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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02
Interpreting
The War
By ELTON C FAY
Associated Press Staff Writer

Associated Press Staff Writer
Substituting For Kirk L. Simpson,
Critical days in the battle of Nor
mandy and Tuscany lie just ahead.
They should disclose something of
German strength in western
France and reveal Nazi intentions
in Italy.
For the past week the British
and Germans in the Caen area
have poured man and machines in
to a battle of attack and counter
attack where the issue is to see
who will break first. There is per-
haps the greatest concentration of
armor in a single small area in
this war.
General Sir Harold Alexander is
forcing the fight, driving the Nazis
into using reserve troops as fast
as they reach the area, seeking to
get decision before the Germans,
entangled with explosive blasted
rail and high way lines to the rear,
can bring up more reserves.
Nazis' Hope
For their part, the Germans bat
tie. not with hope of driving the
Allies into the sea, but to upset
the offensive and prevent expan-
sion of the Cael salient.
A week of war in Italy has
brought the Allies to a point where
they soon will enter the outer zone
of the so called pisa Rimini
defensive system. There t n e y
should begin to find evidence of
whether the Nazis intend to make
a stand on that naturally defensive
position or whether, warned by a
sequence of defeats in Italy and
beset by manpower shortages on
two other fronts, they w il l fall
back to easily held positions in the
Rocky gateways of the Alps.
In Russia, the test of strength
had its answer within the week.
Demoralized Germans stumbled in
to Minsk, a crunlbling Nazi strong
point, after week in white Rus
STA, Moscow said. brought the death
or capture of 183.930 Hitler SOL
diers.
Out in the Pacific, the war prog
ressed slowly, satisfactorily. but
bloodily. American Marine and Ar
my forces compressed an estimat-
ed 10000 Japanese defenders of Sal
pan into the northern end of the
enemy island. To do that s,752
Americans fell in two weeks of
fighting, 1,474 of them dead, t h
heaviest casualty toll of all the Pa
cific battlefield.
The japanese hacked deeper in
to China in their two-fold en-
deavor to split free China and
seize airfields from which AmeTl-
can filters operate. Indicate OF the
enemy's program remains short OF
Formosa.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02

What is the general nature of
the part of England that lies within
the estimated 15O-mile haphazard
cea h of flying rocket bombs
reach launched by Nazis from
The Calais region Of France?
The territory blanketed includes
roughly, II English counties
clustered about the city of London
says the National Geographic Soc
iety. 1t is the southeastern corner
ri England, reaching west along
the south coast TO include the busy
harbors of Southampton and Ports
mouth, and north along the east
cost to The Wash.
Reaching so miles beyond London
to include such countryside towns
as Oxford, Northampton and Cam
bridge, the area totals about 49,
0GL square miles. Population, with
big London's aid is close to 16,000,-
600. Thus, in an area twice the
size of New Jersey, is nearly four
times New Jersey's 1910 popula-
ton.
A fair comparison as to both
area and population may be
drawn by imagining Riverhead,
far out on New York's Long Is
land, as Calais, launching the gyro-
bombs into 9O-degree sector
with its 150-mile limits at Philadel-
phia and Albany.
Within this sector, New York
City lies not quite as far from
the launching point as does London
in reality. Philadelphia position
corresponds to those of Southamp-
ton and Portsmouth, Albany's COM
pares to Ya1mouth's Bridgeport.
Connecticut, could represent, in the
matter of distance, England's
white-cliffed Channel port of Dover.
Having compa; able area and po-
pulation, the English sectors ex-
tent OF open country may be gaug-
ed by thinking of the farms, fields,
lakes and woods of New Jereey
and southeastern New York. An
important difference is that no.
where in southeast England do hills
rise as much as 1000 feet, so that
the high, forested Catskills of the
American sector are largely re-
placed in England by rolling farm
meadows.
Probably bearing the brunt OF
damage done by the uncontrolled
plane-bombs is 25-mile-wide path
from Calais to London and even
extending through that city and in
to Middlesex. The 60 miles of this
band between England's channel
coast around Dover and London s
southeast edge virtually comedies
with the southeast promontory
county of Kent.
There are low hills and downs
wales and fens here and there
throughout southeastern England.
Kent, with three-fourths the land
area of Delaware, ie a fair cross
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02
Our Chief Ain,
To aid in every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete Victory.
TOP o. THE MORNING

