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CARLYLE ELECTED
STATE BAR HEAD
Association Opposes Ac-
CELEBRATED College Courses
For Law Students

RALEIGH, June IT, Up The
North Carolina bar association,
concluding its annual convention
here, adopted resolutions today
looking with disfavor' on accel-
Grated college courses for law stu
dents and urging the state school
board to provide funds for legal
education of war veterans only ir
schools approved by the board Of
law examiners.
Irving Carlyle. Winston Salem
legislator, was elected president te
succeed w. Frank Taylor of Colds,
boro, and R. E. Thigpen of Char.
lotte is the new chairman of the
executive committee succeeding w
Kerr Ramsey of Salisbury.
Elected as vice presidents were
w. L. Thorp of Rocky Meunt, Fred
ID. Hamrick of Rutherfordton, and
J. G. W. MacClamrock of Greens
boro. New members of the execu-
tive committee are W. j. Adams
Jr.. of Raleigh, T. Lamar Caudle
of Wadesboro, d Thomas p
Pruitt of Hickory.
Selection of the 1915 meeting
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 3,
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WORK
TO BE INCREASED
Land Says War Chiefs Urg'
ing Increased Efforts
To Deliver Ships

WASHINGTON, June IL R -
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land
chairman of the Maritime Com
mission, said today the volume oil
work in merchant shipyards rs ia
be increased very shortly and not
decreased or cut back"
The present shipbuilding pro-
gram, previously announced as
more than 100000 deadweiaht
tons for the year, is based on rec
concentrations Of. the Joint chiefs Of
staff, who are urging increased. ef'
forts to deliver ships speedily, Ad'
miral Land declared in STATE
ment.
Land said his announcement was
intended to offset IAN epidemic OF
irresponsible rumors'' that cargo
ship construction was soon to d.
curtailed. The rumors are so per
s;stent. he said. as to indlcata de-
liberate efforts to sabotage .
shipbuilding program. ;,
Every worker could be assured,
Land added, that his job is MOI
likely to end within any perloc
we can foresee definitely"
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FRENCH SOLDIERS
SEIZE 0NE-FIFTH
OF HISTORIC isle
German Resistance Is Re.
ported To Be Strong In
Some Locations
PIANOSA SECURED
British Drive IL Miles
North OF Orvieto And
Occupy Monteleone
By LYNN HEINZERLING

ROME, June II - up -
French troops landed today on
Elba, five miles west of the
Italian mainland, and by
nightfall had won control of
one-fifth of that Napoleonic
exile island against German
resistance which Allied head
quarters described as strong
at some places.
Nearby Pianosa was secur-
ed quickly without opposition,
but the German garrison and
coastal artillery were making
a scrap for Elba's IS square
miles.
Conquest OF Elba would keep the
Allied sea flank abreast Of the ad-
vance on the mainland, where Al
lied troops today rolled steadily
forward toward the Germans
Pisa Florence-Rinin line.
Known as Detachment B." the
French attacking elba were com
manded by Gen. Jean De Lattre De
Tassigny and transported and sup
ported by American, British and
French naval units. Allied air for
ces that included French squad
rons, bombed the island:
Heavy Fighting
CThe Berlin radio said the land
ing were made both at the south
and north ends of the island, one
of them just west of its major
city of Porto Ferraio. A German
communique told of heavy fight
ing "still going on against
weak German garrison defend
ing the island.
Fighter bombers aided yester-
day in preparations for the land
ings, destroying a fuel dump, scor-
ing six hits on islands radio sta
ton, and striking at boats and
dock installations at Porto Ferralo.
Marine Di Campo and Porto Long
one.
The island, about seven miles
from the nearest mainland point
is roughly opposite Grosseto, near
the west Italian coast, which fell
to swiftly advancing Fifth Army
troops yesterday. The city, near.
ly 100 airline miles from Rome.
is a road junction and site of Ger
man air fields.
British Advance
British Eighth Army troops drove
IL miles north of Orvieto and &C.
cupied Monteleone, about 40 miles
east of Grosseto. A bit farther
east, armored elements pushing
north from Todi reached a point Is
miles south of Perugla, reporteo
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neutrality-suspicious.
Executes Sabotage Plans

