davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
ROOSEVELT FLAYED
in DEWEY ADDRESS

DIES MONIES, Sept. IL lR =
Thomas E. Dewey 1asned out. at
what he called the Roosevelt ad-
minstration $ 81 n C ON e e n t.
preparations for war and peace, to-
day in the most caustic campaign
attack he has made thus far on
mis- fourth term seeking opponent.
The Republican presidential
nominee, arriving in the corn belt
for series of conferences with
farm and political leaders, de-
clared the present administration
has failed to, show itself able to
cope with agricultur and indus
trial reconversion problems.
He also accused the new deal
of having done absolutely moth
ing to prepare this country for
war.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Churchill,
F.D.R. Map
WarPlans
JAP DOOM IMPENDING
Premier Stain Absents
Self Due To Pressure
Of Guiding Armies

QUEBEC, Sept. 11.-F
= Within the weathered
stone ramparts of Quebec's
ancient citadel, President
Roosevelt and Prime Minis
ter Churchill of Britain be-
gan forging tonight the stra-
tegy for the final victory
over Japan.
Absent from their deliberations
was that third leader of the Unit
ed Nations triumvirate, Premier
Joseph Stain of Russia-whose ar
mics are not at war with Japan.
He had been invited to a con-
ference which apparently had to
concern itself primarily with the
battle OF the Pacific. But the fact
that he sent back word that he
was too busy directing offensives
on multiple fronts to leave "'the d.
rection of the army for the short
est period" offered no great as
surances to Japan.
Stain did not close the door to
future participation in the Pacific
war. A conference spokesman re-
ported the President and Prime
Minister thoroughly understood"
the premier's message and that
he was "absent on the field of du-
ty'.
The transmission through strin-
gent Soviet political censorship of
an Associated Press dispatch from
Moscow, saying foreign observers
there foresaw continued military
cooperation ''elsewhere" after the
defeat of Germany, contributed to
generally genial atmosphere
here, despite the absence of So
Wet representatives.
The Soviet official news agency,
Tass, was represented here by one
correspondent, Nikchai Zhivaynoy
and it was understood the Soviet
government was being advised of
at least part of the deliberations
through diplomatic channels.
The Russians, while becoming in
creasingly critical of the japanese
in their press, have remained
strictly correct in scarrying out
their 1871 neutrality pact.
Churchill and Roosevelt, with
out jeopardizing any chances of a
future turn by the Soviet Union
against Japan, went to work on a
plan to bring down Japan, based
on the present situation and the
forces already available. without
taking Russia into their estimates.
Not since they concluded signi-
ficant discussions last December,
at Caro- and Teheran, had Roose-
welt and Churchill met fo- one of
their periodic war councils. Then,
when Stains counsel, they had
seated the plans for the powerful
Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Invaders
Converge
NearGap

ROME, Sept. 11.-LR)-The U.
S. Third and Seventh armies COM
pleted junction today in east
ern France, sealing off German
troops in the central region, in
Guiding possibly 10000 in the Di-
jon area.
Vanguards of the two armies
met at a point described official
ly here as IAN undesignated spot"
% days after 1t. Gen. Alexander
M. Patch's Seventh army invaded
southern France.
"a field dispatch from 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton's third army
said the junction was made in the
vicinity of Sombernon, Is miles
west of Dijon.)
While units of the two American
armies were joining hands French
forces occupied the important
highway center of Dion and other
American troops pushed within Is
miles of the vital Belfort gap, the
gateway to southern Germany.
The meeting of the southern
and northern armies came dra-
matically with an officer from
each unit coming forward 70 shake
hands. This formality eliminated
the thrust. begun by the Seventh
army in landings on the Riviera
coast Aug. Is and the Normandy
invasion from the north on June
6.
French troops seized Dion af-
ter a fierce 24-hour battle in the
city's outskirts, sealing off a great
network of roads that had been
serving the Nazi retreat from all
southern and western France.
Continued on Page Three: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
$500 WORKERS IDLE
IN WAGE. SCALE ROW

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. II. Up
Work stoppages occurred today
in IA New Orleans Marine and in
dustrial plants, after protest by
machinists of the proposed hourly
wage under new contract.
Charles F. Elchinger, president
of the Marine and Industrial Re-
pai~ers and Manufacturers asso-
citation of New Orleans, said 1,500
machinists had failed to report for
work today and about $500 work
ers in other lines were thereby fore
ed into temporary idleness.
Elchinger said the machlnlsts
were opposing the new contract On
the ground that it might reduce
their per hour pay from $1.25 to
S1.2O,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Continued on Page Three; Col. 3
REPUBLICANS LEAD
IN MAINE ELECTION

