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0PA EXECUTIVE
TO SPEAK HERE
DR.. Robert Brooks, OF
Washington, Planning To
Call On Oct. Is.

DR.. Robert R. R. Brooks, chief
executive officer for Price Admin
strator Chester Bowles of Washing
ton, will visit Wilmington on
Wednesday, October rs, it was an
nounced yesterday by E. w Carr,
chairman of the chamber of COM
merce committee in charge Of the
visit.
Carr pointed out that Wilmington
is Every fortunate indeed to get
Dr. Brooks visit. He is coming
here, we are advised, because Of
the fine job Wilmington has done
in it's wartime efforts to control
initiation through the cooperation of
Wilmington business men. He was
also asked to go to Alabama, but
he chose Wilmington instead"
Honoring Wilmington as being
the only city in eight southeastern
states in which he will speak, DR..
Brooks is visiting this shipbuilding
center at the invitation Of the
merchants committee of the VII
mington chamber of commerce.
DIR. Brooks address will be i'm
portant and should be heard by
everyone" Carr said. ''Plans are
incomplete now, but it is known
that he will bring first hand post
war pricing information and pre-
view on the governments plan to
change from war to peacetlme
economy as soon as possible. He
is one Of the most important men
in Washington when it comes to
fighting high prices, because he IS
chief executive officer for Chester
BoWlesn
Brooks was educated at Wesley
an, Oxford and Yale universities
and was a Rhodes scholar from
Connecticut. He is the author of a
number of books and is special
list in personnel mana cement. He
is SO years old, married and has
three, children.
Speaking for the chamber of
commerce, Carr said that Brooks
possibly would make two address
es in Wilmington on October Is, but
that plans have not been complet-
ed. Carr said the merchants COM
mittee is now busy completing ar
engagements for the day Of Brooks
visit and it is hoped that the SUBJ
iect matter for his speeches and
the complete program may be an
nounced soon.
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U. S. POPULATION.
SHOWS LARGE GAIN
Natural Increase OF l..
475,173 Reported For
The Past Year.

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA R -
The United States had a natural
increase in population of 1,475,173
in 1943, the largest since 1888, the
first year for which complete re-
ports were compiled, the census
bureau reported today.
CA natural increase in population
is the excess Of births over deaths)
In 1943 births numbered 1886, III
and 1,459,998 deaths were record
ed. This made the birth rate 219
per 1000 estimated population, and
the death rate 1919, leaving nat
|ural increase in the population of
lilo per 1000.
Since 1915, the first year birth
registration figures became avail
able, the rate of natural increase
has been higher than that for 1913
in only three years: 1915, 11.8;
1916, II, and 90, 81 per 1,00e.
The 1851 births recorded in
1913 exceeded the previous year
by 1926, ITS; the birth rate Of 21.9
per 1000 was an increase of 49,
per cent. -
New Mexico reported the highest
birth rate, 29.4 per 1000; New sJer-
sew the lowest, 1871. Other states
with high birth rates; Utah, 28.2;
South Carolina, Els; Mississippi,
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Hungarians Send Peace
Delegation To Moscow

kept secret for five days. The point
was not further amplified and sew
eral paragraphs were missing
from the dispatch. perhaps a re-
suit of censorhip deletions.
While all indications thus were
that Hungary was about to drop
out of the war, or may even al
ready have done so the Ankara ra-
dio also quoted a Sofia communi-
que saying that a Bulgarian dele
cation had left for Moscow to ne
gotiate arrnistice terms. The Rus
SLAMS announced earlier in the
week that the Bulgars had accept
ed preliminary conditions which
included evacuation of seized
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Roosevelt May Campaign
In -Four Big-Vote States
Tropical Hurricane
Remains Stationary

