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Pogresni zakIjucci ''Hrvats-
kog Glasa"

y nasen uvodniku "Maske hlpo-
kritiznaa padaiu'' broiu cd L. oktobra
"Radnieke Borbe" mi srno obissnili ma
nevar Subasiceve Titove Wade onoga
jugoslavenskog 'federativnog parlamen-
ta'', "Narodnog VEGA, u vezi sa pomoci
koiu UNRRA, namerava deliti u Jugo-
slaviii. Radi osvezenia naisli dobro bi
bilo da citaoc jos jednom procita tai
uvodnik u MENU su istaknuti razlozi,
zasto su ii jugoslavenski prvaci protivili
Sc ponudi UNRRA-e da ona sama deli
ponoc Jugoslaviii, nakon 'oslobodje-
MIA" iste cd nacista. Sve tendencije su
bile, naravno, politiGke oportunistidke
Ali kanadski "Hrvatski Glas'' ie do
sac do drukciiih zakliucaka. kaze da to
tako saIno "nepriiateliska starnpa zeli
ola prikaze' U uvodniku, "Clediste
iugoslavenske Wade ma odnose Jugo-
slavic i UNRRA'', u broiu Cd IT. okto-
bra, nastoji Sc prikazat zaftev, da jugo-
slavenski politicari oni koii Sc "a Min
kate sami dele tn pomot, kao potpuno
opravdan un1estan.
Da bi potkrepio svoie krive zak1ju6-
ke H. G., opSirno citira iziavu Wade
DIR. suhasica. To je kao kada bi uzeli ma
sudu rritu lopova koieg Sc sud-, "a do
kaze, dali ie optuzba opravdana iii
nije.
Ali bududi da ie "Hrvatski Glas-
nix iedaa cd podupiraca partizana, n1oz-
da nadi da &c MEGA zapasti neka kost
cd te posleratne jugoslavenske pecenice,
mi nemano nj pravo ocekivati druk6ile
zakliu5ke. Ali ipak imamo pravo da te
zakliucke izobilicino, Sto cinimo.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1944-10-26
,AMER1cKI IZBORIIJUGOSLA-
yENSKI RADNICI

:Ingoslavenski radnici Amerlcl lmaau
ia obave svoiu "americku" duznost owe go
dine. Ia duznost je da ma T. noveinDra oaou
svoi glas "a svoje radnicke predstaVnlke Id
polju politicke borbe
predstavnici radnika (ukljucujucl lu-
foslavenske radnike) u evoJ pohtlcKoJ OoIoi
iesu samo kandidati Socijalisticke Radnicke
Partiie. Razne politicke partije iii grupe, a
dobrin delom junije cak su odbacile sa-
ma fraziranja radnie ina prlhvatiie Kapfta-
listicko geSo ''narod" "narodno osiobodle-
nfe". Politicka stuacija medju jugoslavens-
kim radnicinaa ovoj zemlji nije nista bolJa
niti je eistija. nego sto je medju radnlckom
Elasom u opste, kao celinom Situacija Ju-
goslaviji jos je CORA.
c, noznati reformisti, anarhisti, direkta-
si "slobodno-mislicci' junionas1 'kofnunis'
socialist, medju jugoslavensklm ziVi]e''l
II America. zauzeli su Sc potponostl, Y OWN
ratniI1 godinama, da tako zbrkanu si1uaci-
iu ucine jos gorom. Ljudi zene, koJl Sc ne
davno lupahu u prsa isticahu fraze pred
radnicin,a "radnickom oslobodjenJu,', e
konon1skoi borbi", "nasovnoj 'dlrektnol
akciii o "oruzanom ustanku' "diktatu1
proletarijata'', sada larmaju u kor1st ratne
pobede sdemolratskog'' kapitalizna Jngo-
savenski prevrtljivci, pored toga sto odvlace
;u9oslavenske radnike ma politieku klaonicu
kapitaliz1na u ovoi zemlji, u korist lzborne
pobeoe Roosevelta, zauzimaju Sc "a ponovnl
povratak vlast u Jugoslaviji u ruke burzoa-
ske grupe, kojoj je vlast bila istrgnuta IL ruku
sa nacistiekim osvajanjem zemlje. njlhovi1r
propagandistickim popevkan1a, nelna nj iedne
reel radnickim pitanjima. Jedini ideal le
'narod" 'narodno'
/ ako srno mi rodjeni u tim jugoslavens-
kim pokraiina1na zelimo svako dobro po-
moe nasoi rodbin bliznjima tamo, stvarno
mi nebi bill Il stanju pored najboileg nasto-
iania da i'm pruzimo ikakvu opipliivu po-
moo. osim 1noralne potpore. Ali posto nisu
zauzeti Il borbi "a oslobodienie radnicke kla-
Sc, vec "a produzenje najannog ropstva
dale. oni ne zasluzuju ne tol borbl -
nj nasu nnoralnu pomoc Mi neeemo pomagati
da Sc grad ono sto Sc odmah, kad Sc sagradl,
mora opet razvaljivati. Razlika u oblcina
burzoaskih yladavina, razlika je, IL koliko Sc
radnika tice, samo apstrakciji.
Otuda mi pozivano, jugoslavenske rad7a
mase II starom kraju da objave politlck1 RAJ
sy-ina sluganaa kapitalizna = Titu Subaslcu.
Mihailovicu it'd = da povedu nezavlsnu
borbu "a svoie sopstveno oslobodienje III
u America inaamo ola obavi1no mas sopstveni
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1944-10-26
"Srbobran'' sc klkavicki
poklanja

