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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
PAPER CAMPAIGN
TO CLOSE OCT. s

The Senior Fraternity OF the Bril-
gade Boys club decided at its meet
ing last night to end its salvage
campaign for waste and scrap pa
per with an all-day collection Oc-
tober 8.
For the past three months the
Fraternity has been conducting this
campaign, the proceeds of which
are used for the underprivileged
boys of the club. Members have
been collecting the paper in the
late afternoon after they have COM
pleted their days work. Now that
it has started getting dark so early
they decided to close the campaign
with one big collection.
The Fraternity has asked that
people gather all waste and scrap
paper, have it tied, bundled or
boxed, and place it on the side
walk or curbstone Sunday, October
8. Trucks will cover the city to
make the collection.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
Infurioted Mob Murders
Roman Jail Director

ROME, Sept. 18.-LR-An infu-
rated mob of Romans dragged
Dr. Donate Carretto, former dicta-
tor. of the city's jails, from a court
room in the great Palace of JUS
tice today, dubbed him to death
in the waters of the Tiber, and
then left his body hanging feet
first from window of the Re
gina. Coeli Jail.
Carretta was a prosecution wit
ness in the trial of Pietro Caruso,
former Chief of Police in Rome.
Caruso is accused of ordering so
hostages to be turned over by
the ,jailer to be executed at Ardea-
tine caves, as part of 800 Italians
killed in reprisal for the bombing
of German SIS (elite guard de-
taclment in Rome last Mara
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
Germans Use
Crack Units,
Many Planes
BATTLE INTENSIFIES
Paratroops Save Bridges
For Tanks Racing Up
To Nazi Homeland

LONDON, Sept. l8.-(P)-
The British Second army and
the Allied army of the air
welded a firm junction some
ten miles inside Holland to-
day as the enemy threw
crack troops from the Rus
sian front and swarms of
planes into the spreading
battle for Germany.
Bazooka and bayonet welding
ali infantry struck tremendous
blow for the all-important juno
ton by holding off the desperate
Germans trying to destroy the
bridges until Second army tanks
could race up over Hollands num-
erous water courses.
All along the front-in Holland,
Belgium, Germany and France
the Germans, aware that here was
a supreme bid by seven Allied
armies to break into the heart Of
the fatherland and force the war
to swift conclusion, fought back
with more artillery and morta-s
than they had used since the Nor
mandy landings.
For the first time front-line troops
from Russia were thrown into the
bitter battle east of Aachen, and
throughout the day the long-dor
mant German air force wheeled
and dived over LII Gen. Courtney
H. Hodges First army troops,
bombing and strafing in strength
and persistence seldom seen since
invasion broke.
But despite his exertions, tn
enemy was giving way slowly and
admitted being driven back inside
Duren, only 20 miles west of Ger
many's fourth largest city, Cologne
on the Rhine.
The Americans scored small adj
vances east of Stolberg, six miles
east of the embattled German from
tier fortress of Aachen, smashing
back tank led counterattacks.
Two other columns were feeling
for weak spots in the thinner line
of Siegfried Notifications stretching
north from Aachen. One was two
miles from Sittard, 18 miles north
west of Aachen and only a mile
from the German frontier.
The other was probing the west
wallis outer Notifications at the
Dutch town of Simpelveld, six
miles northwest of Aachen n d
little more than a mile from enc
my soil.
Some 40 miles south of Aachen.
where two new crossings into Ger
many were reported officially
enemy counterattacks were beaten
off in the Schnee Eiffel Forest,
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
NATION ADVOCATES
NEW CHINA COMMAND