A Salvation Army lassie was on VIAL,
in the days when the Army was suspec.eu
and ridiculed. The magistrate saio' You
are accused of obstructing traffic IN tne
High Street. Are you guilty or not sui.'y!
The poor girl looked in vain Tor irleno-
" face in the court. Then with tears stream-
ing don her face she said, Your Wor-
ship, was obstructing traffic, but 1t was
on that broad way that leadeth to destruc-
tion, That was the traffic I was obstrucs-
ing, Your Worship"
The young magistrate, tears in his own
eyes, left the bench and went down to the
dock to stand with that girl till the trial
was over.
from FORWARD"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02
Ex-N. C. Chiefs to Chicago

Governor J. Melville Broughton will be &C.
companied on his trip to the Chicago conven
ton by two Tar Heel leaders VIII preceded
him as head of North Cardinals state gov
eminent.
Former Governors o. Max Gardner and j
c. 3. Eringhaus have Joined Gov. and Mrs
Broughton in reserving space on convention
special leaving Washington July IT,
Because of conferences slated in Washing
ton with Democratic leaders, Broughton ad
vised members of the North Carolina delega
ton that he would be unable to ride the
special train, routed through Asheville, bu
would join them in Chicago for the initia
caucus. 81,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02
rs Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)

JULY 2, 1919
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Groom, 201
North 18th street, are the proud
parents of a son.
Miss Jane D. Wood, who has
been on recreational trip to New
York and other places of intesest,
has returned to her home in vii.
mington.
The formal opening of the 0.
Henry hotel in Greensboro will &C.
cur Wednesday night when stock
holders Of the company will gather
for a banquet at which a tribute
viii be paid to William Sydney
Porter, who won international fame
as a short story writer under the
nom de plume of o. Henry. Mrs.
Porter, his wife, will be among the
honor guests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02
Two Wilmingtonians
Graduate At Comp Lee

CAMP LEE, VA, July -Rl
Five North Carolinians have been
graduated from the quartermaster
school in officer candidate class
No. SO and commissioned. They
are:
Roy Alfred Glover, Jr., RID 5,
Salisbury; Hundley Rankin COVER
1912 Queens Rd., Charlotte; Gran
vile Samuel Green, 229 Market St.,
Wilmington, Rudolph Kindred Holl-
man, Harrellsville, and Allen Lee
Walker, 1915 Fender Ave.
Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02
THINKS COP TICKET easy"

The veteran Rep Robert L. Doughton, dean
of the North Carolina house delegation and
chairman of the powerful Ways and Means
committee, thinks the Dewey-Bricker Repub-
ican ticket will be ''easy."
Asked about his reaction concerning the
nominees selected at the COP convention this
week, he said:
Looks to me like we've got another Hoo.
yer and another Harding-this time on the
same ticket
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02
Congressional
'SUTTLETIES'
The inside on the Washington scene Of
interest to the Carolinas.
BY HOWARD SUBTLE
Star-News Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, July Its bit early yet
to obtain any idea concerning the chances
of so-called small air lines to receive ia
vorable consideration on their applications to
serve proposed routes between Great Lakes
and Florida cities, but representatives oil
these carriers have certainly done good job
of presenting their cases to the Civil Aero
nautics board during the past three weeks.
The so-called major carriers - such as
Eastern, American and Pennsylvania Central
did not include Wilmington and New Bern
in proposed routes, but the smaller lines, par.
ticularly State and Southeast, are seeking
routes that would connect the coast of east
ern North Carolina with Chicago Cleveland
and other mid-Western cities.
Officials of State, headed by H. K. Gilbert,
Jr, of Charlotte, and Southeast, of which r.
z. Gates, Spartanburg textile mill operator,
is president. took great care to empha size
the need for developing the local commu.
mites" Their position is that which has
caused several small lines to charge that
their larger competitors are more interested
in hauling play boys between the North to
Florida than in developing the areas through
which their routes extend"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02

Being a missionary among the
Indians at Oscoda and Saganing,
Mich, means more than preach
ing, thinks the Rev. John B. Silas,
who includes among his routine du-
ties carpentry, masonry, electrical
work and other BODYBUILDING
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-02
Ward Probe Splits Committee


