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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31

oratory to a Boston speech, prob
ably next Saturday. And talk to
Duchess county, N. Y, neighbors
Monday.
Such a schedule rules out pre-
dicted pre- election appearance in
Cleveland. Presidential Secretary
Stephen Early said democratic
leaders wanted the President to
speak in Ohio as well as in Boston,
but had been told that the chief
executives duties probably will not
permit two appearances.
Dewey spent yesterday in Albany
where, at his request, a special
session of the New York legislature
extended the closing hour for New
York polls on Nov. 7 from to
8 pm.
.Dewey's running m te, Gov.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
Harlan's Marriage
Is Finally Annulled

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 80. -(P-
Film Director Richard Harlan S
13-year-old marriage to Rosita Har-
Ian, Cuban dancer, was annulled
today.
Judge Carl A. Stutsman held
there was definite evidence of
collision" between the Harlans
at the time she obtained a 1891
Mexican divorce from Karl Hugo
Karlsson, Swedish match trust re-
preventative.
Harlan, in his suit for annul-
ment, charged that neither the
dancer nor Karlsson had gone to
Sinaloa, Mexico, for their divorce.
Mrs. Harlan, in counter suit for
separate maintenance, contended
that Harlan induced her to obtain
the decree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
EXTRA SESSION
! in MISSISSIPPI

JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 30.-R-
Gov. Thomas L. Bailey said to-
night an extraordinary session of
the state legislature would be call
ed this week to "amend the state
election laws to force presidential
electors to vote for the presiden-
tial nominee selected by their par.
ty or face automatic Disqualified
tion."
The governor said he would con-
vene the special session probably
Wednesday night because of the
political uproar" resulting from
the announcement of three demo-
cratic electors that, if elected, they
would cast their electoral college
votes for Sen. Harry F. Byrd Of
Virginia.
Bailey said he had received tele-
grams and numerous telephone
calls from legislators" urging him
to take "any steps NECESSARY to
get the state in line for Roose-
welt"
The governor said that a pro-
posed amendment to state election
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INVASION JITTERS
FOR NORWAY NAILS

LONDON, Oct. 30-OP)-The Ger
mans in Norway are experiencing
invasion filters, according to neu-
trail reports reaching London.
Nazi forces manning the long
west coast, Stockholm reports,
have been alerted in fear of an
Allied blow to merge with the
Russians driving into the country
from the northeast.
While the Soviet communique
made no mention tonight of op.
erations along this Arctic front
Britain's flying navy"-carrier.
borne planes operating from ships
of the home fleet-struck smash
ing blow at the German escape
route and sunk six enemy ships
and damaged % others south OF
Narvik.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
Informal City Extension Discussion
Held At CityHaU With j. Q. LeGrand

Place, Colonial Village, Glen Ar
den, Oleander, Country Club Pines.
Highwood Park, Longwood, Ken
wood, Chestnut Heights. Brookwood
and Greenbrook.
The new extension plan, a modl-
ficat1on OF former proposals., is de-
scribed as "pay-as-you-go plan,
by virtue of which the city will moi
annex those districts unless tn {
project becomes financially self
sustaining.
It was explained that if the ex.
tension plan is decided upon, a bil
will be presented to the 1945 Gen.
eral Assembly, asking for the right
Of municipal vote on extension.
Then, if the vote is favorable, II
will be 1945 before the new terri
tory is entered on the city's tau
books.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
correspondent Foresees
sass'a As The Dominant
f'wer In Postwar Europe

-, GREENSBORO, Oct. 3d.
s a,-kussia will emerge as the
a dominant !, power in Europe aft
W 'he war. because the Rus
T. l.'us are determined direct
c y VI indirectly to control the
c ciSu'lhent' Larry Allen, Assoc
Ss a.ea Press war correspon-
cb. a., declared here tonight in
F Fun the next rs years in
lsa.' ope FOR a Woman's college
lecture course audience.
IN that quarter century
st," sfe is bound to be trouble
resn trouble" said the cor
csi, p0adent who in 1912 re-
his 'eo the Pulitzer prize for
fls s .coeverage of the British
until unit, II, y! the Mediterranean and
baa sI' his repatriation las. june
And spent 20 months in Italian
Camps. war prisoner
with "e n, sees britain emerging
proh. az ", her empire intact, and
it aMsto with some II The
p0SSeSSionS Ia No-.y,
wan nta' The United states. NOT
leases 's 3 anything, may gel
keen s !. on enough bases to helu
VIE peace, he believes.
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|HALSEY DECLARES
JAP FLEET 'RUNT'