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-[P-
The United States is seeking a
wholesale reorganization of Chi
mas war effort, it was learned
today, to prevent the Allied flank
in Asia from falling apart just as
campaigns to wreck Japan are de-
veloping in the Pacific and Bur-
ma.
Some leaders hope that General
Joseph w. Stilwell, ranking Amer
lean officer in the Asiatic area
who already holds a Chinese ar
my assignment as we'll, will be
given a supreme Allied command
with power to modernize sHd
streamline the Chinese forces.
Fresh Allied defeats in China,
the loss of strategic forward
American air bases and the I'M
muzzling of political criticism in
Chungking itself have brought the
situation into the open. It is con-
sidered critical not only because
of the immediate military dangers
but because of the political i'm
plicationS,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
Four Escaped Soldiers
Arrested After Wreck

NORTON, Va. Sept. 10. -(P-
State Highway Trooper Jack Turn
err said here today that he had ar
rested four soldiers who were re-
ported to have escaped from the
reha bilitation center at Fort Jack
son, s.. c., Sunday.
tThe Public Relations Office at
Fort Jackson today confirmed the
escape of the four soldiers from
the rehabilitation center and said
it had been advised the men had
been picked up" The post de-
clined to release any details of the
escape or the addresses of the
menu
Turner said the quartet was ap-
pretended when the jeep in which
they were riding was wrecked on
a road on Indian mountain, six
miles beyond Wise.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19

COullIIy.
The Japanese columns advanc.
ing toward Kweilin are swinging
into position to secure line run
ming from Manchuria to the Chi.
ma Sea. Only a 110-nile gap, be-
tween Yungming, 70 miles east
of Kweilin, and Waitsap, IS miles
north of Canton, remains to be
closed.
japanese moving toward Kwei-
lin have captured Yungming and
were reported within so miles OF
the Kwangsi city. Another force
moving northwest from Canton to-
ward Kweilin seized Waitsap.
Still another enemy column north
west of Lingling, where a U. S.
air base was located, was NOV
ing in a southwesterly direction
toward Kwangsi province.
In another push, japanese reg
ulars moving westward from
Hengyang also once the site OF
an American air base, were re-
ported less than four miles from
their immediate goal of Poaching.
A junction of the Japanese
forces between Waitsap and Yung-
ming would form a line of de-
tense against Chinese strikes east
ward to support any American
landing on the China coast.
Chinese forces we're attacking
Japanese flanks northeast Of
Kweilin and in the Lingling area
in an effort to check the enemy
drive on Kweilin, the high COM
mand said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
JOHN JACOB ASTOR
WEEDS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Sept. 10. - up -
Gertrude Gretsch, 81, and John ia
cob Aston, 3rd, 81, were married
today in a brief ceremony at the
apartment of the brides mother,
Mrs. Walter G~etsch.
Aston, scion of one of America S
Wealthiest faaailies, and his bride
said they would honeymoon either
in Canada or Florida. It was the
second marriage for Astor. who
was divorced by Ellen Tuck FrenSh
more than year ago. He is the
son of the late John Jacob Asto~,
who went down with the Titanic in
1912.
Miss Gretsch was given away by
her uncle, Frederick Gretsch. Miss
Margaret Gordon of Greens Farms,
Conn, was her only attendant, ard
Lieut.. John Henry Dick, AAF. was
best man for his half-brother.
The Rev. r. P. Freed of the
Brick Presbyterian church offici-
ated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
MIGRATORY WORKERS
TRAVEL BILL KILLED

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-H-
Proposals to pay travel costs back
home for migratory war workers
and provide unemployment COM
pensation for 100000 Federal
workers were virtually killed by
the House today, but it approved
a compromise surplus property
bill in drive to clear the way
for Congressional recess until
after the election.
The surplus property measure,
establishing three-man board to
direct disposal of an estimated
500, 900, 10000 in surplus war
was approved ia to 81
after a move to send it back to a
joint conference committee was
defeated 1859 to $50. 1t now goes to
the senate for an anticipated okay
which will send it to the White
House
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
-~
Three Armies
In Offensive
Against Naziis
SEEK TO CRUSH ENEMY
Russians Last Reported
Only IA Miles Away
From Riga's Port

