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Death Sentence Given
Pietro Caruso, Romes
Nazified Police Chic 1

ROME, Sept. I'll lR -Pietro
Caruso, police chief in Rome dur
ing four months of German occu-
patton, today was sentenced to die
by being shot in the back for his
collaboration with tn Nazis. II
was the first war criminal trial
in Italy.
The high court of justice con.
demned Roberto Occhietto, Caru'
SOS secretary and co-defendant, to
80 years Imprisonment on the
same charge.
The eight-man high court of jus.
tice presided over by Judge 10.
reno Maroni h e arc prosecutor
Marie Berlinguer characterize the
two defendants as wild beasts
and the verdicts were announced
after a two hours elaboration.
Caruso - convicted of turning
over to the Germans so of 1885,
hostages executed by the Nazis al
Fosse Ardeatine last March
turned pale as Maroni pronounced
the death sentence
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Commercial Division
OF Chest Organized

Gardner D. Greer of Macmillan
and Cameron, director of the COM
Mercal division of the War Chest
orve, has completed the organi-
lauon of his staff, following meet
Jugs OF the division held this week.
Greer announced yesterday after
moon the appointment of the follow
ing assistants:
Group A - C. L. Harris. Of F.
" ", Woolworth company; Group B,
. N Harrington of Lyman Sup
ply company; Group C, Sarn Ber-
ger; Group D. John M Butt, Jr.;
ana Group E, r. M. Williams
A. ufeer affirmed confidence that
s ale commercial phase of the cam
pa,gh' which opens next week, will
upnold past records and contribute
sl64, 1888 " '' ~ ~
a. The kickoff meeting heralding
. hie beginning of divisional solici-
n rs,lon is scheduled for 8 o'clock,
next n Monday morning, at St. Paul. S
Parish house.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-R)-
Congress began its second extend
ed vacation of the yea: today, ad-
journing for an electioneerlne
holiday after an eight-weeks SEES
sion in which it passed pro-
gram designed to cushion the i'm
pact of the wars end on the ma
tons economy.
The lawmakers will return to
the capitol Nov. IA, unless recall
ed sooner, to face docket that
may include such controversial
matters as peace+ime compulsory
military training legislation.
More than score of incumben
house members already have lost
their fights for reelection or have
failed to seek new terms, and the
'1ame duck" list may be longer
when the lawmakers return. Many
face stiff contests in the Nov.
balloting.
The two-point reconversion pro
gram laid on President Roose
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Congress Adjourns To Electioneer
Faces Heavy Docket u pom Its Return

velt's desk in the closing days Gre
ated the war mobilization and re-
conversion administration to chart
the transition from wartime to
peacetime economy and set up the
machinery for disposition of an
estimated 100000, 100000 worth of
surplus war property.
These two measures supple
mented a two-fold reconversion
program enacted before the mid
summer recess, one part of which
blueprinted the method for termi-
mating war contracts and the 9TH
er - the so-called &c. I. Bill of
Rights" - provided benefits for
discharged service men.
experimentation of the recover
sion, program will be considered
after the recess, Chairman Dough-
ton D-NC) of the House Ways
and Means committee having ar
ranged for study of backbone
travel allowances and federal en-
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MarinesOnP eleliuEdgeForwar
Against Bitter Enemy Opposition

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Sept.
q -tRN Battling bitter opposition
and strong natural defenses, Amer
lean Marines edged forward today
along the western shore of Peleliu
island in probably the concluding
phase of the invasion of that stra-
tegic Japanese position east of the
Philippines.
Less than 5000 Japanese, out oil
an original force estimated at more
than 10000, were contesting the I'm.
relenting Marine drive to wind UP
the Week-old invasion.
They were aided by the Jagged
terrain and fixed defenses more
numerous than ever before encoun.
tered by the Marines in many
island invasions in the Pacific
Amid the crags of steep ridges ano
along the sides of deep gullies the
Nipponese were dug in deeply.
Left Erickson, Associated Press
war correspondent of Peleliu, re
ported the leathernecks had rur
up against a perpendicular ridge
pocked with caves and under enc
my crossfire from steel doorec
concrete underground strongpoints
Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, com
manding the third amphibious
corps, had gone forward to inspect
the obstacle.
It's the toughest terrain I've
ever -<n," said this whitehairec
veteran of the conquests of Guadal
canal, Bougainville and Guam
We've had to lower our boys by
ropes down the rocky sides to gel
at some of those caves. That's the
only way to get at them"
Erickson said the Japanese hae
spent years carving out under
ground caverns in the 500-yarc
wide ridge wall. Guns of these
strongpoints commanded the sum
nit of the ridge, its foot and the
cliffsides.
On one crest Erickson saw al
8-inch Japanese naval gun tina
could sweep all of Peleliu to the
south.
In his report covering actor
Continued OH Pare Three. Col &
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SPEAKERS BUREAU
FORMED FOR DRIVE
Community Chest And War
Fund To Be Publicized
By Corps OF Is