Charles De Gaulle, had yet issued
anv general "call to arms to the
French people.
The French have been receiving
from the Allied command daily
hroadcasts of instructions, news
and warnings, however
Multiple and simultaneous cas-
es of sabotage coordinated with the
Allied effort" were credited BY
the communique with considerably
DELAYING the movement of German
reserves to the Normandy battle
fronts. It said sabotage of German
traffic had completely stopped road
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HALSEY IS GIVEN
new ASSIGNMENT
Fighting Admiral Desig.
mated Commander OF
The Third Fleet

WASHINGTON, June II. --R-
Adm. William F. Halsey, Jr., to.
day was given the job he wants
a fighting command in the war
against the Japanese.
The 61-year-old battler who drove
the Japanese from the South Pa
cific and thereby worked himself
out of an assignment as comman.
der of the South Pacific forces.
was designated officially as Com.
mander of the Third Fleet
That designation sounds like an
administrative job, but it isn't.
Actually it means that "Bull"
Halsey will have a fleet of his
own to lambaste the Japanese
whom he hates violently.
Halsey commanded naval forces
throughout the long months of.
fighting that ended with elimina-
ton of the Japanese in the Solo
mon islands and complete naval
control of the South Pacific area.
Since then his new assignment
has been prime subject for spec
ulation in naval circles. Always,
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GERMANS EXPECT
ANOTHER ATTACK
Saw Sixth Divisions Wait.
ing For Second Phase
OF Invasion

LONDON, June 18-RE A Ger
man broadcast tonight estimated
that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
has SO to so divisions of 100000 to
100000 men waiting for the "se-
cond phase of the invasion which
in all probability will be an attack
on the French-Belgian coastal
area" northeast of the Normandy
front.
The Berlin radio in broadcast
recorded by the Associated Press
said this force includes four air
boren divisions, and forms a Sc
cond invasion army. Berlin said il
is stationed between the south.
easterncoast of England and Lon.
don land in the area between Lon.
don and the mouth of the Humber
river.
Eisenhower probably would try
to capture the area "between Os.
tende and Dunkerque whence he
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Russians Advance Within
rs Miles of Viipuri Port

LONDON, June II. -RE The
Russians smashed within Is miles
of Viipuri from two directions to-
day, capturing Perkjarvi on the
main railway of the Karelian is
thmus and KuolemajSrw on the
coastal rail line, Moscow announc-
ed tonight, and the port of Viipuri
itself was understood to be in the
process of evacuation.
These two important railway
towns on the most direct routes to
Finland's second largest city were
enveloped as Gen. Lemnid A. Gov
crows troops occupied more than
100 populated places in another day
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CHINESE FORCES
CAPTURE KAMAINC
Allies Continue To Make
Gains In Myitkyina's
North, West Sectors

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Handy, Ceylon
June 17.-lRl-The Chinese 22nd ar
my after a seven day siege has
captured Kamaing, the principal
Japanese supply base in North Bur
ma and the key enemy stronghold
in the Mogaung valley, Admiral
Lord Louis Mountbatten's head
quarters announced today.
South of Kamaing, which fell
yesterday, the Chinese seized the
town of Parentu, while in h e
main north Burma bastion of Myit-
kyina, Chinese and American
troops continued to make gains in
the north and west sectors. the bull
letin said. ~
A field dispatch from Associated
Press correspondent William Boni
on the Salween front Saturday said
that token juncture with 1t. Gen.
Joseph W. Stilwe1l's north Burma
forces was made by Chinese guer.
rillas, who captured Lauhkaun,
well to the west of Hpmaw pass
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CAPTURE VILLAGE;
PUSH BEACHHEAD
2 MILES INLAND
American Warships Bonn
bard Qua, First Time
Since i, Capture
ENEMY REPULsED
Japs Maintain Steady Nor
tar And Artillery Fires
On Our Positions
Bv LEFT ERICKSON

