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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-23

love neighborS who breed such hun
CRY mosquitoes in their cooler pools!
Or to feel grateful to city fathers
whose blood is too pale to clean up
the filth. This little city is in
spirational. 1t could be an Oasis
of Beauty. Get busy. RR. Keep
your banners flying
Very well, kind friend, We will
try and try again and again. You
give u hope.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-23
Former NeighbOrs

GARDNER, Me, July 22.-CUP)
Three former Brunswick Avenue
neighbors now are seeking political
offices. Horace Hildreth is the Re-
publican candidate for Governor of
Maine, While Charles r. ClaSon
and John w. Heselton are running
for Congress in Massachusetts.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-23
German Revolt,
Purge Spread

Continued from Page One)
heavy fighting is going on IN Ba-
rivia ana even that Adolf Hitter
had been arrested or put under
protective custody.
There appeared no doubt. how
ever. that Heinrich Hlmmler, EN-
powered by Hitler 10 restore order
a. all cost. was pressing ahead WITH
his purge of anti-naA elements with
Il fury unparalleled even in the 1884
massacre.
The Germans themselves admit
tee that Hitler was determined this
time to wipe out not only those IN
volved in the incipient revolt and
attempt on his life, but also all ele-
mentS regarded as potential sources
of opposition.
DR.. Robert Ley. Hitler's red-faced,
bull-necked labor front leader,
dashed out repeatedly at blue
blooded swine in a speech over
Berlin radio that bOrdered con-
Stantly on hySteria.
Addressing arms workers, Ley
charged that Moscow Jews gave
the order for the heaviest caliber
mine to be imported from Eng
land" and it was planted beside
Hitler by German counts and arts
tOcratS.
MUST BE ANNIHILATED
These creatures must be ami
hilated,' he said Every single
= he ha
trays Germany, his blood will be
Grained"
The German TranSoCean Agency
said the first photograph OF Hitler
taken after the unsuccessful at
tempt on his life Thursday was
published in morning newspapers in
Germany Saturday.
Hitler looks fresh and healthy
and shows no signs of the slight
burns he received" TranSocean SAID.
A United Press dispatch from
Basel told of frontier reports that
"a generals were among those ar
rested by Himmler's raiding squads
and asserted that many already had
been executed. All regular army
troops IN Munich were reported TO
have been locked up in their bar
racks and disarmed, the dispatch
sale.
LONDON, July %. (UPl - The
News Chronicle sale that reliable
information reaching the Allies re-
ported that an attempt to over
throw the regent government OF
Admiral Nicholas Horthy IN Hun
gary had been repulsed.
The reports said that efforts to
kidnap Horthy and replace him
with a fascist government under
DI. Koloman Imredy, unc err Secre-
tary OF state, had been frustrated by
loyal units of the Hungarian army.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-23
BUYS Government Bond

OKLAHOMA CITY. July %
-tUP)-Atty. Gen. Randell s. Cobb
recently ruled legal the plan OF the
Oklahoma school land commission
to invest $2,000,0O0 in federal gov
eminent bonds to mature in 1865
and 1870. The opinion had been
asked by Walter Marlin, commission
secretary
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-23
Russ Armies Open
Double Thrust

Continued from Page One)
hind the city, and only one railroad
escape route westward to Warsaw.
BARRIER PERILED
Farther south, another unit OF
Rokoss ovSky'S army seized Wielko-
bukoWa, 40 miles due east of Lub-
lin and 65 miles from the Wisla
CVistula river, the last natural
barrier east of the German border.
While RokCssovsky's forces were
driving at a pace that brought up to
gains of Is miles in one day. Mar
shall Ivan S. Konev's First Ukrain-
ian Army extended the long eastern
front another so miles southwark in
Il new thrust on StanislawoW, on
the gateway to the Carpathian
mountains into CzechoslCvakia.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-23

MELROSE, Mass, July 22.UP)-
Now that her youngest son has been
graduated from high school, Mrs.
Herbert Tourtillott is enjoying the
luxury OF late sleeping for the first
time in 81 years. During that time
she hustled her nine children off
on a total of 26,432 school days.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-23
Good Old DAYS"

