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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-27
1900 U. 5. B0MBERS
RAID WEST REICH.

LONDON, Oct. 26.--tR-A force
of 1900 American heavy bombers
hurled $500 tons of explosives on
the western Reich cities of Nuns
ter, Bieiefeld and Hanover to-
day, while Raj heavies helped
clear the way for the u. S. First
army, striking just north of Co.
logne.
U. S. Eighth air force Liberia
tors and fortresses, making their
10Th raid this month, flew through
soupy weather in the bombing OF
gas works, oil. refineries and rail
way yards. Approximately 700
Mustangs and Thunderbolts pro
+vided fighter cover.
One bomber and one fighter was
reported missing.
British Lancasters followed the
American heavy bombers across
the channel and struck without
loss the T.. G.. Farben industry
chemical works at Leverkusen,
less than five miles north OF
Cologne on the Rhine river, the
goal of 1t. Gen. Courtney Hodges
Aachen veterans.
Many of the nearly $4,000 Eighth
air force airmen didn't see the
ground from the takeoff to the
landing because Of the solid layers
of clouds.
The Nazi air force offered nc
opposition to the main force, but
when Capt. Ted E. Lines, Mesa
Ariz., a Mustang pilot, was forced
to leave the formation because o.
engine trouble he was jumped by
six Nazis.
Lines shot down two FW-190's
bringing his total to 10, and lost
the others in the clouds.
Flax was intense at some spots
and crews over Hanover reported
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
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British Bypass 7ilburg
In Ne1v Lightning Thrust

LONDON. Oct. 26-(R)-British
troops in a lightning stab through
German defenses by
passed the enemy stronghold of
Tilburg in southern Holland to-
day, threatening to encircle the
city on the left flank of a blazing
15-mile battlefront while the Ger
man raul reported fresh land
ings by Canadian forces on south
Beveland island in the Schelde
estuary northwest of Antwerp.
SEcing across the Tilburg-'S
Heretogenbosch highway and rail-
road, armored vanguards of 1t.
Gen. Sir Miles c.. Dempsey's Sc
cond British army reached the
town of Udenfeut, four miles north
of Tilburg, as other British units
slashed into the eastern outskirts
of the strong1y-fertified town. --s--2s'.
wight, a mile south of S Here
togenbosch, fell at midday after
a savage fight between British in
fantry and German parachute
troops. Three-fourths of IS Here
togenbosch was in Allied hands at
nightfall of the third day of house
toulouse fighting through the fam
ing communications center.
Throughout the days bitter
fighting the enemy made desper-
ate attempts to stiffen its resis-
lance. but it was clear tonight that
Field Marshal Walther Won Model
army was in a critical plight and
that its attempt to escape north
ward across the Mas Rhine was
gravely jeopardized," reported As
ISOLATED Press field Correspond
ent Roger Greene.
The Nazis already had pulled
their administrative personnel out
of both Tilburg and Breda, II
miles to the west, and British
staff officer declared that the Til
burg garrison would have to move
quickly to avoid entrapment. Bre.
da was the last strongpoint thai
might shield general enemy
withdrawal across the Mas and
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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LIBERAL CLOTHING
GIFTS PACKACED

Acting as clearing house for
the churches which received, sort
ed and packed disable clothing for
the liberated people Of Europe, the
Young Mems Christian Association
completed the work Tuesday, with
a total collection of SO cartons for
total of 1875 pounds.
At the September meeting of the
Ministers Association, special
committee, COMPRISED of the Rev.
y. T. Lawson, the Rev. ]. F Her
bert, the Rev. Phillip Corey and
J. B Huntington, known as the
special Emergency Collection of
Clothing committe, was appointed
to look after the collection and
proper shipping Of clothing secured
by the churches.
Arrangements were made with
the Y.M.C.A. to collect all cartons
from, the churches, see that they
were properly marked and deliver
ed to the shipping agent, who in
turn delivers them to the central
| district collection warehous-
es where they are to be forwarded
to New York in care of the U. S.
Treasury department (procure-
naent division).
| Churches, synagogues, and
parishes cooperating in the effort
are Fifth Avenue Methodist church
with collection of 544 pounds.
the Temple Of Israel, 235 pounds
Continued on Page Five; Col. s.
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Japanese Naval Power
Still Factor In Pacific

least rs japanese ships were put
out of action, either sunk or DAM
aged.
Even assuming that all Of the
damaged ships are hurt so badly
that they are out of action until
major repairs can be made, Japan
still has a fleet which must be
considered in Pacific planning.
Principal menace of such cur
tailed fleet will be, of course, in
hit and run harassing operations
to slow the American drive toward
the China coast, Formosa and the
Japanese homeland. 1t probably
cannot again attempt, with any
hope of success, to engage large
forces of the American fleet.
Subtracting the reported sinkings
or probable sinkings, of four bat
tleships, three aircraft carriers and
five cruisers from best available
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
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He Believes Antitrust
Suits May Be Settled