BY LEFT ERICKSON
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, Pc ar]
Harbor, June 17-(P-Bat-
thing determined Japanese re-
sistance, United States Ma
rines and Army troops have
expanded the beachhead on
Saipan to a maximum depth
of 2 miles along a five and
one half mile front, Adm.
Chester w. Nimitz announc-
ed tonight in a communique.
In frenzied fighting through
Thursday night and Friday assault
forces made gains averaging 1880
yards and captured the village of
Himashisu, more than half way
across the isi3nd from the beach.
head.
NudIH bOmDdrQE0 ..
These developments were report
ed shortly after it was disclosed
that American warships had bonn
barded Guam for the first time
since that former U. S. outpost in
the Marianas was captured by the
japanese in December, 1871.
Before dawn Friday, Jap defend
ers of Saipan, numbering an esti-
mated two divisions 10000 mem,
launche da determined counterat-
tack.
The enemy thrust, supported by
tanks, was hurled back.
Twenty-Five Jap tanks were de-
stroyed and the enemy cost in
lives was heavy.
The communique said the area
now controlled by the American
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Powerful Bon1bers Blast
Maxi Robot Plane Base

casualties in a number Of pl,
While selected squadrons d
S. Flying Fortresses and Lii
tors and Raj Spitfires hit
Pas de Calais region 1000
American heavy bombers
fighters ranged over the lie
and breadth of the Norm,
fighting front in direct suppo,
the invasion troops. The temp
the aerial assaults increased
ing the afternoon and evening
the weather cleared. Seven OF
Germans rapidly dwindling
fields in France were blasted.
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Of fierce fighting, Moscow's broad
cast communicate disclosed.
Both Perkjarvi and Kuolema1ar-
vi are just under Is miles from
Viipuri,. which Finnish dispatches
reaching Stockholm said had been
ordered emptied of civilians.
Another wave of the Red Army,
sweeping up the eastern side of the
isthrnus despite the natural obstac-
les of lakes and marshes, captur-
ed Raasuli on still another rail-
road, Moscow said, indicating that
the width of the Finnish front had
been widened to more than IS miles
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
allied ExPEDI TIONARY
foACE, June 17-tR)-The Allied
supreme command hailed a sue
eeSSlul ront-behind- the-front IN
france today with a special COM
nriuhlque proclaining that the
sIehch underground army had ex-
.euFed a master plan of sabotage
anu open resistance to the Nazls
'Hlce the invasion began June o.
Inc communique said French
sueffllla operations were in 11E
=. .~l n despite the fact that neltn-
me supreme commander, Gen,
.o"lght D. Eisenhower. nor tne
Nshtlng French leader, Gen
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JAP SHIPS LOOM
AS NO. | TARGET
Aerial War Against Nip
ponese May Follow Plan
Used Against Nazis

WASHINGTON, June 17.-H =
The strategic aerial war against
the japanese homeland apparently
will follow modified pattern of
the operations against the German
war economy, with Japan's ship
ping the number one target.
This is indicated in the selection
of the imperial iron and steel works
at Yawata as the first target for
the goth airforce's strategic bomb
ers. This largest single complex of
steel plants in Japan accounts for
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FIFTH OF QUOTA
Women's Division Will
Start Survey OF Mer-
chants Tomorrow

