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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
CHURCHILL SEES
EARLY WAR END

LONDON, Aug. 2. -lR- Prime
Minister Churchill declared in a
comprehensive review Of the war
today that 81 fear greatly Of rails.
ing false hopes, but I no longer
feel bound to deny that victory
may come perhaps SOON"
With caution tempering his op-
timism, Churchill said that the
latest news from the Allied beach
head in France Seems to me ex-
tremely good,' that the Red army
was tearing the CUTS out of the
German army" and that 1.-The in
terval between the defeat Of Hit
Ter and the defeat Of Japan will
be shorter-perhaps much shorter
than had at one time suppos-
ed"
The war, he said, approaches
perhaps its closing stage"
OF the revolt of the army gen.
erals in Germany, Churchill said
that "potent as may be these
of internal disease,
decisive as even they may be one
of these days, it is not in them
that we should put our trust, but
in our own strong arm and the
justice Of our cause"
Speaking for an hour and 10 min
utes before a house Of commons
which laughed frequently at typi-
cal Churchillian barbs dug into
the enemy. the prime minister de-
clared that he had upon the whole
a good report to make to the house
this afternoon"
"On every battlefront all over
the world" he said. ''the armies
OF Germany and Japan are re-
coiling. In the air, on the sea
and under the sea, our well-estab-
lished supremacy increases with
steady strides"
Churchill stressed particularly
the American victories in the Paci-
fic, Opening to us the prospect
of a more-much more-speedy
climax in the wa with Japan"
and the splendid and spectacular
victories won by the Americans
in France who he said are now
proceeding at almost a gallop"
in their southwark plunge.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
Turkey Breaks With Nazis

than 100 Germans considered
dangerous and put them under
observation until they could
leave. They may be aboard the
first special train of German
evacuees scheduled to leave
Istanbul tonight. {. II.
The Turks hope their. action
will not bring war upon Turkey
At least for the time being
they do not wish to go
farther than the evacuation Of
Germany,s diplomatic and
consular and secret service
from Turkey and the shalting
of all trade with, Germany.
Saracoglu explained, that whe-
Their or not the rupture IS con-.
verted into war lies At the mo.
ment entirely In the hands Of
the Germans. Turkey will de
fend herself against any at.
tacks.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
Sight-Seers Worned
To Keep OFF Beaches

Bruce Valentine, chief of police
at Carolina Beach, issued warm
ing yesterday to all sight-seers to
stay away from the beach, and
said that all persons entering the
beach would be required to have
a pass proving residence on the
beach.
Valentine said sight-seers and
curiosity seekers hindered clean
up work by causing unnecessary
congestion and confusion. Possibili-
ty of 1ooting was another factor in
volved.
Luther r. Rogers of the Wrights-
vile Beach City Council said that
admission to Wrightsville would be
granted only to those who are re-
sidents of the beach. The council
there also warned sight-seers tc
stay aWay.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03

Rescues z
Fro m Isle

An Army amphibious duck,
the huge two and a half-ton
land and water vehicle used by
t h Antiaireraft Artillery
School for retaining targets
shot down by ack-ack gunners
at Camp Davis, was credited
yesterday with saving seven
soldiers from Fl. Fisher from
possible death by drowning
during the peak of the gale
that swept that section of the
North Carolina coast Tuesday.
The duck" driven by Pri-
vate William Dixon of F Bat
terry, AAAS, was requested by
Fl. Fisher authorities who
were unable to get the seven
marooned soldiers off Hogs
head island located in the Cape
Fear river.
Private Dixon drove his duck
into the towering waves and
affected the rescue within a
few minutes time. The quick
action averted a possible trag-
edy, Fl. Fisher authorities de-
clared.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
LITTLE DAMAGE
SEEN IN ONSLOW

JACKSONVILLE. Aug. 2.-tRH
Only minor damage resulted in
onSloW county from gale-force
winds and heavy rain which swept
Inc county last night in the wake
Of hurricane which struck in the
Wilmington area, survey Snow
ed today.
Billy Arthur, Jacksonville news
paperman, said that at Swansboro,
on the coast, boats were torn loose
from their moorings and houses
were flooded with water.
In the vicinity of Jacksonville,
1ees were uprooted, a few tobac-
70 narns were overturned, and
some crop damage was reported,
Arlllr said. A check of hospitals
Sno#ed no casualties.
Via seacoast residents, Arthur
sslo. asserted the wind blew hard
Ct man at any time since 1888.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
Red Armies
Make Gains
On Pr''
DRIVE NEA .R
Warsaw's Siege On
As Other Nazi Troops
Face Encirclement

