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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
HEAVY BOMBERS
HIT REICH CITIES

LONDON, Oct. 1S.-(R-Ice-lad-
en- Allied heavy bombers flew
through freezing clowds today and
bombed Cologne, Bonn and Kassel
In Germany, while fighters swarm
ed as far east as Kassel on straf-
ing expeditions.
The Eighth airforce sent $50
Fortresses and Liberators, and
about 500 fighters On the mission.
About half the bombers hit Cologne
Tor the fourth time in five days,
While the remainder cascaded de.
struction on Kassel, 100 miles east
OF the Rhine. Both cities contain
industrial targets of great import.
mce including tank and truck fac
tories.
Besides acting as escorts, fight.
efs shot up trains and air fields in
me Kassel, Brunswick and Han.
hover areas.
Bonn, 20 miles below Cologne,
was nit by force of Raj Lancas.
.efs' Inc city, famed as a universe
center, also is an important
ANYWAY hub on the west bank o.
s sie Knlne, and presently believed
.uii OF German troops. It also may
.on'alf headquarters stats, since
=. ~. ies on a railway linking Durer
IL, r.o Auskirchen, and on a MAR
t has. running north and south jus
behind the front :,
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Crash SuruiiD,or Spends
Forty Hours Snowbound

DUxBURY, vt, Oct. IS. -(R-
PFC James W. Wilson, lone survj-
vor Of Sunday nights crash Of .
heavy bomber on Ca1ners Hump
mountain that killed nine OF his
crew mates, tonight told Of his %
hours in snow and below freezing
weather as he waited Tor rescue
Jpn glad you are here ! know
/ couldn't last another night, :" the
1s-year-old Jacksonville, Fla
waist gunner said to Or. E. H.
Steele Of Waterbury as a rescue
party found the boy early today.
The doctor said that Wilson, az
ter giving his name, added: IL
II must have been asleep IN .tne
waist Of the plane at. the time
of the crash because l dom
remember anything until ] regain.
ed consciousness Monday morn
] ing near the wreck.
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ALLIED FORCES
CAPTURE VENRAY

LONDON, Oct. 10. -(P)- Bril-
fish forces with American armor
on the right flank and rocket-fir-
ing typhoons overhead pushed
through the Dutch rail and road
junction of Venray today and cap
tured two more towns beyond, cut
ting deep into the enemy's Mas
river salient with a steady adj
vance toward the German border
and the Ruhr valley.
The American First army beat
off a small German counterat-
tack at Aachen to the South and
strengthened its encirclement Of
the great German border city.
which Berlin radio commentators
for the first time publicly wrote
off as lost.
A great rain fell all along the
Western front from Holland to
the Swiss border, turning the
ground into mud and making AL
lied advances difficult. but every.
where there was evidence OF
build-up for a vast Allied often.
sive which a British Second army
/1x;.,d nm po 90 Three. Col II
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
COUNTY BAR PAYS
TAYLOR TRIBUTE

A resolution Of respect to the
memory OF c. Ed Taylor, who was
member, of the Brunswick
County Bar association, was pass.
ed by the New Hanover County
Bar association yesterday. The re.
solution was drawn up and signed
by a committee comprised of VIM.
3. Campbell, Jas D. Carr. c.. D.
Hogue, G. Dudley Humphrey and
Murray James. w >.
The resolution follows: s''A-
Whereas. the members OF the
Bar of New Hanover county have
earned with profound regret of the
death, on October is, 1914, at $50
am, of Honorable c. Ed Taylor,
a resident Of Southport, N tn
Carolina, and a member of the
brunswick county Bar for the past
&c years; and
Whereas, Mr.. Taylor was an
able lawyer of wide experience, a
man of exemplary character. al
ways courteous and friendly in his
association with his fellows and as
sociates in the practice of law;
and 81.
Whereas, he freely gave his SER
vices and time to all matters re-
lating to civic Improvement and
community welfare. He was life
long member of the Methodist
church, and at, the time of his
death was chairman of the Board
of Stewards of Trinity Methodist
church at Southport and the teach
er of the Mems Bible class; and
Whereas, Mr.. Taylor served
long. and well his native county Of
Brunswick in many Important
capacities, including holding the
office OF Register Of Deeds, SUBJ
sequently representing Brunswick
county in the General Assembly for
several terms, and also from time
tc time holding the position of
County Attorney; and
Whereas, the members of the
New Hanover county Bar and
Honorable Henry T.. Stevens,
Judge Presiding at the October
1914 term of the Superior Court,
now in SESSION, deem it desirable
and fitting that the Court recess
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
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9Th ARMY NEARS
Pc VALLEY PRIZE

