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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-18
1000 Tons Of Bombs
Rain Down On Cologne

LONDON, Oct. 17.-lR- Thirteen
hundred heavy bombers of the
U. S. Eighth Air Force poured
1000 tons of explosives on Col
ogne today in that ruined German
city's 146th raid of the war and
the tenth in October alone, while
U. S. 18th air force Liberators
from Italian bases -assaulted vi
emma again.
More than $500 British.based
American heavy bopbers have hit
Cologne in the past four days,
and Raj Mosquitoes have struck
it three times in the past week,
leaving little doubt that the U. S.
First Army, once it finishes oft
Aachen, is headed for the Rhine
river metropolis.
Raj Mosquitoes slashed at Col
ogne Monday night, "just to keep
the home fires burning" as one
returning airman said. Then the
American heavyweights went over
a few hours later.
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American ask Force So
Sunk Again, By Jap Radio

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. H.
R-America's task force So,
which has been a sore spot IN
Japanese naval minds since 1t
decisively whipped a Nippon
csc task force last June In
the Philippines sea was Sunk"
again tomght-by tokyo ra-
di0.
I'm truth" said news
analysis broadcast beamed TO
America and recorded by the
Federal Communications Com
mission, "the enemy American
task force IS at this time is
about to leave this world"
Adm Chester w. Nimitz tn
a communique today said it
was very much around In such
force that a Japanese naval
group took one look at it and
ran the other way.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-18
ARMY
CHIEFS JOIN REDS

LONDON, Oct. II. -(R)- High
Hungarian army chiefs have gone
over to the Russian side and two
Army commanders have had to
be dismissed. the German official
DNB agency announced tonight as
the Nazis strove amid deepening
confusion to hold Hungary in the
war at all costs.
The Berlin and Budapest radios
poured out. ,ouds Of official ex-
plantations, appeals, boasts and ac-
cusations tending to obscure the
situation, but it appeared a Hung
arian army revolt was under way.
DNB announced that the COM
manders Of the First and Second
Hungarian armies had been GUST
ed and that Maj. Gen. Bella Mikols
Won Dalnok, commander of the
First army, had deserted to the
Red army along with his staff.
Specific mention of his name
was believed in London to be at
least implied confirmation OF nell
trail reports that the First Hun
garian army was marching on
Budapest with the intention OF
ousting pro-Nazi Premier Fereno
Sza1asi- and the German military
who hold the capital.
In. the weller of proclamations, a
broadcast order Of the day from
Budapest called on all deserters
to return to their post by noon,
Oct. 20 - further supporting re-
ports of anti-Nazi decisions within
the Hungarian army since Regent
Horthy asked for an ar
on Sunday and was SUBJ
sequently RETIRED and disavow-
ed. by the Szalasi ARROW Cross"
Hungarian Nazi party.
M
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-18
9TH. District Rally Set
For Oct. 25AtLumberton

A rally of democrats of the
Seventh Congressional district will
be held at Lumberton Wednesday,
Oct. Is, at $3.50 pm, Nathan S.
Haskell, ST., chairman of the New
Hanover County Democratic Exc
cutive committee announced yes
terday. ....., -~-.-.
Haskell and j. C. Hobbs, chair
man of the congressional district
executive committee, will head the
Wilmington delegation. twenty-five
democrats from This area have al
ready expressed intention of at
tending and it is hoped that the
number will reach so, Haskell re-
ported.
Gregg Cherry, democratic nomi-
nee for governor, former Governor
Clyde R. Hoey, senatorial nominee,
and William B. Umstead, chair
man of the Democratic State Exc
7cutive committee and campaign
manager for Mr.. Cherry during
the June primary campaign will
address the meeting.
Consideration Of the political
situation in the Seventh district
and plans for the Nov. Z election
will be made.
The district includes six coun-
ties, New Hanover, Brunswick,
Columbus, Bladen, Cumberland
and Harnett. Lumberton has been
selected for the meeting because
it is the most centrally located
city nthe district.
The public and county delegates
are cordially invited.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-18
Russians Concentrating
For East Prussia Drive

