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Foe Turns Pisa Tower
Into Machinegun Nest;
May Have To Blast 1t

AN AMERICAN COMMAND
POST NEAR PISA, ITALY,
26LRHThe enemy has in
stalled an observation post in
the world-famous leaning tow
er Of Pisa and has heavily
fortified the city, forcing the
Fifth Army to consider firing
upon it as it did the Casino
monastery to prevent further
danger to doughboys, officers
said today.
Up to now, that historic builo-
ings and monuments might be
spared. no artillery fire has
been directed against the city.
But with the machine = gun
mortar and self propelled
rocket fire being poured across
the Arno river upon American
positions in the southern Ste.
ton of the city. Major Ar'b"r
Peterson of Indianapolis, d.
visional artillery officer, de-
clared:
eff it becomes enough Of
military objective to outweigh
nub'ic opinion, we will have to
fire upon it.''
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BYRNES SEES NEED
FOR QUICK ACTION

SPARTANBURG, July 26-tR-
James F. Byrnes, director of war
mobilization, said here today tina
the turn of events in Germany
has made it imperative that Con-
gress give immediate considera-
ton to rehabilitation legislation.
In an interview, he said that
mo one can tell what is really
taking place inside Germany, but
thMe is one thing certain---any-
thing can happen and we must be
prepared.
I'VE have gone as far as we
can by executive order in carry
ing out the rehabilitation recon-
mendations of the Baruch-Hancock
report
He added that he had commune
Gated with the majority leaders
of the house and senate express
ing the hope that as soon as con-
gress reconvenes they can obtain
action of two bills, one providing
for disposition of surplus property
and the other setting up machinery
for converting from war to peace
production"
Byrnes asked those on the home
front not to falter in their job,
saying:
Hard and bloody fighting is still
ahead of us. Even if Germany
should collapse this fall, we still
have Japan to lick. We cannot
lessen our war effort at home
until the last bullet is fired"
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By JOHN Nj. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON, July 26. -(P)-
The United States tonight denounc-
ed Argentina for "deserting the
Allied cause and decisively re-
jected all suggestions that it negot-
late with President Edelmiro Far
reI's regime on re-opening diplo-
matte relations. Instead it recon-
mended to all united and associat-
ed nations the diplomatic isolation
of Argentina.
The denunciation apparently was
without precedent for bluntness and
strong language. 1t was issued by
the State department after Secre-
tary of State Hull had consulted
for several weeks with other Ameri.
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AMERICANS BREAK GERMANY,S
MAIN LINES VEST OF ST. 10:
REDS OUTFLANKING WARSAW
Marines Mount To TOP
OF Tnian's Highest
Peak, Hold Advantage

ABOARD EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE FLAGSHIP OFF TIN
IAN, Marianas Islands, July 26.
-(July rs U. S. Time)-P)-
(via Navy radio)- American
Marines, counting almost 100
slain Japanese for each of their
own dead, captured the high
est peak on Tinian island to-
ashore.
Seizure Of the 564-foot Mt.
LassO gave the invaders a van
tage point a third of the way
southwark from Tinian's nor
thern tip, nenr which they first
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United States Scores
Ar9entina'S Attitude

can governments Copies were sent
to all the American governments
except Argentina.
A department official said there
was virtual unanimity' among
those governments in supporting
the principles laid down by Hull
for continuing non-recognition of
Argentina on the ground of deser-
ton. One or two, it was said, have
not given endorsement yet but are
expected to do so.
The extent of support for contin-
ued non-reccgnition of the revolu-
tionary Farrell regime is regarded
by Hull as of utmost importance
since Farrell and his officials have
hoped that if they failed to get
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Harbor islanders Asked
To Take Pape, To Roger S

Harbor Island residents, learn
ing that scrap paper would be col
lected at Wrightsville Beach on
Friday by members of the Ser or
Fraternity, asked the Fraternity
to stop at their homes at the same
time.
The collectors have announced
they cannot cover both. areas
the same evening, but if Harbor
Island folk will take their scrap
paper to Rogers store ON Friday
afternoon they will pick it up in
passing.
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Inquest Of Case Inuoluing
DR.. Shaw Is Postponed