ROME, Oct. 18.-(R,-The Brit
ish Eight Ar1ny's drive from the
southeast corner of the Pc river
valley placed vanguards within
two miles of the important road
junction town of Cessna from both
the east and south today.
Capture Of Cessna would put
the Eighth army units in position
both to continue their drive north
westward along the ancient Via
Aenailia toward Forli. II miles dis
tant, and due north along another
first class road toward Ravenna,
10 miles away. H.
A furious battle still ragged south
of Bologna, the main German sup
ply and communication base in
northern I+aly, with reinforced
German units holding the Fifth
army's American spearhead to a
virtual standstill nine miles south
of the city.
The Allied communique said the
Americans had. moved forward
slightly and had captured Monte
Beln1onte on the Bologna front.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
|NIMITZ REPORTS
RAID OVER LUZ0N
Box Score Shows Japanese
Air Losses For Seven
Days To Be 915
BY RAY CRONIN

By RAY CRONlN
Associated Press War Editor
Americas aerial invasion
of the northern Philippines
by carrier-based planes of the
mighty Third fleet continues
without letup, Adm. Chester
wv. Nimitz reported Wednes-
day afternoon as he disclosed
new sweeps across Luzon, ma
jor island of the Archipelago.
The admiraPs comnnunique told
Of the destruction of 10 japanese
planes and the sinking or setting
afire of seven ships Tuesday, y.
S. time. He said faction il con-
tinuing.''
The Japanese-controlled Manila
radio, bearing out the Pacific fleet
chiefs statement, reported raids
Tuesday night, U. S. time. by 80
carrier planes on the Manila area.
It also announced new strikes
against Clark Field, big air depot
40 miles northwest of Manila, and
Legaspi, important seaport on
southeastern Luzon. The Japanese
claimed their fighter planes and
anti-aircraft guns knocked down
16 of the raiders.
The planes attacking the Philip
pines were definitely off Third
fleet carriers - the fleet that the
Japanese pictured several days
Iago as badly defeated and limp
ling away after q battle with Nip
pom warships. Nimitz previously
listing two OF his medium men-of-
Iwar as damaged, has said the Jap
|anese fleet units, finding the fight
ing power of the Third fleet unim-
paired, fled instead of challenging.
| In a still incomplete box
score covering the seven days
from Oct. 9 to Is, during which
! Yank carrier airmen blasted
the Ryukyu islands, Formosas
the Pescadores and the Phil
ippines, the admiral said the
Japanese lost 915 planes - SOS
shot down and $50 destroyed ON
the ground. Of the total 269
were nailed over targets, 265
were blasted out of the air by
American filters near the Third
fleet and 40 were shot down by
fleet anti-aircraft guns.
More complete reports Of the
Formosa actions of Oct. II showed
these results: Japanese ships sunk,
Continued on Page Nine; Col. A.
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HEADQUARTERS

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
NEW GUINEA, Thursday, Oct. 49,
B-One hundred fifty Allied
planes smashed installations, ship.
ping and airdromes on Ceram and
Boeroe islands, flank bases to the
approaches to the Philippines,
headquarters announced today.
This raid Monday was the sec.
ond 150-plane assault in recent
DAYS on these bases. A total OF 90
tons of bombs was unloaded in
the Monday assault.
Heavy bombers czatered air
fields at Namlea and at Arnbon,
Amboina island, while medium
bombers and fighter bombers
smashed small shipping nearby
and swept the coastlines Of Ceram
and Amboina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
Hurricane Sideswipes
Kew West; Heads North
Up Florida West Coast
8, Dead, 100 Injured In
pr Havana; Wauchulla Is
Hit By Tornado

MIAMI, Fla, Oct: 49, deaE;
Ia 't tropical hurricane n;s +e deal'
c 1h a lethal blow 1yy today
ti;ddsss y Key West ane
, 'ovsd't on to offer a danger,
t l,s't threat to the southwest
FLORIDA coast ,oo ;.;,,r;.. ;,
,,.s,r. alone we're reported in the
lake Of the storms passage ovez
rrba during the early morning,
Cnd heavier toll was expected
|once communications could be es-
| .blisbed into outlying areas which
Irsre swept by 11o-mile winds.
Tho hurricane whipped out OF
cn i,' into the Gulf of Mexico, still
e uuDu northward course, and
tonioht was reported by the wealth
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
ANTWERP BATTLE.
IS GRIM AFFAIR