At an organizational meeting of
the Community Chest n d War
Fund campaign Speakers bureau,
held at the st. Johns Tavern yes
terday, Rabbi M. M. Thurman, bu-
reau chairman, pointed cat that
despite the general large pnrchas
ing power of the peopls and the
heavy busircss being done in the
communitJ q successful drive will
be more difficult this year than
at any time since the Chest was
Instituted both because the goal is
larger and the number of persons
gainfully employed is fewer.
The campaign can be successful,
he pointed out, only if the need is
presented constructively to every
resident and employers encourage
their workers to increase their
gifts. He placed a large share OF
getting the message over upon the
speakers, of whom he expects at
least 10 to be available upon call
The Rev. Walter B. Freed, presi-
dent of the Community Chest,
spoke briefly on the benefits to
be obtained from the Chest and
its method of raising funds for
charitable and war relief purposes
and the opportunity provided for
unifying the community.
Henry R. Emory, chairman OF
the Chest Information committe,
commended the preliminary work
for the drive and expressed the
opinion that Notwithstanding its
size the goal - $164,838 = would
be reached, possibly passed, in the
designated time.
Fred Foley, who is here to direct
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
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DEWEY DEMANDS
TAX REVISl0NS
COP. Candidate Declares
For Free American
Economy
BY GARDNER BRIDGE

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21-tRI
Drastic revision of what he called
our repressive tax laws was call
ed for by Thomas E. Dewey to-
night as he outlined his program
for a free American economy,
gently guided by benevolent gov
eminent.
1--WE must have the kind of taxes
that do not discourage, but en-
courage men to start new bust
nesses," he declared, land to ex-
pand old businesses"
The Republican presidential nom-
inee, in a prepared speech broad
cast over the nation, said present
tax laws operate 'to penalize in
centive and to put a brake upon
the kind of enterprise that makes
job opportunities"
He depicted an economy in which
government functions only to stim-
ulate the efforts of private bust
nessmen and farmers, thus pro-
viding jobs for all.
But, he declared: ''In any time
there are not sufficient jobs in
private employment to 60 around,
then government can and must
create additional job opportuni-
ties"
There. was no amplification OF
this passage. At another point Dew
ey declared jobs for everyone can
not be found in government itself.
eff all of us should go to work for
the government he said, "then
our present system would be no
different from communism or fas-
cism.''
The New York governor declar-
ed "there are many means" to the
end of promoting widespread job
opportunities in private enterprise
including the creation of foreign
markets and the promotion OF
foreign trade.
"We will achieve our objective, -
he declared, "Only if we create
an economic climate in which bust
ness, industry and agriculture can
grow and flourish.
Government regulations which
discourage and wear down pro-
ducers in every field must be re-
vised. The whole atmosphere Of
studied hostility toward our joI
producing machinery must be re-
placed"
In his third major speech of this
weeks campaign swing down the
Continued on Page Five; Col. A.
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Three Killed.,
Fourth Hurt,
In Road Spill
FAR JUMPS HIGHWAY
travelling At High Speed
On Castle Haynes Route
Eight Miles Out

