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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-03

SUPPER POSTPONED
The supper meeting planned
for Tuesday by the James
Walker alumnae has been post
poned until Friday evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-03
r. X. WRIGHT

TABOR CITY, Dec. 2. - R. K.
Wright, So, died at his home near
here Friday night at o'clock. He
was the son OF the late John and
Give Wright.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Sunday afternoon at 2::30
O clock, with the Rev. J. T. Will
l;ams officiating Burial will be in
the family cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, the for
nler Mrs. Ordie Garrell; one
daughter, Mrs. G B. Copeland OF
Wilmington; five sons, Carl Wright
ard Robert Wright of Clarendon,
Wilbur Wright OF Tabor City. Cpl.
Earl Wright and Collidge Wright,
both of the U. S. Army stationed
overseas; two sisters, Mrs. Liza
Matthews of Raleigh and Mrs.
Mollie Richardson of Jacksonville
N. G..
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-03
MEETING

The Junior Hostess corps of
the Fourth and Ann use club,
will meet in the club lounge at
1880 o'clock Monday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-03
]. ]. LONG

TABOR CITY, Dec. 2.-Funeral
services for ]. ]. Long, who died
at his home in Nakina this morn
ing at 9:15 o'clock, will be held on
Sunday at 5 p. m. AT the Stanley
cemetery with the Rev. A. r. Soles
in charge.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. Emma Faux, Mrs. Carrie
Gore and Mrs. Mary Faulk Of Ma
kina, Mrs. Olymphis Stevens Of
whiteville and Mrs. Nara Cox Of
Tabor City; and one son, Ed Long
of Dulah.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-03
WEATHER

Continued from Page One)
WASHINGTON, Dec 2.-P-Weather
bureau report of temperature and rain
;all for the "a hours ending pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-03
WOUNDED IN ACTION

WOUNDED IN ACTION
Pfc. John w. Lewis, son of
Worth E. Lewis of r. F. D. z,
Fairmont, has been wounded
in action in the European area,
it was announced by the War
department.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-03
Briefs
BAZAAR PLANNED

The Missionary Society Of
the Chestnut street Presbyteri-
an church will sponsor baz-
zar Monday and Tuesday at 3
o'clock at the Hospitality CEN
ter, Sixth and Red Cross
streets. The public is invited to
attend.
Evening star., 1944-06-14
De GouIIe Cancellation of Order
To Aid Invasion Revealed Here
General Permitted
Only 20 Officers to
Accompany Allies
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
In the final hours before the
start of the invasion of France,
Gen. Charles de Gaulle is re-
ported here to have Cancelled
suddenly the orders of several
hundred French officers sched-
uled to land with the first waves
of Allied troops. -.
Reports from Gen. Eisenhower's
headquarters to the highest military
officials here disclosed today that as
a result, cooperation between the
French population and Allied armies
has been impaired in the occupied
Normandy areas.
This is true, according to officials
who are investigating the situation
now, even though Gen. De Gaulle
finally relented to the extent of
allowing 20 French officers to go
along with the forces assigned to
liberate their homeland.
Gen. De Gaulles action with re-
spect to the officers is said to be
probably the most important new
factor entering into the background
of a proposed meeting between
President Roosevelt and the leader
of the French National Committee
(See DE GAULLE, Page A-22)
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Porotroops Leave Gap in Lines
As Trup and Kill 400 Nuzis

camouf1aged tops of their helmets
poked above the skyline-that and
the muzzles of their Brens, heavy
machine guns and Stems.
1t was just before noon that we
saw our first Germans. Over on
the other side of the dropping zone
you could suddenly see figures
moving among trees. We watched
them forming up into patches of
10 to IS men.
No one fired at them. Only the
dull boom of artillery from some
where away in the distance and
the busy hum of fighting planes
disturbed the placid Saturday morn
ing.
Shortly after noon the German
attack began. In those patches of
10 and Is, spread out over 200 or
300 yards, the German infantry
men came in at a run. They moved
through the waving corn in the
black plough-land until they reached
line of wrecked gliders. Then they
fell on their faces and lay there.
After a few minutes they got up
again, ran forward, then fell fat
(See ATTACK, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Individual Bond Sale!
Total 1927 Of Goal
In First Two Days
Letter Carriers Union
Subscribes $1,000, 900
To Fifth War Loan

