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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-05
BRIGADE SEASON

The Brigade Boys club will
open its 1944-45 season with a
joint meeting of all the groups
that were members last year
and those wishing to become
members this year, tomorrow
night at ! o'clock. At this time
plans will be made and sched-
ules drawn up for gym clats-
es, group clubs, shop classes,
game rooms, bowling and other
club activities.
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one ton of paper in rolls, but onl,
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-05
ELISHE KING

SCOTS HILL, Oct. 4 - Elishe
King, 83, died at his residence,
here, at 2 o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoon after a long illness.
He is survived by his widow,
Ida Raymond King, SCOTS Hill;
a daughter; Mrs. o. P. Rochelle,
Raleigh; and two sons, A. L. and
Guy King, of Wilmington.
Interment will be held at the
family cemetery at Scots Hill,
at o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Active pallbearers: J. S. Ray
nor, Bert Leiner, A. A. Hobbs,
John Sanders, Erby King and
Raymond Hobbs.
Honorary Pallbearers: DR.. L. D.
Bryan, W. S. Rochelle, B. E. Will
liams, Jack Hardison, L. T. Lam
den, Ed Scott, S. W. Brinson, John
Walton, H. W. Dixon and T. L.
Brown.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-05

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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-05
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-05
w. r. HICKMAN

Willie R. Hickman, 61-year-old
farmer of Shallotte, died at pm.
Tuesday at James Walker Me-
mortal hospital after a short ILL
ness.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday from the Chapel church
at Hickman Cross Road at 10 am.
The Rev. w. G. Lowe will offici-
ate. Burial will be in the Hickman
graveyard.
Active pallbearers will be Carl
Long, Ray Long, Henry Hickman,
Raymon Hickman, VERNE Hickman
and Luther Hickman.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-05

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

Oiseaux, Carqueiranne, Le pradet, La Garde, La Valette and Faron all were captured in the French on- slaught.
 Other French forces stabbed deeper into T0ulon from west and northwest, capturing the maritime prefecture, the place D'Armes and neighboring the Maritime Prefec- tuTe, the Place D'Arnes and neigh boring streets just east of the naval arsenal, the main center Of enemy resistance.
 Rapid Progress
 American columns we're continu- ing their rapid progress northwest and north of MaTseille, which fell yesterday after being enclrcled with . thrust to the sea west Of the port
 Advancing along the Marseille- Aycignon highway. the Americans penetrated well into the Rhone Delta within 20 miles Of the river itself at Aries. Only sporadic resist anee was being encountered.
 The number Of prisoners seized at MaFEeille and other details of the capture still were lacking. Frances largest port and second largest city, MaFsellle has metal working, en- gineeTing. railway repair, chemical and food processing plants in Rddl- ton to it's vast harboT facilities.
 An official spokesman said. how ever, that 'suhsthntial number" of prisoners was captured at Marsellle,
 Port Yield
 The big DoFt yielded after Q French column cooperating with American assault troops swept completely around the Etang De BerTe. a big salt lake west of Mar sellle, and sealed of the last escape route at Martigues, on a narrow isthmus connecting the port with the Rhone Estuary.
 Reynolds Packard, United Press War Correspondent, reported in a dispatch from Marseille that the Germans had blown up most of the ports haTbog works, but estimated thRt the city otherwise was 90 per
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not hear all delinquency eases.
 Tn the beginning the juries will hear only petty larceny and tru- ancy cases" he said. T have given particular consideration to cases in which morality or sex problems are involved. don't plan to have the children listen in on the complete details Of such matters. Neverthe- less. some of the major aspects of individual cases. devoid of lurid de- tails. may be taken up Oy the court with the teen-age Juries acting as a grand jury"
 The 43-year-old judge hit upon the plan after discussing some oi his juvenile cases with his own chil- dren and noticing their understands ing, intelligent suggestion. Unor- thodox7 Perhaps. but the judge, who started his law career by pass ing the bar as result of a core spondence course isn't afraid of the unconventional.
 Furthermore, Judge Cote has the enthusiastic backing of most of the city. School officials and parents feel the child Juries may help solve the problem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
End Fr. Army
 Enters Paris
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Paris. The people of Paris had risen, end co bounded the Germans that the German commander requested an afmistlce. He wanted Go with. draw troops from the road blocks west and south of Paris where they had been facing the Americans ana pass them through the city.
 The armlstice was to expire at 70 noon today.
 TIhls news caused a sensation in BradleyS headquarters because ale though we had known that rooat. had been going on ln Paris since Saturday. we had not known things had gonee 90 far. Obviously th French had given the Germans q terrifl beating In Paris.
 The whole operation was geared to the complete enclrclement Of the Germans west of the Seine. but Bradley decided we must go Into Paris. It was short notice, for the troops had to be ready to enter at l2 noon today. Bradley ordered the Second French Armored Divi- sion out of the line and told h to start moving east toward Paris.
 PaFt of l2th Army
 CThe Second Armored Division iS part of Brig. Gen. Jacques Le- cierc's French forces attacked to the American Third Army. which iS part of the i2t hArmy group headed
 Certain American forces were sent the same way. On moments notice the whole machinery was set in mo- ton Co occupy one of th eworlds s largest cities. It Is no mean respon. sibility. Paris is in desperate straits. It is no mean responsibility. Paris Is in desperate straits. It Is esti. mated that she needs immediately 3 1000 tons of food snd 3.O0O0 tons of coal. After that there must be huge and steady /lpply.
 But the decision had Co bade, " only as . tribute to the tremendous fact .Eat the French reconquered iileie own capital.
 Every hand was raised against the enemy. For the first time in this var. the inhabitants Of a city have wres.ed it from the enemy.
 Paris would have fallen to our arms, but every American soldier in France would rather have had t this way.
 Paris. queen of cities. fell to her own citizens. who proved that there Is no such thing as defeat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Press Asks
 Less Secrecy
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DnmbaTton Oaks conference,
 "uD la ItulI"