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 14.-(P)c
A tropical hurricane, whirling
in the Caribbean sea west OF
Jamaica, remained almost sta
tionary today, and the weather
bureau said it probably would
move little during the next IL
hours. d.
An alert for the entire north
western Caribbean area was
sounded In an IL am. advisory.
"The northwestern Carib-
bean hurricane has remained
almost stationary during the
past IL hours the advisory
said, land is centered near la
titude 1875 degrees north, long
itude 80 to sos degrees west,
which is about 120 miles west
of Jamaica.
1t is attended by high gales
over a moderate area and prob
ably winds Of hurricane force
near center"
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Athens Celebration Will
Be Staged Here Tuesday


provide music. The master Of cere-
monies for the celebration will be
Mr.. Modinos, assisted by j. E. L.
Wade. After the ceremony, guests
will be served refreshments by the
Greek Ladies society of Whining
ton.
The American citizens Of Greek
extraction of Wilmington, Carolina
Beach, Jacksonville, Southport,
Morehead City, Kinston, New Bern,
Fayetteville, Clinton and Holly
Ridge will close their stores at
2 p. m. Tuesday in order to attend
the service to honor those who died
heroically to defend the soil Of
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ANDREWS
CLEARED BY JURY
Socialite Acquitted OF
Charges That She Muir
dered Farm Youth.

SALINAS, Calf, Oct. IA. Up =
Mrs. Frances Andrews, Carmel So
cialite, charged with the murder
of Jay Lovett, .19-year-old t m
boy, was acquitted by a jury of
eight women and four men late
today. ..-
The verdict was returned at Sis
pm. after six hours and 18 min
utes of elaboration. The jury took
only one ballot. It was unanimous
for acquittal.
Mrs. Andrews, 81, was calm as
the verdict was returned and shook
hands with her attorney and
friends.
The prosecution had contended
that Mrs. Andrews became enam-
ored of the young man and shot
him in jealous rage after he had
dinner with another Carmel ma
iron.
Mrs. Andrews was Immediately
freed, after having spent two
months in a jail cell, and reioined
her husband, Frank Andrews, for
mer Army corporal.
No witness to the shooting was
produced at the trial.
The defense contended the death
either could have been suicide or
the accomplishment of an unknown
party.
The night of the shooting, July
Is, Jay Lovett had dinner at the
home of Mrs. Nancy Linde. His
dinner was interrupted by a tele-
phone call. Soon afterward Mrs.
Andrews appeared in a car and
took him to her home, saying she
wished him to attend sick calf
The shooting occurred after Jay
Lovett left the Andrews n h
house and was walking to his own
home; p"
Mrs. Andrews led neighbors to
the body after, she said, she had
!hes.d a shot near her home and
jumped from her bed to investi-
gate. e.
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.DUPLIN LAUNCHING
SET FOR TUESDAY
AKA To Be Christened By
Miss Jennette, Bond
Contest Winner

sDuplin county and its best War
Bond saleslady will be honored by
the North Carolina Shipbuilding
company as it launches the U. S. S.
Duplin here Tuesday morning at
11:15 o'clock under the sponsor
ship of Miss Mary Jennette, OF
Faison.
During the Fifth War Loan drive,
contest was conducted through
out the country with the woman
selling the most bonds to receive
the honor of christening a North
Carolina built ship. Miss Jenette,
who sold approximately $4,000
worth, won first place.
Her matrons IF honor at the
ceremony will be Mrs. r. E. L.
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R|ed,Yuav
tile
Into Grade
Begin Street Battle Against
Doomed Garrison Whose
Chief Fled.
FALL EMINENT
Germans Report Hunga-
rian Battle in Complete
State OF Flux'.
By RICHARD KAsIsCHKE

LONDON, Sunday, Oct. 15.-tR-
Russian and Yagoslav partisan
forces fought their way into the
2, 000-year old fortress city of Bel
grade yesterday and began a street
battle against a doomed German
garrison whose commander a n d
staff fled, Marshal Tito's head
quarters announced last night.
With Berlin acknowledging that
strong motorized" Soviet forces
had reached the Yugoslav capital
and Moscow telling Of the capture
of its suburbs, the fall of the city
was expected shortly.
In Hungary the fate of that last
big Axis satellite nation was be-
ing decided in great, four-day-old
tank battles raging on the Magyar
plains between Szolnok, so miles
southeast of Budapest and Debre-
cen, 115 miles east of the 'Hungari-
an capital. Budapest's leaders
were reported seeking armistice
terms.
Fighting at Debrecen
A late DNB German news agen-
cy report said the Hungarian bat
tie was in a complete state of
flux,' and said the bitterest fight
ing was at Debrecen, last big es-
cape route for German and Hun
garan forces fleeing from Tran
sylvania. DNB added: ''This grand
scale battle is no longer being
fought by tanks alone but by mass
es of infantry and other troops"
Moscow announced that Russian
troops had reached Belgrade's out
skirts, apparently allowing the Yu-
goslavs the honor of being the first
to announce major developments
inside the capital. Kumodraz, on
the edge Of Topcider park, which
is On the southern side of Bel
grade, was among the Yagoslav
localities swept up, t h e Russian
communique said.
A Bulgarian communique l Q
6 ounced the fall of Mis-, k e y
ju. ction on the Belgrade Athens
and Belgrade Sofia railways 12s
miles southeast of the Yugoslav
capital. Yugoslav partisans com.
bined with Bulgarian units under
General Stantchev in the liberation
of that town, Sofia announced
Many prisoners and much booty
was seized, it said.
Sixteen miles north of Ms, Rus
sian and Yugoslav partisans de-
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Allies Occupy Athens, Piraeus;
Americans Converge From Three
Directions On Heart Of Aachen
Superfortresses Batter Major
Airforce Arsenal On Formosa