BRUNSWICK, Nc, July % -
The CELEBRATED American novelist Ma
thaniel Hawthorne studied four
years at Bowdoin College at an an
nual tuition-and-room cost of S34.
But that was 1925.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09

sovrastvom; hodil med svojirf
narodom in poslusal udarce nje-
govega srca. Strast, sovrastvo!
Imeli snno krono, sami sn1o jo
strgai 2 glave, ker nj mogel BIZ
ii vsak kralj. Plakal sem, srce
mi je krvavelo' pri teh spomi-
nih, srce krvavi tudi sedaj ker,
povejte mi, smo Ii dandanes
boljsi? Smo Ii vredni, da mas
sciti sreca in mir S svojimi krili ?
Cut imam "a pravico; &c vidim,
da jo kdo gazi, pobesnim tudi
JAZZ. S sabljo, S silo so postal
narodi SLIM, slavni, a MISC po-
stall sreeni. Ban," nadaljuje sta
rec, wi ste bogat, umen, die
mega pokolenja, zelezne volje, vi
ste Erdedi, vi ste knee, ban -
a pozabite nekaj casa vse to-
pozabite sebe, pomnite, da ste
sin nesreene matere - Hrva'
ske. To 81 zapomnite tn prec
Odresenikom sveta, sredi krva
We noei vas rotim JAZZ, siv sta
rec, krenite ma drugo pot, po:
zabite rodbinsko korist, dvigni
te zastavo pravice, zberite oko
Ii sebe vsa plemenita srca hr
vaska, koncajte grozno, krva
vo zgodovino in petite mas
boj "a svobodo in sreco nast
domovine. Rotim vas!" rec
starec Ambroz ganjen, prim'
bana "a roko in solza mu zatre
peta ma sivi trepalnici.
A Peter mu odmakne roko il
odvrne hladno:
la, JAZZ Sem Erdedl, JAZZ sen
ban! Citajte vi stare knjige, do
mine Ambrosi, JAZZ pisem now
knjigo svojo sabljo, a V Mi b.
tudi en- list, kjer DO citalo po
tomstvo krvave crke "Osvet;
AmbrOzu GregOrijancu."
'Le pisite,' rece Ambroz mir
no, "zvrsite svojo osveto; a "a
pomnite 81, pride nov rod, vas
pero, ia junaska sablja, DO ria
vela mad vasim pepelom, i
kmetske noge. bodo gazile p
vasem grobu. Velicanstvo pa
da V prah, oblast mine, a spc
mine devajo vnuki ma tehtnicc
Kdo We, bo Ii vec tehtal Pete
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09
ZADNJA KMECKA
VOJSKA
Zgodovnska povest il leta 1873 ...
Spisal August sENOA = IL Hrv. poslov. L. J.
Zgodovinska povest il leta 1873

nutku Sc zaeuje, kakor da Sc
bliza krdelo vojakov.
"Pojdiva v cerkev," rece Am
broz, 'zasuznjili vas bodo." Pri-
me bana "a rame in ga vede v
cerkev. Pod razpelom je brlela
| slaba svetilka.
Peter je stal bled in mem.
"Evo," pricne Ambroz; "ad-
vokat je dobil pravdo proti ba-
nu, XII je pogazil pravo, zakon,
pogazil svojo dano besedo. Glej
to zastavo," krikne in iztrga
Petru zastavo, "omadezevana,
blatna je; ia znak nczvestobe
in krivice, XII je vodil kri prot
lastni krvi, maj ne vihra We {
pred slavno hrvasko vojsko."
| Prime zastavo ma obeh kon'
cih, prelomi drog ma kolenu, od'
trga rumeno svilo in jo vrze
pred oltar.
! Ban zarohni cd togote:
"Prokleti, daj mi mec, da Sc
spoprimeva.'
"Ti nisi meca vreden."
| "Zabliskal sc DO Sc moi met
mad tvoj6 glavo,' rece ban po
nosno.
"Tako mi govori Peter Erde
| di sedaj," rece starec, "ko gs
imam V svojih pesteh, ko mi n
treba storiti drugega, kakol
migniti, in mole besne cete g
raztrgajo. A necem tega. Mojs
roka Sc ne dotakne clovekt
brez orozja, Sc ne dotakne hr
vaskega bana. Obvaroval sen
, svoj rod pred krivico, in to m
i; je zadosti. Druzega ne potrebu
jem. Idi, bezi! Pred cerkvij'
stoji moi konj. Oddirjaj po ten
klancu proti Zagrebu. Tu ii NJ
preti pogin.'
Peter stopi proti vratom.
/ Ban Peter" ga ustavi Am
broz, "se nekaj. Cuj me-"
"Kaj zelite, gospod Gregori
, janec?" vprasa ban hladno.
"Evo, sama sva tn, ban, DIV;
: krepka moza pred razpetim Bo
gom. Sc ii ne zdi, da iz RAJ
bozjih tece iznova kri? Oh, me
nj Sc zdi. Pod temi bregovi tie
&c kri nasega naroda, dragoce
ma kri, XII bi jo moral stediti z;
: naSo mater - "a naSO domovi
no, XII pref nanjo cd vseh stra
, nj divja zverjad. All, brat je u
bill brata. Ban! Sc ne pozna n;
, bledih obrazih krvavih mrtve
cev, da smo Kajnovo pleme, d.
nismo zasluzili te lepe domoWj
ne? Sc ii ne zdi, da smo zaslu
zili bic, XII ga nam plete usoda
Sunni smo, vecni tuji sunni
| ker smo sunni svoje strasti
svoje lakomnosti. Listal sem p'
starodavnih knjigah - gleda
zgodovino nasega' naroda, pisa
ma je krvjo, nadahnjena
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09
(Nadalievanie)