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-R-A
possibility that the government $
antitrust suit against ! the rail
roads might be settled short Of a
prolonged court trial was held
out today by Robert R. Young,
chairman of the board Of the Al
legheny Corporation.
Young, whose holding company
is large stakeholder in the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad, one Of the
defendants in the suit, told re-
porters after conference with
Justice department representa-
tives he was hopeful "a construc-
tive solution could be reached
through formidable. discussions
between the defendants and the
oovnrpr,o ont
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GAS THEFT RING
NABBED UPSTATE

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 26.-(B-FBI
agents and Charlotte city police
smashed what they described as
one of the biggest gasoline theft
rings in. this section tonight when
they announced the arrests OF ID
persons.
Six persons were arrested Oct.
CT by the FBI on similar charges
that of stealing and receiving
gasoline intended for use at the
Camp Mackall paratroop base.
- Edward Scheidt, agent in charge
Of the Charlotte FBI office, and
Capt. Frank N. Littlejohn Of the
Charlotte city police department
listed the following arrests:
Tommy William Gather and
Frank Stuart Lipford of Charlotte,
Robert Monroe Rameey of Gas
tonia, Hammie Jefferson of Mount
Holly, all charged with larceny;
j. R. Deese Of Rockingham,
Charles Floyd Helms of Monroe,
Melvin Randolph Lampley of Rock
ingham, James AsbNry Lanier of
Charlotte, Howard Dunlap Teal of
Wadesboro, Joseph Richard Teal
of Rockingham, Kelly Thompson
of Wadesboro, and John Bunyan
Walker Of Pageland, S. c., service
station operators, owners or at
tendants, and John Frank Helms
of Wadesboro, proprietor of a re-
pair shop, all of whom were charg-
ed with receiving the stolen gas.
Scheidt said Gather, Lipfo-d,
Ramsey and Jefferson, all truck
drivers, took gas from their trucks
en- route to and from Camp Mack
all and sold it to the other defend
ants. ~
All were given preliminary hear
ings before U. S. Commissioner
Nat C. White today and were held
for federal court. District Attor-
ney T. L. Caudle indicated that a
special grand jury and federal
term of court may be necessary to
handle the 10 cases.
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Kinkaid Gives Subs
And Carriers Great
Praise For Service

LEYTE, Philippines, Thurs
day, Oct. 27.@R-vice Adm.
Thomas c. Kinkaid, recapitu-
lating for correspondents today
events of the past few historic
hours, gave large measure
Of credit to American subma-
rines and to carrier aircraft
for their part in the rout of the
Japanese fleet.
United States carrier planes,
he said, by sighting the ap-
preaching forces, furnished in
formation Of the enemy's dis
position far enough in advance
to be q vital factor In his de-
feat.
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2U.S. Corps
Effect East.
Coast Union
C ENE RAJ MACARTHUR'S
HEADOITARTERS T.EYTE Phil