 However, MT Hull Is responsible for the success of the conference and responsible to the foreign gOy' eFnments which are his guests here and t must be his decision, It is possible that the secretary feels that HAOTe constructive progress can hf made under the present procedure But that Is q matter of judgment
 Dulles reported that he and Hull had made "Very considerable pro- eress ln exploring the possibilities 0t bipartisan eooperation' in for eign policy,
 The state department eorTespon, dents asked for an interview with stestlnins after communlque Mo- for the conference Wss issued yes feTdey noon, It revealed only that four suhe0mmlttees had been ere, ated, One committee met yesterday morning and another ln the after, noon, At c D. Ia,, the state depaFt- nlept could say only tbat the sub committee had met in the after. noon.
 Under the present arrangements, reporters ere barred from the pum- barton Oaks estate and delegates have been asked not to talk with them outside the estate, The only information available to the press is lB eommuniques issued through the state department and which, to date, hsve Tevsalsa only routine af' faigA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Street Fights Flare
 Up Inside Capital
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putting up a desperate "screenlng" battle against the American ar. mored divisions moving ln on them from the west.
 The Americana were reported un officially to have moved ln through Versailles and penetrated well be yond that western suburb before en. countering serious German resist- nnVc.
 The story ol the chaotic battle for Paris as pieced together by military men in Allied headquarters was as follows:
 Koenig and his French staff offi. cers decided early Saturday morning that the NaziS had weakened their Paris garrison sufficiently for the MaQuls to strike. and, accordingly. they flashed orders to their 5000
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