U broju cd 19. oktobra, "Srbobran"
donosi clanak ma prvoj strani, otstampan
saw sa crnim krupnim slovima, koji
zauzima sirinu Cd diva stupca, dug je
toliko da ie preneSen ma drugu stranu
gde zauzima JOS polovicu jednog stupca,
dvojne sirine Naslov clanka je: "Po-
zdrav ruskoj pobedonosnoj armiJi"
U clanku Sc cine pokloni pred Rusi-
ma, koje su ma sve moguce nacine ma
padali klevetali "a wise Cd dvadeset
godina. kako "mi'' Srbi "verujemo
Boga Pravde" u to ime mi vas po-
zdravljano' Dale kaze da ako su oni
"Crvena voiska", carsku 'staru tro-
boiku zamenuli crvenom zastavom
carskog ruskog orla Srpom cekicem -
simbolima rada - koji, kada su wanna
dragi mama ne smeju biti mrski.
"Srbobran" stvarno kuka i klania
Sc pred velikom silom To nisu njegova
ubedjenja Srp cekic - ''simbol rada"
- bill su 'Srbobranu' mrski "a wise cd
dvadeset godina, a narcotic dok su II
"simboli'. kako je izgledalo, stvarno
predstavljali oslobodjenje radnicke kla-
Sc Cd kapitalizma eksploatacije.
Sada posto je Stain prilicno oba-
zriv ma interese svih grupa, mozda ce
'Srbobranovo" kukanje molenje biti
donekle "usliseno"
Teak je "Srbobranov' polozaj da-
mas. Nebi mi stajali nj zasto ma svetu Ma
tome stanoviStu
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Dxepna Bib1ija.
Ill
KRISTIJAN STAMPAR. /

Sedemnaesta knjga romano Eugene Sue-a Tame no
roda" Ill "Istorija jedne proeters'e porodice kroz
uekouen Prica o Sesnaeston Stoecu.
q due knjige. Knjigd II.
Sa orienalnog francuskog englesk Daniel De Leon
54
- Dali vi to zovete zivljenje? - ciknu Kapetan
Mirant - Zasto da mi, casni narod, budemo stalno
drzan pod SUMMON kao da s1no mi zlocinci! Nepove-
renja leze stano nasim srcirna Nase usi stalno
ma oprezu, nase ruke ma nasm sabljanla Odkuda do
laze grozne uzbune? Razlog e tome, sto uprkos
nash slobostina, u prkos usaneenja naseg mesta mi
sno povrh svega, podanici Kralja umesto da pri-
padamo sami sebi, kao svedski kantoni koii SUI slo
bodno ujedinjeni Republci! Ah slobodo slobodo.
hoceI te nase oc ikada wise videti da vladas medju
mama?
= Jest! - odgovori Antonicq. = Jest! Mi bi videli
tn krasnu upravu ako bi obozavauc osecaji cd La
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1944-10-26
Boetie nogli u6niti da probiju ouse naSeg naroda
Ali slusaite ia Gu eitati dale:

