is an open city,
The Germans meanwhile were
trying to tighten their hold on all
of Europe.
The Paris radio, as heard by
the Associated Press, broadcast a
decree to the French people to
hand over all arms before August
"a under penalty of death.
Another Paris broadcast d
sabotage on French far rnsWas so
terrifying that special guards
had to be stationed near granaries
and corn fields. The broadcast at
tributed the sabotage to "a vast
terrorist organization with orders
to starve out the population.
Reports from Denmark also told
of sabotage and said IS Nazi SOL
diers had been killed by rioters
in the Funen island district. An
extraordinary meeting of Den
marks five political parties was
called.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
Coast Guardsmen Sink Engineers, 81
LATE RALLY PUTS
SAILORS IN LEAD
Tars Win Second Straight
Game Over Technicians
In Series

A single into left field by short
stop Devine scored centerfielder
Check with the winning run in
the last of the eighth, tot give the
Coast Guard to 4 win, their
second straight with the United
States Engineers in the series for
the last-half championship of the
Servicemen's league.
1t was a close battle all the
way with the Sailors taking
lead in the early innings, and
the Engineers evening the score
later, almost grabbing the sixth
and seventh innings.
Tex Lancaster was the winning
hurler, again, relieving Mastrull
in the fourth. Whitley Aud for
the Engineers hurled fine ball.
Harland, Check, and Lancaster
did the stick work for the Guards
men, and Sass was the big gun
for the losers.
The third game of the series
will be played Saturday at Hilton.
Running score:
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Engineers - 010 201 0O-4 2
Coast Guard - 2l0 010 01-5 9 |
w. Auld and Sass: Mastrull, Lam
caster, and DeCover.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
RUSSIANS DRIVE
INTO THE UKRAINE
Continued from Page Ore)

serves and counter-attacked, b u t
failed to regain the position and
the Soviets pressed on, Moscow
said.
Over 1000 Nazi soldiers were
killed in one days fighting in this
sector. The Russian a d v n
threatened to pierce a whole Sc
ries of German defense between
Bryansk and Smolensk, the cen
trail front anchor, and guns and
prisoners were taken. In air COM
bat q German planes were re-
ported shot down.
Soviet troops wrecked 124 Ger
man tanks and brought down lib
enemy planes in Thursdays fight
ing, it added.
Persistent and sustained Ger
man counterattacks on all fronts
were reported, while aloft the Red
air force pounded heavily at rear
bases of the Kharkov defenses.
Moscow said Soviet planes inflict-
ed large losses on troop concen-
trations and airdromes.
The German communique said
the Kharkov battle ragged with
unabated ferocity'' and that the
Russians also were attacking vlo-
lently near Izyum, 72 miles south
east of Kharkov, and on the Mus
river. in the Donets basin. The
destruction of 486 tanks and 81
planes yesterday was claimed:
A DNB broadcast from Berlin
asserted the Russians have lost
l $780, 1000 men, 1880 tanks n d
more than 500 cannon in their sum-
mer offensive called ''tlae greatest
battle of attrition of all times. >
The Soviet army newspaper Red
Star said that considerable dlf-
ficulties and enormous strain were
encountered by Russian troops ad-
vancing on Bryansk, the key to
White Russia which borders Po-
land"
German reserves in battalion
strength charged time and again,
trying to halt the Russians, but
Red Star said the advance contin-
ued slowly and carefully.
The focal points of the Kharkov
salient were said by Moscow to
be southeast and southwest Of the
Ukrainian city. To the southwest
where the Russians were $50 miles
deep in the Ukraine, they threat
ened the railway junction OF Pol
tava from a position Is miles
north.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
RENCHES DISTRIBUTED

The first of number oi
benches, primarily designed
for the comfort Of soldiers anu
other weekend visitors, were
Maced on the street in the bus
mess district Friday by city
workmen.
CITY Manager A. C. Nichols
said that the benches were
built ut the vocational shop OF
New Hanover high school. The
CITY furnished materials for
the benches, students did the
work and the benches were
then painted in the city paint
shop.
Future benches, he said,
would be of the st. Peters
burg, Fla, type-"the famous
green benches Of st. Peters
burg''-which the city mana
ger said would be more COM
fortab BILE than the present ones
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
S.. JOHN BRANCH
LAUNCHING TODAY
Shipyard Will Receive Mar
itime Merit Eagle Pen
nant at Ceremony