LONDON, Tuesday, Sept.
l9.-P)-Three Soviet ar
mics totaling more than $780,
600 men have been hurled
against crumbling Axis lines
in Estonia and Latvia in one
of the wars biggest often
sives aimed at finally crush
ing two Nazi Baltic armies,
Berlin broadcasts said early
today.
One German commentator pre-
dicted an imminent onslaught by
fourth Russian army in the Mar
va sector of Estonia's northeast
ern coast as part of the Soviet
plan to split up and destroy per-
haps 100000 Germans on the
northern flank of Red army
salient pointed at German East
Prussia.
Neither Berlin nor Moscow told
OF any fresh action in the War
saw area, where patriots are fight
ing within the city and where
American planes yesterday para
chuted supplies to the Poles in a
shuttle flight to Russia.
Russian troops were fighting
near Baldone, only IA miles south
east of the Latvian capital Of
Riga on the Baltic sea, in an eff
fort to reach Riga and seal off tine
German Baltic forces who have
such tenuous link with other
Nazi armies to the west.
At tle northeastern end of what
Berlin says is an expanded 230-
mile front other Red army units
were said to have effected deep
penetration" northwest of Tartu in
the direction of Tallinn, Estonian
capital. Soviet troops last were
reported within SO miles of Tai
linn, and IS miles south of the
Baltic sea at a point in the rear
of German forces holding the Mar
va gap.
lust north OF the Latvian-Es-
tonian border Berlin said the Rus
slams had outflanked Valga, 81
miles northeast of Riga, by cross
ing the little Embajogi river north
of Valgo. In this sector by Berlin
accounts the Russians were threat
ening to split the German armies.
1t. Col. Alfred Won Olberg, Ger
man transocean agency radio COM
mentator, said that all other fight
ing on the eastern front paled in
comparison to the 'unprecedent-
ed furiousness' of the Baltic
battle. The Russians, he said, have
been attacking for four days and
steadily throwing in more and
more thousands of men strongly
supported by tanks and planes.
Moscow's nightly communique
did not confirm the German re-
ports, but again mentioned fierce
fighting west of Jelgavia, Is miles
southwest of Riga. This is the area
where the Germans said their
troops were trying to turn the
flank of the Russian salient i'm
perilling Riga.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
Senate Delays Action
On Exchange Resolution

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. -P)-
The Senate delayed actian today
on a resolution calling upon the
United States to take the lead in
urging untrammelled international
exchange of independent news as
a means of promoting world peace.
Chairman Connally D-Tex) ap-
pointed subcommittee headed by
Senate Majority Leader Barley
ky to go over the language OF
two pending proposals with view
of shaping up resolution for pas
sage on the floor this week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
KING APPOINTED
COURT ATTORNEY

James c. King, prominent Will
mington attorney, was named yes.
terday as deputy solicitor of county
recorders court at salary of $50
month. j. A. McNo- ton. solicitor,
made the appointment.
King has been acting assistant
to McNorton since the latter took
office in December, 1912, but has
just been put on the county payroll
He formerly received $500 at the
end of each year, but since an
increase in salary was approved
by the board of county commits
sioners recently, he has been Of
ficialy named to the office of dep
uty solicitor.
The increase allotted by the
board applied also to ]. H. Fergu-
son, who recently was appointed
deputy judge of recorders court
at salary of $3.50 a month, COM
pared with the $95 month the
office had been paying.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
Hurricane Victims
Adrift Many Hours
Off Virginia Coast

NORFOLK, Va; Sept. 49,
up = The story of 58-hour
battle against exhaustion and
exposure while adrift in rough
seas off the Virginia coast was
told by survivors of two Coast
Guard cutters sunk during the
hurricane last Thursday.
Nineteen of the crew of the
cutter Jackson and IL from the
cutter Belize were rescued by
Coast Guard air and sea, units,
while a search was being con-
tinued fo- 40 officers and men
missing from the two vessels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
ROMANIAN DICTATOR
TAKEN BY RUSSIANS