Three persons were killed and
ore remains in a serious condition
" lanes Walker Memorial hospi.
T., following an automobile wreck
IT pm. Thursday on the Castle
psvnes road, eight miles from Will
mington.
oneen City Coach company bus
driver; Mary Newland, TALL Hoop
Or drive, Maffitt Village; Mrs. AL
lsne Sides, %, 7-A-12 Hooper drive,
Matftt Village:
George Marks Of Carolina Beach
is reported by hospital attaches
n be in a serious condition, but
conscious and doing fairly well.
State Highway patrolmen report
I'd that Mrs. Sides was killed in
SANITY.
According to an investigation
w the highway patrol, the death
ear left the highway on the left
side as it was travelling north on
the Castle Haynes road, striking
tbe guide wire on a Tide Water
Power company pole, and smash
Ing into the pole six feet above
The ground. The light pole was re-
ported by highway patrolmen to
be 226 feet from where the ca
left the highway and approximate
" 10 feet from the highway.
The car came to a halt after
burning over several times 286 feet
from where it originally hit the
shoulder of the road, patrolmen
said. The top Of the convertible
was completely smashed. The left
front tire had blown and officers
said this may have caused the ac-
cident.
Power lines on the damaged pole
we're carrying $4,000 volts On the
top arm and 1000 volts on the low
er arm, but no lines were broken.
Three Of the victims were thrown
clea- Of the car and Mrs. Sides
was pinned beneath the wreckage,
Investigators said.
Witnesses declared the car to
he travelling at high speed.
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ploye unemployment benefits af-
ter the election.
Whether compulsory peacetime
military training will be taken up
Immediately after the recess has
not been determined, but maNy
members are pressing for its con-
sideration before the new Con.
gress takes over in January
Events in the European war will
decide what other subjects will
require consideration before the
first of the year.
Few members remained in town
for the closing Senate and House
sessions, most of them having
hustled homeward for the political
hustings. Among those remaining
were members of the Dies com.
mittee which will begin public
hearings next week in an investi.
cation of the political action com.
mittee.
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(AFFERY NAMED
TO FRENCH POST

WASHINGTON, Sept. III @ -
President Roosevelt today appoint
ed Jefferson Caffery, just returned
from the post of ambassador to
Brazil. as United States represen-
tative to Gen Charles de Gaulle's
French committee.
He will have the personal rank
Of ambassador but not the actual
post, since this country has not
recognized the committee formally
as a government.
This move rounds out the list
Of diplomatic appointments to
Europe with the exception OF
Czechoslovakia.
The designation of Caffery, sends
a top ranking American diplomat
10 deal with the French for the
fTst time since Edwin c. Wilson
returned from Algiers several
months ago.
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to other questions that the United
States expects to be ready to meet
chaos, civil war or almost any
other conditions which might occu-
as Germany collapses, but that Al
lied plans for the military control
OF the defeated Reich are not yet
complete.
One piece OF machinery long
agreed on by Washington, London
and Moscow is q three-power COM
mission for the administration Of
German affairs as well as for the
evolution of detailed German pol
icy once the Allies find exactly
what conditions they have to con.
tend with.
There is firm conviction in Of.
fetal quarters here that the peace
to be given Germany will be a
hard peace designed to bring home
to the German people that they can
not make war on the world without
bearing the consequences of des.
truction they cause
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WALLACE MAKES
SPEECH FOR FDR
Vice President Addresses
Madison Square Garden
Democratic Audience

NEW YORK, Sept. 21-tR-Vice
President Henry A. Wallace, de-
feated for denomination at the
Democratic National Convention,
declared tonight that America must
60 forward in the light of liberal
ism" and that he would vote for
President Roosevelt's reelection.
He also urged the reelection ot
Sen. Robert F. Wagner O-NY)
who he said had sponsored more
vital labor legislation than any
other man, but he made no ref.
erence to Sen. Harry S. Truman
D-Mo), his successor as demo
cratic vice presidential nominee.
Wallace's address, his first Of
the campaign, was prepared for
delivery before thousands of per
sons attending a Roosevelt rally
in Madison Square garden under
auspices of the Independent Voters
Committe Of the Arts and Sci
ences for Roosevelt.
An admission fee of from &C
cents to $40 was charged. The
speech was broadcast by the
Mutual network.
"Were I a citizen of New York, .
Wallace said, 1T would be my
proud privilege to vote for Wagner
and Roosevelt"
Wallace said liberals striving tt
blueprint the future gave frs
place in their hearts to 'jobs fol
all, in health and security" close
ly followed by 1.-The problems o.
the returned soldier"
There will have to be much re-
adjustment, of course" he said
ETnnfinuod ~, Do~ o TI,raa. fol 81
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.A.C.L. and l.. & N. Name
Frederick B. Adams As
Chairman OF Boards