ABOARD FLAGSHIP, AMER1-
CAN THIRD FLEET, Oct. 26.-
DelayeO@REVia Navy radio,
The Japanese fleet has become
naval runt and will remain a
runt in spite of everything the
Japanese can do to recover from
it's newest defeats, Adm. William
F. Halsey, Jr., said today.
''The best information we
have" the admiral told a press
conference, ''is that their snip
repair facilities were taxed to
the utmost before this catastro-
phic beating they took.
''How or when they can repair
the damaged ships of their Navy
that may eventually reach port
will be a very serious problem
to solve. There's many a head
ache in Japan today. am ex-
tremely glad I am not a senior
officer in the japanese navy. And
I don't mean this merely because
I don't like Japs."
Halsey's staff estimated that out
of SIS ships that attempted
pincers movement against the
Third and Seventh American
fleets in the Philippines at least
30 were sunk and most of the
remainder severely damaged.
Qn communique Oct. 20, issued
at Pearl Harbor, Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz listed So enemy war
ships sunk or damaged, with "a
definitely sunk.)
All the Japanese naval forces
involved were severely crippled,
Halsey said, and in consequence
will be incapable of anything ex-
cept suicidal action for months
to come.
That was all the navy Japan
had, Halsey added, except two
or three more units we can take
in our stride.
The admiral expressed doubt
that the enemy ever would admit
the losses.
"All Japanese are congenial
liars from top to bottom, > Halsey
said.
"They will suppress all this they
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
Reds LauncH
Great D.
On Budapest
ATTACK ACROSS TISZA
Russian Offensive Is Head.
ed With Tanks, Massed
For Weeks

LONDON, Tuesday, Oct. g.
R)-The Red army, in a new
major offensive aimed at Bud
apest, attacked across the
Tisza river at dawn yester.
day with masses of tanks
planes and artillery on a wide
front so miles from the i'm
perilled Hungarian capital
Berlin announced last night
Moscow was silent on the I'm.
folding operation, but German
broadcasts said the roar of big
Russian and German guns could
be heard for so miles north and
S outh of the threatened west bank
Tisza stronghold of Szolnok, on the
west bank of the Tisza at the
center of the flaming front.
For some time the Russians
have been astride several all
weather roads leading across the
flat, sodden farmlands into Buda
pest.
The Russians have been mass
ing men and material for weeks
for the big push, Berlin said, anc
thousands of Hungarian civilian:
were reported throwing up breast
works outside Budapest, vul
nerable city whose most important
sections lie on the eastern side Of
the Danube.
The Russian communique also
did not mention the big Red army
offensive in Western Latvia, where
Berlin reported fresh Soviet gains,
and for the third straight day
Moscow was silent about gruelling
operations in East Prussia.
A Soviet military commentator,
Colonel Voronin, said in a Mos
cow broadcast last night that the
Germans were fighting fanstical-
ly in East Prussia, and that the
Russians had colided with ~ the
strongest Notifications yet en-
countered in the east.
Fourteen minor localities II
Czechoslovakia and northeastern
Hungary were taken during the
day, Moscow said.
In storming one Hungarian vii
lage, Vasarosnameny. on the up
per Tisza near the Czechoslovak
border, the Russians pinned the
enemy against the river, where
many were drowned and 500 cap
tured, Moscow said.
A supplementary communique
issued early today made brie1
reference to the East Prussiar
front, saying that hundreds o.
Germans were killed in beating
down two Nazi countera. cks.
The Soviet bulletin said Gen
Ivan Petrov's fourth Ukraine ar
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$4,000 JAPANESE \
| DOWN IN 10 DAYS
Enemy Lands Reinforce
ments To The South;
Jaro Captured
General MacArthur's Head