The inquest scheduled to be held
last night at Burgaw into the death
of a young woman on whom DR..
Colan Shaw of Atkinson is charged
with performing an abortion, was
postponed to a later date.
The reason ascribed to the de
lay is that the doctor at Duke
hospital, Durham, who examined
the victim, had failed to return
to the coroner full report of his
findings, and the case was there
fore not ready to be presented to
the Jury.
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3Democrats, | Republican
Defeated For US. Senate

and shipyard worker. The lone Re-
publican defeated SO far is Rufus
c. Holman of Oregon. who lost to
Wayne L. Morse, former war la
Dor board member.
Politicians in Washington differ
ed over the effect Smiths defeat
might have on the southern re-
volt" against the Presidents re-
election. Some said the humping
victory over Smith and three 9th
ers by Gov. DIN D. Johnston,
At year = old Roosevelt supporter,
might slow up the anti Roose-
welt elector threat in Texas, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana. Others be-
lievedit would have no effect. The
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landed.
Since the first waves swept
in on two narrow beaches ear
ly on the morning Of July "a,
the Marines have captured 3
IL miles of Tinian's camille
cOastline and knitted inland
through two miles of Can
brakes. They have ample ell
bow room to mount an attack
Of the same scope that early
this month destroyed an enemy
garrison twice as large on near
by Saipan island.
Continued on Page Two; Col.
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latter said Smith would have been
retired six years ago if he had
not been able to raise the cry
that the administration was trying
to purge" him.. ...''.
Mrs. Caraway, A senator since
1881, was defeated in race
topped by Rep. ]. W. Fulbright,
80 year old former university
president who attained national
attention by sponsoring the first
peace preservation resolution to
pass either house of Congress. Full
bright will face a run off or Aug
ust 8, since he failed to get ma
Continued on Page Six; Col. "
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GAIN ON 20 Mile
RE-SPRAYEDLINE
Tanks And Infantry Pierce
First And Second Foe
Defenses In France

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, Thurs
day, July 27.-P)-A great
combined American Tank and
infantry assault smashed
through the German first
and second defense lines and
into rear artillery positions
west of St. Lo Wednesday,
scoring gains up to five miles
deep through a four-mile-
wide breach in the Nazi po-
sitions.
At least IA towns, includ-
ing two important road. juno
lions, tell in the drive, which
outflanked the stubborn Nazi
line running northwestward
to the coast.
lllc ICW push al us SSOl S0 Hoy
vas marked by a precision and
cooperation among armored infan-
Try, artillery and air units n t.
reached by any American Army
thus var in the war;" Associated
Fress Correspondent Yves Gallag-
her wrote from the front late last
night
The Americans cut the highway
from st. 10 to Coutances near st.
L.o and made their deepest inland
penetration of The invasion, leaV-
ing in their, ware uncounted dead
ano captured of the badly mauled
Nazi 353rd infantry and third par
achute divisions.
The assault, with doughboys rid
ing tanks into battle like cowboys
Oh steel ponies. preached the ene-
my line between St. Lo and Per-
iels, badly mau'lng two enemy dis
! visions in a ha1lstorm Of tank fire,
bullets, artillery shells, and bombs
fro m the sky.
1t threatened to box in and force
withdrawal Of the Nazis fighting
desperately to nold the line to the
northwest from Periers to Lessay,
rear the coast.
The American First Army was
alta cking all along 20 mile
front from Lessay inland-in it's
biggest blow since Cherbourg and
possibly since D-Day and the
breadth and iorce indicated at
least corps was in action.
Can Army Corps is at least two
divisions and probably moreD
The U. S. armored fist crashed
through the outer crust of German
defenses, and in flaming street
battle against Nazi Panzers includ.
ing giant So ton tanks captured
Marigny, road junction town sew
en- miles west q st. Lo and just
above the St. l o-Coutances higl-
way.
Three miles nearer St. Lo, other
elements seized st. GILES astrida
that main lateral highway.
Marigny fall put the Americans
within 10 miles of Coutances, large
German rearline base near h e
western coast. Lessay, the ene-
ny present western anchor, is
IL miles due north of CoutanceS.
and U. S. assaults there today
could gain only loo to 200 yards
against fierce German counter-at-
tscks.
Any drive down the Coutances.
st. Lo highway apparently would
force the enemy to retreat from
mis- Lessay Periers position or
face entrapment
In their Through, hard-hit.
ting American Sherman tanks and
their cowboy infantry" who leap.
cd from the arclored vehicles and
k"ocked out Nazi gu1posts, cap.
ttl ed at least d dozen other vii.
ages, and sent back battle stunned
Continued on Page Two; Col. H.
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Press Staff Writer