NEW YORK, Sept. FL. -R)-
Frederick B. Adams was elect
ed chairman of the boards of
the Atlantic Coast Line and
Louisville G. Nashville railroads
today. He succeeded the late
Lyman DelanO.
Adams has been a member of
both boards for many years
and has served on their execu-
tive committees at various
times.
Louisville & Nashville direc-
tors authorized redemption on
Jan. 1 at 102 the entire $10,997,-
900 unified mortgage 3 IL per
cent bonds and all outstanding
collateral trust 3 lbs.
The Atlantic Coast Line had
previously called for redemp-
ton at los on Nov. 1, 100000
of ACL-L & N collateral As and
another call has gone out for
redemption Of $1,7s1,0O0 Flori-
da Southern As on that date.
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us. Bonlbers
BlastNaz,
Oil Refi.
1000 PLANES SD
1000 PLANES
Allied Air For, frike
Hard From Holland To
Yugoslavia, Hungary

AO1NDON, Z T1udy, oepL. ~. -tR)
More than 1000 U. S. heavy bonn.
bers and fighters struck through
dismal flying weather at the Ma.
zis' synthetic oil plant in Ludwig
shafen again yesterday while 9th.
er Allied planes hammered Ger
man communications behind the
Siegfried line and dropped Polish
paratroopers and supplies in Hol-
land.
Over Nijmegen, where heavy
land fighting was raging, the Ger
man air force fought equally des-
perate battles in the sky but Thun-
oerbolt fighters of the U. S. Eighth
Air force shot down 20 Nazis at
cost of four American planes.
The U. S. heavy bombers, in
hitting Ludwigshafen and the rail
feeder cities of Mainz and Cob
LEM, met no fighter opposition and
only moderate flax. Three bonn
bers were lost.
U. S. Ninth Air force fighter
bombers made more than 400 sor.
ties during the day, at least halt
of them in the secto. between Col
ogne and Trierm. Five planes were
missing from the operations in the
Metz-Mannheim area.
Since Friday night, at the begin.
ming of the huge sky operation
which dropped an army behind the
Nazi lines in Holland, Allied air
men have flown more than 10000
sorties in support of that blow.
The oil plant at Ludwigshafen,
once the pride of Adolf Hitle-'s syn
thetic petroleum industry, had been
battered a half dozen times this
month, but few units still were
reported functioning there when
the fresh cascade Of explosives was
delivered late today.
During the night Raj bombers
dropped between 1850 and 4,48O
tons of explosives on German gar.
-ison besieged at Calais, % miles
across the channel from the Bri-
fish coast. After this two and one.
half hour attack rocket-firing ty-
phoons sprayed the Nazi gun posi-
tons in the port.
The daylight American task force
was formed by 400 Flying Fortress
es and Liberators and 800 Thun-
derbolt and Mustang fighters which
not only escorted them, but gave
support to other aircraft continu-
ing the airborne invasion of Hol-
land.
The American heavyWeights split
up for the attacks on the three
German industrial cities near the
west bank of the Rhine. Other I'm
disclosed targets were attacked in
this area, which is nearly 100 miles
beyond the U. S. ground troops
which have invaded Germany.
The heavies were followed by
three waves of medium bombers in
CONTINUED on Page Three: Col. ~
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Fearl Harbor Inquiry
Board On Way To D. c.

PAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-F
;, me army board sent to Honolulu
". )" investigate the Pearl Harbor
e.ssck prepared to leave San Fran
s t+seo for Washington, today, the
g.. me board recently returned to
s San francisco after two weeks
spenS IN Honolulu. The board will
c Include its investigation in the
, ,op-lal. It has been in continuous
Mss since August "a and con-
''1 y! OF the following:
ca lieut.: Gen. George Grunert, Maj.
WIN ven. Henry D. Russell, Maj. Gen.
TTalIer H. Frank, Col. Harry H.
c1SSulmin, executive officer; Col.
Ma rafles w. West, recorder, and
, ,sa Henry J. Clausen, assistant
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SEIZURE FLANKS
SIECFRIED Line
Germans Cling Desperately
To Metz. Rail City
North OF Nancy

