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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-01
2,595 FOE PLANES
D0WNED BY FLEET

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 Up -
Carrier aircraft of the U. S. Third
and Seventh fleets destroyed g.
594 japanese planes and prob
ably destroyed or damaged 252
others between Aug. 80 and Oct.
81, the Navy announced tonight.
Our losses in the same period,
the Pacific fleet headquarters COM
munique said, were approximate
ly 300. Many of the American pi-
lots and crews were rescued.
The communique also reported
that search planes sank one cargo
ship, badly damaged another and
set a third ablaze in strafing and
bombing attacks on five small
cargo ships at Kita, Two Jima in
the Volcano islands.
The enemy suffered its greatest
plane losses, the communique said,
between Sept. 9 and "a when 1862
planes were shot down and 584
destroyed on the ground in the
Philippines by Third fleet planes.
Third fleet aircraft also shot
down 528 planes and destroyed
304 on the ground from Oct. 10
to Is in the Philippines and on
Formosa.
In the battle of the Philippines
Oct. 22-27, Third and Seventh
fleet aircraft shot down 1872, de-
stroyed 81 on the ground and DAM
aged 20. Earlier, Third fleet air.
craft shot down SIS, destroyed 81
on the ground and damaged SIS in
the Philippines Oct. 17-1S, the COM
muniuue said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-01
RUSSIANS ADVANCE
ON 6O-MILE FRONT

LONDON, Oct. 31.-(R-The Red
Army, advancing toward doomed
Budapest on a 60-mile-Wide front
between the Tisza and Danube riv-
ers, reached points 43 miles south
east of the Hungarian capital to-
day and fought the Germans in the
streets of the large railway juno
ton city of Kecskemet.
The thrust into Kecskemet, Hun
gary's third largest provincial
city, A miles southeast of Buda-
pest and 20 miles west of the
Tisza, was announced in the So
Wet daily communique broadcast
from Moscow and recorded in
London by the Soviet monitor.
Earlier the German radio had
said a Russian mechanical col
umn penetrated to the heart of the
city of 10000, but claimed a coun-
terattack pushed the invaders back
to the southeast fringes.
An even closer approach was
made to Budapest with capture
of Izsak, II miles southeast Of
Kecskemet and 43 miles below
the capital, the Russian COMMUNE
que disclosed, while more than 200
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-01
Roosevelt Risks Two Bits
On Election In One State

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-(R
President Roosevelt has made
one bet on the election--a rs
cent even money wager on
how one state will go.
But he wouldn't tell report
ers the details today.
One newsman asked him with
whom he had bet. Mr.. ROose-
welt laughed and said that was
a dangerous question, Cupping
his hands across his mouth, he
said it was none of the report
er's damn business.
The President said he hasn't
had time yet to make his Gus
.tomary guess on the outcome
of the election nationally. He
turned to his secretary, Ste
phen EARLY, and asked 10 be
reminded to do that pretty
soon. Mr.. Roosevelt said he
would put the guess in the top
drawer of his desk as usual.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-01
JAPS LOSE $4,000
IN PHILIPPINES

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR.
Oct. 31.-(R-Japanese fleet per-
sonnet losses in the Philippines ap-
preached $4,000 men, including a
few admirals and 200 pilots, it was
unofficially estimated here. The
figure was based on the probable
complement of crewmen aboard
the so enemy warcraft sunk o.
damaged in the actions and caught
in Manila bay.
Admiral Halsey, whose fleet
drove back an enemy force off Lu-
ION in the Oct. 1926 battles, sink
ing Nippon's main carrier force OF
four flattops( said Japan had been
whitfield down to a naval runt."
But he said he doubted if the Jap
anese ever would admit their loss
eS.
"All japanese are congenltal
liars from top to bottom, said the
fortnight admiral, who often has
declared his hatred of the enemy.
''They will suppress all they can
The Nipponese not only were
suppressing figures of their losses,
but were broadcasting additions to
their previous extravagant claims
of damage done United States
ships.
Nineteen more American war
vessels, including nine aircraft car
riers, have been sunk by japanese
planes east of the PHILIPPINES since
Oct. %, the Tokyo radio sald'
broadcasting a communicate.
The enemy previously had broad
cast they sank or damaged al
American warships and auxiliarles
in the Philipames-Formosa area IN
the past two weeks, and made
much of stories of a special unit OF
suicide airmen who drove their ex-
plosive-laden planes onto the decks
of Yank ships.
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JAPANESE CLOSE
in UPON SWEILIN