"Naskok! Naskok! Udri! To-
povi!" Kaj je to? Topovi molce.
Ma konju pridirja Casper ra-
njen.
"Strela bozja!" zaklice. ~ 60
re so nam pobili il zasede bonn
bardirje, izgubili smo topove. ="
"Naskok!" zakrici ban brez
zavesti.
"Vivat banus!' zaori Sc en-
krat vojska.
"Vivat Hening!" Sc oglasi
kirk il gorskega klanca. "Po-
moe, pomoc!" IL crne soteske
Sc vail neznana vojska.
"Alapicv' zadrhti ban, "glej!
Kdo so ii vragi?"
"Prokleti Ambroz! zajel mas
ie," zaklice Petricevic, XII prile'
ii brez sape.
Sable zvenkecejo, ljudje vpi
jejo, Ambroz seka. Banovci sc
unaikajo. Tudi Uskoki beze. Zs
mimi lete stajerski konjeniki -
vodi jih Stepko - mlatijo, bi
jejo, mrcvarijo in pometaje
pred seboj. Uskoki Sc umaknejc
v milne pri Sami, odkoder sipa
10 smrt ma mostvo, a mlini 81
vnamejo.
"Vivat Hening" zavpije ju
naski glas "a vasjo. Milic in ME
gov tovaris zupnik sta obsls
pod klancem goro in peljeta no
vo ceto Cd Stenjevca.
'Nazaj!" zaklice ban, "v Ia
greb," in spodbode konja. Ia
stonj. Odrezan je povratek. o.
vseh strani ga objemlja smrtn
pas. Njegova vojska je stisnje
ma V gruco pod klancem, ne mo
res Sc ganiti, ne mores sekati
roka je pri roki, konj pri ko
nju, clovek pri eloveku, konj po
tepta kopitom pesca, besel
pesec prebode konja, mad tebo
je nemilostno nebo, okoli tebt
smrt, pod teboj krvava zemlja
il grada Sc siplje svinec
gnje6o, da glava polka, da 81
kresejo kosti, da Sc peni kri
In ban? &c ga vjamejo! Zaze
be ga okoli srca. V njihovil
rokah, MIN zasmeh! In o
sveta? Samo v svobodi je mo
COCA osveta. Pa zapazi ma gric
ku cerkvico svetega Martina
Da. Razjaha neopazen konja
zvije zastavo in Sc zmuzne pro
ii cerkvi. A "a boj zacujt
konjsko kopito. Obrne Sc nazaj
Preganja ga start konjenik -
Ambroz. Ban potegne sabljo, {
trenutku mu jo izbije Am
broz il roke.
"Stoj domino ban, ujel SEN
te," rece Ambroz mirno.
"Podban bana ?"
"Postenjak razbojnika."
Razjase konja. V tenn tre
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09