LONDON, Wednesday, Oct. 10
pa tremendous new Russian
offensive aimed straight west to-
ward the heart of East Prussia
was announced by alarmed Ger
man broadcasters yesterday, and
the Soviet midnight communique
described heavy Red air force
bombings all along the path OF
advance as far as Insterburg, 81
miles inside the German junkers'
homeland.
The Russians did not directly
confirm the offensive by Gen. Ivan
D. Cherniakhovsky's Third White
Russian Army group, but left little
doubt that it was in progress, an
f,euncing that Red hon1bers Mon
day night to Tuesday morning hit
Insterburg and the intermediate
railway functions of Gumbinnen
and Stalluponen, along the very
route the Germans said Cherniak-
hovsky's drive was directed.
The German radio said the new
attack was along a 25-mile front
on both sides of the Lithuanian
town of Vilkaviskis and declared
it was backed by forests of artil-
lery and spearheaded by low fly
ing stormovik planes. The Russians
already were at the border at
points west of Insterburg.
The Moscow communique an
nounced a further cleanup south
and southwest of Riga, the cap
tured Latvian capital, with the re-
naming German forces in that
Baltic state driven into the corner
between the. gulf of Riga and the
Baltic sea. One Of their last use
full ports, Ventspils, was bombed
heavily. >-.
While silent concerning land &C.
ton against East Prussia, the Rus
SLAMS announced further slashing
drive in northern Pennsylvania had
carried within two miles of the
southern border of the Carpatho-
Ukraine territory which Hungary
took from dismembered Czechoslo-
vakia, and told further small
gains southwest and west of isl
in Yugoslavia.
Street fighting continued in Bel
re-. =, rI~n~. I'll X
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-18
KESSELRINC MEANS
TO HOLD BOLOGNA

ROME, Oct. 17.-RENazi Field
Marshall Albert Kesselring ap-
parently has decided to fight for
Bologna, and German troops have
been shipped into position to
make a bitter ,all-out fight for
the ancient city in the foothills
of the Apprentices, allied head
quarters announced today.
The American Fifth and British
Eighth Armies gathered a few
more slippery hills into their
lines, but Marshall Kesselring
still was frustrating the months
long allied endeavor to destroy
his army and chase its remnants
out of Italy.
The Fifth Army, in small but
important gains before Bologna,
advanced past Lamina and Casa
di Bortignano along the highway
from Florence, reaching a point
nine miles from Bologna's out
skirts. Farther east American
troops reached points north Of
the bulge in the Castel del Rio
Castel San Pietro road and pene-
trated to the southern slopes Of
the hill town of Santa Anna and
the village Of Paccanello.
On the Adriatic front New Zea-
land troops advanced more tnan
a mile on broad front from their
bridgehead across the Rigossa
canal toward the Pisciatello river,
next water obstacle. This advance
along the Rimini-Bologna highway,
put the New ,Zealanders less tnan
two miles from the fairly large
town Of Cessna.
In the hills to the southwest
British infantry and armor con.
solidated recent gains and captur.
ed Mount Romano, a high feat
ture three miles south of Cessna,
and held it against a number Of
German counterattacks.
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CAR OF MISSING
OFFICER FOUND

RAEFORD, Oct. 17.-R-Sherift
Dave Hodgin of Hoke county said
today an automobile found in a
wood near Camp Mackan had been
identified as that of Maj. Robert
H. Clark, U. S. Army, who dis
appeared March II after leaving
Raleigh for Fort Bragg, near here.
The car, cream colored coupe
(1941 Dodge) with New Jersey IL
cense plates was discovered late
yesterday a half-mile from the
highway about 10 miles t OF
Camp Mackan. Hodgin said it was
camouflaged with army blankets
and covered with brush.
Many of the officers belongs was
found near the car, Sgt. W. F.
Bailey of the State Highway patrol
reported. He said Books and pap
ers, identified as belonging to Maj.
Clark, former Hackensack, N. j.,
newspaperman, were hidden near
bv as was a small automatic pis-
toll. s..
Bailey said officers had no the
DRY yet to account for the presence
of the automobile in the wood, but
he declared, 'It looks Ii k foul
play"
Mai. Clark was assigned to the
southeastern headquarters at Ra-
leigh of the eastern defense COM
mand. He had just come to Ra-
leigh from New Jersey and was
on his way to Fort Bragg when
his disappearance was reported.
The car was covered with two
army blankets, a bedroll, mosqui-
to netting. a pup tent and several
pine trees were cut down or push
ed over it, Sheriff Hodgin said.
Hodgin said the car was not Wis
ible from the air because Of the ct.
fective camouflage and that it could
not be seen more than Is or 20
feet, on the ground.
!. It was discovered by Robert
Parks, Hoke county farmer. who
was hunting at the time. His dogs
got away and were located at the
car, Hodgin said. t+
Hodgin said the car was Gin pref
ty good shape" and appeared to
have been there "as long as he
(Clafk) had been missing
Hodgin said the officer was re-
ported to have had several good
pieces of luggage and clothes when
he left Raleigh, but these were not
found. He said a upper bag, a
small suitcase and a brief case.
all badly deteriorated from lying in
the water was the only luggage
found.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-18
SUPERF0RTS HIT
F0RM0SA AGAIN
Carrier Planes Continue
Attacks On Luzon; Foe
Loses 828 Aircraft
u. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, PEARL