Associated Press Staff Writer
Senators Ellison D. Cotton Ed
Smith of South Carolina, 70 = year.
old senate dean and bitter foe OF
President Roosevelt, and Hattie w.
Caraway of Arkansas, only wom-
an Senator, became the third and
fourth members of that branch to
fail of denomination, nearly COM
plete returns from Tuesdays pri-
maries showed yesterday s(Wednes-
day..
Both are Democrats. First Desel
ocrat to become a primary fatali-
ty was Sen. D. Worth Clark Of
Idaho, defeated in June by Glen
Taylor, cowboy, radio minstrel,
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SEEK BRIDCEHEAD
WEST OF WISLA
Eight Major Armies Gain
Rapidly On 800-Mile
Airline Front

LONDON, Thursday, July
7.-P) - Russian troops,
having reached the Vista
(Vistula) river on a 30-mile
front in Central Poland,
fought today for bridgeheads
on the western bank which
would outflank Warsaw, 81
miles to the northwest, and
place them across the last
large natural defense line
guarding Germany, 140 miles
away.
While these sagging Nazi de-
lenses on the Vista underwent. the
scourge of Marshal Konstantin <.
RokossovSky's massed forces, the
north Baltic front split open with
Soviet capture of the Estonian CT
ty fortress of Narva and neigh
boring towns on the south shores
of the Gulf of~Finland, and the
Germans and their Hungarian pup
pets in the south reeled back into
the Carpathian mountain passes
below encircled StanislaWoW and
Kolornyia on the routes to CZscho-
Slovacia.
Along the fiery fronts, 800 air
line miles long, more than 5Oo
towns fell to the Russian assault,
it was announced by the Soviet
midnight communique and two or
ders of the day by Premier Mar
shall Stain.
Stains order announcing CAP
t,,re of Narva was followed on the
Moscow radio by the Estonian an
them. and his second order, on
capture of the fortress OF Deplln
on the east bank of the Wlslfs
by the Polish national anthem.
Soviet raised Polish forces
numbering about 100000 were par
ticipating in the battle in central
Poland which posed perhaps the
gravest of the many perilous pros
poets confronted by the German
command.
Eight great Red Army groups
we're carrying the main weight OF
the tremendous offensives whi:n,
besides ground gained had DOOM
ed the German garrisons OF STAN
islawow, Lwowo, Brest Litovsk'
Bialystok, Daugavpils Ovinsk)
and probably also Kaunas. Those
cities once represented a line OF
formidable defenses ranging along
the entire front, but Russian Ell
circlement and annihilatlon tacucs
had caught them tight.
The Germans made these grave
admissions:
They were retreating In the
North Baltic; the Russians were
striking east and northwest OF Aau-
mas. Lithuania. with major infan-
try and taken forces;;' and n e
Hungarians have been pushed
hack to the west and southwest,
creating grave danger for tn e
towns of Stanislawow and Kolomy-
ja'
The Germans did not admit any
largo Withdrawals on the Kaunas
front, where they are reported 70
have reinforced their stiff defense
with the 2l4th infantry division re-
Gently in Norway, but acknow'
lodged that Riga, Latvia, was With
in reach of the Russians, now less
than 70 miles distant after having
encircled Daugavpils and cut the
railway to Riga.
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United States recognition they
would be able to PERSUADE other
nations, particularly those in South
America, to break away from the
policy.
Asked whether the reinforced di.
plomatic policy might be followed
by economic sanctions, high Of.
fetal said that question had not
been taken up yet.
The American declaration assert.
ed that Argentina had taken tive
steps which have resulted in tire.
mendous injury to the Allied
cause"
81. 1t has deliberately violated
Continued on Page Six; Col. q
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FORECAST

WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: Part
Nv cloudy and continued warm with scat
+ered thundershoWers.
temperatures yesterday:
High 89-LoW 73
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MEDICAL RECORDS
INVALUABLE AID

Medical Record librarians were
named as important agents in the
research work essential for control
of disease, stated Eleanor j. Mac
donald. Rereach Statistician, Divis-
ion of Cancer Research. State De-
partment of Health in an article in
the December Monthly Bulletin.
The librarian is no longer simply
the custodian Of series OF RECORDS
nor is the record office a mere re-
pository. The medical record office
is becoming laboratory for statis-
tical research.
The Standard Nomenclature OF
Diseases, gradually being adopted
by hospitals. is making possible the
grouping Of all records Of one parti-
cular disease for study. AS the pos
sibilities for real service from
records revealed themselves, codes
have been developed through which
informative material for any type
of the disease study can be trans
ferred quickly to statistical punch
cards, and thus made available for
rapid analysis.
Miss Macdonald named many
examples Of disease studies made
possible through the use of medi-
cal records, but emphasized par
ticularly this inestimable value to
cancer research. For instance In
cancer, a careful statistical analysis
OF hundreds of thousands of histor
les giving every possible background
factor in the development Of the
disease may act as a reservoir OF
basic information which will assist
in the final control of the disease.
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BOYS
OFFERED RATINGS
Navy Seeking Youngsters
to Qaulify as Radio
Technicians

The possibility of being rated
petty officer, first class, at the age
of eighteen was described as "a goal
to strive for by 1t. Comdr. L. M.
Nelson of the Navy Recruiting Sta
ton, New Haven, in making the an
nouncement today that all II year
old applicants for enlistment in
the Navy would be given the oppor-
tunity to try out for special train
ing as radio technicians.
He stated, 1.-THE Navy needs more
and more radio technicians, and
this is the means being employed to
fill the requirement. Any II year
old applicant with the proper back
ground will be given special test
to determine his eligibility for this
specialized training. If a passing
mark is made on the examination
and the regular requirements for
enlistment are met, II year old
boy may be enlisted as seaman. 1st
class, and upon completion OF boot
training will be transferred to spe-
cial schools for training as radio
technicians.
Upon successful completion of
the technical training course. these
boys may be graduated as high as
petty officer, first class, at the UNI
usual age Of approximately 49,"
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Blind Typist
23-Year-Old Graduate
of Trinity College
Gets Govt. Job.
By DREW PEARSON

Washington, Jan. Last spring,
a 23-year-old girl graduated from
Trinity College in Washington. In
spite Of the great demand for COL
lege- trained women in the Govern
ment. she doubted that she could get
Job.
Reason: She Is blind.
Today Catherine Miley, a lovely
brunette whose eyes do not see, is
working as typist for the War Pro-
duction Board.
Using a dictaphone, she types
with steady accuracy. The other day.
an official gave her table of rain
fall figures to type, column after
colmun. She made no mistakes.
Like all Government typists. she
has to make an original and three
carbons, two on white paper and one
on green. She keeps the different
papers separate in her desk, and
never mixes them up.
What's more, she never reverses
a carbon.
Catherine Milcy Is still an object
of amazement to other girls, but not
for her tipping alone. They say. "It's
a marvel how she powders her nose.
There's never a splotch"
copyright, 1914. by United Feature
Syndicate, IncO
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REAL PERSON
BY DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOSDlCK
Worry About Inability to Pray
May Be a Form of Self-Defense