, RAJ MACARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, LEYTE, Phil
ippines, Friday, Oct. 27.-lR-A
solid 40-mile front along invaded
Leyte's east coast was forged by
a juncture of the 10th and 24th
Army corps and IS more commun-
tiles were liberated in the latest
fighting, Gen. Douglas Macarthur
reported today.
Towns taken included by-passed
Burr, whose arifield was seized
earlier, and the inland highway
junction of Tabontabon, both in
the southern sector.
The junction was. established on
the eastern coast Of Leyte, south
Of Tanoan.
I'VE now, control the eastern
coastal sector of Leyte from the
northern end Of San Juanico strait
to Dulag, a distance Of 40 miles
said Macarthur. 81
Elements of the first cavalry
division, which seized the south
ern shores of Samar island, across
the strait, repulsed a small enemy
counterattack at Lapaz..
In the central section of the bat
tlefront, west of Palo, the Oath di'
vision is meeting increasing oppo'
sition.
Farther south, in the Oath corps
area sector, the Goth division cap
tured Tabontabon. That inland
highway junction town is three and
half miles west of the Catmor
hills, which were enveloped EARL.
er.
After sharp fighting the 7th di
vision captured Burr, on the Bur-
auen-Dagami road. Burr had been
bypassed earlier. as the doughboys
swept northward from captured
Burauen, because of stiff japanese
opposition there.
Enemy air activity against AL
lied shipping in San Pedro bay and
the beachhead areas of eastern
Leyte again was limited to inter-
mittent harassing raids. These
caused light casualties and dam
age, the communique said.
Antiaircraft fire shot down 80
enemy planes, fighter patrols
downed IA more and carrier all
craft from flattops in Leyte gulf
got %.
Remnants of the japanese naval
force defeated in Leyte gulf by
Vice Adm. Thomas c. Kinkaid' s
Seventh fleet were kept under
continual attack by Allied aircraft.
Thirteen additional communities
were freed from the enemy. They
are Anibung, Tigbae, Canmangui,
Hindang, Bolongtohan, Kalbaasag,
CHAMPAIGN, Malabka. San GA
briel,. Kanmonhag, TELEGRAPH, San
joaquin and Dit.
The northern coast of Leyte was
secured by amphibious forces
which vaulted around 20 miles OF
shoreline in surprise move that
virtually blocked the Japanese re-
treat northWard from Tacloban.
This operation, reported by Mac
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
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A central Christmas gift-wrap-
ping service, sponsored by mer-
chants of the city, will be located
at the Chamber of Commerce Of
flee this year and will be opened
soon, Walter J. Cartier, chamber
secretary, announced yesterday.
Because of the great success OF
the service last year, the plan for
this season will be very much the
same, with one addition, he 4ex-
planned. Through the cooperation
of local express company, pack
ages that patrons prefer to have
expressed will be accepted at the
wrapping center by representa-
tive of the company.
The usual postoffice' service, in
the form of branch mailing Of
flee at the chamber, will be avail
able this year, he continued.
At a meeting of the Christmas
committee of the merchants Dir
vision Of the Chamber OF Com
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u. S. Plants Produce
100000 Planes And
10000 Tanks For War

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-P)
- American factories have
turned out 100000 airplanes
and 10000 tanks since the be-
ginning of the war production
program, WPB Chairman j.
A. Krug announced at q news
conference today.
He said the plane production
included $4,000 four engine
bomberS.
He disclosed that production
Of the Boeing superfortress
(B-29) still is tagging, but
said that recent changes nave
improved production and that
manufacturers are now opti-
mistic Of meeting future sched-'
ules. One of the changes, ne
said, involved the transfer oI
certain production work rom
the northwest to Wichita, has.
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lrans-Cceanic Lines
Lays Case Before CAB

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. -(R-
1rans-Oceanic Air Lines, Inc, an
organization of pilots and aircrew-
men now flying for the Royal Air
fofce transport command, pres
ented to the Civil Aeronautics
board today its case in behalf of
an application to fly from New
YORK and Chicago to London and
Paris
Thomas G. Smith, president Of
The company, explained that the
s'Ockholders were men now flying
se Atlantic who had committed
themselves to serve the airline
"aeh their war work was finish
su' he said that most of them
were American citizens flying I'm
oef civilian contract from Canad-
IL. ian bases. The company proposes
W use personnel from the military
country when they are available,
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.- Up =
The Japanese Navy certainly is
linpine after its disastrous defeat
in Philippine waters, but it still
remains a factor in future opera
tons near Japan.
DESPITE the heavy damage shown
in initial reports from the battle,
conservative estimates o n g h t
show that probably as many as
IT'S Japanese warships remain in
fighting condition.
This is based upon reports that
Nipponese naval strength before
the Japanese fleet dared to move
into the Philippines included some
200 ships of all types exclusive OF
submarines and number OF mer-
chant vessels converted for use as
aircraft carriers.
In the mighty battle fought over
the Philippines area-from which
reports still are fragmentary-at
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-27
Committees Selected
For Terminal Study

inr the legislation that will be
necessary to present to the
coming session of the state
legislature to secure possible
state funds" was assigned to
three lawyers, City Attorney
w. B. Campbell. County At
torney Marsden Bellamy,: and
Cyrus y. Hogue, of the port
commission.
The first committee was also
directed sto work up , defi-
mite plan to present to the
State Postwar Projects COM
mittee, leading to a request
for state funds"
It was the consensus at the
meeting that the construction
Of adequate terminals and to-
bacco warehouses II. among
the most important matters to
Confined on Page Three; Col.
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Enemy Light Cruiser
Damaged Off Mindanao