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, Oct. II. - @ -
Bombastic Tokyo radio broad
casts to the contrary, the
japanese fleet fled Formosa
waters when it sighted the
Halsey Mitscher a r m a d a,
choosing not to fight.
On discovering our fighting
strength unimpaired, the avoid ac-
ton and have Withdrawn toward
their bases"
Thus did Adm. Chester w.
Nimitz disclose today that once
again the Japanese navy decided
fleet in being is better than a
fleet on the bottom.
One look at the power packed bv
the mighty force of warships that
is Adm. William F. Halsey's Third
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over Cuba tonight, the bulle-
tin said, winds of full hurri-
cane force will probably be
felt in the Florida straits We'd
nesday forenoon.
There Is some indication
that the storm will turn grad
ually n0rth-eastward. but in
terests over southern Florida
should take every precaution
now as it may become neces-
sary to extend hurricane warn
ings further northward later
tonight" the bureau said.
Hurricane warnings are now
displayed from Key Largo to
the Dry Tortugas, and north
east storm warnings from Vero
Beach and Fort Myers SOUTH
ward.
In announcing that the storm
will cross Cuba tonight, the
bulletin located the storm 0v-
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lST ARMY PROBES
ENEMY POSITIONS
Signs Point To Major Ac.
ton Like Break From
Normandy

LONDON, Wednesday, Oct.
18.-(P)-The first day with
out a German counterattack
since the Nazi line was
preached at Aachen has pass
ed and the German defenders
Of the city still are virtually
sealed off from their sup
porting forces and supplies.
Although officers at supreme Al
lied headquarters would not con-
firm the view, it was considered
possible that the high command
had given up hope Of saving Aach-
en- or that the furious Allied air
attacks on Cologne and Duisberg
had made German rescue attempts
impossible.
Powerful American and British
forces spared warily with the en-
envy yesterday all along the 3d.
mile battle line paralleling the
Dutch German border from Aach-
en- in Germany to Arnheim in Hol-
land.
1t. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
American First army probed eau
tiously north and northeast OF
Aachen, where tn e Nazis, re-
PEELED in five furious attempts to
break into the encircled city of
Aachen in recent days, had rolled
up heavy concentration of tanks
and mobile guns.
British Second army troops
fought through the streets to the
center of the Dutch highway town
of Venray, eight miles from the
German frontier, and pushed an
armored column three miles south
and cut the Venray-Deur1e road.
American armor was disclosed to
be in position on the British right
flank, but was not yet reported to
have been hurledsinto action.
At nightfal British Tommies
with bayonets and hand grenades
were reported fighting halfway
through Venray, with the Germans
selling their lives fanatically to
defend every house and shop build
ing.
In the Overflow area, north of
Venray, the Nazis were reported
pulling out of a pocket approx
mately 5000 yards long and from
700 to 1000 yards wide along the
Mouse river, leaving the area a
no-man's land.
More than 1900 American Fly
ing Fortresses and Liberators with
an escort of 800 fighters smashed
at the major German city of Co.
logne, 40 miles east Of Aachen, in
an effort to cut off supplies and
for German divis-
ions standing between the First
army and the Rhine.
On both sides of the battlefront,
now sharply defined after a month
of attacks and counterattacks,
there continued a Gay and night
struggle for supplies as each side
gathered itself for the next phase
of the battle of Germany. An Al
lied official likened the situation
to that which preceded the Allied
break-out from Normandy in July.
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Governors Conference
Is Set For Next Month