LONDON, Thursday, Aug.
3.-(P)-The Third White
Russian army tonight thrust
within eight miles of East
Prussia's pre-1939 border in
the foremost of twin drives
aimed at the heart of the
Junkers homeland.
Other Soviet armies on the long
laundering front frightened their
violent siege of Warsaw, pushed
"a quadruple sanniilllation drive
against possibly 100000 Germans
isolated in Estonia and Latvia,
and launched a new offensive in
the south towards Krakow, Po-
lands second city.
The closest approach to East
Prussia came with the capture of
Dydvizhe in steady advance
westward. The fall of this town,
which is eight miles southeast of
the junction town of Schirwindt
on the frontier, was confirmed by
the Soviet radio monitors recep-
ton of the Moscow midnight COM
munique.
The broadcast as heard earlier
in London had listed the town of
Vistytis, which is directly on the
East Prussian border, as among
the towns captured, but this was
not confirmed in subsequent broad
casts.
The Russians further solidified
their, positions threatening East
Prussia by capturing the railway
station of Vilkaviskis, nine miles
from the border, and the city of
Vilkaviskis, two miles farther dis
tant.
Konigsberg, East Prussia's prin-
cipal city, lay So miles due west.
The Soviet midnight communi-
que, which disclosed the advance,
also reported a Red army spear.
head driving 40 miles due north
from captured Kaunas and another
north of Daugavpils Dvinsk), fur
Their squeezing the Germans iso-
lated in the north Baltic area, and
told of a break-through on the
southern Polish front west Of
Jaroslaw in new push towards
Krakow.
The Russian war bulletin did not
mention directly either the fey
siege of Warsaw Or the progress
of the great Baltic entrapment |
Of up to 100000 Germans in Es-
tonia and northeast Latvia.
German acknowledgements and
other sources made it clear, how
ever, that four Russian armies
were proceeding with
drives on Riga and the slicing up
Of the two isolated armies, while
Polish patriots rose inside War
saw to aid the Soviet and Polish
troops prosecuting the about bat
tie along a 2O-mile suburban arc
of the capital.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-tR
Rep. Dies D-Tex) to-day
threatened to seek house &C
ton unless the Justice DEPART
ment within 80 days files
charges of election law viola
tons against the .CIO fPoliti-
cal Action Committee and
government officials he says
are aiding it.
Attorney General Biddle, in
response to requests from Con-
gress members, has looked
into the CLIO groups activities
previously and reported he
found NO evidence it was vic.
lating any laws. -sr.
s. The Texan, chairman Of the
House committee on un-Amcr-
lean activities, said he would
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
FEDERAL BUDGET
I. NOW 30 BILLION

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. - R -
Gearing his figures to the assump-
ton of German collapse before
next June 80, but a longer conflict
with Japan, Budget Director Harold
D. Smith today estimated war
spending during the current fiscal
year will be about $50 100000, 0OO
Smith described the estimate as
''highly tentative" because of the
assumptions with respect to the
course of the war.
eff victory in Europe should be
delayed, the production of munition
will be stepped up to whatever
may be needed" ne said.
IF German resistance should
collapse earlier than assumed, ex-
penditures for the current fiscal
year NAV be somewhat below the
500, 900, 100000 estimate.
Smith pointed out that the end
of hostilities in Europe would per-
NIT a cutback in war contracts,
but cautioned that the cash outgo
world decline cnlv with a consid-
cradle time lag. For example. he
said. expend. lures for pay and sub
sistence. including mastering out
pay. would remain at high level
all through the fiscal year July /,
1944-June 80, 1945).
The new war spending estimate,
contained in a statement revising
the BUDGET estimates of January
10. is little changed from the for
mer one. although various adjust
nents have been made.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. r.
(P)-Turkey broke her diploma
tic and economic relations
with Germany today at the re-
quest of Great Britain. backed
by American diplomacy, but
she chung to the hope Of avoier
ing actual warfare.
The Nazi reaction to the
break was quickly apparent In
= Berlin dispatch from the Of
ficial German news agency
DNB which said the action In
itiated 3 policy the "conseq-
uences of which, II Turkey
should continue along this dan
xerous road are not very diff
cult to see. War with Germany
will of necessity follow"
cThe decision taken today
can only be called = new step
along q very dangerous phase
Of Turkish policy" Berlin said.)
Prime Minister Sukru Sara
ooglu announced the govern
ment's decision with his re-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
WHlTEVlLLE AIDS
STORM REFUGEES