Sales of War bonds during the
first week of the Fifth War Loan
drive have reached $1,249,63 so,
more than one fifth of the city
county quota of $5,7O7, 900, J. G.
Thornton, chairman of the city di-
vision, announced yesterday.
Sales of E series of War Bonds
to date total $584,837,5O, he added.
The chairman said the pleasing
aspect Of the bond drive is that 40
per cent of the total sales are in E
bonds.
The Women's division of the cam
paign will start tomorrow morn
ing its survey of Wilmington mer-
chants who are selling bonds in
their stores. It is their goal to at
tain the cooperation of 100 per cent
Of the retailers in soliciting bonds,
either by filling out applications
or discussing bond sales with Gus
toners.
Benefit Show
A benefit show will be present
ed Tuesday night at $3.50 O'Clock
at the Bailey Theater at which
time the moving picture, And the
Angels Sing" will be shown. Ad-
mission to the performance will
be only through ticket received
by the purchase of an extra War
bond from an issuing agent. Tick
cts to the show will be sold to the
nrst 1902 at which the seating cap
aclty of the theater is limited
Manager A. S. Grist announced.
Featured in the musical comedy
Will be Fred McMurray, Dorothy
Lamdlr, and Betyt Hutton. The
supporting cast is composed of Dl-
ana Lynn. Mimi Chandler, Eddie
roy Jr., and Raymond Walburn.
Participation in the window dis
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War Bond Sales Amount
To 1929, 637 In Week
Independents Defeat
CIO At Bath Shipyard

BATH, Me-, June 17.-R-An
Independent union this week
defeated the CLIO and the ALL
to retain its bargaining rights
for the workers of the destroy.
er-building Bath Iron Works
corporation.
The result, as announced by
the regional NLRB. follows:
The Independent Brotherhood
of Shipyard Workers, Inc, S.
O72; Industrial Union of Marine
and Shipbuilding Workers of
America (CIO- 2,111; American
Federation of Labor, 294; no
union SO.
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AmericanRSmash Through Nazi Lines,
Virtually Sever Cherbourg Peninsula;
Hold On Saipan Widened; Elba invaded
IS, 283 American Troops Killed,
~, 600 Wounded During Inuasion

(The American casualties in
action to date were expected to
exceed those of the British or
Canadians, not yet announced,
a dispatch from London said,
because the American First and
10Th encountered heaviest fight
ing when they ran into a Ger
man division holding maneu-
vers on the difficult beach. In
"a hours of fighting they adj
vanced only 100 yards in some
places, while on the other hand,
both British and Canadians
made original landings COM
{ Continued on Page Two; Col. Z
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WITH THE A M E r I C AN
FORCES IN FRANCE. June
II. -tR-American army cas-
ualties totalled 1888 dead and
1880 wounded up to midnight
last night in the first IL days
of the invasion of France, and
the beachhead has become "ab-
solutely secure" the Germans
having 'Iost their last chance
to drive us back into the sea-"
1t. Gen. Omar N. Bradley an
nounced today.
Obviously in good spirits, the
tall, weather-beaten Missouri
an who commands American
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BY NED NORDNESS

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED Elk PEDITIONARY
FORCE. June 17-lR-PoWerful
form atoms of Allied bombers lash
ed at the Pas de Calais area to-
night presumably in a relentless
follow up of daylight blows at the
French bases from which the Ger
mans are launching their new ro-
bot planes.
The pilotless planes have. been
striking England for the last 4S
hours and the air ministry an
nounced tonight that enemy activ-
ity over southern England this
afternoon caused damage and
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forces in France, appeared for
the first time before group of
beachhead correspondents and
gave them a report which con-
firmed his pre-invasion conf
dence that the campaign would
be carried out without the
bloodbath predicted by the
enemy.
Bradley said casualties on
the central beachhead, where
the First division and elements
of the 10Th had landed, were
higher than was anticipated.
but that on the other hand, cas-
ualties on the peninsula beach
head were lower.
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REACH HIGH ARB|
ONLY FOUR Mill
FROM WEST Goa
Thousands OF Germans
Verge OF Being Trap
Inside Cherbourg
ROAD lombard
Roll Within Mile OF
Possible Escape Rou
Out OF Prize Port
BY JAMES M. LONG