JACKSON, Miss, Oct. H.-R)-
Governor Thomas L. Bailey an
nounced today that a southern
governors conference will be held
in Biloxi, Nov. "a. 25.,
Invitations will be issued to gov
errors of Louisiana, Alabama,
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas. Flori-
da. North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, Georgia and Kentucky.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-18
COURT ADJOURNS
HONORING TAYLOR

Superior court will be adjourned
at u o'clock noon today until $3.50
am. tomorrow, in order for mem
bers of the bar to attend funeral
services of C. Ed Taylor, promi-
nent Southport attorney who died
Monday, it was announced l a t
night.
City Attorney w. B. Campbell
is preparing a resolution which will
be presented in court this morning
in honor of Mr.. Taylor.
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MOVE OUT

STOCKHOLM, Oct. II. -(P-
me newspaper Dagens Nyheter
,ad tonight German troops had
elt their main Finnish base at
aovanlemi Monday night and
ulSpatch from Helsinki reported
me town now was held by the
Firms.
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BACK IN SUN

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. II. -(P-
Ex-King Carol of Romania and
his companion, Madame Elena
Lupescu sat on deck on the Rio
Tunuyan today and watched the
royal dogs romp in the sun. But
they apparently were in seclusion
from visitors and the press.
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U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, Oct. 17.-tR-Dis-
closure that S1st Army divi-
Sion troops have occupied Uli-
tina Atoll unopposed n the
western Carolines was made
tonight by Adm. Chester w.
Nimitz.
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PAPERS SUSPENDED

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 17.-HN
The Argentine government order
ID the suspension of two pro-
Axis papers today, the German
Daily Duetsche La Plata Zeitung
and the italian Mattino D'1talia.
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WEATHER
FORECAST

r FORECAST
'of'h Carolina: Fair and mild.
Eastern Standard Time)
NJ. 'by .. S. Weather Bureau)
,nd s;sa'eorological data for the "a hours
's 1850 pm, yesterday.
,.so Temperature
7:So pm, g.. '' "-''' 70' LOU pil'' w.
Nornanai IN u; Minimum a.; Mean So:
l.an Humidity
1850 pm, 81. ''' "''i' Oh i''o pm' 80
Tot,, Precipitation
''UO inches. VAN = i'oors enolns 7:3o pm,
III inches. ''e 1lrst OF the month,
rFror, Tides For Today
U. S. Coast al, riae rabies published by
anu Eeodetic Survey
Wilmington High Low
l.. ----------- 10:34a SOFA
Sasonboro rr,.. 10:43p 5:46p
'e' --------- 8:10a 1:59a
4, Sunrise, s.,e s:1sp 2:28p
10 am; Moonset, Gas pm.
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SOUTH FLORIDA IN PATH
OF HURRICANE OFF CUBA

MIAMI, Oct. 17.-iRAStrong
gales, the fonerunners of an
advancing Caribbean hurri-
cane, swept western Cuba to-
night, and. the United States
weather bureau put all of
southern Florida on the alert
In the, face of the oncoming
severe storm.
MIAMI, Oct. II. -(P)- In a
7:45 pm. (EWT) bulletin, the
United States weather bureau
reported that the Caribbean
hurricane will begin ito affect
seriously the Florida keys late
tonight and that winds prob
ably will reach gale force
from West Palm Beach and
Fort Myers southwark by noon
Wednesday,.
Although the storm may be
weakened slightly in passing
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err or q short distance south of
the. Isle Of Pines, about l20
miles south of Havana.
Winds up to go miles per
hour have been reported from
western Cuba, the weather bu-
reau said.
Latest indications are that
the "severe" storm is still
moving nOrtnWard about ~
miles per hour, meteor0iogists
reported.
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ISLAND ISOLATED

HAVANA, Oct. 17.-(P)-The
Isle of Pines, peacetime tour
ist resort off the south coast
of Cuba, was isolated from
all communication with the
mainland tonight and lay in
the path of a raging tropical
fCnntinuod mn Pa ua Three. Col. i
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wilmington and Vicinity: Fair and
mild
Temperatures yesterday:
High 72-Low A..
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-11-29
REWARD IS POSTED
in TENN. LYNCHING