WHITEVILLE, Aug. q White
vile was damned with refugees
from storm ridden beaches last
night with all available hotel and
rooming house facilities packed and
some reported sleeping in their
cars.
They began arriving late yes
terday afternoon here. Most of the
refugees were from Wrightsville,
Carolina and Holden beaches but
some came from Wilmington. With
the power system out from early
in the evening until four o'clock
this morning, considerable difficult
ty was found in taking care of the
situation.
Heavy winds gained in strength
here until about $3.50 and then SUBJ
sided quickly. There was no pro-.
perty damage reported in White
vile but crops in the county SUI.
fered heavily.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03

"a Reuters, dispatch received in
London from Stockholm said it
was reliably reported that the
change in presidents in Finland
was preceded by Finnish-German
agreement in Berlin conserving to
a separate Finnish peace with Rus
STA and Nazi promise to evacu-
ate German troops at least from
southern Finland)
An authoritative report said the
Germans were evacuating an in
fantry division sent to the Kare-
liam front last June as their part
of Nazi Foreign Minister Won Rib
bentrop's bargain to keep Finland
in the war with Russia.
This division plus "a Panzer 'bri
gade were all that Finland got in
the way of military assistance. &C.
cording to competent military 'ir-
Giles here, and of these only the
Panzer brigade actually was sent
to the active southern front.
Another report said at least one
division of German troops long
stationed in northern Finland also
had been sent to Estonia, suggest
ing strongly that the Nazis may
be in process of abandoning all
of Finland as result of Manner
helms replacement of Risto Ryti
as president. Ryti had pledged the
country to full military partner.
ship with the Germans,
Meanwhile, Finnish political
groups. discussed formation of q
new cabinet, upon the character
of which informed sources belleve
hangs Finland S hope for peace
with Russia.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
Dies Threatens Action
On Political Committee

make these two formal recon-
mendatiops to Biddle:
% That he prosecute, under
the Hatch act, government Of
ficials who have been active
in the PAC program.
(The Hatch act restricts poll
teal activity by government Of
ficials. The Dies committee re-
ported recently that frequent
telephone calls were made to
various government officials
from the PAC's New York
headquarters.)
(2) That he prosecute the CLIO
Political Action Committee I'M
der the Smith-C onnally acts
prohibition against labor or
PLANTATIONS contributing to
campaign funds in elections in
volving federal office holders.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
Gen. McNair Killed
By American Bomb

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. - R) -
The explosion of a bomb dropped
short of it's target by an Ameri-
can plane killed 1t. Lesley ]. Nc
Nair, former commander Of Ar.
my ground forces.
"a full investigation" the War
department announced today,
developed the fact that General
McNair died as a result Of the ex'
plosion of one of our own bombs
which fell short in the intensive
aerial bombardment of enemy lines
just preparatory to the presen'
large scale American break
through in Normandy
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
Americans
Rout Naziis
In Breton
RACE TOWARD RENNES
British Also Smashing
Germans Center;
Many Trapped

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDI-
TI0NARY FORCE, Thurs
day, Aug. 3.-P)-An Am
erican tidal wave pouring ac-
ross Brittany today threat
ened to lop off the entire
Breton peninsula as 1t. Gen.
Omar N. Bradley's armor
raced toward Rennes, commu-
nicstions hub almost half
way across. All along the
British-Amerlcan front out
flanked German defenses
which were crum b | ng in
Withdrawals ranging from re-
treat to near rout.
1t. Gen. Sir Miles C. Dempsey's
British smashed through the Ma
zis' sagging center in a mid-pen.
insula drive, thrustlng seven
mile salient eastward from the old
Norman capital of Wire for to-
tai gain of II miles south from
Caumont, springboard of their four
day-old offensive.
A late dispatch from British
headquarters at the front describ,
ed this as the beginning of 1.-The
great retreat and spoke fatty of
breakthrough word much avoid
ed since the offensive across the
Orne begged down.
Thousands of Germans were
penned in traps behind the British
and American lines. About $4,000
prisoners have been taken on the
entire 'front.' more than 10000 by the
Americans in their Today drive.
British troops were fighting in
the streets of Wire and to the east
three miles north of their spear
head on the Vire-Vassy road, they
captured Estry. Farther north, five
miles below Villers-Bocage, key to
the Nazi defense perimeter in the
Caumont sector, the town of Aunay
was threatened with encirclement.
Two miles below it the British
stormed one Fontaine and fierce
fighting ragged there.
Bradley's men in the west swept
III two directions from captured
Breceq, advancing on St. Pois, five
miles northeast, and also striking
some miles southeast.
Villedieu-les Poeles, 10 miles
north, by-passed in the southwark
surge, fell to the Yanks, and Am
erican columns stabbed eastward
In the direction of Paris. They were
within mile of Juvigny lie Tertre,
10 miles east of Avranches, widen
ing their coastal corridor, along
which rolled columns of armor and
supplies toward Brittany and paw
ing the way for new snares for
the Germans in Normandy.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
Berlin Says Condition
Of Rommel Satisfactory