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-A broad
cast from Gen. MacArthur's head
quarters announced tonight that
heavy Allied bombers have dam
aged one enemy light cruiser in
the Mindanao sea. The broadcast
was heard by CHS.
Gen. Macarthur also said that
heavy units in the Macassar re-
gion damaged a small freighter in
the Gulf of Bone and started large
fires and explosions in warehouses
and dock areas.
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|(ityProgram
For Navy Day
Com pleted.
|,1ARTs AT SCHOOLS
|.upha,es OF Service Given
' p!',,oepition In Schedule
OF Events
-, q, q Navy that is still

-, q, q Navy that is still
ko a.no the results Of the crush
t'ppI satest dealt the Japanese in
ins a prsstest naval battle in his
ne wilmington today celebrates
ts dsv with an extensive pro-
Navy Navy that will give its citizens
g gram non a,r TO pay tribute to
u. NE s vyr and reevaluate its ire
l me Sol role in the United Ma
4ilS,.' drive toward victory.
Nv, officials announced last night
wi al arrangements for the pro-
'nsl az which will begin with talks
3! s's 4he city and county schools at
a Ill ,' o'clock and continue through
% S'o y sftarnoon with a meeting OF
N ,Ie Mothers at Postoffice plaza,
are completed.
IN addition, several merchants
I'll; III have Navy day window dis
, "l, and all are requested to fly
the flag.
Briefly, the days events are:
Short talks by Naval officers in
4be schools, from $50 to 1890
o'clock.
Of o'clock at which Capt. R. N. S.
Baker. USN, industrial manager of
the Charleston, S.. c., Navy yard,
will be the principal speaker.
Meeting at Postoffice plaza,
beginning shortly before 4 o'clock,
with invocation ty Capt. Francis
Lee Albert. USN. senior chaplain
at Camp Lejeune, and speeches
BY Commander E. M. Doar, Capt.
UsNR, Captain Lilly S. Hutcheon,
UsMC WR), Of Camp Lejeune,
and Lieut.. (jg> Elaine Bentley,
USNR wv, of Wilmington.
Anaval exhibit will be open from
10 am. to 6 pm. in the postoffice
lobby. 1t will include a model OF a
floating drydock, with destroyer in
dock, similar in detail to those
being built under contract with the
Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
by the Tidewater construction COM
pany here, and models Of various
naval ships and planes. A number
II pictures will also be on dis
play.
To give Wilmingtonians an op-
to see how well the men
Who man and fight our ships are
.quipped the barracks of the
Commissioning detail, located in
Eaffitt Village, will be open to the
,ublic during the day.
The luncheon at which Captain
3aker, a key figure in the great
expansion of the Norfolk Navy
ard, at Portsmouth, Va, before
assuming his present duties, will
peak will be attended by many
Navy, Marine and Coast Guard Of
lcers, community leaders a n d
citizens. Captain Baker
will be introduced by W. S. Nc
Nahon, gen eral chairman in
:harge of arrangements for the
lay here, and who is expected to
continued on Page Three; Col. s.
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Mayor Ronald Lane, presid-
ing Thursday at a meeting of q
special committee Of city,
.ouhly and Wilmington Port
commission officials, appoint
ca two committees to consider
'ne legal aspects and select q
.uitable location for the es-
.aoilshment of terminals and
,oDacco warehouses at the
foft Of Wilmington.
The first committee, which
was charged with making a
,urVey for the most suitable
-. v'a'lon for the muchly-need-
=, s. port developments, is COM
N Silsea Of City Manager A. c.
I I,enois' City Engineer J.. A.
AZ County Commission
=. .s. harry R. Gardner, and Cen
Ia no. agent ]. T. HERS, of the
EUr. commission.
responsibility fer ''study-.
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NURSES NEEDED

WASHINGTON, Oct. z6.-tR
The Navy reported tonight
that 1000 nurses are needed
urgently" by June 30, 1945.
to keep pace with the still ex-
banding navy. The present
strength Of the corps is $500
and the navy said 1000 Of the
new recruits are sought before
the end Of this year.
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laps Claim They Sunk
Or Damaged Sixty-Two
U. S. SHIPS In Big Battle
BY The Associated Press

