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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-19
ASIA SUCCESSES
MAY OPEN ROUTE
Stimson Says Victories
Likely To Link Roads
Supplying China

WASHINGTON, May 1s.-tB -
Secretary of War Stimson, who is
invariably conservative in his fore
casts, said today the Allied sue
cesses in southeast Asia have rails
ed sat least the possibility Of
linking the Ledo and Burma roads
to open new supply route te
China.
In a news conference discussion,
the war secretary also made these
two other major points:
/. The next steps in the Italian
campaign will be Exceedingly
difficult as the Adolf Hitler line,
with which the Allies now are in
contact, has been heavily rein
forced by German engineers. Be-
You'd this line, mountains flank the
routes to the north.
2. Nazi propaganda on the forth
coming invasion is intended tc
confuse the Allied peoples. Stimsor
asked that the American public
be alert to the enemy tricks and
remain cool. 1.-THE day of invasion
will come but it will not be the
one the Nazis have selected" he
said. x x "When there is news
to be told, we shall tell it."
As to developments in southeast
Asia, Stimson pointed out that the
Chinese troops thrusting across the
Salween river are only about sc
air miles from Myitkyina, north
Burma town under seige by Gen
Joseph W. Stilwelrs American
Chinese forces.
(Allied headquarters at Handy
Ceylon, announced that Stilwells
forces captured the airdrome al
Myitkyina on Wednesday,
A junction between the Chinese
forces and Stilwell's army woule
clear the way for a land supply
route between India and China
Stimson pointed out, however, thai
the two Allied forces are much
farther apart than 80 miles wher
the winding distance through the
mountains is considered.
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Board Of, Health Report
Reveals Details OF Work

The laboratory reported the fol-
lowing examinations: Water (bac-
teriologicaD 422; water chemicaD
81 milk 437; blood culture for ty-
phoid /; stool culture To- typhoid
2; diphtheria cultures 20; tests for
syphilis 8O6; tests for gonorrhea
262 tests for tuberculosis II; par
asitic examinations 5; urinalysis
ST, and tests for Vincents Angina
trench MOUTH 6.
Crippled children's service inclu-
ded: admissions to medical Serv-
ice in c1i1aice 81; admissions to nur-
sing service in clinics 1; clinic
visits IS and nursing visits 81.
Analysis of the maternity service
reveals prenatal medical service
IA; prenatal nursing service q
Continued on Page Nine; Col. 81
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DVA So ~
B K >zdlies
CASING, >RMIA FALL
Defense System Attacked
AT Point Only 36 Miles
From Anzio

LIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, May 10 Up Casino and
Formia, twin anchors of the Ger
man defense belt across central
Italy, have fallen before the great
Allied offensive which began a
week ago today, and victorious
American troops are ripping into
the Adolf Hitler line tonight at
a point only IS miles from the
Anzio beachhead and IS miles from
Rome.
British and Polish troops Storm
ed the shattered town of Casino
and dominating Monastery Hill be-
hind it early today, capturing L.
500 prisoners and wiping out the
cream of the green devils" first
parachute division which had de-
Tended the stronghold fanatically
since January.
Flags Placed
Shortly before shutdown tonight
a small group of British and Polish
OAAASN1o Wo1NOo ny d OU-lOOt 1l6d %
of rubble and planted the flags of
their countries atop the ruins of
the Benedictine Monastery, in
which the axis held out so long.
American troops captured Form
ia - believed to be the coastal
anchor of the Adolf Hitler line
and from nearby hills American
big guns opened a heavy lombard
ment of Gaeta Point, three and
a half miles across water from
Formia. Masses of abandoned Nazi
equipment were falling to 1t. Gen.
Mark W. Clark's forces.
Ceased to Exist
The Gustav line now has sceas-
ed to exist" declared and Allied
announcement. The enemy has
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FORCES encountered by Allied bonn
bers have dwindled by nearly 81
per cent, the air forces command
err said, whereas 1--WE can main
tain our peak strength in planes
in men and in supplies"
Arnold said he did not know, ane
didn't believe anybody else knew
whether Germany could be knocked
out of the war by bombing alone
However" he added, 1--WE hope
to get a pretty good idea of VIVA
can be expected in future air ope
rations.'
Despite the intensity of the battl.
In Europe Arnold said air forces
operations in the Pacific have beer
increased, although he added tina
strategic bombing so far "doesn'
tit the Pacific theater" because
OF the necessity of long overwate1
flights.
Army air forces operating in the
Pacific and Asiatic theaters sanl
oAo'4o9 TONS OF Japanese shipping
during the 0rst four months O
this year, he reported.
The biggest single month wa.
January. when 159,7O4 tons were
sent down.
A box score presented by thu
general at a press conference
disclosed that from December 7
l94l through May IS. 1914 the all
forces in aerial combat had de
s4royed $3.50 enemy planes, prob
ably destroyed 1850 and damag
ed 5,546, and in addition had de-
stroyed 1864, probably destroyed
347 and damaged 1882 on thu
ground. Losses for this period were
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Editors Note: Larry Allen,
Associated Press war CORES
pondent, tells in the following
dispatch of his unsuccessful eff
fort to interview Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel, after he had
been made a prisoner of war.
The German radio first publ
ciZed the incident, which oc-
Cured after Aliens capture off
Tobruk in September, 1912. AL
len was exchanged at BARGE
Iona Wednesday.
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LEAPFR0C ACTION
Invasion Promises Quick
Reconquest OF All Dutch
New Guinea
YANKS UNAPPOSED
Move, Northwest OF Hol-
landia, Gives Yanks
Fine Pacific 'Drome