CHUNGKING, Oct. 81 Up -
Three Japanese columns were
closing in tonight in Sweilin, stra-
tegic Chinese defense center in
southeast China. ---.--
The Chinese high command COM
munique said japanese forces had
hammered their way to points six
miles east, six miles northeast and
nine and one half miles southeast
of the Kwangsi province capital,
which the defenders have promised
to make 'China's Stalingrad' and
defend to the last man.
The high command said Chinese
troops, in an effort to disrupt enc
my lines of supply and communica-
ton, had struck toward the HUI
man Kwangsi railway town of
Tungan, 80 miles northeast of Kwei.
lin and had captured Japanese
strongpoints four miles northwest
and IL miles northeast of the city.
The communique also asserted
that the Chinese in surprise attacks
on Japanese shipping on the Slang
river sank a total of 80 transport
craft on Oct. Is.
The high command said Chinese
troops on the West river front had
again halted the Japanese drive on
Liuchow from Pingn.m, Japa-
nese held base 115 miles south
of Kweilin. All enemy attempts to
penetrate Chinese lines Is miles
west of Pingnarn were repulsed,
the conmunique said.
Fighters of the U. S. 14th Air
Force, in support of Chinese ground
troops resisting the Japanese push
westward from the West river,
trapped and strafed two-mile col.
umn of Japanese troops and pack
horses in a canyon.
Both ends of tie canyon were
blocked by bombs and the fighters
bombed and strafed the trapped
column. In the first sweep more
than 100 enemy troops were killed,
the U. S. Army communique said
and an unestimated number were
slain in later sweeps over the can
yOn.
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eryday living of our children" he
says, land is becoming more i'm
portant in the lives of those of us
who have grown old enough not to
be called children any longer"
To successfully conduct these ac-
tivities, the city uses all available
amusement centers. The Recreation
department has the cooperation Of
all schools, YMCA, housing prof.
ects, and other groups. All have
helped to carry on the program.
"Otherwise," said Reynolds, "Olr
program would DE limited to few
facilities which we would have to
set up ourselves with limited funds,
space, and under war time condi-
tons"
The program was set up in Au-
gust of last year when surveys
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Contrary to the general belief
that the City Recreation depart
ment provides recreational inter
ests for children alone, Jesse A.
Reynolds, recreation superintend-
ant, asserts that there are facill-
ties and interests embracing age
groups from seven to 70, and above
if interest exists.
Supervised recreation in Whining
ton has grown from a few extra
curricula activities to what can be
considered big business.
Wilmington is recognized as a
national leader in municipal recre'
alton, and Reynolds says the sue
cess of his department is due to
cooperation and the realization Of
capable leaders that recreation is
important. 1T is important to ev'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-01
|STILWELL'S
RECALL HAS
BAD EFFE0I
Chang Accused OF Being
Too Severe On Chinese
Communists

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 Up -
President Roosevelt said today a
difference in personalities between
Generalissimo Chang Kai shek and
General Joseph Stilwen was respon-
sible for Stilwelps recall from his
China Burma India command.
MIR. Roosevelt told his news con-
ference that the Generalissimo and
StilWeu had certain falling out
quite a while ago, and subsequent
ly Chang asked that someone be
sent to replace the American gen.
eral as his chief of staff. And
we did it, he added.
The withdrawal of the American
veteran, the President said, h a d
no connection with matters of STRAIT
egg or policy in China. He told
reporters they mad better say it
was a matter of personality.
At the same time, Mr.. Roosevelt
disclosed that the ambassador,
Clarence E. Gauss had notified the
State department he is going to
resign his post in China. The Pres
ident said that this had not even
a remote connection with the Still
we'll affair.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he hasn't yet
picked successor to Gauss and
emphasized that the latter most
certa inIv will receive another an.
pointment.
Mr.. Roosevelt opened the Still
well discussion by saying ne did
not think anybody could make
politics out of the incident. He said
Stilwell has done an extremely
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Antwerp port BATTLE
DECLARED WON BY ALLIES
ENEMY FLEEING
| SOUTH HOLLAND
British Reinforcements For
First Army Break Up
Counterthrust