The house committee investigating seizure
by the government OF the Chicago properties
of Montgomery Ward and company is split
wide open, along party lines, concerning the
legality Of President Roosevelt's order that
resulted in the seizure.
Rep. ]. Bayard Clark, of Fayetteville, who
because of his legal proves was selected by
Rep. Robert Ramspeck, Democrat Georgia,
committee chairman, tc study the legal
phases of the seizure, is convinced that the
declarations of war on Japan, Germany and
Italy gave to the President ample legal power
to order the seizure.
He doesn't believe that it's necessary even
to consider the authority delegated to the Pres
ident only the subsequent war powers act or
the Connally-Smith anti-strike bill.
Democratic members of the committee, fol-
lowing the mandate of the amendment brought
out by the house rules committee to look
inao all phases of activity between Wards and
the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
leading up to the seizure, are also expected
to encounter disagreement from their Repub-
lican colleagues with respect to conclusions
drawn from Wards labor record
Committee members, in addition to Ban-
speck and Clark, are Reps. Mike Monroney,
Oklahoma, and William T. Byrne, New York,
Democrats, and Charles S. Dewey, Illinois;
Charles H. Elston Ohio, and Carl T. Curtis,
Nebraska, Republicans.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-28

ATTRACTIVE Two Bedroom home
full basement, automatic oil heat
and hot water. Copper plumbing
throughout, garage, concrete
drive, built two and one half
years. Eight large oaks, side
walks In rear, fenced In back
yard. 1919 Collegewood Or.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-28
HounnhoId EurnIahInaa

FLORENCE Keros enc Stove, 3 burn
ers and oven. Good condition. Phi.
l9s5-W-l.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-28

OVER ACRES with block OF front
age on S. Prospect St Partly level
land. Price $4,000. Terms. III. c.
Peet. Realtor. l1s Pearl st. Phone
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-28
Special

BUILT 5 YEARS; first floor
has vestibule with coat closet.
living room with fire place,
bed rooms, dinette, modern kit
chen; one large room on second
floor: apart basement with
recreation room; insulated,
screens, storm windows. won
derful lot IS 7SS, beautifully
Handicapped. large garden, big
maple shade trees. $500.
Ehman a Greens 40 w.
Michigan. Tel. 1891.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-28
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YOUNG MEN

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-28

TE6UH W T.
Farm Products and Equipment
TOMATOES FOR sALE-Plck them
yourself 75c n bushel A9Ss5
willis Rd
GREYHOUND GRAIN SEPARATOR
2s So, Good condition. Cheap.
4220j Huron River Drive. Bellcville
10 ACRrS OF TOMATOES - pick
them yourself Toe hu. Also
acres grapes Bring baskets Cor
ner Ecorse and Beck Rds Louis
kepes
PEACHES AND APPLES
FOR SALE
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-28

FOR SALE
i6 ACRE COUNTRY ESTATE
s miles south OF Ypsilanti on
paved road. Modern 10 room
house, 2 baths, forced air heat
with stoker and filter system.
Modern room and bath apart
ment upstairs with private en-
trance. Full basement, storm
windows, awnings. screens and
carpeting. also large poultry
house, car garage and good
barn. Approximately acre or
lands caped yard. 10 acres good
tillable land and acres Of
woods. This place is excellent
for garden farming. Buildings
and land in good condition. Phi.
Ypsllanu l6i2-W2 for appoint
ment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-28
The YpsilantiD alyPress

GEORGE c. HANDY, Publisher
Entered as second-class mail matter
The Ypsilantian, Jan. .. 1880.
The Ypsilanti Daily Press. March 10,
1904 In accordance with Sec. $50.
p. L. q r. (Mar. ?, 1870. at Post
office. Ypsilanti. Mich.
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BY Carrier, per week. in city. .tee
BY Mall. one year In Spsilanti
trading zone, comprising
washtenaw County. ana vest
ern portion OF Wayne County 500
Bv Mail. per year, outside Ypsi-
lantl trading zone ..........I .b0
Special rate TO soldiers, year. $500
Independent OF politics and pub
lished daily except Sunday with an
aim toward serving the Ypsilanu
trading territory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
Broadway Rhythm to Open Thursday
By CHARLES GENTRY