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EX PEDITIONARY
FORCE, PARIS, Oct. 10 Up :
The battle for the port of Antwerp
is moving into its final phase-the
start of one of the grimmest Ger
man death stands yet encounter
ed and the beginning OF FULL
power Allied onslaught to pry
open that port.
The great Dutch Schelde river
mouth port was the first on the
whole invasion coast to topple in.
to Allied hands unchanged, and
it's Importance is obvious from its
position only hundred miles
from the Rhine Ruhr confluence
But capture Of the port Sept. q
in the swifth British-Canadlarl
sweep north through Belgium was
hardly even the beginning OF the
fight. Its docks are so miles up
the Schelde estuary from the sea
and both sides of that so miles
are guarded by German garrisons
and German guns.
The preliminary mop-up now is
virtually completed. The Canadl-
ans have squeezed the Nazis out
of all but the last south bank box
roughly u miles wide and 10 to
IS miles deep across from Flush
ing.
The British earthquake bomb
preaching. of the Walcheren bikes
drowned defensive positions on
most Of the western half OF that
island and some parts just around
Flushing itself where there still
,ro battery enoplacements.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
Father Who Shot Baby
Held For Grand Jury


His wife. Mrs, Rosa Marsh. who
required disqualification following
during dun an afternoon Of domestic
disturbance climaxed by the shoot
ing Of her son, was not present.
Witnesses who testified W r e
Mrs. Marsh's parents, Mr.. N d
Mrs. G. p. Reeves, her 16-year old
brother, Quinerlin Reeves, and
Sheriff H. D., Stanley. The inquest
lasted until near midnight: 1t took
the jury only 20, minutes, to reach
its decision. ,...... e,
when Mrs. Reeves told of \ talk
she had with her son-in-laW at his
request after he was placed in
jail. According to Mrs. Reeves
(Continiued on Page Nine; Col. Y
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 1s.-lR-
The weather bureau issued To-
night this IL p. M hurricane
advisory:
hurricane alert indicated IL
n. m. north of Fernandina to
Hatteras.
"The hurricane is conferred
about 50 miles southwest OF
Fort Myers, moving northward
about 10 miles per hour.
ut is attended by winds up
to 100 miles per hour near CEN
ter, with dangerous gales over
wide area.
"This severe storm will con-
tinue to move northward, with
indications of a turn to north
northeast later tonight.
ut should cross the west
Florida coast between Fort
Myers and Tarpon Springs
early Thursday, and probably
pass into the Atlantic near
Jacksonville Thursday evening,
threatening the coast north
ward to HatteraS.
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Applications For New "A
Gasoline Rations Ready

RALEIGH. Oct. tH -Theo-
do-e s.: johnson, Raleigh, oPA di-
rector, said today that $1,000 own
ers, Of passenger automobiles in
eastern, North Carolina may now
apply by mail for their new "a
gasoline ration books which viii be-
come valid on November g.
johnson said that all So local
WarsPtice and Rationing Boards
in. the 54scounty Raleigh OPA dis
trict have received the new "a
gasoline coupons and t Ii at thou.
sands OF applications for the new
coupons have been distributed by
the boards In towns where the .ap.
plications have not been distribut.
ed, Johnson sal apple alton
blanks may be obtained at the Lo.
cal War Price and Rationing board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
WEATHER
FORECAST

FORECAST
North Carolina: Cloudy and mild with
rain beginning in south portion in morn
ing and northeast portion in late after
noon.
Eastern Standard Tfme)
{By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 PM, yesterday.
- x .as Temperature H..
1:3o am; 81; 7:3o am. 50; 1870 pm, u;
1890 pm, 66. ~
Maximum 70; Minimum 81: Mean 81;
Normal 81.
- 4,f Humidity
1880 am, 10; 1880 am, 80; 1880 pm, %;
1880 pm, 10.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:3o pm,
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month.
SIT. inches.
-, =, Tides For To-day
From the Tide Tables published by
u. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ------ 1l:14a 5:58a
11:18p 6:3op
Masonboro Inlet --------- 8:45a 2:33a
S:52p 3:09p
Sunrise, $40 am: Sunset, 5:s4 pm.
Meonrise, 1914 am; rAoonset. 7:1s Pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
$50 Are To Take Part ;.
In Harvest Festival

munity association and fellowship.
A large platform has been con
structed with a background Of
trees and foliage. With the cooper
alton OF the Tide Water Power com
pany and the city electrician, ar
rangements We're made for flood
lights.
Portable dressing rooms have
dressing rooms have
been provided Cor Nthe boys and
girls participating i nthe colorfu]
show.
Music will be furnished by the
High School band, along with other
musical arrangements made pos
sible by the recreation depart
ment.e
CONFINED ON Page Three; Col. q
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U.S. CARRIER PLANES CONTINUE
HlLLPPLNE AERIAL INVASION:
REDS ENTER CZECHOSLOXAKIA
|lOo-MILE SALIENT
TRAP FOR ENEMY
Moscow Remains Silent On
= Battle For East Prus-
.ia And Hungary