ly to enemy military and ma
val operations.
The BIS attack was coor-
dinated with the lombard
ment Of Formosa by great
fleets Of planes from navy
carriers and marked a high
point of integrated army-navy
action in the south China
coastal area.
1t was another step in the
tactical pattern of the Amer
icon advance into the perl
meter of Jauanese home de-
lenses. Earlier B-29 raids
were on isolated enemy war
industries far from the scenes
Of other allied operations.
Formosa is the base from
which the Japanese launched
their lightning offensives In
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Admiral Halsey Asserts
AKA'sToSpeed Victory

:, Every APA and AKA which
- :" uenVer to the fleet will help
~. speed US on our course to vic.
rT s,, Admiral W. F. Halsey Jr.
ss.' NV commander of the Third
n t ~ SAID yesterday in a telegram
H.. e employees CT the North Caro-
I h ssnalpbuilding company.
buiIdirnppp e a15, to the yard, now
vessa .is !. AKA type combat cargo
suetionn' Tor Or, greater and faster pro- 90
" exper;;eaAd Admiral Halsey declared n,al
dsra palitnee in the Pacific has as
troop t raat the need for fast
in ann hbilsports ard cargo carriers
blows aa pssn to launch smashing
S8'nst the Japs in the near
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BY WADE WERNER

LONDON, Oct. 14.-tREHungary,
her capital helpless in the path of
the Red army, has sent a delega-
ton to Moscow to ask for peace,
the Ankara radio said tonight.
There was no confirmation of the
report, which said that the dele
cation sis already on, its way"
but there have been persistent re-
ports all week that the Hungarians
were seeking an armistice.
Associated Press Correspondent
Daniel De Luce said in dispatch
from Moscow that the political cir
cumstances surrounding the R d
army's conquest of Hungary may
be compared with those u n d e I
which the italian arnistice W S
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RELIEF COLUMNS
BADLY BATTERED
Half-Mile Corridor Lead
ing From City Is As
Good AS Closed.
By HOWARD COWAN

LONDON, Oct. a.. ~
u. S. troops converged from
three directions tonight on
the heart of Aachen, which at
least for the moment was left
to it's fate by German relief
columns so badly mauled out
side the stricken city that for
"a hours they have been UNI
able to muster a counterat-
tack.
From the northeast, the east and
the southeast, the infantry dug the
dwindling German garrison FIR m
houses and cellars, moving slowly
through the rubble to hold down
casualties, while long lines of civil
lians streamed from the burning
city into the American positions.
The U. S. First Army could at
ford to take its time, for the
half-mile wide corridor leading
from the city was as good as clos
ed after a few small units were
believed to have slipped in last
night to swell the garrison to per-
haps 1000 men.
Nazi Divisions Broken
Furthermore, the crack German
infantry and tank divisions which
threw the British out of the Arm
hem bridgehead, then were rushed
south to Aachen, lay bleeding
in the fields northeas. of the city,
numbed by aerial and artillery
bombardment that knocked o u t
more than 80 tanks.
Every effort to bring up more
tanks in an attempt to throw the
Americans from hard-won posi-
tons at the entrance to the great
German plain had been frustrated,
a high American officer said.
The British Second army to the
north, moving up its lines toward
the Mas river facing Germany
midway between Anthem and Aac.
hen, hammered out half-nile
gain south of Overflow. They
fought through mire across the
bodies of Germans who refused
to yield an inch.
Canadians on the seward flank
we're under large-scale assault
from strong enemy forces who
were trying to drive them from
positions astride the south Beve.
land causeway, where dominion
troops have cut off escape by land
for Germans on the islands in the
Scbe,de estuary.
Nearing Union
Driving a mile south from their
Schelde beachhead west of Ant.
werp, the Canadians were little
more than two miles from linking
up with comrades clinging to the
eastern end of bridgehead over
the Leopold canal.
On the southern end of the 400.
mile front, the German communi.
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Dewey Will Speak In =,
Pittsburgh On Oct. 20

ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. a. -B-
Pressing his campaign in the
doubtful states, Gov. Thomas E
Dewey, on the eve of his depar-.
ture for st. Louis arranged TO
make major campaign address
in Pittsburgh the night of Oct. 20.
The republican presidential nom.
inee, who will leave tomorrow
afternoon for a speech in st. Louis
Monday night, dealing with what
he has called 'the urgent need
for honesty and competence in our
national government, did not an.
nounce his Pittsburgh subject.
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NO DATES ANNOUNCED
Chances Good He will
Speak In Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Chicago.
Rv y. HAROLD OLIVER

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA @ i
President Roosevelt may carry bis
fourth term campaign personally
into Pennsylvania, Ohio and lhi-
nois, in addition to his home state
Of New York, where an aggregate
Of l35 electoral votes are at stake
II was said authoritatively today
that these states are high on the
presidential itinerary n o W under
consideration, although the White
House said no dates or places are
ready for announcement.
Coincident with an announce
ment by Presidential Secretary
Stephen Early that Mr.. Roosevelt
had declined an invitation to speak
next Wednesday night on the New
York Herald Tribune forum, DEM
oc:atic spokesman said the chances
are good that he will speak in
Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chica-
90, probably after his address on
international affairs before the
Foreign Policy association in New
York City next Saturday night.
Blast at Dewey
Early's statement that the Presi-
dent is talking about other
speeches came between two White
House shots at Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, both based on the circum-
Stances and context of quotations
used by the Republican nominee
IN campaign speeches.
Late in the day the White House
made public a letter in which Maj.
IeA' Lewis B. Hershey, selective
service director, said he gave a
personal opinion in a field over
winch have no responsibility" :,
Wnen ne said last August it would
pe as cheap to keep men in the
army as to set up an agency to
10 care for them when they are
out
GoV' Dewey referred to this re-
marx marx which Hershey said he
a alaue IN response to a hypothetical
r psn at a press conference in
DeAVef, IN his opening campaign
, spescn at Philadelphia Sept. 7. He
ut sseo 1t as the basis for a charge
III a.a' the administration is "afraid
W. " peace and "afraid of a con.
, ra4 of their own failures to
81 u' 'nls country going again"
= nefShey in his letter to the Pres.
,ssi'' said it was understood by
u muse 10 whom he talked that he
t Fas not expressing an administra.
=. .S' viewpoint. He clearly indicat.
w. ne added, that his personal
Nooutlnupd on pa~ Ay,- ~, .,
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future" he continued. ITO insure
the success of the coming often
sives, we depend upon you men
and women in the; shipyards and
factories to give us more Of these
vital assault ships with all possible
speed"
In answering Admiral Halsey' r.
IL. Ha1sey. vice president and gene
raj manager of the yard, promls-
ed his request would be met.
.eYour fine work in the PACING
is recognized by the employees VI
the North Carolina Shlppulloln
company and they will not let you
down. Our AKA schedule WI
be met or bettered if possible ne
said.
fc.rt,rued ON Pare 3; Col. y
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the Philippines and the south
west Pacific after Pearl Har-
Dor. Since that time the mill
tary establishment on the is
land has been enlarged until
it has become a gigantic ar
senal supplying all the enemy
operations.
This tenth expedition Of the
air giants was the shortest
raid they have made to date
and reprinted transport of
greater bombloads. The Off
cial announcement said the
aggregate tonnage of incendi-
aries and high explosives was
the greatest ever dropped In
a single operation in the
China-India-Burma theatre.
Continued on Page 2; Col. Al
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The services and celebration for
the liberation of Athens, capitol of
Greece, will be held at 4 p. m.
tuesday at the Greek Orthodox
church, corner Of Second n d
Orange streets, N. H.. Modinos,
chairman of arrangements COM
mittee, announced yesterday.
The Right Rev. Thomas C..
Darst, Bishop of the East Carolina
Diocese of the Episcopal church,
will have charge of the services,
assisted by the Rev. E. W. Halleck
and the Rev Mortimer Glover, OF
the Timing ton Episcopal
churches. The speeches will be
over station WMFD.
The New Hanover High school
band and Marine base band will
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|NAZI RULE ENDED
| IN GREEK CAPITAL
Important Operation Con-
Quoted By Seaborne,
Airborne Forces.
By holland NORGAARD