LONDON, Sept. ID. -P)- Mar
shall Ion Antonescu, Romanian Die
tator who was deposed when his
country switched to the Allied side
last month, has been handed over
to the Russian high command. an
official Moscow statement said to-
night.
The statement, broadcast by the
Soviet information bureau, said An
tonescu might prove to be suit
able candidate for inclusion in the
list of war criminals
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
U.S.. Pacific
Island Drive
Keeps Going
5,495 JAPS KILLED
Wildcat Division S eizes
Control OF North Half
OF Angaur Isle

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, P e ar |
Harbor, Sept. 49, up -
American Marines have occu-
pied Asias, principal town on
Peleliu island in the Palau
group east of the Philippines,
and have captured Ngarmok-
ed island, off the southern
tip of Peleliu, Adm. Chester
w. Nimitz announced today.
The 81st American army divi-
sion, which landed Saturday Gu.
S. Time) on Angaur island, six
miles south of Peleliu, now con-
trolls the northern half Of the is
land, Nimitz announced.
Heavy fighting continued on
Peleliu, where 5,495 japanese mad
been killed through Sunday, at
least half Of the defending force.
Enemy dead on Angaur, where
light resistance had been encount-
tered, totaled 48. Several enemy
counterattacks there had been re-
pulsed.
At Allied eadquarters in New
Guinea, is was disclosed that
Japanese planes nave twice raid
ed newly-occupied Mortoai island
since the occupation by Allied
troops, but American carrier
planss have strudk back with
Furnishing raids against Halma-
hera.
Three japanese planes were
sshot down and others were de-
stroyed aground. Thirteen enemy
barges were wrecked at Halma-
hera September is, the day after
the landing On Morotai.
The japanese aerial raid against
Morotai was the first reported
enemy counter-action against the
Americans since their landing.
Allied planes dropped 146 tons
of bombs on Kendari, Dutch &C.
lebes. Two of eight intercepting
Zeros were shot down.
An 5000 ton enemy transport
was sunk off Kendari.
There was still no mention in
the headquarters communicate of
any ground opposition from the
Japanese on Morotai.
Meanwhile, it was announced
here that southern Luzon was
bombed during the Sept. 8-13 U.
S. carrier task force strike at the
Philippines, and warships roamed
for three days in constant sight of
the islands without interference.
Artemus Gates, assistant ,secre-
tary of the Navy for air, made the
disclosure at a press conference
today.
Gates was aboard a carrier dur
ing the strike. His was the first
announcement that the attack
spread to Luzon, main and north
ernmost island in the archipelago.
The island was last bombed by
Allied planes April Is, 1912, dur
ing a brief raid northward of Ma
Mia
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19

ton, were sent Sunday to Hall
fax county to harvest pea
nuts. More prisoners are ex-
pected to come here in No
vember and while they will
help greatly with the ferti-
lizer and pulpwood, the farm
ers need help now for har-
vesting.
A committee was appointed
to call on Colonel ]. c. Shive-
ly at Bluethenthal Air Base to
see what can be done about
getting National Air Lines to
make regular stops here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19

Eastern's plea was based on a
contention that until National
flights are PERMITTED to serve Will
mington, Norfolk and Philadelphia,
as authorized by the certificate is
sued to National by the CAB, non
step schedules between Charleston
and New York by National would
merely duplicate existing East
ern service.
The fact that the Army and Navy
has currently declined to permit
use Of landing facilities at Will
mington, Norfolk and Pniladel-
ph!a has been a primary cause for
delay in extension of the authoriz-
ed National line, ow connecting
Florida cities with New Orleans,
to New York. The CAB authorized
the route early this year.
Easte-n's appeal was filed as
the CAB issued an order declaring
that the National defense no long
et requires" that Inauguration of
Nationals service to New York be
delayed.
Unless the board acts promptly
70 dispose of the Eastern plea,
n it is not likely that G. T.
Daker, president of National, will
We able to carry out his plans to
aaft flights to and from New York
ocIooer |. Baker asked the board
y" permit his line to operate be-
tween Charleston and New York
vi nonstop basis until the mill
vary need for landing facilities at
NVhlinueQ on Pare Three. Col. 2l
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
State Guard Going To Camp