LONDON, Oct. 31.-(P)-
Allied armored forces, operat-
ing under extreme difficulties
of weather and terrain,
fought through to the Mas
(Meuse) river north of Til
burg tonight and closed with
in a half-mile of the Geer-
truidenberg bridge, one OF
the main escape routes for
German troops fleeing south
western Holland.
"The battle for the port of Ant
werp is over in our favor" de-
clared a spokesman for 1t. Gen.
Sir Miles C. Dempsey, commander
of the British Second army. at is
a question how fast and how far
back the Germans will 60"
Canadian troops to the west,
clearing the seward approaches
to Antwerp, charged across an l..
100 yard causeway from south
Beveland island in clinactic IS
sault on German forces still hold
ing out on partly-flooded Wal
cheren island at the entrance to
the Schelde estuary. Tonight they
were within Is yards of gaining a
foothold on Walcheren, and dis
patch declared the position of the
Nazi garrison was hopeless"
Highways below the Mas were
black with Nazi transport moving
toward the four fixed and pontobn
bridges left standing across h e
stream. A thick fog prevented the
enemy's outright destruction by Al
lied planes, but a field dispatch
declared the scenes on the roads
were reminiscent of the German
9TH army's flight to the Seine in
France last August.
American, British, Canadian, Po-
fish and Dutch troops pursuing the
retreating Nazis across the flat
and flooded Dutch countryside
were forced to remain on roads
and highways, as even infantrymen
found themselves walloWing in
knee deep mud the instant they
left hard surface. German rear
guards hidden in houses alongside
the roads had literally to be blown
out of action.
Canadian troops driving north
westward from Breda were within
five miles of the Moerdijk bridge
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COLOGNE BOMBED
AGAIN BY BRITISH

=, LONDON, Wednesday, Nov. l.
H-Cologne was bombed twice be-
lore y o'clock last night by Brit
ans swift Mosquito bombers,
bringing to 10 the shattering aerial
d blows delivered against that Grip
pea Nazi citadel during October.
Inc Raj pilots took advantage
VI bright moon to race across
ale enamel and northern France
NJ NJ. 'aelr twin strike against the
s hume river stronghold 20 miles
0v III the western front.
A. Inc raids eliminated the bust
-. u 0omolng month in the history
forces. W -'-'i- al
The Eighth Air Force raided Ger.
t ,ael with more than 1880
S SaIesSes and Liberators and
s 'ri Almost as many fighter planes
S., ling the month that ended to.
n.y. ~ j. losing about 200 bombers and
W. lighters.
~. Inc bombers were grounded
nils+;l IL Gays IN the month, a COM
tss 'b s showed. In October, 1913
Straw, neaVles were idle "a days. In.
m srunent bombing stepped up thi.
months ont pace. '
MIL, ILs j, Raj, whose bombers us
al any w., lily in all weather, were out
it'll tae Eighth Air Force losses were
les ~. user one per cent for heav
per ano about six-tenths of on,
Et sen> Tor the fighters.
opsrst seA Air Force bomber crew.
nun tn from Italy struck Ger
S.ir ' arg i: on five of the Ii day.
kouod Iuaoles Of the Eighth wer,
"SsI .S in England.
month Sab La Lsnoasters wound up tn
,yntb S, To-Day with an attack on
w ten 5' IL OIL III plant at Bottrop, on
np a. M the Ruhr smashed dur
bomberuse rman radio reported fas
In br;a uvef the Reich tonigl
Went ~ o'l gn,. moon. Mosquitoe
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Recreation Department Program
Arranges For All Ages, Glasses