The North Carolina Snipbuild-
ing company will launch the last
of the 126th Liberty ships it has
built Saturday afternoon at
o'clock at ceremonies that will be
marked by the award of the Mari
time Merit Eagle pennant, the
Maritime commissions highest
honor. to the yard for continued
achievement in the production of
ships.
Presentation of the pennant will
be by Captain Edward Macauley,
member of the commission. II
will be accepted for the company
by Captain Roger Williams, pres
ident.
The ship, the S. S. John Branch,
will be christened by Miss Mary
Ann Milburn, daughter of Briga-
dier General and Mrs. Bryan L.
Milburn, of Camp Davis. Her at
tendants will be her mother and
Miss Barbara Martin, daughter Of
Col. Darwin D. Martin, of Camp
Davis. A number of high ranking
Army officers from the nearby
post, as well as representatives Of
the First British Composite Anti
aircraft battery, now visiting
there, will attend the ceremonies.
Principal speakers on the pro-
gram, which will get underway at
$50 o'clock, will be Captain Ma
cauley, General Milburn, who is
commandant of the Antiaircraft
Artillery school at Camp Davis,
and Lieut.. Col. Thomas c. Met
calf. commander of the British
battery.
The S. S. John Branch, named
for North Carolinian who served
as Secretary Of the Navy from
1920 to 1881. is expected to be de-
livered to the Maritime commits
sion within the next few days.
Meantime, the yard has started
work on contracts calling for 81
CO cargo carriers. The first keel
of this type vessel, which is larg-
er. faster and better than the
Liberty type. was laid on July ~.
Since that time six others have
been placed and the new pro-
gram is well underway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21

SEWELL TUMBLES
AS 0TTMEN GRAB
; DOUBLE OFFERING
Mel OFT Cracks Out Homer
With Ducky Medwick
On In Sixth

NEW YORK, Aug. 20. -(P)-
Truett (Rip) Sewell, the leading
pitcher of the major leagues, took
another tumble today as the Pitts
burgh Pirates dropped double
header to the ragged New York
Giants to and 7 to 4.
SeWell. who has achieved fame
and lS victories this season with
ibis freak parachute pitch,'' gave
up ten hits in the first game and
one Of them spelled his fifth de-
feat.
It was Mel Otis 17th home run
with Joe Medwick on base in the
sixth inning. This wiped out a
one-run lead held by the Buccan-
eers and gave Lefty Chase his
third triumph since joining the
Giants. Chase allowed eight hits
The Pirates took a three-run lead
in the third inning of the second
game and Long John Gee pitched
one-hit ball for four frames. But
in the fifth he was tagged for
five safeties ara three runs to tie
the score and Bob Klinger, who
relieved him, was pelted for four
more runs in the Giants last two
turns at bat.
First Game
r H E
Pittsburgh - 600 002 000-2 8 2
New York ---- DOL 0O2 00x-3 10 l
Second Game
r H E
Pittsburgh - 003 600 001-4 9 3
New York - 600 O30 22x-7 IL 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
Coast Guard Recruiting
Office To Close At Noon

The Coast Guard Temper.
ary Recruiting Office, located
in room 212 Post Office Build
ing, will be open until noon
Saturday to accept applica-
tions for the Coast Guard ana
Coast Guard Spars, Yoema4
Louis M. Tanenbaum, OFFICER
in charge, said Friday.
The men and women OF Eas'-
ern Carolina have Responded
greatly to the call for appii-
cants for the Coast Guard. a
number of young men. l.
years Of age, will be eniisteo
in Raleigh Monday.
These recruits will be trans
ferred to St. Augustine, Fiori-
da. where they will undergo
their period of basic training.
Upon completion Of this tram
ing they will be eligible for .
Petty Officers trade schooi.
Seventeen year old men OF
this vicinity are urged to @p-
ply before noon Saturday, SO
that they may be examined
physically before the recruit
ing party leaves for the main
station at Raleigh. Tanen-
baum stated that there were a
few more vacancies left In the
Wilmington quota.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
FRENCH REVOLT
AGAINST NAZlS
Continued from Page One)