General MacArthur's Head
quarters, Philippines, Tues
day, Oct. 31-(P)-American
troops drove an iron-tipped
spearhead across the north
ern end of Leyte island today
after capturing Jaro, a final
mid-island japanese strong
hold, and a final showdown
battle appeared imminent
along Carigara bay.
While a 7o-mile-an-hour typhoon
roared across the island, Maj. Gen
Fred Irving's Oath division pushed
onward from Jaro in northwestern
Leyta valley, seeking to close the
20-mile gap separating it from the
LIST cavalry division on the bay.
Stable Japanese forces evident
ly have reached the bay, cornered
for a final battle.
japanese reinforcements have
been landed farther south on the
west coast. at Ormoc, the com.
munique reported today.
Estimated Japanese casualties
on Leyte and Samar totaled "a, 900
for the first 10 days Of the cam.
paign, against 706 Americans kill.
ed, 270 missing and 2,245 wound
ed, the conmunique reported.
The oath division drove Japanese
rear guards out of Jaro, after a
14-mile forced march, through
wind and rain, from Pastrana, in
central Leyte valley. The Nippon.
csc fought bitterly for Jaro, their
last key stronghold on the road
toward the northwest coast. It is
IL miles by highway from Carl.
CARA bay.
The enemy brought up reinforce
nents in the battle for Jaro, a
mountain village. After bitter fight
ing, the town was captured at
pm. Sunday, by the armor-led oath
division
One Japanese escape route. to
the hills, was blocked by numer-
GUS Filipino guerrillas, who held
high points above Jaro.
First cavalry forces maintained
tight pressure on the Japanese left
flank by holding the only other
road through h valleys north.
western sweep-from Cavite to Ba.
rugo, on Carigara bay.
Cavalrymen dug a strong per-
imeter at Barugo, within easy &C.
cess of heavy reinformements, at.
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NAZI LINES
m HOLLAND
F. COLLAPSING
,,.,,,,,s Admittedly Get.
W t;ng Out Of Trap In
nordrecht Retreat

LONDON, Oct. 9o.-P)-,
c. rnI positions in south
D pss tern Holland were break.
ln as, 'vn from two Allied ar
l slss'v which in gains of up to
!ils' miles squeezed an esti-
m ,,st 10000 of the enemy
; i,,a,' a 4O-mile strip along the
MAJ Mas ranging from l IL to
nine miles deep.
A. tbe same time the enemy
,tr raj on the great tn harbo Dor
~ ~ AM Antwerp was slipping fast, and
o y , nl' German attempt to weaken
ne Allied offensive here by an at
t t;'s IN, in east Holland collapsed.
German troops were pounded
,,src;psslv from the sky as they
, s+reamed north to escape over the
Meas NJ river by boat and ferry at
w1 Vile by the long road and
r ri bridges at Moerdijk, Ell g h t
.s:lo, cast and by a third bridge
rorth Of Geert. uidenberg, a dozen
miles farther east.
But as night and the weather
c,ospd in, more and more Ger
mans we're getting across and re-
treating beyond to Dordrecht, 10
mi1es southeast of Rotterdam. A
British spokesman admitted t h e
hlk probably would escape.
The British, bursting t Ii T o u G h
willing rearguards on the west
flank we're only seven miles from
VIlemstad ferry. Americans to the
est we're but six miles from the
vital Moerdijk bridges, and British
tanks on the east flank were four
miles from the Geertruidenberg
crossing.
In clear skies which once more
IOosed Allied ali might, bombers
dumped explosives on the Moer-
dix bridges and stalked the air
lanes over the highways, bombing
and st-afing.
In the rush, the British captured
noosendaal last major enemy
south Of the Mas. There
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31

city officials and representatives
of a committee Of citizens in the
OUTLYING areas Of Wilmington, met
with ]. Q. LeGrand, democratic
nominee to the state legislature at
a meeting in the City Council
chamber last night to discuss plans
for city extension. No definite con
clusions were reached, and anoth-
er conference to work out details
of the proposed extension will be
held in the near future, it was
announced.
Representing the outlying com
nunities involved in the plans
were Alton Lennon, Fred Mathis
and Hamilton Hicks. Representing
the city during the informal dis
|cussion was the planning board,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
BOARD
ADJUSTS TAXES