Boee mogli uclnt Ga probiJu u dllse naSeg naroda.
Al~slusate, ia Gu citati dale:
Ah slolola Ta1n satka radost ko1a einom RgnblJeha
sre6 neizezno nzyan koia ozda osfa ro zad
onunost zgubse nhov sas pesta1e rolsfN'n ok8ze
na, sloola zel Cd ud njednog dueog razoga tako
nen ulea bi I oni imal ako m e zeiel coVN
III mi ia da dragoceno osyaane ledno zato ste e
10 moanae dobti. nsma dyh zverora neka M
hog pomosne) gde liu1 pregluhi da 6njn vs zvela
soboda! Anoge zivonj momenta kaia III uhva
Rbe nhove zvote nhovm eemenon one nlru osto
zdrzati nhov prodna odatranja kaa b zvotnje
prznale nhovo sredni hi okrenule slohodu
pemenitost Oh naveee do naman kada III uhvaf dau
papeima rcgovma iii kunima la
iziavuiu kako voko so CUBE Kada III
dau tako manifestuudih nakeva
pomanju nihove produce ziveti
tugevat gubenom rae nego naviknn
ropstvu.
sromasni narod Siromasna bezumna bca! All, vi
naro vrdogavo ponn vasem sopstvenon zu Slept vasem
bacoanu vi dozvole ebi da budee odneei, da budete
naboe sto naglavnie cd vaeg dohoka
poa ackana kuce da budu oadene vasa
orena imovna da bude uzeta pen! Vas
e da moze reel da H sta vase sopstyeno Bill
vi ne tolerant lopova koji packa ucesnka
ubilstvu ko ubag Nste svo zdajnic vi seiete
poja MEGA da zdere opemate
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MONOTONA OBECANJA
"PUJNOG UpOSLENJA"

Izgledi strahovite besposlice posle rata,
tako su iasni ola ne samo, da iluziie kod
radnih n1asa u "puno uposlenje' u opste ne
postoje, nego sama kapitalisticka sklasa,
oprezno monotone istice ia obeeanja
Kandidati obadveiu velikih kapitalistie-
XIII partija, Dewey, Roosevelt it'd, neprekid-
no istiGu ia 1'resenia' buducoj besposlci
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
Rome Government
Purges Facists

ROME. June 27.-tR-1n a whole
sale purge of Fascists from pubic
agencies in Rome, 1t. Col. Charles
Poletti, Allied military government
commissioner for the city an
nounced today that $3.50 Fasclsts
had been dismissed from otflce,
1913 arrested and that between oOU
and 600 additional arrests were
contemplated.
Poletti said that among those
under arrest were Prince Gabrielle
D'Annunzio, Vincenzo Azzollnl. 1or-
mer governor of the Bank OF ltaly'
a Baroness Elizabeth Koke, Capt.
Koch, a grenadier who was .aotorl-
Gus for his reprisals during tne
German occupation of Rome, Cen
eral Presti, chief of the Pol1zla
Africana Italiana, a police group
composed of veterans Of the Etnl
opian war, and former Inspector
General of Police Coletti.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
ClTY'S BUDGET
BEING PREPARED

Preparation of the 1944-45 city
budget is actively under way with
daily conferences being held this
week between the city manager
and department heads, according
to information obtained at the city
hall yesterday.
Actual presentation of the com
pleted budgtt for approval by the
city council is not expected unit.
some time next month, as part Of
the city budget is contingent upor
joint appropriations by the city ano
county for certain departmental op'
erations, and the county budget is
not expected to be presented the
board of county commissioners I'm
til July 10.
Budget estimates for 1944-45 fis
cal needs are being received al
rapid rate from county depart
ments, according to Addison Hew
lett, chairman of the county board
who tentatively set the July II
date yesterday.
In the. meantime, county depart
ments will operate during the new
fiscal year beginning Saturday OF
the same budget basis as for thu
current fiscal year until the new
budget is approved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
Cherbourg Reuerberates With Music

the end Of the street and be-
lieved If someone talked to him
he would surrender with his
men. ..
The German had lived in New
York and knew English well.
1t. Harry Aschkinasi of New
York went with the medic to
the pillbox and went inside.
THE German captain had 3.
bottle Of brandy" Aschkinasi
said, "and he was slightly tip
sy. We talked for a half an
hour and told him he didu't
have a chance, and might as
well give up.
'The captain said that If he
had good German machine
guns instead Of old French
weapons he never would sur
render. Finally he agreed and
came out with his troops"
The Germans had lived in
comfort with, plenty of food
and liquors. In every place
we have been in there were
stores of sausages, butter,
loaves Of bread, and canned
goods. Many beds had bright
colored down comforts cover
ing them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
CITY RECEIVES
AERIAL SURVEY