LONDON, Thursday, Oct,
19.-(P)-The Red army has
plunged across the Carpa-
THAN mountains southwark
into Czechoslovakia on a 40
mile front, cutting clear
across the eastern tip of the
country and placing the Ger
mans in a dangerous 100-mile
deep salient from which they
must flee quickly or be ami
hilated, Marshal Stain dis
closed last night.
Moscow remained resolutely 81.
lent concerning the reported So
Wet offensive against East Prus.
STA, which German broadcasts said
was lashing against the provinces
eastern borders along a 30-mile
stretch and had reached the from
tier around the German town Of
Schirwindt. The Nazis portrayed
it as the biggest of all the bat
ties on the Eastern front.
In a triumphant order Of the
day, S,alin said Gen. Ivan D. Pc
trov's Fourth Ukrainian army
group had captured the Carpath
ian mountain passes to Tatar, ia
blonica, Lupkow, Ruska, Uzok
|Vereczke and Wyskow. advanced
Il IL to 81 miles on Czechoslo
yak territory, and seized the north
Pennsylvania town of -Sighet.
BY this great thrust Petrov's
Army evidently Joined forces witt
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky';
Russian and Romanian troop:
which had driven northware
through Pennsylvania to the Cze
choslovak border.
= The regular Moscow midnight
communique announced further
advances for Malinovsky's mer
all across northward Transylvania
from the Hungarian border at Va
lea-Lui- Mihai to the Sighet vicini'
ty.
Having won the towering passes
of the Carpathians, Petrov's mer
had downhill routes before them
to the Tisza river valley, and with
Malinovsky's men formed three
sides of a great 100-mile square
enclosing a large but undisclosed
number of German and Hung
arian troops. ~ es
The western side Of this square
remained open, but the mountain
Gus terrain and absence of through
railways confronted the Nazis with
a desperate effort if they were to
CONTINUED on Page Nine; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19

"HfrEVILLE, Oct. 10 Howard
'ea Marsh, Whiteville business
,Aai' was ordered held without
NV bvAa d for grand jury investigation
cor,s eoFoner's jury last night in
NJ ns with the fatal shooting
ON s eD ls-month-old son, Thomas
tha september % while he lay on
mo.h oed between his father and
me- at their home near here,
coln e inquest was conducted in the
tors ~ county court house be-
nar.o al estimated audience of 500
MooU ons with Solicitor J. Clifton
vssti OF Burgaw eading the in
the ''si sn Marsh was present for
trouh1 inquest until signs Of heart
ed ~ - required that he be return
been s sae county Jail where he has
Aeia since the shooting.
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e. bureau to be conferred about
60 miles northwest of Key West.
Key West was on the outer
fringe Of the strong circulation,
and had 10O-mile winds only in
gusts. Steady winds did not ex-
coed 80 miles an hour, and the
island city apparently came
through in good shape.
An 8 p. m. Weather bureau bull
letin, which kept South Georgia
on an alert, said the storm center
will pass over the Florida main
land tomorrow on the West coast
between Fort Myers and Tarpon
Springs.
All of the Florida peninsula was
warned to prepare for strong
Continued on Page Nine; Col. s.
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SFORZA TO HEAD
ITALIAN MISSION

NEW YORK, Oct. 1s.-tR1The
Swiss radio said tonight that Count
Carlo Sforza has been appointed
head of the Italian diplomatic mis-.
sion to Washington.
The broadcast, monitored by
NBC, quoted an announcement by
the Italian government as the
source Of its information. Sforza
II years old, was one of I:aly's
outstanding diplomats before Mus
Solini's rise to power.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16
Fish Story

and his men were flabbergasted 10
find huge tire, the giant kind used
on heavy-duty trucks.
Hey, Cap'n!" 1t was the same alert
deck hand shouting again. There's
another one" He was pointing TO a
second floating tire. And another"
Haul 'em aboard" Sinagra ordered.
The men got out their boathooks. AS
fast as they fishcd in one tire, some
one else spotted a new one. In about
two hours the crew had hauled aboard
126 tires. With the little boat loaded
TO the gunwales, the captain called
halt, and started back for Gloucester
with his strange catch valued rough
~ at $500.
When Sinagra put in to port, he
called the Coast Guard. who took
charge Of the cargo. If these officials
knew how the tires happened 10 be
bobbing around in the Atlantic some
20 miles offshore, they. didn't say.
Local harbormen, however, guessed
that the rubber came off some tor
pedoed cargo ship
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

on the way to his favorite fishing
grounds
"Ahoy, Skipper" II was a deck
hand believing from the bow OF the
little boat. There's somethin' afloat
ter Starb'rdu"
Sinagra, binoculars in hand stuck
his head out the window OF the little
wheclhouse. He took one. look and
then swung the trawler around.
In a few minutes the frankie and
Rose reached the spot. The captain
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