automobile horn, which, having
fulfilled its rightful function Of
warning, now keeps up an unin-
termittent blare. Moreover, this
trouble Is the more serious because,
while a jammed horn is recognized
as abnormal, a damned conscience
is often regarded as the voice Of
God.
Upon the contrary, one Of the
main therapeutic functions Of re-
ligion is the dissipation of such re-
morse through the gospel Of God S
forgiveness.
Quite apart from the formal
teachings of religion, a profound
intimation is present in multitudes
of people that the wrong they have
done is more than private to them
selves and more than concern OF
those whom they have hurt; that is
concerns the whole cosmic order OF
which they are part and the God
of it whose will they have violated;
and that. therefore. they never will
be able to forgive themselves until
they have been forgiven.
However it be dealt with, this
surplus self-reproach must be re-
lieved somehow if healthy per-
sonal living is to be achieved.
When Samuel johnson was well ad-
vanced in years, he returned to his
home town, UttoXeter, and stood for
a considerable time on the spot
where his fathers store once had
been. doing public penance for his
refusal as young boy to carry out
some task his sire had given him.
He never had been able to forgive
himself.
Another malady of mans moral
sense is a negative and gloomy con-
science.
Conscience was intended to pro-
duce a good life, radiant, useful, de-
pendable, satisfying, and when in
stead 1t produces a life dour, grim,
cramped, and gloomy. 1t is plainly
sick. Conscience was intended to
make men like Phillips Brooks of
whom a Boston newspaper once
said: 1T was dull, rainy day, when
things looked dark and lowering, but
Phillips Brooks came down through
Newspaper Row and all was bright"
In such facts as these lies the
reason for saying that 1t is an open
question whether the more dis
tracing difficulties are found in
those who evade their sense OF
duty or in those who accept it. A
healthy conscience, producing a
really good life. is a supreme
boon, but 1t is not to be taken for
granted as though conscience in it
self were "the voice of God"
TOMORROW: Moral problems
and conscience.
Harper g. Brothers, New York, N. Y.
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Thetir performance offers some
Illuminating angles to that greatly
maligned phenomenon - the wo-
man driver. It also, needless to
say, adds another score to woman's
record as pinch hitter in wars
emergencies.
There has been much talk -
lot Of 1t with smirks - about the
idea of . woman taking over Q cab
drivers seat, Of all things. A drill
press operator, O streetcar motor
woman, a riveter - yes. But a taxi
driver-the general idea Is that it's
a Job for men.
One operator Of f1eet Of 80 cabs
had this to say:
AT one time we had IL women
driving for us. The whole day shift,
in fact. I'd say they're every bit
as good and careful a driver as
men-if not better"
This man. the principal operator
in this city's far-fiung county ter
ritory, said that he had always felt
taXi-driving was a mans job but
had to hire women more than a
year ago as the only alternative
when his men began exchanging
their gray uniforms for service
ones. But I soon changed my
mind" he said
"Of course" he emphasized I'VE
took this woman driver notion out
Of their heads from the start" He
referred to a prerogative many
women drivers popularity are said
to exercise by making right turns
from the middle of the street and
other such vehicular unorthodoxies.
And now - why we have two
grandmothers doing as bang-up a
job for US as any men we ever had
He gave assurance that he was not
speaking with a figure Of speech
either.
The grandmothers are among
five women who are all that remain
of the dozen originally hired. Half
of them were mothers, and some
had dropped out because of press
Jobs.
The operator explained that,
after an initial test run with O
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supervisor, given to all prospective
employees regardless Of sex, he put
the women on q permanent basis
for as long as they wanted TO re-
main. AS they did drop out, how
ever, he said, they were replaced
by men. The latter lately have
become more available through
medical discharges from the armed
forces and through Redistribution
of 3-A's working In defense plants
to 4-F's.
He admitted women drivers were
handicapped when 1t came to night
work, explaining that he felt such
work might subject them to I'M
necessary hazards. This. in fact.
is the reason large operators In st.
Louis proper have not hired any
women to date.
But, the county man summed
up the situation. the women def
nitely solved serious help problem
when they were needed.
AFTER ALL" he concluded philo-
sophically. we let them drive our
family autos. SO why not our
taxis?'
And how do the men drivers feel
about their co-workers?
oh" said the operator. they
have names for them but we
won't go into that"
The impression left was that the
names might correspond to those
any male driver might bestow upon
his sister driver under duress.