FORT RICHARDSON ALAsKA-A soldier of the Alaskan de-
provisional training unit interviewed by 1t General
Simon B. Buckner Jr Alaskan dept full
speeon prior departure Of troops for arctic north
of Talkena Between Gen. Bucknr
Waher of juneau Alaska Commander troops
Capt George B. Curry Belngham Wash the Aarkan
dept board The lines held
TO combination sled -tobog3an
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09
zenske, pozor

Dajte vase pralne stroje in.
elektricne cistilce ekspertnim
mehanikom v popravilo. Delo
jamceno "a emo leto. Associated
Washer Co, 3112 E. 130 St.,
LO. 1862, ali SIX. 0552.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09
Mali ogIasi
Prodo Sc

grocerijsko trgovino; ustanov-
LENA pred 49,. lett; ma 1904
Bucyrus Ave, ma vogalu. Proda
Sc zelo poceni ali brez hise "a
2 druzini. Ia podrobnosti Sc
zglasite med 2..s in 8. uro. po-
poldne ma 1929 Broadway.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09

4S6 poJiSCu II ldsi1S' L'S1&&ieS
ban! Gas je ze."
Ban gre IL cerkye in zdirja
ma konju po klaneu, Ambroz pa
krene pes v grad.
Ma gradu Susjedu zvenketa-
jo zlate case. Vojskovodje sla-
We zmago, vino Sc peni, rdece,
kakor kmeeka kri. ~
v gradu stoji Ursula pred
Dorino sliko, razgaljena prsa
Sc il dvigajo burno, kruta lica
il gore.
Dora, Dora," vzklikne, "hva-
la ii, svetnica moja!''
Vrata Sc odpro. Vstopi Am
broz. Ursula pohiti k MENU in
mp stisne roko.
"Hvala vam, domino Ambro.
ST." rece, "stokrat hvala. Svoja
sem. Tega vam ne bonn nikdar
pozabila. Terjajte cd meme, kal
vam je drago, pripravljena sem
storiti vse pc vasi volji.'
| "Resnica ?" vprasa Ambroi
resno.
l "Pri Bogu!" rece zena in dvi
gne tri prste.
/ "Dobro -" pripomni pod
ban, a V tenn vstopijo Ursulin
zetje.
Po temnem klancu dirja M
lkonju ban, ma konju svojegs
sovraznika, premagan, brez me
ca, brez zastave. Pc klancu zu
bori potok: Sramota! e
In ban dirja dalje. Kraj po
ia strli temna skala kakor kal
velikan; zdi Sc mu, da Sc MI
: roga: Sramota!
, Ban sc zavije tesneje V plas
: in lett dalje.
V dolini Sc zibljejo V meseci
/ nj srebroliste vrbe kakor nocn
} duhovi in sepecejo: Sramota!
A ban drvi dalje, dalje.
z neba Sc ozira mani bledi
. grozni mesec in v nepremicml
= crtah bereS: Sramota!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09
Drus+vo Lozko do|ino

! Odbor "a leto 1914: Predsed-
mix Frank Baraga, 77O2 Lock-
year Ave-; podpredsednik Jer-
nej Krasovec; tajnik Frank Ba-
vec, 1897 E. sc St., HE. 9183;
zapisnikar in blagajnik John
]. Leskovec, 1916 Darley Ave.
nadzorni odbor: John Lokar,
Charles Roman in John Mlakar.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09

Kupujte vojne bOnde in vojno- -varce-
valne znamke, da bo cimprej porazeno
OsiSce in vse, kar ono predstavlja!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-09

ali Ambroz! Slusajte me .
"Nocem, z Sc obrne ban oho-
10, 'nikoli. q Bogom! Do svide-
MIA z
Ma bojiscu pravice! Bette
ban! Cas- je ze.'
Ban gre IL cerkye in zdirja
ma konju pc klaneu, Ambroz pa
krene pes v grad.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
FLlERS DESTROY
81 NAZI PLANES