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Fri
day, May 10 In In 12o-mile
leapfrog invasion northwest of Hol-
landia, American amphibious
forces have seized Wakde island
and adjacent shore territory in a
move which promises quick recon-
quest of all Dutch New Guinea,
headquarters announced today.
Yanks went ashore on the main
land Wednesday under naval and
air bombardment and the next day
landed unopposed at Wakde. then
ran into moderate resistance.
Wakde has a fine bomber field.
So adequately had the bombers
paved the way that the invaders
killed only 80 Japanese as they
grabbed at fine air base. At
Toem, on the Dutch New Guinea
mainland near Wakde, trucks,
Grated motors and munitions We're
seized.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur said
1.-THE success of this operation
presages reconqutst of the entire
province Dutch New Guinea)."
Rockets Used
Rockets were used as an air
and naval bombardment covered
the landings.
The new amphibious thrust fol-
lowed by less than a month the
April % invasion of Hollandia and
Aitape which bypassed some 10000
Japanese in British New Guinea
and netted Macarthur five air.
dromes within bombing range Of
the range of the Philippines.
Since then, bombers have been
setting the pattern for the next
move. They quickly eliminated ia
panese air opposition in the
Wakde-Sartni sector. The reduced
anti-aircraft resistance. Then they
methodicallv ripped apart grund
defenses with explosive tonna ges
aggreeating as high as 1000 in
four days.
Eliminate Barrier
The new invasion does not move
Macarthur appreciab1y nearer the
Philippines but it does promise to
ell animate an enemv barrier along
the way and will afford him bases
from which his fighters can range
over Dutch New Guinea strong
points remaining in Japanese
hands
Headquarters said that total Ja-
panese causualties in the Holland
ia-Aitape ar enatatoowl ETAON
ed and AL captured.
It also reported that the number
of cartive of the Jananese freed
in the Hollandia-Aitape sector now
totals 20 and that among the lat
est liberated were two Swiss.
The war AGAINST Japan moved
at speedier tempo yesterday as
Allied forces gained major VIC
tories in Burma and the South
west Pacific.
A master military stroke In
Burma. carried out by Chinese and
American forces under an Ameri-
can general. gravely menaced the
entire japanese position in the
Burma region was anticipated.
Brilliant Move
Chinese and American jungle
fighting infantrymen executed the
brilliant surprise move from the
south, behind Nippon lines, to seize
Myitkyina's southern airdrome.
Immediately the strategic city, key
Japanese communications and sup
ply center was brough under Allied
artillery pounding.
In China's Honan province, far
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BY LARRY ALLEN

ABOARD THE EXCHANGE LIN
Err GRIPSHOLM, Barcelona, May
18.-P)-Twenty long months OF
Italian and German prison camps,
my third sinking and fifth tor
pedoing have been added to my ex-
periences as war correspondent,
which already had included two
years abroad warships of the Bri-
fish Mediterranean fleet.
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CONTEST WINNERS

DURHAM, May 10. - R - DR..
Joseph j. Spengler, professor Of
economics at Duke University, and
his wife, Mrs. Dorothy K. Speng-
Ter, have been declared winners OF
a $1,000 prize for their joint plan
submitted in a nationwide post
war employment contest. DR..
Spengler is now civilian instructor
of advanced economic courses in
the Army Finance School,
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Enemy Airplanes
Lost Since War Started