LONDON, Aug. 2. -lR- Berlin
samltted tonight that Field Mar
snsl Gen. Erwin Rommel, Sec
VIA IN command of German az
. " OF the west had met with
= oil accident while driving in
~ lance during an air attack and
was suffering from brain concus-
1lon' but said his condition was
satisfactory and ''his life is not
endangered.''
=. inls followed persistent reports
from u!T Allied sources that Adolf
- til'ier S favorite either was cri-
s.ally injured or had died as the
r ssui' OF a strafing attack on the
Nsen area July II.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
WATER SITUATION
s. ! ACUTE AT BEACH

DR.. A. H. Elliot, city-county
health officer, yesterday asked that
all Carolina Beach resident use
water as. sparingly as possible TO-
day and tonight, until the pres
sure can be. increased,
: Electric current was off until
late yesterday and an auxiliary
gasoline pump, Which was cap
able of pumping only 14o gallons
a minute, was put into use.
y Mayor "A. p, Peay Of Carolina
Beach advised all resident to boil
drinking water for the next few
days, because of possible breaks
in. mains, ~ n *
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
JAPS GAIN IN HUMAN

!. ehUNGKING, Aug. q ZAP -
apahese forces have made sharp
s sInis IN the eastern. sector of the
sroi isn province fighting, but at
il, ' n.e!ed Hengyag. holding out, in
en llth week Of siege. 10 separate
~ 4efny attacks were thrown back,
no,. Cnlnese high conNnand an
Aounced tonight.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03

CAROLINA HEADS
| CASUALTY LIST
$1,000, 900 Damage Done !;
Wrightsville And City
Report 100000

Beach. residents returned
to their water-swept homes
yesterday in the wake of a
6O-mile-an-hour windstorm
which struck Wilmington and
its adjoining beach resorts
Tuesday night and caused an
estimated 100000 DAM
age. No deaths were report
ed following the evacuation
of approximately 10000 per-
sons.
Fast removal of vacationers from
nearby wave tossed Wrightsville,
Carolina, Kure's, Wilmington and
Fort Fisher beaches prevented loss
of life. Army, Civilian Defense,
State highway patrol and bus COM
panies handled the transportation
to the mainland. 1t. A. T. Moore,
a state highway patrolman, said
approx mately 10000 persons were
brought off the beaches.
Mory trees and small shacks
were blown down along with sew
eral piers, boardwalks were uproot-
ed, concession stands were leveled
and number of houses were un-
rooted, but chief damage apparent
ly was done by high water which
rose to second story level in
many homes. Waves 40 feet high
hit most of the beaches.
The storm, which ragged in Will
mington between 6 and 10 pm,
passed inland into the swamps of
eastern North Carolina and on into
coastal Virginia before spending it.
self. No reports of major damage
came from other towns. However,
heavy rains and winds were report
ed in many towns.
| Ten persons were hospitalized
in Wilmington. =
The biggest property loss was at
Carolina Beach, dozen miles
south of here, where Police Chief
Bruce Valentine estimated damage
at $1,OO0,000. r. L. Benson, city
/ clerk, said damage at Wrightsville
Beach would approximate $780,
900. 1t was estimated that damage
within the city would reach $780,
600. No estimates were available
from other coastal towns d
beaches, including Southport, Is
miles south, where fish houses and
docks were destroyed and several
houses unroofed.
Police h Ell d up traffic to the
beaches until sufficient officers
were on hand to prevent looting.
Heavy rains and strong winds
were reported from many towns.
In Goldsboro, $40 inches of rain,
mixed with hail, fell in nine hours.
Many trees and power lines in the
Goldsboro region were blown down.
Reports from Goldsboro and Will
son indicated considerable crop
damage, particularly to tobacco.
Southport was without power IA
cilities all night The fish houses
and docks of S. A. Davis and Bros.
was wrecked and also the fish
house and dock of w. C. Wells
and Bros. The r. L. Thompson oil
dock was swept away. The tower
of the Cape Fear Pilots associa-
ton was wrecked. Some fishing
! boats were sunk.
Housing and feeding of the thou.
sands of evacuees presented Will
mington problem Tuesday night.
The city, already jsmmed with
war time shiyard workers and va.
cationers, was hard put to accom-
MEDIATE the refugees. Some were
taken to Camp Davis. nearby AMI.
aircraft training center.
Immediate steps are being taken
by lumber firms to attain release
Continued on Page Five; Col. Al
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
German Oil Resources
Smashed From Two Ways