Individual bond sales in the
first two days of the Districts
Fifth War Loan drive totaled
$6,9OO,0OO, or 1929 per cent of
the $6l 100000 quota, it was an
nounced today. No reports are
available yet on purchases by
business firms.
Included in the figure announced
today is S5,300,0O0 raised through
the sale of Series E bonds-1558 per
cent of the S34,000,000 goal in that
category and more than S500,00O
above purchases during the first
two days of the Fourth War Loan
drive.
The third largest subscription in
the local campaign was made today
when the National Association of
Letter Carriers, represented by
Jerome Keating, chief collector of
the groups Mutual Benefit Associ-
alton. purchased $l,000,000 in War
Bonds The sale was made in the
council room of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor Building.
Revue to Be Feature of Show.
At the Army Air Forces Shot
From the Sky" show at the Monu-
ment Grounds, Bob Hawks Thanks
to the Yanks" revue. featuring Lynn
Gardner, singer, and Col. Stoopnagle
and Burle Ives, comedians, will high
light today's activities.
The revue which recently COM
pleted Nation wide tour of Army
camps, will be presented at 4:30
pm. and again at 9 pm. when Brig
Gen. Harold M McClelland, COM
munications officer for air, will ad-
dress the spectators.
In case of rain the revue will be
held in the Departmental Audi
torium, Constitution avenue between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
NV.
Other speakers will include Ugo
Carusi, executive assistant to the
Attorney General, and Robert
Cavanaugh, alien property Gus
todian. The 100-piece Army Air
Forces Band will begin the program
with a concert.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau is scheduled to address the
Nation at 11;30 o'clock tonight on a
coast-to-coast broadcast over CHS
from Hollywood, Calf, where he
will appear with a cast of movie
(See WAR LOAN, Page A-22D
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Democratic Committee
Disavows 'FDR' Button
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The manufacture of campaign
buttons with the slogan Il Want
FDR Again" is a private enterprise
without Democratic party sponsor
ship, the Democratic National Com
mittee said today.
Every year a lot of manufac-
turers make lapel pins, donkeys,
elephants, and whatever they think
they can sell, without our knowl-
edge or sponsorship" committee
spokesman said. The committee
usually adopts an official button to
be distributed through State and
local party organizations, but not
until after the national convention
is held, and the candidate is
chosen"
The Il Want FDR Again buttons
are being made by a Chicago COM
pany under War Production Board
policy which permits the use of idle
and surplus steel for political but
tons or badges.
Evening star., 1944-06-14
BY WALTER McCALLUM,


WITH UNITED STATES
FORCES IN FRANCE, June 13
(Delayed) A brigadier general
well known in Washington.
whose name cannot be men,
toned for security reasons, led
the almost uncontested assault
on a village of 5000 which re-
suited in it's capture, and today
was leading his men in fighting
off a determined enemy counter
attack.
The general parachuted with his
artillery command into this sector
of the western front before H-hour,
catching the foe fatfooted. But the
fury of the counterattack has sue
ceeded In driving our troops a few
yards east of their positions west of
town.
Today our artillery on heights
northeast of the village began she'll
Evening star., 1944-06-14
General Stems Counterottuck
After Porochuting With Men
Brieodier Well Known Here Leads Seizure
Of Town Now Center of Fierce Fqhtinq

ing road held by the enemy, and
in return Nazi mortar guns belched
shells into our front-line troops.
This is being written in the shelter
of grove of tall elm trees, a scant
mile from the front lines.
Sound effects are supplied by the
stutter of German machine pistols
that dominate spasmodic small
arms fire from the northwest end OF
the town. There the enemy is try
ing to cut off American paratroops
intrenched in the village.
The situation is critical but not
yet desperate. 1t is so critical that
headquarters company troops have
been organized for a defense of the
command post if the Germans sue
ceed insbreaking through. 1t is an
other spine-tingling chapter in the
fantastic fight of parachute troops
of the 101st Division who now have
been on the front line seven con-
secutive days without relief. They
have suffered casualties and are
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Chinese Beat Back
laps al Changsha
100000 Reported Hurled
Into Drive on City
BY the Associated Press.
1yyyTNr~~