 he predicted. enemy ccnters Of rec sistance will be as isolated as are the Japanese in the eastern Mar fllnlls or New Britain.
 Dttmson announced that through Aug. 6. total U. s. Army casualties whose next of kin have been noti- fed were 26l .589 This was an in- crease of i6.sis above the figure announced last week for July 20. esght days previous to today's flg- urc. Because notifications run far beaind the actual date of casualties. this sharp increase might well rec fleet heavy casualties ln the earlier phases of the invasion Of France.
 Gtimson said that of the total, ss!880 were killed, l25 93i wounded, e.05e missing and ss,822 prisoners. or the wounded. 5s,5i0 already have been returned to duty. he said.
 4 Navy casualty list released toe day showed a total of 56.257 for the Navy. Coast Guard and Marine Corps, making a total for all sery- icas of 3i7.8s6.
 Stimson said that U. S. Army cas- nalties lfl southern France to Aug 20 t0taled 2.075, included l.22i killed or missing and i,754 wounded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Dems PIcn
 New Offices
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committee members and party lead CTS of the entire Mate, The Hart ford headquarters glll be retained, however, as 2 means 0f eKpedltine secondary affairs throughout thai area,
 Confidence in the party's success was today expressed wh0leheaftedly by MT, Maher who stated that there was every reason 10 believe that the Democratic party would Rgaln sues eaed to state leadership, He eKT pressed full confidence in the ability of Mir, Hurley and MT MeMah0n and the entire ticket to "gain again the majority vote Of the people ol Connecticut"
 Besides Mr. Hurley and MT, Meg Msh0n other maJ0g candidates be- ing presented by the Democratic state party thls year aTe' Lleut,s Gov, PTog, WtlbeTt Snow, secretary, Charles Prestia; treasurer, William T, CaFT0ll; controller, John N, Dove and TepFesentatlyesat'laTgs Atty Joseph RyteF,
 Despite the fact that the lneuTnb. ent ticket was chosen at the state convention only after a disputed intFaspaTty faetl0nal contest, lt was stated today that harmony within the party would prevail 10 assure success Of the coming election ef' forts,
 Members Of the state central e0ms mlttee from Waterbury who will at, tend the next meeting to be held soon gre; Maurice ?, Tangney. toWn ehalFmAn; Atty. Frank '. Healey; Mrs. WlnlfFed Mcdonald and MFB. Gertrude Gordon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24


 Allied fighters. in direct support of the ground forces along the river, shot down 1T enemy planes and damaged i2 others. Fifteen Allied aircraft were lost.
 Allied Headquarters at Rome an- n0unced that Mitchell bombers at- tackled two road bridges, % miles north Of Turin, yesterday after 1t was reported two German panzer divisions were heading in that die Fection with the apparent intention of crossing Into the French riviera t0 attack Allied forces in southern France.
 CTeWmen Of Italian based Libera- tors, which attacked the Fanto Voc seDdoTf oil refinery six miles south of Vienna, reported many hits on the works and said columns of black smoke sWirled into the air
 For the first time since the fall Of Yug0slayia, Spitilre bombers pilOted by Yngoslays Taided German army headquarters at Mareeteci in Dala- matia on the Adriatie coast,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