Several tax adjustments were
made by the Board of County Com.
missioners in its weekly meeting
yesterday and other tax complaints
were referred to committees with
power to act.
The board voted to send repre-
sentatlves to the meeting of the
North Carolina Association of TAI
Supervisors in Chapel Hill On Nov
1916.
The meeting will be held in con-
Junction with the school for ta1
SUPERVISORS which is being arrang'
ed by the Institute of Government
A complete and thorough study
IN all phases of listing and assess.
ing will be given and open discus,
SONS Of tax problems will be hello
at the meeting.
commissioner Louis Coleman
moved that the county take step:
W oEng T. P. Switzerland, loca.
man who was let off in court las
year on the condition that he pay
Ills "lle $40 weekly for the supper
u their two children, and who ha.
.sllea to fulfill his obligation, bach
~ me county from the Navy yare
Al, AL portsmouth, Va. where he is nov
working.
commissioner Geo. W. Trash
nlOved that the board look into thu
n; i,,a' . OF having the bad place.
Al 81 streets in Sunset Park repaired
W. tne report of the Associated
slarllles for September was sub
United to the board,
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CLARK ANNOUNCES
coast GUARD STAY

The proposal to discontinue Coast
Guard activities in Wilmington, re.
vealed at a meeting of the City
council last Wednesday, has been
ordered held in allegiance until
Coast Guard officers can make an
investigation, it was learned Mon
day from Representative ]. Bay
ard Clark, of Fayetteville.
Original plans, he said, were for
closing of the activities tomorrow.
The Seventh district representa-
tive added that ranking Goa t
Guard officers will be sent here
from Washington to conduct the in
vestigation relative to further need
of the service in Wilmington. He
is expected to be advised of the
outcome of the study shortly after
it is completed.
Meantime, it is understood that
all activities will continue on the
same basis maintained since short
ly after the war began. These will
include the Identification service
and maintenance of watch and pro-
lection of various port facilities.
Informed by City Manager A. c.
Nichols in a statement to the coun.
Gil that Coast Guard activities
would be discontinued, Wilmington
port interests Immediately turned
their attention to the matter and
contacted Representative Clark.
The services Of the Coast Guard
here have brought numerous COM
pliments and the council has voted
to draft a formal resolution COM
mending it for its work on the
waterfront.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
BY The Associated Press

Gov. Dewey slated a fifth speech
for the final campaign week yes
terday Monday as signs increas-
ed that President Roosevelt will fin
ish his fourth term bid with only
one more major address.
The latest addition to Dewey's
heavy schedule is an appearance
in Baltimore on Thursday. He
speaks tonight at 9 pm, in Buff
falo, on Wednesday il. Boston ard
Saturday in New York. A final APP
peal for votes will be broadcast
from a radio studio on election
eve.
As the White House worked out
the final weeks schedule for Presi-
dent Roosevelt, it appeared that
he will confine his stretch drive
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
AT LAST, PATROL
DRIVES JAPS OUT
By MURLIN SPENCER

LEYTE, Philippines, Oct. 20
Observation-Disclosures the first time
in q, months of covering the
Southwest Pacific war, watched
American troops force the Japa
nese into the open today and sene
them fleeing across a rice field
with shells and bullets squirting
them on.
AS far as battles are concerned
this wasn't much. But it was the
answer to the general a., fighting
prayer. Ever since the Ameri
cans went into action at Buna
New Guinea, back in 1912, they
have asked only one thing:
"Just let Us get the Jap into
the open.'
And that's what happened today
along the road to Jaro, in the
broad fertile Leyte valley. The
Japanese were flushed from thei1
preferred underbrush habitat.
The swiftly advancing 34th In
fantry of the 4th Division caught
the Nipponese, about score O.
them, by surprise, and they hic
in a native house 800 yards from
the road.
Infantrymen opened up with the
light crack of their Carbines anc
the heavier crack of garands. Bu1
the japanese refused to come out
Then a jeep came speeding dowr
the MacAdam road, it's horn blair
ing demands for Clearance. Be
hind it bounced a little 37nm an
thank gun.
In it were Privates John D.
Rourke of Los Angeles, Morning
side Court Joe Rizzo' of Bayonne
N. j., (37 West 48th ST., Fred G
Nashawaty of West Roxbury, Mass
and Sgt. Peter slavinsky Of Pasa
dena. They jumped out and swung
their gun into position.
Within one minute they opened
fire. The first shot was close, bu
the Japanese refused to come out
The second shot hit the house
squarely, and it erupted Nippon
ese. -. ..--.. '-.-..... ,. -.....
They almost leaped into the all
as they tried to- escape. One Jap
anese had green leaves in his hel
met, clearly visible through glass
les. s.,..s
When the Japanese finally were
| in the open, riflemen closer tt
them, then the antitank gun open
ed up. The gun also fired.
It was a strange sight to see
the Japanese running, with botf
rifle and antitank fire blazing a
them. Three fell, and the remain
der gained cover in a coconu
grove.
That's what we've been waiting
for" smiled Corp. Maynard He'd
uuist Of Deer River, Mimi, as HI
picked up his pack and strollet
down the road
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
5000 U.S., British War Planes
Bomb Nazi Key-City Targets