BY the Associated Press
CHUNGKING. June 14.-Chinese
troops holding Changsha have beat
en- back all Japanese assaults, the
high command said tonight, and a
government official said the enemy
had thrown some nine divisions
totaling more than 100000 into the
push to capture the big railway city,
Changsha is not encircled. but is
hemmed in on three sides, the
official, P. H. Chang, said, and the
invaders apparently are intent on
taking the city at any cost.
In Honan Province, communique
said, the Chinese counterattacked
and repulsed Japanese advancing
on Wensiang, 20 miles east of
Tungkwan, the key to Chinas
northwest. Chang said every prep
aration had been taken to meet the
japanese advance on Tungkwan.
Allied aid to China is limited only
by transport facilities, Chang said.
but pending the opening of the
Ledo road China could use planes
and more planes. He said China
had not made any fresh appeals to
the Allies for aid because they were
fully aware of her needs and would
help If they could.
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Red Army Advances
To Within 80 Miles
OF Viipuri in Finland
Finnish and Nozi Rudios
Report Soviet Attacks
In Several Sectors
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, June 14.-Red Army
troops have advanced to within
80 miles of the important port of
Viipuri, crushing Finnish troops
resisting from strongly fortified
positions, Moscow announced
today, and enemy reports said
Russia's whole northern front,
from the Arctic to the White Sea
and Gulf of Finland, was ablaze
with action.
Finnish and German radio broad
casts declared the Russians were at
tacking in the Lisa sector between
the Arctic ports of Murmansk and
Petsamo, and Berlin asserted Soviet
forces also were striking southwest
of Narva in Estonia.
/ Finnish Strong Points Taken.
In addition, the broadcasts said
there was reconnaissance activity
! in the Kandalaksha sector on the
shore of the White Sea, $50 miles
northwest of Viipuri, and near
Loukhi, on the railway from Arch
angel across Finland to the Gulf of
Bothnia.
The Moscow communique was re-
stricted to the Karelian Isthmus
fighting, saying Soviet troops cap
tured several Finnish strongpoints
during yesterdays battling and list
ing five in the area of Kivennappa
taken Monday.
The Russians are within 20 miles
of the Mannerheim Line, main de-
fense barrier across the Karelian
Isthmus, Moscow bulletins indicated
after clearing the second belt of
approaches.
Natural Defense Obstacles.
Finnish advices relayed through
Stockholm said stout resistance was
confronting the Russians in the
Kivennappa sector with the YAM
melsuu River front still intact. Be-
hind Kivennappa there is hilly
country and many small lakes, and
on the eastern side of the isthmus
marshland about 20 miles long and
3 to 4 miles wide presents a natural
obstacle.
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Churchill Obtains
Postponement Of
Debate on Dispute
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, June IA. - Prime
Minister Churchill today OBJ
tanned postponement of full
dress debate in Commons on the
controversial issue of British
American relations with the
French Committee of National
Liberation, parrying a demand
for a showdown with the aSser-
tion, ut would do more harm
than good now"
In his first appearance before the
House since his daring trip to the
beachhead in Normandy Monday,
Mr.. Churchill made only scant ref
erence to the progress of. the war,
declaring that any anxiety over the
De Gaulle Committee question
should properly be directed to our
gallant soldiers and to the great
operations which are in progress,
which give hope as well as anxiety"
The Prime Minister contended full
discussion of the subject should be
held off until negotiations among
the French Committee, the United
States and Britain can be COM
pleted.
Commons turned to other sub
(See CHURCHILL. Page A-22)
Evening star., 1944-06-14
BY LEONARD MOSLEY,
British War Correspondent.