BY The Associated Press
The number Of American
aircraft carriers claimed by
the Japanese to have been
sunk In the philippine naval
battles was reduced from six
to two today in an imperial
headquarters a n n ouncement
broadcast by the Domei news
agency and recorded by the
: federal communications SER
vice.
The japanese imperial head
quarters, as broadcast from
Tokyo by the Domei news
agency, claimed the American
fleets had sustained the fol-
lowing losses:
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TOTAL SCORE
FOR TRIUMPH
YET UNTOLD
FORCED TO COME OUT
Enemy Compelled To Move
In Opposition To Leyte
Landing
BY The Associated Press

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
PEARL
HARBOR, Oct. 26. - F
The great American naval
triumph in the Philippines
grew today to near knockout
with fleet COM
reporting the Japan
csc lost upwards of 26 major
fighting ships.
Incomplete returns showed Ja-
PANS losses included 10 battle.
ships sunk, probably sunk or dam
aged. The best available figures
indicate the Nipponese had only
a dozen battleships prior to the
Pearl Harbor attack although they
may have built others since then.
Two of the battleships definite
l., were sunk, two probably sunk.
and six heavily damaged.
An official communique reported
the sinking of one of the battle
ships. A dispatch from John Leon
ard, Reuters naval correspondent
aboard Rear Adm. Daniel Bar
bey's flagship in Leyte gulf, re-
ported the sinking Of a second bat.
tleship.
The score also showed five crui.
sers sunk and four damaged; two
carriers sunk and one probably
sunk; three destroyers definitely
listed as sunk and one as damag-
ed, and several other destroyers
sunk.
bud Foster, NBC reporter
at Pearl Harbor said it is
known that five enemy capital
ships which were damaged in
the battles are in IN extreme
ly bad way and possibly may
have fallen victim to persist
emily attacking carrier planes
within recent hours. Foster
said navy leaders at Pearl
Harbor headquarters were still
receiving fragmentary reports
and were call smiles at the
news they contain"
These figures, taken from thu
communique of Odm. Chester W.
Nimitz and Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur, lent weight to the opinion
Of observers that the TT G Navv'S
brilliant successes in the three.
phase battle of Oct. "a and Is (U.
S. time) possibly would change the
course of history in the Pacif
and might well shorten the war BY
months.
Nimitz, in a traditional ''well
done" messag. to the fleet, ex-
pressed his pride and gratitude
for ''the courageous and agrees.
i've manner in which they have
done their utmost to destroy the
enemy in recent fighting in the Pa
cific.''
Although the American COM
manders reported only the loss Of
two carriers and damage to sever
al escort carriers and destroyers.
the Japanese continued to claim a
sizeable victory. An imperial
headquarters report asserted % U.
S. ships had been sunk, including
two aircraft carriers, three CRUZ
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
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Huntington and Vicinity: Clear and
,o+ quite so warm.
Temperatures yesterday:
HIGH so-Low Sc.
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Continued on Page Five; Col.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02
Science
Of Burial
Contested

Circuit Court Commissioner Carl
NJ. Weidemann today was called
upon to decide whether mortuary
science is a business or a profess
sion.
Michael a. Guest. an attorney
of 1865 Ashton, is asking that
an Injunction be issued restrain
ing the board of education from
operating the college of mortuary
science at Wayne University. A
similar petition, filed Sept. II,
was denied.
Guest charged that public funds
could not be expended legally for
education except for colleges Of
liberal arts or professional COLI
leges. MortuaTy science. Guest
charged, is not a profession but a
business.
Or. David d. Henry, executive
vice president of Wayne Univer-
sity testified that a group Of
Hndertakers contribute $4,000 TO-
ward purchasing equipment and
that the mortuary science teacher
also taught in the liberal arts
college. The mortuary science
college now has l6 students and
"a more will put II on n sclf-SuS-
taininE basis, Or Henry said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02
Hotel Told ID Cover
Tenants Gold Feet

tine Of the hotel, made unwar-
ranted noises and bothered the
night clerk.
The defendant admitted inter-
fering with normal routine by
constantly asking for longer bed
sheets, admitted making noises
because hts feet were cold and adj
mitted bothering the night clerk,
also because his feet were cold!
"A board of health representa-
tive appeared in the defendants
behalf, said the sheets were too
short and the court denied Field
mans plea and ordered sheets
long enough TO cover the de-
PENDANTS feet e."