Prints of an aerial Photographic
survey of the City of Wilmington
taken last month were received
yesterday, ]. Fred Rippy, assistant
to the city manager, announced.
The survey, which was compiled
by the Fairchild Aerial Surveys
company, is comprised Of two mo-
sale maps at a scale of 800 feet
to one inch and 20 detailed atlas
sheets covering individual sections
Of the city at a scale of 200 feet
to one inch.
The prints are to be used by
the city planning board and the
city engineer as an aid in the pro-
posed program of city expansion
installation of sewer lines, street
paving and repair, city drainage
problems, housing projects. parl
projects, harbor developments, anc
other programs of future city de
velopment, Rippy said.
Use of the survey is restricted
to city department heads, council
men, and members of the planning
board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
Tobacco Committee
Listens To Protests

RALEIGH, June 27.-tR-The to.
bacco association Of the United
States marketing committee heard
protests from border belt and Dur
ham growers this afternoon con-
corning a proposed reduction in
the number Of sets of tobacco buy
ers on major markets but refzeed
to divulge its recommendations I'm.
til they have been approved at the
associations business meeting to-
morrow.
The border belt growers W re
represented by about ten North
Carolina farmers and had the sup
port of a telegram from S. Charles
Green, secretary of the South Car
DINA Tobacco Farmers association
stating 1--WE stand with you 1o0 per
cent"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
: BY DON WHITEHEAD

CHERBOURG, June 27.-(P)
"A warm sun bathed the
Place de La Republique and
doughboys strolled through
Cherbeurg's main square today,
relaxing from the battle while a
tall American sergeant played
nostalgia melodies on piano
!, accordion to the accompani-
ment of guitars strummed by .
doughboy and a young French
man.
That was the story of Cher
bourg this pleasant afternoon.
There were few sounds OF
battle. The guns had stopped
their roaring and the city was
as quiet as any peaceful COM
munity in the United States.
Occasionally a gun crashed
and there were. sounds OF dis
tant firing but the fall OF
Cherbourg was complete.
Little groups of soldiers and
civilians were laughing and
chatting about the troubadours
in the glass-littered street. Sgt.
Ivan Protein Of Isanti, Mlnn.'
PLAYED softly on the accordion.
SGT Charles Horvatich of Pitts
burrh. and his French COM
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28

to fight was the Gestapo head
quarters and a pillbox just
down the street from it. A
unit under Capt. Milton Holla-
day of Lexington, KY, cleaned
out this strong point.
The Germans in the Gestapo
headquarters fin ally fled
through an underground pas
sage to the city hall in an at
tempt to escape, but they were
captured there.
1--WE had to fight all the way
in," said the tall Kentuckian,
land when we reached this
street they opened fire on my
men from the .pillbox at the
entrance of the headquarters
and ct the end of the street."
Holiday called ON tank de-
.stroyers to come up and give
his doughboys a hand, so 1t. r.
b. Fullerton of Tacoma, Wash,
brought up one of the destroy
ers and blasted at the pillb0xes
to quiet their fire.
In the Gestapo headquarters
Holidays men found an
American medic who had been
held prisoner for four days. He
said he knew the German cap
tain commanding the pillbox at
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
ENJOY Recalled
From Argentina

WASHINGTON. June 27.-tREThe
State department announced toni ght
that American Ambassador Nor
man Armour has been recalled
from Buenos Aires ''for consulta-
tion," in a move hitting sharply
at the nilitarist government of
Argentina.
The United States and all but
three other American republics
have refused to recognize the
regime of General Edelmiro Far
rell since it established itself by
revolution four months ago. How
ever, Armour stayed on in Buenos
Aires, presumably in the hope that
Farrell would take moves towards
bringing his country int line with
the general policy of hemisphere
defense.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
Red Army
Aims Blow
At Minsk
pINCERS THRUST OUT
$4,000 Germ ans Killed
On Bazing Front;
Orsha Falls