citizenship, between 18 and
so years of age and not CLASH
fled Ia with Selective Service.
Officers commented that men
between 30 and so years old
were preferred. He added that
previous military training is
not required, but the COM
pany would be especially glad
to have men who have been
discharged from m iii airy
service, provided their disabili-
ty does not prohibit them from
carrying out light duty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
''On1lnued on Page Three; Col. 81
FINLAND AND RUSSIA
SIGN PEACE TREATY


'IlIoCKHOLM, Tuesday, Sept. 49,.
n - The Swedish newspaper
. nasehS Nyheter said today the
t.ace between Finland and Rus
~ tr' 4, i,ao been signed Monday night
;: Inc newspaper added that Fin
l ~ troops were marching north
, ua.u against the Germans, as re-
s sst mounted throughout the
,.suA'Fy over the Nazi burning of
'dT II, and villages.
;rd me Finnish parliament, accord
Jug to an earlier Helsinki dispatch
, ,,au received Russia's armistice
n WINS as they exist at an infor-
"'al session yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
Prisoners Sought By County

A resolution to ask Cover
nor Broughton to intercede
and help the Wilmington area
keep rs or 80 of the German
war prisoners here to relieve
the acute shortage of farm
and dairy labor was passed
by the board of county COM
missioners in it's weekly meet
ing yesterday.
The approximate 275 war
prisoners, who have been
working steadily for farmers,
dairymen, fertilizer plants and
pulpwood concerns in this sec
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19

church and Second Lieutenant
C., T. FarroW.
An advance detail, which has
not yet been selected, will
leave for Fort Bragg October
49, A school for officers and
selected non-commissioner Of
ficers will start on this date.
Regular drill will be held at
the w. L. I. armory tonight
and the company would like
to have about five recruits, Of
ficers declared.
Requirements are American
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19

n~
-, The Wilmington company,
" winch is the First company of
oie North Carolina State
@uafd, will leave here October
u Tor the annual summer en-
.ampment of the State Guard
a. Fort Bragg, company Of
n nv announced yesterday.
H. me encampment previously
was postponed because of the
Atdntlle paralysis epidemic.
. Inc local company includes
soout IS men and three Of
r -: Captain Leo =. Sykes,
'Tst Lieutenant D. B. Up
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
Air Forces Join
In Raid On Netherlands

LONDON, Sept. 10. -R)- While
practically all branches Of the AL
lied Air Forces based in England
joined today in the second round of
the aerial invasion of the Neither
lands, Allied air operations con-
tinued over central Europe and the
Balkans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
SHOT TO DEATH

6nA1LoRSVILLE, Sept. 18.-(P
M neputy Sheriff D.. L. league said
s %uay That Prathe league, 30, was
wv tio' 10 death and two other Witten-
;Ss's township men were wounded
~, weekend fight near Dealsville.
b. ne deputy said Buster league,
=, s.Olher of the slain man, suffered
~ arm wound and Leonard John
son head wound
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19

The board voted to draft q
set OF resolutions of appreci-
alton of the work one by o.
H. Shoemaker, who has an.
nounced mis- resignation from
the Craftsmanship of the local
War Price and Rationing board
because of failing health.
Because of the great influx
OF applications for absentee
ballots for servicemen, the
board passed a motion to al
low H. G. Carney, chairman
Continued OIL Page Three: Col. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
European War Flashback
By The Associated Press

Sept 1918-Brsh forces retained the initiative
tnusd Hndenburg northwest
St. Quentin successfully
artillery the German fortified city
Sept bomb London night
bombarded Sid Barrani
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
Eastern Air Lines
Fights Ne1u Route
BY HOWARD SUBTLE,
Star Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Sept 18.-Eas+ern Air Lines today
appealed the Civil Aeronautics Board to delay Inaugural
ton of JacksonvileNew York coastal service by National
Air Lines until stops the authorized route could be made
at Wilmington. Norfolk and Philadelphia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
jap Forces Threaten
TOCutChina In Two