THEY'VE SET new pace for this latest Broadway
Rhythm which opens Thursday at the United Artists
George Murphy sports a mustache. Lena Horne does
rhumba Tommy Dorsey plays sweet instead of swing
Ben Blue becomes milkman and all the talent
changes tempo.
1t is the story Of successful Broadway producer
who hits snag in his when he decides to 20
"arty and hitch in his romantic plans when the Holly
wood star played by Ginny Simms determines to pro-
duce a play her with the cooperation of
Murphy's father and kid sister.
George Murphy, fresh from his triumph in This
Is the Army" and "Bataan" happily the pro-
Queer and his role gives him opportunity to sing and
dance, and watching Mr. Murphy sing and dance is any
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31

movegoers pleasure. Ginny Simms in her first major
movie role reveals pretty face and figure and an ability
TO handle a speaking role with distinction.
A singing and novelty team Is introduced IN
Gloria De Haven and Kenny Bowers, who handle the
Juvenile leads satisfactorily Ben Blue veteran comic,
makes admirable foil for the antics of Nancy Walker
and the approximations of Dean Murphy and acrobatcs
of the Ross Sisters theatrical gems Lena Horne is
featured in two numbers dancing well singing. and
Rochester" contributes goodly share of the raucous
comedy Hazel Scott does brief turn at the keyboard
and Walter Long and Bunny Waters complete the
stellar-name cast.
Roy Del Ruth handled the megaphone and Jack
Cummings produced lavishly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
Soldier Sculptures
Story Of Air Corps

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. May
81 (UP)--At the Salt Lake Army
Air Base. sculpturing depicting
the various phases In air corps
training and operations Is being
done by Sgt. Sidney Loeb.
In his workshop. In the rear OF
one of the bases theaters, the
sculptor has completed. among
other things. q 3-foot 6-inch model
for 9-foot commemorative shaft
symbolizing the effort q the en-
tire air corps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
Sherlock
Enters Case
by JOHN TODD

l HOLLYWOOD. May 31-Basil
Rathbone. currently co-starrins
with Nigel Bruce In Universal's
Pearl Of Death" the mystery
thriller based on q Conan Doyle
story. plans TO spend his FIRST
available time OF helping his old
friend Bruce find his birthplace.
after all. old boy" said
Rathbone on the set, ~every
famous mas has His birthplace
on record. Lincoln had his log
cabin. WashingtSa was born In
tho lap Of luxury, but you
where were yeu borns"
Angered into q temporary 81
lence, Bruce only sputtered.
Truly" continued Rathbone,
Two know tho tswn wherein
you arrived upon this terrestrial
sphere was IN Enseasda In
Mexico. But what house, old
man, what housef"
Bruce regained his voice.
Holmes, you don't deceive me
for . second. Your questioning
h all based upon the fsot that
you want to 20 - Enssnada,
Mexico. for the flshing."
And perhaps, II picture commit
ments permit. the two friends may
journey TO lower California for
the fishing. and also. as a side.
line, to discover just where in
the sleepy little Mexican west
coast port, Hoilywood's most
English Englishman was really
born.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Russian Peace Conditions
Reported Taken to HeIsinki

STOCKHOLM, Sunday, Sept. II
P).-Ffnnish quarters who in the
past have proved reliable said today
that Russian peace conditions in
clude restoration of the 1910 from
tier between Finland and Russia
and reparations totaling $500 600, 900.
A Finnish economic expert on the
delegation which went to Moscow
has returned to Helsinki and brought
the Russian terms, it was said.
Among other reported conditions
listed by the informants were: The
cession Of one island in the Finnish
Gulf, either Suursaari CHoglanO or
Lavanssari, to the Russians, and the
use OF a Southern Finnish naval
base and six Finnish airports as long
as the Baltic campaign against Ger
many lasts.
1t was said the Russians also
asked for the cession OF Petsamo in
addition to greater portion of
Northern Finland than they have
held heretofore.
Political demands also were stip-
ulated, but no precise information
was available as to their nature.
The question of military support by
the Russians to help the Firms dis
arm the Germans in Northern Fin
land was left open, pending develop
ments. A Russian commission
would supervise application of the
armistice terms.
Dispatches to London said Finnish
Evening star., 1944-09-17

land. a communique broadcast from
Berlin said:
German divisions which so far
had defended Central Finland found
themselves almost 400 kilometers
$3.50 miles, away from the harbors
OF the Gulf of Bothnia and more
than 600 kilometers (375 niles
away from the Northern Finnish
border" 1t further i'm
piled that the soldiers could march
only about 10 miles a day.
(Several buildings. including a
hospital, were set afire from ex-
plosions caused by time bombs
the Germans left behind when
they evacuated Pori, a Finnish
communique recorded by Owl
reported.)
Evening star., 1944-09-17
City Leaders 70 Draft
Plans for We Day