Released through the British Information
Service and distributed by the Associated
Press
WITH BRITISH 9th AIR BORNE
DIVISION, France, June II de-
layed, - Paratroop Capt. Charles
Bliss had that grin on his face that
always means something brewing.
This" he said, lis going to be
good. Do you remember the gap we
left in our lines just around Bre-
vile? Well Jerry's found it at
last and he's coming through. We
have a report of at least 600 Panzer
grenadiers advancing through the
woods and believe they're going to
try to drive through Ranville to
break our line and gain the east
bank of the river. Well, what we
are going to do to those ferries
should make a nice little story for
you. Look"
He pointed along the walls and
through the orchards, and when you
looked hard you could see British
troops everywhere
They we're we'll dug in among
bushes and grass, and only the green
Evening star., 1944-06-14
How Allied Team
Is Lined Up on
Normandy Front
: he Associated Press


SUPREME ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, June l4.-Here is how Gen.
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's first
team" in Normandy lines up along
the beachhead, so far as officially
announced:
At Montebourg, IA miles southeast
of Cherbourg, the United States 4th
Infantry Division.
At Ste. Mere EgliSe and Carentan
farther south. the United States
82d and l01st Airborne Divisions.
At Isigny and to the south: the
United States 29th Infantry Divi-
sion
At Treviers and to the south, the
American lst and ID Infantry Di-
visions.
Bayeux sector, the 5Oth British
Infantry Division.
BetWeel. Caen and BayeuX, the
Sd Canadian Division.
Orne River sector, the 9Th British
Airborne Division.
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Clark Gains Slight
Lead Over Taylor
In Idaho Senate Race
BottoIfsen Far Ahead
Of Johnson in COP
Contest for Sect
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho, June 14.-D.
Worth Clark, seeking Democratic
denomination as Senator from
Idaho, gained a narrow lead
today over Glen H. Taylor, one
time coWpuncher, as tabulation
of yesterdays PRIMARY election
results passed the three quarter
mark.
Unofficial returns from Gal of the
States S45 precincts gave Senator
Clark, 9,310; Mr.. Taylor, e,290. James
H. Hawley, Boise attorney making
his first race for public office, slipped
into third place with 8,432 after
holding an early lead.
Mr.. Taylor, Pocatello radio enter
tainer who sang cowboys songs and
spoke from horseback in winning
two previous Democratic nomina-
tions for the Senate, put aside such
tactics this time.
Cornell Far Behind.
During the campaign Mr. Hawley
accused Senator Clark of voting
against national preparedness meas
ures, but the Senator asserted he
worked to keep the United States
out of war.
Far behind in the race was John
Cornell Of Boise, Idaho public util-
tiles commissioner, with 1876 votes.
Gov C. A. Bottolfsen piled up a
formidable lead over Ben johnson,
Preston attorney, in the Republican
senatorial nomination contest. Re-
turns from 583 precincts gave Gov.
Bottolfsen, 20,ls0; Mr.. Johnson,
IL $40.
Two House Members Unopposed.
No opposition was furnished for
the States two House members,
Democrat Compton / White of
Clark Fork and Republican Henry
G. Dworshak, Burley.
Early leaders among nine candi-
dates for gubernatorial nominations
were Charles c. Gossett, Nampa
farmer anG stockman, and William
H. DetWeiler, Hazelton farmer Mr.
Gossett led four rivals for the Dem
ocratic choice with 1872 votes in so
precincts and Detweiler ran ahead
of three other contenders on the
Republican side with 1923.
Evening star., 1944-06-14
2,25O Bombers
Blast Nazis in
2-Way Attack
Oil LifeIines AMONG
Main Targets of
American Flyers
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
A LIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 14.-Fifteen hun
dred American heavy bombers-
the greatest single striking force
in air history-attacked France
and Germany today in concert
with up to 750 American heavies
which struck Hungary and
YuGoslavia from Italy.
The Oil lifelines for Hitler's
thirsty war machine were hit hard,
part of the big task force from
Britain hitting the oil refinery at
Emmerich, Germany, while the
Mediterranean force attacked half a
dozen oil refineries in Hungary and
Yugoslavia-including the Shell
Koolaz, S miles south of Budapest,
the largest in Hungary.
Other Britain based Fortresses and
Liberators aimed their bombs at six
enemy air bases beyond the beach
head in the unrelenting campaign
to wipe out nests of German air
force opposition. Others hit bridges
in France and Belgium.
Losses Less Than l Per cent.
Supreme headquarters announced
that in the first seven days of inva-
sion $4,000 individual flights were
made by the Allied Air Forces with
the loss of 554 planes-less than !
per cent of the attacking force.
In that time $4,000 tons of bombs
were dropped The 9Th Air Force
led with about 10000 sorties and the
eth had 1880.
The American force attacked
among other targets the LIE Bourget
and Creil air fields at Paris, Etampes-
Mondesir and Chateaudun in France;
Brussels Melsbroeck and Eindoven
in Belgium.
Air Support Marvellous"
The air armadas took full ad-
vantage of ideal weather in STEP
ping up the assaults on German
fighting forces and strategic targets
far inland. 1t was described here
as "a marvellous air support cam
paign getting more satisfactory
every day"
In direct support Of troops
battling in Normandy, large forces
of American Marauders and Havocs
and fighter -bombers swarmed across
the Channel all dav. The fighters
extended attacks to German ship
ping, while separate force of
American Lightnings patrolled de-
fensively over the Allies sea life
lines.
Supreme headquarters said Allied
air chiefs planned to press the two
play air campaign across the Chan
mel with tactical and long-range
strategic bombing to split the Ger
mans dwindling air force into even
greater feebleness than it has
showed over the battlefield so far.
1t was estimated that more than
80 Nazi airfields had been blasted
in the last three days.
RAF Strikes at Munich.
1t is now authoritatively reported
that the LuttWaffe has been reduced
TO around 1000 planes against the
Allies front-line force of more than
900. The Germans are said to
have 500 single-engined fighters
massed at fields in the battle region
Evening star., 1944-06-14
House Votes, 191-S7,
Against Textile Boost
In Price Control Bill
=
Amendment Designed
To Guarantee Farm Pority
Written in by Voice Vote