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 11-4R-
Two Democratic congressional can
didates, endorsed by Names affili-
ate of the CLIO Political Action
committee, ran far behind their
Republican opponents in today's
elections as nearly one-third of the
returns were compiled unofficial
ly.
A third Republican congression-
al candidate likewise held a long
lead over his Democratic oppon-
ent.
The COP candidate for governor,
State Senate president Horace Hill
dreth. held leae of 1874 to d.
537 over Democrat Paul ]. Julien
in 200 out of the States 627 pre-
cints.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12

,o tne Federal Works agency
fb h. :, announced approval
~ me President in Washington
" W.. grant of $3.50 for repairs
sna rehabilitation of streets
po .u ooardwalks in Wrightsville
1e each which were damaged o.
stsloyed by the tropical
p n:l on August i.
,o n,uS TO resurface streets and
r spaf boardwalks have been
cis selVed by Wrightsville Off
n \ and contract is scheduled
inv W awarded soon, subject to
+ taaI approval of the Washing
NJ M central office of the FWA.
tra me firm to which the con-
ua IT., Is awarded is to remove
11es cubic yards of sand. lay
s5 ,y' cubic yards of gravel on
s+ .uiaers' 4, 287 cubic yards on
'''ee's' and 200 square yards
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
'NAl AIR FORCE
R0UNDLY BEATEN

LONDON, Tuesday. Sept. II
-lRl-U. s. Eighth Air Force fignt-
ers and heavy bombers trapped
and beat the German air force
yesterday, destroying IT'S Nazi
planes in one of the fiereest air
battles ever. fought over Europe.
It was the heaviest Luftwaffe loss
in more than a year and one. which
dug deeply into the air reserves
which the enemy has been careful
ly holding back until now for the
final battle of Germany.
Of the Germans destroyed,
American fighters shot down 116,
the greatest number ever shot
down by fighters alone in a single
day, while the heavy bombers
knocked down another II, and a
were destroyed on their airdromes.
Indicating the extent of the op-
position, 48 of the American heavy
bombers and 20 fighters failed to
return. The bomber losses were the
heaviest since April 20 when 63
failed to come home from a raid
on Berlin. --..
Early today the German radio
said enemy" planes were again
over vast sections of the Reich,
Indicating that the non-stsp Allied
air offensive was continuing in it's
fifth day.
Tired returning filters described
yesterdays German aerial opposi-
ton as probably the heaviest offer
ed in years.
En- route to their targets at
Merseburg, Litzkendorf and Mis-
burg they saw few German planes.
But just before they reached CEN
trail Germany the enemy sprang
Continued On Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
BLACK WIDOWS
R0UT JAPANESE

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Tuesday, Sept.
12.-LR-America Black Widow
night fighters broke up the largest
japanese aerial effort in this area
for several month-a 10-plane raid
Saturday on American island bas-
es off Dutch New Guinea-as Al
lied bombers continued their I'M
opposed pulverizing blows against
widespread targets, headquarters
announced today.
The American fighters downed
two of the Japanese twin-engined
bombers raiding American air
fields on Biak and Owl islands.
Headquarters reported bomb
damage was minor
The Japanese effort was strik-
ing contrast to the 100-bomber
raids which they were able to de-
liver in the New Guinea area last
year. 1t showed the enemy still is
able to send hit-and-run night
raiders into a sector dominated
bv Allied air power, but it also il.
Illustrated the changing tide of the
war.
Escorted Liberator heavy bomb
ers attacked Japanese bivouc and
defense areas at Mapange+s air
drome near Manado in northern
Celebes, with another blistering
raid Saturday. One hundred fiji
ty-nine tons Of bombs were drop
ped, causing heavy explosions.
The previous day, American
planes dropped a 180-ton load on
Celebes, the heaviest dropped On
that major Nipponese base, west
of New Guinea.
Allied air patrols bombed and
hit two 7,000-ton Japanese freight
ers off Zamboanga Saturday night.
(This second city of Mindanao is
land lies about 230 miles west OF
Davao which was one of several
targets on the islands east coast
struck earlier in the day in an
American carrier task force raid.)
Continuing their steady neutrali-
cation raids Liberator heavy bonn
bers and fighters swept Halma-
hera island, southern stepping
stone to the Philippines, and other
islands in the Moluccas Saturday
and Sunday. There was no air OPP
position.
Biak island, which the Japanese
attempted to raid, is the largest Of
the Schoutens, in Geelvink bay.
The Americans won it last July.
The conquest of all the Schoutens
was completed by landing,
against no opposition, on Soepiori
island, northwest of Biak. This
was announced last Sunday
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
SOLON SAYS WARNING
GIVEN PEARL HARBOR