PIKEVILLE, Tenn. Within
six hours after, and less than
100 yards from where he adj
mittedly slashed and battered
two white women to death,
james T. Scales, teen-age Negro
frosty at State reformatory
near here, was shot to death by
number of men who removed
him from the Pikeville Jail.
Victims of the slayings were
Mrs. Charles II. McKinnie, 10
years old, and her mother, Mrs.
II. e. Scott. who died later in a
Chattanooga hospital. Scott is
superintendent OF the institution,
the state training and agricul-
tural school for Negro boys. He
was away at the time of the
tragedy.
"There will be full investi-
cation of both the murders and
the lynching." asserted Lynn Bo-
mar, State Highway Patrol chief,
who took charge on orders OF
Governor Prentice Cooper. The
governor offered a reward OF
$500 for arrest and conviction
of chose guilty in this lynch.
ing" first in the state in several
years.
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UNION HITS RAIL
WATERS ARREST

Los ANGELES, Nov. 25-In-
dietment and arrest of 185 stew
ards and walters for manipnla.
ting 100000 worth of dining
car checks on the Union Pacific
Challenger brought charge
that the railroad was using the
indictments as an attempt to
break the walters union.
The indictments are "ridicu-
ldus', said one union official
The government accused 2S
White stewards and 112 Negro
walters on the omaha-Los Ange-
les Challenger of serving meals
to guests and poeketing the mo-
ney instead of turning it over
to the railroad. This, said the
Indictment, cost the Union Pa
cifie 100000 a year.
Guests paying the pocketed
checks didn't lose money but
didn't get all they paid for, fed
eral attorneys said. because con-
spring chefs made food meant
for 400 stretch TO serve 700.
Flenoid Cunningham. district
secretary of the Protective Order
of Dining Car Walters, an A. F.
Of L. affiliate, charged that the
arrests were "an attempt of the
Union Pacific company to break
up the union to which these men
belong"
Asserting that the "whole
scheme is ridiculous" Cunning
ham declared: ITS incompetent
management that is responsible
for these errors and shortages
in receipts" He promised to bail
out all walters unable to raise
their own bond.
1t is stated that the FBI will
make other arrests on lines run
ming out of Kansas City, Mo.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-11-29
December 3rd Set for
Christmas Seal Sunday

Observance of Christmas Seal
Sunday will be held throughout
Seattle and King county on De-
cember 3. as a special salute to
the thousands who voluntarily
carry on the work OF fighting tu-
berculosis through their yearly
purchase of Christmas Seals, an
nounees Miss Ruth Walker, gem
eral chairman of this years Seal
sale.
Endorsements of the year
round program which fights tu-
berculosis will be given in liter
ally hundreds of churches on
that day. The Anti-Tuberculosis
League of King county reports
enthusiastic response by mem
bers of the clergy in planning
for this yearly event.
Christmas Seal Sunday will
point ont the Importance of con-
slant vigilance against this dread
disease which last year took the
lives of almost 10000 Americ-
ans, as many as four army di-
visions.
With the theme, Find it, treat
it, conquer it,, the Anti-Tuber-
culosis League has as its 1915
goal, the taking of 10000 x-rays
with the Leagues new mobile
x-ray unit, bought by Christmas
Seal funds last year. This years
seal sale will help finance this
early diagnosis program, Miss
Walker declares.
"Send in your dollars early
for Christmas Seals, Miss Walk
err urges. use the seals often
on every Christmas letter, on eV-
cry Christmas package. These lit
tie seals carry the constant
message of vigilance against the
disease which kills more people
than any other communicable
disease"
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Schools To Train Nurses

Seattle women is years of age
or older have the opportunity to
do vital war service and prepare
themselves for post war employ
ment by taking training in prac-
tical nursing now being offered
at Edison Vocational School, ac-
cording to Harry A. Shimmin,
principal of Edison. The Edison
course in practical nursing is
the only one of its kind in the
Northwest.
The new class in practical
nursing will open December 1.
1t provides preparation in caring
for chronic invalids and new
mothers. Trainees will be pre-
pared for home nursing and hos
pital work.
The course at Edison will run
five days each week for ID
weeks, after which each trainee
will receive seven weeks hospital
training. From there trainees
are placed by the school on the
actual paying job. Placements
are now being made in the city
hospitals because of the extreme
demand, according to Shimman
For further information phone
Pr-350O or call at the Edison
office at 1872 Harvard Ave.
IRA MILLER, SO Dexter