WASHINGTON, May 18.-(P)-Reporting the destruc-
ton of enemy planes by the Army Air Forces against
loss of 6154 in two and half years of war, Gen. H. H.
Arnold today declared the sustained bomber offensive
Europe has not reached its peak German fighter defense
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New Fighting Flares Up
On Quiet Soviet Front

LONDON, Friday, May 19.-QF)-The Russians an
nounced today the capture of "a height of considerable I'M
porance" southeast of Stansawow in old Poland and the
slaughter of 600 Germans who made abortive counter
attack the lower Dneser campaign northwest Of Traspo
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FORECAST
FORECAST

NORTH CAROLINA: Partly CLOUDY
and continued warm Friday with widely
scattered showers IN the afternoon, be-
coming cooler in northeast and ex.
IRENE north portions late Friday.
Temperatures yesterday:
High 86-Low: sc.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Jops Attempt
oJustify
CONTINUED from Page y

ICO1ClI1QSQ 1IOIIl rage ~
trolls the Japanese-American camps,
said his agency had committed no
atrocities. There have, he said, been
disturbances and some deaths in
the camps but the circumstances
surrounding them have always been
made public.
Myer said these disturbances had
taken place at the camps:
l. At Manzanar, Calf, two or
three Japanese killed in serious
riots against camp officials.
2. At Poster, Ariz., but settled
without military Intervention.
3. At Tule Lake, Calf, no fatal
tiles.
4. At Topaz, Utah, one japanese
shot and killed when he went into
a restricted area.
officials said 1t was only natural
that Red Cross or Vatican repre-
sentatives had discovered no COM
plants from American prisoners in
the Philippines since none ever had
been permitted to visit prison
camps there.
Low Death Rate
War Department sources said the
death rate among all Axis tnternees
in the United States was only one
out of 252, considerably lower than
the normal national death rate IN
l94l of 105 per 1000 population.
In contrast, the International Red
Cross has reported that more than
one out Of every 10 Americans cap
tured by the Japanese has died IN
enemy prison camps. This woulc
mean a death rate of 100 out Of ev-
cry 1,0O0-or about 10 times the nor
NAL death rate in the United States
Ell Paso, Tex. Feb. 8-(UP)--
Army officials said today that in
ternees quartered at Fort Bliss had
been treated so well that numerous
complaints were received that the
Japanese were "pampered."
An official statement issued by
public relations officers at Fort Bliss
said that 200 Japanese internees
quartered there for six months In
1912 had received "the same treat
ment as American soldiers"
Fort Bliss was one of the two In
ternment camps identified by name
in japanese broadcast claims that
internees had received Ill treatment
The other was Topaz, Utah.
Topaz, Utah, Feb. 8-tUP)--A
military police sentry shot and
killed a Japanese internee at the
Topaz War Relocation Authority
Center in April, 1913, because he re-
fused to answer a challenge, officials
said today.
The Japanese was challenged by
the sentry when he approached the
fence around the camp after the Z
D. m. deadline. When the Japanese
failed to answer the challenge. the
sentry fired what he Intended to be
warning shot.
A full investigation Of the Incl
dent was made by the State and
War Departments and the Spanish
consulate, which represents Japan
csc interests in the United States.
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It's crest. Capture Of the hill would
put the Americans in a position to
cut the Via Casilina, a mile further
west, and complete the ring Of
steel around Casino.
Radio vichy
[Radio Vichy said the AneAicans
threw $4,000 troops, 600 guns and
400 tanks into a single sector of
the Italian front, presumably the
Casino area, and that American
planes laid a carpet of bombs,
down on the Na1 positions. The at
tacks failed to breach the German
lines, however, Vichy said.)
Brisk patrol fighting and artillery
exchanges were reported on the
British 9th Army's Adriatic front.
But the real battle Of Italy dur
ing the past "a hours was in the
sky over the 5th Army beachhead,
and front dispatches indicated the
Luftwaffe was throwing its best
planes and pilots into an all out
effort to bomb ana machine gun
the invaders into submission.
Striking in waves of 10 to is
plans the Germans attacked the
beachhead continuously from 8 a.
m. onward. Most of them were
turned back, however, by American
P-40 Warhawks and British Spit
fires that fought the NaI raiders
from tree-top height to extreme al
titudes.
Allied medium bombers hit the
Viterbo railway yards north of
Rome and oil installations at Leg
horn, and sprayed explosives on
enemy troops and supplies concen-
trated on the beachhead front at
CiSterna.
Targets Hammered
Formations Of fighter-bombers
also hammered rail and road tar
gets in the rear Of the German
lines.
In all. "a enemy planes and two
gliders were downed at ocst of five
Allied aircraft. The communicate
also said four Na1 planes are
known to have ben shot down last
Friday in addition to the six pre-
yiouSly claimed for that day.
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over the clogged air lanes across the
Channel.
Raj Typhoon and Hurricane
fighter-bombers also joined in the
daylight assault on northern
France, but no specific targets were
announced. The Marauders were
escorted and covered by British,
Dominion and Allied Spitf1reS.
Mosquitoes
Twin-engined Mosquitoes ended
the weather-enforced 24-hour re-
spite for western Germany with
nuisance raids last night while Raj
intruders attacked airflelds in
northern France, all without loss.
Wave after wave Of daylight
bomberS roared out across the Eng
nsh southeast coast in daylight to-
day.
The first formations disappeared
in the direction Of France shortly
after 8 a. m. and soon afterward an
even greater force, flying at extreme
altitude, headed out for the contin-
ent.
spitfires also we're active In the
cloudleSs sky.
Weather was believed to have in
telrupted air operations yesterday
following Sundays heavy raids on
German airdromes In the Paris
area and northwestern France.
spearheaded by American Flying
Fortresses and Liberators.
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man units are retreating, abandon
ing material and weapons" the
Soviet high command said in it's