WASHINGTON, Sept. II. - (P) -
Rep. Harness (R-InO declared TO-
day there appears to be an album
dance of evidence" that u hours
before the Pearl Harbor attack OF
Dec. 7, 1941, the Australian govern
ment advised Washington Japan
csc aircraft carrier force was head
ed toward Pearl Harbor. He stated
he was informed the information
was not relayed to Maj. Gen. Wal
ter c. Short, then commanding Ar
my forces in Hawaii.
In a speech in the house, Harness
charged "the Commander in chief
has. concealed the truth" OF the
Pearl Harbor disaster, by denying
a hearing to General Short and
Rear Admiral Husband F. Kimmel,
the latter Naval commander at
Pearl Harbor at the time of the at
tack --r
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
ATLANTIC STORM
STAYS STATIONARY

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 11-lR-Pois-
ed $50 miles off the Atlantic coast
due east of Miami, a severe At
lantic hurricane was apparently
hesitating between course which
would either endanger the United
States coast or keep it out to sea.
The dangerous storm has re-
NAMED nearly stationary during
the past six to II hours, the
weather bureau said in a 1915 p.
m. advisory.
LIT is attended by winds Of full
hurricane force near the center,
with gales extending outward at
least $50 miles.
Continued sliaht movement is
indicated in next six to IL hours.
Caution should be continued
against high seas and increasing
winds in the outer Bahamas and
extreme caution is advised all
shipping over the Atlantic north
ward to IS degrees during the
next 48 hours"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12

Austrian independence, it was
also stated that Sin the final
settlement account will newt.
ably be taken of her own con-
tributions to her liberation.
In response to a newsman's
inquiry today Hull said that
the time for Austria to make
that contribution is almost up.
There has been no evidence
to date of any resistance in
Austria, othec than occasional
sabotage reports, or of any for.
ces organized to conduct resls-
lance. However, the war IL
sweeping toward Austria from
several directions. It is ap-
preaching from the south an
Allied armies advance in Italy
and from the southeast as Yu-
goslav partisan forces drive
toward Germany. Outbreaks OF
resistance also are reported In
Czechoslovakia.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12

The blazing action marked an
advance of approximately 500 miles
beyond the westernmost previously
reported positions of carrier-based
aircraft, and was coupled with new
heavy attacks on Paramushiro and
the Volcano islands far to t h e
north.
The overall total of ships sunk,
probably sunk, damaged and set
afire as announced in the Navy
communicate was 80. Many were
small cargo ships and Sampans.
The American force which swept
into the heart of Japan's southwest
Pacific holdings was part of the
third U. S. fleet, commanded by
Adm. William S. Halsey, Jr.. and
its attack on Mindanao was a
browning blow in wide spread
actions which for the last few days
have struck at zap and Palau is
lands to the east of the Philip.
pines.
The Nayy's communique said:
THE airfields at Del Monte, VAL
encia, Cagayan, Buayan and Da-
vac were bombed and strafed. In
these attacks two enemy aircraft
were encountered near our carriers
five were encountered over Caga-
yam, and one over Davao. All were
shot down. Approximately so enc
my aircraft were destroyed on the
ground.
"A convoy was discovered off
Hinatuan Bay consisting of 80 load
ed coastal cargo ships and 20 Sam
pans. This convoy was brought I'M
der attack by Pacific fleet cruisers,
destroyers and carrier aircraft, and
all of the enemy ships were de-
stroyed."
Barracks, warehouses and ilall-
CARS were hit at the several air
dromes attacked. Enemy water
front installations at Matina, Ca
gayan and Surigao were also bomb
ed, the announcement said.
The hard hitting units Of the
third fleet found enemy shipping
in other vulnerable spots n d
opened up. In attacks in Saragani
Bay, Davao Gulf, near Cagayan
and Surigo, 16 small cargo ships,
one medium cargo vessel, one pa
troll craft and many sampans were
sunk or probably sunk. They set
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Austria Asked To Break
With German Conquerors