Mind telling us why?"
mot at ALL" said the jungle giant,
squatting by the fire and laying aside
his wicked looking spear. ITS been
a long time since talked with civil
lied men,"
The yarn that followed made the
most exciting report that had ever
gone into the records of the Brazilian
Constabulary 1t began with the real
life TarZan's boyhood when he used
TO dream of living alone in the forest.
After graduating from one Of South
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

times in the next three months and
Senior Silva willingly went 10 hos
pital for observation.
''One moonlight night" he related,
II slipped out a window and escaped
TO the jungle. 1t has been my home
ever since"
I'm surprised that you're alive"
said the corporal. The jungle IS a
tough place for a white man.
II felt at home in the jungle" said
Silva. Il seemed to have an instinct
for SHARING small animals and getting
along with the Indians. And had
no aversion TO raw food
do you know what year this is?'
asked the non-com.
Certainly" said Silva. u have
kept track of seasons and years.
do you want 10 60 back with US?
asked the corporal You could be
home in Manaos in few days
The jungle is my home" said the
bronZed and muscular recluse. Il am
happy this way stopped at your
campfire only because ! suddenly felt
the urge TO exchange a few words
with white men"
For a moment the corporal con
sidered capturing the real-life Tarzan
and taking him back 10 civilization
He studied the mans rugged physique.
The visitors muscles were like those
Of the jaguar and his skin was like
leather. His spear and knife that
hung from his waist were further
deterrents TO the non-com's inspiTa.
ton to make prisoner of the strang
est man he'd ever met
Senior Silva stayed with the soldiers
until almost dawn. Then he rose
from his sinewy launches and picked
up the formidable spear.
q ut is unlikely" ne said, that We
shall ever meet again. l am not often
in this part of the Matte Crosse and
it is even more seldom that ! have
the urge to be social. My Indian
name should tell you that"
Then he slipped into the shadows
from which he had come.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

Americas best universities, marrying
a girl of good family and inheriting
his fathers prosperous business in
Manaos, the pleasant nightmares
came back. He was "a years old at
the time.
lone night I awoke from one of
these Dreams" said the man, land
left my home, headed for the nearest
patch Of woods. 1 never got there.
A policeman picked me up. had no
clothes on"
The same thing happened three
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

- ATHER around, skeptics, for
~ the queerest fish story of the
~ year an goodness
yarn about a salty Gloucester skipper
who made prize haul worth thou
sands of bucks without so much as
catching a single fish
The neatest piscatorial trick Of the
year happened recently when Captain
Joseph Sinagra was running his
trawler, the frankie and Rose, about
20 miles off the Massachusetts coast
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16
he Years Queerest

In s tead of
h, the
Crew of the
frankie a n d
X Sc Pulled
i'm a Cargo Of
Rubber Tires
Which They
Found Float
ing 20 Miles
Offshore.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

A AMY a strange yarn has come
M out of that sprawling, tangled
V stretch OF South American
t-1n.-In L-nnm-n as the NaIin Crosse.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

iunCIc Known as The Natto GTosso.
But it Will be a long time be-
-fepe-3ny one teps-the story that
cmcrOcd from this green hell 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-11-18

ilodo- q chleago; Mrs Franklin
chicago Sir ana Mrs siarNs Of
olumhus OHIO Mrs Maniey.
also a. Columbus.
Friday evening prior 10 ihc re-
c~piion Mrs. Haley Bcll honorcd
Mrs Dancy with lovely dinner
az the Bell home on Josephine
avenue The Btil residence WAS
lAed with fitting autumn bou-
ooets ihrouchont and a huse
bowl az matching NUNS was used
as crnicrprce oA The banquet
iaUle The linen damask table
cioih sas laid with crystal and
ecld alshcs from which turkey
dinner with oil tie Trimmings
vas served.
Fr4aas presenf a. ne dinner
noiudea Mesaanit Irene Mcclen-
ft Eealah wliibt Pearl pcn-
Ethel Hail Nanwella VIII
.iiams Mrs Reed sister Of the
s4oou' pr 1itNenrs Of RI
NaNne. Ind Mrs Mae Wells.
mother OF The bride and yclna
Kodo.