s given prominent display.
 It was recalled. however. that FOreinn CommissaP Viacheslav N MolOtov announced at the time of the Rcd ATmy's invasion of Ro- mania last spring that he had oHer- cd Armistice terms to Bucharest.
 Resistance Meeting
 Field reports said enemy resist ance in some sectors Of Romania literally was melting away under Soviet blows from air and land. Masses Of unoppOsed Red Air Force bombers had inflicted unparalleled punishment on ''disorganized. de- Inoralized remnants of senemy armies, reducing them to the char aeter of panic-stricken naokS," one dispatch said.
 The Army organ Red Star assert ed that Soviet columns sweeping south from Iasi and the Dnieper were encircling and destroying group after group Of German and Romanian troops. Eneromous quan- titles of arms and other equipment were captured intact.
 Soviet military observers said the five-day-0ld R0manian offensive by the End and 3rd Ukrainian armies already had attained such momen- tum the enemy had lost ali hope Of stemming the onslaught short Of the 0alati Gap. if there,
 General Fedor l. TolbG1hin's 3rd Ukrainian army set the pace for the offensive yesterday with push across Bessaraia tO Hadoc, 60 miles northeast of the Galatl Gap, gate way to Bucharest and Pl0esti, and ITO miles from the ROmanian caps ital.
 The 3rd army, extending it's front to the Black Sea, also captured Get atea- Alba fAkkeTmanD, at the mouth Of the Dnepr, % miles south- west of Odessa, and sarata. 3l miles southwest Of cetatea- Alba and only 70 miles above the Danube river est- uary.
 Soviet marines who crossed lile three-lnile- wide Dnestr Lagoon un- der cover of darkness, joined Red army infantry in the successful at- tack on Cetatea-Alba, where I,7O0 Germans surrendered after the rec mainder of the garrison had been slain.
 The Soviet high command said TOlbukhins' f0rmes had broken through the enemy's defense screen and were pursuing his routed units"
 Marshal R0diOD Y, MaIiDOysky's 2nd Ukrainian army, striking sOuth- ward across the M0ldayian plains, also scored decisive break through, capturing Vaslui. g miles south of Iasi and Rb Hllles north 0f GalaIi, tn a 22-mile advance,
 Forward units of the 2nn ana 3rd armies were only 37 miles fT0gO Q junction that would seal off an I,- H00.sqnaTe -mile- -p0cked around chl. sina, capital of Bessarabla, whose fall gaS expected within the next feg days
 Marshal Ivan s, KOney's lst Ukrainian army, meantime, resumed it's march toward Krakow, southern gateway 10 Germany, and seized Dee bloa, 03 miles east Of the stT0ngb0 q, after wlplng out at least two 0ers man infantry regiments, Some $50 nriG0neTB were captured,
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fContinued from Page D quickly and his back was broken in the fall. He was still alive when we reached him. A German doctor looked him over and said "he is done"
 The American boy looked up. cons scious for a moment, and the cure muttered:
 Courage. my son. It won't be long. Your countrynen will come"
 They took the American to hos pltal where he died almost before he touched the bed.
 we would have liked to have given him a splendid funeral. but the Germans said it must be Simple." !" the cure said. "So l met with my friend. the mayor at seven in the evening and together we walked to the graveyard.
 other people in togn came, too, They slipped into the cemetery sep- aFately, some pretending they were on their way tO visit netghbors and others as if they were just homo from the fields. We buried him and we said a prayer hut We were forced to do 1t quickly because the Ger mans were angry"
 The Cure said no flowers were per- mitted on the grave at first but when the Americans swept through the tiny town this week ID their jeeps and tanks. tte first thing the i0wnsfolk thought Of was their dead friend.
 In a matter Of minutes his grave was covered with flowers,
 And every morning, just as the sun comes up, Monsieur Le Cure puts on his flat-shaped hat and llmps into the graveyard
 And every morning he tells the AmerleaD; .
 Be Of good cheer. Mon Aylateur, See, at last your friends have come
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
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istic offered by the Soviet Union. Great Britain and the United States" he continued. Prom this moment. ali holtilities and other activities against the Soviet armies. as well as the state Of war with Great Britain and the United States. cease I accept with con- fidence the call of those nations
 He said the Big Three" had guaranteed the independence of Romania and her internal affairs and have "recognized the injustice of the Vienna dictate by which Transylyania was torn from us'
 At inc side Of the Allied armies and with their help, mobilize all forces of the nation. and we shall cross the frontiers unjusily impos- cd upon us at Vienna. so as tO li- berate oiir Pennsylvania from enemy occupation"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
900 Steel Workers Sscae Welk-0ws

Palmer, Mass, Aug, 2l, lUP(- Some 900 employees of the WlekWige Spencer Steel Co. remained sway from thelr jobs today lD what was described as aD nDauth0rlEeld walk. out in protest against the e0mpany's alleged failure to follow a war labor board order,
 The workers ct the Palmer plant, members 0f Q CI0 Union, voted to stay out yesterday at 2 meeting here Tuesday, strike leaders said union dues chsck0tf and maintenance Of membership provisions ordered by the VILE last November were not in effect yet,
 C0mpAny officials refused to com. ment on the walk0nt, but sent . telegram to the regional WLB seek Ing e review q the strike "afteg the men return tO work"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