LONDON, Wednesday, June
2S.-(P) - The Red army
thrust two sharp pincers at
the prize city of Minsk in
White Russia yesterday as
Moscow announced that the
Germans "Fatherland Line
was being shattered at enor-
nous cost to the enemy both
in casualties and equipment.
Twenty thousand Nazis were
killed and 10000 others surrender
ed in the liquidation of five already
riddled divisions of the enemy in
pocket between Vitebsk and
Orsha, and at the other end Of the
blazing White Russian front 5000
Germans were killed in three days
of fighting around Bobruisk, the
Russians reported in their early
morning communique supplement
Orsha itself was captured yester-
day and Red troops were fighting
in the streets of Mogilev and in
the outskirts of Bobruisk, Mos
COW announced. All are strategic
railway functions OF considerable
Importance and heavily fortified
German strongpoints protecting
routes to Minsk, the political and
industrial capital of the White
Russian Soviet Socialist republic.
The fall Of both Mogilev and
Bobruisk was believed imminent
Simultaneously with the capture
of Orsha other Red troops took
Bobr, a railway station As miles to
the west, and gained control Of
more than one-third of the main
railroad between Orsha and Minsk,
segment of the line connecting
Warsaw and Moscow.
Bobr is about rs miles northeast
of Minsk, and at the same distance
southeast the Russians captured
Glusk, thus giving the Red armies
two spearheads pointed directly at
the biggest prize still to be re-
claimed from the Germans il Rus
STA proper.
Blasting a path ahead of the
ground forces, Red airment attack
ed German troop and supply con-
trations Monday night at Pinsk
Borisov, Polotsk, Luninets, Lovcha
and other points, Moscow disclosed
Whole battalions and regiments
were being wiped out by the relent'
less advance of the Red troops
Moscow said, and large groups Of
Germans were surrendering.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28

Frontline dispatches pictured
desperate street fighting in Cara.
pan. American Marines and in
fantry held the southern outskirts
Of the town, which had a peace
time population of 10000.
Patrols cautiously probing into
the city met the fire of hippo.
nese snipers and machinegunners.
Every house and cellar was the
hideout for enemy soldiers. Every
street and alley was Uttered with
the dead. The town was a pile OF
wreckage.
The island wide battlelines
hinged at the center on Mt. Tapot-
chau, now in American hands.
From that dominating height at
the islands center the front reach
ed westward to coastal Garapan
and eastward to Donnay village.
japanese resistance had stiffen-
ed all along the front and it ap
peared the American invaders had
reached sector where the enemy
had selected to stage 1ast-ditch
defense.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
New Deal
Assaulted
By Hoover
COP. HEARS EX-CHIEF
Platform Snubs Willkie /;
No. z Post Declined
By Gov. Warren

CHICAGO STADIUM, June
27.-(P) - The Republican
convention accepted tonight
a platform which snubbed the
ideas of it's 1910 standard
bearer, Wendell L. Willkie
and then heard it's last pres.
ident, Herbert Hoover, de.
clare that only by a change
in the White House can free
dom be assured.
Hoover walked out onto the pc.
ninsula of the speakers stand to
assan the New Deal and Franklin
D. Roosevelt as having resorted to
personal power diplomacy"
A few minutes before Hoover be-
gan his address, Governor Ear,
Warren of California declared
firmly that he "coulG not accept
a nomination. for vice president
on the 1914 ticket.
Warren said his statement was
as final Gas I know how to make
it."
But on the convention floor
many delegates awaited to learr
the preferences of Governor Thorn
as E. Dewey of New York. for a
running mate.
Dewey, with more than the nee
essary votes in his pocket, may ar
rive in Chicago tomorrow.
Rep. Claire Boothe Luce, Con
necticut's plond politico-playwrigh
followed Hoover on tonight's con
vention program. She declared tina
the incumbent administration nigh
have averted war by "skillful ant
determined American statesman
ship
In characteristic blue serge sui
and a stiff collar which soon wilt
ed in the 11inety-degree tenpera.
ture of the cauldron like conven.
ton hall, Hoover spoke in clipped
sentences. The delegates had trou
Bile hearing him, and microphone.
were shifted several times.
| Hoover agreed with the Republi
can platform trainers that there
must be some world organization
to preserve peace not "a mere
debating society" It should b.
split into three divisions, he said
one each for Europe, Asia and tn,
western hemisphere.
But in this country, Hoover de.
clared, decision must be mad,
now between conflicting philosa
phies of government.
'We cannot be without peac,
program as we were without a pre-
paredness program" he said. wv
owe it to our fighting men tina
they find no delays in productiv.
jobs"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
Chinese, British
CAPTURE Mogaung