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Ma
Piles, April 18.-tR-At least 81 enc
my planes, most of them rocket
firing Messersc hmitt-410s used for
intercepting bomber formations,
were destroyed on the ground IN
twin raids by the U. S. 18th Air
Force on the Tokol and Vecses
airfie1ds near Budapest April 13,
it was announced officially to-
night.
Another % grounded planes were
damaged in the devastating as
sault on Hungary which seriously
crippled the German ar force pow
er to strike back at American,
British an d Russian bombers
which day after day have been pull
verizing Balkan communications
upon which Hitler is dependent for
bolstering the southern n t
against the Russians.
On the quiescent land fronts in
Italy, beachhead troops fought
their way into a German outpost
on the western flank in the Anzio
sector.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
4-F Problem Tossed Back
To Laps OF Draft Boards

lions had lessened since Congress
began showing interest in it. Many
of the estimated 100000 ATS OF
draft age, Costello said. already
are in war Or essential civilian
jobs and many others nave indi
Gated a desire to get into such
jobs once they find them.
The remaining few who would
have been affected by legislation,
he explained. can be dealt with
through selective service mechan-
ism which permits the recalling
of rejected men for induction ex-
animation and their assignment, if
necessary, to limited service duty.
The War Department, through
Secretary Stimson, had told the
committee it opposed labor bat
talions as such except as a last
resort. Selective service officials,
on the othe-' hand, had suggested
that something be done to force
4-F's to take their places in the
war effort, complaining that many
of them felt theycould do as they
wished after their rejection for
military service.
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
BAD NEWS

Tokyo heard bad news Tuesday
from the Pacific-Asiatic war thea
ter, especially on Indian and Bur-
mese r n IS, and Simultaneous
ly received warning that Nippon's
Kurile islands, on the rising sun S
northern flank, eventually will be
invaded.
The bad news for the Japanese
came in these official Allied ad-
vices:
The sinking Of Is additional Jap
anese vessels by American sub
marines.
Fierce Chinese opposition to a
new Japanese drive in China.
Continued American bombings of
Nippon positions in the Marshall
and Caroline islands, Central Pa
cific.
And the warning from Secretary
of the Navy Frank Knox on the
Kuriles.
Chungking reported the new jap
anese drive in Honan Province
near Chengchow, strategic rail-
ways in the region would give
them much needed overland sup
ply route.
Navy Secretary Knox told news
men that an invasion of part of
Japan's Kurile islands, northern
stepping stones toward Tokyo, may
be expected 'but nobody knows
when"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
POLICE SEEKING
KIN OF CAPONE

CHICAGO, April 10. -(P)-5 A
pickup order was flashed to al
police districts tonight for Matt
Capone, youngest brother of AL
Capone, and Wally Saunders, a
tavern bartender, Police Capt. Tho
mas Alcock announced, in connect
ing with the fatal shooting Of
lanes D. Larkin, ST. gambler anc
former horse trainer whose body
was found in a West Side alley to-
day. ~'
Alcock said the order was glver
after questioning a witness, whom
he declined to identify but who nj
said described an argument be
tween Saunders and Larkln IN
Cicero, ILL.,, tavern owned by Mat
Capone.
Subpoenas have been issued FOL
canone. Saunders and 10 Other
persons for appearance before the
Cook County Grand jury tomorro"
in connection with the Staying.
Alcock said the witness told hin
+bat Saunders pushed Larkin into {
hack room of the tavern at the
beight of an argument over S.
hin The witness, he continued, sale
that after fishing through draw
or behind the bar, Matt Capone
followed the two. A few minute!
1.ter three shots were heard, hi
said.
Larkins had been shot between
the ewes and apparently had beer
dumped from an automobile.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
Is Jap Vessels Sunk By Submarines;
SoyEx< Capture Historic Balaklava;
FfXfa u. S. Air Armada Blasts Berlin
French Advised
Liberation Near

LONDON, April 49, Up The
British advised the French people
by radio today to store up as much
food as possible in preparation for
the Allied invasion from the west
because 1.-THE time is getting
short" and the Germans told
troops of the Wanted Atlantic
wall to prepare for Zero hour.
The worldwide guessing game on
the invasion date intensified sharp
ly in the wake of Britains sudden
extension of censorship to the ira
ditionally m m u n diplomatic
pouches, but the ansWe.: remained
a priceless military secret guard
ed by the Allied command alone. "
Upon only one point did there
appear to be agreement: That the
unprecedented British step quar-
antining the worlds diplomats
here meant that as D-Day" itself
approaches the Allies will invoke
every measure possible to safe
guard the lives and preserve the
element of surprise even at the
risk of bruising the feelings of in
dividual countries.
The action produced quick
crop of German rumors that in
vasion is imminent. The London
press hailed the British move as
one of common sense, and it did
no guessing on its own.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19