BY JAMES M. LONG
SUPREME HEADQQ
TIERS ALLIED EXP
TIONARY FORCE, Sur
June 10 - ~ The
Ninth division, which
tered the Germans at Bi
in Tunisia, teamed up |
terday with the 82nd Arb
division in a powerful bl
through of German
which put the American
high ground only four |
from the west coast and
tually cut in two the 4
bourg peninsula.
Thousands of German
were on the verge of being /
ped inside Cherbourg porI
miles north of the corridor d
west of captured St. Sauveur|
a dispatch from Don White
Associated Press correspoj
The west coast road was
American artillery lombard
1t. Gen. Omar N. Bro
ground commander who lie
Americans to their triurnI|
Bizerte in May, 1943, was dire
the swift break-through which
rolled to within a mile of 81
D'Ourville on the west coast
last possible German e|
route out of Cherbourg.
Fleeing Southwark
Some front dispatches sal
Germans were fleeing south
to escape the American tray
General Bradley earlier had
dicted last-ditch German
in Cherbourg, whose harbor
tai to the Allies In order to b
supplies and reinforcements.
man broadcsats last night,
ever, began minimizing
bourg's Importance, which
mean Nazi resignation to it's
tual isolation and capture. Gil
refugees said the Germans all
were forcing civilians to eva
the city.
American troops were fid
fierce hand-to-hand battlei
the streets of Montebourg, IA
southeast of Cherbourg.
Whitehead's dispatch disc|
the presence of the Ninth din
in action for the first time inI
mandy. The Ninth was the
sion which took Port Lyaut|
the French Morocco landir|
November, 1912, fought in Ell
tar in southern Tunisia, and|
ticipated in the final encircl(
OF scores of thousands of Ger
and Italians on Cap Bon.
Smash Across River
North of st. Sauveur, Whit
said, the Yank infantrymen
across the Douve river. They
On tanks and fired machine
as the armored units Did
through shallow waters in thu
toric drive to seal off Cherb|
American airmen were str|
the German lines of retreat
of the area.
One front line correspondent
an American column rolled thr|
st. Jacques-De Nehou, four !
Continued mn Pare Two. RI
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WEATHER

FORECAST
NORTH CAROLINA: Partly cloudy
and not Sunday.
continued on Page Nine; Col. y
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The North Carolina Shipbudng
launching PREPARATIONS for of
of War bonds Practically needing
the
reached during
the campaign most enthusiastic they added
the expected to xeceed its of extra
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HOUSES UNFURNlsHEp.

HOUSE, 3 bedrms., living rm., dinette and
kitchen equipped with stove and refrigera-
tori; large back yard with garage; newly
te ossaslss ss At nPs 45
Md::-containing,.7 Z rooms and bath. lava,
tories and maids room on nrst moor; 4
aSass rgHsR e. ses e. 7ss iSsh
CAPE COD BRICK, Silver Spring. yrs.
old, lg, liv rm. ": fireplace, din. rm. de
bath. unfinished End fr. screened porch,
built-in gar, full basement, oil heat, Ven.
blinds, lg. fenced yard. near bus. stores.
school; $50; in exchanSe ior 2Sedroo% nG apt apt;
SIS 81 SfSttaiso N1caoisoN fss f1W 81. NW1open to 4
pm rooms i " baths. semidet. brick;
81 s15 ssss ssr rs5s ASa. on fs9a
ESTATE in nearby Montgom-
way of River rd., in Potomac Hunt dist.
f baths
complete with orchard, garden. use Of barn
and pasture for several horses and cows.
Must be seen to be arnreciated Open foT
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BEDROOMS. 2 baths. paneled den, gas
heat restricted NV; rent. .$125.. viii ex.
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attached greenhouse; ,laTss @ living . r29m; z
sarase, garden, summer house: Q mi. from
Washington on River rd.; SIS per mo-;
seen by appointment. Phone NO. 4627:-
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ROOMS WITH soARp.

in for gom elderly M
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