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDI~
TIONARY FORCE, Sept. FL.
- up - American airborne
troops in a dramatic coupe
seized the vital lower Rhine
bridge at Nijmegen intact
today and British tanks rae
ed over it and deep into Hol-
land through enemy defenses
guarding the Nazi industrial
might in the Ruhr valley.
tThe Berlin radio said British
troops fought on north to a juno
ton with British airborne forces at
Anthem, and the German Trans
ocean agency said the city was in
fames.)
AS American parachute troops
and gliderborne infantry dashed out
on the bridge and jerked loose the
enemy's demolition charges, the
British second army attacked 81
multaneously from the south, pour
ing out Of shell-torn Nijmegen
against the German defenders.
How the Americans got across
to the north bank of the Waal
Rhine to accomplish this daring
feat was not Immediately learned
at supreme headquarters, but, their
valor saved the Allies from time
consuming setback in the battle
of Holland.
The crossing occurred some time
yesterday, and when British guns
on the other side signalled the at
tack they dashed from hiding,
screaming their battle cry of Ger
onimo".
Now the battle has swung to-
ward Anthem, eight miles north,
where the British Second Army
hopes to come to the relief of hard
pressed airborne units which are
believed holding bridge across the
Neder Rhine, a second formidable
watercourse in the Rhine delta.
If that crossing is secured they
will have only the Ijssel river to
ford before they are out on Ger
many's northern plains north of
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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American Planes Attack Manila,
Down 205 Foe Planes, II Ships;
Nijmegen Bridge Taken In Coup
CARRIER FORCE
CONDUCTS RAID
26 Additional Sea Graft
Probably Sunk At
Cavite Base

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, Sept. 21.-P)-
Carrier planes Of the Halsey-
Mitscher third fleet made the
United States first aerial
counterattack of the war on
Manila bay area yesterday.
They destroyed 2o5 Japan
csc planes and sank IL war
ships and probably sent 70
others to the bottom.
A floating drydock and two
barges also probably were
wiped out.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz
reported collection of the
first installment of the huge
debt to be exacted from the
Japanese in the northern
Philippines in a special COM
munique tonight.
This severe damage was in
flicted in a strongly defended
area despite a big umbrella OF
planes the Japanese sent to
intercept American aircraft
from Vice Adm. Marc A.
Mitscher's fleet carrier task
force.
One hundred ten enemy
aircraft were shot down IN
aerial dogfights and IS more
destroyed on historic Clark
and Nichols airfields, Manila.
The shipping was caught
at Cavite naval base in Ma
Mia bay.
Admiral Nimitz' communicate re-
ror+ed that this daring strike by
Adm. William F. Halsey, Jr.'s
Third fleet, which includes Mits-
cher's aircraft carriers, sank
these ships:
i One uarge destroyer leader.
Four large oil tankers.
One small whale tanker.
Two large cargo ships.
One medium cargo ship.
Two small cargo ships.
Ships damaged and probably
sunk:
One destroyer.
!, Two large whale tankers.
: One large transport.
Ten large cargo ships.
Twelve medium cargo ships.
One floating drydock.
Two barges.
Admiral Nimitz reported that In
: addition to this heavy damage in
: flicted on japanese ships and
, planes much damage was done
: to military detectives adjacent to
5 Clark field and Nichols field and
to the fields themselves.
"Our losses in this superlatively
successful attack which apparent
ly caught the enemy completely by
surprise was Is aircraft from
which several of the flight per-
sonnet were recovered. There was
, no damage to our surface ships"
This powerful strike was taken
as an Indication that HalSev also
is charged with protecting amphi-
t bous forces engaged in capturing
southern Palau islands, and that
Palau operations are progressing
so well that it was safe to leave
large forces there lightly protect
ed from sea or air attack and to
renew his bold thrust against the
Continued on Page Three; Col. D.
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PARIS, Sept. 81. -(P)- Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower has been
confined to his camp for several
days on his doctors orders.
The general has been driving
himself to the point where, though
his brilliant and tremendous mind
could stand the pace, his exceed
ingly tough physique could not.
His health deteriorated so much
that he was literally instructed
not to leave his camp for several
days.
He is in tip-top form again today,
however, and sparks are flying
about getting this thing over with.
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FORECAST

WI MINGTON AND VICINITY: Part
w cloudy with moderate Temperatures
today
Temperature yesterday:
High 86-Low 10.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-20
Guided Tour through
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