WASHINGTON, April 49, R -
Congress tossed the At problem
back into the laps of executive
agencies today.
At a cloed meetig climaxing
weeks of study of how best to
utilize the services of draft-age
men rejected for military duty be-
cause of disabilities, the House
Military Committee d e d d
against pushing At legislation.
The committee, Chairman May
Cd Ky.) announced, felt that gov
eminent agencies already have
ample power to deal with the stu
alton.
The action, which may said VIZ
unanimous, followed a verbal re-
port by Representative Costello
.-Calif.), who heads sub-com-
mittee that has been studying the
At situation. Castillo said a for
NAL report, embodying the groups
views that legislation now is not
needed, would be filed Thursday.
The Californian earlier had indi-
Gated that the need for legislation
to force ATS into essential jobs
with the alternative of induction
| into Army or Navy labor batta-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
HOUSE TAX GROUP
BALKS AT BOOSTS

WASHINGTON, April g. tR -
The tax-devising House Ways and
Means Committee baked today at
increasing burdens on some class
es of taxpayers under the tenta-
lively approved tax simplification
program, and decided to see if
some adjustments can be made.
Rep. Knutson (R.-Minn.) pointed
out that the proposed schedules
would mean an increase of about
200 per cent in the tax liability OF
$1,20O-a-year married man with
no children - from $21 to SCI a
year.
In general, Chairman Doughton
O-N.C.) explained, the Stream
liner" plan maintains burdens at
about their present weight, but the
committee wants to see if further
leveling out can be done before
it sends the measure to the House
floor.
Members of the Congressional
tax staff maintain that simplifica
ton. consolidating the special
treatment various groups of tax
payers get under the present law,
cannot be accomplished without
some variatio in tax burdens.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
VANDENBERC MAY
Be COP SPEAKER

CHICAGO, April 18-(N Senator
Arthur Vandenberg, Michigan
coiner of catch phrases, appeared
to be the leading candidate to-
night for the Republican National
Convention keynoter after party
chieftains repeatedly discouraged
move to select Rep. Clare
Boothe Luce.
The attractive Mrs. Luce was
kept in the running by one-man
campaign conducted by j. Kenneth
Bradley, Connecticut national
committeeman. The trend among
members of the arrangements
committee who are expected to dc
the picking tomorrow seemed:
however, to be running towaro
Vandenberg.
A proposal to delay selection Of
the keynoter until the Republican
presidential contest jells more was
vetoed by party leaders.
The 6O-year-old Sen. Vandenoe-e
himself a candidate for the pre-,
sidential nomination in 1880 anc
1910, is noted for his ability te
manufacture barbed phrases o.
new deal criticism and could %
expected to please the G. " =
convention delegates.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
VITAL TO NIPPON
Vessels Include Tankers
Badly Needed To Hold
Empire Together

WASHINGTON, April 49, R -
American submarines whiting at
Japanese sea communications have
sunk is more enemy ships, the
Navy announced today, to run the
total to 682 sunk, probably sunk or
damaged. The number definitely
sunk is 532.
A medium sized naval repacc
ship and three tankers, all Of vital
Importance to the enemy's fleet,
were included in the newest sink
ings. The other ships included sew
en- medium sized cargo vessels,
two medium sized cargo-passen-
ger vessels, small cargo ship,
and small cargo passenger ship.
The Navy did not disclose the
area where the ships were sunk ex-
cept to say it was in The Pacific
and Far East"
The newest report Of submarine
actions followed weekend report
from Admiral Ernest J. King, Ma
Wy commander in chief, that ia.
pans merchant fleet has been re-
duced to two-thirds of it's tonnage
at the time of Pearl Harbor,
Noting that ships are necessary
for Japanese exploitation of con-
quered areas, King said "she cam
not stand such a rate of loss for
any length of time and keep her
empire together"