tconiinued from Page D With the enemy, 1t was announced. The Germans were carrying out numerous demolitions in the Tsber river bend north of AnghiarI. which was taken as an indication they ln- tended a limited withdrawal in that section.
 Along the Arno river In the Prato Magno mountains. British troops drove past Suhhlano, eight miles north Of Arezzo. and occupied with. out opposition the towns of 6alutlo and Castelnuoyo, four and six miles northwest of Eubhiano.
 The Germans, however. still held Tnllaino. one mile northeast of Sal utio. and Poggio D'Aneons, directly opposite on the other side of the Tiber river.
 German and Allied patrols were active in the vicinity Of Florence nd clshes occurred in the northern out- skirts of the city.
 Front dispatches said that indis- eFlmlnately aimed enemy shells fell ID the central and southern districts Of the city throughout yesterday.
 American Fifth Army activities on the western sector were limited to patFolling and artillery exchanges.
 EKIf TRAFFIC COP-haAKBE
 Eleetronie controls may supplant the traffic cop, The dash radio would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

k&Q8AAtA4&A AA0ttt hM8g sP would be closed to the German armies in southern France, squeez- ing them into a narrowing pocket between the Allied Mediterranean forces and the Anglo American armies in the north.
 Meanwhile, French infantTymen battled through the streets Of Tou- Ion behind 8 tremendous air and sea harrage, herding the German garTi- son back into the old port area.
 The great naval bases main Qualifications already had been preached, however, and an 0fiicial spokesman said the complete 0ccu- patton of the port was imminent.
 lLondon radio reports. uncoD- Armed by Allied ofslcial sources said American and French troops also had liberated the French west coast port Of Bordeaux.D
 Much of T0ulon already has been liberated. Gen. Sir Henry Mait- land Wilson ann0unced in hts daily eommunlque, and front reports said French forces finally had 0yer- whelmed giant concrete fortiGiea li0ns east Of the city and smashed into the eastern and northeastern outskirts after fouT-day battle.
 Te The West
 To the west, American srmored spearheads swept 90 miles beyond newly-eaptured Marseille into the delta of the Rh0ne river some 20 miles from Aries. Salon, 27 miles northwest Of MaTseille. was eap- tnFed along with a number of sma CT hamlets.
 Ahied headquaFleFs again clamped a protective cloak of secrecy around the American columns which liberated 0reD0ble in 2 spec- taeular dash i40 miles inland from the Riviera, but they were believed tanning out toward the big cOm- mnnlcAtl0ns center of Lyon, bR miles to the Northwest, and Cham- bery, 21 miles t0 the north on the last deTmanvheld railway between France and Italy,
 1.-The elandesline Atlantic FadlO said American tanks have occupied Lyon, The AlgteFs radio reported merely that the advance on Lyon nha begun and tt was anticipated ulat Maqnls palF0llng the Lyon area soon would make contact with the AmeTieansl
 The latest Allied advances in. creased the Allied brldgehead in southern France to 5000 t0 R,OOl square mlles-aD average Of nearl. luuu square miles 2 day liberated spec tlle invasion forces swarmed ashore Aug. I5,
 FFeleh forces had the last fanatic neIenaeFs of TonloD hemmed into gls olg port area, where they were nelne lammeTed mereilesgly hv thousands Of tons Of bombs ana sne.ls lrom plaHes, warshlps and
 An early tgltenslAeatl0n of ths nolnbagdment fro Inthe seq vas an. lelpatea with the surrender Of the ueglnhb garrison 0l more than 900 on the Island Of PoFqueFelles, IS mlles southeast Of T0ul0n, to % American cruiser.
 Stronghold
 The island had been one of the main outer defense slF0nghOldS Oi 'fonlon and lls coastal artillery had kept Allied battleshlpS and other waEeFaft from coming In close to shell the naval base,
 1he ohsly San q touiOn Was as- snred by the eruHlbllng oi iis p0W. erful defense belt to the east and northeast. Mt. Du paFAdis. Mt. Des
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Islands Tokyo radio said today that Chichi Jlma was Falded again yess terday and that attacks "weFe e0sl. tinllng' on neiehb0Fing Two JlHa,
 Tokyo radio also announced Ens per0F Hir0hit0 had received Prem. Ter Kunlakl K0lso, the home miniss ter and DrefeetuFal governors and had encouraged them to 'endeav0F ever harder to enchance the fight. ing spirit"