HANDY, Ceylon, June 27.-'AN
Chinese and British Chi1dlt FORCES
nave captured the japanese strons
hold Of Mogaung in North Burma
ard trapped a large force OF jap
anese between there and Kamalng,
20 miles to the northwest, Allleo
southeast Asia headquarters all
nouaced today.
At the same time American
troops advanced another 100 yaius
into the northern sector OF Myltk'
ylna, IS miles east OF Mogauhs'
and are near contact with Chli mus,
attacking from the west. otne'
Chinese have established a prloge'
head on the west bank OF the IT.
rawaddy river just east OF Myi'h
yina, and the Chindits have at.ach
ed at Maingna on the east nahf
OF the river, in an area SCUM .
Myitkyina. The city thus b a1llos
entirely cut off by the Allies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
BRITISH SEIZE
CHIUSI RUINS

ROME, June q. IN -British
troops, striking hard at the core
of German resistance m 30
miles above Rome, have recaptur-
ed the ruins of Chiusi in heavy
fighting and tonight were smuggling
with infantry and tanks in the out
skirts of Castiglione del Lago, nine
miles northeast of Chiusi on the
shore of Lake Trasimeno.
Chiusi has been the site of the
hitterest fighting since the fall of
Rome. South African troops enter
ed the town a week ago, but were
thrown out by German armored
counterattack. Since then h e
Eighth army has been gathering
its strength for the decisive blow
delivered yesterday.
Lieutenant General Sir Oliver
Leases Eighth army headquarters
announced that heavy casualties
were inflicted on the Nazis defend
ing Chiusi, with more than 200 cap
tured in the concluding stages of
the battle. Although Leese's troops
drove on to the edge of Castiglione
Del Lago, front dispatches said
the Germans were strongly en-
placed in the town and probably
would have to be blasted out by
artillery.
Similarly stubborn enemy resis-
lance had slowed but not stopped
American and French divisions adj
vancing along an approximate 10
mile line between Chiusi and the
west coast. Fierce fighting was in
progress southwest of the key city
of Siena, 81 miles below Florence,
with Yank forces reported gaining
another five miles after occupying
the rubbed town of Montieri.
American units. advancing
directly up the west coast toward
Leghorn and Pisa, put 10 miles
between themselves and the useful
port of Piombino, captured two
Gays ago. A driving rain again
was slowing the advance of Allied
heavy equipment along much Of
the front .e
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
zap Island Again
Raided By Bombers

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, We'd
nesday, June 28@R-Heavy bomb
ers from southwest Pacific bases,
ranging almost. 1000 miles over
water, hammered zap island in
the northern Carolines with !, IS
tons of bombs in this sectors new
est sweep in support of the Mari
anas campaign. 49,,
1t was the third raid within, a
week upon zap. Thirty Japanese
planes rose. to the islands defense
the strongest interception yet
encountered at that base-and In
furious Commute battle eight
enemy craft were shot down and
three were probably destroyed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
War Bond Sales Over
rs Per Cent OfQu0ta
With II days left until the close of the Fifth War
Loan drive less than in bonds remain to be pur
chased by city and county residents to meet the overall

quota OF S0,lUi ,UUU.
New Hanover and Wilmington
investments in bonds total ap-
proximately $4,300,0O0 or more
than rs per cent Of the overall
goal, and Series E bond sales have
reached so per cent of the goal
81, 100, 600 in these type bonds ac-
cording to an announcement made
last night by J. G. Thornton, city
chairman of the campaign.
T. C. Abernethy of Greensboro,
deputy administrator of the War
Savings staff, and Robert W.
Fowler of Washington, member o.
the Treasury department, spoke
briefly yesterday to Wilmington
employers who practice the pay
roll deduction plan for emploes a
a meeting held in the Tide Water
assembl room.
Ronald Stewart, manager O.
Sears-Roebuck company, purchas.
ed $25,000 in War Bonds, the al
location of the company through
the local office.
Reports also indicated that the
store had sold more than 200 pei
cent of it's overall quota for bono
sales by store employees. Exact fl
cures were not completed.