Plans for a city-wide we" Day
program. embracing participation by
every District resident, will be form
ulated at meeting of representa-
tives of all organized groups in the
city at 4:30 pm. Tuesday in the
Board Room of the District Building.
James E. Collifower, chairman of
the We" Day Committee for the
District, said thought would be given
to working out programs in various
sections, including such activities as
worship, concerts, dances, sings and
other forms Of expression in keeping
with the occasion.
Mr.. Colliflower met with his CO.
chairman Friday as the preliminary
step in the planning Of the celebra-
ton marking the victory in Europe.
In the group were: Arthur Dodge,
Board of Trade; DR.. E. F. Harris,
president Of the Federation OF Civic
Associations; Herbert ]. jacob,
American Legion; Harry Stull, rep
resenting Harry Wender, president
of the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations; DR.. Henry r. Hubbard,
United States Council of Personnel
Administration. and Edward j. Kelly
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Firms
Continued From First Page i,

their way across Finland" and have
encircled two German divisions
which Hitler declared were unable
to leave by yesterdays deadline be-
cause OF distances involved, the
BIC said. quoting Helsinki.
The German Army in Russia
henceforth will be guided "by the
viewpoint Of its own security
against any aggressors," a Ger
man high command statement
said.
The mass flight Of North Fin
lands population over the Swed-
ish border began Friday, a re-
port from Stockholm said, add
Ing that vehicles were arriving
at Torneo and fear that North
Finland might become a theater
OF war this week end served to
hurry the evacuation.
Morning papers in Helsinki,
commenting on the Suursaari
attack, said it was Pearl Harbor
on small scale" and blasted all
hopes Of German-Finnish
brotherhood in arms.)
Nazis Offer Explanation,
Trying to explain why several
German divisions remained in Fin
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Tito S Partisans Push
To Within 81 Miles
OF YugosIav Capital
1y the Associated Press.

BARI, Italy. Sept. 16.-S Strong
elements of Marshal Tito's Yugo-
slav Partisans pushing northward
west of the Morava River against
scant opposition have enveloped
Valjevo, captured nearby Slovac
and taken Lajkovac, the latter only
"a miles southwest of Belgrade,
Yugoslat capital, it was learned
here today.
On the way they occupied Ravna
Cora, former headquarters of the
Serbian Chetnik leader, Gen. Draja
Mihailovich, who now is caught
between the Partisans and the
Germans and facing almost certain
capture by one of the other.
At the same time other forces
operating from the Adriatic fortress
OF Wis completed the liberation of
three more important Dalmatian
islands, including Korcula. The
largest in the group, Brac, had
been cleared earlier Of the enemy
after a bitter four-day fight.
The capture of Lajkovac, only 23
miles from the point where the
Belgrade-Sofi railroad and high
way run side by side, placed them
In an excellent position to cut off
the last escape route of strong Ger
man garrisons at Mis-, Leskovac,
kralJevo and Krugujevac, which
also are threatened by combined
Partisan Bulgar forces moving
westward from Prot and by ele-
ments advancing up the lines of
communication from the south.
The capture OF the last island
strongholds along the Dalmatian
coast virtually ended the enemv's
chance to extracate his forces in the
south by sea, while yesterdays op-
erations by the United States 18th
Air Force against three airports in
the Athens area also crippled facili-
ties for bringing out personnel from
Greece and the Aegean Islands by
air.
Evening star., 1944-09-17

Foreign Minister c. j. A. Enckell
had arrived in Moscow by plane to
replace Premier Hantti Hackzell,
chairman of the Finnish peace dele
CATION, who suffered cerebral hem
orrhage in the Soviet capital.
Although grave concern was ex-
pressed for Hackzell's recovery, a
German radio report that he had
died was denied. His wife was
flown to Moscow in q Russian plane.
Evening star., 1944-09-17

representing Frank T. Gartside OF
the National Park Service. Mrs.
Mackall Fetzer, president of the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress of Par
ents and Teachers Association, will
also serve as a co-chairman.