showed marked lack of adequate
recreatioaal facilities. Even S u c h
standard amusement centers as
bowling alleys and movies were
not numerous enough to serve the
war boosted population OF Will
mington.
Reynolds, whose home was in
Richmond, Va, was asked to take
the job and was given a free hand
with the recreational problems of
the city. His department is under
the direct supervision of City Man
ager A. C. Nichols. His first step
was to size up the limited facili-
ties, and his idea to make little
60 long way has succeeded.
The principles of the Recreation
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the President would speak by ra-
dio from the White House Thurs
day night g pm. EWT-NBC) and
would talk informally at Bridge
port and Hartford. Conn, and
Springfield, Mass, Saturday in
connection with his visit to Boston
for a Saturday night speech.
At a news conference, Mr..
Roosevelt laughed when a report.
er mentioned the Lone Thousand
club" which Dewey asserted was
organized to IS Ell ! special prlvl-
lege'' to contributors OF $1,000 to
the fourth term campaign.
The President said that way
back in the summer he suggested
a 100000 club, or $4,000 club
or a $1,000 club but thought no
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-01
.leyteBattle
DecIaredln
Final Stage
suoWDOWN IN MAKING
1,o,nese Manage To Land
More Troops Despite
Prowling Planes

General MacArthur's Head
.,sr+ers, Philippines, Wed
g qas1 Nov. 1.-(P)-Amer-
ican 24th Division troops ald,
~ ss' Nv powerful mechanical
r rr IS rolled mort h W e s t
t t+rr01 Leyte valley today
above sl1l Jaro within eight miles
afI Carigara bay positions the
Japanese have been reln1orc-
ing for a week.
a final enemy suicidal counter
,. "a in that area any time with
n tbe next few days was expected
l Nv Mai Gen. Franklin c. sibert,
tormer chief of staff to Gen Jo-
seph stilwell and now command
er Of the 10th CORDS.
The japanese, persistently
.neakjng in barges at Ormoc bay
S the Islands west coast despite
The destruction wreaked by prowl-
Ing night air patrols, were said
hy a headquarters spokesman eth
er to be:
l. Planning to make a stand at
ormoc and more than 20 miles
IN the north around Carigara, or
2, Setting up a perimeter of de-
Tense with fresh troops in an at
tempt to evacuate remnants of the
Japanese 18th division, the same
Nipponese who organized Bataan's
march of death. "
Headquarters announced t h j S
gathering fight in a communicate
which also reported the annihila-
lion of a trapped Japanese force
further south in the Leyte valley
near Dagami.
American flamethrowers killed
between 1900 and 1000 Japanese
in the trap and wrecked a score
Of plboxes.
Even as Japanese fell back north
flOm Jaro before the men of the
24th, First Cavalry division troops
battled west toward the Carigara
positions less than live miles away
from captured Burigo on the coast.
The japanese reinforce1nents
first started at the height of the
naval battles of Leyte. Had the
japanese Navy won, t h e enemy
might have endangered greatly the
operations on Leyte island, a
spokesman siad.
There were increasing reports
that Japanese wearing uniforms
and helmets similar to American
Uniforms were lnflltratlng Yank
lines.
Others were reported utilizing
civilian dress.
Spencer Davis, Associated Press
war correspondent, said in a field
dispatch that regardless of events
impending in the northwest t h e
Japanese already have lost their
strategic hold on Leyte in II days
Of fighting.
One prisoner told Maj. Gen.
John R, Hodge, whose Oath corps
cleaned up in areas to the south
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-01
German Broadcast Asks
Revolt Against Hitler

STOCKHOLM, Oct. '1.-(R-A
mysterious German broadcast on
an unusual wave length tonight
urged the people of the Reich and
the German army to revolt against
Hitler.
The newspaper Dagens Nyheter,
which monitored the broadcast,
said the speaker called himself
Col. Gen. Ludwig Won Beck and
ridiculed Nazi reports that he had
committed suicide after the abor-
tive attempt on Hitler's life July
20
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Associated Press Staff Writer

Associated fTcSS StdlI WFIter
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, laying
down postwar economic pro-
gram, asserted last night {Tues-
day. that President Roosevelt S
promise of jobs is worthless on
This own peacetinne record
1T will still be worthless, even
though it is repeated again and
again and again." Dewey declared
in an address prepared for deliv-
cry at Buffalo.
As the Republican candidate set
off on a final Atlantic seaboard
prediction tour, another major
address and three lesser ones were
added to Mr.. Roosevelts cam
paigning schedule.
The White House announced that
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good job but for one thing - the
differences with Cmiang Kai
Shek.
The Generalissimo, the President
said, is head of the Chinese gov
eminent and commander in chief
of the army.
It there were a British officer in
this country whom he didn't like,
Mr.. Roosevelt said, and he told
Churchill he wanted the man re-
called, he was sure that it would
be done.
Stilwell is coming home, he con-
tinued, to take another assignment
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
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Dewey Calls Job Promise Worthless;
Roosevelt Before Mike On Thursday