CHUNGKING, Sept 1S.-QF9-Japanese forces were
advancing tonight toward Kwein key city of Kwangsi
province in campaign that threatens to split China in
and wreck the entire American military setup in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-19
FORECAST

WILMINGTON AND VICINITY. Part
" cloudy to cloudy today
temperatures yesterday:
High BLOW 70.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-12-18
POSEBNOSTI OTOKA
MANA

Otok Man, lezec v Irskem
morju, ina v sklopu velikobri-
tanske drzave poseben polozaj,
kar privede vcasih do neprosto-
voljne komike. Ina okoli 3d.
900 prebivalcev, XII imajo IL
pradavnih casov svoj parla-
ment, svojega namestnika ma
slovom generalni porocnik in
svak angleske kraljice ter raz-
ne privilegije. Eden izmed njih
je tudi ia, da SINE otoska vlada
sama napovedati vojno komur
koli in da nj Sc v vojnem stanju
ako napove vojno m an
gleski kralj.
Tako je otok Man leta 1914
napovedal vojno Nemciji po-
sebno noto, Oh zakljucku miru
ma konferenco nj postal svoje-
ga zastopnika, da bi podpisal
versajsko mirovno pogodbo.
Otoska vlada je bila tedaj yes
ia cas- v pravem vojnem stanju
z Nemcijo in il sedaj nj bilo
treba posebne note Nemciji. O.
tok je lahko brez pomislekov
postal $500 svojih vojakov ma
"pomoc kralju Velike Britain
je in Irske'', kakor Sc glasi do
ticni uradni odlok otoske VIA
de. Ker na Angleskem silno
spostujejo stare uredbe, Sc je
kraljica Anglije najbrz eel Q
vljudno zahvalila "svojemu sva-
ku" generalnemu porocniku O.
toka Mana "a velikodusno po-
moe in zaveznisko zvestobo.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-12-18

Mir je zagodel start stric,
"in pripovedujta lepo po vrsti!"
Nikdar in nikoli Sc nj stara
smreka, XII stoji sred Sorskega
polja, slisala bolj vnebovpijo-
cih, strahotnejsih zgodb mimo
teh, XII sta jih pripovedovala
krokarja to sveto noe :. Tre-
petala je Cd groze, da Sc je vsi-
pal sneg z njenih vel. Kakor
solze so blescali v mesecini
NIGGA dni nj bilo tako!" je
vzdihnil start krokar. "Mrhovi-
na-da. Toda mlado, nedolzno,
otrosko meso-kar ma kupe--
.brr, Sc meme pretrese, starega
gresnika! Cudni p tici so tt
ljudje! V kolikor sc razumem
ma ornitologijo, mi nj znan no.
ben primer takega samomora en-
masse Pst! Molcimo! Zdi
sc mi, da neije zvoni!' %
Mrzla mesecina obliva polje,
da blesci v mirijadah smreka
sred Sorskega polja-kako dol
go hos pa BE stala ?-kako dolgC
boS pac Sc stala?
". Pirnat.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-12-18
PRVI BANKOVEC

Leta 1854 v Kanadi MISC ime-
Ii dovolj kovanega denarja, da
bi placali vojake francoskega
kralja, kaksnih 400 MOI. Tedaj
81 je uprava move Francije H.
mislila, da bi dala v promet ma
igralne karte napisane zadolz-
nice. TIE je bio treba jemati ma
mesto kovanega denarja. Tako
je monsieur de Meules, vodja u
prave, ustaril prvotno obliko
bankovcev in njegov osebni
podpis je dajal jamstvo "a njih
vrednost. Nekoliko izvodov te-
ga denarja ma igralnih kartah
je bilo videti tudi ma pariski
svetovni. razstavi in so vzbujali
veliko pczornost.