midnight communique. Many Ger
man prisoners were TAKEN
Only Escape
The only possible escape for the
Isolated Germans appeared to be
a forcing Of the Dniper, but even
If they could escape the concen-
trated fire of Soviet artillery bat
teries which now command the
entire length of the river, the 4th
Ukrainian army was waiting on the
south bank to pounce on them.
General Nikolai F. Vatutin's list
and General S. Konev's End
Ukrainian armies squeezed the sur
vivors OF 10 encircled German d.
visions below Chekasi into an area
of 300 square miles and appeared
about to split the doomed forces in
two with a drive through tn center
OF the enemy pocket.
Advancing southwark, KonevS
troops seized Bolshoye Staroslye,
two thirds of the distance between
the middle Dnieper and the Miron-
ovka-Tzetovka eaSt-west railway,
while Vatutin's units, pushing up
from the south, almost reached the
embankment of the railroad.
More than 300 additional Ger
mans were killed as Soviet tanks
and infantry slashed into the
enemy'S perimeter, and 1000 guns
rained explosives and steel on the
shrinking pocket. Hundreds of pris-
oners also were taken.
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gles," Ferris said. HE waved to
me and said with a grin Don't for
get to get my picture in this OUT
fit"
There's not much passenger
room in torpedo bomber and
Clapper had to stand in the crowded
radio compartment behind the pilot.
II tried to get his picture just be-
fore the take off, but he was so
cramped for space he couldn't even
turn around"
The flight took off at 10 a. m. and
dropped a heavy bomb load on the
Eniwetok airfield.
AS soon as the crash occurred,
Ferris said, other planes flew over
the area where the torpedo bombers
crashed but not survivors were seen.
A large spot Of green dye marked
the crash area. Dye is standard
equipment for flyers life jackets so
as to mark their positions for rescue
planes in the event they are forced
to land in the sea.
Ferris said that Clapper carried
with him on the last flight the little
brown bear" which he mentioned In
one Of his recent columns.
In that column, Clapper said:
Il am not religious man, but
I find myself frequently taking out
the tiny brown bear which my
daughter gave me as was leaving
last year for the European theater.
Over here (the central Pacific) sew
eral war correspondents have been
killed, most Of them in the last few
months. and never get In plane
any more without checking in with
the little brown bear"
Little Brown Bear
Ferris said Clapper often dis
played the little brown bear around
the ship.
1T seemed one Of his most priced
possessions" Ferris said. HE
showed it to me only the night be-
fore the last flight"
Clapper, Ferris said, was one Of
the most popular men on the carrier
and spent much of his time talking
with pilots and plane handlers to get
their stories.
Several of his articles are being
sent to Peal Harbor for later release.
The day after the crash, memorial
services were conducted by Catholic
and Protestant chaplains before the
entire ships company on the car
rier's flight deck for Clapper and the
six other victims Of the crash.
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Continued from Page y
holding out in the section the Army
spokesman said. The Australians
have advanced to Lepsius Point, near
the Japanese barge depot Of Gall
and were meeting little resistance
in their push toward American po-
sitions in the Saidor area, SIS miles
southeast Of the Japanese base at
Madang.
In other ground action. American
patrols on the southwestern tip Of
New Britain expanded their Cape
Gloucester beachhead several miles
by reaching Cape Gauffre on the
easternside Of Bergen Bay. nine
miles from Natamo Point.
The Marines have encountered no
heavy resistance there since break
ing enemy defenses around Hill $50
last month. the spokesman said. in
dieating the Japanese apparently
had evacuated the area.
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Finland Told
ToAsk Peace
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Izvestia was quoted as saying in an
editorial that the Red army may
defend the Soviet Union near Hell
Sinkd."
Three more air alarms were
sounded in Helesinki between neon
and II p. m. yesterday, but no raids
developed. However, Helsinki dis
patches told Of long queues of refu-
gees forming at stations for trains
to the country and said the evacu-
alton of all children under six was
expected to be ordered today.
Reliable private sources said the
American suggestion that Finland
seek peace with Russia was In reply
to a request from Finnish Foreign
Ministerd Henrik Ramsay for the
United States attitude toward his
country in the event that German
troops were withdrawn.
Couched in diplomatic language,
the reply was understood to have
made clear that the American atti-
tude toward Finland would not
change so long as the country re-
manned at war with Russia.
Appended was the suggestion
that Finland get out of the war as
soon as possible because any delay
inevitably would result in harsher
peace terms, 1t was said.
Wipert Won Butcher, German
minister to Finland, returned to
Helsinki yesterday after a five-day
visit to Adolf Hitler's field head
quarters and he was reported to
have informed the fuehrer COM
pletely on the Finnish situation.
Moscow. Feb. 8-(UP)-The gov
eminent newspaper Izvestia said in
an editorial today that the hour for
settlement Of Russ1a'S accounts with
Finland was drawing near with
the possibility the Red army will
drive through to the approaches to
HelS1nki.
very soon the Finnish aggressors
viii regret the continuation of the
war;" IzveStia said. THE sufferings
of our brothers Of the Karelo-
Finnish republic call for revenge.
THE vipers are crawling on their
bellies before Hitler and say they
want to defend Finland east of
Petrozavodsk (on Lake Onego, 1875
miles east Of the 1910 Finnish bor-
der). They may see the Red army
defend the Soviet Union near Hell
sinki."
Washington, Feb. 8-(UP)--State
department officials declined to
comment today on the report that
the United States has formally adj
vised Finland to make peace with
the Soviet Union, but 1t did not sur
prise diplomatic observers here.
Secretary Of State Cordell Hull will
be given a chance to comment on
the report at his press conference
at noon.
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Poromushiro
HitHeovily
CONTINUED from Page y