more about it until man from
Chicago walked in the other day
and handed him a certificate Of
membership in the One Thousand
club. He said the certificate was
worth maybe half a cent-in APP
parent implication that that's what
membership was worth to anyone.
From Buffalo, Dewey headed for
Boston and a speech tonight with
brief stops scheduled en- route at
Pittsfield, Springfield and Worces-
ter. Mass. He will go to Baltimore
for a speech tomorrow and has
talks scheduled o r Wilkes-Barre
and Scranton, Pa, en- route back
to Albany.
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 81
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nENTz FACES TRIAL

LONDON, Oct. 31.-(P,-Gener-
al Henri Dentz, Vichy commander
who surrendered Paris to the Ger
mans in 1910 and who later fought
the British in Syria, will be tried
by the Paris assize court for hlgn
treason, the De Gaulle-sponsored
Brazzaville radio said tonight
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FORECAST

,,,;,,,nston and vicinity: Cloudy with
moderate temperatures
temperatures yesterday:
High 1913 Low 49,
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Milford chronicle., 1944-11-24
GREENWOOD

The revival meeting at Grace Church
was not so wen attended on Sunday
night We hope for a larger crowd as
the meetings progre IS. Everyone in
vited to come and take part
Mrs. i. G.. Graham visited relatives
and shopped in Baltimore last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. f. Ocheltree OF
Newark. spent the weekend AT their
country home.
Mr.. and Mrs Ellis Clifton Of Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Clifton OF Lewes
were guests OF their parents on sum
day
DR. olin Allen of wilmington was
weekend guest Of MIR. and Mrs. c. ii.
Spence.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. conoway. Mrs
Wroten attended "A mass meeting OF
the bond workers. held in the Are
house in Millsboro on last Friday
night.
c. II. Conoway. who is chairman for
Greenwood is requesting the members
of his committee to meet on Saturday
night in the Community Building. so
don't forget time and dates O'Clock.
November %.
MIR. and Mrs. Harold johnson OF
Wilmington visited their parents. Mr.
and Mrs. w. S. Lord over the week
end.
Mrs. $. s Wroten returned Friday
from Philadelphia after shopping there
and visiting relatives in Camden, ~
J.
Mrs Maria Jones. IS years old. pass
ed away on Friday. November IL, at
her home ON Main street She is sur
vved by one son. +. c. Jones. who is
Milford chronicle., 1944-11-24

An oil stove was the cause of a fir,
which damaged the home and fur.
( nishings of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mel.
4 vim just off Second avenue, near tht
/ home of Charles Peck on Saturday ar
) ternoon. The local firemen were sum
moned to the scene and soon brought
the fire under control.
Mrs. George B. Potter has returned
home from a visit with her sister,
Mrs. Gufley in Chestertown. Md.
Fred Thomas has been on recent
visit to Richmond, Va, as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs, Preston Hobbs and
little daughter.
Harry Harrington OF Wilmington
spent the weekend with friends here.
Joseph farrell of Viola visited friends
here Sunday and attended the we'd
ding of his great nephew. Lieutenant
d. g.) Harry c. Tee. Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Tribbitt Of
FELTON, have received the Purple Heart
from their son. Private Arthur NJ.
Tribbitt. who was wounded on Sep
temher 26. Their son has now met
his cousin i'm Italy, Staff Sergeant Ben
jamin II. Green of FELTON, and has also
seen John Carter of near this. city.
AT Fred f. Minner has returned
to Cambridge. Ga, after spending
hftcen-day fuTlough with his mother.
Mrs Pearl NJ. Baker In this city. He
enlisted in the Army Air Corps and
of this year. receiving his basic train
ing at Kessler Field and cadet train
ing at Mariana. Florida. and Balm
bridge. Georgia.
Mrs Mary T.. Tingle spent the past
two weeks with her brother in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. John a. Tingle Of
Frankford and Mrs. Frank Palmer
and daughter of RehOboth spent sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. II. ID. Adkins.
-
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Fleming Street
Sunday. November 2G
9:15 a. Morning Prayer and Ser
non.