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-P)
Secretary of State Hull today
warned Austria to strike with
out delay against the Nazi con-
querors who have held the ma
ton as a part of the German
Reich for six years.
The warning, linking Aus
tria's action now to her post
war future and promised indie
pendence, is one of a long SER
les by which American diplo-
macy has sought to make trou-
BILE for Hitler in preparation for
Allied military forces advanc-
ing across the enslaved coun-
tries of Europe.
Hull made no specific threat
of what Austria would lose if
she did not revolt now but en-
phasized that in the Moscow
declaration by which this coun-
try, Britain and Russia pledged
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12

An artillery Darrage 11rSt cneW.
ed up the German positions and
then in reasonable strength"
that was the official language
the doughboys crossed over to
strike the blow for which the Unit
ed Nations long had waited.
The Americans probably were
penetrating well into the Siegfried
line defense system at this point.
(The exact location of the Sieg-
fried line, also known as the West
wall, never has been disclosed Of.
ficially)
1t was black day for German
arms, for the Third U. S. army
seized a great part of the old
French Maginot line intact, and
was breaking the last German
line of defense on French soil
the Moselle river positions.
The British Second army broke
across the frontier of Holland
and was bound for the weakest
link in the 400 miles Of the west
wall - the thin line Of pillboxes.
tank traps and forts stretching
south from the German city Of
Kleve across the shorlEst route to p
Berlin.
Other elements Of the First ar
my already were fighting through
the minefields of .he Siegfried
line south of the key city of Aach-
en-, little more than eight miles
from Germany's frontier, and
were blasting Notifications inside
the Reich with heavy artillery.
Not since the days Of Napoleon
has Germany been entered in
strength and the doughboys who
accomplished this modern feat
had fought clear across the little
duchy of Luxembourg in one day,
freeing it's capital Of the same
name en- route.
Since this was no mere patrol
entry into Germany, such as the
tentative thrusts of the French in
1889 and the American raid of
last week, it may well be the
opening wedge in series cf full
scale attacks against Hitler's last
prepared line of defense.
The doughpoys were overlook
ing the valley of the Moselle riv-
err where it flows northeast to the
Rhine at Koblenz.
The Third army, driving over
Lorraine's hills, captured with
guns intact the fortress OF Au-
metz, the first city incorporated
into the Reich by Hitler's decree
to be liberated. Aumetz is % miles
northwest of Metz.
There was heavy fighting ten
miles east of Liege and south of
Aachen, where the First army
consolidated its assault positions
by occupying the town of Herve.
northwest of Limbourg where the
Americans are Smelling positions
in Germany which protect Aach-
en-.
The fate of the last German
stand in northern. France was be.
ing decided by blazing battle
six miles south Of Nancy, where
the Third army captured the an
cient Fort Pont st. Vincent and
then hammered across the Mo-
selle river on front of several
miles.
The pressure was on, waves Of
bombers were blowing up stub
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Great Blow
Also Struck
At Warsaw
RUSSIANS ON MARCH
Powerful New Offensives
Uuleashed By Red Units
On Keeling Nazis