LONDON, Tuesday. Oct. 31.-R1
More than 1000 Raj heavy bomb.
ers plastered Cologne again last
night after 1000 American planes
had attacked Hamm, Munster,
Harrisburg and Hamburg during
the day.
Berlin also was bombed for the
second consecutive night, an an.
nouncement by the air ministry
said.
The great industrial city Of Co.
logne now has been assaulted six
times in 48 hours and last night S
raid brought the total bomb load
dropped on it during October to
nearly 10000 tons.
While Allied planes continued
their methodical destruction OF Ger
many's industrial centers today,
carrier based aircraft of tn e
British home fleet attacked enemy
shipping off the Norwegian coast,
sinking six enemy vessels.
An Admiralty communicate re-
ported that its planes also had dam
aged and driven ashore a large u
hoat and had damaged 10 other
enemy vessels.
The naval planes, in addition.
made successful attacks on land
targets in the vicinity of Bodo, Nor
way, including U-boat d e p o t.
wireless stations, oil tanks, shore
batteries and other enemy install
lations. Five planes were missing
from these operations.
American airmen said tn y
sweat it OUT most of the way
over Europe because OF thick
clouds that made it difficult to keep
formation. Flax was intense IN
spots.
Hamburg and Harburg are fat
targets, having complneo olA plo-
duction of 10000 tons monthly. One
plant at Harburg is known to pro
duce 5000 tons and another 46,0OO'
Exactly at noon. Raj Lancasters
hit the union Rheinische synthetic
oil plant at Wesseling, nine miles
south of Cologne. Because Of the
lack Of Luftwaffe opposition, tn {
bombardiers were able to t
their. time in dropping their hou'
sands of explosives through the
clouds. M ss7 ~ ~
Two forces of Spitfires and Mus
tangs escorting the bo1nbers were
spelling for a fight and took it Out
on gun emplacements and defend
ed positions on Walcheren island ir
the Schelde estuary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
Dewey Leaders Plan
Candidates Closing Campaign

John w. Bricker, of Ohio, kept up
his attack on the administration in
Detroit last night, charging that
the facts conclusiveiy prove that
Franklin Roosevelt and the New
Deal are in the hands of the radi,
Gals and communists" Bricker
named seven federal employees he
said had "subve1 sive records" in
GLIDING secretary to the Presi.
dent.
Senator Harry S. Truman, demo-
cratic vice presidential candidate
War Mobilization Director James
F Byrnes, and Sidney Hillman,
chairman of the Political Action
Committee, all assailed Dewey as
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
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HARTMAN TO SPEAK

NEW YORK. Oct. 80. = P) :
Business Men for Roosevelt, Inc.
announced tonight that W. Averel-
Hartman, ambassador to the So.
Wet Union, would make his only
political speech of the campaign
under its auspices Friday night
over the NBC network from 10:45
to II pm. (EWT).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-31
SURPLUS PLANE SALE
BRINGS IN $4,000

DAYTON, O., Oct. 80. = up =
First public auction of surplus air
planes at Patterson Field today
brought approximately $30,0oo'
with prices ranging from $40 to
81. 500 each, officials of the defense
plant corporation conducting the
sale reported. >,
Half Of a group Of 100 aircraft
was sold today with nearly l,loo
buyers bidding. The remainder
will be sold tomorrow.