LONDON Aug. 2.-lR-More than
/ 1000 U. S. heavy bombers from
Italy and Britain made a two-way
smash at German oil resources
and flying bomb installations IN
France today, and struck heavily
at transport facilities to thWart the
enemy in bringing up reinforce
ments for his sagging front lines.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
!. SUN FOR DEWEY

& BALTIMORE, Aug. P))-The
Baltimore Sun qnd. Deco will an
nounce tomorrow its. support OF
Thomas E. Dewey for the presi-
sdency-thei third time in its 1o7-
year history that the newspaper
has backed Republican nominee
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
HEADQUARTERS TO OPEN

NEW YORK. Aug. 2. = H) The
Democratic National committee
VII omen its headauarters for the
election campaign here next week,
publicity Director Paul Porter said
TO-DAY.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
Germans Reported
Leaving Finland

STOCKHOLM Aug 2-QP)-Evacuation Of German
troops from Finland to Esona reported tonight and
reliable advces said that Fnands president Marshal
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerhein had received advance
from Russia that the Kremln would consider
application for armistce which would guarantee tiny
Finlands independence
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03
SENATOR CLARK
SUFFERS DEFEAT

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 2. Up Sc
nator Bennett Champ Clark, Con-
ceding defeat for Democratic re-
nomination at yesterdays primary
said in prepared statement to-
day it represents a notable tenn
porary triumph for the communist
controlled C. I. o. In it's efforts to
take control of the Democratic
party"
Roy McKittrick, three-term attor-
ney general of Missouri, was lead
ing for the nomination by about
$4,000 votes on nearly complete
returns when Clark issued state
ment saying: mo man should ever
offer himself for a political office
unless he is prepared to stand On
his record and accept defeat If ii
should come to him.
McKittrick had sharply chal.
lenged Clark's record in the Sc
nate, saying it had stamped hin?
as an "isolationist."
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-tP)-- Rep
Hamilton Fish, whose Democratic
opponent in November will he the
man he beat in yesterdays Repub
lican primary, bid for Democratic
support himself today by announc
ing he also would run on an indi
pendent "Jeffersonian ticket"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-03

WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: Part
IL cloudy and rather hot today with
scattered afternoon thundershowers.
Temperatures yesterday:
High 84-LoW u.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-12
Adventure In
Democracy at
Wheatley May 20

can Adventure in Democracy"
is the title of the inter-cultural
evening sponsored by the Mime
apolis Interracial League of the
Phyllis Wheatley House and the
Intercultural Committee of the
YMCA and YWCA of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota on Saturday, May
20, at 8 p. m.
DR.. Ralph Piper, associate pro-
fessor of physical education of the
University of Minnesota, will direct
the folk-dancing. John Whitaker
of st. Paul will accompany the
dances. The Interracial Singers
of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom
will sing under the direction of Mrs.
S. E. Hall.
There will be a number of ex-
hibits on intercultural education,
Negro art, travel bureau in which
a social distance scale will be used,
work camps, and model coopera-
tive store. The event is open to the
public, no admission.
Committee chairmen are Jack
O'Leary, steering committee; Ruth
Salzman, publicity; Phyllis Eide
burn, finance; Rev. Robt. Kelley,
patrons; Audrey Anderson, ex-
hibits; Elizabeth Ludwig and
Marian Smith, chairmen of decora-
lions, and Erma Clardy, leader.