The cratic fire of shore guns was
the only reply to the rain OF steel
and explosives, and none of the
American ships was damaged and
no lives lost through enemy action
during the bombardment.
Three waves of naval patrol
bombers commanded by Comdr. L..
E. Genres Of Seattle. Wash, OBJ
served the fire and added to the
destruction by strafing enemy en-
placements.
There was every indication that
the Japanese were left with a
large-scale repair job and no assur-
ance that they will not be lombard
ed again before they can finish the
task.
The Smelling began around mid
night Friday (ToKyo time) with
bright moonlight and starshells IL
Illuminating the snow-covered tar
get area, and was over before the
enemy realized fully what had
struck him.
Observing the action from the
bridge of Adm. W. D. Bakers flag
ship were Maj. Gen. Davenport
Johnson, Colorado Springs. Colo,
commanding general of the 18th Air
Force, and Brig. Gen. Elwin D. Post,
Carmel, Cal, chief of staff OF the
Alaskan department.
One phase Of the operation was
covered In daylight by 18th Air
Force fighter planes under Col.
william Elder of Tampa, Fla. Two
fighters were lost because Of
weather conditions.
1t was the first naval lombard
inent Of Japanese home soil since a
fleet of British, French. Dutch and
American vessels shelled Shimo-
noseH in 1864 In reprisal for an at
tack by Japanese shore batteries.