the caricature of two Frenchmen
meeting in the street which ap-
peared in a French paper.
PLANES just destroyed another
city," says one Frenchman to an
other.
"Oh, yes. now don't tell me, -
says the second, ''it's crusade
to clean up tenement districts. "
This, said Laval officials, was
not funny.
Although there were dozen
guesses where the Allies would
strike next. ranging from Norway
and Denmark to Crete and the
Balkans, most people on the Iberi-
an peninsula seemed convinced
either France or Italy would be
the next battlefield, maybe both.
The French seemed prepared
for battle on their home territory.
Vichy officials bemoaned what
they called the lack OF morals
and Christian spirit" among youths
of the Chantier de Jeunesse camps
"a sentiment which they admitted
usually was interpreted in tn e
form of "acts of terrorism and
desertion."
In the Savoy, bands Of armed
Frenchmen were quiet the last
two days, making Italian and Ger
man forces in that region even
more nervous than they had been
when there were frequent attacks
against their outposts.
Even in Alsace, where newspa,
pers each week publish a list OF
Alsatian recruits killed in action
on the Russian front, sabotage and
resistance were reported growing
"a BBC broadcast recorded oy
CHS said that an Alsatian was
condemned to death and SIX oth'
ers. including two women, lmpris
oned for helping French war prls
oners). ~ - S+.+.
Nn.rsha1 Petain's ministers m
yesterday to hear Laval tell apou'
iIyis efforts to meet at least par
If the German demand Tor more
French labor.
(The BIC said that Laval was
forced to abolish the general com
,nissariat for compulsory labor ane
ren1ace it with an inter-rnlnlstefla
p,,oission lepi of which he will bt
IN control The broadcast was re
Many officials took this occasion
IN leave for brief holidays"
" This custom of going off for
few days and leaving no forward rynoal
inc address is widespread among
Viehy vic officials and Laval conf III
dants ants and, it is reported, usually
comedies with the possibility o O.
Allied action against French ter
ritory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21

CLEVELAND. Aug. 20. .-(P)-
The New York Yankees outslug-
ged the Cleveland Indians today
for 10 to 5 victory that evened
their series at two-all and gave
them chance to capture their
11th consecutive series in the finale
tomorrow.
The Yankees Waded into. five
Cleveland pitchers for IA hits and
had little trouble winning although
Alley Donald, who was resurrect-
ed gas starting pitcher for New
York, was relieved in the Sc
venth after Jeff Heath had hit his
18th home run with one on.
In contrast to the long drawn
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
ALLIED PLANES
HAMMERINC AXIS
Continued from Page One)

the roaring hundreds have flaunt-
ed increasing Allied power over
the bases from which the Germans
once battered at Britain.
Aneta, official Netherlands news
agency, said a newly organized
Netherlands squadron of Mitchell
bombers participated in the Flush
ing raid.
The Dutch squadron, previously
assigned to the coastal command,
only recently was transferred to
the bomber command ''as part of
the preparations for an invasion
Of the continent" the news agency
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
s-s-s.s.s-
SPORTS TRAIL

NEW YORK, Aug 2O.-l lP-It's rather hard IN hat
run with pencil and paper or slip across third Strike
& lust unbounded OPTIMISM but with these ingredients
o can work pretty fair for the Cincinnati Reds
the National League pennant race The Reds have the
n+;ni,m We have the pencil and paper
"We'n catch those Cards yet," growls stocky Heus
we have eight games left with St. Louis' figures Re-
r rhucker Joe Beggs Il know beat them myself.
w. w. 1,ow we'd be out in front now if we had even snt
o seven double headers lost early in the season,
pnc Walters leg bothered him for long time He's all
p ?L+ NOW We're not out OF it yet"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
Braves Euen Their Feud
With Cincinnati, 3 To z

BOSTON, Aug. 20.-(P, - Ihe
Boston Braves squared their Sc
ries with the Cincinnati Reds to-
day by gaining 80 12-inning trl-
unph over Johnny Wander Meer.
"Whtey' Wietelmann, whose pat
produced one of the earlier Boston
runs, singled home pinch-runner
Phil Mast in the 18th for the Win
ming counter. The first Red run
came on AL Javery's wild pitch IN
the second while Lonnie Frey
drove in another in the fifth.
r H E
Cincinnati 01o 01O 900 ooo-2 10 ]
Boston 600 OO0 2OU OUl-o