Dy 1NOAT11\O A>OAsA
ROME, Oct. IA up -
British and Greek troops, con-
verging by sea and air today,
occupied Athens and its near
by port of Piraeus and ended
more than three years of ty-
rannical Nazi rule in the
Greek capital.
A special communique announc-
ing the liberation Of Athens, taken
by the Nazis in April, 1911, at the
height of their Balkan conquests.
said the operation was conducted
by seaborne and ai-borne FORCES,
but made no mention of any enemy
opposition, indicating the truth OF
earlier unofficial reports that the
Germans had withdrawn to the
north and left the city in the hands
of the Greek partisans.
The landing force was carried
into the port by the British navy,
including some Greek ships.
Play Leading Part
British airborne troops, carried
in aircraft of the United States
army airforces, played leading
part in the operation" the COM
munique said, but the precise role
of the airborne forces was not
stated.
Mai. Gen. R. M. Scobie has been
appointed land task force COM
lmander in Greece and leaders of
: various Greek patriot factions al
ready have agreed to place their
units under his orders, it was an
nounced.
The seaborne units which landed
and seized both the capital and the
, port appeared to be an advance
force for large relief expedition
assembled to rush food and medi-
cal supplies and other essentials
as soon as the country is liberated.
Il Earlier, the surrender to other
British landing forces of the Greek
: island of Corfu and the entrance
to the Adriatic, which had been
believed to be strongly defended,
was announced. Not shot was
fired in the Corfu operation.
i Germans Flee Northward
Such German forces as have
been in Greece in recent weeks
were believed to be in full flight
northward through Yugoslavia,
hoping to reach their homeland
before their last few routes OF
escape are finally snapped shut by
the Russians and the Yugoslav
partisan forces.
The Cairo radio said German
forces had Withdrawn from all OF
Attica and that fighting had broken
out at Marathon, IA miles north
of Athens where in 400 B. c. the
Greeks defeated the P e rsi a n,
armies of King Darius.
There was no news Of a small
column of land forces which al
ready has chased Nazi garrisons
from the Peloponnesus and cap
tured Corinth. It was last report
ed moving northward.
It was considered likely here
that the Greek government is re-
turning to Athens with new land
ing force to set up a provisional
administration and begin prepare
lions for plebiscites in which the
Greek people have been promised
they will have the opportunity to
choose their own form Of govern
ment.
The government already has ~
sued a plea to Greeks to forget
their fractional differences for the
present in order to prevent pos
sible interference with the inn
mediate task Of chasing the last
Nazis from Greek soil and bring
ing much needed relief to the peo-
| Continued On Page 16; Col. y
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British And Americ ans Shoue
Nazis Back On Italian Front
CANADIANS ADVANCE
Strike Across Edge OF Pc
Plain To Within Four
Miles OF Cessna.
BY LYNN HEINZERLING

ROME, Oct. 14-tA- British and
American armies showed the Stub
born Germans back along virtually
the entire front in italy today, and
Canadian infantry and tanks struck
brilliantly across the $ o u h n
edge Of the Pc plain to within four
miles of strategic Cessna.
Cessna is II miles northwest OF
the Adriatic seacoast jump off
point of Rimini, and 10 miles far
Their up the via Emilia on the route
to Bologna lies Forlie, an even
more important highway town ane!
objective.
Canadians Drive On
Only in the coastal sector north
of Rimini where they are dug in
along the Giumicino river were the
Germans holding firm. The Cana
dams drove on without regard to
this force on their right flank
The American Fifth army to the
west was fighting steadily owe: the
mountains. It was within nine
miles of the Bologna-Rimini hign.
way at two points and was engaged
in a bitter battle ten miles south
of Bologna itself.
Clear skies, welcome release
from the almost ceaseless rains of
Italy's autumn, were allowing the
sodden battlefields to dry and re-
leasing the pen-up armor Of the
Eighth army.
The Canadian advance along the
Bologna-Rimini highway was so
skillful that one bridge was seized
intact and tanks were rumbling
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