LONDON, Tuesday, Sept.
l9.-(P)-Russian troops in
me of the fiercest struggles
Of the war yesterday drove
to within two and one-half
miles of Lomza, gateway to
lower German East Prussia,
and Moscow announced off,
cially today that Red army
patrols had crossed from Ii
thuania into that imperilled
Nazi province.
Berlin also announced that t h e
Russians had penetrated German
lines in a "concentr assault
on Warsaw's eastern suburbs, rs
miles southwest of the Narew riv-
pr stronghold Of Lomza, and said
that in southern Poland other So
Wet troops in fresh offensive
AIMED at northern Hungary had
captured the fortress town of
Krosno in the east Beskids chain
Of the Carpathian mountains.
The Soviet midnight communicate
telling Of the entry into East Prus-
sla came few hours after Allied
headquarters had announced that
American troops now were fighting
inside western Germany. 1t coin
eide with reparts frob both Ber-
lin and Moscow that three power
full Red armies were on the verge
Of unleasing new offensives on a
900 mile front opposite East Prus-
sa, extending from northern Po-
lan1 Up to the Baltic sea.
Moscow said that the patrols had
crossed the Sesupe river border be-
tween Llthuania and east Prussia,
gathered valuable information"
on German troop dispositions,
and then returned safely.
For several days unofficial re-
ports h e told of these patrol
slabs, made while Gen. Ivan Cher
Rlakhovsky's third white Russian
army amassed men and material
Tor new drive.
In the flaming sector northeast
o. warsaw the Russians were
nroWmg in masses of men backed
Wy SWarms Of tanks and covered
p terrific artillery barrages and
pane oombardments. Berlin said.
oae German front reporter w s
gu0ted as saying the drive was
launched with such hellish artil-
,efy fire that it was relief when
'oVlet infantry and tanks at last
sNaeked.' He added: ut cannot
W described in words what Ger
u-1ll efenadiers endured here"
A0nza, 20 miles south of Ger
.dlF east Prussian border, ap-
eedfeo about to fall to the Rus
Na,lS' whom Moscow said captured
~ localities on three sides of the
paSllon. These included Konarzyce,
WV and one half miles to the
' ''u Gielczyn, three m i ] S
'Ou,A' Pniewo, seven miles south
10 raN and Sulki, seven miles on
AL. lne capture of the Sulki cut the
II .I between Lomza and Ostro-
h .ad' and put the Russians only
,s miles south of Nowogrod,
..In' Ike Lomza, is another inn
'"'dilt NareW crossing point on
"'htlilucd on Papc Two. Col ~
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Germans Preparing
To Leave Aeqeans

ANKARA, Sept. II. = R - Tu--
kish newspapers said today that
Germans are blowing up ammuni-
ton depots and fuel dumps in the
Aegean islands preparatory to eva
cuation.
A dispatch from Izmir (Smyrnao
said Greek motor boats have been
coming and going between the is
land of Samos and the Turkish
mainland unhindered.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Conferees ADDroue
Bnnkhead Amendment

WASHINGTON, Sept. II. -(P-
House conferees on the surplus
property disposal bill accepted to-
day Senate-approved amendment
to raise the government loan rate
on cotton from go IL to IS per cent
of parity.
The amendment, sponsored by
Sen ator Bankhead DALAI. is one
of series of moves by the Ala
bama senator to force the price Of
cotton up to parity.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Submarines Sink
9 More Jap Ships
In Pacific Waters

WASHINGTON, Sept. It'll
United States submarines have
trimmed nine more ships,
three of them fighting craft,
from Japan's dwindling tom
mage, the Navy announced to-
day.
The new tally brings the to-
tai of all types of Japanese
ships sunk by U. S. subma-
rines to 1872, of which 81 are
fighting ships and 81 cargo
carriers and miscellaneous
craft. a.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
European War Flashback
Nv The Associated Press

Sept aAmerican offensive after IS months
Mhel broke
ance depth of five miles took
three and 1900
their Washington said the German
swing
Sept H. 1910 Believing attempt imminent
Britain established some
iterranean coast
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
STORMS KILL 100

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 11-RN
Probably 100 dead, thousands
homeless, and millions of dollars
of property damage is the toll Of
storms in three widely separated
sections of Mexico where rescue
crews worked today.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
TRAINING FAVORED

NEW YORK, Sept. 11-lR-Navy
Secretary Forrestal urged today
that year of compulsory and uni
versal military training tor all
American youth over the age OF
eighteen be provided "as prompt
ly as legislative schedules Will
permit"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Troops Make
Deep Thrust
LIST Army Crashes Across Border Five Miles
In Frontal Attack On Siegfried Line
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIE]

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, Tuesday, Sept. 12.-QP)-The ram
paging First u S. army burst into Hters inner fortress
Germany yesterday and owed ahead for five miles in
to the Reich meeting the enemy his home soil north of
the frontier town of Trier IS miles from the Rhine and
the great industrial city of Cobenz
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
Souiets Cross Into East Prussia
81 Jap Vessels
Sunk By Planes
Task Force Wipes Out Entire Enemy Convoy
In Strike Against Philippine Islands

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Har-
Dor, Sept H. - B In shattering sea-based action
against the Philippines first of the by the Allies,
u s. carrier task force destroyed entire enemy
OF 81 vessels blasted five aeds and wiped out 60 Jap
anese planes in widespread raids against Mndanao last
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12
FORECAST

WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: Cloudy
and cool with light rain today, fresh
winds along the coast.
Temperatures yesterday
High 72-Low 81.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-12

Continued on Page Three; Col. s.