In a major victory for the
administration, the House today
beat down, 191 to 81, the Senate
approved Bankhead-Brown cot
ton textile amendment to the
price control extension bill.
The House also wrote into the bill
by a voice vote an administration
supported amendment designed tc
guarantee parity prices for all farm
commodities by penalizing process
ors who do not pay parity.
Offered by Representative Pace
Democrat, of Georgia, the parity
amendment would require professors
to pay parity for farm commodities
or else they could charge only up
to 80 per cent of OPA ceiling prices
for their commodities.
Cotton would be chiefly affected,
since it is the only major farm COM
modify now selling below parity 1t
now is about l cent below the 21.08
parity figure.
Mccormack Warns of Veto.
The vote on the Bankhead- Brown
amendment came after House Ma
jority Leader Mccormack told the
House President Roosevelt would
veto the measure extending price
controls for another year if it con-
tanned this amendment.
Declaring the proposal was infla-
tionary, Mr.. Mccormack declared:
Il cannot conceive of the bill be-
coming law with this amendment
unless over the veto of the Presi-
dent"
All except few Republican mem
bers threw their strength with the
administration in voting. Southern
Democrats voted almost solidly for
the cotton textile amendment, re-
vising textile ceilings to reflect a
parity price for raw cotton and
assure textile mills a reasonable
profit.
Crawford Amendment Beaten.
Before rejecting the Bankh cad
Brown amendment, the House de-
feated, 103 to 189, an amendment
by Representative Crawford, Repub-
lican, of Michigan that would have
forbidden OPA making any price
ceiling on any processed agricultural
commodity that did not reflect to
the farmers standards set up in the
1912 Sterilization Acts-a support
price or parity.
President Roosevelt has assailed
the Bankhead-BroWn amendment.
OPA Administrator Bowles asserted
it would raise consumer costs Of
textiles by S250,000,G00 or more a
year.
Representative Wolcott of Michi-
gan, minority leader of the Banking
Committee who headed Republican
(See PRICE CONTROL, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Roin Topples Mercury
From Years High of 80

The highest temperature of the
year, SO degrees, was registered at 4
pm. yesterday but Is inch of rain
fall last night brought the mercury
down considerably and a maximum
of only IA is forecast for today by
the Weather Bureau.
The previous high was 80 degrees,
recorded Nav %,
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Kinq Receives Generals

LONDON. June IA tPl-Gen.
George c. Marshall, United States
Army chief of staff, and Gen. Henry
H Arnold, commanding general Of
the United States Army Air Forces,
were received today by King George
VI in separate audiences at Buck
ingham Palace.